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The challenge of creating a new healthcare system--one that is integrated, patient-centered, data-driven, delivers coordinated care, fosters continuous improvement and emphasizes value and care outcomes--is extraordinary in its complexity and magnitude, and cannot be achieved simply by adopting new IT systems or implementing new clinical guidelines.
Yes, these are essential tools for better managing healthcare, but innovative technologies and systems facilitate and do not drive large-scale change.
Transformative change starts with leadership. Not a top-down, command and control style of leadership, but rather leadership that sets the course and then recognizes the task ahead demands the institution summon commitment, expertise and experience in support of a shared vision.
This style of leadership is based on collaboration and infuses high levels of teamwork in organizational practices. For this to take place, leadership must first establish a culture that supports and encourages partnership and group effort through processes that are built upon the continuous learning and innovation essential to drive transformative change.
Establishing the New Culture
Change begins at the top. The first and most critical task of any leader is setting the tone for the organization. For any organization to significantly change how it operates, management must establish clear strategic goals and expectations, communicate those strategies to the entire organization and consistently demonstrate its commitment to those strategic goals. Leadership must be able to secure the buy-in of staff, engage them in finding solutions and be willing to hold them accountable for achieving the results.
For example, Craig Samitt, president and CEO of Dean Health System in Wisconsin, has been a strong and effective advocate for change. He has remarked there is "danger in the belief that the status quo will prevail†and has challenged Dean's physicians and entire staff to actively engage the patient in decision making. He also has made great strides in integrating patient satisfaction and service measures alongside quality metrics.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Cente's preventable harm initiative is an instructive example of this strategy. The leadership has clearly articulated a strong commitment to eliminating preventable harm. By embracing this kind of ambitious goal, the hospital sends a clear message that it is unacceptable to think some level of harm is unavoidable. Leadership has radically recast the culture of patient safety at the hospital and reinforces its commitment by announcing hospital defects publicly and regularly reporting on the results.
Encourage Continuous Learning and Improvement
A defining characteristic of modern healthcare is the rapidly accelerating increase in information that is available to clinicians and administrators for delivering care and managing systems. Further, the healthcare reform law includes powerful incentives for driving rapid and continuous innovation. For example, Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program relies on relative standards based on comparisons with other hospitals rather than fixed metrics.
As a result, hospitals need to continuously reduce readmission rates to avoid potential fines. Not only does this goal place a high premium on the need for sophisticated systems to manage the flow of information, it also requires a commitment by the organization to build and incorporate processes for continuous learning, knowledge sharing, innovative change and improvement.
Hospitals, such as Seattle Children's Hospital, have adopted methods including continuous performance improvement (CPI) that empower teams of doctors, nurses and other staff to constantly question how things are done and to recommend operational changes that will improve efficiency. Seattle Children's estimates it has made more than 1,000 procedural changes that together have significantly improved quality and patient satisfaction while reducing costs.
Similarly, Geisinger Health System of Pennsylvania built an "innovation architecture" that engages stakeholders in continuously examining and considering redesign of care models to achieve higher quality, more efficient care. Furthermore, Geisinger encourages care teams and administrators to share this information across disciplines, so best practices diffuse rapidly throughout the organization.
The common ground among healthcare providers who successfully transform how they deliver care is the ability to weave together strong leadership at the top while empowering front-line staff to implement the actual changes necessary to advance strategic goals. These elements of successful leadership require that leaders point the way, allow management to figure out how best to execute the strategic plan and then hold everyone accountable for the results.
Judith D. Bentkover, PhD, is an adjunct professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown Alpert Medical School and the academic development director in the Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership program at Brown University. She also is president and CEO of Innovative Health Solutions, which provides research and strategic analysis to healthcare manufacturers, providers and payers.
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Samsung plans to partner with video rental service Blockbuster to bring a movie streaming services to its 2012 smartphones, Australian website Smarthouse is reporting.
The tech site has supposedly received word from Paul Uniacke, CEO of the Franchise Entertainment Group – who has the rights to the Blockbuster brand in Australia – that Samsung will bring the streaming service to Australia, the US and Europe in the first half of 2012.
Although the deal is yet to be announced, Uniacke lets slip that it will bring movie streaming to Samsung smartphones, tablets and Smart TVs. "It will also result in Blockbuster movies being available on Samsung notebooks and Ultrabooks", the report adds.
Further leaked details reveal that Samsung's Blockbuster partnership will aim to let customers "easily" log into content, pay for it and then "watch or listen to it", suggesting that a pay-as-you-go option will be available, as well as a Netflix-style monthly fee.
"To facilitate the new service, Samsung is rumoured to be developing a new global billing platform that will allow users to sign-up and pay for new media content, helping the Korean manufacturer extend its range of value-added services to better serve its customers across devices", The Next Web explains.
Of course, Samsung is yet to confirm the partnership, but we're expecting to hear more at Mobile World Congress.
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Friday, October 18, 2013
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CEMS Experts offers a wide range of custom solutions for CEMS (Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems), environmental consulting, CEM rentals, sales and service. We are committed to providing our customers with courteous, professional service at cost-effective prices.
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Perillon Software is a leader in EHS Management software, helping global enterprises increase performance, reduce risk, and ensure compliance. Our simplified solutions offer the convenience of mobility, quick and systemized implementation, and intuitive dashboards for instant data visualization. Perillon Software has set a new standard for environmental, health and ...
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The city of Texarkana is dedicated to keeping Arkansas The Natural State by ensuring that water quality is protected from stormwater runoff. City officials are responsible for upholding federal and state laws mandated by the EPA and ADEQ and are determined to enforce the Texarkana, Arkansas stormwater management plan to help contractors and citizens maintain a high water quality standard.
Solutions to Stormwater Polution (.pdf)
Why Stormwater Matters (.pdf)
Easy Things You Can Do Every Day To Protect Our Water (.pdf)
Demolition Work (.pdf)
Stormwater Best Management Practices to Make Your Home a Solution to Pollution (.pdf)
How to reduce stormwater runoff at your home (.pdf)
What is stormwater and how can you help? (.pdf)
Stormwater Brochure Texarkana, Arkansas (.pdf)
Public Awareness Brochure (.pdf)
What can enter a storm drain (.pdf)
City of Texarkana Stormwater Checklist (.pdf)
Stormwater Erosion Flyer (.pdf)
Stormwater Training (.pdf)
A Citizen's Guide to Understanding Stormwater (.pdf)
Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP) (.pdf)
The following links contain helpful information:
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WHEELING- A local garden center's relocation means new shopping and socializing opportunities for the community.
P.J. Lenz and his wife, Nikki, who operate Nicky's Garden Center, are continuing work on the business' relocation from 191 Bethany Pike to 476 Wardens Run Road. Although progress is moving more slowly than expected, there have not been any issues thus far. The relocated garden center is expected to open next winter.
Last October, when Lenz saw the former Hillwood Dairy house was for sale, he asked his wife, "Do we really want to do this now?"
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P.J. Lenz, co-owner of Nicky's Garden Center, imagines the side of the former Hillwood Dairy house to serve as the future main entrance for customers.
