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US MTBO Team Turns in Good Effort at Worlds
BIALYSTOK, POLAND — The US MTBO Team just completed its third excursion to the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC), and their first attempt at the World Masters MTBO Championship (WMMTBOC) in Bialystok, Poland, from August 24th to August 30th, 2014. The team had a wet start to begin the weeks worth of MTBO racing throughout the soggy forest trails of Bialystok, Poland, but managed to find their pedals and make some headway towards the end. Here are the highlights and results:
The WMTBOC and WMMTBOC started on Monday, August 25th, with the new Mixed Sprint Relay event featuring teams of two (one male, one female) on a short course with controls very close to each other. The event was designed as a way to kick off the championships without any one team worrying about points or places, and provide an opportunity for spectators to see the World MTBO athletes up close and personal. Since this was the 2014 US MTBO Team's first chance to show off their skills, the US fielded four teams of two (with Joe Brautigam sitting out). However, the team got off to a rough start as controls in close proximity to each other proved to be much harder to target under race conditions. All four teams in the mixed relay went unranked after each team suffered a series of mispunches.
Mixed Relay MTBO Event Results:
* Unranked 39th Place
Abra Mcnair 82 15:40
Thomas Puzak 78 19:27
Thomas Puzak 78 MP
Sue Grandjean 73 12:31
Dave Swanson 71 21:01
Dave Swanson 71 MP
Sarah Ginsbach 84 MP
Nathan Winkelmann 82 18:05
Nathan Winkelmann 82 MP
Liz Notter 66 MP
Peter Jolles 75 20:57
Liz Notter 66 18:23
Sprint Distance MTBO Event Highlights
The second day of WMTBOC and WMMTBOC event on Tuesday, August 26th, was all about the Sprint Distance MTBO event. In the WMTBOC M21 category, US riders Thomas Puzak, Nathan Winkelmann, Dave Swanson, and Peter Jolles helped erase last year's standings where Dave Ashley mispunched and Fletcher Hamel was disqualified after going out-of-bounds. With a course that was slightly shorter (but include 9 additional controls) to the course Puzak raced in Estonia last year (22 Controls @ 6.1 km in 2013; 31 Controls @ 5.7 km in 2014), Puzak managed to cut almost two-minutes off his 2013 WMTBOC time (+31:21) regardless of finishing towards the back of the pack.
In the W21 category, US riders Sue Grandjean and Abra McNair had improved showings from their 2013 WMTBOC results as well. Where McNair beat Grandjean by over 4-minutes in 2013, Grandjean (who started 6-minutes before McNair) became the one to cross the finish the fastest. With a course that was shorter than the 2013 Sprint event by over 1 km (21 Controls @ 5.8 km in 2013; 29 Controls @ 4.9 km in 2014), but included 8 more controls, both Grandjean and McNair took significant time off their 2013 results.
Veteran MTBO racer Joe Brautigam also had a good day as the first American male MTBO athlete to race in the World Masters MTBO Championships. His 9th place finish made his Sprint MTBO race effort historic as the first US MTBO athlete to break the top ten in a MTBO World Ranked Event (even though he placed 2nd in the M50 Open Sprint Distance event and 1st in the M50 Open Long Distance event in 2013, the Open Competition was not a World Ranked Event), the highest ranked American to place in the World Masters MTBO Championship, and the highest ranked American man to place in the WMMTBOC Sprint Distance M50 category. Although she suffered a mispunch in her first WMMTBOC event, Liz Notter also made history as the first American woman MTBO athlete to race in the World Masters MTBO Championships.
Sprint Distance MTBO Event Results:
75/89 Puzak Thomas USA 29:32 +7:46
81/89 Winkelmann Nathan USA 30:51 +9:05
82/89 Swanson Dave USA 32:06 +10:20
88/89 Jolles Peter USA 39:06 +17:20
45/52 Grandjean Sue 73 USA 29:17 +8:33
46/52 Mcnair Abra 82 USA 29:21 +8:37
52/52 Ginsbach Sarah 84 USA 43:49 +23:05
O-M50
9/46 Joe Brautigam USA 25.09 + 4.21
O-W40
MP Liz Notter USA MP
Middle Distance MTBO Event Highlights
The third day of racing on Wednesday, August 27th, was marked by three significant events: the historic Middle Distance ride of Thomas Puzak, the triumphant arrival of Liz Notter onto the world MTBO stage, and the unfortunate broken derailer of Joe Brautigam! Thomas Puzak made American history when he became the first US MTBO athlete to break the top 40 during a World MTBO Championships with his 40th place finish. His ride secured him the only American male slot in the Long Distance MTBO event (to take place later in the week) and made him the highest ranked American to place in the WMTBOC Middle Distance category. Puzak's ride would also make him the overall highest ranked American MTBO athlete to race a World MTBO Championships.
Liz Notter also set a new bar for World Master's MTBO women with her 6th place finish in the Masters Middle Distance MTBO event. She became the highest ranked American woman to place in the World Masters MTBO Championship, and the highest ranked American woman to place in the WMMTBOC Middle Distance W40 category.
The remainder of the team was able to complete the Middle Distance course, but their times showed how the change from Sprint to Middle distance directly impacted their overall speed. Winkelmann, Swanson, and Jolles finished the M21 course with over 30-minutes between their finish and the leader. Grandjean and McNair in the W21 category also seemed to have difficultly with the longer distances with finish times well behind 40th place (+20:16). This performance was eerily similar to their 2013 Middle distance results that had a shorter course and fewer controls (18 Controls @ 8.7 km in 2013; 20 Controls @ 10.4 km in 2014) then the 2014 course. Joe Brautigam and Sarah Ginsbach had the toughest day of all. Brautigam damaging his derailer in the middle of the competition and had to run his bike to the finish, while Ginsbach received yet another disappointing mispunch, knocking her out of the Middle Distance rankings. It was unclear if the younger competitors, cooler temperatures, increased distances, or number of controls contributed to the team's poor results.
Middle Distance MTBO Event Results:
40/89 Puzak Thomas USA 1:06:08 +10:48
83/89 Winkelmann Nathan USA 1:28:32 +33:12
84/89 Swanson Dave USA USA 1:28:52 +33:32
86/89 Jolles Peter USA 1:30:39 +35:19
48/50 Grandjean Sue USA 1:26:21 +36:40
49/50 Mcnair Abra USA 1:36:20 +46:39
MP Ginsbach Sarah USA
51/55 Joe Brautigam USA 83.31 + 33.08
6/12 Liz Notter USA 58.36 + 13.05
Long Distance MTBO Event Highlights
The fifth day of racing was heralded by the Long Distance MTBO event on on Friday, August 29th. The Long Distance MTBO event historically proves itself to be the hardest course of the week, and traditionally makes or breaks teams struggling with endurance over distance. Since the US Team only qualified for three W21 slots and one M21 slot, the remaining WMTBOC team members where given an alternate course to race. But by the end of the day, only the team veterans Thomas Puzak, Joe Brautigam, and Sue Grandjean, had significant performances.
Thomas Puzak finished with another American first by breaking the top 50. The M21 course was shorter by 2 km over last year's Long in Estonia (32 Controls @ 34.9 km in 2013; 37 Controls @ 32.9 km) but include 5 additional controls. When compared to the 1st place finisher Anton Foliforov (RUS), who finished the course 9-minutes faster (+1:50.18) over his 2013 3rd place finish (+1:59.20), Puzak's 43rd finish was over 14-minutes faster (+2:13:03) then his 2013 56th place finish (+2:27.32), and shows just how much he has improved in just over a year.
Sue Grandjean also showed significant improvement over her 2013 World MTBO Championship performance. The W21 course was only slightly shorter (by 500 meters) compared to last years Long in Estonia (27 Controls @ 26.1 km in 2013; 30 Controls @ 25.6 km in 2014) but include 3 additional controls. Grandjean's 39th place finish (+2:24:47) was almost 10-minutes faster then her 2013 54th place finish (+2:35.34). When compared to the 1st place finishers from both years, the course was completed on average 6-minutes slower from 2013 to 2014. However, Grandjean's completed the 2014 course 17-minutes faster then in 2013; a significant 11-minute improvement over her 2013 performance!
Meanwhile, Joe Brautigam could not repeat his first place finish from the WMTBOC Open Competition last year, but did manage to place in the middle of the pack. However, both Brautigam and Notter continued to create the times for future US MTBO Masters team's to beat by being the first American man and woman to race in the Master's Long Distance MTBO event; the final event of the 2014 World Masters MTBO Championship. Brautigam's 22nd place finish was good enough to make him the highest ranked American in the WMMTBOC M50 category, while Notter's 7th place finish made her the highest ranked American in the WMMTBOC W40 category.
Long Distance MTBO Event Results:
43/58 Puzak Thomas USA 133:03 +22:45
39/48 Grandjean Sue USA 144:47 +35:50
45/48 Mcnair Abra USA 171:47 +62:50
47/48 Ginsbach Sarah USA 196:00 +87:03
M-M50
22/50 Joe Brautigam USA A 128.10 +20.24
M-W40
7/9 Liz Notter USA B 127.58 +29.12
M21 final B Long
12/16 Nathan Winkelmann USA A 138.06 +26.44
14/16 Dave Swanson USA A 147.40 +36.18
16/16 Peter Jolles USA A 155.19 +43.57
Relay MTBO Event Highlights
The final World MTBO Championship event was ushered in by the Relay MTBO race on Saturday, August 30th. The Relay is often the great equalizer in World MTBO competition by revealing which teams are still competing, and which teams are already thinking about going home. With the conclusion of World Masters competition the day before, only the M21 and W21 categories were left to fight for the final World Ranking points.
The men's US MTBO Relay team of Winkelman, Puzak, and Swanson, raced against some of the fastest MTBO Sprint riders in Europe. With many of the top teams finishing their legs under 50-minutes, the US team's only rider to come close was Puzak with a leg time of +55:27. The US men's team performance was good enough to put them over Denmark and Japan. Granted that 17th out of 19th place is not stellar, it is important to note that the US men's team was spot on with their map reading and control accuracy. If the seven other teams that where disqualified by mispunch (and five other teams who where disqualified and not ranked for an unknown reason) had been ranked, the US team would have placed 17th out of 31st; a nice mid-pack finish and the highest place any US MTBO men's relay team as accomplished yet.
The US MTBO women's team, comprised of Grandjean, McNair, and Ginsbach, also took out the Japanese team for a 12th place finish (with the second Russian team suffering a mispunch). This time Abra McNair had the good leg time of +58:00, a significant improvement over her relay time in Estonia in 2013. McNair raced a shorter leg (but with 10 more controls) in 2013 with a time of +1:04.25 (31 Controls @ 9 km in 2013; 21 Controls @ 10.6 km in 2014). In her 2014 match-up, McNair, riding an additional 1.5-kilometers (but 10 less controls) to the 2013 course, had a chance to stretch her legs out and improve her leg time by 6-minutes. It was not enough to overcome the first leg lead of the other teams, but it was a notable victory. Additionally, all three women were spot on with their map reading and control accuracy, beating a very fast Russian team that suffered a last leg mispunch; proving that it doesn't matter how fast you are if you punch the wrong control!
Relay MTBO Event Results:
Men's Team Total (+2:20:04)
17/19 USA 3:05:28
Nathan Winkelmann 1:00:48
Thomas Puzak 55:27
Dave Swanson 1:09:13
Women's Team Total (+2:15:09)
Sue Grandjean 1:00:16
Abra Mcnair 58:00
Sarah Ginsbach 1:05:38
Photo of Thomas Puzak (USA) competing in the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships in Bialystok, Poland by Piotr Siliniewicz. See more of Piotr's photos from the event at Silne-Studio.
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The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona is putting the finishing touches on its massive Skywalk over the Grand Canyon.
As tribal elders blessed the site, workers pushed out the 2-million-pound structure out over the edge of the Grand Canyon yesterday. It took over an hour and an elaborate set of pulleys and weights to do the job, The Arizona Republic reported.
The tribe hopes the Skywalk will bring more tourists, and their dollars, to the reservation. Located on the western edge of the Grand Canyon, the reservation sees about 300,000 people a year.
The Skywalk could double that number this year alone, tribal officials hope. And by 2008, they hope to draw 1 million to the reservation.
The cost of the project was picked up by David Jin, a Las Vegas tour operator who has been working with the tribe sine the 1990s. He will get a share of the profits of the operation -- admission is $74.95 -- for several years before the tribe assumes complete control.
The VIP opening takes place March 20. The Skywalk opens to the general public on March 28.


