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"Some of the Apps will be student-specific and some will be for the general population," Traversa said. If only a few students have difficulty mastering something like cursive, they can work with an App that helps them improve their cursive while the rest of their class works on something else.
"It's a great experience for the students because the middle schools and high school have iPads," Traversa said, "but no one on the elementary level does yet." The teachers said that their students have been eagerly awaiting the iPads' arrival since Oct. 1.
Director of Communication and Technology Paul Lynch said he wasn't focusing on adding any iPads at the elementary level at this time, but added it won't be a problem to add the 30 new devices to the district's server. "It's great that these kids have this opportunity," he said.
In the years to come, Lynch said, more and more iPads will be coming into the district's elementary schools and he's interested to see how they are used this year at Marion Street. He added that kids are so already so familiar with the technology, which is why using them makes sense.
"I feel like they're at a point where their parents are buying them iPads at home," Schorr said. "We can really teach them how to use it at home and make it really worth their parents' money."
When the iPads arrive, the teachers will show their students the proper way to carry, charge and care for their new learning tools. The three teachers have roughly $10,000 remaining on the grant, which will be used for purchasing the Apps.
"The amount of information that we can basically have in their laps is really nice," Osborne said.
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Why not stop looking for the latest doodads and go back to the old school techniques that we had when we were kids? Let's stop coddling the kids. How about flashcards? How about memorization? Taking notes? I couldn't imagine any of those "apps" could be any better at teaching a kid than a chalkboard and a piece of chalk.
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BETHANY — One person was killed in a multiple-vehicle accident that sparked a large fire Tuesday afternoon in Bethany.
Bethany police and fire crews responded to the wreck about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday that involved a pickup, a U-Haul truck and three other vehicles near NW 28 and N Rockwell Avenue, Bethany police Deputy Chief John Reid said.
The crash ignited a gas line near a neighborhood, causing a fire that engulfed the pickup and parts of the U-Haul truck. It took Bethany firefighters about an hour to extinguish the gas line fire. The house nearest to the fire was vacant and was not damaged.
Oklahoma Natural Gas workers turned off the gas line after the fire was put out, and paramedics examined one person involved in the accident. No one was taken to the hospital, Reid said.
Oklahoma City police were assisting in investigating the fatal crash, Reid said. Police did not identify the person killed.
Tanya Parks is the manager of Cave Creek Apartments, 3037 N Rockwell Ave., and was watering plants near the apartment's entrance when she heard the collision.
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"The flames were already up over the trees. There was a guy who climbed out of the U-Haul, and he was a bit disoriented, and he said there was a guy in the pickup," Parks said. "We stood down there with him until the police showed up."
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Bakersfield Real Estate Agent Pleads Guilty in Crisp & Cole Real Estate Fraud Scheme
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FRESNO, CA—Jeriel Salinas, 32, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud relating to his involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme while working at Crisp & Cole Real Estate, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
According to the plea agreement, Carl Cole and David Crisp owned and operated Crisp & Cole Real Estate and Tower Lending, an affiliated mortgage brokerage. Salinas was employed at CCRE as a licensed real estate agent, and according to court documents, between January 2004 and September 2007, he and others at CCRE and Tower Lending carried out a conspiracy to defraud financial institutions in part by using straw purchasers to acquire properties at inflated prices with funds borrowed from lenders, often using 100 percent financing, based on false and fraudulent loan applications. The properties were nominally owned in the names of the straw buyers but were controlled by the conspirators and held for the benefit of the conspirators and CCRE.
The conspirators frequently resold the properties from one straw buyer to another, each time at an inflated, higher price so that the conspirators and CCRE could extract the purported increased "equity" from the property for their benefit. Ultimately, and in many cases after the properties were flipped several times through various straw purchasers, most of the properties were foreclosed upon after the defendants failed to make the mortgage payments when due. According to court documents, the conspiracy caused close to $30 million in losses to mortgage loan companies and other financial institutions.
According to his plea agreement, Salinas knowingly caused numerous fraudulent loan applications to be submitted to lenders. He knowingly purchased at least six properties as a straw buyer in Bakersfield and Shaver Lake. Salinas served as the real estate broker and received commissions for some of the fraudulent transactions. His actions caused $1.4 million to $2.5 million in losses to lenders.
Salinas is scheduled to be sentenced on February 24, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill. Salinas faces a maximum statutory penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine in addition to mandatory restitution. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kirk Sherriff, Henry Carbajal, III, and Christopher Baker are prosecuting the case.
Co-defendants Carl Cole, Caleb Cole, Sneha Ramesh Mohammadi, Jayson Peter Costa, and Michael Angelo Munoz previously pleaded guilty to their involvement in the conspiracy. Co-defendant Robinson Nguyen, a former CCRE real estate agent, pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy and was sentenced to 27 months in prison. The remaining co-defendants have pleaded not guilty and are currently set for trial on February 4, 2014. The charges as to those defendants are only allegations, and they are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.


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In my library I have a lot of function overloads of the form:
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This, in general, works and is quite nice but creates the same documentation section multiple times. What I want is, to group those functions together. Have on detail description and each of the overloads annotated with it's brief description. I'm also not averse to aliases that could do something like this or input filters.
One way I could imagine this would be:
The documentation result should look like this:
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The things that is done is very special.
(1) Does thing.
(2) Does thing repeatedly.
Of course I can create a new page and write that kind of documentation by hand, but it would require me to repeat the function declarations onto the page and then punch links into the actual function documentation, but that is more a hack than anything else.
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Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 40 mins
Total time: 50 mins
One of my favorite brownie recipes.
10 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter (150 grams)
5 ounces unsweetened, best-quality chocolate (140 grams)
4 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt (2 ml)
2 cups granulated sugar (14 oz)
2 teaspoons vanilla (10 ml)
1 cup sifted flour (4 oz/114 grams)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 9 inch square metal baking pan with non-stick foil or line with foil and spray bottom with cooking spray.
Melt butter in a saucepan. Reduce heat to low and add chocolate. Stir until melted; set aside.
Beat eggs and salt in mixer. Add sugar and beat at high speed for about 10 minutes, or until the mixture has more volume. Beat in vanilla
Add chocolate / butter mixture and beat at very low speed or stir by hand just until mixed. Add flour and stir until there are no more white streaks.
Pour batter into baking pan and put in oven.
Immediately turn oven down to 350 degrees F. and bake for 40 minutes. (the normal toothpick test will not work on these brownies, but if you want to try pricking them with a toothpick, it should come out not quite clean.) Do not overbake; these brownies should be fudgy.
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At a conditional use hearing, supervisors voted unanimously to allow Marley's Mission to operate an equine therapy facility on its 32-acre property on Port Royal Road in Newton Twp.
Now, the next step for the organization is to submit its land development plans, which engineer Bob Naegele expects to present at the January supervisors meeting.
The organization's goal is to be moved in and operating by July 1, said Rebecca Haggerty, vice president of the board of directors.
"We can't thank the supervisors enough," Ms. Haggerty said. "We are excited to be a part of this community."
Founded in July 2010, Marley's Mission provides equine-based therapy to children and their families who have experienced trauma. For most of the last two years, the organization has operated out of its facility in Lake Twp., where it has served 180 children in eight Northeast Pennsylvania counties, Ms. Haggerty said.
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I am now down to 900mg neurontin and 750mg robaxin. I am having horrible crawling and goose bump feelings. I dont know which med is causing this?
any suggestions?
