The Sun Sentinel's boys basketball Fab Five for Broward County.
Here's at look at the South Florida Sun Sentinel's picks for the Fab Five boys basketball players in Broward County.
Scott Barnes, from University School, is a South Florida Sun Sentinel Fab Five selection.
One of two nationally ranked Sharks stars, Barnes excelled in his first year at U-School. Barnes averaged 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists as a sophomore and won the City of Palms tournament MVP award. Barnes is rated a five-star prospect and the No. 3 prospect in his class and holds offers from Florida, Kentucky, Kansas and more.
The 6-foot-6 Blackwell averaged 12.4 points, seven rebounds and 5.1 assists as a sophomore with Westminster Academy last season. After helping the Lions to a state title, Blackwell transferred to Somerset Academy. Blackwell is rated the No. 85 prospect in the 2020 class and holds offers from Florida Gulf Coast, Iowa State and Oklahoma State.
Vernon Carey, from University School, is a South Florida Sun Sentinel Fab Five selection.
The list of accolades for the U-School senior is too long to list, but it includes the Sun Sentinel's Class 5A-1A Player of the Year award for boys basketball last year. Carey, who is rate a five-star prospect and the No. 2 player in the 2019 class by 247Sports' composite ranking, averaged 26 points, 10 rebounds and 11.2 blocks as a junior, winning Florida Dairy Farmers' Mr. Basketball award. He committed to Duke over Michigan State and North Carolina.
Dallas Graziani, from Cooper City High School, is a South Florida Sun Sentinel Fab Five selection.
Graziani earns a Fab Five selection after a breakout sophomore year. He was a first-team All-County pick after averaging 19.6 points and 3.1 steals, highlighted by a 41-point performance against Stranahan in the BCAA Big 8 tournament. He is averaging 32.1 points per game to start this season.
Zaire Wade, from American Heritage, is a South Florida Sun Sentinel Fab Five selection.
Wade, the son of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade, is looking to break out this year after averaging 15 points and four assists in AAU. Wade holds an offer from Nebraska.
With senior Michael Forrest leading the way, the Tigers captured their seventh state championship — and third in four years — last season. Ely has some key contributors returning to make a run at a second straight title, including Next Five pick Joshua Scott and Aderes Staton-McCray, who is off to a strong start to the season.
The Cobras are looking to improve on their 17-8 record and regional semifinal finish last year. Boyd Anderson picked up a key transfer in former Atlantic forward R.J. Duhart. At 6-foot-9, Duhart provides a large presence in the paint; he is averaging 11.5 points and a team-best 7.2 rebounds to start the season.
Deerfield Beach is looking to get over the hump and get to Lakeland after falling to Wellington in the state semifinals last year. The Bucks have won their first four games to start the season. Senior guards Victor Robinson and Michael Johnson are both poised to have strong years, which will be key to keeping Deerfield among the top teams in Broward County.
The Sharks are the favorites to repeat as Class 5A champions, and why wouldn't they be? U-School, under new coach Jim Carr, returns superstar center and Duke commit Vernon Carey Jr. and five-star junior forward Scott Barnes. With several solid players backing them up, the Sharks should be set this season.
Westminster Academy, looking for its third straight Class 4A state champions, lost one of its top players in Zachary Scott. But the Lions do return several key players from last year, including first-team All-County pick and Next Five selection Chase Johnston and fellow Next Five pick Sam Griffin.


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Enter the Elections: Divide Within the Right Pt. 3
Maurice Porter	News, Opinion
But the CNP and NCA should take some comfort in the fact that, despite being Canada's most Fringe-Right parties, despite having been censored by big-tech, despite having been suppressed by state-sponsored NGOs and slandered their mainstream media cronies, despite being threatened and assaulted, despite being denied access to public spaces–– they were able to spread their reach and register in this past election. These parties only gained a following and a presence in various districts where they were practically nonexistent. What could start off as 10 voters in one district for one year could easily become 100 in the same district for the next year (provided each voter is able to influence at least 10 other people) and what could start off as 100 one year could easily become 1,000 and so on. This isn't even considering the influence individuals can have on other districts as well! This kind of grassroots growth can become exponential.
Two Sides of the Same Coin: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About "Splitting the Vote"
Maurice Porter	Opinion
In a two-party system, it is easy to ask which party is better while completely forgetting to ask whether both are good to begin with. It is when one begins to ask this question that they can change the entire paradigm... What we need aren't two sides of the same coin, but a different coin altogether.
The Liberals: A Legacy in Review
So these are the Liberals of today... What should be noted here isn't that the Conservatives are a better option, but that the Liberals are just as bad. If anything, Canadian Nationalists should be hopeful for the rise of a paradigm characterized by the NDP and PPC rather than the Progressive Neoliberalism of today, especially because the Economic Nationalism of the NDP greatly compliments the more National Conservatism of the PPC. It is within a paradigm like this, that there is a lot of populist potential for anyone who finds the point of compromise between Socialist Populism and Nationalist Populism.
Justin Trudeau Is the Dictator Canada Never Asked For
Frank Davies	Opinion
Justin Trudeau is the worst Prime Minister in Canadian history. Since his election in 2015, Justin Trudeau has done absolutely nothing for the average Canadian family. Instead, what his Liberal Government have done is systematically introduced new forms of taxation on the already-overburdened Canadian people in an attempt to erase the middle class and create a communist-style dictatorship. Aided by a blatantly false media narrative, it seems there is nothing
The Bernier Battle: The Divide Within the Right
There is a growing alternative movement on the Right in Canada, but... there is much division within this movement. The Right is walking a tightrope between more radical elements and more centrist elements or more implicit elements and more explicit elements. Within this dynamic, the Right must learn how to balance itself. This balancing act must have four parts.
The Current State of Canada's Bank
COMER's most recent appeal for a trial in the Supreme Court of Canada was dismissed. Previously, COMER's case was shut down on the grounds that Mackenzie King's expressed intention wasn't explicit in the preamble of the BOC Act, despite being highly implicit and clearly intended when he nationalized the bank. It is beginning to look like the only way we will see real change in our banking system is on an executive or legislative level as opposed to a judicial one.
Something to be Learned from Israel?
Acknowledging the past marginalization of the Jewish peoples throughout history, it must be acknowledged that the Jewish peoples aren't the only one's to have suffered their fair share of victimization. Every peoples have conquered and been conquered, and this is what often sets the stage for their existence in the modern world.
The Course of An Empire
So long as a hierarchical collective, with a strong in-group and low-time preference, stays disciplined, regimented, composed, and consolidated, then Golden Ages will last.
The Impetus for Canadian Industry
Canada is in a position where it is going to need to start to consider an alternative model of self sufficiency in light of imposing reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports.
The Last Stand of Liberal Technocrats
One cannot help but get off the bandwagon where Technocracy meets Neoliberalism and Progressivism–– namely, under the merger of the Transnational with the Transracial, and the Transracial with the Transexual, ultimately in order to facilitate a kind of Transhumanism. In such a model, the kind of wealth distribution generated by any technological innovation is directed towards the increasing populations of victimized minorities, who collectively serve as a kind of model for the sort of human that the Progressive Technocrats want to selectively breed.
Canadian Nationalist Party Inc.

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William Pepperell Montague (* 11. November 1873 in Chelsea, Massachusetts; † 1. August 1953 in New York City, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Philosoph.

Montague lehrte seit 1920 als Professor an der Columbia University. Von Josiah Royce beeinflusst und dem idealistischen Personalismus nahestehend wurde er zum führenden Vertreter des amerikanischen Neurealismus.
Er versuchte Wissen und Glauben in einem "spiritualistischen" und "animistischen" Materialismus zu vereinigen. Die Philosophie habe – seiner Auffassung nach – die Aufgabe, die Wirklichkeit zu formen.

Werke
 The New Realism (1912)
 The Way of Knowing or the Methods of Philosophy (1925)
 The Ways of Things. A Philosophy of Knowledge, Nature and Value (1940)

Philosoph (20. Jahrhundert)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1873
Gestorben 1953
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It wouldn't be a great Mindy Kaling comedy if she didn't get hit with a garbage bag at least once and provided iconic one-liners, right?
In Late Night, she plays writer Molly Patel, a new hire for late night host Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) as a means to revive her show.
Helmed by director Nisha Ganatra and written by Kaling, the workplace buddy comedy also stars John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, and Denis O'Hare — and it's giving us major Devil Wears Prada vibes.
After a buzzy premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, Amazon Studios bought the rights for its distribution for $13 million. Late Night hits theaters on June 7.


