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Smoke Speaks: The wit, wisdom and worldview of Tony Stewart through the years (Part Two)
By Nate RyanNov 19, 2016, 1:30 PM EST
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – The second installment of our excerpts from the most memorable and revealing interviews with Tony Stewart covers the final eight years of his NASCAR career.
It was a period of immense professional growth for Stewart, who became a co-owner of a Sprint Cup team, brought a NASCAR national series race to a dirt track for the first time in 40 years and won a third championship.
But it also marked much personal tumult and tragedy for Stewart, who missed the last 18 races of 2013 with a broken right leg, three races in 2014 while grieving over the death of Kevin Ward Jr. and eight races in 2016 after breaking his back.
Here's a sampling of Stewart interviews from 2008-2016 (click here for the first part of the series):
CHARLOTTE, Oct. 19, 2016
After a Mobil 1 appearance to help change the oil in his No. 14 hauler before it headed to Talladega, Stewart was in a reflective mood, sticking around to talk to reporters off the record for nearly as long as he took questions on wide-ranging subjects.
Q: Any plans to ride to the track in your team's truck?
Stewart: "I used to do that. My very first trip with Harry Ranier's team in '96, I rode in the hauler all the way down to Daytona. I saved about $150 in gas money. As a rookie Busch Grand National driver, $150 was a lot of money to me."
Q: Rick Hendrick recently said he offered you a Sprint Cup ride around that time. What's your side of that story?
Stewart: "(It was offered) in the fall of '96. I'd only ran eight Busch Grand National races with Harry, and I crashed out of two thirds of them, so I was fairly certain I wasn't ready to jump in a Cup car quite yet. At that time, I was making all the decisions with my future. You've got one step to go (in NASCAR), the last thing you want to do is make that move too soon or not in the right deal. Obviously the Hendrick deal was the dream deal, but if I moved too soon or didn't do a good job, the next thing you know you're going back down the ladder, not up. So as hard as it was to make that decision to not do that, it may have worked out fine. We'll never know. I felt like it was safer to make that decision and taking the time to make sure I felt I was ready before I went. I wanted to make sure I didn't make a move and have to worry about going backward."
Q: Have you thought about life after this season?
Stewart: "I've got to get through five weeks and five days. Not that I'm counting. Once I get through that five weeks and five days, then I have plenty of time to think about the rest of my life. It's really not a big change and big adjustment. I've got plenty of projects to keep me busy and that I stay active in anyway, so 90 percent of what I do won't change, I just won't be in a uniform driving a Cup car."
Q: What is the emotion going to be like after the final race?
Stewart: "As soon as we get out of the car at Homestead, I'm going to ask if there's an A main I can get a ride in that night at a dirt race. I'm very comfortable doing what I'm doing. I'm excited about what I'm going to do next year. If you retire and you're not excited about it at the end of it, you've done something wrong. It's proof I'm doing the right thing for me, and I'm going to have a lot of fun doing it."
Q: What's your greatest accomplishment?
Stewart: "I have no clue. I think it's all a matter of opinion. To different people, it's different things. What I might think, you might think different. I'm proud of everything we've done. There's little races that nobody has ever heard of, and there might only been a 1,000 people in the grandstands that were some of my greatest accomplishments. People weren't there to see it. Media didn't see it, but I know in my heart that was a big deal. There's a lot of those moments that have come in the last 38 years.
"If you ultimately had to pick one, it would be hard to beat 2011 at Homestead. To battle that much adversity through the whole day, and it started early in the race. It was a have-to-win scenario. To pull that off, for what was on the line for an individual win, that's about as big as it gets."
STEWART-HAAS RACING, Sept. 30, 2015
In a news conference at the team shop, Stewart announces his retirement after the 2016 season.
Stewart: "I think it's more of a formality. I think you guys already know everything you need to know. But yeah, next year will be my last year in the Sprint Cup Series. It was a choice that was 100 percent mine. There wasn't any pressure from anybody. If anything it was the opposite. I had more people trying to talk me out of it than anything. You know, I think it's a scenario where everybody in their career at some point makes the decision that it's time for a change and it's nothing that you plan. I think it happens. I think deep down you know when it's time to do something to make a change like this.
"It's kind of a bittersweet day. I'm excited about it, but at the same time I'm sad about it, as well. I love what I do with NASCAR, and I love what I do as a driver, and the great thing is I'm not going anywhere. NASCAR is probably going to be the most disappointed of everybody today because they aren't getting rid of me. They have to deal with me as an owner. There's still the opportunity to get fined and there's still the opportunity to be put on probation, just like always."
Q: What has been the impact of the leg injury and the death of Kevin Ward Jr. on this decision?
Stewart: "Zero percent. This is strictly what I want to do, and my leg feels fine. The tragedy, nothing is going to change that. It happened, but it's not going to direct the rest of my life. I'm still going to go race when I want to go race, but as far as the Cup Series, it had no bearing on that."
Q: Do you have any regrets?
Stewart: "I think everything that's happened in my life has happened for a reason. I think there's things that I would like to have skipped in my life and things that have not happen, but I think everything in the big picture has happened for a reason and is part of something that's a lot bigger than what we are in this room."
ELDORA SPEEDWAY July 23, 2014
In the Camping World Truck Series' second visit to his dirt track in Rossburg, Ohio, Stewart spent the weekend singing the praises of slinging dirt while lobbying for more NASCAR races – particularly during an animated postrace session.
Q: What was your view of the battle between Bubba Wallace Jr. and Kyle Larson?
Stewart: "I'm going to sum this up really short and really easy. If you didn't like that race, you don't know what racing is all about. Because when you have a half-mile dirt track and have trucks legitimately four wide and three wide for a bunch of the race, we don't even have that at any of our big races (in Sprint Cup), that four-wide and three-wide action. As good as it was last year, this definitely topped it."
Q: Are you thinking about how to top this and bring more NASCAR events here?
Stewart: "Absolutely. I think my brain thinks in circles and squares and this is a lot bigger than that. Last year far exceeded my expectations and I left here going, 'Now what are we going to do? How are we going to beat that?' In my mind, we far beat last year by a mile and knocked it out of the park. So now I'll leave here going, 'What are we going to do?' That's the benefit of having someone like (Eldora general manager) Roger (Slack) on staff that worked under one of the greatest promoters of all time in Humpy Wheeler. To bring in someone like Roger who thinks outside the box, there is no one else that could have handled it the day I made phone call and said there's a possibility I could run a truck race here. Most of them would have passed out on the phone. Roger never batted an eye and knew exactly what he was going to do.
"I get to look good and be the one everyone pats on the back. I do the least amount of work of anybody around here. He does the most and probably gets the least amount of credit for it. I just have good people. I've been lucky my whole life being surrounded by good people. Being able to put it all together. There's no dirt track in the country that's ever pulled anything like this off."
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, Feb. 20, 2013
After six hours of running through a bevy of commercial shoots, sponsor appearances and autograph signings, Stewart spared a few introspective moments in his motorhome before dinner.
Q: Many of your sponsors are engaging in social media campaigns. When will you join Twitter?
Stewart: Why are you looking at me? Look at him (points at PR rep Mike Arning). He's the holdup on it. (Arning: He can. I've let him know it's a commitment. You can't just start and quit it). Yes I can! I don't know I want to be as diehard as some of these people. I might dabble in it a little bit.
"The reason I don't is I'm scared of saying something that may get taken the wrong way. I already deal with enough of that crap as it is. Do I want to subject myself to one more thing that can be that way? Everyone wants more access, but as soon as you get the access to us, and we do something wrong, you're setting yourself up to get shot down. It's hard because people want us to be genuine, but then when you've got the (jerks), it's like, 'Why are we doing this?' Eventually, you get pissed off at somebody and say, 'All right, I've had enough of this,' because of it."
Q: On a day heavy with PR and sponsor commitments, do you even look at the schedule of obligations and responsibilities?
Stewart: It doesn't matter whether I look at it or not, Mike's going to make me do what I want anyway. That's the reality of it. There are some things I can absolutely throw a fit about, and I'm still going to have to do it because he's told me. In a lot of ways, I work for him on weekends. He's getting the stuff done that needs to get done. And the thing is we work with each other long enough, he doesn't come to me with stuff that doesn't make sense."
Q: But in the last four years as a car owner, you've noticed the schedule has gotten more harried?
Stewart: "Oh God, yes. There's no doubt."
Q: But it's worth it?
Stewart: "Next question."
Q: Most days, it's worth it?
Stewart: "There are some days you go, 'Why am I doing this?' And there's some days it's, 'Yeah, there's no doubt why I'm doing this.' It's no different than anything else in anybody else's life. Doesn't matter how simple or complex your life is. There are days you hate it and days you love it."
Q: On balance, life is good, though?
Stewart: "Yeah. I drive a race car for a living. My car owner lets me go race as many sprint car races as I want to go run. Mike's the thorn in my ass. Life's good."
Q: As you enter the 15th year of trying to win Daytona, has it become the Holy Grail the way winning Indianapolis was?
Stewart: "Oh yeah. It's the biggest race of my year. Yeah. It's still never going to take Indy's place because of where I've grown up. But as far as my career right now, that's it now. There's always going to be a blank spot at the top of the page no matter if I win this race or not. There's always going to be one blank spot above this for the Indy 500 that may or may never get filled. It's the top goal every year."
Q: Are those blanks spots here and Indy something you think about it?
