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While We Were Out
The big events from June through December of this year, while the site was on sabbatical.
June
Malaysia Airlines Flt 357 Still Not located. The plane originally went missing on 8 March 2014.
Apple introduced a new programming language for iOS and OSX called SWIFT.
Pro-Russian Militants fight with Ukrainian military.
KKR(Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts) buys new media company Internet Brands for $1.1Billion.
Donald Sterling drops his lawsuit against the NBA and allows the sale of the team to Steve Ballmer to go through (Clippers)
Beastie Boys win a $1.7 million copyright violation lawsuit against Monster Energy for authorized use of their music in advertising
Vodaphone announces that the governments of six countries have a permanent link to monitor communications throughout Vodaphone’s networks.
Comedian Tracy Morgan injured in late night highway accident that also killed friend and fellow comedian James McNair. Their limosine was hit by a Wal-Mart tractor trailor rig.
Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title.
Russian warns Finland about joining NATO, increasing (again) tension on the Scandanavian peninsula
Merck & Co agrees to buy Indenix Pharmaceuticals for $3.85 billion.
Tyson Foods agrees to buy Hillshire Brands for $7.7 billion.
Tesla Motors announces it will allow competitors to use its patents without paying royalties, thus becoming the first “open source” car company.
Martin Kaymer of Germany wins the U.S. Open at Pinehurst.
Audi wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans (again).
The San Antonio Spurs beat the Miami Heat to win the NBA finals. After the season,
LeBron James opts to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, his former team before joining the Heat.
Ex- F1 Champion Michael Schumacher is taken out of an induced coma and moved from a Hospital in Grenoble to another location for further rehabilitation. Schumacher was injured in a skiing accident in December of 2013.
The U.S. Patent Office cancel’s several trademarks of the NFL’s Washington Redskins because they were “disparaging to Native Americans”, thus politicizing an IP process that should not be politicized. The case is on appeal. It will take several years before a final decision will be made.
Prince Felipe, eldest son of King Juan Carlos of Spain, takes over the Spanish throne at King Felipe VI and thus begins his reign in Spain.
ISIS continues to wage war and take territories in Iraq; more importantly, the force continues to grow in size (recruits stream in); wealth (through oil field seizures and bank takeovers) and operations (one U.S. commander said they have a very sophisticated command and control system).
A water break—the first ever—takes place in a World Cup match between Portugal and the USA, due to the extreme heat during the match.
One of Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” series paintings sells for US$54 milllion at auction in London. Dead artists continue to bring high prices while living artists continue to struggle.
Rebecca Brooks, former editor of the News International tabloid, acquitted of charges of conspiracy to hack mobile phones. Editor Andy Coulson was not sol lucky and was found guilty.
Notable passings: Actor Eli Wallach (“The Magnificent 7), dies in New York at age 98; baseball icon Don Zimmer (83); Steelers football Coach Chuck Noll (82), winner of 4 Superbowls: Richard Rockefeller (65), physician and philanthropist; Paul Mazursky (82), film writer and director (“An Unmarried Woman”, “Harry and Tonto”).
July
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 still missing ; the company continues to display an incredible insensitivity to the families of victims and massive incompetence in dealing with the search for the plane.
Hurricane Season opens.
Ebola Virus epidemic in West Africa begins to spread rapidly throughout the region.
US intervenes against ISIS in Syria with highly target airstrikes. The action slows, but not stop, ISIS.
The U.S. fines BNP Paribas $9 billion for assisting clients in bypassing sanctions against CUBA, Iran and Sudan.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is charged with corruption and influence peddling by France
Malaysia Airlines Flt 17 crashes after being shot down over Ukraine by a anti-aircraft missle. Investigators and emergency crews are not allowed early access to the plane, creating yet another source of tension between the West and Russia.
