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I got a pair of these on sale for under $16. How can you beat that? I have a 98 Dakota 4x2 on these and they are stable and strong. I will buy...Read complete review
I got a pair of these on sale for under $16. How can you beat that? I have a 98 Dakota 4x2 on these and they are stable and strong. I will buy more in the future.
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I work on cars for friends alot outside of the shop, so I bought these to carry around with the tools I dedicate to mobile work. The support ends are a very deep half moon which makes them useless for supporting on unibody pinch welds - the easiest spot on most rigs. They still work, but you have to put them further in on the frame which requires lifting the vehicle very high in some cases (higher than would be safe with, say, a scissor jack), and results in less mobility under the car since the jacks are now encroaching on your work space. They work fine for frame rails on full frame vehicles (trucks, vans), and ok on cars - just really awkward to use which is a major drawback if you plan to use them often. They are pretty sturdy once you find the right spot to support the vehicle.
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Provide strong and safe holding power while working on autos.
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Since 1990, India has cut poverty by half but even today, nearly 300 million people live in extreme poverty. UNDP supports government efforts to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development that leads to transformational change, bringing about real improvements in people's lives. Our programmes aim to secure livelihoods, support protective legislations and access to entitlements, provide policy research and evidence, build capacity and promote south-south cooperation to eradicate poverty, and ensure government's anti-poverty policies are more inclusive.
To strengthen capabilities and opportunities to reduce poverty and marginalization – focusing on the most vulnerable and excluded population groups – in ways that are sustainable from economic, social and environmental standpoints.
With UNDP support, 5,000 women have secured land deeds in Gujarat, with thousands more women farmers being aware of their rights and accessing government agriculture and allied schemes. more
Short vocational training course in plastics engineering with assured placement for young women in Haryana, a state with one of the lowest female workforce participation rates in Indiamore
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The project aims to strengthen the effectiveness of key programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development with a particular focus on livelihoods and employment in twelve districts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha. more
In partnership with the Ministry of Tribal Areas, Government of India, the project aims to ensure that excluded groups benefit from the inclusive agenda of the Government of India through strengthening capacities of communities to demand and access entitlements and ensuring decentralized institutions deliver timely and stigma-free services. more
UNDP's partnership with civil society group Jan Sahas is demonstrating that it is possible to create decent livelihoods free from discrimination and which ensures dignity for former manual scavengers, says Jan Sahas Convenor Asif Shaikh. more
Manual scavenging refers to the practice of manually cleaning, carrying, disposing or handling in any manner, human excreta from dry latrines and sewers. Since 1993, key legislations have been enacted prohibiting employment of people as manual scavengers, banning the construction of dry latrines and providing rehabilitation.more
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Protecting the Rights of Forest-dwelling Communities: Compendium of Judgements on the Forest Rights ActThe publication, produced by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and UNDP, is a compilation of various court rulings, including the Supreme Court of India and High Courts of several states, that have strengthened the Forest Rights Act. The compendium aims to be a guide for authorities that protect the rights of such vulnerable communities.
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At any given moment, the skies above Europe are jammed with thousands of passenger and cargo aircraft, providing crucial services for European society and the economy, but also emitting massive amounts of CO2. And the problem is not going away; global air traffic is forecast to continue to grow at an annual rate of around 5% over the next 20 years. According to the influential STERN Review report, emissions from the aviation industry will triple by 2050. The NEWAC project is developing and testing novel core engine technologies aimed at closing the gap between current emissions levels and emission reduction targets.
Speaking at a meeting of NEWAC partners in Munich in July 2010, the European Commission's Deputy Head of Aeronautics Research Daniel Chiron explained that new engine technologies can help bring emissions down: "Of course, the amount of emissions being generated by aircraft engines depends on how those engines work, how they are designed. Clearly, alternative and innovative engine configurations need to be investigated."
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NEWAC project coordinator Stephan Servaty of MTU Aero Engines says, "Our goal has been to fully validate novel technologies enabling a 6% reduction in CO2 emissions and a 16% reduction in nitrogen oxide (NOx). Now, after some four years of intensive collaborative research, these goals have nearly been achieved."
