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We'd just finished wiping the drool off our chins from the 2013 Porsche 911 Cabriolet reveal earlier this week at The Detroit Auto Show when ze Germans rolled out the all-new 2013 Porsche Boxster.
This third-generation Boxster's dropped weight, added width, piled on the power and improved the car visually in every dimension. Activate salivary glands!
Starting from the sheet metal and working inwards, the most obvious change is a crisper, more countered exterior. Up front is a new set of gorgeous elongated headlights that look similar in shape to the Porsche 918 RSR.
In profile there's a deeper scoop and longer track giving the 2013 Boxster the look of a Porsche Carrera GT. The most dramatic upgrade is the taillight, which has a ridge that blends into the spoiler. Super trick. Super impressive.
Inside the Carrera GT look continues with a wide center console inspired by the supercar that's now the standard across the Porsche brand. There's also more room due to the wider track. Lest you think the new Boxster's been munching on too many schnitzels, they've also dropped around 77 pounds.
Power is predictably (in a good way) up with the latest base model offering 265 hp from its 2.7-liter direct-injection flat-six. The Boxster S squeezes an additional five horsepower out of its now 315-horsepower flat-six. Both engines come with a six-speed manual stock and a seven-speed PDK as an option.
With the Doppelkupplungsgetriebe transmission the base Boxster hits 60 mph in 5.4 seconds and the Boxster S rips off the same distance in just 4.7 ticks. Fuel economy is also improved, or something.
The new Boxster goes on sale in the U.S. early this summer with a starting price of $49,500 for the base model and $60,900 for the Boxster S, both before a $950 destination and $30 Porsche hat charge.


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I've previously written about ghost towns or abandoned towns like Dogtown near Gloucester, Massachusetts, or Zealand, New Hampshire, or even Chinese Camp in California. I was surprised to learn that there was an abandoned town just minutes away from me. Monson was settled in 1737 and abandoned in the 1770s. It straddles the borders of Hollis and Milford, New Hampshire.
It is like stepping back in time to enter Monson. You can find it off Silver Lake Road in Hollis, down Federal Hill (a dirt road) and Adams Road (no cars allowed). You must park about a half mile from the marker pictured above showing the center of Monson. There are no paved roads, some open fields and cellar holes. The trail map, available at the Gould homestead, shows a town pound and family names for the cellar holes. It is an easy walk, and very interesting.
|Monson, New Hampshire
You can read about Monson in Chapter six, pages 85-94 of the History of Hollis, New Hampshire by S. T. Worcester. In 1770 the settlers of Monson appealed to New Hampshire's General Court to repeal their charter. This unusual request came with this explanation: "That the Land in and about the Center of Monson is so very poor, Broken, Baron and uneven, as cannot admit of many settlers, so that those Families that are in Town, are almost all planted in the Extreme parts of it. We have no prospect of ever Building a Meeting-House in the Center or elsewhere, any ways to accomodate us, by which Difficulties we think the Gospel will not be settled among us while in the present situation. We therefore pray, &tc."
|Doc Brown's cellar hole, flashback of the
movie "Back to the Future"!
This is interesting to me because in 1743 in Hollis, New Hampshire Daniel Emerson, brother of my 6 x great grandfather Brown Emerson, was ordained to be the minister of the newly settled West Parish of Dunstable, Massachusetts. Shortly afterwards this became incorporated as the town of Hollis, New Hampshire, which absorbed part of the settlement of Monson, and the neighboring town of Milford absorbed the rest. At about this time, Monson disappeared from the map.
|The cornerstone on this stone wall reads "1834"
In 1988 the area faced development into luxury homes, and several neighbors took action to preserve the history of Monson. Russ and Geri Dickerman headed up an effort to protect Monson, by purchasing the entire tract for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. The Dickermans restored the Gould house, the only building still standing in Monson. There are now trail maps, markers for cellar holes and plaques giving the history of the landscape. Some of the family names on the cellar holes are HUBBARD, BROWN, BAYLEY, GOULD, WALLINGFORD and NEVINS.
Society for the Protection of Forests website http://forestsociety.org.
A PDF trail map with information http://www.forestsociety.org/ourproperties/guide/108/108_map.pdf
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Major League Baseball intends to continue its investigation of the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic by interviewing the players involved and a source said Tuesday that more suspensions could result.
Three of the players linked to the Coral Gables clinic, in Tuesday's report by the Miami New Times, already had been recently disciplined by MLB for performance-enhancing drug-related offenses: Melky Cabrera, who was suspended while playing for the Giants, Bartolo Colon of the Athletics and Yasmani Grandal of the Padres.
More potential suspensions, however, would have to rely on the extensive and detailed records cited by the New Times rather than a positive PED test, for which there is a limited precedent. In 2007, Jay Gibbons, then with the Orioles, and Jose Guillen, with the Royals at the time, each received 15-game suspensions for purchasing human growth hormone -- the accusations stemming from media reports. A year earlier, former Yankees reliever Jason Grimsley was suspended 50 games after his admitted PED use and home deliveries of HGH.
There is no timetable for MLB's interviewing process -- a source said that officials are preparing for that stage of questioning. Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, the highest-profile name connected to Biogenesis, already has secured top attorney Roy Black for what may turn out to be a protracted legal battle on a number of fronts.
As for the small group named in the New Times story, which also included Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz, only Rodriguez and Nationals lefthander Gio Gonzalez publicly denied any wrongdoing Tuesday.
On his Twitter feed, Gonzalez said: "I've never used performance-enhancing drugs of any kind and I never will. I've never met or spoken with Tony Bosch or used any substance provided by him. Anything said to the contrary is a lie."
But MLB officials said they had been looking into the clinic's operations for a while, and at least since 2009, when Manny Ramirez was allegedly linked to Anthony Bosch, who ran Biogenesis, and Bosch's father, Pedro Bosch, a Coral Gables doctor. The slugger was saddled with his own 50-game suspension and the appeal process was ultimately derailed by illicit prescription records for a banned substance.
"We remain fully committed to following all leads and seeking the appropriate outcomes for all those who use, purchase and are involved in the distribution of banned substances, which have no place in our game," MLB's statement said. "We are in the midst of an active investigation and are gathering and reviewing information. We will refrain from further comment until this process is complete."
With a positive PED test, the procedure that leads to a suspension is fairly straightforward. Without one, however, the commissioner's office must make a judgment call based on whatever evidence it procures. In the case of the Biogenesis group, that investigation was helped considerably by Tuesday's revelations in the New Times, but the pending interviews will play a crucial role, as well.
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Tickets are still available for the Class of 2012 Hall of Fame induction banquet which is set for 5:30 p.m. on August 25 in Southeastern's Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC). Tickets are $20 dollars per person and can be purchased by contacting the athletic offices at 580-745-2250, in person by coming to the department offices in Bloomer Gymnasium at Southeastern or on the day of the event at the door.
Cary Ammons, Natalie (Brown) Cooksey, Charles Gulley and Kent Samuel will become the four newest members inducted into the Southeastern Athletics Hall of Fame. The foursome will bring the total number of hall of famers to 72.
