title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan had his best season during 2007 (based on wins) in the No. 11 7-Eleven-sponsored Dallara IR5-Honda Indy V8 HI7R for Andretti Green Racing. Kanaan won his first race of the season at the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi. At the following race, the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway Kanaan qualified on the pole position and dueled with eventual winner Dan Wheldon until Kanaan made contact with teammate Danica Patrick in the pit lane (Kanaan was leaving his pit stall as Patrick was entering hers just in front of Kanaan's). Kanaan finished 15th, eight laps down. At the Indianapolis 500 Kanaan won the Scott Brayton Award for showing the spirit of the late Scott Brayton, who was killed while practicing for the 1996 Indianapolis 500. Kanaan qualified 2nd and in the race, he led for a race-high 83 laps. On lap 113, while under caution for a crash by Phil Giebler, the race was stopped due to rain and it began to look as if Kanaan would be declared the winner. Shortly after 6:00 p.m. the race was resumed. On lap 151 Marty Roth brought out the caution for a crash and it was becoming apparent to several teams that rain was coming and the race would end soon. Kanaan and several other cars made pit stops (mainly for tires) while several other cars that had been contending for the win, such as teammate Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon, along with several drivers who had not been running as competitively, such as Jacques Lazier. This meant that several cars, with differences in tires and also in competitiveness, would be battling with what was expected to be only a handful of laps left. On a lap 156 restart, Kanaan came up on the back of Lazier and caused him to crash in turn 4 and Kanaan to spin into the pit lane with a blown tire. On lap 163 Andretti and Wheldon made contact on the back straightaway and brought out another caution. During the caution on lap 166, the race was permanently stopped for rain with teammate and friend Franchitti winning. Kanaan was then often referred to, along with his team owner Michael Andretti, as one of the best drivers never to win the Indianapolis 500. Kanaan rebounded to win the following race, the ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt 225 at the Milwaukee Mile, after leading for 25 laps. Kanaan won again at the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway after Kanaan's friends Franchitti and Wheldon crashed on the back straightaway while battling for the lead on lap 144, causing Franchitti to flip and take out several other cars racing in the lead pack such as Scott Dixon, Sam Hornish Jr., A. J. Foyt IV, Tomas Scheckter and Ed Carpenter. Kanaan then dominated the following race, the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway, as he qualified on the pole position and led 131 of 200 laps on his way to victory. Ironically after the race, Franchitti flipped over another time due to hitting the rear end of Kosuke Matsuura's car as he crossed the finish line to complete the race (Franchitti later said that he didn't realize that the race had ended). Kanaan got his fifth win of the season at the Detroit Indy Grand Prix presented by Firestone at Belle Isle State Park. Kanaan infamously got into a heated exchange with Hornish following the Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International when during the race the two made contact and as the cars were heading to pit lane Kanaan drove into Hornish's car. Hornish then came over to Kanaan's car when Hornish's father, Sam Hornish, Sr., attempted to get Hornish and Kanaan separated and also shoved Kanaan when an unknown person (some sources claim that the man was a friend of Kanaan's then-car owner Michael Andretti) came to the elder Hornish and shoved him to the ground. By this point crew members from both Team Penske (Hornish's team) and Andretti Green Racing along with Indy Racing League officials and/or safety crew members were trying to break up the fight. Michael Andretti also entered the fight, but was held back by his son and Kanaan's teammate Marco Andretti. Jaime Camara (an Indy Pro Series driver for Andretti) was also reported to have gotten involved in the fight. It was estimated that there were 15 to 20 people involved in the fight. Despite winning a season-high number of races (5) Kanaan finished 3rd in points, 576 points behind Franchitti and Dixon, who each had 4 wins and more consistent results.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2008 Kanaan returned with Andretti Green Racing in the No. 11 7-Eleven Dallara IR5-Honda Indy V8 HI7R. During the season Kanaan's famed 7-Eleven car began to have other companies sponsor the car such as Frank's Energy Drink (Edmonton and Detroit) and Oscar Mayer (Chicagoland). At the season-opening Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway Kanaan started 6th and led for 35 laps. On lap 193 E. J. Viso spun directly in front of Kanaan and damaged his right-front suspension. Kanaan stayed out hoping the race would finish under caution. On lap 196 the race resumed and Kanaan moved to the inside to allow the faster cars to get by. Kanaan finished 8th, two laps down. At the next race, the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg at Streets of St. Petersburg, Kanaan qualified on the pole position and led for 15 laps. Kanaan eventually finished in 3rd place. Kanaan then had 5th and 2nd-place finishes at the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi and the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway. At the Indianapolis 500 Kanaan qualified 6th (the first time Kanaan failed to qualify in the top-5 in his Indianapolis 500 career). On lap 94 Kanaan took the lead for the seventh consecutive year in as many years of competing in the Indianapolis 500. On lap 105 Scott Dixon took the lead and moments later teammate Marco Andretti attempted to pass Kanaan in turn 3 causing Kanaan to lose control of his car and brush the wall. Kanaan then collected the lapped car of Sarah Fisher, taking both out of the race. This would be the first of several incidents between Kanaan and Andretti Green Racing teammates Andretti and Danica Patrick. Kanaan rebounded to get a 3rd-place finish at the ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt 225 at the Milwaukee Mile and a 5th-place finish at the Bombardier Learjet 550 at Texas Motor Speedway. At the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway Kanaan started 4th and led for 71 laps, only to crash after 211 laps. Kanaan dominated the following race, the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway, as he qualified on the pole position, set the fastest lap of the race, led for 166 of 300 laps and won his first (and only) win of the 2008 season. Five races later at the Rexall Edmonton Indy at Rexall Speedway Kanaan started from 27th (last) place and finished 9th. In the race, Kanaan had issues with both Andretti and Patrick (ironically the two of them had also made contact during the race). Kanaan rose above the controversy to finish 3rd in points with 513 points. Kanaan also renewed with Andretti Green Racing through the 2013 season.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan returned with Andretti Green Racing for 2009 in the No. 11 7-Eleven Dallara IR5-Honda Indy V8 HI7R with additional sponsorship from Dr. Pepper, Nestlé Pure Life and Oscar Mayer. At the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg at Streets of St. Petersburg, Kanaan started 3rd and finished 5th. Kanaan then had 3rd-place finishes at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the Streets of Long Beach and the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway. Kanaan took the points lead after Kansas (the first time Kanaan led the standings since winning the championship following the 2004 Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway). At the Indianapolis 500 Kanaan qualified in 6th place and the race was running in 3rd place when the driveshaft failed, causing him to lose control of his car due to the steering being incapacitated, hitting the turn 3 wall in an impact that was 175 G's. Kanaan finished in 27th place. The race was the first time that Kanaan failed to lead the Indianapolis 500. Kanaan suffered bruised ribs in the accident. Despite the injuries, Kanaan did not miss any races during the season nor did he need any relief during any race. At the following race, the ABC Supply Company A. J. Foyt 225 at the Milwaukee Mile Kanaan started 3rd and led for 25 laps only to suffer an engine failure after 132 laps, finishing in 18th place. At the Rexall Edmonton Indy at Rexall Speedway Kanaan had a pit fire after completing 34 laps and finished in 21st. Kanaan's best finish after Indianapolis was a 3rd-place finish at the Meijer Indy 300 presented by Red Baron and Edy's at Kentucky Speedway. Kanaan finished 6th in points with 386 points.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2010 Kanaan returned to drive the No. 11 7-Eleven Dallara IR5-Honda Indy V8 HI7R with additional sponsorship from Nestlé Pure Life, Dr. Pepper Cherry and Planters. During the off-season Andretti Green Racing was reorganized as Andretti Autosport. Kanaan's best finish in the first five races of the season was a 3rd-place finish at the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway. At the Indianapolis 500 Kanaan crashed during his qualifying attempt on Pole Day and in the crash, Kanaan's engine was split into two pieces. Kanaan would have to qualify on Bump Day in a backup car. During practice on Bump Day Kanaan had a nearly identical crash to the Pole Day crash. The team needed to repair the car before the end of the day or Kanaan would fail to qualify for the race. At 5:23 p.m. solidly qualified for the race. Kanaan qualified in 32nd place but moved back to his original(repaired) car and started 33rd. This also meant that Kanaan's record of having always qualified on the first two rows in each of his Indianapolis 500 came to an end. In the race, Kanaan had moved into 25th place when the caution came out for a crash by Davey Hamilton out of turn 2 on the backstretch. Kanaan then moved into 17th place by lap 8 when another caution came out for a crash by Bruno Junqueira. During a pit stop sequence while under caution for a crash by teammate John Andretti Kanaan improved from 12th to 4th place. Kanaan soon moved into 2nd place behind friend Dario Franchitti. In the late stages of the race Mike Conway, Justin Wilson, Hélio Castroneves and Graham Rahal stayed out in an attempt to stretch their fuel mileage to the end of the race with no more pit stops. They all had to pit and Franchitti and Kanaan moved back into 1st and 2nd place on lap 192. On lap 196 Kanaan had to make a pit stop for fuel. This caused Kanaan to drop to an 11th-place finish. Kanaan went on to win the Iowa Corn Indy 250 Presented by Pioneer at Iowa Speedway after starting 15th and leading for 62 laps. Kanaan's next best finish following Indianapolis was a 3rd-place finish at the season-ending Cafés do Brasil Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Kanaan finished 6th in points with 453 points. In October Kanaan was released from his contract with Andretti after sponsor 7-Eleven announced it would not return as Kanaan's primary sponsor in 2011. Kanaan won 14 races and 1 championship in 8 years with Andretti.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan originally was going to drive for de Ferran Dragon Racing, owned by Kanaan's former competitor and countryman Gil de Ferran. Just days before the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg the deal fell through and Kanaan was without a team. Kanaan then began to drive for KV Racing Technology-Lotus, also owned by another of Kanaan's former rivals Jimmy Vasser, in the No. 82 GEICO/Lotus Cars Dallara IR5-Honda Indy V8 HI7R in a car based on the Lotus 38-Ford V8 that Jim Clark drove to win the 1965 Indianapolis 500 (the first rear-engine car to win the race). At St. Petersburg Kanaan finished in 3rd place after having a race-long battle with future teammate Simona de Silvestro. Kanaan followed this result with a 6th and an 8th at the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park and the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the Streets of Long Beach to remain 3rd in points. At the Indianapolis 500 Kanaan started 22nd and in the race, he battled with Scott Dixon and Graham Rahal in the late stages of the race, running as high as 2nd place. Kanaan eventually made a pit stop and finished 4th behind friend Dan Wheldon, J. R. Hildebrand and Rahal. Kanaan started on the pole position at the Firestone Twin 275s Race #2 at Texas Motor Speedway (the starting lineup for the race was determined by a random draw) and in the race Kanaan finished in 5th place. At the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway Kanaan battled with teammate Takuma Sato, Marco Andretti, Oriol Servia and Dario Franchitti. Kanaan finished 2nd to former teammate Andretti after Sato crashed, Servia stalled after making a pit stop during the caution for Sato's crash and Franchitti dropped to 5th. Kanaan was involved in a spectacular crash at the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with Andretti and Tomas Scheckter that had Kanaan flip down the track's back straightaway and at one he hit a portable toilet located next to the track and finished 22nd. In August it was announced that Kanaan signed on for another year with KV Racing Technology according to team owner Jimmy Vasser.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: At the Baltimore Grand Prix on the Streets of Baltimore Kanaan finished 3rd after starting in 27th (last) place due to a crash with Hélio Castroneves when Kanaan got airborne after running over the right side of Castroneves' car when Castroneves was braking. At the season-ending IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Kanaan qualified on the pole position and led the first 12 laps of the race when it was stopped when Wade Cunningham made contact with James Hinchcliffe in turn 1. Cunningham and Hildebrand then made contact when Cunningham swerved and Hildebrand drove over the rear of his car. Hildebrand's car became airborne and Cunningham collected Jay Howard on the inside and then Townsend Bell on the outside before crashing into the wall. Attempting to avoid the crash ahead, Vítor Meira lost control, spinning inward collecting both Charlie Kimball and E. J. Viso. At the same time, Meira lost control, Scheckter was also attempting to avoid the first crash by rapidly slowing down on the outside. This led to Paul Tracy crashing into the back of Scheckter and a rapidly approaching Pippa Mann to launch over the top of Tracy after jerking to the outside to avoid crashing into Alex Lloyd. Kanaan's friend Wheldon (who started in 34th and last place in an attempt to win the race and collect $5 million from series' sponsors Verizon Wireless and GoDaddy.com to split evenly with a random fan) was running in 24th place and had slowed down from 220 miles per hour to 165 miles per hour when he ran over the rear end of Kimball's car and went airborne. Wheldon was pronounced dead on arrival at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada at 1:54 p.m. of blunt force trauma. The race was immediately canceled and removed from the record books. The cars that survived the accident (except for Alex Tagliani, who was driving the same car that Wheldon used to win the Indianapolis 500) drove five laps around the track in three-abreast style, similar to the style used at the Indianapolis 500 as a tribute to Wheldon. The American ABC broadcast showed Kanaan and Dario Franchitti (friend of Kanaan and Wheldon) crying due to Wheldon's death during the five laps. Kanaan finished out the season ranked fifth in points with 366 points.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan returned with KV Racing Technology in 2012 to drive the No. 11 GEICO/Mouser Electronics-sponsored Dallara DW12-Ilmor-Chevrolet Indy V6. The Dallara DW12 was named after Dan Wheldon, who had tested the car (then known as the Dallara IR12) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kanaan's close friend Rubens Barrichello joined the team for his first season in the IndyCar Series. Kanaan started off the season with 25th and 21st-place finishes at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg and the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. Kanaan then finished 4th at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the Streets of Long Beach. At the Indianapolis 500 Kanaan qualified in 8th place (Kanaan's best start in the race since a 6th place start in 2009). In the race, Kanaan led for 7 laps in the late stages of the race (the first time Kanaan led the race since 2008). On lap 194 Kanaan was passed by Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Takuma Sato. Kanaan finished in 3rd place after eventual winner Franchitti and Sato made contact, causing Sato to crash into the turn 1 wall. This was Kanaan's best finish in the race since a 2nd-place finish in 2004. Kanaan later had a 2nd-place finish at the Milwaukee IndyFest Presented by XYQ at the Milwaukee Mile and a 3rd-place finish at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway. The results at Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and Iowa, along with an 11th-place finish at the Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway made Kanaan challenge for the A. J. Foyt Oval Championship with Ryan Hunter-Reay. Kanaan would also get a 4th-place finish at the Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place. At the season-ending MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway Kanaan and Hunter-Reay were the only drivers who could win the oval championship. In the race, Kanaan qualified 3rd and led for 47 laps while Hunter-Reay (who was battling Will Power for the series championship) was racing conservatively to finish in 5th place or better to win the championship. On lap 241 of 250 Kanaan crashed in turn 4 and finished in 18th place. Hunter-Reay finished in 4th place and won both the series championship and the oval championship. Kanaan finished 9th in the overall standings with 351 points. Kanaan also finished 2nd in the oval standings with 148 points (Hunter-Reay had 168 points).


