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My painting of Rosa depicts the strategy of peaceful demonstration for civil rights. Many times in many places, there were others than Rosa Parks who were either considered for demonstration or were activists. We may never know each of them and their contributions. This is the third of the series of ten historic women in posts so far. (See Sojourner and Moses.)
A spark was generated by this event that resounded around the world. If a quiet black woman in Alabama could take upon herself to do what many others had wanted to do for dignity and justice, why not where I live? Why not me?
Even though the use her shoes as a symbol of her tiredness from work (often denied), they remain symbolic of stepping up and taking control of one's environment. The Ghandi and Martin Luther King philosophies recognise the need for action, but preferred the strength of the body with silence of the mouth to achieve change. It is an action learned by parents and teachers. The soft voice, the staring eye get the attention faster than loud, shrill and demanding speech.
Happy Birthday, Rosa
Rosa Parks' centennial birthday draws fresh attention to the black woman who, in the midst of Jim Crow segregation in Montgomery, Ala., refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
DETROIT — In 1990, a cadre of dignitaries gathered at Metro Airport to greet South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. On his way to the airport, federal judge Damon J. Keith stopped to pick up another freedom fighter.
When Mandela got off the plane, every dignitary seemed invisible to him except one; and he headed straight for her.
"Rosa Parks! Rosa Parks! Rosa Parks!" Mandela said, while hugging her.
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"Mandela and his wife were just thrilled to meet her," recalled Keith, now a senior judge of the U.S. District Court Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. "Of all the people there to greet him, the one who stood out to him was Rosa Parks."
That incident at the airport speaks volumes about the impact Rosa Parks had on America and the world.
On Monday, Parks, who died in 2005, would have been 100 years old.
Her centennial birthday draws fresh attention to the black woman who, in the midst of Jim Crow segregation in Montgomery, Ala., refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
This courageous act, which resulted in her arrest, sparked a year-long bus boycott that began to knock down the walls of legalized racial segregation in America.
People who knew Parks and scholars who have studied her say the best way to honor her legacy is to carry on her life's mission — to make America a better place for all people, regardless of color, class, gender, or economic background.
The myth of the tired seamstress
Parks began trying to do just that well before the evening of December 1, 1955, when she took a stand by continuing to sit down.
She and her husband, Raymond Parks, a barber by trade, were political activists in their home state of Alabama for years. Sadly, one of the most enduring myths about Parks is that she refused to give up her seat because she was tired after working all day as a seamstress in downtown Montgomery.
That myth bothered Parks for years and prompted her to write in her 1992 autobiography, "My Story," (Puffin, $6.99). "People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day . . . No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."
Historian Jeanne Theoharis underscores Parks' nearly lifelong activism in a new book she wrote about Parks entitled "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks," (Beacon, $27.95). Theoharis, a professor at the Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, is one of several Parks' scholars scheduled to speak at The Henry Ford museum complex in Dearborn, Mich., on Monday.
People need to know the full story of Parks' activism to fully appreciate who she was, Theoharis said. Failing to do so limits Parks' significance, erroneously casting her as a woman who did a single courageous act down South, then moved North to quietly live out her life.
"The myth of the simple seamstress took on a life of its own," Theoharis said. It became part of a kind of romanticizing of the civil rights movement, that has, in fact, stifled it, she says. "If she is going to be used to tell the story of American history, we need to tell the whole story."
People need to know, Theoharis says, "how undaunted she was and how fearless she was and how she kept on keeping on."
A pair of activists
In Detroit, Parks fought against police brutality, economic injustice, and for political empowerment, and against apartheid in South Africa — among other issues.
Unfortunately, neither the press nor the wider public paid close attention to Parks after the boycott.
"Usually the people interviewing her just wanted to know the sensational part, and what was sensational is what was publicized and most often that was the boycott," said her longtime friend and ally Elaine Steele of Detroit. "People were more interested in the event."
Parks desire to continue working to improve the lives of others and fight injustice was the reason the two of them started the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development in 1987. The institute, among other activities, organizes trips for young people to travel to historic places. The institute also offers a program in which young people tutor senior citizens in computer skills.
Parks wanted her husband's name to be a part of the institute because too few people knew that Raymond Parks too, had been a fearless freedom fighter. It's one of the things she loved about him. When she met him, he was one of the primary people working to free a group of black men in Alabama sentenced to the electric chair for raping two white women, despite nonexistent evidence. The men became known as the Scottsboro Boys.
Raymond Parks had also fought for voting rights for blacks in Alabama, but was never able to register to vote himself until after the couple moved to Detroit in 1956.
"Parks was also the first real activist I ever met," she said of her husband in her autobiography. "He was a long-time member of the NAACP when I met him. . . . Parks was the first person ever to mention that case to me—about what was going on with the Scottsboro Boys and how he and a few others had gotten together to raise money to help pay the legal fees and defend them in court and keep them out of the electric chair. They were working in secret, and he didn't even tell me the names of the others. Parks used to say that all their names were Larry."
Raymond Parks died in 1977.
Friends in high, low places
Steele initially met Parks when she was a high school junior in the early '60s. She Her after-school job was working at a sewing factory, making aprons. The person she sat next to was Rosa Parks.
"I knew how to operate a domestic machine, but I was not as familiar with commercial machines. Commercial machines are 10 times faster," Steele recalled. "I had to remove many of my stitches because they were no way straight."
Parks showed her how to remove the stitches quickly and how to move steadily while operating the commercial machines.
Their friendship continued after Steele graduated high school and started working as a clerk in the federal building. Parks had been hired as an administrative assistant to the newly elected Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
Conyers said he met Parks when she lived in Alabama. As a young lawyer, he had gone down South to assist in the civil rights movement.
When he decided to run for Congress, she began volunteering for his campaign. "Everybody was just amazed that I had Rosa Parks on my campaign staff. I'd made up my mind that as soon as I got elected, one of the first people I would hire would be Rosa Parks."
Theoharis' book praises Conyers for hiring Parks because until that time, in spite of her fame, Parks' economic footing was precarious.
"Recognizing her need, skills, and the value to his own emerging political base, Conyers put an end to a decade of economic insecurity for Rosa Parks," Theoharis writes in her book. "With this position, Parks now had a salary, access to health insurance, and a pension — and the restoration of dignity that a formal paid position allowed."
In a recent interview, Conyers said he was blessed to have Parks working for him. "Many times people came to my office just to see Rosa Parks; to get a picture with her, to get her autograph or just to say hello," Conyers said.
Besides, he owed her a debt of gratitude. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., came to Detroit to endorse his run for Congress, and Conyers said, "I'm sure she had a lot to do with that."
Quiet, humble Mrs. Parks
Conyers described Parks as a humble, quiet person. "She never raised her voice. She never was angry or argumentative.
"Here's how humble she was: She was always getting invitations to travel to speak, frequently long distances. She came to me one day and asked that her pay be reduced because I was letting her go to these engagements.
"She is the only person, in all my time working, who has ever asked for a pay decrease." He refused her request.
Parks worked for Conyers until her retirement in 1988. She never sought the limelight, Conyers said. In fact, she preferred to avoid it.
"If you didn't know who she was, you'd think she was just another citizen, not someone famous who is given credit for reviving the civil rights movement in this country.
"I think the best way for people to honor her is to exemplify her ideas in their own lives: to continue to struggle for justice for all, and to resist discrimination of any sort."
Perhaps Parks said it best in "My Story:"
"I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice. Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love. . .that's the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be."
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Thursday, May 19, 2005
Whole-Grain Waffles with Cherry Sauce
For the cherry sauce
2 cups frozen pitted cherries
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup water
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
For the waffle batter
2 cups white whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup fine cornmeal
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups buttermilk
1 tablespoon canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
To prepare the sauce
In a small saucepan, add cherries, honey, water, cornstarch, lemon juice and salt. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring, until the mixture thickens, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla.
