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by Tom Uteshcer
When the NCAA's winter signing period began on February 2, a pair of Springside School athletes each made their mark on a national letter of intent, agreeing to accept a scholarship to play their chosen sports at the Division I level in college.
Sprinter Taylor-Ellis Watson will cross the state to run track at the University of Pittsburgh, while Nicole Volgraf will head out to the Midwest to play field hockey at Indiana University.
A two-time high school All-American, Ellis-Watson holds multiple school records and team MVP awards, and at her first Girls Inter-Ac championship meet as a freshman she broke league records in the 200 and 400-meter dash. In each of her first three outdoor seasons she was an All-Inter-Ac selection, and on the indoor circuit she is currently ranked 46th in the nation in the 200 and 92nd in the 400, despite coming off injuries in both her sophomore and junior seasons.
Volgraf was a three-year starter for the Lions' hockey team, accumulating 38 goals and 33 assists during her tenure. As a member of the Viper Field Hockey Club she played at major indoor and outdoor events around the country. She was a Springside team captain as a junior and senior, and last fall she was named team MVP and was an All-Inter-Ac first team selection. She made her college choice early, giving a verbal commitment to Indiana in April of her junior year.
"I really liked the girls on the team and I felt that I connected with the coaching staff and their style of program," explained Volgraf, who also had American University and Richmond on her short list. "I'm used to coaches that bring a lot of intensity to the team and I liked that about IU. It was bigger than the other colleges I visited, and coming from a small school I liked the change of having that big, busy campus."
Volgraf never lays down her hockey stick for long, and it shows in her ball-control skills.
"She's very dedicated and she plays all year round," said Springside coach Lydia Imperiale. "She's one of the hardest-working athletes I've been around, and she has a great sense of the game, too.
"She played midfield for us because that's where we needed her," Imperiale continued, "but I have a hunch she'll get up on the forward line in college. She has a nose for the goal, and the personality of a natural leader."
Volgraf noted, "Going into IU they have me down as a forward, but of course I'm willing to be flexible and play wherever they need me."
She has been interested in the field of nutritional science, and she related, "When I visited Indiana my guide was in that same program and she really sold me on it."
She played lacrosse for two seasons, but stopped after her sophomore year to focus on conditioning for her primary sport. She already has a copy of Indiana's workout regimen, and is going through the paces under the guidance of trainer Aaron Sistrunk, a partner in Chestnut Hill's Balance studio.
Springside's Ellis-Watson took longer to make a final decision on college. She was leaning toward the University of Maryland early on, and also visited the University of Mississippi. A trip out the Pa. Turnpike transformed her outlook.
"Pitt made me an amazing offer and I fell in love with the team and the coaches," she enthused. "I liked the way they interacted; they had the best team 'feel' of the places I visited.
"Their campus is beautiful and their whole science program is amazing," observed Ellis-Watson, who would like to become a child psychologist. "They have everything I need."
Springside coach Bob Shoudt praised the senior star, pointing out "She's a gifted track athlete, and she'll be healthy this year for the first time since the ninth grade. She rehabbed in the fitness center at school during the fall, and she was ready for the start of the indoor season. She's been able to do everything we asked of her without any problem."
After her impressive freshman season, Ellis-Watson had to deal with significant medical problems over the next two years. She strained hip flexors on both sides of her body, and suffered from tendinitis in both of her knees.
"There were times when it felt like rehabbing was my whole life," she reported. "This year I've been healthy and I've been running some pretty good times."
Coach Shoudt said, "Taylor seems to excel in the 400. She really gets moving with those long legs in a longer sprint."
She's looking forward to participating in the strong sprinting program at Pittsburgh, noting, "Their 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 sprinters all go to [NCAA] Nationals just about every year, and the head coach trains the 400 runners. I'm very happy with the way things worked out; Pitt's just a good fit for me in so many ways."


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3DS' Quickparts Features 3D Printed 'Fly-Away' Production Parts
3DS' Quickparts Features 3D Printed 'Fly-Away' Production Parts
ROCK HILL, South Carolina – February 25, 2014 – 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today that it will be featuring functional 3D printed aerospace parts and assemblies manufactured by its on-demand, cloud-based 3D printing service, Quickparts, at the AeroDef Manufacturing Summit and Exposition, being held February 25-27, 2014 in Long Beach, CA.
3DS' Quickparts offers instant, online quotes and cloud manufacturing of 3D printed, functional, end-use parts. Aerospace companies looking to leverage quick-turn, short-run manufacturing of end-use parts for time-sensitive projects repeatedly rely on 3DS' Quickparts expertise for their entire design to manufacturing requirements.
3D printing of high impact, durable, light weight, end-use parts is a rapidly growing field where aerospace and defense manufacturers are looking to reduce part weight, complexity and inventory count while substantially improving fuel efficiency and manuverability.
"3D printing offers aerospace and defense users unique solutions to optimize the strength-to-weight ratios of parts as well as integrating complex assemblies into a single printed part," said Ziad Abou, Vice President & General Manager, Quickparts, 3DS. "3D printing makes parts that would previously have been considered impossible, instantly possible."
3DS' Quickparts offers a 24/7 global service that encompasses rapid parts production, prototyping, tooling and casting pattern methodologies powered by 3D printing. Learn more about on-demand 3D printing solutions at www.3dsystems.com/quickparts.
About 3D Systems Corporation
3D Systems is a leading provider of 3D printing centric design-to-manufacturing solutions including 3D printers, print materials and cloud sourced on-demand custom parts for professionals and consumers alike in materials including plastics, metals, ceramics and edibles. The company also provides integrated 3D scan-based design, freeform modeling and inspection tools. Its products and services replace and complement traditional methods and reduce the time and cost of designing new products by printing real parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used to rapidly design, create, communicate, prototype or produce real parts, empowering customers to manufacture the future.
Leadership Through Innovation and Technology
- 3DS invented 3D printing with its Stereolithography (SLA) printer and was the first to commercialize it in 1989.
- 3DS invented Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) printing and was the first to commercialize it in 1992.
- 3DS invented the ColorJet-Printing (CJP) class of 3D printers and was the first to commercialize 3D powder-based systems in 1994.
- 3DS invented MultiJet-Printing (MJP) printers and was the first to commercialize it in 1996.
Today its comprehensive range of 3D printers is the industry's benchmark for production-grade manufacturing in aerospace, automotive, patient specific medical device and a variety of consumer, electronic and fashion accessories.
More information on the company is available at www.3DSystems.com.

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Anders Samuelsen gives African youth a voice
This news is redirected by The Secretariat for Development Cooperation at SCIENCE from The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Anders Samuelsen will Monday be hosting a meeting with eight representatives from youth-organisations across Africa and Europe. The meeting will give youth a voice in the process leading up to the EU-Africa Summit, ensuring that the summit will not only be a meeting about the youth, but also a meeting with the youth.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Anders Samuelsen:
"I have taken the initiative to host this meeting because youth can play a decisive, positive role in the development of the African and European continents – by contributing to job creation in start-ups and as important agents for democratic change in their societies.
The meeting with youth will focus on opportunities to strengthen the economic and political role of African and European youth in a globalised world through, e.g., improved conditions for start-ups, increased involvement of youth in political decision-making and in the opportunities created by new technology, digitalisation and free trade.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Anders Samuelsen:
"I am convinced that globalisation can make a positive difference – also for African youth. Digitalisation and new technologies open up our society and contribute to creating new opportunities for younger generations. Development for, with and by youth is central to creating positive development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals."
The EU-Africa Summit, taking place in the Ivory Coast in November of this year, marks a strengthening and renewal of the strategic partnership between the EU and Africa. A central theme at the summit will be opportunities to strengthen the African youth's economic and political role on the continent. The summit will also focus on a number of current challenges in relation to peace and security, good governance, irregular migration, growth and employment, climate change, agriculture and education.
The youth is an important political priority for Denmark. The world currently has the largest youth generation in history, estimated at 1.8 billion people. More than three out of four young people live in developing countries. Accordingly, the EU-Africa Summit and its focus on youth is an important priority for Denmark. Denmark expects to play an active role towards the summit through conferences, policy input etc.
Monday's meeting will take place in extension of the discussion between Foreign Ministers on preparations for the EU-Africa Summit at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels today.


