KIA RACING MAKES ITS WAY TO LIME ROCK PARK FOR NEXT ROUND OF THE GRAND-AM CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE
Infinity Audio Forte Koups Enter Memorial Day Classic Looking For Third Podium Finish In 2011
- Second-year Kia Racing program sits just three points off the lead in the Street Tuner engine manufacturer standings
- No. 10 Infinity Audio Forte Koup is within striking distance of the number one spot in the Street Tuner team rankings
IRVINE, Calif., May 26, 2011 – With two podium appearances in the first three events of the year and the company’s first-ever GRAND-AM victory last month at Barber Motorsports Park, the Infinity Audio Kia Forte Koups return to racing action this weekend for the Memorial Day Classic at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Conn. Kia Motors America’s second-year racing program enters the fifth race of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) season currently ranked second overall, and just three points off the lead, in the Street Tuner (ST) class engine manufacturer standings.
As the CTSCC season nears the halfway point, Kia Racing – in partnership with Kinetic Motorsports – continues to show rapid growth with strong performances in the season’s first five races and has high hopes for the remainder of the schedule. The No. 10 Forte Koup enters the Memorial Day Classic in third place and within striking distance of the top spot in the ST team standings.
Coming off their best two finishes of the year, Kia Racing drivers Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood look to pilot the No. 12 Infinity Audio Forte Koup to the podium on their home track at this Saturday’s Memorial Day Classic race at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Conn.
“Achieving our fourth-straight top ten finish at the Bosch Engineering 200 despite inclement weather and numerous setbacks underscores the strength of Kia’s second-year motorsports program and we are looking for even better results at Lime Rock Park this weekend,” said Michael Sprague, vice president of marketing and communications, KMA. “With the No. 12 Forte Koup’s top five finish at Lime Rock Park in 2010 and Kinetic’s tremendous record so far this year, the entire team is focused on scoring enough points to move Kia Racing into the top spot in the engine manufacturer standings. With seven turns and 1.5 miles in length, the technical nature of Lime Rock Park should give the Forte Koups and their outstanding braking and handling characteristics a great shot at the podium.”
Race fans can follow Kia’s motorsports program and receive live updates at www.facebook.com/kiaracing.
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Following the excitement of Kia’s first-ever GRAND-AM victory at Barber Motorsports Park in April, the Kia Racing team entered the Bosch Engineering 200 at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) with their eyes on a double top ten finish for the No. 10 and No. 12 Infinity Audio Forte Koups – and a possible move into first place in the CTSCC engine manufacturer standings in the ST class (Kia entered the May 14th race ranked second). Although the team was full of optimism following the win in Birmingham, Ala., it also knew VIR’s long straight-aways would give the more powerful turbocharged cars in the field a major advantage and the drivers would have to rely on the Koup’s handling and braking strengths to make up the difference in the more technical portions of the track.
After securing the No. 12 car’s best-ever qualifying position of fifth, Adam Burrows started behind-the-wheel and was able to move up one spot to fourth during his 22 laps in the car. With more than 60 cars in the field, the race was marred by several crashes that caused 27 of 56 laps to be run under yellow flag caution. Following a flawless pit stop, Trevor Hopwood jumped behind-the-wheel and immediately started charging up the leader board, eventually reaching the second position with just under 30 minutes remaining in the race. With four laps to go, the predicted rain appeared, causing the No. 12 to lose a bit of traction and ultimately finished in eighth place.
The result is the best finish this year for Burrows and Hopwood, and their second consecutive top-ten finish moved the pair up to 13th in the overall team standings as they continue to recover from the run of bad luck they encountered in the first two events.
After experiencing several setbacks including contact during the opening lap and a spinout a few laps later, the No. 10 Infinity Audio Forte Koup piloted by Michael Galati and Nic Jnsson finished 26th overall, after running in the top ten in the early stages of the race.
Despite the incidents and less-than-optimal finish the No. 10 car remains just seven points off
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You would be hard-pressed to find a conservative who supports President Barack Obama’s health care law, but when it comes to the actual strategy to bring it down, there isn’t nearly as much unity.
Republicans are divided over how to continue the fight against the 2010 law known as Obamacare, which the U.S. Supreme Court deemed constitutional in 2012. There is a disagreement within the conservative movement between those who want to defund the law and those who think it would be better to delay its implementation.
Both share the same aim: the eventual destruction of Obamacare. But the two sides have significant tactical disagreements over how to reach that goal.
