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National Holistic Institute, a College of Massage Therapy
201 E Sandpointe Ave, Suite 100
Santa Ana, CA 92707
714.668.9263 x 3328
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Public Massage Clinic Appointments
Massage Therapy Clinic — What To Expect
Our fully supervised teaching Massage Clinic is an important component of National Holistic Institute's outstanding 900 Hour massage therapy training.
Graduates go on to work as massage therapists in private practice, medical offices, sports clinics, resorts and spas.
- We offer 50-minute and 100-minute massage sessions.
- Any client under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. See Clinic Policies for details.
- This is a teaching clinic. We do not accept tips.
- Appointments cancelled less than 24 hours in advance will have a $10 fee added to the account.
- Massage Gift Cards are available for purchase.
Rates for clients under 55 years of age | Rates for clients 55 years of age and over |
$45 per 50-minute session | $35 per 50-minute session |
$90 per 100-minute session | $70 per 100-minute session |
Payment is required at check-in prior to receiving your massage session. Please note that our preferred methods of payment, at the time of your appointment, are credit card or NHI Gift Card. We will gladly accept personal check or cash if neither of the preferred methods of payment are available.
We offer Swedish or Shiatsu massage sessions.
- The massage style is determined by what the student massage therapist is currently studying. Students may incorporate Deep Tissue, and other styles depending upon what they have completed in the program.
- We are unable to accommodate requests for styles.
- Therapists are randomly assigned. We are unable to accommodate requests for specific student massage therapists, male or female.
- Clients should wear loose, comfortable pants and tops. Jeans and skirts may limit the effectiveness of Eastern modalities performed with client fully clothed.
- Please arrive 10 to 15 minutes early to check-in and fill out any necessary paperwork so that you do not miss any of your session time.
- All sessions begin and end on time.
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with National Holistic Institute's Massage Clinic policies to ensure a positive experience with us. Booking an appointment indicates your agreement to abide by these policies.
Hourly-rate parking is available directly across the street. It is approximately $4/hour. CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD Only.
All clinic clients are responsible to pay for parking, even on evenings and weekends.
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Dragons sign Wendell Sailor
Dual international Wendell Sailor said a desire to go out on his own terms was his prime motivation after on Monday signing with St George Illawarra until the end of the 2009 NRL season.
Sailor will make his return to rugby league in the relative obscurity of the Jim Beam Cup with the Shellharbour Marlins this weekend.
His two-year doping ban after testing positive to cocaine while playing rugby union for the NSW Waratahs expired at the weekend.
The former Brisbane, Queensland and Australian rugby league star said he wanted to repay the Dragons for giving him a second chance.
"I'd like to thank Browny (Dragons coach Nathan Brown) and obviously the Dragons for giving me the opportunity to come back and to put things right and to finish on my terms," Sailor said on Monday.
"A lot of times in those two years you have regrets and you just want to move on ... there were some dark days there, days when I didn't think I could probably come back."
He will return on the wing for the Marlins against Erina in Shellharbour on Saturday night but Sailor said he wouldn't put a time frame on his return to the top grade.
Having previously stated that he viewed Sailor as more of a backrower, Brown said he would initially return as a winger.
"(He'll) definitely start on the wing but who knows where we could venture to," Brown said.
"We have got a fair few outside backs at the club at the moment."
Sailor played 185 first grade games for Brisbane before switching codes in 2001.
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Our Sustainability Consultants have decades of experience in
We're dedicated to protecting and improving the environment by developing Florida Green Businesses by implementing Life Cycle Management. However, as experienced business leaders, we're equally dedicated to your business, its profitability, and growth.
As you'll discover by reading this page, the two goals are not mutually exclusive. In fact, in today's business climate, you'll find out why business prosperity and growth depend upon implementing Sustainable Practices.
You can't turn on the news without hearing about Environmental Sustainability and Green Energy. Consumers are more educated and informed about environmental issues than ever before.
It doesn't matter whether you agree or disagree with the concept of Global Warming and the threat Global Warming poses to the environment. The fact remains that an ever-growing majority of consumers of products and services and regulating governmental agencies, in Florida, The United States, and globally, do believe Environmental Sustainability is crucial.
While Environmental Sustainability is at the forefront, other categories of Sustainability must be considered.
Is your community a desirable place to live
Community members do care that businesses in their neighborhood are good corporate citizens.
Are your employees provided
Consumers do care that businesses they deal with treat people well.
Economic growth with a sustainable mindset means
When implementing Sustainability, it's crucial not to impact your existing products or services negatively. Sometimes you can implement Sustainability with no ill effects on your existing products or services. In other situations, it may be necessary to add additional Sustainable Products appealing to customers searching for Green Companies.
Perform Cost/Benefit studies to determine which approach is best for your unique business situation. Aftan Sustainable Engineering assures you consider all important factors.
Beware of computer program providers that suggest you don't need Sustainability expertise. Sustainability programs are excellent, and we use those software packages. However, understanding the variables to enter is difficult. If you enter wrong data, the program will produce incorrect results. Furthermore, you're dealing with algorithms that aren't perfect. The bottom line is that if you don't know what you're doing, you can deceive yourself.
WeISO 14001 Certification is becoming more important for companies.
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Made of 100% microfiber polyester, the fleece blanket is soft and lightweight. It's wrinkle and fade resistant, doesn't shed, and is suitable for all seasons. Care instructions: Machine wash separately in cold water. When drying, use delicate cycle and tumble dry on low. Do not bleach. Do not iron, press with heat or dry clean.


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Explore our large 1,182 sq. ft. 3 Bedroom 2 Bath F floor plan. You'll have plenty of room to create a space truly unique.
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Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It has a latitude of 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state, and is a popular tourist destination. It is the heart of Icelands's cultural, economic and governmental activity. The city itself is spread out, with sprawling suburbs. The city centre, however, is a very small area characterized by eclectic and colourful houses, with good shopping, dining, and drinking.
The Convent Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is the country's largest city and its financial, cultural, and creative centre. Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there, and seven of the world's 500 largest companies, including Philips and ING, are based in the city. In 2012, Amsterdam was ranked the second best city in which to live by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and 12th globally on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer. Amsterdam derives its name from the city's origin as "Dam" of river "Amstel". In the past, the name was "Amstelredamme" which later changed as "Amsterdam". The city is one of the most popular destinations in Europe, attracting over 7 million international travellers annually. The city is colloquially known as ''Venice of the North'' because of its lovely canals that criss-cross the city, its impressive architecture and more than 1,500 bridges. There is something for every traveller's taste here; whether you prefer culture and history, serious partying, or just the relaxing charm of an old European city!


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R&B songstress Tamar Braxton has waited long enough and is finally ready to drop her second album titled "Love & War." Since it's close to the date of release, September 3rd, Tamar and the team at Epic Records are allowing fans to pre-order the album via iTunes. Also, iTunes has released the full tracklist for Tamar's upcoming project.
If you're a fan of Tamar's reality shows "Braxton Family Values" and "Tamar & Vince," you've probably heard Tamar working on some of these tracks. Songs that were featured on the shows that can be found here are "Hot Sugar" and the hit lead single "Love & War." Although the project boasts a little bit of ratchet material, Tamar doesn't start too far from her gospel roots with the album's closer "Thank You Lord."
When speaking about the album, Tamar said, "It's the music that I've always wanted to do. t's a truedefinition of who I am as a person. It's upbeat, it's fun, it's opinionated, it's raw, and it's great."
Check out the track list below.
Love and War Tracklisting
1. "The One"
2. "Tip Toe"
3. "Stay and Fight"
4. "Love and War"
5. "All the Way Home"
6. "One on One Fun"
7. "She Did That (Interlude)"
8. "Hot Sugar"
9. "Pieces"
10. "Where It Hurts"
11. "Prettiest Girl"
12. "Sound of Love"
13. "White Candle"
14. "Thank You Lord"
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The Ohio State Fair started yesterday. The Ohio Historical Society is located next to the state fairgrounds and is used for parking during the run of the fair. If you are going to visit the Historical Center or the Library/Archives during the fair (which runs through August 10), you will need to pay $5 for parking.
If you are a member of the Ohio Historical Society, be certain to bring your membership card with you! If you show it at the gate, you will get free parking.
Presuming you get through the traffic on I-71, State Fair time is actually a good time to visit the Library/Archives at OHS. The fair crowds tend to scare off would-be researchers, so the library is usually pretty empty.


