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Dr. Ayman A.E. El-Mohandes, an internationally recognized leader in the field of public health, has been named Dean of the CUNY School of Public Health, effective September 2, 2013. His appointment was recommended by Chancellor Matthew Goldstein after a national search and was approved unanimously by the Executive Committee of The Board of Trustees on May 22, 2013.
Dr. El-Mohandes is a pediatrician, epidemiologist, and academician with a deep commitment to public service. He has served as Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center since 2009. He has also been professor of epidemiology at the College of Public Health, and professor of pediatrics and of obstetrics/gynecology at the College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center. He played a central role in supporting public health practice in the state of Nebraska, in collaboration with the local departments of health.
Dr. El-Mohandes is an established researcher in the field of infant mortality reduction in minority populations, supported by the NIH between 1994 and 2009 to conduct community-based interventions with pregnant women and new mothers in underserved communities. He has more than 100 citations published in the peer-reviewed literature, including published works on infant mortality in African-Americans and American Indians and Alaska Natives, preterm births, and the environmental effects of tobacco smoke on pregnancy outcomes.
Chancellor Goldstein stated: "Dr. El-Mohandes is a leader in the public health field, including collaborative efforts to reduce infant mortality and increase maternal and child health in the U.S. and abroad. He has also demonstrated a long-term commitment to work with the public health practice community and to provide access to non-traditional learners and students from under-represented communities."
During Dr. El-Mohandes' tenure at UNMC, the College of Public Health received its first accreditation, the faculty doubled, the student body grew tenfold, and the research portfolio increased from $5 million to exceed $15 million in annual expenditures. Under his leadership, several new concentrations in the master of public health program were developed, including Community-Oriented Primary Care; Health Policy; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Practice; and Social Marketing and Health Communication. Additionally, new doctoral programs in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and dual-degree programs including the JD/MPH, MBA/MPH, MPAS/MPH, MSW/MPH, PharmD/MPH were developed.
Dr. El-Mohandes was one of the founding faculty of the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. From 2002-2009 he was chair of the department of prevention and community health of the GWU School of Public Health and Health Services. He was associate dean for research from 1999-2001, and was also attending neonatologist at George Washington University Hospital from 1985-2009. Dr. El-Mohandes founded and served as director of the maternal and child health concentration in the master of public health program at GWU from 1993-1996. His teaching has included basic and advanced courses in maternal child health, including in-utero growth retardation, perinatal statistics, school-age child health, and childhood injuries. He has lectured on maternal and child focus in public health, epidemiological benchmarks and public health interventions in maternal and child health.
Dr. El-Mohandes has served as a senior consultant to John Snow International between 1995 and 2011 on multiple global health programs, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). These projects included the Healthy Mother Healthy Child program in Egypt, to upgrade obstetric and neonatal services in the districts with the highest infant mortality, as well as a health services program in Indonesia, to reform and upgrade services to pregnant women, infants and children. He played a leading role in designing research projects to monitor the quality of services in perinatal and neonatal departments in district hospitals in Western Java, as well as a prospective and retrospective hospital-based study of biological and socio-demographic risk factors of hospitalized pregnant women and their infants.
In 1998, Dr. El-Mohandes established a new distance education certificate in community oriented primary care in collaboration with the Hadassah School of Public Health, Hebrew University, in Jerusalem, which was attended by international students. The following year he organized and implemented the first workshop on "Basic Neonatal Care" in Egypt, funded by USAID and conducted in Cairo and Luxor, which was attended by 85 neonatologists. Dr. El-Mohandes also supervised community-based physicians in South Africa via distance learning methods towards completion of their field projects in community oriented primary care.
As director of the maternal and child heath track in the MPH program at George Washington University from 1993 – 1996 he established the curriculum and developed syllabi for introductory and advanced courses; recruited faculty for the reproductive health, women's health and adolescent health courses; and integrated the curriculum to meet the program's missions and goals. He also played a key role in curriculum development for a new track in Global Health as part of the MPH program. In addition, he participated in the GWU/Egypt Advanced Program in Child Survival, sponsored by USAID, for senior and mid-level officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Public Health concerning perinatal epidemiology, outcomes evaluation and technology transfer in health care.
Dr. El-Mohandes received the Distinguished Researcher Award from the GWU Medical Center, and was elected to the Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society. He was awarded the French Government State Scholarship for Clinical Research Scientists, including a fellowship in Lyon, France.
An honors graduate in medicine and surgery from Cairo University in 1974, Dr. El-Mohandes also earned his MSc in pediatrics and his MD in pediatrics, with honors, from Cairo University in 1978 and 1981, respectively. He received his MPH in epidemiology/biostatistics from George Washington University, summa cum laude, in 1991.
Dr. El-Mohandes was elected to the Executive Board of the American Public Health Association in 2012, serves as Chair of the Association's Development Committee, and is a member of its Social Responsibility Committee. He was also elected to the American Pediatric Society, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, among others.
The CUNY School of Public Health, which is located in Harlem, is the only public institution of its kind in the New York region and the only one in the nation to focus on urban public health. The School conducts research and creates new models of public health education and practice to solve urban health problems.
About The City University of New York:
The City University of New York is the nation's leading urban public university. Founded in New York City in 1847, the University is comprised of 24 institutions: 11 senior colleges, seven community colleges, the William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, the CUNY Graduate School and University Center, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, the CUNY School of Law, the CUNY School of Professional Studies and the CUNY School of Public Health. The University serves more than 269,000 degree credit students and 218,083 adult, continuing and professional education students.College Now, the University's academic enrichment program, is offered at CUNY campuses and more than 300 high schools throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The University offers online baccalaureate degrees through the School of Professional Studies and an individualized baccalaureate through the CUNY Baccalaureate Degree. Nearly 3 million unique visitors and 10 million page views are served each month via www.cuny.edu, the University's website.


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Tech startups offer an enticing risk-reward tradeoff but if your clients underestimate the risks they're unlikely to reap the rewards.
AdvisorOne recently asked Cameron Chell (left), co-founder of venture creation firm Podium Ventures in Calgary, Alberta and an experienced startup investor, for his top rules for successful investing.
Rule No. 1: Check the egos.
"When you're investing in a startup you're not investing in the idea, you're investing in the people that are doing it. The number one thing that I've seen kill startups are founders who think their idea is either infallible or not subject to challenge," explains Chell. "They often have their own personality or sense of value wrapped up in the success of the idea and their thinking.
"They believe that what they're bringing to the table is the idea as opposed to the leadership and the vision and the energy. Ninety-nine point nine percent of startups with those types of personalities are going to crash," the entrepreneur says. "They need strong personalities but they need more than one to create that constructive conflict. So, the number one rule is making sure that the egos are in check."
Rule No. 2: Be sure the startup really understands what it's doing.
There are three broad phases that are very distinct for a startup, according to Chell.
"The first phase is does the startup even have a product that people want. In that phase, money and resources have to go into doing certain things. The next stage is after they've determined quantitatively that they have a product that people or businesses want they have to tailor that so they can get it into the market," he shares.
"They have to make that product fit the market and fit the business rules of the customers they're selling it to. Those resources that they have and are getting from investors need to go into a different set of priorities," Chell points out.
The final stage, he notes, is scaling: "How do you get the product market on scale and meet your margins and that type of thing? That's a whole different set of tactics that will take up your resources.
"A lot of startups think they have to do everything at once," Chell adds. "They don't realize that if they're in the first stage, the most important thing to do is learn. If they're in the second stage, the most important thing to do is specify what the customer wants. If you're in the third stage it's all about how you grow sales and marketing and scaling and those types of things."
Rule No. 3: Know the scope.
"Changing the world is great, and many startups go out there to change the world. But not every startup has the resources to do it. Does each resource fully understand the vision of what they're trying to create?" asks the entrepreneurial expert.
