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Researchmoz.us announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue"Military Ground Robot Mobile Platform Systems of Engagement: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019 Market, Trends, Share, Size Research Report".
Military ground robot market growth comes from the device marketing experts inventing a new role as technology poised to be effective at the forefront of fighting terrorism. Markets at $4.5 billion in 2013 reach $12.0 billion by 2019. Growth is based on the adoption of automated process by military organizations worldwide. This automated process implemented as a combination of software for innovation and robotic platforms is not the traditional military system.
They are systems of engagement that have arms and sensors, tracks and wheels, motors and solid state batteries. These systems of engagement support leveraging smart phones and mobile platforms. The aim is to achieve a broader, more intelligent military presence in every area of the globe.
In the last decade, the U.S. military poured money into unmanned ground systems to help protect troops against improvised explosive devices. There is the issue that the Defense Department needs to repurpose all those robots once the war in Afghanistan comes to a close. The wider market for military ground robots will develop as a mechanism to fight terrorism in response to the bombings in Boston and elsewhere. Bombing of civilians is a very serious matter and needs to be addressed with mobile platforms that prevent terrorist acts.
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While the Army's committed to unmanned ground systems, appears to be slowing, this commitment is anticipated to heat up again quickly. The investment priorities are anticipated to change as the Defense Department realizes that investments in ground robots are needed to fight terrorism everywhere.
Just as troops leave Afghanistan, so also the robots that worked alongside them leave. The difference is that the robots are finding new uses as mobile security platforms that protect against the loss of human life The Army plans to upgrade 2,700 of its existing military robot systems for use in training or further deployments.
Another 2,469 will be divested and given to Defense Department partners or other government agencies. The U.S. military's spending on UGVs appears as though it might decrease according to the words coming out of the defense department, but as Congress assesses the damage from the Boston bombing, it will become apparent that there is only one choice for fighting terrorists efficiently and that is through the use of military ground robotic platforms that function as mobile systems of engagement.
Military ground robot market shares and market forecast analysis considers that military ground robots have a vast new market based on their ability to protect human life in the event of terrorist attack. This was proved virtually in the recent Boston terrorist attack when one of the Watertown police officers pulled the emergency brake on a police vehicle and rolled it up next to the terrorists in the stolen SUV Mercedes. Without actually being in the car, the local police officers were able to spook both terrorists by making them think they were being directly flanked.
The terrorists thought the vehicle really had police offices in it and shot toward it and detonated bombs in the rogue vehicle. The virtual robot vehicle did its job of protecting the lives of the Watertown police officers and of catching the bad guys.
Both terrorists were captured using robots, the robot car (actually a real car that was pushed into a bad situation as a robot would be, thus simulating a robot) and the robots that were used in the boat where the other terrorist was hiding to inspect the situation had a direct role in capturing the terrorists. Thus the Boston bombing illustrates a whole new use for military robots in terrorist situations.
In this manner, robot vehicles are sure to be used to fight terrorism going forward. It should be noted that though all the resources of the federal government and state government were directed toward solving the crime, that it was the very local group of police, the Watertown police department who did much of the work.
It was the local Watertown police department members who were engaged in a firefight with terrorists and who had to think on their feet to capture the bad guys and do it without getting killed themselves or endangering other civilians.
It is to the credit of the local police department that they were able to do this and it is noteworthy that they did use military robots in the endeavor and the police vehicle that doubled as a military robot presages more use of military style robots by local police departments.
The defense industry is entering a new era. Military robotics are poised to play a significant role in achieving change in security delivery. With battlefield engagements winding down, terrorism has emerged as a constant and current threat. The recent terrorist bombings in Boston and other cities worldwide illustrate that threat. Military robots are the best practice technology for dealing with terrorists in many cases.
According to Susan Eustis, the lead author of the study, "the military robot purchase is driven by the need for modernization of the military. The new military is dependent on flexibility and early response. The use of military robots is based on providing a robot that is less expensive to put in the field than a trained soldier and supporting the desire to keep the trained soldiers out of harm's way. That automation of process and modernization has appeal to those who run the military."
Robots are automating military ground systems, permitting vital protection of soldiers and people in the field, creating the possibility of reduced fatalities. Mobile robotics operate independently of the operator. Unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) address needs from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Urban Challenge to the United States Congress. This challenge mandated that one-third of all military land vehicles be autonomous by 2015 and two-thirds by 2025. UGVs are being implemented in military and security operations. They are used in industrial and agricultural operations. Continued growth of the UGV market is supported by the ability to deliver superior, cost-effective agnostic autonomy systems for existing vehicles and vessels.
We hear from military leaders all over the world that the plan going forward is to utilize automated process to replace the warfighters and keep them out of the line of fire. The military robot market is evolving in this context.
Military ground robot market forecast analysis indicates that vendor strategy is to pursue developing new applications that leverage leading edge technology. Robot solutions are achieved by leveraging the ability to innovate, to bring products to market quickly. Military purchasing authorities seek to reduce costs through design and outsourcing. Vendor capabilities depend on the ability to commercialize the results of research in order to fund further research. Government funded research is evolving some more ground robot capability.
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The Etamin team developed this experience using Adobe Gaming technologies and the Starling framework. They chose the technology not just because of its cross-platform capabilities or high performance level, but also because of the great community supporting it. A social game like Smart Aliens deserves a social audience. You can learn more about the extensions and details that went into the game's creation here. If there's demand for it, an Android and Facebook version will be on the way too. For now, you can download it on iTunes.
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The Motorola Atrix looks like a nice phone.
A widely publicized feature is the remote desktop function, which uses Citrix Receiver to connect to a virtualized workstation in the cloud, so that one could potentially plug the phone into any TV and start working.
My question is: how much of this function is unique to the Atrix? It looks like Citrix Receiver can be used on any Android device, indeed it's available for other smartphone platforms as well. Other smartphones have HDMI output, so that is not a differentiating factor.
Could I replicate this function on any Android phone with an HDMI jack?


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December 15, 2011
Decrease Comes After Years of Aggressive Nutrition and Exercise Programs, Most Dramatic Decline Seen Amongst 5-6 Year Olds
New Interagency Task Force to Continue Citywide Success at Obesity Reduction
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs, Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas A. Farley and Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott announced today that, following years of pioneering policies to improve child nutrition and encourage exercise, obesity rates among New York City public elementary and middle school students have decreased over the past five school years across all race and ethnic groups. This marks the biggest decline in childhood obesity reported to date by any large city in the country and stands in sharp contrast to the stagnant nationwide rates. The overall obesity rates among NYC kindergartners through eighth graders decreased 5.5 percent with the sharpest decline seen among children ages 5 to 6 years old. The declining rates were measured through NYC FITNESSGRAM, a fitness assessment and reporting program for New York City youth in kindergarten through twelfth grade, and are being released today in the Centers for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Building on the City's groundbreaking standards for beverage vending machines that are already in place, Mayor Bloomberg issued new City standards today to ensure that food vending machines at city buildings are stocked with healthier options and Deputy Mayor Gibbs and Deputy Mayor of Operations Cas Holloway also announced the creation of a multi-agency task force charged with recommending innovative solutions for further progress in combating obesity. Mayor Bloomberg also acknowledged the role the City Council is playing in our efforts to fight obesity, notably our partnership with Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Chair of the Health Committee and Council Member Robert Jackson, Chair of the Education Committee. The Mayor made the announcement at the school cafeteria salad bar at P.S. 218 in the Bronx, where he was joined by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., New York City Housing Authority Chairman John B. Rhea, Department of Design and Construction Commissioner David J. Burney FAIA, Food Policy Coordinator Kim Kessler and Human Resources Executive Deputy Commissioner Cecile Noel.