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2013 Kanaan returned with KV Racing Technology in the No. 11 Hydroxycut Dallara DW12-Ilmor-Chevrolet Indy V6 with SH Racing joining the team as a partner on Kanaan's car. Hydroxycut announced that they would not sponsor the car at all the races. This meant that the team would have to find additional sponsorship for the remaining races. Mouser Electronics sponsored the car at the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park and Itaipava at the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé on the Streets of São Paulo. Kanaan's best finish in the first four races was a 4th-place finish at the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg. At the Indianapolis 500 Kanaan qualified in 12th place. In the race Kanaan quickly moved up through the field and was battling for the lead with Ed Carpenter, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti. On lap 197 Kanaan passed Hunter-Reay for the lead on a restart for a crash by Graham Rahal with the Andretti Autosport cars of Carlos Muñoz, Hunter-Reay and Andretti right behind Kanaan. Moments after Kanaan took the lead Kanaan's friend Dario Franchitti crashed in turn 1, causing the race to finish under caution for the fourth consecutive year. Kanaan won the race at an average speed of 187.433 miles per hour, breaking the record set by Arie Luyendyk in the 1990 race. The race also broke the record for the number of lead changes in the race with 68, breaking the previous record of 34 during the 2012 race. The race meant that the friends of Franchitti (2010), Dan Wheldon (2011), Franchitti (2012) and Kanaan (2013) would have their faces in consecutive positions on the Borg-Warner Trophy. Kanaan later said "I was known for not winning and now I am known for winning. The last lap was the longest lap of my life. I get to put my ugly face on that trophy." It was his first IndyCar Series victory since his split from Andretti Autosport and the first IndyCar Series victory for KV Racing Technology. Kanaan tied Sam Hanks in being the most experienced driver in the Indianapolis 500 driver to win, both doing so in their twelfth start. After his Indianapolis 500 victory Kanaan gained sponsorship from Hippino.com at both rounds of the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix at Belle Isle State Park, starting 19th in each race and finishing 13th in race No. 1 and 12th in race No. 2. The team also gained sponsorship from Sunoco (the official fuel provider for the series) and also gained sponsorship to the Indianapolis 500 film "Turbo". The reason for the latter sponsorship was due to Sunoco having an endorsement for the film from producer DreamWorks Animation and distributor 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. In his first race with the sponsorship, the Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway, Kanaan started 13th and finished 3rd. Kanaan then managed to finish 3rd at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 Presented by DEKALB at Iowa Speedway after starting 5th. Kanaan attempted to win the second leg of the Fuzzy's Triple Crown, the Pocono IndyCar 400 fueled by Sunoco at Pocono Raceway. In the race, Kanaan qualified in 5th place and led for 15 laps, and was battling with Scott Dixon for the win. When Kanaan attempted to pass Dixon the right side of Kanaan's front wing hit the left rear of Dixon's car, damaging Kanaaan's wing and causing him to have to make a green-flag pit stop. Dixon went on to win the race while Kanaan finished in 13th place, the last car to finish on the lead lap. Following his Indianapolis win and several other respectable results, Kanaan found himself in the top 5 in points. Kanaan's season began to have several disappointing results starting at the Honda Indy Toronto twin races at Exhibition Place. In race No. 1 Kanaan started in 4th place and finished 5th. In race No. 2 Kanaan started 6th and crashed after 35 laps to finish in 24th (last) place. Following the second Toronto race, Kanaan dropped from 5th to 6th in points. At the next race of the season, the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Kanaan started 19th and finished 24th (last) for the second consecutive race due to a loose wheel after 64 laps. At the next race, the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway Kanaan tied with his then-team owner Jimmy Vasser for the all-time IndyCar Series (including the AAA Contest Board, the USAC National Championship and the Champ Car World Series) record for most consecutive starts with 211, dating back to the 2001 Freightliner/G.I. Joes 200 Presented by Texaco at Portland International Raceway. In the race Kanaan started 16th and finished 13th. Following the race, Kanaan dropped from 10th to 11th in points. Kanaan would get a third 24th (last) place finish in six races at the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston at Reliant Park. Around this time on 27 September Kanaan was announced as the driver of the No. 8 NTT Data/TNT Energy Drink Dallara DW12-Ilmor-Chevrolet Indy V6 for NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing in 2014. At the season-ending MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway Kanaan started 9th and led for 3 laps. Kanaan finished in 3rd place behind Will Power and Carpenter. The race was also notable for being the first race to not have Franchitti, due to his injuries at the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston at Reliant Park after making contact with Takuma Sato and flipping into the catch fence in a crash similar to Wheldon's fatal accident, since the 2008 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway (at that race it was due to Franchitti participating in the NASCAR Cup Series that year). Following the race, Kanaan and 2nd-place finisher Carpenter wished Franchitti a recovery when the two were being interviewed on the broadcast by the NBC Sports Network. Kanaan finished 11th in points with 397 points, making it the first full-time season in the IndyCar Series that Kanaan failed to finish in the top 10 in points (Kanaan did finish 50th in points in 2002 due to only running the Indianapolis 500). On a positive note, Kanaan won the series' Most Popular Driver award.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Dario Franchitti's injuries were enough for him to announce his retirement from racing. This meant that his car at Target Chip Ganassi Racing (the team that had won the series championship each year from 2008 to 2013, except 2012, with Franchitti and Scott Dixon) needed a replacement driver. Ryan Briscoe, Alex Tagliani (who drove in Franchitti's place at Fontana and also did off season testing in the car), Sergio Pérez, Sam Hornish Jr., Oriol Servia, Justin Wilson and Franchitti's cousin Paul di Resta were all considered for the car at some point. Kanaan was eventually named to drive the car with Briscoe moving into the car originally intended for Kanaan (Briscoe had previously driven the car at the 2013 Indianapolis 500). In 2014 Kanaan drove the No. 10 Target Dallara DW12-Ilmor-Chevrolet Indy V6 with additional sponsorship from GE Reveal, Lexar, Energizer, Suave Professionals for Men, TNT Energy Drink, Glad and Huggies. At the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Kanaan started in 2nd place and finished in 6th place. Over the next five races, Kanaan's best start was a 9th at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and his best finish in these races was a 9th place at the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park after starting from 23rd (last) place. At the Indianapolis 500 Kanaan qualified in a disappointing 16th place in a forgettable Indianapolis 500 for Chip Ganassi Racing that had teammates Scott Dixon qualify 11th (he had the 3rd fastest speed in the field but had to start in the position due to not being fast enough to qualify for the Firestone Fast Nine after the first qualifying day), Charlie Kimball qualify 26th, Briscoe qualify 30th and Sage Karam (in a car co-owned by both Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and Kingdom Racing) qualify 31st. On Carb Day practice (the final practice before the race) Kanaan and Dixon had the two fastest speeds for the session at 227.383 and 227.773 miles per hour each. In the race Kanaan was moving up through the field with various other cars who were quick but had a poor starting position, such as Ryan Hunter-Reay and Townsend Bell. On lap 66 Kanaan ran out of fuel but managed to make it back to his pit stall. The pit stop took 43 seconds and dropped Kanaan down the running order. On lap 73 Kanaan returned to the pit lane with a broken starter. Kanaan's crew managed to repair the car, but Kanaan went down 18 laps and was out of contention for the rest of the race. Kanaan would eventually finish in 26th place with 177 laps complete (23 laps down). The finishing results were also a disappointment for the rest of Chip Ganassi Racing with Briscoe finishing 18th with all 200 laps complete after being nearly taken out in a crash in turn 2 of the first lap, Dixon finished 29th due to a crash on lap 168 and Kimball finished 31st due to a crash on lap 150 (the race had been caution-free to that point). The only positive for the team was rookie Karam having a respectable race to finish in 9th place. At the next race of the season, the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Race #1 at Belle Isle State Park, Kanaan managed to finish in 3rd place after starting in 8th place. In the second race, Kanaan managed to get a 9th-place finish. At the following race, the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway, Kanaan started in 3rd place, and on lap 242 of 248 the caution came out for an engine fire on Takuma Sato's car. By that point in the race there were only six cars on the lead lap: Ed Carpenter, Juan Pablo Montoya, Simon Pagenaud, Dixon, Kanaan, and Will Power. All of the drivers, except leader Carpenter and 2nd place Montoya, pitted for new tires. On lap 246 the race was restarted and Kanaan finished 6th. Kanaan was poised to finish in 3rd place at the next race, the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston Race #1 at NRG Park when on the next-to-last lap Graham Rahal in 4th place rear-ended Kanaan's car, dropping him to a 13th-place finish, Rahal was penalized from 3rd place to 11th place. Kanaan finished in 10th place after starting 8th in the second race. At the next race, the Pocono IndyCar 500 at Pocono Raceway, Kanaan started in 8th place and led for a race-high 78 of 200 laps after battling with Team Penske teammates Montoya, Power and Hélio Castroneves. Kanaan's team then put Kanaan on a different strategy than the rest of the leaders that would only work if a caution came out late in the race. The race only had six laps of caution due to a single-car crash by Rahal on lap 159. Kanaan and Josef Newgarden, who was attempting the same strategy after struggling for most of the race, had to pit on laps 196 and 194. This resulted in an 11th-place finish with Newgarden in 10th. At the following race, the Iowa Corn Indy 300 at Iowa Speedway Kanaan started in 2nd place to teammate Dixon. In the race, Kanaan led for 247 of 300 laps and it looked as if Kanaan would get his first victory of the season when on lap 282 the caution came out for a crash by Montoya. During the caution, the cars of Carpenter, Hunter-Reay, Rahal, and Newgarden all made pit stops for fresh tires. On the restart, on lap 291 Hunter-Reay and Newgarden quickly moved up through the field with Hunter-Reay taking the lead on lap 299. Kanaan would also lose 2nd place to Newgarden. At the next race, the Honda Indy Toronto Race #1 at Exhibition Place Kanaan started in 5th place and finished in 3rd place. In the second race, Kanaan started from 9th place (the starting lineup was determined by drivers points following the first race) and nearly won his first race of the season. On lap 51 a crash occurred that involved several cars and the race was immediately stopped. The race was also a timed race with approximately 4:00 minutes left in the race Kanaan was in 3rd place behind Mike Conway, who had older slick tires, and Wilson, who had older rain tires. On the restart, Kanaan was held up by the slower car of Wilson along with several lapped cars. Kanaan would eventually finish in 2nd place, his best finish since winning the 2013 Indianapolis 500. At the following race, the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Kanaan started in 3rd place and crashed out on the first lap of the race and collected Marco Andretti. Kanaan finished the race in 21st place. At the ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 at Milwaukee IndyFest Presented by the Metro Milwaukee Honda Dealers at the Milwaukee Mile. Kanaan started in 2nd place and finished in 3rd place after leading for 14 laps. At the following race, the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway, Kanaan started in 8th place and finished in 13th place. At the season-ending MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway Kanaan started in 7th place. Kanaan led for 64 laps, including the final 54 laps, to win his first race since the 2013 Indianapolis 500. Kanaan finished 7th in points with 544 points. This was the highest position that Kanaan finished in the final point standings since the 2011 season.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2015 Kanaan began to drive the No. 10 NTT Data Chevy for Ganassi due to Target focusing only on Scott Dixon.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2017 Kanaan would have his worst and last season in the No.10 NNT Data Chevy for Ganassi, He would lose the ride at the end of the Year.