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UTEP Dinner Theatre presenting "The Who's Tommy"
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In 1996, the UTEP Dinner Theatre (then known as The Union Dinner Theatre) staged its first production of The Who's Tommy and it was the hit of the season, now that hit is back and better than ever.
23 years later, The UTEP Dinner Theatre is bringing Tommy back with updated sound, scenery, lighting and effects that the Dinner Theatre did not have in 1996.
Night after night the show earned enthusiastic standing ovations and cheers from the audience. That 1996 production was entered in The American College Theatre Festival where it won:
Critic's Choice Award – Best Show
Award for Excellence in Producing and Directing
Award for Excellence in Costumes
Award for Excellence in Musical Direction
Award for Excellence in Choreography
Based on the iconic 1969 rock concept album, The Who's Tommy is an exhilarating story of hope, healing and the human spirit. The story of the pinball-playing, deaf, dumb and blind boy who triumphs over his adversities has inspired, amazed and puzzled audiences for more than 50 years. This five-time Tony Award-winning musical is a high-energy, one-of-a-kind theatrical event.
Tommy features an exciting rock score including the classic songs "Pinball Wizard", "See Me, Feel Me", "Amazing Journey", "Sensation", "Acid Queen" and many more. The Who's Tommy is a timeless show with a cross-generational appeal that has made it a smash-hit on Broadway, the West End, and around the world.
Music and Lyrics by: Pete Townshend Book by: Des McAnuff & Pete Townshend Contains Adult Subject Matter
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TICKETS are available at the UTEP Ticket Center (915-747-5234) and online (with additional Ticketmaster fees added).
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Iowa FFA Star, mechanic knows her way around machines
By Ann Hess, Former Staff Writer Published: December 18, 2017
Courtesy of Kellie Einck
Kellie Einck grew up in a semi, traveling coast to coast with her dad and her sister, Korrie. It wasn't all sightseeing, but an opportunity for the young girl to ask her dad about anything and everything under the sun … including what it's like to be a mechanic.
"We talked politics and landmarks and history and movies and celebrities and the list goes on to mechanics," Einck said as she recalls asking quite often: "Dad, why does this happen? Dad, how does this work?"
When she wasn't on the road hauling livestock with her dad, who operates Einck Trucking, she was home "playing" in her father's shop around the trucks, learning how to change tires, fix brakes, and change the oil. The first machine she worked on was her dad's 379 Peterbilt. Once Einck joined FFA, she signed up for welding classes and entered any ag mechanic competition she could.
So it should come to no surprise that Einck chose a career in mechanics or that the ambitious, industrious student took home this year's National FFA 2017 American Star in Agricultural Placement.
The first Iowan in 19 years to win the prestigious award, Einck worked at a small car garage as a general mechanic and service technician in her hometown of Primghar, Iowa for her SAE. During her junior and senior year of high school, Einck studied diesel mechanics at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon. Now she works full time at Icon Ag & Turf enterprise in Paulina as a service technician and service writer, getting her hands dirty on some big green machines.
"After being hired full time, the first tractor I worked on was in July of 2014 and was a John Deere 7800," Einck said. "To be honest, I had never worked on a tractor prior to the John Deere dealership. Of course, I had been around them and knew some things, but never delved into the nuts and bolts."
Now the 5-foot 3-inch 22-year-old has found her way around the machines, adding that her small stature has even helped at times.
"There are hard places to reach and fix and I am able to wiggle into tight spaces and use my small hands and fingers for delicate work that might come as a struggle to a larger male counterpart," Einck said. "It's gratifying that a senior technician will ask for my help because I do have those qualities."
But Einck has also had to prove herself in a job that is stereotypically help by men.
"I cannot say it's been easy, but it has been worth it. The younger farmers adapted quicker than the older generation more accustomed to the traditional gender roles. In time, most all have come around," Einck said. "I think it's more of a shock factor, something or someone they aren't expecting to see when they bring their tractor in."
Einck said it's also been just as shocking for the women in the area.
"A lot of the 'proving' is merely just confirming I'm not here for the attention and looks — to show I love what I do no matter the stereotypes and gossip," Einck said.
There have been some physical challenges to the job, especially when it comes to moving large parts and pieces. Einck said she's learned to not be afraid to grab the overhead crane to help or use a bigger pry bar.
"Whatever gets the job completed is the 'right' way to do it, even when it's a step extra from the technician next to me," Einck said.
Another unforeseen challenge for Einck has been clothing and apparel. Tech pants don't come in such a small size and the young mechanic has even rolled over her own ponytail while laying on a creeper. She also said it's not easy keeping cuticles and nails clean – that's why she often has her nails painted to hide the dirt.
The most challenging mechanical fix Einck is proud to master? Splitting a tractor for a clutch or seal, and rolling it back together without error.
"Take a 4430 or 4020, literally split the tractor in half, and bolt back together fixed," Einck said. "It's satisfying to see projects like that roll out the door."
Einck recognizes that her profession isn't for every female.
"I wouldn't encourage just anyone to be a mechanic, but if you love it and that's where your heart is – go for it," Einck said. "Life is too short to hate going to work every day."
And if you're going to work on agricultural machines, Einck said you need to have a passion for the industry.
"Agriculture is everywhere. The milk at the grocery store, the chicken breast served at the fancy restaurant, the sticky notes at your desk, the leather jacket you took off this morning, the lipstick you need to reapply, it's all agriculture," Einck said. "My little measly job here keeps the beef producer producing, the dairyman milking, the feedstuffs hauler hauling. Because they rely on machines for their job, they rely on me."
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23 child grooming crimes committed in Humberside since April
The NSPCC has revealed that across England and Wales there have been more than 1,300 child grooming crimes
Connor LynchReporter
More than 50 child grooming crimes were recorded in the area in just six months last year.
New figures reveal that 23 were recorded in Humberside and 34 in Lincolnshire in the six months after new laws were brought in last April.
Across the whole of England and Wales, there were 1,300.
The NSPCC, who campaigned for the introduction of the new laws, has obtained these figures as a result of Freedom of Information requests to police forces in England and Wales.
These show that 1,316 offences of Sexual Communication with a Child were recorded in just six months, with girls aged 12 to 15 most likely to be targeted by predators, and that the youngest victims were aged just seven years old.
23 child grooming offences have taken place in Humberside since April.
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In 16 of the 23 cases recorded in Humberside the victims were aged between 12 and 15.
Social media platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat or Instagram are the most common methods used by groomers, using this form of communication in 63 per cent of cases.
Before the new law came into force, police could not intervene until groomers met their victims. In 2015 former England footballer Adam Johnson sent sexual messages to a 15-year-old girl, before meeting her and engaging in sexual activity. Police being able to step in sooner is an important step, but Government must now act to prevent grooming.
The news comes on the same day it was revealed that a 20 year old Grimsby man, Jack Bartlett, was convicted for sending "crudely sexualised" messages to an imaginary 13-year-old girl on a dating website.
He received a three-year community order and 50 days' rehabilitation, plus he was given a five-year sexual harm prevention order and must register as a sex offender for five years.
The NSPCC is now calling on Government and social networks to develop technology already at their disposal to prevent grooming, and bring in grooming alerts for victims and moderators.
Algorithms are already used by social networks to target adverts at social media users, and to detect illegal content online. The NSPCC now believes the same techniques must be developed to:
Alert children to potential grooming behaviour from adults they speak to online.
Alert moderators of suspected groomers and enable them to notify police.
The charity feels that "Groomer alerts for children must be introduced as part of the Government's Internet Safety Strategy".
Where children are speaking to adults online, it's possible for grooming language to be automatically picked up using algorithms in order to send an alert to children; allowing them to think twice about the chat they're having and offering them support if needed.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport could make this happen. Yet DCMS has said that its Internet Safety Strategy will produce a code for social networks that will only be voluntary, and that code will not include measures to prevent grooming.
The NSPCC is arguing that this doesn't go far enough.
There have been more than 1,300 child grooming cases reported since April.
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At present algorithms already automatically flag child abuse images, hate speech and extremist content to moderators for removal. The NSPCC is calling on the Home Office to work with industry to use existing technology to flag unusual account patterns associated with grooming behaviours. For example, friending and following many young people with no mutual friends and no geographic links, getting a high number of rejected friend requests from children, or spikes in views of posts made by under-18 accounts.
Where moderators believe criminal activity is taking place, they can notify police.
Tony Stower, NSPCC Head of Child Safety Online, said: "Despite the staggering number of grooming offences in just six months, Government and social networks are not properly working together and using all the tools available to stop this crime from happening.
"Government's Internet Safety Strategy must require social networks to build in technology to keep their young users safe, rather than relying on police to step in once harm has already been done.
"If Government makes a code for social networks that is entirely optional and includes no requirement for platforms to tackle grooming, this is a massive missed opportunity and children will continue to be put at risk."
Children who are worried about inappropriate messages online can contact Childline on 0800 11 11 or using the online chat function at www.childline.org.uk .