Notable deaths in July included Richard Mellon Scaife, publisher of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; Robert Newhouse, former running back for Dallas Cowboys; Alan C. “Ace” Greenberg, former Chairman of the Board of investment bank Bear Stearns; Tommy Ramone, rock musician (The Ramones) and producer.
August
West African Ebola Outbreak characterized as an “International Concern” by the World Health Organization/
US Military begins an air campaign in Northern Iraq against ISIS.
Danish scientists find a genetic variant among Greenlanders that dramatically increases their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
San Antonio Spurs hire the first full- time female professional coach, Becky Hammon.
Apple and Samsung agree to end patent litigation outside the US.
A U.S. District Court judge rules that the NCAA violated antitrust laws by restricting the compensation that college athletes can receive for publicity rights. The ruling will ultimately creative massive and perhaps terminal issues for the NCAA.
NASCAR driver Tony Stewart runs over a 20 year old sprint car driver in a nighttime race in upstate New York. The driver had exited car and was walking down the track to confront Stewart, who was still racing. Stewart was later exonerated of blame and will not face charges over the incident.
The shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a small city on the suburbs of St. Louis, Sets off several nights of protests, looting, fires, and violence.
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) wins the PGA championship. He also won the British Open in July of this year.
Texas Governor Rick Perry indicted on abuse of power charges. Perry characterizes the charges as politically motivated.
Sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft C.E.O. Steve Ballmer is finally concluded after months of legal maneuvering and drama on the part of the Clipper’s former owner.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says that he will leave his asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London “soon”. As of this post, Assange is still in the embassy.
Goldman Sachs agrees to buy back $3.15 billion in low quality mortgage bonds that it had dumped on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preceding the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
Hoffman-L Roche agrees to acquire American drug maker InterMune for $8.3 million
South Korea beats Illinois to win the 2014 Little League World Series.
Burger King announces plans to acquire Canadian firm Tim Horton’s for $11.4 Billion and move its headquarters to Canada in a “tax inversion” corporate maneuver. The U.S. Congress immediately takes up legislation to restrict such tax moves.
Joan Rivers rushed to hospital after complications during a throat procedure. In a comma, she is placed on life support.
Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, is placed under investigation in France for “alleged negligence” dating back to her time as Minister of Finance.
Notable passings: British director Sir. Richard Attenborough dies at age 90; Robin Williams is found dead at age 63, shocking generations of fans and entertainers who considered him one of the most talented comedians of all time: Don Pardo, announcer for Saturday Night Live.
September
Scotland votes no on a referendum to leave the United Kingdom and become an independent state.
Joan Rivers dies in a New York City hospital after a supposedly minor throat operation goes horribly wrong. Expect lawsuits.
An Apple iCloud leak results in exposing nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Ariana Grande. The leaked photos go viral on sites all across the internet.
Serena Williams wins her third straight U.S. Open tennis title.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting their second child. This announcement is known in the U.K as “an heir and a spare”.
Swedish company Electrolux buys GE’s electric appliances business for $3.3 billion.
Baltimore Ravens professional football team terminates the contract of running back Ray Rice after a domestic dispute video is leaked onto the TMZ website and then shown (repeatedly) on the TMZ television show.
Former F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher leaves a hospital in Switzerland to go home after skiing accident in December of 2013. Schumacher faces an uncertain and long rehabilitation from the accident.
Microsoft buys the maker of the video game MINECRAFT for $2.2 billion.
Russian Billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov is placed under house arrest for alleged money laundering.
SNL cast member Darrell Hammond is selected to be new announcer following the death of Don Pardo, in Augus
Two time Chinese Grand Slam winner Li Na announces her retirement from competitive tennis due to chronic knee problems. Li Na won the Australian and French Opens during her professional career.
Siemens AG agrees to buy oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand Group for $7.6 Billion
Eric Holder resigns as Attorney General of the United States. He will remain in office until a successor is appointed.
Arson at an air traffic control facility in Illinois grounds 2000 flights.