They wanted to purchase the house 12 years ago, but due to the property remaining in the Lasch family for many years, the owners at the time were unwilling to sell. Now that they have the house and property, the Lenz family can envision new opportunities for Nicky's.
More than anything, Lenz hopes the relocated garden center will serve as a destination location.
"It should be a place to come and feel comfortable," Lenz said. "When people leave, they should feel good."
For Lenz, owning the property means more than commercial success. It is a way to give back to the community.
"People always told us they wanted to live in this house," Lenz explained. "Now it will be open for everyone to see."
With the hillside property leveled, underground utilities in place, groundwork for the greenhouse laid and the barn restructured, Nicky's is closer to realizing the business' expanded features. Such features will include, for the interior, a coffee shop that serves pastries, a kitchen, gift shops, a conference room to host events and an attic redesigned for the Lenz family's use. In their renovations, the co-owners are determined to maintain the original integrity of the house, built in 1884.
The garden center will also offer locally-grown produce.
Outside, a pond and fire pit will serve as community gathering areas. During winter, Lenz hopes families will enjoy the atmosphere with hot chocolate and marshmallows.
To spread news of the relocation, the Lenzes rely on the loyalty of their current customers. Because he claims that theirs is "not a drive-by business," Lenz noted postcards and word-of-mouth have been the main methods of promotion.
With the exterior of the house expected to be completed by spring, Lenz looks forward to what the future holds.
"By the grace of God we get by," Lenz said. "We offer our service to the community and enjoy doing so."


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This site provides a history of the Fehrings, and in particular the Fehrings that emigrated to the United States from Germany in the early 1800s.
This site is meant to provide much more than a family history, however. Our hope is that, over time, it will evolve into a place for the extended Fehring family to celebrate its heritage and family ties -- to share stories and photographs, and to communicate with others that may wish to connect with us.
- The story of the Fehrings in the United States starts with Johannes and Charlotte Fehring and their children. Please use the HISTORY navigation button to begin the journey.
- The Fehrings of today continue to make history, as the youngest generations grow. We have begun to post recent family pictures, which can be accessed from the PICTURE tab.
- There is a lot of information available on the Fehring family on the web. We have established links to many of these sites, which can be found on the LINKS page.
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Yu Zhang, Jian Xu, Zhi-Jie Yan, and Qiang Huo
27 August 2011
We present a new approach to clustering training data for improved speech recognition. Given a training corpus, a so-called i-vector is extracted from each training utterance. A hierarchical divisive clustering algorithm is then used to cluster the training i-vectors into multiple clusters. For each cluster, an acoustic model (AM) is trained accordingly. Such trained multiple AMs can then be used in recognition stage to improve recognition accuracy. The proposed approach is very efficient therefore can deal with very large scale training corpus on current mainstream computing platforms. We report experimental results on a voice search task with 7,500 hours of speech training data.
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If Gilbert's farm-town history is slowly disappearing beneath urban sprawl, longtime residents and newcomers need only to step inside the Gilbert Historical Museum to recall it.
The building itself pays fitting tribute to the town's beginnings. Early residents are familiar with the Alamo-style, whitewashed edifice at Gilbert and Elliot roads that was the town's first elementary school, built in 1913.
In 1980, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the only one in Gilbert to earn that distinction.
After the school left for newer digs in 1977, the Gilbert Historical Society obtained the building, thanks to the generosity of Otto and Edna Neely, to start the museum.
In May 1982, it welcomed the first visitors. Since then, about 5,000 have visited each year.
The schoolrooms lent themselves to organizing the display in categories: Gilbert's story unfolds in eight rooms themed under family, home life, town, military, school life, occupations, Old West and theater.
Among the prized possessions are the wedding dress that belonged to Nelly Duncan Wilbur, wife of the first mayor, Everett Wilbur, that has been worn for four generations; the medical bag used by Gilbert's first doctor for 60 years, L.M. Tompkins, a large man who was partial to cigars and a drink; a book with copies of letters sent home by those serving in the military; and a covered wagon that homesteaders rode to get here.
Reposing in the porch after long use are the 1929 Reo Speed Wagon firetruck and a 1927 Ford Model A that belonged to Albert Nichols, a pioneering homesteader in the 1920s, and which participated in many Gilbert Days parades.
In the grounds, old agricultural implements are on display, albeit without the horses that would complete the scene.
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Recently Opened Restaurants
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171 E. Broadway, 212-933-1176, Lower East Side, Manhattan
If there were an award for most adorable restaurant, Rosette would be in the running. A retro parlor with tufted couches serves as a lounge and waiting area for tables in the mellow back dining room, which is past a snug bar lit by mismatched chandeliers and a small kitchen with a wood-burning oven. It's like finding a cabin in the woods in Chinatown. Anything that's wood fired is recommended here, from roasted avocado spiked with chili yogurt and a cap of dancing bonito flakes to flatbread with bacon and pimento cheese. The most genius thing, however, are clam chowder croquettes, crunchy and soupy with bits of chewy clams. Nick Curtin (former chef de cuisine at Acme) dreamed up the New American menu, which can also be served at private parties in the beautiful subterranean dining room.


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Things to do Saturday, May 18, 2013
CHARLIE WEST BLUES FEST: noon to 11 p.m. Haddad Riverfront Park. Free. Noon to 1:20 p.m., The Brighter Side Band (blues/rock); 1:35 to 2:50 p.m., Mojo Theory (blues/rock/R&B/soul); 3:10 to 4:25 p.m., Grand Marquis (blues/swing/roots); 4:45 to 6 p.m., Southern Hospitality; 6:20 to 7:35 p.m., Mud Morganfield (electric Chicago blues); 7:55 to 9:10 p.m., Tinsley Ellis (blues/rock); 9:30 to 11 p.m., Kim Wilson & The Fabulous Thunderbirds (blues/rock). Call 304-389-1439 or visit www.charliewestbluesfest.com.
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER and SHAWN COLVIN: 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20 to $45. Grammy winners perform from their extensive catalog of songs. Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg. Call 304-645-7917.
ARMED FORCES DAY CONCERT: 1:30 p.m. Kanawha Valley Community Band. LaBelle Theater, 311 D St., South Charleston. Call 304-744-8772.
BREAK MOUNTAIN: 7 p.m. Adults $5, children under 12 $3, children under 3 free. Bluegrass. Jerry Run Summer Theater, W.Va. Route 20, just over a mile north of Holly State Park, Webster County. 304-493-6574.
NU BLUE: 7:30 p.m. Adults $15, seniors $12, children $5. Bluegrass. Mountaineer Opry House, Milton. Call 304-743-5749 or visit www.mountaineeropry.com.
KENNY AND BECKY AND THE COUNTRY SINGERS: 5 p.m. Free. Heritage Park, Spencer. Call 304-927-1052.
GEORGE ROBERTSON: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. Taylor Books, 226 Capitol St. Call 304-342-1461 or visit www.taylorbooks.com.
SPURGIE AND FRIENDS: 7 to 9 p.m. No cover. Original R&B. Tricky Fish, 1611 Washington St. E. Call 304-344-FISH.
"EVITA": 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Tony Award-winning musical about Eva Peron. Presented by Charleston Light Opera Guild. Charleston Civic Center Little Theater. Call 304-343-2287.
