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Checking back today I see that the majority seems to agree with me that Broadband delivery will be the next Big Thing(TM).
My guess is that's what Apple is betting the farm on, and their recent move to Intel was more about TPM than about fast processors. They're making a lot of money off of digital distribution via iTunes right now. Many might argue that it's already effectively replaced CD's for audio distribution. TPM would be an effective mechanism to allow the likes of Disney to distibue for the MPAA without too much blubbering about piracy.
But to be really specific about HOW I'd prefer to see that broadband distribution working, in a word: BitTorrent
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The Berlin Lake Trail lies mid-way between Cleveland and Pittsburgh in Deerfield Township of Portage County. The 2-mile crushed limestone rail-trail crosses Berlin Lake, traveling through wooded areas...
|2.2 mi
|Crushed Stone
Big Creek Reservation All Purpose Trail provides a paved pathway connecting the Mill Stream Run Reservation, Big Creek Reservation, and the Fern Hill Picnic Area. At its southern end, you can connect...
|7.4 mi
Though not far from two of Ohio's largest cities, Cleveland and Akron, the Bike and Hike Trail passes alongside beautiful natural areas, including the 65-foot Brandywine Falls, a stunning cascading...
|34.2 mi
The Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail offers a pleasant paved pathway connecting the community of Brecksville with the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, a well-loved 81-mile route from...
|6 mi
The Brideway Trail is found within the Black River Reservation, a park in Lorain County, where you can walk, jog, inline skate, cross-country ski or bike. The trail runs between Day's Dam in Lorain...
|4.8 mi
The Chippewa Inlet Trail runs for nearly 4 miles between Lafayette Road/State Route 42 and the Chippewa Nature Area. The trail traverses an open, pastoral landscape along the Chippewa Inlet, which...
|3.95 mi
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The Chippewa Rail Trail runs for 2.4 miles between Chippewa Road (SR 50) in Chippewa Lake to suburban Wycliffe Drive southwest of Medina (Lafayette Township). The trail is mostly rural in feel,...
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When completed, the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Trail will make a critical connection between Cleveland's downtown neighborhoods and the vast Lake Erie. As of August 2015, the first phase of the...
|0.25 mi
The Cleveland Lakefront Bikeway extends 17 miles along the city's Lake Erie shoreline, between the suburbs of Euclid and Lakewood. The bikeway has on-road sections, and the route is signed. The...
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The County Line Trail travels the path of the former Erie Lackawanna Railroad between Rittman and Creston. A highlight of the trail is a former Baltimore & Ohio freight station located just west of...
|6.75 mi
Northern Ohio's Freedom Trail currently offers more than 8 miles of tree-lined pathway along the former Freedom Secondary Railroad. From Eastwood Avenue in eastern Akron, the paved trail follows a...
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The Garrett Wonders Bike Trail, formerly the Warren Bikeway, is an integral component of the Great Ohio Lake-to-River Greenway, which will eventually link Lake Erie and the Ohio River via a multiuse,...
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The Gates Mills Interurban Bridge, known locally as simply The Walking Bridge, offers a pedestrian-only route over the scenic Chagrin River. The steel truss bridge was built in 1899 for the Eastern...
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The Harrison-Dillard Bikeway is a north-south urban path that not only connects the Lake Erie shoreline with the University Circle district, but connects trail users with Cleveland's cultural past....
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The bucolic Headwaters Trail is a pleasant 8-mile journey through the rural landscape between Mantua and Garrettsville. The path has a crushed-stone surface and is mostly shaded. It follows the route...
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Holmes County, located in northeastern Ohio, is the heart of the state's Amish country. Visitors to this rural enclave will find meandering country roads and bucolic natural areas, as well as the...
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The Lake Metroparks Greenway Corridor runs for more than 5 miles through Painesville, Painesville Township and Concord Township. The elevation rises a little more than 200 feet from Painesville (north...
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Cleveland Metroparks' Lake to Lake Trail links Lake Isaac and Lake Abram in Middleburg Heights via an asphalt- and boardwalk-surfaced path. The two lakes are the largest remaining glacial wetlands in...
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The Lester Rail Trail in Ohio's Medina County runs 3 miles between Abbeyville Road and Lester Road in York Township. The trail passes through bucolic farmland with scattered remnants of prairie, where...
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The Little Beaver Creek Greenway Trail runs parallel to the Middle Fork of the Little Beaver Creek and has many beautiful and interesting features, including glacial outwashes, upland fields, mature...
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The Maple Highlands Trail consists of 3 separate segments totaling more than 18 miles. A majority of the trail follows an abandoned Baltimore & Ohio Railroad corridor through a mostly rural landscape,...
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The nearly 11-mile MetroParks Bikeway provides a scenic and well-designed link to communities and natural sites in this northeast region of Ohio. The rail-trail follows a corridor between Canfield and...
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For nearly 9 miles, the Mill Stream Run Reservation All Purpose Trail runs through a wooded park in Berea, a western suburb of Cleveland. Though the trail loosely parallels Valley Parkway, you will...
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The Morgana Run Trail runs on a former Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway corridor through Cleveland's historic Slavic Village neighborhood. The paved rail-trail connects residents to Cleveland...
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The Newton Falls Trail, built on a former railroad bed, follows the Mahoning River as it winds its way downtown. The route provides pleasant neighborhood views of the quaint township that was...
