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In the eternal mountains, with their wildflowers and natural gardens, which seem to swallow up the graffiti-scrawled industrial cathedrals, like a craving for apocalypse, a patient anticipation of the end of time.
The future seems to deal modernity a blow, tapping into ancient energies, not from the sky but from the ground.
Despite its cultivated folksy charm and airs of an Alpine paradise, Zurich has a long experience of urbanity.
Zurich is doubtlessly a modern city, but one look at the twin spires of its cathedral and you are transported to the turquoise minarets of Samarkand.
TANJA KOTZ member since 2004
Her fiery hair and soft eyes endow her with the ethereal charm of Botticelli's Venus. Everything about this citizen of the Zurich Highlands, an Olympian back country perched on the mountain tops, seems to fit perfectly. She is an HR Manager in the hush-hush world of Swiss banking and certainly appreciates the intensity of Zurich's cultural life, but prefers by far the purity of its lakes and forests. She loves it when the park at the Swiss National Museum is adorned with wintertime fondue tents and an ice rink straight from a Russian fairy tale, or when in summer, the chocolate-brown waters of the River Sihl cloud the waters of the Limmat. She drinks the same coffee at home and at work – her work meetings often take place at the Nespresso Boutique - enjoying it with the froth of a Latte Macchiato. But now she is pregnant, Tanja has chosen to forgo her beloved RISTRETTO in favour of the DECAFFEINATO Grand Cru.
ZURICH ZOO Wildlife nestles a few minutes from the city centre
SOMETIMES, IT ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES' RIDE ON THE TRAMWAY TO DISENTANGLE YOURSELF FROM THE CITY WITHOUT EVEN LEAVING IT. The magnificent ZURICH ZOO recreates an equatorial forest on its hilltop location, amongst the fragrant mists and birdsong, echoing like in the nave of a cathedral. The lake exudes the serenity of a glassy sea as it laps the shores of Seefeld, the waterside neighbourhood where Tanja works. It's in this rural neighbourhood that the MAISON LE CORBUSIER can be found. This last building designed by the Swiss architect, interior designer and urban planner was built behind the bizarre Chinese garden donated to the city by a district of Yunnan, Zurich's twin city. Despite its impression of being an innocent little village, it still offers sanctuary to intrepid designers, be they local or international. At the heart of the city's emerging district, WALRAUD exhibits a select collection of furniture and cloth with a mischievous, youthful twist. In the midst of this organised chaos, which brings to mind a little rich girl's bedroom, there is an extraordinary pendant whose gem, midway between opal and precious wood, turns out to be formed from multi-coloured layers of recycled magazine pages. Many Swiss fashion designers are represented at THEMA SELECTION, a former butcher's: its ceiling decorated with scenes from folk tales, which now houses creations which are both exotic and indigenous, like Sok Hand Druck's gorgeous prints. A stone's throw away, the SCHWARZENBACH grocery is a national treasure, with its jumble of "colonial" goods that hasn't aged one iota since 1864, and rows and rows of dried fruits.
Masculine chic reaches Full maturity here. The best Aspects of virility can be found In this treasure trove for dapper gents.
HARRY BRUPPACHER member since 1992
This graphic designer, who has travelled the world, is proud of the cosmopolitan charms concentrated in his hometown. The cultural scene here is particularly rich, comparable to that of major cities such as London or New York. Artists and foreigners have brought an alternative universe into existence in the former "red light district" of Langstrasse, the shady areas of Zurich that no one dared acknowledge. It was as if the mountains had opened, letting the winds of change blow through from all four corners of the earth, stirring up the liquid elements deep within this ancient valley in the heart of Europe, sowing seeds of innovation. Harry has used the same machine for twenty years, and enjoys a Pure Origin ROSABAYA de colombia at home, but prefers the more robust texture of a good RISTRETTO in the office.
HARRY IS A CAR LOVER AND ACCESSORIES ARE NOT AN OPTIONAL EXTRA FOR HIM. HE IS CAPABLE OF BREAKING THE BANK FOR AN EXCLUSIVE WATCH, tracked down God only knows where and how by watchmaker-jeweller JIM GERBER. Take the Corum adorned with a pheasant-feather dial or the priceless Bulova "Space View", with its visible electronic mechanism, an exorbitant novelty rendered obsolete only two years after its invention by the quartz revolution. EDITION POPULAIRE's small selection is devoted to indulging the male of the species, the uncharted region to be conquered by the lifestyle industry. The concept works so well that masculine chic reaches full maturity here. The best emblems of masculinity can be found in this treasure trove for dapper gents, with its eccentric and locally-designed products, from tank tops to kangaroo boxer-shorts, via schnapps bottles, items for polishing shoes and the barbecue-in-a-suitcase. The famous FREITAG bags cut from recycled truck tarpaulin are on sale in the brand's biggest boutique, a true ramshackle monument build from old containers (see 'Citizen of Honour' section). The KUNSTHAUS ZURICH is obviously unmissable; with its never-ending modern art collection arranged in a mix of styles, in no chronological order, serving to wrong-foot traditional academic snobbery. Haute cuisine has proved to be musician Dieter Meier's most profitable side-project (see Interview section), and one of his most successful restaurants, Bärengasse, is a favourite of Harry's when he's not at the HYATT bar, whose back-lit onyx counter looks like it is hung with human skin.
LADY MATA HARI member since 2006
She introduces herself by her stage name, as if the character and the real personality overlap instead of treading on each other's toes. Lady Mata Hari is a professional DJ, originally from Korea and Singapore, but she has been living in Zurich from a young age. Her old cultural baggage has long lain forgotten at the back of the wardrobe – indeed her aim seems to be to fit in with the image of her adopted hometown. This big village has all the advantages of the provincial lifestyle without the drawbacks: a place which is both quiet and tolerant, a real Aladdin's cave. It certainly is difficult to break the ice, but once you've found your way in, its reputation for loyalty holds true. She drinks ARPEGGIO, the violet capsule – the same colour as her hair – whose exuberant intensity mirrors that of the PIXIE which brought it into being.
