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The Different Types of MBA Specializations
An MBA is typically a two-year program that aims to make the student proficient in various subjects of management and an expert for one. In the first year of an MBA the main focus is on giving students a brief idea about various subjects of management. Towards the end of the first year students are introduced to the specialized areas.
In the second year of an MBA, students have to choose one specialization from the variety of specializations available. This is not applicable if students have gained admission to a specialized course. Choosing a specialization can be a difficult process for students. It is very important for student to consider their career goals and professional development before choosing a specialization.
Students have the opportunity to either pursue a general management program or complete a specialization as part of the MBA program. Specializations are a matter of choice, not a prerequisite, and all students receive the same MBA education regardless of whether or not they complete a specialization. Students should consider their career goals and professional development in settling on a specialization.
Listed below are the most common MBA specializations:
A very important focus of the general management MBA degree is leadership. This MBA involves rigorous training, a variety of assignments, reports, presentations, and group projects, all of which are geared to equip the future manager with the necessary abilities to deal with real-life business situations.
IT graduates play essential roles on the business team, typically designing and implementing hardware and software solutions to business problems. They hold professional positions in areas such as client/server or web applications development, systems analysis and network administration.
As is the case in many key industries, MBA graduates tend to be recruited by the pharmaceutical sector as much for their potential as for any specific previous experience, although academic training in the sciences or a background in such areas as sales or marketing can sometimes prove to be an advantage. There are huge opportunities for MBA graduates in the health care field, and most of them pay very well. With an MBA in healthcare, one can find a good, well-paying position in a biomedical startup, e-health, consulting or pharmaceutical and medical device R&D.
An accounting MBA readies students for the CPA exam and jobs in business accounting administration. Students gain skills to become accountants, financial managers, auditors, and more.
Telecommunications have made huge leaps forward in the past two decades. It is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The emphasis is on the value added services, such as e-mail, cellular phones, WAP etc in developed countries and in improving basic telephone availability in developing countries. This sector plays a key role in encouraging growth in the industrial and services sector.
How to Choose an MBA Specialization
MBA programs come in all shapes and sizes, but most prospective students play it safe and go for finance, marketing, or management. One of the main reasons for this is that they do not fully investigate the diversity of specializations out there. This is a great shame, because only once a student knows the full range of MBA options available, can they select the one that best fits their career goals.
As more and more universities offer MBA programs, it is becoming ever more difficult for candidates to decide on which business school offers the most suitable MBA program to meet their requirements. Many business schools are deviating from the 'generalist' system, which has been the typical MBA model for the last thirty years. Today one can choose from a wide range of MBA specializations, ranging from an MBA in financial studies, as well as insurance and risk management accountancy and finance, to an MBA in sports management, or even an MBA in technology.
The standard specializations are marketing, finance, human resources, IT/IS, operations and entrepreneurship; but these are rapidly being joined by more specific subjects, such as corporate social responsibility, wine management, football industries, luxury brand management, hotel management, etc.
How should students go about deciding which specialization is best for them? There are a number of ways that individuals can easily make that decision and get on the road to earning a specialized MBA that pays off in the long run. Here are some things to consider:
After considering the above factors, start researching MBA programs and specializations. While new fields are arising, most schools have several standard specializations. Look at notable programs with lists of specializations that interest you. Most universities will include a list of their MBA specializations, or concentrations, on their websites. Ask for information from schools that interest you. In some cases, you may ask to meet with the professors who teach the specialization that interests you, which may help you in your decision to choose a certain field or university. Schedule an appointment with your university department or program advisor, if you are currently enrolled. Your advisor may be able to offer some insight on your options based on your strengths and weaknesses.


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"I read where Wal-Mart won't prosecute first time shoplifters if it's under $25," he says. "So I say tomorrow we all go to Wal-Mart and get a free gift. Some advice from your Uncle Lar." Reeb's one-liners are often a little bluer than that, something for which he's noted. "I don't know much about the Internet," he says, "but I did figure out how to get the porn. I was watching porn on the Internet, until they kicked me out of the library. I shouldn't have taken my pants off. Tip from your Uncle Lar, leave your pants on in the library."Reeb performs Thursday- Sunday at The Funny Bone on the Levee. $15-$17. 859-957-2000.
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The Pearl and the Concept of Wealth
What is the true meaning of wealth? Guide your class through this question in a SMART board activity (provided), which addresses a concept development model. The lesson could be used before you begin The Pearl by John Steinbeck, or it...
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The Grapes of Wrath: Symbols
What's with that turtle anyway? In session six of a ten-part unit study of The Grapes of Wrath, class members examine three major symbols that appear in the novel: Route 66, the American West, and the Biblical allusions in the title of...
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The Red Pony, Chrysanthemums, and Flight by John Steinbeck
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on The Red Pony, Chrysanthemums, and Flight by John Steinbeck. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Guided Reading Lesson Plan: The Black Pearl
Students read the chapter book, The Black Pearl chapter by chapter for a two-week unit. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students answer questions about what they are reading, and also write a reflection of the book.
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Character Sketches
Cover character development and indirect characterization in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck with a graphic organizer. Class members search through the text and fill out a box for each character. The activity provides some notes for...
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The Red Pony, Chrysanthemums, and Flight by John Steinbeck
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 12 short answer and essay questions based on the 3 stories by John Steinbeck. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the...
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Chrono-Log
A chrono-log enables readers to see the natural progression of events in Steinbeck's tragic tale of Geroge Milton and Lennie Small. By beginning with the reason for their flight from Weed, learners are able to track the escalation of...
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World War II in Photographs
A picture is worth a thousand words, and this activity is worth so much more! Learners closely analyze a series of photographs from World War II, matching them with their appropriate captions and sequencing them into a correct timeline.
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"Native American history leaps boldly off the colorful quilts and patchwork designs." Learners discuss Native American identity and symbolism by reading about a variety of Native quilters and their unique art process, and participate in...
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Study Guide for Island of the Blue Dolphins
Dive your class into a reading of Island of the Blue Dolphins with this in-depth study guide. Breaking the novel into three parts, the resource begins each section with a focus activity that identifies a specific theme or question to be...