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Ohio's Nickel Plate Trail runs for 2.5 miles from 5th Street near Ravenna Avenue (Metzger Park) to Swallen Avenue south of town. The wooded corridor follow an old railroad right-of-way through parks,...
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The Niles Greenway is a paved, multi-use path running northsouth between the county line on the south and the town of Niles. The pleasant trail passes through a mix of wooded areas, scattered light...
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The North Coast Inland Trail will one day stretch across northern Ohio from Indiana to Pennsylvania on a network of connecting off-road trails. Today, large sections of the trail, especially from the...
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The short North Olmsted Walking & Bike Trail parallels Interstate 480 and provides an alternate, non-motorized route linking neighborhoods with green spaces and business districts.
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The Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail is an amazing trail journey that takes users from the heart of this country's industrial might in cities like Cleveland and Akron, to some of the most beautiful...
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The Ohio to Erie Trail is a colossal project, not just for the state of Ohio but also nationally. Dreamed up more than 25 years ago, this route will eventually connect the Ohio River in Cincinnati to...
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The Olde Muskingum Trail parallels the Tuscarawas River and the Ohio & Erie Canalway between Cherry Street in Canal Fulton and Forty Corners Road just north of Massillon. The 6-mile scenic trail has a...
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The Portage Hike and Bike Trail stretches nearly 10 miles between Kent and Ravenna, about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland and the southern shores of Lake Erie. As of December 2015, its entire length...
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The Rocky River Reservation All Purpose Trail parallels Valley Parkway through several western suburbs of Cleveland, but this is no traditional suburban side path. Instead, the winding trail through...
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Following a portion of the former Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad corridor, the Sippo Valley Trail spans 10 miles between Dalton and Massillon in northwestern Ohio, presenting a mix of rolling farmland,...
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The Stark Electric Railway Trail runs on a former interurban rail line that linked Canton and Salem via Louisville, Alliance and Sebring from 1902 to 1939. The company was nicknamed the 'Bachelor...
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Constructed in 1983 with the help of donations from the Stavich Family and local individuals, the Stavich Trail is unusual in several ways. First, unlike most rail-trails, it was built on an...
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The Steel Mill Trail is a 2-mile continuation of the Bridgeway Trail, which lies within the Black River Reservation, a scenic wooded park in Lorain. The Steel Mill Trail picks up at the north end of...
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The Western Reserve Greenway travels 43 miles through a scenic, mostly rural area, cutting a north–south course from Ashtabula to Warren in northeastern Ohio. The route follows much of the...
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The Zoar Valley Trail winds along the Tuscarawas River for 20 miles between the village of Schoenbrunn in the south and Fort Laurens State Memorial in Bolivar in the north. The path is mixture of...
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The Holmes County Trail is part of the Ohio To Erie Trail trans-Ohio Route. I have ridden this trail several times. The southern section is a great addition as it takes cross Ohio riders off of the very busy U.S. 62 which one previously had to navigate as part of connecting the Mohican Valley Trail from the Bridge of Dreams to the northern section of the Holmes County Trail in Killbuck, OH. The trail north out of Killbuck is a wide paved path designed to accommodate both cyclists, pedestrians and Amish horse-drawn buggies. All that is needed is the gap between Glenmont and Killbuck to be completed and this will be a 5 star trail.
This was a nice little ride. Can't wait to take the kids with me next time.
This trail is part of the Ohio To Erie Trail Route and spans the distance between Dalton and Massillon, Ohio. It is paved on both ends with a 3 mile section of crushed gravel surface in the middle. The signage on the trail is excellent giving the rider names of road crossings and the distances to the next crossing. The trail is mostly flat with just a few short steep climbs near Massillon. The views consist mostly of well maintained local farms but as the leaves fill in on the trees in the spring I'm not certain how much a rider will be able to see of these. If you are planning to ride the Ohio to Erie route then you'll obviously experience this trail, otherwise it is not one that is a must ride.
May 1 was a beautiful evening so after work I rode from Vanderhoof Rd to Forty Corners. The section between Butterbridge Rd (south of Canal Fulton) to Forty Corners was pretty rugged after a hard winter/spring. Lots of washouts and craters so ride a little slower and keep your eyes on the trail. As an alternative ride the Olde Muskingum Trail on the west side. It can be accessed by crossing over the river on Cherry St in Canal Fulton or over the Forty Corners Bridge (now just pedestrians and cyclists) or in the middle on Butterbridge Rd.
I struggle to call this much of a trail as it really isn't more than a glorified sidewalk that replaced an old railroad line through town. From what I've been able to ascertain from Google Maps this trail seems as though it has the possibility of being extended in both directions. However, it's hard to tell if it's the businesses on the Railroad Street end of the trail, the residences on the First Street end of the trail, the rail lines still used by CSX in the area, or the funding that is holding up future expansion. Another reviewer talked about expanding south to the Berlin Lake Trail.
I last rode this trail in July 2017 after completing a ride from Ashtabula, Ohio on the Western Reserve Greenway. The southern end of the Western Reserve Greenway connects directly to this trail when it crosses North River Road in the north end of Warren, Ohio. This trail crosses through most of Warren and ends just a few miles north of the Niles Greenway. If this gap on the southern end of the trail were closed one could ride on a trail from Ashtabula all the way to Canfield, Ohio.