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2018 Tony Kanaan would begin the year with a new ride in the No.14 ABC Supply Chevy for A. J. Foyt Racing he would team up with Rookie Matheus Leist who drove the No.4 ABC Supply Chevy for A. J. Foyt Racing. In 2018 and 2019 Tony Kanaan would finish no better than 15th in the standing. Tony Kanaan entered the 2020 season stating it would be his last, running only a five-race schedule at the oval tracks. He shared the No.14 ABC Supply Chevy with other drivers who ran it at the street & road courses. In 2021 he returned to Chip Ganassi Racing on a partial schedule, driving the No. 48 Dallara Honda on oval courses. Seven-time NASCAR series champion Jimmie Johnson shared the No. 48, driving it on the road and street courses.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan competed in the Sports Car Club of America United States Road Racing Championship in 1998. Kanaan would only compete at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the largest sports car race in terms of prestige in the United States. Kanaan would drive the No. 4 Tom Gloy Racing Ford Mustang Cobra with Mike Borkowski and Robbie Buhl. Kanaan's car owner was a former Indy car driver and sports car champion in Tom Gloy. The team would participate in the GT1 class. The car would start in 5th place and finish in 3rd place after completing 624 laps due to a mechanical problem. Kanaan would finish 19th in points in the GT1 class with 35 points in a tie with teammates Borkowski and Buhl.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan would begin to compete in the American Le Mans Series in 2007 in the No. 26 XM Satellite Radio Acura Courage ARX-01a-Acura AL7R 3.4L V8 for Andretti Green Racing in the LMP2 class. Bryan Herta and Dario Franchitti would co-drive with Kanaan at the season-opening Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, the series' most prestigious race, the car started 4th in class and win in the class. The car would finish 2nd overall. Kanaan would then return at the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in the same car with Herta and Vítor Meira. The car would start 4th in class and finish 9th due to a crash after 50 laps. The car would finish 28th in the overall results. Kanaan then drove at the next race, the season-ending Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Kanaan would co-drive with Herta. The car would start 3rd in class and finish 4th with all 357 laps complete. The car would finish 6th overall. Kanaan would finish 17th in points with 39 points in the LMP2 standings. The team would finish 5th in the LMP2 standings with 98 points.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan would return in 2008 in the No. 26 XM Satellite Radio Acura ARX-01b-Acura AL7R 3.4 L V8 for Andretti Green Racing. Kanaan would first drive at the Petit Le Mans powered by the New Mazda6 at Road Atlanta in the LMP2 class with Franck Montagny and Marco Andretti. The car would start in 4th place in its class and finish in 7th place due to a crash after 347 laps. The car would finish 16th overall. Kanaan would also drive at the next race of the season, the season-ending Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with Montagny. The car would start 5th in its class and would win the race. The car would finish 3rd overall. Kanaan would finish 22nd in the LMP2 standings in a tie with fellow Andretti driver James Rossiter. The car would finish 4th in the LMP2 standings with 128 points.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan would begin to compete in the Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series in 2013. At the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona, the largest sports car race in the United States in terms of prestige. Kanaan would drive the No. 21 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Brazil Porsche 911 GT3 Cup-Porsche 4.0L F6 for Dener Motorsport in the GT class. Kanaan would co-drive in an all-Brazilian driver-lineup with Rubens Barrichello, Nonô Figueiredo, Felipe Giaffone and Ricardo Mauricio. The car would start 25th and would finish 28th with 352 laps complete. Kanaan returned later in the season for the Brickyard Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in the No. 02 NTT Data Riley Mk. XXVI-BMW 5.0L V8 owned by Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates in the DP class with Joey Hand. The car would start 10th and finish 9th with 106 laps complete. Kanaan would finish 58th in the DP standings with 22 points and 138th in the GT standings with 16 points.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: After 2013 Grand-Am and ALMS merged to form the Tudor United SportsCar Championship sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association. Kanaan would begin to compete in the new series for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates in the No. 02 Riley MkXXVI-Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 in the P class. Kanaan first drove at the Rolex 24 at Daytona with sponsorship from Telcel and Target and co-drivers Scott Dixon, Kyle Larson and Marino Franchitti. The car would start 5th in its class and finish 8th after retiring after completing 667 laps. Kanaan then competed in the next race of the season, the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida in the same car. This would be the first time that Kanaan competed in both of the United States' major sports car races, the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. At Sebring Kanaan had sponsorship from Big Machine Records and Comfort Revolution and co-drivers Dixon and Karam. The car would start and finish 6th in its class. The car would also manage to finish 6th overall in a race that had the top 9 finishing positions come from cars that were a part of the P class. Following the Brickyard Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Kanaan is 38th in points with 50 points in the P class while the car is 14th in points with 50 points in the P class.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut at the 2017 edition, replacing the injured Sébastien Bourdais in the #68 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan would compete in Formula Nippon in 2007 for Kanaan Racing in the No. 27 Bridgestone Potenza Lola FN06-Mugen Honda HF386E. Kanaan would only compete in the season-ending race at the Suzuka Circuit as a special entrant under the authorization of JAF. Kanaan would finish the race in 6th place. Kanaan would finish in 22nd place in points with no points.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2010 Tony Stewart, champion in both the IndyCar Series and NASCAR Cup Series (the only driver to win the championship in both) and owner of Eldora Speedway, offered the driver who won the 2010 Indianapolis 500 a chance to drive in his charity race, the Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway Kanaan would participate in the race after Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti decided not to compete in the race. Kanaan accepted and drove the No. 11 7-Eleven Cadillac for GRT Race Cars in a car based on his Andretti Autosport car from 2003 to 2010. The race would have drivers competing on teams each representing a different children's hospital being benefitted from the race. Kanaan would be a part of Team St. Jude, representing the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The other hospitals were the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the Levine Children's Hospital. Also on Kanaan's team were team captain Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards from the NASCAR Cup Series, Ken Schrader, Aric Almirola, and Ricky Carmichael from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and former NASCAR crew chief and car owner Ray Evernham. Kanaan would qualify 26th out of 27 cars and would finish 24th, three laps down. Jimmie Johnson won the race for Team Levine. Bowyer would finish in 2nd place and would be the highest finisher from Kanaan's team. The race was likely the first race that Kanaan participated in on a dirt track.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan returned in 2011 with GRT Race Cars in the No. 82 GEICO/Lotus Cars/Honda Honda in a car based on Kanaan's No. 82 GEICO/Lotus Cars Dallara IR07-Ilmor-Honda Indy V8 owned by KV Racing Technology-Lotus from 2011 (the original Indy car was itself based on the Lotus 38-Ford V8 that Jim Clark used to win the 1965 Indianapolis 500). Kanaan would be a part of Team Dallas representing the Children's Medical Center. The other hospitals represented were the Levine Children's Hospital, the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the St. Louis Children's Hospital. Also on the team were Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Brian Vickers, Marcos Ambrose and J. J. Yeley from the NASCAR Cup Series and Aric Almirola from the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Kanaan would start 15th out of 28 cars and would finish 27th due to a loose wheel after 18 of 30 laps. Clint Bowyer would win the race for Team Atlanta. Yeley would finish in 2nd place as the high finishing driver on Kanaan's team.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2012 Kanaan returned to drive the No. 11 GEICO/Mouser Electronics/Itaipava/Braskem Chevrolet for GRT Race Cars in a car based on the No. 11 GEICO/Mouser Electronics Dallara DW12-Ilmor-Chevrolet Indy V6 owned by KV Racing Technology in 2012. For 2012 each driver was not part of a larger team. In the race, Kanaan started 17th of 26 cars and would finish 22nd due to a mechanical problem on the second lap.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 1996, Kanaan drove a Opel Calibra at the Interlagos round of the International Touring Car Championship.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2012 Kanaan began to compete in Stock Car Brasil in the No. 100 Bassani Racing Peugeot 408. Kanaan first competed at the race at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. In the race, Kanaan finished in 19th place. Kanaan then raced at the next race, the season-ending Stock Car Corrida do Milhão at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. Kanaan started in 26th place and finish in 31st place due to retiring after 8 laps. Kanaan was ineligible to score points towards the championship and as a result, Kanaan went unranked in the final championship standings.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: The driver raced full-time in the 2021 season, driving a Toyota Corolla for Full Time Bassani. He had a best finish of 12th at round 4 at Interlagos.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: When Kanaan was in the process of leaving KV Racing Technology Kanaan had an offer from NASCAR team Joe Gibbs Racing to first drive in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and later the NASCAR Cup Series. During this time Kanaan wanted to remain in the IndyCar Series and negotiated with KV, Chip Ganassi Racing, Andretti Autosport and Bryan Herta Autosport for IndyCar. Kanaan stated that each team needed Kanaan to bring sponsorship to the team. Before the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway J.D. Gibbs stated that Kanaan was "It's way too early to even talk about that [possibility of driving for JGR]. Listen, guys, we just had a meeting, and I don't know when we'll talk to him again. If all it takes is a helmet and personality to get a ride with us [as some have suggested], I'd still be driving. And if I had $8 million [to sponsor a Nationwide team] I'd still have a ride. But he's a really neat guy and he'd be better than me." Had Kanaan joined Gibbs he would have likely driven the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in place of Brian Vickers who would begin to drive full-time for Michael Waltrip Racing in 2014. Kanaan eventually got a team in INDYCAR with NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing and was later switched to Target Chip Ganassi Racing.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: In 2021, Kanaan entered four races of the Superstar Racing Experience, an all-star stock car racing series. His best results were 7th at Stafford and Eldora.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan arrived at Indianapolis as a rookie in 2002, and despite being one of the top drivers on the IndyCar circuit, experienced a notable streak of bad luck for eleven seasons until finally winning the race in 2013. Kanaan won the pole position in 2005, finished second in 2004, and also broke a historical race record by leading at least one lap in his first seven starts. Despite being competitive in most years, numerous near-misses, unfortunate crashes, and his status as a fan-favorite driver, made his 2013 long-awaited triumph a popular victory.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan is of Lebanese ancestry. Kanaan is a member of the "brat pack", a group of CART drivers that were close friends off the track, that included Dario Franchitti, Max Papis and the late Greg Moore.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan is an avid triathlete. He credits triathlon training for his ability to stay in shape for driving. Kanaan has completed numerous half Ironman competitions (1.2-mile swim/56-mile bike/13.1-mile run) and competed in the Ironman World Championships (2.4-mile swim/112-mile bike/26.2-mile run) in 2011 with a time of 12:52:40. Kanaan has been married twice and has four children.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: Kanaan appears in the 2001 film "Driven" as himself in a scene where several drivers prepare for the final race of the season (and film) at Detroit (likely Belle Isle State Park). The racing series used for the film is the FedEx CART Championship Series, which Kanaan raced in at the time for Mo Nunn Racing.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: The first episode of the television series "IndyCar 36" was about Kanaan's weekend leading up to the 2012 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg. The episode was aired on 1 April 2012 before the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: " The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.


