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By Deepak Nayyar
In the span of world history, the distinction between industrialized and developing economies, or rich and poor countries, is relatively recent. It surfaced in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. In fact, one thousand years ago, Asia, Africa and South America, taken together, accounted for more than 80% of world population and world income. This was attributable in large part to Asia, where just two countries, China and India, accounted for approximately 50% of world population and world income.
The overwhelming significance of these three continents in the world economy continued for another five centuries until 1500. The beginnings of change are discernible from the early sixteenth century to the late eighteenth century, as Europe created the initial conditions for capitalist development. Even so, in the mid-eighteenth century, the similarities between Europe and Asia were far more significant than the differences. Indeed demography, technology, and institutions were broadly comparable.
The Industrial Revolution in Britain during the late eighteenth century, which spread to Europe over the next fifty years, exercised a profound influence on the shape of things to come. Yet in 1820, less than 200 years ago, Asia, Africa, and South America still accounted for almost three-fourths of world population and around two-thirds of world income. The share of China and India, taken together, was 50% even in 1820.
The dramatic transformation of the world economy began around 1820. Slowly but surely, the geographical divides in the world turned into economic divides. The divide rapidly became a wide chasm. The economic significance of Asia, Africa, and Latin America witnessed a precipitous decline such that by 1950 there was a pronounced asymmetry between their share of world population at two-thirds and their share of world income at about one-fourth.
In sharp contrast, between 1820 and 1950, Europe, North America, and Japan increased their share in world population from one-fourth to one-third and in world income from more than one-third to almost three-fourths. The rise of 'The West' was concentrated in Western Europe and North America. The decline and fall of 'The Rest' was concentrated in Asia, much of it attributable to China and India.
The Great Divergence in per capita incomes was, nevertheless, the reality. In a short span of 130 years, from 1820 to 1950, as a proportion of GDP per capita in Western Europe and North America, GDP per capita in Latin America dropped from 3:5 to 2:5, in Africa from 1:3 to 1:7, and in Asia from 1:2 to 1:10. But that was not all. Between 1830 and 1913, the share of Asia, Africa, and Latin America in world manufacturing production (attributable mostly to Asia, in particular China and India) collapsed from 60.5% to 7.5% — while the share of Europe, North America, and Japan rose from 39.5% to 92.5%, to stay at these levels until 1950.
The industrialization of Western Europe and the de-industrialization of Asia during the nineteenth century were two sides of the same coin. The century from 1850 to 1950 witnessed a progressive integration of Asia, Africa and Latin America into the world economy, which created and embedded a division of labour between countries that was unequal in its consequences for development. The outcome of this process was the decline and fall of Asia and a retrogression of Africa, although Latin America fared better. Consequently, by 1950, the divide between rich industrialized countries and poor underdeveloped countries was enormous.
During the six decades beginning 1950, changes in the share of developing countries in world output and in levels of per capita income relative to industrialized countries, provide a sharp contrast. In terms of PPP statistics, the share of developing countries in world output stopped its continuous decline circa 1960, when it was about 25%, to increase rapidly after 1980, so that it was almost 50% by 2008, while the divergence in GDP per capita also came to a stop in 1980 and was followed by a modest convergence thereafter, so that as a proportion of GDP per capita in industrialized countries it was somewhat less than 1:5 in 2008.
There was a significant catch-up in industrialization for the developing world as a whole beginning around 1950 that gathered momentum two decades later. Between 1970 and 2010, in current prices, the share of developing countries in world industrial production jumped from 13% to 41%, while their share in world exports of manufactures rose from 7% to 40%.
It is clear that, during the second half of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century, there was a substantial catch-up on the part of developing countries. In 2008, the share of developing countries in world GDP was close to their share around 1850, while their GDP per capita as a proportion of that in industrialized countries was about the same as in 1900. The share of developing countries in world industrial production remained at its 1913 level until 1970. By 2010, however, this share was higher than it was in 1860 and possibly close to its level around 1850.
On the whole, the significance of developing countries in the world economy circa 2010 is about the same as it was in 1870 or a little earlier. Given this situation in 2010, which is an outcome of the catch up process since 1950, it is likely that the significance of developing countries in the world economy circa 2030 will be about the same as it was in 1820.
This is an untold story. Some important questions arise. First, why did the countries and continents, now described as the developing world, experience such a decline and fall in the short span of time from 1820 to 1950? Second, what were the factors underlying their catch up in output, income, and industrialization since 1950? Third, how was this catch up distributed between continents, countries, and people? Fourth, is it possible to learn from recent experience, and the past, about the future of developing countries in the world economy?
Deepak Nayyar is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and was, until recently, Distinguished University Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, New York. He is the author of Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy and Trade and Globalization.
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Stamford considers testing for arsenic, uranium
STAMFORD -- City officials are considering changing the health department's subsidized well water testing program to include tests for arsenic and uranium.
The naturally occurring metals were recently found in groundwater across Connecticut, prompting the state Department of Public Health to issue a health advisory this spring recommending all private well owners test their drinking water for arsenic and uranium. In Weston, where 265 wells have been tested since the beginning of the year, about 20 percent showed elevated arsenic levels.
Stamford, which already offers a subsidized well water testing service for pesticides and volatile organic compounds, is looking to replace VOCs with arsenic and uranium on the tests. Health Laboratory Director Jim Federici said the change would likely not affect the program's overall cost.
"I do support testing for arsenic and uranium since this was a recommendation from the State Department of Public Health," Federici said in an email. "Since we have seen few if any positive VOC results under the current testing program, this would make sense to remove the testing of VOCs as we move forward with the revised ordinance."
Former Stamford laboratory technician Joe Kuntz, who retired in January after 33 years with the Health Department, said he supports dropping VOC testing in favor of heavy metals. The main purpose of VOC testing was to see if contamination from old dumping sites was infiltrating groundwater, he said.
"The VOCs have been negligible," Kuntz said. "Now, uranium freaks me out."
Kuntz collected uranium test results from about 30 wells over his tenure at the laboratory, he said. Eight wells tested positive for very high levels of the heavy metal, which occurs naturally in Connecticut bedrock.
"It was very high and they were scattered (across Stamford)," Kuntz said. "Nobody knows about this and it wasn't on anybody's radar. So get it tested."
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The Board of Representatives Water Supply committee will hold a public hearing on proposed changes to Stamford's well water testing ordinance at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, in the Democratic Caucus room on the fourth floor of the Government Center. To sign up for the city's well water testing program, call the Health Department's hotline at 203-977-0816 and leave your name, address and telephone number.
Kuntz also tested well water samples for arsenic whenever possible and did not find a significant amount of contamination. He still supports testing for the heavy metal, however.
"I want more data; I want as much information as possible," Kuntz said. "I think anything that can be tested for should be tested for."
The Board of Representatives Water Supply committee, which voted earlier this year to extend Stamford's well water testing program through December 2015, will hold a public hearing next week on the proposed testing changes. Karen DeFalco, president of the neighborhood group North Stamford Concerned Citizens for the Environment, said testing for heavy metals makes sense given the recent findings in Weston.
"With Weston finding contamination at the levels that's been showing up, we're proactive in trying to do the right thing here," DeFalco said. "Hopefully this will be a springboard to getting people to not take their water for granted."
The DPH's statewide advisory, which recommends that all private homeowners test their well water for arsenic and uranium every five years, convinced Water Supply committee member Andy Sklover to support the proposed change to Stamford's testing program.
"I don't want to broaden it beyond what is in the interest of public safety," said Sklover, D-20. "If there wasn't the state recommendation I wouldn't support it. I think the program's been successful, I just don't want it to grow beyond its original purpose to provide more information to the residents."
Water Supply committee member Annie Taylor, R-19, said she is concerned the city is not focusing enough resources on educating the public about drinking water safety. The city should look to move away from subsidized testing and toward raising awareness so all homeowners know to regularly test their wells, she said.
"In truth, everyone who's on a well ultimately needs to have a filtration installed that's appropriate to handle the contamination," Taylor said. "It's not until we head in that direction, I think, that we'll be really protecting the people."
