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Henry Chen
Professor Henry Chen received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1989, in electrical engineering. Since joining Wright State University in 1989 he has worked primarily in the area of design and test of digital, mixed-signal and RF IC, VLSI/FPGA/GPU for signal processing, communications, and ultra wideband receivers, where he is currently a Professor. Professor Chen collaborates with researchers from a range of disciplines to advance the development of ultra wideband receivers for efficiently collecting, analyzing and classifying signals in noisy signal environment within a wide radio-frequency spectrum. Professor Chen received 2016 IEEE Harrell V. Noble Award, Dayton Section, "For development of wideband receiver technology capable of detecting high chirp rate signals and realizing this state of the art receiver technology in a real-time hardware prototype." Professor Chen's foundational contributions to his primarily field of research are derived from problems post by the wide variety of possible application areas. He has supervise 11 doctoral and 48 master students on application topics and has published over 120 Journal articles and Conference papers. He has served in Technical Committees of numerical IEEE Conferences. He is currently on Editorial Board of VLSI Design, and Integration – the VLSI. He has consulted for a number of US semiconductor companies.
EE7510 - Digital Wideband Receiver Design
EE7520 - Low Power VLSI System Design
EE7540 - VLSI Testing and Design for Testability
EE4540 - VLSI Design
EE3310 - Electronic Devices and Circuits
EE2000 - Digital Design with VHDL
EE8000 - Mixed Signal Tools
Digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits, VLSI/FPGA/GPU for signal processing and ultra wideband receivers, and smart printed electronics for sensors.
Domains - Electronic warfare, cyber security, VLSI, FPGA, GPU, smart printed electronics.
Ph.D. DISSERTATION SUPERVISED
Continuing Students
Joshua Thompson
Yu Wang
Feiran Liu
Jian-Feng Ren
Prasanna Daram
Graduated Students
Jian Chen RF CMOS Band Pass Filters with Wide Tuning Frequency, Controllable Pass Band and High Stopband Rejection: Using Passive and Active Inductors, Fall 2016 (initial employer: Dongguan University of Technology, Donguan, China).
Ethan Lin Compressed Sensing for Electronic Radio Frequency Receiver: Detection, Sensitivity, and Implementation, Dec. 2015 (initial employer: UDRI, Dayton, OH).
Stephen Benson Modern Digital Chirp Receiver: Theory, Design and System Integration, Dec. 2015 (Raytheon, Phoenix, AZ; initial employer: Edaptive Computing Inc., Dayton, OH).
George Y.-H. Lee Dynamic Kernel Function Fast Fourier Transform Variable Truncation Error Analysis and Performance Evaluation, Dec. 2009 (initial employer: Research Scientist, Wright State University, Dayton, OH).
Kumar Yelamarthi Process Variation Aware Timing Optimization with Load Balance of Multiple Paths in Dynamic and Mixed-Static-Dynamic CMOS Logic, June 2008 (initial employer: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI).
Mingzhen Wang High-Speed Low-Power Pipelined Flash A/D Converter for System-on-a-Chip Applications, Dec. 2007 (initial employer: Assistant Professor of Electronic Engineering Department at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China).
Kiran George Design and Performance Evaluation of 1 Giga Hertz Wideband Digital Receiver, Sept. 2007 (initial employer: Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, CA).
Continuing Students
Bilal Abdulhamed
Graduated Students
Praneeth Namala A 13T Single-Ended Low Power SRAM Using Schmitt-Trigger and Write-Assist, summer 2017.
Xin Hu RF CMOS Tunable Gilbert Mixer with Wide Tuning Frequency and Controllable Bandwidth: Design Synthesis and Verification, spring 2017.
Yu Wang Tunable C Band Coupled-C BPF with Resonator Using Active Capacitor and Inductor, Summer 2016 (Ph.D at Wright State University)
Lihzong He 1-GHZ CMOS Analog Signal Squaring Circuit, Summer 2016 (China)
Feiran Liu High Resolution and Dynamic Range Adaptive Thresholding Wideband Digital Receiver, Dec. 2015 (Ph.D at Wright State University)
Julin Sha Compressive Sensing Analog Front-End Design in 180 nm CMOS Technology, Summer 2015. (initial employer: Nishtech, Cincinnati, OH)
Surya Kiran Akkaladevi Design and Performance Analysis of Magnetic Adder and 16-Bit MRAM Using Magnetic Tunnel Junction Transistor, Spring 2015 (India)
Linda Chu Adaptive I/Q Mismatch Compensation for Wideband Receiver, fall 2014 (initial employer: Riverside Research, Dayton, OH).
Kaushik Katpally Dynamic Repeater with Booster Enhancement for Fast Switching Speed and Propagation in Long Interconnect, fall 2014 (Ph.D at Wright State University).
Hao Xue Timing and Power Optimization for Mixed-Dynamic-Static CMOS, summer 2013 (Ph.D at Wright State University).
Duo Zhang Dynamic CMOS MIMO Circuits with Feedback Inverter Loop and Pull-Down Bridge, summer 2013.
Ramadan Buzukuk Dynamic Footed with Clock Overlapping and Load Balancing in Multiple Paths for Noise Tolerance in Dynamic CMOS Circuits, fall 2011 (initial employer: Qualcomm, San Diego, CA).
A. Vaidyanadeswaran Circuit Techniques on Improving Timing and Noise in Dynamic CMOS, winter 2011 (initial employer: Intel, Folsom, CA).
Stephen Benson Adaptive Thresholding for Detection of Radar Receiver Signals, summer 2010 (continueing Ph.D at Wright State University).
Dilip S. Murthy Real-Time Hilbert Transform and Auto-correlation for Digital Instantaneous Frequency Measurement Receiver, fall 2008 (initial employer: IBM India Pvt Ltd, India).
Ryan Bone FPGA-Based Low-Power 256-point FFT Processor, estimated summer 2008 (initial employer: Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Beavercreek, OH).
Vivek Sarathy High Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Digital Wideband Receiver for Multiple Signal Detection/Tracking, fall 2007 (initial employer: QuStream Corportion, Huntsville, AL).
Rajasekhar Keerthi Stability and Static Noise Margin Analysis of Static Random Access Memory, fall 2007.
James Helton FPGA-Based Processor for Digital Instantaneous Frequency Measurement (IFM) Receiver, summer 2007 (initial employer: Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Beavercreek, OH).
Brian Poling On-Chip Signal Generation and Response Waveform Extraction for Analog Built-In Self-Test of General Receiver Systems, summer 2007 (WPAFB, Dayton, OH).
Tony Chiang Design and Performance Evaluation of a Discrete Wavelet Transform Based Multi-Signal Receiver, spring 2006 (initial employer: Daetwyler Corp., Dayton, OH).
Cyprian Sajabi FPGA Frequency Domain Based GPS Code Acquisition Processor Using FFT, spring 2006 (initial employer: Nova Systems Solutions, Cincinnati, OH).
Siaw-Yuen Ng Automated Generation, Optimization and Synthesis of 2-Dimensional Linear Feedback Shift Registers Framework for Built-In Self-Test, spring 2006 (initial employer: Jiin & Associates Co. Ltd., Segamat, Johor, Malaysia).
Sashank Kakulavarapu High Speed Signed Multiplier Using Baugh-Wooley & On-The-Fly Conversion Algorithms, winter 2005 (initial employer: Harvard Pilgrim, Boston, MA).
Vivek Chandrasekhar Low-Cost Low-Power Self-Test Design and Verification for On-chip ADC in System-on-a-Chip Applications, winter 2005 (initial employer: Intel Corp., Folsom, CA).
Jason Wibbenmeyer Built-In Self-Test for Low-Voltage High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters, winter 2005 (initial employer: Ameren, St. Louis, MO).
Soumya Ramaswamy High Speed 64-bit Thermometric Square-Root Carry Select Adder Based on the Chinese Abacus, winter 2005.
Rathod Snehal Architecture of Hybrid Signed-Digit Adder using carry-free property of redundant arithmetic and parallel redundant-to-binary converter, winter 2005.
Shailesh Radhakrishnan A Low-Power 4-b 2.5 Gsample/s Flash Analog-to-Digital Converter Using QV Comparator and DCVSPG Encoder, fall 2004 (initial employer: Link Electronics, Cape Girardeau, Missouri).
Darren Schindel Arc Draw Algorithm Utilizing Bresenham Circle Algorithm and Multiple Clipping Techniques For Graphics Generation Using an Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display, fall 2004 (initial employer: Unisys, Polymouth, MI.).
Kumar Yelamarthi Design Synthesis of Re-Convergent Manchester Carry Chain Adders, fall 2004 (continue for Ph.D. at WSU)
Nilesh Gunjal Design Synthesis of High-Speed Testable Hybrid Adders, fall 2004 (initial employer: Cingular Wireless, Dallas, TX.)
Pavan Lingamaneni Low-Power Low-Leakage Asymmetric SRAM using Dual Threshold Voltages, summer 2004.
Mahesh Subramanian Pipeline with Scan Insertion for Timing Driven Testable Convergent Tree Adders, summer 1999 (initial employer: Intel Corporation, San Jose, CA).
N. Thiagarajan VHDL Modeling, Simulation and Synthesis of Fully-Testable Fast Binary Carry-Save Multiplier without Final Addition, summer 1998 (initial employer: NEC America, Austin, TX).
Mahesh Wagh High-Level Design Synthesis with Redundancy Removal for High Speed Testable Binary Adders, summer 1998 (initial employer: Intel Corporation, Seattle, WA).
