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You can bid on an autographed one of these at the Rock For Kids Auction tonight.
Tomorrow The Moon, the sci-fi oriented band that includes Bad Examples guitarist Steve Gerlach, has a gig tonight at Martyrs'. They'll be playing some new songs as well as tracks from their debut EP The Dim, Distant Now, which will be officially released early next year. The Last Dark Show, Swearwords, and Vultures Are Lovebirds are also on the bill. Show time is 9:00PM.
WXRT air personalities Lin Brehmer and Marty Lennartz will co-host the 23rd Annual Rock For Kids Rock & Roll Auction at the Park West in Chicago tonight. The event never fails to assemble a fascinating bounty of memorabilia from musicians, athletes, and celebrities. This year, some of the items attendees can bid on include autographed guitars from Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Taylor Swift, and other artists; record albums signed by U2, Funkadelic, and The Monkees; autographed concert posters from numerous alt rock bands; a Monty Python poster signed by the troupe members; a Star Wars signed cast photo; and a James Bond poster signed by each of the actors who have played the iconic role.
Of course it will take more than pocket change to nab any of these items, but it's fun to check them out even if you can't afford them. Plus, the auction is like a party and it's entertaining to witness some of the more ferocious bidding wars. There's an opening reception from 6:00 to 7:00PM. Proceeds help provide music lessons for kids who would have no other way to afford it.
James Moeller and Carla Hayden of Black Forest Theatre are joining forces with the Celebrity Salon in Evanston for a Toys For Tots benefit tomorrow night from 7:00 to 11:30 PM. Moeller and Hayden will be performing with their band WhiteWolfSonicPrincess All Stars, and Moeller will also be rocking out as a member of The Telepaths. Other acts scheduled include The Rut, which is a musical offshoot of the Famous In The Future comedy group; Crocodile Children; Hannah Frank; Longbottom Leaf; and Kavus.
There will be the occasional holiday tune, plus covers of songs by The Monkees, Smashing Pumpkins, Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan, Nirvana. Grateful Dead, and other bands. It's a BYOB event, and anyone who brings an unwrapped toy (no toy guns or stuffed animals) can get in for free. In related news, James Moeller announced on his jimmydumps/sunnyjimmy blog yesterday that WhiteWolfSonicPrincess has finished its new CD and plans to release it in the Spring of 2012.
On the recent PBS special Women Who Rock, Kathleen Hanna, formerly of the influential riot grrrl band Bikini Kill was shown addressing a class of young girls interested in becoming musicians. She might be pleased to know what's been going on at the Lamplighter Inn's Wednesday Open Mic Nights in Palatine. Young girls, as well as young boys are encouraged to hone their musical skills before a live audience in a supportive atmosphere that also features adult performers.
It's all overseen by Lamplighter employee Rick Albright, who travels throughout the Inn's upstairs room with his clipboard, making sure every act is ready to go on. This past Wednesday, a trio of boys called Arcade Days was playing energetic grunge rock. The five girl band Serendipity was also on the bill, mixing modern hits with Motown chestnuts by The Jackson Five and Ike & Tina Turner. Serendipity plays on regular basis at the Lamplighter Inn's Open Mic Nights and exudes poise and confidence. The band is starting to catch on in the northwest suburbs and is now represented by NTD Management. Serendipity keyboards player-vocalist Liz Petitt also joined her parents John (guitarist-vocalist with the band This Is This) and Ruth for a rousing edition of "Expressway To Your Heart" by The Soul Survivors.
Smithereens lead vocalist-guitarist Pat DiNizio has printed up t shirts to commemorate the solo multi-media show he's currently doing at The Rivieria in Las Vegas. Each limited edition, personally autographed Confessions Of A Rock Star shirt costs $20, plus $6 shipping and handling. Purchases can be made via PayPal, but since delivery can take from 4 to 6 weeks, you might not get it in time for that Smithereens fanatic on your Christmas list.
Power pop veteran Paul Collins recently noted on Facebook that The Kids Are The Same, the 1982 sophomore effort from The Paul Collins' Beat will soon be re-released on Get Hip Records. The album features classic cuts "That's What Life Is All About," "Dreaming," and "Crying Won't Help."
"The Basement" by the newly formed Green Beetles is the lead-off track on an Aussie various artists compilation called Rock Against Bullshit Volume 6 that's being released today. The band, another international collaboration for Chicago area bassist-vocalist Herb Eimerman, also includes his fellow member of The Britannicas, vocalist-guitarist Joe Algeri.
Don't look for Aaron Fox & The Reliables to play Christmas carols at their December 23rd gig at Uncommon Ground's new location on Devon in Chicago. According to lead vocalist-guitarist Fox, the band will be performing stripped down versions of songs from its Late Too Soon CD as well as some new material. Aaron Fox & The Reliables plan to start recording their next CD in the near future; previews of the songs "Unpromised Land" and "What We Think" can be heard on their website.


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Beth Morley at Sport Sailing Photography got this awesome shot of the ASBA Sportsboat Nationals sailed right out of the same Cruising Yacht Club that runs the Hobart race. The Thompson 8 Zippier seen here finished 2nd with the Shaw 650 The Stig's Audi Driving Cousin crushing the fleet with 5 bullets in 5 races.
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On May 11, 2010 Mushkin Enhanced announced the release of a new Solid-State Drive (SSD) series called, Callisto. Mushkin might not be the first brand name that rolls off your tongue when you think about SSDs, but don't count them out. Mushkin has been making high-quality PC components for 15 years and we have been reviewing their power supplies and memory modules for the past seven years without once having and issues with the company. To be honest with you the SSD industry is much like the memory industry was years ago as any company can take some off the shelf parts and come up with some fancy packaging and bring a product to the market. SSDs are made up of five critical components; the controller, NAND Flash, printed circuit board (PCB), enclosure/housing and of course the every important firmware. The reason most SSDs look the same today is because they actually might be in some situations. Why am I telling you all this? Because we are getting to a point in the SSD market where it is becoming harder to differentiate between drives.
The Mushkin Callisto SSD series has sequential read speeds of up to 285MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 275MB/s. These impressive numbers are thanks to the fact that the Callisto series of SSDs comes equipped with the Sandforce SF-1200 controller. The Sandforce SF-1222 has been getting a ton of attention these days on hardware review sites as it is the same controller found on numerous drives now.
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The only thing that really separates these drives from each other would be the bundle, the drive appearance, warranty and possibly the firmware. The firmware being used on the Sandforce SF-1200 series has become interesting as Sandforce has given OCZ exclusive rights to a firmware that gives their drives better performance than the rest. Anand Shimpi did a great article on the Sandforce firmware situation here that you should take a look at to understand what is going on with the firmware. The drive that we are looking at today uses mass production firmware with all the latest fixes. Let's take a look at the Mushkin Callisto 60GB SSD and see how it stacks up.
One of the first things I asked Mushkin when I received the Callisto drive is why did they call this Solid-State Drive (SSD) series the Callisto? Do you know what Callisto means? Mushkin informed us that Callisto, just like their Io Series before it, are named after moons of Jupiter.
"Callisto is a moon of the planet Jupiter, (pronounced /kəˈlɪstoʊ/, named after the Greek mythological figure of Callisto, Greek: Καλλιστώ) . It was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei. It is the third-largest moon in the Solar System and the second largest in the Jovian system, after Ganymede. Callisto has about 99% the diameter of the planet Mercury but only about a third of its mass. It is the fourth Galilean moon of Jupiter by distance, with an orbital radius of about 1,880,000 km." – Wikipedia
They went on to say that they have some big NASA/space fans inside
Mushkin and they thought it reflected the growing, groundbreaking effect
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Mushkin said that it was to show the "out of this world" performance
benefits of SSDs over traditional HDDs. All we know is that Jupiter only has four moons, but I doubt they will name an SSD Ganymede or Europa. Actually, you never know!