This is a typical urban trail. It crosses many streets and has a couple of on-street sections. As is often typical of trails in urban settings there are sections where the rider needs to be aware of glass and debris on the trail. I found this trail visually appealing as it went through industrial and residential areas as well as through a park. Overall, the Garrett Wonders Bike Trail isn't necessarily a great trail but if it can be connected to the Niles Greenway to the south it will become an incredibly useful one.
I've ridden this trail several times. The last time was at the end of July 2017. The Western Reserve Greenway is a long, straight, flat, bike path that is easy to ride. According to TrailLink the trail is 42.8 miles long, but I don't believe that includes the mileage of the Paul E. Heltzel segment of the Greenway which connects this trail with the Garrett Wonders Bike Trail that goes through most of the city of Warren. The trail is well-maintained, and on a beautiful weekend day you will encounter numerous cyclists and pedestrians around the greenway's trailheads. The trail is long enough that it never seemed crowded. It is an enjoyable path and after having ridden it several times (This was my first end to end ride.) I would say that your best bet is to ride this trail in sections.
Here are my reasons for my previous statement. First, the area that the greenway traverses is very rural in nature. Other than Ashtabula and Warren, the two cities that anchor either end of this trail, there are not many towns or services in between. I think that a good many riders would assume that they would come across at least several small towns or crossroads where they could buy some food, or find some water, etc. I have seen several folks in previous Rails to Trails posts explain at which crossroads to turn and bike into a town for food/drink. That is all well and good, but if you are unfamiliar with the area or are someone who rides greenways and bike trails because you don't like to encounter automobile and truck traffic when riding then be warned that there really is not much along or right off this trail to service your needs. This could be a serious problem if you are riding this trail on a very hot day and run out of water. I know this from personal experience. Secondly, I personally find this trail somewhat boring. It is mile after mile of riding through a tunnel of trees or wide open farm country when it does open up. I think the fact that there are so few turns throughout the trail's length may contribute to this feeling. In addition, this does not mean that there are not some interesting spots along the trail. There is the Rock Creek Trestle, the observation deck at the Mosquito Creek Wildlife Area, the old bridge near Austinburg, and the tunnels under the freeways south of Ashtabula. However, to see all of these things one has to ride a lot of miles of very repetitive scenery.
I rode this trail in July of 2017. The description here at TrailLink needs to be updated to reflect the opening of the half mile section of this trail known as the Lake Link.
I started with the northern section of this trail. I parked on Main Street on the West Bank of the Flats and road down Mulberry Street to River Road and then east to Elm Avenue. Where River and Elm meet the Willow Avenue Bridge crosses the Old Cuyahoga River Channel onto Whiskey Island. According to a June 7th Cleveland.com article, when this route is completed there will be an additional bicycle/pedestrian bridge built that will carry people over the very active Northfolk & Southern rail line and sidings into Wendy Park and the old Cleveland U.S. Coast Guard Station. Unfortunately, at this time this bridge does not exist.
The current Lake Link portion of the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Trail ends on River Road and runs south in a trench that once was a rail spur that ran down the center of the blocks between Mulberry Avenue and Center Street. The this section ends in about a half a mile when it reaches Detroit Avenue.
You can connect the Lake Link and the current southern section of the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Trail by riding on a closed section of roadway called Riverbed Street. It has a barrier near Columbus Road which prevents cars from using it. Riverbed Street follows a curve in the Cuyahoga River known as Irishtown Bend. This section was kind of creepy as it is overgrown with trees and shrubs and kudzu. What really makes it creepy is the sleeping bags you see just off the road that the homeless use to bed down. Since the road isn't used they probably don't get hassled too much in this area. When the groups developing the connecting of the towpath to the lake get to developing this missing section they will have to do some serious landscaping to open up the area to allow riders to see the river and to remove the ability for the homeless to hide. I did not encounter any homeless folks as I rode through but I came through in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday. At this point, I'd say consider how comfortable you are with this situation.
What I really enjoyed with this trail was the architecture of bridges, buildings, and the combinations of old with new, of commerce and industry, and of nature and human endeavor. I can see riding this trail many different times as the the scenery will change drastically with changes in light and weather.
I rode this trail in June of 2017. One feature that I found unique or interesting about this trail was a sign at either end of the trail that pointed out different points of interest and their mile marker location on the upcoming trail. When you reached that point of interest their would be a sign indicating the mile marker and what you were looking at. I thought that was both interesting and helpful.
The Niles Greenway is designed to be part of the bigger Great Ohio Lake to River Greenway, a developing corridor that when completed will allow trail users to travel from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. The unfinished section in Niles could really open up the GOLR Greenway because it would link the Western Reserve Greenway, the Garrett Wonders Bike Trail, the Niles Greenway, and the Mill Creek Metroparks Greenway into one trail from Ashtabula, OH to Canfield, OH.
I rode this trail on June 24, 2017. The Mill Creek MetroParks Bikeway is a gem. It is well maintained and from the number of riders I saw on the trail on this Saturday, appreciated by local residents. It is well marked, features an award-winning trailhead design at Kirk Road, and also has a trail map available at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm trailhead. You've got to love a 10.5 mile trail that comes with its own printed map. My only complaint is the number of road crossings that you experience on this trail and the odd crossing angles and near blindspots at a few of those crossings.
