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Q: C# Regex matching two numbers divided by specific string and surrounded by brackets I'm looking for a .NET Regex pattern that matches the following:

*

*string starts with the [ character

*followed by an integer or decimal number

*followed by .. (space character, dot, dot, space character)

*followed by an integer or decimal number

*followed by the last character of the string which is )
*- the decimal numbers have a decimal separator, the . character
*- the integer numbers or the integer value of the decimal numbers should have a maximum of 4 digits
*- the decimal numbers should have a maximum of 4 fractional digits
*- the numbers can be negative
*- if a number is positive then the + sign is missing
*- doesn't matter which one of the two numbers is smaller (first number can be bigger than the second one, "[56 .. 55)" for instance)
The pattern should match the following:
"[10 .. 15)"
"[100 .. 15.2)"
"[10.431 .. 15)"
"[-10.3 .. -5)"
"[-10.4 .. 5.12)"
"[10.4312 .. -5.1232)"

I'd also like to obtain the 2 numbers as strings from the string in case the pattern matches:
obtain "10" and "15" from "[10 .. 15)"
obtain "-10.4" and "5.12" from "[-10.4 .. 5.12)"

A: The following regex should be fine.
^\[-?\d+(?:\.\d+)? \.\. -?\d+(?:\.\d+)?\)$

var pattern = @"^\[-?\d+(?:\.\d+)? \.\. -?\d+(?:\.\d+)?\)$";
var inputs = new[]{"[10 .. 15)", "[100 .. 15.2)", "[10.431 .. 15)", "[-10.3 .. -5)", "[-10.4 .. 5.12)", "[10.4312 .. -5.1232)", };
foreach (var input in inputs)
{
    Console.WriteLine(input + " = " + Regex.IsMatch(input, pattern));
}

// [10 .. 15) = True
// [100 .. 15.2) = True
// [10.431 .. 15) = True
// [-10.3 .. -5) = True
// [-10.4 .. 5.12) = True
// [10.4312 .. -5.1232) = True

https://dotnetfiddle.net/LpswtI

A: You can use
^\[(-?\d{1,4}(?:\.\d{1,4})?) \.\. (-?\d{1,4}(?:\.\d{1,4})?)\)$

See the regex demo. Details:

*

*^ - start of string

*\[ - a [ char

*(-?\d{1,4}(?:\.\d{1,4})?) - Group 1: an optional -, one to four digits and then an optional sequence of a . and one to four digits

* \.\.  - a  ..  string

*(-?\d{1,4}(?:\.\d{1,4})?) - Group 2: an optional -, one to four digits and then an optional sequence of a . and one to four digits

*\) - a ) char

*$ - end of string (use \z if you need to check for the very end of string).

See the C# demo:
var texts = new List<string> { "[10 .. 15)", "[100 .. 15.2)", "[10.431 .. 15)", "[-10.3 .. -5)", "[-10.4 .. 5.12)", "[10.4312 .. -5.1232)", "[12345.1234 .. 0)", "[1.23456 .. 0" };
var pattern = new Regex(@"^\[(-?\d{1,4}(?:\.\d{1,4})?) \.\. (-?\d{1,4}(?:\.\d{1,4})?)\)$");
foreach (var s in texts)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"---- {s} ----");
    var match = pattern.Match(s);
    if (match.Success)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Group 1: {match.Groups[1].Value}, Group 2: {match.Groups[2].Value}");
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"No match found in '{s}'.");
    }
}

Output:
---- [10 .. 15) ----
Group 1: 10, Group 2: 15
---- [100 .. 15.2) ----
Group 1: 100, Group 2: 15.2
---- [10.431 .. 15) ----
Group 1: 10.431, Group 2: 15
---- [-10.3 .. -5) ----
Group 1: -10.3, Group 2: -5
---- [-10.4 .. 5.12) ----
Group 1: -10.4, Group 2: 5.12
---- [10.4312 .. -5.1232) ----
Group 1: 10.4312, Group 2: -5.1232
---- [12345.1234 .. 0) ----
No match found in '[12345.1234 .. 0)'.
---- [1.23456 .. 0 ----
No match found in '[1.23456 .. 0'.

A: This works (see this .Net Fiddle:
using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Match m = rx.Match("[123 .. -9876.5432]");
        if (!m.Success )
        {
            Console.WriteLine("No Match");
        }
        else
        {
          Console.WriteLine(@"left:  {0}", m.Groups[ "left"  ] );
          Console.WriteLine(@"right: {0}", m.Groups[ "right" ] );
        }
    }

    private static readonly Regex rx = new Regex(@"
        ^                      # anchor match at start-of-text
        [[]                    # a left square bracket followed by
          (?<left>             # a named capturing group, containing a number, consisting of
            -?[0-9]{1,4}       # - a mandatory integer portion followed by
            ([.][0-9]{1,4})?   # - an optional fractional portion
          )                    # the whole of which is followed by
        [ ][.][.][ ]           # a separator (' .. '), followed by
          (?<right>            # another named capturing group containing a number, consisting of
            -?[0-9]{1,4}       # - a mandatory integer portion followed by
            ([.][0-9]{1,4})?   # - an optional fractional portion
          )                    # the whole of which is followed by
        \]                     # a right square bracket, followed by
        $                      # end-of-text
      ",
      RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace|RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture
    );

}

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We need more monkeypox vaccines
We have a chance to get on top of this. Let's try to take it.
Houston-area leaders on Monday evening called for more vaccines to combat the small but growing number of local monkeypox infections.
There are 57 reported cases in the Houston area, including 10 in unincorporated Harris County. The Houston area recently received just over 5,000 doses of the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine from the state, but demand still far exceeds supply, health officials say. A two-dose series, administered four weeks apart, is required for full vaccination.
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Before the latest shipment, Houston and Harris County health departments have been making due with a few hundred monkeypox vaccines, prioritizing those suspected of coming into contact with a confirmed case.
There was a similar story from Dallas the day before this one came out. The monkeypox vaccine has been around for years, the issue was that it wasn't readily available around the country. That is starting to change, and a broader group of people are eligible to receive it now, so as I said in the title, maybe we can get ahead of this before it gets to be too big. The good news is that this isn't an easily transmitted virus, but it is very much out there now and the number of people who are infected with it will grow in the absence of action. Mayor Turner and Judge Hidalgo are on the right page here. They just need some support from the feds.
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I thought you were a Doctor !?!?!?


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By Jackie Willis 9:36 AM PDT, October 22, 2014
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Nine Days est un groupe de rock américain, originaire de Long Island, à New York. Il est formé en 1994 par John Hampson et Brian Desveaux, et compte trois albums indépendants dans les années 1990, avant la sortie de son premier album chez une major, The Madding Crowd, en 2000.