Khalil Habash VHDL Modeling, Simulation and Testing of a Fast Binary Adder with Conditional Carry Generator, summer 1997 (initial employer: Cray Research Corporation, Wisconsin).
Joaquin Romera Timing-Driven Testable VLSI Parallel Adders, summer1997 (initial employer: Intel Corporation, Portland, OR).
Rajesh Palamadai Implementation of Dynamic Huffman Coding Using CAM-Based CMOS VLSI Architecture, winter 1997 (initial employer: Mentor Graphics, Warren, NJ).
Sin Kwang Pok High Level Test Generation and Test Verification for the Enhanced Memory Chip (EMC), summer 1996 (initial employer: Baynacre, Union City, CA).
Anil Kempanna Cellular Automata Based Test Generator, winter 1995 (initial employer: Cadence Spectrum Design, San Diego, CA).
Anup Kumar Area-Time Optimal Digital Mixed CMOS/BiCMOS Parallel Adders, winter 1995 (initial employer: Credence Systems Corporation, Fremont, CA).
Chia-Lin Chan Efficient Methods for Partial Scan Sequential Circuit Design, fall 1994 (initial employer: Oak Technology, Sunnyvale, CA).
Tim Noh VHDL Behavioral Fault Modeling and Fault Simulation System, April 1994 (initial employer: FORE Systems, Inc., Warrendale, PA).
Vijay K. Singh Circular Built-In Self-Test in VLSI Circuits, fall 1993 (initial employer: Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, TX).
Joel Yuen Concurrent Testing and VLSI Built-In Self-Test Design in Systolic Array Chip, fall 1992 (initial employer: Intel Corp., Chandler, AZ).
Ji-Der Lee Testability Enhancement and Hardware Partition for Testable Design, spring 1992.
Selected papers (2009-2017)
- Wang, Y., Chen, J. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Chebyshev Bandpass Filter Using Resonator of Tunable Active Capacitor and Inductor, VLSI Design, Vol. 2017, Article ID 5369167, 12 pages, 2017.
- Lin, E., Chen, C.-I. H., Liou, L. L. and Lin, D. M., "Performance Analysis of Digital Wideband Receiver based on Reconstruction of Compressive Sensing Data," accepted for presentation in 2017 IEEE Radar Conference, Seattle, WA, May 2017.
- Benson, S. and Chen, C.-I. H., Lin, M. D. and Liou, L. L., "High Linear Chirp Receiver Using High Resolution Time-of-Arrival Estimation," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2016. Vol. 52, No. 3. pp. 1146-1154, June 2016.
- Xue, H. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Timing and Power Optimization Using Mixed-Dynamic-Static CMOS," International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 19-28, November 2016
- Lin, E., Chen, C.-I. H., Liou and Lin, L. L., D. M., "Detection and Sensitivity Analysis of Compressed Sensing Electronic RF Receiver," IEEE Radar Conference, pp. 1-6, Philadelphia PA, May 2016.
- Chen, J. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Process Variation Aware Wide Tuning Band Pass Filter for Steep Roll-Off High Rejection," VLSI Design, Vol. 2015, Article ID 408035,, pp. 1-9, 2015.
- George, K. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Performance Measurement of a High-Performance Computing System Utilized for Electronic Medical Record Management," International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-8, January 2015.
- Chen, J. and Chen, C.-I. H, "1-2 GHz Tuning Frequency Band Pass Filter with Controllable Pass Band and High Stopband Rejection, IEEE International Microwave Symposium, pp. 1-4, Phoenix, AZ, May 2015.
- George, K. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Multiple Signal Detection Digital Wideband Receiver Utilizing Hardware Accelerators," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 706-715, April 2013.
- George, K. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Measurement Setup and Performance Analysis of Digital Receiver System with Multiple Signal Detection and Expandable Bandwidth Capabilities on a Multi-Processor Hardware Platform," International Journal of Engineering Sci. and Man., Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 46-54, 2013.
- George, K. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Modular Test RF Instrumentation and Measurement for a Hybrid Computing Digital Wideband Receiver," IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 352-356, May 2014.
- Boppana, V. K., S. Ren and Chen, C.-I. H., "Low Power and High Speed CPL-CSA Adder," 2014 IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, Dayton, OH, July 2014.
- Liou, L. L., Lin, M. D., Lin, E. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Sensitivity Simulation of Compressed Sensing Based EW Receiver Using Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Algorithm," IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, Dayton, OH, July 2014.
- Yelamarthi, Y. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Timing Optimization and Noise Tolerance for Dynamic CMOS Susceptible to Process Variations," IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 255-265, May 2012.
- George, K. and Chen, C.-I. H., "A Hybrid Computing Platform Digital Wideband Receiver Design Instrumentation and Performance Measurement," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60, No. 12, pp. 3956-3958, Dec. 2011.
- George, K. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Biologically-Inspired Signal Processor Using Lateral Inhibition and Integrative Function Mechanisms for High Instantaneous Dynamic Range," International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 547-567, Dec. 2011.
- Benson, S. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Adaptive Thresholding for High Dual-Tone Signal Instantaneous Dynamic Range in Digital Wideband Receiver," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 1869-1875, May 2011.
- George, K. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Automated Mixed-Signal SoC BIST Synthesis utilizing Hardware Accelerators," IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, May 2012.
- Lin, M. D., Liou, L. L., Benson, S. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Mono-bit Digital Chirp Receiver using mono-bit IFM (Instantaneous Frequency Measurement) Receiver as a core", 2011 IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, Dayton, OH, July 2011.
- Yelamarthi, Y. and Chen, C.-I. H., "A Timing Optimization Technique for Nanoscale CMOS Circuits Susceptible to Process Variations," IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 109-113, Hangzhou, China, May 2011.
- George, K. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Design and Performance Evaluation of a Digital Wideband Receiver on a Hybrid Computing Platform," IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Hangzhou, China, May 2011.
- Yelamarthi, Y. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Delay Optimization Considering Power Saving in Dynamic CMOS Circuits," IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, pp. 364-369, Santa Clara, CA, March 2011.
- Yelamarthi, Y. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Dynamic CMOS Load Balancing and Path Oriented In Time Optimization Algorithms to Minimize Delay Uncertainties from Process Variations," VLSI Design, Vol. 2010, Article ID 230783, pp. 1-13, 2010.
- Lee, Y.-H. G. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Dynamic Kernel Function Fast Fourier Transform with Variable Truncation Scheme for Wideband Coarse Frequency Detection," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 1495-1504, May 2009.
- George, K. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Logic Built-In Self-Test for Core-Based Designs on System-on-a-Chip," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 1555-1562, May 2009.
- Yelamarthi, Y. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Process-Variation Aware Timing Optimization for Dynamic and Mixed-Static-Dynamic CMOS Logic," IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Vol. 22, No, 1, pp. 31-39, 2009.
- Benson, S. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Adaptive Thresholding for High Dual-Tone Signal Instantaneous Dynamic Range in Digital Wideband Receiver," IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 616-619, Austin, Texas, May 2010.
- Lee, Y.-H. G. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Fixed-Point Fixed-Precision Dynamic Kernel Function FFT Processor for Wideband Signal Detection," IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 397-401, Austin, Texas, May 2010.
- Lee, Y.-H. G. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Bit-Precision and Performance Analysis of Dynamic Kernel Function Fast Fourier Transform," IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, pp. 187-191, Austin, Texas, May 2010.
- Lee, Y.-H. G. and Chen, C.-I. H., "Dual Thresholding for Digital Wideband Receivers with Variable Truncation Scheme", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 920-923, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2009.
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Harrell V. Noble Award, IEEE Dayton Section, 2016
"For development of wideband receiver technology capable of detecting high chirp rate signals and realizing this state of the art receiver technology in a real-time hardware prototype."


