In September 2012, Koval was named by Advertising Age as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Advertising.

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## CEO of Truth Initiative —creators of the award-winning truth® youth tobacco prevention program—and bestselling author (Power of Nice, Grit to Great), social change marketing and advertising expert

As an acclaimed marketing strategist, innovator, and advertising executive, Robin Koval has been the force behind some of the most successful marketing programs for leading brands such as Aflac, Wendy's, and Procter & Gamble.

Today, Koval is putting her expertise to work for social change as the CEO of Truth Initiative, the nation's largest public health foundation devoted specifically to youth tobacco prevention through its award winning and life- saving truth® campaign.

Koval is an inspiring speaker, offering audiences front-line insights into women's leadership, entrepreneurship, youth marketing, and purpose-driven marketing campaigns.

Robin Koval is the CEO and President of Truth Initiative, the national public health organization dedicated to achieving a culture where all youth and young adults reject tobacco.

A leader in the world of advertising and marketing and a New York Times best-selling author, Koval joined the organization in 2013.

She led a comprehensive planning and restructuring to focus the organization's world-class public education, research and activism programs to speak, seek and spread the truth about tobacco.

Recognizing changes in the media landscape, the tobacco industry and the forces shaping youth behavior, Koval re

-launched the award-winning and lifesaving truth® youth tobacco prevention campaign in 2014

The Finish It campaign enlists Generation Z to use new channels of media and communications to spread their influence and become the generation that ends finishes the tobacco epidemic.

Koval has deep roots in advertising and marketing.

A co-founder and CEO of the Kaplan Thaler Group, she grew that company from a fledgling start-up in 1997 to a billion-dollar agency responsible for creating memorable and cherished campaigns for clients including Procter & Gamble, Pfizer and Aflac.

She led the agency through its integration with Publicis and was named CEO of Publicis Kaplan Thaler – New York's fifth largest advertising agency.

Truth Initiative is not Koval's first foray in the social-sector and advocacy.

She has a long track record of developing pro-social campaigns and counseling cause-related clients and organizations, including the Girl Scouts'award-winning campaign "Girls Go Tech," to encourage girls to stay involved in math, science and technology.

She encouraged parents to speak early to their children and young teens about the risks of underage drinking and supported initiatives for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the American Red Cross, among others.

Named one of Advertising Age's "Most Influential Women in Advertising," Koval has been recognized by New York Women in Communications' with their prestigious "Matrix Award," and has received Women's Venture Fund's "Highest Leaf Award," Women's Leadership Exchange's "Compass Award" and the Advertising Women of New York's "Working Mothers of the Year Trailblazer Award."

Koval has also been named one of Self-Made Magazine's "50 Women Entrepreneurs Who Inspire Us."

She and Linda Kaplan Thaler are co-authors of three books, all of which have appeared on the New York Times best-sellers list including, The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness; The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference and Bang! Getting Your Message Heard in a Noisy World.

Koval and Kaplan Thaler will publish a new book in September 2015: From Grit to Great.

How Perseverance and Pluck Can Take You From Ordinary to Extraordinary.

A sought-after expert on advertising, media, youth culture and tobacco control, Koval has appeared on network television programs, including ABC's "Good Morning America" and "Nightline" and NBC's "Today.

"Koval also regularly contributes commentary and insights for numerous print and online outlets and speaks to business, government and media audiences at conferences and colloquia around the world.

Koval earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University and a Master of Business Administration from New York City's Baruch College.

She serves on the board of directors of Partnership With Children, a nonprofit organization that delivers social and emotional learning support to troubled and underserved children in the New York City school system.

She has also served as an adjunct professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development.

#### Grit to Great: How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to Extraordinary

In her Grit to Great lectures, Robin Koval tackles a topic that is close to her heart, one she believes is the real secret to her own success and in the careers of so many people she knows and has met.

New research proves that the real secret to success isn't some rarefied "It" factor, it's the "grit" factor.

And each and every one of us can possess it.

Drawing on the latest research in positive psychology and personal success, as well as a cornucopia of stories and practical "how to" tips and exercises, Koval discusses why those who develop and possess the character traits of grit (Guts, Resilience, Initiative and Tenacity) outperform individuals with genius IQ's, virtuoso talent, unlimited financial resources or a private school education.

Individuals with high grit quotient do better in school, work, the playing field, in relationships and life.

Her message is relevant to a broad range of audiences from entry level employees and budding entrepreneurs to C-Suite executives.

Her inspiring message is that grit is something we all can embrace and develop whether you are nine or ninety.

#### The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness

Robin Koval has moved to the top of the advertising industry by following a simple but powerful philosophy: it pays to be nice.

In her The Power of Nice lectures, through her own experiences and the stories of other people and businesses, she demonstrates why, contrary to conventional wisdom, nice people finish first.

Turning the well-known adage of "Nice Guys Finish Last" on its ear, "nice" companies have lower employee turnover, lower recruitment costs, and higher productivity.

Nice people live longer, are healthier, and make more money.

In today's interconnected world, companies and people with a reputation for cooperation and fair play forge the kind of relationships that lead to bigger and better opportunities, both in business and in life.

Koval illustrates the surprising power of nice with an array of real-life examples from the business arena, as well as from her personal life, and presents a plan of action covering everything from creating a positive impression to sweetening the deal to turning enemies into allies.

#### The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference

Our smallest actions and gestures often have outsized impact on our biggest goals: Did you double-check that presentation one last time, or hold the elevator for a stranger?

Going that extra inch—whether with a client, customer, family member, or friend—speaks volumes to others about our talent, personality, and motivations.

After all, if we can't take care of the small details, how can we be counted on to deliver when it really matters?

In today's challenging times, bigger isn't always better.

In fact, it's often the baby steps that put us on the path to delivering a true competitive advantage.

Koval shows how to get more of what you want with surprisingly less than you'd imagine.

Koval is a co-founder of The Kaplan Thaler Group, the creators of the Aflac Duck, the Herbal Essences "Totally Organic Experience", and numerous other famous and business building advertising campaigns.

Koval, and her partner Linda Kaplan Thaler built a business founded in a tiny brownstone into a billion dollar agency, led its successful merger with Publicis New York to become the 700-person Publicis Kaplan Thaler and did it all with a primarily female leadership team.

#### Social Change Marketing – Using Earned, Owned and Paid Marketing to Create Meaningful Behavior Change

The truth® youth anti-tobacco campaign has been voted one of the most powerful youth behavior change programs in recent marketing history, one of the top ten advertising campaigns of the 21st century, and preventing 450,000 individuals from smoking and the deadly effects of tobacco.

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This top-notch book… is as much about creating an atmosphere that fosteres creativity as it is about memorable marketing.

Bright, breezy, but deadly serious guide to creating a buzz—and a bang.

Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval take on the conventional wisdom that bigger is better and show how thinking small gives you a true competitive advantage in life.

This little book can make a huge difference in your life.

— James Patterson, bestselling author, former CEO of J. Walter Thompson

Once you've read The Power of Small, you will never look at the world the same way again.

When you re-orient your perspective to look for the magic in the little things, life's mountains become manageable molehills.

In negotiation, the cheapest concession you can make is to be nice.

And the returns can be high, as Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval show in this delightfully readable primer packed with practical advice and entertaining stories.

— William Ury, co-author of Getting to Yes and author of The Power of a Positive No

It could literally save your career and your life….

And let me suggest a first act of kindness: buy some extra copies for your enemies.

I'll bet they need The Power of Nice more than you do.

— Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone, the bestselling book on building relationships for success

This little book will show you why women should run most corporations in America, and maybe the entire country.

Reading Nice will improve just about everything in your life, and that's a promise.

— James Patterson, bestselling author, former CEO of J. Walter Thompson North America

Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval's The Power of Nice is the antidote to our increasingly mean-spirited culture.

I'm going to send a copy to every political campaign consultant I know.

For my money, I would always rather make a deal with people I like who treat me well.

