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Where are the JOBS Blobama? Obama is indeed the only president to have a net job loss if you count from inauguration day until the end of the presidency. |
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Jan 27, 2012 ... Mitt Romney's enemies have unleashed a torrent of attacks in Florida over Medicare fraud conspiracy committed by a company Romney helped ... http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/... - Cached - Similar pages Mitt Romney: Medicare fraud allegations and 'Blood Money'- The ... Jan 30, 2012... a criminal case of Medicare fraud by one of Bain Capital's former investments.... Romney's company was ordering unnecessary blood tests. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-chec... - Cached - Similar pages Romney Supervised Medical Testing Company Guilty Of Massive ... Jan 21, 2012 ... In 1989, Bain Capital purchased controlling interest in Damon Corp., a medical testing company located in Needham, Massachusetts. http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/01... - 147k - Cached - Similar pages |
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Judged: 1 1 1 You're a LIAR. Read dummy.... Politi-Fact: The presidents are listed in descending order by most jobs created during their tenure: 1. Bill Clinton + 22,744,000 2. Ronald Reagan + 16,102,000 3. Lyndon B. Johnson + 12,183,000 4. Jimmy Carter + 10,339,000 5. Richard Nixon + 9,181,000 6. Harry Truman + 8,083,000 7. John F. Kennedy + 3,538,000 8. Dwight Eisenhower + 3,572,000 9. George H.W. Bush + 2,592,000 10. Gerald Ford + 2,073,000 11. George W. Bush + 1,094,000 12. Barack Obama - 1,663,000 We found that Obama is indeed the only president to have a net job loss if you count from inauguration day until the end of the presidency. - OUCH!- |
Not bad for Ford and Kennedy as Ford was only President for less than a year and a half and Kennedy for less than three years. As for Clinton, it should be noted that the country benefited greatly because of the computer teck industry's growth and Microsoft's domination in the PC market. One can only wonder what would have happened, say, if the Japanese or the Germans had cornered the software market. WOW---there were MORE people working when Obama took office than there are now. His policies have really Hurt the economy. |
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Obama's corrupt pal. Nothing to see here. Move along.
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Actually the money has been found. At first they said it was "vaporized". Yes they used the word "vaporized". But the SEC investigation has turned up the 1.6B dollars that were stolen from segregated accounts. $600M+ is in the hands of JP Morgan (like I said when the MF Global thing blew up in the first place.) Corzine transferred the money from private segregated futures account to JP Morgan. People laughed at me and rated me clueless. Wow! I was right. Around $700M is in London. Surprise there. London is the central point of all of this wall street fraud. It starts on Wall Street, then gets transferred to London before heading back to the Federal Reserve. From CNN Money: Another $220 million was transferred inadvertently from the accounts of securities customers to those of commodities customers. That money is now in limbo amid a dispute over which customers it belongs to. So basically all of the money is in limbo. No longer "vaporized". Does that mean the people will get their money from the banks that have it? Nope. They are screwed and were robbed. And Corzine walks. |
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Only partially true. The Clinton administration (Robert Rubin and Larry Summers) got the repeal of Glass Steagle passed. This allowed the Wall Street banks to create these fake derivative markets. Thus increasing investing and giving pay out of 1000 to 1. These derivative markets increased our GDP. However, the entire market is false. In 2008 when the market collapsed due to the derivative markets, derivatives and wall street was 43% of GDP. Today, the same markets are 56% of our GDP. The Clinton administration (Rubin, Summers, Greenspan) created an artificial bubble of investing using what was illegal after the 1930's. So there should be an * next to Clinton's name with the explanation of the derivative markets. |
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Judged: 1 1 well, to be fair, the doj has some REALLY important things going on right now... like making sure truly dangerous people, like roger clemens are behind bars, suing states for wanting to protect their borders, and, all the while, stonewalling congress on selling guns to mexican drug cartels... busy, busy, busy! |
London is the central point of all of this wall street fraud....bingo.... and if you stole a dollar you would be in jail but it seems there are two set's of rule's,one for the public and one for the gangster regime..the new chicago america...steal lie smile
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LONDON The global market for steel long products will likely show greater stability in the short term due to a rise in activity since the start of the year, the International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association (Irepas) said, expressing optimism that worldwide demand will rise amid higher raw material prices.
