What does the word prowess mean as it is used in paragraph 11?
"The rope came to snaky life in his hand."
How does the author use this description to develop the character of Joe Noyes?
A The description supports the idea that Noyes is in great danger.
B The description illustrates the great skill that Noyes has with the rope.
C The description reinforces the idea that Noyes may be too hesitant.
D The description shows that Noyes is too frightened to use the rope effectively.
Which statement best describes how paragraph 14 contributes to the aesthetic impact of the passage?
A By demonstrating how Nelly's perception of Noyes has changed for the better, the paragraph leads to the reader's surprise at an unexpected ending.
B By slowing down the pace of the story, the paragraph provides details that allow readers to better understand how Nelly thinks.
C By focusing on Noyes's physical appearance, the paragraph establishes a contrast between the youthful Noyes and the aging rancher.
D By showing the conclusions that Nelly draws about Noyes, the paragraph provides important commentary on the hardships that young people face.
What does the phrase, "twisted apparitions", mean as it is used in paragraph 2?
Why does the author include information about Einstein's Theory of Relativity near the beginning of Passage 1?
A The theory would have considered dark matter had Einstein been able to study the effects of gravitational lensing.
B The theory was disproved by the weak lensing images of an Einstein cross captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
C The theory is the foundation for scientific developments that led to using a gravitational lens to study a supernova.
D The theory led to predictions about supernovae that are different from what has been observed through the Hubble Space Telescope.
How does the author's use of enshrined in paragraph 22 impact meaning in Passage 2?
A It highlights the precious nature of scientific discoveries.
B It suggests that the dicovery by Einstein is deeply respected.
C It demonstrates the importance of recognizing scientific discoveries.
D It indicates the difficulty that Einstein experienced when making his discovery.
How does the connection made between gravitational lensing and the observation of SN Refsdal impact meaning in Passage 2?
A The connection demonstrates how much of the universe still has not been discovered.
B The connection provides an opportunity to praise the work of highly regarded scientists .
C The connection reinforces the difficulty involved in discovering new features of the universe.
D The connection leads to the suggestion that even greater discoveries about the universe are possible.
The following item has two parts. Answer Part A, then answer part B.
Which sentence best summarizes the central idea in passage 2?
A A distant supernova has been named for a scientist who studied gravitational lensing; a supernova that was visible in the past will be visible again in the future.
B Astonomers are successfully using the Hubble Space Telescope to dicover new types of supernovae; a supernova has resulted in a formation known as an Einstein cross.
C Galaxy clusters sometimes serve as a natural magnifying glass for objects behind them; scientists have seen multiple images of a supernova in deep space.
D Scientists are using computer models to make predictions about the universe; it becomes easier to see distant objects when they are viewed through gravitational lenses.
How are these central ideas developed in the passage?
A Paragraphs 16-19 explain how the supernova's position in relation to a galaxy has caused the supernova image to appear 4 times.
B Paragraphs 17 and 21 provide a detailed description of the Einstein cross to show the usefulness of the Hubble Space Telescope.
C Paragraphs 19 and 27 refer to the supernova by name, and paragraph 29 explains when it is likely to be visible again.
D Paragraphs 22 through 26 describe unique effects created by gravity, and paragraph 27 provides an example of its effects.
The following item has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B.
Which claim do authors of both passages make?
A The current methods of gravitational lensing need drastic improvements.
B The use of gravitational lensing will provide scientists with more knowledge about the universe.
C The most important discoveries are made when scientists can exercise perfect timing.
D The practice of gravitational lensing is most useful when used with computers.
How do authors develop the claim in both passages?
A by describing scientists' plans to learn more about dark matter.
B by noting that scientists will have multiple attempts to study the same event.
C by explaining how light is impacted by gravity from a star or other large mass.
D by providing an explanation of how lensing can improve telescopes.
How does the presentation of ideas in the passages impact meaning?
A Although both passages begin by contrasting a lensed supernova with other distant objects unaffected by gravitational lensing, passage 1 speculates about the cause of the supernova, while passage 2 describes its possible future effects.
B Although both passages begin by establishing that gravitational lensing has led to the discovery of a distant supernova, passage 1 gives additional information about the supernova, while passage 2 provides a detailed explanation of gravitational lensing.
C Both passage 1 and 2 define gravitational lensing, and then give various examples of how it has affected objects in space.
D Both passage 1 and passage 2 describe the main problem astronomers face when attempting to study distant objects, and then explain how gravitational lensing provides a partial solution to that problem.
What is the literal meaning of, "...a pane of glass," in line 10?
How does the use of figurative language impact meaning?
A It emphasizes the beauty of the winter landscape.
B It illustrates how much apple picking still needs to be done.
C It illustrates the harsh conditions faced by the narrator.
D It emphasizes the dreamlike quality of the narrator's thoughts.
What do lines 9-15 suggest about the speaker?
A He has begun to see the world in a different way.
B He has become mentally and physically weak.
D He has concerns about how the coming winter will affect his apple trees.
How does the development of the speaker's character impact the meaning of the poem?
A It adds relevance to the poem's ideas about life.
B It presents the poem's ideas about life in a dramatic fashion.
D It provides an opportunity to question the poem's ideas about life.
What do the unfilled barrel and unpicked apples symbolize at the beginning of the poem?
A The speaker's decision to make a change.
B The speaker's dreams that were never realized.
C The speaker's belief that he will return soon.
D The speaker's desire to leave something behind.
For I have had too much/ Of apple-picking: I am overtired/ Of the great harvest I myself desired.
Which sentence best states the intended effect of this mataphor on the meaning of the poem?
A The speaker's lack of interest in the great harvest signifies a change in the speaker's perspective on life.
B The speaker having picked too many apples represents the shame about misguided actions.
C The speaker's mention of the great harvest emphasizes the overwhelming task of gathering apples before they rot.
D The speaker being too tired indicates the speaker's intention of having a peaceful night's sleep.
How does the speaker's prediction of his future dream help develop a theme of the poem?
A It shows that the speaker is beginning to look back on what he has done in his life.
B It explains why the speaker has decided to end the harvest before it is complete.
C It demonstrates the deep sense of pride the speaker feels for what he has accomplished.
D It illustrates the speaker's changing feelings about his apple crop as the harvest finishes.
How do lines 30-38 help develop a theme of the poem?
A They reveal the speaker's concern that others may do his work improperly after he dies.
B They suggest that the speaker may regret some wasted opportunities.
C They reveal that the speaker was once a greedy man but has changed his ways.
D They show that the speaker has accepted how his life turned out.
Which of the following is a central idea expressed in the poem?
A The speaker wishes he had chosen a different profession.
B The speaker understands that he is reaching the end of his life.
C The speaker worries that he will not be able to finish his work.
D The speaker reflects on good and bad memories in his life.
Which two excerpts from "After Apple-Picking" best support the correct answer in part ?
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text.
Which change, if any, shows the best way to revise the underlined text?
Information was communicated by foraging bees. These other bees could use the information. They could find a food source for themselves.