Lotus Culture is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to build a liveable future for poor and disadvantaged women and children. They strive to do so by empowering women to create sustainable livelihoods - providing them with educational opportunities to develop literacy and life skills, rebuilding their self-esteem and self-worth, and creating economically viable employment opportunities.
Here at Expatgiving we love re-connecting with our volunteers so they can share their experiences with us and the Expatgiving community. We recently met up with Rima who has been volunteering at Lotus Culture for 6 months as a product designer.
What made you think of volunteering in your organisation?
Having quit the corporate world to follow my husband who had moved to Singapore, I had the opportunity to try something I had never really done before. I personally enjoy fabric and the various products that can be created from it, hence I decided to experience life from the other side! Not as a consumer but a product designer! Product designing wasn't as easy as I thought it to be...but once you get into the groove it can be quite exciting and exhilarating, especially knowing that you are part of a team that's working tirelessly to make a huge difference to the lives of sexually exploited Cambodian women.
How long have you been volunteering and what are your responsibilities?
I have been associated with Lotus Culture for about 6 months now. I joined them as a Product Designer. This entails identifying the product to be created from the given stock of fabric (these are donated by different fabric stores and design houses). The decision entails the optimum use of the fabric stock and selecting the most suitable fabric and combination of colours for a specific batch of products. Next is cut the desired fabric piece/pieces and attach detailed instructions for the girls in Cambodia to sew the product. We also brainstorm possible new additions and designs to our product range which currently includes jewellery pouches, bags, passport holders, multi-utility pouches, coasters, shoe bags, door stoppers to name a few. I have also had the opportunity to participate in setting up our sales counters in different corporate offices and hospitals during the Xmas and Chinese New Year season, selling our products to their employees and staff.
Was it your first volunteering experience? Any unique experiences in the course of carrying out your primary duties that you would like to share?
Yes this is my first volunteering role. After having worked in the corporate world for over a decade, volunteering to design and sell handmade pouches, bags has been very different and unique learning experience for me.
How did this volunteering experience benefit you?
My appreciation for handmade products and my respect for artisans has immensely increased. I believe I am more comfortable engaging with strangers (my sales role ensured that). Last but not the least it is very inspiring to witness the immense talent and dedication of the Lotus Culture founder Sylvia Lee and her team to enhance awareness of human trafficking and rebuild lives of sexually exploited women.
How do you think the expat community of Singapore can benefit from volunteering and the service expatgiving offers?
Singapore is a melting pot of cultures and varied skill sets. I believe Expatgiving has a unique opportunity to link volunteers to different programs and opportunities and vise versa. It can play a key role in creating a comprehensive database of skills available within the expat community at any given time and collating the different volunteering opportunities across Singapore and APAC. Thus provide both parties a platform to connect and weave the story further to achieve their respective goals.
Thank you so much Rima for taking the time to share your wonderful work with us!


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Q: Excel VBA Dynamic Array spill only complete after end of macro My Dataset contains several transactions in March 2020 in foreign currency. Column A contains the date of each transaction, while column B contains the transaction value in foreign currency (EUR).
I want to calculate the value of each transaction in local currency (being ZAR) in column C using VBA.
Firstly, I obtain all the exchange rates for March 2020  using the STOCKHISTORY function:
Dim exchangeRateSummary As Range

Range("I1").Formula2R1C1 = "=STOCKHISTORY(R1C5,R1C6,R1C7)"  'where R1C5 contains EUR/ZAR, R1C6 contains 01-Mar-20, and R1C7 contains 31-Mar-20
Set exchangeRateSummary = Range("I1").CurrentRegion  'save range as variable

Then I add a VLookup in column C to determine the local currency value of each transaction, by looping through each row:
Dim j As Integer

For j = 2 To 100
cells(j,3).value=cells(j,2).value * Application.WorksheetFunction.VLookup(Cells(j,1),exchangeRateSummary,2,False)
Next j

When I run the code, I get the following error: "Unable to get the VLookup property of the WorksheetFunction class." When I press End, the spill range of exchange rates (created with the stockhistory function) appears on my Excel sheet. When I run the code again, the VLookup works, and provides the correct local currency values in column C.
The problem is therefore that the VLookup does not work within that same macro, as the spill range created by the stock history function only appears after the macro was executed.
One option is to make these codes separate macros, but I would like to automate this process in one click.
Is there a way I can instruct the macro to first calculate and spill that range, before continuing with the VLookup to that range?

A: Spill range reference via #
Referring to a spill range can be done via the "#" suffix, i.e. H2# if the top cell containing the dynamic STOCKHISTORY formula resides e.g. in H2. Couldn't test, but VBA should do this job.
So a possible invented lookup result might be received e.g. via
Dim result: result = [VLOOKUP(100,H2#,2,FALSE)]

or
result = Evaluate("VLookup(" & mySearch & "," & "H2#" & ",2,False")

A: Your question is not clear and you should try to improve that. That said, with what youve provided, I think you may be able to do something by forcing  calculation in your function where you call the vlookup. My guess is that simply wrapping the vlookup might be good enough without having to include the Workshet.Calculate call but you'll have to experiment yourself unless you can provide more info in your question.
so something like:
in your worksheet e.g. stock field in $A$1, start date in $A$2 call STOCKHISTORY from B1
in Cell B1
=STOCKHISTORY(A1, A2)

Then call a function that wraps around vlookup, triggered by a change in $B$1, passing your lookup value (say "31-Jan-2020").
=vlookup_wrapper("31-Jan-2020", B1)

and your wrapper looks something like this
Option Explicit

Function vlookup_wrapper(ByVal lookup_val As Variant, ByVal spill_formula) As Variant
  'parameter spill_formula never used, only to trigger this function to be called
  Dim ws As Worksheet
  Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("sheet_with_stockhistory_formula")
  ' force stock history to finish its SPILL
  ws.Calculate

  'Define range from output of STOCKHISTORY spill
  Dim r_in As Range
  Set r_in = ws.Range(ws.Range("B1"), ws.Range("B1").End(xlDown))

  ' Assume want column 2 back
  vlookup_wrapper = Application.WorksheetFunction.VLookup(lookup_val, r_in, 2, False)

