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BILLERICA, Mass., Nov. 20 -- Market intelligence firm Diio is enabling airlines to make wiser network planning decisions and potentially greater profits, thanks in part to new ultra-fast database technology from Vertica.
Diio has implemented the Vertica Analytic Database to power a Web-based aviation market intelligence tool for analyzing airline passenger demand. Major airlines around the world use the data to continuously monitor route performance and passenger behavior. They rely on fast access to more than one billion passenger itinerary records stored in Vertica. Additionally, many major airports around the world use the data to monitor passenger traffic patterns in their regions, as well as to attract new airline services. Diio partnered with Vertica to optimize this Web-based tool because the ever-growing influx of data combined with sophisticated query demands was overwhelming the system's traditional database engine.
"We're thrilled with Vertica's performance," said Max Klee, Diio architect. "Large numbers of concurrent users were eating us alive -- queries could take as long as 20 minutes to execute. With Vertica as our new database platform, queries average around eight seconds, even under maximum user loads. It's vital for our clients to be able to do extremely fast analysis to optimize market performance and maximize revenue in today's dynamic air service environment. With Vertica driving the application, users don't have to sit and wait to make those decisions."
Vertica is a grid-based, column-oriented database built to handle massive analytic workloads such as those experienced by Diio. With its aggressive data compression and columnar storage, the Vertica Analytic Database enables Diio to store and analyze much larger volumes of passenger data and run queries orders of magnitude faster than conventional relational databases. Vertica is self-optimizing, which eliminates manual tuning and configuration overhead; combining that with its economic use of hardware and highly differentiated performance makes it an ideal database to embed within commercial analytic software and appliances.
Cloud Computing Facilitated the Evaluation of Vertica
Diio also took advantage of Vertica's cloud-based offering to lower the cost of evaluating the Vertica Analytic Database. The Diio IT infrastructure consisted entirely of Sun hardware running Solaris, and rather than purchase new x-86-based Linux hardware just to test Vertica, Diio had a one-node Vertica for the Cloud instance created. Diio loaded the cloud with a billion rows of data and then performed extensive head-to-head performance tests against a fully optimized production row-oriented database. Vertica for the Cloud out-performed Diio's production system, and they eventually decided to license Vertica and bring it in house. The cloud was such an easy, scalable environment that Diio may consider it for future projects.
"Leading carriers realize that advanced tools with fast access to huge data stores are required to analyze airline passenger demand," said Colin Mahony, Vertica's senior director of business development. "Historically, these tools have been expensive to buy, slow to perform and cumbersome to use. By using Vertica, Diio has provided its clients with an affordable yet highly accurate tool with the blazingly fast responsiveness needed to out-perform their competitors."
About Diio
Diio is Data in, Information Out. Diio has worked since its inception to develop unique capabilities for processing voluminous and complex market intelligence data. Diio designs and builds its tools with user interfaces that are both easy-to-use and highly effective, helping its customers distill data into actionable information. Diio is also an industry leader in providing its clients with valuable advisory services, as the firm's superior quantitative capabilities are complemented by exceptional communication skills. With its roots in the aviation sector, Diio has an impressive history of improving the analytical capabilities of many of the world's largest and most technically sophisticated airlines. Diio has created Internet-based aviation data products that have revolutionized market intelligence for the aviation industry. In fact, airlines providing over half of the world's capacity currently use Diio products, including 17 of the Top 20 carriers in North America. More information on Diio can be found at http://www.diio.net/.
About Vertica
Vertica Systems is the market innovator for high-performance analytic database management systems that run on industry-standard hardware. Co-founded by database pioneer Dr. Michael Stonebraker, Vertica has developed grid-based, column-oriented analytic database technology that lets companies of any size store and query very large databases orders of magnitude faster and more affordably than other solutions. The Vertica Analytic Database is available as software only, as an appliance or online as a cloud computing solution. The technology's unmatched speed, scalability, flexibility and ease of use helps customers like JP Morgan Chase, Verizon, Mozilla, Comcast, Level 3 Communications and Vonage capitalize on business opportunities in real time. Vertica is headquartered in Billerica, Mass. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.vertica.com/.
Large-scale, worldwide scientific initiatives rely on some cloud-based system to both coordinate efforts and manage computational efforts at peak times that cannot be contained within the combined in-house HPC resources. Last week at Google I/O, Brookhaven National Lab's Sergey Panitkin discussed the role of the Google Compute Engine in providing computational support to ATLAS, a detector of high-energy particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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Frank Ding, engineering analysis & technical computing manager at Simpson Strong-Tie, discussed the advantages of utilizing the cloud for occasional scientific computing, identified the obstacles to doing so, and proposed workarounds to some of those obstacles.
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The private industry least likely to adopt public cloud services for data storage are financial institutions. Holding the most sensitive and heavily-regulated of data types, personal financial information, banks and similar institutions are mostly moving towards private cloud services – and doing so at great cost.