The health department coordinated testing for 985 wells across more than 260 Stamford streets since launching its well water testing service in March 2012, finding the long-banned pesticides chlordane and dieldrin in about 13 percent. Five percent of all wells tested contained pesticides in amounts exceeding recommended health limits.
Stamford's Board of Representatives passed an ordinance in September 2011 requiring the health department to provide pesticide and volatile organic compound testing to at least 750 private residences per year. Homeowners are charged a flat $100 fee and the program costs the city about $60,000 annually.
Arsenic and uranium are believed to cause adverse health effects in people exposed to the heavy metals for an extended period of time. Long-term exposure can put people at an elevated risk for cancer and kidney disease, according to the DPH.
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Dale ZoBell is a firm believer that what knowledge we have we should share. He recently returned from Bangladesh as a volunteer on assignment to expand the animal science curriculum for the International University of Business, Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) in the country's capital of Dhaka.
The Utah State University Extension beef specialist and professor in USU's Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences Department frequently travels to third-world countries sharing his knowledge and expertise. He said this trip was a good opportunity for him see another culture and use some of the knowledge he's gained over the years to benefit others.
ZoBell went as a volunteer for Winrock International, a non-profit organization that connects volunteers with farmers, businesses, organizations and governments worldwide and allows them to go on short-term assignments to share their experience and expertise. The trip was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and ZoBell worked through the Farmer to Farmer Program.
During his two-week trip to the private university, he presented eight lectures to approximately 500 students, faculty and administration on topics relative to animal sciences and curriculum development. Besides assisting with curriculum for beef, his area of expertise, he provided poultry and dairy curriculum from other USU Extension specialists.
"The university was very engaged but wanted their animal science curriculum to align more with American universities," ZoBell said. "I gave the students and faculty my PowerPoint presentations, and now they have a basis for an animal science program that is structured similar to ours in the U.S. I was a third party, looking at the program to see if it needs to be enhanced, and in most cases they had a pretty good program, but now they have a better idea of how to move forward."
ZoBell said a week into the trip, they asked if he could also provide information on how to develop a veterinary school.
"Since we just went through a similar challenge at USU, in partnership with Washington State University, I made some contacts with our School of Veterinary Medicine and provided IUBAT with information on the first two years of vet school curriculum," he said. "They at least have an understanding now of what is required as far as course work and faculty. They will likely now apply for USAID funding to send faculty over here to visit our vet school, so it is likely that USU will be involved in helping them learn how to develop theirs."
While at the university, ZoBell visited with founder and Vice Chancellor M. Alimullah Miyan, and presented the university with animal science textbooks and DVDs from the United States.
"I knew they wouldn't have access or funds for these materials, so they were very grateful," he said. "The books and DVDs are now in their library and available to the faculty and students."
ZoBell said although two weeks was not a lot of time, he feels the initial contact helped the university meet its goals and prepare for the future.
"Maybe what I shared isn't going to have a very direct or quick impact right now, but over time I think it will," he said. "The direction they are taking is commendable and will lead to constructive changes that will benefit the students and ultimately Bangladesh. They are hungry for information, and we have considerable knowledge and information in the U.S., and I think we owe it to others to share what we have learned."
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Throughout the history of motorsports, racing drivers have devised catchphrases to put racing into context. Often, their words can apply not just to racing, but also to life in general. Here are 10 life lessons racing drivers have taught us over the years.
Recently, we lost Formula One great Sir Jack Brabham, whose out-of-print 1971 memoir, "When The Flag Drops" is a must-read for anyone who can find a copy. Already a legend by the mid-1960s, Brabham won the 1966 F1 championship behind the wheel of his own car, the Brabham BT19, powered by his own engine (built by Repco from the aluminum Buick/Oldsmobile 215ci, soon to be Rover V8), for his own team. No one had ever done that before, and it doesn't seem likely anyone will again, unless Jutta Benz plans to take over for Lewis Hamilton.
Thinking about Brabham led me to reconsider his title phrase (see below), and how well it applies to all kinds of situations, outside of racing as well. In fact, most great racing quotes — as most great quotes do — teach life lessons out of context. And so, I rounded up some similar racing phrases, that apply just as well to life itself, attributed to other drivers. Consider this your self-help minute, brought to you by the Late Jack Brabham.
When The Flag Drops, The Bullshit Stops
This old saw may never be attributed precisely, but Brabham's deft use of it for his memoir will always resonate with us. Humankind has come up with a million ways to articulate this sentiment — e.g, "put up or shut up," "put your money where your mouth is," "say it don't spray it" (well, sort of) — but in a racing context there's a bracing splash of urgency that helps it land. On race day — or for our purposes just "day" — reality can't be manipulated with words. The stopwatch and running order don't lie. It's not about what you say you can do, it's about what you do you can do.
To Finish First, First You Must Finish
This bit of wordplay is often attributed to four-time Indy 500 winner, Rick Mears, but it's more likely he was calling on an old Indy racing adage. Some say it came out of the mouth of the great maestro of the Grands Prix, Juan Manuel Fangio, but I couldn't confirm it. Most recently, author Garth Stein appropriated it for his racing-as-existential-struggle, dog-as-philosopher novel, "The Art Of Racing In The Rain."
Either way, the point is, endurance matters. Shore up your steely determination so you don't sacrifice long-term goals at the altar of short-term gratification. It's obvious as hell until you're facing down some tedious triangulation of tasks, and you choose a quick way out the door. Don't do that.
Work On The Nut Behind The Wheel Before You Start Fixing Bolts On The Car
While the author of this quote remains unknown, it's clear self-awareness is an important trait among happy and successful humans. In a 2010 study of executives from public and private companies by Green Peak Partners and Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations found that a high self-awareness score was the strongest predictor of overall success. In fact, while not as sexy as other, "hard" qualities like "leadership" or the ability to mix a proper Old Fashioned, self awareness is a potent psychological catalyst for good things happening.
You Win Some, You Lose Some, You Wreck Some
A classic Dale Earnhardt Sr. bit that adds extra punch to the traditional message of assenting to the reality of a bad situation. It's the motorsports version of the Serenity Prayer or number four of Depak Chopra's "7 Laws of Spiritual Success" or Louis C.K.'s "fuck it" philosophy. Learning to embrace the lesson in every success and failure, no matter how dire, is the key to happiness and resilience. Why? Because the fucking Intimidator said so.
To Achieve Anything In This Game You Must Be Prepared to Dabble in the Boundary of Disaster
Thank you, Sir Stirling Moss, for so eloquently reminding us that nothing ventured is, indeed, nothing gained. Managing risk is the most important skill in the modern world. Everyone who's anyone in the world of quotes has said something about risk. T.S. Eliot said "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." Chuck Yeager said "No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done." DJ William Greenough Thayer Shedd dropped the mic after blasting his Presbyterian congregation in the face with this knowledge: "A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for."
And of course, there's this:
"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit.' And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." ― Ayrton Senna
The Winner Ain't The One With The Fastest Car, It's The One Who Refuses To Lose
Again we look agape upon the mustachioed visage of Dale Earnhardt The Elder for this chestnut of wisdom on perseverance. Others have covered this ground, including Abraham Lincoln, who rendered his own version: "When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on," while buddhist author Joseph Goldstein wrote in his 1976 book, The Experience of Insight, "If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking." Never, ever give up. If you do, imagine the spirit of Dale Sr. flipping you the bird from the finish line and keep going.
We Worked 80-Hour Weeks For 30 Years To Keep From Having To Get A Real Job
Funny Car journeyman, Tom Lemon contributes this NHRA spin on the traditional, "follow your bliss" advice to those who are, say, at an employment impasse. It's largely the same as Kahlil Gibran's, "Work is love made visible," Confucius's often-needlepointed, "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life," and Nas's, "Shit is a hassle, the bridge is like a haunted castle, the mic's my religion the system is the devil's lasso."
It Is Not Always Possible To Be The Best, But It Is Always Possible To Improve Your Own Performance
Oh, Sir Jackie Stewart, you sensible bastard. Of course acceptance of one's limitations, and setting on a course of improvement within those parameters, is the key to happiness. Don't be ridiculous!
Cheap, Fast And Reliable. Pick Two.
