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Honda Riders Battle Their Way to the Podium in San Diego
TORRANCE, CA – February 16, 2012 – Round six of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series took place this weekend in San Diego, CA. Honda had a successful night on the podium with TwoTwo Motorsports' Chad Reed and Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/Honda racing's Cole Seely both capturing second place in the Supercross and Lites classes.
Team Honda Muscle Milk rider Justin Brayton showed impressive strength Saturday night after coming back from a bad crash in qualifying to finish sixth overall in the main. After going down hard in the second qualifying practice it was uncertain if Brayton would be able to ride the rest of the night.
Following some rest and an evaluation from the Asterisk medical team, the decision was made to ride. Brayton finished a solid fifth in his heat race. In the main, he grabbed a mid-pack start and battled his way through the entire 20 laps to a sixth-place overall finish.
TwoTwo Motorsports rider Chad Reed made his fifth podium appearance for the season with a second-place finish. Following a less-than-desirable start in his heat, Reed was given a second chance after the race was red flagged due to a crash. In the second start he was able to grab the holeshot and gap the rest of the pack for the win. During the main Reed got a third-place start but quickly made the pass for second. He spent the rest of the 20 laps charging at the front, battling with the rider in first up until the last lap.
GEICO Honda's Kevin Windham had a disappointing end to his night after riding strong all day. After posting the fourth-quickest qualifying time of the night, Windham rode a solid heat race, finishing in fifth place. During the main he got a mid-pack start but charged to fourth before going down in the whoops in the closing stages of the race. He was able to get up and finish the race in 16th position.
"The track was pretty difficult. The whoops ate a lot of people in the main and unfortunately I was one of them," said Windham. "I felt good the first 17 laps and the GEICO Honda was running great, which makes me feel confident that
am inching closer and closer to the podium. It is frustrating, though, having such a good ride and then making one mistake that puts you on the ground. I am looking forward to next weekend and heading East."
Troy Lee Designs/ Lucas Oil/ Honda's Cole Seely made his way to the podium for a second consecutive week with a second-place finish in the Lites main. Seely started the night out strong, taking the win in his heat, followed by teammate Travis Baker. In the main, Seely nabbed a third-place start but quickly made the pass for second where he stayed the rest of the 20-lap race. "The night went really well for me," said Seely. "I am happy with a podium heading into the break, as well as sitting way better in points."
After winning three Lites races in a row and taking the points lead, GEICO Honda rider Eli Tomac had an unfortunate night in San Diego. He crashed hard in the long whoop section during the main, preventing him from finishing the race and robbing him of his championship points lead. Heading into the break, Tomac now sits in second place in the Lites West championship by a mere two points.
Supercross Main Event
- Ryan Villopoto
- Chad Reed (Honda)
- Ryan Dungey
- Brett Metcalfe
- Josh Hansen
- Justin Brayton (Honda)
- Davi Millsaps
- Kyle Chisholm
- Mike Alessi
- Nick Wey
Supercross Championship Points (after 6 of 17 rounds)
- Ryan Villopoto 133
- Chad Reed 127
- Ryan Dungey 123
- James Stewart 101
- Kevin Windham 78
- Brett Metcalfe 75
- Jake Weimer 72
- Davi Millsaps 70
- Justin Brayton 68
- Josh Hansen 64
Supercross Lites West Main Event
- Dean Wilson
- Cole Seely (Honda)
- Matt Moss
- Gareth Swanepoel
- Nico Izzi
- Gavin Faith (Honda)
- Billy Laninovich (Honda)
- Travis Baker (Honda)
- Vince Friese (Honda)
- Nick Paluzzi
Supercross Lites West Points (after 6 of 9 rounds)
- Dean Wilson 116
- Eli Tomac 114
- Cole Seely 101
- Marvin Musquin 89
- Nico Izzi 78
- Matt Moss 73
- Zach Osborne 67
- Travis Baker 63
- Tyla Rattray 60
- Jason Anderson 58
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Snapshots from Vietnam: The Best Things I Ate
Vietnam was the second leg of our trip (see the first leg featuring Hong Kong, Chengdu, and Shanghai here). The food, the hospitality, the landscape, and the sheer energy of the two cities we visited—Hanoi (the north) and Nha Trang (southeast coast)—blew me away.
Most of the credit goes to our incredible guides, Tu Van Cong and Mark Lowerson, who led us up winding staircases, through back alleys, and to remote, out-of-town destinations for the best eats around. (Anyone traveling to those areas who wants to check out the food scene, I can't recommend them enough.) But as my coworker, Hannah, also mentioned to me before I left, part of Vietnam's charm is that it feels like it hasn't yet been taken over by the rest of the world. I couldn't agree more.
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I am a perfectionist: More true than false.
I am an only child: False. I have a sister and 2 brothers.
I am currently in my pajamas: True! I'm just up to look at a store with used cisco items, then I'm probably going back to sleep.I am online 24/7: False.
I am very shy around the opposite gender: False.
I can be paranoid: Very True.
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I enjoy talking on the phone: True, I prefer that than texting.
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- UFC on Fox 6
Rampage: Chael Sonnen is a cancer on our sport
Don't miss Rampage Jackson's farewell interview, exclusively on ESPN at 12.30am Saturday night directly before the live UFC on Fox 6 event
Rampage Jackson has fired a severe parting shot at Chael Sonnen ahead of his UFC exit this weekend, labelling him a "cancer to our sport" during an exclusive in-depth interview with ESPN.
Jackson, who bows out against Glover Teixeira this weekend, has frequently been targeted in recent months by Sonnen, who claimed newly-signed female fighter Ronda Rousey could beat the former champion, before later suggesting Rampage was using injuries to duck fights.
The "ducking" claim was put to Rampage in front of the ESPN cameras, and after initially attempting not to rise to Sonnen's bait, the former Pride star eventually let rip at a man he does not feel belongs in mixed martial arts.
"Not many fighters respect Chael Sonnen because he's in the wrong sport," Jackson told ESPN. "He should be in pro-wrestling with a mouth like that.
"He's a boring fighter and the only way he gets fights is by running his mouth, he should worry about his next opponent rather than me and my injuries.
"I'm not going to stoop to his level. Why is he even worried about me and my fight? It has nothing to do to him. He's probably the only guy I'd ever duck, I'd duck him in a second because he's a boring fight.
"He's one of the fighters that's making MMA go down, he's like a cancer to our sport. He's a great wrestler but he's boring as hell. You know what he's going to do, he's going to try and take you down and lay on you. Why do people even buy tickets to watch this guy fight?
"He's a cancer for our sport. He's the reason why I don't even watch my own sport because a lot of fighters fight like him nowadays. That's not what MMA was built on. MMA was built on exciting fighters where people try to end each other."
Jackson was the first man to unify Pride and UFC titles when he followed up his knockout of Chuck Liddell with victory over Dan Henderson at UFC 75. He built an enormous reputation on finishing fights against the likes of Wanderlei Silva, Ricardo Arona and Kevin Randleman, but questions whether Sonnen has ever stopped anybody.
Only Brian Stann has been finished by Sonnen during his spells in the WEC and UFC, which span over 11 fights in a six-year period. In Rampage's eyes, that is not what MMA was built upon.
"With Chael, I've never seen a ref pull him off anybody," Jackson said. "I've never seen it, maybe it's happened, but I've watched a few of his fights and I won't watch him anymore. I'm not a Chael Sonnen fan.
"Take Wanderlei Silva, everybody knows we don't like each other, but if he's fighting I'm going to watch because he's a very exciting fighter. I'm a Wanderlei Silva fan, but Sonnen, I don't know why people watch him. They probably watch him to hear his interview after his fight.
"I don't care what Chael says about me. He's an idiot. I've seen him get hurt by Anderson Silva, and now I get to see Jon Jones hurt him. It's going to be a boring fight, I won't watch the fight but I'll go back and watch the highlights and see Jon Jones hurt him.
