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Here's something that will put a smile on your face: The cameras on smartphones are getting better, so you no longer have to give up features or image quality for the sake of convenience. Companies like Apple, HTC, Nokia and Samsung are incorporating more advanced technology and functions into their devices. Even so, chances are good that your smartphone camera photos aren't reaching their full potential.
This week, I'll walk you through some tips on how to take better pictures with your smartphone. While the camera apps vary among different manufacturers and mobile operating systems, the points listed below are general enough that they should apply to most smartphones.
Clean Your Lens
This seems like a no-brainer, but it's probably an overlooked step. I know I don't do it often enough. Even if you have a case on your smartphone, the camera lens is usually exposed, so it's not protected from oil, dirt and other debris that comes with everyday use. Take a quick second to wipe the lens, preferably using a microfiber cleaning cloth, to ensure that you get a clean shot.
Resolutions: Check Your Settings
With the exception of the iPhone, most smartphones today give you the option to take photos at different resolutions. Check your camera's settings menu to make sure it's set to the largest image size or highest resolution, which will help deliver sharp photos with lots of detail.
Flash or No Flash? That Is the Question
There are several types of flashes found on smartphones, but the most common one is LED. LED flashes are good for lighting subjects at close range, but they can be harsh and wash out the entire picture. To diffuse the light, place a piece of white tissue paper over the flash to reduce glare and soften the image. In addition, if you're using the flash, make sure there aren't any mirrors or reflective surfaces behind the subject.
The flash can also be your friend. Ideally, you want your subject, not the camera, to face the light source, to avoid creating a dark silhouette. But if that's not possible, use the flash to help illuminate your subject and avoid shadows.
Experiment With Exposure, ISO and White Balance
Shooting photos in low-light conditions is arguably the biggest problem with using a smartphone camera. Using the flash can help in many situations, and you can also try increasing the exposure or ISO in the settings menu on Android and Windows Phone.
ISO adjusts the camera's sensitivity to light: The higher the ISO, the more light it lets in; consequently, this reduces the photo quality. Meanwhile, exposure refers to the amount of light that falls on the sensor while taking a photo.
Another setting worth checking out is white balance. White balance helps adjust the lighting so that objects that are white in real life appear the same way in your photo. If white balance is off, your pictures can end up having a bluish or amber tone.
Most smartphone cameras do a good job with white balance using the automatic setting, but can run into problems in dimmer environments. In those instances, wait a few seconds between opening the camera app and taking the photo, to allow the camera to adjust itself. If the image still looks funky, try changing the white balance setting to one of the preset options that best describes your current environment, such as cloudy, fluorescent or incandescent.
Tinkering with these settings might be intimidating if you're not familiar with them, but don't be afraid to experiment.
Switch Up Shooting Modes
Don't limit yourself to just taking single-shot photos. Smartphone cameras like those in the Nokia Lumia 900 and Samsung Galaxy S III offer various shooting modes that are both useful and fun. For example, if you want to photograph an action scene, turn on burst mode or action mode, which will capture a quick succession of shots, so you get the entire sequence. For extreme close-ups, turn on macro mode.
Panorama is a fun mode that allows you to capture an elongated view of a scene, such as a mountain range or a city skyline. It has long been available on Android phones, and Apple now offers panorama mode on the iPhone 5, as well.
Avoid Digital Zoom
Zoom is one area where standalone digital cameras still hold an advantage. This is because they offer optical zoom, where the lens physically moves to get closer to a subject. Smartphone cameras, on the other hand, use digital zoom, which simply enlarges an already-captured image and, as a result, degrades the quality of the photo. Even if you're shooting at the highest resolution, the pictures end up looking grainy, as the pixels are magnified. If possible, try moving closer to the subject for better results, and don't be afraid to experiment with different angles.
Brace Yourself
One of the challenges of taking photos with your smartphone is steadying your hand for a clear image, but there are several things you can do to try to avoid ending up with a blurry image.
A number of smartphones now offer an image-stabilization feature, so check the settings menu to make sure it is on. Next, hold the phone with both hands and then use your thumb, rather than your index finger, to press the capture button. Also, try to keep your arms close to your body to steady your hands.
Alternatively, you can use a prop. I was at the beach the other day, and I placed my iPhone on a waist-high wall along the boardwalk to take photos, and got nice, clear pictures out of it. Finally, try using the self-timer. If you're not rushing to capture an action shot, the self-timer can free both hands to keep your phone steady.
Edit, Don't Forget It
Even if you're not completely happy with the outcome of a photo, don't automatically delete it. Smartphones offer various editing features that can help enhance your shot, such as the red-eye reduction and cropping tools on the iPhone. In addition to those features, Android phones let you apply various effects, such as black-and-white or sepia tone, which can give photos a cool, artsy look.
There are also plenty of third-party apps like Camera+ for the iPhone and PicSay Pro for Android that can help you correct pictures and add fun effects.


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Back to back book releases this year! Hot on the trails of Adobe Muse On Demand, is My Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4, also from Que Publishers.
If you're new to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4, it is both a powerful digital image catalog management application and a high-quality image processor. Whether you're a professional photographer or a serious digital photo enthusiast, Lightroom is the ultimate photo management and editing tool.
With My Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4, I explain step-by-step how to import photos into a catalog, add keywords, edit locally, enhance color, and print images. I also show you how to create slideshows, photo books, web galleries, and more. There's also a bonus chapter online that teaches you all about working with DSLR video in Lightroom 4! Check out the BOOKS page for more info.
So excited about the release of my new book, Adobe Muse On Demand from Que Publishers. With Muse, Adobe has given us the freedom to create dynamic websites without ever even having to look at code. The Muse interface behaves very similarly to working with Adobe InDesign. Muse even includes familiar print design-oriented features such as master pages, site-wide styles, and round-trip editing with Photoshop.
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Pryor helps Raiders prepare for Newton
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How does a team prepare for Cam Newton, the first player in NFL history with 30-plus touchdown passes (39) and 20-plus touchdown runs (21) in his first two seasons?
Well, to hear Raiders players tell it, you pop in third-string quarterback Terrelle Pryor in practice and voila.
"Terrelle is the closest guy to Cam," running back Mike Goodson said. "We've got the guy."
Goodson played with Newton in Carolina last year and is with Pryor now in Oakland. And Goodson is not the only one saying how helpful Pryor has been simulating Newton in practice this week.
"It's been good," offensive coordinator Greg Knapp said. "You don't have to coach it up as much on defense" because the players can see it on the practice field.
Knapp said Pryor has done a good job of telling defensive players what he's seeing and what they're doing well.
"I am just trying to teach them a little bit," Pryor said. "If they can key on things that I tell them they are doing great, they'll be good. But if he gets to the edge, that's when problems happen.
Newton "is going to make plays. We just have to minimize it, and I am trying to help as much as I can."