To prepare the waffle batter
Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In another medium bowl, whisk together eggs and brown sugar until smooth. Whisk in buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Pour into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Set aside while you heat a waffle iron.
Pour enough batter into the waffle iron to cover about two-thirds of the surface (we used about 2/3 cup worth), gently spreading the batter to the edges. Cook until steaming stops and waffle is golden brown, about 4 to 6 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter, placing cooked waffles into the oven to keep warm until serving.
Rewarm cherry sauce over medium heat and serve with waffles.
Makes about 4 to 6 servings.
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Hello Joe...I just had to take the time to comment. I discovered you today during an image search and somehow ended up in one of your recipes in 2005. Wow...you're a real veteran. I gave a very quick look around...I'll certainly have to come back. There's so much to be appreciated. You appear to be extremely dedicated.ReplyDelete
About this recipe...I still have not purchased a waffle machine...hopefully one day. However, I can really see myself pouring your amazing cherry sauce on my crepes ;o) Cherry season is soon upon us here in Montreal...can't wait.
Thanks for sharing and flavourful wishes, Claudia
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- Anonymous7/12/2010 04:15:00 PM
This is a great waffle recipe. I loved the hint of texture the cornmeal gave it. I will use this over my white flour, beaten egg white recipe. Thanks for sharing the recipe!!ReplyDelete
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Using Social Media
From Facebook pages to email newsletters – how to get the most from your Tweets and updates!
The internet has completely changed the face of marketing for all types of industries, not least the dance studio world. And social media has become an essential part of promoting your business, allowing you to reach a completely new audience, increase enrollment and, perhaps most importantly, improving communications with your existing students.
Anyone can set up a Facebook page, start a Twitter account and build up an email subscriber list. The tools are all out there for us to use and most are free, at least when we're first setting out.
But where's the best place to start? An effective, easy-to-navigate website is vital for your business. This then takes you to the next step of improving your search engine rankings and getting your studio name and website address listed in as many places as possible online for maximum exposure. There are lots of websites that list dance reviews, job listings, local activities in your area and they are usually free to use and are a great way to advertise your studio at little to no cost.
It's also important to understand how people are finding out about you and your website. Tools such as Google Analytics, Woopra or Omniture will give you good statistics on how people are using your site and where they're coming from.
Consider your whole website
When thinking about the design of your website, don't forget that while an eye-catching homepage is of course, in some cases as little as 15% of users are coming to your site through your homepage, so don't neglect how the rest of your website looks. Simple navigation tools with a clear menu should be apparent on each page, and a search button can also help potential students find information more easily. And don't forget to ask them to sign up to your email list at every opportunity!
Keep it personal
Following someone on Twitter or keeping up with the Facebook posts is all well and good. But understanding your audience and reaching out and making a real connection can make the difference - the virtual equivalent of a quick call or stopping by for a cup of coffee.
With your students there are well-established regular touch points – when they come in for a class or see a performance they interact with you, your staff and their peers and feel welcome and part of a community; when they receive an email with the latest news or offering them a discount they feel special and wanted. But how else can your social networking help to solidify that communication? With so many followers on Twitter and fans on Facebook it can feel impossible to make your contact personal. But here are some ideas on how you can move towards a more constant relationship with your students and fellow teachers.
Make it easy
Most of us are using many different types of social engagement, but not all will have the same technical abilities. Make it easy for people to find you, get started and keep interacting.
Keep it interesting
The more often you add content, post new blogs or reply to comments, the more engaged your patrons will be. Rather than just passively consuming content, people will became more active participants on your pages.
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Understand your audience and tailor the experience to them. Take advantage of their links and posts, check out where else they are adding content and tailor your own information accordingly.
Be consistent
Social networking is about more than just setting up a Facebook page and hoping people become fans. Follow-up on news items and competition results, reply to messages and show that you're listening to what people have to say. If you're resource-constrained, it's better to be consistent and participate in fewer outlets than to spread yourself too thin. Make it part of everyone's job to get involved – a few minutes spent regularly every week, enriches your social networking point of view and adds up to a wealth of customer touch points.
Appreciate your friends
People who lend you their time – by following your posts, passing on your emails or blogging about a performance – they all deserve a thank you. Everyone likes to feel noticed and appreciated.
The value of engagement
Despite the increasing proliferation of social media, one of the most difficult things to determine has been: what is the monetary value of all those Facebook fans? According to Adweek, the Value of a 'Fan' on social media is $3.60* but even the big industry players such as Microsoft and Starbucks haven't quite worked out just how to leverage news updates and "likes" into dollars.
But the effort that you, as a dance studio, will put into acquiring a fan base on sites such as Facebook, can more appropriately be measured in terms of engagement – the captive audience you are building can then be informed quickly and easily about new classes, services and promotions. And you can also watch what they're saying about you.
Keep track of your chatter
If you're particularly active on a variety of social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook and want to track the online "chatter" about your dance studio, there are lots of free tools you can use: Trackur, Surchur, BackTweets and SiteMention are just a few.
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LOVES PARK — Tonja Lawson tired of traveling North Second Street and spotting decaying bus benches, some more than 50 years old.
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City Aldermen unanimously authorized Monday the $11,480 purchase of eight new bus benches — from Tolar Manufacturing Company in California — to replace the ones already yanked from North Second Street. For another $13,000, the city could add planters, trash receptacles and concrete slab bases to the bench sites, but that funding has not been authorized.
"I've always said that North Second Street is the gateway to Loves Park," Alderman John Pruitt said. "It's the first step in a beautification program that's going to give our city a better look."
Loves Park Planning Officer Nathan Bruck is looking for people who could help establish a formal city beautification committee.
If this effort takes off the city may add more benches put in citywide, Bruck said. The backs of the new benches will feature artwork from Rockford, Harlem and Belvidere public school students.
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One of the new bus benches will be installed this fall outside Nunzio's Restaurant, 5800 N. Second St. Jeff Koltz manages the Uniform Den store across from the restaurant.
"The old ones were pretty run down," he said. "They looked pretty bad."
Koltz's company paid for sidewalk improvements out front this year. And he put a new roof on last year.
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After the matches on June 3, 1973, Dory Funk Sr. had a bunch of his wrestlers over at his Flying Mare Ranch in Umbarger, Texas. After a few drinks, the challenges started. "The old man said, 'Try to get out of this, fella,'" recalled Les Thornton. "He put a full Nelson on me, so I picked him up and ran him into the fridge, and all the stuff came flying out. We all got caught. He put a bandage on his head. He was a tough old bugger. He just laughed about it."
Up next was Gord Nelson, a Canadian amateur champion. Nelson said it was a short battle. "He said, 'I'm getting too old.' That's something that he would never say otherwise." At about 10:30 p.m., Funk suffered a heart attack, and died shortly afterwards at St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
"To me, I think he was glad that he went that way," said Thornton. "That's what Dory Funk Sr. was like, a tough old bugger." Or, as Harley Race voiced, "he was tougher than rawhide."
It is believed that his last bout was May 31st, where he teamed with his son Dory Jr.
The news shocked his friends.
"Aw, he's just doing some, more ribbing," Gory Guerrero, the promoter in El Paso, said that he thought upon hearing the news. "It was a case of over exertion," Guerrero told Bob Ingram in the El Paso Herald-Post. "He had no history of heart trouble. But I believe he should
have slowed down and taken fewer matches or quit altogether. He wrestled at Amarillo the previous
Jerry Kozak, who also promoted some towns for the Funks, was there the night Dory Sr. died. "All of a sudden, it was like, 'Where the hell is Dory? Where's Junior and Terry? They're gone!' And we couldn't figure it out. That's when they took Dory to the hospital. Of course, we found out the next few days that he'd passed away."