A These other bees could then use the information communicated by the foraging bees to find the food source themselves.
B The information by the foraging bees could be communicated and used by these other bees that could find the food source themselves.
C The foraging bees communicated information, and it was used by these other bees to find a food source for themselves.
Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?


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I can see that DataItem return null.
There is some possibility?

A: set the id of the object in the CommandArgument of the button. then in the button command event you can access the id from e.CommandArgument. you can then query the domain/db for the data.

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You can do it by encapsulating your code with if statement simply checking if DataItem is not null or if it's of a specified type you use to assign data to that Repeater.
Alternatively you can check ListItemType of an item as described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.repeater.itemdatabound.aspx or here: ASP.Net repeater item.DataItem is null.
You should then be able to access data associated with each of the items in ItemDataBound event by accessing e.Item.DataItem object.
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The Suicide Squad: Idris Elba Revealed as Bloodsport in James Gunn Sequel
Idris Elba is playing an obscure Superman villain in James Gunn's Suicide Squad sequel.
By Mike Cecchini | August 22, 2020 |
Photo: Warner Bros.
After over a year of speculation, Idris Elba's character in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad (don't call it Suicide Squad 2!) was revealed. Initially believed to be a replacement for Will Smith's Deadshot (he wasn't), and with tons of speculation that his character was everyone from Bronze Tiger to the Adrian Chase version of Vigilante, it was finally revealed at DC Fandome that Elba is playing Bloodsport.
The character of Bloodsport is, in proper Suicide Squad fashion, a very minor one in DC Comics history. He first appeared in Superman #4 in 1987, where he was created by John Byrne. This version of Bloodsport was Robert DuBois, a draft dodger who escaped serving in the Vietnam War, allowing his brother Michael to go and fight in his place. The guilt, after Michael was left severely injured in combat, was too much for Robert, and he lost his mind.
So what makes Bloodsport special? Weapons, baby. The comics character is a walking arsenal, literally able to teleport weapons into his hands as needed. In the comics, those weapons were supplied by Lex Luthor (which, among other things, allowed Bloodsport to fire Kryptonite bullets at Supes because of course). There's probably going to be a significantly different backstory for the big screen version of Bloodsport, but at the moment no other details are available.
One thing stays the same, though…how did he land in the Squad? For shooting Superman. Probably with Kryptonite bullets.
The fact that an actor as central to The Suicide Squad cast is playing a character as minor as Bloodsport should shed some light on Gunn's thought process for the movie. Gunn's early cast reveal had teased "don't get attached" to anyone.
Check out what Elba looks like in full Bloodsport gear right here…
Well, he certainly looks more bad ass than he does on the comics page. Is that the cool costume, or is it the fact that he's, you know, Idris Elba.
Elba joins a cast that includes John Cena, Margot Robbie, Peter Capaldi, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, Taika Waititi, Nathan Fillion, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Alice Braga, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Jennifer Holland, Daniela Melchior, Juan Diego Botto, and many more. This is going to be one crazy movie.
We'll find out who (if anyone) makes it through the mission when The Suicide Squad opens on Aug. 6, 2021. The full schedule of upcoming DC superhero movies can be found here.
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ely's executive head chef Ryan Stringer is getting married this weekend! For those of you who too, have an upcoming summer wedding planned, here are a few of our last minute tips from our wedding coordinator at ely bar & brasserie on the things you may have overlooked.
Your summer wedding has been purposely planned for the weather to be on your side but don't forget, this is still Ireland and she'd be a grand aul' country if only we could roof her. Whether your venue is indoors or outdoors, you and your guests will probably have to be outside for some part of the day and may not have thought to bring umbrellas. Always handy to stock up on a few for your guests, many stores sell relatively inexpensive ones. If there is still a shortage of umbrellas and it does rain on the day, for goodness sake, cover the bride!
If you've purchased new shoes for the big day, make sure to break them in in advance. In the summer the weather is obviously warmer, sometimes even very hot, resulting in feet swelling from the heat. Throw in any anxiety or nerves you might have and trying to fit comfortably into a brand new shoe can cause serious pain and discomfort later. Nobody wants to smile through gritted teeth on the dance floor! While cold feet on the day of your wedding is never good, equally so, neither is hot feet.
If you are having a garden wedding or reception where there is lots of grass, try to ensure that the grass isn't freshly cut on the day before, or on the day of the wedding. A few days in advance is perfect. Keep in mind that in the summer, many people can suffer from hay fever allergies and freshly cut grass can irritate those that do!
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The Dublin LBGTQ Pride Festival kicks off this Sat 14th June with plenty of fun happening in the city for all. Enjoy smooth live jazz from The Cormac O'Brien Trio from 2pm this Sun 15th at ely gastro bar. Food lovers can flock to Taste of Dublin at The Iveagh Gardens, Thurs 12th – Sun 15th June and lovers of food can also get involved in Street Feast on Sun 15th June. Street feast is really a cool day of community lunches where you can get to know your neighbours, meet new friends and enjoy some good grub in the process.
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The world's biggest wine fair took place again in March 2012 in Verona, and just to get a feel of the sheer size of the event, I've included a few facts and figures.
Almost 160,000 visitors from 110 countries attended over 4 days. 4,200 exhibitors presented 20,000 wines in a convention space that covers 95,000 sq metres (that's 24 acres!).
Visiting a wine fair like this requires preparation as 4 days won't even get you half way around. And one must be clinical in planning, first deciding which regions to look at, followed by which wineries to visit, and, finally how much time to allocate to each. As a plan, it works in theory.
The reality however is very different. First of all, this is Italy, and things work at an Italian pace, so having plans and schedules can often just result in frustration. When you get a sense of the actual size of the place, you realize that your schedule can't possibly work, and then you arrive at a stand to find it teeming with tasters. Finally, when you are surrounded by so many beautiful wines it's very easy to have your head turned!
I was fortunate to have two experienced guides in Ben and Mauro. Both from Liberty wines, importers of some of the finest Italian wines on the Irish market, and both on a first name basis with every winemaker we met. Mauro, being a specialist in Italian wines, speaks the language fluently and I cannot overemphasise how much this helps!
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Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Matthew Kuntz of Charleston, South Carolina are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Hannah Kayhoe Kuntz, to Benjamin Matthew Pangle. Matt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Thomas Pangle of Greenville, South Carolina.
Hannah is a graduate of Clemson University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. She received her Master of Human Resources degree from the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business. Hannah works as a Human Resource Manager.
Matt is a graduate of Brevard College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Political Science and is currently enrolled at the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business where he is pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree. He served on active duty in the United States Navy for three years and was honorably discharged in 2012. Matt is employed as a Project Manager with ITW.
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Man found guilty in 2017 drive by shooting in Elk Grove
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The incident took place in the 8600 block of Blue Maiden Way on July 5, 2017.
