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Father's Day at 200mph: Mario and Michael Andretti
Mario's son Michael had almost no choice in life but to become a racer, like his legendary father. And in the end, he almost surpassed him. Almost.
By Dennis Tang
LAT USA
In the world of motor racing, nothing made of flesh and blood defines "dynasty" quite like the Andretti family. Famed patriarch Mario Andretti is a racing legend, the only man to ever win the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, and Formula One World Championship. His son Michael is one of the greatest drivers in IndyCar history, third all-time in wins—just behind, who else, his father, and A. J. Foyt. And from Mario's brother Aldo to Michael's brother Jeff, to the third generation of Andretti racers in Michael's son Marco, there is something incontrovertibly distinct about this family, born and bred, that makes them so good at handling a set of wheels.
With Father's Day in the offing, we caught up with Mario and Michael and asked them to talk about how joining the family business, and attempting to live up to your dad's oversize shadow, played out in real life. Here's a short oral history, as they shared it.
When Michael Andretti was born in 1962, his father Mario was 22 years old and still trying to climb up the lower rungs of motorsport—stock cars, midget cars, and the like. But just two years later, Mario was in IndyCar, and in 1965 he won the series championship, and then he was off. Basically, all Michael remembers is his father, the racing star.
Michael: Around when he won Indianapolis [in 1969, when Michael was six], that's when I started to figure out something was different — there was much more commotion around.
Mario: In school, Michael's teacher asked the class, what is your dad's profession? Michael said, "He goes to the airport and makes bread." Because whenever I was leaving for a race he used to ask me where I was going and I'd say, "I'm going to airport, gotta make some bread," and he took it literally!
Mario: When a kid's seven, eight years old, he's not gonna make a decision for himself. But we had some toys—four wheelers—around the house, and the kids took to those so quickly. They were water skiing when they were six years old. So I thought it'd be interesting to see if the two boys would like to drive a go-kart. I took Michael first, to a parking lot, and he liked it and looked good doing it.
Michael: I don't remember my first time behind the wheel, but the first time I actually raced was in a go-kart, when I was nine. It came pretty easily to me. I felt in control all the time, and it felt natural.
Mario: I feel that Michael especially was really attuned to it really quickly, and he was naturally fast immediately. Jeff had to work at it harder a little bit, but he was more analytical. With Michael, it was never a question whether he was going to continue. To Jeff, I kept saying, 'Okay, you don't have to do this if you don't like this.' I tried to make this point as much as I could. 'You were brought into this environment. This is my life, but it doesn't have to be yours.'
Michael: He never pushed me to do it, I asked to do it. But did I feel pressure? Yeah, I did feel the pressure of who I was, what I should be doing, because every person dad talked to, they'd ask me, "So are you going to be a race car driver?"
Mario: I would take them to Europe, to Formula 1 races. My daughter shared the podium with me in Spain, along with King Juan Carlos—they were all exposed to these things.
Mario: You're never born with a steering wheel in your hands, but I look at myself and my brother Aldo: when we fell in love with this sport, our family didn't even own a car. I think there are just some kids who throw a ball or swing a bat straight and fast and easily, and it's that way with racing—I don't know if it's the environment, that they've seen their dads do this, or something else.
Michael enjoyed significant success after his open-wheel racing debut in 1983, with two second-place finishes in the IndyCar World Series and a championship in 1991. He also raced against his father, and then as teammates, on Newman/Haas from 1989 to 1992.
Mario: I tried to put them in the right hands. I didn't have a team myself, so I had to help direct them, which I think I did. But you can never have the perfect plan.
Michael: He was involved in all those moves early on. I wouldn't make decisions without him at that point.
Mario: Michael had things happen pretty quickly, in terms of the progression. With Jeff, it seemed like Michael was taking everything first, so there were fewer opportunities for him. For Jeff there was no first-class ride, and that's what did him in. He was driving the second car at Indy [when he crashed]. It was his only opportunity at the time, and it cost him.
In the incident Mario is referring to, Jeff Andretti suffered a major crash on lap 115 when the right front wheel on his car came off. Jeff broke both lower legs, both heels, and the toes on his left foot. He did return to racing, but never enjoyed his previous success again. He retired in 1999, and now works as a racing instructor.
Mario: Did I worry? Damn right I did, because I knew the danger was real. There are ways to make a living that are a lot safer. Their mother, my wife, was always very supportive, but she would always roll her eyes and shake her head. Why do you guys have to do this? We always played hard [laughs]. We did things most people don't. And there's no question I was an influence.
For the 1993 Formula 1 season, Michael signed on to the storied McLaren F1 team, and expected to contend for a title. However, internal strife—with the legendary Ayrton Senna halfway out the door, and team test driver Mika Häkkinen a constant threat to receive preferential treatment from the team over Andretti—combined with constricting new rules and regulations to make Michael's sole season in Formula 1 an unqualified disaster.
Michael: He was a big influence on pushing me that I needed to do Formula 1, for sure. There was a point where I was on the fence, and he said if I didn't jump at that opportunity, it would be the biggest mistake of my life.
Mario: When Michael joined McLaren, Senna was supposed to go to Williams. [McLaren team principal] Ron Dennis stole Häkkinen from Lotus—they got him pretty much for free. But the deal didn't go through right away with Senna, so Dennis had three drivers and two cars, and you're not going to sideline Senna, so he signed Senna with the big bucks. But he felt obligated to give Mika some running, so he was depriving Michael of testing.
Michael: It was a program that was never meant to succeed—they never wanted me to. They were playing political games, which upset me.
Mario: It was probably the worst time for him to join the best team. They lost the Honda engine. He had so much stacked against him, but some of the mistakes he made was just because he was impatient. I knew that Michael could do better than he did.
Michael: Häkkinen was never quicker than me in any of the tests we went to, but then on race weekend I'd be much lower priority. I wanted to stick it out in F1, I fought with Ron, but he already wanted me out of the car after my fourth or fifth race. But I got it through Italy and Monza, and actually podiumed in my last race. I was going to stay there and follow through. There's no question in my mind I could've had the success Mika had, because I was always quicker than him.
After his F1 sojourn, Michael returned to IndyCar, where he was immediately successful once again, winning his very first race back, the 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix, and led every lap along the way.
Mario: I think Michael should have done the second season [in Formula 1]. Believe me, I know his ability. Mika became a world champion. Michael would've been too, I guarantee you, 100 percent.
Michael: Nobody [in Formula 1] was going to touch me with a ten-foot pole [laughs]. I had no choice but to go back to IndyCar. But it was one of my proudest moments that I was able to get Chip [Ganassi] his very first win.
Mario: I told Michael not to sign a long-term relationship when he went back [to IndyCar], but he did with Newman Haas, and then he got an invitation to join Ferrari when [Michael] Schumacher did. He got an incredible offer and had to turn it down, because the boss wouldn't let him out of his contract.
Michael: Dad wasn't really involved in any of that. I was just trying to save my career, which was at a crossroads at that point. I was going to do what was right for me, and luckily I got the opportunity to come back with Chip, and it really saved me.
Michael finished his CART career with 42 wins and 17 top-ten season finishes. He is now a team principal for Andretti Autosport, which now includes a third generation in the form of his son, IndyCar driver Marco Andretti. Andretti Autosport won the Indianapolis 500, where Michael holds the record for most laps led without winning, in 2014.
Finally, on the occasion of Father's Day, Mario shared one of his favorite memories of him and his son:
Mario: We were racing against each other in the '86 Portland Grand Prix, on Father's Day. He's leading, and I have no chance of catching up. There's three laps to go, and I'm about three laps back, resigned. But then I hear in the radio that Michael is having fuel problems. By the time we come down for the checkered flag, I beat him by 7/100th of a second. [Michael would come in second for the season, with Mario in fifth.] Michael was so upset. Someone said, "Hey Michael! It's Father's Day." And he said, "Okay, Dad, Happy Father's Day." That was his gift to me. Not that he wanted to give it to me, but I took it. [laughs]
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A slow pace of running.
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The Finnish Liigacup is Underway
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The League Cup in Finland is a curious competition. Played as a competitive series of games, it serves as a pre-season competition for the 12 teams in the Veikkausliiga (Finland's Premier League) but, as it kicks off in mid-February and Finland is mostly under a metre or two of snow, it is played indoors.
Th structure of the Liigacup is also unusual. The first round sees the teams divided into four groups each consisting of three teams, who all play each other twice in the group stage. At the end of this stage the top two from each group progress, providing eight teams for the quarter finals. From here it is a straight knock-out competition through to the final.
There's one more quirk to this competition, though, as progression through the rounds of the Liigacup, also gains a better seeding in the Suomencup (Finland's FA Cup), whereby those that get knocked out in the group stage of the Liigacup, start the Suomencup in the 3rd round, and those progressing to the Semi-final of the Liigacup, join the Suomencup in the 6th round – so there is an incentive to treat this as more than a pre-season warm-up series.
And so this weekend I found myself in Seinäjoki's Wallsport Areena to watch the second of Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's Liigacup games. After a close victory against local rivals VPS Vaasa (1-0 on Wed 11.2), today's match ws against the other team from the Pohjanmaa region, FF Jaro from Pietersaari.
A crowd of 504 saw a close first-half, Jaro played neat, passing football but lacked a creative spark to make any chances for their strikers. SJK looked more dangerous, with Richie Dorman & Akseli Pelvas creating chances down both wings, although it wasn't until the 41st minute that the first goal was scored, with Pelvas rounding the Jaro goalkeeper, having latched onto a through ball from new striker Ariel 'Tuco' Ngueukam.
Tuco attacks. Picture by Antti Huhtamäki.
Klopit in action. Picture by Antti Huhtamäki.
Bahrudin Atajic shoots at goal. Picture by Antti Huhtamäki.
Kiitos Kerho! Picture by Antti Huhtamäki.
Ariel 'Tuco' Ngueukam (L) alongside Cedric Gogoua (R). Picture by Antti Huhtamäki.
The second-half was not easy for SJK, although the scoreline suggests differently. The second goal early on, Sarajärvi feeding Tuco, allowed us (the supporters) to relax, but it wasn't until the final 10 minutes that the scoreline became overwhelming for Jaro. Firstly, a long, mazy run from fans' favourite, Cedric Gogoua, saw the ball fall to Bahrudin Atajic, a former Celtic youth player, currently on trial at SJK). FF Jaro went down to 10 men after a sending off for a lunging challenge on SJK's Wayne Brown, before the final goal was scored by captain Marco Matrone in the 88th minute.
An impressive final score, which is only enhanced when you consider that the SJK team was without regular goalkeeper Mikhel Aksalu, recent Finnish national team selection Johnny Laaksonen, & star striker Toni Lehtinen plus new signings Jussi Vasara and Mehmet Hetemaj. Next up are the away games against the same two teams, VPS on 18.2 and then FF Jaro on 28.2.
It looks like SJK are in for another good season!
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If you are serving more than just finger foods at a party, you're going to need cutlery. I have a weakness for wooden cutlery! I love that I can decorate it – washi tape is one of my favourites – so simple, yet always so effective! For most parties that I personally throw, I like to make cutlery and napkin bundles, so that it is easy to grab when going to the buffet table. Nothing worse than trying to juggle cutlery a plate of food, a napkin and possibly even your drink!
I love little touches like these, and the bundles looked great together stacked in a basket on the buffet table.