"I was in another room," said Moose Morowski. "They started wrestling and, I don't know what it was. Next thing I know, I hear that they called the doctor, ambulance or something. He died at the hospital. It was terrible. Senior, every year, he threw a thing for the guys that wrestled there, he'd throw a barbecue at his ranch, they'd castrate some bulls, have a big barbecue, lots of food, lots of drinks."
Kozak also made mention of Funk's eating habits, in this case steak "Dory Sr. was sitting at the head of the table, and I was cutting the fat away from the meat. He said, 'What are you going to do with that?' I said, 'Well, I'm not going to eat it.' He said, 'Well, give it here.' I said, 'Daggum, Dory, you eat it, all that fat is going to kill you!' And it surely did. ... He didn't die then."
Born in 1919 in Hammond, Indiana, Dorrance Wilhelm Funk was an Indiana state high school wrestling champion for three years and Amateur Athletic Union champion for a year. In 1939, he married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy, and entered Indiana University, where he competed on the wrestling squad and was selected to the school's Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame. Following a stint in the U.S. Navy, stationed primarily in the Philippines during World War II, he turned to professional wrestling.
In the early days, he worked as Dory Dean. "Dean (Funk), a Hoosier and student of Billy Thom, famous Indiana wrestling coach, showed the big crowd what he had gained in tutelage from his coach as he used a leg Nelson to good advantage all through the bout. He won the first fall with that hold and threatened in the second fall with the same punishment but Marty reversed and gained the setto with a Boston crab. With less than two minutes left in the fracas, referee Curley Conley called the match a draw," reads a report in the Portsmouth (Ohio) Times, on April 20, 1948.
Dorothy and Dory had two sons who would follow in his footsteps, Dory Jr. (in 1941), and Terry (in 1944), both of whom would later become NWA World champions. Their three other children were Bobby and Dony, and daughter, Doree. Like most wrestlers of the day, it was a nomadic lifestyle, traveling together as a family in a 30-foot trailer. "Every time you'd move, you'd see some people you had been friends with," said Dorothy in 1999. "Each place you'd move to, it was like going home to see your friends." A favorite promotion through the years for the Funks was summertime-only Northern Ontario territory, run by Larry Kasaboski, where the hunting and fishing was excellent, and the off-duty lumberjacks lusted for hardcore action.
In 1949 he moved to Amarillo, and from then on, he would forever be associated with West Texas, even while continuing to appear across the continent. "I was just too tough for these tough Texans, so they just adopted me," Funk quipped in 1953. The 6-foot, 205-pounder electrified crowds with his determination, his unique style (brawling with a touch of jiu-jitsu from his war-time experiences), and his willingness to shed blood on their behalf.
He became king of the Texas Death Match, and it wasn't uncommon for feuds to build up to the point where the matches would go for hours.
"Funk was a tough wrestler," said Bob Geigel, a contemporary. "If a spectator wanted to wrestle, Funk would crack them. He'd get them in the ring and work on them."
Funk's trademark move was the spinning toe hold. "Just as Dory would cream an opponent with a left hook, the victim would fall and thrust his leg upward where Dory could grab it. Then Dory would put it next to his chest, grip it firmly, then take four or live trips around the victim's body," a newspaper story described in 1963.
"Everywhere Senior went, he was a hero," said Morowski. "Anybody who knew him and remembers him from day one, they all respected him all the time."
That high stature came from more than just pulling in the crowds, both from his days as an independent, and, in 1955, when he partnered with Karl "Doc" Sarpolis to buy out Dory Detton for the rights to the Amarillo territory and all of West Texas.
"My father was so creative," Terry Funk said. "He never wrestled the same match. His influence is still felt today. He always said, 'If we are taking from the community, we have to give something back.'" Having spent three years as the superintendent at Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, where he started a wrestling program as well, Funk Sr. gave 10% of the profits of each show he had to the Texas Boys' Ranch.
As his sons began pro wrestling as well, Funk Sr. became a master politician, all the while respected as one of the most honest, fun-loving promoters in the business. Nick Bockwinkel was offered a chance to come to Amarillo, but knew his role, and recalled telling Dory how he saw things. "First of all, there's the number one babyface, Dory Funk Sr., then the number two babyface is Dory Funk Jr., and the number three babyface is Terry Funk. Then you've got your fourth son, Ricky Romero. But now you're going to bring in, from Hollywood, this blond, nice-looking, All-American boy by the name of Nick Bockwinkel into Amarillo. And you expect me to get over?"
Working the backrooms of the National Wrestling Alliance, Funk Sr. angled for his oldest son, Dory Jr., to win the coveted world title in 1969. (Funk Sr. had been NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion for a month in 1958.) The notoriety helped boost the Funk name nationally, so Senior hit the road some more with his sons. After a bout with Terry in New York's Madison Square Garden in 1972, he did admit that there was always a siren calling him home. "I love Texas and it's kind of hard to stay away from a loved one for long," he chuckled.
Funeral services for Funk Sr. were held on June 5, 1973, at the First Methodist Church of Canyon. He was buried in the City of Canyon cemetery.
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by Terry Hemphill
Adobe Illustrator Ask a CS Pro recordings
The Illustrator team and our friends have been the delivering some great Illustrator sessions as part of the Adobe Ask a CS Pro e-seminar series that takes place each Friday at 12 noon, Pacific Time.
For those of you who were unable to attend the sessions live, here are links to the session recordings. To attend upcoming sessions, please follow us on Facebook or Twitter to be notified of the next e-seminar on Illustrator.
The Illustrator Appearance Panel
with Rufus Deuchler, Senior Worldwide Design Evangelist at Adobe Systems
Learn about what Rufus defines the "coolest feature" in Adobe Illustrator: the Appearance panel. The Appearance panel gives you full control over the appearance of paths, objects, texts, and much more, and lets you easily repurpose appearances you create by saving Graphic Styles.
Gradients and Gradient Mesh in Illustrator
with Russell Viers, Adobe Certified Instructor
Ah, the humble gradient…so often designers overlook it or misuse it because they don't understand its design value or don't know how to use it properly. In this session, learn techniques to give your art depth, dimension and pizzazz. Once you master these skills, you'll have access to new ways to infuse excitement into your designs and art creation!
Adobe Illustrator's Wide World of Color
with Brenda Sutherland, Illustrator Product Manager
Learn how to quickly and easily swap colors in any type of vector art, including gradients and patterns. Also discover how easy and fun it is to create new color combinations and experiment with different color harmonies. Brenda covers ways to save, organize and access your colors through libraries, share color groups with Adobe Kuler, and other amazing ways of working with color in Illustrator.
Adobe Illustrator's Live Trace
with Mordy Golding, Adobe Certified Expert
Vector artwork can be easily edited and resized, but actually drawing vector artwork to begin with isn't nearly as easy. In this session, Mordy Golding shows you how to get predictable results with the Live Trace function to convert pixel-based images into vector artwork.
Thank you very much for posting the recordings for these live tutorials. These are an incredible free resource!
These are wonderful resources and thank you so much!
Yeah no kidding…Thanks a lot…Learned quite a bit.
I love this stuff especially when vector artwork can be easily edited and resized,
Thanks and more power to your sample designs you have made.


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About 500 Burmese swam the last 500m to enter Malaysia illegally at the end of a 15-day boat journey at the weekend, leaving one dead, police said yesterday.
Police said they had so far found 482 people, including the captain of the 30m vessel, since Sunday and are looking for a "handful" more still hiding out on the northwestern island of Langkawi in the Malacca Straits.