From the Sacramento County DA's office:
Keyshawn Strickland was convicted by a jury of attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation, shooting at an inhabited house and assault with a semi-automatic firearm. The jury also found that Strickland personally used a firearm causing great bodily injury on all three counts.
On July 5, 2017, the victim and his friends were at a house party in Elk Grove. The homeowner shut the party down and everyone left the house. The victim was walking toward his friend's car to leave when Keyshawn Strickland fired a gun at least nine times from a car that was driving by the house. Strickland shot the victim and several rounds penetrated into the home. The victim was transported to a hospital, where it was determined the bullet had fractured his pelvis. When he was discharged from the hospital, the victim had to use a walker and re-learn how to walk. Surveillance videos from surrounding homes led officers to identify Strickland as the shooter. Six days after the shooting, Strickland was arrested for possessing a firearm. That firearm was matched to the spent 9mm cartridge casings left behind at the crime scene.
Strickland faces a maximum sentence of 32 years to life in prison. Sentencing is set for July 24, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in Department 35 before the Honorable Alan Perkins.
This was the report from the Elk Grove Police Department Daily Watch Summary on July 5, 2017
Report #: 17-004372
Charges: PC 245(A)(2), 246
Location: 8600 block of Blue Maiden Way.
Suspect: UNKNOWN (BMA)
Officers responded to the above location regarding a shooting. The victim was shot in the backside by a suspect who was a passenger in a white Camaro. The occupants in the vehicle were described as black male adults. During the shooting, a home was struck several times by gunfire. No additional information at this time.


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Chelsea FC's brand new £33 million striker Michy Batshuayi has had his Lamborghini Huracan towed in Ibiza after he parked it under a tree.
The Belgian claimed he put it there to keep it out of the sun, but the Spanish police got a tow truck to take the £180,000 away to the impound.
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Following on from his promising performances for Belgium at Euro 2016, the former Olympique Marseille striker was on the party island resting and recovering before he will join up with his new Chelsea teammates in the next couple of weeks, as well as the club's new manager Antonio Conte.
Batshuayi posted a video on Instagram of his holiday relaxation, as he had a go on a 'Flowrider' surfing ride. Unfortunately for him he fell off as soon as he let go of his support and the video was captioned "I guess I will never have a pro surfer career."
During the Belgian's campaign in France, Batshuayi scored in the team's 4-0 win over Hungary in the Round of 16, before coming on as a substitute in their 3-1 Quarter Final defeat to Wales.
Nicknamed 'Batman', the striker scored 17 goals for Marseille last season before joining Chelsea on a five-year deal.
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$f[x,y,z]=[a,b]$
My question is: when can such a function be thought as taking values on the sphere $S^2$ instead of $R^2$?
Because I know that, by sterographic projection, one can map the whole $S^2$ to $R^2$, except the point at the north pole.
Then, assuming that as we vary x,y,z, the image of f does not blow [that is, neither a or b go to infinity] can I think of this function as taking values on $S^2$ instead of $R^2$?

A: $\newcommand{\Reals}{\mathbf{R}}$You can't think of $f$ itself as a map to the sphere, but if $\pi^{-1}:\Reals^{2} \to S^{2}$ is the inverse of stereographic projection, the composition $\pi^{-1} \circ f:\Reals^{3} \to S^{2}$ takes values in the sphere.


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The village way
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"Our effort is to tie up with either like-minded organisations or help in refurbishment or general standard of whatever accommodation are available," says Himanshu Pande, director development, Village Ways. It had all started when Pande who was running his family hotel Mountain Resort, in Khali Estate, Almora, Uttarakhand realised that people from nearby villages were migrating continuously due to lack of employment opportunity. "Khali Estate is inside Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. Binsar was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1990 and there were a few restrictions posed on the local communities. This had a direct impact on the people who started migrating from the sanctuary. The idea of Village Ways is to benefit the villagers from tourism activities," states Pande. A private limited company was formed, Village Ways raised money and started working in five villages of Binsar. "We have set up little guest houses in the villages, each has three bedrooms, a living room, dining room, a separate place for the guides in the same house to stay. These guest houses are basically for walking holidays. Tourists come to my hotel in Khali Estate and then move onwards for one/two/three nights stay in different villages depending on the duration of their holiday," mentions Pande. There are guides who walk with guests from one village to another. These villages are far from the roads and cars cannot reach these destinations. Each village has porters to carry the luggage of tourists. Growth trail Talking about the growth of the initiative Pande says, "We had started this initiative commercially in 2006 but we were working on it from 2002. After the success in Binsar villages we have turned to five more nearby villages in Uttarakhand. We are working in partnership with a government organisation called Upasak which is involved in livelihood of communities. This is in Pindar Valley - there are five homes in villages and a campsite located near the big mountains of Nanda Devi." After Uttarakhand, Villages Ways expanded to other places - a little guest house in Hacra village in Rajasthan\'s Thar desert. Again owned by the community it is around two hours drive from Jodhpur. The next project was in south India not far from Hubli in Karnataka – the Hulgol Spice House at a place called Sirsi. Every guest house funded by Village Ways is owned by the village. Forty per cent of the construction cost for the guest house is given as grant by Village Ways, and 60 per cent as interest free loan to the village. Each guest house is managed by the village committee, which has a president, a secretary, and other people. "We\'ve negotiated the rates with them. 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"While on one hand a lot of community mobilisation effort is done, on the other hand the marketing team has to work on selling these projects. Whatever revenues Village Ways is making we reinvest in other projects," says Manisha Pande, director, Village Ways. She points out that while the concept is what an NGO would do but there is also a marketing side to it to keep projects sustainable in the long term. "It is a social enterprise that takes the initiative to develop the project and also takes initiative to market it," explains Manisha Pande. There have been few other positive impacts too. For instance, in Binsar the relationship between Forest Department and villagers have improved with the opening of the guest houses. 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The real India lives in its villages and rural tourism is slowly emerging as a niche, albeit nascent, segment. An integral part of any village based tourism initiative is the engagement of the local villagers and the opportunity it can provide to enhance their income. Villages Ways that is involved in several successful community tourism projects in India, is now looking at involving villages in Ethiopia and Kenya in similar initiatives. Village Ways currently has 11 guest houses in Uttarakhand (six in Binsar and five in Saryu and Pindar Valley) along with a campsite near Nanda Devi mountain, a guest house in Rajasthan's Thar desert, a spice house in Karnataka and the recent project of a houseboat in Kerala. All these accommodation projects are owned and managed by the local villagers.
The communities are partners/share holders in Village Ways. "Our effort is to tie up with either like-minded organisations or help in refurbishment or general standard of whatever accommodation are available," says Himanshu Pande, director development, Village Ways.