title: Tony Kanaan

text: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Kanaan qualified 32nd in a backup car but decided to switch back to his primary car for the race. This forced him to start from the 33rd position on the grid.


title: Kate Thornton

text: Kate Thornton (born 7 February 1973) is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known as the first presenter of "The X Factor" (2004–2006) and for presenting daytime shows including "Loose Women" (2009–2011) and "This Morning" (2009–2012). In 2010, she co-presented the first series of "71 Degrees North" alongside Gethin Jones.


title: Kate Thornton

text: In 1995, she became the first female and youngest ever editor of pop magazine "Smash Hits" at age 22, producing her first issue in February 1996 covering the breakup of boy-band Take That. She left a year later, having been unable to prevent a further slide in sales of the magazine. In 1997, she became a Features Editor at the "Sunday Times", a post she held until 2001, and also a contributing Editor for magazine "Marie Claire", in which position she continued until 2003.


title: Kate Thornton

text: Whilst undertaking these new editorial roles, Thornton began a second career in television. In February 1997, Thornton was given her first TV presenting job, on the ITV current affairs programme "Straight Up". She was tasked with putting together a photo tribute with music for Princess Diana on the day of her death. In an interview in March 2011, Thornton said: "...because it was a Sunday, the music library was shut and the only thing I had in my car, the only piece of music that was appropriate was "Candle in the Wind" from Elton John's greatest hits." Colleagues attributed the subsequent airplay and then the re-recording of the song to this event. Thornton is quoted as having been doubtful initially, but later having come to accept the possibility: "I never dared to assume for one minute that I was the link. But Nick Knowles (co-presenter on the show) has convinced me that whatever came as a result of it was all down to me."


title: Kate Thornton

text: Thornton was the first presenter of the UK series of "The X Factor". She presented three series of the show from 2004 until 2006 before being replaced by Dermot O'Leary. Thornton later anchored ITV's daytime series "Loose Women", in rotation with Andrea McLean. She presented 233 episodes of the show from 2009 until 2011. She was replaced by Carol Vorderman.