NEWAC brought together 40 organisations, including the major European engine manufacturers, small and medium-sized enterprises, and universities and research centres, who investigated four new, highly technical and highly innovative core engine configurations.
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I reported my credit card lost in March 2008. Much to my suprise I received a letter from OnStar on April 14, 2008 informing me that they needed another credit card to bill my subscription to; not only on my Cadillac but also on the Impala. I was shocked because I didn't know that they were billing my personal credit card, that had nothing to do with my husband or stepdaughter for these charges.
My husband contacted OnStar and they told him that they just took my credit card for her car because they already had it on file. This is the most ridiculous thing that I've ever heard of. I would not have even given a thought to paying for someone else's charges for OnStar. They should not be allowed to do this!!!! It's straight ou fraudulent use of a credit card.
My husband contacted them again and a manager agreed to send me $223.40 in refund for the charges that were not authorized. Well, I received a check for $113.70. I'm sorry OnStar that's not good enough.
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Jean Lackey Johnson, 73, Palmetto, died Aug. 17, 2003. She was born April 3, 1930, in Manatee County and was a lifelong resident. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Palmetto Assembly of God.
Survivors include daughters DeeDee Hawkins of Palmetto and Kim Shook of Highlands, NC; a son, Brett of Parrish; sisters Alice Wallis of Bradenton and Edna Hilton of Parrish; brothers Jimmy Lackey of Pensacola, Frank Lackey of Fort Myers, and Buster Lackey of Ellenton; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 10-11am Wed, with a service to follow, at Palmetto Assembly of God. Burial will be at Mansion Memorial Park, Ellenton, after the service. Ellenton Funeral Home is in charge. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice Highlands, PO Drawer 190, Highlands, NC. Published in Herald Tribune on Aug. 19, 2003.
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Israel Jaimes Jr., 6, Bradenton, died March 24, 2004, at All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg. He was born Jan. 4, 1998, in Bradenton and was a lifelong resident. Survivors include his parents, Lorena and Israel; a sister, Ana C. of Bradenton; a brother, Jose A. of Bradenton; maternal grandparents Celia Garcia and Simon Pastrana; and grandmother Angela Dominguez.
The visitation will be from 2-8pm Sunday at Griffith-Cline Funeral Home, Mansion Chapel. The service will be at 10am Monday at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Palmetto. Burial will be in Mansion Memorial Park, Ellenton. Published in Herald Tribune on Mar. 27, 2004.
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Fernand A. "Fred" Jodoin, 79, Bradenton, died Dec. 3, 2003. He was born Oct. 11, 1924, in Burlington, Vt., and came to Bradenton in 1953 from New York. He retired as a plumber from Tropicana. He was a member of VFW Post 2488 in Palmetto. He was an Army veteran of World War II and participated in the Normandy Invasion. He was a Catholic.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda McLean of Bradenton; a son, Ralph of Bradenton; sisters Lilliane and Theresa, both of Massachusetts and Rita, Laurette and Madeleine, all of Vermont; brothers George, Paul and Richard, all of Vermont; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The visitation will be from 6-8pm today at Griffith-Cline Funeral Home, Mansion Chapel. The service will be at 11am Saturday at Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles Catholic Church, Bradenton. Burial will be in Mansion Memorial Park, Ellenton. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Southwest Florida, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL or the American Cancer Society, 600 US 301 Blvd. W., Suite 136, Bradenton, FL. Published in Herald Tribune on Dec. 5, 2003.
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Elva Lynn Jordan, 87, Bradenton, died March 18, 2004. She was born Jan. 6, 1917, in Canada and came to Bradenton in 1985 from Palisades Park, NJ.
She was a homemaker. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi in Ontario, Canada, the International Society of Poets and Unity Church, Bradenton.
Survivors include her husband, Anthony T.; a daughter, Jennifer J. Williams of Bradenton; a son, Jeff of Port Charlotte; a sister, Margaret L. Speck of Drexelville; and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 12:30-1:30pm Monday, with services to follow, at Bradenton Funeral Home. Burial will be in Skyway Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations may be made to Bradenton Hospice House, c/o Hospice of Southwest Fl, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL; or The Salvation Army, 1400 10th St., Sarasota, FL. Published in Herald Tribune on Mar. 21, 2004.