Stewart: "Oh yeah, every year when May comes around you're thinking about, 'What if?' That's been consistent for every year that I haven't run it. It's always been the same. That doesn't change. The degree of that doesn't change. You always still want to go back and do it. You still want to win that race. The hard part about the Daytona 500 is that's all you think about once Homestead is over. Which makes sense, that's what you should be thinking about is wining the biggest race of the year. The hard part is it's the first race of the year, and if you don't win it, you can't go back. You can win the next five races, and it doesn't take the place of winning the Daytona 500. You have to wait 365 days. That's the hard part. You've got the whole rest of the year. It's not like we've got the winter to start, and we'll work toward that again. You missed it, and now you've got to run the rest of the year. Then you've got an offseason, then you get to drive. It's a hard way to wait to have an opportunity to win the biggest race of the year. That's the hard part. If you don't get it done, you can't go the next week and fix it. You can try to win another race, but you can't try to win the Daytona 500."
Q: If you had one race left to run in your career, where would it be?
Stewart: "The hard part is knowing it's going to be the last race. That would be the hard part. The thing is if someone just said you got one more race you can run. By the time you get to the last race, most of those options are gone. That's why it's the last race anyway. It's injury or age or whatever it is. Oh, man."
Q: But if it could be up to you, though, and you could choose wherever?
Stewart: Winning or just running it?
Q: Just running it.
Stewart: Believe it or not, it wouldn't be Indy or Daytona. Just running your last race, that's not the way you'd do it. I'm trying to think where I've had the most fun racing, and that's where I'd want to run my last race is someplace I had fun doing it. (Sighs, long pause) What makes that hard is that it's not just stock-car racing. It's not just IndyCar racing. It's sports car racing, sprint car racing. (Long pause) I honestly don't know. It's much harder than people think. Because I've got a lot more variables than most people do. Most of these guys are thinking of 38 races at 20 tracks or whatever.
Q: Would it be easier if the choice was winning your last race?
Stewart: "If it came down to winning it, it'd be the Knoxville Nationals. If I knew the last race I was going to run, I was going to win. Well, at that point, it'd be the Indy 500. Second would be the Daytona 500. Third would be the Knoxville Nationals.
STEWART-HAAS RACING, Nov. 13, 2013
In some of his first public comments since breaking his leg in a sprint-car crash, Stewart greets a small group of reporters at his team's shop.
Q: How bad has the rehabilitation been?
Stewart: "It's definitely not easy, but it's not supposed to be easy. The worst part of it is the last 20 minutes and that is when I am laying on my stomach and they are digging into the leg trying to break the scar tissue up and loosen everything that's been reconstructed. You sit there with your face buried in a pillow trying to not remember all the four letter words you've been taught over the years."
Q: How much has this made you appreciate being active?
Stewart: "I have a huge appreciation for just daily things that I can't do now. It's like I have to plan, I have to think about stuff. Before I get to the end of the hallway I make sure I have everything I need before I go down that flight of steps." It's like if you forgot something, no big deal you run back up and get it and not think twice about it. Now, I have to still think about everything I need to go out of the house. I don't want to have to go back and make another trip."
Q: The team is adding a fourth car. What's it been like for vice president Greg Zipadelli to add staff for Kurt Busch and also fill out the new team for Kevin Harvick?
Stewart: "I'm the one that gets the phone call when he's mad about something or he's had a bad day. That is my role here. He can call and yell at me anytime he wants. He yells at me a lot more than I'm allowed to yell at him."
Q: Do you have input in the hiring?
Stewart: "Not really. I trust (Zipadelli's) judgment. If he's hired somebody, he's much more qualified to know why they should be considered for that position than I am. Having that confidence comes from our relationship in the past. If he says it's right, then it's right. We've had guys here in the shop that I loved and he said we've got to let them go. I don't second guess anything he says whether to hire somebody or fire somebody. He knows what the goal is and he knows what the objectives are, and he knows what we're trying to accomplish, and he knows what the plan is, and he's the guy that has to execute. That's a lot of pressure on him as well."
Q: What will you do during the off-season?
Stewart: "Therapy. Be a therapist for Zippy. It's going to be a hard winter and the hardest winter he's ever had for a long time. There is just so much that has to happen. Unfairly, it shouldn't be on one person and it's not, it's on the organization. We are all one unit and that's why I'm going to be down here with him. We're going to win as a team and lose as a team. Whether I do anything other than walk around and smile and keep everybody upbeat and joke around with the guys, smack them on the back of the leg with the cane if I'm still on it. That's part of being a car owner. You have to be a cheerleader too."
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 30, 2012
After his speech at the NASCAR Awards Ceremony, Stewart mulls the passing of the torch.
Q: Will Brad Keselowski need to tone things down as champion?
Stewart: "I don't think Brad's learned to be cautious yet. Hopefully that won't bite him like it has a lot of drivers in the past. It's refreshing. It's nice to see somebody who just speaks from the heart and isn't guarded, and that's the way all of us should be."
Q: Are you going to miss the news media in the offseason?
Stewart: "Oh God, no. As much as I like to battle with you guys during the season, there's a lot of time when we don't have mics and cameras on that we talk about different things other than racing, and I will miss that."
Q; Late NASCAR exec Jim Hunter had to help you through some tough moments. Brad's been able to be himself and hasn't needed a Jim Hunter to help. Is that a sign things are going in the right direction?
Stewart: "To be perfectly honest, I hope that you guys continue to treat (Keselowski) the way that you are now. That gives him that opportunity to be that way. I think that's what the fans want to hear. But I'm so scared that at some point, somebody is going to turn on him, and it goes downhill from there. I hope you guys keep doing what you're doing. I'm proud to see you guys give him a chance to be open like he is. I think it's great for our sport. I think the sponsors and fans really enjoy that."
Q: I know you feel people get burned by speaking their mind.
Stewart: "They do. History has proven that."
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY, Sept. 18, 2012
A few days after his infamous "goosing" of DeLana Harvick is caught on national TV during the prerace of the Chase for the Sprint Cup opener at Chicagoland Speedway, Stewart had a previously scheduled media appearance.
Q: Do you plan to do that every week?
Stewart: "This is old news. I guess it's just the first time the cameras caught us, but we've been doing that since I was driving the Nationwide car with them. We've always joked around and horsed around like that. It just seems like this week when it got caught on camera it was a lot bigger deal for some reason. I didn't even know anybody saw it. It wasn't something that was out of the normal for us. Kevin comes up and gets me. I get Delana. DeLana gets both of us. We're always just messing around, I guess. Not necessarily at the same time. I drove for them for a long time and have a great friendship with them. It always makes her jump, so it's just something we've always joked around about and talked about it being good luck. It's normally good luck for us. I'm just glad picking my nose wasn't what is good luck.
"Anything I do gets that attention, which still amazes me. So I guess it's a compliment."
Q: Is it a compliment that probably nobody else would get away with it but you?
Stewart: "It's good for me at least. It's not really that big a deal. Why even this whole group (of reporters) is talking about it is amazing to me, because you guys are kind of the upper echelon, and we're talking about something that isn't a big deal."
Q: But it's been on national news programs.
Stewart: "See, you guys should be looking for the next great bigger, better thing than that. So basically you're saying you guys aren't as good as you think you are, and you're following suit with what everybody else is doing."
Q: The stories about it got more traffic than Brad Keselowski winning the race, though.
Stewart: "That's pathetic. I think it's pathetic because there is so much more stuff going on in our sport than that."
Q: Have you ever gotten smacked in return?
Stewart: "No. I never grab anybody that I thought would smack me. I'm not going to grab somebody that I would offend, because they know that I'm not doing it in any more than a playful way."
Q: Do you hear sponsors say you're different than the public image they'd expected?
Stewart: "A lot of times they're surprised there is more to us than just being a race car driver. I don't have a business degree, and I'm not the best guy on the business side, but I do understand it a little bit. I'm not sitting there with my hand out saying write us a check. I understand there's a goal they're wanting, too, and we all sit down to figure out how to accomplish that together. It's more than just me being a driver and somebody they see on TV."
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 1, 2011
Stewart meets the media on the eve of his being crowned champion after beating Carl Edwards in his last race with crew chief Darian Grubb, who was fired.
Q: Have you been impressed with how Carl Edwards handled finishing second to you?
Stewart: "Yes, absolutely. He handled it with a lot more class than I would have been able. That's just differences in personality. It doesn't mean that I would have been a poor loser, but I think he handled as good if not better than anyone else would have handled that."
Q: Darian said it's been hard to look at you this week; are you feeling the same way?
Stewart: "Well, when we started this organization together, we worked hand in hand to build it together. Like I told him, if it wasn't emotional, it means it didn't mean anything. It shows what it means to both of us.
Q: Do you have an understanding of why you appeal to fans?
Stewart: It's my devilish good looks, there's no doubt. It's the only good trait that I have.
Q: Why do you think people are calling you 'The People's Champion,' though?
Stewart: "I'm pretty normal. And I think everyone knows that. I'm a jeans, tennis shoes, T-shirt guy. I always have been. I always will be. I can just about listen to anybody's story and find something that is a parallel to it in my life on my way up to getting to this level. I didn't just start here. I worked jobs I didn't like. I had to do a lot of things and sacrifice a lot of things to get where we are. I can relate to people who have to sacrifice every day to do what they do."