Knapp said Pryor, who got in Sunday's win over Kansas City for three plays, will play this Sunday on third downs and "maybe in the red zone - try to create a different look for the defense."
He said the Raiders got Pryor's feet wet Sunday, and "we're going to try to use some of his athletic ability this week."
The second-year QB from Ohio State can't wait to get more playing time.
"When I get a lot of reps and I get comfortable, I will have success. I really believe that," Pryor said. "Right now, I am just waiting. I don't really compare myself to (Colin) Kaepernick or Cam or (Robert Griffin III) because they have proved it.
"I haven't really proved anything. I can't really say I am going to be like them. I don't know what I am going to be like because I haven't even played yet. I do well in practice."
Briefly: The Raiders have lost nine straight games in the Eastern time zone, getting outscored by a combined 315-155. Since Dec. 15, 2002, Oakland is 5-26 in the East. ... Defensive tackle Richard Seymour (hamstring) wasn't at practice again, and it looks as if he will miss his seventh straight game.
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A twin island nation, Antigua and Barbuda, is situated between the British Leeward Islands and surrounded by other Caribbean islands such as Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Martin, St. Barts, Guadeloupe and Montserrat.
As the islands are very near the equator, they enjoy a tropical climate, which is very enticing to tourists, especially those from cold countries. The sun is up for approximately nine hours a day, making Antigua and Barbuda the sunniest islands in the Caribbean.
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There is a host of fun and exciting activities that you can do while in Antigua and Barbuda. Aside from swimming in the immaculate waters, you can also go diving, sailing, snorkeling and fishing in the seas. Land activities are also available: hunting, bird-watching, trekking, tennis and the like. And don't forget shopping! You will never run out of things to do while in Antigua and Barbuda.
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I am Billy Madison, high school graduate by the back-room dealings of my father.
That's sort of how I felt – after an initial jolt of self-absorbed glee – about getting verified by Twitter on Monday.
That's right – there's a little checkmark to the right of my name on my profile. A quick search of the UltraNets shows that the social media site has 645.75 million users and roughly 54,000 are verified. If that doesn't convey a level of pretend importance nothing does. (more…)


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Today is Monday, Sept. 24, the 268th day of 2012. There are 98 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 24, 1890, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, wrote a manifesto renouncing the practice of polygamy, or plural marriage (the manifesto was formally accepted by the Mormon Church the following month).
On this date:
In 1789, Congress passed a Judiciary Act providing for an Attorney General and a Supreme Court.
In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as "Black Friday" after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.
In 1929, Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY-2 Biplane over Mitchel Field in New York in the first all-instrument flight.
In 1934, Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Sox won, 5-0.)
In 1948, Mildred Gillars, accused of being Nazi wartime radio propagandist "Axis Sally," pleaded not guilty in Washington, D.C. to charges of treason. (Gillars, later convicted, ended up serving 12 years in prison.)
In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.
In 1957, the Los Angeles-bound Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.
In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Va. "The Howdy Doody Show" ended a nearly 13-year run with its final telecast on NBC.
In 1963, the U.S. Senate ratified a treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union limiting nuclear testing.
In 1976, former hostage Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery in San Francisco carried out by the Symbionese Liberation Army. (Hearst was released after 22 months after receiving clemency from President Jimmy Carter.)
In 1981, four Armenian gunmen seized the Turkish consulate in Paris, killing a guard and holding 56 hostages for 15 hours before surrendering.
In 1991, kidnappers in Lebanon freed British hostage Jack Mann after holding him captive for more than two years. Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel (GY'-zul), better known as "Dr. Seuss," died in La Jolla, Calif., at age 87.
Ten years ago: British Prime Minister Tony Blair asserted that Iraq had a growing arsenal of chemical and biological weapons and planned to use them, as he unveiled an intelligence dossier to a special session of Parliament. Gunmen stormed a Hindu temple in the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing some 30 worshippers.
Five years ago: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) questioned the official version of the September 11 attacks and defended the right to cast doubt on the Holocaust in a tense appearance at Columbia University in New York. United Auto Workers walked off the job at GM plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976; a tentative pact ended the walkout two days later. Two kidnapped Italian intelligence operatives were rescued in a NATO-led combat operation in western Afghanistan, two days after they went missing. As many as 100,000 anti-government protesters led by Buddhist monks marched in Yangon, Myanmar.
One year ago: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate for 2012, paving the way for Putin's return to office four years after he was legally forced to step aside. NASA's dead six-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell to Earth, 20 years after being deployed from the space shuttle Discovery.
Today's Birthdays: Actor-singer Herb Jeffries is 101. Actress Sheila MacRae is 88. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sonny Turner (The Platters) is 73. Singer Barbara Allbut (The Angels) is 72. Singer Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut (The Angels) is 70. Singer Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers) is 70. News anchor Lou Dobbs is 67. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Joe Greene is 66. Actor Gordon Clapp is 64. Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II, D-Mass., is 60. Actor Kevin Sorbo is 54. Christian/jazz singer Cedric Dent (Take 6) is 50. Actress-writer Nia Vardalos is 50. Country musician Marty Mitchell is 43. Actress Megan Ward is 43. Singer-musician Marty Cintron (No Mercy) is 41. Contemporary Christian musician Juan DeVevo (Casting Crowns) is 37. Actor Justin Bruening is 33. Olympic gold medal gymnast Paul Hamm (hahm) is 30. Actor Kyle Sullivan is 24.
Thought for Today: "The easiest way to get a reputation is go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter." — F. Scott Fitzgerald (born this date in 1896, died 1940).
Today in History - Monday, Sept. 24, 2012
Today is Monday, Sept. 24, the 268th day of 2012. There are 98 days left in the year.


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Lindsay Dorrier: the Tom Sawyer from Scottsville
In Lindsay Dorrier's family, it's a tradition to serve on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. His great-grandfather served in the early 1900s. His maternal grandfather served on the board in 1943, and when he died in 1947, Dorrier's paternal grandfather replaced him.
The newest chairman of the board has roots in this county that go back nearly 200 years. A Scottsville native– and current resident– he describes a Tom Sawyer childhood where everyone knew everyone, with watermelon feasts, baseball games with cousins, and fishing, swimming, and floating down the James River.
"There was a lot of richness in my childhood," he reflects.
Dorrier ventured forth from Scottsville, traveling north to attend Trinity College in Connecticut, and to Japan while in the Army. "I considered living in other places," he says, "but they don't have the traction for me that Albemarle County does."
With a law firm in Scottsville (and a Charlottesville office soon opening) and his wife's business, Globe Travel, Dorrier became the latest in the family tree to branch out here.
He has served as commonwealth's attorney and as Scottsville's town attorney. So why the board of supervisors? "I think local government is the most important level of government," says Dorrier. "It's the one closest to the people."
And closest to the people's interests are the zoning issues land use, special use permits, planning, and growth that Dorrier estimates take up 75 percent of the board's time.
