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It's almost time. The track is almost built. The pits are already jammed. The preparation is almost over. The starting gate is ready to drop on another year, and there's not a person in this sport who isn't looking forward to what tomorrow brings.
When the 2013 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship lights off at Anaheim, all the talk and speculation and second-guessing and bold-new-year predictions will be muffled by twenty screaming engines. And aboard those state-of-the-art motorcycles will be the world's best supercross racers. Ryan Villopoto is back. Chad Reed is back. James Stewart is back. Trey Canard is back. Kevin Windham is back. Josh Grant is back. Andrew Short is back. Josh Hill is back. And guys like Ryan Dungey, Mike Alessi, Justin Barcia, Broc Tickle—they never even stopped on 2012! The points are all tied and everyone is ready to put all of their hard work to the test.
Angel Stadium in Anaheim is the capital of the supercross world. This sport may have been born in the Los Angeles Coliseum, but it made its way south in the eighties and nineties and now it's permanent—and that's a good thing. Most of the industry is here, most of the the riders are out here, and most of the magazines are here. That's why this place deserves all three rounds it has (sorry, Dodgers Stadium) and the name of the town alone screams "Are you ready for supercross?!!!"
Ryan Villopoto begins his quest for a three-peat tomorrow night.
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There are so many things to look forward to that it's hard to put into words, but fortunately Simon Cudby was out at the stadium all day yesterday (press day) and today (load-in) to illustrate it for you. I am also out west for a few rounds, having bailed on the beautiful 20-degree weather of Morgantown, West Virginia, for the grinding pace and stifling comfort of Laguna Beach to be close to all the action. You can watch it all live tomorrow night, thanks to Feld Motorsports and Speed TV, and you can even preview some of it live tomorrow when they stream practice (more on that below).
Here's where Racerhead usually riffs around some topics we've spoken about during the week, but we're working on a new format for this Friday function that has become a weekly staple. So I will tell you something you haven't heard much of, but will likely start thinking about sometime tomorrow.
Supercross is a tough game. There is so much pressure now in both SX/MX that it's truly major league. Anaheim is like the Super Bowl for the young athletes in this sport, and as a result the feeling in the air is one of tension, excitement, even danger. The stakes are so high with this race and the series that follows that we forget about what the riders might be up against—not just on the starting gate but in their whole existences. The investment these men and their families and sponsors have made over the years is beyond measure, and when it all goes well, their joy and pride are also off the scale.
But when it all goes wrong—and it can and will go wrong in racing motorcycles, and sometimes even practicing—there are many who are quick to criticize and even insult those riders for their failures and defeats, but not so many are there to help lend a hand. That's why it was really cool yesterday to see Dave Prater of Feld Motor Sports hand a check for $100,000 to Doc Bodnar and former pro and longtime Asterisk man Tom Carson to help support the Asterisk Mobile Medics throughout the coming tour. Those guys keep an eye on our heroes (and sometimes a stethoscope and even a cast), and before we get into all of the winners and losers of Anaheim, let's remember the risk every single rider takes for our entertainment, and who's there to help them when they're down.
Justin Barcia makes his much anticipated 450SX debut tomorrow night.
Simon Cudby photo
Anaheim 1 is like a homecoming race for our whole sport. In the last twenty-four hours among non-racers I saw Roger DeCoster, Broc Glover, Johnny O'Mara, Jeff Emig, Ernesto Fonseca, Sylvain Geboers, Ryan Hughes, Eric Geboers, Gunnar Lindstrom ... too many guys to count. But one guy I didn't see was Erik Kehoe. It appears that Honda Muscle Milk did not bring back one of the most familiar faces in our sport. It's a sign of the times, Kehoe not being here for the big race. I hope someone finds a role for this man—he would be a valuable asset to anyone.QUESTION MARK: - by Steve Matthes
There's a storm brewing under the Chaparral Honda tent, and for now no one is really sure what's going to happen. Sources tell us the Jeremy McGrath/Larry Brooks-owned team is struggling with funding. (You may remember that last year, the team's primary sponsor, Supercross.com, stopped paying and the team didn't make a few races before securing Chaparral and racing the rest of the season. The team even won the Seattle SX out of a van!) As of right now, the team and rider Andrew Short will be at Anaheim "in some fashion," but beyond this weekend, the future is murky. There were photos circulating of Short working out of a pickup truck at Anaheim press day, but that doesn't mean much, as some teams didn't bring the big rigs out for press day. Then we spotted it rolling in about 8 a.m. Friday.
Team manager Larry Brooks did not respond with a comment, although our sources say he won't be at the opening round. Short's agent, Fred Bramblett, offered up this: "No comment at this time other than looking forward to Anaheim 1 and starting the season. Andrew really loves the 2013 Honda and is looking forward to having a great season...." So not a denial or confirmation.
Andrew Short and the Chaparral Honda rig are not only at Anaheim, they are on the brand new cover of Racer X.... Where they are next week is a source of much debate.
There's been talk of putting the #29 Honda rider under the Chad Reed TwoTwo team (Reed himself didn't confirm or deny that these talks have happened), and one source said he wouldn't be surprised if Andrew ended up on a KTM as a teammate for Ryan Dungey. Yes, there are that many different theories going around! We'll have to wait and see what happens from here, but there's no doubt trouble with the team, and that's never a good thing for the sport and for a rider the caliber of Short.
MEDIA WATCH – by Jason Weigandt
Good thing energy drinks sponsor this sport, because you need to go to your local convenience store, pick a six-pack of your favorite, and get ready for what could potentially be thirty-six hours of racing on the web, Speed, and Fuel.
Ready? It starts tomorrow with the three-hour Supercross Live! show at www.supercrossonline.com, where my old buddy Jim Holley and Kevin Barnett will provide scoops and interviews as well as live shots from practice. The show runs from 2-5 p.m. local time every week—we're Pacific here in California. Take a short break and then turn your TV to Speed at 8:30 Eastern for the debut of live AMSOIL Arenacross coverage, with Robbie Floyd and Grant Langston in the booth. That's a one-hour show, followed by a one-hour Monster Energy Supercross pre-race show at 9:30 Eastern, then the race starts at 10:30 p.m. and runs for three hours.
Tomorrow night will mark the beginning of Kevin Windham's 19th professional season.
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Hopefully you have a good SX-watching party planned and perhaps you'll switch to something different than an energy drink. Well, when you wake up hung over, turn the TV from Speed to Fuel and get ready for an all-day marathon of 2012 SX races starting at 7 a.m. (probably better than Speed's 7:30 a.m. show, Gearz. "Old trucks and other junk.") The Fuel TV SX marathon concludes at 7 p.m. Sunday night with a re-air of Speed's A1 show. Work on Monday will suck compared to your weekend.
The Number: 0 – by DC
Zero is a number we never make much mention of in sports because we reflect the successes and victories more than the defeats or lack of accomplishment. We saw a big goose egg wiped off the record books last September when Germany won the Motocross of Nations for the first time since, well, ever. Sixty-six years they held that race, and Germany only stepped to the top of the box once.
