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hydrogen sulfide Companies in North Dakota
Lenzing Technik GmbH
based in Lenzing, AUSTRIA
LENZING TECHNIK GMBH - We are an experienced partner for YOU! We offer comprehensive competence with expert status in the fields of engineering and contracting, industrial plant design and construction, industrial services, as well as automation and mechatronics. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY - Collecting and treating waste gas emission with different types of technologies in ...
Super-F Fragrance Inc.
based in L`Assomption, QUEBEC (CANADA)
Super-F Inc. is established in Quebec, in l`Assomption, Canada. We are specialists in manufacturing products for neutralizing odors and gases. Our new technology was discovered by Mr. Paul Arsenault in 1996, results of many years of researches. Super-F Technology is made of complex compounds of natural extracts and synthesis products. Injecting our products in the course ...
ULPATEK Air Filter Manufacturing Inc.
based in Esenyurt, TURKEY
The founders of ULPATEK company has been active in the field of cleanroom air conditioning in pharmaceutical, health and food sectors for 40 years. They know the importance of clean air and filtration from experience. Having the cleanroom filtration requirements in their mind, they formed the new company to produce wide range of filters to answer the demands of air ...
Tethys Instruments SAS
based in Meylan - Inovallee, FRANCE
Tethys Instruments is a leading global provider of gas and water online analysers for environmental applications. Headquartered in France, our distributors worldwide and us provide top-class service and instrumentation for environmental monitoring.
BioWorks Energy LLC
based in Flint, MICHIGAN (USA)
BioWorks Energy LLC provides agricultural, municipal, and industrial anaerobic digestion technologies. We specialize in integrating with existing WWTP facilities and can provide consulting services for design and construction of digestion systems on a case by case basis. We provide engineered solutions taking into consideration the various strengths and weaknesses ...
Marcab Company, Inc.
based in San Marcos, CALIFORNIA (USA)
Marcab Company, Inc., designs and builds custom digester gas and air purifiers to remove hydrogen sulfide.
Sachtleben Wasserchemie GmbH
based in Duisburg, GERMANY
That's our claim where water preparation and waste water treatment are concerned. We are one of Europe's biggest suppliers of highly effective flocculants – and we also become closely involved with our customers, forming a partnership to provide on-site solutions for industry and local authorities. Our experience which Sachtleben Wasserchemie – Your first port of call ...
CTL Scientific Supply Corp.
based in Deer Park, NEW YORK (USA)
CTL Scientific Supply Corp is a provider of Chemicals, Test Papers & Test Kits, and Laboratory Equipment. CTL was started in 2006 with the goal of providing outstanding products, service, product info and support to not only valued long term clients but also to new customers. We carry a wide range of Macherey-Nagel test papers & test strips that allow the identification ...
Environmental Sensors Company
based in Boca Raton, FLORIDA (USA)
Environmental Sensors Co. offers a complete line of analytical instruments for toxic chemical vapor detection and monitoring. ESC gas monitors are designed to monitor indoor air quality where varying amounts of the targeted gas are expected to be present. ESC gas monitors are often used for personal or area monitoring to protect employees` safety. All of ESC gas monitors ...
Arizona Instrument LLC
based in Chandler, ARIZONA (USA)
Arizona Instrument LLC was founded in 1981 by a group of engineers. Arizona Instrument, then known as Quintel Corporation, was dedicated to providing precision moisture analysis instruments that were accurate, reliable, and easy to use. Over the years the company expanded its Computrac moisture analysis line and became an accepted leader in moisture analysis, setting a ...


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NOVA "Manhunt-Boston Bombers" – New!
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Follow the manhunt, step-by-step, for the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, and explore the role modern technology — combined with old-fashioned detective work – played in finding the suspects.
At 2:50 p.m. on April 15, two bomb blasts turned the Boston Marathon finish line from a scene of triumph to tragedy, leaving three dead, hundreds injured and a city gripped by heartbreak and terror. Less than five days later, the key suspects were identified and apprehended, with one dead, the other in custody. How did investigators transform the chaos of the bombing into a coherent trail of clues, pointing to the accused killers?
NOVA follows the manhunt step-by-step, examining the role modern technology — combined with old-fashioned detective work — played in cracking the case. Given hundreds of hours of surveillance and bystander videos, how did agents spot the bad guys in a sea of spectators? Why couldn't facial recognition software I.D. the criminals? How much could bomb chemistry analysis, cell phone GPS, infrared imagery and crowd sourcing reveal about the secrets behind this horrific crime?
With the help of top criminal investigators and anti-terrorism experts, NOVA explores which technological innovations worked — and which didn't — in the most notorious case of today, and how the world of crime fighting could be transformed tomorrow.
Photo: BOSTON – APRIL 15: A second explosion goes off near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Credit: Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images


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The Apollo program was a human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA during the years 1961–1975 with the goal of conducting manned moon landing missions. US President John F. Kennedy announced this goal in 1961, and it was accomplished on July 20, 1969 by Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin, with Michael Collins in Moon orbit during the Apollo 11 mission. Five other Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last one in 1972. These six Apollo spaceflights are the only times humans have landed on another celestial body. The Apollo program, specifically the lunar landings, is often cited as the greatest achievement in human history.
Apollo was the third human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA, the space agency of the United States. It used Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicles, which were later used for the Skylab program and the joint American-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. These later programs are thus often considered to be part of the overall Apollo program.
The goal of the program, as articulated by President Kennedy, was accomplished with only two major failures. The first failure resulted in the deaths of three astronauts, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, in the Apollo 1 launchpad fire. The second was an in-space explosion on Apollo 13, which badly damaged the spacecraft on the moonward leg of its journey. The three astronauts aboard narrowly escaped with their lives, thanks to the efforts of flight controllers, project engineers, backup crew members and the skills of the astronauts themselves.
The program set major milestones in the history of human spaceflight. This program stands alone in sending manned missions beyond low Earth orbit. Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit another celestial body, while Apollo 17 marks the time of the last moonwalk and also the last manned mission beyond low Earth orbit.
The program spurred advances in many areas of technology peripheral to rocketry and manned spaceflight. These include major contributions in the fields of avionics, telecommunications, and computers. The program sparked interest in many fields of engineering, including pioneering work using statistical methods to study the reliability of complex systems made from component parts. The physical facilities and machines which were necessary components of the manned spaceflight program remain as landmarks of civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering.
Many objects and artifacts from the program are on display at various locations throughout the world, notably at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museums.
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in space, reinforcing American fears about being left behind in a technological competition with the Soviet Union. At a meeting of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Astronautics held only one day after Gagarin's flight, many congressmen pledged their support for a crash program aimed at ensuring that America would catch up. Kennedy, however, was circumspect in his response to the news, refusing to make a commitment on America's response to the Soviets. On April 20 Kennedy sent a memo to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, asking Johnson to look into the status of America's space program, and into programs that could offer NASA the opportunity to catch up. Johnson responded on the following day, concluding that "we are neither making maximum effort nor achieving results necessary if this country is to reach a position of leadership." His memo concluded that a manned moon landing was far enough in the future to make it possible that the United States could achieve it first.
