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As with the VP2, Avon's 3D Ultra tires are offered in three types: Sport (street), Supersport (street/track) and Xtreme (track only). New 3D siping most drastically separates the 3D Ultra from its predecessor and uses interlocking three-dimensional points in thin grooves to boost warm-up capabilities while at the same time limiting carcass flex. Avon's Advanced Variable Belt Density (A-VBD) carcass and Reactive Footprint (RF) technology are standard fare. This technology places the tire's belts closer together in the center of the tire but further apart towards the edge, resulting in high speed stability when the bike is vertical and a larger contact patch when the bike is cranked over.
The Sport tire is intended solely for the street and runs a higher concentration of silica for improved performance in wet conditions. Interestingly, it's also the only tire in the 3D Ultra lineup to feature Avon's tri-compound technology, with a harder compound along the tread center and softer compound on the edges. A third compound, or base compound, is placed underneath the two outer compounds and is said to bond everything together as well as run cooler.
The 3D Ultra lineup is broad enough to work in any number of environments. Nonetheless, Avon chose to debut its new rubber at the Almeria Circuit in Spain, a fast 14-corner circuit with a mixture of sweeping turns and quick transitions. Stormy conditions hindered the test initially, but eventually blew inland, allowing us multiple on-track sessions with various bikes of dissimilar displacement.
First to be levered on to each test bike was a set of 3D Ultra Sport tires. Track conditions in mind, I gave the Sport almost a full lap before I put much load on either the front or rear tire. I was surprised even still at how quickly the tire came to temperature and how I had zero "exciting" moments. According to Pete McNally, Head of Avon Motorcycle Tire Design, this is a direct benefit of the 3D sipes, which he claims "aren't there to clear water, but only to help the tire warm up." As the track dried and speeds increased, the Sport tire began to squirm a bit through the middle of the corner, exhibiting its street-oriented design brief. Nevertheless, the tire proved it could get the job done by offering great braking performance and adequate grip in less than ideal conditions.
What I like most about the 3D Ultra lineup is that with each subsequent version you get a noticeable increase in performance. With the Supersport, for instance, you get the same superb braking performance as with the Sport, but more feel from the rear tire mid-corner. Without that squirm at full lean you're able to crack the throttle open sooner and accelerate through the corner better, all while grip levels remain adequate. Step up to the Xtreme and you'll find even more benefits, including more grip at max lean and significantly quicker steering characteristics.
The Xtreme is still in its early stages of development, claims Avon, and as such only one compound is currently available. A 120/70-ZR17 front is offered for $215.26, in addition to a 180/55 and 190/55 rear that retails for $290.49 to $310.23. Both the Sport and Supersport have a broader fitment chart as well as a lower price tag; retail for the Sport front ranges from $172.08 to $195.67 while the rear goes for $236.63 to $310.72. Supersport fronts will cost you $182.33 to $197.08 and the rears $255.09 to $297.01.
Avon chose to launch its new 3D Ultra at a great time; with sportbike tire technology growing at such a feverish rate, its VP2 simply wasn't going to put Avon at the forefront of the competition. Based on how versatile the lineup is however, the 3D Ultra could do just that.


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text: MBA CurriculumInformation compiled by the GradSchools.com team - last updated October 2010 Studying In the field The Masters of Business Administration (MBA) is one of the most popular graduate degrees available. Perhaps this is because of its relevance in this world of ever-increasing business opportunities, or the ways in which the skills learned in class can be applied to the larger world of business in the expanding globalized economy about which so much attention is being paid these days. Or maybe it's because the MBA degree can often lead to lucrative careers in the public and private world of business. Whatever it is, one thing remains clear: Earning an MBA degree is one of the surest ways to further your career, jump-start a new one or set yourself up for the corporate position you've always dreamed of. Of course, there are myriad options within the world of MBA's, and the area you choose to focus on will have just as much of an impact on your professional prospects as the fact that you have earned it in the first place. And that is the beauty of an MBA-it will not only give you the tools you need to succeed in the business world, but it will also open doors that might have remained closed before. That having been noted, studying in the field is really a tale of two courses: There are the basics that most programs offer and that nearly all MBA candidates have to take, and then there are more specialized courses that you will only have to worry about if and when you choose to focus on that specific area of study. As for the basic courses, they are likely to include the following: "Finance... Financial Reporting and Control... Leadership and Organizational Behavior... Marketing... Technology and Operations Management... Business, Government, and the International Economy... Strategy... Negotiation... Leadership and Corporate Accountability," and others of that nature (HBS). And while there will certainly be some variation in the programming from school to school, and while there will certainly be some courses that are offered in one place but not another, the general course of study will encompass similar topics and classes. The goal, after all, is to prepare students for the world of high-end business which they will likely enter following graduation from their MBA program. Then there are the classes that are more specialized. Many of these will lie within the areas of finance, international business, venture capital, economic theory and the like. These are courses that apply to students who would like to specialize in one particular aspect of the business world. In addition to the classes themselves, there is also the issue of how you would like to go about earning your MBA. Since so many students are also full-time employees of companies, it is not uncommon for students to earn their MBA at night while maintaining their full-time schedule during the day. And while this is often stressful and difficult, it is managed by hundreds of thousands of students every year. Plus, it is not uncommon for the company for which students are working to offer to pay for the MBA-with the understanding that, in return, the employee will agree to stay with the company for a specified period of time after earning the MBA. Job opportunities In the field Earning an MBA can not only facilitate job advancement, but it can also make you a much more marketable person when it comes time to move on to a new job or career within the business field. In addition, it is also common for MBA holder's to earn more money in their jobs, the assumption being that their increased level of knowledge will make their presence at a company that much more profitable. For specific earnings and job outlooks, you should research each specific area of business on your own-there are just too many options to make any sort of generalizations accurate. But the one constant is this: Earning an MBA can have a profound impact on your career in the business world, and all the time and effort required to earn it will almost certainly pay off in the end. Filter from over 10,000: Business & MBA Programs Photo by QuesterMark


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In reply to Does anyone have Avoidant Personality Disorder?, posted by billym on December 11, 2003, at 13:36:26
> AvPD -- I'm afraid not many people know what this is, nor do many doctors. It's not social anxiety.
