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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Ryan Howard has heard the talk. Let's just say it hasn't been his favorite spring training story line of all time.
That story line goes kinda like this:
Ryan Howard -- part-time player $25 million platoon player yada, yada, yada.
"Yeah, I've heard people talk about that and about whatever," Howard said Wednesday, after drilling an RBI single against Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ in the Phillies' spring opener. "But I don't think about that. I'm not focused on it."
What he's focused on, though, is being anything but a platoon player, that .224/.300/.428 career slash line against left-handed pitching notwithstanding. No matter how logical that platoon-player stuff might seem to everyone else, the Phillies' first baseman has other plans.
And they involve spending the next six months (and beyond) as the cleanup hitter -- against everybody.
"Yeah, absolutely. That's my goal as a baseball player, or just myself, period," Howard told ESPN.com. "I want to be out there, playing against everybody. I don't want to have to sit against somebody because they don't think I can hit that guy or do this, or whatever. I want to be out there competing. If a guy gets me that day, he gets me that day. But next time he comes around, I'm trying to even the score."
Well, so far, so good. Counting the Phillies' intrasquad game Tuesday, Howard is 3-for-3 against left-handed pitching this spring, including a long home run to center field Tuesday. OK, so you can repeat after us: It's only spring training. Nevertheless, if he can keep on hitting 1.000 under the palm trees, he can put his favorite spring plot line to rest.
But if not -- and not would be a heavy favorite in Vegas, by the way -- then we probably haven't heard the last of this discussion.
It would be one thing, you see, if this talk was coming only from sabermetricians, talk-show geniuses and about 2 zillion people on Twitter. What makes it more interesting is that it's also come from Howard's manager (Ryne Sandberg) and general manager (Ruben Amaro Jr.).
Check out these pithy quotes from a radio interview Amaro did over the offseason:
"Ryan has never been a great hitter against left-handers," Amaro said. "But when he is in there and he does enough damage against right-handers it's tough to take him out of the lineup. Now, if we feel like he's not performing against the left-handers then we put someone else in there to hit. If he proves to us that he cannot handle hitting left-handers, then Ryne may have to put someone else in there to hit against left-handers."
Sandberg, meanwhile, has voiced similar thoughts. So clearly, he is watching closely this spring. And here, he said Wednesday, is what he'll be looking for when Howard faces the left-handed portion of the population:
"I want to see if he can make them throw the ball off the plate," the manager said. "Be patient. Be relaxed in those situations. Get a good ball to hit. Make the pitcher come to him. I mean, I've said it before. I know he can hit balls in the strike zone, right-handed or left-handed pitching. So if it means being patient and taking walks, that's for the betterment of the team. And be a baserunner. Let the guy behind him hit."
But swinging at strikes has, increasingly, become an issue for Howard. According to FanGraphs, he's chased more pitches outside the strike zone in the last two seasons -- 37 percent in 2012, 34 percent last year -- than at any time in his career. So Howard concedes he needs to swing at more strikes, period.
"Righty or lefty, that's the name of the game, is getting good pitches and swinging at strikes," he said. "Hitters' strikes."
He also admits he has asked Sandberg to give him as many opportunities to face left-handed pitching as possible this spring.
"I just wanted to do it, just to be able to see it," he said. "To be able to see more [left-handers]. To start working on an approach. Just seeing left-handed breaking balls, left-handed pitches. Trying to work on picking up the ball sooner. And it's spring training, where you've got the opportunity to go out and do it. So why not do it?"
No matter how this turns out, though, Howard has come into spring training healthier than he's been at any time in three years. It's now 28 months since he blew out his Achilles. And after five months of intensive conditioning, it's finally healthy enough that it isn't an issue anymore. And neither is his arthroscopically repaired knee. So even he sees the difference in his health and agility between last spring and this spring.
"I can do everything," Howard said. "I mean, I was able to do everything last [spring]. But then once it kind of started nagging, it was tough going out there and trying to play on it. But this year, being able to go out there, having a full offseason to be able to do agility drills, lifting, everything I wanted to do this offseason as far as that area goes, actually getting back to running this offseason, and now doing everything that's asked of me in spring training. So yeah, that's probably the biggest difference between this year and last year -- being able to do everything that's been asked of me."
And so far, "everything" includes handling those guys who insist on pitching left-handed against him. But there are still five weeks until Opening Day. So this is one Ryan Howard plot line that won't be going away -- whether he's tired of it or not.


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Continuing the story-line which unfolded in "Kill Bill Vol. I," this is a revenge tale of an expert assassin, called The Bride, who sets out on a quest to wreak vengeance upon her former employer, Bill, and other members of their assassin circle, for shooting her at her wedding--along with everyone else in attendance--and leaving her for dead. When this chapter in the story begins, The Bride will have already encountered some of her targets, as she continues battling her way up the chain of command, knowing it will ultimately lead her to her main goal: her chance to 'Kill Bill.'
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Global iron ore reserves were 185.1 billion tonnes (Bnt) as of January 2016, with Australia accounting for the largest share with 54Bnt or 29.2% of the total, followed by Russia with 25Bnt (13.5%), Brazil and China with 23Bnt each (12.4%), the US with 11.5Bnt (6.2%) and India with 8.1Bnt (4.4%).
In Australia, more than 90% of the total reserves are located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with smaller amounts in South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. Reserves of both hematite and magnetite ores are available with average Fe grade of 59.6%.
In Russia, the Ural region, Moscow (Tula region), North West Russia and Siberia have the country's largest iron ore deposits. The best grade deposits are found in the Ural region, while the Tula region, also known as the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (KMA), has reserves with average iron content in the range of 34-39%.
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Amityville Independence Day parade to honor dozen World War II vets
A dozen World War II veterans from Amityville and neighboring communities will ride in the village Independence Day parade Saturday as grand marshals, Deputy Mayor Jessica Bernius said.
Seventy years after the Allies declared victory in Europe, "This is probably the first time all of them have gotten together," she said. "It's living history."
More than 200 Amityville residents served in the military during the war, according to village historian William Lauder, 93, who was one of them. Hundreds more worked at nearby defense plants including Colgate-Larsen, which made seaplanes near where the Dinghy Shop is now located on South Bayview Avenue. Villagers also donated a disarmed World War I harbor mine and two Civil War cannons to a scrap metal drive, he said.
Bernius has compiled written recollections from the veterans, who range in age from 88 to 94 and were in their teens and early 20s during the war.