"Many startups really don't understand the complexities of why certain things work in the industry that they're trying to break into. Usually the reason there's not a better mousetrap is not because other people haven't thought of it or other people haven't designed it or other people haven't built it," he explains.
"It's because there's a whole bunch of business rules in the industry eco system that prevent that particular mousetraps from being improved. If they don't understand that scope of what they're doing we get really worried," Chell notes.
Rule No. 4: Focus on the team.
"Has the team succeeded in the past? Are they connected extensively with the professional network in the industry or within the sector that they're working?" inquires Chell. "Quite often if they are, they already understand the other solutions that are out there or the other solutions that they can leverage to make their solution work."
"Is there more than one founder? You know the Hollywood version startup is that there's one founder and they're the rock stars but if you look at the data, that's not true," explains Chell."Even with Microsoft, Bill Gates had Bill Allen; Steve Jobs had Wozniak and Zuckerberg had a whole bunch of people. If there is only one founder, you know what, we get very nervous.
"There is not one person that we have found that possesses all the experience needed to get a new product or a revolutionary disruptive technology to market so we look for companies that have more than one founder. It also tells us that if there's more than one founder involved they probably already culturally have a way to deal with conflict and a way to work through issues and problems and that whole first problem with ego tends to be much less," he concludes.


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Network Adds Miniseries to "Braving the Elements" Docu-Series Anthology
The Weather Channel© Companies (TWCC) announced today that it has greenlit "Pyros," "Iceberg Hunters" and "Reefmakers." The three miniseries join "Turbine Cowboys," "Iron Men," and "Lights Out" (premiering Aug. 14) as the latest installments in "Braving the Elements,"a new docu-series anthology revealing the work, subculture and characters of professions exposed to the elements and impacted by the weather.
"The appeal of these shows is that they give viewers a look into the lives of hardworking people who battle the toughest weather conditions to provide things that we perhaps all take for granted - I think they'll see these people and their efforts in a whole new light after watching these shows," said Michael Dingley, senior vice president, content and development for The Weather Channel.
"Pyros" follows an elite team of pyro-technicians, led by Maude Furtado, at Montreal's Groupe Fiatlux-Ampleman who battle greatly varying weather conditions while producing large-scale fireworks displays around the world. The group travels to exotic locations, powering through exhausting schedules and harsh weather, solving complex technical glitches on the fly, all with the intention to inspire and entertain the masses with the magic of fireworks. With tens of thousands of dollars on the line and hundreds of thousands of people expecting stunning skies, the group has no room for error. Whether it's lighting off a fully loaded fireworks site by remote, trying to control explosions in wind just steps away from a crowded parade route, or the stress of setting up over 10 shows in one day, "Pyros" shows what it takes to play with fire and not get burned in the process. Produced by Omni Film Productions Ltd. ("Ice Pilots"), "Pyros" will feature 8x 60-minute episodes and premieres Tuesday, June 19, at 9 p.m. ET.
Set in the Arctic Circle, "Iceberg Hunters" follows a group of men who travel through "Iceberg Alley," the world's most densely packed gathering of icebergs, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Once out on the open seas, the crew is at the mercy of Mother Nature, facing storms, ice sheets, hypothermia-inducing waters, dense fog, rough seas, and unpredictable massive icebergs. They search for, wrangle and harvest ice, and bring it back to land for the production of pure bottled water and vodka. Produced by Rogue State Productions in association with Lionsgate Television ("Mad Men," "Weeds"), "Iceberg Hunters" will feature 4x 30-minute episodes and premieres Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 9 p.m. ET.
Set off the Coast of Alabama, "Reefmakers" follows a family of experienced divers and demolition experts who work to reduce erosion and pollution and to restore the area's once thriving ecosystem by creating artificial reefs - sinking everything from a Vietnam-era plane to a local shrimp boat. The Gulf of Mexico is a breeding ground for bad weather and conditions that change suddenly. Often battling hurricane-force winds, these men and women risk life and limb to sink custom reef systems to enhance the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem. Produced by Gurney Productions ("Ragin' Cajuns," "American Guns,") "Reefmakers" will feature 4x 30-minute episodes and premieres Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. ET.
The "Braving the Elements" docu-series anthology is part of TWCC's growing original content lineup, which includes "Coast Guard Alaska," "Lifeguard!," and "Ice Pilots," as well as upcoming series "Hurricane Hunters" (premiering June 11), and "Coast Guard Florida" (Oct. 2012).
About The Weather Channel Companies
The Weather Channel companies (TWCC) are made up of The Weather Channel® television network, The Weather Channel digital properties, and WSI. The Weather Channel is based in Atlanta and is seen in more than 100 million U.S. households. TWCC also operates Weatherscan®, a 24-hour all-local weather network; The Weather Channel Radio Network; and The Weather Channel HD. The most popular source of weather news and information, TWCC properties reach 60 million monthly Web consumers (weather.com and Desktop) and 30 million monthly mobile users (mobile Web and applications) and offers the second most popular mobile app on all smartphones. WSI, headquartered in Andover, MA, primarily provides business-to-business weather services, particularly for the media, aviation, marine and energy sectors. TWCC is owned by a consortium made up of NBC Universal and the private equity firms The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital. For more information, visit www.weather.com/press.


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Marketing in Ethnic and Minority Media
This story appears in the April 2004 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
A closer look at the buying power of ethnic and minority populations, including African Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanics, is all it takes to persuade many advertisers to jump into ethnic media. By 2008, nearly 5 percent of the country's population will claim Asian ancestry, according to the Simon S. Selig Jr. Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia, and Asian-American buying power will reach $526 billion. African-American buying power topped $688 billion in 2002 and is growing by a compound annual rate of more than 6 percent. Meanwhile, U.S. Census 2000 figures showed that more than 1 in 8 inhabitants of the United States is of Hispanic origin, and the Selig Center projects Hispanic buying power ($778 billion) will exceed even that of African Americans ($773 billion) by 2005.
The extent to which ethnic population segments are English-language proficient positively affects their preference for advertising that reaches them in their own language. But that's only part of the story. Among Hispanics, in particular, Spanish is a key marker of personal, social and political identity; and Spanish-language media are important even for those who are fluent English speakers and regularly use other media. Consequently, ethnic media often produce superior ad response rates thanks to loyal readers, viewers or listeners who appreciate receiving communication in their own languages.
Here are four tips to help you evaluate and select the right ethnic media for your marketing program:
1. Focus on media that are vital sources of information. In California, where African-American, Asian-American and Hispanic communities combined make up about half of the state's population, a study by New California Media-a nationwide association of ethnic media organizations-showed these groups prefer to get their news and information from ethnic media outlets. This is where they find information for and about their local communities that's often ignored by other press outlets. Nearly 65 percent of the ethnic Californians surveyed agreed they are "more likely to buy a product or service advertised" in an ethnic-oriented publication or program. Hispanics exhibited the strongest "advertising loyalty" characteristics, followed closely by Asian Americans.
2. When considering print vehicles, look beyond circulation to "pass-along" figures. Hispanic families are often large and extended, which means many individuals will pass along one copy of the same newspaper. For example, La Opinión, the largest and most established Spanish-language newspaper in the country, has daily sales of 130,000 copies; but industry studies show that between 500,000 and 700,000 people actually read it. For advertisers, this can mean a lot more bang for your buck.
3. Choose media that make frequency affordable. One of the chief advantages of ethnic media is their cost efficiency. Cost per thousand (CPM) rates for ads on ethnic radio and TV stations are generally lower than mainstream media costs, even when Spanish-language stations are tops in their time periods, which sometimes occurs in Los Angeles, Miami and New York. The smartest way to buy is to concentrate your efforts in a few select advertising vehicles and schedule as much "frequency" as you need. Then, if your budget allows, you can buy additional reach by adding more print or broadcast outlets.
