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Light, precise and easy to fit.
Use the Sky Mounti Inclinometer to read the percent of a hill's grade as you climb and descend down the other side. IMPORTANT: Please DO NOT OVER-TIGHTEN the screws. Doing this can weaken or break the under-bracket.
WARNING: If you're descending a steep hill, don't take your attention away from the road to read the bubble (especially if you're going really fast). Better to stop and read the bubble if you really want to know the percent grade.
Handlebar Diameter: 26.0mm to 31.8mm
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Width: 15mm
Height: 48mm
Meter scale:-15% to + 27%.
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Reviewed By: Salvo Colosimo Naples Italy on 3/18/2016 on 3/18/16
Light, precise and easy to fit.
Reviewed By: Jeremy Parker London UK on 3/20/14
I'm glad I got the inclinometer, but it has it limits. The bubble in the spirit level can't tell the difference between acceleration and gravity - and your speed tends to be variable on hills - so the supposed gradient tends to bounce around a bit. Also, if you are paranoid about overtightening the mount, as the instructions advise, the inclinometer might slip and not stay horizontal. Carry another little spirit level, for example the Stanley Line Level, to check this. Mind you, the competition, GPS, has its limits too, thanks to the jitter between GPS readings. GPS is ok for the average gradient up a long pass, but not for the slope at any one place. As a result, you really have to come to a stop to get a good reading. Also the mount will not fit round a very fat handlebar *store note: we now carry a 31.8 version for oversize handlebars*
Reviewed By: A customer from Saint Pete Beach Florida on 10/31/12
We got the first of these Inclinometers about 15 years ago from a friend of a friend in Germany. We assumed that it was accurate and it always gave the same reading within one percent. The only reason we bought a new one was for a second bike but the percent markings do fade and become hard to read after a few years, also two of the mounting screw holes stripped out . I replaced the screws with brass threads and knurled nuts.
Reviewed By: A customer from Pleasant Hill Ca on 11/4/10
I have enjoyed using my inclinometer, although in a recent trip through the Sierra Nevada's in California, towards the end of an 8 hour day, which was spent climbing 8-10 degree grades all day, I thought if I had another reading of 10 degrees I would go crazy. The inclinometer worked well, was easy to install and easy to read. I think it is expensive considering that it is basically a line level. This is a splurge type purchase.
Reviewed By: George Simmons on 10/27/10
How nice to have something so accurate without wires, batteries, or a computer to depend on. This little gadget simply works. I've always wondered about the %grade of some of the hills I climb, and now I know. I wish everything else was this simple. Excellent product, durable, and reasonably priced.


