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- Top Tens
One-hit wondersJo Carter October 26, 2012
Following the news that Bradley Wiggins is unlikely to concentrate his efforts on defending his Tour de France title, we look at other sporting instances of one-off triumphs.
Blackburn Rovers
The Manchester City of their day, Blackburn ended an 81-year wait for the title, largely thanks to the prolific strike partnership of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton. Boasting one of the finest squads in England thanks to the deep pockets of owner Jack Walker, Rovers held off Manchester United to win the 1994-95 Premier League title. Fast forward nearly 18 years, Blackburn are managerless following the sacking of the universally unpopular Steve Kean and playing in the Championship after they were relegated last season. Robert Mancini, you have been warned.
Taking the Michael
A classic tale of a talented youngster who promised so much and ultimately delivered a lot less. Michael Chang was hailed as a future world No. 1 when he became the youngest player (17 and 110 days) to win a men's grand slam singles title at the 1989 French Open. Perhaps best remembered for his underarm serving after suffering cramps in his epic fourth-round win over world No. 1 Ivan Lendl, Chang won 34 titles in his career, but never managed to get his hands on another major.
Fifteen minutes of fame
Gary Pratt guaranteed his name will come up in pub quizzes for years to come after his famous run-out of Ricky Ponting at Trent Bridge during the 2005 Ashes series. Despite not playing a single first-class game that season, Pratt found himself on the field as a substitute for Simon Jones, who had been taken to hospital with an ankle injury. In what is widely seen to be a turning point in the series, Pratt collected the ball at cover before unleashing a deadly throw that brought the bails crashing to the turf before Ponting had grounded his bat. England went on to win the Test to take a 2-1 lead in the series as they got their hands on the historic urn after 18 long years. Pratt's contract was terminated by Durham the following year and he failed to get back into first-class cricket.
They think it's all over...
Alf Ramsey engineered one of the greatest moments in British sporting history as England beat old foe Germany 4-2 after extra-time at Wembley to win the 1966 World Cup. Geoff Hurst's famous hat-trick prompted iconic images of Sir Bobby Charlton clutching the Jules Rimet trophy aloft his team-mates' shoulders. However, England fans have been forced to live off that glory for 46 years - a semi-final appearance at Italia '90 the best the Three Lions have managed as perpetual underachievers on the big stage - penalty shootouts their undoing on a number of occasions.
One-punch wonder
In February 1990, James 'Buster' Douglas pulled off one of the greatest upsets in sport when he knocked out undisputed world champion Mike Tyson to be crowned heavyweight king. Douglas was considered by many to be an easy work-out for Tyson ahead of a future mega-fight with Evander Holyfield, and Tyson had clearly underestimated his opponent. Douglas used his 12-inch reach to his advantage, peppering the champion with powerful jabs and dancing out of the way of Tyson's increasingly desperate swings. With Tyson's left eye jammed shut, Douglas picked himself off the canvas after being dropped in the eighth to knock Tyson down for the first time in his career. He lost the title eight months later in his first and only defence, and elected to retire after the fight - at one point ballooning to over 28 stones.
If The Shoe fits
Having never previously won a single match at The Crucible, Joe Johnson, nicknamed 'The Shoe' became an overnight celebrity when he became world champion in 1986. A 150-1 outsider, Johnson stunned world No. 1 Steve Davis 18-12 in the final to win snooker's top prize. Despite a woeful 1987 season, Johnson came agonisingly close to breaking the 'Crucible Curse'; no first-time champion has ever successfully defended his world title, but lost to Davis in the following year's final. He retired in 2005 having never won another ranking title.
Barker's only bite
Unlike the majority of Brits, Sue Barker was at home on the clay, and in 1976, she took full advantage of the absence of the likes of Chris Evert, Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova to win the French Open. In only her second appearance at Roland Garros, the 20-year-old Barker beat Renata Tomanova 6-2 0-6 6-2 to lift the only grand slam title of her career. She reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon the following year but never made another major final. "Had I known that I would never win another one, I probably would have gone out and painted Paris red," Barker admitted later.
One-win Olivier
We had the choice of 33 F1 drivers who have a single race win to their name - although it would admittedly be harsh to label Pastor Maldonado a one-hit wonder, having won his only race to date at the Spanish Grand Prix this season. Although the notorious Vittorio Bramilla, who crashed after taking the chequered flag at the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix, certainly merited a mention, we decided to plump for Olivier Panis. After a somewhat fortunate victory at the 1996 Monte Carlo Grand Prix - one of only three finishers in damp conditions, Panis failed to taste victory again - taking just four other podiums during his 11 seasons in Formula One.
Kite flies high
With glasses to rival Dennis Taylor, Tom Kite certainly liked playing at Pebble Beach. The winner of the US Open there in 1992, Kite was the first man to make the cut at the first four US Open tournaments to be held at the California course. Kite enjoyed a distinguished career, winning 38 professional tournaments, topping the PGA Tour money list in 1981 and representing the USA in seven Ryder Cups, but he was unable to add to his single major victory, when he beat Jeff Sluman by two strokes.
A one-Test wonder
The record books show that Andy Ganteaume has a better Test average than the great Don Bradman. The diminutive wicketkeeper-batsman, who had no formal coaching, scored 112 on his Test debut against England at Port-of-Spain in February 1948 but never played for West Indies again. Competing with West Indian greats such as Garfield Sobers and the 'three Ws'; Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell, for a place in the side, Trinidadian Ganteaume failed to add to his single Test cap.


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Pfizer Launches Embrex® Vaccine Manual Inovoject®
Product News Nov 15, 2012
Pfizer Animal Health Global Poultry has launched a new, compact in ovo device aimed at vaccine manufacturers and research institutes.
Embrex® Vaccine Manual Inovoject® (VMI) is the latest addition to the Embrex Vaccine Manufacturing Device (VMD) portfolio which already includes a range of in ovo devices used for the mass production of human influenza vaccines as well as other human and animal health egg-based vaccines.
This small, semi-automated device enables inoculation to be carried out in the laboratory setting, and so is aimed at vaccine manufacturers that require an alternative to high volume production. It could also be used for research and batch testing.
"The device is designed and produced specifically with the vaccine manufacturing environment in mind - for both human and animal health vaccines," said Product Engineer, Joe Federowicz.
Federowicz continued, "It is only 30 inches wide, and thus can fit through ordinary laboratory doors. It is also fully enclosed so as to prevent dirt build up and other potential sources of contamination."
According to Director, Gerardo Vera, Embrex VMI is likely to be of particular interest to vaccine manufacturers in Asia and Latin America markets.
"A typical animal health facility could probably install three to five of these machines, and each one would be used for a different vaccine," Mr Vera said.
"The full-size Embrex Inovoject has been used by human vaccine manufacturers for many years for large scale flu vaccine production. The new Embrex VMI has the same industry-leading quality, features, functionality and reliability that customers have come to expect from the Embrex brand, which has been at the forefront of in ovo technology for 20 years," said Mr Federowicz.
"We realized the need for an inoculation device which had the same engineering quality as other Embrex VMD products, but which could be installed in a much smaller area and was suited for smaller production runs.
"It took about a year to refine the design and bring it to market because the quality had to be superlative and up to industry standards. But I am really pleased with the result. The finish has to be seen to be believed: with no visible welds and mirror finish surfaces."
Embrex VMI is available with the same world-class customer service and parts as offered with Pfizer Animal Health's existing devices in the poultry business.


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On a picturesque Lowcountry evening, the University of South Carolina Beaufort celebrated its largest graduating class of 289 students, alongside more than 2,500 family members and friends who eagerly cheered them on.
Prior to the ceremony, Chancellor Jane Upshaw presented the first ever autographed prints of Allen Campbell's artwork depicting the University of South Carolina Beaufort- entitled One University, Two Campuses to the honorary degree recipients, Emory Shaw Campbell and Colden Rhind Battey Jr.