If you want to discover the surprising power of nice, read this book.

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Robin Koval travels from Washington, D.C.

Written in the same short, concise format as The Power of Nice and leavened with the natural humor that characterizes the authors' lives–and books–Grit to Great is destined to be the book everyone in business needs.

McKinsey Director Emeritus, bestselling author of How Remarkable Women Lead and Centered Leadership and Grow Wherever You Work.

Advertising Hall of Fame luminary, Chairman of Publicis Kaplan Thaler, and bestselling author of Power of Nice and Grit to Great

Global security advisor, futurist, and New York Times-bestselling author of Future Crimes

During her time at Kaplan Thaler Group and Publicis Kaplan Thaler, Koval assisted with activities at pro-social and cause-related organizations, including the Girl Scouts' "Girls Go Tech" campaign that encouraged young girls to go into STEM disciplines.  She also supported initiatives from the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the American Red Cross.


He died in the early hours of 13 July 2019 after a brief illness.

Vale Richard Carter, versatile actor - IF Magazine

Australian film and television actor Richard Carter died last Saturday after a brief illness.

Carter appeared in numerous TV series in the 1980s and 1990s including Wildside, Rafferty's Rules, A Country Practice, Bangkok Hilton and Police Rescue.

His film credits included Bootmen, Gettin' Square, The Man Who Sued God, voice roles in both editions of Happy Feet and The Great Gatsby.

Producer Trish Lake recalls Carter's memorable line in Jonathan Teplitzky's 2003 crime drama Gettin' Square – "It's un-Australian," delivered in outraged tones to Timothy Spall when talking about the "super cops" and their coercive powers, observing, "He will be greatly missed and always remembered."

He had regular roles as Mick Corella in Rake, Mick Deakin in East West 101 and Ted Hudson in White Collar Blue.

In his final screen appearance he played the Bullet Farmer in Mad Max: Fury Road.

His agency Lisa Mann Creative Management said: "He was an esteemed actor, a storyteller, and someone who touched the lives of many.

His generosity knew no bounds and his loss is too great to quantify.

Survivors include his wife Lindsey and daughter Amy, who express their thanks for all the messages of condolence.

A private memorial service will be held to honour and celebrate his life.

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In May/June 2019 he reprised his role in “"As One"” at Merkin Concert Hall for American Opera Projects and New York City Opera.

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# Trans Man sings MTF role in Alamo City Opera 'AS ONE'

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Liz Bouk just came out as a transgender man a year and a half ago is performing the part of 'Hannah after' in "AS ONE", an opera about transitioning from male to female.

"Liz Bouk describes himself on Instagram as a:

Onstage I'll portray any character & gender you can imagine.

Hannah's eyelashes went missing after today's dress rehearsal!

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Deborah Martin talked to Liz Bouk about his experience going to the 2015 premiere of "As One," at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

"I didn't have tickets, so I had to wait in this long line, and in the line, I met my first transgender person," Bouk said.

"It was a trans woman, and for the first time, she was wearing women's clothing in public.

And we had this long conversation, and I was in tears."

Bouk shed more tears at the end of the piece, which explores the character's journey to find her true self as she transitions.

Hannah before, whose part of the story includes childhood, is sung by a baritone; Hannah after is sung by a mezzo-soprano.

"Some parts of it are really dysphoric because it's the opposite of my own journey," he said.

Then there are other parts where it's like, 'Well, I'm an actor.

Liz Bouk is cast to perform in the last scheduled performance of "AS ONE" at the Merkin Concert Hall/American Opera Projects/New York City Opera, May/June 2019

Bouk talks about his life, sacrifices, and love of the Opera during this BOLD.

"As One" can be seen at 8 p.m. Jan. 19 and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 20 in the Buena Vista Theater on the downtown campus of UTSA, 501 W. César Chávez.

Tickets range from $15 to $50 at brownpapertickets.com.

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In November 2018, Bouk and director Bea Goodwin presented “Mr. Liz Cabaret: Living in the In Between“, a coming of age story and cabaret about Bouk’s coming out process, at Alchemical Studio Lab. For the one-man show they used his journal entries, photos, paintings, and memories. It includes painful episodes of being misgendered. The show returned in February 2019 at New York City’s The Tank.
 Following his one-man show, he did the transgender-themed “"As One"” at Alamo City Opera. “As One” is a newer opera which has already been performed around the world, telling the story with two characters, Hannah Before and Hannah After, who share insights into the transitioning experience. Bouk portrayed Hannah After.
 He then did Giacomo Puccini’s “"Suor Angelica"” and “"Gianni Schicchi,"” at St. Petersburg Opera.


The IWGB supported and helped Mags Dewhurst bring forward her case against CitySprint to an Employment Tribunal that considered whether the claimant was a worker of CitySprint as opposed to being self-employed or a 'contractor'.

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If yes, following the judgment in Dewhurst v CitySprint UK Ltd, there is a real risk that they are in fact workers within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and entitled to the protections that the legislation affords.

The Employment Tribunal considered whether the claimant, a bicycle courier, was a 'worker' of CitySprint as opposed to being self-employed or a 'contractor' (which was how she was described in the contract).

The Employment Tribunal found worker status even though:

in theory, CitySprint was not obliged to provide work and the claimant was under no obligation to accept it

the claimant could, on paper, send a substitute

the claimant did not get paid if she did not work.

The decision demonstrates the ability of the tribunal to look behind the paperwork, or 'window dressing', and determine a case on the reality of the relationship between the parties.

It is also one of a number indicating a trend that is moving away from the 'gig economy'.

Will Citysprint UK Ltd, like Uber, appeal?

The moral of the story is that if an individual is considered to be self-employed, the reality of their relationship with the business must mirror the contractual documents drafted to give the relationship that effect.

The greater the control of the business, the greater the prospect of worker or employee status.

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# Liberal Sonia Sidhu wins Brampton South

By Michael LewisBusiness ReporterTues., Oct. 20, 2015timer1 min. read

Liberal Sonia Sidhu has won election in the Peel Region riding of Brampton South with nearly 60 per cent of vote.

She declared victory over her nearest rival as one polling station was left to report, saying she will focus on promoting infrastructure development and economic growth in the riding.

Sidhu defeated her closest opponent, Conservative candidate Kyle Seeback, an MP since 2011 in a riding that was incorporated into Brampton South as a result of electoral district engineering

A loss of manufacturing jobs has put unemployment in the spotlight in the new federal riding of Brampton South.

While youth unemployment is of particular concern, all of the candidates said joblessness is unacceptably high across the riding.

Seeback, who was elected in 2011 as MP for Brampton West, told a recent candidates' debate that his party is committed to youth employment.

Amarjit Sangha was the NDP candidate for Brampton South, while Shaun Hatton ran for the Greens.

In a riding that is home to a significant number of new Canadians, with 35.5 per cent in the 2011 census identifying as South Asian, immigration issues, the economy and jobs were top issues with voters.

Brampton South comprises all of Brampton south of Queen St. and west of Main St., but also includes Peel Village and an area that used to be part of Mississauga-Brampton South.

According to the 2011 National Household Survey, 35.5 per cent of those surveyed in the riding said they were South Asian, and 19 per cent identified as Sikh.

The riding was formed as a result of electoral redistricting to reflect population shifts and growth.

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As a student, she worked as an usherette at the Roseville theatre.

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By Caroline Overington, Herald Correspondent in Hollywood

Catherine Martin, left, and Mexican Brigitte Broch.

When she was a schoolgirl growing up in Lindfield, Catherine Martin got a job as an usherette at the Roseville theatre.

Walking up and down the aisles with a torch, she used to dream about Hollywood.

Yesterday Martin was clutching an Oscar in each hand, wearing a dress by her dear friend Collette Dinnigan and facing an audience that included Hollywood's finest.

She had been rewarded for costume design, shared with Angus Strathie, and for art direction, shared with Brigitte Broch.

"It's an extraordinary moment, really thrilling," she said.