"The inductees of the 2012 class add to the greatness of the Southeastern Athletic Hall of Fame," said SE Athletic Director Keith Baxter. "This year's inductees are each very worthy of this honor, they have all honored SE with their athletic achievements as student-athletes on campus as well as excelling post-graduation."
We are truly honored to be bestowing this recognition on them. We look forward to having them back on campus this august, what a great way to kick off the start of another academic year."
Cary Ammons was a baseball standout for Southeastern from 1996-98 where he compiled a 39-2 career winning percentage on the hill en route to earning a spot in the NAIA Hall of Fame. He was a two-time All-American who struck out 333 hitters and carried a 2.45 ERA for his career. He was named the NAIA National Player of the Year in 1997 while helping his team to a third-place finish at the NAIA World Series.
"It's an honor to be put forth with the ones who went in before me," said Ammons about his selection. "I am truly honored for this but couldn't have done it without the great teammates I had along the way."
Natalie (Brown) Cooksey was a women's basketball star from 1978-80 under hall of fame women's coach Vicki Hudson. She turned in one of the best seasons in program history by averaging 21.1 points per game with a season total of 633 points in the 1979-80 season. Her point total is the fifth-highest and her average is fourth best. She is also in the top-10 in field goals made and attempted, free throw attempts and rebounds.
"I'm very happy to receive this honor," said Cooksey. "I cherish the time spent at Southeastern. Basketball has opened a lot of doors for me."
Charles Gulley was a two-sport athlete from 1969-1975 as he ran track and played football. He was best known for his dominance on the track where he left SE as the most decorated runner in school history. Gulley was an NAIA All-American and was named the Southeastern Athlete of the Year in 1973. He dominated the sprint events in the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference where he won four-straight 100-yard dash championships and was also a three-time 200-yard dash champion.
"I feel great about the honor," said Gulley. "I didn't think I would get in. I didn't know if I would get the call, but I'm glad I did."
Kent Samuel was a four-year standout for the Southeastern golf team under coaches Duke Christian and Dr. Phil Cunningham. As a freshman he was the OIC runner-up at the conference tournament, finishing one stroke behind the tourney champion. He was named the team MVP every season he played and was also a three-time Southeastern Scholar Athlete of the Year honoree.
"It's a great honor to be inducted." Said Samuel. "I learned many things playing golf at Southeastern, but probably the most important was how many great golfers there were and that I'd better learn something in class because I wasn't going to be able to make a living playing golf."


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Over the years Ferrari has introduced a series of supercars which have represented the very pinnacle of the company's technological achievements transferred to its road cars. These include the GTO, F40 and F50.
This family of extreme performance cars was joined in 2002 by the Enzo Ferrari, which was the expression of the latest Formula 1 technology and know-how.
Just 400 examples were built of the Enzo, which featured advanced composite bodywork and a carbon-fibre and aluminium honeycomb sandwich chassis and was equipped with a 5998cc 65° V12 producing 660hp. The car boasted extremely advanced aerodynamics of clear F1 inspiration, with downforce that reached a maximum of 775 kg at 300 km/h, and that then gradually decreased to 585 kg at its maximum speed of 350 km/h.Read more
In the course of its history, Ferrari has, at regular intervals, produced extreme sports cars that are the pinnacle of the technological and performance-oriented achievement of their day and made them available to its clients for road use. This policy has produced some of the most extraordinary in the marque's entire history. Each one represented the very state of the art in terms of performance-oriented engineering, the most recent being, of course, the likes of the 288 GTO, F40 and F50. What all of these cars shared, however, wasn't just their benchmark performance but the fact that they were produced in strictly limited edition runs. Joining their exclusive ranks in 2002 was the Enzo Ferrari, a superb car of which just 399 were built.
At the time of its launch, the Enzo contained the most advanced track-derived technologies of its day. What made it truly unique was the fact that it was benefiting from the technological crossover at a time when Ferrari was on an impressive winning streak in Formula 1. The goal Ferrari set itself was to turn the Enzo into an integrated system that would actually improve upon the driver's performance capacities through the use of a Formula 1-style human-machine interface.
Never before had a Ferrari's styling been so heavily influenced by function. Work in the wind tunnel, on the track and on the road focused unswervingly on achieving maximum performance possible and resulted in a completely uncompromising car. The Enzo's front section was inspired both in terms of its form and function by the Formula 1 car's nose cone while its composite flanks were sculpted to channel air flows for superb internal fluid-dynamics.
The tail section didn't have a big rear wing either, as the engineers opted for much more subtle aerodynamic aids and a highly efficient ground effect instead. Pininfarina did a majestic job of drawing these and other functions together and moulding an incredibly charismatic line out them.
The car's uncompromising stance, compact size and weight reduction objectives made for a strictly functional cabin. In fact, all of the main surfaces were unadorned carbon-fibre while the steering wheel bristled with vehicle control buttons and switches like a Formula 1 car. Even the racing seat's structure was carbon-fibre. Different backrest and seat sizes could be combined to ensure a perfect driving position in line with the owner's own driving style and body shape.
The Enzo hailed a new generation of cabin styling: the human-machine interface was more efficient than ever and every effort was made to ensure that the driver was in the optimal position to make the very most of his car's extreme performance.
While the F50 will go down in automotive history for being the first car to take Formula 1 technology to the road, via an engine directly derived from the one used in the 1990 single-seater, the Enzo offered a range of solutions more focused on melding the teaching of both track and road. As a result, a whole plethora of the Enzo's cutting-edge solutions would go appear in the Ferraris that came after it: its incredibly light compact V12, its carbon-fibre brake discs, human-machine interface, aerodynamic features and many more besides.
The Enzo's chassis was made entirely from carbon-fibre and aluminium honeycomb sandwich panels which delivered the required results in terms of stiffness, weight reduction and safety.
The Enzo's engine was a completely new 65° V12 that drew on Ferrari's F1 experience and as a result featured some unique technical solutions. It had an overall displacement of 5998 cc, a maximum power output of 660 hp at 7800 rpm and maximum torque of 67 kgm at 5500 rpm. It also had a compression ratio of 11.2 and a specific power output of 110 CV/lt. The new V12 was completely focused on delivering a unique blend of blistering power, huge torque at low revs and a broad range of use. Its rear-mounted gearbox was connected directly to the engine with just the F1 version being available.
The priority with the Enzo design was to cut gearshifting times (which went down to 150 milliseconds) to deliver superbly sporty driving. This was thanks to a new control logic and further refinements which, in line with the car's extreme vocation, were less influenced by comfort considerations.
The Enzo's braking system was specifically developed for it by Brembo and featured CCM (Carbon-Ceramic Material) discs, the first time these had been used on a Ferrari car despite having been employed for years by the Scuderia in Formula 1. This also contributed in no small part to the benchmark braking performance results delivered by the Enzo across the board.
Careful selection of the best shots of the Enzo Ferrari in high definition. The photo gallery shows the distinctive features of this model Ferrari in 2002, focusing on the details and the most important parts.