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David Harold Jensen, 67, Ellenton, died Oct. 1, 2003. He was born Aug. 15, 1936, in Glens Falls, NY, and came to Manatee County in 1994 from Rochester, NY. He retired after 38 years as a systems analyst with Kodak. He was a member of Ellenton United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Joan; a daughter, Bonnie Burton of Leroy, NY; a son, Steven of Arlington, Va; a brother, Gary of Rochester, NY; and five grandchildren.
No visitation is scheduled. Burial will be in Mansion Memorial Park, Ellenton. Griffith-Cline Funeral Home, Mansion Chapel, is in charge. Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, Attn: Memorials, PO Box 21475, St. Petersburg, FL. Published in Herald Tribune on Oct. 3, 2003.
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Your memorial for Celsa is 116922525. I'm having to send in her bio/obit this way, 'cos my captsha isn't working right now.
Celsa Ramirez Jaimes, 28, Bradenton, died June 2, 2003. She was born in El Naranjo de Tejupilco, Mexico and came to Manatee County in 1993 from there. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Palmetto.
Survivors include her husband, Porfirio Jaimes-Dominguez; a daughter, Giselle of Bradenton; sons Porfirio Jr., Liovardo and Avelardo, all of Bradenton; sisters Irma and Anacleto; and a brother, Alejandro.
Visitation was Monday at Covell Cremation and Funeral Center of Bradenton. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10am today at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Palmetto. Burial will be in Mansion Memorial Park, Ellenton. Published in Herald Tribune on June 10, 2003.
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Hello, my name is Amanda Schwalbach. I noticed you have left messages or comments on both my Great Grandfather's and sisters grave sites web page. I am wondering if you are some how connected to my family by blood or marriage. My Greatgrandfather's name is James R. Schwalbach same as his son my Grandpa and my father. My sister is Kristin L. Schwalbach. Thank you for your time.
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Hello, I just wanted to inform you that Ida is still alive and her maiden name was not Moses. Moses was the name of her first husband. Ida is my Brothers and Sisters Grandmother. Her memorial number is 116804725.
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Some instructors also put a My Grades link on the Course menu itself, but in this case I am going to click on My Grades and this takes me into the Gradebook for this particular course. This information is completely private. You can only see your own grades, not the grades of other students, and other students cannot see your grades. They are safe. We've got a table here with some columns. The first column is the name of the particular item. I've got the Weighted Total and the Total, and then finally the individual things in my course for which I'm getting a grade. The Details button, if I click on that, it actually just gives me some information that the instructor entered when the instructor created this particular item.
The next column over from that is Last Student Activity. It just shows me the last time I interacted with that particular item. For example, I submitted my Mobile Learning Paper at 11:13 AM. The next column over is going to show me the last time that the instructor interacted with that. It may be the date and time that the instructor graded that particular item and that's what happened here. The next column, that's the important column. It shows me the grades. So I've got my Total Grade. I've got 200 out of 300. That's Points Possible in the column to the right.
I can see for my Mobile Learning Paper I've got 95 out of 100. Actually I got a pretty good comment from the instructor there. I feel good about that. I've got 10 out of a 100 on Test 1. That's not good. 95 out of a 100 for Quiz 2. An exclamation mark, what does that mean? Well, we'll talk about that in a minute. Let me show you something. I want to go back to my Mobile Learning Paper. Notice that the Mobile Learning Paper, it's blue and underlined. That's a hyperlink. If I click on that, it actually takes me to my Submission History and shows me not only my grade, but any feedback my instructor has given to me, including a return of my paper marked up.
Some instructors will return assignments in Blackboard through the My Grades tool and this is how you view it. Let me go back now to My Grades, and I've got Test 1, and I notice that I've got 10 out of a 100. That's terrible. Let me click on this and see what's going on. I'm not getting much information here, but notice under Calculated Grade it says 10 and I can click on this. Now, depending on how the instructor has set this up, I might get a lot of information when I click on this or just a little. In this case the instructor shows me, not only the complete test that I took, it shows me the correct answers, shows me my answers, and even gives me some feedback.