The Mushkin Callisto series will be available in 60GB (MKNSSDCL60GB), 120GB (MKNSSDCL120GB) and 240GB (MKNSSDCL240GB) drive capacities with the 60GB model having a cost of $204.99, the 120GB at $349.99 and the 240GB model being sold for $629.99. The Mushkin Callisto series happens to be very price competitive with other SandForce SF-1200 series drives!
Inside the retail bundle we found that Mushkin has included a 3.5″ desktop adapter bracket with the Callisto SSD. This is a nice touch as most of the cases that have been sold in recent years were not designed to store 2.5″ SSDs, so you have to have a way to secure them. Notebook users will have no need for this, but it is nice that companies are including these adapters. Some companies like Corsair and OCZ have their name printed on the adapter bracket, but that wasn't the case here.
The drive that we are reviewing today is the Mushkin Callisto 60B model with part number MKNSSDCL60GB. It features a gun metal grey finish and has the drive name and Mushkin logo silk-screened onto the drive. You can't really dress an SSD up to make it look better, but for most of us appearance doesn't matter as it will be locked into a laptop or drive bay in your chassis and not be seen for years if all goes as planned.
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The Mushkin Callisto, with the latest revision of its firmware, has been rated with transfer rates at up to 285MB/s read and 275MB/s write. The drives are shipping with firmware revision 3.0.9 and we asked Mushkin if the firmware will be end-user upgradable and how their firmware competes with OCZ's offerings since they are said to have a higher level of performance. This is what Mushkin had to say:
"Yes; we will have a firmware tool and the firmwares available as soon as the SF-1500 is available. These will be available at our website. I can tell you that the SF-1200 was intended to be the client-level controller with lower write IOPS (10k vs 30k) than the SF-1500 but with less over-provisioning (13% vs 28%). To my knowledge the equivalent OCZ drive to our Callisto would be the Agility 2 but again, to my knowledge, they are using a 28% over-provisioning firmware at this time. We are currently gauging interest in SF-1500/MLC based drives which will offer higher write IOPS but with 15% less formatted capacity. We felt that for client applications the end-user would prefer the greater capacity over the higher write IOPS since that is only typically needed/desired in enterprise applications." – Mushkin PR
From that question we got a loaded answer with plenty of interesting information.
The Mushkin Callisto has native TRIM support and measures in at just 99.88 x 69.63 x 9.3mm in size. The drive has a shock tolerance of up to 1500G and a MTBF of 2 million hours. The Callisto is backed by a 3-year warranty in the event that it should ever fail. Flipping the Callisto 60GB SSD over gives you get a better look at the back of the drive. Notice that it has threaded mounting holes on both the bottom and sides to fit in various cases and laptops.
Here is a better look at the SATA II header and the SATA power connector on the Callisto. Notice that this drive doesn't need a jumper for firmware flashing. The SATA 2 storage interface is backwards-compatible with SATA 1. For maximum performance, Mushkin recommends installing Callisto series SSDs on a SATA 2 controller and enabling 'AHCI' mode in the BIOS. This drive does not support SATA 6Gbps, which is a bit of a bummer, but the factory ratings are very impressive and this drive should scream in the benchmarks.
Let's take a look the new controller and then we will crack open the drive to give you a look inside so you can see what makes it tick.
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When Reg Weaver took office nearly six years ago, the No Child Left Behind law had just passed with the support of a broad bipartisan majority, including many friends of public schools who didn't understand what it would mean in the classroom.
Today, there's a growing consensus that it needs major changes. That transformation is due in no small part to the nationwide campaign by educators to show the country what this 1,100-page law actually means in real life. NEA, under Reg Weaver's leadership, is pushing a positive agenda for overhauling the law with grassroots lobbying by members throughout the country.
This broad, member-participation approach has marked his presidency.
"We are more than one out of every 100 Americans, and we live in every congressional district in the country," Weaver likes to remind audiences. And he stresses the right and the duty of educators to demand respect for themselves and their work: "If they're going to reform schools, they need to do that with us, not to us."
Weaver has spent much of his tenure out in the school districts, meeting thousands of members in visits to over 800 local Associations, inspiring them to stand tall and make their voices heard in Washington, in the state capitals, and the school board chambers.
He put NEA and its work before the public as never before with a more powerful and focused public relations program that reached all media, big and small, new and traditional.
He led successful counterattacks against efforts to undermine America's public schools with tax-funded vouchers.
Weaver brought new respect to the hundreds of thousands of education support professionals who are part of NEA and who contribute both to the education of their students and the strength of the Association.
Six years ago, NEA had 2.7 million members but many observers predicted a gradual decline. Weaver would not accept that. He reinvigorated organizing efforts, launching a drive that has so far brought another half million members into NEA and continues unabated.
Weaver also forged a strong alliance with America's minority communities to work toward closing the achievement gaps that hold down many minority children. Major minority organizations have formed a united front with NEA, fighting for great public schools for every child. Reg points out that nearly half of children under five in America are members of racial or ethnic minorities.
During the past few years, Weaver led an effort to refocus the work of NEA around a new vision, mission, and core values document, getting input from members at meetings around the country so that it truly reflected a consensus of the Association. It was passed overwhelmingly by the 2006 Representative Assembly, NEA's top decision-making body.
Besides the NCLB campaigns and the mission-vision-core values effort, Weaver also found time and energy to take NEA's Great Public Schools campaign worldwide as vice president of Education International. Though the languages are different, he found many of the battles going on—for professional respect and pay, adequate school funding, and a commitment to educate all children, regardless of gender, ethnic group, or wealth—are the same.
NEA limits presidents to two three-year terms, so Weaver will step down this summer, leaving the organization larger, stronger, and more effective. "We are millions of voices," he says, but we have one message: the belief that every child, regardless of family income or place of residence, deserves a quality education."


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A major change is in the works for defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp. In January, company officials announced they were moving their headquarters from Los Angeles, where the parent company was founded in 1939, to the Washington, D.C., area. In April, the company specified that Northern Virginia will be its future home.
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The move is a logical and prudent step for the $34 billion government contractor, said Linda Mills, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Information Systems, one of five company units, along with Aerospace, Electronics, Shipbuilding and Technical Services.
"Personally, I'm very excited about the move," Mills said. "It will be wonderful for our customers and wonderful for Northrop Grumman. Many of our customers are" in the Washington metropolitan area.
The physical relocation is emblematic of other changes at Northrop Grumman, which has been restructuring its operations to align with the Obama administration's priorities and adapt to a challenging economic climate.
Mills' unit consolidated of the company's Information Technology and Missions Systems units last year and helped land Northrop Grumman at No. 2 on the Top 100, with $11.1 billion in prime contracts during fiscal 2009.
"The reception has been extremely enthusiastic. Our clients appreciate a single point of contact, and there are cross-synergies," Mills said. "We have become more cost-effective, streamlining indirect staff and investing in technology."
Northrop Grumman's realignment also reflects the political change in priorities at the White House and Congress, which are increasingly focusing on energy, health care, technology and cybersecurity, in addition to counterterrorism and military activity in Afghanistan. Northrop Grumman has maintained expertise in those areas and has been strengthening its offerings, Mills said.
"With every change of administration, priorities shift, and you shift accordingly," she added.
The Defense Department maintains a need for urgent support for warfighters, and President Barack Obama continues to emphasize cybersecurity and national security, so Northrop Grumman stands to benefit from its technological advantage in those areas, Mills said.
Additionally, Northrop Grumman's government clients "are very passionate about health IT, immigration reform and public safety," she added. "Those are all areas in which we have expertise."