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Toyota Kirloskar Motor overtakes Honda Cars in Nov; becomes fifth largest selling carmakers in India
Toyota Kirloskar Motor sold 12,734 units (including exports) in the month of November 2017, whereas Honda Cars sold 12,102 units in the same monthETAuto | Updated: December 04, 2017, 17:07 IST
NEW DELHI: The Indian subsidiary of Japanese carmaker Toyota Kirloskar Motor has becomes the top 5 selling carmakers in India, on the back of strong performance of the Etios Liva, Innova and Fortuner.
The carmaker sold 12,734 units (including exports) in the month of November 2017, growing at a 13 per cent compared to 11,309 units in the same month last year.
Toyota outsold Honda Cars to become the fifth-largest car seller in India. Honda Cars sold 12,102 units in the November month. However, the overall equation may change in the coming months.
Top Five Passenger Vehicle Manufacturers
Rank OEMs Nov-17
1 Maruti Suzuki 154699
2 Hyundai India 44008*
3 Tata Motors 17157
4 Mahindra & Mahindra 16030
5 Toyota Kirloskar Motors 12,734
Commenting on the Toyota's sales performance, N Raja, director & senior vice-president, Sales & Marketing, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, said: "The November month has been promising for us with a double-digit growth. TKM has sustained a positive growth since past three months. With the maximum utilization of Plant 1 and maintaining lean inventory, we are trying to reduce the waiting period of the Innova and Fortuner for our customers."
"We are delighted that our legendary products the Innova Crysta and Fortuner continue to witness strong demand in the market. The demand has grown every month since its launch last year in 2016. This positive growth reflects the confidence customers have on the Toyota products delivering the best quality, comfort, safety to customers. The Etios Liva has also done really well this month and has positively contributed towards the overall domestic sales growth.
Read Also: Tata Motors beats M&M in Nov 2017 sales to become third largest carmaker
"With no change in price post cess hike, we hope customers demand will pick up in the upcoming months, the Camry Hybrid, which is the flagship model, will continue to be a significant part of the Toyota product lineup. We believe customers will understand and appreciate the benefits of clean and green-friendly HV (Hybrid Vehicle) technology. We expect the positive trend in the customer demand to continue in the year-end sales as well."
Industry experts believe that Toyota has commanded some segments really well. They are the leaders in their segments like Premium Sedan, Mid-Size UV and Premium UV with the Corolla, Innova and Fortuner. Apart from this, the Etios brand has been able to contribute well to the overall sales, as most of them are being sold in the taxi market.
While Maruti Suzuki Indian and Hyundai remained the top two carmakers, Tata Motors zipped into the third slot by pushing Mahindra & Mahindra to the four slot.
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Cut Resistant Backpack important part of the anti-theft backpack design. They are made of slashproof fabric. So if the thieves decide to take a stab at them with a concealed knife, they will remain undaunted. Slashing is a common technique when you are standing close together in a crowd and opening zippers might be noticeable. The miscreant can just slash the bottom of the backpack and make off with your valuables. Or they can slash at the straps and steal the whole bag. Well, not with the anti-theft backpacks mind you!


