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The last two weeks leading up to the event were not friendly to me work schedule and weather wise. Two straight weeks on call for work and the first rain of the season kept me to local loops, no long rides. Still, it would have to do and I counted on all those recent hard SS rides to get me by.
I had to decide what bike to ride. It was between the Epic 29er with the carbon wheels or the Carve SS I have been riding for a while now. I was really liking the SS and since I was thinking about doing the WRIAD on an SS, I figured it would be good to see how this bike treated me over a longer, harder day. So, the SS it was. I had just received some new wheels that would have been sweet to roll on, but I did not have enough time to burn them in after installing them. I have one rule above all when it comes to new gear/bike changes before a critical ride: Never go into battle with an unproven weapon. So I changed only one thing...the grips, stealing the most excellent Ergon GA-1 grips off the Blackbuck. Those are the best I have found for SS work on long days. I considered changing tires from the Geax TNT AKAs to some TNT Saguaros for extra grip in the desert conditions, but the pics I had seen of the trail made it look pretty smooth. The AKAs are fast, good sized, and they were already on there. SO, I went with the AKAs, something I regretted a bit later.
I also had a new hydration pack to try out. It was much too big for the day's requirements, but it was light for its size and comfy to wear, so I figured I would give it a shot. Osprey makes great stuff and I have loved owning the tried and true Talon 22. This Escapist 30 was a bit bigger than the already big Talon 22 and was more suited for bike use, having tool organization features.
The morning came and we loaded the camping gear into KT the Man's adventure van and hit the road toward Tucson. The drive is about 9 hours and we talked about bikes, clean diet changes, bikes, riding, job stuff, life issues, and bikes. Soon enough we were across the border into AZ.
Rolling in to the camp area, we set up and prepped for the next day. The trick was finding a cactus free zone to set up a tent. Man, this is an unfriendly country. Wearing sandals would be crazy around here. I had a new GPS that I was breaking in, although I had tested it a bit before I left. I would have liked to have proven it further, but it was either go with it or not go at all. So I played with that a bit, checked over my pack set-up, and then hung around a communal fire pit, talking with some of the racers that were camping here. Friendly banter and talk of the route and past rides ran their course and then it was time to hit the tent, enjoying the new inflatable camping pad I had bought last year. Super comfy and packs small too.
I was awoken by the noise of the 115 miler folks leaving at 05:00 in the cold and dark. Brrrrr. It was cold enough at 06:30 when I rose to meet the morning. KT the Man fired up his antique Coleman stove, the kind you have to fill with Coleman fuel and prime before you light it...have not seen one of those since I was a kid...and tea with some trail mix got me ready to roll.
GPS on...check...pack ready....check...last minute clothing decisions and we were off on the 'neutral start'. However, the neutral start was decidedly un-neutral to SS riders. Too fast for me right off and I dropped off the back into the stragglers. The 6.5 miles of dirt road led us to a highway and then about 10 miles of pavement, uphill into a cold wind. I pulled a lone lady along for a while till she dropped out of the draft and I ended up riding with 2 other guys on SS bikes all the way to the next turn onto the dirt.
Clothing layers were adjusted as the sun was making the 40-ish degree temps fade away. It felt good to be on dirt again and the Arizona Trail began here. I posed for a pic in front of the sign and did not realize until later that Antelope Peak, the distant point on the horizon, was our 'maypole' that meant the turnaround point of the race. If I had seen that at this stage of the race I would have been...oh what is the word...oh yeah, 'dismayed'.
Dropping onto the trail I was reminded of that tire choice again, and I was already wishing I had opted to swap for the more aggressive Geax Saguaros. The trail was off camber, loose, and covered with small broken rocks and cactus pieces. Tons of switchbacks required a bit of tip-toeing to stay rubber up, but I was still catching and passing folks on geared FS bikes. It was warming up and the miles crept by. It was slow going but I was happy to have chosen the SS. I was riding a lot more than I would have expected, pushing on the steeper, loose hill sections. The Carve SS Pro was treating me well so far and I just dig the way it turns pedal input into rolling up the trail. Singlespeeds are so cool and great singlespeeds are even cooler.
The sweeping vistas were tough to appreciate unless you stopped. The trail was lined with more kinds of cactus then I had ever seen and it took all your concentration just to color between the lines. Going off trail would have been very bad.
I was in the back of the pack and alone most of the time, but I would leap frog with a few guys over the course of the day. I was feeling really strong and riding a lot of the winding trail-ups. I also noted a bit of pre-cramping feeling in my quads and that worried me, so I began to push a bit more, leaving some money in the leg-bank. Unfortunately, before the day was over I would end up overdrawn. This section of the trail was pretty new and anything but buff and I was not always clear on the route, getting off course twice until the GPS and a bit of poking around and backtracking got me back on trail. At one point I was at a cattle gate crossing and met up with two riders. I had been looking at a distant peak, thinking that it could not be Antelope Peak as it was very far away and it was already 01:00. Just then one of the riders pointed to the peak in question and told his buddy, "That is where we are going". REALLY? Oh jeepers!!!!
|The backside of Antelope Peak...finally.
About, oh, 40 miles into the ride the leg cramps began to hit me. I could not push hard, so I would dance on the pedals until I felt the legs going south, then I would push for a while...pedal...push, etc. The sucky part was I was feeling really strong other than that. My energy was great, my back felt great, the SS was working sweet, but I could not hit the GO button. Sucks to be me. Leg cramps are my Waterloo...always have been.
At about 50 miles it was 5:00 and I had about 45 minutes of daylight. I had a head light with me, but the last section of trail was described as very hard to follow and that was in the daylight. By now there were times I was having issues even walking. I never absolutely locked up solid, but the threat was always just under the surface. I was also pretty much out of water, having about three good swallows left. I had gone through 100oz in the Osprey pack plus 5 small water bottles.
That was enough to sway me into taking the bail-out option at mile 60 or so. The trail turned right and I stayed straight ahead on the dirt road to camp. I was very grateful for that smooth piece of road...not flat, but if I died there at least I would be found before the buzzards got me.