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Apple releases public beta of Safari 4 browser
Dubbed "Nitro," the engine in Safari 4 is said to run JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Other new features include Top Sites, for a visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages; Cover Flow, to easily flip through web history or bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed browsing easier and more intuitive.
"Apple created Safari to bring innovation, speed and open standards back into web browsers, and today it takes another big step forward," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Safari 4 is the fastest and most efficient browser for Mac and Windows, with great integration of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards that enables the next generation of interactive web applications."
In terms of performance, Apple claims Safari 4's new Nitro JavaScript engine executes JavaScript up to 30 times faster than Microsoft's IE 7 and more than three times faster than Firefox 3. It's also said to load HTML web pages three times faster than IE 7 and almost three times faster than Firefox 3.
Safari 4 also represents the latest chapter in Apple's efforts to maintain its leadership role in defining and implementing web standards, with built in support for HTML 5 and CSS 3 — two technologies critical in supporting an entirely new class of web applications that feature rich media, graphics and fonts.
Safari 4 Beta tracks the sites you browse and ranks your favorites, presenting up to 24 thumbnails on a single page.
Specifically, the Cupertino-based company said the new browser includes HTML 5 support for offline technologies so web-based applications can store information locally without an Internet connection. A recent technology demonstration by Google highlighted the advantages this technology when it showed off a version of Gmail running offline on the iPhone's mobile version of Safari, which already includes support for some HTML 5 standards.
Safari for Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPod touch are all built on Apple's WebKit, which the company has billed the "world's fastest and most advanced browser engine." Apple developed WebKit as an open source project to create the world's best browser engine and to advance the adoption of modern web standards. Most recently, WebKit led the introduction of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards and is known for its fast, modern code-base. Some of the industry's newest browsers are based on WebKit including Google Chrome, the Google Android browser, the Nokia Series 60 browser and Palm webOS.
New features
- Top Sites, a display of frequently visited pages in a wall of previews so users can jump to their favorite sites with a single click;
- Full History Search, where users search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages to easily return to sites they've seen before;
- Cover Flow, to make searching web history or bookmarks "as fun and easy as paging through album art in iTunes;"
- Tabs on Top, for better tabbed browsing with easy drag-and-drop tab management tools and an intuitive button for opening new ones;
- Smart Address Field, that automatically completes web addresses by displaying an easy-to-read list of suggestions from Top Sites, bookmarks and browsing history;
- Smart Search Field, where users fine-tune searches with recommendations from Google Suggest or a list of recent searches;
- Full Page Zoom, for a closer look at any website without degrading the quality of the site's layout and text;
- built-in web developer tools to debug, tweak and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility; and
- a new Windows-native look in Safari for Windows, that uses standard Windows font rendering and native title bar, borders and toolbars so Safari fits the look and feel of other Windows XP and Windows Vista applications.
In total, Apple claims over 150 features in Safari 4. The public beta is available for download here.


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Rowana Harp of Bedford passed away early Wednesday morning at Stonebridge Health Campus at the age of 94.
Born in 1914 in Bedford to Grover and Malinda Henderson, Rowana worked at the Toggery and the Bernard Williams Drug Store, and was a member of Hillcrest Christian Church and the Business and Professional Women's Club.
She is survived by her daughter Karen, 2 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Lovell, brother Gordon and sister Mary. Services will be held Monday morning at 11:00am at the Elmwood Chapel of Day & Carter Mortuary with burial to follow at Green Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9:00am until time of service Monday at Day & Carter.


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- Marine Drive Levee Repair
Marine Drive Levee Repair
Fall 2018 new grass growing
Fall 2018 new grass growing
Complete reconstructed levee with new seed
Complete reconstructed levee with new seed
New levee with erosion control fabric
Placing topsoil
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Trenching for erosion control fabric
Compacting levee fill
Compacting levee fill
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Marine Drive Levee temporary repair
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Marine Drive Levee breach January 2018
Marine Drive levee breach January 2018
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Deb Johnson, PE
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[email protected]322 N Commercial Street
2nd Floor
Bellingham, Washington 98225
Levee construction was completed fall 2018 with mitigation planting in spring 2019.
Project Benefits
- Reduce the frequency of flooding of Slater Road and the community of Marietta
- Increase floodplain roughness and riparian habitat in support of salmon recovery goals
- Reduce maintenance costs and frequency of repairs
The Marine Drive Levee on the east bank of the Nooksack River upstream of the Marine Drive Bridge has suffered damage over the past few years. Large scour holes formed on the levee crest and backslope, and some of the scour holes have lowered the elevation of the levee crest allowing floodwaters to overtop the levee more frequently. When the levee overtops in these lowered areas, it concentrates fast moving water and causes further damage to the levee. The floodwaters that overtop the levee pond in the floodplain and back up causing frequent flooding of Slater Road and the community of Marietta. These areas will experience more frequent and deeper flooding if no repair is made.
Project Description
The project consists of repairing approximately 1,500 lineal feet of levee on the left (east) bank of the Nooksack River upstream of the Marine Drive Bridge. The levee repair will include removing trees along the levee backslope (landward side), filling the scour holes along the damaged levee sections, creating a gentle (low gradient) backslope, and installing erosion control on the levee crest and backslope. Irrigation of the levee crest and backslope will occur from late July into October for grass establishment. Trees on the riverward side of the levee will remain in place for shade, edge habitat, and bank protection. Tree removal along the levee backslope is required to maintain an even surface, which reduces the potential for erosion when the levee overtops during high flood events (see cross-section view of levee below). Trees and tree roots on the backslope can cause scour holes to develop and eventual lowering of the levee in these locations.
As part of the mitigation plan for the project, the removed trees will be placed on the floodplain landward of the levee to provide habitat and roughness. As many trees as possible will be removed with rootwads attached to further enhance floodplain habitat and roughness. The mitigation plan also includes planting 460 trees within 150 feet of the river. The planting will include a mix of hardwoods (black cottonwood) and conifers (Sitka spruce and western red cedar).
Engineering Design
Engineering design was complete by the Whatcom County Public Works River and Flood Division. The mitigation plan was prepared by the Whatcom Conservation District.
Construction Contract
- Contractor: Iverson Earth Works, LLC
- Contract Amount: $197,549
- Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
This graphic shows a cross-section of the proposed east bank levee repair. The cross-section view is oriented looking upstream. Trees will be removed on the levee backslope (landward side of the levee) and fill material will be imported to fill the damaged portions of the levee and establish a gentle backslope. The levee crest and backslope will be seeded and protected with geotextile erosion control fabric. Removed trees will be placed on the floodplain landward of the levee for floodplain habitat and roughness.


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Washington Post managing editor Spayd to step down
Jun 25, 2012, 5:04 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington Post Managing Editor Elizabeth Spayd plans to step down at the end of the year after the 2012 elections.
In a newsroom memo Monday, Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli announced Spayd's plans. She has served as managing editor since 2009.
Spayd was the first woman to serve as managing editor at the newspaper. She oversaw daily planning and sections including national, foreign and business news.
Spayd's co-managing editor Raju Narisetti left in January. Former Rocky Mountain News editor John Temple was recently named to a managing editor position that has included oversight of local news and sports, among other sections.
Brauchli credited Spayd with piloting the newsroom as a "bulwark of sound judgment."
A departure date has not been set. Brauchli says Post executives plan to think about whether to adjust the newsroom structure.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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MLB 11 The Show arrived on Tuesday, bringing with it a set of controls and options designed to include disabled gamers. The association for these gamers, begun by a 25-year-old college student, also launched on Tuesday and gets a plug from the PS3 game.
The Association for Disabled Virtual Athletes is the brainchild of Hans Smith, profiled on Kotaku about a month ago. Smith has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, but considers playing The Show's single-player Road to the Show mode to be no less than playing full, organized baseball. He waits out his player's in-game injuries in real time, watches all the simulated plays he's not involved in, and doesn't play the game in baseball's off-season. In so doing, Smith considers himself a "virtual athlete."
The Show's "ADVA Settings" may be set in the Options Menu. Select User Settings and then use R1 or L1 to cycle through the available sets: Beginner, Experienced, Expert and ADVA are there by default, along with any personal control set the user creates.
The ADVA settings mostly concern fielding and baserunning, two of the more complex command sets in video game baseball. Fielders will automatically run to the ball, but the player selects when and where to throw with a button press; baserunning is fully automated. Pitching and hitting are executed with button presses. What's more, the game now may be played online between two players using different control sets; both had to be using the same settings in the past.
The ADVA and its site are also mentioned in the game's "What's New" menu. And in another nice gesture, San Diego Studio also included a picture of Smith, wearing a Cardinals uniform shirt and cap, in the game's roster (Last year he was represented by his in-game rendering.) In the game, Smith is a pitcher assigned to St. Louis' AA farm club in the Texas League.
The ADVA represents and encourages disabled virtual athletes of all levels of skill and interest, and invites gamers of all levels of ability to join in support. "We are a social organisation first and foremost, which welcomes and encourages comments or involvement in any way you choose," the association says on its site.