4.Advertise in media that reach your target audience with little waste. You can choose from thousands of ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations, and Web sites to reach your prospects. If you have a local audience, be sure to consider the many small, neighborhood ethnic media outlets as well as the major players-like Telemundo stations and Ebony magazine. For help, Allied Media Corp. (www.allied-media.com) and the Ethnic Print Media Group (www.ethnicprintmedia.com) represent networks of African-American and Hispanic media. Or visit Mondo Times (www.mondotimes.com) to search for ethnic media in the United States and Canada.


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Mention the name Magrudy's to book lovers in the UAE and not only do the words quality and service spring to mind, but value for money as well. People come from all over the Emirates to visit Magrudy's, a household name in the UAE and renowned books specialist.
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Here's the Red-Leg lineup. Looks like Hanigan is going to be Bailey personal catcher. Gallardo is scheudeled to start for the Brewers. The Reds owe him big time.
1. Shin-Soo Choo (L) CF
2. Todd Frazier (R) 3B
3. Joey Votto (L) 1B
4. Brandon Phillips (R) 2B
5. Jay Bruce (L) RF
6. Ryan Ludwick (R) LF
7. Zack Cozart (R) SS
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Converting to reed valve control is not only a good idea if you are looking for a big boost in performance. If the sealing surface of the disc valve intake is damaged installing a reed valve is unavoidable to be able to go on riding with the engine. To this end, the intake manifold has to be replaced.
We therefore stock a wide range of reed valve manifolds that are suitable for the DELL'ORTO SHB and PHB carburettors. POLINI offers these from SHB 16.16 – PHBL 24 (depending on the model with 2 or 3 hole attachment) with stud connection. For the PHBL 24 and their own 24mm CP carburettor, POLINI provides manifolds with a flexible rubber connection. Also MALOSSI offers high quality reed valve manifolds with rubber connections that are suitable for the PHBL 24/25. These have a slightly bigger effective cross section and thanks to their rubber connection are also suitable as a basis for bigger carburettors. In addition to the reed valve block, the MALOSSI kits also contain all the small components required for installation and assembly.
We also stock the reed valve manifolds suitable for the FABRIZI racing cylinders with rubber connections (depending on design, attachment suitable for 2 or 3 hole manifold connections). This comes with the 6 valve reed valve, the aluminium connection piece and the screws necessary for installation and assembly.
Extensive modifications to the crankcase are recommended for conversion to reed valve control, you are rewarded, however, with the advantages of a control system which supplies the engine with mix irrespective of the intake control timing of the crankshaft. The engine is practically able to decide itself when it needs the mix and when it doesn't. With the suitable carburettor and corresponding peripherals, the intake manifolds for the PHBL 24/25 promise a clear gain in performance.
Conclusion: Saves the engine if the disc valve intake is damaged and gives it a boost at the same time.
SIP-TIP: A gas flowed crankshaft (e.g.: part no 46110000) is the perfect finishing touch to conversion to reed valve control. The burr (part no 61626000) helps with finer adjustments.
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Pimlico Academy
Chemistry (2NMC)
PGCE with QTS full time
- Accredited body
- The Pimlico-London SCITT
- Financial support
- Scholarships or bursaries, as well as student finance, are available if you're eligible
- Qualification
PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.
It may also allow you to teach overseas, though you should always check what qualifications are needed in the country you'd like to teach in.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
- Course length
- 1 year
- Date you can apply from
- 13 October 2020
- Date course starts
- September 2021
- Website
- http://www.futuretraining.org
- About the course
- How school placements work
- Fees
- Financial support
- Requirements
- About the training provider
- Training with disabilities and other needs
- Contact details
- Apply
- Support and advice
About the course
The Pimlico-London SCITT offers an academically rigorous and school-led ITT programme. Our SCITT programme was awarded 'Outstanding' by Ofsted and ranked as the third best provider in the country (top in London) in The Good Teacher Training Guide 2017. We believe in the primacy of knowledge and that teacher-led, school based education can transform lives. Our trainee teachers learn to see themselves as the leaders of their pupils, as custodians of the best that has been thought, known, and created, and as a catalyst for innovation and transformation through the valuable knowledge and skills they will impart to those they teach.
We believe that as a student teacher you should be immersed in your host schools for the majority of the time so that you can benefit from the support and guidance of subject experts. Here you will benefit from a mentor who will observe your weekly progress against the Teachers' Standards. You will also receive half a day of training in term time for training.
How school placements work
Pimlico London SCITT is part of Future Academies, a family of schools which has built a reputation for achieving the highest standards for all its pupils. We believe the most effective way to experience all aspects of school life is to be based in a host school throughout the year. To supplement this, trainee teachers will also participate in three focused placements. Trainee teachers do a three week placement in the second term, which will offer them a contrasting experience within our network of excellent schools. This network includes many independent, grammar and specialist schools. Furthermore, trainee teachers will also benefit from a week's placement in a primary (for secondary trainees), or a secondary (for primary trainees). They will also gain experience within the Tri Borough Alternative Provision.
Financial support
You could be eligible for either:
- a scholarship of £26,000
- a bursary of £24,000
To qualify for a scholarship you'll need a degree of 2:1 or above in Chemistry or a related subject. For a bursary you'll need a 2:2 or above in any subject.
You can't claim both a bursary and a scholarship - you can only claim one.
Find out how to apply for a scholarship. You don't need to apply for a bursary - if you're eligible, you'll automatically start receiving it once you begin your course. Find out how you'll be paid.
You may also be eligible for a loan while you study – note that you'll have to apply for undergraduate student finance.
Find out about financial support if you're from outside the UK.
Financial support from the training provider
You may be eligible for a government bursary if you are applying to teach one of our secondary subjects. Please see the Get into teaching website.
There are also subject scholarships available for this subject which give a higher rate of bursary, plus other benefits.
We also can provide some candidates with accommodation at discounted rates.
Tuition fee loans are available through Student Finance England to support the student teacher with paying their tuition fee which is £9,250. Please note that while the tuition fee is the same for international students as for UK and EU students, we are not able at this time to support applicants who do not have the right to study or work in the UK.
Future Teach Scholarship
Our sponsors can provide exceptional candidates, with strong academic backgrounds and excellent subject knowledge, a highly competitive scholarship of £38,000, including their tuition fee paid for. Once you have applied through UCAS, applicants who wish to be considered for the Future Teach Scholarship should send their CV and a covering letter to firstname.lastname@example.com.
We require that you have completed a degree in a related subject, and achieved 2:1 or above. You will also need GCSE passes in English and Maths.
If you studied or trained at institutions outside the UK, you should obtain a statement of equivalency from UK NARIC to prove the equivalency of your qualifications.
Personal qualities
We are looking for highly-qualified and talented graduates. It would be beneficial to have had some observational experience in a school. It is essential that you have a passion for your subject, enjoy working with young people, and have the ability to inspire, motivate and challenge others.
Please see our website for more information on our entry requirements.
Other requirements
In addition to the required qualifications above, before the start of the course, you will need to:
- Have undergone an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check
- Have undergone an occupational health assessment to assess fitness for teaching.
About the training provider
Future Training was founded by Future Academies in 2013 to recruit and train the highest calibre of new teachers. We are based at our Teaching School, The Future Institute of Education, in the heart of London and offer an academically rigorous and school-led ITT programme. We are judged 'Outstanding' in every area by Ofsted, and ranked third in the country (best in London) in the Good Teacher Training Guide 2017. We have been praised for our expert mentoring, wide variety of placements and network of expert speakers.
We are extremely proud of our excellent outcomes and almost perfect employment rates. Our alumni have experienced rapid career progression including many Heads of Departments, Heads of Years and Curriculum developers.
Training with disabilities and other needs
The needs of the candidates will be taken into account at interview. Trainee teachers benefit from a mentor who leads their support throughout their training. The central SCITT team meets with trainee teachers weekly through our Professional Studies programme. This allows us to regularly update our risk assessment of the trainee teacher and adapt the course accordingly.