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What the heck does that mean? Well, if I click on the Icon Legend down here on the bottom left-hand corner, it shows me that the exclamation mark means Needs Grading. Doesn't mean that I have to do anything. It just means that I've turned in my second paper, but the instructor hasn't actually graded it yet. So we just have to keep checking back until my instructor grades it. By the way, how do you view your final grade, the grade that goes on your official transcript? Well, at many institutions Blackboard is not the official gradebook of record.
At those institutions your final transcript grade may not be posted to Blackboard at all, but will instead be posted to your institution's student portal or Records Office website. Remember, your transcript contains all of the official end of term grades for each course you have ever taken at your institution. Check with your instructor, your institution's registrar, or your institution's helpdesk if you have any questions about viewing your official final grades. How do you access individual assignment grades from previous academic terms? If the course is still on Blackboard, access the course.
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I knit a chemo cap for a friend of my old roommate. I knit it in an angora-wool blend, Classic Elite Lush. This is a very, very soft yarn.
The response that my roommate said she gave was that she was totally thrilled with this hat. Her comment was that most of the hats she has are acrylic (I don't know how soft acrylic they are) and that they are very itchy and uncomfortable. The angora costs more, but IMO (especially in a cold climate where warm hats are extremely important) totally worth it. It's gloriously warm and soft. After working with Lush for a long time (I made a sweater and a couple of hats with it), even the softest of acrylics just doesn't cut it.
The hat may need to be washed at some point, but I think rarely enough that handwashing would not be a big deal.
Also, if I ever need to make a chemo cap again, I'm going to try baby alpaca/silk. I don't remember what brand I have used for things in the past, but it is also incredibly soft and warm.
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(Music playing) Deke's Photoshop? Deke's Photoshop? Top 40! Feature #21 is the Gradient tool. Now I know a lot of you are sitting there, thinking really, the Gradient tool, Deke. The Gradient tool is better than Curves or the Gradient tool is better than Color Range, the Gradient tool is better than the Healing Brush and the answer is no. It's not better than any of those things. It's more essential than those things. Without the Gradient tool, we could not create a soft transition between two layers inside of Photoshop, and that is why it is so essential to getting work done inside this program.
I am looking at a composition that's made up of a bunch of different elements from image vendor Fotolia. Now let's say that we want to take this rays layer here that's covering up the smiley face sun in the background, and we want to mitigate it a little bit. We want to create an opening for the sun to shine through. We can do that using a Radial Gradient layer mask and here is how we'd accomplish this feat. I'd make sure that the rays layer is active by drop down here to layer mask icon and I go ahead and click on it. Now we have a layer mask for that layer. Now let's go to the Gradient tool, feature #21 right there. Click on it.
It's got a keyboard shortcut of G . And notice these guys up here. I am going to click this down-pointing arrowhead, so that I can show you that you have a variety of different predefined gradients you can choose from. If you want to create your own gradient, just defined it on the fly, then you would click inside here, inside the fountain itself that brings up the Gradient Editor and you can begin working on the gradient down here. You can just click to set color points, for example, and then change the color by double-clicking on them, choosing a new color, click OK and so on and so on. I am going to cancel out of here. What I want you to see though is you've got keyboard shortcuts.
So you can actually move from one gradient to another by taking advantage of these shortcuts right here. The period key will move you forward through the gradients. That's the period key. The comma key will move you backward through the gradients. You might think, all right, not really something I am going to use that often. However, it's very useful for moving between the first two between foreground to background and between foreground to transparent. Those are the ones you are going to use the most often especially when masking. So you might just want to bear in mind that period is going to take you forward to foreground to transparent, and comma is going to take you backwards to foreground to background.