Emory Shaw Campbell reflected on the growth of USCB as an institute of change as he delivered the commencement speech. He encouraged the new graduates to be receptive of others' cultural values as their ability to work with others will ultimately enable them to serve others.
Top graduates from each academic program were honored earlier in the day. Stasha Spencer, Early Childhood Education graduate, will be working at three Beaufort County elementary schools teaching ESOL classes. Michael Powell came to USCB to be a biology major so he could apply to medical school, but found his passion in medical research alongside his mentor and professor Dr. Eric Montie. Powell now plans to earn his MD/PhD. Lee Fair maintained a perfect 4.0 in the rigorous major of Computational Science. Amanda Morgan tutored over 100 of her fellow business students during the course of 3 years, leading them to success in the classroom. Carolyn Roberts was known as the "mother" of the business program, taking a very active role in the business club. English major Stefny Ankney manages USCB's Facebook site and completed a thesis on the Bronte sisters that is being used as a model for a future honors program in the USCB English department. Her classmate Luke Kerr-Dineen did an internship at USA Today and is doing second one at Newsweek & the Daily Beast. He was accepted Columbia University in New York and will be earning his Masters in Journalism. Karen Devore researched her history thesis paper at the Library Congress in DC, mentored fellow history students, all while caring for her 2 year-old daughter. Othel Plowden already had a 2-year culinary degree, but came to USCB to earn his baccalaureate degree in Hospitality Management. He raised over $6,000 at a wine dinner he organized. The funds enabled USCB Hospitality students to attend professional conferences. Sarah Legg has vast experience in banking, but felt a calling to earn a degree in Human Services. She is currently getting certified in grant writing and plans to earn her Masters degree. Liberal Studies major, Brandon wells came to USCB after serving his country in the military. Within days of graduation, Wells will be taking his family to Liberty University where he will earn his Masters in Divinity to become a pastor. Christopher Roach had a dream of owning an organic restaurant, where the food is grown on site. He majored in Liberal Studies, taking classes in business, ethics, and hospitality. After graduation, he is going to Ashley, N.C. where he already has a location, making his dream a reality. Amanda Henry already had a BA in Journalism and Communications from USC, but felt a calling to be nurse and has now earned her BSN. Bluffton High School alumni Jennifer Dolin came to USCB with the intent of later transferring, but stayed at USCB to major in psychology because of the strong relationships she had with her professors; she has been accepted to the University of Massachusetts for a graduate program in counseling. Christine Brown is the first Sociology major to graduate from USCB and has plans to become a social worker or work with an adoption agency. Merril Alshizer already had a secure government job, but decided to get her BA in Spanish, as "speaking Spanish is now a necessity in any government work." Payton Frazier received the Studio Art award for her superb artistic talents and dedication in the classroom.
Harris Pastides, President of the University of South Carolina presided over the commencement ceremony.


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Twins Snap Skid With Win Over Sox Thursday
The Twins snapped a five game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Chicago White Sox Thursday night. The game began at 9:15 pm after a lengthy rain delay.
Josh Willingham's solo home run gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, but rookie starting pitcher Yohan Pino gave the lead back in the top of the third on a two-RBI single from Connor Gillaspie.
Pino settled down after that and ended up going seven innings while allowing just the two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and one walk issued. However, Pino received a no-decision for his effort.
The Twins tied the game at two in the bottom of the third on a Joe Mauer RBI single, then took the lead on a Mauer double in the bottom of the eighth that plated shortstop Danny Santana.
Minnesota hosts the White Sox again Friday night. Hector Noesi will start for Chicago against Minnesota's Ricky Nolasco.


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A. The NetApp F85 is an entry-level product that differs from NetApp's F700 series in several ways. First, Dell is actually the NetApp F85's OEM, although the product runs NetApp's Data ONTAP OS. NetApp is known for its hardware, but the OS is the component that completes any NAS server. Data ONTAP is widely compatible and permits configurations such as NTFS formatting. Differences among NAS server OSs can be as great as differences among PC OSs, and Data ONTAP has significant benefits.
Second, the NetApp F85 is SCSI-based rather than fibre-based. If you want to switch to the vendor's F700 series fibre boxes later, NetApp will provide a trade-in value for the F85, but you'll still need to migrate data from the old unit to the new unit. However, being SCSI-based doesn't adversely affect performance—the NetApp F85 outperforms the NetApp F720 and NetApp F740.
The NetApp F85 is currently limited to about 400GB of usable disk space. Connection options include support for 10/100 Ethernet switches and Gigabit Ethernet. The NetApp F85 also supports file-level security and Active Directory (AD) integration. A fully populated rack-mounted server costs about $50,000.
Your other choice, the PowerVault 735N, runs embedded Windows 2000 Server, so the product supports AD integration, file-level security, journaling, disk quotas, file sharing and locking, and most of the other functions you'd expect from a standalone Win2K server. The PowerVault 735N supports UNIX access through NFS emulation. The primary drawback to this emulation will be performance loss.
The Dell product ships with 144GB of disk space, which you can expand to as much as 1.44TB through the addition of an optional RAID card and as many as three Dell PowerVault 210S SCSI expansion cabinets (each cabinet supports as much as 432GB). Like the NetApp product, the PowerVault 735N can support a single or dual 10/100 Ethernet switch or a Gigabit Ethernet interface. Pricing starts at $10,000 and can scale to upwards of $50,000 if you opt for the maximum storage.
In a mixed Win2K, Windows NT, and UNIX environment such as yours, the NetApp F85's OS might make that product the better choice. Of course, other variables (e.g., warranty, the applications you use, cost, performance) will affect your final decision. (For a comparative review of several other NAS servers, see John Green, "Network Attached Storage," May 2001.)


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Akai MPC Family History
Akai MPC Family History
It kicked off a whole new style of production and beat making in the late eighties with New School hip hop. Since then it's been embraced by producers and musicians from almost every genre (well, it's still not too popular with orchestras).
|Sample Rate
|Sampling Time
|Storage Method
|Who's Using This MPC?
|12-bit 40 kHz
|(13.1 sec) / (26.2 sec)
|DJ Shadow famously assembled his spectacular debut album 'Endtroducing' on an MPC60
|12-bit 40 kHz
|(13.1 sec) / (26.2 sec)
|DJ Premier is still rocking an MPC60 MkII, twenty years after helping define the sound of hip hop.
|16-bit 44.1 kHz
|(22 sec) / (6 min)
|None other than Dr Dre is a big fan of the MPC and the 3000 has been used on some of his biggest productions
|22 or 44.1 kHz
|6min mono/3min stereo
|22 or 44.1 kHz
|6min mono/3min stereo
|96, 48 or 44.1 kHz, 16 or 24 bit
|96min / 64min (16/24 bit)
|Glitchy beat master Prefuse 73 has pushed the MPC to the limit. With all his effects and beatslicing sequenced via MPC.
|44.1 kHz
|136 sec / 24m28sec
|44.1 kHz
|136 sec / 24m28sec
|44.1 kHz
|136 sec / 24m28sec
|For sheer mind blowing abilities it's hard to argue with AraabMuzik as the master of the 2500. Check him out on Youtube.
|44.1 kHz
|The Alchemist has worked with a huge range of artists in a variety of genres, including Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Linkin Park and Morcheeba.
|MPC Renaissance
|up to 24 bit / 96 kHz
|Varies depending on how much RAM your computer has
|Since it's introduction last year the Renaissance has found a home in countless studios. Legendary producers Q-Tip and Pete Rock have made the switch already.