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Rushranch – Eastern Oregon
Wx: 85F, smokey
Listening To: Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Mourning doves gracefully glide to a peaceful landing at the feeder on my front deck. Regular, like clockwork, they are the first early morning visitors. Their cooing to each other is a calm and soothing sound to me. I need that soothing sound this morning. I need all manner of man, woman, and child to feel that soothing sound this morning. I am concerned for the people of Texas and Louisiana impacted by Harvey. So many people have lost not only their homes but their sense of security and safety – their lifeline to who they are. My brother and his family are in Houston. The country needs our kindness and our prayers.
Here at the Rush Ranch, things are normal. Well, normal for us. On my front and back decks, I grow four whiskey barrels of hops. They grow such a dense, hardy bunch of vines and leaves that cover the deck pergola tops. They provide some amazing shade throughout the summer. I have strings of clothesline between the barrels and the top of the pergola, to help the plants find their way to the top in early spring, and those lines caused quite a bit of racket last night. A deer with a huge set of antlers came by to raid the bird feeders, and somehow got caught up in the clothesline. He struggled trying to get free, and that huge whiskey barrel went flying out into the front yard. You can imagine the racket as he finally got free and took off for the hills. The plant is a little war torn, but will survive. The whiskey barrel? That's toast. Always something going on, at the Rush Ranch.
The Blog Hop for September is called "At The Zoo". (Sort of reminds me of the ranch. It can be a zoo around here at times….) You can find all of the Pixelscrapper contributions to the blog hop at this link. All of the other contributions are awesome, and some of the designers had some fantastic ideas! I am always amazed at the talent and scope of imagination these designers have! They keep inspiring me. We were tasked with selecting a particular animal and building our designs around it. I'm not great at drawing animals, but I gave it a shot. I couldn't decide if I wanted to do a polar bear or fox, so I chose the fox. Below are my previews, and they are for any use including commercial. I simply ask that you pass along a kindness to a stranger. Hope that you can find something in this kit that you can use.
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2007 GMC Acadia
The all-new GMC Acadia may look like a sport utility vehicle, but this is one of those cases in which looks deceive. The Acadia has many of the capabilities of an SUV but it is aimed at people who want better ride and handling.
The Acadia is what the auto industry calls a "crossover," which means despite its looks it uses car-type construction and mechanical components instead of the trucky parts used in traditional SUVs.
Acadia shares those components with its siblings, the 2007 Saturn Outlook and the 2008 Buick Enclave.
Head down a curved, country road and it is easy to see GMC achieved its goals with the Acadia. It eases over rough pavement in a soothing manner but takes corners in a reassuring fashion, although the driver is always aware that this is a relatively large and heavy vehicle.
Meanwhile, a sophisticated 275-hp 3.6-liter V6 provide smooth and readily available acceleration and a new six-speed automatic transmission helps fuel economy.
In addition, all Acadias come loaded with standard safety equipment including proven lifesavers such as electronic stability control and air bags that provide head protection in a side-impact crash.
Three rows of seats provide room for seven or eight, although that assumes an extremely chummy trip. But two adults and two or three children and many of their favorite belongings could be carried with ease.
The standard Acadia has front-wheel drive but all-wheel drive is available so the Acadia offers the same bad-weather security as classic SUVs. Where it falls behind a classic SUV is in towing capacity or the ability to handle a serious, off-road chore. But for most people that won't matter a bit. For most people, the Acadia is an interesting and attractive alternative.
Model Lineup
The 2007 GMC Acadia comes in three trim levels, starting with the SLE followed by the SLT1 and SLT2. Each is available in front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
Standard equipment on the SLE includes air conditioning; cruise control; tilt and telescope steering wheel; heated, outside mirrors; power windows and door locks; OnStar; four-way, manual adjustable driver's seat; AM/FM/compact disc player; auto-on headlamps; daytime running lights; rear window wiper and seven-passenger seating.
Options include eight-passenger seating ($495); rear-seat entertainment/DVD player; convenience package with remote start and ultrasonic rear parking assist ($435); two-panel Skyscape sunroof ($1,300); head-up display ($350); 19-inch aluminum wheels ($695); power liftgate ($350).
Safety features include air curtains, seat-mounted side-impact airbags for driver and front-seat passenger, OnStar, anti-lock brakes, and StabiliTrak electronic stability control. All-wheel drive is available for more secure grip in foul weather.
Air curtains are low-pressure air bags that come down from the ceiling and cover the side windows (of all three rows) to provide head protection in a side-impact crash or rollover; in a rollover the air curtains could help keep arms and heads inside the vehicle in addition to providing head protection. However, air curtains are not a substitute for seat belts. Studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which is funded by the insurance industry, have shown such head protection greatly improves the chance of surviving a side-impact crash. The front-seat side-impact airbags provide chest protection in a side-impact crash. Institute studies have also shown these "torso bags" are valuable, but not as valuable as head protection.
OnStar uses a global positioning system and an extra powerful cellular telephone to put the driver in touch with the OnStar center which is manned 24/7. The center can tell where the vehicle is located and send help or provide other assistance. Should the air bags deploy the system can automatically notify the OnStar center of an accident and where the vehicle is located so it can then send help. Initially OnStar help is free but eventually there are subscription charges.
The exterior design team for the GMC Acadia managed to give a relatively large vehicle a look that has moved away from bulky without sacrificing a kind of active grace. Happily GMC has avoided the threatening-SUV school of design that seems so popular with some manufacturers.
With an overall length of about 201 inches the Acadia is slightly longer than two major competitors, the Honda Pilot and Ford Explorer.
Interior Features
A few years ago General Motors officials acknowledged (not like they had a choice) that the interiors of many of its vehicles need to be upgraded, banishing cheap-looking plastic and bargain-basement cloth.
That effort shows in the Acadia. Indeed, the interior had a handsome and upscale look in the fancy SLT2 model we drove.
Meanwhile, GM did not lose track of basic functionality. The heating and cooling controls are easy to find and use. The instruments are legible, not lost in some fussy attempt at a complex design.
Big cupholders and a deep bin between the front seats are a plus but the storage pockets on the side doors are too narrow for any meaningful storage.
The front seats are wide and comfortable and a tilt and telescoping steering wheel makes it easy for drivers tall and short to get comfortable. As with an SUV the driver sits high with a good look down the road. But visibility to the rear isn't great, requiring care when backing up. An optional feature to ease that problem is an ultrasonic rear park assist system that can detect objects out of the driver's line of sight.
The standard seating arrangement is for seven, which includes two captain's chairs in the second row (with three people in the third row and two in the front seats). Those who want eight-passenger capacity get a split, bench seat for the second row that accommodates three.
GM says the second row has a maximum of 36.9 inches of leg room, which is comparable to the Pilot and Explorer. To provide a little more flexibility the Acadia's second row slides fore and aft a total of four inches. Its 36.9 inches of legroom is measured with the seat roughly in the middle of the four inches, GM says. With the second row in the rearward-most position a six-foot adult can be comfortable in the driver's seat and another six-foot adult can be seated directly behind without being cramped.
Getting to the third row involves using what GM calls a Smart Slide feature. It is a handle that is designed to move the second row up and out of the way.
On the model we tried, which was an early Acadia built by GM for testing and not quite ready for sale to the public, the handle was balky. A GM spokeswoman said that problem will be solved on the models headed to dealerships in December. Nevertheless, it would be a good thing to check at the dealership before making a purchase.
As in most vehicles the third row is best suited for small children. But here is the fine print when GMC says the Acadia is a seven or eight-passenger vehicle: GM assumes three people are sitting in the third row which has about nine inches less hip room than the second row. Putting three people back there will be a tight fit even for small children.
The Acadia really triumphs in cargo capacity, according to manufacturers' measurements. It has almost 20 cubic feet of cargo space behind the third row, more than the trunk space of a mid-size sedan. That compares to almost 16 cubic feet for the Pilot and almost 14 cubic feet for the Explorer. (Typically automakers make those calculations filling the space to the roof, blocking the rearward view.) A small plastic-lined bin below the floor of the Acadia's cargo compartment is perfect for carrying messy stuff.
The third row folds down easily and a strap is used to pull it back up. It is not an upper-body workout but does require some effort. With that third row folded down the Acadia's cargo-carrying advantage continues with almost 69 cubic feet of space. That compares to about 44 cubic feet for the Explorer and almost 48 cubic feet for the Pilot. One nice feature is that lowering the second or third rows on the Acadia does not require removing the head restraints. When the second and third rows are folded the cargo area is almost flat.
