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Liberty University Director of Athletics Jeff Barber announced former South Carolina associate coach Jim Toman has been named the sixth head baseball coach in the 34-year history of the Flames' baseball program, Sunday afternoon.
"I am elated for our University, and more specifically our baseball program, to have Jim Toman become our sixth head coach," stated Barber. "He has spent the last 18 years under one of the top head coaches in the country, and is fully prepared to run his own program.
"Furthermore, after talking to dozens of college coaches, major league scouts and front office personnel, it became quite apparent Coach Toman carries with him the reputation as one of the top evaluators of baseball talent in the country. This is a great day for Liberty baseball."
Toman recently completed his 11th year as the senior member of Ray Tanner's coaching staff at South Carolina, where he helped the Gamecocks to a 46-20 record this year, their eighth-straight, 40-plus winning season.
For the second-straight year and seventh time in the last eight years, South Carolina advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals in 2007, falling to national seed North Carolina. The Tar Heels who are currently battling Oregon State for this year's College World Series in the championship series in Omaha, Neb.
During his time on staff in Columbia, S.C., Toman has helped the Gamecocks to a combined 500-220 record (69.4 winning percentage), nine NCAA Regional appearances, seven NCAA Super Regionals and three-straight trips to the College World Series (2002-04).
"I am very honored and excited to accept the head coaching position at Liberty University," remarked Toman. "My wife and family are also very excited to join the Liberty family and work in a Christian environment.
"I have enjoyed my 11 years at the University of South Carolina and take away many fond memories. I appreciate the opportunity Ray Tanner gave me to be a member of his staff. I am ready to get started on putting a quality staff together and continuing to move the program forward, having success in both the conference and nationally."
Widely considered one of the top collegiate recruiters in the nation, Toman has recruited 15 Top 25 recruiting classes, including all 11 of his recruiting classes with the Gamecocks. Over the last four years, Toman has recruited three of the nation's top recruiting classes as ranked by Collegiate Baseball, including 2003 (tied), 2005 and 2006.
Toman's efforts at South Carolina have not gone unnoticed as the Pittsburgh, Pa., native was named the National Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association/Baseball American in 2002.
"Liberty has hired one of the great men in all of college baseball," said South Carolina head baseball coach Ray Tanner. "He is a fantastic coach and a great recruiter. He will take the Flames baseball program to great heights."
"We are extremely appreciative of all the great years of service that Coach Toman has dedicated to Carolina Baseball," added Tanner. "We will miss Coach Toman and his family being a fixture with our Carolina family."
Besides spearheading South Carolina's recruiting efforts, Toman has overseen the Gamecocks' catchers, with six catchers signing professional baseball contracts under his tutelage. This group includes All-Americans Landon Powell and Tim Whittaker. Powell was a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award in 2004, which annually honors the top collegiate catchers.
Toman got his start in the coaching ranks in 1989 as an assistant coach at Florida International. After one year with the Golden Panthers, Toman took an assistant coaching position under Tanner at N.C. State in 1990 and was promoted to associate head coach in 1993. Toman followed Tanner to South Carolina in 1996 as an assistant and was evaluated to associate head coach in 2004.
Toman was a four-year letterwinner at N.C. State (1981-84), graduating from the institution in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in vocational industrial education. He also received his master's degree from N.C. State in sport management in 1995.
He was a two-time team captain with the Wolfpack during his junior and senior years. Toman highlighted his career at the 1984 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, setting records in home runs, doubles and total bases to earn a spot on the all-tournament team.
Toman is married to the former Ashley McLaughlin of Florence, S.C., a former volleyball player at Charleston Southern. The couple has three children – Caroline, Charlie and Tucker.
Toman's Collegiate Coaching Career
1985-87 - Assistant Coach - Richmond Country HS (Rockingham, N.C.)
1987-88 - Assistant Coach - Atlantic Community HS (Del Ray Beach, Fla.)
1988-89 - Assistant Coach - Florida International
1989-93 - Assistant Coach - N.C. State
1993-96 - Associate Coach - N.C. State
1996-2004 - Assistant Coach - South Carolina
2004-07 - Associate Coach - South Carolina
2007-Present - Head Coach - Liberty


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Time is running out to vote in the primary today!
Ambitiously, some are hoping that the primary election that ends today will top out at a whoppingly underwhelming 12% of voter turn out.
You want to know why you're frustrated that politicians don't seem to listen to the people they supposedly serve? Well, with that kind of apathy at the polls, we've given them all a clear indication that we simply don't care what they do. And they have learned to take advantage of that fact.
You want to know why we're in the shape we're in? Not enough people show up to be counted, when it is time to vote. Plain and simple.
You know who is paying particular attention to the general apathy? Big business. You know, the kind of folks who can spend millions of dollars to sway politicians to supporting their aims to de-regulate and alter the fabirc of America to suit their capitalistic greed and corrupt amibition.
And because, time and time again, voter turn out is so small, they all assume that people out there simply don't care enough to show up and cast a ballot and stop them in their evil pursuits.
We're collectively making it OK for them to rape and pillage the planet in our names.
When will enough be enough?
Certainly, more than 12% of the folks out there complain about a great many things that would not even be part of the conversation if they just showed up to vote.
Today, I voted. It took less than 5 minutes. I was ballot number 103 in my particular polling place. By mid-day, for there to only be 103 votes cast, is pitiful.
As I gave them my info, the nice lady there informed me that, as of 2016, I would have to show a photo ID to vote. I gave a wry smile, and said, "Unless things go well in 2014 and we put a stop to that nonesense."
She didn't quite know how to respond. So she didn't.
I hope my words weren't hollow. I hope that enough people get off their butts and get out to vote, and at least here in NC, we can take the Legislature away from Pope and McCrory, and turn this Titanic of a state around.
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President Obama hailed the latest drop in the unemployment rate Friday as a sign that "we're moving in the right direction."
While cautioning that too many Americans remain out of work and policymakers have more work to do, Obama boasted that the economy added more private-sector jobs in 2011 than any year since 2005. He noted that 3.2 million jobs have been created in 22 months, including nearly 2 million last year.
"We're starting to rebound. We're moving in the right direction. We have made real progress," Obama said during a visit to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency created by his financial regulation overhaul. The visit followed his recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the bureau over the vehement objections of congressional Republicans.
The president used the occasion to call on Congress to extend his payroll tax cut and expand unemployment benefits through the end of this year "to make sure that we keep this recovery going." As of now, they go through February.
The lower the unemployment rate, the harder it will be for Republicans to make it an issue against Obama this election year.
The Labor Department report showed employers added a net 200,000 jobs in December, pushing the unemployment rate down to 8.5% -- its lowest level since February 2009. The rate has dropped four straight months.
"It suggests that the economy has been moving in the right direction," said Alan Krueger, chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, speaking on MSNBC.
Krueger cautioned against reading too much into one report.
Still, Obama figures to face the voters with the highest unemployment rate of any sitting president since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate was 7.8% when Obama took office in January 2009.
Republicans took the long view, noting that the unemployment rate has been above 8% for the vast majority of Obama's presidency.
"Of course it is good news fewer Americans are out of work," said Mitt Romney in a statement. "But 35 consecutive months of unemployment above 8% is no cause for celebration."
Newt Gingrich, who like Romney has vowed to reduce taxes and lower regulations, said, "three full years into the Obama presidency, and there are still 1.7 million fewer Americans going to work today than there were on Obama's Inauguration Day."
Rick Santorum, speaking in New Hampshire, said that unemployment dropped because of "optimism that Republicans will take the White House"
Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus said the Obama administration claimed that its 2009 stimulus bill would keep unemployment below 8%. He said Obama has made the economy worse, "imposing a massive regulatory regime, pushing job-killing mandates and racking up trillions of dollars in debt."
Obama and aides have said he inherited the worst economy since the Great Depression from predecessor George W. Bush, and that the policies of 2012 Republicans would return the nation to recession.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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A good kicking game early on saw Tom Atkinson land three penalties, a drop goal and a conversion, adding the extras to Dave Knock's try, to give the York side a 19-7 lead at half-time.
The second half saw 'Trees open up with further tries by Ben Phillips, the energetic Ed Kemp and Chris Judge, with Atkinson converting two.
Ex-Rowntree prop Martin Sargent got one back for Thirsk.