Biographie
Nine Days est formé à Long Island, à New York, par John Hampson et Brian Desveaux, ils sortent trois albums indépendants dans les années 1990 avant l'album de tous les succès, The Madding Crowd. Leur premier album indépendant, Something to Listen to (1995) est enregistré en neuf jours, période qu'ils utilisent comme nom de groupe (nine days). Le groupe commence à jouer Village Pub de Port Jefferson, à New York. Ils publient leur deuxième album, Monday Songs, en 1996, et remportent des concours radio locaux. Après la sortie de leur troisième album, Three, en 199, le groupe contacte le producteur Pat Thrall pour enregistrer une dém oquatre titres qui circulera chez les labels.

Le groupe signe ensuite chez Sony 550 Music, et enregistre, en février 1999, son premier album chez une major avec le producteur Nick DiDia. Ils publient donc leur quatrième album, The Madding Crowd, en mai 2000, qui est le mieux vendu dans toute la carrière du groupe, à  exemplaires aux États-Unis. Il est également certifié disque d'or par la RIAA. Le groupe en sort un hit aux États-Unis, Absolutely (Story of a Girl). If I Am est le deuxième single de l'album. Un autre album, So Happily Unsatisfied, est prévu pour 2003. En raison de complications avec leur label Sony, l'album n'est jamais sorti car le groupe n'avait plus les droits des chansons, ni ceux de l'album précédent qui continuera à se vendre mais ne rapportera rien au groupe. Sony empochant tous les revenus de l'album, le groupe estime s'être fait voler. Malheureusement le titre que Sony avait décidé de sortir comme single (Good Friend) n'est pas considéré par les fans comme le meilleur titre de l'album, son choix par la maison de disques ayant d'ailleurs été également critiqué par le groupe.

Après leur séparation d'avec Sony, le groupe sort sous leur propre label un autre album, Flying The Corporate Jet. À la mi-août 2006, Nine Days se réunit et retourne en studio pour enregistrer Slow Motion Life (Part One), un nouvel EP six titres, sorti le . Slow Motion Life (Part Two) est annoncé pour le début de l'été 2007.

2013 est l'année du , comme l'annonce John Hampson sur Twitter. Le  de cette année, en effet, sort Something Out of Nothing. Ce nouvel album est dans un style différent des précédents, plus americana, comme à leurs débuts. Il peut intégralement être écouté sur le site officiel. Un nouvel album, Snapshots, est publié en 2016.

Projets parallèles
Desveaux a sorti un album entièrement solo, Alive Today. Il compose toujours, et on peut écouter quelques chansons sur son site officiel :  Only God Loves Like That, My Kinda Lady, Salute Respect Remember.

Hampson est devenu professeur d'anglais, et sort trois albums entièrement solo. Un nouvel EP, No Fairy Tales, devrait sortir au deuxième semestre 2012 ; son premier single est My Fat Walle et s'écoute sur son site officiel.

John Hampson profite de ce nouvel album pour offrir un téléchargement gratuit par semaine (démo, vieille chanson, live, ...) dans ce qu'il appelle Throwback Thursday. Ces chansons gratuites ne peuvent être téléchargées qu'une semaine, mais elles restent disponibles par ailleurs.

Membres
 John Hampson – guitare, chant
 Brian Desveaux – guitare, chant
 Jeremy Dean – claviers
 Nick Dimichino – basse, chœurs
 Vincent Tattanelli – batterie

Discographie

Albums studio
 1995 : Something to Listen To
 1996 : Monday Songs
 1998 : Three'
 2000 : The Madding Crowd 2002 : So Happily Unsatisfied 2003 : Flying the Corporate Jet  2013 : Something Out Of Nothing 2016 : Snapshots EP
 2007 : Slow Motion Life (Part One) 2013 : Slow Motion Life (Part Two)''

Notes et références

Liens externes

Groupe musical formé en 1994
Groupe américain de rock alternatif
Groupe américain de pop rock
Groupe de rock de l'État de New York
Groupe musical de Long Island
Quintette américain
Artiste d'Epic Records