They are believed to be one of the largest groups of Rohingya Muslims to have reached Malaysia this year after fleeing sectarian violence at home.
Police said the immigrants claimed to have paid US$300 each to an agent in troubled Rakhine for the trip, which media reports said left most of them ill with some requiring hospital care.
Langkawi police chief Harrith Kam Abdullah said the captain of the boat was arrested on Monday, but he had denied any knowledge of payments to an agent.
The Star newspaper also reported that one man was killed after being hit by the boat's propellers when he jumped into sea and had been buried at a Muslim cemetery in Langkawi on Monday.
The immigrants have been handed over to the Malaysian immigration department to be processed at detentions centers nationwide.
Clashes between Buddhists and the Rohingya in Myanmar have left scores of people dead and displaced more than 115,000 people since June.
Thousands have sought refuge in Malaysia, a largely Muslim country that has a big Rohingya population.
Malaysia's maritime agency said last month it "rescued" 40 shipwreck survivors, who are thought to be Muslim Rohingya, who had been denied entry to Singapore.


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By DAVID GREEN
Fayette superintendent of schools Russell Griggs is hoping for windy days ahead. The school chief believes he's finally realized a goal he set for the district: a wind turbine large enough to create substantial savings on electricity costs.
Fayette's board of education accepted a bid last week for the erection of a 250 kW turbine behind the school.
If the wind blows in a typical pattern, the district will save up to $50,000 annually in electrical costs.
The $1.1 million turbine project is expected to be funded largely by leftover money from the school construction project. No money from the school's general fund will be used.
About 75 percent of the cost of Fayette's new $18.2 million school was paid by the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission (OSFC)—an agency that funnels money from the state's settlement with tobacco companies for school construction projects—and about $700,000 remained unspent.
The funds cannot be used for projects such as new athletic fields, but Griggs received permission to use the money for the turbine.
In addition, about $400,000 in interest was accumulated during the project. The district must return $135,000 to the state, but the remainder can also be used for the turbine. Leftover funds from the demolition of the old buildings must also be returned.
The district also obtained a $200,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Development.
Five contractors submitted bids for the turbine, but the low bidder eventually withdrew. Instead the contract was awarded to Henning USU of Toledo at a cost of $1,033,000.
The company's maintenance contract was extended from one year to five for an additional $29,000. An upgrade to a high-efficiency 300 kW transformer, at a cost of $11,000, will deliver a better return from the turbine at lower wind speeds, Griggs said.
A contingency fund of $27,000 was also added to the final figure.
Griggs said a maintenance fund for the turbine will be established, as required for all OSFC projects. A fund will also be created to track savings from the turbine's electrical generation, Griggs said, and he expects the board might choose to use a portion of the savings for future maintenance of the system.
By moving toward alternative energy early on, Griggs believes the district is saving some cash.
"With the potential future of alternative energy, many companies are trying to gain experience in the field," he said.
The Buehrer Group—the architectural firm for the project—is offering its services at a nominal cost in order to have a turbine project on its résumé.
Henning USU will serve as a general contractor and manager for the project, Griggs said, with the erection of the turbine handled by Engineered Process Systems—an energy consulting firm based in Huron, Ohio. The company installed a turbine in use at the University of Toledo.
The 250 kW turbine is manufactured by Wind Energy Solutions. The two-bladed turbine will be mounted on a 131-foot tower, with the blades measuring 100 feet from tip to tip.
Site work, including the base for the tower, is scheduled this summer. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.


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Around the Horn: Bullpen
Acquisitions like Mujica and Badenhop bring competition to Red Sox's relief corps
With pitchers and catchers reporting Saturday, anticipation is building for the 2014 season. MLB.com is going around the horn to break down each area of the Red Sox, continuing with the bullpen.
By the time the Red Sox were dousing each other with champagne late last October, the bullpen had gone from a modest strength to an overwhelming success story.
Give general manager Ben Cherington credit for not falling in love with his cast of relievers as he embarked on the Hot Stove months.
If there is a position where it is nearly impossible to project performance from year to year, it is in the bullpen. While nearly all of Boston's bullpen is returning from the World Series championship edition, Cherington has also created some competition by making some important acquisitions.
"I feel like our front office deserves kind of absolute respect for what they've done and what they continue to do," said lefty Craig Breslow. "I feel like I'm in a place where, if they felt like these are guys that can help our team, I'm certainly on board with that."
Most prominent among them was the signing of righty Edward Mujica to a deal worth $9.5 million over two years. Mujica was a solid closer for the Cardinals last season before a dramatic slump, perhaps induced by fatigue, led to his demotion in September and into the postseason.
But if the righty can get his groove back, the Red Sox have a solid insurance policy for Koji Uehara, who turns 39 the first week of the regular season.
"Edward was a guy we focused in on pretty quickly, in part because of who he is and in part because of what he does," said Cherington. "He's an extreme strike-thrower. He's aggressive. He's fearless. He's got a really solid assortment of pitches. He gets righties and lefties out. He's pitched obviously very successfully in the ninth inning but also before that. We just thought he was a really good fit for our team."
As dominant as Uehara was, there are clearly no guarantees that his arm can hold up like it did last season. And if you remember, Uehara was actually signed for depth reasons last year, and that move proved to be invaluable, considering the season-ending injuries sustained by Andrew Bailey and Joel Hanrahan.
Perhaps the Mujica signing will turn out to be just as important.
"There are some similarities just given the background," said Cherington. "Both guys have pitched both in the ninth inning and in other parts of the game successfully. Both guys have been part of good teams and good bullpens and been on teams where, at least at the end of their tenure, someone else was closing, perhaps that made them available.
"They both have really good splits or changes. They both throw a lot of strikes. There's some similarities, but they're their own guys too. Edward has a certain style of attacking hitters. There are some differences too. We think they both really fit well, obviously, for what we think works for our team and our division."
The other potentially key acquisition is righty Burke Badenhop, a sinkerballer who has quietly put up solid numbers the last few seasons. With the Brewers in 2013, he notched a 3.47 ERA in 63 games.
While Uehara and Mujica might be asked to get the most important outs in the bullpen, Junichi Tazawa is also going to play a big role. After struggling down the stretch in the regular season, Tazawa turned into a force in October, giving up just one run in 13 appearances.
Lefty Breslow, at least until the World Series, had the best season of his life. He hopes to build off that.
And one thing that has the Red Sox very excited is the return of Andrew Miller, the lanky lefty who had developed into a legitimate weapon before a foot injury ended his season just before the All-Star break. Miller doesn't expect any setbacks as he embarks on 2014, and he is eager to take on whatever role manager John Farrell presents to him.
"The bullpen is a volatile place to pitch," said Miller. "I've got to be ready to step in and help out in whatever role is available and pick up some slack if need be. I hope the positive is that my arm is fresh, and I'm ready to go this year and make the best out of it."
Righty Brandon Workman certainly made the best out of his opportunities last year in his rookie season. In the postseason, he got some crucial outs and might evolve back into a starter at some point if the opportunity presents itself.
Workman figures to be Mr. Versatility in that he can pitch in long, middle or short relief.
"I think that the combination of pitchers we have in our 'pen, the different types of pitchers, obviously left-right, gives us a chance to match up effectively and use guys and perhaps manage the workload for all of them over the course of the season," Cherington said.