"The only reason I watched Chael v Anderson [Silva] is because I'm a fan of Anderson, and Chael talked so much trash that I knew Anderson would hurt him. I'm 100 per cent sure Jones will hurt him, and then Chael Sonnen will go to pro-wrestling."


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We Try the New McDonald's Dulce de Leche Caramel Shake
Keeping tabs on the chains.
The name really should've tipped us off, with two super-sugary confections named smack dab in center of the title. This drink (with the medium size coming in at $2.99 and 710 calories) is sweet. McDonald's just launched the Dulce de Leche caramel Shake, an ode to the traditional Latin American dessert dulce de leche, as a refreshing answer to summer's steamy, sticky days (it's available through September 15 while supplies last.) The drink starts with McDonald's reduced fat vanilla ice cream, which is blended with caramel syrup and topped off with whipped cream and a bright red maraschino cherry. There's more caramel syrup on the cup for decoration...and added sweetness.
While it's nice and chilly, some folks will definitely find this new drink too sweet to offer much more than a sugar-induced coma. Perhaps a bit of flaky sea salt swirled through this caramel wonder would do it some good. To McDonalds' credit, though, the shake is quite luscious and thick, which is certainly a welcome break from the thin, icy shakes fast food restaurants so often serve up. If you're looking for something sweet, this is a good bet, though we can't promise you'll have all of your teeth when you finish.
Have you tried the new Dulce de Leche Caramel Shake from McDonald's? What did you think?
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No. 1 Pittsburgh 89, Seton Hall 78
—This was a classic example of how playing hard sometimes just isn't enough. Pitt was Pitt, squeezing the life out of a lesser foe like an anaconda. From a matchup perspective this team was too deep and physical for the Pirates, especially along the front line. The rebounding edge was 44-21.
—Yes, the Hall got a bad whistle, but there is no excuse for getting tagged with three technical fouls. Between Gonzo riding the officials from the get-go and the players jawing on the court, it rubbed this crew the wrong way and that's what you get. One of those officials, by the way, was the "Mysterious guy" from last year's post-Rutgers meltdown—Wally Rutecki.
—There was a ton of energy in the building at the opening tip and that rubbed off on the Pirates to start the game, but Pitt took their best punch and stayed upright. Considering how well the Hall played in the first half, it didn't bode well when Pitt walked into the locker room with a five-point lead. A 25-8 rebounding edge helped that along.
—Good job by Pirate fans giving Paul Gause his due, both during introductions and when he came out in the final minute. Even though he had a tough night, Gause has been a true warrior whose status as fan-favorite is well deserved. He's 16 steals behind Dan Calandrillo for the program record, so he probably needs two Big East Tourney games to have a shot.
—Interesting sight: Governor/Senator/hardwood power broker Richard Codey in his usual seat, with Rutgers' Mike Rosario seated two spots to his left.
—Gritty effort job by the flag guy.
"We ran out of gas and hit the wall. It took everything out of us to just be in the game with them."
"There's a reason why they're No. 1 in the country. They've got so many pieces. It's just so hard to worry about everybody."
"The killer stat for us, which maybe has something to do with emotion, we stole the ball a lot but didn't convert."
On the technical fouls: "We got a little frustrated with the second half because of the intensity level. Guys were giving everything they had for Paul Gause and for the opportunity to beat a great team like Pittsburgh."
"There was certainly a lot of frustration out there. It was the intensity level. Our kids were fighting so hard. The intensity didn't get channeled, it went the wrong direction. There was a lot of stuff on the court going back and forth with both teams."
On the rebounding problems: "I do think some of it is we've gotten water out of rock. I don't say that like our staff needs the credit. Our kids played their tails off. The rebounding battle is turning ridiculous because we don't have a lot . . . at the end of the year, the cumulative effort of minutes, giving everything you've got, it beats you up."
Pittsburgh's defense on Hazell: "He's a difficult guy to guard unless you hang on to him."
Big picture: "We're not far away. I got about 150 letters this year from alumni that said this will go down as one of their favorite teams they've ever seen. This team was resilient, played their tails off, never went away . . . Obviously playing close, that's not enough after a while. You've got to win some of these games."
On DeJuan Blair's knee tweak: Anyone who watched the game could see he was not moving around the same as the game went on. But he gutted it out and performed with character and heart (Blair basically talked his way back into the game).
On bouncing back from the Providence loss: "Losses bother us. That's why our record is what it is."


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Angels HRs bring end to Guthrie's winning streak
Royals right-hander takes first loss since August of last season
ANAHEIM -- Jeremy Guthrie's long unbeaten streak was shattered by a barrage of home runs -- four of them.
The Royals' right-hander gave up solo homers to Albert Pujols, Howie Kendrick, Josh Hamilton and Mike Trout in a 6-2 loss to the Angels on Tuesday night at the Big A.
Guthrie entered the game without a loss in his previous 18 starts, a franchise record that dated to Aug. 8, 2012, when he beat the White Sox. During that period, he was 10-0 with a 2.21 ERA and the Royals were 16-2.
"It was one of those nights when I just didn't have a good feel and wasn't able to execute pitches and got frustrated out there," Guthrie said.
For Guthrie, who pitched seven innings, the loss put him at 5-1 for the year.
The Royals folded to left-hander Jason Vargas, with only the suddenly hot Billy Butler inflicting any damage. Vargas worked seven-plus innings and improved his career record against the Royals to 5-1 with a 3.38 ERA.
"He commands the ball well, he throws fastballs in, changeups away," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "And he commands his changeup really well, down and away. So he keeps us really off-balance. When we start looking away for the changeup, boom, he busts us in. When we start looking in, boom, it's changeup away."
Speaking of boom, that's what Butler managed against Vargas with an RBI double in the fourth inning and a solo home run in the sixth. That came right after his 5-for-5, five-RBI game in the Royals' 11-4 win in the series opener.
In the meantime, however, Guthrie couldn't stop the home runs from flying. Pujols got things started by leading off the fourth with a resounding blast to left. Old story for the slugger against his hometown team. In his career against Kansas City, Pujols is now at .355 (83-for-234) with 17 homers and 57 RBIs.
"They've got some guys that have got some tremendous pop over there," Yost said.
Yep. Kendrick also went deep to left in the fourth. Hamilton sent a drive soaring to center in the sixth. Trout hammered one to left in the seventh. It was the third four-homer game against the Royals this season.
And Guthrie remembered every pitch.
"Pujols was a 2-0 fastball, I tried to run it hard in and it really didn't have much action to it," Guthrie said. "Kendrick was an 0-1 pitch, I tried to throw a changeup low and away and left it up. Hamilton was the first pitch, I was trying to go low and away and left it low-middle and he golfed it out. Trout, I tried to go hard in and it was in off the plate, and he did a nice job and barreled it."
For the struggling Angels, the outburst was a refreshing tonic.
"It's just good to create a little fuel to the fire there up and down the lineup, which is a good thing, to see guys smiling, having fun," Hamilton said.
The Royals were involved in a couple of strange-looking fielding plays early in the game. With Trout at first base in the first inning, second baseman Miguel Tejada caught Pujols' soft looper. Trout was running to second and the Royals appeared to have an easy double play in the offing. Tejada, ball in hand, was running toward first base and so was Guthrie.
"Tejada had a chance to go to the bag to make the play, but he also saw Jeremy running right in front of him so he was thinking, 'OK, I'll toss it to him,'" Yost said. "But Jeremy was thinking, 'OK, I'll get the heck out of his way so he can go to the bag.'"
There was no throw and Trout scrambled back to first safely. Fortunately for the Royals, Guthrie got the third out.
And in the third inning, with Chris Iannetta at first base, J.B. Shuck's bunt stayed fair for a hit as third baseman Mike Moustakas and catcher Salvador Perez hovered over the ball. Seeing third base unguarded, Iannetta rounded second and headed over. However, Moustakas alertly charged to the bag, called for the ball from Perez and tagged Iannetta out.
