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Unsurpassed in depth and scope, this is the U.S. National Archives DVD history of aviation with nearly 29 hours of footage from 1903 to modern day. Fifty-four films cover aviation's most seminal moments, from the Wright brothers' initial test flight to the U.S. Air Force's Stealth aircraft program. Historical newsreels and documentaries feature everything from flying machines, fighters, and commercial aircraft to NASA spacecraft and Apollo missions. Additional films includes interviews and eyewitness accounts from the famed Tuskegee Airmen and Orson Welles, and footage of astronauts such as John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. An included CD provides hundreds of National Archives images. 24 DVDs. 11" W x 7 1/2" H x 2" D. (3 lbs.)
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'"Then my wife and I wanted to move back this way," Crean said. "Fortunately there was an opening with the Sabres, so I returned to the Sabres for a second stinct. I was able to move into this position when the Sabres bought the team."'
Archives for July 2011
Rob Crean returns home to work for Amerks
Ted Black already receiving suggestions
'"I was at the Craig Charron event on Monday, and aren't even waiting for the electronic version," Black said. "They're writing things on scraps of paper and giving it to me," he added with a laugh.'
Ron Rolston named Rochester Americans new coach
'"I am both excited and honored to join an organization with as storied a tradition as the Rochester Americans," Rolston said. "The opportunity to work within the Sabres organization, and to develop players at the game's highest level, is an opportunity that I am committed to and embrace."'
Sabres University selects first professor
'"The winning process starts with the selection of the players, and progresses with the development of those players," Regier said. "There is no more important area than we recognize more than the development of those players."'
Buffalo Sabres believe in their pick to lead Amerks
'"We're taking more responsibility for the player's development and demand that the player takes more responsibility for his own development," Regier said Wednesday morning, when the Sabres introduced Rolston at news conference. "Winning begins with the selection of players (in the draft) and progresses with the development of those players."'
AHL Americans name new head coach
'"Ron has had a tremendous influence on the continued rise of American players through seven successful years," said Jim Johannson, assistant executive director of operations at USA Hockey. "He's going to a wonderful organization in Buffalo and we know Ron will be an outstanding coach at the professional level."'
Amerks thrown a learning curve with new coach
'"What strikes me most about the organization is its strong leadership and its commitment to excellence and that starts with Terry Pegula," said Rolston, who played at Michigan Tech in the 1980s. "For me it's going to be a great experience to learn from their leadership and also add to that."'
Ron Rolston named Rochester Amerks head coach
'"He's a very thorough, knowledgeable and prepared coach," said Jim Johannson, assistant executive director of hockey operations for USA Hockey. "He's been an integral part of our program for the past seven years. He has developed young American players to play at the highest level and to win internationally."'
Rolston hired to coach Amerks
'Americans' new coach, according to several reports. He's expected to be introduced this morning at a news conference in Rochester.'
Thinking big still comes with price tag
'In one summer, the Sabres have been transformed into a major-market team. Fans have to get used to paying a little more to see one. For the most part, there are still plenty of good deals to be had, especially in the 300 level of HSBC Arena. There's just not as many as folks might have gotten used to.'
Enroth was close to the KHL
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'But as negotiations dragged on, it was extremely close to Jhon Enroth accepted an offer from Dynamo Minsk. "It was very close. I would basically just book the trip, he says to Hockeysverige.se, and continues: "It was a really good deal. I would have earned more in one season than in two years with Buffalo. So in the end it was about choosing between childhood dream or money. But I think this is the best way to go for now. '
Sabres' Lieuwen eager to prove his worth
'"It crossed my mind," Lieuwen, the 167th pick by the Sabres in June, acknowledged earlier this month at the team's development camp at Dwyer Arena. "When you're injured that much and that stuff is going on, you think, 'Well?'"'
Sabres ink Enroth to two-year deal
'"Without that, I don't know that we would've had the same level of confidence," Regier said inside HSBC Arena about Enroth's late-season performance. "But he came in and played the way he played, had the record he had with Ryan being injured. (It) really gave him and gave us a lot of confidence in him."'
Sabres sign Enroth to two-year deal
'The Buffalo News has learned the deal is for $1.35 million over the two years.'
Ellis excited about new deal with Sabres
'"To be sitting here entering my fourth season, it's an amazing feeling," he said. "It's been a great ride. I've met some amazing people here in Buffalo. I couldn't have asked for any more."'

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The media tolerates no end of birther nonsense and other paranoid fantasies from the right, but let Harry Reid accuse Mitt Romney of not paying his taxes and all hell breaks loose. Michelle Goldberg explores this double standard.
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• AUDIO: Marc Bergevin news briefing
BREAKING: Scott Gomez sent home, where he will remain for the season. He'll be fully paid but if Canadiens want to buy him out at season's end, which they will, they can't afford the risk of him being injured.
Pat Hickey quick hit:
Scott Gomez's days as a Canadien are over.
General manager Marc Bergevin announced Sunday morning in Brossard on Day One of the team's training camp that Gomez was being sent home and would be bought out in the summer.
"We felt this was the best decision for the good of the team," said Bergevin. He added that the Canadiens need to clear out cap space going forward and the deal will remove Gomez's $7.357 million from the books for the 2013-14 season. The Canadiens will have to pay Gomez $5.5 million not to play this season and then will pay him two-thirds of the $4.5 million he's scheduled to make next season.
Bergevin said the Canadiens couldn't afford to have Gomez hurt because the new collective bargaining agreement doesn't allow teams to buy out injured players.
Bergevin said the decision on Gomez was made after he saw the final draft of the CBA at 11 p.m. Saturday and he met with Gomez at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard. Bergevin said Gomez was "professional" when he was given the news.
Gomez was considered a prime candidate for one of two compliance buyouts permitted in the new CBA but as recently as last week Bergevin said Gomez was part of the team.
Early results from an online hockeyinsideout.com poll question, suggest fans believe Bergevin made the the right call with Gomez. More than 85 per cent of the nearly 250 people who had cast their vote by mid-day Sunday supported the general manager's decision.
The decision opens a spot for a forward on the Canadiens' roster.
Bergevin also said contract negotiations continue on a new contract for defenceman P.K. Subban, who remains in Toronto. Bergevin travelled to Toronto Saturday for face-to-face talks with Subban and agent Don Meehan.
"We exchanged proposals and counter-proposals but there was no agreement," said Bergevin. He said he had no plans to trade the restricted free agent.