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An innovative platform has been launched to help DFK International member firms attract the brightest talent from around the world to support and grow their businesses.
They can now access a large pool of global talent available through the worldwide body for professional accountants ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
A dedicated online careers site for DFK International has been created within ACCA's established recruitment portal, ACCA Careers and Job Board.
It can connect DFK firms with ACCA's unrivalled network of some 700,000 students and members around the world, and help them to source quality candidates among aspiring and experienced accountancy professionals.
Those with ACCA Approved Employer status are able to post their company profiles and current vacancies on the site, with plans to extend it to all DFK firms.
The site also provides a direct link to DFK International's own website to enable ACCA's membership to access a full list of DFK firms and information on career opportunities available.
The new initiative is a result of the partnership formed between DFK and ACCA last year, when a memorandum of understanding was signed to strengthen the global talent pool of the profession.
Martin Sharp, executive director of DFK International, said: "We're delighted to be launching this initiative with ACCA as we recognise that many of our members share a common challenge within the accountancy profession of attracting and developing talent.
"ACCA's members are among the most highly-qualified and highly sought after accountants in the world and this is a way of creating a shortcut for them to find opportunities amongst our member firms, and for our members to attract the right people to their organisation.
"In the first instance, it is aimed at those DFK firms that hold ACCA Approved Employer status and we will be exploring the possibility of extending it to our members more widely."
The site is now live with the first firms company profiles listed by Demetriou and Associates Business Advisers, Anne Brady McQuillans DFK, Wilson Wright LLP, JK Medora & Co LLP, JP Magson, Alexander Sloan and NR Doshi and Partners.
The ACCA Careers and Job Board attracts 170,000 unique users and 1.2 million page views a month, generating 70,000 applications to jobs posted.
Anton Hosein, consultant-partnerships at ACCA, said: "In a highly-competitive recruitment market, this opportunity will help firms within DFK punch above their weight and directly engage with our members who are actively seeking interesting and rewarding career opportunities.
"We would encourage firms to participate in the site to promote opportunities but also to create a modern and exciting brand profile and presence that is both engaging and compelling, and would encourage someone to want to be part of the organisation."
The DFK International careers site within the ACCA Careers and Job Board can be accessed at https://alljobs.accaglobal.com/minisites/dfk-international
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Officially Leveled Up: Journeyman Craftsmanship Cosplayer
I entered my Grimm Reaper cosplay into yet another cosplay contest, this time at Anime Dallas. AD's contest rules stipulate that Judge's Awards do not count towards your total number of awards and therefore doesn't disqualify you from entering that cosplay into the contest. With this in mind, I was effectively at zero awards, so I entered into the Inexperienced (Novice) category.
Registration & Pre-judging
Sign up was Friday and I was the first to do it. I picked a pre-judging slot in the middle of the day Saturday. (Didn't want to be first but also didn't want to be last.) I turned in my flash drive with my music and that was that.
Saturday's pre-judging was even more intense than the one I did at Animefest because I knew one of the judges, Mikomikocosplay. We had met at Animefest and I knew she was going to really be looking closely at my costume and not playing favorites. Having her look at my zipper and seams was extremely nerve-racking. After giving my elevator pitch and leaving my build book with the judges, I grabbed a quick snack before rehearsal.
Pre-contest Jitters
It was here at rehearsal that I learned I was one of three entries to actually submit music. I was so worried that maybe it was a bad idea since I was really only being judged in craftsmanship and not performance. I got to rehearse with my music, my walk-on a mix of choreographed moves and poses with a little improvisation. During rehearsal, my mask slipped off. I felt it falling off my face and at one point just grabbed it with one hand and threw it onto the stage dramatically. I had hoped the magnets I added would prevent the mask slipping, but I was wrong and now had to prepare for the worst. When time came for the real walk-on, I decided that if I felt the slightest hint of it falling, I'd take control of the situation and throw it off myself to make it look planned.
I thankfully didn't have to do that.
When the time came for the cosplay contest, my mask stayed on throughout the whole performance. I felt confident in my movements and was pleased with how I had timed it to the music. After running to my seat, I watched the rest of the contestants on stage and anxiously awaited the results.
You can watch video of my performance here!
At this point, Finnthecosplayer pointed out to me that I had been bumped up a division, from Inexperienced (Novice) to Experienced (Journeyman). She said that they had announced me as Experienced, but I had no recollection of that cause my ears were laser focused on my musical cue to get on stage. The only thing I remembered hearing was "Ashweez Cosplay" and the applause of the crowd before I got on stage. I didn't believe her at all.
Performances and judging done, the judges got on stage, introduced themselves and then proceeded to announce the winners. First was Inexperienced, which went to a MHA Momo cosplayer. At this point, I still didn't believe I had been bumped, so I resigned myself to not winning anything. But then they announced the winner for the Experience division.
And called my name.
I cannot believe that I not only got bumped up a division, but I won said division. It's still surreal to me. Being on stage with the judges and other winners was exhilarating. I felt on top of the world for the second time. And, with this new bump up in division, I was officially a Journeyman craftsman. That means that the next time I compete, it's gotta be high caliber. No shortcuts. No messy seams. No excuses. At least this time, I would know from the start if I'd be entering my cosplay into competition. Knowing that before building the cosplay means I would be more acutely aware of the mistakes and fix them immediately, rather than my usual "Eh, 5ft rule; if it looks good from 5ft, it's fine." That means finishing seams neatly and right away, rather than trying to haphazardly clean them up after the fact.
Retiring the Grimm Reaper & Future Plans
I have to retire Grimm Reaper from competition but I'll still proudly wear her to cons. I'm so happy that this cosplay has gotten as much recognition as it does. It means so much to me because of how much time, money, and effort I spent on it.
As for future competitions, I already have a costume in mind. I don't know when or where I'll compete (or when I'll even get to start said costume), but I'm looking forward to it! Competing really helps me improve my craft and meet some extremely talented cosplayers. I've never regretted entering a cosplay contest.
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Rag'N' Bone Man has been unveiled as the winner of next year's BRIT's Critics' Choice Award.
From the East Sussex town of Uckfield, the 31-year-old blues singer (whose real name is Rory Graham) signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell in 2013 and will release debut album Human via Columbia on February 10 next year.
Rag'N'Bone Man beat Anne-Marie and Dua Lipa to the prize, which in previous years has launched the careers of acts including Adele, Sam Smith and Emeli Sandé.
Since its inception in 2008, all but one winner of the award has achieved platinum sales for their debut release, with this year's recipient Jack Garratt the exception. His album, Phase, is currently certified silver.
Find out more about Rag'N'Bone man here.