On May 25, 1961, Kennedy announced his support for the Apollo program as part of a special address to a joint session of Congress:
First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important in the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish. John F. Kennedy
At the time of Kennedy's speech, only one American had flown in space — less than a month earlier — and NASA had not yet sent a man into orbit. Some NASA employees doubted whether Kennedy's ambitious goal could be met.
Answering President Kennedy's challenge and landing men on the moon by the end of 1969 required the most sudden burst of technological creativity, and the largest commitment of resources ($25 billion), ever made by any nation in peacetime. At its peak, the Apollo program employed 400,000 people and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities.
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. John F. Kennedy
In early 1961, direct ascent was generally the mission mode in favor at NASA. Many engineers feared that a rendezvous -- let alone a docking -- neither of which had been attempted even in Earth orbit, would be extremely difficult in lunar orbit. However, dissenters including John Houbolt at Langley Research Center emphasized the important weight reductions that were offered by the LOR approach. Throughout 1960 and 1961, Houbolt campaigned for the recognition of LOR as a valid and practical option. Bypassing the NASA hierarchy, he sent a series of memos and reports on the issue to Associate Administrator Robert Seamans; while acknowledging that he spoke "somewhat as a voice in the wilderness," Houbolt pleaded that LOR should not be discounted in studies of the question.
Seamans' establishment of the Golovin committee in July 1961 represented a turning point in NASA's mission mode decision. While the ad-hoc committee was intended to provide a recommendation on the boosters to be used in the Apollo program, it recognized that the mode decision was an important part of this question. The committee recommended in favor of a hybrid EOR-LOR mode, but its consideration of LOR — as well as Houbolt's ceaseless work — played an important role in publicizing the workability of the approach. In late 1961 and early 1962, members of NASA's Space Task Group at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston began to come around to support for LOR. The engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center took longer to become convinced of its merits, but their conversion was announced by Wernher von Braun at a briefing in June 1962. NASA's formal decision in favor of LOR was announced on July 11, 1962. Space historian James Hansen concludes that:
Without NASA's adoption of this stubbornly held minority opinion in 1962, the United States may still have reached the Moon, but almost certainly it would not have been accomplished by the end of the 1960s, President Kennedy's target date.
The decision in favor of lunar orbit rendezvous dictated the basic design of the Apollo spacecraft. It would consist of two main sections: the Command/Service Module (CSM), in which the crew would spend most of the mission, and the Lunar Module (LM), which would descend to and return from the lunar surface.
The command module (CM) was conical in shape, and was designed to carry three astronauts from launch into lunar orbit and back from the moon to splashdown. Equipment carried by the command module included reaction control engines, a docking tunnel, guidance and navigation systems and the Apollo Guidance Computer. Attached to the command module was the service module (SM), which housed the service propulsion system and its propellants, the fuel cell power system, four maneuvering thruster quads, the S-band antenna for communication with Mission Control, and storage tanks for water and air. On Apollo 15, 16 and 17 it also carried a scientific instrument package. The two sections of the spacecraft would remain attached until just prior to re-entry, at which point the service module would be discarded. Only the command module was provided with a heat shield that would allow it and its passengers to survive the intense heat of re-entry. After re-entry it would deploy parachutes that would slow its descent through the atmosphere, allowing a smooth splashdown in the ocean.
Under the leadership of Harrison Storms, North American Aviation won the contract to build the CSM for NASA. Relations between North American and NASA were strained during the Apollo program, particularly after the Apollo 1 fire during which three astronauts died. The cause of the accident was determined to be an electrical short in the wiring of the command module; while determination of responsibility for the accident was complex, the review board concluded that "deficiencies existed in Command Module design, workmanship and quality control.
The Lunar Module (LM) (also known as Lunar Excursion Module, or LEM), was designed solely to land on the moon, and to ascend from the lunar surface to the command module. It had a limited heat shield and was of a construction so lightweight that it would not have been able to fly in Earth gravity. It carried two crewmembers and consisted of two stages, a descent and an ascent stage. The descent stage incorporated compartments in which cargo such as the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package and Lunar Rover could be carried.
The contract for design and construction of the lunar module was awarded to Grumman, and the project was overseen by Tom Kelly. There were also problems with the lunar module; due to delays in the test program, the LM became what was known as a "pacing item," meaning that it was in danger of delaying the schedule of the whole Apollo program. Due to these issues, the Apollo missions were rescheduled so that the first manned mission with the lunar module would be Apollo 9, rather than Apollo 8 as was originally planned.
The second stage, the S-II, used five J-2 engines. They burned for approximately six minutes, taking the spacecraft to a speed of 15,300 miles per hour (6.84 km/sec) and an altitude of about 115 miles (185 km). At this point the S-IVB third stage took over, putting the spacecraft into orbit. Its one J-2 engine was designed to be restarted in order to make the translunar injection burn.
Later added to this were H missions, which were short duration stays on the Moon with two LEVAs ("moonwalks"). These were followed by the J missions, which were longer three day stays, with three LEVAs and the use of the lunar rover. Apollo 18 to 20 would have been J missions. In addition, a further group of flights — the I missions — were planned, which would have been long duration orbital missions using a Service Module bay loaded with scientific equipment. When it became obvious that later flights were being cancelled, such mission plans were brought into the J missions that were actually flown.
The only unmanned missions to officially include Apollo as part of their name rather than serial number were Apollo 4, Apollo 5 and Apollo 6. Apollo 4 was the first test flight of the Saturn V booster. Launched on November 9, 1967, Apollo 4 exemplified George Mueller's strategy of "all up" testing. Rather than being tested stage by stage, as most rockets were, the Saturn V would be flown for the first time as one unit. The mission was a highly successful one. Walter Cronkite covered the launch from a broadcast booth about 4 miles (6 km) from the launch site. The extreme noise and vibrations from the launch nearly shook the broadcast booth apart- ceiling tiles fell and windows shook. At one point, Cronkite was forced to dampen the booth's plate glass window to prevent it from shattering. This launch showed that additional protective measures were necessary to protect structures in the immediate vicinity. Future launches used a damping mechanism directly at the launchpad which proved effective in limiting the generated noise.
Apollo 6 was the last in the series of unmanned Apollo missions. It launched on April 4, 1968, and landed back on Earth almost ten hours later at 21:57:21 UTC.
On each manned mission there were three astronauts: a commander, a command module pilot (CMP), and a lunar module pilot (LMP). In the case of a moon landing the commander and the LMP descended to the Moon, while the CMP kept orbiting it.
Apollo 7, launched on October 11, 1968 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program. It was an eleven-day Earth-orbital mission intended to test the redesigned command module. It was the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-man American space mission.
By the summer of 1968 it became clear to program managers that a fully functional LM would not be available for the Apollo 8 mission. Rather than perform a simple earth orbiting mission, they chose to send Apollo 8 around the moon during Christmas. The original idea for this switch was the brainchild of George Low. Although it has often been claimed that this change was made as a direct response to Soviet attempts to fly a piloted Zond spacecraft around the moon, there is no evidence that this was actually the case. NASA officials were aware of the Soviet Zond flights, but the timing of the Zond missions does not correspond well with the extensive written record from NASA about the Apollo 8 decision. It is relatively certain that the Apollo 8 decision was primarily based upon the LM schedule, rather than fear of the Soviets beating the Americans to the moon.