On the Defunder side, a group of conservatives in Congress has threatened to vote against any government spending measure (known as a continuing resolution, or CR) that includes federal funding to implement the law. Congress must agree to a new CR by the end of September, when the last short-term extension of federal spending levels expires, or risk shutting down the government. So far, 13 Republican senators have signaled support for the effort by refusing to vote for any CR that includes health care law funding. Even more Republicans have said they will support a bill that cuts out Obamacare funding, but have not made the commitment to reject a CR if the defund effort fails.
The Defunders have the backing of large conservative groups such as the Heritage Foundation and its advocacy arm, Heritage Action. Heritage President Jim DeMint has spent the month of August hosting town hall meetings across the country to pressure lawmakers to commit to demanding that the law be stripped of funding — even if it means risking a shutdown.
Supporters of the defund strategy say that attaching the demand to a CR, a must-pass bill, will force Democrats to engage them on the issue. Unlike past failed attempts to repeal the law, the bill won’t disappear into memory when ignored or rejected by Democrats, they say. This one would have teeth.
“That’s what separates our defunding efforts from most of the previous repeal votes that have taken place,” Heritage Action spokesman Dan Holler told Yahoo News. “Here you’re talking about attaching it to something that has to be signed into law at some point.”
The most ardent advocates for the defund strategy, such as Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, have taken to preemptively calling out lawmakers who don’t join their effort when it comes time to vote for the CR. “You cannot say you are against Obamacare if you are willing to vote for a law that funds it,” Rubio has said.
But lawmakers, including many Republicans, have already voted on past spending measures that have funded Obamacare. Why, suddenly, does this particular CR matter so much? The answer: Timing.
The upcoming CR will be the last spending measure before some of the most prominent programs under Obamacare are scheduled to begin. As early as Oct. 1, Americans without health insurance will be able to apply for coverage established by the law. On Jan. 1, all Americans will be required to prove they are enrolled in a health insurance coverage plan and Medicaid eligibility programs will be expanded. By the end of 2014, the law will be well on its way to full implementation, and the defunders worry that it will be impossible to stop the Obamacare ball once it starts rolling.
“There is a real sense that this is one of the last opportunities that you have to try to prevent the law’s implementation,” Holler told Yahoo News. “I think that’s where this is being driven from.”
Other conservatives, however, question whether the plan is worth prompting a confrontation that could shut down the government. Instead of attaching a defund bill to the CR and refusing to budge under any circumstances, they are urging Republicans to demand that the law be delayed.
“Anything that delays it makes it possible in the future to ask for a further delay,” said Americans for Tax Reform founder Grover Norquist, who earlier this month sent a letter to Republican congressional leaders urging them to fight for a one-year delay of the law’s provisions. “Delaying it reminds people that it was not ready for prime time, that it was poorly written, that it was hurriedly thrown together.”
The Delayers say their strategy is more likely to succeed than the Defunders’ effort. It is hard to conceive of Obama agreeing to strip funding for his landmark legislative achievement, they say. Delaying it seems more within the realm of possibility.
One technical flaw in the Delayers’ strategy, Defunders say, is that during the delay period, the federal government will still be able to pump money into programs, which will pave the way for future implementation. Even if the law is delayed, federal employees can still work on the law in the background.
“Bureaucrats will still be able to work on implementation. They’ll still be able to get all the kinks worked out, the forms will be streamlined, etc. ...,” Holler said. “The bureaucrats can continue working under a delay and, come 2016, the Obama administration can roll out a smooth show of Obamacare exchanges.” Defunding the law, Holler added, “makes certain that the bureaucrats can’t work.”
On Capitol Hill, it appears the Delayers may be winning the argument. An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told the Huffington Post's Sam Stein Thursday that they could use the need to raise the nation's debt ceiling as a leverage point for delaying key parts of the law. "One of many things we can pursue on debt limit [is] potentially the individual mandate delay and codifying the business mandate delay," the aide told Stein. "And perhaps other aspects."
Regardless, when lawmakers return to Washington from their summer recess in September, both the Defunders and the Delayers will continue the fight to convince enough Republicans that their strategy is best.


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Noise is unwanted or disturbing sounds which have the ability to affect human health and the quality of life in general. The worst offenders of noise pollution are cars, aeroplanes, trains, and various other forms of transportation. The roadworks, different running appliances, and the garden equipment are equally responsible for causing noise pollution.But, how bad can it be for you? Well, prolonged exposure to noise can lead to various health-related issues and even hearing loss. Moreover, noise pollution impacts your well-being. That is why it is beneficial to be aware of the effects of noise pollution in order to take the necessary steps to combat the issue. So, here is what you should know about the effects of noise pollution on human health:
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The Problem with the Latest “Biggest Loser” Winner’s TransformationHeather Neal
Reality shows like The Biggest Loser are wildly successful because people can relate to them. Millions of viewers tune in every week to literally watch these people’s sweat and tears. Its popularity is likely attributed to the vast number of viewers that are going through the same struggle, namely with weight. But because this show has been on year after year and has a reputation for amazing transformations, people are watching it for reasons that go well beyond weight loss. Sure, they likely seek inspiration from the contestants and learn about diet and weight loss from the shows’ trainers as they instruct their teams, but it goes much further and much deeper than that.