Careful selection of the best shots of the Enzo Ferrari in high definition. The photo gallery shows the distinctive features of this model Ferrari in 2002, focusing on the details and the most important parts.
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|92 x 75.2 mm
|Unitary displacement
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|Total displacement
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|Compression ratio
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|Maximum power
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|Power per litre
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|Maximum torque
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|Fuel feed
|Bosch Motronic ME7 injection
|Bosch Motronic ME7 electronic static, single spark plug per cylinder
|dry sump
|carbon-fibre and Nomex honeycomb monococque
|Front suspension
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|Rear suspension
|independent push-rod, unequal-length wishbones, coil springs, telescopic shock absorbers with electronic adaptive damping
|carbon-ceramic discs
|electro-hydraulic F1 6-speed + reverse
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|1255 kg (dry)
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[Pandaria Beta] Cleanse and Holy Radiance
Cleanse is getting an 8 second cooldown, but will dispel all magic (for Holy), poison, and disease debuffs on a target. So basically cleansing multiple targets becomes a lot harder, and there's a window between cleanses where a debuff can do damage. But at the same time, you only need to spend one GCD to wipe away all debuffs. It's an interesting trade-off and it will be intriguing to see how this plays out.
For example, in PvE, you might have a boss toss out exactly two debuffs at the same time. Then you have to triage and pick one to cleanse and one to heal. It should make debuff management more interesting.
One nice touch is that if you Cleanse someone without any debuffs, it does not invoke the cooldown. So you can quickly recover from a Cleanse error, the error only costs you mana and a GCD. Good work by the Blizz team to put this in.
Holy Radiance has changed too. Instead of putting a short HoT on people, it instead heals the target for a certain amount, and heals people around the target for half that. If the target is healed for 1000, everyone around her is healed for 500 each.
One thing about the old version is that if you cast it twice in a row on the same target, the HoT did not stack, so you lost a lot of the healing. But if you cast it on different targets, the HoT would stack. So the optimum way to use Holy Radiance was to rotate your target. If you did not know exactly how the HoTs stacked, you might have been far less effective with your Holy Radiance.
The new version also encourages you to switch targets, but it's a lot more forgiving if you cast it on the same person. For example, if Anna and Beth have both lost 1500 health, and you cast HR for 1000 on Anna twice, Anna is healed for 1500 (500 overheal) and Beth is healed for 1000. But if you switch targets, both are healed for 1500. Switching targets is better, but casting twice is not as bad, you only overhealed a little bit, and not as much as you would have with the old HR. In fact, if both targets had been at lower health, you wouldn't have any wasted healing at all.
I really like the new design of Holy Radiance. It accomplishes the same goal of rotating your target as the previous version, but in a far more obvious and elegant manner. Excellent work by the class design team.
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There's a couple of things about these two changes that I'm not completely sold on.ReplyDelete
1) Removal of the HoT from Holy Radiance. That makes haste less "interesting" (no break points). I guess in the current form HR scales too well with haste, but the new version feels a bit bland.
2) The cooldown on cleanse is fine in new content that is designed around it, but I worry about what will happen to people trying to run old content - either for achievements & transmogs or, what's worse, trying it at the originally intended level as a challenge.
- Anonymous2:32 AM, April 05, 2012
There are not many encounters centered on dispelling debuffs.ReplyDelete
There is Chromaggus, where the new Cleanse will shine, getting rid of 3 debuffs at once.
There is Noth but Cleanse doesn't affect curses, so it's irrelevant.
There is Council of Iron with Steelbreaker debuff which needs to be dispelled straight away. It will become a problem if debuff is applied more often than every 6 seconds.
Then there is LK's phase 1 plague. If people are not reacting well enough and plague jumps on another player instead of ghouls, there will be a problem. Even if plagued player runs to offtank in time, there is a possibility that plague jumps on offtank instead of ghoul. This will require second dispel righ away which must be provided by another raid memeber.
Sounds like they basically want you to use Holy Radiance to cover for debuffs you can't Cleanse. I'm not sure how well that'll work in BGs given that Locks can overwhelm you with debuffs that you won't be able to Cleanse.ReplyDelete
I'm think when everything is all said and done the new HR will workout just fine. Especially since HS will put out splash heals with Daybreak and Boundless Conviction will give us an extra LoD.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:14 PM, April 07, 2012
The nice thing about the HR change is that it thematically is a reverse beacon (Heal someone and everyone around will get half the healing). It's always good to see the spells nicely thematically connected.ReplyDelete
I wonder the impact of this 8 sec CD on old encounters. I know Blizzard doesn't care much about old content, but are there any fights which would turn out broken? Or is the above list complete? Infest doesn't seem to be a problem anymore due to players having higher health than end of WotLK.ReplyDelete
"In fact, if both targets had been at lower health, you wouldn't have any wasted healing at all."
Part of being a world class top healer is only topping people off when required, not doing overhealing, let healers take responsibility together yet knowing who will take what, and knowing your priority to heal. These good healers have little difficulty with mana management, but some people may die due to taking unnecessary damage. These healers shined at start of Cataclysm, but don't go well together with fire dancers.
The removal of HoT from Holy Radiance makes paladin once again worthless for Dark Intent.


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U.S. stock market moves sharply higher
NEW YORK Good news about hiring and spending at retail businesses helped send the U.S. stock market sharply higher Thursday.
For investors, the pair of government reports offered more encouragement that the U.S. economic recovery will continue, even as Europe and Japan struggle. The Standard & Poor's 500 index (SPX) soared 23.84 points, or 1.5 percent, to 1,636.36.
The gains were broad. All 10 industry groups within the S&P 500 rose, led by retailers and other consumer-discretionary companies. Gannet soared 34 percent, the most in the S&P 500, on news that it would buy another media company, Belo (BLC).
"The underlying fundamentals of our economy are clearly doing much better," said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer for Commonwealth Financial in Waltham, Mass.
Markets have been turbulent over the past three weeks. The S&P 500 climbed 17 percent from the start of the year to May 21 when it hit an all-time high of 1,669. The index began sliding the next day, when the Federal Reserve said it would consider pulling back its support for the economy this year.
It's been a bumpy ride since. The index has fallen as low as 1,608, a trading range of 3.6 percent.
Investors have been debating when the Fed will begin slowing its bond purchases, and they've been worrying about the results. They could get a better sense next Wednesday, when the bank releases its policy statement and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke holds another press conference.
"A lot of investors are worried about the Fed," said Bob Baur, chief global economist at Principal Global Investors in Des Moines, Iowa. "That's going to create a bumpy market at least until they get some clarity on that. But we really think the U.S. is in pretty good shape."
Baur thinks the U.S. economic recovery will pick up speed later this year, which could help push corporate earnings and the stock market higher.
The latest positive news came early Thursday, when the government said the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 12,000 to 334,000, below what economists had expected. Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, wrote in a note to clients that the government's weekly numbers, while volatile, "continue to signal an improving labor market."
The government also reported that U.S. retail sales increased 0.6 percent in May from April. That was up from a 0.1 percent gain in April and the fastest pace since February.