But that's not the only zero that jumps out. Did you know that in all of his years being the featured rider in the Hang-Ten 500cc U.S. Grand Prix of Motocross, Roger DeCoster never actually won the race? Or how about the fact that Jeff Ward, maybe the most versatile rider SX/MX has ever seen, never won the Daytona Supercross, which back in the eighties was among the premier stops?
Trey Canard is healthy, and ready to make his return to racing.
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Which brings me to Anaheim and the opener and, again, a Ricky Carmichael mention: In his career as a premier-class rider, do you realize that Carmichael never won the SX series opener? RC was 0-8 in AMA Supercross openers in the big-bike class. Zero wins, but he still took five titles. It all goes back to that old adage that you can't win a title at the first race, but you can damn sure lose it in one race. There's a lesson there for everyone lining up tomorrow night.
OF NOTE – by Jason Weigandt
There are lots of cool events going on in Southern California this week. On Wednesday night, James Stewart launched his Seven gear line, which brought out heroes like Johnny O'Mara, Ernesto Fonseca, and more to support James' new line. On Thursday, Anaheim's Garden Walk cinema hosted the premiere of Trey Canard's Revival 41 film. Canard was joined by fellow Honda Muscle Milk standout Justin Barcia and GEICO Honda riders Will Hahn, Justin Bogle, and Zach Bell. Action sports "it guy" Sal Masekela served as host for the event and was also a producer of the film.
It's a great piece of work which really shows the sort of soul-searching Trey has done to keep his career going after multiple set backs.
The 32-minute documentary is now available at www.REvival41.com.
How's Trey going to do this season? Everyone we have talked to, from Trey himself to his mentor Tim Ferry and practice and race mechanics, feel he's ready to roll. Is anyone not rooting for him?
THE BIG BUZZ – by Jason Weigandt
Hard to believe anything beside Anaheim 1 could generate a story this week, but the Ricky Carmichael Road to Supercross launch (which will require riders to race Arenacross before they can race supercross, starting in 2015) has done it. There was some confusion over how this works, but we cleared up as much as we can in an interview with RC yesterday. What do our guys think? We asked our staff ex-pros David Pingree and Jason Thomas, and also DC.
The Ricky Carmichael Road to Supercross was announced earlier this week.
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Ping: "At first glance this seems a little bit of a stretch to me. Directing riders to compete in a little-brother series that is very different from supercross seems like more of a 'voluntary' training camp that's actually mandatory in other sports, but there is a genuine concern for the preparedness of the riders. This path does get some gate drops in for these kids, and maybe they learn a thing or two about racing in a confined space before they roll into Angel Stadium.... And maybe they'll learn a thing or ten about getting knocked down by a gorilla-sized man-child. Yeah, I'm talking about you, current Arenacross champion Tyler Bowers. The big winners here are the fans of Arenacross and also Feld Motor Sports. Once the big amateur names have to start competing in races in 2014, it is going to make for an interesting, and successful, series."
JT$: "Personally, I think it is a shrewd move by Feld. Interest in Arenacross has been waning in recent years with declining attendance, manufacturer withdrawal, and sponsorship reduction all contributing. The powers-that-be have changed displacement, formats, tour stops, etc., in an attempt to revive a once-thriving SX spinoff. This may be the change that actually finds some traction. Sending the sport's best and brightest youngsters to compete in Arenacross may add some intrigue to a series that has a storied history but needs a jumpstart. All in all, I think it is a savvy attempt to renew excitement in Arenacross that may just work."
DC: "I'm no Ping or a Jason Thomas when it comes to my brief professional racing days, but I do know there is absolutely nothing in our sport as mind-blowing as riding into a stadium for the first time for a real supercross event. The pressure, the noise, the jumps, the spotlights, the rush of everything—it was a lot to handle at first, and that was in 1985! Fortunately, I had raced the amateur days at places like the Pontiac Silverdome, and I had done my fair share of arenacross races with folks like Drew Wolfe, Mike Kidd, and more.
"There really is no amateur SX now, and not every young rider has access to a real SX track before they turn pro. If this new Road To Supercross works to help get young riders dialed in on what it's like to race a few mini supercross events—'SX in a bottle'—then I am all for it. Think about it: In motocross, we have a big circuit of major amateur events like Loretta Lynn's, the Mini Os, Ponca City, Mill Creek, Oak Hill, World Mini, etc. None of those are indoors, and none of them take place at night. But they really help kids learn to ride smart, work hard, behave in the pits, speak well on the podium, and learn how the game is played. Ricky Carmichael has long known that indoors needs something like this, and I think Feld Motor Sports has too. I can't wait to see arenacross became a true step to the top, and not just an afterthought."
Seven, the new gear James Stewart will wear in 2013 launched this week.
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THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS – by Chase Stallo
It's the week leading up to the opening round of Monster Energy Supercross, so as you'd expect, Racer X Online has been loaded up with goodness. In case you missed some pretty cool stuff, here's a quick rundown of some of this week's highlights.
Cole Seely is back and ready to rumble. After his nasty get-off at Salt Lake City in 2012, Cole is set to contend for the 250SX West Region title in Monster Energy Supercross this year. And you know what? We think he has a chance at the title. He started last year with a win at Anaheim, and that red plate he ran at Phoenix matched the red of his TLD Honda pretty well. Sure, the class is stacked, but Seely just might have the juice to pull it off. Ping checked in with him for Alpinestars' Monday Conversation.
Three is a magic number. Or at least it could be, if Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto can mange to win Anaheim 1 for the third year in a row. Only one rider has ever won three straight openers, and it's no surprise that Jeremy McGrath is that man. Aaron Hansel broke down the history of the round-one hat trick in this week's version of Motorex's Bench Racing Ammo.The maverick sounds off. MotoConcepts team owner Mike Genova is never one to mince words. He's a straight shooter and has no problem sharing his opinion on matters. Racer X contributor Nick McCabe talked with Genova this week about the upcoming 2013 season, and as usual, Mike delivered a very candid interview.
The wild, wild West is a scary place. The depth of talent in the 450SX class this season is unprecedented. With ten former race winners lining the gate, there's a ton of talent ready to contend for supremacy in the 250SX West Region. GEICO Honda's Eli Tomac, Red Bull KTM's Ken Roczen and Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Blake Baggett headline the class, but there's plenty of talent to go around as Chase Stallo explains in this 250SX West Region Preview.
Help Your Fellow Riders - by DC
Florida shooter Rob Koy sent us this note: "A friend of mine named Steve has been asking for me to contact you guys on an issue that has taken place in Brooksville, Florida. He has a Dreamtrax-built private MX track on his property that I and many pro riders got to ride in the past. The neighbors started to complain about the noise to every local agency until one finally listened. As a result, he has been told not to use his track by this agency. He has started A non-profit organization to fight and protect property owners' rights to have an MX track in Florida and the rest of the country. Please check out his site at letusride.org. He has Travis Pastrana's support to get more people to sign the petition on the site. Instead of just giving up, my buddy Steve has a strong passion to fight this until he wins for himself and all private MX track owners."
Trey Canard is big in the dairy section!