We all know that to lose weight you have to pay attention to what you put in your mouth and devote dedication to physical activity. But if that were simply all it was about, it’d be easy. The show would be boring (and unnecessary). What it’s really about is the contestants’ struggles. Our struggles. Their triumphs. Our dreams. Seeing someone do something hard gives us the motivation and encouragement to try it ourselves. Seeing them succeed builds our confidence. An “if they can do it, so can I” mentality of sorts. It gives us hope that it’s not too late or impossible. It doesn’t matter if the “it” is weight loss, completing a triathlon, or auditioning for a television show. It’s about the will to reach outside of your comfort zone and the ability to succeed in doing so.
So why then, if the show is about much more than being overweight, is it OK to promote destructive or dangerous habits or behavior in the other direction? In the past, the weight loss of the contestants has been nothing more than inspirational and almost miraculous. Every year, the winner loses more and more weight than the previous year. That’s great up until a point. Why is this what’s being celebrated? When did it become about losing more weight than contestant X, instead of being your own competition?
That’s the message the show unintentionally seems to be sending by celebrating this season’s winner. A 24-year-old voice-over actress who lost almost 60% of her body weight. Sixty percent. Literally more than half of herself. In the moment that’s supposed to be completely victorious for the contestant and overwhelmingly inspirational for those of us at home, this year’s winner, Rachel Frederickson, walked out on stage to stunned disbelief and concern. The shock and awe on the trainers’ faces said it all. They knew she’d gone too far, yet in a moment of wonder and disbelief, slowly clapped because they knew they were supposed to. Only it wasn’t something to celebrate. Yes, it’s fantastic she lost the weight. She worked hard and she fought and struggled and came out victorious. But at what cost? What cost to her mental and emotional state? What cost to her body physically — to go from almost 250 pounds to just a little over the 100 pound mark? (240 pounds to 105, specifically.) And most important, at what cost to the viewers that are at home watching, subliminally being told that this is OK? That this is healthy; this is what they should be striving for.
Many will say it’s not her responsibility to worry about what people at home are taking away from this, but as a contestant on an immensely popular reality TV show, I say she does have responsibility. By becoming a public figure, what she does matters. What she does and how she looks sends a message, whether she wants it to or not. She’s a role model now. She could easily be a role model for persistence and perseverance, and fighting hard when the going gets tough, but right now, she’s an unintended role model for being crazy-skinny. Unfortunately, her physical appearance is outweighing the reality of her hard work and dedication.
Maybe it’s the network’s responsibility and not hers, or the medical team’s, or the trainers’. I don’t know. I just know it doesn’t feel right. There are young girls watching her. Morbidly obese middle-schoolers who thought they couldn’t stand a chance in the battle against weight before seeing someone like her do it, now only to be shown an outcome that seems impossible. It feeds into everything we’ve been trying to tell girls (and boys and grown women) about the wrong body image media represents. Now we’re saying this is what you need to get to. Not hey, you lost 20% of your body weight, reversed your diabetes, and are physically strong enough to flip truck tires or participate in triathlons. Now we’re saying, if you want to be “successful” you need to lose almost two-thirds of your body weight and look emaciated. What messed up kind of message is that? And what in the heck is next year’s winner going to have to resort to to beat that “record”? Because beating records is what makes the headlines — not hard work.
Of course, that being said, the poor woman is now faced with another problem equal in severity to the one she started with. First she weighed too much; now she doesn’t weigh enough. Either way, people are talking about her. In sourcing for other people’s opinion about the matter, I think Erin of Girl Gone Veggie said it best: “It’s amazing to me how emotionally charged people get when a woman’s weight falls on either side of the size spectrum. It’s almost a damned if you do damned if you don’t.”
Then again, when you’re putting it out there in front of the world, it’s going to be judged, criticized, and spoken about. I just wish the conversation could revolve around the work it took to get there, not simply the end result.
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Right Wing Leftovers - 8/17/12
Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Friday, 8/17/2012 5:28 pm
- Glenn Beck's Mercury Ink will reportedly be re-publishing David Barton's "The Jefferson Lies."
- Phyllis Schlafly turned 88 years old this week.
- Bryan Fischer continues his crusade against the SPLC and, in the process, perfectly demonstrates why he was almost single-handedly responsible for getting the AFA is designated as a "hate group."
