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An Experiment in Democracy
It stinks in Sanaa. In front of the German embassy, in front of the foreign ministry, behind the hotels, or in the old city which the UNESCO has voted a world heritage site: all over the Yemeni capital there are mountains of decaying trash.
It's only the innumerable goats which are currently looking after the rubbish – the trash collectors have been on strike for over two weeks. "That's democracy," says Hayel Abdulhak Besher ironically. "The workers want more pay."
That applies too to the workers at the state oil company in Masila, the country's largest oilfield. With a daily production of 260,000 tons, Yemen is a relatively small oil producer compared to others in the Middle East. But there's been no oil from the second-largest field in Maarib province since November either, as a result of several attacks on the pipeline since the revolution started a year ago.
Economic wasteland
Oil production in Yemen, the country's main source of income, is currently at a standstill. Hayel Abdulhak Besher empties his medicine tin and tries to be optimistic. "It'll all be better after the elections," he says. Besher is the third-richest man in Yemen: he owns hotels, construction companies, mobile phone networks and oil drilling licences. If democracy really came to Yemen and the wealth were divided up differently, Besher, in his fine beige suit, might have a lot to lose.
But there's a long way to go before that happens, and many of the 24 million inhabitants of the country at the bottom of the Arabian Peninsula are asking themselves right now if it ever will. Besher days he is convinced that everyone will go to the polls to back the current interim president, Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi.
"They've certainly driven the wagon into the shit," says Nabil Almakaleh, and he's not talking about the piles of stinking rubbish all around. He's referring to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his supporters. Almakaleh is 43 years old and runs a number of social projects with the support of the German development bank KfW. He's having to watch as his country falls apart a bit more every day.
His foreign colleagues have all left Yemen already. There are no Germans in the country any more except for a few in the embassy, even though Germany has for years been Yemen's biggest aid donor. "Saleh should have resigned in 2006," says Almakaleh. "Then it would still not have been too late."
That was the year of the last presidential election, which took place amid the protests of the opposition parties. But the despot hung on to power, as did most of the other rulers in the region in those days.
Two years later, he raised the possibility of serving a third term, even though this is forbidden under the constitution, or of handing over power to his son. From then on, the opposition grew dramatically. Almakaleh says that whenever he got a newspaper with a picture of the president on the front page, he would cross his face out with a pen: "I was that angry with him!"
"It can only get better"
By the end of January, when Saleh finally left the country for the USA, he'd been in office for 33 years, making him the longest-serving ruler in the region. He left behind him nearly 1,000 demonstrators killed, many more wounded, a broken country and a capital scarred by months of street fighting. But Almakaleh says he's going to vote, even if it won't get rid of the old guard and even if the election is just leading to a two-year transitional period: "It can only get better."
On February 11th last year, when the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign after mass protests, the spark of the Arab Spring took light in Yemen as the third country in the chain. Young people stormed Tahrir Square in Sanaa. But they were taken by surprise: the square on the edge of the Old City was occupied. Saleh's supporters were already there, putting up their tents.
So the young people went on to the parade ground close to the presidential palace. But the police were waiting for them there and beat them back. So they went on to the university square. Tawakkul Karman's tent was one of the first to be put up in what was renamed "Sahet al-Taghier" – "Change Square."
Ever since the activist won the Nobel Peace Prize, there's a proper desk in front of her tent. There's a generator, electricity and a television. Two secretaries try to put off visitors. Tawakkul herself has gone underground, and for now only communicates via Facebook.
In the week before the elections she had received two serious death threats. The radical Islamic organisation "Ansar al-Sharia" is thought to be responsible, because they say she's moved too far away from Islam. Karman originally belonged to the Islamic opposition party "Islah", but she left it when it entered an alliance with Saleh's government party and agreed to join a coalition.
"Tawakkul Karman is now one of us," say Ismael and Safaa, who were also there at the start. They belong to the largest protest group, "Shabab" – "Youth". Ismael studies at the nearby university during the day and spends his nights in a tent. For Safaa it's the other way round: she spends her days in Change Square, and has to go home when it's dark.
The fronts run right through the political camps
The situation in Yemen since the start of the revolution is much more complicated than it is in Tunisia or Egypt, where it all began. While in the two African countries the people had the support of the army in their fight against the president, the divisions in Yemen run in all kinds of directions.
In Egypt, the alliance between the military and the protest movement has been ended, but in Yemen, it never existed. Initially, the opposition parties which were in parliament tried to exploit the situation: they put up their own tents on the square. Now all the streets which lead to "Sahet al-Taghier" are closed and full of tents. Most of the stores have had to close and companies and shops have gone broke.
After the first bloodbath in mid-March involving government troops and tent-dwellers, General Ali Mohsin and his First Brigade offered to protect the protest movement. He had been a close friend and long-standing colleague of President Saleh, but he turned away from him. The power struggle began.
Units of the army fought each other. The conflict seemed for a while a bit like what had happened in Libya. And then the leader of the powerful Ahmar tribe got involved, and, for five months, Sanaa was divided in three. One can still see the blood on the houses riddled with bullet holes.
Now, Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi, Saleh's long-serving vice-president, is supposed to solve the problems. "If there's 20 percent turnout, Hadi will win," says Mohy al-Dhabbi. "If there's only 5 percent turnout, Hadi will still win." He talks of a winner's election: since there's only one candidate, there can't be any losers. All the same, he says, the transitional government and the Americans "who are organising the show" have agreed to use the term "early presidential elections", even though it's really a referendum.
Dhabbi was Yemen's ambassador to Germany, and he's now deputy foreign minister. He fully supports the plan to use the election of the interim president to initiate a process of democratisation. "We already have a mixed transitional government made up of members of the governing party and the opposition," he says optimistically. "So we're ahead of the Egyptians on that."
Birgit Svensson
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Translated from the German by Michael Lawton
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After a two-year plan to radically transform its approach to staff health and wellbeing, iris has just topped the Britain's Healthiest Company league – alongside its client, adidas.
The only non-sports business in the top three, iris took the silver spot after completely over-hauling its fitness package to focus on better supporting its staff physically, emotionally and mentally.
Adland is renowned for pushing people to its limits. Client entertaining, agency award do's, all nighters on pitches, celebrating the wins and commiserating the losses. High levels of stress around big campaign launches, meeting big targets, generating the level of creativity and innovation needed to thrive and survive in the race that is agency life.
All of which doesn't bode well for a healthy lifestyle, and the rate of burn out in agencies is often worryingly high.