title: Kate Thornton

text: Thornton was a regular stand-in presenter on "This Morning" and in 2010, she co-presented the first series of "71 Degrees North" alongside Gethin Jones. Neither returned for the second series. In 2010, she narrated "The Nation's Favourite Abba Song". Thornton also presented "A Night with Will Young" in 2011. She guest presented six episodes of "Lorraine" in 2012.


title: Kate Thornton

text: Thornton also presented "Gravity Games" for BBC Two, "Women: The Naked Truth Honest" for Channel 4 and "Breasts Uncupped" for Sky1.


title: Kate Thornton

text: Thornton has presented a number of programmes for BBC Radio 2 since 2002. Along with presenting, Thornton was also the writer of the radio documentary "From Band to Brand" in 2004, and the creator of the radio series "Line of Enquiry", inviting an audience to put questions to a number of celebrities, which began in 2007.


title: Kate Thornton

text: From 10 March until 28 April 2013, Thornton presented "The Boots Feel Good Forum", a radio show dedicated to health and fitness, which aired on Real Radio and Smooth Radio.


title: Kate Thornton

text: Since 2014, Thornton has presented "Paper Cuts", a radio series for BBC Radio 2, She joined Greatest Hits Radio on 26 February 2022 and has replaced Darren Proctor on Saturday nights.


title: Kate Thornton

text: Thornton launched cashback site TBSeen in January 2016, along with TV presenters Myleene Klass, Amanda Byram and Denise Van Outen, celebrity chef Lisa Faulkner, actresses Tamzin Outhwaite, Julie Graham and singers Heidi Range and the band All Saints, Nicole Appleton, Natalie Appleton, Mel Blatt and Shaznay Lewis. TBSeen entered administration in September 2018.


title: Kate Thornton

text: Thornton currently hosts the Yahoo! podcast "White Wine Question Time" where she asks three friends three questions over three bottles of wine. Guests have included Jo Joyner, Nadia Sawalha, Malin Andersson, Leigh Francis, Angela Griffin and Amanda Holden. The podcast first aired in December 2018. During the UK's COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, she also created and hosted "Up Close And Socially Distant", a video series for Yahoo!, where she talked over the phone to famous celebrities, front line workers and those leading initiatives to help serve the community during lockdown. The show ran for nine weeks.


title: Kate Thornton

text: Thornton began dating DJ Darren Emerson in 2004. The couple became engaged in 2007. She gave birth to her first child, a boy named Ben on 13 May 2008. On 3 February 2011, she announced live on air that she and Emerson had separated.


title: Kate Thornton

text: In January 2012, Thornton said that after leaving "Loose Women" she had enrolled at college to study counselling because her television career had "hit the kerb".


title: South Tarawa

text: South Tarawa () is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population. The South Tarawa population centre consists of all the small islets from Betio in the west to Bonriki and Tanaea in the north-east, connected by the South Tarawa main road, with a population of 63,439 .


title: South Tarawa

text: South Tarawa is home to most of the government, commercial and education facilities in Kiribati including the Port and the High Court at Betio, the State House, Government Ministries and foreign embassies and High Commissions in Bairiki, the University of the South Pacific campus in Teaoraereke, the House of Assembly in Ambo, the Kiribati Teacher College and King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School, the Government High School, is in Bikenibeu, and the Tungaru central hospital in Nawerewere. The Roman Catholic Diocese is based in Teaoraereke, the Kiribati Uniting Church in Antebuka, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Kiribati in Bikenibeu, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Eita.


title: South Tarawa

text: At the local government level, South Tarawa has two administrative subdivisions, created by John Hilary Smith in 1972:


title: South Tarawa

text: Buota, which is part of North Tarawa and administered by the Eutan Tarawa Council (or ETC), is linked by road to South Tarawa and is experiencing many similar issues of rapid population growth, urbanisation and environmental degradation.


title: South Tarawa

text: South Tarawa is a string of islets on the atoll of Tarawa, between the Tarawa Lagoon to the north, with a maximum depth of , and the Pacific Ocean to the south, with a depth of up to . The island has been built from sediments from the lagoon.


title: South Tarawa

text: The process of soil accumulation is driven by the dominant easterly trade winds and can be reversed during extended periods of westerly winds during El Niño–Southern Oscillations.


title: South Tarawa

text: These islets are now joined by causeways, forming one long islet on the reef along the southern side of the Tarawa Lagoon. Most of South Tarawa is less than above sea level with an average width of only .


title: South Tarawa

text: At the time of the 1978 Census, South Tarawa had a population of 17,921 with most residents living in the main population centres of Betio, Bairiki and Bikenibeu. Since Kiribati became independent in 1979, the population of South Tarawa has more than tripled, and now stands at 63,439 people (2020). All of South Tarawa is now urbanised and is effectively one continuous settlement from the northeastern end of the island, Tanaea, to its southwestern end at Betio.


title: South Tarawa

text: Tarawa island is central to Kiribati mythology and culture, but life on South Tarawa was little different to that on other islands before it was selected in 1895 as the seat of colonial government for the Protectorate of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. From 1906 to 1942, Ocean Island was the headquarters of the colony, then Funafuti because of the Japanese occupation of the Gilbert Islands until 1946, when it returned to Tarawa.


title: South Tarawa

text: The highest point on South Tarawa is only a very few meters above sea level (Eita, 3 metres), making the island extremely vulnerable to natural disasters. The effects of floods and associated soil salination are starting to threaten limited freshwater supplies.


title: South Tarawa

text: The climate in South Tarawa is a Tropical rainforest climate (Koppen: Af) which is warm and humid all year round and average rainfalls are relatively high. However, rainfall is very unpredictable, varying with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, and South Tarawa can go for many months with almost no rain during "La Niña" cycles. The hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in South Tarawa are and , respectively, which is one of the narrowest temperature ranges in the world.


title: South Tarawa

text: South Tarawa has very limited water resources for its rapidly growing population. During the frequent droughts, the only source of water is the shallow freshwater lens that permeates the coral rock of the atoll. The water lenses at Bonriki and Buota have been declared as water reserves, and have a combined sustainable yield of 1,300 m per day.


title: South Tarawa

text: Other previously declared water reserves have been relinquished for urbanisation or abandoned due to overpumping and pollution from human settlement.


title: South Tarawa

text: Water from the Bonriki and Buota reserves is distributed by a reticulated network to South Tarawa households. However, the poor condition of the network and the limited water supply mean that water can only be supplied to each village for around 2 hours every two days. Most schools and community buildings have no water supply at all, and many households rely on polluted groundwater due to the shortage of treated water.


title: South Tarawa

text: Because of the shortage of fresh water, sanitation systems must use saltwater for flushing. The sanitation network on South Tarawa is performing very poorly, and a major project is underway to rehabilitate the system and improve sanitation and public hygiene.


title: South Tarawa

text: The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD) is involved in the replanting of mangroves in selected sites to help against coastal erosion; however, much more is required to protect many of the sites eroded on South Tarawa including islets that once were protected with mangrove and iron-wood (tengea) trees. It is unclear how much of the erosion being experienced on South Tarawa is due to sea-level rise and how much is due to human activities (such as building inappropriate seawalls and mining sand and gravel from the beaches and foreshores. Coastal erosion will accelerate in future, due to climate change related sea level rise.


title: South Tarawa

text: Much of this land is not available for use, including the water reserve and runway, the causeways, and a large area of reclaimed land at Temwaiku, the eastern corner of the atoll, which is too swampy and low-lying. If these areas are excluded, the land area of South Tarawa is only just over 1,000 hectares (10 square km or 2,500 acres) and the population density of 49 people per hectare or 4,905 per square km is almost equal to the density of London (5,100 people per km) and twice the density of Sydney or Auckland.


title: South Tarawa

text: Multi-story buildings are very uncommon on South Tarawa. The high population is accommodated through large household sizes, with an average of 7.3 people per household, on small land plots. Most land is owned by the original families or "kain Tarawa", although in the main centres of Betio, Bairiki and Bikenibeu there are large areas of land on long-term lease to the government. Without access to family lands or government housing, many South Tarawa residents have no choice but to become squatters; disputes over land are common.


title: South Tarawa

text: South Tarawa and especially Betio have high rates of respiratory infections, diarrhoea, and dysentery, all of which have been linked to overcrowding. Unsustainable development in South Tarawa is a concern to the government and to Kiribati's aid partners. Anote Tong's administration aims to ease the problem in the country's main urban centre by encouraging people to stay and to resettle in outer islands. It has invested in facilities such as the South Kiribati Hospital to spread institutions and services out around the islands and relieve South Tarawa from overcrowding.


title: South Tarawa

text: South Tarawa is the economic hub of Kiribati, the location of the main port and airport and of most of the state-owned enterprises and private businesses.


title: South Tarawa

text: Copra produced on the outer islands is processed on Betio, producing copra oil for the international market and other products which are sold locally. There is a fish processing plant producing tuna for export.


title: South Tarawa

text: Imports far outweigh exports, and most households on South Tarawa rely on government employment and remittances from relatives working overseas. Unemployment and underemployment are a serious problem; in 2010 only 34% of urban adults (over 15) were engaged in cash work; the remaining two-thirds are either out of the labour force, unemployed or engaged in subsistence activities. Young people are especially likely to be unemployed.


title: South Tarawa

text: Currently there is one government high school, King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School in Bikenibeu. There are also several private Christian high schools:


title: South Tarawa

text: Fiji Airways flies to Bonriki International Airport on South Tarawa from Nadi, on Mondays and Thursdays.


title: South Tarawa

text: There is a range of accommodation available for visitors and for those working short term in South Tarawa. Details are available from Tourism Kiribati.


title: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (film)

text: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Krasinski, in his directorial debut. Based on a short story collection of the same name by David Foster Wallace.