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A swine flu vaccine will be available within weeks and the federal government is bankrolling urgent research into the virus as the number of confirmed cases in Australia jumped to 209.
The number of Australia's confirmed A (H1N1) virus sufferers rose again late on Friday as Tasmania recorded its first case and Queensland its 11th.
Both were passengers aboard the Pacific Dawn cruise ship which berthed in Sydney on Monday, May 25.
Queensland Health said a Mackay man aged in his 50s was now in isolation with his family, while Tasmania's Acting Director of Public Health, Dr Chrissie Pickin, said a 62-year-old woman from the state's northwest, who lives alone, had remained in home isolation all week and was recovering well.
Victoria remains Australia's swine flu capital, with 138 cases. Seven of the state's schools are now closed.
As the emergency escalates, pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd confirmed the first batches of its vaccine would be ready by August.
The federal government has ordered enough doses for 10 million Australians, while the US has placed a $US180 million ($A229.5 million) order.
CSL Biotherapies general manager Mary Sontrop said scientists were preparing a "candidate vaccine" for clinical trials.
The first available batches were expected to start rolling out of CSL's Melbourne drug manufacturing plant by late July/early August.
"We are confident of being able to satisfy the needs of Australia and other countries in a timely way," she said.
The federal government on Friday issued an "urgent call" for research into swine flu, providing $7 million to help combat the potentially deadly virus through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
The money will be available to scientists from next month.
But the results of their research are not expected until December, when the worst of Australia's flu season will be over.
As authorities nationwide brace for the infection rate to rise further this weekend, federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said it was still too early to justify restricting domestic travel and shutting down public transport and major public events.
"Certainly, assessments are made by the health officials whether there would be a risk of attending certain activities or not, but we are not at that point in time, the disease is not sufficiently widespread in the community ... that that advice has been given."
As the Pacific Dawn cruise ship prepares to dock in Brisbane on Saturday after cutting short its latest cruise because of the swine flu threat, the Queensland government will invoke tough quarantine powers to stop interstate passengers disembarking.
Three crew members have tested positive to the A(H1N1) virus but have since recovered after receiving treatment. Five passengers from the latest cruise are awaiting test results.
Health officials will screen the ship's 2,000 passengers and 700 crew. Only Queensland residents will be allowed to disembark and will be asked to quarantine themselves for seven days.
Premier Anna Bligh said passengers from other states would not be allowed off at all and would have to stay on board until Sydney.
The ship's owner, Carnival Australia, said the five passengers had been isolated and treated with antiviral medication, pending tests, but none has confirmed swine flu.
"We are being extremely cautious in our testing arrangements for anybody who presents themselves with flu-like symptoms," CEO Ann Sherry said.
Nine of Queensland's 11 confirmed cases were passengers on Pacific Dawn, as were all but 10 of the 48 NSW cases.
South Australia has seven cases of swine flu, including four from the ship; the ACT has three; and Western Australia one.
Jetstar has cut June flights from Australia to Japan by a third as the swine flu scare causes a sharp fall in Japanese passengers.


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The Grand's summer season - "Just For The fun Of It" - will close with the soulful, free-spirited artistry of Dr. John & The Nite Trippers & Aaron Neville. With just one performance on Saturday, August 23 at 8pm, these true icons of American culture are sure to deliver an evening of high-flying entertainment!
From Dr. John's "voodoo" boogie and blues to Aaron Neville's melodious soul and doo-wop, these native sons will radiate with the community pride and musical panache of their New Orleans home. Performing separately, with their incredible backup bands, Dr. John and Aaron Neville are sure to have the "Big Easy" running through your veins!
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Here is a look at real-estate news in today's WSJ:
Builders Face a Desert Reckoning: Some of the nation's largest developers might be forced to buy hundreds of acres of Nevada desert as part of a legal battle with a group of banks.
Retail Improves, but Doubts Persist: U.S. malls and shopping centers continued their slow, fitful recovery from the recession in the fourth quarter, though retailers generally remain hesitant about leasing new space.
Starwood Again Circles Condo Carcasses: A Starwood-led group is moving to expand its investments in distressed condominiums, leveraging the experience it received after it bought the assets of the failed Corus Bank.
California Dream a Reality for Developer: A group of investors, led by State Street Bank & Trust, is pumping $400 million into a stalled, master-planned community in Irvine.


