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Krissy Wendell skated out onto the Xcel Energy Center ice on Friday for the Wild's practice to her own personal cheering section.
The former Olympian and Gophers women's hockey legend coaches the Woodbury 10U girls' team, which her daughter Emily plays on, and the squad lined up along the glass across from the benches in support.
"That I had no idea about," Wendell said of the surprise. "That's why we do it, right? We do it for the young kids and the exposure that it gives to women's hockey and the growth of the sport. At the end of the day, that's what we're trying to do. We're just trying to grow the sport. It's wonderful that the Wild are so supportive with what they do. Obviously, I'm a little biased. I have three daughters that are playing. It's wonderful to see the support."
Wendell skated with the NHL team as part of the second annual Minnesota Wild Girls Hockey Weekend. She said she had a lot of fun despite this being her first real practice in 10 years. And while she had kind of forgotten how big NHL players were until she was right next to them on the ice, the whole team was very "welcoming."
Wendell said she was a little hesitant at first to accept the invite, even quizzing former teammate Natalie Darwitz about it, as she skated with the Wild last year. But Wendell eventually realized how important this would be to girls like her daughters, who are ages 5, 7 and 9. Her husband is former Gophers star and former NHL player Johnny Pohl.
Glen Stubbe • gstubbe@startribune.com
Krissy Wendell practiced with the Wild on Friday.
"This is what it's about. It's about young girls being able to see a girl out there skating and knowing they can do anything," Wendell said. "At the end of the day, we're all hockey players, and we have a passion for the sport."
Stalock on lock
With goaltender Devan Dubnyk out because of a lower-body injury, Alex Stalock stepped in and grabbed the shutout Thursday against Toronto. He's now facing the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid on Saturday and likely the rival Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.
But coach Bruce Boudreau said other than the Nov. 27 game against Winnipeg in which Stalock gave up seven goals, the goalie has given the Wild a chance to win every time he's in net.
"He's an NHL goalie through and through," Boudreau said. "If we look back and see how many games he played last year, I think it was 50, 60 games in Iowa, and he was going night after night after night, and he did a great job for them. So I anticipate him doing a great job for us."
The Wild has been on a roll despite missing such key figures as Zach Parise, Jared Spurgeon and Dubnyk to injury.
"There's a lot of good character in that room, and they want to win, and it's a tough thing to do in this league," Boudreau said. "Everybody seems to step up when it's their turn to step up, and I think, unlike maybe the last couple years, there's been really good depth in Iowa. So when we've looked to have to get a defenseman or two, we've been able to get it. When we've had to get a forward or two, we've been able to get it, and they fit right in, and they play well for us."
Will Spurgeon play?
Boudreau was a bit like that elementary school teacher trying to teach students about the difference between "can" and "may" when it came to Spurgeon's Saturday status.
"Oh, he can play," Boudreau said, before following up with an "I don't know" when asked more specifically.
In the end, Boudreau settled on the tried-and-true "game-time decision" phrase.
"He's a great player. We all know how good he is," Boudreau said of the defenseman, who has missed eight games because of a groin strain. "You feel more comfortable when he's in the lineup."
Megan Ryan is a Minnesota Twins beat reporter.
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La Salle coach raises awareness for daughter with leukemia
Emily MacGillivray treated her house like an obstacle course. The toddler, a tornado of energy, could be found after a scamper sitting on counter tops.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, the "Human Highlight Film," played his college basketball at Georgia and is best known from his NBA days as the biggest star that the Atlanta Hawks ever had. As part of an Associated Press series on the NBA at 75, Wilkins talks about what it was like to be part of the league during the transformative decade that was the 1980s, and how the city of Atlanta has become his home.)
Iowa's Caitlin Clark posted her second straight 30-point triple-double, setting a Division I basketball record for men or women, and the No. 25 Hawkeyes rolled to a 105-49 victory over Minnesota on Thursday night.
Jonathan Gannon is now the Eagles' defensive coordinator; Patriots consultant Eliot Wolf and Browns executive Glenn Cook talked to the team about the GM opening.
There should be a market in the Vikings decide to deal Cousins. Daily Delivery podcast host Michael Rand on possible destinations. Also, NFL writer Mark Craig has fuel for those who want to see Green Bay lose to the 49ers.
U women fall apart, lose to Iowa by 56 in program's second worst defeat ever • Gophers
Gophers hockey facing huge adversity, not to mention No. 3 Michigan • Gophers
Big Ten hoops power poll: Wisconsin takes over top spot in a tight league title race • Gophers
Gophers women's hockey faces No. 1 Wisconsin with a score to settle • Gophers
Worst losses in Gophers women's basketball history, with a fresh one prominent • Gophers


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Q: Clojure Class Hierarchy I am newbie with clojure language and I am questioning if it is possible make a class hierarchy in this language, namely, create an abstract or interface class and then make class that extends or implements firstly class .
Thanks for your attention.
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On Sunday, Pastor Dave preached on the topic of "Thankstherapy." The text was from Psalm 138 and Matthew 25:31-46.
· Do you trust God to keep God's promises to you in specific ways (Psalm 138)? Do you give thanks in tough times (Psalm 138:1)?
· Who taught you to say thank you? How have those worlds shaped your life? Have you thanked the teacher?
· How are you thankful for your heritage, tribal stories, forgiveness and dependence on God?
· Reflect upon Gandhi's quote, "There are people so hungry God can only appear to them in bread." In the context of Jesus' words in Matthew 25:31-46 how might your reflections inform your beliefs and shape your life of service in Jesus' name.


Another day, another great Christmas show announced in Glasgow. This time it's the brilliantly bonkers Phantom Band, they will play the Arches in Glasgow on Saturday the 12th of December. Support on the evening comes from Lord Cut Glass, which pretty makes it a no-brainer, having been blown away by them earlier in the week this promises to be one of the best gigs you'll see all year. Tickets are on sale now here.


This section contains replacement parts for your FalconSail rigging kit, but everything you need comes included with a purchase of a sail with complete rigging kit.
Once you have finished designing your sail, you can purchase it with a complete rigging kit. Each kit includes everything you need to turn any kayak into a high performance, on-demand sailing kayak.


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Q: How can i make 2-layers in QGraphicsView? In the program below, load the background image and paint it on it.
But, I got a problem.
In this program, when i use 'eraser' tool, the background image is erased too!
Actually, I just want to erase what i painted, except background image.
And then, I'd like to save only the painted ones(layer) as an image.
In this case, What should i do?
import sys

from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QCheckBox, QGridLayout, QGroupBox,
                             QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, QWidget, QSlider)

QApplication.setAttribute(Qt.AA_EnableHighDpiScaling, True)

class CWidget(QWidget):

    def __init__(self):

        super().__init__()

        # 전체 폼 박스
        formbox = QHBoxLayout()
        self.setLayout(formbox)

        # 좌, 우 레이아웃박스
        left = QVBoxLayout()
        right = QVBoxLayout()

        # 그룹박스2
        gb = QGroupBox('펜 설정')
        left.addWidget(gb)

        grid = QGridLayout()
        gb.setLayout(grid)

        label = QLabel('펜 색상')
        grid.addWidget(label, 1, 0)

        self.pencolor = QColor(0, 0, 0)
        self.penbtn = QPushButton()
        self.penbtn.setStyleSheet('background-color: rgb(0,0,0)')
        self.penbtn.clicked.connect(self.showColorDlg)
        grid.addWidget(self.penbtn, 1, 1)

        label = QLabel('펜 굵기')
        grid.addWidget(label, 2, 0)

        self.slider = QSlider(Qt.Horizontal)
        self.slider.setMinimum(3)
        self.slider.setMaximum(21)
        self.slider.setValue(5)
        self.slider.setFocusPolicy(Qt.StrongFocus)
        self.slider.setTickPosition(QSlider.TicksBothSides)
        self.slider.setTickInterval(1)
        self.slider.setSingleStep(1)
        grid.addWidget(self.slider)