The MetroParks Bikeway is designed to be part of the bigger Great Ohio Lake to River Greenway, a developing corridor that when completed will allow trail users to travel from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. At its current southern end the trail just ends at Western Reserve Road. There is a small parking lot on the other side the road. There is the possibility that this trail could be extended beyond this current terminus and connect up with the Little Beaver Creek Greenway in Washingtonville, Ohio. When you ride north you will pass under the Ohio Turnpike (I-80) and when you cross into Trumbull County the trail becomes the Niles Greenway. If the gap between Niles and Warren, Ohio is filled in you will connect with the Western Reserve Greenway and will be able to travel all the way to Ashtabula, Ohio.
This was a fairly straight trail from Struthers, Ohio through Lowellville, Ohio and then on to close to New Castle, Pennsylvania. The trail follows pathway of an old electric rail line that traveled between the cities previously mentioned. I don't know if the original line was any longer than the route we traveled and I don't think that there is much chance of this trail being extended in either direction as it parallels a fairly active rail line.
This trail isn't exactly flat, but the length of climbs and the gradualness of the trails grade don't make this trail particularly difficult. I mention it simply because you find yourself comparing the elevation of the bikeway to that of the parallel active rail lines. Sometimes you find yourself looking down on the tracks, sometimes you actually find yourself several feet below them.
I rode this as an out and back on what was probably the first really hot day of the summer. Bring plenty of water, as the only source of water would be in Lowellville, Ohio at a grocery or convenience store. I did not see a source of water along the 10 miles of trail.
I rode the Little Beaver Creek Greenway in June of 2017. The trail is located in Columbiana County which is southwest of Youngstown, Ohio. It runs between Lisbon, Ohio and a little town called Washingtonville, Ohio. The trail is 12.5 miles long from end to end. It is a trail that is a part of the larger Great Ohio Lake to River Greenway a planned route that will run from Lake Erie in Ashtabula, Ohio to the Ohio River in East Liverpool, Ohio. On the northern end of the current trail a gap between Washingtonville and The Mill Creek Metroparks Bikeway south of Canfield, OH must be filled. On the southern end there is currently nothing beyond Lisbon toward East Liverpool.
What I found surprising about this trail was the amount of tree cover there was on the southern end of the trail between Lisbon and Leetonia. As you drive to the trailheads on either end of this trail you'll pass through farm country and plenty of wide open fields. I expected to be lathering up with the sunscreen to protect my fair skin. I put in the sunscreen but I really probably didn't need it until reaching Leetonia. From Leetonia north the trail is more exposed to the sun.
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Mobile tech is typically counted as embedded ...overall, not very prominent - who knows really what ends up where, on large scale.
Sure, ARM11 is no longer dominant in ~top smartphones like it was for some time, But it didn't disappear, continues to be used in many mass-market devices - many lower-end Android phones are still built around ARM11-based Qualcomm or Mediatek SoCs ...quite possibly still most Android phones (it's just that tons of cheap Chinese devices aren't really noticeable in few most visible "premium" markets, but they largely power the worldwide Android adoption). Then add so called "feature phones" or Nokia Symbian devices, also most recent. It's not impossible that most smartphones and/or mobile phones in general still ship with ARM11.
Which reminds me, there's more than the main CPU - radio modules typically have some older ARM, and will likely continue that trend.
Also, Nintendo 3DS seems to have ARM11.
And that's only the visible stuff. My quite recent wifi router has some old ARM core - not sure which, but the point is: older cores continue being attractive for most scenarios.
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Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Dillard University in New Orleans, is known for his no-nonsense leadership style, fresh ideas and willingness to speak publicly about the plight of historically black colleges and universities. When hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre donated $30 million to the University of Southern California in May, Kimbrough wrote a column for the Los Angeles Times arguing that the gift would have best served an HBCU. I spoke with Kimbrough about Dr. Dre's gift and other HBCU-related issues.
What are your basic concerns with Dr. Dre's gift?
Kimbrough: I always acknowledged that it is his money, and he is free to do as he pleases. But my question was whether that large sum of money could be better used somewhere else. I speak as an HBCU president. Our average family income is $31,000 a year, and 76 percent of the students receive the Pell grant. USC is already a wealthy school. Their $3.5 billion endowment generates enough interest in three months to cover my annual operating budget. If major gifts only go to wealthy schools that increasingly enroll wealthy and privileged students, aren't we exacerbating an already serious problem of inequity, especially for groups that will become the majority?
What are the biggest challenges for HBCUs, public and private, if they are to remain viable?
First, there is just a larger pool of schools for black students to choose from. A recent report indicates that a great number of blacks are doing for-profit, online programs. While this provides great flexibility in taking classes, it is very expensive, so people are finding themselves in greater debt, often not finishing their degrees. But the point I also make is that HBCUs have been more resilient than other specialty schools. For example, women's colleges numbered 300 in 1960, and now there are fewer than 45. Studies suggest less than 2 percent of women look for an all-women's experience, while still 25 percent of black students attend an HBCU as undergraduates. The other major issue is that HBCUs serve the population that has little wealth, lower incomes and higher unemployment. When this is your community you serve, you're going to have financial issues.
What do HBCUs do well?
I think the biggest thing we do well is to provide a real opportunity for success for students who may have had all the cards stacked against them. This is the only sector that really prides itself on admitting low-income, first-generation students and working to get them prepared to be competitive. It is definitely a hard job, which is why graduation rates are lower, as they are for all schools that enroll a high percentage of low-income students. But for the future of the nation, we have to do a better job of taking these students and preparing them to be successful citizens.
Will the United States always need HBCUs?