End Function

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A chronological day-by-day history of Land Rover.
Engineer Gustaf Larson and SKF sales manager Assar Gabrielsson met by chance over a plate of crayfish, and after enjoying their meal agreed to start up production of 'The Swedish Car', ie Volvo. Their vision was to build cars that could withstand the rigors of the country's rough roads and cold temperatures. The first Volvo car rolled off the production line at the factory in Gothenburg in 1927. Only 280 cars were built that year. The first truck, the "Series 1", debuted in January 1928, as an immediate success and attracted attention outside the country. In 1930, Volvo sold 639 cars, and the export of trucks to Europe started soon after; the cars did not become well-known outside Sweden until after World War II. Pentaverken, who had manufactured engines for Volvo, was acquired in 1935, providing a secure supply of engines and entry into the marine engine market. The first bus, named B1, was launched in 1934, and aircraft engines were added to the growing range of products at the beginning of the 1940s. In 1963, Volvo opened the Volvo Halifax Assembly plant, the first assembly plant in the company's history outside of Sweden in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1999, the European Union blocked a merger with Scania AB. That same year, Volvo Group sold its car division Volvo Car Corporation to Ford Motor Company for $6.45 billion. The division was placed within Ford's Premier Automotive Group alongside Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin. Volvo engineering resources and components would be used in various Ford, Land Rover and Aston Martin products, with the second generation Land Rover Freelander designed on the same platform as the second generation Volvo S80. The Volvo T5 petrol engine was used in the Ford Focus ST and RS performance models, and Volvo's satellite navigation system was used on certain Aston Martin Vanquish, DB9 and V8 Vantage models. Ford sold the Volvo Car Corporation in 2010 to Geely Automobile of China for $1.8 billion. The move followed Ford's 2007 sale of Aston Martin, and 2008 sale of Jaguar Land Rover. Renault Véhicules Industriels (which included Mack Trucks, but not Renault's stake in Irisbus) was sold to Volvo during January 2001, and Volvo renamed it Renault Trucks in 2002. Renault became AB Volvo's biggest shareholder with a 19.9% stake (in shares and voting rights) as part of the deal. Renault increased its shareholding to 21.7% by 2010.
Sir Stafford Cripps officially opened Rover's Solihull car plant. As in the tradition of Rover previous main factories dating back to the original Starley and Sutton Rover Bicycle plant from Victorian times, the Solihull plant was named The Meteor Works. Car production started again in 1946, with the first new car to be produced at the factory the Rover P4, from 1949. As well as producing many Rover cars there until the late 1970s, the plant was also the development site of the Land Rover four-wheel drive vehicle in late 1947 and 1948. It is also the development site for Rover's other iconic four wheel drive in the late 1960s, the Range Rover. The Land Rover instantly began out selling Rover cars from its beginning in 1948 and the Solihull plant has remained the home and birthplace of Land Rover ever since. North Works was added to the Solihull site beginning in late 1956 as two storage warehouses. North Works became a complete factory of its own for the introduction of the Rover P6 car in October 1963. The Rover P6 was awarded the International Car of the Year for 1964. The Rover Company merged with Leyland Motors in 1967, which merged shortly afterwards with British Motor Holdings to create the British Leyland Motor Corporation a year later. Solihull continued to manufacture Rover cars, but the most significant new Rover product would be the Range Rover in 1970 - a model whose success would ultimately secure the plant's future in later decades. The factory was extended with Eastworks in 1975 for the new Rover SD1, a bold and futuristic design which would replace the older P6 models. However the plant was ravaged by the industrial strife that had crippled (and eventually bankrupted) the rest of BL, and the resulting quality problems meant the car never fulfilled its promise. The rationalisation of car production in the late 1970s by British Leyland had almost wiped out their all their major British car brands. At Solihull all car production, except for Land Rover vehicles, ceased at Lode Lane. Land Rover and Range Rover as specialist lines of the old Rover Company had remained relatively unscathed from the British Leyland bankruptcy and were split as separate operating company based there. The Rover SD1 assembly hall and paint shop were mothballed, and production of that car was moved to the former Morris plant in Cowley, Oxfordshire. All future Rover car production would take place both here, and at the Austin assembly plant in Longbridge. Following the de-merger of Jaguar from BL in 1984, the Range Rover became BL's flagship product and a stable situation existed from thereon, with new models such as the Discovery debuting in 1989, and the Freelander in 1998 - which finally made use of the old SD1 assembly hall. In 2000, the situation changed once again when BMW (by now the owners of the Rover Group - the successor to BL) decided to sell Land Rover (and the Solihull plant) to Ford. In 2005, production of the Range Rover and the Range Rover Sport at the Solihull plant was temporarily interrupted by protesters from the environmental organization Greenpeace. The protesters infiltrated an assembly facility and temporarily delayed production of the vehicle. Greenpeace cited issues with greenhouse gas emissions, and by extension, global warming. The United States Environmental Protection Agency estimates for the non-supercharged car are 14 mpg‑US (17 L/100 km; 17 mpg‑imp) (combined). Although for this test the EPA used their newly calibrated system for 2008 and on. Greenpeace stated they did not take issue with the production of vehicles such as the Land Rover Defender as they are typically used for off-road applications on a much more frequent basis than vehicles such as the Range Rover Sport which they claim "has been tuned primarily for on road performance". In March 2008, Ford finalised a deal to sell Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors – part of the Indian-based Tata Group, one of the world's largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles. Solihull has since benefited from massive investment in the run up to the launch of the fourth generation Range Rover in 2012 and second generation Range Rover Sport in 2013, following the installation of a new aluminium bodyshell production facility. The plant has now been designated as a "centre for excellence" for aluminium body technology. Production of the Jaguar XE, the first non-4x4 vehicle to be produced at the plant since 1981, began on 13 April 2015, and will be followed by production of the Jaguar F-Pace during 2016. Sir Stirling Moss, Jaguar test driver Norman Dewis and motoring expert Quentin Wilson led a procession of classic Jaguar and Land Rover models to celebrate the beginning of Jaguar production at Solihull, with Stirling Moss formally opening the new production facility. Production of the Jaguar XE has since moved to Castle Bromwich in 2016 costing £100m.
The Rover Board sanctioned the production of an 'all-purpose vehicle on the lines of the Wills-Overland Jeep' - the Land Rover. It was agreed to build 25 vehicles for evaluation, although this was later extended to 50. The Land Rover's body was made of more expensive aluminium because steel was still in short supply after the end of WWII. Announced abroad, at the Amsterdam Motor Show of 1948 and initially priced at £450, the vehicle's functional design, sound engineering and go-anywhere specifications, coupled with optional four-wheel drive, meant that it was in immediate demand the world over and since then over 70% of output has been exported. Originally a 1.6-litre overhead-inlet, side exhaust 4 cylinder engine was employed, as used in the Rover 60 car, but from 1951 this was enlarged to a 2-litre and from 1957 there was a diesel option, the first of many options. Output soared. The 100,000th Land Rover was built in 1954 and the millionth in 1976.
The name "Landrover" was officially approved by Rovers Board of Directors. The first Land Rover made its debut in 1948. It was designed with brilliant simplicity for extraordinary ability and unrivalled strength and durability. In fact, six decades on it is estimated that two-thirds of all these incredible vehicles are still at work – many of them in some of the most extreme conditions and inhospitable places on earth. The original 1948 Land Rover was ingeniously designed and engineered for extreme capability and strength. With extremely robust construction and characteristics such as short front and rear overhangs, it drove off the production line ready to take on some of the world's toughest terrain. Today these qualities are as significant a part of what makes a Land Rover vehicle unique as they were 60 years ago. The Land Rover was the product of continuous evolution and refinement throughout the 1950s and 1960s with improved stability and a tighter turning circle. It was a period in which Land Rover took the lead in the emerging market for four-wheel drive vehicles. As a tough, reliable mobility platform, countless organisations came to depend on Land Rover vehicles to get personnel and equipment into the most challenging situations…and then safely out again. From organisations such as Born Free Foundation to The Royal Geographical Society and Biosphere Expeditions - we enter the second decade of the 21st century with them still relying on Land Rover In keeping with the forward-thinking philosophy that founded Land Rover, a radical, entirely new product was introduced in 1970 and created its very own vehicle category. This overnight sensation was the original Range Rover. It had all the capability of a Land Rover with the comfort and performance of an on-road car. This culture of innovation has developed ever since with both Land Rover and Range Rover vehicles: new models, more refinement, more innovative technology, more efficiency and fewer emissions. And it continues with initiatives such as e_Terrain Technologies (which improves the environmental performance of vehicles by reducing CO2 emissions), Sustainable Manufacturing and CO2 Offsetting. Land Rover will remain at the forefront of advanced design – the new small Range Rover is a testament to the vision that takes the company forward and keeps it at the cutting edge of technology and engineering.
The Land Rover was officially launched at the Amsterdam Motor Show. Brothers Maurice and Spencer Wilks, developed the vehicle as a result of a conversation about Maurice's American 4x4. Realising the gap in the British market for such a vehicle, they quickly produced a prototype out of aluminium and steel, metals that were still rationed in England at the time. They used interior components from their Rover saloon cars. Featuring four-wheel drive and a 1.6 litre engine from the Rover P3 60 saloon, it was shown with a canvas top and optional doors. Doors eventually became standard, as did a system where two and four-wheel drive could be selected in the high range with permanent four-wheel drive in the low range. The original 1948 Land Rover was ingeniously designed and engineered for extreme capability and strength. With extremely robust construction and characteristics such as short front and rear overhangs, it drove off the production line ready to take on some of the world's toughest terrain. Today these qualities are as significant a part of what makes a Land Rover vehicle unique as they were 60 years ago. The Land Rover was the product of continuous evolution and refinement throughout the 1950s and 1960s with improved stability and a tighter turning circle. It was a period in which Land Rover took the lead in the emerging market for four-wheel drive vehicles. As a tough, reliable mobility platform, countless organisations came to depend on Land Rover vehicles to get personnel and equipment into the most challenging situations…and then safely out again. From organisations such as Born Free Foundation to The Royal Geographical Society and Biosphere Expeditions - we enter the second decade of the 21st century with them still relying on Land Rover In keeping with the forward-thinking philosophy that founded Land Rover, a radical, entirely new product was introduced in 1970 and created its very own vehicle category. This overnight sensation was the original Range Rover. It had all the capability of a Land Rover with the comfort and performance of an on-road car. This culture of innovation has developed ever since with both Land Rover and Range Rover vehicles: new models, more refinement, more innovative technology, more efficiency and fewer emissions. And it continues with initiatives such as e_Terrain Technologies (which improves the environmental performance of vehicles by reducing CO2 emissions), Sustainable Manufacturing and CO2 Offsetting. Land Rover will remain at the forefront of advanced design – the new small Range Rover is a testament to the vision that takes the company forward and keeps it at the cutting edge of technology and engineering.
The first 'For Sale' Series II Land Rover vehicles rolled off the production line. The regular model had a 2-litre petrol engine and cost £640.
The Land Rover Series II was officially released to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Land Rover launch date. It came in 88 in (2,200 mm) and 109 in (2,800 mm) wheelbases (normally referred to as the 'SWB' and 'LWB'). This was the first Land Rover to receive the attention of Rover's styling department- Chief Stylist David Bache produced the familiar 'barrel side' waistline to cover the vehicle's wider track and the improved design of the truck cab variant, introducing the curved side windows and rounded roof still used on current Land Rovers. The Series II was the first vehicle to use the well-known 2.25-litre petrol engine, although the first 1,500 or so short wheelbase (SWB) models retained the 52 hp (39 kW) 2.0-litre petrol engine from the Series I. This larger petrol engine produced 72 hp (54 kW) and was closely related to the 2.0-litre diesel unit still in use. This engine became the standard Land Rover unit until the mid-1980s when diesel engines became more popular. The regular model with a 2-litre petrol engine cost £640.
The Jeep Wagoneer was introduced. it pioneered the sport utility vehicle concept. Based on a pickup truck chassis with a station wagon body style, the Wagoneer was more carlike than any other 4x4 on the market. Compared with offerings from General Motors, International Harvester, and Land Rover — which were producing utilitarian work-oriented vehicles with spartan truck-like interiors — the Wagoneer's luxury set it apart. Based on the Jeep SJ platform, the revolutionary Wagoneer sported an advanced overhead cam straight-six engine, and offered features unheard of at the time in any other mainstream 4WD vehicle, such as an independent front suspension, power steering, and automatic transmission. The Wagoneer made its debut seven years before Land Rover launched its Range Rover in Great Britain, and 24 years before that upscale marque appeared in the US. It was replaced by the smaller Jeep Grand Cherokee.
The 15 thieves involved in the Great Train Robbery, one of the most famous heists of all time, escaped in an ex-British Army truck and two stolen Land Rover four-wheel drive all-terrain vehicles, making off with some $7 million in stolen loot. The mastermind of the Great Train Robbery was Bruce Reynolds, a known burglar and armed robber. Inspired by the railroad heists of the Wild West in America, Reynolds and 14 other men wearing ski masks and helmets held up the Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow, Scotland, and London, England. They used a false red signal to get the train to stop, then hit the driver with an iron bar, seriously injuring him, in order to gain control of the train. The thieves loaded 120 mailbags filled with the equivalent of $7 million in used bank notes into their Land Rovers and sped off. The vehicles had been stolen in central London and marked with identical license plates in order to confuse the police.
Maurice Wilks (59), the automotive engineer responsible for the inspiration and concept work that led to the development of the Land Rover off-road utility vehicle, died. At the time of his death he was the chairman of the Rover Company. Born in 1904 Maurice Carey Wilks was educated at Malvern and gained his initial experience of the motor industry with General Motors, for whom he worked for two years from 1926. From America he moved to the Hillman Motor Car Co. at Coventry, where he worked as a planning engineer for a further two years. In 1930 he joined the Rover Company as chief engineer, which position he held until he was made technical director in 1946. In 1960 he was appointed managing director of the Rover company, and in 1962 he became chairman. This position suited him as he could devote more of his time to engineering policy rather than day-to-day management. In 1930 with his brother, Spencer, who was then managing-director, he was largely responsible for taking the decision to produce only high quality cars.The boldness of his decision can be appreciated when it is remembered that the economy of the country and the industry in particular was at this time at a low ebb. During the war he headed the Rover team responsible for the development of the first production version of the gas-turbine aircraft engine. He was convinced that gas turbines would eventually play an important role as power units for wheeled vehicles.His foresight led the Rover Company to continue this development after the war and resulted in the first gas-turbine car being produced by the Rover Company in 1949. At this time he was a moving spirit in the development of the Motor Industries Research Establishment proving ground which ultimately became of such value to the industry as a whole. The decision to produce the Land Rover was also that of Maurice Wilks, in conjunction with his brother. Essentially a quiet, shy, studious man he shunned publicity and preferred to remain in the background. He had a brilliant knowledge of engineering detail and was regarded as one of the industry's outstanding engineers, In addition, he had great boldness and the ability to foresee the requirements of his company for years ahead.
British Motor Corporation and Leyland announced that they would merge to form the British Leyland Corporation. It was partly nationalised in 1975, when the UK government created a holding company called British Leyland, later BL, in 1978. It incorporated much of the British-owned motor vehicle industry, which constituted 40 percent of the UK car market, with roots going back to 1895. Despite containing profitable marques such as Jaguar, Rover and Land Rover, as well as the best-selling Mini, British Leyland had a troubled history. In 1986 it was renamed as the Rover Group, later to become MG Rover Group, which went into administration in 2005, bringing mass car production by British-owned manufacturers to an end. MG and the Austin, Morris and Wolseley marques became part of China's SAIC, with whom MG Rover attempted to merge prior to administration. Today, Mini, Jaguar Land Rover and Leyland Trucks (now owned by BMW Group, TATA and Paccar, respectively) are the three most prominent former parts of British Leyland which are still active in the automotive industry, with SAIC-owned MG Motor continuing a small presence at the Longbridge site. Certain other related ex-BL businesses, such as Unipart, continue to operate independently.
British Leyland Motor Corporation was formed through the merger of British Motor Holdings Ltd. and Leyland Motor Corp. Ltd. It was partly nationalised in 1975, when the UK government created a holding company called British Leyland, later BL, in 1978. With headquarters in London, the company had interests in about 95 percent of the British automotive industry, and it manufactured vehicles ranging from commercial trucks and buses to private automobiles, construction equipment, and engines.Leyland, initially the dominant partner in the merger, was the first British manufacturer to concentrate on commercial vehicles. James Sumner of Leyland, Lancashire, built his first steam-driven wagon in 1884; and in 1896 he allied with the wealthy Spurrier family to set up the Lancashire Steam Motor Company, renamed Leyland Motors Ltd. in 1907, after its first experiments with gasoline engines. Except briefly in 1920–23, the company did not produce automobiles until 1961, when it acquired Triumph Motor Co. Ltd. (Triumph had begun in 1903 as a motorcycle manufacturer and began making cars in 1923.) In 1966 Leyland merged with another car manufacturer, The Rover Co. Ltd. (founded 1904), and the combined companies became Leyland Motor Corp. Ltd. The first chairman of the new British Leyland in 1968, Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, had also been the old Leyland's last chairman. British Motor Holdings Ltd. had a much more complex history, but basically it grew out of three auto manufacturers: Morris, Austin, and Jaguar. Early in the 20th century William Richard Morris (later 1st Viscount Nuffield) founded a garage in Oxford, which after 1910 became known as Morris Garages Limited. In the 1920s, with Cecil Kimber as general manager, it began producing the popular M.G. cars, which were manufactured until 1980, when they were discontinued because of rising production costs. The M.G. Car Company was created in 1927 and was absorbed by another Morris car company, Morris Motors Ltd., in 1935. In that same year, another organization, Wolseley Motors Ltd. (founded in 1901 and taken over by Morris in 1927), was similarly absorbed. In 1952 another venerable car manufacturer, Austin Motor Co. Ltd. (founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin), merged with Morris Motors to form British Motor Corporation Ltd. It continued to turn out Austin, Morris, M.G., and Wolseley cars and the highly successful "Mini" series. Although production of the Mini Cooper ended in 1971, the model was relaunched in 1990 and by 2001 was selling internationally through parent company Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW). The first Jaguar car was produced in 1936 by S.S. Cars Ltd. (founded 1932 in Coventry), which was renamed Jaguar Cars Ltd. in 1945 both to avoid the accidental reminder of the German SS and to highlight the name of the make that had proved to be most successful. Jaguar in 1960 bought Daimler Co. Ltd. (founded 1893), makers of limousines and other prestige cars; and in 1961 it bought Guy Motors Ltd. (founded 1919), a commercial-vehicle manufacturer. In 1966 Jaguar amalgamated with the Austin-Morris interests (i.e., the British Motor Corporation) to form British Motor Holdings Ltd., which two years later merged with Leyland to become British Leyland; in 1984 Jaguar was sold. With two successive name changes, British Leyland became BL Limited in 1979. The company assumed its current name in 1982. In 1981 BL entered into a joint venture with Honda Motor Company, Ltd., of Japan to produce Japanese-designed Triumph Acclaims in the United Kingdom. BL began selling its interests in the 1980s, and by 1990 the Ford Motor Company had acquired full ownership of Jaguar. BMW purchased Rover in 1994 but later sold the sport utility vehicle (SUV) brand to Ford, which continued to develop the Land Rover line of SUVs as part of its Premier Automotive Group. That group also comprised Aston Martin, Jaguar, and Volvo.
