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You've finally narrowed your search down and your next 50cc dirt bike will be a KTM. Now, how do you decide between the 50SX and the 50 Mini? Don't worry, we're here to help. Today will be taking a quick look at the differences between the two bikes as well as some reasons you may want to choose one over the other.
The biggest differences between the KTM 50sx and the KTM 50 Mini are the seat height and power delivery. The seat on the Mini is significantly lower and the Mini has a much friendlier power delivery when compared to the 50sx due to its smaller carburetor.
Seat Height
The 50 SX seat height comes in at 684 mm. This is substantially taller than the 558 mm seat height on the 50 Mini. With that said, there are ways to lower the seat height of the 50 SX. You may want to start by relocating the shock mount. The 50 SX comes from the factory with the shock mounted on the lower hole. This makes the bike sit a little bit higher. By moving the shock to the upper mount, you can reduce a little bit of height. The other option is to shave the seat. There are pre-shaved seats you can buy or if you feel like it's something you can handle you can always do it yourself.
Power Delivery
The two KTM 50s have the same engine but differ in how that power is delivered to the rear wheels. The 50 SX has a much more aggressive method of power delivery while the Mini delivers power in a much smoother fashion more suitable for a beginner. Both bikes allow for the snappiness to be reduced by offering adjustable clutches. If that isn't enough, both bikes have a power reduction kit capable of reducing power by 70%.
Race Classes
If you are planning to race this bike there are some important things to consider. The 50 SX will not be allowed to race in the 4-6 class at most tracks. This means you may want to think twice about the SX if it means you will be missing a whole season of racing. If your rider is on the younger end of 4-6 years and looking to get serious about racing, you may not have a choice as only the 50 Mini is legal for this class.
Suspension & Brakes
Both bikes come with both front and rear hydraulic brakes by FORMULA. Using lightweight wave discs, even the youngest riders will find them easy to control with incredible stopping power. The front suspension of both the 50 SX and the 50 Mini is a 35 mm diameter tube with 205 mm of travel. The left fork leg can be adjusted using a simple air pump to better suit the rider's weight. The rear suspension is where things start to differ. The larger 50 SX allows for 185 mm of rear-wheel travel while the Mini only provides 147 mm of travel. Both suspensions are fully adjustable to perfectly suit the rider's preference as well as track conditions.
Fuel Differences
The KTM Mini is a fuel-injected bike whereas the KTM 50 SX will require premix. In both cases, you will want to carry extra oil with you to the track. Nothing is worse than getting to the track, running out of fuel, and realizing you forgot your oil to mix it with. The additional oil pump on the Mini can make some aspects of servicing a little more difficult and lead to another possible point of failure. This minor inconvenience is offset by the need to premix the oil/fuel for the 50 SX.
Our Recommendation
If we had to choose a bike it would be the 50 SX. Young kids move up in bike sizes so fast it's hard to justify spending the extra money for Mini. The power on this bike can be reduced and the clutch can be tuned to mellow out the takeoffs. The height of the SX is still bit of a problem but by shaving the seat and moving the shock mount this can be mitigated. Unless your child is absolutely too small to ride the SX, we feel it is a better choice. Unfortunately, this means you won't be racing in the 4-6 50 Jr. class. We feel that unless your child is competing at Loretta level, we feel the money saved from skipping the Mini and moving straight to the 50sx is worth it. If you are planning to race competitively, have a younger rider, and are willing to spend the cash, your best bet is to run the KTM 50 Mini. It hands down dominates the smaller class and your young rider will be able to maximize the time riding it until they need to trade it in for a bigger bike.


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Domestica - This loud rock band includes former members of Mercy Rule and is on Speed! Nebraska Records.
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Bad Bad Men - The music chugged along like a high-ballin' locomotive powered by the Siebken/Hug rhythm section and Wolf's blazing riffs. Lazy-i http://lazy-i.com/2018/02/live-review-bad-bad-men-lupines-those-far-out-arrows-at-the-brothers-blank-range-tonight/
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Matt Lauer is "truly sorry," y'all, but of course he took a shot at his victims, saying "…some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized…":
A statement from Matt Lauer: "There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions…" pic.twitter.com/f93rHXqKQD
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JUST IN: Matt Lauer breaks his silence since being terminated by NBC: "There is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed." https://t.co/APLQ21GtXD pic.twitter.com/3x979R6ugQ
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What BS. He's only sorry because he got caught:
It's like a template, and only sorry when they're caught, somehow never while doing it… "Matt Lauer on sexual assault allegations: 'I am truly sorry'" https://t.co/xw623mm8Nj
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) November 30, 2017
It's the script:
There has become a sad ritual to these sexual harassment/assault media scandals; subject denies every allegation is true, yet still apologizes without admitting serious guilt; those still employed express sorrow, praise those who came forward. https://t.co/MgBbbjLUQN
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HORRIFYING: Variety's BOMBSHELL exposé paints Matt Lauer as 'super-villain-level' predator https://t.co/J2xLGhJZfH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 30, 2017
So he KNEW? Keith Olbermann wants you to congratulate him over Matt Lauer https://t.co/XOyVKgMVks
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 29, 2017
D'OH! ThinkProgress editor's swing at Trump & Lauer lands HARD on Bill & Hillary instead https://t.co/RwtXRnkPzP
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AHL's website is the place to get started. Click on the "company" tab and then the "start today" prompt. You'll find the Florida Hard Money Loan/ Florida Cash Out Refinance form. AHL needs to know about your loan needs. Use the pull-down menu to give the reason for the loan as well as the property value and loan amount requested. Next, you'll type in your contact information. Then, describe your credit history simply by selecting from the pull-down menu. Finally, type anything else you'd like AHL to know or consider. Submit for private investors to review and approve. Not ready yet? AHL's homepage offers a chat now option or allows you to enter your contact info to request more information.