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Note: This is just a list of suggestions! If you have any questions, please let me know!
Personal Items...
- Prescription medications and Simple first aid supplies.
- Toiletry items (Face cloths are non-existent in Europe) & dental care (tooth pick, floss) – Make sure you pack a towel too! Our host family does not provide towels!
- Family photos to show new friends
- Neck pouch for passport (superior to fanny packs or money belts worn on the exterior)
- Passport and 2 copies of your passport ID page (in separate places in your luggage… just in case!)
- Emergency contact phone and FAX numbers of family/friends in the US.
- ATM Card/cash/etc… You can use your ATM cards in all locations to take our the currency in Hungary and Romania. This proves to be a lot easier than taking traveler's checks!
Working items...
- Shoes (one sandals or flip-flops, one casual nice, one for muddy work/hiking)
- One nice, special outfit (for church, airline travel)
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- Lightweight waterproof jacket or lined windbreaker/sweat shirt/sweat pants
- Hat for rain and shine!
- Work Gloves
- Sunscreen and sunglasses (maybe even a bathing suit, you never know!)
Travel items...
- Travel alarm clock, if you like them
- Folding umbrella
- Camera, film, extra batteries
- Games/cards/puzzles/etc
- An extra set of clothes in your carry-on luggage (just in case!)
- Bug Repellent for the evenings and sun screen for the days
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3. Detailed Report of Discussion
Expert panel members convened for a meeting lasting one and a half days. The purpose of this meeting was to thoroughly discuss ways to determine the effects of BAC levels on motorcycle operator impairment. Prior to the meeting, members received a document containing background information on the issues to be discussed. This document was generated from the literature review and has been incorporated into Volume II of this report. Workshop participants reviewed the document before the panel meeting. The meeting began with introductions of panel and project team members followed by a description of background, prior research, and project history by the contractor. Subsequent panel discussion included methodologies and elements of methodologies described in the background information, plus any alternative methodologies suggested by panel members. One alternative methodology (the cohort study) that was not considered in the background report was added to the discussion. Also discussed were strengths and weaknesses for each methodology, procedures which would be used for each methodology, measures of effectiveness, data analysis techniques, and promising research sites. Discussions were largely open-ended though discussion was guided by a moderator. After the main discussion ended on the second day, panel members gave their opinions on the relative priorities of the various methodologies for future research. Detailed notes of the discussions were recorded and used to generate this report. A draft of the report was sent to panel members for review. Changes suggested by panel members were incorporated where deemed appropriate.
The following section discusses the various methodologies under consideration (Table 2) and summarizes the expert panel's review of the methodologies including their primary advantages, disadvantages, and an estimate of general cost category. Cost categories used were: estimates of less than $250,000; between $250,000 and $500,000; and over $500,000.
Simulation Study
Driving simulation has been used for many years in research studies on driving behavior for automobiles, trucks, and other vehicles. There are many simulators available for these vehicles at various levels of cost, complexity, and fidelity; however, very few motorcycle simulators are known to the project staff and panel members. Most motorcycle simulators are not of sufficient fidelity to be useful for a study of the type proposed. The National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) does not have a motorcycle "cab" simulator. Dynamic Research, Inc., in Torrance, California, has a relatively high-fidelity driving simulator with a motorcycle and scooter cabs and associated hardware and software.1
There are two important aspects of fidelity or realism of the simulator: cue fidelity and dynamics and control fidelity.
Cue fidelity pertains to the display the operator interacts with, including visual, motion, and sound. If they are suitably designed, motorcycle simulators can more readily achieve higher cue fidelity regarding their ability to simulate the riding task faithfully, in comparison with automobile simulators. This is largely because real motorcycles, like aircraft, are "bank-to-turn" vehicles, which means that the operator experiences and senses mainly visual cues, rather than a combination of visual and motion cues that car drivers experience. Both pilots and riders must see a "horizon" (either real or artificial) to control and stabilize the vehicle; if they loose that visual reference, they can be essentially unaware (via motion cues) of whether they are turning or level, because the turns are "coordinated" and for the most part cannot be sensed by the body's motion-sensing apparatus (tactile, proprioceptive, vestibular, kinesthetic, etc.). Consequently, high-fidelity motorcycle simulators can be less expensive than high-fidelity automobile simulators, because motorcycle simulators can function well with much simpler motion systems. The four-wheeler simulators need more elaborate motion systems, which are an expensive part of the system, to induce realistic operator responses and delays.
Dynamics and control fidelity pertain to the simulated vehicle response to various kinds of operator inputs. For a motorcycle, the vehicle response and operator inputs are considerably more complex than for a car. For a motorcycle, the responses include motorcycle roll, yaw, and pitch angles and rates, and forward and lateral translation. The operator inputs include steer torque and steer angle; lateral and fore-aft upper-body lean angle; and braking, throttle, and gearshift control inputs. The dynamics and control mathematical relationships have been well established since about 1970, and NHTSA-sponsored research (e.g., Weir et al., 1979) experimentally measured and verified these dynamics and control relationships. A motorcycle simulator needs (a) to include these dynamics and control "equations of motion," and (b) measure the relevant operator control inputs.
In contrast to cue fidelity, motorcycle dynamics and control fidelity is relatively more complex and difficult to provide than it is for cars and other four-wheelers. There are more motion degrees-of-freedom, stronger interactions among them, and more operator inputs to measure. Therefore, for motorcycle simulators, the overall complexity required to provide a suitable vehicle dynamic model and responses to operator inputs, in addition to high-fidelity visual cues, can be substantially greater than it is for four-wheeler simulators. For example, riding a motorcycle through a curve requires that the motorcycle be leaned with respect to the horizon. Opposing physical forces allow the motorcycle to operate leaned over without falling down. This type of phenomenon can be accounted for in creating the simulator, which requires that the simulated cues be different from those for typical four-wheeled-vehicle simulators. As noted, this does not mean that motorcycle simulators are necessarily more expensive; to the contrary, their hardware can sometimes be less costly than comparable automotive simulators. Rather, they are technologically much more complex to develop from a dynamics and control viewpoint, and therefore much less common than four-wheel simulators.
It may be advantageous to create scenarios using real-world situations known to have resulted in motorcycle crashes. It may also be possible to increase the validity of a simulator study by anchoring it to the real world. Examples of this include selecting crash scenarios and impairment measures that, when run with cars and drivers, provide impairment curves mirroring the Borkenstein (1974) and Compton (2002) relative risk curves for drivers; or calibrating the simulation by duplicating the low-speed closed-course test described subsequently, collecting impaired versus unimpaired riding data from a sample of riders on both closed-course and simulated versions of the test, and comparing results.
For the findings of a simulator motorcycle study to be accepted as relevant, they must be validated using real-world information. This issue is discussed in greater detail under the closed-course study.
If the simulation was intended to duplicate reality, to the extent that crash likelihood is similar to actual riding in traffic, it would be necessary to expose subjects to many hours of riding before a crash might be seen. This is not to say that the "many hours" need to be concurrent or that fatigue is a main cause of crashes. The Hurt report (1981) found the bulk of crashes occurred within a few minutes after the start of a trip. However, hundreds of trips may have been completed successfully before the crash. To expose subjects to hundreds of hours of simulation would be prohibitive. More likely, researchers would create a simulation with a higher frequency of potential hazards. This would increase the likelihood of a crash or some other measure of impaired operation.
The ability to record very precise data about the operation of the simulator (e.g., control inputs, lane position, responses to other vehicles) makes it possible to use measures other than crashes to identify impaired operation.
Generally, a simulator study with dosed subjects exposes each subject to a series of different scenarios, each at a different BAC level. This approach requires that the sequence of scenarios be randomized such that each subject faces each one once, and across all scenarios each one is seen an equal number of times at each BAC level. This is done to avoid order effects and scenario effects. By one panel member's estimation, at least 10 subjects per scenario/BAC combination would be needed to get reliable data. The most typical protocol as used in car alcohol research would be to administer alcohol in a controlled and monitored way, such that crash avoidance/involvement would be measured at multiple (e.g., four) BAC levels, the maximum being just above the typical current legal limit (e.g., .10 g/dL) [See Moskowitz et al., 2000]. Such protocols are well established and have been approved in the past by various internal review boards.
Because dosed-subject simulator studies usually involve multiple trials over time as BAC rises and falls, it is important to make certain that subjects receive enough practice on the simulator to get past the learning curve before actual trials begin. Otherwise, the BAC effects will become confounded with learning effects.
The study design must acknowledge that there is a potential difference between effects of a given BAC while drinking, as BAC is going upward, versus the same BAC after drinking when the BAC is coming down. This would be done by continuing the experiment after maximum BAC had been reached and drinking had been halted, and by recording whether trials were recorded before or after this point.
There are many advantages to the use of simulation for impaired-operator research. The same subjects can be used for impaired and unimpaired conditions, removing inter-subject differences as a possible confounding variable. Differences in performance at varying BAC levels could also be examined for simulated car driving for the same subjects and compared to their motorcycle data. This would increase the validity of the findings compared to generating BAC and performance curves from a motorcycle-riding population, then comparing them to automobile-driving curves from a population that may be very different.
Another advantage of simulation is that the riding experience can be completely controlled so that all subjects are exposed to the same situations across all conditions. Riders can be subjected to simulated risks, in the form of dangerous situations and higher BACs, which could only safely be experienced using simulation. Measurements and data collection are relatively easy compared to that with instrumented real vehicles. A wealth of data can be collected on performance (e.g., speed, response latency, eye movements, close calls) rather than relying completely on crashes as a measure of performance. Differences in judgment might be measured. Data would have some face validity because it would come from actual operation of a (simulated) vehicle comparing impaired to unimpaired conditions in a typical (albeit only visual) crash scenario (e.g., based on a real crash reconstruction); yet it would be safer than having actual impaired subjects riding on a closed course or in traffic (cohort study). BAC levels could be controlled to a greater extent than could those collected in natural occurrences of crashes and other comparison cases found in the field. BAC measurements could be extremely accurate, both in terms of getting a good measure and getting it as close to the time of riding as possible. A videotape of the simulated ride would demonstrate the effects of alcohol on riding and would provide a good teaching tool.
Simulator studies have limited face validity. Although similar to actual riding, it is not actual riding. It will not necessarily be possible to relate simulated crash likelihood to actual crash likelihood, although relative comparisons are common in simulator studies. There will be problems motivating subjects to perform safely in the same way they would if the consequences were real injury. The number of simulator subjects in such a study would probably be far lower than the number of crashes that can be studied using archival data. Although safer than actual riding, there is still the potential for simulator motion sickness, as well as general risks related to dosing subjects. IRB approval is required for such a study. It has been theorized that crashes are more likely for motorcycles than for cars at a given BAC due to the greater skill necessary to operate a motorcycle. To the extent that this is true, it becomes extremely important that a simulated motorcycle operate as much as possible like a real one, especially under emergency conditions. This can be much more difficult with a motorcycle simulator than with an automobile simulator. It was suggested that a simulator study would be most useful if it could be done in conjunction with a low-speed closed-course study with dosed riders, because similarities in performance and impairment, between simulated and actual low-speed operation would tend to validate use of the simulator. However the closed-course study may be difficult to get approved by an IRB.
1 In the interest of full disclosure we note that John Zellner, who is a co-author of this report, is also president of Dynamic Research, Inc. (DRI), which maintains a motorcycle simulator described in some detail in this report. Research by project staff at PIRE and HPRL indicated that the DRI simulator was the only motorcycle simulator suitable for the type of research discussed in this report at the time the project was being conducted. The discussion of the DRI simulator is not intended to advertise the DRI product, or promote its use in research. Rather it has been contributed by Zellner in the interest of providing the reader with as much useful information on the subject of motorcycle simulation as possible.