A ton of cool videos have come across our desks this week. Here are some of our favorites. Make some popcorn and enjoy!Monster Energy Supercross Animated Track Map: Anaheim 1
GoPro: James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto
Behind the Scenes: Red Bull KTM Photo Shoot
Beyond the Finish Line: Episode 1
James Stewart's Seven Gear Intro Video
Dream Ride 2: Hawaii feat Malcolm Stewart, Josh Cachia and Chase Bell
Twitch, Josh Hansen and Bobby Lee at Reche Canyon
As the buzz for the start of Monster Energy Supercross ramps up, so does activity on our Facebook wall. Here's a photo Simon Cudby posted last night, as well as some of our favorite comments. If you're a Facebooker—and most of you are—head on over, give us a like, and join in on the convo.
Zoe Auxier: Dungey is such an inspiration. Really makes me want to try harder to make my dreams come true, not only as a rider, but in life in general.
Jason Spencer: Dungey on his 'A' game in Anaheim!
Jeff Simpson: New year, new mind set. Title hopes for 2013.
Chuck Lenhart: Shifter? Check.
Tommy Carey: It's hard to comment when there's no visible mistakes.
Timothy Beaty: Target practice.
Paul M. Mutuc: Can Dungey deal with the full bench?
Mitchell Moore: From nobody...to rookie...to champion...because of faith, hard work, and the belief in ones self.
Steven Fettinger: New rear air shock!
Michael Flinchum: Does this more consistently then anyone: staying on the bike.
That's it! Thanks for reading Racerhead. See you at the races.


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New Online Program to Help Adults Finish Bachelor's Degrees
Jun. 19, 2013
ST. LOUIS, JUNE 19, 2013 - Webster University launched an Online Undergraduate Degree Completion program for adults, it was announced today. The program is designed for those who have attended college but have not completed a bachelor's degree. Students accepted into the program can choose from four majors: business intelligence technologies, management, media communications, and religion and global society.
Applications are currently being accepted, and classes start in the fall.
"Numerous employment studies have shown that a bachelor's degree gives an employee an advantage over those who have not finished a baccalaureate program," said Julian Schuster, provost, senior vice president and chief operating officer at Webster University. "We understand that many adults may have intended to finish the degree, but had their plans interrupted by conditions of their employment, family concerns, or redeployment while serving in the military. The online program is designed to allow those people to pick up where they left off and finish their degrees."
The Online Undergraduate Degree Completion program is for people who have completed an associate of arts degree or have 64 or more credit hours of college work. Qualifying credits earned can be transferred to Webster to meet general education requirements.
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- Bachelor of Arts in Business Intelligence Technologies. Students in this program will gain skills in the applications and techniques for gathering, storing, analyzing and providing access to data.
- Bachelor of Arts in Management. Students will apply appropriate concepts, principles and analytic techniques and theories for complex management structures.
- Bachelor of Arts in Media Communications.Students in this discipline will take courses in the theory and history of media and supplement their degree with courses from other communications and media related disciplines.
- Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Global Society. Students will explore issues involving religion in global society, such as the conflict between traditional and liberal values, human rights, and the influence of science on religion and society.
Webster University has a long history of reaching out to non-traditional college students. The University has been serving the needs of service members and working adults around the world since the 1970s through an extensive network of campus locations in more than 60 cities on four continents. Webster University is a pioneer in developing online courses and offered its first online class in 1999.
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OIG Investigative Reports, St. Louis, MO September 13, 2011 - Chairman of the Board for the Paideia Academy and Employee of St. Louis City Treasurer's Office Indicted on Fraud Charges Skip to main contentAbout UsContact UsFAQs Language Assistance Englishespañol中文: 繁體版Việt-ngữ한국어TagalogРусский U.S. Department of Education Search for: Toggle navigation U.S. Department of Education Student Loans Grants Laws Data About ED OFFICES Home Reports & Resources Programs/Initiatives News Office Contacts Investigative Reports THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI September 13, 2011 Chairman of the Board for the Paideia Academy and Employee of St. Louis City Treasurer's Office Indicted on Fraud Charges ST. LOUIS-The United States Attorney's Office announced today that Fred W. Robinson was indicted on multiple fraud charges involving his alleged submission of false time sheets in the Treasurer's office and his alleged diversion of federal and state education funds from the Paideia Academy charter school. According to the indictment, Robinson was the chairman of the board of trustees for Paideia Academy, a Missouri Charter school. He maintained an office in the school's administration building and was involved in the day-to-day management and administration of the school. Paideia was tuition free,and funded by federal and Missouri education funds intended for legitimate school operations. The Missouri Department of Education failed to renew Paideia's charter during June 2010 as a result of Paideia's sponsor, Missouri University of Science and Technology, withdrawing its sponsorship. The indictment alleges that during 2009 and 2010, Robinson diverted approximately $257,000 of Paideia Academy funds for the purchase, construction, renovation, and rehabilitation of a building at 4028 West Florissant Avenue in St. Louis for the purpose of developing and operating a Little People's Academy day care center in which Robinson had a ownership and financial interest. Robinson failed to disclose his ownership and financial interest in the proposed day care center to the Paideia Academy Board of Trustees. Robinson's partner in the proposed day care center, identified in the indictment as Latasha P., was a friend and associate of Robinson who worked as a bartender at a lounge frequented by Robinson, and who had no background, experience, or training in early childhood education or the operations of a day care center. Additionally, the indictment alleges that Robinson, during each year from 2006 through 2010, as an employee of the Treasurer's Office for the City of St. Louis, submitted false weekly time sheets falsely certifying work hours and was paid approximately $35,360 each year in salary based upon those false time sheets. Robinson, 69, St. Louis, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one felony count of wire fraud and seven felony counts of federal program theft. He was arrested earlier today, and is scheduled to appear for his initial appearance at 2:00 p.m. before United States Magistrate Judge Nannette Baker. If convicted, wire fraud carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000; each count of federal program fraud carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000. In determining the actual sentences, a judge is required to consider the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, which provide recommended sentencing ranges. This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Education, Inspector General's Office. Assistant United States Attorney Hal Goldsmith is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney's Office. As is always the case, charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations and do not constitute proof of guilt. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty. Top Printable view Last Modified: 10/04/2011 How Do I Find... Student loans, forgiveness College accreditation No Child Left Behind FERPA FAFSA 1098-E Tax Form 2015 Budget Proposal More > Information About... Transforming Teaching Family and Community Engagement Early Learning K-12 Reforms More > Connect Facebook Twitter YouTube Email RSS Google+ More > MISUSED FOIA OIG Fraud Hotline Our mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. Student Loans Repaying Loans Defaulted Loans Loan Forgiveness Loan Servicers Grants & Programs Apply for Pell Grants Grants Forecast Open Grant Competitions Find Grant Programs by Eligibility Laws & Guidance No Child Left Behind FERPA Civil Rights Data & Research Education Statistics Postsecondary Education Data State Education Data Nation's Report Card What Works Clearinghouse About Us Contact Us ED Offices Jobs News FAQs Budget, Performance Notices FOIAPrivacySecurityInformation qualityInspector GeneralWhitehouse.govUSA.govBenefits.govRegulations.gov
Chairman of the Board for the Paideia Academy and Employee of St. Louis City Treasurer's Office Indicted on Fraud Charges. St. Louis, MO., September 13, 2011
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Shepard Fairey's Monday Is Worse Than Yours
Let's count Obama poster-boy Shepard Fairey's current skirmishes: he's preemptively sued the AP over its copyright claims; he pleaded not guilty to Boston graffiti charges; and hipster literary journal N+1 thinks he's a sell-out.