Meanwhile, the Obama administration's drive to achieve procurement reform, accountability and transparency is motivating other modifications. In November 2009, Northrop divested its TASC Inc. advisory services business. The sale was facilitated, in part, by stricter government rules against organizational conflicts of interest, Mills said.
Another change is that the federal government has been moving away from the request for proposals contracting system to the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracting model.
"Government traditionally has contracted with RFPs," Mills said. "It was the system, and everyone knows how it worked. Now we have IDIQ contracts, with quicker turnaround on task orders. About 25 percent to 30 percent of this business is now IDIQ contracts."
For example, requirements for warfighter support are being developed in the theater in IDIQ contracts. "It is a slightly different system," Mills said. "We have to have more agility and understanding."
That holds true throughout Northrop Grumman's business strategy.
"We have been becoming leaner and more agile," Mills said. "That requires more technology investment, and figuring out which technologies will be important in the future."
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Nick Catone (8-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) had a choice.
Dan Miller, his opponent at UFC 128, was called up to fight Nate Marquardt after Yoshihiro Akiyama withdrew in the fallout from this past week's earthquake in Japan. He was between 205 and 208 pounds and was just about to start his cut to middleweight. He could hold for another fight – UFC matchmaker Joe Silva had concerns he couldn't get another middleweight approved in time – or he could fight a New Jersey fighter all cued up and ready to go.
"They were going to put me on another card and just give me the show money," Catone today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) about his fight Saturday, which takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and airs live on pay-per-view. "I said, 'No, I'm ready to fight. I want to fight now.' I got in touch with Joe and he said, 'With the medicals in Jersey, it's tough. We can get you this one fight, but it's got to be at a catchweight.'"
He said OK, and he now had 10 fewer pounds he needed to cut by March 19. That was good news. Now, who was this new guy?
It turned out to be Costantinos Philippou (7-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a veteran of the East Coast circuit and a member of the Serra/Longo Fight Team who made a brief appearance on "The Ultimate Fighter 11."
Wait a minute. The Serra/Longo Fight Team, as in the one from the Renzo Gracie family?
Prior to Philippou, Silva had first presented Catone with three options for his UFC 128 opponent, and all of them had strong ties to the MMA forefather: Dave Branch, Rafel Natal and Philippou. In fact, he considered all of them friends; they had all worked with Gracie or Ricardo Almeida, Gracie's New Jersey-based protege. He couldn't choose, so he had his manager make the call, and Philippou was the final pick.
Now Catone had yet another Gracie guy on his hands.
"It is what it is, I guess," he said. "It's a business with the UFC. It's 15 minutes where I've got to get in there and do what I've got to do.
"I look at it as another fight. Just because he's another Renzo guy doesn't mean I'm looking any differently at the fight."
By now, Catone is used to bumps in the road. After a close split decision win over last-minute replacement Jesse Forbes in January 2010, he was scheduled to meet John Salter at UFC 113. Then he injured his back and was forced to withdraw from the fight.
Catone contemplated moving down to the welterweight division because he felt undersized in fights against Forbes and Mark Munoz, he told MMAjunkie.com in a previous interview. Silva, though, still saw him as a middleweight, and he was booked to meet slugger Tomasz Drwal at UFC Fight Night 22 this past September. But he injured his back once again and was forced to sit on the bench.
It will be 14 months since Catone stepped inside the octagon when he competes Saturday. But at least he's fighting. Even if the circumstances aren't perfect, he's making good use of his training, and he's getting the chance to compete.
"I want to get in there and put on a good showing again," Catone said. "It's pretty much my gameplan to get my hand raised and put on a good show doing it."
Will the octagon be the same after so much time away?
"It's just like my old wrestling days," he said. "Once you do it, and do it, and do it, it just becomes second nature. I was around the UFC and going to events even when I was hurt. I'm sure once I get going, I'll be fine."
But seriously, it would be great if Silva could stay away from the Eastern Seaboard when his next fight comes around, just to be sure.
For the latest on UFC 128, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.


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Insurance groups range from 1 to 50 and dictates the cost of the vehicles insurance. The higher the group, the higher the insurance will be for the vehicle.
Performance (BHP)
BHP rates the engine performance of vehicles and stands for the brake horsepower.
CO2 (g/km)
CO2 is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the vehicle in grams per kilometre travelled, the lower the CO2 emissions the cleaner the vehicle is for the environment.
Number Of Seats
The total number of seats in the vehicle.
Road Tax
Road Tax is based upon the CO2 emissions of the vehicle and is split into 13 bands from A to M. The higher the letter the greater the cost of tax paid to drive the vehicle on public roads. In addition to the road tax detailed below, any vehicle that had a manufacturers retail price in excess of £40,000 when first sold, attracts a road tax supplement of an additional £320 per year. This is charged until the vehicle is 6 years old.
Ten Second Review
Citroen has moved its C4 Cactus into the mainstream, this car being the French brand's core offering in the Focus and Astra-dominated family hatchback sector. To suit its more conservative segment, the styling's been dialled down a bit but there are uniquely comfortable seats and a clever suspension system to make this contender feel really Citroen-esque.
It's rather refreshing this. We seem to be in an age where it seems that just about every kind of car has to be offered in some kind of 'SUV'-orientated guise. This one though, Citroen's C4 Cactus, has gone the other way. It was launched back in 2014 as a model that mainly took on small B-segment Juke and Captur-style SUVs and Crossovers - though Citroen maintained at the time that the car wasn't an SUV. Now, it really isn't. The brand has at last killed off its slow-selling conventional C4 hatchback and has moved the C4 Cactus range a little more into the mainstream to fill the gap created. As part of that evolution, a little of the original C4 Cactus aesthetic eccentricity has been lost - but then if you want that, the company hopes you'll consider their C3 Aircross model, which is aimed at those for who a C4 Cactus would once have been the preferred choice. Cactus customers now are people who would once have just signed up for yet another Focus, Golf or Astra, but now want something a little different.
Driving Experience
As far the dynamics of this C4 Cactus are concerned, the big news, appropriately enough for a Citroen, centres on the design of the suspension. The damping set-up fitted to the original version of this car was somewhat crude but that's certainly not the case any more, the brand having introduced a clever new 'Progressive Hydraulic Cushions' system that is supposed to absorb road imperfections for a magic carpet ride effect, without adversely affecting the car's handling. Petrol buyers now get the choice of two PureTech 1.2-litre three cylinder engines, selecting between the two turbocharged versions of this unit, these developing either 110 or 130bhp. The lower powered unit only comes with a manual gearbox and will get the C4 Cactus to 62mph in 9.3 seconds. The pokier 130hp engine comes with an EAT6 auto transmission. The base diesel alternative continues to be a 1.6-litre 100bhp BlueHDi variant, offered with five-speed manual transmission only. Or there's a 120hp version of this BlueHDi engine, offered only with an EAT6 auto gearbox. On the move, handling continues to be aided by the fact that this car remains extremely light, the three-cylinder petrol model weighing in at not much more than a tonne, which helps it get the most out of its modest engines.
Design and Build
The main exterior design talking point of the original C4 Cactus model was well documented; its distinctive side 'Airbump' panels. Potential buyers may - or possibly may not - be pleased to hear that the rather overt aesthetic effect of these has been downgraded in this revised design in Citroen's efforts to reposition this car as a more conventional family hatchback, rather than some sort of lifestyle SUV. The wings and doors have also been subtly re-designed, as has the tailgate. Recognisable from before though, is the signature C4 Cactus two-tier front end and its broad 3D-effect LED light signature at the rear. Inside, there are more subtle changes but it's all very recognisable from what went before, with a low-set dashboard, a fully digital instrument panel and a centre-dash 7-inch touchscreen. Smart familiar touches include the 'Top Box' glove box, which is equipped with straps, buckles and an embossed pattern said to be inspired by the world of travel. And the straps that serve as door handles. The key changes lies with the new 'Advanced Comfort' seats that feature a high-density foam that improves support and resists sagging over time. Extra elbow room has been freed up through the use of re-sculpted door panels and there's still a spacious boot, offering 358-litres and extendable to 1,170-litres with the rear bench folded.