This little bunny tripped over his garden hoe and spilled his basket of carrots everywhere. Can you help him pick them up by counting them? There should be a total of 12 carrots.
It was kind of a tough topic this week. I racked my brain most of the weekend trying to think of something. About the only thing I could come up with was what might be a sample page from a counting book.
Again, I did this in Painter. I used mostly the charcoal, conte & chalk brushes.
Wow this is terrific. Such a professional style!
Scott your work is very nice, but I have a technical question about how you scan. what image size, dpi. Do you scan into photoshop? I can never scan anything much larger then 3x3, You enlarged image is beautiful with rich detail and I'd love to show that too.
Lisa, I usually scan everything in 100% at 400 to 600 dpi to pick up any little lines and details. I then bump it back to 300 dpi and save it at that size. My original drawings might be a couple of inches to a full sheet of paper. I scan into a program like Photoshop (Corel Photo-paint). I also try to work in cmyk so the colors will come out the same on my printer.
your charcoal drawing is amazing. It shows demension and it does represent total.
This is a great illustration. Your style is really lush. I can imagine kids going crazy for your work!
You make all your little creatures so huggably soft and adorable!
Really nice style. I'm starting to work with Painter and like to find people using it as well as you seem to. One question I have is how far along is your drawing (say this one) when you bring it in? It looks almost completely done in Painter, is it?
Sean, I have included the pencil drawing I started with. I usually end up redrawing a picture a few times before I scan it in. I start with a thumbnail...redraw it...flip it over...redraw it, until I am somewhat happy with it or bored with redrawing it.
is "Digital Character Design and Painting" by Don Seegmiller, though the Painter version may be out of print.
Maybe my next post I'll try to show sketch to finish for anyone interested.
great image! I love your use of color - it is so great!
Love the composition and the line work especially. Some things about your style remind me of Charles Santore. Good work!


Hammer presents their first high performance men's bowling shoe called the Hammer Mens Force. This shoe is packed full of features that will not only help enhance performance but comfort as well. These Hammer shoes have interchangeable soles and heels that will allow you to adjust your slide and brake and they require minimal break-in. You gotta check these out!


I've been a little MIA the past few days! I spent the end of the year in California and a few days at one of my all time favorite places, Disneyland! I came back on Sunday just in time to jump into the work week, and have been just trying to get back into the swing of things in the new year. You may have also noticed I've been a little quiet on Instagram too…lucky me, broke my phone just before vacation and have been using a SLOW iPhone 4. Better than nothing, I know. But it is absolutely worthless when it comes to taking pictures! My upgrade is just a few weeks away, so I can hold on until then, but it isn't it crazy how reliant we are on technology??
Anyways, these photos were taken just before Christmas, hence the Christmas colors! This coat is such a cozy winter staple, and I have been wearing it so much, especially with all of the snow we have been getting!


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package i5.las2peer.classLoaders;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.List;

import i5.las2peer.api.p2p.ServiceNameVersion;
import i5.las2peer.classLoaders.libraries.LibraryIdentifier;
import i5.las2peer.classLoaders.libraries.LibraryVersion;
import i5.las2peer.classLoaders.libraries.LoadedLibrary;
import i5.las2peer.classLoaders.libraries.Repository;
import i5.las2peer.classLoaders.policies.ClassLoaderPolicy;

/**
 * The main class for loading classes in the las2peer environment. This ClassManager handles library registering and
 * resolving (i.e. loading) dependencies as well as hotplugging.
 *
 * The main idea is to keep each service separate but load each needed library only once.
 *
 *
 *
 */
public class ClassManager {

	/**
	 * classloader to load the platform's classes (Java + las2peer core + Connectors)
	 */
	private ClassLoader platformLoader;

	/**
	 * repositories to load libraries from
	 */
	private ArrayList<Repository> repositories;

	/**
	 * all registered main bundles (i.e. services) (name, version) => ServiceClassLoader
	 */
	private Hashtable<ServiceNameVersion, ServiceClassLoader> registeredLoaders = new Hashtable<>();

	/**
	 * The policy
	 */
	private ClassLoaderPolicy policy;

	/**
	 * create a new L2pClassLoader, which uses the given repository
	 *
	 * @param repository A repository to load classes from
	 * @param platformLoader A platform class loader
	 * @param policy A class loader policy
	 */
	public ClassManager(Repository repository, ClassLoader platformLoader, ClassLoaderPolicy policy) {
		this(new Repository[] { repository }, platformLoader, policy);
	}

	/**
	 * create a new L2PClassLoader, which uses the given repositories
	 *
	 * @param repositories A bunch of repositories to load classes from
	 * @param platformLoader A platform class loader
	 * @param policy A class loader policy
	 */
	public ClassManager(Repository[] repositories, ClassLoader platformLoader, ClassLoaderPolicy policy) {
		this(Arrays.asList(repositories), platformLoader, policy);
	}