The Canadiens opened camp in Brossard at 10 a.m. Sunday with 23 players. Missing were Tomas Plekanec and Mike Commodore (day-to-day) and Petteri Nokelainen, who is a few weeks away from a return.
With the 119-day National Hockey League lockout officially over, the Canadiens kick off their training camp at 10 a.m. Sunday morning.
Twenty-seven players are taking part in the camp at the team's practice facility in Brossard, on Montreal's South Shore.
Missing from the list of 27 players is Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban, who is a restricted free agent and remains unsigned. Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said last Monday that it was his intention to sign Subban before camp. Talks between the team and Subban's agent Don Meehan have been ongoing. Subban led the team in ice time last season.
The Hamilton Bulldogs players invited to camp are forwards Brendan Gallagher and Gabriel Dumont and defencemen Jarred Tinordi and Mike Commodore. Alex Galchenyuk, 18, the Canadiens first-round draft pick last June, is the youngest prospect at camp.
The Canadiens released their schedule today. They'll face the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday at the Bell Centre to open the season. They'll end the 48-game season playing the Leafs on April 27 in Toronto. You can see the schedule by clicking here:
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HTC One Smartphone: A fresh approach for camera phonesMonday March 11 2013 Mobile Preview
Whilst the camera phone megapixel race hots up with 13 and even 16.3-megapixel Smartphones previewed at Mobile World Congress 2013 (MWC 2013) HTC have bucked the trend with their latest flagship offering. Featuring a 1/3" 4Mp sensor and 28mm f/2 lens HTC claim their new Smartphone captures 300% more light than traditional camera phone sensors. We preview the HTC One and round up the most exciting products unveiled for photographers at MWC 2013.
Sandwiched between launches of the new Sony Xperia Z flagship Smartphone unveiled in January and the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S4 due at the end of March, HTC have laid their cards on the table with the HTC One. Featuring a zero-gap metal aluminum shell, the HTC One sports a 4.7" display with full body dimensions of 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3mm and despite the slightly smaller screen size than many full HD displays the HTC One boasts a 1920x1080 resolution.
Powering it all is a quad-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon 600 chipset and 2GB of RAM, which should make performance pretty snappy, and whilst the HTC One does run the latest version of the Android 'Jelly Bean' Operating System, HTC have overlaid their own software interface HTC Sense. Instead of the usual Android home screen HTC Sense 5.0 displays something called HTC BlinkFeed, which is essentially a constantly updated feed from the news and social media services you subscribe to. It's a bold move that's in line with the way modern users are interacting with their phones, but may alienate those who like instant access to their Apps and Widgets via the standard Android home screen.
Is the camera phone megapixel race over?
When it comes to the camera technology, HTC has been even bolder and in the midst of camera phone megapixel race, with 12 or 13-megapixels becoming the norm for new flagship Smartphones, the HTC One utilizes a 1/3" sensor with just a 4-megapixel 2688x1520 pixel resolution.
HTC claims the new sensor captures 300% more light than traditional Smartphone camera sensors, and pixels on the HTC One are a large 2 microns in size, which is comparable to compact cameras like the Canon S100. With a 28mm f/2 optical image stabilized lens the HTC One promises improved performance in low light, and Smart Flash on the HTC One provides five flash output levels automatically determined by subject distance. The front camera is 2.1-megapixel with a wide-angle lens, HDR capability and image stabilization.
It's encouraging to see HTC are not afraid to take a few risks bucking the trend for larger displays and higher megapixel cameras with the HTC One. It'll be interesting to look at performance difference with its 13-megapixels competitors to get the fact straight which design choice gives better image quality.
Mobile World Congress 2013: Camera Phones that caught our eye
Held in Barcelona, Spain, between 25 – 28 February 2013 Mobile World Congress 2013 (MWC) attracted more than 72,000 attendees to preview the latest innovations in Mobile Phone technology.
Whilst some of the biggest names in the industry choose to launch their flagship products at solo showcase events, MWC is a platform for other players to wow us with their latest tech. ZTE launched their new flagship Smartphone, the Grand Memo, with a huge 5.7" display and other innovative products from YotoPhone, with their E-Ink second screen and Caterpillar's durable all-terrain mobile that's dust and water-resistant, as well as shock proof were on display. We've picked out 10 Smartphones that caught our eye for their photographic possibilities.
Caterpillar's B15 Smartphone is shockproof up to a 1.8m drop and the sealed shell could be interesting for photography in wet and dusty environments. Its specs aren't that impressive though with a 4" WVGA resolution display, dual-core 1 GHz processor and 5MP camera.
The Sony Xperia Z features a 5" 1920x1080 TFT, quad-core 1.5GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. The main camera is 13-megapixel, has a LED flash and is both waterproof and dustproof. The similarly spec'd 1.5 GHz quad-core 2GB RAM ZTE Grand Memo also boasts a 13MP camera with flash and an even larger 5.7" display but with a lower 1280x720 resolution.
The dual screen Yotophone is an interesting concept with a 4.3" 1280x720 resolution full color LCD on one side and a 4.3" E-Ink EPD display on the other. With dual-core1.5 GHz processing and 2GB it'll be no slouch and packs a 12MP camera to boot.
Huawei's Ascend P2 has a slightly more manageable 4.7" LCD with 1280x720 resolution, 13Mp camera with flash and quad-core 1.5 GHz processor but only 1GB of internal RAM. The highest resolution offering was the 16.3MP Fujitsu Arrows X F-02E that with its 5" 1920x1080 display and quad core 1.7 Ghz processors looks impressive, but unfortunately will only be available in Japan.
Nokia's Lumia 520 and 720 releases both feature dual-core 1 GHz processors with 512MB RAM and a WVGA 480x800 resolution. Lumia 720 boasts a 4.3" display with Gorilla Glass 2, a 6.7MP camera, f/1.9 Carl Zeiss lens and a 1/3.6" sensor while the 520 has a smaller 4" display and only a 5MP camera with no flash. If you're after a 13-megapixel cameraphone however check out Alcatel's One Touch Idol X or LG Optimus G Pro both of which feature quad-core processor, large 5" or 5.5" displays with a full HD 1920x1080 resolution.


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The good points are summarized above and there is nothing to add. The room was extremely cramped and was barely suitable for a double bed. Worse, the wc and bathroom were separate, with no hygiene facilities in the former. The room had no window, relying on "borrowed light" from the wc and bathroom. The bathroom had no door. The wc door was glazed, with attendant lack of privacy, and was located just a few inches from the bed.