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Having a Video resume in today's job market is critical. Increasingly more employers are moving beyond the traditional written job application and towards video resume. So if you want to be at the leading edge of the most recent trend, you have to have a video application. Now you want to create a video application but don't just want to wing it before a camera.
That is obviously the right idea. Creating a good video resume like a good written application takes preparation and there are specific key items which you definitely want to keep in mind when you strike the record button. Why don't we offer you some tips and tricks to get you started. One of the most important things you can do is to get ready. It's critical that you have a good idea of what you want to emphasize in your video resume.
We wouldn't recommend reading from a script but keep a note of points you wish to communicate and make sure you mention them. You can also personalize your application by discussing the company you are applying for and why you would be a good fit for that position. Something else that is also important is to dress appropriately. What is observed in a video resume is simply as important as what's heard in it. Suppose you are to visit meet up with the Interviewer in person and dress accordingly about. Additionally you want to keep an eye on what else is noticeable in your video's background.
You generally want to record in a clean, clutter free environment. So avoid recording in poorly lit or messy rooms. And finally it's critical that you watch your recording once you are done with it. Things to look out for are technical issues like video quality and audio problems.
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Make sure the camera is stable, the area is well lit, you are clearly visible and audible. You can even have a friend or a family member watch it enable you to get a brand-new perspective on things. Don't be concerned if it takes you a few attempts to obtain it right. Understand that is true for everyone.
But just creating a video resume isn't enough. You must be sure you use the right website like Jobma to upload it. Once your application is completed Also; make sure it is distributed by you over the internet. Using social media is a fantastic way to achieve that. That is all. So bring out the camera. Decorate. Smile and have fun.


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Reduced to $89k! Build your Coloma dream home on this wooded 3-acre parcel a few hundred yards from Marshall Park. Read more »
Reduced to $89k! Build your Coloma dream home on this wooded 3-acre parcel a few hundred yards from Marshall Park. Read more »
Stunning, modern home on 5 acres with South Fork American River frontage offers every amenity paddlers could ask for. Read more »
SOLD! Rustic contemporary located on 31.7 acres with South Fork frontage, just upstream from Troublemaker Rapid. Read more »
SOLD! Enjoy spectacular views of the South Fork of the American River from this beautiful home located above Chili Bar Reservoir. Read more »
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SOLD! This unusual property includes two homes in the Coloma Heights area, a short walk from the State Park and the South Fork. Read more »
Reduced to $397,500! 40-acre parcel with South Fork river access offers privacy, convenience, views, several fine building sites. Read more »
Yes, today, this year and this season. Borrowing Rates are low right now, homes featuring gentle hills, views and water front are available the range is $135,735-$1,250,000. An average year's inventory of homes here is 7-10 including rural estates to a relaxed fit, mini size to mammoth in sq.ft. In town lots to 40's of acres, terrain smooth as a … Read more »
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Spend a night in the dreaming theater where words cut deep and blood seeps upon the stage! The Cerulean Curtain is a demisphere existing within the dreamscape, where entrapped Gladiators perform their wet work upon The Scarred Stage under the eyes of the pedantic Director!
Included in this 40 page adventurous setting is:
Delve into the mysteries of the theater, explore several areas of interest such as The Unconscious Pit where Gladiators devolve into forgotten sands, or The Set Betwixt, the labyrinthian domain of the Rope Ylves! Stretch your acting muscles upon The Scarred Stage belting soliloquies and skulls alike. Follow the visions of the Director to win your freedom, or rage against his dominion! But take caution, lest you forever lose aspects of yourself to The Cerulean Curtain...
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Stitch-Ups needlepoint kits are constructed with color coordinated suede backing. Designs are in color on #14 canvas. Kits include: Pre-assembled product, needle, easy to follow instructions and cotton floss. Finished Size: 4" Round Ornament. Suede Backing Color: Navy.
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Jackson, B and Channon, AD (2019) Neuroevolution of Humanoids that Walk Further and Faster with Robust Gaits. Artificial Life, 31. 543 - 550. ISSN 1530-9185
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Bipedal locomotion requires precise rhythm and balance. Here we demonstrate two fitness-function enhancements applied to OpenAI?s 3D Humanoid-v1 walking task using a replica of Salimans et al.?s evolution strategy (Salimans et al., 2017). The first enhancement reduces control cost, following a start-up period, and the second enhancement penalises poor balance. Individually, each enhancement results in improved gaits and doubles both median speed and median distance walked. Combining the two enhancements results in little further improvement in the absence of noise but is shown to produce gaits that are much more robust to noise in their actions, with median speed, distance and time two to five times those of the default and individual-enhancement gaits at an intermediate noise level.
