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3D modeling software accelerates creation of intelligent, CAD-ready surfaces from 3D scan data
3D modeling software accelerates creation of intelligent, CAD-ready surfaces from 3D scan data
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., January 7, 2009- Geomagic is shipping a new version of Geomagic Studio software that adds powerful new surface manipulation capabilities to its award-winning Fashion module while improving performance for point and polygon processing tools. Geomagic Studio is the world's leading software for creating accurate 3D digital models from scan data of physical objects.
New in Fashion
The Geomagic Fashion module in Geomagic Studio 10x automatically identifies, analyzes and corrects imperfections in scan data to create high-quality geometric and freeform surfaces that can be further manipulated in CAD. This greatly reduces the time required to bring physical forms into the digital realm for mechanical design applications such as new design and reverse engineering. Major new features and enhancements to Geomagic Fashion include:
- Constrained surface-fitting capabilities for perfectly aligning surfaces and correcting imperfections in the as-built model or scan data.
- Automatic surface extension and trimming capabilities for creating perfectly sharp edges between neighboring surfaces, making edges and surfaces faster and easier to manipulate downstream in CAD.
- Advanced tools that enable users to exclude regions of a mesh that deviate from the desired surface classification, resulting in a more accurate representation of the digitized part.
"Geomagic Fashion gets us from scanning to accurate CAD models in half the time of other software," says Charles Evans, design analyst for Florida Turbine Services. "It's simple to use, and even with complex shapes and less-than-desirable point clouds, the accuracy is fantastic."
Better polygon models
Geomagic Studio 10x also includes enhancements that improve performance and quality of point and polygon processing. An improved algorithm for registration helps users create more accurate point clouds from scan data, and a new decimation methodology produces smaller, yet still accurate, polygon models.
Front-end for Class A surfaces
Geomagic Studio 10x with Geomagic Fashion further speeds, automates and simplifies the workflow of transforming scan data into a Class A surface model. Its capabilities make it an ideal complement to design tools such as Autodesk AliasStudio.
"Geomagic Studio 10x with Geomagic Fashion streamlines what was previously a time-consuming and tedious process of moving from points to polygons to Class A surfaces," says Karl Matthews, director of product management for Geomagic. "In conjunction with AliasStudio, it allows designers to bypass challenging modeling procedures and concentrate on the design process."
Solutions for specific applications
Geomagic Studio 10x is available in three editions to suit the needs of mechanical design and medical/scientific markets:
- Geomagic Studio - Fashion Edition is the premier product for mechanical design applications such as new design and reverse engineering. It includes Geomagic Fashion for automatically extracting design intent from scanned physical objects, providing the fastest way to go from scanning to CAD-ready surfaces.
- Geomagic Studio - Shape Edition is designed for medical and scientific applications where users want to create exact 3D replicas of organic objects such as bones or historical artifacts. It includes the Geomagic Shape surfacing module for creating water-tight NURBS surfaces.
- Geomagic Studio - Complete Edition is ideal for mechanical designers who want to extract design intent from existing objects and perform FEA and CFD analysis on as-built parts. This edition includes Geomagic Fashion for design work and Geomagic Shape for creating models of as-built parts.
A complete listing of new functionality in Geomagic Studio 10x, descriptions of Geomagic products, and a feature comparison for the three different Studio editions can be found on the Geomagic web site: www.geomagic.com.
About Geomagic
Geomagic (www.geomagic.com) is a global company dedicated to advancing and applying 3D technology for the benefit of humanity. Geomagic's scanning and design software solutions are used to capture and model 3D content from physical objects, organically sculpt complex shapes, and prepare products for manufacturing. In addition, the company produces powerful 3D metrology and inspection software that verifies dimensional quality by comparing as-built products to master designs. Geomagic's Sensable Phantom haptic devices simulate the sense of touch in a digital environment.
Geomagic's software and hardware are utilized by world-class customers in a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, medical, consumer products, toys, collectibles, coindesign, jewelry, fine art, heritage restoration, research, education, mold making, entertainment, training and surgical simulation. In fact, some of the world's leading companies and research organizationsuse Geomagic software, including Ford, BMW,Boeing, Harley Davidson, Timberland, Mattel/Fisher Price, Lego, Pratt & Whitney, NASA, Schneider Electronic, 3M, Danaher and Invisalign. Geomagic is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., USA, with an office in Boston, subsidiaries in Europe and Asia, and channel partners worldwide.
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Busby Berkeley Bonus Disc (Busby Berkeley Collection)
It may seem like cheating to skip over the five films featured in the first Busby Berkeley Collection and single out the bonus disc included with the collection as a "Movie We Like," but the very fact that Warner Brothers bothered to include the extra disc comprised solely of the musical numbers from Berkeley's films indicates that they were eager to facilitate the pure rush of cinematic delirium that occurs when watching the crazy things back to back. Berkeley didn't write or direct most of the films included in the box set collections that bear his name but his authorial hallmark is stamped right across all of them. He created and staged the musical numbers for the films and it's these musical numbers that gave him immortality as one of the great film architects of glamorous spectacle and Hollywood mythology. The best of Berkeley's musical numbers are pre-Production Code wonders of erotic reverie and paradisaical splendor. They looked like nothing that had come before though they have certainly been imitated and paid homage to by directors entranced by their bizarre majesty ever since. Berkeley turned song and dance numbers that bridged the scenes of what could have been generic studio musicals into glittering ecstatic pageants that rendered the lovely legs of chorus girls into a kaleidoscopic "ballet mechanique," filling the entire screen in one hallucinatory art deco fantasia after another. There is beauty to Berkeley's approach but there is also darkness that creeps in, such as in the desperate city-dwelling throngs killing, thieving, and hustling to the title song of 42nd Street. Fellow practitioners of the dark arts of Kino Delirium, Kenneth Anger and Guy Maddin, owe this guy a lot and I would assume that they would be the first to admit it.
The plots of Berkeley's films are mostly variations on the backstage musical archetype with a make it or break it "let's put on a show!" finale. The films themselves - such as 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933 with stars like James Cagney and Ruby Keeler - are a lot of fun, if a little slow between the numbers. I once saw Gold Diggers… screened at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and seeing the film with booze, surrounded by the graves of Hollywood luminaries at night was several great things made more so by their combination. But it's the musical numbers that everyone wants to see, and so to get the purest expression of Berkeley's genius it's nice to be able to skip right to the whiz bang heart of it and luxuriate in the delights of "We're In the Money," "By A Waterfall," and the very weird and wonderful "Pettin' In the Park," which serves as unimpeachable evidence, if any was necessary, that the 1930s was as sexually frank an era as any before or since.Continue Reading

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Boy uses Facebook search to bring siblings together
An Iowa man has been reunited with his sister 65 years after the siblings were separated in foster care thanks to a 7-year-old friend who searched Facebook.
Sixty-six-year-old Clifford Boyson of Davenport met his 70-year-old sister, Betty Billadeau, in person on Saturday.
Billadeau drove up from her home in Florissant, Mo., with her daughter and granddaughter for the reunion.
Boyson and Billadeau both tried to find each other for years without success.
Then 7-year-old Eddie Hanzelin, who is the son of Boyson's landlord, got involved.
