#Rolex 24 1997

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1997: Callaway C7-R - an amazing Gt-1 (S1) effort by the Callaway group of Corvette tuners. This car actually led at the halfway mark at Daytona in ‘97. I had the hotwheels toy car version of this as a kid, and I kind of remember the actual car at the ‘97 race.

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出自が同じカデナとクロシェットの相性が悪いわけがないことは一目瞭然である。

ファッションとしても時計を楽しむことができ、マルタン・マルジェラがデザインを担当していた1997年から2003年の間にコレクションで度々登場した、クロシェットペンダントも手に入れることができる。このペンダントも、バッグの鍵を収納するためのクロシェットから着想を得ており、出自が同じカデナとクロシェットのROLEX コピー性が悪いわけがないことは一目瞭然である。

ステンレススティール製ブレスレットのプレーンなバージョン。クロシェットは黒のボックスカーフ。レザーコードストラップが付属する。クォーツ。ダイアル部分はスパークリングホワイトラッカー仕上げ。 　以前発売されていたケリーウォッチは、レザーベルトにゴールドカラー、またはステンレススティールのカデナウォッチという組み合わせだったが、レザーベルトではなく、ブレスレットとなって戻ってきたことはエルメスファンのみならず、ブランド腕時計コピー注目すべき存在になるのではないだろうか。

ケリー エルメス「ケリー」 ダイヤモンドが24個ついたバージョン。クロシェットは黒のボックスカーフ。レザーコードストラップが付属する。クォーツ。ダイアル部分はスパークリングホワイトラッカー仕上げ。70万2900円（税込み予価）。2023年4月以降発売予定。 ケリー エルメス「ケリー」 ブレスレットに221個のダイヤモンド、カデナ部分に43個のダイヤモンドがセッティングされたバージョン。ダイアル部分はスパークリングホワイトラッカー仕上げ。187万円（税込み予価）。 素材は2種類、ダイヤモンドセッティングの有り無し、ダイアルの仕上げによって全部で5つのパターンが用意され、好みに応じてスタイルを選択することができる。 ロレックス チェリーニ プリンス 5443/9 ブラック/シルバー 商品番号：5443/9 N品価格：42700円 仕様 スモールセコンド/Small Second シースルーバック/See-Through Back ムーブメント 手巻き/Hand-winding ダイアルカラー ブラック/Black 防水性 非防水/Non-waterproof 材質（ガラス） サファイヤクリスタルガラス/Sapphire Crystal glass 材質(ケース本体) ホワイトゴールド/WG 材質（バンド） レザー/Leather サイズ（ケース幅） 37.5x28.5mm サイズ（ケース厚） 10mm ロレックスのドレスラインウォッチ「チェリーニ」からブランド唯一のスクエアケース「プリンス」が登場 ブラックダイヤルにシルバーの放射状サンビーム文字盤は、上部が時分/下部で秒を表します。 ケースバックはロレックス初となるシースルーバック仕様 ムーブメントには文字盤と合わせた放射状の彫刻がされています アール・デコ調のホワイトゴールド製ケースに肉厚なレザーベルトの組み合わせ。 クラシカルなデザインながら高級感を感じさせる1本です。

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Top 08 Tyres Company In World.

What is tyre?

Firstly know the difference between Tire and Tyre. A Tire (American English) or Tyre (British English, see spelling difference).  So, Tyre is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a  vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which the wheel travels.  Most tyres, such as automobiles and bicycles are pneumatically inflated cushion that absorbs shocks as the tyre rolls over rough features in the surface. Tyres provide a footprint called a contact patch, that is designed to match the weight of the vehicle with the bearing strength of the surface that it rolls over by providing a bearing pressure that will not  deform  the surface excessively. Lets start the topic.

Top 08 Tyres Companies:-

Bridges-tone

Michelin

Goodyear

Pirelli

Apolo Tyres

MRF

Continental Tyre

Dunlop

Bridgestone-

Bridgestone corporation  is a Japanese multinational auto and truck parts manufacturer  established in  1,Jan,1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan .The name Bridgestone comes from a Calque translation and transposition of ishibashi, meaning "stone bridge" in Japanese. Bridgestone business prensence  more than 150 countries. The Bridgestone has 143,589 employees all over the world. The financial data of Bridgestone of Net sales 3,525.6 Yen in Billions ($33.82 in Billions) and  the operating income is 326 Yen in Billions ($3.07 in Billions). Sales by markets:-

In Japan- 19%

In America- 47%

In EMEA- 19%

In China and Asia- 15%

As of 2017, the company is the largest manufacturer of tyres in the world, followed by Michelin (France),Goodyear (United States), Continental (Germany) and Pirelli (Italy).Bridgestone Group had production facilities in 24 countries as of July 2018.

Mechelin-

Mechelin is a French multinational tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. Mechelin is founded in 28/May/1889. It is the second largest tyre manufacturer in the world after  Bridgestone and larder than both Goodyear and Continental. In addition to the Mechelin brand, it also owns the kleber tyres company, Uniroyal-Goodrich Tyre Company, SASCAR, Bookatableand and Camso brands. Michelin is also notable for its Red and Green travel guides, its roadmaps, the Michelin stars that the Red Guide awards to restaurants for their cooking, and for its company mascot Bibendum, colloquially known as the Michelin Man. Mechelin have the 112,800  number of employees in 2017.

Goodyear-

The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company is an American multinational  tyre manufacturing company founded in Aug. 29, 1898 by Frank Seiberling based on Akron, Ohio. Goodyear manufactures tyres for automobiles, commercial truck, Light trucks,  motorcycles, SUVs, race cars, airoplanes, farm equipment and heavy earth mover machinery. It also produced bicycle tyres from its founding until 1976. As of 2017, Goodyear is one of the top three tyre manufacturing along with Bridgestone (Japan), Mechelin (France) and Continental (Germany).

The company was named after American Charles Goodyear, Inventor of Vulcanized rubber. The first Goodyear tyres became popular because they were easily detachable and required little maintenance.

Goodyear is also known for the Goodyear Blimp. Through Goodyear had been manufacturing airships and ballons since the early 1900s, the first Goodyear advertising blimp flew in 1925. Today, it is one of the most recognizable advertising icons in America. The company is the most successful tyre supplier in Formula one history, with more starts, wins, and constructors championships than any other tyre supplier. They pulled out of the sport after the 1998 season. It is the sole tyre supplier for NASCAR series.

Pirelli-

Pirelli is a Italian multinational company based in Milan, Italy, listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1922 with a temporary privatization period by the  consortium led by the chinese  state-owned enterprise Chemchina. The Pirelli was founded in 1872. The company is the top Largest tyre manufacturer behind Bridgestone, Michelin, Goodyear, Continential, Sumitomo and Hankook and is focused on the consumer business .  Its is present in Europe, the Asia-Pacific, Latin America, North America and ex-USSR, operating commercially in over 160 countries. Its has 19 manufacturing sites in 13 countries and a network of around 14,600 Distributors and retailers.

Pirelli has been sponsoring sport competitions since 1907 and is the exclusive tyre partner for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for 2008-2010. FIA Formula One World Championship for 2011-2023 and for the FIM World Superbike Championship. Pirelli headquarters are located in Milan's Bicocca district. In the past it has been involved in Fashion and Operated in renewable energy and sustainable mobility.

Apollo  Tyres-

Apollo Tyres ltd is the world's largest tyre manufacturer, with annual consolidated revenues of US$2.46 billion in March 2018. It was incorporated in 1972. Its first plant was commissioned in Perambra Thissur, Kerala, India. The companynow has four manufacturing units in India, one in Netherlands and one in Hungery. It has a network of nearly 5,000 dealerships in India, of which over 2,500 are exclusive outlets.Number of employees at this organisation is 16,000. It gets 69% of its revenues from India, 26% from Europe and 5%from other geographies.

Apollo announced its entry into the two wheeler tyre segment with contact manufacturing in March 2016. In November 2016, the company signed a MoU with the government of Andhra Pradesh to set up a new factory in Andhra Pradesh to Manufacture tyres for two wheelers and pick up trucks. The company second plant in Europe, was inaugurated by the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban in April 2017. Apollo Tyres opens its first service centre in Malaysia.

MRF-

MRF Limited is an Indian multinational and the largest manufacturer of tyres in India. The MRF in founded in 1946, Tiruvottiyur, Madras, Tamil Nadu, Indiia. The founder of MRF in K M . Mammen Mappillai.. Its headquartered in Chennai, India. The company manufacturer rubber products including tyres, treads, tubes and conveyor belts, plant and touys. MRF also runs the MRF pace Foundation Chennai and MRF Challenge in motorsport.

Continental  Tyres-

Continental AG commonly known as Continental, is a German Multinational automotive parts manufacturing company specializing  in brake system, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries. Continental is based in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. Continental is the world's fourth largest tyre manufacturing.

Continental was founded in 1871 as a rubber manufacturer. Continental Caoutchouc and Gutta-Percha Compagine. In 1898, Continental started development and production of the vehicle tyre with plan tread, which was the major success of the brand.In 1904, Continental  became the first company in the world to manufacture grooved vehicle tyres. Another major product Continental invented was detachable wheel tyres that was made for touring vehicles. In the late 1920s, Continental merged with several other major rubber industry companies to form the largest rubber company in Germany "Continental Gummi-Werke AG". As with many other German companies during World War ll, Continental used salve labor provided by the Nazi Party in their  factory in the 1940s at Hannover-Stocken, Hannover-Limmer, Hannover-Ahlem, and others, all offshoots of the Neuengamme concentration camp.