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Measure and slim down systemd and udev
- Summary
- Measure and slim down systemd and udev
- Proposer
- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <email@example.com>
Systemd is a system and service manager for Linux featuring aggressive parallelization capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, keeps track of processes using Linux control groups, supports snapshotting and restoring of the system state, maintains mount and automount points and implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic. It can work as a drop-in replacement for sysvinit.
Udev is the device manager for the Linux kernel, receiving hotplug events, firmware load requests, dynamically loading modules and so on. Udev and systemd communicates heavily and can boost each other capabilities, such as properly assigning labels and users to hardware, starting services when devices are found, among others. Due this, udev and systemd merged into a single project to highly simplify the project interaction and share codebase.
Both projects have a great potential to simplify and speed up the Linux boot process, yet they are claimed to be heavyweight for embedded system without a clear reason or numbers, just speculations.
The first part of this project is to measure the impact of both systemd and udev in a system compared to the said smallest stack up to date: busybox init and mdev. The comparison should account, for each component, disk footprint, runtime memory and features. Systemd should have always two measures: the default (full-feature) and stripped. The stripped version will include no extras such as ACL, audit, tcpwrap or logind. The comparison should also highlight features of each measured component. The result of this work is a clear view of the systemd and udev impact compared to a barebone solution, with concrete numbers.
The second part of this project is to slim down both systemd and udev based on findings of the measurements. Although already configurable to some degree, both systemd and udev should receive more compile time options to cope with embedded systems. The developers already agreed to accept such options if they prove to be worth and our numbers from the first part of this project are important here.
The key features of systemd to be analysed and, if proven to be heavy, slimmed down are:
- journald to be made optional, with logs going to /dev/kmsg;
- cgroups usage to be made optional, loosing all grouping and isolation it allows;
- dbus usage to be made optional, removing the runtime management with systemctl.
- internal structures and state.
The last part of this project is to write a document on systemd targeted at embedded systems and clarifying what parts can be disabled and their effect. It already comes with 28 binaries that can be optionally removed and a handful of features that can be disabled.
Related work
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev/udev.html
- Measure systemd and udev compared to busybox init and mdev: 1 person-week
- Slim down systemd and udev based on measured numbers: 4-12 person-weeks (can be time-based instead of feature/size based)
- Document systemd and udev for embedded systems and how slim them: 1 person-week
Total: 6-14 person-weeks
Contractor Candidates
Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <firstname.lastname@example.com> (or co-workers from ProFUSION embedded systems)


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Fan Travel Packages To Jupiter, Florida and Newly-Added Orlando Are Now Available
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (November 25, 2013) – The St. Louis Cardinals are once again in 2014 offering exclusive travel packages through Cardinals Vacations that allow fans to experience Spring Training in Jupiter, Florida, and new this year, Orlando.
Packages include hard-to-get game tickets, choice of hotel accommodations, car rental, exclusive Cardinals post-game dinner with manager Mike Matheny and select Cardinals players and team personnel, custom Cardinals merchandise and more.
Spring Training fan experiences are a great way for fans to get an early jump on the season, enjoy some great weather, and see the Cardinals play in a ballpark and city that have become a March destination. Fans can choose from a variety of travel packages including:
- Three "Grand Slam" packages, which include the exclusive post-game dinner with manager Mike Matheny and select Cardinals players and team personnel, will be held February 28-March 2, March 7-9 and March 20-22, 2014.
- The ever-popular "Spring Training for Cardinals Seniors" package returns for 2014. This 5 night/4 game package, March 6-11, 2014 OR 7 night/5 games March 4-11, 2014 is fully escorted, and includes airfare between St. Louis and Fort Lauderdale along with motor coach transportation throughout the trip.
- New for 2014 is the Magical Cardinals Weekend in Orlando, March 13-16, 2014. Bring the family for a magical weekend of Cardinals baseball during the day and visit your favorite theme park at night!
Fans can confirm their Spring Training reservations today with one call or click. For more information and to make reservations, visit cardinals.com/springtravel or call 1-800-892-7687.