Q: What was it like to receive a call from President Obama on Air Force One?
Stewart: "I was most concerned about not being able to understand him on the phone, but they've got really good cell service up there, so … it was a huge honor obviously. To hear him talk about the race, and he was paying attention to the race, and that really means a lot to the sport and for NASCAR. It's cool to know that our Commander in Chief is engaged in what we're doing."
Q: A pinch-me moment?
Stewart: "Yeah, I kept holding my breath trying to make sure I wasn't going to miss anything, and I about passed out by the end of the conversation. It was a short conversation, but it meant a lot."
CHARLOTTE, N.C., MAY 12, 2011
In an appearance at Levine Children's Hospital with Rick Hendrick, Stewart donates $50,000 in the team owner's name.
"A lot of times I feel embarrassed with myself. Because you realize how hard these kids are fighting to get healthy. We're all leaving here happy and healthy. We all have jobs. We don't have a care in the world compared to these children and families. That's very, very hard. It's very humbling. I told Rick it's amazing the comparison to listening to the staff of doctors talking about trying to find the best person, and it's no different than what Rick does with his race teams. He tries to find the best personnel, best equipment, best resources. It's just amazing how you wouldn't think a children's hospital and race team have similarities, but there are a lot more than your realize."
Q: You and Rick seem to have an easygoing rapport.
Stewart: "That just shows you what kind of relationship we've got with each other. There's hardly a conversation we have where we're not laughing and joking about something. I don't know if he's that way with all of his drivers, but I know that's something I appreciate with him. He'll call and just give me grief. Doesn't even have anything he wants to talk about. He'll just call and give me a bunch of crap. It just makes you laugh. It's fun."
Q: Is it more like brothers or a father-son relationship?
Stewart: "A lot of the conversations are like a father-son-type conversation. My father and I give each other a hard time like Rick and I do. For what we do together and how business-oriented our relationship is, we find a way to make it fun and talk about stuff outside racing, too."
STEWART-HAAS RACING, OCT. 12, 2010
After announcing the extension of his deal with Mobil 1, Stewart held a session for a small group of reporters, and the discussion focused on contracts and sponsorship.
Q: Is it as competitive for sponsorship off track as sponsors on the track?
Stewart: "I don't know if this is customary, but I realized how competitive it was when we get letters from our sponsors that were sending responses they'd sent to Roush after Roush had solicited them and said we can do a better job. Why are they soliciting our sponsors? That was a pretty good lesson. We've got contracts, and we've got Roush trying to take our sponsors away. That was a good lesson this is as competitive off the track as it is on."
Q: Do you worry about money and sponsorship?
Stewart: "Who doesn't? The hard part is every day when one of these guys walks by, I'm responsible for that guy, his family, his children. Yeah, you think about it. If I screwed up and don't do my part to secure the finances, it's going to affect those guys. It's hard to imagine."
Q: Can you cut a better deal because you can be flexible on salary as a driver-owner?
Stewart: "I don't know which side is cutting a better deal is the hard part. Don't know if I get a better deal as a driver or car owner. That's part of the equation. I've heard a lot of owners talk about it in the owner meeting. I'm sitting with my owner hat on, listening to owners talk about it and you think about it from that other side, and you're like, 'Yeah, how many guys are going to take a pay cut?' There are guys who have. That's a good thing. There's guys who didn't have to but did. Instead of thinking backward, I'm thinking forward saying we've got to keep beating the streets and get these spots sold."
Q: As an owner, how do you manage also paying yourself as a driver?
Stewart: "It's based off my salary and percentage at Gibbs vs. what we knew other drivers were getting. I'm responsible for making our finances work. Our salary and percentage is right in line with guys who won races and championship. I didn't pay myself a huge salary and percentage and put the company at risk. We did the original owner's agreement and knew we'd sign two separate agreements as a driver and owner. We dealt with those independently. We didn't go into the driver side trying to gouge anybody. I wasn't unhappy with what I was making at Gibbs. My salary was less than guys that hadn't even won a championship. We adjusted it and didn't go crazy but moved it fair with the market. But we're not making Jeff Gordon or Dale Earnhardt Jr. money, but we're in line with a lot of the top 10 guys."
Q: Now that you have two full seasons under your belt, where do you see yourself as a driver and owner in five year?
Stewart: Five years ago, I never saw myself as a team owner, let alone be two years into it. Who knows how long I'll do this? A lot of it is 'Are you competitive? Are you healthy?' I don't feel I'm off my game any. Whatever day I decide to stop driving, I want to be part of this organization. No disrespect, but there are owners in this sports that are starting to get up there in age. I have a partner who I believe wants to be here a long time, and I want to be here a long time. I love the sport. I like what I do. I just don't necessarily like all the things that go along with it all the time."
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY, SEPT. 5, 2009
Stewart explains how he played consigliere to Danica Patrick, who was weighing a switch to stock cars.
Q: Danica Patrick said she has consulted you about NASCAR; what are your impressions of her interest?
Stewart: "We're just trying to help her. She's really come to us for a lot of advice about what to do. A lot of that is because she understands that I went through the same things that she went through. We've known each other through different personal service deals that we both had. Some shows we've done together when we've had time to sit and talk. We just seem to get along really well. I know she's talked to a lot of teams in NASCAR right now, and she's trying to figure out what it is she wants to do and how to go about it. So we got her down there and tried to give her an example of where her seats needed to be and went through that process and just spent time while she was in town answering her questions. Not so much us asking questions as she's asking our opinion. I'm glad I can be here to have somebody for her to bounce ideas off. I think it'd be awesome for our sport if she could come over here and be successful."
Q: Is she serious about this?
Stewart: "I know that she's serious about it. She looked me straight in the eye and said, 'This is what I want to do. It looks like fun. It looks like a lot of work, but it looks like fun.' I don't think she has some misguided idea that it's going to be easy. She wants to do it the right way. She has intentions of doing everything right. She asked a lot of very smart questions in the discussion about it. You can tell she wants to do it the right way. She understands how hard everybody has worked to get to this level, and she doesn't want to be one of those people who comes in and gets stuff handed to her. She wants to earn her way and work her way up like everyone else has."
Q: Should NASCAR look at adding push to pass like in IndyCar?
Stewart: "God I hope not. If I want to play a video game, I'll go back to the bus."
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY, JULY 10, 2008
At the news conference to announce his new co-ownership with Gene Haas, Stewart naturally took several questions about the team he was leaving at Joe Gibbs Racing.
Q: Could you have bought into Joe Gibbs Racing instead?
Stewart: "It wasn't offered. JGR is a family business. I respect that. You can't ask a family business to give away part of the team. That didn't turn me away from Joe Gibbs Racing. This was just a unique offer."
Q: How much does it weigh on your decision to make this part of your legacy?
Stewart: "I think as time has gone on and you get older, you start realizing the importance of history and what values are important. The thought of being another Richard Childress or Richard Petty or someone who has driven in this sport, and now their legacy is bigger than when they were drivers. That opportunity was very important to me. I look back and I know I keep mentioning open wheel teams, but that's where the foundation started. I look at (Tony Stewart Racing) this past week leading all three national divisions, and that's the first time in USAC history one team has led all three national divisions, and I thought that was something that's never been done. To be part of that and have my name on that organization is something I'm proud of, and to have opportunities to put my name in the record books as a car owner is something I'm excited about."
Q: Why can you be successful as a team owner?
Stewart: "I can't guarantee I'm (going to succeed), but if we don't, we're going to go down swinging. I like challenges. If I didn't like challenges, I wouldn't be part of three racetracks and have four races teams. There are no guarantees it'll be successful. After evaluating the potential, I wouldn't be involved if it didn't have potential to be great. There are no guarantees. We'll do everything to make it successful."
Q: Would you consider owning an IndyCar team?
Stewart: "First, you're smoking crack today. No, I've been down that road. I guess I've learned never say never. Because eight years ago, I said I'd never be an owner in NASCAR, and here I am today announcing I am. You never know. You look at Chip Ganassi Racing and Penske Racing who are involved in multiple series. Is it out of the question? No, it's never out of the question. We evaluate where we're at as time goes on and do we have too much on our plate, and do we want more? We'll see down the road what we want to do next. We might buy a Little League baseball team."
Q: Are you seeking advice from other driver-owners?
Stewart: "I've had conversations with Robby Gordon, who really is the last owner-driver in the series right now. The moral of the story is he said you're going to enjoy this. If Robby had said this was going to be a total disaster and you'll regret it, I'd have thought different, but that's far from what he said."
Q: How emotional is it to leave crew chief Greg Zipadelli after this season?
Stewart: "That's been the single hardest part about this. It's like a marriage. He's been there professionally and like a big brother on the personal side. For the last 10 years, I've had Greg's leadership and security blanket and peace of mind that Zippy is in charge of his. He knows me better than 99 percent of girlfriends in my life. I'm not going to call it a divorce because it's not like that. Our relationship is as good as it's ever been. Yesterday was bittersweet to sit down with our guys and let them know that this combination that won over 30 races and two championships would part ways. The important thing is not only Zippy but the entire organization parted on great terms."