It had all started when Pande who was running his family hotel Mountain Resort, in Khali Estate, Almora, Uttarakhand realised that people from nearby villages were migrating continuously due to lack of employment opportunity. "Khali Estate is inside Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. Binsar was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1990 and there were a few restrictions posed on the local communities. This had a direct impact on the people who started migrating from the sanctuary. The idea of Village Ways is to benefit the villagers from tourism activities," states Pande. A private limited company was formed, Village Ways raised money and started working in five villages of Binsar. "We have set up little guest houses in the villages, each has three bedrooms, a living room, dining room, a separate place for the guides in the same house to stay. These guest houses are basically for walking holidays. Tourists come to my hotel in Khali Estate and then move onwards for one/two/three nights stay in different villages depending on the duration of their holiday," mentions Pande. There are guides who walk with guests from one village to another. These villages are far from the roads and cars cannot reach these destinations. Each village has porters to carry the luggage of tourists.
Growth trail
Talking about the growth of the initiative Pande says, "We had started this initiative commercially in 2006 but we were working on it from 2002. After the success in Binsar villages we have turned to five more nearby villages in Uttarakhand. We are working in partnership with a government organisation called Upasak which is involved in livelihood of communities. This is in Pindar Valley – there are five homes in villages and a campsite located near the big mountains of Nanda Devi." After Uttarakhand, Villages Ways expanded to other places – a little guest house in Hacra village in Rajasthan's Thar desert. Again owned by the community it is around two hours drive from Jodhpur. The next project was in south India not far from Hubli in Karnataka – the Hulgol Spice House at a place called Sirsi.
Every guest house funded by Village Ways is owned by the village. Forty per cent of the construction cost for the guest house is given as grant by Village Ways, and 60 per cent as interest free loan to the village. Each guest house is managed by the village committee, which has a president, a secretary, and other people. "We've negotiated the rates with them. For example in Binsar there is a bigger committee comprising all the five villages that has fixed the rates of what Village Ways will pay to the communities per guest for boarding as well as lodging. We have also trained many guides. In Binsar we have 12 guides, out of which two are lady guides who have been trained in flora, fauna, english language, first aid, etc," informs Pande. Guests cannot give any direct tips or gifts to the villagers. Each village has a Village Development Fund where tourists can make the contribution so that it can benefit all. Each village takes the decision on how to use the fund.
The criteria of selecting a village include factors like if the community needs an alternate source of livelihood, besides the important fact if the destination has the potential to be marketed as a holiday product. UK has been the key market. "While on one hand a lot of community mobilisation effort is done, on the other hand the marketing team has to work on selling these projects. Whatever revenues Village Ways is making we reinvest in other projects," says Manisha Pande, director, Village Ways. She points out that while the concept is what an NGO would do but there is also a marketing side to it to keep projects sustainable in the long term. "It is a social enterprise that takes the initiative to develop the project and also takes initiative to market it," explains Manisha Pande.
There have been few other positive impacts too. For instance, in Binsar the relationship between Forest Department and villagers have improved with the opening of the guest houses. There is general patrolling of the forests, forest fires have reduced and importantly, wildlife has also increased.
Time for strategic repositioning
Tourism on the track


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The Decline of ALEC
The right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council, long a big influence on state legislatures and Wisconsin, is bleeding business support.
By Bruce Murphy	- Oct 16th, 2014 01:05 pm
Last month, Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google, blasted the American Legislative Exchange Council in an interview on National Public Radio, accusing ALEC of "literally lying" about climate change.
"The facts of climate change are not in question anymore," Schmidt declared. "And the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place. And so we should not be aligned with such people."
Google withdrew its membership, and was soon followed by Yelp and Facebook. One month before this, Microsoft had dropped its membership. At least 80 corporations have publicly dropped their ALEC membership since the liberal Center for Media & Democracy (CMD) launched its ALEC Exposed website in 2011, Business Week reported.
To some degree, the dispute pits newer industries against older ones. ALEC's board is heavy with fossil fuel representatives, including those from Exxon Mobil; Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, a subsidiary of Koch's oil and chemical conglomerate; Energy Future Holdings, an electric utility company; and Peabody Energy, the world's largest coal corporation.
But there are also many old-line companies that have dropped out of ALEC, including Coca-Cola, General Electric, Kraft, McDonald's, Walmart and Bank of America.
ALEC has a strong connection to Wisconsin, where a study found that 41 lawmakers, almost one-third of the legislature, are members of ALEC, and 61 legislators had a record of voting 100 percent of the time in favor of ALEC-supported legislation. A proposed bail bond bill, which would have been a boon to the bail bond industry, is one one example of such legislation.
Gov. Scott Walker, former Gov. Tommy Thompson and former U.S. Senator Bob Kasten are all Republicans who were members of ALEC as legislators and Walker aggressively introduced ALEC-sponsored bills as an assemblyman (but the governor did veto the bail bond bill, which was opposed by judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, sheriffs and clerks of court across the state). The national treasurer for ALEC is state Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa). The conservative Bradley Foundation is a key funder of ALEC and its chief antagonist, the CMD, which has released many revealing studies on ALEC, is based in Madison.
Leah Vukmir
Another state connection is one of the group's co-founders, Paul Weyrich, the Racine, WI native who got his start as a Milwaukee Sentinel reporter and went on to become one of the key architects of the conservative movement in America. ALEC was begun in 1973 as the Conservative Caucus of State Legislators, in order to counter the rise of the federal Environmental Protection Agency and other forces seen as too liberal. Its members, however, felt the word "conservative" was unpopular with the public at the time, so the organization was renamed the American Legislative Exchange Council.
"According to Common Cause, one-quarter of all state legislators in the U.S. were members of ALEC in 2012" the Legislative Gazette reported, and "more than 95 percent were Republican." A story in The Guardian estimated the group had 2,200 legislative members as of 2011.
Only 2 percent of ALEC's funding comes from their legislative members, who pay small membership fees, the story noted. Most of its funding comes from the much higher fees charged to corporate members. Some companies would also give grants to ALEC, such as a $1.4 million grant from Exxon Mobil. According to Greenpeace, ALEC received $525,858 from Koch foundations from 2005 to 2011. In 2010 National Public Radio reported that tax records showed corporations had collectively paid as much as $6 million a year to ALEC.
At ALEC conferences, legislators would attend conferences promoting ALEC's agenda, and meet representatives and lobbyists from corporate members. ALEC would also create model bills, which legislators in some states have introduced verbatim. The CMD gained access to ALEC's records and published a July 2011 study documenting over 800 model bills. These included bills to privatize public education, cut taxes, reduce public employee compensation and workplace rights, oppose Obamacare and resist state action to reduce global warming gas emissions.
"Experts and watchdog groups say ALEC has supplied some of the dominant legislative proposals in Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire and Maine," the New Jersey Star Ledger reported.
Until the CMD study, the group had generally managed to operate under the radar. Since then, ALEC has gotten wide scrutiny from the mainstream media, particularly after the group got criticism (beginning in March 2012) for its national drive to promote the "Stand Your Ground" gun law that became the subject of national controversy after the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida.
In response, both legislative and corporate members of the group began to drop out. Common Cause has estimated that 400 legislative members, or one-quarter of ALEC's membership, has left since then. As of this September, the CMD's count showed that 93 corporations and 19 non-profits have publicly cut ties with ALEC, with just three of them subsequently returning to the group.
