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Toasting Tsingtao in Qingdao: China's beach-lined beer city
Probably the most-frequently mispronounced Chinese city in English, Qingdao was China's default beach resort before Hainan started making waves two decades ago.
But Qingdao -- which was briefly a German colony at the turn of the 20th century -- has one thing Hainan can't offer: beer, good beer, barrel upon barrel of it.
With the opening of Qingdao International Beer Festival (August 11-26), this is the season to enjoy both Qingdao and Tsingtao.
We sought out the best of "China's Munich."
1. Drinking frenzy at Qingdao International Beer Festival
The 16-day festival is the closest thing to Oktoberfest in China. During last year's beer bacchanal, some 3.8 million visitors downed nearly 1.1 million liters of the amber nectar.
Brews from Japan, Czech Republic, the United States, Germany and China are poured into pitchers, mugs, steins and even plastic bags.
Beer tents compete to lure patrons with blaring music and gyrating performers. Semi-sober drinkers can sing karaoke on the public stage for a modest fee.
This year's Qingdao International Beer Festival takes place in the Laoshan District in eastern Qingdao.
The square can get crowded at night and hot during the day, so pacing alcohol intake and timing your visit are keys to enjoying this annual highlight.
The 22nd Qingdao International Beer Festival (青岛啤酒节), Qingdao Beer Passion Square, Shiji Square, Laoshan District, Qingdao, Shandong 山东省青岛市崂山区世纪广场青岛啤酒激情广场, 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m., August 11-26.
Ticketing hotline: +86 133 0532 1665, www.qdbeer.cn. Admission: RMB 10 (9 a.m.-3 p.m.), RMB 20 (3 p.m.-10:30 p.m.)
2. Swimming at No. 2 Bathing Beach
This beach was once reserved exclusively for top officials of the Communist Party of China.
Mao Zedong came to Qingdao in July 1957 with his wife Jiang Qing, their two children and his closest political advisors for a conference with provincial and municipal Party secretaries.
Meetings were held on No. 2 Bathing Beach in straw huts, where the future of the country and the Party were discussed.
Mao apparently liked Qingdao a lot -- he swam at this very spot five times in 1957.
Mao's swim in the ocean set a precedent for subsequent Party leaders, including Deng Xiaoping, who visited in July 1979.
"What's unique about Qingdao is that the beaches are not only places of leisure but they also have political significance in Chinese history ..." says Qingdao-based American Edward Barrington, who is a Chinese political enthusiast.
"No. 2 Beach has ties to Mao and Deng ... even Chiang Kai-shek lived near there for a while."
The previously restricted beach is now open to the public.
Qingdao No. 2 Bathing Beach (青岛第二海水浴场) 6 ShanhaiguanLu, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong 山东省青岛市市南区山海关路6号, +86 532 6657 7309
More on CNN: World's 50 best beaches
3. Walking along Daxue Lu
Daxue Lu in Qingdao is like the former French Concession in Shanghai -- both are the city's most walkable area with a brew of colonial and Chinese buildings.
"When I first came to Qingdao [in 2011], I fell in love with Daxue Lu," says Peng Jingjing, a Chinese restaurateur who originally comes from Wuhan. "It really is one of the most beautiful streets in China."
The 1,300-meter-long street is named for its location adjacent to Qingdao's oldest college, Ocean University of China (formerly Qingdao University).
Daxue Lu, as well as Qingdao's old town around it, has witnessed a certain gentrification in the past few years.
It's now a tree-lined neighborhood with a craft brewery, numerous cafés, Qingdao Municipal Art Museum and historical period architecture, including the former residence of Chinese author Lao She (老舍), who wrote the classic novel "Rickshaw Boy."
Overlooking Daxue Lu, Signal Hill affords scenic views over the old town and Jiaozhou Bay.
Qingdao Municipal Art Museum (青岛美术馆), 7 Daxue Lu, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong 山东省青岛市市南区山大学路7号, +86 532 8288 8886, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., free entry
Strong Ale Works Craft Brewery, 12 Daxue Lu, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong 山东省青岛市市南区山大学路12号 +86 136 0896 4700, reservation required for brewery tour and tasting
4. Exploring German architecture around Zhan Qiao Pier
Zhan Qiao Pier area is ground zero for Qingdao's German architecture. The pier itself became famous as part of the Tsingtao Beer logo.
The neighborhood includes a concentration of Germanic buildings that once housed the British and American consulate buildings and German government offices.
The 101-year-old Zhan Qiao Prince Hotel, designed by the German architect Curt Rothkegel, is one of the remaining original structures on the coastal road.
It is said to have been named after German Emperor William II's brother Prince Henry, who stayed at this hotel several times during Germany's colonization (1898-1914).
Kiautschou Coffee in the lobby is operated and frequented by a group of nostalgic Qingdao residents, who are passionate about the preservation of the old buildings.
"I've lived in the old neighborhoods of Qingdao for nine years and Kiautschou Coffee is definitely a good place to learn more about the German past of the city," says John Herrington, an English teacher from the United States.
The coffee shop has a collection of historical publications, illustrations, and photographs of old Qingdao.
Zhan Qiao Prince Hotel (亨利王子饭店) 31 Taiping Lu, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong 山东省青岛市市南区太平路31号, +86 532 8288 8666, nightly rate: from RMB 478
More on CNN: 40 beautiful places to visit in China
5. 'Getting hammered' at Tsingtao Brewery Museum
No. 56 Dengzhou Lu appears as the company address on every bottle of Tsingtao beer.
It is the site of the original Tsingtao Brewery, founded in 1903 by an Anglo-German brewery company. The compound continues to function as a factory for Tsingtao beer as well as a beer museum.
The 6,000-square-meter exhibition area includes displays of old promotional materials and bottle designs from the history of China's best-known beer.
There's even a "drunk room" to let visitors experience the feeling of "being hammered" (without the actual drinking).
The specially designed room simulates the different effects of alcohol, such as loss of balance.
Visitors can get a glass of beer -- free but small -- at the end of their museum tour.
Tsingtao Brewery Museum (青岛啤酒博物馆), 56 Dengzhou Lu, Shibei District, Qingdao, Shandong 山东省青岛市市北区登州路56号, +86 532 83833437, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., RMB 50
6. Sailing on the Yellow Sea
Qingdao was branded China's Sailing Capital after being named the host of the 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta.
Qingdao's Olympic Sailing Museum showcases seafaring Qingdaonese's passion for the sport (and the Beijing Olympics) with various exhibits like the sailboard, with which the Chinese athletes won the Beijing Olympic gold, and a sailing simulator.
Real go-getters can voyage with Sinan Sailing Club in Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center or charter boats at the Yinhai Marina for recreational fishing and day trips on the Yellow Sea.
Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center (青岛奥林匹克帆船中心),121 Aomen Lu, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong 山东省青岛市市南区澳门路121号,
Sinan Sailing Club (司南帆船俱乐部), 1 Jinwan Road, North Slipway, Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong 山东省青岛市市南区金湾路1号青岛奥帆基地北下水坡道, +86 152 8898 7909
Qingdao Yinhai Yacht Club and Marina (青岛银海国际游艇俱乐部), 30 Donghai Road, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong (山东省青岛市市南区东海中路30号, +86 532 8588 0000
7. Enjoying the weather
Qingdao's proximity to the water and a relatively mild climate are the main reasons for its renown as a resort.
Low temperatures and breezy nights lure visitors from other Chinese provinces and cities where it can be five to 10 degrees hotter in July and August. Average temperature for Qingdao's summer is 25 C.
Also, the sandy beaches are right in town. This distinguishes Qingdao from another northern Chinese coastal city Dalian, where the coast is rocky and further from the city center.
A city of eight million, Qingdao was built right on the sea, so walking around downtown means one is never far from the ocean.
More on CNN: Not just Tsingtao: A guide to Chinese beers
Getting there: Roughly midway between Beijing and Shanghai, Qingdao International Airport is linked to 12 international destinations -- including Tokyo, Seoul and Frankfurt -- and 82 cities in China. The airport is approximately 23 kilometers north of the city center.


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The Ladykillers is the second film in as many years made by Joel and Ethan Coen to fill space between pet projects that seem to run off-leash; it's their time-killer, if you will. But even their recent paychecks reflect the brothers' restlessness. Their movies have grown more manic and scattered, more fun than they ought to be, and more engaging than they would be in anyone else's hands. The first was 2003's Intolerable Cruelty, an unloved romantic screwball comedy with George Clooney as Cary Grant and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Rosalind Russell, which began as a work-for-hire and ended up as a Coen Brothers movie only after a World War II project with Brad Pitt was firebombed somewhere over Tokyo. Now comes this other reclaimed child, an adaptation of the 1955 Alexander Mackendrick-directed, William Rose-scripted Ealing Studios comedy starring Alec Guinness as a crook posing as a professor to dupe an old lady into picking up his motley gang's stolen loot.