"This year our city saw a record decrease in the number of New Yorkers who smoke, and now we have even more good news about New Yorkers' health," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Even as childhood obesity in the rest of the nation has remained flat or gotten worse, in New York City, it is declining. Children who are more physically fit have fewer health problems – and fewer trips to the hospital. That's great news for kids and their families, and for taxpayers too. Over the past decade our administration has pioneered to new health intervention strategies, and that work is clearly paying off."
"Today's announcement is truly exciting," said Speaker Christine C. Quinn. "Reducing childhood obesity and diet-related disease requires real coordination across City agencies and community partners. That's why 5 years ago we created the position of Food Policy Coordinator. We needed someone to create and implement a comprehensive strategy that raised nutrition standards in schools, improved healthy food options in our communities - through programs like Green Carts and FRESH - and created education programming to support kids ability to make healthy choices. It's gratifying to see data that shows our strategy is paying off."
"These numbers are good news, and represent a great first step towards a healthier New York. The obesity crisis in the Bronx and throughout the city puts our children at serious risk of chronic illnesses," said Bronx Borough President Diaz Jr. "While I am glad to see a drop in childhood obesity rates, there is still a lot of work to do, and my office will continue to work with this administration and others to help our children, and our adults, make healthier eating choices. I applaud Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayors Gibbs and Holloway, and Commissioner Farley for their continued commitment to keeping our City's residents of all ages healthy."
"We know that healthy – or unhealthy behaviors – begin in childhood, which is why it's critical that kids are exposed early on to nutritious food and exercise," said Deputy Mayor Gibbs. "Over the last decade, New York City has been at the forefront of providing kids with healthier food, more opportunities for exercise and exposure to an overall healthier lifestyle. It is gratifying to see our efforts resulting in a lower obesity rate, in sharp contrast to the flat or upward trends we see elsewhere in the nation."
"Many New Yorkers struggle with obesity, but today's numbers show that with sustained effort, it is a struggle we can win," said Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway. "This new task force will bring the full force of the city's resources and creativity to bear in the effort to continue and accelerate our success—which will improve the quality of life for the thousands of New Yorkers."
"After decades of increases in childhood obesity, we are very much encouraged to see obesity rates going down," said Health Commissioner Farley. "Fewer New York City children are reaching dangerous weight levels that would put them at much greater risk for lifelong health problems such as diabetes and heart disease. We believe the many steps we have taken to reverse the obesity epidemic have helped. While we believe we are on the right track, we have much more work to do to further reduce obesity rates of children and adults."
"In New York City schools, we're encouraging healthy eating habits and daily exercise from the start," said Chancellor Walcott. "We have improved the healthfulness of the food we serve in cafeterias and removed sugary drinks from school vending machines. These simple changes make a real difference in minimizing weight gain among our kids and also help create patterns of healthy living that our students can carry with them into the future."
Today's Health Department report, being released in the Centers for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measured childhood obesity through the NYC FITNESSGRAM, a fitness assessment and reporting program for New York City youth in kindergarten through twelfth grade. It shows that that the overall obesity rates among NYC kindergartners through eighth graders (children ages 5 through 14) decreased 5.5 percent from 21.9 percent in 2006-07 to 20.7 percent in 2010-11. The sharpest decline was seen among children ages 5 to 6 years old, with a close to 10 percent drop to 18.2 percent in 2010-11 from 20.2 percent in 2006-07.
The NYC FITNESSGRAM, started in 2005, is a 'report card' measuring a child's fitness – including Body Mass Index (BMI), muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and aerobic capacity – that teachers send home to parents with recommendations on how whole families can get active, eat right and maintain a healthy weight. Results show the relationship between fitness and academic achievement: overall, students in the top 5 percent in NYC FITNESSGRAM score 36 percentile points higher on standardized tests than students in the bottom 5 percent in NYC FITNESSGRAM.
To combat high obesity rates, the City's Departments of Education and Health have instituted creative programs, such as Move-To-Improve. Started in 2009, Move-To-Improve, designed to help elementary schools reach 120 minutes per week of physical education, is an engaging way to help teachers integrate physical activity into the classroom via 10minute fitness breaks throughout the school day.
The Department of Education has been providing healthier foods that appeal to kids, stocking salad bars with fresh produce, eliminating deep frying of foods and making water more accessible by adding more than 200 water jets to school cafeterias. Additionally, the city's schools have shifted from serving whole milk to low-fat milk, saving our students 4.5 billion extra calories in 2008. As of this year, beverage vending is limited to drinks with 10 calories per 8 ounces in elementary schools and 25 calories per 8 ounces in high schools, and snack vending includes a limit of 200 calories per item in addition to other nutritional criteria. The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City has also launched a NYC School Salad Bar Initiative to help fund additional low-height salad bars in targeted elementary schools across the five boroughs. Salad bars have been shown to help increase consumption of fresh produce and can feature ingredients grown in a school garden (complementing Grow to Learn: the Citywide School Gardens Initiative).
The City has also made nutrition and physical activity changes in early child care settings, contributing to the decline in obesity among 5 to 6 year-olds. These changes include limiting TV screen time, serving low-fat milk to all children over two years of age, restricting sugary drinks and making water available and accessible throughout the day. These centers must also offer 60 minutes of physical activity per day.
The new food vending standards introduced today will apply to all City facilities, represent the City's latest effort to encourage healthy eating and will serve as a model for private employers to follow. Calories from snacks comprise 24% of daily calorie intake for adults, on average. These new standards will limit calories, saturated fat, trans fat, sodium and sugar in products and increase the availability of healthier options in machines. Under the new rules, only snacks with fewer than 200 calories and less than 7 grams of fat will be offered.
Despite the encouraging trends and program and policy changes, one in five children in grades K-8 is still obese and minority children and those living in poor neighborhoods still show higher obesity rates. The greatest decreases in obesity prevalence were observed among white children (a 12.5 percent drop) and Asian/Pacific Islander children (a 7.6 percent drop). Declines were smaller among black (1.9 percent) and Hispanic (3.4 percent) children. Among 5 and 6 year olds, large differences were observed in obesity reduction by school neighborhood poverty levels with higher decreases in low poverty areas than in high poverty areas.
To sustain, and improve upon, the decline, the new task force will be considering a variety of strategies, including increasing the use of public spaces for physical activity and urban agriculture; health and wellness programs and opportunities for City employees; reducing consumption of items linked to obesity; and increasing outreach to encourage the adoption of model employer policies around food. With the goal of ensuring full city-wide and agency participation, the task force will include ten commissioners, including members of Health and Education Departments, Health and Hospitals Corporation, Human Resources Administration, Parks Department, Department of Transportation, Department of Design and Construction, Department of Buildings, New York City Housing Authority, and City Planning.