Charles Woodman, 91, an infantryman who fought in the Ardennes, wrote that memories of his comrades come to him daily, even now, "especially the ones who did not return."
Owen E. Brooks, 90, a Navy man, was an Amityville High School senior when the war began and slated to take part in a large-scale invasion of Japan when the war ended. Peace, he wrote, was sudden, "like popping the cork in a champagne bottle."
Joseph Washenko, 89, a Navy radio man, said he was in the high school auditorium when news of the Pearl Harbor attack was announced and in a ship in the Bay of Japan when the war ended. "Thank God it is over and I am alive and I can go home," he thought to himself at that time.
Lauder, an infantryman who received a Bronze Star for hauling a wheelbarrow full of ammunition up to the front line while under fire, has some memories of his own.
The French beach where he landed and slogged for miles; the German city of Cologne, so leveled by bombing that there wasn't a wall left standing higher than 8 feet; the Russian soldier who tried to steal potatoes from an old German woman in the city of Schwerin.
Lauder said "nyet," fired a round into the ground near the man's feet and later got dressed down by an officer, he said. "The whole thing was an ugly mess," he said in an interview this week.
He will also participate in the parade Saturday morning.
The parade will form at Amityville Beach at 10 a.m. and proceed north on South Bayview Avenue, cross Merrick Road and continue down Bayview Avenue to Avon Place. The veterans will ride in World War II-era jeeps. It will turn west at Avon Place and proceed onto Broadway, ending at the Amityville Fire Department on Oak Street for the traditional cookout, offered this year as a salute to the veterans, according to village officials.


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Desperate Housewives star Dana Delany is keen to become a real-life desperate housewife for the first time - at 52. The actress insists she has been more than happy leading the single life, despite romances with actors Treat Williams and Henry Czerny, but now she's ready to wed. She tells America's More magazine, "Marriage has never been a big deal for me, but I think I'm ready now. "Before, I wanted adventures. I feel like, in some ways, I was smarter than anybody - I got to have all the fun in the world, to experience a lot of people, and figure out what I really like. "I got to evolve. Now I know what makes me happy." But Delany won't be rushing up the aisle with the next guy she falls for - she has a Mr. Right in mind. She explains, "I like people who are still actively creating in their life, who aren't set. I don't feel like I'm set." And she's convinced she's a good catch: "I don't have any baggage, for better or worse. I don't have any plants or pets or kids. I can lock the door and go. I need to be with somebody for whom that's OK."


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In brief: Nato troops among dead after suicide attack on meeting in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up during a meeting at a provincial governor's compound yesterday in Afghanistan, killing two Nato troops and four Afghans, among them a top police officer, officials said.
Nato confirmed two coalition service members died in the attack. Among those killed was General Daood Daood, police commander in northern Afghanistan, said Dr Hassain Basech, health director of the province.
Three aid workers missing in Yemen
Three French aid workers are missing in eastern Yemen, and officials fear they were abducted by tribesmen.
Kidnappings are common in Yemen. The two women and one man work for Triangle Generation Humanitaire, based in Lyon, France. One of the organisation's directors, Patrick Verbruggen, said they worked in the eastern town of Sayoun and disappeared yesterday.
Eight elders killed in Pakistan attack
A suicide bomber targeted pro-government tribal elders in Pakistan's north-western frontier yesterday, killing eight men. The attack came a day after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a visit implored Pakistanis to take decisive steps to fight terrorism.
Eight men died and 10 were wounded when a bomb ripped through a restaurant in the troubled Bajur tribal region. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.
Musician Gil Scott-Heron dies aged 62
Musician Gil Scott-Heron, who helped lay the groundwork for rap but saw his brilliance undermined by many years of drug addiction, has died aged 62.
Scott-Heron was known for work that reflected the fury of black America in the post-civil rights era.
Egyptian officials must pay $90m
An Egyptian judge has fined Hosni Mubarak and two other former officials $90m (€62.8m) for government-imposed telecommunication disruptions during the popular uprising earlier this year.
Mr Mubarak is now in custody in hospital pending trial on charges of corruption and conspiring in the deadly shootings of protesters. He has been ordered to pay $33m (€23m) of the sum. Former minister Habib el-Adly must pay $50m (€34.9m) and Ahmed Nazif $7m (€4.8m).
Gay rights march row in Moscow
Dozens of people were detained in Moscow yesterday after gay rights activists and their opponents clashed at the sixth straight attempt to hold a gay pride parade.
Gay rights activists had hoped that Moscow's new mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, would finally allow parades.
Nine dead in German E.coli outbreak
Two more people have died of a bacterial outbreak allegedly caused by contaminated Spanish cucumbers -- bringing the number of deaths to nine.
German news agency DAPD reported that two more women died yesterday and almost 300 are sick with hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS. HUS is a rare complication most commonly associated with E.coli.
Former Italian bank governor is jailed
An Italian court has sentenced Italy's former central bank governor Antonio Fazio to four years in jail for market-rigging, related to a 2005 takeover battle over Italian bank Banca Antonveneta. A Milan court has also ordered Fazio to pay a €1.5m fine.
Leica camera sells for record €1.3m
An Austrian auction house said yesterday that an 88-year-old camera has sold for a record €1.3m.
WestLicht said the rare Leica is part of a small series dating back to 1923 and was valued at up to €450,000.
Runaway bus in Stockholm injures six
A bus raced out of control into a busy square in central Stockholm yesterday, injuring six people.
A police spokesman said five of the people hit by the bus were seriously injured.
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GOP Faithful Get a Preview of 2008 Contenders
Saturday, March 11, 2006
MEMPHIS, March 10 -- Almost 1,000 days before the elections of 2008, nearly 2,000 Republicans from the South and Midwest have come to Memphis looking for a new president.
Their four-day gathering this weekend is part circus, part rolling cocktail party and part serious business. Half a dozen prospective presidential candidates are scheduled to speak, and many of those candidates are also holding get-acquainted meetings with party leaders.
Beyond that there was a mini-tempest brewing over a media-sponsored straw poll after Arizona Sen. John McCain suggested that delegates backing him instead write in President Bush's name -- a move that appeared aimed at frustrating Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, the home-state favorite.
At a time when Bush is at low ebb, concluding what one top GOP strategist here called the worst week of his presidency, the weekend offered party activists a respite from a season of unhappiness and the opportunity to think about what and who it will take to hold the White House in 2008. The weekend probably will provide some early clues as to how those seeking the presidency will maneuver between loyalty to the incumbent and setting the party on a new course for the post-Bush era.