I'm not sure who this was, but it may have been the great racecar setup artist Carroll Smith. Let's sound it out. You want cheap and fast? You got it. Fast and reliable? Got it. Cheap and reliable? No sweat. All three? Take a hike, Jiminy Cricket. It's like that thing about fooling all the people some and/or all of the time. The key to a successful race, or life, isn't refusing to compromise; the key is to acknowledge that compromise is a necessity and embrace and manage your compromises to increase the odds for a well-defined outcome.
Straight Roads Are For Fast Cars, Turns Are For Fast Drivers
The internet attributes this quote to the late WRC champion Colin "If In Doubt, Flat Out" McRae. Perhaps inadvertently, McRae teaches us the importance of staying nimble and learning how to capitalize on your opportunities. If straight-line speed represents what's possible, and turns represent adversity, McRae's advice can apply to what one's ability to handle bad times says about their character and talent. It's like the old seaman's saying, "a smooth sea never made a skillful mariner." In the end, we'll all be judged by how we handled the rough bits.
In tribute to McRae, I'll leave you with this quote from Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle.
"Adversity is the diamond dust with which Heaven polishes its jewels."
Photo credits: NASCAR/Darryl Moran, Getty Images, McLaren Automotive, Lothar Spurzem


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Step inside London's very own version of Vegas…
That's a lot of lights!
Hidden behind some shutters in Walthamstow is London's very own neon wonderland!
Dubbed 'North London's version of Vegas', God's Own Junkyard was started up by British artist and 'Neon Man' Chris Bracey.
Having been influenced by his dad's collection of lights, Chris devoted 37 years to collecting neon from all over the world – as well as creating his own bespoke designs.
Following Chris' sad death in November 2014, his 43-year-old son Marcus now owns this neon nirvana and takes huge pride in carrying on the family trade for a third generation.
Marcus explains, 'It started back in the 50s. My grandfather, was a coal miner from Wales and worked in the dark and then he came up to the light.'
'He came up to East London and worked for a lighting company.'
'He worked for funfairs and carnivals all around the country. He started to collect and upcycle.'
'He wouldn't throw anything away, hence why we've got such a mis-mash 'mini Vegas' going on in here!'
His house is like a toy shop!
No walkies for him!
Now, God's Own Junkyard are throwing open their doors to invite members of the public to have a nose around their impressive collection.
And with over 1,400 pieces on display – it's fair to say that Marcus dreads the day that the energy bill arrives!
He says, 'Every day we have to gradually turn the switches on, it takes about 5 minutes, because if we fire it up in one go it just blows and trips.'
'The electricity bill comes to £700 a week. And if you get a film company turn up and get a few location shots here, I can go to over £1000 a week – it's quite expensive!'
But with each piece on display for sale, with prices ranging from £400 to £60,000, we recon he can afford it! And Marcus isn't a stranger to a celebrity customer either…
He says, 'we've got plenty of famous celebrity customers that come in and see us. We've got Kate Moss, Jude Law, Martin Creed.'
That's one way to light up the room!
Watch the video above to see this jaw-dropping collection for yourself.


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Scribus is an open source desktop publishing program available for Linux. Thanks to Scribus Team to make a very good program. Hope in the next version, it will has more advanced features. Unfortunetely in this version you can't have built-in help program. You have to see at http://docs.scribus.net. Because NOT all people can get access to the internet all the time.
Make sure you are connected to the internet. Open your Linux Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) then type 'sudo apt-get install scribus'. The installation will take few minutes, depends on your internet connection speed.


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This extended look at "pre-alpha" gameplay from Dead Or Alive 5 shows that Team Ninja's next fighting game is completely 100% batshit crazy. This—the huge explosions, fireballs and mass destruction—must be the "fighting entertainment" concept they're talking about.
If this looks a tad familiar, it's the follow-up to our first look at DOA 5, revealed at this year's Tokyo Game Show. It's more Ryu versus Hayate combat, with nary a hint of the buxom Dead or Alive ladies you might want to see beating each other up. But, hey, crazy fighting game chaos!
Dead or Alive 5 is slated to explode a bunch of cars, buses and, presumably, red barrels on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2012.
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Serve a proper breakfast in bed or a cup of coffee on the balcony. Nomad Table Tray in oak has folding legs, which makes it easy to place on top of pillows, blankets and other soft surfaces.
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Weight: 4,09 kg
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Proper usage and maintenance is vital for getting the most out of the valuable resources we have. Our designs are made to last for generations, but just like everything else, they need a little care to get there.
Oak grows in most temperate zones. The Skagerak oak comes from European forests and is either 100% FSC certified or FSC mix certified, supporting sustainable forest management. The selection of the wood is extremely careful and all processing is by hand, so that only the best and most durable pieces of wood are used in production.
Oak is a sturdy and hardwearing type of wood containing natural tannins that will protect against bacterial growth. Combined with its light, elegant colour and well-defined grains, this makes oak wood safe choice for high-quality interior.
The wood comes with no finish. If you choose not to treat it with soap or oil, use a suitable cleaning agent for wood.
As the wood is untreated it may be affected by grease and colorants. For this reason, we recommend saturating the wood with soap or a suitable furniture oil to make it more resistant. If you wish to use soap or oil, use a suitable product. Be aware that the wood will change colour when applying soap or oil.
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Rod & Custom's 2008 Road Trip To Speedweek
We'd been eager to do a road trip of our own but, as you may know, we like to travel with an entourage, so editor Kevin Lee announced our plans and invited you to join us on the journey. Hollywood Hot Rods in Burbank was our rendezvous spot early Thursday morning. Troy opened up the shop to our curious eyes and provided coffee, OJ, and donuts. While we were in the area, we slipped next door to check out Bobby Green's and Lucky Burton's Old Crow Speed Shop. We could have spent a lot more time at these two shops, but we had some miles to cover so we hit the road.
One hundred miles later, we were in Bakersfield for a tour of the Kiwi Konnection shop. From there, it was a hot ride through in California's Central Valley to Fresno, but worth the trip if you're heading to John Lawson Motorsports. John and a few of his crew opened their doors and showed us around his incredible collection of early Fords. Each one is ready to go at a moment's notice depending on what mood John is in that day-and when you have one of every body-style '32 Ford there's sure to be one that suits his mood. Once we had our jaws back off the floor we headed on to Oakhurst for the evening and were greeted by the Coarsegold Cruisers club, which filled the motel lawn with some great-looking rods and customs.
Friday morning, we drove north into the heart of California gold country. We stopped in Columbia, which is a surviving 19th century gold rush town that is a landmark and historic park today. While part of our crowd explored this preserved old town, others used the break in travel to do some parking lot repairs on their cars.
One of the most enjoyable elements of these cruises is the hospitality we get from people we've never met before but who share our common interest in old cars. After Columbia we made our way to the Hogan Dam Lookout which overlooks New Hogan Lake. The Foothill Classics car club was waiting for us there with a bunch of their hot rods and a fantastic barbecue feast.
With our bellies full we headed to South Lake Tahoe for the night, hit the buffets, and tried to hold onto our money in the casinos. The next morning, we were greeted with fantastic weather and couldn't leave town without making a cruise around the lake, one of the most beautiful spots in California, and some good morning exercise for cooling systems and carburetors.
It was out of the mountains and into the heat as we hit Carson City, where we had a free lunch at Subway and then checked out the antique locomotives, both restored and unrestored, at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.
We had been running a little ahead of schedule so we made a last-minute stop in Fallon to visit one more extensive collection of American iron, hidden from the public. It was then a mad dash to Winnemucca to see our friends at the Flying A Garage who were waiting for us with barbecue tri-tip and a tour of the car collection.
As much as we hated to see our road trip come to an end, we arrived in Wendover, Utah, eager for the week ahead. The salt was 5 miles away.
Jim SheridanJulian, California1931 Ford Roadster Pickup
I'd never been to Bonneville and everything just seemed to work out this year. I was going to drive up by myself, when I heard about this trip. It turned out to be one of the best vacations I've ever had.