Eddie managed to find Billadeau by searching Facebook with her maiden name. He recognized the family resemblance when he saw her picture.
Near the end of their tearful reunion Boyson and Billadeau presented Eddie with a $125 check in appreciation of his detective work.


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Of course he is match fit, he played last week didnt he!?Whats the cut off for him being able to play tomorrow?
Midday Friday I reckon Liz
Allardyce on Cenk Tosun: "We've agreed a deal and are at the stage of personal terms. Hopefully, we might be able to get him registered in time to play in the cup."
come onnnnnn get it sorted
It is going to be a huge difference for him coming into such a competitive league.
Its gonna be a huge difference for him playing in a team that doesn't attack
The key to his success will be in signing a creative midfielder or getting our current players to be more creative. I don't think the latter will work
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I don't think I've every baked this much in a weekend, and, to be honest, I didn't intend to. All I aimed to do was bake for
- The family that bought two loaves from me at the church fund-raiser service auction in November
- The annual church dinner and talent show
- My family's weekly bread
Er ... ok, I guess I did intend to bake that much. I just didn't realize it.
The loaf above is about to be delivered by my daughter Iris and I to a family a few blocks away. It's a loaf of Hammelman's 40% Caraway Rye (yes, I used white flour), though I made it a bit bigger (about 2 lbs instead of 1.5) and didn't bother with baker's yeast. I just let the rye sourdough do its work.
Alas, no pictures of the crumb -- that would have been rude.
The next loaf on the agenda was white sourdough.
I used the NY Times / Sullivan St. Bakery method, though I used sourdough starter instead of yeast, mixed it at about 72% hydration instead of 80% (if I go that wet, it always sticks like Elmer's), let it sit for just 12 hours before folding, and then went the extra step of shaping it into a boule. As always, it turned out well.
Again, my apologies for the lack of a crumb photo -- I snapped this shot at the church dinner, and a friend who saw me shooting it said, with a look usually reserved for that crazy old guy at the corner who screams about bugs and scratches himself: "Er, you take photos of your bread?"
I stammered something about it being for a bread message board, but I don't think that made me sound any less crazy. Cutting into the loaf and lovingly photographing the interior was too humiliating to contemplate at that point, much less actually perform, so I put the camera away. The crumb wasn't as open as the masterpieces that Mountaindog regularly pulls out of her oven, but it was light and open enough.
This morning was the big day. I had some rye starter left over, so I thought I'd bake a couple loaves of whole wheat 40% rye sandwich bread, in addition to my usual whole wheat sourdough sandwich loaves. Plus, I still had to deliver a loaf of whole wheat cinnamon walnut raisin bread to the auction family and, if you're going to make one loaf, why not make two?
Unfortunately, when I woke up this morning, I felt like someone had stuffed my head with very thick mayonaise. I courageously made the sourdough blueberry muffins my daughter had requested, but after breakfast my wife said, "We're skipping church, I'm taking Iris to her friend's birthday party and you're going back to bed." So I did. I slept until 1pm.
When I awoke, I felt much better (thank you, Mucinex!). Good enough to knead up three batches of dough.
The night before, however, I'd taken a sourdough pizza doughball out of the freezer and put it it the fridge to thaw, so, just before Iris and I left to go to the playground around 4pm, I turned on the oven. Iris ran - literally - all the way there (about half a mile - pretty good for 3 years old), and we made raspberry-raspberry jam muffins (there are no other ingredients, or so I'm told).
When we got back, I made this "heart-shaped" pizza for my wife. Aren't I sweet?
You didn't buy that line, did you? Actually, I fumbled a bit with the peel. A happy fumble, all the same.
After dinner, I popped the cinammon raisin loaves in the oven. Near the end of their bake, I started making a shaping tutorial video and got interrupted by the oven telling me to get those loaves outta there!
Here's Iris and I sprinkling cinnamon-sugar over the buttered loaves.
A couple of hours later, the rye was ready to pop in the oven (no photo -- I put them in the freezer before realizing I'd not taken a photo) and, shortly afterwards, the sourdough sandwich loaves, which rose very nicely.
Next weekend, I think I'll just stick to something simple like just one loaf. Of course, if you're making one loaf, it's not much more trouble to make two. Also, if I'm feeding my rye, I may as well use it somehow -- hate to throw some away ....


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Marriage in the Golden Years
June is the traditional time for weddings in America, so it's no surprise that this month we will see plenty of heartwarming articles about elderly couples who have enjoyed a long life together and are celebrating 50, 60, 70 or more years of wedded bliss. Photos of the lovebirds show them with a big cake, surrounded by a throng of adoring children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They offer valuable advice to younger couples who are just starting out.
But the example older couples set isn't just a matter of sentiment. Many studies show that as we grow older, marriage is good for our health. People in a long-term committed relationship can have an advantage when it comes to socialization, exercise and financial well-being. And policymakers tell us that with smaller, more mobile families, more seniors will rely on their spouses for support and assistance.
Of course, marriage isn't the only source of socialization and support for seniors. Today, one-third of the baby boomers and half of Americans older than 75 are unmarried. And although Penn State experts report that people older than 50 are the fastest-growing group to take up online dating, many seniors are single by choice and loving it. They stay active and socially connected with friends, family, work and volunteering.
But research shows several interesting health-promoting aspects of marriage. Married seniors are more likely to get checkups and follow their healthcare providers' advice. Their spouse might call it "nagging," but those reminders to take care of ourselves can be very motivating! University of Michigan neurologist Dr. Vikas Kotagal recently reported that married seniors, no matter their race or socioeconomic status, are twice as likely to seek help from their doctor if they noticed signs of memory loss. Married people support each other in exercise, smoking cessation and maintaining a healthy weight. Johns Hopkins University researcher Laura Cobb urges our senior care system to "harness the power of the couple." She says, "When it comes to physical fitness, the best peer pressure to get moving could be coming from the person who sits across from you at the breakfast table."
It's important to note that these health effects also seem to apply to domestic partners and other cohabiting couples—a good thing, given that cohabitation among older adults has more than doubled in the last decade, and continues to accelerate as baby boomers age. These older couples seem to be staying together, too. Says Bowling Green State University's Dr. Susan Brown, "Perhaps the most remarkable feature of cohabitation among older adults, in stark contrast to their younger counterparts, is the durability of the unions."
Older Couples Face Challenges
It's important to recognize that the connection between marriage and health isn't a simple one. While a good marriage promotes good health, numerous studies show that a bad marriage can have quite the opposite effect. For example, Michigan State University sociologist Hui Liu reports that older couples who report being in a bad marriage are at higher risk for heart disease. Dealing with a spouse who is critical, demanding and unsupportive places stress on the heart—and the effect increases as we grow older. Says Liu, "These results show that marital quality is just as important at older ages, even if a couple has been married for 40 or 50 years."
Yet the later years and the routine course of aging can pose challenges even to the most stable, long-term unions:
- Long-established living patterns may be disrupted by illness, retirement, an empty nest, decreased income and perhaps a move to a new community.
- After retirement or a move, couples may find themselves spending much more time in close proximity. This insularity can bring to the surface relationship problems they'd previously managed to keep on the back burner.