"Increasing raw material prices are stimulating undecided buyers to book tonnages now, on a bigger scale and with even longer lead times," the association said.
Higher raw material costs are expected to last through the first quarter of this year.
Iron ore prices have risen as China plans for significant infrastructure investments, and Chinese producers are thought to be moving away from export activity due to rising domestic demand.
On the European side, not enough capacity has been idled, although demand in most European Union countries has continued to fall, Irepas said.
Ferrous scrap prices are being pushed up by the combined effect of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and higher iron ore prices, the association said.
Demand for raw materials remains healthy in the Northern Hemisphere, although the underlying situation will only become clear after the replenishment of winter inventories has been completed, Irepas said.
In North America, demand for rebar has remained unchanged so far, but prices for long products have risen due to higher raw materials prices, creating some difficulty in the market.
Changes in import rules in some markets in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region and in the South American markets have increased competition levels in other countries, Irepas said.
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Renesas looks to automotive and smart society to drive recovery
July 18, 2012 // Paul Buckley
Early in July 2012 Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp, the world's fifth-largest chipmaker, announced plans to reduce its workforce by 12 percent and shed half of its domestic plants within three years to be more competitive with overseas rivals. Can Europe help the company hit the road to recovery?
A more global outlook is going to play a key part in the restructuring strategy which Renesas, the world's leading supplier of microcontroller chips, is planning after the company has posted two consecutive years of losses following massive supply disruptions in the wake of natural disasters in Japan and Thailand.
Renesas, a product of successive mergers of the chip divisions of major shareholders Mitsubishi Electric Corp , Hitachi Ltd and NEC Corp, said the job cuts would save the company 43 billion yen ($541.97 million) annually.
In return for the restructuring, the chipmaker is expected to secure 100 billion yen in loans and other forms of financial support from its major shareholders and four banks. Reports in Japan suggest that shareholders have already agreed in principle to provide 50 billion yen in assistance.
Last week EE Times Europe caught up with Robert Green, President and CEO of Renesas Electronics Europe to learn what the company is planning for its major markets in Europe as the company strives to return to profitability.
Renesas has been changing in the past two years and is looking to be less dependent on the Japanese market. We are looking more globally now, said Robert Green, President and CEO of Renesas Electronics Europe. In Financial Year 11 we had the practicalities of earthquake recovery. We managed that and we are now back to normal in terms of shipping to the market but we still have to financially recover from that situation. So this is the task for FY12.
Green continued: The focus of the company has been changing in the past two years. We need to be moving in a more global direction and be less dependent on the Japanese market. We are also focusing on the automotive market and we are very much an automotive company. And in the non-automotive sector the focus is on the so-called smart society which covers the whole development of the connected society and the added intelligence being applied to the new smart infrastructure that we are now seeing more and more.
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Flip-flops? Check. Sunblock? Check. Camera? Check. Spring break is upon us, and that means travel time. Seize this perfect opportunity to try a trendy photography technique: forced perspective. This creative approach seems tricky, but we have some tips to keep it simple. Read on, and discover how to snap share-worthy vacation photos.
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Forced perspective photography uses optical illusion, making objects appear smaller, larger, closer or further away than they are in reality. The must-see monuments you visit on vacation are ideal for this technique. Think: all those photographs you've seen of people holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa with their feet.