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These are one of my daughter's favorites, not only to make but eat as a little girl. Now that she is grown and has a family of her own, she loves to make these muffins.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
- 1-1/2 c
- flour
- 1/4 c
- sugar
- 2-1/2 tsp
- baking powder
- 1/2 tsp
- salt
- 1
- egg, beaten
- 1 can(s)
- (6 oz) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
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- milk
- 1/3 c
- vegetable oil
- 1/2 c
- walnuts, chopped
How to Make LEMONADE MUFFINS
- 1Preheat oven to 375. Mix dry ingredients.
- 2In another bowl, mix 1/2 cup lemonade, egg, milk and oil. Add the dry ingredients. Stir in nuts.
- 3Prepare muffin pan with vegetable spray or cupcake liners. Fill with batter about 2/3 full. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- 4While hot, brush with remaining lemonade and sprinkle with granulated or powdered sugar.
About LEMONADE MUFFINS
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Regional Style: American
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I still do not know how to post videos. Tony tried to show me once and I am fairly confident that I did not do it right.
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I still do not know how to post videos. Tony tried to show me once and I am fairly confident that I did not do it right.
Would one of the moderators be so kind as to move this to the Ravens Forum please?
JJ spoke alot about hasslebacks ability to throw in a rhythm.
That seem sto be one of our biggest problems on offense.
NO Rhythm!!
Flacco needs to be allowed to get into some type of rhythm early on for him to be successful most of the time.
Certainly we've won games with some of his other abilitys when the games are kept close. (See Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh last year)
Personaly, I think Flacco has to get off to a quick start to get into a rhythm to make opposing defenses uncomfortable nad threatened.
(See last week)
This falls on Cam and game planning.
Aren't we still talking about a QB that came from a system he played at in college that was primarily a shot gun rhythm type offense?
For whatever reason, Cam doesn't believe in no huddle or the shotgun except on 3rd and long.
Hell, they did it last week against Pittsburgh.
I'm not sure what the problem here is, but they need to get him in a rhythm quickly or there will be more days like yesterday.
It's almost like some running backs.
They need to get in a rhythm to have success.
Others aren't as affected as much by it.
Clearly though IMO when Flacco is playing in an upbeat mode he plays better.
Joe's a big boy and the undisputed starting QB of the Ravens. It is insane to think he doesn't play a large role in gameplanning. Getting into a rhythm is HIS responsibility.
Its the music city, Nashville had the RHYTHM going.....they have Conway Twitty and all of that. We have to get funky and Harbaugh and Cameron are about as funky as wonderbread.
Conway Twitty?? Clearly you have the pulse of country music today... :D
You know I use to think you were just hard on Flacco and Harbs but now I am a believer with you. THese two really need to get it together or it maybe time to start looking else where sometime soon. THey need to snap into it and really start to take over this team.