IN THIS CITY THAT IS ALWAYS ON TIME, THERE IS A FASCINATING TIME LAG, A MISMATCH OF ERAS. FIRST, THERE'S THE FAMOUS VIADUKT, whose Dantesque arches now host a picturesque farmers' market. The nearby MARKTHALLE is the place to go and sample the legendary rack of lamb or the Croûte au fromage, after stocking up on Swiss products from the handpicked selection at the Berg und Tal delicatessen. DANIEL H evokes the close connection between kitsch and folklore, with its squinting hunting trophies and its Madonna placed in a niche lined with tawny fur. It feels like a bikers' bar in a mountain chalet. In terms of cuisine, the organic sushi is excellent at lunchtime, and the weekly theme gives the menu its roving spirit, but this is not as tasty as the mix of alternative creatures and predators of the financial world that mingle here in unnatural proximity. During the day, the BARFUSSBAR is a public pool, where ladies come to paddle with the swans in the misleading tropical hues of this icy stream. However, as night falls, the wooden pool becomes tinged with more fiery colours, and is transformed into devilish nightclub. Another waterside establishment, the café-concert venue EL LOKAL looks like Cape-Horner's shack from the last century, crammed from floor to ceiling with souvenirs from his travels. It is impossible to resist the baroque indecency of the blood-red velvet adorning the walls of the SCHOBER confectioner's, with its trompe-l'œil jungles, gilt coating and magnificently arranged pastries. This hushed monument of Old Zurich brilliantly reveals the true nature of classicism – its constant desire to shock.
A small public bath, where women come to paddle with the swans, in the misleading tropical hues of its icy current.
GIULIO PICIN member since 2009
Giulio Picin is an atypical teacher, born in Zurich to Venetian parents, and resembling a figure from traditional African artwork, with his Mohican, his throat encircled by chains and his metal bracelets which clink like jacks. Although he is addicted to the Spanish lust for life, he always comes back to his hometown because he finds a good balance there without ever getting bored. If Venice is the fantasy of a past that is yet to come, and New York is the fiction of a future that has already had its day, then Zurich is the happy medium. People like Giulio, with Italian roots, cannot be indifferent to coffee. Giulio savours each of his fifteen daily espressos with a reverence bordering on devotion. As well as the RISTRETTO Grand Cru, served short and strong, he appreciates the guaranteed perfection of each extraction, and the freedom he has to enjoy his coffee anywhere in the world, always with the feeling of being at home.
Mediterranean cuisine is served, prepared with vegetables from the kitchen garden alongside the railway lines.
THE GENIUS OF THIS "LITTLE BIG CITY" IS BETTER SEEN IN ITS KNACK FOR RECYCLING THAN IN ITS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: reclaiming existing sites is a clever form of redevelopment, and it halts urban sprawl by making use of abandoned spaces. The brand new FRAU GEROLDS GARTEN has outstripped the neighbouring Freitag tower, stacking up used containers against a big fresco by the artist Sarah Parsons. Mediterranean cuisine is served, prepared with vegetables from the kitchen garden alongside the railway lines. A hundred metres away, BOGEN 33 collects vintage items just opposite the ROSSO pizzeria, whose wood-burning oven nestles in premises once used by the national electricity company. While Zurich is proud of its rich cake-making tradition, only a few firms still work like CAREDDA, a Neapolitan artisan who hand-creates each of his panettone and delicious aragoste, the puff pastry cornucopia bursting with Chantilly cream. One of the city's most successful restaurants serves local, seasonal and sexy cuisine under its wine glass chandeliers. The chef at DIDI'S FRIEDEN improvises on a bold bistro cuisine, in keeping with its lava-thick stew, flavoured with rich wine, blood and pure cocoa. With its moleskin wall seats, bourbon selection and absinthe fountain, the bar at the WIDDER hotel maintains a nostalgia for its golden age, between the Prohibition era and the Cuban Revolution...
MICHAEL EURINGER & ALF HELLER members since 2011
One is a shaven-headed accountant for a bank. The other is a hairdresser. Needless to say that the pair were not naturally cut out to meet. But as is so often in this city, a deeper reality lies beneath the surface. To a certain extent, Zurich is to Switzerland what Milan is to Italy: while neither of them is the most beautiful location in their respective countries, they are both the most exciting place to be, a bit like an oyster whose uninviting shell opens to reveal the delicious flesh within, and occasionally conceals a beautiful pearl. Despite the metallic purity of their Aluminium PIXIE, Alf and Michael appreciate the smoothness of the VOLLUTO and the VIVALTO LUNGO, which they take long, with no sugar but with a drop of milk and some little chocolates. They also enjoy discovering the new blends of aromas.
ONE OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN TOWN IS IN A RENOVATED HOUSE IN THE HEART OF A SOCIALLY-DEPRIVED AREA. JDABURG was opened by a group of friends, led by a capable young woman, who seems to carry this big restaurant on her small shoulders. They serve a flavoursome, seasonal, inspired cuisine, including cordon-bleu with truffle-stuffed cheese, tuna carpaccio with wasabi mousse and a delicate lemon panna cotta. "Trendy restaurants are often a let-down," says Alf. "Either the waiters drift around in their dinner jackets, or the prices are astronomical, or the quality of the food is debatable. Here, a minor miracle is performed every day. And no one is ever out of place, whether they come in slippers or stilettos." The excellent TIMES restaurant shares its walls with a paraphernalia of precious objects, such as balsamic fragrances from the Farmacia Ss Annunziata in Florence, scented candles from Secrets d'Apothicaires in Grasse and art deco snuffers with mother-of-pearl handles. Diners enjoy a wonderful meal beneath the enormous seventies-style chandeliers, whilst admiring their reflections in the lacquered tables, glazed with hull varnish. On the sleepy hills above the city, KAFI SCHNAPS boasts five cosy little first-floor bedrooms above a black-and-white tiled café, like a 1950s New York diner. The little RIO BAR snack bar is as clear as a glass bubble, like an aquarium lit up from the inside. The romantic FISCHER'S FRITZ bistro is lapped by the waters of the lake. Finally, in the heart of the LÖWENBRÄU AREAL COMPLEX, one of the largest modern art institutions in Europe is hosted by the retailing group Migros, a pillar of the Swiss middle classes.