        # 그룹박스4
        gb = QGroupBox('Eraser')
        left.addWidget(gb)

        hbox = QHBoxLayout()
        gb.setLayout(hbox)

        self.checkbox = QCheckBox('Eraser')
        self.checkbox.stateChanged.connect(self.checkClicked)
        hbox.addWidget(self.checkbox)

        left.addStretch(1)

        self.view = CView(self)
        right.addWidget(self.view)

        formbox.addLayout(left)
        formbox.addLayout(right)

        formbox.setStretchFactor(left, 0)
        formbox.setStretchFactor(right, 1)

        self.setGeometry(100, 100, 800, 500)

    def checkClicked(self, state):
        pass

    def createExampleGroup(self):
        groupBox = QGroupBox("Slider Example")

        slider = QSlider(Qt.Horizontal)
        slider.setFocusPolicy(Qt.StrongFocus)
        slider.setTickPosition(QSlider.TicksBothSides)
        slider.setTickInterval(10)
        slider.setSingleStep(1)

        vbox = QVBoxLayout()
        vbox.addWidget(slider)
        vbox.addStretch(1)
        groupBox.setLayout(vbox)

        return groupBox

    def showColorDlg(self):

        color = QColorDialog.getColor()

        sender = self.sender()

        self.pencolor = color
        self.penbtn.setStyleSheet('background-color: {}'.format(color.name()))

# QGraphicsView display QGraphicsScene
class CView(QGraphicsView):

    def __init__(self, parent):

        super().__init__(parent)
        self.scene = QGraphicsScene()

        self.setScene(self.scene)

        self.items = []

        self.start = QPointF()
        self.end = QPointF()

        self.backgroundImage = None
        self.graphicsPixmapItem = None

        self.setRenderHint(QPainter.HighQualityAntialiasing)

        self.open()

    def moveEvent(self, e):
        rect = QRectF(self.rect())
        rect.adjust(0, 0, -2, -2)

        self.scene.setSceneRect(rect)

    def mousePressEvent(self, e):

        if e.button() == Qt.LeftButton:
            # 시작점 저장
            self.start = e.pos()
            self.end = e.pos()

    def mouseMoveEvent(self, e):

        # e.buttons()는 정수형 값을 리턴, e.button()은 move시 Qt.Nobutton 리턴
        if e.buttons() & Qt.LeftButton:

            self.end = e.pos()

            if self.parent().checkbox.isChecked():
                pen = QPen(QColor(255, 255, 255), 10)
                path = QPainterPath()
                path.moveTo(self.start)
                path.lineTo(self.end)
                self.scene.addPath(path, pen)
                self.start = e.pos()
                return None

            pen = QPen(self.parent().pencolor, self.parent().slider.value())

            # Path 이용
            path = QPainterPath()
            path.moveTo(self.start)
            path.lineTo(self.end)
            self.scene.addPath(path, pen)

            # 시작점을 다시 기존 끝점으로
            self.start = e.pos()

    def stretch(self, state):
        self._set_image(state == 2)

    def open(self):
        fileName, _ = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, "Open File", QDir.currentPath(), filter='Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg *jpeg)')
        if fileName:
            image = QImage(fileName)
            if image.isNull():
                QMessageBox.information(self, "Image Viewer",
                        "Cannot load %s." % fileName)
                return

            self.backgroundImage = fileName

            self._set_image(False)

    def _set_image(self, stretch: bool):
        tempImg = QPixmap(self.backgroundImage)

        if stretch:
            tempImg = tempImg.scaled(self.scene.width(), self.scene.height())

        if self.graphicsPixmapItem is not None:
            self.scene.removeItem(self.graphicsPixmapItem)

        self.graphicsPixmapItem = QGraphicsPixmapItem(tempImg)
        self.scene.addItem(self.graphicsPixmapItem)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    w = CWidget()
    w.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

A: You can create another transparent item where you draw and that is on the QGraphicsPixmapItem. For painting it is only necessary to draw on a transparent QPixmap that is in the transparent item, and for the deletion we use the composition mode QPainter::CompositionMode_Clear as I indicate in this answer.
Considering the above the solution is:
import sys
from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets

class LayerItem(QtWidgets.QGraphicsRectItem):
    DrawState, EraseState = range(2)

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        self.current_state = LayerItem.DrawState
        self.setPen(QtGui.QPen(QtCore.Qt.NoPen))

        self.m_line_eraser = QtCore.QLineF()
        self.m_line_draw = QtCore.QLineF()
        self.m_pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap()

    def reset(self):
        r = self.parentItem().pixmap().rect()
        self.setRect(QtCore.QRectF(r))
        self.m_pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap(r.size())
        self.m_pixmap.fill(QtCore.Qt.transparent)

    def paint(self, painter, option, widget=None):
        super().paint(painter, option, widget)
        painter.save()
        painter.drawPixmap(QtCore.QPoint(), self.m_pixmap)
        painter.restore()

    def mousePressEvent(self, event):
        if self.current_state == LayerItem.EraseState:
            self._clear(event.pos().toPoint())
        elif self.current_state == LayerItem.DrawState:
            self.m_line_draw.setP1(event.pos())
            self.m_line_draw.setP2(event.pos())
        super().mousePressEvent(event)
        event.accept()

    def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
        if self.current_state == LayerItem.EraseState:
            self._clear(event.pos().toPoint())
        elif self.current_state == LayerItem.DrawState:
            self.m_line_draw.setP2(event.pos())
            self._draw_line(
                self.m_line_draw, QtGui.QPen(self.pen_color, self.pen_thickness)
            )
            self.m_line_draw.setP1(event.pos())
        super().mouseMoveEvent(event)

    def _draw_line(self, line, pen):
        painter = QtGui.QPainter(self.m_pixmap)
        painter.setPen(pen)
        painter.drawLine(line)
        painter.end()
        self.update()

    def _clear(self, pos):
        painter = QtGui.QPainter(self.m_pixmap)
        r = QtCore.QRect(QtCore.QPoint(), 10 * QtCore.QSize())
        r.moveCenter(pos)
        painter.setCompositionMode(QtGui.QPainter.CompositionMode_Clear)
        painter.eraseRect(r)
        painter.end()
        self.update()

    @property
    def pen_thickness(self):
        return self._pen_thickness

    @pen_thickness.setter
    def pen_thickness(self, thickness):
        self._pen_thickness = thickness

    @property
    def pen_color(self):
        return self._pen_color

    @pen_color.setter
    def pen_color(self, color):
        self._pen_color = color

    @property
    def current_state(self):
        return self._current_state

    @current_state.setter
    def current_state(self, state):
        self._current_state = state

class GraphicsView(QtWidgets.QGraphicsView):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        self.setScene(QtWidgets.QGraphicsScene(self))
        self.setRenderHint(QtGui.QPainter.HighQualityAntialiasing)
        self.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)

        self.background_item = QtWidgets.QGraphicsPixmapItem()
        self.foreground_item = LayerItem(self.background_item)

        self.scene().addItem(self.background_item)

    def set_image(self, image):
        self.scene().setSceneRect(
            QtCore.QRectF(QtCore.QPointF(), QtCore.QSizeF(image.size()))
        )
        self.background_item.setPixmap(image)
        self.foreground_item.reset()
        self.fitInView(self.background_item, QtCore.Qt.KeepAspectRatio)
        self.centerOn(self.background_item)

class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)

        menu = self.menuBar().addMenu(self.tr("File"))
        open_action = menu.addAction(self.tr("Open image..."))
        open_action.triggered.connect(self.open_image)

        pen_group = QtWidgets.QGroupBox(self.tr("Pen settings"))
        eraser_group = QtWidgets.QGroupBox(self.tr("Eraser"))

        self.pen_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton(clicked=self.showColorDlg)
        color = QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0)
        self.pen_button.setStyleSheet(
            "background-color: {}".format(color.name())
        )
        self.pen_slider = QtWidgets.QSlider(
            QtCore.Qt.Horizontal,
            minimum=3,
            maximum=21,
            value=5,
            focusPolicy=QtCore.Qt.StrongFocus,
            tickPosition=QtWidgets.QSlider.TicksBothSides,
            tickInterval=1,
            singleStep=1,
            valueChanged=self.onThicknessChanged,
        )

        self.eraser_checkbox = QtWidgets.QCheckBox(
            self.tr("Eraser"), stateChanged=self.onStateChanged
        )

        self.view = GraphicsView()
        self.view.foreground_item.pen_thickness = self.pen_slider.value()
        self.view.foreground_item.pen_color = color