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Air motors are used to produce continuous rotary power from a compressed air system. They boast a number of advantages over electric motors:
• Because they do not require electrical power, air motors can be used in volatile atmospheres.
• They generally have a higher power density, so a smaller air motor can deliver the same power as its electric counterpart.
• Unlike electric motors, many air motors can operate without the need for auxiliary speed reducers.
• Overloads that exceed stall torque generally cause no harm to air motors. With electric motors, overloads can trip circuit breakers, so an operator must reset them before restarting equipment.
• Air motor speed can be regulated through simple flow-control valves instead of expensive and complicated electronic speed controls.
• Air motor torque can be varied simply by regulating pressure.
• Air motors do not need magnetic starters, overload protection, or the host of other support components required by electric motors.
• Air motors generate much less heat than electric motors.
As one would expect, electric motors do possess some advantages over air motors:
• If no convenient source of compressed air exists for an application, the cost of an air motor and its associated support equipment (motor-driven compressor, controls, filters, valves, etc.) will exceed that of an electric motor and its support equipment.
• Air motors consume relatively expensive compressed air, so the cost of operating them will probably be greater than that of operating electric motors.
• Even though electronic speed controls escalate the cost of electric motor drives, they control speed more accurately (within ±1% of desired speed) than air motor controls do.
• Air motors operated directly from a plant air system are susceptible to speed and torque variations if system flow and pressure fluctuate.
Common designs of air motors include rotary vane, axial piston, radial piston, gerotor, turbine, V-type, and diaphragm. Rotary vane, axial- and radial-piston, and gerotor air motors are most commonly used for industrial applications. These designs operate with highest efficiency and longevity from lubricated air. Of course, specific designs are available for applications where lubricated air proves undesirable. Turbine motors are used where very high speed but low starting torque are required. V-type and diaphragm air motors are used primarily for special applications and will not be covered here.
Piston motors
Piston air motors are used in applications requiring high power, high starting torque, and accurate speed control at low speeds. They have either two, three, four, five, or six cylinders arranged either axially or radially within a housing. Output torque is developed by pressure acting on pistons that reciprocate within the cylinders.
Motors with four or more cylinders provide relatively smooth torque at a given operating speed because power pulses overlap: two or more pistons undergo a power stroke at any time within a revolution. Motors designed with overlapping power strokes and accurate balancing are vibration-free at all speeds.
Power developed by a piston motor depends on the inlet pressure, the number of pistons, and piston area, stroke, and speed. At any given inlet pressure, more power can be obtained from a motor that runs at a higher speed, has a larger piston diameter, more pistons, or longer stroke. Speed-limiting factors are the inertia of the moving parts (which has a greater effect in radial- than in axial-piston motors) and the design of the valve that controls inlet and exhaust to the pistons.
Radial- and axial-piston motors have one significant limitation: they are internally lubricated, so oil and grease supplies must be checked periodically and replenished. They must be mounted in a horizontal position to provide proper lubrication to bearing areas. However, at least one manufacturer offers a radial-piston motor with the shaft vertically-down as a standard configuration. Other mounting positions from any manufacturer require special lubrication configurations.
Radial-piston motors feature robust, oil-lubricated construction and are well-suited to continuous operation. They have the highest starting torque of any air motor and are particularly beneficial for applications involving high starting loads. Overlapping power impulses provide smooth torque in both forward and reverse directions. Sizes range to about 35 hp for speeds to 4,500 rpm.
Rotary vane motors normally are used in applications requiring low- to medium-power outputs. Simple and compact vane motors most often drive portable power tools, but certainly are used in a host of mixing, driving, turning, and pulling applications as well.
Vane motors have axial vanes fitted into radial slots running the length of a rotor, which is mounted eccentric with the bore of the motor's body housing, Figure 2. The vanes are biased to seal against the housing interior wall by springs, cam action, or air pressure, depending on design. The centrifugal force that develops when the rotor turns aids this sealing action. Torque develops from pressure acting on one side of the vanes. Torque at the output shaft is proportional to the exposed vane area, the pressure, and the moment arm (radius from the rotor centerline to the center of the exposed vane) through which the pressure acts.
In a multi-vane motor, torque can be increased at a given speed by increasing the air pressure at the motor inlet to increase the pressure imbalance across the motor vanes. However, there are tradeoffs: increasing inlet air pressure increases air supply costs and generally leads to faster wear and shorter vane life.
Output power at a given speed determines air consumption. A small motor producing 1 hp and operating at 2,000 rpm using 80-psi air consumes the same volume of compressed air as a larger air motor producing 1 hp at 2,000 rpm using air at a lower, more economical pressure.
Rotary vane air motors are available with three to ten vanes. Increasing the number of vanes reduces internal leakage or blow-by and makes torque output more uniform and reliable at lower speeds. However, more vanes increase friction, cost of the motor, and decrease efficiency.
If, in a 3-vane design, one vane sticks in a retracted position, it can prevent the air motor from starting under load. Spring-biasing the vanes against the housing wall, porting pressure air to the base of the vanes, or camming the base of the vane prevents this problem, as does using a motor with four or more vanes.
Vane motors operate at speeds from 100 to 25,000 rpm at the rotor - depending on housing diameter - and deliver more power per pound than piston air motors. Because the vanes slide against the housing wall, many vane motors require lubricated air, particularly if short duty cycles are followed by long inactive periods. However, more and more motors continue to be designed to operate on non-lubricated air to serve critical applications and environmental concerns.
Operation of ungoverned vane air motors with no load at high speed should be avoided. When a multi-vane motor operates ungoverned under no load, its high speed can heat and char the vane tips as they rub against the cylinder wall. Abnormal wear and damage to other motor parts should also be expected.
Vane-type air motors are available in four basic mounting configurations: base, face, hub, and NEMA-flange. Base-mount models simply bolt onto a sub-base, and the load is belt-driven or directly coupled. Face and hub mounts are used when the motor must be mounted through a bulkhead or as an integral part of a driven device. NEMA-flange mounts enable air motors to directly replace NEMA-frame electric motors.
Gerotor air motors
Gerotor air motors, Figure 3, deliver high torque at low speed without additional gearing. When coupled with a 2-stage orbital planetary gear train, gerotor power elements provide torque at speeds down to 20 rpm. These motors are well suited to hazardous-environment applications where relatively high torque is needed in limited space.
Low-speed/high-torque gerotor air motors can deliver torque exceeding 250 lb-in. within a speed range of 20 to nearly 100 rpm from a 90-psi supply of compressed air. They are rated for continuous operation at supply pressures to 150 psi. Low rotating inertia of the gerotor design produces instant starting, stopping, or change in direction when the valve supplying the motor is shifted. Furthermore, the design prevents the motor from coasting or being backdriven, which can eliminate the need for external brakes. Like vane motors, they are much less sensitive to mounting orientation than piston motors are.
Turbine motors
Efficiency of an air motor is defined as the ratio of the actual power output to the theoretical power available from the compressed air for the expansion ratio at which the machine is operating. Turbines convert pneumatic power to mechanical power at about 65% to 75% efficiency. Turbine efficiency is higher than other air motors because sliding contact of parts does not occur to cause internal friction. As a result, there is no need for extensive lubrication. The absence of lubricating oil dramatically improves cold-weather performance.
Until recently, turbine air motors typically were used for applications requiring very high speed and very low starting torque - dental drills and jet aircraft engine starters being most typical. Now, however, turbine technology is being applied to starting small, medium, and large reciprocating engines. Turbine technology offers simple, highly efficient pneumatic starters that require no lubrication of their supply air, tolerate contaminants in the supply air, and need little maintenance. Turbine starters include a planetary gear reduction to bring the turbine's high rotor speed down to normal engine cranking speeds.
Turbine motors are relatively compact and light for their power-delivery capability. Higher gear ratios - from 9:1 through 20:1 - provide high stall torque and versatility for a variety of engines. Turbine horsepower is easily changed by limiting air flow through the motor.
Operation of a turbine air motor involves a nozzle that directs and meters air to a turbine wheel or rotor. It changes high-pressure, low-velocity air flow to low-pressure, high-velocity. The mass-flow rate of air passing through a turbine determines its horsepower. Changing the number of nozzles or nozzle passages changes power output proportionally. If a 16-nozzle starter is reduced to 8 nozzles, the altered starter will produce half the power of the original. Therefore, within the same basic starter configuration, many models can be designed that have a wide range of inlet pressures, cranking speeds, and cranking or stall torques. This capability, combined with various gearboxes, allows production of low-cost starters for a wide variety of applications. For example: turbine starters are available to crank engines with displacements from 305 to 23,800 in.3 at pressures from 40 through 435 psig.
Performance characteristics
Power characteristics of air motors are similar to those of series-wound DC motors. With a constant inlet pressure, the brake horsepower of an air motor is zero at zero speed. Power increases with increasing speed until it peaks at around 50% of free speed (maximum speed under no-load conditions), Figure 4.
At the peak point, torque decrease balances speed increase. Power decreases to zero when torque is zero, because all the inlet air power is used to force the volume of air required to maintain this speed through the motor.
Torque output for an air motor of given displacement theoretically is a function of the differential pressure and a constant that depends on the physical parameters of the motor. Therefore, regardless of speed, torque should be constant for a given operating pressure. Actually, this is not the case, because as air flow increases through the motor, pressure losses in the inlet and outlet lines consume a greater portion of the supply. In practice, torque reaches its greatest value shortly beyond zero speed, Figure 4, and falls off rapidly until it reaches zero at free speed.
Starting torque is the maximum torque the motor can produce under load. It is about 75% of stall torque. It takes more torque to start an air motor than to keep it running. Do not confuse stall and starting torques. If the air motor load exceeds its starting torque, the motor will not start.
Stall torque, the maximum torque of an air motor, is about twice the torque at rated horsepower, and can be determined from information on power and speed given in manufacturers' literature. The relationship between torque and rated power is:
T = 5250 P / n
T is torque in lb-ft
P is power in hp, and
n is speed in rpm.
Because stall torque is about twice torque at rated power, if n is 525 rpm, and P is 0.03 hp, then T is 3 ft-lb, and starting torque is 2.25 ft-lb.
Rated power generally refers to maximum horsepower at 90 psi. Although air motors typically can operate at pressures from 20 to 150 psi at the intake, usual practice limits operating pressure to between 30 and 100 psi.
To compare motors rated at different inlet pressures, use this rule of thumb: reduce horsepower 14% for each 10-psi reduction in air pressure. Conversely, a 10-psi reduction in air pressure will cut motor efficiency by 14%. Obviously, this relationship directly affects productivity. Again, this is only a rule of thumb and does not apply exactly to any particular motor model.
Be sure to measure supply pressure at the motor inlet. It is not enough to determine that there is 90-psi supply pressure at the compressor - line losses usually reduce that pressure before it reaches the air motor. There must be 90 psi at the motor inlet for the motor to perform at rated torque and horsepower.
Controlling air pressure supplied to the motor is the simplest and most efficient method of changing the motor's operating characteristics. Conversely, not maintaining the required supply pressure at the motor inlet certainly degrades operating characteristics.
There is no direct relationship between power and speed; that is, the lowest horsepower does not indicate the highest speed or vice versa, Figure 4.
Free speed is the maximum speed of the motor under no-load conditions. For a governed motor, the term free speed actually means free governed speed, or the maximum speed at which the motor will run while the governor is operating.
Design speed is that speed at which rated horsepower is reached. It is about half the free speed of a non-governed motor, and 80% of free governed speed of a governed motor. An air motor operates most efficiently at design speed.
Because air motors are constant-displacement devices, their speed, theoretically, is directly proportional to air flow rate. This is true if there is no leakage, but leakage certainly affects motor speed. Leakage increases with pressure, and is nearly constant at any given pressure. Thus, at fixed speed, air consumption increases as supply pressure increases; at low speeds, a much higher proportion of total flow is lost through leakage.
A typical air motor performance curve, Figure 5, shows that the additional increment of flow per rpm is nearly constant. Notice, though, that total flow per revolution decreases as speed increases. Leakage also decreases slightly as speed increases, because less time is available for leakage.
When the load on an air motor increases, speed decreases until motor torque meets that load requirement. Opening the throttle to the motor to increase inlet air pressure may bring the motor up to rated speed.
For applications involving varying loads, the major consideration is whether the motor can provide enough power for all operating conditions. Motors producing the same maximum horsepower but with different torque characteristics can exhibit substantial differences in speed, depending on load, Figure 6. On the other hand, if you wish to reduce change in speed with varying load, select a motor with a steep torque curve, Figure 7. This is because the steeper the torque curve, the less speed changes with load.
The influence of the load can be reduced by installing speed-reduction gearing between the motor and the load. This decreases output speed while retaining the same power to increase the slope of the torque curve. Remember, maximum power usually occurs at 50% of free speed, so reducing free speed also reduces design speed, Figure 6. Gearing also reduces efficiency.
Another good rule of thumb is to choose an air motor that provides the required horsepower and torque at about 2/3 of available air supply pressure. Full line pressure then can be used for starting and overloads.


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The nation's biggest telco Telstra has taken a slice out of the cost of its flagship Android-based smartphone, the HTC Desire, just hours before rival Vodafone is slated to start selling Google's Nexus One handset, which has similar specifications and was also built by HTC.
"Telstra announces new aggressive pricing for HTC Desire. To be available for $0 upfront on Telstra's $49 Cap Plan from tomorrow," Telstra said on its official Twitter account yesterday afternoon.
The telco had previously sold the Desire on a plan for $0 upfront on its $60 Consumer plan for 24 months, or for $0 upfront on its $85 Ultimate plan for 24 months – the latter including 150MB of data. But yesterday it revealed the Desire would now be available for $0 upfront on its $49 Cap plan on a 24 month contract, including 200MB of data each month. The next plan up – the $79 Cap plan – includes 500MB of data.
The news comes as Vodafone yesterday confirmed it would start selling the Nexus One today, although it only had "strictly limited" numbers of the device. No pre-orders were to be available, and the company was planning to take orders on a "first come, first-served based" through its website.
The company has won the exclusive right to sell the Nexus One in Australia and will offer the Google-branded handset for $0 upfront on a $79 cap plan on a 24 month contract.
Vodafone gave out little information to journalists yesterday about the launch, but it is providing further details to prospective customers through its Twitter account. The phone will be sold unlocked and won't be available for sale in Vodafone stores – only online. There will be no unlocking fee and unlike the Desire, it won't be available for purchase outright – only on a plan.
The mobile carrier could not immediately confirm when the 2.2 (Froyo) version of the Android operating system will be available to customers (the Nexus One will ship with Android 2.1), but it said the update would be available for download through the 3G network "soon".
The HTC Desire has been available in Australia since mid-April. But a wave of other rival Android smartphones are currently hitting the market – such as Samsung's Galaxy S, the LG Optimus and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10.
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Jedi Kittens Duel With Light Sabers [VIDEO]
An intergalactic battle that has raged for millennia between the light side and the dark side has culminated in one final, epic battle between ... two kittens?
As cute as they are, these light saber-wielding kitties are deceptive Jedi masters that will fight any opponent for their rightful territory. Well, that is until their owner comes in and tells them to keep it down.
[via BuzzFeed]


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Saturday 25th August saw the long awaited annual Papa Stronsay bonfire and BBQ. It had been planned for earlier in the year, but due to bad weather it had to be postponed. Thanks be to God, the weather turned out fine on the evening of the 25th! We were glad to welcome a good number of the Stronsay community to Papa Stronsay for the occasion.
Br. Seelos celebrated his 21st birthday on the 22nd August. Therefore he was given the honour of lighting the fire.
Blessing the fire:
Domine Deus, Pater omnipotens, lumen indeficiens, qui es conditur omnium luminum: novum humc ignem sanctifica, et praesta; ut ad te, qui es lumen indeficiens, puris mentibus, post hujus saeculi caliginem, pervenire valeamus. Per Christum Dominum Nostrum. Amen.
Lord God, Almighty Father, Maker of all light, and the light that never fails; hallow this new fire, and grant that after the darkness of this world we may come with pure hearts to Thee, our perpetual light; through Christ our Lord.
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins and save us from the fires of hell; lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy!