The brothers originally adapted it for director and their former cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld; he remains now only as coproducer. Beloved in the UK, where the film is often viewed through the long lens of allegory because of its dour depiction of postwar England, the original has no such stature in the States. It is free to be tinkered and toyed with, to the point where this adaptation shares only premise and title with its ancestor while wrapping Tom Hanks in Guinness' professorial splendor. The Coens have moved it to their favorite setting, the dreamlike American South, where it looks like 1934 and sounds like a gospel revival, with songs chosen by mix-tape master T-Bone Burnett; this could be happening the same week as O Brother, Where Art Thou? or yesterday.
The Coens once more convince a Movie Star to tousle his image till he looks like a brilliant boob; you go to the Coens when you want to look like a clown, not a prince. Not since he was a spry, up-for-anything comer has Tom Hanks appeared so giddy on screen, and it's a welcome relief. For too long the former comic has been weighed down by the burden of iconicity, which smothers the spark and exuberance that initially made him a star. Hanks doesn't have to carry the whole movie -- in his Kentucky-fried get-up, looking slightly older than his 47 years, he doesn't appear able to carry anything over fifteen pounds -- but he holds it together, because his jive-talking Mississippi con man, Goldthwait Higginson Dorr III, Ph.D, isn't played like a put-on.
Dorr, boss of a rinky-dink band of safecrackers and criminals, may indeed have studied at Oxford and may indeed be a professor of Poe and dead languages, as he insists early on; there's more to Dorr than meets the ear. Hanks doesn't condescend to the character and treat him like an idiot doomed for his comeuppance; rather, he's a smart man who just happens to run up against a cagier woman, Mrs. Munson, played by Soul Food's Irma Hall with engaging crankiness. Mrs. Munson, who sends $5 every month to Bob Jones University, takes particular delight in complaining to the sheriff (George Wallace) about rap music by repeating "I left my wallet in El Segundo," a chorus she heard and can't forget.
Dorr's gang, which he has hired through a help-wanted ad to tunnel into a riverboat casino's vault, is a mismatched band of miscreants, dolts, and gangstas: Marlon Wayans as Gawain MacSam, foul-mouthed inside man; J.K. Simmons as Garth Pancake, a demolitions expert in Jack Hanna's khaki short-shorts; Tzi Ma as the General, a doughnut-store owner with Hitler's mustache and temperament; and Ryan Hurst as Lump Hudson, a college football player who has taken a thousand too many shots to the head. Longtime Coen brothers cinematographer Roger Deakins introduces Lump by literally putting the audience inside his helmet; you feel the concussion coming on.
Using Mrs. Munson's basement, they tunnel easily enough into the casino's vault but must deal with the old lady once she finds out they aren't actually Renaissance-period chamber musicians training downstairs; hence the title, as the movie spends its second half trying to decide which of the gang will have to off Mrs. Munson. Here the movie devolves into morbid slapstick tinged with an odd kind of sentimentality; Gawain flashes back to his own unhappy childhood, imaging Mrs. Munson as his own mother, which renders him unable to pull the trigger.
The Ladykillers fits snugly among the Coens' lighter and breezier movies -- the ones you forget after you see them once and begin to appreciate and finally adore the more often you revisit them. (Who didn't think The Big Lebowski was an innocuous throwaway the first time they saw it, only to find themselves years later insisting the rug really ties the whole room together?) It doesn't help that the opening twenty minutes, during which the brothers introduce a band of blundering thieves one by one, are so brilliant they almost make the rest of the film a disappointment. After a while, the movie just seems to run out of breath.
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Tricky course conditions at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats have once again proved challenging during the latest stage of the Triumph Motorcycles Land Speed Record attempt. With clear sun and virtually no wind, rider Guy Martin set off from mile marker 9 to record his FIM-required certification run.
Setting off smoothly, Guy was making good power in mile one when the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner lost traction on a damp section of the salt surface, causing the rear of the machine to step out of line and the streamliner to go down on the course. Guy was completely uninjured in the incident, however the streamliner will now require a full inspection before any further runs can take place.
"It's one of the challenges of Land speed racing - the salt surface can be so unpredictable. We'll fully inspect the streamliner and get ready for the next phase of our attempt" commented Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner designer Matt Markstaller.
Rider Guy Martin added "It's all part the job boy, isn't it? Feeling our way. I guess if it was an easy thing to do everyone would have done it by now. So we'll get a plan sorted and get on with the next go at it as soon as we get the chance."
TT Legend Guy Martin and the Triumph Motorcycles Land Speed team have spent today making final preparations for the next stage of their Land Speed Record attempt at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Plans for the day included the required FIM certification pass at 300mph.
However, on heading up to the start of the course, with the streamliner under tow the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner passed over a rut in the track at the two mile marker.The rut and the soft surface caused the Streamliner to fall onto its side. Guy sustained no injuries and the machine was undamaged bar a number of minor scuffs to the body.
The team were quick to bring the Streamliner back to the pit area to carry out an assessment and begin preparations to run again. Shortly after course officials informed the team that the course was to be closed for the evening for all motorcycles due to the conditions.
The team will now continue to prepare the Streamliner to run tomorrow. Both the team and Guy look forward to returning to the salt flats to continue the next stage of the Land Speed Record challenge in the morning.
The sun is out at Bonneville this morning and the Triumph Motorcycles Land Speed team are well into preparations for today's attempt to set a new motorcycle land speed record.
The team arrived this morning to beautiful sunny conditions and much improved track conditions. A number of the car competitors have already undertaken their first passes of the day and the team has confirmed that the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner will carry out its first run of the day at 11:30am.
"Spirits within the team are very high today and everyone is looking forward to getting our Land Speed Record attempt underway this morning." comments Matt Markstaller, Crew Chief and Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner designer.
Following this morning's update, and after a further course inspection, Triumph Motorcycles, the company behind the 2016 motorcycle land speed record attempt at Bonneville, has confirmed that it has postponed running for today due to the course conditions.
While the track conditions continue to improve, this afternoon's course inspection showed that there are still areas at the upper limits of the eleven mile salt flat course that are still too wet to safely undertake any runs at present.
Regular course inspections will continue to be conducted by the team throughout the rest of the afternoon and preparations have begun to ready everything for tomorrow's scheduled runs.
"To perform at this level we need the optimum conditions – and today we didn't quite have the course conditions we needed. We will be back on the salt tomorrow morning ready to go and we're looking forward to getting underway with our record attempt" comments Matt Markstaller, Crew Chief and Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner designer.
Triumph Motorcycles, the company behind the 2016 motorcycle land speed record attempt at Bonneville, has confirmed that its bid to regain the title has been delayed due to course conditions. There will be a further update early afternoon.
A series of rain storms, at Bonneville, at the start of this week, 13 – 16 September, 2016, has meant that the eleven mile salt flat course is still too wet at the upper limits of the course to safely undertake any runs at present. However the weather conditions are now good and the track conditions are improving hour by hour.
With over 20,000 man hours and four years of development the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner has seen Matt Markstaller, the man behind Triumph's imminent land speed record bid, and his team turn what started as a brief conversation in a wind tunnel, into a 400mph Land Speed Record challenger.
A mechanical engineer with a background in aerodynamics, Markstaller was originally approached by Triumph dealer George Latus to help develop the aerodynamics of his AMA Triumph Daytona race bikes in preparation for the 2012 season.
During this project, Markstaller began a conversation with the team from Triumph U.S. regarding his experience with the iconic Bonneville Salt Flats. What started with a passing conversation soon developed into a full project brief to design a 400mph streamliner for Triumph.
Following the initial discussions Markstaller took members of Triumph U.S. to Bonneville to allow the whole team to understand the unique venue and understand what it is like to compete there. Using a standard Triumph Daytona and a Carpenter Racing modified Rocket III, Markstaller and his team set a new AMA and FIM land speed record on the Rocket III posting an impressive world-record-setting speed of 174.276mph (280.470kph) for the flying mile. Running in the modified normally aspirated (MAF) class for motorcycles up to 3,000cc's rider Jason DiSalvo was able to ride the street legal bike to over 175mph on his first run.
With an extensive background in aerodynamics, Markstaller had a clear idea of a basic design for the streamliner. With 25 years' experience of applying engineering analysis tools with aerodynamic designs to improve speed, handling and fuel efficiency, Matt and his team were clear on the key points that needed to be achieved with the design.
They needed to fulfil the following requirements; a shape that would allow the streamliner to cut through the air and maintain stability, an engine that is able to power the machine to the goal speed of 400mph and a structure that provides the safest possible environment for the rider.
When designing a streamliner there are a few basic decisions to be made first, such as position of the engine(s), length and position of the swing arm, rider position and the housing of the actual structure of the machine. These components then dictate the basic shape and size of the streamliner.
Starting with a series of known aerodynamic shapes developed originally by NASA, Markstaller and his team then began to tweak and refine the final shape and design of the streamliner. Using computational fluid dynamics modelling (a virtual wind tunnel) the team were able to continually adapt the design to achieve the most efficient shape possible.