Contact details
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Hertfordshire Partnership
Warners End Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3DW
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Lupus Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 3AT
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|Snap o' the Day: Almost like 1776
|Bell awards bill writers
|Republican challenges Deeds in State Senate
|Educator announces plans for City Council run
|Protester removal: Boar's Head denies ordering trespassing arrest
|'Ballparking' RWSA: Record low water use and record high RFP?
|Edd Houck runs for reelection-- in Albemarle
|New digs: CFA Inst. taking over old Martha Jeff
|Fast track: Western Bypass shifts into overdrive
|Cynthia Neff takes on Boyd for supe seat
|Dede Smith joins crowded Council field
|Parkway panic: Rooker vexed as Dorrier rekindles Bypass
|Double recantation: Is an innocent man in jail for the Crozet murders?
|Beyer announces bid for City Council
|Since 2010: Kaine makes first Biscuit Run comment
|Hot air? Tea Party opposes sustainability agenda
|Norwood announces Board of Supervisors run
|Extreme makeover: rich edition-- State program benefits those who need it least
|Side balk: Install of ped-stopping fence begins
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1998 Sport Tourers
The Truth is Out There
So many sport tourers, so little time. Seeing all the choices available for testing this year, we decided to break up the sport touring test into arbitrary categories: twins and not twins. We even contemplated a bagless sport tourer shootout but that would be, well, too arbitrary.
That left us with the big boys, the Autobahn burning, 100-mile-an-hour traveling, road-devouring, big-bore beasts such as Honda's ST1100 (winner of our original sport tourer shootout: Smiles Through the Miles), BMW's road-eating K1200RS, and Triumph's Trophy 1200. What, no Trophy 1200s in the Triumph test fleet? Then how about a 900? Okay, no Trophy at all, only a Sprint Executive. Okay, I guess we'll take it.
So, left with three thinly disguised big-bore sport bikes, we were on the fast track to motorcycle nirvana, right? Well, not quite. Some may remember Greg McClure's Crashing Hell article a few months back. One Triumph with over-inflated tires can ruin a whole shootout, so with only the BMW and Honda left, the staffers still standing just wanted to get through the shootout in one piece.
We were left with two very different species of sport tourer, both suited to perform the same tasks, but in very different ways. The ST1100 is Honda's ultimate high-performance compromise, specifically engineered to handle in turns, go fast, and do it over long distances. Until the R1100S debuted earlier this month, the K1200RS was BMW's all-out sportbike. Still, BMW is true to their sport-touring philosophy and they can't imagine making a a motorcycle without saddlebags, which was perfect for our test.
Predictably, each motorcycle has its areas of expertise. The ST1100 was competent but very vanilla at just about everything, sticking to its unstated mission statement of being the jack-of-all-trades. The K-bike is harder-edged, with a bigger, more powerful motor and sharper handling. In packing for our journey, we discovered a rare anomaly in the otherwise well-designed Honda: the saddlebags suck. First, the latches are located dangerously close to the pipes.
"In most ways the ST1100 is superior at freeway riding: Better weather protection, cushier suspension, relaxed ergonomics, and a power band that's all midrange. "
To remove the bags you have to Honda, sometimes criticized for over-engineering, has located the bag removal latches in the worst place possible. insert the key, turn, lift halfway up (the key gets in the way of fully disengaging the clasp), turn the key back, remove it, then lift the latch fully. You then slide the bag towards the back of the bike. This was by far the worst system of the three tested. The Beemer bags simply have two handles -- one to unfasten the bags from the bike and one to open the bag. This system is great for over-stuffing, but even without over-filling the bags the BMW held more than the Honda, although not as much as the Triumph. The Sprint Executive had the easiest system to use and stored the most gear. Pity it didn't last the test.
Every escape from Los Angeles involves a freeway. In most ways the ST1100 is superior at freeway riding: Better weather protection, cushier suspension, relaxed ergonomics, and a power band that's all midrange. In jurisdictions that allow lane splitting, maneuvering through traffic is easy. Its narrow and low-placed mirrors aren't at the same height as most car mirrors while the bags tuck in nicely and the fat powerband tugs you past any obstructions. One problem is that the super-quiet exhaust note does not alert cars to your presence. In contrast the K1200RS is a complete pig in traffic.
Its top-end-happy powerband likes to be revved, the steering damper slows low-speed maneuvers and the bags too wide.
Out on the open highway the K is still edged by the ST, because the K's ergonomics are uncomfortable for many riders. The rear sets are too far forward and the reach to the handlebars is far too long.
The one area where the K12 flat stomps the ST11 in is in high speed passing. Once the K reaches speed, it hauls.
In fact the K1200RS begs you to leave the freeway, and once you do you won't regret it. You should plan entire trips in the twisties, staying clear of any road with more than four lanes. The K1200RS is that good in the twisties.
Although heavy steering around town, gently lean into a curve and the K12 is right there for you, tracking more predictably than a bike its size has a right to. Although it lacks the outright power of bikes like the ZX-11 and the CBR1100XX, even fully loaded with bags it should give them a run through the canyons.
Until we got into the tight stuff we were enamored with the Honda's smooth-shifting transmission, but when pounding through the gears in the canyons, the clunky accuracy of the BMW was a plus. The softer-edged Honda had to push to keep up with the BMW K1200RS because in the twisties, the ergonomics that served so well on the open road didn't allow for same sort of aggressive riding that the K1200RS did. The fact that the ST1100 weighs 80 more pounds didn't help either.
Across the board, the ST1100's excellent brakes and traction control out-performed the Beemer's. Honda's ABS II is very non-intrusive, slowing you steadily to a complete stop. Even stomping down hard on the rear brake will cause only a controlled stop.
Try doing the same on the Beemer and the ABS will pulse and click but you won't slow much. The Traction Control System (TCS) on the ST1100, which compensates for wheel slides, is very handy in the rain and is selectable at startup. We rode both in the rain and both handled without any surprises.
If you want to do wheelies (as if ST1100s are purchased as hooligan bikes) you'll have to turn it off. There is no TCS system on the BMW, but it did seem overly reluctant to lift the front wheel off the ground. This isn't a bad thing for most riders, particularly the sensible, middle-aged sport-touring demographic both manufacturers are targeting with these bikes. Wheelies aren't why people buy these bikes.
Basically, it comes down what kind of riding you want to do. If you value character and a more-sporting edge and you aren't so concerned with price, buy the K1200RS. The Beemer's a better choice if you plan to sport tour on nothing but twisting roads with gas stations every 150 miles. If your interested in overall utility, a mix of freeway and back road touring capability and price, give the nod to the Honda ST1100, the first bike in MO history to win consecutive shootouts.
Impressions: 1: Billy Bartels, Associate Editor
1: Billy Bartels, Associate Editor
That's what this test comes down to. What purpose do you want to put a sport-tourer to? If you want to travel vast highway miles at a serious clip but desire to to scoot down the scenic route with a few extreme leans thrown in, if you are a disciple of function believing after all is said and done that character and soul lose out to utility, then the ST1100 is for you. There are very few motorcycles that do the range of things well that this bike does. Touring, commuting, whatever, motorcycles don't get much more vanilla than this.
However, if you want a Sport Tourer with killer handling, and a great top-end rush, the Beemer should be your choice. And this on a Touring Bike! The ergonomics are definitely meant more for sport riding than touring, but if you keep it above 70, the wind holds you up. Ergos? Who needs stinking ergos!
2: Mark Hammond, Managing Editor
The ST1100 is absolutely dowdy looking. Like the Pacific Coast, this is a motorcycle that wishes it were a car, perhaps an Accord to the PC800's Civic. Still, I have to admit that it is one fine dorky-looking motorcycle. It's comfortable, one of the most comfortable motorcycles I have ever ridden. It has excellent wind protection and great ergonomics. The ST1100 is also smooth and fast, so smooth that it's easily to wander into triple-digit speeds without really noticing.