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The 100% cotton wadding is very thin and light, great for tropical climates and babies with sensitive skin, allergies and eczema.
Is soft, padded and adds comfort to your baby.
Is breathable bcause it allows airflow, stops mildew and helps with allergies.
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1. A few months back, I accidentally squirted this into my daughter's eye, and then I laughed so hard that I doubled over and did the loud wheezy thing I tend to do when something kills me figuratively.
2. I own glitter pants, and I've never been to law school.
3. I once took the ACT for someone after being bribed with an amazing week in New York. Because I scored noticeably higher than her previous attempts, she was kicked out of the university and I stress-drank a stout while underage.
4. I made out with Harry S. Truman while I was on my honeymoon.
5. I'm not always Angela. Sometimes I'm Zach the Bearded Dorito-Breathed Paranoid Poet.
6. I looked at the sun during the eclipse.
7. I love Jesus and I dig his birthday, but I toyed with the idea of making this our Christmas card last year.
8. I can't control myself during meetings, and it may be because my anxiety meds need an adjustment. Notice how I said anxiety MEDS. That's right. Plural.
9. I gave my daughter these socks.
10. So many skeletons in my closet. And I'm not afraid to make out with them.
Number 10 once again proves that you are indeed the coolest Mom that came out of our high school…if not the coolest mom EVER.
The world needs more people to wear glitter pants and pom poms!
I love those socks, you are the coolest mom. Personally I have never squirted hemp oil into anyone's eye but at Uni I did manage a master shot of juice into my neighbours whilst I was peeling an orange.
I've thought lots of weird things during church meetings, especially at my old conservative church. Things are better now that I'm at a church where we love EVERYONE.
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Police pull over more than 50,000 drivers on a typical day, more than 20 million motorists every year. Yet the most common police interaction - the traffic stop - has not been tracked, at least not in any systematic way. Until now.
The Stanford Open Policing Project - a unique partnership between the Stanford Computational Journalism Lab and the Stanford School of Engineering - started the Open Policing Project in 2015 and began requesting such data from state after state. To date, the project has collected and standardized more than 100 million records of traffic stop and search data from 31 states.
After accounting for age, gender, and location, we find that officers ticket, search, and arrest black and Hispanic drivers more often than whites. For example, when pulled over for speeding, black drivers are 20% more likely to get a ticket (rather than a warning) than white drivers, and Hispanic drivers are 30% more likely to be ticketed than white drivers. Black and Hispanic motorists are about twice as likely to be searched compared to white drivers.
In our data, the success rate of searches (or the hit rate) is generally lower for Hispanic drivers compared to whites; so the outcome test indicates Hispanics face discrimination. For black drivers, search hit rates are typically in line with those of white drivers, indicating an absence of discrimination.
An analysis of more than 20 million stops in North Carolina since 2002 found Blacks are 95 percent more likely to be pulled over than whites and 115 percent more likely to be searched after being stopped. The research is included in a newly published book called, "Suspect Citizens."