I rolled in to camp just at dusk, signed in, and headed for dinner. What a day. The rest of the night we hung around the fire in our camp, sharing time with the locals and the event organizers as they waited for all the riders to come in. The last 115 milers, two guys on singlespeeds, one nursing knee issues, came in at 10:30 at night having left at 05:00 that morning. Oh man...that is a long day.
The next morning we set out to ride the 24 Hours of the Old Pueblo course as KT the Man and Nicette, our lady of the group, were set to race the team 24 hour in a few weeks. We rode about 12 miles of some of the flowiest, funnest singletrack in the desert. SO THIS is where they hide the fun trail out here...right next to our camp site! What a contrast to the previous day's trail! Still, it is all good. The trip was great, the company sweet, the ride was hard, and the deed was done.
The Carve had been a perfect companion. The tough Geax TNT casings never flinched on the rocks and the Geax sealant inside kept me flat free...I KNOW I ran over cactus many times. The new Osprey pack was too big for this trip, but was never uncomfortable and had a pocket for everything. The GPS was awesome to have and the new eTrex series from Garmin looks ready made for endurance nuts with the AA batts and easy to use features. The Fluid endurance drink mix in the bottles kept me very well energized but even with Elete in the water reservoir, I still battled cramps. Bummer. One of these days I will figure that out. In the meantime, thanks to the organizers and to the hard working folks who cut that Arizona Trail out of the desert.
I will be back.


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We are sad to let you know that this website's owner, James E. Morrison, passed away in April 2016. We know how much many people were informed, educated and enlightened by his passion for astrolabes. We can't express enough how your interest touched him.
Unfortunately, all correspondence to his email and postal mail addresses will remain unacknowledged. We are sincerely sorry for this and we apologize for any inconvenience. The website will continue in its present form for the forseeable future.
To repeat, please DO NOT try to contact us by any means. We are very sorry, but this was a one-man operation that has now ended.
The Astrolabe:
An instrument with a past and a future
The astrolabe is a very ancient astronomical computer for solving problems relating to time and the position of the Sun and stars in the sky. Several types of astrolabes have been made. By far the most popular type is the planispheric astrolabe, on which the celestial sphere is projected onto the plane of the equator. A typical old astrolabe was made of brass and was about 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter, although much larger and smaller ones were made.
Astrolabes are used to show how the sky looks at a specific place at a given time. This is done by drawing the sky on the face of the astrolabe and marking it so positions in the sky are easy to find. To use an astrolabe, you adjust the moveable components to a specific date and time. Once set, much of the sky, both visible and invisible, is represented on the face of the instrument. This allows a great many astronomical problems to be solved in a very visual way. Typical uses of the astrolabe include finding the time during the day or night, finding the time of a celestial event such as sunrise or sunset and as a handy reference of celestial positions. Astrolabes were also one of the basic astronomy education tools in the late Middle Ages. Old instruments were also used for astrological purposes. The typical astrolabe was not a navigational instrument although an instrument called the mariner's astrolabe was widely used in the Renaissance. The mariner's astrolabe is simply a ring marked in degrees for measuring celestial altitudes.
The history of the astrolabe begins more than two thousand years ago. The principles of the astrolabe projection were known before 150 B.C., and true astrolabes were made before A.D. 400. The astrolabe was highly developed in the Islamic world by 800 and was introduced to Europe from Islamic Spain (al-Andalus) in the early 12th century. It was the most popular astronomical instrument until about 1650, when it was replaced by more specialized and accurate instruments. Astrolabes are still appreciated for their unique capabilities and their value for astronomy education.
About the Astrolabe Website
This page provides a very brief definition of planispheric astrolabe principles. Links are provided to pages with more details. The astrolabe in the picture was made by the French scientist and craftsman Jean Fusoris in about 1400 (photo courtesy Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum). Click on the image to display a biographical sketch of the maker and large pictures of the front (121K) and back (51K) of the instrument. You can also download The Electric Astrolabe and a template for making a Mariner's Astrolabe.
If, after looking through this site, you find you would like to actually own an inexpensive astrolabe reproduction, take a look at The Personal Astrolabe. (We no longer offer The Personal Astrolabe, but most of this page is still available for your information and/or inspiration.)
Details on the description, history, use, theory and design of all types of astrolabes and selected related devices can be found in the author's recently published book, The Astrolabe.
Also included is a description of a monumental sculpture based on the anaphoric clock, an astronomical machine from ancient times that was a precursor of the astrolabe. The anaphoric star disk is the centerpiece of a restored park in downtown Kansas City, MO and is very likely the largest and most accurate device of this type ever made.
A page with links to other relevant web pages, references and astrolabe reproductions is attached.
A page is included that shows astrolabes made by individuals. Please send us a note if you have made an astrolabe that you would like to have included.
The largest astrolabe collection in North America, and the best displayed in the world, is at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, IL. The permanent Adler exhibit, "The Universe In Your Hands: Early Tools of Astronomy," includes many of the rare and beautiful astrolabes in the Adler collection along with other pre-telescopic instruments such as sundials and armillary spheres. Other astrolabe collections in North America are at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (Washington, DC) and Harvard University (Cambridge, MA).
The largest astrolabe collection on public display is at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK. Other collections in the UK are in the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich), The British Museum (London), The Science Museum (London) and the Whipple Museum of the History of Science (Cambridge).
European continental museums with astrolabe collections include Museo di Storia della Scienze a Firenze (Florence), Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Nurnberg), Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (Paris), Museo Naval (Madrid), Observatorio Astronomica di Roma (Rome) and the Musees Royaux d�Art and d�Histoire (Brussels).

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Michael Moir, FRICS was one of Hong Kong's most influential surveyors. He worked on several projects, including the renovation of the Jockey Club in 2010.
In the past Hong Kong maintained a culture of redeveloping buildings after a relatively short lifespan. Michael on the other hand has encouraged the maintenance and adaptation of existing buildings to meet modern day needs. Through projects led by him at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, he has developed a number of planning standards that have set the benchmark for longevity.