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|Hydroelectric Turbines in a Venezuelan Dam Complex
I am going to do a followup to my previous entry on The Coming Electrical Power Disaster in Venezuela, this time by way of posting a translation of an article originally published in Venezuela's Revista Zeta magazine in late January, but which you can now see in its original Spanish on the Victor Poleo portal at Soberania.org. The article presents an interview with Poleo, who has now become regarded as the most knowledgeable critic of Chavez's energy policies writ large, but especially with respect to the electrical power shortage that is now doing such serious damage to the country and which has also become a major political issue.
I would suggest that everyone pay attention to two very important points Poleo makes in the interview, how the deprofessionalization of Venezuela's electric sector has led to gross mismanagement of the various EDELCA dam complexes in the country, whose water levels have been depleted unnecessarily according to Poleo; and the problems with the accounting for about 70% of the $35 billion dollars that has been appropriated for the electric sector between the years 1999 - 2009. Since deprofessionalization itself is evidence of the corruption of the Chavez regime, which has removed competent professionals from key jobs within government-run operations throughout the electric sector in order to award employment to political favorites, the price Venezuelans are paying for it can barely be estimated when grouped together with tens of billions of dollars worth of unaccounted appropriations. It is a striking and near-unbelievable story which pretty much speaks for itself.
"It Is Not Guri's Fault"
By Aida Gutierrez
Interview with Victor Poleo Uzcátegui
Revista Zeta (Venezuela)
January 28, 2010, No. 1740-22
|According to the ex-Electricity Director of the Ministry of Energy, Victor Poleo Uzcátegui, a preliminary estimate indicates that $50 billion was put into the Electrical Sector between the years 1999-2009, but scarcely 30% was spent on power generation and transmission projects. The delays in maintenance and expansion are dramatic.
"The country does not depend on Guri alone and what is happening is that a vile story is being spread from the presidency which attributes the current crisis to the Caroní hydroelectric complex," engineer and ex-Electricity Director Victor Poleo Uzcátegui stated in an exclusive interview with Zeta.
Poleo finds himself very busy and much in demand these days, as the foreign press turns to him to know and understand what is happening with electricity in Venezuela, paradoxically, now called "energy power."
As a preface to the interview the expert began to talk of the Lower Caroní, a system of cascading water hydroelectric dams:
--Guri is a regulated reservoir, the water passed through turbines in Guri is afterwards passed along to the lower dams in the following order: Tocoma, Caruachi, and Macagua.
|--The Lower Caroni system by itself--he explains--does not satisfy national demand for electric power, he specified, but interacts with an accompaniment of thermoelectric centers, which use natural gas, diesel, and fuel oil as combustible fuels. Coal and orimulsion oil are also thermoelectric combustible fuels.
--The water of the Guri reservoir is from unsteady-state influx, i.e. the contributions to the Caroní Basin fluctuate historically between 6,500 and 3,500 cubic meters per second, according to records from 1950 to the present.
He pointed out that thermal power generation is from fixed-state influx, i.e. plant machinery such as at Planta Centro or Tacoa or Arrecifes can be activated in a short time.
"The art of mixing water power generation with thermal power generation is the art of optimizing the usage time of the Guri reservoir. On the one hand, one does not want to reduce the amount of water stored in Guri to too low a level because there will be barrels of combustible fuels lost to make up the shortfall. On the other hand, one does not unnecessarily "burn" barrels of thermoelectric combustibles" (if there is water in the reservoir) Poleo made clear.
--There then exists--he continues--an optimum mix of the hydro-thermal electric power system. To master and administrate such a formidable and complex task mathematical models are used, a kind of laboratory in which they simulate reservoir water levels over time compared against national electric power demand and then they "dispatch" the generation of hydro or thermal electric power in real time but placed within a future horizon.
--This task rests within the hands of the National Management Center (CNG), formerly OPSIS, which uses two types of "dispatch." One in real time (hours, days) which is operational dispatch. Another is in medium and long term planning, over 5 to 10 years.
--In Venezuela--the expert continued--mathematical models exist for load dispatch. One of them is PLHITER (Spanish acronym for Hydro-Thermal Planning), developed by a team of Venezuelan engineers and mathematicians, in use since the mid-80's by EDELCA, CADAFE, and CNG (formerly OPSIS).
He obligingly clarified that PLHITER is therefore an instrument of planning.
Those responsible for the electric power crisis
Poleo considers that "the deprofessionalization of the Electrical Sector since 2003 has become an infringement upon the planning of the Venezuelan electrical sector, also a consequence of the "anti-planning" of the nation, a task which rests in the Ministry of Planning, but a task they have taken up irresponsibly, like the President of the Republic in his Sunday outbursts.
--The electrical sector--he stresses--doubles its investment every 15 years, as a function of demographic growth and industrial activity. Medium and long term plans existed in 2000, but the projects were not implemented thanks to embezzlement, waste and corruption.
Electrical sector funding and spending
--It is our ongoing estimate that during the period 1999-2009 money appropriated to the Electrical Sector can be placed on the order of at least $50 billion (U.S.), according to the following:
|--To judge by the thermoelectric power station's current shortages and based upon a sampling of CADAFE projects, it is our conjecture that scarcely 30% of the power generation and transmission projects were carried out.
|--Hence the current electrical crisis, already predicted as of 2000, a consequence of not making the investments in thermoelectric power centers--the specialist assured us.
"Those responsible for the crisis: Jorge Giordani in the Planning Office, Rafael Ramirez in PDVSA-Energy and, responsible for selecting them, Hugo Chavez," Poleo stated.
Giordani, in particular, broke the golden rule of strategic planning when he blocked our future options by rejecting hydroelectric power development in the Upper Caroní as far in to the future as 2030.
|"The electrical power crisis is a political crisis"
--What is the relationship between Guri's water level and electric power savings?
--On January 10, 2010, the elevation of the water level at the Guri reservoir was measured at 260.58 meters above sea level, or 56% of the usable volume of power-producing water. Today, January 23, 2010, the elevation of the Guri reservoir is measured at 258.20 meters, or 49% of the usable volume of power-producing water at Guri.
--The electrical power "savings" over these two weeks signifies a diminution of 7% of the usable volume, so the trend is predictable.
--Without having the hydro-thermal electric power system, the room to maneuver in the thermoelectric power plants that was announced a thousand times since 2000 and never implemented means that the Guri reservoir will be exhausted in the short term.
--Then from there we will be obliged to ration to look after the value of the water in Guri, which will not be "savings" in the strict sense, only a sub-optimal administration of the Guri reservoir in the presence of thermoelectric deficiencies.
--The government says that the electrical power crisis is generated by the low level of the Guri reservoir. What is your opinion with respect to this statement?
--It sounds reasonable, it is a self-defining truth, a tautology, but the one responsible for the electrical power crisis is the anti-planning and deprofessionalized electrical power sector, amen to criminalizing the unauthorized use of electrical power appropriations.
--Does the rationing of electrical power contribute to resolving the problem?
--It does not "resolve" the current crisis, it only prolongs it, diluting the agony until 2012, in the hope of bringing the thermoelectric power centers online, which are still insufficient in their capacity and scheduled dates to do the job.
--"They should" do as indicated, i.e. maintenance and replacement, for which we require engineering and trade, affairs with which these by the book military men are unacquainted.
--What is happening with the savings in electricity?
--They are cubic meters of water saved for a better time.
--Does the entire country depend on Guri? Is the situation of this reservoir really that dramatic?
The country depends upon a vulgar political class that is intellectually impoverished, irresponsible, and criminal. The country does not depend on Guri--Poleo made clear--and a vile story is being spread around as a message from the presidency that attributes the current crisis to the Caroní hydroelectric complex, "all the eggs are in the same basket," in as much as the Venezuela of the second half of the 20th century rested deservedly upon abundant, clean, cheap, and renewable energy.
--If we did not have the Caroní, today we would be burning the equivalent energy of 570 thousand barrels in gas, diesel and fuel oil. It is a volume we have been left to export. The Caroní adds rent to the petroleum rent.
--CORPOELEC warns that if the water level at Guri continues to fall, in 120 days the production of electricity in the country could collapse. Is this right?
--A problem poorly identified is a problem poorly resolved. There is disinformation from CORPOELEC and, predictably, the warnings from the EDELCA professionals hold true.
--CORPOELEC blundered when it announced pointless rationing in Caracas, a "savings" of 200 MW facing a daily shortfall of 2,000 MW, a deficit that does not include another 2,000 MW which, in theory, they would have to assign using a backup plan that eventually will revolve around rationing power for the use of excess machinery.
--What is your prediction for the electrical power situation in the country? What should we expect and what should be done?
--The electrical power crisis is a political crisis, it does harm to the welfare of society and national economic activity. Shutting down the industries of Guayana City disables its construction materials industry (beams, metal rods, shuttering mesh, fence wire, etc.); the metalworking manufacturing industry (aluminum door and window frames, packaging products, etc.) and in the oil and gas industry (tubing and pipes). A nation without economic activity, a dead Guayana City.
--The solution to the electrical power crisis is political, nothing other than a political change. Urge Chavez to resign and bring about a wise transition into the hands of a sane society that rejects the past and the present, Poleo Uzcátegui recommends.
The crisis is nearly unfathomable from our perspective. There are tens of billions of dollars (U.S.) that have been appropriated and which are now missing, the plant complexes are not producing the electrical power the country needs--some of their most important are either out of operation or stagnant, the Venezuelan economy has been thrown into negative GDP as a result of the energy shortfall, and Chavez's answer is to bring in Cuban advisors whose only expertise is in internet regulation and worse.
This is Venezuela under Hugo Chavez. Forget the propaganda you read from Venezuelanalysis.com and elsewhere. Let them tell you the lights are on in Caracas twenty-four hours a day or that the industries Guayana City are not shut down, or ... well, never mind.
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Sorgenort (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)
Sorgenort (also known as Rennhoff, Rehnhoff, and Sorgenorth; now known as Dzierzgonka; coordinates: 54.0339, 19.4356 [54° 2′ 2″ N, 19° 26′ 8″ E]; population in 1905, 297; in 2013, 70) is located approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) south-east of Elbląg (Elbing), 25 km. (16 miles) east of Malbork (Marienburg), and 29 km. (18 miles) south-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański (Tiegenhof).
Sorgenort was founded in 1676 by Dutch settlers. Until 1772 the village was located in what was known as Royal Prussia (also known as Polish Prussia) in the Kingdom of Poland. The First Partition of Poland in 1772 resulted in the creation of a new province in 1773, called West Prussia, in which the village was located. The village was situated in the district (Kreis) of Marienburg until the end of World War I, when it came under the jurisdiction of the German province of East Prussia. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, it came under the control of Nazi Germany. In February 1945 it was occupied by Soviet forces and eventually returned to Poland. In 2012 it was a village in the administrative district of Gmina Markusy, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
In 1820 Sorgenort had 162 inhabitants, of which three were Mennonite.
Mennonites who were residents of Sorgenort were members of the Thiensdorf-Markushof Mennonite Church.
Stowarzyszenie Konserwatorów Zabytków. "Dzierzgonka." Catalogue of Monuments of Dutch Colonization in Poland. 2005. Web. 15 February 2013. http://holland.org.pl/art.php?kat=obiekt&id=316&lang=en.
Wikipedia. "Dzierzgonka." Web. 15 February 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzierzgonka.
Wolf, Hans-Jürgen. "Familienforschung in Westpreußen." Web. 15 February 2013. http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/ortsverzeichnis/details.php?ID=6187.
Map:Dzierzgonka, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
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|February 2013
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16 Early Signs of Pregnancy
Sore breasts, back pain, heightened sense of smell and more early signs of pregnancy.
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It's been a couple weeks since you did the deed, and now you're dying to know: am I pregnant? You'll need a home pregnancy test or a blood test at your OB's office to know for sure, but until you can take one (the best time is once your period is late) click through these early signs of pregnancy and see if any of them feel familiar.
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Shortness of Breath
Do you get winded going up the stairs all of a sudden? It might be because you're pregnant. The growing fetus needs oxygen, leaving you a little short. Sorry to say, this one may continue throughout your pregnancy, especially as your growing baby starts to put pressure on your lungs and diaphragm.
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Sore Breasts
Putting on your bra this morning felt like mild torture. And are you imagining it, or are the girls a little bigger? Tender and heavy-feeling breasts, darkening of the areolas and even more pronounced veins on your chest can be a first sign that you're pregnant. Wear your most supportive bra—to bed if you need it—to help ease discomfort.
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You didn't even make it through one page of your book last night before falling asleep. If you're suddenly exhausted, it might be a response to the increasing hormones in your body. For many women, tiredness continues through the first trimester, but then ebbs in the second.
Most pregnant women start to get the queasies when they're about 6 weeks along, but some can experience morning sickness (which unfortunately can occur morning, noon and night) earlier. It will most likely subside as you enter the second trimester. In the mean time, try to eat foods that will settle your stomach, like crackers or ginger ale.
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Frequent Urination
If you suddenly find yourself unable to sleep through the night without a trip to the loo, it might be a sign. During pregnancy your body produces extra fluids, which has your bladder working overtime—and you taking a lot of pee breaks.
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More early signs of pregnancy include an aching head, a result of changes in hormones. Just in case you are indeed pregnant, take pg-safe acetaminophen instead of ibuprofen to deal with the pain.
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Is your lower back a little sore? If you don't normally have back pain, it could mean your ligaments are loosening. Sorry, this one might continue through your pregnancy as your weight gain and shifting center of gravity throw your posture out of whack.
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Is it PMS or pregnancy? It's hard to tell, but if you're feeling crampy, it might be your uterus stretching to get ready for a baby.
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Cravings or Food Aversions
Suddenly, you cannot get enough citrus. Or perhaps fish now turns your stomach. If you notice food issues that weren't there before, it could be your body telling you you're pregnant.
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Constipation and Bloating
You swear you fit in your skinny jeans just last week. If you're feeling a little puffy or backed up, it might be extra progesterone due to pregnancy, which slows down your digestive system.
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Mood Swings
WWIII erupted over your husband's failure to put his socks in the hamper. Moody much? If you're feeling a little hormonal, it might be because your body is adjusting to well, new hormones. Assure your husband that the roller coaster emotions will pass.
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Elevated Basal Body Temperature
If you've actively been trying to get pregnant, you may have been charting your basal body temp to pinpoint ovulation. Generally, your BBT is elevated from ovulation until you get your period 2 weeks later. If it stays elevated beyond two weeks, it might be because you're pregnant.
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Super Smell
Your garbage can now makes you gag—guess you're off trash duty! If you're repulsed by certain smells, or have an increased sensitivity to odors, it may mean you've got a bun in the oven.
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Dizziness or Fainting
This is the go-to symptom they use to signify pregnancy in movies, but it's based in reality. Low blood sugar or blood pressure can cause a woozy episode. Make sure you eat enough and stay well-hydrated.
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Darn! You got your period. Or did you? If it was much lighter than normal, and a few days earlier than expected, you may actually be experiencing implantation bleeding, where the fertilized egg attaches to the uterine wall and causes a little bloodshed.
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Late Period
Many of the early signs of pregnancy are also symptoms of PMS. How to tell the difference? The most telling clue yet will be a missed period. If your cycle is fairly regular and you're late, you should head to the drugstore.
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Positive Pregnancy Test
You won't know for sure whether you're a mama-to-be until you do the pee-stick test. If you get a negative result and you still don't get your period, it just might just be too early for the test to detect. In the meantime, look a few of these weird pregnancy symptoms that can appear upon conception. Wait a few days and try the test again. And if it's positive—congratulations!