The best thing about being chairman? "The opportunity to articulate a vision for the county that's traditional and progressive and preserves our quality of life."
"People already here want to maintain it," he continues, "and new people want to move here. It's a balancing act."
With a deep sense of place he adds, "We've probably had this debate going back to Jefferson's day."
Dorrier has a touch of the Jeffersonian Renaissance man himself. Besides running a law firm and presiding over the supes, he's written some short stories that he thinks will be published in the near future. And when time allows and there's live bluegrass, well, look for this Albemarle native to be in the thick of it.
Age: 59
What brought you here? My family has roots dating back to the early 1800s in farming and retailing.
What's worst about living here? High cost of living
Favorite hangout? Caffe Bocce
Most overrated virtue? Patience and understanding
What would people be surprised to know about you? My hobbies are guitar playing and an A Model Ford.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? To always arrive early
What accomplishment are you proudest of? My UVA law degree.
What do people find most annoying about you? I don't return phone calls.
Whom do you admire? Winston Churchill
Favorite book? Huckleberry Finn
What subject causes you to rant? Unfunded mandates
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? Comprehending the cosmos
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? Lack of civility
What do you drive? 1988 Volvo sedan
What's in your car tape player right now? Bluegrass Sunday Morning
What's your next journey? The Lewis and Clark Trail
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? Politics
What do you regret? Each day has only 24 hours.
Favorite comfort food? Raw oysters and horseradish sauce
What's always in your refrigerator? Bottled water
Must-see TV? Meet the Press and The Tonight Show
Favorite cartoon? Doonesbury
Describe a perfect day. Tubing down the James with family and friends
Walter Mitty fantasy? I successfully climb Mt. Everest.
Who'd play you in the movie? Tom Hanks
Most embarrassing moment? Read my short story.
Best advice you ever got? To everything there is a time and a season...
Favorite bumper sticker? Know thyself!Read more on: lindsay dorrier


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Northwest Arkansas:
Johnson- Ball Street has been closed due to flooding.
Fayetteville- Armstrong Ave. – Stone Bridge Road will see delays in construction zones while crews widen State Highway 16 from two lanes to four lanes with sidewalks and bike lanes. Traffic signals will be installed at three intersections.
Huntsville Road– The eastbound lane from Morningside Drive to Curtis Avenue will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily (Monday through Friday) from January 27 to March 2014 to make improvements. Improvements will include upgrades to the storm drains, new curb and gutter, new sidewalk, and bike lanes.
Hwy. 112- Spur will see delays. It's being widened from two to four lanes.
Hwy. 16– near Porter Rd. will see delays. The project plans to widen portions of I-540 to six lanes.
Hwy. 265- Delays are expected while crews widen portions of Hwy. 265 from E. Joyce Blvd in Fayetteville to the Hwy. 412 exit in Springdale. This project is expected to be completed in early 2014.
Springdale- Lane closures expected for the next three weeks between Exit 69 in Johnson and Exit 72 in Springdale. Construction will continue on the Don Tyson Parkway Interchange. Traffic will be down to one lane each night, from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Mon. – Fri. The project aims to build an interchange between I-540 and Don Tyson.
Hwy. 264– Delays are expected near the Wagon Wheel exit of Interstate 540 due to an ongoing Hwy. improvement project. The purpose of this project is to widen 2.5 miles of Interstate 540 to three lanes in Benton County.
Prairie Grove- Portions of the Hwy. 62 bypass will see delays while crews work on construct east and west connections. This project will be completed in Mid 2014.
Bella Vista Bypass- Delays are expected on Hwy. 72 due to a highway land widening project. This construction is expected to conclude in early 2014.
Centerton- Delays are expected near Greenhouse Road on Hwy. 102B while crews widen nearly two miles of the highway.
Huntsville– Two miles of one passing lane Hwy. 412 in carroll county is being worked on. Expect delays.
Garfield– A section of Wilson Rd. between Ventris Rd. and Sugar Creek Rd. off of Hwy. 127 will be closed for repairs.
River Valley:
I-540- Slowdowns are frequently expected from Van Buren to Fort Smith due to an ongoing highway improvement project.
Hwy. 71-Hwy. 22- Delays are expected on this 5.8 mile stretch while crews work to pave Hwy. 71 near Fort Chaffee south of Van Buren in Sebastian County. This project will be completed in mid-2014.
Hwy. 71-North of Greenwood, lane closures are expected in either the northbound or southbound directions between Elmood Cutoff and Howard Hill Rd. for the next six weeks. Crews are planning to construct a turn lane and crossovers.
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It was clear who won the presidential debate last night in Hollywood.
Celebs were not kind to Governor Mitt Romney during the second live presidential debate last night.
For the most part, Romney received criticism for his stammering, his five-point plan, and, of course, his mention of women in binders, among other things.
(Sidenote: If you haven't stumbled upon the bindersfullofwomen tumblr, check it out.)
Unlike the first debate, Obama was praised for his comeback after a lackluster first debate.
Moderator Candy Crowley was also better received than VP debate moderator Martha Raddatz.
The only person who really gave Obama a tough time last night was Donald Trump, calling him "no Bill Clinton."
Here's how the celebs tore Romney apart on Twitter:
Calling him a bully:
On birds:
On gun violence:
Everything else:
And, then there were the binder comments:
They were much more in favor of moderator Candy Crowley ...
... and, Obama ...
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Private Group Sought to Arm Syrian Rebels
A group led by a former Pentagon official devised a plan to supply moderate Syrian rebels with weapons sourced in Eastern Europe and financed by a wealthy Saudi, and it ran into flak from the CIA
18 May 2014
By Dion Nissenbaum
WASHINGTON—An urgent plea for arms by Syrian rebels last summer posed a quandary for the Obama administration.
The rebels were facing setback after setback on the battlefield. The administration backed their goal of unseating the Syrian government, but worried about U.S.-supplied arms making their way to fighters linked to al Qaeda. In the end, the U.S. approved a modest arms-supply effort that was slow to gain traction.
For one group of Americans, that wasn't enough. On their own, the Americans offered to provide 70,000 Russian-made assault rifles and 21 million rounds of ammunition to the Free Syrian Army, a major infusion they said could be a game changer. With a tentative nod from the rebels, the group set about arranging a weapons shipment from Eastern Europe, to be paid for by a Saudi prince.
The weapons never made it to Syria. As the private group worked to complete its deal, a surprise showdown in Jordan forced it to put its plan on hold.
The story of the aborted weapons-supply effort, confirmed by people directly involved, provides a peek inside the normally hidden world of private arms contracting. This one involves an unusual protagonist: a former high-ranking official at the U.S. Defense Department. And waiting in the wings was the founder of the controversial security firm Blackwater Worldwide.
Mr. Schmitz left the Pentagon job in 2005 to become general counsel at Blackwater's parent company, staying until 2008.
