View image | gettyimages.com Paying Attention: Frank Gifford died Sunday at his home in Greenwhich, Connecticut. Gifford was both a very talented college athlete (he was an All-American running back at the University of Southern California) and an outstanding and versatile pro football player who became an 8- time Pro Bowl player (at three different positions: defensive …
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Risi Comp On The Podium at Road America; Fisi, Kaffer, Race to 3rd.
In today’s TUDOR United Sports Car Championship series race at Road America, Giancarlo Fisichella and Pierre Kaffer drove the Risi Competizione Ferrari F458 Italia to a 3rd place finish, adding another podium position to the team’s highlights this year. Both Fisichella and Kaffer were on their A-Game today and the team’s pit stops were, again, the fastest in class. …
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Fisichella Qualifies The No. 62 Risi Comp Ferrari in 3rd Place at Road America
The official qualifying press release from the Risi Comp Press Team, on site at Road America. RISI COMPETIZIONE – ROAD AMERICA POST-QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GT No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Pierre Kaffer (DEU) Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin…(August 8, 2015)…Risi Competizione driver Giancarlo Fisichella handled the qualifying …
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The Weekend Concert Series: Keb Mo’ Band at Rawa Blues Festival
From the Rawa Blues Festival 2013 (the world’s biggest indoor blues festival), here’s the very smooth, very talented Keb ‘Mo and his band (the Keb ‘Mo Band) doing a one set. Shot in HD, with good sound, and very good camera work, it’s a nice way to unwind this weekend. As always, bump it to …
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The Triumph of Roger Ailes
You may watch Fox News or you may not. You may be a conservative or you may be a liberal. You may be on the right wing, in the middle, or on the left. But no matter where you stand, or what you believe, you must give credit to Roger Ailes, the President of Fox …
The Secret Season: Three Great Championship Events in 30 Days
Unless you follow the “minor sports” closely, you may not be aware that we have just passed through international sports’ greatest season: that stretch of time that runs from the middle of June until the end of July. During this short, thirty day period at the beginning of Summer, three of the world’s greatest …
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Making It: How To Deal With The Government
Face it: if you build a big enough company, sooner or later you’re going to need some expert help to get the government on your side or off your back. Here’s a great piece from Wired.com (always at the cutting edge) on the man who helps companies that “disrupt” survive in our highly regulated, legislated, …
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Cash Flow: How Streaming Music Pays
Paying Attention: Everything streams these days. Video. Headlines. Stock Prices. Music. Streaming is fast becoming what broadcasting was and is: a way to distribute content and information to the widest possible group of people effectively and efficiently. The technology behind streaming has become so good that typically the transmissions are seamless, without glitches or pauses. …
The Most Important Article You Will Read in 2015: What is Code?
Paying Attention: From Bloomberg.com, here’s the link to Paul Ford’s amazingly interesting and totally necessary article: What is Code. The reality of the world we live in now and the world we will live in tomorrow and the future is that everything is increasingly controlled by software. Digital instruction will soon be embedded in almost …
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The Weekend Concert Series: Amy Winehouse, Glastonbury 2007
The Hunt For New Music: Amy Winehouse died on 23 July 2011. At the time of her death she has completed and released one terrific album (“Back in Black” ) and produced a series of searing, scintillating, musically-exciting concerts. As good as the recorded songs were, Amy Winehouse was such a force of nature, that the …
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