Blackberry posts first (adjusted) profit in 5 quarters.
In professional golf, the European team beat American team in the bi-annual Ryder Cup competition for the 3rd straight time, thus setting off a massive debate among America’s top golf professionals and sanctioning bodies about what went wrong.
A patient who traveled from West Afrida with the Ebola Virus is admitted for treatment to a Dallast, Texas hospital.
Notable passings: Comedian Joan Rivers,; jazz piano virtuoso Joe Sample, one of the original members of the Jazz Crusaders and later a significant and productive soloist ; Oleg Ivanosky (Russian spacecraft designer); Emmy winning actress Polly Bergen.
October
Pacific walruses cannot find sea ice to rest on in the Arctic, come ashore in record numbers in Alaska.
Unemployment in US Drops from 6.1 to 5.9%.
JP Morgan Chase (along with other financial institutions) suffers a cyber attack that compromises 83 million accounts.
Hilton agrees to sell Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria to a Chinese insurance company for $1.95 billion.
HP announces restructuring into two groups along with the elimination on 5000 jobs.
Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man, dies of Ebola in Dallas, Tx.,
French Novelist Patrick Modiano wins the Nobel Prize for literature.
A snowstorm and avalanche in the Himalayas of Nepal kills 17 and leaves 100 stranded
Second health worker in Dallas tests positive for Ebola.
Dow Jones average drops more than 450 points on 15 October, then bounces back up.
After a male Northern White Rhino dies on a reservation in Kenya, there are only 7 Northern White male rhinos left in the entire world. This is so not good.
Pope Francis presides over the beatification of Pope Paul VI.
The Giants win the World Series vs. Kansas City, with a 3 -2 win in Game 7. Madison Baumgartner won 3 games for the Gants in the 7 game series.
John Tory is elected mayor of Toronto, replacing Rob Ford, whose time in office was marked by some rather outrageous behavior.
An unmanned Antares rocket blows up on liftoff. The rocket was operated by a commercial space firm and used surplus Russian rocket engines. The rocket was was headed to the ISS to deliver 5000 pounds of supplies .
Oscar Pistorius was found guilt of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend in South Africa and sentenced to 5 years in prison, ending a dramatic trial and destroying one of the world’s great sports stories.
Notable Passings: Fashion designer Oscar De La Renta: former Saturday Night Live cast member Jan Hooks; race horse Cigar (Hall of Fame) who won 16 races in a row; tennis personality and coach Vic Braden; and the brilliant and courageous editor of the Washington Post, Ben Bradlee.
November
Missing college students in Mexico spark huge protests with thousands of activists taking the streets in Mexico City.
An Egyptian court dropped all pending charges against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the final part of it’s Fifth Assessment Report, warning that the world faces “severe, pervasive, and irreversible” damage from the global emissions of CO2
One World Trade Center, built on the same site in lower Manhattan of the 9/11 attacks opened approximately 13 years after the Twin Towers.
Republicans took control of the U.S. Senate in the mid-term elections.
Oregon, Alaska, and Washington D.C. voted to legalize marijuana.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson entered a no-contest please to a misdemeanor charge of reckless assault on a child. Peterson was banned for the remained of the 2014 NFL season. Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice had had won an appeal and was eligible for reinstatement to the league. He has not yet been signed by an NFL team.
U.S. Supreme Court allows same-sex marriage in South Carolina.
President Barack Obama issued an executive action to change amend and change current U.S. Immigration laws. As expected, his policy initiative on the complicated issue developed immediate resistance in Congress, mostly along political lines.
Chuck Hagel resigns as Secretary of Defense.
A Missouri Grand Jury decided not to charge Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown. Protests immediately erupt in Ferguson, Missouri, scene of the incident, and in other U.S.Cities.
The Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae probe completes a successful landing on Comet 67P. It is the first time a space craft has ever landed on a comet.