Market and Model
Prices begin from just over £20,000 - a much higher starting point than was the case when this car was originally launched. That gets you the base 'Origins' version, which comes only with the base PureTech 110 petrol engine and a manual gearbox. Around 80% of buyers opt for the mainstream 'Flair' trim level you'll need if you want the perkier 130hp PureTech peytrol engine, either of the two BlueHDi diesel and the option of automatic transmission. This may no longer by an SUV but it retains all the personalisation common to models of that genre, with nine body colours and four Colour Packs, giving a total of 31 possible combinations. Inside, customers have a further choice of three different interiors that each deliver a unique feel. Practical and easy-to-use connectivity technologies include voice-controlled 3D navigation via Citroen Connect Nav, the 'Citroen Connect Box with Emergency & Assistance' package and 'Mirror Screen' functionality with the 'Android Auto', 'Apple CarPlay' and 'MirrorLink' systems. Safety provision's a highlight too, with 'Active Safety Brake' autonomous braking, speed limit ecognition, Lane Departure Warning, Driver Attention Alert and Blind Spor Monitoring all developed for this model, plus there's a neat 'Coffee Break Alert' feature that warns you to stop for a break if you've been too long at the wheel. Buyers can also have a reversing camera, keyless entry and a Park Assist system that'll automatically steer them into spaces. Plus you can have a 'Grip Control' set-up that increases front wheel traction in slippery conditions.
Cost of Ownership
Because of this model's light weight, Citroen has been able to adopt small engines to improve efficiency, without compromising driveability. Combined with ultra-low rolling resistance tyres, the latest-generation PureTech petrol and BlueHDi diesel units offer a responsive drive whilst delivering an impressive CO2 emissions showing of just 98g/km for the BlueHDi 100 diesel variant. The PureTech 110 model manages 61.4mpg on the combined cycle and 106g/km of CO2. Impressive engine technology also plays its part in this strong efficiency showing. The PureTech petrol models benefit from a 30% reduction in mechanical losses that are due to friction. While the PSA Group's BlueHDi diesel technology is based around a clever three-step after-treatment system designed to better eliminate the four nasty pollutants that diesel units usually put out - namely unburnt hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and particulates. Another thing that could help you keep garage costs in check is the affordable three year servicing plan that's available at point of purchase. Finally, there's the usual Citroen three year / 60,000 mile warranty.
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Key Standard Features*
- Solid - Sport red
- Solid paint
- Rear reading lights
- Gloss white fog light surround and Airbump highlight
- Deep red fog light surround and Airbump highlight
- Silver chrome fog light surround and Airbump highlight
- Wild cloth - Grey ambiance with advanced comfort seats
- 17" Diamond cut cross alloy wheels
Body Glass
- Rear wiper
- Hinged rear windows
- Electric front windows - anti trap + one touch
- Dark tinted rear windows
- Acoustic windscreen
- Electronic stability control
- Hill start assist
- Active safety brake
- ABS with Electronic brakeforce distribution and Emergency braking assistance
- Suspension with Progressive Hydraulic Cushions
Driver Aids
- Cruise control + speed limiter
- Lane departure warning system
- Coffee Break Alert
- Gear efficiency indicator
- Mirror Screen with Apple car play/Android Auto
- Driver attention alert system
- Variable assistance power steering
- Speed sign recognition and recommendation
Driver Convenience
- Keyless entry and start
Driver Information
- 7" touch screen
- Citroen connected nav with connect box and emergency assist system
- Exterior temperature display with ice alert
Driving Mirrors
- Electrochrome rear view mirror
- Electric adjustable/heated/folding door mirrors
- Gloss black door mirrors
- DAB Digital radio
- Auxiliary input socket
- USB socket
- RDS radio with MP3 player and 6 speakers
- Bluetooth handsfree and media streaming
Exterior Body Features
- Body colour door handles
- Wheel arch extensions
- Body coloured bumpers
- Black airbump
- Gloss black rear insert with cactus lettering
- Magic wash
Exterior Lights
- Halogen headlights with height adjustment
- LED daytime running lights
- 3D effect LED rear lights
- Front fog lights with cornering function
Interior Features
- Reach + rake adjustable steering column
- Rear parcel shelf
- Rear door pockets with bottle holders
- Rear storage pockets
- Semi raised centre console with two cup holders
- Leather steering wheel with integrated controls
- Lashing eyes in boot
- Rear garment hooks
- Open storage towards top of rear doors
- Top box dashboard storage compartment
- Two front cupholders
- Larger front door pockets
- 12V socket in cabin
- Wild cloth upholstery with advanced comfort seats
Interior Lights
- Front reading lights
- Auto pack - C4 Cactus
- Gloss black pack - C4 Cactus
- City camera pack with Rear parking sensor - C4 Cactus
- Front seatbelt pretensioners with force limiters
- 3x3 point rear seatbelts
- Tyre pressure monitor
- Electric child locks
- Airbags - Driver and front passenger with cut off device, front lateral and curtain
- Unfastened seat belt warning on all seats
- 1/3 to 2/3 split folding rear seats
- Height adjustable driver/front passenger seats
- 3 rear headrests
- Front head restraints
- Driver seat lumbar adjustment
- Two rear isofix mounting points
- Alarm
- Remote central locking + deadlocks
- Transponder immobiliser
Vanity Mirrors
- Front sunvisors with driver courtesy mirror
Wheels - Spare
- Space saver spare wheel
- 0 to 60 mph (secs)
- 0 to 62 mph (secs) 8.6
- Engine Power - BHP 131
- Engine Power - KW 96
- Engine Power - PS
- Engine Power - RPM 5500
- Engine Torque - LBS.FT 170
- Engine Torque - NM 230
- Engine Torque - RPM 1750
- Top Speed 129
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- 1 Introduction (Agenda Items I-V)
- 2 Vision (Agenda Items VI and VII)
- 3 The Organizations' Role (Agenda Item VIII)
- 4 The Way Forward (Agenda Item IX)
- 5 Web Site Priorities (Agenda Item X)
- 6 Brief Technological Overview: What do we have? What do we need? (Agenda Item XI)
- 7 Next Steps and Action Items (Agenda Item XI)
Introduction (Agenda Items I-V)
Mary Ghikas, Sr. AED, introduces Elizabeth Buie, Director of Interaction Design, UserWorks. She directed usability study.
- Introduction of Participants
Buie asks participants to note what they hope to get out of this workshop. Some answers include: brainstorming; learn how Web site is developed; learn how usability issues are addressed/solved; learn about ALA structure (in regard to Web site development); learn about how to bring together diverse set of people/divisions for ALA membership via ALA Web site; have this group be able to come to consensus to implement new site; IT needs; information sharing.
Buie says we'll not come out with set of requirements today but will come away with set of goals and objectives that will help to establish requirements. Buie says we'll start about vision, strategy, goals. This group will not come out with a "document," but instead will come away with action items.
- Buie asks for ground rules. Participants determine:
1. No design
2. Process for tabling and moving on
3. Make sure everyone is heard
4. Talk about future
- Buie Provides Overview of Usability Assessment
Vision (Agenda Items VI and VII)
*Buie: start with brainstorming: "If you had site you want, what would people say about it?"
Buie: These don't have to be restricted to what it's not now.
*Descriptions Listed on Large Flip-Chart Sheets and Hung on Wall
"I found it!"
Easy to manage and update
Forward thinking/Innovative
Reflective of organization and its members
Honest (don't mislead user)/trustworthy (navigation: meeting user expectation for finding info.