- Changing gender roles, a greater acceptance of divorce, and even our greater longevity also have contributed to an increase in the number of "silver splitters"—a wry term for older adults who divorce after marriages of long duration.
- For the increasing number of couples today who are on their second or third marriages, elder care is complicated with stepfamily issues.
The Caregiving Role
Today, millions of Americans are providing care for an ill or disabled spouse. As their role makes a sudden or gradual shift from partner to caregiver, they find themselves focusing more and more on their spouse's health and care needs, rather than on their relationship. As reported in "Spouse Caregivers in Sickness and in Health" in the July 2014 issue of Caring Right at Home, caregiver spouses perform many tasks that could be considered medically technical—wound care, medication management and more. Some spouses report that this brings them closer together. But University of Michigan researcher Amelia Karraker says that chronic illness, physical disabilities and memory loss all raise the risk of divorce. And while having a partner to provide care support is an advantage for the ill spouse, the caregiver spouse faces a greater risk of poor health. Experts call for increased support for spouse caregivers. Families should learn about public and private senior support organizations that provide respite and assistance. Professional in-home caregivers also can perform some of the hands-on caregiving tasks, allowing the couple to focus more on their relationship and the things they like to do.
Geriatricians say that it's never too late for marriage counseling. Older couples can benefit from couples counseling, marriage retreats and other renewal programs just as much as younger couples—maybe even more! Many older couples find new spark by nurturing their relationship in this way. At any age, relationships flourish best in an atmosphere of honesty, mutual respect, and yes, romance. As they grow together and as individuals, couples are ready to better enjoy and appreciate the years to come, in sickness or in health.
Right at Home, Inc. is a national organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for those we serve. We fulfill that mission through a dedicated network of locally owned providers of in home care services.


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VANCOUVER -- Isaac Newton had his apple, for Raymond Wang it was the sound of rain hitting the roof that switched on a light in his mind.
"I was going to bed one night trying to think of a science project and I could hear the sound of rain hitting the roof and I thought, wait a minute," Wang said.
The 14-year-old reasoned that if raindrops landing unleashed enough energy that he could hear the impact from a distance, then there must be a way to capture that energy.
The Grade 8 student at St. Georges School found the answer in a science magazine he had been flipping through in January of last year, in a story about a material that converts kinetic energy — movement — to electric current.
"After reading about piezoelectric materials, I thought why not incorporate that into a roof to directly collect that impact energy," Wang explained.
Piezoelectricity is generated by certain crystalline materials when they are placed under mechanical stress. Such materials are usually used in delicate electronics and scientific instruments.
Wang used a sheet of piezoelectric plastic polyvinylidene fluoride to make a small roof about the size of a piece of letter-sized paper which he connected to a rectifier that he assembled from four diodes that converts the AC power generated to DC power that he could then store with a capacitor. You get all that?
In short, the stored electricity powers an LED light.
"When the rain hits the surface it causes mechanical stress which in turn translates into an alternating current," said Wang, adding that wind and hail have the same effect.
He entered his idea in the Google Science Fair and has been named one of four Canadians among the 90 finalists worldwide and could earn a chance to present his idea at Google headquarters.
The next stage is a panel telephone interview with Google's judges.
The top 15 Google Science Fair finalists, to be announced in June, will be flown to Google headquarters in California for a final round of judging. The grand prize winner will receive a 10-day trip to the Galápagos Islands with National Geographic Expeditions as well as the $50,000 Google Scholarship. Other finalists receive $25,000 scholarships and may receive a once-in-a-lifetime experience at Google's research facility in Zurich, Switzerland, Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark, or a week at the CERN nuclear research facility near Geneva, Switzerland.
Wang got the email informing him that Google had selected his project while travelling home from the Canada Wide Science Fair in Charlottetown, P.E.I., where he won a gold medal and $6,000 in cash and scholarships for another invention, a dynamically adapting mechanical knee brace that adjusts its support depending on the activity of the user.
The Charlottetown judges deemed his device — the Smart Knee Assistant — worthy of a patent.
"It is really amazing that a little inspiration with a little work and effort can get you a long way," said Wang. "Everything begins with an idea, you just have to keep working on it."
Suffice it to say that Wang's brain has not stopped exploring the possibilities of piezoelectricity. His current model is just the latest of several steadily improving generations of the weather harvester, assembled after comparative testing of several candidate materials.
Wang's real-world testing under snow, rain, hail and wind found that the tiny roof could generate 0.2 volts of power in as little as six seconds, depending on the type of weather it is exposed to and the intensity of the mechanical stress the weather creates. On average he hit the mark in about 30 seconds.
The roof on an ordinary house could be 1,000 times the size of Wang's model, with a corresponding increase in potential energy.
"I think this can become a real product," he said.
Wang believes that his technology will scale up to power home electronics or even as a companion technology to solar electric power, essentially a system that generates electricity no matter what the weather. It would even work at night.
"What could be done in the future is to incorporate into flexible solar cells my idea of a weather harvester using piezoelectric materials that would allow you to collect energy rain or shine," he said.
With several years to go before high school graduation, Wang has plenty of time to consider career options, but science is at the top of the list. He says it is too soon decide even which university he might attend.
"I haven't really decided what field of science to specialize in and certain universities are better in certain fields, so I'll look into that in the future," he said.
In addition to his pursuits in science, Wang is studying for his Associate of the Royal Conservatory diploma in piano, his Royal Conservatory of Music 10 repertoire in clarinet and is teaching himself the French horn.
"Music is what I do in my spare time to relax," he said.
Wang also enjoys swimming, basketball and curling.


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- Metro Coaches Invitational -
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
New York, N.Y. - Junior Edward Brown IV (Bay Shore, N.Y.) set a school-record with a mark of 17.44m (57' 2 3/4") in the 35lb. weight throw at the Metro Coaches Invitational. Brown's record setting toss qualifies him for the ECAC Championships and is currently the third best throw in Division III this season. He is undefeated in the event so far this year.
Also in the 35lb weight throw, junior Mike Jang (Lynbrook, N.Y.) placed second with a toss of 15.86m (52' 1/2") and freshman Ieshawn Johnson (Queens, N.Y.) took third place with a distance of 15.52m (50' 11"). Jang improved his ECAC mark and moved up to third place on the FSC All-Time List, while Johnson is ranked fifth all-time at Farmingdale State and qualified for the ECAC's.
Sophomore Alix Lamarre (North Bellmore, N.Y.) (6.76m) and junior Donnell Jones (Brooklyn, N.Y.) (6.42m) finished third and fifth, respectively out of 16 competitors in the long jump.
Sophomore Katherine Hoskins (Valley Stream, N.Y.) placed ninth out of 32 in the 60m dash with an ECAC qualifying time of 8.08. Junior Victoria Mandat (West Babylon, N.Y.) qualified for the ECAC's as she finished the 60m hurdles in 9.44. Mandat improved to eighth on the Farmingdale State All-Time List.
Freshman Druscilla Dickson (Copiague, N.Y.) took fourth place in the triple jump with a leap of 10.66m (34' 11 3/4").