Last summer, as his team continued laying the groundwork to arm Syrian rebels, a Saudi member of the team was approached by a CIA representative in Jordan, who told him to put the brakes on the plan, according to two people involved in the effort.
Mr. Schmitz said he was "shocked and disappointed" that the U.S. government stepped in to quash the deal.
The CIA declined to comment. The National Security Council defended the administration's Syria policy. "The United States is committed to building the capacity of the moderate opposition, including through the provision of assistance to vetted members of the moderate armed opposition," said an NSC spokeswoman, Bernadette Meehan. "As we have consistently said, we are not going to detail every single type of our assistance."
More blog posts on the Obama Administration's support for the Assad Regime in Syria:
How Obama has supported Assad's gas murder always
Obama's Real Syria Policy: Endless War
The Courtship Continues: Obama stopped French strike on Assad
The Courtship Continues: Obama's New Gift to Assad
How Obama Helped Assad Kill with Poison Gas in Syria
Win-Win for Assad as Obama Response to CW Mass Murder Put on Hold
Obama Denied Gas Masks to Assad's Victims
Obama's Dilemma and Assad's Opportunity
Barack Obama's Courtship of Bashar al-Assad
Barack Obama's Courtship of Bashar al-Assad Exposed!
Obama "green lights" Assad's slaughter in Syria
Assad's Redline and Obama's Greenlight!
Chemical weapons use in Syria, Has Obama's red-line has been crossed?
AP weighs in on Obama's Green Light for Assad's slaughter in Syria
Syria: Obama's moves Assad's "red line" back as SOHR reports 42,000 dead!
SecState John Kerry and his "dear friend" Bashar al-Assad
How Obama's 'No MANPADS for you' policy in Syria is backfiring
More thoughts on Obama's 'No MANPADS for you!' policy
Obama: Did the CIA betray Assad's opposition in Syria?
Obama planning drone strikes against Assad's opposition in Syria
How Obama helps Assad: US tried to start war between FSA & al Nusra Front


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METRO VANCOUVER -- Transit police are taking a page from the NYPD patrol book.
On Monday, officers with TransLink launched an up-close-and-personal strategy first fashioned by the New York police department to sweep for explosives, deter anti-social behaviour and make themselves more accessible to passengers after Friday's bomb scares.
Beginning this week, Train Order Maintenance Sweeps (TOMS) will see Transit police at Canada Line and SkyTrain stations around Metro Vancouver stepping aboard each train that comes through, briefly scanning the car and then stepping back off.
"It's a very simple approach, but very effective," said Transit police spokeswoman Anne Drennan. "One, it gives our officers the ability to assess the situation, and two, it gives people reassurance that we are in fact there if we need them and safety is our priority."
The NYPD implemented TOMS as an anti-terrorism measure in response to the Sept. 11 attacks. It involved bag searches on subway cars to detect explosive materials but soon grew beyond its original purpose, serving to deter illegal acts and establish easier communication between riders and police, Drennan said.
Terrorism has been ruled out as a factor in the placement of a makeshift bomb along the SkyTrain tracks in Surrey last week, Drennan said. "However, TOMS is an approach that can deal with pretty much anything and everything that could happen on a train: assault, drunkenness, people stealing phones or even something just making passengers uncomfortable."
Transit police officers will be at nearly all 47 stations at some point each day for the first half of this week, Drennan said. The sweeps will continue less frequently as the year continues and into 2013.
David Eby, executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, had no major qualms with the initiative, saying it appears in line with the Transit police mandate to patrol platforms and trains.
"I don't have any great concerns off the bat. Obviously we'll keep our ear to the ground and if people have any concerns going forward we'll respond to them," Eby said.
Although he said he was wary of the possibility of profiling: "One of the issues that they've had in New York with their stop-and-frisk initiative is the targeting of visible minorities for searches and detentions. But we have no reason to believe that this is happening currently in terms of Transit police activities."
Gordon Price, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University, stressed a visibly stronger security presence could have a psychological impact.
"People would say it's for show. I'm a big fan of show. I think a big part of what they call security theatre is just having people present on the ground and being seen.
"I think there's a danger of too much of this excessive security theatre. God knows we see that at airports," Price said. "But just in an ongoing way, you give people comfort and allow them to participate."
Richard Walton, chairman of the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation, agreed the police presence will help alleviate any concerns passengers may have. He noted it was a passenger that alerted police to a potentially deadly makeshift bomb on the Expo Line between Scott Road and Gateway stations last Friday, which led to more attendants and transit personnel at SkyTrain stations and bus loops this week.
Later, a station attendant at Metrotown Station in Burnaby raised an alarm over a piece of drainage pipe, which turned out to be harmless. Both caused hours-long transit delays.
A purse on the Main Street Station tracks Sunday also aroused suspicion and caused a half-hour station shutdown while Transit police examined the accessory.
"The more of us who take on that collective responsibility the more effective policing will be," Walton said, adding the increased security presence will also allow passengers to express any concerns. However, he added, "there's a cost to that kind of policing" and it will be up to TransLink to determine where the resources should go.
On Friday, the explosive device itself — three empty tanks strapped to a small red canister with a tangle of straps and wires — was blown up for safety reasons.
Investigators have not revealed what kind of explosive material was used in the bomb, as they are still conducting forensic tests.
There are no suspects at this point in what was the first explosive device ever found on TransLink property, Drennan said.
She said sensors installed on the guideways beside the rails did not detect the nearby bomb. Guideways, built to seismic standards in the 1990s and made of reinforced concrete and steel, would have mitigated the effect of the blast had the bomb gone off, she said.
"They're built to withstand a lot of trauma, so the estimation by the bomb techs was that it wouldn't have brought down the guideway, and that there wouldn't have been debris from the guideway that would have fallen down below."
Nonetheless, the track would have been significantly damaged, as would a train car moving past, she added.
The specific degree of damage to infrastructure or people is difficult to guess, said Drennan. "Who's to say, that's all speculative."
Investigators continue to question residents and business owners in the area and pore over footage from SkyTrain stations and Surrey businesses, but have found no leads so far.


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I am a new member to the Reformed church and don't understand how you come to conclusions about certain issues. One of these is the distinctions of the Christian Church. My pastor says there are three: 1. Preaching the gospel. 2. The sacraments. 3. Discipline. I have no trouble accepting these as biblical. How can you define the church in only three definitions. What about, love, forgiveness, prayer, benevolence, etc? How do they fit into these definitions?
Let me begin with a bit of history. The Reformed marks of the church distinguish true and false churches. Since the fourth century, Christians, including the Reformers, have used the Nicene Creed as a confession of faith. Worshippers confess that they believe one holy catholic and apostolic church. However, since many sects claim the name "church," the Reformers asked what scripturally defined marks distinguish true and false churches? How can we identify where the true church of God is present?
The Reformers are clear: Where the word of God is truly preached and taught, the sacraments rightly administered, and church discipline faithfully exercised, there the one true holy and apostolic church is present.