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The Writer's Toolbox: What You Need to Master the Craft
All the tools (and directions) you'll need to build an essay are included in a resource designed for learners and educators. The packet can be given to class members or divided into sections and used as part of a series of lesson on the...
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To Honor All Children from Prejudice to Discrimination to Hatred....to Holocaust, Part 1
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The city of Amarillo will no longer cremate your deceased pet.
During the Animal Control Board meeting Thursday, Animal Control Director Mike McGee told members they stopped performing cremations.
"The city doesn't want to be in competition with the private sector," McGee said. "We wanted to step out completely."
Critter Camp on Rockwell Road performs cremations on animals up to 100 pounds. The dead pet will be picked up and the owner can view the cremation in a private area.
The ashes will be placed in an urn with a guarantee the remains are the pet owner's animal. Cost of cremation starts at $200, said Cody Glidewell, pet mortician at Critter Camp.
"It's all legit and our machine is top of the line," he said. "We're regulated through the state of Texas."
In addition to the city getting out of the pet cremation business, board members approved an amended ordinance that increased the fees owners must pay if their pet is impounded.
The first impoundment increased $5 to $15, the second impoundment raised to $30, and the third and any further impoundments cost $40.
"We haven't had a fee change in 12 to 13 years," McGee said.
The ordinance also changes rules regarding the investigation of a dangerous animal. Animal Control officers will check all reports of a dangerous animal, but now have the authority to either close the case if the complaint is unsubstantiated or refer the case to the Animal Control Board for a hearing.
"If we don't find evidence to support a claim we can eliminate it," McGee said.
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Padre António Morais da Fonseca is the great responsible for the Municipality of Murtosa that we live in today due to the great impact that this personality had in the social, cultural, sporting and humanitarian life of it.
I'd like to thank everyone during this 3 great years, specially Eugénio Silva, António Rosa, André Gamelas, Paula Santos, Joaquim Baptista, Miguel Alho and António Tavares.
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Joseph G. Lehman, president of the Mackinac Center, was a guest on Detroit's WDET Public Radio today, where he detailed the creation of the Overton Window and how it is applied to a range of public policy issues, including taxes and school choice.
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This invention relates to improved materials handling devices. More particularly, this invention relates to plows for manually removing materials from surfaces.
Shovels and scoops are well-known in the art as tools for removing many materials from a path. Shovels and scoops range from large electro-mechanical devices fashioned to remove tons of material from construction sites, to small hand-held manual devices which are used to remove snow from a small path such as a sidewalk. All such scoops and shovels are generally useful for moving materials from one area to another depending on the desires of the individual using the shovel or scoop, the amount of material to be removed, and the time constraints attendant in the particular job to be accomplished.
In the area of small manual devices which are used by individuals to move materials from one spot to another, many shovels and scoops have been devised to accomplish this task. As with most other devices which aid in manual labor, manual shovels and scoops are generally designed with an eye towards making work performed more efficient and less backbreaking for the individual performing with the shovel or scoop. This is particularly true for snow shovels and scoops which are commonly used by individuals in areas which experience substantial snowfall accumulation.
Most individuals who live in these areas must constantly "dig themselves out" from snowfalls so that they may clear their driveways and sidewalks and go about their daily business after a snowfall. However, hardly a snow season passes where reports of individuals who have overexerted themselves and suffered physical injury due to snow shoveling do not reach the media. There is a long-felt need in the art for snow removal and plow devices which efficiently and safely aid individuals in manually removing snow from paths such as, for example, driveways, sidewalks and streets.
Familiarity with standard scoops and shovels for removing snow and other materials will be apparent to those with skill in the art, and methods and apparatus for performing material removal using shovels and scoops are indeed diverse. Generally shovels and scoops comprise a handle for gripping and providing leverage to remove materials of various weights, and a scoop or plow portion fastened to the end of the handle which physically moves material from the surface when force is applied to the handle, thereby scooping the materials or plowing the materials to another area.
In the case of scoop-type materials handling devices, the user must apply force to lift material on the scoop and deftly place the material in another area away from the path which is to be cleaned. In the case of plow-type materials handling devices, the individual exerts pressure on the handle which forces the plow across the surface in an effort to move the material a small distance away from the path which is desired to be cleared.
The aforementioned materials handling devices fail to solve long-felt needs in the art for efficient and easy material removal since both require significant work to be performed in order to accomplish the goal of moving the material away from the path. In the case of the scoop-type shovel, an inordinate amount of labor must be performed to physically move the material in the scoop from one area to another. Depending upon the amount of the material moved, individuals who lack stamina and strength will simply not be able to perform the task of removing the material with a scoop-type shovel materials handling device. In the case of the elderly who live alone but still maintain a residence requiring them to remove snow from the paths around the residence, a scoop-type snow removal shovel presents a significant deterrent from removing the snow since the elderly are not usually able to perform heavy lifting work required with such a manual device. Similarly, individuals with medical problems or who simply lack stamina and strength are unable to remove snow from surfaces with prior shovels and scoops.
Many of the problems apparent in the scoop-type device also exist with plow-type materials handling devices. In addition, plow-type devices are not normally constructed to move materials a far distance from the path, but usually only move the materials a short distance to either side of the path. Therefore if an inordinate amount of material lies on the path to be cleared, a plow-type device simply will not sufficiently move the material away with one pass but must be repeatedly applied to the path in order to clear it. Thus, for individuals who have reduced strength and stamina such as the elderly, a plow-type device is simply ineffective and impractical. Plow-type devices do not satisfy a long-felt need in the art for materials handling devices which efficiently and quickly remove unwanted materials from a path or area to be cleared.
Many shovel and plow materials removal devices have been utilized in the past. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 2,315,743, Sieg, discloses a path-making device which comprises a shovel body and deflector portion connected to a handle. See Sieg, col. 2, lines 27-32. A similar device is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 992,871, Harvey, which teaches a combination shovel and plow consisting of a triangular plow frame and plate connected to a handle. See Harvey, col. 1, line 31 through col. 2, line 58.