Driving Impressions
The GMC Acadia is a fairly large and heavy vehicle but the engineers have done a good job of concealing its size when it comes to driving.
The steering isn't so heavy that any serious effort is required, even in a parking lot, but it offers enough weight that it doesn't feel disconnected either. So, it quickly gives the driver a feeling of confidence about where the vehicle is heading and how it will respond.
The Acadia uses an independent suspension in the front and rear, just like most cars. It provides a well-rounded blend of ride and handling.
Bumps, tar strips and potholes are still felt but only distantly, without the slam-bam jarring that is part of life with a truck-based SUV. The body also feels strong and doesn't quiver with each blow. But despite the pleasing ride the body motions are still nicely controlled so there isn't a sloppy feeling.
There is no denying that the Acadia is a relatively large and quite heavy vehicle, with the curb weight of the all-wheel drive model we tested being almost 5,000 pounds. That is several hundred pounds more than a Ford Explorer V8 and about 500 pounds more than a Honda Pilot.
But the Acadia still heads into a turn fairly quickly and feels locked-down stable during interstate cruising.
In the past many GM trucks had a soft, squishy feel to the brake pedal. That is not the case with the Acadia. It feels firm makes it equally easy to shave off a lot or a little speed.
The best safety feature is the ability to avoid accidents, which in the Acadia's case is helped by StabiliTrak, GM's brand name for electronic stability control. The system uses sensors to tell if the front or rear of the vehicle is sliding in a direction that is at odds with what the driver is doing with the steering wheel. Then, it tries to correct for the skid.
The Acadia is available in front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. The all-wheel drive system is permanently engaged and does not require the driver to do anything but drive.
Those who wonder whether a V6 is enough to handle such a big vehicle have a valid concern, but this is a new V6 with variable-valve timing designed to make it more powerful, efficient and flexible. The V6 is rated at 275 hp at 6600 rpm and 251 pound-feet of torque at 3200 rpm.
That is more than the Pilot's 244 hp and approaches the 292 hp in the Explorer's V8, while the Explorer's V6 is rated at 210 hp.
In addition, the Acadia gets a new six-speed automatic transmission. The Pilot and V6 Explorer use five-speed automatics, though the V8 Explorer gets a six-speed. The additional gear means smart engineers can make the vehicle respond more quickly to the gas pedal while also providing better fuel economy than in a vehicle with fewer gears.
We found the Acadia's powertrain impressive. The six-speed automatic was quick to downshift while upshifts weren't jerky. Acceleration was more than adequate with one or two adults and the 3.6-liter V6 seemed smoother than the new 3.5-liter V6 Ford has just introduced. However, we never had the chance to load the Acadia up with seven people.
The Acadia clobbers the Pilot and Explorer when it comes to estimated fuel economy, according to the federal government's Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA estimates the Acadia all-wheel drive we tested will get 17/24 mpg City/Highway. The two-wheel-drive Acadia is rated 18/26 mpg. GM recommends 87-octane Regular gas.
That compares to 15/20 mpg for the Explorer V6 4WD, 14/20 mpg for the Explorer V8 4WD, and 17/22 for the Honda Pilot 4WD.
It is no small trick to combine functionality, polish and a good load of safety equipment at a reasonable starting price. But that's precisely what GM has done with the all-new GMC Acadia.
Christopher Jensen filed this report to NewCarTestDrive.com from New Hampshire.
|Model Line Overview
|Model lineup:
|GMC Acadia SLE ($29,225); SLT1 ($33,225); SLT2 ($35,370); SLE AWD ($31,255); SLT1 AWD ($35,225); SLT2 AWD ($37,370)
|275-hp 3.6-liter V6
|six-speed automatic
|Safety equipment (standard):
|anti-lock brakes; StabiliTrak electronic stability control air curtains; frontal airbags; seat-mounted side-impact air bags
|Safety equipment (optional):
|all-wheel drive
|Basic warranty:
|3 years/36,000 miles
|Assembled in:
|Lansing, Michigan
|Specifications As Tested
|Model tested (MSPR):
|2007 GMC Acadia SLT-2 AWD
|Standard equipment:
|leather upholstery; tri-zone automatic climate control; power windows and door locks; remote start; keyless entry; Ultra-sonic rear parking assist; cruise control; auto-dim rearview mirror; rear window defroster; OnStar; satellite radio; premium AM/FM/compact disc stereo; auto headlamps; heated, outside power mirrors; heated windshield wiper nozzles; tilt and telescope steering wheel; heated front seats; eight-way power adjustable driver's seat; four-way adjustable front passenger seat
|Options as tested (MSPR):
|Destination charge:
|Gas guzzler tax:
|Price as tested (MSPR):
|all-wheel drive
|3.6-liter dohc aluminum 24-valve V6
|Horsepower (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|275 @ 6600
|Torque (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|251 @ 3200
|six-speed automatic
|EPA fuel economy, city/hwy:
|17/24 mpg
|118.9 in.
|201./78.9/72.8 in.
|Track, f/r:
|67.3/67.3 in.
|Turning circle:
|40.4 ft.
|Seating Capacity:
|Head/hip/leg room, f:
|40.4/57.8/41.3 in.
|Head/hip/leg room, m:
|39.3/57.9/36.9 in.
|Head/hip/leg room, r:
|38.4/48.3/33.2 in.
|Cargo volume:
|119.9 cu. ft.
|Towing capacity:
|4500 Lbs.
|Suspension, f:
|Suspension, r:
|Ground clearance:
|7.4 in.
|Curb weigth:
|4925 lbs.
|Brakes, f/r:
|disc/disc w ABS, EBD, Brake Assist, StabiliTrak
|Fuel capacity:
|22.0 gal.
|Unless otherwise indicated, specifications refer to test vehicle. All prices are manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSPR) effective as of December 11, 2006.Prices do not include manufacturer's destination and delivery charges. N/A: Information not available or not applicable. Manufacturer Info Sources: 1-800-462-8782 - www.gmc.com
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Since 2009 UW-Whitewater has been participating in an event called "Recycle Mania." RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over an 8-week period each spring, colleges across the United States and Canada report the amount of recycling and trash collected each week and are in turn ranked in various categories based on who recycles the most on a per capita basis, as well as which schools have the best recycling rate as a percentage of total waste and which schools generate the least amount of combined trash and recycling. With each week's updated ranking, participating schools follow their performance against other colleges and use the results to rally their campus to reduce and recycle more.
The results for the RecycleMania 2016 competition are as follows:
First Place: STARIN
Second Place: FRICKER
Third Place: BIGELOW/FISCHER


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175121 LEESON 324T-326T NEMA D Flange Kit
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|324T-326T, Cast Iron frame
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adding in the minimal phpgacl code. this is all that is necessary for a functioning phpgcal setup. (pretty sweet eh?) minor touchup to user.php adding favicon.ico b/c apache seems to want it.
switching location for config.php
config.php is now an example config. the real config w/ database user/pass will be in /etc/scire/ modified common.php to account for new location.
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adding calendar for use in setting the start and end ranges. no validation on which is before which. sorry. if your users are dumb, so be it.
remove minute and 5-min interval possibilities. 15 min is our minimum. adodb's path is now in php5. dunno why they changed it, but kinda annoying.
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Law Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC)
Mary Peveto
September 09, 2011
Mary is the founder of Neighbors for Clean Air. She worked as a marketing communication specialist in the athletic industry until she chose to stay home and raise her children. When she learned of a national study indicating that her daughters' school was in the top 2% of schools with the nation's worst air quality, she became an industrial air toxins activist and a tireless advocate for clean air. PEAC has supported Neighbors for Clean Air on the issue of ESCO Corporation's Title V air permit renewal. As Mary says, 'Citizens now have a stronger voice that gives us the power to exercise our rights in the regulatory process and to air our concerns in an informed and effective way.'


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What is it?
If you think the prospect of overhauling a flagship is daunting, consider the task of redesigning your company's second-best-selling product. The halo may be missing, but corporate profitability and the jobs of thousands rest on your shoulders.
That scenario faced chief engineer Toshio Asahi as he began the process of redesigning the Lexus ES, the brand's entry-luxury front-drive sedan and its best seller behind the Lexus RX crossover. His first step was to embark upon a 4,000-mile ride in the current ES to determine what worked and what didn't.