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Exotic Orange Cake
I had a lot of plans, a lot. But very few goes to reality lately.
Take this for example. We were planing to go back to M's family place in Louisiana. We made plans, booked our flights, bought this and that, planned to visit my sister and her husband as well. Eeverything seems to fall into place, until the two days before the departure date. I felt so sick to the point the I couldn't move from bed. Then I found out that it was because I am pregnant! I felt worse and worse and had to cancel the flight hours before the departure time. Thank God for understanding hubby. Poor him, trying to take care of me and everything else. He made his own quesadillas, made me instant noodle for the first time (not that I could eat), trying to encourage me when I cried, and all that. This happened for 6 weeks. I was finally able to start going to work two weeks ago and hopefully, things will get better from here.
So there you go, we spent Christmas at home, we celebrated my birthday (in January), very low key. No cakes or foods have come out from my kitchen (except one last week), but I will post the cakes I made before all this happened.
this recipe came up. I read the whole forum. And though I didn't find many pictures online, the forum convinced me enough and the fact that it has mango and passion fruit, it's a go.
The mango passion jelly was still on the sour side, so I will add more of the mango puree and less passion fruit next time. I love the way it looks though and I love that this cake is different than any other cakes I made. Definitely a positive variation.
Here's the recipe as written in the forum:
Exotic Orange Cake
Taken from http://forums.egullet.org/topic/48772-exotic-orange-cake/
There are five components to this cake and they are: An orange vanilla bavaroise, a vanilla cremeux, a honey cake layer, a passion fruit gelee, and a white chocolate spray.
Honey Cake.
60 gm of sugar
60 gm of honey
60 gm of egg whites
115 gm of almond flour
90 gm of egg yolks
210 gm of egg whites
75 gm of sugar
95 gm of cake flour
DIRECTIONS: Mix the sugar, honey, 1st amount of egg whites and the almond flour until smooth, then gradually and the yolks. Using the 2nd amount of whites and sugar make a meringue and fold in along with the flour into the batter. The cake can be baked in a thin layer in a sheet pan or piped into 8inch rounds on a sheet pan. You will have to end up with 2 thin (1/4 to 3/8 inch thick) 8 inch disks. Bake at about 350 until done. Set aside
Orange vanilla bavaroise.
330 gm whole milk
66 gm of sugar
66 gm of egg yolks
seeds from 1 vanilla bean
10 gm of gelatin
400 gm of whipped cream
orange zest of 3 oranges
DIRECTIONS: Bring milk to a boil, add orange zest and steep for 15 minutes, strain. Using the milk make a creme anglase with the egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla. Add the melted gelatin, and cool. When cool fold in the whipped cream. Set aside
Vanilla cremeux (more like a caramel cremeux)
60 gm of sugar for a dry caramel
360 gm of heavy cream (HOT)
seed from 4 vanilla beans (I used only 1/2 vanilla bean as mine is super moist)
120 gm yolks
3 gm of gelatin
DIRECTIONS: Caramelize the sugar, add vanilla seeds, and hot heavy cream. Cool slightly and add to the egg yolks and finish with the gelatin. Cool and set aside.
Passion fruit gelee (I only made 1/2 the recipe)
150 gm of passion fruit puree
350 gm of mango puree
25 gm of glucose
seeds of 1 vanilla bean
75 gm of sugar
10 gm of gelatin
DIRECTIONS: Heat puree's, glucose, vanilla , and sugar until hot. Mixture should be uniform and sugar dissolved. Add melted gelatin and set aside.
ASSEMBLY: Cover one end of a 9 X 2 inch cake ring with plastic wrap and secure with rubber bands. Place on a sheet pan wrapped side down. (This cake is assembled up side down.) Make a 8 in by 3/8 inch solid mold. ( I used 2 sheets of foam board cut into 8 inch circles taped together and covered with plastic wrap) This solid mold is centered inside the cake ring on top of the plastic wrap. It will create a space (to be filled later with gelee) in the top of the cake. Place a layer of bavaroise around the solid mold, and up the sides of the ring to the top and a thin layer over the solid mold. Position a layer of cake on top of the bavaroise. Place a thick layer of the vanilla cremeux on top of the cake. Cover the cremeux with a layer of bavaroise and another layer of cake. By this time the last layer of cake should be at the top of the ring. Finish off the top layer around the edge with bavarois. Make sure it is level and flat as this will become the bottom of the cake. Freeze until solid. When frozen ( about 4 hours) warm ring and remove. Turn up side down. The solid mold is now on top. Carefully remove the mold. Spray the outside of the cake with white chocolate (I didn't do this as I don't have it). Fill the space in the top of the cake with the passion fruit gelee and chill. Refrigerate until serving.
Posted by Bertha at 2:45 PM
5 comments:
omg this looks so ggod and del , hope try it soon , thank u for sharing
- February 21, 2014 at 10:50 PM
Just wanna say congratulations on your pregnancy. The orange cake looks gorgeous!
- February 28, 2014 at 12:56 AM
- Leanderella P said...
congratulations on your pregnancy. the orange cake looks gorgeous!
- February 28, 2014 at 12:58 AM
You're blog is amazing!! Can you please make a youtube channel or add more demo photos👍
- March 19, 2014 at 3:10 AM
- Foon Lam said...
Beautiful cake. Looks like something one would buy from the professional bakers shop.
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Anthropologists and historians are not altogether clear about when the horse was acquired by the Nez Perce. It is generally believed and accepted that horses were introduced to the Americas by the Spanish about 1730 and that the Plains Indians soon acquired them. However, the Appaloosa, or spotted horse, has been found in pictographs of Asian and Chinese art. Prominent anthropologists have theorized that the Nez Perce and other Pacific Northwest tribes may have migrated across a land bridge that may have existed between the Asian and North American Continents somewhere near the Bering Straits off the coast of Alaska shortly after the last glaciers on the North American Continent began to recede. If this is true, then, perhaps the Nez Perce and the Appaloosa horse were interlinked much longer than thought.
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Whatever the case may be, we know from reports of Captains Lewis and Clark that the Nez Perce were fond of Appaloosas and raised beautiful horses. Lewis noted that on their return trip from the Pacific in 1806, while staying with the Nez Perce, that the Nez Perce had the largest horse herd on the Continent. The horse was an important form of transportation to the Nez Perce people. It enabled them to travel great distances to visit other tribes, to participate in the Trapper Rendezvous, and to travel to the Buffalo country of present-day Montana and Wyoming. In 1835 Chief Lawyer met Reverend Marcus Whitman and Reverend Samuel Parker at the Green River Rendezvous. Later, Chief Lawyer would play an important role in helping the missionaries pursue their work among the Nez Perce. He often traveled between the Whitman Mission located near present-day Walla Walla and his ancestral lands near Kamiah where he lived. It was during one of these long journeys that he helped resolve the intense personality conflict that existed between Reverend Marcus Whitman and Reverend Asa Smith. He encouraged Asa to travel to Kamiah and set up a mission there and work on a Nez Perce language dictionary which Asa did. Chief Looking Glass, a famous warrior and hunter, traveled to Montana numerous times to hunt buffalo. We know, for example, that in 1873 Chief Looking Glass was in present-day Montana where he helped the Crow defeat the Sioux at the Battle of Pryor Creek.
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The Appaloosa horse was not only a source of pride and transportation for the Nez Perce people, it was also a source of wealth. During the 1800s, the Nez Perce were considered to be wealthy people by any standard you would care to measure wealth. Chief Joseph's own experiences and comments provide us with important glimpses into the significance of the Appaloosa as a source of wealth.
In 1870 ranchers rode up to the Wallowa Plateau in search of grass for their cattle, since cattle in the Grand Ronde area had been suffering from severe drought. One of the ranchers remarked to his companions as he stood gazing at a meadow on the slopes of Joseph Canyon that "there must be 10,000 head of horses in that meadow." In July of 1872 Joseph began a diplomatic initiative working for the removal of settlers from Joseph's ancestral lands in the Wallowas. A series of diplomatic meetings resulted in Joseph's stature and influence being raised. He was considered by his adversaries to be eloquent, logical and to possess a keen intellect. One particular intense meeting between Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon Territory, T. B. Odeneal, and Nez Perce Reservation Indian Agent, John Monteith, on March 27, 1873, was very important. Joseph's response provides us with insight into his views of Nez Perce wealth and the importance of the Appaloosa horse to the economic well being of his people.
" I will not (move to reservation). I do not need your help; we have plenty, and we are contented and happy if the white man will let us alone. The reservation is too small for so many people with all their stock. You can keep your presents; we can go to your towns and pay for all we need; we have plenty of horses and cattle to sell, and we won't have any help from you; we are free now; we can go where we please, our fathers were borh here. Here they lived, here they died, here are their graves. We will never leave them."
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Howard Willens, Former Staff Member, Warren Commission; Author, History Will Prove Us Right
Willens is the only living member of the three-person supervisory staff of the Warren Commission, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin of JFK and that no credible evidence of a conspiracy existed. Willens sheds new light on the investigation, documenting the failures of the FBI, CIA and Secret Service to cooperate fully with the commission.
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Have Mercedes Questions? Ask a Mechanic for Answers ASAP
The vehicle will need checking on a diagnostic tool to see what codes are present in the suspension system but the most common problem is a faulty air suspension compressor either not working at all or not building any pressure when it does run.
If it is the compressor then I would check for any goodwill from Mercedes - here in the UK we usually get some or all of the claim paid for by the factory on these. Your dealer would need to check this for you.
Cost wise if you did need to pay the compressor works out around $400 or so from memory and around 1.5 - 2 hours labour to check & replace.
Best regards, Paul