The Rams next will compete at the NYC Gotham Cup held at the New Balance Track and Field Center in New York, N.Y. on Friday, January 13th.


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Nuts & Bolts - January 2014
Your 4x4 Tech Questions Answered
Back to Basics
Q I actually have two questions. First, I have a '94 Chevy 1500 with 6 inches of lift and 35-inch Goodyear Wranglers, and I was wondering what the best way to "liven up" my TBI 350 would be without spending a lot of money, but giving it a noticeable power difference. I'm also running straight pipes with no muffler or converter; will this have any negative effect on horsepower?
My second question is which of these two trucks would be the best choice if I wanted to use it mostly off-road? An '88-'98 Chevy 1500 or a '94 IFS Toyota pickup? I don't really know a whole lot about Toyotas or how good their aftermarket support is, so any feedback would be very helpful.
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A TBI 350 Chevys are workhorse engines that deliver decent power and torque, but they aren't rocket ships. Late-model LS engines will frankly run circles around them. However, that's not to say you can't improve on what the factory did.
In terms of relatively inexpensive bolt-on aftermarket parts, the trifecta is usually an intake, exhaust, and a tune. An engine is an air pump, so anything you can do to eliminate restrictions on the intake and exhaust, the better you will be. While you think you may have improved performance by cutting off the catalytic converter and mufflers, you are probably hurting performance with that arrangement. Cats are federally controlled emissions equipment, so we can't recommend removing them, but we assume you live someplace where this doesn't matter.
As for the mufflers, engines do generally benefit from a little backpressure in the exhaust because it helps scavenge spent gases, not to mention that your neighbors would probably appreciate some mufflers when you come home from four-wheeling at 1 a.m. So, you might actually pick up a little gain (not to mention more friendly neighbors) by installing free-flowing mufflers from any number of reputable aftermarket companies.
Quality headers are another good option rather than the notoriously restrictive factory exhaust manifolds. A good cold-air intake system would also help a lot, as the factory intakes on these engines leave room for improvement. Combine these mods with the tunes available via performance chips from companies such as JET Performance (www.jetchip.com), and you'll have a very noticeable difference. Going a step further, a good cam can make a big difference, as can a set of heads; it just depends on your budget and how far you want to go.
The biggest difference you can make in terms of performance, however, is re-gearing the axles. Your truck is probably equipped with 3.55s, which worked great for the 30-inch-tall tires it came with from the factory. You've since installed 35s, which is the biggest hindrance on the performance meter. It's like a 1⁄2-inch breaker bar: try and break loose a stubborn bolt with your breaker bar. When you can't do it, what do you do? You throw a "cheater pipe" on that breaker bar and try again. Why do you do that? Because there's more leverage for you with the longer cheater pipe. Putting bigger tires on your truck without changing the gearing does the same thing, only in reverse. You're taking the engine's 14-inch breaker bar and only making it 11.5 inches long. If you were doing the same thing with the stubborn bolt, wouldn't it be a heck of a lot harder to break loose?
As to your second question, really, either would be a good choice. The '88-'98 Chevys and mid '90s Toyotas can be picked up cheap and have a lot of aftermarket support. The Chevys were plagued with more IFS frontend problems, while the Toyotas are considered reliable if somewhat lacking in the power department. All of the advantages and drawbacks of both have been well documented in our past issues and at 4wheeloffroad.com. You can choose to keep the IFS frontends in either truck or do a solid axle swap, both of which are quite viable and worth doing and are made easier with a large amount of aftermarket support.
$4K 4Runner Revisited
Q In the most recent installment of the $4K 4Runner, you mentioned component strength as one of the reasons you opted against a front locker. Would you have the same concerns if you were running a near-stock tire size? I am currently running 235/75 R15s on my second-generation 4Runner, and I've had a front locker on my wish list for a while.
Noah Cooperstein
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A Harry Wagner responds: I definitely think that tire size is a factor, due both to weight and leverage of the rotating assembly. The front-end components on the second-gen 4Runner are relatively small (ring-and-pinion, CV axles), and with the low-profile bumpstops we used to maximize wheel travel, we sacrificed strength of the CVs even more, since they are weakest at their maximum angle.
That said, a front locker will greatly increase the capabilities of your 4Runner. I recommend running a selectable locker like the ARB Air Locker or a limited slip like a True Trac in order limit the strain on the front-end components, even with your smaller tires.
On the $4K 4Runner I see a solid axle swap in the future, so the other factor (beyond strength) is spending money twice. We did spend money on regearing, but hopefully can sell the front diff to offset some of those costs when/if we do a solid axle swap.
Lower 4-Low
Q I have an '03 Dodge 1500 with the 4.7. Overall I enjoy the truck, but I would like a lower gear in low range. I have looked but only find gear kits for Jeep, Toyota, and Suzuki. Is there a company that offers something like this for my truck and I'm just not finding it? If I have an NP231, could I use one of the Jeep kits? I am trying to not to change the axle gears because the gearing feels right when in high range.
Dave Kaulfuss
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A Actually, this is easier than you might think. Your Dodge should be equipped with the 5-45RFE and an NP231D or NP241D transfer case (or their electric-shift equivalents), which are very similar externally. The best way to tell is to crawl underneath the truck and look at the circular tag right in the center on the back of the transfer case; it will be clearly marked. The NP231 and NP241 have the same low-range ratios, so swapping a Jeep NP231 would do nothing for you. But interestingly the NV241OR, or Rock-Trac, transfer case used in the Jeep Rubicon features a 4:1 ratio and is very, very similar to the transfer case in your Dodge.
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Judging by what we saw in their first preseason tilt, the Cleveland Browns need every ounce of production they can squeeze out of Jordan Cameron this season.
The playmaking tight end is a candidate to lead the team in every receiving category across the board if All-Pro wideout Josh Gordon is shipped into hyperspace with a potentially lengthy suspension.
The Browns need Cameron today, tomorrow and deep into the future, one reason the front office is hoping to sign the fourth-year pass-catcher to a long-term extension.
"It's positive, the whole process has been positive," Cameron said Monday of his negotiations with the team, per Tom Reed of The Plain Dealer. "I'll leave it at that. It's ongoing and going well."
Cameron's rookie deal runs out after this season. If an extension can't be forged in time, he's a prime candidate for the franchise tag. The Pro Bowler certainly has his eyes fixed on the four-year, $40 million dealJimmy Graham signed with the New Orleans Saints, but we view Graham's pact as a ceiling Cameron won't crack.
"Always hopeful, but I'm not worried about that at all," Cameron said of getting his deal done before the season. "We've got Washington to look forward to."
Waiting until after this season might benefit Cameron -- a long ban for Gordon would put the tight end in prime position to outplay his totals from last year's breakout campaign.
The Browns under general manager Ray Farmer have prioritized retaining their own homegrown talent, paying cornerbackJoe Haden and going hard afterAlex Mack when the Jacksonville Jaguars made a play for the Pro Bowl center.
Cleveland will chase down Cameron with equal zeal.
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Michael McKeeman, a North Penn High School graduate from Ardmore, Ap., was the top finisher for the men in Sunday's Philadelphia Marathon.