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Q: Voltage divider bias (Role of Coupling Capacitor)

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Why does the voltage divider in second circuit (middle) has no impact? Vo is always equal to V4(correct me if am wrong).
And once a capacitor is introduced before the voltage divider, the voltage divider comes back into picture.
I do see, that everywhere they say that capacitor does not allow DC to pass through.But how can we correlate with this circuit?
During the absence of the capacitor, does the 6V from voltage divider flow through the Signal generator? But the Signal generator itself generates voltage, then how can this oppose the flow of a Signal generator?
I need a clear and elaborate explanation of this weird role played by this coupling capacitor.

A: Roughly speaking, your schematics can be reduced as follows. The top schematic is as you laid them out (with just a little less "dross" to confuse things.) The schematic below each is the equivalent, reduced version using a Thevenin equivalent for your resistor divider.

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It's a little more obvious, now.
Circuit 1, of course, exhibits \$6\:\textrm{V}\$ when the output is unloaded. The Thevenin source voltage simply appears at the output, since there is no current in the Thevenin resistor.
Circuit 2 will track \$V_4\$, also for obvious reasons. \$V_4\$ is directly driving the output. The \$6\:\textrm{V}\$ Thevenin source voltage is behind a \$5\:\textrm{k}\Omega\$ resistor and can't interfere.
Circuit 3 isn't really much more complex. Capacitor \$C_1\$ charges up to the Thevenin voltage of \$6\:\textrm{V}\$ (given time) and after that the voltage of \$V_8\$ is simply jacked up by \$C_1\$'s voltage. So if \$V_8\$ is \$0\pm 1\:\textrm{V}\$, then after \$C_1\$ the voltage is \$6\pm 1\:\textrm{V}\$.
The only question really is how it is that \$C_1\$ gets that voltage. It does, because \$V_8\$ averages \$0\:\textrm{V}\$ over time and since there is a \$6\:\textrm{V}\$ Thevenin voltage behind \$R_{TH}\$, \$C_1\$ will charge up to the average of the difference. Once it does that, as \$V_8\$ rises up a little, then there will be some current flowing from \$C_1\$ back to the Thevenin voltage, and as \$V_8\$ falls below a little, then there will be some current flowing from the Thevenin voltage back to \$C_1\$. But once \$C_1\$ reaches a mean value of \$6\:\textrm{V}\$, the amount of charge leaving \$C_1\$ in one half of the cycle will exactly equal the amount of charge returning to \$C_1\$ in the other half of the cycle. And then everything is in equilibrium.

Another way of viewing Circuit 3 is that \$R_{11}\$ and \$R_{12}\$ form a voltage divider with \$6\:\textrm{V}\$ in the center and that \$C_1\$ will develop a voltage across it equal to the average difference. It charges up for a bit, while that happens, and so for a short time (several times the \$C_1\cdot R_{TH}\$ time constant) there will be an imbalance. But that imbalance will be just what's needed to charge up the capacitor until it reaches that equilibrium point where the charge leaving equals the charge arriving and the mean value then no longer changes.

A: The signal generator is like a battery for A.C.  It puts out a sine wave centered at zero volts.  In your middle circuit, the signal generator is essentially a dead DC short across R4, and all the current through R3 is flowing through the generator.
Putting a capacitor in series with the signal generator output blocks the DC path through the generator.  The generator side of the capacitor is at zero volts DC, along with the +/- AC signal.  The other side of the capacitor is at the voltage set by the divider (+6V), along with the AC signal.
The key factor here is that the signal generator has an average output voltage of zero.

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Strong foundations are vitally important if a structure is to remain standing during a significant storm. This was illustrated when Ike, a Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 143 miles per hour almost destroyed Galveston, Texas, in 2008.
Not long after the hurricane swept through, one picture surfaced that caught the world's attention. It revealed a yellow house that was standing almost unscathed in the midst of miles of coastal rubble. Investigators determined that the house had been damaged in an earlier storm so that the owners had rebuilt it to hurricane standards. When Ike unleashed its fury, the house remained standing when everything around it was flattened.
Storms may sweep through our lives. Not just environmental storms, but emotional, spiritual, physical, or financial storms can suddenly erupt with no advance warning. On August 17, 2015, a hurricane-force storm swept through my life when I discovered my husband of forty-nine years unresponsive in our swimming pool. If I had not already established a strong foundation of faith for my life, I would have imploded like the majority of houses in Galveston. Instead, I stood firm on the foundation of faith I had laid years ago—a foundation I have been strengthening ever since through reading, studying, applying, and living out God's Word. And that foundation carried me through the subsequent days that included my husband's time on life support, his death, his funeral, and his burial.
I have received an outpouring of cards, letters, phone calls, emails, flowers, food, and thoughtful gifts. I have been saturated in prayer and words of blessing. Friends and family have surrounded and upheld me. While I am deeply humbled and will forever be grateful, I know that underneath it all, what is carrying me through is my foundation of faith in God.
The storm of my husband's unexpected death has not shattered my life. While the grief is deep, the loneliness is real, the emotions ebb and flow like the waves of the sea, I have not collapsed. Like the yellow house, I have remained standing not only for my own well-being, but also for the well-being of others. For one reason. I know God. I have developed a relationship with Him that is built on the foundation of faith in His Word. I know He was, He is, and He will be in absolute control, working everything out for my good and for His eternal purpose. He said so. (Romans 8:28) I believe. I know that He is the resurrection and the life. That whoever believes in Him, though he dies, yet he shall live. He said so. (John 11:26) I believe.
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Rafał Simonides (ur. 19 marca 1982 w Krakowie) – polski zawodnik boksu tajskiego, dwukrotny interkontynentalny mistrz World Muaythai Council oraz zwycięzca Pucharu Europy IFMA z 2006. Trener Reprezentacji Polski w muay thai.

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Simonides jest jednym z najbardziej utytułowanych zawodników boksu tajskiego pochodzącym z Polski. W jego dorobku znajdują się m.in. medale mistrzostw świata w muay thai, zawodowe pasy mistrzowskie WMC, zdobywane w 2006 (pierwszy raz przez Polaka) oraz 2013 czy Puchar Europy IFMA z 2006. Jest pierwszym Polakiem, który miał zaszczyt stoczyć pojedynki przed Pałacem Królewskim w Bangkoku, z okazji urodzin Króla oraz Królowej Tajlandii – obie uroczystości są w Tajlandii świętami państwowymi. Również jako pierwszy Polak stoczył w Tajlandii pojedynek na starożytnych zasadach Muay Boran, który zremisował (według zasad muay boran można wygrać tylko przez nokaut, w innym przypadku ogłasza się remis).

We wrześniu 2014 stoczył w Krakowie pojedynek na zasadach Muay Boran. Była to pierwsza walka w tej formule zorganizowana w Polsce, którą ostatecznie Polak wygrał. Po walce ogłosił zakończenie kariery zawodniczej.