"It was a heads-up play by both Moustakas and Perez," Yost said.
But in the end, Guthrie's 18-start streak without a loss was over.
"It just shows you how fragile a streak like that is and how easy it is just to have one game in there in the midst of those, and that just ends it," Butler said. "We have great confidence in him. We know when he goes out there, we have a chance to win every time."
Guthrie, asked the secret of his long-running success, had a quick answer.
"Team effort," Guthrie said. "They picked me up, and tonight they tried to battle for me and I couldn't get any momentum on our side. But the streak is because of 25 guys who played well every time I was on the mound. ... That's the only way a streak like that happens."
What now?
"Now we just start a new streak for him," Yost said.


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Eleven of the country's most storied college hockey programs will compete this fall in the inaugural Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge, it was announced today by the Big Ten Conference and the Hockey East Association. Eleven different institutions will participate in 13 designated games to be played between October 18-27, with six games in Hockey East arenas on the first weekend, followed by six games in Big Ten arenas and a single game on neutral ice on the second weekend.
"The Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge will offer a tremendous opportunity to build a relationship between our two conferences and to promote the strong traditions of college hockey on a national level," said Big Ten Associate Commissioner Jennifer Heppel. "The student-athletes will also benefit from the chance to take part in meaningful non-conference competition against other top programs."
"The college hockey landscape is going through a major change this season and each conference needs to look beyond its familiar boundaries," said Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna. "We have great respect for the hockeyplaying institutions in the Big Ten and we hope to develop this concept to allow all of our programs to participate in this competition in future years."
A Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge Cup will be presented to the conference that records the most points from the 13 games. Points will be awarded as follows: two points for a win, one point for a tie and a bonus point for a road win. Should a Big Ten school utilize a shootout in any of its home games, it will not factor into the result. Should each conference record the same number of points, the results of the Penn State – Vermont game, played on neutral ice, will serve as the tie-breaker.
The seventeen schools that play in these two conferences have compiled an unparalleld record of success in the history of college hockey, combining to claim 33 national championships during the 66 seasons that the NCAA has sponsored the sport. Of the 11 schools participating in the inaugural Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge, five took part in last season's NCAA Championship.
Below is the full schedule for the inaugural Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge:
Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge Schedule
(All times EST and 7:00 p.m. unless noted)
Friday, October 18
Wisconsin at Boston College
Michigan State at Massachusetts
Michigan at New Hampshire (7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, October 19
Wisconsin at Boston University
Michigan State at Massachusetts
Michigan at New Hampshire
Friday, October 25
Boston College at Minnesota (8:00 p.m.)*
Boston University at Michigan#
UMass Lowell at Michigan State@
Saturday, October 26
Boston University at Michigan State
UMass Lowell at Michigan#
Penn State vs. Vermont %
(Philadelphia, PA – 5:00 p.m.)
Sunday, October 27
Boston College at Minnesota (2:00 p.m.)^
* Big Ten Network
# XFINITY Channel 900
@ Fox Sports Detroit
% Comcast Philadelphia and New England
^ Fox Sports North and Sports Time Ohio


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DSLR cameras has interchangeable lenses allowing you to adapt your photographing to the current conditions, making it possible to obtain shots of better quality. Fixed focal length lenses often offer better brightness, while a zoom lens is more versatile. Be aware that the lens mount may differ between manufacturers. Tips: Why not compare prices on Digital SLR cameras as well? Compare prices from 83 shops in this category.


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There are times when sportspeople think that age is slowing them down, when in fact it is not age, but a disorder, which can be treated.
If you suffer from one or more, or all of the following symptoms, then they may be treatable. They include nervousness and weakness, hypersensitivity, possible scrawniness, coughs and eructations, acidity, anaemia and sleeplessness. There may be a feeling of being weakened by age or overwork. There can be a dread of people, slow comprehension, loathing of life, hair falling out, and convulsive coughing fits. There can be tearing headaches and dizziness, burning on going to the toilet, itches and asthma, palpitations and cramps.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a first on Monday, an online marketplace will allow U.S. homeowners to weigh options for going solar as easily as they can compare prices for airline tickets.
Geostellar, a startup backed by power producer NRG Energy Inc NRG.N, is seeking to become the Expedia or Orbitz of the solar industry -- a one-stop shop where consumers can not only compare the benefits of leasing solar panels versus buying them outright, but ultimately sign up to install a system.
Solar players including NRG, No. 1 U.S. installer SolarCity Corp SCTY.O, Boston-based solar loan provider Admirals Bank, manufacturer and financier Conergy CGYGk.DE, East Coast installer Roof Diagnostics and Connecticut's Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority will feature their products on the site, www.geostellar.com.
Geostellar hopes its platform will allow installers and financiers to lower the cost of acquiring new customers -- a major goal in the fiercely competitive rooftop solar industry. Solar companies are laser focused on slashing costs so that they can deliver on their promise to save customers money on power bills by going solar.
Geostellar will make money by claiming a portion of a system's total installed price - between 10 and 20 percent, Chief Executive David Levine said.
Geostellar, which was founded in 2010, got its start by selling data to solar companies that showed the solar energy potential of individual rooftops. Its early customers included solar financing companies SunRun, Sungevity and others, according to Levine.
In May 2012, it raised $14 million from NRG, Flash Forward Ventures, satellite imagery company GeoEye (now owned by DigitalGlobe Inc DGI.N), and the state of Maryland's venture capital fund.
Levine, who had tried to convince his customers to use Washington-based Geostellar's data to build a website where consumers can comparison shop for solar, resolved to use those funds to build it himself.
"We went back to those customers and said instead of us giving you data and you doing the marketing, we want to be your customer acquisition engine," Levine said in an interview.
Geostellar uses satellite data to build 3D representations of neighborhoods and their rooftops. A simulation that moves the sun across the sky then helps the company calculate how much sun a rooftop gets at any particular time of the year - a key factor in determining whether going solar makes financial sense. The website then layers on the value of government incentives as well as local utility rates to give customers a detailed view of what it would cost to sign up for a solar installation.
Depending on the market, visitors to Geostellar's website, or its mobile app called Solar Mojo, can then compare and contrast the costs and benefits of a solar lease, a lending plan or a cash purchase. Finally, they can sign up for what they want with the click of a button.
A solar lease allows customers to pay a monthly fee to go solar with no money down, but the homeowner does not own the panels. A loan allows for payments to be spread out over many years, but the homeowner does own the panels, providing eligibility to a federal tax credit worth 30 percent of the value of the solar system but also meaning the homeowner must monitor and maintain the panels.
Upfront cash purchases typically run between $20,000 and $30,000 for the average home.
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Airport Road signal comes to light
The state is studying the intersection at Airport Road and Highway 395 to determine if it qualifies for a traffic light.
The intersection has been the location of several accidents, including a fatal accident in July 2011.
Since then at least four accidents with serious injuries occurred at the intersection.
"The primary issue at this intersection is sight distance," Douglas County Senior Civil Engineer Jeff Foltz said in a Jan. 23 report. "Drivers waiting to make the left turn from Airport Road onto U.S. 395 southbound have their view of oncoming traffic blocked by vehicles in the northbound right-turn lane at Airport Road. The result is that vehicles turning left onto the highway are hit broadside by the northbound traffic in the through lanes."
This effect was documented by the Nevada Highway Patrol and The Record-Courier in 2011 when numerous fatal accidents were attributed to vehicles turning right blocking drivers' view of oncoming traffic.
Airport Road has been the scene of three injury accidents fitting the profile in November, December and January.
County employees on official business are prohibited from making a left turn onto Highway 395 from Airport Road. Douglas County School District buses take Heybourne Road north to Johnson Lane to make a left turn at the light.
Foltz said county staff met with state transportation officials to review possible solutions.