Wonderfull stay - steve and dee lovely and a comfortable bed, en-suite in a clean well furnished room. Breakfast amazing too! Thank you also for understanding about my late arrival due to weather :) Arrived late and local parking quite difficult. However possible.
Very welcoming host, value for money. Great room size and facilities only lacking an Iron. Definitely be stopping there again as location is ideal for Windsor attractions.
Owner of b and b 'Dee' -warm, friendly, generous. Room spotless and homely. Breakfast- delicious and plentiful. Slightly impratical not to have a door on ensuite especially for when you need a number 2! Car park a little walk away and a little added cost.
Very friendly hosts, very close to centre of Windsor. A good base for a visit to Windsor. We found the lack of bathroom door to the en-suite a little off-putting, especially as the toilet faced the room door. The room was very clean, however the odour of bleach was slightly overwhelming.
nice welcome and advise re parking, which is little difficult on this street. good location just off the M4 link road, an a 10 min walk to the town centre.Some nice pus nearby as well limited room for breakfast if yo all rive at the same time, but not really a problem as such unless you are in a hurry ! Good breakfast though
Booking: - I didn't like to leave details of my credit card, although they were not required for payment. - It would be helpful if customers could use special criteria like "Creditcards exepted", "parking included" in their queries Value for money: Generally everything in the uk is more expensive as abroad. So the best possible vote is "fair".
Friendly personal service No on site car parking. Car park a little way from b and b
Very Friendly place & Ideally located close to Windsor's main tourist attractions. No Parking Facilities.
Unobtrusive management BIt pricey
friendly and helpful staff and very close to town centre mattress too soft
Very comfortable and pleasant stay
Friendly owners made us very welcome. Excellent breakfasts. Kitchen and tea making facilities available. 5 minutes from town centre and station.
Nice 'n' Very Big Room., Owner is veryyyyy courtesy and nice. The hotel is so convenience in parking and free. Breakfast is fine. Not a lot of various breakfast menu but you could tell them to managed it for you.
Everything was fine. Building is old so bit cold inside. There is no reception I found everything was discussed over tel., sms Or e mail. Breakfast has to book before visit. First time during my 20 years traveling experience I found that there's no reception or person to help you in emergency.
Ideal location for one night sleep over in-between flights at Heathrow Airport
The bar/lounge area with access to Wifi Double glazing on front needs upgrading. Needs Wifi in rooms.
I've stayed at King's Paget a number of times, but cancelled this reservation because the price has risen beyond what I think is reasonable.
Hotel room and facilities were great Check in was a little problematic due to a shortage of staff
Was close to airport no
The noise above my room at 5am was loud, even with ear plugs. The bed was hard, and you could feel the springs in the mattress. Very uncomfortable.
It was nice to find an affordable hotel with parking and within walking distance of the station. Was good that there was a fridge in the room and breakfast was very good. Budget room was a bit noisy as faced the main road but can't really complain too much about that!
Very good value for money, and breakfast starting at 6.30 very useful as start work early and could have breakfast before leaving. Not really many, room was a little dark, but apart from that, all good. Especially when you take into account the cost.
Amazing Hotel, way better than a two stars in my opinion. The hotel staff was kind, courteous, and spoke English very well. Helpful in arranging for tours and local advice. I had a large spacious room, with a balcony and a view of the street life. And they had an in room mini-bar. I sent my clothes to be cleaned and while they returned perfectly clean, I realized later that they had written a number in ink on my clothes. On the the items with a tag no big deal, but I had several shirts that had no tag and they wrote right on the fabric....
Good price, good location, and generally good quality. The hotel was very helpful with a left-behind Notebook and they kindly contacted me overseas about it - this was very generous and gratefully appreciated. The booking system takes credit card details to confirm the booking but I understood that this meant advance payment (which I was happy to do)as it was the non-flexible rate. So, I was concerned when I was charged at the hotel for the stay and I had to go back to my bank to see whether the original 'payment' had been made and if I had double paid.
The member of staff on reception was pleasant. Shower was almost non existent and it was difficult to wash my hair, Would have liked a nightcap before settling for the night but even though I was in before 11 there was no sign of life in the bar.
The hotel offered very good value for money; I wasn't expecting anything flash - just a bed and shower as I overnighted before flying from Heathrow. It offered just that. The breakfast room downstairs was pretty spartan.
The Lampton was convenient for Hounslow town centre and Twickenham rugby stadium and was a cosy, good value stop over.
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The staff was very accommodating and offered to discount a second night. Breakfast was to order and was freshly cooked rather than continental. Access to the Tube, Heathrow and London was only 300 ft away, the deciding factor in our original single night stay. The rooms were small, two of our three with two single beds. At least one had a heavy perfume odor associated with cheap motels. My sister felt uncomfortable sleeping alone and shared a room with our brother. Door locks were residential type with no chain for backup.
very comfortable the breakfast could have been a little more generous, but then again i was with my 18 yr son and we both have good appetites.
It was adequate for the price in London, but expensive by comparison with prices elsewhere in the country. I do appreciate, though, that, because of its location, the business has considerable overheads. The only cooked breakfast the chef seemed to understand was "Fried egg, toast, beans". I asked for scrambled eggs - he fried them!!
location near underground station and heathrow - relatively quiet room was a bit shabby - needed updating
very good value for money, free parking breakfast in teh morning and room whilst small was perfectly adequate, clean and the bed was comfortable. As a 1 or 2 night stop over place at a budget price i would strongly recomend it, ideal for trip to twickenham.
Close to the underground The room was very small - not even enough room for two people to stand on two sides of the bed. The walls were dirty as was the shower, which drained very slowly. The whole room could have used a good scrubbing!
Good value for money and very good location. Like 1min walk if that from tube station. Staff very nice and helpful. Gave us advice and a reliable taxi number as we were going to be out late at night. Also very nice touch by giving us a map to twickenham. They were prepared with events going on instead of some places that act like they have blinkers on I didn't like the notice on our door. It said. For your safety please ensure that this door is lock at all times. Especially before going to sleep. Thank you. That last bit freaked me and and made me very uncomfortable. I think you should leave it as please keep door locked. Also. We had book 2 single beds and there were 3. It look up unwanted space.
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Tornado Soccer toppled by Division I Winthrop, 1-0, in two overtimesOctober 15, 2008
After scorless 107 minutes, Eagles secure victory with Abdi's double overtime goal
Rock Hill, S.C. - The Brevard College men's soccer team battled Division I Winthrop University to a standstill for 107 minutes but could not hold on in the end, succumbing to a 108th minute goal in the second overtime period from Eagle Said Abdi (Kissmayo, Somalia) in a 1-0 defeat Wednesday night at Eagle Field.