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When it comes to cloud, long distances mean unacceptably high latencies. Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany examined those latency issues of doing CFD modeling in the cloud by utilizing a common CFD and its utilization in HPC instance types including both CPU and GPU cores of Amazon EC2.
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Australian visual effects company, Animal Logic, is considering a move to the public cloud.
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05/10/2013 | Cleversafe, Cray, DDN, NetApp, & Panasas | From Wall Street to Hollywood, drug discovery to homeland security, companies and organizations of all sizes and stripes are coming face to face with the challenges – and opportunities – afforded by Big Data. Before anyone can utilize these extraordinary data repositories, however, they must first harness and manage their data stores, and do so utilizing technologies that underscore affordability, security, and scalability.
04/02/2012 | AMD | Developers today are just beginning to explore the potential of heterogeneous computing, but the potential for this new paradigm is huge. This brief article reviews how the technology might impact a range of application development areas, including client experiences and cloud-based data management. As platforms like OpenCL continue to evolve, the benefits of heterogeneous computing will become even more accessible. Use this quick article to jump-start your own thinking on heterogeneous computing.


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Earlier this spring, the We the People Team from Tempe's Marcos de Niza High School earned a spot to represent Arizona at the national competition in Washington, D.C.
Tempe moviegoers got more than they bargained for Saturday night when rain caused part of the theater ceiling to fall on them.
Economists who advise Arizona's independent legislative budget analysts said Thursday that residents who have hunkered down through years of tough economic times may finally have reason to be a little more perky this year, but the economy won't meet Gov. Jan Brewer's expectations.
A valuable piece of the region's economic impact puzzle came through a simple conversation between then Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell, local homebuilder Brad Curtis and a group of businessmen from Chase Bank a number of years ago.
A Phoenix-area business group is expressing concern about the prospect of US Airways relocating its headquarters from Tempe to Texas if it merges with American Airlines.
Tempe's Changing Hands Bookstore is set up for customers browsing its shelves in search of a good read, co-owner Gayle Shanks said.
East Valley resident and developer Michael Pollack was honored last week by Goodwill of Central Arizona as the organization's 2012 'business partner of the year.'
His voicemail is still on my cell phone from a couple of months ago.
Homeowners giddy about the current double-digit increases in values should not count on the trend continuing, a pair of economists said Thursday.
After getting a cautious report on a Valley economy "a little weaker than we hoped for," the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to keep the property tax rate the same.
Christine Ellis and her sister, Shella Michel, realize they may not be unique on this front. They love shoes.
The Phoenix City Council sped up job creation by months by passing a comprehensive policy cutting red tape on the private sector. By an 8-1 vote, city leaders said no more to delays, lines and bureaucratic red tape — and yes to faster job creation.
The tone was upbeat. Confident. Focused. It was inspired and inspiring.
The Gilbert Mayor's 2012 Ambassador Forum will provide an update on local and regional economic trends, with an emphasis on Gilbert-specific economic development. The forum is 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Gilbert Municipal Center, 50 E. Civic Center Drive.
Fresh home from the war, newly married and needing to better recover from malaria and rheumatic fever he caught from a mosquito bite on a PT boat in the south Pacific, Peter Grant packed his car and trailer and left his home city of Indianapolis for the desert town of Phoenix.
Fresh home from the war, newly married and needing to better recover from malaria and rheumatic fever he caught from a mosquito bite on a PT boat in the south Pacific, Peter Grant packed his car and trailer and left his home city of Indianapolis for the desert town of Phoenix.
A bill working its way through the Arizona Legislature is hoping to make retail fairer by forcing Amazon.com and other online retailers that have a presence in Arizona to charge a state sales tax.
Lackluster hiring by private companies last month left the state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate for December unchanged at 8.7 percent.
Arizonans waiting for that long-promised economic recovery are going to have to cool their heels for a few more years.
Arizonans waiting for that long-promised economic recovery are going to have to cool their heels for a few more years.
Maricopa County's economy is recovering, but at an anemic pace, economist Elliott D. Pollack said Monday.
A Mesa eyesore is coming back to life. The vacant retail center on the northeast corner of University Drive and Greenfield Road once housed a Fry's grocery, but the 100,000-square-foot site has been vacant and quiet for years. Come Nov. 4, the corner will be home to a new 38,000-square-foot Goodwill thrift store.
A group of business executive and educators is crafting plans to ask voters to accept a new sales tax to keep the state from falling off a financial "cliff" in two years.
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Maurette Besides its how I feel released in 1998 on Verity Records This CD contained the radio friendly "Breaking of the Day" For this work she received the Stellar Award for Best New Artist in 2000.
*Stellar Award-winning Gospel music artist Maurette Brown Clark, recently released her highly anticipated fourth solo album "The Sound of Victory on Atlanta."
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Brown Clark is one of Gospel's Sweethearts Originally from Long Island, New York Maurette began her singing career with her family in the group The Brown Singers Throughout her childhood she continued to sing in choirs, groups and studied piano.