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Amatorski rekord: 39-6-0Zawodowy rekord: 42-9-1
 2002: Mistrzostwa Polski w muay thai – 1. miejsce
 2003: Mistrzostwa Świata IFMA – 3. miejsce w kat. 57 kg
 2004: Mistrzostwa Świata IFMA – 3. miejsce w kat. 57 kg
 2006: Puchar Europy IFMA w muay thai – 1. miejsce w kat. 57 kg
 2006: interkontynentalny mistrz WMC w wadze lekkiej
 2011: Puchar Europy IFMA w muay thai – 3. miejsce w kat. 60 kg
 2013: interkontynentalny mistrz WMC w wadze lekkiej
 2013: mistrz WMC Tourmaline w wadze lekkiej

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Russell: Williams' P8, 2022 deal, has eased pressure
by Phillip Horton
George Russell (GBR) Williams Racing on the grid. United States Grand Prix, Sunday 24th October 2021. Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, USA.
George Russell says Williams' points haul, and confirmation of his own 2022 plans, has lifted pressure and allowed the team to take a more attacking approach.
Williams scored 23 points in a five-race spell either side of Formula 1's summer break to move into a comfortable eighth place in the Constructors' Championship.
It means Williams is set to avoid finishing last in the championship for the first time since 2017.
Russell, meanwhile, was the subject of widespread speculation over his future before Mercedes finally confirmed him for 2022 in early September.
Russell started Sunday's US Grand Prix from 20th on the grid, after an engine penalty, but worked his way up to 14th spot at the start and battled in the lower end of the midfield for much of the race.
"I think the pressure's been lifted off my shoulders for a while now, these first laps, and more confident to really attack and go for it," said Russell.
"P20 to P14 was a strong start for me, and I think in this position where we are now in the championship, we've got this small buffer, and it's allowing me to go out there and really push the limits.
"I'm quite enjoying it to be honest, I'm not a driver who usually makes a huge amount of mistakes but I wanted to push myself.
"I think it's why we saw an off in FP3, a little off in qualifying at Zandvoort, just really trying to push the limit to see if there's more in there in these last few races."
Russell expects to adopt the same approach through the final five rounds of the season.
"I think the fact we are in a position of relative comfort in the Constructors' championship and also on a personal level everything confirmed for next year, I'm in a very stable position personally," he said.
"[I can] just go out there and try new things and not be afraid to make some mistakes."
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VIA| There's an email from the recent Wikileaks drops that is causing a big stir on the internet.
The email refers to his death and the "bad night" that will likely proceed.
Where it turns interesting is when one of the emailers uses the term "wet works" when discussing hisactual death.
"Wet Works" is a euphemism for murder or assassination, alluding to spilling blood.
The expression "wet work", as well as the similar "wet job", "wet affair", or "wet operation", are all calques of the euphemism used by the KGB.
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies, aged 79. Scalia died in his sleep at age 79 on the night of February 12 or the morning of February 13, 2016, following an afternoon of quail hunting and dining at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Shafter, Texas. Conspiracy theorists suspected foul play.