Diners enjoy a wonderful meal beneath the enormous seventies-style chandeliers, whilst admiring their reflections in the lacquered tables, glazed with hull varnish.
RENE PALLI, Head Barista at the Boutique situated in Zurich's business district, works some beautiful patterns into the foam of his cappuccinos. He tells us about Switzerland's first Nespresso bar.
René Palli, why Nespresso?
René Palli: The story begins in 2007, with the opening of Switzerland's first Nespresso bar. I had already acquired a variety of experience in the catering sector. I had been trained as part of a kitchen team, and completed a course of study at a hotel school. That's where I discovered my real vocation in the service sector. I had worked as a Head Waiter in several establishments before reading a Nespresso advertisement looking for staff who were equally well-qualified in both hospitality and catering.
And that's how I became a barista. where is the boutique?
R. P.: We're in Zurich's financial district, less than a minute's walk from the Paradeplatz. It's the heart of the city, and maybe even of the world!
What kind of people normally call in?
R. P.: At opening time, our clientele is largely made up of businessmen who come to meet up over an Espresso and some croissants. Later on come our regulars, ladies, friends and tourists, who tend to order cappuccinos and latte macchiatos when it's cold, and cappuccino frappés and ice vanillas when the first rays of sunlight start to break through. Not to mention our many seasonal in-house creations. The room is often buzzing with the sound of several languages, like a Tower of Babel, and I regularly have to put aside my native German in order to answer questions in English, French or Italian...
What are the most popular items on your menu?
R. P.: In the morning, the financial early-risers tend to go for a strong Indriya from India, Ristretto or Arpeggio. Then in the afternoon, the trend shifts towards the sweeter Pure Origin Espressos, such as the Rosabaya de Colombia and the Dulsão do Brasil…
The Restaurant at the Dolder Grand
The young prodigy Heiko Nieder (see our Chef section) leads the team at this prestigious establishment located near Zurich Zoo. Here he prepares a unique cuisine which has earned him two Michelin stars.
Marcus Lindner's flagship restaurant brings a delightfully fresh, contemporary Mediterranean twist to a classic gastronomic repertoire.
Wirtschaft Zum Wiesengrund
Just outside the city near Lake Zurich, this traditional flagstone house conceals an unexpected culinary experience with Chef Peter Hussong's menu and a dazzling wine cellar.
Baur Au Lac Linger
Over a coffee in Zurich's legendary luxury hotel, which has hosted the upper crust of the past two centuries beneath its old gilding.
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Jeb Bush (Republican) Fun fact: Jeb Bush isn't his actual name, his first name is an acronym for his full name, John Ellis Bush. Oh, and as of right now JebBush.com forwards you to Donald Trump's official campaign site. What's up with the campaign? Former Florida governor Jeb Bush was to be the Republican front-runner. Going into this election, everyone assumed it would come down to "Bush vs. Clinton." He was a little late to announce his candidacy, but he still entered the race largely before the nation knew who Dr. Ben Carson was and before Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) was considered a heavyweight. The majority of Republican primary voters seem to have an appetite for an outsider candidate, someone who hasn't already been poisoned by the wells of the Washington machine. Nothing in the GOP field is more establishment than a candidate from the Bush family, which is one of the most well-connected families in the country. Bush has been suffering in the polls, fighting for scraps at the bottom with Chris Christie. Voters might like: ● He can govern! Jeb Bush served as the governor of Florida from 1998 to 2007. ● Republicans need Latino support in this election and that demographic's importance only grows with time. Jeb speaks fluent Spanish and has used it on the campaign trail. He's also for immigration reform. ● Jeb is a conservative in the sense that he values a limited government, but he is a far cry from the unorthodox rhetoric from the far-right. He acknowledges climate change, isn't disruptive and doesn't build a platform out of heated rhetoric. Jeb is calm, cool and collected. ...but watch out for: ● His background governing could also be his biggest weakness. Republicans are aggressively anti-government in this election. Anyone who has so much as ran for dog-catcher is suspect. ● Jeb is pro common core. In Boston he lashed out against common-core opponents saying, "criticisms and conspiracy theories are easy attention grabbers." Conservatives often view common core as destructive and as government overreach. Other candidates like Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey that originally supported the controversial education standards have retreated to the opposition. ● Jeb is also really, really boring. Jeb's performance has been subpar at best in the debates. It might be more of a commentary on the media and America's shallowness, but this election has exclusively rewarded showmanship. Look no further than Donald Trump. Biggest policy proposal: One of the only concrete proposals by Jeb Bush is entitlement reform. His campaign rolled out plans on raising the retirement age beyond 67 by increasing the age by one month every year starting in 2028. He also wants to eliminate the 6.2 percent payroll tax to seniors who work beyond their retirement age. War: Bush wants to intensify the war against the Islamic State by using conventional ground troops, saying in a speech at The Citadel, a military college, "We need to intensify our efforts in the air — and on the ground."The primaries are elections in which the parties pick their strongest candidate to run for president. In Ohio, Election Day is Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Go here for more information on primaries. CityBeat will be profiling each of the candidates every week until the primaries in March.
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Many people think the mention of religion, politics or sex are the topics that are most likely to cause frowns, anxious looks or angry stares if they're brought up during conversation in mixed company. I humbly submit, however, that they're wrong.
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The trend of cool, new bands naming their groups something so generic and random it's impossible to Google is all well and good, but can we at least all agree that if you give your band such a moniker, you cannot bitch about other people using the same phrase or word to sell shit?