Politically savvy
Connected to rest of world (information world
Competitive (on commercial level)
- Participants vote on these items (by placing green-dot stickers by descriptions)
Top Five
1. Morphable/customizable
5.Commercially competitive
*Break up into five small groups, each covering top five descriptions, for discussion, to:
1. crystallize these into goals and objectives (HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN)
Specifics (not how to do it, but what it would do)
2. flesh out abstract terms
3. realistic or idealistic? Buie says in between (don't list anything you know isn't possible).
- Group Results
Group 1: Morphable/Customizable (presented by Keith M. Fiels)
My ALA (morphable/customizable)
More sophisticated/improved
Availability for nonmembers
More drag and drop
Updates be pushed out (reflected in 'My ALA')
Customized crawlers
Customizable feeds (via RSS or email)
Recommended function (like Amazon, prompting)
Affinity (opps for communication with other members)
Interface (ability to pick your own)
Be able to pick your own language (translation better too)
Own format (larger font size)
Printer friendly version
Wiki-wise web site (more opportunities for you to contribute)
Find out about this (when you renewed, be invited set up My ALA, easy to use tutorial)
Group 2: Participatory/Collaborative (presented by Mary Ellen Davis and John Chrastka)
Functionality for comments on products
Self-forming communities
Social networking (facebook); be able to integrate 'MY ALA' into other sites
Wikis, blogs, RSS, podcasts (all tools exist right now)
Be ready with for newly developed tools
Cross-structural collaboration
Group 3: Intuitive (presented by Michelle Frisque)
Utilize audience-based navigation
Use language is simple (concise, no jargon)
Represent different types of learning styles (visual, auditory)
Conventional graphic representation , i.e., shopping cart
Develop conventions that apply consistently across all pages (form, graphic, members only, frame)
Have template available for back end
All incons the same
Reduce and define acronyms
Less linear and textual
Info. Should be packaged in many different ways (need built-in duplication/redundancy)
Pages should be current
Links need to go where you think they go
Set up a process to gather data for future Web Development (behavorial); development of site ongoing.
Group 4: Integrated (presented by Mary Ghikas)
1. display content by users' mental models
2. Store content once but display many
3. must know you're on ALA site
4. consider natural use of language(eliminate jargon, "ALA speak")
5. integrate with outside world (other library orgs, other library related site) to serve user; meet users' needs
Group 5: Commercially Competitive (presented by Linda Braun)
Shopping cart (1-stop shopping)
Primo customer experience (easy interaction): USER IS KING!
Web of first choice for library-related content
Nimble, flexible (move fast if things change)
More choices with micro content and micro payment
Providing area for members' to sell content
Integrate membership into everything ('Join Us' button)
Targeted message and targeted marketing
Getting partnerships (working with Amazon, Café Press store)
The Organizations' Role (Agenda Item VIII)
Organization: Now – Need
NOW: neglect
NEED: Active editorial attention paid to major areas of site; need someone editorially responsible (usability, content duplication)
NOW: Silos (content management)
NEED: integrated
NOW: Fragmented
NEED: clear structure of how integration will happen
NOW: autonomous
NEED: collaboration (templates, tools, training)
NOW: Missing
NEED: communication structure
Individuals divide into same five groups to discuss obstacles to 'Needs' (brainstorm approaches for obstacles)
- Results of Now-Need Group Discussions
Group 1 (presented by Keith M. Fiels)
Talked about issue of "triage"; separate out long, medium, and short terms tasks (three prong approach)
What are things we can do to produce immediate results?
Obstacles: No centralized group to concentrate on improvements (simple TQM model); no way to take usability info. or complaints; and no way to check for duplicate content
Rules (style manual)
Group 2 (presented by John Chrastka)
New position Front page editor (non-tech position: marketing/ communications/publishing perspective)
Area Content managers (internal reporters; keeping areas up date, e.g. "info. lit czarina") More robust training
Development environment (social networking; monies and personnel to support these)
Group 3: (presented by Leonard Kniffel)
1. volunteer contributors (time and training)
2. Staff expertise
1. training manuals, timeliness (get training)
2. More staff, outsource, redirect current staff/budget
Group 4 (presented by M. Ghikas)
1. Use Web wrangler list (more consistently or not just for isolated problems; more proactively)
2. get supersivory management staff
3. ID key areas for initial attention
4. cross-unit info. sharing (identify what's going on; what's happening; leverage development)
Group 5 (presented by Rob Carlson)
Incentives for cooperation: Staff awards for terms; visibility for cooperation on sections; points on perf. appraisal
Few vs. Many: Keep focus on user, not unit!
Blog headlines on homepage
The Way Forward (Agenda Item IX)
- Organizational Resources: What does ALA need to commit? (people, money, training); half-hour brainstorming session
reorganization of structure (spine)
more bang for buck
reprioritization (stop doing core job for extra thing?)
training department
staff person dedicated to Web site editor position (as opposed to someone doing it with an 'extra hat'); put this person in neutral category (where does this position fit?)
money (commit money for staff persons or for outsourcing); only going to get good as product as we invest in
testing/trying (Skunkworks group/emerging technologies)
usability testing at conference sites
develop new policy statements, guidelines, and procedures (both high and operational level) to proceed in a new way
organizational commitment to change (change manager and/or group; spirit of willingness to actually implement change)
accountability for change (process for getting buy-in; identify value for groups)
publicize what's happening—nonelectronic media as well as Web Resources: 1). for usability engineering of new design; 2). to maintain usability and continuous improvement
Web Site Priorities (Agenda Item X)
*First Activity: Review Web Sites that Participants Liked
navigation good
Library of Congress Site
Does great job of complicated info. for multiple constituencies
always know you're on LOC site: site brand and consistent look
good use of graphics
Good delineation of resources for library and nonlibrary needs: families, publishers
Multiple ways of getting to same thing
American Institute for Architects
"great navigation"
good separation of needs/info. of various audiences (not only architects and members)
good graphics
good advocacy piece
really simple customization
finding different angles to make content interesting, exciting
American Psychological Association
text-only version (discussion about being good or not)
publications listing
index (on left)
most popular news releases on right (updated every 24 hours)
My APA, which is member customized content
good fly-out menus
BUT TOO MUCH INFORMATION on front page of site
Really concise news you can use; simply organized
Accessible to lay person (non real estate), but acronyms not spelled out
Consistent top-of-page links
organized by topic
Educause keeps stuff up to date
Foundation Center
"find funders" piece good
Good delineation of on most common info. types
Home page presents most common things that people look for
Univ. of Texas at Austin
likes banner article (changed 1x per week)
Flyout menus
cool interactive tools: exchange and interchange with content (commenting on articles)
Share and save this story: del.cio.us, Yahoo, FARK (push content into blog/myspace, etc.)
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Organize information about who you are: teacher, teen, kids, etc. (sections for audience group) Nice use of graphics
Map of locations
Flyout menus
Customizable text size
National Education Association
Very cluttered, but user groups are good
American Association of Colleges and Universities
text heavy, but lots of different navigational opportunities
one simple tag line explain who they are
flyout menus
Navigation very simple ("I know where to go")
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
color coding good
delineates content good (for professionals, lay people)
*Second Activity: What Are Priorities for ALA Site (listed on flip chart sheets of paper)
Networking with other librarians
Library news
Dynamic RSS feeds
Comments on content
Discussion in general(read/write Web site)
Buttons for repurposing (take ALA content and repurpose it elsewhere)
Chat widget (real-time communication with ALA online); IM
Get mentoring info.
Jobs and career advancement
Becoming a librarian: school; career; become library assistant; international degrees
Recommended Reading: member/user generated lists
Access to publications (journals, newsletters)
*Third Activity: Break out to vote on Web site priority lists (above); participants use stickers to vote again.