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Q: Let the width of a cell be set by a picture I wish to have a table with two rows - first one with a picture, and the second is some text (I know I can probably do it within the figure environment, but I want to do it on my own). I want the text to be split whenever necessary, so I use \begin{tabular}{p{width}}. However, I decided that I want to firstly set the height of the picture, and then let the width of the scaled picture determine the width of the text cell. How can I do it?

A: First set the picture into a box, then you can get the width of the box to use in your p argument using \settowidth (or just the \wd primitive) then use \usebox to put the picture into your table.
\documentclass{article}

\newsavebox\foo

\begin{document}

\savebox\foo{%
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a picture here}

\begin{tabular}{|p{\wd\foo}|}
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Enduring #inspiration from the wise — and inimitable — Maya Angelou.
This nice weather we are having lately is making me excited for my holidays in a few weeks 😍 Outfit details tagged.
Quality vs quantity. 20 items styled 30 different ways—a full month's worth of outfits. I could easily have kept going but changing that many times made me too hot. 😂🔥. This is just a teaser highlighting 8 of the outfits, the full video is linked in my bio. All of these items are from Holt Renfrew and their newly launched, shoppable website 🙌🏻. This isn't a sponsored video, rather I simply wanted to give you styling ideas on how to get the best return on investment pieces. Get ready to make a shopping list, these items will become the cornerstone of your spring wardrobe.