The devices disclosed in the Sieg and Harvey patents fail to solve a long-felt need in the art for efficient, work-reducing materials handling devices. The problems heretofore delineated with respect to prior materials handling devices are all found in the devices disclosed in Sieg and Harvey and the devices disclosed therein comprise cumbersome metal constructions which are difficult to physically handle. Furthermore, the devices disclosed in the Sieg and Harvey patents are hybrid plows, shovels and scoops which consequently cannot perform efficiently as either a scoop or a plow.
Other scoop-type snow plows are illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 1,561,651, Lavell. The Lavell patent discloses a scoop-type plow made up of a blade formed from a single piece of sheet metal and shaped into a scraping edge at the forward portion of the plow. The sheet metal plow disclosed in Lavell further comprises an upwardly and rearwardly inclined incising cutting edge which is disposed at a right angle to the scraping edge of the plow. See Lavell, col. 1, lines 26-36. However the construction apparent in the device disclosed in the Lavell patent while purportedly being a scoop, actually more closely resembles a plow-type snow removal device which suffers the infirmity of allowing snow to pile up in the scoop area of the snow plow while being used. The devices disclosed in the Lavell patent cannot efficiently remove snow from a surface since only a small portion of snow can be held in the scoop at any one time, and therefore much physical labor is required to remove large amounts of snow from a single area.
Other shovel-type devices and snow plows are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,895,237, Abrahams. The device disclosed in the Abrahams patent is a complex metal welded construction which comprises a flat center board with two arcuate wings attached thereto, and a set of plowshares mounted to the center board. Another type of shovel for removing materials is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,136,574, Pasquale. The Pasquale patent teaches a shovel with a standard blade section, and a handle of U-shaped construction that is attached at an angle to a frame and supporting member which is also U-shaped. The U-shaped construction of the handle and frame members purportedly provides a fulcrum, and two separate locations for gripping by the left and right hands separated by the distance of the handle.
Thus, the device disclosed in the Pasquale patent must be manipulated according to a specific gripping stance which is difficult and cumbersome. Furthermore, the devices disclosed in the Pasquale and Abrahams patents, as well as the other plows and shovels described above do not satisfy a long-felt need in the art for a materials handling device which efficiently and easily removes materials from a desired path or area. This long-felt need has not heretofore been fulfilled by any prior devices.
Several other examples of snow plows and shovels of a similarly heavy metal construction exist in the art. Such devices are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 426,435, Clark; U.S. Pat. No. 801,090, Kenney; U.S. Pat. No. 588,363, Stauffer; U.S. Pat. No. 1,683,732, Selin; U.S. Pat. No. 3,248,811, Pravednekow; and U.S. Pat. No. 3,431,661, Karlsen. However, none of the devices disclosed in these patents solve the aforementioned long-felt needs and problems in the art. The advantages and features of materials handling devices provided in accordance with the present invention will be understood from the following detailed description read in conjunction with the drawings.
Materials handling devices provided in accordance with the present invention solve the aforementioned long-felt needs in the art for efficient and economical removal of materials from surfaces. In preferred embodiments, plows for manually removing materials from a surface comprise a first member having a first concave surface oriented in a first direction, a second concave member connected to the first concave member having a second concave surface oriented in a second direction, the second concave member and first concave member being connected at a single area to form a cutting surface, a bracing member connected to the first and second concave members opposite the cutting surface, and a driving member connected to the bracing member for providing driving power to the plow and force which removes the material from the surface.
Methods provided in accordance with the present invention further solve the aforementioned long-felt needs. Methods of removing material from a surface comprise the steps of displacing an initial amount of material from a surface with a plow comprising a first member having a first concave surface oriented in a first direction, a second concave member connected to the first concave member having a second concave surface oriented in a second direction, the second concave member and first concave member being connected at a single area to form a cutting surface, a bracing member connected to the first and second concave members opposite the cutting surface, a driving member connected to the bracing member for providing driving power to the plow and force which removes the material from the surface, applying continuous resultant force on the plow through the driving member, thereby moving the plow across the surface, and displacing substantially a continuous amount of material from the surface as the plow is moved across the surface, whereby when force is applied to the driving member the plow continuously slides across the surface in the path and substantially removes the material in the path.
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a materials handling device provided in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of a materials handling device provided in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view of a plow member moving along a surface to remove snow.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of the plow taken along the 4-4 line of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a top view of the plow taken along the 5-5 line of FIG. 4.
Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements, FIG. 1 shows a materials handling device provided in accordance with the present invention at 10. In preferred embodiments, materials handling device 10 comprises a plow shown generally at 20 adapted to manually remove materials from a surface. The plow 20 is connected to a driving member 30 which preferably comprises a tubular shaft that provides driving power to plow 20 as the plow moves across a surface covered by material which is to be removed. The driving member 30 may be collapsible by insertion of a hinge element in about the middle of the driving member so that the materials handling device 10 can be easily stored in a car trunk or any close area.
The plow 20 is connected to the driving member 30 at a distal end 40 of the driving member. At a proximal end 50 of driving member 30 a handle 60 is provided to the materials handling device. In preferred embodiments handle 60 comprises two lateral shafts 70 and 80, coupled to a proximal end of driving member 30 and extending outward in opposite directions at substantially equal angles, which can be gripped by a user such that the user's hand's are approximately shoulder length apart as he or she applies force down the driving member to the plow. The arrangement of handle means 60 with shafts 70 and 80 gives the user a mechanical advantage to move the materials handling device along the surface so that the plow end 20 can easily and efficiently remove material from the surface along a wide area with one pass of the materials handling device. Alternatively, a user would wedge handle 60 against his or her body and apply force down the driving member by simply walking the materials handling device provided in accordance with the present invention along the path to be cleared. In order to facilitate such action there may be provided to the handle 60 a strap member 65 attahced to the shafts 70 and 80. The strap member 65 preferably loosely swags between the shafts 70 and 80 and comprises a resilient material such as leather or bungy cord. Strap 65 secures against the user's mid-section during use so that force can be uniformly imparted to driving member 30 through handle 60.
In further preferred embodiments, the materials handling device may be constructed out of a lightweight metal. In still further preferred embodiments, the materials handling device may be formed integrally of a lightweight, thermoplastic material, thereby rendering material handling devices provided in accordance with the present invention easily reproducible and economical to manufacture.