Obesity is defined by a body mass index (BMI), which is a way of measuring how much excess weight a person has after accounting for how tall they are. A healthy BMI is defined as between the 5th and 85th percentile for a child's gender and age, an overweight BMI is defined as above the 85th and below the 95th percentile for a child's gender and age and an obese BMI is defined at or above the 95th percentile for gender and age. More information about how to calculate BMI for children is available on the CDC website. Many serious health conditions are related to being overweight or obese, such as asthma, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, respiratory problems and heart disease. Childhood obesity also increases the likelihood of adult obesity.
Additional City programs include:
The Health Department advises parents to practice the following steps to help themselves and their children maintain a healthy weight:
For more information on maintaining a healthy weight for whole family, search "healthy eating" or "obesity" on NYC.gov or visit Eating Healthy NYC on Facebook. To support public programs promoting nutrition and healthy eating, such as the NYC Salad Bar Initiative and Grow to Learn: the Citywide School Gardens Initiative, contact the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. Recent donors to the NYC Salad Bar Initiative include Agnes Gund and the Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation. For more information and to get involved, please go to www.nyc.gov or call 311.
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"Emphasizing good nutrition and exercise is invaluable in the life of a child, especially in view of the many diseases associated with poor eating habits and lack of exercise, such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease," said New York City Housing Authority Chairman Rhea. "NYCHA serves over 115,000 youth citywide and we believe that through education, programs and events such as the Annual NYCHA Kids Walk we can improve the quality of life of our residents and help future generations overcome disparities in health commonly found in low-income communities."
"In our work to advance the City's food policy agenda, our office has learned that collaboration leads to innovation," said Food Policy Coordinator Kim Kessler. "I am looking forward to working with the dynamic group of agencies represented on the task force and finding new ways to promote physical activity and healthy eating as everyday options for all New Yorkers."
"The primary goal of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is to supplement a daily diet with nutritious foods, such as fruits and vegetables," said HRA Commissioner Robert Doar. "Poor eating habits often begin at a young age and end up costing taxpayers through higher Medicaid costs. The reduction of obesity rates in low-income neighborhoods is a trend in the right direction, and HRA will continue to encourage low-income families to use their food stamp benefits to make healthier choices."
"One of the hallmarks of this administration has been the struggle against childhood obesity and it is gratifying that rates are on the decline," said Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe. "From building new and improved athletic facilities, to providing free fitness and swimming classes at our parks, pools and recreation centers, we are committed to ensuring that New York City's children have access to programs that will lead them toward living more healthy lives."
"Obesity and other diet-related diseases are a critical issue facing the health of our city," said City Planning Commissioner Amanda M. Burden. "At City Planning, we are working to combat obesity with the FRESH program, which provides incentives for neighborhood grocery stores that sell fresh food to open in underserved communities with high rates of diet-related diseases. We also worked with our partnering agencies to create the Active Design Guidelines, which offers new ways for New Yorkers to become more active. These initiatives are all part of our strategic plan to create complete neighborhoods, with places to live, work, shop and socialize all within walkable, bikeable communities."
"New York City's streets are safer and more inviting than ever, offering unprecedented opportunities to get around actively on foot or on two wheels," said Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. "Our education and engineering campaigns and our new 'Walk Ways' program that customizes walk-to-school routes are helping schoolchildren develop healthy transportation habits on increasingly safe streets."
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Enter Gregg Majewski. Mr. Majewski, the former CEO of Jimmy John's Franchise Inc., plans to open a California-style burger stand in November on Adams Street just off of Michigan Avenue near the Art Institute of Chicago. The restaurant, called Patty Burger and modeled after California's In-N-Out Burger, will feature a narrow, burger-centric menu with fresh ingredients cooked to order. Mr. Majewski says buns will be baked on the premises. Burger patties will be packed by hand daily from fresh, never-frozen beef, and fetch about $3.25 apiece at the counter.
"You can't get a good (quick-service burger) in Chicago," he says.
Tommy2dogs wrote:Pdaane
You forgot to say," welcome to forum jay"
Binko wrote:JJ's may not be a Bari's or Hannah's Bretzel, but, in my opinion, of the big three cold sandwich chains (Subway, Mr. Sub, and JJ), it's by far the best.
foo d wrote: i know of nowhere were i can get a double-chili-cheeseburger in these parts. how LA, where healthfood purports to reign, can have such a creation, while chicago does not strikes me as odd, to say the least.
foo d wrote:on the subject of west coast burgers, tho' i've only been twice, i found hamburger nirvana at tommy's, in LA.
mby385 wrote:Has anyone been to this new place?
Patty Burger
72 E. Adams St.
We can't wait until this burger spot opens in the Loop; we said we were giving up fast food, not made-to-order burgers for our New Year's resolution, right? Gregg Majewski, ex-top exec with Jimmy John's (he still owns 15 stores in Ohio and Alabama and also owns Jersey's Pizza and Grill in Hoffman Estates) is opening this "fresh burger" operation in March. Patty Burger will feature hand-formed Angus beef burgers with toppings like lettuce and secret sauce; add-ons include bacon, mushrooms and avocado. Burgers take less than four minutes to prep and will be priced under $4. Other menu choices include a veggie burger, fries and milkshakes (breakfast sandwiches will also be offered). The décor will resemble an old-school diner, but will be more modern (read less cheesy). Target opening date: mid-April
pdaane wrote:I don't know and I don't care.
If the hamburgers reflect the quality of JJ sandwiches, my prediction for 2006 is.....Where's the beef? commercials will be revived.
polster wrote:According to Metromix Patty Burger Target opening date: mid-April


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Saturday's weather
December 22, 2012
Mild, dry weather continues today across Weld County.
The warmer temperatures will help melt any snow that is left. Expect highs today to hover around 50 degrees in Greeley. Skies will be partly cloudy overnight as lows fall to near 20 degrees.
Slightly cooler air will slide in for Sunday as highs revert to the 40s. Monday and Tuesday is when we see a more drastic drop in temperatures as a cold front makes its way across northern Colorado. With the timing being Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, this also will mean a chance for snow. At this point it doesn't look to be significant accumulation, but enough to make things festive for a white Christmas.


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Photograph, Sara Tappan Doolittle (Mrs. Charles) Robinson
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Date: 1857
Portrait of Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson, author, Free-State activist, and wife of Charles Robinson. This photograph was copied from an ambrotype taken in 1857.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: B Robinson, Charles *10a
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Keywords: Cabinet photographs; Photographs and Illustrations; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911; Tucker, E. S.
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Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport is located 20km (12 miles) northwest of Jakarta.
Jakarta, Tangerang
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Dialling code: +62
Telephone: (0)21 550 5177.
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Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport is located at Cengkareng, near Tangerang. The airport is a 30-minute drive (longer during rush hour) from Jakarta city centre, off the Soediyatmo toll road (Bandara exit).