With the loss, the Tornados fall to 3-11-1 (0-6 South Atlantic Conference), while the Eagles improve 9-3 (3-0 Big South Conference).
Brevard launched the first shot of the match, a 2nd minute strike by Francois Diouf (Silver Springs, Md.) that was saved by Patrick Mitrovich (Marietta, Ga.). Goalkeeper Jerry Hatsady (Orlando, Fla.) and the Tornado back line would hold strong for the remainder of the opening half as Winthrop took the final ten shots of the period, with Hatsady turning away four.
The second half story echoed that of the first: Winthrop dominated possession but was unable to find the back of the net. The Eagles took all 12 shots in the second 45, but Hatsady saved four and the other eight sailed off target. Eagle striker Daniel Revivo (Richmond Hill, Ontario) led all players with seven shots in regulation, but the senior, ranked 2nd nationally in scoring heading into the match, could not light the lamp.
The Eagles nearly earned the golden goal in the 96th minute on a header from Henri Kalungi (Kampala, Uganda), but the senior's strike flew inches over the crossbar to keep the game deadlocked. The Tornados nearly earned a shocking victory of their own in the final minute of the first overtime, but Trey Bryan's (Purlear, N.C.) shot was stonewalled by Mitrovich.
Winthrop finally crossed the scoring threshold with less than three minutes remaining in the second and final overtime period. Abdi controlled the ball after a deflected cross and ripped a strike from 20 yards out past a diving Hatsady, scoring the clinching goal and denying the Tornados a monumental upset result.
Despite the loss, the performance of Coach Juan Mascaro's team is especially notable given the demoralizing loss they suffered at the hands of the Eagles last season. Winthrop shellacked the Tornados, 9-1, on October 9, 2007.
The Tornados will return to the friendly confines of Tornado Field Saturday when they host NAIA opponent Emmanuel College at 4 p.m. The Eagles will resume Big South play Saturday when they travel to Radford University for a 3 p.m. showdown between teams ranked in the top 10 of the NSCAA Division I South Atlantic Region.


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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to pay to any bona fide lessee or permittee owning improvements situated on a railroad right-of-way or on Indian tribal land the fair value, as determined by the Secretary, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, of any such improvements which will be rendered inoperative or be otherwise adversely affected by the construction of the Gavins Point, Fort Randall, and Oahe Dams and Reservoir projects on the Missouri River.
The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to pay to the Pollock Independent School District Numbered 3, Pollock, South Dakota, an amount equal to the difference between the sum paid for the taking of school facilities of said school district in the condemnation proceeding entitled "United States of America, plaintiff, against 10.00 Acres of Land, and so forth, defendants", civil numbered 682ND, filed in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, Northern Division, on May 7, 1956, and the actual cost of replacing the school facilities so acquired as the Secretary shall find to be reasonable: Provided, however, That in no event shall the additional amount paid pursuant to this authorization exceed $200,000.
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There were a lot of congratulatory remarks, pats on the backs and reflections during Utah's grand opening for the Spence and Cleone Eccles Football Center on Thursday.
But leave it to Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham for putting the whole thing into the context football fans want to hear that the $32 million facility will help the Utes win games.
"What a difference it has made already in the whole atmosphere and attitude of the football team," he said. "It's awesome."
Whittingham has long pushed for such an expansive building to help the Utes compete against other Pac-12 schools for the best recruits.
The new facility is built on the site of the old Dee Glen Smith Center, which was built in 1991 and was outdated since it didn't have enough space for player meetings, dinners, etc.
As Utah athletic director Chris Hill once said, it's hard to impress top-notch recruits when the team is eating outside its facility under tents.
The 152,211-square-foot facility isn't in danger of such quaintness.
It boasts a 250-seat cafeteria that serves up a variety of food coded by nutrition and caloric standards for Utah's athletes.
Utah defensive end Trevor Reilly said the facility has helped build team camaraderie because the team never wants to leave.
"They are playing video games and being around each other," he said. "A lot of people come to work happy."
Donor Spence Eccles, who had the honor of doing the ribbon-cutting, spoke emotionally of his late wife and how she described herself as a "Ute and a half."
Like Hill and Whittingham, Eccles acknowledged the building should help the Utes reach a new level of success. Before he left the podium, Eccles reminded Whittingham that he remembers a "long drive back from Logan," a reference to the Utes' 27-20 loss to the Aggies.
Whittingham took the shot with good humor, but he knows the Utes are under pressure to perform better this year after 2012's 5-7 effort.
"The bar keeps getting raised higher and higher," he said.
Utah's new facility will help the Utes reach those standards because it makes everything easier on the team.
There are large, plush locker rooms, plenty of meeting areas, cafeterias and a comfortable player lounge with several large-screen TVs and games. The two-level observation deck overlooks the practice fields and the Salt Lake Valley. Inside, coaches have more than 47,000 square feet of office and meeting space.
Perhaps the gem of the facility is the training room, which features state-of-the-art equipment such as hydrotherapy pools, weight stations and numerous training tables.
Gone are the days when the trainers had to work out of 5-gallon buckets and rickety tables, said University of Utah President David W. Pershing.
"It's unbelievable," Whittingham added. "It's going to help us win this year."
The Utes' football facility is just a chunk of the $64.2 million the Utes have invested in upgrades as part of the move to the Pac-12. The Utes have designated $24 million for a basketball facility, $4.2 million for a new softball complex, $2.5 million for track upgrades and $1.5 million for an outdoor tennis facility.
Whittingham couldn't help but note the football stadium might be in line for some future upgrades. To that thought, Eccles replied, "W's."
The Utes have the building now all they need are the wins.
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The only way to learn about the biodiversity of an area is to get out there and look. That's exactly what a team of scientists, including 24 MV staff and volunteers, is doing at the Lake Condah area in south-western Victoria for the next nine days.
The expedition is part of Bush Blitz – a three-year project to document the flora and fauna of Australia's National Reserve system. As a partnership between the Australian Government, BHP Billiton, Earthwatch Australia and Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network (TERN) AusPlots, Bush Blitz teams have identified about 350 new species on eight trips so far. The current trip is especially significant because it's the first one to be held in an Indigenous Protected Area – the Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape, comprising about 3,000 hectares over several properties.