        # layouts
        pen_lay = QtWidgets.QFormLayout(pen_group)
        pen_lay.addRow(self.tr("Pen color"), self.pen_button)
        pen_lay.addRow(self.tr("Pen thickness"), self.pen_slider)

        eraser_lay = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(eraser_group)
        eraser_lay.addWidget(self.eraser_checkbox)

        vlay = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
        vlay.addWidget(pen_group)
        vlay.addWidget(eraser_group)
        vlay.addStretch()

        central_widget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
        self.setCentralWidget(central_widget)

        lay = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout(central_widget)
        lay.addLayout(vlay, stretch=0)
        lay.addWidget(self.view, stretch=1)

        self.resize(640, 480)

    @QtCore.pyqtSlot(int)
    def onStateChanged(self, state):
        self.view.foreground_item.current_state = (
            LayerItem.EraseState
            if state == QtCore.Qt.Checked
            else LayerItem.DrawState
        )

    @QtCore.pyqtSlot(int)
    def onThicknessChanged(self, value):
        self.view.foreground_item.pen_thickness = value

    @QtCore.pyqtSlot()
    def showColorDlg(self):
        color = QtWidgets.QColorDialog.getColor(
            self.view.foreground_item.pen_color, self
        )
        self.view.foreground_item.pen_color = color
        self.pen_button.setStyleSheet(
            "background-color: {}".format(color.name())
        )

    def open_image(self):
        filename, _ = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(
            self,
            "Open File",
            QtCore.QDir.currentPath(),
            filter="Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg *jpeg)",
        )
        if filename:
            pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap(filename)
            if pixmap.isNull():
                QtWidgets.QMessageBox.information(
                    self, "Image Viewer", "Cannot load %s." % filename
                )
                return
            self.view.set_image(pixmap)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
    w = MainWindow()
    w.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())


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Йоханнес Петрус Адрианус «Ханс» Грёйтерс (; 30 июня 1931, Хелмонд - 17 апреля 2005, Лелистад) — нидерландский политический и государственный деятель, , соучредитель леволиберальной политической партии «Демократы 66», бургомистр города Лелистад (1980–1996) (Флеволанд).

Биография

Изучал психологию, политологию и социальные науки в Амстердамском университете. Работал в текстильной компании в Хелмонде . Позже был совладельцем различных компаний в сфере гостиничного и общественного питания в Амстердаме . С 1960 по 1967 год руководил иностранным отделом голландской ежедневной газеты Algemeen Handelsblad . В 1971–1973 годах –главный редактор голландского филиала американской информкомпании Nielsen Holdings.

Как политик был активным членом Народной партии за свободу и демократию. С 1959 года – руководитель Молодежной организации Свобода и демократия.

В 1966 году вместе с Х. Ван Мирло был одним из создателей леволиберальной партии Демократы 66.

В 1972–1973 годах – член Палаты представителей Нидерландов.

В 1973–1977 годах занимал пост министра государственного жилищного строительства и экологического планирования Нидерландов.

Бургомистр города Лелистад (1980–1996).

Примечания

Ссылки
Drs. J.P.A. (Hans) Gruijters

Политики Нидерландов
Бургомистры городов Нидерландов
Министры Нидерландов
Члены Второй палаты Генеральных штатов Нидерландов
Выпускники Амстердамского университета

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Kawasaki's all-new Ninja H2™ SX SE (Special Edition) is where luxury and performance reach stunning new heights. Born from a pure pursuit of supercharged street performance, the Ninja H2™SX SE is the ultimate supercharged sportbike, offering the most desirable street qualities of hypersport, supersport and sport touring bikes.
COMFORT FOR THE JOURNEY: Sporty yet relaxed riding position accommodates solo and 2-up riding for a wide variety of riding situations.
CLEAN-MOUNT SADDLEBAG SYSTEM: Allows the KQR™28L Hard Saddlebag set* to be easily attached and removed for increased convenience. The saddlebags are color matched, can each hold a full-fact helmet and utilize a one-key system.*KQR™ 28L Hard Saddlebag set is sold separately as a Kawasaki Genuine Accessory.
ENHANCED FUEL RANGE: Superb fuel efficiency combined with 5-gallon+fuel tank delivers outstanding cruising range.
BOSCH IMU (INTERNAL MEASUREMENT UNIT): Compact IMU enables inertia along 6 Degrees of Freedom to be monitored. Acceleration along longitudinal, transverse and vertical axes, plus roll rate and pitch are measured. The yaw rate is calculated by the ECU using Kawasaki's proprietary dynamic modeling software. This next-level system enables predictive and adaptive electronics for precise chassis orientation awareness.
KAWASAKI CORNERING MANAGEMENT FUNCTION: Using the latest evolution of advanced modeling software and feedback, KCMF monitors engine and chassis parameters throughout the corner - from entry, through the apex, to corner exit - modulating brake force and engine power to facilitate smooth.
KAWASAKI TRACTION CONTROL (KTRC): Whereas many competitive traction control systems react to wheel-slip, this IMU-enhanced feedback version of KTRC predicts conditions and acts before slippage exceeds the range for optimal traction. When turned on, riders can choose from 3 modes, allowing riders to choose the degree in which each mode intervenes during riding. Riders may also elect to turn the system off.Modes 1 and 2 are optimized for maximum forward acceleration while mode 3 allows for assistance during wet pavement conditions.
POWER MODES: The Ninja H2™ SX SE comes with three power modes: Full, Middle and Low, allowing riders to select power delivery to suit their preference and riding conditions.
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HIGH-TECH INSTRUMENTATION: The instrumentation design combines a full digital LCD screen with an analogue-style tachometer. LCD screen features a negative display (white characters on a black background), contributing to the high-quality image. In addition to the digital speedometer and gear position indicator, display functions include: fuel gauge, odometer, dual trip meters, current mileage, average mileage, fuel consumption, bank angle display and max bank angle recording function (possible thanks to feedback from the IMU), coolant temperature, boost indicator, boost (intake air chamber) temperature, clock, Economical Riding Indicator, and IMU indicator. Analogue-style tachometer design uses an actual needle enhanced by backlit rpm numbers that illuminate to chase the tachometer needle as it moves around the dial.
ALL-LED LIGHTING: The Ninja H2™ SX SE is equipped with LED lights from headlamp to taillight.
PREMIUM PERFORMANCE: The massive power of the balanced supercharged engine demands a multitude of high-performance components to ensure an effortless yet powerful experience to dominate the open road.
FULLY-ADJUSTABLE SUPERSPORT SUSPENSION: The KYB inverted low friction cartridge fork offers superb action; initial stroke is smooth and compliant followed by progressive damping through the end of the stroke. The front fork is fully adjustable for compression and rebound damping, as well as preload. KYB fully adjustable mono-shock Uni-Trak® rear suspension contributes to the balance of ride comfort and sport performance. Remote shock preload adjuster allows the rider to adjust settings.
BRAKES: In the front, 2 massive 320 mm semi-floating discs are gripped by dual radial-mount, opposed 4-piston, monobloc calipers, delivering strong braking force and superb feel. In the rear, a 250 mm disc with twin-piston caliper provides strong braking performance.
KAWASAKI INTELLIGENT ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (KIBS): IMU-enabled Kawasaki Intelligent anti-lock Brake System (KIBS) is a supersport-grade high-precision multi-sensing ABS brake assistance system. Uses high-precision control to modulate brake pressure during sport riding.
WHEELS: The cast aluminum wheels were designed for optimized rigidity, which contributes to high-speed stability whether riding alone, or with a passenger and cargo. The star-pattern 5-spoke wheel design offers optimum rigidity for high-power performance at highway speeds .
LARGER WINDSCREEN: Windscreen is larger (compared to the base model) for added wind protection.
HEATED GRIPS: Heated grips enhance comfort against frigid elements while cruising on the open road.
HIGH-GRADE SEATS: High grade micro-suede panels and custom stitching complement the aggressive styling of the Ninja H2 SX SE model, and features an embossed Ninja logo for exclusivity.
WHEELS: Machining and pinstriping on the wheels add to the high-quality image.
KAWASAKI LAUNCH CONTROL MODE (KLCM): 3-mode KLCM controls engine output to provide incredible acceleration from a stop b minimizing rear wheel-slip and front end lift.
KAWASAKI QUICK SHIFTER (KQS): Dual direction quick shifter allows both clutchless up upshifts and downshifts for seamless acceleration and smooth decerlation.
FULL COLOR LCD DISPLAY: Multi-function TFT Color LCD Screen. High-grade full color display features TFT (thin-film transistor) technology to ensure a level of visibility previously unobtainable. Two selectable display modes (Touring or Sport) allow riders to prioritize the information they want to see depending on the current ride.
LED CORNERING LIGHTS: Three LED lights built into each side of the fairing activate based on lean angle (one light at 10°, an additional second light at 20°, and all three lights illuminate at 30° and above) to help illuminate the road when cornering.
POWER FOR THE DISTANCE: The balanced supercharged engine was developed for everyday street-riding situations and delivers a versatile engine character that enables relaxed long-distance riding, easy manageability at slow speeds, exhilarating acceleration and superb fuel efficiency.
IN-HOUSE-DESIGNED BALANCED SUPERCHARGER: Newly redesigned to offer both power and fuel efficiency, the street-focused balanced supercharger is incredibly efficient at compressing air while minimizing heat. As a result of the supercharger's efficiency, no large, heavy intercooler is required to cool the compressed air. The supercharger was designed to match the engine, allowing high-efficiency operation over a wider range of conditions than could be provided by any other typical supercharger.
RAM AIR INTAKE: The Ram Air intake opening is 80% that of the Ninja H2™, matching airflow requirements of the balanced supercharged engine, to optimize flow (and response) at the low-mid engine speeds.
IMPELLER BUILT IN-HOUSE: The Ninja H2™ SX supercharger features an in-house designed impeller—the shape and angle of the blades are optimized for the high-efficiency engine. The complex impeller is formed from a forged aluminum block using a 5-axis CNC machining center for precision and durability. Grooves etched into the blade surfaces help direct the airflow.
THE PLANETARY GEAR: Designed using technology from Kawasaki Heavy Industries, LTD (KHI) Aerospace Company, the planetary gear is incredibly compact and efficient at transferring power. The planetary gear train runs off the crankshaft—with speed stepped up by an intermediary gear—ultimately producing an impeller rotation of 9.2x the crank speed, reaching maximum speeds of nearly 130,000 rpm, to produce optimal airflow.
998 CC INLINE 4-CYLINDER ENGINE: The balanced supercharged engine delivers both exhilarating acceleration and superb fuel efficiency. The key to achieving this balance was increasing the engine's thermal efficiency by utilizing a high compression ratio. Cast (rather than forged) through a unique process, the high compression pistons of the Ninja H2™ SX SE are lightweight—yet strong—and able to withstand extremely high temperatures. A two-stage machining process for the cylinder head (race technology developed for the Ninja ZX-10R) is used to form the throat of the intake ports – resulting in smooth intake airflow for maximum efficiency and performance. Hydraulic Assist and Slipper clutch offers light clutch pull and minimizes wheel chatter caused by downshifting.