British Motor Holdings (BMH) merged with LMVC (Leyland Motor Vehicle Corporation) to become British Leyland Motor Corporation. It was partly nationalised in 1975, when the UK government created a holding company called British Leyland, later BL, in 1978. It incorporated much of the British-owned motor vehicle industry, which constituted 40 percent of the UK car market, with roots going back to 1895. Despite containing profitable marques such as Jaguar, Rover and Land Rover, as well as the best-selling Mini, British Leyland had a troubled history. In 1986 it was renamed as the Rover Group, later to become MG Rover Group, which went into administration in 2005, bringing mass car production by British-owned manufacturers to an end. MG and the Austin, Morris and Wolseley marques became part of China's SAIC, with whom MG Rover attempted to merge prior to administration. Today, MINI, Jaguar Land Rover and Leyland Trucks (now owned by BMW Group, TATA and Paccar, respectively) are the three most prominent former parts of British Leyland which are still active in the automotive industry, with SAIC-owned MG Motor continuing a small presence at the Longbridge site. Certain other related ex-BL businesses, such as Unipart), continue to operate independently.
The Range Rover was launched to the press at the Meudon Hotel, Falmouth, Cornwall (UK). The on-the-road launch price including taxes was £1,998. The first-generation Range Rover was produced between 1970 and 1996. It was available only in a 2-door body until 1981, though prior to this 4 door models were produced by specialist firms. Unlike other 4x4s such as the Jeep Wagoneer, the original Range Rover was not designed as a luxury-type vehicle. While certainly up-market compared to preceding Land Rover models, the early Range Rovers had fairly basic, utilitarian interiors with vinyl seats and plastic dashboards that were designed to be washed down with a hose. Convenience features such as power steering, carpeted floors, air conditioning, cloth/leather seats, and wooden interior trim were fitted later. The Range Rover was a body-on-frame design with a box section ladder type chassis, like the contemporary Series Land Rovers. The Range Rover utilised coil springs as opposed to leaf springs, permanent four-wheel drive, and four-wheel disc brakes. The Range Rover was originally powered by various Rover V8 engines and diesel engines. Originally, the Range Rover was fitted with a detuned 130 hp (97 kW) version of the Buick-derived Rover V8 engine. In 1984, the engine was fitted with Lucas fuel injection, boosting power to 155 hp (116 kW). The 3.5-litre (3,528 cc) engine was bored out to a displacement of 3.9 litres (3,947 cc) for the 1990 model year, and 4.2-litre (4,215 cc) in 1992 (1993 model year) for the 108-inch Long Wheelbase Vogue LSE (County LWB [long wheelbase] in North America). One of the first significant changes came in 1981, with the introduction of a four-door body. Shortly after they introduced twin thermo fan technology to reduce significant overheating problems 1970s models experienced in Australia. In 1988, LR introduced a 2.4-litre turbodiesel (badged Vogue Turbo D) arrived with 112 bhp (84 kW), manufactured by Italian VM Motori. The same engine was also available in the Rover SD1 passenger car. The diesel project was codenamed project Beaver. During the project, 12 world records were broken, including the fastest diesel SUV to reach 100 mph (160 km/h), and the furthest a diesel SUV has travelled in 24 hours. In 1990 project Otter was unveiled. This was a mildly tuned 2.5-litre, 119 bhp (89 kW) version of the 'Beaver' 2.4. In 1992, Land Rover finally introduced their own diesel engines in the Range Rover, beginning with the 111 bhp (83 kW) 200TDi, first released in the Land Rover Discovery and following in 1994, the 300 TDi, again with 111 bhp. The Range Rover with chassis no. 1 was a green model with the registration "YVB 151H", and is now on exhibition at Huddersfield Land Rover Centre, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The first generation model was known as the Range Rover until almost the end of its run, when Land Rover introduced the name Range Rover Classic to distinguish it from its successors.
British Leyland was nationalised. It incorporated much of the British-owned motor vehicle industry, which constituted 40 percent of the UK car market, with roots going back to 1895. Despite containing profitable marques such as Jaguar, Rover and Land Rover, as well as the best-selling Mini, British Leyland had a troubled history. In 1986 it was renamed as the Rover Group, later to become MG Rover Group, which went into administration in 2005, bringing mass car production by British-owned manufacturers to an end. MG and the Austin, Morris and Wolseley marques became part of China's SAIC, with whom MG Rover attempted to merge prior to administration. Today, MINI, Jaguar Land Rover and Leyland Trucks (now owned by BMW Group, TATA and Paccar, respectively) are the three most prominent former parts of British Leyland which are still active in the automotive industry, with SAIC-owned MG Motor continuing a small presence at the Longbridge site. Certain other related ex-BL businesses, such as Unipart), continue to operate independently.
The Land Rover One Ten was announced at the Geneva Motor Show. Specially commissioned for the show, the Rolls-Royce Camargue Beau Rivage ("Beautiful Shore") built by Hooper and Co was sold within two hours of being displayed to the public.
Protesters tried to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US.
The state-owned car company BL plc formerly British Leyland, said that it was pursuing two offers for its Land Rover division after negotiations with the General Motors Corporation collapsed. Range Rover of North America, Inc. soon established its headquarters in Lanham, Maryland with Charles R. Hughes as President and CEO. Just before Christmas 1985 Range Rover of North America (later changed to Land Rover North America), was established to pave the way for a US launch in 1987.
Austin-Rover was renamed the Rover Group. It initially included the Austin Rover Group car business (comprising the Austin, Rover, Mini and MG marques), Land Rover Group, Freight Rover vans and Leyland Trucks. The Rover Group was owned by British Aerospace (BAe) from 1988 to 1994, when BAe sold the remaining car business to the German company BMW. The group was further broken up in 2000, when Ford acquired the Land Rover division, with the Rover and MG marques continuing with the much smaller MG Rover Group until 2005. Ownership of the original Rover Group marques is currently split between BMW (Germany), SAIC (China), and Tata Motors (India).
British Aerospace (BAe) purchased 'The Rover Group' for £150 million. The Rover Group plc was the name given in 1986 to the British vehicle manufacturer BL (formerly British Leyland), which had been state-owned company since 1975. It initially included the Austin Rover Group car business (comprising the Austin, Rover, Mini and MG marques), Land Rover Group, Freight Rover vans and Leyland Trucks. The Rover Group also owned the dormant trademarks from the many companies that had merged into BL and its predecessors such as Triumph, Morris, Wolseley, Riley and Alvis. BAe sold the remaining car business to the German company BMW in 1994. The group was further broken up in 2000, when Ford acquired the Land Rover division, with the Rover and MG marques continuing with the much smaller MG Rover Group until 2005. Ownership of the original Rover Group marques is currently split between BMW (Germany), SAIC (China), and Tata Motors (India), the latter owning the Rover marque itself with its subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover owning much of the assets of the historic Rover company.
The Land Rover Discovery was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Code-named "Project Jay", the new model was based on the chassis and drivetrain of the more upmarket Range Rover, but with a lower price aimed at a larger market segment intended to compete with Japanese offerings. This was the only Discovery generation with a four-cylinder petrol engine.
Ford acquired Jaguar Cars for $2.5 billion. Under Ford's ownership Jaguar expanded its range of products with the launch of the S-Type in 1999 and X-type in 2001. After Land Rover's May 2000 purchase by Ford, it became closely associated with Jaguar. In many countries they shared a common sales and distribution network (including shared dealerships), and some models shared components, although the only shared production facility was Halewood Body & Assembly, for the X-Type and the Freelander 2. However operationally the two companies were effectively integrated under a common management structure within Ford's PAG. On 11 June 2007, Ford announced that it planned to sell Jaguar, along with Land Rover and retained the services of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and HSBC to advise it on the deal. The sale was initially expected to be announced by September 2007, but was delayed until March 2008. Private equity firms such as Alchemy Partners of the UK, TPG Capital, Ripplewood Holdings (which hired former Ford Europe executive Sir Nick Scheele to head its bid), Cerberus Capital Management and One Equity Partners (owned by JP Morgan Chase and managed by former Ford executive Jacques Nasser) of the US, Tata Motors of India and a consortium comprising Mahindra and Mahindra (an automobile manufacturer from India) and Apollo Management all initially expressed interest in purchasing the marques from the Ford Motor Company. Before the sale was announced, Anthony Bamford, chairman of British excavator manufacturer JCB had expressed interest in purchasing the company in August 2006, but backed out upon learning that the sale would also involve Land Rover, which he did not wish to buy. On Christmas Eve of 2007, Mahindra and Mahindra backed out of the race for both brands, citing complexities in the deal. On 1 January 2008, Ford formally declared that Tata was the preferred bidder. Tata Motors also received endorsements from the Transport And General Worker's Union (TGWU)-Amicus combine as well as from Ford. According to the rules of the auction process, this announcement would not automatically disqualify any other potential suitor. However, Ford (as well as representatives of Unite) would now be able to enter into detailed discussions with Tata concerning issues ranging from labour concerns (job security and pensions), technology (IT systems and engine production) and intellectual property, as well as the final sale price. Ford would also open its books for a more comprehensive due diligence by Tata. On 18 March 2008, Reuters reported that American bankers Citigroup and JP Morgan would finance the deal with a USD 3 billion loan. On 26 March 2008, Ford announced that it had agreed to sell its Jaguar and Land Rover operations to Tata Motors of India, and that they expected to complete the sale by the end of the second quarter of 2008. Included in the deal were the rights to three other British brands, Jaguar's own Daimler, as well as two dormant brands Lanchester and Rover. On 2 June 2008, the sale to Tata was completed at a cost of £1.7 billion. On 18 January 2008, Tata Motors, a part of the Tata Group, established Jaguar Land Rover Limited as a British-registered and wholly owned subsidiary. The company was to be used as a holding company for the acquisition of the two businesses from Ford - Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover. That acquisition was completed on 2 June 2008. On 1 January 2013, the group, which had been operating as two separate companies (Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover), although on an integrated basis, underwent a fundamental restructuring. The parent company was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, Jaguar Cars Limited was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Limited and the assets (excluding certain Chinese interests) of Land Rover were transferred to it. The consequence was that Jaguar Land Rover Limited became responsible in the UK for the design, manufacture and marketing of both Jaguar and Land Rover products.
Major job cuts were reported to be on the way at the Rover Group as the recession affected demand for the company's Rover and Land Rover products.
World premiere of the Smart city-coupé and the European launch of the Land Rover Freelander at the IAA in Frankfurt, Germany.
Ford Motor Company announced that it has reached a memorandum of understanding to buy Land Rover from the BMW Group.
BMW sold the bulk of the Rover Group (the Rover and MG marques) to the Phoenix Consortium, while it retained the rights to the Mini marque, and sold Land Rover to Ford. MG Rover went into administration in 2005 and its key assets were purchased by Nanjing Automobile Group, with Nanjing restarting MG sports car and sports saloon production in 2007. During that year Nanjing merged with SAIC Motor (the largest vehicle manufacturer in China). During 2009 the UK Subsidiary was renamed MG Motor UK. The MG TF was manufactured at the former MG Rover Longbridge plant and sold within the UK from 2008 - 2010. In 2011 the first all new MG for 16 years (the MG 6) was launched in the UK (assembled at the Longbridge factory). During 2013 a super-mini was added to the line up (the MG 3), this went on to help MG Motor become the fastest growing car manufacturer within the UK in 2014. The Rover brand, which had been retained by BMW and licensed to MG Rover, was sold to Ford, which had bought Land Rover from BMW in 2000. The rights to the dormant Rover brand were sold by Ford, along with the Jaguar Cars and Land Rover businesses, to Tata Motors in 2008.
BMW Group and Ford Motor Company announced that they had signed a definitive agreement for Ford to buy the Land Rover business from BMW.
Ford officially took ownership of Land Rover from the BMW Group.
Ford bought rights to the Rover name from BMW for approximately £6 million. Ironically no Rover branded cars were produced whilst Ford owned the brand. As part of Ford's agreement to sell their Jaguar & Land Rover operations early this year to Tata Motors, the Rover brand name was included in the deal.
India's Tata Motors offered £1.03bn for Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover brands, according to a Press Trust of India report carried in local newspapers.
Ford Motor Co. named Tata Motors Ltd. the top bidder for its Jaguar and Land Rover brands and entered into "focused negotiations at a more detailed level."
The Ford Motor Company announced the sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover divisions to the Tata Group, one of India's oldest and largest business conglomerates, for some $2.3 billion--less than half of what Ford originally paid for the brands. The sale came at a time when Ford, along with much of the rest of the auto industry, was experiencing a sales slump as a result of the global economic crisis. For Tata, which earlier that year had unveiled the Nano, the world's cheapest car, the purchase of the venerable British-based luxury brands was referred to by some observers as a "mass to class" acquisition.
India's Tata Motors launched its ultra-cheap ($2,000) two-cylinder 624 cc Nano car in Mumbai. The vehicle was hoped to herald a revolution by making it possible for the world's poor to purchase their first car. Creative cost-saving was evident throughout the Nano. Flat side glass, a single wiper and no tailgate, three wheelnuts instead of four and a single door lock all help to keep the price low. But although the entry-level model was spartan, the CX and LX models had air-con. Incredibly for such a cheap car, a huge range of accessories and customisation options are offered, from decal sets to bodykits and dashboard trims. The 625cc, twin-cylinder engine develops 35bhp, but with only 600 kg to carry, a 50-55 mph cruise was achievable. The low weight meant that all-round drum brakes could be utilised. Despite the cheaper technology, the Nano had independent suspension front and rear, but was designed without anti-roll bars. With such a small engine, fuel consumption was variable with load and speed, but 55mpg was an easy average. The steering, not power-assisted, was light at parking speeds, and reasonably sharp. It rode well over India's terrible roads, thanks in part to tall 65 and 70 section tires. The second-generation Nano was expected to be sold in the United States by 2015. The original Nano is not street legal in the US, and cannot legally be sold as a grey market import until 2034, when the original 2009 models receive a 25-year exemption from the US Customs and Border Protection. Despite a readily-available dealership network in the US through the Jaguar Land Rover division of Tata, Tata Motors will not use Jaguar Land Rover to sell the Nano.
Van maker LDV was placed in administration after the collapse of a rescue deal by Malaysian firm Weststar. The assets were sold and up to 850 jobs and thousands more in the supply chain were lost. LDV was formed in 1993 as Leyland DAF Vans Limited following a management buy-out of DAF NV's Leyland DAF van manufacturing division, following the bankruptcy of the Dutch company. Later the name was officially changed to LDV Limited. Prior to its merger with Leyland Trucks and DAF Trucks in 1987 it was part of the British Leyland / Austin Rover Group empire and was latterly the Freight Rover arm of the Land Rover Group division. In December 2005, after going into administration, LDV was bought by group Sun Capital Partners/Sun European Partners and was subject to a financial restructuring. What Van reported LDV's commitment to its existing customers, including an assurance from their marketing director that their production target of 1000 vans per month would put them well above break-even point. The Russian GAZ Group acquired LDV on 31 July 2006, and also established a new company, GAZ International, based in the United Kingdom, to focus on the automotive industry.The BBC reported a GAZ spokesperson as saying that the company had appointed former Ford of Europe executive Martin Leach and former A.T. Kearney executive Steve Young to run the business, and that it planned to expand production at LDV's Birmingham plant by adding new product lines and entering new markets in Europe and elsewhere. GAZ had plans to export LDV technology to Russia, and start producing the Maxus at the GAZ Nizhny Novgorod plant in Russia with 50,000 as an initial volume. There were also proposals to export the GAZ Maxus to Australia, a traditional market for British Leyland. However, GAZ's plans never really showed any increased output, and due to the severe worldwide recession and a lack of long-term investment and commitment, production was halted at LDV's Birmingham factory in December 2008. After United Kingdom's Government tried once again to save the company by agreeing to pour in £5 million of grants to enable Malaysia's WestStar Corporation to purchase LDV, WestStar failed to secure financing.
Britons Robert Belcher and Stephen Cooper driving a Land Rover Discovery arrived at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town to set a new world record for driving from London to Cape Town, making the 10,000-mile journey in 10 days, 3 hours and 16 minutes. The pair left London at 0500 GMT on Friday 4 October 2013 from the RAC Club on Pall Mall. En route, they encountered heavy rain and thunderstorms in Tunisia, a tense border crossing into Libya following US military activity, a fuel shortage in Egypt and giant potholes in Ethiopia. They visited 13 countries in all: England, France, Italy, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and South Africa. Passing through Europe in the first 27 hours, the pair managed to cover more than 1,700 miles – 17% of the total mileage in just 11% of the target time.
At 09:22 the last ever Land Rover Defender produced was rolled out of Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull plant in the UK.
Waymo, formerly known as Google's self-driving car project, announced a partnership with Jaguar Land Rover to build self-driving Jaguar luxury SUVs for the company's autonomous Silicon Valley taxi fleet.