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text: For Windows 10 :Fresh hardware from Acer Archive 0 comments Read More For Windows 10 :Fresh hardware from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP & Co. Posted by amit chavan On June 27, 2015 In COMPUTER, DESKTOP with Windows 10 is Microsoft's youngest offspring in the starting blocks. But not only PC users looking forward to the fresh system, the PC manufacturers tinker with new appliances. Which they are, shows ULTIMATE TECH NEWS.


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The Victorian government has signed a deal that will give millions of commuters access to mobile services in the Melbourne City Loop underground rail line.
As revealed by Fairfax Media last week, the deal signed between Victorian Premier
This was despite the Premier saying the telcos were being "too greedy" in April 2014. The City Loop is Melbourne's subway system. It handled more than 30 million commutes in 2012.
"It is frustrating when people coming into the City Loop drop off ... in the 21st century we need full connectivity throughout our transport system," Dr Napthine said on Monday.
Optus said the service would be switched on later this year. State-owned company VicTrack is expected to foot much of the bill for the roll out, the cost of which wasn't revealed.
Telstra, Optus and Vodafone Hutchison Australia customers will all be able to get underground mobile reception once the system is up and running.
"The roll out will be a two-step process with the first phase concentrating on switching 4G and 3G mobile services on later this year," Optus said in a statement.
"The next step will be expanding and enhancing the services and coverage to provide the best possible network experience for customers."
Melbourne is behind the rest of the world when it comes to the deployment of mobile services in underground tunnels.
Sydney commuters got subway coverage in 2012 after 16 years of talks, with delays caused by technical challenges and cost concerns. This is despite the fact that Sydney's tunnel system is longer and more complex than Melbourne's three-stop subway.
The 50.5-kilometre Channel Tunnel linking England and France has had similar mobile services since 2012. The New York City Subway system plans to finish rolling out services for its extensive network by 2017, while Berlin's 170-station U-Bahn network has had connectivity since the 1990s.
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We were given this coffee machine as a Christmas present. We already had a Morphy Richards machine which is different in that it has a coffee jug and can make up to 8 cups of filter coffee at one. This machine differs in that it is an espresso machine.
We usually consider Delonghi to be of an exceptional quality and great design. This machine does look great, very modern and stylish; however it doesn't feel as solid as some other Delonghi appliances.
The machine is relatively simple to use. Firstly the water tank is filled with fresh water. Then the dial should be turned to heat button which turns green when the water is ready. The user must then take the handheld coffee holder (the part that looks like an arm in the product picture) and fill the removable metal pod with either a ground coffee of their choice or a pre-measured coffee pod which some coffee manufacturers have started making.
The arm is then attached to the machine and the dial turned to the cup and drip icon. An espresso cup is placed underneath and a stream of coffee will fill the cup.
Other features worth mentioning include:
* The milk frother arm which will froth and steam a jug of milk to add to the coffee to make a cappuccino.
* It has a fully removable drip tray to catch any drips and spills
* Two espressos can be made at a time by using the larger metal pod and double the amount of coffee. The larger metal pod produces two streams and so two espresso cups can be used at once.
* No coffee filters are required
We have really enjoyed the espressos and cappuccinos made by this device, however there are some issues with it:
* You must use espresso cups. Regular mugs will not fit and the coffee produced is only enough to fill an espresso cup.
* Not great for when guests visit as you are limited to making two at a time
* The milk frother is off-putting to use as it is fiddly to clean.
Overall, I would recommend this product if you are specifically looking for an espresso machine for your own individual use. If you are a person that enjoys entertaining guests, I would advise you buy a regular filter coffee machine with a jug.
This is a great little gadget that offers amazing value for money as an entry level coffee maker. The machine accepts filter coffee (without needing filter papers) and produces espresso that you can continue to dilute to your liking with it's hot water. It comes with a milk steaming function which produces really great cappucino froth. The machine comes with an initial recipe that works perfectly and with a few spoons of sugar, some filter coffee and skimmed milk you're set to produce espresso, late, cappucino or your own concoction!
This machine has a few catches, its fixed base with only a small cap to vend coffee so you will have to spend some time hunting cups that fit under it. It takes 30 minutes to warm up to the point where it can vend 2 steaming hot cups of coffee and there isn't enough room to fit 2 cappuccino cups on the base side-by-side.
All in all I'm happy that I spent my money on this and not a top end model.
Short name: DeLonghi C200


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All of the drama was captured in the 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha.
Perhaps he may have been caricaturing "the ingenious gentleman" of La Mancha.
Perchance you may have encountered them in traversing the high parameras of La Mancha?
Never the glint of lake or lagoon, far less the joyous murmur of rippling burn, rejoice eye or ear in La Mancha.
We have animadverted upon the absence of water in La Mancha.
Where will you meet with giants in Spain, or monsters in La Mancha?
Garganey also nest in large numbers on the lagoons of Daimiel in La Mancha.
In the first chapter is a description of the Russian inns, drawn with no less graceful wit than that of the inns of La Mancha.
The royal province of Castile, traversed by rivers, and populous with cities, conducted him to the extensive plains of La Mancha.
He mistook La Mancha for a land of romance, and wandered through it as if it were an enchanted country.