The distance and some traffic conditions made it difficult for everybody to remain in an intact group at times. That worked as a benefit, because people ended up pairing up with other cars to travel at comfortable speeds. To me, meeting other people is part of this whole thing, so I made a point of hanging out or having dinner with different people every day-and I made some lasting friendships.
I was also amazed at how many people I ran into who I already knew. I've known Jim Shelton for a long time. I had met Dennis with the '32 Tudor sedan at Del Mar, and talked to him again at the L.A. Roadster Show. Then he shows up on this trip. I was also surprised at how big some of the car clubs are up there in the Sierras.
I stayed on the salt until Wednesday, helping my friend Pete Aardema with his car until I had to get back. Even so, I came home a back way.
Oak O'ConnorSanta Monica, California1934 Plymouth Coupe
There are two great things about having a hot rod. One is the time in the garage working on it. The other is taking trips. I saw the magazine write-up, but didn't think I would get to go. Alan Kahan kept telling me about it, so I decided to do one or two nights. Once I got out there with this awesome group of people, there was no way I could turn around. I hadn't done any cruising through gold country and the mountain roads, so when we got to Tahoe, I said, "I can't go home now." I got to Winnemucca and couldn't turn around there. We visited places I never would've seen otherwise-like John Lawson's in Fresno and the Kiwi Konnection-and meeting the Foothill Classics club at Hogan Dam, and seeing that great collection in Fallon. Everybody greeted us with hospitality.
I ran into some nice people out on the salt flats, too. Chris King from Montana had a '34 Dodge pickup pushing a '31 Dodge roadster-so me having a Plymouth, it's like we were in the same club, and I had a great time in their pit area. I got to watch a few cars make a run, and headed home on Monday.
Dennis JohnstonLake Havasu City, Arizona1932 Ford Tudor Sedan
I had heard from several people who had been on road trips that it was the most fun in the world, so I decided that when the opportunity came along I would jump at it. It's the farthest I've driven in the Tudor. I made a test run to the L.A. Roadster Show in June to see if there were any problems I needed to know about-all part of getting ready for the road trip to Bonneville.
We had a good size group, but it was not so big that we couldn't go into a restaurant together. You start to realize that it's more about the people than the cars sometimes. There are people I met during the week who I'll be friends with from now on.
It was refreshing that the activities weren't the same every day. We went to a train museum and a gold mining town, as well as the rod shops and car collections. Winnemucca was great. I even enjoyed the times we just stopped at the lookout points.
We stayed out on the salt for five days, all day every day, and left Friday morning. I thought it was a wonderful trip, and I'm proud of my car for not letting me down.
Alan KahanMarina Del Rey, California1929 Ford Roadster
In 1953, my family took a major road trip, and coming back through Elko, Nevada, we stopped at the Stockmen's Hotel to look at this big stuffed polar bear in the casino. On this trip, we were heading through Elko, so I said, "Guys, we've got to stop and see this bear." And we found it-still there and identical to the way I remembered it. The only one excited or impressed was me, but to me it was recapturing something special from 55 years ago.
The roadster has been on several long trips. I prefer traveling with a group because it's good to have someone else around if the car breaks down-and because I like the companionship. What made this trip the most fun was traveling with my family-my son and grandson, and my grandson's other grandfather. We had a great time.
The stops were magnificent. Seeing the Kiwi Konnection and Squeak Bell's shop in Bakersfield, and John Lawson's collection in Fresno was amazing. The trip was filled with generous people-Tom Christian in Carson City, who fed us at the Subway sandwich shop in Carson City, and the members of the Foothill Classics car club in Lake Hogan, who also fed us, brought out their cars, and even gave us goody bags.
Benjamin KahanAge 9Burbank, CaliforniaInterviewed by Dad-Aaron KahanDad - You've driven in my old cars since you were a baby. What was different about riding in Grandpa Alan's '29 roadster without a roof? Benjamin- I like how it was open and that you can see all around you.
D. - What did you think of Bonneville?B. - It was like nothing I had ever seen before. It was hot and bright and I just had to touch it. I couldn't stop myself, I just had to taste it, so I picked up a chunk of salt and put it to my tongue. It was the saltiest thing I have ever tasted! I immediately spit it out and tried to wash the horrible taste out of my mouth with water.
D. - What was your favorite part of the trip?B. - Going into the water at Lake Tahoe, panning for gold, and riding on the top of a stagecoach next to the driver in Columbia. Walking around the pits and watching the racing at Bonneville. Eating my Subway salami sandwich on the salt.
D. - What was your favorite thing you got to do that you hadn't done before?B. - Swimming in Lake Tahoe and riding Tyrell's mini bike. After that I was obsessed with riding that mini bike!
D. - You kept mileage each day. What was your total?B. - 1,835 miles.
D. - Would you do it again?B. - Absolutely yes!
If you're unfamiliar with the small desert town of Winnemucca, you will soon find yourself having the urge to take a road trip along Interstate 80 which runs through Northern Nevada. Whether you're driving from California or Utah, your target destination will be the Flying A Garage, which sits next to the site of the soon-to-be-constructed America's Car Collection museum. This'll be home to the world's most impressive collection of mainly '50s-through-'70s-era hot rods, customs, drag cars, muscle cars, and related memorabilia. I've been watching from the sidelines and hearing through the grapevine what Ralph Whitworth has been collecting over the last few years. It's been pretty interesting and exciting to see all these cars end up with one owner. At first I found it a bit strange and kind of a bummer that all these cars were going to be kept in a location that seemed like the middle of nowhere. But on second thought I think it's just plain amazing that Whitworth cares enough to collect, preserve, and display all this for us to study first hand.
I first became familiar with Whitworth when I attended RM Auctions' The Originators auction back in 2006. I was fortunate to be an insider at this event and wished one person or organization would buy the entire collection and donate it to a museum. One of the most anticipated moments of this auction (which was most of The Brucker Collection) was when Von Dutch's Paint Box sold for over $300,000. When the gavel came down I wondered who it was who was so determined to take the paint box home. Later that day I had a brief introduction to Whitworth, who is on a mission to collect the best of the best in historic hot rods and customs. He also had plans to take on the huge task and responsibility of opening a museum in Winnemucca, Nevada. My first thoughts were why Winnemucca and where's Winnemucca? It turns out that's where he grew up with his buddy Dave Bengochea, and these gearheads' plan is to give something back to their old stomping ground and in effect put their small town on the big-time map.
After that weekend I realized that unfortunately the Brucker collection of Kustom Kulture hadn't stayed intact, but that a large state-of-the-art museum will soon house a collection of our history like no one has done before. This summer I was able to visit their restoration facility, the Flying A Garage, which is completed and in full operation, as well as their storage facility for part of the collection. For this year's celebration of the 60th anniversary of Bonneville SpeedWeek, the Flying A Garage was turned into a temporary museum for their first special exhibit, Bonneville: The Pursuit of Speed.
Lucky for us, Ralph Whitworth's success as a business investor has allowed him to amass this mind-numbing collection which to date numbers somewhere between 200-300 vehicles and an enormous amount of speed equipment and related memorabilia. The Flying A Garage is managed by Dave Bengochea, who has a capable restoration staff that can handle anything from minor mechanical repairs to concourse-quality restoration on-site. Even though Winnemucca has been off the radar for most of us, I have a sneaky suspicion that is about to change.
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Roommates Launch Company After Internships Show Them the Ropes
From left: Roommates Nelson LeDuc, Justin Ehlert, Alex Gwyn and Austin Schwartz have started a company called Jump Space Apps.
Sophomore Justin Ehlert and his three roommates are putting knowledge they learned from their summer internships to work in their new company, Jump Space Apps.
Their application development company was launched in August and is working on projects for a few clients. The company's business office, which is also their on-campus apartment dining room, is covered with three large whiteboards.
"The best thing we took away from our internships was the use of whiteboards," said Ehlert, a computer science major and president of the company. "After working at a company where 90 percent of the walls are whiteboards, we knew we had to get some. So we bought some whiteboards, mounted them on the walls, and now have a whiteboard dedicated to homework, one for shopping lists and one for all our projects and task cards."