"The BMW K1100RS looks fast and it is. Even more so than the ST1100, triple-digit speeds are virtually unnoticed until you see the flashing red lights in your mirrors." The K1200RS likes to go fast. And, like all BMWs, the K1200RS is a beautifully designed motorcycle. Unfortunately the consumer often pays for BMW's attention to detail, they are very expensive motorcycles. With bags, the K12 will cost you almost $17,000 before tax, fees and insurance.
Even so, the Beemer might have won if it weren't so uncomfortable. Basically, to feel comfortable on the K12 you need the legs of Toulouse Lautrec and the arms of an orangutan. I was good for about a half an hour before I had to get off, my legs cramping and my arms and shoulders aching in pain. If I wanted to feel like that I'd mount a Gixxer.
Between the two bikes I'll have to choose comfort over cool since the cool wasn't so cool that I'd schedule weekly appointments with a chiropractor. BMW offers a riser and peg kit that helps ease the pain, but after ponying up $17,000, I don't want to pay another few hundred dollars to make something comfortable that should be so in the first place. If I wanted to spend even more money just to make a motorcycle feel right after forking over 17 grand, I'd buy a Harley. However, I think I'll hold on the my money and wait for the BMW R1100S, the Ducati ST4 or the Buell S3.


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The Google Nexus 7 is the latest addition to the Nexus line up of products and is the first tablet by Google. It was a joint project with ASUS who designed the hardware who has fit an Nvidia quad-core Tegra 3 processor alongside a $200 price point which is a dream price point for those looking to buy their first tablet or even those looking to upgrade from the Kindle Fire. Last summer the Fire made waves at this price but it came to market with Amazon's highly customized interface which left a lot of consumers wanting more.
The Nexus 7 with its decent hardware could be the perfect evolution for those who got their feet wet with Android on the Fire and are now ready for the full unadulterated Android Jelly Bean experience.
It's no surprise that we focus on the price, but if we didn't tell you that the 16GB version of this tablet was $250 know one would know that it was a 'budget' device. Once you hold it in your hands you'll have trouble realizing that it is in fact so cheap. Of course it's plastic, but the rubberized back alone make it feel like a high-end tablet, something along the same lines as the iPad or the Transformer Prime who both have a fancy aluminum backside.
The dimpled back is reminiscent of leather racing gloves from the 60s, the Nexus and ASUS branding on the back of the tablet is recessed and subtle yet elegantly pops. It looks good, it has a kind of timeless elegance about it. Even the box has a highend premium feel. If we take a look at the 7 inch tablet market, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 take the crown but then again, it is 3 times the price.
At the bottom on the back of the device we've got a speaker or a speaker slot which extends over half the width, and for a tablet it produces excellent sound. Directly below are all the connections: Micro USB and 3.5mm headset port, which is a pretty short list! Those who expected an HDMI output, are going to be disappointed, clearly it didn't make the final design because of the aggressively low price point.
On the left side of the Nexus 7, you'll see four little dots that are for a docking station, but since we're still waiting on accessories. So there is your indication of bigger and better things to come for this device.
The tablet also has a silver boarder which actually makes us a little afraid of Apple, but we think it makes the tablet feel very sturdy. Design wise they've done a very good job at hiding the fact that it is not very thin tablet, in fact it is only 1mm thinner than the Fire. Adding to the illusion of thinness is the weight the Nexus 7 is only 340 grams which is 70 grams difference when looking at the Fire with its 415 grams.
Under the hood the Tegra 3 SoC offers 4 cores and a fifth companion core which runs at 1GHz and handles regular surfing a video playback, the other cores kick in and go up to 1.3Ghz when tasks like gaming or multitasking come into play.
Google Nexus 7 Specs
Measurements 198,5 mm high x 120 mm wide x 10,45 mm thick
Weight 340g
Battery 4.325mAh
OS Android OS 4.1 Jelly Bean
SoC 1.2 Ghz NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L Quad-Core
Memory 1024MB RAM
Internal Memory 8GB v 16GB
External Memory Not extendable
Network Bluetooth 4.0, NaFC, WLAN 802.11 bgn
Display-Technology ASUS TruVivid IPS
Display-Size 7-inch
Display-Resolution WXGA (= 1280×800 Pixel; 8:5)
Pixels 216ppi
Back Camera None
Front Camera 1,2-Megapixel (1280×960 Pixel)
Ports microUSB, 3,5mm headphone jack
The 1GB of RAM works well and the tablet comes with 8 & 16GB, but you'll notice from the above specs that it does not have a micro SD card slot so you can't expand the memory. The 16GB is $50 more expensive than the 8GB but it's well worth the investment since you can't add anything afterwards. There is also not 4G version so you'll have to make due with WiFi, but for the price and most smartphones have hot spot functionality anyways. After that it's got some nice additions with Bluetooth, NFC and GPS, which generally speaking, present a "complete package".
The Display
Usually if a tablet is very cheap that means that they've sacrificed on the display, a few years ago Shenzhen tablets only had a touchscreen or you'd have to be happy with an LCD display which simply put aren't as vibrant and bright. You can even save money with the resolution, so 800×480 and 1024×600 screens dominated the affordable 7-inch tablet domain, but this is not the case with the Nexus 7.
First, it has an IPS display with a brightness of 312, to compare the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is 492 and the iPad 3 scores 394, second we've got a resolution of 1280 × 800, with a PPI of 213 (the iPad has 3264 ppi).
In a nutshell, the display of the Nexus 7 is much better quality than the price would suggest. No, of course it cannot compete with the Super AMOLED display of the Galaxy Tab 7.7 or the display of the new iPad, which is in another league, but it is a very good display with excellent viewing angles!
Audio in quickly becoming a key feature in all types of gadgets but on a mobile device it's becoming a deciding factor. We've seen some things behind closed doors that would blow you away and they are all just around the corner. Having said that the speakers on the Nexus 7 fill the room, the sound isn't rich full and deep, but what are you expecting from a 7 inch tablet. What you do get is high volume, no distortion and just enough bass to make you question if it sound is indeed coming from the tablet. But for the audiophile among us, it is at the very low end and at the end of the day, if given the choice between the speakers and headphones, I would choose the headphones.
Performance & Benchmarks
Let's dig into the meat of the review, if we're going to justify spending twice as much money for an iPad or a Transformer we're really going to have to scrutinize the Nexus 7. To be really tough we're going to put it up against the Transformer Prime and Infinity which are also made by ASUS.
No one can dispute that these numbers are competitive and when we carry this forward to daily usage it boots up in half a minute, apps work very quickly, rendering web pages and even graphically rich content and big apps like Pulse or the new Google App Play Magazine run wonderfully and smoothly. If we put this head to head with the Prime I don't see any difference expect for the display itself.
Google and ASUS have set a new benchmark! Despite the favorable price compared to most tablets you don't have to make concessions to a high-end tablet!
Battery Life
Anyone who follows our blog knows that we are huge fans of the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and consider it the best Android tablet. This has on to do with the workmanship and the sensational display and especially the battery life. Well I can squeeze 12 hours out of the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and even if the Nexus 7 does not quite come up to standard of the noble tablet from Samsung, it is with almost 10 hours of battery life, one of the leading tablets.
Gaming Performance
There is no better way to find out about gaming performance then seeing it for yourself, in the below video you'll see several of the latest and greatest. Even though the Nexus 7 has a NVIDIA Tegra SoC all the games we picked aren't optimized for the processor, because let's face it, not all the game we play are from the Tegra Zone. NOVA 3 is one of the titles that we picked and the performance wasn't great, but we actually think that it was just a lousy port from Gameloft. Other games ran extremely smoothly and we cannot see any difference between the Transformer Prime and the Nexus 7.
If you don't believe us check it out for yourself.
Jelly Bean aka Android 4.1 has landed on the Nexus 7. This is the first device, smartphone or tablet, that is equipped with the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. Now we have published several videos and articles about Jelly Bean and expressed our enthusiasm for this version of Android. We've got a video for you below and even though it's not on the Nexus 7 it gives you a very detailed run though of Google's latest offering.