The Dow Jones industrial average (DJI) rose 180.85 points, or 1.2 percent, to 15,176.08. The Nasdaq composite (COMP) rose 44.93 points, or 1.2 percent, to 3,445.36.
Some investors, like Anton Bayer, CEO of Up Capital Management in Granite Bay, Calif., believe that financial markets will falter when the Fed and other central banks pump less money into the system. The Fed has artificially propped up the economy, he thinks, which is why investors are nervous about what will happen when the central bank starts buying fewer bonds every month.
"What the markets are seeing is the economic engines are not being primed," Bayer said. "The fear is of the stimulus going away and exposing an economy that is not really chugging along. It's the big risk."
In the U.S. government bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped to 2.14 percent from 2.23 percent late Wednesday.
In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index slumped 6.4 percent as doubts grew that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic turnaround plan will succeed. The Japanese market is down 20 percent from a high reached May 22, the definition of a bear market.
That decline followed an extraordinary surge from mid-November to late May. The Nikkei soared 80 percent as investors hoped Japan would finally emerge from its two-decade economic slump.
The price of crude oil rose 13 cents, to $96.01 a barrel, in New York. Gold dropped $13.70 to $1,378.30 an ounce.
Among stocks making big moves:
Safeway (SWY) jumped $1.71, or 7 percent, to $24.82, after the company said late Wednesday that it would sell its supermarket business in Canada to food retailer Sobeys for $5.7 billion.
Gannett (http://markets.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/quote?Symbol=321%3A932430) soared $6.75, to $26.60, after announcing its deal to buy Belo for $1.5 billion.
Williams Cos. (WMB) fell 33 cents, or 1 percent, to $33.70. A fire at the company's Louisiana petrochemical plant sent its stock down. The plant makes highly flammable gases, ethylene and propylene.


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Len Holgate needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 67 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
JetByte Limited
We have an IT development consultancy and we're bringing our main company website http://www.jetbyte.com up to date and in line with several of our other web sites.
The desired audience is our existing market of companies that are looking for bespoke development, programming and consultancy in C++, C# and Java.
At present we think that we'd like to keep a similar theme to the existing logo that can be seen at http://www.jetbyte.com but the new logo should work well with our newer websites over at http://www.serverframework.com and http://www.lenholgate.com - however, feel free to surprise us (as long as the logo works with the other new sites and suggests a common branding we're happy).
Particularly, we currently feel that the new logo should use the black, red and white colours that are used on the other two sites and should be suitable for use on a black banner in a similar way to the http://www.serverframework.com logo.
We'd like a favicon that uses an element of the web logo.
We'd like to see how the logo could also work in print, header paper and business cards will follow so although the initial web logo needs to work on a black background, variations should work on a white background too.
Right now we have it in our heads that the text should likely be in the same font as the new sites, this is "Walkway", but we're not wedded to this too much as long as the logo works.
Although we have a rough idea of what we want we'd like to be surprised and are happy to keep an open mind.
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Colton Iverson With Big Blocked Shot in NBA Summer League Game [VIDEO]
Something new for game number three of Yankton native Colton's Iverson's very young NBA career. The center got the start for the Boston Celtics in Tuesday's NBA Summer League game against the the team that originally drafted him, the Indiana Pacers, in Orlando.
The center collected his first highlight with a big second quarter blocked shot (see video above), he also logged a summer high 19:45 of playing time and hit the first field goals of his career, going 2-3 from the floor and1-2 from the line for five points.
The Colorado State alum also pulled down 4 rebounds, but for the second time in three games, collected five fouls.
The Celtics improved their record to 2-1 with a 76-74 win. They play the Houston Rockets Wednesday at 2:00pm Central.


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American University professor W. Joseph Campbell discusses the rise of "fake news" and the prevalence of media myths in this talk drawn from a new, expanded edition of his book "Getting It Wrong: Debunking the Greatest Myths in American Journalism."
Speaker Biography: W. Joseph Campbell is a professor in the School of Communication at American University. He is the author of "Yellow Journalism: Puncturing the Myths, Defining the Legacies," "The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and Clash of Paradigms" and "Getting It Wrong."


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As spring break nears and the days get longer, many parents are searching for meaningful ways to keep children occupied. What better time to make sure your family's crafts cupboard is well stocked and up to date?
Here are 10 essential arts and crafts items that are easy on the budget and simple to use:
1. Age-appropriate scissors. Even children as young as 3 can begin using safety scissors with supervision. Pay attention to age recommendations on packaging. Let tiny tots cut pictures out of old magazines to make a collage. Older kids can snip favorite shapes for all sorts of projects including paper dolls.
2. White craft glue or glue sticks. Little hands can manipulate glue sticks more easily than liquid glue, and parents can better control how much is used. Kids who can handle squeeze bottles may also enjoy colored or glittered glues. Consider putting a dollop of glue in a plastic container and give your child a Q-tip to apply it with less mess.
3. Construction paper. It's not just solid colors anymore. There are printed patterns and glittered pages, and fade-resistant papers that will keep projects looking cheery longer. Let young children paste strips of paper onto another piece for a simple project. Older children can practice origami, among other projects.
4. Felt and craft foam. Both add durability and texture to artwork. They're also more budget-friendly than many fabrics, and felt won't fray. Craft foam can be bought in pre-cut shapes, from trucks to dolls to holiday decorations.
5. Markers and crayons. Washable is the word for many households when it comes to markers. Besides traditional markers, there are ones you can use on windows or dry erase boards. Crayons are one of the least expensive craft items you can buy. If your child uses crayons to color a picture on an old shirt, pillowcase or other cotton fabric, you can iron it for a lasting piece of art.
6. Paints and brushes. Young children should use non-toxic paints, and most parents prefer washable. Finger paints are perfect for even the tiniest tots. As kids enter preschool they'll move on to tempura paint and large brushes. Then it's smaller brushes and watercolors for grade schoolers, and acrylic craft paints for older kids. Check the packaging for an Approved Product (AP) seal, which means it's certified as non-toxic by the Art & Creative Materials Institute Inc.
7. Popsicle sticks or pipe cleaners. Pipe cleaners are a colorful way to bind together other materials. Young children can create a caterpillar with an empty toilet tissue roll and pipe-cleaner antennae and appendages. Popsicle sticks give artwork structure and are super cheap. You can paint them, color them or glue on embellishments.
8. Yarn. Another item that comes in just about any color. Create yarn pompoms and add felt eyes, ears, feet and hands to make soft monsters, bugs or animal friends. Make a picture frame with popsicle sticks tightly wrapped in colorful yarn. Embellish for a keepsake.
9. Masking tape. Relatively easy for tiny fingers to manipulate, and can hold together sculptures made from household goods. Turn a piece of newspaper into an Easter egg by crumpling it and covering it with tape to hold its shape. Paint any way you choose. Tip: Use blue painter's masking tape to keep drawing paper from moving around on the table. The painter's tape comes off without tearing your kiddo's masterpiece.