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- Blind Pew and Black Dog at 28:40
- Big Mean Carl at 28:41
- Angel Marie at 31:26
- Quongo, Beautiful Day Monster, and Marvin Suggs at 1:07:03
- Mildred and Afghan Hound at 1:07:29
- Nigel (Muppet Show) at 1:07:40
- Calico at 1:16:47
- J. G. and Gloat at 1:37:12
Poster! Poster? Maybe poster.I found this poster here Is it real?--The World's Smelliest Onion (The World's Smelliest Message Wall) 20:46, October 17, 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, that's too bad. Cool fan work, though.--The World's Smelliest Onion (The World's Smelliest Message Wall) 21:25, October 17, 2012 (UTC)
So how official is "The Muppets II" as a title now? Can we go off of the new logo they released, or is it still too early? -- Ken (talk) 05:07, April 25, 2012 (UTC)
- It's a working title, but if it's what they're using, it's what people will be searching for. We might want to think about using it at least for good SEO. —Scott (message me) 05:11, April 25, 2012 (UTC)
- What about redirects from The Muppets 2 and The Muppets II, to here? If I remember correctly, Google takes the redirect title and the body text of the page it redirects to. -- Zanimum 19:50, May 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Since they're officially using The Muppets II as a public working title, I set it up as a redirect. —Scott (message me) 20:11, May 3, 2012 (UTC)
Although the "teaser poster" posted on this page is a very nice-looking one, it appears to be a fan creation. For one thing, it seems very unlikely that a studio would create a promotional advertisement for a film that hasn't even started production yet, yet alone is months away from being released. The poor grammar of both the tagline "RETURNS COMING SOON" as well as the copyright notice alongside the Disney one seem to show that it is of foreign origin and not authorized by Disney. The incredibly poor grammar of the second copyright notice definitely appears to give it away: "Desing [sic] 2012 © JP Home Entertainment. This presents poster illustration logos to form that may not be used in the original. Not for sale. Are subject to the same i duplication." Googling "JP Home Entertainment" leads to a website of Argentinean origin which seems to specialize in DVD cover designs for bootlegged movies. I would assume that whoever is responsible for these also designed the poster. Therefore, I think it is safe to say that the poster is not an official Disney promotional image and I have decided to remove it and the reference to it from the page. Yer pal, Mobo85 04:56, March 27, 2012 (UTC)
- For that matter, is there any place where anyone who we'd consider a reliable source has indicated that "The Muppets 2" is a working title? If we can't source it, I'd suggest moving it to "The Muppets sequel." -- Andrew Leal (talk) 05:01, March 27, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, Ryan! I figured it wasn't real, but it was driving me crazy as to where it came from. Right now, Disney is busy promoting the video release of the first movie, so it wouldn't make sense to release a poster for a sequel that hasn't even started production yet. Thanks for your detective work!
- By the way, I hope they don't use "The Muppets 2". That was The Great Muppet Caper. -- Ken (talk) 05:03, March 27, 2012 (UTC)
- Moving this page to "The Muppets sequel" (or simply bringing back "Muppet movie news") to track the developments of the next film until we get an official source on the title sounds fair to me.
- And, Ken, regarding Great Muppet Caper being The Muppets 2 the working title for that was actually The Muppet Movie 2 [1] [2] ;) -- Brad D. (talk) 16:29, March 27, 2012 (UTC)
- I know, I was just being silly. After all of the fan comments that "The Muppets" was such a bland, generic title, I was just poking fun at calling the next one "The Muppets 2", and then "The Muppets 3", and then we wind up with a bunch of movies that look like Chicago albums. -- Ken (talk) 04:02, March 28, 2012 (UTC)
New Title
The title is now Muppets Most Wanted.
In the new Steve Whitmire cameo photo we have, is that Benicio Del Toro by Danny Trejo? Or is my mind playing tricks on me? ---- Jesse (talk) 02:22, August 7, 2013 (UTC)
- I think those are Danny Trejo and Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie's douple in Flight of the Conchords. ---- EnekoR
Where in the movie does Gramps appear?


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The Parents as Partners show took a different twist. A special session was held using Elluminate. Here is the link https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2009-02-23.1727.M.92601C0C1C61A2842F6ECDBA6B5123.vcr
Inspired by Doug Symington on Edtechbrainstorm, the Parents as Partners hosted a speakers corner. Angela Maires, Penny Lindballe and Sarah H, joined us on the conference call.
Chat Log
On Monday February 2,2009 at 9:00 PM EST (GMT-5) show hosts Matt Montagne, Lorna Costantini, Cindy Seibel and Cindy Zautcke welcomed 3 experienced parent leaders from across Canada. Heidi Hass Gable, Vancouver B.C., Connie Howe-Buckler Windsor, Ontario and Jeannine St. Amand Fredericton, New Brunswick. All three of the guests brought their own experiences and opinions to the conversation. We discussed the different ways the parent organizations are organized. Tips and best practices for working with parents were shared.
Show hosts Lorna Costantini, Matt Montagne, Cindy Seibel, Cindy Zautcke welcomed Kathy Cassidy from Westmount School in Moose Jaw, SK Canada. Kathy is well known for her work with her Grade 1 class and their classroom blog. When parents asked Kathy about how she protected her students identity she shared her advice and best practices. You will really enjoy the practical hands on solutions used by Kathy.
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Snow covered mountain road. Sideways through the corner, flat engine rasping on the way out. This is you drive a Porsche.
The car is a 1953 356, a Pre-A car in Porsche nerd speak. The road is in Colorado and the driver is Jeff Zwart, who you may from his multiple wins at Pikes Peak behind the wheel of a number of 911s. Here's what he said when he e-mailed us this video.
Just a little drive out in my 1953 Pre-A in Colorado last week. Slightly less horsepower than I have at Pikes Peak.
Forget all the Macans and Cayennes and whatever other boulevardiers Porsche is turning out these days. Going sideways up twisty alpine roads is the elemental distillation of what Porsche is all about, at least if you ask me.


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[Constructoid is a pixel-animated show about Destructoid editor Jonathan Holmes and various videogame personalities. They've got some constructive criticism for the world of gaming. Check it out.]
There's a lot going on in today's episode of Constructoid. We've got a Sundays with Sagat crossover in full effect; over ten panelists in total (including Nathan Drake and Alan Wake); a hotly discussed topic (the issue of brown-haired, handsome, Hollywood-type guys showing up in so many games today); and the the official end of Season 1 of this series. That's right, folks: no more Constructoid, at least for a little while. I really want to keep the series going, but we'll have to see how many views it gets first. If you want more of this show, please watch it, and show it to your friends. If people don't watch it, I simply can't make it.
OK, enough about a future. Let's talk about right now. Namely, let's talk about why so many videogame characters today look similar, and why that sucks.
It's certainly not a new idea for videogame character designers to borrow from the "Hollywood leading man" archetype. Like I mentioned in the video, Pitfall Harry brought his brand of Indiana Jones stylings to the gaming world long before the creators of Nathan Drake were out of short pants. Things got even more Hollywood in the '80s and '90s.
Konami really excelled at the co-opting of Hollywood actors and movies in the pre-PS2 days. The original Solid Snake looked exactly like Rambo, while his nemesis, Big Boss, was played by a sprite-based Sean Connery. A different Rambo look-a-like starred in Contra, also from Konami, but he was paired with an Arnold Schwarzenegger clone. Almost the entire monster squad of the original Castlevania was lifted from classic Universal Pictures horror films, and that's just the list from their bigger games. Konami was even bold enough to change Solid Snake from a Rambo-type guy to a Kurt Russell-type guy, starting with Metal Gear Solid on the PS1. Just as several actors might end up filling the same role over time, we've already had multiple virtual actors take on the role of Snake (four in total, if you count the Rambo-styled original Snake, the Michael Biehn-inspired art on the box of the original Metal Gear, Kurt Russell-Snake, and Sam Elliott-Old Snake).