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I didn't intend to be a stay at home mom. That's not because I loved my job (HARDLY), it's because we didn't think we could afford it. The plan was for me to go back part-time, but when the part-time option fell through, I just... didn't go back. Don't ask me how we're making it work because even though it's been over three years, I HAVE NO IDEA. Magic?
Having graduated with a highly lucrative English degree, I worked a string of strange and varied jobs before I had kids. The last one was at a publishing company, which you would THINK is a good fit for an English major type, but, well, no. It wasn't. I was unhappy. I didn't know what to do with myself. I spent about a year trying to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up and came to the rather unfortunate (for my pocketbook, at least) realization that there was pretty much nothing I wanted to do that 1) was any sort of normal 9 to 5 job or 2) paid you real money. Oh, and then I became a mom. Problem solved!
As it stands I have no plans to reenter the workforce any time soon. I don't want to go back to school, I have no interest in pursuing a career, I JUST DON'T. I have a friend who says my attitude might be different had I worked a job I actually enjoyed before I had kids and yes, that's probably true. But I didn't! So I don't! I honestly can't think of a Real Job I'd rather be doing than this one. And after a few years of immersion in the WOHM/SAHM archives of mommyblogdom, I have made my peace with this fact.
OR HAVE I? A week or so ago I was a bridesmaid in a wedding in which the other two bridesmaids plus the bride were Career Women. And they all happened to be in the same field. And there was quite a lot of Passionate Discussion around said field and their respective futures within it. PERHAPS I grew a bit insecure. A bit angsty. A bit OMG WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!?!?! While the other girls chatted in Workplace-ese, about childcare arrangements and bosses and promotions, I was furtively eyeing the minibar.
It didn't help that on the flight to the wedding I read, with extreme fascination, the Atlantic cover story about the rise of women in the workplace and how we are basically kicking butt and taking men's names. Well, except for me. I am drinking wine with Betty Draper and talking about dinner party menus. Or something.
Well, that's not true. I know that suits and heels and ladder climbing is not for me. I'm interested in things I can do from home or remotely, with my own hours, with small groups of creative people. I no longer beat myself up about how un-career-oriented I am. I AM happy being home with my kids and working on my nerdy (writing on my website) and impossible (BOOK writing) pursuits during my free time.
But sometimes - SOMEtimes - it's hard not to think I'm somehow letting myself down, that I could be something MORE than Just A Mom. Even though I have this all worked out, I am 99% fine with my decisions, I totally feel like I know what I want in this department, that one percent can really throw me for a loop. SOMETIMES. How about you?