----------I feel you. I was diagnosed with social anxiety, but the descriptions in the DSM didn't really jibe with how I felt. I can talk to people in a professional capacity quite easily, and i don't really get overly anxious around people, I just get very reserved.
For those unfamiliar, avoidant personality disorder is marked by the following:-avoids occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact, because of fears of criticism, disapproval, or rejection
-is unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked
-shows restraint within intimate relationships because of the fear of being shamed or ridiculed
is preoccupied with being criticized or rejected in social situations
-is inhibited in new interpersonal situations because of feelings of inadequacy
views self as socially inept, personally unappealing, or inferior to others
-is unusually reluctant to take personal risks or to engage in any new activities because they may prove embarrassingbasically, you think that you don't fit in, and that other people will dislike you. If you've had enough experience of people actually treating you this way, it sticks. I don't know how many times I've said something in a group of people and been ignored, only to have someone else say the same thing and recieve praise and approval. My dad also did his part to make me feel like the person I am is ridiculous.
Certainly, there's an element of anxiety about it, but it's different. When you're not speaking, there isn't any anxiety. It's almost more of a belief I have than a fear. People just don't get me, I figure. It keeps me from being myself, instead opting for safer, blander expressions. I never say what I think.
Not sure that medications do much for this. On them, I'm not as depressed, but I still don't jump into social situations at all. It probably requires extensive therapy.
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Palm Oil processing gives rise to highly polluting waste-water, known as Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME), which is often discarded in disposal ponds, resulting in the leaching of contaminants that pollute the groundwater and soil, and in the release of methane gas into the atmosphere. POME is an oily wastewater generated by palm oil processing mills and consists of various suspended components. This liquid waste combined with the wastes from steriliser condensate and cooling water is called palm oil mill effluent (POME).
On average, for each ton of FFB (fresh fruit bunches) processed, a standard palm oil mill generate about 1 tonne of liquid waste with biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) 27 kg, chemical oxygen demand (COD) 62 kg, suspended solids (SS) 35 kg and oil and grease 6 kg. POME has a very high Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), which is 100 times more than the municipal sewage.
POME is a non-toxic waste, as no chemical is added during the oil extraction process, but will pose environmental issues due to large oxygen depleting capability in aquatic system due to organic and nutrient contents. The high organic matter is due to the presence of different sugars such as arabinose, xylose, glucose, galactose and manose. The suspended solids in the POME are mainly oil-bearing cellulosic materials from the fruits. Since the POME is non-toxic as no chemical is added in the oil extraction process, it is a good source of nutrients for microorganisms.
Anaerobic digestion is widely adopted in the industry as a primary treatment for POME. Biogas is produced in the process in the amount of 20 m3 per ton FFB. This effluent could be used for biogas production through anaerobic digestion. At many Palm-oil mills this process is already in place to meet water quality standards for industrial effluent. The gas, however, is flared off.
Palm Oil mills, being one of the largest industries in Malaysia and Indonesia, effluents from these mills can be anaerobically converted into biogas which in turn can be used to generate power through gas turbines or gas-fired engines. According to World Oil Data 2006, potential POME produced from all Palm Oil Mills in Indonesia was 34 million m3in 2005. This is equivalent to total COD loading of about 1.7 million tons resulting in 350,000 tons of methane.
Currently, recovery of renewable organic-based product is a new approach in managing POME. The technology is aimed to recover by-products such as volatile fatty acid, biogas and poly-hydroxyalkanoates to promote sustainability of the palm oil industry. It is envisaged that POME can be sustainably reused as a fermentation substrate in production of various metabolites through biotechnological advances. In addition, POME consists of high organic acids and is suitable to be used as a carbon source.