A lot of what he found on the fifth-generation ES apparently worked, because the new sixth-generation ES is an evolutionary design, at least in straight gasoline-powered form. The 2013 ES350 should be good enough to make legions of Lexus faithful open their wallets and happily enjoy three years and 36,000 miles of nearly luxurious, event-free motoring before trading up to a future mid-cycle-refreshed ES. At least that's Lexus' plan, and it suits the company just fine.
What is it like to drive?
Given that the ES350 drives like a reasonably powerful FWD entry-luxury sedan—it's sanitized to the point of blandness, perfectly capable at any speeds the average Lexus driver is likely to explore, quiet and extremely comfortable—driving impressions are mostly what one would expect. The car's 3.5-liter V6 is essentially carryover from 2012, with the same 268 hp and 248 ft-lb of torque, though powertrain and aero refinements bump combined fuel economy to 24 mpg, up from 22 mpg.
The bigger news for 2013 is the first ES hybrid. In almost all aspects of its appearance, the new ES300h is nearly identical to its straight-petroleum sister, but it gets power from a 2.5-liter Atkinson-cycle I4 with electric assist. The combination is expected to deliver 40 mpg city and 39 mpg highway, with a combined 39 mpg—remarkable for the amount of space and the level of luxury Lexus packed into the car.
The economy is not the only remarkable feature: We've long had a love/hate relationship with hybrid vehicles, but the ES300h could be the car that finally makes a hybrid powertrain desirable—even aspirational—in the luxury-car class. Yes, it's that good, finally managing to deliver on the overpromised, underdelivered hybrid-marketing buzzword "seamless."
The ES hybrid gives the driver electric assist exactly when it's needed and transitions between modes as unobtrusively as anything we've ever driven. The four-cylinder engine note is still present, but when accelerating from moderate speeds, the hybrid is actually more satisfying than the gasoline ES350 thanks to a kick of torque from the electric motor at the point where a nonboosted powertrain would be downshifting.
But what about luxury, the car's raison d'être? The prerequisites are all accounted for: solid, quiet cabin, acres of rear legroom (4.1 inches more than in the 2012 ES), rear sunshades and wood trim on the dash, doors and steering wheel. In addition to the seats, the dash gets leather, too, and all of the stitching is first-rate. The overall cabin motif is politely restrained to the point of sterility.
That leather-and-wood dash gets divided horizontally into zones: The "display zone" runs along the top, while the "operation zone" occupies the middle real estate. Cars so equipped get the company's Remote Touch interface, a mouselike knob that becomes "sticky" when the cursor is moved over selected areas on the display. For those accustomed to rotary controllers, the interface feels odd at first but it has been dramatically improved over the first-generation system.
Do I want one?
The enthusiast driver is likely to examine the 2013 Lexus ES and decide that it doesn't offer enough driving engagement. Sportier, similarly sized choices are available in the same price range, and even within the Lexus family, the pricier GS is a much better driver's car. However, as transport for that enthusiast's significant other or for the next-door neighbor looking to upgrade from a Toyota Avalon, the ES has much to recommend it.
In its hybrid form, the ES might even be a breakthrough product. As Lexus group vice president Mark Templin claims, "Our research showed the hybrid was a game changer for people who may not have considered an ES or a Lexus before."
Given the rise in popularity of green-leaning products among well-to-do buyers, we suspect Lexus is on to something.
Lexus ES350
ON SALE: Early August
DRIVETRAIN: 3.5-liter, 268-hp, 248-lb-ft V6; FWD, six-speed automatic
CURB WEIGHT: 3,549 lb
0-60 MPH: 7.1 sec
FUEL ECONOMY (EPA): 24 mpg (est)
Lexus ES300h
ON SALE: Early August
DRIVETRAIN: 2.5-liter, 156-hp, 156-lb-ft I4; FWD, hybrid continuously variable transmission with two electric motors (200 total system horsepower)
CURB WEIGHT: 3,660 lb
0-60 MPH: 8.1 sec
FUEL ECONOMY (EPA): 39 mpg (est)


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CHICO — James Luyirika-Sewagudde, Jr., Chico State University's Outstanding Staff Employee for the year, leads a program that allows students to study all over America.
Thirty years ago, he was instrumental in starting a National Student Exchange program at Chico State. He has been the program's coordinator ever since.
Through this program, Chico State students can study for a year at a college or university in another state. About 200 schools participate in the National Student Exchange.
There are participating schools in almost every state in the country and in Canada.
At any time, 25 to 30 Chico State students are studying at other schools, and students from other states or Canada are in Chico, Luyirika-Sewagudde said.
There are at least a couple of benefits to the exchange program, he said. "It gives students a chance to see that the country is quite diverse. When you go to Mississippi or New York or Hawaii, you get quite a different perspective."
Also, some exchange students study subjects that aren't offered at Chico State, he said. For example, Chico State has no program in oceanography. A Chico student interested in that subject may be able to participate in the University of Hawaii's oceanography program.
Besides coordinating the National Student Exchange program at Chico State, Luyirika-Sewagudde is an adviser with the Office of International Education.
That office works with the approximately 600 students who come from other countries to study at Chico State and with the many students from the local campus who study overseas. It also arranges for a small number of visiting scholars to come from other countries to spend time working at Chico State.
Luyirika-Sewagudde said he felt "overwhelmed and humbled" to be chosen Outstanding Staff Employee for the year.
Originally from Uganda, he came to Chico State as a graduate student in 1975. He began working for the university at that time and has continued to work there.
In 2004, he realized a dream when he was selected as a Fulbright Scholar to South Africa. He and 15 others spent eight weeks there.
Luyirika-Sewagudde said he was interested in seeing first-hand the conditions in South Africa a decade after the end of apartheid.
After so many years of separation of the races, the nation's emotional wounds have begun to heal, although more healing is needed, he said. "There are still tensions and suspicion on both sides."
He said he was struck by the vast gaps in income among different sectors of South African society.
On the one hand, you have "abject poverty" and on the other, "opulence."
"One of these days, I may go back to South Africa and see how it's going," he said. "It's a beautiful country with beautiful people."
Staff writer Larry Mitchell can be reached at 896-7759, email@example.com, or on Twitter @LarryMitchell7.


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You might have noticed that I often include some lovely felt brooches in my Etsy treasuries. These adorable little pieces of artwork come from the inspired creativity of the talented Alina. Her Etsy shop is always full of colorful treasures, which are a great mix of fancy designs, gorgeous colour palettes and the most stunning embroidered details. Just beautiful!
And her blog is definitely worth a visit too.. you will find a lot of pics of her work in progress, inspirations and previews! : )


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Given the possibilities for innovative, new solutions in today's digital world, Accenture has undertaken the goal of transforming into an insights-driven enterprise that embeds analytics into the core of its operating model.
Accenture used to operate on siloed data, pervasive use of spreadsheets, limited sophistication and multiple versions of data. That's why our teams came together to define a cutting-edge analytics platform and capability that could deliver actionable, data-driven intelligence across our business. The result? More than 20,000 colleagues and counting using more than 120 analytics products in excess of 100,000 times a month. Fifty percent of legacy reports retired. Transformation of our reporting landscape, establishment of an advanced analytics capability and more intelligent decisions driven by confidence in our data. And a business that's ready to excel in the new, and help our clients do the same.
Companies and industries around the world are pivoting to the New. They're discovering and exploiting cutting-edge technologies. They're finding new ways to meet the ever-evolving expectations of their customers. They're seeing old models fall away and new ones emerge. But it creates a challenge for a company like ours: How do we lead in a game without any fixed rules?
The answer:
become an insights-driven enterprise
One characterized by automation, optimization, prediction and continuous learning and, of course, a data-native culture. That creates its own imperative: Insights-driven businesses embed data and analytics at their core. But we're an established company with hundreds of thousands of employees spanning the globe. And, like any other, we had our share of siloed data, duplication and value trapped in spreadsheets. But we knew it wasn't good enough for an insights-led business that aspires to lead in the new. We needed an analytics platform and enterprise-wide capability that could evolve at the pace of change. Or even outpace it.
Teams from across Accenture came together to define a solution. We had to find a way of managing our data at enterprise scale, while supporting the whole spectrum of analytics needs across our organization. And we had to ensure they were driving real business outcomes.
First, the data. How could we turn hundreds of sources and thousands of reports into a common platform? It's not a problem with a single solution.