Using characters that look like Hollywood actors in videogames was different in those days. For one, it wasn't as common as it is now. "Hollywood" games were the outliers, whereas purely gameplay-focused games were the face of gaming. Developers also tended to use more interesting virtual actors back then. Konami worked hard to utilize specific virtual actors for specific virtual situations, as opposed to the "make a generic handsome brown-haired guy who vaguely looks like Paul Rudd/Ben Affleck/Ed Burns/Chris Klein and have him shoot guys" character design technique that we see so much of today.
Perhaps more importantly, back in the '80s and '90s, there was still heavy use of abstraction in the creation of these "realistic" characters. Even Snake's depiction in Metal Gear Solid involved mosaic-style texture maps, and heavily stylized ink-and-brush portraits in the codec cutscenes. There is an inherently expressive component to these two art styles. As I know from experience, when you're limited in how many pixels (or lines) you have at your disposal, the pixels you choose and where you choose to place them say a lot about you and how you see things.
I'm not sure I can say the same thing for the way that Nathan Drake, Alan Wake, the Shadow Complex guy, the guy from Heavy Rain, and the multitude of other nondescript, "realistic" characters of today are designed. Sure, they're all written in very different ways, and they have a variety of different facial expressions, but in terms of the way they look from a design perspective, they express almost nothing.
Looking at these characters reminds me of a dream that a friend once had. In his dream, he went to work in his car. He drove there on his regular route, perfectly recreated in his subconscious mind. In the dream, he arrived at his regular cubicle at the regular time. Then he played some Tetris while sipping his coffee, still feeling pretty tired and not up to working. After an hour or so, he got to work on his data entry. Then he took a long lunch break, played some more Tetris, got freaked out that he was going to get caught goofing off at work, finished his data entry for the day, and went home.
Then he woke up.
After telling me about this dream, he looked at me with a very serious face and said, "Jonathan, did something happen to me? Did I somehow become... boring?" I told him not to worry, that this was probably just a fluke, and that tomorrow night, he'd be back to dreaming about Grimace from the old McDonald's commercials levitating upside down and pooping lasers at him while a horde of robot zombie hookers tried to French-kiss him on his armpits with snake tongues.
It was easy to tell my friend that he's not boring, that his "realistic" dream was just a fluke, but I'm not sure that I could say the same thing about the game studios churning out all of these "realistic" games today. I understand that next to motion controllers and new online features, the biggest selling point in gaming today is replicating the "blockbuster" experience. I understand that all the segments of gaming (developers, press, and players) have often felt like the red-headed stepchild of the film industry for a long time, and now that consoles and PCs are powerful enough to outdo Hollywood, developers can't help but want to show the film industry that they can beat them at their own game. I get all that.
My question is, do we really need to get rid of the red-headed stepchildren (and Native Americans) of gaming to prove that we're not the red-headed stepchildren of the entertainment world? Did Ryu really need to go from being a crazy-eyed ginger to just another average-haired, average-faced, average karate man in order to win over the public?
The issue speaks to the inherent sense of inadequacy that game developers (and gamers) are often stricken with. It doesn't help that so many game developers make a fraction of what filmmakers earn, and that the amount of bad press that games still get on a regular basis is staggering. The list of reasons why gamers and game developers feel like second-class citizens is far too long to get into here. Suffice it to say, I think we can all agree that a lot of game developers, reporters, bloggers, and players have bought into the idea that gaming isn't as legitimate and respectable of an art form as film, books or music.
Personally, I think the way to show that videogames aren't a lesser art form is for developers to play to the strengths of the medium. Realism is not, and never will be, a "strength" of videogames (or any computer-generated imagery, for that matter). Still photography, motion pictures, and of course, real life will always look and feel more "real" than videogames do. Of course, there's no harm in trying for realism, if that's what you're truly interested in. Just as there is something to be said about the pursuit of painting the perfect still-life, there is something admirable about the pursuit of crafting a perfectly realistic polygon-based character model. That said, anyone who tells you that the greatest use of paint, a brush, and a canvas is the pursuit of depicting a realistically shiny fruit basket doesn't know a hell of a lot about painting.
As for how videogames could play to their strengths better, that's not so easy to pin down. Videogames have so many strengths as a medium that it's impossible to pick just one. I guess we could start with the way that the medium allows you to feel as though you have physically entered the imagination of another person, providing you with the opportunity to get to know them from the inside out. As I mentioned in today's episode, the way that videogames break down the barriers between on-screen characters and off-screen characters (off-screen characters meaning "you") is arguably the one thing that videogames do better than any other medium. Because of the way that videogames give us a mainline into the world of the game (and therefore, the internal world of the developer), you don't need realism in order to form an emotionally charged connection between you and the on-screen world. All you need is a controller in your hand, and the will to play.
This allows for game developers to provide almost any kind of content to the player, with the guarantee that we'll be able to relate with it on some level, so long as the controls are good and the game world is engaging. In short, you can make a game about anything, and as long as it's interesting and fun to control, people will play it. We live in a world where the most popular game series of all time has practically no written dialog, and stars a fat, baby-bodied plumber who stomps turtles to death while eating mushrooms that he finds stuck in brick walls. That kind of wholesale surrealism isn't likely to gain mainstream acceptance in other media. It's only because the Mario games came to us in videogame form (and because the games are so fun to play) that the franchise has gone on to become one of the most powerful forces in the entertainment world.
As usual, I've prattled on for too long, but I'll close by saying that just as female videogame characters don't need to be sexy or sexless in order to appeal to the mainstream market, male videogame characters don't need to be bland, standard leading men. Videogames is the one form of art where your only limitation is your own imagination, and absolutely anything (from enraged, white-skinned, bald, god-killing men to round, fat, pig-hating birds) can go on to gain critical and financial success.
There is no reason why the greatest form of expression yet devised by human beings should ever be trapped in the same boxes that confine film and other, lesser forms of art. That's just silly, right?
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Selection criteria
Often the boundary dimensions of a bearing are predetermined by the machine's design. Typically, the shaft diameter determines the bearing bore diameter. For the same bore diameter, different outside diameters and widths may be available (fig. 1). The availability of bearings in a certain ISO dimension series depends on bearing type and bore diameter.
Other space-related criteria that influence the selection of bearing type include:
shafts with small diameter
(approx. d < 10 mm)
- deep groove ball bearings
- needle roller bearings
- self-aligning ball bearings
thrust ball bearings
shafts with normal diameter
- all bearing types
very limited radial space
- needle roller bearings
- deep groove ball bearings in the 618 or 619 series
CARB toroidal roller bearings in the C49, C59 or C69 series
- bearings without inner or outer ring and raceways machined directly on the shaft or in the housing
When selecting bearing type based on load criteria, you should bear in mind that:
- Roller bearings accommodate heavier loads than same-sized ball bearings.
- Full complement bearings accommodate heavier loads than the corresponding bearing with a cage.
Matrix 1 [PDF] provides an overview of the radial, axial and moment load capability of various bearing types.
Combined radial and axial loads
The direction of load is a primary factor in bearing type selection. Where the load on a bearing is a combination of radial and axial load, the ratio of the components determines the direction of the combined load (fig. 2).
The suitability of a bearing for a certain direction of load corresponds to its contact angle α (diagram 1) – the greater the contact angle, the higher the axial load carrying capacity of the bearing. You can see this indicated in the value of the calculation factor Y (→ individual product sections), which decreases as the contact angle increases. ISO defines bearings with contact angles ≤ 45° as radial bearings, and the others as thrust bearings, independent of their actual use.
To accommodate combined loads with a light axial component, bearings with a small contact angle can be used. Deep groove ball bearings are a common choice for light to moderate axial loads. With increasing axial load, a larger deep groove ball bearing (with higher axial load carrying capacity) can be used. For even higher axial load, bearings with a larger contact angle may be required, like angular contact ball bearings or tapered roller bearings. These bearing types can be arranged in tandem to accommodate high axial loads.