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It is no surprise to the Sexy Mother Foodie that dishtowels make fantastic napkins–in fact, we arguably started this trend. Like a burp-cloth for hipsters.
Tea- and dishtowels are thick, absorbent, and for some reason, infinitely cooler that those standard little paper versions.
And if you're not already doing it, here is how:
It all starts with a brand new teatowel. Fold it thickly and lay it across a plate (preferably made of hand-thrown Japanese crockery set on a reclaimed wood dining table)
Italian trattorias generally use a waffle print with a line running down the middle. French brasseries prefer linen.
By substituting dishtowels for napkins, you have just recreated the neighborhood darling of every first-ring suburb from Brooklyn to Berkeley–right in your own home.
Add a backdrop of exposed brick and just wait for someone to finish the table with cerignola olives, crusty bread, and maybe a goblet or two of Chianti. But if perchance that doesn't happen, then rest assured that teatowels make take-out pizza seem just a bit more civilized.


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This conference will focus on underwater acoustic measurements, the applied technologies and the results obtained. As many theoretical and computational predictions are available in the field of underwater acoustics, and as several important experimental studies ranging from model scale tests in laboratories to full scale tests at sea have been performed over the past or are planned to take place in the near future, it is timely to review the whole field of underwater acoustic measurements. This shall not exclude inputs from theoretical or computational underwater acoustics, but emphasis of this conference will be on underwater acoustic measurements.
Period for conference: Tuesday 28th June through Friday 1st July 2005
Conference venue The conference will be held at Foundation for Research and Technology - HELLAS, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Exhibition An exhibition by leading international manufacturers of state-of-the-art technologies, equipment and services for underwater acoustic measurements, surveys and control of underwater processes will be arranged in the central area of the conference space. As the conference participants include several decision makers in exploitation of underwater acoustics, the exhibition forms a very important opportunity for manufacturers of hard- and software and for providers of consulting and scientific services to meet with their customers.
Who should attend Scientists and engineers from universities, research institutes, government organizations and industry dealing with aspects of underwater acoustics. Representatives for naval material commands and procurement offices. The conference will provide a forum for exchange of recent research results, for discussion of future challenges in implementation and application of underwater acoustic technologies, and the conference will display the latest advances in instrumentation.


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If the pizza vending machine didn't blow your socks off, maybe this contraption will. 7-Eleven, the convenience store that introduced Slurpees in 1967, has now come up with a way for potatoes to pour out of a spout — mashed potatoes that is.
But don't go running to the nearest location. This machine won't be seen at a store near you anytime soon. Right now the self-serving mashed potato machines are only available for use at 7-Eleven stores in Asia.
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With just a touch of a button the machine whips up hot mashed potatoes. All users have to do is place a cup below the spout, just as you would any coffee machine, then press the potato button and, voila! Hot potatoes come oozing out followed by a savory splash of gravy. Is it possible that fresh potatoes are being mashed? No. The machine actually just mixes a powder with water, which creates the institutional-style potatoes that are commonly served in high-volume cafeterias.
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The dispensers are an invention from Maggi, a popular vending machine company overseas. They aren't expected to arrive in the U.S. anytime soon. Each 7-Eleven franchise has the option to purchase the machine for its store. The blog Tecca reported that the spuds spout is particularly popular in Singapore. And for just $2 customers can create a combo meal potatoes and a signature 7-Eleven Slurpee.
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Designer Tracy Reese sure gives us Plenty to feast on. Having established her name with her ultra-sweet dresses and lacy skirts, Reese continues to pursue her taste for vintage elegance with these fanciful pieces.
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While I am a true knitter, this was created on a knitting machine. Gasp. It's almost blasphemous to write. Still, working with the machine (see next image in this series) is a skill in itself and so to get a finished product like this felt mighty good.
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I'm not familiar with any ending where you're helping rebuild the Relays. I've seen all the Youtube crap regarding these, and the only difference I've seen in any of the endings is the color, weather or not the Reapers get blow up or just shut down, who comes out of the Normandy at the end, and if you complete everything with the readiness rating Shepard inhales for one second in rubble. I haven't seen anything posted where the Relays are being rebuilt.
That mission with Morton curing the genophage was literally my favorite mission of the entire series. Just fucking amazing.
Hell, like Porter said, 99.9% of the game is fucking incredible to me, but that ending is just so fucking lazy and weird, it really does take the wind out of my sails a bit for the game. I'm not as upset as this guy, but he pretty much sums up my feelings on the end.
The Reapers helping re-build the relays was something I thought could have been in a epilogue if you chose to control the Reapers.
Ahh, I guess I missed the part where you said that. I was working and just thought you were going over what happened. :-)
Honestly, I don't think I even stated what exactly I was saying. But that is one thing that this game needed was an epilogue, and not Buzz Aldrin in the future.
Nice episode. Specialist Trayner is awesome!!