10. Embellishments. Once you've got the other essentials, add some extras to jazz up craft time. Kid favorites include pompoms, feathers, plastic gemstones, stamps, stickers and glitter. Dollar bins are a great place to find them. Look for paper punches that make shaped holes such as cupcakes and snowflakes. Or you might find colorful beads or sequins for under a buck.
Don't forget the artistic potential in household items such as cotton balls, straws, empty soup cans and detergent jugs, and yard debris.
"Kids are great at turning recycled materials and found objects into art," says Emily Weerts, technology education coordinator for the Austin Children's Museum. One of her suggestions: Use scissors and masking tape to turn an old paper towel roll into a periscope.
Another important tool for crafty parents is the Internet; families can find inspiration at sites such as Pinterest.com, Michaels/theknack.com, and at children's library and museum sites.
Building a family arts and crafts supply with the items above can cost less than $50, depending on how wild you get with the embellishments.
The best time to stock up is during back-to-school sales and at major holidays - think Easter baskets and Christmas stocking stuffers. Many suppliers offer online deals.
"It's just so important to get kids to use their imagination," says Paula Puleo, chief marketing officer for Michaels Stores, a nationwide arts and crafts retailer.
Once you've got your arts and crafts essentials, where can you store them? Puleo suggests something as simple as a cardboard box, plastic bin or toolkit. Just label it so you remember what it is. Plastic baggies and shoeboxes work well as dividers to cut down on mess and keep track of inventory.
And your kids can help decorate the container as part of a family project.


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As we farewell the last of 2012 and prepare to welcome all that 2013 has to offer, I would just like to thank you for your continued support, which shows in the statistics of over 26,000 views since October, 2011 when this blog began. Many of you simply visit when you can, a very large number have subscribed by adding your email address in the box provided, some have subscribed by RSS which takes the new blogs directly to your email program to read as you can, and a number of you have joined via Friends Connect... all are very welcome.
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"(A) mirror of the soul, and the depths that are divined below the surface join forces with the world above in a shared secret: neither the depths of the water nor those of the soul are ever to be plumbed." — Andrea Domesle
Fernand Khnopff's Still Water. Fosset was shown at the First Vienna Secession in 1898. At the urging of Gustave Klimt, it was purchased by the Belvedere Museum A panoramic view and an unusually large work for Khnopff, it depicts mostly unseen trees and a bright strip of sky visible only as mirrored in water. Surely, it owes its brooding quality as much to Khnopff's eccentric cropping of the image as it does to its muted colors. The sixteen year-old Khnopff had made his first sketches from nature in 1874, at his family's summer home in Fosset, a hamlet in the Ardennes of eastern Belgium. "Pas voir du ciel" he wrote on one, meaning roughly 'do not show the sky'. In later years Khnopff always insisted that he had his reasons for the shapes of his image though, as mystification was one of his strategies, he offered no explanations.
The impression this painting made on its early viewers cannot be overestimated. In short order Gustave Klimt painted Still Pond (1899 - Leopold Museum-Vienna) in tribute, though it is not one of his best works. Twilight by the underrated Austrian painter Carl Moll is worthy of its inspiration; its invisible waterline draws the eye inward while it defies our expectations. A fellow Belgian, Anna de Weert (1867-1950) came close in color and spirit with Canal In Ghent.
To understand the impact of this one painting it helps to remember the ambivalences built into the use of symbols in 19th century art. Water functions as a horizontal axis, positive in supporting life but when it acts as a mirror it takes on the vertical, with the implicit sense of drowning or at least absorbing what it reflects. For its original audiences, the still waters of Fosset were more than a static landscape. They suggested the instability of nature and, by extension, of modern life. Some of them doubtless had also read Stephane Mallarme's Herodiade (1887),in which the French Symbolist poet had written:
"By the power of old silence and deepening gloom,/ Fated, monotonous, vanquished, undone,/ Like the sluggish waters of an ancient pond."
1. Fernand Khnopff - Still Water. Fosset, 1894, Osterreisches Galerie Belvedere, Vienna.
2. Gustav Klimt - Still Pond, 1899, Loepold Museum, Vienna.
1. Fernand Khnopff - Still Water. Fosset, 1894, Osterreisches Galerie Belvedere, Vienna.
2. Gustav Klimt - Still Pond, 1899, Loepold Museum, Vienna.
3. Carl Moll - Twilight, c.1900, Osterrreisches Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
4. Anna de Weert - Canal in Ghent, c.1900, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent.


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First Test:
Cook 6 - won the captaincy battle IMO, and scored a fighting 50 in the 2nd innings.
Root 3 - never really looked comfortable out there.
Trott 5 - arguably unlucky in the second innings, played well in the first.
Pietersen 6 - good 2nd innings dig, though you'd expect him to go on with those.
Bell 8 - excellent work. Arguably as key as Anderson towards the victory.
Bairstow 4 - got a couple of starts I suppose. Not really great though, and still has vultures around his place.
Prior 5 - decent with the gloves. Not his best batting day but did have a fun cameo.
Broad 7.5 - probably should've bowled more (though injury didn't help here), but played a hugely crucial role here despite luck.
Swann 6 - batting feels like it has seriously declined. Bowled dangerous in patches, but most of the tidy was merely tidy.
Finn 2 - Watson and Cowan should be under investigation for spot-fixing. Did a great job in trying to lose the side the match.
Anderson 9 - arguably inconsistent but when he was on...oh boy. Hopefully he treads on a cricket ball McGrath style
Watson 6 - good start in the second innings, although arguably could lose points for another ****ing referral. Bowled tidily.
Rogers 6 - ditto, nice 50 in the second innings. Will prove useful.
Cowan 2 - not good, although was sick. Probably would be harsh to drop him.
Clarke 2 - poor, albeit somewhat unlucky use of the referral system, and didn't score runs. Arguably cost us the game.
Smith 6 - good 50 in the first innings.
Hughes 7.5 - great knock in the first innings but will be annoyed by the nature of his dismissal in the second innings.
Haddin 7 - kept well, almost carried us to victory. Welcome back.
Siddle 8 - bowled very well, particularly in the first innings. Was wrong about him.
Starc 6 - weakest of the bunch, but looked occasionally dangerous and his dross to quality ratio wasn't as awful as say Finn.
Pattinson 8 - very unlucky in the second innings in particular, bowled very well. Nearly took us home, too.
Agar 8 - was lucky but that innings...wow. Also showed fight in the second innings. Bowling was slightly ineffective though, but was his first game and he will learn.


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The development of group theory
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The study of the development of a concept such as that of a group has certain difficulties. It would be wrong to say that since the non-zero rationals form a group under multiplication then the origin of the group concept must go back to the beginnings of mathematics. Rather we must take the view that group theory is the abstraction of ideas that were common to a number of major areas which were being studied essentially simultaneously.
The three main areas that were to give rise to group theory are:-
- geometry at the beginning of the 19th Century,
- number theory at the end of the 18th Century,
- the theory of algebraic equations at the end of the 18th Century leading to the study of permutations.