You have correctly pointed out a number of godly virtues that adorn the church's life, namely, forgiveness, prayer, and benevolence. And, of course, you can add scores of other virtues to your list. The important thing to remember is that all of these godly virtues appear and flourish only where the three marks of the church are present. Take love for example. How do we experience the love of God in Christ, and learn to distinguish Christian from pagan love? Only by the faithful preaching and hearing of the word of God. Our Savior hosts his holy Supper to nourish us in our love for him and his body, the church. Faithful shepherds of God's church discipline the church's members both as an act of love and as a means of cultivating biblical love among the church's members.
Please permit me to use an illustration that may be of some value. The three indispensable elements of a house are a foundation, a frame, and a roof. Many things may be installed in a house, such as a washer and dryer, oven, plumbing, electrical wiring, beds, tables, and chairs. The list is endless. I may have each of these things piled in a field, but I don't have a house until I have a foundation, a frame, and a roof.
Every godly virtue you listed must be present in the life of the church. But unless the Word of God is truly preached and taught, the sacraments rightly administered, and church discipline faithfully exercised, you have no church, and where these marks are absent the godliness that must adorn the church will be absent too. Take away any one of these marks, and you have a group of people, but not the church of the living God.
Welcome to your new church home! I am excited about your future. As you delight in the word truly preached, the sacraments rightly administered, and church discipline faithfully exercised, then you will grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the biblical virtues you prize so much will adorn your life.
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Every year I send valentine's; to my grandchildren,
a friend and of course my husband.
Usually I purchase Valentine socks and send to my granddaughters. This year that all escaped me. I did not send Valentine socks or a Valentine to my granddaughters or a Valentine to a friend. I did get a Valentine for my husband.
Today, Feb 13th, I got my Valentine from Earl. A BEAUTIFUL Valentine
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Exchanging Valentine's with my spouse is most important.
I have often mentioned how 'living' gets in the way of my life, my life of doing my favorite things. I need to take some time out to do some other things that does
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
BOSTON (AP) — Somewhere among the grassy hills, canopy trees and 19th century angel sculptures rest Butler and Mary Wilson.
In the early 1900s, the husband and wife team helped black World War I servicemen, fought discrimination against African Americans and oversaw the creation of the Boston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People — the most active in the U.S. at the time.
They were laid to rest here, in Boston's historic Forest Hills Cemetery, sharing the space with writer e.e. cummings and 19th century white abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
Yet no one is exactly certain just where they were buried.
This fall, retired Harvard librarian Sylvia McDowell and the nonprofit wing of the cemetery are combing through historic funeral documents, gathering oral histories, and searching old maps to locate the Wilsons and other African Americans of Boston's past. McDowell and the Forest Hills Educational Trust say these people reflect the northeastern New England states' often overlooked ties to black history.
This is no small task: researchers are looking through records of more than 100,000 people buried throughout the 280-acre (113-hectare) cemetery.
Once the graves of significant black figures are located, they will be included in guidebooks and tours so future generations can learn about them, McDowell said.
"I'm digging up spirits," McDowell said. "Their voices have stories, wonderful stories. We just need to find them."
Established in 1848, the Forest Hills Cemetery came at the height of the abolitionist anti-slavery movement and increased immigration to Boston. The sprawling rural cemetery was founded as a municipal burial ground making the nondenominational cemetery more culturally diverse and socially experimental than other sites. The cemetery also was one of the first to allow blacks to be buried alongside whites, but didn't keep records of the race of the departed.
While other cemeteries remained segregated due to law or economics, Forest Hills prided itself on being open to everyone, said Cecily Miller, executive director of the Forest Hills Educational Trust.
Today, visitors come to the cemetery because it's part sculpture park, part museum, part historic site.
For years, the Forest Hills Educational Trust has sought money to incorporate its African American past into its many tours of statues, historic gravestones and unique stories. The only well-known African American's grave currently included on tours is that of William Cooper Nell, a black abolitionist and historian.
But it wasn't until earlier this year when the group landed a $3,000 grant from Mass Humanities to help pay for McDowell's research that the trust was able to launch its efforts.
McDowell started at the cemetery's newest section by locating old friends, family of acquaintances and well-known African Americans from recent years. She had moved to Boston from Washington D.C. in 1952 to study library science at Simmons College and felt she had a grasp of contemporary black history in Boston.
As word of her project spread, McDowell located people such as James T. "Slyde" Godbolt — an American jazz master tap dancer. She also found David S. Nelson, the first African American appointed to the federal bench in Boston, and Harriet C. Hall, a politically active woman who was co-founder of the interracial Women's Republican Club on Beacon Hill in 1920.
"It's amazing how many people have contacted us to help," McDowell said.
So far, McDowell said she's located about 500 sites and expects to find at least 500 more.
But the more difficult task is locating those figures from the 19th and early 20th centuries, some buried in unmarked graves.
Descendants of some of those buried have come forward with information. "The other day we got a call from a family member who said she has a relative who was an escaped slave and was buried here," Miller said.
China Galland, author of "Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves," said projects like these allow people to come together to discover a history that connects them. "It's cultural and family continuity that's at stake here," Galland said.
"I think it's great that they are doing this," said Edith Griffin, 61, of Groton, Massachusetts, the great-great-granddaughter of William Lloyd Garrison. "People need to know that history."
During a recent search, McDowell and Miller strolled through a winding path to try to find the gravesite of John Jay Smith — the 19th century owner of a barbershop that was a popular hangout for blacks and white abolitionists, including Garrison and U.S. Sen. Charles Sumner. Smith also was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1868.
"There he is!" McDowell exclaimed upon spotting Smith's headstone among other tall ones. She ran to the gravestone that marked his name and the names of other family members, then gently rubbed it.
"I can't believe it. We found you," she said. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Smith."
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
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Also unrelated side question which game should I go for to buy online Suikoden II (The only one I don't have) or Xenoblade Chronicles (Had but than sold it without even playing it once)
Why are you trying to track down copies of Shadow Hearts, Xenoblade, and Suikoden II when you are unemployed and have to return games shortly after buying them? Or has your situation changed?
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George Clooney (Ocean's Eleven) is reportedly in talks to star in Disney's 1952, an extraterrestrial pic in the vein of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Written by Damon Lindelof (Star Trek) and Jeff Jensen, 1952 will be directed by Brad Bird (The Incredibles). Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the picture is said to center on the journey of a middle-aged man and his contact with alien life. We previously reported that the title is a reference to a banker's box of files and documents that had been left in Walt Disney's personal development lab. The contents of the box were documents and primary source materials that look like someone had been working on a project about alien contact. Additionally, "1952″ could refer to the appearance of seven UFOs on radar at Washington's National Airport. Hit the jump for more, including how this affects Bird's schedule and chances to direct Star Wars: Episode VII.