The gathering comes at a time of growing separation between congressional Republicans and the White House, and of fissures within a party famous for its discipline the past six years. "I think the party is looking for easy, simple solutions at a time when the problems the country faces are harder, more difficult and more complicated to deal with," said Daniel Casse, who was an adviser to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) when Alexander ran for president.
Most of the major prospective candidates will speak this weekend. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney helped open the first formal session Friday, drawing his strongest applause by stressing his opposition to same-sex marriage. McCain wrapped up Friday night's session with praise for the president on the port controversy, Iran, Iraq and Social Security, and with tough words aimed at pork-barrel spending in Congress.
On Saturday, delegates will hear from Virginia Sen. George Allen, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Frist, whose team has worked hardest to organize for the straw poll.
Several possible candidates are missing, however, among them former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, former House speaker Newt Gingrich and New York Gov. George E. Pataki, all of whom were unable to attend. Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, whose anti-immigration speeches have drawn support among conservatives and who has hinted at a possible 2008 campaign, was not invited.
"It's the first time all the candidates will be judged in comparison to others, so they need to be cognizant of people beginning to see this as a choice," Matthew Dowd, who was chief strategist for Bush's 2004 reelection campaign, said in an e-mail message.
New Hampshire Republican National Committeeman Tom Rath, who came for the opening day, said the 2008 race has begun earlier than previous election cycles for several reasons. First, there is no heir apparent to Bush, which makes this one of the most open Republican primaries in decades. Next, with money likely to be more important than ever, candidates need to begin courting Republican donors, few of whom have signaled with their checkbooks which way they are leaning.
Finally, there is the fear of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), whom many Republicans see as the probable Democratic nominee and no pushover in a general election. "She more than anyone will unite this party," Rath said.
"They're going to be looked at for who can be electable," said Alec Poitevint, the Georgia Republican Party chairman. "We're not going to nominate someone who doesn't believe in genuine Republican philosophy, but there's going to be debate about whether we can win in 2008."
Alexander, whose two White House efforts taught him a few things about the indignities of running for president, offered the candidates fair warning about what to expect from the assembled activists. "The only thing I can compare it to," he said, "is how the prize hogs feel at the Iowa State Fair, with everyone coming by and poking them and prodding them and making unpleasant comments about them."
But the intensity of interest among the delegates showed how eager they are to size up those who want to run in 2008 and how much may be at stake for a party that faces potentially serious losses in the November midterm elections.
The opening hours of the conclave hosted by the Southern Republican Leadership Conference seemed as much vaudeville as serious politics. Alexander played the piano. Romney sang a song to the tune of "Davy Crockett" that poked fun at Frist. And McCain tossed his small grenade into the weekend with gambit aimed at the straw poll that is being organized by the Hotline and the SRLC.
McCain got some support for diminishing the straw poll from Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who urged the delegates to focus on the 2006 midterms and worry later about 2008. But Kay Jennings of Hot Springs, Ark., said she didn't think much of the McCain idea.
"It defeats the purpose of the straw poll, which is to try to find a top runner among all the Republicans who are here," Jennings said. "We've elected our president. He's doing a fine job. But to write him in would be absurd."


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On Thursday, October 8th and Friday 9th, 2015 the Rolls-Royce Foundation will be once again opening it's parts warehouse to the public. The Foundation is offering for sale Rolls-Royce and Bentley Parts from one of the largest collections of parts for pre-war cars ever assembled! These parts were accumulated over a lifetime by our friend and RROC member and RRF Benefactor, Dr. David Morrison. Recently, he donated this extensive collection...including hundreds of parts ranging from brand new "old stock" complete with the original tags from Rolls-Royce, to parts that clearly have spent decades in a farmer's field...but may well be the very last of their type on earth! We would like to thank Dr. Morrison for his generosity to the Foundation and for making it possible for the members of our Club to have access to parts that are generally just not available.
There are, quite literally, hundreds of parts being offered for sale. In some cases we have several examples of a given part and they vary widely in quality. To help you determine if we have what you need, here is the link to a comprehensive inventory of the vast majority of the parts that will be offered at the sale.
The sale take place at the RROC/RRF facility at 189 Hempt Road in Mechanicsburg, PA. It will begin at 10AM sharp and conclude at 4PM. If you plan to attend the sale please give us a call at 717-697-4671 to let us know!
The parts being offered for sale are all at least 50 years old. We have attempted to identify them based on the inventory that accompanied the donation, and with the assistance of recognized experts in the field. Each individual item; and there are hundreds, varies greatly in condition and may not be properly identified.
This is a totally unique opportunity. We hope that you will study the list on the Foundation website and then come to our sale on October 8th and 9th with your checkbook and transport vehicle. We look forward to seeing you and wish you good shopping.
Please review the list at the left. Both MS Word and Adobe Acrobat PDF versions are here for your convenience.
The parts will be available for purchase on October 8th and 9th 2015.
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ReviewThe Jaguar x-type vdp edition is my 3rd vehicle that I've owned and by far the most fun and luxurious vehicle. I get so many compliments on it, and people think that I've paid a fortune. Luckily, I got a great deal for an awesome product. I've heard some negative things about Jaguar and so far I have not experienced any of them and I've had the car for almost 6 months. I don't know how anyone can see this car doesn't compare to the BMW 3 series or Mercedes C Class. This car definitely has a lot going for it plus more. I don't regret this purchase at all.
Best FeaturesMy #1 favorite feature is the navigation because I get lost everywhere and this definitely helps. Also the seats are so comfortable, you can sleep in them. The controls are easy to use.
Worst FeaturesMy biggest complaint is the fuel efficiency. It is not that great. I definitely fill up my car a lot more often then any other car that I've owned. Also the cup holders are not that convenient. I can't even fit a Snapple bottle in them.
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Well Friends tommorrow is the big day, the day I have the laser surgery on my left eye. Hopefully everything goes alright. The doctor says not to worry, I'll be fine, it's pretty routine he says. I'm just a little worried though. I don't like doctors messing with my eyes. The surgery is supposed to help though and I sure hope they are right and it does. I'll let you know in a few days or so whenever I can.
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I had my laser eye surgery this past Tuesday on my left eye. Everything went well according to the doctor. My eye was a bit scratchy and sore for a couple of days and I need to use these eye drops the doctor gave me for the next two weeks until I see him again. Other than that everthing seems OK. I can't say that I see better now than before, it may be too soon to know. But who knows what might happen in time. The doctor said the surgery was meant more to stablize the eye than to really improve my vision. I guess I was hoping it might do both. At least I'm glad that it should keep my eye from getting any worse, at least for a while.