The Renaissance represents something of a departure from the standalone production centre, with so much potential power contained in even basic laptops and the possibilities of integration with other software being too vast to ignore. Always on the cutting edge Akai have also developed interfaces to integrate an MPC with your iPad. So that's many times the computing power and storage space compared to the original MPC60, all in a package you can tuck comfortably into your backpack.
MPC Fly - An MPC For Your iPad
- Compatible with any iPad with 30-pin connector
- Compatible with virtually any Core MIDI app
- Works seamlessly with the iMPC app (sold separately)
- 16 genuine MPC pads, MPC Note Repeat, and MPC Swing
- Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Charges iPad when plugged into wall power
MPC Studio - The Full MPC Experience Made Portable And Very Affordable
If you don't need the full range of I/O and controls offered by the Renaissance then you can still get the complete MPC experience from the MPC Studio. Big LCD screen, MPC pads and full control over sequencing, sampling and effects it's all here for a fraction of the cost of the original MPC60 (with considerably more than 26 seconds sampling time available on your PC).
MPC Studio - Hooks Up To Your Computer At Home, In The Studio Or On The Go
- Fuses legendary MPC production with the processing power of your computer
- Compact design is less than 1" thin and fits easily into a laptop bag
- MPC SOFTWARE for Mac & PC with 128-track sequencing capability
- 16 backlit genuine MPC pads, legendary MPC workflow & MPC Swing
- USB-powered with low-profile knobs and brushed aluminum body
- Large LCD screen allows you to make tracks without having to look at your computer
- Four touch-sensitive knobs provide enhanced MPC software control
Some of the big names who have been using MPCs for years are making the switch to the new integrated Renaissance and Studio models. Check out hip hop legends DJ Premier & Pete Rock talking shop.


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Informatics in Practice: A Guide for the Perplexed
by Elisabeth Davenport
Elisabeth Davenport is professor of information management in the School of Computing, Napier University, where she leads the social informatics research group. She can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
How does
computerization happen in organizations? Where and when are
decisions made? Who makes them? What are the consequences? Computing
is both a complicated process, involving many actors, devices,
locations and timeframes, and a complex process, as decisions made
at one place and time percolate in unexpected ways through layers of
organization. Though most of us work in this complexity, we rarely
consider the web of larger complications, focusing instead on local
worlds. We leave the big picture or vision to others strategic
planners and designers and if we do not like what they do, we
work around it, modifying their plans in ways that are sometimes
creative (what Fleck (1994) calls learning by trying) and
sometimes destructive.
The dissonance between planning and action is a salient concern in
systems management and systems science. Some analysts seek to
align planning and implementation by undertaking analysis and
modelling the workplace with a high level of control using standard
methodologies. Others attempt to bring users on the ground and
designers together early in the life cycle process using techniques
of participative or user-centred design. Yet others are more
interested in explanation than control they seek to make visible
the social choices that are at work across different levels of
organizational computing and to show how the there and then of
design and procurement appears as the here and now of local
practice. Social informatics, as developed by Kling and his
colleagues, is an approach to describing computerization that falls
into this third category. Though the scope of social informatics is
broad (home computing, teleworking, e-learning, scholarly
communication), the focus in the current article is on workplace or
organizational computing.
Informatics as Practice-Based Research: Workplace Studies
this type of research can be interventionist in intent some
adherents of activity theory, for example, have a strong ethical
commitment to improving systems design much of it is
sociological and seeks to uncover and explain the coupling of
technology and social order. The methods used are rigorous, as the
accounts that are provided by practitioners must be as complete as
possible. Analysts differ in their stance on interpretation, notably
on the issue of generating theory on the basis of categories and
codes that reflect the interpretations and explanations of outside
researchers rather than those in the workplace. (Crabtree and his
colleagues (2000) show why this issue is important in their
discussion of ethnography and ethnomethodology.)
Some analysts assert that externally imposed codes cannot
reveal the social order of an observed workplace and that reliable
ethnographers will thus present instances of the achievement of
social order, not interpretations, as instances are all that can be
realistically achieved and all that is required. Other analysts seek
patterns in the fieldwork (see the 2001 text by Martin and his
colleagues) or use frameworks and models that support theorizing.
Social informatics typically works with explanatory
frameworks: two of these frameworks, technology
action frames and the
ecology of games are discussed in the following section.
framework for reflecting on organizational computing was first
presented by Kling and Scacchi in 1982 (as the web
of computing) and persists more or less intact across the
subsequent development of a body of social informatics empirical
work at the University of California at Irvine, Indiana University
and elsewhere (see the Irvine and Indiana websites at http://crito.uci.edu/si
and www.slis.indiana.edu).
The framework supports observations at different levels of
organization and provides examples of categorization and coding
structures that allow connections to be made across the levels, as
is common in many qualitative research studies. However, social
informatics recognition of a historical dimension is distinctive
observations on relationships are not confined to current
vignette illustrating this practice can be found in a Kling and
Iacono (1994) study of a municipal computing system in Riverville,
which was not performing as specified, according to local
administrators, but which was presented as a success by those higher
up. Using a specific social informatics framework (the technology action frame), Kling and Iacono unravel the history of
the project and offer the following explanation: the systems
primary value was in enhancing the welfare agencies image when
they dealt with Federal funders and auditors and that local
administrators gained substantial advantage by keeping the story
of its administrative value alive. In a later version (1998),
this explanation is presented as a computerization pattern: When
new understandings become part of local discourse they often remain
local, rather than being widely circulated across other
organizations and social settings
It is for this reason that
public discourse about new technologies and the technological frames
embedded in them can remain relatively stable and misrepresent
actual practice for long periods of time. Such generalization
from repeated instances is common in the work of Kling and his
colleagues, and it acts as a means of validation for social
informatics research.
noted above, the social informatics approach begins with a view of
the here and now, often (though not always) in Kling's papers,
a problematic here and now framed in terms of a standard
(de-humanizing) model of organizational systems. The local and
immediate is explored by asking those concerned about their issues
and concerns. This opening frame is the entry point to an
exploration of how things got to be how they are. A second
frame addresses this local where and when in terms of what
Kling and Scacchi refer to as the production lattice, a
complex of interests, alliances, negotiations and power-plays that
are realized across a period of time.
The outcome of these factors is a material installation the
computing that raises issues and concerns among those who work
in it. Design and implementation is the topic of a further frame
infrastructure the invisible element of computing in
organizations (until it breaks), whose where and when are
hidden to many of the actors and are often the purview of a
specialist caste such as the IS or IT department. A fourth frame
considers the macro level of sectoral and societal rhetorics and
ideologies and concepts of normative technologies, which shape what
organizations think they ought to install and thus shape the
material practices of infrastructure by promoting, for example, some
standards (and their associated vendors) over others or some lines
of public investment over others. As noted at the start of this
article, decisions made at this level may percolate down to a
here and now and transform it into something puzzling and
Social Informatics Frame Work in Organizations
The term frame
has been used liberally in the previous sections, and it may be
helpful at this point to consider where and how this concept unfolds
in Kling and Iaconos work. The technology action frame
draws both on work by Orlikowski and Gash (1994) on technology
frames and on the notion of the collective action frame
elaborated in social movement research. Social movement research
embraces more than grievances, and framing (the seminal text here is
Goffman, 1974) and ideology are now salient concerns. Frames,
according to Snow (2004), are a useful unit of analysis for
practitioners and researchers. They accommodate multiple levels of
inquiry and involve a range of techniques to analyze different
factors that affect the dynamics of social movements, such as
political opportunity, discursive fields, opportunity structures and
narrative identity. These factors influence the process of frame
articulation, or the connection and coordination of events,
experiences and strands of one or more ideologies so that they hang
together as a kind of collective packaging device that assembles and
collates slices of observed, experienced and/or recorded reality.