"THE PICKERS": 8 p.m. Tickets $8. Original comedy about a husband and wife who take in strangers during a snowstorm. Pocahontas Opera House, 818 Third Ave., Marlinton. Call 304-799-6645.
"TRIAL BY MURDER": 7 p.m. Tickets $40 (includes buffet). Interactive murder mystery presented by Murder and Merriment. The Greenhouse of Teays Valley, Suite 105, 3554 Teays Valley Road. Call 304-397-6316.
NO PANTS PLAYERS: 6:30 p.m. Adults $10. Children $8. Improv comedy. All-ages show features special performance by Jeff Bukovinsky's adult improv class. Alban Arts and Conference Center, 65 Olde Main St., St. Albans. Call 1-877-IMPROV-9.
DANCE: 7 to 10 p.m. Admission $8. Marmet Recreation Center, 8500 MacCorkle Ave. Call 304-949-9692.
MONTHLY DANCE: 6 p.m. Donations accepted. Music by Carbon Country. Nitro Senior Center, 21st Street and Second Avenue. Call 304-755-2385.
LET'S MOVE OUTSIDE AND PLAY: 9 a.m. Free. Music, yoga, Zumba. Magic Island. Call 304-348-6860.
INDIA HERITAGE FAIR: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., The India Center, 800 Green Road, off Corridor G, across from Southridge Centre. Showcasing India's culture, food, arts and crafts. Traditional dance performances will take place at 1 and 4 p.m. Vendors will have food, clothing and jewelry for sale. Local artists will do mehndi (henna) body art for a small fee. Call Asish Sheth at 304-610-1676.
54TH ANNUAL SOUTH CHARLESTON ARMED FORCES DAY PARADE: Noon. Free. School bands, cartoon characters and special guest Wayne Newton. D Street, South Charleston. Call 304-746-5552.
NATIONAL KIDS TO PARK DAY: 9 a.m., Magic Island. Free. Playground dedication at 9 a.m.; hip-hop techno dance at 9:15 and 11:30 a.m.; yoga at 10 a.m.; kids' and family-style Zumba at 10:45 a.m. Call Charleston Parks and Recreation at 304-348-6860.
A SALUTE TO OUR ARMED FORCES: Noon. Halley Brooke Smith Memorial Gazebo, Ridenour Park, Nitro. Honored guest speaker will be Wounded Warrior Project Staff Sgt. Erick Millette. Other speakers will be Deputy Secretary Billy Wayne Bailey and Army Chief Master Sgt. John Finlayson. Invocation and benediction will be given by the Rev. David Bess of First Baptist Church of Nitro. St. Albans High School ROTC will give the presentation and retreat of the colors.
GARDENING SERIES WORKSHOP: 10 a.m. to noon, John L. Dickinson Family Homeowner Education and Community Center, 815 Court St. Workshop on "Basic Home Landscaping" will be presented. Sponsored by the West Virginia University Extension Service and ReStore. Call Terry St. Germain at 304-720-8733, ext. 3, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
WALK WITH ME ... FOR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE: 10 a.m., Appalachian Power Park, 601 Morris St. Fee is $10 for adults and $5 registration fee for children, 11 years and under. The walk is an easy 5K and entertainment includes RC the Clown, Captain America, the Heart of Appalachia Roller Derby Team, KC the Ambulance and Chuck the West Virginia Power mascot. Sponsored by Mission West Virginia. Call 866-CALL-MWV or visit www.firstgiving.com/walkwithmewv.


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Taking Notes
Taking Notes is Critical for Success
If you are going to be successful in University or College, you have to take notes and study them. When preparing for College Exams, notes are one of the best study tools.
Your Notebook
Don't underestimate the organizational power of your class notebook. It's an excellent spot to arrange your class information in a way that formation that is easiest for you to understand. Learn to take great study notes in your notebook and take care not to lose it! See our post on essential
Choosing a Notebook
The best type of notebook is a binder type with rings that allows you to add loose leaf paper. This way you can organize your notes and move pages around. You can even choose to get a binder notebook that has a zip fastener, which makes it even easier to carry around. A good size for a binder notebook is 8 ½ x 11 because if fits standard sized loose leaf paper
A loose leaf binder notebook also allows you to remove old notes from the notebook to make it less cumbersome to carry around. .Just remember to file your notes so that you can review them at a later date if you ever need to. Use a folder or an accordion filing system to keep old notes organized.
Stick to plain paper
The best type of paper for taking notes is plain paper. Your notes will show up clearer on plain, rather than printed or colored paper.
Taking good study notes
When taking study notes remember to write down just the main points of what is being said, and write it in whatever way you will be most likely to remember. These are your study notes, so there is no wrong way, as long as you understand it.
Dating and labeling your notes
Writing the date and labeling the subject of your class on all your notes is a great habit to get into though.
Listen up!
Learning to write down a point in a lecture that a teacher just said, while you are still listening to the next point can be confusing, and it takes practice. Eventually you will perfect your note taking skills. Stay focused during class, and read over your notes after class. You can elaborate on your notes if something jogs your mind.
Identifying key words
Keep an ear open for key words within a lecture. They will give you a hint as to the main focus of the class and hints on what is important to study.
Identifying main topics
Once you have determined the main topic of a class, make note of it. Then you can start looking for the sub-topics. These topics should be well marked and underlined in your notes. Details on these topics which are discussed in class can be organized under these sections.
Write notes in your own words
When writing notes, don't worry about copying exactly what your teacher says. It's best to write your notes in your own words. They will be easier for you to study from.
Don't waste time repeating facts
You don't have to bother writing the same facts over and over again in your notes, even if your teacher tends to repeat a point. But make sure you write a fact down, even if you feel like you understand it. You don't want to have to rely on your memory when it comes time for a test. It's best to have the facts down in your study notes so they can be reviewed later. Do your best to get all the main facts down in your notes.
Don't worry about complete sentences
When taking study notes don't worry about sentence structure or punctuation. Jot down notes in list form, with bullets, or in number form. Facts can be much easier to study if they are listed rather than written in paragraph form. Just remember when it comes time to write long answer tests you'll have to go back to paying attention to grammar and punctuation.
Find what works for you
Find a style of note taking that works best for you. It doesn't matter if no one else can decipher what your abbreviations stand for, or what symbols mean. As long as you can remember what it means then your study notes are doing the trick.
Look over your notes regularly
It's a good idea to read over your notes regularly. If you put notes away until the end of term, when you have to review for an exam, you might forget some of the details of a lesson from your notes alone. By regularly reviewing notes you can keep the main points of a subject fresh in your head.
It's also a good idea to leave space at the end of your notes so you can add more material when it's time for review.
Organize class notes
Get in the habit of writing more detailed study notes from class notes. You can elaborate on points made in a lecture when you've got more time, remembering to underline the main topic discussed in the class, as well as the sub-topics, and the key words. See our post on Using Flashcards and using Index cards
Extra reading
It's worth it to do a little extra reading in a subject. Your study notes will have more meaning if you take it upon yourself to read more on the subject. You can elaborate on what you have learned in class and it will not only allow you to do well in class it will also carry on into your future education.