	/**
	 * create a new L2PClassLoader, which uses the given repositories
	 *
	 * @param repositories A bunch of repositories to load classes from
	 * @param platformLoader A platform class loader
	 * @param policy A class loader policy
	 */
	public ClassManager(List<Repository> repositories, ClassLoader platformLoader, ClassLoaderPolicy policy) {
		this.repositories = new ArrayList<>(repositories);
		this.platformLoader = platformLoader;
		this.policy = policy;
	}

	/**
	 * Register a service with the given identifier.
	 *
	 * @param serviceIdentifier A service name and version identifier
	 * @throws ClassLoaderException If the library for this service could not be found
	 */
	public void registerService(ServiceNameVersion serviceIdentifier) throws ClassLoaderException {
		LibraryIdentifier libId = new LibraryIdentifier(getPackageName(serviceIdentifier.getName()),
				new LibraryVersion(serviceIdentifier.getVersion().toString()));

		// check if already registered
		if (registeredLoaders.containsKey(serviceIdentifier)) {
			return;
		}

		// get loaded library from repository
		LoadedLibrary lib = null;
		for (int i = 0; i < repositories.size() && lib == null; i++) {
			try {
				lib = repositories.get(i).findLibrary(libId);
				if (lib != null) {
					break;
				}
			} catch (LibraryNotFoundException e) {
			}
		}

		if (lib == null) {
			throw new LibraryNotFoundException(libId.toString());
		}

		// register
		ServiceClassLoader cl = new ServiceClassLoader(lib, platformLoader, policy);
		registeredLoaders.put(serviceIdentifier, cl);
	}

	/**
	 * Unregister a service class loader.
	 *
	 * @param service A service name and version
	 * @throws NotRegisteredException If the library for this service could not be found
	 */
	public void unregisterService(ServiceNameVersion service) throws NotRegisteredException {
		if (!registeredLoaders.containsKey(service)) {
			throw new NotRegisteredException(service);
		}

		registeredLoaders.remove(service);
	}

	/**
	 * get a service class in the specified version
	 *
	 * a service has to be provided in a bundle of the package containing the service
	 *
	 * @param service A service name and version
	 * @return a class definition of the requested service
	 * @throws ClassLoaderException If the library for this service could not be found
	 */
	public Class<?> getServiceClass(ServiceNameVersion service) throws ClassLoaderException {
		ServiceClassLoader cl = registeredLoaders.get(service);
		if (cl == null) {
			try {
				registerService(service);
				cl = registeredLoaders.get(service);
			} catch (LibraryNotFoundException e) {
				// class could not be found in any registered library, try default classpath
				// this is usually the case when executed within an IDE
				System.err.println("No library found for " + service
						+ "! Trying default classpath. This should not happen in a productive environment!");
				try {
					return this.platformLoader.loadClass(service.getName());
				} catch (ClassNotFoundException e2) {
					throw e;
				}
			}
		}

		try {
			return cl.loadClass(service.getName());
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			throw new LibraryNotFoundException(
					"The library for " + service + " could be loaded, but the class is not available!", e);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * statistics: get the number of loaded (registered) jar libraries
	 *
	 * @return the number of the registered libraries
	 */
	int numberOfRegisteredServices() {
		return registeredLoaders.size();
	}

	/**
	 * extract the package name from a class name
	 *
	 * @param className A canonical class name
	 * @return the package name of a complete class name
	 */
	public static final String getPackageName(String className) {
		if (className.indexOf('.') < 0) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("this class is not contained in a package!");
		}

		return className.substring(0, className.lastIndexOf('.'));
	}

	/**
	 * Adds a repository. Repositories cannot be removed.
	 *
	 * @param repository a repository
	 */
	public void addRepository(Repository repository) {
		repositories.add(repository);
	}

}

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As of October 1, Maryland now has in effect new motor vehicle laws that involve highway transportation department and other vehicles displaying amber or yellow lights.
The Legislature also expanded and made more severe a statute prohibiting interference with school bus drivers.
Maryland law previously provided that drivers coming upon an emergency response or law enforcement vehicle stopped on the road were required if possible to move over to the next lane.
The new law requires that when approaching from the rear of a vehicle displaying a yellow or amber light that is stopped, standing or parked along a highway, a driver if possible must change lanes to the adjacent lane on any highway with two or more lanes in the same direction. If that movement cannot be made safely, a driver is now required to slow to a safe reasonable speed before passing the stopped vehicle.
The new law applies to transportation department vehicles, service and utility vehicles, waste and recycling trucks, and tow trucks.
Violation of the law carries a penalty of a $110 fine and one point against the violators driver's license, which goes up to $150 and three points if a violation contributes to an accident.
It applies to any driver employed by a local school system. The law also now applies to operators of transit system vehicles.
Such a violation remains a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $1,000, with an increase in potential jail time from 90 days to up to 1 year.


UPS boosting use of alternative powertrains; fleets also explore driverless tech.
UPS has experimented with a variety of powertrain alternatives, and now wants more on the street.
United Parcel Service says it wants more of its big, brown trucks to go green, the company planning to use alternative fuels and other clean, energy-saving technologies in about a quarter of its trucks by 2016.
That is expected to included everything from propane to battery-power, as well as LNG, battery-electric hybrids and even hydraulic hybrid powertrains. UPS isn't alone, however. A growing number of fleet operators are looking at alternate powertrain technologies, as well as other high-tech systems such as driverless vehicles, which could help reduce costs while also improving the environment.
"Because of our size and scale, we know our commitments can shape markets, advance technologies and be a catalyst for infrastructure investments," said UPS Chairman and CEO David Abney.
Big Brown, as it sometimes called, already operates 8,300 vehicles using alternative powertrain technologies, out of a total global ground fleet of 114,000 trucks, vans, tractors and even motorcycles.
The Nikola One heavy-duty rig will be able to travel up to 1,200 miles on a tank of hydrogen.
Along with shifting the source of power used by many of its vehicles, UPS said it will use alternatives to conventional gasoline and diesel for 40% of its "ground fuel" needs by 2025, up from 19.6% today.
The big delivery service isn't alone in searching for alternatives. Earlier this year, energy solutions provider Plug Power Inc. shipped its first ProGen fuel-cell engine to UPS rival FedEx. While just the first part of a test of hydrogen power, it does offer some potential advantages over battery technology, notably by eliminating so-called "range anxiety, said Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh.
Hydrogen, of course, has its own challenges, notably a lack of a supply infrastructure. But start-up truck manufacturer Nikola Motors is betting there could be big demand for clean fuel-cell trucks if it can address both the chicken and the egg issue. It recently unveiled a prototype of the long-range semi-truck, the Nikola One, it will put into production in a couple years. The Salt Lake City-based start-up also plans to set a hydrogen and production network, including the price of that fuel in the cost of its new truck.
Toyota also is working up a hydrogen truck concept which it says could find a natural fit at the two major ports serving the City of Los Angeles. Diesel trucks operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are some of the biggest contributors to the region's smog problems, so Toyota's proposal has generated strong interest from regional regulators and port operators.
Government backing, especially if there is financial support, could provide motivation for fleets to make the switch to clean energy. But experts say fleets, such as UPS and FedEx, have their own financial incentives.
It wouldn't take more than a few extra miles per gallon – or the alternative to such gains – to justify replacing conventional diesel and gas truck power. Today's long-haul semi-trucks are lucky to get five to six miles a gallon. For a vehicle clocking 200,000 miles a year, getting up to just 10 mpg would push savings into five-digit territory.
Tesla, meanwhile, wants to get into the heavy truck game with a battery-powered semi it plans to unveil in September. Daimler AG is also testing several battery truck models through its various divisions.
Meanwhile, a number of shipping firms and other fleet operators are looking at switching to autonomous and even fully driverless trucks. Daimler subsidiary Freightliner is currently testing its Inspiration self-driving heavy hauler in Nevada. Start-up driverless truck company Otto – now owned by Uber – made headlines a year ago hauling a load of Budweiser across Colorado.
* Drivers would experience less boredom and could optimize their rest periods.
Fully driverless vehicles, meanwhile, could yield major savings in operating costs.
It's no wonder that trucking companies like UPS are exploring many of the same technologies driving the passenger car said of the transportation industry. The payoff could come in terms of reduced fuel bills, improved safety and lower operating costs. Reducing the use of fossil fuels and creating lower emissions would only be added benefits.
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Q: Power series for differential equation The idea is to solve the differential equation $y'=x^2y$ by power series.
it is easy to arrive at the expression $\displaystyle\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}\left((n+1)c_{n+1}-c_nx^2\right)x^n=0$ and therefore $c_{n+1}=\frac{c_nx^2}{n+1}$, then
$y=\displaystyle\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}c_nx^n=c_0+c_1x+c_2x^2+\cdots=c_0+c_0\frac{x^3}{1!}+c_0\frac{x^6}{2!}+\cdots=c_0\displaystyle\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}\frac{x^{3n}}{n!}$
but the real solution of the differential equation is $c_0e^{x^3/3}=c_0\displaystyle\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}\frac{x^{3n}}{3^n n!}$.
The truth I have not been able to get the factor $\frac{1}{3^n}$. I appreciate the help you can give me