When combined loads have a large alternating axial load component, suitable solutions include:
- a pair of universally matchable angular contact ball bearings
- matched sets of tapered roller bearings
- double-row tapered roller bearings
Where a four-point contact ball bearing is used to accommodate the axial component of a combined load (fig. 3), the bearing outer ring must be mounted radially free and should not be clamped axially. Otherwise, the bearing may be subjected to unintended radial load.
The permissible operating temperature of rolling bearings imposes limits on the speed at which they can be operated. The operating temperature is determined, to a great extent, on the frictional heat generated in the bearing, except in machines where process heat is dominant.
Matrix 1 [PDF] provides an overview of the speed capability of various bearing types.
When selecting bearing type on the basis of operating speed, you should consider the following:
- Ball bearings have a lower frictional moment than same-sized roller bearings.
- Thrust bearings cannot accommodate speeds as high as same-sized radial bearings.
- Single row bearing types typically generate low frictional heat and are therefore more suitable for high-speed operation than double or multi-row bearings.
- Bearings with rolling elements made of ceramics (hybrid bearings) accommodate higher speeds than their all-steel equivalents.
Matrix 1 [PDF] provides an overview of the capability of various bearing types to accommodate misalignment. The different types of misalignment are explained in table 1.
Bearing types vary in their ability to compensate for misalignment between the shaft and housing:
Self-aligning bearings (fig. 4)
Self-aligning bearings can compensate for misalignment within the bearing. Values for the permissible misalignment are listed in the relevant product section.
Alignment bearings (fig. 5)
Alignment bearings can accommodate initial static misalignment because of their sphered outside surface. Values for the permissible misalignment are listed in the relevant product section.
Rigid bearings
Rigid bearings (deep groove ball bearings, angular contact ball bearings, cylindrical, needle and tapered roller bearings) accommodate misalignment within the limits of their internal clearance. Values for the permissible misalignment are listed in the relevant product section. For rigid bearings, any misalignment may reduce service life.
The permissible operating temperature of rolling bearings can be limited by:
- the dimensional stability of the bearing rings and rolling elements (table 2, for details refer to the relevant product section)
- the cage (→ Cages)
- the seals (→ relevant product section)
- the lubricant (→ Lubrication)
Precision requirements typically do not influence bearing type selection. Most SKF bearings are available in various tolerance classes. Details are provided in the product sections.
For very high precision requirements (e.g. machine tool applications), use SKF super-precision bearings.
The stiffness of a rolling bearing is characterized by the magnitude of the elastic deformation in the bearing under load and depends not only on bearing type, but also on bearing size and operating clearance.
When selecting bearing type on the basis of stiffness requirements you should consider, for bearings with the same size, that:
- stiffness is higher for roller than ball bearings
- stiffness is higher for full complement bearings than for the corresponding bearing with a cage
- stiffness is higher for hybrid bearings than for the corresponding all-steel bearing
- stiffness can be enhanced by applying a preload
When selecting bearing type, you should consider the mounting and dismounting requirements:
Is it required or beneficial to mount the inner and outer ring independently?
→ Select a separable bearing.
Is it required or beneficial to mount the bearing on a tapered seat or with a tapered sleeve?
→ Select a bearing with a tapered bore.
→ Consider using SKF ConCentra ball or roller bearing units.
(Ball bearing units, Roller bearing units)
Separable bearings
Separable bearings are easier to mount and dismount, particularly if interference fits are required for both rings.
See matrix 1 [PDF] for separable bearing types.
Tapered boreBearings with a tapered bore can be mounted on a tapered shaft seat or mounted on a cylindrical shaft seat using an adapter or withdrawal sleeve (fig. 6). See matrix 1 [PDF] for bearing types available with tapered bore.
There are two reasons for sealing bearings or bearing arrangements:
- keeping the lubricant in the bearing, and avoiding pollution of adjacent components
- protecting the bearing from contamination, and prolonging bearing service life
Capped bearings (sealed bearings or bearings with shields) can provide cost-effective and space-saving solutions for many applications. Bearing types, for which integral sealing is available, are indicated in matrix 1 [PDF].
Popular items
After determining your required bearing type, you may find it beneficial to select an appropriate bearing from our assortment of popular items, because they have a high level of availability and generally provide a cost-effective solution. Popular items are marked in the product tables with the symbol ►.
Large bearings
If a required bearing has an outside diameter D ≥ 420 mm, and is not marked as popular, then check its availability with SKF.
Capped bearings
Capped (sealed bearings or bearings with shields) typically provide more cost-effective solutions than using external sealing. In addition to providing good sealing performance, these ready-greased bearings do not require initial grease fill.
Availability of standard housings and sleeves
Using standard housings and sleeves generally leads to more cost-effective bearing arrangements. Bearing types for which these standard components are available are indicated in matrix 1 [PDF].


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The Bank of Japan expanded its asset-purchase program for the second time in two months, a move that failed to cheer investors as stocks slumped amid mounting evidence that the economy contracted last quarter.
The fund will increase by 11 trillion yen ($138 billion) to 66 trillion yen while a separate credit loan program will stay at 25 trillion yen, the bank said in Tokyo, acting hours after data showed the biggest decline in industrial output since last year's earthquake. The BOJ will also offer unlimited loans to banks to boost credit demand.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average closed 1 percent lower and the yen strengthened as faltering exports and waning domestic demand bolster the case for more easing in coming months after the bank forecast it will miss its inflation target in the next two fiscal years. Economy Minister Seiji Maehara attended his second BOJ meeting today and, in a joint statement with Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, said that the government "strongly expects" powerful easing until deflation is overcome.
"The easing hasn't ended," said Hiroaki Muto, a senior economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management. "It's possible that the BOJ will next ease around January," when it reviews its price and growth forecasts released today, he said.
All but one of 27 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News had predicted easing today, with the majority expecting a 10 trillion yen expansion. The bank expanded its asset-purchase fund by 10 trillion yen on Sept. 19, making today the first time since May 2003 that it has loosened twice in two months.
The yen gained 0.4 percent to 79.50 per dollar at 4:52 p.m. in Tokyo after declining more than 2 percent this month. Strength in the currency has eroded the sales and profits of the nation's exporters, with the yen reaching a postwar high of 75.35 per dollar in October last year.
Price falls have continued since May, highlighting the bank's struggle to attain its 1 percent inflation target announced in February.
The bank said today that it expects prices excluding fresh food to rise by 0.8 percent in the fiscal year that begins in April 2014, its first projection for that year, confirming that it expects to miss its target in the next two fiscal years.
The central bank also said today it will offer unlimited loans at low interest rates to lenders to try to boost credit demand among companies and households. The loans will be based on the overnight call rate, currently 0.1 percent, it said.
"The BOJ has unveiled similar lending facilities in the past, but they have never been effective in stimulating borrowing demand," said Hideo Kumano, chief economist at Dai- ichi Life Research Institute and a former BOJ official. "The new loan program will probably have little impact."
The BOJ maintained its benchmark interest rate between zero and 0.1 percent and the amount of monthly bond purchases at 1.8 trillion yen. The asset purchase fund has been its main policy tool since its introduction in October 2010.
Japan's industrial production fell a more-than-expected 4.1 percent in September from the previous month, the steepest since last year's earthquake and tsunami, data showed today before the bank's meeting. Exports dropped 10.3 percent from a year earlier and retail sales rose less than forecast in September, data showed this month.