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More than 17 months after the election occurred, officials finally are ready to count some disputed ballots in a race for a judicial seat on the Hamilton County Juvenile Court. A federal appeals court Monday upheld an earlier ruling that 286 provisional ballots should be tallied in the 2010 race between Democrat Tracie Hunter and Republican John Williams. Hunter seemingly lost by just 23 votes out of nearly 230,000 ballots cast by county voters, but 286 ballots weren't counted because they were cast by people who showed up to vote at the correct polling place but were misdirected by poll workers and voted at the wrong precinct table.Hamilton County commissioners met with state lawmakers Monday to discuss their legislative priorities for this year. They include trying to restore some of the cuts to Ohio's local government fund and reauthorizing a countywide 911 user fee, which is set to expire soon.Monthly customers at the large Central Parking System lot along Cincinnati's riverfront are angry about a provision involving Reds games. Parkers must be out of the garage by 5 p.m. on game days or their key cards won't work, subjecting them to an additional event fee. A county official said monthly customers can get 24-hour access cards, but those cost $25 more than the regular $100 fee. (Just call it death by a thousand cuts.)Northern Kentucky University will make what it calls an "historic" announcement today regarding the schools presidential search. Various reports indicate NKU's trustees have selected Cleveland State University Provost Geoffrey Mearns for the job. Current president Jim Votruba announced last month that he would retire at the end of this school year.Cincinnati officials have selected an empty industrial site in Over-the-Rhine as the location for a streetcar maintenance facility. The property is located on Henry Street, between Elm and Race streets. Based on an independent appraisal, City Hall has offered to buy the site for $1.4 million but the owner is seeking an unspecified higher price, according to The Enquirer.In news elsewhere, the U.S. Justice Department is under fire for remaining quiet about problems in the testing of forensic evidence at the FBI's crime laboratory. Officials have known for years that flawed forensic work might have led to the convictions of potentially innocent people nationwide, but prosecutors failed to notify defendants or their attorneys even in many cases they knew were troubled, The Washington Post reported.President Obama is being accused of ignoring a 2008 campaign pledge to impose a "windfall profits tax" on oil companies. As a candidate, Obama said he would tax large oil company profits that would flow back to families in $1,000 rebate checks, but hasn't mentioned the idea since taking office. An Obama aide told Politico the White House decided that it had a better chance at persuading Congress to repeal tax subsidies than enact the tax on oil and gas company profits.Groundbreaking on homes fell unexpectedly in March, but permits for future construction rose to their highest level in nearly four years, Commerce Department data showed today. March's decline in housing starts was the biggest percentage drop since April of last year, although most of the fall was in the volatile multi-unit category, which declined 16.9 percent. Starts for single-family homes dropped 0.2 percent.Australia has announced that its troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan nearly a year ahead of a previously scheduled 2014 withdrawal date. Julia Gillard, the Australian prime minster, said today that most of 1,550 remaining Australian troops in the nation were expected to return home by the end of 2013. The timetable means the largest force provided by any nation outside of the NATO alliance would leave Afghanistan a year ahead of the proposed December 2014 withdrawal date for all international forces. The United States currently has 90,000 troops stationed there.A right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in a gun and bomb rampage in Norway last year has called his attack "spectacular," claiming he would do it again if he could. As his trial continued for a second day, Anders Behring Breivik, 33, called himself a commander in an anti-Communist, anti-Islamic militant resistance movement called the Knights Templar.
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Conservative presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is busy today trying to clarify a comment he made Thursday that indicated reelecting President Barack Obama would be better than electing Santorum's Republican rival, Mitt Romney.Santorum's comment, made in San Antonio, Texas, at the USAA insurance company, drew criticism from Romney, Newt Gingrich and other Republicans."You win by giving people a choice. You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little different than the person in there," Santorum said in San Antonio. "If you're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future."Romney quickly fired back about Santorum's comment."I am in this race to defeat Barack Obama and restore America's promise," Romney said. "I was disappointed to hear that Rick Santorum would rather have Barack Obama as president than a Republican. This election is more important than any one person. It is about the future of America. Any of the Republicans running would be better than President Obama and his record of failure."Not to be left out, Gingrich took to Twitter to join in the symbolic thrashing."Rick Santorum is dead wrong. Any GOP nominee will be better than Obama." Gingrich tweeted.This morning Santorum's campaign released a statement that sought to clarify what the candidate meant. (How many times has that phrase had to be used in relation to Santorum in the past few months?)"I would never vote for Barack Obama over any Republican and to suggest otherwise is preposterous," Santorum said in the prepared statement. "This is just another attempt by the Romney campaign to distort and distract the media and voters from the unshakeable fact that many of Romney's policies mirror Barack Obama's."Santorum added, "I was simply making the point that there is a huge enthusiasm gap around Mitt Romney and it's easy to see why — Romney has sided with Obama on health-care mandates, cap-and-trade, and the Wall Street bailouts. Voters have to be excited enough to actually go vote, and my campaign's movement to restore freedom is exciting this nation. If this election is about Obama versus the Obama-Lite candidate, we have a tough time rallying this nation."Santorum might be correct about the enthusiasm gap over Romney.A new poll found that more people offer negative than positive assessments of Romney. But, tellingly, this also is the case for Romney's rivals — Santorum, Gingrich and Ron Paul.When Americans were asked what one word comes to mind when thinking about Romney, the top responses were "no" or "no way," and "rich." After those, the most frequently used words were "flip-flopper," "idiot" and "arrogant."Roughly twice as many respondents gave negative one-word descriptions of Romney rather than positive terms, 30 percent versus 14 percent; just 29 percent used neutral terms.The most frequently used terms for Santorum, with the exception of "no," were "crazy," "too conservative," "extreme" and "idiot."A mere 13 percent of respondents used positive words for Santorum, while 30 percent used negative words and 22 percent used neutral terms.Words most frequently offered about Gingrich were "old," "no," "no way," "idiot" and "untrustworthy."Thirty-nine percent of respondents used negative terms about Gingrich, compared to 10 percent that used positive terms, and 23 percent that used neutral terms.The most frequent descriptions used for Paul were slightly better, but not by much: "no," "old," "Libertarian," "honest" and "crazy."Twenty-seven percent of respondents used negative terms to describe Paul, compared to 15 percent that used positive terms, and 23 percent that used neutral terms.The national survey was conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and The Washington Post. It surveyed 1,009 adults March 15-18.Of the respondents, 605 were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 404 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 176 who had no landline telephone.The poll's margin of error is plus or minus four percentage points.