I was on the medicne for 6 months for severe back pain. I had spinal surgery
in Oct 09 and the Dr. says stop taking meds. I do not want to take them much longer due to tiredness and mental fog.
I am withdrawing from 3600mg of neurontin and 3x750mg robaxin daily?
I am now down to 900mg neurontin and 750mg robaxin. I am having horrible crawling and goose bump feelings. I dont know which med is causing this?
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Both are most likely cause you to have withdrawals. To most severe withdrawal symptom that comes from Neurontin are Seizures, Anxiety, Insomnia, Nausea, Pain and Sweating. The most common withdrawal symptoms that come with Methocarbamol are pretty much the same. This can be prevented by slowly taking lower doses until you get off which may take some time but just do it slowly. As long as you have the drug in your system it's less likely that you will experience withdrawal symptoms. So slowly start tampering off both medications with lower doses and continue to do this for a while until you reach your desired amount or until your completely off both of the medications. I hope this helps. I've also experienced withdrawal. It's not a fun at all. If you have any other questions feel free to add me as a friend and send me a private message. Happy Holidays!
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The feelings you are experiencing I have had when I ran out of Neurontin and went from 1200 a day to nothing. You need to do this tapering slowly. Keep at where you are till you feel that the crawling and goose bumbs stop then go down another 300 mg. Stay on that for about a week and try to go down again. If the feelings come back, stay at that dosage till you feel better then go another 300 mg down.
Sorry I do not know about the Robaxin so I would just take down on that slowly.
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Once I forgot to take my Neurontin (300mg 3xdaily) for 4 days. On the 5th day I was sweating, hot/cold, shaking and feeling feverish and weak. Then I realized it was the Neurontin because I started taking it again and my symptoms vanished. I don't know about the Robaxin, never had that.
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I am by no means a medical person I have taken Robaxin 500mg 4 times a day but not the neurontin I have a good friend who was on the neurontin and her doctor was so very careful about lowering her dose after she had been on it (shingles in her eyes) I guess nerve pain, just be very careful in lowering the dosages too quickly, I recall the mental fog so since I was on the Robaxin that may play a large part but I also recall my neurologist saying they prescribe it for other things so just be sure and be safe I hope I have helped in some way
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DUNEDIN — It's going to be a dog day afternoon in Highlander Park this Saturday.
The spacious tract that's overtaken by Scottish revelers during the Highland Games every spring will instead give way to Scottish Terriers and other four-legged friends for Woofstock 2013.
The annual event is presented by Heidi's Legacy Dog Rescue, a Lithia-based organization that helps place animals in adoptive homes.
True to its name, Woofstock is about both raising money to care for dogs at the animal rescue, as well as plenty of music.
Two stages will be set up for the eight bands scheduled to play. Clearwater's The Best Day Ever headlines the event, which also features The Posse, The Hanging Chads, Schilter, John O'Berg, Yesterday, Escape Tonight and Soul Driver.
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The Postal Service has ended its third quarter $3.5 billion in the red, according to a release issued Thursday, and officials are declaring they won't be able to pay all of their 2011 obligations.
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With Amsterdamize I use the city as backdrop for what I call 'humanity in motion', aka people on bikes. I publish photos, videos and stories, either personal or human interest, relating to my life or others' who I meet along the way. It allows me lots of room to let the bicycle serve as a cohesive and inclusive subject, a blender, an umbrella, a line to hang things from, so to speak.
Often enough I shoot pictures of scenes that fall in between the cracks of my themes and/or subjects, which I'm tempted to put up, but usually don't. Because there are others who do a far better job, doing this city justice. Which brings me to Wolfgang Josten, also known as Wojofoto on Flickr. He's very much into street art, the raw edges of Amsterdam (and other cities), people in general and the number 1 mode of transportation. The bicycle is generally the backdrop for the city that he observes, a passing or stationary object supporting his framing, in context or juxtaposition. I will stop here and let his pictures wrap this post up.


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WASHINGTON, DC, June 4. AS part of a series of programs examining the debate over Title IX, ESPN will present a one-hour segment on June 23 that has in fact
been funded and produced by the Women's Sports Foundation a highly partisan activist group that fosters athletics lawsuits.
The program, "On Equal Ground," purports to be an objective analysis of a Title IX lawsuit, Cohen v. Brown. The Women¹s Sports Foundation, however, was an amicus party (friend of the court) to that suit and devotes much of its resources to advancing additional lawsuits against schools across the country.
"On its 'Women in Sports' homepage, ESPN also has a link to a lawsuit checklist from WSF where students are advised to scrutinize their schools as potential litigation targets and are then offered help finding attorneys.
"We felt that we had no option but to blow the whistle on this," said Eric Pearson, Chairman of the College Sports Council. "ESPN and the Women's Sports
Foundation are engaging in journalistic point-shaving."
"This is like a network running a documentary on President Bush which was produced by the Democratic Party", said Leo Kocher, University of Chicago Head Wrestling Coach.
"Why would a network with the production resources of ESPN allow an activist group with a political agenda to pay for and assume control of how the network presents a highly contested matter of public policy?" said Jim McCarthy, spokesman for the College Sports Council.
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Cook pasta according to instructions. Add asparagus for the last 2 1/2 minutes of boiling (not longer than this or it will be too soft). Drain and rinse with cold water. Add tomatoes and onions. Chill. Combine the remaining ingredients, and pour over salad when ready to serve. Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. [Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.] Yumm! this served 10 at dinner with leftovers, (but it was not the main dish). I can also imagine it with small cubes of mozzarella cheese instead of (or in addtion to) parmesan, or with dill instead of basil. Lucie Melahn email@example.com Recipe By : Loopy Lemon
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Dr. Maria Babiuc
Assistant Professor of Physics
M.S. (Condensed Matter Physics), University of Iasi
Ph.D. (Theoretical Physics), University of Iasi
Dr. Babiuc conducts research in numerical relativity on black
holes and gravitational radiation. Specifically, she is developing
methods to solve the Einstein equations in a full 3D code to
stimulate black hole evolution and to compute the gravitational
waveforms emitted by an in-spiraling binary system.
Dr. Babiuc received a NSF
grant for the project "Precise
Computation of Gravitational Waves at Infinity: The
Cauchy-Characteristic Approach." This
project has three objectives: (1) to create a flexible
interface between a "Cauchy"
computational code that simulates the black holes inspiral and a
"characteristic" computational code that takes the gravitational
wave and caries it all the way to infinity, (2) to perform precise
computations of gravitational waveforms at infinity from binary
black holes, using this Cauchy-characteristic approach, in
collaboration with two major numerical relativity groups, and (3) to
transform the code that implements this method into an efficient
open tool for the scientific community.
Dr. Babiuc teaches upper level
Modern Physics course and lab, Biomedical Physics course and lab,
lower-level College Physics course and lab, and a graduate level
Remote Sensing Detectors course. She is preparing to teach
First-Year Seminar and core courses, which are intended to enhance
students' critical thinking, and the College's support of
interdisciplinary programs.
Prior to coming to Marshall, Dr. Babiuc completed a postdoctoral
fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, where she designed and
maintained websites for the Apples-with-Apples Alliance and the
Pitt Numerical Relativity Group. As a visiting scientist at the
Albert-Einstein-Institut in Golm, Germany, she developed strategies
for obtaining physically realistic boundary data.
