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Ronchetti sues political consulting firmSFR staff writer Andrew Oxford reports failed GOP candidate Mark Ronchetti is suing Virginia-based Go Big Media, the political consulting firm he says botched the launch of websites for both his gubernatorial and US Senate campaigns. As such, the lawsuit says, Ronchetti’s job as KRQE’s weatherman was jeopardized. In the case of his gubernatorial campaign, the suit says Ronchetti “was forced to resign immediately and without warning from his job at KRQE-TV.” The lawsuit argues that this caused “financial losses, loss of reputation, damage to his campaign, damage to his employment prospects, and other economic and...

Sponsored by Fantastic Furniture Fantastic Furniture has announced a growth in its Aussie Made furniture range, which is now comprised of 100 locally manufactured furniture items, with an intention to further expand. The Hampton The Aussie Made range supports over 150 local Australian jobs, with the products being manufactured by highly skilled Australian craftsmen and women in the company’s workshop in Western Sydney. The range gives customers the flexibility to personalise couches, sofas, modular sofas, ottomans and bedheads with a choice of over 50 fabrics that have been designed to suit Australian tastes.  Fantastic Furniture has collectively delivered over four million...

We’ve seen this one before: a virtuoso in a craft gets bored and shifts gears, hunting fresh challenges in a new field. We’re in for a treat if Erik Buell’s magic touch on gas-powered motorcycles translates to electric bicycles. We’ll find out with the FUELL Flluid-2 and Flluid-3. [TAG1]The Flluid-3; (photo/FUELL) Unveiled today, the bikes bring an “unprecedented” range of 225 miles (for the Flluid-2). The 750W/130 Nm mid-drive Valeo Cyclee motor boosts riders up to 28 mph in the special “S” line. And an integrated automatic gearbox (max ratio 450%) “gives you smooth power no matter how challenging the...

Does the best soccer team in North America play in Los Angeles? Vanni Sartini, the Italian head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps, thinks so. The day before his group hosts the Los Angeles Football Club for the opening leg of the quarterfinal round of the CONCACAF Champions League, Sartini declared that “from Panama to the Yukon (LAFC is) the best team, so that’s the challenge that they present to us.” Specifically, Wednesday night boils down to which team is best at BC Place. Despite Sartini’s declarations about LAFC’s status in the region, last year’s Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup winners...

Mirror piece, 1965. Art & Language. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Licensed under CCO 4.0. My thirty-fourth year was meant to be a winner. I would drink less, I would eat better, I would write my book proposal, I would walk ten miles every day, I would go to the theater, I would get a job, I would read more books and watch more movies. I would, in short, live up to my potential. All my life I’ve seen out of the corner of my eye the other me, the one who rises early, sleeps well, spends responsibly, works hard, shines...