Have you visited FindLaw.com lately? If so, you've probably noticed some big changes. Today, we're pleased to announce that the web's number one online resource for legal information has been given a major redesign.
The new look for FindLaw.com couldn't come at a better time. Traffic to FindLaw.com is now more than 11 million visits per month and the numbers show no sign of slowing down. But look close at those massive numbers and you'll see some behaviors that require an update to FindLaw.
First is the prevalence of mobile computing. Last year, mobile internet usage surpassed desktop usage for the first time in history. Now, FindLaw.com had been optimized for mobile to some degree, we knew we could do better, and our users deserved better.
Today, the entirety of FindLaw.com is now mobile-optimized and responsive. That means our market-leading lawyer directory, our timely legal blogs and the informative Learn About the Law – all of these pages and their contents are going to look and perform wonderfully on screens big and small, and whether clicked with a mouse or tapped with a finger.
In a world where searching for an attorney can be done from the scene of a legal incident, moving FindLaw's lawyer directory to a mobile format is vitally important to legal consumers and lawyers alike. This was a truly massive undertaking and we're proud to bring so much popular and valuable content into the mobile era.
On the design side, we took a fresh look at the behaviors of the millions of legal consumers who interacted with FindLaw.com. What we discovered was no surprise: they're impatient.
Internet users, and legal consumers specifically, will leave a site at the drop of a hat if it fails to deliver the information, speed and aesthetics they're expecting. For better or worse, we've all become connoisseurs of website design and content. The new FindLaw.com was designed to reflect this with a modern, clean design that places a premium on the features our visitors use most.
A persistent directory search field means legal consumers are never more than a click away from tracking down the perfect attorney for their needs.
Smart, meaningful implementation of icons and other design elements help readers keep track of their place within FindLaw's massive content library as they learn about the law and their potential options.
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What hasn't changed on FindLaw.com?
Since the earliest days of FindLaw, our online presence has been committed to connecting legal consumers with the information and attorneys they need most. The new FindLaw.com continues that quest as the flagship brand in FindLaw's network of legal directories, FindLaw.com, SuperLawyers.com, LawInfo.com and Abogado.com.
I often hear our consultants position FindLaw as a partner to law firms. This update proves their point. By focusing on a better experience for the legal consumer – mobile-first and modern design – FindLaw is also improving our ability to bring prospects and attorneys together.
Our visitors so often become your clients, and today I'm proud to announce that FindLaw is in an even better position to deliver on that promise. If you haven't by now, take a trip to FindLaw.com and see what's new. I think you'll like what you see.
Thanks for the promo, Mark!