The AP has been threatening to sue Fairey ever since it learned that Fairey based his illustration on a 2006 photo by AP photographer Manny Garcia; with his suit, Fairey has beaten the AP to the courthouse in an effort to have his name cleared of copyright infringement. Fairey's lawyers argued that it was a transformative use of Garcia's photograph, and therefore not an infringement on the AP's copyright. The nation's official tastemakers seem to agree: On January 19, a day before Obama's inaugural, the National Portrait Gallery exhibited the image.
This same day, Fairey is also defending himself against charges of vandalism filed by Boston police, who arrested Fairey last week before he was set to guest-DJ at a party celebrating his new exhibit at the Institute for Contemporary Art. He is pleading not guilty.
Wait a second: If Fairey is not guilty of vandalism, is he also guilty of not being a legitimate street artist? Before the Obama poster, he was already famous for his guerrillia-art "Obey Giant" campaign, which featured images of wrestler Andre the Giant and the word "Obey."
N+1, everyone's favorite unemployable-lit-major complaint magazine, has accused Fairey of being, gasp, a sellout for commercializing "Obey Giant" and "Hope," and creating a new Obama image for the cover of Time:
Mind, in terms of profit, Fairey is doing just fine. Once his work became recognizable enough to be sought after as an accessory, he took to the definitive quick-money device of the aughts: the t-shirt. Other accessories followed, and "Obey!" the clothing line was born. Simply put, what Shepard Fairey is now doing is no longer art. It's not even art about advertising. It is advertising. And it's boring.
Actually, the insistence that artists be poor and marginalized is what seems boring. Fairey's company, Obey Giant Art, is part of his lawsuit against the AP. Without the sales from those T-shirts, would he be able to defend his fair-use rights against the mighty newswire, backed by its owners, which include most of the newspapers in America? With his curiously well-timed court appearances, Fairey seems to be taking his creative work to a new tableau, which included the art world, the media, and the legal system. In this, he truly gives us hope.
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She may not be gracing the pages of Playboy completely nude, but Padma Lakshmi still makes quite the impression in the December issue in a lacy negligee.
The Top Chef host explains how she has managed to stay while working on a show where eating decadent food is a job requirement. "My digestive tract is ironclad and can really take a beating," she says in the issue. "Having been a model for 15 years, I also know a thing or two about how to dress if I've put on a few pounds. And I usually gain between 10 and 15 pounds over six weeks each season. Then I spend 12 weeks working it off."
But the article isn't all about food. Lakshmi also talks about what makes for good sex. "Sex is good when the attraction is good," she says. "It's not a technical skill. If my mind is engaged, my body will follow."
To find out why Lakshmi says she's like "a truck driver" and what dish every man should know how to cook, pick up the December issue of Playboy.


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It is usually known as the Range Rover P38 or P38A outside of Land Rover, after the factory building in which the production line was based. During the development stage the vehicle was known by its project designation of 'Pegasus' and during production Land Rover referred to it as either the 'New Range Rover' or by its model designation of 'LP'.
In 1999 the Range Rover V8 received a new Bosch engine management system from the BMW 7 Series. This replaced the Lucas GEMS system. This engine is also known as the Bosch or Thor engine. It can easily be identified by its intake manifold. See Picture.
The diesel edition received an EGR system, which came with a plastic inlet manifold. A modulator sends back part of the exhaust gas into the manifold, thus mixing hot exhaust gas via a vacuum pump into the cold air from the intercooler.
The second generation incorporated new engine management and improved electronic air suspension (called EAS) that allowed automatic, speed determined height adjustment. The five suspension heights offered by EAS are (from lowest to highest in terms of height) "Access", "Highway", "Standard", "Off-Road", and "Off-Road Extended". Height was also adjustable manually between the first four settings. The "Off-Road Extended" setting was only accessible automatically by the EAS ECU.
The 4.0L V8 petrol and the 2.5L I6 diesel engine were mated to either the R380 manual gearbox or the ZF 4HP22 transmission, as used in the late classic Range Rover, 300 TDi, TD5 or V8 Discoverys. The 4.6L V8 petrol engine was only mated to the ZF 4HP24 transmission.
The R380 gearbox is basically the same as in the previous Range Rover, or Discovery 300tdi. The primary shaft for the diesel is different with a small input diameter for the spigot bearing inside the BMW flywheel and the output shaft has been changed to allow for the different Borg Warner Box.
The Borg Warner transfer box no longer had direct control of High/Low range gears meaning that the vehicle has to nearly stop before shifting from high to low range and the lever from the classic model has been replaced by an electric control on the dashboard for the manual and an H-pattern gate on the automatic gear lever. The transfer case's chain and sprockets have been reinforced. The rear differential on the 4.6L V8 petrol model were a 4-pin version and four-wheel traction control was included with the vehicle, whereas initially the 4.0L V8 and the 2.5L I6 only had 2-pin versions and two-wheel traction control on the rear wheels only. Later versions had the four-wheel traction control and the later 4.6L V8 petrol model had a 4-pin front differential.
The chassis was also made stronger and new welding techniques were used. This was the last Range Rover available with a manual gearbox and a classic transfer box. Other features included anti-lock braking system and in some automatic gearbox models two-wheel traction control — although later models saw this feature applied to all four wheels.
Range Rover (LP)
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Manufacturer Land Rover
Production 1994–2001
Assembly Solihull, United Kingdom
Body and chassis
Class Luxury large off-road 4x4
Body style 5-door SUV
Layout Front engine / four-wheel drive
Engine Petrol
4.0 L Rover V8
4.6 L Rover V8
Transmission 4-speed automatic
5-speed manual
Wheelbase 2,746 mm (108.1 in)
Length 4,712 mm (185.5 in)
Width 1,890 mm (74.4 in)
Height 1,819 mm (71.6 in)


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This is the second post in Wendy Torrance's series on higher education. See the first post here.
Entrepreneurship is flourishing on campuses around the country. In classrooms and through co-curricular programs and competitions, students on diverse campuses, at universities large and small, representing disciplines across the spectrum, have the opportunity to understand the role of entrepreneurship in the economy, explore innovation, test their own ideas, and learn what they need to know to be entrepreneurs.
If you are an educator or administrator thinking about enhancing or launching entrepreneurship programs on your campus, you may find some useful advice and insights from a set of papers recently released by the Kauffman Foundation. Some of the challenges faced by your colleagues on other campuses may resonate with you, and you may find that some of the solutions they've adopted may suit the circumstances on your campus.
What are some of the challenges campuses face? Among them are creating opportunities for students on a wide spectrum – from those merely interested or curious (seeking exposure to the idea of entrepreneurship) to those serious about starting a company. On many campuses, a broad spectrum of courses are offered to address this challenge, creating a funnel that narrows to capture those students most interested in putting their knowledge into practice.
