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The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. If you've decided that it's time to leave your bathrobe at home, let your favorite coffee shop have its corner table back, and join a coworking space, you're only halfway there. Though coworking can have a lot of perks, how you take advantage of them and shape your experience is up to you. "We've had people who within the first week they've kind of immersed themselves [in]to events and socializing with other people here, or they're just here, they do their work, and then they take off," says Jeff Park, who manages the Ravenswood Coworking Group in Chicago. "We know that they come in, but I think for them that's enough for them. They just want to be around other people in a productive environment." Whether you're aiming to be as productive as possible without a lot of socializing or trying to build a strong professional community that you can turn to for resources and support, these five tips can help you get the most out of your coworking experience. Green Spaces, a coworking space in Tribeca, specializes in environmentally focused businesses. Mountain View-based Cubes & Crayons combines childcare and coworking. WorkBar in Boston is hosted in a 2,500-square-foot space and has separate areas for cafe-like and quieter working styles. Coworking Brooklyn uses a small room that functions as an art gallery by night. The coworking experience varies drastically depending on which space you're using. Different spaces have different levels of interaction with other workers, formality and general vibe. While some spaces, like Green Spaces and Cubes & Crayons, state their niche upfront, you'll only be able to gauge what the environment is like by dropping in. Most spaces have daily drop-in rates. Try a couple of different spaces to see what works best for you before you commit. You can find a list of space around the world on the Coworking Wiki. "See if the people in the space are people who you could go and see every day…if it's not, then go to the next space," says Jay Catalan, the co-founder of a coworking space in Vancouver called The Network Hub. It's less awkward to introduce yourself on the first day than to work alongside someone for months before asking their name. Even if you're not usually outgoing, try to make a special effort for the first week or two when you start in a new coworking space. "Just make introductions and it goes a long way…We've had some people they wish they had met sooner because it turns out they did similar lines of work and just talking about it or actually sharing work, it's not something you want to find out when you only have a couple more months left on your project or something," Park says. If you're shy about meeting people, try getting creative (like, for instance, bringing food). Bill Jacobson and Dave Ulrich, who co-founded WorkBar, said that one new coworker at WorkBar Boston showed up with a big box of doughnuts. "He got to know everybody pretty quick," Jacobson says. Don't stop interacting with your coworkers after you introduce yourself. One of the biggest benefits of coworking is the built-in community of professionals working across different industries. "It may not seem directly 'productive' to chat with your coworker for 10 minutes mid-day, but indirectly, it yields greater results than almost anything else you could spend time on," says Parker Whitney, office manager for Philadelphia coworking space Independents Hall, though he says, "Invest in your community by taking (not faking) interest in what its members do, and it will take you with it…The people you've always wanted to know are sitting all around you. Ask questions. Learn. Most importantly, help them when you can." If you are too busy during the workday for water cooler conversation, most coworking spaces host happy hours, seminars or other events that are prime opportunities for learning more about your coworkers. "Even when you work for yourself, it's important to realize your limitations," says Dave Martorana, a freelance Python & iPhone developer who works at Independents Hall. "If you're a software developer, you're not necessarily a designer, product manager, or marketer as well. When you work at a coworking space, people with those skills probably work right next to you and are just as interested in building something awesome as you are." While coworking one day, I ended up testing someone's website, getting caught in the crossfire of a music choice showdown, and participating in a raised-hand vote about which suit jacket a fellow coworker should wear to a meeting. Needless to say, the social aspects of coworking — despite their advantages — can be extremely distracting. Which is why out of the 37 productivity tips that I collected for a previous article, this one from Paul Preibisch of B3D Multitech remains my favorite: "Rather than standing up from behind your wall of monitors and shouting, 'Can you all shut up?!' you may want to consider, what I call 'The Cone of Silence.' It really works! All you need are a nice pair of headphones, (not earbuds), a wave file that plays 'white noise,' and Windows Media Player set to auto-repeat." The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. So what exactly is join.me? It's an impromptu meeting space that happens wherever, whenever. It's getting a second or third pair of eyes on your presentation from across the hall or across the continent. It's sharing your screen instantly with anyone or everyone to get stuff done, quickly. It's join.me, the last two words in an invitation to collaborate, meet, train, demo or show-off. - 5 Signs That Coworking Might Be for You - 37 Productivity Tips for Working From Anywhere - Why Co-Working Makes Sense for Small Businesses - HOW TO: Choose the Best Workspace for Your Business - 10 Essential Tips for Building Your Small Biz Team Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Nikada Flickr, Peter A. Blacksberg, boboroshi, steveyb

'' Whether you 're aiming to be as productive as possible without a lot of socializing or trying to build a strong professional community that you can turn to for resources and support , these five tips can help you get the most out of your coworking experience .

The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. If you've decided that it's time to leave your bathrobe at home, let your favorite coffee shop have its corner table back, and join a coworking space, you're only halfway there. Though coworking can have a lot of perks, how you take advantage of them and shape your experience is up to you. "We've had people who within the first week they've kind of immersed themselves [in]to events and socializing with other people here, or they're just here, they do their work, and then they take off," says Jeff Park, who manages the Ravenswood Coworking Group in Chicago. "We know that they come in, but I think for them that's enough for them. They just want to be around other people in a productive environment." Whether you're aiming to be as productive as possible without a lot of socializing or trying to build a strong professional community that you can turn to for resources and support, these five tips can help you get the most out of your coworking experience. Green Spaces, a coworking space in Tribeca, specializes in environmentally focused businesses. Mountain View-based Cubes & Crayons combines childcare and coworking. WorkBar in Boston is hosted in a 2,500-square-foot space and has separate areas for cafe-like and quieter working styles. Coworking Brooklyn uses a small room that functions as an art gallery by night. The coworking experience varies drastically depending on which space you're using. Different spaces have different levels of interaction with other workers, formality and general vibe. While some spaces, like Green Spaces and Cubes & Crayons, state their niche upfront, you'll only be able to gauge what the environment is like by dropping in. Most spaces have daily drop-in rates. Try a couple of different spaces to see what works best for you before you commit. You can find a list of space around the world on the Coworking Wiki. "See if the people in the space are people who you could go and see every day…if it's not, then go to the next space," says Jay Catalan, the co-founder of a coworking space in Vancouver called The Network Hub. It's less awkward to introduce yourself on the first day than to work alongside someone for months before asking their name. Even if you're not usually outgoing, try to make a special effort for the first week or two when you start in a new coworking space. "Just make introductions and it goes a long way…We've had some people they wish they had met sooner because it turns out they did similar lines of work and just talking about it or actually sharing work, it's not something you want to find out when you only have a couple more months left on your project or something," Park says. If you're shy about meeting people, try getting creative (like, for instance, bringing food). Bill Jacobson and Dave Ulrich, who co-founded WorkBar, said that one new coworker at WorkBar Boston showed up with a big box of doughnuts. "He got to know everybody pretty quick," Jacobson says. Don't stop interacting with your coworkers after you introduce yourself. One of the biggest benefits of coworking is the built-in community of professionals working across different industries. "It may not seem directly 'productive' to chat with your coworker for 10 minutes mid-day, but indirectly, it yields greater results than almost anything else you could spend time on," says Parker Whitney, office manager for Philadelphia coworking space Independents Hall, though he says, "Invest in your community by taking (not faking) interest in what its members do, and it will take you with it…The people you've always wanted to know are sitting all around you. Ask questions. Learn. Most importantly, help them when you can." If you are too busy during the workday for water cooler conversation, most coworking spaces host happy hours, seminars or other events that are prime opportunities for learning more about your coworkers. "Even when you work for yourself, it's important to realize your limitations," says Dave Martorana, a freelance Python & iPhone developer who works at Independents Hall. "If you're a software developer, you're not necessarily a designer, product manager, or marketer as well. When you work at a coworking space, people with those skills probably work right next to you and are just as interested in building something awesome as you are." While coworking one day, I ended up testing someone's website, getting caught in the crossfire of a music choice showdown, and participating in a raised-hand vote about which suit jacket a fellow coworker should wear to a meeting. Needless to say, the social aspects of coworking — despite their advantages — can be extremely distracting. Which is why out of the 37 productivity tips that I collected for a previous article, this one from Paul Preibisch of B3D Multitech remains my favorite: "Rather than standing up from behind your wall of monitors and shouting, 'Can you all shut up?!' you may want to consider, what I call 'The Cone of Silence.' It really works! All you need are a nice pair of headphones, (not earbuds), a wave file that plays 'white noise,' and Windows Media Player set to auto-repeat." The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. So what exactly is join.me? It's an impromptu meeting space that happens wherever, whenever. It's getting a second or third pair of eyes on your presentation from across the hall or across the continent. It's sharing your screen instantly with anyone or everyone to get stuff done, quickly. It's join.me, the last two words in an invitation to collaborate, meet, train, demo or show-off. - 5 Signs That Coworking Might Be for You - 37 Productivity Tips for Working From Anywhere - Why Co-Working Makes Sense for Small Businesses - HOW TO: Choose the Best Workspace for Your Business - 10 Essential Tips for Building Your Small Biz Team Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Nikada Flickr, Peter A. Blacksberg, boboroshi, steveyb

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The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. If you've decided that it's time to leave your bathrobe at home, let your favorite coffee shop have its corner table back, and join a coworking space, you're only halfway there. Though coworking can have a lot of perks, how you take advantage of them and shape your experience is up to you. "We've had people who within the first week they've kind of immersed themselves [in]to events and socializing with other people here, or they're just here, they do their work, and then they take off," says Jeff Park, who manages the Ravenswood Coworking Group in Chicago. "We know that they come in, but I think for them that's enough for them. They just want to be around other people in a productive environment." Whether you're aiming to be as productive as possible without a lot of socializing or trying to build a strong professional community that you can turn to for resources and support, these five tips can help you get the most out of your coworking experience. Green Spaces, a coworking space in Tribeca, specializes in environmentally focused businesses. Mountain View-based Cubes & Crayons combines childcare and coworking. WorkBar in Boston is hosted in a 2,500-square-foot space and has separate areas for cafe-like and quieter working styles. Coworking Brooklyn uses a small room that functions as an art gallery by night. The coworking experience varies drastically depending on which space you're using. Different spaces have different levels of interaction with other workers, formality and general vibe. While some spaces, like Green Spaces and Cubes & Crayons, state their niche upfront, you'll only be able to gauge what the environment is like by dropping in. Most spaces have daily drop-in rates. Try a couple of different spaces to see what works best for you before you commit. You can find a list of space around the world on the Coworking Wiki. "See if the people in the space are people who you could go and see every day…if it's not, then go to the next space," says Jay Catalan, the co-founder of a coworking space in Vancouver called The Network Hub. It's less awkward to introduce yourself on the first day than to work alongside someone for months before asking their name. Even if you're not usually outgoing, try to make a special effort for the first week or two when you start in a new coworking space. "Just make introductions and it goes a long way…We've had some people they wish they had met sooner because it turns out they did similar lines of work and just talking about it or actually sharing work, it's not something you want to find out when you only have a couple more months left on your project or something," Park says. If you're shy about meeting people, try getting creative (like, for instance, bringing food). Bill Jacobson and Dave Ulrich, who co-founded WorkBar, said that one new coworker at WorkBar Boston showed up with a big box of doughnuts. "He got to know everybody pretty quick," Jacobson says. Don't stop interacting with your coworkers after you introduce yourself. One of the biggest benefits of coworking is the built-in community of professionals working across different industries. "It may not seem directly 'productive' to chat with your coworker for 10 minutes mid-day, but indirectly, it yields greater results than almost anything else you could spend time on," says Parker Whitney, office manager for Philadelphia coworking space Independents Hall, though he says, "Invest in your community by taking (not faking) interest in what its members do, and it will take you with it…The people you've always wanted to know are sitting all around you. Ask questions. Learn. Most importantly, help them when you can." If you are too busy during the workday for water cooler conversation, most coworking spaces host happy hours, seminars or other events that are prime opportunities for learning more about your coworkers. "Even when you work for yourself, it's important to realize your limitations," says Dave Martorana, a freelance Python & iPhone developer who works at Independents Hall. "If you're a software developer, you're not necessarily a designer, product manager, or marketer as well. When you work at a coworking space, people with those skills probably work right next to you and are just as interested in building something awesome as you are." While coworking one day, I ended up testing someone's website, getting caught in the crossfire of a music choice showdown, and participating in a raised-hand vote about which suit jacket a fellow coworker should wear to a meeting. Needless to say, the social aspects of coworking — despite their advantages — can be extremely distracting. Which is why out of the 37 productivity tips that I collected for a previous article, this one from Paul Preibisch of B3D Multitech remains my favorite: "Rather than standing up from behind your wall of monitors and shouting, 'Can you all shut up?!' you may want to consider, what I call 'The Cone of Silence.' It really works! All you need are a nice pair of headphones, (not earbuds), a wave file that plays 'white noise,' and Windows Media Player set to auto-repeat." The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. So what exactly is join.me? It's an impromptu meeting space that happens wherever, whenever. It's getting a second or third pair of eyes on your presentation from across the hall or across the continent. It's sharing your screen instantly with anyone or everyone to get stuff done, quickly. It's join.me, the last two words in an invitation to collaborate, meet, train, demo or show-off. - 5 Signs That Coworking Might Be for You - 37 Productivity Tips for Working From Anywhere - Why Co-Working Makes Sense for Small Businesses - HOW TO: Choose the Best Workspace for Your Business - 10 Essential Tips for Building Your Small Biz Team Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Nikada Flickr, Peter A. Blacksberg, boboroshi, steveyb

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The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. If you've decided that it's time to leave your bathrobe at home, let your favorite coffee shop have its corner table back, and join a coworking space, you're only halfway there. Though coworking can have a lot of perks, how you take advantage of them and shape your experience is up to you. "We've had people who within the first week they've kind of immersed themselves [in]to events and socializing with other people here, or they're just here, they do their work, and then they take off," says Jeff Park, who manages the Ravenswood Coworking Group in Chicago. "We know that they come in, but I think for them that's enough for them. They just want to be around other people in a productive environment." Whether you're aiming to be as productive as possible without a lot of socializing or trying to build a strong professional community that you can turn to for resources and support, these five tips can help you get the most out of your coworking experience. Green Spaces, a coworking space in Tribeca, specializes in environmentally focused businesses. Mountain View-based Cubes & Crayons combines childcare and coworking. WorkBar in Boston is hosted in a 2,500-square-foot space and has separate areas for cafe-like and quieter working styles. Coworking Brooklyn uses a small room that functions as an art gallery by night. The coworking experience varies drastically depending on which space you're using. Different spaces have different levels of interaction with other workers, formality and general vibe. While some spaces, like Green Spaces and Cubes & Crayons, state their niche upfront, you'll only be able to gauge what the environment is like by dropping in. Most spaces have daily drop-in rates. Try a couple of different spaces to see what works best for you before you commit. You can find a list of space around the world on the Coworking Wiki. "See if the people in the space are people who you could go and see every day…if it's not, then go to the next space," says Jay Catalan, the co-founder of a coworking space in Vancouver called The Network Hub. It's less awkward to introduce yourself on the first day than to work alongside someone for months before asking their name. Even if you're not usually outgoing, try to make a special effort for the first week or two when you start in a new coworking space. "Just make introductions and it goes a long way…We've had some people they wish they had met sooner because it turns out they did similar lines of work and just talking about it or actually sharing work, it's not something you want to find out when you only have a couple more months left on your project or something," Park says. If you're shy about meeting people, try getting creative (like, for instance, bringing food). Bill Jacobson and Dave Ulrich, who co-founded WorkBar, said that one new coworker at WorkBar Boston showed up with a big box of doughnuts. "He got to know everybody pretty quick," Jacobson says. Don't stop interacting with your coworkers after you introduce yourself. One of the biggest benefits of coworking is the built-in community of professionals working across different industries. "It may not seem directly 'productive' to chat with your coworker for 10 minutes mid-day, but indirectly, it yields greater results than almost anything else you could spend time on," says Parker Whitney, office manager for Philadelphia coworking space Independents Hall, though he says, "Invest in your community by taking (not faking) interest in what its members do, and it will take you with it…The people you've always wanted to know are sitting all around you. Ask questions. Learn. Most importantly, help them when you can." If you are too busy during the workday for water cooler conversation, most coworking spaces host happy hours, seminars or other events that are prime opportunities for learning more about your coworkers. "Even when you work for yourself, it's important to realize your limitations," says Dave Martorana, a freelance Python & iPhone developer who works at Independents Hall. "If you're a software developer, you're not necessarily a designer, product manager, or marketer as well. When you work at a coworking space, people with those skills probably work right next to you and are just as interested in building something awesome as you are." While coworking one day, I ended up testing someone's website, getting caught in the crossfire of a music choice showdown, and participating in a raised-hand vote about which suit jacket a fellow coworker should wear to a meeting. Needless to say, the social aspects of coworking — despite their advantages — can be extremely distracting. Which is why out of the 37 productivity tips that I collected for a previous article, this one from Paul Preibisch of B3D Multitech remains my favorite: "Rather than standing up from behind your wall of monitors and shouting, 'Can you all shut up?!' you may want to consider, what I call 'The Cone of Silence.' It really works! All you need are a nice pair of headphones, (not earbuds), a wave file that plays 'white noise,' and Windows Media Player set to auto-repeat." The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. So what exactly is join.me? It's an impromptu meeting space that happens wherever, whenever. It's getting a second or third pair of eyes on your presentation from across the hall or across the continent. It's sharing your screen instantly with anyone or everyone to get stuff done, quickly. It's join.me, the last two words in an invitation to collaborate, meet, train, demo or show-off. - 5 Signs That Coworking Might Be for You - 37 Productivity Tips for Working From Anywhere - Why Co-Working Makes Sense for Small Businesses - HOW TO: Choose the Best Workspace for Your Business - 10 Essential Tips for Building Your Small Biz Team Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Nikada Flickr, Peter A. Blacksberg, boboroshi, steveyb

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The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. If you've decided that it's time to leave your bathrobe at home, let your favorite coffee shop have its corner table back, and join a coworking space, you're only halfway there. Though coworking can have a lot of perks, how you take advantage of them and shape your experience is up to you. "We've had people who within the first week they've kind of immersed themselves [in]to events and socializing with other people here, or they're just here, they do their work, and then they take off," says Jeff Park, who manages the Ravenswood Coworking Group in Chicago. "We know that they come in, but I think for them that's enough for them. They just want to be around other people in a productive environment." Whether you're aiming to be as productive as possible without a lot of socializing or trying to build a strong professional community that you can turn to for resources and support, these five tips can help you get the most out of your coworking experience. Green Spaces, a coworking space in Tribeca, specializes in environmentally focused businesses. Mountain View-based Cubes & Crayons combines childcare and coworking. WorkBar in Boston is hosted in a 2,500-square-foot space and has separate areas for cafe-like and quieter working styles. Coworking Brooklyn uses a small room that functions as an art gallery by night. The coworking experience varies drastically depending on which space you're using. Different spaces have different levels of interaction with other workers, formality and general vibe. While some spaces, like Green Spaces and Cubes & Crayons, state their niche upfront, you'll only be able to gauge what the environment is like by dropping in. Most spaces have daily drop-in rates. Try a couple of different spaces to see what works best for you before you commit. You can find a list of space around the world on the Coworking Wiki. "See if the people in the space are people who you could go and see every day…if it's not, then go to the next space," says Jay Catalan, the co-founder of a coworking space in Vancouver called The Network Hub. It's less awkward to introduce yourself on the first day than to work alongside someone for months before asking their name. Even if you're not usually outgoing, try to make a special effort for the first week or two when you start in a new coworking space. "Just make introductions and it goes a long way…We've had some people they wish they had met sooner because it turns out they did similar lines of work and just talking about it or actually sharing work, it's not something you want to find out when you only have a couple more months left on your project or something," Park says. If you're shy about meeting people, try getting creative (like, for instance, bringing food). Bill Jacobson and Dave Ulrich, who co-founded WorkBar, said that one new coworker at WorkBar Boston showed up with a big box of doughnuts. "He got to know everybody pretty quick," Jacobson says. Don't stop interacting with your coworkers after you introduce yourself. One of the biggest benefits of coworking is the built-in community of professionals working across different industries. "It may not seem directly 'productive' to chat with your coworker for 10 minutes mid-day, but indirectly, it yields greater results than almost anything else you could spend time on," says Parker Whitney, office manager for Philadelphia coworking space Independents Hall, though he says, "Invest in your community by taking (not faking) interest in what its members do, and it will take you with it…The people you've always wanted to know are sitting all around you. Ask questions. Learn. Most importantly, help them when you can." If you are too busy during the workday for water cooler conversation, most coworking spaces host happy hours, seminars or other events that are prime opportunities for learning more about your coworkers. "Even when you work for yourself, it's important to realize your limitations," says Dave Martorana, a freelance Python & iPhone developer who works at Independents Hall. "If you're a software developer, you're not necessarily a designer, product manager, or marketer as well. When you work at a coworking space, people with those skills probably work right next to you and are just as interested in building something awesome as you are." While coworking one day, I ended up testing someone's website, getting caught in the crossfire of a music choice showdown, and participating in a raised-hand vote about which suit jacket a fellow coworker should wear to a meeting. Needless to say, the social aspects of coworking — despite their advantages — can be extremely distracting. Which is why out of the 37 productivity tips that I collected for a previous article, this one from Paul Preibisch of B3D Multitech remains my favorite: "Rather than standing up from behind your wall of monitors and shouting, 'Can you all shut up?!' you may want to consider, what I call 'The Cone of Silence.' It really works! All you need are a nice pair of headphones, (not earbuds), a wave file that plays 'white noise,' and Windows Media Player set to auto-repeat." The Coworking Resources Series is supported by join.me. Get your people together without actually getting them together. Just instantly share your screen so everybody's on the same page. No need for a plane, a projector or a sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me. So what exactly is join.me? It's an impromptu meeting space that happens wherever, whenever. It's getting a second or third pair of eyes on your presentation from across the hall or across the continent. It's sharing your screen instantly with anyone or everyone to get stuff done, quickly. It's join.me, the last two words in an invitation to collaborate, meet, train, demo or show-off. - 5 Signs That Coworking Might Be for You - 37 Productivity Tips for Working From Anywhere - Why Co-Working Makes Sense for Small Businesses - HOW TO: Choose the Best Workspace for Your Business - 10 Essential Tips for Building Your Small Biz Team Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Nikada Flickr, Peter A. Blacksberg, boboroshi, steveyb

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Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and six other Chinese nationals were accused by U.S. authorities in 2013 of digging up seeds from Iowa farms and planning to send them back to China. The case, in which Mo pleaded guilty in January, has laid bare the value—and vulnerability—of advanced food technology in a world with 7 billion mouths to feed, 1.36 billion of them Chinese. Citing that case and others as evidence of a growing economic and national security threat to America's farm sector, U.S. law enforcement officials are urging agriculture executives and security officers to increase their vigilance and report any suspicious activity. But on a March 30 visit to Iowa, Justice Department officials could offer little advice to ensure against similar thefts, underlining how agricultural technology lying in open fields can be more vulnerable than a computer network or a factory floor. "It may range down to traditional barriers like a fence and doing human patrols to making sure you get good visuals on what's occurring," Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, head of the Justice Department's national security division, said when touring Iowa State University. But agriculture sector executives say fences and guards are not feasible, due to the high cost and impracticality of guarding hundreds of thousands of acres. Tom McBride, intellectual property attorney at Monsanto—one of the firms whose seeds were targeted by Mo—said it safeguards its genetically modified organism (GMO) technology by protecting its computers, patenting seeds and keeping fields like Burrack's unmarked. Monsanto mon says it is not considering physical barriers like fences or guards. The FBI and the U.S. Justice Department say cases of espionage in the agriculture sector have been growing since Mo was first discovered digging in an Iowan field in May 2011. Over the past two years, U.S. companies, government research facilities and universities have all been targeted, according to the FBI. Although prosecutors were unable to establish a Chinese government link to Mo's group, the case adds to U.S.-China frictions over what Washington says is increasing economic espionage and trade secret theft by Beijing and its proxies. A U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters the agency looked for a connection between the Chinese government and the conspiracy carried out by Mo. "In cases like this, we can see connections, but proving to the threshold needed in court requires that we have documents that the government has directed this," the official said. "It's almost impossible to get." A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington, Zhu Haiquan, said he did not have detailed information on the Mo case but that China "stands firm" on the protection of intellectual property and maintains "constant communication and cooperation" with the U.S. government on the issue. On his visit to Washington last September, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's denial of any government role in the hacking of U.S. corporate secrets. Mo, an employee of Chinese firm Kings Nower Seed, pleaded guilty to stealing seed grown by U.S. firms Monsanto, Dupont Pioneer dd and LG Seeds. Prosecutors say he specifically targeted fields that grow the parent seeds needed to replicate GMO corn. The FBI says it suspects he was given the location by workers for the seed companies, but did not charge any employees. DuPont Pioneer and LG Seeds declined to comment for this story. Mo, whose case was prosecuted by the Justice Department as a national security matter rather than a simple criminal case, now faces a sentence of up to five years in prison. Five others charged in the case are still wanted by the FBI and are believed to have fled to China or Argentina. Charges were dropped against a sixth Chinese suspect. The number of international economic espionage cases referred to the FBI is rising, up 15% each year between 2009 and 2014 and up 53% in 2015. The majority of cases reported involve Chinese nationals, the U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters. In the agriculture sector, organic insecticide, irrigation equipment and rice, along with corn, are all suspected to have been targeted, including by Chinese nationals, the official said. Mo Hongjian, vice president of Kings Nower Seed's parent company, Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group, declined to comment on the case or on the company's connection with the Chinese government. The parent firm is privately owned, but says it receives government money for research in "science and technology." China bans commercial growing of GMO grains due to public opposition to the technology and imports of GMO corn have to be approved by the agriculture ministry. Still, President Xi called in 2014 for China to innovate and dominate the technique, which promises high yields through resistance to drought, pests and disease. In January, a Greenpeace report found some Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn whose strains belong to companies including Monsanto, Syngenta syt and DuPont Pioneer. Monsanto, which supplies Burrack's seed, said it can block foreign groups who request to tour their lab and learning center in Huxley, Iowa. For the past few years, Monsanto says it has run its own background checks on Chinese delegations that ask for a tour, and, if they are approved, boosts security to be sure they do not steal anything or take pictures. In Washington, U.S. senators have called for a review of the $43 billion deal by state-owned ChemChina to buy Swiss seed group Syngenta, which generates nearly a quarter of its revenue from North America. Acquiring GMO seed and successfully recreating a corn plant would allow Chinese companies to skip over roughly eight years of research and $1.5 billion spent annually by Monsanto to develop the corn, the company says. Burrack's farm itself was not targeted by Mo, though he grows the Monsanto parent seed that the Chinese national was digging for. Burrack grows the corn in two fields in front of and behind his house where he can watch them, a small part of his 2,800-acre farm. He said he is told by Monsanto where and when to plant the parent seed, but has never been told to keep what he is planting a secret. "What no one seems to understand is that they're stealing from people like me," Burrack said. "They're stealing the research that farmers pay for when they buy Monsanto seed."

Tim Burrack , a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season , has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds . Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region , he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and six other Chinese nationals were accused by U.S. authorities in 2013 of digging up seeds from Iowa farms and planning to send them back to China . The case , in which Mo pleaded guilty in January , has laid bare the value -- and vulnerability -- of advanced food technology in a world with 7 billion mouths to feed , 1.36 billion of them Chinese .

Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and six other Chinese nationals were accused by U.S. authorities in 2013 of digging up seeds from Iowa farms and planning to send them back to China. The case, in which Mo pleaded guilty in January, has laid bare the value—and vulnerability—of advanced food technology in a world with 7 billion mouths to feed, 1.36 billion of them Chinese. Citing that case and others as evidence of a growing economic and national security threat to America's farm sector, U.S. law enforcement officials are urging agriculture executives and security officers to increase their vigilance and report any suspicious activity. But on a March 30 visit to Iowa, Justice Department officials could offer little advice to ensure against similar thefts, underlining how agricultural technology lying in open fields can be more vulnerable than a computer network or a factory floor. "It may range down to traditional barriers like a fence and doing human patrols to making sure you get good visuals on what's occurring," Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, head of the Justice Department's national security division, said when touring Iowa State University. But agriculture sector executives say fences and guards are not feasible, due to the high cost and impracticality of guarding hundreds of thousands of acres. Tom McBride, intellectual property attorney at Monsanto—one of the firms whose seeds were targeted by Mo—said it safeguards its genetically modified organism (GMO) technology by protecting its computers, patenting seeds and keeping fields like Burrack's unmarked. Monsanto mon says it is not considering physical barriers like fences or guards. The FBI and the U.S. Justice Department say cases of espionage in the agriculture sector have been growing since Mo was first discovered digging in an Iowan field in May 2011. Over the past two years, U.S. companies, government research facilities and universities have all been targeted, according to the FBI. Although prosecutors were unable to establish a Chinese government link to Mo's group, the case adds to U.S.-China frictions over what Washington says is increasing economic espionage and trade secret theft by Beijing and its proxies. A U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters the agency looked for a connection between the Chinese government and the conspiracy carried out by Mo. "In cases like this, we can see connections, but proving to the threshold needed in court requires that we have documents that the government has directed this," the official said. "It's almost impossible to get." A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington, Zhu Haiquan, said he did not have detailed information on the Mo case but that China "stands firm" on the protection of intellectual property and maintains "constant communication and cooperation" with the U.S. government on the issue. On his visit to Washington last September, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's denial of any government role in the hacking of U.S. corporate secrets. Mo, an employee of Chinese firm Kings Nower Seed, pleaded guilty to stealing seed grown by U.S. firms Monsanto, Dupont Pioneer dd and LG Seeds. Prosecutors say he specifically targeted fields that grow the parent seeds needed to replicate GMO corn. The FBI says it suspects he was given the location by workers for the seed companies, but did not charge any employees. DuPont Pioneer and LG Seeds declined to comment for this story. Mo, whose case was prosecuted by the Justice Department as a national security matter rather than a simple criminal case, now faces a sentence of up to five years in prison. Five others charged in the case are still wanted by the FBI and are believed to have fled to China or Argentina. Charges were dropped against a sixth Chinese suspect. The number of international economic espionage cases referred to the FBI is rising, up 15% each year between 2009 and 2014 and up 53% in 2015. The majority of cases reported involve Chinese nationals, the U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters. In the agriculture sector, organic insecticide, irrigation equipment and rice, along with corn, are all suspected to have been targeted, including by Chinese nationals, the official said. Mo Hongjian, vice president of Kings Nower Seed's parent company, Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group, declined to comment on the case or on the company's connection with the Chinese government. The parent firm is privately owned, but says it receives government money for research in "science and technology." China bans commercial growing of GMO grains due to public opposition to the technology and imports of GMO corn have to be approved by the agriculture ministry. Still, President Xi called in 2014 for China to innovate and dominate the technique, which promises high yields through resistance to drought, pests and disease. In January, a Greenpeace report found some Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn whose strains belong to companies including Monsanto, Syngenta syt and DuPont Pioneer. Monsanto, which supplies Burrack's seed, said it can block foreign groups who request to tour their lab and learning center in Huxley, Iowa. For the past few years, Monsanto says it has run its own background checks on Chinese delegations that ask for a tour, and, if they are approved, boosts security to be sure they do not steal anything or take pictures. In Washington, U.S. senators have called for a review of the $43 billion deal by state-owned ChemChina to buy Swiss seed group Syngenta, which generates nearly a quarter of its revenue from North America. Acquiring GMO seed and successfully recreating a corn plant would allow Chinese companies to skip over roughly eight years of research and $1.5 billion spent annually by Monsanto to develop the corn, the company says. Burrack's farm itself was not targeted by Mo, though he grows the Monsanto parent seed that the Chinese national was digging for. Burrack grows the corn in two fields in front of and behind his house where he can watch them, a small part of his 2,800-acre farm. He said he is told by Monsanto where and when to plant the parent seed, but has never been told to keep what he is planting a secret. "What no one seems to understand is that they're stealing from people like me," Burrack said. "They're stealing the research that farmers pay for when they buy Monsanto seed."

The number of international economic espionage cases referred to the FBI 53 % in 2015 .

Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and six other Chinese nationals were accused by U.S. authorities in 2013 of digging up seeds from Iowa farms and planning to send them back to China. The case, in which Mo pleaded guilty in January, has laid bare the value—and vulnerability—of advanced food technology in a world with 7 billion mouths to feed, 1.36 billion of them Chinese. Citing that case and others as evidence of a growing economic and national security threat to America's farm sector, U.S. law enforcement officials are urging agriculture executives and security officers to increase their vigilance and report any suspicious activity. But on a March 30 visit to Iowa, Justice Department officials could offer little advice to ensure against similar thefts, underlining how agricultural technology lying in open fields can be more vulnerable than a computer network or a factory floor. "It may range down to traditional barriers like a fence and doing human patrols to making sure you get good visuals on what's occurring," Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, head of the Justice Department's national security division, said when touring Iowa State University. But agriculture sector executives say fences and guards are not feasible, due to the high cost and impracticality of guarding hundreds of thousands of acres. Tom McBride, intellectual property attorney at Monsanto—one of the firms whose seeds were targeted by Mo—said it safeguards its genetically modified organism (GMO) technology by protecting its computers, patenting seeds and keeping fields like Burrack's unmarked. Monsanto mon says it is not considering physical barriers like fences or guards. The FBI and the U.S. Justice Department say cases of espionage in the agriculture sector have been growing since Mo was first discovered digging in an Iowan field in May 2011. Over the past two years, U.S. companies, government research facilities and universities have all been targeted, according to the FBI. Although prosecutors were unable to establish a Chinese government link to Mo's group, the case adds to U.S.-China frictions over what Washington says is increasing economic espionage and trade secret theft by Beijing and its proxies. A U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters the agency looked for a connection between the Chinese government and the conspiracy carried out by Mo. "In cases like this, we can see connections, but proving to the threshold needed in court requires that we have documents that the government has directed this," the official said. "It's almost impossible to get." A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington, Zhu Haiquan, said he did not have detailed information on the Mo case but that China "stands firm" on the protection of intellectual property and maintains "constant communication and cooperation" with the U.S. government on the issue. On his visit to Washington last September, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's denial of any government role in the hacking of U.S. corporate secrets. Mo, an employee of Chinese firm Kings Nower Seed, pleaded guilty to stealing seed grown by U.S. firms Monsanto, Dupont Pioneer dd and LG Seeds. Prosecutors say he specifically targeted fields that grow the parent seeds needed to replicate GMO corn. The FBI says it suspects he was given the location by workers for the seed companies, but did not charge any employees. DuPont Pioneer and LG Seeds declined to comment for this story. Mo, whose case was prosecuted by the Justice Department as a national security matter rather than a simple criminal case, now faces a sentence of up to five years in prison. Five others charged in the case are still wanted by the FBI and are believed to have fled to China or Argentina. Charges were dropped against a sixth Chinese suspect. The number of international economic espionage cases referred to the FBI is rising, up 15% each year between 2009 and 2014 and up 53% in 2015. The majority of cases reported involve Chinese nationals, the U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters. In the agriculture sector, organic insecticide, irrigation equipment and rice, along with corn, are all suspected to have been targeted, including by Chinese nationals, the official said. Mo Hongjian, vice president of Kings Nower Seed's parent company, Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group, declined to comment on the case or on the company's connection with the Chinese government. The parent firm is privately owned, but says it receives government money for research in "science and technology." China bans commercial growing of GMO grains due to public opposition to the technology and imports of GMO corn have to be approved by the agriculture ministry. Still, President Xi called in 2014 for China to innovate and dominate the technique, which promises high yields through resistance to drought, pests and disease. In January, a Greenpeace report found some Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn whose strains belong to companies including Monsanto, Syngenta syt and DuPont Pioneer. Monsanto, which supplies Burrack's seed, said it can block foreign groups who request to tour their lab and learning center in Huxley, Iowa. For the past few years, Monsanto says it has run its own background checks on Chinese delegations that ask for a tour, and, if they are approved, boosts security to be sure they do not steal anything or take pictures. In Washington, U.S. senators have called for a review of the $43 billion deal by state-owned ChemChina to buy Swiss seed group Syngenta, which generates nearly a quarter of its revenue from North America. Acquiring GMO seed and successfully recreating a corn plant would allow Chinese companies to skip over roughly eight years of research and $1.5 billion spent annually by Monsanto to develop the corn, the company says. Burrack's farm itself was not targeted by Mo, though he grows the Monsanto parent seed that the Chinese national was digging for. Burrack grows the corn in two fields in front of and behind his house where he can watch them, a small part of his 2,800-acre farm. He said he is told by Monsanto where and when to plant the parent seed, but has never been told to keep what he is planting a secret. "What no one seems to understand is that they're stealing from people like me," Burrack said. "They're stealing the research that farmers pay for when they buy Monsanto seed."