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5 Steps To Launching a Successful TV Network
July 9, 2012 Channel Guide Contributor Commentary, Magazine Archive 1
Think You Could Launch A Network? These People Have, And They Share Why It's So Hard, Even For Oprah.
By Stacey Harrison & Athena Voulgaropoulos
No one is immune from the multitude of challenges that come with launching a new TV network. Not even Oprah Winfrey, whose struggles getting OWN up and running have been breathlessly detailed in the media over the past few months, or Al Gore, whose efforts to take Current into the big time hit a major roadblock with the ugly departure of Keith Olbermann.
So how does it work? What are the essential components needed to find a place in an ever-fractioning TV landscape? We spoke with some heavy hitters in the industry — network execs who have either built a successful network, are building one, or hope to build one — and got their insights.
Establish A Strong Brand Identity
Destination America, the rather drastic rebranding of the eco-minded Planet Green, launched May 24, looking to attract the 25-54 demographic by highlighting ordinary people who exemplify the American spirit. Marc Etkind, senior VP of content strategy, says it seeks to be "the first network about the people, places and stories in the United States. You might see American content on other networks, but we're the first network to make that our core, our brand."
Think "barbecue, hamburgers, roller coasters, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon" and Etkind says you'll have a good idea of what to expect. "There are people out there with immense talent, and if they could just be discovered, they'd be stars, and we're trying to give them a voice."
Contrast this with OWN's launch, which was heavily hyped but amounted to not much more than a diluted extension of Oprah's life-affirming brand, featuring all-too familiar faces that were already available in plenty of other outlets. (Oh goodie, another hour a day with Gayle King.) Along with debating the quality of OWN's programming, people were wondering just who was supposed to be watching it.
Offer Original Programming
Ted Linhart, senior vice president of research for USA Network, says original programming "defines" a network. He should know, since USA has been the top-rated cable network since 2006 thanks largely to its ever-growing stable of original shows like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice and the new hit Common Law.
"Original programming is what people still will go out of their way for, what the press will talk about," he says. "It's what excites people more often."
When Michael Riley took over as president of ABC Family in 2010, he immediately put five original series into production, making by far the most aggressive move in the youth-oriented network's history. "For me it was very much about saying, 'OK, we have this wonderful brand, and a great environment. How do we really capitalize on that to really expand our content offering?' That was a very big goal from the get-go," he says.
Acquired programming is also an important building block, helping to fill the schedule while a network develops its lineup. In some cases, it can even establish a go-to template for future programming. Such was the case last year when the fledgling ReelzChannel found itself in a position to acquire the radioactive miniseries The Kennedys.
"What we learned is that really big, well-told, well-produced stories get an audience, and there's an interest that goes beyond them," says ReelzChannel CEO Stan Hubbard. This interest came in the form of several specials the network then produced surrounding the miniseries, including behind-the-scenes specials, biographies, countdown lists, Kennedys-themed episodes of its regular programming and more. It's a pattern they've followed with subsequent acquisitions, most notably the Steven Seagal cop drama True Justice.
Navigate Carefully
Dozens of factors contribute to a network's success or failure — from cable system availability to the size of the marketing budget — so it's crucial to understand the issues and constantly evaluate them. Don't assume that because something worked once, it will work always.
"We don't make rash judgments," Linhart says. "You need to let something settle in. But we're always evaluating. I don't think we could've stayed No. 1 for six years without that. We really strategize all the time about what's coming up next week, next month, next quarter, next year, two years [and] make sure that if we see signs of weakness, we fix it; signs of strength, we capitalize on it."
In other words, don't rest on your laurels. At ABC Family, being up to speed with the millennial audience one week doesn't guarantee that'll be the case the next week, a fact of which Riley is all too aware. "We know that millennials aren't genre specific, so we're really creating content across the board that they're really fascinated by," he says. "It goes back to this whole idea of understanding what they want — it's not genre; it's content created for them that has real and relatable characters."
ABC Family takes the approach of not just being part of its audience's viewing habits, but part of their lives. The network prides itself on being a social-media juggernaut, with the recent season finale of Pretty Little Liars being the most tweeted and Facebooked episode in television history — 850,000 tweets in a single day. While that doesn't always translate directly into ratings, it's an essential part of the network's strategy, with Riley referring to social media as the millennials' version of the water cooler. "It's where they go to chat about all of these fantastic shows," he says, "and so being a part of that really then engages them in the show and in the storylines and allows ABC Family as a brand to be part of the conversation."
And being part of a conversation means accepting feedback, even when viewers are informing you of a mistake. One of Riley's favorite illustrations of his network's interaction with its audience comes from the website for its hit drama Switched at Birth, where a visitor pointed out an error in one of the site's captioned videos.
"We made the change and we had a huge deluge of comments after that along the lines of, 'Oh, ABC Family really listens,' 'They're very responsive' and 'They understand what their fan base is looking for,'" he says. "Even though we made a mistake with what we were trying to do, correcting that mistake and moving on was part of engaging the community."
At Destination America, the audience research began even as Planet Green was winding down. Etkind says the station began running programming that would fit the Destination America brand earlier this year, once the rebranding decision had been made. When ratings came back favorably, they knew they were on to something.
Don't Look To The Stars For Guidance
Oprah's frank assertion that OWN launched before it was ready was reflected in comments from many of the folks we talked to, who said they favored a much more gradual opening as opposed to a big splash, and that star power is no guarantee for success.
It's telling, for instance, that one of OWN's bright spots has been Welcome to Sweetie Pie's, an original series that doesn't feature Dr. Phil, Gayle King, Suze Orman, Rosie O'Donnell or any other Oprah acolyte, but instead a St. Louis family running their soul food restaurant.
It's the kind of show that might fit in on Destination America, where Etkind says the strategy is to create homegrown stars by backing a small number of original series that hopefully develop audience loyalty as the network grows. Such an approach is a far cry from the media blitz that accompanied Planet Green, which never found steady momentum in its four years.
"I think the one lesson I learned from Planet Green is you have to launch a network slowly," he says. "They went out there and tried to go from 0 to 60 very quickly. Our lesson from that, and we learned it with Investigation Discovery [which has been a success] is start small, start slowly, build an audience and make sure you're serving your viewers."
Hubbard over at ReelzChannel calls this the "basic blocking and tackling" that every network needs to do during its startup phase. "Everybody wants to start a network," he says. "Having done it now, I say, 'Be careful what you wish for.' But if you can do it carefully and thoughtfully and you can be more patient than you ever imagined possible, I think there's always room for smart ideas that someone wants to bring to the table."
Illustration: Nate Reysen
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"Psych" Recap: The devil's in the details … and in the bedroom upstairs
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By Dizzy Miss Lizzy With Psych taking a week off, this was a perfect opportunity for recap catch-up. When a good-girl college student unexpectedly commits suicide on campus, Shawn and Gus join the investigation to help an old friend, a priest from their childhood. Father Westley, now a professor on the campus, believes that the girl was, in fact, possessed. Shawn the skeptic refuses to acknowledge that possibility and looks for any earthly reasons why the girl may have gone off the deep end — mental instability, drugs, bad breakup, Grand Theft Auto …
My Strange Addiction: Urine Drinker wins Most Outrageous Program Title in Channel Guide's 2012 Viewer's Voice Awards
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Urine drinker!?! Those two words definitely got our attention, as well as your votes, as My Strange Addiction Urine Drinker beat out Strange Sex: Adult Breastfeeding for Most Outrageous Program Title in Channel Guide's Viewers Voice Awards. Earlier this year, TLC's popular series My Strange Addiction dedicated an episode to the "Urine Drinker," a Colorado woman who drinks five glasses of her own urine a day [believing it helped treat her cancer]. While our gag reflexes were in overdrive just seeing the title, viewing the actual episode has left us scarred for life. Most Outrageous Program Title — Winner: My […]
Some Men Won't Make It Home In Discovery's Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove
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Discovery wastes no time hooking viewers on their nerve-racking spinoff series Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove (premiering Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 9/8c). The series follows a handful of fishermen and their families who live on the western most edge of Oregon in the seaside town of Newport. We're first introduced to the show with actual news footage of a tragic rescue effort, followed by Dungeon Cove's narrator explaining: "Before this story ends, two boats and four men will not make it home." His remarks hit home and somberly remind us that this isn't just an adrenaline-fueled, entertaining TV series — this […]