Möbius in 1827, although he was completely unaware of the group concept, began to classify geometries using the fact that a particular geometry studies properties invariant under a particular group. Steiner in 1832 studied notions of synthetic geometry which were to eventually become part of the study of transformation groups.
(2) In 1761 Euler studied modular arithmetic. In particular he examined the remainders of powers of a number modulo n. Although Euler's work is, of course, not stated in group theoretic terms he does provide an example of the decomposition of an abelian group into cosets of a subgroup. He also proves a special case of the order of a subgroup being a divisor of the order of the group.
Gauss in 1801 was to take Euler's work much further and gives a considerable amount of work on modular arithmetic which amounts to a fair amount of theory of abelian groups. He examines orders of elements and proves (although not in this notation) that there is a subgroup for every number dividing the order of a cyclic group. Gauss also examined other abelian groups. He looked at binary quadratic forms
ax2 + 2bxy + cy2 where a, b, c are integers.Gauss examined the behaviour of forms under transformations and substitutions. He partitions forms into classes and then defines a composition on the classes. Gauss proves that the order of composition of three forms is immaterial so, in modern language, the associative law holds. In fact Gauss has a finite abelian group and later (in 1869) Schering, who edited Gauss's works, found a basis for this abelian group.
(3) Permutations were first studied by Lagrange in his 1770 paper on the theory of algebraic equations. Lagrange's main object was to find out why cubic and quartic equations could be solved algebraically. In studying the cubic, for example, Lagrange assumes the roots of a given cubic equation are x', x'' and x'''. Then, taking 1, w, w2 as the cube roots of unity, he examines the expression
R = x' + wx'' + w2x'''and notes that it takes just two different values under the six permutations of the roots x', x'', x'''. Although the beginnings of permutation group theory can be seen in this work, Lagrange never composes his permutations so in some sense never discusses groups at all.
The first person to claim that equations of degree 5 could not be solved algebraically was Ruffini. In 1799 he published a work whose purpose was to demonstrate the insolubility of the general quintic equation. Ruffini's work is based on that of Lagrange but Ruffini introduces groups of permutations. These he calls permutazione and explicitly uses the closure property (the associative law always holds for permutations). Ruffini divides his permutazione into types, namely permutazione semplice which are cyclic groups in modern notation, and permutazione composta which are non-cyclic groups. The permutazione composta Ruffini divides into three types which in today's notation are intransitive groups, transitive imprimitive groups and transitive primitive groups.
Ruffini's proof of the insolubility of the quintic has some gaps and, disappointed with the lack of reaction to his paper Ruffini published further proofs. In a paper of 1802 he shows that the group of permutations associated with an irreducible equation is transitive taking his understanding well beyond that of Lagrange.
Cauchy played a major role in developing the theory of permutations. His first paper on the subject was in 1815 but at this stage Cauchy is motivated by permutations of roots of equations. However, in 1844, Cauchy published a major work which sets up the theory of permutations as a subject in its own right. He introduces the notation of powers, positive and negative, of permutations (with the power 0 giving the identity permutation), defines the order of a permutation, introduces cycle notation and used the term système des substitutions conjuguées for a group. Cauchy calls two permutations similar if they have the same cycle structure and proves that this is the same as the permutations being conjugate.
Abel, in 1824, gave the first accepted proof of the insolubility of the quintic, and he used the existing ideas on permutations of roots but little new in the development of group theory.
Galois in 1831 was the first to really understand that the algebraic solution of an equation was related to the structure of a group le groupe of permutations related to the equation. By 1832 Galois had discovered that special subgroups (now called normal subgroups) are fundamental. He calls the decomposition of a group into cosets of a subgroup a proper decomposition if the right and left coset decompositions coincide. Galois then shows that the non-abelian simple group of smallest order has order 60.
Galois' work was not known until Liouville published Galois' papers in 1846. Liouville saw clearly the connection between Cauchy's theory of permutations and Galois' work. However Liouville failed to grasp that the importance of Galois' work lay in the group concept.
Betti began in 1851 publishing work relating permutation theory and the theory of equations. In fact Betti was the first to prove that Galois' group associated with an equation was in fact a group of permutations in the modern sense. Serret published an important work discussing Galois' work, still without seeing the significance of the group concept.
Jordan, however, in papers of 1865, 1869 and 1870 shows that he realises the significance of groups of permutations. He defines isomorphism of permutation groups and proves the Jordan-Hölder theorem for permutation groups. Hölder was to prove it in the context of abstract groups in 1889.
Klein proposed the Erlangen Program in 1872 which was the group theoretic classification of geometry. Groups were certainly becoming centre stage in mathematics.
Perhaps the most remarkable development had come even before Betti's work. It was due to the English mathematician Cayley. As early as 1849 Cayley published a paper linking his ideas on permutations with Cauchy's. In 1854 Cayley wrote two papers which are remarkable for the insight they have of abstract groups. At that time the only known groups were groups of permutations and even this was a radically new area, yet Cayley defines an abstract group and gives a table to display the group multiplication. He gives the 'Cayley tables' of some special permutation groups but, much more significantly for the introduction of the abstract group concept, he realised that matrices and quaternions were groups.
Cayley's papers of 1854 were so far ahead of their time that they had little impact. However when Cayley returned to the topic in 1878 with four papers on groups, one of them called The theory of groups, the time was right for the abstract group concept to move towards the centre of mathematical investigation. Cayley proved, among many other results, that every finite group can be represented as a group of permutations. Cayley's work prompted Hölder, in 1893, to investigate groups of order
p3, pq2, pqr and p4.Frobenius and Netto (a student of Kronecker) carried the theory of groups forward. As far as the abstract concept is concerned, the next major contributor was von Dyck. von Dyck, who had obtained his doctorate under Klein's supervision then became Klein's assistant. Von Dyck, with fundamental papers in 1882 and 1883, constructed free groups and the definition of abstract groups in terms of generators and relations.
Group theory really came of age with the book by Burnside Theory of groups of finite order published in 1897. The two volume algebra book by Heinrich Weber (a student of Dedekind) Lehrbuch der Algebra Ⓣ published in 1895 and 1896 became a standard text. These books influenced the next generation of mathematicians to bring group theory into perhaps the most major theory of 20th Century mathematics.
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Crash-Proof Your Teen
Taking Control
Learning to drive is an exciting rite of passage for most teens — and a nerve-racking one for their parents. Especially when you consider the statistics: Within the first year of getting their license, as many as 40 percent of teen drivers have an accident. And while most crashes are minor, data indicates that every year 5,000 to 6,000 American teens are killed in car accidents and another 300,000 are injured. Novice young drivers also pose a threat to others on the road: Nearly two-thirds of those killed in accidents involving teen drivers are pedestrians or occupants of other vehicles, reveals a recent report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
But you have ultimate control over when and how your child learns to drive. Research shows that giving teenagers as much supervised driving experience as possible and setting the right road rules will make them better, safer drivers. "Many parents and teens see the driver's test as a major milestone, but getting a license doesn't mean teens are immediately ready to drive alone under all conditions," says Flaura Koplin Winston, MD, PhD, founder and co-scientific-director of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the principal investigator of Partners for Child Passenger Safety, a research collaboration with State Farm Insurance. "Independent driving should be phased in gradually." Our road map, a sanity-saver for both kids and parents, can help.