- Russell Moore says that Pat Robertson's statement that people should be careful about adopting children "is of the devil."
- Matt Barber appears to have genuinely lost his mind in responding to the recent shooting at FRC.
- On a semi-related note, Gary Bauer says that "liberal politicians have a particular obligation to discipline a movement whose support they solicit." I can guarantee you that Bauer is going to find this quote being used against him time and time again.
- Finally, Liberty Institute and the Family Research Council are releasing a new report called "The Survey of Religious Hostility in America" on Monday.
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Amber Rose has cancelled the 2019 edition of her now-famous SlutWalk. The model made this surprising announcement on her Instagram, in a post in which she revealed that she now wants to be surrounded by “positive vibes” only amid her pregnancy.
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He Man’s twin sister, Princess Adora is getting her own animated reboot on Netflix. The extremely popular 80’s cartoon will be revived by cartoonist Noelle Stevenson who is best known for the Lumberjanes comic series. According to Stevenson’s twitter, she has been working in secret on this project for more than a couple years now.
For those that weren’t 80’s babies, She-Ra: Princess of Power was a spin off of He Man: Masters of the Universe, in which Adora was abducted as a child and taken to another world, Etheria where she was trained to be a general in the Evil Horde. She-Ra learned of her origins when He Man showed up on Etheria. She overthrew the tyrannical rule of Hordak by using her magical sword and her healing touch.
She-Ra: Princess of Power is just one of several animated Netflix is debuting next year. Other animated shows coming to the Netflix lineup are Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Harvey Street Kids, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, and 3 Below. She-Ra will premiere sometime in 2018 but no exact date has been announced.
I am excited and pumped for a new animated She-Ra series. I love the strong females characters that are resurfacing stronger than ever in pop culture. Let us know what you think of Netflix’s upcoming animated lineup.


Icon meets icon maker: Designer Freeman Thomas takes on the Meyers Manx
Three years ago, when Freeman Thomas walked away from a gig as Ford’s director of strategic design, it looked like the ambitious design dynamo behind the New Beetle and Audi TT had finally run out of challenges. Turns out he was just looking for a taller mountain to climb.
Earlier this month, Thomas was named CEO of the reconstituted Meyers Manx company founded by Bruce Meyers, the surfer dude-turned-sand rat who launched the dune buggy craze in 1964. Although Thomas is coy about the future, he’s already got plenty of sketches for Manx follow-on vehicles in his design journal.
“Meyers Manx has been in my head ever since I was working at Porsche,” he says. “I have a catalog of concepts and ideas for new and unique segments that only a Meyers Manx can be in. Its DNA is so powerful. It still has that disruptive, carefree mindset that created so many great innovations and movements. So we can go left when everybody else is going right.”
At the same time, however, Thomas insists that he isn’t going to do anything to screw up the original Manx—the fiberglass-bodied, VW Beetle-based runabout that conquered Baja, entranced Steve McQueen, and was a treasured plaything of the Beach Blanket Bingo set. He plans to make it more efficient and accessible without losing the purity of Meyers’ iconic creation.
“Bruce is an artist and a visionary,” Thomas says. “He made a marriage of brilliant engineering and design. But the magical part is that he built a whimsical, endearing object that makes you smile when you look at it. That puts him on the level of an Alec Issigonis [creator of the original Mini] or an Erwin Komenda [credited with the Porsche 356].”
Or a Freeman Thomas.
Few designers have enjoyed a more storied—or charmed—career than Thomas. Even though he recently turned 63, he still exudes the energy and enthusiasm of a millennial during a Tweetstorm. And when he gets revved up, it’s easy to picture the precocious kid raised in Southern California, where he and boyhood friend Jeff Zwart—yes, that Jeff Zwart—would furiously pedal their Sting Rays through tree-lined suburban streets in search of cool cars to gawk at.
A car geek virtually from birth, Thomas did a tour of duty in the Air Force before his future was revealed in a Road & Track article that mentioned the transportation design program at ArtCenter College of Design. “I had no idea you could earn a living drawing cars,” he recalls. “So I got the address and went up there, and it was a revelation—like finding your home. I said, ‘God, I’ve got to get in here!’ I didn’t have a portfolio. I had no art or design training at all. So I took a night class in industrial design to build a portfolio, and during those three months, I worked like a madman because I wanted to get in so bad.”
At ArtCenter, Thomas was identified as a star-in-the-making and mentored by Strother MacMinn, a design colossus who could trace his lineage back to Harley Earl, the father of American automobile design (and the tailfin). After leaving the school, Thomas did a stint at Porsche, which had tried to hire him even before he graduated. With seven years of German experience under his belt, he returned to the States, searching out new opportunities.