Open woodland at Kurtonitj, one of the properties that comprise the Winda Mara owned and managed areas. Image: Mark NormanSource: Museum Victoria
This country is the traditional homeland of the Gunditjmara Nation. Within its rocky, volcanic landscape are ancient structures including eel traps and stone houses. For thousands of years this was a site of major aquaculture efforts where Gunditjmara created pools and channels to cultivate and harvest eels. However Europeans arrived in the 1830s and within 30 years, the Aboriginal population had been decimated and displaced. The Government established Lake Condah Mission to house the people who refused to leave, but in 1919 the mission was closed and in the 1950s the land was reassigned to returning WWII soldiers. But this is a tough mob; in 1996, the Gunditjmara community persisted and they lodged a claim for native title to their lands. It was finally granted in 2007 and Lake Condah was returned to Aboriginal people.
A kangaroo eyeing off the Bush Blitz crew at Kurtonitj.Image: Mark NormanSource: Museum Victoria
Until 1 April, Bush Blitz will be taking a snapshot of the life of this region. There are botanists from the National Herbarium of Victoria and entomologists from the South Australian Museum and the University of New South Wales among the Bush Blitz crew. We're counting and photographing and collecting to learn more about what lives here – which will, in turn, aid its protection. Working with the Elders of the community and the Indigenous rangers means that the scientists will learn about the ecological knowledge of the Traditional Owners, too.
Three MV biologists spotlighting for frogs on the first night at Lake Condah.Image: Mark NormanSource: Museum Victoria
Uncle Kenny Saunders came to talk to us the night that we arrived and gave us a warm welcome. He spoke about the spiritual and cultural importance of the area to the 300 or so Gunditjmara living locally and the much larger population of Gunditjmara now living across Australia. After telling us his stories he left us with an inspirational challenge – that he hoped these scientific surveys would give him more stories to tell about his country.
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Samsung Electronics has introduced e-book readers, the E6 and E101, at the CES 2010.
The E6 is equipped with a 6-inch panel, while the E101 has a 10-inch panel.
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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart's wish for Rio Tinto to swiftly approve further joint ventures with her mining company appears unlikely to be granted any time soon, judging by comments from Rio's new chief executive Sam Walsh on his first public outing since taking charge.
Mr Walsh indicated that an expansion of Rio's highly successful iron ore joint-venture with Ms Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting was not on his immediate agenda, despite Ms Rinehart suggesting upon his appointment that three new mines in the Hope Downs precinct were "convenient for early development" and should be committed to in a "timely manner".
The two companies have jointly developed three mines at Hope Downs in the Pilbara, but Mr Walsh said more work to prove up deposits would be needed before any new mines could be commissioned there.
"Going forward we have works underway in terms of development, the drilling work and other work before you can make any decisions ... we are not at 'order of magnitude' or 'pre-feasibility study' yet with those projects," he said.
Rio is going through a cost-cutting phase and is looking to drive down capital spending in the years ahead, and Mr Walsh said Ms Rinehart also had plenty to occupy her at the moment.
"Gina is also working on her own project, the Roy Hill project, and clearly there needs to be a balance for her in terms of what we do physically bring forward because she will need to finance everything that goes on, so for us it's a balance, and with her it's a balance."
Speaking from a suite on the banks of London's Thames River overnight, Mr Walsh showed no sign of acting upon Ms Rinehart's other suggestion: that he should relocate Rio's headquarters from London to Perth.
Steadying the ship
For now Mr Walsh - who encouraged those at the briefing to "call me Sam" - appears intent on steadying the ship at Rio and "turning around" the under-performing divisions within its ranks.
"The strategy is unchanged ... but under my leadership there will be changes in the way we implement the strategy and that relates to the focus of the organisation, the discipline, how people take accountability and the fact I want people to act like business owners," he said.
He said the coal, aluminium and uranium divisions would wear the brunt of the $5 billion worth of costs and divestments that will be stripped out of the business over the next two years, but he warned that no part of the business was immune.
Despite the threat of further divestments, Mr Walsh indicated he would persist with two struggling African projects: the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea and the Mozambique coal project that cost former chief executive Tom Albanese his job last month.
Mr Walsh said the cost-cutting drive would be helped by the fact the mining sector was already a cheaper place to do business than it was at the peak of the boom several years ago.
"We are quite fortunate that some of the heat has come out of mining ... if you see the prices for our commodities go down the costs for input material also go down as there are less people investing in projects, and those areas - purely through supply and demand - come down," he said.
There appears to be little prospect of Mr Walsh adding a new commodity to Rio's books any time soon, despite Rio's energy sector being dominated by poorly performing uranium and coal businesses, and lacking exposure to the unconventional oil and gas boom that rivals like BHP Billiton have invested into.
"There are no acquisitions that I'm working on. One can never say never, I've learned that in business, but there's nothing on my radar screen, my focus will be on delivery of value to shareholders," he said.
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But Mr Walsh went out of his way to highlight that tensions continue to flare between his company and the Mongolian government over the development of Rio's key growth project: the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine.
The Mongolian Government has repeatedly expressed a desire to take a bigger stake in the project, and the government is also reportedly concerned about the rising cost of development at the mine.
Mr Walsh said he was concerned about "recent political signals in Mongolia" that threatened to undermine the long-standing investment agreement that underpins development of Oyu Tolgoi.
The Rio Tinto subsidiary that is developing Oyu Tolgoi - Turquoise Hill Resources - went further overnight, suggesting that tensions with government would need to be overcome before first commercial production took place at the mine.
"A number of substantive issues have recently been raised by the Government of Mongolia relating to implementation of the Investment Agreement, the companion Shareholders' Agreement and project finance ... subject to the resolution of these issues, first commercial production at Oyu Tolgoi is scheduled to commence by the end of June 2013," the company said in a statement.
A presidential election will be held in Mongolia in coming months, and given Oyu Tolgoi is the nation's biggest and most economically important project, the mine is likely to remain a prime target of the political debate.
Despite rising in early trading on the London Stock Exchange, Rio's London listed stock closed marginally lower on the day.
Rio's London shares have recovered virtually all the ground lost during last year's iron ore slump to be back at the same prices they were fetching this time last year.


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A$AP Rocky is in hot water for allegedly slapping a female concert-goer at last year's Made In America Festival in Philadelphia.
According to court documents obtained by TheWrap.com, Lisamarie Wade accuses the rapper of hitting her with enough force to knock her to the ground, rendering her "momentarily disoriented."
Wade recalls that the incident happened after other concert-goers shoved her into the rapper and his entourage as he passed through the crowd. She is suing for more than $75,000 to cover the "physical injuries and the emotional shock" she suffered.