The selective reporting of positive outcomes in project reports,
even in the face of alternative accounts, is an instance of such
frame articulation. When accumulated, such accounts are an important
element in the alignment of those who make high-level decisions for
technology policy.
is thus not difficult to map frame analysis onto the
web-of-computing model. Issues and concerns can be explained
in terms of personal frames, while the production lattice can be
described in terms of collective framing. An important insight from
social movement theory is that frames are power tools and that a
dominant frame depends on/allows the mobilization of resources and
the recruitment of bystanders. Where frames collide,
computerization will falter, and attempts to resolve conflicts in
such cases may have surprising outcomes.
An alternative social informatics model for theorizing about
organizational computing is the ecology of games (Dutton,
1999). From this perspective, technology is the outcome of a number
of competing strategies. These strategies reflect the struggles of
interest groups at different levels of organization to ensure that
their interests are conserved in what is installed. A technology
configured at one level of organization may be re-configured
differently at another to ensure that local interests are protected.
The systemic adjustment of resources, actors and activities is
ongoing, and choices are made on the basis of social outcomes rather
than technical efficiency. An important dimension of social
informatics is to explore where and when such games are played.
Concepts such as frames
and games suggest a range of activities and actors that goes far beyond
the simple tool and user models of conventional
technical analysis. Kling and his colleagues indeed propose a number
of alternatives to the traditional language of computing: social
actor (Lamb and Kling, 2003), socio-technical
interaction networks, guilds
and truth regimes terms they suggest have higher resolving power than users
or user groups.
Social Informatics as Organizational Practice
paper so far has discussed social informatics as a research approach
that is embedded in practice and has shown how the world of practice
feeds the explanations that are developed (and sometimes
co-developed with practitioners) by researchers. But can
non-academic practitioners easily use the social informatics
framework in their workplaces? Managers and non-academic
practitioners often ask if this approach is for academic researchers
only and want to know what it can offer a manager or a designer or a
practitioner that will improve their experience of technology. The
answer is simple: social informatics provides a way of extending
your field of vision with multiple points of view and of
categorizing what you see that allows the consequences of
technological choices to be traced across the different frames. The
social informatics framework draws attention to actions, events,
people and processes that are often ignored and allows explanations
to be pursued and critical paths to be identified. It can thus
support more realistic efforts in design and post-implementation
development in organizations.
level of effort involved is a common second question. The time and
effort to acquire relevant data and analyze it are no greater than
those required in the one-off traditional approaches to
organizational analysis that are mentioned at the start of this
article. These vary, of course, in style and purpose. Formal
approaches to computer design such as structured systems analysis
and design, for example, require considerable investment of time in
the design and implementation of interview or questionnaire
protocols. User-centered design approaches such as contextual design
and use-case modelling require those involved to undertake extensive
grounded observation and derive actionable abstractions of processes
from them. More sustained approaches to analysis that involve
ongoing performance measurement like the Balanced Score Card (which
has some structural resemblances to the social informatics framework
described above) make heavy demands on data-gatherers at all levels
of organization. Though the effort involved is not trivial,
practitioners can thus be reassured that social informatics is not
unusually effortful.
some practitioners, social informatics accounts appear to be
after-the-event analyses that work in a similar way to
existing review techniques such as failure analysis. This view
assumes that social informatics is undertaken as a one-off or
infrequent activity whose costs can be set against measurable
benefits. But this is a misperception, as social informatics is not
a diagnostic or benchmarking technique offering recipes for success
or failure. Though the
approach does draw on company history and experience of computing,
the past is invoked to allow you to understand how technological
choices tend to be made in your organization and how these lead to
the outcomes that characterize technology in your work. But the key
point is to remember that ICT has unintended consequences.
Practitioners thus need to develop a habit of mind, a sense of
sustained technological realism that does not raise false hopes when
systems are installed. This discipline will leave them less
vulnerable to the utopian accounts of planners and vendors and
policy-makers. The social informatics framework can thus be seen as
a form of grounded risk analysis.
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While I was baking Christmas cookies in mid-December (oh, good, here's another broken one!), my thoughts suddenly turned to Lent. Clearly I was en route to surpassing the average 1.4 pounds we Americans gain during the Christmas holiday season. So in a perverse sort of way, while munching my way toward Ordinary Time, I thought about Lent-and its benefits.
I've never been too keen on fasting. This, of course, is not my fault. It is the fault of the bishop of Ft. Wayne/South Bend, Ind. When I was in college,long ago, fasting daily for the entire season of Lent was required of all Catholics who had reached their 21st birthday. Unless you were a Notre Dame man. In those days, N.D. was a guy place, and the students were dispensed from fasting. Now on the other side of Lake Michigan, we Rosary (now Dominican) College womenhaving certain knowledge that we were put on earth to save the souls of Notre Dame menhad to fast. We were incensed that the bishop chose to make our mission even more challenging. Besides, it didn't seem fair. Oh, the archbishop of Chicago dispensed us on St. Patrick's Day, andif you had connections to the right parishesSt. Joseph's Day, but for 40 days and 40 nights we fasted. Not perkily, I must add.
Following the Second Vatican Council, canonical fasting throughout the entire 40 days of Lent fell out of favor. Suddenly we were supposed to implement a new model. The intent was to guide us to a more mature approach to penance, but the practice took on the secular zeitgeist: self-improvement. We began giving up alcohol, cigarettes, junk food, soda pop. As part of this new model of penance, we were encouraged to perform positive actions in place of the old-fashioned denial of food, but giving up seemed to be the dominant trait of our practical religious heritage.
Over the years, this made for some creative Lents. Once I gave up Talbot's Outlet Store. Two years ago I gave up day trading. While mention of these self-denials generally gets smiles and an occasional Are you serious? the contemporary model of Lent has taught me that six weeks is enough time to break a habit. (Just look at my wardrobe and my portfolio.)
But I'm thinking about retro, pre-Vatican II fasting again, and not just because of the Christmas cookies. Well, that's not quite accurate. While baking for the great feast of Christmas, it occurred to me that there is something lacking in current Lenten practices. For one thing, they deny us the concept of feast.
Consider the person who gives up alcohol or gambling. He is not likely to go out on a celebratory binge on Easter Sunday. Or, in my own experience, when I gave up Talbot's, I wasn't standing in front of the store waiting for the doors to open on Easter Monday. I found that after a six-week vacation I had lost interest. This is not to say there is nothing redeeming in the behavior-modification kind of fast. There is, if it is done in the right spirit, the one called mortification. Yet even then, you have to admit it misses something when it comes to the feast. Fast/feast. They go together. Yin/yang. One is not really complete without the other.
Just for fun, I looked up pre-Vatican II regulations on fasting. (I know, I need a life.) I was mildly surprised to discover there wasn't much discussion of feast. The burden of measuring (I can remember my grandmother weighing out her food), figuring out when a liquid was nourishment and fasting under the absolute norm versus relative norm were the focal points of the law. (I also came across an interesting piece of trivia. Our present rule to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday was considered the minimum required under the wartime faculty ofdispensation that Pope Pius XII gave to bishops of the Latin Rite during World War II. Now there's some food for thought.)
Anyway, back to the idea of feast. But first some thoughts on hunger.
One of our friendly local creative-penance-giving confessors told me a few months ago to meditate on the Magnificat (just why is between the two of us.) In the translation I have of this passage from Luke's Gospel, there is a line that says, He has filled the hungry with good things.... What does this mean? Those who live from hand to mouthas the vast majority of people in Our Lady's time, and even in our world todaycertainly know. Yet you and I probably never have known what it is like to be truly hungry for food. I, for example, tend to confuse hunger with a regular craving for Fritos. But does the fact that we know where our next meal is coming from mean we cannot experience real hunger? Do we have other hungers? What are they? Have we identified them? Confronted them?
I have been thinking that the hunger that comes from fasting from food could serve as a metaphor for that real, spiritual hunger I havethe one I find so difficult to name. Fasting could be a vehicle for getting my attention so I can see it. Name it. Reach for it. Embrace it.