Referring now to FIG. 2, the plow 20 is substantially a parallelogram in cross-section. In further preferred embodiments, driving member 30 may be bent in at least one location 90 to form preferably two angles in the driving member shown at 75 and 85. In still further preferred embodiments, angles 75 and 85 are bent at substantially 45° angles. By providing the bend 90 to driving member 30, a near maximum resultant force can be applied through handle 50 to plow 20 so that optimal removal of material from the surface can be accomplished. Since bend 90 is provided in accordance with the present invention, the user exerting pressure on driving member 30 achieves substantially a maximum directed driving force down the driving member and imparted to plow 20 so that efficient material removal will occur.
The arrangement achieved by bend 90 is advantageous over other materials removal devices such as snow plows and snow shovels, because these devices generally have a straight shaft that does not direct a resultant force which is focused on the shovel scoop or plow. Therefore, driving member 30 provided in accordance with the present invention having at least one bend 90 with angles 75 and 85 provides a distinct advantage over prior materials removal devices.
In still further preferred embodiments, a standard handle 95 is connected to the driving member 30 at the proximal end 50 of the driving member. As shown in FIG. 2, handle 95 is a single hand grip or loop such that a user may grasp handle 95 with one hand and driving member 30 with another hand to push the plow along the surface. It will be recognized by those with skill in the art that the handle 60 shown in FIG. 1 could be adapted to fit on the proximal end 50 of the driving member 30 shown in FIG. 2 to provide substantially a resultant force to plow 20 in a similar fashion.
Referring to FIG. 3, plow 20 is adapted to push materials such as, for example snow, from a surface by sliding across the surface and displacing the material. A substantially flat underside 100 of plow 20 rests on a surface 110 which is covered with, for example, snow 120. Plow 20 is preferably adapted to slide easily across the surface with a minimum amount of driving force, indicated by arrows 130, applied down driving member 30 to plow 20. When the plow is formed of a thermoplastic material, it will easily slide with little friction. However, in preferred embodiments, plow 20 could be coated with, for example, TEFLON, a synthetic resin polymer, or any other permanently lubricating material to allow plow 20 to easily move across the surface. Additionally, the thermoplastic material could also be coated to minimize the frictional forces at the underside 100 and surface 110 interface.
In FIG. 4, a plan view of plow 20 taken along the 4-4 line of FIG. 3 is shown. Many of the advantages of the materials handling devices provided in accordance with the present invention result from the construction of two concave plowing members 140 and 150, which are designed to efficiently displace the material as the plow moves across the surface. Plow 20 accomplishes this objective since the first member 140 has a first concave surface oriented in a first preferred direction, shown by arrow 160. Similarly, the second concave member 150 is connected to the first concave member 140 and has a second concave surface oriented in a second preferred direction, indicated by the arrow 170. The first concave member 140 and second concave member 150 are joined together at a single area 180 which acts as a cutting area to cut through the material which must be removed from the surface 110.
In operation of materials handling devices provided in accordance with the present invention, plow 20 moves across surface 110 with sufficient driving force so that material, for example snow, rides up along concave surfaces 140 and 150 and is removed from a path in the direction of the concave surfaces 160 and 170. Material is efficiently removed since the cutting edge formed at area 180 forces material in the path equally on either of the sides of the concave surfaces 140 and 150 which material is then completely removed from the path in a spraying-type action with little effort executed by the user.
Because of the unique design of plow 20 having concave surfaces 140 and 150 positioned to spray the material in the directions 160 and 170, material in the path is efficiently removed from the path with little effort applied. This advantageous result has not heretofore been achieved by prior materials handling devices, for example, snow shovels and snow plows.
A top view of plow 20 is illustrated in FIG. 5. Concave surfaces 140 and 150 are shown along with the directions of concavity 160 and 170 that correspond to the directions of the removal of material from a path when plow 20 is applied to the path with a driving force. Area 180 in this top view is represented as a point which connects the first and second concave surfaces 140 and 150 to form the cutting edge of plow 20. Additionally, driving member 30 is fastened to plow 20 at a bracing member 190 which is connected to the first and second concave surfaces opposite point 180 corresponding to the cutting area of the plow.
In the view of FIG. 5 it can be seen that concave members 140 and 150 extend laterally from the distal end of the plow corresponding to vertex point 180, and the bracing means connects the laterally extending concave members opposite the vertex point. This arrangement provides rigidity to plow 20 and allows the driving member to be fastened at the proximal end 200 of the plow 20.
Bracing member 190 is preferably constructed of the same material as plow 20. In still further preferred embodiments, the entire plow and materials handling device comprises a uniform material. This material may be, for example, a thermoplastic material as mentioned above, or a light weight metallic material which provides ease of handling and use. By providing rigidity to the plow 20, bracing means 190 further allows the driving member 30 to uniformly impart maximum resultant force and driving power to plow 20 so that the material can be removed from the surface efficiently, and with a minimal amount of effort exerted by the user.
With materials handling devices provided in accordance with the present invention, an initial amount of material is displaced from the surface with the cutting edge 180 of the plow 20 as previously described. By applying a continuous resultant force down driving member 30 on plow 20, the plowing member moves across the surface to cut a path in the material which is to be removed. Since a continuous amount of material is displaced from the surface as plow 20 moves, substantially all the material can be removed from the path as the material sprays off concave surfaces 140 and 150 in directions 160 and 170 respectively with one fluid movement. This desirous result is accomplished with a minimum of effort by the user and in a very short amount of time. Thus, materials handling devices provided in accordance with the present invention solve a long-felt need for devices which efficiently and quickly remove unwanted materials from surfaces and paths.
There have thus been described certain preferred embodiments of methods and apparatus for handling and removing materials from surfaces. While preferred embodiments have been described and disclosed, it will be recognized by those with skill in the art that modifications are within the true spirit and scope of the invention. The appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications.
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Super Bowl Recap – A Small Budget Can Go A Long Way
Posted on Monday, February 4th, 2013 by Mike Solomon Print This Post
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Hey little brands, get off of your couches and get into the game!