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Artist-in-Residence and Arts Programs
Previous Artist-in-Residence: Ross Rossin
Renowned portrait artist and Atlanta resident Ross Rossin was the 2017–2018 Donna and Marvin Schwartz Artist-in-Residence.
Rossin, whose art hangs in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and was exhibited at the United Nations Palace of Nations in Geneva and the Russian Duma in Moscow, is also known to Atlantans as the sculptor/creator of the nine-foot-tall bronze statue of Hank Aaron at SunTrust Park.
Rossin's residency is part of the Ethics & the Arts Program. The program, the only one of its kind in the nation, encourages ethical discourse and debate through and about the arts, and it partners with arts organizations to demonstrate the way art challenges ethical perspectives.
Says Carlton Mackey, director of the Ethics & the Arts Program, "Rossin's portraiture art is not only masterful in its technical and artistic merit but is also a catalyzing force for igniting critical conversations around current ethical and social issues."
For additional information about Ross Rossin and to view his extraordinary work, visit the artist's website.
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What Doctor Should I Go See After a Car Accident?
After being involved in an auto accident it is best to find medical help from a doctor that is skilled dealing specifically with Auto Accident Injuries.
Finding a medical clinic that takes a multidisciplinary approach is usually the best option.
Having Medical Doctors, Chiropractors, and Physical Therapists on your side will drastically speed up your recovery.
In this blog, we discuss automobile accident injuries and what doctor is best to visit following your crash.
Table of contents:
- Who should I see after a car accident?
- Did your neck or back get injured in the wreck?
- Restoring mobility to restricted joints
- Strength and stabilization
- Visit the best chiropractor in Georgia
Who Should I See After a Car Accident?
A Car Accident is the last thing you plan for or expect to happen. The moments after a Car Accident can be very confusing and hard to know what to do next.
The most important thing to do after a Car Wreck is to make sure you are healthy and free from pain or injuries. Auto Accident Injuries can create an added strain on your life, forcing you to take time off work or even making you unable to perform certain duties.
One of the biggest questions after a Car Accident is where to seek treatment for your injuries.
But you may still be asking...
What is the best type of doctor to treat my injuries and how can I find them?
Related post: 10 Common Mistakes People Make After a Car Accident
Did Your Back or Neck Get Injured in the Wreck?
If you are experiencing any pain after being in a Car Accident that is a good indication of an injury. After a Car Accident, it is very likely that muscle and joint irritation has occurred.
The most common places to be affected are the neck and lower spine because of how the body is jerked forward and backward quickly.
This could lead to Whiplash or Back pain if gone untreated.
Even if you are not experiencing any pain, it is still a good idea to see a Chiropractor after your Car Accident.
Many injuries do not cause pain or discomfort until weeks or months later.
After that time has passed, and if you still have not sought treatment, you may be forfeiting your right to insurance coverage for your injuries.
The most important thing is your health, so play it safe and get checked out by an experienced Accident Injury Chiropractor and Medical Doctor near you as soon as possible.
Restoring Mobility to Restricted Joints
It is very common for most individuals to feel some soreness after being in a Car Accident.
Many also have a hard time moving the way they used too, especially the elderly and individuals who already suffer from health conditions.
Any body part that is jarred or thrown forward can sustain stretched ligaments and even tears.
If you find yourself in this situation, Chiropractors can increase your joint mobility and help reduce the possibility of long-term muscle and joint problems.
Chiropractors specialize in the care of bones, muscles, nerves and connective tissue.
All of those major parts of the body are important to keep in optimal health and correct alignment so they can function properly.
Strength and Stabilization
After experiencing a Car Accident, your body and health are left in less than optimal condition.
This makes it easier for your body to sustain further injuries from another minor event such as a slip and fall, or a common repetitive motion that is done at work or in sports.
Early care in treatment will provide healing and faster recovery.
Even a Car Accident that seems minor with little to no damage to the car itself can still cause severe injury to the driver or passengers.
Chiropractic treatments are the right step toward restoring the body to optimal health.
It is important to remember that your health is more important than anything else. Seeing a Chiropractor will help to relieve any pain you may be in by making the necessary adjustments to the spine or neck.
At Arrowhead Clinic, our team of expert Car Accident Injury Doctors will do a full assessment and come up with a personalized care plan just for you.
He will use adjustments to restore health to your spine and surrounding muscles and tissue.
Visit the Best Chiropractor in Georgia
At Arrowhead Clinic, we have been specializing in treating Car Accident Injury Victims in Georgia and Tennessee for nearly 40 years, and are leaders in the field.
Not only are we experts in treating the injuries associated with Car Accidents, by using Chiropractic and Medical Doctors, but we also take care to provide the proper documentation of injuries, detailed narratives and daily reports the Insurance companies, and Attorneys need for the appropriate resolution of your Claim.