Some of you may be considering starting up a merchant account (an account required to receive online payments for an e-commerce). Paypal might be one of the payment gateways you are considering. Here are the top 3 reasons that Paypal is not a good option for E-commerce in the UAE.
Paypal does not accept AED as currency.
Paypal supports 26 currencies such as USD, EURO and Yen. The price you put on your website can be displayed in AED but the credit card will be charged in one of the 26 currencies. You will therefore have to pay your banks conversion rates to change the currency to AED before withdrawing.
Paypal does not offer direct withdrawal in the GCC.
Withdrawing your money from a Paypal account becomes a challenge solvable in four different ways neither of which is convenient. Solutions include having a US bank account, monthly wire (most make a minimum of 30k USD a month), Withdrawal to a local card offering Visa Original Credit functionalities (withdraw 500USD at a time and cost 5USD per withdrawal) and if you have a local entity in Jordan to transfer the money through Cairo Amman Bank.
Every transfer of any kind is chargeable minimum of 5USD and a Max of 100 USD.
Conclusion: Paypal is a great option for many countries but the UAE is certainly not one of them. There exists some combination of scenarios where it makes sense to have a paypal account in the UAE but for the vast majority of people (specially startups) it is not a good option.


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Anita McGahan on Industry Evolution
Anita M. McGahan is author of the new book 'How Industries Evolve: Principles for Achieving and Sustaining Superior Performance' (Harvard Business School Press). She is the Everett V. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Strategy & Policy at the Boston University School of Management, as well as a Senior Institute Associate at Harvard's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness.
UBIQUITY: Your book focuses on industries rather than corporations. Isn't that unusual?
MCGAHAN: Yes, I think most books about innovation tend to deal with organizational practices or even with individual entrepreneurial leadership styles. Looking at innovation with a different lens, it's clear that not all prescriptions about strategy will work in every situation. The trajectory of industry change will set broad parameters defining what will work in a particular situation. So for example a company like Wal-Mart is undergoing what I call "progressive change" in its industry, and can only disrupt its operations creatively if it tries a Hail Mary pass with entirely new sets of activities, along with a whole new way of relating to customers. On the other hand, in an industry like pharmaceutics, if you don't do drug discovery then you can't come up with the kind of breakthrough product that will lead you to superior performance. You have to make big risky investments in a situation like that.
UBIQUITY: In "How Industries Evolve" you point out that companies can fail to profit from their investments in an innovation when they break their industries' rules for how change can take hold.
MCGAHAN: Right. I make an analogy between the rules of industry change and the barriers on a highway. The barriers on the sides of the highway establish only the direction of change: they don't say anything about how fast you go or which lane you're in or even which road you travel. It's just that if you are going to be on this road, you have to play by these rules: that's the analogy. What I'm fundamentally saying is that not all strategies for innovating will work in every situation, so the goal is to pursue innovation that is consistent with the direction of change in the industry so that you can profit from it.
UBIQUITY: What prompted you to write the book?
MCGAHAN: The motivating observation in the book is this idea that a lot of organizations have spent money to capitalize on breakthrough ideas yet find that those investments never pay off, because they're ahead of their time or behind their time, and they're very frustrated that efforts to innovate profitably are not paying off. This book is designed to explain why that's occurring. Some of the major findings of this work are that the process of industry change generally takes decades, and that the opportunity for many executives is to understand the long course of change in their industries and capitalize on it.
UBIQUITY: So this is an optimistic book?
MCGAHAN: Yes. The good news here is that if you understand this kind of change, you can do something about it early. Of course, the bad news is that the force of industry change is largely beyond your control, so you really have only a limited opportunity to change over time. Let me give you an example. Right now, the overnight letter delivery business is at the early phases of a radical transformation, and when I ask my students about this they all agree that we will no longer be sending letters by overnight delivery in 15 years � we'll be sending them through secure encryption on the Internet. The only disagreement among my students is how long this transition is going to take. Another example of transition that's further along in its process is the transition from LAN lines to wireless telephony. We all agree that in 100 years nobody will be laying copper wire to your house and that all telephony will occur on wireless technology, so the only issue is how long that's going to take � 10 years or 15 or 25 or 30? So what this book is about is really understanding how long it takes for these kinds of transitions to occur and how you make money along the way.
UBIQUITY: In the book you talk about the "four trajectories" � tell us about them.
MCGAHAN: The four major trajectories of industry change describe the broad types of trajectories that tend to emerge. The simplest one is called "progressive change" is the most similar to what Clayton Christensen call "sustaining technological change" in his book "The Innovator's Dilemma." It's what I've just described as occurring in discount retailing when the system of activities in a business where the assets of the business are easy to understand and are not threatened, and so the way you make money and the way you innovate is by coming up with new insights about how to organize your system of activities effectively. So Home Depot, for example, did that in the home improvement business. And some classic examples of companies on this trajectory that are making a lot of money or have in the past made a lot of money would be Blockbuster Video or Toys'R'Us or Yellow Freight in the long-haul trucking business, or Wal-Mart or even many of the commercial airlines, such as Southwest.
UBIQUITY: And progressive change contrasts with what?
MCGAHAN: At the other end of the spectrum, we have radical change where all the assets and activities of the business are becoming irrelevant, because they're being blown away by some new approach, as is occurring in land line telephony or in overnight letter delivery. Now just because we all agree that overnight letters are going to be made obsolete in 15 or 20 or 30 years, doesn't mean that Federal Express should get out of that business today, because these transitions take decades to occur. So it's tricky to figure out exactly how to manage your commitment to a business like this, because in the short run this may be a very profitable business � even though in the long run it's going to be seriously challenged by these new technologies. So with regards to a business undergoing radical change, the challenge is figuring out a way to make money in the short run and to devolve your commitment to the business over the long run.
UBIQUITY: Then so far we have progressive change versus radical change. What are the other two industry trajectories?
MCGAHAN: They're ones that Clay Christensen does not focus on particularly. The first one is intermediating change and it reflects very serious threats to the way that you make money in a business. It occurs when your activities � the way you interact with your customers, for example � are threatened, but your underlying assets retain some relevance to your customers, and continue to carry the potential to create value. This is what's occurring, for example, in the auctions business or in auto dealerships and news bureau services, where you have capabilities in assets that carry the potential to create value, but you can't make money off of them in the same old way you have historically. And technically constitutes an architectural change, in the sense that it's more similar to disruptive change than it is to sustaining change, to use Christensen's language. But it's easy to underestimate the significance of the change.
UBIQUITY: What would a good example be?
MCGAHAN: There's a great case study that's been written from Harvard Business School on Sotheby's, the auction house, that describes how Sotheby's initially responded to the Internet opportunity as just a new channel, whereas fundamentally the Internet really blew up the whole auctions business. It's easy to underestimate the significance of that kind of challenge under intermediating change.
UBIQUITY: Is underestimation of the change the main problem?
MCGAHAN: No, it's equally quite possible to overestimate it, and that brings us to the fourth trajectory, which is creative change. It's easy to overestimate the significance of creative change � the kind of change occurringin the pharmaceutical industry or filmmaking or oil exploration. In these businesses, it's part of the course of doing business that you have to have these big development projects and throw Hail Mary passes and really develop new assets. But the downstream relationships with customers don't turn over very frequently. Last Saturday night I went to the movies with my family just like I did a year ago and the year before that and the year before that, which shows that the movie industry's downstream relationships with its customers remain relatively stable � and as a result the business of the film studios retain their identities pretty much stay the same. Disney and Paramount and Sony and Warner Brothers survived generations of filmmaking technology and generations of films because of their relationships with the movie studios and the movie-going public.
UBIQUITY: Then you don't think that the public's movie-going habit is dying out or will die out?
MCGAHAN: I think that industry is going through a life cycle where the industry is in maturity, but I don't think that movie-going right now is being threatened with obsolescence. This is supported interviews and market research with the movie-going public. An industry can actually go through a life cycle and no longer be growing, yet still not be threatened with obsolescence. If filmmaking ever gets to the point where the making of films becomes obsolete � because we don't want to look at two-and-a-half-hour movies or for whatever reason � then the industry will either be going through radical or intermediating change but right now we have evidence of that happening.
UBIQUITY: Is there some extent to which industries or organizations do all of these trajectories at the same time?
MCGAHAN: The trajectories are defined in a formal way, so that only one can apply at a time. What I do is distinguish activities from assets: activities are analogous to income statement items that generate revenues and costs that hit the income statement, whereas assets are analogous to balance sheet items, and have durability even if they're not used in the short run. Progressive change occurs when neither activities nor assets are threatened; radical change when both are threatened. Under creative change, the assets are threatened, but the activities don't change, and vice versa for intermediation. In the case of intermediation, the activities are threatened but the assets retain their durability. So the four trajectories are defined to be mutually exclusive, because activities retain their relevance under multiple scenarios for change; that is to say, activities retain their relevance under both progressive and creative change, and assets retain their relevance under both progressive and intermediating change. There are overlaps in some of the characteristics of these scenarios, but to make a long story short, only one can apply at a single point in time. Precisely because it's easy to confuse them, it's important to understand how they're different.