I first met him when we were both lowly freelancers at a fledgling car magazine, Sports Car International, but even then, it was obvious that Thomas was destined for great things. Then-editor-in-chief Mark Ewing recalls: “Colored markers in hand, Freeman would enter what his wife called ‘design coma.’ She once said Freeman stared right through her and said, ‘Blue. What a cool color,’ like some beatnik poet with a set of bongo drums. I love Freeman for his abilities and the fact that he still has the wonder of a child. But he is one wacky dude.”
While knocking out styling analyses for SCI, Thomas taught classes at ArtCenter and designed the Panoz AIV Roadster, which was a cross between a Cobra and a Lotus Super Seven. Shortly after the Volkswagen Audi Design Studio opened in Simi Valley, Thomas was hired by J Mays, who would become his great patron and collaborator. Together, they created the Concept One, which became the New Beetle. Next came the Audi TT, at which point Thomas was officially anointed a name-brand designer. Freeman would later run the DaimlerChrysler Pacifica Design Center and eventually become Ford’s chief swami of advanced design.
Yet even as Thomas sprinted up the corporate ladder at two of America’s Big Three car companies, his personal taste never strayed far from his German roots—VW Beetles when he was a kid, and Porsches ever since. “Porsche is like a religion for me,” he says. “It’s something that I have been passionate about my whole life.”
While they were kids, he and Zwart used to linger at a nearby driveway just so they could hear the sibilant snarl of the 911 a neighbor drove home from work. Zwart went on to direct Porsche commercials and race 911s up Pikes Peak. Meanwhile, Thomas co-founded the semi-secret, quasi-mythical car club, R Gruppe, devoted to performance-modified Porsches with elegance and/or panache.
Although Thomas no longer plays an active role in the club, he still serves as what he calls “a philosophical compass” and owns thee Porsches—a Viper Green 911S coupe, a 914/6 sleeper that makes 235 horsepower, and a 1956 Speedster. “That’s my Zen car,” he says of the 356. “You don’t want to drive it too fast. My wife and I take it out all the time, just go up into the canyon to smell the roses, if you will.”
(Thomas also owns a 1993 Caterham Super Seven with a go-fast drivetrain, a Euro-spec 1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GT that he describes as “a driver”, a boxy Vanagon from his days at VW, and a time-capsule first-generation TT—the last one earmarked for California—with 32 miles on the odometer. Oh, and there’s an unbuilt Manx that he hasn’t found time to assemble. He recently sold his “stanced” 1972 911T that wears its original tangerine paint.)
Fittingly, Thomas went back to work for Porsche after taking early retirement from Ford. Well, not for Porsche AG but for Alois Ruf, the Bavarian tuner who’s been modding Porsches, with factory approval, for more than 40 years. As every 911 fanboy knows, the original RUF CTR Yellow Bird famously won R&T’s “World’s Fastest Cars” shootout in 1987, maxing out at a mind-bending 211 mph. For the new CTR and the production spinoff, dubbed the SCR, Thomas persuaded Ruf to leverage the latest in automotive technology rather than merely building the ultimate tuner version of the latest 911.
At the same time, Thomas was convinced the new car ought to embrace the shape and styling essence of the first Yellow Bird even though the wheelbase had been extended (so the engine could be moved forward) and the frontal area had been minimized and the roofline lowered to improve aerodynamic efficiency. Also, he was determined to retain the proportions of the original Carrera rather than bulking up to mimic a wide-body Turbo. “Some people would say that you went to a lot of trouble to make it look the same,” he admits. “Trust me, that’s the hardest part—making it look better while keeping the same basic silhouette.”
To say that shifting gears from a RUF 911 to a Meyers Manx seems like a stretch is an epic understatement. But Thomas had grown up around the effervescent buggy culture of Southern California, so he appreciated the appeal of the Manx. Also, during his time running the VW Audi Design Studio, he’d bonded with Meyers, whom he considers a hero of automotive design.
Meyers—a formally trained artist who’d been a hot rodder, a survivor of a kamikaze attack, a surfboard shaper, a deep-water sailor, and the owner of a South Seas trading post—built the Manx prototype in 1964 in a wooden shed in Newport Beach then tested it on the Pacific Coast Highway. With a sensuously sculpted one-piece fiberglass shell attached to a shortened Beetle floorpan, the dune buggy was nimble, robust and irrepressible.
“It thumbs its nose at tradition,” Meyers says. “It’s leaning forward, and it looks like it’s about to jump out of the funny pages. It sends a message, and that message is Join me. I’m having fun.” Or as Thomas puts it: “A Meyers Manx is really a sports car that goes off road.”