I think there will always be students who want an HBCU experience. I definitely believe there will be fewer HBCUs. But if people really want to end HBCUs, they should focus more on recruiting black students and making them feel welcome at majority institutions. There are still numerous incidents every year on college campuses, including USC this year, that remind black students that this is not your school. So the message seems to be we don't want HBCUs, and we really don't want black students on our campus either. None of the folks who attack HBCUs fight to make sure all campuses are welcoming to black students. And until that happens, HBCUs will be needed.
What about the low graduation rates of HBCUs we hear a lot about?
HBCUs enroll the highest percentage of low-income students in the nation. It is a job that no one seems to want, and since U.S. News rankings reward schools for limiting underrepresented minorities, older students and poor students, the quality of the schools are constantly questioned. People compare graduation rates of schools with fewer than 20 percent of the students receiving the Pell grant against those that have high Pell grant populations. All the research shows that as you increase the number of poor students, graduation rates decline. It is as simple as that. If people would look at the Washington Monthly rankings, which measure impact of schools, you find that HBCUs are just as productive as other schools, maybe even more so.


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NEW YORK - The Columbia men's tennis team will return to action this weekend, making the short trip to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to compete in the NTC Invitational Friday, Sept. 21 through Sunday, Sept. 23. Admission to the NTC Invitational in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. is free all three days.
Competition at the BJK National Tennis Center, the site of the U.S. Open, will begin Friday morning at 9 a.m. with the first round of doubles matches. First serve in singles action is slated for 10:30 a.m., with five of the ten drawings beginning. The remaining five draws will follow with a noon start. Competition in the afternoon continues with singles competition from both the main and consolation draws.
Play on Saturday begins with a heavy dose of doubles competition in the morning, to be followed by singles play in the afternoon. The tournament wraps up Sunday with the final round in both doubles and singles, contingently scheduled for 9 a.m.
The Lions opened the 2012-13 season last weekend at the Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational, capturing victories in four draws. Daniel Morgan, Max Schnur, Ben Vancura and Ashok Narayana each returned to the City of New York with draw titles. Winston Lin and Eric Rubin also had impressive showings, reaching the finals of their respective draws.


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Classified Materials Found in Paula Broadwell's Computer
The FBI is reporting it found classified documents on Paula Broadwell's computer, but both she and her lover, former CIA Director David Petraeus deny the documents came from him.
Broadwell, Petraeus' biographer and mistress, has been under investigation for months, after she reportedly threatened Jill Kelley, a Petraeus family friend, through email. The FBI, while investigating the threat allegations, found a series of emails between Petraeus and Broadwell of an intimate, sexual nature.
But in addition to the emails, the FBI found classified documents on her computer, after she turned it over to investigators after admitting to the affair, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The paper also reported the investigation has been going on for some time, even back as far as this summer. In September, the FBI started working on a legal analysis to determine if charges could be filed, and the investgation continued in the months before the presidential election.
Petraeus admitted to the FBI he'd had an affair but denied he provided his biographer with the classified documents, so the source of the classified documents remains unclear.
Meanwhile, federal lawmakers are angry that they weren't only told about the affair, but that the FBI didn't notify leaders about the intelligence breach. California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein told a Sunday talk show she plans to investigate the FBI's handling of the matter, and wants to know why it wasn't shared earlier with Congress earlier.It was like a lightning bolt This is something that could have had an effect on national security. I think we should have been told.
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In it's 11th year, the CREATE program continues its capacity and safety enhancements to secure Chicago's place in a strong national rail network.
It's hard to believe the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program, a partnership between the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), the state of Illinois, city of Chicago, Metra (the region's suburban passenger rail provider), Amtrak and the nation's freight railroads, is more than a decade old. In that time, 20 projects have been completed, nine are under construction and 19 are in the design phase with four of those design projects expected to enter construction later in 2014.
The program is vital to Chicago's survival as a national and North American rail hub. Early terminal model results, prior to the program's commencement, pointed to complete gridlock along the Chicago system by 2015 if nothing was done. But something was done and CREATE set out to improve capacity, relieve congestion and enhance safety throughout the system, which is already seeing significant measurable results from the completed projects.
"The feedback from rail customers around the country impacted by CREATE has been positive," said Bill Thompson, CREATE program manager with the Association of American Railroads. "Regionally, the railroads have seen roughly a 30-percent reduction in manifest cross town transit time. The Chicago terminal is ringed by Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI) readers. Each rail car in North America has an AEI tag on it. The railroads are able to receive the date and time a car enters the terminal and departs the terminal. In 2003, manifest trains were operating through the terminal in 43 hours. In 2012, trains were operating through the terminal in 32 hours."
Project update
Approximately 42 percent of the 70 projects associated with CREATE are complete or under construction. The program has spent $500 million of the $1.2 billion available and currently estimates the full build out will require an additional $2.5 billion for remaining design and construction.
"The progress of CREATE is often effected by environmental studies and funding constraints, but with regards to funded freight projects, we are finishing all the railroad projects on the Beltway Corridor followed by the Western Avenue Corridor. Some of this is controlled by environmental issues and some are driven by completion of design," said Thompson. "The Western Avenue Corridor sees significant intermodal traffic. As the Western Avenue improvements are being completed, the intermodal product will move through the terminal with greater reliability."
The grade separations, which are managed by the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), will follow on these corridors as funding becomes available.
Thompson also says six of the program's 12 tower projects are complete. The railroads agreed to upgrade the remaining towers at railroad expense out of their CREATE contribution and progress continues as railroad funding is available and plans finalized.