Behind the Wheel
Driver's ed and private lessons are worthwhile for teaching teens the rules of the road and basic skills, but you can't rely on them entirely, cautions Susan Ferguson, PhD, senior vice president for research at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). "Driver's ed courses don't reduce risks of teen auto crashes because they don't give students enough driving experience. In most cases that's the parents' job."
The "learner's permit" stage is your golden opportunity. Studies show that the time when teens can drive only with an adult in the car is the safest driving period of all. The first few months after he gets his license, however, are the riskiest, when driving solo increases teenagers' crash risk 20-fold. Every chance you give your kid to drive with you as a guide may be the experience he needs to avoid an accident. To ease the ride:
- Start slowly. "It takes several driving trips for teens to learn how to get from Point A to Point B and to figure out basics like how much pressure to apply to the brakes to stop or how far to move the steering wheel to turn," says Dr. Winston. Begin in an empty parking lot, where your teen can get a feel for the car and learn to operate the controls. Once he's comfortable, move on to quiet streets, where he can practice staying on one side of the road, anticipate other cars, and learn to pull up to a stop sign.
- Vary the experiences. Once she's mastered the basics, begin to expose your teen to different driving conditions. Teach her to merge onto the highway at a noncongested point, then later at a busier spot. Take her into downtown traffic. Give her opportunities to drive at night, in the rain, even in the snow, if you would do so yourself. "At this point, anytime you and your teenager are in the car together, she should be the one driving," says Dr. Winston.
- Tackle teen tendencies. Studies show that teens speed and tailgate more than adult drivers do. They also often look only as far as the car ahead of them and don't do as good a job anticipating potential hazards, such as cars changing lanes, entering a highway, or stopping short. A young person's judgment and decision-making skills are still maturing until his mid-20s. Therefore, besides giving your kid lots of practice, help combat driving errors by teaching road rules that will stick in his head. For instance, "Count to three, safe you'll be." On a highway have your teen watch the car in front pass an object and start counting. If he can count to at least three slowly before passing the same object, he should have room to brake safely if necessary. Your teen may roll his eyes at your corny rhymes, but at least he'll remember them.
- Spell things out. "When I was teaching my son to drive, the term 'slow down' didn't work," says Dr. Winston. "He thought 'slow down' meant lifting his foot off the accelerator, when I meant 'brake!' We pulled over, I explained it to him, and he got it." Also explicitly review road rules. "My daughter thought that you should speed up to pass through a yellow traffic light, and her friends would high-five one another whenever they made it before it turned red," says Dr. Ferguson. "I had to stress to her that yellow lights don't mean speed up; they mean stop."
- Stay calm. If you're nervous or angry at your teen when he's driving, ask him to pull over and talk in a safe place. Discuss the route you're taking and the hazards you'll encounter before you head out for a drive. "When I first drove with my 15-year-old, Sean, I wanted to hold on to everything in the car — the door, the dash, the window — it was kind of like free-falling," recalls Rachel Collins, a mom of three in York, Maine. "But after nearly a year of driving with him while he had his permit, we both felt more at ease — that is, until the day he got his license and drove on his own; then my worries started all over again!"
New License? Now What?
You and your teen should aim for 120 hours of supervised driving practice before she takes her road test. That's more than state laws require, but studies suggest this is how long it takes to cover a full range of driving experiences. And even when your teen passes the road test and gets her license, your job isn't done.
- Set clear, sensible driving limits to ensure your child's safety. "Teens don't do well when things are capricious, unfair or ad hoc," says Bruce Simons-Morton, EdD, chief of the prevention research branch for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). "They may not like the rules, but if they know what they are in advance, they'll be more apt to accept them, however begrudgingly." Research by the NICHD found that teens whose parents set strict limits on their driving privileges within the first few months of getting their licenses were at much lower risk of crashes than teens whose parents set no such limits.
- Learn your state's driving laws (log on to iihs.org for info). Forty-six states have passed graduated driver licensing laws, which, among other limits, restrict the number of passengers and the hours when your teen can drive during his first few vulnerable months with a license. These laws have slashed teen auto crashes by as much as 33 percent. But they're just a starting point, say experts.
Draw up a written agreement. Sit down with your teen and create a driving plan for the next year. "Ask him, 'What do you want to get out of being a driver?'" suggests Dr. Winston. "Of course, he'll say, 'I want to drive wherever I want, whenever I want, with whomever I want.' You can reply, 'Okay, you'll get there eventually. But we need to slowly work up to it.' If your teen knows that he'll get what he wants in the end, he'll work with you on the steps to get there."
Your teen definitely needs practice driving alone to learn to anticipate hazards without an adult in the car to guide her, but during her first month of independent driving, make rules particularly strict: Absolutely no passengers in the car except for a parent or other licensed adult. (Crash risk doubles when a teen driver has another teen in the car and is four to five times as high with two other teen passengers.) No driving after dark without an adult. Drive only on local, familiar roads and only in good weather.
After the first month, crash risk drops dramatically and continues a rapid decline for the next five months or 1,000 miles of independent driving. At that point it plateaus to about twice what it is for people who've been driving for two years or more. One to six months after your teen earns his license, limit him to a one-passenger maximum, early evening curfew (8 p.m. or 9 p.m.), fair weather (a little rain is okay but no driving in a snowstorm). and no high-speed roads. After six months add one hour to the curfew, maintain a one-teen passenger limit, and begin to allow driving on higher-speed roads and in all but severe weather. Finally, after a year of having her license, if your teen has mastered each of the levels above, you can relax some of the restrictions.
- Be clear about consequences. Of course, there are certain safety rules that should never change. And if they're violated, driving privileges should be revoked. These include:
- No driving after drinking alcohol or using drugs, and no riding in a vehicle with a driver who has done so.
- Follow all traffic rules at all times.
- No risky behavior (such as speeding, tailgating, or using a cell phone while driving).
- No driving when drowsy.
- Safety belts must be worn at all times. (NHTSA data shows that of teens ages 16 to 20 killed in auto accidents, 62 percent of them were not buckled up.)
While putting these rules in writing may seem unnecessarily formal, it's a key step in enforcing them, say experts. "Our research shows teens who complete such agreements with their parents are less likely to engage in risky driving behavior or to have violations or crashes," says Dr. Simons-Morton. "By spelling out the rules, you let your teen know you're concerned about his safety. He'll appreciate that and be more likely to comply." You can also add an "attitude clause," suggests Dr. Winston; if your teen argues about following your rules, take the car keys away for a while. Similarly, if he breaks the rules, make the penalties driving-specific: If your teen comes home 30 minutes after curfew, he loses his driving privileges for the next day; if he saunters in after midnight, he loses the car for a week.