UBIQUITY: You mentioned your students before and noted that they have different perspectives on how much time it takes for change to occur. What other misunderstandings do you find common among your students or your clients?
MCGAHAN: I often see companies walking away from very valuable knowledge that they have (or other kinds of assets they've accumulated, such as brand capital) because they overestimate the significance of the change going on in their businesses. For example, we see pharmaceutical companies underinvesting in their medical detail sales forces and in conferencing activity and in sponsorships of medical journals, because they underestimate the importance of their roles as educators of the public on how to use their new therapies. Alternatively, we see many firms that are in industries undergoing radical change or intermediating change underestimating the significance of the threat. So the purpose of "How Industries Evolve" is really to help leaders understand what will work in different situations and how to assess the significance of the change and to identify what's important.
UBIQUITY: What about an industry like publishing � how would you begin to think about the changes it faces?
MCGAHAN: Well, I'm a believer in relatively narrow industry definitions, so I would see publishing as a sector that encompasses a lot of different industries. For example, music publishing would be a separate industry. In the very advanced stages of intermediating change, nobody wants to pay for music anymore, but the music companies have very, very important assets that retain their relevance � providing they can find ways to make money off of them in a new world. They know how to develop bands and how to market them and run concert tours and so on, they just have to figure out a way to get people to pay for those services. On the other hand, there are some areas of publishing that are staying on the traditional creative model, such as some specialty magazines that provide sports news and that have simply moved to online distribution to complement their print distribution, and in the process have been able to maintain and even expand their subscribership basis. Their business has grown and remained profitable through the transition to the Internet, and therefore represents a model of creative change. In contrast, we have other areas of publishing that are just getting blown entirely out of the water. Consider the publishing of classified ads. There was a little weekly magazine published by one of our local presses here in Boston that would carry apartment listings and cars-for-sale and so forth, but now all of that now is being managed online by companies that have very different capabilities. The old companies are losing their edge and the new ones are taking over. New ones such as Craig's List and Monster.com and different job posting services are blowing away these old publishers. The bottom line is that we need to look narrowly at each separate industry and at how its economics are affected by new approaches. We could find, for example, within the broader healthcare and financial services sectors examples of industries that are going through each of the four trajectories.
UBIQUITY: What about the Internet as such? Can you think about that as one thing?
MCGAHAN: Sure. I think you probably can tell what my answer is going to be, just by the way you phrased the question. Of course, the Internet has a different impact on different industries. In some industries, such as discount retailing, the greatest impact of the Internet has been in intranets that help coordinate the supply chain down into the discount retail stores, so that organizations like Target, Wal-Mart, Kmart and Sears have been able to use the Internet to better coordinate just-in-time delivery of critical products into their stores. That works right on the progressive model that is governing change in those businesses. In contrast, in many other industries we have the old way of doing business being obliterated by the Internet, as it is in the classified listings I just discussed, where all the old assets and all the old activities for making money in that business are becoming obsolete because of the Internet. But though discount retailing and classified publishing represent two extremes, we can also think of everything in-between. So, for example, the music publishing industry is a setting in which the Internet has threatened activities, yet the Internet can't replace the service of training bands to be more effective and marketing them directly. The simple fact is that the impact of a technology can run the gamut across all four trajectories of change.
UBIQUITY: You've emphasized that significant industry change really takes a very long, long time. Is that true even in high-tech industries?
MCGAHAN: Yes. There can be episodes of rapid change, but it's much easier to respond to industry change if you understand the context and the direction. What I would say is that you're much, much more likely to be able to make money in the short run if you understand why the nature of the change you're responding to. You do that by reflecting on the broad trajectory of change that has led to the breakthrough you're observing.
UBIQUITY: What industry would you be inclined to enter if you decided to abandon teaching and consulting?
MCGAHAN: I think I might go into scoring the quality of investments for institutional brokerage firms seeking to invest large amounts of money in companies. Right now, the investment brokerage business is going through an intermediating change because of a whole series of challenges, the most recent of which were made by New York attorney general Elliot Spitzer. There's a major movement under way in investment brokerage to decouple advisory services from the act of executing a trade, which means that the business of advising people on how to invest their money is now about to take off. I think that if I were to leave academics, that would be a business I would enter, given my personal skills.
UBIQUITY: Well, instead of making you an analyst, let's make you a CEO, and give you a choice: would you rather replace Carly Fiorina or Steve Jobs?
MCGAHAN: Me personally?I would rather replace Steve Jobs, because I think Apple has assets � particularly brand capital, industrial design capabilities, and buzz that created around new products � that I think could be relevant to a range of industries, consumer electronics products. I think Apple has the resources necessary to have a major impact as the consumer electronics business becomes rejuvenated with a series of creative new products. I think the business of enterprise computing services is not poised for the same kind of change as consumer electronics.
UBIQUITY: What about companies like Google?
MCGAHAN: Google, like Microsoft, participates in a range of industries, and we have to look at each one independently to understand the nature of change in that business. What's happening in the operating system business right now is quite different than in application software and in network center computing, and in some of the other businesses like, and the rules for change in each of those businesses are different. Google participates in the online search business and has recently diversified into the scientific research business. There are indications that Google has its eye on the desktop and wants to eventually be primary user interface, which suggests that online search engines are going to create an architectural change in the operating system business � but in order for that to occur you have to understand how the profit stream in the operating system business is being threatened by online search engines. I don't see that threat as a clear threat.
UBIQUITY: Is there a clearer threat?
MCGAHAN: I think the threat to the operating system business is coming mainly from open source computing rather than from online search engines � from Linux and the next generation of online code and so on. The online search business may be a complement to the open source computing business. But there are relationships between these industries that need to be mapped out and understood carefully in order to be able to evaluate any claim that Google poses a threat to Microsoft. And the research represented by "How Industries Evolve" is oriented toward helping you understand the relationships between these industries rather than which firm is going to have competitive advantage in which business.
UBIQUITY: What would you give as marching orders to people engaged with these issues?
MCGAHAN: The marching orders I'd offer your readers would be to reflect on whether the issues that they're confronting are industry issues or issues of, say, competitor positioning or leadership or something like that? And if they are issues of industry change, what I would suggest they do is think carefully about the broad trajectory of change that they're confronted with. The two publications that are relevant to this would be my Harvard Business Review article that came out in October 2004 and then this book, so they might want to look at the HBR article as a way of testing whether this framework is relevant to the situation they're facing. It's only a seven or eight-page article, which they could page through to get a sense of what the insights are that come out of this way of thinking before they make a full-scale commitment to the book.
UBIQUITY: No wonder you're an academic. A businessman would say, go out and buy the book. Make them buy the book. They can afford it.
MCGAHAN: All right. So, go out and buy the book.
UBIQUITY: As we end the interview, let's spend a few minutes on your background, starting with college. Where did you go and what did you major in?
MCGAHAN: I attended Northwestern, and studied humanities, with a concentration in social and political thought. Then I got an A.M and Ph.D. from Harvard, and also an MBA. I had an MBA first and went with McKenzie for several years as a consultant in New York, and I also had experience at Morgan Stanley. Then I decided to go back and become an academic and look a little bit more deeply in the industries I was interested in.
UBIQUITY: What were your best academic experiences?
MCGAHAN: They were at Northwestern and then in the Ph.D. program at Harvard, and I also very much enjoyed the MBA program. But the MBA program, of course, was designed to equip me and my classmates for business careers, and I was becoming increasingly aware that I wanted to be an academic, so the Ph.D. program as well as my undergraduate training were wonderful for me. They were terrific, because they were at the center of my interests.
UBIQUITY: What kinds of students do you have now, and what kinds of advice do you give them.
MCGAHAN: I'm very fortunate: I teach MBA candidates as well as Ph.D. students, my advice to them is always to pursue business opportunities that reflect their personal interests and capabilities. What that almost always requires is developing a deep awareness of what they're good at, because in general we don't want the five-foot- two-inch guy planning to become a pro basketball player, even if he's wildly interested in it. So it requires some reflection on what their capabilities are. But it also requires thinking creatively about how businesses are changing, and develop expertise in industry settings where there's a long-term opportunity for them to mature and continue to meet new challenges.
UBIQUITY: Can you give us an example?
MCGAHAN: Yes. I had a student in here the other day who's very interested in doing strategy analysis, and I advised him to pursue commercial lending where he can do relatively small-scale, financially oriented, strategy analyses as a component of his lending decisions. Again, what I'm saying is that the goal is always to match capabilities with change. And that's probably what this book says, which is that, as a company, if you're Federal Express, confronting a long-term trajectory of radical change in your overnight letter business, you've got to think about, how do I stretch my hard assets in the business rather than reinvest in some new hub that will be operating with excess capacity in 10 years? And at the same time, what do I do to re-deploy those airplanes and all that sorting capacity into new businesses where they may retain their relevance?
UBIQUITY: Don't you think we should remind people to buy the book?
MCGAHAN: Yes indeed. Operators are waiting.