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Distance is key in forced perspective photography. Position yourself in the foreground of your chosen landmark. If it's particularly large, like a building, you'll need to be pretty far away to seem bigger. Ask a friend to line up a shot in which you appear to interact with the landmark. Be sure to do several takes – this way you'll have at least one perfect picture. If you have a more advanced camera, check out this Nikon article to learn how to adjust your settings for greater depth of field and sharp backgrounds.
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Situated in a rural location, this hotel is close to Jacob Burns Film Center Media Arts Lab, Jacob Burns Film Center Theater, and Ossining Historical Society. Area attractions also include Thomas J. Watson Research Center and Van Cortlandt Manor.
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In addition to a conference center, Edith Macy Conference Center provides complimentary wireless Internet access, complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, and free self parking.
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Televisions come with cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, and air conditioning.
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Edith Macy Conference Center features a safe deposit box at the front desk, audiovisual equipment, and air conditioning in public areas. Event facilities include a conference center and conference/meeting rooms. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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3olt, resolution 2.45Å () | |||||
Ligands: | , , , , , | ||||
Gene: | Ptgs2, Cox-2, Cox2, Pghs-b, Tis10 (Mus musculus) | ||||
Activity: | Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase, with EC number 188.8.131.52 | ||||
Related: | 3mdl, 3hs5, 3hs6, 3hs7, 3krk, 1diy, 3olu | ||||
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X-ray crystal structure of arachidonic acid bound to the cyclooxygenase channel of R513H murine COX-2
The cyclooxygenases (COX-1 and COX-2) oxygenate arachidonic acid (AA) in the committed step of prostaglandin biogenesis. Substitutions of I434V, H513R, and I523V constitute the only differences in residues lining the cyclooxygenase channel between COX-1 and COX-2. These changes create a hydrophobic pocket in COX-2, with Arg-513 located at the base of the pocket, which has been exploited in the design of COX-2-selective inhibitors. Previous studies have shown that COX-2, but not COX-1, can oxygenate endocannabinoid substrates, including 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG). To investigate the isoform-specific structural basis of endocannabinoid binding to COX-2, we determined the crystal structure of the 2-AG isomer 1-arachidonoyl glycerol (1-AG) in complex with wild type and R513H murine (mu) COX-2 to 2.2 and 2.35 A, respectively, and R513H muCOX-2 in complex with AA to 2.45 A resolution. The 2,3-dihydroxypropyl moiety of 1-AG binds near the opening of the cyclooxygenase channel in the space vacated by the movement of the Leu-531 side chain, validating our previous hypothesis implicating the flexibility of the Leu-531 side chain as a determinant for the ability of COX-2 to oxygenate endocannabinoid substrates. Functional analyses carried out to compliment our structural findings indicated that Y355F and R513H muCOX-2 constructs had no effect on the oxygenation of 1-AG and 2-AG, whereas substitutions that resulted in a shortened side chain for Leu-531 had only modest effects. Both AA and 1-AG bind to R513H muCOX-2 in conformations similar to those observed in the co-crystal structures of these substrates with wild type enzyme.
The structural basis of endocannabinoid oxygenation by cyclooxygenase-2., Vecchio AJ, Malkowski MG, J Biol Chem. 2011 Jun 10;286(23):20736-45. Epub 2011 Apr 13. PMID:21489986
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3olt is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
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- Vecchio AJ, Malkowski MG. The structural basis of endocannabinoid oxygenation by cyclooxygenase-2. J Biol Chem. 2011 Jun 10;286(23):20736-45. Epub 2011 Apr 13. PMID:21489986 doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.230367


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With the last preseason game just two days away, the Denver Broncos hit the practice field Tuesday as they continue their preparations for the Thursday night game at Arizona.
This will be the Broncos' last road game until Week 3 in Tennessee, so Head Coach John Fox is looking at how his team responds after losing its previous road game in Dallas.
"We had the opening game on the road and didn't fare so well, so this will be our last chance before Week 3, when we travel to Tennessee, to practice trying to win a game on the road," Fox said. "I think it's something I'm looking to see how we handle, and to get out healthy."