If you're looking at some other weird gradient here and you want to go all the way back to start, you press Shift+Comma and that'll reset you. You can also switch between your styles. You've got a Linear Style right here and you've got a Radial Style, and then you've got all the other ones that are available to you. The ones you don't use very often but still you can switch between them by pressing the Bracket key. So the right bracket key takes you in one direction, the left bracket key takes you the other. In my case, I want to move over to the Radial Gradient right there. I've got foreground to background turned on and I'm looking at a foreground color of black and the background color of white here inside my layer mask, awesome.
I am going drag from the center of the smiley sun outward like so and I go ahead and reveal a hole in my rays for the smiley face to show through which is totally awesome. Now let's say I change my mind. I wanted to work the other way around. I want the rays to fade away as they are moving away from the smiley face. Why then all I need to do is turn on this Reverse checkbox and then I'll go ahead and drag from that center outward and I'll drag farther out this time around and you can see that the rays are fading away from the sun. If you want that sun in front, so it shows up a little better, just drag him in front.
So I'll drag smiley in front of my rays right there. All right, a few other things to know about gradients. I like the Gradient tool better than any other method for creating gradients inside the Photoshop. Let me show you what I mean. I'll drop down here to the Background layer and let's say that I want a gradient going from white to transparent upward that's rising up with the crowd here. And I could create that by going to my little Black & White icon at the bottom of the LAYERS palette and choosing Gradient. That would create a dynamic gradient layer.
I don't think much of dynamic gradient layers. They are one way to work, but let me show you how they are put together here. I'm now getting a black to transparent grading by default that's what I'm getting. Don't know what you'd get. But its angle is 90 degrees so it's going upward like so. But now if I want to change the color of this gradient, it's something of a pain in the neck. I have to go up to this Gradient bar, click on it to bring up my Gradient Editor and then I have to double-click on this color stop in order to switch it from black to white let's say. Click OK. But notice now, I've got a gradient that's going from white to black as it's going from opaque that's what this little guy means to transparent.
And I don't want that because that means as it's getting transparent, as this gradient is sloping away, it's also getting darker. So we have this murky region in the middle. So you are going to have to change this color stop as well by double-clicking on it, switching it to white, clicking OK. Clicking OK again and than you might want to scale your gradient, so it's not quite as big. Maybe take it down to, I don't know, 50%. You can drag it to a different location that's pretty cool. So you do have that direct control there inside the image window. Otherwise, forget about it. I don't like that method very much.
I am going to turn that new layer I just made of and we are going to show you how much easier it is to just to make a static gradient. How much more flexible it is as well. I am going to press Ctrl+Shift+N, Command+Shift+N on the Mac, in order to make a new layer. I'll call it gradient, click OK and I'll move my composition up just a little bit. I'll grab my Gradient tool. It is active. I've got the last gradient and I just created and selected here. So what I'll do is I'll turn off Reverse so that it's going from white to transparent. I'll also set this to a Linear Gradient because I want a linear style here and I'll drag upward like so and that works up beautifully.
Now let's say at this point I want to change its color. Check this out. It's so easy to switch out of color at this point. I'll go and dial in a color in the COLOR palette. I've got HSB slider selected. So I'm going to change the Hue value to 210, I am going to change the Saturation value to 50 and the Brightness value to 100% for this light shade of blue here. And then all I need to do is in order to switch out the colors that are already here, you may recall feature #37, which was the Fill functions inside of Photoshop. If we want to replace the Opaque pixels inside of a layer with new colors, they want you do, and in this case, it would be the foreground color.
So I want to press Shift+Alt+Backspace, do you recall this one, or Shift+Option+Delete on the Mac and that just goes ahead and switches out that gradient with a new color. So easy, thanks to static gradient. All right, a few other things that I want to do where this composition is concerned. I am going to grab all these people here that represent the crowd down at the bottom of the screen, click on one layer, Shift+click on another. I am going to group them together by going up to my palette fly-out menu, choosing New Group from Layers, and I'll call this one crowd and click OK. They are now grouped together.
I can assign a layer mask to the entire group by dropping down to the Add Layer Mask icon. I'll click on it and now having done that, let's move this up once again. Get my Gradient tool. It's already selected here for me. I want to go ahead and switch out my style of gradient to my first one right there. I could do that by pressing Shift+comma you may recall or just clicking on it. In that way, what's good about working with foreground and background style of gradient is I can now just drag upward like so. When I press the Shift key as I was dragging to constraint the angle of my drag to exactly vertical, I've actually been doing that for a little while here.