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(864) 401-8770	301 E. Greenville Street
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T. Matthew Bradley is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. He handles cases in all state and federal courts in South Carolina, with a focus on Motor Vehicle/Truck/Motorcycle Collisions, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Dog Bites, Products Liability, Criminal and DUI law.
Highly respected among his peers, Matthew has been named to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40, an invitation-only, professional organization comprised of Americas top young trial attorneys and has also been selected as member of the Anderson Independent Mail's...
Christy Fargnoli
Charleston, SC Attorney with 10 years experience
(843) 970-2700	474 King Street, Suite D
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Clawson Fargnoli, LLC is a litigation firm that focuses on handling serious personal injury matters, wrongful death, premises liability, medical malpractice, dram shop (liquor liability), insurance bad faith, nursing home abuse, Title IX litigation, wrongful arrest, defamation, and maritime (boating accidents).
Justin M Lovely
Myrtle Beach, SC Lawyer with 9 years experience
(843) 839-4111	1053 London St.
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Appalachian School of Law
The Lovely Law Firm primarily practices in the areas of DUI Defense and Personal Injury Litigation with auto accidents. The firm also handles all criminal cases in the Myrtle Beach and Conway area. Justin Lovely received his B.S. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, cum laude in 2004. While at Tennessee, Mr. Lovely majored in Finance. In his free time Mr. Lovely developed his boxing skills as an amateur Golden Gloves Boxer in the Knoxville area. He was Vice President of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity and participated in several community service...
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Glenn P Justis
(843) 285-7100	110 N. Main Street
As a former prosecutor I have handled nearly 5,000 criminal cases ranging from Shoplifting to Murder. I have extensive trial experience having tried nearly 40 violent criminal jury trials over the past 11 years. I know how the system works and I know how the prosecution thinks. I was a strong advocate for victims when I was a prosecutor and I am just as strong an advocate for my clients who have been charged with a crime. I am a problem solver and want to help you with your legal problem.
A native of New Jersey,...
Mark D. Chappell
Columbia, SC Attorney with 34 years experience
(803) 929-3600	2801 Devine Street, Suite 300
Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Mark Chappell is a founding partner of Chappell, Smith & Arden. He concentrates his practice in personal injury, truck and auto accidents, catastrophic injury and product liability cases. Since he was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1985, Mark has handled thousands of cases, winning millions of dollars for injured clients. One of Mark's cases created a new South Carolina law protecting young ATV riders. Mark served as Chair of the Plaintiff's Steering Committee representing 71 race fans injured in the bridge collapse at the Charlotte Motor Speedway and was the plaintiff's liaison in the Graniteville train derailment class...
Travis A. Newton
Anderson, SC Attorney with 13 years experience
(864) 965-9148	111 Sharpe Street
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Travis Newton is originally from Anderson, South Carolina and is a proud alumnus of three-time college football national champion Clemson University. Travis Newton received a B.A. in Psychology from Clemson before accepting an academic scholarship to attend The Appalachian School of Law (ASL) located in The Commonwealth of Virginia. ASL is an ABA-approved private law school near the convergence of Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia. ASL is notable for its focus on community service and leadership, emphasizing professional responsibility and requiring students to complete 25 hours of community service per semester in order to graduate.
Fifteen years later Travis...
Christopher Brough
(888) 427-6844	275 E. Henry Street
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
Attorney Christopher D. Brough founded The Brough Law Firm in 2005. Prior to founding The Brough Law Firm, he had spent two years working for the Spartanburg County Public Defender's Office. Mr. Brough was admitted to practice in the State of South Carolina in 2003 and is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court of South Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Mr. Brough graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 2003. During his time at Syracuse, Mr. Brough served as the managing editor for the...
Kevin Holmes
(843) 720-2800	61 Broad St
Criminal Defense, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Kevin Holmes earned a bachelor's degree from American University in Washington, DC and a law degree from Rutgers University School of Law. He joined The Steinberg Law Firm in 1979. Holmes has over 35 years of civil and criminal trial experience at The Steinberg Law Firm. Holmes also handles disability and Social Security cases and has extensive experience in appellate law experience. He has won numerous significant Supreme Court cases expanding and defending the rights of injured workers. Holmes has been a partner at The Steinberg Law Firm since 1985, and has served several terms on the Board of Governors...
Daniel Vega
Regent University School of Law
Danny Vega boasts nearly 15 years of experience in the legal profession and has represented over one thousand clients in workers' compensation and Social Security Disability claims. Danny takes great pride in building strong relationships with his clients, personally handling client intake, claim management, evidence discovery, court proceedings, hearings, and file closure. Danny speaks fluent Spanish and enjoys providing legal services to members of the Hispanic community as he is able to converse with and relate to his Spanish-speaking clients in their primary language.
Dayne C. Phillips
Columbia, SC Lawyer with 8 years experience
(803) 272-4503	1614 Taylor Street
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
ATTORNEY DAYNE PHILLIPS has dedicated his life to defending those who are wrongfully accused or who have made an unfortunate mistake and need help. He is a trained and experienced South Carolina criminal defense attorney and appellate litigator. He has successfully defended citizens in felony jury trials and has successfully argued before the South Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
Dayne is the 2018 President of the South CarolinHa Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is a former circuit representative on that organization's Board of Directors. He is also a graduate of the National Criminal Defense...
Bernard Samuel Klosowski
Greenville, SC Attorney with 21 years experience
Business, IP, Patents and Trademarks
University of Baltimore School of Law
U.S. Naval Academy graduate; Commander, U.S. Navy; U.S. Patent Attorney: Electro-mechanical * Electrical * Software * Automotive * Energy Systems * Medical Devices * Optics and other Intellectual Property and Related Business Issues and Litigation
C. Logan Rollins
Mt Pleasant, SC Lawyer with 10 years experience
(888) 429-5529	884 Johnnie Dodds Blvd
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Tyler Bathrick
Rock Hill, SC Attorney with 12 years experience
1242 Ebenezer Rd
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
After earning a Bachelor's degree from Indiana University in 2003, Tyler left the cold winters of the Midwest to attend University of South Carolina School of Law. He fell in love with the south and opted to make South Carolina his permanent home. Tyler began his career working in personal injury law immediately after he graduated from law school in 2006. He had the beneficial opportunity to work as an associate attorney, training directly under two former South Carolina workers' compensation commissioners. During this time, he represented hundreds of injured workers and gained extensive knowledge of...
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Glenn Fishburne Givens
Sumter, SC Attorney with 24 years experience
(803) 418-0800	107 N Main St.
Sumter, SC 29150
Business, Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Villanova University and Wake Forest University
I provide a full range of services to those planning for the future disposition of their assets and to minimize or eliminate tax or other unfavorable consequences including probate avoidance by offering various types of wills, trusts, and other estate planning devices.