One proposal, relocating the northbound right-turn lane 12 feet east of its present location, would require additional right of way and would require two years to complete.
Foltz said state engineers said that would only reduce 14 percent of the accidents.
Installing a traffic signal would reduce the number of accidents by 44 percent.
Foltz said the state is evaluating the traffic signal warrants at the location before making a decision to install a traffic signal.
" Nevertheless, they do recognize the severity of the situation and I believe they will work with the county to make some improvement there, hopefully in 2013," Foltz said in an e-mail to The Record-Courier.
Foltz is expected to make a presentation to Douglas County commissioners on Thursday.


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I realized this thing when I got problem with my laptop's cooling fans. I use both XP and Ubuntu. And for your information, I still use Pentium IV. The problem was the air tunnel was dirty, so the air circulation was not maximum.
When I used XP, I still can work for hours even with heavy programs.
When I worked with Ubuntu, I only can work for max 30 minutes. Especially, when I open few programs.
I could see from the temperatur indicator in Ubuntu Panel. It increased bit slowly until it automatically turn off.
Does Ubuntu need more source of CPU compare to windows XP?
I don't think so. What I think is, in windows, all devices are supported with its original driver. Mean, all devices could work efficiently and use all its capability.
When, I work with Ubuntu, all devices worked with standard driver. Of course, it will need more sources from the CPU.
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Capuano moved to bullpen; Kemp runs curves
LOS ANGELES -- Chris Capuano threw a bullpen session Friday to test his strained left groin, and manager Don Mattingly said the left-hander would assume a relief role for the time being.
Capuano has started 20 games this season, but he began the year in the bullpen and made two relief appearances before joining the rotation. He's made 27 relief appearances in his career and could have value in that role for the Dodgers in the postseason.
"We're going to use him out of the 'pen for right now," Mattingly said. "It doesn't mean he won't get a start as we go forward. We'll see where we go with that."
In other injury news, Mattingly said Matt Kemp ran curves in the outfield at the Dodgers' Spring Training facility at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Kemp, on the disabled list for the third time this season, had not run on the field since experiencing tightness in his right hamstring last week.
"It sounded like he had a good day again," Mattingly said. "He's still progressing. Once [the athletic training staff] let him outside and he starts doing that, I know they're feeling a little more comfortable. That leads me to believe he's feeling pretty good."


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Internal Cloud Manages Health RecordsBy Bob Violino Print
A big medical center builds its own cloud to manage electronic health records.
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Providing secure, electronic health records (EHR) is becoming a priority for health-care institutions. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston is taking an innovative approach to the challenge, deploying virtualization to transform its EHR data center into an internal cloud that allows the facility to deliver a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for electronic records to more than 200 private physician practices throughout Massachusetts.
Beth Israel Deaconess is a teaching hospital that treats more than 250,000 patients a year. It operates the Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization (BIDPO), which provides a variety of services, including electronic health records, to support hundreds of independently owned member physician practices.
Officials at the medical center knew that more than 200 private practices located throughout eastern Massachusetts were eligible to take part in the BIDPO EHR initiative. "Each of those practices is a separate business entity. From a design standpoint, we knew that meant each practice required its own database," says Bill Gillis, manager of clinical application services at Beth Israel Deaconess.
The medical center's options where to create a distributed client/server model with servers located at each practice, or a centrally hosted model with all key components housed and maintained in a single location, Gillis says. Officials determined that a hosted model was the best choice.
"Once we made that decision it came down to scalability," Gillis says. "While we had 200-plus eligible practices, we didn't know how many would actually decide to take part." The concern was that the medical center would build the EHR capability at great expense, and only a few practices would sign up.
"We knew we needed a SaaS model that would give us the ability to grow and expand, as needed," Gillis says. "Something extremely flexible and dynamic, able to grow and adapt on demand. Basically we could have built a big grand hotel, only to have a few guests ever check in. [What] we needed was a housing development where we can build the houses at will."
In order to achieve its goals, the medical center turned to server virtualization, deploying the VMware platform from VMware Inc. Virtualization would enable the medical center to minimize hardware requirements, effectively manage server capacity and provide the agility needed for future growth.
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Apple promises to ship $100 billion back to shareholders
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple announced Tuesday that it would increase the cash it plans to push back to its shareholders to a total of $100 billion.
The tech giant increased its plans by $55 billion through its dividend and share-repurchase program. Apple will increase the dividend it pays to investors by 15 percent to $3.05 per share while committing an extra $50 billion to buying back shares. Apple now plans to repurchase $60 billion worth of shares through the end of 2015, which it called "the largest single share repurchase authorization in history" in the announcement.
"We are very fortunate to be in a position to more than double the size of the capital return program we announced last year," CEO Tim Cook said in Tuesday's news release. "We believe so strongly that repurchasing our shares represents an attractive use of our capital that we have dedicated the vast majority of the increase in our capital return program to share repurchases."
Apple said that it will borrow money in order to execute its plan, with more details promised in the future. Standard & Poor's immediately announced that it had assigned Apple an "AA+" corporate credit rating.
Apple has faced calls for a greater cash return to its shareholders, most famously from David Einhorn, who runs Greenlight Capital, a large investor in Apple. Einhorn sued to keep Apple from changing its governance rules to make it harder to establish a preferred set of shares with a higher dividend for large investors, succeeding in keeping the cote from being held at Apple annual shareholders meeting March 1.
In its earnings report for the first quarter of 2013, also released Tuesday, Apple said it had $145 billion in cash, but much of that is held overseas to avoid repatriation taxes.
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This piece originally appeared on CNN.com.
After two weeks of climate negotiations in Doha, bleary-eyed ministers, negotiators, and advocates are headed back home to the various regions around the world. Few, if any, are leaving entirely satisfied.
The pace of progress on climate change is still too slow, and the political will for greater ambition remains elusive. That said, these talks did achieve the basic goal of extending the Kyoto Protocol and moving countries onto a single negotiating track toward a new climate agreement by 2015. This leaves the door open for more progress ahead.
This year's talks took place against the backdrop of two disturbing trends. On the one hand, there are multiple signs that climate change is here, and its impacts are already being felt around the world. On the other hand, the world remains tied to the consumption of fossil fuels that drive more and more greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. With each passing day that we don't shift directions, we are increasingly locking ourselves into a more unstable climate future.
The real question is: Can the international talks have a real impact on climate change?
2 Disturbing Trends
But before we get to that question, let's look more closely at the two trends:
First, in recent years, we've seen a surge in climate and extreme weather events, along with analysis and other evidence that the world is on an unsustainable course. The most recent and tragic example was Super Typhoon Bopha that swept across the Philippines last week, killing at least 500 people and leaving tens of thousands displaced. Typhoons aren't unusual in the Philippines, but this one is the most southern on record, and it arrived particularly late in the year. The storm, of course, comes on the heels of Hurricane Sandy, which swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States, leaving hundreds dead and thousands without power or property. These are the kind of extreme weather events that are becoming more common in a warming world.
On top of these examples are a series of powerful new reports that reinforce the dangerous direction the world is headed. For instance, the World Bank just released a report, Turning Down the Heat, which explores a world with four degrees Celsius of global temperature growth. The picture is not pretty: Four degrees would bring more intense wildfires, heat waves, and droughts. Ocean life would die off, while pests and disease would increase, the report says.
Already we are seeing that polar ice is melting faster than expected and sea levels are rising beyond many projections. For instance, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just released a study showing that sea levels could rise as much as 6.6 feet by the end of the century. Furthermore, temperature records continue to be broken. The United States is on course to experience its hottest year on record, as withering drought spreads across two-thirds of the country.
That brings us to the second major trend, which is the world's ongoing dependence on fossil fuels. WRI recently released an analysis showing that there are nearly 1,200 new proposed coal plants worldwide. While not all of these will be developed, even a fraction of them would drive up global emissions. Oil, likewise, remains a dominant fuel source. And, despite the enormous profits, the International Energy Agency has reported that government subsidies for fossil fuels were six times those for renewable energy in 2011. This dependence on fossil fuels keeps pushing up the global emissions. (2011 also broke the record for greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere.)