Between December 21, 1968 and May 18, 1969, NASA launched three Apollo missions (8, 9, and 10) using the Saturn V launch vehicle. Each mission had a crew of three astronauts, and the last two included Lunar Modules, but none of these were intended as Moon landing missions.
That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.| | |Neil Armstrong
The next two flights (11 and 12) included successful Moon landings. The Apollo 13 mission was aborted before the landing attempt, but the crew returned safely to Earth. The four subsequent Apollo missions (14 through 17) included successful Moon landings. The last three of these were J-class missions that included the use of Lunar Rovers. It appears that much of the original film and telemetry data for the Apollo 11 mission is missing. For more information see Apollo program missing tapes.
Apollo 17 launched December 7, 1972 and was the last Apollo mission to the moon. Mission commander Eugene Cernan was the last person to leave the Moon's surface. The crew returned safely to Earth on December 19, 1972.
Of all the plans, only two were implemented: the Skylab space station (May 1973 – February 1974), and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (July 1975). Skylab's fuselage was constructed from the second stage of a Saturn IB, and the station was equipped with the Apollo Telescope Mount, itself based on a lunar module. The station's three crews were ferried into orbit atop Saturn IBs, riding in CSMs; the station itself had been launched with a modified Saturn V. Skylab's last crew departed the station on February 8, 1974, whilst the station itself returned prematurely to Earth in 1979, by which time it had become the oldest operational Apollo component.
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project involved a docking in Earth orbit between a CSM and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. The mission lasted from July 15 to July 24, 1975. Although the Soviet Union continued to operate the Soyuz and Salyut space vehicles, NASA's next manned mission would not be until STS-1 on April 12, 1981.
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|Apollo 12
|34 kg
|Apollo 14
|43 kg
|Apollo 15
|77 kg
|Apollo 16
|95 kg
|Apollo 17
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The Apollo program returned 381.7 kg (841.5 lb) of rocks and other material from the Moon, much of which is stored at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston.
In general the rocks collected from the Moon are extremely old compared to rocks found on Earth, as measured by radiometric dating techniques. They range in age from about 3.2 billion years old for the basaltic samples derived from the lunar mare, to about 4.6 billion years for samples derived from the highlands crust. As such, they represent samples from a very early period in the development of the Solar System that is largely missing from Earth. One important rock found during the Apollo Program was the Genesis Rock, retrieved by astronauts James Irwin and David Scott during the Apollo 15 mission. This rock, called anorthosite, is composed almost exclusively of the calcium-rich feldspar mineral anorthite, and is believed to be representative of the highland crust. A geochemical component called KREEP was discovered that has no known terrestrial counterpart. Together, KREEP and the anorthositic samples have been used to infer that the outer portion of the Moon was once completely molten (see lunar magma ocean).
Almost all of the rocks show evidence for having been affected by impact processes. For instance, many samples appear to be pitted with micrometeoroid impact craters, something which is never seen on earth due to its thick atmosphere. Additionally, many show signs of being subjected to high pressure shock waves that are generated during impact events. Some of the returned samples are of impact melt, referring to materials that are melted in the vicinity of an impact crater. Finally, all samples returned from the Moon are highly brecciated as a result of being subjected to multiple impact events.
Analysis of composition of the lunar samples led to the conclusion, reached in 1984, that the Moon was created through a "giant impact" of a large astronomical body with the Earth.
According to Steve Garber, the NASA History website curator, the final cost of project Apollo was between $20 and $25.4 Billion in 1969 Dollars (or approximately $135 Billion in 2005 Dollars).
The costs associated with the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn rockets amounted to about $83 Billion [Apollo spacecraft: $28 Billion (Command/Service Module: $17 Billion; Lunar Module: $11-billion), Saturn I, Saturn IB, Saturn V launch vehicles: about $46 Billion] in 2005 dollars.
The Apollo program stimulated many areas of technology. The flight computer design used in both the lunar and command modules was, along with the Minuteman Missile System, the driving force behind early research into integrated circuits. The fuel cell developed for this program was the first practical fuel cell. Computer-controlled machining (CNC) was pioneered in fabricating Apollo structural components. and How Apollo Has Influenced Society
Neil Armstrong, the commander of the first successful landing Apollo 11, is often asked by the press for his views on the future of spaceflight. In 2005, he said that a human voyage to Mars will be easier than the lunar challenge of the 1960s: "I suspect that even though the various questions are difficult and many, they are not as difficult and many as those we faced when we started the Apollo (space program) in 1961."
Replacing the Space Shuttle following its retirement in 2010 will be the Orion crew capsule, which closely resembles the Apollo command module in its aerodynamic shape. NASA administrator Michael D. Griffin has described the capsule as "Apollo on steroids," and the New Scientist magazine reports that "some critics... say the whole Orion program is little more than a throwback to Apollo-era technology. In other respects, however—including its cockpit displays and its heatshield—Orion will be employing new technology. More closely based on Apollo designs is the upper stage of the Ares I, the launch vehicle designed to take Orion into orbit. It will be based on a J-2X engine, a redesigned version of the J-2 engine used in the Saturn family of boosters. In working on the J-2X, NASA engineers have visited museums, searched for Apollo-era documentation and consulted with engineers who worked on the Apollo program. "The mechanics of landing on the moon and getting off the moon to a large extent have been solved," said Constellation program manager Jeff Hanley. "That is the legacy that Apollo gave us.
Like Apollo, Orion will fly a lunar orbit rendezvous mission profile, but unlike Apollo, the lander, known as Altair, will be launched separately on the Ares V rocket, a rocket based on both Space Shuttle and Apollo technologies. Orion will be launched separately and will link up with Altair in low earth orbit like that of the Skylab program. Also, Orion, unlike Apollo, will remain unmanned in lunar orbit while the entire crew lands on the lunar surface, with the lunar polar regions in mind instead of the equatorial regions explored by Apollo. Constellation will also employ an Earth orbit rendezvous mission profile, which was dropped in favor of lunar orbit rendezvous in Apollo.
Approximately one fifth of the population of the world watched the live transmission of the first Apollo moonwalk.
Many astronauts and cosmonauts have commented on the profound effects that seeing Earth from space has had on them. One of the most important legacies of the Apollo program was the now-common, but not universal, view of Earth as a fragile, small planet, captured in the photographs taken by the astronauts during the lunar missions. The most famous of these photographs, taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts, is "The Blue Marble" (see image at right). These photographs have also motivated many people toward environmentalism .


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Bouncy Castle wrote:Speak for yerself pet. [ polishes handcuffs ]
Bouncy Castle wrote:Nah, you're a pussycat!
RSoak wrote:My mother's favorite saying is: The enemy of good is perfect.
This is unfortunately ignored by Americans. The people who govern this nation (and most) are doing one thing constantly - trying to get re-elected. Well, when you run a very prosperous nation, you run out of things to promise. So you make promises of perfection, or at least striving for perfection, which people then come to expect.