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MotoGP™ GENERALI GP Trophy
GENERALI, as one of the oldest insurance companies all over the world, came up with the idea of enhance their most purpose value: "enable people to shape a safer future by caring for their lives and dreams".
All these together with the historical background of the company and the will to impact on MotoGP™ audience brought us to use their logo as the main emblem for the trophy.
St Mark's winged lion logo, symbol of the company since 1848, defines its Venetian/italian identity as well as the Saint's evangelical representation. Under the lion paw we read St. Mark's Gospel "Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus"
The execution of the trophy was very difficult as we created 31 stainless steel pieces welded puzzle to get the body of the lion. All together as its base, everything mirror polished and some carbon fiber plates define this iconic trophy given to the winners of the closing race of the MotoGP™ season in Valencia.
Gran Premio GENERALI de la Comunitat Valenciana. Podiums (given this trophy):
MotoGP™: 1st. J.Lorenzo, 2nd. D. Pedrosa, 3rd. V. Rossi
Moto2: 1st. E. Rabat, 2nd. A. Rins, 3rd. S. Lowes
Moto3: 1st. M. Oliveira, 2nd. J. Navarro, 3rd. R. Fenati
MotoGP™: 1st. J.Lorenzo, 2nd. D. Pedrosa, 3rd. V. Rossi
Moto2: 1st. E. Rabat, 2nd. A. Rins, 3rd. S. Lowes
Moto3: 1st. M. Oliveira, 2nd. J. Navarro, 3rd. R. Fenati
MotoGP™: 1st. M. Márquez, 2nd. J. Lorenzo, 3rd. V. Rossi
Moto2: 1st. S. Lowes, 2nd. A. Márquez, 3rd. F. Morbidelli
Moto3: 1st. J. Navarro, 2nd. B. Binder, 3rd. E. Bastianini
MotoGP™: 1st. M. Márquez, 2nd. D. Pedrosa, 3rd. J. Lorenzo
Moto2: 1st. F. Morbidelli, 2nd. M. Pasini, 3rd. M. Oliveira
Moto3: 1st. J. Mir, 2nd. F. Di Giannantonio, 3rd. E. Bastianini
MotoGP™: 1st. M. Márquez, 2nd. A. Dovizioso, 3rd. A. Iannone
Moto2: 1st. B. Binder, 2nd. F. Bagnaia, 3rd. L. Baldasari
Moto3: 1st. J. Martín, 2nd. M. Bezzecchi, 3rd. E. Bastianini
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Skyworks Provides Business Update in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak and Sets Date for Q2 FY20 Earnings Release and Conference Call
Revenue for the second fiscal quarter of 2020 ended
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100 Club member Bob Zak presents a check for $3,000 to Buffalo Police Officer Joelle Bence and three members of the Buffalo Police Explorers Club. The check is presented courtesy of the Chester R. Zak Memorial Fund.
Buffalo firefighters and Buffalo police representing the Sullivan family of South Buffalo participating in the 100 Club Golf Tournament.


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Market Development Strategy
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Market development is a growth strategy that involves selling your existing products or services to a new group of customers. It starts with market research, during which you will analyze the segmentation of your existing market, make a list of those market segments that you should develop. A segment is simply a smaller subgroup of a larger population. To determine your target market segment, you must consider factors such as new geographic areas, new demographic segments, new customer needs, customer preferences, interests, and lifestyles. You can look at customers that your competitors usually serve or customers that no one currently serves. Once you identify the target segment, you should create a promotional strategy and find ways to attract and sell to customers within it. Key market development strategies that you could focus on include pricing, distribution, branding, promotion, product development. Pricing allows you to implement a competitive pricing structure with offers and discounts, or, to charge a higher price, provide a product with more value than a competitor. Distribution empowers you to develop new channels to reach target customers. For example, selling online if you currently only have a regular store. After that, you can create a new brand for products that target a target market or a specific segment of customers. When moving to promotion, you might consider tailoring your advertising messages to attract customers with offers, coupons, loyalty schemes. Product development allows you to modify an existing product or develop a new one for an untapped market. As well as attracting new customers, market development also looks at expanding sales through new or alternative uses for your product. Think about how you can get your current customers to use your product in a new way.
Market Development Strategy template consists of four colourful and modern slides. The first slide immediately grabs the audience's attention with its large picture in the centre. This slide can be used by marketers in preparing their strategy. This slide will also be useful for team leaders in preparation for their weekly meetings. The next slide allows you to describe in detail each stage of your market development strategy. For example, you can describe in detail the advertising distribution channels, your main goals, performance indicators. Market Development Strategy template will be useful for product managers and advertising specialists. Also, this template will be useful for commercial directors and startups. If necessary, you can easily change the main objects of the slides depending on your corporate style. The slides of this template can be used by business trainers and university educators when preparing their courses on marketing and market expansion. Also, the slides of this template can be used by directors when preparing for a strategic session with shareholders or meeting with potential investors. Market Development Strategy will organically complement your old slides and take its rightful place in your collection.