The DAMRI shuttle bus operates from all terminals to various destinations in the city, including Rawamangun, Blok M/Kebayoran, Gambir, Bekasi, Depok and Bogor (journey time: 60-80 minutes, fares from IDR25,000).
Taxis can be booked at counters in the arrivals areas of the terminals (journey time to city centre: 30-45 minutes). Expect to pay upwards of IDR200,000. It is advisable to agree the fare before getting in the cab.
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Sold For $603,500 on Aug 6, 2019
The South Kona district encompasses several small towns which have grown up around upland ranches and coffee farms and coastal settlements that were once fishing villages along the shore. Rich in Hawaiian history, each town has its own charming, intimate flavor built on the hard work of generations of farmers and ranchers.
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Real estate opportunities in South Kona are diverse, ranging from custom homes to farmland and ranches, bed and breakfasts and commercial property to beach cottages and condominiums. Because each neighborhood is its own micro-culture, an experienced Clark Realty agent can help you navigate the options to identify the property that is best suited to your needs.
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Zetor North America today announced the re-launch of its Major Series of value-priced utility tractors in the U.S. and Canada. Initially, the new Major will be available in an 80-hp, 4-wd version, with 60 hp, 70-hp, 2-wd and cabriolet (open station) models to be added later.
"From 1960 to 2006, the Major line of tractors from Zetor set the standard for rugged, reliable and affordable utility tractors worldwide," says Gary Bogart, general manager, Zetor North America. "Our new Major models build on that tradition with simplicity of design, unsurpassed reliability, outstanding fuel economy and minimal maintenance requirements."
Along with its heavy-duty frame, the Major features a rugged 4-cylinder Zetor engine without the electronics and computer controls of some other tractors in its class, making it easy to repair. The Major's engine also offers a torque rise of more than 35%, reducing the need for frequent downshifting.
The Major has a 12-speed forward/12-speed reverse synchro-shuttle gearbox and a user-friendly hydraulic system. It also has a lift capacity of more than 5,500 pounds (2,600 kg).
According to Bogart, the Major's roomy cabin combines convenience and comfort with ergonomically designed controls, all-around visibility and optional air conditioning.
"The new Major 80 is the first of several new product introductions slated by Zetor over the next 18 months," added Bogart. "Together, these new tractors will give our dealers in North America a broader product line to meet the specific needs of today's value-conscious professional farmers."
The list price starts at $39,500 for the Major 80-hp with air conditioning. For more information, visit www.zetorna.com.


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We respect what you bring to the table. The experiences you have had, and the knowledge, skills and wisdom you have gained over the years matter and are worthy of up to 105 academic credits. Of the 105 credits you have the opportunity to bring in or earn for your prior coursework, prior learning, and work & life experience, up to 75 can be transfer credits and up to 30 can be UMass Amherst residence credits. 75 + 30 = 105. The best part? Earning credit this way saves you time and money.
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UMass Amherst has a generous transfer credit policy. Learn more about what prior coursework is likely to transfer in.
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In your first semester as a UWW student your advisor will ask you to dig up and put together documentation of any professional or military trainings and certifications you have that are directly related to what you're studying. The best part is the credits you are able to earn this way help fulfill your degree concentration. Even better? There is no per-credit cost for the transfer credits you earn this way which can mean huge savings for you- savings of time and money.
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You will write a portfolio of essays about what you have learned through your life and work experience, typically in your second semester as a UWW student. This portfolio is then evaluated for academic credit. You will be eligible to receive up to 30 credits towards your degree, with the most common number being 15 credits. And the credits you earn this way are counted as residence credits (UMass Amherst credits) and not transfer credits, making it easier for you to fulfill the university's degree requirements. Even better, the cost of these credits are about 1/5 the cost of course credits. Learn more about the cost savings from writing a portfolio.


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Overshadowing the finale were the tongue-wagging reports that churned out in the weeks leading up to it about who's staying and who's going on the judges' panel. (As of May 30, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey are definitely out, with Keith Urban, probably also not returning.) At Fox's upfront presentation three days before the last episode, network president Kevin Reilly teased major "twists" to the format of American Idol for Season 13, likely including a return to the three-judge format.
VIDEO: Idol winner Candice Glover reflects on her winning moment and "Lovesong"
Last week, Mike Darnell — the head of all reality programming at Fox, not just Idol — announced that he would be resigning.
Once a ratings powerhouse for Fox, Idol limped along this season, concluding with a May 16 finale that was 40 percent down in viewership (that's about 7 million people) from last season's. One thing is certain: the network needs to either put Idol out of its misery, or make major revisions if it intends to keep it on the air and position it as a viable competitor to similar shows like NBC's The Voice.
VIDEO: Angie Miller on her shocking American Idol elimination
Here are the five biggest revisions we'd like to see in Season 13:
1. New judges (and by new, we mean good): Clearly, this is a top priority for Fox executives as well, who have reportedly been courting Idol alums including Jennifer Hudson, Adam Lambert and Clay Aiken to join the panel. The new spin on an old format is promising, with Idol alums having not only musical credibility, but also a deeper understanding of what the contestants actually go through than any run-of-the-mill musician or producer. But will they know how to critique? As was evident with Mariah Carey's frequent babbling this season, demonstrated artistry and chart success alone do not a good Idol judge make.
2. New theme nights: Burt Bacharach's songbook. Beatles night. Motown Music from the Motor City (read: Motown plus Madonna) week. Yawn. Idol needs to get some new theme nights going, stat — and preferably with some more modern music thrown into the mix, so that viewers don't have to listen to wince-worthy admissions by the (mostly teen) contestants that they're unfamiliar with songs like "Let It Be." How about a "My First Favorite Song" theme? At least those would be from the '90s. Or Top 40 night? If the show wants to attract a younger audience, it needs to move away from the hotel lounge standards and towards something that fans will actually be excited to tune in for every week.
VIDEO: Does Idol runner-up Kree Harrison regret letting Candice go first in the finale?
3. More original music: True, not every American Idol contestant comes into the show armed with a "You Set Me Free"-esque secret weapon like Angie Miller did this season, but the ones who do should have more of an opportunity to show off their individual musical styles through original songs. As it stands, the singers who want to showcase their own material have to use one of precious few "Contestant's Choice" themes to do so. Why not have an all-original night? Or a standing rule that contestants can swap in original songs for, say, two of the themes throughout the season? It would certainly liven things up a bit, and would also make song choice a more significant criterion for the judges.
4. Nix the results episode: Idol needs to take a cue from Dancing with the Stars and cut back to only one night a week, with the person who was eliminated the previous week revealed at the start of each episode. Sending someone home doesn't take more than two minutes, but the process now is stretched out to fill an hour of airtime every Thursday. And so, we get all kinds of fluff like Ford Fiesta challenges, performances from any Idol alum that can be summoned from the vault, and cutesy packages about the contestants that can easily be packaged into the Wednesday night show. An added bonus? Once a contestant finds out they've been sent home at the start of the show, they'll have a full two hours to compose themselves for their farewell songs, which tend to be awkward, tearful messes in the current format.