Mo Hongjian , vice president of Kings Nower Seed 's parent company , Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group , declined to comment on the case or on the company 's connection with the Chinese government . Burrack 's farm itself was not targeted by Mo , though he grows the Monsanto parent seed that the Chinese national was digging for .

Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and six other Chinese nationals were accused by U.S. authorities in 2013 of digging up seeds from Iowa farms and planning to send them back to China. The case, in which Mo pleaded guilty in January, has laid bare the value—and vulnerability—of advanced food technology in a world with 7 billion mouths to feed, 1.36 billion of them Chinese. Citing that case and others as evidence of a growing economic and national security threat to America's farm sector, U.S. law enforcement officials are urging agriculture executives and security officers to increase their vigilance and report any suspicious activity. But on a March 30 visit to Iowa, Justice Department officials could offer little advice to ensure against similar thefts, underlining how agricultural technology lying in open fields can be more vulnerable than a computer network or a factory floor. "It may range down to traditional barriers like a fence and doing human patrols to making sure you get good visuals on what's occurring," Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, head of the Justice Department's national security division, said when touring Iowa State University. But agriculture sector executives say fences and guards are not feasible, due to the high cost and impracticality of guarding hundreds of thousands of acres. Tom McBride, intellectual property attorney at Monsanto—one of the firms whose seeds were targeted by Mo—said it safeguards its genetically modified organism (GMO) technology by protecting its computers, patenting seeds and keeping fields like Burrack's unmarked. Monsanto mon says it is not considering physical barriers like fences or guards. The FBI and the U.S. Justice Department say cases of espionage in the agriculture sector have been growing since Mo was first discovered digging in an Iowan field in May 2011. Over the past two years, U.S. companies, government research facilities and universities have all been targeted, according to the FBI. Although prosecutors were unable to establish a Chinese government link to Mo's group, the case adds to U.S.-China frictions over what Washington says is increasing economic espionage and trade secret theft by Beijing and its proxies. A U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters the agency looked for a connection between the Chinese government and the conspiracy carried out by Mo. "In cases like this, we can see connections, but proving to the threshold needed in court requires that we have documents that the government has directed this," the official said. "It's almost impossible to get." A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington, Zhu Haiquan, said he did not have detailed information on the Mo case but that China "stands firm" on the protection of intellectual property and maintains "constant communication and cooperation" with the U.S. government on the issue. On his visit to Washington last September, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's denial of any government role in the hacking of U.S. corporate secrets. Mo, an employee of Chinese firm Kings Nower Seed, pleaded guilty to stealing seed grown by U.S. firms Monsanto, Dupont Pioneer dd and LG Seeds. Prosecutors say he specifically targeted fields that grow the parent seeds needed to replicate GMO corn. The FBI says it suspects he was given the location by workers for the seed companies, but did not charge any employees. DuPont Pioneer and LG Seeds declined to comment for this story. Mo, whose case was prosecuted by the Justice Department as a national security matter rather than a simple criminal case, now faces a sentence of up to five years in prison. Five others charged in the case are still wanted by the FBI and are believed to have fled to China or Argentina. Charges were dropped against a sixth Chinese suspect. The number of international economic espionage cases referred to the FBI is rising, up 15% each year between 2009 and 2014 and up 53% in 2015. The majority of cases reported involve Chinese nationals, the U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters. In the agriculture sector, organic insecticide, irrigation equipment and rice, along with corn, are all suspected to have been targeted, including by Chinese nationals, the official said. Mo Hongjian, vice president of Kings Nower Seed's parent company, Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group, declined to comment on the case or on the company's connection with the Chinese government. The parent firm is privately owned, but says it receives government money for research in "science and technology." China bans commercial growing of GMO grains due to public opposition to the technology and imports of GMO corn have to be approved by the agriculture ministry. Still, President Xi called in 2014 for China to innovate and dominate the technique, which promises high yields through resistance to drought, pests and disease. In January, a Greenpeace report found some Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn whose strains belong to companies including Monsanto, Syngenta syt and DuPont Pioneer. Monsanto, which supplies Burrack's seed, said it can block foreign groups who request to tour their lab and learning center in Huxley, Iowa. For the past few years, Monsanto says it has run its own background checks on Chinese delegations that ask for a tour, and, if they are approved, boosts security to be sure they do not steal anything or take pictures. In Washington, U.S. senators have called for a review of the $43 billion deal by state-owned ChemChina to buy Swiss seed group Syngenta, which generates nearly a quarter of its revenue from North America. Acquiring GMO seed and successfully recreating a corn plant would allow Chinese companies to skip over roughly eight years of research and $1.5 billion spent annually by Monsanto to develop the corn, the company says. Burrack's farm itself was not targeted by Mo, though he grows the Monsanto parent seed that the Chinese national was digging for. Burrack grows the corn in two fields in front of and behind his house where he can watch them, a small part of his 2,800-acre farm. He said he is told by Monsanto where and when to plant the parent seed, but has never been told to keep what he is planting a secret. "What no one seems to understand is that they're stealing from people like me," Burrack said. "They're stealing the research that farmers pay for when they buy Monsanto seed."

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Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and six other Chinese nationals were accused by U.S. authorities in 2013 of digging up seeds from Iowa farms and planning to send them back to China. The case, in which Mo pleaded guilty in January, has laid bare the value—and vulnerability—of advanced food technology in a world with 7 billion mouths to feed, 1.36 billion of them Chinese. Citing that case and others as evidence of a growing economic and national security threat to America's farm sector, U.S. law enforcement officials are urging agriculture executives and security officers to increase their vigilance and report any suspicious activity. But on a March 30 visit to Iowa, Justice Department officials could offer little advice to ensure against similar thefts, underlining how agricultural technology lying in open fields can be more vulnerable than a computer network or a factory floor. "It may range down to traditional barriers like a fence and doing human patrols to making sure you get good visuals on what's occurring," Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, head of the Justice Department's national security division, said when touring Iowa State University. But agriculture sector executives say fences and guards are not feasible, due to the high cost and impracticality of guarding hundreds of thousands of acres. Tom McBride, intellectual property attorney at Monsanto—one of the firms whose seeds were targeted by Mo—said it safeguards its genetically modified organism (GMO) technology by protecting its computers, patenting seeds and keeping fields like Burrack's unmarked. Monsanto mon says it is not considering physical barriers like fences or guards. The FBI and the U.S. Justice Department say cases of espionage in the agriculture sector have been growing since Mo was first discovered digging in an Iowan field in May 2011. Over the past two years, U.S. companies, government research facilities and universities have all been targeted, according to the FBI. Although prosecutors were unable to establish a Chinese government link to Mo's group, the case adds to U.S.-China frictions over what Washington says is increasing economic espionage and trade secret theft by Beijing and its proxies. A U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters the agency looked for a connection between the Chinese government and the conspiracy carried out by Mo. "In cases like this, we can see connections, but proving to the threshold needed in court requires that we have documents that the government has directed this," the official said. "It's almost impossible to get." A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington, Zhu Haiquan, said he did not have detailed information on the Mo case but that China "stands firm" on the protection of intellectual property and maintains "constant communication and cooperation" with the U.S. government on the issue. On his visit to Washington last September, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's denial of any government role in the hacking of U.S. corporate secrets. Mo, an employee of Chinese firm Kings Nower Seed, pleaded guilty to stealing seed grown by U.S. firms Monsanto, Dupont Pioneer dd and LG Seeds. Prosecutors say he specifically targeted fields that grow the parent seeds needed to replicate GMO corn. The FBI says it suspects he was given the location by workers for the seed companies, but did not charge any employees. DuPont Pioneer and LG Seeds declined to comment for this story. Mo, whose case was prosecuted by the Justice Department as a national security matter rather than a simple criminal case, now faces a sentence of up to five years in prison. Five others charged in the case are still wanted by the FBI and are believed to have fled to China or Argentina. Charges were dropped against a sixth Chinese suspect. The number of international economic espionage cases referred to the FBI is rising, up 15% each year between 2009 and 2014 and up 53% in 2015. The majority of cases reported involve Chinese nationals, the U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters. In the agriculture sector, organic insecticide, irrigation equipment and rice, along with corn, are all suspected to have been targeted, including by Chinese nationals, the official said. Mo Hongjian, vice president of Kings Nower Seed's parent company, Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group, declined to comment on the case or on the company's connection with the Chinese government. The parent firm is privately owned, but says it receives government money for research in "science and technology." China bans commercial growing of GMO grains due to public opposition to the technology and imports of GMO corn have to be approved by the agriculture ministry. Still, President Xi called in 2014 for China to innovate and dominate the technique, which promises high yields through resistance to drought, pests and disease. In January, a Greenpeace report found some Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn whose strains belong to companies including Monsanto, Syngenta syt and DuPont Pioneer. Monsanto, which supplies Burrack's seed, said it can block foreign groups who request to tour their lab and learning center in Huxley, Iowa. For the past few years, Monsanto says it has run its own background checks on Chinese delegations that ask for a tour, and, if they are approved, boosts security to be sure they do not steal anything or take pictures. In Washington, U.S. senators have called for a review of the $43 billion deal by state-owned ChemChina to buy Swiss seed group Syngenta, which generates nearly a quarter of its revenue from North America. Acquiring GMO seed and successfully recreating a corn plant would allow Chinese companies to skip over roughly eight years of research and $1.5 billion spent annually by Monsanto to develop the corn, the company says. Burrack's farm itself was not targeted by Mo, though he grows the Monsanto parent seed that the Chinese national was digging for. Burrack grows the corn in two fields in front of and behind his house where he can watch them, a small part of his 2,800-acre farm. He said he is told by Monsanto where and when to plant the parent seed, but has never been told to keep what he is planting a secret. "What no one seems to understand is that they're stealing from people like me," Burrack said. "They're stealing the research that farmers pay for when they buy Monsanto seed."

iowa farmer in his 44th growing season , has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds . along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region , he has upped his vigilance ever since mo hailong and six other chinese nationals were accused by u.s. authorities in 2013 of advanced food technology in a world with 7 billion mouths to feed , 1.36 billion of them chinese . citing that case and others as evidence of a growing economic and national security threat to america 's farm sector , u.s. law enforcement officials are urging agriculture executives and security officers to increase their vigilance and report any suspicious

Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and six other Chinese nationals were accused by U.S. authorities in 2013 of digging up seeds from Iowa farms and planning to send them back to China. The case, in which Mo pleaded guilty in January, has laid bare the value—and vulnerability—of advanced food technology in a world with 7 billion mouths to feed, 1.36 billion of them Chinese. Citing that case and others as evidence of a growing economic and national security threat to America's farm sector, U.S. law enforcement officials are urging agriculture executives and security officers to increase their vigilance and report any suspicious activity. But on a March 30 visit to Iowa, Justice Department officials could offer little advice to ensure against similar thefts, underlining how agricultural technology lying in open fields can be more vulnerable than a computer network or a factory floor. "It may range down to traditional barriers like a fence and doing human patrols to making sure you get good visuals on what's occurring," Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, head of the Justice Department's national security division, said when touring Iowa State University. But agriculture sector executives say fences and guards are not feasible, due to the high cost and impracticality of guarding hundreds of thousands of acres. Tom McBride, intellectual property attorney at Monsanto—one of the firms whose seeds were targeted by Mo—said it safeguards its genetically modified organism (GMO) technology by protecting its computers, patenting seeds and keeping fields like Burrack's unmarked. Monsanto mon says it is not considering physical barriers like fences or guards. The FBI and the U.S. Justice Department say cases of espionage in the agriculture sector have been growing since Mo was first discovered digging in an Iowan field in May 2011. Over the past two years, U.S. companies, government research facilities and universities have all been targeted, according to the FBI. Although prosecutors were unable to establish a Chinese government link to Mo's group, the case adds to U.S.-China frictions over what Washington says is increasing economic espionage and trade secret theft by Beijing and its proxies. A U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters the agency looked for a connection between the Chinese government and the conspiracy carried out by Mo. "In cases like this, we can see connections, but proving to the threshold needed in court requires that we have documents that the government has directed this," the official said. "It's almost impossible to get." A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington, Zhu Haiquan, said he did not have detailed information on the Mo case but that China "stands firm" on the protection of intellectual property and maintains "constant communication and cooperation" with the U.S. government on the issue. On his visit to Washington last September, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's denial of any government role in the hacking of U.S. corporate secrets. Mo, an employee of Chinese firm Kings Nower Seed, pleaded guilty to stealing seed grown by U.S. firms Monsanto, Dupont Pioneer dd and LG Seeds. Prosecutors say he specifically targeted fields that grow the parent seeds needed to replicate GMO corn. The FBI says it suspects he was given the location by workers for the seed companies, but did not charge any employees. DuPont Pioneer and LG Seeds declined to comment for this story. Mo, whose case was prosecuted by the Justice Department as a national security matter rather than a simple criminal case, now faces a sentence of up to five years in prison. Five others charged in the case are still wanted by the FBI and are believed to have fled to China or Argentina. Charges were dropped against a sixth Chinese suspect. The number of international economic espionage cases referred to the FBI is rising, up 15% each year between 2009 and 2014 and up 53% in 2015. The majority of cases reported involve Chinese nationals, the U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters. In the agriculture sector, organic insecticide, irrigation equipment and rice, along with corn, are all suspected to have been targeted, including by Chinese nationals, the official said. Mo Hongjian, vice president of Kings Nower Seed's parent company, Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group, declined to comment on the case or on the company's connection with the Chinese government. The parent firm is privately owned, but says it receives government money for research in "science and technology." China bans commercial growing of GMO grains due to public opposition to the technology and imports of GMO corn have to be approved by the agriculture ministry. Still, President Xi called in 2014 for China to innovate and dominate the technique, which promises high yields through resistance to drought, pests and disease. In January, a Greenpeace report found some Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn whose strains belong to companies including Monsanto, Syngenta syt and DuPont Pioneer. Monsanto, which supplies Burrack's seed, said it can block foreign groups who request to tour their lab and learning center in Huxley, Iowa. For the past few years, Monsanto says it has run its own background checks on Chinese delegations that ask for a tour, and, if they are approved, boosts security to be sure they do not steal anything or take pictures. In Washington, U.S. senators have called for a review of the $43 billion deal by state-owned ChemChina to buy Swiss seed group Syngenta, which generates nearly a quarter of its revenue from North America. Acquiring GMO seed and successfully recreating a corn plant would allow Chinese companies to skip over roughly eight years of research and $1.5 billion spent annually by Monsanto to develop the corn, the company says. Burrack's farm itself was not targeted by Mo, though he grows the Monsanto parent seed that the Chinese national was digging for. Burrack grows the corn in two fields in front of and behind his house where he can watch them, a small part of his 2,800-acre farm. He said he is told by Monsanto where and when to plant the parent seed, but has never been told to keep what he is planting a secret. "What no one seems to understand is that they're stealing from people like me," Burrack said. "They're stealing the research that farmers pay for when they buy Monsanto seed."

the fbi and the u.s. justice department say cases of espionage in the agriculture sector have been growing since mo was first discovered digging in an iowan field in may 2011 , according to the fbi [UNK]

Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds. Along with other farmers in this vast agricultural region, he has upped his vigilance ever since Mo Hailong and six other Chinese nationals were accused by U.S. authorities in 2013 of digging up seeds from Iowa farms and planning to send them back to China. The case, in which Mo pleaded guilty in January, has laid bare the value—and vulnerability—of advanced food technology in a world with 7 billion mouths to feed, 1.36 billion of them Chinese. Citing that case and others as evidence of a growing economic and national security threat to America's farm sector, U.S. law enforcement officials are urging agriculture executives and security officers to increase their vigilance and report any suspicious activity. But on a March 30 visit to Iowa, Justice Department officials could offer little advice to ensure against similar thefts, underlining how agricultural technology lying in open fields can be more vulnerable than a computer network or a factory floor. "It may range down to traditional barriers like a fence and doing human patrols to making sure you get good visuals on what's occurring," Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, head of the Justice Department's national security division, said when touring Iowa State University. But agriculture sector executives say fences and guards are not feasible, due to the high cost and impracticality of guarding hundreds of thousands of acres. Tom McBride, intellectual property attorney at Monsanto—one of the firms whose seeds were targeted by Mo—said it safeguards its genetically modified organism (GMO) technology by protecting its computers, patenting seeds and keeping fields like Burrack's unmarked. Monsanto mon says it is not considering physical barriers like fences or guards. The FBI and the U.S. Justice Department say cases of espionage in the agriculture sector have been growing since Mo was first discovered digging in an Iowan field in May 2011. Over the past two years, U.S. companies, government research facilities and universities have all been targeted, according to the FBI. Although prosecutors were unable to establish a Chinese government link to Mo's group, the case adds to U.S.-China frictions over what Washington says is increasing economic espionage and trade secret theft by Beijing and its proxies. A U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters the agency looked for a connection between the Chinese government and the conspiracy carried out by Mo. "In cases like this, we can see connections, but proving to the threshold needed in court requires that we have documents that the government has directed this," the official said. "It's almost impossible to get." A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington, Zhu Haiquan, said he did not have detailed information on the Mo case but that China "stands firm" on the protection of intellectual property and maintains "constant communication and cooperation" with the U.S. government on the issue. On his visit to Washington last September, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's denial of any government role in the hacking of U.S. corporate secrets. Mo, an employee of Chinese firm Kings Nower Seed, pleaded guilty to stealing seed grown by U.S. firms Monsanto, Dupont Pioneer dd and LG Seeds. Prosecutors say he specifically targeted fields that grow the parent seeds needed to replicate GMO corn. The FBI says it suspects he was given the location by workers for the seed companies, but did not charge any employees. DuPont Pioneer and LG Seeds declined to comment for this story. Mo, whose case was prosecuted by the Justice Department as a national security matter rather than a simple criminal case, now faces a sentence of up to five years in prison. Five others charged in the case are still wanted by the FBI and are believed to have fled to China or Argentina. Charges were dropped against a sixth Chinese suspect. The number of international economic espionage cases referred to the FBI is rising, up 15% each year between 2009 and 2014 and up 53% in 2015. The majority of cases reported involve Chinese nationals, the U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters. In the agriculture sector, organic insecticide, irrigation equipment and rice, along with corn, are all suspected to have been targeted, including by Chinese nationals, the official said. Mo Hongjian, vice president of Kings Nower Seed's parent company, Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group, declined to comment on the case or on the company's connection with the Chinese government. The parent firm is privately owned, but says it receives government money for research in "science and technology." China bans commercial growing of GMO grains due to public opposition to the technology and imports of GMO corn have to be approved by the agriculture ministry. Still, President Xi called in 2014 for China to innovate and dominate the technique, which promises high yields through resistance to drought, pests and disease. In January, a Greenpeace report found some Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn whose strains belong to companies including Monsanto, Syngenta syt and DuPont Pioneer. Monsanto, which supplies Burrack's seed, said it can block foreign groups who request to tour their lab and learning center in Huxley, Iowa. For the past few years, Monsanto says it has run its own background checks on Chinese delegations that ask for a tour, and, if they are approved, boosts security to be sure they do not steal anything or take pictures. In Washington, U.S. senators have called for a review of the $43 billion deal by state-owned ChemChina to buy Swiss seed group Syngenta, which generates nearly a quarter of its revenue from North America. Acquiring GMO seed and successfully recreating a corn plant would allow Chinese companies to skip over roughly eight years of research and $1.5 billion spent annually by Monsanto to develop the corn, the company says. Burrack's farm itself was not targeted by Mo, though he grows the Monsanto parent seed that the Chinese national was digging for. Burrack grows the corn in two fields in front of and behind his house where he can watch them, a small part of his 2,800-acre farm. He said he is told by Monsanto where and when to plant the parent seed, but has never been told to keep what he is planting a secret. "What no one seems to understand is that they're stealing from people like me," Burrack said. "They're stealing the research that farmers pay for when they buy Monsanto seed."

a northern iowa farmer in his 44th growing season , has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds , he has upped his vigilance ever since mo hailong and six other chinese nationals were accused by u.s. authorities in this vast agricultural region , he has upped his vigilance ever since mo was first discovered seeds from iowa farms and planning to iowa , justice department officials could offer little advice to ensure against similar thefts and security officers to increase their vigilance and report any suspicious food technology in open fields can be more vulnerable than a growing economic and national security threat to america 's farm

If 2014 was the year of the selfie, then 2015 took the art of self-photography to a new and dangerous level. People are, quite literally, dying to take a picture of themselves. In Russia this year there have been a handful of selfie-related fatalities, including the death of two men in the Ural Mountains who posed for a photo while pulling the pin from a hand grenade. And, in June, a university graduate died after trying to take a selfie while hanging from a Moscow bridge. Most recently a 17-year-old boy fell to his death from a rooftop as he tried to take his picture for his Instagram page. He had previously taken a number of similar pictures of himself posing on high rooftops in the city of Vologda. The problem isn't just limited to Russia. In the US recently a man died after shooting himself in the neck while taking a selfie. At least 12 people have died this year while taking pictures of themselves making the practice more deadly than shark attacks, of which there have only been eight recorded deaths in 2015, according to tech news site Mashable. The statistic is creating very real problems for governments. In August, officials at the Waterton Canyon in Colorado were forced to close the park after several people were caught getting a little too close to the wildlife. "We've actually seen people using selfie sticks to try and get as close to the bears as possible, sometimes within 10 feet [3 metres]," said recreation manager Brandon Ransom in a blog. And, at Yellowstone National Park, officials issued a warning after five separate incidents of selfie-takers being gored by bison. In Australia, a rock that looks like a wedding cake was fenced off because too many people were climbing it to take pre or post-wedding photos of themselves. While in Russia, in response to the number of deaths there, the Interior Ministry launched a campaign warning that "self-photography could cost you your life". "A selfie with a weapon kills," the brochure read. The accompanying poster campaign listed dangerous places to take a selfie. So why are some people willing to risk their life to take the ultimate selfie? It may come down to pure bravado, thinks Lee Thompson - whose snap of himself on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero went viral in June 2014. "People see pictures like mine and see how they spread across the world and see a way to make themselves famous for 15 minutes," he told the BBC. A professional photographer, Mr Thompson admits that the picture he took was done as a publicity stunt for his travel company, Flash Pack. He did, however, get permission to climb the statue. "I'm not a serial selfie-taker - this shot was to publicise my business. It was the shot I knew I had to get because people love selfies," he told the BBC. He admits that the trend towards ever more dangerous selfies is "getting out of control". "Be creative with your pictures but don't put yourself in danger," he advised. According to research published by the Ohio State University, the pictures that people post on social media can tell an interesting story about their personality. Hundreds of tests on people's social media habits were conducted for the study, which showed that people who post a lot of selfies also tend to score higher in traits of narcissism and psychopathy. Lead researcher Jesse Fox said that, for many, a dangerous selfie is worth it for the number of likes and comments it will generate. "Likes are a quantifiable way of measuring popularity and these days it isn't enough to just post a picture of yourself, because everyone is doing that. The more extreme it is, the more likely you are to stand out and get lots of likes and comments." The rise of the selfie as an art form has not gone unnoticed by manufacturers such as Asus, which recently launched a phone dubbed the ZenFone Selfie, that as the name suggests, comes with a powerful camera. But it too is sensitive to the issue of risk-taking selfies and its marketing of the device in France came with a poster campaign similar to that of the Russian government, pointing out places where taking a selfie would be ill-advised - including in front of trains, in cars and with bears. Despite the publicity, there doesn't appear to be any let-up in the amount of death-defying selfies being taken, nor people's appetite to look at them. A video on YouTube, compiling what it describes as the "25 most dangerous selfies ever", has been viewed over 20 million times. It includes examples of a man taking a selfie while a bull charges at him, a man posing with a lion, someone taking a picture in front of a train and a woman taking a selfie of herself and her toddler while driving. James Kingston's picture of himself hanging off a crane (above) came in at number three. The list also features several self-portraits with sharks which had gone viral but which the video exposes as fakes. Selfies may have become more dangerous than shark attacks but it seems that even the most intrepid self-shooter draws the line at a picture with a Great White.

If 2014 was the year of the selfie , then 2015 took the art of self - photography to a new and dangerous level . People are , quite literally , dying to take a picture of themselves . In Russia this year there have been a handful of selfie - related fatalities , including the death of two men in the Ural Mountains who posed for a photo while pulling the pin from a hand grenade .

If 2014 was the year of the selfie, then 2015 took the art of self-photography to a new and dangerous level. People are, quite literally, dying to take a picture of themselves. In Russia this year there have been a handful of selfie-related fatalities, including the death of two men in the Ural Mountains who posed for a photo while pulling the pin from a hand grenade. And, in June, a university graduate died after trying to take a selfie while hanging from a Moscow bridge. Most recently a 17-year-old boy fell to his death from a rooftop as he tried to take his picture for his Instagram page. He had previously taken a number of similar pictures of himself posing on high rooftops in the city of Vologda. The problem isn't just limited to Russia. In the US recently a man died after shooting himself in the neck while taking a selfie. At least 12 people have died this year while taking pictures of themselves making the practice more deadly than shark attacks, of which there have only been eight recorded deaths in 2015, according to tech news site Mashable. The statistic is creating very real problems for governments. In August, officials at the Waterton Canyon in Colorado were forced to close the park after several people were caught getting a little too close to the wildlife. "We've actually seen people using selfie sticks to try and get as close to the bears as possible, sometimes within 10 feet [3 metres]," said recreation manager Brandon Ransom in a blog. And, at Yellowstone National Park, officials issued a warning after five separate incidents of selfie-takers being gored by bison. In Australia, a rock that looks like a wedding cake was fenced off because too many people were climbing it to take pre or post-wedding photos of themselves. While in Russia, in response to the number of deaths there, the Interior Ministry launched a campaign warning that "self-photography could cost you your life". "A selfie with a weapon kills," the brochure read. The accompanying poster campaign listed dangerous places to take a selfie. So why are some people willing to risk their life to take the ultimate selfie? It may come down to pure bravado, thinks Lee Thompson - whose snap of himself on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero went viral in June 2014. "People see pictures like mine and see how they spread across the world and see a way to make themselves famous for 15 minutes," he told the BBC. A professional photographer, Mr Thompson admits that the picture he took was done as a publicity stunt for his travel company, Flash Pack. He did, however, get permission to climb the statue. "I'm not a serial selfie-taker - this shot was to publicise my business. It was the shot I knew I had to get because people love selfies," he told the BBC. He admits that the trend towards ever more dangerous selfies is "getting out of control". "Be creative with your pictures but don't put yourself in danger," he advised. According to research published by the Ohio State University, the pictures that people post on social media can tell an interesting story about their personality. Hundreds of tests on people's social media habits were conducted for the study, which showed that people who post a lot of selfies also tend to score higher in traits of narcissism and psychopathy. Lead researcher Jesse Fox said that, for many, a dangerous selfie is worth it for the number of likes and comments it will generate. "Likes are a quantifiable way of measuring popularity and these days it isn't enough to just post a picture of yourself, because everyone is doing that. The more extreme it is, the more likely you are to stand out and get lots of likes and comments." The rise of the selfie as an art form has not gone unnoticed by manufacturers such as Asus, which recently launched a phone dubbed the ZenFone Selfie, that as the name suggests, comes with a powerful camera. But it too is sensitive to the issue of risk-taking selfies and its marketing of the device in France came with a poster campaign similar to that of the Russian government, pointing out places where taking a selfie would be ill-advised - including in front of trains, in cars and with bears. Despite the publicity, there doesn't appear to be any let-up in the amount of death-defying selfies being taken, nor people's appetite to look at them. A video on YouTube, compiling what it describes as the "25 most dangerous selfies ever", has been viewed over 20 million times. It includes examples of a man taking a selfie while a bull charges at him, a man posing with a lion, someone taking a picture in front of a train and a woman taking a selfie of herself and her toddler while driving. James Kingston's picture of himself hanging off a crane (above) came in at number three. The list also features several self-portraits with sharks which had gone viral but which the video exposes as fakes. Selfies may have become more dangerous than shark attacks but it seems that even the most intrepid self-shooter draws the line at a picture with a Great White.

The selfie has been taken to a new , more , level as deaths from self - shark attacks in 2015 .

If 2014 was the year of the selfie, then 2015 took the art of self-photography to a new and dangerous level. People are, quite literally, dying to take a picture of themselves. In Russia this year there have been a handful of selfie-related fatalities, including the death of two men in the Ural Mountains who posed for a photo while pulling the pin from a hand grenade. And, in June, a university graduate died after trying to take a selfie while hanging from a Moscow bridge. Most recently a 17-year-old boy fell to his death from a rooftop as he tried to take his picture for his Instagram page. He had previously taken a number of similar pictures of himself posing on high rooftops in the city of Vologda. The problem isn't just limited to Russia. In the US recently a man died after shooting himself in the neck while taking a selfie. At least 12 people have died this year while taking pictures of themselves making the practice more deadly than shark attacks, of which there have only been eight recorded deaths in 2015, according to tech news site Mashable. The statistic is creating very real problems for governments. In August, officials at the Waterton Canyon in Colorado were forced to close the park after several people were caught getting a little too close to the wildlife. "We've actually seen people using selfie sticks to try and get as close to the bears as possible, sometimes within 10 feet [3 metres]," said recreation manager Brandon Ransom in a blog. And, at Yellowstone National Park, officials issued a warning after five separate incidents of selfie-takers being gored by bison. In Australia, a rock that looks like a wedding cake was fenced off because too many people were climbing it to take pre or post-wedding photos of themselves. While in Russia, in response to the number of deaths there, the Interior Ministry launched a campaign warning that "self-photography could cost you your life". "A selfie with a weapon kills," the brochure read. The accompanying poster campaign listed dangerous places to take a selfie. So why are some people willing to risk their life to take the ultimate selfie? It may come down to pure bravado, thinks Lee Thompson - whose snap of himself on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero went viral in June 2014. "People see pictures like mine and see how they spread across the world and see a way to make themselves famous for 15 minutes," he told the BBC. A professional photographer, Mr Thompson admits that the picture he took was done as a publicity stunt for his travel company, Flash Pack. He did, however, get permission to climb the statue. "I'm not a serial selfie-taker - this shot was to publicise my business. It was the shot I knew I had to get because people love selfies," he told the BBC. He admits that the trend towards ever more dangerous selfies is "getting out of control". "Be creative with your pictures but don't put yourself in danger," he advised. According to research published by the Ohio State University, the pictures that people post on social media can tell an interesting story about their personality. Hundreds of tests on people's social media habits were conducted for the study, which showed that people who post a lot of selfies also tend to score higher in traits of narcissism and psychopathy. Lead researcher Jesse Fox said that, for many, a dangerous selfie is worth it for the number of likes and comments it will generate. "Likes are a quantifiable way of measuring popularity and these days it isn't enough to just post a picture of yourself, because everyone is doing that. The more extreme it is, the more likely you are to stand out and get lots of likes and comments." The rise of the selfie as an art form has not gone unnoticed by manufacturers such as Asus, which recently launched a phone dubbed the ZenFone Selfie, that as the name suggests, comes with a powerful camera. But it too is sensitive to the issue of risk-taking selfies and its marketing of the device in France came with a poster campaign similar to that of the Russian government, pointing out places where taking a selfie would be ill-advised - including in front of trains, in cars and with bears. Despite the publicity, there doesn't appear to be any let-up in the amount of death-defying selfies being taken, nor people's appetite to look at them. A video on YouTube, compiling what it describes as the "25 most dangerous selfies ever", has been viewed over 20 million times. It includes examples of a man taking a selfie while a bull charges at him, a man posing with a lion, someone taking a picture in front of a train and a woman taking a selfie of herself and her toddler while driving. James Kingston's picture of himself hanging off a crane (above) came in at number three. The list also features several self-portraits with sharks which had gone viral but which the video exposes as fakes. Selfies may have become more dangerous than shark attacks but it seems that even the most intrepid self-shooter draws the line at a picture with a Great White.

At least 12 people have died this year while taking pictures of themselves making the practice more deadly than shark attacks , of which there have only been eight recorded deaths in 2015 , according to tech news site Mashable .

If 2014 was the year of the selfie, then 2015 took the art of self-photography to a new and dangerous level. People are, quite literally, dying to take a picture of themselves. In Russia this year there have been a handful of selfie-related fatalities, including the death of two men in the Ural Mountains who posed for a photo while pulling the pin from a hand grenade. And, in June, a university graduate died after trying to take a selfie while hanging from a Moscow bridge. Most recently a 17-year-old boy fell to his death from a rooftop as he tried to take his picture for his Instagram page. He had previously taken a number of similar pictures of himself posing on high rooftops in the city of Vologda. The problem isn't just limited to Russia. In the US recently a man died after shooting himself in the neck while taking a selfie. At least 12 people have died this year while taking pictures of themselves making the practice more deadly than shark attacks, of which there have only been eight recorded deaths in 2015, according to tech news site Mashable. The statistic is creating very real problems for governments. In August, officials at the Waterton Canyon in Colorado were forced to close the park after several people were caught getting a little too close to the wildlife. "We've actually seen people using selfie sticks to try and get as close to the bears as possible, sometimes within 10 feet [3 metres]," said recreation manager Brandon Ransom in a blog. And, at Yellowstone National Park, officials issued a warning after five separate incidents of selfie-takers being gored by bison. In Australia, a rock that looks like a wedding cake was fenced off because too many people were climbing it to take pre or post-wedding photos of themselves. While in Russia, in response to the number of deaths there, the Interior Ministry launched a campaign warning that "self-photography could cost you your life". "A selfie with a weapon kills," the brochure read. The accompanying poster campaign listed dangerous places to take a selfie. So why are some people willing to risk their life to take the ultimate selfie? It may come down to pure bravado, thinks Lee Thompson - whose snap of himself on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero went viral in June 2014. "People see pictures like mine and see how they spread across the world and see a way to make themselves famous for 15 minutes," he told the BBC. A professional photographer, Mr Thompson admits that the picture he took was done as a publicity stunt for his travel company, Flash Pack. He did, however, get permission to climb the statue. "I'm not a serial selfie-taker - this shot was to publicise my business. It was the shot I knew I had to get because people love selfies," he told the BBC. He admits that the trend towards ever more dangerous selfies is "getting out of control". "Be creative with your pictures but don't put yourself in danger," he advised. According to research published by the Ohio State University, the pictures that people post on social media can tell an interesting story about their personality. Hundreds of tests on people's social media habits were conducted for the study, which showed that people who post a lot of selfies also tend to score higher in traits of narcissism and psychopathy. Lead researcher Jesse Fox said that, for many, a dangerous selfie is worth it for the number of likes and comments it will generate. "Likes are a quantifiable way of measuring popularity and these days it isn't enough to just post a picture of yourself, because everyone is doing that. The more extreme it is, the more likely you are to stand out and get lots of likes and comments." The rise of the selfie as an art form has not gone unnoticed by manufacturers such as Asus, which recently launched a phone dubbed the ZenFone Selfie, that as the name suggests, comes with a powerful camera. But it too is sensitive to the issue of risk-taking selfies and its marketing of the device in France came with a poster campaign similar to that of the Russian government, pointing out places where taking a selfie would be ill-advised - including in front of trains, in cars and with bears. Despite the publicity, there doesn't appear to be any let-up in the amount of death-defying selfies being taken, nor people's appetite to look at them. A video on YouTube, compiling what it describes as the "25 most dangerous selfies ever", has been viewed over 20 million times. It includes examples of a man taking a selfie while a bull charges at him, a man posing with a lion, someone taking a picture in front of a train and a woman taking a selfie of herself and her toddler while driving. James Kingston's picture of himself hanging off a crane (above) came in at number three. The list also features several self-portraits with sharks which had gone viral but which the video exposes as fakes. Selfies may have become more dangerous than shark attacks but it seems that even the most intrepid self-shooter draws the line at a picture with a Great White.