In 2014, iris radically transformed its approach to employee wellbeing – and started working with Rebecca Cox, co-founder of 9toLife, with a goal of being recognized as the agency that looks after its staff health better than any other. From the top down, to the global CEO being put through his paces in the agency car park, to organizing training sessions on stress management, to providing on-site health screening and acupuncture. For iris, employee health is intrinsically linked to business health and success. One does not exist without the other.
Dan Saxby, CEO UK, iris: "As an agency, our promise is to help our people be happy and successful. Key drivers have been about camaraderie, career adventure and reward. However, in 2014, through participating in Britain's Healthiest Workplace, we quickly understood how important health and wellbeing was to delivering happiness at work.
We all know the pressures of our industry but that is just an excuse. Led by Rebecca Cox from 9toLife, we have enabled our people to train on iris time, both one-on-one and groups as well as offer workshops to train people in less obvious but equally important areas - mindfulness, CBT stress management, stopping smoking – the list goes on. We've found that having a fitter workplace, both physically and mentally, means a happier and more energised workplace."
Rebecca Cox, co-founder, 9toLife: "It's great to be recognised for what we have been doing at iris over the last few years. It's not just about a bit of free fruit and a yoga class, iris' wellness strategy is as important as any other party of its business and the results are testament to their continued commitment and investment. That said, we are never happy with second place. We still have work to do."
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States brace for grad-rate dips as formula changes
(CBS/AP) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - With all the bad news in the blogosphere over debt ceiling squabbling and possible U.S. default on its debts, there isn't much time to focus on other bad news out there. But bad news there is, and it affects schools across the country.
States are bracing for plummeting high school graduation rates as districts nationwide dump flawed measurement formulas that often undercounted dropouts and produced inflated results.
Education wonks long have suspected the statistics used by some people to determine how their neighborhood high school is faring -- or even where to buy a house -- can be figured using various formulas that produce wildly different results.
Now, many states are facing a sobering reset: Some could see numbers fall by as many as 20 percentage points.
Liz Utrup, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Education Department, said graduation rate numbers will soon appear to decrease "across the board" as states move to a uniform calculation that requires them to track each student individually, giving a more accurate count of how many actually finish high school.
"Through this uniform method, states are raising the bar on data standards, and simply being more honest," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said.
Most states are required to convert to the new calculation this year, but the number won't count as part of federal No Child Left Behind benchmarks until the 2012-13 school year. Schools that consistently miss those measures face sanctions.
All but two states -- Idaho and Kentucky, which need more time to develop student tracking systems -- will start submitting the new numbers to the federal government starting late this summer.
States that converted to the new formula already have seen drops ranging from modest to massive. Michigan had a nearly 10 percentage point fall when it made the switch in 2007. About half of states are not yet using the new calculation.
Florida's graduation rate remained about stable, at 79 percent, when it adopted the new graduation rate in the 2009-10 school year. It would have been nearly two points higher if it had continued under the old calculation.
States making the switch this year are offering estimates of expected dips and discussing the change in school board meetings. In Kansas, the graduation rate is expected to tumble from 89 percent to 80 percent, with one district in the state anticipating a 20-point drop. Georgia said its overall rate -- now at 80 percent -- could plummet about 15 percentage points.
"We're certainly concerned no matter what with that number under 100 percent," said Kelly Smith, superintendent of Belle Plaine schools in Minnesota, which is transitioning to the new formula this year. "The new system isn't changing what we're doing in our schools, and we need to get that point across."
Matt Cardoza, a spokesman for Georgia's Department of Education, said while he worries the public may think that high numbers of students are suddenly failing to finish school, the new formula could produce "a more accurate picture of how many of our students are actually finishing high school with a diploma."
Jay Greene, who heads the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, said he started studying graduation rates in 1999 because he determined many of them made no sense.
"The initial reaction was that I was mistaken, that I couldn't know," said Greene. "And I pressed the issue with reporters and at meetings and basically asked the question, `If it's true that you have a 1 percent annual dropout rate, how come you have twice as many ninth and tenth and eleventh graders as you have graduates?"'
Much of the blame for past problems went to something called the "leaver method," a popular calculation for determining graduation rates that also has gained a reputation for being the most generous. The method, used by about half the states last year, works like this: If a school had 100 graduates and 10 students who dropped out from their freshmen to senior year, 100 would be divided by 110, giving the school a graduation rate of 90.9 percent.
Schools weren't dinged if students took more than four years to graduate. When students disappeared, they often were classified as transfers, even though some of them had actually dropped out. Many schools weren't required to document that transfers showed up somewhere else.
"You have to be honest with the data," said David Doty, superintendent of the Canyon School District in Utah. "If the data doesn't mean anything, there's no point in using it anyway."
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat, used the National Governors Association to push for graduation rate changes while he led Virginia from 2002 to 2006. His motivation, he said, was a desire to see how his state stacked up.
Virginia was boasting 90 percent or better graduation rates during Warner's drive for a uniform rate, but that dropped to 81 when the new formula was adopted in 2008.
Ultimately, the U.S. Department of Education settled on a formula similar to the NGA's: the number of graduates in a given year, divided by the number of students who enrolled four years earlier. Also, schools must document transfer students or they'll artificially deflate the graduation rate.
Schools weren't necessarily being subversive in the way they calculated their rates, said Ryan Reyna, senior policy analyst with the National Governors Association. Many states used imperfect formulas because they couldn't track students who moved, which is being fixed with the addition of new state-level systems that identification numbers to each student.
Experts hope the changes will draw attention to the dropout issue and lead to resources being focused on the problem. That is happening in Kansas and other states, where officials are developing a system of early indicators to alert schools that a student is at risk.
"We're going to take an honest look in the mirror and see how real our graduation rate is and where we need to cut the dropout rate," said former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, which has extensively studied the nation's hodgepodge system of graduation rates. "You've got to know how deep the hole is in order to develop a strategy for getting out of it."


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This exhibition of photographs by Youssef Nabil, 33, features portraits and nudes of his friends and constitutes a homage to the masculine beauty of the Arab world. Heavily influenced by the glamour and melodrama of the golden age of Egyptian cinema, Nabil was drawn to the old technique of hand-coloring black and white photographs which was still very common in Egypt. Shot in black and white, all his photographs are then hand-colored.
According to a statement from the gallery, the classical theme of nudity in Youssef Nabil's images of young men is used to convey what is difficult to accept in Middle Eastern society today.
Nabil was an assistant to the celebrity portrait photographer David LaChapelle in New York in 1993, and also trained subsequently with Mario Testino in Paris.
Nabil won the Seydou Keita Award at the Biennial of African Photography in Bamako in 2003. His work has been exhibited at the Rencontres d'Arles in France, at the Fries Museum in Holland, at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, at the Aperture Foundation in New York, as well as in Barcelona, Mexico City, Cape Town, Cairo, and Dubai.