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Mark, from I Bike London, published a few days ago a fantastic blog post about Enrique Peñalosa's talk at the LSE. I think both Mark's post, and Enrique's vision of how to build better cities for the people who inhabit them, are worth sharing.
Us bicycle enthusiasts, bloggers et cetera often put so much passion behind our arguments -and we are so often confronted with many opposing views- that I personally feel we sometimes miss sight of why we want more bikes on the streets. In other words, we sometimes sound like we no longer remember that the bicycle is a just a tool, a means, but most certainly not an end. The end must remain clear: livable cities. In this regard, Enrique's talk was refreshing. He is talking as the former major of a 7 million people city -that's half the population of The Netherlands- in a developing country. A city with very pressing issues, like social and economic inequality or widespread violence. And he has a vision. A vision of what democracy means and how to achieve it. This vision materialises in the form of a city were people can be happy. Isn't it wonderful? How simple is this. By the 2050 70% of people in this planet will live in cities. Thus, what happens in cities will be more relevant to people than countries and nations. Decision making in their city will affect their life more directly than anything else. If 70% of humanity lives in cities, the best way to bring social change, to actively enforce democracy and human rights, will be, more than even before, through urban policy and urban planning. Majors and urban planners in developing countries have the opportunity to reflect on how cities have evolved in developed countries and learn fron all that went wrong in the 20th century. We now understand that the vision of such planners as Le Corbusier, of cities criss-crossed with motorways and one way multilane streets, brings socially exclusion and worse living standards for everyone. In Peñalosa's vision, the bicycle can be instrumental in creating a more democratic city. It empowers citizens to travel large distances and carry heavy loads at will, without many of the problems associated with car culture. It is a tool for creating a liveable city, nothing else, and certainly nothing less. It deserves therefore public promotion, quality infrastructure and proper investments.
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We'll all remember where we were at 1:51 PM Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011. We experienced the second strongest earthquake on record in the East. Officially the USGS (United States Geological Survey) measured the quake as a 5.8 on the Richter scale. It is not that unusual for small earthquakes to occur in the East. What was unusual about the quake was its intensity, its duration and its scope. The 5.8 rating on the Richter scale was the second strongest earthquake ever measured in the East. The only stronger earthquake was way back in September of 1886 when a devastating 7.3 earthquake struck the Southeast United states. The earthquake produced intense shaking that lasted anywhere from twenty five to fifty five seconds. That duration is very long for an East Coast quake. Finally, the scope was incredible as we know the earthquake was felt from Charlotte to Detroit to Toronto to Boston. Damage to the National Cathedral is up to twenty six million dollars and is expected to take ten years to complete. The damage to the Washington Monument will be repaired by the spring of 2014.
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What IS basketball IQ? (This has become the de facto cliché to describe/defend/support a mired of issues pertaining to the crappy play of ISU basketball).
It quickly became an over repetitive buzz word that several peeps used over and over again without actually addressing the true issues at hand - It became the favorite response/saying right out of basketball analysis for dummies.
Some say that although Gmac is a great professor with a high basketball IQ that the players can not grasp/learn the material being presented. And if only the team had a higher basketball IQ the mired of issues resulting in crappy play and four consecutive years of losing basketball would be resolved.
So I ask, what exactly is basketball IQ and how do you test for it?
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I would say that it is basically your basketball instincts that are developed over years of knowing/learning what decision to make and when to make it.
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It's a term used to describe teams who aren't good. Beyond that, I'm just as lost as you.
Its the innate ability for a player to make zero mistakes, or at least make every play correctly that is clearly available based on a fan's view from the stands, or watching from home.
Basketball IQ - Coaching: The ability to find success with a basketball team, usually determined by win totals; see - John Wooden.
The opposite of Diante Garrett
I think for us Star Wars nerds, its sort of like the force. You have the ability to know what is going to happen before it does, therefore making the opponents defense ineffective. You also know where you team mates will be, and therefore have the ability to make spectacular plays.
Oh, and here is my man card.
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Here is a link to the urban dictionary that defines it as used by bloggers.
Urban Dictionary: Basketball IQ products
Knowing what to do in EVERY situation. Being aware of the time, possession, and fouls. Basketball IQ is most important and easy to tell if a player has it at the end of a close game.
Looking like a pro decision maker while having college skillsets, Keeping turnovers to a minimum, making the right pass to the right person, not stepping out of bounds, knowing the place to go to when a play is run, not following a three point shooter, incurtring no technical fouls, always getting back on defense, helping out with backside defense, not fouling at critical times, shooting no air balls, making free throws at front end of one and one, not passing to the bigs aginst full court pressure, not swearing at the ref, no hanging on the rim, boxing out with your rear end, no grabbing jerseys unless you must foul, ability to make hard fouls, listening to your coach in the huddle, dunking the ball with both hands when you can, and not bouncing the ball off your foot. Is that enough?
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I think for us Star Wars nerds, its sort of like the force. You have the ability to know what is going to happen before it does, therefore making the opponents defense ineffective. You also know where you team mates will be, and therefore have the ability to make spectacular plays.
Oh, and here is my man card.
Being a nerd does not cause you to lose your man card!
Although it does cost you some major cool points.
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So a player either has basketball IQ or he does not.
A player develops basketball IQ over a long period from playing basketball and just develops it from his experience of playing.
Once a player reaches a certain stage he can no longer acquire basketball IQ.
Basketball IQ can not be teached or coached to a player.
So why is it that ISU seemingly has no players with basketball IQ?
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IMO Basketball IQ is knowing every inch of what the other team are going to do in certain situations... keeping TO, to a minimum knowing what defense that the other team is running, WHERE YOUR ******* PLAYERS ARE ON THE COURT!!!!!! COURT VISION!!!!!!
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The Southern Methodist Mustangs return to major-conference status this college football season. And this college football season alone.
SMU joins the Big East, which is transitioning into the American Athletic Conference, a beleaguered league that for one final season has an automatic berth in the BCS. Past 2013, the American Athletic Conference is on its own.