5. More song options: Even on the most seemingly wide-ranging theme nights (i.e. "Divas," "Rock,"), the Idol contestants only have a short list of songs they can perform that have been cleared by the producers — hence tired retreads of "Feeling Good," "I Believe I Can Fly" and "Hallelujah." There should be a team of Fox summer interns whose sole job is to get dozens and dozens of other songs cleared for the show. In addition, how about a policy that once a song's been performed on the show five times, it gets retired?
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We Get Down and Dirty At Two Exciting Dirt Tracks
The second half of our AMSOIL Great American Circle Track Tour of the Southeastern U.S. is now well under way and our next two stops are at two great dirt tracks-Batesville Motor Speedway for the annual Topless 100, and then on to Paducah International Raceway for the first race of a MARS-sanctioned double header weekend. We learned a whole bunch from these two races.
The trip, up to this point, was a long one and one not without adventure. We had so far traveled from our home in Ormond Beach, Florida, in our 40-foot motorhome pulling a 28-foot double stacker trailer, to Clarksville, Tennessee, and Highland Rim Speedway; then on to Columbus, Indianna, for the Salem USAC race; and on to an RV park in Paducah, Kentucky, overnight. The next race was the Topless 100 at Batesville and so we needed to break up the trip from Indiana.
Continuing on to Batesville, I chose a route from Paducah that would place me at a fuel stop on I-55 west of the Mississippi River and that required taking Kentucky and Mississippi highways 60/62 across the Ohio and Mississippi rivers near where they join. No big deal. But it was.
These two bridges are extremely high and long two laner's that were built around 1929 or so and only 20 feet wide from boiler plate to boiler plate. Where the right lane stripe is on a normal highway, these bridges had steel plating. Cross the line and scrape the steel. And, semi tractor trailers were coming at me from the opposite direction. Our mirrors were passing less than six inches apart. Talk about up on the wheel.
We stayed in an RV park up the road a bit from Batesville in Mountain View, Arkansas, and got a much needed rest. This part of Arkansas was wonderful with low mountains and lots of forests and farms. We drove the Jeep Wrangler all around the Ozark National Forest. Batesville Motor Speedway is right on the edge of this rolling hills country and itself, in a great location. No wonder Billy Moyer calls this place home.
Speaking of Moyer, we are going to tell a tale about Billy in this installment. Don't write us and tell us that we devoted excess print on him, because that is the plan. There are about 24 reasons why as of the date of this writing.
Batesville Motor Speedway
Every year, Batesville holds the Topless 100 race where the best DLM teams from across the country come to race with their roofs removed from the car. I first came here about 1997 and still think this is a neat way for fans to see the racers. Without the roofs, the drivers are clearly visible and it's fun to watch. Because of the rain delaying the running of the race until Sunday, the view was even better.
So far we had been to only two dirt races on this 2010 Tour, Carolina and Cherokee, and both were regular weekly race schedules. This time, we were treated to a race where most of the top Dirt Late Model teams in the country would be competing.
In preparation for this race, I remembered to look up the stats on Billy Moyer because this is his home track and because I have watched Billy and the way he races for some time. What I have preached as to driving style on dirt is what he has been doing his entire career. And it has paid off, but not quite as well as this year.
"Mr. Smooth," as he is called, races more straight ahead that most any other driver including Scott Bloomquist-and that has produced consistency in his race results. I remember seeing where he had won the Dream at Eldora this year, something I could relate to as I was part of a setup conspiracy in 1998 when Billy won the Dream and the World 100 that year with a crazy asphalt setup.
As the race unfolded, I could see where the setups were different than I had remembered in the recent past. The right front corners were down and staying that way. A quick few questions put to some insiders told me something I had run into a few months before, tie-down shocks were being used at the RF to hold that wheel down. And stiffer RR springs were holding the left front down as well.
Look back at the cover on this issue and see what this does to the car, or some cars. In extreme front end dive, there can be a lot of camber change with the right front wheel gaining negative camber. The amount depends on the upper control arm length and static angle. With short upper arms and a higher static angle, the camber change can be unreal.
Jonathan Davenport told me at Barry Wright's shop that he likes this tie-down stuff because for one thing it allows him to see better than if the front end were up in the air. I get that, but the track must be fairly smooth in order for this to work. If not, the front end gets bounced around and the car will push severely.
All in all, in the heats, the more balanced cars with all four wheels on the ground ended up in the Main event. The problem was, it rained late in the afternoon and again before race time. There was no way the A-main could be run so it was postponed until the next afternoon on Sunday.
In his heat race, after the start, Moyer was a distant third with the two front runners pulling away. The tendency was to project that Billy had nothing for them. But after an early caution, he pounced in a way I had observed before. It was like a new car, he overtook the second place car going into Turn 1 at the green flag and then within a lap, took the lead and never looked back. This is his style a lot of the time. More on Moyer later in the Paducah review.
Did I mention the heat we had experienced on this late summer round of the Tour? We had been scheduled to go to Bloomington Speedway when we were in Indiana, but that race was canceled due to high heat with the heat index at more than 100 degrees. I think the temperatures were near or above 100 all around the Midwest around that time. And it was hot in Batesville too.
The mid-day heat dried out the track and tire wear became the issue. Most teams had to pit two or more times in the race to replace worn out tires. It made for a very interesting show because as teams put on new rubber, they rocketed to the front. It became a matter of tire management more than driving skill, but then that is a driving skill, isn't it?
Jared Landers, in the appropriately sponsored Mark Martin Ford entry, which is located in Batesville, put it on them in the end and took the win. His late race charge was timed just perfectly to dominate over the fading stars.
Paducah International Raceway
We arrived in Paducah after taking a much needed break in the hill country of Arkansas, one of the few times we were able to stop for a few days and rest. Most of this leg of the Tour had us on the road going between racetracks that were far apart.
In choosing our schedule for this second half of the Tour, we saw certain races and tracks where we needed to be, regardless of the distance between. So, this is what we ended up with and it was wearing us out. Nonetheless, we were accomplishing our goals in a big way. We were gathering lots of valuable information about circle track racing.
The Paducah event was, in our original estimation, supposed to be a regular event of sorts. I guess we didn't look hard enough, because the track was having a special race called the USA World 50 MARS/UMP Challenge Night for $5,000 to win. As we arrived, we noticed that two regulars to the high-dollar shows were there, Shannon Babb and Billy Moyer.
Shannon was "dressed" appropriately having borrowed Kenny Schrader's trailer while his new one is being built. Kenny is one of the owners of this track having purchased it in 2005 along with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and promoter Bob Sargent. In 2006, Tony Stewart came on as a partner and you couldn't ask for a better run show and facility than this.
As for Billy, I saw this as a sort of pickin' style where a top driver chooses to pick and choose races that might not be well attended by the best drivers in Dirt Late Model (no offense to the local teams, but you know what I mean) and where they might be able to pick up some "easy" money, not that this stuff is ever easy.
He did manage to win his heat race and the feature, but that doesn't tell the story for Moyer this year. As of this writing, he has put up some amazing numbers. According to his website that tracks his results in every event he runs, he now has 24 wins this season, out of 58 starts. That is a whopping 41 percent win to not-win ratio. His First Place earnings are at $324,000 and that doesn't include money he took in from winning poles and other-than-First Place finishes, or T-shirt sales.