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We know that Google is set to release a slew of hardware Tuesday at an event in San Francisco, including smartphones, smart home devices and even a new Wi-Fi router. Here's what the leaks and rumors say about the specifics of the company's big release day tomorrow.
Bye, bye, Nexus
Google is set to release the already-widely-leaked Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, which will boast flagship specs and run totally stock Android. It's the same idea as the Nexus line of phones – top-end smartphones designed to showcase the possibilities of the operating system free from the modifications that OEMs impose on their own devices.
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It'll have a fingerprint scanner on the back, pack 4GB of RAM, and boast a 1440p screen. That's a lot of, well, pixels. While Nexus devices used to be sold for comparatively low prices, rumor has it that the Pixels will set you back just as much as other flagships. That's not yet known for sure, however.
Google Home
Amazon's Alexa and Echo making as big a dent in the smart home/voice assistant market as they have must have Google a little puzzled, but they're coming back at this space in a big way, having already announced Google Home this spring at I/O 2016. The company's expected to release the device, or at least give up a definitive date for it to go on sale, at the event tomorrow.
Google's already in the home Wi-Fi space with OnHub, a premium router designed to be as simple as possible to set up and use. Android Police reported last month, however, that the company's going to expand its presence and add a new product, called simply "Google Wifi." It'll retail for about $130 and have mesh-networking capabilities, which means that Google has designed it with an eye towards the Internet of Things.
Daydream VR
Another thing Google teased at I/O 2016, Daydream is the company's entry into the burgeoning consumer VR space. It works on the same principal as Google Cardboard – basically, you stick your phone into a specialized headset, and a clever app changes the view on your screen based on movements. Daydream adds a simple hand control for navigation and interface.
It's not the same thing as sophisticated all-in-one systems like the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, but it does have one big advantage over those devices – the cost could be as low as $80, compared to $600 for the Rift and $800 for the Vive.
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Chromecast, Google's handy little HDMI dongle that lets you stream stuff from your computer or your phone to your TV, is changing its form a little bit. Where it started off as a cheap ($35) gizmo with relatively limited functionality, the forthcoming Chromecast Ultra will jack up the price to $70 and add some new features, the biggest of which is probably rumored support for 4K video.


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Keith Urban to Undergo Throat Surgery
Keith Urban has just announced that he will undergo throat surgery at the end of the month. The outpatient procedure is to remove a polyp on his vocal chords.
Although the surgery is said to be minor, Urban will need to completely rest his voice for an undetermined amount of time. That means that he will not appear at the third annual All For the Hall benefit concert scheduled for January in Nashville.
Trooper that he is, Urban will honor other commitments that require him to only sing one song. Although the news from Urban's camp didn't specify which commitments those are, they did note that any shows or appearances that would require Urban to sing more than one song would be postponed. All postponed appearances will be rescheduled in 2012.
Urban recently released a new fragrance called Phoenix, and his latest single at radio is the track 'You Gonna Fly.'


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Powering Humanitarian Facilities: Dialogue on Implementation Models - This webinar will shed light on the different models for powering humanitarian facilities with renewable energy. Two case studies will highlight how renewable energy is used to power a humanitarian hub managed by IOM in South Sudan, and focus on the challenges and lessons learnt from ICRC's net metering program in Pakistan. UNDP will then share their approach to building local capacity when implementing solar solutions for humanitarian facilities.Read more...
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SKF manufactures rod ends requiring maintenance with a steel/steel or a steel/bronze sliding contact surface combination.
Steel/steel rod ends consist of a rod end housing and a steel/steel radial spherical plain bearing from the standard assortment, where the outer ring is secured in the housing. These rod ends are available with:
- a female (fig. 1) or male (fig. 2) thread (table 1)
- a female thread with a slotted shank (fig. 3) (special series for hydraulic cylinders) (table 2)
- a welding shank with cylindrical (fig. 4) or rectangular (fig. 5) section (table 3)
Steel/bronze rod ends are available with a female (fig. 6) or male (fig. 7) thread. They consist of a rod end housing and a steel/bronze spherical plain bearing (table 4). These bearings have an inner ring made of steel and an outer ring made of bronze. The bearing is held in position by staking the housing on both sides of the outer ring. These rod ends are available with a male or female thread.
Relubrication facilities
SKF rod ends requiring maintenance are provided with a grease fitting or a lubrication hole in the rod end housing. Relubrication via the pin is also possible. Exceptions are steel/steel rod ends in the SA .. E and SI .. E series and a few smaller rod ends as indicated in the product tables. The type and design of relubrication facilities in the rod end housing are listed in table 5.
SKF Explorer steel/steel rod ends (table 1) in the SI(A) (fig. 1) and SA(A) (fig. 2) series can be equipped with SKF Explorer steel/steel plain bearings in the GE series, which makes them virtually maintenance-free (Bearing designs and features - SKF Explorer steel/steel plain bearings). Their sliding surfaces are treated further to improve wear and corrosion resistance.
The rod end housings are equipped with lubrication holes due to manufacturing reasons, which are plugged to avoid contamination and relubrication.
SKF manufactures maintenance-free rod ends with three different sliding contact surface combinations in different series (table 1).
Rod ends with either a steel/PTFE sintered bronze (fig. 1 and fig. 2) or steel/PTFE fabric (fig. 3 and fig. 4) sliding contact surface combination contain a bearing from the standard assortment. The outer ring is staked in place in the housing.
Rod ends with a steel/PTFE FRP sliding contact surface combination (fig. 5 and fig. 6) consist of a rod end housing and a spherical plain bearing inner ring. Between the housing and the inner ring, a sliding layer of fibre reinforced polymer, containing PTFE, is moulded to the housing.


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Antietam - Fight for the Cornfield - 6:00am to 7:00am
American Battlefield Trust's map of the Battle of Antietam - Fight for the Cornfield
On September 16, 1862 Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Union Army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland.
At dawn on September 17, Maj. General Joseph Hooker's Union corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank that began the single bloodiest day in American military history.
Repeated Union attacks, and equally vicious Confederate counterattacks, swept back and forth across Miller's cornfield and the West Woods. Despite the great Union numerical advantage, Stonewall Jackson's forces near the Dunker Church would hold their ground this bloody morning.
Meanwhile, towards the center of the battlefield, Union assaults against the Sunken Road would pierce the Confederate center after a terrible struggle for this key defensive position. Unfortunately for the Union army this temporal advantage in the center was not followed up with further advances.