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In The Company of Others is Julie E. Czerneda's fifth novel. While the others are parts of two different series, The Trade Pact Series, and the Web Shifter series, Company is her first deliberate stand-alone. In other words, what you see between the covers on this book may be all you get, but that's plenty! The story begins by acquainting the reader with the Way Things Are, which is Not Too Good. The people of Earth grew weary of looking for �Others�...
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Grand County Commissioners voted to enact a Stage 1 fire ban on Friday, June 28, though decided not to regulate commercial firework displays. All of Grand County's municipalities including Kremmling, Granby, Grand Lake, Fraser, and Winter Park have chosen to follow in the County's footsteps and have enacted fire restrictions that mimic those of the County.
The stage 1 fire ban prohibits open burning and the use of private fireworks, but allows fires at public and private commercial campgrounds in fire pits or grates.
Open burning is defined as any type of outdoor fire including fires in pits, barrels, chimineas, charcoal fires on public property, and burning of slash piles and other debris. The ban does not include liquid or gas fueled stoves, fireplaces within buildings, self-contained and enclosed charcoal grills (off the ground) at private residences, and permanent fire pits or grates at established commercial campgrounds.
County commissioners decided to allow individual municipalities within the county to choose whether to allow fireworks displays for the upcoming Fourth of July celebrations for each town, according to County Manager Lurline Underbrink Curran.
Public lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service in Grand County were put under similar fire restrictions on Thursday.
Smoking outside incorporated city limits is strongly discouraged except within enclosed motor vehicles, buildings, or developed campgrounds.
Violation of the fire ban will result in a $100 fine for the first offense, $250 for the second offense, and could reach $1,000 for the third offense.
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Feeling fat? Let's regulate airbrushing, say UK advocacy groups
posted at 4:32 pm on August 4, 2010 by Diane Suffern
I'm going out on a limb here: Were I to be in a magazine photo shoot in anything other than a burqa, well, anything…I'm going to demand some airbrushing. I'd be perfectly fine looking like an idealized digital self on the remote chance I'd have to bare skin for something. Granted, it irks me slightly that already thin models are whittled down to even skinnier proportions. But, I simply consider that part of the beauty industry. Much of it is fake, right down to the false eyelashes I'm considering for the company Christmas formal this year. Plus, I know I'm not actually forced to contemplate Gisele's physique in Cosmo, am I?
But, what if I weren't okay with the manipulated images of models and starlets we all ogle from time to time? What if my self-esteem were so fragile that I wanted to end all false "advertisement" on those glossy covers to relieve my body-angst? Maybe we could create a Body Image Czar to monitor female self-worth and regulate airbrushing!
Ridiculous, right? Not going to happen…except it might. In the UK.
Long known as the vanguard of the Nanny State Movement, the current Equalities minister, Lynne Featherstone, said last month that she wanted to see an end to airbrushing, or at least the addition of a disclaimer indicating that an image has been doctored. No worries though, advertisers. It's not a mandate, just friendly advice, reports the BBC:
She said she had "no desire to impose regulation or restriction on advertisers or others" and hoped they'd make changes to their practices on a voluntary basis.
Why does that fail to convince me, Lynne? Might it be because so many "good intentions" somehow end up in the law books these days?
Considering this cause has been gathering steam from fem-advocacy groups and scout organizations like Girlguiding UK, is it feasible such legislation could be on the horizon? Well, yes:
Ms Burnley said: "We know how profoundly they feel the pressure to conform to a particular body image and how badly they can be affected by these unobtainable ideals.
"We are proud to support the calls of our members who believe that it is time that the prime minister addressed their concerns and acted in the interests of girls and young women across the country."
Some 20,000 Guides currently taking part in an annual camp in West Yorkshire are being encouraged to sign a petition calling for David Cameron to introduce a law forcing magazines to inform readers when photographs have been airbrushed.
Because really, Cameron doesn't have other pressing issues to deal with besides the hurt feelings of girls who probably could stand to have their own mothers address their body issues instead of relying on the government to nurture them. It's exhausting having to constantly remind people what the role of government is and…isn't. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a time when the Brits were known for their good sense?
Ah well, that's across the pond. It isn't as if things that happen in Europe ever inform our own politicians and policies. This kind of government intrusion into our personal lives would never happen here.


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RECENTLY, U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder from the Central District Court of California added Walmart as a defendant in a multi-class action lawsuit (Everardo Carrillo, et al. v. Schneider Logistics, Inc. et al., 2012 WL 4791614 (C.D. Cal.)) that has captured the attention of business and labor communities throughout the nation. The importance of the lawsuit is a result of unlawful-condition practices instituted against warehouse workers by Schneider Logistics based in Mira Loma. Schneider Logistics serves as a contract supplier for the giant retailer Walmart.
Schneider Logistics exclusively deals with Walmart by negotiating with third-party contractors which supply the majority of their merchandise to the stores. In 2011, Schneider Logistics was penalized with over $1 million in fines by the California Department of Industrial Relations, which included a fine of $499,000 for "failure to provide itemized wage statements to employees." The contractor was also issued a Notice to Discontinue labor law practices for not maintaining time records.
Another contractor for Walmart, Chino-based Quettico, LLC., was issued citations totaling $220,000 in penalties on Jan. 28 of this year and has been ordered to pay over $1.1 million in back wages and unpaid overtime to approximately 865 warehouse workers.
Our state takes pride in being at the forefront of workers' rights and protections, therefore we cannot allow such practices by Walmart through exclusive third-party contracts to degrade what numerous groups have fought diligently to preserve as basic workers' rights.
Walmart faces serious consequences if found to be negligent through wage gouging and failing to pay proper wages and overtime. This case is unprecedented as it poses immediate concerns to other big retailers who find themselves in similar situations. Clearly, Walmart alleges that it cannot control the actions of its contractors, yet operates as a corporation that takes pride in controlling every aspect of its business model. On its website Walmart has a policy mandating Standards for Suppliers which states, "suppliers must compensate all workers with wages, overtime premiums, and benefits that meet or exceed legal standards or collective agreements, whichever are higher." Walmart has failed warehouse workers by not meeting its own standards as a result of its practices.
A corporation of Walmart's magnitude clearly asserts influence with anyone it does business with. Through legal loopholes Walmart is able to contract with third-party businesses without becoming a direct link in the unlawful practices, which results in the ongoing perpetual exploitation of workers.
Mega-corporations, just like everyday citizens, should set the model of treating their employees at the highest standards. After all, Walmart and its shareholders owe the employees for the hefty annual dividend returns and rising stock share. According to CNN Money, Walmart profits reached a substantial $15.7 billion in 2011.