From this point the team began to undertake a series of computer simulations to continue to refine the final design. In fact, the design was changed and tweaked 24 times before the team began construction of the actual streamliner.
During the computer simulation phase of the design, Matt and his crew were able to undertake dynamic testing to determine weight over the axles, set the spring rates, develop the chassis stiffness and engine and gear box positions. It was this structural modelling that determined the final dimensions of the machine.
With safety paramount to the design and Markstaller's background in using composite materials, building the streamliner using a Carbon Kevlar monocoque was a natural choice. Commonly used within the motorsport and aviation world, the lightweight yet incredibly strong material is ideally suited to the task. Offering an incredibly strong and rigid structure for components to be bolted to.
It was decided that the team would use Triumph's Rocket III engine to power the streamliner.
Featuring a large cylinder head with excellent airflow, large bearing surfaces that provide excellent reliability the Rocket III 2.3litre engine provide an excellent starting point for the team. Working closely with high performance engine builders, Carpenter Racing, the team were able to develop two Rocket engines capable of delivering a combined 1000hp.
To meet the 3.0 litres capacity class limit, the team reduced the to 1,485cc. This was achieved by reducing the stroke of the engine, which in turn helped increase the RPM without adding additional stress to the machine.
Each component on the streamliner has been developed to help achieve the goal of travelling at 400mph. This is the realm of specialist engineering and the team has designed and fabricated components from scratch such as the swing arm, steering system, cooling method and transmission.
Indeed, an example of this would be the development of the transmission system. Designed from scratch using available gear ratios, specialist drive shafts and bevel gears the team produced a system that was able to reliably deliver 1000hp to the rear wheels at the desired speed.
Another example is the cooling of the streamline which saw the team develop two ice water baths to hold the radiators. Due to the increased drag of cooling the engines by air the team designed a system to cool the engines by immersing the radiators in cold water baths housed on the underside of the streamliner's body.
It is this innovative thinking that enabled the team to design and construct the streamliner in just less than twelve months. As soon as construction was finished the testing began.
Throughout the development the team have continued to run computer simulations of every part of the entire streamliner to ensure each stage of the streamliner is correct and capable of performing as desired. The engine was developed using an engine dyno before being tested within the streamliner on a chassis dyno to ensure the cooling works correctly.
However, when it comes to understanding how the machine will perform on the salt there is no substitution for running at Bonneville. During 2013 the team headed to Bonneville to carryout initial testing with AMA motorcycle racer Jason DiSalvo.
During these visits the team were able to not only learn whether their calculations were correct, but also gain further information to optimise the streamliners performance. Each run initially saw the team learn a little more about the machine.
In 2014 the team returned to the salt and whilst the team where able to make significant progress with the streamliner, the salt conditions meant that the top speeds were limited. The team left the salt at the end of 2014 in a great position with its first high speed run of 232MPH under its belt and the confidence to return in 2015 to go for the record.
Unfortunately, 2015 saw all activity on the salt cancelled due to bad weather and poor salt conditions. Despite the valiant work carried out by Bonneville Salt Flats Legend Mike Scott and his team, no racing took place at all and everyone's thoughts turned to 2016.
August 2016 saw the Triumph team return to Bonneville to begin preparation for its land speed challenge sixty years after the Texas Cee-Gar broke the record to become the world's fastest motorcycle in 1956.
Joined by a new rider, TT legend and multiple speed record holder, Guy Martin, the team were greeted by some of the best conditions they had seen in a number of years. With a successful week of testing undertaken preparation is underway to return to the Bonneville Salt in September to challenge for the outright record.
The last few weeks have seen the team begin final preparations for the Land Speed Record attempt, following its successful practice runs at Bonneville at the beginning of August. The practice week saw TT Legend Guy Martin get acquainted with the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner on the salt for the first time. Throughout the week, Guy and the Streamliner performed excellently and the test week came to an end with Guy setting a new Triumph record of 274.1 MPH, to become the fastest ever Triumph Motorcycle.
Pleased with the week's work, Matt Markstaller, lead designer and crew chief of the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner, and his team, undertook the sixteen hour trip home from Bonneville to the team's base in Portland, Oregon to begin final preparations.
Even though the Streamliner had only covered approximately 20 miles on the salt during the week, the first job that faced the team was the mammoth task of cleaning the entire vehicle. This is a very time consuming task, that takes the team an entire week to complete. During this time the Streamliner is cleaned up to four times, to remove the salt collected during each high speed run where it forces its way into each and every component.
Following the mammoth job of cleaning the Streamliner, the next task that faced the team was to begin removing and inspecting the major components. This process saw the team remove the engines to conduct a series of visual and mechanical checks.
During the engine inspection, the oil and filters are changed and a visual check is conducted for any wear or visible signs of stress points on both engines. With this complete, the engines were sent to the dyno to carry out a series of power simulations to re-check each unit's performance and make sure everything is OK with the motors.
While the engines have been on the dyno, the rest of the team inspected the monocoque, suspension and drive train components. Each part has to be meticulously checked for any signs of wear or stress and then serviced and lubricated, before being refitted to the Streamliner.
The time back at their base in Portland was also used to change the specialist Goodyear Land Speed tyres. While normally a simple process on a road motorcycle, the process on the streamline involves 200 screws being removed and the wheel stripped, down before the tyre can be changed. The whole process is then reversed and, before both wheels are refitted to the bike, they are sent away to be checked to ensure they are balanced correctly and are structurally sound.
Due to the high speed the tyres need specialist preparation and testing. To do this, the team has to send the wheels and tyres to a specialist testing facility. This facility, is the only place in the USA that can undertake testing over 400 MPH and underload to ensure can cope with the stresses placed on them during the record runs.
With just a week remaining before heading back to salt final components are being refitted, the trailer is being packed and the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner is being loaded for the 16 hour return journey to the salt.
Following a successful practice session at the Bonneville Salt Flats, achieving a speed of 274.2 mph to become the world's fastest ever Triumph , Triumph Motorcycles has confirmed the attempt to set a new outright motorcycle Land Speed World Record will take place mid-September, 2016, weather permitting.
Piloted by TT star Guy Martin the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner will return to the famous Bonneville salt flats and attempt to beat the current 376.8mph record speed on an 11 mile-long course. Despite having a good course surface for testing the team felt that the salt wasn't yet fully capable of supporting a top-speed streamliner run. In consultation with FIM course manager Mike Cook the team are targeting the September dates as the best possible opportunity for the optimal course conditions required for the record attempt.
The practice week, which ended with the 274.2mph run on Tuesday 9th August, demonstrated that both the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner and rider Guy Martin are ready for the task ahead. Martin's first week in the streamliner saw him master the controls of the 1,000bhp streamliner very quickly - achieving all of the goals set by Crew Chief and Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner designer Matt Markstaller and his team.
When asked about returning in September Markstaller commented: "We achieved a great deal during our test week at Bonneville and feel we are in a great position to move ahead with our record attempt. Guy settled into the streamliner very quickly and impressed us with the speed in which he mastered both the motorcycle and riding on the salt.
"While conditions were some of the best I have seen over the last few years, we feel there is still some room for improvement. When chasing a record such as this on two wheels the conditions have to be the very best they can be, to give us the greatest chance of achieving the speeds we require to set a new record. We feel that waiting a few further weeks will provide us with even better conditions and put us in the ideal position to make our record attempt."
Triumph Motorcycles held the title of "World's Fastest Motorcycle" from 1955 to 1970 with the exception of a brief 33-day period. The Triumph streamliners to carry world records were the Devil's Arrow, Texas Cee-gar, Dudek Streamliner and Gyronaut X1, the last being at 245.60 mph (395.28 km/h). Today's bar now sits at 376.363 mph (605.697 km/h).
Now Triumph has teamed up with Matt Markstaller and Bob Carpenter and pulled together a team to restore Triumph Motorcycles' legacy in land speed racing. Markstaller serves as aerodynamic engineer; Carpenter is the high-peformance engine builder; Riding the purpose-built Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner over the measured mile will be Isle of Man TT racer and multiple speed record holder Guy Martin. This multi-national team converges on the Bonneville Salt Flats, a 40 square mile salt pan in northwestern Utah, with the goal of a 400 mph plus record-breaking run.
The Triumph infor Rocket features Carbon Kevlar monocoque construction with two turbocharged Triumph Rocket III engines producing a combined 1,000+ HP. It is 25.5' long, 2' wide and 3' tall, a true rocket on two wheels powered by methanol fuel, the bike is competing in the Division C (streamlined motorcycle) category.
TT Legend Guy Martin pilots the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner to become the fastest ever Triumph achieving 274.2 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats
The Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner has become the world's fastest ever Triumph by achieving a speed of 274.2 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats on 8 August, 2016. Piloted by TT legend Guy Martin, the streamliner smashed the previous official Triumph record that stood at 245.667 mph as well as the unofficial Triumph Record of 264mph, both set by Bob Leppan, in the Gyronaut X-1.