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Why, would you look at this. All this time we were expecting Apple to be the first one to flip the switch and limit desktop users to Mac App Store applications and turn Mac OS X into a walled garden, but in fact, Microsoft will be the first to flip this switch. As it turns out, Metro applications can only be installed through the Windows Store - with sideloading only for enterprises and developers (this doesn't apply to legacy applications).
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The young people of the world, of all faiths, have something important to contribute
While the voices of many Catholic youth will be heard this week at World Youth Day, we can't forget what Muslim youth have to say about a way forward in the world.
By guest blogger Jennifer Hardy
World Youth Day 2011 is a gathering of Catholics in Madrid, but it also a good time to think about interreligious dialogue for two reasons: One, it was in Cordoba, Spain in the Middle Ages where people of many faiths lived together and found common ground for common good. Two, it is important to listen to the voices of youth I heard recently in another capital city, Cairo.
I traveled to Egypt in June for my work with Catholic Relief Services, in part to meet with young people and learn about their views on the future in light of the Arab Spring. One small group of Christian and Muslim young people embodied four words:
Ingenuity. Tenacity. Positivity. Hope.
A young woman named Asmaa spoke of how frustrated she was during the protests when some local clerics said young people had no place in determining Egypt's future political process.
"I organized with my friends on Facebook and blogs," she said. "And when it was time to talk to the religious leaders, we knew which ones wouldn't listen to us because of our age. We convinced older family members to accompany us so our ideas would be respected. I may be young, but I know how the system is built. More importantly, I know how to work within that system to get things done."
Two of the young men, Amir and Khaled, came up with an idea: educate taxi drivers about the political process and the choices ahead for their country. Khaled, a young lawyer, said, "Taxi drivers may meet 50 people every day, and they are always looking to share news to pass the time. If we give them accurate information, imagine how that knowledge will spread."
Other young people in the room are also doing their part to shape a "new Egypt." An investigative journalist writes about injustice and social change. A therapist counsels families who lost loved ones during the revolution. Lawyers advocate for human rights, and social workers make sure people have access to services during political transition.
These young people don't represent everyone in Egypt—I get that. There will be extremists arguing for a religious state, others seeking military rule, many advocating restrictions on personal freedoms. But such extreme voices would have to prevail against young people like Asmaa, Amir, Khaled and thousands of other leaders in Egypt—many of them under the age of 30—who want to see a fair and safe country for everyone.
My money will be on young people like them, on their energy, their ingenuity, tenacity, positivity and hope, every time. It is a good bet that all of those qualities will be on display in Madrid, too.
Jennifer Hardy is a communications officer for digital media with Catholic Relief Services.
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THE state government is poised to relax a ban on digital roadside billboards, despite new research suggesting they distract motorists and could significantly affect driver performance.
Roads and Maritime Services will within weeks submit a proposal to planning authorities that would allow digital screens displaying multiple advertisements to motorists, similar to those near Sydney Airport.
But the rate at which the bright, high-quality advertisements are displayed before changing to the next, known as "dwell times", is a sticking point.
Experts say each advertisement should be on screen for as long as possible, to minimise sudden movements that can distract drivers.
But the outdoor advertising industry wants intervals as low as eight seconds, saying more regular transitions are required to make the technology viable. A large LED billboard costs around $1 million.
RMS has been negotiating with the industry to develop the guidelines, and has recommended "various dwell times of between eight and 30 seconds, dependent on the speed zone".
It is understood to have ceded ground on a position it held last February of no less than 15 seconds.
At the time, the Outdoor Media Association slammed the department's "risk aversion", saying it was "stunting the growth of the industry in NSW".
However the association's chief executive, Charmaine Moldrich, confirmed the RMS has now moved closer to the dwell times being pushed by the industry.
An RMS spokeswoman said road safety was "a key priority". The proposed guidelines will be submitted to a Planning Department review of signage laws.
RMS operates 70 non-electronic signs across NSW, which are licensed to outdoor advertising companies. Annual revenue has almost doubled over the past five years to $19 million.
Other signs are privately owned, including a series of billboards on the M2 run by Manboom, a company part-owned by James Packer and John Singleton.
Digital billboards are far more lucrative than traditional signs, enabling higher licensing fees and user charges.
Three electronic billboards near Sydney Airport are on land outside state government control, with dwell times of 10 seconds.
By March, three signs will be erected in Queensland, with dwell times of 30 seconds in speed zones greater than 80km/h. Dwell times in Victoria are generally limited to 30 seconds, but can vary depending on location.
The debate coincides with a report by the national transport body Austroads released last week, which said inconsistent roadside advertising guidelines between jurisdictions allow states to be "played off" against each other by the outdoor advertising industry.
The report found drivers could divert attention to digital billboards "at the expense of the driving task purely to see what is displayed in the next transition" and that movement or changing luminosity could "involuntarily capture attention … to the detriment of driving performance".
"Where this happens in a driving situation that is also cognitively demanding, the consequences have the potential to be significant," it said.
Inexperienced and older drivers would likely be worst affected.
The outdoor advertising industry claims evidence on the safety effects of roadside signs is "inconsistent and contradictory". It says the focus should shift to other sources of distraction such as in-vehicle electronic devices and digital signs on commercial premises, such as pubs and clubs.
The planning department said dwell times for digital signs were "just one issue being considered" in its review of advertising and signage controls, and no decision had been made.


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Microsoft's bigger and thinner Surface Pro tablet is indeed called Surface Pro 3, the firm confirmed on Tuesday, and is positioned as a device that can replace both a tablet and a laptop. It certainly appears to be the first Surface Pro device that can accomplish this long-stated goal, and it's bolstered by a new click-in keyboard design, an improved kickstand, a new desktop dock, and other improvements.
The event was MC'd by Microsoft's newly-minted CEO Satya Nadella, but as with past Surface events, it was Panos Panay who handled the heavy lifting. Panay stepped through the firm's rationale for the device, which he said accomplished the core mission of Surface (which, oddly enough, is the core mission of my "Field Guide" books as well: "Get it done."
The tablet has not replaced the laptop as we were all so sure would happen three years ago, he said. Instead, over 96 percent of iPad users also own a laptop. So what's really happening is that virtually all tablet owners have both a tablet and a laptop. So why not create a single device that can do both?
If we had been having this conversation a year ago, I'm pretty sure Microsoft would have argued that Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 both accomplished this goal. But as I've written again and again—most recently, less than 24 hours ago in Is This When Surface Turns the Corner?—neither of these devices were in fact ideal for this task. And now Microsoft, finally, is agreeing, at least publicly.
And they might have actually pulled it off. Because Surface Pro 3 takes the Surface Pro 2 and makes everything better.
What I've written here is based on very early hands-on use. Expect things to potentially change as I use it more.
The screen is bigger, and higher resolution, which Panos called "pixel free" in what I took was an attempt to steer the conversation past Apple's "Retina" branding. In real world terms, it's 2160 x 1440, which is unusual, as is its 3:2 aspect ratio, rather than the 16:9 screens that are so common with PCs but look terrible in portrait mode. (Desktop scaling is set to 150 percent if you're curious.)
The device is much thinner than Surface Pro 2—9.1 mm vs. 10.6—and while hands-on time will establish this thought more clearly, a quick comparison shows it to be closer to the Surface 2 than the Pro 2 from a thickness perspective. Near ideal, in other words.
Surface 2 (left) and Surface Pro 3
It's lighter than Surface Pro 2 at just 800 grams, compared to over 900, and is designed to be balanced so that there aren't heavy corners or areas, and is usable—at least for a little while—with one hand.
The performance is up by about 10 percent on the i5 review unit, Microsoft says, and more so with the Intel Core i7 processor option. In fact, there are i3, i5 and i7 models happening. This is a Pro device. Not a mid-level device.
You can get a dock, of course, and while it is surely a bit bigger than the current Surface Docking Station, it looks just like its predecessor. But supports 4K displays.
The available Typing Covers are improved too. Now, you can kind of fold the Type Cover up into the bottom of the device and additional magnets hold it in place more securely than before. Most of the people I was hanging around with at the event don't have big enough laps (or long enough upper legs, I guess) to use it on a lap, but if you do, it works much, much better than with previous Surfaces.
Obviously, the new Type Cover is bigger than its predecessor, but the actual keyboard is the same (and the same size). The trackpad, however, is a HUGE improvement. Which wasn't hard, but this one actually looks useful and usable.
In another nice improvement, the Surface Pro 3 kickstand is significantly improved. So rather than two positions, as with the previous generation, you can lay the device back, back, back to an almost horizontal position Microsoft calls easel mode, using a range of angles. This will be huge for artists, of course, but also for those who want to write notes with the bundled pen or simply don't want to block out others in meetings.
Speaking of the pen, it's new, and not the same unit from Surface Pro/Pro 2 (and is not compatible). I've not tested it yet, but it has a nice OneNote integration that works from the lock screen so you can click a button and just start taking notes. Very natural.
Obviously, I'll have a lot to say to say about the new Surface Pro 3 in the days ahead, but its busy here and I need to cut this one short. For now, know this: This device answers most of my criticisms of the existing Pro devices while seemingly achieving that goal of being both a good tablet and a good laptop. That's no small achievement. But let's see how it holds up over time.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday he has some new ideas on how to change Syrian President Bashar Assad's calculation on remaining in power, suggesting the Obama administration may take additional measures to put pressure his regime.
Kerry told reporters after meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the State Department that he hoped Assad could be convinced to enter into a negotiated solution with the Syrian opposition that would end almost two years of bloody violence that has killed nearly 70,000 people and move forward with true democratic reform.
"We need to address the question of President Assad's calculation currently. I believe there are additional things that can be done to change his current perception," he said, adding: "I've got a good sense of what I think we might propose."
Kerry did not elaborate on the ideas and pointedly offered no guarantee of success, particularly since Assad has defied calls to step down and clung to power throughout the crisis that has grown increasingly desperate. But, Kerry said his priority was to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
"I can assure you my goal is to see us change his calculation, my goal is to see us have a negotiated outcome and minimize the violence," he said. "It may not be possible. I am not going to stand here and tell you that's automatic or easily achievable. There are a lot of forces that have been unleashed here over the course of the last months."
The former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he would be discussing his ideas with officials when he visits Europe and the Middle East beginning in the last week of February.
As a senator, Kerry had floated several ideas for ramping up the pressure on Assad, including creating protected safe zones for regime opponents and arming the rebels fighting to oust him
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the administration's position remains that supplying weapons would only exacerbate the killing. She said the United States would continue to provide only non-lethal and humanitarian assistance to the opposition.
She did, however, say that Assad is living in a "fantasy world" if he thinks he can survive the ongoing rebellion.
Kerry is a longtime friend of Judeh, the Jordanian foreign minister, whose country is deeply concerned not only with the situation in Syria and the status of the Assad regime's chemical weapons stockpiles, but also the nearly moribund Middle East peace process.
Judeh said he was pleased that President Barack Obama and his administration were committed to trying to achieve a lasting settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and urged action to try to restart peace talks.
Kerry's trip to the Mideast will lay the groundwork for a visit to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan by Obama in the spring. But Kerry warned against expecting major developments, noting that it could be "arrogant" to propose a new formula for negotiations before hearing from leaders in the region.
"The president is not prepared at this point in time to do more than listen to the parties, which is why he has announced he is going to go to Israel," Kerry said. "That affords him an opportunity to listen.
"I think we start out by listening and get a sense of what the current state of possibilities are, and then begin to make some choices," he said. "It would be a huge mistake, almost an arrogant step, to suddenly be announcing this and that without listening first."
Yet, he stressed that the administration was ready "to explore every possibility" for peace.
"The window is closing on this possibility, the region knows it," Kerry said. "It deserves our utmost consideration and it will get that."