Ole Miss (The University of Mississippi) beats former Number 1 team, Mississippi 31-21 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field in Oxford, Miss. In doing so, Ole Miss becomes the only team in college football in 2014 to beat two Number 1 teams in the same season (they previously beat Alabama 23-17 ) in October.
Notable passings: Prolific English Writer P.D. James; Film and Stage Director Mike Nichols, who is one of a very few directors to win an Oscar, A Tony, an Emmy, and a Grammy for creative achievement; Italian Catholic Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini; Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, better known as the Duchess of Alba; American television producer and writer Glen Larson (“Quincy”, “Battlestar Galactica” “Magnum P.I.”), and British clarinetist Acker Bilk, best known for the hit song “Stranger on the Shore”.
COMT V: PEACE
The Hunt For New (Christmas) Music:
The Fifth Playlist in the Christmas One More Time Series. It’s Christmas Music you probably haven’t heard before. It’s Christmas music you can dance to. The next list of new music will be posted on December 6th.
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21 Songs. 1.2 Hours
Risi Competizione Sponsors Young Journalists at Circuit of the Americas TUDOR Race on 20 September
Program provides real world experience to University of Texas School of Journalism students; one weekend in the fast lane.
(Houston, Texas)…..Risi Competizione, the Houston, Texas based TUDOR United Sports Car (“TUSC”) Series racing team, famous for the success of a series of red, No. 62 Ferrari race cars, has announced a new journalistic initiative for this weekend’s Tudor United Sports Car Championship series race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin.
The program will bring in five (5) young journalists from the University of Texas who will work as journalists and photographers for the race weekend that stretches from September 18th-September 20th. The program has been organized with the support and cooperation of the University of Texas School of Journalism, the Circuit of The Americas, and IMSA, the series administrator and organizer for TUSC. The concept behind the innovative program was to provide to journalism students a total immersion experience in real world of international sports car racing.
Throughout the weekend, the students will work on writing, social media, photography, and other public relations and communications assignments. They will produce projects based on their own ideas and also on assignments from the program sponsors. “The idea is to bring the young journalists into a professional world class racing event environment and to give them the experience of producing work at a high level while covering a race”, said Donald Pierce, Business Manager at Risi Competizione who organized the program in association with the other sponsors. “It’s a real world learning experience and it will all take place under the deadlines and pressures that professional journalists face when covering big events.
Throughout the weekend, the project sponsors have organized a series of short talks about various aspects of professional journalism, ranging from work flow to etiquette. Risi Competizione will be devoting a section of its race team website (www.risicompetizione.com) to their coverage; the work produced by the Young Journalists will be available for distribution through a variety of channels, including the COTA website and press relation channels, IMSA’s Tudor Website, and the University of Texas. Professional level exposure is one of the main components of the program.
Giuseppe Risi, Managing Director of Risi Competizione, said that “this program gives us a chance to create opportunities in journalism for students at the University of Texas. We are headquartered in Texas and we are always looking for ways to give back to our home state. This initiative is one way we can create opportunities where none existed before. We’ll be very interested to see and publish their perspective on motor racing”.
The five students selected for the program are Madison Hamilton, Brooks Kubena, Joe Capraro, Joe McMahon, and Stefan Scafield. The students are under the supervision of Professor Wanda Garner Cash, Associate Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Texas and Professor Robert Quiqley,University of Texas; Jarin Wadiwalla, Public & Media Relations Coordinator at Circuit of the America; Nate Siebens, Communications Director for IMSA. Don Pierce and Fiona Miller of Risi Competizione will manage the program for the Sponsors and Risi Competizione.
The Daytona 24 is the quintessential ‘crap shoot’ of endurance races
Risi Competizione’s Rick Mayer, Team Engineer, continues his tradition of writing a preview of what it’s involved in setting up a car for a race with this very insightful brief on getting the Risi Comp Ferrari F458GTC ready to run the 24 Hours of Daytona. For over 5 years, Rick has provided a unique perspective on racing and race cars. The season begins again and so does Rick. Read his insights (below) and then watch how it all plays out at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, this weekend.