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Amazon has picked up The Expanse for a fifth season.
The fan favorite science fiction series, produced by Alcon Television Group, was resurrected by Amazon last year, after its surprise cancellation. Now, shortly after Season 3 finally premiered on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, fans are readying themselves for the arrival of Season 4 on 31st December.
Season 4 of The Expanse, its first as a global Amazon Original, begins a new chapter for the series with the crew of the Rocinante on a mission from the U.N. to explore new worlds beyond the Ring Gate. Humanity has been given access to thousands of Earth-like planets which has created a land rush and furthered tensions between the opposing nations of Earth, Mars and the Belt. Ilus is the first of these planets, one rich with natural resources but also marked by the ruins of a long dead alien civilization. While Earthers, Martians and Belters maneuver to colonize Ilus and its natural resources, these early explorers don't understand this new world and are unaware of the larger dangers that await them.
Amazon, though, is already looking ahead, announcing at last weekend's TCA press tour that a fifth season is officially on its way. The Hugo award winning series, based on the hugely popular science fiction novels by James S.A. Corey, was developed and scripted by the Academy Award nominated writing duo Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby who will executive produce season 4 along with Naren Shankar, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Laura Lancaster, Sharon Hall, Sean Daniel, Jason Brown, Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck and Dan Nowak. Shankar serves as showrunner for all seasons.