We've Jelly Bean on the Galaxy Nexus for about 4 weeks now and it's pretty much something that I can't live without. The Nexus had sat unused in a drawer for a few months now, but it's totally been brought back to life thanks to Jelly Bean.
Before we go through the features, we've got to talk about Project butter which provides some amazing soft fluid animations. Google has added just a few more frames per second to each animation and the result is a dreamy smoothness, gone is the day of that jerkiness that sometimes plagued Android, now you're guaranteed to be living in digital nirvana. It seems like such a simple feature to add, but anyone who has ever put a custom ROM on their handset is doing so because they are looking for this exact experience.
But getting back to the pre-installed software, the devices comes loaded with the complete Android experience without any effort. All the usual Google Apps are installed and that's it, there is no bloat ware, no apps that you can't uninstall, you get Vanilla Android. Those who like to modify Android to their exact personal preferences what you have is a blank canvas that is sleek and fast.
Jelly Bean
New Home Screen
Ok, Google really has not done much here except for the fact that it is easier to arrange icons and widgets. Imagine your old home screen, which is usually congested with neat folders and widgets. If you wanted to place another widget, it really was quite difficult to fit it on the screen, you'd have to let go of the widget and manually rearrange the screen to make room for it, then go back and grab it to place it. Now JB automatically arranges not only the already existing objects, but also reduces the new widget's size if need be.
Predictive Keyboard
Google has integrated one of the best keyboard in JB and if you're familiar with Swype and SwiftKey you'll be able to tell just how much Google has been inspired. What we have here is an "intelligent" predictive text that of course suggests suitable words / phrases during writing. In the middle of the proposed line will appear the suggested word, which is right on the money most of the time
Offline Maps
Google announced this feature at the beginning of June and it's finally a reality. You'll now be able to make entire maps available offline. If you're a Nokia user this feature has been available for 3 years now, but combining it with Google Maps is really just an unbeatable combination. Personally, and maybe this is because I'm based in Asia, Google Maps is an app that "I cannot live without".
Google Now & Voice Serach
Siri was on everybody's lips last year and Google Now is not necessarily different, but the team from Mountain View, has not only managed to offer an improved experience over Siri with superior voice recognition, it also works offline.
Honestly, speech recognition isn't new and with Siri after a week you've pretty much tested the limits of this software, so it gets kind of boring. But with Google Now everything is deciphered on the device itself Siri actually has to send the audio sample to the Apple server, the difference is vast as Google Now produces amazingly flawless results. We've tried dictating emails in Airplane Mode, which were then sent once the device was back online. It's simple and effective.
Interacting with Google Now is simple, you just grab the home button and push it upward, the longer you use it the more it gets to know you, you're answers are presented on cards which appear when you log into Google Now, so you can quickly see updates to common questions. If you connect your Google latitude you'll be greeted with information like when the next train to the office departs, alternative routes like a bus or even how to get to other common destinations, for us, the Taipei Computer Market.
The number and variety of cards is meant to increase and currently offers weather, traffic, deadlines, trips, flights, public transport, places, and sporting events and scores, all of which update automatically. This is of course dependent on the frequency of search topics. Those who persist as to the LA Lakers or the flight status search queries for a particular route, is more likely to find that card. We've been trying hundreds of things. Who produced Promethues? – show me films of John Carpenter, call the W Hotel in Taipei (and this isn't a number that's stored on our handset), show me pictures of Taipei 101 at night, arithmetic problems, translations, when is the sunrise in Tokyo who is the President of Ukraine…we could go on for hours.
Summary of Software & Jelly Bean
Jelly Bean is of course not a revolution but is the sequel to Ice Cream Sandwich that we've all been waiting for. Android has received the correct fine tuning and in combination with Google Now we've got a powerful mobile OS. This new offering really makes you feel you really can do anything on the Nexus 7.
Nexus 7 in Comparison
We've had a dozen 7-inch tablets for quite a while and every once and a while, we like to take them out and marvel at the progress. Think back to the first Galaxy Tab, it cost almost $850 when it was launched in late 2010. The Nexus 7 does not have a UMTS module and can't be upgraded via micro SD card, but it is 4 times as fast, has a much higher resolution, is thinner, lighter, and has above all a far better OS … all of this for a quarter of the price!
My favorite so the tablet that has taken our top spot is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, for which we spent nearly 650€ on, so this is just over 3 times as much as the Nexus 7! But what you get for the extra cash is a sensational Super AMOLED Plus display which is packaged into an extremely thin and sexy aluminum enclosure, it also has a UMTS module, and SD card slot and a rear facing camera. But when it comes to a price / performance ratio, we've gotta have to give it to the Nexus 7– even though the high end tablet that Samsung has brought to market is the clear winner, the Nexus 7 is our definite recommendation.
Back in September of 2011 Amazon made a pretty big statement with the Kindle Fire, for $199 its 7" frame came with a resolution of 1024 × 600, a 1.2Ghz Dual Core Soc, 8GB RAM, and a highly customized Android Gingerbread which brought its owner in to Amazon's awesome ecosystem, but it's still only for US customers. To be dead honest, right now, I would rather grab a $60 Shenzhen tablet then spend on something with a limited operating system.
The Nexus 7 tablet is a "game changer". It is a product that is shaking up the market and giving its competitors a headache. The honest truth is that it feels like a tablet that costs twice as much. A great display coupled with a low price that offers really solid performance and best-ever Android OS, which puts it in a league of its own over shadowing the competition.
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The way the West was can be seen again
Back when I was a boy, we used to roll our eyes at tiresome coots who would begin reminiscences with "Back when I was a boy..."
Today, as my 50s draw toward a close, I somehow find myself with a lot more sympathy for old-timers. I admit that recollections can be boring. And yet, as a naturalist, I spend a lot of time encouraging people to imagine the natural world as it once was and perhaps could be again -- healthy, wild and whole. But to really do that right, we need time machines.
Fortunately, time-machine tickets are available throughout the West, offered for the price of a few days' drive. The most well-known is probably Yellowstone National Park, where herds of bison and elk, the howling wolves and the bubbling mud pools transport us back to a world that we can imagine is unchanged since the Pleistocene.
The awe-inspiring abundance of wild America also survives in more humble surroundings. Take Kearney, Neb., for instance. A typical Great Plains small town, its grain silos and fast food restaurants caught in a web of highways and power lines, Kearney seems an unlikely place for transcendence. But it can be found here every spring, just a few miles out of town.
Every March, the largest concentration of sandhill cranes in the world crowds into a 30-mile stretch of the Platte River. They come here to fatten up for a few weeks on waste corn before resuming their journey to tundra breeding grounds that range from Canada to eastern Siberia.
One crane, all by itself, makes the world wild. What bird can match its dignity and calm deliberation, so powerfully matched with its thrilling call and the ecstatic abandon of its mating dances? That wildness, joined in flocks of tens of thousands, in turn gathered into a multitude that can reach half a million birds, tears aside the curtains that enclose our everyday lives, and sends us back to a time that, left to ourselves, we could never imagine.
My fellow time-travelers and I arrived at the Rowe Sanctuary on the Platte River in the late afternoon, while the cranes were still scattered across the harvested fields. Our observation blind was perched above a series of sandbars that are regularly scraped clean by the stewards of the sanctuary, doing the work of nature in these days of depleted river flows. The sandbars offer safe roosting places for the cranes, but only if they are free of entangling vegetation.
Paradoxically, it takes endless care to maintain wildness in the modern world. But it can be done: The Nebraska cranes teach us that.
The sunset was one of the most extraordinary I have ever seen, painting the horizon gold, then apricot and lavender. On cue, the cranes began to gather, filling the world with an extraordinary music. And what is the sound of this sonata for 50,000 cranes? It lacks melody. It lacks harmony. It is a bugle, it is the croak of a frog, it is a slow ripping of canvas, it builds, it gathers, it is a lamentation, an ecstasy, a roar. It pressed us to the earth, speechless.