General: It’s a new season, new series and new rules. The total car count of 67 cars on the 3.56 mile track, together with a large quantity of varying skill level Pro-Am combos, will almost certainly factor into the results of the race. Getting through traffic cleanly and staying clear of trouble will be more difficult than in any race in 2013, and a driver’s mental fatigue and any lapse of concentration could easily affect the outcome. The ‘new’ wave bye rules for safety car periods will ensure a large lead lap car count for each class, as the new rules make it easy to make up any lap deficit. The IMSA TUSC specific balance of performance (BoP) GTLM rules are established for Daytona but will be evolving throughout the season with some makes having an edge over others. This doesn’t change the inherent strategy you choose, but it may change the intra-class competition balance and each make’s ability to pull away, catch up or maintain position within the class. Clearing GTD traffic will be particularly difficult for GTLM as the GTDs have a banking speed advantage due to less restricted engine rules.
The track: Daytona is the iconic, classic ‘roval’. Weather and grip will vary with conditions. It was repaved recently and, with mild winters, the track surface is still relatively smooth. The corners are all slow except the Bus Stop and the Kink. This is all complicated by having to run very high tire pressures and very low cambers in order to diminish the chance of having banking related tire failures. There are many ways to get a good lap time here but good corner exits from turn 3, 6 and the Bus Stop, plus speed through the latter are key to a competitive race car.
Setup: Daytona is a track that requires some reserve in setup to increase safety. The mechanical setup and tire pressures we need to run (Daytona only pressure and Daytona only cambers) here are all in the direction of safety at the detriment to lap time and performance. We bias the setup to improve traction and power down where, at the more regular road courses, we lean toward trying to reduce the understeer. The required high tire pressures (+20%!) reduce front and rear grip. The increased pressures tend to bias the deficit to the rear both at corner entrance and power down at the exit. The reduced camber rules (more than one degree less camber) also decrease grip; all of these change the general setup from what you’d expect. We’ll try and trim drag, as much as you can on a GT car, to improve banking speed. With 67 cars you’ll be in traffic throughout the infield nearly every lap. The only legitimate passing areas are on the banking to clear slower cars, into braking at turn 1 and the Bus Stop and occasionally into turn 5. The better car to race is the low drag version if the lap times are similar. Being fast in the infield section is of little advantage.
The race: The Daytona 24 is the quintessential ‘crap shoot’ of endurance races. The field is packed and the pit lane boxes are the smallest of the season so you have to take as much care in the pits as on the track. Luck and patience pay large dividends here, more than at other tracks. The wave bye rules for cautions are likely to ensure a large number of lead lap cars in each class in the last stints of the race. After the opening hour, you need to stay in touch with the class leader, ideally BE the class leader, and be positioned for the 23rd-hour sprint to the finish. We had good results at the end of 2013 and, in general, have had great success with the long races at Risi Competizione. Let’s hope the momentum carries to Daytona.
The Fast Track
This piece on the Circuit of the Americas (COTA)was originally published in September 2013, in advance of the first races at the circuit. It is republished here for background on this weekend’s TUDOR Series and WEC races at COTA.
What is most interesting about Circuit of the Americas from a track design/layout perspective is that it combines influences from some of the great and classic turns at other world-famous circuits, most notably the Istanbul F1 track’s Turn 8 (an internationally renowned four apex corner) , and the Maggos-Becketts-Chapen sequence at Silverstone. Continue reading “The Fast Track”
RISI READY TO FACE THE CONCRETE CANYONS OF BALTIMORE
2013 AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES, ROUND 7
GRAND PRIX OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GT no. 62: Olivier Beretta (MCO)
Matteo Malucelli (ITA)
RISI READY TO FACE THE CONCRETE CANYONS OF BALTIMORE
Houston, TX, Wednesday 28 August 2013. After the sweeping turns and scenic countryside of Road America in Wisconsin, Risi Competizione and the ALMS head this weekend for the marked contrast of Baltimore’s tight 2.02-mile, 12 turn temporary street course. The 2 hour race for the 33-strong field takes place on Saturday around the Inner Harbor Street Circuit, and the pressure will be on all competitors to complete the event with as little trouble as possible.