Near perfect conditions greeted the team on the final day of the team's land speed practice week. With confidence high after a successful number of days running on the salt at Bonneville the team's goal for the day with the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner was the Triumph record.
Just after 8:30am Guy Martin and the team set off on the first run of the day, after a steady start, Guy accelerated the sleek looking streamliner to a staggering 274.2 mph, rewriting Triumph history in the process. Just after the two mile marker Guy came to a controlled stop near to the team's base camp to be greeted by the news that he had broken the 46 year old Triumph record.
Today's record run is further proof of Guy's growing confidence on the salt and commitment to breaking the World two wheeled Land Speed record. Throughout the week Guy has continued to impress everyone within the team with the speed in which he has been able to master the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner on the salt. Each time Guy has sat in the streamliner on the salt he has been able to achieve the goals set by Crew Chief and the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner designer Matt Markstaller and his team with the required level of control.
When asked about becoming the fastest ever Triumph record holder Guy commented: "It's good and we are moving in the right direction, but it is just one step on the way to what me and the team are here to do."
The Triumph Infor Rocket features a carbon Kevlar monocoque construction with two turbocharged Triumph Rocket III engines producing a combined 1,000 bhp at 9,000 rpm. The motorcycle is 25.5 feet long, 2 feet wide and 3 feet tall. Powered by methanol fuel, the bike is competing in the Division C (streamlined motorcycle) category.
Triumph has a history of breaking the land speed record, holding the title of 'World's Fastest Motorcycle' between 1955 to 1970*. The record-breaking Triumph Streamliners included: Devil's Arrow, Texas Cee-gar, Dudek Streamliner and Gyronaut X1, the former achieving a top speed of 245.667 mph (395.28 km/h). Today's record, held by Rocky Robinson since 2010 riding the Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner, sits at 376.363 mph (605.697 km/h).
The iconic Bonneville name was conceived following Johnny Allen's land-speed record runs at the Salt Flats in September 1956, when he reached the record breaking speed of 193.72 mph. The first T120 Bonneville model was unveiled at the Earls Court Bike Show and went on sale in 1959.
From 1955 to 1970, a Triumph powered streamliner held the absolute motorcycle land speed world record.
That legend began in 1954 at Pete Dalio's Triumph shop in Dallas (operating today as Big 'D' Cycles). On a Saturday afternoon shortly after closing, legendary Triumph mechanic and tuner Jack Wilson recalls, when "Pete, myself and Stormy Mangham were sitting around talking about how Wilhelm Herz had raised the record to 180 mph on an NSU."
That brief conversation set in motion the events that would forever alter motorcycle history.
Title partner for Triumph's 2016 record attempt will be global cloud applications provider Infor with further support from iconic clothing brand Belstaff.
Infor builds beautiful business applications with last mile functionality and scientific insights for select industries delivered as a cloud service. With 14,000 employees and customers in more than 200 countries and territories, Infor automates critical processes for industries including healthcare, manufacturing, fashion, wholesale distribution, hospitality, retail, and public sector. Infor software helps eliminate the need for costly customization through embedded deep industry domain expertise. Headquartered in New York City, Infor is also home to one of the largest creative agencies in Manhattan, Hook & Loop, focused on delivering a user experience that is fun and engaging. Infor deploys its cloud applications primarily on the Amazon Web Services cloud and open source platforms. To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.
Belstaff is a global British luxury lifestyle brand steeped in its heritage and spirit of adventure. In Belstaff, the fearless explorer and the fashion enthusiast alike will discover an approachable luxury for a modern lifestyle all influenced by Belstaff's rich history and archives.
Belstaff is headquartered in London and showrooms reside there and in New York, Milan and Munich. Belstaff is currently sold through its flagship on New Bond Street, and twelve stores in Europe, the United States and Asia, through select wholesale distribution worldwide and on www.belstaff.com
Guy Martin is an accomplished British motorcycle road racer, adventure seeker, TV personality and mechanic. He is known for competing in the acclaimed Isle of Man TT, Ulster Grand Prix and North West 200. Riding a Smiths Racing Triumph Daytona 675R during the 2015 Isle of Man TT races, Guy completed the event with 3rd and 5th place finishes. No stranger to speed, Guy is relishing in the prospect of bringing the FIM world land speed record back to Triumph – and the UK – after an absence of 45 years. Follow Guy's journey as he attempts to break the land speed record at www.GuyMartinRacing.co.uk
Hot Rod Conspiracy is led by aerodynamic engineer Matt Markstaller, who manages test and development engineering for Daimler Trucks in Portland, Oregon. In addition to developing aerodynamic designs that improve vehicle speed, handling and fuel efficiency, the Hot Rod Conspiracy team creates one-of-a-kind performance vehicles featured in national magazines and the industry-leading SEMA show. For more information visit HotRodConspiracy.com
Carpenter Racing, operated by two time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Bob Carpenter, is the motorcycle industry's leading performance cylinder head porting resource. One of Carpenter's more popular products is his proprietary Triumph Rocket III performance package that produces 240 rear wheel horsepower. The fully streetable performance package has turned in quarter-mile drag strip times of 8.99 seconds and 155mph and set American (AMA) and International (FIM) world land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats at 175mph. To learn more, please visit CarpenterRacing.com


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If a TCP server were available, would you use it?
What game(s) would you like to see running there?
It would be very easy to set up an Ants server. There is also working prototype code for an Asteroids-style game.
Previous contest engines (RoShamBo, Tron, PlanetWars) could be rewritten or ported to run on the current TCP server code.
It's going to take a fair bit of effort to get "official" contest servers running in the same way as before. TCP is easy, however. Requires a bit more technical understanding from the users; they have to modify a script and actively run their bot against the server, rather than just uploading and forgetting about it. On the upside, you get heaps of games for very little server power.
Do you think a community can be built around TCP servers alone? Do we really need the cumbersome infrastructure of official contest servers to bring everyone together?
If someone wants to set up official contest servers I will be very grateful and want to help (as I am grateful to the previous organizers for everything they have done). However, I suspect that it will be a long and slow process unless a very effective core of people (or an individual) decides to get it up and running fast. TCP servers can be provided today, within the hour in theory, and new games can be added as soon as they're written.


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The Utah Bucket List
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From Logan Canyon to the Alpine Loop to Boulder Mountain and beyond, Fall colors light up Utah mountains. For drive ideas, visit the Utah Travel Council's Fall Colors in Utah page. Here you will find 31 drives through, "state and national parks, national forests, high plateaus and redrock canyons." Download the printable version here.
Some classic drives include: The Alpine Loop, a 24 mile drive at the mouth of American Fork Canyon running past Timpanogos and Cave and completing on U.S. 189 in Provo Canyon near the Sundance Ski Area.
The Ogden River Scenic Byway, or as locals call it, the Monte Cristo Highway. This 44-mile drive begins at the mouth of Ogden Canyon and follows Utah 39 past Pineview Reservoir.
Logan Canyon Scenic Byway from Logan to Garden City. This 41-mile drive parallels the Logan River.
Finding the best time to see the colors pop can be tricky. Utah's season starts in early September at higher elevations, and continues into November in lower areas. You can call the U.S. Forest Service's automated leaf hotline at 800-354-4595.
For the more tech savvy, there are phone apps to help find the best times to view colors. Leaf Peepr is one, accuweather also gives fall reports.
To learn more about the science behind fall colors, visit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
According to the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation, which hosts the annual Wasatch Wildflower Festival along with the four ski resorts and local, county and federal partners, there are 1,200 different species to be counted along the Wasatch Range. Many blossom during a short time span each summer, carpeting meadows, luring outdoor enthusiasts to the mountains.
"Summer at these high elevations is so intense because it is such a short growing season, so when it really peaks it is just spectacular," said Jessie Walthers, Cottonwood Canyons Foundation director. "Nature is so abundant and doing everything it can to bloom and send everything to seed in that time frame. It is a time of vibrant intensity."
The festival is held the last weekend in July with nature walks, music and kids' activities and stops at each of the four ski resorts: Brighton, Solitude, Alta and Snowbird.
The Cottonwood canyons, of course, are not the only places to find natural wildflower tapestries. Cedar Breaks National Monument east of Cedar City also holds an annual wildflower festival. Other popular locations that only require a drive to witness the flowers include Wolf Creek Pass (State Highway 35 between Woodland and Tabiona); Monte Cristo(State Highway 39 between Huntsville and Woodruff); Boulder Mountain (State Highway 12 between Boulder and Torrey); Logan Canyon (Highway 89 between Logan and Bear Lake); and Guardsman Pass (between Brighton and Park City), to name a few.