Finally, the color drained from the sky, and the birds began to crowd the sandbars, forming billowing groves of cranes. By last light, they were a solid forest, grown to fill the shallows between the islands, their toes rooted in the moving river, their crowns tossed by the wind in their blood. Above the Platte, the Big Dipper stood upright on its tail, as if it had spilled out this flood of life.
We walked back to the buses in silence, very different from the excited chatter of our outward hike. The night sky became the color of iron, an iron bell that continued to resound in the darkness, with the echo of a world that only our short memory calls ancient, that only our self-regard finds astonishing.
There is an age-old phenomenon that has recently acquired a name --"shifting baselines." This describes the natural tendency of each generation to accept the world they inhabit as normal, as the baseline against which change is to be measured. In terms of nature, this means that the character of wildness in the land, or the abundance of wildlife in our lives, once lost, is not missed -- cannot be missed -- by those who have never experienced it.
As an antidote, I offer this: Go to Yellowstone or Nebraska in the spring, to your local national wildlife refuge in the fall. Jump in your nearest time machine, and go.
Pepper Trail is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is a biologist and writer in Ashland, Oregon


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DearMYRTLE's Family History Hour 25 March 2008 genealogy podcast is available for listening via computer or transferred to any .mp3 player if you choose to download the file. An alternative would be to download the file automatically via iTunes. You don't need an iPod to listen. For a complete list of current DearMYRTLE podcasts visit: http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com .
- Creating a podcast (top of the hour)
- Terry Reigel, TMG (The Master Genealogist) instructor extraordinaire, discusses his newest publication A Primer for The Master Genealogist. Terry is well known as an expert user of TMG and a frequent contributor to the on-line TMG user support forum and the TMG email list. He is the author of Terry's TMG Tips, a website with over 75 articles about using TMG, many also available in German. He has written several articles about TMG for newsletters published by user groups and two chapters in the sellout book "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist." The interview begins at 14:09.
- APG Association of Professional Genealogist's open records position paper and Keeping Genealogical Records Open Workgroup (KGROW) (the topic begins at 39:40.)
- Genealogy groups on Second Life (the topic begins at 45:00) and Ol' Myrt's appearance as "DearMYRTLE Writer" avatar.
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From DearMYRTLE's The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists - 23 Mar 2008 (begins at 26:10)
- BLOG: "Salamanca and a Common Problem" posted by Lynn Turner AG
- INSTRUCTION: PhotoLoom News
- DATABASE SITE: FindAGrave.com
- PODCAST: Michael O'Laughlin hosts the "Missouri Irish History & Legend: Ireland to America" podcast series posted at the Irish Roots Café.
- VIDEO: "Creating a Protective Book Box"
- COMMENTARY: Jana Lloyd's Leonis or Lewis? Some Quick Tips for Finding Your Ancestors in the Census
- INNOVATION: IS IT DOWN FOR EVERYONE or JUST ME - a Google service.
- MOST INTERESTING THREAD: First Name Quirks Message Board at Ancestry.com.
- ETHNIC STUDIES: Price & Associates' "Expert Links: English Family History & Genealogy"
Links to some of DearMYRTLE's recent blogs:
- NARA unveils new Vietnam Wall interface tomorrow
- The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists - 23 Mar 2008
- Second Life: A new type of genealogy society
- Blogging: An Alternative for Family & Society Newsletters
- Keeping Genealogical Records Open Workgroup (KGROW)
- Making Podcasts: Getting the word out
- Listening to Podcasts: Learn while jogging
- Hispanic civil registration
- BEST of the Internet for Genealogists 16 March 2008
- Ancestry.com: supplemental chapters in .pdf format
- Eagle Scout Project: Cemetery map & transcriptions
- Family Records Centre moves to Kew
- Footnote expands SmallTownPapers Collection
- RootsWeb's Passing to Ancestry Site
- AniMap 3.0 announced
- More Hispanic Resources
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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Peoria, Arizona…….Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Indiana returned to one of his most successful tracks, Canyon Speedway Park, and narrowly missed a sweep of the program en route to his seventh win of the season. The 24-year old tied himself with Steve Butler and Jay Drake for 16th on the all-time sprint car win list with his 25th career triumph.
Brady Bacon started from the pole and took advantage of a complete restart after Charles Davis, Jr.'s opening-lap flip to safely take command. He rode the rim all the way around as Dave Darland finally shed Mike Spencer for the second spot. Clauson dropped into fourth early on before Chris Windom's flip into turn-one on lap-five brought out a red flag.
A long green-flag run ensued as Bacon held off Darland and then grew his lead through the halfway point. He encountered traffic shortly thereafter as Darland closed back in along with Clauson, Spencer, and Tracy Hines. On lap 21, a car just in front of Bacon shredded a left-rear tire and Bacon was spun from behind while trying to avoid the slowing car.
Darland inherited the lead for the restart and had a lapped car to protect him from Clauson and the rest of his pursuers, but another quick yellow for Davis spinning in turn-one set up a restart with eight laps to go.
On the restart, Clauson dropped to the bottom of turns one and two, shooting down the backstretch with the lead. Darland crossed under Clauson exiting turn-four as the duo raced side-by-side into one. Darland slid up the track trying to steal the lead back, but Clauson powered around the outside and was never again seriously challenged, winning by .914 seconds in the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing – Chevy Performance #20 Beast/Kistler.
"I was fortunate to get a restart at the right time there and make the bottom work to get to the lead, and that was all we needed. I thought it was gonna be a little bit more around the bottom. The new wall in three and four definitely keeps the cushion a little bit nicer, and the track was really racy and let us move around tonight. I'd been playing around some before that restart, but it was so fast getting in, I never could get a run. It's a lot of fun to perform with it all on the line against Dave, and it was fun racing with him tonight," Clauson said.
Hines ducked under Darland on another restart with three laps to go and kept Clauson within sight. He had to settle for second, though, in The Carolina Nut Company – Hansen's Welding #4 DRC/Stanton Mopar.
"In traffic, even when I was back in fourth, I felt like I was in the catbird seat since they couldn't see me working the bottom. I was okay up top, but I didn't have a shot to get to the leaders, so I started searching. I found something in one and two earlier, and then later I stuck on something in three and four. I actually didn't need the yellows because I was going good as we hit traffic," Hines said.
Darland bobbled in the cushion off turn-four with just a couple laps remaining, allowing Spencer and Kevin Thomas, Jr. to dart by and wage a battle for the show position. Spencer nailed down the final set of corners on the cushion to claim third in the Madera Produce – Grubstake Mini Storage #50 Maxim/Shaver.
"I got to racing with Darland and thought I was better than he was, but I slid him and lost my momentum. That opened the door for Clauson to sneak through there and then Hines got me on the bottom. I got back to the top and found my momentum again, so we got going again towards the end. We had a big run on the last lap, and with the ledge as big as it was, I was able to get the wheels spinning and launch off the corner," Spencer said.
Thomas finished his run from 20th to finish fourth, earning "Hard Charger" honors in the Mike Dutcher/RW/Tri-Star Motorsports – Black Jack Oil Company #17RW Maxim/Fisher, while Damion Gardner snuck into the top-five aboard the Scott Sales – La Villa Restaurant #4 Spike/J&D.
AMSOIL USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 25, 2013 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park "Arizona Open Wheel Hall of Fame Classic"
QUALIFYING: 1. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-13.647; 2. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-13.650; 3. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-13.694; 4. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-13.748; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.822; 6. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-13.833; 7. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.929; 8. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-13.937; 9. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-14.017; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 73, Ford-14.018; 11. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-14.020; 12. Josh Pelkey, 12A, Allen-14.080; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.158; 14. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-14.187; 15. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.212; 16. Charles Davis, Jr., 4G, Cook-14.215; 17. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.232; 18. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.255; 19. Mike Bonneau, 29, Bonneau-14.311; 20. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.320; 21. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-14.321; 22. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.327; 23. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-14.406; 24. Michael Curtis, 11c, Curtis-14.478; 25. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-14.481; 26. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-14.499; 27. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar-14.548; 28. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.586; 29. Shon Deskins, 20x, SDR-14.741; 30. Tyler Courtney, 23c, Courtney/BRaT-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Clauson, 3. Grant, 4. Spencer, 5. A. Williams, 6. Hodges, 7. Deskins, 8. Rossi.