text: Sara Quinn (Julianne Nicholson) copes with a recent breakup by interviewing men as part of her graduate studies. Her intellectual endeavor has emotional consequences as the men’s twisted and revealing stories are juxtaposed against the backdrop of her own experience. As she begins to listen closely to the men around her, Sara must ultimately reconcile herself to the darkness that lies below the surface of human interactions.


text: The film was shot in studios in Brooklyn, New York and exterior filming took place in Staten Island, New York, and on the campuses of Columbia University and Brooklyn College.


text: On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 5.02/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Ambitious but uneven, John Krasinski's adaptation of David Foster Wallace's "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" tries hard but doesn't match the depth of the book." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 44 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The film was selected for the US Dramatic Competition in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: Yellow fever vaccine is a vaccine that protects against yellow fever. Yellow fever is a viral infection that occurs in Africa and South America. Most people begin to develop immunity within ten days of vaccination and 99 percent are protected within one month, and this appears to be lifelong. The vaccine can be used to control outbreaks of disease. It is given either by injection into a muscle or just under the skin.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends routine immunization in all countries where the disease is common. This should typically occur between nine and twelve months of age. Those traveling to areas where the disease occurs should also be immunized. Additional doses after the first are generally not needed.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: The yellow fever vaccine is generally safe. This includes in those with HIV infection but without symptoms. Mild side effects may include headache, muscle pains, pain at the injection site, fever, and rash. Severe allergies occur in about eight per million doses, serious neurological problems occur in about four per million doses, and organ failure occurs in about three per million doses. It appears to be safe in pregnancy and is therefore recommended among those who will be potentially exposed. It should not be given to those with very poor immune function.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: Yellow fever vaccine came into use in 1938. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. The vaccine is made from weakened yellow fever virus. Some countries require a yellow fever vaccination certificate before entry from a country where the disease is common.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: People most at risk of contracting the virus should be vaccinated. Woodcutters working in tropical areas should be particularly targeted for vaccination. Insecticides, protective clothing, and screening of houses are helpful, but not always sufficient for mosquito control; people should always use an insecticide spray while in certain areas. In affected areas, mosquito control methods have proven effective in decreasing the number of cases.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: On 17 May 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) announced that a 'booster' dose of yellow fever (YF) vaccine, ten years after a primary dose, is not necessary. Since yellow fever vaccination began in the 1930s, only 12 known cases of yellow fever post-vaccination have been identified, after 600 million doses have been dispensed. Evidence showed that among this small number of "vaccine failures", all cases developed the disease within five years of vaccination. This demonstrates that immunity does not decrease with time.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: The World Health Organization recommends the vaccine between the ages of 9 and 12 months in areas where the disease is common. Anyone over the age of nine months who has not been previously immunized and either lives in or is traveling to an area where the disease occurs should also be immunized.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: The yellow fever 17D vaccine is considered safe, with over 500 million doses given and very few documented cases of vaccine associated illness (62 confirmed cases and 35 deaths as of January 2019). In no case of vaccine-related illness has there been evidence of the virus reverting to a virulent phenotype.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: The majority of adverse reactions to the 17D vaccine result from allergic reaction to the eggs in which the vaccine is grown. Persons with known egg allergy should discuss this with their physician prior to vaccination. In addition, there is a small risk of neurologic disease and encephalitis, particularly in individuals with compromised immune systems and very young children. The 17D vaccine is contraindicated in (among others) infants between zero and six months or adults over 59 years of age, people with thymus disorders associated with abnormal immune cell function, people with primary immunodeficiencies, and anyone with a diminished immune capacity including those taking immunosuppressant drugs.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: There is a small risk of more severe yellow fever-like disease associated with the vaccine. This reaction, known as yellow fever vaccine-associated acute viscerotropic disease (YEL-AVD), causes a fairly severe disease closely resembling yellow fever caused by virulent strains of the virus. The risk factors for YEL-AVD are not known, although it has been suggested that it may be genetic. The 2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthase (OAS) component of the innate immune response has been shown to be particularly important in protection from Flavivirus infection. Another reaction to the yellow fever vaccine is known as yellow fever vaccine-associated acute neurotropic disease (YEL-AND).


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: The Canadian Medical Association published a 2001 CMAJ article entitled "Yellow fever vaccination: be sure the patient needs it". The article begins by stating that of the seven people who developed system failure within two to five days of the vaccine in 1996–2001, six died "including 2 who were vaccinated even though they were planning to travel to countries where yellow fever has never been reported." The article cites that "3 demonstrated histopatholic changes consistent with wild yellow fever virus." The author recommends vaccination for only non-contraindicated travelers (see the articles list) and those travelers going where yellow fever activity is reported or in the endemic zone which can be found mapped at the CDC website cited below. In addition, the 2010 online edition of the Center for Disease Control Traveler's Health Yellow Book states that between 1970 and 2002 only "nine cases of yellow fever were reported in unvaccinated travelers from the United States and Europe who traveled" to West Africa and South America, and 8 of the 9 died. However, it goes on to cite "only 1 documented case of yellow fever in a vaccinated traveler. This nonfatal case occurred in a traveler from Spain who visited several West African countries in 1988".


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: African tropical cultures had adopted burial traditions in which the deceased were buried near their habitation, including those who died of Yellow fever. This ensured that people within these cultures gained immunity through a childhood case of "endemic" yellow fever through acquired immunity. This led to a lasting misperception first by colonial authorities and foreign medical experts that Africans have a "natural immunity" to the illness. In the nineteenth century health provisioners forced abandonment of these traditional burial traditions, leading to local populations dying of yellow fever as frequently as those without such burial customs such as settler populations.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: The first modern attempts to develop a yellow fever vaccine followed the opening of the Panama Canal in 1912, which increased global exposure to the disease. The Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi led investigations for the Rockefeller Foundation in Ecuador that resulted in a vaccine based on his theory that the disease was caused by a leptospiral bacterium. However, other investigators could not duplicate his results and the ineffective vaccine was eventually abandoned.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: Another vaccine was developed from the "French strain" of the virus, obtained by Pasteur Institute scientists from a man in Dakar, Senegal, who survived his bout with the disease. This vaccine could be administered by scarification, like the smallpox vaccine, and was given in combination to produce immunity to both diseases, but it also had severe systemic and neurologic complications in a few cases. Attempts to attenuate the virus used in the vaccine failed. Scientists at the Rockefeller Foundation developed another vaccine derived from the serum of an African named Asibi in 1927, the first isolation of the virus from a human. It was safer but involved the use of large amounts of human serum, which limited widespread use. Both vaccines were in use for several years, the Rockefeller vaccine in the Western hemisphere and England, and the Pasteur Institute vaccine in France and its African colonies.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: In 1937, Max Theiler, working with Hugh Smith and Eugen Haagen at the Rockefeller Foundation to improve the vaccine from the "Asibi" strain, discovered that a favorable chance mutation in the attenuated virus had produced a highly effective strain that was named 17D. Following the work of Ernest Goodpasture, Theiler used chicken eggs to culture the virus. After field trials in Brazil, over one million people were vaccinated by 1939, without severe complications. This vaccine was widely used by the U.S. Army during World War II. For his work on the yellow fever vaccine, Theiler received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Only the 17D vaccine remains in use today.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: Theiler's vaccine was responsible for the largest outbreak of Hepatitis B in history: infecting 330,000 soldiers and giving 50,000 jaundice between 1941 and 1942. At the time, chronic infectious hepatitis was not known, so when human serum was used in vaccine preparation, serum drawn from a chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) carrier would contaminate the Yellow Fever Vaccine. In 1941, researchers at Rocky Mountain Laboratories developed a safer alternative, an "aqueous-base" version of the 17D vaccine using distilled water combined with the virus grown in chicken eggs. Since 1971, screening technology for HBV has been available and is routinely used in situations where HBV contamination is possible including vaccine preparation.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: Also in the 1930s, a French team developed the French neurotropic vaccine (FNV), which was extracted from mouse brain tissue. Since this vaccine was associated with a higher incidence of encephalitis, FNV was not recommended after 1961. Vaccine 17D is still in use, and more than 400 million doses have been distributed. Little research has been done to develop new vaccines. Newer vaccines, based on vero cells, are in development (as of 2018).


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: Increases in cases of yellow fever in endemic areas of Africa and South America in the 1980s were addressed by the WHO Yellow Fever Initiative launched in the mid-2000s. The initiative was supported by the Gavi Alliance, a collaboration of the WHO, UNICEF, vaccine manufacturers, and private philanthropists such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gavi-supported vaccination campaigns since 2011 have covered 88 million people in 14 countries considered at "high-risk" of a yellow fever outbreak (Angola was considered "medium risk"). As of 2013, there were four WHO-qualified manufacturers: Bio-Manguinhos in Brazil (with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation), Institute Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise of Chumakov Institute in Russia, and Sanofi Pasteur, the French pharmaceutical company. Two other manufacturers supply domestic markets: Wuhan Institute of Biological Products in China and Sanofi Pasteur in the United States.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: Demand for yellow fever vaccine for preventive campaigns has increased from about five million doses per year to a projected 62 million per year by 2014. UNICEF reported in 2013 that supplies were insufficient. Manufacturers are producing about 35 million of the 64 million doses needed per year. Demand for the yellow fever vaccine has continued to increase due to the growing number of countries implementing yellow fever vaccination as part of their routine immunization programmes.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: The outbreak of yellow fever in Angola and in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2016 has raised concerns about whether the global supply of vaccine is adequate to meet the need during a large epidemic or pandemic of the disease. Routine childhood immunization was suspended in other African countries to ensure an adequate supply in the vaccination campaign against the outbreak in Angola. Emergency stockpiles of vaccine diverted to Angola, which consisted of about 10 million doses at the end of March 2016, had become exhausted, but were being replenished by May 2016. However, in August it was reported that about one million doses of six million shipped in February had been sent to the wrong place or not kept cold enough to ensure efficacy, resulting in shortages to fight the spreading epidemic in DR Congo. As an emergency measure, experts suggested fractional dose vaccination, using a fractional dose (1/5 or 1/10 of the usual dose) to extend existing supplies of vaccine. Others have noted that switching manufacturing processes to modern cell-culture technology might improve vaccine supply shortfalls, as the manufacture of the current vaccine in chicken eggs is slow and laborious. On 17 June 2016, the WHO agreed to the use of 1/5 the usual dose as an emergency measure during the ongoing outbreak in Angola and the DR Congo. The fractional dose would not qualify for a yellow fever certificate of vaccination for travelers. Later studies found that the fractional dose was just as protective as the full dose, even 10 years after vaccination.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: As of February 2021, UNICEF reported awarded contract prices of ranging from to per dose under multi-year contracts with various suppliers.