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DICE has confirmed that even retail copies of Battlefield 3 will require the installation of EA's download manager and online store Origin.
EA's certainly trying hard to push this Origin thing on us. Back in June, the publisher revealed that it was planning to make a number of titles exclusive to the service, with arguably the most high profile of these being BioWare's MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic. EA's also had a number of spats with Valve over Steam's licensing agreements, leading to several of EA's titles no longer being available for purchase or auto-update via Valve's platform.
With Battlefield 3, though, EA's taking a new tack again -- forcing players to install the Origin client software, even with new retail copies of the game. DICE community manager Daniel "@zh1nt0" Matros confirmed this via Twitter.
This isn't a new practice -- Valve has been requiring users to install Steam with retail versions of their products ever since Half-Life 2. There was upset over this at the time of Half-Life 2's original release, but since then most PC gamers have accepted Steam as the de facto standard for digital distribution and community features. Origin, conversely, is still an unknown quantity at this time, currently focused solely on EA games (though the publisher hopes this will change) and seen by many as a service that is gutting Steam of EA's best titles one at a time. Some users have also claimed Origin itself is a resource hog, causing performance issues with the recent Battlefield 3 alpha trial on lower-spec machines.
Battlefield 3 will not be available via Steam, with EA giving the usual non-specific excuse about Valve's supposedly restrictive business terms as the reason. It's the latest casualty in the growing rift between EA and Valve, following Crysis 2 and Dragon Age II's removal from the Steam store.
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The Black Diamond Factor AT Boot can rip the resort, park, and pipe one day, then go bag a 14-er the next.
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Pretty sweet boot
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I've skied the factors for one season, everything from 8h resort days with minor hucks to 4h tours and I gotta say it's living up to my expectations. This being my first cross over boot I was very happy with the touring mode 'cause I had only toured in alpine boots before. After trying titans for a few days I realized that the walk mode on the factors isn't all that great but it does the job. I find it comfy on the up and stiff but forgiving on the down, have felt a bit soft in spring time with warmer temp.
Now to the bad stuff that puts this boot at a 3 instead of sniffing at a 5. Like may others I broke the ski/walk mode switch and got stuck in walk mode. I did this in dynafit binders and at the same time the AT sole heal part (where the pegs go) broke. I didn't notice at first 'cause it didn't snap all the way so I could still ski down from the mountain.
When I took the boots to the shop we discovered that the only thing keeping the plastic together was the rubber sole, since the binders released correctly and took no damage I'm questioning the durability of not only the ski/walk mode but also the AT soles.
Hey I have a size 12 foot and usually run...
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Hey I have a size 12 foot and usually run a 29, but this fit reviewed small. What size would someone recommend??
Tour Mode lever fixed, but...
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...the liners are still Meh. As in I took a pair of hard-foam Garmont liners I had laying around and put them in right away. That said, the fit of the shells is awesome. The heel cup is narrow enough to provide meaningful hold, and the forefoot accommodates my C-D width feet without needing to be punched out.
Aside from the liners (and I doubt the new ones are any better), the only other beef I have is with the flex rating. My "90 Flex" Tecnica Diablo's are stiffer than these "130 Flex" boots. That said, these are still plenty stiff to drive any ski in the backcountry, and have a nice, progressive flex.
One final note-the liners in these suck, but the insoles are really nice...Superfeet nice. If BD put Intuition liners in these puppies, they'd be a 5 star product.
Awesome boot
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These boots fit great. Make sure you get them big enough to fit comfy socks. They have a great Achilles Tendon support in the liner, and fit snug and secure. Haven't broke the walk mode yet, but most of the reviews say it'll happen. The BOA lacing is really really awesome. So easy, even with gloves on. Hard to find the Dynafit sole pieces for the green color, BD said they weren't expected in stock until Winter. I use them with Fritschi's for AT.
Good Stuff. Normal Feet Need Not Apply.
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Great boots!
I'm light (150lbs) but ski hard. I have very narrow big feet and a very narrow heal. These boots ultra tight in the health cup area and I'm certain the people with normal width or wide feet would be absolutely miserable in these. The toe box is also tight ... but is designed for more normal feet.
Their stiffness is rated at 130, but I think that's a bit optimistic. It's not a racing boot, but more than adequate for almost all purposes.
Haven't broken anything on the boot yet. They seem rather stout. I wouldn't recommend switching to walk mode while leaning forward as it seems to place undue stress on the weakest part of the boot ... but no problems so far.
Love the cinch string crank BOA closure business. Not sure how I lived without it.
P.s. this boot is more for slack country. it's too heavy for long tours but can stand up to the abuse of resort skiing. This is exactly what I wanted though, so it's perfect for me.
More a resort boot..
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...than a BC boot. Barely an AT boot imo. Reasonable for side country (what isn't) but not what I would consider a AT boot.
So far, so good.
Josh Raggon
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I've only skied two resort days on these boots and so far they're great. Very stiff, responsive, and lightweight. The ski/walk mechanism is very handy even if all I've used it for is trips to and from the car and in and out of the lodge. I can't wait to do some touring with them.