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Sprint Legend Usain Bolt continues on his musical journey with the release of a new single titled Living The Dream with his childhood friend and manager Nugent 'NJ' Walker.
The song's powerful message inspires youths to never give up and fight for their dreams.
An accompanying music video was also released and is among the top trending songs on streaming platform YouTube.
The collaboration is produced by A-Team Lifestyle and is distributed by Hapilos Digital.
Bolt described Living The Dream as a perfect start to the new year coming out of a challenging 2020.
He added that the single is the first release from an upcoming EP slated for later this year.
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Character Sheets for Other Games
Chill 3rd Edition Envoy Sheets and Adventure 1
Author HRSegovia
Creation date Jul 3, 2018
Overview Updates (5) History Discussion
Chill 3rd Edition Envoy Sheets and Adventure
I was exstatic when I heard Chill was getting a 3rd edition, and it did not disappoint. The light/dark tokens do for Chill what cards and chips did for Deadlands!
Here's the official page:
http://growlingdoorgames.com/chill.html
You can purchase it at any of these locations:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/148433/Chill-Third-Edition
https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Chill-3rd-Edition.html?page=2
Here's some custom character sheets and an adventure. The originals are great, but these work better for me. ALL OF THESE FILES WERE MADE FOR CHILL 3RD EDITION.
Chill - The Roaring 20's.pdf3.30 MB
"The Roaring 20's" includes:
- 12 pregenerated characters (using the 2nd Ed Half-Sheet listed below) based off of the great Horror, Science Fiction, and Mystery authors of that era: Marjorie Bowen, Alfred McLelland Burrage, Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, William Fryer Harvey, William Hope Hodgeson, Montague Rhodes James, Gaston Leroux, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Daphne du Marier, Clarence Aaron Robbins, and Herbert George Wells
- 1 blank character sheet for players who wish to create an author of their own
- 4 Handout sheets, including an introduction letter, a response from headquarters, and a manuscript (explained next)
- 1 adventure (contemplating writing more to add to this file)
The Adventure:
It is widely believed Edgar Allan Poe was murdered for political reasons - particularly not voting a particular way. Other theories include delirium tremens, heart disease, epilepsy, syphilis, meningeal inflammation, cholera, and rabies.
Whatever the case may be: at 3am on October 3rd, 1849 Poe was found "in great distress and... in need of immediate assistance." He was not wearing his own clothes - and on October 7th, 1849 he passed away at Washington Medical College. He was never lucid enough to explain the circumstances of his condition, but he had repeated the name "Reynolds" the night before his death. His last words were "Lord, help my poor soul." All medical records have been lost, including his death certificate.
While Poe was found and died in Baltimore where he typically lived, at the time of his death he was living in Richmond, Virginia; so he traveled a long way in the middle of the night to Baltimore because of this "Reynolds." Was he looking for Reynolds? Running from him? Warning about him? Or was Reynolds a "her?" We will never know.
When he died - however - he was working on an untitled piece which has since been given the name "The Light House." It is less than four pages long and concerns a man who - through some difficulty - acquired a job at a lighthouse in Norway on New Years Day with his dog Neptune. While he revels in the solitude, he begins to hear whispers and noises, and grows concerned about the structural integrity of the lighthouse. Written in the form of a journal, it is interrupted with the last page ending on a heading for the fourth day, "Jan 4."
...all this is true.
The year is now 1924, and each of the authors has received a copy of a letter and a manuscript which reads the following:
To my beloved authors;
I wish I could open with how much of a fan I am of your works and what all I have read, but I fear there are more pressing things at hand. Please forgive my bluntness in this letter as I lack the grace you all possess. In short, I may have leads to an old case - I may know what happened to Edgar Allan Poe. By the time this letter is concluded, you will understand why I cannot take this to historians or authorities, and why I have sent this to several authors instead.
I should explain: I am in such dire need of assistance, I sent this to twelve authors in hopes that would increase my chances for a response.
Regarding the manuscript you possess: they are copies of the original (which remains in my possession). This is the piece on which Poe was working when he succumbed to some strange affliction. I purchased it at an estate auction (not Poe's) and am unsure how the owner obtained it. However - this is where I may either lose your interest, or completely capture it - I am practiced in the art of psychometry. Upon first touching the manuscript, I was "gifted" images surrounding the real circumstances regarding the death of our beloved poet, and what I have seen frightens me too much to commit to paper as it will make it all too real. Please come visit me. My address is on the envelope.
Your humble fan,
[signed]E. Lightner
Emily Lightner
Chill 2nd (Half-Sheet).pdf
In the style of Chill's 2nd edition, it takes the classic purple half-sheet and updates it to 3rd Edition.
Chill 2nd SAVE HQ.pd
3rd Edition introduced the HQ sheet. This one fits the style of 2nd Edition.
Chill 2nd.pdf
This one takes the classic style 2nd Ed sheet, updates it to 3rd Edition, and gives you the benefit of more room with a full sheet available.
Chill 3e as DnD 5e.pdf
This started tongue-in-cheek, but wound up being a great tool to help 5th Edition D&D players transition to playing Chill 3rd Edition.
Chill Roswell (Half-Sheet).pdf
With the compactness of the half-sheet, this one gives a Roswell-File-esque feel with its occult-ish circular technical readout.
Chill Roswell File.pdf
As above, it has the Roswell-File-esque feel with its occult-ish circular technical readout, with the benefits of a full sheet.
Chill Roswell SAVE HQ.pdf
If you like the Roswell look, the SAVE HQ sheet completes it.
Chill Tech (Half-Sheet).pdf
3rd Edition updated the game to modern day. The sheet needed to be updated to reflect that. This one has more of a modern, technical feel.
Chill Tech SAVE HQ.pdf
This HQ sheet matches the tech feel of the Character sheets.
Chill Tech.pdf
As the half-sheet with the benefits of the full.
NPC Roswell.pdf
NPC Sheets to match the Roswell theme.
NPC-Creature Quicksheet.pdf
NPC Sheets to match the 2nd Edition theme.
NPC-Creature Tech Quicksheet.pdf
NPC Sheets to match the Tech theme.