Dr. Babiuc has attended numerous training workshops in supercomputing,
including: Introduction to the Cray XT3 Workshop, Introduction to
Tera-scale Code Development, Enabling Technologies for High End
Computer Simulations, New Methods for Developing Peta-scalable Codes,
and the Cactus Retreat.
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Ann Meadows of Aurora announces the engagement of her daughter, Jennifer Elaine Meadows to Johnnie Swindell Baker III, both of Aurora. Jennifer is also the daughter of the late Tommy Meadows.
The bridegroom-elect is the son of Edna Wainwright Wiley of Aurora and Johnnie Baker Sr. of Chocowinity.
The bride-elect graduated from Pamlico Community College.
The bridegroom-elect graduated from Chocowinity High School and is employed by Sutton Farms.
A wedding is planned for July 27, 2013, at 4 p.m. at St. Mary�s Chapel Christian Church in Aurora.
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CVT- Continuously Variable Transmission
Contact InterSyn Technologies:
Michiel de Rijk
Email: email@example.com
Website: www.intersyn.com
Since the commencement of the Milner CVT project five years ago, development has been concentrated on relatively low power applications (<75kW) due principally to the wishes of the first licensee for the technology, Yamaha. During this period the basic operating principles of the transmission were validated and, by comparing design predictions with practical results, design methods have been improved to the extent that there now exists a sufficiently large knowledge base to justify moving the technology forward into the heavier duty power range associated with automotive transmissions.
The paper discusses the constructional changes developed for heavy-duty applications, describes the design solutions adopted, and looks at the key performance parameters that emerge from analysis of this new version of the Milner CVT.
Basic Operating Principles
|The Milner CVT (MCVT) is
a rolling traction variator of essentially simple construction. In its
original, standard form it is effectively a variable geometry four-point
contact ball bearing with the outer race held stationary, drive input to the
inner race and power take off from the bearing balls by roller followers
located between the balls and mounted on a rotating carrier; see Figure 1.
The substantial contact forces necessary to support rolling traction are contained entirely within the races of the variator assembly. The correct amount of contact force for any input torque is automatically generated by a helical drive mechanism, normally a ball screw, built into the inner race assembly. A similar type of mechanism is employed in the outer race assembly to provide low-load ratio changing under load. How these functions are achieved is now briefly described.
Figure 1. Milner CVT General Arrangement – Original Configuration
Figure 2. Principle of Operation
Original Configuration of Milner CVT
undertaken on a small MCVT [1] validated basic principles. In this original
form the MCVT transmits torque in one direction only and freewheels in the
other, in the manner of a sprag clutch. Due to the annular space required by
the roller followers, it is normally possible to adopt a maximum of three
planets, unless the transmission is restricted to a relatively small ratio
range. Photographs of the rolling assembly and rotating assembly (ie the
rolling assembly with the outer race set removed) of such a small ratio
range unit are shown in Figure 3, illustrating the tight packaging necessary
for the adoption of four planets.
Calculation suggests, and tests confirm [1] that the static torque capacity of a unit such as that shown in Figure 3 can be very high. For example, a rolling assembly of 110mm diameter can be engineered to support an input torque of over 250Nm in the worst-case lowest ratio (and up to 750Nm in the higher ratios) before failure. However, various factors cause real-world torque capacity to be significantly less than this and it is consideration these factors that has led to the development of a new form of the transmission.
Figure 3. Example of Rolling/Rotating Assembly – Original Configuration
If the torque requirement
of an application is high, but power requirement is low, then this original
configuration is normally perfectly adequate. For example, a 75mm diameter
MCVT cycle hub transmission has been designed to accept an input torque at
the wheel sprocket of 60Nm with lubrication by Santotrac traction grease.
The Heavy Duty Milner CVT
Prior to illustrating an example of this new version of the MCVT, key design changes are first described and discussed.
Planet Design
|The design review mentioned above identified benefits to be gained by departure from the use of solid spherical planets for large MCVTs, fundamentally on mass grounds, and this opened up new design opportunities that permitted the other principal objectives also to be achieved. A large automotive transmission would require ball planets of several kilograms mass each. Apart from the mass penalty on the transmission as a whole, the centrifugal forces involved at high speed also cause problems. Hollow steel and ceramic balls both offer solutions to the mass problem, but both bring problems of their own, such as availability and cost. Therefore, it was decided to replace the spherical planets with items manufactured from three separate components, enabling redundant mass to be removed.
relinquished the geometric constraints inherent in ball planets, the
opportunity was taken to shape the rolling surface of the new planet for
increased efficiency and to separate the two halves to accommodate a more
compact power take off system, resulting in the lenticular shaped, divided
planet shown in Figure 4.
At extremes of ratio, ball planets operate under conditions of relatively high contact zone spin. This is because these zones lie close to the axis of planet rotation which means that the plane of the zone lies nearly perpendicular to the rotation axis, as is clear from Figure 2 (analogous to a ball rolling along the walls of a narrow 'V' shaped channel; it spins many times before it rolls a distance equal to one diameter). This contact zone spin, a feature of all rolling traction transmissions, is doubly detrimental because it consumes power that both reduces efficiency and has to be removed as heat.
In the new planet design the extreme ratio contact points still lie close to the rotation axis (as they must do to achieve a large ratio range) but contact zone spin is reduced by rotating the plane of the contact zone more towards the rotation axis of the planet and away from the perpendicular to it. This process produces the lenticular shape, as seen in Figure 4, that operates with more of a rolling contact than a spinning one, thereby reducing losses.
Figure 4. Planet Design for Heavy Duty Applications
Power Take Off System
mentioned previously, the change in planet concept also allowed the
incorporation of an improved power take off (PTO) system, one that in
general permits the use of one extra planet (which allows five planets to be
packaged for small ratio range applications and four planets for large ratio
range applications) thereby providing extra torque capacity for a given
transmission size. Key features of the new PTO system are illustrated in
exploded form in Figure 5.
The three-part planet is push-fit assembled after entering its central shaft (A) into a cylindrical, needle bearing equipped sleeve(B) and after entering the sleeve into a slotted plate (C) provided with one slot for each planet. The slot sides are extended(D) to provide a widened surface on which the sleeve is able to roll a small distance in a radial direction. The plate delivers its power to the PTO hub(E) via holes (F) in the plate that mate with fingers (G) on the hub.
Figure 5. Power Take Off System for Heavy Duty Applications
Bi-Directional Drive System
The form of the transmission shown in Figure 1 is uni-directional because only in one direction of input torque does the ball screw drive the inner race halves together. (In the other direction the inner race halves are driven apart, traction is lost and torque transmission drops to virtually zero.) In order to cause both directions of torque application to drive the inner race halves together, the heavy duty MCVT employs a single ball screw fitted with dual ball nut inner race halves (which may be identical) as illustrated in exploded form in Figure 6.
Inner race travel stops in the form of the collars shown either side of the race set are fixed to the ball screw shaft. For a right hand ball screw helix, as shown, positive torque drives the right race half to its stop and the left race half then supplies the necessary planet clamping forces (and vice versa for negative torque). Each collar engages its half-race via mating pegs with an inclined interface thereby sharing the load input to the half-race with the ball screw. The collar at the free end of the ball screw (left in Figure 6) may be fitted with a lighter duty mounting (such as the shear pin arrangement shown) since this collar is relatively lightly loaded, being subject to engine braking torque only.