Reinforce the idea that driving is a privilege, not a right. And since there's no real rush, make the learning process a gradual one with freedoms that your child earns with good behavior. This will help keep him safe and teach goal-setting lessons your teen will use on the rest of the road to adulthood.
Questions to Ask Yourself
Is My Teen Really Ready?
While most state laws say that by age 16 teens are old enough to drive, it's up to you to decide whether or not your child's truly ready. Laurence Steinberg, PhD, professor of psychology at Temple University, a consultant on teen driving for the Allstate Foundation and author of The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting (Simon & Schuster), says that before giving the go-ahead, you should be able to answer "yes" to the following questions:
- Is your teen a good student? Does he do homework and other school-related tasks on time and well?
- Does she seem confident and comfortable when she's behind the wheel, rather than excessively nervous or overly confident?
- Does your teen show good judgment? Is he able to resist peer pressure to do risky or harmful things?
- Is your teen willing to follow not only state driving laws, but also the road rules that you set?
- Does he understand the concept of safe driving? A recent Allstate Foundation survey of one thousand 15- to 17-year-olds found that 83 percent of teens believe people can be skilled drivers without being safe ones. "For instance, teens commonly equate good driving with being able to handle a car well, such as going around a curve, even if you drive recklessly over the speed limit," says Dr. Steinberg.
Should I Spy on My Teen?
Modern technology offers parents some sneaky ways to find out whether their teen drivers are really obeying the rules of the road: For instance, airplane-like "black box" devices (such as those from RoadSafety.com) installed in your car activate a continuous tone if your teen drives above a set speed limit or neglects to buckle up. Also, a small memory card from the device plugs into the USB port of your computer for a readout of the driver's actions. Cost: about $300.
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) track where your car is or has been and how fast it is driven. Long used by police and emergency workers, they are now available to parents (such as the BigBrother GPS locator from Securacom, about $700 when covertly installed).
Or to view what's happening in front of and inside your car, you might install DriveCam behind your rearview mirror. The camera is triggered to record when your teen accelerates, brakes, or turns too fast. Then watch the events on DriveCam's Web site. In a pilot study of 12 teens in Minnesota, DriveCam reduced risky driving behavior by 75 percent. Long used by limo fleets and ambulance services, the camera is becoming available through high schools at $720 per year.
While these devices may buy you peace of mind and improve your teen's driving practices, they're no replacement for a driving agreement. "A driving contract says, 'I trust you as an individual, but I'm making sure that I'm being clear about my expectations,'" says Dr. Flaura Koplin Winston. "Monitoring equipment, on the other hand, implies, 'I don't trust you.' You have to know your own kids, and if you don't trust them, they shouldn't be driving."
How Can I Control the Situation?
"It's a mistake to give your teen a car right when he gets his license," says Dr. Winston. "Instead, you want to retain control over his car access in the first few months." Once your teen is ready for his own set of wheels — at least one year after he earns his license — follow these pointers:
- Think big and boring. Avoid sports cars (which create more temptation to speed) as well as pickup trucks and SUVs (teens are the top risks for rollover accidents). Large sedans, station wagons, or vans are safest and often cheaper. Check crash ratings. Log on to the Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), safercar.gov, to see how any car you're considering (new or used) fared in crash tests.
- Minimize distractions. Satellite radio, multi-CD players, and other fun car accessories may dangerously distract new drivers. Save on the bells and whistles, and keep your teen safer too.
- Encourage responsibility. Teach your teen to pump up the tires, maintain the car's fluid levels, and have it regularly serviced. Consider having her pay for some of the charges or repairs. Having a financial interest in the car can make your teen more responsible about using it. Similarly, regardless of who pays for the car insurance, insist that she strive for good-student discounts (State Farm, Allstate, and other insurance companies offer reduced rates to students who maintain a B average or higher).


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Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says the team has "a great basis" to build on after seeing strong performances from both drivers in Melbourne.
Fernando Alonso's second place was backed up by Felipe Massa looking to have the measure of his team-mate for much of the weekend and eventually finishing fourth after losing out strategically. While the focus has been on Ferrari's car being more competitive than it was at the same stage last season, Domenicali was keen to highlight the importance of Massa's continued good form.
"The first Grand Prix weekend of the season in Australia was a positive one for us as we had previously stated that our objective was to finish on the podium and that target was achieved," Domenicali said. "We have witnessed a weekend that was very unusual, with qualifying on Saturday and Sunday delivering a snapshot of the order that proved to be completely different come Sunday evening after the race. But, it was important to see both our drivers deliver strong performances, as it provides a great basis on which we can build a competitive season and I'm pleased for both of them.
"Seeing Ferrari heading the Constructors' Championship is a great reward for the people who have been working so hard, both here at the track and back home in Maranello. But it's only the first step in a very long season and now is the time to analyse and evaluate all the data from Melbourne in order to be immediately ready for this coming weekend in Malaysia."
Having mentioned Ferrari's target for Melbourne, Domenicali is not willing to make a similar prediction for the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend.
"Sepang is a very different track and our plan is to make the most of the package that we have. We need to wait and see how our car will behave in what is a totally different environment: the track will make different demands on the cars to the ones we experienced in Australia, with a change in track surface and the unique weather conditions, very hot and humid, will also impact on everyone's performance this weekend. We know what is required here and we will need the usual compromise in terms of downforce levels to deal with both the tighter section and the two long fast straights."


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19 January 2009
Hello and welcome to the second news round-up! It's been an exciting week for IYA2009, in no small part because of the official Opening Ceremony in Paris. Not unexpectedly, this event was reported by many outlets. Innovations Report, Kansas City info Zine (with focus on the National Science Foundation's contributions), OneIndia, Space.Ref.com, and Kazakhstan-based Kazinform are examples of the international coverage that the Opening Ceremony attained. Of course, this is just a sample; there are countless more mentions on other websites and blogs in cyberspace. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the Cosmic Diary LiveBlog, which contains on-the-scenes accounts of the event, and photos to accompany the text.
In other news, The Philadelphia Inquirer has run an article outlining upcoming developments in the world of big telescopes. 400 years after Galileo's first observations, the technology we have is incredible. A well-written overview of the Year has been provided by The Skeptic Detective, which promises to post updates when new astronomical discoveries are made. And Hannah Lally from The Wire has produced an article about IYA2009, which features opinions from astronomers and astronomy communicators. It's well worth a read.
Kent News in the UK has run a story about events occurring in that part of the world, particularly during an opening ceremony on 20 January. The article contains some good quotes from Prof. Michael Smith, the local coordinator.
The Westmoreland Gazette talks about light pollution, and how it can obscure valuable views of the heavens. It includes the lovely closing line "This year, the sky is definitely not the limit. " There's also mention of light pollution on the NZCity, which reports that there is a push for an area in New Zealand to become a night sky reserve. And excellent news from AboutMyArea, which says that the Exmoor (UK) National Park Authority has been awarded £3500 from the Royal Astronomical Society in support of IYA2009 and dark sky programmes. These will occur throughout the year, so keep an eye out for them if you happen to live in that part of the world.
Until next week, continue celebrating IYA2009, and fingers crossed for clear skies!
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