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If 2014 was the year of the selfie, then 2015 took the art of self-photography to a new and dangerous level. People are, quite literally, dying to take a picture of themselves. In Russia this year there have been a handful of selfie-related fatalities, including the death of two men in the Ural Mountains who posed for a photo while pulling the pin from a hand grenade. And, in June, a university graduate died after trying to take a selfie while hanging from a Moscow bridge. Most recently a 17-year-old boy fell to his death from a rooftop as he tried to take his picture for his Instagram page. He had previously taken a number of similar pictures of himself posing on high rooftops in the city of Vologda. The problem isn't just limited to Russia. In the US recently a man died after shooting himself in the neck while taking a selfie. At least 12 people have died this year while taking pictures of themselves making the practice more deadly than shark attacks, of which there have only been eight recorded deaths in 2015, according to tech news site Mashable. The statistic is creating very real problems for governments. In August, officials at the Waterton Canyon in Colorado were forced to close the park after several people were caught getting a little too close to the wildlife. "We've actually seen people using selfie sticks to try and get as close to the bears as possible, sometimes within 10 feet [3 metres]," said recreation manager Brandon Ransom in a blog. And, at Yellowstone National Park, officials issued a warning after five separate incidents of selfie-takers being gored by bison. In Australia, a rock that looks like a wedding cake was fenced off because too many people were climbing it to take pre or post-wedding photos of themselves. While in Russia, in response to the number of deaths there, the Interior Ministry launched a campaign warning that "self-photography could cost you your life". "A selfie with a weapon kills," the brochure read. The accompanying poster campaign listed dangerous places to take a selfie. So why are some people willing to risk their life to take the ultimate selfie? It may come down to pure bravado, thinks Lee Thompson - whose snap of himself on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero went viral in June 2014. "People see pictures like mine and see how they spread across the world and see a way to make themselves famous for 15 minutes," he told the BBC. A professional photographer, Mr Thompson admits that the picture he took was done as a publicity stunt for his travel company, Flash Pack. He did, however, get permission to climb the statue. "I'm not a serial selfie-taker - this shot was to publicise my business. It was the shot I knew I had to get because people love selfies," he told the BBC. He admits that the trend towards ever more dangerous selfies is "getting out of control". "Be creative with your pictures but don't put yourself in danger," he advised. According to research published by the Ohio State University, the pictures that people post on social media can tell an interesting story about their personality. Hundreds of tests on people's social media habits were conducted for the study, which showed that people who post a lot of selfies also tend to score higher in traits of narcissism and psychopathy. Lead researcher Jesse Fox said that, for many, a dangerous selfie is worth it for the number of likes and comments it will generate. "Likes are a quantifiable way of measuring popularity and these days it isn't enough to just post a picture of yourself, because everyone is doing that. The more extreme it is, the more likely you are to stand out and get lots of likes and comments." The rise of the selfie as an art form has not gone unnoticed by manufacturers such as Asus, which recently launched a phone dubbed the ZenFone Selfie, that as the name suggests, comes with a powerful camera. But it too is sensitive to the issue of risk-taking selfies and its marketing of the device in France came with a poster campaign similar to that of the Russian government, pointing out places where taking a selfie would be ill-advised - including in front of trains, in cars and with bears. Despite the publicity, there doesn't appear to be any let-up in the amount of death-defying selfies being taken, nor people's appetite to look at them. A video on YouTube, compiling what it describes as the "25 most dangerous selfies ever", has been viewed over 20 million times. It includes examples of a man taking a selfie while a bull charges at him, a man posing with a lion, someone taking a picture in front of a train and a woman taking a selfie of herself and her toddler while driving. James Kingston's picture of himself hanging off a crane (above) came in at number three. The list also features several self-portraits with sharks which had gone viral but which the video exposes as fakes. Selfies may have become more dangerous than shark attacks but it seems that even the most intrepid self-shooter draws the line at a picture with a Great White.

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If 2014 was the year of the selfie, then 2015 took the art of self-photography to a new and dangerous level. People are, quite literally, dying to take a picture of themselves. In Russia this year there have been a handful of selfie-related fatalities, including the death of two men in the Ural Mountains who posed for a photo while pulling the pin from a hand grenade. And, in June, a university graduate died after trying to take a selfie while hanging from a Moscow bridge. Most recently a 17-year-old boy fell to his death from a rooftop as he tried to take his picture for his Instagram page. He had previously taken a number of similar pictures of himself posing on high rooftops in the city of Vologda. The problem isn't just limited to Russia. In the US recently a man died after shooting himself in the neck while taking a selfie. At least 12 people have died this year while taking pictures of themselves making the practice more deadly than shark attacks, of which there have only been eight recorded deaths in 2015, according to tech news site Mashable. The statistic is creating very real problems for governments. In August, officials at the Waterton Canyon in Colorado were forced to close the park after several people were caught getting a little too close to the wildlife. "We've actually seen people using selfie sticks to try and get as close to the bears as possible, sometimes within 10 feet [3 metres]," said recreation manager Brandon Ransom in a blog. And, at Yellowstone National Park, officials issued a warning after five separate incidents of selfie-takers being gored by bison. In Australia, a rock that looks like a wedding cake was fenced off because too many people were climbing it to take pre or post-wedding photos of themselves. While in Russia, in response to the number of deaths there, the Interior Ministry launched a campaign warning that "self-photography could cost you your life". "A selfie with a weapon kills," the brochure read. The accompanying poster campaign listed dangerous places to take a selfie. So why are some people willing to risk their life to take the ultimate selfie? It may come down to pure bravado, thinks Lee Thompson - whose snap of himself on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero went viral in June 2014. "People see pictures like mine and see how they spread across the world and see a way to make themselves famous for 15 minutes," he told the BBC. A professional photographer, Mr Thompson admits that the picture he took was done as a publicity stunt for his travel company, Flash Pack. He did, however, get permission to climb the statue. "I'm not a serial selfie-taker - this shot was to publicise my business. It was the shot I knew I had to get because people love selfies," he told the BBC. He admits that the trend towards ever more dangerous selfies is "getting out of control". "Be creative with your pictures but don't put yourself in danger," he advised. According to research published by the Ohio State University, the pictures that people post on social media can tell an interesting story about their personality. Hundreds of tests on people's social media habits were conducted for the study, which showed that people who post a lot of selfies also tend to score higher in traits of narcissism and psychopathy. Lead researcher Jesse Fox said that, for many, a dangerous selfie is worth it for the number of likes and comments it will generate. "Likes are a quantifiable way of measuring popularity and these days it isn't enough to just post a picture of yourself, because everyone is doing that. The more extreme it is, the more likely you are to stand out and get lots of likes and comments." The rise of the selfie as an art form has not gone unnoticed by manufacturers such as Asus, which recently launched a phone dubbed the ZenFone Selfie, that as the name suggests, comes with a powerful camera. But it too is sensitive to the issue of risk-taking selfies and its marketing of the device in France came with a poster campaign similar to that of the Russian government, pointing out places where taking a selfie would be ill-advised - including in front of trains, in cars and with bears. Despite the publicity, there doesn't appear to be any let-up in the amount of death-defying selfies being taken, nor people's appetite to look at them. A video on YouTube, compiling what it describes as the "25 most dangerous selfies ever", has been viewed over 20 million times. It includes examples of a man taking a selfie while a bull charges at him, a man posing with a lion, someone taking a picture in front of a train and a woman taking a selfie of herself and her toddler while driving. James Kingston's picture of himself hanging off a crane (above) came in at number three. The list also features several self-portraits with sharks which had gone viral but which the video exposes as fakes. Selfies may have become more dangerous than shark attacks but it seems that even the most intrepid self-shooter draws the line at a picture with a Great White.

hundreds of tests on people 's social media habits were conducted for the study , which showed that people who post a lot of selfies also tend to score higher in traits of narcissism and psychopathy .

If 2014 was the year of the selfie, then 2015 took the art of self-photography to a new and dangerous level. People are, quite literally, dying to take a picture of themselves. In Russia this year there have been a handful of selfie-related fatalities, including the death of two men in the Ural Mountains who posed for a photo while pulling the pin from a hand grenade. And, in June, a university graduate died after trying to take a selfie while hanging from a Moscow bridge. Most recently a 17-year-old boy fell to his death from a rooftop as he tried to take his picture for his Instagram page. He had previously taken a number of similar pictures of himself posing on high rooftops in the city of Vologda. The problem isn't just limited to Russia. In the US recently a man died after shooting himself in the neck while taking a selfie. At least 12 people have died this year while taking pictures of themselves making the practice more deadly than shark attacks, of which there have only been eight recorded deaths in 2015, according to tech news site Mashable. The statistic is creating very real problems for governments. In August, officials at the Waterton Canyon in Colorado were forced to close the park after several people were caught getting a little too close to the wildlife. "We've actually seen people using selfie sticks to try and get as close to the bears as possible, sometimes within 10 feet [3 metres]," said recreation manager Brandon Ransom in a blog. And, at Yellowstone National Park, officials issued a warning after five separate incidents of selfie-takers being gored by bison. In Australia, a rock that looks like a wedding cake was fenced off because too many people were climbing it to take pre or post-wedding photos of themselves. While in Russia, in response to the number of deaths there, the Interior Ministry launched a campaign warning that "self-photography could cost you your life". "A selfie with a weapon kills," the brochure read. The accompanying poster campaign listed dangerous places to take a selfie. So why are some people willing to risk their life to take the ultimate selfie? It may come down to pure bravado, thinks Lee Thompson - whose snap of himself on top of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero went viral in June 2014. "People see pictures like mine and see how they spread across the world and see a way to make themselves famous for 15 minutes," he told the BBC. A professional photographer, Mr Thompson admits that the picture he took was done as a publicity stunt for his travel company, Flash Pack. He did, however, get permission to climb the statue. "I'm not a serial selfie-taker - this shot was to publicise my business. It was the shot I knew I had to get because people love selfies," he told the BBC. He admits that the trend towards ever more dangerous selfies is "getting out of control". "Be creative with your pictures but don't put yourself in danger," he advised. According to research published by the Ohio State University, the pictures that people post on social media can tell an interesting story about their personality. Hundreds of tests on people's social media habits were conducted for the study, which showed that people who post a lot of selfies also tend to score higher in traits of narcissism and psychopathy. Lead researcher Jesse Fox said that, for many, a dangerous selfie is worth it for the number of likes and comments it will generate. "Likes are a quantifiable way of measuring popularity and these days it isn't enough to just post a picture of yourself, because everyone is doing that. The more extreme it is, the more likely you are to stand out and get lots of likes and comments." The rise of the selfie as an art form has not gone unnoticed by manufacturers such as Asus, which recently launched a phone dubbed the ZenFone Selfie, that as the name suggests, comes with a powerful camera. But it too is sensitive to the issue of risk-taking selfies and its marketing of the device in France came with a poster campaign similar to that of the Russian government, pointing out places where taking a selfie would be ill-advised - including in front of trains, in cars and with bears. Despite the publicity, there doesn't appear to be any let-up in the amount of death-defying selfies being taken, nor people's appetite to look at them. A video on YouTube, compiling what it describes as the "25 most dangerous selfies ever", has been viewed over 20 million times. It includes examples of a man taking a selfie while a bull charges at him, a man posing with a lion, someone taking a picture in front of a train and a woman taking a selfie of herself and her toddler while driving. James Kingston's picture of himself hanging off a crane (above) came in at number three. The list also features several self-portraits with sharks which had gone viral but which the video exposes as fakes. Selfies may have become more dangerous than shark attacks but it seems that even the most intrepid self-shooter draws the line at a picture with a Great White.

hundreds of tests on people 's social media habits were conducted for the study , which showed that people who post a lot of selfies also tend to score higher in traits of narcissism selfies and its marketing of jesse fox said that , for many , a dangerous selfie is worth it for the selfie as an art form has not gone unnoticed by manufacturers such a bull charges at a man taking a poster campaign similar to just post a picture of the russian government , pointing out places where taking lots of risk-taking selfies ever '' , has been viewed over 20 million times .

Friday, May 5th 2000, 2:12AM GLADIATOR. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. Directed by Ridley Scott. At area theaters. Running time: 154 mins. Rated R: Gory violence, incest theme. 3 1/2 Stars. If there's a soft spot in your heart for the sword-&-sandal epic - and from the star rating above, I think you can guess where I stand - then you'll swoon with giddy delight over "Gladiator," a sweaty, stylish hunkfest that takes you back to the days of "Ben-Hur," "Spartacus" and the so recently departed Steve Reeves. From his biceps to his gluteus, Maximus is maximus. This Roman general turned slave turned gladiator hasn't a shred of humor, but then, he doesn't have time for idle nonsense when he's lopping off heads all day. (The head-lopping is apparently his signature, like the mark of Zorro.) In director Ridley Scott's thrilling, burnished epic, Maximus no sooner serves the empire by leveling Germania during a snowstorm than Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) tosses him a promotion he doesn't want - to succeed the aged emperor and whip Rome back into shape. All Maximus wants is to go home to his wife and child in the suburbs. The careworn Russell Crowe is physically and temperamentally perfect for the part of Maximus. Still carrying some of the weight he packed on for "The Insider," he's no gym-toned pretty boy. He's solid, beefy, rough-hewn, creaking along in his heavy leather costume, with a look on his puss of weary disdain. What makes him sexy is his sense of honor and loyalty: "What we do in life echoes in eternity!" Anyway, it can't be his hygiene, although he is frequently bathed in a sanctifying golden glow. After a coup by the emperor's weak-kneed son, Commodus (a whiny, surprisingly fleshy Joaquin Phoenix), Maximus' fortunes change. He winds up being thrown to the tigers, two shows daily, in Rome's Colosseum, the entertainment complex of its day. Crowe, like his character, must grimly come to terms with the fact that, actor or gladiator, it's all about showmanship. Give the crowd what it wants, either at the multiplex or in the arena, and you can write your own ticket. "I have power only to amuse the mob," he spits contemptuously like a Shakespearean actor reduced to dinner theater. The plot, about avenging honor, provides brief respite between an array of hand-to-hand battles that are pitched so furiously that individual components barely register; they're subliminal suggestions of computer-assisted carnage, with Jackson Pollock sprays of blood. For fans of the genre, yes, this is a good thing. Connie Nielsen plays Commodus' sister and possible love interest for Maximus once his family is dispatched (politics, you know). Nielsen's costumes are laced up like bondage gear, and there is a tantalizing hint of romance past. But the camera only has eyes for Crowe. The glowering! The seething! The hooded gaze! The quiet suffering! (Watch him carve away a tattoo he no longer has use for. No anesthetic! No disinfectant!) The supporting cast makes for a gauntlet of worthy friends and adversaries, all of them thinkers, including Derek Jacobi ("I, Claudius") as a senator, Djimon Hounsou ("Amistad") as a fellow gladiator and Oliver Reed, who died with two days to go on the shoot, looking a little woozy as a gladiator entrepreneur. Reed's character is the one most in touch with the movie's premise - that entertainment is the goal, and a worthy one at that.

Friday , May 5th 2000 , 2:12AM GLADIATOR . With Russell Crowe , Joaquin Phoenix , Connie Nielsen , Oliver Reed . Directed by Ridley Scott .

Friday, May 5th 2000, 2:12AM GLADIATOR. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. Directed by Ridley Scott. At area theaters. Running time: 154 mins. Rated R: Gory violence, incest theme. 3 1/2 Stars. If there's a soft spot in your heart for the sword-&-sandal epic - and from the star rating above, I think you can guess where I stand - then you'll swoon with giddy delight over "Gladiator," a sweaty, stylish hunkfest that takes you back to the days of "Ben-Hur," "Spartacus" and the so recently departed Steve Reeves. From his biceps to his gluteus, Maximus is maximus. This Roman general turned slave turned gladiator hasn't a shred of humor, but then, he doesn't have time for idle nonsense when he's lopping off heads all day. (The head-lopping is apparently his signature, like the mark of Zorro.) In director Ridley Scott's thrilling, burnished epic, Maximus no sooner serves the empire by leveling Germania during a snowstorm than Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) tosses him a promotion he doesn't want - to succeed the aged emperor and whip Rome back into shape. All Maximus wants is to go home to his wife and child in the suburbs. The careworn Russell Crowe is physically and temperamentally perfect for the part of Maximus. Still carrying some of the weight he packed on for "The Insider," he's no gym-toned pretty boy. He's solid, beefy, rough-hewn, creaking along in his heavy leather costume, with a look on his puss of weary disdain. What makes him sexy is his sense of honor and loyalty: "What we do in life echoes in eternity!" Anyway, it can't be his hygiene, although he is frequently bathed in a sanctifying golden glow. After a coup by the emperor's weak-kneed son, Commodus (a whiny, surprisingly fleshy Joaquin Phoenix), Maximus' fortunes change. He winds up being thrown to the tigers, two shows daily, in Rome's Colosseum, the entertainment complex of its day. Crowe, like his character, must grimly come to terms with the fact that, actor or gladiator, it's all about showmanship. Give the crowd what it wants, either at the multiplex or in the arena, and you can write your own ticket. "I have power only to amuse the mob," he spits contemptuously like a Shakespearean actor reduced to dinner theater. The plot, about avenging honor, provides brief respite between an array of hand-to-hand battles that are pitched so furiously that individual components barely register; they're subliminal suggestions of computer-assisted carnage, with Jackson Pollock sprays of blood. For fans of the genre, yes, this is a good thing. Connie Nielsen plays Commodus' sister and possible love interest for Maximus once his family is dispatched (politics, you know). Nielsen's costumes are laced up like bondage gear, and there is a tantalizing hint of romance past. But the camera only has eyes for Crowe. The glowering! The seething! The hooded gaze! The quiet suffering! (Watch him carve away a tattoo he no longer has use for. No anesthetic! No disinfectant!) The supporting cast makes for a gauntlet of worthy friends and adversaries, all of them thinkers, including Derek Jacobi ("I, Claudius") as a senator, Djimon Hounsou ("Amistad") as a fellow gladiator and Oliver Reed, who died with two days to go on the shoot, looking a little woozy as a gladiator entrepreneur. Reed's character is the one most in touch with the movie's premise - that entertainment is the goal, and a worthy one at that.

1/2 GLADIATOR . With Russell Crowe , Joaquin Phoenix , Connie Nielsen , Oliver Reed . Directed by Ridley Scott . At area theaters . Running time : 154 mins . Rated R : Gory violence , incest theme . If there 's a soft spot in your heart for the sword-&-sandal epic - and from the star rating above , I think you can guess where I stand - then you 'll swoon with giddy delight over '' sweaty , stylish

Friday, May 5th 2000, 2:12AM GLADIATOR. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. Directed by Ridley Scott. At area theaters. Running time: 154 mins. Rated R: Gory violence, incest theme. 3 1/2 Stars. If there's a soft spot in your heart for the sword-&-sandal epic - and from the star rating above, I think you can guess where I stand - then you'll swoon with giddy delight over "Gladiator," a sweaty, stylish hunkfest that takes you back to the days of "Ben-Hur," "Spartacus" and the so recently departed Steve Reeves. From his biceps to his gluteus, Maximus is maximus. This Roman general turned slave turned gladiator hasn't a shred of humor, but then, he doesn't have time for idle nonsense when he's lopping off heads all day. (The head-lopping is apparently his signature, like the mark of Zorro.) In director Ridley Scott's thrilling, burnished epic, Maximus no sooner serves the empire by leveling Germania during a snowstorm than Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) tosses him a promotion he doesn't want - to succeed the aged emperor and whip Rome back into shape. All Maximus wants is to go home to his wife and child in the suburbs. The careworn Russell Crowe is physically and temperamentally perfect for the part of Maximus. Still carrying some of the weight he packed on for "The Insider," he's no gym-toned pretty boy. He's solid, beefy, rough-hewn, creaking along in his heavy leather costume, with a look on his puss of weary disdain. What makes him sexy is his sense of honor and loyalty: "What we do in life echoes in eternity!" Anyway, it can't be his hygiene, although he is frequently bathed in a sanctifying golden glow. After a coup by the emperor's weak-kneed son, Commodus (a whiny, surprisingly fleshy Joaquin Phoenix), Maximus' fortunes change. He winds up being thrown to the tigers, two shows daily, in Rome's Colosseum, the entertainment complex of its day. Crowe, like his character, must grimly come to terms with the fact that, actor or gladiator, it's all about showmanship. Give the crowd what it wants, either at the multiplex or in the arena, and you can write your own ticket. "I have power only to amuse the mob," he spits contemptuously like a Shakespearean actor reduced to dinner theater. The plot, about avenging honor, provides brief respite between an array of hand-to-hand battles that are pitched so furiously that individual components barely register; they're subliminal suggestions of computer-assisted carnage, with Jackson Pollock sprays of blood. For fans of the genre, yes, this is a good thing. Connie Nielsen plays Commodus' sister and possible love interest for Maximus once his family is dispatched (politics, you know). Nielsen's costumes are laced up like bondage gear, and there is a tantalizing hint of romance past. But the camera only has eyes for Crowe. The glowering! The seething! The hooded gaze! The quiet suffering! (Watch him carve away a tattoo he no longer has use for. No anesthetic! No disinfectant!) The supporting cast makes for a gauntlet of worthy friends and adversaries, all of them thinkers, including Derek Jacobi ("I, Claudius") as a senator, Djimon Hounsou ("Amistad") as a fellow gladiator and Oliver Reed, who died with two days to go on the shoot, looking a little woozy as a gladiator entrepreneur. Reed's character is the one most in touch with the movie's premise - that entertainment is the goal, and a worthy one at that.

With Russell Crowe , Joaquin Phoenix , Connie Nielsen , Oliver Reed . Crowe , like his character , must grimly come to terms with the fact that , actor or gladiator , it 's all about showmanship .

Friday, May 5th 2000, 2:12AM GLADIATOR. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. Directed by Ridley Scott. At area theaters. Running time: 154 mins. Rated R: Gory violence, incest theme. 3 1/2 Stars. If there's a soft spot in your heart for the sword-&-sandal epic - and from the star rating above, I think you can guess where I stand - then you'll swoon with giddy delight over "Gladiator," a sweaty, stylish hunkfest that takes you back to the days of "Ben-Hur," "Spartacus" and the so recently departed Steve Reeves. From his biceps to his gluteus, Maximus is maximus. This Roman general turned slave turned gladiator hasn't a shred of humor, but then, he doesn't have time for idle nonsense when he's lopping off heads all day. (The head-lopping is apparently his signature, like the mark of Zorro.) In director Ridley Scott's thrilling, burnished epic, Maximus no sooner serves the empire by leveling Germania during a snowstorm than Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) tosses him a promotion he doesn't want - to succeed the aged emperor and whip Rome back into shape. All Maximus wants is to go home to his wife and child in the suburbs. The careworn Russell Crowe is physically and temperamentally perfect for the part of Maximus. Still carrying some of the weight he packed on for "The Insider," he's no gym-toned pretty boy. He's solid, beefy, rough-hewn, creaking along in his heavy leather costume, with a look on his puss of weary disdain. What makes him sexy is his sense of honor and loyalty: "What we do in life echoes in eternity!" Anyway, it can't be his hygiene, although he is frequently bathed in a sanctifying golden glow. After a coup by the emperor's weak-kneed son, Commodus (a whiny, surprisingly fleshy Joaquin Phoenix), Maximus' fortunes change. He winds up being thrown to the tigers, two shows daily, in Rome's Colosseum, the entertainment complex of its day. Crowe, like his character, must grimly come to terms with the fact that, actor or gladiator, it's all about showmanship. Give the crowd what it wants, either at the multiplex or in the arena, and you can write your own ticket. "I have power only to amuse the mob," he spits contemptuously like a Shakespearean actor reduced to dinner theater. The plot, about avenging honor, provides brief respite between an array of hand-to-hand battles that are pitched so furiously that individual components barely register; they're subliminal suggestions of computer-assisted carnage, with Jackson Pollock sprays of blood. For fans of the genre, yes, this is a good thing. Connie Nielsen plays Commodus' sister and possible love interest for Maximus once his family is dispatched (politics, you know). Nielsen's costumes are laced up like bondage gear, and there is a tantalizing hint of romance past. But the camera only has eyes for Crowe. The glowering! The seething! The hooded gaze! The quiet suffering! (Watch him carve away a tattoo he no longer has use for. No anesthetic! No disinfectant!) The supporting cast makes for a gauntlet of worthy friends and adversaries, all of them thinkers, including Derek Jacobi ("I, Claudius") as a senator, Djimon Hounsou ("Amistad") as a fellow gladiator and Oliver Reed, who died with two days to go on the shoot, looking a little woozy as a gladiator entrepreneur. Reed's character is the one most in touch with the movie's premise - that entertainment is the goal, and a worthy one at that.

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Friday, May 5th 2000, 2:12AM GLADIATOR. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. Directed by Ridley Scott. At area theaters. Running time: 154 mins. Rated R: Gory violence, incest theme. 3 1/2 Stars. If there's a soft spot in your heart for the sword-&-sandal epic - and from the star rating above, I think you can guess where I stand - then you'll swoon with giddy delight over "Gladiator," a sweaty, stylish hunkfest that takes you back to the days of "Ben-Hur," "Spartacus" and the so recently departed Steve Reeves. From his biceps to his gluteus, Maximus is maximus. This Roman general turned slave turned gladiator hasn't a shred of humor, but then, he doesn't have time for idle nonsense when he's lopping off heads all day. (The head-lopping is apparently his signature, like the mark of Zorro.) In director Ridley Scott's thrilling, burnished epic, Maximus no sooner serves the empire by leveling Germania during a snowstorm than Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) tosses him a promotion he doesn't want - to succeed the aged emperor and whip Rome back into shape. All Maximus wants is to go home to his wife and child in the suburbs. The careworn Russell Crowe is physically and temperamentally perfect for the part of Maximus. Still carrying some of the weight he packed on for "The Insider," he's no gym-toned pretty boy. He's solid, beefy, rough-hewn, creaking along in his heavy leather costume, with a look on his puss of weary disdain. What makes him sexy is his sense of honor and loyalty: "What we do in life echoes in eternity!" Anyway, it can't be his hygiene, although he is frequently bathed in a sanctifying golden glow. After a coup by the emperor's weak-kneed son, Commodus (a whiny, surprisingly fleshy Joaquin Phoenix), Maximus' fortunes change. He winds up being thrown to the tigers, two shows daily, in Rome's Colosseum, the entertainment complex of its day. Crowe, like his character, must grimly come to terms with the fact that, actor or gladiator, it's all about showmanship. Give the crowd what it wants, either at the multiplex or in the arena, and you can write your own ticket. "I have power only to amuse the mob," he spits contemptuously like a Shakespearean actor reduced to dinner theater. The plot, about avenging honor, provides brief respite between an array of hand-to-hand battles that are pitched so furiously that individual components barely register; they're subliminal suggestions of computer-assisted carnage, with Jackson Pollock sprays of blood. For fans of the genre, yes, this is a good thing. Connie Nielsen plays Commodus' sister and possible love interest for Maximus once his family is dispatched (politics, you know). Nielsen's costumes are laced up like bondage gear, and there is a tantalizing hint of romance past. But the camera only has eyes for Crowe. The glowering! The seething! The hooded gaze! The quiet suffering! (Watch him carve away a tattoo he no longer has use for. No anesthetic! No disinfectant!) The supporting cast makes for a gauntlet of worthy friends and adversaries, all of them thinkers, including Derek Jacobi ("I, Claudius") as a senator, Djimon Hounsou ("Amistad") as a fellow gladiator and Oliver Reed, who died with two days to go on the shoot, looking a little woozy as a gladiator entrepreneur. Reed's character is the one most in touch with the movie's premise - that entertainment is the goal, and a worthy one at that.

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Friday, May 5th 2000, 2:12AM GLADIATOR. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. Directed by Ridley Scott. At area theaters. Running time: 154 mins. Rated R: Gory violence, incest theme. 3 1/2 Stars. If there's a soft spot in your heart for the sword-&-sandal epic - and from the star rating above, I think you can guess where I stand - then you'll swoon with giddy delight over "Gladiator," a sweaty, stylish hunkfest that takes you back to the days of "Ben-Hur," "Spartacus" and the so recently departed Steve Reeves. From his biceps to his gluteus, Maximus is maximus. This Roman general turned slave turned gladiator hasn't a shred of humor, but then, he doesn't have time for idle nonsense when he's lopping off heads all day. (The head-lopping is apparently his signature, like the mark of Zorro.) In director Ridley Scott's thrilling, burnished epic, Maximus no sooner serves the empire by leveling Germania during a snowstorm than Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) tosses him a promotion he doesn't want - to succeed the aged emperor and whip Rome back into shape. All Maximus wants is to go home to his wife and child in the suburbs. The careworn Russell Crowe is physically and temperamentally perfect for the part of Maximus. Still carrying some of the weight he packed on for "The Insider," he's no gym-toned pretty boy. He's solid, beefy, rough-hewn, creaking along in his heavy leather costume, with a look on his puss of weary disdain. What makes him sexy is his sense of honor and loyalty: "What we do in life echoes in eternity!" Anyway, it can't be his hygiene, although he is frequently bathed in a sanctifying golden glow. After a coup by the emperor's weak-kneed son, Commodus (a whiny, surprisingly fleshy Joaquin Phoenix), Maximus' fortunes change. He winds up being thrown to the tigers, two shows daily, in Rome's Colosseum, the entertainment complex of its day. Crowe, like his character, must grimly come to terms with the fact that, actor or gladiator, it's all about showmanship. Give the crowd what it wants, either at the multiplex or in the arena, and you can write your own ticket. "I have power only to amuse the mob," he spits contemptuously like a Shakespearean actor reduced to dinner theater. The plot, about avenging honor, provides brief respite between an array of hand-to-hand battles that are pitched so furiously that individual components barely register; they're subliminal suggestions of computer-assisted carnage, with Jackson Pollock sprays of blood. For fans of the genre, yes, this is a good thing. Connie Nielsen plays Commodus' sister and possible love interest for Maximus once his family is dispatched (politics, you know). Nielsen's costumes are laced up like bondage gear, and there is a tantalizing hint of romance past. But the camera only has eyes for Crowe. The glowering! The seething! The hooded gaze! The quiet suffering! (Watch him carve away a tattoo he no longer has use for. No anesthetic! No disinfectant!) The supporting cast makes for a gauntlet of worthy friends and adversaries, all of them thinkers, including Derek Jacobi ("I, Claudius") as a senator, Djimon Hounsou ("Amistad") as a fellow gladiator and Oliver Reed, who died with two days to go on the shoot, looking a little woozy as a gladiator entrepreneur. Reed's character is the one most in touch with the movie's premise - that entertainment is the goal, and a worthy one at that.

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Friday, May 5th 2000, 2:12AM GLADIATOR. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. Directed by Ridley Scott. At area theaters. Running time: 154 mins. Rated R: Gory violence, incest theme. 3 1/2 Stars. If there's a soft spot in your heart for the sword-&-sandal epic - and from the star rating above, I think you can guess where I stand - then you'll swoon with giddy delight over "Gladiator," a sweaty, stylish hunkfest that takes you back to the days of "Ben-Hur," "Spartacus" and the so recently departed Steve Reeves. From his biceps to his gluteus, Maximus is maximus. This Roman general turned slave turned gladiator hasn't a shred of humor, but then, he doesn't have time for idle nonsense when he's lopping off heads all day. (The head-lopping is apparently his signature, like the mark of Zorro.) In director Ridley Scott's thrilling, burnished epic, Maximus no sooner serves the empire by leveling Germania during a snowstorm than Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) tosses him a promotion he doesn't want - to succeed the aged emperor and whip Rome back into shape. All Maximus wants is to go home to his wife and child in the suburbs. The careworn Russell Crowe is physically and temperamentally perfect for the part of Maximus. Still carrying some of the weight he packed on for "The Insider," he's no gym-toned pretty boy. He's solid, beefy, rough-hewn, creaking along in his heavy leather costume, with a look on his puss of weary disdain. What makes him sexy is his sense of honor and loyalty: "What we do in life echoes in eternity!" Anyway, it can't be his hygiene, although he is frequently bathed in a sanctifying golden glow. After a coup by the emperor's weak-kneed son, Commodus (a whiny, surprisingly fleshy Joaquin Phoenix), Maximus' fortunes change. He winds up being thrown to the tigers, two shows daily, in Rome's Colosseum, the entertainment complex of its day. Crowe, like his character, must grimly come to terms with the fact that, actor or gladiator, it's all about showmanship. Give the crowd what it wants, either at the multiplex or in the arena, and you can write your own ticket. "I have power only to amuse the mob," he spits contemptuously like a Shakespearean actor reduced to dinner theater. The plot, about avenging honor, provides brief respite between an array of hand-to-hand battles that are pitched so furiously that individual components barely register; they're subliminal suggestions of computer-assisted carnage, with Jackson Pollock sprays of blood. For fans of the genre, yes, this is a good thing. Connie Nielsen plays Commodus' sister and possible love interest for Maximus once his family is dispatched (politics, you know). Nielsen's costumes are laced up like bondage gear, and there is a tantalizing hint of romance past. But the camera only has eyes for Crowe. The glowering! The seething! The hooded gaze! The quiet suffering! (Watch him carve away a tattoo he no longer has use for. No anesthetic! No disinfectant!) The supporting cast makes for a gauntlet of worthy friends and adversaries, all of them thinkers, including Derek Jacobi ("I, Claudius") as a senator, Djimon Hounsou ("Amistad") as a fellow gladiator and Oliver Reed, who died with two days to go on the shoot, looking a little woozy as a gladiator entrepreneur. Reed's character is the one most in touch with the movie's premise - that entertainment is the goal, and a worthy one at that.