Maurette Besides its how I feel released in 1998 on Verity Records This CD contained the radio friendly "Breaking of the Day" For this work she received the Stellar Award for Best New Artist in 2000.
Her second CD of his grace, was released in 2002 on AIR Records and featured her popular handover the worship anthem "I Just Want to Praise You" This CD and received a Gospel Music Workshop of America Gospel Excellence Award and two Stellar Award nominations, she was also nominateda Dove Award for her participation in a remake of the Donnie McClurkin classic "Stand" by Marvin Sapp Daryl Coley and Helen Baylor.
Maurette's CD "The Dream was released on Malaco Records in March 2007 and features that will soon be the anthem of praise? A God???? A God?? spent over 36 weeks in the top ten on Radio and Records and Billboard Gospel Charts at present?? That Ain?? not over (Till God says it? is over) is enjoying similar chart topping success in the video for?? That Ain?? not? is being displayed on the Gospel Music Channel WORD network BET and betjar.
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It is now widely accepted that intangible assets provide the most sustainable source of competitive advantage. Indeed, brand equity often accounts for a major portion of shareholder value. However, Ratnatunga, Gray, and Balachandran argue that firms need to go beyond individual asset values (be they tangible or intangible) and begin to recognize how these assets work in concert to provide the capability of an organization to enhance its shareholder value. They contend that capability economic values can be derived for all tangible and intangible assets in an organization using specific expense-leveraged value indices.
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Machine SafetyAn ongoing discussion of machine guarding topics, including solutions assessments, regulatory compliance, gap analysis, operating efficiencies and cost savings, as well as all relevant safety standards, such as those from NFPA, ANSI, RIA, IEC, ISO and OSHA. About J.B. Titus. |
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Certainly, functional safety evaluations can play a large role in improving levels of machine safety in industry. By providing more consistency between SIL (Safety Integrity Level) and PL (Performance Level) via both being probabilistically derived should help. The old practice of determining hazards under EN 954-1 qualitatively is being replaced by ISO 13849-1 and the new quantitative PL approach. Additionally, the new approach addresses the use of programmable electronic safety devices and technology in the safety-related control system. Yet, the old way of providing machine safety via hard wired electromechanical components is still considered an approved approach for machine safety. This presents a rather broad range of considerations for industry regarding their mandated OSHA conformance to providing a safe work place. This is why in my previous blog on this subject posted Dec. 17, 2010 I stated, "In my opinion, we need to start a discussion on this subject to gather comments from across industry."
To address this issue I've started a discussion at a Safety Forum on Linkedin. I urge you to take some time to post your comments, questions, advice, etc. on this issue so that we can improve our collective understanding of this transition. For example, I find a lot of great information on the UL Functional Safety web site but one of my take away's is that a lot of the material appears to be focused at the manufacturer or OEM. What would your opinion be? If you agree, how does the end user comply with the same industry standards when they install a field retrofit on a used machine? The end user may not have the technical staff to perform the required engineering and analysis. In the US, industry standards apply to the manufacturer, OEM, Systems Integrator and the end user. In fact, OSHA points the ultimate responsibility and enforcement to the end user.
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My own background is software/electronics engineering of safety-critical embedded systems. My personal opinion is that the automation industry desperately needs a change in the way safety-critical systems are implemented. "Automation" is far, far behind other industries when it comes to safety standards.
In traditional industry automation, people still sit an calculate their ridiculous MTTFd, designing sand castle systems to hold together for x years. And if something does break before the x years have passed, despite the calculations, then let the system rain destruction upon the users!
This is all because the precious 61508 SIL standard and its various misguided offspring are not even based on scientific research! Pick up pretty much any technical rationale to the rules needed for SIL, you can find them in 61508-7. First of all you will notice that they rarely cite more than one source for the claims. Second, most of the references are ridiculously non-scientific.
Some examples: Books regarding CPU architectures and memory management dated to the early 70s, as if CPUs haven't evolved at all in 40 years. Articles from engineering papers and newsletters, most available only in german. Program design research from the 70s, before good program design was even invented. Algoritms for memory verification dated 20 years before flash memories were invented. Other standards, that in turn doesn't have any valid references. Etc, etc. This is nonsense!
The only valid sources should be (widely recognized) scientific research, or books written based on such research. Yes, there are a few such valid sources in 61508, but they are rare. Most of the standard seems based on the assumption that "if something was ever written in text, by anyone, then it is true".
It gets even worse when we come to calculations of MTTF, DC, PL etc, because then there are no sources at all to be found, not even non-scientific ones. For all I know they may as well have been invented by some ISO bureaucrat with no experience from designing safety-critical systems what-so-ever.
Furthermore the demands on software in 13849 are completely ridiculous, taken out of the blue. They have no relevance to software in general, and safety-critical software in particular. Many of the requirements cannot even be applied to high-level languages. Whoever wrote them was clueless about modern programming.