It will be a month on Thursday since I had my laser eye surgery on my left eye. I went for a checkup with my eye doctor this past week and all is going well. The surgery didn't really change my vision, it just stableized it, at least for a while. The doctor said he has no plans to do my right eye right now, it's much better than my left. He said perhaps in a few months or so, if it's needed. He wants to see me after Christmas just to follow up on there condition. Everything else is going well.
I had this weird dream last week that someone was after me and I needed to escape some how I tried to get out of bed very fast and fell flat on my face and chest giving myself a nice bump on the forehead and a black eye from hitting the nightstand or possibly my wheelchair. Some how in the haste to try to escape in the dream the fact that I haven't any legs got lost somehow When I fell I woke up fast. My husband helped me back into bed and got some ice for my head and eye. He woke up with a start when he heard me crash on the floor. Good thing I didn't get hurt bad. The bump is pretty much gone but it is still a little black and blue around my right eye. That's my excitement for the past few weeks.
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NorbsoftDev and Slitherine Inc announce a publishing agreement. Announcement on Matrix Games Site This is the business deal that has been in the works. We think that this will be good for both parties and for the wargaming community as a whole.
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It may be a bit of a stretch to find similarities between pianos and sportscars, but bear with us. Both are made to perform, both have pedals and wheels (albeit of radically different size), and both tend to cost around the same. Unless you're talking about a Bugatti, which would set you back more than any piano this side of a Bösendorfer with serious pedigree.
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This particular Sir Richard Tunstall was a Knight of the Garter and married Elizabeth Franke.
They had one daughter of record, Elizabeth Tunstall, b: 1420 in Thurland Castle, Lancashire, EnglandElizabeth married Sir Robert Bellingham (both are my direct ancestors - 14th Great Grand Parents)
Sir Richard was born between 1400 and 1403 and died about 1492 according to Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, Page: 244His parents were Sir Thomas Tunstall and Eleanor FitsHugh.Sir Richard Tunstall and Elizabeth Franke were my 15th Great Grand parents through one ancestrial line.
Sir Richard was the brother of your Sir Thomas Tunstall who was the grand father of your direct ancestor Marmaduke.i.e. Marmaduke - son of Brian "The Stainless" who was the son of Sir Thomas (brother of Sir Richard).
Ironically, the brothers Sir Thomas and Sir Richard had a sister names Jane Johanna Tunstall who married her second husband Sir Sir Roger Warde/Ward. Johanna and Roger were also my 14th Great Grand Parents through a differnt ancestrial line.As such, Jane Johnanna Tunstall's and and Sir Richard Tunstall's parents (sir Thomas Tunstall and Elaeanor FitzHugh) were both my 15th and 16th Great Grand parents based on the two direct ancestrial lines.
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The show features 25 selected drawings in graphite from Fuad's studies.Matter At Handwas planned by the artist as part of his studio requirement for his Ph.D research, as well as another stage for his artist's journey.
Matter At Handis supported with a publication, which includes three essays by the artist himself, Dr Mohd Zahuri Khairani (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Shah) and Dr Karna Mustaqim, a professor from Matana University, Tangerang in Indonesia.
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Online dating scams have become a worldwide issue. A study presented at the annual meeting of the British Psychological Society in London found that people with strong romantic beliefs who idealize their romantic partners are most likely to fall victim to online dating scams. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of State has posted an advisory warning Americans to "be alert to attempts at fraud by persons claiming to live outside of the U.S., professing friendship, romantic interest, and /or marriage intentions over the Internet."
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- The scammer and the victim meet online – often through Internet dating or employment sites.
- The scammer asks for money to get out of a bad situation or to provide a service.
- Photographs that the scammer sends of "him/herself" show a very attractive person. The photo appears to have been taken at a professional modeling agency or photographic studio.
- The scammer has incredibly bad luck– often getting into car crashes, arrested, mugged, beaten, or hospitalized — usually all within the course of a couple of months. They often claim that their key family members (parents and siblings) are dead. Sometimes, the scammer claims to have an accompanying child overseas who is very sick or has been in an accident.
- The scammer claims to be a native-born American citizen, but uses poor grammar indicative of a non-native English speaker. Sometimes the scammer will use eloquent romantic language that is plagiarized from the Internet.
Many dating sites and online communities have turned to device identification leader iovation Inc. for help. iovation works with global dating websites and social networks to protect their members from behind the scenes by eliminating scammers before they've had a chance to case harm. iovation has already prevented more than 50 million online scams, spam, solicitations, fake profiles and phishing attacks in their attempt to make the Internet a safer place to do business and interact.
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates in general to motor vehicles. More particularly, the present invention relates to a truly unique and versatile assembly of electric motors for a motor vehicle.
2. Discussion
The invention relates to a multi-motor drive which is suitable for motor vehicles and in which two electric motors are assigned to a common output, which can be corrected in terms of drive to driven vehicle wheels, and to an autonomous controller which permits the motors to be operated with different load distribution, the controller permitting a load distribution which brings about an optimum degree of efficiency of the drive to be set automatically as a function of signals of a control element, e.g. accelerator pedal, which can be actuated at the driver's end, and of a signal transmitter for the travel speed or for a parameter which is correlated to it and/or analogous to it.
Until now batteries have only had a comparatively low energy density so that a battery charge for an electrically driven vehicle can provide a satisfactory range only if the electric drive is capable of operating with a high degree of efficiency. In electric motors the degree of efficiency depends heavily on the respective torque and on the rotational speed. With a multi-motor drive it is now to switch off a motor in travel situations with a relatively low power demand or to make the loading of the motors differ to a greater or a lesser extent in order to achieve a higher average degree of efficiency than would be possible with a drive with just one electric motor.
In a drive of the type specified at the beginning which is known from U.S. Pat. No. 5,289,890, two structurally different electric motors are provided, in such a way that the optimum degree of efficiency of one electric motor lies in the range of relatively low rotational speeds, and the optimum degree of efficiency of the other electric motor lies in the range of relatively high rotational speeds. As long as the power demand for the travel mode is lower than the total of the maximum powers of the two motors, it is possible, depending on the travel speed, to load mainly the one motor or the other motor, i.e. at least one motor operates in a comparatively optimum way.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention is to permit a further improvement in the degree of efficiency.