You don't need to wait for festivals to enjoy what nature has to offer. Flowers bloom at different times, starting with lower elevations earlier in the season, and moving up the mountains to higher elevations as summer progresses. For self-guided hikes, books or apps can be useful. High Country Apps, has one for the Wasatch, there's also Wildflowers of Cedar Breaks. There are countless books to identify local flora. The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation has a wildflower guide. Here's a list of recommended books used by the US Forest Service. Local booksellers are always a good resource to see what's popular reading for your region.
Other useful links:
Albion Basin Experience, Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Wildflower Viewing in the Intermountain Region, U.S. Forest Service
Utah Wildflowers, a resource compiled by B. Nelson for fellow enthusiasts.
Utah has one of the largest concentrations of slot canyons in the world. From the famous Subway and Narrows routes in Zion National Park to the countless side canyons running into Lake Powell, Utah is zig-zagged with slot canyons galore.
There are miles and miles of breathtaking adventures to be had, but remember, canyoneering can be dangerous, even deadly. Safety is critical.
Canyoneering is different from simply hiking a slot canyon because it typically requires gear — ropes, harnesses, helmets and sometimes wet suits when water obstacles line the route. You'll find yourself, rappelling, climbing, smearing, and crawling through twisting rock. And much of that rock is sandstone – think "sand paper". Simply put, canyoneers shred whatever they are wearing.
Rick Green, owner and guide at Excursions of Escalante tells people preparing for their first slot-canyon adventure in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to wear your "play" clothes: you should wear clothes that will not rip or tear easily, allow flexibility and make sure you're not too "attached" to them, they will get shredded. (He also advises to wear your best underwear, as there's a good chance it will be seen!)
Along with clothing, consider proper safety gear – helmets, rigging, harnesses and rope. Route finding is often a key aspect, and having current maps and letting people know where you are planning to go is important.
In the desert, rushing water and flash floods form slot canyons, so you need to stay clear of them if there's any chance of rain. Even if the sky above you is clear, rain 40 to 60 miles up canyon can create deadly floods.
Although slot canyons are a blast to explore, there's a lot you need to know to be safe, so if you're new to the sport, your best bet is to go with a commercial guide. If you want to learn more about canyoneering, classes are available through certified guides or Universities.
The University of Utah has a canyoneering class.
Additional links
Canyoneering Booklet from the ACA (pdf, might take a while to load)
At the end of October, hundreds of riders gather on horseback to herd over 600 head of Bison on Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake. You can participate in the ride, or view it from the road, but either way, come experience this uniquely western adventure. For more information, or to register, visit the Antelope Island State Park website.
The ride starts early in the morning, at 8am, and traffic can be heavy entering the park, so many people choose to camp out the night before.
Don't have your own horse? No problem. You can rent one from a concessionaire R&G Horse and Wagon. Don't worry if you're not an expert rider. There's plenty of fun for all levels. You can ride well behind the herd and enjoy the island's beautiful views and amazing wildlife.
This year, The 27th annual Antelope Island Bison Roundup is Oct. 25-27. You can register online starting Sept. 2, at antelopeisland.utah.gov. The cost is $35 per person to ride and $15 per night to camp on the island.
The 50 campsites and two group sites at Devils Garden Campground in Arches National Park can be reserved March through October and can be made up to 180 days in advance at www.recreation.gov. Campsites 1 to 24 are open November through February on a self-serve basis. Many are tucked into the slick rock, providing some privacy and a built-in playground for kids of all ages. Campsites have a picnic table and a grill or fire pit. So bring marshmallows. You can buy firewood in Moab, or from the campground host. Other handy items to bring include camp chairs, a cooking stove, and lots of cold drinks. Refillable containers for water are also convenient; there is potable water on site. If the campground is full, you can check out sites outside the park at discover Moab.
Be sure to check in at the visitor's center to find out about ranger-led programs and activities for adults and children. There's a fun Junior Ranger booklet for the kids. There are lots of hiking options in Arches, from short hops to long treks. Sand Dune arch or the Windows loop trail are great easier options, while Devil's Garden trail or Fiery Furnace require more time and stamina. The Fiery Furnace can be done as a ranger-guided tour, or with a hiking permit. People get lost easily in the maze of rocks, so the guided tour is highly recommended.
If your preferred method of transportation is horseback, you're in luck. Horses are allowed in the park, although there are restrictions. Check out the park's website to learn more.
If you don't want to leave your car, you can also do a driving tour. No matter if you're on foot, on hoof, or wheels, there's something for you. For a range of ideas, check out things to do at Arches.
The Great Salt Lake State Marina is just 16 miles west of downtown Salt Lake City is home to the "saltiest sailors on earth." The Great Salt Lake Yacht Club was established in 1877, and for over a hundred years its members have been enjoying races and sunset sails on this unique body of water. Races are held on Wednesday nights throughout the summer, and there are often opportunities for people to crew. Even if you don't get out on the lake, they're fun to watch.
For a private sailing lesson or a charter cruise, contact captain Jim Anderson of Sailing Solutions.
If you want a more intimate encounter with the lake, join the Great Salt Lake Rowing association. You can take rowing lessons, and join other sculling enthusiasts. They also have a free Learn to Row event early each June.
Another way to experience the lake while also learning about Pacific Islander heritage is to contact Hui Paoakalani, Utah's first Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Club. All ages and skill levels are welcome.
You can also explore on your own by renting a kayak, pedal boat or paddle board from Gonzo Boat Rentals.
For more on these activities, and other events on the lake, go to the Great Salt Lake Marina web page.
The Great Salt Lake is one of the most extreme ecosystems of the world. Learn more about this amazing, but fragile environment at Westminster's Great Salt Lake Institute. For guided hikes and activities along the lake visit The Friends of the Great Salt Lake.
Another Bucket List item to see along the lake, is the world famous monumental earthwork, Spiral Jetty.
The Green River just below the Flaming Gorge dam is a world-class fishing experience. The stretch of the Green between the dam and Colorado is recognized as three sections: A, B and C.
The A section runs for seven miles from the dam to the Little Hole Day Use Area (which is accessible via paved road). The Little Hole National Recreation Trail runs along the river in the A section and is not only popular with anglers, but also hikers and wildlife enthusiasts.
Camping is not allowed on the A section, which is dominated by steep red cliffs and is the most scenic of the three sections. It also includes the greatest concentration of trout, predominately rainbow and brown.
The B section of the Green runs for nine miles from Little Hole to Indian Crossing Campground. This section has canyon country, but it opens as you travel downstream. The B section is accessible by trail from Little Hole for about two miles and camping is available at designated camping spots along the way.
The only Class III rapid comes about four miles into the B section, where Red Creek joins the Green. Most boaters get out and scout this rapid before attempting it.
The C section is the least-visited part of the river. The surrounding lands are more open and the frequency of catching fish can be considerably less, but the reward is often larger fish.
Recognizing the values of the Green in northeastern Utah, several groups, including Utah Rivers Council, are working on making it the first state water to receive protective designation as a Wild and Scenic River.
There are seven permitted fishing outfitters on the Green: Flaming Gorge Resort,Western Rivers Flyfisher, Spinner Fall,Trout Creek Flies, Old Moe, Trout Bum 2 and Green River Drifters. Private boaters are allowed, but no motors. You don't need a permit to float the Green, but you will need a Utah fishing license.
Lodging is available at the Red Canyon Lodge,Flaming Gorge Resort and Spring Creek Guest Ranch. The Red Canyon Lodge is also a great place to enjoy a meal, or to get a box lunch to enjoy while you're on the river.
Camping along the road is available at several campgrounds, with Dripping Springs, Firefighters Memorial, Skull Creek, Greens Lake and Mustang Ridge being the closest. There are 18 hike-in or float-in campsites below the Little Hole day use area on the Green. Six can be reserved.
Additional Resources
BLM Fishing Guide Brochure PDF
The Greatest Snow on Earth® is a pretty hefty claim in the highly competitive ski industry. While Utah has been marketing The Greatest Snow on Earth® slogan since 1962 it wasn't until the statement was stamped on Utah license plates in 1985 that it became a household saying. If you've ever picked up a ski magazine or surfed the web you've seen some mind blowing images from Utah with skiers practically needing a snorkel to navigate the bottomless powder blanketing Utah's hallowed ski resorts. In fact, Utah is so well-known for its snow that in 2010 the state took seven of the top 10 spots in Ski Magazine's snow rankings (including a clean sweep of the top 5).
So the big questions are what makes Utah snow so great and is it really any better than snow in other places? Well, there are a number of factors that come into play for making snow great. First and foremost, you need a lot of light, dry snow and a lot of snow days where you receive bigger snowfalls. This combination provides a balance between flotation and face-shots. If the snow is too dense, you will float on top but it will never cover your beard unless you wipe out. If the snow is too light, you will sink to the old snow surface below and if there are moguls underneath, you're way more likely to take a knee to the face than snow. Utah achieves this balance by often receiving ten or more inches of lighter, dryer snow in a single storm and in greater frequency than other places, resulting in more powder days and more face shots. The reason Utah snow is light and dry is two-fold. As storms originate in the Pacific they are full of moisture. When the storms pass through the coastal mountains of the Pacific Northwest and northern California, they drop a lot of that moisture. The storms continue across the desert, which zaps more moisture. When the storms hit Utah, they typically are dropping light, dry powdery snow.