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Decision Letter on Request to Amend North Dakota State Accountability Plan
August 4, 2006
The Honorable Wayne G. Sanstead
Superintendent of Public Instruction
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
State Capitol Building, 11th Floor
600 Boulevard Avenue
East Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0440
Dear Superintendent Sanstead:
I am writing in response to North Dakota's request to amend its State accountability plan under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Following our discussions with your staff, the changes that are aligned with NCLB are now included in an amended State accountability plan that North Dakota submitted to the Department on August 4, 2006. I am pleased to fully approve North Dakota's plan, which will be posted on the Department's website. A summary of the approved amendments is enclosed with this letter.
As you know, any further requests to amend the North Dakota accountability plan must be submitted to the Department for review and approval as required by section 1111(f)(2) of Title I. Please note that approval of North Dakota' accountability plan does not constitute approval of the State's standards and assessment system (including the North Dakota Alternate Assessment based upon modified achievement standards).
I understand that North Dakota made adequate yearly progress (AYP) determinations for the 2006-07 school year using the amendments listed below that had been submitted to the Department but not yet approved or, in the case of the North Dakota Alternate Assessment based upon modified achievement standards for the Secretary's interim flexibility for students with disabilities, that had not been submitted to the Department for review. This unacceptable action impedes the Secretary's duty to ensure that States are implementing accountability plans that meet the requirements of Title I, Part A of ESEA. The Secretary takes this duty seriously and is inclined to withhold Title I funds from any State that does not fulfill its assurance of implementing its approved plan. In this one instance, however, the Secretary will not withhold North Dakota's federal funds only because the criteria it used to make AYP determinations are compliant with the ESEA. In the future, please do not deviate from your amended plan as approved by the Department, lest you be subject to financial consequences.
Please also be aware that approval of North Dakota' accountability plan for Title I, including the amendments approved above, does not indicate that the plan complies with Federal civil rights requirements, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
NCLB has provided a vehicle for States to raise the achievement of all students and to close the achievement gap. We are seeing the results of our combined endeavor; achievement is rising throughout the nation. I appreciate North Dakota's efforts to raise the achievement of all students and hold all schools accountable. If you need any additional assistance to implement the standards, assessments, and accountability provisions of NCLB, please do not hesitate to contact Patrick Rooney (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Grace Ross (email@example.com) of my staff.
Henry L. Johnson
cc: Governor John Hoeven Greg Gallagher
Amendments to the North Dakota Accountability Plan
The following is a summary of the State's approved amendment. Please refer to the Department's website www.ed.govhttps://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/stateplans03/index.html) for the complete North Dakota accountability plan.
Calculations of adequate yearly progress (AYP) (Element 4.1)
Revision: For the 2005-06 school year, North Dakota will calculate AYP for schools and districts based exclusively upon a uniform average of data across the current year and the two previous years. These results will include assessments in grades for which there are three years of data (grades 4, 8, and 11). For AYP determinations based upon assessments conducted in 2005-06, North Dakota will no longer use the most advantageous result of averages over one, two, or three years.
Students with disabilities (Element 5.3)
Revision: North Dakota will implement the Secretary's flexibility regarding calculating AYP for the students with disabilities subgroup (refer to: www.ed.govhttps://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/secletter/051214a.html). Schools and districts will include as proficient (up to a 2.0 percent cap at the district and State level) students who take the North Dakota Alternate Assessment based upon modified achievement standards, which assesses grade-level academic content standards and is based on modified achievement standards. Please note that the Department has approved this amendment for the 2005-06 school year only. Further, approval of this amendment does not constitute approval of this assessment by the Department as part of our review to ensure that State standards and assessment systems meet NCLB requirements.


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Anonymous said...
Mandatory helmet laws weed out the people who don't LOVE riding their bikes. Fight it, but ride not matter what!
June 27, 2012 8:56 PM
This is exactly the problem. I don't want to "weed out the people who don't LOVE riding their bikes." People who love riding bikes are obsessive-compulsive freaks, and I say this as one of those people. For the most part, America is a crappy place to ride a bike, which is why the people who actually ride bikes anyway are such weirdos. I don't want to be surrounded by other weirdos like me. American cycling badly need an infusion of people who aren't especially excited about riding bikes but do it anyway. This is the only way we can water down our extreme dorkitude. Otherwise, cycling in America is going to continue to look like this:
Before you complain that this image is not safe for work, please explain to your boss and colleagues that I am using it in a sociological and anthropological context, and therefore it is no more offensive than anything you're likely come across in "National Geographic" while waiting for your dental appointment. It's also a valid cultural exploration, since the guy on the right is no doubt an authentic Rastafarian, albeit by way of Lake Forest. And now, thanks to the miracle of Kickstarter, you can sponsor this image and others like it by giving money to "Positive Bodies: A World Naked Bike Ride Supporters Art Show:"
This project is very important, and here's why:
Unbending in the face of pressure and criticism for not posting these images on the web, he has been waiting for the right moment to exhibit these striking images as prints that can truly honor the courage of the participants. After three years nearly 400 WNBR-C tastemakers have collaborated in this comprehensive collection in support of positive body image and freedom of expression.
Or, if you prefer, it's perhaps the most powerful argument against mandatory helment laws that it's possible to make, because as long as we keep cycling marginalized and freakish then people like this will be compelled to keep shoving their unkempt genitalia and unfortunate body art in everybody's faces.
Speaking of Kickstarter, "social panhandling" is rapidly becoming a potent force of social change. See, you can ascribe as much metaphysical or spiritual significance to human existence as you want, but the simple fact is that life is mostly about exchanging stuff. We all need stuff--food, water, shelter, boutique deodorizers formulated specifically for caucasian dreadlocks--and societies evolve around the sharing of this stuff. This is because you can't just go around kicking people in the nuts and taking what you want. There needs to be rules for who gets what and how. Until recently, here's how "stuff exchange" traditionally worked in our society:
--You need stuff;
--You go to someone else who already has stuff and ask them if you can help them manage all that stuff in exchange for some stuff of your own (this is called "getting a job");
--You do your job, and in your free time you enjoy your stuff;
--As you accumulate both stuff and experience, you eventually strike some sort of happy balance between stuff management and life enjoyment, and this unique balance determines who you are;
--You die.
Now, though, all of this is hopelessly outdated, since thanks to Kickstarter all you need to do is just come up with an idea and then ask people for money:
The real genius of Kickstarter is two-fold, in that it:
1) Inverts the concept of "supply and demand." It used to be that people had demands, and so they paid other people who were able to help them fulfill those demands. Now, the way it works is you simply demand money from other people, and then you supply them with something they didn't even want in the first place;
2) It cuts out that pesky middleman known as "evolving" and instead allows you to conjure your identity from thin air.
Best of all, it allows you to "bundle" your leisure and creative endeavors. Before Kickstarter, maybe you'd save up your money to take a long bike trip. Then, maybe after the bike trip, you'd record some music about that trip. If you were lucky, maybe people would enjoy that music, and if you were extremely lucky, maybe people would enjoy it so much that they'd even want to see a documentary about how you made that music. This tedious process could take years, and success was far from guaranteed. Now, though, you just ask for money so you can do the bike tour and the album and the documentary all at once, like when Disney releases a movie and a toy and a "making of" special and a fast food meal deal all on the same day, and the success is just assumed:
Creative endeavors are one thing, but you can't tell me we don't need more "deditcation to the peace building process:"
Anyway, this project reached its funding goal last year:
And since then they have indeed been "bi-keen for peace." In fact, I visited their website, where I learned they've been saving the world by having incoherent interactions with the locals:
He talked fast and continued to use his hands and arms enthusiastically to emphasize whateverthehell point he was trying to make. He continued on about "papas". Julia and I smiled and nodded. We understood "potatoes" but we're sure of the details. We continued to attempt successful communication. We used phrases from my lonely planet phrase book to try to get him to slow down. "Puede mas despacio por favor?" We even pointed to the written phrase in the book. He looked at the words, but appeared to not read. Instead of trying to understand, he treated it as a game. Talking faster and using more hand gestures. Julia and I resolved to play along with his game. We used more hand gestures and talked of irrelevant things. It didn't matter. The innocent boyish smile on this older mans face glowed with joy that there were people in his big and lonely cab to ride with him.
That's $5,180 well spent. Say what you will about Kickstarter, but there's no more effective tool for launching ill-prepared Americans into the world at large, where they proceed to practice a strange form of altruism that mostly involves asking poor people for favors.
We may need less kickstarting and more restraining.