This is, of course, ludicrous. You cannot save every life. People will die, and some very tragically. This is life. Trying to legislate perfection is an effort in futility. People will talk endlessly about the attempt that must be made to save every posible life. The problem is, we don't really mean it.
The number of drinking & driving fatalities in the US alone is over 10,000 per year. Ten thousand! Nearly everyone would argue that those are needless deaths. We legislate like crazy and impose tougher laws on this crime. However if we are truly serious about saving every life, why waste time with punishing in the aftermath? I can think of two laws that would cut that number drastically by ending the causes.
The first one is to outlaw alcohol. No drinking means no drinking & driving. The number of alcohol related deaths should be cut by well over 50% at least. At 5,000 lives per year saved how can we not take that step? The problem here is that this was tried somewhat recently and it failed miserably. People still made, obtained and drank alcohol.
So better still is the other half of our problem - driving. If we simply outlawed driving, the number of drinking and driving deaths would approach zero. On top of that would be the other 30,000+ deaths that would be prevented from non-alcohol related accidents. And unlike drinking, it's readily apparent when someone is driving.
As we can see, the problem is really that those aren't needless deaths. Those deaths enable us to have a great amount of freedom. Those deaths provide for the massive pulse that drives a thriving economy and makes the nation prosper. What this demonstrates is that we are willing to tolerate a certain number of innocent human deaths for the comfort and functionality of the nation as a whole. This is a fact.
So when we see a tragedy like this in Newton, I understand the frustration with some insanely stupid mom loading her house with guns in the presence of an unstable young man. I get the desire to lash out at something for the senseless deaths. However I also understand that, as an outsider, the lifespan of that emotion should last no more than a few minutes.
We live in an imperfect world and no silly little thing like humankind is ever going to change that.
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Corvettes have a habit of transcending the typical roles of an automobile. A two-place sports car never has been what you'd consider a truly rational, totally practical mode of transportation. Perhaps that's what makes them so endearing, though; throw out reason and we're left with pure, raw emotion. When referring to Corvettes of any era, that fervor-inducing sensation is spelled F-U-N.
Many enthusiasts consider their Vettes to be toys, hot rods, weekend cruisers, or maybe even living artifacts. To Leo and Vonni Ensz of Hot Springs, Arkansas, however, the '64 fuel-injected Corvette convertible parked in their garage is more than just a cool car or a great investment. It's a member of the family.
When Leo, now 71-years young, talks about his mid-year roadster, it's with the glow of a proud parent boasting about his child. One of his favorite lines is, "I'm the original owner with my original wife." Leo and the Vette date back to November 16, 1963, when he bought it brand new from Nobby Schmitt Motor Company in Greenville, Illinois, for a whopping $4,404. At the time, Leo lived in Godfrey, Illinois, and sold his '59 Corvette, which he also had bought new, in order to step up to the current model. According to Leo, "Mr. Nobby Schmitt, the owner of the Chevrolet dealership, told me he had placed the 1963 and 1964 manuals in the Vette, and he never wanted to see it again. I suspect that was the first and only Vette he ever sold."
Leo's pride rolled off the St. Louis assembly plant as a genuine performance car with a 375hp L84 Rochester fuel-injected 327-cid powerplant attached to an M20 four-speed gearbox and a Posi-traction rearend with a 3.70:1 axle ratio. It was also one of a relative handful to be assembled with sintered metallic brakes for more aggressive stopping, as well as GM's "Off Road Exhaust System (RPO N11). Leo swears that, "The J65 brake option with the other options truly made this Vette very competitive. There is absolutely no brake fade." But the convertible, wearing Daytona Blue with white and blue trim, was also fully intended to be a driver. So Leo got it with an AM/FM radio, removable auxiliary hardtop, soft ray tinted glass, and back-up lamps.
As the first president and one of the founders of Piasa Corvette Club (named for the monstrous Piasa bird of Illini Indian lore) in Alton, Illinois, during the mid-'60s, Leo spent a lot of time with people who shared his passion for plastic. "The Corvette plant in St. Louis, Missouri, was accommodating to us for special tours and even let us use their conference room for some of our Piasa Corvette Club meetings." He still wishes that they'd let him take pictures inside the plant. Another of the Piasa Corvette Club outings "was to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, to see a road race. I volunteered to rent a camping trailer; don't ever try to electrically connect a U-Haul trailer to a mid-year Vette. What a job!" They finally succeeded in hooking it up after removing the rear panel of the car.
Fellow Corvette enthusiasts weren't the only people Leo had exciting encounters with, however. "I had a policeman stop me on the way to work in 1965. He stated that I was the first Corvette he had ever given a speeding ticket. My reply was, 'Would you like to keep your record clean?'" A good argument but, unfortunately, Leo still got the ticket.
Motorsports were in Leo's blood, and he downright loved his Corvette. He ran high-speed autocrosses at Mid-America Raceway in Wentzville, Missouri, and won Top Time in both 1964 and 1965. He also ran very competitively in numerous autocrosses and car rallies in the '60s and early '70s, which Leo attributes to being able to go 65 mph in first gear. Plus, "I drove the Vette every day, and it fit me like a glove." It was in this racing fashion, in fact, that he first began wooing his bride-to-be. "My first date with my future wife was for an SCCA rally in Bellville, Illinois. I needed a navigator. She was great: [She] even learned how to use a Steven Circular Calculator." That was a perfect match-up, so Leo ultimately proposed to Vonni in the Vette, and they married in 1966. "We drove the Vette to Daytona Beach, Florida, for our honeymoon-the only challenge was packing her luggage!"
After getting marriage, they sold Vonni's '62 Chevy Impala convertible and replaced it with a six-cylinder '57 Chevy four-door sedan so they could keep the Vette. Though she wanted the Vette, Vonni wasn't thrilled about her Imp's practical replacement. Love soon forgives, and the Vette continued to play a central role in the Ensz family. "Our lives really revolved around Vette meetings, parties, auto crosses, races, and rallies." Vonni enjoyed driving the mid-year every bit as much as Leo, and she was quite adept with the four-speed.
When their son, Chad, was born in August 1968, and the Vette not being air-conditioned, "I used my mother-in-law's air-conditioned T-bird to bring him and Vonni home. He has never forgiven me that his first car ride wasn't in this Vette," Leo tells us with a smile. Chad's second ride was in it, though.
Leo also tells us about a family trip to the Lake of the Ozarks when Vonni was pregnant with their daughter, Holli. "[Vonni] chose to ride in an air-conditioned vehicle, so I had our sheep dog in the Vette pulling the boat. It was very hot so I had the top down, and I put a bandana over the dog's hair to keep it from hurting her eyes. Upon gassing, I heard someone remark, 'What an ugly gal in that Vette!'"
Since he was fairly mechanical, Leo did all the repairs and maintenance on the '64 himself with friends from the Corvette club. They all pitched in together and rented a garage to work on their Vettes on the weekends. "I remember one time working in my own garage," Leo continues, "when I was replacing a throw-out bearing and my son (two- or three-years-old) had his pedal car jacked up, and he was laying on his back with both hands pretending to repair his car. I also have lots of footage on the old Super 8 with Chad and Holli pretending to drive the Vette at very early ages." It's no surprise that Chad and Holli have grown into die-hard Corvette lovers (and owners) themselves. Chad drives a Light Pewter '00, and Holli enjoys a '95 C4 of her own.