Reading techniques
When you read notes make sure you adjust the speed of your reading to the material you are reading. You can read a sports article a lot faster than a history text book. A book you read for pleasure is a lot different than an essay in which you need to remember specific facts.
Don't mouth the words
When you read, don't get into the bad habit of mouthing the words as you go along. This will slow you down. It is ok to do this once in a while, if your are trying to understand an unfamiliar arrangement of words, but for the most part, it's a reading technique that reduces the speed.
Think about what you are reading
Make sure when you are reading you are actually taking in the information and are not just running your eyes along the words. Be an active thinker while you read. Stop occasionally to take in what you are reading. See if you can answer questions about the text like:
Does the author know what he is talking about?
What is the point of this article? Am I convinced that this person is right?
Who did the author write this piece for?
When was this information written and when was it published?
Scan a section before you read it
It's a good idea to scan over a long section of writing before reading it. You might decide that that particular passage can be read quickly and doesn't have to be intensively read. On the other hand you may want to re-read certain sections of a chapter that is particularly important.
Whenever you read a textbook assignment remember to always read the title and the subtitle. It will give you an idea of the main theme. See if you can turn the title into a question and try to answer it from the information you learned in the previous chapter.
Once you've finished a chapter review it by asking yourself questions about the information. Come up with your own tests and see how you do. It will give you an idea about how much of the information you understand, and how much you will need to study later.
Pay attention to Visuals
It's important, while you're reading chapters, to pay attention to graphs, tables and illustrations. There's often tons of information here and it can be an easy way to memorize important facts. Sometimes, however the illustrations are a waste of time. Don't get side tracked by these distractions.
The importance of memorization
When preparing for an exam it is important to memorize the material. You will be prepared for the exam if you memorize the notes taken in your classes from each lesson. Remember to stop after reviewing each lesson to give yourself a little test. When memorizing information for an exam, don't bother memorizing long explanations, just stick to the main topics and sub-topics. If you've taken good notes, the topics and subtopics should be underlined which will give you clues about the main points you need to memorize. Memorization Tips Using Mnemonics
Giving yourself clues
With practice you will become more skilled in your note taking and will be able to write effective clues in your notes that will jog your memory to lots of key facts. Study clues work as reminders to trigger a whole set of information. With practice you will know which clues work best for you.
For more information on different styles of taking notes
Split Page Method
Outline Method
Cornell Method
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My family always seems to pick up some sort of summer cold. There's just something about summer that makes a sickness more miserable. This year I'm going to be prepared with a homemade solution.
If you like the idea of treating sickness with herbs instead of synthetic chemicals, you'll want to check out this recipe for homemade herbal cold and cough syrup. The recipe lasts for 3 months in the fridge, but you can add brandy to increase the shelf life to 6 months and help soothe the coughing even more.
Use local honey, if you can, and consider purchasing the other ingredients from Mountain Rose Herbs.
You might also be interested in these additional cold-fighting tips, including gargles and throat sprays.
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BERKELEY - While the California men's basketball games at Washington State this week and against USC next week will not be televised, Cal fans can still watch the Golden Bears live via a webcast for each game.
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To watch the USC-Cal game, click here.
Prior to these two contests, Cal plays Washington Thursday, Feb. 10, at 6 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. That game will be seen on Fox Sports Northwest. The Bears and Cougars square off two days later on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m. at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Wash.
Tip time for the game between the Bears and the Trojans on Feb. 17 at Haas Pavilion is slated for 7:30 p.m. To purchase tickets for that game, click here.


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Chagall's early years in Russia—from 1907 to 1922—provide the key to his long and prolific career.
From his experiences over fifteen years (from 1907–1922) in Russia, Chagall developed the original visual vocabulary that became deeply embedded in his psyche.
Although Chagall was exposed to and experimented with a number of artistic styles during this time, he always maintained the integrity of his inner vision. His strikingly modern treatment of space and color and the suspension of logic in his work were welcome contributions to both the Russian and the European avant-garde.
Marc Chagall's artistic odyssey of 1907 to 1922 took him from Vitebsk, his hometown in the Russian Pale of Settlement, to the art centers of St. Petersburg and Paris, and in 1914 back to Russia, where he was forced to remain due to the outbreak of World War I and through the early years following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution until his final departure in 1922. From his experiences over these fifteen years, Chagall developed his unique visual vocabulary.
These early years in Russia provide the key to Chagall's long and prolific career. To understand how Chagall's work took shape during this period, we must look to Yehuda Pen, the artist who was Chagall's earliest teacher and mentor. As director of the first Jewish school in the Pale of Settlement, Pen figured also as the primary artistic influence for an entire second generation of shtetl youth. By grounding his own paintings in the immediate shtetl surroundings, Pen's work provided a crucial model, validating the legitimacy of this artistic theme. Time has bypassed Pen, and his work has not been seen in the West. The opportunity to consider the work of both artists side by side enables us to understand the ambience and influences that shaped Chagall's life.
Chagall's themes and memories—rooted in his Jewish identity, the life of his village, and his personal relationships—would often recur in his later art, but never with the same vivid passion and sense of discovery revealed in these galleries.


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Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.
Trey Burke..... Sign me up!!!!!!
My guess in Archie Goodwin will be #1 on ESPN's TOP 10 today.
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Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.
Burke is no Paul, but I do like the dude.
17 PPG, 7 APG, 50% FG, 36% from 3 on 4.5 attempts.
DX currently has him ranked at #20, which means we could snag him with our own pick even if we make the playoffs. Though, his stock could obviously rise.
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Stanford Cardinal (15-11, 6-7 Pac-12)
Oregon State Beavers (13-13, 3-10 Pac-12)
Tipoff: Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 • 8 p.m.
Series History: Oregon State leads 73-65
The last time Stanford came to town, the Beavers played the longest game in school history; Quadruple over-time. 103-101 loss
The last time Stanford played OSU, the Beavers allowed 14 three-point shots in a game that saw ten lead changes in the final ten minutes: 71-66 loss.
Both memorable, but nothing worth repeating Thursday.
With Stanford coming off demoralizing back-to-back losses, the Beavers may be able to take advantage in a home game environment. So long as they don't let their defense slip or get themselves into an emotional, frantic two possession situation in the final minutes.
"Our offense hasn't been our problem. It's been pretty fluid. We've been making open shots, and I'm not going to make any drastic changes. I just want to make sure we get up enough shots before the game," Coach Robinson said Tuesday.
Agreed. Offense is not the problem. They're averaging 73.3 points while shooting 45.3 percent from the field, yet allow a league-worst 69.6 points per game.
And let's not forget the onslaught of successful Cardinal three-balls against the Beavers last month at The Farm.
"If Stanford had been making the kind of shots they did on us all along, they'd be number one in the league," Robinson noted.
"We just have to talk to each other more," Ahmad Starks recently told me. "When we don't communicate, we get confused."
Time to speak up, especially for Joe Burton. After all, he only has two more games in Gill.
"I feel like he's finally seeing his role more like a coach on the court than a player trying to make dazzling plays for the crowd," Robinson told Mike Parker a couple of weeks ago on the Joe Beaver show.
Yes, we've all seen sparks here and there from Burton on the court, demanding plays from young guys like Olaf Schaftenaar. "Shoot the ball. SHOOT IT. Now!"