Utah is home to 14 ski resorts and 11 of them are less than an hour's drive from Salt Lake City International Airport. Utah ski resorts offer The Greatest Snow on Earth® which not only makes for amazing powder skiing but also makes for plenty of corduroy, groomers, terrain parks and half-pipes.
Averaging more than 600 inches of Utah's legendary "Greatest Snow on Earth®," Snowbird is the ultimate powder paradise. Award-winning terrain, unmatched accessibility and a picturesque pedestrian village add up to an unforgettable winter destination experience.
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Utah has one of the largest wintering populations of bald eagles in the lower 48 states. Eagles gather at Farmington Bay during winter months to feed on an abundance of carp. Although you can view Eagles throughout the region, one of the best places to watch them is at the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.
Eagles begin arriving in late November and stay through early March. The peak season is usually around February, although the time varies from year to year, as does the number of birds. Another variable is the best time to view them. Traditionally, the birds can be seen between 10am and 4pm. Although when we went to watch them, they were most active early in the morning, around 8am and they rested in trees in the afternoon.
One of the best ways to find out more about the birds and the best times to view them, is to attend the annual Bald Eagle Day, held in different locations throughout the state each February by the Department of Wildlife Resources. Other resources are available. You can call the Waterfowl Management Area at 801 451-7386, or stop in at the adjacent Robert N. Hasenyager Great Salt Lake Nature Center. Another great place to contact is the Wild About Birds Nature Center in Layton.
When you go to view the eagles, you'll want to bring binoculars or a spotting scope to get a closer look at the birds. For photographers, a telephoto lens is a must. If you want to learn the tricks of capturing wonderful images, many area photographers give workshops. Photographer Rob Daugherty was kind enough to let us use some of his amazing images for our show. If you want to take a lesson or tour with Rob, contact him at Robswildlife.com.
Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, is located on the west side of Farmington. Traveling north on I-15, take Exit 325. Turn right off the off-ramp, then turn left on the frontage road and drive north to Glover Lane. Turn west on Glover Lane and drive two miles to the WMA's north entrance (1325 W.). If you're traveling south on I-15, take Exit 327 and drive south to Clark Lane. Turn left on Clark Lane and continue east to 650 W. Turn right on 650 W. and travel south to Glover Lane. Turn right on Glover Lane and travel west to 1325 W., which is the WMA's north entrance.
Another place to view birds is the Salt Creek Waterfowl Management Area (Compton's Knoll) located 10 miles northwest of Corinne, UT.
Utah rivers are filled with must-do stretches of whitewater, but Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands National Park is on our Bucket List because it combines world-class rapids with amazing hikes and days of relaxing slow-moving water for playing and water fights.
We started our 5-day trip just outside of Moab along Potash Road. The first few days were mellow, filled with archeological wonders and towering canyon walls. We had some challenging hikes, especially the Doll House Hike, but the views were well worth the struggle. On day-4 we hit the rapids. Cataract Canyon contains 14 miles of rapids ranging in difficulty up to Class V. We did it in a low water year, so the rapids were fun, but not too daunting. But in high water years, Cataract has some of the biggest rapids around. Check out the park website for videos of high water escapades.
Sheri Griffith Expeditions , O.A.R.S ., Don Hatch River Expeditions , and Moab Adventure Center , to name a few.
Cradled by the Wasatch Mountains, the 389-acre Utah Olympic Park venue is home to six Nordic Ski Jumps, a 1,335-meter sliding track with five start areas, a freestyle aerials winter training and competition hill, a 750,000-gallon summer freestyle aerial training pool, the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center, Alf Engen Ski Museum and George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum.
Utah Olympic Park is a winter sport venue built for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games and is located 28 miles east of Salt Lake City in Park City, Utah. During the 2002 Games the Park hosted bobsleigh, skeleton, Luge, Nordic Ski Jumping, and Nordic Combined events. It still serves as a training center for Olympic and development level athletes and is a popular destination for tourists.
The Park is open year-round with seasonal activities for guests. Guided tours are available daily all year long. The Alf Engen Ski Museum and Eccles 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum are open year-round. Admission to the museums and venue is free.
In the summertime, guests can take a ride on the Comet Bobsled with a pilot, ride the Extreme Zipline (the steepest zipline in the world), take a ride on the Alpine Slide, watch athlete training of all levels, and try freestyle jumping into the Aerials Pool on skis!
In the winter, guests can take the ride of their life down the Olympic track in a winter Comet Bobsled with a pilot. Riders reach speeds of 80mph with 5 G's of force! Guests can also try the sport of skeleton on the Rocket Skeleton ride. Participants are taught how to maneuver a skeleton sled on their own down the last 4 curves of the Olympic track.
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Hard-core mountain bikers will ride the White Rim Road for 100 miles (from the Island in the Sky Visitor Center down the steep Shafer Trail to the east, south with views of the Colorado River, north on the Green River side, back up to the plateau via the impressive Mineral Bottom Road and end at the visitors center).
Others elect a more leisurely tour of roughly 75 miles from a start on the Shafer Trail to the top of Mineral Bottom Road with two or three night stops at one of 10 camping areas (with 20 individual campsites) along the White Rim. Each campsite accommodates up to 15 people and 3 vehicles.
Because the road is open to vehicles, outfitters like Holiday River Expeditions and private parties secure the required backcountry camping permits and use sag wagons to carry camping gear, food and water.
If you choose to ride it on your own, be sure to make reservations for campsite permits well in advance. Although you can try getting them at the last minute, it's not recommended. The trip is especially popular in the spring and fall to avoid summer heat. Careful planning of food, water, clothing, first aid supplies, and bike repair gear is critical. There is no potable water along the trail.
Along with great views, be prepared for wind and lots of sun. There's very little shade to be found. Riding the trail you'll encounter mixed terrain -- steep hills, flats, deep sandy sections, gravel, and bedrock canyon roads.


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Texas expects to have Ogando start Tuesday
ARLINGTON -- Unless something changes in the next 48 hours, Rangers manager Ron Washington will activate Alexi Ogando off the disabled list to start Tuesday against the Yankees.
Washington said Ogando could probably throw 100 pitches, given he threw 80 pitches in his final rehab start on Thursday with Triple-A Round Rock.
"He could probably add 20 to it, which which what we wanted to make certain when he came up here; we didn't have to put him on a strict pitch count," Washington said.
Washington said the club will closely watch Ogando on the mound and not attempt to extract more than the pitcher can give.
"If we think he did well after five, that's it," Washington said. "If we think he did well after six, that's it. We won't try to get more."
Thursday's starter is "TBA," which could stand for to be announced or to be acquired. The Rangers have attempted to acquire Matt Garza throughout the weekend and had a scout watch Jake Peavy pitch for the White Sox Saturday against the Braves. Cubs manager Dale Sveum told reporters Sunday he's confident Garza will start for the Cubs Monday. In that situation, Garza wouldn't be available to pitch if acquired after his start to pitch Thursday.
Washington said Ross Wolf remains an option to start Thursday. He allowed seven runs on nine hits in two innings Saturday against the O's.


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There is no sound or low volume coming from the TV speakers.
Follow this procedure to troubleshoot when there is no sound or low volume coming from the TV speakers.
IMPORTANT: If model-specific information is required to complete any of the steps in this solution, refer to the operating instructions supplied with the product.
NOTE: Because each of these steps represents a possible solution to this issue, check the TV status after completing each step.
- Increase the volume of the TV.
- If using a set-top box with a volume control, increase the volume of the set-top box.
NOTE: If the set-top box is connected using an Audio/Video (A/V) connection, make sure the A/V cables are connected securely to the appropriate video input on the TV.
- Make sure the TV audio has not been muted.
- Make sure no headphones are connected to the TV.
- If analog broadcasts are available, perform analog broadcast tuning and check if there is noise.
- If there is noise: Sound is coming out from the TV. Check for other causes such as apps with no sound or the playback content.
- If there is no noise: Sound may not be coming out due to a cause in the TV. Proceed to Step 6.
- Verify that the MTS settings of the TV are set to MAIN or STEREO.
NOTE: If the source device is not set to stereo or is not capable of transmitting a stereo signal, sound may only come out of one speaker on the TV, and the volume will sound low. In this case, adjust or replace the source device.
- If the TV has a Simulated effect in the audio menu, turn it off.
- If the TV has a Volume Offset setting in the audio menu, set it to a higher or the maximum value.
- Ensure the TV speakers are not set as the center speaker.
NOTE: Some TVs allow the TV speakers to act as the center channel speaker when using a multi-channel receiver.
- Verify the speakers are set to ON in the TV menu.