Brief Technological Overview: What do we have? What do we need? (Agenda Item XI)
*Top Three
Networking with Other Librarians
Becoming a Librarian or Library Assistant
Info. for New members
Break out groups consider: What changes do we need for above things to happen
*Group 5 (presented by Cathleen Bourdon)
Buttons revamped; navigation system needs work
All staff access
Institute playtime
Spend money on new tools
Work on building social network
*Group 4 (presented by Mary Ghikas)
Expand tool kit
MySpace Functionality (member profiles)
Architecture needs fundamental change to flatten things out
content: least rich area: information for new members. John been working on this but long way to go; suggest wiki for new members
*Group 3 (presented by Michelle Boule)
Redesign of architecture
Push content out (subscribe, RSS, be able to see who is online, "buddy list")
Events and calendar system
Chronological list of conferences (of all conferences)
Conferences locations interactive maps
Be able to search conferences by subject topics
Divisions: Do away with acronyms; 90% of content under one button (division)
*Group 2 (presented by Sara McLaughlin)
Networking with other librarians; ways members to customize their profiles (type of librarianship)
Creating communities of practice (users can be approved and can interact within community electronically)
How to Become a Librarian… FAQ, redesign, taking info. already there and "splashing it out here…"
*Group 1 (presented by Keith M. Fiels)
Recruitment for ALA
Content needed to be there: why to join? How to join…
New info.for new members (inside tips; benefits; testimonials)
Engagement: networking with other librarians; advocacy
Becoming librarian (schools, funding, scholarships, internships)
Other careers in libraries information (funding, jobs, technologist, marketing)
Increase profile on Home Page
Next Steps and Action Items (Agenda Item XI)
Group charged to come up with next steps. Participants came up with:
- Identify Quick Hits with High Impact (along lines of triage: "quick and dirties" that we can do)
- Get Widespread Buy-In and Commitment
- Redesign information architecture via:
info. prioritization (card sort)
Card sort w/ audiences (method via representative sample): user-centered design process (what it is: 3x5 index cards, information category assigned on each card; place into piles of ones that go together; topics that don't go with others; once finished, for each grouping, ask what you would call each group)
wireframes(low-fidelity mock ups)
Usability testing of information architecture
- Create a Success! (build a new way of working on Web, taking ownership of content area)
- Define and implement a usability engineering (including analysis, requirements, design, and testing) process
- Define audiences and tasks in more detail (and set priorities)
- Set priorities and do triage
- Redesign User Interface (design new user interface)
*Next Immediate Steps (some things already happening, i.e., LibraryCareers.org) --Get Involved! --Careers/Education: LibraryCareers.org
Library answers OA/HRDR --contact us page --site index --can't fix metadata, but can fix search engine in Google (brand it ALA) --start to talk metadata issues Revamping the joint section (devoting resources to getting it done) Revamping professional tips and tools (wiki already in place; put in URL) Money: opportunities ahead: funding available at year end to use for 2010 initiatives (opportunity to roll out reasonably sig. project); funds avail. May 1 if we can articulate project
Internal grant process; certain money available for projects w/ emphasis for collaboration Opportunity to get something going by May 1
ALSO--start looking at 2008 budget… Resources: regarding position; how quickly can we provide for additional staffing; in position, where we are going to be able to staff (god willing economy remain strong and library budget remain strong): how position be defined? Place (high level in ITTS), but not primarily a technical position.
Fiels: Discouraged by process looks like going to take a while.
Resources stepped up to address problems NOW! Looking for involving additional staff allocation… three months to make that decision. Want someone with reasonably high level within organization (experience with working with members; waiting for signals from Mary, Sherri, and Rob about how to move forward). Access to some additional resources: PRIORITY! (sell it senior management, BARC, board)
Huge jump in user satisfaction (but only half are somewhat satisfied or better)
Step XII: Wrap Up!


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July 20, 2012
Notre Dame – Olympic Participant Microsite
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Led by two-time gold medalists Shannon Boxx (soccer) and Mariel Zagunis (fencing), eight athletes with ties to the University of Notre Dame will be competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics that will be held July 25-Aug. 12 in London, England. This year's contingent continues a legacy of Notre Dame participation in the Olympics that goes back 100 years to the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Sweden, and (counting this year's group) includes 37 Notre Dame student-athletes who have earned a total of 19 medals (nine gold, three silver, seven bronze) while competing in 17 of the past 22 Summer Olympics and 26 different events, as well as two events at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Torino, Italy.
All eight of this year's competitors (five Americans, three Canadians) are former, current or future Fighting Irish student-athletes, and all eight are female, setting a new school record for the most women participating in one Olympic Games (Notre Dame sent six women each to the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics). In addition to Boxx and Zagunis (who will compete in the individual sabre event), the other Fighting Irish athletes representing the United States will be 10-time track & field All-American Molly Huddle ('07) in the 5,000-meter run, current senior fencer Courtney Hurley (San Antonio, Texas/Earl Warren) in the individual and team epee competitions and incoming freshman fencer Lee Kiefer (Lexington, Ky./Dunbar) in the individual and team foil events. Representing Canada will be Notre Dame women's soccer alums Candace Chapman ('05) and Melissa Tancredi ('04), along with current Fighting Irish women's basketball junior forward Natalie Achonwa (Guelph, Ontario/St. Mary's Catholic).
Another four American athletes with connections to Notre Dame — women's fencer Kelley Hurley ('10 – team epee), current senior men's fencer Gerek Meinhardt (San Francisco, Calif./Lick-Wilmerding – team foil), rower Amanda Polk ('08), and track & field standout Mary Saxer ('09 – pole vault) — were chosen as alternates in their respective sports. Hurley, Meinhardt and Polk will travel to London with the possibility of being added to the United States roster by the time their competition gets underway (the U.S. pole vault roster must be submitted by Friday, July 20, and no further changes can be made after that date, even in case of injury; at this time, it is not expected Saxer, who finished fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials, will compete in London).
On Friday, the official Notre Dame athletics web site, UND.com, launched a special microsite devoted to coverage of Fighting Irish athletes at the Olympic Games. This microsite can be found at www.und.com/olympics and contains not only biographies of all current and former Olympians with Notre Dame connections, but also a tentative schedule of events and broadcast coverage for this year's Fighting Irish Olympians and other special features.
In addition, fans can follow Notre Dame at the 2012 Olympics through regular blog updates at und.com/olympics, as well as through social media on the Fighting Irish athletics Facebook page (facebook.com/fightingirish) or via Twitter on the main Notre Dame athletics Twitter feed (@fightingirish), or the sport-specific Fighting Irish athletics Twitter feeds for women's basketball (@ndwbbsid, @ndwbb), men's/women's fencing (@NDfencingteam), rowing (@NotreDameRowing), women's soccer (@NDsoccernews, @NDSoccer) or men's/women's track & field/cross country (@NDXCTF) — use the hashtag #NDOlympics2012 to be part of the Notre Dame Olympics discussion on Twitter.)
Boxx and Zagunis — who each struck gold in 2004 and 2008 — will be suiting up for the United States in their third Olympic Games, tying the school record for most Olympic appearances held by Boxx's former soccer teammate Kate (Sobrero) Markgraf ('98) (played in 2000, 2004 and 2008), and modern pentathlete Mike Gostigian ('86) (former Notre Dame fencer who competed in 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics).
Boxx and Zagunis also have the opportunity to become the first three-time Olympic gold medalists in school history, a mark they currently share with Markgraf. What's more, Zagunis (who earned a bronze medal in the team sabre competition at the 2008 Beijing Games) can catch former Fighting Irish track & field All-American/head coach Alex Wilson ('32), who earned four medals on the track for his native Canada at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics (bronze in 4×400-meter relay) and 1932 Los Angeles Games (silver in 800 meters; bronze in both 400 meters and 4×400-meter relay).