Dunlop Tyres-

Dunlop Tyres is a brand of tyres owned by Various companies around the world. Founded by Pneumatic tyre pioneer John Boyd Dunlop in Dublin, Ireland in 1890, It is owned and operated by Goodyear tyre and Rubber Company in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In India, the brand is owned by Dunlop India Ltd. whose parent company in the Ruia Group. In several Other Asian countries (Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand and Russia), Africa and Latin America ( except Mexiao) it is operated by Sumitomo Rubber industries. In Malaysia, the Dunlop Tyres brand has, since 2012, been wholly owned by Continental AG , which manufactures Dunlop branded tyres for sale in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.

In 1985, Dunlop Rubber Company  was acquired by BTR PLC and Sumitomo acquired the rights to manufacture and market Dunlop branded road tyres. Sumitomo did not acquire any Dunlop company. In 1997. Sumitomo gained agreement to use the Dinlop name in its corporate name, and changed the name of its UK subsidary to Dunlop Tyres Ltd.

In 1999, Sumitomo and Goodyear began a joint venture by which Sumitomo continued to manufacture all Japanese made tyres under the Dunlop name, while Goodyear tyre and Rubber Company nought 75% of the European and North American tyre businesses of Sumitomo.

The company has extensive manufacturing operations throughout the world. With the closure of the Washington Plant in 2006, Goodyear Dunlop Ceased mainstream car and lorry tyre production in the UK.

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40 ANECDOTES ARROGANTES SUR FLOYD MAYWEATHER, LE MEILLEUR DES BOXEURS

Le « Best Ever » dans toute sa splendeur…

1. Boxeur professionnel jusqu’en 1990 (28 victoires, 6 défaites, 1 nul, 18 KO), le père de Floyd Mayweather Jr., Floyd Mayweather Sr., dealait en parallèle pour subvenir à ses besoins.

Un jour l’un de ses neveux qui lui aussi s’adonnait au trafic a débarqué chez lui pour lui pointer une arme dessus. Floyd Sr. a alors saisi son fils pour se servir de lui comme bouclier et se protéger la tête. Il s’est pris une balle dans la jambe.

2. Dans la famille Mayweather, la drogue était omniprésente. Outre son père, sa mère Deborah était également accro, tout comme que sa tante qui à trop échanger les seringues est décédée du sida.

3. Quand en 1993 son père a été condamné à cinq ans de prison pour possession et trafic de cocaïne, Floyd, 16 ans, s’est interdit de pleurer.

« Le voir comme ça m’a fait monter les larmes aux yeux, mais comme j’étais désormais l’homme de la maison, je me suis retenu. »

4. De sa cellule de prison, son père l’appelait pour l’avertir que s’il manquait ses entraînements et passait son temps à sortir, il finirait comme lui à vendre de la drogue.

5. Privé de son père, Floyd a été entraîné par son oncle Roger. Surnommé The Black Mamba, un ancien champion WBC chez les super-plumes – 59 victoires pour 79 combats, dont 4 défenses de son titre.

Plus encore que Floyd Senior, il est celui qui a façonné le style défensif si particulier de Floyd Junior.

6. Au tout début de sa carrière, Floyd Mayweather était d’ailleurs surnommé « Pretty Boy » du fait justement que son visage n’était que très peu marqué par les coups.

7. Floyd Mayweather a de son propre aveu beaucoup été influencé par Mike Tyson… mais pas pour ses qualités sur le ring.

« Mike Tyson est l’un de ceux qui m’a le plus motivé. Quand nous nous entraînions tous les deux dans la même salle, je le voyais arriver en Rolls-Royce, je le voyais porter une Rolex sertie de diamant… Je me disais que moi aussi je voulais avoir ce genre de choses. »

8. Au début des années 2000, Floyd Mayweather avait confié la gestion de ses intérêts J. Prince, le patron du label sudiste Rap-A-Lot Records. Le jour où Floyd a décidé de faire bande à part, Prince a exigé 600 000 dollars de compensation. Et histoire de bien se faire comprendre, il a envoyé lui rendre visite dans son gymnase une équipe armée de battes de baseball.

Si heureusement pour lui Floyd n’était pas présent sur les lieux, plusieurs membres de son staff se sont fait tabasser, dont son bras droit Leonard Ellerbe.

9. En 1998, Floyd Mayweather a gagné sa toute première ceinture mondiale en venant à bout de Genaro Hernandez. Treize ans plus tard, lorsqu’en 2011 ce dernier est décédé d’un cancer, Mayweather a tenu à payer de sa poche ses funérailles.

10. Invaincu chez les professionnels avec 50 victoires de rang, Floyd Mayweather a néanmoins connu la défaite à 19 ans lors de son avant-dernier combat chez les amateurs.

En lice lors des Jeux Olympiques d’Atlanta, en demi-finale il s’est incliné par décision face au bulgare Serafim Todorov, 27 ans (photo ci-dessous). Ce verdict avait toutefois été vivement critiqué, Todorov ayant lui-même reconnu qu’il n’était pas impossible que les juges aient été corrompus.

Battu en finale, Serafim Todorov a ensuite combattu professionnellement à six reprises avant de raccrocher les gants. Il vit aujourd’hui avec une pension de 435 dollars par mois.

11. Floyd Mayweather est à proprement parler devenu Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather quand le 5 mai 2007 il a battu à 24 ans le légendaire Oscar De La Hoya.

Ce combat a explosé les chiffres du pay-per-view avec 2,4 millions d’achats, détrônant haut la main le précédent record détenu par Evander Holyfield et Mike Tyson en 1997 (1,95 millions de ventes).

12. Pouvoir affronter De La Hoya n’a cependant pas été sans embuches pour Mayweather qui pour se faire a dû au préalable débourser 750 000 dollars pour se séparer de son promoteur Bob Arum qui lui refusait le droit de choisir son adversaire.

Si les deux hommes ont ensuite entretenu une réelle animosité, Arum a fini par reconnaître ses torts : « Ce qui me séparait de Floyd c’était l’âge. Ce que Floyd avait compris, et ce que j’ai compris bien plus tard, c’est qu’il fallait connecter avec la génération hip hop. Je ne faisais pas ce que Floyd me demandait tout simplement parce que je ne savais pas comment le faire. »

13. À compter de cette rupture, Mayweather va commencer à mettre en scène son personnage de boxeur arrogant et matérialiste, notamment via la série 24/7 sur HBO qui mélange documentaire et télé réalité.

Très à l’aise dans son rôle de grand méchant dont les détracteurs payent pour espérer le voir perdre, il électrise les foules avec ses séquences d’entraînement aux airs d’hymnes à la motivation, ses engueulades avec son père et ses coups de téléphone à 50 Cent.

14. Intéressé un temps par la musique, Floyd Mayweather a lancé en 2008 son propre label Philthy Rich. S’il n’a à l’époque signé qu’un seul rappeur, un dénommé Freck Billionaire, en 2017 il a tenté de relancer l’aventure en présentant un tout nouveau roster (Lil Jamez, DJ Jay Bling, la chanteuse Sunny Malouf…), sans pour autant connaitre plus de succès.

15. En tant que « rappeur », Money a enregistré un en 2007 le morceau Yep, puis a featé en 2009 avec Ludacris sur Undisputed – il délivre un motivationnal speech au refrain et apparaît dans le clip.

16. C’est peu dire que Floyd Mayweather entretient une relation volcanique avec son père.

Après l’avoir repris comme entraîneur et manager à sa sortie de prison, en 2000 Floyd Jr. l’a viré une première fois pour le remplacer par son frère Roger – avec qui il est en froid depuis toujours.

Quand ce dernier a en 2006 été banni des rings pour avoir frappé un adversaire de Floyd à la fin d’un combat, puis incarcéré pour violence conjugale et trafic dedrogue dans la foulée, Floyd Sr. (qui entretemps a notamment entraîné Oscar De La Hoya de 2001 à 2006 et qui a manqué de peu de l’entraîner en 2007 contre son fils) a rempilé à ses côtés… avant d’être à nouveau remplacé par son frère quelque temps après.

En 2013 Floyd Sr. a toutefois fini par remplacé définitivement Roger, pour cause de problèmes de vue de plus en plus persistants.

17. Acharné travail, Floyd Mayweather prétend pourtant ne jamais regarder les combats de ses adversaires avant de monter sur le ring, et ce, afin de ne pas perturber ses entraînements.

Apparemment son oncle Roger prend quand même le temps d’étudier leurs combats, puis conseille Floyd sur la stratégie qu’il serait préférable d’adopter.

18. Entre les cordes, Mayweather met un point d’honneur à ne jamais se mettre en colère et ce afin de ne pas altérer son jugement.

« Lorsque vous combattez énervé, vous commettez beaucoup d’erreurs. Et lorsque vous combattez un boxeur aussi rusé et affûté que moi, vous ne pouvez pas vous permettre de commettre des erreurs. »

19. Pas plus qu’il ne boit la moindre goutte d’alcool (quand bien même il commande des bouteilles en veux-tu en voilà en club pour son entourage), Mayweather ne fume le moindre joint. Il va même jusqu’à éviter d’être en présence de fumeurs pour ne pas prendre le risque d’être contrôler positif aux tests anti-dopage.

20. Parmi tous les adversaires qui se sont mesurés à lui, celui qu’il considère comme le plus dur n’est étonnamment ni un champion du monde (Mosley, Pacquiao, Cotto…), ni un boxeur invaincu avant lui (Ricky Hatton, Canelo…), ni même José Luis Castillo qui en 2002 n’est pas passé loin de lui faire mordre la poussière.

Non le boxeur qui lui a donné le plus de fil à retordre est étonnamment Emmanuel Augustus, alias The Drunken Master, qu’il a affronté en 2000.

« De tous ce n’est clairement pas lui qui avait le meilleur palmarès, il n’a jamais été sacré champion du monde, mais après lui j’ai dû me prendre une longue période de repos. »

21. En 2007, Floyd Mayweather a participé au télé crochet Danse avec les stars, quand bien même il préparait en parallèle son combat son combat face à Oscar De La Hoya. En duo avec la danseuse professionnelle Karina Smirnoff il s’est classé neuvième de la compétition – pour le voir danser le cha-cha-cha en talonnettes c’est ici.