Excellent boot - with a caveat...
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I'd give the Factors 5 stars, but it would come with a caveat: I only weigh 140 lbs and never break anything. If I weighed more and could confidently say they're bomber for the normal population, they'd get all the stars.
That said, the boots seem well built to BD standards. I would compare the last closest to the Salomon Falcon.
Stiffness: definitely stiffer than other AT boots but skiers worth their salt will know that nothing is as good downhill as an alpine boot.
Other niceties:
- Beefier buckles are a nice touch.
- Ski/Walk mechanism lever is bigger now.
- Forward lean can be adjusted to a more aggressive stance even though the part is a pain to install.
- Boa is awesome.
Things to Improve:
- They're a little heavy. Weight is always a factor in hiking. I guess the tradeoff is stiffness.
- AT soles are NOT included. These boots ain't cheap - it'd be really nice to throw those in instead of charging an extra $18.
Everywhere else is seems to say that Alpine...
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Everywhere else is seems to say that Alpine DIN blocks are included with the Factors, but here on backcountry is states they are sold seperately. Is it that previously factors shipped with other blocks, but newer (2011?) factors come with Alpine DIN blocks and backcountry has older stock? Or is there another explanation?
Joshua Moore
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The product photography shows the Alpine Sole Block. Black Diamond specs the boot as coming with the Alpine Sole Block. Every other retailer sells the boot with the Alpine Sole Block. I imagine it is just a typo, if not Backcountry.com has an awesome return policy... but I really think it is a typo, and was meant to "AT Sole Sold Separately"
The Method boot comes with an AT Sole and requires purchase of the extra Alpine Sole if needed.
Painless ski walk mech failure
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Love these boots. Bigger guy, half in half out type of skier, second year of Factors, on the snow employee. 120+ days last year, 100+ this year, finally broke ski walk mech while hauling ass downhill, on my back, ski tail caught at speed. Emailed Joe at Black Diamond on Tuesday at noon, Brown Santa just left my house after delivering new ski walk mech Thursday at 5 pm. Painless and quick solution. Impressive.
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This boot has an excellent flex. It is very smooth and solid. The weight is reasonable. The hike/skin mode is much more efficient than the Salomon Quest Boot, which no longer is Dynafit compatible. The boa is nice. Its hard to imagine a more versatile boot.
Has anyone done long touring in these...
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Has anyone done long touring in these boots? I'm set to do the Haute Route in a couple months and am deciding whether to get the BD factors or Dynafit ZZero4 Carbons. For the most part I just do short tours in the backcountry and would rather have a stiffer heavier boot overall. However, the Dynafits seem pretty good for this purpose as well, and are half the weight, although you are giving up support. Anyway, just wondering if anyone had used the Factors on a longer tour and whether you wished you had something lighter, or thought they did well.
So I'm looking for new boots, and I'm...
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So I'm looking for new boots, and I'm thinking of getting in to AT skiing. I need a boot that can control a fat ski (Atomic Blog) in the resort, but I will be able to take touring every now and then. I figure my ratio resort/slackcountry to backcountry will be 80/20 so I am more focused on resort for the next little while, until I can afford to get a backcountry setup. I've been looking at these boots, as well as the BD Method, Scarpa Typhoon and Dynafit Titans.
I do have some economic constraints, so getting these boots on sale in the next couple week would be nice. But I just want a little direction so I can head to a ski shop and get fitted for the right size. Also, I have wide feet, are there boots that are better for a wider foot?
Josh Raggon
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I'm not a boot expert by any means but I have skied 3 or 4 different pairs of boots in the last couple years and I've found the Factor to be an excellent boot. Granted, I've only skied 10 days in the resorts in it. I don't know if it would be that great for a wide-footed individual though. My feet are pretty narrow and it's fine for me. I hear that Salomons tend to run wider. The Factors will drive fat skis just fine though, I was using mine with my Hellbents.
High arches
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Any experince with these boots and high arches? I have the Factors and they kill me even if the boots are loose around my legs. Right now my Navicular bone is sore from the weekend. Also my toes die within about 15 minutes and then they get cold. I went and baught those battery powered heaters(another $250) and they help maybe a little. I'm thinking I might try to grind the snow guard down to give me some room. I've already had them widened(punched out) in to toe area.
Thanks in advance guys and gals.
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Never mind. I took the liners out and removed the hard foam insert and ground it right down till it felt comfy. Now I have a real 'custom fit'.
I'm wondering if those inuition liners would help or make a big difference.. Any experience??
Were there any major (or even minor) changes...
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Were there any major (or even minor) changes to this boot between 2009/10 and 10/11?
I believe the 08/09 model had lots of trouble with buckles and the ski/walk mech, but that both those issues were largely fixed for the 09/10 boot.
Did BD do anything more for this year's boot?
Has Black Diamond fixed the recurring walk...