Created in Quebec in December 2002 under the name of ''Newlimits.org'', the project was initially in French and under Free Art License. It was using TWiki wiki application for collaborative edition and in 2004, community decided to migrate to MediaWiki.
The project got over 1000 articles December, 10 2006<ref>[http://fr.ekopedia.org/Ekopedia:Ekopedia_d%C3%A9passe_les_1000_articles Ekopedia dépasse les 1000 articles]</ref>. In February 2007, English<ref>[http://en.ekopedia.org/ Ekopedia in English]</ref> and Esperanto<ref> [http://eo.ekopedia.org/ Ekopedia in Esperanto]</ref> Projects were created. Italian<ref> [http://it.ekopedia.org Ekopedia in Italian]</ref>, German<ref>[http://de.ekopedia.org Ekopedia in German]</ref> and Polish<ref>[http://pl.ekopedia.org Ekopedia in Polish]</ref> were created in February and March 2008 and the Spanish<ref> [http://es.ekopedia.org Ekopedia in Spanish]</ref> in November 2008. Ekopedia has about 2500 articles (> 1 800 in French).
'''Ekopedia''' gives people solutions and practical knowledge in order to act in a more environmentally sound way. Ekopedia is a wiki-based website (like Wikipedia) using MediaWiki. Ekopedia now licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0 (after having been under Free Art Licence for more than 6 years)<ref>http://en.ekopedia.org/Ekopedia:Copyright</ref>.
Ekopedia is developed mainly in French, Polish, and Italian. In 2008, French Project received 2,3 millions uniques visitors and each day, an average of 11,000 people come to visit and participate in the project, which makes Ekopedia the most visited<ref>[http://www.fondationekopedia.org/Bilan_2008_du_projet_%C3%89kop%C3%A9dia#Pr.C3.A9sentation_du_projet Bilan 2008 du projet Ekopedia.org]</ref> French website focused on [[ecology]] and [[sustainability]] issues.
Ekopedia articles are organized around 12 topics in order to meet the basics needs of people : Birth, Education, Food, Lodging, Clothing, Art and craft, Thinking, Living together, Health and care, Travel, Play and Communication. There are thus many articles on [[green building]], washable diapers, seasonal vegetables, [[electric vehicles]] or even [[tofu]] manufacturing.
Ekopedia is different to Wikipedia as certain types of content and collaboration are not suitable for Wikipedia<ref>[http://fr.ekopedia.org/Ekopedia:Wikipedia Ekopedia is different from Wikipedia]</ref>. In contrast to Wikipedia, Ekopedia content requires a different approach in selecting and writing articles.
* January 15, 2009: Article ''"[http://www.canoe.com/infos/environnement/archives/2009/01/20090115-211933.html Ekopedia: Une encyclopédie pour construire un monde meilleur]"'' by Virginie Roy from [http://www.canoe.com Canoe].
* April 2008: Reportage about Ekopedia on radio [http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/lemouv le Mouv des campus] on Radio-France.
* January 11, 2007: the newspaper Metro wrote [http://metrofrance.com/fr/article/2007/01/11/18/4147-38/index.xml Ekopedia, le Wikipedia écolo].


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Tag: Robbie Quine
Robbie Quine "Glitter Hole"
Published on 25 Jul 2022 31 Jul 2022 by veglam1 Comment
We've been following The BARBARELLATONES for years now and although Robbie has been releasing songs on a regular basis we were impatiently waiting for a new album. Here it is under his own name ROBBIE QUINE. "Eclipse" opens the record with an interesting mix of 70s glam rock and medieval vibes reminding a bit of the latest DAMNED stuff before "Betty Page" takes us to mysterious psychedelic rock'n'roll lands. "Just Another Emo Day" sounds more like an epic 60s ballad than an emocore song and "Glitter Train", "Creeps Me Out" sound close to the cryptic glam rock you can hear in The BARBARELLATONES albums. If you need to hear a great new wave punk song mixing late 70s Berlin and early 80s New York together then "New Wave Girl" is the one for you and if you're looking for a 70s glam ballad about sharing make-up with a girl then listen to "Glam Rock Girl." You can also hear some VELVET UNDERGROUND influences in "Run Rabbit Run" and more glitter rock flirting with 60s psych in "Electric Pussycat." "The Loneliest Clown" brings a comedy/tragedy element to the album and the album ends with a gothic glam touch with "It Came From Beyond" and the sweet and finely arranged ballad "Ode To A Mermaid." Robbie says that if you put this album in your pipe and smoke it, you will exhale LOTS of glitter. We believe him! /Laurent C.
Categories Reviews•Tags glam rock, goth rock, Psych, Robbie Quine, rock'n'roll, The Barbarellatones
The Barabarellatones
Published on 3 Aug 2012 1 Jul 2015 by veglamLeave a comment
Tranni cryptic rock'n'roll from space? Glam goth'n'roll from sunny California? The BARBARELLATONES are hard to describe but listening to their new album « Interview With a Vampire » made us want to know more about them. Robbie answered our questions.
Can you introduce the band ?
My studio band is me (Robbie Quine) on electric sitar, guitar, bass, vocals, Dave dagger on drums and Joe vant on lead guitar, and Peter DiStefano from Porno For Pyros/Peter Murphy on lead guitar on some trax. My live band here in Hawaii is Hillary Marsh on guitar, Alan Jackson on Bass and Dave Dagger on drums with me on sitar/vocals.
Your new album is called "Interview With A Vampire", is there any concept behind it? Are you aware of the existence of the band/artist called Glampire?
I have been a glam/goth dude for a long-ass time! So I've been calling myself a glampire since the 80's. I know there is an artist called Glampire, but in Hollywood it's a common term. I feel that one thing glam and goth have in common is that they are both erotic forms of rock and androgynous.
What are your musical influences? Seems like David Bowie has had a big influence on you, am I wrong?
My influences are pretty obvious…Bowie! I also love The Cramps, The Velvet Underground, The Seeds, T-Rex, the list goes on and on!
Speaking of influences, there?s a lot of "movie atmospheres" in your music, what movies influenced you?
I love bad B-Movies and silent horror films. I also love campy shit like 'Rocky Horror'.
Have you played a lot of shows so far? Best memories? Worst ones?
I love playing live. I usually dress in drag, and I'm also in the tranni-rock band 'Sex With Lurch'. I loved playing the fetish ball in Hollywood, but even if we're playing a sleazy dump somewhere it's fun to me. Like all bands, some nights shit just goes wrong…broken strings on stage or feedback on the monitors, but ya just roll with it and crack some jokes or something, or take your clothes off!
Have you played in different States there? I guess there must be places where the band's image probably shocks people?
The only states I've gigged in are California and Hawaii, but I would love to play in Europe one day. I've been to Gay Paris, but not with the band unfortunately. It is a dream of mine to play out in your neck of the woods.
Can you tell us more about your songs? What are they about? Fiction? Reality?…
I write about what I love and have experienced. I am a surfer, so a lot of my songs have that influence. I was a Junkie for a zillion years too, but I've been clean and sober for the past 14 years-One day at a time, of course. So I know the darkness intimately but I also know about hope and healing too. I enjoy pop culture like I said before, with the whole monster thing.
It seems like there's more bands with a strong image now than 5 years ago, whether they're into glam rock, goth metal or J-Rock/Visual Kei?, what's your opinion on it?
I have to think about that a little. To me the most important thing is good songs. I think image is also important, but it's cool when an artist is being creative when inventing his/herself. Ziggy Stardust is a perfect example.
What?s your opinion on the music business today? Is it worse than in the past?
I hate the music biz! I am glad to be unsigned doing the DIY thing. Most of the music I hear is Dorky and does not pass my goosebump test!
What are the band's projects?
My latest project is a 'Best Of The Barbarellatones' cd I'm finishing up. I remixed some of our earlier songs and recorded some new stuff also. There's a track called 'Pussycat Babylon' produced by punk legend Geza X (Dead Kennedys, Germs) that's on there and Paul Roessler from 45 Grave and Nina Hagen is playing keyboards on it. I am such a name-dropper, it's scandalous! This year we got our song 'The Fire Of Love' licensed for The Sopranos-episode 'Luxury Lounge' aired 4/23 on HBO. Thanx, Luv, Robbie
http://www.barbarellatones.com
Categories Interviews•Tags glam rock, goth rock, Robbie Quine, rock'n'roll, surf rock, The Barbarellatones


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Křižák mostní (Larinioides sclopetarius) je pavouk z čeledi křižákovití (Araneidae) a rodu Larinioides.