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From troubled youth to model entrepreneur
At 17, Victor Chapron was just another boy in the 'hood facing one of three probable futures: drugs, jail, or death. Instead, he was rescued from his high-risk life in Los Angeles and sent to live with his aunt in Chicago. That's where he caught a break and turned his life around... maybe even saved it. Today, at 40 years old, he's come full circle. He's back in LA--this time at the top of his game.
I. Troubled beginnings
Victor Chapron was born in Los Angeles, one of eight children with a single, working mother. He says it was a bad time to grow up there. "The school system in LA was probably the worst in its history," says Chapron. "I was constantly in trouble with school and with the authorities. I was a very confused individual."
His troubles brought him into contact with a juvenile judge named Roosevelt Dorn. The judge took an interest in the young man, and they developed a close relationship, says Chapron. "He tried to help raise me, basically. He had me cleaning up churches." And if Chapron "messed up," the judge sent him away to reconsider his choices.
When the crack epidemic hit, "It was either in jail, dead, or on drugs," says Chapron. "My mother decided, 'Hey, I'm not going to leave this kid here to get swallowed up by the streets of LA.' My mother saved me from that when she sent me to Chicago."
Dorn is now mayor of the City of Inglewood. "We still connect," says Chapron. "He saw all his tight punishment and strict ways worked out to help me." Looking back on those times, he says, "I managed to survive that through the blessing of Mayor Dorn, and my mother's hard work of sending me to Chicago to live with her sister."
II. Chicago: street executive
Chicago came as a shock for the 17-year-old. Unlike Los Angeles, he says, Chicago is very segregated. Living with his aunt, he found himself in the midst of a completely African American community. The cold weather was another shock for the southern California teen. So was the news that his aunt was sending him back to school.
"I'm not a guy who had any luck at school, so I'm not too excited about that," he says. He had been in 12th grade when all this happened. "While everyone else was preparing to graduate [in LA], I was coming into Chicago."
His aunt enrolled him in a GED program at Olive-Harvey College, on the South Side. To his surprise, he liked it. His class was in the basement of the school, near the computer lab. One day walking to class, he spotted the lab. "I say, 'Ahh, interesting,' and walked on to class. The next day I go back in this lab, and my intentions were not the same as most people have. Ten to one, I was walking in there for something wrong."
But another surprise awaited. "I saw the lab guy, started talking to him, and started going in there every day, just playing on the keyboard." This was 1983, the early days of the personal computer--in this case, the IBM XT. Chapron began hanging around the lab, helping students in the computer classes with such basic tasks as untangling the paper in the tractor-feed printer. He soon became an unofficial lab assistant, and when his GED class was over, he'd hit the lab.
In the following months, Chapron developed a good relationship with the lab technician. More important, he says, "I wound up feeling good about myself. Coming from LA, having trouble with school, and not having the adequate reading and math levels, to find out that I'm good at something that everyone else is not good at boosted my self-esteem."
Over the next year, he taught himself about computers and became a programmer. He also began helping one of the computer teachers with a class. "He turned all the time I put in into work hours, and got me certified with the State of Illinois to teach computers."
Chapron started teaching computers to an adult continuing education class at Olive-Harvey. "It just went uphill from there," he says. Soon he was teaching at another local college and at a business school downtown and had half a dozen clients. "Remember, this was when computers first started. So when I went to an interview, it was really easy to get the job because I understood computers," he says. "I had a passion for it."
To boost his income, Chapron began doing some consulting for people with small businesses. His first clients included a car wash, a gas station, and other mom-and-pop businesses in the area. Using WordPerfect, WordStar, dBASE, and Lotus 1-2-3, he says, "I was simplifying their manual processes and automating them into a simple computer application."
Catching a break
One of his clients on the West Side was in the paging business when it was still new. "He had girls sitting at a desk beeping customers to come in and pay their bill," says Chapron. "I designed a program that saved him hours and made him thousands." He called it the Beeper Keeper.
When paging first appeared, its early customers were doctors, attorneys, and "street executives," says Chapron. "Paging was just going consumer--it hadn't even hit consumer yet." But it was about to play a huge role in his business career; a major step on the road that would take him to success, and eventually back to Los Angeles, with a wife and two children, more than a decade later.
Other people in Chicago's paging business heard about the Beeper Keeper, and he began selling the software to them too. One prospective client said he had no money and offered to pay with beepers. Chapron said he didn't want them--and had no idea what he could do with so many beepers. He got them anyway.
"He paid me with pagers. I think he gave me probably 100 pagers. So I put the program on his computer and set him up. I took those pagers and sold them for $250 each. That was the going price at the time. And that's what got me started in the paging business."
He did this all from the trunk of his car. "I never had a store. I would just go on the South Side where the guys hung out, pop my trunk open, and they would come over and pay me $250 cash." Every month, he would drive to the same places and sell more. "I would beep them with my program and tell them I would be at this corner, come pay your bill. And they would. Most of them paid it up for six to seven months, so they didn't have to come out every month. I just started that routine, and it grew and it grew."
Chapron met a paging carrier from Ohio, who told him he should get into the paging business himself and become a carrier. Soon Chapron owned his own frequencies and an antenna on both the John Hancock and IBM buildings.