In 1985, after a lifetime of memories shared together, Leo felt he owed it to the car to give it a proper restoration. His original intent was to refurbish it as a driver, but wasn't satisfied with the results. So he proceeded to a concourse-quality frame-off restoration. However, money unfortunately doesn't fall from the sky and, "from 1986 to 1996, we had one or both of our children in college so the restoration went very slowly." Leo restored the frame, suspension, and engine himself with the help of many friends.


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Corvette has always occupied a truly unique niche in the industry, but it was in no way immune from the twin ravaging elements of tightening federal control and dramatically increasing competition from overseas that came to bear in the early '70s. Despite these potentially crippling factors, however, America's Sports Car continued to prosper, warts and all.
As with all 1975-model cars sold in the U.S., Corvettes had to meet stricter emissions standards established by the EPA. In addition to a catalytic converter, every 1975 Chevrolet Corvette also came equipped with several other new emissions components, including something Chevrolet dubbed "Early Fuel Evaporation" or simply EFE. By sharply reducing engine warm-up time the EFE system cut emissions significantly.
There was no denying the toll the myriad array of emissions control equipment took on performance. In addition to adding many pounds of unwanted weight they directly diminished performance by consuming engine power for their own actuation, reducing compression, inhibiting free flow of intake and exhaust gases, and dictating camshaft specifications.
New and ever-increasing safety standards dictated from the nation's capital also took a discernible toll on performance in the '70s. Front and rear impact-absorbing bumpers, already a requirement in 1974, were further strengthened for '75. Underneath the Corvette's front urethane bumper cover was a rather complex plastic honeycomb assembly, and beneath the rear fascia lay a steel and aluminum framework with a pair of chassis-mounted hydraulic shock absorbers.
In theory, at least, the impact-absorbing bumpers prevented damage to the car from low-speed collisions. In reality, damage almost always still resulted and all the added components intended to prevent it added plenty of weight and unwanted additional expense to the Corvette.
The mandated bumpers also strongly influenced styling, necessitating very large overhangs front and rear. Today, fans of the "rubber bumper" Sharks profess to find the front and rear body treatments attractive, and to some they undoubtedly are. Most people however, are probably more used to it than anything else. Even Corvette News, Chevrolet's own in-house Corvette magazine, had trouble finding something positive to say about the required look. Writing in the October/November '74 issue they said "In talking to Corvette owners across the country we have found that most have gotten used to the rear-end design which was introduced in '74."
Besides the steep toll on performance exacted by the endless stream of rules and regulations cascading out of Washington, Corvette also had to contend with increasing competition in the marketplace. As in past years, traditional foes like Jaguar's XKE and the latest from Ferrari were of no great concern, owing to their relatively steep price tags and low production volume. Likewise, Triumphs, MGs, Alfa Romeos, and other diminutive sports cars posed little threat because of their scant production figures and comparatively anemic performance. Beginning in 1970, however, a new challenger for the already tight sports car market had already gained a solid foothold in this country, and by the mid-'70s it was outselling Corvette by thousands of units per year. When Datsun's 240Z came to these shores in 1970 it caused an instant sensation. Offering superbly balanced performance at the bargain price of about $3,500, it evolved into the 260Z and then the 280Z in '75. The Japanese invasion was not in full swing, but it had surely begun in earnest and though many failed to recognize the obvious, the handwriting was clearly on the wall.


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Catch-up wrote:Trying not to feel really irritated. I'm having a hard time successfully communicating with the staff at the middle school. I know things are busy there and I've been really patient so far. But we're getting to a stage where some decisions and changes need to be made and communicating through email just isn't cutting it. I spend a lot of time trying to compose my messages so that they're brief, but ask and answer all the necessary questions. Then I get emails back without answers and asking questions that I've already answered, or asked for more information so that I can answer them. I know there are a lot of students there. I know things are busy. But obviously email isn't the best way to communicate about a couple of things. I have so much to get done today and I've put it all on hold in the hopes of being able to just pop in for a short time to get things straightened out. I've left a voice mail and if I don't hear back from them soon, I have to decide whether to go out and accomplish stuff or sit here and wait.
raisindot wrote:Dotsie wrote:Mr Dotsie went last week for some back physio, and she bruised his bottom That's my job His back's much better though
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I've been really enjoying the multi class system but aside from that there isn't very much that is new.
Like i said above, they are not attempting to offer a totally new MMO experience; they are trying to create a polished, and well working alternative. In the same that if someone is bored of Call of Duty they can try Battlefield, or vice versa. If people are bored with WoW, but want a equally polished, and content-full experience they can try Rift. Rift is trying to be the Battlefield to the WoW CoD, and from what i'm seeing they are succeeding. I'm tired of WoW, but i like the gameplay and polish so i will most likely play Rift, as it's much like WoW but it's changed up enough that it will feel fresh. I applaud the developer for offering a polished and complete experience that will compete with WoW on the front of having a content-rich, polished, and well developed experience; rather than trying to redefine the genre and fail (FFXIV).


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The royal residence of the royal family is royally splendid. Built by Maharaja Sayajirao III in 1878 in the Indo-Saracenic style, the palace was completed in 1890. There are extensive collections of sculptures, both bronze and marble, as well as old armour that stir interest. The Fatehsingh Rao Museum on the grounds houses old paintings and other pieces of art and is a definite must see. Also make time and visit the nearby Naulakhi Well, which is called a baoli or a step-well.
Baroda Museum
Things from times gone by are what museums are normally about and this one is no different. Built in 1894, the Baroda Museum has an extensive art collection including several works by reputed British and European artists. To mention a few of the other attractions would be unfair to all that is in display but to give you a little idea, an Egyptian mummy, a skeleton of a blue whale, elegant Akota bronzes from the 5th century AD, Mughal miniatures and a gallery of Tibetan Art is what you can expect to enjoy here.
Nyaya Mandir
Try and visit the Nyaya Mandir or the Temple of Justice over the weekend. This is because the place still stands true to its name and is even today used to house justice in the form of the Baroda District Court. A classic and splendid example of Byzantine architecture, this medieval structure imposes upon you, both its proportion and style, demanding and getting the attention it deserves.
The Aurobindo Society
Dedicated to the revered Shri Aurobindo, the Society contains memorabilia related to his life and work. Meditation halls within here are open to the public, so you might want to sit down for a few minutes and say hello to your inner self. Also check out the library, which has an interesting collection to delve into as also the sales emporium to pick up some books on Shri Aurobindo and his work.
Sayajibaug and Sardar Patel Planetarium
Built by Sayajirao III in 1879, this park is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri. Spanning 113 acres, this park has a few attractions for everyone, whether child or adult. The toy train is an obvious must for the former. The expanse of green is one obvious attraction but there are others in the form of a zoo, the Vadodara Museum and Picture Gallery, the Museum of Health and Hygiene and the Sardar Patel Planetarium.