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Faas, 3. Bacon, 4. Martin, 5. R. Williams, 6. Courtney, 7. Stanbrough, 8. St. James.
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Johnson, 3. Hines, 4. Windom, 5. Thomas, 6. Mitchell, 7. Bonneau.
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Pelkey, 3. Davis, 4. Drake, 5. Curtis, 6. Ogle, 7. C. Williams.
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Thomas, 3. Mitchell, 4. Hodges, 5. Courtney, 6. Ogle, 7. Curtis, 8. Deskins, 9. Bonneau, 10. St. James, 11. A. Williams, 12. R. Williams.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Josh Pelkey, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Tyler Courtney, 10. Nick Drake, 11. Mike Martin, 12. Matt Mitchell, 13. Brady Bacon, 14. Chase Stockon, 15. Justin Grant, 16. Austin Williams, 17. R.J. Johnson, 18. Tom Ogle, 19. Nic Faas, 20. Cody Williams, 21. Charles Davis, Jr., 22. Josh Hodges, 23. Chris Windom, 24. Jon Stanbrough.
**Davis flipped on the original start of the Feature. Windom flipped on lap 5 of the Feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Bacon, Laps 21-22 Darland, Laps 23-30 Clauson.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bryan Clauson-1,779; 2-Darland-1,750; 3-Bacon-1,619; 4-Thomas-1,550; 5-Stockon-1,512; 6-Hines-1,402; 7-Ballou-1,359; 8-Windom-1,103; 9-Courtney-1,008; 10-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,000.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: October 26 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park "Arizona Open Wheel Hall of Fame Classic"


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Robotic Coating: Robots Improve Productivity at Glasland Industries
Glasland Industries Inc., a manufacturer of fiberglass products, recently converted its chop and gel coating area from manual operations to robotics after the company was awarded a large contract to manufacture the fiberglass housings of ventilation fans for use in hen houses. Aggressive production plans and a lack of skilled chop and gel coat operators in the area prompted Glasland's management to evaluate robotic automation.
Glasland's system uses two robotic paint workcells supplied by FANUC Robotics' paint operations in Toledo, Ohio. Each cell includes a P-145/RJ-3 paint finishing robot with PaintTool application software and safety equipment. FANUC Robotics also supplied an explosion-proof manual input station that is used by technicians to set program requirements and to start the robots, and solenoid valves that turn the spray guns on and off. Glasland, which did its own system integration, supplied the chop and gel coat application equipment, including the spray guns, chop motors and pumping systems.
The repeatability and consistency of the robots allows the skilled operators to tackle other jobs at the company. Improved accuracy has been the major factor in part quality improvements and reduced costs. In the past, even the most skilled chop and gel operators became fatigued by the repetitive motions required by the application, increasing the likelihood of overspray and the extra costs associated with material waste. For chop and gel applications, quality is assessed by the uniformity of material weight. The P-145 robots spray materials within a 1 percent variation of weight. In addition, Glasland has realized a 30-35 percent savings on gel coat materials.
The production of one fan housing requires two gel coat applications and one chop spray application. A technician prepares a mold for the initial gel coat application and positions the mold in front of the gel coat robot. The technician sets the safety interlocks, checks that no personnel are in the robot work area, closes any gates or curtains and energizes a servo lock-out switch. After the robot cycle is complete, the technician moves the mold to an area where the first gel coat application can cure.
After the first gel coat application is cured, the technician positions the mold in front of the chop robot. Upon completion of the chop spray cycle, the technician positions the mold in the chop rollout area. When the rollout is complete, the part is moved to an area for drying and then to a grinding booth. After the surface of the part is ground and smooth, it is moved back to the gel coat area.
The technician positions the mold in front of the gel coat robot for the second gel coat application. Upon completion of this cycle, the technician moves the mold to the curing area. After curing, the part is removed from the mold and transferred to an area where other operations are performed to complete production.
Production speed has been favorably rated by Glasland. The robots are able to accomplish a day's worth of work in about half the time it takes a fully manual operation. "The system has also given us more flexibility with our labor," said Doyle Heckaman, president of Glasland. "We've been able to improve working conditions and we no longer have to worry about absenteeism in the spray area."
Overall, the robotic system has allowed Glasland to have a competitive advantage in the composites industry. where robots are just now beginning to be used. With the increase in production, material savings and reduction in labor costs, payback is expected to be just two years.


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Bottom of the 8th. It is 9:25. We should be there in plenty of time. The game is in St. Pete. Which means designated hitter and fewer pitching changes, and hence shorter games. 10:00 looks feasible. The Rays get two on in the bottom of the 8th. First of all, Aubrey Huff is the lead runner. We wondered aloud why Bill Evers wouldn't use a pitch runner. When Huff got to second, we are really wondering why there isn't more speed so the runner on second can score on a basehit. So we checked to see who was still on the Rays' bench. Greg Norton, Josh Paul, Tomas Perez and Russell Branyan. Not exactly the '85 Cardinals. The Rays have a lot of team speed. That's not it. (Of course this would turn out to be a good thing later on. Maybe Evers knew what he was doing, or maybe he just got lucky. If Gathright hadn't started, he would have been in the game as a pinchrunner) Who comes up? Travis Lee of course, who earlier had broken his 0-27 streak. We knew what was going to happen next, we just didn't realize exactly how bad it would be. Lee went down swinging on three straight pitches. And by "swinging" we really mean "waving the bat in the general direction of where he thought the ball might be". Quite frankly, he had a better chance of hitting manager Joe Maddon in the ass, and he was in California last night. Well, it's 9:33. It's starting to get close. One inning to go.
Top of the 9th. Something strange happened again. Shawn Camp looked impressive. He retired the side on 9 pitches including 2 strikeouts. Only one pitch was a ball and that one just missed on 0-2. Even better, he kept the Marlins off the board and the Rays with one and most importantly it is only 9:38. We just might make it…
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Top of the 10th. 9:54. Yep its official. We are going to be late. OK, the phones are ringing. We explain and we promise to leave at 10:00. We have to watch the top of the 10th. We will feel better if the Rays can get through it. Bring on Tyler Walker. Quite frankly we never like a closer in a non-save situation, but in extra innings at home there won't be a save situation, so this is as close as it gets. It just seems, that a lot of times, closers let up a little bit and thats when they get rocked pretty good. First up, Miguel Cabrera. And he almost destroyed us. He takes a ball to deep center field that Hollins pulls in at the wall. Collective sigh of relief. Walker works through the next two batters easily and its on to the bottom of the 10th. And even thanks to Walker it is only 9:59! We can watch the bottom of the 10th.
Bottom of the 10th. 10:01. Aubrey Huff leads off. The guy we wanted pulled for a pinch runner in the 8th, but then realized there were no candid
ates with speed. The guy who is a notoriously slow starter. The guy who hasn't hit a home run yet and is well below the Mendoza Line. Maybe this is the break out at bat. Come on Huff. Hit a tweener. Split the outfielders and get to second. Wait for it…Wait for it…WAIT FOR IT…HUFF GOES BOOM! The Rays Index palace goes crazy! Screaming. Yelling. Hugging. Kissing. And much more spilling of beer. We are still not sure if that ball ever came down. We think Aubrey Huff will be the answer to the trivia question: Who is the only player ever to hit a ball out of the Trop? And the best thing? Rays win, they beat those damn east coast Marlins, and it is 10:02. Let's party.