These standards need to be banned, not preached. They are an enormous threat to industrial safety.


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Attleboro High Students Awarded for Excellence
Morgan Martini and Jonathan Giara excel at academics and extracurricular activities.
Two of Attleboro High School's top students in the class of 2013 were recognized at the school committee meeting on Monday with the Excellence Award from the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents. Award recipients Morgan Martini and Jonathan Giara have had success in and out of the classroom during their careers at the school.
Giara has served on the student council for four years, plays on various sports teams and has a weighted GPA of 100.2. Martini plays volleyball, has been involved in the Special Olympics since her freshman year and has a weighted GPA of 98.13. Both students have won numerous awards during their four years and plan to be science majors in college.
"They truly are the hope of Attleboro High School and represent the best and the brightest," Superintendent Pia Durkin said.
Attleboro High principal Bill Runey said after the meeting, "In my short time at AHS, Morgan and Jon have exhibited the true sense of personal responsibility that Blue Pride represents."
After receiving their awards, Martini and Giara gave advice for their younger peers on what they should do in high school. Both said students should take AP classes to challenge themselves and prepare for college, and advised people to join clubs and sports teams.
"It is a really great way to make friends, and when you're walking through the halls and in class, it's nice to feel that friendly environment," Martini said.
She added, "And in the end, it's rewarding and makes for a better resume."


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Most people who know me could tell you that my favourite drink ever is Vimto. It's not a drink for everyone, it can be too sweet for some and others can't get past the fact it's an anagram of vomit, but for me it's one of my all time favourite flavours. I love it.
So when I got the call, back in February, asking if I was available to draw a storyboard for an new Vimto TV advert, I was somewhat giddy. "Will I get to draw the little fruit guys?" I asked. "Oh yes, " they said "and they'll be driving a Chevy lowrider." Needless to say I enjoyed this job a lot, even though it was a quick turnaround of 41 coloured frames in 2 days!
Now that I spotted the finished advert on TV last night (this is usually how I find out an advert has been successfully made) I am free to show you my work on it. So here's the advert followed by my storyboards.
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Here's the original pencils for the first sheet of boards:
And finally a scan of overlays that I liked:
It's not everyday you get paid to draw a raspberry wearing sunglasses.
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"My husband and I can never get enough fresh buttery squash from our garden. These chops cook up sweet and tender in the slow cooker and the classic, comfort-food flavor doesn't take up my whole day to prepare." Mary Johnson - Coloma, Wisconsin
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Nutritional Facts 1 pork chop with 2/3 cup squash (calculated without browning sauce) equals 317 calories, 10 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 65 mg cholesterol, 365 mg sodium, 34 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 23 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 starch, 1 fat.
Originally published as Pork Chops & Acorn Squash in Healthy Cooking October/November 2008, p49
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Reviewed on Jan. 04, 2012 by kathyRidenour
The combination of the sweetness of the OJ and brown sugar were a hit with my daughter. The pork came out extremely tender after cooking for hours. My one complaint would be the acorn squash. It was not an easy squash to prepare. I think it was a good choice for the long cooking time and soaking up the juices. I wouldn't prepare the squash again. That's what makes the recipe 3 stars...otherwise, tasty.
Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2011 by teri396
Made this with sweet potato instead of acorn squash. Very good.
Reviewed on Sep. 08, 2010 by acedec
We found it very tasty. My crockpot must have cooked a little high though because it was done a little too soon.
Reviewed on Sep. 01, 2009 by babyjimmie
We did not care for this. It was not attractive at all like the picture and was to "orange-y". Not worth the time or effort.
Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2008 by Sueser99
Tried the recipe when I had a group of friends over and we all thought it was very good however it needed to cook longer then 4 hrs. I quartered the squash and used a paring knife to peel. Microwaving the squash a bit first might work good also as the squash did take longer to cook in the crock pot.
Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2008 by creynolds
Cook it first (microwaving is OK) then peel it.
Reviewed on Nov. 06, 2008 by reebok140
I agree that the peeling sounds impossible. The only way it would peel easily is if it was cooked. Any ideas??
Reviewed on Sep. 23, 2008 by suetrossen
This sounds wonderful, but peeling an acorn squash is virtually impossible
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This weekend, Kanye West debuted his first fashion line, Dw, and his model obsession was more prominent than it was on "Christian Dior Denim Flow" when 'Ye dropped 21 model names in just under 16 bars.
Kanye's model mania shouldn't shock the masses. Selita Ebank's portrayal of a phoenix in his very appropriately titled Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy "Runaway" short and Irina Shayk's role as the angel in his "Power" video can attest to Kanye's concentration on more than the fashion drifting down the runway.
PHOTOS: Kanye West Debuts Fashion Line Dw In Paris! In accordance with Kanye's selection of the crème de la model crop for his videos, it was only a matter of time before he paid these lovely young ladies some attention on their respective playing field: the runway.