"I grew that business from the trunk of my car all the way up to close to 100,000 subscribers," he says. "I became the largest paging company, minority-owned, in Illinois; definitely the only African American paging carrier that I know of in the state. I created my own brand, Hyde Park Beepers."
Chapron ran that business for almost 12 years, until he connected with an emerging company called Cellular One. "They came out and said, 'We want your business.' Paging was dying at the time, so I wind up doing a deal with them and converting those paging customers over to cellular phone customers."
One of the things Chapron understood that the big companies did not was the urban economy: it's often cash-based, meaning that traditional credit checks and payment methods don't apply--or reflect the strength of a potential customer or community. Billing a customer each month and expecting them to mail it in doesn't work in many cases. What does work is to have customers pre-pay. This requires a change in thinking on the part of white corporate America. And urban entrepreneurs like Chapron have spent years trying to show them the light.
"I pioneered pre-paid for Cellular One, which was Southwestern Bell. They didn't know anything about pre-paid and didn't know if it could work," he says. "They used my customer base to trial it out. We made a ton of money together off that; and then I wound up converting those customers to traditional post-paid customers."
III. Los Angeles: homecoming
When Pacific Bell was launching its wireless business in 1998, someone in Cellular One's Chicago office remembered Chapron had been raised in Los Angeles and asked if he was interested in becoming a distributor there. The answer was yes. "Paging had died, and that was my life and bread. I was never making as much in cellular as I was in paging," he says.
He and his brother, Tracy Chapron, met with executives at Pacific Bell Wireless. (Note: The early cellular business was continually consolidating. Cingular Wireless was formed in 2001 as a joint venture of SBC Communications (now AT&T) and BellSouth. It included the wireless businesses of about a dozen regional wireless companies, including Pacific Bell Wireless and Cellular One.)
"They listened to our story and they loved it. We had the experience, and they signed us up that day," says Chapron. They incorporated as West Coast Digital and were on their way as an exclusive premier agent for Pacific Bell in the Los Angeles market. "I think at the time there were only 10 people they issued this exclusive license to," he says.
Chapron sold his Cellular One business in Chicago and moved back to Los Angeles with his wife, Monica, and his sons Tyler, now 12, and Victor, Jr., now 15. "I've been Cingular Wireless's only African American dealer in the LA market. And I've been with them since that day in 1998 when they signed us up."
Coming from an urban market where he'd done very well, the first thing Chapron said to his brother was, "Let's go into the Hispanic and African American market." Easier said than done. They knew it would work, but they needed corporate to agree.
Authorized to open branded stores, they submitted urban locations that included Huntington Park, Compton, and East LA--"areas where most people don't feel comfortable driving," he says, laughing. These also were areas where they knew people. "They need service too--and it's always been my goal to take upscale services to the community."
All those locations were denied. "They said 'No, it's not an average household income of $105,000.'" Shot down from doing what they wanted most and knew best, they went back to the drawing board and submitted locations more likely to be approved.
By this point, however, all the best locations were taken. "Keep in mind, we're coming in after they had dished out the Laguna Niguels, Newport Beaches, and all the upscale communities to the other agents. So we took pretty much the crumbs," says Chapron.
But one man's crumbs are another man's bread. "Because of the population density in LA, we did well--and we also still serviced our core market. No matter where you go in LA, you're still urban. We became very successful and we performed well," he says.
They kept submitting their preferred locations, and in 2002 Cingular approved a store in Inglewood, near the airport (LAX). And again, they were proven correct. "Our Inglewood store was always ranked in the top five in the state. It wound up breaking all the records," he says.
"They started listening to us from that day, and they allowed us to open up in Huntington Park, Compton, and East LA," he says. "We opened beautiful-looking stores in those areas--the same stores you would see in Manhattan Beach or Newport Beach."
His stores became successful, he says, because people in those under-served communities "were excited that someone cared enough to do that." Also, he notes, "We were the first one in there, so we got good deals on our rents--and the respect from the community. We did very well."
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In Los Angeles, City of Angels, about half the city's 4 million residents are of Latino/Hispanic origin. (African Americans are about 11 percent.) Chapron knew the importance of this market, but it took corporate longer to catch on.
"We were working that market with no Spanish dealers, no Spanish literature, no Spanish contracts, dealing with 100 percent Spanish-speaking communities. They didn't even have a pre-paid product at this point," he says. Cingular finally created a program called the Hispanic Initiative and put a lot of marketing money into it, including those missing marketing materials, he says. "We pretty much launched that for them. We were in the Hispanic market since day one anyway with them."
The benefits flowed both ways. "We helped them learn and understand the Hispanic market. We taught them a lot, and we learned a lot," he says. "I thank God I went to the Hispanic market, because it has really blessed my life financially to be able to understand it. And that's been one of the key points that gets me into these chairmen, because they just don't understand it."
Change, change, change
After Cingular acquired AT&T Wireless in October 2004, he says things began to change--and not for the better. The new head of the western region, who came over from AT&T, did not believe in the agent indirect channel. This marked the beginning of a downturn in his relationship with Cingular. "All of the love and treatment we had went away. It went away slowly, and it's still going away," he says.