Fox said something he and Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen have stressed thus far is the need to create more turnovers. The defense had an interception in the first two preseason games.
"Our goal on defense is to take the ball away, whether it's on downs or with takeaways — both fumbles and interceptions," Fox said. "It's something that we're stressing, and we've always been believers that you get what you emphasize. They come in clumps; we haven't had a bunch of them, but we've had them in (Dallas and Buffalo), and we'll just have to continue that."
On the other side, wide receiver Eddie Royal said the offense has come a long way but there's still some improvement to be made between now, the Arizona game and the regular season opener less than two weeks away.
"There's a lot of little things that we can do better," Royal said. "We've put in a lot of plays so far. I don't know how much of the playbook we have in so far, but it's a lot. We've accomplished a lot and I'm sure we're going to put in a lot more."
Even though the game Thursday is a preseason game, Royal said the team needs to get in the regular season frame of mind.
"We have to treat Arizona like it's a regular season game," Royal said. "You want to get your routine down — how much film you're going to watch, studying up on it and knowing what type of defense they run, so we're treating it like it's Oakland week."
Just like yesterday, linebacker D.J. Williams and defensive lineman Brodrick Bunkley both missed practice after sustaining injuries against the Seahawks. Offensive lineman Chris Kuper and defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson also did not participate.
The Broncos held defensive end Elvis Dumervil out of the second half of practice today with a groin strain, and Brian Dawkins suffered a neck pinch halfway through practice, Fox said. Also, wide receiver Greg Orton suffered a lower side bruise.
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Nancy Pelosi on Government ReformDemocratic Representative (CA-8) | |
Proponents support voting YES because:
The election system is the bedrock that our Republic is built on and its security and oversight is of paramount concern. Only US citizens have the right to vote in Federal elections, but our current system does not give State election officials the tools they need to ensure that this requirement is being met.
This bill is designed to increase participation by ensuring that each legitimate vote will be counted and not be diluted by fraud. There are many elections in this country every cycle that are decided by just a handful of votes. How can we be certain that these elections, without measures to certify the identity of voters, are not being decided by fraudulent votes?
Opponents support voting NO because:
There is something we can all agree on: only Americans get to vote, and they only get to vote once. But what we are talking about in this bill is disenfranchising many of those Americans. It is already a felony for a non-American to vote. We had hearings and what we found out was that the issue of illegal aliens voting basically does not occur.
The impact of this will disproportionately affect poor people and African Americans, because many are too poor to have a car and they do not have a license. We have no evidence there is a problem. We have ample evidence that this will disenfranchise many Americans. This is the measure to disenfranchise African Americans, Native Americans. It is wrong and we will not stand for it.
OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY: Expresses the sense of Congress that:
SPONSOR'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Sen. OBAMA: I am submitting a resolution to express the Senate's strong disapproval of recent efforts to disenfranchise Americans. Unfortunately, too many electoral reform efforts seem intent on limiting access to the ballot as opposed to expanding it. In the mid-20th century, the poll tax was the preferred means of disenfranchising large minority populations, specifically African Americans. Today, the poll tax is taking on a new form--a photo identification requirement for voters.
According to the National Commission on Federal Election Reform, such a requirement would "impose an additional expense on the exercise of the franchise, a burden that would fall disproportionately on people who are poorer and urban." Nevertheless, a number of States, including Georgia, have recently passed laws mandating government-issued photo identification for voters at the polls. Nationwide, at least 12% of eligible drivers do not have a driver's license. And Georgia has made it difficult for rural and urban folks to obtain their voter photo identification.
The Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform acknowledges that there is "no evidence of extensive fraud in U.S. elections or of multiple voting."