But give SMU credit for this. The Mustangs are playing an excellent schedule. In fact, of the 72 teams in a BCS conference, SMU is playing the nation's best non-conference schedule.
In a virtual tour of old Southwest Conference foes, the Mustangs host Texas Tech and play at Texas A&M and at TCU. A&M is considered an SEC power, TCU is considered a Big 12 favorite and Tech is a solid, albeit not spectacular, foe. SMU also plays an obligatory I-AA opponent, Montana State.
But three quality opponents out of four is far above the curve for college football, a sport in which a team playing two quality non-conference foes is eligible for a medal.
SMU beat out Arizona State, California, Clemson and Georgia for the honor.
The last week, I've ranked, league-by-league, each team's non-conference schedule. Today, I've ranked all 72 teams' non-conference schedules. Here they are.
1. SMU: Texas Tech, Montana State, at Texas A&M, at TCU. Heck of a schedule by the Mustangs. Three old Southwest Conference foes, two of them championship contenders in their league.
2. Arizona State: Sacramento State, Wisconsin, Notre Dame at Arlington, Texas. Wow. Hosting Rose Bowl regular Wisconsin and playing Notre Dame on a neutral field. That's a schedule.
3. California: Northwestern, Portland State, Ohio State. Two quality Big Ten teams coming to Berkeley? That's impressive.
4. Clemson: Georgia, South Carolina State, The Citadel, at South Carolina. Two SEC heavyweights? Who schedules like that? Kudos to the Clemsons. Makes up for having two I-AA opponents.
5. Georgia: at Clemson, North Texas, Appalachian State, at Georgia Tech. At Clemson and at Georgia Tech. You'd think Georgia would try to get the rotation changed so that they get one of those traditional rivals a year at home, one on the road.
6. Florida: Toledo, at Miami, Georgia Southern, Florida State. What a fabulous schedule. Just like Georgia, even the automatic victories carry a little status. Georgia Southern and Appalachian State are traditional I-AA powers. And North Texas and Toledo are decent names.
7. Purdue: at Cincinnati, Indiana State, Notre Dame, Northern Illinois. Three solid opponents, including two that were in BCS bowls last season.
8. South Carolina: North Carolina, at Central Florida, Coastal Carolina, Clemson. If someone wants to argue that the Gamecocks belong with Georgia and Florida, I wouldn't put up much of a fight. I went with Georgia first because the Bulldogs have two monster road games. Florida has one. But South Carolina's third-toughest game is at Central Florida. That's three losable games. Who in the heck plays three losable games?
9. Oklahoma: Louisiana-Monroe, Tulsa, at Notre Dame. When Louisiana-Monroe is your worst opponent, you've got a good schedule. The Warhawks beat Arkansas last season and dang near beat Baylor.
10. Central Florida: Akron, at Florida International, at Penn State, South Carolina. Few teams will play a pair of opponents as strong as the Nittany Lions and Gamecocks.
11. TCU: LSU in Arlington, Southeastern Louisiana, SMU. What a game. TCU-LSU in JerryWorld. Frogs, we're proud to have you in the Big 12. Maybe your attitude can rub off on some of your conference members.
12. Virginia Tech: Alabama at Atlanta, Western Carolina, at East Carolina, Marshall. Good schedule. A national power, plus two solid mid-majors.
13. Washington: Boise State, Illinois at Chicago, Idaho State. Excellent schedule. Boise State and a Big Ten trip.
14. Southern Cal: at Hawaii, Boston College, Utah State, at Notre Dame. Not the typical USC murderer's row, but still solid.
15. South Florida: McNeese State, at Michigan State, Florida Atlantic, Miami. Typically strong schedule by the Bulls.
16. Michigan State: Western Michigan, South Florida, Youngstown State, at Notre Dame. The Spartans can always be counted on to step up.
17. Michigan: Central Michigan, Notre Dame, Akron, at Connecticut. Ditto for the Wolverines.
18. Miami: Florida Atlantic, Florida, Savannah State, at South Florida. Like always, the Hurricanes have a solid schedule. Not like always, they are playing hapless Savannah State.
19. Connecticut: Towson, Maryland, Michigan, at Buffalo. UConn also hosts South Florida, Louisville and Rutgers. That's a good home schedule.
20. Stanford: San Jose State, at Army, Notre Dame. That Stanford-Notre Dame rivalry is growing some teeth.
21. UCLA: Nevada, at Nebraska, New Mexico State. UCLA-Nebraska last season was an eye-opening game.
22. Florida State: Nevada, Bethune-Cookman, Idaho, at Florida. The Seminoles often play a schedule better than this, but this isn't bad.
23. Georgia Tech: Elon, at Brigham Young, Alabama A&M, Georgia. Two good games, two I-AA opponents.
24. Virginia: Brigham Young, Oregon, VMI, Ball State. All home games, but two of them against brand names.
25. Texas: New Mexico State, at Brigham Young, Ole Miss. Not a bad little schedule, Mack Brown. Not a bad schedule at all. I mean, Mississippi's capable, and playing in Provo never is easy.
26. Syracuse: Penn State at East Rutherford, N.J.; at Northwestern; Wagner; Tulane. The Orange played Penn State every year from 1944 through 1990, but only twice since.
27. Pittsburgh: New Mexico, Old Dominion, at Navy, Notre Dame. No Penn State. No West Virginia. That's a crying shame.
28. North Carolina: at South Carolina, Middle Tennessee, East Carolina, Old Dominion. Does the loser of the Tar Heels-Gamecocks game have to refrain from referring to itself as "Carolina"?
29. Oregon: Nicholls State, at Virginia, Tennessee. Good schedule, except the Cavaliers and Volunteers aren't their usual selves.
30. Iowa State: Northern Iowa, Iowa, at Tulsa. Solid schedule by the Cyclones. Two losable games, plus an in-state foe. Lots of schools won't do either of those categories.
31. Northwestern: at California, Syracuse, Western Michigan, Maine. If any Big Ten school has the right to dumb down its schedule, it's Northwestern. But the Wildcats rarely do.