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Nevertheless, the incident exposes a horrible problem for the Government. It has forced large cuts on councils, but has done nothing to ensure they cut the right things – extravagant salaries, junkets and pointless bureaucracy – while protecting the services taxpayers value. Indeed, there is much evidence that the opposite is happening. It's not just this week's headlines about the cutting of public lavatories in Manchester and regeneration programmes in Liverpool: the problem is universal. In south Gloucestershire, Miss Vincent could have set Mumsnet on the council over the £185,590 salary of its chief executive, Amanda Deeks, or its new £31 million office in Yate. But it was Cameron's jugular she went for. In many people's minds, these are already the "Coalition cuts", so there is probably no need for councils to wage a propaganda war. But the London borough of Newham has launched one none the less. Besides spitting vitriol in its in-house magazine (£547,000 a year to produce), the borough's £81,000-a-year elected mayor (who rules in tandem with a £241,000-a-year chief executive) has made a video moaning about the unfairness and holding forth about the council's great achievements – omitting, for some reason, to mention the £111 million spent on its vastly luxurious new waterside HQ. It is the same all over Britain: old people and disabled children are getting it in the neck while council flunkeys carry on living the high life. Renfrewshire is closing community halls, but spent £15,000 hiring an X Factor singer to switch on its Christmas lights. While chopping transport for special-needs children, Cambridgeshire has splurged £181 million on a guided busway that has yet to carry a passenger, two years after it was due to open. Barnet is thinking of doing away with school-crossing patrols – but last year increased its leader's allowance by 55 per cent. In other words, in preaching localism, the Government has made a similar miscalculation to Mrs Thatcher's over the poll tax. It was supposed to increase local accountability: if residents received high bills, they would vote their councils out of office. Instead, the populace took it out on the Government. Earlier, Mrs Thatcher had taken a different approach, intervening directly over council overspending by capping the rates. She positioned herself, in effect, as the defender of the people against town hall extravagance. Mr Cameron needs to do something similar: rather than talk about localism, he needs to lay down the law and stop front-line services being cut. It turns out that even the £800 million he pledged for carers of disabled children is not ring-fenced: it could end up kitting out a councillor's office with plasma screens, and the Government couldn't do a thing. So rather than moaning about councils' behaviour, why not a slip a clause into the Localism Bill that gives the Government powers to cap salaries at the same level as a Cabinet minister (currently £134,565)? It would hardly be a vote-loser, even if it doesn't fit in with the theme of devolving power. Town hall chiefs may be earning more than Mr Cameron, but that is no reason to fall at their feet. On the contrary: their inflated salaries show where the worst waste and extravagance really lie. This is an edited version of a piece that appears in the current issue of 'The Spectator'

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Nevertheless, the incident exposes a horrible problem for the Government. It has forced large cuts on councils, but has done nothing to ensure they cut the right things – extravagant salaries, junkets and pointless bureaucracy – while protecting the services taxpayers value. Indeed, there is much evidence that the opposite is happening. It's not just this week's headlines about the cutting of public lavatories in Manchester and regeneration programmes in Liverpool: the problem is universal. In south Gloucestershire, Miss Vincent could have set Mumsnet on the council over the £185,590 salary of its chief executive, Amanda Deeks, or its new £31 million office in Yate. But it was Cameron's jugular she went for. In many people's minds, these are already the "Coalition cuts", so there is probably no need for councils to wage a propaganda war. But the London borough of Newham has launched one none the less. Besides spitting vitriol in its in-house magazine (£547,000 a year to produce), the borough's £81,000-a-year elected mayor (who rules in tandem with a £241,000-a-year chief executive) has made a video moaning about the unfairness and holding forth about the council's great achievements – omitting, for some reason, to mention the £111 million spent on its vastly luxurious new waterside HQ. It is the same all over Britain: old people and disabled children are getting it in the neck while council flunkeys carry on living the high life. Renfrewshire is closing community halls, but spent £15,000 hiring an X Factor singer to switch on its Christmas lights. While chopping transport for special-needs children, Cambridgeshire has splurged £181 million on a guided busway that has yet to carry a passenger, two years after it was due to open. Barnet is thinking of doing away with school-crossing patrols – but last year increased its leader's allowance by 55 per cent. In other words, in preaching localism, the Government has made a similar miscalculation to Mrs Thatcher's over the poll tax. It was supposed to increase local accountability: if residents received high bills, they would vote their councils out of office. Instead, the populace took it out on the Government. Earlier, Mrs Thatcher had taken a different approach, intervening directly over council overspending by capping the rates. She positioned herself, in effect, as the defender of the people against town hall extravagance. Mr Cameron needs to do something similar: rather than talk about localism, he needs to lay down the law and stop front-line services being cut. It turns out that even the £800 million he pledged for carers of disabled children is not ring-fenced: it could end up kitting out a councillor's office with plasma screens, and the Government couldn't do a thing. So rather than moaning about councils' behaviour, why not a slip a clause into the Localism Bill that gives the Government powers to cap salaries at the same level as a Cabinet minister (currently £134,565)? It would hardly be a vote-loser, even if it doesn't fit in with the theme of devolving power. Town hall chiefs may be earning more than Mr Cameron, but that is no reason to fall at their feet. On the contrary: their inflated salaries show where the worst waste and extravagance really lie. This is an edited version of a piece that appears in the current issue of 'The Spectator'

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Nevertheless, the incident exposes a horrible problem for the Government. It has forced large cuts on councils, but has done nothing to ensure they cut the right things – extravagant salaries, junkets and pointless bureaucracy – while protecting the services taxpayers value. Indeed, there is much evidence that the opposite is happening. It's not just this week's headlines about the cutting of public lavatories in Manchester and regeneration programmes in Liverpool: the problem is universal. In south Gloucestershire, Miss Vincent could have set Mumsnet on the council over the £185,590 salary of its chief executive, Amanda Deeks, or its new £31 million office in Yate. But it was Cameron's jugular she went for. In many people's minds, these are already the "Coalition cuts", so there is probably no need for councils to wage a propaganda war. But the London borough of Newham has launched one none the less. Besides spitting vitriol in its in-house magazine (£547,000 a year to produce), the borough's £81,000-a-year elected mayor (who rules in tandem with a £241,000-a-year chief executive) has made a video moaning about the unfairness and holding forth about the council's great achievements – omitting, for some reason, to mention the £111 million spent on its vastly luxurious new waterside HQ. It is the same all over Britain: old people and disabled children are getting it in the neck while council flunkeys carry on living the high life. Renfrewshire is closing community halls, but spent £15,000 hiring an X Factor singer to switch on its Christmas lights. While chopping transport for special-needs children, Cambridgeshire has splurged £181 million on a guided busway that has yet to carry a passenger, two years after it was due to open. Barnet is thinking of doing away with school-crossing patrols – but last year increased its leader's allowance by 55 per cent. In other words, in preaching localism, the Government has made a similar miscalculation to Mrs Thatcher's over the poll tax. It was supposed to increase local accountability: if residents received high bills, they would vote their councils out of office. Instead, the populace took it out on the Government. Earlier, Mrs Thatcher had taken a different approach, intervening directly over council overspending by capping the rates. She positioned herself, in effect, as the defender of the people against town hall extravagance. Mr Cameron needs to do something similar: rather than talk about localism, he needs to lay down the law and stop front-line services being cut. It turns out that even the £800 million he pledged for carers of disabled children is not ring-fenced: it could end up kitting out a councillor's office with plasma screens, and the Government couldn't do a thing. So rather than moaning about councils' behaviour, why not a slip a clause into the Localism Bill that gives the Government powers to cap salaries at the same level as a Cabinet minister (currently £134,565)? It would hardly be a vote-loser, even if it doesn't fit in with the theme of devolving power. Town hall chiefs may be earning more than Mr Cameron, but that is no reason to fall at their feet. On the contrary: their inflated salaries show where the worst waste and extravagance really lie. This is an edited version of a piece that appears in the current issue of 'The Spectator'

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Nevertheless, the incident exposes a horrible problem for the Government. It has forced large cuts on councils, but has done nothing to ensure they cut the right things – extravagant salaries, junkets and pointless bureaucracy – while protecting the services taxpayers value. Indeed, there is much evidence that the opposite is happening. It's not just this week's headlines about the cutting of public lavatories in Manchester and regeneration programmes in Liverpool: the problem is universal. In south Gloucestershire, Miss Vincent could have set Mumsnet on the council over the £185,590 salary of its chief executive, Amanda Deeks, or its new £31 million office in Yate. But it was Cameron's jugular she went for. In many people's minds, these are already the "Coalition cuts", so there is probably no need for councils to wage a propaganda war. But the London borough of Newham has launched one none the less. Besides spitting vitriol in its in-house magazine (£547,000 a year to produce), the borough's £81,000-a-year elected mayor (who rules in tandem with a £241,000-a-year chief executive) has made a video moaning about the unfairness and holding forth about the council's great achievements – omitting, for some reason, to mention the £111 million spent on its vastly luxurious new waterside HQ. It is the same all over Britain: old people and disabled children are getting it in the neck while council flunkeys carry on living the high life. Renfrewshire is closing community halls, but spent £15,000 hiring an X Factor singer to switch on its Christmas lights. While chopping transport for special-needs children, Cambridgeshire has splurged £181 million on a guided busway that has yet to carry a passenger, two years after it was due to open. Barnet is thinking of doing away with school-crossing patrols – but last year increased its leader's allowance by 55 per cent. In other words, in preaching localism, the Government has made a similar miscalculation to Mrs Thatcher's over the poll tax. It was supposed to increase local accountability: if residents received high bills, they would vote their councils out of office. Instead, the populace took it out on the Government. Earlier, Mrs Thatcher had taken a different approach, intervening directly over council overspending by capping the rates. She positioned herself, in effect, as the defender of the people against town hall extravagance. Mr Cameron needs to do something similar: rather than talk about localism, he needs to lay down the law and stop front-line services being cut. It turns out that even the £800 million he pledged for carers of disabled children is not ring-fenced: it could end up kitting out a councillor's office with plasma screens, and the Government couldn't do a thing. So rather than moaning about councils' behaviour, why not a slip a clause into the Localism Bill that gives the Government powers to cap salaries at the same level as a Cabinet minister (currently £134,565)? It would hardly be a vote-loser, even if it doesn't fit in with the theme of devolving power. Town hall chiefs may be earning more than Mr Cameron, but that is no reason to fall at their feet. On the contrary: their inflated salaries show where the worst waste and extravagance really lie. This is an edited version of a piece that appears in the current issue of 'The Spectator'

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Nevertheless, the incident exposes a horrible problem for the Government. It has forced large cuts on councils, but has done nothing to ensure they cut the right things – extravagant salaries, junkets and pointless bureaucracy – while protecting the services taxpayers value. Indeed, there is much evidence that the opposite is happening. It's not just this week's headlines about the cutting of public lavatories in Manchester and regeneration programmes in Liverpool: the problem is universal. In south Gloucestershire, Miss Vincent could have set Mumsnet on the council over the £185,590 salary of its chief executive, Amanda Deeks, or its new £31 million office in Yate. But it was Cameron's jugular she went for. In many people's minds, these are already the "Coalition cuts", so there is probably no need for councils to wage a propaganda war. But the London borough of Newham has launched one none the less. Besides spitting vitriol in its in-house magazine (£547,000 a year to produce), the borough's £81,000-a-year elected mayor (who rules in tandem with a £241,000-a-year chief executive) has made a video moaning about the unfairness and holding forth about the council's great achievements – omitting, for some reason, to mention the £111 million spent on its vastly luxurious new waterside HQ. It is the same all over Britain: old people and disabled children are getting it in the neck while council flunkeys carry on living the high life. Renfrewshire is closing community halls, but spent £15,000 hiring an X Factor singer to switch on its Christmas lights. While chopping transport for special-needs children, Cambridgeshire has splurged £181 million on a guided busway that has yet to carry a passenger, two years after it was due to open. Barnet is thinking of doing away with school-crossing patrols – but last year increased its leader's allowance by 55 per cent. In other words, in preaching localism, the Government has made a similar miscalculation to Mrs Thatcher's over the poll tax. It was supposed to increase local accountability: if residents received high bills, they would vote their councils out of office. Instead, the populace took it out on the Government. Earlier, Mrs Thatcher had taken a different approach, intervening directly over council overspending by capping the rates. She positioned herself, in effect, as the defender of the people against town hall extravagance. Mr Cameron needs to do something similar: rather than talk about localism, he needs to lay down the law and stop front-line services being cut. It turns out that even the £800 million he pledged for carers of disabled children is not ring-fenced: it could end up kitting out a councillor's office with plasma screens, and the Government couldn't do a thing. So rather than moaning about councils' behaviour, why not a slip a clause into the Localism Bill that gives the Government powers to cap salaries at the same level as a Cabinet minister (currently £134,565)? It would hardly be a vote-loser, even if it doesn't fit in with the theme of devolving power. Town hall chiefs may be earning more than Mr Cameron, but that is no reason to fall at their feet. On the contrary: their inflated salaries show where the worst waste and extravagance really lie. This is an edited version of a piece that appears in the current issue of 'The Spectator'

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Nevertheless, the incident exposes a horrible problem for the Government. It has forced large cuts on councils, but has done nothing to ensure they cut the right things – extravagant salaries, junkets and pointless bureaucracy – while protecting the services taxpayers value. Indeed, there is much evidence that the opposite is happening. It's not just this week's headlines about the cutting of public lavatories in Manchester and regeneration programmes in Liverpool: the problem is universal. In south Gloucestershire, Miss Vincent could have set Mumsnet on the council over the £185,590 salary of its chief executive, Amanda Deeks, or its new £31 million office in Yate. But it was Cameron's jugular she went for. In many people's minds, these are already the "Coalition cuts", so there is probably no need for councils to wage a propaganda war. But the London borough of Newham has launched one none the less. Besides spitting vitriol in its in-house magazine (£547,000 a year to produce), the borough's £81,000-a-year elected mayor (who rules in tandem with a £241,000-a-year chief executive) has made a video moaning about the unfairness and holding forth about the council's great achievements – omitting, for some reason, to mention the £111 million spent on its vastly luxurious new waterside HQ. It is the same all over Britain: old people and disabled children are getting it in the neck while council flunkeys carry on living the high life. Renfrewshire is closing community halls, but spent £15,000 hiring an X Factor singer to switch on its Christmas lights. While chopping transport for special-needs children, Cambridgeshire has splurged £181 million on a guided busway that has yet to carry a passenger, two years after it was due to open. Barnet is thinking of doing away with school-crossing patrols – but last year increased its leader's allowance by 55 per cent. In other words, in preaching localism, the Government has made a similar miscalculation to Mrs Thatcher's over the poll tax. It was supposed to increase local accountability: if residents received high bills, they would vote their councils out of office. Instead, the populace took it out on the Government. Earlier, Mrs Thatcher had taken a different approach, intervening directly over council overspending by capping the rates. She positioned herself, in effect, as the defender of the people against town hall extravagance. Mr Cameron needs to do something similar: rather than talk about localism, he needs to lay down the law and stop front-line services being cut. It turns out that even the £800 million he pledged for carers of disabled children is not ring-fenced: it could end up kitting out a councillor's office with plasma screens, and the Government couldn't do a thing. So rather than moaning about councils' behaviour, why not a slip a clause into the Localism Bill that gives the Government powers to cap salaries at the same level as a Cabinet minister (currently £134,565)? It would hardly be a vote-loser, even if it doesn't fit in with the theme of devolving power. Town hall chiefs may be earning more than Mr Cameron, but that is no reason to fall at their feet. On the contrary: their inflated salaries show where the worst waste and extravagance really lie. This is an edited version of a piece that appears in the current issue of 'The Spectator'

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Nevertheless, the incident exposes a horrible problem for the Government. It has forced large cuts on councils, but has done nothing to ensure they cut the right things – extravagant salaries, junkets and pointless bureaucracy – while protecting the services taxpayers value. Indeed, there is much evidence that the opposite is happening. It's not just this week's headlines about the cutting of public lavatories in Manchester and regeneration programmes in Liverpool: the problem is universal. In south Gloucestershire, Miss Vincent could have set Mumsnet on the council over the £185,590 salary of its chief executive, Amanda Deeks, or its new £31 million office in Yate. But it was Cameron's jugular she went for. In many people's minds, these are already the "Coalition cuts", so there is probably no need for councils to wage a propaganda war. But the London borough of Newham has launched one none the less. Besides spitting vitriol in its in-house magazine (£547,000 a year to produce), the borough's £81,000-a-year elected mayor (who rules in tandem with a £241,000-a-year chief executive) has made a video moaning about the unfairness and holding forth about the council's great achievements – omitting, for some reason, to mention the £111 million spent on its vastly luxurious new waterside HQ. It is the same all over Britain: old people and disabled children are getting it in the neck while council flunkeys carry on living the high life. Renfrewshire is closing community halls, but spent £15,000 hiring an X Factor singer to switch on its Christmas lights. While chopping transport for special-needs children, Cambridgeshire has splurged £181 million on a guided busway that has yet to carry a passenger, two years after it was due to open. Barnet is thinking of doing away with school-crossing patrols – but last year increased its leader's allowance by 55 per cent. In other words, in preaching localism, the Government has made a similar miscalculation to Mrs Thatcher's over the poll tax. It was supposed to increase local accountability: if residents received high bills, they would vote their councils out of office. Instead, the populace took it out on the Government. Earlier, Mrs Thatcher had taken a different approach, intervening directly over council overspending by capping the rates. She positioned herself, in effect, as the defender of the people against town hall extravagance. Mr Cameron needs to do something similar: rather than talk about localism, he needs to lay down the law and stop front-line services being cut. It turns out that even the £800 million he pledged for carers of disabled children is not ring-fenced: it could end up kitting out a councillor's office with plasma screens, and the Government couldn't do a thing. So rather than moaning about councils' behaviour, why not a slip a clause into the Localism Bill that gives the Government powers to cap salaries at the same level as a Cabinet minister (currently £134,565)? It would hardly be a vote-loser, even if it doesn't fit in with the theme of devolving power. Town hall chiefs may be earning more than Mr Cameron, but that is no reason to fall at their feet. On the contrary: their inflated salaries show where the worst waste and extravagance really lie. This is an edited version of a piece that appears in the current issue of 'The Spectator'

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9NEWS NSW State Politics reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award. (9NEWS) 9NEWS NSW Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award for his outstanding television reporting uncovering a heartbreaking mix-up at Bankstown Hospital which led to the death of a newborn baby boy. O'Keefe accepted the prestigious award at the 61st annual Walkley Awards at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Chris O'Keefe revealed baby John Ghanem tragically died when he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide. (9NEWS) He was nominated alongside Network Ten's Waleed Aly and Seven News' Robert Ovadia and Chris Maher in the Television/Audio-Visual News Reporting category. Journalists nation-wide submitted more than 1,300 entries in this year's awards and were judged by a panel of more than 100 senior industry representatives. O'Keefe revealed John Ghanem tragically died after he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen through an incorrectly installed machine in the hospital in July this year. The 9NEWS reporter said he was humbled to have told the Ghanems' heartbreaking story. "Sonya and Youssef Ghanem were incredibly brave telling their story. I am so humbled to have been trusted enough for them to allow me to do it," O'Keefe told 9news.com.au. "Working for 9NEWS is a privilege. A Walkley is recognition for the team that produce the best news bulletins in the country. "It means a lot to me, but without my colleagues, stories like John Ghanem's would never be told. "I'd especially like to mention Robert Hopkins whose talent and experience behind the camera made this story possible," he added. Through O'Keefe's reporting, it was also revealed another child, a baby girl born in June, was also given the poison and was left with permanent brain damage. O'Keefe worked tirelessly to uncover the grave errors and to speak exclusively to the Ghanem family at the centre of the horrific incident. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor also won a Walkley in the Camerawork category for his work on Predator. Taylor has worked with 60 Minutes since 2009. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor won a Walkey Award for his work on Predator. (Twitter) © Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2016

9NEWS NSW State Politics reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award . ( 9NEWS ) 9NEWS NSW Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award for his outstanding television reporting uncovering a heartbreaking mix - up at Bankstown Hospital which led to the death of a newborn baby boy . O'Keefe accepted the prestigious award at the 61st annual Walkley Awards at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre .

9NEWS NSW State Politics reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award. (9NEWS) 9NEWS NSW Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award for his outstanding television reporting uncovering a heartbreaking mix-up at Bankstown Hospital which led to the death of a newborn baby boy. O'Keefe accepted the prestigious award at the 61st annual Walkley Awards at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Chris O'Keefe revealed baby John Ghanem tragically died when he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide. (9NEWS) He was nominated alongside Network Ten's Waleed Aly and Seven News' Robert Ovadia and Chris Maher in the Television/Audio-Visual News Reporting category. Journalists nation-wide submitted more than 1,300 entries in this year's awards and were judged by a panel of more than 100 senior industry representatives. O'Keefe revealed John Ghanem tragically died after he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen through an incorrectly installed machine in the hospital in July this year. The 9NEWS reporter said he was humbled to have told the Ghanems' heartbreaking story. "Sonya and Youssef Ghanem were incredibly brave telling their story. I am so humbled to have been trusted enough for them to allow me to do it," O'Keefe told 9news.com.au. "Working for 9NEWS is a privilege. A Walkley is recognition for the team that produce the best news bulletins in the country. "It means a lot to me, but without my colleagues, stories like John Ghanem's would never be told. "I'd especially like to mention Robert Hopkins whose talent and experience behind the camera made this story possible," he added. Through O'Keefe's reporting, it was also revealed another child, a baby girl born in June, was also given the poison and was left with permanent brain damage. O'Keefe worked tirelessly to uncover the grave errors and to speak exclusively to the Ghanem family at the centre of the horrific incident. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor also won a Walkley in the Camerawork category for his work on Predator. Taylor has worked with 60 Minutes since 2009. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor won a Walkey Award for his work on Predator. (Twitter) © Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2016

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9NEWS NSW State Politics reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award. (9NEWS) 9NEWS NSW Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award for his outstanding television reporting uncovering a heartbreaking mix-up at Bankstown Hospital which led to the death of a newborn baby boy. O'Keefe accepted the prestigious award at the 61st annual Walkley Awards at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Chris O'Keefe revealed baby John Ghanem tragically died when he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide. (9NEWS) He was nominated alongside Network Ten's Waleed Aly and Seven News' Robert Ovadia and Chris Maher in the Television/Audio-Visual News Reporting category. Journalists nation-wide submitted more than 1,300 entries in this year's awards and were judged by a panel of more than 100 senior industry representatives. O'Keefe revealed John Ghanem tragically died after he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen through an incorrectly installed machine in the hospital in July this year. The 9NEWS reporter said he was humbled to have told the Ghanems' heartbreaking story. "Sonya and Youssef Ghanem were incredibly brave telling their story. I am so humbled to have been trusted enough for them to allow me to do it," O'Keefe told 9news.com.au. "Working for 9NEWS is a privilege. A Walkley is recognition for the team that produce the best news bulletins in the country. "It means a lot to me, but without my colleagues, stories like John Ghanem's would never be told. "I'd especially like to mention Robert Hopkins whose talent and experience behind the camera made this story possible," he added. Through O'Keefe's reporting, it was also revealed another child, a baby girl born in June, was also given the poison and was left with permanent brain damage. O'Keefe worked tirelessly to uncover the grave errors and to speak exclusively to the Ghanem family at the centre of the horrific incident. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor also won a Walkley in the Camerawork category for his work on Predator. Taylor has worked with 60 Minutes since 2009. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor won a Walkey Award for his work on Predator. (Twitter) © Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2016

9NEWS NSW State Politics reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award . ( 9NEWS ) 9NEWS NSW Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award for his outstanding television reporting uncovering a heartbreaking mix - up at Bankstown Hospital which led to the death of a newborn baby boy .

9NEWS NSW State Politics reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award. (9NEWS) 9NEWS NSW Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award for his outstanding television reporting uncovering a heartbreaking mix-up at Bankstown Hospital which led to the death of a newborn baby boy. O'Keefe accepted the prestigious award at the 61st annual Walkley Awards at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Chris O'Keefe revealed baby John Ghanem tragically died when he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide. (9NEWS) He was nominated alongside Network Ten's Waleed Aly and Seven News' Robert Ovadia and Chris Maher in the Television/Audio-Visual News Reporting category. Journalists nation-wide submitted more than 1,300 entries in this year's awards and were judged by a panel of more than 100 senior industry representatives. O'Keefe revealed John Ghanem tragically died after he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen through an incorrectly installed machine in the hospital in July this year. The 9NEWS reporter said he was humbled to have told the Ghanems' heartbreaking story. "Sonya and Youssef Ghanem were incredibly brave telling their story. I am so humbled to have been trusted enough for them to allow me to do it," O'Keefe told 9news.com.au. "Working for 9NEWS is a privilege. A Walkley is recognition for the team that produce the best news bulletins in the country. "It means a lot to me, but without my colleagues, stories like John Ghanem's would never be told. "I'd especially like to mention Robert Hopkins whose talent and experience behind the camera made this story possible," he added. Through O'Keefe's reporting, it was also revealed another child, a baby girl born in June, was also given the poison and was left with permanent brain damage. O'Keefe worked tirelessly to uncover the grave errors and to speak exclusively to the Ghanem family at the centre of the horrific incident. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor also won a Walkley in the Camerawork category for his work on Predator. Taylor has worked with 60 Minutes since 2009. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor won a Walkey Award for his work on Predator. (Twitter) © Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2016

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9NEWS NSW State Politics reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award. (9NEWS) 9NEWS NSW Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award for his outstanding television reporting uncovering a heartbreaking mix-up at Bankstown Hospital which led to the death of a newborn baby boy. O'Keefe accepted the prestigious award at the 61st annual Walkley Awards at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Chris O'Keefe revealed baby John Ghanem tragically died when he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide. (9NEWS) He was nominated alongside Network Ten's Waleed Aly and Seven News' Robert Ovadia and Chris Maher in the Television/Audio-Visual News Reporting category. Journalists nation-wide submitted more than 1,300 entries in this year's awards and were judged by a panel of more than 100 senior industry representatives. O'Keefe revealed John Ghanem tragically died after he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen through an incorrectly installed machine in the hospital in July this year. The 9NEWS reporter said he was humbled to have told the Ghanems' heartbreaking story. "Sonya and Youssef Ghanem were incredibly brave telling their story. I am so humbled to have been trusted enough for them to allow me to do it," O'Keefe told 9news.com.au. "Working for 9NEWS is a privilege. A Walkley is recognition for the team that produce the best news bulletins in the country. "It means a lot to me, but without my colleagues, stories like John Ghanem's would never be told. "I'd especially like to mention Robert Hopkins whose talent and experience behind the camera made this story possible," he added. Through O'Keefe's reporting, it was also revealed another child, a baby girl born in June, was also given the poison and was left with permanent brain damage. O'Keefe worked tirelessly to uncover the grave errors and to speak exclusively to the Ghanem family at the centre of the horrific incident. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor also won a Walkley in the Camerawork category for his work on Predator. Taylor has worked with 60 Minutes since 2009. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor won a Walkey Award for his work on Predator. (Twitter) © Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2016

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9NEWS NSW State Politics reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award. (9NEWS) 9NEWS NSW Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award for his outstanding television reporting uncovering a heartbreaking mix-up at Bankstown Hospital which led to the death of a newborn baby boy. O'Keefe accepted the prestigious award at the 61st annual Walkley Awards at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Chris O'Keefe revealed baby John Ghanem tragically died when he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide. (9NEWS) He was nominated alongside Network Ten's Waleed Aly and Seven News' Robert Ovadia and Chris Maher in the Television/Audio-Visual News Reporting category. Journalists nation-wide submitted more than 1,300 entries in this year's awards and were judged by a panel of more than 100 senior industry representatives. O'Keefe revealed John Ghanem tragically died after he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen through an incorrectly installed machine in the hospital in July this year. The 9NEWS reporter said he was humbled to have told the Ghanems' heartbreaking story. "Sonya and Youssef Ghanem were incredibly brave telling their story. I am so humbled to have been trusted enough for them to allow me to do it," O'Keefe told 9news.com.au. "Working for 9NEWS is a privilege. A Walkley is recognition for the team that produce the best news bulletins in the country. "It means a lot to me, but without my colleagues, stories like John Ghanem's would never be told. "I'd especially like to mention Robert Hopkins whose talent and experience behind the camera made this story possible," he added. Through O'Keefe's reporting, it was also revealed another child, a baby girl born in June, was also given the poison and was left with permanent brain damage. O'Keefe worked tirelessly to uncover the grave errors and to speak exclusively to the Ghanem family at the centre of the horrific incident. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor also won a Walkley in the Camerawork category for his work on Predator. Taylor has worked with 60 Minutes since 2009. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor won a Walkey Award for his work on Predator. (Twitter) © Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2016

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9NEWS NSW State Politics reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award. (9NEWS) 9NEWS NSW Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe has won a Walkley Award for his outstanding television reporting uncovering a heartbreaking mix-up at Bankstown Hospital which led to the death of a newborn baby boy. O'Keefe accepted the prestigious award at the 61st annual Walkley Awards at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Chris O'Keefe revealed baby John Ghanem tragically died when he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide. (9NEWS) He was nominated alongside Network Ten's Waleed Aly and Seven News' Robert Ovadia and Chris Maher in the Television/Audio-Visual News Reporting category. Journalists nation-wide submitted more than 1,300 entries in this year's awards and were judged by a panel of more than 100 senior industry representatives. O'Keefe revealed John Ghanem tragically died after he was accidentally administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen through an incorrectly installed machine in the hospital in July this year. The 9NEWS reporter said he was humbled to have told the Ghanems' heartbreaking story. "Sonya and Youssef Ghanem were incredibly brave telling their story. I am so humbled to have been trusted enough for them to allow me to do it," O'Keefe told 9news.com.au. "Working for 9NEWS is a privilege. A Walkley is recognition for the team that produce the best news bulletins in the country. "It means a lot to me, but without my colleagues, stories like John Ghanem's would never be told. "I'd especially like to mention Robert Hopkins whose talent and experience behind the camera made this story possible," he added. Through O'Keefe's reporting, it was also revealed another child, a baby girl born in June, was also given the poison and was left with permanent brain damage. O'Keefe worked tirelessly to uncover the grave errors and to speak exclusively to the Ghanem family at the centre of the horrific incident. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor also won a Walkley in the Camerawork category for his work on Predator. Taylor has worked with 60 Minutes since 2009. 60 Minutes cameraman Andy Taylor won a Walkey Award for his work on Predator. (Twitter) © Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2016

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A federal judge Friday denied a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg wrote in his decision that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe failed to show "it will suffer injury that would be prevented by any injunction the Court could issue." A federal judge's decision Friday could fuel heightened tensions in the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The ruling on a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order on construction comes one day after Gov. Jack Dalrymple activated the state National Guard "in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts," according to a National Guard spokesman. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed an emergency motion Sunday asking the court "to prevent further destruction of the tribe's sacred sites by Dakota Access Pipeline." , which would span four states, has led to heated, sometimes violent protests. Proponents say the project could be an economic boon for the region and potentially change the landscape of the US crude oil supply. Those seeking to halt construction warn of an environmental disaster that would destroy sacred Native American sites. , has predicted the project would help the United States become less dependent on importing oil from unstable regions of the world. The tribe wants to halt further construction on an area two miles west of North Dakota Highway 1806, near Lake Oahe, until the judge's ruling. The plaintiffs claim the tribe was not properly consulted before the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the pipeline project, which would run from North Dakota to South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. A US district court judge is expected to make a decision by Friday. The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. On Thursday, a state National Guard statement said the governor had asked it "to support law enforcement and augment public safety efforts, in light of recent activity with the Dakota Access Pipeline protest." "The Guard members will serve in administrative capacities and assist in providing security at traffic information points," the statement said. "The Guardsmen will not be going to the actual protest site. The governor also placed additional Guardsmen on standby alert in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts." Thousands of people from more than 200 Native American tribes have supported the Standing Rock Sioux's efforts to protect their lands, waters and sacred sites during construction of the pipeline, according to the tribe. If completed, the 1,172-mile pipeline would carry 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day from North Dakota to Illinois. Energy Transfer said the pipeline would bring an estimated $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local governments. It would also add 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs, the developer said. But about 30 environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, have , calling it "yet another example of an oil pipeline project being permitted without public engagement or sufficient environmental review."' Protesters are also worried that digging the pipeline under the Missouri River could affect the drinking water supply if the pipeline breaks. Protests turned violent over the weekend, with some demonstrators breaking down a wire fence and trespassing onto a construction area, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. "Protesters physically assaulted private security officers hired by Dakota Access Pipeline. The security officers were hit and jabbed with fence posts and flagpoles," the sheriff's department said. "According to several reports from security officers, knives were pulled on them or they witnessed protestors with large knives." The sheriff's department also said two guard dogs were injured. But protesters disputed that account, said. Demonstrators said the guards used pepper spray and tear gas on the activists, and some protesters were injured by the guards' dogs. CNN's Shawn Nottingham, Madison Park, Khushbu Shah and Alberto Moya contributed to this report.

A federal judge Friday denied a Native American tribe 's request for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline . U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg wrote in his decision that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe failed to show '' it will suffer injury that would be prevented by any injunction the Court could issue . '' A federal judge 's decision Friday could fuel heightened tensions in the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline .

A federal judge Friday denied a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg wrote in his decision that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe failed to show "it will suffer injury that would be prevented by any injunction the Court could issue." A federal judge's decision Friday could fuel heightened tensions in the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The ruling on a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order on construction comes one day after Gov. Jack Dalrymple activated the state National Guard "in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts," according to a National Guard spokesman. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed an emergency motion Sunday asking the court "to prevent further destruction of the tribe's sacred sites by Dakota Access Pipeline." , which would span four states, has led to heated, sometimes violent protests. Proponents say the project could be an economic boon for the region and potentially change the landscape of the US crude oil supply. Those seeking to halt construction warn of an environmental disaster that would destroy sacred Native American sites. , has predicted the project would help the United States become less dependent on importing oil from unstable regions of the world. The tribe wants to halt further construction on an area two miles west of North Dakota Highway 1806, near Lake Oahe, until the judge's ruling. The plaintiffs claim the tribe was not properly consulted before the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the pipeline project, which would run from North Dakota to South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. A US district court judge is expected to make a decision by Friday. The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. On Thursday, a state National Guard statement said the governor had asked it "to support law enforcement and augment public safety efforts, in light of recent activity with the Dakota Access Pipeline protest." "The Guard members will serve in administrative capacities and assist in providing security at traffic information points," the statement said. "The Guardsmen will not be going to the actual protest site. The governor also placed additional Guardsmen on standby alert in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts." Thousands of people from more than 200 Native American tribes have supported the Standing Rock Sioux's efforts to protect their lands, waters and sacred sites during construction of the pipeline, according to the tribe. If completed, the 1,172-mile pipeline would carry 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day from North Dakota to Illinois. Energy Transfer said the pipeline would bring an estimated $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local governments. It would also add 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs, the developer said. But about 30 environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, have , calling it "yet another example of an oil pipeline project being permitted without public engagement or sufficient environmental review."' Protesters are also worried that digging the pipeline under the Missouri River could affect the drinking water supply if the pipeline breaks. Protests turned violent over the weekend, with some demonstrators breaking down a wire fence and trespassing onto a construction area, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. "Protesters physically assaulted private security officers hired by Dakota Access Pipeline. The security officers were hit and jabbed with fence posts and flagpoles," the sheriff's department said. "According to several reports from security officers, knives were pulled on them or they witnessed protestors with large knives." The sheriff's department also said two guard dogs were injured. But protesters disputed that account, said. Demonstrators said the guards used pepper spray and tear gas on the activists, and some protesters were injured by the guards' dogs. CNN's Shawn Nottingham, Madison Park, Khushbu Shah and Alberto Moya contributed to this report.

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A federal judge Friday denied a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg wrote in his decision that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe failed to show "it will suffer injury that would be prevented by any injunction the Court could issue." A federal judge's decision Friday could fuel heightened tensions in the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The ruling on a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order on construction comes one day after Gov. Jack Dalrymple activated the state National Guard "in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts," according to a National Guard spokesman. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed an emergency motion Sunday asking the court "to prevent further destruction of the tribe's sacred sites by Dakota Access Pipeline." , which would span four states, has led to heated, sometimes violent protests. Proponents say the project could be an economic boon for the region and potentially change the landscape of the US crude oil supply. Those seeking to halt construction warn of an environmental disaster that would destroy sacred Native American sites. , has predicted the project would help the United States become less dependent on importing oil from unstable regions of the world. The tribe wants to halt further construction on an area two miles west of North Dakota Highway 1806, near Lake Oahe, until the judge's ruling. The plaintiffs claim the tribe was not properly consulted before the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the pipeline project, which would run from North Dakota to South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. A US district court judge is expected to make a decision by Friday. The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. On Thursday, a state National Guard statement said the governor had asked it "to support law enforcement and augment public safety efforts, in light of recent activity with the Dakota Access Pipeline protest." "The Guard members will serve in administrative capacities and assist in providing security at traffic information points," the statement said. "The Guardsmen will not be going to the actual protest site. The governor also placed additional Guardsmen on standby alert in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts." Thousands of people from more than 200 Native American tribes have supported the Standing Rock Sioux's efforts to protect their lands, waters and sacred sites during construction of the pipeline, according to the tribe. If completed, the 1,172-mile pipeline would carry 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day from North Dakota to Illinois. Energy Transfer said the pipeline would bring an estimated $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local governments. It would also add 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs, the developer said. But about 30 environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, have , calling it "yet another example of an oil pipeline project being permitted without public engagement or sufficient environmental review."' Protesters are also worried that digging the pipeline under the Missouri River could affect the drinking water supply if the pipeline breaks. Protests turned violent over the weekend, with some demonstrators breaking down a wire fence and trespassing onto a construction area, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. "Protesters physically assaulted private security officers hired by Dakota Access Pipeline. The security officers were hit and jabbed with fence posts and flagpoles," the sheriff's department said. "According to several reports from security officers, knives were pulled on them or they witnessed protestors with large knives." The sheriff's department also said two guard dogs were injured. But protesters disputed that account, said. Demonstrators said the guards used pepper spray and tear gas on the activists, and some protesters were injured by the guards' dogs. CNN's Shawn Nottingham, Madison Park, Khushbu Shah and Alberto Moya contributed to this report.

A federal judge Friday denied a Native American tribe 's request for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline . On Thursday , a state National Guard statement said the governor had asked it '' to support law enforcement and augment public safety efforts , in light of recent activity with the Dakota Access Pipeline protest .