But let's say you are not entirely happy with that mask. Just draw it again, because you're replacing all of the colors inside of that mask as you're dragging with the tools. So you can make a little gradient like so if you want to or you can make a big old gradient like that. One other thing I wanted to do. I've got a little bit of text here, go ahead and turn on that text layer that's live text inside of Photoshop. And then I've created this little letter trail that's going away from it. Now I want to assign a mask to the letter trail so I'll click on it, go ahead and assign a layer mask by dropping down the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the palette and clicking on it.
And then I still have my Gradient tool active. So I'll go ahead and drag upward like so in order to make these bars fade away. And then finally, I'll switch over to the actual layer itself so I switched away from the layer mask by clicking on the layer thumbnail and I am going to lock down its transparency by clicking on this Lock transparent pixels icon. Now, I'm going to press the D key in order to get my default foreground and background colors, black-and-white, and I am going to switch the gradient to foreground to transparent right here. And then I am going to drag like so and press the Shift key as I drag down just to add a little bit of darkness at the top of those letter trails.
And that is my final composition, people. Thanks to the power of feature #21, the Gradient tool here inside Photoshop.


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Ben Spies is to retire from motorcycle racing. The shoulder injuries the Texan suffered in the past year have cast doubts over whether his shoulders will ever be strong enough to race a motorcycle again, and so Ducati and Spies have come to a mutual agreement for Spies to terminate their contract after just one year. Accordingly, Spies' retirement leaves the second seat at Pramac Ducati vacant for 2014.
Even the most secularist and rationalist motorcycle racing fan must by now be thinking that there is some kind of supernatural force at work trying to prevent MotoGP from happening at Motegi.
It started in 2010, when the race scheduled for April had to be moved back to October because of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland sent a massive cloud of ash into the skies over Europe which suspended all air flights just as the MotoGP teams were ready to fly to Japan.
In 2011, on the weekend of the Qatar MotoGP season opener, the 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, sending a devastating tsunami towards Japan destroying the coastal regions, then throwing in a disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for good measure.
So it came as no surprise that the first day of practice at Motegi ended up being scrapped due to the weather conditions. You could even say that to only have the first day of practice canceled was a lucky break, as earlier in the week it had looked like a typhoon could have blown through the area and forced the entire event to be called off. Instead, the typhoon track moved further east than expected, sparing Japan the worst of the wind and rain.
Earlier this morning, Marc Marquez tweeted the following in Spanish to his Twitter followers: "Special helmet and shirt for a special GP in Japan, at home!!! ;) Do you like?" and attached the above photo to the message.
The intent is clear, Marquez hopes to clinch the 2013 MotoGP Championship while at the home grand prix for HRC, at track Honda owns no less. While Honda brass would surely love such a coup, we hope someone takes young Marc aside and explains something about his T-shirt.
MotoGP: Scheduling Contingencies for a Foggy Japanese GP
After losing the first day of practice at Motegi to the weather, Race Direction has announced contingency plans for a schedule to allow practice, qualifying and the races to be run at the Japanese circuit however the weather turns out.
With rain set to continue on Saturday morning, but clear up on Saturday afternoon and Sunday, schedules have been drawn up to take account of all the possible combinations of weather.
The problem is not the rain, it is the fog and low-hanging clouds, Race Director Mike Webb explained in a press conference at Motegi. Because of the location of the Twin Ring circuit, set in a bowl up in the hills in the Tochigi district in Japan, the combination of heavy clould and relatively weak winds saw the surrounding hills cloaked in cloud.
That cloud, and the reduced visibility it caused, meant that the medical helicopter, which is required to transport injured riders to the nearest hospital, was not allowed to fly, Japanese aviation law preventing helicopters flying in such circumstances. The helicopter had not yet arrived at the circuit, being stationed a few minutes flight time away.