Variety reports that Clooney is in negotiations to star in the Bird-directed 1952. Again, details are sketchy, but it looks as if Clooney's character would be similar to that of Close Encounters of the Third Kind's Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss). Though the studio is considering this a high-profile tentpole project, Disney has yet to confirm and sources caution that 1952 is not officially greenlit and no cast is set. With their recent purchase of Lucasfilm, it's an understatement to say the execs have a lot on their minds.
While the legions of fans still wait to see who will land the director's role for Star Wars: Episode VII, progress on 1952 with Bird attached adds a bit of a wrinkle to the speculation that he would win the job. Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino have already expressed their disinterest, Zack Snyder has declined any involvement as well. Matthew Vaughn is rumored to be in likely consideration for the job after dropping out of helming X-Men: Days of Future Past, though Mark Millar said that was to jump into production on Secret Service. But with the Disney/Pixar/Lucasfilm connection among Kathleen Kennedy, screenwriter Michael Arndt (who reportedly has a 40-plus-page draft for the entire sequel trilogy prepared) and Bird, the Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol director should still be the odds-on favorite. There was no mention of dates or shooting schedules of 1952 as the project isn't officially greenlit, but once we see where this lands, we'll have a better idea of Bird's involvement with Star Wars. Keep an eye on this one as more news becomes available.


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I agree that this is pretty bad, although I have no problem with asking GI's to sign it if they agreed with it. But, to pass it off as written by so-and-so local boy and not to tell each newspaper that it was, in a sense, a petition of sorts, is very bad. It is also bad if they included a signature of a GI who didn't actually sign anything.Originally posted by Jet Set Junta@Oct 14 2003, 11:43 AM
I'm not trying to be a cheap shot artist here. I know the American public is stupid and impatient and loves sensationalism, and that assumption in and of itself bothers me enough -- think back to the 9/11 planes thread where lefties and righties both are rationalizing a potential huge lie about the PA crash to appease people who can't handle the truth.
But, the bottom question remains, WHY do we need stuff like this? This kind of news, when outed, at best shows a lack of confidence in the mission by the powers that be and at worst shows that they're desparate for positive PR because things are going worse than is being reported.
I disagree, however, that this sort of thing implies that things are going WORSE than is being reported in the mainstream. It is clearly just PR. I highly, highly doubt that things are going worse because the coverage is almost 100% negative, at least in my view. I contend that this was just part of a PR campaign to accentuate the positive and disagree with your last sentence. As to who initiated it and the extent and the issue of can USA Today be trusted - we'll have to see, although I agree that this sucks.
However, I have two cousins over there presently with whom I communicate regularly and friends of mine have shown me letters of their family members and the sentiments are overwhelmingly positive. Granted, these are people who are generally conservative, but their cousins are kids and aren't exactly very into politics. There have been compliants about post-war stuff, etc. But the main theme I notice is that the Iraqis generally treat them well, are glad they are there and morale (at least in these little sections) is pretty high. Most of them are annoyed at staying until February (and perhaps beyond) when they were originally told June...that seems to be a pretty consistent complaint. But my cousins, at least, realize that it is part of the job. They are single guys in their early 20's, so I honestly can;t say they have a wife and kids at home...so yes, it's an isolated perspective.
But I generally agree and have a distrust for government in a lot of ways Jet Set. That is why I don't like giving them my money, my guns or like the idea of having them 'tie my shoes" for me, other than from a protection standpoint!
There are a few social things we seem to disagree on, and obviously Iraq, but philospohically we aren't that far apart. I don't know if you'd want to take that as a compliment, though


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Lost Bird Project: Modern Extinction
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Interning at the Smithsonian Gardens this winter has been an enriching and rewarding experience. Getting the opportunity to work on so many different projects with so many different people in an intellectually-stimulating environment makes every day exciting and gratifying.
I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to assist in The Lost Bird Project's arrival at the Smithsonian. Sculptor Todd McGrain began The Lost Bird Project to bring awareness to North American birds that have become extinct within the last two centuries. Todd has made five cast-bronze statues to immortalize five extinct birds: the Carolina Parakeet, the Passenger Pigeon, the Labrador Duck, the Heath Hen, and the Great Auk. He has traveled across the country installing his statues at locations where the birds were last seen. His statues have also been displayed at various institutions across the country.
Smithsonian Gardens is proud to host Todd's statues in the Enid A. Haupt Garden located adjacent to the Smithsonian Castle. The Passenger Pigeon statue will be on display at the Urban Bird Habitat Garden located at the northwest corner of the National Museum of Natural History as a companion piece to the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' exhibit Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America opening on June 24, 2014. The five sculptures will be on display through March 15, 2015.
The stories of these birds are tragic and highlights just how fragile nature can be. One-hundred years ago, massive flocks (numbering in the millions) of Passenger Pigeons flew across the Unites States. It was inconceivable at the time that the huge Passenger Pigeon population could become extinct. The birds became a stable food source across the country and as the demand for Passenger Pigeons grew, the birds were hunted to the point of extinction. Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon, died in captivity in 1914.
These two exhibits remind us of the importance of understanding how as humans we are intrinsically linked to our environment. Whether directly or indirectly, humans have a huge influence on our natural world and our every action affects many other organisms. These birds represent just a mere fraction of the species we have lost over the past two centuries. Pollution, excessive hunting and fishing, global warming, habitat loss are all anthropogenic factors that have contributed to the extinction of many species across the globe. By bringing awareness to this issue, we can work towards preventing such extinctions from happening in the future.
-Tammy Lee, Smithsonian Gardens landscape architecture intern
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Obama To Make UFO Admission (!)
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All News Web has received information from government insiders close to the US President that Barack Obama has been given the go ahead to make an important "off the cuff" announcement regarding UFO visits and US contact with aliens.
Allegedly DARPA has given this move the green light. The comments by the President will be made within the next month.
Our sources claim this will not be outright admittance of UFO visits and contact with aliens, however the comments will come as close to admittance as any President has to date and will be made in the context of a speech on an entirely different matter.
From what we understand The President will concede that there is 'some evidence' to suggest aliens might have attempted to contact Earthlings.
All of this is said to be part of a warm up program leading to eventual outright admittance of knowledge of UFO and alien visitation by major world governments within three years.
Looks like donating all that pelf to the Extraterrestrial Phenomena Political Action Committee paid off.
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Read here from Yahoo's Michael Silver and here from Jsonline's Greg Bedard. Readers of Packergeeks?
As Silver notes, this makes sense on many levels. A 3rd rounder and another player might be a bit much, but not if losing that other player wouldn't hurt us (like Brady Poppinga). But if there is any truth to Buff not taking offers for him or being difficult about it at all – I totally agree with Silver, that's lunacy. Buff is in a bad way. They need all the help they can get and they have exactly one position of luxury – RB.
Rodgers' comments don't surprise me at all. I had noted before that he played with Marshawn so he knows what kind of player he is. And at this point, Rodgers already has Sidney Moncrief-type credibility…if bothers speaking up about something, he's probably right.