A federal judge Friday denied a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg wrote in his decision that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe failed to show "it will suffer injury that would be prevented by any injunction the Court could issue." A federal judge's decision Friday could fuel heightened tensions in the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The ruling on a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order on construction comes one day after Gov. Jack Dalrymple activated the state National Guard "in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts," according to a National Guard spokesman. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed an emergency motion Sunday asking the court "to prevent further destruction of the tribe's sacred sites by Dakota Access Pipeline." , which would span four states, has led to heated, sometimes violent protests. Proponents say the project could be an economic boon for the region and potentially change the landscape of the US crude oil supply. Those seeking to halt construction warn of an environmental disaster that would destroy sacred Native American sites. , has predicted the project would help the United States become less dependent on importing oil from unstable regions of the world. The tribe wants to halt further construction on an area two miles west of North Dakota Highway 1806, near Lake Oahe, until the judge's ruling. The plaintiffs claim the tribe was not properly consulted before the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the pipeline project, which would run from North Dakota to South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. A US district court judge is expected to make a decision by Friday. The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. On Thursday, a state National Guard statement said the governor had asked it "to support law enforcement and augment public safety efforts, in light of recent activity with the Dakota Access Pipeline protest." "The Guard members will serve in administrative capacities and assist in providing security at traffic information points," the statement said. "The Guardsmen will not be going to the actual protest site. The governor also placed additional Guardsmen on standby alert in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts." Thousands of people from more than 200 Native American tribes have supported the Standing Rock Sioux's efforts to protect their lands, waters and sacred sites during construction of the pipeline, according to the tribe. If completed, the 1,172-mile pipeline would carry 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day from North Dakota to Illinois. Energy Transfer said the pipeline would bring an estimated $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local governments. It would also add 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs, the developer said. But about 30 environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, have , calling it "yet another example of an oil pipeline project being permitted without public engagement or sufficient environmental review."' Protesters are also worried that digging the pipeline under the Missouri River could affect the drinking water supply if the pipeline breaks. Protests turned violent over the weekend, with some demonstrators breaking down a wire fence and trespassing onto a construction area, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. "Protesters physically assaulted private security officers hired by Dakota Access Pipeline. The security officers were hit and jabbed with fence posts and flagpoles," the sheriff's department said. "According to several reports from security officers, knives were pulled on them or they witnessed protestors with large knives." The sheriff's department also said two guard dogs were injured. But protesters disputed that account, said. Demonstrators said the guards used pepper spray and tear gas on the activists, and some protesters were injured by the guards' dogs. CNN's Shawn Nottingham, Madison Park, Khushbu Shah and Alberto Moya contributed to this report.

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A federal judge Friday denied a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg wrote in his decision that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe failed to show "it will suffer injury that would be prevented by any injunction the Court could issue." A federal judge's decision Friday could fuel heightened tensions in the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The ruling on a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order on construction comes one day after Gov. Jack Dalrymple activated the state National Guard "in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts," according to a National Guard spokesman. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed an emergency motion Sunday asking the court "to prevent further destruction of the tribe's sacred sites by Dakota Access Pipeline." , which would span four states, has led to heated, sometimes violent protests. Proponents say the project could be an economic boon for the region and potentially change the landscape of the US crude oil supply. Those seeking to halt construction warn of an environmental disaster that would destroy sacred Native American sites. , has predicted the project would help the United States become less dependent on importing oil from unstable regions of the world. The tribe wants to halt further construction on an area two miles west of North Dakota Highway 1806, near Lake Oahe, until the judge's ruling. The plaintiffs claim the tribe was not properly consulted before the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the pipeline project, which would run from North Dakota to South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. A US district court judge is expected to make a decision by Friday. The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. On Thursday, a state National Guard statement said the governor had asked it "to support law enforcement and augment public safety efforts, in light of recent activity with the Dakota Access Pipeline protest." "The Guard members will serve in administrative capacities and assist in providing security at traffic information points," the statement said. "The Guardsmen will not be going to the actual protest site. The governor also placed additional Guardsmen on standby alert in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts." Thousands of people from more than 200 Native American tribes have supported the Standing Rock Sioux's efforts to protect their lands, waters and sacred sites during construction of the pipeline, according to the tribe. If completed, the 1,172-mile pipeline would carry 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day from North Dakota to Illinois. Energy Transfer said the pipeline would bring an estimated $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local governments. It would also add 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs, the developer said. But about 30 environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, have , calling it "yet another example of an oil pipeline project being permitted without public engagement or sufficient environmental review."' Protesters are also worried that digging the pipeline under the Missouri River could affect the drinking water supply if the pipeline breaks. Protests turned violent over the weekend, with some demonstrators breaking down a wire fence and trespassing onto a construction area, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. "Protesters physically assaulted private security officers hired by Dakota Access Pipeline. The security officers were hit and jabbed with fence posts and flagpoles," the sheriff's department said. "According to several reports from security officers, knives were pulled on them or they witnessed protestors with large knives." The sheriff's department also said two guard dogs were injured. But protesters disputed that account, said. Demonstrators said the guards used pepper spray and tear gas on the activists, and some protesters were injured by the guards' dogs. CNN's Shawn Nottingham, Madison Park, Khushbu Shah and Alberto Moya contributed to this report.

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A federal judge Friday denied a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg wrote in his decision that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe failed to show "it will suffer injury that would be prevented by any injunction the Court could issue." A federal judge's decision Friday could fuel heightened tensions in the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The ruling on a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order on construction comes one day after Gov. Jack Dalrymple activated the state National Guard "in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts," according to a National Guard spokesman. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed an emergency motion Sunday asking the court "to prevent further destruction of the tribe's sacred sites by Dakota Access Pipeline." , which would span four states, has led to heated, sometimes violent protests. Proponents say the project could be an economic boon for the region and potentially change the landscape of the US crude oil supply. Those seeking to halt construction warn of an environmental disaster that would destroy sacred Native American sites. , has predicted the project would help the United States become less dependent on importing oil from unstable regions of the world. The tribe wants to halt further construction on an area two miles west of North Dakota Highway 1806, near Lake Oahe, until the judge's ruling. The plaintiffs claim the tribe was not properly consulted before the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the pipeline project, which would run from North Dakota to South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. A US district court judge is expected to make a decision by Friday. The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. On Thursday, a state National Guard statement said the governor had asked it "to support law enforcement and augment public safety efforts, in light of recent activity with the Dakota Access Pipeline protest." "The Guard members will serve in administrative capacities and assist in providing security at traffic information points," the statement said. "The Guardsmen will not be going to the actual protest site. The governor also placed additional Guardsmen on standby alert in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts." Thousands of people from more than 200 Native American tribes have supported the Standing Rock Sioux's efforts to protect their lands, waters and sacred sites during construction of the pipeline, according to the tribe. If completed, the 1,172-mile pipeline would carry 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day from North Dakota to Illinois. Energy Transfer said the pipeline would bring an estimated $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local governments. It would also add 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs, the developer said. But about 30 environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, have , calling it "yet another example of an oil pipeline project being permitted without public engagement or sufficient environmental review."' Protesters are also worried that digging the pipeline under the Missouri River could affect the drinking water supply if the pipeline breaks. Protests turned violent over the weekend, with some demonstrators breaking down a wire fence and trespassing onto a construction area, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. "Protesters physically assaulted private security officers hired by Dakota Access Pipeline. The security officers were hit and jabbed with fence posts and flagpoles," the sheriff's department said. "According to several reports from security officers, knives were pulled on them or they witnessed protestors with large knives." The sheriff's department also said two guard dogs were injured. But protesters disputed that account, said. Demonstrators said the guards used pepper spray and tear gas on the activists, and some protesters were injured by the guards' dogs. CNN's Shawn Nottingham, Madison Park, Khushbu Shah and Alberto Moya contributed to this report.

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A federal judge Friday denied a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg wrote in his decision that the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe failed to show "it will suffer injury that would be prevented by any injunction the Court could issue." A federal judge's decision Friday could fuel heightened tensions in the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline. The ruling on a Native American tribe's request for a temporary restraining order on construction comes one day after Gov. Jack Dalrymple activated the state National Guard "in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts," according to a National Guard spokesman. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed an emergency motion Sunday asking the court "to prevent further destruction of the tribe's sacred sites by Dakota Access Pipeline." , which would span four states, has led to heated, sometimes violent protests. Proponents say the project could be an economic boon for the region and potentially change the landscape of the US crude oil supply. Those seeking to halt construction warn of an environmental disaster that would destroy sacred Native American sites. , has predicted the project would help the United States become less dependent on importing oil from unstable regions of the world. The tribe wants to halt further construction on an area two miles west of North Dakota Highway 1806, near Lake Oahe, until the judge's ruling. The plaintiffs claim the tribe was not properly consulted before the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the pipeline project, which would run from North Dakota to South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. A US district court judge is expected to make a decision by Friday. The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. On Thursday, a state National Guard statement said the governor had asked it "to support law enforcement and augment public safety efforts, in light of recent activity with the Dakota Access Pipeline protest." "The Guard members will serve in administrative capacities and assist in providing security at traffic information points," the statement said. "The Guardsmen will not be going to the actual protest site. The governor also placed additional Guardsmen on standby alert in the event they are needed to support law enforcement response efforts." Thousands of people from more than 200 Native American tribes have supported the Standing Rock Sioux's efforts to protect their lands, waters and sacred sites during construction of the pipeline, according to the tribe. If completed, the 1,172-mile pipeline would carry 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day from North Dakota to Illinois. Energy Transfer said the pipeline would bring an estimated $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local governments. It would also add 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs, the developer said. But about 30 environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, have , calling it "yet another example of an oil pipeline project being permitted without public engagement or sufficient environmental review."' Protesters are also worried that digging the pipeline under the Missouri River could affect the drinking water supply if the pipeline breaks. Protests turned violent over the weekend, with some demonstrators breaking down a wire fence and trespassing onto a construction area, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. "Protesters physically assaulted private security officers hired by Dakota Access Pipeline. The security officers were hit and jabbed with fence posts and flagpoles," the sheriff's department said. "According to several reports from security officers, knives were pulled on them or they witnessed protestors with large knives." The sheriff's department also said two guard dogs were injured. But protesters disputed that account, said. Demonstrators said the guards used pepper spray and tear gas on the activists, and some protesters were injured by the guards' dogs. CNN's Shawn Nottingham, Madison Park, Khushbu Shah and Alberto Moya contributed to this report.

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Claim to fame: The Samana Peninsula is reputed to have the Dominican Republic's best seafood. Don't miss: Kite surfing. The North Shore has become a world-renowned kite-surfing destination, especially around Cabarete, where there are several schools. It's fun even if you just watch. Getting there: Samana is two to three hours from Puerto Plata or the main airport in Santo Domingo. By Larry Olmsted Special for, USA TODAY has long been a favorite of U.S. and international buyers, thanks to plentiful beaches and high-quality golf courses, high-end developments coupled with affordable prices, and a stable, democratic government. Forty years ago, the nation's first developed tourism area was around Puerto Plata and Cabarete on the northern coast. But for the past two decades, the north has been largely overshadowed by the southeast, especially La Romana and the heavily developed Punta Cana peninsula. Now, thanks to infrastructure improvements and the simple desire to find the next hot place, second-home buyers are heading back north, spurred by the development of the Samaná Peninsula. A new highway, part of a huge ongoing government infrastructure investment, links Samaná with the capital, Santo Domingo, and has dramatically reduced travel time from more than five hours to under 2½. The newly emerging Samaná Peninsula began as a second-home destination for Dominicans but is increasingly being "discovered" by overseas buyers. "On the south of the peninsula, the biggest city is Samaná, which has the cruise dock and several new developments, the largest of which is Puerto Bahia, attracting more Dominican buyers," says Pedro Purcell, a broker with Dominican Properties in Santo Domingo. "The two highest-profile developments are on the north, Balcones del Atlántico and El Portillo. There are more American buyers in the north, as well as French, Germans and Italians. "Unlike Punta Cana, Samaná is mostly condos, not the big villas and estate homes, and it is not as expensive as Cap Cana or Casa de Campo to the south, where people look for celebrities," Purcell adds. "Here, they look for the beach lifestyle, and while the projects are high-quality, they are not nearly as large as in the Punta Cana area." A look at three North Shore neighborhoods • Puerto Plata. The Dominican Republic's first major tourism enclave, this beach town has a lot of hotel and restaurant development, but with few second homes besides Seahorse Ranch, which was built in the 1980s. The gated 250-acre equestrian and beach community has more than 100 private homes ranging from $500,000 to $8 million. The Victoria Hotel within the Playa Dorado golf resort here plans to begin offering a fractional ownership club this year. • Cabarete. Less developed than Puerto Plata, beach-centric Cabarete has until recently attracted mainly European buyers. That is about to change with the transformation of the Playa Grande golf course — known as "the Pebble Beach of the Caribbean" — into a high-end residential community. It will include an equestrian center, clubhouse and recreational facilities, with villas and estate houses on sale later this year. Luxury Asian developer Aman is also planning a private enclave of residential villas here. • Samana Peninsula. Several towns on this 40-mile-long peninsula are seeing development, but for U.S. buyers, the runaway favorite is Las Terrenas. Already home to several boutique hotels, the longtime fishing village is emerging as a culinary hotspot, with European chefs taking advantage of the seafood. A 66-acre former coconut plantation, Las Terrenas' Balcones del Atlantico will have 350 residences, from apartments to beach villas, from $475,000 to $1.7 million. The second of three phases, which includes a hotel from RockResorts, opens this summer. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

Claim to fame : The Samana Peninsula is reputed to have the Dominican Republic 's best seafood . Do n't miss : Kite surfing . The North Shore has become a world - renowned kite - surfing destination , especially around Cabarete , where there are several schools .

Claim to fame: The Samana Peninsula is reputed to have the Dominican Republic's best seafood. Don't miss: Kite surfing. The North Shore has become a world-renowned kite-surfing destination, especially around Cabarete, where there are several schools. It's fun even if you just watch. Getting there: Samana is two to three hours from Puerto Plata or the main airport in Santo Domingo. By Larry Olmsted Special for, USA TODAY has long been a favorite of U.S. and international buyers, thanks to plentiful beaches and high-quality golf courses, high-end developments coupled with affordable prices, and a stable, democratic government. Forty years ago, the nation's first developed tourism area was around Puerto Plata and Cabarete on the northern coast. But for the past two decades, the north has been largely overshadowed by the southeast, especially La Romana and the heavily developed Punta Cana peninsula. Now, thanks to infrastructure improvements and the simple desire to find the next hot place, second-home buyers are heading back north, spurred by the development of the Samaná Peninsula. A new highway, part of a huge ongoing government infrastructure investment, links Samaná with the capital, Santo Domingo, and has dramatically reduced travel time from more than five hours to under 2½. The newly emerging Samaná Peninsula began as a second-home destination for Dominicans but is increasingly being "discovered" by overseas buyers. "On the south of the peninsula, the biggest city is Samaná, which has the cruise dock and several new developments, the largest of which is Puerto Bahia, attracting more Dominican buyers," says Pedro Purcell, a broker with Dominican Properties in Santo Domingo. "The two highest-profile developments are on the north, Balcones del Atlántico and El Portillo. There are more American buyers in the north, as well as French, Germans and Italians. "Unlike Punta Cana, Samaná is mostly condos, not the big villas and estate homes, and it is not as expensive as Cap Cana or Casa de Campo to the south, where people look for celebrities," Purcell adds. "Here, they look for the beach lifestyle, and while the projects are high-quality, they are not nearly as large as in the Punta Cana area." A look at three North Shore neighborhoods • Puerto Plata. The Dominican Republic's first major tourism enclave, this beach town has a lot of hotel and restaurant development, but with few second homes besides Seahorse Ranch, which was built in the 1980s. The gated 250-acre equestrian and beach community has more than 100 private homes ranging from $500,000 to $8 million. The Victoria Hotel within the Playa Dorado golf resort here plans to begin offering a fractional ownership club this year. • Cabarete. Less developed than Puerto Plata, beach-centric Cabarete has until recently attracted mainly European buyers. That is about to change with the transformation of the Playa Grande golf course — known as "the Pebble Beach of the Caribbean" — into a high-end residential community. It will include an equestrian center, clubhouse and recreational facilities, with villas and estate houses on sale later this year. Luxury Asian developer Aman is also planning a private enclave of residential villas here. • Samana Peninsula. Several towns on this 40-mile-long peninsula are seeing development, but for U.S. buyers, the runaway favorite is Las Terrenas. Already home to several boutique hotels, the longtime fishing village is emerging as a culinary hotspot, with European chefs taking advantage of the seafood. A 66-acre former coconut plantation, Las Terrenas' Balcones del Atlantico will have 350 residences, from apartments to beach villas, from $475,000 to $1.7 million. The second of three phases, which includes a hotel from RockResorts, opens this summer. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

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Claim to fame: The Samana Peninsula is reputed to have the Dominican Republic's best seafood. Don't miss: Kite surfing. The North Shore has become a world-renowned kite-surfing destination, especially around Cabarete, where there are several schools. It's fun even if you just watch. Getting there: Samana is two to three hours from Puerto Plata or the main airport in Santo Domingo. By Larry Olmsted Special for, USA TODAY has long been a favorite of U.S. and international buyers, thanks to plentiful beaches and high-quality golf courses, high-end developments coupled with affordable prices, and a stable, democratic government. Forty years ago, the nation's first developed tourism area was around Puerto Plata and Cabarete on the northern coast. But for the past two decades, the north has been largely overshadowed by the southeast, especially La Romana and the heavily developed Punta Cana peninsula. Now, thanks to infrastructure improvements and the simple desire to find the next hot place, second-home buyers are heading back north, spurred by the development of the Samaná Peninsula. A new highway, part of a huge ongoing government infrastructure investment, links Samaná with the capital, Santo Domingo, and has dramatically reduced travel time from more than five hours to under 2½. The newly emerging Samaná Peninsula began as a second-home destination for Dominicans but is increasingly being "discovered" by overseas buyers. "On the south of the peninsula, the biggest city is Samaná, which has the cruise dock and several new developments, the largest of which is Puerto Bahia, attracting more Dominican buyers," says Pedro Purcell, a broker with Dominican Properties in Santo Domingo. "The two highest-profile developments are on the north, Balcones del Atlántico and El Portillo. There are more American buyers in the north, as well as French, Germans and Italians. "Unlike Punta Cana, Samaná is mostly condos, not the big villas and estate homes, and it is not as expensive as Cap Cana or Casa de Campo to the south, where people look for celebrities," Purcell adds. "Here, they look for the beach lifestyle, and while the projects are high-quality, they are not nearly as large as in the Punta Cana area." A look at three North Shore neighborhoods • Puerto Plata. The Dominican Republic's first major tourism enclave, this beach town has a lot of hotel and restaurant development, but with few second homes besides Seahorse Ranch, which was built in the 1980s. The gated 250-acre equestrian and beach community has more than 100 private homes ranging from $500,000 to $8 million. The Victoria Hotel within the Playa Dorado golf resort here plans to begin offering a fractional ownership club this year. • Cabarete. Less developed than Puerto Plata, beach-centric Cabarete has until recently attracted mainly European buyers. That is about to change with the transformation of the Playa Grande golf course — known as "the Pebble Beach of the Caribbean" — into a high-end residential community. It will include an equestrian center, clubhouse and recreational facilities, with villas and estate houses on sale later this year. Luxury Asian developer Aman is also planning a private enclave of residential villas here. • Samana Peninsula. Several towns on this 40-mile-long peninsula are seeing development, but for U.S. buyers, the runaway favorite is Las Terrenas. Already home to several boutique hotels, the longtime fishing village is emerging as a culinary hotspot, with European chefs taking advantage of the seafood. A 66-acre former coconut plantation, Las Terrenas' Balcones del Atlantico will have 350 residences, from apartments to beach villas, from $475,000 to $1.7 million. The second of three phases, which includes a hotel from RockResorts, opens this summer. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

Now , thanks to infrastructure improvements and the simple desire to find the next hot place , second - home buyers are heading back north , spurred by the development of the Samaná Peninsula . Less developed than Puerto Plata , beach - centric Cabarete has until recently attracted mainly European buyers .

Claim to fame: The Samana Peninsula is reputed to have the Dominican Republic's best seafood. Don't miss: Kite surfing. The North Shore has become a world-renowned kite-surfing destination, especially around Cabarete, where there are several schools. It's fun even if you just watch. Getting there: Samana is two to three hours from Puerto Plata or the main airport in Santo Domingo. By Larry Olmsted Special for, USA TODAY has long been a favorite of U.S. and international buyers, thanks to plentiful beaches and high-quality golf courses, high-end developments coupled with affordable prices, and a stable, democratic government. Forty years ago, the nation's first developed tourism area was around Puerto Plata and Cabarete on the northern coast. But for the past two decades, the north has been largely overshadowed by the southeast, especially La Romana and the heavily developed Punta Cana peninsula. Now, thanks to infrastructure improvements and the simple desire to find the next hot place, second-home buyers are heading back north, spurred by the development of the Samaná Peninsula. A new highway, part of a huge ongoing government infrastructure investment, links Samaná with the capital, Santo Domingo, and has dramatically reduced travel time from more than five hours to under 2½. The newly emerging Samaná Peninsula began as a second-home destination for Dominicans but is increasingly being "discovered" by overseas buyers. "On the south of the peninsula, the biggest city is Samaná, which has the cruise dock and several new developments, the largest of which is Puerto Bahia, attracting more Dominican buyers," says Pedro Purcell, a broker with Dominican Properties in Santo Domingo. "The two highest-profile developments are on the north, Balcones del Atlántico and El Portillo. There are more American buyers in the north, as well as French, Germans and Italians. "Unlike Punta Cana, Samaná is mostly condos, not the big villas and estate homes, and it is not as expensive as Cap Cana or Casa de Campo to the south, where people look for celebrities," Purcell adds. "Here, they look for the beach lifestyle, and while the projects are high-quality, they are not nearly as large as in the Punta Cana area." A look at three North Shore neighborhoods • Puerto Plata. The Dominican Republic's first major tourism enclave, this beach town has a lot of hotel and restaurant development, but with few second homes besides Seahorse Ranch, which was built in the 1980s. The gated 250-acre equestrian and beach community has more than 100 private homes ranging from $500,000 to $8 million. The Victoria Hotel within the Playa Dorado golf resort here plans to begin offering a fractional ownership club this year. • Cabarete. Less developed than Puerto Plata, beach-centric Cabarete has until recently attracted mainly European buyers. That is about to change with the transformation of the Playa Grande golf course — known as "the Pebble Beach of the Caribbean" — into a high-end residential community. It will include an equestrian center, clubhouse and recreational facilities, with villas and estate houses on sale later this year. Luxury Asian developer Aman is also planning a private enclave of residential villas here. • Samana Peninsula. Several towns on this 40-mile-long peninsula are seeing development, but for U.S. buyers, the runaway favorite is Las Terrenas. Already home to several boutique hotels, the longtime fishing village is emerging as a culinary hotspot, with European chefs taking advantage of the seafood. A 66-acre former coconut plantation, Las Terrenas' Balcones del Atlantico will have 350 residences, from apartments to beach villas, from $475,000 to $1.7 million. The second of three phases, which includes a hotel from RockResorts, opens this summer. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

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Claim to fame: The Samana Peninsula is reputed to have the Dominican Republic's best seafood. Don't miss: Kite surfing. The North Shore has become a world-renowned kite-surfing destination, especially around Cabarete, where there are several schools. It's fun even if you just watch. Getting there: Samana is two to three hours from Puerto Plata or the main airport in Santo Domingo. By Larry Olmsted Special for, USA TODAY has long been a favorite of U.S. and international buyers, thanks to plentiful beaches and high-quality golf courses, high-end developments coupled with affordable prices, and a stable, democratic government. Forty years ago, the nation's first developed tourism area was around Puerto Plata and Cabarete on the northern coast. But for the past two decades, the north has been largely overshadowed by the southeast, especially La Romana and the heavily developed Punta Cana peninsula. Now, thanks to infrastructure improvements and the simple desire to find the next hot place, second-home buyers are heading back north, spurred by the development of the Samaná Peninsula. A new highway, part of a huge ongoing government infrastructure investment, links Samaná with the capital, Santo Domingo, and has dramatically reduced travel time from more than five hours to under 2½. The newly emerging Samaná Peninsula began as a second-home destination for Dominicans but is increasingly being "discovered" by overseas buyers. "On the south of the peninsula, the biggest city is Samaná, which has the cruise dock and several new developments, the largest of which is Puerto Bahia, attracting more Dominican buyers," says Pedro Purcell, a broker with Dominican Properties in Santo Domingo. "The two highest-profile developments are on the north, Balcones del Atlántico and El Portillo. There are more American buyers in the north, as well as French, Germans and Italians. "Unlike Punta Cana, Samaná is mostly condos, not the big villas and estate homes, and it is not as expensive as Cap Cana or Casa de Campo to the south, where people look for celebrities," Purcell adds. "Here, they look for the beach lifestyle, and while the projects are high-quality, they are not nearly as large as in the Punta Cana area." A look at three North Shore neighborhoods • Puerto Plata. The Dominican Republic's first major tourism enclave, this beach town has a lot of hotel and restaurant development, but with few second homes besides Seahorse Ranch, which was built in the 1980s. The gated 250-acre equestrian and beach community has more than 100 private homes ranging from $500,000 to $8 million. The Victoria Hotel within the Playa Dorado golf resort here plans to begin offering a fractional ownership club this year. • Cabarete. Less developed than Puerto Plata, beach-centric Cabarete has until recently attracted mainly European buyers. That is about to change with the transformation of the Playa Grande golf course — known as "the Pebble Beach of the Caribbean" — into a high-end residential community. It will include an equestrian center, clubhouse and recreational facilities, with villas and estate houses on sale later this year. Luxury Asian developer Aman is also planning a private enclave of residential villas here. • Samana Peninsula. Several towns on this 40-mile-long peninsula are seeing development, but for U.S. buyers, the runaway favorite is Las Terrenas. Already home to several boutique hotels, the longtime fishing village is emerging as a culinary hotspot, with European chefs taking advantage of the seafood. A 66-acre former coconut plantation, Las Terrenas' Balcones del Atlantico will have 350 residences, from apartments to beach villas, from $475,000 to $1.7 million. The second of three phases, which includes a hotel from RockResorts, opens this summer. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

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Claim to fame: The Samana Peninsula is reputed to have the Dominican Republic's best seafood. Don't miss: Kite surfing. The North Shore has become a world-renowned kite-surfing destination, especially around Cabarete, where there are several schools. It's fun even if you just watch. Getting there: Samana is two to three hours from Puerto Plata or the main airport in Santo Domingo. By Larry Olmsted Special for, USA TODAY has long been a favorite of U.S. and international buyers, thanks to plentiful beaches and high-quality golf courses, high-end developments coupled with affordable prices, and a stable, democratic government. Forty years ago, the nation's first developed tourism area was around Puerto Plata and Cabarete on the northern coast. But for the past two decades, the north has been largely overshadowed by the southeast, especially La Romana and the heavily developed Punta Cana peninsula. Now, thanks to infrastructure improvements and the simple desire to find the next hot place, second-home buyers are heading back north, spurred by the development of the Samaná Peninsula. A new highway, part of a huge ongoing government infrastructure investment, links Samaná with the capital, Santo Domingo, and has dramatically reduced travel time from more than five hours to under 2½. The newly emerging Samaná Peninsula began as a second-home destination for Dominicans but is increasingly being "discovered" by overseas buyers. "On the south of the peninsula, the biggest city is Samaná, which has the cruise dock and several new developments, the largest of which is Puerto Bahia, attracting more Dominican buyers," says Pedro Purcell, a broker with Dominican Properties in Santo Domingo. "The two highest-profile developments are on the north, Balcones del Atlántico and El Portillo. There are more American buyers in the north, as well as French, Germans and Italians. "Unlike Punta Cana, Samaná is mostly condos, not the big villas and estate homes, and it is not as expensive as Cap Cana or Casa de Campo to the south, where people look for celebrities," Purcell adds. "Here, they look for the beach lifestyle, and while the projects are high-quality, they are not nearly as large as in the Punta Cana area." A look at three North Shore neighborhoods • Puerto Plata. The Dominican Republic's first major tourism enclave, this beach town has a lot of hotel and restaurant development, but with few second homes besides Seahorse Ranch, which was built in the 1980s. The gated 250-acre equestrian and beach community has more than 100 private homes ranging from $500,000 to $8 million. The Victoria Hotel within the Playa Dorado golf resort here plans to begin offering a fractional ownership club this year. • Cabarete. Less developed than Puerto Plata, beach-centric Cabarete has until recently attracted mainly European buyers. That is about to change with the transformation of the Playa Grande golf course — known as "the Pebble Beach of the Caribbean" — into a high-end residential community. It will include an equestrian center, clubhouse and recreational facilities, with villas and estate houses on sale later this year. Luxury Asian developer Aman is also planning a private enclave of residential villas here. • Samana Peninsula. Several towns on this 40-mile-long peninsula are seeing development, but for U.S. buyers, the runaway favorite is Las Terrenas. Already home to several boutique hotels, the longtime fishing village is emerging as a culinary hotspot, with European chefs taking advantage of the seafood. A 66-acre former coconut plantation, Las Terrenas' Balcones del Atlantico will have 350 residences, from apartments to beach villas, from $475,000 to $1.7 million. The second of three phases, which includes a hotel from RockResorts, opens this summer. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

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Claim to fame: The Samana Peninsula is reputed to have the Dominican Republic's best seafood. Don't miss: Kite surfing. The North Shore has become a world-renowned kite-surfing destination, especially around Cabarete, where there are several schools. It's fun even if you just watch. Getting there: Samana is two to three hours from Puerto Plata or the main airport in Santo Domingo. By Larry Olmsted Special for, USA TODAY has long been a favorite of U.S. and international buyers, thanks to plentiful beaches and high-quality golf courses, high-end developments coupled with affordable prices, and a stable, democratic government. Forty years ago, the nation's first developed tourism area was around Puerto Plata and Cabarete on the northern coast. But for the past two decades, the north has been largely overshadowed by the southeast, especially La Romana and the heavily developed Punta Cana peninsula. Now, thanks to infrastructure improvements and the simple desire to find the next hot place, second-home buyers are heading back north, spurred by the development of the Samaná Peninsula. A new highway, part of a huge ongoing government infrastructure investment, links Samaná with the capital, Santo Domingo, and has dramatically reduced travel time from more than five hours to under 2½. The newly emerging Samaná Peninsula began as a second-home destination for Dominicans but is increasingly being "discovered" by overseas buyers. "On the south of the peninsula, the biggest city is Samaná, which has the cruise dock and several new developments, the largest of which is Puerto Bahia, attracting more Dominican buyers," says Pedro Purcell, a broker with Dominican Properties in Santo Domingo. "The two highest-profile developments are on the north, Balcones del Atlántico and El Portillo. There are more American buyers in the north, as well as French, Germans and Italians. "Unlike Punta Cana, Samaná is mostly condos, not the big villas and estate homes, and it is not as expensive as Cap Cana or Casa de Campo to the south, where people look for celebrities," Purcell adds. "Here, they look for the beach lifestyle, and while the projects are high-quality, they are not nearly as large as in the Punta Cana area." A look at three North Shore neighborhoods • Puerto Plata. The Dominican Republic's first major tourism enclave, this beach town has a lot of hotel and restaurant development, but with few second homes besides Seahorse Ranch, which was built in the 1980s. The gated 250-acre equestrian and beach community has more than 100 private homes ranging from $500,000 to $8 million. The Victoria Hotel within the Playa Dorado golf resort here plans to begin offering a fractional ownership club this year. • Cabarete. Less developed than Puerto Plata, beach-centric Cabarete has until recently attracted mainly European buyers. That is about to change with the transformation of the Playa Grande golf course — known as "the Pebble Beach of the Caribbean" — into a high-end residential community. It will include an equestrian center, clubhouse and recreational facilities, with villas and estate houses on sale later this year. Luxury Asian developer Aman is also planning a private enclave of residential villas here. • Samana Peninsula. Several towns on this 40-mile-long peninsula are seeing development, but for U.S. buyers, the runaway favorite is Las Terrenas. Already home to several boutique hotels, the longtime fishing village is emerging as a culinary hotspot, with European chefs taking advantage of the seafood. A 66-acre former coconut plantation, Las Terrenas' Balcones del Atlantico will have 350 residences, from apartments to beach villas, from $475,000 to $1.7 million. The second of three phases, which includes a hotel from RockResorts, opens this summer. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

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By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Franchitti, whose No. 10 Dallara/Honda will start on the outside of the front row in Sunday's 94th running, topped the one-hour session at 225.574 mph with Scott Dixon, who starts sixth, next at 225.159 mph. Pole-sitter and defending race winner Helio Castroneves was fifth-fastest (224.573), two spots below Team Penske teammate Will Power (224.993) but five higher than Ryan Briscoe (223.493). Temperatures reached the 90s during the morning practice, with no incidents reported. With similar conditions are forecast for Sunday, drivers came away feeling good having a solid weather baseline for setting up the car. "I don't know if the speeds (on Sunday) will be quite that high, but we might have to run that pace," Franchitti said. "A lot depends on the car keeping its balance and grip with the (changing) weather." The practice also gave drivers a chance to try out the push-to-pass button, which will make its Brickyard debut. The feature, which provides 18 seconds of extra horsepower, can be used 15 times during the race. Franchitti seemed to like it, though he probably won't need it as much as one of the race favorites. But he expects it to figure in down the stretch because that's when most drivers will save their allotment for. "You've got to know how to use it at the start and on restarts, but you want to save some for the end," he said. Most drivers remained consistent with their practice times, though some of the higher qualifiers were slower than expected in the heat. Graham Rahal, who will start seventh in Rahal Letterman Racing's No. 30 car, bottomed out the speed charts at 219.998 mph. In contrast, Tony Kanaan ended preparations on a high note after a wreck-filled weekend of qualifying that will see him start at the rear of the 33-car grid. He was 20th fastest in Andretti Autosport's No. 11 entry. E.J. Viso posted his best speed this month (224.419 mph), good enough for sixth. "The last few weeks have been really tough," said Viso, who starts 19th. "Now we have a fast and comfortable race setup. This is basically because of all the hard work of my mechanics and engineers.?After having a big crash last week, this is a great way to recover and hopefully we will have a great race on Sunday." Power ended the month with the top practice speed (227.646 mph) set on Sunday. Alex Tagliani was second a 227.513 mph with Castroneves third at 227.136 mph. Tracy to race for home team: Canadian Paul Tracy missed out on racing at Indy but will return to the Izod IndyCar Series on July 25 for the Honda Indy Edmonton street course race. Team Oh Canada announced Friday that he and fellow Canadian Alex Tagliani will be teammates for the event to be run at the City Centre Airport. Pit notes: Helio Castroneves' team won the Pit Stop Competition after Hideki Mutoh's car stalled in the final. …Wade Cunningham won the Firestone Freedom 100 Indy Lights Series race, leading a race-high 38 laps and passing Charlie Kimball with six laps left for the victory. James Hinchcliffe was third. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

By Gary Graves , USA TODAY Franchitti , whose No . 10 Dallara / Honda will start on the outside of the front row in Sunday 's 94th running , topped the one - hour session at 225.574 mph with Scott Dixon , who starts sixth , next at 225.159 mph . Pole - sitter and defending race winner Helio Castroneves was fifth - fastest ( 224.573 ) , two spots below Team Penske teammate Will Power ( 224.993 ) but five higher than Ryan Briscoe ( 223.493 ) .