Late in the day, Maj. General Ambrose Burnside's corps pushed across a bullet-strewn stone bridge over Antietam Creek and with some difficulty managed to imperil the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, A.P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry, and counterattacked, driving back Burnside and saving the day for the Army of Northern Virginia.
Despite being outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force at the Battle of Antietam, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his Federal force. McClellan's piecemeal approach to the battle failed to fully leverage his superior numbers and allowed Lee to shift forces from threat to threat.
During the night, both armies tended to their wounded and consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan on the 18th, while removing his wounded south of the Potomac. McClellan, much to the chagrin of Abraham Lincoln, did not vigorously pursue the wounded Confederate army.
While Antietam is considered a draw from a military point of view, Abraham Lincoln and the Union claimed victory. This hard-fought battle, which drove Lee's forces from Maryland, would give Lincoln the "victory" that he needed before delivering the Emancipation Proclamation - a document that would forever change the geopolitical course of the American Civil War.
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Most comfortable wardrobe ever
Robert Pattinson looks like he's very comfortable on the set of Remember Me today. You would be too in those clothes. The top is like pyjamas. And the loose pants can accommodate a double order of lunch. Am jealous. Women's clothing is sadistic. If it looks good, chances are it's f-cking tight and wedgie inducing and there is nothing worse than a strapless bra.
Having said that, the Elizabeth & James dress I wore to the smut soiree last week – click here to see – was an exception. SO comfortable.
Anyway, Pattinson managed to make it through another weekend without getting murdered by his f-cked up fans. This is a good thing. But some of the freakier ones are getting increasingly upset because the tabloids are reporting that he and his costar Emilie de Ravin are growing very close. This is alarming because, as you know, he's only allowed to be close to one person in the entire world and her name is Kristen Stewart.
What they want to hear is that he and Emilie are like brother and sister. Totally platonic. And that Robert and Kristen are having phone and Skype sex every night.
Am saving up the hatemail for later this week but the funniest message I received this weekend was from Audrey who is very sweet but who objects to how I refer to him:
Hi Lainey,
I'm not gonna get mad at you because those other Twilight fans are silly and they shouldn't read your blog if they don't like it. But I do have a request.
Please don't call him "Robert". He prefers "Rob". All his friends call him Rob and the other actors too and we his fans call him Rob as well.
Thought you should know.
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St. Vincent and Shearwater @ the First Avenue Mainroom
St. Vincent and Shearwater @ the First Avenue Mainroom
May 12th, 2012
Final examinations made their long-awaited exit and summer was officially inaugurated on May 12th, 2012 with Shearwater and St. Vincent to help celebrate at First Avenue.
Shearwater opened with dark falsettos ringing in, "You As You Were" complemented by a thriving syncopated beat. Shearwater gloriously roars its outstanding stage presence and communication within the group that draws you in to pay closer attention. Lead singer and songwriter, Johnathan Meiburg crouches down to tune his guitar fixedly listening. Slowly, a smile unravels across his face while Shearwater's members exchange wild-eyed glances while slightly upturning their lips like they're about to erupt in laughter like they have some sort of inside joke. You know these guys are enjoying what they do according to Meiburg, "It's an honor for us to play here at First Avenue."
Multi-colored lights and flickering strobes cloak Annie Clark of St. Vincent as she enters with the highly charged "Marrow," known for its sharp beats and bassy undercurrent. Clark articulated her movements in addition to her music as she glided across the stage in a twitchy, robotic, but strangely graceful manner. Towards the end of the night, she treaded along the edge of the stage, swinging her microphone, then nodded at one of the staff. All of the sudden, she jumped on his shoulders blaring "Krokodil," a track from St. Vincent's Record Store Day release. Annie Clark held on to my friend and I for balance at one point and then to our surprise, she stage dove into the crowd and hands reached up to carry her throughout the mainroom's sea of fans.
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The Big East is expected to announce Friday that it has reached an agreement allowing Georgetown and its fellow basketball-centric members to launch their own conference on July 1, people with knowledge of the situation have confirmed.
As breakups go, the legal separation between the Big East's football and basketball factions has been civil and surprisingly swift, negotiated without litigation in less than three months following the so-called Catholic 7's Dec. 15 declaration that they planned to leave the league they helped found in 1979.
Under terms of the forthcoming settlement, the departing schools will be allowed to keep the Big East name.
They also won the right to hold their men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York, continuing a tradition at the heart of the original Big East, which began as an alliance of urban schools in major Northeast markets with passionate basketball followings.
The right to keep the name and traditional conference tournament home — along with the right to leave the conference after this season, rather than wait 27 months as mandated by league rules — comes at a steep price. The big-time football members will keep roughly 90 percent of the exit-fee revenue collected from schools that leave the conference. That pool of money is roughly $100 million.
A full picture of who came out on top in the Big East divorce won't be clear until details emerge about the new conference's television broadcast deal with Fox Sports. The ''new'' Big East is expecting to confirm its partnership with Fox within a week.
The Big East's membership has been in flux for the past decade. The defection of its basketball faction brings to 17 the number of schools to abandon the conference since 2004, when Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College left for the ACC and what they deemed higher-caliber football.
According to people familiar with the new league, it will have 10 teams in its inaugural season, with Butler, Xavier and likely Creighton joining DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova. It will play an 18-game conference basketball schedule. The hope is to add two more teams for a 12-team league in 2014-15.
Bankrolling the venture is Rupert Murdoch's Fox Sports Group, which Monday unveiled a new sports network, Fox Sports 1, set to launch Aug. 17.
Under a deal brokered by former CBS Sports president Neal Pilson, the new Big East will feature prominently in its programming, along with college football, NASCAR, soccer and UFC. Fox Sports 1 will be available in roughly 90 million homes at the outset (generally those homes that currently get the Speed network, which is being rebranded as Fox Sports 1).
Mike Trager, chairman of the Trager Group, a television consulting firm, equates the broadcast deal to a slam dunk for both parties.
''The new conference has credibility already because they're the original members of the Big East, so they're able to get a rights fee that will pay the teams at least equal what they were getting paid or more, so financially it's a good move for them,'' Trager said.
''And from the Fox side, they gain an incredible amount of very good basketball inventory because the Big East supplies an awful lot of basketball teams to the NCAA Tournament. They picked up what might be one of the best basketball conferences in the country; it's not like this is something new. These teams have been basketball powerhouses for years. [Fox is] buying instant credibility and a lot of basketball inventory for their new network.''


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On Friday, April 13, Niagara University presented "Sing for Somalia," a benefit concert organized by NU junior Jeannine Alsous.