I am an experienced and compassionate attorney who is available to assist Executors and Personal Representatives with estate and trust and probate administration and Probate Court proceedings.
I have two Masters in Taxation and many years of experience in handling individual, estate and business tax matters both as an attorney and a CPA. I have a Masters...
Brent D. Sausser
(843) 654-0078	2 Rosedale Dr.
IP and Trademarks
University of New Hampshire School of Law
Brent D. Sausser is a listed Attorney of Record with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Brent graduated from the University of New Hampshire Law School (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center); consistently ranked one of the top ten intellectual property law schools in the U.S. He has experience filing trademark applications, drafting and filing responses to USPTO office actions, running comprehensive trademark searches, as well as drafting responses to oppositions containing legal arguments for publishing. His firm focuses on trademark registration, responding to trademark office actions, trademark renewal filings, trademark monitoring services, trademark searches, and copyright registration.
Mildred Rita Metts
(803) 929-0577	3531 River Drive
Divorce, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
M. Rita Metts is a Social Security and VA Accredited Veteran Disability Attorney. For more than 20 years she has helped those whose lives have been disrupted by injuries and medical conditions that affect their ability to work and take care of their families. She offers free question and answer sessions with small groups who have questions about the Social Security Disability and/or Veteran Disability application process.
Richard Wern
North Charleston, SC Attorney with 40 years experience
(843) 553-0007	2185 Ashley Phosphate Road?
North Charleston, SC 29406
Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
For 35+ years, the team at Wern Lawyers in North Charleston has dedicated their professional lives to representing personal injury victims throughout the Lowcountry and the coast of South Carolina. With aggressive advocacy for those experiencing a life-altering injury, we work to make things right again.
For peace of mind and an experienced team of attorneys, call Wern Lawyers to discuss your injury, options and next steps.
Richard Wern has been a member of the South Carolina Bar since 1979. He is a founding member of Injured Workers' Advocates, and the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association, the South Carolina Association for...
Columbia, SC Lawyer with 35 years experience
(800) 531-9780	1510 Calhoun Street
William L. "Bill" Smith, II is a founding partner of Chappell, Smith & Arden. He concentrates his practice in workers' compensation and mediation. Bill graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1984. In his years of practice, he has handled thousands of cases for injured workers. He uses his knowledge and experience in workers' compensation to pursue justice, obtain the compensation and improve conditions for workers
William Green Sr
(888) 800-2455	2821 Millwood Ave
Bill Green has become a noticeable figure in Charleston. His face is easily recognizable from numerous television commercials and his catchy slogans are heard throughout the Low country. But it is his focus on the concept of customer service to meet the needs and expectations of his clients that has led to his enormous success and reputation. Bill completed his undergraduate degree in 1985 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He continued his stint as a Tarheel and attended law school in Chapel Hill, graduating in 1987. After law school, Bill...
Taylor Anderson
(843) 277-1176	507 Savannah Hwy
Free ConsultationConstruction, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
Taylor enjoys his job. Whether seeking compensation for the seriously injured, or litigating a construction defect case, Taylor has a passion for helping his clients. He is originally from Augusta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in 2004. Since 2008, he has lived in Charleston, South Carolina.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, Taylor has litigated a wide variety of cases, including personal injuries, construction defects, termite damage, business disputes, class actions, maritime accidents, insurance coverage, nursing home neglect and various other issues. He has obtained favorable results for clients in the State and Federal...
C. Austin McDaniel
(864) 540-8135	103 West Calhoun Street
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I have dedicated the majority of my professional career to learning the "science" behind the Standardized Field Sobreity Tests as created by the NHTSA and used by all officers in South Carolina when conducting DUI investigations.
S. Scott Bluestein
Free ConsultationBusiness, Maritime and Workers' Comp
Tulane University School of Law and University of South Carolina School of Law
Scott Bluestein has a boutique practice that handles almost exclusively admiralty, maritime, personal injury, transportation, and international matters with an emphasis on strong attorney client relationships.
Mr. Bluestein has represented clients in admiralty and maritime cases in the federal and state courts of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, and Maryland. Being represented by an attorney who specializes in land based injuries may be detrimental to someone with a boat injury because the land based lawyer might not fully understand the intricacies of maritime law, harming your chances for a full recovery.
Since Scott Bluestein is an...
Brian Steed Tatum
(803) 220-3440	331 E Main St
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
The University of Georgia School of Law
In 2006, after having managed the Raleigh, North Carolina branch office of a large Atlanta, Georgia based law firm for several years, Brian Steed Tatum moved to Charlotte, North Carolina and started the Tatum Law Firm. After observing how customer service can become a second priority at a larger firm, Mr. Tatum started the Tatum Law Firm to serve clients who still desire and deserve excellent customer service.
Mr Joseph P Griffith Jr
Mount Pleasant, SC Attorney with 36 years experience
(843) 225-5563	946 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Environmental, Health Care and Personal Injury
The Joe Griffith Law Firm, LLC is proud to serve the people of South Carolina and the United States in Personal Injury, White Collar Criminal Defense, and Business Litigation matters. When you retain the Joe Griffith Law Firm, LLC for legal representation, you will have a team of attorneys dedicated to protecting your rights while helping to ensure the results you deserve. We aim to make our clients feel like a special part of our litigation team. The Personal Injury lawyers of the Joe Griffith Law Firm, LLC have represented numerous individuals who have been seriously injured as well...
Cameron Jane Blazer
Mount Pleasant, SC Lawyer with 11 years experience
(843) 732-4441	1037 Chuck Dawley Boulevard
Building D Suite 104
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and White Collar Crime
My passion for criminal defense law comes from my personal experience. Before becoming a lawyer, I regularly saw people whose rights were violated by a criminal justice system that is far too often flawed. That inspired me to become an advocate for those who need it most. I have helped hundreds of people stand up for their constitutional rights and avoid unjust penalties.
Mark Sawyer
(888) 612-7001	1440 Broad River Road
Since 2014, Attorney Mark Sawyer has been a part of the George Sink P.A. Injury Lawyers team. At the firm, Sawyers specifies his practice in law to the areas of personal injury cases, primarily those that involve automobile accidents, as well as litigation cases. It is his passion for litigation and helping others that drives Sawyer to obtaining maximum compensation for each of his clients. He takes the time to understand each individual case and promises to stand beside each client through every step of each case. Before practicing law, Sawyer attended the University of Virginia, as an Echols Scholar,...
Stephen Grooms
(843) 444-5702	4420 Oleander Drive
J. Stephen Grooms is a lifelong resident of Conway, South Carolina. He took a job with the Horry County Solicitor's Office as prosecutor in 2011 to begin his career in criminal law. While working in the Solicitor's Office Grooms handled over three thousand cases, and took numerous cases to trial achieving favorable results on cases ranging from drug offenses to murder. Grooms was recognized for his leadership and trial results and was promoted to Senior Assistant Prosecutor in 2014. In 2016 Grooms and a fellow prosecutor opened Grooms and Thomas, LLC. Grooms experience as a former prosecutor and criminal trial...