After watching another year where top brands did not take the time to extend their big super bowl commercial buy into search, I would tell all brands not buying air time during and after the game to do the following:
- Get a list of all brands buying spots – Do a search. The list is there days if not weeks in advance.
- See if any of your competitors are advertising and put up an ad.
- You should cover their brand term as well as brand + super bowl + commercial or ad.
- If you want bonus points, you can drive users with Sitelinks to your own commercial on YouTube if it exists, to a splash page with a big super bowl promotion, or to your social media sites.
There was loads of traffic to be found. It's time to get clever and see how you can attract viewers that go searching for the world's biggest brands:
- Coca-cola
- Budweiser
- Pepsi
- McDonald's
- Doritos
- Oreos (Although they get a pass here since they crushed it on social media with the Super Bowl blackout.)
Just think of all the people who typed in "super bowl halftime show" or"halftime show 2013." The chart below shows how these terms trended over the last 7 days, pulled from Google Trends.
There are numerous opportunities out there for smart and nimble advertisers. A small budget can go a long way. Why spend the big dollars on producing a commercial and multi-million dollar ad space, when you can simply skim off the top and squat on their traffic for a fraction of the cost? Even some of the advertisers that had spots were buying each other's brands. Other than a low quality score and a relatively high cost per click, there are no barriers to entry.
To make the most of this I would recommend some type of hook. Put up an ad campaign that sends the message "rather than spend millions of dollars on a Super Bowl commercial, we decided to take that money and give you a great deal on buying our product." Pump this up with video assets in YouTube, a splash page
in search and social media, Sitelinks to highlight the promotion, and finally a re-marketing campaign in the days following the Super Bowl to extend the reach and frequency.
These are great days to be the small fish in the big pond. Take advantage!
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BALTIMORE - The Texas Rangers were without All-Stars Michael Young and Josh Hamilton, yet that wasn't supposed to be a serious handicap against a last-place team heading for a 12th consecutive losing season.
Unfortunately for the Rangers, their bats fell silent at a most inopportune time.
Jeremy Guthrie pitched seven innings of six-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Rangers, 7-0, on Sunday to earn their second series win since the All-Star break.
With Young (hamstring injury) sidelined for a fourth straight game and Hamilton (back) out for the third in a row, Texas managed only seven singles off Guthrie and two relievers.
Texas stands 5½ games behind the first-place Los Angeles Angels in the AL West and three games back of Boston for the AL wild-card.
"It's frustrating to lose. I think the last time we scored was the third inning yesterday. Must be some good pitching going on," Rangers manager Ron Washington said.
Brian Roberts, Jeff Fiorentino and Chad Moeller each had two hits and two RBIs for the Orioles, whose only other series win since mid-July was against the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 21-23.
"They're missing a couple of their big offensive parts, but to their credit they're still battling," Guthrie said of the Rangers. "For us to win two out of three at this point is certainly a big boost."
Guthrie (10-13) continued his late-season revival with one of his best outings of the year. The right-hander struck out six, walked one and allowed only one runner past second base. He has won three of his last four starts, allowing only four runs during 27 innings to get his ERA below 5.00 (4.96) for the first time since May 30.
With Guthrie leading the way, the Orioles won a second straight game for only the third time since the All-Star break. Baltimore hasn't won three in a row since the third week in June. Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz had two hits apiece for the Rangers, whose run of scoreless innings is at 15.
"It's unusual," Kinsler said. "But we're in the middle of a pennant race and we don't have time to really think about that.''
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12 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Adequate player, but badly constructed with poor Rockbox support,
This review is from: SanDisk Sansa e280 8 GB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)
An adequate digital music player, plagued by bad controls, poor firmware, and a lack of standards.
- Inexpensive
- Nicely sized
- Bright, clear screen
- Played everything I gave it with no difficulties.
- FM Tuner and vocorder
- Poorly engineered buttons and cheap, plasticky scroll wheel
- Sluggish performance
- Proprietary dock connector
- Rockbox support is incomplete
I'm an iPod refugee, who finally got sick of Apple's expensive peripherals, tight-fisted control over my music, and slow and bloated music library software. When I recently lost my iPod, I took the opportunity to try a new music player. Based on the reviews I read (OK, and the things I could get for free with my credit card points), I picked the 8GB Sansa.
As soon as I opened the box I was disappointed. The scroll wheel on the Sansa is cheap plastic, and rattles around in its track when you turn it. When I first touched it I thought it was some kind of packaging that was protecting the "real" scroll wheel, and that I needed to tear it off! The buttons on the Sansa are extremely hard to press -- they're very firm, small, and have no tactile feedback at all (i.e. no "click" when you press them). To make matters worse, it's nearly impossible to press the buttons around the scrollwheel with your thumb when your thumb is on the wheel -- I find myself shifting the Sansa in my hand every time I want to switch from scrolling to pushing. Overall, the Sansa's controls are extremely poor, shoddily designed and made with cheap materials.
Furthermore, the Sansa uses a proprietary dock connector, a la the iPod. This is ridiculous -- there's no reason for the Sansa not to use the industry-standard mini-USB connector, unless they think they can somehow wield patents on the dock connector design to drive up the price of peripherals. I was very disappointed with this.
Docking and syncing was thankfully easy. The Sansa supports the standard Media Transfer Protocol, so no driver or software install was necessary. I just plugged it into my Windows XP PC, chose some playlists to sync in Windows Media Player, and everything worked fine. I then installed MediaMonkey (which I highly recommend over WMP) and synced the Sansa with a set of playlists there, and again the sync worked well.
I had specifically planned to run Rockbox ([...] a free and open-source mp3 player firmware project, on my Sansa. The Rockbox install went without a hitch, however it was only then that I discovered that the Sansa cannot sync under Rockbox. Unfortunately Rockbox doesn't support USB communication on the Sansa -- it can only charge when you connect it to your PC. To sync, you have to turn off the Sansa, then plug it into your PC. The Sansa will boot up into the original firmware, which you can then use to sync. Furthermore, Rockbox doesn't support Sansa playlists -- I had to install a custom build of Rockbox with a plugin that could convert Sansa playlists to .m3u playlists on my player, an extra step that I have to perform for each playlist after syncing.