Výskyt
Křižák mostní je druhem holarktické oblasti, v Česku je, vyjma horských oblastí, rozšířen v rámci celého území, vázán je však spíše na biotopy se zdroji vody, často se objevuje v blízkosti větších řek. Původním přirozeným prostředím křižáka mostního jsou vlhké louky s vysokou trávou, lze jej však pozorovat i synantropně na mostech, plotech a budovách. Sítě jsou velké a kolové, v průměru měří i 70 cm, pavouk do nich lapá létavý hmyz. Signální vlákno sítě nemusí být rozpoznatelné. Dospělci loví primárně v noci. Křižák mostní si staví sítě většinou masově ve větších společenstvech. V suchém létě roku 2003 se křižák mostní kalamitně přemnožil v Praze podél Vltavy v blízkosti Národního divadla, sítě tehdy pokrývaly i budovy a okna.

Popis
Samice dosahuje velikosti 10–14 mm, samec je o něco menší, 8–9 mm dlouhý. Hlavohruď má šedé zbarvení a je lemována bílými chloupky. Bělavé chloupky uprostřed hlavohrudi pak vytvářejí dopředu otevřenou vidlici. Zadeček je oválný a zploštělý, folium (kontrastní laločnatá skvrna uprostřed zadečku) je ohraničeno bělavým vlnkováním. Na začátku zadečku je bíle obroubená klínovitá skvrnka. Končetiny pokrývá výrazné kroužkování. Druh se velmi podobá křížákovi rudohnědému (L. ixobolus), ten je však ve srovnání s křižákem mostním mnohem méně kontrastní.

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Křižákovití


There may be instances when one has to run Command Prompt as administrator to carry out certain tasks on the computer. In the earlier versions of Windows 7 (especially Ultimate Version) one could use the shortcut Shift+Enter in Windows Run box to run any file or application as admin, including the CMD Prompt. However, the trick does not work on Windows 8 Pro any more.
You can use the Shift+Enter shortcut in the start screen but then you either have to search for CMD or select it using the right mouse click. To make this simple task yet simpler, today I will show you how you can pin Command Prompt on Taskbar and Start Screen to always run as administrator.
Step 1: Right-click on your desktop and select New—>Shortcut. If you have the habit of hiding desktop icons, unhide them before making the new shortcut.
Step 2: In the Create shortcut wizard, give C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe as the location of the item and click on the next button to continue. That's the exact path of Command Prompt if the Windows is installed on the C drive on your computer. If Windows 8 is installed on any other drive, please change the command accordingly.
Step 3: In the next step, give a suitable name to the shortcut so that you can spot it in your Start Screen. After the steps are done, you will notice a new command prompt shortcut on your desktop.
Step 4: Now right-click on the Command Prompt shortcut and select Properties. In shortcut properties, click on Advanced option and tick mark the option Run as administrator. Finally apply the settings when you are done.
Step 5: If you want to run the command prompt as an admin from the desktop itself, you can leave it as it is and double click on it whenever you want to work on Command Prompt as admin. If you would like to pin it to Start Screen or Taskbar, select the option from the right-click context menu. However, make sure you don't delete the shortcut after pinning the command prompt.
So that was how you can run command prompt as a shortcut all the time. If you have turned off your UAC, the quick way to make sure that CMD prompt runs as admin is by looking at its prompt. If it loads in the Windows system folder, it's running as admin. If it opens up in the user folder, it's not.
One more way to run any program as admin all the time is from the compatibility tab in the properties. As the compatibility option is not available for the CMD shortcut, we had to use an advanced option.


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Simmons, Erica
Erica Simmons
Position title: Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Faculty Director of the International Studies Major 2020-2021
Email: essimmons@wisc.edu
110 North Hall
1050 Bascom Mall
Visit here to read full faculty profile of Erica Simmons.
Simmons' research and teaching are motivated by an interest in contentious politics, particularly in Latin America. Her research interests include Civic Society, Globalization, Human Rights, Latin America, Methodology, Revolution, Social Movements.
Check out the podcast 1050 Bascom to hear more about her work!
Her current work explores the intersection of market reforms and political resistance in the region and her dissertation on the topic was awarded the Latin American Studies Association/Oxfam America 2013 Martin Diskin award. Her recent book, Meaningful Resistance: Market Reforms and the Roots of Social Protest in Latin America (Cambridge University Press 2016) tackles questions of resistance to the marketization of subsistence in Latin America. She has published three related articles, "Market Reforms and Water Wars" (World Politics), "Grievances do matter in mobilization" (Theory and Society), and "Corn, Markets, and Mobilization in Mexico" (Comparative Politics). Simmons has also written on Bolivian politics more broadly; a co-authored article entitled "Coping by Colluding: Political Uncertainty and Promiscuous Powersharing in Indonesia and Bolivia" was published in Comparative Political Studies in November 2013.
Introduction to International Studies [Intl St 101]
Introduction to Contentious Politics [Poli Sci 431]
Qualitative Methods [Poli Sci 919]
Institute for International and Regional Studies
Erica Simmons, and Nicholas Rush Smith. 2017. "Comparison with an Ethnographic Sensibility." PS: Political Science and Politics 50:1 (January), p 126-130.
"Market Reforms and Water Wars." World Politics 61:1 (January 2016), pp. 37-73.
Erica Simmons. "Corn, Markets, and Mobilization in Mexico." Comparative Politics, Volume 48, Number3, April 2016, pp. 413-431.
Erica Simmons, 2015. "Market Reforms and Water Wars," World Politics.
"The Case for Comparative Ethnography" (with Nicholas Rush Smith). Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Newsletter 13:2 (Fall 2015), pp. 13-18.
"Grievances Do Matter in Mobilization." Theory and Society 43: 5 (September 2014), pp. 513-536.
"Informative Regress: Critical Antecedents and Historical Causation" (with Dan Slater). Comparative Political Studies 43:7 (July 2010), pp. 886-917
"Informative Regress: Critical Antecedents and Historical Causation" (with Dan Slater). Qualitative Methods 6:1 (Spring 2008), pp. 6-13.
Erica Simmons. Meaningful Resistance: Market Reforms and the Roots of Social Protest in Latin America. Cambridge University Press 2016.
Charles Tilly Distinguishe Contribution to Scholarship Book Award for Meaningful Resistance
APSA Science Technology and Environmental Police Best Artical Award for, "Market Reforms and Water Wars"
National Scince Foundation Grant, "Rethinking Comparison in the Social Sciences."
Sage Paper Award for the best paper applying or developing qualitative methods presented at the American Political Science Association. Awarded to "Comparison and Ethnography: What Each Can Learn From the Other" (with Nicholas Rush Smith).
Hilldale Undergraduate Research award for her work with Gillian McBride on the project, "A Microcosm of Global Insecurities: Community and Landscape Changes in El Salvador Following the 1973 Oil Crisis."
Honored Instructor Award
Honored Instructors Award
Latin American Studies Association-Oxfam America Martin Diskin Award for best dissertation involving a combination of scholarship and activism (co-awarded).
Co-winner of the LASA/Oxfam America 2013 Martin Diskin Dissertation Award of the Latin American Studies Association for her dissertation "Markets, Movements, and Meanings: Subsistence Resources and Political Protest in Mexico and Bolivia."
Mellon Foundation Dissertation-Year Fellowship.
Sage Paper Award for the best paper applying or developing qualitative methods presented at the American Political Science Association. Awarded to "Informative Regress: Critical Antecedents and Historical Causation" (with Dan Slater).
Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award.


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package io.trino.metadata;

import com.google.inject.Binder;
import com.google.inject.Module;
import com.google.inject.Scopes;
import com.google.inject.multibindings.ProvidesIntoSet;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ColumnHandle;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ConnectorIndexHandle;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ConnectorInsertTableHandle;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ConnectorOutputTableHandle;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ConnectorPartitioningHandle;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ConnectorSplit;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ConnectorTableExecuteHandle;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ConnectorTableHandle;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ConnectorTableLayoutHandle;
import io.trino.spi.connector.ConnectorTransactionHandle;

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The Union of Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia, also known as Burma, which used to be the official name of the country until 1989. This change of name has been officially recognized by the United Nations, but some national governments, such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and much of the Burmese population, do not recognize this name change, since they did not recognize the military government which instituted it. For the time being, however, Myanmar, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw, is still used by many regardless of their opinion.
Previously an independent kingdom, in 1886 Burma was annexed by the British Empire to the colony of India. The Japanese Empire invaded and occupied the country during World War II but it was returned to British control.
Visas are required from all visitors except ASEAN, People's Republic of China and Russian nationals. Electronic Myanmar visas are now available online at the eVisa site. Tourist visa applications cost US$30 and require a digital photograph and a credit card; if approved, the visa is valid for 28 days and must be used within 90 days. Electronic visas can only be used if arriving via air to Yangon or Mandalay.
Myanmar has announced the resumption of Visa-On-Arrival (VOA) starting in June 2012 for several countries including all ASEAN member states, the EU, New Zealand and the USA. The following categories of VOA are available: BUSINESS VISA, valid up to 70 days upon entry; ENTRY VISA (Meetings/Workshops/Events) valid up to 28 days upon entry; TRANSIT VISA valid up to 24 hours upon entry. Ensure you check the embassy website for the specific details. Note that, according to the Myanmar government website there is no VOA for tourists, but Myanmar Airways claims that VOA is now available for tourists of all nationalities for USD 30 (as of February 2013), but only on flights with their airline from Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and Guangzhou.