Cingular, he says, feeling they'd learned how to market in urban settings, began opening its own stores in his territory, some a mile away, some just a block or two from his stores. "This just happened within the last year," he says. "That made me look, and say 'Well, I guess this relationship is coming to an end.'"
With the changes at Cingular, Chapron started shopping his options. He recently sold his remaining interest in six Cingular Wireless stores in Chicago, and now he'signed a contract with Verizon Wireless in San Diego. As of September, he'd signed six leases for stores in San Diego, which were scheduled to open October 15. "They're all Hispanic and African American locations," says Chapron. He plans to open a total of 15 in the San Diego market by year-end.
"Verizon wants us to grow their urban market for them. That's where I am today, going over to the Verizon side of the fence because there's growth there and they're happy to have me. Go where you're wanted, not tolerated," says Chapron.
He's also looking at potential deals with Metro PCS and Cricket Communications, the new carriers on the block. He says both offer products more suited to the urban cell phone user. "There's no credit check, there's no contract, they text you your bill, and they're a low-cost provider," he says.
So when Cingular asked him to go to Atlanta and help them, as he did in Chicago, "I took one look at Metro PCS there and I said no way. Every location accepts cash payments and they have a rate plan with unlimited incoming and unlimited outgoing. It's just local coverage, so you can't go outside of Atlanta and use your phone, but they give it to you for $35 a month." (Most people who live in the urban community don't travel outside it, so unlimited local coverage works well for them, he says.)
"Metro's going to hurt the urban market here for Verizon and Cingular, who have never really figured out how to handle that customer anyway," he says. "Sprint, Verizon, and Cingular are all taking a hit in that area of business because they don't have a true product for that community."
And yes, Chapron is looking at potential deals with Metro PCS and Cricket in Texas and other areas across the South--as well as a future in franchising.
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We have acquired a kitten. He was presented with a dual attack: first by a friend dumping the purring kitten in my lap. Second, by the inescapable logic of "You need to take this one home. He's too pretty for the 'yotes to eat."
I'm not complaining, mind you. Well, not much. Sleep deprivation is a torturous thing, even when it's due to four pounds of black and silver fur attacking my toes through the blankets, and the purring loudly while shoving a little wet nose in my face and trying to nibble on my earlobe.
Yoga now requires excess cat toys, to throw and distract someone long enough to get a pose or two done.
Folding laundry... the only way that's actually getting accomplished is to lock myself and the older cat in the guest bedroom. Kili flops on the bed, and declines to even do her prior playful interference. In every line of her sacked-out body is "Oh, Bast, I'm too old for kitten antics. At last, a respite!"
Sadly, that only works until Kili's enjoyment of a kitten-free space is overriden by her awareness of a closed door (an abomination unto felinity.)
No matter how cute, this picture represents laundry that didn't get folded. Because someone thinks a towel held up to fold in half is an exciting new climbing wall. Every. Time.
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The teamwork of three area pharmacies is not only improving rural healthcare, but that effort also helped to bring a family back to the area.
Heath Faust, a Petersburg native and 2007 graduate of Boone Central, recently started working as a pharmacist at Wanek Pharmacy in Neligh, Wells Pharmacy in Albion and Elgin Pharmacy in Elgin.
"I was very excited to be able to come back to the area. I always wanted to come back. I didn't mind it when I lived in Wayne, but when I got to Omaha, I found out pretty fast that it wasn't right for me. I'm not a city kid at all. I like my space," Faust said.
Faust earned a chemical science degree from Wayne State and then went on to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for the doctor of pharmacy program.
Attracting Faust back to the area means bringing a family back since Faust is planning a July wedding. He and Jessica Bartak, a Pope John Central Catholic graduate, will be married July 23 and plan to live in Albion. Bartak will teach Spanish next year at St. Edward.
"She was teaching in West Point, but she'll be in St. Ed in August," Faust said. "Everything came together and happened really fast."
Wanek Pharmacy owner Danelle Charf said she's excited to have Faust in Neligh again. He worked a rotation with Wanek Pharmacy and spent about three weeks with business during his first year of pharmacy school.
"Those rotations are nice for students if they are interested in coming back and working. There is shortage for pharmacists in the area and across the state," she said. "I am really excited to have Heath here with us. He will be a great addition to the pharmacy. He will be a familiar face to some people around here - especially in Albion and Elgin as well."
Faust said he chose pharmacy because it's an exciting field to be in and has always been something that has interested him, especially since earning his chemistry degree.
"We get pretty good hours, competitive wage and a chance to interact with the community," he said. "Just seeing different faces everyday. You might be doing some of the same things everyday at work, but no two days are alike. That always keeps things interesting."
Faust said he enjoys helping people, especially with the financial aspect of his job. It's important for pharmacists to not only help find the best medication for patients, but find some less expensive options.
"One of the big things is that it is easy for us to reach out to people in our profession is to save people money and try to do the best we can to make sure people are on the right medications in the most cost-effective plans that they can be in," he said.
There's a lot of responsibility with being a pharmacist, Faust said.
"You get a patient that goes to three different doctors for three different things but wind up on duplicate medications, or two medications in the same class that probably don't need to be on both and pay a lot of money for them," he said. "We always get to interact with the customers - always get to talk to them. That is probably one of the best things about the job and making sure everyone is on what they need to be on."