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The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history. It claims to be the United Kingdom's largest independent publisher in this field,[2] publishing approximately 300 books per year and with a backlist of over 12,000 titles.[3]
Created in December 2007, The History Press integrated core elements of the NPI Media Group within it, including all existing published titles, plus all the future contracts and publishing rights contained in them. At the time of founding the imprints included Phillimore, Pitkin Publishing, Spellmount, Stadia, Sutton Publishing, Tempus Publishing and Nonsuch.
The roots of The History Press's publishing heritage can be traced back to 1897 when William Phillimore founded a publishing business which still carries his name, however the company itself evolved from the amalgamation of multiple smaller publishing houses in 2007 that formed part of the NPI Media Group. The largest component of the NPI Media Group was Tempus Publishing, founded by Alan Sutton in 1993.
Tempus Publishing's early years were spent producing local history titles, principally books of old photographs depicting towns and villages throughout the UK.[4] Tempus Publishing later opened offices in both the US and Europe, although these are no longer in use today by The History Press.[5]
During the 1990s, the list diversified in a number of directions. Tempus Publishing produced their first books on archaeology, as well as books on more general history subjects. The organisation became a leading publisher of transport material including maritime history.[6]
Local history remained the bedrock of Tempus Publishing with (at the time of amalgamation into The History Press) over 1500 titles now published. Tempus Publishing ceased operations in 2007 at the same time as the formation of The History Press and thereafter became an imprint.
THP Ireland is the award-winning Irish imprint of The History Press Group. Based in Dublin, it publishes a wide range of books including history, current affairs, biography, photography and historical fiction.[7][8]
In 2017 the heritage Pitkin Publishing imprint series was sold to Pavilion Books.
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I'll shock Mahama, Nana - JOY
The only Independent Presidential aspirant in the 2016 elections, Joseph Osei Yeboah, has pledged to "shock" the presidential nominees of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He told Class FM words should be sent to the Ministry of Health for it to "ensure that there's an ambulance each placed in the house of Nana Akufo-Addo and President John Mahama respectively.
"…Because the kind of shock that they are going to get on that day, if there's no ambulance quite closer to them, you might not here good news in Ghana."
Mr. Yeboah in 2012 was the only independent candidate to run for the Flagstaff House, polling 15,156 votes representing 0.14 percent. He was in the race with seven other aspirants including Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, Dr. Abu Sakara of the Convention People's Party (CPP) and Hassan Ayariga of the People's National Convention (PNC).
The rest are; Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People's Party(PPP), Henry Hebert Lartey of the Great Consolidated People's Party (GCPP) and Kwasi Addai of the United Front Party (UFP).
Despite his appalling performance in 2012, Mr. Yeboah was upbeat of his chances in the forthcoming polls which is slated for December 7.
Ghanaians, he said since the resumption to multiparty democracy in 1993 experienced nothing but disappointment from the incompetence of both the governing NDC and NPP — ruling for 16 and eight years respectively.
"…I can't think far as individual. I can't think the reason why I must continue to vote for either NPP or NDC, both of them are Goliath," said Mr. Yeboah with "babies with sharp teeth" spewing insults of decent Ghanaians.
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The 21 Best Cameos in Fighting Games
By Tom's Guide Staff 2017-11-19T18:00:00Z
From horror villains in Mortal Kombat to gaming's greatest mascots in Smash Bros., here are the best guest appearances in our favorite fighting games.
Look Who's Fighting
Guest characters have been a staple of the fighting-game genre for decades -- after all, what could be more fun than beating up Mario as Cloud Strife, or having Alien and Predator duke it out in Mortal Kombat? And with Final Fantasy's Noctis invading Tekken 7, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles about to do battle in Injustice 2, today's best brawlers continue to deliver crossovers that previously only existed in our own personal fan-fiction.
To celebrate this wonderfully weird trend, here are the 21 best guest characters that have graced our favorite fighters over the years.
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Cole MacGrath - Street Fighter X Tekken (2012)
I'm not sure if anyone was really dying to pit the casts of Street Fighter and Tekken against the protagonist of the first two inFamous games, but here he is anyway. Cole MacGrath fits right in with the over-the-top, colorful characters in Street Fighter X Tekken, coming complete with his signature electric shockwaves, grenades and vortexes. Granted, inFamous is a PlayStation-exclusive franchise, meaning you'll need to invest in either the PS3 or PS Vita version of the game if you want to add Cole to your roster. Although Cole doesn't play a role in the story mode, he can remind you of the hot second when inFamous was Sony's big new franchise. - Marshall Honorof
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Donkey Kong - Punch-Out!! (2009)
Mike Tyson was a weird enough cameo fighter in the original Punch-Out!!, but Nintendo outdid itself with the franchise's Wii installment. This colorful boxing game let you square off against Donkey Kong himself in Last Stand and Exhibition modes. Bunches of bananas fly out of the gorilla-warrior's face when you hit him, and he'll carry you off, Pauline-style, if you lose the match. While you can't play as Donkey Kong, just seeing him was probably strange enough for a whole generation of Nintendo fans, who (probably) assumed that they would never see him in a fighting game outside of the Super Smash Bros. series. - Marshall Honorof
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Yoshimitsu - Soulcalibur series (1998-2012)
Namco kept it all in the family with Yoshimitsu, plucking him from Tekken and putting him in every single major Soulcalibur release (first as an unlockable character, and later as part of the main roster). His timeline is all over the place, since there's more than one person to hold Yoshimitsu's mantle in both franchises. But in either franchise you get his wacky personality and acrobatic samurai attacks. — Andrew E. Freedman
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Gon - Tekken 3 (1997)
There are plenty of ways to humiliate your opponent in Tekken 3, but few are more satisfying than farting on them with a tiny orange dinosaur. Gon, star of an old Japanese manga, made a guest appearance in Namco's seminal PlayStation fighter, and we'll never get tired of watching him beat down the game's roster of deadly robots, lethal assassins and beefy, shirtless martial artists. His inclusion helped establish Tekken as a franchise that never takes itself too seriously, and set the stage for the slew of guest characters that would invade Tekken 7. — Mike Andronico
Sarah Bryant - Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (2015)
Sadly, Sega's Virtua Fighter series hasn't gotten a new installment since 2012, but it at least gets to live on through Dead or Alive 5. Tecmo's frenetic 3D brawler features Virtua Fighter's Akira Yuki, Pai Chan and the brother-sister duo of Sarah and Jacky Bryant, all of whom feel faithful to their original incarnations while embracing the more over-the-top nature of DoA. These fighters also opened the floodgates for The King of Fighters' Mai Shiranui to eventually enter the mix, turning Dead or Alive 5 into a pretty cool showcase of some of the genre's best stars. - Mike Andronico
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Scorpion - Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013)
Injustice: Gods Among Us takes place in an alternate DC universe, so perhaps it's not that odd that Mortal Kombat icon Scorpion somehow entered the mix. But instead of simply copying and pasting the fiery hellspawn from its Mortal Kombat games, NetherRealm Studios worked with famed DC artist Jim Lee to create a distinct version of Scorpion that fit right into the developer's comic-book dystopia. On top of being a fun addition in his own right, Scorpion laid the groundwork for NetherRealm to go even further and add Sub-Zero and Raiden to Injustice 2.
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Spartan-458 - Dead or Alive 4 (2005)
Dead or Alive 4 was one of the Xbox 360's biggest launch exclusives, so it only made sense for the brawler to pay homage to Microsoft's flagship Halo series. Donning green armor that looks identical to that of Halo's Master Chief, and with no shortage of heavy-hitting attacks, Spartan-458 is actually an original character that goes by the name of Nicole. On top of gracefully bringing Halo into the world of fighting games, Nicole's debut marks one of the first times we got to see a badass female Spartan in action. - Mike Andronico
Big Daddy - PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale (2012)
Looking back on it, PlayStation All-Stars was probably never going to be the next big tournament sensation. However, it did have one of the most delightfully eclectic casts we've seen in a fighting game. Even though BioShock isn't a PlayStation-exclusive franchise (it shunned the PS3 upon its initial release), the hulking, mechanical Big Daddy made an appearance as a playable character. As usual, he was out to protect his Little Sister, but for some unfathomable reason, had a particular bone to pick with LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy. Let's be honest: You've read weirder BioShock fanfic. - Marshall Honorof
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Hornet - Fighters Megamix (1996)
Sega's response to The King of Fighters, Fighters Megamix paired up characters from Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers, along with a motley crew of contenders from Sonic The Fighters, Virtua Cop and a couple odd one-offs like developer AM2's palm tree logo and an anthropomorphic ham on a bone that looks like Rayman. But perhaps the greatest cameo is Hornet, the car from Daytona USA. Itstands upright on its hind wheels and possesses one of the most disturbingly lethal grabs in the history of fighting games: clutching its opponents by the neck with one of its front tires while performing a burnout on their faces with the other. Hornet communicates by revving its engine, loses bodywork when it's damaged, and claims Daytona USA's Beginner oval as its home arena. Just be prepared to sing along when you visit. — Adam Ismail
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Michael Jackson, Shaq, the President and First Lady - Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (2000)
How do you single out one cameo in a game that contains the King of Pop, the inventor of Shaq Fu, and America's most polarizing political family? No, they didn't walk into a bar together — just Ready to Rumble Boxing: Round 2. It's said that Michael Jackson recorded lines and motion capture for his appearance in the popular short-lived boxing franchise, which actually was his second in a game that year after Space Channel 5. All four special characters are given appropriately specific wardrobes, from Hillary Clinton's pantsuit emblazoned with an "I heart NY" logo to Shaq's Lakers-themed shorts and MJ's trademark blue-and-gold military garb. — Adam Ismail
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Kratos - Mortal Kombat 9 (2011)
Raiden, the God of Thunder, has been a Mortal Kombat mainstay ever since the first game in the series. But how well would he stack up against a God of War? Mortal Kombat gave fans the chance to find out — at least fans who bought the game on a PS3. Kratos, the angriest man in gaming, stepped into the arena, complete with his signature chain-blades, bow-and-arrows and bad attitude. He even brings his own battleground to the game: the Greek myth-inspired Chamber of the Flame. Once you get past the character's novelty, Kratos is a surprisingly good fighter, too. - Marshall Honorof
Ezio - Soulcalibur V (SS) (2012)
From fighting the repressive regime of the Templars to battling the demonic powers of Soul Edge, Ezio Auditore da Firenze brings his formidable fighting skills from Assassin's Creed to SoulCalibur V. Armed with a sword, his trusty assassin's blades and a crossbow, Ezio made the ultimate leap of faith in the battle against Soul Edge. A multirange fighter with solid speed, Ezio's versatility makes him a formidable fighter in the right player's hands. - Sherri L. Smith
Freddy Krueger - Mortal Kombat 9 (2011)
Freddy Krueger is one of the scariest horror villains of all time, but can he hold his own against the likes of Scorpion and Shao Kahn? That's a dispute you can settle in NetherRealm Studios' 2011 Mortal Kombat reboot, which features Krueger as a DLC character. Krueger fits the blood-soaked action of Mortal Kombat like a glove, and his wonderfully over-the-top fatalities pay homage to some of the character's best movie moments. Freddy's inclusion in Mortal Kombat kicked off what would become a major trend of guest characters in NetherRealm games, from Scorpion invading Injustice: Gods Among Us to a whole host of horror icons battling in Mortal Kombat X. - Mike Andronico
Hellboy - Injustice 2 (2017)
Brought to the world of Injustice 2 by the villainous Brainiac, Hellboy (aka Anung Un Rama), the key to Ragnarok is here to bring the Right Hand of Doom to superheroes and villains alike. With his superhuman strength, penchant for guns and devil-may-care attitude, the monster hunter deals out punishing blows in a typical brawler style, but also has a surprising amount of speed for such an imposing character. Activate his special to see Hellboy's true form in all its glory. - Sherri L. Smith
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Remember Battletoads? Microsoft sure does, and still loved them enough to bring series star Rash to its ever-evolving Killer Instinct reboot. With an over-the-top moveset ripped right out of the classic Battletoads beat-em-ups, Rash brings a much-welcomed degree of fun and zaniness to Microsoft's highly technical fighter. He was soon followed up by Halo's Arbiter and Gears of War's General Raam, which quickly turned Killer Instinct into an awesome all-star mashup of some of Microsoft's best characters. - Mike Andronico
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Mortal Kombat XL sports an all-star lineup of iconic horror guests, including Jason Vorhees and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface. But the real standouts here are Alien and Predator, whom you can use to re-enact your favorite fights from the Alien vs. Predator film within Mortal Kombat XL's brutally satisfying combat system. - Mike Andronico
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Yoda and Darth Vader - Soulcalibur IV (2008)
How could Namco possibly follow up Soul Calibur II's triple threat of Link, Spawn and Heihachi? By adding Star Wars to the mix, of course! Soul Calibur IV once again featured platform-specific guest characters, with Xbox 360 owners getting Yoda and PS3 gamers getting Darth Vader. Both fighters had some appropriately awesome Force abilities, though Yoda became the bane of most players' existence due to his tiny, hard-to-hit frame. As a bonus, both versions of Soul Calibur IV let you play as Starkiller, the powerful Sith apprentice from the Force Unleashed games. - Mike Andronico
Akuma - Tekken 7 (2017)
We're probably never getting the long-teased Tekken vs. Street Fighter, but thanks to Akuma's inclusion in Tekken 7, we at least know what it would have played like. The iconic Street Fighter villain makes a graceful transition to the world of 3D fighting, retaining his core special moves, combos and even super-attacks, while benefiting from signature Tekken mechanics such as side-steps and juggles. Namco has done an excellent job injecting Street Fighter gameplay into its flagship fighter, which makes us excited to see how upcoming guest stars Geese Howard (Fatal Fury) and Noctis (Final Fantasy XV) pan out.- Mike Andronico
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS has possibly the best guest roster of any fighting game -- where else can Sonic, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Ryu and Bayonetta all beat the snot of each other? But special mention goes to Cloud Strife, the beloved star of Final Fantasy VII, whose Smash Bros. debut was a huge surprise in a game already filled with them. Cloud's inclusion proved that nothing is truly off the table in a Smash Bros. game, which has us extra excited for whenever the series inevitably comes to Switch. - Mike Andronico
Link - Soulcalibur II (2002)
Nintendo is famously protective of its characters, so it was a huge surprise to see The Legend of Zelda's Link as the Gamecube-exclusive guest star of Soulcalibur II. The same year, the PS2 version would include Heihachi and the Xbox version featured Spawn. But it was Link, with his Master Sword, Megaton Hammer, Biggoron's Sword and Mirror Shield and a series of unlockable tunics, that made the Gamecube version the one everyone wanted. He was also one of the series' first characters to use projectiles — his bow, boomerang and bombs. — Andrew E. Freedman
Solid Snake - Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
It was a magical moment in the first trailer for Super Smash Bros. Brawl that seemingly ended, until you heard Solid Snake's codec beep, and he emerged from under a cardboard box. He was the first major third-party character in a Smash Bros. game and brought along all of his best weapons, including hand grenades, C4 and a remote-controlled missile, as well as a Metal Gear Solid-based stage, Shadow Moses. He fights as a heavyweight character but is often quicker, thanks to his small size and his Final Smash attack lets him shoot a grenade launcher off a helicopter. How cool is that? To put a bow on the whole package, Snake was voiced by longtime actor David Hayter from the MGS franchise. — Andrew E. Freedman


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December 6th, 2006 @ 1:58 PM Politics
I was sad to hear that Dearborn Mayor Michael Guido died yesterday.
I didn't know Mr. Guido personally, but I did know that he was elected, by his peers, as the 64th president of the United States Conference of Mayors in June 2006, and that his leadership led to some wonderful things in Dearborn, such as the $43 million Ford Community & Performing Arts Center and the Dearborn Ice Skating Center.
Further, Dearborn is one of few older cities in the Metro D with a growing population, and I believe Mr. Guido's insistence on clean, safe cities had a lot to do with that.
Michael Guido was 23 when elected to the Dearborn City Council (the youngest Dearborn Council Member ever) and became mayor in 1986 (he was the youngest mayor ever elected in Dearborn, as well). This was Mayor Guido's sixth term. He was diagnosed with cancer in February 2006 and died at his home yesterday at the age of 52.