Martin dedicated both awards to her husband, the director of Moulin Rouge, Baz Luhrmann, whom she met at NIDA.

The couple also worked together on Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet.

He has absolutely extraordinary ideas, and he convinces you to go along with him, and without him I wouldn't be doing this.

I wouldn't be here, and that's why I dedicated the awards to him."");document.write("

Martin studied visual arts at Sydney College of the Arts,and pattern cutting at EastSydney technical college.

After winning her first Oscar, she spoke directly to him in the audience, saying: "You come up with ideas that even I think are crazy.

Thank you for letting me come on this journey.

After the second, she said the same: "This is your Oscar, Baz."

In Sydney, Martin's former teacher at NIDA, Peter Cooke, was crowing good-naturedly about "putting them together [Luhrmann and Martin]".

"He came to me and said, 'I need a designer', and I said, 'You need Catherine Martin', because she was so fabulously literate, and inspirational.

She used colour and imagery and form in a really remarkable way."

Mr Cooke had no doubt that Martin would win, "because it was the standout work.

There is a theatrical vulgarity about them that is irresistible.

There is brashness that audiences adore."

After the awards Martin and Luhrmann were guests at the official Governor's Ball, and then at Elton John's Oscars party.

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Martin was born in Lindfield, New South Wales, to a French mother and an Australian father, both academics who met at the Sorbonne. She has one brother. As a child, Martin was fascinated by the vintage clothing parades occasionally thrown by her Australian grandmother and her church friends. She would beg her parents to take her to the Victoria and Albert Museum so she could dig through the costume section. Her mother taught her to use a sewing machine at age 6, and by age 15 she was creating her own patterns in order to make herself dresses. In an interview with Tory Burch, Martin mentioned "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" as her childhood inspirations for her love of film and design. She attended North Sydney Girls High School.


With the improved convenience in future car travel, it is possible that customers might go for this option, causing a loss in customer bases for airline industry.

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# Volvo's Fully Autonomous 360c Concept Vehicle Even Lets You Sleep In It

The Volvo 360c concept vehicle wants to disrupt domestic air travel with a range of luxurious features.

Volvo has unveiled its 360c concept car, a fully autonomous pleasure vehicle design with both the best technology and luxury money can buy.

The 360c is the highest rated autonomous car - a level 5 - meaning it is computer-controlled in all environments and situations.

Rather than positioning itself as a buy to drive production car, Volvo sees the 360c as a something business may buy in groups and offer to their employees or clients as perks.

The 360c offers luxurious fully automated travel with additional pleasures, like in-car coffee making and a silent ride.

## Fully autonomous vehicle won't have steering wheel

The autonomous car won't even have a steering wheel.

The car will communicate with its external environment through a series of exterior lights that project a range of colors in addition to sounds and other visual elements.

While the 360c is an exciting vehicle, for now, it is firmly a concept car, meaning it won't go into production anytime soon.

However, concept cars often serve as testing ground for technology that does find itself inside production vehicles.

In addition to tech testing, the 360c gives Volvo a platform to show off their vision for the future of autonomous driving.

The company is making a strong statement that they are not only ready to embrace autonomous driving but to be a leader in disrupting the way we understand travel generally.

"The business will change in the coming years and Volvo should lead that change of our industry," said Volvo Cars president and CEO Håkan Samuelsson.

"Autonomous drive will allow us to take the big next step in safety but also open up exciting new business models and allow consumers to spend time in the car doing what they want to do."

The 360c is portrayed as a place of comfort and rest.

Images released along with its unveiling in Sweden show its occupants, sleeping, having a business meeting and enjoying breakfast.

These images point to Volvo's idea that a luxurious autonomous car may be a real alternative to domestic air travel.

## Domestic air travel tested by luxurious autonomous cars

Volvo has indicated that they are a "potentially lucrative competitor to short-haul air travel."

## Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks Now Communicate to Improve Safety

Volvo suggests that for shorter routes, where the distance between origin and destination is around 300 kilometers, going by car is faster and more comfortable.

"Domestic air travel sounds great when you buy your ticket, but it really isn't.

The 360c represents what could be a whole new take on the industry," said Mårten Levenstam, senior vice president of corporate strategy at Volvo Cars.

"The sleeping cabin allows you to enjoy premium comfort and peaceful travel through the night and wake up refreshed at your destination.

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The game claims to feature 333 pictures, with a possible ten mistakes in each picture.

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5 Spots Party is based upon the tried and true pen and paper game "Spot the Difference," a staple of children's activity magazines since forever where the object is to compare two pictures (usually drawings) and identify a set number of differences between them as a means of passing the time.

This game originally appeared on the PC where it had the top spot on the Real Arcade website for a few weeks, so how does the WiiWare version stand up?

Starting the game you're treated to the big, bright bouncing colourful menus you'd probably associate with any casual gaming title designed with broad appeal in mind.

In the main menu there are three game modes to choose from, records to view and the creator credits.

The three modes are the main game, amusingly called Super Fun Classic, Find the Monkey and Leisure.

The three modes have their differences, but all involve spotting five things out of place in a series of photos and clicking on them using an on-screen cursor controlled by the Wii Remote pointer.

Super Fun Classic is the main game mode.

It's a progressive game where the object is simply to spot five differences between a pair of otherwise identical photographs.

The control mechanism is rather clever with the player controlling two cursors moving over both photos in the same area simultaneously.

This not only saves moving the Remote pointer back-and-forth, but makes it easier to focus on specific areas.

The cursor on one side is an arrow and the one on the other is a circle which aids in precision clicking.

This is rather important because making an invalid selection reduces the time left to complete the puzzle; run out of time and it's game over!

Click on differences using the A button and if you get stuck you can use a "joker" by clicking B, which will reveal one difference.

You get five to start and earn an extra one every 10 levels.

You might think that this would be unnecessary -- after all this is normally a children's game, but some of the differences can be rather difficult to spot; especially since you're looking at altered photographs.

The more devious photos have differences in out-of-focus areas, though these never feel unfair and can be spotted by the sharp-eyed even given the limitations of the Wii's maximum 480p resolution.

After your game ends you're prompted to input your initials which are recorded with your score in a local leaderboard.

There's a separate leaderboard for each game mode with replay incentive being focused around getting a better score.

Find the Monkey is another progressive game that uses a single photograph with the goal being to spot hidden "monkeys" (some are actually great apes, but we'll let that slide).

Seems simple enough, but this game is actually harder than Super Fun Classic because the monkeys are a mix of photo images, cartoon decals, monkey parts and black or white silhouettes.

Some of these can be extremely unfair with a brown curled monkey tail being hidden in a brown part of a photo or a silhouette against a matching colour background.

This wouldn't be quite so bad, except there's no jokers in this mode; if you get stuck it's game over as you vainly look over parts of a brown photo for a semi-transparent brown monkey image and wait for time to run out.

Once you become familiar with the set of images used this gets a bit easier, but the underlying feeling that the game is playing dirty still lingers.

Leisure mode removes the time limit and tracks time elapsed for scoring purposes only with mistakes adding 10 seconds to the clock.

Gameplay is the same as Super Fun Classic and there are five jokers, but there are only five levels to clear with the goal being to get through them in the fastest time possible making it good for a quick play now and then.

The quality of the photos is quite good with a wide variety of neutral subjects being covered including wildlife, street scenes and even baby photos.

The Operations Guide for 5 Spots Party claims 333 photos are available; after encountering the same photo twice in as many games during the same play session -- albeit with variant differences -- you may wonder if there's a bit of creative math being used in coming up with that photo count.

The developers do seem to have missed a trick in not providing a mechanism for selling additional photo packs; if the technology was included for users to make use of their own photos that would also be welcome.

Audio is forgettable bordering on annoying with sound effects consisting of the 3 Stooges Library of boings, bell rings and horn honks every time a difference is spotted or the Hurry Up! message flashes across the screen to let you know you only have 1/4 time remaining.

The music consists of a 10 second endless loop of "Whistle While You Work" combined with "Knick-Knack Paddywack" that might get old quickly.