By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Franchitti, whose No. 10 Dallara/Honda will start on the outside of the front row in Sunday's 94th running, topped the one-hour session at 225.574 mph with Scott Dixon, who starts sixth, next at 225.159 mph. Pole-sitter and defending race winner Helio Castroneves was fifth-fastest (224.573), two spots below Team Penske teammate Will Power (224.993) but five higher than Ryan Briscoe (223.493). Temperatures reached the 90s during the morning practice, with no incidents reported. With similar conditions are forecast for Sunday, drivers came away feeling good having a solid weather baseline for setting up the car. "I don't know if the speeds (on Sunday) will be quite that high, but we might have to run that pace," Franchitti said. "A lot depends on the car keeping its balance and grip with the (changing) weather." The practice also gave drivers a chance to try out the push-to-pass button, which will make its Brickyard debut. The feature, which provides 18 seconds of extra horsepower, can be used 15 times during the race. Franchitti seemed to like it, though he probably won't need it as much as one of the race favorites. But he expects it to figure in down the stretch because that's when most drivers will save their allotment for. "You've got to know how to use it at the start and on restarts, but you want to save some for the end," he said. Most drivers remained consistent with their practice times, though some of the higher qualifiers were slower than expected in the heat. Graham Rahal, who will start seventh in Rahal Letterman Racing's No. 30 car, bottomed out the speed charts at 219.998 mph. In contrast, Tony Kanaan ended preparations on a high note after a wreck-filled weekend of qualifying that will see him start at the rear of the 33-car grid. He was 20th fastest in Andretti Autosport's No. 11 entry. E.J. Viso posted his best speed this month (224.419 mph), good enough for sixth. "The last few weeks have been really tough," said Viso, who starts 19th. "Now we have a fast and comfortable race setup. This is basically because of all the hard work of my mechanics and engineers.?After having a big crash last week, this is a great way to recover and hopefully we will have a great race on Sunday." Power ended the month with the top practice speed (227.646 mph) set on Sunday. Alex Tagliani was second a 227.513 mph with Castroneves third at 227.136 mph. Tracy to race for home team: Canadian Paul Tracy missed out on racing at Indy but will return to the Izod IndyCar Series on July 25 for the Honda Indy Edmonton street course race. Team Oh Canada announced Friday that he and fellow Canadian Alex Tagliani will be teammates for the event to be run at the City Centre Airport. Pit notes: Helio Castroneves' team won the Pit Stop Competition after Hideki Mutoh's car stalled in the final. …Wade Cunningham won the Firestone Freedom 100 Indy Lights Series race, leading a race-high 38 laps and passing Charlie Kimball with six laps left for the victory. James Hinchcliffe was third. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

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By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Franchitti, whose No. 10 Dallara/Honda will start on the outside of the front row in Sunday's 94th running, topped the one-hour session at 225.574 mph with Scott Dixon, who starts sixth, next at 225.159 mph. Pole-sitter and defending race winner Helio Castroneves was fifth-fastest (224.573), two spots below Team Penske teammate Will Power (224.993) but five higher than Ryan Briscoe (223.493). Temperatures reached the 90s during the morning practice, with no incidents reported. With similar conditions are forecast for Sunday, drivers came away feeling good having a solid weather baseline for setting up the car. "I don't know if the speeds (on Sunday) will be quite that high, but we might have to run that pace," Franchitti said. "A lot depends on the car keeping its balance and grip with the (changing) weather." The practice also gave drivers a chance to try out the push-to-pass button, which will make its Brickyard debut. The feature, which provides 18 seconds of extra horsepower, can be used 15 times during the race. Franchitti seemed to like it, though he probably won't need it as much as one of the race favorites. But he expects it to figure in down the stretch because that's when most drivers will save their allotment for. "You've got to know how to use it at the start and on restarts, but you want to save some for the end," he said. Most drivers remained consistent with their practice times, though some of the higher qualifiers were slower than expected in the heat. Graham Rahal, who will start seventh in Rahal Letterman Racing's No. 30 car, bottomed out the speed charts at 219.998 mph. In contrast, Tony Kanaan ended preparations on a high note after a wreck-filled weekend of qualifying that will see him start at the rear of the 33-car grid. He was 20th fastest in Andretti Autosport's No. 11 entry. E.J. Viso posted his best speed this month (224.419 mph), good enough for sixth. "The last few weeks have been really tough," said Viso, who starts 19th. "Now we have a fast and comfortable race setup. This is basically because of all the hard work of my mechanics and engineers.?After having a big crash last week, this is a great way to recover and hopefully we will have a great race on Sunday." Power ended the month with the top practice speed (227.646 mph) set on Sunday. Alex Tagliani was second a 227.513 mph with Castroneves third at 227.136 mph. Tracy to race for home team: Canadian Paul Tracy missed out on racing at Indy but will return to the Izod IndyCar Series on July 25 for the Honda Indy Edmonton street course race. Team Oh Canada announced Friday that he and fellow Canadian Alex Tagliani will be teammates for the event to be run at the City Centre Airport. Pit notes: Helio Castroneves' team won the Pit Stop Competition after Hideki Mutoh's car stalled in the final. …Wade Cunningham won the Firestone Freedom 100 Indy Lights Series race, leading a race-high 38 laps and passing Charlie Kimball with six laps left for the victory. James Hinchcliffe was third. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

'' I do n't know if the speeds ( on Sunday ) will be quite that high , but we might have to run that pace , '' Franchitti said . '' Power ended the month with the top practice speed ( 227.646 mph ) set on Sunday .

By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Franchitti, whose No. 10 Dallara/Honda will start on the outside of the front row in Sunday's 94th running, topped the one-hour session at 225.574 mph with Scott Dixon, who starts sixth, next at 225.159 mph. Pole-sitter and defending race winner Helio Castroneves was fifth-fastest (224.573), two spots below Team Penske teammate Will Power (224.993) but five higher than Ryan Briscoe (223.493). Temperatures reached the 90s during the morning practice, with no incidents reported. With similar conditions are forecast for Sunday, drivers came away feeling good having a solid weather baseline for setting up the car. "I don't know if the speeds (on Sunday) will be quite that high, but we might have to run that pace," Franchitti said. "A lot depends on the car keeping its balance and grip with the (changing) weather." The practice also gave drivers a chance to try out the push-to-pass button, which will make its Brickyard debut. The feature, which provides 18 seconds of extra horsepower, can be used 15 times during the race. Franchitti seemed to like it, though he probably won't need it as much as one of the race favorites. But he expects it to figure in down the stretch because that's when most drivers will save their allotment for. "You've got to know how to use it at the start and on restarts, but you want to save some for the end," he said. Most drivers remained consistent with their practice times, though some of the higher qualifiers were slower than expected in the heat. Graham Rahal, who will start seventh in Rahal Letterman Racing's No. 30 car, bottomed out the speed charts at 219.998 mph. In contrast, Tony Kanaan ended preparations on a high note after a wreck-filled weekend of qualifying that will see him start at the rear of the 33-car grid. He was 20th fastest in Andretti Autosport's No. 11 entry. E.J. Viso posted his best speed this month (224.419 mph), good enough for sixth. "The last few weeks have been really tough," said Viso, who starts 19th. "Now we have a fast and comfortable race setup. This is basically because of all the hard work of my mechanics and engineers.?After having a big crash last week, this is a great way to recover and hopefully we will have a great race on Sunday." Power ended the month with the top practice speed (227.646 mph) set on Sunday. Alex Tagliani was second a 227.513 mph with Castroneves third at 227.136 mph. Tracy to race for home team: Canadian Paul Tracy missed out on racing at Indy but will return to the Izod IndyCar Series on July 25 for the Honda Indy Edmonton street course race. Team Oh Canada announced Friday that he and fellow Canadian Alex Tagliani will be teammates for the event to be run at the City Centre Airport. Pit notes: Helio Castroneves' team won the Pit Stop Competition after Hideki Mutoh's car stalled in the final. …Wade Cunningham won the Firestone Freedom 100 Indy Lights Series race, leading a race-high 38 laps and passing Charlie Kimball with six laps left for the victory. James Hinchcliffe was third. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

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By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Franchitti, whose No. 10 Dallara/Honda will start on the outside of the front row in Sunday's 94th running, topped the one-hour session at 225.574 mph with Scott Dixon, who starts sixth, next at 225.159 mph. Pole-sitter and defending race winner Helio Castroneves was fifth-fastest (224.573), two spots below Team Penske teammate Will Power (224.993) but five higher than Ryan Briscoe (223.493). Temperatures reached the 90s during the morning practice, with no incidents reported. With similar conditions are forecast for Sunday, drivers came away feeling good having a solid weather baseline for setting up the car. "I don't know if the speeds (on Sunday) will be quite that high, but we might have to run that pace," Franchitti said. "A lot depends on the car keeping its balance and grip with the (changing) weather." The practice also gave drivers a chance to try out the push-to-pass button, which will make its Brickyard debut. The feature, which provides 18 seconds of extra horsepower, can be used 15 times during the race. Franchitti seemed to like it, though he probably won't need it as much as one of the race favorites. But he expects it to figure in down the stretch because that's when most drivers will save their allotment for. "You've got to know how to use it at the start and on restarts, but you want to save some for the end," he said. Most drivers remained consistent with their practice times, though some of the higher qualifiers were slower than expected in the heat. Graham Rahal, who will start seventh in Rahal Letterman Racing's No. 30 car, bottomed out the speed charts at 219.998 mph. In contrast, Tony Kanaan ended preparations on a high note after a wreck-filled weekend of qualifying that will see him start at the rear of the 33-car grid. He was 20th fastest in Andretti Autosport's No. 11 entry. E.J. Viso posted his best speed this month (224.419 mph), good enough for sixth. "The last few weeks have been really tough," said Viso, who starts 19th. "Now we have a fast and comfortable race setup. This is basically because of all the hard work of my mechanics and engineers.?After having a big crash last week, this is a great way to recover and hopefully we will have a great race on Sunday." Power ended the month with the top practice speed (227.646 mph) set on Sunday. Alex Tagliani was second a 227.513 mph with Castroneves third at 227.136 mph. Tracy to race for home team: Canadian Paul Tracy missed out on racing at Indy but will return to the Izod IndyCar Series on July 25 for the Honda Indy Edmonton street course race. Team Oh Canada announced Friday that he and fellow Canadian Alex Tagliani will be teammates for the event to be run at the City Centre Airport. Pit notes: Helio Castroneves' team won the Pit Stop Competition after Hideki Mutoh's car stalled in the final. …Wade Cunningham won the Firestone Freedom 100 Indy Lights Series race, leading a race-high 38 laps and passing Charlie Kimball with six laps left for the victory. James Hinchcliffe was third. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

one-hour session at 225.574 mph with scott dixon , who starts sixth , next at 225.159 mph . pole-sitter and defending race winner helio castroneves was fifth-fastest ( 224.573 , two spots below team penske teammate will power ( 224.993 ) but five higher than ryan briscoe ( 223.493 . temperatures reached the 90s during the morning practice , with no incidents reported . with similar conditions are forecast for sunday , drivers came away feeling good having a solid weather baseline for setting up the car . `` i do n't know if the

By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Franchitti, whose No. 10 Dallara/Honda will start on the outside of the front row in Sunday's 94th running, topped the one-hour session at 225.574 mph with Scott Dixon, who starts sixth, next at 225.159 mph. Pole-sitter and defending race winner Helio Castroneves was fifth-fastest (224.573), two spots below Team Penske teammate Will Power (224.993) but five higher than Ryan Briscoe (223.493). Temperatures reached the 90s during the morning practice, with no incidents reported. With similar conditions are forecast for Sunday, drivers came away feeling good having a solid weather baseline for setting up the car. "I don't know if the speeds (on Sunday) will be quite that high, but we might have to run that pace," Franchitti said. "A lot depends on the car keeping its balance and grip with the (changing) weather." The practice also gave drivers a chance to try out the push-to-pass button, which will make its Brickyard debut. The feature, which provides 18 seconds of extra horsepower, can be used 15 times during the race. Franchitti seemed to like it, though he probably won't need it as much as one of the race favorites. But he expects it to figure in down the stretch because that's when most drivers will save their allotment for. "You've got to know how to use it at the start and on restarts, but you want to save some for the end," he said. Most drivers remained consistent with their practice times, though some of the higher qualifiers were slower than expected in the heat. Graham Rahal, who will start seventh in Rahal Letterman Racing's No. 30 car, bottomed out the speed charts at 219.998 mph. In contrast, Tony Kanaan ended preparations on a high note after a wreck-filled weekend of qualifying that will see him start at the rear of the 33-car grid. He was 20th fastest in Andretti Autosport's No. 11 entry. E.J. Viso posted his best speed this month (224.419 mph), good enough for sixth. "The last few weeks have been really tough," said Viso, who starts 19th. "Now we have a fast and comfortable race setup. This is basically because of all the hard work of my mechanics and engineers.?After having a big crash last week, this is a great way to recover and hopefully we will have a great race on Sunday." Power ended the month with the top practice speed (227.646 mph) set on Sunday. Alex Tagliani was second a 227.513 mph with Castroneves third at 227.136 mph. Tracy to race for home team: Canadian Paul Tracy missed out on racing at Indy but will return to the Izod IndyCar Series on July 25 for the Honda Indy Edmonton street course race. Team Oh Canada announced Friday that he and fellow Canadian Alex Tagliani will be teammates for the event to be run at the City Centre Airport. Pit notes: Helio Castroneves' team won the Pit Stop Competition after Hideki Mutoh's car stalled in the final. …Wade Cunningham won the Firestone Freedom 100 Indy Lights Series race, leading a race-high 38 laps and passing Charlie Kimball with six laps left for the victory. James Hinchcliffe was third. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

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By Gary Graves, USA TODAY Franchitti, whose No. 10 Dallara/Honda will start on the outside of the front row in Sunday's 94th running, topped the one-hour session at 225.574 mph with Scott Dixon, who starts sixth, next at 225.159 mph. Pole-sitter and defending race winner Helio Castroneves was fifth-fastest (224.573), two spots below Team Penske teammate Will Power (224.993) but five higher than Ryan Briscoe (223.493). Temperatures reached the 90s during the morning practice, with no incidents reported. With similar conditions are forecast for Sunday, drivers came away feeling good having a solid weather baseline for setting up the car. "I don't know if the speeds (on Sunday) will be quite that high, but we might have to run that pace," Franchitti said. "A lot depends on the car keeping its balance and grip with the (changing) weather." The practice also gave drivers a chance to try out the push-to-pass button, which will make its Brickyard debut. The feature, which provides 18 seconds of extra horsepower, can be used 15 times during the race. Franchitti seemed to like it, though he probably won't need it as much as one of the race favorites. But he expects it to figure in down the stretch because that's when most drivers will save their allotment for. "You've got to know how to use it at the start and on restarts, but you want to save some for the end," he said. Most drivers remained consistent with their practice times, though some of the higher qualifiers were slower than expected in the heat. Graham Rahal, who will start seventh in Rahal Letterman Racing's No. 30 car, bottomed out the speed charts at 219.998 mph. In contrast, Tony Kanaan ended preparations on a high note after a wreck-filled weekend of qualifying that will see him start at the rear of the 33-car grid. He was 20th fastest in Andretti Autosport's No. 11 entry. E.J. Viso posted his best speed this month (224.419 mph), good enough for sixth. "The last few weeks have been really tough," said Viso, who starts 19th. "Now we have a fast and comfortable race setup. This is basically because of all the hard work of my mechanics and engineers.?After having a big crash last week, this is a great way to recover and hopefully we will have a great race on Sunday." Power ended the month with the top practice speed (227.646 mph) set on Sunday. Alex Tagliani was second a 227.513 mph with Castroneves third at 227.136 mph. Tracy to race for home team: Canadian Paul Tracy missed out on racing at Indy but will return to the Izod IndyCar Series on July 25 for the Honda Indy Edmonton street course race. Team Oh Canada announced Friday that he and fellow Canadian Alex Tagliani will be teammates for the event to be run at the City Centre Airport. Pit notes: Helio Castroneves' team won the Pit Stop Competition after Hideki Mutoh's car stalled in the final. …Wade Cunningham won the Firestone Freedom 100 Indy Lights Series race, leading a race-high 38 laps and passing Charlie Kimball with six laps left for the victory. James Hinchcliffe was third. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.

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The tech giant was forced to discontinue the model after worldwide reports of exploding phones SAUMSUNG has announced it will scrap its Galaxy Note 7 model after worldwide reports of exploding phones, as thousands of frustrated owners wonder if they are entitled to a refund. Earlier today the company took the extraordinary step of asking owners of the £750 handset to immediately turn their phone off because of fears the device may catch fire. Customers have been left in the lurch by Samsung, who have so far declined to give details on whether they will be refunding customers. But consumer experts Which have reassured Galaxy 7 owners they will be covered as Samsung has admitted the fault. The South Korean tech giant had already said it would halt in sales and production of the model while it investigated reports of phones exploding. And a Samsung spokeswoman this morning confirmed the company "has permanently discontinued the production of Galaxy Note 7″, hours after billions of dollars were wiped off the tech firm's stock market value. For customers who have already shelled out hundreds of pounds on the device, worries will be less about Samsung's share price and more about their consumer rights. Last month the tech firm announced an "exchange programme" for customers in the UK and Ireland who had already purchased the phone, after reports of the device's lithium-ion battery catching fire. Offering the replacement handsets, Samsung said it was "fully confident the battery issue had been fully resolved". But there continued to be reports worldwide of exploding phones, terrifying owners. In the company's home country, South Korea, a Burger King diner had their meal interrupted when their replacement Galaxy Note 7 burst into flames in dramatic scenes later uploaded to YouTube. Airlines have also been warning travellers to switch off their phones while flying. Hopes of a straightforward product recall for UK consumers appeared to be dashed after Royal Mail and ParcelForce refused to ship the device, even if they are being returned to Samsung. Samsung's spokeswoman this morning was unable to confirm what plans were in place for reimbursing customers affected by the exploding phone debacle. But according to consumer rights experts at Which.co.uk, customers who bought the Galaxy Note 7 should be entitled to a refund, because Samsung has recognised an issue with the model. Those who have pre-ordered the handset from a UK retailer are able to cancel the order and get a refund at any time up to 14 days after the phone is delivered. In a statement this morning, Samsung advised Galaxy Note 7 owners to "power down and stop using the device and take advantage of the remedies available". Any owners concerned about their phone should phone Samsung on 0330 726 7864. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368

The tech giant was forced to discontinue the model after worldwide reports of exploding phones SAUMSUNG has announced it will scrap its Galaxy Note 7 model after worldwide reports of exploding phones , as thousands of frustrated owners wonder if they are entitled to a refund . Earlier today the company took the extraordinary step of asking owners of the £ 750 handset to immediately turn their phone off because of fears the device may catch fire . Customers have been left in the lurch by Samsung , who have so far declined to give details on whether they will be refunding customers .

The tech giant was forced to discontinue the model after worldwide reports of exploding phones SAUMSUNG has announced it will scrap its Galaxy Note 7 model after worldwide reports of exploding phones, as thousands of frustrated owners wonder if they are entitled to a refund. Earlier today the company took the extraordinary step of asking owners of the £750 handset to immediately turn their phone off because of fears the device may catch fire. Customers have been left in the lurch by Samsung, who have so far declined to give details on whether they will be refunding customers. But consumer experts Which have reassured Galaxy 7 owners they will be covered as Samsung has admitted the fault. The South Korean tech giant had already said it would halt in sales and production of the model while it investigated reports of phones exploding. And a Samsung spokeswoman this morning confirmed the company "has permanently discontinued the production of Galaxy Note 7″, hours after billions of dollars were wiped off the tech firm's stock market value. For customers who have already shelled out hundreds of pounds on the device, worries will be less about Samsung's share price and more about their consumer rights. Last month the tech firm announced an "exchange programme" for customers in the UK and Ireland who had already purchased the phone, after reports of the device's lithium-ion battery catching fire. Offering the replacement handsets, Samsung said it was "fully confident the battery issue had been fully resolved". But there continued to be reports worldwide of exploding phones, terrifying owners. In the company's home country, South Korea, a Burger King diner had their meal interrupted when their replacement Galaxy Note 7 burst into flames in dramatic scenes later uploaded to YouTube. Airlines have also been warning travellers to switch off their phones while flying. Hopes of a straightforward product recall for UK consumers appeared to be dashed after Royal Mail and ParcelForce refused to ship the device, even if they are being returned to Samsung. Samsung's spokeswoman this morning was unable to confirm what plans were in place for reimbursing customers affected by the exploding phone debacle. But according to consumer rights experts at Which.co.uk, customers who bought the Galaxy Note 7 should be entitled to a refund, because Samsung has recognised an issue with the model. Those who have pre-ordered the handset from a UK retailer are able to cancel the order and get a refund at any time up to 14 days after the phone is delivered. In a statement this morning, Samsung advised Galaxy Note 7 owners to "power down and stop using the device and take advantage of the remedies available". Any owners concerned about their phone should phone Samsung on 0330 726 7864. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368

SAUMSUNG has announced it will scrap its Galaxy Note 7 model after worldwide reports of exploding phones , as thousands of frustrated owners wonder if they are entitled to a refund . Earlier today

The tech giant was forced to discontinue the model after worldwide reports of exploding phones SAUMSUNG has announced it will scrap its Galaxy Note 7 model after worldwide reports of exploding phones, as thousands of frustrated owners wonder if they are entitled to a refund. Earlier today the company took the extraordinary step of asking owners of the £750 handset to immediately turn their phone off because of fears the device may catch fire. Customers have been left in the lurch by Samsung, who have so far declined to give details on whether they will be refunding customers. But consumer experts Which have reassured Galaxy 7 owners they will be covered as Samsung has admitted the fault. The South Korean tech giant had already said it would halt in sales and production of the model while it investigated reports of phones exploding. And a Samsung spokeswoman this morning confirmed the company "has permanently discontinued the production of Galaxy Note 7″, hours after billions of dollars were wiped off the tech firm's stock market value. For customers who have already shelled out hundreds of pounds on the device, worries will be less about Samsung's share price and more about their consumer rights. Last month the tech firm announced an "exchange programme" for customers in the UK and Ireland who had already purchased the phone, after reports of the device's lithium-ion battery catching fire. Offering the replacement handsets, Samsung said it was "fully confident the battery issue had been fully resolved". But there continued to be reports worldwide of exploding phones, terrifying owners. In the company's home country, South Korea, a Burger King diner had their meal interrupted when their replacement Galaxy Note 7 burst into flames in dramatic scenes later uploaded to YouTube. Airlines have also been warning travellers to switch off their phones while flying. Hopes of a straightforward product recall for UK consumers appeared to be dashed after Royal Mail and ParcelForce refused to ship the device, even if they are being returned to Samsung. Samsung's spokeswoman this morning was unable to confirm what plans were in place for reimbursing customers affected by the exploding phone debacle. But according to consumer rights experts at Which.co.uk, customers who bought the Galaxy Note 7 should be entitled to a refund, because Samsung has recognised an issue with the model. Those who have pre-ordered the handset from a UK retailer are able to cancel the order and get a refund at any time up to 14 days after the phone is delivered. In a statement this morning, Samsung advised Galaxy Note 7 owners to "power down and stop using the device and take advantage of the remedies available". Any owners concerned about their phone should phone Samsung on 0330 726 7864. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368

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The tech giant was forced to discontinue the model after worldwide reports of exploding phones SAUMSUNG has announced it will scrap its Galaxy Note 7 model after worldwide reports of exploding phones, as thousands of frustrated owners wonder if they are entitled to a refund. Earlier today the company took the extraordinary step of asking owners of the £750 handset to immediately turn their phone off because of fears the device may catch fire. Customers have been left in the lurch by Samsung, who have so far declined to give details on whether they will be refunding customers. But consumer experts Which have reassured Galaxy 7 owners they will be covered as Samsung has admitted the fault. The South Korean tech giant had already said it would halt in sales and production of the model while it investigated reports of phones exploding. And a Samsung spokeswoman this morning confirmed the company "has permanently discontinued the production of Galaxy Note 7″, hours after billions of dollars were wiped off the tech firm's stock market value. For customers who have already shelled out hundreds of pounds on the device, worries will be less about Samsung's share price and more about their consumer rights. Last month the tech firm announced an "exchange programme" for customers in the UK and Ireland who had already purchased the phone, after reports of the device's lithium-ion battery catching fire. Offering the replacement handsets, Samsung said it was "fully confident the battery issue had been fully resolved". But there continued to be reports worldwide of exploding phones, terrifying owners. In the company's home country, South Korea, a Burger King diner had their meal interrupted when their replacement Galaxy Note 7 burst into flames in dramatic scenes later uploaded to YouTube. Airlines have also been warning travellers to switch off their phones while flying. Hopes of a straightforward product recall for UK consumers appeared to be dashed after Royal Mail and ParcelForce refused to ship the device, even if they are being returned to Samsung. Samsung's spokeswoman this morning was unable to confirm what plans were in place for reimbursing customers affected by the exploding phone debacle. But according to consumer rights experts at Which.co.uk, customers who bought the Galaxy Note 7 should be entitled to a refund, because Samsung has recognised an issue with the model. Those who have pre-ordered the handset from a UK retailer are able to cancel the order and get a refund at any time up to 14 days after the phone is delivered. In a statement this morning, Samsung advised Galaxy Note 7 owners to "power down and stop using the device and take advantage of the remedies available". Any owners concerned about their phone should phone Samsung on 0330 726 7864. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368

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The tech giant was forced to discontinue the model after worldwide reports of exploding phones SAUMSUNG has announced it will scrap its Galaxy Note 7 model after worldwide reports of exploding phones, as thousands of frustrated owners wonder if they are entitled to a refund. Earlier today the company took the extraordinary step of asking owners of the £750 handset to immediately turn their phone off because of fears the device may catch fire. Customers have been left in the lurch by Samsung, who have so far declined to give details on whether they will be refunding customers. But consumer experts Which have reassured Galaxy 7 owners they will be covered as Samsung has admitted the fault. The South Korean tech giant had already said it would halt in sales and production of the model while it investigated reports of phones exploding. And a Samsung spokeswoman this morning confirmed the company "has permanently discontinued the production of Galaxy Note 7″, hours after billions of dollars were wiped off the tech firm's stock market value. For customers who have already shelled out hundreds of pounds on the device, worries will be less about Samsung's share price and more about their consumer rights. Last month the tech firm announced an "exchange programme" for customers in the UK and Ireland who had already purchased the phone, after reports of the device's lithium-ion battery catching fire. Offering the replacement handsets, Samsung said it was "fully confident the battery issue had been fully resolved". But there continued to be reports worldwide of exploding phones, terrifying owners. In the company's home country, South Korea, a Burger King diner had their meal interrupted when their replacement Galaxy Note 7 burst into flames in dramatic scenes later uploaded to YouTube. Airlines have also been warning travellers to switch off their phones while flying. Hopes of a straightforward product recall for UK consumers appeared to be dashed after Royal Mail and ParcelForce refused to ship the device, even if they are being returned to Samsung. Samsung's spokeswoman this morning was unable to confirm what plans were in place for reimbursing customers affected by the exploding phone debacle. But according to consumer rights experts at Which.co.uk, customers who bought the Galaxy Note 7 should be entitled to a refund, because Samsung has recognised an issue with the model. Those who have pre-ordered the handset from a UK retailer are able to cancel the order and get a refund at any time up to 14 days after the phone is delivered. In a statement this morning, Samsung advised Galaxy Note 7 owners to "power down and stop using the device and take advantage of the remedies available". Any owners concerned about their phone should phone Samsung on 0330 726 7864. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368

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The tech giant was forced to discontinue the model after worldwide reports of exploding phones SAUMSUNG has announced it will scrap its Galaxy Note 7 model after worldwide reports of exploding phones, as thousands of frustrated owners wonder if they are entitled to a refund. Earlier today the company took the extraordinary step of asking owners of the £750 handset to immediately turn their phone off because of fears the device may catch fire. Customers have been left in the lurch by Samsung, who have so far declined to give details on whether they will be refunding customers. But consumer experts Which have reassured Galaxy 7 owners they will be covered as Samsung has admitted the fault. The South Korean tech giant had already said it would halt in sales and production of the model while it investigated reports of phones exploding. And a Samsung spokeswoman this morning confirmed the company "has permanently discontinued the production of Galaxy Note 7″, hours after billions of dollars were wiped off the tech firm's stock market value. For customers who have already shelled out hundreds of pounds on the device, worries will be less about Samsung's share price and more about their consumer rights. Last month the tech firm announced an "exchange programme" for customers in the UK and Ireland who had already purchased the phone, after reports of the device's lithium-ion battery catching fire. Offering the replacement handsets, Samsung said it was "fully confident the battery issue had been fully resolved". But there continued to be reports worldwide of exploding phones, terrifying owners. In the company's home country, South Korea, a Burger King diner had their meal interrupted when their replacement Galaxy Note 7 burst into flames in dramatic scenes later uploaded to YouTube. Airlines have also been warning travellers to switch off their phones while flying. Hopes of a straightforward product recall for UK consumers appeared to be dashed after Royal Mail and ParcelForce refused to ship the device, even if they are being returned to Samsung. Samsung's spokeswoman this morning was unable to confirm what plans were in place for reimbursing customers affected by the exploding phone debacle. But according to consumer rights experts at Which.co.uk, customers who bought the Galaxy Note 7 should be entitled to a refund, because Samsung has recognised an issue with the model. Those who have pre-ordered the handset from a UK retailer are able to cancel the order and get a refund at any time up to 14 days after the phone is delivered. In a statement this morning, Samsung advised Galaxy Note 7 owners to "power down and stop using the device and take advantage of the remedies available". Any owners concerned about their phone should phone Samsung on 0330 726 7864. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368

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The tech giant was forced to discontinue the model after worldwide reports of exploding phones SAUMSUNG has announced it will scrap its Galaxy Note 7 model after worldwide reports of exploding phones, as thousands of frustrated owners wonder if they are entitled to a refund. Earlier today the company took the extraordinary step of asking owners of the £750 handset to immediately turn their phone off because of fears the device may catch fire. Customers have been left in the lurch by Samsung, who have so far declined to give details on whether they will be refunding customers. But consumer experts Which have reassured Galaxy 7 owners they will be covered as Samsung has admitted the fault. The South Korean tech giant had already said it would halt in sales and production of the model while it investigated reports of phones exploding. And a Samsung spokeswoman this morning confirmed the company "has permanently discontinued the production of Galaxy Note 7″, hours after billions of dollars were wiped off the tech firm's stock market value. For customers who have already shelled out hundreds of pounds on the device, worries will be less about Samsung's share price and more about their consumer rights. Last month the tech firm announced an "exchange programme" for customers in the UK and Ireland who had already purchased the phone, after reports of the device's lithium-ion battery catching fire. Offering the replacement handsets, Samsung said it was "fully confident the battery issue had been fully resolved". But there continued to be reports worldwide of exploding phones, terrifying owners. In the company's home country, South Korea, a Burger King diner had their meal interrupted when their replacement Galaxy Note 7 burst into flames in dramatic scenes later uploaded to YouTube. Airlines have also been warning travellers to switch off their phones while flying. Hopes of a straightforward product recall for UK consumers appeared to be dashed after Royal Mail and ParcelForce refused to ship the device, even if they are being returned to Samsung. Samsung's spokeswoman this morning was unable to confirm what plans were in place for reimbursing customers affected by the exploding phone debacle. But according to consumer rights experts at Which.co.uk, customers who bought the Galaxy Note 7 should be entitled to a refund, because Samsung has recognised an issue with the model. Those who have pre-ordered the handset from a UK retailer are able to cancel the order and get a refund at any time up to 14 days after the phone is delivered. In a statement this morning, Samsung advised Galaxy Note 7 owners to "power down and stop using the device and take advantage of the remedies available". Any owners concerned about their phone should phone Samsung on 0330 726 7864. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368

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In a Facebook post on Sunday, 'ino announced that it had closed. When the shoebox-shaped and nearly shoebox-size panini shop opened on Bedford Street 15 years ago, there was nothing quite like it in New York, a restaurant that kept things simple and kept prices low, serving flavorful food in a room that was just adorable enough that you could decide, midmeal, that maybe the two of you squeezed into the counter were there on a date, and not just grabbing a bite. You have to fire up the Wayback Machine to better understand how 'ino helped change how this city eats. Fifteen years ago, New York was a bistro town. There was the old guard: Blue Ribbon, Le Gamin, Jules, Lucky Strike, Raoul's and a dozen others. Then in 1997, a newcomer opened in SoHo named Balthazar, which raised the stakes with its set direction and unlisted reservation line. Balthazar was white-hot: it had perfectly distressed mirrors, fresh and crusty bread, and although it was impossible to get a table unless you knew somebody who knew somebody, you could always go at midnight and eat at the bar. Soon, New York was lousy with bistros. It was a good era if you wanted a kir, steak frites, escargot, frisée lardon, profiteroles. Authenticity, or some version of it, was the point. Everybody was pressing butter into little ramekins to be served at room temperature, changing the paper covering the tablecloths before serving dessert. Honestly, it was really fun. The restaurants were lively, intimate, sexy. So what if you could recite the menu before you set foot in the door? But if you were a young chef with a measure of vision and creativity, you were stuck either making onion soup and beet salad with goat cheese. Or you worked on the line executing the vision and creativity of an older chef in Midtown or TriBeCa. Prune hadn't yet opened. Neither had Diner. Brooklyn didn't have much of a food scene outside the restaurant row on Smith Street, which was anchored by Patois, a bistro. If you went to Williamsburg, it was to go to a party or to go dancing, not to eat. This was the landscape when Jason and Jennifer Denton opened 'ino on a quiet street in the West Village. The kitchen in the back was the size of a D.J. booth and used the technology of induction burners, which was novel at the time: it was a paninoteca that looked as if it belonged in New York rather than being shipped, tile by mirrored tile, from Milan. The culinary vocabulary was Italian, but it wasn't sepia-toned and sentimental. Instead, there was a focus on ingredients at a time when, in New York at least, few people cared. It had simple food done well, and sometimes you encountered flavors that weren't lifted out of the songbook. I still have a 13-year-old memory of sharing a shredded duck sandwich with sweet relish, a combination that is about as authentically Italian as a functioning parliament. You could go to 'ino to get something familiar (prosciutto and cheese will never get old), but you could also try something new. 'Ino was a casual joint with integrity, an easygoing place where you could eat well as long as you didn't mind the wait. Today, we take this combination for granted, and expect all kitchens to put some effort into sourcing and display a little creativity no matter how limited the resources. That we do owes a little bit to 'ino.

In a Facebook post on Sunday , ' ino announced that it had closed . When the shoebox - shaped and nearly shoebox - size panini shop opened on Bedford Street 15 years ago , there was nothing quite like it in New York , a restaurant that kept things simple and kept prices low , serving flavorful food in a room that was just adorable enough that you could decide , midmeal , that maybe the two of you squeezed into the counter were there on a date , and not just grabbing a bite . You have to fire up the Wayback Machine to better understand how ' ino helped change how this city eats .

In a Facebook post on Sunday, 'ino announced that it had closed. When the shoebox-shaped and nearly shoebox-size panini shop opened on Bedford Street 15 years ago, there was nothing quite like it in New York, a restaurant that kept things simple and kept prices low, serving flavorful food in a room that was just adorable enough that you could decide, midmeal, that maybe the two of you squeezed into the counter were there on a date, and not just grabbing a bite. You have to fire up the Wayback Machine to better understand how 'ino helped change how this city eats. Fifteen years ago, New York was a bistro town. There was the old guard: Blue Ribbon, Le Gamin, Jules, Lucky Strike, Raoul's and a dozen others. Then in 1997, a newcomer opened in SoHo named Balthazar, which raised the stakes with its set direction and unlisted reservation line. Balthazar was white-hot: it had perfectly distressed mirrors, fresh and crusty bread, and although it was impossible to get a table unless you knew somebody who knew somebody, you could always go at midnight and eat at the bar. Soon, New York was lousy with bistros. It was a good era if you wanted a kir, steak frites, escargot, frisée lardon, profiteroles. Authenticity, or some version of it, was the point. Everybody was pressing butter into little ramekins to be served at room temperature, changing the paper covering the tablecloths before serving dessert. Honestly, it was really fun. The restaurants were lively, intimate, sexy. So what if you could recite the menu before you set foot in the door? But if you were a young chef with a measure of vision and creativity, you were stuck either making onion soup and beet salad with goat cheese. Or you worked on the line executing the vision and creativity of an older chef in Midtown or TriBeCa. Prune hadn't yet opened. Neither had Diner. Brooklyn didn't have much of a food scene outside the restaurant row on Smith Street, which was anchored by Patois, a bistro. If you went to Williamsburg, it was to go to a party or to go dancing, not to eat. This was the landscape when Jason and Jennifer Denton opened 'ino on a quiet street in the West Village. The kitchen in the back was the size of a D.J. booth and used the technology of induction burners, which was novel at the time: it was a paninoteca that looked as if it belonged in New York rather than being shipped, tile by mirrored tile, from Milan. The culinary vocabulary was Italian, but it wasn't sepia-toned and sentimental. Instead, there was a focus on ingredients at a time when, in New York at least, few people cared. It had simple food done well, and sometimes you encountered flavors that weren't lifted out of the songbook. I still have a 13-year-old memory of sharing a shredded duck sandwich with sweet relish, a combination that is about as authentically Italian as a functioning parliament. You could go to 'ino to get something familiar (prosciutto and cheese will never get old), but you could also try something new. 'Ino was a casual joint with integrity, an easygoing place where you could eat well as long as you didn't mind the wait. Today, we take this combination for granted, and expect all kitchens to put some effort into sourcing and display a little creativity no matter how limited the resources. That we do owes a little bit to 'ino.