The benefit aimed to raise money and awareness for Somalia, a nation in need of political and financial stability. In 2011, Niagara University College of Business Administration faculty member Dr. Abdiweli Ali accepted the position as prime minister of Somalia. Alsous, along with faculty and student volunteers, organized the event as part of Niagara University's "Mission Somalia" campaign to aid Ali.
The concert raised more than $1,500 for Somalia and sold more than 300 tickets. At the event, attendees could purchase T-shirts, wristbands, and tickets for a raffle basket drawing.
The six-hour concert showcased NU students and local artists from the U.S. and Canada.
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Tavon Rowe was one of the NU student performers. Rowe writes original rap lyrics and slam poetry and produces his own hip-hop music. He has released five mixtapes within the past two years.
When asked why he volunteered to perform, Rowe commented, "I have always been keen to giving back in any way I can. I am not financially able to donate to organizations and causes that I feel are important and relevant, so by giving my time, music and creativity to the cause, I still support in any way I can."
For the performing artists, the concert became an outlet for additional musical exposure while simultaneously supporting a relevant cause. The benefit also united and brought the university and local community together under one cause.
According to Rowe, the concert was especially successful because it used music to unify communities. "People come from all walks of life, all types of cultural backgrounds and various languages. Music, like math, is a universal language. You have those who speak hip-hop, those who speak country, those who speak techno, and so on," he said.
The energized crowd and overall inspirational atmosphere gave the event the feeling of success and motivation.
"I think this event will show Dr. Ali that there are students who are dedicated to the cause and want to give whatever they can to support. Music, time, money, anything that will support the cause," Rowe said.
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Skier rescued after ducking rope at Heavenly
Search and rescue volunteers were able to locate a skier who apparently ducked a rope at Heavenly Mountain Resort Wednesday and became stuck in the Cold Creek drainage.
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue personnel began the search after receiving a report from Glendale, Calif. resident Vahe Saradjian, 62. Saradjian said he went under the resort's boundary near the Powderbowl Express chairlift and became disoriented, according to Thursday statement from the Sheriff's Office.
A lack of snow led to Saradjian being unable to navigate the terrain, according to the statement. He was not prepared for an overnight stay in the wilderness.
Saradjian's location was confirmed when he called 911 and his coordinates were provided by his cell phone provider, according to the Sheriff's Office.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter was dispatched and located Saradjian about 6:20 p.m. next to a lit campfire. Search and rescue volunteers made contact with him about 7:15 p.m. and assisted him to safety.
Ski resort management will revoke Saradjian's skiing privileges at Heavenly because he went under a marked boundary, according to the statement.


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Elton John and Bernie Taupin by Bob Gruen
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AUSTIN, Texas – UMBC senior Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt/Victory College) continued his meet at the 2014 Men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships by breaking his own school record in the 100 backstroke, Friday afternoon at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on the campus of the University of Texas.
Hussein placed second in heat one of six with a new program record of 47.65, clipping his previous top mark of 47.67. The senior finished 39th overall in the event with Ryan Murphy from Cal leading the morning prelims with a time of 45.08.
Hussein is competing at his second NCAA Championships, the first swimmer in program history to accomplish the feat. Last season, he became the third Retriever, and first male athlete, to reach the national meet, following Jacque Wisnauskus (1990) and Lindsey Prather (2002), while freshman Emily Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina) has since raised the UMBC total to four after competing at the 2014 Women's Championships in Minneapolis.
The versatile senior swimmer holds six individual school records, while also helping four Retriever relays snag program record times.
Hussein will complete his meet with the 200-yd. backstroke on Saturday, the third and final day of the NCAA Championships at Texas.


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Minnesota: Beware of Free Education
Imagine that it's the 21st century, and that at least a handful of people in the education business have realized this. Putting their insight to good use, a few of them create an online service called "Coursera" that offers free lectures from some of the top universities in the nation (Stanford, Johns Hopkins, etc.). Then imagine that the state of Minnesota has decided that it is illegal for Coursera to offer these free lectures to its citizens.
I know, it's hard to imagine. Unfortunately, you don't have to, you can just read about how it's actually happening.
One of the classes you can take at Coursera is "Principles of Macroeconomics." Maybe the folks who lobbied for and enacted the state's education regulations are afraid that free learning and economic literacy would threaten their phony‐baloney jobs.


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One good thing about not logging into Eve for over two weeks is the skill training I'm getting done. Assault Ship V is in the bag and I've finally gotten around to topping off Energy Grid Upgrades V as well.
RL continues to be a stress filled puss bag of memories, lost hopes and burning corpses. But I'm working my way thru it one day at a time. Boxing up what I want to keep, tossing what I don't and piling the rest up in little carns of technology. Who knew getting rid of so many computers would actually be difficult? It seems we are a culture of the new and think little of the slightly old. Not a surprise to me, still weird living it.
I'm proud that I managed to find each and every one of my employees either gainful employment or the potential of work beyond last week. That has always been important to me and I will continue to be their advocate as long as I can.
Right now I'm waiting on a furniture liquidator to show up and evaluate the worth of our office furniture. The future of my family's home weighs in the balance of that evaluation, as it does in so many of the decisions I have to make now. But nothing has changed, our future was always in the balance. Sometimes it is more obvious than others, but it is always there.
I've also started the process of looking for the next great challenge. It has been almost 25 years since I had to actively look for work. Given my somewhat unique and oddly diverse background, abilities and experience, I'm not even really sure what I should be looking for. So I'm shooting for a lot of different things and we'll see what comes of them. Once things become more "official" next week I'll be able to take the shackles off a bit and look even harder. Perhaps, once again, someone will just contact me and say, "Come on over and help us out." Which is what usually seems to happen.
I do miss the Eve Community and playing. But I'm not gone, just working my ass off a little more than usual. I'll be around and soon I'll be back in space to undock and hunt once more.
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The mid-20th century was a time when hopes were at their highest. Technological developments were bustling forward, and the new world was just barely visible in the distance. But this time also presented a dilemma of sorts. The test of this forthcoming era was to be whether industry would foster comfort or stifle it. What makes the Loft series so complete? At first glance, it displays a pleasant linear design with an external tubular stainless steel frame. The back and seat are tufted and buttoned to enhance the overall richness of the piece. But can these aspects be said to define the totality of a classic? The answer then must be something profound. A thought that serves as representative of that era, while matching the sentiments of our present age. Our suggestion is that the Loft series conveys the potential of progress. From amidst the steel base, a comfortable seating experience is attained. From out of the exponential surge of technological growth, comes peace and solace. Perhaps this is why Loft is the sofa series of choice for so many Fortune 500 companies. Aside from its iconic feel, the set is symbolic of a time when technological innovation could do no wrong. When faster was seen only as something positive. The Loft series is the preferred choice for reception areas, living rooms, hotels, resorts, restaurants and other lounge spaces.