Without the medical helicopter, practice could not be run safely, as the hospital designated by the chief doctor at the circuit is an hour away by road. Should a rider sustain a severe or life-threatening injury, they could not be transported to the hospital quickly enough to ensure proper care, Webb explained.
The lack of visibility was why Friday practice had been postponed all day, rather than canceled right away. Practice could not go ahead without the helicopter on site, but it was waiting on standby for permission from the Japanese aviation authority, ready to fly to the circuit as soon as they were given clearance. The cloud never lifted enough for the helicopter to be allowed to fly, however, and in the end, practice had to be called off.
All Friday practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi have been cancelled due to safety concerns caused by adverse weather conditions. Heavy fog along with constant rain and low cloud cover have hovered over the circuit since the early morning and have failed to clear throughout the afternoon.
After the farcical yet compelling Australian Grand Prix, the Grand Prix paddock heads north to Japan for the last of the three overseas races. The contrast could not be greater: from unusually warm weather at the magnificent, sweeping Phillip Island circuit, it is cold and very wet conditions which greet the riders at Motegi, a circuit dominated by stop-and-go corners with little rhythm to it.
While almost every rider on the grid adores Phillip Island, you would be hard pressed to find a rider not holding a Japanese passport with any affection for Motegi. The challenges the riders face are mainly of physical endurance, with very few spots testing their mettle and skill.
Adding the test of endurance will be the weather this weekend. Though Typhoon Francisco has now weakened to a tropical storm and is forecast to pass much further south than was feared, large amounts of rain are still expected at Motegi, especially on Friday evening and Saturday morning.
While all of practice looks set to be wet, at least the riders will get some practice, as early forecasts had suggested that several, if not all, sessions could be a complete washout. For now, it just looks like the riders will be cold and rather wet. That could add to some real excitement at the Japanese circuit. The championship is still far from decided in all three classes, after the surprises at Phillip Island stirred up the title fight.
After the eventful Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, the MotoGP paddock heads to Japan, hoping for a slightly quieter weekend. It looks like they may well get their wish, thanks to the weather predicted for the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi.
Typhoon Francisco, an intense tropical depression, is set to hit the Islands of Japan this weekend, blowing through on Friday night and departing by Saturday afternoon. With Francisco forecast to dump large quantities of rain in the region around Motegi, free practice could well be a washout, with the rain only letting up on Saturday afternoon.
Qualifying for the MotoGP class is to undergo a shake-up starting from next year. Instead of the current one-hour qualifying format, two sessions of 15 minutes will settle the starting grid, with the riders divided into two groups on the basis of their combined times through the three sessions of free practice.
The new system is a hybrid of the current system and the superpole format used by World Superbikes and Formula One. An intial selection will be made on the basis of the combined times of the first three sessions of free practice, with the 10 fastest riders going straight through to QP2, with the rest left to fight it out in QP1.
The 2 fastest riders in the 15-minute QP1 session will go through to QP2. The original 10 fastest from free practice will be joined by the 2 fastest from QP1 to fight it out for the top 12 grid positions in the 15-minute QP2 session. To compensate for the shortened qualifying sessions, a 30-minute-long fourth session of free practice will added before qualifying starts.
One of the three "flyaway" races before the season finale in Valencia, the Japanese GP is race that is not only important to the two remaining Japanese manufacturers in the premier class, but it begins the dénouement of the MotoGP Championship.
Finding renewed vigor in his Championship hunt, Dani Pedrosa has only a handful of races left to catch Jorge Lorenzo, and win his first premier-class title. Truthfully needing Lorenzo to make a critical mistake or suffer a mechanical failure, Pedrosa also has to keep the pressure on his rival, and try to minimize the gap to his fellow Spaniard.
With each place separating the two riders likely to play a pivotal role at the end of the season, the drama unfolding in Motegi was palpable, though the action itself was a slow grind of a multi-campaign war.


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Launch of Rebuilding Ireland – Action Plan for Housing and HomelessnessMr. Simon Coveney T.D., Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, today (19 July) published "Rebuilding Ireland – an Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness", following Government approval of the comprehensive and ambitious Plan at today's Cabinet meeting. He was joined by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny and Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, Paschal Donohoe.
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