On many campuses it is a challenge to overcome stereotypes of entrepreneurship. Solutions to this have come from engaging faculty across the disciplines, encouraging different schools and departments to define entrepreneurship for themselves (often including language such as creativity, innovation, and problem solving). Another challenge involves finding meaningful ways to measure the impact of entrepreneurship programs. Engaging in thoughtful discussions about learning goals outcomes in the planning and design process can help to better assess the results of any educational program. Campuses across the country have adopted different strategies for understanding the impact of their programs.
On some of the most entrepreneurial campuses, university leaders and students have identified ways to "talk about entrepreneurship everywhere all the time" and have created a thriving culture that supports entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial ambitions. Campuses have increased several-fold the numbers of students engaged in entrepreneurship, and have created, as a faculty member at one university put it, programs in "entrepreneurship that have shown students across the University campus there is more to a productive career than simply finding a job". Because of entrepreneurship courses taught in engineering and other subjects, students know that they can create opportunities for themselves through their entrepreneurial efforts.
What are some other ways campuses are trying to infuse entrepreneurship into the mainstream curriculum?


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The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab has garnered four R&D 100 Awards for 2008, selected annually by R&D Magazine. This year's awards, referred to as the "Oscars of Invention," are for:
- Berkeley Lab Phylochip, a device that packs a lot of analytical power yet isn't much larger than a U.S. 25-cent coin. It allows scientists to detect what was undetectable before now, at a speed inconceivable before now. It was developed by Gary Andersen, Todd DeSantis, Eoin Brodie, and Yvette Piceno of Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division. The PhyloChip's contributions to public health, medical diagnostics, and environmental cleanup projects have already paid dividends. The information that it has already provided about the airborne bacterial content above U.S. cities is a first step in distinguishing between a climate-related bacterial change and a real bioterrorist threat. It promises even more advances in the development of biofuels and carbon sequestration. In short, scientists are continually finding new ways to use the PhyloChip, and make significant new discoveries along the way.
- Biomimetic Search Engine, the only search engine that couples the way people learn with the speed and data storage capabilities of computers. Users can search huge databases and determine how objects are related, in what contexts they are related, and the strengths of those relationships. It was developed by Kasian Franks and Connie Myers, formerly of Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division, and Raf Podowski. Both Franks and Podowski are now with SeeqPod, a music search engine that uses the Biomimetic Search Engine. The Biomimetic Search Engine goes far beyond simply sifting through data for keywords. Instead, the system allows users to make previously unknown connections between seemingly unrelated terms. In this way, it helps to synthesize new information and further a person's understanding of a given topic, which is the hallmark of discovery, innovation, and invention.
- FastBit Bitmap Index which expands the types of data on which bitmap indexes can be used most efficiently, while at the same time it speeds up search operations on all types of data. It was developed by Kesheng Wu, Arie Shoshani, Ekow Otoo, and Kurt Stockinger of Berkeley Lab's Computational Research Division. FastBit has improved the speed of drug-discovery software at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and improved the matching between web page content and advertisements at Yahoo! Research. A FastBit-enabled grid-based analysis of high-energy physics data received an award from the 2005 International Supercomputer Conference in Heidelberg, Germany, and the work on network traffic analysis received an honorable mention in the High Performance Analytics Challenge at the Supercomputing 2005 conference. In short, FastBit contains significant innovations that are well-recognized and have a broad impact in science, technology, and education.
- Nanostructured Polymer Electrolyte for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries which introduces a new architecture with a potential to enable electric battery-driven transportation technology. It was developed by Nitash Balsara, a scientist in Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division who also conducts research with the Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division. The technology has been licensed to Seeo. The nanostructured polymer electrolyte exhibits high ionic conductivity, but can be engineered to be mechanically rigid, therefore resisting the growth of dendrites when contacted with a lithium metal electrode. Dendrite growth has prevented the commercialization of rechargeable batteries with a lithium metal anode. Batteries made with the nanostructured polymer electrolyte are also inherently safe because they lack liquids and flammable components, which prevent thermal runaway. In addition, products of side reactions cannot circulate and amplify within the cell. Solid-state lithium-ion batteries made possible by Berkeley Lab's nanostructued polymer electrolyte are expected to meet the energy density goal established by the Department of Energy for electric vehicles -- the highest hurdle for battery technology.
Cheryl Fragiadakis, who heads Berkeley Lab's Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Management Department, says, "Winning four awards is a tremendous achievement that speaks very highly of the strength of our science and its relevance to solving complex global problems. I am particularly pleased to note that this year's winners are already being used or further developed by partners in the private sector."


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From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization, two subjects about which Hughes has spent his life writing and thinking.
Starting on a personal note, Hughes takes us to the Rome he first encountered as a hungry twenty-one-year-old fresh from Australia in 1959. From that exhilarating portrait, he takes us back more than two thousand years to the city's foundation, one mired in mythologies and superstitions that would inform Rome's development for centuries.
From the beginning, Rome was a hotbed of power, overweening ambition, desire, political genius, and corruption. Hughes details the turbulent years that saw the formation of empire and the establishment of the sociopolitical system, along the way providing colorful portraits of all the major figures, both political (Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Nero, Caligula) and cultural (Cicero, Martial, Virgil), to name just a few. For almost a thousand years, Rome would remain the most politically important, richest, and largest city in the Western world.
From the formation of empire, Hughes moves on to the rise of early Christianity, his own antipathy toward religion providing rich and lively context for the brutality of the early Church, and eventually the Crusades. The brutality had the desired effect—the Church consolidated and outlasted the power of empire, and Rome would be the capital of the Papal States until its annexation into the newly united kingdom of Italy in 1870.
As one would expect, Hughes lavishes plenty of critical attention on the Renaissance, providing a full survey of the architecture, painting, and sculpture that blossomed in Rome over the course of the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries, and shedding new light on old masters in the process. Having established itself as the artistic and spiritual center of the world, Rome in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries saw artists (and, eventually, wealthy tourists) from all over Europe converging on the bustling city, even while it was caught up in the nationalistic turmoils of the Italian independence struggle and war against France.
Hughes keeps the momentum going right into the twentieth century, when Rome witnessed the rise and fall of Italian Fascism and Mussolini, and took on yet another identity in the postwar years as the fashionable city of "La Dolce Vita." This is the Rome Hughes himself first encountered, and it's one he contends, perhaps controversially, has been lost in the half century since, as the cult of mass tourism has slowly ruined the dazzling city he loved so much. Equal parts idolizing, blasphemous, outraged, and awestruck, Rome is a portrait of the Eternal City as only Robert Hughes could paint it.