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 I am getting the
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on running the following commands:
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Generate administrator credentials.
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HTC introduces overly expensive U Ultra and smaller U Play
One of the better yet least talked about flagship smartphones of 2016 was the HTC 10. While there wasn't anything wrong with it, the all-metal handset was just there. HTC wants to change that with a new series that'll hopefully get people to talk about it more.
Void of any numbers for now, the U series consists of the 5.7-inch U Ultra and 5.2-inch U Play. Both phones turn away from the usual metal-loving builds of HTC in favor of glass bodies; they're meant to imitate a liquid feel, at the expense of being excessively slippery and glossy.
Nothing too special, but what the U Ultra has to itself is something only LG has pulled off so far. There's a 2-inch secondary display above the main Quad HD LCD panel, and like the V20 and V10, it'll provide you with notifications, app shortcuts, glances at weather reports, or whatever you choose to set.
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To compensate for the loss, HTC is adding a pair of earphones like it did with the Bolt. It'll fit into the USB Type-C port and provide sonar-like capabilities that can "adjust your audio to match your ears' unique architecture." It may also prevent you from charging at the same time.
More disappointing, however, is the U Ultra's use of Qualcomm's older flagship processor, the Snapdragon 821, instead of the just-announced Snapdragon 835. That would pit HTC's newest smartphone against 2016's flagships, rather than all the upcoming premium offerings.
The rest of the of the specifications are fine: 4GB of memory, 64 or 128GB of expandable storage, the same 12-megapixel camera as the HTC 10's, a 16-megapixel selfie shooter, and 3000mAh non-removable battery.
The Android Marshmallow-equipped U Play doesn't do much better, settling for MediaTek's midrange Helio P10 processor to power its Full HD display and a choice between 3GB/32GB or 4GB/64GB memory and storage configurations. You can find a 16-megapixel camera on the front and back, as well as a meager 2500mAh battery.
Now, here's the bad news: The U Ultra retails for $750 with an even more expensive $910 Sapphire glass-touting variant arriving later on. Shipments for the regular version will begin this quarter. As for the U Play, no pricing or availability has been announced yet, but it's expected to start at $440.
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Come-in-for
How to use Come-in-for in a sentence
Sometimes I come in for lunch and sometimes I'd expect you to pack me a lunch.
Deidre, come in for dinner.
The situation itself and its accompanying privileges were what Voltaire chiefly aimed at, but there was a salary of two thousand livres attached, and he had the year before come in for three times as much by the death of his brother.
Mansur wrote in his testament to his son that he had brought together so much money that, even if no revenue should come in for ten years, it would suffice for all the wants of the state.
One of my graduate students, a nurse, was examining a patient who had come in for a routine appendectomy.
In particular the ninth formulation has come in for much flak.
The ' heritage movement ' has not escaped scrutiny, and museums have come in for particularly trenchant criticism.
Give direction on speed, when to come in for a pit stop and when to pass a car.
Patrons are always welcome to come in for a free consultation - a courteous service that can help individuals decide on a new style, determine how to repair damage, or just experiment with new looks.
He then asked me to come in for a screen test because I had no tv/film acting experience and wanted to see how I handled the quick pace of learning, blocking and then quickly taping a scene on camera.
Refer to the hiring or callback timeline and offer to come in for a follow-up meeting or provide another number so that you can be reached more quickly if there are additional questions.
Your goal is to get the hiring manager interested in what you have to offer and invite you to come in for an interview.
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The Arab world's anti-Israeli front is crumbling
The Arab world's anti-Israeli front is crumbling, Moshe Arens writes http://t.co/DYlUQRRp27 pic.twitter.com/s077iPxE5K
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) July 13, 2015
For many Arab countries, averting the mortal dangers posed by ISIS and a nuclear Iran has become more important than backing the Palestinian cause.
They're beginning to see they've got bigger problems. Even if Obama can't see it.
What is generally referred to as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has, in effect, been over the years, a three-dimensional conflict involving, in addition to the Palestinians, also the Arab world and the Muslim world. Hostility to Israel has been the one unifying factor in the Arab and Muslim world, which overcame disagreements on other matters between the constituent members. Since the founding of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1964, the Palestinian issue has served as the linchpin around which hostility to Israel has been built and unity maintained.
Israel's existence was endangered three times — in 1948, 1967, and 1973 — by the combined attacks of Arab armies, which enjoyed the support of the entire Muslim world. Although the Israel Defense Forces brilliant victory in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 has served as a deterrent against further attempts by Arab armies to attack Israel, the continued hostility of the Arab and Muslim world toward Israel has been demonstrated by their support for terrorist activities against Israel and their backing of anti-Israeli motions at international forums like the United Nations.
But there is a change in the wind as far as the Arab world is concerned. For some Arab rulers greater enemies than Israel have appeared in recent years. Iran, reaching out for nuclear weapons, Al-Qaida, the Islamic State (also known as ISIS and ISIL), Hamas, and assorted Arab terrorist groups, are aiming for the jugular of the ruling classes in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. They are a mortal danger to them, the kind of danger that Israel never constituted. Averting this danger is far more important to them than backing the Palestinian cause. From this new perspective, in the eyes of these Arab rulers Israel is beginning to look not like an enemy, but rather like a potential ally.
An Iranian nuclear bomb scares the wits out of them. They see little future for themselves in a Middle East dominated by an Iran with nuclear weapons in its arsenal. Most threatened is the Saudi ruling class who are likely to be the first in line to be toppled as Iranian influence grows. They surely must have quietly applauded Benjamin Netanyahu as he appeared in front of both Houses of the U.S. Congress in March to make the case against a nuclear armed Iran. The Israeli opposition may have criticized him, but the Saudis were surely on his side.
In the meantime, armed Islamic State terrorist gangs are knocking on Jordan's door in the north. It is not hard to guess whose head is going to be severed first if they succeed in reaching Amman. Is it any wonder that King Abdullah II looks to Jerusalem for help if worse comes to worst. Although he repeats almost daily his support for the establishment of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria, he knows full well that it would only be a matter of time until such a state would be taken over by Islamic State terrorists, or Hamas, and he would find enemies knocking at his door in the West as well. The establishment of such a Palestinian state on his western border is something he is not likely to welcome.
In Egypt, beset by Islamic terrorists in Sinai and in the streets of Cairo, ruler Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi has declared all out war against them. At this time that seems to take precedence over all else, including his support for the Palestinian cause. Israel's agreement to allow Egyptian army units to enter into eastern Sinai, a deviation of the provisions of the Israel-Egyptian peace treaty of 1979, is a clear indication of the commonality of interests between Egypt, the largest Arab country, and Israel.
The Arab anti-Israel front which existed for over 60 years is in the process of disintegrating. The rulers of major Arab countries are finding shared interests with the State of Israel. Support for the establishment of a Palestinian state may continue to exist in Washington, Brussels, and at the UN, and among the Israeli opposition, but it is losing support in much of the Arab world. Israel has enemies in the Middle East but it is also gaining friends in the Middle East. These friends may prefer to meet their Israeli counterparts in back alleys, but you can be sure that these meetings are taking place with increasing frequency.