In 1978 Michael first arrived in Hong Kong and joined the Ove Arup design team for a new Mass Transit Railway project. He later moved to Swire Properties where he was the project manager for one of Hong Kong's largest integrated mixed-used developments. After leaving Hong Kong for a decade, Michael returned in 2010 as Director of Property at the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Michael has a strong respect for legacy assets which was best demonstrated at The Hong Kong Jockey Club. He led the re-engineering of the Club's property development and management to address the challenges of adapting, expanding and maintaining the Club's extensive legacy property portfolio. As one of Hong Kong's most popular sports, these projects provided an essential upgrade to the outdated venue, helping turn the Club into a world-leading racing organisation.
Michael helped establish a framework, which adopts an international best practice approach to facilities management and has significantly improved the operational resilience of The Club's assets. The systems that Michael implemented were tailored to fit the Club's governance model and have since allowed the Club to complete a wide range of extensions, adaptations and refurbishments on time and budget. As the Club donates most of its operating surplus to their official charities, improvement of the properties assets has allowed the Club to continue generating funds for the community. In 2017 the Club donated HK$ 7.4 Billion (£680 million) to a range of charities.
Michael has also taken the leading role in the conservation and revitalisation of a cluster of Declared Monuments, comprising the former Central Police Station, Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison, which is funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
The planning standards that Michael developed during his work as Director of Property has set a benchmark in Hong Kong, moving away from a culture of rapid redevelopment and encouraging longevity through maintenance and adaptation of existing buildings.
In recognition for his career as a surveyor Michael was awarded the RICS Lifetime Achiever, Hong Kong Award in 2016.
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2 – Turn signal right
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Following the upcoming release of Dorothy Perkins wedding collection, Lucy Bryant searches the high-street for more beautiful bridalwear.
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State of the Judiciary Address set for Wednesday; Director of State Courts will also give his annual remarks to state's judges
Madison, Wisconsin - November 6, 2012
Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson will give her annual State of the Judiciary Address at the Wisconsin Judicial Conference at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva at 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Following the State of the Judiciary, Director of State Courts A. John Voelker will give his annual State of the Director's Office Address. The media are welcome to cover these presentations.
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Fear the IRS? No, fix it
Take a minute and Google the term "Internal Revenue Service" or "IRS." You will find no shortage of famous quotes from people who are fearful of it. The federal agency has been compared to the Gestapo, the Mafia and the Lord Almighty. Such is the power of the tax collector to strike terror into the hearts of the audited.
But recent, ongoing testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has conjured a new image for the IRS — clueless, bureaucratic, disorganized and technologically incompetent. What started as a Republican inquisition into former IRS employee Lois Lerner and the treatment of conservative nonprofit organizations seeking tax-exempt status has morphed into something less nefarious and more pathetic — turns out the agency that requires you keep records for years can't keep theirs for more than about six months.
To any taxpayer who watched the proceedings, it should be infuriating. The IRS wants receipts for everything, elaborate forms properly filled out and for you to hold onto all those records for quite a long time. Yet the agency's inability to produce Ms. Lerner's emails to House investigators suggests at the least a double standard, but more likely a deeply dysfunctional organization.
Naturally, Chairman Darrell Issa and other Republicans on the committee have had a field day with this, straining to show higher levels of outrage and anger. Too bad it took a political witch hunt — aimed at the possibility of some level of White House involvement, which now appears to be nil — for Congress to actually show some oversight.
Why, for instance, was it ever regarded as acceptable that such a critical federal agency could have such a woeful computer system with such a modest email capability? Forget potential cover-ups — there's been no evidence of any broad conspiracy— the committee ought to be focused on how the IRS could be allowed to maintain such low standards for technology and was never held accountable. Personal email was never regarded as an official record for anyone employed by the agency, let alone Ms. Lerner. And IRS officials were slow to notify Congress that Ms. Lerner's emails were irretrievable. Democrats are certain to counter that some of the dysfunction within the agency is because of a deliberate effort by conservatives to "starve" the IRS.
The agency took quite a hit in 2011 with a $600-million sequester cut, and there's plenty of evidence those cutbacks have reduced its ability to enforce tax laws — or tackle new responsibilities like enforcing the health-insurance mandate imposed by the Affordable Care Act. President Obama has proposed funding the IRS at 2010 levels, but a House appropriations subcommittee has instead sought to cut it back further. The agency's staff has been cut by 11 percent over that same period, and one of the worst hit areas has been training, where the budget has been reduced by 87 percent, the CBPP reports.
Feisty IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, a management expert who has been on the job less than a year, should be given every tool he needs (including a sufficient budget) to correct these problems and then evaluate his performance.
It's fine to yell at Mr. Koskinen for not informing them about Ms. Lerner's missing emails earlier, but one hopes that the commissioner has bigger fish to fry — like holding the agency to the same record-keeping standards that it holds all American taxpayers.
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I am using sgdm diffmerge /d=C:\Users\Admin1\Desktop\Test3.txt /u C:\Users\Admin1\Desktop\Test1.txt C:\Users\Admin1\Desktop\Test2.txt . But I want to specify Rulesets where I don't want any data from the left side of the comparison. I only need information from the right side. How can I specify that ruleset in Command line?
Thanks in advance!
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We don't currently have the option in the command line. You may want to parse the results to remove items from one side. I can enter a feature request in the meantime.
If I see a better way to do this, I'll post again.
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Thanks for the response, how can I parse the result output?
I was assuming you were outputting to a file. Is that correct? If not, then send it to a file, and you can then work with the file contents.
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Is there any way that I can output a file with the results from one side?
Can this be achieved from Command line? if not whats the method to parse after creating the file?
Thanks !
I think I may have misunderstood the question. Are you just wanting to view the differences, or are you wanting to apply differences from one file to another?
It's not possible to output just one side via command line or by any method.
When I was suggesting you output the results to a file, that file would include information on the Show Differences, and not actually merge them or apply one side or the other.
What are you trying to achieve by only showing one side?
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STOCKTON - After more than 1,100 yards of total offense recorded between College of the Sequoias and the Delta Mustangs, just a single point separated the Mustangs from earning their first Valley Conference victory of the season Saturday at DeRicco Field.