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The special election in SD06 to succeed the late Sen. Mario Gallegos is Saturday, January 26, and early voting for this election begins Wednesday, January 9. There are two serious candidates in this race, former County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia and State Rep. Carol Alvarado. I published an interview with Commissioner Garcia on Monday, and today I bring you one with Rep. Alvarado. Like Garcia, Carol Alvarado's resume of public service is long and accomplished – three terms on City Council, Mayor Pro Tem, beginning her third term as representative for HD145. She too has been a strong advocate and ally for many progressive causes, and also boasts the support of numerous Democratic elected officials as well as police and firefighter unions. Here's the interview:
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Tonight's Lineup
Rollins, ss; Victorino, rf; Utley, 2b; Howard, 1b; Rowand, cf; Werth, lf; Nunez, 3b; Ruiz, c; Garcia, p.
Lefty Troubles
The Phillies are 5-12 against left-handed starters, including 1-4 at Citizens Bank Park. Their last win over a lefty starter was May 11, the Cubs' Rich Hill, at home. Two southpaws have beaten them since, Ted Lilly (Cubs) and Scott Olsen (Marlins). A year ago, the Phillies were 23-22 vs. LHP.
The Phillies haven't been shut out and they haven't tossed a shutout.
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Since Citizens Bank Park opened, the Phillies are 1-1 on Memorial Day, winning 11-6 over Washington last year. They lost in 2004, 5-3, to the Mets. The Diamondbacks are 4-4 in their history on this date.
Remembering Veterans
"Philadelphia City Council in 1970 chose Veterans Stadium as the name for the city's new sports facility. Veterans Stadium opened April 10, 1971, was closed September 28, 2003 and imploded March 21, 2004. To commemorate the site of Veterans Stadium, the Phillies dedicate this monument as an everlasting memorial to veterans who have defended America's freedom since its inception in Philadelphia, July 4, 1776."
That message is displayed on the Veterans Memorial the Phillies built near the former site of Veterans Stadium. When it was decided the Vet would be replaced, the Phillies made a commitment to City Council and veterans organizations to build a monument commemorating the dedication and sacrifice of veterans, including prisoners of war or missing in action.
The memorial includes bronze plaques representing the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and POW/MIA. Surrounding the memorial are seven poles that display the American, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and POW/MIA flags. The flags fly year-round.
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Ellsbury, CFJacoby Ellsbury has a 37-game hitting streak against the Orioles. Since April 2009, he has hit .416 (69-for-166) against Baltimore. ESPN says it's the longest streak ever by a Boston player against any opponent.
Crawford, LF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Ross, DH
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Podsednik, RF
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Nuggetpalooza's Gary Marbry looks at Red Sox and squandered scoring opportunities. Marbry defines a "squander" as "an inning in which a team puts a runner in scoring position with no outs but fails to score".


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Is It Time For The Hanford Device?
This past Sunday, as I was watching the NASCAR race at Michigan drone on and on and on…I was wondering why the stock cars ALWAYS put on a snoozer at this track, while open-wheel races were always so entertaining. As I literally drifted off to sleep a couple of times, my mind would wander back to the CART races at Michigan International Speedway in the late 1990's when they ran the Hanford Devices.
The Hanford Device was a simple device that was added to the rear wing in order to slow the cars down on super speedways. Quite frankly, it looked like a board hanging from the trailing edge of the rear wing. It served its purpose in slowing down the cars, but an unintended result was the drafting effect it produced. It acted almost like a parachute as it slowed down the cars. In so doing, the device created a giant aerodynamic hole behind the car. The result was a large vacuum that allowed cars to get a run up behind a car and slingshot past.
The on-track result was that it did slow down the cars, but it created multiple lead changes per lap and provided exciting side-by-side racing similar to what the IRL used to have at Texas. The obvious question is…why doesn't the IRL install a Hanford-like device on its cars for the ovals?
The answer is not as simple. These are different cars with much different engines than those that ran at Michigan and Fontana in those days. I will not pretend to be an expert on aerodynamics, but I'm told that the difference in horsepower along with the heavy downforce that the IRL cars carry, would play a role in reducing the effect of a Hanford-type device as far as producing better racing. It may, in fact, make the cars so slow and predictable that the racing could become much more boring than what we have seen already this year.
It might be worth a try, though. At this point, I think anything might be worth a try. While the league is conducting tire tests as they did at Chicago this week, why don't they bolt on a Hanford Device on about six cars and run them in a pack to see what the result would be? Find out what lap times are produced, but more importantly…what does it do to the handling characteristics of a car, especially in traffic? They may find that it completely disrupts the balance of the car and would be totally impractical to run such a wing. If so…fine. Let us know.
My problem goes back to an article I wrote last week on whether or not the IRL cares about its fans. A reader sent me an e-mail that brought up an excellent point. If Brian Barnhart and the IRL would at least acknowledge that there IS a problem with the lack of racing, then a lot of us would stop complaining. If my power goes out and I call to report it but the power company never answers, I get frustrated. If they answer, acknowledge they are aware of a problem in my area and are working on it…I'm satisfied. Without any acknowledgement from the league, how do we know if they are looking at other alternatives? Lack of communication makes for a very frustrated fan base.
The Hanford Device may prove to be the dumbest idea ever tried on a Dallara, yet it might solve some problems rather easily. Just try it.
Smokey Yunick brought one of the strangest looking cars ever to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1964, when he unveiled the sidecar. The theory was that it would shift the center of gravity far to the left, thereby making it more stable in the turns. In actuality, it was only marginally successful in practice and crashed during its only qualification run. The point is…he tried. Yunick tried something different. It didn't work out as expected, but at least he tried.
I am hoping that Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee will have Brian Barnhart on their show to discuss the parade-like racing that has infected the series this season. I'm not sure if that will happen anytime soon, but I know they are going to have some non-league personnel on this week (Larry Curry), to discuss the problem. Fair enough. Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee are a sensible duo. I think if they initiate enough discussion on this matter—word should get to the league.
In the meantime…whether it's a Hanford Device, a different tire compound or any other aero tweaks they can come up with; I hope the IRL will be proactive and let us know they are trying to solve the problem. Otherwise, the small fan base they have will start to become smaller – while the league gives the appearance that there is no problem.
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Try something! Anything! I miss the excitement of racing!
I think you might be onto something, George. What I would like to see would be something under the driver's control, sort of like the small airbrake that "Silent Sam" the STP turbine powered car in 1967 had.
What I have in mind is some type of airflow disrupter that could give the driver more control of his own car, while possibly also giving him some control over what kind of air the car behind him is driving in.
I'm an old yacht racer, having raced a number of different kinds of sailboats over the years. Some of my favorite yacht racing is "One Design" racing, where the rules specify the design of the boats completely and the only difference between competitors comes from their skill in rigging and racing the boats. That is pretty much where the IRL is today with each car running the same engine in the same chassis. The problem is, there is so much parity in the field that we have these single file parades.