The decline in membership has had a big financial impact on ALEC. Over the first six months of 2013, it suffered a shortfall on its projected budget of $547,500 in sponsorship of its thrice-yearly national conferences, and a further shortfall of $440,792 on its general support from memberships and an overall shortfall of $1.4 million on expected dues of $3.9 million, the Guardian reported.
In response, the group has launched its "Prodigal Son Project," identifying more than 40 lapsed corporate members it wants to attract back into the fold.
Perhaps in response to the loss of funding, the huge, Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation has upped its annual funding of ALEC from $70,000 in 2012 to $100,000 in 2013. All told, the foundation has funneled to $390,000 to the group since 2009.
Curiously, Bradley gave not one dollar to the group in the four prior years for which it lists annual reports, from 2005 through 2008. What turned it into such a fan? One possibility is the influence of Walker, who was widely seen as the Republican favorite for governor by 2008, and whose 2010 campaign would be headed up by Bradley president Michael Grebe.
Since his early days as a state legislator, Walker had been a fan of ALEC. He introduced several bills between 1997 and 1999 to allow private prisons in Wisconsin, including one to privatize state prison operations and another that would allow private companies to open prisons here to house inmates from other states. Walker noted in 1998 that longtime ALEC member Corrections Corporation of America wanted to expand into Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, ALEC faces another challenge to its financing. The group has always functioned as a 501(c)(3) under the tax laws, a designation for nonprofit organizations that exempts them from taxes but bars them from spending a "substantial part" of their monies on lobbying.
But Common Cause charges that ALEC's mission is to lobby for state legislative changes. "In fact, they are lobbyists…taxpayers are subsidizing their lobbying," Dale Eisman of Common Cause told the Legislative Gazette.
Common Cause submitted a complaint to the IRS Tax Whistleblower Office in 2012, "alleging that ALEC was a lobbying organization and should lose its status as a non-profit charity," the publication reported. If the IRS (which had had its own problems of late) agrees with Common Cause's argument, ALEC would be subject to massive back taxes and corporate members would have to pay their own back taxes, since any money given to ALEC was considered tax exempt.
In Wisconsin, Common Cause and the CMD filed suits against five Republican lawmakers, all of whom had refused to release any emails of communications they had regarding ALEC. Ultimately, "as part of a settlement agreement, the five legislators admitted that ALEC-related records were held on their personal email accounts and are covered by the Open Records Law," CMD Staff Counsel Brendan Fischer noted in a press release. "They are finally complying with the law and agreeing to release those records to the public."
The five legislators — Representatives Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac), Tyler August (R-Lake Geneva), Dan Knodl (R-Germantown), Tom Larson (R-Colfax), and Pat Strachota (R-West Bend) — "also acknowledged they have a duty as elected officials to fully comply with records requests from the public," and agreed to pay $2,520 in court costs and attorney's fees involved in bringing the lawsuit, Fischer noted.
The CMD also initiated a similar lawsuit against Vukmir, who resisted releasing her ALEC-related emails and ultimately was required to release the records and pay $2,500 in damages.
ALEC may well survive all these challenges. But the once little-known group which operated for decades behind closed doors has suddenly become far more transparent, which is already changing how it operates. That may ultimately reduce its impact on state legislatures.
6 thoughts on "Murphy's Law: The Decline of ALEC"
Observer says:
Remember the cobra that killed the chef after its head was severed.
tim haering says:
Yes, it's sad, but Alec has been in decline ever since his ill-gotten role as Mr. Conductor in the first Thomas the Tank Engine film. Everyone knows Ringo Starr was the best Mr. Conductor.
blurondo says:
There must be a full time position available at ALEC for Vukmir.
Jeff Jordan says:
My small non-deductible contribution for my candidate is appreciated, I sure, but buys me little or no access or influence. These guys spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and deduct the expense as a-cost-of-doing business? I guess some "people" are better than others.
The toxic rot from corporate ALEC lives on in all the laws fascist Republicans have enacted in Wisconsin and many other states. The insidious and unjust damage to real people these laws do will take years to unwind. ALEC has served them well to all our detriment and demise of honest and clean government.
Some may find the word and application of fascism offensive but all you have to do is look up the definition and it fits the current version of the Republican system of governing style. It rears its ugly head during times of economic stress. This is true now as it was in the early part of the 20th Century, and prior to and during WWII. MJS has been totally absent on reporting on ALEC and the political connections and just another reason it deserves its place in the dust bin as a credible news source.
Don't forget that ALEC was first exposed in Wisconsin by the UW's Cronon in his Citizen's Scholar blog. Of course, he was then subsequently harassed by the WI GOP, a charge ostensibly led by Erik O'Keefe's wife, who has been using WI Open Record laws to harass individuals.


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The fascinating book, which has received media attention from outlets across the country, begins with Davis' childhood in Mississippi and goes on to provide a detailed account of Davis, experiences as an up and coming R and B singer nearly falling prey to the trappings of stardom. The book continues with the testimony of Minister Davis' decision to leave the secular music world to pursue a career in ministry and gospel music which has resulted in the release of the three well-received albums and EPs.
However, the most startling aspect of the book has also proven to be the most inspirational. The book describes in grave detail a shooting that actually took Minister Davis' life in the streets of South Central Los Angeles. Readers of the
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Pedagogy on the move…
04/12/2012 choey02
Birgit tells the participants about her job
Pedagogy is the science of education and the special field of study for Birgit Brenner, who came to speak with the group today. Birgit works at 'Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur und Umweltbildung (ANU),' and has coordinated with Jessie, one of the participants, in the past.
Birgit's job is to coordinate, network and run seminars on the subject of education, and she was kind enough to bring one of her many tools to work through with us today.
Satish thinks about how old he feels today..
First, she discussed with the group the problems she has faced in her professional life, including feeling powerless, a lack of flexibility in the people she coordinates with and the importance of being aware of your audience. The participants were given the opportunity to feed back on where they have faced resistance in their careers too. Did they expect to feel it in relation to their Innovation Projects?
Smaller groups then discussed this further, and four of the most interesting oppositions were chosen to be shared with the room. From this selection, one was chosen to be the focus for the next exercise..
Nomvula approaches the 'headmaster' and 'teachers' with her project
Nomvula is hoping to bring ESD into schools in her area, but fears she will face a struggle to get some stakeholders on board. For this reason, the group, after choosing actors, played out the scenario in which Nomvula first brings her idea to a headmaster, teachers, students, parents and government officials. She found this to be good practice for a time when she really will have to convince others of her idea and after, the group were able to analyse her approach, suggesting where she could have maybe approached the situation in a better way.
A group work on how to engage people with transport
Following lunch, Reiner Mathar returned to visit the topic of Mobility & ESD. He appreciated that the connection might not have been clear, but went on to explain how, actually, mobility is only going to become more important when looking at ESD, as more private journeys are travelled and more people seek this Western sign of growth. The number of subjects in school that could be connected to mobility was surprising e.g. Politics, Chemistry & Economics could all cover the issue in different ways. For an older age group, the importance of making public transport appealing and fashionable to use is currently the biggest challenge, with a big importance still placed on learning to drive and getting a car.