22. Partout il va, jamais il ne se déplace sans un sac rempli d’au moins 60 000 dollars en cash.

23. Connu pour parier de grosses sommes sur des évènements sportifs (1 million sur les New England Patriots en 2011, 5,9 millions sur les Miami Heats en 2013…) et poster ensuite ses gains sur les réseaux sociaux (mais jamais ses pertes), lors des heures qui précèdent ses combats Floyd Mayweather passe généralement son temps à parier sur les matchs du jour.

24. Il lui est parfois arrivé de venir à l’entraînement avec dix Rolls Royce en même temps : une pour transporter ses gants, une pour transporter ses bandes, une pour transporter sa meuf, etc.

25. À l’occasion de son « combat du siècle » contre Manny Pacquiao, il avait engagé un chef personnel qu’il rémunérait mille dollars l’assiette.

26. À ceux qui lui reprochaient de ne boxer que pour l’argent, Floyd Mayweather a un jour rétorqué qu’avant de toucher son premier chèque il lui a fallu « combattre 90 fois en amateur gratuitement ».

27. Quand Floyd se pointe dans un restaurant, il commande inlassablement un verre d’eau chaude pour y faire tremper ses couverts. Pourquoi ? Lui seul le sait.

28. Traumatisé par le crash dans lequel a péri Aaliyah causé par le surpoids de l’appareil, Floyd Mayweather tient pour sa sécurité à voyager seul dans son jet privé, quitte à devoir faire voyager à ses frais toute sa Money Team dans un autre avion.

29. Floyd Mayweather a plusieurs fois été arrêté pour avoir levé la main sur ses compagnes.

En 2002 et 2004 il a été condamné à de la prison avec sursis, avant d’être incarcéré 90 jours en 2011 après avoir frappé la mère de trois de ses enfants devant deux d’entre eux.

30. Fiancé en 2013 à Shantel Jackson aujourd’hui en couple avec Nelly, le couple s’est séparé l’année suivante. Ayant plutôt mal pris la chose, Mayweather alors posté sur Instagram une échographie de Jackson avant qu’elle n’avorte de leurs jumeaux, puis plusieurs photos d’elle avant les opérations de chirurgie esthétique payées par ses soins.

31. À celles qui souhaitent postuler pour travailler comme garde du corps de Floyd Mayweather, voici le descriptif du poste : « Homme de très forte carrure, doté d’une patience à toute épreuve, disponible 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7, 365 jours par an, en mesure de protéger à tout moment et qui ne parle que quand la parole lui est adressée. Avantages : places premium aux évènements sportifs, billets d’avion en première classe, montres en diamant données au hasard et grosses liasses de billets offertes régulièrement. »

32. Ses quatre du corps Big Church, Big A, Big Pat et Jethro mesuraient au total plus de 8 mètres et pesaient plus de 650 kilos !

33. En 2014, Floyd Mayweather a remplacé sa team de molosses suite à son embrouille avec T.I.

En bisbilles avec le rappeur qui l’accusait de trop tourner autour de sa femme, Mayweather avait eu la surprise se retrouver nez-à-nez avec lui dans un fast food de Las Vegas. Apparemment désireux d’en découdre, le boxeur lui aurait alors rétorqué qu’il devait surement avoir oublié ce qu’il faisait comme métier pour lui parler de la sorte. Réponse de T.I. : « Toi tu le fais sur un ring, moi je le fais dans la rue. »

De là les chaises ont volé dans tous les sens sans que l’on ne sache très bien ce qui s’est vraiment passé, à ceci près que Mayweather a déclaré que T.I. a tiré « une drôle de tête ».

34. En cas de problème imminent, Floyd utilise la phrase code « Form Voltron » pour activer ses gardes du corps.

En 2017 lors d’une conférence de presse commune avec Conor McGregor, Money s’est amusé à prononcer ces mots pour faire encercler son rival.

35. Vainqueur contre McGregor par KO technique au dixième round, Floyd Mayweather était tellement confiant en sa victoire face à l’irlandais qu’il ne s’est quasiment pas entraîné et qu’il avait prévu de longue date d’aller jouer le lendemain un match de basket au profit d’une association caritative.

36. Régulièrement moqué par 50 Cent pour son illettrisme, Floyd Mayweather ne semble par outre mesure dérangé par les piques de son ancien camarade.

« Lire n’est pas ce qui détermine ma place dans l’histoire de la boxe. Est-ce que dieu va me refuser le paradis si je ne lis pas commme un présentateur télé ? En vrai je serais le meilleur lecteur du monde si lire me faisait vivre et nourrissait ma famille. »

37. Ses dix derniers combats lui ont rapporté un total de 915 millions de dollars. Lors de ces combats il a frappé ses adversaires à 1 833 reprises. Une rapide règle de trois nous renseigne donc qu’il a touché 500 000 dollars par coup de poing !

38. Aussi incroyable que cal puisse paraître, sur cette période Floyd Mayweather a gagné plus d’argent que tous les combattants UFC réunis !

Outre sa notoriété, ce chiffre assourdissant s’explique aussi par le fait que ces derniers étant liés à une fédération unique, ils ne peuvent pas faire monter les enchères aussi haut que les gros noms du noble art.

39. Reverra-ton jamais Floyd Mayweather aujourd’hui 43 ans sur un ring de boxe professionnel ?

Voici sa réponse : « À 100% c’ est non. C’est hors de question. Je fais de l’argent, ce n’est pas l’argent qui me fait. Et ma santé m’importe plus que l’argent. »

Bon attention, il n’a en revanche rien contre remettre ça en exhibition : « Si la question est de savoir si dans le futur je compte affronter des gars du MMA entre les cordes ? Absolument ! »

Quelque chose nous dit que son combat exhibition annoncé pour février contre le youtubeur Logan Paul ne devrait donc pas être son dernier…

40. En toute modestie, Floyd Mayweather se considère meilleur que Muhammad Ali. Explication.

« Si on parle d’héritage, Ali est de loin le plus grand. Mais si on parle du palmarès et du déroulement de carrière, c’est Floyd Mayweather. »

« Personne ne peut me faire croire qu’Ali était meilleur que moi. Personne. Bien évidemment sans lui je ne serais pas où j’en suis, mais il a perdu ses titres contre Leon Spinks qui avait seulement sept combats à son actif. Ce genre de trucs n’est jamais arrivé à Floyd Mayweather. »

Et de conclure en remettant en cause son style de boxe élaboré dans la seconde partie de sa carrière : « N’allez pas me dire que c’est cool de rester dans les cordes et de se prendre une dérouillée jusqu’à que l’autre se fatigue pour ensuite le finir en quelques coups ? Vous trouvez que ça mérite d’être porté aux nues ? »

Publié initialement le 8 décembre 2020.

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Lesen Lieben! Welttag des Buches am 23. April – Das steht an!

Am 23. April findet der Welttag des Buches statt, bei dem es sich um das Thema Bücher dreht und alles, was dazu gehört. | (c) Pexels auf Pixabay "Lesen stärkt die Seele" sagte einst der französische Philosoph und Schriftsteller Voltaire. Lass uns über Bücher reden! Der 23. April ist nicht nur der Todestag von William Shakespeare, er ist auch für alle Lesebegeisterten ein sehr wichtiger Tag. Denn es ist der UNESCO-Welttag des Buches. Dieses Jahr wird der Welttag des Buches bereits zum 27. Mal gefeiert. Darum geht's beim Weltbuchtag Genau genommen ist der 23. April nicht nur Welttag des Buches, sondern auch des Urheberrechts, wird aber allgemein Weltbuchtag genannt. Diesen Tag gibt es schon seit 1995, ins Leben gerufen von der UNESCO. Der Aktionstag widmet sich dem Lesen, Büchern, der Kultur des geschriebenen Wortes und auch den Rechten von Autor:innen. Deutschlandweit feiern jedes Jahr zahlreiche Buchhandlungen, Verlage, Bibliotheken, Schulen und alle Bücherfans ein großes Lesefest. In diesem Jahr wird das durch die Pandemie wohl etwas anders aussehen. Dennoch wird mit vielen Aktionen an den Weltbuchtag erinnert.

So sieht der Comicroman »Biber undercover« aus, vom dem dieses Jahr Millionen Exemplare gratis an Schüler:innen verteilt werden. | (c) Stiftung Lesen / Alexander Sell Aktion zum Weltbuchtag: »Ich schenk dir eine Geschichte« Bereits seit 1997, in diesem Jahr also schon zum 25. Mal, erhalten Schüler:innen zum Weltbuchtag ein Buch geschenkt. Bis zum 30. Juni können sie sich in den Buchhandlungen in ihrer Nähe ein Exemplar abholen. Das gilt für alle Schüler:innen der 4. und 5. Klasse. Mehr dazu gibt es hier. Mit der Aktion »Ich schenk dir eine Geschichte« wird dieses Jahr erstmals ein Comicroman verschenkt: »Biber undercover« von Rüdiger Bertram und Timo Grubing. Bücher laden uns dazu ein, in andere Welten einzutauchen! Die Präsidentin der Kultusministerkonferenz, Dr. Stefanie Hubig, sagt: „Das Projekt »Ich schenk Dir eine Geschichte« hat nicht nur Tradition, sondern auch Zukunft. Bücher laden uns dazu ein, in andere Welten einzutauchen. Buchstaben, Wörter und Sätze werden in den Köpfen der Leserinnen und Leser zu Bildern. Damit regt das Lesen die Fantasie an.“

In den letzten Jahren konnten sich Schüler:innen zum Weltbuchtag in einer Bücherei ein kostenloses Buch abholen. Das ist dieses Jahr leider kaum möglich. | (c) StockSnap auf Pixabay »Biber undercover«-Lesung im Livestream Durch die Corona-Pandemie können nicht wie sonst die Schüler:innen an Lesungen in Buchhandlungen oder in Schulen teilnehmen. Aber das ist nicht weiter schlimm, denn dann findet die Lesung eben einfach per Livestream statt. Am 23. April um 11:00 Uhr können sich interessierte Schüler:innen den Livestream des cbj Verlags unter anderem auf Facebook anschauen. Hier gelangst Du direkt zur Facebook-Veranstaltung. Während des Streams liest Autor Rüdiger Bertram vor, Illustrator Timo Grubing zeichnet nebenbei. Wer Fragen hat, kann sie gerne in den Kommentaren stellen. Sie werden alle anschließend beantwortet. Weitere Infos und wie Deine Schule eine private Lesung anmelden kann, erfährst Du hier.