Nazarbaug Palace
This is the place to be if art interests you and even if this has not been on your list of enjoyments, the Palace is as good a place as any to start taking an interest in the fascinating world on canvas. The Palace houses the royal art collection and showcases the works of masters like Raphael, Titian and Murillo. There is also other art that is classifiable under nomenclatures like modern western, Indian paintings, Greco-Roman exhibits, Chinese and Japanese art. Also take in the extensive collection of contemporary Indian art, which keeps the flags of painters of the past alive.
Vadodara uphold the taste and variety of Gujarati cuisine. Authentic preparations with perfect combinations of jaggery and spice makes for healthy and tasty food. Vegetables taste like they were meant to and are lightly cooked to get to the real flavour of each without the otherwise necessary onion and garlic. There are also varieties of farsaan, light snacks or the popular dhoklas and khandvi. Vadodara also offers other cuisine including good Continental, Mexican and Chinese food. But while there, you really should binge on the array of Gujarati delicacies that the city offers.
Sayaji Ganj
Maruti Restaurant
Nand Complex
Ambrosia Complex
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While Vadodara does not have festivals unique to it, there is no dearth of both national and state festivals. During Navratri, the city comes alive and beats to the tune of the lively garba and dandiya dances. Great fun and great food combine to make this occasion a complete success. This bi-yearly festival is where you should be when you are anywhere near Vadodara. The other festival that raises and always meets expectations of fun and festivity is Diwali with its special all-night raas garba.
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and 30ms pings are high for you? the only game i play is battlefield 3 on 100+ pings which is a FPS and i happen to represent one of the bests asia's competitive teams.
I can only wish for anything below 100. ****ty internet problems.
OT: would you happen to have windows 7 on one computer and 8 on the other? i've heard some people were having latency issues with win 8.
Posted 09 December 2012 - 20:13
Well I do play on a NY server so technically ping should be a bit lower. I only ping around 45ms - 55ms to Florida and around 90ms at most to California. It seems something is artificially inflating my ping with fps as mentioned in my last post.
Posted 09 December 2012 - 20:23
It fluctuates a bit but it usually evens out at 30ms. When I cap my ingame fps at 30fps it goes down to 15ms.
Posted 09 December 2012 - 20:24
Realtek kit is pretty cheap, but you might still try updating the drivers for it if you haven't.
I am experiencing higher ping and lag in Team Fortress 2 on my high end desktop via a wired connection. On my desktop I get around 30ms - 40+ ms ping, however I just received a new laptop and my ping on that over wireless is consistently under 20ms. I am not sure what is the cause of this but I've tried everything to lower my ping on my desktop such as adding TCPNoDelay 1 or TcpAckFrequency 1 in the registry for the adapter, enabling MSMQ queuing server, setting NetworkThrottlingIndex to FFFFFFFFF for the multimedia class scheduler. None of that did much to lower my ping and reduce my lag in Team Fortress 2. I am starting to think my Realtek ethernet controller may be at fault as I can't deduce anything else causing the higher ping.
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Apr 3, 2008
Fake GPS Challenge
But can you figure out how it works? See the Fake GPS Receiver challenge. The first three people who can explain how it works get a free copy of nxtprograms.com on CD! Email the link shown in the challenge instead of commenting here if you think you know how and want to explain it. I may post some hints in the comments for this post here if necessary.
6 comments:
- Jonathan Daudelin said...
Lol, wow... I had no idea it was fake. I'll have to try the program.
- Apr 3, 2008, 4:39:00 AM
- Sir Michael said...
But how will we know who the first 3 people really are since all the gmail users out there will be using the custom time feature (also released on April 1st):-) http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html
- Apr 3, 2008, 4:50:00 AM
I'm also going to try the program.
Too bad it is a fake.
- Apr 3, 2008, 4:52:00 AM
- Andy said...
The one thing I really don't get is how you managed to make it download and play the startup sound with no sound block in the program :S So what I think is that you somehow tricked the compiler to download the sound block anyway. And to see the sound block you have to hit the "Display System Files" button too see it, unlike when you use a soundblock. How did you actually do that? :-P
- Apr 3, 2008, 6:56:00 AM
- NXT said...
It took me a few hours to figure this out. I was looking at it yesterday and I thought that maybe you had created your own block with LabView and disguised it to look like a built in block. But the solution is not quite so devious as that.
You have a great website!
- Apr 3, 2008, 7:19:00 AM
- Dave Parker said...
Congratulations to Gordon Buchanan, Patrick Dynes, and Rong F. Lee, who where the first three people to email me a complete explanation of how the GPS program works! (not counting fellow TheNXTStep blogger Brian Davis who also cracked it quickly).
I added a couple of general "debugging" hints to the program section of the project (http://www.nxtprograms.com/fake_GPS/steps.html#Program), which you might also find useful for other programming problems you run into, and I still have two more CDs to give away if anyone else wants to take a crack at it.
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The Apple vs. Samsung Verdict Actually Demonstrates that Patents Do Promote Product Innovation
In the time that the Apple vs. Samsung patent fight has been underway, we have been inundated with an untold number of articles on how Apple is stifling innovation in the SmartPhone world. (Haven't seen these: just do a Google search for "Apple stif . . ." you don't have to type any more than this–the search auto-completes itself.) I often take a contrarian view from that stated by most "expert" commentators–be they members of the press or actual patent professionals, and the Apple v. Samsung verdict is no exception: I think the result actually demonstrates that the patent system is working just fine in this instance, thank you very much. But how can this be when Samsung got hit with more than a BILLION US DOLLAR jury verdict last week?!? Doesn't the fact that Samsung could not make a product without infringing Apple's multitude of patents mean that Samsung is effectively prevented from competing with Apple in the Smartphone market? Not necessarily, as is shown by this great post from The Verge entitled: "How Android has evolved while steering clear of Apple's designs". What is most interesting to me about this article is how we see that while making Continue Reading →


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yes because it doesn't matter what device you are charging AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A CORD THAT HAS A USB PLUG ON ONE END.
you simply plug your cord from your device into the Mophie charger, and then connect that to whatever device you are intending to charge. the pain here is needing different cords with you to charge whatever device(s) you bring along with you. then not forgetting them when you arrive home and plug them back into the wall.
Mophie portable battery packs do not come with plug heads, only the cord. since you already have one, they forgo it considering it probably saves money and time for them. and they know you already have a plug, because you wouldn't need a portable battery pack charger if you didn't have an electronic device! lol
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According to the Mophie site, it's compatible with all generations of iPhones and iPads.
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I don't have my iPhone 5 yet, so I'm not positive. But I would think that if you put the short 10 pin to lightning connector on the ten pin end of the charging cable, that it should be able to charge it, unless there are some software issues. I am pretty sure that the frequency is the same
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Spice Things Up On National Pecan Pie Day
Tomorrow is National Pecan Pie Day! Impress your family and friends with this amazing Spiced Maple Pecan Pie with Star Anise recipe from Melissa Clark's cookbook, Cook This Now. This isn't your normal pecan pie; Melissa Clark spices things up and uses maple syrup infused with star anise and rum. This recipe is also a community pick on food 52! I'm a sucker for the smell of freshly baked pies, yum!