This object is achieved according to the invention in that a gearbox which is changed automatically by the controller is arranged in the output, and the controller adjusts in each case to a gearbox state which is optimum with respect to the degree of efficiency.
According to one preferred embodiment of the invention, there is provision to use electric motors of the same type for this.
The invention is based on the general idea of using a change speed gearbox to change the respective motor speed and the motor moment which is necessary for the respective travel state of the vehicle with respect to an optimum degree of efficiency of this. As a result, an increased degree of efficiency is made possible within a significantly enlarged range of operating situations. In particular, it is possible to use two electric motors of the same type to ensure a good degree of efficiency and/or an increased degree of efficiency at both high and low travel speeds, because operating situations with very low degrees of efficiency of the electric motors can virtually always be avoided.
The controller preferably also takes into account the degree of efficiency of the gearbox which is dependent on a wide range of parameters, in particular the rotational speed and torque as well as the temperature, in order to set the load distribution between the motors and to set the respective gear speed with the aim of achieving an optimum overall degree of efficiency of the drive.
For the sake of its robustness and good control characteristics, asynchronous motors are preferred for the invention. Said motors have—expressed in simple terms—generally a good degree of efficiency if, on the one hand, the rotational speed lies above a mean rotational speed value and the motor has to operate with a mean torque. Furthermore, a good degree of efficiency is also achieved if the motor is operating at a mean rotational speed and the respective motor torque lies above a mean value. By appropriately changing the gear speed of the gearbox and connecting into the circuit or disconnecting the second motor and/or by loading the two motors in a non-uniform way it is then possible for the controller to achieve an optimum degree of efficiency.
Additional benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates from a reading of the subsequent description of the preferred embodiment and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The drawings, which form an integral part of the specification, are to be read in conjunction therewith, and like reference numerals are employed to designate identical components in various views.
FIG. 1 shows an exemplary characteristic diagram of an asynchronous motor, and
FIG. 2 shows a highly diagrammatic representation of the drive according to the invention.
A new and truly versatile electric motor assembly and control method is provided. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more comprehensive description of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, specific details of well-known features have not been described so as not to obscure the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the degree of efficiency η is represented as a function of the rotational speed D and of the motor torque M. It is apparent that comparatively high degrees of efficiency are achieved if
the motor torque lies at a mean value, at approximately 75 Nm in the illustrated example, and the rotational speed exceeds a mean value, approximately 3000/min in the illustrated example, or if
rotational speed is at a mean value, approximately 3000/min in the illustrated example, and the motor torque lies above a mean value, approximately 75 Nm in the illustrated example.
Outside the parameters specified above, the degree of efficiency decreases severely under certain circumstances.
According to FIG. 2, a drive according to the invention has two electric motors 1 and 2 which are connected in terms of drive in parallel to a shaft 3 via gear wheels 4 or the like. The shaft 3 forms the input of a dual-stage gearbox 5 whose output is connected in terms of drive via a shaft 6 and a differential mechanism 7 to drive wheels 8 of a motor vehicle (otherwise not illustrated in more detail).
The electric motors 1 are provided with electric power via separately controllable converters 9 which are connected themselves to a battery (not illustrated) and are controlled by an electronic controller 11.
The controller 11 is connected at the input end to a sensor 12 for the travel speed and to a signal transmitter 13 which is actuated at the driver's end, for example by means of a control element such as an accelerator pedal. In the illustrated example, the sensor 12 senses the rotational speeds of the shaft 6 which are correlated to the travel speed of the vehicle. The signals of the signal transmitter 13 represent the overall motor power desired by the driver.
Furthermore, the controller also evaluates the signals which are transmitted to the converters, and the energization of the electric motors 1 and 2 which is effected via the converters 9, so that the controller "knows" the respective motor torque. the controller 11 "knows" the respective transmission ratio of the gearbox 5 by means of the signals of the sensor 12 and by means of a gearbox-end sensor 14, the controller 11 can also respectively determine the rotational speed of the motors 1 and 2.
Accordingly, the controller 11 can also sense the respective degree of efficiency with which the electric motor 1 or 2 is operating.
In order to optimize the degree of efficiency, the controller 11 then has, on the one hand, the possibility of changing the gear speed of the gearbox 5, with the consequence that the torque which is required at the motor end is increased or reduced depending on the gear-changing direction.
Furthermore, the controller 11 can also allow the electric motors 1 and to operate with different powers and/or with different torques by appropriately activating the converters 9, it being possible for one of the electric motors 1 and 2 to "idle" in an extreme case.
An operating situation which is optimum in terms of the overall degree of efficiency can be set within an extremely short time by virtue of the fact that the controller 11 uses in each case an integrated computer to "calculate" the possibilities, which depend on the respective travel circumstances, of equal or unequal loading of the motors 1 and 2, and the possibilities of the two gear speeds of the gearbox 5, preferably also taking into account the degree of efficiency of a gearbox which varies depending on the operating state of the drive.
The foregoing description constitutes the preferred embodiments devised by the inventors for practicing the invention. It is apparent, however, that the invention is susceptible to modification, variation and change that will be obvious to those skilled in the art. Inasmuch as the foregoing description is to enable one skilled in the pertinent art to practice the invention, it should not be construed to be limited thereby but should be construed to include such aforementioned obvious variations and be limited only by the proper scope or fair meaning of the accompanying claims.
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|1 Mar 1994
|Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.
|Drive unit for electric motor vehicle
|15 Apr 1993
|4 Apr 1995
|General Electric Company
|Electric vehicle drive train with direct coupling transmission
|30 Dec 1992
|26 Sep 1995
|Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
|Drive system for electric automobiles
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|12 Aug 1997
|Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
|Shift control method for electric vehicle
|14 May 1997
|9 Mar 1999
|Voith Turbo Gmbh & Co. Kg
|Apparatus and method for driving a vehicle with a plurality of motors
|13 Mar 1998
|23 Nov 1999
|Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
|Power output apparatus and method of controlling the same
|19 Aug 1998
|8 Feb 2000
|General Motors Corporation
|Modularly constructed vehicular transmission
|15 Sep 1997
|22 Aug 2000
|Chen; Lei
|Electric vehicle with combined motors of multistep power outputs
|29 Jul 1997
|19 Sep 2000
|The Gates Corporation
|Direct current electric vehicle drive
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|24 Jun 2002
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|Frank Messano
|Recreational vehicle full-length slideout system
|15 May 2001
|23 Mar 2004
|Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
|Vehicle powered by a battery
|17 Jun 2003
|3 May 2005
|Bruce Gotta
|Dual motor axle-driven generator system for electric vehicles
|7 Jul 2011
|2 Jul 2013
|Daedong Industrial Co., Ltd.