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We ARE Pavlov's dogs, only instead of salivating when the bell rings for sustenance, we drool over the thought of doing less whilst accumulating more.

That may be so, but is that not the essence of evolution, human evolution in particular? We have been so successful as a species precisely because we've been able to accomplish more with less, using these funny firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48397739044424953442008-12-19T23:07:00.000-05:002008-12-19T23:07:00.000-05:00Too add to my post on the Iraq war.We as a nation ...Too add to my post on the Iraq war.

We as a nation are complicit in supporting policies of murder and death.

We vote in the same type of A**holes every damn time.

How many people will we kill? How many nations will we topple over?

Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq. All these military bases around the world. What's it all for?

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The forgotten war it seems. The financial crisis has conveniently displaced it.

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS (IRAQ): 4209
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED (IRAQ): 30852
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS: 151000
'EXCESS' IRAQI DEATHS: 655000

All these deaths, unnecessary and wrong. America has lost its soul.

What did they die for?
WTF did they die email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48233209495621791812008-12-19T22:52:00.000-05:002008-12-19T22:52:00.000-05:00greg - Which sections would you suggest to look at...greg - Which sections would you suggest to look at in the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Central Data Repository, and how do I interpret all the numbers? Thanksbluebirdhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40807545613026533912008-12-19T22:42:00.000-05:002008-12-19T22:42:00.000-05:00I found this enlightening comment on another blog....I found this enlightening comment on another blog.
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The Ponzi scheme led by Maddoff is demarked by one difference from those of
JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.

Maddoff owned up. Nobody else has been that dumb.

When JP Morgan Chase and firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11564640766075737972008-12-19T21:45:00.000-05:002008-12-19T21:45:00.000-05:00It's not hard to appear poor.Blackmarket income. W...It's not hard to appear poor.
Blackmarket income. Welfare income.
No assets in your name.
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 Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Central Data Repository
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 Farewell gravity, we hardly felt your pitiful tug..https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63367841174410283412008-12-19T20:47:00.000-05:002008-12-19T20:47:00.000-05:00Jal,You are quite right to recognize Ponzi dynamic...Jal,

You are quite right to recognize Ponzi dynamics in many places. They are indeed common at all different scales simultaneouly. In fact our current globalized financial system is composed on pyramids within pyramids within pyramids. Their common features are that all require continuous buy-in, and all reward early entrants at the expense of the vase majority destined to become Stoneleighhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17617704357565535072008-12-19T20:33:00.000-05:002008-12-19T20:33:00.000-05:00I don't know enough about the specifics of US tax ...I don't know enough about the specifics of US tax law to know the full range of options and penalties for pulling funds out of retirement acounts. However, I agree with Ed Gorey's post that the government may well put a halt to early withdrawls.

As is often the case, escape routes are often only open to the early movers. Once enough people figure it out, their actions would crash the Stoneleighhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38771126480855262742008-12-19T20:16:00.000-05:002008-12-19T20:16:00.000-05:00Friends #1 cashed out his 401k and friend #2 is se...Friends #1 cashed out his 401k and friend #2 is seriously considering it. What's to consider? "Economic Crash" came through loud and clear for me ....https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14428549746013610812008-12-19T20:04:00.000-05:002008-12-19T20:04:00.000-05:00Ed_Gorey: I was also wondering about cashing out m...Ed_Gorey: I was also wondering about cashing out my 403b to pay off my debt. I keep getting hints about possible ways the government could take over retirement accounts (just to protect it, I'm sure!)