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BULLDOGS GAMES TO AIR ON TSN RADIO 690 IN MONTREALBy: Hamilton Bulldogs 10/11/2012 11:41 AM - HAMILTON, ON – The Hamilton Bulldogs, American Hockey League affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens, announced today that the Club has reached an agreement with Montreal's TSN Radio 690 (AM 690 CKGM) to simulcast all Hamilton Bulldogs home and away games during the month of October. "All of us at TSN Radio 690 are thrilled to present live coverage of the Hamilton Bulldogs and give Canadiens fans the opportunity to cheer on players that could one day be battling it out on the ice at Bell Centre, " said Wayne Bews, General Manager, TSN Radio 690. "As fans already know, AHL hockey is fast-paced and exciting, so it's a great property for TSN Radio 690 to showcase to our listeners." Calling Hamilton Bulldogs games on TSN Radio 690 will be the broadcast team of Derek Wills and Al Craig.
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Look up wheel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axial bearing. The wheel is one of the main components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be moved easily facilitating movement or transportation while supporting a load, or performing labor in machines. Wheels are also used for other purposes, such as a ship's wheel, steering wheel, potter's wheel and flywheel.
Common examples are found in transport applications. A wheel greatly reduces friction by facilitating motion by rolling together with the use of axles. In order for wheels to rotate, a moment needs to be applied to the wheel about its axis, either by way of gravity, or by the application of another external force or torque.
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The English word wheel comes from the Old English word hweol, hweogol, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlan, *hwegwlan, from Proto-Indo-European *keklo-, an extended form of the root *kel- "to revolve, move around". Cognates within Indo-European include Greek κύκλος kýklos, "wheel", Sanskrit chakra, Old Church Slavonic kolo, all meaning "circle" or "wheel",
Evidence of wheeled vehicles appears from the mid-4th millennium BC, near-simultaneously in Mesopotamia(Sumerian civilization), Indus Valley (Mohenjodaro), the Northern Caucasus (Maykop culture) and Central Europe, so that the question of which culture originally invented the wheeled vehicle remains unresolved and under debate. The Ljubljana Marshes Wooden Wheel, the world's oldest known wooden wheel, dating from 5,250 ± 100 BP as part of Globular Amphora Culture, was discovered by Slovenian archeologists in 2002.
The earliest well-dated depiction of a wheeled vehicle (here a wagon--four wheels, two axles) is on the Bronocice pot, a c. 3500 - 3350 BC clay pot excavated in a Funnelbeaker culture settlement in southern Poland.
The wheeled vehicle spread from the area of its first occurrence (Mesopotamia, Caucasus, Balkans, Central Europe) across Eurasia, reaching the Indus Valley by the 3rd millennium BC. During the 2nd millennium BC, the spoke-wheeled chariot spread at an increased pace, reaching both China and Scandinavia by 1200 BC.
In China, the wheel was certainly present with the adoption of the chariot in c. 1200 BC, although Barbieri-Low argues for earlier Chinese wheeled vehicles, c. 2000 BC.
Although they did not develop the wheel proper, the Olmec and certain other western hemisphere cultures seem to have approached it, as wheel-like worked stones have been found on objects identified as children's toys dating to about 1500 BC. It is thought that the primary obstacle to large-scale development of the wheel in the Western hemisphere was the absence of domesticated large animals which could be used to pull wheeled carriages. The closest relative of cattle present in Americas in pre-Columbian times, the American Bison, is difficult to domesticate and was never domesticated by Native Americans; several horse species existed until about 12,000 years ago, but ultimately went extinct. The only large animal that was domesticated in the Western hemisphere, the llama, did not spread far beyond the Andes by the time of the arrival of Columbus.
Nubians from after about 400 BC used wheels for spinning pottery and as water wheels. It is thought that Nubian waterwheels may have been ox-driven It is also known that Nubians used horse-driven chariots imported from Egypt.
The wheel was barely used in Sub-Saharan Africa into the 19th century, only arriving with Europeans after they explored the region and then moved to exploit it.