( note: this recipe serves 8 )
ingredients for the pie crust:
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 to 5 tablespoons ice water
ingredients for the filling:
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup Demerara or raw sugar
- 8 whole star anise
- 2 cups pecan halves
- 3 large eggs
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons dark aged rum
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- Whipped créme fraiche, for serving
cooking directions:
- To make the crust, in a food processor, briefly pulse together the flour and salt. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture forms lima bean-size pieces (three to five 1-second pulses). Add ice water 1 tablespoon at a time, and pulse until the mixture is just moist enough to hold together. Form the dough into a ball, wrap with plastic, and flatten into a disc. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before rolling out and baking (up to a week, or freeze for up to 4 months).
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pie crust to a 12-inch circle. Transfer the crust to a 9-inch pie plate. Fold over any excess dough, then crimp as decoratively as you can manage.
- Prick the crust all over with a fork. Freeze the crust for 15minutes or refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Cover the pie with aluminum foil and fill with pie weights (you can use pennies, rice, or dried beans for this; I use pennies). Bake for 20 minutes; remove the foil and weights and bake until pale golden, about 5 minutes more. Cool on a rack until needed.
- To make the filling, in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the maple syrup, sugar, and star anise to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until the mixture is very thick, all the sugar has dissolved, and the syrup measures 1 cup, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit for 1 hour for the anise to infuse.
- While the syrup is infusing, toast the nuts. Preheat the oven to 325°. Spread the pecans out on a baking sheet and toast them in the oven until they start to smell nutty, about 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Remove the star anise from the syrup. Warm the syrup if necessary to make it pourable but not hot (you can pop it in the microwave for a few seconds if you've moved it to a measuring cup). Do not stir the syrup as you reheat it, as it may crystallize and harden. In a medium bowl, whisk together the syrup, eggs, melted butter, rum, and salt. Fold in the pecan halves. Pour the filling into the crust and transfer to a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until the pie is firm to the touch but jiggles slightly when moved, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before serving with whipped crème fraiche.


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Shimano SH-R191 Road Shoes
Designed for club riders and competitive racers, these elite-level road shoes provide comfort, lightweight stability and the custom feel and performance of an anatomic fit. Carbon composite outsole, dual-density insole and anti-slip heel lining transfer all your energy to the pedals for a more powerful stroke. Curved-anatomical last follows the natural contour of your foot to enhance comfort on longer rides. Stretch-resistant synthetic upper with 3D moisture-control mesh offers breathable support. Oversized, micro-adjust buckle and dual offset straps give you a secure, pressure-free fit.
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Tigers Football BIO
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2012 All-OVC First Team
2012 - Sophomore Season
Played in 10 contests for the Tigers, starting eight... Caught 51 passes for 733 yards and six touchdowns... Had three receptions for 101 yards and a season-long 80-yard grab at Bethune-Cookman (9/22)... Recorded a career-best eight catches for 102 yards and a score versus Tennessee Tech (10/27)... Set a new personal-best with 115 yards at Murray State (11/3)... Had a pair of touchdowns in the season-finale at UT Martin (11/17)...
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A four-star prospect and No. 5 tight end nationally according to Rivals.com...Member of the ESPNU 150 class and Rivals100 class...Averaged 20 yards-per-catch as a tight end...On defense, he recorded 21 sacks and 60 tackles with 10 for a loss...Also had two blocked punts, one blocked extra point, five forced fumbles and one fumble recovery...Participated in the Under Armour High School All-American Game...Chose Florida over Alabama, Miami, Nebraska, UCF and FIU...Coached by Heath Nivens.
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Christine has been President of Humane Society Silicon Valley for the past 13 years. During her tenure, Christine has led a progressive spay/neuter program that has dramatically reduced the number of incoming animals to
the shelter from 45,000 in 1993 to approximately 9,000 in 2006. Under her leadership, the shelter instituted a spay/neuter at adoption policy, pediatric spay/neuter, an affordable spay/neuter vaccination clinic, and encouraged local
municipalities to offer discounted spay/neuter voucher programs. Christine has also instituted policies that have substantially increased the number of animals adopted. Today, 99 percent of the animals available for adoption find new
homes; ten years ago, less than 15 percent found new homes. Under Christine's management, the Humane Society's volunteer base increased from 50 to more than 700, and the shelter's donor base increased from 300 to 30,000 donors. In addition
to her passion for animals, Christine has a strong business background, having spent four years as an auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co. and 15 years with Hewlett Packard Corporation. At HP, Christine held several managerial positions
both domestically and in Europe. Christine is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University. She serves as a board member of the State Humane Association of California and is a volunteer consultant to
various nonprofit boards. In 1989, Business Month magazine named Christine to its list of "100 Women to Watch in Corporate America." Christine owns four dogs, all of which were adopted from Humane Society Silicon
Jesse Fink is a founding partner of MissionPoint Capital and President and CEO of Marshall Street Management. In 2004, MSM established MSM Capital Partners to manage its investment activities in the clean technology and
environmental finance sectors. Jesse was the COO of Walker Digital Inc. and Priceline.com and previously worked at Georgia-Pacific, Citicorp, and CUC International. Jesse received a B.S. in Resource Management from the State University of
New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry and an MBA from Syracuse University's School of Management. In February of 2007, Jesse received the Cleantech Venture Network's "Leader of the Year" award.
Mike Maples, Jr. is the managing partner of Maples Investments, and is an entrepreneur in his own right. Before becoming a full-time investor, he worked in a variety of executive and management roles in high-growth
companies. His background spans a variety of markets including consumer technology, small business, and the enterprise, and he has served in various executive roles in product development, marketing, and corporate strategy. Mike began his
technology career in high school, when he started a software company that developed games and educational products for the original IBM PC. He has been passionate about the technology industry ever since. Most recently, Mike co-founded
Motive, Inc., the world's leading broadband software company in 1997 and played key roles in its growth from raw start-up through sales of $100 million. Motive was one of the only successful technology IPOs in 2004, and the most successful
infrastructure software IPO for the prior three years. At Motive, Mike was General Manager of Motive's Corporate Business Unit, as well as Chief Marketing and Strategy officer. Prior to Motive, Mike was responsible for worldwide product
marketing at Tivoli Systems, where he managed the company's product portfolio from its early-stage development through its 1995 IPO and growth to a $750M line of business within the IBM Software Group. Mike began his professional career at
Silicon Graphics, where he served in business development and product marketing roles. In his spare time Mike is an amateur artist, movie-maker, and calligrapher. He holds an Engineering degree from Stanford University, an MBA from Harvard
Business School, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and a guest-lecturer on entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, Stanford University, Princeton University, and the University of Texas.