Ehlert and his roommates, Nelson LeDuc, Alex Gwyn and Austin Schwartz, all sophomore computer science students in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, decided that if they were going to start a business, they needed to live together. They go grocery shopping together and share dinner each night.
"Living together really allows us to communicate much better," said Ehlert, also a third-baseman on the UT Dallas baseball team. "At any point when we are all at home, we can chat about a new client or project in less than a few minutes. It allows us to discuss things incredibly fast and never have to put off making decisions until we can all have a meeting."
Ehlert, LeDuc and Gwyn, along with graduate student Naveen Tammineni, first came together late in the spring semester to develop an app that provided band performance schedules for Richardson's Wildflower! arts and music festival.
Before the business was launched, the students built an app for Richardson's Wildflower! festival.
UT Dallas Police Chief Larry Zacharias was golfing with Michael Massey, director of Parks and Recreation for the city of Richardson, who mentioned that it would be great to have a Wildflower festival app.
Knowing that Jonsson School students develop applications for different organizations and companies, Zacharias said, "It would be a pretty cool opportunity for the city and for UT Dallas students."
"Our students are already building apps," he said. "It would be a perfect partnership."
Chief Zacharias contacted Dr. Jey Veerasamy, a senior lecturer in computer science and director of computer science outreach. Though Ehlert was just a freshman, he was selected to lead a team of students to work on the project – one that would not result in credit or pay.
"For this type of project, there is a lot of technical knowledge involved, but the primary driver of success is how much passion the students have," Veerasamy said. "If they are passionate, they can achieve anything; that's the good thing about computer science and programming."
With a self-taught Web developer background, Ehlert had already designed UTD Eats – an app that shows open hours for campus food operations and nearby restaurants, as well as times for sporting events and campus activities.
"That idea came from the first week of school last year," Ehlert said. "Not knowing when the dining hall was going to be open, I made the mistake of walking all the way to the dining hall once or twice when it was closed."
Internships taught the students the value of organizing their thoughts and plans on whiteboards, which they have installed in their on-campus apartment.
The team of students built Android and iOS versions of the app for the Wildflower festival in five weeks.
"We found it to be extremely useful," said Massey, with the city of Richardson. "I think the most remarkable thing about having the app was the timeframe in which it was put together."
The team already has plans for next year's app.
"These apps are something you have to maintain, you can't just create it and walk away," Massey said. "These students gave their commitment to stay with us a few years. We were extremely impressed that they have that kind of commitment and resolve."
Although Ehlert knew he wanted to start his own business one day, the Wildflower experience sped up the process. "Without that project, I'm not sure we would be this far into the business right now," he said.
The festival was in May. Schwartz spent his summer learning mobile development. Ehlert and LeDuc interned at the high-end mobile apps company Bottle Rocket, and Gwyn at the data privacy and protection company Encryptics.
"The biggest things we learned from our internships over the summer was organization and polish," Ehlert said. "After working on multiple million-dollar products, we learned how to organize our to-do lists and polish an app so that is was practically perfect."
Ehlert registered Jump Space Apps in August.
"Right now, we are working on some internal projects, as well as a few for some outside companies," he said. "Unfortunately, we really can't discuss them, but they are some very fun projects."
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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23 November 2012 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Korea, UAE signs healthcare MoA
KHIDI, UAE armed forces sign healthcare MoA
Singapore: Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) for healthcare cooperation with the UAE Armed Forces on November 21, 2012.
The MoA will fuel tangible cooperation between South Korea and the UAE military in the healthcare industry. Henceforward, KHIDI will play the role of constructing the mechanism for business cooperation with the Korean medical institutions and other related institutions as well as adjusting the workload among each party to push ahead the healthcare cooperation with the UAE military.
Following the conclusion of the MoA, the UAE military is expected to begin referring their patients to four Korean medical institutions. During the early stages of the agreement, around 400 patients will receive their treatment in South Korea amounting to more than $1.8 billion (20 billion KRW) in profit.
President of KHIDI, Mr Ko Kyung-Hwa stated that, "The conclusion of the MoA is a great feat made possible over the basis of trust that was constructed through the cooperation in the healthcare industry between South Korea and the UAE during the previous year. It may also be the successful model of co-operation for the Korean Medical Industry to enter into other Middle East countries."


text: I've been hoping for something like this for a long time. It looks like they are creating a movie first, with a TV series to follow immediately. I don't think anything on this type of scale has ever been attempted, so Ihope it will go well. At least they have Ron Howard, who has always been pretty consistent with his films.


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New Jersey is the latest high-tax state looking for ways to limit the potentially negative effects of the Republican tax overhaul, which imposed a $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions.
On Thursday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy asked his state legislature to send him a bill that would give state residents the option of making charitable contributions in lieu of property taxes while granting tax credits in return. "When the disastrous federal tax legislation passed, I committed to pushing back and taking steps to ensure that the people of New Jersey are not subjected to unfair double taxation," Murphy said in a statement, citing a common complaint that high-tax state residents are now being unfairly taxed twice on their incomes.
Other states considering similar options include California and New York. But as we've noted before, the workarounds raise serious questions, not least of which is that may be highly regressive since they'll tend to benefit high-income taxpayers. On top of that, there's no guarantee they'll work as designed and may produce unintended effects.
This week, the chair of the senate finance committee in New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering a proposal to rely more on payroll taxes in order to negate the new deduction limit, warned that making such changes to the state's tax laws would be "extraordinarily unpopular." The reason is that the new rule Cuomo is contemplating would result in lower gross incomes for state residents, including those living far from the high-tax zones in and around New York City.
While Cuomo is still pressing ahead with his plan, the brewing battle in New York is a good reminder that just about every change in the tax code creates winners and losers, and that blue state governors will likely meet some resistance as they look for workarounds for the new federal tax rules.


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Home > Environmental Training Courses > Land Use & Development Courses > NJDEP UST Training for Class A & B Operators
Course Code: EW0208CM18
Last Held: May 11, 2018
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If you need this training, you can take our self-paced online version of NJDEP UST Training for Class A & B Operators.
If You Own or Operate Regulated USTs, You Need This Course!
This new Underground Storage Tank (UST) Operator Training Course is part of a new required training program for the operation of regulated USTs. An example of a regulated facility is a retail fuel facility.
The U.S. EPA has established new minimum training requirements for designated Class A, Class B, and Class C operators to ensure that those who own and operate regulated underground storage tanks understand how to operate and maintain their UST systems properly. The federal regulations dictate that all regulated UST facilities must have a trained Class A, B, and C operator by October 13, 2018.
UST Operator Classes
For the purposes of implementing the new UST operator training requirements, three classes of operators have been identified:
Each regulated UST facility must have a Class A, Class B, and Class C operator designated. All individuals designated as Class A, B, or C operators must, at a minimum, be trained according to the corresponding criteria.
Topics Covered
The NJDEP is combining the subjects for Class A and Class B in this new class that will cover the federally required training curriculum for A/B operators. Topics include:
UST Class A/B Operator Exam
Completion of the A/B operator training program requires passing the Class A/B operator examination given by the International Code Council (ICC). To register for the exam, visit https://www.iccsafe.org/certification-exam-catalog. Use the exam code "NJ" to search for the exam and register.
For more information about New Jersey's A/B Operator training program, please see the NJDEP website at http://www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/ust.html.
Who Should Attend?
Anyone who owns or operates a regulated UST facility or wishes to be employed as a designated Class A or Class B operator will need to take this course by October 13, 2018.
NJDEP staff from the Bureau of UST Compliance & Enforcement will be teaching this program and available throughout the course to answer questions regarding the new federal regulations.
NOTE: These new federal designations and corresponding training requirements are different from the state's regulatory training that is mandated for all New Jersey UST certified service providers every three years.
The May 11, 2018 offering of this course was approved for the following credits. We will reapply for similar credits the next time the course runs, but we cannot guarantee credit approval for future offerings.