|Load-sensitive automatic transmission system for agricultural electric vehicle
|22 Dec 2011
|23 Jul 2013
|Fisker Automotive, Inc.
|Drive configurations for high speed motor drive systems
|23 Dec 2011
|1 Oct 2013
|Fisker Automotive, Inc.
|Drive configurations for high hybrid series/parallel high speed motor drive systems
|15 Feb 2013
|5 Jan 2016
|GM Global Technology Operations LLC
|Method of monitoring performance of an electric motor
|18 Aug 2014
|12 Jan 2016
|Chyuan-Yow Tseng
|Power distribution method for electric vehicle driven by two power sources
|30 Nov 2004
|1 Jun 2006
|Brian Kuras
|Multi-motor/multi-range torque transmitting power system
|7 Jul 2011
|12 Jan 2012
|Hankuk Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.
|Load-sensitive automatic transmission system for agricultural electric vehicle
|22 Dec 2011
|28 Jun 2012
|Fisker Automotive, Inc.
|Drive configurations for high speed motor drive systems
|15 Feb 2013
|21 Aug 2014
|GM Global Technology Operations LLC
|Method of monitoring performance of an electric motor
|18 Aug 2014
|26 Feb 2015
|Chyuan-Yow Tseng
|Power Distribution Method for Electric Vehicle Driven by Two Power Sources
|13 Jan 2016
|13 Jul 2017
|Ford Global Technologies, Llc
|Methods and system for improving efficiency of a hybrid vehicle
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|11 Nov 2009
|Renault S.A.S.
|Device for electric propulsion or traction of a vehicle
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|477/3, 477/15, 477/20, 180/65.7
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|10 Oct 2000
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A middle aged bachelor Mario spent his life taking care of his eccentric sister Brenda. He sells goodies in a mobile cart for a living. His daily routine gets a sudden turnaround when his dying friend Arnold made him promise to take care of his daughter Ana. But Ana is not just an ordinary little girl, despite her angelic look; she is cunning and mischievous who is in search of her estranged mother. Mario and Ana agreed that they would earn money to look for Ana's mother in Cebu, but Ana should tame down. Mario performs his new task as a father to the orphan child in a very unconventional way. But through the help of a beautiful teacher named Maribel, he would always keep things going.
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ADFAS Narrabri & NW Inc.
PO Box 14
Narrabri NSW 2390
ADFAS Narrabri & North West District provides for its members a yearly programme of illustrated lectures given by overseas and Australian lecturers chosen for their communication skills and expert knowledge in their fields. This year members and friends will enjoy an extra addition to our 2017 programme, an afternoon concert performed by local chorale group, Harmony Inc., held in the garden of our vice chairman on the 22nd October. We try to make this a regular addition to ADFAS programmes every two years.
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Membership enquiries, please contact any committee member for a membership application form or write to: ADFAS Narrabri & NW Inc. PO Box 14 Narrabri NSW 2390
Committee 2017
Jenny Falkiner
Ph: (02) 67933142
Mob: 0427933142
Vice Chairman:
Elizabeth Campbell
Ph: 0428921188
Secretary & Public Officer:
Ms Kay Durham
Ph: 0447719590
Programme for 2017
27th February – Anthony Russell – Who Was Tutankhamun? The Boy King behind the greatest treasurers ever found.
3rd April – Susannah Fullerton – Those Mitford girls
8th May – Sandra Mowry – Ancient Mayan Art & Architecture, hidden secrets of the jungle
3rd July – Kate Strasdin – The Real Downton Abbey, Clothing the classes 1900-1930
14th August – Shauna Isaac – The Inside Stories; the real stories behind the most intriguing cases of Nazi looted art.
4th September – Michael Howard – Poetry Passion & Painting; the Pre Raphaelites.
9th October – Brian McDonald – Adventures Among the Nomadic Tribes of Iran & Afghanistan
Venue and Time of Lectures
Lectures are held on Monday evenings at the Crossing Theatre, Narrabri. Arrival time 6.30pm for a prompt start at 7pm. Lecture duration approximately one hour, followed by refreshments.
Visitors welcome – $25.00 per lecture. Students – $10.00
Visiting ADFAS members (a current member of another ADFAS society) $5.00
The annual membership subscription is $145.00 per person and $270.00 for a double membership


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Ali Hamza – charkha (Download official Audio mp3 / video)
Ali hamza releasing his song all over the world name charkha. Ali hamza is brother of amanat ali a famous Pakistani Singer.
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Scene 1
Before Prospero's cell.
(Ferdinand; Miranda; Prospero)
Ferdinand is stacking wood at Prospero's orders, though since Miranda is nearby and clearly pities him he does not mind the labor overmuch. Miranda comes in and tries to comfort or help him, unaware that Prospero is watching them. He refuses to let her help, but they chat, Miranda giving away her name despite Prospero's admonitions. They soon admit that they are head over heels in love with each other, which delights the unseen Prospero. (114 lines)
Enter Ferdinand bearing a log.
There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off; some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone; and most poor matters
Point to rich ends. This my mean task
Would be as heavy to me as odious, but
The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead,
And makes my labors pleasures. O, she is
Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed;
And he's compos'd of harshness. I must remove
Some thousands of these logs, and pile them up,
Upon a sore injunction. My sweet mistress
Weeps when she sees me work, and says such baseness
Had never like executor. I forget;
But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my labors,
Most busil'est when I do it.
Enter Miranda, and Prospero at a distance, unseen.
Alas, now pray you
Work not so hard. I would the lightning had
Burnt up those logs that you are enjoin'd to pile!
Pray set it down, and rest you. When this burns,
'Twill weep for having wearied you. My father
Is hard at study; pray now rest yourself,
He's safe for these three hours.
O most dear mistress,
The sun will set before I shall discharge
What I must strive to do.
If you'll sit down,
I'll bear your logs the while. Pray give me that,
I'll carry it to the pile.
No, precious creature,
I had rather crack my sinews, break my back,
Than you should such dishonor undergo,
While I sit lazy by.
It would become me
As well as it does you; and I should do it
With much more ease, for my good will is to it,
And yours it is against.
Poor worm, thou art infected!
This visitation shows it.
You look wearily.