Another annoyance was moving Rockbox content (such as themes, album art, music files such as .ogg that aren't supported by the default Sansa firmware, and .m3u playlists) to and from my Sansa so that Rockbox could access it. To do so, one must switch the Sansa in its default firmware from "MTP" mode to "MSC" mode (where the Sansa acts like a normal USB drive). When the Sansa is in MSC mode, it takes literally 5-10 minutes to boot while it catalogs its content. Every time I would sync the Sansa to add more Rockbox content, I would have to sit there and wait while the player restarted. This is, to put it mildly, frustrating.
Overall, the Sansa is an adequate player. I've had no technical problems with it. However, its shoddy design, lack of standards, and poor compatibility with Rockbox make it impossible for me to recommend it to others.
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Rockbox for the Sansa is still under development, you need to be patient. I've used Rockbox for years on my iRiver H340 and it is nothing short of outstanding.
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Agreed -- I don't blame the developers of Rockbox at all. I'm intimately familiar with how OSS projects work, and I know that they do what they can with the time that they have. However, if someone is shopping for an MP3 player specifically to run Rockbox on it, right now the Sansa is a poor choice.
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Mysterious 'yard gas' returns to haunt 86-year-old Tulsa homeowner
Eight years ago, with a mysterious and potentially explosive gas seeping out of his manicured lawn in south Tulsa, Richard Fulton spent 293 frustrating days searching for answers.
A routine inspection, looking for natural gas leaks, detected the problem in January 2006 and Oklahoma Natural Gas followed safety protocols by disconnecting Fulton's service. It wasn't a natural gas leak — tests failed to detect the telltale additives that ONG uses — but a spark or a pilot light from a gas appliance could have ignited the mystery gas and blown up the house, according to company officials at the time.
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As the Vikings prepare for Sunday's Week 5 game with Tennessee at Mall of America Field, here's a look at a handful of eye-opening figures and facts.
Points allowed by the Titans in four games this season, most in the NFL. Tennessee is coming off a 38-14 loss in Houston on Sunday in which the Texans twice returned interceptions for touchdowns. All four Tennessee opponents – the Patriots, Chargers, Lions and Texans – scored at least 34 points.
Touchdowns allowed by the Vikings' defense in the last two-and-a-half games. Since allowing a 30-yard TD pass from Andrew Luck to Reggie Wayne late in the first half of their Week 2 loss in Indianapolis, the Vikings defense has been on the field for 27 possessions and has given up just 32 points. In that time, the defense has forced 12 punts and created four takeaways.
Yards rushing for Tennessee tailback Chris Johnson in Sunday's loss at Houston. Coming into the game, Johnson had just 45 rushing yards on 33 carries this season. But he seemed to hit his stride against the Titans, averaging 5.6 yards per attempt against a strong Texans defense. The Vikings, meanwhile, have surrendered just 91 rushing yards to opposing running backs the last two weeks on 30 attempts.
Career 100-yard rushing days for the Viking who wears number 28, Adrian Peterson. The star running back had 102 yards on 21 carries Sunday in Detroit and is now just one 100-yard game away from tying Robert Smith's team record. Peterson seemed to be attacking and cutting with confidence in Sunday's win in Detroit and said afterwards that he felt like he was on the verge of breaking a long touchdown run five or six different times.
Penalties committed by the Vikings in their lone loss of the season in Week 2 at Indianapolis. All of those miscues – including five for 65 yards during a self-destructive the third quarter – really hindered the Vikings' comeback effort.
Penalties committed by the Vikings in their three wins combined. They drew just five flags against the Lions and only one on offense and continued to play the brand of tough, disciplined football that coach Leslie Frazier wants to see.
Receiving yards for Percy Harvin in Sunday's win at Detroit on three catches, both season lows by far. The Lions paid extra attention to Harvin throughout the game and had plans devised to prevent those quick-hitter passes that quarterback Christian Ponder had been effective with through the Vikings' first three games. Said Vikings coach Leslie Frazier: "There were a number of times we looked and they had guys bracketing [Percy] and they rotated the safeties to play the reverse. They had a good plan, a good Percy plan." Harvin's final reception of the day came early in the second quarter. But the attention he demanded helped open things up a little bit for Peterson in the ground game.
Yards accounted for by receiver Jerome Simpson, who was playing his first game after returning from a three-game suspension. Simpson had a team-best four catches for 50 yards and also drew pass interference penalties against Detroit rookie Bill Bentley that resulted in Vikings gains of 31 and 26 yards. Simpson's biggest catch came with 2:53 left, when on a second-and-11 play from the Vikings 19, he hauled in a 27-yard grab up the left sideline against Bentley, producing a key first down. Said Frazier: "The threat that he gives us vertically, that catch he made late in the fourth quarter, that's a big time catch."
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Mes compaingnons cui j'amoie et cui j'aim,... Me di, chanson.
silly boy..... I'm at work Homie. You would have enjoyed the GG Party Rob.. )
Wes the gallery is finished... took me a little while to realize it was my browser (Safari) and NOT PS resizing things oddly.
When in doubt use another browser, not do it all again....*smacks forehead* I tell ya man, the bones are getting softer by the day.
If you want to PM me FTP data I can ul the gallery.... I can be trusted with passwords and such. I promise not to upload my MP3 collection.
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anyone doing anything after work/school/etc?
tj: sending a pm now
Kids are away this weekend.... see you on Monday
Cool thanks for this Wes, this is a pic saver for sure.
So it's the little corner coffee place in Kensington?
I'm prolly gonna ride around. Might check out Urbane/Velotique/Cycle Therapy for some stuff.Originally Posted by somnambulant
Maybe bug Keith over @ the Cavern, etc...
sorry gents, i'm out for coffee. i can't believe i'm almost 30 and saying this, but i have to finish my math homework.
shout if anyone is riding or coffeeing after work.
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I would come out for lunch but I'm watching ebay and have a ton of work I need to do this afternoon (working lunch... hooray!). Could be up for post-work hanging around though.
not really bike related but, does anyone know where to get carhartt work pants locally (fairly cheap)? i saw some knock offs at walmart but they fit funny...