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Wide Receiver Prospects, Part 2: What About the Other Conferences?
Posted on October 21, 2016 | By Nath	| 2 comments
In Part 1 of this study, I looked at Pac-12 receivers drafted in the first three rounds since 2000 and concluded their hit rate was astonishingly low. However, such a conclusion must be verified, and so I decided to compare the Pac-12's hit rate with that of the other conferences.
(I'm just going to apologize in advance for the tables breaking the blog. I haven't quite figured that out yet.)
I did a brief look over the tables, and decided to start with the SEC, perhaps the starkest contrast to the Pac-12…
2000 Travis Taylor Florida 10 2002 Jabar Gaffney Florida 33 2000 Darrell Jackson Florida 80
2000 Donte' Stallworth Tennessee 13 2002 Josh Reed LSU 36 2003 Kelley Washington Tennessee 65
2004 Michael Clayton LSU 15 2002 Tim Carter Auburn 46 2008 Earl Bennett Vanderbilt 70
2005 Matt Jones Arkansas 21 2003 Taylor Jacobs Florida 44 2008 Early Doucet LSU 81
2007 Dwayne Bowe LSU 23 2004 Devery Henderson LSU 50 2008 Andre Caldwell Florida 97
2007 Robert Meachem Tennessee 27 2005 Reggie Brown Georgia 35 2009 Mike Wallace Ole Miss 84
2007 Craig Davis LSU 30 2006 Chad Jackson Florida 36 2010 Brandon LaFell LSU 78
2009 Percy Harvin Florida 22 2007 Sidney Rice South Carolina 44 2014 Donte Moncrief Ole Miss 90
2011 A.J. Green Georgia 4 2009 Mohamed Massaquoi Georgia 50 2015 Chris Conley Georgia 76
2011 Julio Jones Alabama 6 2010 Dexter McCluster Ole Miss 36 2015 Sammie Coates Auburn 87
2013 Cordarrelle Patterson Tennessee 29 2011 Randall Cobb Kentucky 64
2014 Mike Evans Texas A&M 7 2012 Alshon Jeffery South Carolina 45
2014 Odell Beckham Jr. LSU 12 2012 Rueben Randle LSU 63
2015 Amari Cooper Alabama 4 2013 Justin Hunter Tennessee 34
2016 Laquon Treadwell Ole Miss 23 2014 Jordan Matthews Vanderbilt 42
2015 Dorial Green-Beckham Missouri 40
Now, drafting a receiver from the SEC wasn't a slam dunk, especially from the earlier time period in this sample. However, the track record was overall quite a bit stronger than the Pac-12's. (Here's a link to the sample I used— thanks, PFR Draft Finder!) While none of the first-rounders in the Pac-12 contributed more than 2322 yards in their career (Brandin Cooks will pass that sometime this season), even the relative busts from the SEC did something of note. Troy Williamson and Craig Davis were the biggest outright busts. Matt Jones was another guy who disappeared, in part because of production but also because of a cocaine problem. (His final season, at age 25, he caught 65 passes for 761 yards, so he was showing signs of development, at least.) That said, Jones was a college QB making the transition to receiver, always a dicey proposal.
Travis Taylor was a disappointment, but still put up 4,000 yards over seven seasons. Robert Meachem had almost 3,000 yards despite not knowing how to do anything except block and run a go route. Michael Clayton exploded out of the gate with 80 catches for 1,193 yards as a 22-year-old rookie… then had 1,762 yards receiving for the rest of his career. That number still stands as the fourth-most receiving yards by a rookie since the merger, behind only Anquan Boldin, Randy Moss, and Odell Beckham Jr.
The 2000-07 group of first-rounders tells an entirely different story from the 2009-16 group (no SEC receivers were drafted in the first round in 2008). Aside from all the receivers listed above, the remaining 2000-07 group consists of Donte' Stallworth, who never lived up to his draft position, but still posted 4,837 yards in an 11-year career, peaking with 70/945/7 at age 25, and Dwayne Bowe. Bowe was the best find in this group, the only player to peak as a legitimate top option with a team, the only player aside from Clayton to have any 1,000-yard seasons (he has three), and the only player to make a Pro Bowl.
Now, look at the group from 2009 onward.
Julio Jones, A.J. Green, and Odell Beckham are among the very top players in the league at receiver. Mike Evans and Amari Cooper are not far off. That's five of the eight who are slam dunks, and arguably the best five in this sample. And of the remaining three, Laquon Treadwell is a 21-year-old rookie who hasn't played yet, and Percy Harvin's career was derailed, but it's hard to say he didn't live up to his draft position for Minnesota:
He made a Pro Bowl as a return man as a rookie, and on top of that had 925 yards from scrimmage that year and 975 his sophomore year.
Combining his third and fourth years, he posted 2,085 yards from scrimmage across 25 games– 1,312/8 in 2011, then 773 yards in 9 games in 2012.
Then he hurt his hip and got traded to Seattle in the offseason. He was never the same, playing on three teams in three seasons in a total of 19 games before retiring.
The only arguable bust is Cordarrelle Patterson, and even he is showing some signs of stepping up his game at last, in his fourth season (although he is probably still a bust).
However, since it's too early to evaluate Treadwell, I'd still count that as six successful draft picks out of seven. An astonishing rate. Then again, the SEC went one-for-eight (maybe one-and-a-half if you think Clayton's rookie season matters, but he did it for a 5-11 team) in the first stretch of time, so it wasn't like SEC receivers were always a slam dunk.
(Side note: I wonder if something has changed in the evaluations over time, or if it's just variance. It could have something to do even more specifically with draft position, as the five receivers drafted in the top twelve since 2009 all hit, whereas only two receivers from 2000-07 were drafted that highly, and at least one of them, Williamson, was seen as a reach at the time by a team desperately trying to replace the downfield threat of the just-traded Randy Moss.)
Still, the evidence is clear, comparing the first rounds of the SEC and Pac-12: The SEC's receivers are overall better. The best receivers are more talented and productive, arguably the best in the league at their position, and a fair number of the busts manage to hang around and have decent careers.
The second round of the SEC has sixteen* receivers drafted as opposed to the Pac-12's nine. (Note: that sixteen includes Dexter McCluster, whom I'd argue is a running back, but he shows up in PFR's Draft Finder, so I included him.) None of the SEC's receivers have had the careers of Chad Johnson or DeSean Jackson. But again, the SEC's receivers have gotten better of late, as the ones with the most potential of living up to that have been drafted since 2011. Alshon Jeffery may well be on his way. Randall Cobb and Jarvis Landry have been very productive and figure to stick around a long time. Jordan Matthews has played pretty well, if not quite on their level.
That said, the second round outside the stars again goes to the SEC. Jabar Gaffney and Devery Henderson carved out long careers comparable to Dennis Northcutt's. Sidney Rice had a monster season in his third year, an 83/1312/8 line with Brett Favre throwing to him. Unfortunately, he never approached those heights again, only once more playing a full 16-game season, and then only totaling 50/748/7.
Josh Reed had eight unspectacular years in Buffalo. Reggie Brown and Rueben Randle had a couple of decent seasons on their rookie contracts.
in round three, both conferences produce ten receivers, but the SEC produces Darrell Jackson and Mike Wallace, and the best the Pac-12 has to offer is the fantastic but oft-injured Keenan Allen. Brandon LaFell has also had a better career than anyone sans Allen on the Pac-12 list. Donte Moncrief is on his way.
The SEC, then, seems like a conference which clearly produces better receivers than the Pac-12. But how can we more clearly measure this? Much like I did with my study of the Saints draft history, I'm going to use PFR's Approximate Value stat to find out not only which conference produced the "best" receivers, but how each conference's receivers performed relative to expectations given their draft status, and come up with answer that way. Stay tuned; I'll be doing that for all the major conferences, not just the Pac-12 and SEC.
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Let's face it, you probably can't count on only one hand the amount of times you have lost your wallet, keys and/or cell phone. Lucky for all of us, there are several tracking devices that will help you find your wallet and keys and a few of those trackers will also help you find your phone. A few of these devices started out as kickstarter projects so they could be funded by anyone interested. Two of them (Tile and PhoneHalo) have finally come to fruition.
Lets start with Tile . It is just what it seems to be, a small tile that can be connected to a keychain or stuck to a laptop.
Works with iPhone 4S and newer, iPad Mini, iPad 3rd gen and newer, and iPod Touch 5th gen and newer.
You can see yourself getting closer and further away from the Tile when within a 50 – 150ft range.
Use Tile on as many things as you want. Add up to 8 Tiles on an account.
Tiles will play you a melody if triggered. If you can hear it, you can find it.
The app remembers where it last saw your Tile, so you can easily find it right where you left it.