32. Wisconsin: Massachusetts, Tennessee Tech, at Arizona State, Brigham Young. Talk about no middle ground. Two good games, two awful games.
33. Nebraska: Wyoming, Southern Miss, UCLA, South Dakota State. This would be a fairly salty schedule had Southern Miss not laid an 0-12 egg last season.
34. Temple: at Notre Dame, Fordham, at Idaho, Army. Notre Dame solves a lot of scheduling woes.
35. Boston College: Villanova, at Southern Cal, Army, at New Mexico State. It would be difficult to find two locales more culturally different than Boston's Chestnut Hill and Las Cruces, N.M.
36. LSU: TCU at Arlington, Texas; Alabama-Birmingham, Kent State, Furman. The next five SEC teams are too close to call. You could put them in a hat, pull out a name and be just as accurate. I went with LSU because the Frogs in their backyard won't be easy, and Kent State has become a decent mid-major.
37. Ole Miss: Southeast Missouri State, at Texas, Idaho, Troy. Idaho is terrible, else the Rebels would rank ahead of LSU.
38. Mississippi State: Oklahoma State at Houston, Alcorn State, Troy, Bowling Green. Troy and Bowling Green aren't awful programs, which is why the Bulldogs are a fraction ahead of Alabama.
39. Alabama: Virginia Tech at Atlanta, Colorado State, Georgia State, Chattanooga. Georgia State and Chattanooga would be overmatched by Sun Belt teams, much less college football's best.
40. Tennessee: Austin Peay, Western Kentucky, at Oregon, South Alabama. Going to Oregon is as good a game as a team can schedule. But Austin Peay, Western Kentucky and South Alabama are as weak a trio as a program can find.
41. Cincinnati: Purdue, at Illinois, Northwestern Louisiana, at Miami-Ohio. Decent schedule for a program fighting for its football life.
42. Maryland: Florida International, Old Dominion, at Connecticut, West Virginia at Baltimore. I feel sort of bad ranking the Terrapins this low, considering they've got two games against fellow power-conference schools. But I look at this schedule and think blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
43. Ohio State: Buffalo, San Diego State, at California, Florida A&M. Pretty soft for a program the caliber of the Buckeyes'.
44. Illinois: Southern Illinois, Cincinnati, Washington, Miami-Ohio. Three quarters of this schedule matches OU's 2008 slate – Cincy, Washington, a I-AA foe. But while the Illini play Miami-Ohio, OU played TCU.
45. OSU: Mississippi State in Houston, at Texas-San Antonio, Lamar. Mike Gundy didn't want to play Mississippi State, but without the Bulldogs, OSU would challenge for the nation's worst schedule.
46. Kentucky: Western Kentucky at Nashville, Miami-Ohio, Louisville, Alabama State. The Wildcats always have Louisville.
47. Penn State: Syracuse at East Rutherford, N.J.; Eastern Michigan; Central Florida; Kent State. Good to see an old Eastern rivalry renewed, with Syracuse.
48. Rutgers: at Fresno State, Norfolk State, Eastern Michigan, Arkansas. The Scarlet Knights won in the Ozarks last season.
49. Iowa: Northern Illinois, Missouri State, at Iowa State, Western Michigan. Not a terrible schedule, but mainly because Northern Illinois is better than it ought to be.
50. Washington State: at Auburn, Southern Utah, Idaho. Auburn stunk last season, but you have to expect that to be an aberration.
51. Utah: Utah State, Weber State, at Brigham Young. The Utah triumvirate.
52. Wake Forest: Presbyterian, Louisiana-Monroe, at Army, at Vanderbilt. Not a good schedule, but you can't blame the likes of Wake, Duke and Vanderbilt.
53. Indiana: Indiana State, Navy, Bowling Green, Missouri. Mediocre schedule. Mizzou-Indiana sounds like a Big Ten game.
54. Arkansas: Louisiana-Lafayette, Samford, Southern Miss, at Rutgers. The main knock on the Hogs is that every SEC team above them has scheduled a power – Louisville, Oregon, Virginia Tech, etc.
55. Houston: Southern U., Rice at Reliant Stadium, at Texas-San Antonio, Brigham Young. Not a great schedule, but the Cougars move into a new stadium in 2014.
56. Missouri: Murray State, Toledo, at Indiana, Arkansas State. Who blames Mizzou for going light?
57. West Virginia: William & Mary, Georgia State, Maryland at Baltimore: Two I-AA opponents is shameful.
58. Oregon State: Eastern Washington, Hawaii, at San Diego State. Nothing to get excited about here.
59. Colorado: Colorado State at Denver, Central Arkansas, Fresno State. Bill McCartney won a national title with the Buffs in 1990 playing a non-conference schedule consisting of Tennessee (which won the SEC that year), Stanford, Illinois (which tied for the Big Ten title and Texas (which won the Southwest Conference). Now Colorado is winning three games a year and playing Central Arkansas.
60. Auburn: Washington State, Arkansas State, Western Carolina, Florida Atlantic. Four home games. Not one of them worth rolling out of bed for, unless you've got a thing for Mike Leach.
61. Louisville: Ohio U., Eastern Kentucky, at Kentucky, Florida International. Not a schedule befitting a program of the Cardinals' status.
62. Memphis: Duke, at Middle Tennessee, Arkansas State, Tennessee-Martin. Actually, for Memphis' lack of standing in college football, this isn't awful.
63. Kansas: South Dakota, at Rice, Louisiana Tech. When I was a kid, I thought the North Central Conference, which was led by the four Dakota schools, was really cool. Alas, it died in 2008.
64. Texas Tech: at SMU, Stephen F. Austin, Texas State. At least the Red Raiders are playing SMU in Dallas. Otherwise, this would be total embarrassment.
65. Vanderbilt: Austin Peay, UMass at Foxboro, Mass.; Alabama-Birmingham, Wake Forest. At least Vandy's playing in the Patriots' stadium.
66. North Carolina State: Louisiana Tech, Richmond, Central Michigan, East Carolina. When you don't have even one quality opponent, and you're in the ACC, that's four rumdum games.