Thompson says the largest of the CREATE projects, the 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project, a combination of the P2 Flyover, the P3 Flyover, EW2 track upgrade and GS14 71st street grade separation projects, will have its Environmental Impact Statement complete by the end of 2014. One of the program's most high-profile projects, P1, the Englewood Flyover, is progressing well.
The south Chicago P1 project will relieve congestion for the approximately 150 passenger and freight trains that traverse the area each day with a series of rail-to-rail and rail-to-highway grade separations, including a 2,100-linear-foot flyover bridge to elevate Metra's Rock Island tracks over Amtrak and freight lines at 63rd and State streets. In July 2012, a contract was awarded to the joint venture of IHC Construction and Illinois
Constructors for the project and approximately 60 percent of the grade separation work is complete.
Extensive bridge construction at 59th Street, 61st Street, 63rd Street, a Norfolk Southern overpass, the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-94), Wentworth Avenue and 67th Street/Marquette Road is required for the track realignment and approaches to the new flyover. Several large cast-in-place retaining walls and precast retaining walls are being constructed in multiple locations throughout the project and have replaced bridges that were removed at 60th and 66th streets.
Another interesting construction practice utilized in the CREATE program has been innovative bridge roll in and out technology, such as that used to roll a truss into place over Torrence Avenue near 130th Street in August 2012 as part of project GS15a. The 394-foot-long, 43-million-pound bridge is believed to be the largest truss bridge ever moved after assembly.
The project general contractor on GS15a, Walsh Construction, used four self-propelled mobile transporters to relocate the fully-assembled bridge from its assembly site to its final position on the new bridge piers a few hundred feet away.
Similar technology was also used on the P1 project for bridge removal and the GS14 project for bridge installation.
Thompson says a severe winter has slowed progress on the nine CREATE projects under construction, but he expects decks to be constructed in early spring on the P1 and GS25 bridges.
Thompson also provided an update on the following projects:
- An RFP will go out in 2014 for design and construction management support on the EW3 and WA7 projects.
- GS6, the grade separation on 25th Avenue in Bellwood, and the EW1 double tracking project through BRC's Clearing Yard will both go out for bid this summer or fall.
- The B1 project and crossovers near Bensenville and WA1 project in Chicago will finish design midyear and construction is expected to start later this year.
- The WA1 project near Ogden Avenue and EW3 project at Pullman Jct. will bid in early 2015.
There's always a challenge
A program that has been around for as long as CREATE will run into its fair share of challenges and the trials evolve as the project does. What stays constant is the CREATE program partners' commitment to see the program through to completion.
"Recent challenges include steadily increasing rail business and a tough winter. CREATE exists so that, in the long term, the region and the railroads around Chicago can be more effective dealing with issues that restrain capacity, such as increased business and weather issues," said Thompson.
"Track time is always a challenge. The railroads operate 24 hours and seven days per week including most holidays. In addition, Metra dominates the Chicago operation during the rush hours or roughly 25 percent of the work day. Because of 2013 holiday traffic, there was little track time available in November and December. This can be frustrating at times for contractors but this is the rail operation in Chicago," he said.
"All the CREATE partners, CDOT, IDOT and the railroads along with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) want the program finished, but funding is always a challenge," explained Thompson. "Fortunately, the CREATE partnership is solid. The partner contributions to the CREATE program are commensurate with benefits received.
"Most public-private partnerships have a cash stream, such as with a toll authority. The responsible agency will borrow against that future funding stream and expand the infrastructure. This is not the case with CREATE. With CREATE the railroads committed millions of dollars to the program and have kept the money available for design and construction. This previously helped cover Phase 1 shortages when one of the agencies ran short of funding," he said.
Thompson also points out that the CREATE program's benefit is recognized by officials at the state and federal government.
"Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has been very supportive of the program and IDOT contributed an additional $210 million to the program bringing IDOT's contribution to $410 million. Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel understood the importance of CREATE from the moment he stepped into the mayor's office and this continues. The U.S. Department of Transportation continues support of CREATE with FRA Administrator Joe Szabo and FHWA Administrator Victor Mendez visiting projects last year. Many other officials including U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), both members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, visited CREATE. The CREATE partners were awarded $10.4 million in the TIGER IV program. The railroads have budgeted $234 million for CREATE projects. In June, U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), the chairman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, convened a roundtable discussion on rail transportation and included CREATE in the discussion," said Thompson.
CREATE has proved to be a good model, as well, with a similar program under development in Louisiana with the railroads working closely with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to improve the New Orleans rail network.
While Thompson mentions that the CREATE partners appreciate the support received, they aim to be good agents and remain focused on one of the railroads key areas: safety.
"The CREATE partners are always watchful of and concerned about the safety of the railroaders, contractors and general public involved in or around each project. In addition, the CREATE partners are always good stewards of the environment and good stewards of the funding," said Thompson.


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Idzik fired half the IT staff.
its not working for me is it down or is it just me
Idzik fired half the IT staff.
They found that it was more economical and energy efficient if the limited number of users, especially in the forums, went to an all carrier pigeon system.
You can only use the Jets website between 1AM and 3AM.....unless you purchased a website PSL. In that case, you're required to use the website 10 times each season.
Maybe the website has Revis' agent?