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In a Facebook post on Sunday, 'ino announced that it had closed. When the shoebox-shaped and nearly shoebox-size panini shop opened on Bedford Street 15 years ago, there was nothing quite like it in New York, a restaurant that kept things simple and kept prices low, serving flavorful food in a room that was just adorable enough that you could decide, midmeal, that maybe the two of you squeezed into the counter were there on a date, and not just grabbing a bite. You have to fire up the Wayback Machine to better understand how 'ino helped change how this city eats. Fifteen years ago, New York was a bistro town. There was the old guard: Blue Ribbon, Le Gamin, Jules, Lucky Strike, Raoul's and a dozen others. Then in 1997, a newcomer opened in SoHo named Balthazar, which raised the stakes with its set direction and unlisted reservation line. Balthazar was white-hot: it had perfectly distressed mirrors, fresh and crusty bread, and although it was impossible to get a table unless you knew somebody who knew somebody, you could always go at midnight and eat at the bar. Soon, New York was lousy with bistros. It was a good era if you wanted a kir, steak frites, escargot, frisée lardon, profiteroles. Authenticity, or some version of it, was the point. Everybody was pressing butter into little ramekins to be served at room temperature, changing the paper covering the tablecloths before serving dessert. Honestly, it was really fun. The restaurants were lively, intimate, sexy. So what if you could recite the menu before you set foot in the door? But if you were a young chef with a measure of vision and creativity, you were stuck either making onion soup and beet salad with goat cheese. Or you worked on the line executing the vision and creativity of an older chef in Midtown or TriBeCa. Prune hadn't yet opened. Neither had Diner. Brooklyn didn't have much of a food scene outside the restaurant row on Smith Street, which was anchored by Patois, a bistro. If you went to Williamsburg, it was to go to a party or to go dancing, not to eat. This was the landscape when Jason and Jennifer Denton opened 'ino on a quiet street in the West Village. The kitchen in the back was the size of a D.J. booth and used the technology of induction burners, which was novel at the time: it was a paninoteca that looked as if it belonged in New York rather than being shipped, tile by mirrored tile, from Milan. The culinary vocabulary was Italian, but it wasn't sepia-toned and sentimental. Instead, there was a focus on ingredients at a time when, in New York at least, few people cared. It had simple food done well, and sometimes you encountered flavors that weren't lifted out of the songbook. I still have a 13-year-old memory of sharing a shredded duck sandwich with sweet relish, a combination that is about as authentically Italian as a functioning parliament. You could go to 'ino to get something familiar (prosciutto and cheese will never get old), but you could also try something new. 'Ino was a casual joint with integrity, an easygoing place where you could eat well as long as you didn't mind the wait. Today, we take this combination for granted, and expect all kitchens to put some effort into sourcing and display a little creativity no matter how limited the resources. That we do owes a little bit to 'ino.

When the shoebox - shaped and nearly shoebox - size panini shop opened on Bedford Street 15 years ago , there was nothing quite like it in New York , a restaurant that kept things simple and kept prices low , serving flavorful food in a room that was just adorable enough that you could decide , midmeal , that maybe the two of you squeezed into the counter were there on a date , and not just grabbing a bite .

In a Facebook post on Sunday, 'ino announced that it had closed. When the shoebox-shaped and nearly shoebox-size panini shop opened on Bedford Street 15 years ago, there was nothing quite like it in New York, a restaurant that kept things simple and kept prices low, serving flavorful food in a room that was just adorable enough that you could decide, midmeal, that maybe the two of you squeezed into the counter were there on a date, and not just grabbing a bite. You have to fire up the Wayback Machine to better understand how 'ino helped change how this city eats. Fifteen years ago, New York was a bistro town. There was the old guard: Blue Ribbon, Le Gamin, Jules, Lucky Strike, Raoul's and a dozen others. Then in 1997, a newcomer opened in SoHo named Balthazar, which raised the stakes with its set direction and unlisted reservation line. Balthazar was white-hot: it had perfectly distressed mirrors, fresh and crusty bread, and although it was impossible to get a table unless you knew somebody who knew somebody, you could always go at midnight and eat at the bar. Soon, New York was lousy with bistros. It was a good era if you wanted a kir, steak frites, escargot, frisée lardon, profiteroles. Authenticity, or some version of it, was the point. Everybody was pressing butter into little ramekins to be served at room temperature, changing the paper covering the tablecloths before serving dessert. Honestly, it was really fun. The restaurants were lively, intimate, sexy. So what if you could recite the menu before you set foot in the door? But if you were a young chef with a measure of vision and creativity, you were stuck either making onion soup and beet salad with goat cheese. Or you worked on the line executing the vision and creativity of an older chef in Midtown or TriBeCa. Prune hadn't yet opened. Neither had Diner. Brooklyn didn't have much of a food scene outside the restaurant row on Smith Street, which was anchored by Patois, a bistro. If you went to Williamsburg, it was to go to a party or to go dancing, not to eat. This was the landscape when Jason and Jennifer Denton opened 'ino on a quiet street in the West Village. The kitchen in the back was the size of a D.J. booth and used the technology of induction burners, which was novel at the time: it was a paninoteca that looked as if it belonged in New York rather than being shipped, tile by mirrored tile, from Milan. The culinary vocabulary was Italian, but it wasn't sepia-toned and sentimental. Instead, there was a focus on ingredients at a time when, in New York at least, few people cared. It had simple food done well, and sometimes you encountered flavors that weren't lifted out of the songbook. I still have a 13-year-old memory of sharing a shredded duck sandwich with sweet relish, a combination that is about as authentically Italian as a functioning parliament. You could go to 'ino to get something familiar (prosciutto and cheese will never get old), but you could also try something new. 'Ino was a casual joint with integrity, an easygoing place where you could eat well as long as you didn't mind the wait. Today, we take this combination for granted, and expect all kitchens to put some effort into sourcing and display a little creativity no matter how limited the resources. That we do owes a little bit to 'ino.

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In a Facebook post on Sunday, 'ino announced that it had closed. When the shoebox-shaped and nearly shoebox-size panini shop opened on Bedford Street 15 years ago, there was nothing quite like it in New York, a restaurant that kept things simple and kept prices low, serving flavorful food in a room that was just adorable enough that you could decide, midmeal, that maybe the two of you squeezed into the counter were there on a date, and not just grabbing a bite. You have to fire up the Wayback Machine to better understand how 'ino helped change how this city eats. Fifteen years ago, New York was a bistro town. There was the old guard: Blue Ribbon, Le Gamin, Jules, Lucky Strike, Raoul's and a dozen others. Then in 1997, a newcomer opened in SoHo named Balthazar, which raised the stakes with its set direction and unlisted reservation line. Balthazar was white-hot: it had perfectly distressed mirrors, fresh and crusty bread, and although it was impossible to get a table unless you knew somebody who knew somebody, you could always go at midnight and eat at the bar. Soon, New York was lousy with bistros. It was a good era if you wanted a kir, steak frites, escargot, frisée lardon, profiteroles. Authenticity, or some version of it, was the point. Everybody was pressing butter into little ramekins to be served at room temperature, changing the paper covering the tablecloths before serving dessert. Honestly, it was really fun. The restaurants were lively, intimate, sexy. So what if you could recite the menu before you set foot in the door? But if you were a young chef with a measure of vision and creativity, you were stuck either making onion soup and beet salad with goat cheese. Or you worked on the line executing the vision and creativity of an older chef in Midtown or TriBeCa. Prune hadn't yet opened. Neither had Diner. Brooklyn didn't have much of a food scene outside the restaurant row on Smith Street, which was anchored by Patois, a bistro. If you went to Williamsburg, it was to go to a party or to go dancing, not to eat. This was the landscape when Jason and Jennifer Denton opened 'ino on a quiet street in the West Village. The kitchen in the back was the size of a D.J. booth and used the technology of induction burners, which was novel at the time: it was a paninoteca that looked as if it belonged in New York rather than being shipped, tile by mirrored tile, from Milan. The culinary vocabulary was Italian, but it wasn't sepia-toned and sentimental. Instead, there was a focus on ingredients at a time when, in New York at least, few people cared. It had simple food done well, and sometimes you encountered flavors that weren't lifted out of the songbook. I still have a 13-year-old memory of sharing a shredded duck sandwich with sweet relish, a combination that is about as authentically Italian as a functioning parliament. You could go to 'ino to get something familiar (prosciutto and cheese will never get old), but you could also try something new. 'Ino was a casual joint with integrity, an easygoing place where you could eat well as long as you didn't mind the wait. Today, we take this combination for granted, and expect all kitchens to put some effort into sourcing and display a little creativity no matter how limited the resources. That we do owes a little bit to 'ino.

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In a Facebook post on Sunday, 'ino announced that it had closed. When the shoebox-shaped and nearly shoebox-size panini shop opened on Bedford Street 15 years ago, there was nothing quite like it in New York, a restaurant that kept things simple and kept prices low, serving flavorful food in a room that was just adorable enough that you could decide, midmeal, that maybe the two of you squeezed into the counter were there on a date, and not just grabbing a bite. You have to fire up the Wayback Machine to better understand how 'ino helped change how this city eats. Fifteen years ago, New York was a bistro town. There was the old guard: Blue Ribbon, Le Gamin, Jules, Lucky Strike, Raoul's and a dozen others. Then in 1997, a newcomer opened in SoHo named Balthazar, which raised the stakes with its set direction and unlisted reservation line. Balthazar was white-hot: it had perfectly distressed mirrors, fresh and crusty bread, and although it was impossible to get a table unless you knew somebody who knew somebody, you could always go at midnight and eat at the bar. Soon, New York was lousy with bistros. It was a good era if you wanted a kir, steak frites, escargot, frisée lardon, profiteroles. Authenticity, or some version of it, was the point. Everybody was pressing butter into little ramekins to be served at room temperature, changing the paper covering the tablecloths before serving dessert. Honestly, it was really fun. The restaurants were lively, intimate, sexy. So what if you could recite the menu before you set foot in the door? But if you were a young chef with a measure of vision and creativity, you were stuck either making onion soup and beet salad with goat cheese. Or you worked on the line executing the vision and creativity of an older chef in Midtown or TriBeCa. Prune hadn't yet opened. Neither had Diner. Brooklyn didn't have much of a food scene outside the restaurant row on Smith Street, which was anchored by Patois, a bistro. If you went to Williamsburg, it was to go to a party or to go dancing, not to eat. This was the landscape when Jason and Jennifer Denton opened 'ino on a quiet street in the West Village. The kitchen in the back was the size of a D.J. booth and used the technology of induction burners, which was novel at the time: it was a paninoteca that looked as if it belonged in New York rather than being shipped, tile by mirrored tile, from Milan. The culinary vocabulary was Italian, but it wasn't sepia-toned and sentimental. Instead, there was a focus on ingredients at a time when, in New York at least, few people cared. It had simple food done well, and sometimes you encountered flavors that weren't lifted out of the songbook. I still have a 13-year-old memory of sharing a shredded duck sandwich with sweet relish, a combination that is about as authentically Italian as a functioning parliament. You could go to 'ino to get something familiar (prosciutto and cheese will never get old), but you could also try something new. 'Ino was a casual joint with integrity, an easygoing place where you could eat well as long as you didn't mind the wait. Today, we take this combination for granted, and expect all kitchens to put some effort into sourcing and display a little creativity no matter how limited the resources. That we do owes a little bit to 'ino.

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In a Facebook post on Sunday, 'ino announced that it had closed. When the shoebox-shaped and nearly shoebox-size panini shop opened on Bedford Street 15 years ago, there was nothing quite like it in New York, a restaurant that kept things simple and kept prices low, serving flavorful food in a room that was just adorable enough that you could decide, midmeal, that maybe the two of you squeezed into the counter were there on a date, and not just grabbing a bite. You have to fire up the Wayback Machine to better understand how 'ino helped change how this city eats. Fifteen years ago, New York was a bistro town. There was the old guard: Blue Ribbon, Le Gamin, Jules, Lucky Strike, Raoul's and a dozen others. Then in 1997, a newcomer opened in SoHo named Balthazar, which raised the stakes with its set direction and unlisted reservation line. Balthazar was white-hot: it had perfectly distressed mirrors, fresh and crusty bread, and although it was impossible to get a table unless you knew somebody who knew somebody, you could always go at midnight and eat at the bar. Soon, New York was lousy with bistros. It was a good era if you wanted a kir, steak frites, escargot, frisée lardon, profiteroles. Authenticity, or some version of it, was the point. Everybody was pressing butter into little ramekins to be served at room temperature, changing the paper covering the tablecloths before serving dessert. Honestly, it was really fun. The restaurants were lively, intimate, sexy. So what if you could recite the menu before you set foot in the door? But if you were a young chef with a measure of vision and creativity, you were stuck either making onion soup and beet salad with goat cheese. Or you worked on the line executing the vision and creativity of an older chef in Midtown or TriBeCa. Prune hadn't yet opened. Neither had Diner. Brooklyn didn't have much of a food scene outside the restaurant row on Smith Street, which was anchored by Patois, a bistro. If you went to Williamsburg, it was to go to a party or to go dancing, not to eat. This was the landscape when Jason and Jennifer Denton opened 'ino on a quiet street in the West Village. The kitchen in the back was the size of a D.J. booth and used the technology of induction burners, which was novel at the time: it was a paninoteca that looked as if it belonged in New York rather than being shipped, tile by mirrored tile, from Milan. The culinary vocabulary was Italian, but it wasn't sepia-toned and sentimental. Instead, there was a focus on ingredients at a time when, in New York at least, few people cared. It had simple food done well, and sometimes you encountered flavors that weren't lifted out of the songbook. I still have a 13-year-old memory of sharing a shredded duck sandwich with sweet relish, a combination that is about as authentically Italian as a functioning parliament. You could go to 'ino to get something familiar (prosciutto and cheese will never get old), but you could also try something new. 'Ino was a casual joint with integrity, an easygoing place where you could eat well as long as you didn't mind the wait. Today, we take this combination for granted, and expect all kitchens to put some effort into sourcing and display a little creativity no matter how limited the resources. That we do owes a little bit to 'ino.

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Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Terrance.(Don't have women on rights name) A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing his son. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly {08/16/04} in {Richmond}. {Adam Traum} / {SF CHRONICLE} MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De Teen guilty of murdering De La Salle star 2006-10-11 14:17:00 PDT MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa County jury today found 17-year-old Darren Pratcher guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 slaying of former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly on a Richmond street. The jury came to the decision after deliberating for more than a week in a trial that began Aug. 23. As the verdict was read this afternoon, Pratcher put both hands over eyes, cast his head down and shook it from side to side. His brother, Larry Pratcher Jr., was ejected from the court room after issuing a string of obscenities. Kelly's family nodded and clapped, and the victim's father, Landrin Kelly, hugged his wife. Muriel Pratcher, Pratcher's mother, cried when the verdict was announced, saying, "Oh my God." "It was a no-win situation," Bernice Moore, Pratcher's grandmother, said outside the courtroom. "I lost my grandson to prison, Mr. Kelly lost his son forever. We both lost. It's just a tragedy." During the trial, Pratcher's own attorney admitted that the young man fired the four rifle shots that killed Kelly on Aug. 12, 2004 -- two days before the football player was scheduled to move to the University of Oregon on a sports scholarship. But defense attorney Jonathan Laba argued that Pratcher killed Kelly in a case of mistaken identity. He said that the defendant feared for his life in an unrelated dispute and accidentally shot Kelly as the football player was waiting in a car to give his stepbrother, Brandon Young, a ride home from his girlfriend's house in Richmond's Iron Triangle District. Laba argued that Pratcher should be convicted of manslaughter because the death was "a tragic mistake." But prosecutor David Brown told jurors Kelly's death amounted to "cold-blooded murder," because Pratcher was determined to kill someone that night. Brown argued that Pratcher had the opportunity to notice that Kelly was in the car before grabbing the rifle, advancing on the Oldsmobile and opening fire. "It's totally unfair for them to say it was premeditated," said Pratcher's father, Larry Sr. "Terrance just came right up; it's impossible for it to be premeditated. It's totally unfair -- my son is not guilty of first degree murder." Pratcher was 15 years old when Kelly was killed and was tried as an adult in Contra Costa County Superior Court. He faces and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. Kelly died two days before he was to leave for the University of Oregon, where he had a football scholarship and was expected top play safety. His death stunned his hometown of Richmond as well as students, former players and fans at De La Salle in Concord. Kelly had been named the most valuable player the previous season at De La Salle, where he played linebacker and running back on a team that didn't lose a game in his four years there. Police arrested Pratcher, whose older brother, Larry Jr., had played youth basketball with Kelly, five days after the killing. Several witnesses placed Pratcher at the crime scene with the rifle, and at least two told investigators they saw him fire into Kelly's car. Brown offered no motive for the crime but said Pratcher told a friend: "I had to do what I had to do."

Jim Herron Zamora , Chronicle Staff Writer Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly , Wednesday Oct. 11 , 2006 , in Martinez , Ca . A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11 , 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly , at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez , Ca . was charged as an adult for killing Kelly .

Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Terrance.(Don't have women on rights name) A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing his son. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly {08/16/04} in {Richmond}. {Adam Traum} / {SF CHRONICLE} MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De Teen guilty of murdering De La Salle star 2006-10-11 14:17:00 PDT MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa County jury today found 17-year-old Darren Pratcher guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 slaying of former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly on a Richmond street. The jury came to the decision after deliberating for more than a week in a trial that began Aug. 23. As the verdict was read this afternoon, Pratcher put both hands over eyes, cast his head down and shook it from side to side. His brother, Larry Pratcher Jr., was ejected from the court room after issuing a string of obscenities. Kelly's family nodded and clapped, and the victim's father, Landrin Kelly, hugged his wife. Muriel Pratcher, Pratcher's mother, cried when the verdict was announced, saying, "Oh my God." "It was a no-win situation," Bernice Moore, Pratcher's grandmother, said outside the courtroom. "I lost my grandson to prison, Mr. Kelly lost his son forever. We both lost. It's just a tragedy." During the trial, Pratcher's own attorney admitted that the young man fired the four rifle shots that killed Kelly on Aug. 12, 2004 -- two days before the football player was scheduled to move to the University of Oregon on a sports scholarship. But defense attorney Jonathan Laba argued that Pratcher killed Kelly in a case of mistaken identity. He said that the defendant feared for his life in an unrelated dispute and accidentally shot Kelly as the football player was waiting in a car to give his stepbrother, Brandon Young, a ride home from his girlfriend's house in Richmond's Iron Triangle District. Laba argued that Pratcher should be convicted of manslaughter because the death was "a tragic mistake." But prosecutor David Brown told jurors Kelly's death amounted to "cold-blooded murder," because Pratcher was determined to kill someone that night. Brown argued that Pratcher had the opportunity to notice that Kelly was in the car before grabbing the rifle, advancing on the Oldsmobile and opening fire. "It's totally unfair for them to say it was premeditated," said Pratcher's father, Larry Sr. "Terrance just came right up; it's impossible for it to be premeditated. It's totally unfair -- my son is not guilty of first degree murder." Pratcher was 15 years old when Kelly was killed and was tried as an adult in Contra Costa County Superior Court. He faces and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. Kelly died two days before he was to leave for the University of Oregon, where he had a football scholarship and was expected top play safety. His death stunned his hometown of Richmond as well as students, former players and fans at De La Salle in Concord. Kelly had been named the most valuable player the previous season at De La Salle, where he played linebacker and running back on a team that didn't lose a game in his four years there. Police arrested Pratcher, whose older brother, Larry Jr., had played youth basketball with Kelly, five days after the killing. Several witnesses placed Pratcher at the crime scene with the rifle, and at least two told investigators they saw him fire into Kelly's car. Brown offered no motive for the crime but said Pratcher told a friend: "I had to do what I had to do."

A Contra Costa County jury today found 17-year - old Darren Pratcher guilty of first - degree murder in the 2004 slaying of former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly on a Richmond street . During the trial , Pratcher 's own attorney admitted that the young man fired the four rifle shots that killed Kelly on Aug. 12 , 2004 -- two days before the football player was scheduled to move to the University of Oregon on a sports scholarship . defense attorney Jonathan Laba argued that Pratcher killed Kelly in a case of mistaken identity . Kelly had been named the most valuable player the previous season at De La Salle , where he played linebacker and running back on a team that did n't lose a game in his four years there . Several witnesses placed Pratcher at the crime scene with the rifle , and at least two told investigators they saw him fire into Kelly 's car .

Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Terrance.(Don't have women on rights name) A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing his son. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly {08/16/04} in {Richmond}. {Adam Traum} / {SF CHRONICLE} MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De Teen guilty of murdering De La Salle star 2006-10-11 14:17:00 PDT MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa County jury today found 17-year-old Darren Pratcher guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 slaying of former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly on a Richmond street. The jury came to the decision after deliberating for more than a week in a trial that began Aug. 23. As the verdict was read this afternoon, Pratcher put both hands over eyes, cast his head down and shook it from side to side. His brother, Larry Pratcher Jr., was ejected from the court room after issuing a string of obscenities. Kelly's family nodded and clapped, and the victim's father, Landrin Kelly, hugged his wife. Muriel Pratcher, Pratcher's mother, cried when the verdict was announced, saying, "Oh my God." "It was a no-win situation," Bernice Moore, Pratcher's grandmother, said outside the courtroom. "I lost my grandson to prison, Mr. Kelly lost his son forever. We both lost. It's just a tragedy." During the trial, Pratcher's own attorney admitted that the young man fired the four rifle shots that killed Kelly on Aug. 12, 2004 -- two days before the football player was scheduled to move to the University of Oregon on a sports scholarship. But defense attorney Jonathan Laba argued that Pratcher killed Kelly in a case of mistaken identity. He said that the defendant feared for his life in an unrelated dispute and accidentally shot Kelly as the football player was waiting in a car to give his stepbrother, Brandon Young, a ride home from his girlfriend's house in Richmond's Iron Triangle District. Laba argued that Pratcher should be convicted of manslaughter because the death was "a tragic mistake." But prosecutor David Brown told jurors Kelly's death amounted to "cold-blooded murder," because Pratcher was determined to kill someone that night. Brown argued that Pratcher had the opportunity to notice that Kelly was in the car before grabbing the rifle, advancing on the Oldsmobile and opening fire. "It's totally unfair for them to say it was premeditated," said Pratcher's father, Larry Sr. "Terrance just came right up; it's impossible for it to be premeditated. It's totally unfair -- my son is not guilty of first degree murder." Pratcher was 15 years old when Kelly was killed and was tried as an adult in Contra Costa County Superior Court. He faces and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. Kelly died two days before he was to leave for the University of Oregon, where he had a football scholarship and was expected top play safety. His death stunned his hometown of Richmond as well as students, former players and fans at De La Salle in Concord. Kelly had been named the most valuable player the previous season at De La Salle, where he played linebacker and running back on a team that didn't lose a game in his four years there. Police arrested Pratcher, whose older brother, Larry Jr., had played youth basketball with Kelly, five days after the killing. Several witnesses placed Pratcher at the crime scene with the rifle, and at least two told investigators they saw him fire into Kelly's car. Brown offered no motive for the crime but said Pratcher told a friend: "I had to do what I had to do."

( Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle ) Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse , Wednesday Oct. 11 , 2006 , in Martinez , Ca , after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing Darren , 15 , suspect in Terrance Kelly murder .

Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Terrance.(Don't have women on rights name) A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing his son. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly {08/16/04} in {Richmond}. {Adam Traum} / {SF CHRONICLE} MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De Teen guilty of murdering De La Salle star 2006-10-11 14:17:00 PDT MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa County jury today found 17-year-old Darren Pratcher guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 slaying of former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly on a Richmond street. The jury came to the decision after deliberating for more than a week in a trial that began Aug. 23. As the verdict was read this afternoon, Pratcher put both hands over eyes, cast his head down and shook it from side to side. His brother, Larry Pratcher Jr., was ejected from the court room after issuing a string of obscenities. Kelly's family nodded and clapped, and the victim's father, Landrin Kelly, hugged his wife. Muriel Pratcher, Pratcher's mother, cried when the verdict was announced, saying, "Oh my God." "It was a no-win situation," Bernice Moore, Pratcher's grandmother, said outside the courtroom. "I lost my grandson to prison, Mr. Kelly lost his son forever. We both lost. It's just a tragedy." During the trial, Pratcher's own attorney admitted that the young man fired the four rifle shots that killed Kelly on Aug. 12, 2004 -- two days before the football player was scheduled to move to the University of Oregon on a sports scholarship. But defense attorney Jonathan Laba argued that Pratcher killed Kelly in a case of mistaken identity. He said that the defendant feared for his life in an unrelated dispute and accidentally shot Kelly as the football player was waiting in a car to give his stepbrother, Brandon Young, a ride home from his girlfriend's house in Richmond's Iron Triangle District. Laba argued that Pratcher should be convicted of manslaughter because the death was "a tragic mistake." But prosecutor David Brown told jurors Kelly's death amounted to "cold-blooded murder," because Pratcher was determined to kill someone that night. Brown argued that Pratcher had the opportunity to notice that Kelly was in the car before grabbing the rifle, advancing on the Oldsmobile and opening fire. "It's totally unfair for them to say it was premeditated," said Pratcher's father, Larry Sr. "Terrance just came right up; it's impossible for it to be premeditated. It's totally unfair -- my son is not guilty of first degree murder." Pratcher was 15 years old when Kelly was killed and was tried as an adult in Contra Costa County Superior Court. He faces and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. Kelly died two days before he was to leave for the University of Oregon, where he had a football scholarship and was expected top play safety. His death stunned his hometown of Richmond as well as students, former players and fans at De La Salle in Concord. Kelly had been named the most valuable player the previous season at De La Salle, where he played linebacker and running back on a team that didn't lose a game in his four years there. Police arrested Pratcher, whose older brother, Larry Jr., had played youth basketball with Kelly, five days after the killing. Several witnesses placed Pratcher at the crime scene with the rifle, and at least two told investigators they saw him fire into Kelly's car. Brown offered no motive for the crime but said Pratcher told a friend: "I had to do what I had to do."

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Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Terrance.(Don't have women on rights name) A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing his son. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly {08/16/04} in {Richmond}. {Adam Traum} / {SF CHRONICLE} MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De Teen guilty of murdering De La Salle star 2006-10-11 14:17:00 PDT MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa County jury today found 17-year-old Darren Pratcher guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 slaying of former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly on a Richmond street. The jury came to the decision after deliberating for more than a week in a trial that began Aug. 23. As the verdict was read this afternoon, Pratcher put both hands over eyes, cast his head down and shook it from side to side. His brother, Larry Pratcher Jr., was ejected from the court room after issuing a string of obscenities. Kelly's family nodded and clapped, and the victim's father, Landrin Kelly, hugged his wife. Muriel Pratcher, Pratcher's mother, cried when the verdict was announced, saying, "Oh my God." "It was a no-win situation," Bernice Moore, Pratcher's grandmother, said outside the courtroom. "I lost my grandson to prison, Mr. Kelly lost his son forever. We both lost. It's just a tragedy." During the trial, Pratcher's own attorney admitted that the young man fired the four rifle shots that killed Kelly on Aug. 12, 2004 -- two days before the football player was scheduled to move to the University of Oregon on a sports scholarship. But defense attorney Jonathan Laba argued that Pratcher killed Kelly in a case of mistaken identity. He said that the defendant feared for his life in an unrelated dispute and accidentally shot Kelly as the football player was waiting in a car to give his stepbrother, Brandon Young, a ride home from his girlfriend's house in Richmond's Iron Triangle District. Laba argued that Pratcher should be convicted of manslaughter because the death was "a tragic mistake." But prosecutor David Brown told jurors Kelly's death amounted to "cold-blooded murder," because Pratcher was determined to kill someone that night. Brown argued that Pratcher had the opportunity to notice that Kelly was in the car before grabbing the rifle, advancing on the Oldsmobile and opening fire. "It's totally unfair for them to say it was premeditated," said Pratcher's father, Larry Sr. "Terrance just came right up; it's impossible for it to be premeditated. It's totally unfair -- my son is not guilty of first degree murder." Pratcher was 15 years old when Kelly was killed and was tried as an adult in Contra Costa County Superior Court. He faces and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. Kelly died two days before he was to leave for the University of Oregon, where he had a football scholarship and was expected top play safety. His death stunned his hometown of Richmond as well as students, former players and fans at De La Salle in Concord. Kelly had been named the most valuable player the previous season at De La Salle, where he played linebacker and running back on a team that didn't lose a game in his four years there. Police arrested Pratcher, whose older brother, Larry Jr., had played youth basketball with Kelly, five days after the killing. Several witnesses placed Pratcher at the crime scene with the rifle, and at least two told investigators they saw him fire into Kelly's car. Brown offered no motive for the crime but said Pratcher told a friend: "I had to do what I had to do."

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Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Terrance.(Don't have women on rights name) A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing his son. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly {08/16/04} in {Richmond}. {Adam Traum} / {SF CHRONICLE} MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De Teen guilty of murdering De La Salle star 2006-10-11 14:17:00 PDT MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa County jury today found 17-year-old Darren Pratcher guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 slaying of former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly on a Richmond street. The jury came to the decision after deliberating for more than a week in a trial that began Aug. 23. As the verdict was read this afternoon, Pratcher put both hands over eyes, cast his head down and shook it from side to side. His brother, Larry Pratcher Jr., was ejected from the court room after issuing a string of obscenities. Kelly's family nodded and clapped, and the victim's father, Landrin Kelly, hugged his wife. Muriel Pratcher, Pratcher's mother, cried when the verdict was announced, saying, "Oh my God." "It was a no-win situation," Bernice Moore, Pratcher's grandmother, said outside the courtroom. "I lost my grandson to prison, Mr. Kelly lost his son forever. We both lost. It's just a tragedy." During the trial, Pratcher's own attorney admitted that the young man fired the four rifle shots that killed Kelly on Aug. 12, 2004 -- two days before the football player was scheduled to move to the University of Oregon on a sports scholarship. But defense attorney Jonathan Laba argued that Pratcher killed Kelly in a case of mistaken identity. He said that the defendant feared for his life in an unrelated dispute and accidentally shot Kelly as the football player was waiting in a car to give his stepbrother, Brandon Young, a ride home from his girlfriend's house in Richmond's Iron Triangle District. Laba argued that Pratcher should be convicted of manslaughter because the death was "a tragic mistake." But prosecutor David Brown told jurors Kelly's death amounted to "cold-blooded murder," because Pratcher was determined to kill someone that night. Brown argued that Pratcher had the opportunity to notice that Kelly was in the car before grabbing the rifle, advancing on the Oldsmobile and opening fire. "It's totally unfair for them to say it was premeditated," said Pratcher's father, Larry Sr. "Terrance just came right up; it's impossible for it to be premeditated. It's totally unfair -- my son is not guilty of first degree murder." Pratcher was 15 years old when Kelly was killed and was tried as an adult in Contra Costa County Superior Court. He faces and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. Kelly died two days before he was to leave for the University of Oregon, where he had a football scholarship and was expected top play safety. His death stunned his hometown of Richmond as well as students, former players and fans at De La Salle in Concord. Kelly had been named the most valuable player the previous season at De La Salle, where he played linebacker and running back on a team that didn't lose a game in his four years there. Police arrested Pratcher, whose older brother, Larry Jr., had played youth basketball with Kelly, five days after the killing. Several witnesses placed Pratcher at the crime scene with the rifle, and at least two told investigators they saw him fire into Kelly's car. Brown offered no motive for the crime but said Pratcher told a friend: "I had to do what I had to do."

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Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Larry and Muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son Darren Ray was found the guilty of killing Terrance Kelly, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca. A verdict of Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Terrance.(Don't have women on rights name) A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Trameka, sister of Terrance Kelly, leaves the courthouse on the arm of her father Landrin Kelly after hearing the verdict of guilty, Wednesday Oct.11, 2006, in Martinez,Ca. against Darren Ray for the killing of Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing his son. A verdict of guilty was announced Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006 against Darren Ray for the murder of Terrance Kelly, at the AF Bray Courts in Martinez, Ca. was charged as an adult for killing Kelly. (Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle) Landrin Kelly father of Terrance Kelly speaks to the press outside the courthouse, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006, in Martinez, Ca, after hearing the guilty verdict announced against Darren Ray Pratchern for killing Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. Darren , 15, suspect in Terrance Kelly murder. {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly {08/16/04} in {Richmond}. {Adam Traum} / {SF CHRONICLE} MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/ -MAGS OUT {060404_oakslay05_ckh) Copy photo of De LaSalle football star Terrance Kelly in his high school uniform. Richmond Police have already arrested the 18 year old Larry Pratcher of Richmond in the slaying of De Teen guilty of murdering De La Salle star 2006-10-11 14:17:00 PDT MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa County jury today found 17-year-old Darren Pratcher guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 slaying of former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly on a Richmond street. The jury came to the decision after deliberating for more than a week in a trial that began Aug. 23. As the verdict was read this afternoon, Pratcher put both hands over eyes, cast his head down and shook it from side to side. His brother, Larry Pratcher Jr., was ejected from the court room after issuing a string of obscenities. Kelly's family nodded and clapped, and the victim's father, Landrin Kelly, hugged his wife. Muriel Pratcher, Pratcher's mother, cried when the verdict was announced, saying, "Oh my God." "It was a no-win situation," Bernice Moore, Pratcher's grandmother, said outside the courtroom. "I lost my grandson to prison, Mr. Kelly lost his son forever. We both lost. It's just a tragedy." During the trial, Pratcher's own attorney admitted that the young man fired the four rifle shots that killed Kelly on Aug. 12, 2004 -- two days before the football player was scheduled to move to the University of Oregon on a sports scholarship. But defense attorney Jonathan Laba argued that Pratcher killed Kelly in a case of mistaken identity. He said that the defendant feared for his life in an unrelated dispute and accidentally shot Kelly as the football player was waiting in a car to give his stepbrother, Brandon Young, a ride home from his girlfriend's house in Richmond's Iron Triangle District. Laba argued that Pratcher should be convicted of manslaughter because the death was "a tragic mistake." But prosecutor David Brown told jurors Kelly's death amounted to "cold-blooded murder," because Pratcher was determined to kill someone that night. Brown argued that Pratcher had the opportunity to notice that Kelly was in the car before grabbing the rifle, advancing on the Oldsmobile and opening fire. "It's totally unfair for them to say it was premeditated," said Pratcher's father, Larry Sr. "Terrance just came right up; it's impossible for it to be premeditated. It's totally unfair -- my son is not guilty of first degree murder." Pratcher was 15 years old when Kelly was killed and was tried as an adult in Contra Costa County Superior Court. He faces and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. Kelly died two days before he was to leave for the University of Oregon, where he had a football scholarship and was expected top play safety. His death stunned his hometown of Richmond as well as students, former players and fans at De La Salle in Concord. Kelly had been named the most valuable player the previous season at De La Salle, where he played linebacker and running back on a team that didn't lose a game in his four years there. Police arrested Pratcher, whose older brother, Larry Jr., had played youth basketball with Kelly, five days after the killing. Several witnesses placed Pratcher at the crime scene with the rifle, and at least two told investigators they saw him fire into Kelly's car. Brown offered no motive for the crime but said Pratcher told a friend: "I had to do what I had to do."

jim herron zamora , chronicle staff writer larry and muriel fight back tears as they leave the courthouse after hearing that their son darren ray was found the guilty of killing terrance kelly , wednesday oct. 11 , 2006 , in martinez , ca .