No, noble mistress, 'tis fresh morning with me
When you are by at night. I do beseech you—
Chiefly that I might set it in my prayers—
What is your name?
Miranda.—O my father,
I have broke your hest to say so.
Admir'd Miranda,
Indeed the top of admiration! Worth
What's dearest to the world! Full many a lady
I have ey'd with best regard, and many a time
Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage
Brought my too diligent ear. For several virtues
Have I lik'd several women, never any
With so full soul but some defect in her
Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd,
And put it to the foil. But you, O you,
So perfect and so peerless, are created
Of every creature's best!
I do not know
One of my sex; no woman's face remember,
Save, from my glass, mine own; nor have I seen
More that I may call men than you, good friend,
And my dear father. How features are abroad
I am skilless of; but by my modesty
(The jewel in my dower), I would not wish
Any companion in the world but you;
Nor can imagination form a shape,
Besides yourself, to like of. But I prattle
Something too wildly, and my father's precepts
I therein do forget.
I am, in my condition,
A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king
(I would, not so!), and would no more endure
This wooden slavery than to suffer
The flesh-fly blow my mouth. Hear my soul speak:
The very instant that I saw you, did
My heart fly to your service, there resides,
To make me slave to it, and for your sake
Am I this patient log-man.
Do you love me?
O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound,
And crown what I profess with kind event
If I speak true! If hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else i' th' world,
Do love, prize, honor you.
I am a fool
To weep at what I am glad of.
Fair encounter
Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace
On that which breeds between 'em!
Wherefore weep you?
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling,
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
I am your wife, if you will marry me;
If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow
You may deny me, but I'll be your servant,
Whether you will or no.
My mistress, dearest,
And I thus humble ever.
My husband then?
Ay, with a heart as willing
As bondage e'er of freedom. Here's my hand.
And mine, with my heart in't. And now farewell
Till half an hour hence.
A thousand, thousand!
Exeunt Ferdinand and Miranda severally.
So glad of this as they I cannot be,
Who are surpris'd withal; but my rejoicing
At nothing can be more. I'll to my book,
For yet ere supper-time must I perform
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Boston, Massachusetts (PressExposure) May 23, 2012 -- CreateWriteNow presents a Challenge open to everyone: a week-long immersion in a journaling practice that is aimed at establishing a solid journaling foundation as well as awakening a fresh understanding of the self and personal potential. The Challenge runs June 4-10.
Several individuals who have used the workbook that accompanies the Challenge have submitted glowing reviews.
"If you have an interest in journaling or in using writing as a therapeutic tool, Start Journaling and Change Your Life in 7 Days certainly lives up to its name!" said author Audry Fryer.
Another enthusiastic participant, writer and instructor Anne Greenawalt posted a video stating, "I was so surprised how much energy I had after writing. I had a feeling of lightness and contentedness and it felt really great."
Though only a week long, the Challenge is powerful enough to bring about real change in participants' sense of self and well-being.
Journal writing, an ancient activity, has become the focus of renewed interest lately as people are realizing the immense benefits available through journaling's writing and reflection. Developing a daily habit of pen-to-page journaling will strengthen personal calm and confidence, giving the individual a new sense of wellness.
CreateWriteNow emphasizes therapeutic journaling for health and self-growth. Programs available through the company include journaling as a way of dealing with the past, shaping the present, and imagining the future, touching on all stages in an individual's life.
CreateWriteNow's online journaling challenges include day-by-day assignments from a workbook, and the opportunity to discuss your progress with fellow participants.
During the Challenge, the workbook, private online forum, and free consultations with CreateWriteNow's leader, Mari L. McCarthy, are focused on first steps in creating a solid journaling habit that is designed to nurture health and wellbeing.
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As you may or may not know, I'm preggers. Five months to be exact. We have 4 months left to find, decide and AGREE on a name for our new edition. It's proving to be quite a task. As we research meanings and discover new possible names, 3 sights are emerging as out favorites…
- Baby Center's Baby Name Finder
- This is a great resources to find similar and matching sibling names. You can search by name origin, meaning, popularity and even start and ending sounds.
- Thank Baby Names
- Wonderful information about the origin and meaning of the names. Plus everything is crossed referenced allowing you to research based on a number of categories.
- Baby Name Voyager
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South Korea vs Syria 2018 World Cup Qualification: Match Preview and Prediction
Fixture: South Korea vs Syria
Competition: Asia World Cup Qualification
Date: Tuesday, 28th March, 11:00 GMT
Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium.
South Korea vs Syria: Preview
South Korea vs Syria match is going to be held on 28th March at Seoul World Cup Stadium. South Korea suffered a 1-0 away defeat against China and other side Syria registered a 1-0 home win against Uzbekistan on their previous matches.
South Korea will start the match favorite against Syria in this fixture of World Cup Qualification at Seoul World Cup Stadium.
South Korea vs Syria: Head-to-Head Stats
- Both teams have played 5 matches against each other in all the competitions. South Korea has secured 2 wins, 3 draws against Syria. Syria has scored 3 goals against South Korea and concedes 5 goals against them.
- Syria held a goalless home draw against South Korea in their last meetings in the match of World Cup Qualification on 6th Sep, 2016.
South Korea vs Syria: Prediction
Syria will try their best to secure at least an away draw from this match and South Korea is ready to secure a home win from the fixture. South Korea is better side to compare with Syria when they will play against each other at Seoul World Cup Stadium.
Predicted result will be a home win for South Korea.
South Korea vs Syria: Betting Tips
Asian Handicap : Syria +2.0 at 1.625
Goals Over/Under : Over 2.0 Goals at 1.525


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Gary Kent is the Director of the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Kurdistan Region and has visited Kurdistan and Baghdad 19 times since 2006, having previously been active for two decades on Northern Ireland politics. He is also a weekly columnist for the Kurdish Rudaw newspaper, a member of the Kurdistan Genocide Task Force and a Director of the European Technology and Training Centre in Erbil. He writes in a personal capacity. He can be followed on Twitter @garykent.
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THIEVES stole five vans from Sunderland Royal Hospital in a morning raid.
The offenders broke into the transport department at the hospital and took a number of keys before making off with the vehicles.
Northumbria Police has since recovered two of them, but three are still missing.
Officers are looking for two Ford Transit vans, registration numbers NV08 AAO and NU08 NDD, and a Peugeot Expert Eurobus, registration number SF09 AYD.
All of the vehicles taken have the City Hospitals Sunderland logo on them.