In addition to 0.65 Rutgers CEUs, the underground storage tanks course is approved for the following credits:
NJ Licensed Water & Wastewater Operators (ALL Licenses): 6.5 TCHs (Approval# 01-041701-30)
NJ LSRP CEC's: 2 Regulatory, 1 Technical
NJ Professional Engineers: 6 Continuing Professional Competency Credits
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US distances, then embraces Russia idea on Syria
Twenty-four hours after distancing itself from a Russian proposal to secure Syria's chemical weapons, the State Department moved Tuesday to claim co-ownership of the idea, which the U.S. says President Barack Obama and the Russian president first discussed last year.
Russia's unexpected announcement came Monday after Secretary of State John Kerry said that Syrian President Bashar Assad could avert a U.S. strike on his country by turning "over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week."
The State Department initially downplayed Kerry's remarks, which came at a news conference in London, dismissing them as a rhetorical flourish. But as support for the Russian idea snowballed, administration officials retooled their message.
By Tuesday, Kerry seemed to say it wasn't a verbal misstep at all. He told a House panel: "Yesterday, we challenged the regime to turn them over to the secure control of the international community so that they could be destroyed."
The mixed messages set off a daylong flurry of confusion and, as it turns out, Obama and Russian President Vladmir Putin first discussed the idea last year at an economic meeting in Mexico for world leaders.
Still, Kerry's comments in London went viral and spawned headlines about how an off-the-cuff remark might stop a U.S. military strike against Assad's regime.
They also came as a surprise to Obama administration officials who were working on the Syria portfolio back in Washington. Confused, they scrambled to mount a damage-control message to tamp down the idea that the administration was making an offer to Assad to avoid military action.
The same frenzy played out on Kerry's plane en route back to Washington. A senior State Department official told reporters Kerry and Lavrov talked on the plane. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to discuss the sensitive diplomatic issues by name, said Kerry expressed serious skepticism, given the scale and complexity of the Syrian chemical weapons program.
Kerry told Lavrov that the U.S. was not going to "play games," but that if a serious proposal was presented, the U.S. would be willing to review it, the official said, adding that the U.S. had not seen any formal proposal. Kerry also made clear to Lavrov that the Russians could not go to the Syrians and say they were issuing their proposal jointly with the U.S.
Syria quickly embraced the idea. France, Britain and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed it.
And by the end of the day, Obama, though expressing deep skepticism, declared it a "potentially a significant breakthrough" that could head off the threats of U.S. air strikes.
The State Department said that Kerry, Lavrov and Putin spoke about the idea during Kerry's visit to Moscow in April. Over a lengthy dinner at Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kerry and Lavrov talked about replicating the Libyan model.
The late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi voluntarily agreed to give up his weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weaponry, in 2003 following extended secret negotiations between his government, British and former President George W. Bush's administration.
The logistics of shutting down Assad's chemical weapons, however, are complicated and the State Department said Russia never presented a formal proposal. Kerry and Lavrov have spoken nine times since the Syrian crisis deepened after the Aug. 21 chemical attack in Syria that killed 1,400 people, including 400 children.
Obama and Putin also discussed it at the Group of Eight meeting earlier this month in St. Petersburg, Russia.
"President Obama and President Putin began a discussion as leaders were mingling with each other at the end of the meeting," the State Department said. "They then decided to go into a corner of the room, where they sat down and spoke for 20 to 30 minutes."
"Putin broached the idea that had been discussed in previous meeting about reaching an international agreement to remove chemical weapons. Obama agreed that could be an avenue for cooperation, and said that Kerry and Lavrov should follow up on the concept to shape a potential proposal."
At the same time the U.S. says it is open to the Russian idea, Kerry and other officials want to see the details and want to see them fast. "It cannot be a delay tactic," Kerry told members of House panel.
"I have in several conversations with Foreign Minister Lavrov, that this cannot be a process of delay, this cannot be a process of avoidance, that is has to be real, it has to be measurable, tangible," Kerry said. "And it is exceedingly difficult - I want everybody here to know - to fulfill those conditions. But we're waiting for that proposal, but we're not waiting for long."
Associated Press Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee contributed to this report.


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I'm currently creating a pool game and have the bulk of the code written and working. However I am having trouble with determining the direction of a ball once a collision occurs. At present when the cue ball collides with a ball they both initially move in the correct direction however they then repeatedly alternate between rebounding of the cushion then off each other while all the time travelling along the same path till they both reach the corner pocket at which point they disappear behind the pocket, (I understand that they should disappear into the pockets and I have this code written and working but have commented it out until I have the collision working properly. When I give the dx and dy variables a set value then the collisions work fine so the problem obviously lies in something I have done (or not as the case may be). What should happen is that when the cue ball strikes the black ball, the black ball is at rest and the cue ball is striking it "dead-on" at a 90 degree angle relative to the bottom of the table (which is my zero degree reference). Therefore the black ball should be moving along this line of impact, away from the cue ball - the cue ball itself should also be moving in the same direction in this case, along the line of impact (ignoring reverse spin etc. here for simplicity).
I just need this working and I will have my game all but finished. I know that my checkForCollision() method needs a little tidying up and the code for my pockets also but that is next after I have completed this. I have attached the checkForCollision() method and my performAction() method here. If you would like me to place the code for my three classes here please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
/**checkForCollision method which passes in references to the four ball objects and adds * which sets up integers for each ball */ private void checkForCollision(Ball b[]) { //integer which passes in the object b[] and returns the x value of b[0] in the Ball class. double ballX = b[0].getX(); double ballY = b[0].getY(); double radiusb = Ball.getRadius(); double ball4X = b[4].getX(); double ball4Y = b[4].getY(); double radiusb4 = Ball.getRadius(); double ball5X = b[5].getX(); double ball5Y = b[5].getY(); double radiusb5 = Ball.getRadius(); double ball6X = b[6].getX(); double ball6Y = b[6].getY(); double radiusb6 = Ball.getRadius(); //integer called a which is equal to the x position of ball two minus the x position of ball one double a = ball5X - ballX; double bb = ball5Y - ballY; double cc = ball4X - ballX; double d = ball4Y - ballY; double e = ball5X - ball4X; double f = ball5Y - ball4Y; double gg = ball6X - ballX; double h = ball6Y - ballY; double i = ball6X - ball4X; double j = ball6Y - ball4Y; double k = ball6X - ball5X; double l = ball6Y - ball5Y; //integer collide which is equal to the radius of ball four plus the radius of ball one. double collide = radiusb4 + radiusb; double collide1 = radiusb5 + radiusb; double collide2 = radiusb5 + radiusb4; double collide3 = radiusb6 + radiusb; double collide4 = radiusb6 + radiusb4; double collide5 = radiusb6 + radiusb5; //distance between object centres using the square root method from the Math class. double c = Math.sqrt((double) (a * a) + (double) (bb * bb)); double c1 = Math.sqrt((double) (cc * cc) + (double) (d * d)); double c2 = Math.sqrt((double) (e * e) + (double) (f * f)); double c3 = Math.sqrt((double) (gg * gg) + (double) (h * h)); double c4 = Math.sqrt((double) (i * i) + (double) (j * j)); double c5 = Math.sqrt((double) (k * k) + (double) (l * l)); if (c < collide){ performAction(b[0], b[5]); //performMovement(b[0], b[5]); } else if(c1 < collide1) { performAction(b[0],b[4]); //performMovement(b[0], b[4]); } else if(c2 < collide2) { performAction(b[4], b[5]); //performMovement(b[4], b[5]); } else if(c3 < collide3) { performAction(b[6], b[0]); //performMovement(b[6], b[0]); } else if(c4 < collide4) { performAction(b[4], b[6]); //performMovement(b[4], b[6]); } else if(c5 < collide5) { performAction(b[6], b[5]); //performMovement(b[6], b[5]); } } //performAction method which passes in the two objects from the Ball class and is called in the if statement. private void performAction(Ball b, Ball b2) { double newDY = b.getDeltaY() * - 1; b.setDeltaY(newDY); b.setDeltaY(-5); double newDX = b.getDeltaX() * - 1; b.setDeltaX(newDX); b.setDeltaX(-5); double newDY2 = b2.getDeltaY() * - 1; b2.setDeltaY(newDY2); b2.setDeltaY(-15.5); double newDX2 = b2.getDeltaX() * - 1; b2.setDeltaX(newDX2); b2.setDeltaX(-5); }


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Morgan Silk
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About the Artist
Morgan Silk has been involved in creating photographic images since the mid-1980s after graduating from Blackpool and the Fylde College. He began his career as a creative re-toucher working alongside photographers for advertising clients, and then began to experiment with his own photography, predominantly colour landscapes, his skills as a re-toucher continuing to be employed to give an unusual and personal touch to the finished work.