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Italian newspapers are reporting that former IndyCar star and Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi, who lost both of his legs after a crash at the Lausitzring in 2001, has shown signs of marked improvements after a near fatal accident on a rural Italian road in July where his paracycle collided with a truck.A correspondent for Forbes reported that the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera wrote on Zanardi's condition Monday. He was apparently able to respond to doctors and his wife Daniella with hand gestures, raising his thumb to say "OK" while also shaking hands on demand. He can't yet speak as the hole in his trachea is being kept open as a precaution.Zanardi was leading a tour for other paralyzed athletes, and practicing for the upcoming Paralympics in Japan, when he rounded a corner on a two-lane winding road near Siena and encountered a large truck. For the next week, it was a question of whether he would even live or ever come out of a coma, but now, after five brain operations, You may also like: launch obd2 scanner. he has regained his sight-thought lost for good-and his hearing.Zanardi, who won the IndyCar title in 1997 and 1998, moved to Formula 1 for a spell before returning to IndyCar, where he competed in a controversial race held just after 9/11. Some participants and fans wanted the September 15 race in Germany canceled, but it went on regardless. Zanardi, in his best race of the reason, made a pit stop then spun out onto the active oval track. There was a horrible crash and Zanardi almost died, but he was saved by extraordinary medical care, though he lost 75 percent of his blood and both legs.Rather than let the loss dictate his life, he returned to the cockpit of race cars using hand controls, including the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2019 where he drove a BMW M8 GTE, turning laps very close to those of his able co-drivers. He also became a world-champion Paralympic cyclist and was training for what would likely have been his last appearance. COVID-19 canceled the 2020 Paralympics, with tentative plans to hold them in late 2021.

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SAIL 2017 - I fratelli Moscariello raccontano la loro Regata Punta Stendardo 2017

3 maggio 2017 - Pochi giorni fa si è conclusa a Gaeta l'edizione 2017 del Trofeo Punta Stendardo ed in questa occasione ho avuto la fortuna di migliorare la mia conoscenza dei fratelli Alessandro e Mario Moscariello che fanno parte del Vlag Sailing Team che, a bordo di un Vismara 34, dopo un sabato da dimenticare sono riusciti a chiudere con un 2° posto classe 3-4 ORC.   Ecco di seguito un loro breve resoconto delle regate: ""Il primo giorno di regata, arriviamo in banchina per primi, e iniziamo le procedure che ormai eseguiamo senza neanche pensarci: stecchiamo i fiocchi, passiamo le scotte nei bozzelli e mettiamo in ordine le drizze; subito dopo di noi arriva il timoniere di Vlag, Luca Baldino che ci dice cosa altro fare e con il suo aiuto la barca ben presto è pronta per regatare. Molliamo gli ormeggi e iniziano le raccomandazioni del nostro tattico, che ci illustra il percorso da fare e le condizioni che troveremo in mare.   Nella prima regata partiamo nel gruppetto di testa in mezzo a Nientemale e Cavallo Pazzo: al via cerchiamo di raggiungere il prima possibile la boa di bolina ma, date le condizioni a noi sfavorevoli (il poco vento delle ore pre-pomeridiane), ci rendiamo subito conto che non riusciamo a raggiungere velocità tali da stare al passo con gli altri, e infatti ci posizioniamo al 12° posto, un po' delusi.   Nella seconda prova con un vento che oscillava intorno ai 10 nodi azzecchiamo una partenza ancora più agguerrita e questa grinta la conserviamo per tutti i tre giri della prova e riusciamo a posizionarci meglio: 6° in overall.    Il secondo giorno di regata siamo consapevoli che questo è l'ultima occasione a disposizione per riuscire a dimostrare che ce la possiamo fare;  il meteo "gira" a nostro vantaggio: 18 nodi di vento; il golfo di Gaeta non si smentisce mai!    Impegnandoci al massimo collezioniamo un 4° e un 3° overall e con la quarta  prova entra lo scarto:  conquistiamo 13 punti che ci portano a quota 4 in classifica generale  e secondi in classe 3-4 ORC.   Nel complesso l'edizione 2017 del Trofeo Punta Stendardo si è rivelata una magnifica esperienza che ci ha fatto crescere tecnicamente ancora di più."" I fratelli Moscariello, classe 1997, a tutt'oggi vantano il seguente curriculum: Anno 2017 : Campionato Invernale in corso con Vismara 34 VLAG ��1 posto                         Punta Stendardo Gaeta Vismara 34 VLAG  2 posto Anno 2016 : Campionato Invernale Napoli con Vismara 34 VLAG                       CAMPIONATO ITALIANO con Vlag Vismara 34                      Trofeo Porti Imperiali Fiumicino Vismara 34 VLAG  4 posto                      41 Parallelo Anzio VLAG  2 posto                      Formia per Tutti – Formia / Ventotene Vismara 34 VLAG  2 posto                      Punta Stendardo Gaeta Vismara 34 VLAG  4 posto                      Tre Golfi Napoli Vismara 34 VLAG  4 posto                      Campionato Nazionale del Tirreno Napoli Vismara 34 VLAG  3 posto                      Campionato Assoluto Italiano Palermo Vismara 34 VLAG 4 posto                      Coppa Italia Fiumicino Vismara 34 VLAG                       Challenge COPPA ARTURO PACIFICO  1 ° POSTO VLAG Anno 2015 : XXXII Regata Velalonga su 200 barche – 1° Posto con Este 24 Mary-Poppins           REGATA Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Rolex Maxi 72WC 2015            Porto Cervo con barca MY WAY 60 piedi 4 posto di categoria                       Istruttore di Vela Valtur 3 Mesi                       Regata “Campionato Nazionale del Tirreno” 2° posto di categoria                       Regata Tre Golfi Napoli classificandoci al 5° posto                       Corso Istruttore di Vela Valtur  per Estate 2015 , Superato .                       Regata Punta Stendardo Gaeta con il Team Stupefacente 4°Posto                       Campionato Invernale Napoli con Team Caramelle classificandoci al  2° posto                       in categoria                       Campionato Italiano con Team Stupefacente First 36.7 . Dal primo Maggio  2015                  Anno 2014: Campionato Invernale Salerno Team Stupefacente classificandoci al 1° posto        con la barca First 36.7                                                                        Regata Trofeo Punta Stendardo con la barca First 36.7 “Team Stupefacente”                                    classificandoci al 6° posto                     Regata della Settimana dei Tre Golfi                Campionato Nazionale del Tirreno classificandoci al 7° posto in overall e   2°    posto nella categoria 4  Regate Intermedie” Torri Saracene “classificandoci al 1° posto a tutte con barca Jeanneau 43 “ Favola Blu ”Regata “ Trittico del Sole” con la barca 36.7 “Stupefacente” classificandoci al1°  postoRegata delle Vele d’ Epoca a Napoli sulla Barca Manta con la partecipazione di  Raimondo CappaRegata Golfo di Notte  notturna da Salerno-Agropoli e ritorno classificandoci al 1° posto con Team StupefacenteTrofeo Cappiello Sorrento 1° posto Record di Velocità in assoluto , 1 ° posto assoluto con Este 24  ‘ON Michè Anno 2013: Regate Zonali (Laser ) Circolo Italia Napoli                         Regate d’Altura Primaverile Vele di Levante con barca Jeanneau 45“ Favola Blu “Regate d’Altura Primaverile Agropoli con la barca Jeanneau 44i “ Gioy “STAFF  AMERICA’S CUP NAPOLI dal 13/04 al 21/04 Regata d’Altura  “Torri Saracene” 100 miglia con la barca Este 24 “On’ Michè”                           classificandoci al 1° posto all’ andata e anche al ritornoRegata – Trofeo Velandiamo con la barca Este 24 “On’ Michè” classificandoci al  1° postoCampionato autunnale Agropoli con la barca Vismara 40 “Pistrice”classificandoci al 1° posto Anno 2012: Regate Zonali ( Laser )  Regate d’Altura Campionato invernale di Napoli con la barca First 30 “ Aurica “Regata d’Altura  “Torri Saracene” 100”miglia con la barca  First 30 “Aurica“ classificandoci al 1° postoRegate d’Altura Barche d’Epoca Banca Aletti con barca del 1935 “ Manta “partecipando al raduno di Napoli circolo SavoiaRegate d’Altura Barche d’Epoca Grandi Vele con barca del 1935 “ Manta “partecipando al raduno di Gaeta con la partecipazione di  Raimondo CappaRegate VelaLonga con barca Jeanneau 43 “ Favola Blu ”Regate d’Altura Invernale Salerno con la barca Jeanneau 44i “ Gioy “ Anno 2011: Regate Zonali (Optimist)   Regata d’Altura  “Torri Saracene” 100 miglia con la barca Este 24 “On’ Michè”                           classificandoci al 1° postoRegate d’Altura con la barca Este 24 “ On’Michè “ ”Vele di Levante “ classificandoci al 1° postoRegate d’Altura Campionato Invernale di Napoli con la barca First 30 “ Aurica “ Anno 2010: Regate Zonali (Optimist)                         Regata d’Altura  “Torri Saracene” 80  miglia con la barca “Freja Omnia” Anno 2009: Regate Zonali e Regata Internazionale “Marcello Campobasso” (Optimist)                   Regate Zonali (Optimist)                              Regata d’Altura  “Torri Saracene” 80  miglia con la barca “Freja Omnia” Anno 2008: Regate Zonali e Regata Internazionale “Marcello Campobasso” Premiato come       concorrente più giovane (Optimist) Anno 2007: Regate Zonali con qualche 1° posto (Optimist) Anno 2006: Regata Nazionale Follonica (Optimist) Anno 2005: Traversata di 8 miglia (Optimist) FROM http://www.navigamus.info/2017/05/attenti-quei-due-i-fratelli-moscariello.html

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Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Galen Dempsey is an American actor and racing driver, best known for his role as neurosurgeonDerek "McDreamy" Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy, starring with Ellen Pompeo (Dr. Meredith Grey). He saw early success as an actor, starring in a number of films in the 1980s, including Can't Buy Me Love (1987) and Loverboy (1989).