Dale Knott
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Has Black Diamond fixed the recurring walk mode Breakage problem?
Josh Chapman
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Hey Dale,
They have indeed.
Broken walk function...twice
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I am on my second pair of factors and the walk function broke again after less than 5 days on the slopes. Very annoying. I understand that the problem occurs mostly on boots larger than size 28.
Sweet boots! A stiff AT boot that tours!
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Six days on these boots in AK and I love 'em. I bought these to replace some Garmont Mega-Rides and the difference is huge. My alpine boots are Tecnica Agent 120s, and these are just as stiff. So far, I've had no problems with anything, and I gotta say that the walk mode range is really, really comfy. These boots tour great and ski great. I would say the little bit of added weight is worth it. Good job BD, I hope they hold up!
BD Factor
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Just wanted to add to the issue of the ski/walk mec. I landed a bit hard the other day, and smashed the plastic shell next to the ski/walk switch. I got a tear that started at the bottom of the cuff and continued a few cm past the switch. So it doesn't seem to me that the plastic is strong enough either. Got a new pair from BD with the improved mec so we'll see if it holds up. Kind of sceary though, could easily break both ankles.
Black Diamond Boot testing and Quality Assurance
Brad Barlage
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Go behind-the-scenes with Black Diamond's R&D crew and see how we ensure that our ski boots live up to your highest expectations—and our highest standards. Whether we're testing boot shell impact resistance, lateral and medial flex or our newly redesigned ski/walk mode mechanism, every aspect of every boot is subjected to extremes far beyond real-world use.
Despite our best efforts, the ski/walk mechanisms on our freeride boots during the past two years have not been as durable as the boots themselves. For 2010 we have a completely re-engineered ski/walk mode mechanism that will stand up when it counts. ut this video. It shows the testing for hte
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I wouldn't trust the 2010 re-engineered ski/walk mode mechanism. I managed to break my boot on my 10th run. I was carving on a groomed trail to get back to the chair and I popped the mechanism and ended a beautiful powder day. Not good for boots that cost $750!
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Canada's CIO, Corinne Charette, said in October 2009 of the success of GCpedia: "Clearly this is a community that is ripe for collaboration".[6]
In March 2010, the most senior Canadian public servant, the Clerk of the Privy Council, Wayne Wouters, officially joined GCpedia with both a personal user page and a page inviting ideas and feedback from government employees.[7]
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- Diplopedia is the internal collaboration site of the US Department of State
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- ^ Government creates own version of Wikipedia
- ^ GCPEDIA, bringing people and knowledge together
- ^ Lyons, Todd. "How GCpedia Will Save the Public Service, Revisited". Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ GCpedia: The Canadian Government Wiki (PDF) - pages 4-5 in GSA Office of Citizen Services and Communications Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletter Spring 2010: Government by Collaboration
- ^ GCpedia a success, says Government of Canada CIO
- ^ A click heard across the public service
- ^ 2010-11 Public Service Renewal Action Plan
- ^ Canada's e-government initiatives are among the best in the world
- ^ Is public data the future of governance?
- ^ "'Tsunami of change' coming in IT". Ottawa Citizen. October 7, 2010. "The government's GCpedia project, a Wikipedia-like database for public servants, already has attracted 18,000 contributors and thousands more users."
- ^ Bostelaar, Robert (October 7, 2010). "PS should embrace tweeting: panel Enthusiasm for social media spotty in some government sectors". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ Using Wikis in Government: A Guide for Public Managers
- ^ "Statistics" GCPEDIA Special Page, Accessed May 29, 2012 http://www.gcpedia.gc.ca/wiki/Special:Statistics (available within Government of Canada only)
- ^ "Statistics" GCPEDIA Special Page, Accessed May 29, 2012 http://www.gcpedia.gc.ca/wiki/Special:Statistics (available within Government of Canada only)
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In the first two post-Rio reflections, I advanced two main propositions:
- That the international community needs to declare a global Ecological Crisis and undertake global executive action, rather than wallow in ineffective international legislative negotiations;
- That the interface between science and politics needs improvement, with the Secretary-General using high-level panels as an intermediary for policy analysis and prescription.
In this third and final reflection, I recommend consideration of a new organising framework for such global action.
Are we in a global ecological crisis? I contend that we are:
- Our ecological footprint, surpassing Earth-share (bio-productive capacity per capita) in 1981, recorded an overshoot of 18% in 1992 and 50% in 2010. Humanity is grossly over-consuming the planet's resources, engaging in permanent ecological theft from the next generation.
- If each human pursues the consumer lifestyle of North America, the sustainable population is some 2.2 billion. At present, we are 7 billion, heading to 9 b.
- Biodiversity loss continues, at 100 to 1000 times above the natural rate.
- Our greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, portending serious anthropogenic climate change with average global temperature increase of between 2°C (difficult) and 6°C (intolerable), falling short of the stated objective of climate stabilization identified in the 1992 Framework Convention.
That, by definition, is a crisis situation.