To look at this topic more in-depth, the participants broke off into four groups, to look at how communities should deal with
An Urban area with existing transport
An Urban area with not functional transport
A Rural area with basic transport
A Rural area without no transport
ICT with ESD was the final topic for today, which some disregard as being out of touch with ESD, the practice of being sustainable. However, Reiner stressed that this is the medium most applicable to young people now, and so must be utilised as so. However, he did question how secure this method of communication was, and asked whether it really did improve social ties, or does it serve only to exclude those who cannot gain access? Whatever the answer, he was sure that it should not take the place of actual contact with others and with nature.
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I have spent my entire life in Minnesota and I love everything about it: its lakes, its breweries, the Twin Cities, the sports teams, and most importantly, the people. My whole family is from Anoka County, and we were brought up to value our community and to do onto others as you would have them do unto you. During college I got involved with the UMD Tutoring Center, and helped undergraduate students deal with the enormous pressures of struggling to keep up with their classes. Then in law school I served as the Writing Fellow for first-year students who needed help with their research and writing projects. Most of my classmates had no trouble with their assignments once I was able to alleviate some their stress.
Bankruptcy is not a complicated process when you have a clear understanding of your rights and its purpose. When I meet with clients, my goal to paint the picture as clear as possible for them, so they can consider all their options and the ramifications. Creditors often have the luxury of teams of lawyers, and I hate to see people suffering at the hands of these large faceless organizations. I can truly relate to the pressures of overwhelming debt and uncertainty about how to move forward. My clients always leave our meetings with a clear-cut and straightforward plan.


Based on the data analysis of 16 years of TMPA dataset, the common patterns of rainfall over the Ciliwung River Basin are diurnal and semidiurnal. Those patterns can be associated by a stationary or moving rainstorm with different magnitude and direction. Based on hydrological model simulations, both the pattern and movement have a significant role to the discharge. At the downstream area, the discharge that triggered by semidiurnal pattern of rainfall can produces higher peak discharge and longer flood duration than diurnal pattern. This result open possibility to improve our prediction on design discharge.


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Is this £57m-rated United star on the way out of Old Trafford?
Posted on May 7, 2015 by Lewis Addley in Featured, Manchester United FC, MLS News, Premier League, Premier League Transfer News, Top Stories // 0 Comments
With the news today that Manchester United have secured the signing of Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven, Louis Van Gaal has already started his summer revamp of his current squad.
The signing of Depay, naturally a winger, could spell the end of Angel Di Maria's United nightmare after just one season.
It is no secret that Di Maria was linked with a move to Paris Saint Germain in last summer's transfer window and that could be a likely destination for him next season if the French giants are willing to pay the huge transfer fee needed.
The Argentine ace has featured 19 times in the Premier League for Van Gaal, scoring just three, but he has racked up an impressive ten assists in his debut campaign in England's top flight.
In stark contrast Depay has netted 21 Eredivise goals and notched four assists in 28 appearances.
The fee for the 21-year-old is reported to be around £25-30 million and if United were to move Di Maria on they will make twice that amount as he is valued at £57.2 million by transfermarkt.co.uk.
Van Gaal is clearly expecting more from his forwards and this signing is a statement that he is eager to get his business underway early ahead of his first full summer in charge.
Could the signing of Memphis Depay mean Angel Di Maria is heading for the exit door?
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Red Bull and Ferrari protest Mercedes over tyre test
2013 Monaco Grand Prix
26th May 2013, 12:17 4th June 2013, 13:02 | Written by Keith Collantine
Red Bull and Ferrari have launched a protest against Mercedes following the team's tyre test after the Spanish Grand Prix.
"We'll feel it's not in line with the rules so that's why we've protested before the race irrelevant of what the outcome of the race is," said team principal Christian Horner. "We just want clarity."
"I think it's important to be brought to a head. I don't think we're probably the only team to that feels that way but I think that's just the situation."
"It's not Pirelli's fault. I think Pirelli need to sort their situation out. The problem is the manner in which this has been dealt with has not been right."
Mercedes' non-executive director Niki Lauda said Mercedes sought and obtained permission from the FIA to conduct the test. However the FIA Sporting Regulations forbid testing during the season.
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn explained: "We were approached by Pirelli and asked about a tyre test. They were very concerned about some of the problems they were having recently. They didn't feel the car they'd been using was representative."
"Within their agreement with the FIA there's a provision to ask any team to do a 1,000km tyre test. We ran that past the FIA, made sure they were happy with it, and they were. And we conducted the test after the race in Barcelona."
"We didn't know – when you do a Pirelli test you get codes, you don't know what they tyres are. Each day there was a batch of tyres, we still don't know what the conclusions from that are."
Brawn denied the test was used to test new parts on the W04 and said they did not attempt to keep it a secret from the other teams:
"I don't think it was secretive. While we were setting up to do the test all the other teams were still there. Why didn't they see that our trucks weren't going home. There was no attempt to make it a secret test."
"It's up to Pirelli to inform people if they wish to conduct a tyre test. It's not our responsibility to advise people. So there was no attempt to make it secret."
The FIA stewards confirmed the details of the hearing as follows:
"Protests have been lodged by Infiniti Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Ferrari concerning an alleged breach of Article 22.4 h) of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations.
"Both teams allege that the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team has conducted three days of track testing using a 2013 car on the 15th, 16th, 17th of May in Barcelona, i.e. between the period which precedes the start of the first Event of the championship and 31st December of the same year."
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Posted on 26th May 2013, 12:17 4th June 2013, 13:02 Author Keith CollantineCategories 2013 F1 season, 2013 Monaco Grand Prix, Mercedes and Ferrari Pirelli tyre test rowTags 2013 f1 season, 2013 monaco grand prix, F1, f1 2013, f1 monaco, f1 monaco 2013, formula one, formula one 2013, grand prix of monaco, mercedes, mercedes amg petronas formula one team, mercedes f1 team, mercedes grand prix, Monaco Grand Prix, Red Bull, red bull f1 team, red bull racing
63 comments on "Red Bull and Ferrari protest Mercedes over tyre test"
Bosley (@)
And it begins.
I seem to recall that when pirelli were requesting a new test car from the teams, none of them stepped up and provided one – this is the result of that.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
Would Red Bull be this upset if any team other than Mercedes – the only team to have out-qualified them in Monaco – had been party to the tests?
@prisoner-monkeys If that team had been Ferrari or Lotus, definitely. As it is there are reports Ferrari did such a test after Bahrain which only seem to have come to light now.
Difference is ferrari used the 2011 f150
Sri Harsha (@harsha)
I thought they used F10 of 2010
Scratch that, they used 2010 ferrari
Yes my mistake sorry, typing in a rush
According to who?