Born on January 13, 1966 in Lewiston, Maine, the youngest of three children, Dempsey dropped out of high school to tour as a juggler and magician. He eventually segued into theater, performing in several plays including the lead role in Brighton Beach Memoirs in San Francisco and The Subject was Roses in New York City. He did his first film at the age of 21 in ‘The Mood’.

I first heard about Patrick Dempsey when a friend of mine mentioned that he had come second place at the 24 hours le mans race. I later watched the rerun and then came across his various other works which kinda interested me.

He is quite inspirational. He is a perfect example of a person who is passionate and does what he loves. Dempsey has had dyslexia since the age of 12. He often thought that he was stupid and found it really hard to memorise his dialogues. Despite his dyslexic condition, he still is an actor which is something I really really admire about him.

Another thing I admire about ‘The Great Patrick Dempsey’ is that he is a cancer philanthropist. Patrick has his own cancer center to support cancer patients. ‘The Dempsey Center’ was founded by him in the year 2008 with the intention of giving back to the community where he grew up, and where his mother first received cancer treatment in 1997.

Dempsey does a lot of charitable work. He supports a number of foundations such as American Foundation for Aids Research, American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, Avon Foundation, and The Tony Hawk Foundation.

However, the thing I admire the most about Patrick Dempsey is his work in the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. I think he has really played the role of Derek Shepherd (Mcdreamy) in the best way possible and I personally feel no other actor would’ve been able to play the role better than him. In addition to his work on Grey's Anatomy, Dempsey has taken on a few film roles. He plays Tripp Kenedy, a man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank who desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love with in the movie ‘Flypaper’. He acts really well in that movie and aces the character he plays.

                                            Click here to watch ‘Flypaper’

 He then later reunited with former co-star Hilary Swank for Freedom Writers (2007). In this drama, Swank played a teacher trying to improve the lives of her at-risk youths and Dempsey appeared as her husband. In his next film project, he has taken on lighter fare - a romantic comedy with a fantastical twist.

 I also think he acted really well in the 2007 movie ‘Enchanted’ as Robert Philip, a lawyer who falls for a princess from long ago who has been sent to modern times by an evil queen. He has really killed it in this movie and acted so well, that it makes this movie a part of my top 5 movies of all time.

Racing - In 2014, Dempsey told Reuters in the Hockenheimring support paddock at the German Grand Prix that motor racing was not just a hobby, and had become as much a part of who he is as acting. He said, "It's all-consuming in many ways. I couldn't imagine not racing right now. It really keeps me motivated. It's all I think about on a daily basis."

Dempsey, who maintains an extensive sports and vintage car collection, has enjoyed auto racing during his spare time for several years. Before the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013, he said that he would like to compete full-time, telling Eurosport:

“I would like to make that [motorsports] a complete priority and just focus on this full-time. If I could just walk away from acting, I think I could do that very easily, and just focus on the driving, I would love that more than anything else.”

He has competed in prestigious pro-am events such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 at Daytona sports car race, and Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race. He was a co-owner of the Vision Racing IndyCar Series team and current owner of Dempsey Racing, which is presently racing two Porsche 911 GT America's in the Tudor United Sports Car Series. He participated in this series as often as his schedule allowed, although insurance restrictions kept him from driving competitively while also filming a motion picture. In 2009, he raced a Team Seattle Advanced Engineering Ferrari F430 GT in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans's GT2 class and finished ninth in class.

After debuting at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dempsey returned to France four years later and competed in a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR at the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Dempsey and his co-drivers finished 29th overall and fourth in-class.

In January 2013, Dempsey announced that his company (Global Baristas) had secured the winning bid to purchase Seattle-based Tully's Coffee, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October. Dempsey's bid of $9.15M was enough to secure Tully's over the bids of six others including Starbucks. Dempsey's company will control 47 Tully's locations in the Seattle area, but not the online business which had been purchased by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in 2009. Following a legal dispute with investor group Global Baristas, Dempsey left the group, in effect officially leaving his managerial positions with Tully's.

  Dempsey was married to actress and manager Rocky parker from 1987 to 1994. He later married makeup artist Jillian Fink in 1999. The couple had a daughter, Talula Fyfe, and twin boys, Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick.

In January 2015, after nearly 15 years together, Fink filed for divorce.

In my personal opinion, I think that Patrick Dempsey is a very determined and skilled at his job and really cares about others. He is a type of person who wants to do good for the world. We can see this by the number of foundations that he supports for cancer, aids etc.

Being a big fan of Greys Anatomy, us, grey fans were really upset when they killed his character on the show. He had left the show for personal reasons which put him under a lot of scrutiny and hate for apparently ‘screwing up the show’. He later came back in the show with a bang which surprised all the viewers of the show. Patrick Dempsey is really someone I look up to.

Hope you learnt something new about Patrick Dempsey and his life.

Until next time

Adiós!

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Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi on how he’s able to race at Daytona

Enlarge / Zanardi in the paddock. He is almost as fast in this chair as he is in the race car—I'm surprised he hasn't been given a penalty for speeding in the pit lane! (credit: Elle Cayabyab Gitlin)

Although we usually cover our own travel arrangements, in this case Rolex flew me to Orlando and provided two nights in a hotel in Daytona Beach.

One of the biggest buzzes at this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona was the presence of one Alex Zanardi, racing in one of the two BMW M8 GTEs. Racing fans will remember Zanardi from his time in single seaters. There was a spell in F1 with the Williams team, but he's primarily known by the racing crowd as a double champion in the open-wheel CART series (in 1997 and 1998). In 2001, after returning to CART, he lost both his legs in a horrific crash at the Lausitzring in Germany in 2001. Other sports fans may well know him for his post-crash success in handcycling; he's won multiple marathons (Venice, 2009, Rome, 2010, New York, 2011) as well as gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.

Oh, and he's kept driving, too. First in the World Touring Car Championship from 2004-2009, with wins in 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009, then more recently in the Blancpain Sprint Series in 2014, all with BMW. But this year's Rolex 24 saw him added to BMW's roster for the #24 BMW Team RLL M8 GTE, where he was just one of the car's four drivers (the other three of whom were all able-bodied).

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19th BMW Art Car will Feature in the 55th Rolex 24

The 2017 motor racing season will shift up a gear, when BMW Motorsport, BMW Team RLL and BMW of North America launch their 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC) campaign on 28th/29th January at the classic Daytona International Speedway. At the biggest 24-hour race in North America, BMW Team RLL will have the rare honor of racing a BMW Art Car, only the ninth of the 19-car BMW Art Car Collection to race since the program’s start in 1975. John Baldessari (USA), one of the world’s most respected conceptual artists, joins luminaries such as Alexander Calder (1975), Andy Warhol (1979) and Jeff Koons (2010) as an Art Car creator.

The BMW M6 continues as the foundation of BMW’s effort in international sports car racing in 2017, and BMW Team RLL will continue to race two BMW M6 GTLM specification cars in the IWSC. The line-up of the number 19 BMW M6 GTLM Art Car features veteran Bill Auberlen (USA) and BMW works driver Alexander Sims (GBR). Sims was part of the winning ROWE Racing team with the BMW M6 GT3 at last year’s 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps (BEL). The regular drivers will be supported by DTM stars Augusto Farfus (BRA) and Bruno Spengler (CAN). Both Farfus and Spengler raced the BMW M6 GTLM at Daytona last year with Auberlen and Dirk Werner (GER), finishing fifth in the debut race for the car. For Auberlen, the 48-year-old Californian, the honour of racing a BMW Art Car falls on the 20th anniversary of his first win for BMW at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in 1997.

John Edwards (USA) and Martin Tomczyk (GER) will anchor the number 24 BMW M6 GTLM this season. Edwards, who begins his fifth season racing for BMW, will be joined by BMW works driver Tomczyk, now focusing on GT competition after 16 successful seasons in the DTM. As he did last season, Kuno Wittmer (CAN) will race the number 24 BMW M6 GTLM in the four endurance rounds (Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen and Petit Le Mans). At Daytona, Nicky Catsburg (NLD) will be the fourth driver. Catsburg co-drove to a second-place GTD finish in last year’s Rolex 24.

In its eight seasons of North American sports car competition, BMW Team RLL has posted 13 victories among 60 podium finishes, winning the American Le Mans Series Manufacturer and Team championships in 2010 and repeating the feat and adding the driver title in 2011. Beginning with the BMW M3 GT2 in 2009, the team successfully introduced the BMW Z4 GTLM in 2013 and the BMW M6 GTLM in 2016.