Without any option to adjust the volume of music or effects, muting your TV may be the best choice should patience wear thin.

As noted the photos present a mix of easy and challenging differences to spot, but there's no linear progression and no selectable difficulty.

You can have a couple of dead easy ones and then a really hard one or start out with a fairly difficult one; it's completely random.

As you progress through levels in the first two modes the time limit counts down faster and faster.

This cannot be adjusted; nor can you change the number of jokers available to raise or lower difficulty.

All of these things seem like basic options which would extend the appeal of the game and are glaring in their omission.

Whilst the single player game provides a good experience the same cannot be said of the multiplayer game.

Both Super Fun Classic and Find the Monkey can be played with 1-4 players with the object being to spot more differences than everyone else through a series of 5, 10 or 15 photo pairings.

In Super Fun Classic each player only gets one cursor, which makes spotting differences more difficult; especially since players will naturally have a tendency to focus on only one photo.

Since many of the differences involve things missing from one photo which are present in the other players will need to click on empty space to identify the spot.

This results in false errors when trying to select a difference if your cursor tip is outside the invisible boundary surrounding the spot; given each player has a limit of 3 mistakes before locking out their Remote for the level frustration is bound to ensue.

The fact that the gameplay in both modes is the same for single and multiplayer makes the latter feel like playing a solitaire card game with additional players: the modes have been tailored for a solo play and despite the game's title, they don't work well in a party atmosphere.

The concept behind 5 Spots Party doesn't sound terribly compelling, but by including a clever control mechanism, a timer and some rather challenging photos Cosmonaut Games have managed to make a decent budget WiiWare title out of a game that is mostly played by kids waiting for food orders in family restaurants.

The lack of any difficulty options and the lacklustre multiplayer mode does not do the game any favours, but for many it could provide a nice little diversion at a low price.

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Like its predecessors, "5 Spots Party" is a video game version of spot the difference. Players are given 2 near-identical pictures and must uncover differences between the two images under a time limit by using the pointer of the Wii Remote. The player controls 2 cursors: one for precision zooming in, and the other for selecting part of an image. The game supports up to 4 players in Party Mode, where the aim of the game is to spot the most differences amongst players, a "Find The Monkey" mode, which involves finding a picture of a monkey hidden in a photo. The monkeys vary in art style and appearance. Another "Super Fun Classic", which entails finding 5 differences in similar looking pictures within a specific amount of time. After the mode ends, the player's score is imputed on a scoreboard, which is accessible from the main menu. The final game mode, "Leisure", has no time limit and has the player attempting to progress through 5 photos as quick as possible.


It was named for the Ute chief Sanpitch, which was changed to Sanpete.

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This meaning is established by numerous reliable sources and consistent lines of evidence evaluated by an eminent reliable scholar.

Sanpitch and Sanpits are simply variants of Sanpete and all mean the same thing.

Native Americans in the Sanpete Valley before 1849 had an extensive marsh with tules/bulrushes to use not only for food but in numerous ways Catherine Fowler has shown in her book Tule Technology.

The most likely plant Sanpete refers to is the hardstem bulrush (Scirpus acutus).

Setting the Record Straight: What does Sanpete mean?

In "Where does Sanpete's name come from?" in the 29 July 2009 Sanpete Messenger, the idea was suggested that Sanpete came from a nickname, San Pedro, given to a Native American by the Spanish.

That story, we now know, is based only on someone's imagination.

The actual meaning of Sanpete is "bulrush" or "tule."

The "San Pedro" nickname story is false and was fabricated by a person who was behind bars while spinning major portions of book after book out of his imagination.

This nickname story was picked up by a researcher of Native Americans and put on his website, which was then quoted by the Sanpete Messenger.

With that said, we now proceed to establish the correct meaning of Sanpete (and also Sanpitch and Sanpits) using reliable sources.

The most reliable source for the meaning of Sanpete connects the name Sanpitch to its English equivalent.

The "Proceedings of a Council held by O.H. Irish Superintendent of Indian Affairs…" dated June 1865 mentions various Native Americans and gives (1) their names, (2) the English meaning of these names and (3) the tribal affiliations of those individuals

: "Sanpitch (Bull Rush), Pan-sook (Otter), and Que-o-gand (Bear) represented the "Utahs."

Thus Sanpitch is given the meaning of "bull rush," which properly joined is "bulrush."

That this meaning is the correct meaning is corroborated by many other reliable sources, including Southern Paiutes by LaVan Martineau.

Martineau interviewed Native Americans starting in the 1940s for his book.

He says the origin of Sanpete is "Sawmpeets'," meaning "Tule."

He also mentions in two places that "Sawmpeev" means "Tule, Bulrush Scirpus."

(Scirpus is the Latin name for the genus of plants.)

Martineau also says "Sawmpee'tutseng" or "Sawmpeetseng" means "Tule people."

(An individual, thus, would be called "Sawmpee'tuts" or "Sawmpeets," based on the singular/plural principles outlined in his book.)

"Sawmpeets" sounds very much like "Sampits," which is quite close to the designation scholars use (i.e., Sanpits) to describe this people in the authoritative multivolume Handbook of North American Indians.

"Sanpete" would be an English way of taking what appears to be a plural and making it singular, and thus Sanpete, Sanpitch and Sanpits are all variants of the same root meaning of "tule" or "bulrush."

The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico by Virginia McConnell Simmons puts the Sanpits as among the "tule people."

She says, "East of the Pahvants were the 'tule people,' the Sanpits (Sahpeech, Sawmpeet, San Pitch, San Pete) who occupied the upper valley of the Sevier River where Manti and Mount Pleasant are situated.

Early white observers considered this group to be comparatively poor and sometimes called them 'Diggers,' but the Sanpits enjoyed good hunting territory and were far from destitute.

They sometimes roamed far afield to the southeast.

Sanpits were eventually relocated to the Uintah Reservation."

Thus, three reliable printed sources refer to Sanpete/ Sanpitch/Sanpits as meaning "tule" or "bulrush."

In addition to these printed sources, there are numerous other lines of evidence that could be considered.

For instance, another line of evidence is the naming conventions of tribes or clans.

Native Americans often had tribal or clan names based on geography or on the major resources they used (e.g., "tule people" or "cattail eaters").

Obviously the nickname story fails to match all the reliable evidence presented thus far.

Not all of the evidence can be presented here, of course, but the various lines of evidence were offered for evaluation to the most respected authority on tules/bulrushes and marsh-related plants: Catherine S. Fowler, a former professor of University of Nevada, Reno.

Fowler concurred with the "tule" or "bulrush" meaning of Sanpete and found the lines of evidence consistent.

She's an ethnobotanist who has worked for decades on numerous Native American research questions, including linguistic questions, and her opinion is one of the most reliable and respected in her areas of study.

Her husband, Don Fowler, is also an eminent scholar on Native Americans.

Catherine's book, Tule Technology, shows how tules/bulrushes were used widely in the Great Basin until very recent times for a multitude of purposes.

In the Great Basin there are hundreds of springs and marshes, and even more in earlier days before the settlers altered the waterways for agriculture.

It should be pointed out that most water bodies in the Great Basin have greatly shrunk in size during the last 150 years.

Fowler cites one marsh having shrunk so it was 11 times smaller in 1989 than it was 90 years prior.

In The Broken Land, Frank L. DeCourten speaks of Malheur Lake in Nevada: "In the past fifteen years it has varied from five hundred to fifty thousand acres in size."

Thus it can increase/decrease 100 fold in 15 years.

"Malheur by some estimates is the nation's largest freshwater marsh," he writes.

The final line of evidence presented here concerns the marshes in Sanpete Valley itself.

In Saga of the Sanpitch, Robert D. Nielson gives a short historical report in 1998 "about the entire watershed and the environment as it existed before 1925" in Sanpete Valley.

He says: "The Sanpitch River was over 50 miles long from its upper origins … to its confluence with the Sevier River near Gunnison.