A: Hint: The coefficient of $x^{n}$ is $(n+1)c_{n+1}-c_{n-2}$. You have to equate this to $0$.

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Patients often do not live up to students' expectations. In a Hasting's Center Report a third year student is quoted as saying, "Often in the hospital setting I feel I intrude into people's lives, take what I want, and move on," to which the authors respond, "as much as hospital education may be viewed as intruding, taking and moving on, it is also about submitting, losing, and leaving behind" as students are, "frustrated by their incapacity to make their interactions with patients conform to the idealized roles of the knowledgeable-and-kind 'helping hand' and the autonomous-yet-grateful recipient of care."
A patient should, after his recovery, entertain a just and enduring sense of the value of the services rendered him by his physician; for these are of such character, that no mere pecuniary acknowledgment can repay or cancel them.
In a sociological study entitled "Good Patients and Problem Patients," ideal patients were seen by interns as, "introverted, emotional, and weak-willed."
Inpatient care imposes on patients a role characterized by submission to professional authority, enforced cooperation, and depersonalized status.... For the medical staff, the more like a helpless object the patient is, the easier they find it to do their job. But if the patient cannot be rendered insensate, or his or her views not ignored completely, the routinization of work is helped when the patient is objective, instrumental, emotionally neutral, completely trusting, and obedient.
Ease of management was the basic criterion for a label of good patient, and the patients who took time and attention felt to be unwarranted by their illness tended to be labeled problem patients.... In short, the less of a doctor's time the patient took, the better he or she was viewed.
The patients who make no trouble at all, we who do not interrupt the smoothness of medical routines, are likely to be considered good patients by the medical staff.... Thus, the consequences of deliberate deviance in the general hospital can be medical neglect or a stigmatizing label, while conformity to good patient norms is usually a return home with only a surgical scar.
The next appendix explores the methods in which patients are marginalized into submission.
 Feudtner, C and DA Christakis. "Making the Rounds." Hasting's Center Report 1994(January-February):6-12.
 Sparr, LF et al. "The Doctor-Patient Relationship During Medical Internship." Social Science and Medicine 26(1988):1095-1101.
 Lorber, J. "Good Patients and Problem Patients." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 16(1975):213-225.


A land in between two continents, full of mystery, history and legacy. Hop in for a short ride into one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and Asia, this is Istanbul!
The 1:08* Series are short stories, all with the same length, that show a personal perspective of where I am and what I'm seeing. The main objective is to express the feeling and flow, capturing time and effectively immortalizing those small moments in life.