The invention of the wheel thus falls in the late Neolithic, and may be seen in conjunction with other technological advances that gave rise to the early Bronze Age. Note that this implies the passage of several wheel-less millennia even after the invention of agriculture and of pottery:
9500-6500 BC: Aceramic Neolithic,
6500-4500 BC: Ceramic Neolithic (Halafian), earliest wooden wheels (disks with a hole for the axle),
c. 4500 BC: invention of the potter's wheel, beginning of the Chalcolithic (Ubaid period),
4500-3300 BC: Chalcolithic, earliest wheeled vehicles, domestication of the horse,
3300-2200 BC: Early Bronze Age,
2200-1550 BC: Middle Bronze Age, invention of the spoked wheel and the chariot,
Wide usage of the wheel was probably delayed because smooth roads were needed for wheels to be effective. Carrying goods on the back would have been the preferred method of transportation over surfaces that contained many obstacles. The lack of developed roads prevented wide usage of the wheel for transportation until well into the 20th century in less developed areas.
Early wheels were simple wooden disks with a hole for the axle. Because of the structure of wood, a horizontal slice of a tree trunk is not suitable, as it does not have the structural strength to support relevant stresses without failing; rounded pieces of longitudinal boards are required.
The spoked wheel was invented more recently, and allowed the construction of lighter and swifter vehicles. In the Harappan civilization of the Indus Valley and Northwestern India, we find toy-cart wheels made of clay with lines which have been interpreted as spokes painted or in relief, and a symbol interpreted as a spoked wheel in the script of the seals, already in the second half of the 3rd millennium BC. The earliest known examples of wooden spoked wheels are in the context of the Andronovo culture, dating to c. 2000 BC. Soon after this, horse cultures of the Caucasus region used horse-drawn spoked-wheel war chariots for the greater part of three centuries. They moved deep into the Greek peninsula where they joined with the existing Mediterranean peoples to give rise, eventually, to classical Greece after the breaking of Minoan dominance and consolidations led by pre-classical Sparta and Athens. Celtic chariots introduced an iron rim around the wheel in the 1st millennium BC. The spoked wheel was in continued use without major modification until the 1870s, when wire wheels and pneumatic tires were invented.
The invention of the wheel has also been important for technology in general, important applications including the water wheel, the cogwheel (see also antikythera mechanism), the spinning wheel, and the astrolabe or torquetum. More modern descendants of the wheel include the propeller, the jet engine, the flywheel (gyroscope) and the turbine.
Bronze Age disk wheel as depicted on the Standard of Ur (c. 2500 BC)
Classical Greek four-spoked chariot-wheel (as a Linear B glyph), in use from c.1500 BC. Hittite and Egyptian chariots tended to have six spokes, Iron Age Assyrian ones eight.
Bronze Age "wheel pendants" of the Urnfield culture (c. 1200 BC), found in Zürich (Swiss National Museum)
An Early Iron Age spoked wheel from Choqa Zanbil (c. 1000 BC, National Museum of Iran)
Wheel of the Etruscan chariot (c. 530 BC)
The classic spoked wheel with hub and iron rim, in use from about 500 BC (Iron Age Europe) until the 20th century AD
Penny-farthing bicycle (1882)
Modern motorcycle alloy wheel with pneumatic tire and hydraulic disc brake
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Main article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_and_axle
The wheel is a device that enables efficient movement of an object across a surface where there is a force pressing the object to the surface. Common examples are a cart pulled by a horse, and the rollers on an aircraft flap mechanism.
Wheels are used in conjunction with axles; either the wheel turns on the axle, or the axle turns in the object body. The mechanics are the same in either case.
The low resistance to motion (compared to dragging) is explained as follows (refer to friction):
the normal force at the sliding interface is the same.,
the sliding distance is reduced for a given distance of travel.,
the coefficient of friction at the interface is usually lower.,
Bearings are used to help reduce friction at the interface. In the simplest and oldest case the bearing is just a round hole through which the axle passes (a "plain bearing").