This race was a MARS double header with the second race run at I-55 Raceway on the following Saturday night and Moyer won that one too. What caught my eye was the way Billy drove this race. Remember that we have advocated a more straight ahead style of driving on dirt and keeping all four wheels on the ground.
I won't go into the lecture on front end geometry and moment center design that will help make that happen, but if you've been paying attention to what we preach, you know what I mean. Billy drove his heat running the middle groove and never, ever got the rear end out running the turns just like an asphalt car.
As the track dried out during the other class races, he observed carefully how the track was transitioning. When it came time for the A-main, he had decided to move up to the top, something I never suspected he'd do. But it worked very well.
Still, he would make his run down the straights entering the turns going very fast. Instead of throwing the car sideways like 99 percent of the other cars, he seemed to brake the car hard to slow it down, entered the middle of the turn still straight ahead, and then rotated slightly to drive off the corner. He was able to maintain a lot of momentum doing that, and he won the race.
The most important message I can give about all of this is, as we have stated before, consistency wins. This style is very consistent and it has its share of wins this season. Most drivers would give their right lug nut to have 24 wins in a season, not to mention the $350,000 plus in winnings. No, Billy Moyer does not win every race and some he doesn't even get into the feature, but a 41 percent win record is unheard of at this level of competition.
Next Up I'll get off my BM soap box now. We have lots of great races to go on this Tour. We observed other trends and practices and met some great track owners and promoters in little places like Crossville, Tennessee. We're all set to be a part of really big shows like the World 100 at Eldora and Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track where hundreds of Modifieds come to put on a great show.
As always, stay tuned. And be sure to check out my many blogs on www.circletrack.com that offer a glimpse into the touring life and tidbits about each weekend's races.


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Friday, January 18, 2013
The Poetry Czars of The South Shore Visit Somerville
By Doug Holder
Jack Scully is the co-founder with the late Mike Amado of two ongoing poetry venues in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Poetry: The Art of Words a monthly poetry series and The Poetry Showcase a yearly poetry reading held in conjunction with the Plymouth Guild for the Arts yearly juried art show. In 2012 Scully organized Visual Inverse a joint effort between poets' and visual artists at the Plymouth Center for the Arts.
Mike Amado published three books of poetry during his short time on this earth. Scully and poet Nancy Brady Cunningham have edited his fourth book. Scully, who currently serves as the literary executor of Mike's work has read Mike's poetry as a feature reader at Greater Brockton Poetry and Arts Society, Boston National Poetry Month Festival, Main Street Café, Poetry in the Village, Stone Soup Poetry, Poets Pathway, Poetry at O'Sheas' and Salem Literary Festival 2010. He also serves as the unofficial photographer of numerous poetry venues.
Rene Schwiesow is the co-host for the South Shore Poetry venue The Art of Words. A Somerville Bagel Bard, her publishing credits include Muddy River Poetry Review, the Waterhouse Review, and Ibbetson Street Press. Rene's work has been aired on the Talking Information Network, a non-profit service for the visually impaired. April, 2012, she was a guest on WGDH, Vermont, along with New York/Vermont poet Michael Palma. In recent news, her work, "Shades," has been chosen as Poem of the Week by the Massachusetts Poetry Festival and will appear beginning January 25, 2013. Rene is a reviewer for Boston Area Small Press, writes a column for the arts in The Old Colony Memorial newspaper, Plymouth, MA, and is currently working on a third poetry manuscript slated for a 2014 publication date by Cervena Barva Press.
I had the pleasure to talk to these two on my Somerville Community Access Community TV show Poet to Poet: Writer to Writer.
Doug Holder: The late poet Mike Amado was special to you both. What was it about him that inspired you?
Renee Schwiesow: He was accepting of everyone. So he made it very comfortable to open up to and discuss things. He was inspired by his Native American and Portuguese background. I have always had an interest in many different cultures. So that inspired me.
Jack Scully: Mike was basically a builder. Mike's great idea was to build a bridge between the South Shore area and the Boston area. Originally I got Mike involved with the Somerville literary group the Bagel Bards. I read about the group in a column by Ellen Steinbaum in The Boston Globe, and I asked Mike if he would be interested in attending. So I took him to a meeting. At that time the meetings took place at Finagle-A-Bagel in Harvard Square. As a result Mike had two of his books of poetry published by the Ibbetson Street Press and the Cervena Barva Press of Somerville.
At that time, back in 2004, there was really not much going on in the Plymouth area poetically speaking. They had open mics but that was basically for music. Mike was looking for a place to start something for poetry.
In April 2008 we had our first poetry reading. David Surrette was our featured reader. We had a small audience. Now we average 30 to 50 people. We have a great open mic. So Mike and I founded two ongoing poetry venues in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Poetry: The Art of Words a monthly poetry series and The Poetry Showcase a yearly poetry reading held in conjunction with the Plymouth Guild for the Arts yearly juried art show. Our mission was and is to basically to give poets a place to meet other poets, and a place for poets to read their work. We hope to come out with an anthology in a couple of years.
We also started a new program connected with the Plymouth Center for the Arts where we match poets and artists, and have a public reading.
DH: Renee you are a well-respected book reviewer. How do you attack a review?
RS: I thoroughly enjoy reviewing because it has given me an interesting viewpoint on poetry and fiction. I generally read a book cover to cover. And then I do research on the author and the book. I make sure I include a few excerpts. But I try to highlight the good points, and then delicately discuss the not too good things. It is a ballet of sorts—a delicate dance.
DH: Jack you are editing the late Mike Amado's 4th book of poems.
JS: In October of 2008 Mike knew he was going to die of kidney failure. So he gathered all his poems and put them into what he called books. And so Nancy and I went to his computer and basically put the Book of Arrows together. The book is in three parts and deals with his childhood in Plymouth, the plight of the Native American, and poems he wrote 3 or 4 weeks before he died. He has several poems about the National Day of Mourning, a Native American holiday that takes place at Thanksgiving. He attended this event shortly before his death.
DH: Jack do you have any ambitions for your own poetry?
JS: I attempt to write poetry. I have dabbled. I have scribbled on pieces of paper in my drawer at home.
DH: Renee any young talents you have discovered on the South Shore?
RS: We have a 12 year old Alicia Reed. She has a lot of promise. But it has been to attract poets under 30, but we are trying
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BEIJING (AP) China's Zhang Yining has defeated teammate Wang Nan to win the gold medal in women's singles table tennis.
The host country clinched all three medals in the event earlier Friday evening after Guo Yue beat Singapore's Li Jia Wei to take the bronze.
China has always been dominant in its national sport. But it has swept all three medals only once before, in the women's singles at the 1988 Seoul Games.
The gold medal match was a showdown between two of the best athletes in table tennis - Zhang was playing for her fourth Olympic gold medal and Wang was competing for her fifth.
The score was frequently tied and Wang controlled the game at first. But Zhang stayed cool and gradually took over, winning 8-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3.