STOCKTON - After more than 1,100 yards of total offense recorded between College of the Sequoias and the Delta Mustangs, just a single point separated the Mustangs from earning their first Valley Conference victory of the season Saturday at DeRicco Field.
Sequoias compiled 691 yards of offense en route to a 46-45 victory over the Mustangs (1-6, 0-2 Valley Conference), who have allowed at least 42 points in four consecutive games. After leading for nearly the entire game, Delta's defense allowed a game-winning 49-yard touchdown play to Sequoias (6-1, 1-1) with 7 minutes, 31 seconds remaining.
That touchdown pass by Sequoias quarterback Raul Alverez (41 of 56, 522 yards and no interceptions) occurred on a fourth down-and-three play in which Phillip Murry broke several tackles on the way to the end zone.
Delta had two more possessions in hopes of a game-winning field goal attempt but its offense, which compiled 467 total yards, couldn't manage a first down.
"Ultimately, we had our opportunities to score and make it a two-score lead," Delta coach Gary Barlow said. "We had a really good effort, but we need to know how to finish out a game like this. We need to have a guy who can put this kind of game to rest."
The game couldn't have started any better for the Mustangs when the Giants fumbled on their first play from scrimmage. Delta's James Christopherson scooped up the loose ball at the 26-yard line and raced in for a 7-0 lead.
The Mustangs answered two touchdowns from the Giants with a 33-yard field goal by Kurtis Bettencourt, a 1-yard touchdown run by Theo Wofford (20 carries, 105 yards) and a 42-yard pass from quarterback Bowe Merin to David Keys. That gave Delta a 24-14 lead.
Two more touchdowns by the Giants, and a 33-yard touchdown reception by Delta's Cody Weinzheimer, gave the Mustangs a 31-27 halftime lead. In his second start, Merin completed 14 of 16 passes for 222 yards by the break.
"Throughout the game I really felt we had the momentum," said Merin, a freshman from St. Mary's. "We've struggled in the past on offense, but this game was not like that."
In the third quarter, Merin threw his third touchdown pass of the game with a 36-yard completion to William Mafi for a 38-27 lead. Wofford (6 receptions, 98 yards) had a 10-yard touchdown run between two Sequoias scores and Delta led 45-40 going into the final quarter.
After the Giants took the lead late in the game, Merin said he was motivated to get back on offense, especially after throwing an interception earlier in the fourth quarter.
"You have to thrive for situations like that - taking the field for a game-winning drive," said Merin, who was 29 of 36 for 353 yards. "I'm surprised it didn't happen because we were feeling confident."
Sequoias coach Irv Pankey said his squad always struggles on trips to Delta, so escaping with a victory is meaningful.
Said Pankey: "It's always a tough game to come here, but I'm good with one point and the 'W'."


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It's been interesting to watch the suddenly furious pace of activity taking place where "alternative power" is concerned in the commercial vehicle world – and we're not just talking about natural gas, either.
For example, take the recent "strategic partnership" announced between Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America and eNow to offer a range of solar-based auxiliary power unit (APU) options for Fuso's Canter FE/FG Series model medium-duty trucks via its network of over 200 dealerships in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.
The eNow solar-powered APUs range in size from 30-watt systems to help keep batteries charged to 6,400-watt systems capable of powering liftgates and refrigeration systems and are designed to help fleets meet strict engine idling and tailpipe emissions regulations, according to Todd Bloom, Fuso's president and CEO.
"Our new partnership with eNow is another step in assuring our customers have access to vehicles that consistently offer lower cost-of-ownership while maintaining as small an environmental footprint as is practical," he said. "And in this case, environmentally sound technology also solves specific operating issues for some of the auxiliary equipment our customers install on their trucks."
Now shift gears over to FedEx Express, which is planning to add 1,900 new composite-body Reach vehicles built by Spartan Motors, a division of Utilimaster, to its fleet – joining some 400 such models already in service that offer a 35% improvement in fuel efficiency over its traditional delivery vans due to its lighter weight and smaller four-cylinder 3.0-liter Isuzu diesel engine.
FedExExpress is also working with hybrid-electric powertrain manufacturer XL Hybrids to convert 10 of its conventionally-powered panel vans into more fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles – a conversion the delivery giant expects will not only reduces fuel consumption and emissions but will also extend the engine life in fleet vehicles by supplementing the necessary power with their hybrid-electric drive train.
As part of its long-range alternative power efforts, FedEx Express is working with the Advanced Vehicle Testing group at Argonne National Laboratory – with funding from the Department of Energy – to test and compare different models of all-electric vehicles, collecting performance data under various operating conditions to help determine the total cost of operating an all-electric vehicle fleet.
FedEx Corp. says it is seeing a return on such efforts, too, as by March of this year the company's FedEx Express division achieved a more than 22% cumulative improvement in fuel economy for its vehicles – beating its target of a 20% cumulative improvement in fuel economy by 2020 set back in 2008 by some seven years. As a result now plans to improve the fuel efficiency its vehicle fleet 30% by 2020.
Even shippers are getting into the "alternative" act, with Procter & Gamble announcing plans this week to convert a significant percentage of its for-hire truck loads to tractor-trailers operating on natural gas.
Beginning in July, P&G said it will work with eight transportation carriers to convert up to 20% of its North America truck loads to natural gas vehicles within two years – an effort that by extension should help convert approximately 7% of the company's total North America for-hire transportation network to natural gas powered trucks during the initial phase, said Yannis Skoufalos, P&G's global product supply officer, in a statement.
"P&G is investing in carriers with a commitment to natural gas vehicles to help boost the emerging natural gas industry, while continuing to seek more sustainable options for our supply chain and operations," he noted. "Sustainable logistics is a critical part of achieving this bold vision, so we're taking important steps to make our supply chain more efficient."
Skoufalos added that P&G's "natural gas truck load" conversion effort will initially focus in 16 states with an average length of haul over 280 miles, including two 1,000 mile truck lanes.