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Wrote up this short perl script which uses Zeta to grab a single ISBN's MARC record from LC. The goal is to make it easier for cuecat hackers and the like to get better data when they scan in their books' UPCs. See also today's NYTimes piece-free reg. req'd-for more on the sudden explosion of barcode mayhem.
from meat o'fressie: "Fixes for bugs in option parsing for the translate client, addition of the missing HACKING (development documentation) file, and sundry minor changes." that's surfraw.sourceforge.net...
OCLC naming names
Spied at Access y2k was the new (live? prototype? for sale? for free?) Open Name Services from OCLC. It doesn things with ISBNs, ISSNs, SICI, OpenURL, Handles, and such. They say "we would like to propose that identifiers on the Web reflect the names used before the Web came into being." Hmm, so how do they account for things born webbed?
from perl4lib: "I have uploaded MARC-1.12 at download.sourceforge.net.
I also updated the docs referenced at the marcpm.sourceforge.net page. Have at it. Bug reports are especially welcome. [updates include] Fixed newline issues with input and output of marcmaker records (Ed's suggestions and my spelunking); added an option for less strict error checking (David Valentine's suggestion, Ed's architecture); added tests and removed test numbering."
from freshmeat: "Support was added for stock market quotations (nasdaq, quote.com, yahoo) and jake citations. It no longer opens new screen(1)s by default." Yes, that's right, jake citations! You read it here first... got get it at surfraw.sourceforge.net.
You're gonna like this (as seen on NTKnow): "Surfraw (Shell Users' Revolutionary Front Rage Against the Web) provides a fast unix command line interface to a variety of popular WWW search engines and other artifacts of power. It reclaims google, altavista, babelfish, dejanews, freshmeat, research index, slashdot and many others from the false-prophet, pox-infested heathen lands of html-forms, placing these wonders where they belong, deep in unix heartland, as god loving extensions to the shell." Beautiful... raw and uncut, just how you like it, you CLI machine. :) And it's a commandline imperative (like, yet breathtakingly unlike, Mr. Mellencamp's Dance Naked), to boot!
from Derek over perl4lib: "Basically a bugfix and sanity checks after Elizabeth Shaw noticed that pack_008 left the 008 field empty. Also added a ship script to automate the creation of
the .tar.gz version. Please beat on this and let the list know of any problems..." Go get it at marcpm.sourceforge.net. [p.s. hey Liz, that you? how's that reference MOO doin'? ;)]
from freshmeat: "New timestamps to synch channel settings between servers, and many bugfixes with distributed searching." see opennap.sourceforge.net for more.
new in 0.5.2 are MARC downloads (thanks to jake2marc.pl), more reliable XML feeds, bug and schema fixes, data available from sourceforge, added html comments to simplify results parsing for local holdings matching. go get it at the main jake site.
Mark wrote to oss4lib-list: "jake2marc is a utility that can create simple USMARC records for the full-text journals in databases listed in the jake project.
jake2marc is incorporated into and distributed with the standard jake application, and currently appears as a "Download as MARC" option in the database list and in the record for each database. jake2marc can also be installed and used separately from the main jake application because it queries jake for data over the net. The Perl source code is available for people interested in installing jake2marc on their own web server and modifying it to suit their own library's needs. jake2marc is currently under development and is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
More information about jake2marc, including a detailed description of the records it creates, is available at www.lib.sfu.ca/kiosk/mjordan/jake/."


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The Dancing Fish gallery, Limpopo
The Dancing Fish gallery at the Madi a Thavha Mountain Lodge is a welcome addition to the area around Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt) in South Africa's Limpopo province. More a small, modern museum than a commercial gallery, the building houses a permanent exhibition on the culture of the Venda, Tsonga and Northern Sotho people.
The gallery has quickly established itself as an authoritative source on the artistic heritage of the province's primary cultural groups. Visitors can see and read about how the area's arts and crafts have developed through traditional, transitional and contemporary phases.
Together with renowned cultural anthropologist Petra Terblanche, the Dutch owner of the lodge, Marcelle Bosch, has ensured that the exhibit is both comprehensive and thoroughly researched.
In addition to the main exhibition, the gallery also offers some informative displays on traditional healing, musical instruments from the area, food, and traditional storytelling. The gallery's resource centre makes available background information, research documentation, music and documentaries to those who want to learn more.
Madi a Thavha also has a shop that sells a range of items made by local artists and crafters, including original carvings, home décor products, jewellery and small gifts. The lodge's own impressive collection of contemporary Southern African artworks features throughout its rooms.
As Madi a Thavha's host, Bosch is intimately familiar with the artists and crafters currently working in the area. Packages or custom tours, guided by Bosch or one of the excellent local guides she works with, can be arranged. During these tours, you can visit many of the artists whose work features in the gallery.
Madi a Thavha Mountain Lodge is located 390km from Pretoria. Take the N1 to Makhado (Louis Trichardt). At the first four-way stop in Makhado, turn left on to the R522 to Vivo and follow this road for about 8.5km. Just after the 100km sign, you will see a brown tourism sign indicating Madi a Thavha. Here you turn right on to an untarred road. Follow the untarred road for about 2.5km, and keep following the signs to Madi a Thavha Mountain Lodge.
The Dancing Fish gallery can be visited throughout the year. The mild Limpopo winters are perfect for day excursions to visit the artists and crafters who have helped put this area on the map.
Madi a Thavha Mountain Lodge offers a range of accommodation options. The modern rooms are full of original art, mostly produced by contemporary artists from the area. There is also a small campsite.
Madi a Thavha offers both catered and self-catering accommodation options. While in the area, enquire about the best local places to eat in Elim and Thohoyandou and experience the area's cuisine.
Madi a Thavha offers a number of pretty mountain trails, a swimming pool and outdoor play facilities for children. Cycling in the area is also great. Ask the hosts about the creative workshops they offer from time to time. Birdwatchers can arrange a skilled guide to explore the avian richness of the area.