UNFCCC Negotiations Are Critically Important
That's why what happens in the global climate agreements is so crucial. The UN is the only venue that brings all countries together and gives each a chance to have a voice. It provides a common arena that enhances transparency and accountability among countries. But, the UN is only as effective as the political will of its members. Right now, when it comes to climate change, we are simply not seeing nearly enough commitment nor ambition from national leaders.
Greater domestic action can instill confidence and help build momentum. With more national leadership, the UN can move faster and take a bigger bite out of global emissions.
Of course, the international system cannot solve the problem on its own. We need business leaders, government officials, and the public to step up as well. We need more of their voices in the debate. Fortunately, public understanding of climate change is on the rise, as is support for action.
Turning again to the Doha meeting, it's certainly clear that the meeting alone won't do enough to address this issue. But it does put countries on a track and provides them with the opportunity to raise their ambition.
The time we have to cut emissions to avoid the worst consequences of climate change is running short. The stakes are high.
It's time for world leaders, negotiators, and the public to increase their intensity, develop more specific strategies, and deliver more emission reductions. We need to build on Doha and get on a path to a strong, fair, and ambitious climate agreement.


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Remember the QForce? Captain Qwark, in one of his smarter moments, first set up this plucky team of space heroes in Ratchet & Clank 3 on PlayStation 2. Originally, eight members were recruited into the force – including Ratchet and Clank themselves – to thwart the plans of the evil robotic genius, Dr Nefarious. Having achieved their aim, the QForce effectively disbanded… even if Captain Qwark still likes to think of himself as the team's irreplaceable leader.
Now, fully retired and totally bored, Qwark wants nothing more than a little bit of space adventure from time to time. What he gets, instead, is a full-on alien invasion led by a mystery super villain – and for reasons unknown, it's aimed squarely at himself. So: what do you do when three entire planets come under attack because someone, somewhere, wants to blast you to kingdom come? You call up Ratchet and Clank, of course, and resurrect the intergalactic QForce.
In this third-person platform adventure from Insomniac Games, it's your job to explore the battlefield, build an impenetrable base and wipe out your incoming enemies. It's fast, it's furious and above all – it's funny. What else would you expect from wise-cracking Ratchet and his little buddy Clank?
In true Ratchet & Clank fashion, this game is a real visual feast. From the futuristic control stations on the Starship Phoenix to the glowing plant life of the Polaris galaxy, every level is rich, vibrant and bursting with colour. Things get even more impressive in High Definition – and if you've got a stereoscopic 3D TV, then every exploding Grungoid will make for a truly eye-popping experience.
Ratchet, Clank and Captain Qwark look as sharp as ever, dressed up to the nines in their interstellar combat gear. The QForce's ever-present enemies are equal parts comedy and scariness, from huge Grungarian Brawlers to scuttling, stalk-eyed Anthropods. Your weapons and gizmos look great, too: the multi-coloured disco ball that shoots out of the Groovitron has never been more mesmerising.
The accompanying soundtrack is pretty epic and delivers excitement on a planet-sized scale. Composed by Michael Bross, the man responsible for the sound of Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One on PlayStation 3, the rousing musical score keeps the action pumping as you blast your way through anything and everything that stands in your path.
Ratchet & Clank: QForce lets you play as Ratchet, Clank or Captain Qwark. Campaign Mode can be enjoyed offline as a single player or tackled with a friend as a co-op mission. The chief gameplay revolves around a tower defence scheme and you'll be sent into the battle zone more or less from the word go.
You'll need to explore vast alien landscapes to find weapon pods and hidden gadgets, then set up a network of defences to take out loads of enemies. Collect as many bolts as possible to widen your arsenal, investing in serious pieces of kit like Warmonger Turrets and Electro Barricades that will make short work of any cocky invaders.
Defend your base well to earn special medals and skill points, which can be exchanged later for weapon and armour upgrades. And speaking of weapons, as usual for a Ratchet & Clank production, you'll be completely spoilt for choice. Plasmabomb Launchers, Pyro Blasters, Sonic Eruptors and Thundersmacks – not to mention a load of tried-and-tested favourites like the Hoverboots, the Buzz Blades and the Doppelbanger. With so many devastating items on hand, you'll become a trigger-happy space hero in no time at all.
Co-op multiplayer matches allow two players to team up together, either online via PlayStation Network or locally via split-screen gameplay. Competitive multiplayer mode lets up to four players clash online, challenging you to survive through three unique stages of battle.
During the Recon phase, it's a race against your opponents to see who can collect the most weapons and set up their defences first. In the Squad phase, you'll need to figure out your strategy: which resources will you employ and where will be the best place to position them? When the final Assault stage begins, it's a fight to the finish as you protect your base from harm and deal out as much damage as possible to your enemies.
Ratchet & Clank: QForce is available via Cross-Buy. If you purchase the game on PS3, you'll be able to download the PS Vita version at no additional cost. Both games feature Cross-Play, meaning you can enjoy multiplayer gaming between the two titles whenever you like.
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Jury erases sidewalk chalk charges
The San Diego sidewalk chalk protester whose markings outside three Bank of America branches led to prosecution on 13 misdemeanor counts was found not guilty Monday on all charges.
The prosecution of Jeff Olson by City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's office became a national sensation and was the subject of a "Chalk-U-py" protest in San Diego over the weekend.
Prosecutors maintained that vandalism is a serious issue, and that there was no political aspect to their prosecution.
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"Graffiti remains vandalism in the state of California," said Michael Giorgino, spokesman for Goldsmith. "Under the law, there is no First Amendment right to deface property, even if the writing is easily removed, whether the message is aimed at banks or any other person or group. We are, however, sympathetic to the strong public reaction to this case and the jury's message."
Olson said he called his mother in Oregon immediately after the verdict with the news. She told him she was nervous about the outcome and cried tears of joy.
"I'm really relieved," Olson said. "It's been an incredibly stressful situation. It feels really good to know that the people of San Diego as represented by the jury are on my side."
Olson, 40, repeatedly scrawled anti-bank slogans on sidewalks outside three Bank of America branches using water-soluble children's chalk.
"I would write what I was thinking that day," Olson said after the verdict, describing his writings. "Matthew 21:12, the Bible verse where Jesus kicks the bankers out of the temple. Sometimes I would write, 'No thanks, big banks,' sometimes 'Shame on B of A.' Then I started to get more creative. Sometimes it was hideous octopus tentacles grabbing at dollar bills.
"I'm not much of an artist, but sometimes it's fun to play with chalk just like kids do."
Olson said one of his goals was to persuade the public to join local, nonprofit credit unions, rather than keeping their cash in giant national banks.
"The big Wall Street banks nearly drove our economy into a ditch," he said.
The jury deliberated for about 2 hours on Friday afternoon and again on Monday morning.
Olson theoretically faced jail time of 1 year and a fine of $1,000 for each count if convicted. The idea of 13 years in custody was a potential penalty widely mocked in the national media, even though prosecutors said incarceration of any sort is rare in vandalism cases, nevermind anything over a year.
Before dismissing the jury and thanking them for their service, the judge chided media reports that highlighted the "completely unrealistic" jail sentence of 13 years.
"It had the tendency to infuriate the public," Superior Court Judge Howard Shore said.
Potential jurors last week questioned whether the city should be spending taxpayer money bringing charges against someone who plied his activism using something that can be washed away with a hose. An unscientific U-T reader poll with more than 1,000 respondents found that more than 90 percent thought Olson should not be prosecuted.
That view was echoed by Olson, who spoke to the U-T during a courtroom break last week. That and other comments led later in the week to a gag order against Olson and others involved in the case, another aspect that led to national scorn of the justice system in San Diego.