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HuffPost Live on Pro-Ana
I was initially hesitant to do this interview because I don't think that publicizing these websites is necessarily a good thing (I know many people who first started visiting pro-anorexia sites after hearing about them on TV). That being said, ignoring an issue never works, so there you have it.
I think the interview went really well, all things considered. You can see my dorky Santa teddy bear coffee mug at some point, I believe.
{{Note, there is some talk of rather low calorie diets. If that sort of thing bothers you, then I would advise not watching it.}}


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By Amanda Walgrove
Last week, Sarah Palin visited Israel and met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other members of Israel's right-wing coalition, including Likud Chairman, Danny Danon. Many have questioned whether or not this was an early campaign move; many GOP members who may throw their hats into the Presidential ring—Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Haley Barbour—have recently made visits to Israel as well. "It's not the Ames straw poll, but I do think a visit to Israel is an important stop for folks who are running for president," Republican Jewish Coalition executive director Matthew Brooks told Politico. "So much of what our commander-in-chief will deal with in the White House is rooted in this part of the world." Besides being a shiny credential on the checklist for candidacy, Palin's visit also serves to put another face to the name of what has become an increasingly conservative stance on what it means to be "pro-Israel."
Tea Partiers have been split between what Walter Russell Mead has deemed the "Palinite" and "Paulite" approaches to foreign policy. The "proactive" tactics Palin endorses call for maintaining a tight alliance with Israel. Garnering significantly less support from the GOP is Ron Paul's "passive" approach, which suggests that America distance itself from the Israeli-Palestine conflict and avoid supporting one over the other. Speaking out about the need to condemn Palestine for attacks on Israel, Republican House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, responded to the recent bombing in Jerusalem by saying, "The White House must do more to tamp down anti-Israel incitement in the Palestinian territories. That's why I support bipartisan efforts in the House and Senate that call on the White House to put an end to anti-Israel incitement in the Palestinian territories." But how has the median Jewish American constituency reacted, considering the latest tragedies that Israel has faced?
Dominating the American Jewish landscape, the right-leaning AIPAC fully supports the policies of any Israeli government, including the current one, stating on its website, "AIPAC works to secure vital U.S. foreign aid for Israel to help ensure Israel remains strong and secure." Jeremy Ben-Ami, creator of the three-year-old J Street, felt that this conservative domination left a gap for American Jews who wanted to commune and raise money for a more peaceful solution to conflicts between Israel and Palestine. While a tagline of "Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace" has a positive ring to it, the controversy lies in the idea that Palestine should not be reprimanded for attacks on Israel, but rather, they must be persuaded to make a peace agreement. For supporters of J Street, questions arise such as: Is someone anti-Israel if he or she believes that the Palestinians deserve the same rights as the Jews? Can someone be pro-Israel without fully supporting the Israeli government's decisions?
Israeli lawmakers held a hearing on Wednesday to decide the answers to these questions, discerning what role Jews living outside the country should have in Israeli policymaking. A recent poll showed that only 14% of Israelis had ever heard of J Street and only 19% believed that the American Jewish community should provide unconditional support for Israeli politics. However, right-wing Israeli politicians, believing America's support to be crucial, think that J Street verges upon treason by not backing the decisions of the Israeli government. Lawmaker Otniel Schneller, a member of the centrist Kadima party, said at the hearing, "J Street is not a Zionist organization. It cannot be pro-Israel," suggesting that J Street's display of love for Israel "has strings attached." While extreme critics of J Street have labeled the lobby group "anti-Israel," Danon said he would call for a committee vote to have J Street labeled a pro-Palestinian rather than a pro-Israeli group, a move Ben-Ami said could compromise J Street's appeal in the United States.
Without having to label any group or belief as the "anti," it's easy to see that there are different definitions of what people consider to be "pro-Israel." After the recent brutal murder of the Fogel family in Israel, representatives from the left and right sent letters to President Obama, advising him on how to stand with Israel in the conflict with Palestine. Obama's dedication to the "Pro-Peace" sentiment is supported by J Street and its passionate followers, but remains neglected by Netanyahu's administration. Meanwhile, Republicans have been accusing Obama of taking a weak stance in supporting Israel, especially after his reluctance to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israel's settlement policy.
Ahead of Palin's visit to Israel last week, an Obama official reportedly joked that the Netanyahu was "waiting for President Palin." But preoccupation with American campaign strategies, lobbyists, and party lines seems increasingly distracting during a time of violent unrest in the Middle East. The real problem is that powerful stances on foreign policy are becoming dangerously polarized, to a point where disingenuous jabs will be made from each side. AIPAC was recently condemned for using the recent bombing in Jerusalem in its fund-raising and J Street has been accused of criticizing other organizations in order to promote a more leftist standing. Instead of figuring out who is centrist, hypocritical, leftist, or conservative, the focus should be put back on a practical strategy for the safety of Israeli citizens and the ways in which America can use its resources to help.


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September 9, 2008 Leaf has announced an entirely new family of medium format cameras and camera backs for professional photographers. In addition to offering remarkable image quality with up to 56 megapixel resolution, the new line-up delivers many new features. These include a 56 millimeter wide 'True Wide Frame' sensor, Leaf Verto internal sensor rotation for easily changing orientation and Leaf SensorFlex technology which lets photographers pre-select image size and capture speed. One interesting feature of the new range is the Leaf Capture Remote for iPhone app which turns wireless devices, such as the iPhone or iPod Touch, into remote image viewers. While you are shooting tethered using Leaf Capture software, a client or creative director can view images from any Wi-Fi network.
The new line-up totals six new products: the Leaf AFi-II 6, 7 and 10 digital camera systems and the Leaf Aptus-II 6, 7 and 10 digital camera backs. The new products will be showcased at Photokina 2008 in Cologne between 23 and 28 September.
Image quality, flexibility and ease of use
The new product line from Leaf is characterized by new features and advances in image quality, flexibility, ease of use and workflow efficiency that are a direct result of Leaf's long-term relationships with professional photographers around the world.
"By working closely with professional photographers and digital technicians in their studios and on location, Leaf has been able to deliver solutions that make their work easier, faster and more efficient," said Dov Kalinski, general manager of Leaf. "We've put a lot of thought and a lot of new technology into the Leaf AFi-II and Leaf Aptus-II lines and Leaf photographers are very enthusiastic about the new features that they've requested."
True Wide Frame sensor
Leaf has developed the exclusive new 56x36 millimeter, 56 megapixel True Wide Frame sensor in cooperation with DALSA Corporation, who specialize in digital imaging components. As the world's widest medium format sensor and the first to provide a 56mm wide capture area, it is designed to fit perfectly into the 6x6 frame of the Leaf AFi-II 10 camera. The same 56mm wide True Wide Frame sensor is also available in the Leaf Aptus-II 10 camera back.
Leaf Verto
Leaf Verto is another feature that was inspired by feedback from professional photographers. With the Leaf Verto internal sensor rotation dial on the side and bottom of the AFi-II 7 and 10, photographers can easily switch orientation without removing the back, adjusting the tripod mount or twisting their wrists. When the sensor turns, the orientation indicator in the viewfinder also adjusts to indicate the current orientation.
Leaf SensorFlex
Leaf SensorFlex in the Leaf AFi-II 10 and Leaf Aptus-II 10 gives photographers a choice: either use the entire high-resolution sensor, or select from pre-defined formats that use only part of the sensor while maintaining full image quality. With SensorFlex, the Leaf AFi-II 10 and Aptus-II 10 offer even faster capture and processing speeds with file sizes appropriate for different types of jobs.
Leaf's new bright LCD touch screen
In addition to offering the largest LCD display at 6x7cm (3.5 inch diameter) and the only touch screen in the medium format market, Leaf has also made the easy-to-use display on all Leaf AFi-II and Leaf Aptus-II touch screens much easier to see. With a dramatic increase in brightness, the photographer can easily see the display even under challenging lighting conditions.
90° Tilting LCD display
The Leaf AFi-II 7 and 10 are the first medium format cameras to sport a 90° tilting touch screen LCD display. No matter which of the three interchangeable viewfinders photographers use with the Leaf AFi-II (45°, 90° or waist level), the tilting touch screen lets them glance at the preview image and histogram and easily adjust settings while staying in position for the next shot.
Remote image preview on wireless devices
The new Leaf Capture Remote for iPhone app turns wireless devices, such as the iPhone or iPod Touch, into remote image viewers. While you are shooting tethered using Leaf Capture software, a client or creative director can quickly and conveniently view selected medium-resolution files of your images from any Wi-Fi network.
Image quality leader
The new Leaf AFi-II camera systems and Leaf Aptus-II camera backs boast a 12 f-stop dynamic range, 50-800 ISO range and 16-bit color images. These and other technologies designed into the new line of products from Leaf ensure professional photographers the highest image quality ever.
Compatibility and expandability
The Leaf AFi-II imaging module, with its 56mm wide sensor and Leaf Verto internal sensor rotation technology, is a valuable enhancement for any 4x5 or 8 x10 field or studio camera. Using a Graflok adaptor, the Leaf AFi-II imaging module brings the best of digital image capture and capabilities to large format camera. Also available is a new RZ adaptor for the Leaf AFi-II imaging module to help breathe new life into 'old favorite' cameras and lenses.
Leaf Capture version 11.2
Leaf has also introduced a new version of its capture software, Leaf Capture version 11.2, which is the fastest tethered workflow application for commercial shooting today. On top of dramatically improved performance, Leaf Capture version 11.2 boasts new features including Live View for a color live video preview while shooting tethered; adjustable histogram; a Moiré Removing Tool to remove Moiré directly from the RAW file; and side-by-side comparison of shots with synchronized pan and zoom functionality.
Through Leaf Capture, photographers and digital technicians can also fully control camera functions from a Mac or PC, including aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, dynamic exposure metering, mirror control and flash synchronization when tethered using a FireWire 800 interface.
Pricing and availability
Pricing for the new Leaf product line will range from US$20,995 to US$39,995. The new Leaf AFi-II 6 and 7 and the Leaf Aptus-II 6 and 7 are slated to start delivery by Photokina 2008. The new Leaf AFi-II 10 will be available for demonstration at Photokina and is expected to start shipping by the end of 2008. Leaf plans to start shipping the Aptus-II 10 by Q1 2009. Leaf Capture 11.2 will be available by the end of September, 2008.