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
i was thinking the same as the guys but according to Autosprint Ferrari has denied doing such a test after the Bahrain GP and one of the possible teams is Red Bull themselves
Another news: Helmut Marko is looking for Stefano Domenicali now at the Ferrari motorhome
Mercedes has tested the Pirelli with their current F1 car, which gives them an unfair advantage regarding their rivals , i mean if this test was legal why kept it secret, maybe they were having updates on their car, the decision to protest is the right thing to do, not because Vettel could win the race if the 2 Mercedes were excluded but because this is maybe an infringement to the regulation and i'm sure that they would have done the same if it was Lotus or Ferrari
BTW the other team that is rumored to have tested the Pirelli tyres is Ferrari after the Bahrain GP with their 2010 spec-car
I understand that Mercedes did not gather any data from the test though.
DaveW (@dmw)
Which would you prefer—to get the data from a test with the old car, or test your new car and not get the data? I'd much prefer the former. But still its advantage to run your car at any time with the testing ban. It's a pretty major loophole in the ban.
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31)
It's really unfair from FIA point of view. I hear that Mercedes were testing next years tyres, so they could've get very valuable information. I would ban Mercedes for 2 races, that would be the most appriate way in dealing with this situation.
oakrichardson (@oakrichardson)
so after having got permission from the fia a team should be banned by them? that makes no sense at all
Eggry (@eggry)
FIA should be banned :P
Alonshow
Best comment so far
Marco (@aandrewaa)
yes, it was a Mercedes issue, because the rules say they cannot use the 2013 F1 car
Mike (@mike)
@aandrewaa
However, having read the article, you would know that they got permission from the FIA, due to arrangements made between the FIA and Pirelli.
Now what we should talk about is, does this give Mercedes an advantage, and, has anyone done something wrong?
Keeping in mind, that Monaco is not representative of a typical race track and that it has significantly reduced tyre wear compared to other tracks. There for, Mercedes was always going to do well.
we are not arguing about monaco gp, but about F1 RULES, that say are not possible this kind of tests during the season (article 22); Pirelli, according to FIA, can elude article 22 regulation only for safety issues, something didn't happen in this occasion. Ergo, Mercedes made unallowed test during the season… but will never be penalized for sure, don't worry ;)
ChimpSafari
+1 for common sense
Roald (@roald)
Paul Hembery : "Absolutely not, no. Because it's no relevance to what's happening here. It's completely regular in that we are allowed to do 1000 kilometre of tyre testing with any team. In the World Rally Championship contract it's exactly the same. We can do it with a representative car. We've done it before with another team and we've asked another team to do some work as well."
To be fair, it only makes sense to ask the team with the highest tyre degradation to conduct such a test. Just about everyone's complaining about tyres, Pirelli WANT to improve but are left no room to test anything. Yes they were handed a 4 year old Renault, less relevant with every race weekend that passes by.
I dont see why there should be any repercussions from this.
As far as I can tell, Mercedes have done nothing wrong. Pirelli approached them after the Spanish GP and asked them to test some tyres because they're worried about the delamination of these current tyres.
The tyres weren't marked so Mercedes didn't know which tyres they were testing, and they weren't allowed to upgrade their car because Pirelli required a constant car.
Niki Lauda said to SkyF1 that the FIA confirmed that this was leagal.
Also, i dont know why Christian Horner is claiming that it was a "secret" test, when all the other teams were still there packing up, and could've seen that Mercedes weren't leaving just yet.
Just seems like a bit of Red Bull mischief before the race to try and distract Mercedes from the race at hand.
celeste (@celeste)
@tophercheese21 My bff has a weird policy, when she knows she is doing something wrong she doesn´t speak about it.
Paul Hembery, Nico and Hamilton, the 20 Mercedes bosses had all do interviews during the weekend and none has mention the testm they new they were in the wrong.
But how can they be in the wrong if the FIA confirmed that it was a legal test that Pirelli is allowed ask one of the teams to do a 1000km test?
@tophercheese21 So why hide it? Every time Pirelli has test there is media and they talk about it… During any of the briefings PH could have say "we directed a test with Mercedes to test the safety of the tyres"… but they didn´t say nothing…
They knew that this will bring trouble and that it could help Mercedes so they keep it secret… I could that dirty
@celeste
Who hid it? The FIA is the one who keeps the rules, not the other teams.
@mike read @aandrewaa ´s comment, they both knew that they were doing somehing wrong. Mercedes by running his 2013 car and Pirelli allowed it… both did wrong and it´s show that Pirelli is biased… I can´t wait for the moment they are out of F1
How does it show they are Biased? Why would they be? It looks like Pirelli had a deal with the FIA to be able to test with a current car, which you can understand, given the amount of difficultly in building an F1 tyre.
Why did they pick Merc? I don't know. But I don't think not knowing that is enough to be able to say that anyone is cheating.
If Red Bull can show that Mercedes made a significant effort to take data from the test to help them build next years car or improve this years, then yes, I agree, that's disgusting and underhanded.
But really don't think that's the case.
@mike as a commentarist said on twitter:
If Mercedes didn´t learn anything from that test their engineers should be fired
As easy as that, thats the reason the regulation says you can test only with a car two years old.
And Pirelli is biased because of this:
"Unless you all want us to give Red Bull the tyres to win the championship. It's pretty clear. If we did that, there would be one team that would benefit and it would be them."
Hembery HAS taking the tast for himself to decide who should win WDC and WCC so it is ok to test in secret with Mercedes so they can solve problem but screw the other teams.
you can test only with a car two years old.
Except, Pirelli's agreement with the FIA allowed for 1000km of testing with a current car.
On the second bit, you've taken that quote way out of context. And it does not mean that Pirelli are taking sides at all.
You cannot use 2013 F1 car for testing during the season: it's a RULE that in mercedes know very well… it's a shame!
This is ugly. FIA should have informed or instead allowed all teams to do test. What a mess.
C Horner: "We just want clarity."
In my mind that reads: "We want the FIA to come down on Mercedes like a ton of bricks, banning them from the sport and shaming them forever." ;)
Seems Mercedes have messed this up by using the W04, as both Ferrari and Red Bull seem to be questioning not the legality of the test itself, but the car which was used for the test.
This can be a trigger of the return of in-season testing. then stay tuned on Ferrari, guys…
David Livingstone
Testgate should prove be a very very interesting one. The WMSC has seemed to be a fairly good forum for a wide variety of grievances in the past. The only question is what can really be done without tampering too much with the championship. Points exclusion, seems too harsh and arbitrary, while a fine seems to not level the playing field. To me, the solution would be to run a 1000km test for the other 9 teams at the next permanent race track after the resolution.
MazdaChris (@mazdachris)
What I find interesting is that on the one hand they're saying that there's provision for Pirelli to call a team to test in an emergency situation, and yet at the same time they're saying they testing 90% next year's tyres. It's hard to see how testing tyres for next year, especially when they're not actually contracted to even supply tyres for next year, could be construed as an emergency situation.