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Joy Reid calls out SCOTUS for vaccine mandate ruling
The MSNBC host wondered if conservative justices are more in favor of the "kind of DeSantis-style right-wing politics than they are in favor of saving lives."
MSNBC host Joy Reid criticized the six conservative Supreme Court justices who voted against President Joe Biden's federal mandate issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in November, requiring that businesses with 100 or more employees employ staffs vaccinated against COVID-19 or have weekly tests.
OSHA's mandate in November would have made exceptions for workers with religious objections and/or those who don't make close contact with other people as part of their jobs. A federal lawsuit, National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, quickly made its way up to the highest court in the land.
MSNBC's "The ReidOut" host Joy Reid criticized the conservative Supreme Court judges who voted against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration mandate requiring that businesses with 100 or more employees employ staffs vaccinated against COVID-19 or have weekly tests. (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
Reid was discussing Thursday's decision with Democratic California Rep. Raul Ruiz and attorney/MSNBC contributor Neal Katyal, former principal deputy solicitor general of the United States, on her weekday show, The ReidOut.
"The administration had made an estimate that, it would, that the mandate would result in 22 million people getting vaccinated and prevent 250,000 hospitalizations," Reid told him, per Mediaite. "The usual six voted the way we would expect them to vote, the six right-wingers. At this point, Neal, have they not just simply stated, by their actions, that they are more in favor of right-wing politics, the kind of DeSantis-style right-wing politics than they are in favor of saving lives? They don't care if that causes less people to die, clearly."
Those who voted against the mandate were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas.
.@neal_katyal: "Today's decision on vaccines, it's such a threat to public safety. And the idea that the Supreme Court is responsible for it, it's really hard to imagine. The justices are now living in their own bubble." #TheReidOut #reiders pic.twitter.com/BFvs7ZT8oV
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) January 14, 2022
Katyal called it "a really dark day for the court and for the country," noting that he, earlier Thursday, had unsucessfully argued a case before the high court concerning veterans' benefits.
Reid told Katyal "it is hard to think of them as anything other than right-wing ideologues."
MSNBC host Joy Reid attempts to convince guest to get vaccinated
"They should all have right-wing talk radio shows," she added. "They are not justices in the great tradition of Supreme Court justices. They're just politicians. As far as I'm concerned, I see nothing what they're doing that I can possibly respect. It's sad what's happening to this country."
Reid had railed against the Supreme Court on Twitter, writing, "So to review: in Right Wing America, per their SCOTUS and various elected officials, you cannot:
But you CAN:
-Amass a personal arsenal
-Freely spread a virus, even to the vulnerable
-Ignore congressional subpoenas (if you're a Republican), and
-Try to violently overturn an election
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid ? (@JoyAnnReid) January 13, 2022
-Protect workers, students or any kids at all from COVID
-Teach history that's not a hagiography of slaveowners,
-Read Toni Morrison at school, or
-Vote, unless Republicans say so."
She added, in an other tweet, "But you CAN:
According to CNN, while the Supreme Court blocked the vaccine mandate for major businesses, it did allow one for certain health-care workers to go into effect. It would include health-care workers at hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Crowd the Airwaves Interview and Video
soundsceneexpress February 24, 2016 No Comments on Crowd the Airwaves Interview and Video
We caught up with up and coming female rock trio, Crowd the Airwaves, from New York City to chat a bit about the band, their future and their recently released music video, "Blood." CTA is Heather Marvin on Vocals and bass, Lindsay Dragan on drums, vocals, and sometimes guitar and Christina Elliott on guitar and vocals; and plays the viola on rare occasions. Lyndsay a Pittsburgh native herself was kind enough to do an extended interview about her hometown city.
Interview by Paige Suvick and Randy Jarosz
Sound Scene Express: How did you all meet?
Heather: Well I had known Christina for a few years at the time we started the band. We had met through mutual friends, and I found out she could play guitar. I had been getting pretty disillusioned with music (I was singing opera at the time), so I got it in my head to start a band, and invited Christina to join. We met Lindsay a few months later through a former bandmate, clicked almost instantly, and thus Crowd the Airwaves was born.
Christina: Heather and I had been good friends for a while before deciding to start a band together. She had approached me with the idea of having a few people on board for it, back when I was absolutely terrible on guitar.
Fun fact: CTA was once a five-piece band. Eventually we were short a drummer, and we went nuts holding auditions and recruiting someone new. We met Lindsay when she played drums in a Runaways cover band, which was a side project of a former bandmate of ours. We were all really inspired by her, so we were thrilled when she showed interest in joining. We've been a family ever since!
SSE: What inspired you to start making music?
Heather: I've been singing my whole life. Between musical theater, opera, and rock there isn't much I haven't vocally explored. Foo Fighters really sealed the deal for me though. I remember watching the "Best of You" music video on AOL music videos (I'm showing my age haha), and being reduced to tears because of how it touched me. From then on I felt inspired to bring the same emotional connection to anyone I could through music.
Lindsay: It's completely natural to me, as pretentious as that sounds. I made up songs as a toddler and loved to sing obnoxiously loudly. Nothing has changed. It's where I feel at peace, and that's why I still do it.
Christina: I started making music as a tiny child, obsessed with writing my own tunes with old mini keyboards that I really couldn't play worth a damn (the keys were covered in bad marker for this reason). I was a violist through elementary school to high school, and I picked up guitar and singing later on. I love the intense creative process in writing music, and the thrill of performing. It's all about emotion for me.
SSE: What is the inspiration behind your new music video, 'Blood'?
Lindsay: The lack of logical reasoning of a disturbing number of people, coupled with complete lack of emotional hardiness. So, we made fun of them.
Heather: For me, it's a lot of things, but mostly how people are going to resent you no matter what you do. Sometimes you really just can't fix stupid, so it's best to keep doing your thing regardless of other people's outside noise.
Christina: You're basically watching 3 different characters on set with us trying to rustle our jimmies and failing at it. It's a brutal message, combined with a humorous interpretation of some real trends we're seeing in today's outrageous social climate. It's also shot on Coney Island, which is about as New York as it gets.
SSE: Last March you released your debut EP, 'Devil May Care'. What was the recording process like?
Lindsay: For me, definitely the most comfortable experience I have ever had. Jino Arielly (our producer) definitely pushes you, but in a way that brings out the best in you as a musician and serves the music. The process itself was the usual: make scratch tracks, have days where we record one instrument, vocals, then mix and master.
Heather: Jino's the best! I've done some session work, but it's different when it's your own music. He really made me feel comfortable, and since he is also the bass player I learned a lot. I had never picked up a stringed instrument before the band, so it was great to work with someone so musically inclined and experienced.
Christina: It was the first time I had ever done studio recording, so it was a real learning experience for me. I wasn't sure what to expect, but Jino really helped us put out a great product by giving us great suggestions and insight. We built upon our material in many different ways, and our live set grew so much stronger as a result.
SSE: Any plans for the year ahead?
Lindsay: Well, we wanted to tour, but I am currently four months pregnant, so any real touring is out of the equation for now. Maybe 2017! And not to worry – we have every intention and plan of coming to Pittsburgh! Touring through my hometown through an out-of-towner's perspective is pretty fun, especially seeing good friends at shows and stuff.
Heather: While Lindsay is on maternity leave, Christina and I will continue playing shows with someone subbing on drums. We plan on keeping it solely in NYC and Long Island, but that will change when Lindsay can come back.
Christina: The band is expecting our first little Airwave! In the meantime, we are currently in the process of recording and conceptualizing our next EP. In terms of live shows, we plan on further increasing our presence in the local circuit as well as extending our reach throughout Long Island.
SSE: What inspired you to move to NYC?
Lindsay: Ah, boy. Well, so, I'm from Pittsburgh, and honestly, at the time I moved away (eight years ago; first I went to Flagstaff for grad school, then moved straight to Brooklyn), there wasn't really much the city could offer me, both in terms of music and just general life stuff. I frankly got tired of it and had a deep desire to sow my wild oats, as it were. I do miss it deeply at times, though, and I visit fairly regularly, as most of my big Italian family still lives there. It's pretty cool to be away for awhile, and then visit and see how the city has grown. It was really dirty and honestly pretty depressing when I was little, but it's turned into a clean, generally friendly, modern city without losing its identity. That's hard to do (I'm looking at you, Brooklyn!)
SSE: Do you come back to Pittsburgh often?
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SSE: Is there anything else you would like to add?
Lindsay: LET'S GO PENS!!!!!!!!
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The objectives of Apple are primarily business driven. For instance, it is indicated that the company is concerned with maintaining high levels of its productivity based on the research and development. Thus, the company has an objective to sustain its global dominance. This is supported by the increasing sales. Thus, the company also has an objective of increasing its sales. The company's strategy is to reduce the negative changes, while maximizing the positive ones. The company's strategy is diversification, which entails supplying electronic products and complementary products. The company also focuses on ensuring that the customers get the best experience, when using its products. The company centers on developing unique products. In order to ensure success, the company has a policy of continuously investing in research and development.
Based on the article being reviewed, the Apple Group has budgets for every activity that is undertaken. In the article there are such statements as the consolidated statement of operations, consolidated balance sheet, etc. this confirms that the company makes use of budgeting. Thus, the objectives, strategies, policies of Apple can be found clearly stated as well as implied from the financial statistics.