McKeeman won the race with a time of two hours, 17 minutes and 47 seconds.
He's no stranger to success in Philadelphia. McKeeman, now 36, finished second in the 2006 race.
The top finisher for the women was Irina Mashkantceva. She won with a time of two hours, 35 minutes and 34 seconds.
If Mashkantceva's unofficial time holds up, it would be a new race record.
McKeeman wasn't the only local runner to find success at the marathon. Rachid Bensalem, 40, of Philadelphia won the Men's Masters Marathon with a time of two hours, 28 minutes and six seconds. Doreen McCoubrie, 51, of Malvern, Pa. won the Women's Masters Division in the half marathon with a time of one hour, 23 minutes and 22 seconds.


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If you are Prince, Paul Simon, Jerry Seinfeld, Sandra Bernhard, or many other a marquee name, you know that one of the friendliest venues to ply your talent is the City Winery—in New York City or Chicago, and in future City Winery venues to-be-announced. City Winery is now celebrating its 15th anniversary!
It must be cool to play an audience just over 300 in size that is happily sated with stellar wine and food to match. That's the City Winery formula—and it works!
We recently took a tour of Chicago's City Winery with its young, smart and hip General Manager Greg Kitowicz, who moved from NYC to help give the Chicago venue its start. The first time he had gone to City Winery it was as a customer going to see Jeff Daniels of "Dumb and Dumber" fame, and who Greg shares is quite the musical talent to boot.
He was blown away by the scene. The next day he emailed the owner saying he wanted "in", and the rest, as they say, is history.
Though similar in look and feel to the NYC City Winery there is actually no lack of Chicago in every building detail. Formerly this space was a business called Robin's Grocery Distribution, and other than Oprah's studio being across the street, it was pretty much an industrial area and anything but the hip strip it is today.
The charming space is all the more welcoming when you realize the great lengths to which City Winery went to preserve and reclaim the materials of the original structure and incorporate it into their posh surrounds. The wood tables? Yes, reclaimed wood from the grocery business. The brick archways? Yes, bricks from the original structure. Wainscotting, the original cooler door and windows on display, and other trim—yes, all from the original structure.
This charming architectural touch obviously put together with great effect is all the more fitting when you get a taste of the Chicago City Winery's Winemaker's perspective that wine itself is a preservation of time and place.
Taking a break from admiring his new ebulliometer, an instrument to measure alcohol content that has been used with design unchanged for over 120 years, Chicago City Winery Winemaker Robert Kowal remarked philosophically, "Some forget that wine is an agricultural product that comes from a particular place and season. We might ferment the wine but you are getting a taste of the season and place. Wine connects you to the place in the same way that a jar of grandmother's jam has that charm of connecting you to her."
Indeed, Kowal and his team put great thought into the places where they buy the grapes to make their wine. For the 14 wines they keep on tap in Chicago they purchase 65,000 tons of whole cluster grapes mostly from California, Washington, Oregon and recently grapes from Argentina for a Malbec spring crush. Kowal is now eyeing some grapes from Michigan to add to the mix.
Kitowicz explains, "We want to make wine accessible to our customers. There are 10 wine captains on the floor (level one certified sommeliers) who work under the direction of our chief sommelier. You can buy our wines retail, have them in our venue, or sign-up for tasting and blending sessions."
The menu features small plates all designed with wine-pairing in mind. Kitowicz says that as many as 90% of their business comes from Chicagoland denizens. Look at the patio on a summer night and you'll see many who have come for just food and wine.
When you get a glass of City Winery wine it comes to you pretty much from the barrel, unless you order one of the wines from their Wine Spectator award-winning list.
City Winery lets you make your own blends for your own bottle, or even lets you buy your barrel and works with you to bring its qualities to the Goldilocks point you desire.
Because of its non-stop top-rate performer lineups every night, many might not realize that City Winery is also set up with a constellation of private meeting rooms for parties and corporate events.
This is the only winery within Chicago city limits. Go for the wine. Consider hosting a private party there and get the tour.
This is not a wine bar or restaurant you go to on your way to a great evening. City Winery is your destination with nothing wayfaring about it.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Charlie Batch doesn't know how many more games are left in his 37-year-old legs. Given the way the veteran quarterback played in the Steelers' ridiculously easy 27-0 victory over lifeless St. Louis on Saturday, it may be more than he thinks.
The crowd chanting the name of Pittsburgh's native son throughout, Batch played efficiently if not spectacularly while subbing for an injured Ben Roethlisberger, passing for 208 yards to help the Steelers keep their hopes for an AFC North title very much alive.
"Nobody wants to let this team down," Batch said. "One thing about it is we just try to keep the ball rolling, whoever is in there."
Batch is now 5-2 as a spot starter with the Steelers and could get another shot next week against Cleveland when the Steelers go for their second straight division title.
"We've won games with (Batch) in the past; if need be, we will games with him in the future," coach Mike Tomlin said. "We are very comfortable with our depth at the quarterback position."
The Steelers sure played like it.
Rashard Mendenhall ran for 116 yards and a touchdown against the NFL's worst rush defence, and John Clay and Ike Redman also scored as the Steelers cruised on a day Roethlisberger rested his badly sprained left ankle.
The two-time Super Bowl winner was active and available in case of emergency. The defence made sure there wasn't one, dominating the NFL's lowest-scoring offence to pitch its second shutout of the season.
"It's about playing good ball at the right time," defensive end Brett Keisel said. "We need to build off this win and hopefully get one next week and carry that into the dance."
St. Louis' Steven Jackson rushed for 103 yards to top 1,000 for the seventh straight season, but backup quarterback Kellen Clemens sputtered in place of the injured Sam Bradford. St. Louis (2-13) managed just 232 yards while getting blanked for the second time in 20 days.
A season after going 7-9 and appearing to be a team on the rise, the Rams head into their finale next week against San Francisco tied with Indianapolis for the worst record in the league.
Clemens, signed less than three weeks ago, completed 9 of 24 passes for 91 yards. He didn't turn it over, but he couldn't make anything happen against the league's top-ranked defence.
"There's a few throws that I just should have hit," Clemens said. "You can't leave opportunities on the field against a defence like that, and we did today."
Batch, making just his seventh start since 2001, had no such issues. He completed 15 of 22 passes, his only hiccup coming on a second-quarter interception on which intended receiver Antonio Brown slipped.
While Batch lacks Roethlisberger's big-time arm, he did get the ball downfield on a couple of occasions, including a 46-yard pass to Mike Wallace in the fourth quarter that set up Mendenhall's 1-yard plunge that put Pittsburgh ahead 20-0.
It was more than enough cushion for a defence that looked just fine even without injured outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley, who continues to nurse a strained right hamstring. James Harrison collected his ninth sack of the season in his return from a one-game suspension for a series of illegal hits, and Pittsburgh never let St. Louis get within 10 yards of the end zone.
"The goose egg is nice," Keisel said. "Anytime you can hold an NFL team to nothing is nice."
The Rams were able to move the ball at times, mainly on the legs of Jackson, one of the few bright spots in a miserable season that has left coach Steve Spagnuolo's future very much in doubt.