title: Yellow fever vaccine

text: Travellers who wish to enter certain countries or territories must be vaccinated against yellow fever 10 days before crossing the border, and be able to present a vaccination record/certificate at the border checks. In most cases, this travel requirement depends on whether the country they are travelling from has been designated by the World Health Organization as being a 'country with risk of yellow fever transmission'. In a few countries, it does not matter which country the traveller comes from: everyone who wants to enter these countries must be vaccinated against yellow fever. There are exemptions for newborn children; in most cases, any child who is at least 9 months or 1 year old needs to be vaccinated.


title: Kikagaku Moyo

text: Kikagaku Moyo (in Japanese Kanji 幾何学模様, transliterated "Kikagaku Moyō") translates to “geometric patterns”, which the drummer Go Kurosawa suggested as a band name after getting visuals caused by sleep deprivation during a long jam session at night. In a 2014 interview with the "It’s Psychedelic Baby!" magazine, Go recalls the moment at which he came up with the name: “It means geometric patterns, which I saw on the back of my eyelids after jamming all night long. I was totally in the “zone”, half awake and half asleep, but my hands were tapping the drums involuntarily. Tomo and I both wanted to have a Japanese name with Kanji characters, so it was decided pretty quickly.”.


title: Kikagaku Moyo

text: In the summer of 2012 in Tokyo, Go Kurosawa - who came to be the drummer in what would become Kikagaku Moyo - met Tomo Katsurada - the future guitarist - who had come back from studying film in the US. Having similar interests in music, fashion and movies, they decided to start playing music together. Though Go had played piano and Tomo knew the cello, both of them had little to no prior experience in the instruments they wanted to play in the band. Initially, the two often played together in an old studio where their friend worked, from midnight to morning, the reason for that being the high price of playing in the studio during the day.


title: Kikagaku Moyo

text: Dissatisfied with their sound, Go and Tomo soon went out to search for more people to join the band. They specifically sought people who didn’t have much experience like Go and Tomo themselves, but wanted to play music together. They started with putting up signs and handing out posters at their college. They eventually met their bassist Kotsoguy who was recording sounds from a vending machine on the street for a drone project. Tomo met their second guitarist Daoud Popal in a smoking area at the college Go and Tomo were attending. Around the same time, the band’s sitarist Ryu Kurosawa, who is Go's brother, joined the band after coming back from India. The members didn’t have much in common when it comes to musical taste. Go had a mixed music taste and was the only one listening to psychedelic rock while Tomo preferred power pop, Kotsoguy black metal and Daoud hip-hop. In an interview, Go says “We tried to talk, “What have you been listening to?” We could never share anything. So only after we started playing, after one year, we started sharing.”. Since most of the members weren’t technically proficient, they decided to adopt a psychedelic, meditative style, as an utilitarian approach to play music together. This style is especially present on their self-titled debut album.


title: Kikagaku Moyo

text: Kikagaku Moyo did not find any great success in Japan, one reason for that being the expensive live shows, since Japanese music venues have a system of charging bands instead of paying them for live shows. According to Go Kurosawa in an interview, bands have to pay around 300$ for a 30-35 minute show. Therefore, the band started busking on Tokyo streets, outside of busy train stations. The group also made an attempt to set up psyche festivals around Tokyo, charging about five dollars for entry, with the aim of providing a cheap and accessible music scene. The band did however not gain any major progress either way. In an interview, Go says “[In Japan,] most people don’t like this kind of thing, they like following the rules”. Furthermore, the crowds were mostly made up of foreigners. This inspired the group to go abroad: their first tour took place in America where they played the Levitation festival in 2014.


title: Kikagaku Moyo

text: Their second LP "Forest of Lost Children" was released on May 20, 2014 by Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records based in Brooklyn, New York. They toured the U.S. in April 2014 in support of the record with appearances at Desert Daze Austin Psych Fest Due to high demand their S/T record was reissued on Cassette tape by Burger Records and a new tape by the name of "Mammatus Clouds" was released on the eclectic Sky Lantern Records in Tucson, Arizona. "Mammatus Clouds" was pressed onto 12" LP by both Cardinal Fuzz Records (UK) and Captcha Records (US) in June 2014. The band continued to tour throughout 2014 and made their first appearance in the UK that October selling out several shows in London.


title: Kikagaku Moyo

text: In 2015 the band toured extensively through Europe with appearances at Eindhoven Psych Lab and Duna Jam. Members of the band also started the record label Guruguru brain in 2015 to showcase the unique music scene in East Asia. They would release their next two records on it: "House in the Tall Grass", released in May 2016, and "Masana Temples", released in October 2018.


title: Kikagaku Moyo

text: In 2017, they played a string of Gizzfest shows in Australia alongside friends King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs, La Luz, O.R.B and Parsnip.


title: Kikagaku Moyo

text: The band visited Australia a second time in March 2020 and played a small boutique festival 'Nine Lives' hosted by local record store Jet Black Cat Music.


title: Kikagaku Moyo

text: On 19 January 2022, the band announced they would go on an indefinite hiatus after 2022, and that their next record would be their last. Titled "Kumoyo Island", the album was released in May 2022.


title: Foster City, California

text: Foster City is a city located in San Mateo County, California. The 2020 census put the population at 33,805, an increase of more than 10% over the 2010 census figure of 30,567. Foster City is sometimes considered to be part of Silicon Valley for its local industry and its proximity to Silicon Valley cities. Foster City is one of the United States’ safest cities, with an average of one murder per decade.


title: Foster City, California

text: Foster City was founded in the 1960s, built on the existing Brewer Island in the marshes of the San Francisco Bay on the east edge of San Mateo, enlarged with engineered landfill. The city was named after T. Jack Foster, a real estate magnate who owned much of the land comprising the city and who was instrumental in its initial design. His firm, Foster Enterprises, now run by his descendants, relocated to San Mateo in 2000 and is still active in real estate affairs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.


title: Foster City, California

text: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The total area is 81.07% water. Foster City has ongoing issues with water intrusion from the San Francisco Bay and is potentially subject to permanent inundation as the sea level rises. A project to improve the existing levee with a steel-reinforced wall has been underway since FEMA designated the entire area as a floodplain making residents subject to much higher flood insurance rates.


title: Foster City, California

text: Foster City, like most of the peninsula, has a mild Mediterranean climate, with warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. The warmest month of the year is September, with an average daytime temperature of and an average nighttime temperature of , while the coldest month of the year is January, with an average daytime temperature of and an average nighttime temperature of .


title: Foster City, California

text: The 2020 United States Census reported that Foster City had a population of 33,056 with 12,243 households. The 2020 median home price in Foster City was $1,439,375. The population density was 8,947.22/sq mi (3,454.27/km2). The racial makeup of Foster City was 13,171 (39.8%) White, 818 (2.5%) African American, 39 (0.1%) Native American, 16,715(50.6%) Asian, 30 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 394 (1.2%) from other races, and 1,889 (5.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,605 persons (7.9%). 52% of the population was born in the United States, and 22% of the population are naturalized citizens.


title: Foster City, California

text: The Census reported that the median household income was $163,322, 3.2% of the population was below the poverty line, out of the total population 2.5% of those under the age of 18 and 5.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.


title: Foster City, California

text: For those over the age of 25, 96% had a High School Diploma or higher, 71% had a Bachelor's Degree, and 36.6% had a Graduate Degree or Professional Degree.


title: Foster City, California

text: The 2010 United States Census reported that Foster City had a population of 30,567. The 2009 median home price in Foster City was $1,025,000. The population density was . The racial makeup of Foster City was 13,912 (45.5%) White, 576 (1.9%) African American, 29 (0.1%) Native American, 13,746 (45.0%) Asian, 189 (0.6%) Pacific Islander, 575 (1.9%) from other races, and 1,540 (5.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,995 persons (6.5%).


title: Foster City, California

text: The Census reported that 30,458 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 52 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 57 (0.2%) were institutionalized.


title: Foster City, California

text: There were 12,016 households, out of which 4,256 (35.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 7,127 (59.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 963 (8.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 316 (2.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 531 (4.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 75 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 2,807 households (23.4%) were made up of individuals, and 860 (7.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53. There were 8,406 families (70.0% of all households); the average family size was 3.04.


title: Foster City, California

text: The population was spread out, with 6,913 people (22.6%) under the age of 18, 1,526 people (5.0%) aged 18 to 24, 9,801 people (32.1%) aged 25 to 44, 8,223 people (26.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,104 people (13.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.


title: Foster City, California

text: There were 12,458 housing units at an average density of , of which 6,958 (57.9%) were owner-occupied, and 5,058 (42.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.5%. 18,423 people (60.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 12,035 people (39.4%) lived in rental housing units.


title: Foster City, California

text: As of the census of 2000, there were 28,803 people, 11,613 households, and 7,931 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 12,458 housing units at an average density of . There were 11,613 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.97.


title: Foster City, California

text: In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.2% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 35.3% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.


title: Foster City, California

text: According to "Money" magazine, the median income for a household in Foster City was $135,470. The median income for a family was $118,231. Males had a median income of $77,916 versus $51,157 for females. The per capita income for the city was $45,754. 2.9% of the population and 1.7% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 1.6% of those under the age of 18 and 5.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.