The Manx established its credibility by setting a record for the fastest trip down the Baja Peninsula in 1967 and then, a few months later, winning the inaugural Mexican 1000 Rally (now known as the Baja 1000). Its next trick: reaching a nationwide audience while being driven by Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair and Elvis Presley in Live a Little, Love a Little.
Meyers sold kits for about 7000 Manxes and their derivatives. Unfortunately, his designs were so easy to copy that unscrupulous rivals sold at least 100,000 knockoffs, and he was driven out of business in 1971. It wasn’t until 1999 that he and his wife, Winnie, relaunched the company. They’ve been building cars and selling kits ever since.
Although Meyers is an indomitable force of nature, he’s also 94, so he’d been entertaining offers to sell the company for several years. Thomas had long been intrigued by the possibilities of the Manx brand, and coincidentally he’d just formed a design consultancy with Phillip Sarofim, a young venture fund capitalist whose stunning car collection includes, yes, a Meyers Manx. The rest of the story writes itself; earlier this month, a deal was brokered with Sarofim’s firm, Trousdale Ventures, to continue Manx design and production.
Bruce will remain in the loop as long as he likes, Thomas says, while Winnie continues to look after the vibrant Manx Club. Sales manager Kory Kratz will join the new team in a 7500-square-foot building in Oceanside with lifts, storage racks and a glassed-off area that can house offices and a design studio. “We’ll be able to do soup to nuts there,” Thomas says. “We’ll have the ability to re-create everything that was ever created and also create new things.”
More than anything, Thomas seems energized by his escape from the corporate straitjacket he wore during his years working for the major auto manufacturers. “We don’t have to go through board meetings,” he says. “We’re not going to be doing focus groups and consumer clinics and things like that to second-guess ourselves. We are going to move quickly, we are going to move creatively and we are going to move disruptively.”
The company, in other words, will be a lot like the vehicles it sells.


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The day is hot and sticky. The sun beats down on the heads of hundreds of thousands of people as they wander the streets of Baltimore, stopping to gaze at cars that have been transformed into works of art. Strains of blues music waft up from a crowd gathered at the side of the road. It’s Artscape 2011, the largest free arts festival in the country, where more than 150 designers, entertainers and local companies come to show off their skills every year.
The crowd parts, and the source of the music is revealed: two young men in plaid shirts, both strumming guitars, one with a harmonica. They’re better than most college kids, effortlessly combining harmonies with old-school riffs reminiscent of Bob Dylan.
Problem is, they’re not college kids. Fraternal twins Jeff and Brian Brown-Hill are only 15.
“From the time we were toddlers, we asked for guitars,” the brothers wrote in an email to College Magazine. “We used a broom to play air guitar, and we set up the upright vacuum as a makeshift microphone.”
The brothers have come a long way since then. Having traveled everywhere from Nashville to Austin to New York, they’ve performed blues, rock and folk at countless festivals and coffeehouses, opening for the likes of Ellis Paul and Jimmy Wayne.
Yet the Brown-Hills don’t seem to realize how impressive their resumes look.
“We honestly don’t think about things like recognition that much,” they said. “We’re mostly focusing on getting better at what we do. Of course, we’d love to travel more, meet more people and play in new places.”
The brothers’ musical infatuation stems from listening to classics such as the “Beano” album by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton and more significantly, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Texas Flood.
“There was a time when we listened to [SRV’s] music non-stop and exclusively,” the Brown-Hills wrote on their previous website. “Although we have many other influences, we still believe SRV is just about the best electric blues guitarist ever, a force to be reckoned with.”
The two are so immersed in music that they said they would find music-related occupations even if they couldn’t be musicians.
“I’d love to be a radio DJ, maybe on satellite radio,” Jeff said. “Or maybe a music critic.”
“MythBuster!” he said. “Realistically, sound engineer.”
The duo lists the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville — the original venue for the Grand Ole Opry — Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble at his studio in Woodstock, N.Y., the Americana Music Festival in Nashville and South by Southwest in Austin, as the locations where’d they most like to play in the future. But they’re not limiting their choices anytime soon.
“There are many small venues scattered across the country that we don’t know even know of yet,” the Brown-Hills said. “Those are often the best.”
Yet there’s always the exception when it comes to fanfare:
“We were playing at an outside show when we were 10 years old,” Brian said. “Jeff had just finished a solo song when a middle-aged man rushed on stage and picked him up and held him in the air.”