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Thomas Bjorn is walking 130 miles from Euro Tour headquarters to Celtic Manor for a noble cause
By John Huggan
Luke Walker
Thomas Bjorn starts his Walk From #Wentworth2Wales in aid of UNICEF & The Golf Foundation at Wentworth Golf Club.
In the 25 years that have passed since he graduated top-of-the-class from the second-division Challenge circuit, Thomas Bjorn has enjoyed a variety of roles and experiences on the European Tour. Multi-tasking is clearly his forte.
Three times a Ryder Cup player, the Dane served as a captain's assistant in the biennial contest with the United States on three occasions before memorably leading the Old World to a seven-point victory in Paris two years ago. Prior to that honor coming his way, Bjorn spent almost a decade as chairman of the European Tour's influential tournament committee. All as a prelude to his present role as a member of the tour's board of directors.
More numbers. Next week's Wales Open will be the 49-year old's 552nd European Tour appearance. His opening round will be 1,871st. Along that impressively stamina-inducing way, Bjorn has made 384 cuts en route to recording 110 top-10 finishes, of which 15 were tournament victories achieved in 11 different countries. His career earnings currently sit north of €21 million.
All of which involved a lot of walking over the last three decades or so. But Bjorn is not done on that front, albeit off the course on this occasion. Inspired by the almost £33 million raised by centenarian Sir Tom Moore for the U.K's National Health Service, Bjorn is spending the next four days hiking the roughly 130 miles from European Tour headquarters at Wentworth to Celtic Manor in Wales, site of this week's Celtic Classic. All to raise money for Unicef UK and the Golf Foundation. Having left Wentworth just as first round play began Thursday morning, he will, if all goes to plan, arrive at the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup just before the final round leaders in the Celtic Classic tee-off on Sunday afternoon.
RELATED: How the European Tour is approaching its return to golf
Typically, Bjorn has prepared well. European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley reports that telephone chats between the two over the last couple of months have often taken place during Bjorn's sometimes 11-hour walks. "Thomas has trained hard for this," confirms Pelley.
And that discipline seems to be paying off, at least initially. A couple of hours into his trek from Wentworth to Wales, Bjorn, sustained by audio books, podcasts and phone calls from friends ("and annoying journalists," he was quick to add), was feeling no pain. But a sense of realism remained.
"I'm not the youngest or the fittest, so this is a bit of a test," he said when talking to Golf Digest after covering the first 12 miles or so. "It's going to be very tough to do this in four days, but I suppose the whole point of doing it is that it's not meant to be easy. If I am going to ask people to donate their hard-earned cash then I need to earn that donation. Walking between 10-12 hours a day for four consecutive days will push me to the limit.
"During lockdown I found it hard not to be playing golf pretty much every day. That left a big hole in my day-to-day life. I realized that walking was a big part of my life as a golfer. So to get out of the house relieved a lot of mental stress for me and was very therapeutic."
And, in turn, hopefully profitable in support of two worthy causes.
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Q: Is there a better way to compare nullable dates? i am trying to determine if there is a difference between 2 nullable dates . . is there a more elegant ways instead of this:
  if (newDate.HasValue && (!oldDate.HasValue ||  (oldDate.HasValue && oldDate.Value.Date != mewDate.Value.Date)))

A: The C# compiler automatically lifts logical operators like == and != over nullalbe types, so you can usually compare them directly instead of checking HasValue. In this case, you can compare with != once you have checked that newDate is not null.
if(newDate.HasValue && newDate != oldDate)

It is described in the specification:

7.3.7 Lifted operators
Lifted operators permit predefined and user-defined operators that
  operate on non-nullable value types to also be used with nullable
  forms of those types.
For the equality operators
  ==  != a lifted form of an operator exists if the operand types are both non-nullable value types and if the result type is bool.The
  lifted form is constructed by adding a single ? modifier to each
  operand type. The lifted operator considers two null values equal, and
  a null value unequal to any non-null value. If both operands are
  non-null, the lifted operator unwraps the operands and applies the
  underlying operator to produce the bool result.


Crescendo at Cadence Park in the Great Park Neighborhoods is a new collection of beautiful single-family homes located in Irvine. This two-story home is 4,456 square feet, with four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. The floor plan features open-concept living areas, kitchen with Wolf stainless steel appliances and sub zero built in refrigerator. This floorplan includes an attached private suite with its own separate entrance, living room, kitchenette, bathroom and bedroom. In addition, the downstairs living area features a family room with fireplace, dining room, gourmet kitchen with center island, walk-in pantry, wine chiller, and a California room for indoor/outdoor living. Upstairs, the oversize master suite includes two walk-in closets, and a spa-like master bath with free-standing tub. The bonus room provides the perfect place for a home theater, kid's play area, or a home office Crescendo is a part of Lennar's Everything's Included® program, which offers a high level of upgraded appointments as standard such as beautiful cabinetry with soft-close doors, exquisite Quartz kitchen countertops, and more. Residents will also be able to take advantage of all of the wonderful amenities that the Great Park Neighborhoods has to offer such as pools, playgrounds, BBQs, clubhouses and more. Home ready for move-in August 2018.