"The use of for-hire transportation carriers for natural gas in the market will enable P&G to use them on routes far longer than is the average in the dedicated fleet model, he noted. "High capital costs of vehicles and limited fueling stations are often barriers to growth for the natural gas industry, and P&G's commitment helps to remove the obstacles to the resource becoming mainstream for large scale shipments [while] supporting the growth of public natural gas refueling stations."
Such efforts are part of P&G's effort to meet what it dubs its "long-term sustainability" vision, which includes plans to use 100% renewable energy at all of its plants, use 100% renewable or recycled materials for products and packaging, and to have zero of its manufacturing and consumer waste go to landfill.
Ambitious stuff indeed and it will be interesting to see how far trucking can travel along such alternative pathways.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
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LONE GROVE — Discontentment drives him.
A junior season in which Ty Crenshaw said he underachieved fuels his drive.
A member of the Ardmore Cardinals, and a senior at Sulphur, Crenshaw is his own biggest critic.
"I just wanted to get better, work on my game and maybe get me to the next level," Crenshaw said. "This year, pitching-wise, I didn't do good in high school. I've kind of came out and done pretty decent this summer.
"I feel like I'm progressing."
He pitched 39 2/3 innings in 11 games. His 6-1 record led the Bulldogs, and his strikeout-to-walk ratio was slightly greater than 2-to-1. The 23 earned runs allowed gave him a 4.06 ERA.
He wasn't fully healthy during the high school season, said Sulphur coach Corey Cole.
"He broke his right collarbone twice: during Sulphur's Week 1 football game and right before Christmas.
"He's not going to tell anybody that," Cole said. "That truly affected him. That's why I love Ty Crenshaw. He makes no excuses. He's never going to brag about himself. It's always about his team."
Crenshaw, a Bulldogs' pitcher and infielder, plays the same positions with the Ardmore Cardinals, the American Legion team sponsored by American National Bank.
Counting college kids as Cardinals teammates, Crenshaw sees where he wants to be in fall 2015.
Cade Clay, an infielder at Southeastern, pitches to Cade Carter, who redshirted last season at Murray State College. Clay is a Rattan alum, while Carter graduated from Colbert.
On June 17 against the Ada Braves, Clay's curveball earned a lot of praise from his teammates. Working the final two innings, he struck out the first five hitters he faced.
"It's his best pitch," Carter said. "He doesn't throw necessarily 88 mph. He's in the mid-to-lower 80s. It's a good hook. It really keeps them off balance. He can throw that for a strike after strike after strike.
"In high school, that was his pitch, too," Carter said of Clay's curveball. "He worked off that. We played him a couple times, he pitched against us and he was really curveball-heavy. He really kept us off balance."
Crenshaw says the pair gives him pointers.
"I just feel like they give me some kind of confidence," Crenshaw said. "They just kind of help me out a lot.
"I try to learn more to help more (for) next season, and then try to continue my career after that. I think they help."
That breaking ball is "most definitely" a pitch Crenshaw could emulate, Carter said.
"Watching him, you can really get a feel for that."
Crenshaw's own curveball is of high quality, too.
"He can throw it in any count," Cole said. "When you have command of your curveball like that, and Ty does, it's easy to call a game. I've seen it several times: He throws curveballs on 3-0 and 3-1. He has confidence, and we have confidence. It is his strike-out pitch. There's no doubt about that."
Cole added that Crenshaw could throw a curveball a couple of different ways.
Crenshaw said playing for the legion team will help him reach his goal of continuing his career.
"I feel like playing with college kids makes me improve," Crenshaw said. "Playing against other college kids makes me see better pitching and better kids. I feel like they give me a better judgment and help me out for the future."
Ardmore American Legion coach Greg Ferguson said Crenshaw is indispensable.
"Ty is one of them guys you can put on any position and he's gonna be great there," Ferguson said. "He's just an all-around baseball player. A great asset on our team."
When Crenshaw plays with Sulphur's summer team, Cole notices Crenshaw's progression.
"I have no doubt he will step up and be a great leader for our baseball program," Cole said. "It's his passion, his life. Baseball is the thing he loves. He just wants to play the next game. He's just a competitor. He's got an unbelievable passion. He will be a tremendous leader. Our kids look up to Ty because he leads by example. He's going to show our kids how to go work every day. He's a dedicated, hard-working guy."
This past season, that next game infrequently involved pitching. Cole said he and his coaching staff did not ask Crenshaw to pitch much due to his shoulder.
"We were really trying to capitalize later in the year," Cole said. "It was one of those deals: Injuries kind of held him back for a while. We just never really could get him on track."
The college duo gave him some pointers about how to manage his right arm, his pitching arm, Crenshaw said.
"They do a good job with me," he said.
Cole said Crenshaw is always looking for an opportunity to improve.
"He's feeling good right now," Cole said. "He is strong again. He looks like he did in the past. He's finally getting healthy.
"He's one of those guys that doesn't come around very often. He's the total package. He's an unbelievable kid, has a great baseball talent. He's going to be a college player somewhere, someday. I have no doubt about that whatsoever."


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JUNIOR (2012): Threw a perfect 12th inning with 1 K to seal a win over Wichita State … recorded his first save of the season, tossing a perfect inning against Louisiana-Lafayette … Started against Illinois-Chicago and gave up six hits, 4 ER, 2 BB, and 2 K's in 4.0 IP … in 1 IP at San Jose State surrendered one hits and 3 ER … tallied 5.0 IP, seven hits, 6 R, 4 ER, and 2 BB as the SP at Cal Poly … threw 3.1 IP on two hits and 1 BB with 3 K's vs. Brown … recorded a perfect inning at CSU Bakersfield … pitched a gem at CSU Bakersfield, going 6 IP with 3 hits, 1 BB, and 6 K's for his first win of the season … tossed two innings allowing 1 hit, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, and 1 K vs. Cal.