It is time for Walmart to face the consequences for its actions and be held accountable for its illicit practices against its workers and contracted warehouse workers. As chair of the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment, protecting the rights of all Californians who are mistreated in the workplace is a top priority. This is why we must continue to hold large corporations such as Walmart accountable for their violations of labor laws; warehouse workers have done nothing wrong, except provide their services to an employer who continues to exploit them in order to see large quarterly profits.
Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina, represents the 48th Assembly Districtand chairs the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment.


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Richard Long
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Richard Long
English, b. 1945
Mountainside Ellipse, 1999
15.9 x 379.1 x 152.1 cm (6 1/4 x 149 1/4 x 59 7/8 inches)
Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art 2007.107
Richard Long's ongoing series of stone sculptures reflects and extends the lengthy walks he takes alone through landscapes in England and around the world. Composed of stones found in a particular location, in this case the environs of Athens, Long's sculptures transmit a sense of place and explore the transience of both nature and art. Within a simple geometric contour, irregularly-shaped rocks are placed evenly in a single layer according to instructions provided by the artist. By taking sculpture off the pedestal and putting it within the viewer's space on the floor, Long encourages a new experience of nature


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The last president who lost reelection without a major primary challenge was herbert hoover in 1932.
Both FDR and herbert hoover failed to end the Great Depression.
During the Great Depression, the main targets were such fierce opponents of the New Deal as Henry Ford and herbert hoover.
herbert hoover stopped off at the Belgian Embassy for a nightly martini on his way home from work.
herbert hoover surrounded himself with scholars, entomologists, statisticians and public health men.
Stanford did much for herbert hoover; but so has he done much for Stanford.
herbert hoover's haunting trouble all through his college course was that unpassed entrance requirement in English composition.
In the same month herbert hoover heard his next call to war service.
herbert hoover is a great miner because he is—I say it bluntly and not from any blind hero-worship—a great man.
proprietary name for a make of vacuum cleaner (patented 1927); sometimes used generally for "vacuum cleaner." As a verb, meaning "to vacuum," from 1926, in the company's advertising.
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He sounds like a reasonable, logical, intelligent, and well-intentioned judge. The horror!!
Really, Ellen?????
Thank you George. Your comments mirror my own however I want to know more about this Judge if anyone can help?
Perhaps we can have a voice who chooses not to live in the shadow of penumbras...
What a shame/pity that the Senate refused to do its job and hold hearings on Merrick Garland. Their incessant obstructionism has lasted 8 years too long. And all because petty, petulant, frightwing politicians want to control women's bodies and take away brown/black/gay citizens' rights and freedoms. Puke-worthy!
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Read a lot of his decisions. Never thought of him as a liberal or conservative. He has a great writing style and is very common sense in his 10th Circuit opinions.
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ice tres
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:46 pm
Post subject: Is there much WAAS in Minnesota?
I read that there are only 2 satellites that send WAAS signals and that they are on the equator off the east and west coasts and both are very difficult to receive from this area. Does anyone know if this is true?
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In answer to your question. Yes Minnesota has full WASS coverage. We have a correction station here in Minneapolis. However, generally you need to be in open unobstructed terrain to receive a good signal. WASS was really intended for aviation use not ground use.
Here's a little instruction from the GPS Knowledge Challenge Professor
Lesson 1 - What is WAAS?
Wide Area Augmentation System. Basically, it's a system of satellites and
ground stations
that provide GPS signal corrections, giving you even better position accuracy. How much better? Try an average of up to five times better. A WAAS-capable receiver can give you a position accuracy of better than three meters 95 percent of the time. And you don't have to purchase additional receiving equipment or pay service fees to utilize WAAS.
Lesson 2 - Who is the primary benefactor of WAAS?
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) are developing the WAAS program for use in precision flight approaches. Currently, GPS alone does not meet the FAA's navigation requirements for accuracy, integrity, and availability. WAAS corrects for GPS signal errors caused by ionospheric disturbances, timing, and satellite orbit errors, and it provides vital integrity information regarding the health of each GPS satellite. Currently, WAAS satellite coverage is only available in North America. There are no ground reference stations in South America, so even though GPS users there can receive WAAS, the signal has not been corrected and thus would not improve the accuracy of their unit. For some users in the U.S., the position of the satellites over the equator makes it difficult to receive the signals when trees or mountains obstruct the view of the horizon. WAAS
signal reception is ideal for open land and marine applications
. WAAS provides extended coverage both inland and offshore compared to the land-based DGPS (differential GPS) system. Another benefit of WAAS is that it does not require additional receiving equipment, while DGPS does.
Lesson 3 - How does it work?
The WAAS provides augmentation information to GPS receivers to enhance the accuracy and reliability of position estimates.
The signals from GPS satellites are received across the at many widely-spaced Wide Area Reference Stations (WRS) sites. The WRS locations are precisely surveyed so that any errors in the received GPS signals can be detected.
The GPS information collected by the WRS sites is forwarded to the WAAS Master Station (WMS) via a terrestrial communications network (Land Line - Fiber Optic). At the WMS, the WAAS augmentation messages are generated. These messages contain information that allows GPS receivers to remove errors in the GPS signal, allowing for a significant increase in location accuracy and reliability.
The augmentation messages are sent from the WMS to uplink stations to be transmitted to navigation payloads on Geostationary communications satellites.
The navigation payloads broadcast the augmentation messages on a GPS-like signal. The GPS/WAAS receiver processes the WAAS augmentation message as part of estimating position. The GPS-like signal from the navigation transponder can also be used by the receiver as an additional source for calculation of the users position.
WAAS also provides indications to GPS/WAAS receivers of where the GPS system is unusable due to system errors or other effects. Further, the WAAS system was designed to the strictest of safety standards users are notified within six seconds of any issuance of hazardously misleading information that would cause an error in the GPS position estimate.
WAAS is based on a network of approximately 25 ground reference stations that covers a very large service area. Signals from GPS satellites are received by wide area ground reference stations (WRSs). Each of these precisely surveyed reference stations receive GPS signals and determine if any errors exist.
These WRSs are linked to form the U.S. WAAS network. Each WRS in the network relays the data to the wide area master station (WMS) where correction information is computed. The WMS calculates correction algorithms and assesses the integrity of the system. A correction message is prepared and uplinked to a geosynchronous satellite via a ground uplink system (GUS). The message is then broadcast from the satellite on the same frequency as GPS (L1, 1575.42MHz) to receivers on board aircraft (or hand-held receivers) which are within the broadcast coverage area of the WAAS. These comunications satellites also act as additional navigation satellites for the aircraft, thus, providing additional navigation signals for position determination.