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"In his engrossing, passionately written new book, Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History, Robert Hughes, the former art critic for Time magazine and the author of critically acclaimed works like The Fatal Shore, gives us a guided tour through the city in its many incarnations, excavating the geologic layers of its cultural past and creating an indelible portrait of a city in love with spectacle and power . . . The reader need not agree with Mr. Hughes's acerbic assessments or even be interested in Rome as a destination on the map to relish this volume, so captivating is his narrative. Although his book is a biography of Rome, it is also an acutely written historical essay informed by his wide-ranging knowledge of art, architecture and classical literature, and a thought-provoking meditation on how gifted artists (like Bernini and Michelangelo) and powerful politicians and church leaders (like Augustus, Mussolini and Pope Sixtus V) can reshape the map and mood of a city. . . . razor-sharp portraits . . . intriguing asides . . . vigorous, pictorial prose." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"A fascinating personal history of the Italian capital, "Rome" begins with an exegesis on the founding myth of Romulus and Remus and ends with a rant about how the city has lost its "Dolce Vita"-era glory." —Stephen Heyman, New York Times Magazine blog
". . . freewheeling, massive, magisterial . . . It's very much, as billed in the subtitle, a "personal" history—one animated by historical persons and personalities as seen through the personality of the author. . . . our guide conjures up a well-known work of genius and makes it new, moving effortlessly from biography to art to engineering as he illuminates its every detail." —Will Heinrich, New York Observer
"Ever since Livy dipped his quill and Gibbon marked his proofs, histories of Rome have been a dime a dozen. But there is only one Robert Hughes—only one writer, it's safe to say, who would describe the ancient city as 'Calcutta on the Mediterranean' and then convince you of the rightness of that vision. . . . This is vintage Hughes, and reading his strenuous, argumentative, vitally impassioned prose you are reminded just how insipid, prim, and nervously conventional most history and art history writing is. Hughes could be writing about Lady Gaga's choice of nail polish or manuals of plumbing and it would still be tonic. In fact, being the kind of writer whose head—even when communing with Michelangelo—is never lost in the stars, he does write about Roman plumbing, and reminds us that the word itself has everything to do with the lead from which its engineering masterpieces were fashioned. So although the ostensible subject of his book is the Eternal City, the real tour d'horizon it offers is a walking tour of the hard-structured, brightly lit, and capacious expanse that is the Hughes brain. It's an organ that is Olympian—in that it can survey, in a unified vision, the rolling sweep of the centuries—but without any other sort of lofty detachment. . . . [N]o one will put this book down feeling deprived of historical company, for it is essentially history as portrait gallery—almost all of it painted with unforgettable sharpness. . . . Without laboring the point, Hughes catches in this exhilarating, rambunctious book something that has eluded more solemnly exhaustive accounts." —Simon Schama, Newsweek
"Robert Hughes wastes no time luring readers into his love affair with Rome. . . . Like the Rome of his description, Hughes is driven by appetites and passions. His big books are feasts of information, opinion and fascinating detail—too much to digest but nourishing even in small bites. Rome is one of those. It's a sweeping, personal history that races from the city's beginnings to its current state as a woefully crowded tourist attraction. Fortunately, the author pauses for Hughes-style reflection. No ordinary tour guide, he makes the story compelling by focusing on art. With typical bravado, wit and rage, he puts art and architecture in sharp social, political, religious and historical context." —Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times
"With elegance and beauty, Hughes majestically conducts us through the rich history of Rome . . . In a delightful guide, Hughes—whose The Shock of the New was recently named by Britain's Guardian one of the 100 greatest nonfiction books of the 20th century—provides a sometimes cantankerous but always captivating tour through the remarkable depth and breadth of the ancient city." —Publisher's Weekly (starred)
Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. Since 1970 he has lived and worked in the United States, where until 2001 he was chief art critic for Time, to which he still contributes. His books include The Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore, Nothing If Not Critical, Barcelona, Goya, and Things I Didn't Know. He is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work.
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Material handling equipment industry has evolved in the past few years with advanced technological interventions such as voice picking, RFID, Big data analytics, IoT, etc. With the developments in logistics operations globally, the adoption of material handling systems across several end users has turned huge. A strong investment in the installation of these machineries in warehouses to enhance the productivity, is anticipated to directly influence material handling equipment market growth path. Some of the end use industries such as general merchandise, food retail, and durable manufacturing are also automating their production base by incorporating material handling equipment in the process.
As per Global Market Insights Inc., "Material handling equipment market having held a revenue of USD 110 billion in 2015, is slated to exceed USD 190 billion in the next seven years, with a projected CAGR of 5% over the period of 2016-2024."
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Automated Storage & Retrieval System (AS/RS)), industrial trucks, storage & handling equipment, and robotics are the major products prevalent in the market. Material handling equipment industry from robots is witnessing a significant demand. The high-end manufacturing plants are incorporating robots to offer high level productivity on grounds of minimum manual error. These robots can efficiently transport objects from one location to other without human involvement. Industrial trucks usage has also increased in the recent times. The recurring transfer of goods from one place to other through a conveyor system is not at all a convincing option, which in turn is propelling material handling equipment market demand from industrial trucks sector. In a continuously developing dynamic manufacturing environment, automated storage & retrieval System (AS/RS) will also witness large scale adoption. (AS/RS) requires less human involvement, reduced floor space, and inventory levels, which puts them on a higher edge than manual storage approaches.
E-commerce is expected to dominate the application landscape for material handling equipment industry in the years ahead. The advent of e-commerce has provided the customers with an infinite variety of choices, leading to a surging demand for faster deliveries worldwide. Numerous vendors of e-commerce industry are installing ware house management system for monitoring inventory levels, which is expected to have a direct impact on material handling equipment market growth chart.
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Material handling equipment market is highly competitive with more number of industry participants investing in research activities to upgrade the product portfolio. Though high maintenance cost is acting as a major challenge for the market players, yet global consumer cravings for integrating advanced technologies in logistics operations is expected to catalyze the market demand. Some of the key players in material handling equipment industry include Kion Group AG, Daifuku Co. Ltd, Bastian Solutions LLC, Dematic GmbH, etc.
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A request to Connecticut regulators by the state's largest electric utility to charge ratepayers $414 million as reimbursement for storm cleanup and restoration ran into opposition on Monday.
A request to Connecticut regulators by the state's largest electric utility to charge ratepayers $414 million as reimbursement for storm cleanup and restoration ran into opposition on Monday.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney urged state regulators to reject more than half of the company's request - $286 million - for the costs of damage from a snowstorm in October 2011 and Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011.
The snowstorm left hundreds of thousands of customers without power for as long as 11 days.
"It is simply inconceivable that any costs associated with this storm should be recovered from the same ratepayers who struggled without power and without any information on how much longer the utility would need to restore their electricity," the two Democratic lawmakers said.
CL&P said its storm response could have been better in 2011, but added that storm preparation and cleanup are costly.
"Connecticut saw epic devastation in the 2011 and 2012 storms that caused major damage to CL&P's electric system," the utility said in response to the criticism from Blumenthal and Courtney. "While we recognize there's always room for improvement in responding to storm emergencies, and that our response could have been better in 2011, preparing for and responding to such devastating storms is very expensive and something for which we, our customers and our regulators rightly expect we'll continue to do in the future."
The utility is permitted to seek financial recovery of storm-related costs. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority will schedule hearings and examine the utility's costs, which include bringing in outside line and tree workers, replacing damaged equipment and staffing. Regulators will determine how much may be reimbursed.
CL&P said the October 2011 snowstorm resulted in costs of $175 million. Superstorm Sandy last October cost $156 million, Irene cost $111 million, and two storms in June 2011 and last September cost about $20 million combined.