Instead, we asked: what are our objectives? What are the common patterns? How can we reuse them? An example: looking at the different ways data is ingested revealed just two simple underlying patterns: constant streaming and batch processing. Focusing on these patterns, not the many different use cases they support, meant the effort to complete the design and analysis could effectively be commoditized. Even better, it creates a framework for switching technologies in and out as needed. That's an incredibly agile and cost-effective way to manage data.
Then, the analytics.
We needed to support the entire spectrum of analytics needs, everything from conventional business intelligence right through to flexible and speculative work in data science and machine learning. Again, we looked at business outcomes: reporting (what you know); analytics (what you know you don't know); and data science (what you don't know you don't know).
For BI and reporting, we created "nearshore data marts"—small, manageable data sets serving a specific need—that are quick to develop, easy to change and housed on fast-access systems such as SAP HANA®.
For data analysts, we went further. Centralizing data security, privacy and management, meant we could give them fast self-service access to a secure environment for generating insights across broad swathes of previously inaccessible Accenture data. And new tools let them blend data sets into visualizations and immediately share the results.
For our data scientists, we went further still. Using next-generation tools and agile, open-source development, we created advanced forms of self-service data science model management.
With a single click, data scientists can now create models for use across multiple applications. What's more, they can generate faster intelligence by collaborating, verifying and improving each other's results.
Finally, we wanted to accelerate the use of advanced analytics across our business. So we created the Analytics Studio.
Staffed by data scientists, it's a lightweight, push–pull innovation model. Using a time-boxed, fail-fast mindset, it lets our teams explore using data to change the way Accenture does business and push out minimum viable products at pace. And it's centrally funded. So no one wastes time sourcing money to explore new ideas.
Our transition to an insights-led enterprise is advancing at pace. More than 20,000 employees have already shifted from static, asynchronous reports and spreadsheets to interactive, online, near real-time operation. They're using more than 120 enterprise-wide analytics products to interact with our data in excess of 100,000 times a month. And they're getting new, actionable intelligence on everything from clients and sales to human resources and global management.
We've also eliminated 90 percent of the repetitive, time-consuming steps previously needed to create new analytics and AI models. That's enabling our data scientists to answer up to 50 queries a month from the business. They're now providing new intelligence in days or hours rather than months. And they're finding the big wins we can quickly scale across the business.
In creating a cutting-edge analytics capability for our entire business, we made the decision to lead by example. And we're showing just what an insights-led enterprise can achieve.


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Bids re-examined in Fire Island cleanup
The Army Corps of Engineers has said it will convene a new panel to investigate all of the bids submitted for a contract to remove post-superstorm Sandy debris from Fire Island.
The bid was originally awarded to Central Islip-based DS3 Enterprises Inc. on Jan. 25, but was suspended six days later when one of the bidders protested the award. Army Corps spokesman John Campbell has said the corps cannot reveal the nature of the protest. The protest was found to have "merit," Campbell said earlier this week.
"During our review of the protest, it was determined that one or more errors occurred in the evaluation," Campbell said. "To correct the situation, the corps has convened a new selection panel, and they are currently re-evaluating the proposals."
The contract could be awarded to a different bidder or DS3 Enterprises could be allowed to continue.
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Seattle Police Pepper Spray Peaceful Protesters–including, reportedly an 84 year-old woman, a pastor and a pregnant mother on 11/15/11
As I have pointed out in past Blog posts–sometimes the image has the power to say more than a thousand words!
Like it or not—you live in interesting times. One of the overriding issues of the last few years has been the increasing attacks on freedom of speech—by making certain topics taboo, unpatriotic or dangerous. Our rights to privacy have been slowly eroded by the likes of congress, Google and Facebook—while we have seen authorities in places like Los Angeles seek to control the rights and abilities of its artists to communicate freely by what LA artist SABER calls L.A.'s "unconstitutional moratorium" on murals and street art.
Freedom of speech and alternative speech are topics that I bring up frequently in this blog—the war between the sanctioned communication of ideas—as in commercial advertising and the official take on today's news events by the likes of CNN, FOX and the pretend liberals at MSNBC—versus your individual ability to communicate what you really feel and to share news stories that the media has decided should not be shared with you. One major example of this has been the recent occupation of Wall Street—which was, for the most part not covered by the media until it was simply impossible for the news not to cover it, because it grew too big and took over the Brookly Bridge, but mostly because of the New York police officer Anthony Bologna who went seemingly rogue and began pepper spraying some very unfortunate protesters.
Art meets life–The Occupy Wall Street
movement refuses to say in words what
a single image
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What becomes very clear in reviewing the most recent events in the news is the relationship between an image, especially a powerful one and the ability of that image to become iconic, for the part to stand in for the whole and to act in a synechdochic way to communicate clearly what words can't. There are some amazing photographs that have come out of the past few week's protests against the economic elite on Wall Street, the fight for the indigenous peoples of the Amazon and other liminal spaces–especially as of late. I recently had the chance to speak to New York and Seattle author August Tarantino about his book, Seattle Street Art: A Visual Time Capsule Beyond Graffiti (Volume 1) and about the unique power of artistic speech to communicate in ways that other forms of communication often simply do not. The power of the picture—the power of words and images–often in places you would not expect them can and do many times overcome and overtake the main messages of society's approved agreed-upon meta-narrative and replace it with multiple truths.
Amazonian Chief meets with government officials in an amazing photo.
August Tarantino: I'm ready when you are!
Xavier: Cool! Well let's begin then. I would like to introduce this whole thing by having you telling me a little bit about you and how the book, project etc. began. Is this book a part of a series or project? Tell us about it, what is it about?
August Tarantino: The Seattle Street Art book contains 100 photos of work from the Seattle streets covering about a 3 year period. A portion of the proceeds from both books will benefit SOS Outreach, an international nonprofit building character in youth through outdoor adventure that operates in the NW. http://www.SOSOutreach.org/.
The book is a creative project to help document the aesthetic of street art during that time. Some of the work in my photos only existed for a day before they were written over by other artists or removed by the city.
Xavier: That is definitely the story with street art–what was the three year period you documented?
August Tarantino: Approximately 2006 – 2009.
Xavier: Is this part of a larger project covering other cities as well or was there a specific reason that you focused on the street art of Seattle?
Photograph by August Tarantino from Seattle Street Art book
August Tarantino: I'm based in Seattle and love everything about street art. When I moved to the city I began to take photos out of personal interest. Because nothing existed in print for our city and the medium is so temporary, I was encouraged by many to document Seattle street art/graffiti/etc. by publishing my original photos.
In time, I realized that I had a responsibility to do so and I was in a position to make it happen. I did originally submit it to a publisher who has a street art series covering international cities but they discontinued the series before my submission.
Xavier: It does seem that most books that have covered any street art have tended to focus and isolate one kind of media over another–say, aerosol graffiti–but by making this about all street arts –you have managed to avoid that and make this book a much more inclusive tome. Was this done on purpose? Moreover, did you mean to make a political statement by including the various ways in which street artists communicate with each other and with the world?
Photograph by August Tarantino from Seattle Street Art book
August Tarantino: Yes, my intention was to be as inclusive as possible for all artists and mediums and to hopefully give people exposure and appreciation for what is really happening in Seattle by featuring this raw, non-commercial expression.
I mention in the introduction that I feel this book is a small window into a temporary world that's constantly being revised in a flux of new symbols. The city is a chaotic canvas. I tried to highlight the fact that street art can take on many purposes and that it sometimes involves activism, phenomenology, repetition, attention capture, culture jamming, direct action, guerrilla messaging, propaganda, subvertising, decoration and territory claiming.
The mediums photographed in the book are used across the globe; spray paint, stickers, paste-ups, stencils, wheatpasting, posters, installations, murals, and reverse-graffiti among others.
Photograph by August Tarantino from Seattle Street Art book
Xavier: Very cool! I tend to clump all these things together into what I call "Alternative Speech." Essentially I mean speech that is meant to get out to as many others as possible–but which is not controlled or sanctioned by societal power or commerce. In my mind this is the most important type of speech that is happening today and not surprisingly–it is also the kind of speech that is coming under censorship and attack from various avenues–liberal and conservative…
You have, I assume been keeping up with what has been going on in Los Angeles…with the murals, with commercial mural districts, the continued protection of commercial postering operations and their clientele by the city of Seattle–while moving to stop Seattle's artists from using the streets as a vehicle for communication… It is my mind surprisingly hypocritical–the stance that is increasingly being built up around this issue by the city.