If a 100 kg object is dragged for 10 m along a surface with the coefficient of friction μ = 0.5, the normal force is 981 N and the work done (required energy) is (work=force x distance) 981 × 0.5 × 10 = 4905 joules.,
Now give the object 4 wheels. The normal force between the 4 wheels and axles is the same (in total) 981 N. Assume, for wood, μ = 0.25, and say the wheel diameter is 1000 mm and axle diameter is 50 mm. So while the object still moves 10 m the sliding frictional surfaces only slide over each other a distance of 0.5 m. The work done is 981 × 0.25 × 0.5 = 123 joules; the work done has reduced to 1/40 of that of dragging.,
Additional energy is lost from the wheel-to-road interface. This is termed rolling resistance which is predominantly a deformation loss. This energy is also lowered by the use of a wheel (in comparison to dragging) because the net force on the contact point between the road and the wheel is almost perpendicular to the ground, and hence, generates an almost zero net work. This depends on the nature of the ground, of the material of the wheel, its inflation in the case of a tire, the net torque exerted by the eventual engine, and many other factors.
A wheel can also offer advantages in traversing irregular surfaces if the wheel radius is sufficiently large compared to the irregularities.
The wheel alone is not a machine, but when attached to an axle in conjunction with bearing, it forms the wheel and axle, one of the simple machines. A driven wheel is an example of a wheel and axle. Note that wheels pre-date driven wheels by about 6000 years.
Main article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim_(wheel)
The rim is the "outer edge of a wheel, holding the tire." It makes up the outer circular design of the wheel on which the inside edge of the tire is mounted on vehicles such as automobiles. For example, on a bicycle wheel the rim is a large hoop attached to the outer ends of the spokes of the wheel that holds the tire and tube.
In the 1st millennium BC an iron rim was introduced around the wooden wheels of chariots.
The hub is the center of the wheel, and typically houses a bearing, and is where the spokes meet.
A hubless wheel (also known as a rim-rider or centerless wheel) is a type of wheel with no center hub. More specifically, the hub is actually almost as big as the wheel itself. The axle is hollow, following the wheel at very close tolerances.
Main article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke
A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface. The term originally referred to portions of a log which had been split lengthwise into four or six sections. The radial members of a wagon wheel were made by carving a spoke (from a log) into their finished shape. A spokeshave is a tool originally developed for this purpose. Eventually, the term spoke was more commonly applied to the finished product of the wheelwright's work, than to the materials he used.
Main article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wheel
The rims of wire wheels (or "wire spoked wheels") are connected to their hubs by wire spokes. Although these wires are generally stiffer than a typical wire rope, they function mechanically the same as tensioned flexible wires, keeping the rim true while supporting applied loads.
Wire wheels are used on most bicycles and still used on many motorcycles. They were invented by aeronautical engineer George Cayley and first used in bicycles by James Starley. A process of assembling wire wheels is described as wheelbuilding.
Main article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire
A tire (in American English and Canadian English) or tyre (in some Commonwealth Nations such as UK, and Australia) is a ring-shaped covering that fits around a wheel rim to protect it and enable better vehicle performance by providing a flexible cushion that absorbs shock while keeping the wheel in close contact with the ground. The word itself may be derived from the word "tie," which refers to the outer steel ring part of a wooden cart wheel that ties the wood segments together (see Etymology below).
The fundamental materials of modern tires are synthetic rubber, natural rubber, fabric and wire, along with other compound chemicals. They consist of a tread and a body. The tread provides traction while the body ensures support. Before rubber was invented, the first versions of tires were simply bands of metal that fitted around wooden wheels to prevent wear and tear. Today, the vast majority of tires are pneumatic inflatable structures, comprising a doughnut-shaped body of cords and wires encased in rubber and generally filled with compressed air to form an inflatable cushion. Pneumatic tires are used on many types of vehicles, such as cars, bicycles, motorcycles, trucks, earthmovers, and aircraft.