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Audiophiles are a restless lot, constantly looking for ways to tweak a system by any means possible, short of taking the plunge for new components. There are numerous forums dedicated to audio "tweaks"; some advice is good, some is laughable, but most is well-intentioned. One often discussed tweak is how to minimize the mechanical vibrations that occur within components and speakers during playback. A variety of vibration-dampening devices are available in a wide range of materials, from hard plastics to brass.
Why bother with dampening and isolation? In audio, vibration causes distortion and introduces unwanted sound into each component. Vibration dampening feet are engineered to reduce the effects of mechanical vibrations that occur within a speaker, amplifier or other component, by transmitting them away from the source to optimize the audio you eventually hear. After spending several weeks with Valhalla Technology's vibration dampening feet under my components and speakers, I've come to view such "tweaks" less as accessories than integral for bringing out the best in equipment.
Footprint of a Viking
Valhalla Technology (http://www.valhalla-technology.dk) is a Danish manufacturer of vibration-dampening loudspeaker, amplifier and component player "feet." Most of the company's feet are made from 10mm-thick poron, a very dense microcellular urethane foam that is also flexible, strong and stable. Valhalla asserts, "… In side-by-side drop weight tests, our base material outperforms vinyl sponge, neoprene sponge,sponge rubber, latex foam and solid viscoelastic." Additionally, the foam is engineered to remain pliable and won't dry out and crack or crumble over time. Valhalla sent an assortment of its feet to test; descriptions of each follow.
VT Amplifier Feet 25
These coin-shaped discs are designed for use with amplifiers and pre-amplifiers weighing up to 50 pounds. Valhalla also offers the more robust Feet 50 for amps up to 100 pounds. The Amp Feet feature an adhesive surface on one side to prevent slippage, but it is not so sticky that it can't be removed from an audio cabinet and repositioned. An important point should be made here: Valhalla's Feet are non-corrosive to metal, nor will they harm the finish of wooden cabinets or floors.
VT Player Feet 10
Designed for use in a variety of optical disc players, VT's Player Feet 10 are disc-shaped pads that can slip under CD, DVD, Blu-ray players and gaming consoles such as Xbox and Playstation. The 10s keep components stable for improved audio and video playback.
VT Feet 15 & VT Feet 30
The 15s and 30s are engineered to accommodate medium (15 pounds/foot) to heavy (30 pounds/foot) loudspeakers, respectively. The square-shaped pads come in packs of eight. For larger speakers, such as Axiom's M80s v2, I had better results using three Feet 30s set in a triangulated formation instead of four at each corner, which proved too tippy for the nearly 57-pound speaker.
VT Feet 25
The versatile 25s are larger triangular-shaped pads (measuring roughly 4x4x5.5 inches) that work with center speakers, subwoofers and portable media player docking units. As I noted in my review of Role Audio's Kayak speakers, the Feet 25 also worked well in pairs under the mini-monitors. They are certainly up to sturdier tasks, but I liked how the 25s isolated the Kayak's from my speaker stands. I also found that two of the 25s placed under my Mac mini kept the machine running quieter and cooler.
VT Spike Feet Deluxe
Unlike the other VT pads composed of poron, the VT Spike Feet Deluxe are machined-aluminum receptacles designed to accommodate loudspeaker spikes and speakers weighing up to 176 pounds. The bottom of the foot holds a durable, cushioning elastomer that Valhalla asserts will "withstand constant, repeated deflections." These deluxe feet may be my overall favorites and I couldn't resist some experimenting. Although the Spike Feet Deluxe are engineered for speakers, I liked using them with CD players, tucking 4 of the Feet at the corners, fitting them under a player's own feet.
Padded Results
I tucked VT Feet under a variety of CD players, amplifiers and speakers and enjoyed positive results in all cases. One reviewing phrase that always makes me cringe is "the results were not subtle." That can actually mean the exact opposite, to be read as, "The results were so subtle that I had to strain every muscle in my body and sit at a 132-degree angle to hear a whisper of difference." The point can be made, too, that if you don't know what to listen for, you may miss it. With the VT Feet, I noticed an improvement in definition, where instruments occupied their own space in the soundstage and didn't spill over onto their companions. Voices, too, had greater impact and better definition.
Overall, music sounded less congested and bloated, with a better sense of dynamics. Components operated quieter. You can get good results using just one set of VT Feet under a pair of speakers or component, but I found that incorporating them into a complete system yielded highest dividends. It makes sense, too, that reducing unwanted resonances and vibrations in every link will make music sound better – a synergistic approach for synergistic results. If I had to make a quantifiable judgment, I would say the Feet improved what I heard across the board by 10 percent, mostly for what I wasn't hearing, and they could probably do even better paired with less sophisticated gear. Regardless, these Feet are winners and I won't go back to my un-dampened days again.


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NH's faithful gather to say goodbye to PopeBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 28. 2013 8:55PM
MANCHESTER - As the hours closed on Pope Benedict XVI's papacy, Bishop Peter A. Libasci Thursday celebrated a special Mass to express gratitude and "deep affection" for the Pope and pray for the cardinals who will choose his successor later this month.
Shortly after, Catholic churches across the city and state pealed their bells in unison for eight minutes until 2 p.m. to coincide with the moment Benedict voluntarily stepped down from the seat he held for nearly eight years.
"Retirement should always be such a joyful occasion," Libasci told the estimated 150 people who packed the pews and filled the back of St. Joseph Cathedral Chapel at the conclusion of the Mass.
Libasci called Benedict, 85, a "teacher par excellence" whose writings guided the Catholic church and brought the "light of faith" to a world darkened by totalitarianism, secularism and what he described as overzealous reforms unleashed by the Second Vatican Council.
The bishop likened Benedict to "the Easter candle coming into the darkened church. He came among us and he goes more deeply into the church to bring that light of the risen Christ to burn brightly."
"We are going to remember to turn on those lights and look forward to his successor," he added.
Libasci noted Benedict, who wrote three encyclicals and is now known as Pope emeritus, repeatedly warned people against putting "God to the side" and the false belief they are in total control of their destinies.
"He called us as people of faith to live the faith - live the faith in its purest form so that we become the attractive alternative to the disappointments and the emptiness of a world gone mad by relying on its own power, its own desire, its own end in its sight," the bishop said.
He compared Benedict's life to the seasons of nature, beginning with a youth spent under Nazi domination in his native Germany. In the "great summer of his life," Benedict was a theologian.
At 78, Benedict accepted his role as leader of the universal Catholic church and now, in the winter of his life, wears "the white cassock of a Pope emeritus."
Worshippers made special trips to Manchester or used lunch breaks to honor and celebrate Benedict's papacy and pray for his successor.
"This is a special Mass for us. The Pope is so important in our church," said Pauline Heckathorne of Manchester, who came with her friend, Hilaise Thomas.
Heckathorne said she prays for a new Pope and "that the church finds peace finally because there are so many people talking about the church and trying to tear it down."
Maureen Planchak, 63, walked toward the chapel leading her two granddaughters by their hands.
"This is the mother church for the whole state of New Hampshire. So, when something important happens, we always gather here," the Derry mother explained.
William Horan, 72, of Manchester, said the church is in the midst of a "major" transition and prays for a Pope who "will open the windows ... and let in the fresh air."
"I want to open things up more to women, to gay people, to the poor, but the big thing is the poor," explained Horan, who retired from the Hillsborough County nursing home where he had worked as a nurse's aide and driver.
Lillian Pepin, 78, of the West Side, prayed for the Pope and the future of what she said is a struggling church under attack.
"They are assailing the church right now, and we need to get somebody who is a little younger and can handle it ... We need someone who can strengthen the church and bring back the holiness that belongs to it," added Pepin, who attends Sacred Heart Parish.


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The former church is no more historical than any other church built during that period. Is every Catholic church built around the time of Vatican II now eligible for historical designation? Obviously not. This is merely a sad attempt by the architect to preserve his so called legacy. Perhaps a better legacy is to be rememberd as the one who made education and a brighter future possible for the City's most valuable asset-children. Be remembered for your actions and the good that you have done not just your work. Please let go of the past and tear down the building.