The gag order was reported by the San Diego Reader, which also broke the story of the chalk prosecution.
Frustrating to Olson and his attorney, Tom Tosdal, was that the judge agreed with the City Attorney's motion that no First Amendment or freedom of expression arguments would be allowed in the courtroom. Olson said he believed the jury nevertheless considered free speech.
"The jury sent a real strong message that the First Amendment is alive and well in San Diego," Olson said. "You have the freedom of speech, you should use it. Freedom of speech should be part of our daily lives and our culture."
Giorgino said there were no such larger issues at play.
"Our prosecutors never treated this case as anything more than a graffiti case," he said. "As with most graffiti cases, Mr. Olson was offered reduction to an infraction after completing volunteer work service cleaning up graffiti. His refusal of that offer resulted in the trial and his successful defense."
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day.
•Matt Stover will retain Colts kicking duties into the playoffs, making it possible for Adam Vinatieri to win a Super Bowl ring by sitting on the bench for 60 minutes. As opposed to every other kicker, who can win a ring by sitting on the bench for 59:30.
•The Hall of Fame is still deciding whether Andre Dawson will have a Cubs or Expos cap on his plaque. I was about to say the Expos could use something, anything to get excited about; but then, so could the Cubs.
•Plaxico Burress's request for a work release was turned down, meaning he'll spend at least another six months in prison. That would spring him in July...do the Eagles count as a work-release program?
•A newspaper report has Aroldis Chapman headed to either the Angels or Blue Jays. Considering it's a Toronto newspaper, bet on him picking the Angels.
•For those of you who are sick of Nick Saban's creepy unsmiling face, take some pleasure in seeing him get nailed in the face with the Gatorade jug.
Now that Bowl season is over, NFL playoff season can officially begin. What wacky things will Rex Ryan say today? We wait with baited breath.


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D-backs to mix it up by playing simulated games
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The D-backs will do their best to simulate game conditions for their pitchers Wednesday and Thursday.
Rather than live batting practice, where pitchers with an "L" screen in front of them throw for a prescribed amount of time to hitters with a batting cage around the plate, the D-backs will mix it up a bit.
One pitcher will throw 15 pitches without a screen to hitters without the batting cage and then sit down to simulate the end of an inning. Another will take the mound and throw 15 pitches before the first pitcher goes back out.
Arizona coaches will call out situations so the pitcher and fielders can react accordingly.
"When we get through the sim games we'll take a look and see if we're going to play any kind of an intra-squad game next week," manager Kirk Gibson said.
How those two days go also will play a role in determining how the team will prepare a pitcher for the start of Cactus League play the following Wednesday.
"On a case-by-case situation we'll decide if it would be better for this guy to have a bullpen, or two bullpens to work on some things, or to put him in a regular game situation," Gibson said. "Some of the guys that maybe won't get into the games for a while we might put a little [intra-squad] game together."


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With the number of shark sightings and shark attacks in the news these days (a Massachusetts man survived a brutal attack off the coast of Cape Cod in July, and five people have been killed by sharks in Australia in the past year), it's only fitting that a team of Stanford University engineers should develop a robot that follows great whites and transmits data about them back to shore.
The Wave Glider, developed and designed by the Stanford engineers and Liquid Robotics, was recently launched into the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco. It's a 7-foot-long yellow surfboard with a boat-like propulsion system, and it's powered using solar energy.
The shark finder (let's call it what it is), is part of a larger ocean data network comprising fixed buoys serving as wireless hotspots deployed in places where sharks tend to congregate between Monterey Bay and Tomales Bay near San Francisco.
Part of Stanford marine sciences professor Barbara Block's "Blue Serengeti Initiative," the Wave Glider includes an acoustic receiver that will track sharks fitted with acoustic tags throughout the rest of the summer and into fall to inform Stanford marine researchers about their behavior.
"Our goal is to use revolutionary technology that increases our capacity to observe our oceans and census populations, improve fisheries management models, and monitor animal responses to climate change," Block said in a press release.
Block hopes to eventually extend this so-called "wired ocean" down the entire west coast of North America and use a fleet of Wave Gliders to track, not only sharks, but other fish and large ocean predators.
iPhone and iPad users also can remotely observe the sharks through a free Shark Net. Block created the app with developers from mobile app development companies EarthNC and Gaia GPS, as well as with developers from the international Census of Marine Life's Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) project -- of which Block's Blue Serengeti is an extension.
The app notifies users when a shark that's being tracked passes within about 1,000 feet of one of the hotspot buoys, and explores the regions the sharks inhabit through customizable interactive maps. It also includes a media gallery with photos, videos, historical tracking data, and 3D interactive models of the sharks and the region in which they live. The models also include buoys and Wave Gliders, as well as realistic photos of the specific sharks being tracked, including information about the physical markings that make them identifiable to researchers following them.
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New Archery Range Opens in Middle Georgia
A new archery range is open in middle Georgia at the Flat Creek Public Fishing Area, announces the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division.
"Public shooting ranges are popular with hunters and recreational shooting sports enthusiasts," says Division Shooting Sports Coordinator Jennifer Pittman. "We were eager to add a range to this public fishing area as soon as it opened in 2009 – and thanks to great cooperative efforts, we are now able to make it available to the public."
Construction for the range began in September of this year, with final completion accomplished later that month. The range was built using Wildlife Restoration funds, with money coming from sportsmen through their purchases of firearms, archery equipment and ammunition.
The range offers a static area that includes both bullseye and 3-D targets from 10-50 yards. There are additional 3-D targets, at varying distances, available along a walking trail. The range is open every day during daylight hours.
For more information on archery or firearms ranges, visit www.georgiawildlife.com and select "Hunting" and then "Archery/Shooting Ranges."


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10026 Santena (TO)
Telephone +39 011 94 96 148
Fax +39 011 94 93 510
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United Kingdom
Via Partigiani, 27
24021 Albino (BG)
Telephone +39 035 752143
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Volgogradská 150 460 10 Liberec 10
Czech Republic
Telephone +42 0485 105 598
The history of the company dates back to 1990, when it was established the first foundry ALUPRESS by František Svobodník with only Czech capital. From the beginning, the company focused on the production and processing of die-cast aluminum alloy. On the history of the brand we have again established and in 2009 founded company Alupress Ltd..
In 2001 our company has restored foundry activity not only with the contribution of many years of experience. Was purchased modern technology, the acquisition of major domestic and foreign customers and quality staffing will allow us to once again achieve a solid position on the Czech market and abroad.
At the moment our focus is primarily on the die-casting aluminum for the electronics, automotive and transport industries, machining and grinding. Our customers are both domestic and foreign companies. Our company in the domestic market occupies an important position not only in its modern technological equipment, but also personnel background with years of experience in area of foundry industry, and machinig.
Permanent training of our employees and increase their expertise ensures our company's long-term stable position on market.
Processes in our company are managed according to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001 certification.
Foundry Alupress has long experience in die casting and machining of aluminum castings. We offer our customers complete support from design to final completion of high-quality aluminum castings cast under pressure. As a leading manufacturer of aluminum castings are delivered successfully leading renowned brands from both the electrical and automotive industry.
Tools for die casting and cutting tools are carried out in cooperation with external companies with whom we have been cooperating for many years.
Machining schop provides another level of finishing of aluminum castings according to customer requirements. The manufacturing program is focused on series production. We work with Al castings from our own foundry, from external foundries and also production from the metallurgical semi especially pipes and rods (steel, copper alloys etc.). We provide service from the demand to the final product.
Clamping tools and tools provided in cooperation with our external suppliers.
Sector no 10, plot no 24c, PCNTDA, Bhosari
411026 Pune
14, 6th St. Daroopakhsh Ave. 17 Karaj Special Road.