@mazdachris
In a recent article it was said that Pirrelli needed to get next years tyres researched and locked in quite soon.
Pirrelli is getting a lot of stick about the tyres, but as they can only use quite old cars it is hard for them to get the tyres right, so they wanted to test with a new car. Hence this test.
liam (@)
Could F1 possibly be the most corrupt sport on the ozone. Seriously, why oh why do teams just love to flaunt the rules. Do none of them think before they carry out such blatant actions against the rule book. Idiots!!! Mercedes only have themselves to blame, throw the book at them and the shelves
Joebloggs
Really? Pirelli approach Mercedes and say they want to do testing. Mercedes approach the FIA and tell them what Pirelli wants and ask if it's ok. The FIA say yes, perfectly ok and legal. Pirelli do the tests. Mercedes get no data from the test and don't even know what tyres were being tested. And you call Mercedes idiots?? Hmmmm.
Mercedes get no data from the test
Is anyone naive enough to believe Mercedes' claim that they did more than three grand prix distances at the Circuit de Catalunya and learned nothing from it?
They will have gathered data, but how relevent is that data to Merc? Given that Pirelli and Merc say they dont know anything about the tyre they were running on, other than it was next years? – or is that a lie (albeit a very very damning one) and Merc did know what they where running and how it might help them?
SeaHorse (@seahorse)
Well. What I feel is that, the workforce at Mercedes are smart enough to understand what type of tyres they are testing based on the number of laps each set lasts, the grip levels, the graining et al.
Cyclops_PL (@cyclops_pl)
Pirelli also asked other teams to perform such test. Including Red Bull. They refused…
Manule
Ferrari is said to have joined the protest filed by Red Bull. They claim that the use of the 2013 car in the Pirelli tests is clearly illegal, as it gives an unfair advantage to the Mercedes. When they did tests, they used the 2010 chassis, so there's a big difference here. Although, we have already seen how Lotus benefitted from Pirelli using even older Renault chassis, so I guess to maintain a neutrality here each team should be offered an equal tyre-testing time with Pirelli. Still, the Merc is the only team that used its current chassis for the tyre testing, which is definitely not right.
Merc used a current chassis, but its next years tyres, so how relevent is the information gain by Merc, if any?
Also, you, and others seem to be saying other teams should be offered a test? Well according to Pirelli and Merc, other teams where offered to test and help Pirelli with their problems, and refused…
Why not? They can get an undue advantage in developing their cars for 2014 well ahead of their rivals, can't they?
That is assuming they only ran the 2014 spec tyres. If they had tested the Canada upgrades, well that is clear isn't it?
TMF (@)
It's gonna be one of these messy F1 things. Just lean back and see what's happening however it's a bit sketchy by the FIA to allow such a test with the actual car – by now you'd think that they should know better.
@tmf42
I agree. The problem is you have Pirrelli complaining that they can't prepare next years tyres because they need a recent car to be able to do their job well. Which is understandable. It's a very tricky situation.
Although I suspect it's mostly just a big rant about very little.
Hey! But at least it'll give Red Bull something new to complain about :D
Rigi (@rigi)
what a boring race that was, proves the fact that DRS does make f1 way more intresting!
also the f1-tv-direction was absolutely awful, i want to see the cause of a yellow flag immediately and not 40 seconds after the incident, even i could direct races better…
perfect drive from rosberg, definately driver of the weekend, kudos to perez and sutil for actually trying to make a move
that's what happens if you have two tabs open, this was supposed to go into the rate the race topic
5150 (@)
Something really stinks in F1! I can't believe this is happening!
All these rules and restrictions and BS happening all over again. And with the blessing of FIA!?
I think they (FIA and teams) aren't aware that there's a limit to peoples patience.
This would be one too many controversy for me.
if what they have done is illegal, by that i mean they havent used a brilliant loop hole then they could be in big trouble. A few race ban at least would be the only punishment based on past incidents.
Remember this team got banned for a few races in 2005
How can it be illegal when it was given the green light by the governing body?
This team (Mercedes) didn't even exist in 2005.
W-K (@w-k)
From what I have read and heard, it was Michelin that conducted the test, not Mercedes. Mercedes was one of the few teams that said they would help in tyre testing if Michelin organised one, which leads me to ask have Red Bull said "yes" in helping. If they are one of the teams that failed to answer the Michelin letter then they have absolutely no reason to complain, and the FIA should just throw out the protest and refuse to discus it.
@w-k you mean Pirelli right?
pH (@ph)
According to Mercedes, they obtained no data on tires from Pirelli. The right question is, did they obtain any data on their car? Since they are not dummies, I expect that they were careful not to even try. If this is confirmed, then I can really see anything wrong done here and the whole affair should end quickly.
I am curious concerning the car, though. In the days of limited resources and penalties for out-of-order gearbox changes, 1000 km is quite a lot. What car were they running? Some spare? Or were they due to engine/gearbox change anyway and decided to give the old one a good run down?
sorry: can see -> can't see
Kimiwillbeback
I can`t believe FIA, Pirelli and Mercedes did that. What did the bunch of think the fallout would be? Pirellii has a problem with the 2013-spec tyres related to both durability and safety. They at least have to solve the safety issue.
so what do the geniuses do? They test the new spec tyres on a 2013-spec car. It doesn`t matter if Mercedes got any data from the test or not as we can be pretty sure that the new spec-tyre is going to suit the Mercedes pretty well. Oh my God, what on earth were they thinking!!!
So what is going to happen now? Will all the teams be offered a 1000 km test with different spec potentiial new tyres? Will all eleven teams have a saying in what spec tyres will be used in the next races? Or will Pirelli have to make yet another change and go for the 2012-spec tyres to avoid any hint of wrong-doing or tainting the championship. Or will Pirelli have to stick to the original 2013-spec tyres and hope there isn`t a big accident down the road.
I still can`t believe professionals could make such a huge blunder of testing new-spec 2013 tyres on a 2013-spec car. Unbelieveable..
This is certainly no trivial issue, but the key is to realize that the FIA broke their own rules the very moment they signed that contract with Pirelli. Actually, it's pretty clear: They have a rule that says that testing is not allowed. They signed a contract that says that testing was allowed. That contract is illegal by their very own rules. Then they broke those rules again by allowing Mercedes to test. The FIA is guilty and deserves a big penalty. The problem is, of course, that the FIA is the organization responsible for handing penalties for regulations infringements. If they break the rules themselves, what kind of penalty are they going to give to themselves? No points for the right answer, obviously.
Regarding Mercedes, there's not much to discuss. The rules say they can't test. They tested. End of the story. The contract between Pirelli and the FIA is not even their business, and the fact that the FIA broke the rules doesn't mean that it is OK that they break it as well. They also deserve a big penalty.
Pirelli is guilty as well, although to a lesser extent. They knowingly signed an illegal contract and they helped Mercedes break the rules. They acted as wrong as Mercedes and the FIA, but they have the mitigatint circumstance that they only broke the rules by proxy. Still guilty, anyway.
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