But despite facing the occasional crazy stunt, the Brown-Hill twins are rarely frazzled, mature beyond their years. Recognizing their status as fledgling celebrities, the brothers chose to use their influence to work with Jimmy Wayne’s charity, Project Meet Me Halfway, which dwells on his experience as a foster child and homeless teenager. Last October, the brothers threw a costume party for the foster children of The People Place in Staunton, Va. This year, the party will become an annual event, and the general public is invited for a small fee, proceeds of which will be donated to The People Place to help teenagers ready to leave foster care.
“Imagine being told on your 18thbirthday, that you are on your own and that you need to find a place to live, a job and become completely independent,” the brothers said. “Many of these young adults become homeless and never get their life back on track.”
Luckily, these twins know exactly where they’re going. And they attribute it all to where they’ve been.
“We’ve met some of our best friends through music,” the brothers said. “We’ve become acquainted with people of all ages and backgrounds from all over the country … We’ve also had the amazing opportunity to see and meet and hear and jam with some incredible musicians.”
What more could you ask for at 15?

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The number is up from two years ago.
Are you handing out year-end bonuses this year?
If so, you have lots of company, Employee Benefit News reports.
Among small businesses, about 64 percent of owners say they plan such rewards this year. The statistic comes from a November 2016 survey conducted by SurePayroll, an online payroll service provider.
The number is up significantly from 2014, when only 52 percent of owners were planning holiday bonuses.
Just under half (49 percent) will also give gifts to their employees, according to SurePayroll.
Small-business owners are feeling better about the nation's economic condition, according to the survey. Three-quarters of those surveyed said they were optimistic. That was compared with 68 percent a year ago.
Employee Benefit News quoted Andy Roe, general manager for SurePayroll, saying: "Aside from last month when optimism was fairly low, optimism and more specifically profits have been steady."
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Mark enjoyed soaking up the sun with wife Rhea, and their four kids, Ella, 14, Michael, 11, Brendan, 9 and Grace, 7.
Wahlberg didn’t use the trip as an excuse to slack off. He posted a workout video revealing that he's staying in shape for his upcoming movie “Mile 22.”
He wrote, “I’m on vacation with my family, but I still have to keep up my training for #Mile22. #nodaysoff.”
This isn’t the first time he transformed his body for a role. Wahlberg famously lost 60 pounds for his role in “The Gambler."
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The truth is, I finally caved and decided to publish Lust, Money & Murder, Book 1, 2 & 3 as a paperback. The main reason I am doing this is to have physical copies of my books to sign for readers.
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October 22, 2013 04:10 PM by Stephanie Gustafson
Former reality star Melissa Rycroft has experienced quite a few life changes since her heart was so famously broken on The Bachelor. She emerged victorious during a recent stint on Dancing With The Stars, hosted the first season of Bachelor Pad, and of course, reunited with old flame Tye Strickland. Now, the celeb and her hubby are excited to announce that baby number two is on the way!
Melissa Rycroft’s adorable daughter Ava Strickland is about to become a big sister! Earlier today, the reality star announced the big news on Good Morning America, explaining, “The dancing family is growing. We have a little bundle growing.”
No, we do not know the due date just yet, although Melissa did tell fans to expect a new baby Strickland at some point next spring.The celebrity then took to Twitter to confirm the news a second time, tweeting, “Clearly excited to share our big news!!! A new little Strickland will debut this fall!” She used hashtags to reassure fans that, yes, the pregnancy was definitely “Clear Blue confirmed,” backing up the assertion with a picture of her positive pregnancy test.
Tye and Melissa are clearly excited, as is their dedicated fan base. Less enthused about the development? Future big sis Ava. In an earlier interview, Melissa confessed that Ava had no interest in giving up her only child status, adding, “She’s so spoiled. She doesn’t want to share it.”
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By Staff Writer Isabella He
After debuting her first single, “Shattered,” seven years ago, Astrid S finally released her first full-length album on October 16. The pop star rose to fame on the Norwegian version of reality show Pop Idol in 2013 and went on to collaborate with massive artists including Shawn Mendes, The Vamps, Zara Larsson, and Troye Sivan.
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With sold-out headline world tours and a 2018 Norwegian Grammy Award nomination, expectations for Astrid S’ debut album Leave It Beautiful were gut-wrenchingly high. Astrid S’ success came from consistently delivering addictive hit songs such as “Hurts So Good,” “Think Before I Talk,” and “Someone New” that had millions hitting the replay button. Her infectious and structurally dynamic pop ballads garnered her a following and propelled her to the spotlight.
While glimpses of Astrid S’ signature sound are found sparsely throughout the album, her adherence to current pop trends overshadows the dreamy vocals and addictive soundtracks that she is known for.
Tracks such as “Marilyn Monroe,” “Airpods,” and “Hits Different” fall flat with one-dimensional lyrics, repetitive beats, and unambitious song arrangement.