To enjoy a genuine feast, we must come to the table hungry. Otherwise the feast is reduced to a rote rituallike that of a young couple faced with having to consume two Christmas dinnersone at her folks' and one at his. In the words of the Magnificat, God has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. The rich simply were not hungry.
I'm not certain how I will observe this Lent penitentially. Am I readyreally, really readyto fast in the proper spirit for the entire season? In wrestling with this, I must keep my focus on the objective: to learn that my hungers, whatever they may be, will be satisfied only by the Feast.


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A special field memorial will be erected at Idlewild Cemetery on Monday to honor World War veterans who are now succumbing to old age at a rate of 2,000 per day.
The Memorial Day tribute is reminiscent of markers that were put up by mass graves on the battlefields of Europe where 407,318 military personnel died between 1939-45.
"It's important on this day to thank and honor our veterans, but we really need to do that every day," said Linda Adams, Hood River's veteran affairs officer.
American Legion Post No. 22 Commander Denny Leonard said it was a common practice during both World War I and II for soldiers to stand the weapon of their fallen comrade above his burial site. His dogtags, hat and boots were then placed around the gun to register the identity of the deceased.
Leonard said the field memorial in Hood River will pay respect not only to war dead — but to their brothers and sister who are currently in harm's way around the globe.
"We are supporting our people in life and in death," Leonard said.
He and Adams believe that the Oregon National Guard, made up of "citizen soldiers," should construct the memorial because of their strong local presence. They said it will be only one of many diverse duties of the Guard, which is increasingly being deployed to meet military, security and emergency demands. After the field remembrance is raised, floral tributes will be placed around it by the Legion and both Parkdale Post No. 6987 and Hood River Post 1479 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The floral wreaths presented by area service organizations and community businesses and individuals will be set up as usual around the base of the Veteran's Monument.
The National Guard plays a strong role in several aspects of the May 26 ceremony, with a Color Guard leading Boy Scouts, veterans and community members in a parade. Marchers will leave the Down Manor parking lot at 9:45 a.m. and travel through the north gate of the cemetery. During the program, the Color Guard will provide a rifle salute to America's military while air units take wing with a flyover.
The Mistress of Ceremonies, Eva Summers, is also a retired member of the Guard. The Parkdale native is an Air Force veteran who was deployed while in the West Virginia Guard and sent to the Middle East during Desert Storm. After greeting the audience, Summers will introduce Dan Brophy of Pointman Ministries, who will lead the invocation before the construction of the field memorial. Once the floral tributes have been placed, keynote speaker Robert Neiman will take the podium. The Brookside Manor resident is a World War II veteran with the United States Air Force and currently presides over six vespers services a week and a prison ministry. He has authored six books and holds two doctoral degrees.
Following Neiman's message, the Hood River Valley High School Band will play the National Anthem and Mark Anthony, also of Pointman Ministries, provides the benediction.
World War II veteran and VFW member Leonard Porterfield then gives recognition to the 11 new markers placed along the "Walk of Honor." For the third year, County Commission Chair Rodger Schock volunteered his time to erect testimonials along the "Scattered Ashes" pathway to the Monument. Adams said there are now 33 plaques submitted by families of service men and women who have been cremated and do not have gravestones elsewhere.
Schock is among the list of individuals Adams plans to thank for their "behind the scenes" contributions. After her comments and the rifle salute, taps will be played by the high school band during the placement of poppy wreaths.
Because the field memorial has replaced the traditional white crosses on the cemetery lawn, Adams said the Legion Junior Auxiliary will lay poppies — the red flower symbolizing blood spilled on the battlefield — next to each of the Walk of Honor markers only.
This year several area Boy Scout Troops will also provide help with both Memorial Day preparations and the official program.
Adams said these young men have signed on to set up flags at area cemeteries and then help with placement of the floral wreaths at the ceremony.
She said it is very appropriate to have the next generation of citizens paying tribute to those who have come before them to guard their liberties and freedoms.
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Revenue Projections Drop By Almost $1b A Month
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party
The Governments tax forecasts for 2012 – 2016 have dropped by almost $1 billion a month since the election, highlighting its failure to boost growth and create jobs, says Labours Finance spokesperson David Parker.David
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30 January 2013 MEDIA STATEMENT
Revenue Projections Drop By Almost $1b A Month
The Government's tax forecasts for 2012 – 2016 have dropped by almost $1 billion a month since the election, highlighting its failure to boost growth and create jobs, says Labour's Finance spokesperson David Parker.
"Since the election the Government's tax forecasts have dropped by $1 billion a month. That's no surprise when you've got 7.3 per cent unemployment. There are 175,000 people who can't pay taxes because they're looking for jobs, in addition to the 180,000 who have left for Australia under National's watch.
"The worst growth rate for any Government in 50 years means businesses aren't making enough profits to pay much tax.
"The best way to get the Government's books into surplus is to raise tax revenue by getting businesses growing and Kiwis working. National simply isn't doing enough."
David Parker today issued an update to Labour's Economic Road Test for the Government, highlighting National's failure to deliver on its promises.
"National has given up on its hollow promises.
"With 175,000 people looking for work and no extra jobs created last year it has clearly failed in its promise to created 170,000 new jobs. The 180,000 Kiwis who have left for Australia in the last four years are a mockery of John Key's promise that we wouldn't have to wave goodbye to our young ones.
"National's economy faces serious problems. Unemployment is at 13-year highs, growth is stagnating and we have a $10 billion external deficit, which is worse than every developed country bar Greece.
"Kiwis want real and innovative solutions to the serious problems facing this country. It's time for a hands-on government, one that is committed to jobs and growth," says David Parker.
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There was disbelief in France as news broke from the Liberty Stadium, and that was even before any mention of ballboys, time-wasting or rushes of blood had filtered through. The very fact that Eden Hazard had been sent off was implausible given that, back in Ligue 1, they remember the Belgian as a scintillating talent with a lightning burst of pace who carried all before him while at Lille and, as a result, was the most fouled player in French football. He has traditionally been on the receiving end of indiscipline not instigated it.
This is a 22-year-old with no on-field "previous". The most cautions he had accrued in a domestic season across the Channel was three and it is hardly as if the Premier League has transformed him. Prior to events in the 78th minute in Swansea he had been booked only once for Chelsea, in stoppage time at Carrow Road on Boxing Day for a foul on Russell Martin as Chelsea attempted to close out the game. His is, in short, an exemplary record for a player who has drawn his fair share of desperate fouls from flustered opponents over the years. He is simply not a volatile performer prone to losing his rag, which made his reaction in South Wales seem out of character. It was exceptional and anything but evidence of a simmering temper.
All of which rather tallies with the testimonies, largely expressed on Twitter, offered up by fellow professionals from Michael Owen to Joey Barton to Rio Ferdinand, suggesting they can empathise with the sight of Hazard's patience snapping when Charlie Morgan flopped on to the ball and refused to let Chelsea play. The Belgian should, of course, have protested to the referee, Chris Foy, who would presumably have barked instructions to the teenager to surrender the ball to the City goalkeeper, Gerhard Tremmel, and resume the game. The official might even have suggested adding on some extra time at the end, given the 17-year-old's antics. But the desperate nature of Chelsea's game of catch-up rather clouded Hazard's mind. "Of course he was upset the ballboy was not throwing the ball back to him quicker," said Tremmel. "But you can't react like that. That was unprofessional."
The Belgian acknowledged as much immediately afterwards with his apology but, even if all parties should shudder in embarrassment in the cold light of day, he remains convinced he had made contact solely with the ball. All that rolling around and clutching of ribs was playacting. The hope is that this will not leave an indelible mark on Hazard's image: his sponsors are apparently unconcerned, believing the furore will blow over quickly enough.