August Tarantino: Street art cannot really be controlled and relies heavily on lasting symbolism that many times conveys a direct opinion very simply to the largest audience. Those in power see power and always try to subvert or stop it if it differs from the perspective that serves them.
And yes, I've been following this all, especially the new salaried Seattle graffiti cop. I see the full spectrum of opinion on this and personally fall on the middle line. I think a good solution is for more private owners who support free expression to allow free spaces for street artists to use… like the free wall south of downtown.
Photograph by August Tarantino from Seattle Street Art book
Xavier: I agree. I have actually thought about interviewing the new police officer and seeing what he thinks, what his take on the whole set of issues is–I do know that in reading some of the stuff that the city has put together about graffiti and street art –that there is a very odd, almost Victorian aspect to the desire to get rid of and control street art–I found that to be kind of funny–the rhetoric they use seems chosen expressly to try to scare the public. Honestly, most of the street artists I know are mostly just artists looking to express the things that they can't express in other ways and get their messages out to as many others as they can! This, of course does not include the gang stuff—but Seattle, at least—as far as I know—doesn't actually have much of that. At least as far as I know–and that is another issue entirely.
Do you see a difference between street art that is somehow, perhaps sanctioned and that which is more guerrilla? Is there a difference in content, spirit, or in any way that you have noticed?
August Tarantino: I don't see a difference if the street art is non-commercial in nature but sanctioned art tends to assume an intention by whomever sanctions it (murals), the artwork's location can be critical to the message as well… so some guerrilla work can be more effective, meaning reaching the largest audience with the message. The spirit of an artist who is reclaiming public space is definitely more intentional than a graffiti art gallery exhibit with price tags.
Xavier: Ha-ha! Yeah, definitely!
August Tarantino: I think the core issue here is communication in community. The people that want street art stopped have chosen not to understand what it is. And some street artists can be inconsiderate toward private space owners.
Xavier: That is true. In fact that leads me to say that for the most part, I am speaking very specifically about speech that is art and art that is speech–here. Not purely vandalism–but art with a goal–to communicate to a community–large or small.
Photograph by August Tarantino from Seattle Street Art book
August Tarantino: Yes, yes!
Calling the book street art rather than graffiti art was intended in part to reach people that may have a negative perception of the word graffiti. You never see a city truck with the words 'street art removal team' on the side of it!
Back to the topic of Seattle's new graffiti police officer. One of the articles I have read ends with "We'll continue to track whether (the officers) presence has an impact on the level of graffiti in the city." I'm not sure how they are going to quantify that!
Xavier: And then if it doesn't–then what?
It seems to me that civilization has left very few ways for its citizens to speak freely and that probably means more and not less unauthorized speech. I wouldn't be surprised to see more political graffiti over time–when the news refuses to give voice to the subalternic voice–it finds alternate means of expression! I actually think it is a sign of a healthy civilization. I remember seeing pictures of posters and advertisements which were wheatpasted on the walls along the Champs Elysees during the times of the French Impressionists…
Xavier: On a lighter note–have you had a chance to hang out with or meet many of the people whose work you have documented?
August Tarantino: I've flown under the radar for the most part. I've met and had discussions with many of them on the streets, in their galleries and online.
I think the images speak for themselves. I spent a lot of time sourcing the artists that were in my photos and I know that I was unable to credit them all (the book has 100 photos) but many that I missed I've added to my website http://seattlestreetart.com/ post publication. My passion and appreciation for public art inspires me creatively and I express this through my own art and photography.
Each photo in the book shows public art in its surroundings. Elements within the photos convey ideas not expressed in the individual art being photographed. This combination is intended in my photos and I take it seriously.
Photograph by August Tarantino from Seattle Street Art book
August Tarantino: My understanding of this particular subject is real, I've done street art, put up in Seattle and usually put up wherever I'm traveling, all legally.
Xavier: On a side note I recently even stumbled upon a guy who copies tags/graff pieces/murals/wheaties etc. of established graffiti and wheatpaste artists on canvas and then sells them in high priced art galleries! He did not take the time to figure out whose work he was copying–didn't even invite the artists to the opening–even when I offered to bring some of them over. The difference between him and the way that you have handled your book, I think is very important and that is that you have shown the street artists the utmost respect by seeking them out–by figuring out who did what and by listing and documenting the artists whose work you have photographed. I think that it is very important to actually be part of the community that you are documenting, whether that is painting, photography etc.—otherwise, you really are just sight-seeing—which was another favorite Victorian pastime.
August Tarantino: Yes and some of the photos of street art in Seattle during the WTO riots communicated what was really happening beyond what the media propagated. Today in Seattle there are a number of themes… for example I notice a lot more street art with natural images of trees, animals, plants, etc than in other cities. In other words, we seem to need the reminder of a connection to nature in our cityscapes.
Xavier: I really believe that the role of the city should be to protect the ability of its citizens to communicate and for it to actually listen to what the spirit of its city is trying to communicate.
That is exactly what happens with street art. It is the city talking back and talking to other members of its citizenry. Cities are very organic, growing, changing, breathing things.
August Tarantino: I agree and it's also helpful when city organizers keep the channels of public communication/feedback open so that the decisions affecting people are not made in a vacuum… we all know how that ends up.
Xavier: Yeah, you end up with Occupy Wall Street or Occupy Seattle!
Will you be working on a sequel?
August Tarantino: Yes, I'm planning on publishing volume two in 2012, same format with some improvements.
Xavier: Very cool! If there are any ways that I can help–please let me know–I'd be happy to do so!
August Tarantino: As I did with the first book, I'll have people close to the subject preview vol 2 … consider yourself on the list!
Image from my own library of Seattle wheatpaste artists
Xavier: Awesome! I can't wait!
Where can people find copies of the book if they are interested in picking up a copy?
August Tarantino: Paperback and digital copies can be purchased online at http://SeattleStreetArt.com/, the website also acts as a resource, it features links to the images of street artists from Seattle and around the world. The book is also available at Amazon.com and via the books Facebook page.
In Seattle, paperbacks can be purchased in person at EVO in Fremont, Snocon in Southlake, Left Bank Books Downtown and in Capitol Hill at Elliot Bay Book Company and 35th North Skate Shop.
Also I'm willing to consider updates to SeattleStreetArt.com so that it best serves the community. This includes adding and removing links to artists. I'm open to anyone who would like to contact me via the website.
Image from my own library of Seattle wheatpaste artists
Xavier: Any last thoughts!
August Tarantino: Well, I think the public and artists should be aware of green graffiti aka reverse graffiti. Basically it's creating art on dirty public surfaces in the city like grimy road tunnels. It solves a lot of problems the street art community faces… namely legality (its not vandalism), chemicals, improving public space (to remove the art the city has to clean the surface) and ideal placement location.
And, a big shout out for inspiration and guidance to everyone putting work up on the streets worldwide, and especially the Seattle Street Artists featured in the book's photos. Thanks!
Thanks Xavier, it's been a pleasure!
Xavier: Thank you sir! Good luck with all of your future projects and I look forward to interviewing you again when the next book comes out! Cheers!
*Disclaimer: Xavier Lopez is an active artist in the Seattle Alternative Art Scene and may have art interactions with (may know, collaborate with, may show at or with) many of the people and institutions interviewed in this blog. He/I will never trade an interview for anything. Nothing in this article in anyway condones or attempts to promote any form of street art.


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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho believes it will be "impossible" for clubs to compete with Manchester City if Financial Fair Play is not enforced.
City's vast spending in an era of Financial Fair Play has come in for repeated veiled criticism from Mourinho, who is keen to see how the economic regulations are explained and enforced by European football's governing body UEFA.
"If they (football's authorities) want to make it impossible (to compete with City), it's impossible," Mourinho said.
"(Chelsea) are not competing outside what is important for us, the 'fair' Financial Fair Play.
"We are working, thinking and believing that Financial Fair Play is going to be in practice.
"So there are things that are impossible for us (to do)."
Mourinho, whose Chelsea team face City in a crucial top-of-the-table battle on Monday night, speaks from experience after recruiting many players for large sums during his first spell as Chelsea boss at the start of Roman Abramovich's Russian revolution.
When Mourinho first worked in England he admits "it was a free world".
He added: "There was no Financial Fair Play. If your club was a rich one, your owner a rich one, there were no rules. It was an open situation."
It meant Chelsea were unpopular. City, however, are playing a brand of football so scintillating and scoring so freely that they are attracting admirers.