I cant remember the name of the place....but they are on Queen West...south side...between Peter and Spadina if I remember correctly...Brain is working...Neon.Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
Hahaha... I'm totally out of control...
i take it this is the ebay auction you were referring to? congrats if you bought it. i remember reading a review of the soma cross bike in dirt rag a few years ago, it seemed to get high marks.Originally Posted by Shiznaz
ah yes, i know that place. i usually buy my dickies there because they seem to be $35 no matter where you go. i don't remember them having many carhartts, i'll have to go check them out again. i was thinking along the lines of anyone knowing a ghetto discount store where contruction workers would go to buy them...Originally Posted by cavernmech
There are worse addictions to have. Nice looking bike. Did you just buy it?Originally Posted by Shiznaz
I used to buy em there....I think they still do em. Another option is Tough Duck..they sell those at Home Despot. very similar in construction. I get my Carrhart stuff in Niagara Falls now. They have a warehouse outlet there.Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
I haven't bought any in a few years, but I used to get dickies pants at Zellers for like $22 or something. Also, there's another place on Queen W that sells Carhartt. It's sort of across the street from Duke's and there's a big Carhartt sign in the window... looks like more of a "work wear" type of place than a "fashionable" place like Neon so it might also be cheaper.Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
edit: I'm still wishing I could find "Carhartt Europe" stuff here. It's a completely different line of clothes.. really nice stuff. It was too expensive in Sweden though.
I would also be up for something after work. Anyone want to meet for coffee and then maybe go for foodbeer?
yo jeremy theres a place in the eastend that I used to get em from, its near the oconnor bowl-a-rama by the mr christies cookies factory....I cant even remember the name but could always ride out there and get myself a pair as well...its a store for the construction workers and city workers etc. good boots and stuff if ou need as well.
nice pics. the riding shots really make me miss toronto and seeing navid's face in thereOriginally Posted by TRaffic Jammer
hey tjammer and lymbzero...cool pics!
no prob dude.. what's a little bandwidth between friends?Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer
awwwww......Originally Posted by somnambulant
i think i may check out that place on queen later on this afternoon, thanks wes. now back to studying the ins and outs of turkey consume.
I like to consume turkey consumé.
When is everyone available for coffee/etc?
you name the time; i assume people are working bankers' hours. i could do a beer or two if anyone's interested...
I'm here until 5:00.. say 5:15 at uhh.. Jetfuel?


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From June 13th to 15th, NCBI will assist the University of California Davis in hosting a biomedical data science hackathon in Davis, CA, focusing on advanced bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing data and metadata. This event is for students, postdocs, investigators and other researchers already engaged in the use of pipelines for genomic analyses from next-generation sequencing data or metadata.* Researchers and/or data scientists from the west coast of the United States are especially encouraged to apply, but the event is open to anyone selected for the hackathon, and able to travel to Davis.


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Silent Hill 2 and 3 Patches Dumped by Konami
Written Thursday, August 09, 2012 By Lee BradleyView author's profile
Well here's some crappy news to start the day. Overnight, news broke that the HD ports of Silent Hill 2 and 3 will not be patched, despite numerous known issues.
Publisher Konami says that the patch was "cancelled due to technical issues and resources." There was also a later statement which identified "timing" as a problem.
Silent Hill 2 and 3 HD both suffer from a string of bugs including problems with the audio, frame rate and visual effects.
Many of these issues come from the fact that the games were ported from incomplete code after Konami lost the final release version of the game.
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Birdo TF TG
Note: Before you say ANYTHING about Birdo being male, then know I WILL block you from my account. Birdo should be female and should always be female! Birdo being male would mean that Yoshi would have to be female and EVERYONE knows Yoshi is male. So Birdo being female would make the most sense. And I do NOT support same sex marriage
considering if Birdo and Yoshi WOULD get married.
My name is Laxion Smithy, decedent of Smithy Smithy, I have followed in my father's footsteps to create a world of weapons. But little did I know, that I would be changing my view in just a matter of minutes
Oh excuse me, I'm getting ahead of myself again. I should start at the very beginning.
It all began that mid-summer day, I was out to look for ways to destroy Mario and his friends! I just needed to find a good method of transportation. Soon, I saw a green dinosaur that had a saddle on it's back. I thought Dinosaurs were extinct. Aw well, what did it matter, I wanted a ride, so this dinosaur was the best method for right now
unfortunately, it bucked me off and I landed in a puddle of pink goo. "Yoshi, Yoshi, Yoshi!" The dinosaur said. I couldn't even understand it. "You, why did you do this to me? I will have your head now!" I yelled at it. I didn't notice my arms where turning pink. "What's happening to you?" Someone asked. I froze when I realized where the voice was coming from. It was coming from the Yoshi. "You
you can talk?" I asked, still not knowing that my skin was turning pink
at least not until I looked at myself and saw that I was turning pink. "You can understand me? How?" The Yoshi asked placing a hand on my chest as it expanded, giving me J cup breasts. I realized then what I was becoming
HOLY MOTHER OF GENO [Pun intended]! I was transforming into a Birdo! Suddenly, I felt some of my mind slip, being replaced by the thoughts of a Birdo. I still remembered some of my human characteristics, but I knew I was female for some reason. When the Yoshi too realized this, he offered a hand to help me out of the liquid. "You can't fight it, it's not with you in your current mind state
" The Yoshi said. This was the same Yoshi that had bucked me off of him and knocked me into this cursed liquid. And he was all of a sudden giving me a hand. But then something in my mind clicked. I didn't see him as an enemy anymore, I saw him as a friend
or rather a mate, a husband. I couldn't resist it, like he said, I was slowly being consumed by this Pink Liqu. I had no choice but to let him help me out of this liquid. "Thanks, but just what are you? And why does seeing you make me blush?" I asked when we both realized my voice had changed. "I'm a Yoshi, and as for why seeing me makes you blush, it's because Yoshis and Birdos like each other. They would do anything for the other. We are just one family." The Yoshi said. My mouth and nose pushed outwards together. Soon, the rest of the transformation took place, my manhood shrinked away, I was no longer a "he" but a "she"; a tail soon followed and my belly turned white. I grew spikes down my back and finally, a bow popped up on my head, finishing the changes before my insides changed into that of a female's. The transformation was complete: I was now a Birdo.