Its course was varied and its flow erratic, depending on winter storms and snow melt.

There were broad areas called the 'swamps' where there was low stream flow.

The main swamp was as much as two miles wide and extended northerly for ten miles above the narrows near what is now Manti.

The swamp supported dense growth of sedges, bulrushes and grasses on the muck soils built up over many years.

… During the flooded period, October to June, and before and after the cold, icy winter, migrating waterfowl were seasonal occupants en route to and from their winter habitats."

He also says: "Sedges, rushes and grasses were in the swamp areas."

Confirmation of this large swamp or marsh in Sanpete Valley is found in the Bureau of Land Management's webpages.

Land surveys in 1857 of three townships (R3E T17S, T16S and T15S) in the valley show an extensive section of marsh.

Albert Antrei in The Other 49-ers writes: "The Sanpitch River … was once a respectable barrier to crossing the valley."

He continues: "In the central valley, at its lowest point, the water table is very high; in fact, of the 220 square miles that comprise the valley floor, fully seventy square miles have a water table of ten feet or less beneath the surface.

A great deal of acreage on both sides of the Sanpitch River north and south of Ephraim actually is a swamp, with the water table at or above ground level.

Paradoxically for an arid region, the water problem over a large percentage of the valley floor is one of drainage, rather than irrigation."

Albert Smith, an early settler in Sanpete Valley, wrote in his journal, "There are 10 miles and, perhaps more, of marsh that is covered with rushes and grasses."

Smith arrived in the valley in November 1849 (quoted in Albert Antrei, High, Dry, and Offside).

He called the Native Americans "Sanpeters" and describes them.

We have very few archaeological sites in Sanpete County that have been examined by archaeologists to establish sufficiently what the Native Americans' culture was like.

However, the knoll on the west side of the southern terminus of 300 East in Ephraim has been investigated, and the findings were published in 1941.

In addition, tule mats have been found in locations throughout Utah.

The original publication on "Fremont" Indians in 1931 by Morss refers to "tule mats" that were found in seven of the 27 caves they examined.

All of these are within about 75 miles of Sanpete Valley (as the crow flies).

Marwitt in Handbook of North American Indians says: "Along the Basin-Plateau boundary, the typical Sevier Fremont site is a small hamlet or open settlement situated on an alluvial fan near a canyon mouth and convenient to a dependable source of water in the form of a perennial stream.

With the exception of … sites of debatable classification discussed above, the settlements also tend to be relatively close to marshes."

He adds, "At Backhoe Village [in Sevier County] and perhaps elsewhere in the Sevier area, marsh resources appear to have been the primary component in the subsistence economy and the most crucial factor that allowed sedentary villages to be present in the locality."

Thus, "permanent settlements were made possible in large part by exploiting productive marshlands."

Evidence indicates that Native Americans in Sevier County seemed to have used corn and cattails as food sources.

We know, however, based on investigations of early sites in nearby areas, that Native Americans were also able to remain in this valley by taking advantage of one of the major resources available in the large marsh in Sanpete Valley: tules/bulrushes.

More information on what Native American life was like before the settlers arrived in 1849 is available in Steven R. Simms, Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin and the Colorado Plateau.

From these reliable sources, we now know Native Americans in the area were taking advantage of the extensive marsh with bulrushes and were known as the bulrush people or the tule people.

Thus, the name of the people and their valley sounded something like Sanpits or Sanpitch and became Sanpete.

Sanpete Valley or Tule Valley or Bulrush Valley.

The question "What does Sanpete mean?" cannot be answered solely by traipsing back into history.

Doesn't the name Sanpete also mean what the people in the valley choose to make it mean by the ways they live?

The largely uninhabited Great Basin was occupied by the Mormon pioneers beginning in summer 1847. The first few years were spent establishing a base in the Great Salt Lake Valley, then groups were sent - usually by directive of the church leaders - to settle the more outlying areas. In 1849 two Ute chiefs traveled to the Salt Lake Valley to request that such settlements be made in the Sanpete Valley. The chiefs, Walkara and Sowiette, asked Mormon leader Brigham Young to settle a group of his people in the valley of Sanpitch, about 125 miles (201 km) to the south. Young sent a party to explore the area in August of that year. It was deemed favorable to settlement, and Brigham Young called Isaac Morley and George Washington Bradley to organize about fifty families to move south and settle "San Pete." The group of 224 arrived on November 19.led by Isaac Morley, Charles Shumway, and Seth Taft and George Washington Bradley. After some debate, the first settlement in the valley was established on the present site of Manti, Utah. The State of Deseret enacted the county effective January 31, 1850.


The show featured a number of sculptures made of Kanekalon hair, knockers, barrettes, and beads that referenced both Kaa (the snake character made famous in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book)" and Medusa's head of snakes.

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Diamond Stingily, Kaa, 2016, Kanekalon hair, knockers, barrettes in six parts.

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At this point in her short career, Diamond Stingily is probably known best for a work she didn't create—Martine Syms's video Notes on Gesture (2015), which was shown last year at Syms's exhibition at Bridget Donahue in New York.

Stingily stars in the video, acting out various gestures that are repeated over and over again like animated GIFs.

"I think Martine knows I talk a lot, and she was just asking me certain questions," Stingily said.

"I would literally just have a conversation with myself, and she would just film it."

From the moment the video debuted, it was a hit, popular with art fans and critics.

(I was just one of many writers who loved it.)

And then, just as quickly, people started mistaking Stingily for Syms, whom Stingily has been friends with since she was 18.

Stingily described one person coming up to her and telling her she made a great video.

"But then he called me Martine," Stingily said, "and I was like, 'I'm not Martine, I'm not Martine.'"

A Chicago transplant and a self-described Syms fangirl, Stingily has stepped into the spotlight this summer with a show at Queer Thoughts (open through this Sunday), a small gallery in New York's Tribeca neighborhood.

She's also at work on show at the Lower East Side's Ramiken Crucible gallery for the fall.

This has been a big year for Stingily—"the very best!" she said.

The Queer Thoughts show features a number of sculptures that Stingily calls "Kaas," after the snake character in The Jungle Book.

Pinned to the wall by knockers, the "Kaas" are long braids of Kanekalon hair that can range from one-and-a-half to 20 feet in length.

(Together, Stingily and I tried to figure out the correct pronunciation of "Kanekalon."

For Stingily, the "Kaas" call to mind fictional characters like Medusa, whose hair was made of snakes.

"I feel like hair can be scary, but powerful or intimidating, if you're not used to it," she said.

"I talked to someone before about European standards of beauty.

I asked Stingily if she had ever seen the Chris Rock documentary Good Hair, in which the comedian looks at the cultural meaning of black hair.

He's like, 'Does anyone want to buy this?'

I'm like, damn, that's bad because black hair is really versatile.

You can really do a lot with thick, beautiful hair."

As a kid, Stingily worked at her mother's hair salon.

"I'm always doing stuff with my hair, like playing with my hair," she said.

"It's really eventful for me, and I like the time and patience that goes into getting your hair done."

Though she's an adept braider of Kanekalon hair, Stingily said that real hair is a different story.

Installation view of 'Diamond Stingily: Kaas,' 2016, at Queer Thoughts, New York.

In addition to making objects, Stingily has also had some of her writing published.

Through Syms's imprint Dominica, she has reprinted diaries she wrote as an eight-year-old.

"I wrote in cursive, so it was a bougie eight-year-old's perspective," she said.

"In one of my entries, I talked about paying taxes.

I was like, 'We have to pay the taxes.' "

Stingily's public readings are often inspired by things from her childhood, like the death of her grandmother.

So too are her "Kaas," which often have butterfly barrettes attached to them.

"I'm very inspired by my childhood," she said.

"I feel like it's influenced me a lot, but childhood influences everybody.

I think some people can look at my work, and it's totally relatable in some type of way.

"From when I was a baby to when I moved to New York, I was at that shop, that salon, and looking at different hairstyles," she added.