Now a highly successful photographer in his own right his major commercial clients include Land Rover, BMW, Umbro and Nike. Recent commissions have included a project run by FHM magazine as part of a new drive to help recruit RAF Regiment Officers, and campaigns for Network Rail, Mastercard, Wired Magazine and RBS.
His highly acclaimed project Zoo won him an Association of Photographers Gold Award, and Morgan also received an Honourable Mention at the International Photo Awards (2009). His portrait of Jake Tassell from the series 'After The Riots' was selected as one of the six chosen limited edition covers of 2009's Creative Review Photography Annual, and one of his new images, Eucalyptus, from the Tasmania series was featured in the 2012 AOP Awards. He is currently working on a long-term portrait project centred on British Traditions & Folklore.


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It has absolutely nothing to do with James Bond's upcoming Skyfall flick other than a similar sounding name, but Urban Green Energy and GE's Sanya Skypump is just as exciting for greenies the world over as any perilous caper 007 could wind up in. That's because both companies have unveiled the world's first integrated wind-powered EV charging station, effectively providing a clean source of electricity for drivers of electric vehicles.
One of the criticisms surrounding electric vehicles, on top of limited utility (driving ranges), prohibitive cost, and restricted availability, is the actual environmental friendliness of said vehicles — whether or not they can truly be considered "green" when the majority of electricity worldwide (somewhere in the region of 41 percent) is fueled by coal. The Sanya Skypump seeks to alleviate that concern by pairing UGE's vertical wind turbine alongside GE's EV charging technology to give drivers of electric vehicles a completely green way to power their battery-fueled cars.
Of course, harnessing the power of the wind is nothing new. But the Skypump differs by taking the typical wind turbine design and shrinking it down into something that is far more manageable in an urban setting. The Skympump measures in at 42 feet tall and requires a minimum wind speed of seven miles per hour to operate. The energy generated by the wind is sent to a Level 2 GE Durastation located at the base.
"Since launching the Sanya Skypump, we have received inquiries from companies around the world that are looking to embrace sustainability," said Nick Blitterswyk, CEO of UGE, in a statement. "The Sanya Skypump is one of those rare products that enable institutions to demonstrate their commitment to the environment while providing a really useful service as well."
The inaugural Skypump has been installed by UGE Iberia, the Spanish Branch of New York-based UGE, and is located outside Cespa's global headquarters near Barcelona. According to GE, Skypump has been developed with the primary purpose of supplying commercial and governmental customers with clean, renewable electricity. But while the only publicly available Skympump currently resides in Spain, GE has indicated it will begin to install more stations later this year in both the U.S. and Australia.
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Pretty much all major sports, but especially, baseball, are copycat sports. If something works for one organization, then others follow the lead. However, due to the long history of baseball and the ingrained ideas and traits, it often takes longer for new ideas to be implemented.
Billy Beane began using low cost players who had high value qualities, but after MoneyBall came out, every team followed suit. And because Beane doesn't know much about on field talent, the Oakland A's stink once again.
Since the Yankees were always in the playoffs, they have not had many top of the draft picks. Brian Cashman began taking high upside talent in later rounds, then offering them bigger bonuses to sign. David Robertson was one such pick in 2006, and Dellin Betances was plucked away from a Vanderbilt scholarship using that same method in the same '06 draft. Teams then began following suit with higher bonuses for top talent taken in later rounds.
The Texas Rangers have made the World Series for two consecutive seasons, with a potent offense and a good bullpen, but without a true ace pitcher who can be the proverbial shutdown guy, thus helping to avoid long losing streaks. Most of the best teams in baseball have an ace, but Texas won the past two seasons without one. C.J. Wilson was not an ace and the Rangers pounded their opponents into submission quite often.
Many people believe the 2012 New York Mets will not contend for a playoff spot, and include me as one of them. Not because they are devoid of talent, because some of their young guys are pretty good, but primarily due to the strength of the other teams within their division.
The Phillies have a great rotation and despite some aging, no current shortstop, and injury issues to Chase Utley and Ryan Howard (likely out for the 2012 season), they still have enough talent to earn a postseason spot. Plus, GM Ruben Amaro appears to make moves which improve their team, like signing their homegrown talent, trading for three top pitchers, and then signing Lee again last year.
The Atlanta Braves have good young talent, and except for a late season collapse, would have made the postseason. And they have good young pitching in the minors, and are willing to give them ample chances to pitch. They are good like that. Maybe Fredi Gonzalez shouldn't overwork his top three bullpen guys as much, though.
The Washington Nationals are improving, have a good young mound duo in Stephen Strasburg and Jordan Zimmermann, both of who came back very strong from Tommy John surgery. They also have an owner with a ton of money and an itch to win before his D-Day. They could use a young, lefty power bat…
The Miami Marlins are also better with the three big free agent splashes in Heath Bell, Jose Reyes* and Mark Buehrle joining a young core of Hanley Ramirez, Logan Morrison, Gaby Sanchez, Chris Coghlan, and Mike Stanton.
*It is amazing that the Mets lost one of their franchise players and are not even getting a first round pick back in return. Since the Marlins have the 9th pick in the 2012 draft, that pick is protected. The Mets will get the Marlins 2nd round pick plus the supplemental pick. Biggest problem with not trading Reyes at last year's trade deadline was Sandy Alderson not seeing the variable of a bad team with a top pick signing Reyes. Tough thing to predict, but doesn't a GM and his people have to look for every possibility?
Since the Mets were not so good last season, lost Reyes, and are unsure whether Johan Santana (a huge Minaya mistake) will pitch in 2012, they are not supposed to be good this year either. With those factors and with every other team in the division having better rosters, it is a perfect time to stick with the kids who began to produce last year and made the 2011 Mets somewhat fun to watch.
Since the team might be a last place squad, many Mets fans and pundits want the last bastion of their quality teams from 2006-2008, David Wright, to be traded. They want more trades like the Carlos Beltran for Zack Wheeler deal; to get younger, cheaper talent to try and win in 2014 and beyond. The Mets GM is actively looking to make trades but has indicated David Wright is not getting dealt.
And that is a very smart move.
Sandy Alderson has seen what has recently helped teams win. In 2010, it was a very strong top three in the rotation (and dominant bullpen) which propelled the San Francisco Giants, and then he saw the Arizona Diamondbacks use good, young starters (and a dominant bullpen) to win the NL West in 2011.
And he also saw the aforementioned Texas Rangers win with a solid, but not great rotation, great power lineup (and dominant bullpen) to win the AL Pennant the past two years. He also saw the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Rangers in the 2011 World Series with a mediocre rotation and a dominant bullpen.
As I mentioned earlier, MLB is a copycat league. Without a solid top three in the 2012 rotation, Alderson has smartly used his limited resources to secure a solid bullpen. He signed former closer Jon Rauch and current closer Frank Francisco and traded for Ramon Ramirez, who was a big part of that 2010 Giants World Series bullpen.
The Mets 2011 bullpen had a 4.33 ERA, ranked 28th of the 30 major league teams. These bullpen additions should help improve those numbers. With holdovers Bobby Parnell and Pedro Beato, who will not be pressured to get key outs late, the Mets now have a nice stable of power arms.
And despite Reyes' departure, Alderson also sees a pretty good power offense. With Ike Davis (ankle), Lucas Duda (concussion) and David Wright (back) healthy again, and Jason Bay (another Minaya mistake) still in the fold, the Mets have four sluggers who might combine for 80-100 HRs. Add in a healthy Daniel Murphy, who is a solid hitter, and there are five guys who can drive in runs.
The key is health as none of the above players, except Bay, had 450 plate appearances in 2011.