1397136633 Tehran
Telephone +98 21 44 99 34 60
Fax +98 21 88 60 38 06
P.O. Box 1701
7350 Dassenberg, South Africa
Telephone +27 (0)21 573 7200
Org. San Bölg. Dökümcüler Sitesi 3.Sk No:35-37 Sincan
Telephone + 90 312 267 04 57/4
Fax + 90 312 267 04 56
Ay Dokum Machine Industry and Trade Inc. Co. is one of the leading companies in Turkey carrying it's success forward abroad with guality service approach offered to customers. Ay Dokum ownes two separate foundries and one machining shop. It has an annual capacity of 20.000 tons gray and nodular iron casting of which 5.000 tons served as machined.
First Foundry : Weights of parts produced range from 25 to 250 kg. There are 2 cupola furnaces, 2 induction furnaces and 3 couples of moulding machines. The primary productions include tractor front and rear ballasts and front weight supports. Furthermore, tractor front axle supports, reducer gear boxes, etc. are manufactured.
This foundry produces only gray iron parts.
Second Foundry : Weights of parts produced range from 5 to 150 kg. There are 3 induction furnaces, HWS full automatic moulding line and one couple of conventional moulding machine. The primary productions include gearboxes, engine and generator flywheels, engine flywheel housings, wind turbine and various transmission parts.
This foundry produces nodular and gray iron parts.
Machining : It has an annual capacity of 5.000 tons with CNC horizontal-vertical machining centers, CNC lathes, and other conventional and auxiliary machines. The machined parts are measured in accordance with the quality control plans with a 900x1200x800 mm CMM.
Baettr Sales & Services A/S Smed Hansens Vej 27
6940 Lem
Carretera Villa de García Km. 2.5 1-A
66350 Santa Catarina, Nuevo León México
Telephone 52 818 151 0300
Fax 52 818 151 0305
Blackhawk de México, S.A., a ductile and gray iron foundry with the capability to produce casting parts from 5 to 400 kg in Green Sand and No Bake molding lines, serves clients mainly for the North American market. The company sells its products directly to OEMs and component manufacturers, and employs about 350 people.
In recent years, Blackhawk de México has increased its sales volume with clients like Sisamex, Meritor, John Deere, Case New Holland, CLAAS, CAT, Oshkosh and Ingersoll Rand. At the same time, the company has developed the capacity to supply its clients with high value-added finished products using internal resources as well as external suppliers.
The company's main production unit is located in Villa de Garcia, NL, near Monterrey with a total annual capacity of 37,500 metric tons including both plants. The production lines are designed to produce small and medium sized batches in an efficient way and with low-cost structure. The plant has full testing capability and is certified in ISO-9001 and TS-16949.
Blackhawk is able to produce rough castings or castings with value-added operations such as machining, painting, heat treatment, and sub-assemblies mainly for the following markets:
• Heavy and light trucks
• Agricultural and construction equipment and tractors
• Material handling
• Hydraulics
• Air conditioning and vacuum compressors.
664, chemin St-Odile
G5N 1X3 Rimouski (Qc)
NMC, 47 Birmingham Road
B70 6PY West Bromwich
Telephone +44 (0) 121 601 6397
Fax +44 (0) 121 601 6391
Ankara asfaltı 12.km.
Telephone +90 386 234 80 80
Fax +90 386 234 83 49
CEMAS, founded in 1976, is a publicly-traded corporation and supplies cast parts products to many local and international Clients in automotive, white goods and machinery industries. CEMAS is also an approved and long-term grinding media balls supplier of many prominent global, regional and local cement and mining companies in Eurasian markets.
Our Mission
To be a quality and value oriented, environmentally friendly, reliable, efficient and profitable organization in all fields of activity of our company with the participation and support of all employees.
Our Vision
To reach the national and international leader position with the product quality, service and added value we offer.
Our general catalogue can be downloaded and reviewed HERE and includes details about our four (two vertical (480x600x350 mm), two horizontal (480x600x350 mm & 600x800x250+250 mm) lines, quality documents, machining shop and machinery park, x-ray machine, visuals of parts supplied to our Clients in automotive, white goods, machinery, cement and mining industries, etc. Our plant will have a considerably larger production capacity when our new horizontal line is going to be put into service in 2021.
Via dell'artigianato 34
36050 Bressanvido (Vicenza)
Telephone +39 0444 460400
Fax +39 0444 460460
Telephone +86 236628 3015
Fax +86 236628 3016
Telephone 023 64305445
Telephone +86 23 67682938
Chongqing Yujiang casting Limited is a company mainly engaged in precision parts related to high-tech enterprises. Since the inception of the company to efficient management, large-scale production and relying on advanced technology and advantages, in the fierce market competition in the rapid development, now has developed into a set of precision metal parts R & D, production and sales as one of the well-known enterprises.
Venture nineteen years, Yu Jiang Ren to the attitude of humility, with tenacious perseverance and faith, stand on solid ground, forge ahead, be casting a strong industry.
Accession to the WTO ten years, Yu Jiang Ren with wise thinking, grasp historical opportunity, hard work dedication, cooperate with absolute sincerity, make concerted efforts, for the sustainable development of enterprises and lay a good foundation. Looking to the future, full of opportunity and challenge. We will keep the entrepreneurial passion and rigorous, pioneering and innovative, forge ahead, Jiang Yu evergreen.
Chongqing Yujiang casting Limited company founded in 1992, the group has 3 subsidiaries, 1 joint venture companies, more than 5600 employees, the plant covers an area of 330000 square meters, the plant covers an area of 220000 square meters, fixed assets of 1300000000 yuan (about 190000000 dollars ), with domestic and foreign advanced equipment more than 1300 Taiwan (sets ), with an annual output of more than 7 tons of aluminum alloy die-casting products production capacity and mechanical processing with an annual output of more than 8000 pieces of all kinds of aluminum alloy parts of the production capacity, is the set design, development, aluminum alloy die-casting, machining, surface treatment, mold design and manufacturing as one integrated private enterprises.
Jiang Yu in recent years the introduction of modern management experience, pioneering spirit, innovation, entrepreneurship, always put the group reputation in the first place, both in the use of new technology to improve product performance, improve product quality, or in the after sale service, have made unremitting efforts, won the majority of users of the same praise.
In the fierce market development, our goal is to join hands with their peers, to become first-class technology, superior quality of precision machinery and accessories professional providers.
Level 5, 828 Pacific Highway
NSW 2072 Gordon
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1000 Skopje
North Macedonia
Telephone +389 2 307 5007
Telephone 0086 411-86612955
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Emek Mah. Aşıroğlu Cad. No:147
41700 Darıca / Kocaeli
Industriestrasse 10
CH-9015 St.Gallen
Telephone +41 (0) 71 313 88 88
Fax +41 (0) 71 313 88 00
200 West Rock Street
56001 Mankato, MN
Telephone +1 507-345-5018
Fax +1 507-345-1270
Lepi pot 6, p.p. 424
1001 Ljubljana
Telephone +386 (0)1 252 24 88
Fax +386 (0)1 426 99 34
01796 Pirna-Copitz
Duisburger Str. 35
33647 Bielefeld
1. OSB Büyük Timur Caddesi No:1
Rua Engº Paul Werner, 925
89030-900 Blumenau/SC
Telephone 55 47 3321 7788
Based in Southern Brazil in the city Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Electro Aço Altona is a global benchmark for the steel casting industry. ALTONA is one of the major companies of the steel foundry segment and is the longest continuously operating steel foundry in South America. Founded in 1924, in the next years ALTONA will complete 100 years of production.
The company core business is dedicated to casting and machining steel and alloy components. Our focus is supplying semi-finished and finished parts to our customers
ALTONA´s production processes are designed by continuous improvement concepts and this is part of our competitive advantages to assure best solutions for our customers.
The company has an installed and proven capacity of more than 1,400 t/month of machined and finished parts. coupled with its technology, process diversification, certifications and flexibility. Altona is able to produce a diversified range of alloys like:
-> Carbon and low alloy steels for structural components;
-> Steels and alloys resistant to abrasion;
-> Steels and alloys resistant to high temperatures,
-> Steels and alloys resistant to corrosion,
-> Alloyed irons;
-> Special alloys and super alloys;
-> Duplex and Superduplex.