Mr. West pulled out the checkbook and signed some of the highest paid models, including Chanel Iman, Anja Rubik and Jourdan Dunn to strut their ish, in his ish, down the catwalk.
PHOTOS: Heidi Klum, Chanel Iman & Lindsay Lohan Do amfAR For S/S 2012 Milan Fashion Week
While concentration is heavy on the product of Kanye's line, we can't help but focus on the show that Yeezy put on and the top notch models he featured.In celebration of Yeezy's superb taste for models, we want to introduce you to the first faces seen in Dw.
When these ladies are asked where they got their runway swag, we are almost certain they will answer with a resounding "Yeezy taught me."
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Transit for London, the governing body of the London Transit System, has made a tremendous investment in making trains and busses accessible and easy to use for all. Stations have been refurbished and new trains and busses have been purchased that provide space for wheelchairs. This is especially evident in East London, where the Olympics and Paralympics will be held in the summer of 2012. Many lines and stations are still under refurbishment in hopes of having a smooth transportation venue for the Games.
Despite these efforts, anyone traveling to London should be aware that by no means is this a 100% solution. We will try here to provide details to make transit in the metropolitan area helpful by providing the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The Bus SystemThe bus fleet has been upgraded, and we are happy to report that there are ramps and priority spaces on all of the busses. Travelers on busses must also know that not all busses stop at all stops. You must flag the bus down, or it may whiz right past you. Once it has stopped, the driver should keep the front door closed and open the rear door and lower the ramp if you are in a wheelchair. The space for a wheelchair is often shared with baby buggies, but you have priority, and the bus driver should advocate for you and request that the buggy be removed if it is taking up too much space. The space itself is a bit tight. Busses cannot take a wheelchair more than 27 inches (70cm) wide and 47 inches (120cm) in length. There is also an inconvenient pole right in the middle of the space with a stop request button on it.
The Underground and Docklands Light Rail (DLR)Many enhancements have been made and are ongoing. Visual and audio alerts can be found in all of the stations that warn of upcoming trains and notices about outages, induction loops are at some of the station ticket offices for hearing impaired travelers, bumps have been installed on platforms so that travelers with sight impairments know where they are in relation to the edge of the platform, elevators/lifts have been installed in many stations that have braille, raised signage, and audio cues, and some of the stations have been outfitted with plexiglass barriers with doors that open when a train is stopped and lined up with the doors. Most trains have audio alerts to warn passengers of upcoming stations, and a growing number have visual alerts, as well. We also found attendants on the platforms and in the stations no matter where we went. While this is fabulous progress, there are still a few other things to consider.
Mind the GapAnyone who has ridden the Underground, otherwise known as the "Tube" knows that this phrase is used at every single station to warn travelers of a sometimes large gap between the train's threshold and the platform. This could mean a difference of up to a foot high, and several inches across. I wish I could say that this is completely removed from the system. Unfortunately, it is not, and you will find that the great majority of stations in Central London still have them.Typical step free access to platform - 6 - 12" height difference at platform
Typical step free access to train - Less than 3 inch difference at platform, up to 2 inch difference in width
New doors that block access to the track when a train is not in the station
Read the Fine PrintTransit for London has created a way to alert the traveler as to whether or not they will encounter a gap that would require assistance for boarding. When looking at their Tube maps, there are two designators with wheelchair symbols.
White circle with a wheelchair: This symbol means that there is step free access to the platform. It does not mean that the gap between the train and platform has been removed. In almost all cases, we found height differences over six inches high, and width of approximately two inches.
Blue circle with a wheelchair: This symbol means that there is step free access to the train. There will be lifts (elevators), to the platform, and the vertical distance between the platform and train is less than two inches. The width will also be less than two inches. Thing to note: Just because a station is designated as a "Blue" station, doesn't mean that ALL of the platforms are step free. For example, at Stratford Station, the Jubilee line was step free, but on the Central Line, Platform Three had a significant step up. If you want to get really scientific and know exactly what each station's gap measurement is, you can get a map at http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf.
Crowded Busses and TrainsTravel during traditional rush hours in the morning and the afternoon, and Saturday afternoons in Central London can prove to be quite a challenge whether or not one has a disability. The vehicles are packed beyond reasonableness, and it could be difficult to get on. People just do not move, regardless of who/what is trying to board. There are priority areas, but the paths and areas are so filled up with people packed as tight as sardines that you won't be able to navigate to get to them. You can ask for assistance, but know that the attendants will not ask anyone to get off the vehicle. They will attempt to shift people, but when the train/bus is so tight, there may be nowhere to go. Consider traveling during off hours if you are a tourist.
BoatsIf you wish to enjoy transport on the River Thames, the Thames Clipper operates at ports throughout Greenwich and Central London. A word of caution: while the boats are very accessible and can accommodate any size wheelchair, the ramps can be VERY steep. Also, we found that the Embankment Pier was a bit tricky to navigate to find an elevator to go up to bridge level. It is around the corner of Waterloo, by the way, but it wasn't marked well, so there was a bit of wandering before we found it.