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トランシーな出来事（Synchronicity）＃父の命日 1996年の冬、僕は、著名なミュージシャンのライブの撮影で金沢にいた。僕は、ライブが終了してから１人金沢の夜の街に出掛けた。そして駅前の商店街の通りに占い師がいた。僕は、その占い師を横目で見ながら通り過ぎた。暫くしてからふと思い立ち、『占ってもらおうかな？』と考えた。そしてその占い師のところまで戻った。するとその占い師がいないではないか。アレレ？占い師は、陰に隠れて用を足していた。あの用を足した手で占ってもらうのは微妙だなと思い諦めて道を挟んだ反対側に渡った。そしてまた占い師が先に見えた。『よし、あの占い師の前を通って目が合ったら占ってもらおう』そう思って先に歩いて行った。ビンゴだった！目が合ったのだ。早速占ってもらった。 『あなたの人生は、来年から変わる』 『来年と言っても1月1日からでなくて節分の日から』 『そしてその後は、惰性で生きられる』 そう占ってくれた。その夜は、それで終った。 当時僕は、下北沢から少し離れたエリアの世田谷代田のアパートに住んでいた。そのアパートの家賃の更新が近付いていたこともあり新しい住処を探していた。1994年、カメラマンとしての独立して2年目が過ぎようとしていた。幸い仕事も順調だったのでより広い部屋で、便利な場所にと考えた。 1997年、年が明けた早々渋谷区富ヶ谷にいい物件が見付かった。引っ越しは、いつがいいかなと考え、金沢の占い師が言った節分の日に合わせることがいいのではないかと考えた。引っ越し作業は、友人たちにお願いしていた為に集まりやすい休日の2月2日（ 日）にした。 引っ越しは、朝から順調に進み夕方過ぎに全ての荷物を富ヶ谷のマンションの部屋の中に収めた。そして手伝ってくれた友人たちを労うためみんなを食事に連れて行き、やっと一段落したところで母からの電話が携帯電話に鳴った。 『お父さんが危ない！』『帰って来て！』と。 その頃、父はガンを煩い入退院を繰り返していた。僕は、友人から車を借りて実家の近くにある病院（愛知県安城市）へ向かった。東名高速を使って車を走らせると途中土砂降りの雨が車のフロントガラスを叩き付けた。それは、不安な気持ちを更に増幅させた。危険なので減速しながらも西へ西へと進んだ。朝方雨が止み僕は、岡崎のICを出て国道1号線を走っていた。 父が入院している病院の駐車場に車を停め、急いでしかし静かに母が教えてくれた病室に向かった。病室の扉を開けた。母が父に付き添っていた。父はまだ息をしていた。ほんの少しだが父と会話も出来た。しかし、暫くすると容態が悪くなり呼吸困難な状態になった。父の喉元が陸に上がった魚のエラの様に大きく反復しゴーゴーと鳴いた。 1997年2月3日8時24分、父は亡くなった。 63歳だった。 金沢の占い師の占いは的中したのだ。 『そしてその後は、惰性で生きられる』 惰性はあまり良い意味に聞こえないが「これまでの勢い通り進む」と解釈した。 その後、僕は僕なりに仕事に勢いを増し、沢山の著名人を撮影して行った。引っ越したマンションには、静岡に移住する前の11年半の間住んだ。同じ年、黒猫と出会いナデシコと名付けて一緒に住んだ。海外にも頻繁に行った。遊びもいっぱいいっぱいした。恋愛も。 写真は、父が遺してくれた形見の時計。この時計は、今でも僕の主となる時計で何年か前に壊れてしまって何年か引き出しの中で眠っていたが風水を勉強した後考え直して修理した。修理/OHは、高額を要したが直すことにした。 僕は、この時計を一生使うつもりである。 父の冥福を祈る。 お父さん、いつもありがとうございます。 トランシーな出来事（Synchronicity）は、 人生の道しるべであり、その先に光があると信じる。 http://helloharuo.exblog.jp/19731092/ 2013年2月3日のブログより #helloharuo #synchronicity #rolex #fathersdeath #fathersdeathanniversary #節分 #命日 #父の命日 #富ヶ谷 #shibuya (Susono-shi, Shizuoka, Japan)

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Nc247info tổng hợp: Lydia Ko lên green bằng driver

Golfer cựu số một nữ thế giới Lydia Ko vào khu chốt hố 15, par5 sau hai lần vung driver – gậy chuyên phát bóng, trong đó cú thứ hai từ khu cỏ rough.

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Ko diễn màn ấn tượng này tại vòng thứ hai Mediheal Championship thuộc LPGA Tour trên sân Lake Merced par72 thuộc San Francisco, Mỹ hôm 11/6. Cô từng vô địch giải năm 2018, cũng ở sân này.

Hố 15 dài 479 yard. Ở khoảng cách đó, các chuyên gia đánh xa ở LPGA Tour với hai gậy có thể lên green với cơ hội birdie thậm chí eagle. Ải này, Ko phát vừa qua bẫy cát nhưng bóng vào cỏ rough bên trái fairway, cách mục tiêu 263 yard. Thay vì dùng gậy sắt chia khoảng cách để tránh rắc rối về sau, golfer Ko dùng driver.

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Golfer New Zealand "2 on" sau quyết định mạo hiểm. Đáng tiếc rằng, cô chỉ giữ par do mất đến ba putt mới xong hố.

Ko có lý do để dùng gậy phát bóng từ cỏ rough nhờ kinh nghiệm trước đây ở Lake Merced. "Lúc bàn chuyện chọn gậy, tôi bảo caddie Derek đó không phải lần đầu đánh driver ở vị trí như thế. Giống lần trước thôi. Tôi cũng tính đến khả năng trượt điểm ngọt. Nếu hỏng thì gỡ bằng cú pitch. Nhưng ba putt chốt hố thì khá thẹn", Ko nói. Ko xong chặng thứ hai với 70 gậy, đứng T20 ở điểm -2 sau 36 hố.

Hôm qua, Ko cũng 70 gậy vòng áp chót, lên T11 (điểm -4) và cách đỉnh bảng năm gậy. Vị trí đầu thuộc về golfer Đài Loan Min Lee.

Ko sinh ngày 24/4/1997. Đoạt Canadian Women’s Open 2012-2013, Ko trở thành đấu thủ nghiệp dư trẻ nhất và duy nhất thắng hai sự kiện trong lịch sử LPGA Tour từ 1950. Trong ba năm sau đó, cô ẵm thêm 12 danh hiệu, trong đó có hai major.

Ngày 2/2/2015, Ko trở thành golfer trẻ nhất đứng đầu bảng thứ bậc thế giới, tính cả golf nam lẫn nữ - OWGR và Rolex Rankings. Đấu thủ xứ New Zealand tích luỹ 104 tuần ở vị trí này.

Tuy nhiên, sau danh hiệu thứ 14 – Marathon Classic 2016, Ko mất hai năm mới ẵm chức vô địch thứ 15 – Mediheal Championship. Từ thắng lợi này, Ko qua 1.084 ngày khát danh hiệu LPGA Tour rồi kết thúc nó bằng chức vô địch Lotte Championship ở điểm -28 tại Hawaii hôm 18/4.

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Dicas de Mestre: “Para você, cineasta de uma geração futura…”

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Dicas de Mestre: “Para você, cineasta de uma geração futura…”

Ontem (24), no intervalo da transmissão do Oscar, foi exibido um vídeo promocional da Rolex, empresa suíça fabricante de relógios de pulso e acessórios, para inspirar e incentivar as novas gerações de cineastas a produzirem seus filmes. Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Alejandro G. Iñárritu e Kathryn Bigelow: cada um deles deixou sua marca no cinema com seu estilo único e uma visão inovadora que inspira nosso mundo. Agora esses quatro mestres da sétima arte dão um recado para o cineasta em você que sonham em ver seus filmes sendo exibidos nos cinemas:

“Para você, cineasta de uma geração futura: se você está queimando para contar essa história … se você está vendo imagens e passagens em sua mente, você tem que fazer o seu filme!”

Martin Scorsese é um diretor, produtor e produtor. Roteirista com uma carreira de 50 anos e tantos filmes, muitos dos quais são considerados alguns dos maiores já feitos, como é o caso de Taxi Driver (1976), Touro Indomável (1980) e Os Bons Companheiros (1990) – integrantes da lista dos 100 Melhores Filmes Americanos de Todos os Tempos segundo o American Film Institute.

“Para um futuro cineasta, seu filme deve falar para muitos com uma voz singular. Pergunte a si mesmo o que você tem a dizer, e depois diga de uma maneira que seja única para você.”

James Cameron é um cineasta e explorador aclamado. Como diretor, escritor e produtor, ele é responsável por alguns dos filmes mais memoráveis ​​das últimas três décadas, entre eles: O Exterminador do Futuro (1984), Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009) e, recentemente, Alita: Anjo de Combate (2019).

“Queridos cineastas, usem seus dons para ir além de sua imaginação mais selvagem. Faça a diferença neste mundo.”

A primeira e única mulher a ganhar um Oscar de Melhor Diretora, Kathryn Bigelow, tem um notável comando de narrativa visual. Sua tenacidade e sua escolha de assunto redefiniram a paisagem do cinema. Foi com o denso Guerra ao Terror (2010) que Bigelow conquistou o Oscar de melhor direção, além de ter levado a estatueta dourada de Melhor Filme, deixando Avatar para trás naquele ano. Guerra ao Terror ganhou ainda outros quatro Oscars: melhor roteiro original, montagem, edição de som e mixagem de som

“Caro cineasta do futuro, fazer cinema é aquela longa jornada que o levará da cabeça ao coração. É uma batalha e um ato de amor.”