Alderson performed magic when he shortened the Citi Field dimensions, likely adding power numbers to each of the hitters, but especially Wright, who has acknowledged the previously larger dimensions have hurt his numbers. By stating that Wright was not available in a trade and moving the fences in, Alderson clearly has indicated he wants Wright to remain a Met. Look for Alderson to try and extend Wright early next year.
And like the Texas Rangers have with Elvis Andrus, the 2012 will have a young shortstop, known for his glove, but has improved on the other side of the ball. His on base skills have clearly improved and he showed a knack for getting key hits.
Ruben Tejada should not be forced to win the shortstop job in spring training. He should be given the job prior to spring training. Let him have the knowledge that he will be the glue of a solid infield, which will give him immense confidence. Keith Hernandez always said the key to his 1979 NL MVP season was that his manager, Ken Boyer, told him no matter what happened early in the season, he was still going to be the Cardinal first baseman.
The overall key to the Mets future is definitely the young starters still in the minors, guys like Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Jeurys Familia, Jenrry Mejia and possible Michael Fulmer, last year's second round pick.
But to win now and stay competitive in 2012 and 2013, the Mets need to punish opponents on offense, keep the game close and win it late with a solid bullpen. That formula will not work every time in Citi Field, but it has shown to consistently win games for teams around the league.
But the offense needs to stay healthy, too, and Wright needs to wipe away his past demons and know he has a pretty good supporting cast, and need not do it alone.
The time to trade Wright was a few years ago, when the Boston Red Sox desperately needed a third baseman and actually had quality young talent to trade. Here is a Wright trade proposal I made two seasons ago.
Not moving Wright is just another sickly feather in Omar Minaya's cap, probably the worst GM in the history of baseball.
Since Wright can void the last year of his current deal if he is traded, if the Mets tried to trade Wright they would not get a Beltran-type return, let alone a Dan Haren or Mark Teixeira type return. While, those types of trades could occur as recently as two years ago, those deals are never going to happen anymore as teams are over-valuing their young players. Wright is best served to stay in New York.
Alderson knows this and is making the smart move, for the team this season and for the Mets future.


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Some books break your heart with their beauty; others break your heart with their sadness. Mighty Silence: Images of Destruction does the latter. In these days immediately following the highly destructive Oklahoma tornadoes of 2013, ripped homes, buildings, and schools are on our minds. This beautifully-produced book showcases many striking photographs of the Tohoku region of Japan where the massive tsunami struck two years ago.
The photos are large, some even opening into more than a two page spread. But the main thing that struck me about them is how seldom they include any people. I noticed only one person in the whole collection, a solitary utility repairman high in a crane over demolished houses and smashed cars. Animals are mostly missing also, except for one murder of crows crisscrossing the wires of one empty city, and a strange cat with radioactive-mutated whiskers near Fukushima.
In this collection the themes of loss and chaos are emphasized because most of the photographs are printed in black and white, or more accurately in shades of greys. What stands out in many of them are great billowy clouds--some bright white, others storm-cloud threatening. One photo shows a massive train balanced on the tops of small graves, the silver bowls left by families for offerings to the dead half-full of rain.
The photographer, famous in Japan for his fashion and art photographs, grabbed his camera twenty days after the tsunami hit and drove north from Tokyo. In the preface, he describes how after first leaving the car, he could not take a single picture. Instead he stood in a field weeping.
His photos of witness are not merely sad; they also depict the tremendous power of nature. Several people writing in the introductory text comment about how important it is that we learn from this overwhelming disaster, that we don't forget. These photographs will certainly allow no forgetting. For a nonfiction account of the aftermath of this tsunami, try Gretel Ehrlich's Facing the Wave: a Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami. Ehrlich writes movingly about nature and has had a long relationship with Japan and its people.


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Paul Rudd Takes BP
I've been told before that I look like Paul Rudd. True story.
Unfortunately, I have to put any more of those rumors to rest. I am, in fact, not Paul Rudd.
Rudd was actually in Kansas City Friday night for his annual fundraiser benefitting Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics. The Royals invited Rudd to Kauffman Stadium to take batting practice and catch the ceremonial first pitches, thrown by Children's Mercy patients.
Reports out of K.C. were that Rudd showed some good pop to the opposite field, but Royals manager Ned Yost is happy how his lineup is performing.
Rudd will just have to stick to making hilarious movies – a decent contingency plan.
Paul Rudd getting hitting pointers from George Brett pic.twitter.com/Tu1tqQr7IR— Joel Goldberg (@goldbergkc) July 19, 2013
@BigSlickKC Paul Rudd & @OliviaWilde take their chops as Mike Moustakas pitches batting practice. #Royals #BigSlickKC pic.twitter.com/W9IlqnjKnX— Children's Mercy (@ChildrensMercy) July 19, 2013


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Innovation UnderwayBy Faisal Hoque Print
You would never put up with anything as inefficient as the US healthcare system in your own organization. Maybe we should apply some of the principles you use to the problem.
Here is a sampling of innovative work in health care today.
The Veterans Health Administration Service is the largest integrated health system in the United States, with 5.3 million patients and 1,400 sites of care. Although it has not had a sterling reputation in the past, the VHA today is on the leading edge of innovation. It won the 2006 Innovations in American Government Award presented by The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
The VHA has created a system -- Veterans Health Information Services and Technology Architecture (VistA) -- that allows clinicians to view and edit electronic health records, and provides access to images such as x-rays, photos or documents, throughout its system. Veterans increasingly have access to their records and more opportunity to successfully manage their own health. The results are eye opening:
• VistA's computerized system checks for incompatible medications. While one in 20 outpatient prescriptions are complicated by medication errors nationwide, VHA's process fails at a rate of only seven per million.
• The use of clinical decision support and performance measurement to improve pneumonia vaccination rates helped save the lives of 6,000 veterans with emphysema. As VHA's vaccination rate became the national benchmark, pneumonia hospitalizations were halved even while VHA's patient population doubled -- all while reducing taxpayer costs by $40 million.
• The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) estimates that nationally one in five lab tests are repeated because previous test results were not available at the point of care. The cost of maintaining VistA is $87 per patient per year, only slightly more than the cost of one unnecessarily repeated lab test.
• Adjusted for inflation, VHA care is 32% less expensive than a decade ago, although health care costs generally went up 50 percent. And the VHA has measurably better outcomes in quality, satisfaction, access and patient function. The VA outperforms all other sectors of American health care in of 294 measures of quality in disease prevention and treatment.
Wouldn't you like to be in that system?
We're all more aware of the threat of terrorist attacks and natural disasters. When hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, the VA Medical Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, was destroyed, and the New Orleans VA Medical Center in New Orleans was evacuated and closed. Nevertheless, medical records for 40,000 veterans in the area were almost immediately available to doctors across the country, and veterans could resume their treatment and refill their prescriptions.
What is going on at VHA and at private clinics around the country will transform the practice of medicine. Business technology first brought efficiency and speed to corporations. Then it began to change the conduct of business. In the same way, technology has begun to improve the productivity of health care, but in the future it will bring hard to imagine changes in how we treat disease and keep people healthy.
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is one of the organizations at the forefront. Ironically, we might blame the clinic for the manila folder. Henry Plummer, the fourth physician at the clinic, which opened 100 years ago, pioneered the idea of having one record for each patient, which would travel with the patient, replacing ledgers and various notes written and kept by individual doctors in their offices. He also studied how the industry moved information, and created a system of conveyors and pneumatic tubes to swish the records around the clinic.
This evolved into thick plastic jackets bulging with color-coded paper records. One patient might have as many as 40 of these jackets.
That's all gone now. The clinic has digitized 4.4 million patient records in a unified system. The system must handle 1.5 million outpatient visits and 60,000 hospital admissions each year. It is used by 15,000 caregivers and staff, who have access to 15,000 terminals across the Mayo campus. Every week, about 55,000 clinical notes are added to the system, and 125,000 outpatient orders are made electronically for diagnostic tests, medications or consultations.
This is the productivity phase, in which accuracy, speed and connectivity improve exponentially. Doctors on opposite sides of the campus can call up a patient's record on their screens and discuss it intelligently. Everything is in there – medications, history, even x-rays. This kind of technology is the norm in the corporate world.
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