Time and Money Saving Tips
Wheelchair users ride free on all public transportation. People with other disabilities who live in London can apply for a Freedom Pass that allows free passage.
If you are not disabled, and plan to use public transportation nearly exclusively and will be riding at least three vehicles a day, it is advisable that you get a Travelcard. They are sold in one, three and seven day increments. You will need to know what "zones" you will be traveling in. "Zones" are areas of the city, with Zone One being the very center of London, working out to Zone 6, which is Heathrow Airport. When you move to another zone, your fare increases. Look at a map and figure out where you think you will be going (most people don't go much beyond Zone Three, but it really depends on what you wish to do. You can then purchase a Travelcard for those zones. You will be given an Oyster Card, and charged an additional deposit of five pounds that you get back when you return it at the end of your stay. This card allows you to place it up against a reader for access to trains and busses. It also gives you reduced fares for Boat passage.
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You can also pay a deposit for an Oyster Card and place a set amount on the card. The amount you travel will be deducted from the card at a reduced rate from cash fare for each ticket.Again, we cannot stress how much improvement we have seen in the last few years. Staff training and awareness is definitely heightened, and we are confident that as more travelers with disabilities visit, the economic benefits of catering to the needs of everyone will continue the investment in the future.


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Seamer Tim Bresnan will travel to the United States of America for a second operation on his injured elbow, which ruled him out of England's Test tour of New Zealand next month.
Bresnan endured a poor run of form through the latter half of 2012, taking a mere two wickets during the series against South Africa and none against India.
He was subsequently replaced by the uncapped Chris Woakes for the trip to New Zealand, where England will play three Tests in Dunedin, Wellington and Auckland.
"He's going out to America in the next week or so, and he'll be there for a week or two to have an operation and then some rehab on his elbow," Bresnan's county team-mate Andrew Gale told the Telegraph and Argus.
Three Twenty20 Internationals and three ODIs will precede the Tests. The first T20I gets underway at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday.


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This draws a restaurant icon and a text label for each node that is tagged amenity=restaurant. The image can be specified in one of the following forms:
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- relative path that revers to a build-in image (see Example 1). The josm-tested.jar file is a simple zip archive; you can extract it and use all files from the images folder.
The declaration text: auto; tells JOSM to derive the text for the label automatically. At time of writing, the following tags are searched and the first one that is found will be used: "name:"+<LANG>, "name", "int_name", "ref", "operator", "brand" and "addr:housenumber". You can also pick a specific tag e.g. text: "cuisine";.
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Fall is just a few short weeks away, and I just can't wait for that crisp, cooling air, the smoky scent of firewood, and crunchy, crackling leaves . . . and many dogs and cats can't either! For some pets, it's enough to feel the soft cushion of fallen leaves beneath their feet. For others, the trees' castoffs become a comfy, seasonal napping spot. Still others just want to dive right into a pile and have some fun! So in celebration of the most colorful of seasons, we bring you pets playing (and lolling) in leaves!
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The gathering place for a merry band of Three Percenters. (As denounced by Bill Clinton on CNN!)
Thursday, October 7, 2010
22 comments:
And plugs Biden is going to "strangle" republicans.
We can only, only, hope they try this. - October 7, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- Sedition said...
All I have to say is "Bring it, little bitch boy."
- October 7, 2010 at 4:54 PM
Hahaha, Joe and Bammy are just funnin us. After all, if we were to joke like that, a goon squad would be on our pasty white butts like white on rice. So they're just jaggin' us a bit since we all know rules are only for the little people.
Oh, you guyz! - October 7, 2010 at 6:31 PM
- TPaine said...
He's got the "hand-to-hand combat" part right, just not who's gonna bring it on. He and his SEIU goons decide to go postal on this country if they lose their power base, he'll see just how pissed off the "teabaggers" really are.
- October 7, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Dedicated_Dad said...
Ah yes - but REMEMBER: it's the right-winger/tea-baggers who are the violent ones.
O-Zero isn't worth one molecule of adrenaline from me any more. I refuse to give him any space in my head.
What will be, will be.
My goal is to be as prepared as possible for what comes, but I'm not going to spend all my time worrying about it any more.
Bad for the digestion, you know -- plus, life's too damn short to give them such power over me.
I REFUSE to let them live rent-free in my head.
Ergo, when I see this shiat now, I just laugh. Usually out loud.
DD - October 7, 2010 at 8:01 PM
Dear God, the blatant racism.
I'm always saying I'd like to see the enemies of liberty get punched in the head in the House and Senate. THAT would get me watching C-SPAN. - October 7, 2010 at 8:17 PM
Why would someone who payed a coyote a large sum of money, Then had to leave everything they had in the desert, so they could mule drugs into the U.S.. Hide in a cramped, smelly safe house. And endure god knows what, including rape. To get to a country where you can get a job. And then vote for someone whose destroying every chance you might have?