Figure 6. Inner Race Component Set for Bi-Directional Heavy Duty Application
|In addition to acting as travel stops, the collars perform an important hydraulic damping function as the inner race set runs from one stop to the other upon change of torque direction. The damping action effectively eliminates this backlash (of typically up to three quarters of a revolution) and also provides a hydraulic cushion at the moment metal-to-metal drive is re-established, thereby eliminating the possibility of noise. Oil for the damping system is supplied by the cooling circuit, as shown in the assembly drawing, below, and is admitted to the annular damping chambers via galleries and one-way valves indicated in Section X-X of Figure 6.
Heavy Duty Transmission Layout
Figures 7a and 7b show a typical layout according to the new configuration.
Figure 7b. Layout of Heavy Duty Milner CVT
Figure 7a. Layout of Heavy Duty Milner CVT
The unit shown, which
measures 250mm in both diameter and length, has a design input torque rating of
250Nm and an estimated cooling capacity adequate for a power rating of 150kW.
Ratings for other sizes are predicted on theoretical grounds to vary according
to linear size to the power 2.5 to 3, depending on duty cycle. Thus, for
example, a unit of 300mm diameter and length would have a design input torque
rating of between 394Nm (=250x(300/250)^2.5) and 432Nm (=250x(300/250)^3). The
above ratings are very conservative (static factor-of-safety = 3, fatigue life =
10Grev) and calculation suggests that they could be as much as twice the quoted
figures, given adequate cooling.
A worm and wheel type ratio change actuator is illustrated but other types are also suitable. Total travel of the wheel between ratio extremes is about half a revolution, making rapid ratio changes possible, if required, even under load. For example, a 1Nm/3000rpm motor will shift the entire ratio range in one second, even under full load. An advantage of the worm and wheel drive is that no holding current is required to maintain ratio even under full load conditions.
The Figure 7 drawings show the unit in
its lowest ratio, which is a reduction of 9.0:1, while Figure 8 shows it in
its highest rolling ratio, which is a reduction of 1.28:1, for a ratio range
of 7.0, and Figure 9 shows it in an optional lock-up-top condition (which is
1:1, for a ratio range of 9.0, of course). Note that the shift to lock-up is
a step shift.
In all conditions except the lowest ratio, the inner race halves are closer together than when in lowest ratio. In these conditions the entire rolling assembly takes up an axial position as determined by the right collar stop under positive drive torque, as shown in Figures 8 and 9, and by the left collar stop under negative drive torque (engine braking).
The maximum coefficient of traction demanded by the design described here is 0.06, which has proved to be satisfactory for earlier MCVT designs when using Santotrac 50 traction fluid for lubrication and cooling. It will be appreciated that the coefficient of traction demanded may be altered simply by changing the helix angle of the inner race ball screw.
As shown in the figures, input and output shafts lie on the same side of the transmission, but for applications where it is advantageous for them to lie on opposite sides this is readily accomplished with only the oil inlet arrangements requiring significant alteration.
With steel as the material for the planets and races, efficiency is predicted to be 90% or greater in all ratios (apart from the optional super-efficient lock-up top condition) but it is known from tests with an earlier MCVT design [1] that silicon nitride components produce an efficiency boost of several percent. It should also be noted that in the MCVT most of the losses occur at the rolling interfaces, with very little power lost elsewhere. This means that efficiency under part- and low-load conditions is much the same as under full load, unlike most other CVTs that are burdened, particularly under lighter load conditions, by the substantial 'parasitic' losses of a high-pressure hydraulic control system.
Figure 8. Highest Rolling Ratio
Figure 9. Lock-Up Top Gear
The modifications described make the Milner CVT concept suitable for high torque, high power automotive driveline applications. In this form the Milner CVT offers all the features required of manual, semi-automatic and automatic transmissions in a single package.
[1] 'Performance Investigations of a Novel Rolling Traction CVT', Akehurst S, et al, SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0874
For more information contact:
InterSyn Technologies: Michiel de Rijk
Email: email@example.com
Website: www.intersyn.com
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Wärtsilä To Power First LNG Icebreaker
Company's dual-fuel engines lower fuel costs, emissions; vessel slated for demanding Baltic Sea operations
A new icebreaker being built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for the Finnish Transport Agency will be powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines capable of operating on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and low sulfur diesel fuel.
When launched in late 2015, it will be the first LNG-powered – and most environmentally friendly – icebreaker ever built, the company said.
The full scope of supply calls for one 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 20DF; two 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 34DF; and two 12-cylinder Wärtsilä 34DF engines. The contract was signed in March 2014 and delivery of the equipment to the yard will be made in spring 2015.
The vessel is designed to move continuously through 1.6 m thick ice and to be capable of breaking a 25 m wide channel in 1.2 m thick ice at a speed of 6 knots. It will also be able to reach an average assistance speed of 9 to 11 knots; in open water, the service speed will be a minimum of 16 knots.
While the main purpose of the vessel is icebreaking, it will independently be able to perform oil spill response operations and emergency towing under demanding conditions both in winter and summer, the company said.
The vessel will operate all year round to ensure safe seaborne transports in the Baltic Sea.


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Using senses in writing – final chapter, "Taste vs. Flavor"
Posted by Lisa Lickel on October 3, 2012
This painting (Gérard de Lairesse, "Allegory of the Five Senses," 1668) represents the five senses. Can you find them represented here?
Taste is as important as our other major senses, yet is often at least as much as, if not more so, overlooked than that of smell. Can we survive without being able to taste? Certainly, as much as we can exist without our other senses. Yet we would be the poorer for our loss.
In a word…chocolate.
Okay, I do know two people who don't care for chocolate. They are both male.
Gustation, the sense of taste, is also a biological function involving chemical introduction to our sensory organs, commonly known as "taste buds" on our tongues. The olfactory system, our sense of smell, is located closely juxtaposed, so these senses work somewhat in conjunction. Can a person taste without smell, and vice versa? Naturally, although the perceptions of the individual sense are greatly enhanced by the other senses.
Taste: simply tasting food is a chemical process; the physical substance comes in contact with the gustatory calyculi, or taste bud, releasing the chemical signal sent to the brain which sorts it out and then reminds us of a previous experience, putting a name to the sensation.
Flavor, however, is the experience; the layer of pleasure, pain, reminiscence, that makes up the sensation of physically tasting a substance. As with the other others senses, a taste can evoke a powerful reaction.
Humans taste with the tongue. There are four basic recognized flavors: salt, sweet, bitter, sour. There are others identified in other cultures or even science, such as meaty (Japan), or metallic. Can those taste experiences stand alone or be justifiably one of the "four"? Go ahead, state your case! I'd love to hear your discussion.
What does taste or flavor add to a literary scene? Like the other four, the more a writer naturally portrays behavior, the more a reader can identify with not only the characters, but the story. Create a scene of a family meal. Is it a happy scene? A thought-provoking one? Angry, bitter, normal or dreadful? The food prepared, served, chosen, eaten can say a lot about your characters. How people react to a dinner, a breakfast in a diner, a power lunch, create a unique and intimate insight into an event.
Here's where the layers of texture, of temperature of the food, of gourmet or completely outside-the-expected meals or parts of meals can be a character itself. What do people in your world eat or drink? What are their individual customs? Is meal time a social activity, a family event, or an evil necessity that takes away from life? Is food something your people look forward to? Obsess over? Annoyance? Treat? Are your characters adventurous, risk-takers, bold? Or shy, reluctant, bound by known likes and dislikes. Even those with emotional or physical disturbances can find their identity, their quirkiness, or uniqueness in food choice or food response. Shopping for food, gardening, hunting/gathering can create a powerful reader experience.