SOPHOMORE (2011): Appeared in 20 games, starting 10 contests with a record of 3-6 and a 5.62 ERA … tied for second on the team with three wins … picked up one save … pitched a total of 57.2 innings and struck out 36 batters … pitched 5.0 innings in his season debut at South Carolina on Feb. 20 … pitched 6.0 one-hit innings vs. Albany to pick up his first win of the season on Feb. 27 … struck out three in 4.1 innings at San Jose State on Mar. 6 … pitched 0.2 innings at Stanford on Mar. 22 … pitched 7.0 innings and allowed four hits to pick up the win on Mar. 27 vs. Brown … started and went 4.2 innings, while striking out one vs. CSU Bakersfield on Apr. 3 … on Apr. 10 vs. LMU pitched 1.2 shutout innings in relief … pitched 3.1 innings in a start vs. Cal Poly on Apr. 12 … gave up zero earned runs in a two-inning relief outing on Apr. 17 vat Saint Mary's … on Apr. 19 vs. Stanford, pitched 2.0 shutout innings in relief and recorded a strikeout … struck out two in a 3.0 inning start at San Francisco on Apr. 23 … gave up one hit in 1.0 relief inning vs. Pacific on Apr. 26 … on May 1 vs. Gonzaga struck out one in an inning of relief … pitched 2.0 innings of shut-out relief on May 3 vs. Cal … pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in relief in the series at Pepperdine from May 6 -8 … pitched 0.1 innings in relief at UC Davis on May 11 … started and got a no-decision vs. San Diego on May 21 … on May 29 at Portland, started and struck out one in 2.2 innings.
FRESHMAN (2010): Made 16 appearances as a true freshman … started 11 games, winning four … won his first two collegiate starts against San Diego State (3/23) and Princeton (3/28) … pitched a total of 66.1 innings, striking out 33 batters.
HIGH SCHOOL: Established new school records in career wins, single-season wins, strikeouts, innings pitched and ERA at San Jose's Branham High School ... four-year letterman who was twice named a First Team All-Valley Athletic League performer ... 2009 ESPN Rise All-Bay Area honoree ... South Bay representative and All-Star at the 2008 Rawlings NorCal World Series ... A 2008 San Jose Mercury News All-Area Honorable Mention ... in 2007, Mendoza was named the San Jose Mercury News 'Sophomore of the Year' ... served as team captain as a senior.
PERSONAL: Born March 20, 1991 in San Jose, Calif. ... son of Art and Shelly Mendoza ... majoring in Business ... scholar athlete in high school; choose to attend Santa Clara because of its academic reputation ... enjoys anything sports related.


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"Why are you in Tehran?," people in the capital continuously asked me. "Why are you going to Tehran?," my friends wondered. Well, come to Pittsburgh in October 2013, visit the Carnegie International, and you will know. Until then, travel to Tehran, don't believe what you read in the papers, or what they tell you on TV and other media. It's absolutely stunning, it's way too isolated, it's not dangerous, it's big (the metropolitan Tehran counts more than 15m inhabitants), the youth is great, as is suspicion, knowledge, curiosity, and hospitality.
Okay, there is some really bad stuff going on there, and there are not many tourists around, either. So, the first thing I did was walk to the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art built by Iranian architect Kamran Diba and opened in 1977. According to Wikipedia, this great building hosts "the most valuable collection of Western modern art outside of Europe and the United States. It is said that there is approximately £2.5 billion worth of modern art held at the museum." Entering into the main hall, you could see a mobile by Alexander Calder floating in front of portraits of Ruhollah Khomeini and Ali Hosseini Khamenei (see image above). They had their collection of Giacometti, Hamilton, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Vasarely, and Warhol on display (see images below). While visiting, you were surrounded by a gentle sound (as in many of Tehran's art galleries) which let me drift away into melancholia. You couldn't help but wonder what this kind of high-end Western contemporary art was doing in today's Iran (read here why contemporary art is indeed important in Iran). Out of this bluesy mood I sent a message to Sam Keller, the director of the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland, who initially wanted to travel to Tehran with me. He texted me back that that it was Ernst Beyeler who had sold some of these works to Farah Pahlavi, the Shah's wife, and responded to my melancholy with "Warhol had the blues." A few hours later, I learned that there was not too much reason for playing the blues.


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Lecture by Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia, with Discussant Perry Anderson, UCLA
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Despite the trend to recast early-modern history in global terms, the formation of global trading networks in the 16th and 17th centuries continues largely to be told in terms of European agency and, at best, Asian receptivity. This tendency is an effect of the historical sources used to construct this history. A Chinese source from the early 17th century, a recently re-accessed maritime chart known as the Selden map, allows us to reconstruct maritime trade in East Asia as essentially a Chinese phenomenon. How should this perspective alter our understanding of the political economy of trade in the early-modern world?
Since 2004, Tim Brook has taught Chinese and world history at the University of British Columbia, where he holds the Republic of China Chair at the Institute of Asian Research. His research covers the social and cultural history of imperial China since the fourteenth century, as well as aspects of China's experience in the twentieth century. Recent books include Vermeer's Hat and Mr Selden's Map of China. He is currently a fellow at the Gety Research Institute.
Perry R. Anderson is a historian and political essayist. A specialist in intellectual history, he is often identified with the post-1956 Western Marxism of the New Left. He is Professor of History and Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a former editor of the New Left Review. Anderson has written several books, the latest being The Indian Ideology (2012), a polemic against the Indian nation-building project.
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Being out of commission for 8 or 9 months has surely given Nadal new perspective on his tennis life. Today, he took time out to walk over to Federer's practice court and say hello.
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New Zealand was a country I dreamt of. I left my job after 7 years to travel the world. I will never regret it. This is my experience in New Zealand, In HD
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Many species of shark are facing a serious threat to their existence because of worldwide fishing trends, environmentalists said Wednesday.
BEIJING Many species of shark are facing a serious threat to their existence because of worldwide fishing trends, environmentalists said Wednesday.
Fishermen "used to cut the lines and let sharks go," said Pete Kinghts, executive director of WildAid, a San Francisco-based conservation group, told a shark conservation conference. In recent years, however, fishermen have kept the sharks to sell their lucrative fins.
One-third of the more than 500 shark species are threatened with extinction or are close to being threatened, said Sarah Fowler of the World Conservation Union.