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Over the years, Batman has become this perfect hero who never makes mistakes and always has a plan. With Cold Days, writer Tom King is challenging the notion that The Dark Knight always makes the right call. And he's doing it in a very unusual setting as Bruce Wayne is arguing against Batman to a jury who strongly supports him.
I really like how in this story, Batman is being defended by Gotham City residents. This isn't the case where they're terrified of the boogeyman. These people understand they have nothing to fear from Batman as he's working to keep the city safe. And King explores a deeper side of that confidence and reliance on Batman — the sense that he is infallible.
But Bruce Wayne has considered the notion that Mr. Freeze is being set up, but to truly see that justice is done he has to make his alter ego appear…human. King also works in some fun moments with Bruce interacting with regular Gotham citizens who aren't starstruck by sitting alongside him in court.
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Lee Weeks was such a great choice for this arc. Weeks' has a very dramatic storytelling style that works for extended conversational moments with the occasional action page. The star of the issue though was Elizabeth Breitweiser, who did some incredible work here particularly in the Mr. Freeze vs. Batman sequences. Breitweiser crafted a very unique way of showcasing Freeze's power. This arc is exactly the kind of story King's run needed at this point. It's character focused and is a very smart dissection of the man under the cowl as Bruce starts to assess reasons why his relationship with Catwoman ultimately failed.
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Leaders offer solutions to cyber personnel challenges
By David Vergun, Army News Service - August 8, 2018
WASHINGTON -- The Army would like to fill the ranks of its Cyber Command with the best minds America has to offer -- but it's proving more challenging than expected to wrest that talent from high-paying technology firms in Silicon Valley.
Brig. Gen. Joseph P. McGee, director of the Army's Talent Management Task Force, spoke Aug. 1 during an Association of the U.S. Army-sponsored forum on cyber warfare about efforts to bring the best talent to the relatively new eight-year-old U.S. Army Cyber Command.
A lot of the talent ARCYBER needs resides in places like Silicon Valley, but getting that talent can be difficult, he said, after having personally spoken to some of those people.
One reason for that difficulty is the pay gap between Army and the private sector, McGee noted. Another reason is the lengthy on-boarding process that's associated with jobs requiring security clearances.
One Stanford University student studying computer science told McGee that he wasn't even aware of the opportunities available at ARCYBER, for Soldiers, civilians or contractors. The big buzz was about employment at companies like Apple, Google, or Facebook, the student said.
Many of those same people have a desire to serve, and might opt to do so if the chance presented itself, McGee said. Serving on a team for a greater purpose and actually making a difference resonates with them.
Besides the hiring fairs hosted by the Army, McGee suggested that Guard and Reserve ARCYBER Soldiers can serve as ambassadors in their cyber communities, which could boost the recruiting effort.
Retired Col. Brett A. Barraclough, executive director of Cyber ManTech International Corp., said one incentive to recruit and retain the best and brightest is to offer merit-based financial awards. However, service to country still trumps salary for the most part, he said.
Chris Olexia, chief of external recruiting and hiring at the National Security Agency, said it's a tough, competitive market. His organization, and the Department of Homeland Security just down the road, are looking for the same talent ARCYBER and U.S. Cyber Command are seeking.
Olexia said the NSA has had some success by recruiting directly to middle school and high school kids, planting the seeds of a desire to serve upon graduation.
Of particular interest, he said, is targeting youth in lower socioeconomic areas who might have the aptitude and interest for opportunities in cyber but lack the information.
Alan Paller, president of the SANS Technology Institute, said that many of the kids Olexia was referring to might not even be aware of their own innate abilities in cyber.
For example, he said he met a girl who attended a cyber-challenge event. She told him she was amazed at how much fun it was and marveled at her skill aptitude for cyber, even though she had never done a similar activity before.
Tim Petit, principal, Booz Allen Hamilton, said every organization has been or will be hacked. That's driving the hiring frenzy for cyber security personnel across America, particularly in the financial and healthcare sectors, he said. Within four years, there will be a shortage in America of around 2 million cyber security professionals.
Paller said that although the pool of qualified and available cyber candidates is shrinking, recruiters must still be discriminating in who they select.
One of the biggest indicators of who will be successful is the candidate's desire to learn and his or her curiosity level. Besides having an analytical mind, cyber is about solving new and often vexing problems, he explained. That's why there has to be a natural proclivity to being curious.
Equally important to the curiosity factor, he said, is tenacity.
At a cyber-challenge event Paller attended, he noticed that the kids decided to keep working on solution sets over the weekend because they were motivated to solve the problems and were a particularly tenacious bunch.
Another important element in recruiting is going after diversity, Paller said.
Paller said he noticed that male participants in a cyber -challenge were fixated on finding a solution to a single problem. Female participants, on the other hand, opened up several problems and bounced between them, which greatly increased their efficiency. Having that diversity ended up strengthening the entire team, because people learn from each other.
Retired Lt. Gen. Rhett A. Hernandez, West Point Cyber chair, Army Cyber Institute, said that another important trait in seeking new candidates is their willingness to change at their assigned duties.
Currently, a lot of cyber operators are doing rudimentary work involving such things as responding to cyber-attacks.
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By: JOHANNA MILLER
Turning onto Bonny Doon Road from Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz, one can expect a number of different sights and smells. Wildflowers flank the paved road at first, pushing out onto the pavement persistently. Then there are damp, cool redwood groves. After a quick jog onto Martin Road, a wide expanse of meadow is revealed.
Deerhaven Herb and Flower Farm is located on the 10-acre meadow. Surrounded by the forest of the Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve, a nature preserve which protects various rare plant and animals species, the farm is an ideal place to grow the popular herb.
"We have our own microclimate right here," said Deerhaven owner Mary Jessen. "It is perfect for lavender. The sandy soil, all the direct sunlight — herbs love it."
Mary and her husband David bought the farm from The Nature Conservancy in 1992. They had been tenants on the property since 1981 and saw an opportunity to revive the estate.
The farm itself has been many things in the past. An old firehouse is located on the farm, now used as a home for Jessen's daughter and her family. It was once a Christmas Tree farm, a turkey ranch, a fruit orchard, and even a bootleg vineyard during Prohibition.
"This place definitely has a colorful history," David said, laughing. "It just continues to evolve."
On June 11, 2008, Deerhaven was almost completely destroyed by the Martin Wildfire, which ended up burning more than 500 acres of land. A number of structures at Deerhaven were lost, including Mary's soap shop. Today, burnt trees still line the property.
But the Jessens were able to use the event to their advantage. They realized that with all the areas the fire had cleared away, they could now plant and grow twice as many lavender plants.
"It was almost a blessing in disguise," Mary said. "Since the fire, lavender has become our main draw."
The Jessens see lavender as a niche market. It is something unique but popular that they could also enjoy growing. The plant is also one that gophers and deer, both common to the estate, don't go after. Mary said it's nice, for once, to be able to coexist with the deer instead of worrying about them eating her roses.
For the most part, Deerhaven grows two varietals of the lavender: Grosso and Violet Intrigue. The lavender, which is 100 percent organic, not only gets sold in bunches but also used in Mary's essential oils and soaps. She has a workshop right on the property where she and David craft the items by hand.
"My favorite thing about this business is the manufacturing, the creation process," she said.
The Jessens hope to open to the public for a brief time early in the summer for the harvest. It's been a challenge picking an exact date, however, after such a wet winter.
"That's the only thing lavender doesn't thrive in," David explained. "We had about 100 inches of rain this winter season, and so much wind. We lost a lot of plants, and our Grosso varietals have taken longer to bloom."
But the Jessens are positive the summer's harvest will be successful. Plans for a public U-Pick at Deerhaven, including lessons on how to self-dry lavender and kids activities are in the works.
They have even opened up one of the new houses, which replaced one destroyed by the fire, to AirBnB travelers.
"We are so thankful to be here, doing what we love," Mary said. "Of course we want to share it with people."
To learn more about lavender and information on Deerhaven Herb & Flower Farm, visit deerhavenlavender.com.
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import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { App, Config, Nav, NavOptions, Platform, Tab, Tabs, ViewController } from '../../../../src';
import { mockNavController, mockTab, mockTabs } from '../../../../src/util/mock-providers';

export function run() {

describe('App', () => {

  describe('navPop', () => {

    it('should select the previous tab', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      let portal = mockNavController();
      app.setPortal(portal);
      app.setRootNav(nav);