Six weeks ago there was talk about allowing $10K withdrawals from an IRA without the penalty, but that idea seemed to evaporate. My understanding is that you pay a 10% penalty up front,firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71272641000678793732008-12-19T20:03:00.000-05:002008-12-19T20:03:00.000-05:00How many Ponzi scheme will get found?What will be ...How many Ponzi scheme will get found?
What will be the NEW EFFECTIVE ENFORCEABLE REGULATIONS?
Guess who will be writing the new regulations?

I like the comments from the following blog.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/madoffmerdle/#comments

I would argue that the entire 401K savings idea resembles a Ponzi scheme. Let's see:

(1) Encourage email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38505977384411518442008-12-19T19:46:00.000-05:002008-12-19T19:46:00.000-05:00Dark matter: I know nothing about checkbook IRAs, ...Dark matter: I know nothing about checkbook IRAs, but I have formed an LLC. I think they vary by state, but in Michigan I used the law student legal help group at my University. I think they charged me about $75 to write up the paperwork, and the state charged $125 to file. (or maybe the other way around) Since then, I have to file a statement every year, that costs $25.

Technically I'm firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39687442345035846062008-12-19T19:38:00.000-05:002008-12-19T19:38:00.000-05:00DLev,It's from a Paul Simon Song"The Boy in the Bu...DLev,

It's from a Paul Simon Song

"The Boy in the Bubble"email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58585563963515818002008-12-19T19:36:00.000-05:002008-12-19T19:36:00.000-05:00That Businessweek piece was fun.I am seeing the sa...That Businessweek piece was fun.

I am seeing the same PR bit a lot in the last few weeks: "Can the Fed's *bold* interventions work?" "Sure they will!! They are pouring liquidity into the market place. That always works. The tail always wags the dog. Sheesh! Then the Gov't will finish the job with a massive bridges to anywhere building programs"