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You know you had it once—the flirtations, the sensual touches, the special bond that set you and your partner ablaze. But now a steady breeze of indifference threatens to blow out the flame. Don't despair. You can bring intimacy back into your life—if you're willing to step out of the comfort zone and add sparkle, inventiveness, verbal support and an intimate connection to your relationship.
First, recognize what happened to make you lose that focus on your partner. Blame it on the time crunch, says Mary LoVerde, a professional speaker on life balance and author of Stop Screaming at the Microwave: How to Connect Your Disconnected Life (Fireside). "We have the idea that we can get it all done," she says. "We've been taught through the '80s and '90s that if only you manage and organize and delegate and prioritize, you can do it all. So we think, 'As soon as I get it all done, I'll have time to be romantic.' "
But you'll never get it all done, says LoVerde, so it's important to develop the attitude that you must put a little focus on your relationship every day. Bring back the rituals in life that really make it work. Pepper Schwartz, PhD, a sociologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, agrees. "Time is the biggest reason intimacy is missing in people's lives," says Schwartz, co-author of 10 books, including The Great Sex Weekend (Putnam) and What I've Learned About Sex (Perigee). "Our time is so scripted, so full, it's hard for us to have the time to enjoy an easy conversation or a meandering discussion. That's the way things begin to unweave."
Tantric Tradition
When boredom and predictability smother a relationship and partners begin to take each other for granted, it's important to regenerate the excitement that ignites couples when a relationship is new. Richard and Diana Daffner of Florida suggest you "turn your relationship into a love affair." This mid-50s couple teaches intimacy workshops using tantra tai chi, a body-centered path of deep intimacy, sexual fulfillment and true personal joy. In the tantric tradition of ancient India, sexual energy is viewed as the source of life and one of our most powerful forces. At weekend or week-long retreats in Mexico, Jamaica and Siesta Key, Fla., couples of all ages are taught to identify with the intimate energy in their bodies.
"Once they get connected with their own presence," says Richard Daffner, "they can share that in the presence of their beloved. Most people know what they say is only half of the message. It's the energy behind the words that's significant. We show couples an appreciation of that energy through basic tai chi movements, so they can get focused, centered and peaceful in their bodies." Partners are taught to individually feel a solo stillness, then encouraged to connect with their partner.
Diana Daffner says that many couples have intercourse, yet they're missing out on some extraordinary experiences of intimacy and personal fulfillment. "Tantra tai chi shows people how to be more present, centered, open and accessible with your partner, both emotionally and spiritually."
Get in Touch
Seductive touch is another important element in any relationship. Lee*, a Colorado resident, says her favorite way to electrify an evening is to lightly "feather-tickle" the back of her partner. "I can do that for hours as a soothing, intimate gesture," she says.
Massage can also encourage intimacy. "It's a good way to please one another and enjoy each other's company," says Schwartz. "You can do it immediately, and you don't need an enormous amount of talent. Take a class together to learn specific techniques," she says.
You also could brush or wash one another's hair, share a hot shower or foamy bubble bath. Jane* found out quite by accident that her husband was turned on by helping to shave her legs. He first did so out of necessity. Jane had broken a bone and couldn't comfortably bend her legs to shave them. Now, when her husband wants to be intimate, he pulls out the razor.
Spontaneity can be difficult, especially with children in the home. But there's nothing wrong with a little planning, says LoVerde. She recalls her own need to reconnect with her husband, Joe, when their relationship was challenged by her midlife crisis. "One day, I took the kids to a babysitter, left him a note and told him to get ready for a wonderful weekend. I told him to head for the health club at 5 o'clock." When he got there, the counter girl gave him a second note that said, 'I love it when you get up in the morning and work out so you can be with us in the evening. Now go to my friend Janice's house.' So Joe drove there and was given another note that said, 'Janice was at our wedding, and I as a bride was never more sure about marrying you. Now go to Washington Park.'"
There Joe was handed a note saying, "This is where we'd come to kiss and make up after our fights, and we walked our babies around the park. Now drive to 837 S. Williams." At this site, Joe found a note under the planter that said, "This was our first house. We brought our children home here from the hospital and built our dreams." From there Joe was sent to a local restaurant, where the LoVerdes had had their first date. Mary was waiting for him.
He had tears in his eyes when he saw her and said, "You just showed me our roots go really deep, and one little midlife crisis can't ruin it." LoVerde's point is that a big part of intimacy is knowing what truly delights the other person and connects them to you. It's romantic to know that someone really understands who you are.
One way to enhance communication is through positive feedback. LoVerde suggests sending an e-mail to your partner that says something like, "You were good last night!" She also knows a woman who daily sends secret numeric codes to her husband's beeper. For example, 1111 means "I love you."
Cooking Up Romance
Foods, particularly those thought to be aphrodisiacs, are a popular path to partner-pleasing (see "10 Foods to Recharge your Libido"). Ellen and Michael Albertson are authors of the cookbook and romance guide Food As Foreplay: Recipes for Romance, Love and Lust (Alexandria Press). The Albertsons believe cooking together is a great way to spend quality time and keep your romantic life intact.
If you can't picture yourself as chef material, Michael says you can participate in other ways. "While the other person cooks, put some nice silk scarves over the lights (but don't let them ignite), set out some candles or incense and choose the right piece of music." Schwartz adds: "Bringing in a little visual romance can be perfectly appropriate. That's why we pay set designers so much. They put together visions, and those things make a difference in how you connect."