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The Harvard wrestling team returns to the mat after a one-week hiatus. The Crimson faces two tough EIWA opponents on the road Saturday and Sunday in Army and No. 7 Lehigh. Harvard visits Army Saturday at 2 p.m. and takes on Lehigh Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Keep up with the scores at home via the NWCA Live Scorebook. The links for each dual meet are posted above.
Last Time Out
Walter Peppelman picked up three wins at the Lone Star Duals Jan. 15 including a win over a top-six wrestler to lead the Harvard wrestling team.
The Crimson lost a close match to Appalachian State, 22-17, before falling to No. 7 Oklahoma, 33-8, and Stanford, 35-10.
Freshman Ian Roy picked up two wins on the afternoon at 174 pounds, defeating Carter Downs of Appalachian State, 4-3 and Oklahoma's Jeff James, 4-2.
Steven Keith (125), Shay Warren (133) and Andrew Knapp (285) all earned wins in one of the three matches.
Scouting Army
The Black Knights are 6-4 heading into the weekend after its midweek dual with Hofstra was postponed. Army is coming off a third-place finish at the New York State championships where Casey Thome won the 141 pound title. Jordan Thome (133 pounds) is tied for the team lead with 20 wins on the season. Jordan is also tied atop the team rankings in pins (six) and bonus point victories (nine). Daniel Young (149) placed runner-up at last weekend's New York State Championships. He is tied with Jordan Thome for the team lead in victories (20), while listing among the Black Knights' leaders in pins (three), technical falls (two) and bonus point victories (six). Army takes on Brown earlier in the day.
Army series
Army leads the all-time series 20-10 that dates back to 1928. The Black Knights have won five of the last six duals, including a 25-9 victory in Cambridge last year. The Crimson had won the five previous meetings with the Black Knights.
Scouting Lehigh
Lehigh entered the week with a 10-5 overall mark after knocking off No. 1 Cornell, 17-15, Jan. 20. The Mountain Hawks moved to seventh in the nation rankings with the win and boast six nationally ranked grapplers. The Mountain Hawks under third-year coach Pat Santoro are off to one of its best seasons yet. Lehigh finished third at Midlands with six place winners in December, tying a program record for number of place winners and finish at the tournament. Zach Rey (285) is No. 1 at his weight class and undefeated with a 20-0 record. Robert Hamlin is 18-2 at 184 pounds. Lehigh takes on No. 3 Virginia Tech Friday night and hosts Brown following its dual with Harvard.
Lehigh series
Sunday's match will be the 14th in a series history that dates back to 1933. After the first meeting, the Crimson and Mountain Hawks did not face off again until 1998 and have met every year since. Lehigh leads the series, 12-1.
Talk About Offense
Walter Peppelman leads the team in wins with 17 victories this season. Peppelman has scored bonus points in 11 of those 17 wins, including five wins by major decision, three by technical fall and four by fall.
Welcome Back Captain
Senior co-captain Andrew Knapp returned to the mat against Rutgers. It was his first competition since the EIWA Championships in March 2009.
Free Fallin'
Corey Jantzen and Walter Peppelman each have three and four wins by fall this season, respectively. Jantzen has 10 collegiate pins, while Peppelman has picked up 11 so far. Overall the Crimson has eight wins by fall on the year.
National Rankings
Walter Peppelman is ranked as high as eighth in the nation at 157 pounds.
Community Outreach
The Crimson is doing its share of community service each year. During the month of January, Harvard wrestlers will volunteer with the Mission Hill After School Program to tutor residents of the Alice Taylor housing complex, a low income section of Roxbury. Earlier in the year, Jackson Salovarra '11 organized an event where Harvard went to church near campus to help weatherize the church rectory. The Crimson spent all day insulating and closing the house up for the winter which in turn will save the rectory thousands of dollars in the long run. These projects are just a small sample of how this program gives back to the community!
Pack the MAC
The Crimson returns to Cambridge in two weeks to take on Brown and Hofstra (Feb. 12), followed by Columbia (Feb. 18) and Cornell (Feb. 19) to close out the dual season.
On the Horizon
Harvard begins Ivy League action next weekend at Penn and Princeton. The Crimson takes on both opponents Saturday, Feb. 5 on the road.


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Album Art: Allman Brothers' album was 'Where It All Began' for artist
As much as their fans love the Allman Brothers Band's recordings, it's their live performances that have given them the opportunity to play to sold-out crowds for 40 years. So manager Bert Hollman was searching for someone with the talent to produce just the right designs for the band's tour merch. This need opened the door for artist Ioannis, and based on the fact that the relationship is still strong 15 years later, the band and its fans have been greatly impressed by his now-iconic mushroom-based design.


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If the star of a contemporary bedroom is the modern bed, think of modern bedding as the professionally applied makeup. No matter how handsome the bed, ill-fitting, cheaply made, and visually unappealing contemporary bedding can undermine a bed's good looks and, more importantly, your level of sleeping comfort. So, as with modern kids bedding, take time to select modern bedding that enhances the design of your carefully chosen modern bed, adds to the overall esthetic scheme of your bedroom, and provides you with a night of restful, luxurious sleep.
With the bed automatically being the focal point of a bedroom, luxury bedding—duvet, blankets, accent pillows, sheets—also automatically draws the eye. Thoughtfully chosen modern bedding should look inviting and luxurious, in addition to being visually impactful, and feel soft and comfortable to the touch—qualities that are relatively easy to achieve, no matter how modest or substantial your bedding budget.
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As with most things, the number of modern bedding pieces you purchase is a matter of personal taste, but it's best to begin by investing in basic modern bedding sets: flat and fitted sheets, pillowcases, and a duvet cover or bedspread, depending on your personal preference for bed covers. Ideally 2 sets of good quality sheets and pillowcases, as well as duvet cover, are worth the investment to ensure that there's always a clean set waiting when laundry day arrives.
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Looks like you feel the same way about Chargers as I do about Camaros. Nice cars. Great job on the 69 restoration. Can't wait to see how the 68 turns out!
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Will was an average highschooler living in an apartment. When he wakes up three inches tall, with no apparant explanation, he's forced to rely on the help of a helpfull girl named Emily who lives down the hall. He also encounters two other girls, Karen and Jessica, who have their own plans in store for him. He'll be forced to face his inhibitions as he's thrust into countless "encounters" with these three girls.
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Distance from Beallsville, MD to Elkton, MD
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Named after the fastest shark species, the Mako series of sticks from Easton is all about having quick hands. Such a big part of the game involves tight spots, which requires quick hands and speed to get the shot off. Easton has designed their Mako line of sticks to be lightweight and balanced in such a way that hand speed is optimized. In addition to being so well-balanced, the Mid-taper kick point provides a great combination of power and accuracy.
Easton's insight studies with goaltenders is what led them to the predominantly white look of the series, because some of the goalies claimed that the white stick blended in with the ice and boards making it more difficult to see the release of the puck from the shooter.
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The economy remains weak and the administration's stimulus has been a bust. To counter the growing unpopularity of his economic policies, the president is traveling around the country handing out government checks to anointed industries.
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White House's Job Creation Figures
The Council of Economic Advisors' latest analysis of the $862 billion stimulus bill figures that it created 2.5 to 3.6 million jobs. How good is this estimate? The same CEA told us that the stimulus bill would keep the unemployment rate below 8 percent. Almost a year and a half later unemployment is still above 9 percent.
HUD's Public Housing Proposal
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is pushing legislation that would enable public housing projects to access private financing. Due to limits on how much of a tenant's income can be used for rent, public housing authorities have been reliant on billions of dollars in annual federal operating and capital subsidies.
Emergency Spending
A recent paper by Veronique de Rugy examines how policymakers use various budgeting gimmicks to increase spending and obscure liabilities. One particularly abusive mechanism is the designation of supplemental spending as an "emergency." The emergency designation makes it easier for policymakers to skirt budgetary rules, particularly "pay-as-you-go" (PAYGO) requirements.
GOP Spending Cap
Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee have announced support for caps on the discretionary spending portion of the federal budget. According to press reports, discretionary spending under the cap for fiscal year 2011 would be approximately $20 billion less than what the president has proposed.
USPS Labor Inflexibility
U.S. Postal Service management has repeatedly told Congress that it needs greater labor flexibility to reduce costs. Despite increased automation and workforce reductions, labor continues to account for 80 percent of the USPS's cost structure.
Paul Krugman and Regime Uncertainty
Paul Krugman is dismissing concerns that the Obama administration's fiscal and regulatory policies are fostering uncertainty in the business community, and thus inhibiting job growth and an economic recovery.
LIHEAP Fraud
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program provides $5 billion annually to the states, which distribute the funds to businesses, nonprofits, and homeowners. Unfortunately, the states do a poor job making sure the money isn't lost to fraud and abuse.
NASA's Feel Good Mission
NASA administrator Charles Bolden says that his "foremost" mission is to improve relations with the Muslim world. This head-scratching statement is made more bizarre by Bolden's claim that he received this instruction from the president himself.
USPS Wants Rate Hike
The long-term prospects for the U.S. Postal Service monopoly are bleak. To help stem the flow of red ink, the USPS intends to seek a rate increase. Only a government monopoly would try to raise prices when the demand for its services is plummeting. The rate increase will only push its already declining customer base to use cheaper, more efficient electronic alternatives.