The final version of our mutli-sensory scene follows.
A one-layered version:
Selena left their dog at the house so she and Justin could take a quiet walk on the Circle Path before dinner.
A multi-layered, visual, tactile, auditory, olfactory and gustatory scene:
Selena put the crockpot on simmer for the roast beef in mushroom and port sauce so they wouldn't have to rush. Her mouth watered at the thought of her grandmother's special dish. The low temperature would allow the flavors of meat and wine and mushrooms to meld in a delight of senses. The reason for the crockpot was that she wanted to take her time on the Circle – the path around town, to enjoy the late summer afternoon and the first of the asters –without having to worry about the meal. Before leaving the kitchen, the drip of the faucet reminded her of the new washer still in the bag from the hardware store. Later—after the walk.
She pulled the door closed behind her and turned the key. Selena stalled a bit as she looked at her husband. Justin stood in the driveway, still as the light post, while he waited for her. She sighed. His hands were firmly stuck in his pockets.
Cicadas whirred from across the yard. Chloe barked and scratched at the door. Justin cocked his head in the direction of his English setter's begging. Next time, baby, Selena thought. This time is just for us.
"Clockwise or counter?" she asked. His smile reassured her as he reached for her hand. His rough palm caressed hers and his warm fingers held tight, like a lifeline. Selena moved close enough to feel his body heat. The last of his mother's tea roses bloomed in pink showers of petals along the front porch, reminding her of their wedding day. They'd never eaten the pieces of wedding cake, preserved in the freezer. Was it even edible? Butter cake, Grandmother had made, with frosting roses in pastel greens and blues and yellows. Pansies from Ooma's garden, sugared, complimented the roses. So lovely to have had them work together like that. If only…
"I'll follow you," he said.
Selena brushed her cheek against his line-dried cotton t-shirt where the rumble of his voice faded before leading him down the driveway. With one hand in hers he rarely tapped the cane in his other hand against the asphalt. Soon they'd be on the path, piney woodchips muffling their steps and taking her back to their honeymoon at Jackson Hole, before all the hurts and defeats of the last two years.
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Mariano Rivera's family is on its way to Florida for the expected announcement that one of baseball's greatest relievers will retire after the season.
TAMPA, Fla. — Mariano Rivera's family is on its way to Florida for the expected announcement that one of baseball's greatest relievers will retire after the season.
Numerous reports — one by The Associated Press — have said this will be the last season for the 43-year-old closer.
A news conference is scheduled for Saturday at the Yankees' spring-training complex in Tampa.
Rivera said after working out Friday that those wanting to know his plans will have to wait. He said "whatever's out there is speculation until I talk to you guys.
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"My wife is traveling today," Rivera said. "They're traveling, coming here."
Rivera is baseball's saves leader with 608 and has a record 42 postseason saves with an 0.70 earned-run average while helping the Yankees win five World Series titles.
Rivera, coming back from knee surgery, is expected to make his 2013 spring training debut Saturday against Atlanta.
"I'm not going to rush it," Rivera said. "When I get the chance, do what I have to do."
Rivera pitched in nine regular-season games last year. His season ended when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while tracking down a fly ball during batting practice in Kansas City on May 3. He had surgery on June 12.
Astros pitchers
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Houston Astros hope the regular season doesn't look like this.
The Atlanta Braves sent 26 batters to the plate over the first three innings, piling up 14 runs and 14 hits — six for extra bases — in a 14-9 split-squad win Friday.
Astros starter Jordan Lyles was pounded for six runs and seven hits while getting just two outs.
After losing 106 games in 2011 and 107 last year, the Astros already have a banged-up potential rotation, with Lucas Harrell slowed by a strained groin and Erik Bedard by a strained gluteal muscle.
"We're not concerned at all," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "On a positive note — I want to stress this — from the fourth inning on we won the ballgame 7-0. It speaks to the never-say-die attitude of our ballclub and these guys fighting back to make it a ballgame."
The Astros join the Mariners, Angels, A's and Rangers for their debut season in the American League West this year.
• Allen Craig, coming off a breakout season, agreed to a $31 million, five-year contract with the Cardinals. Craig, 28, became the team's primary first baseman last year after Lance Berkman got hurt. Craig hit .307 with 22 home runs and 92 runs batted in despite not playing until May 1.
• RHP Josh Johnson, acquired in an offseason trade from the Marlins, struck out five in 3-2/3 hitless innings for the Blue Jays in a 7-1 split-squad win over the Braves in Kissimmee, Fla.
• Defending champion Japan beat Taiwan 4-3 in 10 innings in Tokyo in the World Baseball Classic. Japan plays the Netherlands Sunday with a chance to secure a spot in the March 17-19 final round in San Francisco.
• In Phoenix, Italy pounded out a 14-4 WBC victory over a Canada team featuring Joey Votto and Justin Morneau. Italy faces the U.S. Saturday night.


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Taxable income refers to the foundation which an income tax system imposes taxes. Usually the taxable income is reduced by expenses and other deductions which are called Reducing Taxable Income. The amounts included as income, expenses, and other deductions vary by system or country. Below are some of the most commonly asked questions about Reducing Taxable Income answered by the Experts.
Typically, the only way to legally reduce taxable income is to increase the deductible expenses and/or defer recognition of revenue. The method of accounting used by the company has an effect on this. If the overall method of accounting is the cash method, towards the end of the tax year, the company should consider paying salary bonuses as well as accelerate other expenses that will be incurred in the near future to reduce taxable income. They could also consider accelerating capital equipment purchases that may be eligible for deductions as well as depreciation. Under the cash method, income is recognized as it is received.
Therefore, to defer recognition, they might delay invoicing their customers if their cash flow permits it. This will, no doubt, reduce their taxes but they need to do it every year in order to keep the tax benefit. The accrual method has less flexibility since revenue must be recognized as and when the service is performed and expenses as and when the liability is incurred.
Another option that could be considered is the adoption of a retirement plan, or even a profit sharing type of plan depending upon the company's willingness to fund the option. However, it is always better to take the help of a skilled CPA with tax planning and choose a strategy that suits the company's needs best.
Typically, if they only have SS income, they are not required to file a Federal Income Tax Return. This means that they don't have any taxable income and no way to recoup the property tax or mortgage interest because the property tax and mortgage interest can only be used to reduce the taxable income to zero. However, some states do have homeowner credits that can help get citizens a refund of property tax. Also, some counties offer an additional exemption for low-income seniors who are 65 years and older. You could check with the county appraiser to find out whether this individual qualifies for the exemption.
An example can illustrate this better. Generally, if the individual makes $200,000 and has a $91,000 foreign income exclusion, post this deduction, they would have a taxable income of $109,000. However, if they put $9,000 in their qualifying FSA, their taxable income would reduce and come down to $100,000. Therefore, the FSA would further lower their taxable income.
In most cases, the individual would get an earned income credit of about $370 but would also have to pay self employment tax of about $171. The balance would then amount to a refund of approximately $229 from the earned income credit.
Typically, if the individual's taxable income is already zero, deducting the interest on the RV would not benefit them since itemized deductions only reduce taxable income and are not a refundable credit. Also, if they do have some taxable income, all their itemized deductions would have to be over their standard deduction amount in order to be of any benefit to them. For example, if they are filing single under 65, their standard deduction would be $5,700. Therefore, any itemized deduction would have to exceed this amount to benefit the individual.