"Since a few years ago, I've gone natural.

That's a different realm, learning natural hairstyles.

But it still translates to being in the shop.

It's still the same thing—I'm wanting to get my hair done constantly."

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 Stingily published her first book through Dominica imprint titled, "Love, Diamond." The book is a "reprint of the artist's first diary written as an 8-year-old" growing up in Chicago. Stingily has kept most of her journals since she began writing at an early age and was encouraged to write by her grandmother. She has performed readings with fellow artists and writers Justin Allen, Rindon Johnson, Juliana Huxtable, and Andrew Durbin.
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There are now members of the Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec family distributed throughout the world, especially, in descending order of numbers, in Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, South America and Australia.

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In Poland, the word Polonia – simply meaning Poland in several languages – is commonly used.

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Vladimir Efimkon (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 1hr 26min 35sec

David Lopez Garzia (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 26min 40sec

Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole) @ 1hr 26min 42sec

Julio Perez Cuapio (Panaria) @ 1hr 27min 0sec

Nicolas Vogondy (Credit Agricole) @ 1hr 31min 17sec

Fortunato Baliani (Panaria) @ 1hr 32min 19sec

Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) @ 1hr 32min 50sec

Steve Zampieri (Phonak) @ 1hr 41min 45sec

Luis Filipe Laverde (Panaria) @ 1hr 43min 11sec

Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues telecom) @ 1hr 46min 58sec

Jörg Ludewig (T-Mobile) @ 1hr 47min 12sec

Theo Eltink (Rabobank) @ 1hr 48min 47sec

Inigo Chaurreau (Ag2r) @ 1hr 50min 38sec

Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 1hr 50min 38sec

Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) @ 1hr 52min 38sec

Evgeni Petrov (Lampre) @ 1hr 57min 19sec

Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) @ 1hr 59min 19sec

Gorazd Stengelj (Lampre) @ 2hr 3min 26sec

Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 4min 45sec

Raffaele Illiano (Selle Italia) @ 2hr 5min 47sec

Volodymir Gustov (CSC) @ 2hr 10min 21sec

Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 12min 55sec

Scott Davic (T-Mobile) @ 2hr 13min 42sec

Gustav Erik Larsson (FDJ) @ 2hr 14min 31sec

Pavel Padrnos (Discovery) @ 2hr 19min 55sec

José Luis Carrasco (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 2hr 20min 24sec

Alessandro Vanotti (Milram) @ 2hr 22min 55sec

Alexandr Kolobnev (Rabobank) @ 2hr 23min 12sec

Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) @ 2hr 23min 28sec

Christian Knees (Milram) @ 2hr 24min 14sec

Matthias Russ (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 26min 54sec

Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick Step) @ 2hr 29min 33sec

Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 31min 59sec

Andrea Moletta (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 32min 31sec

Sylvain Calzati (Ag2r) @ 2hr 34min 23sec

Martin Elmiger (Phonak) @ 2hr 34min 54sec

Imanol Erviti (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 2hr 35min 25sec

Javier Ramirez (Liberty Seguros) @ 2hr 37min 8sec

Benoit Joachim (Discovery) @ 2hr 38min 41sec

Addy Engels (Quick Step) @ 2hr 39min 39sec

Torsten Hiekmann (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 40min 23sec

Dario David Cioni (Liquigas) @ 2hr 40min 40sec

Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 41min 57sec

Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 42min 58sec

Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) @ 2hr 43min 19sec

Markel Irizar (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 48min 28sec

Daniel Navarro (Liberty Seguros) @ 2hr 49min 24sec

Alessandro Spezialetti (Liquigas) @ 2hr 54min 13sec

Mikel Pradera (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 2hr 56min 52sec

Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 2hr 57min 48sec

Sven Kraus (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 57min 58sec

Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Rabobank) @ 2hr 58min 32sec

Benoit Poilvet (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 3min 44sec

Yannick Talabardon (Credit Agricole) @ 23hr 6min 3sec

Matthew White (Discovery) @ 3hr 7min 26sec

Miguel Angel Rubiano (Panaria) @ 3hr 12min 4sec

Alessandro Cortinovis (Milram) @ 3hr 17min 9sec

Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia) @ 3hr 18min 7sec

Patrick Calgani (Liquigas) @ 3hr 19min 42sec

Angel Gomez Gomez (Saunier Duval) @ 3hr 19min 58sec

Santo Anza (Selle Italia) @ 3hr 20min 0sec

Anton Luengo (Euskaltel) @ 3hr 23min 9sec

William Bonnet (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 25min 34sec

Amaël Moinard (Cofidis) @ 3hr 26min 4sec

Jonathan Patrick McCarty (Phonak) @ 3hr 26min 5sec

Olivier Bonnaire (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3hr 26min 54sec

Arnaud Labbe (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3hr 26min 59sec

Giovanni Lombardi (CSC) @ 3hr 28min 10sec

José Cayetano (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 3hr 29min 33sec

Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3hr 32min 3sec

Leonardo Scarselli (Quick Step) @ 3hr 34min 9sec

Cyrille Monnerais (FDJ) @ 3hr 35min 9sec

Rémi Pauriol (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 37min 2sec

Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 3hr 38min 28sec

Koen De Kort (Liberty Seguros) @ 3hr 39min 26sec

Marc De Maar (Rabobank) @ 3hr 41min 12sec

Paolo Fornaciari (Lampre) @ 3hr 41min 51sec

Christophe Edaleine (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 42min 25sec

Alberto Ongarato (Milram) @3hr 44min 30sec

Nick Gates (Davitamon-lotto) @ 3hr 46min 29sec

Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 46min 51sec

Jan Kuyckx (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 3hr 50min 9sec

José Antonio Garrido (Quick Step) @ 3hr 53min 47sec

Jason McCartney (Discovery) @ 3hr 54min 2sec

Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) @ 3hr 55min 54sec

Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Panaria) @ 3hr 57min 1sec

Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 59min 34sec

Preben Van Hecke (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 4hr 0min 58sec

Davide Bramati (Quick Step) @ 4hr 2min 0sec

Sergiy Matveyev (Panaria) @ 4hr 2min 8sec

Benat Albizuri Aransolo @ 4hr 5min 49sec

Henk Vogels (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 4hr 6min 16sec

Dario Andriotto (Liquigas) @ 4hr 7min 54sec

Frantisek Rabon (T-Mobile) @ 4hr 8min 16sec

Aaron Olson (Saunier Duval) @ 4hr 16min 23sec

Yohann Gene (Bouygues Telecom) @ 4hr 20min 55sec

Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step): 64 points

Stage results with running GC, maps and photos:

Thursday, April 4; Friday, April 5: Photos from the the April 4 team presentation in Liege, Belgium and the Friday, and the April 5 press conference

Saturday, May 6: Stage 1, Seraing 6.2 km Individual time trial

Paolo Savoldelli is the first Maglia Rosa of the 2006 Giro

More photos from the stage 1 time trial.

1. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) 7min 50sec. 47.489 km/hr

4. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) s.t.

6. Francisco Perez Sanchez (Illes Balears) @ 16sec

7. Jose Ivan Gutierez (Illes Balears) s.t.

9. Davide Rebellin (GErolsteiner) @ 18sec

16. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 26sec

Map and elevation of Stage 1 individual time trial.

Sunday, May 7: Stage 2, Mons - Charleroi/Marcinelle (Belgium), 197 km.

A break that was eventually brought back for a mass romp at the end.

An obviously tired Gabriele Missaglia does his turn at the front.

More photos from stage 2, including the sprint finish.

1. Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) 4hr 51min 40sec. 41.142 km/hr

1. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) 4hr 49min 30sec

9. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 18sec

Savoldelli leads in all of the other jersey competitions, Purple, Green and Blue.

Monday, May 8: Stage 3, Perwez - Namur, 202 km.

Schumacher gets the stage win and the Maglia Rosa.

Results: Petacchi crashed, breaking his kneecap.

1. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) 5hr 14min 41sec. 39.086 km/hr

8. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) s.t.

1. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) 10hr 14min 4sec

3. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 23sec

4. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) @ 29sec

5. Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery) @ 31sec

8. Francisco Perez Sanchez (Illes Balears) @ 32sec

9. José Enrique Gurierrez (Phonak) @ 33sec

Tuesday, May 9: Stage 4, Wanze - Hotton, Belgium. 193 km

1. Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) 4hr 38min 51sec. 41.527 km/hr

10. Sebastien Chavanel (Bouygues Telecom) s.t.

The only change to the top 10 was that Bettini's 12-second time bonus for second place moved him up to 10th place:

1. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) 14hr 52min 55sec

9. Jose Enrique Gurierrez (Phonak) @ 33sec

Thursday, May 11: Stage 5, Piacenza - Cremona (team time trial), 35 km

1. Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) 15hr 30min 23sec

8. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) @ 31sec

10. Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery) @ 38sec

25. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1min 17sec

52. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 56sec

103. Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) @ 2min 46sec

Stage 5 team time trial map and elevation

Friday, May 12: Stage 6, Busseto - Forlì, 227 km

1. Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) 5hr 24min 13sec. 42.749 km/hr

1. Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile) 20hr 54min 34sec

8. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) @ 33sec

10. Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery) @ 40sec

Saturday, May 13: Stage 7, Cesena - Saltara, 236 km

Monte Catria (1,460 meters) This climb has a patch of 18% gradient.

Di Luca had trouble on the longest stage of this year's Giro.

The terrain of the region (Le Marche) is very hilly and was a good test of the riders' fitness.

Verbrugghe was away in a break most of the race and then took a flyer on the uphill finish.

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) 6hr 42min 15sec. 35.201 km/hr

5. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 16sec

9. Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom) @ 20sec

10. Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) s.t.

35. Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) @ 1min 3sec

1. Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) 27hr 37min 7sec

5. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 54sec

6. Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery) @ 56sec

8. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 1min 3sec

9. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 1min 7sec

11. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1min 21sec

20. Gilberto Simoni (Saunie Duval) @ 1min 21sec

Sunday, May 14: Stage 8, Civitanova Marche - Maielletta/Passo Lanciano, 171 km

Climb: Maielletta-Passo Lanciano (hilltop finish, 1,294 meters.

The final climb is 12.33 km long with 1,030 meters of elevation gain.

The average gradient is 8.4% but early in the climb there is a nasty 13% patch.

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 4hr 4min 19sec. 41.994 km/hr

4. Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty Seguros) @ 45sec

6. Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 15sec

8. Danilo Di Lica (Liquigas) @ 1min 32sec

9. Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) @ 1min 50sec

10. Julio Perez Cuapio (Panaria) @ 1min 52sec

15. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 2min 20sec

19. Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) @ 2min 34sec

2. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 1min 34sec

4. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 2min 35sec

5. Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) @ 2min 43sec

6. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 2min 48sec

7. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 3min 20sec

8. Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty Seguros) @ 3min 23sec

9. Tom Danielson (Discovery) @ 3min 31sec

10. Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery) @ 3min 39sec

Monday, May 15: Stage 9, Francavilla al Mare-Termoli, 127 km

1. Tomas Vaitkus (Ag2R) 3hr 5min 13sec. 42.760 km/hr

6. Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) s.t.

10. Alessandro Spezialetti (Liquigas) s.t.

Tuesday, May 16: Stage 10, Termoli - Peschici, 187 km

1. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) 4hr 39min 47sec. 40.745 km/hr

2. Vladimir Efemkin (Illes Balears) s.t.

3. Sergey Yakovlev (Liberty Seguros) @ 2sec

6. Jose Luis Carrasco (Illes Balears) s.t.

2. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 1min 34sec

4. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 2min 5sec

5. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 2min 35sec

6. Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) @ 2min 43sec

7. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 2min 48sec

8. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 3min 20sec

9. Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty Seguros) @ 3min 23sec

10. Tom Danielson (Discovery) @ 3min 31sec

Stages 7 through 10 had some notable abandons:

Davide Rebellin, broken rib from stage 10 crash

Bradley McGee, sciatic probelms from crash earlier in the season

If no more abandonments are announced, there should be 184 riders on the line for the time trial in Pontadera (near Pisa) on Thursday.

Thursday, May 18: Stage 11, Pontedera-Pontedera (individual time trial), 50 km.

The moment just before Ivan Basso (in pink) caught 2004 Giro winner Damiano Cunego.

1. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) 58min 48sec. 51.020 km/hr

3. Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 1sec

4. Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) @ 1min 9sec

5. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 1min 19sec

6. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 1min 42sec

8. Gustav Erik Larsson (FDJ) @ 2min 22sec

9. Dario David Cioni (Liquigas) @ 2min 24sec

10. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery) @ 2min 27sec

11. Tom Danielson (Discovery) @ 2min 35sec

30. Jose Rujano (Selle Italia) @ 4min 15sec

33. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 4min 21sec

55. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 5min 13sec

71. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 5min 34sec

2. Jose Enrigue Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 2min 48sec

3. Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) @ 3min 24sec

4. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 3min 26sec

5. Tom Danielson (Discovery) @ 5min 38sec

6. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 6min 37sec

7. Victor Hugo Pena (Phonak) @ 6min 54sec

9. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 7min 13sec

10. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 7min 33sec

Friday, May 19: Stage 12, Livorno - Sestri Levante, 169 km

1. Joan Horrach (Illes Balears) 3hr 55min 53sec. 42.987 km/hr

7. Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 3sec

2. Jose Enrique Gurtierrez (Phonak) @ 2min 48sec

3. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 3min 26sec

4. Emanuele Sella (Panaria) @ 4min 21sec

5. Wladimir Belli Selle Italia) @ 5min 31sec

6. Tom Danielson (Discovery) @ 5min 38sec

7. Manuel Beltran (Discovery) @ 6min 36sec

8. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 6min 37sec

9. Victor Hugo Pena (Phonak) @ 6min 54sec

11. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 7min 13sec

12. Danilo Di Luca (Lquigas) @ 7min 33sec

The Bassa climb at kilometer 103 has a patch of 12% gradient

Saturday, May 20: Stage 13, Alessandria - La Thuile, 216 km

Climb: Colle San Carlo, 10.52 km long with 1,031 meters of elevation gain.

It averages 9.8% but in the first kilometer there is a 14% section and at km 3 there is a touch of 15%.

Notable did-not-start or abandons: Robbie McEwen, Michael Rogers, Tomas Vaitkus, Marcos Serrano and Jose Rujano

1. Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) 5hr 21min 12sec. 40.348 km/hr

3. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 1min 19sec

5. Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) @ 2min 9sec

8. Julio Perez Cuapio (Panaria) @ 2min 18sec

2. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 3min 27sec

3. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 5min 30sec

4. Wladimir Belli (Selle Italia) @ 7min 35sec

5. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 8min

6. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 8min 14sec

7. Tom Danielson (Discovery) @ 8min 35sec

9. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 10min 36sec

10. Victor Hugo Pena (Phonak) @ 11min 12sec

Sunday, May 21: Stage 14, Aosta - Domodossola, 223 km

Passo del Sempione/Simplon Pass: 2,005 meters. 20 km long with 1,324 meters of elevation gain.

It has an average gradient of 6.6% with a maximum of 12% at km 6.

A break of non-contenders went clear on the San Bernardo and that was it.

Paolo Bettini won the field sprint when he came in 12th @ 7min 44sec.

Sandy Casar was the best-placed member of the break and moved to 6th in the GC.

1. Luis Felipe Laverde (Panaria) 5hr 27min 5sec

2. Franceisco Perez Sanchez (Illes Balears) s.t.

4. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) s.t.

2. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 3min 27sec

3. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 5min 30sec

4. Wladimir Belli (Selle Italia) @ 7min 35sec

5. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 8min

7. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 8min 14sec

8. Tom Danielson (Discovery) @ 8min 35sec

10. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 10min 36sec

11. Victor Hugo Pena (Phonak) @ 11min 12sec

Monday, May 22: Stage 15, Mergozzo - Brescia, 190 km

1. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) 4hr 15min 42sec. 44.583 km/hr

Pan flat and the last sprinter's stage until Milan.