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HAMPTON — The Spaulding High School softball team didn't make things easy on itself on Tuesday afternoon at rival Winnacunnet.
The Red Raiders faced bases-loaded situations in the sixth and seventh innings, but pitcher Kaley Patterson got out of the jam each time and Spaulding held on for a 4-0 win.
The Red Raiders improved to 9-4 in Division I.
"I think the girls like the pressure on them," Spaulding coach Sheila Colson said. "We have the pitching and the defense to support that, but you certainly don't want to get into that as a habit."
Abby Henderson hit her first career home run at any level ("at least an over-the-fence one," she said), breaking a scoreless tie in the fourth inning and giving Patterson all the run support she needed.
"It felt really good," said Henderson, a sophomore. "I knew a first-pitch strike was coming. I could tell after the last couple of batters. I was just ready for it."
Emma Rhodes, Henderson and Patterson each had two hits. Patterson drove in a pair of runs to help her cause. It was Spaulding's fifth straight win and their eighth in their last nine outings.
Patterson was efficient in the first three innings, retiring the side in order in the third. She finished with four strikeouts and zero walks. Winnacunnet outhit Spaulding 10-8.
Spaulding struggled to record the third out over the last four innings. In the fourth inning she allowed back-to-back two-out singles and in the fifth committed consecutive errors with the bases empty and two outs. In the sixth, again after retiring the first two batters, she surrendered a pair of singles and hit another batter to load the bases. In the seventh, Winnacunnet loaded the bases with only one out, all on singles.
Each time, Patterson did what she needed to do to escape. The fourth and fifth innings ended on a line-drive out and a pop fly, respectively, and in the sixth she got the final batter to strike out swinging. She got the final batter of the game to hit a fly ball to center field to end it.
"I just don't think about stuff when I need to get the job done," Patterson said. "I just have to not think. That's when I get myself into trouble."
For the Warriors, Chanel Welch had three hits and pitcher Kali Hume had two. On the mound, Hume struck out five with two walks. Winnacunnet left 10 runners stranded over the final four innings.
"We hit the ball well, just made a couple of baserunning mistakes here and there," Winnacunnet coach Dennis Bruce said. "Spaulding had timely hitting."
Losers of six straight, the Warriors fell to 3-10.
The game was scoreless for the first three innings. In the fourth, Sami West hit a one-out single to left field for Spaulding's first hit out of the infield. That set the stage for Henderson, who drove the ball over the fence in deep center to give the Red Raiders a 2-0 lead.
"When she came in she said, 'Oh, that felt good,'" Colson said. "She's been hot lately, so we need to keep that going as well."
Lydia Beaudoin followed with a single and Tenika Hussey then reached on a fielder's choice and advanced to second on a throwing error. Patterson then smoked a single to center field, allowing Hussey to score to make it 3-0.
Spaulding added an insurance run in the sixth inning. West took one for the team when she was drilled with the first pitch of the frame. She moved to second on a single to center field by Henderson, to third on a fielder's choice and scored on a single to right by Patterson, putting the Red Raiders up 4-zip.
Spaulding is at Merrimack today, the third of four road games in four consecutive days. Spaulding is at Bishop Guertin on Thursday before wrapping up the season next week with three home games under the lights.
Spaulding standout shortstop Gabby Connelly did not play Tuesday because of a leg injury and hopes to be back in the lineup by May 24.
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Patterson, Red Raiders subdue Warriors
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Industrial-Grade Adaptive Robotic Gripper
The Robotiq S-Model industrial-grade adaptive gripper introduced by Motoman Robotics, Dayton, OH, proves ideal for a wide range of applications including machine tending, fixture load/unload, high-mix part handling and kitting. The gripper features three articulated fingers that can adapt automatically to a variety of part size and shape. Its sensorless grip detection distributes pressure to as many as 10 contact points, minimizing the potential for part slippage.
Use the gripper for applications requiring a single robot to handle a high mix of part types, eliminating the need for a tool changer and multiple tools. Compared to custom tooling, it reportedly reduces setup costs and cycle time due to its short stroke and elimination of tool-change delays. It features four operation modes—basic, wide, scissor and pinch.Motoman Robotics: 937/847-6200; www.motoman.com
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Johnny Manziel expects life in the NFL to be even crazier than college.
BEREA, Ohio � Johnny Manziel expects life in the NFL to be even crazier than college.
Selected in the first round of the draft by the Cleveland Browns, Manziel was introduced Friday to a soundtrack of whirring cameras as he took the initial steps of his pro career. Humble and self-assured, Manziel, who raised Texas A&M's profile with his playmaking ability and "Johnny Football" persona, said he's entering the league expecting the spotlight to be brighter.
"I'm going in expecting madness," he said.
Manziel says he's learned from past mistakes and the 21-year-old vowed to earn the respect of his new Cleveland teammates, some of whom may have their doubts about him.
His arrival in Cleveland has already triggered "Manzielmania" as the Browns have been overwhelmed with sales of season tickets in the hours since they drafted the former Heisman Trophy winner with the No. 22 overall pick on Thursday night. There were fans waiting outside the team's headquarters to welcome Manziel when he arrived shortly before noon.
"It means a lot to me obviously, getting a lot of support already," Manziel said of the buzz he's created. "But there's work that needs to be done. There's things that need to be done. I'm very excited, very eager to be here and really get things rolling."
Manziel was joined at his introductory news conference by fellow first-round pick Justin Gilbert, the No. 8 overall pick. A cornerback from Oklahoma State, Gilbert said he rolled down his car window and screamed when he heard Manziel was taken by the Browns.
Gilbert was asked if he kept tabs on Manziel's college career.
"Who didn't follow him?" the soft-spoken Gilbert said.
Manziel, who posed for photos holding his new No. 2 jersey, insists he's not burdened by all the attention he receives, and said he's confident he can separate his celebrity and football lives.
"I think I'm Johnny Manziel," he said. "Johnny Football is what I am in the media. I accept it, but I know who I am. I'm Johnny Manziel. I don't let that weigh me down."
Manziel doesn't expect to receive any preferential treatment with the Browns. He wasn't surprised to hear starter Brian Hoyer said "bring it on" when he was told he will be competing with Manziel in training camp.
Manziel acknowledged he has a lot to learn, and that his sole focus is on helping the Browns end years of futility.
"I want to win," he said. "That's the main thing for me. I don't handle losing very well."
He's gotten better at handling the constant swirl around him. After he was drafted following a nearly three-hour wait, Manziel went out in New York and celebrated with his family and friends, which reportedly included rapper Drake and Cavaliers All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving. There are photos circulating on the Internet of Manziel drinking from a large bottle of champagne.