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GameSpite Journal 12
de The GameSpite Crew
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The 12th volume of GameSpite Journal turns its attention to Sega. Given the close ties between content on the company's various platforms, it only makes sense to break up Sega's history into big, interconnected chunks rather than individual platforms. Our first Sega-focused book spans the years 1973 through 1995, covering the company's arcade games, the SG-1000, the Master System, the Genesis, the Sega CD, and eventually the 32X. A full description of contents can be found at http://telebunny.net/toastyblog/sega-vol-1/
Características y detalles
- Categoría Entretenimiento
15×23 cm
120 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación ago. 12, 2012
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The site currently hosted at GameSpite.net has been online in various incarnations since 1996, although it's only in the past few years that it's become a home to smart, incisive critiques by a loosely-associated team of writers.


text: On Tuesday, 29 October 2013, at 15:40:04 (+0100), Carles Acosta wrote: > I am trying to build the rpms for the new torque 2.5.13 release. > After applying the patch fix_mom_priv_2.5.patch, I use the following > options: > > # rpmbuild -ta --with munge --with scp --define 'torque_home > /var/spool/pbs' --define 'torque_server XXXXXXX' --define 'acflags > --enable-maxdefault --with-readline --with-tcp-retry-limit=2 > --disable-spool' torque-2.5.13.tar.gz > > The process fails with the error: This is a known issue which has already been fixed in Git. Here's the mailing list thread from September: http://www.supercluster.org/pipermail/torquedev/2013-September/004587.html Here's the pull request (with patch): https://github.com/adaptivecomputing/torque/pull/183 Michael -- Michael Jennings <mej at lbl.gov> Senior HPC Systems Engineer High-Performance Computing Services Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Bldg 50B-3209E W: 510-495-2687 MS 050B-3209 F: 510-486-8615


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Pair #64
All of my earrings are created with Sterling Silver wire and findings, plus natural elements of the earth and Swarovski Crystals. I can almost always create replicas of any pair of earrings upon request, and am also happy to create similar styles with other color/stone combinations, or your own creative custom request. Please contact me if you are interested. Thank you and Enjoy!
This pair of earrings features: Aqua Quartz, Mookaite, Amazonite, Apatite, Aquamarine.


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To ensure faculty and staff have the knowledge to use M-Pathways systems correctly, training may be required before access is granted. Unit Liaisons can request a training bypass for staff members with a business need to access a system before they can attend the required training.
Note: Training bypass requests can be granted for instructor-led training courses with the proper approvals. In partnership with the central offices and to ensure consistency, training bypass requests for eLearning courses are not eligible. These courses are available on-demand in My LINC.
Staff members with a business need for access to a system before they can attend the required training, must:
After a training bypass request is received and approved by ITS and the appropriate Central Office, access will be granted within three business days. To ensure that access privileges continue, the person receiving the temporary bypass must attend training within three months of the time access is granted. Failure to attend training within the allotted time may result in removal of access.


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Same goes for "U.S. Embassy," and that most subversive of international relations lingo: "political asylum."
The real Hagel is a curious combination of raw emotion and international relations theory abstraction.
During the 1978 Islamic revolution, Aghdashloo left Iran for England and earned a bachelor's degree in international relations.
Krauthammer et al are correct in believing that international relations is an unsentimental business.
Or is Petraeus, with his Princeton Ph.D. in international relations, in on a little secret the rest of us have forgotten?
Hence in international relations there is far too little laughing, and far too much sneering.
By your own admission, it is only applicable to international relations.
His control of international relations and his influence on legislation are, as we shall see, extensive.
And this trait comes out in Australian international relations.
With the widening of our international relations are growing interests favorable to reciprocity or to other freer trade relations.


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Almost every morning most of the dailies these days carry at-least one article on intellectual property, whether it is about scriptwriters fighting producers on copyright for their stories or celebrities registering their names as trademarks, or the major issue of patents and drugs. As an IP lawyer, it's great to see that there is some mention of my line of work, despite the fact that most journalists interchange the use and concepts of trademarks, copyright, patents and designs. Nonetheless it is better than not covering them at all.
We are a boutique intellectual property law firm based out of India, assisting clients ranging from early-stage start-ups to Fortune 500 companies across several industries in protecting intellectual property across the globe.


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Special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi, best known for his work on Steven Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, died today at his home in southern Italy after a long illness, The Associated Press reports. He was 86. Rambaldi worked on more than 30 films, receiving two visual effects Oscars for E.T. (1982), and Alien (1979). He also won a Special Achievement Academy Award for King Kong (1976). Rambaldi was known as a master of mechatronics, a discipline which includes mechanical, electronic and system design engineering. He was born in northern Italy and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 1951. Rambaldi was lured into film when he was asked to create a dragon for a low-budget science fiction movie in 1956. His other film credits include Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977), Possession (1981) and Dune (1984).
R.I.P. Carlo Rambaldi
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RIP Carlo….I worked with him on DUNE, CONAN THE DESTROYER and STEPHEN KING'S CAT'S EYE…he was a gentleman artist. He will be missed!
I'm guessing JJ Abrams thought of him while naming the Rambaldi storyline in Alias? Sounds like a very smart guy.
The world has lost another great artist.
He was an all time great, making one of the most lovable creatures (ET) just a year after making an unforgettable disturbing and bizarre one (Possession).
Mr. Rambaldi is responsible for so many images and characters that brought me joy in my youth and influenced me to want to work in the film business. As a teenager I finaggled myself onto the old MGM backlot as an extra in "King Kong" where I got to run in mock terror and witness Mr. Rambaldi and his full size "Kong" animatronic character in action. 3 nights of pure joy I will never forget! Not long after I was able to watch him work again at Warner Bros. stage 16 on the set of "Nightwing" with his incredible mechancal Vampire Bats. I thank him for how important his creations were in influencing me as an aspiring filmmaker. R.I.P. Carlo Rambaldi and my gratitude for all your amazing work.


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YEOVIL College students were given the opportunity to put their business knowledge to use and develop additional skills when they took part in a live project with a local Somerset housing association.
The students presented their ideas to Yarlington Communities Manager, Karen Davy, and Business Support Team Leader, Jody Underhill for a leaflet of local information, which will be given out to residents when they move into a new area.
The leaflets were all based on a design by Ashleigh Hook, selected following a visit to the offices when the nine students, studying for a BTEC Diploma (Level 1) Business Administration, had spent a morning shadowing staff in the Business Support Team at Yarlington Housing Group to gain an understanding of the organisation.
Ashleigh said 'It was really exciting that my suggested design was chosen – I couldn't believe it was going to be used for a real-life project! I've really enjoyed working on the task over the past few weeks and presenting my leaflet today.' Lorraine Dash, Course Manager at Yeovil College said, 'It's fantastic that Yarlington have been able to offer this opportunity to our students. The practical nature of the project has allowed them to develop skills that are essential for working in many sectors, such as time management, self-discipline and independent enquiry skills.' Yarlington's Jody Underhill concluded 'The students' enthusiasm and motivation for this project was brilliant and they engaged with Yarlington employees, asking lots of questions to enable them to accurately produce their projects. The presentation of their final projects was of a high quality – we are looking forward to using the excellent work they've produced in our new resident packs!'