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Another Childrens Film Foundation film. Straightforward everyday plot about kids kidnapping an elephant from a circus and then it's all sorted out and they live happily ever after. Has a lot of confusing circus trucks, donkeys, some clowns and a clowns car, and a very strange kangeroo costume.
Reject truck (1)- the circus ticket office
- I don't think the blue cab/green body is seen on anything else
Reject truck (2) - can't match it to anything else
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|The ticket office is an Austin or Morris FF or FH.
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Good call - right of centre, front view facing uphill.
This is the extent of the circus set and looks a "proper" one, but not as big as I'd expect for a proper Billy Smarts. All the circus vehicles are a bit elderly and/or dishevelled - maybe retired or sold off to Bertie Boggins Circus, with their best days behind them. The elephant came from Chessington Zoo according to end credits, and my guess is it's a begged-and-borrowed assembly of circus things more than an off-the-peg "Can we borrow your full circus for a week?" arrangement.
Film location was Neasham, County Durham. Linda Robson and Phil Daniels
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|Reco Brothers Circus (as Circus Reco)...
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What is a Christian? What does it mean?
Am I a Christian or a disciple of Jesus? I need to think this through. It is an important question. I think it is fine to use the term Christian. I am concerned that it is confusing to non-believers. That is why I personally favor other terms like disciple or follower.
I am a slave to Jesus. Jesus is my King and Master. Now that is some good news. I have been freed from being a slave to missing God's goal for my life (aka sin).
Jesus used the term disciple but never Christian. The first instance of the word Christian is found in the book of Acts: "The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch" (Acts 11:26).
Most Bible scholars agree that it is unlikely that the believers themselves thought up the name "Christians." The early church had other names for themselves, such as "disciples" (Acts 13:52; 20:1; 21:4) and "saints" (Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 16:1; Ephesians 1:1) and "brothers" (1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Peter 3:8).
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"Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33).
Sacrifice is expected:
"Jesus said to his disciples, 'If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me" (Matthew 16:24).
Jesus is our Master. We are His slaves. That is the demand of discipleship.
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master." | Matthew 10:24 (NASB)
Not all of Jesus' followers were able to make such a commitment. There were many who left Jesus after a while.
"From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him" (John 6:66).
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Jesus' followers were called "disciples" long before they were ever called "Christians." Their discipleship began with Jesus' call and required them to exercise their will to follow Him (Matthew 9:9). Jesus demanded they become slaves of the Master (aka Owner). This isn't optional even though it sounds repugnant.
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I love performing this routine every time. I purchase my paper lunch bags in bulk from Sam's Club. The thinner the quality of the bag, the better. If you end up with a thicker paper bag, I simply put some razor slits in the bottom which are not noticeable.
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I use dark blue ones that Target tends to carry in the lunch bag section. The darker color hides the secret a little better than other colors, though I think any color works fine. They pop fine. The only thing I don't like about the trick is that you shouldn't prep too soon before the gig because...well...you know
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I have been using this for years. I have performed my version of this over 350 times in the last 10 months! love it.
i have added a few ideas to it along the way to make it my own, but here are some basic things to know.
1-dollar stores sell colored lunch bags usually 8 for a dollar. cheaper then the walmart colored bags which are now 33cents each. few years ago they were 5 for a dollar. the cost of paper has gone up a lot over the past 3 years
2-colored bags really are the way to go. remember your using a pink balloon dogie so the color will really show against the blue or green bags.
i generally only use blue or bright green and purple.
3-prepping an hour before is just fine. I have prepped even earlier but I like to prep it at the show once I arrive only takes 90seconds or less to prep.
4- I honestly don't remember what Jeff uses to seal the bag (i think it was Rubber cement) but for the past few years I have used a glue stick instead and so much better and easier and faster!
i use a fat body permanent glue stick found at any office supply store.
5-some one mentioned thinner bags are better and that's just not true, they even said they put razor cuts on the bottom of the bag. that defeats the whole purpose of the final reveal of blowing up the back and popping it to reveal the dogie restored!
if you cut the bottom you cant blow up the bag! plus thinner bags might not really POP as they are thinner and cheap.
this has been one of my favorite routines and my go to effect for kids ages 8 and up and adults.
along with all the little tid bits that I have added to the routine this is a full 7-8 minutes of magic and comedy in my show.
did I mention I love this routine!
sam sandler- America's only full-time DEAF Illusionist
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I never saw this effect before. I saw this on Youtube: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3md6tlrMTyA
Does anyone have alternative performances to share?
Gerry Walkowski
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That routine has been out for many years. It's on Jeff Hobson's DVD, JEFF HOBSON LIVE.
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Thanks Gerry.
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I have also used this routine for yearsssssss.
In my birthday show I use a break away bag. In my stage shows I also use the colored bags but I don't glue the bags I just fold over edges.
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I do this in all my shows.
Can't find good colored bags. They don't pop. I guess they aren't made well or are old and
that's why they don't work.
I presently use Kroger lunch bags from FRYS Supermarket. They all don't have perfect square corners but they make a nice pop
at the end of the routine.
BTW I think actually blowing up the balloon by mouth is a important part of the routine.
I use YELLOW because the spec. never chooses YELLOW when asked whats color to choose.
I use many gags and funny lines and stories during the routine. It has grown over they years.
A funny part towards the end is:
I say OK the first balloon was Yellow, the second balloon was YELLOW, What color is this one
and I hang the balloon half way out of the bag so they can see the color.
Always gets a laugh.
I do have my routine on Video.
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I saw a guy do it yesterday. he didn't make a balloon dog first, he just stuck a uninflated 260 in, popped the bag, and pulled out a dog. I didn't like that routine.
I sometimes use a thumbtip with a pin sticking out a little to "accidentaly" pop the dog, rather than stomping on it. The blue lunch bags they sell at Target work well.
Dan Freed
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I don't use colored bags because they look more like magician's props. People are familiar with brown paper lunch bags (they seem to be the most common), so I just use the regular brown paper bags that everyone buys at walmart, costco, etc.
Hope that helps!
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Yes, the brown ones are best. I've used the colored bags and they are generally too thick of paper and harder to pop and, when they do pop, the bang is not as loud. The brown paper bag is most recognizable to audiences.
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Wow. Good to see Jeff here.
Yes I agree that people are familiar with brown paper lunch bags.
I use them.
Kel says poof
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Be a nice twist if you use a sick bag and when you pop it one of those fake vomit props falls out.