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The Onkyo ILunar Dock Music System (Model: RBX-500) is about the size of a medium plant holder. It comes in black or white and has a remote control, will charge most phones (it took care of my iPhone 4s rather well) and has the ability to sync up with your phone ala Bluetooth to stream music wirelessly.
That sounds great on paper, and familiar as well. After all, everyone and his brother is making iPhone/Android docking stations. The thing that makes the Onkyo ILunar Dock Music System different isn't really the feature set it is the name. Onkyo. If you are into music, home theater, or anything relating to high quality sound then you know this name. If you aren't, then let me introduce you. Onkyo is one of the 'players' in high end audio. I'm not going to go into it too deep because if you don't know who they are you should simply take my word for it. The word Onkyo is Japanese and translates roughly to "Sound Harmony". Onkyo has been in the business of making some of the best audio equipment in the world since 1946 when they started under the name of Osaka Denki Onkyo K.K. Currently, Onkyo Corp also includes the Integra and Integra Research divisions as well as the main Onkyo brand. In 2010 the Onkyo TX-SR608 won product of the year from What hi-Fi? Sound and Vision, which was also named the Best home Cinema Amplifier in the £300-£500 price range. They also won the Best Home Cinema Amplifier in the £500-£1000 range with the Onkyo TX-NR808. These awards are nothing new for Onkyo and this is why you should know who they are, and look to the brand seriously when you are building anything sound related as an option.
The Onkyo ILunar Dock Music System is no exception, its sleek design and easy to use button control was apparent right out of the box. The Onkyo ILunar RBX-500 took my iPhone 4s from 32% to 80% in about 20 minutes, while playing songs from Milo's Jan 2013 double EP release. I found the reproduction quite accurate and when I factored in the going price point for this unit (<=$249 USD) I was amazed.
Onkyo teamed up with a Swiss company (Sonic Emtion) who owns a technology called "Absolute 3D sound". The Onkyo ILunar RBX-500 has a digital amplifier that powers 6 full range 2″ drivers and a 4″ subwoofer inside. The Onkyo ILunar Dock Music System is perfect for a small room, office, or dorm and really does a great job filling up the space. It has a good deep rich bass that seems to be where-ever you are in the room and high and mid range tones are accurate. It provides good loud sound without being a disruptive factor say… inside an office or apartment, and I didn't experience any ear fatigue that I would normally expect listening to something in that price range. I'm impressed.
I'm going to go ahead and give Onkyo 5 out of 5 stars and nominate them for a 2013 Editor's Choice Award. Excellent job Onkyo. This is also an excellent gift for the man or woman in your life, which is why we are including it in our 2013 Reviewboard Magazine Valentine's Gift List.


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Instrument Class: Passive Remote Sensing
Instrument Type: Photon/Optical Detectors
Instrument Subtype: Cameras
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Spectral/Frequency Information
Wavelength Keyword: Visible
Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.47 ?m - 0.575 ?m
Wavelength Keyword: Visible
Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.58 ?m - 0.68 ?m
Wavelength Keyword: Near Infrared
Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.69 ?m - 0.83 ?m
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The Return Beam Vidicon (RBV) consisted of three TV-like cameras
which used color filters to provide multispectral images in EM
bands centered in the blue-green, yellow-red, and red-IR. This
sensor failed early on the ERTS-1 and never came into routine
use. However, a four-camera RBV on Landsat-3 was a panchromatic
(0.505 - 0.750 m) version that provided four contiguous images
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Kanye West Says Pusha T's New Album Reminds Him of Hell
Pusha T, a rapper signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music record label, was recently told that his album reminded the label head of Satan's domain.
After West listened to material from the upcoming solo album of Pusha T, born Terrence Thorton, he described the reaction that he received in an MTV interview.
"When it was over, he says, 'Yo, you know that if you die and hear your music, you know you ended up in hell, right?' " Pusha recalled. "I don't know how to take that. Is that a good thing to say or a bad thing to say?"
However, the rapper admitted that his upcoming album was inspired by the 1997 film "The Devil's Advocate" starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. Pusha described how the movie reflected his album material.
"'Devil's Advocate' is a very dark movie, but at the same time, visually, it's beautiful," the rapper told MTV. "The album is based off of that because I speak about the harsh realities of street life but there's a lot of glitz and glamor that comes along with that. If you just look at it at face value, you might think, 'It sounds a bit like he's glorifying [street life],' but when you get tuned into the record, you realize that you get both sides of it."
Although West compared the rapper's album to hell, he seemed to be impressed with the effort.
"He was like...you painted some hell of a picture in this joint,' " Pusha said. "I was like, 'Well I guess the streets will be happy.' "
The rapper is known for including spiritual messages in his music, which is evident in a recent single titled "Exodus 23:1." While Pusha's brother, No Malice, once formed a rap duo known as the "Clipse" with the rapper, he decided to put rhyming on hold to pursue a relationship with Jesus Christ.
While No Malice has yet to pursue his own solo album, he was recently featured on Christian rapper Lecrae's mixtape "Church Clothes" in a song called "Darkest Hour." While the Clipse have collectively released four albums, Pusha's upcoming untitled effort will be his firt solo studio album.