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Determining the consistency of the objectives, mission, policies and strategies is an arduous task. Since the Apple Group has a mission of uniqueness, the objective of giving customers a lasting experience, has adopted a policy to fund its objectives and it has various strategies to achieve each objective, it is conclusive that there is consistency. The aspect of sustainability also implies that the company's goals are consistent with both internal and external environmental expectations.
In the current times, technology has assumed great significance. Technology is a key attribute in the production process. Thus, the extent to which an organization succeeds is to some extent dependent on the technology. Thus, corporate performance may be a reflection of the level of technology that the company employs.
The interplay between basic, applied and engineering research affects the appropriateness of the corporate strategies as missions. Given the weight the company places on the research and development, it is discernable that the primary goal of the company is to achieve its mission based on its basic, applied and engineering research. Research and development present a significant attribute in the production process. Research and development allows the company to produce high-level products for the market. The production of high quality products endears the company to customers. As a result, it is held that research and development allows the company to enjoy a comparative advantage in the industry.
The company is receiving a big return from its investments in research and development. For instance, the company is the best in the production of smart phones across the globe. The company's products are also unique and are traded in high-end markets. On this evidence, the company is benefiting highly from the research and development. The company has a strategy of technology. For instance, Apple has supported community development in developing hardware products and third-party software. The company also uses cross-functional teams in process and product design. Technological discontinuity influences the company's operations. When technological discontinuity occurs, the products, which were processed, have to rely on alternative technologies.
Research by Apple in research and development is among the best. Close rivals include Nokia, Motorola, etc. Apple uses value alliances in its production line. Thus, it implies that the company outsources some equipment. The value-chains add to the company's innovativeness and competitive advantage. Based on the evidence in the article, the company attempts to adjust its technology to suit the country of operations. However, its overall technology remains similar. Apple pays significant attention to the environmental sustainability. This is why its products are tested to ensure compliance with the environmental standards. The strategic management process entails the development of strategies that are used to achieve set goals. Thus, the strategic management process is critical in research and development exercise. A research and development manager has the role of aligning research and development initiatives.
Operations and Logistics
The objective of Apple is to control the manufacturing process. Although Apple has indirect suppliers, it dominates them and thus overall operations. Apple operates a closed system, where it controls nearly every item in its supply chain. This implies that Apple has the control from designing to retailing. The manufacturing objectives, strategies, policies, and programs are implied from the operations that the company employs.
Determining the consistency of the objectives, mission, policies and strategies is challenging. Since Apple has a mission of uniqueness, the objective of working with partners is critical towards achieving its goals. Apple has adopted a policy to fund its aims. The company has various strategies to achieve each objective. Hence, it is conclusive that there is consistency. The pursuit of sustainability implies that the company's goals are consistent with both the internal and external environment.
The extent of operations capabilities of Apple are wide ranging. A big percentage of the company's operational capabilities are done locally. Given that, Apple is a leading company; it is discernable that its level of outsourcing is significant. It is also thought that the purchasing is done appropriately. As indicated, by complying with environmental regulations, the company has a sustainable framework. The company's I-Phones have the highest profit margins, while the computer segment has the least. The Apple Group is product oriented. This is based on its high levels of automating its production process. Based on the products it assembles, it seems that the Apple Group targets the young generation.
Manufacturing services are vulnerable to national strikes, natural disasters, decline in resources, limitation in suppliers, etc. however, the big size of Apple allows the company to overcome such challenges. Now threats attributable to nationalization have ceased. However, crises, such as an economic downturn, pose challenges on any company, including Apple. A decline in the global economy as reflected in 2008 has an effect on the company's operations, since sales are likely to crumble in such difficult times.
The case of Apple reflects an efficient and effective production process. The company uses machines in the production process. Nevertheless, people play a key role in the production process. Thus, an appropriate mix is mandatory. Similarly, the company has a support staff that helps customers on how to attain the best of their products. Given the level of the competition in the electronics industry, the Apple Company has done considerably well, since it is a world leader in technological gadgets. For a company to continue operations and attain success, it is required that costs are lower than income. Given that Apple has often posted profits and growth in production, it is conclusive that the company does well relative to the competition in the industry.
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It was a performance that United boss Dan O'Hearne described as a good as he's seen so far in his time as first team manager.
United went into the Women's FA Cup third qualifying round tie as underdogs against a side from one level higher and that has a good track record against United from their league days two seasons ago. But another focused and professional performance from the Blades gained a deserved victory.
Chester-le-Street set the early pace but United withstood the pressure and slowly turned things around to look more and more comfortable in control. United went close when winger Shannon Smith elected to go for goal although Kim Brown was in support but the goal was not far away coming.
On 32 minutes Brown picked the ball up and showed her confidence by lobbing the goalkeeper from 25 yards out to put United ahead with her ninth goal of the season already.
The hosts did press in search of an equaliser but the entire United defence were outstanding in restricting real chances to a minimum. United nearly had a second in the second half when in a scramble the ball came off a defender and onto a post.
Around the hour mark Jorden Spurr, who was probably United`s player of the match with her passing in midfield, picked up a clearance and curled a great shot a fraction wide. The game became a bit more of a hard fought battle and the closest the home team came to scoring was in the last minute. United 'keeper Kirsty Johnson initially saving and the follow up finish was ruled offside.
So United were delighted to win 1-0 and have drawn Merseyrail Bootle at home in the next round. The win makes United`s record this season six wins and a draw from the seven games played and three consecutive clean sheets.
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Today, a substantial number of bass pros have blogs – whether it's on their own website, a column on Bassmaster.com, or even just postings on their social media pages. In 1992, though, many anglers didn't even have computers or email addresses. The word "blog," derived from "weblog," wouldn't be coined for a few more years.
While the technology wasn't there yet, Bassmaster Senior Writer Tim Tucker saw that fishing fans were hungry for more insight into their favorite sport. He'd already edited popular books including Roland Martin's 101 Bass-Catching Secrets and two volumes of the Secrets of America's Best Bass Pros, but for his next act he wanted to pull back the curtain and produce a product that was less about "how to" and more of an unfiltered look behind the scenes.
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"When Tim came to me, we had already worked together on three or four segments for his books and he had interviewed me several times at tournaments," Thomas recalled. "He was a fixture of the tournament trail and I was very comfortable working with him. I was blown away that he would pick me over someone like Hank Parker. Tim was a visionary of the sport. He understood personalities, and he told me that the reason he picked me was that he knew I would lay it all out there."
The project became a book entitled Diary of a Bass Pro. There had certainly been books that mined this subject, most notably Nick Taylor's 1988 Bass Wars, which followed veterans like Rick Clunn (yes, Clunn was a veteran 30 years ago) and young guns like Randy Moseley and Randy Blaukat, but the Thomas/Tucker collaboration would be the first one written in the first person, from the angler's point of view.
Tucker gave Thomas a micro-cassette recorder and instructed him to record his thoughts, in detail at the end of every day on the water. "It's a job, treat it like one," Thomas recalled the writer telling him. He'd send the tapes off to an assistant for transcription, and Tucker would help get them on paper, but the words belonged almost entirely to the angler.
To this day, Thomas can recall the raw emotion, both good and bad, that made the book a winner. He can quote the words that he wrote upon losing seven in a row at Lake Lanier: "Get the gun." Over 25 years later, it still stings. On the other hand, he also remembers learning during that timeframe that his wife Diane was pregnant with their first child Ryan, who today is nearly the same age as Thomas was when the book was written. He didn't qualify for the Classic that year, but her due date was the same day as the first practice day. "The bottom line is that if this baby is born healthy, all of this fishing stuff won't seem quite as important," he wrote. "Compared to that, fishing isn't a life-or-death matter."
Tucker pushed Thomas to take some chances with the book's format. They recounted a December 1991 tournament at Lake Lanier in a minute-by-minute format, and Thomas still considers that "the best part." Elsewhere they deviated from the pure diary format into a Q&A section, a chapter on the business side of fishing, and tournament fishing tips.
"I feel like I was 100 percent honest," Thomas said. "The only place that I held back was a couple of times I felt that I got raw deals from a few sponsorship deals. I could've definitely thrown some people under the bus, but I refused to do that."
While they could take certain chances in the formatting, the fact that they were self-publishing the book and didn't know if it would sell meant that they had to be budget-conscious, too. That's why the photos inside are a stark black-and-white instead of full color. The cover is mostly black, which did not age well in a paperback, but Thomas believes that the photo of him dressed mostly in red and holding the $100,000 All American check was so visually arresting and helped to spur sales.
After Tucker spent so much time in Thomas' world, at the end of the process he brought he angler onto his playing field. "When we were done, Tim said give me three days and we locked ourselves in a room to go through it line by line and edit it. He let me be an active participant and in the end we cut hardly anything. The book was thicker than we thought it was going to be."
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