Detectives say nothing else was taken in the incident.
Police first received a report at 5.45am yesterday.
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Why a 2015 Report Card for Iowa's Infrastructure?
The 2015 Report Card for Iowa's Infrastructure has been prepared to acquaint Iowans with the extent, condition and importance of the capital assets that support modern life. It is hoped that this information, along with the grades, will encourage awareness of and concern for these often under-appreciated facilities. Iowa's ASCE members hope that the grades will alert citizens, media agencies, business leaders, and elected officials to the needs of the infrastructure and induce a commitment to giving it proper care and upkeep. Lastly, the grades provide a benchmark for detecting, in the future, how things are trending.
The 2015 Report Card for Iowa's Infrastructure contains one grade B, seven Cs, and three Ds. Readers are invited to consider if this is good enough or if Iowa ought to strive for better scores. Our daily lives and economic activities depend on the safe, reliable, taken-for-granted presence of infrastructure. If we make the commitment to improve the grades, we'll experience benefits in both personal and business activities. If we let the facilities' adequacy decline, we'll face higher costs with less reliability. What sort of future do we want and what path should be taken to arrive there?
Aviation: C- Pages 1 – 4
Iowa's air transportation capacity, operations, and resilience are currently in good standing; however, the condition, funding, and innovation were found only to be average. Safety and future needs are concerning with the lack of a long-term funding strategy.
Section author: Rob Garber, Project Manager, CGA Associates, Marshalltown
Rail: C Pages 5 – 9
Iowa's freight rail system features good capacity, condition, operations, and maintenance for current traffic levels. The outlook is for fewer but larger shipping points with a smaller rail system as funding to maintain the full current network is inadequate in the long-term. Passenger rail languishes at a minimal service level.
Section author: Steve De Vries, Executive Director, Iowa County Engineers Association Service Bureau, Des Moines
Inland Waterways: D Pages 10 – 12
Iowa's two river inland waterway transportation system is safe, efficient, and sustainable. But with no long-term funding for maintenance or modernization its future serviceability and capacity will be constrained.
Section author: Andy McCoy, Project Manager, HDR, Inc., Des Moines
Roads: C- Pages 13 – 20
Traffic volumes have been increasing on Iowa roads but reduced purchasing power has left road agencies unable to prevent loss of condition. The system requires at least an additional $215 million per year to address its most critical needs. The road use tax funding mechanism is losing its efficacy so a search is on for methods more appropriate to the times.
Section author: Dave Mulholland, Transportation Engineer, Ames
Co-author: Mark Crawford, Project Manager, CGA Engineering, Marshalltown
Bridges: D+ Pages 21 – 25
One in every five bridges in Iowa is rated structurally deficient giving our state the third worst rating in the nation. Reducing the number of structurally deficient bridges is a priority of the IDOT, Counties and Cities. While there has been progress, the pace of repair and replacement must be quickened if the backlog is to be noticeably reduced. Road agencies are exploring accelerated construction techniques to as one way to speed things up.
Section author: Dave Mulholland, Transportation Engineer, Ames
Co-author: Mike Vander Wert, President, Calhoun-Burns & Associates, Inc., West Des Moines
Dams: D Pages 26 – 28
Iowa dams are struggling due to a lack of funding, not only for maintenance and repair, but for safety programs as well. With nearly 50% of the dams privately owned in the state, private property owners are faced with the reality of self-funding any needed dam maintenance or improvement projects as there are no state loan or grant programs for dam owners.
Solid Waste: B+ Pages 45 – 48
Iowa is performing well in the area of solid waste; however, several new techniques and technologies provide an opportunity to further enhance solid waste management in the state. Continued waste reduction education and increased diversion opportunities would benefit the state as well.
Section author: Aaron Granquist, Project Manager, McClure Engineering, North Liberty
Co-author: Aaron Moniza, Lead Civil Engineer, Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC, Cedar Rapids
Co-author: Riley Quinn, Civil Engineer, Shive-Hattery, Inc., West Des Moines
Levees: C- Pages 29 – 32
The majority of Iowa's levees are currently functioning adequately with typical stream flows, but issues frequently occur when design flows are experienced. There appears to be thorough oversight of the permitting process; however, there is no follow-up maintenance program at the state level for constructed levees.
Section author: Kari Sebern, Principal, Sebern Structural, Panora
Drinking Water: C+ Pages 33 – 36
Iowa's drinking water supply infrastructure is in relatively good condition, has adequate capacity, and a good safety record. Funding for system operation and maintenance is generally sufficient, but additional revenue is needed to enable water line replacement and treatment plant modernization. Water ultilities are adopting computerized control systems to improve quality and reliability. Nitrates in surface water require expensive additional treatment.
Section author: Steve De Vries, Executive Director, Iowa County Engineers Association Service Bureau, Des Moines
With special assistance from John Dunn, City of Ames
Wastewater: C- Pages 37 – 40
Iowa has an aging wastewater infrastructure which requires significant funding. In the long-term, the state must modernize and build new facilities in a targeted and strategic manner. By employing strategies to use every dollar resourcefully and by deploying creative solutions to infrastructure development, the state can implement the right projects in an efficient and economical manner.
Section author: David Claman, Chief Hydraulics Engineer, Ames
Electrical Energy: C Pages 41 – 44
Upgrading and expanding existing transmission and distribution infrastructure, along with a rational implementation of existing and new regulations, is vital to preserving the continued dependability of electrical power in Iowa and protecting grid stability and resilience. The need for a national energy plan is great.
Section author: Michael Shimkus, Staff Engineer, WHKS, Ames
Solid Waste: B+ Pages 45 – 48
Iowa is performing well in the area of solid waste; however, several new techniques and technologies provide an opportunity to further enhance solid waste management in the state. Continued waste reduction education and increased diversion opportunities would benefit the state as well.
Section author: Aaron Granquist, Project Manager, McClure Engineering, North Liberty
Co-author: Aaron Moniza, Lead Civil Engineer, Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC, Cedar Rapids
Co-author: Riley Quinn, Civil Engineer, Shive-Hattery, Inc., West Des Moines
Download full version (PDF) – Iowa Infrastructure: 2015 Report Card
About The American Society of Civil Engineers, Iowa Section
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North Side: "Baochu Pagoda. This pagoda is said to have been erected to bless the safe return of a prince.
Rebuilt in 1933, the present pagoda stands 45.3 meters, as a landmark of the West Lake. It is likened to a slender, beautiful girl because of its
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