Once again, the Fighting Irish women's soccer program is well-represented at the Olympics, with Boxx ('99), Chapman and Tancredi set to take part in the 12-team tournament that begins July 25 at various locations around Great Britain. Since women's soccer was added to the Olympic program at the 1996 Atlanta Games, a total of five Notre Dame alums have participated in all but that inaugural competition, with Monica Gonzalez ('01) leading her native Mexico to its first-ever Olympic appearance in 2004 (reached the quarterfinals before falling to Brazil, 5-0). The United States has won three of the first four Olympic women's soccer tournament, losing only in the 2000 gold medal match (3-2 in overtime) to Norway. Meanwhile, Canada made its Olympic debut in 2008 (with Chapman scoring her country's first Olympic goal in a 2-1 opening-round win over Argentina), reaching the quarterfinals before losing to the U.S., 2-1 in overtime.
Boxx and the American women's soccer team will kick off this year's Olympic competition at noon (ET) July 25, playing France in a group-stage match at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, followed by another group match against Colombia at noon (ET) July 28, also in Glasgow. The final United States match in group play will be at 12:15 p.m. (ET) July 31 against North Korea at legendary Old Trafford in Manchester, England. All three of the Americans' group-stage contests will be televised live on NBC Sports Network.
Canada has been place in a group with defending FIFA Women's World Cup champion Japan, as well as Sweden and South Africa. The Canadians will play Japan in their opener at noon (ET) July 25 at City of Coventry Stadium in Coventry, England, with the match to be televised on a tape-delayed basis in the United States at 6 p.m. (ET) on NBC Sports Network. Canada then faces South Africa at 9:45 a.m. (ET) on July 28, also in Coventry, before closing group play at 9:30 a.m. (ET) July 31 against Sweden at St. James' Park in Newcastle, England. The final two Canadian group play matches will be televised live on the special NBC Olympic Soccer Channel (check with cable/satellite provider for details), with possible additional coverage on other NBC networks (check nbcolympics.com for updated broadcast information).
The top two teams in each of the three Olympic women's soccer groups, as well as the two next-best qualifiers, will advance to the single-elimination quarterfinal round on Aug. 3. The semifinals are set for Aug. 6, with the gold/bronze medal matches scheduled for Aug. 9.
Achonwa will be making her Olympic debut in 2012, and becomes just the second Notre Dame women's basketball player to compete in the Games. Canada returns to Olympic women's basketball action for the first time since 2000, opening this year's competition at 6:15 a.m. (ET) July 28 with a pool play contest against Russia. The Canadians will play their remaining group-stage games against Great Britain (3 p.m. ET, July 30), France (4 a.m. ET, Aug. 1), Brazil (9:30 a.m. ET, Aug. 3) and Australia (9:30 a.m. ET, Aug. 5), with all games being contested at the Olympic Basketball Arena in London, and all to air live on the special NBC Olympic Basketball Channel (check with cable/satellite provider for details).
The top four teams in each of the two Olympic women's basketball groups will move on to the single-elimination quarterfinal round on Aug. 7, with the semifinals slated for Aug. 9, and the gold/bronze medal games to be played on Aug. 11.
The Olympic fencing competitions are one-day events for each weapon, beginning with preliminaries in the morning and continuing through the medal bouts in the afternoon. Kiefer takes the strip first for the Notre Dame contingent in the women's individual foil competition on July 28, with the medal bouts set to start yat 2:10 p.m. (ET) and tape-delayed coverage later in the afternoon on NBC Sports Network. A similar coverage pattern will follow for Courtney Hurley in the women's individual epee on July 30, before Zagunis competes in the women's individual sabre event on Aug. 1 (the sabre medal bouts will start at 2:40 p.m. ET and will be shown live on MSNBC). Kiefer returns to action in the women's team foil competition on Aug. 2 (finals start at 1 p.m. ET, coverage TBA), with Courtney Hurley's women's team epee event set for Aug. 4 (also at 1 p.m. ET and coverage TBA).
On the track, Huddle makes her Olympic debut in the 5,000-meter preliminaries at 5:55 a.m. (ET) on Aug. 7 (coverage TBA). Should she qualify for the finals, that race would be run at 3:05 p.m. (ET) Aug. 10 (coverage TBA).
For more information on Notre Dame participants at the 2012 London Olympics, visit the special Notre Dame Olympics microsite (und.com/olympics), the official London Olympics web site (london2012.com) or the official NBC Olympics web site (nbcolympics.com).


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Release Date: 11/15/2007
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(PHILADELPHIA -- Nov. 15, 2007) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded enforcement cases in fiscal year 2007 that will produce $527,375 in pollution controls and environmental projects protecting Delaware air, water, and land. The cases include $126,750 in penalties that polluters will have to pay for violating federal environmental laws.
"Delaware residents will benefit from cuts in pollution and from improvements in the way pollution is managed by these companies and industrial facilities that are now complying with the law," said Donald S. Welsh, EPA's mid-Atlantic regional administrator. "The money these companies will have to spend in Delaware as a result of our environmental policing will also produce health benefits for the public."
EPA's calculations of environmental benefits from its cases in Delaware include the reduction of more than 368,318 pounds of chemical releases, and the cleanup of properties with contaminated soil amounting to enough soil to fill 23 football fields with three feet of dirt.
EPA's mid-Atlantic enforcement program inspected and took action for violations associated with eight different environmental statutes. The cases ranged from environmental reporting violations to mismanagement of hazardous waste to illegal discharges of pollutants.
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Stan Levey, one of the strongest drummers of his generation, was born in Philadelphia in 1926. He was one of the very few
white drummers involved in the formative years of bebop and accepted as one of bop's most important drummers, along with Kenny
Clarke and Max Roach. He played in Philly with Dizzy Gillespie's group in 1942, at the tender age of 16. Soon after he went
to New York, where he and Dizzy worked on 52nd Street with Charlie Parker and Oscar Pettiford. After his tenure with the
Stan Kenton Orchestra he moved to the west coast in 1954, joining Howard Rumsey and the Lighthouse All-Stars, and was a major
influence in what was called "west coast jazz" or the "cool school". Levey's crisp, melodic style continued
to have more in common with bop than cool, and he inspired every group he ever played in. Stan has played on over 2000 recordings.
He has performed with most of the greatest names in the music business. People such as:
Instrumentalists: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Errol Garner,
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Big Bands: Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Quincy Jones, Georgie Auld, Charlie Ventura, Boyd Reaburn, Nelson
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Singers: Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Gary Crosby, Pat Boone, Barbra Streisand, The Supremes, Vic Damone,
Nancy Wilson, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Bobby Darin, June Christy, Mel Torme, and many more...
Over 300 motion pictures under: Lalo Schifrin, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, Andre Previn, Neil Hefti, and many others...
TV shows: Over 3000 TV shows, weekly episodes of Batman, Mission Impossible, Mannix, The Munsters, The Addams Family,
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Stan retired from the music business in 1973 to devote his creative energies full time to his photography career. His
life story is chronicled in a volume entitled "Stanley Levey, Central and Beyond" that is a featured part of the
UCLA Library of Oral Jazz History. He also holds a place in the Smithsonian Institute with Dizzy Gillespie.
Stan Levey recently passed away on April 19, 2005 at the age of 79. Stan was a true original who moved to the beat of a different
drum. He was a great friend and partner and will be greatly missed by all of his friends and family who knew and loved him
very much. - Arthur Shelby Pritz
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RIM is set to unveil not only a new operating system, but two new handsets to potentially carry the company into a new age. It all goes down at an event in New York City this Wednesday when the BlackBerry 10 OS will officially debut. And with the release, RIM will attempt to step up to iOS and Android—the mobile platforms outpacing it as RIM floundered during the last two years.