IMPORTANT: If the TV has audio output jacks and they are connected to a stereo system, then the speakers on the TV may be turned off. Some TVs require the internal speakers or the center speaker setting to be off before audio can be sent out to a stereo receiver via the audio out jacks.
- If the TV has a Headphone/Audio-Out settings in the Sound menu, set it to Audio-Out.
- Make sure all A/V cable connections are properly connected to the TV.
- Test the TV using another source like a VCR, DVD player or Blu-ray Disc player.
- Perform a power reset on the TV.
NOTE: For Android TVs, follow these steps to perform a power reset .
- If using a set-top box, try resetting it.
For details on how to reset the set-top box, refer to the operating instructions of the device.
- If the issue is not resolved after performing a power reset, reset the TV to the original factory settings . (For LCD TVs)
- For Android TVs, follow these steps to perform a Factory Data Reset .
The troubleshooting steps listed above should resolve your issue. If you have completed all of the steps and the issue is not resolved, service may be required.


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The right to vote is a privilege that has long been debated. Our founding fathers restricted the populations who could vote, fearing the power that the vote gave and believing that not all people possessed the intelligence to wisely use such power. Many men in the late eighteenth century believed that the vote was a privilege to be conferred only to those who possessed enough money and land to be politically reliable. This considerably limited those who could vote for George Washington in 1788 and those voting for Benjamin Harrison in 1888.
Minorities proclaimed that the vote was a right, and that anyone who lived under the laws formed by the politicians had a right to help select those writing the laws. This legal debate began before the Constitution was even ratified. The following is an excerpt from a letter Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John, showing the concerns of one woman for her legal rights.
"I long to hear that you have declared an independency and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."
Abigail Adams' strong words were treated as a joke in March of 1776, but they show the beginning spark of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She did not advocate that women receive the vote or hold public office. Abigail simply wanted a separate legal existence.
The first Women's Rights Convention was held on July 19 and 20, 1848, at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Coffin Mott. The meeting drafted a "Declaration of Sentiments" and 11 resolutions. The declaration was signed by 100 people (68 women and 32 men). The 9th resolution dealt with the right to vote and was nearly voted down.
In 1873, Susan B. Anthony spoke about her arrest after voting in the 1872 presidential election. She stated that it would be her intent to prove that in thus voting, she not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised her citizen's rights, guaranteed to her and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny. "It was we, the people; not we, the white
male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people – women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government – the ballot."
Many of the western states and territories began to give women the right to vote, but women would not secure the national vote until 1920. Alice Paul and other suffragists picketed the White House during Woodrow Wilson's term. After the United States entered WWI, the picketing was seen as embarrassing. The ladies were arrested and jailed. The poor conditions and treatment of the jailed suffragists soon became a major public relations problem for Wilson. He pardoned all of the jailed suffragists. Two months later, he came out in favor of a suffrage amendment to the Constitution. In January 1919, the bill passed the Senate, and on August 26, 1920, after two-thirds of the states had ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, women finally won the right to vote.
Even though women could not vote in 1888, a woman did run for the presidency. Belva Lockwood ran under the National Equal Rights Party of California. This was not the first time Lockwood had challenged the cultural biases of her day. She had practiced law as a married woman and passed a bill in Congress that allowed all qualified lawyers, male or female, to practice law in the highest courts.
When Harrison entered the White House in 1889, little had changed for women. The restriction of the need to own property, or be a certain race had been lifted allowing most men the right to vote. Women were now fighting for the vote along with other legal issues. Many clubs, groups, and movements had formed. The Harrison women as well as Indianapolis women had been influenced by the times.
Caroline Harrison was open-minded about suffrage. She supported the hiring of Alice Sanger as the first woman stenographer at the White House. She was active with the Medical Fund for Johns Hopkins Medical School, served as the chairman of the Washington Committee of the Women's Fund for the school, and attended two receptions in November 1890 in Baltimore to aid in the effort. Mrs. Harrison helped raise $100,000 for the school under the condition that women be given full and equal opportunities in pursuing medical careers. Caroline delivered her own prepared speech before the DAR, a first for an incumbent First Lady. To learn more about Caroline Harrison, please click here.
Mary Harrison McKee attended Ogontz Seminary in Pennsylvania. Mary was very active in many organizations, including the DAR and the Indianapolis Woman's Club. Mary would have known May Wright Sewall and been exposed to the literary offerings of the Woman's Club. In February 1892, an article by Mary appeared in "The Ladies' Home Journal" on the training of children. Mary did not believe in very stern punishment.
May Saunders Harrison, wife of Benjamin and Caroline Harrison's son Russell, was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Her father was Senator Alvin Saunders. The Saunders family later moved to Omaha, Nebraska. May was an active member of DAR. She sat on the committee for the Women's Building at the Columbian Exposition in 1893.
Elizabeth Harrison Walker was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and his second wife Mary Lord Harrison. She attended Tudor Hall in Indianapolis until 1913, when she and her mother moved to New York City. She then attended Westover School in Connecticut. Later, Elizabeth enrolled at New York University School of Law, and the subsequent year added classes at Washington Square College of New York in the liberal arts department. She passed both the Indiana and New York State Bars. During WWII, she served as secretary of the Committee for Economic Development (the only woman member). She was the publisher and editor of "Cues on News," a monthly publication for women investors.
Anna Symmes Harrison attended Clinton Academy in Long Island and completed her schooling at the Isabella Graham School in New York City. This was the end of her formal education, but the world was a vast classroom of experiences. She received an excellent and extensive education for a woman of her day. This prepared her for her journey west. She married William Henry Harrison in 1795. She took charge of the household and supervised the education of their 10 children as well as teaching some of the neighboring children, since there was no school in the area. She instilled in the children the love of learning.
Benjamin Harrison was a young boy in Ohio when the first Women's Rights Convention was held July 19, 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York. Early in his life, Benjamin's grandmother Anna Symmes Harrison, his mother Elizabeth Irwin Harrison, and his first teacher Mrs. Harriet Giesey helped to form his ideals and beliefs, which helped him develop his own personal conscience. Later in his life, his wife Caroline was a strong influence. Benjamin hired Alice B. Sanger as a White House stenographer in 1889; she was the first woman employed in a job other than domestic service at the White House. He had been challenged by a woman for the presidency, which heightened his awareness of the issues that the National Women's Suffrage Association was fighting for in the 1890s.
Edward Bok, publisher of "The Ladies' Home Journal," asked Benjmain to write a series of articles. The first appeared in the December 1895 issue. Harrison's aim in these articles was to explain how government in the United States was conducted. Bok felt that these articles would better prepare women for the vote. The magazine stated that: "It will be possible, through these papers, for every person to intelligently understand his or her own country… The articles promise to be the most important and instructive magazine feature this year." The articles ran through 1897. Harrison then published the book "This Country of Ours," revising and adding to the articles.
On June 30, 1888, at an Indianapolis convention for the National Women's Suffrage Association, Susan B. Anthony and May Wright Sewall wrote an open letter to Benjamin Harrison on behalf of the membership. They pointed out that women were "Lawful Citizens," since the law recognized them in courts, jails, and prisons. The only place they were not recognized was the ballot box. By being denied the right to vote, they were not being given a voice or representation. They asked Harrison, as head of his party, to be clear in his letter of acceptance of the Republican nomination for the presidency, that the party had pledged itself to protect every citizen in the free exercise of the right to vote at public elections.
Funding for this project was made possible through the sponsorship of Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Eastern ThailandKevin (เควิน) Khaosan
This region of Thailand is particularly popular with visitors who wish to enjoy all the natural beauty and golden beaches of Southern Thailand whilst avoiding the crowds.
For many, the tourist destination of Pattaya provides an interesting diversion, whilst others head straight to the beautiful island of Koh Samet to enjoy all the benefits of an island holiday with less of the hassles.
The large island of Koh Chang is a great place to spend a few days and there are many areas of natural beauty located on the island as well as several smaller islands close by. This is a great place to go snorkeling and diving as there is plenty of pristine coral and colourful fish to see.
The town of Si Racha is well known for its deliciously spicy sauce and seafood, and while there visitors can visit the Sri Racha Tiger Zoo for the opportunity to cuddle the tiny tiger cubs.
For travelers who really want to get away from it all, the peaceful island of Koh Si Chang makes a great destination as it is virtually ignored by tourists.
Although the region is easily reachable by bus, there is are also small airports at U-Tapao and Trat.


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Dr. Stephen Z.D. Cheng
Professor Emeritus; Adjunct Professor;
Frank C. Sullivan Distinguished Research Professor
Trustees Professor
Department of Polymer Science
- 1985 Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 1981 M.S., Polymer Engineering, DongHua University
- 1977 Diploma, Mathematics, East China Normal University
Dr. Cheng's Research Website
National Academy of Engineering - Member Election, 2008
Election Citation: For the development of materials for liquid crystal displays and the elucidation of structure-property relationships in polymeric materials.