The Belgian has enjoyed some dazzling displays in his first season in English football and endured some lulls too, not least in the onset of winter when his form fizzled out with that of the side. But this is his first taste of life outside the French league and, on the basis that leeway has to be given for adjustment even to players who cost £32m, it has been promising.
His problem, perhaps, is that he arrived with a lofty reputation. In Belgium there has been occasional criticism that he has been unable to illuminate the national team as he did with Lille, where he was established as the creative hub around which the side revolved. People remember the footage of him eating a hamburger outside the stadium having been substituted at half-time during a Euro 2012 qualifier and might raise their eyes rather more than the French to hear controversy has flared up again. Yet with Lille he only excelled: Hazard was Ligue 1's young player of the season twice and player of the season twice and was the youngest ever to win that second accolade.
Last season's exploits in particular, when he plundered goals at will while also supplying a conveyor belt of assists, caught the eye of the Premier League's elite as well as Real Madrid. When Zinedine Zidane suggests he would "sign him with my eyes close" it is an indication of natural talent. He enjoyed the attention the auction for his services generated, dropping tantalising hints on his own Twitter account which culminated in the definitive "I'm signing for the Champions League winners".
He is still learning and, given his progress to date, there will surely be further improvement in the years ahead. He is certainly used to the pressure. "People expect so much from Eden," reflected his Belgium team-mate, the Aston Villa forward Christian Benteke. "He will forever have to do more than the others but he relishes the challenge. Eden dares to try things and is not afraid to face up to his responsibilities." The hope is that the teachers' son will be aware of those even more acutely in the wake of his brush with a ballboy.


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At the moment, we are a web design shop. We work with local designers and advertising agencies to complete these projects. However, this may change in the future because we are working on a more innovative (software as a service) in comparison to the standard web page/CMS combination. The target audience stays the same: web designers and small advertising agencies.
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In general there are a lot of old and traditional companies in this group. This doesn't mean that we want to maintain a similar image - on the contrary we want to be modern and to stick out of the mass like a colored dog :)
2. We want to appeal to web designers and small advertising agencies. The idea here is, that we supply the technology and the and web designer/advertising agency can fully focus on layout, content and customer relations.
The second group is more important to us.
The company's full name is "ProActive GmbH" - note that it is intentionally written using CamelCase. The abbreviation GmbH basically means the same as Ltd. in the UK and should probably not be part of the logo.
We need the logo in a standard vector-based format in order to use it on our website, business cards, stationary and various other advertising materials such as screen-casts or email newsletters.
There are no restrictions regarding color, shape and so on. The logo should just look good on screen as well as in (offset-)print.
The logo should communicate:
- Modern, New Ideas, Open-Minded Company
- State Of The Art Technologies and Products
- Stylish, but not too much fun
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As one who is not only a fan, but someone who would give his right arm to be on The Amazing Race, a question occurred to me about the racers and their travelling times and 12 hour rest periods?Driving home from work early one morning (1:00 am to be specific), I felt myself dozing, so I turned up the radio that was already on. This leads me to my question. Are the racers aloud to bring with them CD's and/or MP3 players to listen to while driving, flying, or just chilling after the leg ends? It would seem to me that they could, as long as their were no internet access or GPS services with the device. And, of course, I am sure thatthey have shown the contestants wearing earphones before. I just don't recall it. And, I can't see the producers saying no to CD's in the car, especially if it is nighttime driving and you need something to keep you awake and focused on the road.
No radio restrictions on our race. As a matter of fact, I blasted the stereo on the leg from LeMans to Marseille to keep myself awake. Dave and crew complained it was too loud. I told them to drive. No more complaining. Some folks brought CD's and a portable player.
One other thing...where can I find seasons 3, 4 and 5?
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The Alpinist has a opinion sort of piece about what a circus and how expensive it is.I'd have to say I can't believe they stick it to you at 17 bucks a day for access. At least a climbing gym has bathrooms that they paid for not the ACCESS FUND.
Climbers pay more than hikers, bike riders, and monkey spankers. Why do they screw the climbers? Because they can.
Quote from: frik on October 19, 2012, 03:02:37 pmClimbers pay more than hikers, bike riders, and monkey spankers. Why do they screw the climbers? Because they can.In terms of public land (state and federal) hunters and fishermen pay the lions share. Climbers, hikers, bike riders, birders, etc are a mere drop in the bucket. I realize the discussion is about the Gunks and it is not true public land, but I did want to make the point.
But in regards to public land (state/federal) are hunters and fisherman hopefully walking away with something?
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CHICAGO, Ill. (July 10, 2013) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Wednesday that the club has signed Jamaican defender Shaun Francis from USL-PRO side Charlotte Eagles. The 26-year-old will be added to the Fire's roster pending receipt of his P1 Visa. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Shaun is a player that we've had our eye on for some time," said Chicago Fire President of Soccer Operations Javier Leon. "He is a strong, powerful defender with experience in MLS and will provide additional depth along our backline."
Francis joins the Fire after starting the 2013 season with the Charlotte Eagles. Francis signed with the USL-PRO side on March 27, 2013 and has scored three goals and added two assists in 12 matches.
The 6'0" defender was selected in the fourth round (63rd overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew after a standout collegiate career at Lindsey Wilson. In three years with the Blue Raiders, Francis made 61 appearances while scoring seven goals and nine assists, captaining the team to the 2009 NAIA National Championship.
Hailing from Mandeville, Jamaica, Francis earned his first cap for the Reggae Boyz in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago on Oct. 10, 2010 and scored his first international goal against Guadeloupe on Nov. 29, 2010. Since his debut, Francis has five caps and one goal to his credit.
The Fire welcome Liga MX champions Club America in an International Friendly presented by TrueCar at Toyota Park on Wednesday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. CT (ESPN2/ESPN Deportes). Tickets for the match are available by calling 888-MLS-Fire, by visiting www.Chicago-Fire.com or Ticketmaster. The international friendly will serve as Bonus Game 1 in the Fire Season Ticket and Ten Game packages. The first 5,000 fans in the gates will receive a TrueCar car magnet.
Player: Shaun Francis
Position: Defender
Height: 6'
Weight: 165 lbs.
Born: October 2, 1986
Hometown: Mandeville, Jamaica
Citizenship: Jamaica
Status: International
Last Club: Charlotte Eagles (USL-PRO)
How Acquired: Signed on July 10, 2013
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In his new memoir, Salman Rushdie recounts, in the third person, his upbringing as a secular muslim trying to understand his religion, as well as living under fatwa, a period when he says he discovered his own resilience. Jeffrey Brown talks to the author about recent clashes over free speech and Islamic ideology.
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Computational methods are a tool that is used in virtually all areas of science. This one-day workshop aims to entice Perimeter researchers from different areas to discuss the computational tools they use in their everyday work -- even when research fields differ, computational methods are often similar. At Perimeter, researchers employ a wide range of algorithms ranging from traditional number-crunching to novel graph processing methods, and these may be implemented either in large, collaborative codes, or in exploratory Maple/Mathematica/Python scripts.
We invite participants from all areas of research at Perimeter. Presentations should aim to give an overview of the computational methods they employ, without requiring in-depth knowledge of a particular field. This workshop also aims to create a user community for the new computing hardware available at Perimeter.


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We spent the day riding Starting Line Product's new Mohawk ski on our 2014 Summit 800 163 yesterday. Here's what we think.
Design: The SLP Mohawk is a hybrid of the Straight Line Tracking (SLT) ski and the Powder Pro ski. The bottom of the ski and the center keel mimic the SLT design, while the Powder wing and vertical side walls are derived from the Powder Pro. The powder wing is not as pronounced as the Powder Pro, and the tail of the ski tapers in where the Powder Pro squares off.