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Paying good money for a coupon you don't need, never use, and later sell for less than the purchase price hardly seems like a deal.
The success of online group-buying giant Groupon has inspired the rise of countless copycats and competitors, including BuyWithMe, LivingSocial, and beyond. Now, reports the Boston Globe, daily deal sales are so popular—they're projected to pull in $5 billion in sales this year—we're seeing the rise of a related industry: a resale market for coupons that customers once bought because they seemed like amazing deals, but that they won't use and are willing to sell at a loss.
Lifesta, previously highlighted by this blog on a list of 10 neat new money-saving websites because it helps consumers keep tabs on multiple daily deal sites at once, also serves as a marketplace for coupon resales. The Globe lists a few of these resale sites, and their fee structures:
Lifesta … charges sellers 99 cents plus 8 percent of the sale price … DealsGoRound levies a flat 10 percent of the sale price, and CoupRecoup, like Craigslist, is free. CoupRecoup cofounder Aren Sandersen said the site is not charging, but is "looking to find revenue options at the end of this year."
How often do group-coupon buyers suffer "Groupon remorse," as the Globe calls it—when the initial sensation of "What a deal!" is followed by "Why did I buy that?" It's hard to get an answer there. The coupon sites don't reveal redemption rates, though one store owner interviewed in the Globe story was told by two daily deal site reps that 20% to 30% of purchased coupons are never used. Mind you, it's in the interests of both the deal sites and the businesses featured for redemption rates to be as low as possible: That's money earned for no services rendered whatsoever.
It's easy to see how a coupon enthusiast might find it hard to use the occasional coupon, especially since they typically expire within a few months, and since they're often bought on a whim. But the Globe chronicles some coupon buyers who completely went overboard and are swimming in coupons they'll never use. One woman made a spreadsheet to track all of her coupon purchases and their expiration dates.
Why in the world do people feel compelled to snap up "bargains" they clearly don't need, and that stand a good chance of never even using?
These daily deal sites have managed to bring excitement of the classic "limited-time only" marketing scheme to a whole 'nother level. These deals make people feel special—that they're on the inside, that they're smart and savvy. What with the time constraints involved, there's the risk of losing out if you don't act quickly. And who wants to miss out on the chance to feel special, smart, and savvy?
There's an expansive 12-part series on Groupon at RetailDoc, which was written mainly to warn businesses of the downsides of doing business with daily deal sites, but that also offers some insight as to why consumers go nuts for these deals:
In a depersonalized world where many are anxious about their jobs, their finances and their relationships, shoppers who use coupons are, by extension made to feel smart. "See how much money I saved," is a way to say "I'm no fool."
And yet, it seems pretty foolish to spend money on stuff you don't need at all, and that you might not even use once—all because some savvy marketers convince you it's a "deal."
The $10,000 Coupon: Group-Buying Sites Go Upscale in a Big Way
Q&A with Groupon.com Founder Andrew Mason


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GOLF - Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden
What's the meaning of the phrase 'GOLF - Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden'?
GOLF - Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden. The phrase that is sometimes supposed to be the origin of the word golf.
What's the origin of the phrase 'GOLF - Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden'?
It seems hardly worth mentioning but, of course, the word golf wasn't coined as an acronym formed from 'gentlemen only, ladies forbidden'. In fact I do only mention it as it is one of those nonsense stories that circulate on the Internet and this may help cut down on the number of times it gets repeated.
Golf is a very ancient game and the name is first used in print as early as 1457:
"And at e fut bal ande e golf be vtterly cryt downe and nocht vsyt."
This was part of a proclamation by James II of Scotland aimed at reducing the time that the populace spent playing golf and football , which were keeping his subjects away from archery practice. The edict was repeated later by James III and James IV, who called golf and football 'vnproffitable sportis'.
There were many spellings of the word prior to the acceptance of the current spelling - goff, gowf, golf, goif, gof to name just a few. The unsupported idea that the word was formed from an acronym hardly explains how all the alternative spellings came into being. Acronyms are in fact a 20th century innovation and more than half a millennium too late to be the source of the name golf.
The real derivation of 'golf' is obscure and the subject of considerable dispute.


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Home Page Chess Life Online 2010 September Americans Abroad: Nakamura Nets Amber Spot
Americans Abroad: Nakamura Nets Amber Spot |
August 22, 2010 | |
At the conclusion of the NH Chess tournament in Amsterdam, youth narrowly prevailed over wisdom, with the Rising Stars defeating Team Experience 26-24. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri were tied for the top Rising Star spot with 6/10 each. A blitz playoff awarded Nakamura the golden ticket into
Melody Amber, the elite blindfold/rapid/blitz tournament in Monaco. 4766 4765 You can get some insight into the first few rounds of NH Chess on Hikaru's blog. From August 23-28, Hikaru moves on to the Spanish Team Championship (featuring quite a few other members of the 2700 club, including Alexei Shirov,Vugar Gashimov, Etienne Bacrot, David Navara and Ruslan Ponomariov) Also follow US Champion Gata Kamsky, who is playing in the Baku Open from August 23-31. |


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1. Peanut Barrell – packed at kickoff; the first half was so awful to watch, the place was 80% empty by halftime… it was also just past midnight.
2. ES and Big Bob closed the Barrell. When the game ended, there was noone else in the bar, if you can believe it. Center of the universe, and it's Big Bob and the ES that remain standing.
3. First three quarters of offense were a disaster for MSU – Roushar had no idea what to do or to call, complete lack of rhythm by the offense and the play calling. In the first half, it was as poor of an offensive performance all year by the Spartans. Reminded the ES of the game vs Notre Dame.
4. Great time management at end of game by MD. The ES was very impressed at how the Doctor called timeouts to stop the clock during TCU's drive for a field goal – with MSU's offense playing as poorly as it had, the Spartans needed as much time as possible to get down the field to have a chance to win.
5. Maxwell unable to make good, quick decisions – throughout the game he had difficulty in figuring out what to do, either in the pocket or on the run. His 6-for-16 efficiency is a reflection of his difficulties (and good TCU defense combined with spotty pass protection). However, the few times he DID make a good decision…
6. Dropped passes were not Maxwell's fault. Lippett, Burbridge, and Mumphrey all dropped passes at times when Maxwell had nice throws, or when he was under pressure. The timing of the drops, particularly on third down, was poor and killed drives. Still...
7. Connor Cook ran better, and had more zip on his throws. He just looked better. He was in charge.
8. When MSU did throw to its TEs and RBs, it certainly proved most effective. Sims had three catches, each of them were huge; of the 11 receptions, six were by TEs and RBs.
9. The only throw downfield that I can recall was the throw by Bell to Hammock for 29 yards; when your RB has the longest pass play of the game, it means you have major issues at QB. Offensive coordinator Dan Roushar just did a poor job of calling plays to get his WRs and TEs open and downfield. However, WRs also need to be able to break free and find ways to get open, and often they just gave up on their routes. But, a coach should change his scheming based on what he knows of his teams' strengths and weaknesses. The bowl game continued the frustrating reality that Roushar all season has had a tough time accepting the fact that this year's passing game is about 10% as effective as under Kirk Cousins.
10. The MSU offensive line held up well on last drive, but did not play well in pass protection for most of the game. As mentioned earlier, Maxwell's issues were not all his fault; it is a team game… but Maxwell just is not talented enough to overcome other deficiencies and make plays when absolutely necessary. Dantonio's call to put in Cook when it mattered most was a good move - yet another ballsy, risky move that paid off for MD in his Spartan tenure.
11. The Spartan defensive line was stiff and mean, particularly in second half. Remarkable how consistently terrific MSU defense was. Other than the first TD drive by TCU, the Frogs barely had room to run all day.
12. Marcus Rush, Denicos Allen, Will Gholston played extremely well. Max Bullough played well. This defense makes me want to cry for joy.
13. TCU's pair of deep throws that were successful were a result of Spartan safeties taking a risk going for the ball… and missing. On the other hand, catching up from the miss and tackling the Frog receivers before they scored resulted in TCU settling for FGs instead of TDs.
14. Sadler punted amazingly well for MSU. If not for Bell, Sadler probably was the MVP for the Spartans because of his ability to flip the field – and the booming 55-yard punt that led to the late TCU turnover turned into a TD for MSU.
15. TCU gave MSU a gift with its muffed punt as a fumble deep in Spartan territory – the 2-0 difference in turnovers was the difference in the game
16. ES predicted 17-14; ended up 17-16… pretty close.
17. No need to say much about LeVeon Bell - just the best RB to come out of MSU since Lorenzo White. He was nothing short of incredible all game, and particularly in the second half. He accounted for 77% of MSU's offense (174 of 227 yards).
18. MSU held TCU to 69 total yards and three points in the second half. Just total, complete domination.
19. Shame to see such an amazing defense supported by such a terrible offense all year, and the B-Dubs bowl was the perfect example.
20. What a great defense to watch all year – dominating, best since the Rose Bowl year of 1987-88. Who is returning? Graduating are Johnny Adams, Tyler Hoover, Anthony Rashad White, and Chris Norman. But when you look at the depth… oh my, this has the makings of another outstanding group to lead the Big Ten in defense next year.
21. Pat Narduzzi may land a job somewhere…. But what decent job is open? Purdue would have been a great fit. But, let's hope for Spartans' sake he sticks around another year or three.
22. Finally, let's compare the MSU drive chart for the first half and the TCU drive chart for the second half. Remarkably terrible.
MSU 1st M28 15:00 Kickoff M31 12:56 Punt 3-3 2:04
MSU 1st M20 11:52 Punt M24 10:16 Punt 3-4 1:36
MSU 1st M25 05:45 Kickoff M47 02:12 Punt 6-22 3:33
MSU 2nd M32 13:19 Kickoff M48 11:13 Punt 5-16 2:06
MSU 2nd M12 08:09 Kickoff M33 05:42 Punt 6-21 2:27
MSU 2nd M36 03:48 Interception M41 02:20 Punt 3-5 1:28
MSU 2nd M47 01:19 Punt T48 00:09 Punt 3-5 1:10
TCU 3rd T30 14:54 Kickoff M49 12:07 Punt 5-21 2:47
TCU 3rd T35 08:42 Punt T42 07:08 Punt 3-7 1:34
TCU 3rd T25 00:34 Kickoff T34 14:04 Punt 3-9 1:30
TCU 4th T40 12:40 Punt M39 10:26 Punt 4-21 2:14
TCU 4th T09 00:00 Punt T04 07:13 Fumble 0--5 0:00
TCU 4th T30 06:53 Kickoff T25 05:59 Punt 3--5 0:54
TCU 4th T36 04:26 Punt M36 02:42 *FIELD GOAL 6-28 1:44
TCU 4th T30 00:55 Kickoff T23 00:21 Downs 4--7 0:34