Mitch Kapor has been at the forefront of the information technology revolution for a generation as an entrepreneur, investor, social activist, and philanthropist. Most recently, Mr. Kapor founded Foxmarks, an upcoming
search engine based on bookmarks and related metadata. He received a B.A. from Yale College in 1971 and studied psychology, linguistics, and computer science as part of a major in Cybernetics. He attended the Sloan School of Management at
MIT before leaving for a Silicon Valley startup. Mr. Kapor founded Lotus Development Corp. in 1982 and with Jonathan Sachs created Lotus 1-2-3, which made the PC ubiquitous in business in the 1980's. In 1990, he co-founded the Electronic
Frontier Foundation. He founded the Mitchell Kapor Foundation in 1997 and the Open Source Applications Foundation in 2001. He became the founding Chair of the Mozilla Foundation in 2003 and is a trustee of the Level Playing Field
Institute. From 1994-1996, he served as Adjunct Professor at the MIT Media Lab. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Kapor was a partner at Accel. In 2006, he became an Adjunct Professor at the School of Information at Berkeley. Mr. Kapor has
contributed pieces on information infrastructure policy, intellectual property, and antitrust in the digital era topublications such as Scientific American, The New York Times, and Forbes.
Ashwin Navin is the President and Co-Founder of BitTorrent, Inc. He joined Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, in 2004, moving from Yahoo! where he was an influential member of the company's Corporate Development
group. He possesses extensive experience in structuring and negotiating acquisitions, partnerships and alliances in the tech industry. While at Yahoo!, Ashwin was responsible for M&A, divestitures and company strategy in the U.S. and
key global markets such as India and Korea. Before Yahoo!, Ashwin worked with Wall Street powerhouses Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch as an investment banker and research analyst. Ashwin earned a dual B.A. from Claremont McKenna
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Dan Springer brings over 20 years of executive leadership and strategic sales and marketing consulting experience to Responsys, with proven success in interactive marketing, e-commerce, and finance. As Chief Executive
Officer, Dan is responsible for charting Responsys' strategic direction and extending the company's leadership into new realms of digital marketing. Prior to Responsys, Dan was Managing Director in the San Francisco office of Modem Media
where he was responsible for general management of the agency's western United States operations. Dan led the development of the agency's Performance Marketing capability by leveraging database marketing, web site analytics and search
engine marketing techniques. Prior to Modem Media as the CEO of Telleo, Inc., he refocused the business from online advertising to business partnerships with leading brands like Taco Bell. Previously, Springer was also the Chief Marketing
Officer and General Manager for NextCard, where he built the fastest-growing credit card in history by creating one of the Internet's top five advertisers. He started his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and
DRI/McGraw-Hill. Dan holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Occidental College. He also sits on the board of directors for ITI, E-LOAN and The Randall Museum.
Dominic Orr was named President and CEO of Aruba Networks in April 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Orr served as the company's Chairman of the Board. Previously, Dominic Orr was the president of Nortel Networks, Intelligent
Internet Web Systems. He previously served as the president and chief executive of Alteon WebSystems which was merged with Nortel Networks in Oct. 2000. Mr. Orr has more than 20 years of experience in the computer systems and communication
networking industry and has held senior positions at Bay Networks, Hewlett-Packard and Hughes Aircraft. Mr. Orr. is a member of the Sciences Board of Visitors at UCLA. He holds a BS in physics from City University of New York and a MS and
PhD from California Institute of Technology.
J. Michael Cline is the founding Partner of Accretive LLC. Michael and other Accretive principals founded Exult, Xchanging, Fandango and Accretive Health. Before founding Accretive Michael spent 10 years as General
Partner at General Atlantic Partners helping build General Atlantic into the world's largest private investment firm focused on software and related investments. Prior to General Atlantic, Michael was an associate at McKinsey &
Company. Michael received his MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and he received a BS from Cornell University. He serves on the boards of Accretive Commerce, Fandango, Accretive Health and Willow. He is a Trustee
of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) where he chairs the Tigers Forever initiative - the world's largest effort in global tiger conservation and is a Trustee of the Brunswick School. He also serves on the board of the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, Endeavor Global and the Harvard Business School Rock Center for Entrepreneurship.
William Sahlman is the Dimitri V. d'Arbeloff - Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. The d'Arbeloff Chair was established in 1986 to support teaching and research on the
entrepreneurial process. The Chair honors the late Dimitri d'Arbeloff (HBS '55), whose entrepreneurial skills helped make Millipore Corporation a world leader in its industry. Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton
University, an M.B.A. from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Business Economics, also from Harvard. His research focuses on the investment and financing decisions made in entrepreneurial ventures at all stages in their development. Mr.
Sahlman was co-chair of the Entrepreneurship and Service Management Unit from 1999 to 2002. From 1991 to 1999, he was Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing Activities, and chairman of the board for Harvard Business School
Publishing Corporation. From 1990 to 1991, he was chairman of the Harvard University Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility. He is a member of the board of directors of several private companies.
A veteran media industry executive, Ron Bloom is the visionary CEO and business leader behind the founding of PodShow. Ron is ultimately responsible for PodShow's business units, team building, operations, financing and
hyper-growth. Bloom was the chief strategist in securing PodShow's elite private investors, including venture firms Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital and Sherpalo Ventures. Bloom is often referenced as the author of the media industry's
"5/50" rule and Fart's Law of consumer technology adoption. Ron Bloom is a former Chairman and Chief Executive Office of THINK New Ideas, a company he founded with PodShow co founder Adam Curry. He helped to build the Company to over 500
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to become one of FORTUNE Magazine's "Top 25 Emerging Technology Companies of 1995. In recent years, he has worked with a range of companies, helping to develop technologies for the cable industry as well as helping to launch a company that
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Relief of Akhethotep
This relief depicts Akhty-hotep, an Old Kingdom official, in a simple wrapped kilt and a short, curly wig. The tall walking stick and paddlelike baton indicate his official status. Akhty-hotep's name appears in hieroglyphs in front of his face and also, partially preserved, above him to the left. Egyptians believed that, in addition to tomb statues, images like this one could house the dead owner's spirit. The high, bold carving typifies relief of the early Old Kingdom.
- Medium: Limestone
- Place Excavated: Saqqara, Egypt
- Dates: ca. 2650-2600 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: late III Dynasty-early IV Dynasty
- Period: Early Old Kingdom
- Dimensions: 36 1/8 x 23 11/16 in. (91.8 x 60.2 cm) (show scale)
- Collections:Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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- Accession Number: 57.178
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Relief of Akhethotep, ca. 2650-2600 B.C.E. Limestone, 36 1/8 x 23 11/16 in. (91.8 x 60.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 57.178. Creative Commons-BY
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- Catalogue Description: Limestone relief of the royal official Akhet-hotep. In high relief, Akhet-hotep, standing facing right, supporting plain staff in left hand, and sekhem-scepter in right. Curled wig, plain skirt. Above the representation, remains of three columns of titles in very bold hieroglyphs; name of owner in raised relief in front of face. Condition: Relief is assembled from separate blocks. These blocks have been cut to maximum thickness of about 4.2 cm. Sections lost from left edge (center and base) and from lower right edges. Cracked in various sections with minor breaks along cracks. Remains of green paint around eye. Lips chipped. Relief is in fragile condition and crossed with cracks. As both long sides of the relief show traces of walls at right angles to the main face of this relief, it must have come from the left side, or inlet, of a false door or similar in the tomb.
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