Tuesday, May 23: Stage 16, Rovato - Trento/Monte Bondone, 173 km

Monte Bondone: hilltop finish, 1,650 meters.

The climb is 17.47 km long with 1,372 meters of elevation gain.

Average gradient is 7.9% but around the end of the first kilometer there is a patch of 13%.

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 4hr 51min 30sec. 34.579 km/hr

2. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 26sec

3. Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 37sec

6. Julio Perez Cuapio (Panaria) @ 2min 45sec

7. Wladimir Belli (Selle Italia) @ 3min 12sec

8. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 3min 25sec

9. Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty SEguras) @ 3min 27sec

2. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 5min 24sec

3. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 9min 17sec

4. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 9min 34sec

5. Wladimir Belli (Selle Italia) @ 11min 7sec

6. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 11min 59sec

8. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 13min 35sec

9. Victor Hugo Pena (Phonak) @ 14min 59sec

10. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 15min 18sec

Wednesday, May 24: Stage 17, Termeno - Plan de Corones, 133 km

Plan de Corones (hilltop finish, 2,273 meters).

16.9 km long with 1,261 meters of elevation gain.

It averages 7.5% but in the final kilometer, where it is unpaved, it has a section of 24% gradient.

Stage news: The finish line is being moved about 5 km down the mountain so that the riders won't have to climb in mud, freezing mud at that.

They'll end at the top of the Furcia Pass.

The riders, unhappy with today's route, delayed the start of the stage.

Now, because of the weather, the riders will not go over the Passo delle Erbe.

Given the very, very cold and wet weather, that would have been a horrible descent.

They are still scheduled to go to the top of the Plan de Corones, which reports say is now a muddy dirt road.

I'll bet they shorten the finish as well.

1. Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) 3hr 21min 26sec. 34.254 km/hr

3. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 15sec

8. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 48sec

10. Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty Seguros) s.t.

16. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 1min 29sec

2. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 5min 43sec

3. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 10min 34sec

4. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 10min 58sec

5. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 12min 30sec

6. Wladimir Belli (Selle Italia) @ 13min

8. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 14min 48sec

9. Victor Hugo Pena (Phonak) @ 16min 40sec

10. Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery) @ 17min 48sec

The dotted section on the final ascent on the elevation map is unpaved and approaches 24%.

Thursday, May 25: Stage 18, Sillian - Gemona del Friuli, 207 km

1. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) 5hr 31min 33sec. 37.460 km/hr

4. David Lopez Garcia (Euskaltel) @ 2sec

6. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) @ 2min 13sec

Friday, May 26: Stage 19, Pordenone - Passo di San Pellegrino, 221 km

Passo di San Pellegrino (hilltop finish, 1,918 meters).

1. Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step), 7hr 13min 36sec, 30.581 km/hr

3. Francisco J. Vila (Lampre) @ 1min 21sec

7. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 2min 15sec

10. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 2min 19sec

12. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 2min 40sec

16. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 4min 16sec

2. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 6min 7sec

3. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 10min 34sec

4. Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 12min 59sec

5. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 15min 13 sec

6. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 15min 26sec

8. Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step) @ 16min 40sec

9. Wladimir Belli (Selle Italia) @ 17min 23sec

10. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 18min 31sec

Saturday, May 27: Stage 20, Trento - Aprica, 212 km

Passo Gavia (Cima Coppi, highest point in the Giro, 2,618 meters),

Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 17sec

Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 6min 3sec

José Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) @ 9min 18sec

Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) @ 11min 59sec

Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) @ 19min 22sec

Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step) @ 24min 26sec

Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) @ 25min 57sec

Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Lampre) @ 27min 34sec

Sunday, May 28: 21st and Final Stage: Museo Del Ghisallo- Milano, 140 km.

1. Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner) 3hr 56min 3sec. 35.585 km/hr

Complete Final 2006 Giro d'Italia General Classification

Our fearless crew of experts are starting to send in their prognostications for the Giro.

Franco Bitossi: 147 pro victories including 1968 Tour de France points Jersey:

Pink Jersey: 1st Basso, 2nd Cunego, 3rd Simoni.

Sprinter: Petacchi (even though I am not sure if Petacchi will be able to finish the Giro).

Pietro Piazzalunga: Legendary mechanic to Gimondi, Argentin, Motta. Ballarini, etc:

I believe that Simoni will win the Giro.

His manger Algeri put a very good team together for him and he is a tough man.

Pink Jersey: 1st Damiano Cunego, 2nd Jan Ullrich, 3rd Ivan Basso

Sprinter: A tossup between Alessandro Petacchi and Bradley McGee

Climber: Impossible to predict betwen Basso, Simoni and Cunego.

Rujano doesn't seem to have properly prepared for this year.

Simoni went on to win the Giro after expanding his lead through stage wins on the Monte Zoncolan and the Alpe di Pampeago The 2004 Giro d'Italia saw a battle between Damiano Cunego, Serhiy Honchar, and Gilberto Simoni. Simoni gained the lead after the third stage and held it to the seventh stage where he lost it to Cunego. Cunego held the lead until the lengthy stage twelve individual time trial when Yaroslav Popovych took the lead. Cunego regained the lead after the sixteenth stage and went on to win the race, while fellow Italian Alessandro Petacchi won nine out of the 21 stages.
 The 2005 Giro d'Italia saw the race lead change hands multiple times within the first week of racing. Ivan Basso gained the lead after the eleventh stage, which finished in Zoldo Alto. Two days later, Paolo Savoldelli gained the lead after the thirteenth stage that finish in Urtijëi. Savoldelli went on to win his second Giro d'Italia while fending off the attacks of Gilberto Simoni and José Rujano.


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# Hear Twenty One Pilots' Groove-Driven Song 'My Blood'

## Single appears on forthcoming fifth album, 'Trench'

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Twenty One Pilots have unveiled their new song "My Blood."

The new visual follows their trilogy video storyline told via "Jumpsuit," "Nico and the Niners" and "Levitate."

The new Trench track's audio release includes one-shot video footage of singer Tyler Joseph in a recording studio.

Flanked by guitars on the walls, he's seen from behind, playing the song's grooving bassline while the track plays and he bobs his head along to the melodies and beat.

"Stay with me, no, you don't need to run," Joseph sings on the uplifting, disco-tipped track, which features lyrics that express supporting someone who has been abandoned by friends and is being attacked.

He hits a falsetto on the chorus, singing, "Stay with me, my blood, you don't need to run."

Twenty One Pilots' upcoming fifth LP, Trench, will be released October 5th via Fueled by Ramen.

The band will support its Blurryface follow-up with a headlining world tour that launches on October 16th in Nashville, Tennessee at Bridgestone Arena.

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There were multiple images uploaded to the website, including letters from a character named "Clancy". In July 2018, Twenty One Pilots broke their year-long silence, first sending a cryptic email to fans and later posting a video to all social media platforms and updating their logo and branding. Tyler Joseph made his first media appearance in over a year for an interview with Zane Lowe of Beats 1 from his own home studio in Columbus, Ohio, in which he spoke about the band's year long hiatus, creating the new album, and battling against personal demons and insecurities.
 On July 11, 2018, the band released two new songs, "Jumpsuit" and "Nico and the Niners", as well as the music video for "Jumpsuit". They also made the announcement of their fifth studio album, "Trench", scheduled to be released on October 5, 2018, and a new world tour, titled "The Bandito Tour", starting October 16. Later, on July 26, 2018, the music video for "Nico and the Niners" was released.  The song "Levitate" was subsequently released as the album's third single via Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show as the day's "World Record". The music video was also released, concluding the trilogy series. On August 20, 2018, at the MTV VMAs, a ten second long snippet of the song "My Blood" was played at the end of a commercial promoting the album.


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