What makes yacht racing more interesting is that the track is wider, so to speak, and each boat can choose its own path to the mark, looking for favorable winds. However, there are a couple of places on the course where all the boats have to be in the same place – at the starting line and at the marks where they make turns. In these places, the winning boat usually has taken advantage of a position where they can use the backwash off their own sails to "blanket" their closest competitor.
I think it would be interesting if Indy cars had some aerodynamic device like a spoiler or an airbrake under the control of the driver that could slow their own progress but also disrupt the airflow behind them.
Who knows – it might make the parades even more inflexible, but it might also make for some very interesting racing.
Your basic premise is correct – in order to try any fix, aerodynamic or mechanical, first the League has to admit that there IS a problem.
Hate to bust yer bubble there, Bub, but it's already on the car.
At Texas.
WRT CART racing at Mich: It's real entertaining to watch Montoya and Andretti passing each other back and forth, until about the fourth or fifth pass… that's when you realize it's a circus act—and an extremely dangerous one at that. I pass you, now you pass me! Then I pass you, and you pass me! The person unfortunate enough to be leading the race coming off the last turn is a dead duck.
It's at that point that the guy in the lead starts trying scrape the other guy off on slower traffic at 240 MPH. Real safe racing there. End of day, CART racing on ovals was entertaining because it was insanely dangerous. Those days aren't coming back anymore than the blood sport days of the 70s when even the fans were getting killed.
Scott Goodyear stated during a broadcast from Mich that the only thing he liked about racing at Michigan was driving OUT of the parking lot after the race. Said he was just happy to be leaving in a car and not a helicopter. Said most of the drivers hated the place and would rather not race there.
It seems like so many times a car will get a run on another one, but the car goes wacky when they actually try to pass. Like you, I'd at least like to hear Barnhart acknowledge the problem.
In the Texas pre-race they had a segment that profiled a device that they attached to the back wing of the cars. It was an air scoop on the top and bottom of the back wing used to slow the cars down. They mentioned that it created a huge hole in the air behind the cars. They indicated that they hoped it would lead to more close racing and passing. Sounds like the Hanford device – or some variation on it.
Problem is that it didn't work. That was one incredibly boring race.
How about adjustable wings like what they have in F1 now? It hasn't helped massively on road circuits, but it'd be interesting to see how it'd work on an oval track.
Essentially, the front wing can be changed a few degree in either direction twice a lap – worth a try?
The adjustable front wings F1 has this year are controlled by the driver. There are only two positions – more downforce or less downforce. I don't recall any of the F1 dirvers talking about using the adjustment during a race this year: it would be interesting to know how well this is working.
Adjustable front wings should allow the dirver to have more grip while drafting then switch to less drag when pulling out into clean air. Of course the car in front would also be set to "less drag". So the device wouldn't increase the relative speed difference in this situation, but should allow the driver to feel more comfortable while trying to draft to pass.
Might well be beneficial on the ovals – we may never know though…
[…] Rossi propuso aumentar los niveles de downforce. Por lo visto no sería mala idea redesarrollar el Hanford Device en su versión […]


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Perry loses his long battle with cancer
Right up until his final email to a group of people he liked to keep updated on his medical condition, a note which arrived in April, Bret Perry was a beacon of hope.
"I don't plan on being a stranger," wrote Perry, who after eight years suffering from Stage IV colon cancer had undertaken being cared for by Hospice of Southeastern Connecticut. "I just have to figure out these new leashes that restrain me and get out and about.
"Take care and don't be strangers. Never be afraid to call or email, as I am sure daytime TV is worse than evening TV."
Perry, previously the varsity softball coach at Old Lyme High School for four seasons despite receiving chemotherapy treatments at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City on the team's off days, died early Sunday morning at the age of 48.
His wife Melissa delivered the news via Bret's email chain.
"I lost my best half this morning," Melissa Perry wrote. "There are no words. I just wanted to thank you for all the support, prayers, well wishes and good deeds we have received over his eight-year battle."
"Very inspiring, let me tell you," said East Lyme High softball coach Judy Deeb, on whose staff Perry coached before taking the job at Old Lyme. "Even in his emails he was always so positive, you'd think he had a bad bruise or something. To go through that for eight years? But he kept that same positive attitude. I'm sure that's what kept him alive. He kept swinging and he kept getting a hit."
"He was definitely dedicated to our program. He would go get a chemo treatment and come back to softball practice," former Old Lyme and current Coast Guard Academy pitcher Sammy Yuknat said Sunday in a telephone interview from her summer assignment in Sitka, Alaska. "It was a win-win situation: we would feed off the inspiration he was giving to us and I think we helped him also."
Under Perry, Old Lyme reached the Class S state tournament quarterfinals in 2010 for the first time in program history.
Perry also recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award by Connecticut District 10 Little League for his dedication to that organization. Perry coached in East Lyme and Old Lyme, umpired throughout the state, served as Assistant District Administrator for softball, Umpire Coordinator for District 10 and was tournament director for numerous district, sectional and state Little League tournaments.
At one Junior League tournament game last summer in East Lyme, it was Perry left to call Little League Eastern Region Headquarters in Bristol for a rule clarification following a protest.
Old Lyme athletic director Rob Roach hopes to meet with the school's softball team today, many of whom knew Perry. Perry coached the Wildcats through the 2011 season before taking a leave of absence last year.
"His enthusiasm, his attitude, his knowledge of the game, he turned out to be an AD's dream," Roach said. "I remember sitting at the first Shoreline Conference final in program history and thinking, 'This can't be Old Lyme.' He took us to the heights."
Roach spoke to Deeb before hiring Perry. Deeb told him Perry deserved a chance despite his illness; Roach soon saw that for himself.
"He sat in the interview with all this energy, all this optimism, even though that was a hell of a challenge he had," Roach said. "I mean, a lot of people can't get out of bed in the morning."
Featured in a story in The Day's sports section on May 15, 2009, titled "This coach has 'plenty to celebrate,'" Perry was originally diagnosed with cancer in February, 2005, when he passed out at work and lost more than 50 percent of his blood supply. In 2006, he was given eight months to live, nearly placed on palliative care without hope of surviving.
Until recently, however, he maintained his job at Pfizer, Inc., as a scientist in the department of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
He attended his daughter Karin's wedding in Mississippi on March 23 and walked her down the aisle. A month later he celebrated his 48th birthday. He was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather.
Perry often said he only gave himself 15 minutes per day to feel sorry for himself.
"You gotta live life," Perry told The Day in 2009. "You don't let little things in life get to you. I don't think I've ever let anything stand in my way. � People don't understand. They ask me, 'Why are you working?' Well, I could stay home and watch Jerry Springer and everything else I don't like. This makes me forget about things. I'm out here (coaching), trying to help these ladies become better people in life."
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