While wheels are very widely used for ground transport, there are alternatives, some of which are suitable for terrain where wheels are ineffective. Alternative methods for ground transport without wheels (wheel-less transport) include:
Being raised by electromagnetic energy (maglev train and other vehicles),
Dragging with runners (sled) or without (travois),
Being raised by air pressure (hovercraft),
Riding an animal such as a horse,
Human powered:
Walking on one's own legs,
Being carried (litter/sedan chair or stretcher),
A walking machine,
Caterpillar tracks (although it is still operated by wheels),
Pedrail wheels, using aspects of both wheel and caterpillar track,
Spheres, as used by Dyson vacuum cleaners and hamster balls,
The wheel has also become a strong cultural and spiritual metaphor for a cycle or regular repetition (see chakra, reincarnation, Yin and Yang among others). As such and because of the difficult terrain, wheeled vehicles were forbidden in old Tibet.
The winged wheel is a symbol of progress, seen in many contexts including the coat of arms of Panama and the logo of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The introduction of spoked (chariot) wheels in the Middle Bronze Age appears to have carried somewhat of a prestige. The sun cross appears to have a significance in Bronze Age religion, replacing the earlier concept of a Solar barge with the more "modern" and technologically advanced solar chariot.
The wheel was also a solar symbol for the Ancient Egyptians
The wheel is also the prominent figure on the flag of India. The wheel in this case represents law (dharma). It also appears in the flag of the Romani people, hinting to their nomadic history and their Indian origins.
The flag of India
The Romani flag
The flag of Mahl Kshatriyas
A driving wheel on a steam locomotive
0 Series Shinkansen wheel
Flanged railway wheel
Wheels on a track panel at Donegal Railway Centre
A pair of wheels on a cart
Bicycle wheel
Training wheels are used to help the learner cope with instability of the two-wheel vehicle at low speeds.
Automobiles started with spoked wheels
A modern automobile wheel
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Keystone Exams Overview The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and Data Recognition Corporation announced several changes related to the grade 11 PSSA assessments and the Keystone Exams. Administrators at North Allegheny confirmed this information by speaking with a representative of the PDE Bureau of Assessments and Accountability in mid-July. These changes have a direct and significant impact on public school students in Pennsylvania. It is important to note that the PSSA will still be administered in grades 3–8 as in the past. However, the grade 11 PSSA assessments in Reading, Math, Science, and Writing have been eliminated. These tests had been in place to comply with the testing requirements outlined in the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation. More specifically, student performance on these PSSA exams was a graduation requirement and part of the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measures required by NCLB. In addition, the PSSA-Modified assessments have been eliminated at all levels (i.e., grades 3–8 and 11). In grade 11, the PSSA assessments are being replaced by the Keystone Exams for Algebra 1, Biology, and Literature. As a result, the District expects to administer those Keystone Exams to grade 11 students this year. The implications are far more widespread than simply affecting grade 11 students. Because Keystone Exams are designed to serve as end-of-course comprehensive exams, PDE has asked school districts to implement the Keystone Exam when the students have finished that course. Algebra 1 serves as a good example at North Allegheny. The majority of students in the District complete Algebra 1 in grade 8. The implication of this change for 2012/2013 is that the Algebra 1 Keystone Exam will be administered to students in grade 11, grade 10, grade 9, and grade 8. In addition, there are a small percentage of students in grade 6 and 7 who would also take that test. A similar scenario exists for the Biology and Literature Keystone Exams. Building Principals and teachers at the secondary level understand the testing implications. They will be working throughout the first semester and year to ensure that students are prepared for success. Please click the following link to see the letter distributed to students for parent/guardian signature. Proposed Testing Calendar for the 2012-2013 school year: Class of 2014 (Current 11th Grade)
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