The $462 million total cost would be reduced by $8.3 million set aside in a storm reserve fund and $40 million that Northeast Utilities, CL&P's parent company, agreed to exclude as part of its deal with the state for its $5 billion purchase of Boston's NStar last year.
The utility said that if the rate increase is approved, a typical residential CL&P customer would pay about $3 a month more. The earliest that rates could increase is Dec. 1, 2014, which also is part of CL&P's settlement with Connecticut as part of the NU-NStar deal.
Elin Swanson Katz, the state's consumer counsel, said Monday that state officials will do their own calculations to determine what the additional cost might be. She and Attorney General George Jepsen say they will review CL&P's filing when it is submitted to regulators.
Blumenthal and Courtney also demanded that Northeast Utilities discloses the compensation of executives before CL&P wins approval from regulators for a rate increase.
In agreeing to the NU-NStar deal, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley insisted that customers be shielded from merger costs such as special payments to keep executives from leaving or additional pay to executives as they depart. She demanded fuller compensation disclosures that Blumenthal and Courtney say should also be provided to Connecticut regulators.
NU Chief Executive Thomas J. May wrote Coakley last month saying he was not awarded special bonus payments in cash, deferred income or stock in relation to the NU-NStar deal. He provided her with some compensation details, and CL&P said it will provide details to Connecticut regulators if asked.


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The Kvarner Islands: Adriatic idyll
I'm walking along a stretch of the Adriatic Sea that reminds me of another time, another hemisphere. It's not the forest of pine trees that offers shade along the seawall on a poster-perfect 70-degree day. It's not the little docked boats bobbing up and down or the donkey braying in the distance, competing with birds for the lone sound in the air.
No, it's the water.
At this spot on the Adriatic, where the sea starts to run out of room and the curvature of Eastern and Central Europe begins, it's turquoise, more brilliant than the cloudless sky above.
As a very fit woman jogs by and a middle-aged woman in a shawl picks up a tiny piece of rubbish, I remember the last time I saw the sea this turquoise: French Polynesia.
I'm an unabashed lover of Eastern Europe. I'm captivated by its journey from the shadows of the Iron Curtain to the comforts of Westernization. But I never thought I'd compare any square kilometer of Eastern Europe to Tahiti.
I'm in Croatia, hopping around a collection of islands that few Americans visit and whose name even fewer can pronounce. The Kvarner Islands (pronounced var-NAIR) hang off northwestern Croatia like leaves falling peacefully from a tree.
They were once part of the Roman Empire. They served as a camping stop for Caesar. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini once controlled some of these islands.
For five days in May, I saw these isles as they mostly always have been. I sat at quiet, small medieval harbors and prowled narrow, maze-like alleyways right out of ancient Rome. I ate grilled meats and fresh fish from centuries-old recipes.
I journeyed from the capital of Zagreb through four islands and back for all of $160. I rented rooms in people's homes for as low as $35 a night. I ate delicious local dishes of homemade pasta and goulash for $11.
Welcome to island life — Croatian style.
By the sea
The meandering seawall I'm following on the island of Losinj (low-SHEEN) leads me two miles from the town of Mali Losinj, the biggest town in the Kvarners, to the village of Veli Losinj, so cute and tiny that it could have served as a landscape for Renaissance painters.
The small harbor at Veli Losinj is lined with small buildings of red and green and orange and yellow. From my seat at the dockside Gostionica Marina restaurant, I can see fish darting around, chasing my flung pieces of homemade bread. My waiter says they're a member of the bass family.
Mirko Coianovic is tall and distinguished with white hair and a Fu Manchu. He moved to Losinj in 1969 after growing up in Serbia.
"This is a nice place to live," says Coianovic, after serving me a plate of passable pasta Bolognese. "It's clean water. Lots of woods. It's green."
Inside the restaurant, I see a picture of Losinj in the 19th century. The island is as barren as an African savanna. Seeing me stare, Coianovic volunteers, "[Austrian Emperor] Franz Josef built a home here and there were no woods. He had 50,000 trees planted."
Since then, Croatia has had many face-lifts, from Mussolini's fascism to Josip Tito's communism to a bloody fight for independence in the early '90s. The Homeland War, in which native Serbs claimed part of Croatia as their own, left many rural areas of the country devastated.
However, this tiny corner of Croatia seems like a different world in more ways than one.
"If we didn't have TV or radio," Coianovic tells me, "we wouldn't know a war was going on."
Keep in mind that the Croatian islands are not a secret. Southern isles off Dubrovnik such as Hvar and Lokrum have catered to tourists since Tito left a door slightly ajar to the West.
Touring the Kvarner Islands is as easy as reading a bus schedule. A 200-kuna (about $37) ticket puts me on a modern, air-conditioned bus for a four-hour journey from Zagreb to the Adriatic. I accept the bus driver's effusive apology for charging $1.30 a bag when I see the spectacular scenery. After driving past concrete communist-era apartment blocks on the edge of town, I quickly find myself in deep forests sprinkled with red-tiled cottages. We pass a cow-crossing sign and sheep grazing in fields.
I spot one beautiful white house overlooking the sea. It reminds me of when Croatia was, along with neighboring Slovenia, the richest of the old Yugoslavian republics. I see no poverty. None. Even Rijeka, Croatia's biggest port, has a rakish charm to it.
To reach Krk Island, I never leave the bus. A 500-foot-long bridge connects it to the mainland, which makes island hopping here similar to hopscotch. The nearby islands of Cres and Losinj are separated by a wooden bridge exactly 10 feet long.
Only once, from Cres to Rab Island, did I need to buy a ferry ticket.
Accommodations were my biggest surprise. My first island hotel is the Hotel Drazica, a four star on Krk that I found on the Internet for less than $90 a night for a double room with a balcony overlooking the Adriatic.
I needn't have bothered booking ahead. If you want to feel as if you're the first tourists to discover a wonderful European secret, come to the Kvarner Islands in May. I saw no other tourists. I occasionally heard German and once, British English. I met a couple from Canada and saw a visiting school group from Italy. That's about it.
These islands do have a tourist season, however. One restaurant owner on Krk, which features a 114-mile coastline, tells me: "In July, this looks like Little Italy." But in May, it looks like Croatia, as it always has.
Thus, accommodations are a snap. Many Kvarner islanders rent spare rooms to tourists. As I am walking along Cres' charming harbor, an old man in a weathered sport coat sees me and my roller bag. He rests his head on his two hands pressed together and raises his eyebrows curiously, as if to ask, "Need a room?"
He takes me up a staircase to a simple room with a double bed and a dresser. He wants $28. I go to the empty tourist office on the water and the nice woman finds a better room.
For less than $35, I have a fully equipped kitchen, TV, a large bedroom with a view of the harbor and an upstairs spare bedroom with bath. Feeling the salt air as it comes in through the open window makes for a fitful sleep.
Communication isn't a problem. Upon Croatian independence in 1991, English classes in school became mandatory at age 7, and American television shows are shown with subtitles. Pretty much anyone under the age of 40 is conversant in English. That becomes quite handy when I'm escaping a rare rainy day by hanging out in what must be the smallest bar in Europe.