ALTONA operates two business units:
– One unit producing repetitive components for Machinery and Construction Equipment, Heavy Transport, Agriculture Machinery and Railway;
– One unit for jobbing components for Power Generation, Mining, Oil and Gas, Machinery and Industrial Equipement, Valves, Pumps, Compressors and Turbines and Dredging.
ALTONA works to stay ahead of market requirements, seeking improvements in its production systems and technologies to maintain our position as a global supplier.
The result of our efforts is our growing presence in the global market. ALTONA exports directly up to 25 countries, supplying parts for more than 16 different business segments.
During the years, Altona remains focused on its values:
- Dignity
- Transparency
- Respect for people and the environment
- Commitment
- Safety
With our focus, dedication, values and performance we have earned the respect and confidence of our customers.
Transforming materials in specific products through the fusion of steel, in molding of sand, handling in accordance with the specifications and finish by the machining process: that is the job of the Electro Aço Altona.
Always striving for excellence in the solution of steel molten and special alloys, Electro Aço Altona takes into account the aspects of processing and application, through the rational use of raw materials, secondary materials and its recyclable materials. And with all this work and care, giving shape to world-class products, always meeting the market requirements and seeking.
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14 rue Louis Deneux
80490 Hallencourt
Telephone +33 3 22 28 20 50
Fax +33 3 22 28 60 63
An innovative partner with comprehensive know‐how
FAVI is a French company that designs and manufactures industrial solutions revolving around die‐casting.
The company, which employs more than 300 people today, develops and manufactures technical parts and complete subsets for many different sectors such as the automobile industry, aeronautics, industry, health, agriculture, electricity…
FAVI offers its customers high productivity brought by the pressure die casting process itself but also by fully automated machining and assembly operations.
In the automotive area, FAVI is a Tier 1 equipment supplier, recognized at a European level by manufacturers such as PSA, Renault‐Nissan, Volkswagen, Audi and Fiat.
In collaboration with AFICA, a leading company in the refining industry, FAVI relies on more than 60 years of expertise in the development, use and industrialization of a wide range of copper and aluminum alloys, meeting most of the industrial requirements: alloys with high mechanical or corrosion resistance, UBA compliant brass, hard wearing aluminum alloy, etc… The company has already developed custom‐made alloys for specific requirements. For instance, FAVI proposes an antimicrobial brass that kills bacteria on the contact areas for the mhealth sector.
Granting high priority to quality, FAVI is naturally certified ISO 9001 and IATF 16 949. With key values such as innovation, agility and responsiveness, FAVI invests every year in mResearch & Development, in the industrial tool and in its collaborators to ensure that its customers receive the best quality products in response to their needs. FAVI's objective? To offer its customers tailored and innovative solutions, particularly in terms of process, aiming for operational excellence and performance.
Gablonzer Ring 36
87600 Kaufbeuren
Via Travagliato, 18
25030 Torbole Casaglia (BS)
Telephone + 39 030 2159901
Fax + 39 030 2159964
Fonderia di Torbole, founded in 1924, is a private joint-stock company located in Torbole Casaglia - 6 km West from Brescia.
The company develops, produces and sells high quality iron castings as well as machined parts for the Automotive market.
One of the most modern foundries in Europe with a quality system assessed in compliance to the higher automotive market standards, Fonderia di Torbole is the ideal partner for co-design and sub-supply activities both for car makers and system suppliers.
Fonderia di Torbole has recently completed an important investment plan completely renewing the plant, with vertical integration of the production process in order duly respond to market demands substantially increasing the supply of fully machined parts and as well as of R&D activities.
Via Moie n°445
24059 Urgnano (BG)
Telephone +39 035 4819475
Fax +39 035 890934
Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 15
35260 Stadtallendorf
Telephone +49 6428 78-6298
Fax +49 6428 78-776298
The Fritz Winter Foundry is supplier and partner for the global automotive, commercial vehicle and hydraulic industry. We develop and manufacture rough and finish part components as well as complex system components, increasingly in light-weight design also.
With our innovative production concepts which we continuously develop further, we provide already today the mobility of tomorrow. Our material basis is sustainable as we use recycled iron as raw material for our High-Tech products. The self-conception of our company has always been the protection of our environment and its resources.
As a solid medium-sized family-owned company, Fritz Winter today is counted among the biggest independent iron foundries worldwide.
11 Swinborne Drive, Springwood Industrial Estate, Braintree
CM7 2YP Essex
United Kingdom
Apart 67, San Roque, 22
48200 Durango
Fumbarri was founded 1956. The early years Fumbarri based its activity in small-medium serial parts to several sectors. Later on, they specialized in bigger parts and it is in the 90s when they finally gain their well know position in automotive, mining and cement industry, printing, valves and machine tool all around Europe.
Based on the acquired experience, and helped by the new demands on sector like wind energy, nuclear energy o special machine constructors, Fumbarri places itself as a development partner for heavy castings, applying innovation to casting technologies
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Carretera Abrera-Manresa, Km.25
08241 Manresa, Barcelona
Telephone +34 938 72 02 66
Ankara Cd. No:306
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Telephone + 90 216 307 12 62
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Manufacturing Plant
2. OSB, 11 No'lu Yoli No:6 54300 Hendek – Sakarya / Turkey
Founded in 1967; Gedik Casting & Valve is Turkey's largest casting and valve company with its state-of-the-art plant with 25.000 m2 closed area in Hendek 2. Organized Industrial Site.
Gedik Casting & Valve has been successfully serving the heating and cooling, steam, superheated water, natural gas and all sorts of fluid applications of numerous sectors such as industrial facilities, power plants, chemical, oil and shipbuilding industries with its "TERMO®" branded valves and armatures.
Thanks to continuous development since its foundation and tireless adaptation to new technologies; Gedik Casting & Valve has always pioneered in the domestic production of several items and is highly committed to staying as the symbol of reliableness for both domestic and overseas customers by its environment-friendly technical and functional design features, energy-efficient products with low maintenance cost.
TERMO valves and armatures are produced in conformity with domestic and international standards such as ISO 9001:2008 TSE, CE, PED 97/23/EC, AD 2000-WO, AD 2000- HPO, API, Türk Loydu, Bureau Veritas, DNV, RINA, GOST and SEPRO. Sales are backed up by 9 regional offices and widespread dealer and technical service network throughout Turkey.
Precision Casting
Precision Casting technology had been introduced to Turkey by Gedik Casting & Valve in 1982. Precision Casting is a special casting technology which is ideal for small sized items in high quantities and provides extremely clear and smooth surfaces.
Gedik Casting & Valve produces steel, stainless steel, aluminum, super alloys and copper alloy items of up to 60 kg. with a capacity of 1500 tons/year.
Gedik Precision Casting is the leading solution partner of several companies throughout the world in automotive, defense, textile, medical, machinery, valve, pump and electronics industries.
Sand Casting
With its cast iron, ductile, steel ve bronze casting technologies; upon receipt of job orders from customers; Sand Casting division of Gedik Casting & Valve provides quick solution services and processed and unprocessed high quality products with its casting simulation program.
Sand Casting has a yearly production capacity of 25.000 tons and it serves several heavy industry sub-branches such as automotive and machine manufacturing besides valve sector.


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Tagged Acquires Facebook Competitor hi5
Hi5, once one of the top three global social networks, was acquired by San Francisco-based Tagged on Wednesday, as some of the remnants of the social network space clear out in the wake of Facebook's overwhelming dominance.
Back in 2008, hi5 trailed in popularity only behind MySpace and Facebook. In June, News Corp., which owns The Wall Street Journal, sold MySpace for just $35 million, a major comedown for a company that was purchased for $580 million.


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