Impressed at my new eyesight, the Yoshi now proved to be even more handsome then when I first saw him. It was if the purple liquid had also changed my mind (which it had). "Come with me, I'll show you to your new home
" The Yoshi said. I knew then that a new life was waiting for me around the corner.
Birdo TF TG by Kingclass101Watch
©2011-2016 Kingclass101
Well, here's another piece to enjoy while you wait for my next piece.
This story was based completly on fan fiction, and nothing from the real world.
Smithy Belongs to Square, both Yoshi and Birdo belong to Nintendo!
Again, IF YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BIRDO BEING MALE, I WILL BLOCK YOU! THIS IS FAN FICTION PEOPLE, NOT NON-FICTION!
This story was based completly on fan fiction, and nothing from the real world.
Smithy Belongs to Square, both Yoshi and Birdo belong to Nintendo!
Again, IF YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BIRDO BEING MALE, I WILL BLOCK YOU! THIS IS FAN FICTION PEOPLE, NOT NON-FICTION!
interesting female birdo would be entertaining its not just in japana that birdo is male in the original books for the game when he first showed up they said he was a male dinosaur that wore a bow as for the fanfic part its rather nice and enjoyable i slightly agree a female birdo makes more sence but thin agin we never knew the real gender of yoshi and do you think any male dinosaur would carry a young crying mario that long and not have its self a tasty snak? [further record your story was rather nice as for the spelling in the comment if its messed up i blaim my key bord thats ben with me since hurricane ike]
cool man. with your first comment about birdo being female. i actually agree with you that birdo should be female. Are you referring to the fact that in japan or whichever country) refers to birdo as male while the usa and that refer to her as female (dont ban me from your account lol i like you stories im just curious)
I guess in different contries she's given different genders. But even still, if Yoshi is male in all contries, it makes sense that Birdo should be female in all contries. And sorry if that's spelled wrong. I have VERY bad spelling skills! And since your saying that in a contry somewhere Birdo is male, I won't count this as spam. I actully didn't know myself that in other contries she is refered to as a male.
yeah i agree with you since all countries show yoshi as male that she should be female. its just that simple. don't worry about spelling skills lol as long as i can read and get it (which i did) thats that
Well, it's just that what ticks me of more then smokers and supporters of texting while driving, are SPELLING SUCKERS! And fortunatly, I'm not one of them, so no one's going to lick me anytime soon. You'll know what I mean when you read some other people who are english and have even worse spelling skills then me. When you misspell words all the time, you are a SPELLING SUCKER and are going to get a spelling commment about it from none other then ME!
great story
Birdo tf's and tg's are always enjoyable ^^
Birdo tf's and tg's are always enjoyable ^^
Thanks! I actully pulled this one completetly out of thin air from my head. In that sense I mean that I threw it together within a matter of seconds.
I've done that with poetry, and dark fictions
dude you are wrong. Birdo is Male and Birdo is female. Birdo is not a singular entity. Birdo is a race, just like Yoshi. The crossdressing Birdo is otherwise known as Birdette I believe he called himself.. it is the same as there being Toads and Toad, Toad is a single entity and he is a member of the race called toads.
Huh. Now there's something I did not see coming. I wasn't expecting Birdo being called both and the same time. I actully learned something today. Thank you!
I always thought birdo was female anyways, I mean he/she/it is pink and has a bow on his/her/it's head right?
Yep, bows to me kind of distiguish between male and female. At least in drawings...unless otherwise noted (such as the boobs which I don't draw on paper because of human porn rules at school >_<).
Can I say that the pink yoshi looks female? I mean pink is a girl color
It's true that Pink is a girl color. But still, I think it's better understadable for me to believe that Birdo is Male and Yoshi is Female.


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Just received my new Speed P8 yesterday. Upon arrrival, I eagerly unpacked the bike, unfolded it, and put on the "other" pedal (delivered in the instruction box). First thing I noticed is the right brake lever was bent. I gently straightened the lever. Second thing I noticed during the maiden voyage down the driveway was the totally bent derailleur hanger. Took a look at the box and it looks like the one side took quite a beating during shipment (thanks UPS!) and was probably the cause of the damage.
I brought the bike back inside and tweaked the hanger 'til it was eyeball straight. Good enough for now, but I'll need to borrow my friend's alignment guage to get it just right. Tested the shifting inside, tweaked the derailleur limit screws and went for a short driveway spin. Worked well enough. Lubed the chain, checked brakes, headset, adjusted seat, bars, etc.
After 20 miles of dirt and paved road riding, here are my ride impressions...
I'm pleasantly surprised by the ride quality. The Schwalbe Big Apple tires really seem to soak up the bumps and the weird seat/seatpost combo provides an easy adjustment and a nice cushioned ride. The rider position is definitely different than my other bikes, but not as strange as I had imagined it would be. The light action of the SRAM shifting surprised me. I have other SRAM setups, but all linked to Shimano derailleurs. I like the like the feel of the SRAM/SRAM combo.
The bike is quite stable at speed and the gear ratios work pretty well for the mixed riding of the Colorado Front Range. The bike feels a bit strange and twitchy during stand up climbing, but I think I'll get used to it.
The Biologic grips are quite comfy. Braking is fine, although I need to adjust the lever reach a bit.
My first ride was with the flat pedals. I rarely use flat pedals and was unimpressed. They were quite slippery, but the folding mech is pretty neat. I swapped to my eggbeaters for the second ride and felt more comfortable.
There is a bit more gear noise than I'm used to. It may be associated with the slightly misaligned hanger, but some of it comes from chain rub on the chainring guard when in the top 2 gears.
Folding and unfolding is a cinch. I have a 29" Samsonite suitcase that I plan to use for the bike, but haven't tried shoehorning it in there yet. It looks like I'll need to remove the wheels and seat/seatpost at a minimum. Putting the bike in the back of my Escort Wagon was no problem. Tons of extra space.
Overall, I'm impressed and hope to put a lot more miles on this bike.