Tiles last a year. We'll remind you when it's time to order new Tiles and send you an envelope to recycle your old ones.
TrackR displays the distance between yourself and your items. Finding keys has never been easier.
Item Ringer-With a quick tap of your finger, cause your misplaced item to ring.
Phone Finder-Press the button on the TrackR device to cause your phone to ring, even in silent mode!
Crowd GPS-When another user walks by your item, you will be updated with the items' latest location.
No Recharging-Don't worry about batteries. TrackR lasts for over 1 year on an easy to replace coin cell battery.
Multiple Devices-TrackR can keep track of all your essential items. A single phone or tablet can track up to 5-10 items simultaneously.
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Proximo Tracker is similar to the others. There is a Fob for your keys and a smaller Tag for your purse or laptop bag.
Available for both iPhone and Galaxy S. Explore how Proximo can safeguard your phone and make every day easier.
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Managing walnut for veneer-quality timberManaging walnut for veneer-quality timber
Farmstead Forest: Mimic walnut's natural setting to achieve top-grade veneer.
WALNUT WORKSHOP: Forester Steve Karloff is studying how to achieve top value from black walnut trees at Horning State Farm Demonstration Forest near Plattsmouth, Neb.
If you are planting walnut trees, you most likely want to grow them into high-value veneer lumber. That is easier said than done, but certain management strategies can increase your chances.
"What makes a good veneer-quality tree is a straight trunk and minimal defects to the wood," says Steve Karloff, forester for the Nebraska Forest Service Southeast District. "Typically, walnut trees which are naturally growing in a wooded area are competing with other trees, so they press their growth upward. This tends to create a straighter trunk and often provides for self-pruning of lower branches at an early age."
This tendency reduces defects created by branch scars along the lower trunk, making natural conditions the best for veneer walnut trees.
"For the most part, naturally grown trees are growing on ideal walnut sites and are not being subjected to adverse soil and site conditions," Karloff says. This cannot be overlooked, if you are planting walnuts that will be managed for veneer logs.
"Probably the most important advantage you can provide if you are planting walnuts is site placement," he explains. "Walnuts like deep, rich, well drained alluvial soils. However, they do not like to have their root systems continually wet."
In many Midwestern and Great Plains states, that typically means planting trees a step or two from a stream or river bottom.
Weeds inhibit growth
"Another important practice is reducing competitive grass and weed growth," Karloff says. "Heavy weeds and especially bromegrass cover growing around young trees can extremely hinder walnut growth."
It isn't that unusual to see 10- to 15-year-old walnut trees growing in heavy brome that are only 5 feet tall and not much larger in diameter than a nickel, he says.
"On the flip side, walnuts benefit from growing with trees that are growing as fast or faster than they do," Karloff says. "That is why many new walnut plantations are planted with trainer trees. These trees grow quickly and force the walnuts to respond as they do in a natural setting. After the trainer trees have served their purpose, they can be removed to open up the canopy for the walnuts."
Karloff says that if the walnuts are planted in rows, they should be planted at a spacing of 10 to 15 feet between trees and 12 to 15 feet between rows. "This will seem to be a tight spacing, but you can plan on removing at least one-half to two-thirds of the trees before final harvest," he says. "This way, there is a larger pool of trees to select from when deciding on the best trees to keep to final harvest."
Alternate rows can be planted to a different species to create the competition effect to help push walnuts up faster. Some landowners choose to plant in random clusters to mimic a more natural woodland arrangement. Karloff says that it is a personal preference, but planting in rows makes mowing and weed control more convenient.
Proper pruning
"Pruning is important for young developing walnut trees," he says. "The primary focus for the first few years is to try and establish a central leader. At a young age, we do not want to remove much leaf area, because this reduces the food making abilities of the tree and may stress young seedlings."
After eight or 10 years, once a central leader has been formed and the tree has established a strong root system, side branches can start to be pruned. "Try not to remove more than 20% of the tree leaf area in any given year," Karloff says.
"As trees get older, you can start to pick and choose which trees to continue pruning," he says. "Some trees will never make good timber quality due to their form or defects, so continuing to prune them is a waste of time."
The clearer trunk you can get, the better, he says. You should prune to at least 9 feet because this is the minimum for a log to be considered for veneer.
If you'd like to learn more about managing for veneer-quality walnut trees, contact Karloff at [email protected].
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James Garner Net Worth
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In 2021, James Garner's net worth was estimated to be $20 Million.
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Who Is James Garner?
Birthday / Born: April 07, 1928
Place of Birth: Norman
Ethnicity: Cherokee | White American
Profession/Source of Wealth: Actor, Film Producer, Soldier, Voice Actor, Television Producer
Nicknames: Slick, James Scott Bumgarner, Jim Garner
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How Stan Van Gundy Got Radicalized
Stan Van Gundy, Head coach of the Detroit Pistons, in Detroit, November 10, 2017.Gregory Shamus / Getty Images
The former NBA coach has joined Twitter to boost political candidates, blast Betsy DeVos, and maybe even talk a little basketball.
By Sam Schube
In his time as an NBA head coach, Stan Van Gundy had an uncommon knack for generating highlights, for better and worse. Better: the time a TV microphone picked up his bellowed instructions—"Form a fucking wall!"—to his Detroit Pistons players. Worse: the time he told a press gaggle that he knew Magic center Dwight Howard wanted him fired—moments before Howard, unaware, strolled over to give his coach a hug. In a league where the players are the draw, the charming, irascible Van Gundy has long been a compelling figure all his own.
Van Gundy is no longer coaching—he's worked as an NBA analyst for TNT since last year—but that hasn't stopped him from making news. Since early July, he's been on Twitter, posting vociferously about the depredations of the Trump administration (and occasionally about basketball). He created his account, he explains, in part to help amplify the messages of political candidates he supports, but seemingly also to do what lots of us are doing on Twitter these days: shouting loudly about the ways in which the United States seems broken. He's doing it often—by my count, he's tweeted about 30 times a day since joining the service in early July—and has racked up more than sixty thousand followers in the process.
In typical SVG fashion, he's not pulling punches—and even as his coaching peers like Steve Kerr and Gregg Popovich take turns torching the president, Van Gundy's words stand out. I called Van Gundy while he was stuck in his hotel room in Orlando, where he was waiting for the negative coronavirus test results required for him to join Turner's broadcast from NBA's bubble. To pass the time, he told me, he was catching up on the recent slate of Supreme Court decisions, and checking in on the Yankee game. He was also, of course, tweeting.
GQ: You've always been a pretty outspoken guy, but I'm curious about what made you want to speak out in this way.
Stan Van Gundy: It's a confluence of events. I mean, number one, we've all had a lot of time. My wife and I have been active politically, and engaged on issues, for a long time. But with more time on our hands and what we both see as the urgency of the 2020 election, and the urgency of trying to solve some of these problems that are in front of us—racial injustice, criminal justice reform, obviously the pandemic—it's hard to sit back and be silent.
We've been supporting candidates at every level: senators, congresspeople, and a lot of state and local elections. And we were on a call with a candidate for state attorney here in Central Florida, Monique Worrell. They were talking strategy, and it seemed like every other comment on what needed to be done in the campaign involves social media. And as we were listening to that, I just said to my wife, "Should I get on social media to try to support some of these candidates?" So, it's only been, I think, three weeks that I've been on [Twitter]. And that was the impetus, which is to support candidates, and speak out on issues. I usually have more to say maybe than I should. I'd never been on it before.
Had you avoided it for any reason in particular?