Alejandro G. Iñárritu é conhecido por sua exploração da condição humana, juntamente com seu estilo visual, que o estabeleceu como uma força a ser considerada. O cineasta mexicano já foi premiado pela direção de Birdman (2014) e O Regresso (2015). Birdman também lhe rendeu o Oscar de melhor roteiro e filme.

A Rolex colabora com a Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas na sua missão de apoiar a arte cinematográfica, e também é Founding Supporter do novo Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, localizado em Los Angeles, California (EUA), e com previsão de abertura para 2019.

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2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion: IMSA Birthday Blowout

Monterey Car Week is an intense and whirlwind display of automotive excellence. Over the years the number of the events that occur in mid-August of each year seems to have grown exponentially. There are car shows, car parades, car auctions, cars park in parking lots, cars on the streets. Whatever one’s preference, it can be found during Car Week. Sure, the famous linchpin of Car Week is the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, and we don’t dismiss its prestige or importance, but for us the track at WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway and the Monterey Motorsports Reunion is where the magic really happens. Nothing in the world gets us more excited than Car Week and no event more than the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.

We preach the gospel at every opportunity. On the first night of this year’s garage stalking sessions of Cannery Row looking for hypercars we met some young men also on the treasure hunt. Happy to see any young person looking for car photos and not tracking down Pokeman warms our hearts, and we took a few moments to explain to these young gentlemen that no matter what hypercar you find crawling the streets during Car Week, the track is where the real education begins. No garage queens or hermetically sealed art pieces. The cars at the Reunion span almost 100 years of automotive history and each one hits the track at some point in the weekend.

When it was announced that this year’s event would focus on the International Motor Sports Association’s (IMSA) 50th birthday, we got excited….very excited indeed.

Before we get into the event, some of you might need a primer on exactly what IMSA is. Discussing a sport’s sanctioning body isn’t all that sexy, but it is relevant. 50 years of anything is worth talking about, and 50 years of some of the best auto racing on the planet is doubly so.

From IMSA.com:

“The sanctioning body was founded in 1969 by John Bishop with the assistance of NASCAR President Bill France Sr. Bishop was a 12-year employee of the Sports Car Club of America, who elected to follow his own vision for professional road racing. Bishop and his wife, Peggy, brought a family-style feel to the organization, based in Bridgeport, Conn.

The first IMSA-sanctioned race was at Pocono International Raceway in Oct., 1969, a Formula Ford and Formula Vee event that paid $3,000 and attracted 348 spectators. Bishop abandoned his plans for open-wheel competition by the end of 1970, concentrating on forming a six-race series in 1971 for FIA Group 2 and Group 4 sports cars, along with “Baby Grand” stock cars.

That series became the IMSA GT Series . The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company began sponsoring what became Camel GT in 1972, and the series quickly gained in popularity. Bishop’s vision of adding prototype sports cars in the early 1980s proved to be a huge success, and the series thrived throughout the 1980s with many of the top names in U.S. and international sports cars battling on North America’s top road circuits in Porsche, Jaguar, Ford, Nissan, Chevrolet and Toyota Camel GTP Prototypes.

In addition to the GTP Prototypes , Camel GT also featured Camel Lights Prototypes and production-based competition in the GTO, GTU and American GT classes. IMSA also sanctioned American stock cars in the Kelly American Challenge; small sedans in the Champion Spark Plug Challenge; production cars in the Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship; exotics in the Bridgestone Super Car Championship; and open-wheel cars in the Barber Saab Pro Series.

Bishop sold the organization to Florida businessmen Mike Cone and Jeff Parker in 1989. The company was relocated to Tampa, Fla. With a sharp drop in participation in the GTP class due to a challenging economy, IMSA announced a shift to a revolutionary concept for 1994, introducing the World Sports Car, an open-cockpit prototype.

There were many additional changes for 1994. Florida businessman and GT racer Charlie Slater purchased IMSA. Exxon USA took over sponsorship of the series, which became the EXXON World Sports Car Championship, while GT competition took place in the EXXON Supreme GT Series.

In September 1996, the International Motor Sports Group – a conglomerate including Roberto Mueller and Andy Evans – purchased IMSA and changed its name to Professional SportsCar Racing for 1997.

Many changes took place over the following three years. The United States Road Racing Championship sanctioned races with the assistance of the Sports Car Club of America in 1998-99.

While originally affiliated with the USRRC, Don Panoz departed to hold the inaugural Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta in 1998. He expanded that concept into a full series in 1999, the American Le Mans Series. He envisioned bringing European-style endurance sports car racing to America – highlighted by the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. Panoz also acquired rights to IMSA, which became the sanctioning body for the organization.

Faced without a sanctioning body for Daytona International Speedway’s flagship road race, Jim France put together a team of investors who shared his vision for a new North American sports car championship to carry on the legacy of the series co-founded by his father, Bill France Sr., 30 years earlier. GRAND-AM Road Racing debuted with the 2000 running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, and ran its opening three seasons with similar classes to the ALMS.

From its birth in 1999, the ALMS proclaimed its racing “For the Fans,” and built a loyal group of followers. The series later undertook a number of initiatives to become recognized as the Global Leader in Green Racing, gaining both national and international recognition for its Green Racing protocols.

GRAND-AM took a radical step when it introduced the Daytona Prototype as its lead class beginning in 2003. The new car became popular with both fans and drivers for its durability, affordability and safety. The DP attracted competitors from NASCAR, IndyCar and international sports car racing, especially to GRAND-AM’s marquee events at Daytona, Watkins Glen and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

While both series were successful on their own, it became apparent that they would have to combine in order to grow the sport. The two groups announced in Sept. 2012 they would merge into one organization beginning with the 2014 season. Fittingly, it was also announced that the unified series would be sanctioned by IMSA.

IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship opens with a pair of historic events – the Rolex 24 At Daytona and Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida – building on the vision of John Bishop and Bill France Sr. from 45 years ago.”

In a nutshell, if you’ve enjoyed professional racing in the US for the last 50 years, IMSA has had some hand in insuring that it was safe, well managed and indeed, professional. Our hats are off to IMSA for their work and dedication to the stewardship of our favorite sport.

And now, on to the show…..

And what a show it was. As we expected from the release of the entry list, (550 cars in 14 groups) the paddock of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca was packed with awesome. Along with the cars we’re reunited with almost every year, there were many cars we’d never seen before. It’s crazy to think that after watching and reading about racing for over 20 years that there’d be anything new to see. But there was a lot to take in…more curves, more wings, more cylinders, more paint & chrome and more history. Adding to the diversity this year, and as noted in our report on the Sonoma Speed Festival, is the inclusion of “later” model cars that now fall under the banner of “vintage” and/or “historic race cars. We’re not complaining…we’re glad to see all of the diversity. We love that one event can highlight cars made with wood and bicycle pumps at the same event with cars made of computers and carbon fiber. To prove the point take a look at the 1916 National AC on the left and the Audi R8 LMP on the right.

Along with the standard historic/vintage fare, a few major automakers flashed some of their new wares in the paddock. Not surprisingly, the biggest attraction by far was Chevrolet’s new C8 Corvette in a new color called called Zeus Brown. Based on what we’d seen of the C8 from the internet over the past few weeks, our jury is till out on the new Vette. Unfortunately, seeing it in about the most unexciting color, did’t exactly help us deliver our verdict on it. Though admittedly not our cup of tea, we were glad to finally see one in the flesh.

On the other end of the excitement spectrum was the car Ford brought to the party. As you may or may not know, Ford is discontinuing its factory GT racing program….but they’re launching one last salvo. Ford Performance and Canada’s Multimatic Inc. are making a limited run of 45 track only Mk II cars that will set folks back $1.2 million (starting price). This monster with sport enhanced aero kit and a 3.5 liter EcoBoost engine (and a cool snorkel intake!!!). Ford did’t play it safe on their presentation. Heck, they didn’t even show it in one of their heritage liveries. This beauty sported the same Ford/Multimatic livery featured at the car’s debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last month. Not over the top…just right!

Just outside the main paddock, in the lagoon area, were a few equally sensational cars from a couple of the world’s smallest automakers, presented by Michelin. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus doubled down with a spectacular blue carbon SCG003 and the outrageous new Steve McQueen homage, the SCG Boot. We’ve been waiting to be in the presence of any SCG and now, of a sudden, there were two. We were unprepared for the blue carbon magnitude of the 003 and completely astounded by the radical look and sheer girth of the Boot (that we didn’t even know existed).

The very next day, in the same spot, we were blown away again by the presence of not one, but two Koenigseggs. I was so thrown by seeing the new Jesko (pronounced Yess-Ko), I didn’t notice the second car, a lovely two tone Agera RS. Speaking of the Agera, the Jesko, a tribute to the founder’s father, will be the Agera’s successor. This twin turbocharged aerodynamic masterpiece will produce over 1,200 horsepower on pump gas and cost around $2.8 million. Year after year, Michelin’s lagoon display inspires awe.

BMW had a heavy presence at the Reunion with four iconic racers The 1975 Group 4 3.0 CSL, the 1999 V12 LMR, the 2001 E46 M3 GTR and the 2011 E92 M3 GT. These cars all competed in the Masters Endurance Legends class, involving two 40 minute races. The BMW V12 LMR in the hands of long time BMW driver Bill Auberlin put on a masterclass in Sunday’s 40 minute race. After going off track in the opening laps Auberlen fought back to second place. Watching a seasoned professional racing driver carve his way way through a field of legendary endurance racing machines is, to use an overused adjective, epic. Even by today’s standards the Williams and BMW developed V12 sings a song like no other, and looks just as fast as it did on its first win at the ‘99 12 hours of Sebring in the hands of Tom Kristensen, Jorg Muller, and JJ Lehto. This collaboration between BMW and Formula 1’s Willams team produced only four examples of the LMR.