Mourinho said: "In my time we were accused of buying the title, no? Because our owner was Mr Abramovich, just arrived in the country. Maybe now people see City in a different way.
"Times change. Maybe 10 years ago a huge investment in the club was something that people hated and in this moment it's something people accept in a different way.
"Probably, if UEFA goes with Financial Fair Play until the last consequence and they explain really to the people what Financial Fair Play means, maybe in that moment people will realise that some teams are different to other teams.
"But it's something I don't think about at this moment."
Mourinho has long described City, who were beaten 2-1 at Stamford Bridge in October, as favourites for the title and he has claimed Chelsea finishing second in the Premier League this season would be an achievement.
"If we finish second it's fantastic," he said.
"If we finish second doing the formation work, it's an acceleration of our process. If we finish second it's good."
Chelsea will be serious challengers next season, Mourinho has claimed, and need one or two signings, particularly a striker.
City are anticipated to spend big again, with Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala among those strongly linked.
Asked if he would like to buy Mangala, Mourinho said: "We can't. We signed (St Etienne defender Kurt) Zouma, who is even younger and has comparable figures.
"We have the central defender of the Brazil national team (David Luiz), the centre-half of the English national team (Gary Cahill), and the best central defender in the Premier League 2013-14 (John Terry).
"So we're fine (in defence)."
After an injury-ravaged campaign last season under Rafael Benitez, Mourinho did not anticipate his captain would recover top form.
"After the season he had last year, I was not expecting it," said Mourinho, who refused to be drawn on whether Roy Hodgson should take Terry to the World Cup with England.
"I would like to see him playing this way until the end of the season. The World Cup is with him and Roy, not with me."
Terry can expect a busy evening at the Etihad Stadium on Monday against a City side with a 100 per cent record from 11 home games in which they have scored 42 goals.
City beat Manchester United 4-1, Tottenham 6-0 and Arsenal 6-3 at home, but Mourinho is undaunted and determined to challenge the hosts.
"I don't know if other teams simply refuse to attack or they can't do it," Mourinho said.
"Maybe they want to and they can't. I want to attack them. I can tell you that.
"But maybe after 10 minutes or after 20 minutes, people might say I'm not attacking. If I don't, it's because I can't."
Mourinho believes City are "complete", but insists Chelsea's approach will not alter.
He added: "I don't think a lot about them. I'm not going to build my team because they are very good on this or very bad on that.
"I think more about us than them."
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Playing Vandy at home is equally troublesome as playing Kentucky at Rupp. The Wildcats are set to leave for Vandy early Saturday while still relishing the win over Florida Tuesday evening. The Gators put up a decent fight in the first half, yet Kentucky took charge later in the first half and dominated in the second.
With Doron Lamb leading the Wildcats with 18 total points and Anthony Davis with 16, four Wildcats scored in double figures, including Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with 13. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist put up 13 rebounds and Davis ended the night with 4 blocks against the Gators. The Gators were thought to be the team with the best chance to take down Kentucky, but that didn't work as well as Head Coach Billy Donovan planned.
Donovan commented, "Kentucky looks great, Vandy is a tough game." He should know, as the Gators came into Rupp off a 73-65 victory over the Commodores last Saturday. If logic dictated college basketball: Florida beat Vandy, and Kentucky beat Florida, Kentucky should have little issue taking Vandy to school on their home court.
The ESPN College Gameday match-up at Vandy will be a key contest for the Wildcats. The first of two meeting between the teams will be a deciding factor in how the SEC tournament may play out come March. Vandy is hungry to meet Kentucky, and Coach Calipari will take his place on the benches under the basket, which he jokingly commented as being, "a problem".
The Wildcats will not have a Saturday to Tuesday turn around after the Vandy game, much to the dismay of Vanderbilt Head Coach Kevin Stallings. Stallings complained about the lack of the Thursday to Saturday turn around in Kentucky's schedule prior to SEC play. Coach Cal commented after the Florida game, "It's tough with only one day to prepare. That's what happens when you have a Saturday to Tuesday schedule."
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5-13-11 Progressive Field, Cleveland
I took my first trip to Cleveland on Friday. Last year, I made 19 trips to Cleveland and was a 20 game season ticket holder. I didn't renew my tickets and plan on making fewer trips this year, even though Progressive Field is one of my favorite stadiums to ballhawk in.
Amy was along with me for a weekend trip, that included a stop in Cleveland, and then two games at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Saturday and Sunday.
I thought batting practice might be cancelled. There was a 60% chance of rain, and the forecast predicted heavy PM thunderstorms. In fact, most of the trip was in heavy rain.
When we arrived, the rain had stopped, but when I peeked into the stadium, I saw the tarp out on the field, which is never a good sign – but it was negated by the fact that the cage was up, and there were several Indians out throwing. The only thing that the rain had ruined was early batting practice, meaning easter eggs would be unlikely.
Amy got in line at Gate C, and even though we arrived at 3:50, we were still first in line. I was hoping that maybe batting practice had started so there would be some balls in the seats, but it didn't.
When I ran in, there was nothing to be found.
That didn't stop me from looking though.
It ended up costing me a couple balls, because some balls landed in the seats, and I was more focused on finding balls than tracking them. It was an error, but luckily Travis Hafner was in the cage, and he was in fine form today.
My first ball of the day was a home run that I chased down after it landed in the seats. It was hit by Hafner.
My second ball was a clean catch that I caught here, also hit by Hafner.
Ball #3 was a ball hit by Carlos Santana that I ran over and picked up.
My fourth ball was thrown to me by Chris Perez.
Perez told me to give it to a baby in the front row, which I did.
He said, "The next one is yours." He made an effort to go track down another ball and threw me ball #5. Below is the catch:
Perez has thrown me more baseballs than any during batting practice. He's probably THE most generous pitcher in terms of distributing souvenirs to fans that I've seen. Although Livan Hernandez of the Washington Nationals is a close second. Thanks Chris!
Travis Hafner took his final cuts in the cage and launched a home run into Heritage Park. I ran over immediately to go snag it.
Another teenaged ballhawk had beaten me down there as he was in the section by the bullpen, but he couldn't find the ball anywhere.
I found it though, it was laying in the tall grass beneath one of the trees in Heritage Park.
The first Indians ground finished hitting and I had snagged six balls from that group alone.
The rest of Indians batting practice featured tons of close calls and near misses. There was running around, but coming up short:
Getting late to a spot that a random fan would pick up:
Balls that were hit right at me, but would fall just short and hit off the wall:
Balls that would be snagged in hats by five year olds directly in front of my glove:
Balls that fans would jump over rows for and dive on the ground to get:
Scrum balls that I'd lose out on:
So even though the Indians BP was great, and I started out on fire, it all got evened out by that cold stretch, as I failed to snag another ball during the Indians portion of batting practice.
Luckily, the Seattle Mariners feature a ton of lefties, so my chances of getting a few more would be decent.
Ichiro was the first batter for the Mariners, and he didn't disappoint. He put ball after ball into the seats.
I forgot my Mariners shirt, and Mariners roster, so I felt under prepared for the Mariners batting practice. The only thing I changed was my hat.
There were more close calls as I moved closer to the bullpen.
I did get one Ichiro home run. A ball that landed a few rows behind me and bounced right to me. Here I am about to label it
In the mean time, I had noticed a ball over along the foul line that was probably about six feet out from the wall.
It was an easy glove trick ball. All I'd have to do is fling my glove out a few feet, knock the ball closer to the wall, and it'd be mine. The only problem was that a security guard was thirty feet down the line, staring directly at the area where I'd have to do the glove trick.
I decided to go and just do it quickly. I went and snagged the ball, as planned, and the security supervisor marched down and demanded that I give the ball back. I did. But it wasn't the same ball. It was a beat up decoy ball that Nick and I use to play catch with on the Roberto Clemente bridge. I kept ball #8 in my possession.
As I made my way back to right field, I found ball #9 that had gone unnoticed by everyone else that had been over in that section for a good ten minutes.
Back in right field, ball #10 was a clean catch that literally saved some lady's face. I ran over and caught the ball on the run directly in front of an elderly woman who wasn't paying attention at all. Amy didn't get the picture because it was obstructed, but here I am labeling the ball.
Amy was sitting probably about twenty rows back taking pictures, when one of the lefties hit a bomb that landed a section over from her. There was no one in the vicinity but her, so as several other fans raced in to claim it. She got up and acted like she was going to go snag the ball. This caused the other fans to lay off, and gave me enough time to go get the ball. Amy knows that if she had picked it up, it wouldn't have counted, so that's why she left it there for me to get. She gets a huge assist on ball #11.