Lesson 4 - My GPS has WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation Service) but it does not seem to be improving accuracy. What gives?
Like many technical projects in the development phase, the current state of WAAS (with only two fully operational signals available) is in a state of flux and will be for many years to come. There are many things to consider with the present system:
1) WAAS ground stations send GPS tracking information to a master control site. The master control site uses this information to compute
a) Long term satellite position error
b) Short term and long term satellite clock errors
c) IONO correction grid
d) Integrity information
The above information can only be computed by the master control site based on all of the observations from many ground reference stations. The information is relayed to the WAAS GEO satellites and is re-broadcast to user receivers. Note: The WAAS correction information is very different than RTCM corrections because WAAS decomposes the errors into their primary elements (position, clock, & IONO). RTCM, (DGPS) on the other hand, broadcasts pseudorange corrections which are the sum of all error sources as observed by the RTCM reference station. This is why spatial deceleration is such a big factor for RTCM, but is not for WAAS (thus the reason it is "wide area" augmentation).
The WAAS integrity information is available for any GPS receiver to use. It includes integrity information for the WAAS system, individual GPS satellites, and various error estimates & degradation factors for the correction information broadcast by WAAS.
2) For GPS position to be improved by WAAS signals, a handheld GPS must first be able to receive one of the WAAS satellites with
signal quality as a lot of data must be regularly received by the handheld from the WAAS satellite.
3) For GPS position to be improved by WAAS signals, a handheld must be within a region serviced by one of the correction stations being monitored by the master control site. This might be somewhere in the range of 500+ miles from one of the correction stations.
Lesson 5- OK: But if I can hear the satellites and the correction station is too far away to give good corrections, Why does the GPS not "know" this and just not let WAAS work?
Answer: With just two satellites, one could say: a) If you can hear the signal you just about HAVE to use it if you want to use WAAS at all and b) Since there are many areas of the USA which (at best) have intermittent signals, the USER must use some intelligence as to if WAAS is useful to him at all. Perhaps when the WAAS system is out of the development and experimental stage and many more WAAS satellites and correction stations are installed, it will be possible for a GPS to "know" when a WAAS (or EGNOS) correction signal is useful. But that is not the present situation.
We must realize that WAAS was not designed for consumer GPS users, rather it was designed for aircraft use. The aviation receivers will have a LOT of integrity monitoring logic which may never be implemented into handhelds because of the complexity and cost.
Lesson 6- How much improvement in accuracy can I expect when WAAS corrections are working properly?
Answer: This is difficult to say with any certainty. We have observed that MOST OF THE TIME WAAS appears to improve averaged accuracy at a fixed location for maybe 5 minutes averaging from about 7 meters to perhaps 3 meters. Sometimes there has been no improvement and a few times (when WAAS signals were not of good quality or when we were far from a WAAS correction station) the measurements have actually had more error with WAAS than without.
The upshot of this is: WAAS is a tool for casual GPS users. It is not guaranteed to work, it is not guaranteed to increase accuracy, it is not really able to tell you when it will improve accuracy, when it will have no effect, or when it will make for less accuracy than the normal GPS signal. Under good conditions when
, you should get both improved accuracy and improved position stability. YOU must insure that you have the proper conditions so as to experience the improvement at YOUR location.
This is just the way it is and remember: If you do not like the current limitations of WAAS there is a very simple option -Turn it off.
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THanks for the info, but I did know how WAAS works and that there is a nearby ground station. However, the ground station does not help with reception but only with accuracy once a signal is received.
But as the article you posted states, many areas of the country receive at best intermittant signals from the satellites. I forget now which numbered satellites are the WAAS ones, but when I first got my Etrex I looked for reception from those specific satellites and my unit was never able to tune them in.
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I believe in Minnesota we see sat 36 (or that's how it's labeled on my Garmin Geko). I recently put my Geko into WAAS mode (I haven't used it for over a year). It "searched" for the WAAS sats and missed it the first couple times around, searching all the way up to something like 50.
I can get the WAAS sat if the Geko is in the clear in a farm field and I'm not standing in the way. Anything in the way and the performance goes WAY down. I never use it because the GPS never sees the sat and it just sucks down the batteries.
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GSA Names Acting Commissioner of Public Buildings
Deputy Commissioner Anthony Costa to take the Helm
July 21, 2005
Contact: MaryAnne Beatty (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC – U.S. General Services Administrator Stephen A. Perry today announced the appointment of Anthony Costa as Acting Commissioner of the agency's Public Buildings Service (PBS).
Mr. Costa will take the helm at PBS on August 1 with the departure of current Commissioner F. Joseph Moravec, who announced his resignation on June 28 after four years in the job.
"Tony's achievements and extensive experience in PBS and in the Federal real estate industry have earned high regard among our Federal agency customers and throughout GSA, said Perry." He has my full confidence and I look forward to working with him as he serves in the Acting Commissioner role."
Anthony Costa began his career at GSA as a Presidential Management Intern and has more than 20 years experience with the agency serving in various positions including PBS Chief of Staff and Assistant Regional Administrator for GSA's National Capital Region, where he was responsible for the daily operation of over 86 million square feet of space in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. In September 2004, he returned to GSA Headquarters to assume the position of PBS Deputy Commissioner.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bucknell University and a Masters of Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Costa was recently awarded the 2004 Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive by President George W. Bush.
Mr. Costa said, "I am honored to serve as Acting Commissioner of GSA's Public Buildings Service. I look forward to working with GSA's management team to continue to advance our mission of providing a quality workplace for federal workers at best value to the American taxpayer."
GSA's Public Buildings Service is the real estate arm of the federal government and oversees an inventory of more than 345 million square feet of workspace for a million federal employees in 2,000 American communities. This comprises more than 1,600 government-owned buildings, or approximately 55 percent of GSA's total inventory. The remaining 45 percent is in privately-owned leased facilities.
GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property management, policy development and information provision agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. In this role, GSA acquires products and services on behalf of federal agencies; plays a key role in developing and implementing government-wide policies; provides services and solutions for the office operations of more than one million federal workers; and encourages a citizen-centric relationship with government by providing a single "point of entry" to the information and services citizens need in a timeframe they can appreciate. This allows citizens to receive accurate, timely and consistent answers and information, and helps federal agencies better respond to citizen inquiries.


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