The fun wasn’t over. Making a return to the Reunion was McLaren’s two-time Formula 1 world champion, Mika Hakkinen. The Flying Finn was on had to drive demonstration laps in the 1970 McLaren M8D/3 “Batmobile” Can-Am racer. While only responsible for “demonstration laps” a description leaving broad room for a driver to dial it in, or drive the wheels off. Hakkinen chose the latter and pushed the M8D/3 McLaren like he had been driving it all his life. The McLaren lacking in the aero grip of modern race cars made up for its limitations through shear and raw power with its Chevy 7 liter V8 putting out 670bhp at 6800rpm with 600 lb⋅ft (810 N⋅m) of torque. We witnessed Hakkinen clock 175mph on the main straight. Not bad for an almost 50 year old car.

It wasn’t just Hakkinen that came to put his foot down. The weekend was packed with legends of sports car racing. Brian Redman was on hand bringing back memories of his time at the 1976 Rolex 24 at Daytona where he worked on his on car while it was stopped on track. Current Team Penske driver Ricky Taylor was there as was nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen. IMSA legend Hurley Haywood was the Grand Marshal and spent the weekend signing autographs and posing for photos for eager fans. There were dozens of previous and current sports car drivers all approachable for fans to interact with. The Reunion wasn’t just about cars, it was a Reunion of the best racing talent that has even been a track. Happy 50th Birthday IMSA!!!

We had big expectations for the Reunion and we can happily report that it met our expectations and more. Its an event of pure joy, and one of the last events outside of Europe that is a living homage to racing history. As always, we think our pictures tell a better story than our words ever could. That said, please check out the galleries below featuring the people and cars of the 2019 Reunion.

The People

The Cars

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History 1938–1970 Lee Byung-chul, founder of Samsung In 1938, Lee Byung-chul (1910–1987) of a large landowning family in the Uiryeong county moved to nearby Daegu city and founded Samsung Sanghoe (삼성상회, 三星商會). Samsung started out as a small trading company with forty employees located in Su-dong (now Ingyo-dong).[19] It dealt in dried-fish,[19] locally-grown groceries and noodles. The company prospered and Lee moved its head office to Seoul in 1947. When the Korean War broke out, he was forced to leave Seoul. He started a sugar refinery in Busan named Cheil Jedang. In 1954, Lee founded Cheil Mojik and built the plant in Chimsan-dong, Daegu. It was the largest woollen mill ever in the country.[citation needed] Samsung diversified into many different areas. Lee sought to establish Samsung as leader in a wide range of industries. Samsung moved into lines of business such as insurance, securities and retail. In 1947, Cho Hong-jai, the Hyosung group's founder, jointly invested in a new company called Samsung Mulsan Gongsa, or the Samsung Trading Corporation, with the Samsung's founder Lee Byung-chull. The trading firm grew to become the present-day Samsung C&T Corporation. After a few years, Cho and Lee separated due to differences in management style. Cho wanted a 30 equity share. Samsung Group was separated into Samsung Group and Hyosung Group, Hankook Tire and other businesses.[20][21] In the late 1960s, Samsung Group entered the electronics industry. It formed several electronics-related divisions, such as Samsung Electronics Devices, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Corning and Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications, and made the facility in Suwon. Its first product was a black-and-white television set.[citation needed] 1970–1990 The SPC-1000, introduced in 1982, was Samsung's first personal computer (Korean market only) and used an audio cassette tape to load and save data – the floppy drive was optional[22] In 1980, Samsung acquired the Gumi-based Hanguk Jeonja Tongsin and entered telecommunications hardware. Its early products were switchboards. The facility was developed into the telephone and fax manufacturing systems and became the center of Samsung's mobile phone manufacturing. They have produced over 800 million mobile phones to date.[23] The company grouped them together under Samsung Electronics in the 1980s. After Lee, the founder's death in 1987, Samsung Group was separated into four business groups—Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and the Hansol Group.[24] Shinsegae (discount store, department store) was originally part of Samsung Group, separated in the 1990s from the Samsung Group along with CJ Group (Food/Chemicals/Entertainment/logistics), and the Hansol Group (Paper/Telecom). Today these separated groups are independent and they are not part of or connected to the Samsung Group.[25] One Hansol Group representative said, "Only people ignorant of the laws governing the business world could believe something so absurd", adding, "When Hansol separated from the Samsung Group in 1991, it severed all payment guarantees and share-holding ties with Samsung affiliates." One Hansol Group source asserted, "Hansol, Shinsegae, and CJ have been under independent management since their respective separations from the Samsung Group". One Shinsegae department store executive director said, "Shinsegae has no payment guarantees associated with the Samsung Group".[25] In 1980s, Samsung Electronics began to invest heavily in research and development, investments that were pivotal in pushing the company to the forefront of the global electronics industry. In 1982, it built a television assembly plant in Portugal; in 1984, a plant in New York; in 1985, a plant in Tokyo; in 1987, a facility in England; and another facility in Austin, Texas, in 1996. As of 2012, Samsung has invested more than US$13,000,000,000 in the Austin facility, which operates under the name Samsung Austin Semiconductor. This makes the Austin location the largest foreign investment in Texas and one of the largest single foreign investments in the United States.[26][27] 1990–2000 Samsung started to rise as an international corporation in the 1990s. Samsung's construction branch was awarded contracts to build one of the two Petronas Towers in Malaysia, Taipei 101 in Taiwan and the Burj Khalifa in United Arab Emirates.[28] In 1993, Lee Kun-hee sold off ten of Samsung Group's subsidiaries, downsized the company, and merged other operations to concentrate on three industries: electronics, engineering and chemicals. In 1996, the Samsung Group reacquired the Sungkyunkwan University foundation. Samsung became the world's largest producer of memory chips in 1992 and is the world's second-largest chipmaker after Intel (see Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Market Share Ranking Year by Year).[29] In 1995, it created its first liquid-crystal display screen. Ten years later, Samsung grew to be the world's largest manufacturer of liquid-crystal display panels. Sony, which had not invested in large-size TFT-LCDs, contacted Samsung to cooperate, and, in 2006, S-LCD was established as a joint venture between Samsung and Sony in order to provide a stable supply of LCD panels for both manufacturers. S-LCD was owned by Samsung (50% plus one share) and Sony (50% minus one share) and operates its factories and facilities in Tangjung, South Korea. As of 26 December 2011, it was announced that Samsung had acquired the stake of Sony in this joint venture.[30] Compared to other major Korean companies, Samsung survived the 1997 Asian financial crisis relatively unharmed. However, Samsung Motor was sold to Renault at a significant loss. As of 2010, Renault Samsung is 80.1 percent owned by Renault and 19.9 percent owned by Samsung. Additionally, Samsung manufactured a range of aircraft from the 1980s to 1990s. The company was founded in 1999 as Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), the result of a merger between then three domestic major aerospace divisions of Samsung Aerospace, Daewoo Heavy Industries and Hyundai Space and Aircraft Company. However, Samsung still manufactures aircraft engines and gas turbines.[31] 2000–present The prominent Samsung sign in Times Square, New York City In 2010, Samsung announced a ten-year growth strategy centered around five businesses.[32] One of these businesses was to be focused on biopharmaceuticals, to which has committed ₩2,100,000,000,000.[33] In first quarter of 2012, Samsung Electronics became the world's largest mobile phone maker by unit sales, overtaking Nokia, which had been the market leader since 1998.[34][35] On 24 August 2012, nine American jurors ruled that Samsung Electronics had to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages for violating six of its patents on smartphone technology. The award was still less than the $2.5 billion requested by Apple. The decision also ruled that Apple did not violate five Samsung patents cited in the case.[36] Samsung decried the decision saying that the move could harm innovation in the sector.[37] It also followed a South Korean ruling stating that both companies were guilty of infringing on each other's intellectual property.[38] In first trading after the ruling, Samsung shares on the Kospi index fell 7.7%, the largest fall since 24 October 2008, to 1,177,000 Korean won.[39] Apple then sought to ban the sales of eight Samsung phones (Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 AT&T, Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail) in the United States[40] which has been denied by the court.[41] In 2015, Samsung has been granted more U.S. patents than any other company - including IBM, Google, Sony, Microsoft and Apple. The company received 7,679 utility patents through 11 December.[42] On 2 August 2016, Samsung Electronics unveiled the Galaxy Note7 smartphone,[43] which went on sale on 19 August 2016. However, in early September 2016, Samsung suspended sales of the phone and announced an informal recall. This occurred after some units of the phones had batteries with a defect that caused them to produce excessive heat, leading to fires and explosions. Samsung replaced the recalled units of the phones with a new version; however, it was later discovered that the new version of the Galaxy Note 7 also had the battery defect. Samsung recalled all Galaxy Note7 smartphones worldwide on 10 October 2016, and permanently ended production of the phone the following day.[44][45][46] Acquisitions and attempted acquisitions This section has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: most of the section belongs to articles about specific companies (January 2017) Samsung has made the following acquisitions and attempted acquisitions:[47] Rollei – Swiss watch battle Samsung Techwin acquired German camera-maker Rollei in 1995. Samsung (Rollei) used its optic expertise on the crystals of a new line of 100% Swiss-made watches, designed by a team of watchmakers at Nouvelle Piquerez S.A. in Bassequort, Switzerland. Rolex's decision to fight Rollei on every front stemmed from the close resemblance between the two names and fears that its sales would suffer as a consequence. In the face of such a threat, the Geneva firm decided to confront. This was also a demonstration of the Swiss watch industry's determination to defend itself when an established brand is threatened. Rolex sees this front-line battle as vital for the entire Swiss watch industry. Rolex has succeeded in keeping Rollei out of the German market. On 11 March 1995, the Cologne District court prohibited the advertising and sale of Rollei watches on German territory.[48][49] In 1999, Rollei management bought out the company.[50] Fokker – Dutch aircraft maker