For a couple of reasons. One is my penchant for maybe saying too much, and getting myself in trouble. I didn't want to get in some of those social media type arguments, battles that go on between people, and I think at times social media can become a pretty negative, nasty place. it just seemed like a good time to have a vehicle to get some thoughts out there for whatever they're worth. One of the things I don't do is: I do not read any of the comments.
The Twitter bit is new, but you've been speaking up on issues that you believe in—whether after Trump's election, or through your work with the Players Coalition—for a while. Can you tell me about your political evolution more generally?
Well, it's a lifetime of a political evolution—I'm 60 years old. I grew up in a family that talked about issues, and talked about things going on in the world, and where we were encouraged to think for ourselves, and form our opinions, and everything else. I would say I've always been socially liberal. I still may be more to the conservative side, fiscally, than the Democratic Party. I was always socially liberal, but then I think my wife, through her experience as a woman in this world, made me look at women's issues differently.
I have four kids, three of them girls. All my kids are liberal. And I think we all know that younger people look at things in a different way than older people do. And I think a better way—they're more tolerant. They're more just in their views. They have certainly had a big impact on my thinking.
And then, my coaching career has had a huge impact on my thinking, because the people I work with or have worked with in my career—players, staff members, and everything—a vast majority of them are Black. And so people you come to know and care about, hearing their stories—not just when they were growing up, but what's going on with their families, and their communities, and even the challenges that exist for them as relatively famous and affluent people of color in our society—hearing all of those stories changes the way you think, too, because so much of it is things that we're never going to deal with. I'm saying "we" as white people in America—I'm not going to deal with those things. I don't know a single Black person that I've worked with who hasn't had the experience of being pulled over simply because they're in the wrong neighborhood. And I'm not talking about just when they're growing up, I'm talking about now—wealthy Black players driving in a neighborhood that some police officer doesn't think that they should be in. That's not part of my experience growing up in this country. Had I not worked in this profession, I'm not sure I would understand how pervasive those things are in our society. And when it's happening to people that you care about, and their families, and their communities, it does affect you, and makes you want to speak out.
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[The morning] after Donald Trump's election in 2016, I'll never forget it, because we were in Phoenix to play a road game. We were going to shootaround, and I just remember how quiet the bus was. We had lost a couple of games in a row, hadn't been playing great. And I remember talking to one of our players walking into the arena from the bus saying, "What's going on? Everybody just seems a lot more quiet than normal, our guys really down." He said, "Coach, the election." I was down to begin with, but the fact that our country could elect somebody who is openly, and brazenly racist, there were enough people out there who either felt the same way or were willing to overlook that kind of racism, it's tragic. I felt like our country had let down those guys on my team, and every other person of color in our country.
Did you feel that, as a white coach in a predominantly Black league, you had an obligation to speak up?
I didn't feel an obligation. I felt a deep sense of frustration. I felt a deep sense of shame in what had happened. And I felt very badly for what that election said to people of color in our country, and specifically to the people that I worked with. Not that that same message hadn't gone to them over and over and over and over again their entire lives. I mean, the messages we have sent to Black people in this country from the time we landed on this continent have been pretty clear that we don't consider them equal, and that we don't consider them worthy of our respect. That's been a consistent message, but in that moment, it just seemed like such a stark move in the wrong direction that we were going to succeed the first Black president of our country with a very openly racist person. And that to me was almost saying to people of color, "Hey, no matter how bad it's been, it's only going to get worse."
You mentioned talking to your kids, and learning from them. Which stood out to me, because the idea is often that as you get older, maybe you get a little bit more conservative or closed off to new ideas. So, I'm curious if there are resources—books, or films, or other ways you've pursued that education for yourself as you've gotten older.
Yeah—reading, and podcasts, and movies, and everything else. Our kids will have done something in school and say, "Read this." [4 Little Girls], the documentary about the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, I Am Not Your Negro, the James Baldwin documentary. Just recently, John Lewis: Good Trouble, the documentary that CNN put out. Books on criminal justice: Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. My wife and I, we've got a couple more episodes to be fully caught up on a podcast called Justice in America.
My wife and I've been very lucky to be exposed to a lot of people who know a lot more about criminal justice, about racial injustice, than we do, and have helped teach us, have recommended books, movies, podcasts, everything else. Our learning has not slowed down. And again, certainly, in the pandemic, we've had even more time to explore these things, and to learn more.
But the biggest thing, to me, are the people you meet, and hearing their stories. And so I talked about it with NBA players—you get to know these guys, and you hear the stories of them, their families, their communities. We also got the opportunity to teach a class one day a week at the prison near us, and that's increased our interest in criminal justice reform. And when you get a chance to be in a group every week with 21 incredibly bright and engaged people taking college-level courses in a prison, and hear their stories, and realize the human potential that we're wasting and warehousing, it's those personal stories from people that teach you the most. And leave you wanting to learn even more about these issues, and to find out as much as you can, and to try to work in some way to change these things.
Can you tell me a little bit about teaching that class?
Dr. Andy Eisen runs the Community Education Program at Stetson University, and they do prison education. I went in and spoke to his class, and enjoyed the experience, enjoyed the group of men there, and was impacted by it. Then he asked me if [my wife and I] would come up and teach a class in his program.
We taught a class basically on sport and society, and the best part was the time before and after, where you just got to talk with these men. I was saying to somebody the other day, I got asked, "What do you miss most about life before the pandemic locked everything down?" And my wife and I at the same time said, "We miss going up to Tomoka, to the prison." Because I enjoyed those guys. I miss their friendship. I miss hanging out with them, and talking about things. I miss how engaged they were on issues. I miss those guys, and we worry about them too, because we get no word. We have no correspondence. Prisons have been hit hard.
The last class actually was my brother [former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy]—I brought him in as a guest speaker—and a couple of days later we found out we wouldn't be going back the next Thursday. On a personal level, that's been difficult. You come to care about people through your experiences with them. And that changes your views on everything. And I'm really grateful for the people that I've been able to come to know. It broadens your world, and it wakes you up to what's going on. I would be the first person to say if there is a poster child for white privilege in this world, I've got to be it.
I tweeted this, I don't know, a week or so ago: We've tried to be really involved, campaigns, speaking out, going to a march, doing all these things, and I have felt several times like, "I just need a break. I don't want to deal with it today. I just want to sit down and watch a TV show, or watch a movie, and enjoy myself." That's white privilege because Black people can't get away from it. This is their life. This injustice is their life every day. They don't get to decide the days they want to be engaged in racial issues, and the days that they don't every day they walk out of their house. And sometimes they don't even have to walk out of their house, as we saw with Breonna Taylor. Every day they wake up, they're engaged with the issues of racial injustice in our country. White privilege is [that] I get to choose when I want to be engaged on that issue.