The Mohawk is nearly an inch wider than the Powder pro, but half a pound lighter per ski. This comes from a new injection mold with tighter tolerances.
Additionally, the Mowhawk has more flexibility than both the SLT and Powder Pro, allowing it to absorb bumps and impacts better and act as part of the front end's suspension.
The Mohawk features a new grab handle that is extremely resilient and flexible. The loop can be bent, twisted, pulled on and ran over and it will spring back to its original shape.
The Mohawk has aggressive traction ridges on top of the ski for stepping onto when you're climbing out of a hole or moving around on the sled. They're also the reason for the ski's name.
The Mohawk uses the same saddles and wear bars as previous SLP skis.
Preformance: This is purely a mountain riding review based on the Ski-Doo Summit XM. We're comparing the Mowhawk to the stock Summit ski on this particular review, although we'll through in a few comments about the Powder Pro mainluy because of its popularity out West.
OEM skis have become narrower in recent years. Arctic Cat's M ski and Ski-Doo's Summit ski are good examples. The idea is to allow the inside ski to cut into the snow on sidehills, so the rider isn't having to lift so much of the outside weight. This design obviously gives up a lot of flotation.
Also, if you look at the Summit's ski, notice how flat it is, how there's no lip on the outer edges, and how square the keel is.
Compare that to the Mohawk. The keel and base of the ski has a rocker shape to it. The outer edges have turned-down lips, and the keel is a little more of a V-shape. Also, the outer sides of the ski have verticle walls beneath the powder wings. All of these design attributes make for a good mountain/sidehilling ski.
The Mohawk's width makes it float extremely well, while the rocker base keeps it from feeling like a wide ski. There are three edges that can hold onto snow on a sidehill, compared to the Summit's ski which has only the center keel. Also, the edges of the Summit's ski can slice into the snow, offering no lateral support when the sled is tipped on its side into a sidehill.
The sides of the Mohawk provide an edge that rides on snow and gives the rider a little extra control on sidehills. Much the way the Powder Pro ski does. However, the Mohawk's tail section has what we would call a less aggressive profile. It's an easier ski to steer sidehills with.
On trails, hard snow or just on non-sidehilling, climbing situations, the Mohawk has a very predictable-yet-positive feel to it. Compared to the Summit's ski, the Mohawk offers much more control and traction in cornering. Where the stock ski will push and slide out, the Mohawk takes a better bite in the snow. But not as aggressive as a Powder Pro. Again, the SLT-inspired bottom design is a little more rider-friendly on hard snow. These skis really are the best of both worlds.
The Mohawk ribs on the top of the ski are great boot traction. If you can't figure out why skis need traction on top of the ski, go find 8 feet of snow, get stuck next to a tree, step off and sink up to your belly and try to climb back out of the snow and over to the other side of your snowmobile. You'll understand then.
Up next: We'll try these skis out on a 2014 Arctic Cat M8000 Sno Pro, a 2014 Polaris Pro RMK 800 and a Yamaha Viper XTX.
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Archdiocese of Accra
The Holy Archdiocese of Accra is a diocese under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Its territory includes the parishes and missions located in the nations of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and Gambia.
The missionary origins of the archdiocese date from 1983. The archdiocese was initially established as the Diocese of Ghana by a Patriarchal and Synodal decree in 1997. On November 30, 1999, Bishop Panteleimon was elected the first bishop of Ghana and took up residence in the diocese on January 18, 2000. In 2004, Bishop Damaskinos succeeded him as the diocesan bishop.
On June 26, 2008, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa opened the Seminary of the Holy Metropolis of Ghana to serve the theological education needs of the metropolis.
The Diocese of Ghana was elevated to an archdiocese with the title of Archdiocese of Accra by a Patriarchal decree on October 6, 2009.
Ruling Bishops
- Panteleimon (Lampadarios) 1999 - 2004.
- Damaskinos (Papandreou) 2004-Present.
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1984 Porsche 944 Basic 2.5L normally aspirated from North America
An outstanding car when driven as it was meant to be driven
Oil cooler seals have started to leak.
Pinion gear is starting to growl.
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The key to appreciating almost any 944, is understanding that in order to keep it roadworthy and running as it was meant to perform, it needs to become your new girlfriend.
This is a car that you cannot simply put gasoline into and drive about. It requires constant detailed inspection and attention.
However, there is such an abundance of parts available on the Internet, I honestly believe that you could build one just by ordering all the necessary parts. Unlike most older sports cars, 944 parts can be readily found.
Its design still draws looks. Not that many older sport cars do. Mine was repainted Porsche Guards Red and refitted with 16" Fuchs wheels, and it draws a crowd wherever it is parked.
It can be smoked off the stoplight by just about everything on the road, as it is not a turbo - until the first set of tight curves, and then it shines.
Coming down the steep mountain roads; it just sets itself up; all you have to do is just hang on.
Plus, I am 6'3" and it is very roomy.
Still, after all these years - a sharp looking, road car that is a joy to drive.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
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What about DISCO!?! That is my favirote genre, and I think it should be on there.
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But anyway, there's probably too many genres of music to fit in the poll.
But anyway, favourites would be Jazz, Classical and Pop. Just about any type of music fits into pop.
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I have very eclectic taste in music. First and foremost Electronic dance music of all kinds, because production quality in EDM is usually top priority and not some image in some scene. I also like top 40/pop(many regions-K/J and US of course), rock, hiphop, funk, rap, alternative, RnB, jazz, classical, even country(ZomgZ), video game music(i.e sin waves etc.) I don't even know what I really like because I'm always finding new things to love. Depends who I'm around mostly, I can get into whatever. I just dig the vibrations!
**shameless promotion** for some free J-core mixes! (aka Japanese hardcore) Here... http://waxdj.com/djs/7082/
The top 4 mixes are J-core. Some anime and well known J-pop acts sampled within.
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mine would be a tossup between psychadelic ( both electronic and indie) and classical. thats just me now though, in a few months i may go through a metal phase again. theres nothing i mind as such, except rap with stupid lyrics about stupid things - i do think rap is really good when its good though.
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Gosh, that poll is way too small. And I'm even forced to vote for only one genre! Blasphemy!
A'ight, writing it here will have to do. I'll give a few examples because I'm quite selective about the stuff I listen to.
Classical, Electronic (Depeche Mode), Heavy Metal (Judas Priest only), Chillout, Funky House, Jazz and Rock (Poets of the Fall, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top).
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My favourite genre in music will be rock because most of the songs I like listening to are rock. I do listen to other genres too like Rap, Reggae or Trance but nothing beats rock! ^_^
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As funny as it may sound, I'll have to say Soundtracks. All my life I've listened to anything I wanted without any shame - pop, rap, rock, metal, r&b etc. - but what I really like are those dramatic, touching, powerful or plain fun soundtracks that I can associate with a certain situation or character.
So for instance, right now my playlist consists of something like this:
-Fate/stay night
-Bladerunner (movie)
-and K-ON! soundtrack
Yeah, this isn't exactly a music genre, but you'll agree that this stuff is different than regular music. It's rather meant to emphasize certain moments or scenes so when I listen to it, it's a visual experience as well.
The ones I also like are OSTs from games like Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate 2, Planescape: Torment (though I got kind of sick of those); then there's the "training music" - Dragonball Z american soundtrack, Fight Club's soundtrack...
There are of course, many, many other single tracks from movies, animes or video games.
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1859: Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species." Other scientists had proposed evolutionary theories before but Darwin was the first to work up a detailed case of how natural processes could transform one species into another.
Darwin claimed that even Classes could change – for example, the Class Reptilia could evolve into the Bird Class Aves.
"Where is the fossil proof??" exclaimed doubters. "Where is a transitional fossil that links one Class with another?"
The absence of missing links between Classes bothered Darwin.