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COMEDIAN: Patrice O'Neal
He was one of the greatest comedians of all time. A true martyr to Stand up Comedy and he epitomized creative integrity. He never compromised and never catered to anyone. As a black man he had a totally unique view on race. He did not make you feel bad for being white. And reminded us white folk to acknowledge racism and not to pretend like it doesn't exist anymore. Because allowing white guilt to run the show will ultimately fuck things up.
That was only one element of his comedy. He had the ability to break a person down on sight and dismantle them in a completely honest and funny way. He also has an amazing point of view and perspective on dating, sex, and women.
As I got to know him better through his Stand up and Opie and Anthony clips, I learned that he really was a sweet and kind person. You can hear his childlike giggles in this clip...
The Roast of Early Jim Norton I re listen to this often, it always cracks me up.
When he scanned a person and pointed out their flaws, it was an attempt to help them. It came across as mean because most people are not used to such brutal honesty. Deep down he wanted to help others and change the world.
Plus he was seriously hilarious, he could transition without any notice from silly to serious topics. He was always a courageous comic who said what was on his and everyone else's mind without hesitation.
I did not know about Patrice until after he died. People started talking about him when he died, and a lot of comics I enjoyed knew and respected him. So I watched his last special Elephant in the Room, and it totally changed my life regarding comedy and women.
He is a huge part of my life and my comedy education. He still has a tremendous body of work out there that keeps his legacy alive. I suggest him to anyone who loves comedy, he is a dose of reality that EVERYONE should have in their lives.
Patrice goes to jail
^^^This clip shows why Patrice does the material he does, and why he has his perspective on female and male justice and fearlessness.
Patrice is smart
^^^This shows Patrice's INSANE intelligence, and his first hand defense of comedy versus Political correctness.
^^^This is his last special, my first impression of him, and his last imprint on the world.
I really love everything that Patrice stood for... Honesty and integrity in his humor. He's amazing and deeply missed by everyone intelligent who believes in the freedom of speech.
RIP Patrice O'Neal.
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We teach students in a manner that they can understand the subject and we will not put full burden on childern's to study .
We will try to incerase the childern's thinking power by playing logicaL games.
Holi is a Hindu spring festival, originating from the Indian subcontinent, celebrated predominantly in India and Nepal.
School-Day is an activities management, payment processing and full service accounting application that easily integrates .
District Level Sports Tournament, organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) Udhampur concluded at Subash Stadium.
I recently had my school farewell and my juniors did an excellent job in making it a memorable day. The first thing to do is to have a theme.
Excellent teaching is the key to student learning. The question we ask is: What skills will enable school leaders to improve the quality of teaching and learning for all students.
Memories of school Educational trips are among the most prominent of the trip, teachers can encourage good behavior and motivate students to work hard.
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I'm out of town today, but just wanted to let you know that I'm guest posting over at Always Painted, Usually Chipped as part of Kary's awesome Brag on Dad series. I love gushing about my amazing husband, so head on over and try not to puke. I laid it on pretty thick...I'm hoping to get a spa day out of this. Or maybe just a nap. Anyway, go check it out...preview below.
We started trying for a family pretty soon after we got married. A year into the process with no luck, things started getting intense. Anyone that's battled infertility knows just how hard it can be on your marriage. I wanted a baby so badly that it ruled my life, thoughts and actions. My biological clock felt more like a ticking time bomb that had me in a constant state of panic and hysteria. Not to mention that I was being pumped full of hormones and was poked, pricked and prodded by doctors like a lab rat. Needless to say, I was a mess. But through it all, my husband was my rock.
I can't speak for all men, but I don't think that guys feel the intense pressure of wanting a family like women do and oftentimes can't relate to the intense and overwhelming feelings we have on the subject. My husband had a hard time understanding why the sight of a pregnant woman would send me into a panic attack or a why someone's Facebook post complaining about bratty children would make me cry hysterically. I'm not going to lie you guys, he put up with a lot! And yet he was sensitive and comforting and accepting through it all. He never pressured me or made me feel like it was my fault. He held my hand at doctor's appointments and laid next to me while I cried myself to sleep at night after another negative pregnancy test. He always let me know that even if we couldn't have a baby, we would be fine and happy and become parents in some other way.
Thanks for having me, Kary!
Full text of guest post here.
And just look at you guys now... Two kids later! So glad it all worked out for you!
What a beautiful story. Just read it on Kary's blog!!
We are so lucky to have the guys we have! Loved your post!
So excited to check out your post! And LOVE Kary's idea for this series. I feel like the men never get the credit they deserve and I was so excited to gush about mine too!


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package com.gentics.mesh.core.rest.job.warning;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import com.gentics.mesh.core.rest.common.RestModel;

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	private String type;

	private String message;

	private Map<String, String> properties = new HashMap<>();

	public String getType() {
		return type;
	}

	public void setType(String type) {
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	public void setMessage(String message) {
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		return properties;
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The Rhythm Method works. After the glitterball manifesto of their first single 'Party Politics' (now shortlisted for the Pop Justice £20 Music Prize), The Rhythm Method follow with 'Home Sweet Home', a half-light lament to London, as its soul is slowly stripped, changed and sold off in front of their eyes.
The single will be accompanied by a 'Home Sweet Home' story series on the theme of hometowns from friends and contemporaries, with contributions coming from George Ezra, Michaela Coel, Slaves, Phil Taggart, Bill Ryder-Jones and others.
Echoing timeless songwriting partnerships such as Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Karen and Richard Carpenter, Jim Steinman and Meatloaf– The Rhythm Method (vocalist/lyricist Joey Bradbury and songwriter/piano man Rowan Martin) marry sharp observation with sharper hooks and idiosyncratic production for off-kilter, modern day pop gems.
Already counting declared fans such as Elton John and Matty from The 1975, making their first festival appearances at Field Day and Latitude and supporting Slaves on tour, as well as having their music featured by Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart on BBC Radio 1, John Kennedy on Radio X and The Only Way Is Essex and EastEnders, 'Home Sweet Home' is an open invitation to start practicing The Rhythm Method.


I have a question and hoping someone here that is familiar with different aspects of fraud would be able to answer.
"It is understood that Attorney has adjusted the above rates to be significantly lower than normally charged in order to enable Client to obtain needed legal services; however, Attorney intends on seeking full rates during the proceedings against opposing parties."
I've talked with one attorney when seeking second opinion regarding why I hired this prior legal representation and he informed me that they can't seek a higher rate than what was originally agreed upon and if they do that this would be considered fraud. Is this true? That it would be considered fraud if they attempted to go after opposing party for a higher amount than what is stated in retainer agreement?
Oh, and also I've already made a state bar complaint regarding this and possible fraud or intent to defraud but I have not heard anything back because they are still investigating and they haven't informed me yet if this is fraudulent or not.
Well i guess, for me.. if i were to engage on some deals like that, i wont pursuit if there's something questionable.. If i feel like its fraud, ill stop..
well, if you can't afford to pay him his full rate, and he is going to win a settlement for you, he may just mean that you pay him what you can afford upfront, and then when you get the settlement you pay him the remainder?
Link Building is the number of quality incoming links to your site.
I think it's a fraud.
I also think it's fraud!
Most of us thinks that is a fraud.


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namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Editing
{
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    public class TestSceneTimelineBlueprintContainer : TimelineTestScene
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        public override Drawable CreateTestComponent() => new TimelineBlueprintContainer(Composer);

        protected override void LoadComplete()
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    }
}


The Star Manufacturing Grill Express™ 20 inch Smooth Sandwich Grill (GX20IS) is a cast iron split top grill that toasts sandwiches to perfection. The cast iron grills have embedded heating elements that ensure your restaurant's food is cooked evenly and efficiently. A thermostat helps chefs make sure every sandwich is cooked safely. Star - GX20IS - Grill Express™ 20 inch Smooth Sandwich Grill also comes with a grease trough that can be removed for easy cleaning and has a heat resistant handle to reduce the chances of burning.