The race: Working the traffic on this tight, concrete-walled circuit is always challenging. The chance of caution periods is high and we’ll likely see more than one in the race; street courses always have a high risk of damage as there is little room for error. The risk of being collected by Prototype traffic is high in street races as everyone has less patience passing as corner speeds in slow corners are less affected by aero. In the past the LMPC and LMP2 amateur drivers start the race and can potentially cause traffic build up for the GT field as walled circuits take a lot of confidence to go quick. Even a small error could put you into a wall here. All the GTs should be able to do the race on one stop but, as we don’t expect a total green flag race, strategy will play a big part at this event.
The track: Baltimore is the bumpiest track we race at, rougher than Sebring and qualifying up front will be critical because of a shorter race length than usual. The chicane on the front strait reduces the effect of the tram tracks and makes for a low top speed; top speed (GT) will only be 230kph/140mph. Baltimore has two very slow corners, T1 and T3, both 50kph/30mph and these will be bottle necks for traffic in the race. The GT cars will be on par or quicker than the prototypes in these corners as their more stiffly sprung setups reduce their ultra-low speed grip.
Setup: Having only run here once before, in 2011, we will be at a bit of a disadvantage compared to our competitors although Olivier has run here once before. Baltimore will require a setup similar to Sebring, but biased to low speed corners. The rear tires get a work out due to the slow nature of the corners; we’ll setup and tune around this traction requirement, while trying to not increase understeer. The car needs platform support for the change of direction at the temporary chicanes, but also good bump riding capability. Just as at Long Beach, there’s not much track time here and Qualifying/the race are later in the day than the practice sessions which may leave some tire strategy/longevity questions unanswered. This track, like most temporary ones, “rubbers in” and should gain grip as the weekend progresses. There’s also a change of tarmac with some concrete and asphalt sections of track, the grip varying as you traverse these sections.
The GT race: We expect the Falken-shod Porsche to be quick as they have a good soft street tire and they’ve won here both years the race has been run. The Porsche platform helps them at these ‘point and squirt’ street tracks, the rear weight helps with power down. The BMWs have great street setups and have proven quick at street venues, they were pretty dominant at Long Beach earlier this year. The Corvettes have also been quick everywhere all year so we expect this event will likely continue their run of good results. The Vipers struggled at Long Beach with tires, it seemed, but have since made some gains. After their dominate display at Road America they received an additional 25 kg of ballast for this event as a ‘balance of performance’ adjustment negating some of the advantage they’ve had to date.
This GT race will come down to pit stops, qualifying position and some luck; you always need luck at street tracks. A Risi Ferrari has won street races in the past. Let’s just hope we can qualify up front and stay there for 2 hours. It’s definitely time for our string of bad luck to end.
The next round of the American Le Mans Series will be the Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT, Maryland on Saturday, August 31 2013. Live qualifying coverage from the temporary street track will be shown on ESPN3 and ALMS.com on Friday, August 31 from 4:20 pm – 5:55 pm EST (Eastern Standard Time). Race coverage will be on ABC, tape delayed, on Sunday, September 1 from 12:00pm – 2:00pm EST and live on ESPN3 and ALMS.com on Saturday, August 31 from 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm EST. For countries outside the USA there is live-steaming on www.americanlemans.com and the race will be shown live on Motors TV.
Risi Competizione is a Houston-based Ferrari racing team led by Managing Director Giuseppe Risi.
For further media information contact Fiona Miller on fmiller@risicompetizione.com.
BRAILLE BATTERIES
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