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NHIAA Football: Bedford storms past MemorialBy HARRY KOZLOWSKI
Special to the Union LEader
October 11. 2013 11:13PM
BEDFORD — Bedford coach Kurt Hines may want to skip the first quarter and get right to the second.
That's when his Bedford Bulldogs really turn on the jets. Twenty-eight second quarter points Friday helped the Bulldogs to a 45-14 win over Manchester Memorial.
As has been the case the last several games, Bedford came out a little flat.
In fact, it was Memorial making plays early. Deon Ball returned the opening kickoff 44 yards to the Bulldog 36.
But the Crusaders stalled at the 25 and turned the ball over on downs.
On Bedford's second possession, quarterback Dan Coella found Nate Jaeger open for a 17-yard touchdown.
But Memeorial came right back with an eight-play, 70-yard drive capped by a one- yard run by Peter Abood.
At the end of one, it looked like a game, tied 7-7.
But as off as the Bulldogs have been on the first quarter, they have been catching fire in the second.Colella kept finding his favorite target Nate Jaeger open in the end zone. Jaeger had touchdown catches of 28 and 25 yards to make it 19-7.
The Bulldogs kept pouring it on. Mike Vailas had a five-yard touchdown run to make it 27-7.
Jaeger added to his big night with an interception late in the second.
Two plays later, a scrambling Colella hit a wide-open Vailas for a 43-yard touchdown making it 35-7 at the half.
In the third, the Coella-Jaeger show continued when Jaeger took a screen pass 67 yards for his fourth touchdown on the night.
Keenan McCoole added a field goal.
"Nate is very athletic. He was open when I needed him," Coella said.
"When other teams focus on the Vailas brothers, I can always rely on Nate," said Colella.
Hines said that going repeatedly to Jaeger wasn't in the game plan, but that he is a great target when his other receivers are covered.


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Very Nice Malibu. Excellent job on the restoration.
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I am not accepting challenges! Sorry, I find the "gang-up group voting" and emailed "vote for me" a load of crap. It was cool for a while. Now its just annoying!
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is calling North Korea's development of nuclear weapons a "growing threat" to the U.S. and its allies.
In a telephone call Tuesday evening to Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, Hagel cited North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles and said Washington and Beijing should continue to cooperate on those problems.
A Pentagon statement describing the phone call also disclosed that Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will visit China later this month. It would be Dempsey's first trip to China as head of the Joint Chiefs.
Hagel also invited the Chinese defense minister to visit the United States this year.


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The push behind Congressional term limits
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) —
Renewed efforts across the country to get a term limits bill have passed in Congress.
Ohio Republican candidate Josh Mandel, in his bid to become a U.S. Senator, is making term limits a centerpiece of his campaign.
Mandel believes voters have grown tired of career politicians. Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Desantis have tried to get a constitutional amendment limiting the number of terms a House and Senate member could serve. Will it become a key issue in upcoming elections? Is the atmosphere ripe on Capitol Hill to get two-thirds of House and Senate members to approve a constitutional amendment? Find out more in the video above.


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The Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, nearly unopposed. Conservation biologist Joe Roman and environmental historian Peter Alagona discuss how effective the Act has been in the last forty years and what steps could be taken for greater success in the future.


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Ricky Martin Steps Out with Kids After His Breakup
Ricky Martin makes his way through LAX Airport with his adorable five-year-old twin boys by his side on Sunday (January 5) in Los Angeles.
The 42-year-old entertainer walked alongside Matteo and Valentino, who each wheeled their carry-on luggage. So cute!
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Ricky was also spotted out the day before getting lunch with a gal pal in New York City.
Last week, it was announced that Ricky and his longtime partner Carlos Gonzalez Abella had split after six years together.
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As I think about inclusive language, particularly as it pertains to God and humanity, I think of my own journey as I have come to understand God and humanity, particularly in relation to gender. In the not so distant past, I would have argued that to use mother to refer to God instead of father would amount to a type of blasphemy. In one sense, if scripture uses [male]language, even [male] pronouns with regard to God, and the language of "mankind" along with male pronouns in regard to humanity, who are we to tamper? Yet as I have come to talk about and even debate the merits of maintaining or expanding language one thing comes to mind; I have a wonderful relationship with my father. And in this sentence there is another truth. Some people have very difficult relationships with their fathers, or their mothers, or they don't have one or the other or both parents altogether. What is their image of God compared to mine? Now this brings up the question, will my dogmatism to maintain the use of patristic language, because that's how it was originally written, cause others to draw away from God because the images used for God reflect a broken reality in their own lives?
And this brings up another question. If there are images that are not particularly helpful for people to use when thinking about God, are there alternative images that expand the understanding of God? Are there alternative images that allow for a greater inclusivity of humanity? Of course! The bible overflows with ways to speak of humanity, of God, of Christ.
Inclusive language to me is about being able to proclaim God and the gospel of Jesus Christ in such a way that no one will feel that they are excluded. Or to put it another way, in such a way that everyone may have not one, but multiple images that help them to know God and the gospel.
Gender inclusivity is one area where this takes form. When and where we can use humanity instead of mankind, or persons instead of men, or sisters and brothers instead of simply brothers, we are opening up our message to a wider array of hearers and readers. When we use pronouns beyond "he" and "him" we speak in a different way to all, both women and men. What step could we take then, if we even embrace our transgendered kin by using the pronouns "ze" in conjunction with he and she and "per" alongside of him and her?
Of course, our language demands that we must use pronouns to refer to God. It becomes redundant when I say God multiple times in one sentence. Yet, to favor one gender in the pronouns excludes the other two. An incorporation of all three is one way to speak to a multitude of hearers.
Yet, to speak of God having gender at all is to define God in our own image. Any time we speak of God and create an image in our mind or language we run the risk of forgetting that God is transcendent to the creation. Rather, imagery and language used to describe God should not be to describe God, but rather God's attributes. Metaphor and simile are useful to describe how we have known God to act throughout history, and in our personal histories.
The use of inclusive language in regard to both humanity and God is not a restriction or a law. Rather it offers freedom to proclaim welcome to all of us who have our own broken realities and freedom to experience the multifaceted attributes of God in new and meaningful ways.