Billy Killough
(843) 577-7700	288 Meeting Street
B.C. Killough: Registered patent attorney. Litigator. Business counselor. Mediator.
With more than 30 years of experience, Killough has participated in prosecuting more than 100 foreign patent applications and has obtained more than 275 United States patents for clients. In addition, he has filed more than 1,000 trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. As a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, Killough is an experienced litigator.
Killough is certified as a mediator by South Carolina Supreme Court Arbitrator and Mediator Certification Board and prefers to mediate intellectual property disputes and...
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Anna Lee Fisher
American astronaut and chemist who flew on the STS-51-A space shuttle mission. She was selected as part of the 1978 NASA Group. Anna Lee Fisher was born on August 24, 1949 in New York City, NY. She was a female astronaut like Sally Ride. She earned a graduate degree in x-ray crystallographic studies and chemistry from UCLA. Scroll below and check our most recent updates about Anna Lee Fisher Net Worth, Salary, Biography, Age, Career, Wiki. Also discover more details information about Current Net worth as well as Monthly/Year Salary, Expense, Income Reports!
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Last June, during New York's pride parade, Lady Gaga had a rare day off. She and her crew just landed in the city and wanted to go out to a bar. As always, her longtime glam team—make-up artist Sarah Tanno and hair stylist and wig maker Frederic Aspiras—rose to the occasion.
In ten minutes, Tanno used neon paints to make a rainbow eye look while Aspiras whipped out a wig with 22-inches of long, platinum blonde hair.
"It was just a casual day! We went around the corner for a drink, and that's what happened. Isn't that funny?' Tanno recalls. Aspiras agrees, laughing, 'I feel like sometimes our most casual days turn out to be so dramatic."
That's the thing—every time Lady Gaga steps out, it's an event. Her Haus of Gaga beauty team, most of whom have been with her for ten(!) years, makes sure of it. With the movie A Star Is Born newly released and Gaga in full-on promotion mode for her silver screen debut, her hair and makeup looks have been especially stellar: Frosted silver lids and platinum Veronica Lake waves. White liner and curtain bangs. Blue metallic wings and an intricately braided crown.
Aspiras describes the process of creating these looks 'like The Amazing Race meets RuPaul's Drag Race.' Whether it's for her appearances on the red carpet, film and TV, live performances, or a worldwide tour, Aspiras and Tanno—who spend up to 20 hours a day together and describe their relationship as both 'brother and sister' and 'creative soulmates'—constantly work to surprise and inspire people with their creations on Gaga.
Gaga at the A Star Is Born UK premiere.
Tanno, originally from Cleveland, started out at a M.A.C counter and juggled odd jobs—bartending, waitressing, and being a club promoter—all while working on her portfolio and training in make-up for fashion, film, and special effects.
She remembers she got the call to join Gaga's team in 2009 when she was down to the last $1000 in her account. She first started out doing Gaga's dancers on tour and learning from other artists Gaga worked with like Billy B, Val Garland, and James Kalliardos before earning her spot as her lead artist in 2014. "I wanted it so bad that I just had to be persistent," she says. "[Gaga] really saw something in me. I worked really hard until I was ready."
Aspiras grew up working in his mom's salon in San Francisco then moved on to study hair and wig making. He also worked as a make-up artist and continued collaborating on fashion and celebrity shoots with connections made in LA (he moved in 2004) when he got called to join Gaga for her Monster Ball tour in 2009. "We were on the cusp of doing something great," he says, "I think fate put this team together."
Over the phone, the team—situated in Tanno's home in LA—finish each other's sentences. The laughter is constant and the pure excitement over what they do is palpable. Ahead, they explain what it takes to help create the image for one of the world's biggest superstars.
Gaga's beauty look usually starts with her inspirations.
"She always has this very strong vision and very strong opinion about what she wants. A lot of times, it starts with the clothes," Tanno says. For instance, at the Venice Film Festival she wore an incredible Valentino pink feather gown that warranted a pulled-back, classic beauty look. "I wanted to play on that and make it a little more ethereal where you could see her glowing skin and sparkling eyes and nothing was distracting from the beautiful moment of her first premiere. I felt like I was never going to have a more important red carpet," Tanno recalls.
I swatched probably 60 lipsticks before I picked the perfect pink.
"I swatched probably 60 lipsticks before I picked the perfect pink. It had to be timeless.' Meanwhile, Aspiras did more than 20 sketches before settling on the slicked back, swirled bun updo Gaga wore. "It was about her face and not taking away from the moment. Thank god we put it up, because it was raining!" he says. "It was so magical."
Every beauty look is meticulously planned.
Gaga at the Los Angeles premiere of A Star Is Born.
Her glam team test-drives looks on themselves.
"I practice on myself before I present something to her just to get the method down a little better. I sometimes like to be alone with my make-up and my vision to conjure the look before presenting it," Tanno says. Aspiras will practice his technique in tests at his studio where he tries out color, cut, shape, and movement. "What I really do is see how this hairstyle moves in real life. I see it on Gaga and I study her movements. That's important—understand how your client moves in the hairstyle you created on them," he elaborates.
Her 2017 Super Bowl performance was nerve-wrecking.
"It was one of the largest audiences she's ever had at one time. Gaga always has a trick—we didn't want to just bare her face right at the beginning," Tanno says of deciding to create the Swarovski crystal cover-up Gaga wore over her eyes. "I think I was crying because I just didn't know if the mask was going to come off. I had to figure out the right amount of tape, and what tape to use, and where to place it so that when she ripped it off to do 'A Million Reasons' her make-up underneath would still look flawless."
As for her hair, she started her performance up in an superhero-inspired then (gasp) let it down as she descended into the stadium. "It was so stressful. It. Was. Live! I went through numerous types of hair products that had a strong hold but kept the hair soft and movable," Aspiras recalls, adding that he also had to find the right hair pin that could keep the style up but come out mid-performance, "I even went over the weather and climate that evening to make sure it was in our favor. The wind was just perfect that day."
They always have fun creating looks for the Grammy Awards.
From her corseted Game of Thrones-esque braid and smoky glittery eyes in 2018 to pink streaks and red eyeshadow to "bring the lower east side Gaga back' for a performance with Metallica in 2016, the singer never disappoints on music's biggest night. For her glam team, the Grammys are always an opportunity to "kick it up a notch" as Tanno says.
The Bowie homage from 2016 , in particular, stands out as 'one of the craziest experiences' because she had to work with Intel on face mapping and recreating the late music icon's looks to project on Gaga's face. Meanwhile, Aspiras got the chance to create a Ziggy Stardust-inspired, extra long and red mullet and a pompadour look. "It was definitely one of my more fun wig moments," he remembers, "It was a beautiful, fiery moment. It was an honor to pay tribute to such a legend."
They are always aware of how influential Gaga's beauty looks are.
Tanno recalls the day after the 2018 Grammys being tagged in hundreds of fan recreations of her starry night-inspired eyes. But, the Gaga Effect is strong not only among makeup and hair enthusiasts on Instagram, but across the fashion industry. "I feel like a lot of times when we do a big red carpet, we see it reinvented in fashion shows and editorials," Tanno says. "To me, that is the highest compliment of everything."