Maybe not for kids
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Hi, all! Does anyone use these bags?
Are these the ones people buy in bulk? I've used brown bags but I'd love to use the colorful ones.
Thank you!
Sam Sandler
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Hey frank
You and I just chatted about bags so use what I suggested.
As for these bags from OTC I have never used them
Maybe I'll get some and give a review.
As you know my performance is on YouTube and my website.
Jeff was so gracious to even comment on my routine and sent me a personal email too.
You can see it at www.deafinitelymagic.com
Or search YouTube for my name or heffs bame with doggie bag in it.
Have fun everyone
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Absolutely BRILLIANT, Sam. Kudos.
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I have to say, Sam has been helpful to me several times in the Café through PM. An amazing performer and a wonderful guy.
Thank you, Sam! Off to Wal Mart tomorrow morning for tons of bags!
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Here's my performance of Jeff's dog bag. I especially liked the ending. The kid was so fun and excited!
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Very nice performance. I dig the Rocky music. To get a kid to choose the color I want I use a clear f---e bag full of balloons, it's a little added convincer for the skeptics and I wanted to do it differently. To pop the balloon "by accident" I usually use a thumb--- with a little pin attached. Sometimes I write emergency inflation kit on the paper bag.
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I use brown lunch bags. I used to use a spray adhesive, but after several performances I realized it wasn't necessary for me. I just roll the top of the bag up a bit and it has worked for me ever since.
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Car rental platforms have had more trouble than carpooling in posing solutions to traffic congestion and public transportation deficiencies.
By launching the foundations of mobilities in September, the minister in charge of transport Elisabeth Borne had announced what would be her priority: the transport of everyday life. And among the new mobility solutions offered by French start-ups, short-distance carpooling is seen as the best tool by the government. Still not very widespread and deficit, this service could, if massively adopted for commuting, help reduce congestion by increasing the occupancy rate of vehicles, currently around 1.1 people per car. As a result, carpooling companies were given their own working group at the conference, focusing on their issues. Carsharing companies, they had more difficulty to stand out, lost in a working group on the own mobilities with other actors. They were only entitled to a meeting dedicated to carsharing.
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Four seasons in one day. That's how they describe the weather at Phillip Island, and that's exactly what MotoGP got on Friday. Jack Miller's day summed up conditions nicely. "It was quite windy early as the doors were nearly blown off my house," the Pramac Ducati rider said.
"Then it started calming down, then bucketing down, and believe it or not I was sitting out having a coffee at 6:30 this morning in a t-shirt as it was 18 or 19 degrees and then as I was driving to my parents' house the temperature started going down and down and then the rain came in. I thought it would be set in for the day but it managed to clear up this afternoon and we managed to get on the slick tires."
In the end, the MotoGP riders got three session in different conditions. FP1 was cold, wet, and blustery. FP2 was warm, dry, and fairly sunny. And the special tire test session, to put the final touch on the new construction rear tire Michelin wants to introduce in 2020 was cooler, with temperatures dropping.
Those changing conditions had a fairly significant impact. First, it meant the MotoGP teams were trying to cram an entire weekend's worth of setup work and tire testing into 35 minutes, followed by chasing a time for Q2 in the final 10 minutes.
Even Marc Márquez, who never stresses about chasing a time for Q2, stuck in a soft tire in pursuit of a quick lap, nearly losing out when he found his teammate Jorge Lorenzo sitting on the line through the final two corners.
Big Crashes Lie Waiting
Secondly, cold and wet conditions in the morning and falling track temperatures in the afternoon made it easy to get caught out. And get caught out people did. Especially Fabio Quartararo.
The Petronas Yamaha rider got flicked off at Siberia when the rear came round on him, smashing his left ankle into the ground.
He was lucky he didn't break any bones, but it left him with massive bruising on his ankle, and thanks to the painkillers he was given in the medical center, unable to ride in the afternoon.
Quartararo put the crash down to inexperience. "I don't have enough experience on the wet to really be playing with the [engine] maps," Quartararo told MotoGP.com's pitlane reporter Simon Crafar.
"It's not easy, so I think we need to be learning these things step by step, because actually we haven't made many laps in the wet."
The crash is a major setback for the Frenchman. He had been tipped as one of the favorites to win at Phillip Island, the track ideally suited to the Yamaha, and Quartararo having been getting closer to finally beating Marc Márquez in the last few rounds. That is looking an increasingly difficult prospect after the crash, however.
He lost valuable track time in the dry, which could prove costly on Sunday if the race is dry. That is a big if, of course: this is Phillip Island, four seasons in one day, and it just depends what time it is the turn of winter or autumn.
The Yamaha is certainly fast in the dry. Maverick Viñales ended the dry FP2 as fastest, by a significant margin.
The Monster Energy Yamaha rider was nearly half a second faster than Andrea Dovizioso in second. But he might have been pipped to the post if Marc Márquez hadn't come across his teammate while he was on a hot lap.
Team Dynamics
The clash infuriated Márquez, long enough for him to pull up next to Jorge Lorenzo when the pair were doing their practice starts after the session had ended, and gesticulate that he thought it better that Lorenzo not be sleeping on the racing line. But when Márquez spoke to the press, he was already downplaying it.
"Of course in the first moment I was upset because now we cannot forget that free practice means qualifying practice, I mean you need to go directly into Qualifying 2 and the forecast for tomorrow looks like rain 100%," Márquez said.
"So it was my last chance, I was on a very fast lap and I tried to overtake him in the best way for me to not lose time."
Lorenzo should be more aware of where he was on track, Márquez insisted. "In the end we need to pay attention, because we cannot ride in a 'slow mode' in the middle of the line."
"Of course he didn't have more space and he will say there was no space, but you need to check behind, you need to understand and be out of the line. But apart from that, I was angry in the first moment, but then I was in his office and we speak together. No problem."
Happy Families
Lorenzo acknowledged that he was on the racing line and got in Márquez' way, but the Spaniard also insisted that there was no need for Márquez to cut him up so sharply that he removed Lorenzo's winglet.
"I understand his version saying it was my failure to look back and I think he has adjusted a lot, but I also understand that he had to do that lap," Lorenzo reflected.
"I'm sure he had no plans to touch me as he passed, but he judged the distance badly and we touched. It could have been avoided if I had looked back."
"But, even making that mistake, it could have been avoided if he left 20 centimeters of margin. Maybe he would have lost a few thousandths or hundredths, but we wouldn't have touched each other."
The incident highlights the tensions in the Repsol Honda team. Marc Márquez has won both the riders and the manufacturers championship, but the team championship is still open.
If Lorenzo was a little faster, and scored a few more points, it would already be in the bag for the Repsol Honda team, and Marc Márquez' generous bonus from Repsol would be on its way to his bank account.
And more than that, Marc Márquez would have won another thing, because underlying it all, winning things is what Márquez loves above all else.
So to find Lorenzo getting in his way is more than usually irritating.