"Let's face it, the man is a warrior," Spagnuolo said of Jackson. "That's one of the weapons we have and we're going to use it as much as we can, knowing we can't run every down."
It might not have been a bad idea.
Each time the Rams appeared ready to make things interesting, they would find a way to let the Steelers off the hook. Spagnuolo opened up the playbook in the second quarter, with punter Donnie Jones pulling the ball down and looking to pass on a fake punt. Pittsburgh covered it well and Jones took off, only to be tackled a yard short of the first down, a frustrating season summed up in one play.
"It was an aggressive call — we got the right look and thought we could get it," Spagnuolo said. "They did a nice job taking it away."
St. Louis put together a steady drive late in the first half but got conservative after moving into Pittsburgh territory, milking the clock so Josh Brown could attempt a 52-yard field goal at a stadium where 22-yarders aren't a given. The ball sailed wide left, and Brown later missed wide right in the fourth quarter with the game still somewhat competitive.
Emphasis on the somewhat.
The Steelers were never in any real danger as Mendenhall found plenty of room to manoeuvr, while Batch extended a couple of plays with his feet to keep drives alive.
Mendenhall's 52-yard run in the second quarter set up Clay's first NFL carry, a 10-yard burst over right tackle that gave Pittsburgh a 10-0 lead.
Shaun Suisham drilled a field goal in the third quarter to put the Steelers up 13-0. After Brown missed his second kick of the day early in the fourth, Pittsburgh put it away with a pair of cruelly efficient touchdown drives.
"Yes, we scored 27 points, but we had opportunities to put 35 points on the board and we weren't able to get it in the end zone during that time," Batch said. "There's always room for improvement."
NOTES: Pittsburgh WR Hines Ward caught four passes and now has 995 for his career. ... Pittsburgh WR Antonio Brown broke former running back Barry Foster's club record for all-purpose yards in a season. Brown has 2,048, ahead of Foster's mark of 2,034 set in 1992. ... St. Louis DE Chris Long failed to register a sack for just the second time in the last nine games. ... Josh Brown has made 73 per cent (19 of 26) of his field goal attempts this season, the second-worst mark of his nine-year career.


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Following a slew of "mini trailers" and one brief teaser, the first full trailer for the upcoming fifth season of HBO's True Blood has gone online. The clip shows quite a bit of footage from the upcoming season, including the promise of a prolonged Bill/Eric team-up (please tell me a buddy vampire spin-off is in the works), the return of an old fan favorite character, and the promise of more of that weird clown face that apparently appears when witches get high or something. However, the best part about this trailer is Mr. Christopher Meloni. He joins the cast this season as the head of The Authority, a council made up of the most powerful vampires in existence. If you remember the predicament that Bill and Eric found themselves in last season and compound that with the returning baddie, you should have some idea of where this promisingly badass Meloni character comes in.
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The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge aimed at blocking efforts by a group that's seeking to declare in the state constitution that life begins when a human egg is fertilized.
A proposed amendment from Personhood Ohio would expand the definition of a person to include every human being at every stage of biological development, including fertilization.
An opponent group called Healthy Families Ohio filed a complaint in January with the high court, arguing the proposed amendment should be split into two ballot issues, not put forth as one. The group also had claimed the amendment's summary was not a "fair and truthful" description of the measure.
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An emotional moment at the Golden Globe Awards, when Chris Colfer won Best Supporting Actor in a TV series for his role as Glee's gay teen Kurt Hummel.
"Mostly importantly [a thank you] to all the amazing kids that watch our show and that our show celebrates and are constantly told 'no' [by] people and environments and bullies at school, that they can't be who they are or can't have what they want because of who they are," he told the room, adding, "Screw that, kids."
This is the first Golden Globe for Colfer. Some other LGBT-related wins at the Golden Globes included: Jane Lynch for Best Supporting Actress in a TV series for Glee; Glee for Best Musical or Comedy TV series; Jim Parsons for Best Actor in a TV series for The Big Bang Theory; Annette Bening for Best Actress in Musical or Comedy for The Kids Are All Right and The Kids Are All Right for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.
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Film critic Roger Ebert, who lost his ability to speak after cancer surgery, went on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and made his Oscar picks using a computer-generated voice.
Computer programmers at Scotland-based CereProc took voice samples from Ebert's recorded work and made a program that allows him to type words that are then translated in his voice.
"In first grade, they said I talk too much. And now I still can," Ebert said on the Tuesday show.
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Best Picture: "The Hurt Locker."
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker."
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for "Precious."
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Dispeling some discipline thoughts
Pack a lunch and grab some coffee, I'm going to take a bit of a walk today. I'm going to start with a bit of whimsy.
I wish, sometimes and among other wishes, that Focused Power in the Discipline tree were 5 instead of 2 talent points. This would make it an almost perfect match for the Shadow Focus with up to 10 percent + spellhit. Of course, it couldn't be a smooth change. After all, it sits at a higher tier than the shadow version, and for good reason. That's because of the change it also makes to Mass Dispel.
Now, if the 5 points were allowed, the modification Mass Dispel would have to change as well. After all, reducing MD by half a second a step – when it already starts at 1.5 seconds for cast – is obviously absurd. And frankly, the current 2/2 always tempts me when I consider a Disc spec. Oh, it's not the most critical talent, but…
Have you looked at Mass Dispel? Seriously? See, from what I've seen it's not so frequently used (outside arenas), and yet… It is worse than the normal dispel in two ways. First, it's 1.5 seconds instead of instant – no running while casting. Second, it "only" removes one opponent's buff or debuff on a friendly instead of two. On the other hand…
AoE dispel with a radius the same size as that of Circle of Healing. And while it'll only remove one spell per person per cast, it can affect five friendlies and five foes all at the same time. And the kicker – it can dispel things the normal cannot. Most people know of the fact it'll remove a paladin's bubble. It also – not as well known – removes Ice Block. And Banish. Now, it has some serious problems. In addition to the 1.5 second cast it's mana intensive (1/3 of your BASE mana) – comparable in cost to Greater Heal. And it randomly selects the targets in the area and THEN checks to dispel. And – with a slight twist – randomly selects the (de)buff to dispel. Oh – and paladins with the correct talent have a 30% chance of resisting the dispel (which can in turn be countered). Oh – and always beware of Unstable Affliction — which goes "Boom"on the dispel caster if it's dispeled. (As an aside, this can be terribly ugly if you're fighting a warlock (especially multiple) plus pally team in an arena. Not paying attention can lead to impressive suicides.)
Over in PVE, it can remove a surprising number of things – the difficulty is simply remembering to use it (and again having the time usually means getting it down to half a second cast time with the focus talent). Almost all slows (for example but not only those of Aran and Heroic Ikiss). Mobs that seem to frost nova everyone – or otherwise apply dots to everyone (the Maiden, for example, in Kara). Mobs that self-buff can frequently be frustrated here as well.
Of course, if you're Disc with an eye to this spell, you've probably also looked hard at Absolution. The 15% gained from 3/3 of this talent can make a large difference given the mana cost of this spell – but I'll note it's more useful in PVP than PVE as three talent points is a lot UNLESS you know you'll dispel, mass dispel, and cure or abolish disease with any frequency.