“Mhm, mhm, mhm, mhm/ Dam, di, di, dam, dam,” Astrid S sings repeatedly in the bland chorus of “Airpods.”
The lack of catchy lyrical hooks and underwhelming beats leave listeners desperately craving the exhilaratingly upbeat and experimental sounds from her previous material.
Overproduction masks Astrid S’ light, whimsical notes and leaves her silky smooth vocals lost in the mix. In “Hits Different,” the third song on the album, the monotone and robotic soundscape makes for a superficial song that any other artist could have made.
While Astrid S’ tracks follow the formula of chart-toppers with static harmonies and repetitive structures, the sacrifice of her unique bouncy pop style makes Leave It Beautiful a forgettable album.
Despite being an underwhelming release overall, there are a few refreshingly impressive tracks on the album that remind Astrid S’ audience of the reasons why her album was so anticipated.
Astrid S’ angelic voice shines in the tracks with simple acoustic production. For instance, gentle guitar strums and peaceful instrumental layers accentuate her captivating vocals in stand-out tracks “It’s OK If You Forget Me” and “If I Can’t Have You”. The vulnerable lyrics leave listeners feeling bittersweet about leaving relationships and show maturity in Astrid S’ music that is lacking in other tracks on the album.
“But I’ll tell you what the worst is/ It’s the way it doesn’t hurt/ When I wish it did,” Astrid S sings in “It’s OK If You Forget Me”. She evokes a feeling of beautiful melancholy with the poignant message on a new perspective on relationships that explores wishing for sadness after heartbreak.
In “Dance Dance Dance,” Astrid S invites her audience to let go of their pain, singing “Just for one night, I’ll try to let go…/Everything will be okay in the end.” She extends that message on leaving troubles behind through to the final track on the album “Leave It Beautiful” and tells listeners “Let’s let it go/ And leave it beautiful.” Such moments of honesty and relatability demonstrate Astrid S’ lyrical talent and potential to create music that inspires and resonates with her audience.
The album’s highlights, however, are eclipsed by mainstream soundtracks and repetitive lyrics, giving the album a lackluster aftertaste. Leave It Beautiful fails to demonstrate Astrid S’ star potential as a singer-songwriter.
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Moderna needed to showcase their technology and potential treatments online using exciting content, a unique pipeline, and a glimpse into medicine development. By spreading awareness about their medicines, they aimed to expand drug development and differentiate their brand in a crowded marketplace.
Moderna’s site needed to be launched within a short timeframe. They had key milestones approaching that called for a strong digital presence.
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Since 2010, Moderna has worked to build the industry's leading mRNA technology platform, the infrastructure to accelerate drug discovery and early development, a rapidly expanding pipeline, and a world-class team. Their pipeline includes development candidates for mRNA-based vaccines and therapies spanning several therapeutic areas. They also have multiple clinical trials underway with other development candidates progressing toward the clinic, as well as numerous discovery programs advancing toward development.
The pre-launch phase of drug development poses many challenges for marketers. In Moderna’s case, they had come to a point where it was key to develop a website that could communicate their medicine’s potential value to stakeholders and investors. By creating engaging content and giving users a glimpse into medicine development, they aimed to create an impactful digital presence.
Moderna needed their new website live within two months in time for the J.P. Morgan Investors Conference. This tight timeline posed a challenge for everyone involved—tasking them with the job of producing an engaging website very quickly. Moderna also needed to migrate from their existing overly complex infrastructure to a simpler, more agile solution.
Moderna enlisted the help of Boston Digital to design and develop an effective, engaging website that would be ready in time for the conference. The agency took a strategic approach, migrating Moderna’s assets to Acquia Cloud Platform, which gave them a consistent, easy-to-use Drupal structure. They also built an easily accessible, modernized pipeline for audiences to learn more about the progression of individual medicines, from development to trials, along with extensive descriptions about each. The developer- and marketer-friendly Acquia Cloud Platform allowed the team to quickly create, edit, and manage the site's content even under tight deadlines.
Boston Digital next highlighted the efforts and constant dedication from the Moderna team through company photography and information. Finally, they created and integrated engaging, relevant content such as video, photography, and copy throughout the site to communicate Moderna’s forward-thinking medicines in a multi-dimensional way. The powerful developer tools and integrations included with Acquia Cloud Platform streamlined Boston Digital's dev workflow so their team could build, test, and optimize the new Moderna site in a fraction of the time of a legacy platform.
With the support of Acquia Cloud Platform, the website launched in just two months, right on schedule. Moderna was also able to significantly increase their number of site users, direct traffic and page views.
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