This is one of the smartest players in the league, but one who's lead through action most of his career. We know there's a fire inside. Release the beast, Joe. It's now or never.
Stanford Weapons (Stats from Cardinal Athletics)
Dwight Powell and Josh Huestis are one of six duos nationally to have notched at least seven double-doubles apiece.
Huestis produced his fourth double-double in five games, finishing with 11 points and 12 rebounds against UCLA. He is also dominates in the paint, tallying 103 career blocks.
Powell is averaging a team-best 15.4 points and 8.3 rebounds, shooting 47.6 percent overall and 78.4 percent from the foul line.
Beaver Weapons (Stats from OSU Athletics)
Ahmad Starks became the all-time leader at Oregon State with 181 career three-point field goals
Roberto Nelson has led the Beavers in scoring the last six games and has scored in double figures in 20 of his last 21 games.
Eric Moreland is second in the Pac-12 and eighth in the nation in rebounding at 10.5 per game. The Beavers will need Moreland's help on the boards if they want to beat Stanford, as the team is 8-1 when he gets a double-double.
Will We See More Freshman On The Court?
Coach Robinson expressed his intention to get the freshman substantial minutes this week, saying, "I'm going to put them in earlier in the game, based on situations. They've been practicing really well and I want to see how they do in some real crunch time minutes early on.
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Downton Abbey to get a Musical Guest, and my Brush with WagnerMarch 3, 2013
I got to see half of Parsifal yesterday.
It was Wagner's last opera. I guess it wasn't the Ring Cycle that killed him. Apparently it is said to be the most spiritual of Wagner's operas. It was a different take on the Holy Grail legend than the Monty Python movie. And these guys actually had the Grail, although they had foolishly lost the Holy Spear. I'm not sure if they still had the holy knife and fork from the last supper, but I hear that they still had the holey sieve (groan).
I had enough time for three hours of viewing, but it took six hours, complete with intermissions. The First act alone took close to two hours. So I had to leave early in the second act. Still, half of a spiritual Wagnerian loaf is better than none, and especially when it comes to a performance of that quality. It was a great production, staged at the Met in New York. But I was in Toronto and I was watching a Live at the Met performance. I hear that things really pick up in Act 2. I had to leave just after we saw the evil wizard scooping up a river of blood and pouring it over his head. You get the idea. And speaking of all the blood, I missed the part of Parsifal (Percival in English) surrounded by the pretty, but probably evil girls. You can tell the girls are evil because they have diaphanous clothing, really long hair and they are standing in blood. Plus they have really evil looks on their faces. I wonder if they had vampire fangs as well. At least the folks at the Met will have something to wear at Halloween.
The theatre had a huge screen and while there is nothing like being there, I really liked the live at the met experience. For someone like me, who doesn't like to rattle his jewelry, the more down to earth Live at the Met experience is pretty good, and the viewing is a lot better than what you can see from the nose-bleed seats I can normally afford if I go to live opera. Am a fan of Live at the Met? Yes I am. I've never seen a Met performance before, but after seeing Parsifal yesterday I am hooked. I've seen opera in Helsinki, Vienna, Budapest and Toronto, but Parsifal was probably the most lavish performance I've yet seen. The Met is doing a great job with Wagner this year, with the Ring Cycle still to come. Unfortunately the Ring Cycle won't be shown in HD (i.e., we won't be able to see it on Live at the Met in Toronto). But don't despair if you can't go to the Met to see opera in person. There are still two more HD performances this season and they both look pretty interesting. One is Handel's take on Julius Caesar, and the other is Francesca, which is a love triangle where the two lovers get killed. Sorry I spoiled the ending for you, but hey, it's opera and people have to die. The full schedule is shown below.
But let's get back to Downton Abbey. It seems that Dame Kiri Ti Kanawa, New Zealand's greatest opera singer, who retired from opera in 2009, is looking for another gig. And maybe the folks at Downton Abbey were looking for a new twist to keep the show fresh. So voila, Dame Kiri shows up as a musical guest and performs a song on the show. I wonder if Dame Kiri will be singing something from a musical or broadway show (maybe comforting the kids in thunderstorm with "My Favorite Things"?).
And it is not just Dame Kiri freshening up the show (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21647037 ). "Other new actors joining the cast include veteran actress Harriet Walter, who recently played Brutus in an all-female production of Julius Caesar, and former EastEnders star and theatre actor Nigel Harmon."
Downton Abbey and Pride and Prejudice? Yes There is a ConnectionFebruary 10, 2013
It wouldn't surprise me if there is a pretty good overlap amongst fans of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and fans of Downton Abbey.
So what's a Downton Abbey fan to do when one of here favorite characters (Matthew Crawley, played by Dan Stevens)
is killed off? Yes he does do a good job of looking dead. Perhaps he'd make a good zombie as well.
Well it would be a shame to waste all that heart-throbbiness, so what's an actor and the costume drama industry to do?
Well, there is always the Jane Austen franchise to consider.
Here's Colin Firth setting hearts a flutter playing the role of Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice in 1995.
Perhaps Pride and Prejudice has been done to death in recent times? But wait, it turns out that other talented authors have sought to carry on where Jane Austen left off. P.D James (below) wrote a sequel to Pride and Prejudice in 2011 (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/books/death-comes-to-pemberley-by-p-d-james-review.html), entitled "Death Comes to Pemberley".
Here's an excerpt from the New York Times review of the book.
"The story is set in 1803, six years after "Pride and Prejudice" was finished (though it wasn't published until 1813) and presumably when the marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy took place. They have two young sons now, and the arrival of a third child is shortly to be announced. But their tranquillity is interrupted one wet and windy evening when an unexpected carriage comes rocketing up the drive.
Downton Abbey: Forget the Love Interest, it's all about the EstateJanuary 31, 2013
You know that Downton Abbey has got the Americans by the Throat when Time Magazine starts doing a lengthy deconstruction of a single episode (http://entertainment.time.com/2013/01/14/downton-abbey-watch-wish-him-well-and-let-him-go).
And can you blame them, this show has some of the cream of British Acting. The picture above shows Elizabeth McGovern as Countess of Grantham, Cora, Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith, Maggie Smith as Dowager Countess of Grantham, Violet. And who better to deliver the Dowager's zingers than Maggie Smith. Here's a deconstruction of the Time deconstruction of Season 3, Episode 2.
It's so easy to poke fun at the culture behind the show even while one is enjoying watching it. I rather like the reviewer's take on a Downton Abbey picnic:
Is Downton Abbey Going Down or is David Mitchell Ranting in Vain?January 23, 2013
I was talking to a Downtown Abbey fan today and she was telling me that she loves the show, but that she also loves David Mitchell's rants. Which is interesting, because David Mitchell has recently been ranting against the show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b87E3kamWOg).
The first series was better, than the second, the writing has gone to pot, and the whole World War One thing is reminiscent of Narnia. You get the idea.
For those of you who don't have the time to check out the David Mitchell rant on YouTube, here are some excerpts (http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/downton-abbey-david-mitchell-says-1318418):
He criticised plots such as the heir to Downtown losing the use of his legs then suddenly being cured, and a bandaged impostor claiming to be the heir to the Earl's fortune, vanishing, and never being mentioned again.