Someone, even a casual observer can see is quickly turning the place you fled to, into the place you fled from!
I guess we'll soon find out whose more politically astute.....mthead III - October 7, 2010 at 8:39 PM
- G3Ken said...
Hand to hand combat. Two men enter, one man leaves. Sign me up.
- October 7, 2010 at 9:17 PM
And I thought he was a, "Long Legged Mack Daddy", but I do like your description. TT
- October 7, 2010 at 10:12 PM
Like he could do anything with his skinny whimpy ass.
- October 7, 2010 at 11:40 PM
- DC Wright said...
I'm old and fatter and all, but I'd be willing to teach this poser something about hand-to-hand combat...
What is WITH these two? Making PHYSICAL threats to those who disagree with them... Yet, we are constrained by law, if not common sense, to NOT make threats to them. Un-f'ing-real! - October 7, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Why do you refer to him as the "president" ? This illegal, unconstitutional, leftist, collectivist Kenyan is FAR from the legitimate POTUS.
Myself, I never refer to him as president. If I make reference to him it's either as I'm defecating or as the Kenyan in the Oval Office.
III - October 8, 2010 at 2:23 AM
Bring it.
- October 8, 2010 at 3:07 AM
Bring it and bring your dinner bucket and help cause it is for sure gonna' be a fight.
Texas - October 8, 2010 at 4:45 AM
The only "hand to hand combat" this guy knows is the one Rahm and he engage in is at that bathhouse in Chicago.
- October 8, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- Sean said...
I've never been disturbed by threats from whussies. I got chunks of guys like him in my stool.
- October 8, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Funny I don't remember Pelousy
or anyone else sporting kung-fu grip in foggy bottom when they
took over all but the Exec. in 2006.
Fusion - October 8, 2010 at 8:57 AM
the only thing he can Hand to Hand is a pay off
- October 8, 2010 at 9:42 AM
A little hand-to-hand, some "Get the hell out of here" and a dash of "F--- you!"
After the incident, Obama is heard to once again drone on about how opposition to his policies is a personal vendetta against him. - October 8, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Pencil neck geek needs a butt kickin then maybe he won't be so smug. Maybe the phrase elections have consequences rings a bell.
- October 8, 2010 at 6:30 PM
With that mug is his teleprompter
attached to the whirly gig
space program astronaut mettle tester?
Fusion - October 8, 2010 at 7:04 PM
I like hand to hand. No running around on my crippled legs and feet. I also get to play to my streangths.
- October 12, 2010 at 4:41 PM


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Luxury 1 & 2 Bedroom Furnished Apartments centrally located in Montreal, Canada. Ideal for Temporary Accommodation, Vacation Rental or Executive Furnished Suites. In the heart of Montreal, Sunset Suites is located within the Town of Mount-Royal. This family oriented community is renowned for its quality of life, numerous parks and shopping centers and easy access to all major intersections. The proximity to the airport and Downtown Montreal is ideal for both short and long term visits. Enjoy the scenic views of Mount-Royal while avoiding the stress of the downtown area. Our fully furnished apartment hotel and tastefully decorated 1 and 2 bedroom executive suites offer a more comfortable alternative to traditional hotels at a significantly lower cost.
From the garden side, our apartments gives you a marvelous view on the Mount-Royal, St-Joseph's Oratory and the University of Montreal. Le Sunset also offers to its custommers in summer months a refreshing outdoor pool and a causy garden to relax. All of our suite are luxuous condominium type and are fully equiped. A laundry room is also available anytime you need to keep all your clothes clean, whether it be for casual or business needs.
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Burglary victim assists in suspects' arrest
Robert Craig II, 20, and Tommy Hernandez II, 22, were booked into the Lassen County Jail and are both being held on $30,000 bail.
Craig was booked for burglary, conspiracy and vandalism. Hernandez was booked on the same charges as well as attempted arson.
According to Kevin Jones, a sergeant with the Lassen County Sheriff's Office (LCSO), deputies responded to the Johnstonville home of Charles Clingensmith, Saturday, July 7 on a report of a prior burglary.
Investigation showed the suspects forcibly entered the residence, ransacked and vandalized the home, stealing multiple items.
Jones said on Wednesday, July 11, Clingensmith contacted the sheriff's office to report he located the possible suspects.
Deputies responded to the Johnstonville area and found Clingensmith had detained two men who allegedly possessed stolen property from his residence. Hernandez and Craig were subsequently arrested.
As the investigation continued, deputies assigned to the case were able to retrieve the majority of the property taken from the residence, according to Jones.
Clingensmith and his family came home Saturday, July 7 and found their home ransacked.
Clingensmith alleged the suspects rifled through their stuff and he and his wife's bedroom, closet and bathroom were egged, gasoline was poured on their bed and clothes, dishes were smashed, soap was poured on the furniture and TVs were ripped off the walls.