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Rated 4 out of 5 by sega10028 from Great OXO Quality as usual! I wanted to write a review to counter the crticism in one of the other reviews. I have had zero problems with the rubber on my peeler or other surfaces deteriorating. In fact, the product looks like new after 5 years of being used once a week. That said, I do know that often manufacturers change (cheapen!) their manufacturing techniques, so maybe ours are from different eras (my peeler is maybe 5 years old).Date published: 2015-02-11Rated 1 out of 5 by MariaAspen from Rubber handle deteriorates We've had this peeler for few years and it has worked really well, until recently when the rubber handle started constantly getting sort of 'sweaty'. If you hold it in your hands or try to wipe it off - black substances rubs off it. It can't be now used at all or even stored with other utensils as it rubs off this black stuff on anything it touches. It is very annoying, as it is not like you can replace just the handle. The entire utensil is to be thrown away as it is totally unusable. Not only it is a waste of our money, it is also environmentally irresponsible as we are unnecessarily adding non-biodegradable waster to the landfill. Also, a minor thing - the only metal part in this peeler is the actual blade. Although the part above the handle appear to be metal - it is not, it is some sort of plastic and metal-like finish bubbles up and also comes off.Date published: 2014-01-29Rated 5 out of 5 by mmd1 from Great Peeler This peeler is easy to handle, works great, would recommend.Date published: 2013-07-28Rated 5 out of 5 by Momcancook from Awesome Peeler Awesome peeler! Would definitely buy again. Peeled an apple in one strip.Date published: 2013-01-01Rated 4 out of 5 by ANV1 from Gets the job done. Reasonably priced, easy to use, will handle occasional root vegetables. Not as sharp as ceramic peelers, but sturdier. All in all, a good buy.Date published: 2012-09-03Rated 5 out of 5 by Jackkie from Easy and Efficient This is the easiest peeler I've ever used. It is sharp and glides easily across uneven surfaces. It makes potatoes especially easy to peel and I hate peeling potatoes! You won't regret buying this peeler.Date published: 2012-06-21Rated 5 out of 5 by Perazzi from OXO Swivel Peeler Great edition to my kitchen tools! Well made with excellent weight and grip. From Bosc pears to carrotts this tool gives you great control to do the job right! Highly recommended!Date published: 2012-01-28
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Californian Max Bubeck became famous for winning enduros on Indians during a long career that spanned over 40 years from the 1930s to the 1970s. He also built and raced top-speed-record Indians. In June of 1948, he rode an Indian Chief and Scout hybrid (dubbed the "Chout") to a record speed of 135.58 mph on the Rosamond Dry Lake north of Los Angeles. After retiring from competition in the late-1970s, Bubeck continued to be active in motorcycling, doing everything from restoring classic Indian motorcycles to sponsoring antique motorcycle meetings.
Bubeck was born in Los Angeles on June 28, 1917. The youngest of four children, Bubeck learned to ride from his older brother. He purchased his first motorcycle – an Indian 101 Scout – from his brother when he was 16. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1930s was a riding paradise for a young man. Bubeck learned his off-road riding skills in the mountains north of growing city. By the middle 1930s, Bubeck had traded in his Indian V-Twin and began riding and racing the company's four-cylinder model.
In 1937, a friend told Bubeck of an event put on by a local club, called the Greenhorn Enduro. The race was held annually and originated just north of Los Angeles and headed over the cold and rugged mountains down to the searing deserts and back up to the Greenhorn Mountains near Bakersfield. Bubeck finished fourth novice in the '37 race.
"It turns out that I was lucky to finish fourth that first year," Bubeck recalls. "The top three had to race expert the next year. So I got one more year in the novice ranks. I learned a lot during that next year, practicing all the time on the mountain fire roads and I came back in '38 and won the novice division and was second overall. In those days, there were no secret checkpoints or anything like that. You simply had to average 35 miles per hour, but in the mountains there was no way. So whoever was the least late was the winner. "
The Greenhorn Enduro was temporarily discontinued after the 1939 race. World War II came and Bubeck spent the war years working for airplane manufacturer Lockheed and practicing his riding in the San Gabriel Mountains.
After the War, Bubeck picked up where he left off, racing in various off-road events. In 1947, he amazed the motorcycling world when he won the Greenhorn Enduro on his Indian Four. The 130-pound Bubeck won the grueling event aboard a 530-pound motorcycle!
"I didn't know it couldn't be done, so I did it," Bubeck explains on racing the big Indian Four on the rugged mountain and desert trails of the Greenhorn.
Bubeck's riding expertise wasn't confined to the mountain trail riding. In 1948 he rode an Indian "Chout," built with partners Frank Chase and Pop Schunk, to a record speed of 135.58 mph on the Rosamond Dry Lake. The speed was the fastest time ever recorded by an unstreamlined Indian.
In the late 1940s, Bubeck again went against popular opinion and began racing Indian's vertical twins. In racing circles, Indian's new bike was considered uncompetitive in any type of competition. Bubeck and Ed Kretz teamed up to develop the new bike and figured out many ways to make the machine better. Much of what they learned was passed on to the Indian factory and improvements to the bike led to the introduction of the Indian Warrior in the late 1940s.
One of Bubeck's most popular wins came in 1950 aboard the new Warrior. That year, he won the Cactus Derby, a long-distance desert race and mountain race originated in Riverside, California. The race was unique in that it started at midnight. That year, Bubeck's bike lost its lighting barely an hour into the race. He managed to continue by riding with other riders and using their lights. A few times he lost touch with the other riders and rode in complete darkness. In that same event, a long, slow-moving freight train was blocking a crossing. Bubeck sped ahead of the train and crossed the tracks so as to not lose too much time. Despite the darkness, the trains and riding a supposedly uncompetitive bike, Bubeck still managed to win the event. It went down as one of the most memorable victories in his career.
Bubeck's last major win came in 1962. That year, the 44-year-old racer again won the Greenhorn Enduro (on a 1949 Indian Warrior), a full 15 years after he'd last won the race.
In all, Bubeck competed in 32 Greenhorn Enduros (from 1937 to 1979) and finished the rugged race 24 times.
Bubeck rarely ventured outside his home territory of Southern California to race.
"I tried racing up in Northern California a few times and experienced snow, mud and creek crossings," Bubeck said. "I didn't really like it that much. I guess riding in the dry desert mountains was the kind of riding I always like best."
For years, Bubeck hopped up Indians and during the 1970s became a distributor for Hodaka motorcycles. After retiring in the early 1980s, Bubeck continued his love affair with Indians, restoring old bikes and making cross-country trips on the classic American machines. In one cross-country ride, Bubeck commemorated the feats of the great "Cannonball" Baker by re-enacting one of his record-setting coast-to-coast runs.
When inducted in 1999, Bubeck still rode every week with a local group and continues to put on an annual antique motorcycle ride through Death Valley.
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Alcatraz triathlon victim IDd
Authorities have identified the Texas man who died Sunday while competing in the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco.
Ross Ehlinger, 46, an attorney from Austin, died just one minute after jumping into the 51-degree water of San Francisco Bay at the start of the race. Race officials say he suffered a heart attack, but the medical examiner's office has not issued a finding on Ehlinger's cause of death.
The race is usually held in June, when the water temperature is generally 54 to 60 degrees, but organizers held the race three months earlier than normal this year to avoid conflicts with the America's Cup yacht races.
"Was it colder than normal? Yes. But in my opinion the water temperature was not a factor at all in this tragedy," race director Bill Burke said Sunday. "This gentleman obviously had a heart condition he was unaware of."
Escape From Alcatraz is considered one of the most grueling and prestigious triathlons in the world. More than 2,000 people competed in Sunday's race, which included a 1.5-mile swim from Alcatraz to the Marina Green, an 18-mile bike ride and an 8-mile run.
Ehlinger was the first competitor to die in the race's 33-year history, Burke said. The medical examiner will conduct an autopsy in the coming days to determine why he died.
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Carolyn Jones contributed to this report.
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