      let tabs = mockTabs();
      let tab1 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab2 = mockTab(tabs);
      nav.registerChildNav(tabs);

      tabs.select(tab1);
      tabs.select(tab2);

      expect(tabs.selectHistory).toEqual([tab1.id, tab2.id]);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(tabs, 'select');
      spyOn(tab1, 'pop');
      spyOn(tab2, 'pop');
      spyOn(portal, 'pop');

      app.navPop();

      expect(tabs.select).toHaveBeenCalledWith(tab1);
      expect(tab1.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(tab2.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(portal.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should pop from the active tab, when tabs is nested is the root nav', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      let portal = mockNavController();
      app.setPortal(portal);
      app.setRootNav(nav);

      let tabs = mockTabs();
      let tab1 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab2 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab3 = mockTab(tabs);
      nav.registerChildNav(tabs);

      tab2.setSelected(true);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(tab2, 'pop');
      spyOn(portal, 'pop');

      let view1 = new ViewController();
      let view2 = new ViewController();
      tab2._views = [view1, view2];

      app.navPop();

      expect(tab2.pop).toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(portal.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should pop from the active tab, when tabs is the root', () => {
      let tabs = mockTabs();
      let tab1 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab2 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab3 = mockTab(tabs);
      app.setRootNav(tabs);

      tab2.setSelected(true);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(tab2, 'pop');

      let view1 = new ViewController();
      let view2 = new ViewController();
      tab2._views = [view1, view2];

      app.navPop();

      expect(tab2.pop).toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should pop the root nav when nested nav has less than 2 views', () => {
      let rootNav = mockNavController();
      let nestedNav = mockNavController();
      let portal = mockNavController();
      app.setPortal(portal);
      rootNav.registerChildNav(nestedNav);
      nestedNav.parent = rootNav;
      app.setRootNav(rootNav);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(rootNav, 'pop');
      spyOn(nestedNav, 'pop');
      spyOn(portal, 'pop');

      let rootView1 = new ViewController();
      let rootView2 = new ViewController();
      rootNav._views = [rootView1, rootView2];

      let nestedView1 = new ViewController();
      nestedNav._views = [nestedView1];

      app.navPop();

      expect(portal.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(rootNav.pop).toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(nestedNav.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should pop a view from the nested nav that has more than 1 view', () => {
      let rootNav = mockNavController();
      let nestedNav = mockNavController();
      let portal = mockNavController();
      app.setPortal(portal);
      app.setRootNav(rootNav);
      rootNav.registerChildNav(nestedNav);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(rootNav, 'pop');
      spyOn(nestedNav, 'pop');
      spyOn(portal, 'pop');

      let rootView1 = new ViewController();
      let rootView2 = new ViewController();
      rootNav._views = [rootView1, rootView2];

      let nestedView1 = new ViewController();
      let nestedView2 = new ViewController();
      nestedNav._views = [nestedView1, nestedView2];

      app.navPop();

      expect(portal.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(rootNav.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(nestedNav.pop).toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should pop the overlay in the portal of the root nav', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      let portal = mockNavController();
      app.setPortal(portal);
      app.setRootNav(nav);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(nav, 'pop');
      spyOn(portal, 'pop');

      let view1 = new ViewController();
      let view2 = new ViewController();
      nav._views = [view1, view2];

      let overlay = new ViewController();
      portal._views = [overlay];

      app.navPop();

      expect(portal.pop).toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(nav.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should pop the second view in the root nav', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      let portal = mockNavController();
      app.setPortal(portal);
      app.setRootNav(nav);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(nav, 'pop');
      spyOn(portal, 'pop');

      let view1 = new ViewController();
      let view2 = new ViewController();
      nav._views = [view1, view2];

      app.navPop();

      expect(portal.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(nav.pop).toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should exit app when only one view in the root nav', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      let portal = mockNavController();
      app.setPortal(portal);
      app.setRootNav(nav);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(nav, 'pop');
      spyOn(portal, 'pop');

      let view1 = new ViewController();
      nav._views = [view1];

      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(nav);
      expect(nav.first()).toBe(view1);

      app.navPop();

      expect(portal.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(nav.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should not exit app when only one view in the root nav, but navExitApp config set', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      let portal = mockNavController();
      app.setPortal(portal);
      app.setRootNav(nav);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(nav, 'pop');
      spyOn(portal, 'pop');

      config.set('navExitApp', false);

      let view1 = new ViewController();
      nav._views = [view1];

      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(nav);
      expect(nav.first()).toBe(view1);

      app.navPop();

      expect(portal.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(nav.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should not go back if app is not enabled', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      let portal = mockNavController();
      app.setPortal(portal);
      app.setRootNav(nav);

      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');
      spyOn(nav, 'pop');
      spyOn(portal, 'pop');

      let view1 = new ViewController();
      nav._views = [view1];

      app.setEnabled(false, 10000);

      app.navPop();

      expect(portal.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(nav.pop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

    it('should not go back if there is no root nav', () => {
      spyOn(platform, 'exitApp');

      app.navPop();

      expect(platform.exitApp).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });

  });

  describe('getActiveNav', () => {

    it('should get active NavController when using tabs with nested nav', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      app.setRootNav(nav);

      let tabs = mockTabs();
      let tab1 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab2 = mockTab(tabs);
      nav.registerChildNav(tabs);

      tab2.setSelected(true);
      let nav2 = mockNavController();
      let nav3 = mockNavController();
      let nav4 = mockNavController();
      tab1.registerChildNav(nav4);
      tab2.registerChildNav(nav2);
      tab2.registerChildNav(nav3);

      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(nav3);
    });

    it('should get active NavController when using tabs, nested in a root nav', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      app.setRootNav(nav);

      let tabs = mockTabs();
      let tab1 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab2 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab3 = mockTab(tabs);
      nav.registerChildNav(tabs);

      tab2.setSelected(true);

      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(tab2);

      tab2.setSelected(false);
      tab3.setSelected(true);
      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(tab3);
    });

    it('should get active tab NavController when using tabs, and tabs is the root', () => {
      let tabs = mockTabs();
      let tab1 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab2 = mockTab(tabs);
      let tab3 = mockTab(tabs);
      app.setRootNav(tabs);

      tab2.setSelected(true);

      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(tab2);

      tab2.setSelected(false);
      tab3.setSelected(true);
      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(tab3);
    });

    it('should get active NavController when nested 3 deep', () => {
      let nav1 = mockNavController();
      let nav2 = mockNavController();
      let nav3 = mockNavController();
      app.setRootNav(nav1);

      nav1.registerChildNav(nav2);
      nav2.registerChildNav(nav3);

      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(nav3);
    });

    it('should get active NavController when nested 2 deep', () => {
      let nav1 = mockNavController();
      let nav2 = mockNavController();
      app.setRootNav(nav1);

      nav1.registerChildNav(nav2);
      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(nav2);
    });

    it('should get active NavController when only one nav controller', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      app.setRootNav(nav);
      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBe(nav);
    });

    it('should set/get the root nav controller', () => {
      let nav = mockNavController();
      app.setRootNav(nav);
      expect(app.getRootNav()).toBe(nav);
    });

    it('should not get an active NavController if there is not root set', () => {
      expect(app.getActiveNav()).toBeNull();
      expect(app.getRootNav()).toBeNull();
    });
  });

  describe('setEnabled', () => {
    it('should disable click block when app is enabled', () => {
      // arrange
      let mockClickBlock: any = {
        activate: () => {}
      };

      spyOn(mockClickBlock, 'activate');

      app.clickBlock = mockClickBlock;

      // act
      app.setEnabled(true);

      // assert
      expect(mockClickBlock.activate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false, 0);
    });

    it('should disable click block when app is disabled but duration of less than 32 passed', () => {
      // arrange
      let mockClickBlock: any = {
        activate: () => {}
      };

      spyOn(mockClickBlock, 'activate');

      app.clickBlock = mockClickBlock;

      // act
      app.setEnabled(false, 20);

      // assert
      expect(mockClickBlock.activate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false, 0);
    });

    it('should enable click block when false is passed with duration', () => {
      // arrange
      let mockClickBlock: any = {
        activate: () => {}
      };

      spyOn(mockClickBlock, 'activate');

      app.clickBlock = mockClickBlock;

      // act
      app.setEnabled(false, 200);

      // assert
      expect(mockClickBlock.activate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true, 200 + 64);
    });

    it('should enable click block when false is passed w/o duration', () => {
      // arrange
      let mockClickBlock: any = {
        activate: () => {}
      };

      spyOn(mockClickBlock, 'activate');

      app.clickBlock = mockClickBlock;

      // act
      app.setEnabled(false);

      // assert
      // 700 is the default
      expect(mockClickBlock.activate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true, 700 + 64);
    });
  });

  var app: App;
  var config: Config;
  var platform: Platform;

  beforeEach(() => {
    config = new Config();
    platform = new Platform();
    app = new App(config, platform);
  });

});

}

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