Class to Class evolution would have to bridge immense gaps in anatomy and physiology:
- Reptiles are a "Low Class." They're cold-blooded and can't raise their body temperature much without basking in the sun. Birds are hot blooded and have so much metabolic heat that they can keep warm even in the snow.
- Reptiles have scaly skin. Bird skin is clothed in feathers.
- Reptiles have small, weak hearts and lungs. Birds have huge hearts and extremely efficient lungs.
- Reptiles have small brains. Bird brains are gigantic, compared to their body mass.
- Reptiles usually don't spend much time in caring for their young. Birds lavish parental care on their babies.
Before 1861, it was hard to imagine how evolution could remake a reptile and make it into a bird.
Archaeopteryx changed all that. It was a bird because it had the complex flight feathers clearly preserved. Feathers implied hot-bloodedness. And the brain appeared to be bigger than what a typical reptile had. Plus – the hind legs had long, narrow ankles, like a bird's, not the flat-footed feet of a reptile. Archaeopteryx had three main hind toes pointing forward and a smaller toe pointed inward – the bird pattern, not the five-toed hind paw of a typical reptile.
The Archaeopteryx wing had three fingers arranged like a bird's, not five as in most reptiles.
But Archaeopteryx possessed extraordinarily primitive, reptilian features too. The tail had a long line of bony vertebrae. Modern birds have only a short, stubby vertebral column in the tail. Archaeopteryx had the three fingers of the hand separate instead of having the outer two fingers fused together.
Archaeopteryx had big, sharp claws on each of the three fingers instead of the blunt-tipped fingers of typical birds.
And Archaeopteryx had a mouthful of teeth instead of a modern bird's beak.
More evidence of how birds evolved came in 1868. Professor Cope in New Jersey and Professor Huxley and Phillips in Oxford showed that meat-eating dinosaurs had been put together all wrong. Dinosaur legs weren't flat-footed and five-toed. Carnivorous dinosaurs, in fact, had long, slim legs with ankles held high off the ground, and the hind foot had three main toes pointing forward. So these dinosaurs had bird-style legs.
Dinosaurs bridged most of the gap between primitive reptiles and Archaeopteryx. Most progressive paleontologists accepted the theory that Archaeopteryx evolved from a dinosaur.
The case became iron-clad in the 1880's to early 1900's. Excavations in the American West uncovered small meat-eating dinosaurs, like Ornitholestes, that had very long arms that matching those of Archaeopteryx closely. The missing links were no longer missing. A primitive reptile had evolved into a primitive dinosaur which evolved into an advanced meat-eating dinosaur. And that dinosaur had evolved into Archaeopteryx, which in turn evolved into modern birds.
This is your last chance to see Archaeopteryx at HMNS. The exhibit is closing after labor day weekend. Don't miss your chance to see the only Archaeopteryx on display in the Western Hemisphere.


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SUV Deals: June 2014
If you're looking for a new SUV or crossover, our list of SUV deals and incentives is a great place to start. We've rounded up some of the top incentives and special offers on many of today's best new SUVs, and we've listed them below to help you get a good deal.
GMC Terrain
The GMC Terrain is a midsize crossover with 2-row seating and bold styling that helps it stand out from the crowd. In June, the Terrain is offered with three incentives: one for shoppers looking to finance, one for lease shoppers and the last for those who want to pay in full. For qualified drivers looking to finance, GMC is offering 2.9 percent interest for up to 60 months. For lease shoppers, the Terrain SLE is available for 24 months with payments from $199 per month after $2,919 down at lease signing. And for drivers looking to pay with cash, GMC is offering up to $1,000 back on all Terrain models through the end of the month.
Honda Pilot
The midsize Honda Pilot is a V6-powered midsize SUV with standard 3-row seating. In June, the 2014 Pilot is offered with several good lease deals and a low-interest financing offer. For shoppers looking to lease, Honda has two deals available: A base-level Pilot LX starts at $279 per month for 36 months after $2,499 down, while an upscale Pilot EX starts at $309 per month for 36 months after $3,499 down. But it's not all lease deals: Through the end of the month, Honda is also offering 0.9 percent interest for up to 36 months (or 1.9 percent for up to 60 months) for qualified shoppers on all 2014 Pilot models.
Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
The Hyundai Santa Fe Sport is a recently redesigned 2-row midsize crossover that offers bold lines, an excellent interior and impressive crossover capabilities, all for the reasonable starting price of less than $26,000 with shipping. In June, the crossover is also offered with three incentives. For qualified drivers looking to finance, Hyundai is touting 2.9 percent interest for up to 60 months. For drivers interested in paying with cash, Hyundai is offering up to $750 cash back on all Santa Fe Sport models. And for lease shoppers, Hyundai is touting a 36-month term with payments from $249 per month after $3,199 down at lease signing.
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Kia Sportage
The Kia Sportage is a popular compact crossover that competes with mainstays such as the Honda CR-V, Ford Escape and Toyota RAV4. In June, it's an excellent deal thanks to two special offers from Kia: a low-interest incentive for drivers looking to finance and a cash-back deal for drivers paying in full. For qualified shoppers interested in financing, Kia is touting rates as low as 0.9 percent for up to 36 months or 2.9 percent for 60 months -- excellent deals for those who qualify. Drivers who are instead looking to pay in full can also get a good deal: up to $500 cash back on all 2014 Sportage models. That may not seem like much, but it's a big number on a crossover that starts at around $22,000 with shipping.
Mazda CX-9
The Mazda CX-9 is a V6-powered crossover with 3-row seating and an emphasis on sportiness. In June, it's also a good deal thanks to two incentives from Mazda. The first is for qualified shoppers looking to finance: Through the end of the month, Mazda is offering 0 percent interest on all 2014 CX-9 models for up to 60 months. But lease shoppers can get a good deal too, as Mazda is offering the 2014 CX-9 Sport with a 36-month term and payments from $259 per month after $2,949 down at lease signing.
What it means to you: If it's an SUV you're after, our list of today's best SUV deals will help you find a good model at a great price.


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LINCOLN, Neb. — Registrations are now being accepted for a September bus tour of sites featuring no-till crop production, diverse rotations, cover crops and livestock grazing systems.
The Sept. 4-5 Nebraska Cover Crop Bus Tour will visit several research facilities and farms in central Nebraska, each offering a unique look at using cover crops in no-till systems, said Paul Jasa, UNL extension engineer and tour organizer.
The tour will leave from Kearney at 8 a.m. Sept. 4 and return there at 7 p.m. Sept. 5. Topics and stops will include:
– Current crops growing in last year's cover crops
– Cover crops in seed corn production
– Cover crops after wheat harvest
– Cover crops as a companion crop
– Cover crops for grazing or forage
– Green cover seed, near Bladen
– Arrow Seed, Broken Bow
In addition, seasoned no-till farmers, Jasa and Ray Ward, owner of Ward Laboratories in Kearney, will be available on the bus for questions and discussion.
"Some of the best learning comes from the networking with other attendees on the bus," Jasa said.
Registrations are due Aug. 23 and will be limited to the first 50 who apply, with preference given to Nebraskans. The fee is $50 for Nebraska residents and producers, and $100 for non-Nebraskans and covers bus transportation, lodging and meals. There will be an extra charge of $50 for those requesting a single room. Complete details will be emailed to registrants.
To register, mail the registration form available at http://go.unl.edu/covertour_reg
and a check made out to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to Paul Jasa, extension engineer, 202 L.W. Chase Hall, Box 830726, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Neb., 68583-0726. Email/phone registrations and credit cards will not be accepted. No refund will be given for cancellations made after Aug. 27.
The tour is sponsored by UNL Extension, the Nebraska Environmental Trust, Arrow Seed, Aurora Coop, Green Cover Seed and Ward Laboratories.Paul Jasa
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