By DEXTER FORDMAY 9, 2014 MALIBU, CALIF. — Good luck, America, with your efforts to pigeonhole the BMW i8. The car is a post-petroleum brand statement. It's a sci-fi showpiece. It's an ultralight carbon-fiber production car. It's a triumph of parts-bin engineering. It's a take-no-prisoners canyon racer. It's a winged chariot of the Malibu über-chic. It's a $136,625 (destination included!) commuter car for Silicon Valley moguls. The hardware, at least, is straightforward. The central passenger shell is a stiff, lightweight carbon-fiber structure. It is bolted to an aluminum skeleton that holds the 7.1-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack in its spine. An electric drive section similar to the one in the BMW i3 people pod is bolted to the front, its 131 horsepower electric motor and 2-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels. The rear power package is sourced from the new Mini; its 3-cylinder, twin-turbocharged 231-horsepower engine drives the rear wheels through a 6-speed automatic transmission. The multilayered skin is molded thermoplastic that weighs half as much as steel. Other extreme weight-saving measures, including aluminum wiring and chemically hardened ultrathin glass, keep the weight to 3,267 pounds. The long, light doors swing up and forward. From the front, with doors open, the i8 looks as if it's signaling a touchdown. The interior is compact yet comfortable, though those over 6-foot-2 may need more legroom, and the rear seats are designed for tiny, limber people. Getting in is a challenge. The sill is wide, the seat is low, and there's a trick: sit sideways, slide butt in, retract legs. Getting out? Imagine climbing from a bathtub without using your hands. Pick a personality with the driving-mode buttons. "Comfort" keeps the car in electric mode to 37 m.p.h., or until you mash the right-side pedal. The eDrive button keeps things electric to 75 m.p.h. or until the battery fades. Travel range is about 20 miles in E.V. mode, and recharging takes 1.5 hours at 240 volts or four hours at 120. The Eco-Pro button increases electric efficiency 20 percent by softening the motor response and optimizing climate-control settings. I observed gasoline-powered mileage figures from 27 m.p.g. (impatient cornering) to 37 m.p.g. (safe-and-sane commuting). In the city, the i8 feels silent, solid and intuitive — the excitement happens outside, as gawkers track its progress. On Los Angeles's well-used freeways, the Comfort setting leaves some comfort to be desired. Even with the variable dampers at full soft, the i8 bobs its nose like Muhammad Ali in the first rounds. High-performance tires come standard in the United States; European versions get narrower wheels and taller tires for lower drag and a smoother ride. In Sport mode, the suspension and steering stiffen and the gas engine roars, pops on upshifts and matches revs downshifting into corners. It sounds great, and it should: much of what you hear is a prerecorded soundtrack piped through the sound system. The i8 feels strong at full power, but the head-snapping response expected from a partly electric powertrain is absent. The i8 takes time to gather itself, with an atavistic vestige of turbo lag. On the intestinal twists of Mulholland Highway the i8 can be driven with brutal abandon. The brakes are strong, the chassis is as stiff as a bank vault, and there's enough power to reach the next corner presently. BMW claims a 0-to-60 time of 4.2 seconds, and top speed is 155 m.p.h. The front tires push when going hard into corners, but everything sticks coming out. Even with the stability control off, the i8 resists spinning its tires — the software ghost is still there, lurking in the machine. The i8 is complicated and imperfect. A car that will be used for emissions-free commuting should allow people to get in and get out. It rides harshly. The exterior design is too clever — the layered rear deck whispers "Your trunk is open." Still, if the i8 represents the future of sports cars, things are looking bright. A version of this review appears in print on May 11, 2014, on page AU4 of the New York edition with the headline: The Future Will See You Now. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe

By DEXTER FORDMAY 9 , 2014 MALIBU , CALIF . -- Good luck , America , with your efforts to pigeonhole the BMW i8 . The car is a post - petroleum brand statement .

By DEXTER FORDMAY 9, 2014 MALIBU, CALIF. — Good luck, America, with your efforts to pigeonhole the BMW i8. The car is a post-petroleum brand statement. It's a sci-fi showpiece. It's an ultralight carbon-fiber production car. It's a triumph of parts-bin engineering. It's a take-no-prisoners canyon racer. It's a winged chariot of the Malibu über-chic. It's a $136,625 (destination included!) commuter car for Silicon Valley moguls. The hardware, at least, is straightforward. The central passenger shell is a stiff, lightweight carbon-fiber structure. It is bolted to an aluminum skeleton that holds the 7.1-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack in its spine. An electric drive section similar to the one in the BMW i3 people pod is bolted to the front, its 131 horsepower electric motor and 2-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels. The rear power package is sourced from the new Mini; its 3-cylinder, twin-turbocharged 231-horsepower engine drives the rear wheels through a 6-speed automatic transmission. The multilayered skin is molded thermoplastic that weighs half as much as steel. Other extreme weight-saving measures, including aluminum wiring and chemically hardened ultrathin glass, keep the weight to 3,267 pounds. The long, light doors swing up and forward. From the front, with doors open, the i8 looks as if it's signaling a touchdown. The interior is compact yet comfortable, though those over 6-foot-2 may need more legroom, and the rear seats are designed for tiny, limber people. Getting in is a challenge. The sill is wide, the seat is low, and there's a trick: sit sideways, slide butt in, retract legs. Getting out? Imagine climbing from a bathtub without using your hands. Pick a personality with the driving-mode buttons. "Comfort" keeps the car in electric mode to 37 m.p.h., or until you mash the right-side pedal. The eDrive button keeps things electric to 75 m.p.h. or until the battery fades. Travel range is about 20 miles in E.V. mode, and recharging takes 1.5 hours at 240 volts or four hours at 120. The Eco-Pro button increases electric efficiency 20 percent by softening the motor response and optimizing climate-control settings. I observed gasoline-powered mileage figures from 27 m.p.g. (impatient cornering) to 37 m.p.g. (safe-and-sane commuting). In the city, the i8 feels silent, solid and intuitive — the excitement happens outside, as gawkers track its progress. On Los Angeles's well-used freeways, the Comfort setting leaves some comfort to be desired. Even with the variable dampers at full soft, the i8 bobs its nose like Muhammad Ali in the first rounds. High-performance tires come standard in the United States; European versions get narrower wheels and taller tires for lower drag and a smoother ride. In Sport mode, the suspension and steering stiffen and the gas engine roars, pops on upshifts and matches revs downshifting into corners. It sounds great, and it should: much of what you hear is a prerecorded soundtrack piped through the sound system. The i8 feels strong at full power, but the head-snapping response expected from a partly electric powertrain is absent. The i8 takes time to gather itself, with an atavistic vestige of turbo lag. On the intestinal twists of Mulholland Highway the i8 can be driven with brutal abandon. The brakes are strong, the chassis is as stiff as a bank vault, and there's enough power to reach the next corner presently. BMW claims a 0-to-60 time of 4.2 seconds, and top speed is 155 m.p.h. The front tires push when going hard into corners, but everything sticks coming out. Even with the stability control off, the i8 resists spinning its tires — the software ghost is still there, lurking in the machine. The i8 is complicated and imperfect. A car that will be used for emissions-free commuting should allow people to get in and get out. It rides harshly. The exterior design is too clever — the layered rear deck whispers "Your trunk is open." Still, if the i8 represents the future of sports cars, things are looking bright. A version of this review appears in print on May 11, 2014, on page AU4 of the New York edition with the headline: The Future Will See You Now. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe

The i8 is BMW 's sci - fi , ultralight showpiece , a - in that a range of about 20 miles in E.V. mode . But good luck into the front seat .

By DEXTER FORDMAY 9, 2014 MALIBU, CALIF. — Good luck, America, with your efforts to pigeonhole the BMW i8. The car is a post-petroleum brand statement. It's a sci-fi showpiece. It's an ultralight carbon-fiber production car. It's a triumph of parts-bin engineering. It's a take-no-prisoners canyon racer. It's a winged chariot of the Malibu über-chic. It's a $136,625 (destination included!) commuter car for Silicon Valley moguls. The hardware, at least, is straightforward. The central passenger shell is a stiff, lightweight carbon-fiber structure. It is bolted to an aluminum skeleton that holds the 7.1-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack in its spine. An electric drive section similar to the one in the BMW i3 people pod is bolted to the front, its 131 horsepower electric motor and 2-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels. The rear power package is sourced from the new Mini; its 3-cylinder, twin-turbocharged 231-horsepower engine drives the rear wheels through a 6-speed automatic transmission. The multilayered skin is molded thermoplastic that weighs half as much as steel. Other extreme weight-saving measures, including aluminum wiring and chemically hardened ultrathin glass, keep the weight to 3,267 pounds. The long, light doors swing up and forward. From the front, with doors open, the i8 looks as if it's signaling a touchdown. The interior is compact yet comfortable, though those over 6-foot-2 may need more legroom, and the rear seats are designed for tiny, limber people. Getting in is a challenge. The sill is wide, the seat is low, and there's a trick: sit sideways, slide butt in, retract legs. Getting out? Imagine climbing from a bathtub without using your hands. Pick a personality with the driving-mode buttons. "Comfort" keeps the car in electric mode to 37 m.p.h., or until you mash the right-side pedal. The eDrive button keeps things electric to 75 m.p.h. or until the battery fades. Travel range is about 20 miles in E.V. mode, and recharging takes 1.5 hours at 240 volts or four hours at 120. The Eco-Pro button increases electric efficiency 20 percent by softening the motor response and optimizing climate-control settings. I observed gasoline-powered mileage figures from 27 m.p.g. (impatient cornering) to 37 m.p.g. (safe-and-sane commuting). In the city, the i8 feels silent, solid and intuitive — the excitement happens outside, as gawkers track its progress. On Los Angeles's well-used freeways, the Comfort setting leaves some comfort to be desired. Even with the variable dampers at full soft, the i8 bobs its nose like Muhammad Ali in the first rounds. High-performance tires come standard in the United States; European versions get narrower wheels and taller tires for lower drag and a smoother ride. In Sport mode, the suspension and steering stiffen and the gas engine roars, pops on upshifts and matches revs downshifting into corners. It sounds great, and it should: much of what you hear is a prerecorded soundtrack piped through the sound system. The i8 feels strong at full power, but the head-snapping response expected from a partly electric powertrain is absent. The i8 takes time to gather itself, with an atavistic vestige of turbo lag. On the intestinal twists of Mulholland Highway the i8 can be driven with brutal abandon. The brakes are strong, the chassis is as stiff as a bank vault, and there's enough power to reach the next corner presently. BMW claims a 0-to-60 time of 4.2 seconds, and top speed is 155 m.p.h. The front tires push when going hard into corners, but everything sticks coming out. Even with the stability control off, the i8 resists spinning its tires — the software ghost is still there, lurking in the machine. The i8 is complicated and imperfect. A car that will be used for emissions-free commuting should allow people to get in and get out. It rides harshly. The exterior design is too clever — the layered rear deck whispers "Your trunk is open." Still, if the i8 represents the future of sports cars, things are looking bright. A version of this review appears in print on May 11, 2014, on page AU4 of the New York edition with the headline: The Future Will See You Now. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe

An electric drive section similar to the one in the BMW i3 people pod is bolted to the front , its 131 horsepower electric motor and 2-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels . '' Comfort '' keeps the car in electric mode to 37 m.p.h .

By DEXTER FORDMAY 9, 2014 MALIBU, CALIF. — Good luck, America, with your efforts to pigeonhole the BMW i8. The car is a post-petroleum brand statement. It's a sci-fi showpiece. It's an ultralight carbon-fiber production car. It's a triumph of parts-bin engineering. It's a take-no-prisoners canyon racer. It's a winged chariot of the Malibu über-chic. It's a $136,625 (destination included!) commuter car for Silicon Valley moguls. The hardware, at least, is straightforward. The central passenger shell is a stiff, lightweight carbon-fiber structure. It is bolted to an aluminum skeleton that holds the 7.1-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack in its spine. An electric drive section similar to the one in the BMW i3 people pod is bolted to the front, its 131 horsepower electric motor and 2-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels. The rear power package is sourced from the new Mini; its 3-cylinder, twin-turbocharged 231-horsepower engine drives the rear wheels through a 6-speed automatic transmission. The multilayered skin is molded thermoplastic that weighs half as much as steel. Other extreme weight-saving measures, including aluminum wiring and chemically hardened ultrathin glass, keep the weight to 3,267 pounds. The long, light doors swing up and forward. From the front, with doors open, the i8 looks as if it's signaling a touchdown. The interior is compact yet comfortable, though those over 6-foot-2 may need more legroom, and the rear seats are designed for tiny, limber people. Getting in is a challenge. The sill is wide, the seat is low, and there's a trick: sit sideways, slide butt in, retract legs. Getting out? Imagine climbing from a bathtub without using your hands. Pick a personality with the driving-mode buttons. "Comfort" keeps the car in electric mode to 37 m.p.h., or until you mash the right-side pedal. The eDrive button keeps things electric to 75 m.p.h. or until the battery fades. Travel range is about 20 miles in E.V. mode, and recharging takes 1.5 hours at 240 volts or four hours at 120. The Eco-Pro button increases electric efficiency 20 percent by softening the motor response and optimizing climate-control settings. I observed gasoline-powered mileage figures from 27 m.p.g. (impatient cornering) to 37 m.p.g. (safe-and-sane commuting). In the city, the i8 feels silent, solid and intuitive — the excitement happens outside, as gawkers track its progress. On Los Angeles's well-used freeways, the Comfort setting leaves some comfort to be desired. Even with the variable dampers at full soft, the i8 bobs its nose like Muhammad Ali in the first rounds. High-performance tires come standard in the United States; European versions get narrower wheels and taller tires for lower drag and a smoother ride. In Sport mode, the suspension and steering stiffen and the gas engine roars, pops on upshifts and matches revs downshifting into corners. It sounds great, and it should: much of what you hear is a prerecorded soundtrack piped through the sound system. The i8 feels strong at full power, but the head-snapping response expected from a partly electric powertrain is absent. The i8 takes time to gather itself, with an atavistic vestige of turbo lag. On the intestinal twists of Mulholland Highway the i8 can be driven with brutal abandon. The brakes are strong, the chassis is as stiff as a bank vault, and there's enough power to reach the next corner presently. BMW claims a 0-to-60 time of 4.2 seconds, and top speed is 155 m.p.h. The front tires push when going hard into corners, but everything sticks coming out. Even with the stability control off, the i8 resists spinning its tires — the software ghost is still there, lurking in the machine. The i8 is complicated and imperfect. A car that will be used for emissions-free commuting should allow people to get in and get out. It rides harshly. The exterior design is too clever — the layered rear deck whispers "Your trunk is open." Still, if the i8 represents the future of sports cars, things are looking bright. A version of this review appears in print on May 11, 2014, on page AU4 of the New York edition with the headline: The Future Will See You Now. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe

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By DEXTER FORDMAY 9, 2014 MALIBU, CALIF. — Good luck, America, with your efforts to pigeonhole the BMW i8. The car is a post-petroleum brand statement. It's a sci-fi showpiece. It's an ultralight carbon-fiber production car. It's a triumph of parts-bin engineering. It's a take-no-prisoners canyon racer. It's a winged chariot of the Malibu über-chic. It's a $136,625 (destination included!) commuter car for Silicon Valley moguls. The hardware, at least, is straightforward. The central passenger shell is a stiff, lightweight carbon-fiber structure. It is bolted to an aluminum skeleton that holds the 7.1-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack in its spine. An electric drive section similar to the one in the BMW i3 people pod is bolted to the front, its 131 horsepower electric motor and 2-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels. The rear power package is sourced from the new Mini; its 3-cylinder, twin-turbocharged 231-horsepower engine drives the rear wheels through a 6-speed automatic transmission. The multilayered skin is molded thermoplastic that weighs half as much as steel. Other extreme weight-saving measures, including aluminum wiring and chemically hardened ultrathin glass, keep the weight to 3,267 pounds. The long, light doors swing up and forward. From the front, with doors open, the i8 looks as if it's signaling a touchdown. The interior is compact yet comfortable, though those over 6-foot-2 may need more legroom, and the rear seats are designed for tiny, limber people. Getting in is a challenge. The sill is wide, the seat is low, and there's a trick: sit sideways, slide butt in, retract legs. Getting out? Imagine climbing from a bathtub without using your hands. Pick a personality with the driving-mode buttons. "Comfort" keeps the car in electric mode to 37 m.p.h., or until you mash the right-side pedal. The eDrive button keeps things electric to 75 m.p.h. or until the battery fades. Travel range is about 20 miles in E.V. mode, and recharging takes 1.5 hours at 240 volts or four hours at 120. The Eco-Pro button increases electric efficiency 20 percent by softening the motor response and optimizing climate-control settings. I observed gasoline-powered mileage figures from 27 m.p.g. (impatient cornering) to 37 m.p.g. (safe-and-sane commuting). In the city, the i8 feels silent, solid and intuitive — the excitement happens outside, as gawkers track its progress. On Los Angeles's well-used freeways, the Comfort setting leaves some comfort to be desired. Even with the variable dampers at full soft, the i8 bobs its nose like Muhammad Ali in the first rounds. High-performance tires come standard in the United States; European versions get narrower wheels and taller tires for lower drag and a smoother ride. In Sport mode, the suspension and steering stiffen and the gas engine roars, pops on upshifts and matches revs downshifting into corners. It sounds great, and it should: much of what you hear is a prerecorded soundtrack piped through the sound system. The i8 feels strong at full power, but the head-snapping response expected from a partly electric powertrain is absent. The i8 takes time to gather itself, with an atavistic vestige of turbo lag. On the intestinal twists of Mulholland Highway the i8 can be driven with brutal abandon. The brakes are strong, the chassis is as stiff as a bank vault, and there's enough power to reach the next corner presently. BMW claims a 0-to-60 time of 4.2 seconds, and top speed is 155 m.p.h. The front tires push when going hard into corners, but everything sticks coming out. Even with the stability control off, the i8 resists spinning its tires — the software ghost is still there, lurking in the machine. The i8 is complicated and imperfect. A car that will be used for emissions-free commuting should allow people to get in and get out. It rides harshly. The exterior design is too clever — the layered rear deck whispers "Your trunk is open." Still, if the i8 represents the future of sports cars, things are looking bright. A version of this review appears in print on May 11, 2014, on page AU4 of the New York edition with the headline: The Future Will See You Now. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe

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By DEXTER FORDMAY 9, 2014 MALIBU, CALIF. — Good luck, America, with your efforts to pigeonhole the BMW i8. The car is a post-petroleum brand statement. It's a sci-fi showpiece. It's an ultralight carbon-fiber production car. It's a triumph of parts-bin engineering. It's a take-no-prisoners canyon racer. It's a winged chariot of the Malibu über-chic. It's a $136,625 (destination included!) commuter car for Silicon Valley moguls. The hardware, at least, is straightforward. The central passenger shell is a stiff, lightweight carbon-fiber structure. It is bolted to an aluminum skeleton that holds the 7.1-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack in its spine. An electric drive section similar to the one in the BMW i3 people pod is bolted to the front, its 131 horsepower electric motor and 2-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels. The rear power package is sourced from the new Mini; its 3-cylinder, twin-turbocharged 231-horsepower engine drives the rear wheels through a 6-speed automatic transmission. The multilayered skin is molded thermoplastic that weighs half as much as steel. Other extreme weight-saving measures, including aluminum wiring and chemically hardened ultrathin glass, keep the weight to 3,267 pounds. The long, light doors swing up and forward. From the front, with doors open, the i8 looks as if it's signaling a touchdown. The interior is compact yet comfortable, though those over 6-foot-2 may need more legroom, and the rear seats are designed for tiny, limber people. Getting in is a challenge. The sill is wide, the seat is low, and there's a trick: sit sideways, slide butt in, retract legs. Getting out? Imagine climbing from a bathtub without using your hands. Pick a personality with the driving-mode buttons. "Comfort" keeps the car in electric mode to 37 m.p.h., or until you mash the right-side pedal. The eDrive button keeps things electric to 75 m.p.h. or until the battery fades. Travel range is about 20 miles in E.V. mode, and recharging takes 1.5 hours at 240 volts or four hours at 120. The Eco-Pro button increases electric efficiency 20 percent by softening the motor response and optimizing climate-control settings. I observed gasoline-powered mileage figures from 27 m.p.g. (impatient cornering) to 37 m.p.g. (safe-and-sane commuting). In the city, the i8 feels silent, solid and intuitive — the excitement happens outside, as gawkers track its progress. On Los Angeles's well-used freeways, the Comfort setting leaves some comfort to be desired. Even with the variable dampers at full soft, the i8 bobs its nose like Muhammad Ali in the first rounds. High-performance tires come standard in the United States; European versions get narrower wheels and taller tires for lower drag and a smoother ride. In Sport mode, the suspension and steering stiffen and the gas engine roars, pops on upshifts and matches revs downshifting into corners. It sounds great, and it should: much of what you hear is a prerecorded soundtrack piped through the sound system. The i8 feels strong at full power, but the head-snapping response expected from a partly electric powertrain is absent. The i8 takes time to gather itself, with an atavistic vestige of turbo lag. On the intestinal twists of Mulholland Highway the i8 can be driven with brutal abandon. The brakes are strong, the chassis is as stiff as a bank vault, and there's enough power to reach the next corner presently. BMW claims a 0-to-60 time of 4.2 seconds, and top speed is 155 m.p.h. The front tires push when going hard into corners, but everything sticks coming out. Even with the stability control off, the i8 resists spinning its tires — the software ghost is still there, lurking in the machine. The i8 is complicated and imperfect. A car that will be used for emissions-free commuting should allow people to get in and get out. It rides harshly. The exterior design is too clever — the layered rear deck whispers "Your trunk is open." Still, if the i8 represents the future of sports cars, things are looking bright. A version of this review appears in print on May 11, 2014, on page AU4 of the New York edition with the headline: The Future Will See You Now. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe

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By DEXTER FORDMAY 9, 2014 MALIBU, CALIF. — Good luck, America, with your efforts to pigeonhole the BMW i8. The car is a post-petroleum brand statement. It's a sci-fi showpiece. It's an ultralight carbon-fiber production car. It's a triumph of parts-bin engineering. It's a take-no-prisoners canyon racer. It's a winged chariot of the Malibu über-chic. It's a $136,625 (destination included!) commuter car for Silicon Valley moguls. The hardware, at least, is straightforward. The central passenger shell is a stiff, lightweight carbon-fiber structure. It is bolted to an aluminum skeleton that holds the 7.1-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack in its spine. An electric drive section similar to the one in the BMW i3 people pod is bolted to the front, its 131 horsepower electric motor and 2-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels. The rear power package is sourced from the new Mini; its 3-cylinder, twin-turbocharged 231-horsepower engine drives the rear wheels through a 6-speed automatic transmission. The multilayered skin is molded thermoplastic that weighs half as much as steel. Other extreme weight-saving measures, including aluminum wiring and chemically hardened ultrathin glass, keep the weight to 3,267 pounds. The long, light doors swing up and forward. From the front, with doors open, the i8 looks as if it's signaling a touchdown. The interior is compact yet comfortable, though those over 6-foot-2 may need more legroom, and the rear seats are designed for tiny, limber people. Getting in is a challenge. The sill is wide, the seat is low, and there's a trick: sit sideways, slide butt in, retract legs. Getting out? Imagine climbing from a bathtub without using your hands. Pick a personality with the driving-mode buttons. "Comfort" keeps the car in electric mode to 37 m.p.h., or until you mash the right-side pedal. The eDrive button keeps things electric to 75 m.p.h. or until the battery fades. Travel range is about 20 miles in E.V. mode, and recharging takes 1.5 hours at 240 volts or four hours at 120. The Eco-Pro button increases electric efficiency 20 percent by softening the motor response and optimizing climate-control settings. I observed gasoline-powered mileage figures from 27 m.p.g. (impatient cornering) to 37 m.p.g. (safe-and-sane commuting). In the city, the i8 feels silent, solid and intuitive — the excitement happens outside, as gawkers track its progress. On Los Angeles's well-used freeways, the Comfort setting leaves some comfort to be desired. Even with the variable dampers at full soft, the i8 bobs its nose like Muhammad Ali in the first rounds. High-performance tires come standard in the United States; European versions get narrower wheels and taller tires for lower drag and a smoother ride. In Sport mode, the suspension and steering stiffen and the gas engine roars, pops on upshifts and matches revs downshifting into corners. It sounds great, and it should: much of what you hear is a prerecorded soundtrack piped through the sound system. The i8 feels strong at full power, but the head-snapping response expected from a partly electric powertrain is absent. The i8 takes time to gather itself, with an atavistic vestige of turbo lag. On the intestinal twists of Mulholland Highway the i8 can be driven with brutal abandon. The brakes are strong, the chassis is as stiff as a bank vault, and there's enough power to reach the next corner presently. BMW claims a 0-to-60 time of 4.2 seconds, and top speed is 155 m.p.h. The front tires push when going hard into corners, but everything sticks coming out. Even with the stability control off, the i8 resists spinning its tires — the software ghost is still there, lurking in the machine. The i8 is complicated and imperfect. A car that will be used for emissions-free commuting should allow people to get in and get out. It rides harshly. The exterior design is too clever — the layered rear deck whispers "Your trunk is open." Still, if the i8 represents the future of sports cars, things are looking bright. A version of this review appears in print on May 11, 2014, on page AU4 of the New York edition with the headline: The Future Will See You Now. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 12:41 AM A Kansas man used his dog to beat back a police officer - swinging the poor pooch like a mediaeval mace. Video shows the moment Michael Rush, 26, allegedly snapped Sunday night, charging at a Park City police officer and then hurling his pint-sized dog at the cop, KSN reported. "He was out of it, screaming his head off," a neighbor told KSN. Cops were called after Rush reportedly was spotted walking his dog through several back yards and kicking fences in the quiet suburb north of Wichita. When an officer with a flashlight confronted Rush, he went into beast mode. "I've seen people try to use a dog and sick it on someone, but never seen someone pick one up and swing it through the air and use it as a weapon," Park City Police Chief Phil Bostain said. "That's a first." The man kept coming at the patient officer even after being pepper sprayed and hit with a stun gun, police said. Rush was subdued after more officers arrived on the scene. "I doubt he knew what he was doing," the neighbor said. The black and white dog, which was placed in a local shelter, appeared unharmed while Rush was booked on several charges. "Everyone sees a little dog like this - it's defenseless - it's not here by its own choice," Bostain told KSN. "And it's used as a weapon against somebody. It's disturbing." ON A MOBILE DEVICE? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

Tuesday , August 25 , 2015 , 12:41 AM A Kansas man used his dog to beat back a police officer - swinging the poor pooch like a mediaeval mace . Video shows the moment Michael Rush , 26 , allegedly snapped Sunday night , charging at a Park City police officer and then hurling his pint - sized dog at the cop , KSN reported . '' He was out of it , screaming his head off , '' a neighbor told KSN .

Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 12:41 AM A Kansas man used his dog to beat back a police officer - swinging the poor pooch like a mediaeval mace. Video shows the moment Michael Rush, 26, allegedly snapped Sunday night, charging at a Park City police officer and then hurling his pint-sized dog at the cop, KSN reported. "He was out of it, screaming his head off," a neighbor told KSN. Cops were called after Rush reportedly was spotted walking his dog through several back yards and kicking fences in the quiet suburb north of Wichita. When an officer with a flashlight confronted Rush, he went into beast mode. "I've seen people try to use a dog and sick it on someone, but never seen someone pick one up and swing it through the air and use it as a weapon," Park City Police Chief Phil Bostain said. "That's a first." The man kept coming at the patient officer even after being pepper sprayed and hit with a stun gun, police said. Rush was subdued after more officers arrived on the scene. "I doubt he knew what he was doing," the neighbor said. The black and white dog, which was placed in a local shelter, appeared unharmed while Rush was booked on several charges. "Everyone sees a little dog like this - it's defenseless - it's not here by its own choice," Bostain told KSN. "And it's used as a weapon against somebody. It's disturbing." ON A MOBILE DEVICE? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 12:41 AM A Kansas man used his dog to beat back a police officer - swinging the poor pooch like a mediaeval mace. Video shows the moment Michael Rush, 26, allegedly snapped Sunday night, charging at a Park City police officer and then hurling his pint-sized dog at the cop, KSN reported. "He was out of it, screaming his head off," a neighbor told KSN. Cops were called after Rush reportedly was spotted walking his dog through several back yards and kicking fences in the quiet suburb north of Wichita. When an officer with a flashlight confronted Rush, he went into beast mode. "I've seen people try to use a dog and sick it on someone, but never seen someone pick one up and swing it through the air and use it as a weapon," Park City Police Chief Phil Bostain said. "That's a first." The man kept coming at the patient officer even after being pepper sprayed and hit with a stun gun, police said. Rush was subdued after more officers arrived on the scene. "I doubt he knew what he was doing," the neighbor said. The black and white dog, which was placed in a local shelter, appeared unharmed while Rush was booked on several charges. "Everyone sees a little dog like this - it's defenseless - it's not here by its own choice," Bostain told KSN. "And it's used as a weapon against somebody. It's disturbing." ON A MOBILE DEVICE? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

Video shows the moment Michael Rush , 26 , allegedly snapped Sunday night , charging at a Park City police officer and then hurling his pint - sized dog at the cop , KSN reported .

Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 12:41 AM A Kansas man used his dog to beat back a police officer - swinging the poor pooch like a mediaeval mace. Video shows the moment Michael Rush, 26, allegedly snapped Sunday night, charging at a Park City police officer and then hurling his pint-sized dog at the cop, KSN reported. "He was out of it, screaming his head off," a neighbor told KSN. Cops were called after Rush reportedly was spotted walking his dog through several back yards and kicking fences in the quiet suburb north of Wichita. When an officer with a flashlight confronted Rush, he went into beast mode. "I've seen people try to use a dog and sick it on someone, but never seen someone pick one up and swing it through the air and use it as a weapon," Park City Police Chief Phil Bostain said. "That's a first." The man kept coming at the patient officer even after being pepper sprayed and hit with a stun gun, police said. Rush was subdued after more officers arrived on the scene. "I doubt he knew what he was doing," the neighbor said. The black and white dog, which was placed in a local shelter, appeared unharmed while Rush was booked on several charges. "Everyone sees a little dog like this - it's defenseless - it's not here by its own choice," Bostain told KSN. "And it's used as a weapon against somebody. It's disturbing." ON A MOBILE DEVICE? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 12:41 AM A Kansas man used his dog to beat back a police officer - swinging the poor pooch like a mediaeval mace. Video shows the moment Michael Rush, 26, allegedly snapped Sunday night, charging at a Park City police officer and then hurling his pint-sized dog at the cop, KSN reported. "He was out of it, screaming his head off," a neighbor told KSN. Cops were called after Rush reportedly was spotted walking his dog through several back yards and kicking fences in the quiet suburb north of Wichita. When an officer with a flashlight confronted Rush, he went into beast mode. "I've seen people try to use a dog and sick it on someone, but never seen someone pick one up and swing it through the air and use it as a weapon," Park City Police Chief Phil Bostain said. "That's a first." The man kept coming at the patient officer even after being pepper sprayed and hit with a stun gun, police said. Rush was subdued after more officers arrived on the scene. "I doubt he knew what he was doing," the neighbor said. The black and white dog, which was placed in a local shelter, appeared unharmed while Rush was booked on several charges. "Everyone sees a little dog like this - it's defenseless - it's not here by its own choice," Bostain told KSN. "And it's used as a weapon against somebody. It's disturbing." ON A MOBILE DEVICE? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 12:41 AM A Kansas man used his dog to beat back a police officer - swinging the poor pooch like a mediaeval mace. Video shows the moment Michael Rush, 26, allegedly snapped Sunday night, charging at a Park City police officer and then hurling his pint-sized dog at the cop, KSN reported. "He was out of it, screaming his head off," a neighbor told KSN. Cops were called after Rush reportedly was spotted walking his dog through several back yards and kicking fences in the quiet suburb north of Wichita. When an officer with a flashlight confronted Rush, he went into beast mode. "I've seen people try to use a dog and sick it on someone, but never seen someone pick one up and swing it through the air and use it as a weapon," Park City Police Chief Phil Bostain said. "That's a first." The man kept coming at the patient officer even after being pepper sprayed and hit with a stun gun, police said. Rush was subdued after more officers arrived on the scene. "I doubt he knew what he was doing," the neighbor said. The black and white dog, which was placed in a local shelter, appeared unharmed while Rush was booked on several charges. "Everyone sees a little dog like this - it's defenseless - it's not here by its own choice," Bostain told KSN. "And it's used as a weapon against somebody. It's disturbing." ON A MOBILE DEVICE? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 12:41 AM A Kansas man used his dog to beat back a police officer - swinging the poor pooch like a mediaeval mace. Video shows the moment Michael Rush, 26, allegedly snapped Sunday night, charging at a Park City police officer and then hurling his pint-sized dog at the cop, KSN reported. "He was out of it, screaming his head off," a neighbor told KSN. Cops were called after Rush reportedly was spotted walking his dog through several back yards and kicking fences in the quiet suburb north of Wichita. When an officer with a flashlight confronted Rush, he went into beast mode. "I've seen people try to use a dog and sick it on someone, but never seen someone pick one up and swing it through the air and use it as a weapon," Park City Police Chief Phil Bostain said. "That's a first." The man kept coming at the patient officer even after being pepper sprayed and hit with a stun gun, police said. Rush was subdued after more officers arrived on the scene. "I doubt he knew what he was doing," the neighbor said. The black and white dog, which was placed in a local shelter, appeared unharmed while Rush was booked on several charges. "Everyone sees a little dog like this - it's defenseless - it's not here by its own choice," Bostain told KSN. "And it's used as a weapon against somebody. It's disturbing." ON A MOBILE DEVICE? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

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Some things are more important than football, and Leah Still is doing something that's much harder than anything that can be done on a football field. Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still announced on Instagram that his daughter Leah is cancer-free. Leah Still, 5, was diagnosed with cancer in June 2014 and given a 50-50 chance to live. The Bengals kept Still on their practice squad after cutting him last year, according to SI.com, and he eventually made the active roster and appeared in 12 games. Still again was cut in September and is currently a free agent, but he'll take Leah kicking cancer over signing with a team any day. More from The Sports Daily:

Some things are more important than football , and Leah Still is doing something that 's much harder than anything that can be done on a football field . Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still announced on Instagram that his daughter Leah is cancer - free . Leah Still , 5 , was diagnosed with cancer in June 2014 and given a 50 - 50 chance to live .

Some things are more important than football, and Leah Still is doing something that's much harder than anything that can be done on a football field. Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still announced on Instagram that his daughter Leah is cancer-free. Leah Still, 5, was diagnosed with cancer in June 2014 and given a 50-50 chance to live. The Bengals kept Still on their practice squad after cutting him last year, according to SI.com, and he eventually made the active roster and appeared in 12 games. Still again was cut in September and is currently a free agent, but he'll take Leah kicking cancer over signing with a team any day. More from The Sports Daily:

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Some things are more important than football, and Leah Still is doing something that's much harder than anything that can be done on a football field. Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still announced on Instagram that his daughter Leah is cancer-free. Leah Still, 5, was diagnosed with cancer in June 2014 and given a 50-50 chance to live. The Bengals kept Still on their practice squad after cutting him last year, according to SI.com, and he eventually made the active roster and appeared in 12 games. Still again was cut in September and is currently a free agent, but he'll take Leah kicking cancer over signing with a team any day. More from The Sports Daily:

Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still announced on Instagram that his daughter Leah is cancer - free . Still again was cut in September and is currently a free agent , but he 'll take Leah kicking cancer over signing with a team any day .

Some things are more important than football, and Leah Still is doing something that's much harder than anything that can be done on a football field. Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still announced on Instagram that his daughter Leah is cancer-free. Leah Still, 5, was diagnosed with cancer in June 2014 and given a 50-50 chance to live. The Bengals kept Still on their practice squad after cutting him last year, according to SI.com, and he eventually made the active roster and appeared in 12 games. Still again was cut in September and is currently a free agent, but he'll take Leah kicking cancer over signing with a team any day. More from The Sports Daily:

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