Honda Motor Co., Japan's third-largest carmaker, yesterday cut its full-year profit forecast after Chinese consumers shunned Japanese brands amid a territorial dispute between Asia's two-biggest economies. Canon Inc., Nintendo Co. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. revised down their forecasts last week.
Japan announced 750 billion yen of fiscal stimulus on Oct. 26 amid concerns over financing more spending, as opposition lawmakers block a bill allowing the government to borrow 38.3 trillion yen for this year's deficit amid a dispute over the timing of an election.
Central banks from Australia to South Korea have reduced their key rates this month. Earlier today, India's central bank cut lenders' reserve requirements while leaving interest rates unchanged. The International Monetary Fund trimmed its global growth forecast to 3.3 percent this year as the euro area's debt crisis threatens the world economy.
In the U.S., stock markets were prevented from opening by Sandy, the Atlantic Ocean's biggest-ever tropical storm. Strong winds and rain roared ashore late yesterday and disrupted commerce, transportation, utilities and government services from Boston to Washington.
The S&P/Case-Shiller index scheduled for release today may show property values in 20 U.S. cities increased 1.9 percent in August from a year earlier, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.
In Europe, Spain's gross domestic product contracted 1.6 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, Germany's unemployment rate probably rose to an 11-month high of 6.9 percent in October and euro-area consumer confidence hovered near the lowest level since 2009.


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On Tuesday, August 2nd, I have the privilege of speaking at #140edu: Exploring the State of Education NOW Conference at the 92nd Street Y, NY, NY. My topic: The Buzz Books.
A while back, I was asked by the conference founder, Jeff Pulver, to participate in this conference, and if so, what did I have in mind to talk about. Immediately, I thought of the Buzz Books and the HBWReads blog. Reading, to me, has been a difference-maker in my life, taking me from a place of shadows and ignorance, to one of luminosity and understanding.
Scholars have recently been examining the state of reading today among the general population of children in grades 5-12, and thestatistics coming out of their work paint an awful picture. There are extreme ramifications upon our society if we raise a generation of non-readers. So, we as a district, looked at what we thought of reading in general, and more specifically of summer reading. We looked at reading phenomena like the Harry Potter books, the Twilight Series, and more recently, the Hunger Games trilogy.
We saw something there that caught our eye.
Reading is a social endeavor, and it's done best when we can talk about books with people we have an interest in. When we read a book that is outstanding, the first thing we want to do is to run and tell someone who matters to us all about it and recommend it to them. We wanted to capture that somehow.
When I get on stage on Monday, I'm going to talk about that idea, but I am also going to talk about the work that has been done by all of the students and teachers at HBWReads so far this summer. Looking back at the statistics I shared the other day, we have had wild success in terms of readers and traffic through our site. We have had conversations around books that would not have otherwise occurred. We are making reading viral, and helping to spread it through not only our community here in Verona, but also in other parts of the county and world. Don't underestimate the power of that.
The conference will be live on the web, and as soon as the information is posted as to how to tune in, I'll pass it along here. (Here is the Ustream address if you are interested in catching the conference. I go on roughly at 11:45am)


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Passenger Doors 4
Body Style Sport Utility
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Interior Dimensions
Front Leg Room (in) 41.5
Second Shoulder Room (in) 59.6
Third Hip Room (in) 48.1
Passenger Volume (ft³) 108.6
Second Head Room (in) 39.2
Third Leg Room (in) 34.4
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Third Shoulder Room (in) 59.6
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Min Ground Clearance (in) 8.7
Track Width, Front (in) 64.4
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Rear Door Opening Height (in) 39.6
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Rollover Protection Bars No
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Businesses owned by WindSong residents:
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After receiving the 2007 survey results, City Council focused resources on some of the key issues raised in the survey. For example, in order to address community concerns, the FY 2008/09 budget continued to fund crime prevention and community policing, expanded library and recreation opportunities, and increased street paving. The City also funds several after-school programs and is also actively working with the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) to prevent the closure of schools in National Research Center's presentation and the City Manager's staff report for additional information and analysis.
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The survey results are contained in three separate reports:
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3) Report of Geographic Subgroup Comparisons 2009 - A report analyzing survey responses
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Perhaps no other flavor better signifies autumn than the apple, and this recipe from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook transforms fall-fresh apple cider into toothsome cinnamon-spiked caramels.
4 cups apple cider
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. flaky sea salt
1 stick unsalted butter, cut into chunks
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup packed light-brown sugar
⅓ cup heavy cream
Neutral oil, for the knife
Boil the apple cider in a 3-to-4-quart saucepan over high heat until it is reduced to a dark, thick syrup, between ⅓ and ½ cup in volume, stirring occasionally.
Line the bottom and sides of an 8-inch straight-sided square metal baking pan with 2 long sheets of criss-crossed parchment. Set it aside. Stir the cinnamon and flaky salt together in a small dish.
Once the apple cider has reduced, remove from heat and stir in the butter, sugars and heavy cream. Return the pot to medium-high heat with a candy thermometer attached to the side, and let it boil until the thermometer reads 252 degrees F, about 5 minutes.
(If you don't have a candy thermometer: Have a bowl of very cold water ready and cook the caramel until a tiny spoonful dropped into the water becomes firm, chewy, and able to be plied into a ball.)
Immediately remove caramel from heat, add cinnamon and salt mixture, and give the caramel several stirs to distribute it evenly. Pour caramel into the prepared pan. Let it sit until cool and firm—about two hours. Once caramel is firm, transfer to a cutting board with the help of the parchment paper. Use a well-oiled knife (oil between each cut) to cut the caramels into 1-inch by 1-inch squares. Wrap each one in a 4-inch square of waxed paper, twisting the sides to close. Caramels will be on the soft side at room temperature, and chewy/firm in the fridge.
Yields about 64 caramels.
Reprinted with permission from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and Wisdom from an Obsessive Home Cook by Deb Perelman. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.


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This will become the in-game thread once the series starts. We already have some news in, with the declaration of the schedule. Going by this article, we won't like the look of it.This is utter stupidity. Why would you scrap your premier OD tournament? To accommodate the IPL? Seriously, this is your supply line to the ODI team, and you cut it off? At a time when your ODI team isn't doing too well? They can, instead, junk the inter-state T20 championship (the only edition, back in 2007, was hardly eventful) and keep the Deodhar Trophy.Quote:
Indian news
BCCI scraps Deodhar Trophy
Cricinfo staff
July 1, 2009
A crammed domestic schedule has prompted the BCCI to cancel the Deodhar Trophy tournament for the 2009-10 season. The decision was taken by the Tour Programmes and Fixtures Committee of the Indian board, which met in Mumbai to formulate the domestic schedule and finalise venues for the India-Australia ODI series due to be played in October this year.
"Deodhar has been dropped because of the tight schedule (for domestic cricket)", a BCCI source was quoted as saying by PTI.
The Deodhar Trophy is India's premier domestic limited-overs tournament, named after Professor DB Deodhar. A 50-over tournament, like the Duleep Trophy, which the BCCI has decided to retain for the upcoming season, it is played between the five zonal teams. The inaugural Deodhar Trophy took place in 1973-74, with an intention to groom Indian cricketers for the then relatively new limited-overs game.
West Zone were the winners last season, beating East Zone by a mammoth 218 runs in the final to take the title.
There's also some talk about the Corporate Trophy, which will be a limited-overs tournament. Fans and TOI readers would remember such an idea floated by Dalmiya, which never took off. That was in the pre-T20 age. I wonder what it will be like, but we'd prefer they stick to the existing Ranji/ROD system and instead, run it like the IPL or corporate tournament, not organise more tournaments that have no value.
In other news, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, the Bengal player who shifted to ICL, has come back into the mainstream, and even made the Rajasthan Royals squad.