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There is sometimes some misconception as regards the distinction between a frugivorous and herbivorous diet.
Their selection of nutriment is frugivorous, granivorous, insectivorous, and vermivorous.
This is correlated with a short intestinal tract, which is unusual for a frugivorous bird.
Those with hooked-bill are carnivorous and predatory or frugivorous.
This bat is found all over India; it is frugivorous exclusively, though some of this sub-order are insectivorous.
It is claimed Page 85that this si′-le is both carnivorous and frugivorous.
The Pteropodidae are frugivorous Bats, usually of large size.
The discussion raged for some time on the question whether man was a carnivorous or frugivorous animal.
In the frugivorous bats the molar teeth have nearly always smooth crowns.
Their diet is essentially a frugivorous one; yet they will occasionally indulge in a lizard or two, or any other reptile.


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ITIL Books : When you look through the ITIL books one thing should….
ITIL Workflow Diagrams come under the same sort of discussion as process diagrams within newsgroups and chat rooms.
That is "does ITIL make these prescriptive enough?" An Answer! The short answer is yes.
Let's look at one process – Incident Management.
When you look through the ITIL books one thing should become obvious; there is more of a tendency to be a little more prescriptive with ITIL Workflow Diagrams for the Operational facing processes rather than the Tactical facing ones. Example When you look through the Service support book you will find Annex 5d which covers the workflow for Incident investigation.
This is quite prescriptive.
Overall you can see that certain processes have more specific ITIL Workflow Diagrams because of the process orientation but others are far more focused on higher level goals rather than simple workflow. Prescriptive or Not? It is also very interesting to note that the Service Delivery processes typically look at a more Iterative cycle such as within Service Level Management – It has a continuous improvement cycle built in such as in the following list of major activities; Initiation of the Process, Definition of the Services to be provided to the customer, Agreement on the quality level of the service, Monitoring of the service achievements, Reporting these to the customer and Review of everything included within the process including the process itself. These are typically far less prescriptive.
What must be remembered is the need to design workflow around the Business requirement, not solely on what the book says!
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Croak takes the plunge in a career filled with twists and turns
IN becoming the first Australian woman to compete at consecutive Commonwealth Games in different sports, Alex Croak has confronted two different kinds of fear.
"Gymnastics is a scary sport but there is a different fear from standing on something that's 10 centimetres wide in comparison to standing on something that's 10 metres high," Croak said yesterday. "And obviously landing upside down instead of upright."
Croak will compete in synchronised diving off the 10-metre platform in Melbourne, pairing with 13-year-old sensation Melissa Wu four years after she won team all round gold and individual vault silver in gymnastics at the Manchester Games.
"I retired from gymnastics and from sport altogether," explained Croak, now 21. "I had no intentions of taking up any other sport, I just wanted to do my final year of high school and get that out of the way and move on.
"In that year I really missed competing. I was kind of looking for a new challenge, and decided I would give diving a go."
She wrote to renowned diving coach Chava Sobrino at the New South Wales Institute of Sport, asking him to take her on. It is not unusual for young gymnasts to transfer their tumbles to the diving pool - Wu and Loudy Tourky were gymnasts first - but Croak made the switch at a relatively late age, and Sobrino was initially realistic about her chances of reaching the top.
"He told me he was going to be really honest with me, and have a look at me and if I didn't have it he would let me know because I was quite old, starting diving," Croak said.
Tourky has marvelled at her new teammate's quick transition, and noticed the aesthetics she brings to her new sport.
"She's a very pretty diver," Tourky said. "I only saw her dive for the first time off the 10-metre at nationals, and I was quite surprised, probably a little scared, even. Coming from gymnastics you've got to adjust to landing on your head from landing on your feet. She's up on the 10-metre now and doing a fantastic job, and it's great for Australian diving."
In Melbourne, Croak will take up her position on the platform beside the tiny Wu. "She has no fear because she's only 13. I look like a giant next to her," she said.
"In synchro, it's ideal to have girls of a similar size, but it is down to technique and our techniques are very similar. It works."
A relieved Tourky has declared she will be able to dive without any problems at the Commonwealth Games after landing a series of somersaults on her injured ankle.
Tourky, who is a contender for three gold medals in Melbourne, rolled her ankle in the gym last week and was unable to put weight on it for two days.
"Yesterday I actually did land somersaults, and this morning I had a bit of a dive on it. It's going quite well," she said. "Getting past landing somersaults was the biggest thing because if I can do that, I can do all my dives off the 10-metre. I've actually started to land on it on the ground, as well. It's going really well and all the swelling's down."
The 26-year-old is aiming to defend her title off the platform, and will combine with Chantelle Newbery in the synchronised events. "I couldn't walk for about two days, but I've had a whole heap of rehab and it's come a really long way," she said.
"I'm just getting excited now that I will be able to dive and I will be able to dive properly, so that's good."
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About Fit & Strong!
Fit & Strong! is a low-cost, evidence-based, multiple component exercise program. It combines flexibility, strength training and aerobic walking with health education for sustained behavior change among older adults with lower extremity osteoarthritis (OA).
Fit & Strong! works with providers across the country to deliver an eight-week program that improves:
- Lower extremity stiffness
- Lower extremity pain
- Lower extremity strength
- Aerobic capacity
- Participation in exercise and caloric expenditure
- Self-Efficacy for Exercise
Why Osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of disability among older adults. Lower extremity joint impairment experienced by many older adults with OA is a known risk factor for future disability.
The Fit & Strong! program staff work with providers and instructors to roll out the program across the United States. Learn more about the evidence and benefits of Fit & Strong! here, or contact us to learn more.


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Malaysia to invest $US210m in broadband
Malaysia will sink 800 million ringgit ($US210.52 million) in broadband facilities to expand the service to rural areas and roll out faster access to the internet, reports say.
Energy, Communications and Multimedia Minister Lim Keng Yaik was quoted by the New Straits Times as saying broadband penetration nationwide was very low at only 0.44 percent, compared with 48 percent in neighbouring Singapore and 60 percent in South Korea.
"The government will have to invest on the infrastructure for communications such as towers and wireless transmitters. That is the only way we can get the service providers to cover a wider area," he said.
"The service providers are only interested if they have a high volume of users... that is why we will have to go in now and provide the broadband service to those living in the suburban and rural areas so that they will not be left behind."
Broadband access would be expanded also to connect schools, government offices, universities and research institutions for telemedicine in local clinics, he added.


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From The Principal's Desk
Dear young people, parents, members of the staff, alumni and well-wishers of this great school,
Thank you for the warm welcome I have received from all of you. Your friendliness and openness has been the encouragement, if I ever needed it, to enter whole heartedly into my responsibilitiesat St Columba's.
I am passionate about my vocation as a Christian Brother and the God-given opportunity it gives to me help lead especially, but not solely, the young people on campus to discover themselves and give them the flying start they deserve in life...