Some of the items taken were his wife's family heirlooms, the couple's wedding rings and military coins.
Earlier this week, Clingensmith was handing out flyers and posting information on Facebook in an effort to make people aware and possibly get the stolen items returned.
He said they wanted the coins, heirlooms and wedding rings, the other items were replaceable.
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My name is Julius Reyes. I am 20 years old and a student at the Northern Marianas College. I am majoring in Natural Resources Management (NRM). This was my first time as an intern for the Coral Reef Initiative Internship. My mentor was Jose Quan the Geographic Information System analyst at Division Environmental Quality. As an intern under GIS I learned how to use the program to accomplish my projects. GIS is a computer program capable of capturing, storing, analyzing, and displaying geographically referenced information; that is, data identified according to location. GIS can be used to make maps as well as used to emphasize spatial relationships among objects being mapped.
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Lucille R. Coleman of New Windsor entered into rest Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at home surrounded by her family. She was 96.
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August 20th, 2012 at 3:49 amHey Arunesh, how cool, you have three hands!
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August 20th, 2012 at 8:59 amlol!! They used a panoramic app on Swamijis Iphone..I got lost in this abyss LOL!!
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August 20th, 2012 at 9:26 pmIt was awesome! Wondering throughout the forest with our beloved swamis. And thank you to Sivaram and Devika for the cookies and water:)
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Republican candidate Mitt Romney overturned the presidential race last night in a stunning victory over US president Barack Obama in the first of their three debates.
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Rapha's Japanese friend and agent, Daisuke Yano, was in London Town over the weekend for business and some impromptu ice riding. He also dropped this video, a snippet from the forthcoming Rapha Yonretto ride program, which will be an unprecedented documentation of Japanese riding - with a similar manifesto to that of the Rapha Continental.
The unique Japanese mise-en-scene glimpsed here is certainly building an appetite for some great cycling photography and video, definitely inspiration to be drawn from on the next lone grey Essex plod anyway.
Kurosawa on bikes anyone?
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Gem Atkinson
14th January 2010 10:58pm
what a wonderful video. great music too…
Steven Green
15th January 2010 11:18am
yeah, what's the music?
Joe Hall
15th January 2010 11:33am
Yeah, Ben. What's the music?
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15th January 2010 11:35am
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Edgar Vonk
15th January 2010 01:51pm
Excellent! I am thinking about visiting Japan this year. Does anyone know if it's easy to rent a good race bike over there?
Chris Myers
15th January 2010 04:29pm
Kurosawa on bikes! I love it. Especially if there are seven riders.
I really enjoyed the Continental and I'm eagerly anticipating seeing the Yonretto and how it unfolds.
David Lor
15th January 2010 04:29pm
How adorably practical to put fenders on the bikes.
Joe Hall
15th January 2010 04:56pm
We are looking into getting a few more riders to make it seven (subtitles will be included where necessary)…
But seriously, the terrain in Japan looks beautiful. The photography should be excellent.
Are you suggesting 'fenders' or mudguards (don't know the Japanese symbol for those) are not pro?
I would like to get to the bottom of this… ARE MUDGUARDS PRO OR NOT?
For training, I suggest they are a wise touch… put more weight on the bike as well…
Andy Marshall
15th January 2010 09:14pm
Edgar it depends what you mean by a good race bike! I have heard
you can rent bikes but it doesn't seem to be usual here (Tokyo).
Cycling around here is good, especially when you get in to the less
populated areas.
Look on bikely.com at some of the Half- fast rides to give you an idea
of what cycling in the Tokyo area is like.
Andy Marshall
15th January 2010 09:25pm
Japanese for fender is ????? or ??? or ???. The first (katakana) is the one you'll come across in a bike shop. I look forward to more details about Yonretto (???).
George Swain
15th January 2010 10:36pm
Not sure if they're pro or not, but my Japanese Honjo fenders rock! Maybe Honjo is Japanese for "fender." :)
Mike Hurl
19th January 2010 08:43pm
What bikes are they riding - Rapha Condor team bikes?
Daisuke Yano
21st January 2010 02:38am
We put the fenders on our first ride just to get the point across. Cielo only comes fender ready. From our 3rd filming we'll be fendered only when necessary, typhoon, snow storm, june/july's dreadful rain season…at least they are custom made carbon fenders, naturally from Portland, OR.
Vincent Flanagan
27th January 2010 02:00pm
The Japanese word for mudguard/ fender is "doro yoke" doro meaning mud.
Yes there is plenty of wonderful road riding in Japan 80% percent of the country is mountains.
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A recent analysis of the utilization of carotid artery stenting (CAS) among Medicare beneficiaries indicates mortality rates are lower for operators who perform a higher volume of procedures per year compared to those who handle fewer cases. The findings suggest operator experience is associated with 30-day patient mortality, but generally raise questions regarding the effectiveness of CAS in a real-world setting.
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