Most systems and jurisdictions allow business taxpayers to reduce taxable income through the cost of goods or other property sold, as well as deductions for business expenses. However, many systems limit some kinds of business deductions, depending on the country and system of taxation. If you have more questions on this topic, direct them to a Tax Professional for insights and information to help with your case.


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I found a Trek 520 on Craigslist. The ad had very little information. The bike was selling pretty cheaply at $200. I asked the seller why so cheap? What is the year? And can he provide proof of ownership. I figured either it is very old or it is stolen (he did mention it was in working order but in need of a tune up). Well the guy freaked out. He said I was calling him a thief.
Do you think it is over the top to ask for proof of ownership when buying a bike?


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Update September 2014:
A Request For Proposals to provide Data Handling
Services for AFAMS was advertised in August 2014 and is now closed. Refer to the "Tenders" tab for more detail. Proposals received are currently being considered.
NAFC and its
Members (Australian states and territories) have decided to implement a
national standard approach to the provision of tracking and event logging
services for aircraft involved in firefighting and related operations. It
is now planned that this will also extend to a short-message system. The adoption of a national approach followed
extensive investigation and consultation with agencies and operators throughout
Australia. A number of operational trials were also been undertaken.
The national
aircraft tracking and event logging system is referred to as "AFAMS" (Australian
Fire Aircraft Monitoring System).
The approach
adopted is a data integration model. This allows aircraft operators to continue
to select their own provider of tracking services and to select and install
tracking and event logging equipment appropriate to their aircraft and organisation.
The aircraft operator's tracking
provider must arrange to forward the tracking data (to the required standard)
to a central data integrator. In turn, the Integrator stores and forwards
the data to the various user agencies and organisations.
This model
is also designed to integrate with and to complement systems that are already
in place in some States and Territories. It provides flexibility to
participate at a number of different levels, according to the particular needs
of individual agencies.
TracPlus Global Ltd (www.tracplus.com)
is the currently appointed Integrator.
NAFC has entered into a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with TracPlus.
The SLA ensures a guaranteed standard of service and also sets pricing.
Key features
of the system include:
All aircraft engaged in fire operations will
ultimately be required to participate in the system. There is also a requirement for some vehicles
provided by aircraft operators (eg fuel trucks) to
Aircraft operators will continue to
make their own arrangements for tracking services including selection of their
preferred tracking provider, but will also make arrangements directly with the
Integrator to deliver the tracking data (and later, event logging and messaging
data) into AFAMS. This may require the establishment of a "gateway" to the integration
system for a particular tracking provider.
Authorised fire agencies and
organisations wishing to view or use the data make arrangements directly with the
Integrator. There will are a number of different ways of accessing the data,
according to the needs of the user.
Why have
tracking at all?
A. Experience
with existing tracking systems over more than a decade in some States has
reinforced the value of real-time resource tracking. The technology is
currently used to:
"manual" flight following (regular position reporting) for search and rescue
(SAR) and resource management purposes, reducing aircrew and ground crew
workload and reducing radio traffic;
support SAR
missions by providing last known positions;
dispatching and resource allocation and to support resource management;
situational awareness for aircrew, fire managers and supervisors;
verification of operating times and work performed to support invoicing and
accounting processes;
basic mapping;
provide other relevant data e.g. wind speed and direction, amount of water
delivered, type of suppressant;
integrate aircraft or vehicle data with other electronic systems;
effective monitoring of performance of assets e.g. amount of fire control line
built in a period of time; and
provide data for research and evaluation of fire control
In addition, the communications layer that transfers
data from aircraft often provides extra functionality such as messaging and
voice communications.
Aircraft operators have also rapidly been adopting
tracking services for their own fleet management and safety purposes.
Who pays?
A. The general
principle is that the aircraft operator pays to put the data into the system,
and the fire agencies and other data users pay to get the data out of the
The amount that an operator pays
to put data into the system depends on a number of factors. If you already have
suitable tracking equipment in an aircraft and an arrangement with a suitable
provider you will normally only pay a small additional surcharge to feed the
data in. Depending on the circumstances there may be a small monthly access
charge and/or an account establishment fee.
Who makes
the arrangements?
A. The aircraft
operator makes the arrangements to acquire and install appropriate in-aircraft
terminal equipment and makes the arrangements with a tracking service.
The aircraft operator's tracking provider (or event logging provider, if applicable)
makes an arrangement directly with the Integrator to
pass the data into AFAMS.
Agencies (and aircraft operators) who wish to view or
use the data also make their own arrangements directly with the Integrator . There is a range of options depending on
the degree of access required.
Even though arrangements are made by aircraft
operators and agencies directly with TracPlus (as the
current Integrator), all arrangements are covered by an over-arching agreement
between NAFC and TracPlus that, amongst many other
things, sets out minimum service levels and defines standard pricing for
anybody participating in the national "fire aircraft" system.
Who owns the
A. Whoever paid
for it to be collected. Normally this will be
the aircraft operator, but as a condition of engagement on fire operations the aircraft
operator grants NAFC and other participating agencies a licence to use the
Why an
"integration approach" … why not just appoint one tracking and event logging provider?
A. For a whole
range of reasons, but mainly to give aircraft operators a much better range of
options for participation and hopefully to take advantage of systems and
equipment that is already in place.
Also, the agencies viewing and using the data need to
get it in a range of different ways, as they all have different information
systems. This is really the only practical way of achieving that.
Why not the
same approach as Automated Flight Following (AFF) in the U.S.?
(where a data
standard is specified, and the data is fed by tracking providers directly into
a "government" system.)
A. In effect this is what we are actually doing.
You could regard the Integrator as our outsourced provider of the Australian
equivalent of AFF. Taking this outsourced approach will however provide
greater flexibility, especially given the number of parties who will receive
and use the data in different ways. It will also ultimately provide
greater functionality for more advanced tracking and mapping features and for when
we get to event logging and two-way messaging. Additionally it allows
aircraft operators to take advantage, if they wish, of other value-added
services offered by TracPlus.
The Australian system has been designed, as far as
practicable, to be compatible with AFF. Aircraft fitted with AFF
equipment and complying with the AFF standard will mostly be able to fit
straight into AFAMS.
What about
event logging?
A. Event-logging functionality
in AFAMS is currently in the process of being implemented. There does still need to be some decisions
about what event data can remain stored on board the aircraft and what data
needs to be transmitted in near-real-time alongside the tracking data and into AFAMS.
See also the answer under "What in-aircraft terminal equipment should I
choose?" below, and see draft data
specification in the downloads area below.
What about
A. We still need
to do a little bit more work on standards. Stay tuned See also the
answer under "What in-aircraft terminal equipment should an aircraft
operator choose?" below.
What about
A. Operational
trials have confirmed that for a range of reasons it is best to treat voice
communications capability separately. This gives much greater flexibility in
selection and ongoing maintenance of aircraft equipment.
in-aircraft terminal equipment should an aircraft operator choose?
A. Essentially
it depends on what is the best fit for the aircraft and the business, provided
it is capable of providing the tracking data to the required standard. We do recommend that consideration be given
to installing terminal equipment capable of accommodating future event logging
and messaging requirements. (Many
terminals on the market have the required interfaces).
Is there a
data specification?
A. For tracking and
event logging - we are producing a revised version for an upcoming RFP process and
will make it available as soon as possible.
More information?
See downloads, below, or ......