Mass Dispel is in many ways a spell like Circle of Healing or Lightwell. The uses exist – and for a dedicated practitioner they're a lot more common than most people would believe, and further those uses can be surprisingly useful to the raid or party. I cannot advocate it as a "must have" any more than I can Lightwell or Circle of Healing — in other words, I do advocate looking hard at it as an option, but it's not the Must Have of shadow focus for shadow priests. If you ARE planning to use the spell with frequency, then the disc talent Focused Power 2/2 is highly recommended choice.
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Slightly OT, but something I've been thinking about a bit.
Do you think a full Discipline priest healer could work (after the amazing change to Pain Suppression in 2.3)?
PS seems so good and so flexible – you can "perma-fade" an over-eager DPS class (particularly Shaman and Fury Warrs that can't drop threat any other way), and you are the Pali-Tank's Shield Wall that they don't have (the threat loss shouldn't hurt a Tankadin).
PI is a nice pickup too, and is actually really good for healing when used on a Druid (that uses it in a maintained Rolling Lifebloom), and it can be given to a lock or mage in a DPS race/enrage timer situation.
You bring Imp DS and Inspiration uptime, as well. Improved PWS could be a nice buffer if used properly (i.e., full health, full rage situations)
You don't have the throughput of a holy priest (with Spiritual and Empowered Healing), but your mana pool is quite a lot larger, and you bring a heck of a lot more DPS to burn down trash faster (FoW + Searing Light + 4% to hit with Smite).
Don't know if it's worthy or not, but it might be fun to think about and/or try.
I've Currently got my priest specced up 41/20/0 for raids/heroic/solo and it works well.
For Heroic you can do a healing or DPS role as good as any other.
For raids you may find your heals a bit underpowered to provide a main healer role. You can however dish out as much damage as a shadow priest. So providing your guild will let you try it you can spend most of your time doing damage and off heal when needed.


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Middle School Girls Get WISE at Michigan Tech
Local middle school girls spent the day exploring the excitement of science and engineering fields at Michigan Technological University, during the annual Get WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) program this Thursday.
The event, coordinated each year by the University's Youth Programs office, brings more than 250 sixth, seventh, and eighth graders from 15 local schools to campus for a day of hands-on activities, talks with female role models, and more. The day's doings are meant to stir interest in science and engineering.
"Engineering isn't all about building roads and cars," said Kristi Isaacson, Youth Programs associate coordinator, who worked to plan this year's event. "This program helps girls learn about engineering in a completely new way, allowing them to see the different options available."
The theme of this year's event was "Get Moving with Get WISE." Participants had the chance to become "toy engineers" by designing and creating their own toys that motivate kids to be active. They started with a foam body and a table full of craft supplies. Their challenge was to build a toy that could fly. They came up with everything from football vortexes to planes and birds.
"The girls turned into engineers right before our eyes," Isaacson said. "It was amazing to see them go through the design process and come up with such different final products.
The event included lunch, a keynote talk by Seth Donahue, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and discussions with three successful women working in STEM fields—Wendy Ratza, a mechanical design specialist with GE Aviation Systems; Linda Hansen, a project engineer with AECOM; and Michelle Bakkila, project manager for Weston Solutions of Michigan Inc.
I've always liked science, but this is a big improvement; we get to do more than just reading books," remarked one of the participants, Lanna Pirkola, a seventh grader from Washington Middle School. "It's definitely more fun than when I'm just in school."
Each of the 270 participants received a certificate for attending the event on National Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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The MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive provides families and friends hours of uninterrupted bicycling on world-famous Lake Shore Drive. Register at www.bikethedrive.org.
MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive opens the entire length of Lake Shore Drive to 20,000 bicyclists Memorial Day Weekend. Participants start and finish at Columbus and Jackson in downtown Chicago. Head north toward Bryn Mawr or south to the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Registration is regularly $42 and $37 for Active Trans members. Youth registration is available for $15 with a paying adult. Registration includes an event T-shirt and access to rest stop and post-ride festival, which features Beatles tribute band American English.
The MB Financial Bank Bike the Drive benefits the Active Transportation Alliance, Chicagoland's voice for better biking, walking and transit.
The Active Transportation Alliance is a non-profit, member-based advocacy organization that works to make bicycling, walking and public transit so safe, convenient and fun that we will achieve a significant shift from environmentally harmful, sedentary travel to clean, active travel.
The organization builds a movement around active transportation, encourages physical activity, increases safety and builds a world-class transportation network.
Formerly the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, the Active Transportation Alliance is North America's largest transportation advocacy organization, supported by more than 6,000 members, 1,000 volunteers and 35 full-time staff. For more information on the Active Transportation Alliance, visit www.activetrans.org or call 312.427.3325.
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ACROSS the country, pundits were watching in awe as they totted up the results in last month's local and European elections.
The rise of the UK Independence Party across the country had fulfilled their prophecy that it would become the first party other than Labour or the Conservatives to win a national election in 100 years.
But in Oxfordshire it was a case of business as usual, as the much-vaunted party failed to make its anticipated breakthrough.
Even in the European elections, and in parts of Oxfordshire where they might be expected to do well, UKIP could only manage second place.
In fact, in many cases, UKIP actually did worse this year than in last year's Oxfordshire County Council elections.
Is this just because the party's rise is taking longer in Oxfordshire or is there something in the water?
Labour's Duncan Enright – a councillor on West Oxfordshire District Council – says he was expecting the anti-EU party to put up a stronger challenge than it eventually did.
Duncan Enright Labour councillor on West Oxfordshire District Council
Witney South and Central was one of the areas where UKIP did particularly well last year – had it won just 11 more votes it would have taken the county council seat. But in the equivalent seat this year, the same candidate came 152 votes away from winning – and this remained one of UKIP's best results.
Mr Enright said: "I expected them to do well but it just didn't convert into votes. They have certainly gone backwards year on year. This year they did worse than last year, which is surprising because the European elections are made for UKIP.
"UKIP has been a repository for protest votes across the country and I think other parties like ourselves have been more succesful at picking up those protest votes.
"One of the things that comes up quite a lot on the doorstep is discontent with the way things are run nationally and locally."
UKIP city candidate for Blackbird Leys Dickie Bird, who is also the party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Banbury, claimed his party is gaining momentum.
UKIP city candidate for Blackbird Leys Dickie Bird
He said: "We have made great progress. Every other county in the south has got a UKIP councillor but the party is growing at a rapid rate.
"We came second in a number of wards which gives us great hope. Where I stood in Blackbird Leys I don't believe someone from UKIP has stood there before – and to take 20 per cent of the vote is incredible.
"It is down to us to get the message out."
In Oxford, where the city council is run by Labour and there hasn't been a Conservative councillor elected since 2002, it is perhaps not surprising that UKIP came fifth in the European election poll – compared with second in every other district in Oxfordshire.
Oxford-based Lib Dem MEP for the South East Catherine Bearder said: "Oxfordshire's residents can see the benefits that EU membership brings wherever they look, be it in the millions of pounds invested into research in our world famous universities, investment into our industries like BMW or the migrants working in our hospitals, care homes, agriculture and other trades and professions.