Research Interests
Condensed States in Polymeric Materials: Including Transition Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Molecular Motion in Metastable States, Crystal Structure and Morphology, Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystalline Polymers, Surface and Interface Structures and Related Phase Transitions, Phase Structures and Phase Transitions in Nano-Confined Environments, Polymer Blends and Copolymers, High Performance Polymers, and Polymer Photonics.
Contact Information
Dr. Stephen Z.D. Cheng
The University of Akron
Department of Polymer Science
Akron, Ohio 44325-3909
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Recent Publications
- Mingjun Huang, Chih-Hao Hsu, Jing Wang, Shan Mei, Xuehui Dong, Yiwen Li, Mingxuan Li, Hao Liu, Wei Zhang, Takuzo Aida, Wen-Bin Zhang, Kan Yue, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Selective assemblies of giant tetrahedra via precisely controlled positional interactions. Science, 348, 424-428, 2015.
- Zhiwei Lin, Pengtao Lu, Chih-Hao Hsu, Jian Sun, Yangbin Zhou, Mingjun Huang, Kan Yue, Bo Ni, Xue-Hui Dong, Xiaochen Li, Wen-Bin Zhang, Xinfei Yu and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Hydrogen-Bonding-Induced Nanophase Separation in Giant Surfactants Consisting of Hydrophilic [60]Fullerene Tethered to Block Copolymers at Different Locations. Macromolecules, 48, 5496-5503, 2015.
- Bo Ni, Mingjun Huang, Ziran Chen, Yingchao Chen, Chih-Hao Hsu, Yiwen Li, Darrin Pochan, Wen-Bin Zhang, Stephen Z. D. Cheng,and Xue-Hui Dong, Pathway toward Large Two-Dimensional Hexagonally Patterne Colloidal Nanosheets in Solution. Journal of American Chemical Society, 137, 1392-1395, 2015.
- Wen-Bin Zhang, Xinfei Yu, Chien-Lung Wang, Hao-Jan Sun, I-Fan Hsieh, Yiwen Li, Xue-Hui Dong, Kan Yue, Ryan Van Horn, and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Molecular nanoparticles are unique elements for macromolecular science: from "nanoatoms" to giant molecules (An invited perspective), Macromolecules, 47, 1211-1239, 2014.
- Hao Liu, Chih-Hao Hsu, Zhiwei Lin, Wenpeng Shan, Jing Wang, Jing Jiang, Mingjun Huang, Bernard Lotz, Xinfei Yu, Wen-Bin Zhang, Kan Yue and Stephen Z. D. Cheng,Two-Dimensional Nano-crystals of Molecular Janus Particles (Featured by JACS Spotlights). Journal of American Chemical Society, 136, 10691-10699, 2014.
- Kan Wu, Mingjun Huang, Chang Liu, Hao Liu, Xue-Hui Dong, Zhiwei Lin, Wei Zhang, An-Chang Shi, Kan Yue, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Asymmetric giant "bolaform-like" surfactants: precise synthesis, phase diagram, and phase separation induced crystallization in the lamellae structure. Macromolecules, 47, 4623-4633, 2014.
- Zhao Wang, Yiwen Li, Xue-Hui Dong, Kai Guo, Hao Su,Kan Yue, Xinfei Yu, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Stephen Z. D. Chengand Wen-Bin Zhang, Giant gemini surfactants based on polystyrene-hydrophilic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane amphiphiles: Triple "click" chemistry and solution self-assembly. Chemical Science, 4, 1345-1352, 2013.
- Xinfei Yu, KanYue, I-Fan Hsieh, Yiwen Li, Xue-Hui Dong, Chang Liu, Yu Xin, Hsiao-Fang Wang, An-Chang Shi, George R. Newkome, Rong-Ming Ho, Er-Qiang Chen, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Giant surfactants provide a versatile platform for sub-10-nm nanostructure engineering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, 10078-10083, 2013.
- Xue-Hui Dong, Ryan Van Horn, Andreas Wurm, Christoph Schick, Bernard Lotz, Wen-Bin Zhang and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Exactly defined half-folds with precisely controlled defect locations. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letter, 4, 2356-2360, 2013.
- Xinfei Yu, Wen-Bin Zhang, Kan Yue, Xiaopeng Li, Hao Liu, Yu Xin, Chien-Lung Wang, Chrys Wesdemiotis and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Giant molecular shape amphiphiles based on polystyrene–hydrophilic [60]fullerene conjugates: Click synthesis, solution self-assembly, and phase behavior. Journal of American Chemical Society, 134, 7780-7787, 2012.
- Yiwen Li, Wen-Bin Zhang, I-Fan Hsieh, Guoliang Zhang, Yan Cao, Xiaopeng Li, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Bernard Lotz, Huiming Xiong and Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Breaking symmetry towards non-spherical Janus particles based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes: Molecular design, "click" synthesis, and hierarchical structure. Journal of American Chemical Society, 133, 10712-10715, 2011.
- Chien-Lung Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang, Ryan M. Van Horn, Yingfeng Tu, Xiong Gong, Stephen Z. D. Cheng, Yanming Sun, Minghong Tong, Junghwa Seo, Ben B.Y, Hsu and Alan J. Heeger, A porphyrin-fullerene dyadwith a supramolecular "double-cable" structure as a novel electron acceptor for bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells. Advanced Materials, 23, 2951-2956, 2011.


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A glacier isn't the kind of thing you'd expect to get away from you. After all, only the world's fastest-flowing glaciers can match a snail's pace. But we know it's possible for glaciers to have tipping points that, once crossed, result in an unstoppable change. Once unstable, they can lose a lot of ice before finding another stable configuration.
Looking back through the history of the Antarctic ice sheets, we know that they have been susceptible to warming in the past. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is especially vulnerable because a great deal of the continent beneath it is below sea level. If the ice shrinks back from the higher elevation areas, the entire ice sheet can collapse, as it may have done several times in the last million years. Some of the West Antarctic glaciers that prevent this collapse have behaved dynamically in the recent past—and, as we saw this week, there's evidence that we may be committed to seeing a repeat performance.The amount of ice present there today could raise global sea level roughly several meters if it all melted. But across the continent, the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is much larger, holding the equivalent of 55 meters of sea level rise as ice. Fortunately, it's perched securely above sea level. Researchers are less concerned with the potential for tipping points there. There are, however, exceptions. Some East Antarctic glaciers have melted back considerably in the past. The key is to figure out how much ice they can lose and how fast they can lose it.
A new study from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research scientists Matthias Mengel and Anders Levermann focuses on the Wilkes Basin portion of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. This large basin is situated just across the Transantarctic Mountains from the Ross Sea. Its ice flows seaward through the Ninnis and Cook ice streams. The topography beneath these glaciers drops down as you head inland along a pair of major valleys.
That increase in depth creates a classic tipping point for glaciers that reach the sea. Many factors affect the flow of that ice, including the friction between the glacier and the ground below. If a glacier melts back into a deeper spot, the water pressure at the base increases, offsetting some of the glacier's weight. That means less resistance to flow, and the glacier sheds mass more and more rapidly. This can continue until the front of the glacier retreats to another high spot and reestablishes a stable interface with the ocean. The problem is that the next high spot may be many kilometers inland.
To find out what that kind of behavior might mean for the Wilkes Basin, the researchers used a computer model. Warming ocean water has been observed beneath the floating ice shelves in front of glaciers a little further to the west, so the researchers simulated similar warming in the model. In various scenarios, they increased the ocean water temperature by 1–2.5°C and maintained it for two, four, or eight centuries before dialing the temperature back down.
The simulated glaciers crossed a significant tipping point. With a couple of centuries at the warmer end of the temperature range, or four centuries at the lower end, the glaciers continued shrinking long after the ocean water returned to its initial temperature. And not just a little. By the time the glaciers found a new stable position (on the other side of the valleys they had retreated into), they had lost enough ice to raise global sea level three to four meters.
That situation took about 25,000 years to play out (with most of the ice lost in the first 10,000 years), meaning the peak melt rate was about double Antarctica's present-day total contribution to sea level rise. Still, once past the tipping point, it retreated some 700 kilometers all on its own—it wasn't forced to by continued warming.
The researchers describe the relatively small amount of ice that has to disappear to set this in motion as a "plug." Melt that plug, driving the front of the glacier off the high ground on which it currently sits, and a huge volume of ice drains out as the glacier retreats to the next high ground. Once the plug is pulled, there's no sticking it back in.
While this is unlikely to have a large impact on sea level by, say, the end of this century, it tells us about the kind of long-term change we could commit ourselves to as the climate warms. Turning to the past, the researchers note that the Wilkes Basin might explain where some of the water in previous sea level rise events came from. It's easy to get information about how high the oceans rose, but it takes more work to figure out where ice was lost to make that happen. The Wilkes Basin could have chipped in a lot.
Nature Climate Change, 2014. DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2226 (About DOIs).