title: Foster City, California

text: Around 1993 Visa Inc. began consolidating various scattered offices in San Mateo, California to a location in Foster City. Visa's headquarters were in Foster City, and Visa became Foster City's largest employer. Visa owns four buildings at the intersection of Metro Center Boulevard and Vintage Park Drive. As of 2009 it employed about 3,000 people at the complex. During that year Visa signed a 10-year lease agreement for the top three floors of 595 Market Street in San Francisco and moved its top executives there. Visa continued to keep employees at the Foster City offices. As of 2009, after the headquarters move, the Foster City facilities remained the company's center of employment, and those buildings housed 2,400 employees as of 2009.


title: Foster City, California

text: According to the city's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:


title: Foster City, California

text: Foster City has 24 parks occupying more than , including many public tennis courts, baseball and soccer fields, basketball courts, and rollerblading/biking trails along the San Francisco Bay.


title: Foster City, California

text: In addition, Foster City maintains an extensive , man-made enclosed lagoon system. The lagoons were initially designed as a drainage system required in order to efficiently drain the lowland city.


title: Foster City, California

text: , Foster City's Mayor is Richa Awasthi. Other councilmembers include Sam Hindi, Jon Froomin, and Patrick Sullivan. Froomin was elected to office after former councilmember Herb Perez was recalled by a majority of Foster City voters. Perez was the first city councilperson to be recalled since 1977.


title: Foster City, California

text: Councilmember Sanjay Gehani was the first Mayor for Foster City of Indian descent. Current (2022) Mayor Richa Awashi is the first female minority Mayor and first woman Immigrant to be Foster City's Mayor.


title: Foster City, California

text: According to the California Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Foster City has 16,568 registered voters. Of those, 7,336 (44.3%) are registered Democrats, 2,756 (16.6%) are registered Republicans, and 5,977 (36.1%) have declined to state a political party.


title: Foster City, California

text: Foster City is home to five public schools in the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District. Foster City Elementary School (which has recently been remodeled), Brewer Island Elementary School, Audubon Elementary School, and newly-built Beach Park Elementary School serve kindergarten through fifth grades. Nathaniel Bowditch Middle School serves 6th through 8th grades. There are several private preschools and elementary schools. There is a separate High School District: San Mateo Union High School District. There is no high school located east of Highway 101 so Foster City high school students attend the public schools in the San Mateo Union High School District and other private high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.


title: Foster City, California

text: Four public schools in Foster City (Audubon School, Brewer Island School, Foster City School, and Bowditch Middle School) have won California Distinguished School awards. In 1993, Bowditch was recognized with the U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon. In 2005, Bowditch became a California Distinguished School for the second time. A third recognition was given in 2013.


title: Foster City, California

text: Foster City has one private Jewish day school: Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School is a kindergarten – eighth grade school. It was rated the number one Jewish day school in the South Bay/Peninsula.


title: Foster City, California

text: Foster City also has one private elementary school: Kids Connection is a kindergarten – fifth grade school.


title: Foster City, California

text: Foster City's Werder Pier is a remainder of the original expanse of the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge. It is also one of the longest and oldest piers in California. Unfortunately, due to much needed repair, the once popular fishing pier is no longer in operation.


title: Foster City, California

text: A number of San Francisco professional athletes have called Foster City home. Former San Francisco Giants players Kevin Mitchell and Jeff Kent won the National League Most Valuable Player award while they were residents of Foster City.


title: Foster City, California

text: Norman Hsu, the Hong Kong-born convicted criminal (Ponzi scheme scam artist) and political activist, is a former resident of Foster City.


title: Foster City, California

text: The movie "Over the Edge" is based on events occurring in Foster City and chronicled in a 1973 article titled "Mousepacks: Kids on a Crime Spree" in the "San Francisco Examiner".


title: Foster City, California

text: Foster City TV broadcasts a variety of programs related to the operation of and life in Foster City. Foster City TV provides programming through a dedicated government-access television (GATV) channel.


title: See No Evil 2

text: See No Evil 2 is a 2014 American slasher film directed by the Soska sisters, written by Nathan Brookes and Bobby Lee Darby, produced by Michael Luisi, and starring Danielle Harris, Katharine Isabelle and the professional wrestler Kane. It is the sequel to 2006's "See No Evil". Unlike the original, which had a theatrical release, the film was released in 2014 direct to DVD and Blu-ray.


title: See No Evil 2

text: Amy (Danielle Harris) prepares to leave her job at the city morgue while Seth (Kaj-Erik Eriksen) and their boss Holden (Michael Eklund) work the graveyard shift. As Amy is leaving to meet friends at a bar for her birthday, Holden receives news that a number of bodies are being delivered, the victims of a mass murder committed by Jacob Goodnight (Kane) at the Blackwell Hotel. Amy decides to cancel her plans and help her colleagues with the deliveries. Amy and Seth process the corpses, including that of Goodnight. As Amy leaves Seth to finish the work, she is surprised to find Holden has allowed her friends Tamara (Katharine Isabelle), Kayla (Chelan Simmons), Carter (Lee Majdoub) and her brother Will (Greyston Holt) to throw a birthday party in the morgue. During the party, Will warns Seth to stay away from Amy, believing she deserves better than him, causing Seth to leave the party and return to work. Will tells Amy of his disapproval of her dropping out of Med School to work in the morgue, angering Amy, who also leaves the party.


title: See No Evil 2

text: Tamara, who is fascinated by death and serial killers, leaves the party with Carter to go look at Jacob's body. The experience of being in a room with the body of a real murderer arouses her and she and Carter begin to have sex. Jacob suddenly awakens, and kills Carter while Tamara escapes. Jacob searches the room, outfitting himself with a burn victim mask and several surgical tools before cutting the building's electricity.


title: See No Evil 2

text: Hearing Tamara's screams, the rest of the partygoers attempt to find her; Holden, away from the rest, is captured and mortally wounded by Jacob.


title: See No Evil 2

text: Amy, Will, Kayla and Tamara acknowledge their predicament and attempt to reach the upper levels of the hospital, only to find Jacob blocking their way at every turn. Seth arrives with the keys to open a locked emergency stairwell, but Jacob is behind him and attacks them, causing the group to split up. Kayla seeks refuge in a bathroom, where Jacob strangles her. When Kayla mutters "Thank God!" at Jacob's hesitation, he relives old memories, remembering the abuse he suffered at the hands of his religious mother. As Kayla dies from her injuries anyway, Jacob asks her, "Why would God help you?" before setting off in search of the remaining members of the group.


title: See No Evil 2

text: Jacob kills Tamara and captures Will, using him as bait to lure Seth and Amy into a trap, where he proceeds to execute her brother. In the resultant confrontation, Seth is wounded by an electric knife; Amy takes him into a room to cauterize the wound, where she reveals that she dropped out of medical school after realizing the inevitability of death. Noticing that one of the windows leads to ground level, Amy kisses Seth for the first time then squeezes out to get help. Finding Jacob in the parking lot, however, she retreats back inside. Afterwards, Jacob stabs her to death as she attempts to unlock a side exit door. After fighting Jacob, Seth impales him with the nozzle from a piece of embalming equipment and pumps his body full of embalming chemicals, seemingly killing him.


title: See No Evil 2

text: Seth escapes the morgue through a broken window and drives away in his car. As he stops to open the gated entrance, he realizes that not only is Jacob still alive but also that he was in the car with him. Jacob attacks Seth from behind, and gouges out his eyes, killing him.


title: See No Evil 2

text: The final shots of the film show each dead member of the cast before a final closeup shot of Jacob's face as he says, "I see it now", referring to their sins.


title: See No Evil 2

text: The movie was announced in August 2013, with Kane set to reprise his role as the murderous Jacob Goodnight and the Soska sisters to direct. The Soskas claimed their desire in taking on the film was to "take the character [Jacob Goodnight] and bring him to the level of Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees."


title: See No Evil 2

text: On September 16, 2013 Danielle Harris, Katharine Isabelle and Michael Eklund joined the main cast. On September 20, 2013 it was announced Greyston Holt, Chelan Simmons, Kaj-Erik Eriksen and Lee Majdoub had been cast.


title: See No Evil 2

text: Filming began on September 23, 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia and ended on October 11, 2013. Filming predominantly took place at Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam. Harris, Isabelle and Simmons reportedly performed all their own physical stunts. The trailer was released on July 25, 2014.


title: See No Evil 2

text: In June 2014 it was reported the movie would not be released to theatres, instead being released to video on demand on October 17, 2014, followed by a Blu-ray release on October 21, 2014.


title: See No Evil 2

text: The film received an approval rating of 60% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews with an average score of 5/10. William Bibbiani, writing for Crave Online, praised the film's adherence to traditional slasher movie conventions, saying that "...it is indeed comforting to see that the standard, straight-up slasher yarn still has some life in it. Instead of playing to some sort of house style, like many of the recent slasher remakes were determined to do, "See No Evil 2" looks pleasingly grim and icy and dark. What’s more, it plays with genre expectations while playing the genre’s actual conventions somewhat straight..."


title: See No Evil 2

text: Bloody Disgusting gave the film a mixed review, praising the film's characterization and first act, but saying that "once Jacob Goodnight begins stalking the halls everything slows to a crawl. Maybe it’s because the environment was so generic, or maybe it was because it’s not a franchise I care to see continue on...". Nonetheless, the review concluded that "I wish this were a standalone sequel instead of being forced into a corner in trying to continue the events from 8 years ago. But as it stands, "See No Evil 2" is a fun little VOD rental for your Halloween festivities."


title: See No Evil 2

text: Ryan Larson, writing for ComingSoon.net, gave the film an average rating saying "While some of the movie is enjoyable due to standard gore splashed slasher fare, for the most part you can't help but think 'haven't I seen this already?'"