Of the second series, which saw audiences of up to 10 million, he said: "Lord Grantham nipping over to the Somme in an Apache helicopter wouldn't have noticeably increased the daftness."
And he concluded: "You can't help but realise it's just actors saying lies in hats."
A Historian's Take on Downton AbbeyJanuary 13, 2013
I admit it. I've never watched Downtown Abbey. But I was fed a steady diet of British period dramas as a kid, and I watched seemingly endless episodes of Upstairs, Downstairs. And don't get me started on Coronation Street, I'll save that particular rant for another day. So I think I have paid my dues, and although I may not know the exact story lines I think I have a pretty good idea of the gist of it. But why listen to me when we've got a honest to goodness professional Historian ready to deconstruct Downton Abbey for us?
Historian Margaret MacMillan is the warden of St. Antony's College at the University of Oxford and a professor of history at the University of Toronto. I got this information from an article by Jenny Hall that I downloaded from http://www.news.utoronto.ca/deconstructing-downton-abbey on January 13, 2012. And I hope that the citation will keep the historians happy.
That's the wonderful thing about being an academic, who else could be a warden at Oxford University in the UK, a professor at a Canadian University, and offer an academic perspective on a tv show? And Professor MacMillan is a serious academic, with publications such as Paris 1919, and Six Months that Changed the World, under her belt. The world could still do with a bit more changing I expect.
The weekly PBS show Downton Abbey (Sundays at 9) is actually a British show and presumably it is not for export only. The show depicts "the lives of British aristocrats and their servants in the early 20th century" and it has just started its third season. I believe that the Brits watch it too, with their servants. Just kidding, they are no longer called servants.
Do you watch the show? It turns out that Professor Macmillan does, although probably not in her academic capacity. She says that she "quite" enjoys the show. I didn't do the research, but I'm starting to think she is British…. My parents used to "quite enjoy" things too. She says that bits of it are good although there has been a tendency to add "melodrama" to keep people interested, which is not something that historians would generally approve of. But what DOES she think of the show as a historian? Well, she's pleased that it is getting people to think more about the past. (Historians like that). But like a good academic she goes on to point out that to understand the past properly you have to consult more than one source. "A television series, no matter how well done, is not going to give you as full a picture of the past as reading memoirs, novels and historical studies."
But what about the depiction of servants? Surely that mixture of snobbery, deference and ownership can't have been realistic? According to Professor MacMillan Downton Abbey was a pretty good place for it's servants. Apparently Abbeys in Edwardian times are a bit like nursing homes today, some were/are better than others. "You get a sense that the servants are all well housed and clothed and fed". One only has to read Charles Dickens to get an idea of what the alternatives might have been like. "A lot of servants in those days worked extremely hard. They had virtually no holidays; they were up at 5 in the morning." Not that jobs like that have fully gone away. I hear that bakers still have to get up pretty early. So it seems that Downton Abbey might be a slightly saccharine version of life inside a British "Great House" in Edwardian times.
Of course, one of the anomalies of living with servants from our more modern perspective is that there was very intimate contact (e.g., having someone else help you get dressed) "which most of us would find very uncomfortable today." Having servants everywhere in one's private life was probably not a great way to keep things private.
It was interesting to get the historian's perspective on how the great historical events of the time, World War I, the flu epidemic, etc. were treated in terms of their impact on the lives of the family and the servants. In this case Prof. MacMillan thought it was beneficial. "I think it's easier for people to understand the great movements in history if they can see them in very personal terms. You can read that 20 million died of the influenza epidemic, that's almost too big to comprehend. Seeing what it meant to a family is different."
One of the benefits of seeing the show is how it teaches us what life (and death) were like without many of the benefits of modern medicine. "Babies often died and things that we would recover from easily today, because of antibiotics, often killed people then."
Why is it that England still has great estates, while they have all been broken up in countries like Germany, Austria, Hungry and Russia? For that we can thank primogeniture, where the eldest sons in England inherited everything. This leads to one of the big themes in Downton Abbey. Lady Mary has no brothers, so even though she's the oldest, she can't inherit. Poor old Prince Charles. His mother doesn't seem interested in enforcing primogeniture, which seems downright Edwardian (Elizabeth is threatening to break Queen Victoria's record for longest reign).
One of the fascinations in watching shows like Downtown Abbey is that the people you see in the show "are a doomed class." The world is changing quickly and the agricultural output of the great estates is no longer as valuable as cheap foodstuffs imported from other countries. There was also the blow that World War I to the class system. Perhaps the mystique of the class system and the differentiation between master and servant broke down after you had different classes fighting (and dying) alongside each other.
According to Professor MacMillan, "The war hastened the decline of the landed upper classes because it was expected that their sons would be officers. The death rate for young officers who were on the line was high—there were parts of the line where the life expectancy for a lieutenant was two weeks. In some families, virtually every male of military age got wiped out. There were horrendous losses in the other classes, too. But the aristocracy was a small class. They were losing their power anyway for a number of reasons, and fact that so many of them got killed hastened their decline. "
The first world war also had a big impact on women's rights. It "changed things because women started doing things that men traditionally did. You see them in Downton Abbey learning to drive cars. Other women worked the land, worked in factories. I think one of the reasons women got the vote after the war was recognition of the fact that they had been playing an important part in society through the war."
So the bottom line is that shows like Downton Abbey have an important role to play in teaching young people about history. Otherwise, there is a danger that many young people will take what we have today such as more equality and better medicine, for granted. Let's finish up with an apt quotation, and who wants another world war anyway?
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
George Santayana (according to a dubious source that I found on the Web…)
Meet the Real Downton AbbeyJanuary 6, 2013
I remember watching Upstairs Downstairs as a kid. No one can do costume dramas, the class system, and snobbery like the British. One has to wonder about a nation that is so naturally theatrical. But perhaps it is best just to sit back and enjoy these brilliant confections and not worry about the underlying psychoses.
Downton Abbey is the most successful British period drama since that old staple Brideshead Revisited which launched Jeremy Irons and his mellifluous voice (who else could have done Scar in the Lion King?) to stardom. I'll never forget the scene where the aging father is dying and there is a crisis over whether that lifelong atheist should receive the last rites (he does). As always, a psychological issue for the author (Evelyn Waugh) makes a tremendous dramatic moment which is milked for all it is worth by the very old version of Sir Laurence Olivier (he who used to throw up with stage fright before every performance).
Fast forward almost thirty years and all that tweedy Britishness is again setting the hearts of PBS viewers aflutter. What was it with Mitt Romney and Big Bird in the last US presidential election? Perhaps Mitt was really sick of PBS importing the British upper class instead of letting America's aristocracy rise the top of public discourse.
So forget Big Bird, the real enemy is the new British (Edwardian) imperialism is in the form of Downtown Abbey. And the real Downton Abbey is not in its fictional location of Yorkshire, but in Hampshire, where it is known as Highclere Castle. Did you know that a branch of my mother's family has a castle in Scotland. But no one has ever given me the keys for a night over, so it hasn't done me a lot of good. But back to Highclere. It's pretty impressive as you can see from the picture below.