For general information and
specifications contact NAFC at: firstname.lastname@example.com
For other information regarding the
system, terminal equipment and for technical and sales queries contact Tracplus at:
Revised specs coming soon. (For tracking, use AFF specs in the meantime)
National Aerial Firefighting Centre Level 1 340 Albert St East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia | ABN: 96 105 736 392 | T: +61 3 9419 2388 | F: +61 3 9419 2389 | E: firstname.lastname@example.com


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I'm a bike collector and restorer currently living in Oslo with my wonderful fiancee.
My equipment: A basement full of Norwegian 1930s to 1970s commuters, mostly Øglænd (The Schwinn of Norway) but also some rarer gems.
I've got a full-blown 1972 Schrøder racer, with Reynolds tubing, Dia-Compe brakes, Sugino Mighty Tour crank, Mavic rims, Campa headset and hubs and full SunTour V gruppo. Previously owned by Gunnar Knudsen, brother to Knut Knudsen who won the 4 km in the München games.
My favorite bikes are the Gresvig-produced Diamants up until 1955, when they sold out to Swedish Crescent and became a cheapo brand. The best of the crop is my 1941 "Modell nr. 11" in near-new condition, sky blue with pristine, silver pinstripes.
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By Cory Wells
My music career started in 1960. I sang with African-American kids that I worked with at different places. It was the Doo-Wop style of music.
I (later) played on the east coast in Buffalo, New York in a bar called Lulu Belle's. I played with a band called The Vibratos. In 1964 Gene Jacobs, the brother-in-law of the guitar player, wanted to take me to Southern California to be discovered. He promised he knew people and (said) that he would have us working at a club called Panza's Lazy Susan. Mike Lustan, the guitar player, and his new wife, drummer Dave Treiger, Gene and his wife and two children and I all headed for the land of milk and honey. We had three cars: Mike with his family in one car; Gene and his family in another car; and Dave and I in Dave's car.
It was an adventure for me. We stopped in St. Louis and we all wanted to go out and hear some music. There was an area in that city called Gas Light Square. There, in a small bar, I heard a woman singing like no woman I had heard ever before. She was great and had one hell of a voice…but more on her later.
After a long six days of driving we arrived in Southern California. Being young and all excited we raced to see who would get to the Sunset Strip first. But, not really thinking, we lost the others and now we (as the Buffalo Springfield had done) got lost in a big city and didn't know where the others were. All we (could do) was drive up and down the Sunset Strip for two days looking for the others. We found them driving on the opposite side of the road in the opposite direction. They were looking for us as well.
We were staying in hotels at the time and we needed full-time residence. While we lived on Sunset Strip (for a few weeks or so) we went out at night to see other bands. There was a hot club on the strip called The Purple Onion. It was jam packed with people and a great band was playing. It was Pat and Lolly Vegas. They later in the '70's became Red Bone. It was a very exciting time for me and I wanted so badly to perform. It was a matter of finding a place to live.
The three of us - Mike, Dave and I - stayed in a one-bed room bachelor's apartment on Laurel Canyon and Burbank. Mike's wife stayed with Gene and his wife and kids. The next day we all needed to find a job because money was being used up fast. We begged Gene to take us to the place he told us about – Panza's Lazy Susan. It turned out to be a piano bar and had never had a band play there...so now we had to find work. It was the beginning of the bullshit lies by Gene but he did get us out to California and I guess that is worth something.
In the downtime with no work, we needed to find a bass player and put an ad in the paper and at music stores' bulletin boards. A blonde hair surfer looking guy came to us and said he played bass. This fellow's name was Cal Titus and he played a stand up big band bass. We told him this would not do and asked him was he willing to play an electric shoulder bass. He agreed and we started practicing all kinds of songs - everything from old love ballads, Beatles' songs and surfing tunes (which I hated).
We were all on our last $25.00 when the drummer and I went in the middle of the afternoon to look for a place to work. We walked into a bar called The Rag Doll on Coldwater Canyon and Victory Blvd. I think it's called Filthy McNasties now. We went in, sat down and had a beer. It was dark inside and a bartender was washing out glasses. We asked if they had live music and he told us they did, every night except Monday. We asked if he auditioned other bands; he said, "yes". I asked when, and he said, "right now".
Dave I ran out that door like people on fire. We got to the apartments screaming that we had a possible gig. We went back with the whole band, set up and played for about 45 minutes. When we were done, we asked if he liked what he heard. He said he did. I asked if we had the job and he said we did. When Dave asked when we could start, he said tonight. Wow! We knew then that we could stay in Southern California longer.
We played the Rag Doll for three months (maybe longer?). It was packed every night. We did big business there. Gene started to bring in other club owners to hear us. One of them was the manager of Ciro's on the Sunset Strip. It was a high-class nightclub where the Sinatra's and Martins worked in the day of big entertainment. Now it was a Go-Go club of sorts. After the Whiskey A-Go-Go got hot with Johnny Rivers everyone jumped on the bandwagon. The craze at the time was A-Go-Go this and A-Go-Go that. Go-Go dancers were the rave and every club had one or two. We went in to see what was happening.
A little known band was playing there with their following of fans. They had just released a record that was starting to make noise. The song was "Tambourine Man" and the band was The Byrds. I met and talked to a cat named Dewey Martin who was a local guy that just got the job as drummer for The Buffalo Springfield. That was a big deal in those days.
The bands that are now the "Classic's of Rock" were just working in small dumpy bars at the time and everyone was looking for that big break. There was electricity in the air, and you could feel like something was about to bust wide open.
The Beatles influenced an entire generation of musicians. Everyone wanted to be British. We put on phony British accents to impress people and girls. The British Invasion was in full swing. Down the street in a club called the Crescendo Cleopatra and Caesar played. That was Sonny and Cher, of course.
It was a slow grind to go from one club to the next. We worked in a club not far from the Rag Doll called The Palomino Club and that was half rock and half country. We played The London Fog on the Strip, The Red Velvet on the Strip, Gazzari's on the Strip, and The Action on Melrose. Not all the clubs were on the strip and in Hollywood. We also worked at Danita's in the valley, as well as Cinnamon Cinder on Ventura Blvd. and Oil Can Harry's.
This was only the tip of the iceberg of events that when on in my music life.


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The course is designed to help the community of seafarers to be updated with thelatest regulatory demands. It lays emphasis on the correct methods to meet therequirements and prevent abuse of the environment.
The use of practical session on the oily water separator and desktop exercises, and experience sharing brings about a total coverage to the issue of marine pollution. The course also details procedures in the eventuality of a pollution related mishap occurring on board a ship.
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Senior Marketing Executive
- Recruiter
- Trader Media Group
- Location
- Wimbledon
- Salary
- £32,000
- Posted
- 29 Nov 2012
- Closes
- 26 Jan 2013
- Job Function
- Design and Production, eCRM, Mobile, Search Marketing, Social Media
- Contract
- Permanent
Job Description
As a Senior Marketing Executive for Trader Media Group, you will report directly into the Head of B2B Marketing and take responsibility for delivering the strategy for Auto Trader and non-car related products and services.
You will work closely with the Head of B2B Marketing to deliver the Auto Trader and non-car plan, and will hold responsibility for the delivery of all activities related to Auto Trader and non-car, including providing regular analysis to maximise and improve response to marketing campaigns.