It was picked up in row R under a seat
Ball #12 was a clean catch of an unknown Mariners left handed hitter. Here I am about to make the catch:
And the reaction of several fans afterwards – you can see the guy pointing at me, saying Good Catch!
That had tied my personal record for balls in one game at Progressive Field.
My thirteenth ball was snagged over by the bullpen in a crowd of people.
It was a line drive home run that smacked an elderly man directly in the chest, knocking him down into his chair. I picked the ball up a row behind him and gave it to him. It would've been nice to have kept my thirteenth ball, but given the situation, I felt I had to give the ball up.
Amy and I left right after batting practice to head to Milwaukee.
We stopped at Jersey Mike's just outside of Cleveland, one of Amy's favorite restaurants.
We stopped off in Indiana at a hotel in Mishawaka IN. I got it on priceline for $25.
Game: 13 balls (9 hit, 2 thrown, 1 device, 1 found)
Season: 131 balls (54 hit, 33 thrown, 25 device, 18 found)
Games: 20 games
Average: 6.55 balls per game
Career: 1,253 balls
Attendance: 33,774
8-13-10 Progressive Field
Yet another day at Progressive Field.
When I entered the stadium I found my first ball of the day in the second row back in the second section from the visitor's bullpen.
I had to be sneaky about it because there were several people in the front row, so I casually walked over to the ball without looking at it and picked it up. Had I jogged toward it looking at it someone may have noticed and turned around and grabbed it.
(The ball extended my snagging streak to 162 games with at least one ball snagged. 162 is an important number in baseball – its the number of games each team plays total during the season.)
My second ball of the day was a ground rule double hit by Shelley Duncan. It bounced into the trees, and was waiting in Heritage Park when I got there,
Game: 6 balls ( 4 hit, 1 device, 1 found )
Season: 431 balls (221 hit, 95 thrown, 59 device, 56 found)
Balls in the month of August: 80
Games: 66 games
Average: 6.53 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 5
Career: 1,009 balls
Streak: 162 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 26,424
7-16-09 Progressive Field
I decided to attend this game in Cleveland, seeing as the Pirates were off and I would not be able to attend this weekend's Friday and Saturday's games due to a wedding.
I began the day with a career tally of 392 balls snagged. I would need 8 to get to 400. It would've been nice to get a landmark ball outside of PNC Park for once.
I arrived at the stadium at 3:35, and the Indians were already inside hitting. It is not unusual for Indians to be taking early BP, I've seen it many times, so I didn't think much of it at the time.
At the gates I was greeted by PNC Park ballhawks Bryan Pelescak and his brother Nick. They were the first ones in line and had already snagged balls over outside the left field gates. The top three ballhawks at PNC Park had all made the trip (We all have over 100 balls snagged apiece this season). There would likely be some stiff competition today.
When the gates opened, I ran into the right field bleachers to search for Easter Eggs. I ran down the center area of the right field seats, looking around quickly for any balls. I got down to the front row and spotted a ball to my right. I picked up ball #1. On the board. A few feet further in the same row was ball #2. Another section over was ball #3. I then spotted another ball but a police offer hurriedly went over and picked it up. "I need this," he snorted. "It's cool, I already found some," I said. I then ran over to Heritage Park. This was within maybe a minute or two of the park opening, so I was hoping I would be the first one there. However, a young ballhawk, maybe 14 years old had beaten me there. He was trying to reach a ball that was at the back of the wall underneath the fence in heritage park. He stood up and began to walk away, but then saw me out of the corner of his eye and went back to the spot. I went over and asked if he had anything to get the ball with, he said he didn't. I got out my 72 inch ruler and told him he should also check the tall grass for balls. It took me only a few seconds to push the ball closer to me, and I had ball #4. I probably should've given it to the kid, but I was in such a hurry to get back to right field to look for more Easter Eggs that I just ran off. I felt guilty a minute later as soon as I realized that I snubbed the kid. It was a jerk move on my part. I didn't feel so bad after the teen sent me a nasty hateful email (apparently he knows of my blog – how else would he know to run directly to Heritage Park?) filled with swear words and random personal attacks. (Don't worry Marty R from Salem OH, I won't post your message or any of your personal info here (IP address, etc)-I'm not going to sink that low – just think before you go spouting off) I'm sure next time he'll be better prepared with a device of his own to get those hard to reach balls in Heritage Park.
I continued to walk up and down every row searching for balls while Nick and Bryan did the same thing. I soon found ball #5, tucked at the bottom of a folded up chair. Nick also found five. Progressive Field is an Easter Egg heaven.
Then I realized something was wrong. There were no Indians on the field. The groundscrew had come out and started watering the dirt on the infield.
Not good. I was off to a fantastic start, and the Indians are a great right field hitting BP team. I would've had an excellent chance at double digits.
The crowd was sparse too.
When the ball was in view, I went to work. I had to be quick because there were policemen in the market pavilion behind me, and a worker who's supposed to watch the bullpen. I was able to get the ball on the first attempt, and slowly reeled it in for ball #7. A few impressed spectators asked me how I was able to get the ball, and I explained the glove trick to them.
I went back to left field, but it was really crowded at this point. I had little range.
Luckily, a right handed batter hit a ball that bounced on the warning track, and into the trees in Heritage Park. I had a chance to nab my 400th career ball. I ran up the steps in center field and over to Heritage Park.
When I got to the spot, a teenager had a ball and was gloating about his prize. Oh well. I decided to check anyway. Wouldn't you know it, there it was, a ball that was tucked away at the back of the outfield wall behind the base of one of the trees. It would be a tough ball to get because one of the monuments prevented me from inserting the collapsible ruler straight on.
After some finangling, I was able to get the ball close enough to reach in and grab ball #8 (#400).
I ended BP over in left field. Unfortunately, the last group featured utility players and back ups, so few home runs were hit.
I ended the day with eight baseballs. I went back to Heritage Park to do one last check for any balls that I may have missed. On my way there, an old guy, who had been repeatedly pestering me in right field for baseballs offered to buy one off of me for $3. I turned him down. "Sorry, I don't sell them." When I was looking for balls in Heritage Park, along with Nick, a teenager offered Nick $20 for a ball. When Nick turned him down, he made me the same offer. I also turned him down. "I don't sell them, plus I wrote on all the ones I got. Sorry." I told him. If I had brought along some extras I would've sold him one. I probably have at least 100 MLB balls at home that I didn't snag, and aren't part of my official collection. I use them to give away on occasion, especially in times like the scenario that played out with ball #4 today.
After BP, I took off, hoping to get home before dusk. Which I did achieve, even with a stop at Wendy's for dinner. (Small Chili, 1 Grilled Chicken Go-Wrap).
I haven't been staying at many games lately. I don't have time to with my new hobby.
Today's baseballs:
And the sweet spots:
Game: 8 Balls (5 hit, 3 device)
Season: 234 Balls (124 hit, 75 thrown, 35 device)
Games: 47 Games (5 of them didn't have BP)
Average: 4.98 Balls per Game
Career: 400 Balls
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The first session addressed the dialogue of theological exchange. The Catholic perspective was presented by Pim Valkenberg, Ph.D. of The Catholic University of America (CUA). In his presentation, he articulated the basic form of this dialogue as it appears in Dialogue and Proclamation and then discussed where such dialogue is producing tangible fruits, most notably the Building Bridges Seminar and the Catholic-Muslim forum. From the Sikh side, Kuldeep Singh, Ph.D., pointed out that theological exchange is understood in the Guru Granth to be an "intentional engagement with the theological traditions of cultures." Sikhs, he asserted, who are committed to overcoming religious prejudice, are thus required to engage in this type of exchange.
Ravinder Singh and Karen Korol of CUA led the second session on the dialogue of life. Singh's presentation identified active and intentional learning about the practices and experiences of the other as key to any successful dialogue of life. Only in this context, Singh said, will "the fragrance of spirituality" as understood by Guru Nanak emerge among peoples and create greater harmony and peace. In her presentation, Korol appealed to salient passages in the papal encyclical Redemptoris Missio and anecdotes from the life of St. Francis of Assisi to articulate her own position that effective interfaith dialogue of life should include a willingness to learn of, and cultivate compassion towards, the sufferings of the other.
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