"Fisheries can remove 50 to 90 percent of an entire shark (species) in only 10 years," said Fowler, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Fowler told The Associated Press later that the projections were based on an ongoing study by the Conservation Union's shark research group.
She and other experts at the conference said governments and non-governmental organizations must work together to educate the public and fishermen about overfishing.
WildAid, which co-sponsored the conference, persuaded NBA star Yao Ming in August to pledge to give up eating shark's fin soup, a Chinese delicacy, as part of a campaign to promote wildlife protection in his homeland.
WildAid says China is the world's biggest importer of shark's fins, which conservationists say are cut from sharks that are thrown back into the ocean to die. WildAid put the worldwide trade in shark's fins at 10,000 tons a year.
Fowler estimated that 38 to 70 million sharks are killed each year for their fins.
"It is difficult to change people's dining habits, but we can educate and engage the public to achieve sustainable development of the sharks and people's dining culture," Li Yanliang, deputy general director of Agriculture Ministry's Aquatic Wild Fauna and Flora Administrative Office, told the conference.
Knights said that as the Chinese economy has grown, shark fin consumption has risen, exacerbating pressures on shark populations that were already vulnerable to overfishing because they breed so slowly.
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I find that it breaks if the browser feels a need to redownload the page (e.g. if you shift-reload the page, or there's an explicit expiry in the HTTP headers that came with the HTML body) as the back-end has noted that, upon serving you the page with the 'first unread' post upon it, you have now (conceptually) now 'read' this message, and all messages up until the latest available (or page-end, should that be sooner). The next full request for "next unread in this thread" is thus served with an adjusted content (including #unread point).K-R wrote:I'm pretty sure on some forums the anchor is actually just #unread, not a specific post, which is why I thought it might break. But obviously that wouldn't apply here, since it does anchor to a particular post.
But if the browser is happy to stick with the cached source (plus the by-now-locally-cached page-realligning images and other embeddeds of various kinds), it may well render again (and near instantaneously) with identical contents as you ended up with the first time, and then shift the scrolling viewport appropriately. As described.
But, as ever, depends on all those niggling little dependencies and subtly differing behaviours as to how good or bad it is at obeying various expectations...
(I still want a forum that has user-shiftable thread bookmarks. Details follow in Spoiler, due to length...
To read such a monumental thread I have to keep a separate tab open on a "starting at page 1" cycle (at least until I get to recognisable territory/datestamps) whilst I use the unread-tagged mechanism to 'end catch-up' in my regular forum tab. Alternatives include using the browser's own bookmarking feature (remembering to remove/overwrite old ones as I add new ones) and/or pasting the relevent thread-page URIs to a text file used for that purpose.
It'd be nice to have a secondary bookmarking feature for any purpose (including the last cycle start in a Mafia thread, for instance), with a thread-top(/side) link to update this marker, perhaps to the resolution of an exact post - rather than whole page. (If I were greedy, I'd ask for multiple markings per thread, e.g. for each post with an embedded link that I want to check out later, rather than use the In New Tab or Copying To Textfile methods that I might do now, but I realise the complications to the interface that this would cause, as opposed to a single new 'special flag' per thread.) Indications, from other pages, how far back/forward this marker exists would be useful, too. But that's just afterthought.
Secondarily to this, there's the complications that wkuld need to be added in the modification of the 'next unread' marker so that alighting on page 150 of a thread, when previously the '#unread' would have been on page 120 (for e.g.), only marks p150 as (conceptually) 'read', leaving the 'first unread' linking to still aim at p120 when called upon by normal means, rather than sending it to so-far-unseen p151. It would require a single value (message# for the first unread - or probably, logistically easiest to deal with, the last read one instead) to change to a range-defining variable. Mark p150s message#s as 'read' but keep all mesages from the original starting point to the current end-of-thread as flagged unread in some suitable manner. Would also help in merged threads, where one pre-merged thread was read to a different datestamp from the other.
Realistically, this secondary concept might mean messages might need their own read-flags, as they already appear to have, but I suspect this is just a function of the thread's own (singular, at least insofar as each individual reader is concerned) "has read up to..." value.
But to combine these concepts, maybe the 'unread/read' flag ought to be click-to-toggle, or just leave that alone and add a 'marker' flag (either a second one-per-thread-per-user, thus replacing the previous marker, or per-message-per-user for unlimited numbers of 'breakpoints') with "go to [next] marked post in this thread" linky next to the thread title. And if you land on a page beyond the original 'first unread', get the chance to not reset the '#unread' point, too. I'm sure some forum backends must already have such facilities (though I've not seen them, not as I describe anyway) but none of the half-dozen or so flavours that I've used in recent times...
While I'm here, several times since I discovered by a comment on tjis thread that egosearch has been (again?) fixed I've composed a little thing about (as far as I can tell) it apparently being A-Ok for me now. Yet I didn't want to write a mere contextless "thanks" message for the fix, and clutter the place up. Nor jinx the fix by doing so. Well, I might still have jinxed it (and I note others seeing inconsistencies, still) but a little fluff down here at the end of a longer post, where no-one will even read it, avoids the contextlessness issue, methinks. Thanks!


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Identifying Expectation Errors in Value/Glamour Strategies: A Fundamental Analysis Approach
Joseph D. Piotroski
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Eric C. So
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
May 9, 2012
Review of Financial Studies (RFS), 25(9): 2841-2875
It is well established that value stocks outperform glamour stocks, yet considerable debate exists about whether the return differential reflects compensation for risk or mispricing. Under mispricing explanations, prices of glamour (value) firms reflect systematically optimistic (pessimistic) expectations; thus, the value/glamour effect should be concentrated (absent) among firms with (without) ex ante identifiable expectation errors. Classifying firms based upon whether expectations implied by current pricing multiples are congruent with the strength of their fundamentals, we document that value/glamour returns and ex post revisions to market expectations are predictably concentrated (absent) among firms with ex ante biased (unbiased) market expectations.
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In the first quarter of 2013, nationwide housing affordability held near historic highs, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI).