Key Responsibilities will include:
• Using a test, learn and refine process to manage Auto Trader and non-car campaigns to generate leads using online and offline comms
• Identify and develop marketing campaigns to support Auto Trader and non-car and retain our market leading presence
• Working with the Market Research team to develop data insights to increase sales in digital marketing, mobile and tablet
• Marketing various events, product enhancements and launches to support profile of DMS, businesses, services and people
• Delivery of BAU plans to support the sales teams in selling digital marketing, mobile and tablet products and services
• Shape and implement communications to dealers including clear segmentation to maximise ROI
• Support existing products and services: aligning activity to the businesses commercial plan
• Management of budgets
• Management of stakeholder expectations including providing regular campaign reporting
• Monitor and measure marketing campaigns providing clear analysis to the overall DMS team
Candidate Requirements
The successful candidate into this role will be a proven Senior Marketing Executive, with a thorough understanding of digital marketing. You will have exceptional stakeholder management skills, and will ideally have some previous man-management experience, though this is not essential. In addition, you will have the following key skills and experience:
• Excellent understanding of commercial businesses
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills
• Proven in management of campaigns
• Proven in measuring and analysing successful campaigns and reporting back
• Excellent experience in creating and delivering presentations to communicate plans/opinion
• A proven understanding of CMS systems and email management tools
• A proven understanding of SEO and Social Media
• Good financial acumen and solid experience of putting together budgets
• Experience within Agency or Client side business
• Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point
• Understanding of the full range of marketing communications including the AIDA model
• Understanding of Automotive industry is preferred
• Educated to a degree standard or equivalent standard in Marketing or Business
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Internet has all the info you need, you just need to refer the corresponding resource. When you run into something you don't understand, you can head to the Mozilla MDN for explanations. If you're looking for examples of new possibilities that HTML5 provides, then jump to html5demos.com, there are loads of great and simple examples to gain experience from.
The Yahoo User Interface Library was one of the first libraries and cross-browser toolsets released as an open source, still it remains one of the biggest and the most effective. The collection of tools includes a vast variety of any possible charts, widgets and other great goodies. Yahoo devoted more attention to visual issues than the others. Features that drive Flickr and Yahoo Mail can be found here and they are waiting for your implementations.
HTML5 stated the goal to replace Flash plug-ins that are a great tool for making something dance on your webpage. This goal is really hard to achieve because the game industry and presentation industry duplicates some sophisticated tools available in the Flash universe. Here comes out Mashi the tool that will make your sprites move. Mashi offers more than several dozens of standard functions for improving the overall look of your website.
Browser game fans will find pp3Diso a whole lot of entertainment. Still it is not as pleasing for an eye as Flash but soon this gap will be closed. With pp3Diso you can set up a three-dimensional, orthographic game with just a few lines of code.
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Simple Widgets provides a whole bunch of data visualization tools that are mostly focused on maps and timelines. Each of these options provides a good method for data visualization which is a good way of absorbing large volumes of information quickly and efficiently.
Most of us use big mapping libraries to show street addresses. With Tile5 you can pull the mapping tiles from sources as GeoCommons, so that the user can use them just like the maps from Google, MapQuest, or Yahoo.
Nowadays mobile browsers gradually conquer the web, that is why it becomes more and more important to present information in appropriate way for smartphones and tablets. Though in some cases it's not that easy especially when fingers are thick or eyes can't focus on tiny fonts. jQuery Mobile, Jo, and Sencha Touch libraries offer touch-friendly menus that transform information into a convenient manner for small screens.
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$.get('Setup-Tables.SQL',function(sqlStatements){ html5sql.process( //This is the text data from the SQL file you retrieved sqlStatements, function(){ // After all statements are processed this function // will be called. }, function(error){ // Handle any errors here } ); });
html5sql is a JavaScript module that eases the work with HTML5 Web Databases. The primary function is to provide a structure for processing SQL statements within a single transaction. This simplifies the interaction with the database. There are also many other smaller features to make things easier, more natural and more convenient for programmers. html5sql provides the capability to sequentially process SQL in many different forms:
- As a single SQL statement string;
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- From a completely separate file containing SQL statements.
Blackbird is a stand-alone library that pops-up a separate console window that is looking quite elegant. Four levels of bugs can be set and user can either turn messages on or off. A profiler is ready to time the routines on the local browser.
Feel free to comment this blog post and let us know if you have used these (or similar) tools in your workflow and you can also share other tools you find useful. Please share your insights and experience.


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The U.S. asked a federal judge to lift an order temporarily blocking a Boeing-Lockheed Martin venture from buying Russian-made rocket engines for the Air Force, saying the purchases don't violate sanctions imposed after Russia's takeover of Crimea.
U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Susan Braden in Washington halted the sales until she receives assurances from the government that the transactions don't run afoul of President Barack Obama's March 16 sanctions against Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who heads the country's defense and space industries.
The government request to lift the ban includes a letter from a senior Treasury Department lawyer stating that "to the best of our knowledge" purchases from rocket maker NPO Energomash, which is owned by the Russian government, "currently do not directly or indirectly contravene" the sanctions against Rogozin.
The State Department concurred with the Treasury finding and the Commerce Department deferred to the other agencies, according to the government's filing late yesterday.
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Breaden's order came as part of a lawsuit filed April 28 by billionaire Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies The company accused the Air Force of illegally shutting it out of the military satellite-launch business by giving a monopoly to the Boeing-Lockheed venture, known as United Launch Alliance.
ULA also filed papers late yesterday asking the judge to lift the ban.
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The case is Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. U.S., 14-cv-00354, U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Washington).


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Splenomegaly is a larger-than-normal spleen.
The spleen is an organ that is a part of the lymph system. The spleen filters the blood and maintains healthy red and white blood cells and platelets.
Many health conditions can affect the spleen. These include:
Symptoms of splenomegaly include:
Splenomegaly can be caused by any of the following:
It is important to prevent injury that might cause the spleen to rupture. You should avoid contact sports.
Your doctor or nurse will tell you what else you need to do to take care of yourself and any medical condition.
There are usually no symptoms from an enlarged spleen. Some people have pain in the left upper part of the belly area (abdomen). You should seek medical help right away if it is severe or gets worse when you take a deep breath.
The health care provider will ask about your symptoms and medical history.
A physical exam will be done. This will include feeling your abdomen. The health care provider will tap along the left upper part of your abdomen and feel in that same area, especially just under the rib cage.
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Crocus vernus
How strange to greet, this frosty morn,
In graceful counterfeit of flower,
These children of the meadows, born
Of sunshine and of showers!
from Flowers in Winter by John Greenleaf Whittier
Correntian Eureka Springs spotted these little flowers a few weeks ago, when it was still winter. Now that it's officially spring, enjoy!
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Pippi Longstocking
|Release Date: August 22, 1997
|Running Time: 75 mins.
|MPAA Rating: G
|Box Office: $779,200.00
|Genre: Adaptation, Animated
Judy Tate
Howard Jerome
Catherine O'Hara
Dave Thomas
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Summary:When nine-year-old Pippi Longstocking's father is washed overboard during a storm at sea, she moves into his house, the Villa Villekulla, with her horse, named Horse, her monkey Mr Nilsson, and a large stash of gold coins. Pippi's outspoken personality brings her into inevitable conflict with the local schoolteacher, the police, the arch-criminals Thunder-Karlsson and Bloom--who are after her gold--and the town busy-body Mrs Prysselius who wants to put her in an orphanage. A kidnapping plot designed by Mrs Prysselius is foiled as Pippi escapes the clutches of Thunder-Karlsson and Bloom, riding away on Horse with her neighbors Tommy and Annika. Arriving back at the Villa Villekulla, they enco... Full Summary >>