So, speaking of poster children of white privilege: Betsy DeVos is someone who comes up fairly frequently in your tweets. And obviously her family owns the Orlando Magic, who you coached for. Is your criticism rooted in any experience working for or with the DeVos family?
No, not really. The DeVos family treated me well when I was here coaching the team. I knew where they stood politically, but they were in Michigan, and we were in Florida, and we would see them sparingly. But then when I took the Pistons job, I went to Michigan, and they have an incredible political influence in the state. They have been a real enemy of public schools in Michigan, lobbying legislators for things that have been very negative to public schools. And education is something that my wife and I, in terms of the charitable giving and stuff that we do, have always supported. And so, as you got to know some of the people involved in education in the state of Michigan, the opinion of the DeVos family there is a lot different than it is here in Orlando. And then, because of the millions and millions and millions of dollars they give to right-wing causes, Betsy DeVos ends up in the administration despite virtually no qualifications for the position at all. With us caring about education, it becomes something naturally to speak out against.
Tommy Tuberville, the former Auburn football coach, just won the Republican primary for Senate in Alabama. And folks have joked about a Popovich-Kerr presidential ticket. What do you make of the idea that a coach might make for a good politician?
Oh, I think that it's certainly possible. I mean, some of the leadership skills would translate, but there's a whole different level of education in terms of the issues, and things like that. So, I think it would be down to each individual. Guys like Gregg Popovich, Steve Kerr, Doc Rivers, guys like that—and I don't mean to leave anybody out. Lloyd Pierce in Atlanta, has emerged as leader of the Coaches Committee on racial injustice. People like that, I could definitely see succeeding in politics if that's where their interests took them, but no more so than other people who are great leaders, and informed on the issues.
You've mentioned that a local politics initiative in the past soured you on the idea of doing anything further in that realm. Is that still the case?
I don't have any interest in running for office myself. I have a great interest in trying to identify strong candidates that hold policy beliefs that I support, and then finding ways to support their candidacies. I'm not trying to be the least bit self-deprecating, it's just true: I would much rather support people who are a lot smarter, and a lot more informed than I am on the issues. There's a lot of people out there a lot more qualified than I am. Unlike our current administration, I believe in the value of expertise. And I don't have expertise in that—I have interest, I'm trying to learn. In NBA basketball, I hope I have a certain level of expertise, but in political issues, I don't. The people in charge should have a level of expertise. And I want to figure out who those people are, and help them get elected.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
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Watada's 'research' came too late
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada's recent announcement of his intention to defy orders to deploy to Iraq has sparked emotional responses from supporters and critics of the Bush administration. But it also elicits probing questions about the real reasons behind the young officer's decision.
Although he cloaks himself with the patriotic qualities of having enlisted because of a "pull of duty, service and patriotism," he now claims that, after having "researched" Iraq, he has had a realization that the war in Iraq is "immoral" and "illegal." One might presume that, knowing his enlistment might lead to his deployment to serve and fight in Iraq, he might have exercised "due diligence" in "researching" Iraq beforehand.
Watada hasn't elaborated on what was included on his syllabus for studying Iraq; with his public rhetoric, it seems likely at least one of the authors was Michael Moore. And finally, Watada wonders how he could "wear this horrible uniform," now that he's had his epiphany about Iraq. Apparently, that "horrible uniform" would have suited him just fine if he had been granted his request to serve out his military obligation as long as it wasn't in Iraq.
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Obama Administration Says N. Korea's Nuclear Tests are a Threat to the United States
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Leon Panetta, US Defense Secretary, said that North Korea is a "serious threat" to the United States and Washington must be prepared to deal with it.
The warning came after Pyongyang conducted a nuclear test on Tuesday.
In a White House released statement on Tuesday, President Obama called North Korea's third successful nuclear test a "highly provocative act" that "undermines regional stability" and threatens action by the international community.
He said North Korea's nuclear program constitutes "a threat to U.S. national security."
Panetta said, "We saw what North Korea has done these last few weeks with a missile test and now a nuclear test." He added, "North Korea represents a serious threat to the US. We've got to be prepared to deal with that."
The U.N Security Council Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, condemned the action of the North Koreans and promised to take tough action. Ki-moon said that it was, "deplorable that Pyongyang defied the strong and unequivocal call from the international community to refrain from any further provocative measures."
The council issued a statement condemning the underground nuclear test and has reportedly scheduled an emergency meeting.
North Korea could have taken a big step closer to building a nuclear warhead that could be mounted on a long-range missile that could threaten the United States.
The North Korean state media said the test was conducted in a safe manner and is aimed at coping with "outrageous" U.S. hostility that "violently" undermines the North's peaceful, sovereign rights to launch satellites.
It said that the test was merely its "first response" to U.S. threats, and said it will continue with unspecified "second and third measures of greater intensity" if Washington maintains its hostility.
Kim Sung-hwan, South Korean Foreign Minister said the test had violated resolutions and "there continues to exist a clear threat to international peace and security."
This is the first nuclear test to be carried out under the North's young leader, Kim Jong Un. Who is following in his father's footsteps by building up the military deterrent to stay off it's enemies and ignoring the international rules and regulations.
Susan Rice, the U.S ambassador to the United Nations, said that the council "must and will deliver a swift, credible and strong response."
She added that North Korea, "does not and will not benefit from violating international law."
The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China.
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A world-famous manufacturer of tires for bicycles, motorcycles, various types of cars, heavy equipment, special equipment and aircraft. In addition to its main brand, it also owns such well-known brands as Kormoran, Taurus, BF Goodrich и Uniroyal. Known Michelin and their guides (Le Guide Rouge) for various countries. These guides have been published since 1909.
And it all started back in 1830, with a small company that was founded in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand (Clermont-Ferrand). The city is still headquartered in this city. Michelin. It was founded by two brothers - André and Edouard Michelin (André Michelin, Édouard Michelin). Initially, everything was produced in a row. The brothers experimented tirelessly, driven by the desire to find the most optimal and profitable production for themselves, until they came to the production of bicycle tires. Our familiar name is Michelin - the company received much later, in 1889.
In 1891, the company patents a replaceable pneumatic tire. Using such tires, cyclist Charles Terront won the Paris-Brest-Paris cycling marathon in 1891, which served as the best advertisement, as a result of which the company's revenues quadrupled. The very idea of a pneumatic tire belongs to John Boyd Dunlop (John Dunlop), whose name is now another major tire manufacturer. Except Dunlop's tire was firmly glued to the wheel.
Initially, few people took such tires seriously, since their first versions often suffered from nails that thickly covered the pavements of those years, falling out of horseshoes. But riding with their use was much more comfortable. The company believed in its offspring, continuing developments in this direction and, in the end, proving its promise.
Later, with the spread of cars, tires for them also begin to be produced. They were used on the very first self-propelled wagons with steam and electric engines. Cars rapidly became popular, and income and influence grew. Michelin.