"In real life, Highclere's earls are the Carnarvons not the Granthams, a hereditary British peerage that traces its noble family lineage back to 1628. The Carnarvon family has lived at Highclere since 1679, witnessing everything from the Industrial Revolution to the two World Wars, and overseeing the house's transformation in the early 1840s when English architect Sir Charles Barry rebuilt it in spectacular Renaissance Revival style. With its soaring towers and decorative turrets, it invites comparisons with Barry's other great work, the Houses of Parliament in London. " (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highclere_Castle).
One interesting fact about Highclere castle is that it is home to an Egyptian Exhibition, which was founded by the 5th Earl who, along with his archaeological colleague Howard Carter, discovered the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922. The 5th Earl was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in 1907 to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahari (Thebes). So it is good to see that more looted ancient artifacts have found a cosy home in the English countryside.
"Highclere has been open to the public since 1988, but, in the last two years visitor numbers have more than quadrupled, thanks to the popularity of Downton Abbey, whose broadcasting rights have been sold to more than 100 countries. With opening times confined mainly to the summer months (check the website for sporadic winter openings), the onslaught of "Downton-mania" has led to busy car-park attendants and plenty of in-house bottlenecks. But, factor in the castle's extensive grounds, its highly civilised English tearooms and some fascinating Egyptian artefacts courtesy of the 5th Earl that are bivouacked in the cellars, and Highclere is well worth the two hour drive from London." (http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20121227-tutankhamun-meets-downton-abbey-in-rural-hampshire)
Forget Tutankhamen and the Jacobethean architecture, I am a sucker for English high tea. Clotted cream to clot the arteries! Next time I am in England I'll add Highclere Castle to my list of destinations, if I can get past the hordes of American tourists.


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Hi, I have the above laptop and it is less than a year old. It has already been replaced due to hard drive problems and it was away at repair for 3 weeks.
When I turn it on there is a black screen but it is lit so it doesn't look as if the screen is dead or broke.
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04 April 2014
By Jack Gallagher
Photo: Takeo TanumaThe Czech team
TOKYO, JAPAN: Radek Stepanek and Lukas Rosol gave Czech Republic a 2-0 lead over Japan in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinal match on Friday.
Stepanek and Rosol both earned hard-fought victories as the Czechs continue their quest for a third straight Davis Cup title.
Stepanek downed Tatsuma Ito 67(5) 76(5) 61 75 in the opening singles match, while Rosol bested the unheralded Taro Daniel 64 64 36 46 62 in the second.
Playing on the hard-court at Ariake Coliseum with the roof closed, Czech No. 2 Stepanek used a powerful two-handed backhand and a strong serve to down Japan No. 1 Ito in a nearly four-hour battle.
"Some days you just have to trust yourself and find a way through," commented Stepanek. "After an injury timeout he came back strong and that can make it difficult."
It was a gritty showing by Stepanek, who was a point away from falling 2-0 down at one point. The 47th-ranked used his veteran guile to emerge victorious on this day.
"It was a very tough match today," said Stepanek. "I thought I was cruising in the first set, but lost in the tiebreak. I felt better after winning the second set."
Ito said: "I tried to play my game and do the best I could. I tried to stay aggressive and kept reminding myself to be tougher during the match."
Ito beat Stepanek in their only previous meeting in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 2012.
"I have played him before and I know he has a tricky strategy and can hit many difficult shots," noted Ito. "If I could have won the second set the match might have been different."
Ito took the opening set 76(5) in 63 minutes after saving three set points in the 10th game.
With most of the action taking place from the baseline, Stepanek had three break points in the second game after taking the first at love on serve.
After Ito levelled, the set was on serve until the eighth game when the Czech broke to go up 5-3. Ito dug in and broke right back for 5-4.
Serving for the set, Stepanek was unable to capitalize on his three opportunities and sent a backhand long for 5-5.
The set remained on serve until the tiebreak, when Ito moved out to a 6-3 lead and then finished it with a nice drop shot on his third set point.
Ito broke in the second game of the second set for a 2-0 lead. He relied on a sweeping forehand and periodic trips to the net throughout the contest.
Stepanek responded by taking the next three games to go up 3-2, before Ito broke again to even at 3-3.
Leading 6-5 with Stepanek serving, Ito had a set point but could not convert after a great volley by Stepanek and another tiebreak ensued.
Ito went up 5-3 in the tiebreak, but then dropped four straight points and the set 75(5).
The escape in the second set appeared to invigorate Stepanek, as he quickly moved ahead 3-0 in the third. At that point Ito took a medical timeout for nearly 10 minutes for what looked to be an injury to a stomach muscle.
Ito came back to win the next game on serve, but offered little resistance the rest of the set and fell 61.
Ito appeared rejuvenated in the final set, but could not pull ahead. Stepanek broke to go up 6-5, then closed out the match on serve 75.
In the second contest, Rosol had his hands full with the Japanese-American Daniel, who is ranked 190th.
Rosol appeared on the way to a straight sets win, but Taro dug in and surged back to level in an intense baseline battle that went just over three hours.
Rosol, ranked 40th, appeared agitated after dropping the fourth set and came out blasting winners in the fifth. He broke Daniel in the second game, then took the next one at love on serve for 3-0.
It was fait accompli after that as Daniel appeared to wear down and could not cope with Rosol's booming groundstrokes.
"It was a tough match, Taro played well," said Rosol. "He was aggressive in the third and fourth sets and I had trouble finding my rhythm."
Having been there before helped carry Rosol through.
"I knew I had more experience," he said. "I had to play harder and take some chances to succeed in the final set."
Playing his first match at any level for Japan was a thrill for Daniel.
"It was incredible being out there with all that support," he said. "I'm disappointed to lose, but the reality is that I could not play at this level one year ago, so I have improved."
Daniel did not think stamina was a factor in his loss.
"I actually thought playing five sets would be tougher," he said. "I felt pretty good out there. I just need to improve my serve against the top players."
Both sides are without their top players. Tomas Berdych is out for the Czechs following two tough tournaments in the United States, while Kei Nishikori sidelined due to an injured groin suffered in a quarterfinal victory over Roger Federer in the Sony Open last week in Miami.
"I'm happy we are ahead 2-0 after the first day," said Czech Republic captain Jaroslav Navratil. "Both matches were very close. We were a bit luckcy at the end of both."
Navratil was impressed by the level of the opposition.
"The Japanese players showed good, aggressive tennis," he said. "They had nothing to lose and didn't hold back."
Japan captain Minoru Ueda regretted the lost opportunity his team had.
"We had a chance to win both matches," he stated. "It's a shame we didn't."
Ueda took an optimistic view despite the uphill battle Japan faces.
"It's not over yet. We still have a chance," he said. "The good thing is that Tatsuma and Taro had great experiences playing against top-level opponents."
Saturday's doubles will see Stepanek and Jiri Vesely take on Ito and Yasutaka Uchiyama.
Japan defeated Canada in the first round in February, while the Czechs beat the Netherlands in their first round tie.
The meeting between Japan and the Czech Republic is the first since 1935 and third all-time. The nations split their two previous ties in Prague, with Japan winning the first in 1930.
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Pushing the Mach1's AP Limits...