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*1507: You're Getting Old* Post-Air Discussion
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I actually thought it was really cool they used the actual song in the soundtrack. I don't think they've ever done that before.
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Oh no...
For the longest time... I have felt the way Stan does.
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Made me cry.
This episode made me realize how much alike I am to Stan. Depressed, Cynic and sad. It's an evil curse that you cannot simply get out of.
It was really the perfect opportunity to make big changes to South Park but was "mostly" reseted after the next episode "AssBurgers". Would've been interesting to see how it would have turned out if they didn't reset so quickly (or not reseting at all).
"You're getting old" is truly a masterpiece and easily one of my favorites so far.
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Ten years old panOULU network is the 50th act in 100 actions from Oulu list
panOULU celebrates it's ten years of existence and is listed on the 100 actions from oulu as the act number 50. More information in Finnish:
panOULU celebrates it's ten years of existence and is listed on the 100 actions from oulu as the act number 50. More information in Finnish:
After long work the new panOULU website has been published. Research projects WSN ("Wireless Sensor Network" and Bluetooth now belong under panOULU brand, and have their own subsites.
The site is built on top of Drupal, and has features like realtime access point search. In the future we aim to improve statistics and those features.
Speed of panOULU internet uplink was increased from 100 Mbps to 300 Mbps during the maintenance break. New speeds should be sufficient for near future.
panOULUseutu link was also upgraded, from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps.
Internet protocol version 6 is available in panOULU-network again. Most of the network has been configured for IPv6. PanOULUseutu and mesh-network will follow soon.
IP-protocol is used to route packets in the Internet. IPv6 will supplement and at some point replace currently used IPv4.
PanOULU-network currently supports stateless IPv6 autoconfiguration. IPv6-addresses used in panOULU are public.
panOULU Conqueror, a computer game developed by the MediaTeam Oulu research group in University of Oulu, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, conquers the access points of panOULU network during a four-week-long tournament. The tournamet begins on Monday, September 7 2009 at 00.00 and ends on Sunday, October 4th at 23.59.59. The tournament is open to all interested parties and the team that gains the most points during the tournament will be rewarded.panOULU Conqueror is a new kind of a location-based multiplayer game. The players have a simple goal: they form teams of at most six players and connect to the panOULU network with a WLAN capable device. The players attack and conquer access points from their rivals to gain points - whoever controls the access point at midnight, gets all the points for that day. The more users the access point has, the more point it gives to its controller. The situation can change rapidly: if team members forget to visit their access points daily, their point total will diminish.
The game will be opened on Tuesday, September 1st for testing purposes, so that everyone has a chance to try the game before the tournament. All points gained before 2009-09-07 will however be nullified before the tournament. The tournament will not affect the panOULU network in any way.
Get ready to conquer the world!
Read more: panOULU Conqueror
Mor information:
Juha Tiensyrjä
The advertisement pilot which was started in December in the City of Oulu's segment of the panOULU network ends at the end of June.
During the pilot, experience has been collected on the use of panOULU network in marketing and on funding the network's administration with advertising income. The city also tested the system provided by Wishfi Europe Oy as a communications channel. The decision on further actions will be done in the autumn. Users of the panOULU network are thanked for their feedback so far. All feedback will be considered when the decision on further actions is done.
Feedback can still be sent via email to email@example.com.
Expanding of the panOULU network to cover Oulunseutu region is progressing as planned. Now, panOULU network expands to Liminka. The expanding process has required years of experience of wireless technologies used in panOULU. The new solutions are tested in Liminka during June and July. The first access points are up and running and rest of the installations will be ready in the end of June. The panOULU network is available to citizens during the test in areas covered with network. There might be some interrupts during the test period. After the test period the installation work is continued in other towns. The expanding is completed in the end of October.
The panOULU network offers an open internet access to citizens free of charge. The use of panOULU does not require used IDs or registration. At the moment, panOULU network includes 1100 wlan access points used by around 16000 different users per month.
The expanding of panOULU network is a collaboration project (panOULUseutu) with the cities and towns around Oulu. The purpose of the project is to add over 200 new access points and expand the panOULU area to cover also other cities. The project is sub part of the TAITO program funded by European Union (EAKR).
More information about the installations can be found http://www.panoulu.net/
Wide power failure in Oulu region causes network connection failure on specially Linksys access points. APs may have to be rebooted manually which might take few days.
City of Oulu started to build a wireless MobileWiMAX network with several corporate partners in 2008. Building and investing were started as a EU funded panOULUseutu project. The steering group decided to discontinue the efforts in building the MobileWiMAX network in its session in 2009-02-27. Read more (in Finnish).
The panOULUseutu project of the new TAITO society program expands the panOULU network to nearby townships in year 2009. Read press release (in Finnish)


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Last March, singer Christina Aguilera - who had just separated from husband Jordan Bratman - and her boyfriend Matt Rutler were pulled over by the LAPD and taken into custody on suspicion of DUI and public drunkeness.
That's the bad news. The good news? Turns out Rutler wasn't technically DUI. TMZ is reporting that the LA County DIstricy Attorney had dropped the charges against Rutler citing a report showing that Rutler's blood-alcohol level at the time of the arrest was .06. The legal limit in California is .08.
Aguilera, meanwhile, faced no charges related to her arrest.
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News from around the country and around the globe
Selected Reading: PopEater, MSNBC, Daily Mail


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Reading Comics in Public
Saturday was Read Comics in Public Day, created by the lovely and talented Brian Heater and Sarah Morean.
In honor of this, picture!*
*We're cheating: this picture was not actually taken on Saturday. But I feel that of everything in our archive, it best captures the spirit of public reading.


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be square (with one)(redirected from are square with)
be square (with one)
To no longer be in dispute or disagreement with one; to not be indebted to one anymore. Look, if you just help me get this job, we'll be square. Hey, are you square with Jim? I heard you two had a bit of a falling out.
See also: square
be (all) ˈsquare (with somebody)(informal)
1 have the same score in a competition: Liverpool were all square with Chelsea at half-time.
2 (of two people) not owe money (or anything else) to each other: Here's a pound — now we're square.
See also: square


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Drivers urged to use caution with motorcycles on roads
The roads around Milwaukee are a little extra crowded this weekend with motorcycles.
Law enforcement is out in droves trying to keep everyone safe, but officers also warn drivers need to be extra cautious.
From the freeway to city streets and along the beautiful neighborhoods of Lake Drive, thousands of Harley-Davidson bikers are hitting the pavement this weekend.
"You get a lot more people letting you through, giving you the right of way that we're not accustomed to. I've really enjoyed that about the city, too," motorcyclist John McIntyre said.
McIntyre, and his wife, Shelly, are in Milwaukee from Indiana and said they appreciate the patience Milwaukee drivers seem to have for all the bikers in town.
"Beautiful, and it's really neat to see all the local folks who have their welcome home 110th birthday celebrations for Harley. It's really neat to see," McIntyre said.
But all the congestion on the road can easily turn serious.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has a warning for all motorists traveling through the city this holiday weekend.