Over the years of its existence, the company Michelin absorbed many other tire manufacturers from different countries. Most of these acquisitions took place in the second half of the last century. From 1930 to 1976, the company owned an automaker Citroën. In 1988, the American tire manufacturer was taken over Uniroyal, together with which Michelin moved away and the tire business B. F. Goodrich.
Michelin owns many unique developments and innovations in the tire industry - for example, radial tires, airless tires. The company's plants are located in many countries around the world, including Russia. Michelin tires can now be bought almost everywhere - the number of tires produced has already exceeded a hundred million a year.
Until 2006 Michelin, as well as Bridgestone was a tire supplier for Formula-1. However, after the scandal in the summer of 2005, when during the US Grand Prix, on suspicion of safety problems, all cars with tires were removed from the track Michelin (only six cars remained on the track), the company defiantly left the F-1. Since then, the ball rules there Bridgestone.
Bibendum (Bibendum)
Talking about Michelin, it is impossible not to tell about such a famous character as Bibendum - a man from tires. The year of his birth was 1894, when at one of the exhibitions the designer decorated the company's stand with a stack of tires of different diameters stacked on top of each other. Edouard Michelin, who had a rich imagination, saw in this mountain of tires a fat man, devoid of only arms and legs. But the idea for the character would never have taken shape if it weren't for advertising artist O'Galop, who once showed Edward one of his sketches for a beer advertisement, which depicted an exceptionally fat brewer with a mug in his hand. He then reminded Edward of the "tire man". And so this famous character was born, who would later be called Bibendum. This name was born from the exclamation of the ancient Roman poet Horace - "Nunc est bibendum!" ("to drink, so now!"), which crowned the very picture with the brewer. Edward decided to keep it, pointing out that the pneumatic tire seemed to "drink" all the bumps in the road. By the way, on the first advertising posters, Bibendum was depicted with a glass (instead of the mug that the brewer held) filled with various street garbage. Subsequently, the glass and the phrase were abandoned because they hinted at alcohol, which is incompatible with driving.
In the 30s of the last century Michelin received rubber from Vietnamese plantations, where more than 30,000 workers worked. Conditions on the plantations were nicknamed "hell on earth" and caused the death of several dozen workers (according to official figures). This led to the fact that in 1930, 5,000 workers raised an uprising that went down in history as Phu Rieng Do - the first ever labor movement in Vietnam against the French colonialists. It was quickly and brutally crushed by French troops.
In 1948, the Citroën 2CV was introduced to the world, destined to become one of the most popular in the world and will be awarded the title of "the ugliest car in history." In those years Citroën already belonged Michelin, so it's clear who made the tires for the novelty. So, these tires are still on sale, because a very large number of Citroën 2CVs, which were produced right up to 1990, are still driving around the world.
Michelin Guides
There are two types of guides Michelin - "Green" and "Red". The first one is interesting in that it maintains a rating of restaurants and cafes - each establishment is assigned one or more stars (three is the maximum, which means a great establishment), depending on how highly it was rated by agents Michelin. Getting even one star is very difficult, and losing it is easy, so it's not surprising that the owners of "star-infused" eateries are very proud of this fact. However, the mere mention of a restaurant in the Red Guide, even without awarding a star, is already extremely prestigious. The most interesting thing is that no one ever notifies the owners about the imminent arrival of an agent, this event happens incognito (at least that's what the official information says). So it is impossible to prepare in advance for the meeting of a dear guest, as is usually the case in the best Soviet traditions. The rating is updated every year. All this is brilliantly described in Gerald Durrell's story "The Michelin Man", which was included in the book "Picnic and Other Disgracefulness".
Sometimes the star is awarded not to the restaurant, but to the chef. This means that any restaurant in which this chef will work in the future becomes a "star". Such a star is the best recommendation for representatives of this profession.
There is a well-known case of the suicide of a chef who killed himself after learning that the restaurant had lowered his rating from three to two stars.
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a. Mozilla Firefox: Mozilla is not totally wrong to say that the Firefox Web browser is the faster, more secure, and fully customizable way to browse the web. Firefox is one of the most complete browsers available. It is considered to be the first browser to shake Internet Explorer's dominance. One of the good things about Firefox is that it keeps up with the needs of time. Another cool thing about Firefox is that it has a perfect score in Acid 3 test. Firefox wins the race with other browsers in terms of available themes, plugins, and security. Overall, Firefox is a must have browser on your PC.
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VLC Media Player: VLC Media Player is an open source, multi-platform media player that comes with almost all of the codecs required to play all different types of media on your PC. So you do not have to worry about installing codecs to play your files. Moreover, the best part about VLC media player is that being open source, you can install it on almost any operating system. Moreover, VLC media player is portable so you can carry it in your flash drive. All this combined with stability, performance, ability to convert and cut videos make VLC Media Player an absolute essential software.
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Irfan View: Irfan View is developed by Irfan Skiljan, a student at the University of Vienna in 1996. Irfan View is one of the most popular image viewer worldwide. Irfan View gets downloaded over 1 million times each month. One of the major advantages of Irfan View is that it has a light interface, is fast in opening images and can open virtually every type of image image file possible. It can even open Flash files and also serves as a small media player as it can play movie files and mp3 files as well! And that is not all, Irfan View can be used to do minor image editing as well.
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Open Office Suite: Open Office Suite is an open source, multi lingual, multi platform project developed by Sun Micro systems. Among all the Office Suites available, Open Office is considered to be the only worthy competitor to Microsoft Office. It is fast, available in many languages, works on all computers, stores all data in an international open standard format, read and write files from other common office packages and the best of all, is free of charge for any purpose(commercial or private). It can even edit PDF files.
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Disney Removes Kilimanjaro Safaris Pre-Show Video with Warden Wilson Mutua
Disney Removes Kilimanjaro Safaris Pre-Show Video with Warden Wilson Mutua. This month, Disney's Animal Kingdom featured a new introductory video on Kilimanjaro Safaris. The pre-show video has gone through many transformations over the years. Initially the video introduced an adventure story to stop poachers from hunting a mother elephant and her baby, dubbed "Big Red and Little Red" by the iconic "Simba 1" team, but that aspect of the attraction has been removed to make the trip more family friendly and less shocking to guests of all ages.
The official synopsis of the Disney's Animal Kingdom attraction reads: "Explore the Harambe Wildlife Reserve, home to 34 species living in 110 acres of picturesque open plains, shady forest landscapes and rocky wetlands. Your rugged safari vehicle is driven by an expert guide, who helps point out animals and shares fascinating wildlife facts during this extraordinary 18-minute expedition. Spot a shy hippopotamus nestled in a still pond. Behold a regal lion sunbathing on a rocky perch. Drive past a gentle giraffe grazing on the tall trees or wave hello to a swinging baboon. Other amazing animals you may encounter include rhinos, cheetahs, crocodiles, elephants, hyenas and zebras—and so many more! Since animals have minds of their own, every expedition is a unique and unforgettable experience. Be sure to keep your eyes open and have a camera ready—you never know what you'll see on a Kilimanjaro Safaris outing."
On a recent tour of Kilimanjaro Safaris we stopped to get a video of the new pre-show that shows the absence of Warden Wilson Mutua (played by Abdoulaye NGom). Check out the video shared on our Instagram page:
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