Posted 27 April 2010 - 10:43 PM
I'm still in the "needles and pins" mode here. If you don't mind me asking, when did you place your order?
Just looking for a frame of reference...
Posted 27 April 2010 - 11:04 PM
Clear skies!
Posted 28 April 2010 - 08:37 AM
If you don't mind me asking, when did you place your order?
Just looking for a frame of reference...
I placed my order on April 5th and it is scheduled to be delivered on Friday -- just under 4 weeks.
Posted 28 April 2010 - 09:36 AM
I ordered mine on the 20th, so I'd guess I've got a bit of waiting ahead of me. Still, 4 weeks for an A-P... that's pretty quick!
Posted 29 April 2010 - 01:08 AM
Still, 4 weeks for an A-P... that's pretty quick!
Compared to their refractors, its faster than the speed of light.
Posted 29 April 2010 - 10:52 AM
I like it because with 4 screws it breaks down into 2 lightweight pieces, I can put everything I need for the mount (tube rings, keypad, cables, etc) inside these 2 Tenba soft cases and neither one weighs more than 22 pounds:
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Posted 29 April 2010 - 11:22 AM
I've been able to do very little since recieving the mount to test for load pushing with my 160 scope, typical late spring weather here seems like 99% clouds and or rain and clouds (this more true near and after sunset) I think the ~4hrs of use so far I've gotten more used to the H/C menuing and alignment routines - but still in the baby steps. I need a good long clear night to play! By the weather reports and CSC that might not be as soon as I'd like, so it goes.
Posted 29 April 2010 - 11:32 AM
Posted 29 April 2010 - 12:43 PM
Just received the phone call from UPS. My mount is here a day early! That's under 4 weeks. I'm going to pick it up at lunch time. I'll post a picture when I get it set up on the pier (I don't think I'm going to have to drill any new holes). Happy days!
You guys are killing me here...
I'm only 10 days into the wait, and I'm about ready to climb the walls. I'm sure it'll be worth it, but in the meantime....
Just out of curiosity, what, if any, accessories did you order with your Mach1? I asked for the 1.875" CWS and a couple CW's to go with it, and the adapters to mount the Mach1 on my Losmandy HD tripod. I also have a saddle plate from Robin Casady on they way. Aside from that, I'm going through the manuals (over and over again) just to keep myself occupied. A lot of what I'm reading seems a bit disjointed, but I suspect it'll all make sense once I can connect the printed word with some hands-on experience.
As for the skies, well, we're still in that "if it isn't cloudy/raining, it must be a near full moon..." pattern the weather man seems so fond of lately. I just hope A-P does not pack up a bunch of clouds in the same box with the mount.
Posted 29 April 2010 - 05:35 PM
I use a Losmandy G-11 tripod and attached two A-P shelf brackets to the center post. I generally lay the hand control down on one of those during the night.
I've had my Mach1 almost a year and am celebrating my 100th observing session with it tonight. The more I use it, the more I like it - and the happier I am I bought it.
Posted 29 April 2010 - 08:15 PM
I've been pretty happy with the ability of my Losmandy PA scope to get me pretty durn close as well, and I see that A-P has an adapter that allows the use of the Losmandy scope in their mounts or at least in the Mach1. So that's the route I took. I know it may seem silly to quibble over the cost of A-P's own PA scope when spending $6K for a mount. However, including it with the G-11 when I sold it wouldn't have added much to the selling price, and any little savings helps me make the case to the missus.
Posted 30 April 2010 - 07:27 AM
I've been pretty happy with the ability of my Losmandy PA scope to get me pretty durn close as well, and I see that A-P has an adapter that allows the use of the Losmandy scope in their mounts or at least in the Mach1. So that's the route I took. I know it may seem silly to quibble over the cost of A-P's own PA scope when spending $6K for a mount. However, including it with the G-11 when I sold it wouldn't have added much to the selling price, and any little savings helps me make the case to the missus.
As near as I can tell, the PA scopes are identical. You did good.
Posted 30 April 2010 - 09:23 AM
Posted 30 April 2010 - 10:56 AM
One of my observing partners has an A-P 900. If the Mach1 is on a par with that, I'd be pleased.
Posted 30 April 2010 - 11:28 AM
Posted 30 April 2010 - 12:47 PM
How quiet is the Mach 1? Is it Atlas-quiet?
No, it's a bit louder. As long as you balance the scope, it should have the same loading on the gears. I've used mine 100 times now, with everything from a C11 to a 10 inch Newt to a 6 inch achro and it sounds the same.
It emits a higher pitched whine when it moves. You can definitely hear it - but it's not too bad. I have a herd of deer who share the back yard with me during the night. They have never been spooked by my slewing - but I have been startled by them a few times.
Posted 30 April 2010 - 01:15 PM
Posted 30 April 2010 - 01:33 PM
How quiet is the Mach 1? Is it Atlas-quiet?
I wouldn't characterize it as a quiet goto, I think AP said the noise had to be fairly loud with the large motors from the 900/1200 series. you might want to join the AP yahoo group, the archives have more info from AP on questions like this.
I went with the 15-inch ribbed mounting plate, standard counterweight shaft. I did get the polar alignment scope, but I doubt I'll ever use it. If you level your tripod/pier and use the peephole in the mount to center Polaris while setting up you really don't need the scope. There are several different routines you can use that I think are faster than the scope.
for instance there is a routine you can use to polar align during the day based on the Sun. I was able to do this the first time I tried and it only took a couple iterations of the alignment process to get very close. (Afterward I was able to use goto to view Venus and Mercury during the day for the 1st time, very fun).
I got this to make it easier to take the mount apart & also attach my rings to the mounting plate, it really speeds things up:
Posted 30 April 2010 - 01:55 PM
Posted 30 April 2010 - 11:54 PM
At the risk of killing Bert off altogether, I'm posting links to a couple of pics:
http://www3.telus.ne...ch1GTO Gear.jpg
One surprise, I bought it with the 900/1200-compatible short counterweight shaft and 28lb of counterweights and estimated from the AP website that this would be enough to balance my 34lb imaging payload -- it wasn't -- good thing I bought a counterweight extension shaft for "future expansion" as I needed it right away. I bought the ICRON USB Ranger 2104 USB 2.0 Extender for remote control from the house via a Cat5e cable. It's pretty slick and controlled the scope while collecting images from my guide camera and QHY8. It will save my butt during mosquito season and the dead of winter.
Posted 01 May 2010 - 03:08 AM
Thanks to each and every one of you for the overwhelming feedback!
Clear skies to all...
Posted 11 May 2010 - 09:53 AM
The mount is 'working' with the load / moment arm, but doesn't seem as hard as the CGE had to. The slewing isn't 'quiet' but also not as loud as the CGE. I'd say the difference is small. Tracking or guided tracking is really pretty quiet, as was case with other mount. I used it on my permanent pier - 12" reinforced concrete and am happy no issues with scope at Zenith the 'woyks' still clear of the pier.
Anyone know of if there's an adaptor for the CGE tripod to the Mach-1?
Posted 11 May 2010 - 01:12 PM
But.... Other than that, I'm still waiting as patiently as I can for the stuff that goes between the first two items and the 3rd. It's getting tougher by the minute.


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