In fact, we have known about this for almost half a century.
- In 1972, following the first UN environment conference, the UN General Assembly requested UNEP to "keep under review the world environmental situation to ensure that emerging environmental problems of wide international significance receive appropriate and adequate consideration by Governments". (UNGA res. 2997)
- In 1992, UNEP noted that a 'clear scientific consensus has emerged on estimates of the range of global warming which can be expected during the 21st century". Business-as-usual could have "possibly catastrophic consequences". (Saving Our Planet, para 3.17).
What of the capacity to respond? As early as 1982, UNEP observed:
"At the [1972] Stockholm conference, it was generally assumed that the world's system of national governments, regional groupings and international agencies, had the power to take effective action. …. By the early 1980s, there was less confidence in the capacity of national and international managerial systems to apply known principles and techniques or in the effectiveness with which international debates lead to action. …. Twenty years after Stockholm, it is still not possible to … say with confidence that the Governments of the world have the knowledge or the political will to deal with the global problems which we already know exist". (Saving Our Planet, p. 165).
Forty years after Stockholm and twenty years after the Earth Summit, Rio+20 limply validated that prescient insight, with its platitudinous declaration of 283 paragraphs.
Popular attention over the decades has focused on climate change. But it has become apparent more recently that the Global Ecological Crisis is comprised of an inter-locking series of planetary boundaries. So the global executive action must encompass that.
Of the nine planetary boundaries recently identified by scientists, three have already been exceeded: climate change, biodiversity loss, and the nitrogen removal from the atmosphere. A fourth (stratospheric ozone depletion) is recovering from boundary excess. Three others (freshwater, ocean acidification, land use) are approaching the boundary. With the final two (chemical pollution, atmospheric aerosol loading) we lack sufficient data to be certain.
While human knowledge allows us to aspire to specific resilience in respect of each boundary, we have little understanding of the requirements of general systems resilience for the biosphere, with the dangers of non-linear change ('tipping-points', 'black swans') an added existential threat. The increasing risk of large-scale methane release and continental ice-melt forms an unpredictable part of this concern.
What is needed, it would therefore seem, is a formal recognition that the Ecological Crisis is real, that it is complex, and that it requires conscious and rational response on the basis of a crisis management situation.
A new organising framework, both regarding the scope of the threat and the institutional capacity to respond, could take the following form:
- UN Security Council attention to all components of the Ecological Crisis as a threat to international peace and security;
- an empowered Secretary-General, taking more personal initiative as sanctioned under the Charter; and
- a high-level panel, acting on behalf of the Secretary-General, operating as intermediary between the scientific community and the policy-making community with regard to the nine planetary boundaries (or any revised version of this as recommended by the scientific community).
At present, international negotiations have bequeathed framework conventions for ozone depletion, climate change and biodiversity. Their subsequent binding protocols proved successful with ozone but manifestly inadequate with the other two. In the case of the remaining six other boundaries, little or no policy development has occurred to date.
The next few decades, perhaps to 2020, is probably the time the international community of states has left to take decisive action for the global community of peoples.


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Encore Entrepreneur Success Story: PrepMD
While the country debates the value of higher education in preparing young people for employment, PrepMD is providing an innovative solution to a problem many are unaware of: a lack of skilled cardiac rhythm management and electrophysiology specialists. PrepMD is built around very specific, hands-on training programs designed to create expertise in fields that many colleges and universities overlook and many employers cannot train for in a cost-effective manner. The training programs last 26 weeks, or 6 months, and cost approximately $30,000, but demand has never been a problem given this strong business model.
The company's two founders, Bob Mattioli and Matt O'Neal, have more than 65 years of medical device industry experience combined. Before founding PrepMD, Mr. Mattioli served as TyRx Pharma's Vice President of Commercial Development where he constructed the commercial investment model that secured the principle investment of $25M for the company. Mr. O'Neal served as Area Vice President for Boston Scientific Corporation Inc. At the end of their corporate careers, Messrs. Mattioli and O'Neal decided to trade the idea of a traditional retirement for something a bit more exciting and rewarding – starting PrepMD.
Since the company's humble beginning in 2009, Messrs. Mattioli and Neal have successfully trained more than 120 participants, placing 87% of them in jobs that require their skillsets. PrepMD has expanded to five full-time employees and now has an 8,000 square foot training facility in Braintree, Massachusetts along with multiple partnerships with area hospitals for observation and training purposes. With the help of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the founders of PrepMD were able to secure a 7(a) loan for $600,000 in 2009, and sought initial guidance from SCORE, an organization that provides free counseling for small businesses.
When it comes to giving back to the community, Mr. Mattioli and his team are just as focused and committed as ever. Once per training session, PrepMD organizes a fundraising event for the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association, or SCAA, a nongovernmental organization that places defibrillators in public spaces such as airports and high school playing fields. The SCAA promotes solutions to prevent sudden cardiac death, including increased awareness, immediate bystander action, public access to defibrillation (PAD), cardiovascular disease prevention, and access to preventative therapies.