BB10 has been in development for more than a year. RIM put the OS through a major retooling to fully adapt its smartphones to the touchscreen times we live in. Throughout the process, the company simultaneously licked the wounds inflicted by Google and Apple as they dominated smartphone sales.
Despite the overwhelming dominance of QWERTY-less phones, the company still plans to release a flagship phone with the beloved BlackBerry physical keyboard. RIM will likely unveil its BlackBerry X10, its QWERTY smartphone, as well as the all-touchscreen Z10 to roll out the new OS. Boy Genius Report obtained screenshots of the Golden Master version of BB10, which includes a Siri-like voice assistant as well as the unusual new swipe gestures we saw in our preview at CES. App partnerships and developer retention will play a huge role in whether RIM can stage a comeback, as the main draw of both Android and iOS are their thriving app ecosystems.
Will BB10, with its J-swipes and BlackBerry Hub, be just crazy enough to work? The company's press conference starts at 10am EST on Wednesday, January 30 at Pier 36, New York, NY (find it in your timezone). Ars will have associate writers Casey Johnston and Andrew Cunningham on the ground liveblogging and snapping photos below. Watch and see if the forgotten fruit brand manages to reemerge from its own ashes.
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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Far East 1957
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Chen Guangcheng on Life After NYU
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng visits Taipei after the controversial end of his fellowship at New York University. The WSJ's Jenny Hsu sits down with the activist to talk about his family and future.
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The United States gives more childhood vaccines than any other developed country, yet we have one of the sickest populations. Our rights are being whittled away by bought-off politicians and the pharmaceutical companies that profit off keeping us sick. Our health is being sold to highest bidder and political mandates are increasingly taking away our basic human rights.
We need A LOT MORE people to understand the VERY REAL risks of vaccines. Only then will they be motivated to protect their human rights. And what's more fundamental than the human right to decide what goes into our bodies?!! Once the public is educated, we will start to gain better footing in the political and legal arenas.
The Learn the Risk campaign is being launched in California because it's ground zero for mandatory vaccinations (with SB277 and SB792). We have to stop the increasingly discriminatory and fear-driven mindset that pharmaceutical companies have pushed heavily in California and beyond.
Eventually, we will expand the campaign into other mediums like YouTube ads, PSAs, newspaper/magazine ads, facebook ads and other things to get people's attention.
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Van Roekel urges regulatory relief without strings attached
NEA: schools don't need more hoops to jump through
WASHINGTON - June 13, 2011 -
In an op-ed published in Politico yesterday and reiterated on a conference call with reporters today, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that the Department of Education "will develop a plan that trades regulatory flexibility for reform. If Congress does not complete work on [ESEA] reauthorization soon, we will be prepared with a process that will enable schools to move ahead with reform in the fall." In the piece, Duncan acknowledged that unless the federal government acts, an "overwhelming number of schools in the country may soon be labeled as 'failing,' eventually triggering impractical and ineffective sanctions." As a result, Duncan continues, "states and districts are spending billions of dollars each year on one-size-fits-all mandates dictated from Washington."
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel issued the following statement:
"Secretary Duncan has acknowledged the need to intervene if Congress doesn't act, but he's clearly signaled that any relief would be coupled with more unmanageable hurdles for schools and students. There is widespread and bipartisan agreement that NCLB is a flawed law that harms every school and every student. Relief that is not provided to every school and every student isn't relief; it's just more of the same bad patchwork quilt of disparities in our education system.
"The logic just doesn't add up. On the one hand, the U.S. Department of Education acknowledges that the law is broken, but at the same time, the department keeps suggesting more layers of bureaucracy when we should be peeling them away. Our students and schools need regulatory relief, not more hoops to jump through on a never-ending obstacle course. Students need lessons in math, science, reading, technology, and critical thinking, not a master class in bureaucracy. Our cash-strapped schools don't have the resources to meet the many existing mandates, much less the time and resources to meet another layer of rules or for a lengthy application process to get the government to lift those burdens.
"Do we need to protect disadvantaged students and ensure that districts continue to work to close gaps? The answer is unequivocally, yes. But not by perpetuating a system that allows students to be cast as winners or losers.
"Our members want Congress to get it right this time for them and their students. They want accountability systems with multiple measures of school performance and student learning. They want Congress to revise testing rules to allow students to show what they really know and can do. They want a system that considers students with disabilities and English Language Learners. They want Congress to align the Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) requirement with the needs of rural and small schools and teachers who teach multiple subjects. And they want Congress to ensure that collective bargaining is respected in critical decisions. Our 3.2 million members are ready to work with government at all levels to ensure that all students get the great public education they deserve."
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The Urban Dictionary describes "hoon" as the act "to show off in a dagerous manner, mostly with a vehicle or engine-powered item."
Its origins can be traced back to Australia, where government officials in Western Australia used the term "hoonigan" to describe reckless drivers in the country's Road Traffic Amendment bill of 2004.
Such legislation exists in some way, shape, and form in the U.S. and Canada, although hooning remains a rampant pastime among automotive enthusiasts.
Case in point, the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Off the showroom floor, it is a very capable truck. Unfortunately, basic laws of physics dictate gravity rules all forces and can drastically detract from a vehicle's capabilities in hairy situations.
This SVT Raptor driver quickly realized the limitations of his truck's capabilities with more than enough speed, although he catches some admittedly impressive air.
Gravity soon kicks in and the euphoria of flying through the air is quickly wiped away as the SVT Raptor comes crashing down. Although the ambulance was called, both the driver and passenger seem to be without serious physical injuries, ego notwithstanding.
The same can't be said for the truck as the impact was great enough to blow out the tires, deploy the airbags and set off the alarm, in addition to causing various dents to the exterior, not to mention untold damage underneath. According to YouTube user Matteson Films, who saw the hooning in-person, the SVT Raptor took the 90-foot jump at nearly 60 mph.
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Born and raised in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, Cristina's memories are always related to the scents of her homeland. A professional Aromatherapist since 1994, Cristina received her Complementary Health Education Diploma in Aromatherapy in 1997 from the Kevala Center in the U.K., and advanced her studies in 1998 when she took the International Training Program in Essential Oils at Purdue University in Indiana. Cristina has more than 14 years of experience formulating aromatherapy products for the spa, fitness and hospitality industry and speaking with North and South American audiences on television and radio as well as in seminars and workshops. She is eager to share her successful experience and the therapeutic values of her homeland's pure healing ingredients.


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Palin Power in Blue America
-- As the "GMA" anchors arrived at the historic train station in Worcester Sunday morning -- greeted by a crowd of several hundred, including a man in a yellow smiley-face outfit (Worcester-invented symbol, merrily oblivious to current economic plights) -- something else was out in force.
By one very unscientific count, McCain-Palin signs outnumbered Obama-Biden signs by roughly 10-1. Surprise -- they didn't wake up on a rainy Sunday morning to show their love for Sen. John McCain.
"I didn't think anybody would have the chutzpah to pick someone like her," said Daniel Schur, 47, of Westborough, Mass., who came to greet the train along with his daughter to hold a McCain-Palin sign -- emphasis on the Palin.
Key to Gov. Sarah Palin's appeal, Schur said, is her ability to relate to so many in the country.
"That's one thing people from the East Coast and the West Coast forget -- how many people live in the middle of the country," he said.
ABC News Radio's Aaron Katersky caught up with one older woman on the train platform who said she was an avid Hillary Clinton supporter -- and now said family members aren't speaking to her because she's leaning toward McCain-Palin.
"Was Hillary was defeated, I started to listen to the others more carefully, and I find that my agenda matches up more with the Republicans," she said.
On Palin, she added: "I was very pleased to hear her speak -- I think she's a very smart woman. . . . I like a thinker -- somebody who can look at a situation, assess it, come up with a plan, and go forward from there. I think she's that kind of person."