Trinity Pub on Krk Island is the size of a large walk-in closet. On the waterfront next to a wall dating to the 1st century BC, it has four tables just big enough to rest my excellent Ozujsko beer. Dino Durakovic, the hulking, bald-domed 30ish owner, is a native of Krk (Say "Kirk" without the "I").
He gripes about corruption in Croatian politics and rude Italian tourists, but he won't leave Krk anytime soon.
"The peace, the relaxation," he says. "The sea, nature, Old Town. It's quiet."
Very quiet. I spend my first day doing the Kvarner Island thing. I explore the twisting, narrow alleys that lead to tiny groceries displaying local fruits, an old man's jewelry shop and a pretty woman standing on the cobblestones selling homemade Croatian brandy. In Krk's 16th century main square, I see fat, lazy cats sleeping in the sun under a towering clock tower built during Venetian rule 200 years earlier.
I ask Durakovic why these beautiful islands are so empty in May. He suggests I take a swim. Then he smiles. I never get close. On my walk, I see a young German couple trying to muster up the courage to jump into the glass-calm sea.
I dip my hand in the water, and it quickly becomes numb. Picture Lake Tahoe in March. A Boston couple, she of Croatian descent who frequently visits here, tell me that by August the water reaches the warmth of Santa Monica Bay.
Instead, I stroll secluded beaches covered in small, fine stones and finish my journey at another quiet harbor. On Rab Island, used by the Venetians to give plague refugees new lives in the 15th century, I'm being stared at by two whole grilled mackerel, sprinkled with locally made olive oil in the shadow of a 2,000-year-old Roman wall.
Croatia came in from the cold a long time ago. Yet you don't need warm water to be in an island idyll.
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The fastest model in the ColorStream 3000 inkjet series makes its U.S. debut.CHICAGO, Oct. 7, 2012 — (PRNewswire) — �Oce, a Canon Group company and an international leader in digital document management, today announced that the new Oce ColorStream® 3900 digital full-color inkjet printing system will be showcased at Graph Expo. Show attendees can see it in action in Canon booth 400 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, October 7 - 10.
One of the newest members of the Oce ColorStream 3000 series, the Oce ColorStream 3900 system is also the fastest model in the series offering a process speed of 417 feet per minute. That translates to 909 letter-size images per minute for a single unit or 1,818 letter-size impressions per minute in a twin configuration. Monthly volumes of up to 59 million letter-size images can be achieved.
During Graph Expo, attendees will see the speed of the printing system in action. Applications being printed at the show range from a full-color, full-bleed comic book, a Toulouse-Lautrec poster art book, a Yellowstone National Park guide book and National Parks wall calendar, as well as children's books and direct mail. Samples of all the applications will be available in Canon booth 400.
Higher Productivity, Unsurpassed Service
"The Oce ColorStream 3900 model takes the speed of the Oce ColorStream series to a whole new level for high-volume print providers," said Kris Albee, Director, Product Marketing, Production Printing Systems division of Oce North America, a Canon Group company. "Our customers not only get the speed and high quality they need, but also the industry leadership and unsurpassed service Oce delivers."
The Oce ColorStream 3900 model features two production modes. For print jobs with short production windows and tight cost constraints, the performance mode of the Oce ColorStream 3900 model operates at 417 feet per minute at 600 x 480 dpi resolution with multilevel dot modulation, producing excellent quality at top speed. For even higher quality requirements, the premium mode enables printing at 1200 dpi perceived image quality with 328 feet per minute or 1,428 letter- size images per minute.
"Transactional applications, direct mail documents or short-run books are often characterized by tight production windows and very high peak loads. This is where the Oce ColorStream 3900 model reveals its strengths and economic advantages," said Michael Poulin, Product Marketing Manager, Oce North America, a Canon Group company.
Print providers also benefit from the reliability, print quality and media range of the Oce ColorStream 3000 series. The high-speed Oce ColorStream 3900 model uses piezo-electric drop-on-demand inkjet printheads that allow very high speeds with a consistent perceived print quality of up to 1200 dpi using multilevel droplet modulation.
About the Oce ColorStream 3000 Series Inkjet Printing Systems
The Oce ColorStream 3500 inkjet printing system was unveiled at Canon Expo in Tokyo in November 2010. The series was then expanded in May 2012 at drupa in Dusseldorf, Germany with the announcement of three additional models. The high-speed, high-quality, full-color inkjet printers simplify the transition from monochrome to full-color or even five or six colors. They offer productivity and flexibility for high-speed color and monochrome production of transaction, transpromo, direct mail, book and manual applications. Industry-leading reliability, print quality and media range are testaments to Oce DigiDot® multilevel dot modulation technology.
The Oce ColorStream 3000 series include the entry level Oce ColorStream 3200 system printing at 157 feet per minute with a maximum print width of 17", the Oce ColorStream 3500 system which prints at 246 feet per minute with a maximum print width of 21.25", the Oce ColorStream 3700 system at 328 feet per minute with a maximum print width of 21.25", and finally the high speed Oce ColorStream 3900 system which prints at 417 feet per minute with a maximum print width of 21.25". That translates to a range of 344 letter images per minute for a single unit to 1818 letter images per minute for a twin configuration – all at high-resolution, vivid full-color, and maximum monthly print volumes ranging from 10 million to 56 million letter images.
Enhanced usability and productivity is made possible by a combination of unique features:
- HeadSafe technology helps prevent nozzle clogging and minimizes lengthy purging processes. The ability to transition between monochrome-only and full-color printing promotes higher uptime and productivity levels.
- Using passive RFID technology, the Oce InkSafe® feature monitors both the proper placement of the ink containers in the press and the ink's shelf-life.
- The ability to print at varying speeds during ramp-up acceleration and ramp-down deceleration and to fully stop and restart without blank pages, increases operational efficiency, decreases turn-around time, and greatly reduces paper waste.
The Oce ColorStream 3000 series inkjet printing systems provide a modular offering in various single and twin configurations from monochrome to full-color up to six color including MICR and spot colors. The production and media flexibility contribute to forward looking solutions that simplify the transition of applications and business models to more sophisticated documents with variable personalization and smarter communication in color.
About Oce
Oce is one of the leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The Oce offering includes office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Oce is also a foremost supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the Fortune Global 500 companies and leading commercial printers are Oce customers. The company was founded in 1877. With headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands, Oce is active in over 100 countries and employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. Oce North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, IL and Boca Raton, FL. For more information, visit www.oce.com.
Oce and Canon: Stronger together
In 2010 Oce joined the Canon Group of companies with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, to create the global leader in the printing industry. Canon develops, manufactures and markets a growing line-up of copying machines, printers, cameras, optical and other products that meet a diverse range of customer needs. The Canon Group comprises over 198,000 employees worldwide. Global net sales in 2011 totalled USD 45.6 billion. Visit the Canon Inc. website at www.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. With approximately $45.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents registered in 2011* and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2012. In 2012, for the ninth consecutive year, Canon U.S.A. has received the PCMag.com Readers' Choice Award for Service and Reliability. Committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, Canon U.S.A. provides 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss.
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