NAHB Chairman Rick Judson explains that, "Thanks to very favorable mortgage rates and prices, housing affordability has remained quite high over the past four years. The HOI has not slipped below 70 since the end of 2008. That said, from a builder's perspective, it should be noted that rising costs for building materials, lots and labor are making it somewhat more expensive to construct new homes in today's market."
From the beginning of January to the end of March, 73.7 percent of new and existing homes that were sold were affordable to families earning the U.S. median income of $64,400. This number is down slightly from the 74.9 percent of homes sold that were affordable to median-income earners in the final quarter of 2012.
David Crowe, NAHB Chief Economist, clarifies, "HOI results for the beginning of 2013 are little changed from what they were at the end of 2012, with Ogden-Clearfield Utah holding onto the title of the nation's most affordable major housing market and San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. retaining its position as the least affordable major market. The bottom line is that, for consumers who can qualify for a mortgage at today's attractive rates, the majority of homes being sold remain within their grasp in markets nationwide."
Ogden-Clearfield hit the top of the affordability chart for major markets, making this the third consecutive quarter. There, 93.4 percent of all new and existing homes sold in this year's first quarter were affordable to families earning the area's median income of $70,800 – essentially unchanged from the 93.7 percent of homes affordable to median-income earners at year-end 2012.
Other major U.S. housing markets at the top of the affordability chart in the first quarter included Indianapolis-Carmel, Ind.; Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.; Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa.; and the two New York metros of Syracuse and Albany-Schenectady-Troy tied for the fifth position.
Among smaller housing markets, Mansfield, Ohio, claimed the "most affordable" title this time around, with 97.5 percent of homes sold in the first quarter being affordable to those earning the median income of $54,600. Other small housing markets at the top of the index included Cumberland, Md.-W.Va., followed by Fairbanks, Alaska; Springfield, Ohio; and Dover, Del., respectively.
This was the second consecutive quarter in which the San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. metro area hit the bottom of the affordability chart for major markets. There, just 28.9 percent of homes sold in the first quarter were affordable to families earning the area's median income of $102,000.
Other major metros at the bottom of the affordability chart included New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. and the three California metros of Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale; and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, in that order.
The least affordable small housing market in the first quarter was Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif., where 37.1 percent of all new and existing homes sold were affordable to those earning the area's median family income of $73,800. Other small metros at the bottom of the affordability chart included Salinas, Calif.; San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, Calif.; and Ocean City, N.J.; followed by the metros of Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta and Napa, Calif., which tied for fifth place.
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When V-brakes came onto the scene they revolutionised rim braking performance for off-road bikes, tourers and hybrid bikes. Although increasingly new models of these bikes are being fitted with disc brakes V-brakes still offer fantastic braking. With two long arms providing leverage when the brake cable pulls, there's plenty of power on offer and the best V-brakes should perform well in all but the muckiest conditions.
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V-brakes are easy to install and set up, but make sure your brake levers are compatible – longer cantilever brake levers and road levers can lead to poor performance. Most V-brakes come with cartridge style brake pads, so replacing pads is as simple as can be – remove a small retaining pin or bolt, slide the old pad out and replace with a new – you may need to tweak the cable slightly, though.
Shimano V-brakes are reliable, while Avid's Single Digit V-brake is a classic. Cyclocross riders looking to improve power should look towards TRP's offerings, which are designed to work seamlessly with drop bar brake levers.
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Cantilever brakes mount much like V-brakes, but with a straddle cable between them, which is pulled vertically to actuate the brakes. Cyclocross riders love them because they offer near V-brake levels of performance, without getting clogged up with mud. Cantilever brakes can be a bit tricky to set up but persevere and you'll get a great set of brakes. Like V-brakes, pads are often cartridge-style – making them quick and easy to change.
If you spend winter weekends getting covered in mud, you may be riding a cyclocross bike with cantilever brakes. The cyclocross scene in the UK has exploded in recent years and whilst many new 'cross bikes come fitted with disc brakes older models still carry cantilever brakes. Fortunately, at Evans Cycles, we offer plenty of the best cantilever brakes which will provide power and mud clearance.
Mounting points for the straddle cable are getting wider and wider, which offers greater leverage and therefore more power – TRPs Eurox magnesium cantilever brakes might be pricey, but they're light and powerful, a winning combination. Less expensive, but still effective, are Shimano cantilever brakes.
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Road bikes rely on caliper brakes to bring them to a stop, although disc brakes are now becoming popular. However, if your frame is built for caliper brakes there are still options to upgrade these. If you're looking to go quicker, stopping faster will help and a good pair of brake calipers will give you powerful, reliable stopping power in a wide range of conditions.
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Most bicycle caliper brakes attach via a single bolt either in the frame or on the fork and come as a single unit. Increasingly, though, bikes are coming with direct-mount caliper brakes – where the brake mechanism pivots, with two bolts attaching the brake to the bike. While regular caliper brakes offer ample amounts of power, direct-mount calipers can offer extra power thanks to the additional stiffness afforded by the two mounting points.
If you're purchasing new caliper brakes for your road bike, check which version your frame/fork will accept. The Shimano Dura-Ace brakes are a good example of direct-mount calipers that work well.
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The district includes 12 counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe, Kendall, Kerr, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde and Wilson.
Jorge began his TxDOT career in 1983 as a summer intern. In 1984 he was hired as an engineering assistant in the Dallas District. Jorge transferred to the Pharr District in 1985 where he held various engineering positions including assistant district design engineer. In 1990, he moved to the Pharr Area Office. There he served as project engineer for the US 83/281 interchange in Pharr for which he received the Design Award in 1993. He was appointed Pharr area engineer in 1993, managing an average of 30 construction contracts totaling more than $200 million. He served as the Pharr district engineer from 2002 to 2013, leading the efforts to expand US 77, US 83 and US 281 to interstate standards, which resulted in the designations of more than 100 miles of I-69-E, I-69-C and I-2.
Jorge served on numerous transportation committees such as the three metropolitan planning organizations in the Valley.
A native of Havana, Cuba, Jorge earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984. He received his professional engineer's license in 1988.
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