I wrote about our first and second meat deliveries from Walden Local and gave updates of what proteins (really meats/seafood) we had on hand. They delivered again this week. I did change things up a bit in that I asked for only grind, sausage, and roasts this time. It's their second to lowest option, vs the highest (or fourth) that we had done the first two months.
I was particularly excited by the hot Italian sausage and pork shoulder roast as those were really good the first time around.
I think the jury is still out on them. The roasts we've gotten have been good. But, I'm having to think up uses for the sausages and ground meats. So, I like all the meat, I'm just questioning whether it is the right mix of meats for us. Also, with the holidays here I'm buying specific meats for specific meals so there are just fewer meals to eat with random selections.
We ate all of the breakfast meats. I've bought some more, but since they're very new, I'm going to take that category away. I've also edited it down to just what we have left (in addition to the above).
Apart from the buildup of sausage, I think the volume is holding fairly steady and we're getting good turnover. I clearly have to come up with some additional uses for sausage this month.


The Norton Simon Museum is located to the west of Old Pasadena, near the Pasadena Museum of History, the Rose Bowl, and Arroyo Seco Park.
What's the Norton Simon Museum?
Norton Simon was a prominent business owner whose private art collection makes up much of the Norton Simon Museum. View famous European pieces as well as works by South Asian artists.
Which Hotels Have the Best View near the Norton Simon Museum?
For the best views near the Norton Simon Museum, consider the Courtyard by Marriott Old Pasadena and ask for a room facing the mountains. Rooms on the top floor of the Sheraton Pasadena also have mountain views. At the Westin Pasadena, corner rooms have a view of both the city and the mountains.
What are the Benefits or Draw-Backs from Staying at a Hotel Near the Norton Simon Museum?
Staying in a hotel near the Norton Simon Museum is ideal for exploring Old Pasadena. Shops, restaurants, and museums are nearby, many within walking distance.
What Do I Need to Know About the Norton Simon Museum?
Arrive early to avoid tour groups and have the statue garden all to yourself. Pick up a headset or download the award-winning audio tour to enrich your museum experience.


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1st Durban Spark Innovation Breakfast Meeting - February meeting in Durban to foster innovation between Universities, Government and Industrial Sector
The development of innovation, small businesses and entrepreneurship should be the cornerstones of development in order to alleviate poverty and improve health on the African continent. In order to respond to these challenges, KRISP and UKZN have partnered with some of the world's leading innovative organizations to learn from the successful innovation in the Silicon Valley.
The Durban Spark Innovation meeting is a monthly meeting that is associated with the SPARK Global Program at Stanford University, which is one of the most successful innovation programmes in Silicon Valley, USA. The SPARK program has an unusual very high success rate of transfer of technology to commercial products, with a staggering 62% of transfer, where the norm is less than 10%.
'We are delighted to have started this innovation programme with some of the top Universities in the world. We are also very enthusiastic about working with the private sector. Durban entrepreneurship and business orientation culture provides a perfect combination to transfer scientific developments to commercial products', says Prof. Tulio de Oliveira, who is a world-leading bioinformatician and director of KRISP at UKZN. 'Artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnology innovations have the potential to create the next generation of medical and diagnostic devices that can be remotely used and accessed in developing countries, which is the fastest expanding economical market in the world. The enormous biodiversity in our plant, human and, even disease burden, should be harnessed to develop new drugs and therapies that can be used in Africa and elsewhere'.
One of the main reasons for this success is described by the Stanford SAPRK director Dr. Daria Mochly-Rosen is because 'the involvement of the private sector and academics in an open meeting without hierarchy towards transferring biomedical technology to society and the provision of seed funding and mentorship to move scientific ideas to products'.
Founder and Director of Stanford University's SPARK program Daria Mochly-Rosen shares how she has liberated potential drug discoveries from academic research to industry, and discusses the countless, surprising lessons she has learned along the way.
The first meeting was attended by IT experts, chemists, medical doctors, investors, lawyers and entrepreneurs. The meeting is open and we really encourage the participation of the private sector, government and civil society.
Meetings are open and run from 7:30-8:30am on the first Wednesday of the month, with breakfast provided before and after the meeting.
The Durban Spark Innovation Breakfast meeting takes place in the K-RITH Tower Building. K-RITH is a prestigious state of the art building, which cost around ZAR 1 billion to build, has won architectural awards and is dedicated to scientific research. It is located at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN, (701 Umbilo Road, Durban).


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BETCHA! (How to Win Free Drinks for Life) by Simon Lovell
INTRODUCTION By Thomas McShane – FBI retired (Author of Stolen Masterpiece Tracker) "G man bewar...
By Thomas McShane – FBI retired
(Author of Stolen Masterpiece Tracker)
"G man beware of this C (Con) Man!" was the caveat that was an FBI mantra when I tried to tackle Simon Lovell! Of all the world's con men, Simon Lovell was, for many years, on the top of the G Man's List. In my some 26 years as the number one FBI undercover Art Expert, Simon was always on the radar screen and my FBI career targeted this extremely gifted, talented, and prolific genius of the "Con" for years.
His evolution from Con to a Bon Vivant who has transformed himself from the Dark side to the good guy's side is greeted with glee in his new opus. I'm also delighted that the transformation has allowed us to become great friends and we spend many a session swapping stories of those crazy days when he was like a ghost apparently able to, at will, evade the clutches of those like myself who were trying to track him down without success! Now that we are friends I can understand why. Under the consummate charm and humor lies an almost machine like ability to spot situations way ahead of time and to manipulate them to his advantage. It really is quite uncanny to see him in action.
Today, whether he is acting in brilliant movies like Hotel Genius or Misdirection's, coaching and acting in the hit USA White Collar TV series or authoring another great book (21 total to date!), he truly is a Con Man's Con.
This new book is an amazing journey into a world mixed with extraordinary bets, suspense, excitement, and all the talent Simon manages to muster to let us in on his many secrets. Like his Off-Broadway hit show, Strange and Unusual Hobbies, this new book is also a knock out and a must read. It is like the "Con Father" meets the "Godfather." Follow Simon's advice and you may never have to pay a bar tab again. Trust me I have never seen Simon pay for drinks unless he wanted to! I have to admit that I've even paid my more than my fair share of his bar bills myself; he really is that good!
Within these pages Simon shows you how to lure somebody into the games, how to keep everything safe and friendly, and how to become a fun person that everybody will be happy to pay the price for to learn a new trick or two. Just don't try to go to mad and be like the old Simon. I'm sure you don't want people like me breathing down your neck waving handcuffs and an arrest warrant! Just buy the book and have some fun with your family and friends.
Actually buy two of this book because someone is sure to try to "Con" you out of one!
Thomas McShane
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