Essential oils also can enhance the mood. "The sense of smell really ignites our deepened passions and emotions," says Ellen Albertson. Essential oils, which are distilled from plants, have been used since the time of the Egyptians to stimulate the mind and body. The oils can be released into the air using an electric aromatherapy diffuser or by adding 8 to 10 drops of an aromatic oil into a simmer pot. Among the aphrodisiac oils thought to enhance seduction and arousal are sandalwood, jasmine, narcissus and ylang-ylang.
Finally, when working to restore intimacy, it's important to remember that what you say is as important as what you do. Redford Williams, director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center at Duke University and co-author of Lifeskills (Times Books), believes that adding five positive interactions to your daily conversation can greatly enhance your relationship. It's equally important to really listen when your partner speaks.
Edward Sauders, Jr. of Nashville, Tenn., finds that talking to his partner about her dreams and aspirations is critical to intimacy. "I personally feel that if you take the time to understand your lover, you will connect that much more strongly during lovemaking." Ultimately, it's about making someone feel valued. "It's about turning on a switch," says Ellen Albertson. "To really appreciate someone, you have to see the beauty of the person you fell in love with. That can be the greatest pleasure."
* These names have been changed by request.
Verna Noel Jones is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune and The Denver Post.
Photography by: Bob Gage/EPG


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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Mary Worth 715
Today's Full Strip
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Good call on the empty chair, Wanders! I would have missed that! Also, I must compliment Joe Giella on his successful portrayal today of: The Awkward Moment. You could cut the tension at Mary's dinner party with a knife! Delicious, teehee!
- March 30, 2010 at 9:02 AM
Heaven knows what could happen with these shiksas and shaygetz at this dinner party.
- March 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM
- phoebes in santa fe said...
It sure ain't a seder, I can tell you that.
I wonder what would happen if a Jewish person, or a black person, or an Asian person would actually move into Charterstone? Would Mary have the newcomer over to dinner? Would this strange person be welcome at a pool party? Would this person get run out of town one step before the tar and feathers?
I, for one, would love to see Moy address this plot line...
- March 30, 2010 at 9:14 AM
All that dry food and not a drop to drink.
- March 30, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- minifigs said...
"Did I say roast chicken? I, of course, meant mashed roast chicken"
- March 30, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Barbara Hanson said...
"Mary, you must tell me! Did you get that barcode tablecloth at Marcy's or at Stears?"
- March 30, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- rlsherman said...
I love that she's got Elijah's seat at the end of the table, and she's in the center (?) of the other side. She'll set a place, but draws a line at sitting next to him.
Happy Pesach, my friend!
- March 30, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Ah, of course, Elijah the Prophet...
Speaking of Returns!
- March 30, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Robert said...
The second panel for today's strip is hysterical. Ernie and Bonnie look so tense, and Mary is troubled about the secret she's dying to get out of her guests.
- March 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM
- Maggie said...
Bonnie? Can I serve you a large boiled potato? I also have small boiled potatoes if you're interested. Ernie, please help yourself to the overflowing bowl of mashed potatoes.
Quite a spread! But no bitter herbs to remind us of our bondage... to the Charterstone Condo Board.
- March 30, 2010 at 3:25 PM
I'm imagining a first date with Mary... "I want you to ENJOY this date with me." "I want us to GET TO KNOW each other better." "I hope WE KISS."
- March 30, 2010 at 3:44 PM
I'm just surprised that their clothing has stayed the same size, shape and color for two whole days.
- March 30, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Let's see...brown n' serve rolls, 1/2 cup of peas, steaming yellow dealies, and some flat pinkish things that may or may not be ham.
Say, that IS an impressive spread.
- March 30, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Looks delicious? LOOKS DELICIOUS?!
- March 31, 2010 at 5:45 AM
3/31/10: Mary Worth has napkin dangling from mouth. Cannot comprehend why guests are so put off. Will study further.
- March 31, 2010 at 5:47 AM


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Steven Dubuc was still in college when he went to work as a system engineer for a Montreal sound company called Audio Concept in 1980. In 1982 he undertook his first cross-Canada rock'n'roll tour as a sound engineer with the Powder Blues Band, hitting 57 venues from coast to coast in 60 days.
With no formal training as a sound engineer, Steve went on to work for the Moscow Circus as Head of Touring Sound between1987 and 1989. In 1990 he was the Production Soundman for the Canadian national tour of Les Miserables. He returned to Montreal in 1992 to take up duties as Head of Sound at the Montreal Forum and got his first assignment from Cirque du Soleil in 1994, as Technical Director for Alegría. He later became Technical Director (Production & Touring) of the North American tour of Quidam.
Steven's work took him away from Cirque in 1997 to become Project Manager (Audio) for Disneyfest Asia and to work on World Cup soccer installations in France. That led, among other assignments, to the position of Project Manager for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games international broadcast center. He also managed the power systems for Celine Dion's 1999 world tour and worked for the F1 World Championship, providing technical expertise and support for all European races.
Steven Dubuc describes Zarkana as a "highly textured" show. His role is to integrate the sound with the lighting, the video effects, the costumes, the music and band cues triggered by the movements of performers – and at the same time to meet the challenging demands of the theatre.
"When we work in existing theatres we can't knock down walls or hang speakers just anywhere," he says. "On the other hand, we are able to take advantage of all the sound equipment that is already in place, and that's a huge help in large spaces with many levels and balconies."
Steven Dubuc was born in Beloeil, Quebec.