"Car drivers, pay attention to your blind spots. Do not depend solely on your mirrors," Clarke said.
Students at Holy Family Parish School in Whitefish Bay are getting ready to welcome hundreds of bikers bright and early Friday and Saturday morning with coffee and well-wishes, a tradition the kids started five years ago and can't wait to see some familiar faces.
"I'm looking forward to meeting all the bikers, and it's just a lot of fun," Holy Family Parish student Paul Manley said.
"I like learning about people and where they came from," Holy Family Parish student Matthew Sherlock said.
Shorewood police said they haven't received any noise complaints from residents yet but do caution the motorcycle traffic will pick up along the lakefront at night as the weekend begins.


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Email as sent (including to Bourne and Sorensen):
"A US Christian fundamentalist creationist extremist in action.
Who? Mr Issac Bourne that's who.
"Don't believe that the atheist-evolutionists want to kill creationists? Here's a meme shared from an opposing atheist page to this one. And people wonder why I post stuff like the beheading of Christians and say no atheist page will share this, or no atheist will speak out or comment below this post. And guess what? They don't because they approve of what ISIS is doing.
So I'll ask the same questions I asked before in another post in which no atheist would respond.
If you as an atheist walk out of your house and found yourself in the middle of a crowd that was beating to death a man, a woman, and their child all for just being a Christian and saw the police were not doing anything. Would you:
1) Walk away and let it continue?
2) Watch?
3) Encourage it?
4) Participate?
5) Try to help them in some way?
Last time I posted these questions no atheist responded. I thought about it then figured out that to answer #5 goes against everything they believe. And to answer any other number makes them look evil. And they can't hate and help at the same time.
Wake up Christians. ~ Issac"
(Comments which are followed by a couple of photos supposedly showing the physicist Professor Brian Cox - about to head up more than 5 hours of live BBC TV programming ahead of this week's almost total solar eclipse visible over the UK weather permitting - shooting and hitting Christians. Thus Mr Bourne is trying to persuade other Christians/anti-evolutionists/haters of atheists that Professor Cox is like an atheistic version of an Islamist terrorist - because he is an unbeliever and supposedly 'wants to kill Christians'.)
I will refrain from further comment.
You will doubtless make up your own minds about what Mr Bourne has written. I will state however that I think that the barbaric killing of all innocent people including Christian believers by ISIS fanatics and terrorists is an absolute OBSCENITY and that the only good member (willing member not one sadly living in the wrong place) of the so-called 'Islamic State' is a dead one (something Bourne presumably would not argue against since he is only complaining about Christians being killed).
You can read about Mr Bourne here if you wish to:
Or here (four recent threads):
It's publicity Issac!
PS Just before sending this I have discovered that another of the 'usual suspects' has jumped onto the same general bandwagon (well two suspects actually - if you follow the link at the end of Sorensen's piece):
http://www.piltdownsuperman.com/2015/03 ... -isis.html
It's publicity Bob!
I'd better remain agnostic about God and not become an atheist. In case (unless I borrow from Bible morality) I suddenly 'want to kill Christians' - and embark on a 'jihad' against Christian believers (something Sorensen has previously accused pro-science anti-creationists of doing - over the internet at least).
In the world of Issac and Bob ALL atheists/evolutionists are the same - either they want Christians/religious believers killed or if they don't then they have 'borrowed' from the morality found only in the Bible.
In the real world, not all Christians are the same as them."


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Study aims to uncover the aroma secrets of caramel
The study – published in Flavour and Fragrance Journal – aimed to improve the understanding of the typical compounds responsible for candy (or aromatic caramel) aromas.
Led by Laurianne Paravisini from the Centre for Taste and Food at the University of Burgundy, France, the research team noted that the richness in aroma compounds and the pleasant organoleptic properties of caramel had led to its wide use in confectionery and the wider food industry.
In order to assess the relationship between aromas and the compounds present, Paravisini and her team analysed and identified the levels of odorant compounds in four different types of candy.
"A total of 76 odorant zones were detected and 49 aroma compounds identified, some of them being reported for the first time in caramel," explain the researchers.
The relationship between the sensory descriptors from a trained panel of assessors and the 49 compounds was then modelled, they said.
"This study constitutes an important step towards a clearer understanding of caramel aroma."
Study details
The research team investigated the sensory and chemical differences in four aromatic caramels, which differed in terms of their carbohydrate composition and cooking process. Using gas chromatography–olfactometry (GC-O) and GC–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) the team detected and identified 76 odorant zones were detected and 49 aroma compounds.
In a parallel investigation, the descriptive sensory profiles of the four caramels were analysed with a panel of ten trained assessors. The team reported that significant differences between the samples for each of the six attributes that the panel identified (cooked-syrup, fruity, honey, strong, pungent, roasted.)
In the first study of its kind, the team then attempted to establish links between the sensory profiles of the caramel s and the detection frequencies of odorant compounds using computer modelling.
They found that burnt sugar caramels – characterised by pungent and roasted descriptors – were rich in odorant compounds with empyreumatic and sour characters.
"Heterocycles, carbocyclic compounds and carboxylic acids appeared to be the main contributors to these odorant properties," the researchers said.
"Meanwhile, the standard aromatic caramel was described as honey-like, fruity and cooked-syrup, which could be explained by the presence of a few specific compounds such as octanal and acetylformoin (2,4-dihydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone)," they revealed.
Source: Flavour and Fragrance Journal
Volume 27, Issue 6, pages 424–432, November 2012, doi: 10.1002/ffj.3111
"Identification of compounds responsible for the odorant properties of aromatic caramel"
Authors: Laurianne Paravisini, Karine Gourrat-Pernin, Cécile Gouttefangeas, Cédric Moretton, Henri Nigay, Catherine Dacremont, Elisabeth Guichard


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News from the world of Maths
If you've been worrying about how to combine the imminent Olympic fever with that other great passion — maths — then salvation is about to arrive. John D Barrow, eminent cosmologist, best selling author and director of the Millennium Mathematics Project (of which Plus is a part), has written a book, 100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know about sport, exploring the maths behind your favourite disciplines. And if you're near London or Cambridge you can see Barrow himself talk about some of its contents — for free!
Today is International Women's Day! Plus is run entirely by women who are happily disregarding maths and gender stereotypes, so we're very pleased to join in the celebrations. We've got lots of content by or about women mathematicians on Plus and here are some of our favourites. (And we'd like to ask all remaining dinosaurs to stop sending us emails starting "Dear Sirs"...)
Interested in the connections between art and science? Then come to this free public lecture at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge on March 14, 2012 to hear theoretical physicist David Berman and artist Grenville Davey talk about string theory as an inspiration to art.
Struggling with that new year's resolution to lose a few pounds? Weight not dropping off as fast as you'd expected? A new mathematical model has some good news and some bad news for you. Which would you like to hear first?
How many people died? It's one of the first questions asked in a war or violent conflict, but it's one of the hardest to answer. In the chaos of war many deaths go unrecorded and all sides have an interest in distorting the figures. The best we can do is come up with estimates, but the trouble is that different statistical methods for doing this can produce vastly different results . So how do we know how different methods compare?