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nThree electric vehicle aims to provide you with affordable, personal vehicle that features the comfort of a car yet with the cost of an e-bike. It sounds pretty ambitious and interesting, doesn't it? Let's read what these designers have to say about the project.
Following the recent electric revolution of lightweight vehicles around the world, the nThree is a new design, following the very successful nCycle e-bike concept. With the irreversible process of global economies turning towards renewable energy, the way we see and use the city has already changed and is set to do so dramatically in the next few years.
With our increased awareness and sensitivity towards energy consumption, courtesy among others of the most recent economic crisis, in the last 4-5 years, personal transportation has begun a slow but steady drift away from the model we have come to know in the past century. The 10s and hundreds of new e-bikes and electric cars like the Renault Twizy or Toyota i-Road have shown the way to a more personal and conscious approach. Our new concept builds on the characteristics and refines the strengths of these vehicles to bring electric power even closer to the mass market.
Small electric cars, tricycles and quadricycles all suffer from the same inherent drawback; they are meant to be cheap and affordable but they end up being expensive like real cars because they are BUILT like real cars. The mission on the nThree was to address these conceptual and design shortcomings and design an affordable, single-seat electric vehicle that would offer all (or most) of the comforts of an electric car at the cost of an e-bike.
To achieve the objectives, the nThree electric vehicle was built with a simplistic approach reminiscent on the nCycle. In first place, the vehicle was reduced to the most essential stable geometry of three wheels to reduce cost. Even though the latest small electrics are a great way to move around the urban areas, there is something about these offerings that does not look great at all: Price. Starting from about 7000 Euros and above these 1-2 seaters cost almost as much as a cheap standard car and more than many used ones in good condition.
Designers : Hussain Almossawi and Marin Myftiu
Unlike the Twizy and the i-Road, the nThree does not have an expensive car-like transmission or a sophisticated rear wheel turning and power system. The power is discretely applied to the rear wheel only by means of an in-build motor, just like in many e-bikes while the steering is again very traditionally applied to the two front wheels.
All the above measures and a simple "Y" shaped body structure will ensure a significant reduction in weight. Internally shaped and modeled like a toucan beak, the two side arms have a thin and lightweight section which is also strong to shock and impacts. In order to mimic this functionality, we ran a stress analysis test on the side arms to figure out the areas being stressed out most on the body, and to try to better distribute the stress based on the profile shape of the arm and the different areas it connects with the other parts of the nThree.
A section of the side arm was cut and analyzed. The stress analysis test showed higher stress levels closer to the places that apply force to the arms; such as the middle seat section or when a person actually sits inside the trike and interacts with it. The red colors represent the areas with the most stress, while the blue regions have the least stress. The idea is to use three layers to make up the side arms, just as it is in the Toucans beak. The whole body will be covered with carbon fiber material. The green to red regions will fill the inside of the arms with foam material, while the blue regions will remain hollow to help with weight reduction.
The distribution of the material based off the stress analysis test would be as follows, mimicing the same concept of the Toucan's beak:
The seat is also modeled with several openings and reinforced, oversized sections to be as light as possible and ensure the driver's safety.
Compared to similarly proportioned vehicles weighting about 300-500Kg, the nThree is expected to weight only around 100 Kg or less depending on the materials and hardware used. This will translate in a much higher power efficiency and lower energy consumption.
Because the nThree is a hybrid between an e-bike and an electric car, it will provide a lightweight, removable cover to shade the driver from the sun or protect it from the rain and wind. Unless you chose to put the cover on, driving the nThree will be just as fun and ventilating as riding a bicycle.
Tilting and shock absorption. To provide a lighter and more effective shock absorption system, the whole structure of the nThree electric vehicle is split in two symmetrical parts compositing the "Y" shape, both merging at the rear wheel. The seat and are then mounted on this structure on four shock absorbers.
The whole assembly allows to slightly tilt the vehicle mechanically while turning. Also, because of the split structure, the vehicle will have better stability in more hostile landscapes. Furthermore, each bump and road irregularity that affects one of the front wheels will travel to the rear wheel and then to the other side of the vehicle, providing double the length for much better shock absorption.
The front charging port, like most hardware complies with existing standards; it was designed with a retractible connector and placed frontally for best access.


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Allan Haley in U&lc on August 2, 2012
New Fonts – Lots Of New Fonts – And A Leap Into The Digital Age
Prior to 1995, ITC released about four new typeface families per year. From the summer of 1995 to the spring of 1996, nearly 40 new ITC families became available, along with a suite of Cyrillic extensions to existing designs, swashes and ornaments for the ITC Bodoni family, and a bevy of symbol fonts – all in the pages of U&lc, Volume 22. Articles on Web and video typography also peppered the pages of Volume 22, and the designers of a couple of issues had fun playing with the U&lc logo on the cover.
In addition to announcing six new display typeface designs, Volume 22, Number 1 contained two articles about books on CD (the beginning of e-publishing) and a roundup of early websites for children. It also featured the first ad for the Creative Alliance, an endeavor by the Type Division of Agfa (the precursor to Monotype Imaging) to build its own exclusive typeface library. Many of the typefaces in the Creative Alliance have since found their way into the ITC and Monotype typeface libraries. Oh, and on page 48, there is an ad for Graphic Solutions, a newsletter that I published for about three years – and that taught me how difficult the publishing business can be.
Volume 22, Number 2, continued to address the issues of publishing in a digital age and provided some guidance in designing with HTML – this was when the Times New Roman and Courier typefaces were considered the basic text designs. Chip Kidd also wrote about designing the cover of Nicholas Negroponte's book, Being Digital, an analog solution for a hardcopy book on the future of digital technology, which is now online. Announcements for 21 new ITC typefaces (10 typeface families) filled many of the remaining pages of Volume 22, Number 2.
Volume 22, Number 3 was dedicated to "Graphics and the Cinema." The issue also ushered in over 20 new ITC display typefaces, Cyrillic fonts for the ITC Franklin Gothic, ITC Korinna and ITC Flora typeface families, the ITC Humana super family, and a collection of swash and ornament characters for the ITC Bodoni family. ITC continued to look to the future of typography in several articles about type in film and video.
Volume 22, Number 4 focused on education and contained a wide range of articles, from advice for schools on preparing students to create meaningful digital content to a story about four educators in Japan who used experimental methods to teach students about sensitivity to the elements of design. New typeface releases included six new single-weight display typefaces, two new families and three ITC Goony 'Toons image fonts.
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