Lib Dem MEP for the South East Catherine Bearder
"The xenophobic messages of UKIP jarred with the tolerant and informed views across Oxfordshire – we're not a closed an insular county but an open and accepting one, and that is the message that local voters gave on polling day."
And this would seem to make sense – after all, Oxford University is the county's largest employer with 16,200 members of staff, while Oxford Brookes University employs another 2,577.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and BMW employ another 10,732 and 4,000 respectively.
Matthew Barber, the leader of Vale of White Horse District Council and the Conservative Party's election agent, thinks the reason might be slightly closer to home.
Leader of Vale of White Horse District Council Matthew Barber
He said: "We are in an area where the Conservative party historically has got a strong base. I would like to think we put forward good strong candidates campaigning on local issues.
"I am not sure the general feeling in Oxfordshire is that different in this part of the country to others, and I don't think we should ignore what voters are saying. Perhaps people weren't feeling the need to protest quite as much."
Mr Barber's feeling that there is no underlying surge of discontent across Oxfordshire is perhaps proved by the fact that every council which was contested in May remained with a broadly similar balance of power.
And in the Conservative-controlled areas of Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire where there were no local elections, the European elections showed no major change in attitude among voters.
How they fared around the region
ON Buckinghamshire County Council, UKIP now has six councillors while in Hampshire and West Sussex it has 10 and in Kent it has 17.
There are three UKIP councillors on Surrey County Council.
The party also has one councillor on the Isle of Wight, another in Milton Keynes and two on Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council.
Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford City Council, Vale of White Horse District Council, West Oxfordshire District Council and Cherwell District Council have no UKIP councillors.
Christopher Quinton who sits on South Oxfordshire District Council as an Independent-UKIP councillor
South Oxfordshire District Council has one councillor – Christopher Quinton, who represents Woodcote, describes himself as Independent-UKIP.
- Labour – 13,015
- Green – 8,337
- Conservative Party – 5,997
- Liberal Democrats – 5,332
Vale of White Horse
- Conservative Party – 10,948
- Liberal Democrats – 4,672
- Labour – 4,101
- Green – 3,586
South Oxfordshire
- Conservative Party – 12,552
- Labour – 4,253
- Green – 3,932
- Liberal Democrats – 3,258
West Oxfordshire
- Conservative Party – 11,851
- Labour – 3,925
- Green – 3,295
- Liberal Democrats – 2,245
- Conservative Party – 12,339
- Labour – 6,584
- Green Party – 3,340
- Liberal Democrats – 2,775
Triggered by Maastrict treaty
THE UK Independence Party was born as the Anti-Federalist League, a party set up to campaign against the Maastricht Treaty in 1991.
In 1993 the party became UKIP.
Its founder Alan Sked resigned after the 1997 General Election, saying it had become "infected by the far-right".
In the 2004 European elections the party came third, and second in the 2009 elections before topping the polls this year.
The party now has 24 MEPs, 370 councillors and three members of the House of Lords, but no MPs.
It currently has a membership of more than 38,000.
But recently it has been dogged by allegations of racism and bigotry, with a number of high- profile scandals relating to the party's members, candidates, councillors or MEPs making comments that have landed them in hot water.
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Can 16 seconds of cuteness be turned into an hour and a half of … pandas?
That's what some filmmakers are banking on.
Lesly Hammond and Jenny Walsh, who make Australian wildlife documentaries, are switching gears. The production has a $1.3 million budget, The Hollywood Reporter says, and will start filming in China this October.
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Hammond and Walsh were the ones who shot the short clip of the now word-renounced baby panda, whose resonant sneeze rang out throughout the compound and deeply startled its mother.
Millions worldwide have simpered over the clip, and TV shows like "South Park" and "30 Rock" have parodied it (illegally, according to THR).
The two plan to take a leaf out of "Forrest Gump's" book and tie in the baby panda to critical historical events. "You know the famous photo of Nixon sitting with mao? Using visual effects, we'll replace the woman interpreter sitting between them with a panda," Hammond told THR.
While this sounds more like a Tumblr meme (think: Sad Keanu) than a feature-length film, the plot also involves a zoologist (not yet cast) who travels to China to save the baby panda.
"This is the first feature film to come out of a viral video clip," Hammond said.
Let's hope it fares better than TV-commercials-turned-TV-shows ("Cavemen," anyone?)


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Zaragoza, the capital of northern Spain's Aragon region, is a real treat for history and architecture buffs. Its picture-perfect old quarter is a tribute to its captivating past, with its churches, squares, palaces and abodes styled by its previous occupants – from the Romans and Moors, to the Jews and Christians.
Overlooking the sparkling Ebro River is the jewel in the Zaragoza's crown: the Baroque-styled Neustra Senora del Pilar, or Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, known for its multiple domes. Beyond fine architecture, the city boasts a fantastic bar scene, as well as some serious good tapas. For traditional Spanish shopping, Mercado Central is a must.
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Zaragoza is famous for the rich historical heritage left by the Romans and Moors who successively occupied Spain until the 12th century. The Roman ruins include the forum and city wall, the Aljafería Palace and the Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, but there are plenty more notable remains from Zaragoza's long history.
Besides the stunning landmarks, Zaragoza is a very pleasant city to explore. The affable and inviting character of the inhabitants and the lively atmosphere of the city centre makes it a very charming place to spend a holiday.
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Think you're having a bad day? You're not former Denver Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil.
In contract talks with Denver to reduce his $12 million dollar salary last week, Dumervil and the Broncos reached a deal to cut his 2013 pay to $8 million on Friday, but Dumervil's agent, Marty Magid, reportedly failed to fax in the agreement on time. The Broncos then released the Pro Bowl linebacker, making him a free agent.
Dumervil soon made a transaction of his own, firing Magid. According to NBC News, the agreement was faxed in six minutes late. NFL.com reported on Saturday that Dumervil has already hired Tom Condon and Ben Dogra to represent him.
The Baltimore Sun reports that the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens, as well as The New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans have interest in Dumervil.
The 5-foot-11, 260-pound Dumervil led the NFL with 17 sacks in 2009 and had 11 last season.
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Forget passwords and thumbprints -- the iPhone will now use your voice print as security.
Apple has filed for a patent for voice-recognition or a "voice print" for its future iPhones, according to AppleInsider, but it's unknown if the latest iPhone will use the latest technology. It works by identifying a user's voice and past habits and the iPhone can bypass much of the voice commands usually necessary for a mobile device. From the story:
In a more detailed example, a lengthy command is cited as a possibility: "Find my most played song with a 4-star rating and create a Genius playlist using it as a seed." Also included is natural language voice input, with the command: "Pick a good song to add to a party mix."
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If mobile phones interpreting casual voice commands sounds familiar, it's because that's basically what startup Siri did -- and why Apple bought it last year. Now its "virtual assistant" and voice-recognition technology is baked into the iPhone.
Voice-recognition software helps when users need a hands-free way to communicate, especially while driving, but relying on voice means that they will have to be more circumspect. A slip of the tongue, or accidentally mixing up names, could have embarrassing consequences -- especially if setting up a date with girlfriend Julie Ann, only to have your phone send information for a romantic evening to your boss, Julian.