The Travails of Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo is already in a difficult situation. Hampered by a back injury, and failing to manage to get his head around the Honda RC213V, he is trying to build on the confidence he found in the second half of the race in Motegi.
Coming to Phillip Island, a blisteringly fast track where you can easily hurt yourself very badly if you come off because of the speeds involved, and finding mixed conditions is exactly what Lorenzo doesn't want.
He longs for dry time to continue trying to progress. A wild, wet, and windy track is just what he doesn't want.
The Spaniard does see some reason for optimism, however. "Luckily, Michelin has brought a much softer tire compared to last year," Lorenzo said.
"The medium this year is the soft one of last year and they have brought a softer one, which all the riders have felt much better with. Especially me. When I put it on I gained a second and a half. And the feelings were totally different. It felt like another motorcycle, it stopped much better and you entered the corners with much more confidence."
The problem is his back and his neck, a relic of the crashes at Barcelona and Assen. "Even so, we are very far away, at 1.8s but this is one of the worst circuits for me lately. Or the worst. It will be a complicated race."
"My physique has suffered a lot, the spine and the neck, because of the position you have to have on this track on the bike. Until I finish I will try to make a good result, but it could be a strange race, different from the others."
Trusting the Front
Lorenzo could be having more of a problem at the front than at the rear, however. Lorenzo lacks feeling from the front end, and that is making him tentative in trying to turn the bike.
The problem for the Honda is that you have to push the front end hard to make the bike turn. Lucio Cecchinello explained to Johann Zarco that you have to get the front fork bottoming out before the front tire will want to turn.
To help that happen, you really need to run as hard a front tire as possible – although the 2019 Honda is a little more forgiving in this area than the 2018 bike.
But using the hard front means you have to push harder to warm it up, and you get less warning before it lets go. That is hard to manage for a rider lacking confidence in the front end.
So what Lorenzo does is run the soft front tire almost exclusively, because it gives him more feedback and feel for the front end of the Honda. But with the soft, you can't brake as hard into the corner without the tire squashing, and then not wanting to turn.
And so Lorenzo finds himself in a Catch 22 situation. Not daring to use the hard or the medium front, because he doesn't have confidence in them. And not able to get confidence with the medium because he can't push it hard enough to make it work.
Old New Boy
Johann Zarco is going through the same process, though it is a little easier for the Frenchman because the 2018 RC213V he is riding as replacement for Takaaki Nakagami in the LCR Honda Idemitsu team is easier and less physical to ride.
Zarco was grateful for the time in the wet in FP1, because it gave him time to understand what the bike needed at a slightly less frantic pace.
"The first day, the FP1 was on the wet, it was kind of good to test the bike the first time," Zarco said. "Not easy, because it was difficult to find confidence in the wet. But when it's raining you go slower, so I had more time to adapt to the bike. I was not super slow, and I was happy to be careful, but have some correct lap time."
Zarco refused to make direct comparisons between the Honda and the KTM – contractually, he will not be able to comment until the term of his original contract has passed, though that is likely to be at the end of 2019, rather than the end of 2020. But Zarco's comments did give something of an insight.
Was the Honda a physical bike? "It depends how you ride," Zarco said. "Me, I'm not the kind of rider to ride physical, but I think it's possible to manage it. Just with the confidence, you will save the body."
Zarco did end the day faster than Jorge Lorenzo, a quarter of a second quicker in FP2, and eight tenths quicker in the tire test, though there was less reason to be chasing a fast time in the supposedly untimed test.
Whether we can draw any conclusions from Zarco's performance compared to Lorenzo is hard to say. There are a lot of variables in play here.
But Zarco's debut on the LCR Honda was relatively promising. Most importantly, he finished ahead of all four KTMs in FP2. That must give him some quiet satisfaction.
Saving the Day
Though the tire test was untimed, that didn't stop riders from pushing. The objective was to have everyone do at least 11 laps on the new construction Michelin, and all but Andrea Iannone managed that, the Aprilia rider only putting in 10 laps.
Fabio Quartararo and Pol Espargaro chose to sit out proceedings after crashing. Iannone was delighted with the new rear, giving the Aprilia the grip he felt was missing.
The Italian finished second behind Marc Márquez in the tire test, seven tenths faster than the time he set in FP2.
Marc Márquez managed to steal the show in more ways than one in the tire test. He had yet another unbelievable save, folding the front completely in MG corner, but refusing to go down.
Instead, he jammed his knee and his elbow into the tarmac, waited for the bike to slow a fraction, then gave it a dab of throttle to lift the front again and remain upright.
The maximum lean angle he reached was 70.8° according to data from the bike and Alpinestars, and yet he still managed to save the crash and continue riding. 70.8° of lean angle is insane, pretty much lying the bike down flat on the ground.
And it illustrates the bizarre power Márquez has in some unusual places. The strength he has in his hip flexors to be able to lever a 160kg bike back up is extraordinary. Training those muscles is not easy.
"I lost the front, there was lot of banking," Márquez described the crash. "I was thinking to give up, but then I said 'before I give up, I will open the gas to see what happens'. Then when I opened the gas is when I had the kind of reaction of the bike that was a kind of wheelie and was able to save it."
The Fast Boy
Márquez' save detracted somewhat from the fearsome pace Maverick Viñales had on Friday. The track layout suits his style, Viñales said.
"I think the layout has very fast corners and a lot of flow between the corners, it's something I really like. I can take the maximum from my riding style. It's a track I know I will always be there at is this one," he told reporters.
Who does Viñales expect to face on Sunday? "A lot of riders," the Monster Energy Yamaha rider said. "Here they all go fast. It's a track where if you follow you can do the lap time."
"There will be a lot of riders. We have to be ready to battle. This is a track which normally creates chaos at the beginning of the race. We're going to try to be very smart."
The Ducatis were certainly fast, with Andrea Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci, and Jack Miller all inside the top five. That was helping to motivate all three of them, according to Petrucci.
"I really really like this first day. All the Ducatis are quite good. I think we are pushing each other to be the best Ducati, both Jack and Dovi and me, so I think we can be positive for tomorrow."
Mr. Cautious
Andrea Dovizioso was careful to dampen expectations, as he usually does on a Friday. "At the moment I think Marc and Maverick have a really different pace but after them we are in a group which I think is good because we are there and still everything is possible," the factory Ducati rider said.
"We were able to make a good lap time at the end, I used two soft tires because I really needed to be in the top 10 as it looks like tomorrow will be wet. There is a big chance so I am happy. The lap time came along and that is good as it is not easy as the grip is low like always here so it is very difficult to stop the bike and to turn the bike."
Dovizioso was particularly pleased with the 2020 construction rear tire they had tested for Michelin, and believed it could be an advantage for Ducati. "The grip is much more, especially in this layout as you feel more," the Italian explained.
"It was really good for me as we had a lot of grip on entry and I was able to brake better and make the line easier. With the standard tire I always make a mistake because I don't have any kind of grip. When you brake hard you always make a mistake. It was much better."
Saturday has started wild and windy, with rain expected as the day progresses. Qualifying promises to be anything but simple. But it should be an intriguing day Down Under.