In life and in business, success often comes from finding both passion and direction. The passion of PrepMD's executives, coupled with their intense focus and vision for the nation's medical device community will surely take the company to new levels of growth and success.
Stop and Compare Supermarkets
Alberto Calvo, President
Stop and Compare Supermarkets
153 Hawthorne Street
Chelsea, MA 02150
At first glance, Stop and Compare Supermarket appears to be more than a grocery store; it is a community center where its team of owners and operators work day and night to meet and serve their customers. Customers of varied ethnicities come to this shop because of its warm sense of community and because they can find goods they consumed in their native countries right here in this their new home. Stop and Compare Supermarkets is a family owned and operated neighborhood supermarket chain formed in 1996 with the purpose of serving the growing Latino and ethnic population in the Boston metropolitan area and other New England communities. The founders being immigrants themselves have made their mission to provide "Diverse Food for Diverse Communities."
Alberto Calvo, one of the company's founders and its current president, is an engineer by training and joined the family business on a full-time basis in 2011. Stop and Compare Supermarkets is owned and operated by three families - the Calvo, Iannotti and Dominguez families. The founders Tomas and Carmen Dominguez along with Betty Calvo have over 35 years of combined management experience in the food industry, working the wholesale side since 1970 and entering the retail side in the mid-1990s. Mr. Calvo is currently focused on developing the business by prospecting new store locations, marketing existing locations, strengthening management processes and controls, as well as training the staff.
Since the company's humble beginning in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Stop and Compare has expanded into new communities and ventured into new states. The company now has more than 120 full-time and part-time employees, and has opened additional stores in Lynn, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island. With the help of the U.S. Small Business Administration's emerging e-200 development program, Mr. Calvo has been able to receive formal training and expert advice on topics relevant to his business, such as human resources, financial management, marketing, access to capital and strategic planning.
Giving back to the community is a passion and a privilege for Mr. Calvo, who spends countless hours attending board meetings and gathering community members to discuss access to nutritious food, civic engagement, and education. In addition to his time, Mr. Calvo makes generous donations to support organizations like Social Capital, Inc., which strengthen communities by connecting diverse individuals and organizations through civic engagement initiatives.
This passion of Alberto Calvo and his team continues to be the engine for growth of Stop and Compare Supermarkets. Their focus and vision for the Greater Boston and New England area serves to provide a clear direction for the company. With a strong model, its history of success, and the growing Latino communities across New England, Stop and Compare will continue to go far.
Coast and Harbor Associates, Inc.
Marcella Lancome, President
Coast and Harbor Associates, Inc.
7 Kimball Lane, Building D
Lynnfield, MA 01940
Outstanding customer service is the wind behind the sail at Coast and Harbor Associates, Inc. ("Coast and Harbor"), a professional services firm that helps public, private, and non-profit owners manage the design and construction of their projects.
Founder and CEO, Marcella Lancome, started her company in 1989 from her kitchen in Massachusetts, where ocean waves crashing on a coast and harbor outside the window inspired the company's name. Ms. Lancome lived in both Texas and Washington, D.C. before arriving in Massachusetts. Her varied experiences in public service, including with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, provided the buoy to launch her own business. Coast and Harbor is now one of the few Hispanic-owned, experienced project management firms in the New England area that has managed projects with construction values from $500,000 up to $100 million.
Since the company's humble beginning, Coast and Harbor has witnessed explosive growth. The company has more than 30 full-time employees, and has opened an additional office in Washington, D.C. With the help of the U.S. Small Business Administration's 8(a) program for government contracting, as well as its regular trainings and seminars on relevant topics, Ms. Lancome and her company have been able to showcase their ability to manage large construction projects. Through open competition, the company won a U.S. Government contract for a project in Texas whose overall construction value exceeds $95 million.
Giving back to the community is important to Ms. Lancome, and she brings her employees together to discuss organizations they wish to support as a company each year. This past Christmas, Coast and Harbor contributed to the Wounded Warriors Project for injured service members, My Brother's Table, a local food bank in Lynn, and Toys for Tots in remote northern Maine. "Giving back to the community is important to all of us, but we do it quietly, without bringing much attention to ourselves," said Ms. Lancome.
In the construction management arena, however, Coast and Harbor stands out like a beacon of light. Today, the largest land port of entry into the United States is being built outside of El Paso, Texas. Coast and Harbor is managing the construction as agent for the United States General Services Administration. What is so American about this story is that is that less than 100 years ago, Marcella Lancomes' own grandfather paid one nickel each day to cross from Mexico to the United States at the land port of entry at Laredo, Texas to work in the area. At the time, her grandfather was only 14 years old. That was 91 years ago and today Marcella is managing the $96 million land port of entry project just up the road from Laredo.
The company offers more than 20 years of experience in design and construction excellence. As it continues to grow, you will continue to see a leader at the helm that exudes passion and an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction.
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