67. Duke: North Carolina Central, at Memphis, Troy, Navy. It's hard to get too upset with the Blue Devils for playing such an atrocious schedule.
68. Texas A&M: Rice, Sam Houston State, SMU, Texas-El Paso. Who schedules for the Aggies? Texas Tech? This looks just like a Tech schedule. Play only Texas teams, but play no good ones.
69. Kansas State: North Dakota State, Louisiana-Lafayette, UMass. You know your schedule's bad when the marquee matchup is a I-AA foe.
70. Arizona: Northern Arizona, at Nevada-Las Vegas, Texas-San Antonio. El stinko.
71. Baylor: Wofford, Buffalo, Louisiana-Monroe. The Bears' non-conference schedules are set through 2019 – and not one decent opponent on them. Duke and SMU are the best of the bunch.
72. Minnesota: Nevada-Las Vegas, at New Mexico State, Western Illinois, San Jose State. Hope the Big Ten Network enjoys this slate of games.


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Remington core-lokts have never let me down. There are lots of good bullets that will get the job done for sure. These days you may have to go with whatever you can actually get your hands on.
Nosler Accubonds are a great bullet. I shoot them in my 300 WSM
I've had good luck with both the Barnes tsx and the accubonds. I've shot the Barnes out of my 8mm-06, 338 Win mag with great results. I'm shooting 160gr Barnes in my 7 mag this year. Accuracy was good with all of my loads. I've shot the accubonds the last 3 years in my 8mm Mauser and have been very pleased with the accuracy and terminal performance. Either way you should be in good shape.


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In a 1999 article for SN, I posed a question about whether standards and codes in engineering higher education were "confounding constraints or helpful hindrances?"1 Well, a decade or so of educational and work experiences at several different institutions have provided the following perspectives on that question.
As background, what exactly is engineering education? One definition might be "the pedagogical demonstration of the practical application of mathematics and science in the implementation of engineering principles to the solution of societal problems." The invocation of standards and codes in engineering education might almost seem stifling to the learning experience of modern engineering students. After all, why would an educator confound or hinder students by limiting their fresh and creative engineering solutions?
The answer lies within that definition of engineering education: "the practical application of mathematics and science." Standards and codes are consensus documents that enable engineers to implement engineering principles for the solution of societal problems consistently, safely, economically and efficiently. Thus, the constraints of standards and codes do not hinder students but instead help define practical boundaries on their designs.
Indeed, since 2000, as part of its new accreditation requirements for the 21st century, the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology has included a reference to standards and codes in Criterion 5 on curriculum of its criteria for accrediting engineering programs: "Students must be prepared for engineering practice through a curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints."
In our experience here in the Lyles College of Engineering at California State University, Fresno, standards are by and large incorporated directly and seamlessly into the engineering curricula. In many of our laboratory and design courses, we use and reference standards and design codes from ASTM International, the American National Standards Institute, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and SAE International, among others.
For example, in our Engineering Materials Laboratory, students are required to use and then reference test methods such as ASTM E18, Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials, in their lab exercises and subsequent lab reports. In other courses such as Mechanics of Materials Laboratory, students must use ASTM E8/E8M, Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials, to choose the proper test specimen geometry, grips and test modes for a given material and compare their tensile test results to literature values. Another example is the Design of Machine Elements class, where students use design standards such as ANSI/ASME Standard B106.1M-1985, Design of Transmission Shafting, to choose shaft diameters for various applications under static and cyclic loading.
Furthermore, in capstone design projects, students are encouraged to incorporate standards so as to bolster their design solutions. This is not only a healthy and required part of our ABET accreditation, but part of good professional practice wherein we constantly expect references to and the use of standards where necessary. For example, in a recent industry-sponsored capstone design project, a group of seniors came to us to ask if we knew of a standard to evaluate the degree of paint cure. We took the opportunity to show them how to use ASTM International's online search capability for appropriate standards. As a result, we identified two applicable standards, from which they chose ASTM D3363, Test Method for Film Hardness by Pencil Test. Referencing and using this simple but effective standardized test method saved students a significant amount of time and substantially enhanced the credibility and persuasiveness of their capstone project.
Finally, some students are interested in doing independent study projects that involve standards development. Currently, a senior in mechanical engineering at our university who is interested in learning more about advanced materials has been working with us and a local company on U.S. government-funded projects to help develop two new standards on flexural strength testing and hoop tensile strength testing, respectively, of ceramic matrix composite tubes for nuclear reactor applications. The efforts so far have involved literature review, solid modeling and numerical analysis. As the project develops, drafting, refining and balloting the new standards, as well as validation through interlaboratory testing are anticipated.
So, other than accreditation requirements, what is the value of incorporating standards and codes into engineering education? For one, it tells students not to reinvent the wheel; if they need to measure something, there is probably a proven (i.e., valid precision and bias statements) way to do it. It shows students the importance and efficacy of consensus processes (even at international levels). It illustrates to students that following directions, such as in the procedure section of standard test methods, will give them consistent, repeatable and correct results regardless of the tester and test equipment. It provides students with powerful examples of why they need to be aware and involved with professional organizations (beyond the usual "it looks good on your resume"). Finally, it prepares students to enter the engineering profession with an awareness of the existence and utility of standards and codes, and, more important, experience in using them to solve problems and create innovative solutions to benefit humanity.
1. Jenkins, M.G., "Standards and Code in Mechanical Engineering Education," ASTM Standardization News, Vol. 27, No. 9, September 1999, pp. 20-25.Michael G. Jenkins, Ph.D., P.E., is a tenured professor of mechanical engineering and former dean of engineering of the Lyles College of Engineering at California State University, Fresno. He is an ASTM fellow and has actively used, developed, taught and promoted standards and codes for 30 years with such organizations as ASTM International, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SAE International, the International Organization for Standardization and others.
The M. Nguyen, Ph.D., is assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the Lyles College of Engineering at California State University, Fresno. He is an advocate of standards and design codes in professional and academic settings.


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