Faust said he hopes to own his own pharmacy in the future, but in the mean time, he's thrilled to be working with the three pharmacies.
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Breaking Blue hasn't really covered this 2015 season from a game-to-game point of view, for a few reasons. We're not going to be the ones providing the news (for that, there is Shi Davidi and the Sportsnet crew), or the ones quickly providing a forum for analysis and discussion of that news like bloggers such as Andrew Stoeten and fansites like Bluebird Banter are, and of course we're usually doing other stuff during the day. We're interested in stepping back and writing about larger trends while doing original research about the Blue Jays and baseball as a whole.
With that said, it makes sense to introduce a feature in which we can comment on current Blue Jays news stories and offer bits of opinion from an analytically-oriented point of view. I'd like to do these weekly but the door is open for more frequent updates. The idea is that they are points that aren't developed enough to deserve their own post. So here is the Blue Jays News & Notes for the week starting today, August 24th.
– If Marcus Stroman is ready to re-enter the starting rotation in mid-September (as is the plan, apparently), the team should consider moving RA Dickey or Marco Estrada to the bullpen instead of the much-maligned Drew Hutchison (who is currently sitting in Buffalo). Obviously, there is much that will unfold between now and the point at which Stroman is ready and the team may find it easier to move Hutch to the bullpen because of his profile and for clubhouse reasons. But, Hutchison's peripherals this year and his projections going forward suggest that he is the best bet out of the three.
Marco Estrada cannot be expected to continue suppressing home runs at the rate he has. His 7.7% HR/FB is well below his career rate of 11.1% and pitchers in general do not have true talent HR/FB rates that stray far from the league average (usually around 10%). RA Dickey's knuckleball may allow him to maintain low BABIPs and that along with his good defense likely allows him to beat defense-independent estimates. However, his defense-independent numbers still matter and this year they have not been pretty. His actual runs allowed totals have not been great, either. Drew Hutchison's .339 BABIP does not remotely describe his true talent BABIP allowed skill and we should not expect his poor performance with runners on base to continue.
The Steamer projection system believes Hutchison is a 4.05 ERA pitcher going forward, Dickey is a 4.32 ERA pitcher, and Estrada 4.40. Steamer uses relevant historical data to evaluate the outlooks of players, and does a good job at that. These projections back up the defense-independent numbers (e.g. xFIP).
– Following the games of August 23rd, the Blue Jays sit first in Baseball Prospectus's World Series odds, with an 14.5% chance. BP projects the team to win 90.2 games, having a 60.2% chance of edging the Yankees for the division crown. Fangraphs has similar rates, saying the Jays have a 58.4% chance of winning the AL East.
– Josh Donaldson now leads the American League in Wins Above Replacement, according to Fangraphs, at 7.2. This means that the events he has created at the plate and on the bases, and the plays he has been a part of with the glove, can be expected to have contributed 7.2 wins over a replacement player.
This does not necessarily mean that Donaldson deserves the MVP or has passed Mike Trout — baseball analytics expert Mitchel Lichtman notes that WAR isn't specifically geared for answering MVP questions and so isn't particularly relevant.
– Blue Jays fans can stop asking themselves how the team would look if Edwin Encarnacion was hitting. With a big weekend, he is now up to a 135 wRC+ on the season, exactly what projections have him at going forward and only a tick below what was expected of him by projections pre-season. Edwin is having a typical season for him.
– Devon Travis' injuries this season will prevent us from having a firm grip on who he actually is. Entering the season, opinions on Travis were divided and while he has produced very well this season and kept second base from being such a negative for the team as it had been in years past, Travis has only recorded 238 PA and Steamer and ZiPS don't believe he is a league-average bat. They still project him very well for a second baseman and the team is fine to enter 2016 with him manning the keystone. Still, what he'll produce in 2016 is very much up in the air.
– Russell Martin's season has cooled greatly, coinciding with nagging injuries. Martin is a great catcher and the Jays should be happy to have him around and in the lineup, but having Thole in the majors (especially with expanded September rosters coming up) to catch RA Dickey is probably the right idea.


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"We do this every year, this year, we have 564 boxes ordered- so this is more than any year that we've purchased," said Dr. Ed Grubaugh of Grubaugh Orthodontist.
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This season of the year is not joyful for everyone. In fact, honestly, many are worried. And when they find themselves plagued with melancholy memories of painful days, they find it difficult to sing the carol of "Noche de Paz".
Now, before you call me "Pooper", I suggest you go back to the first century to meet a disciple of Christ who fits into this category. This disciple was a man who always saw the glass half empty. When Jesus invited the twelve to come with him to Bethany, where He planned to resurrect his friend Lazarus, so that they would believe, this dejected soul shrugged and said, "Let us also go to die with Him" (John 11). : 14-16 Open with Logos Bible Software (if available)). Later, when Jesus spoke of his plan to leave the earth, return to glory and "prepare a place" for his followers before returning for them, the same sad individual could not understand what Jesus was saying. So he said in a sarcastic tone: "Lord, if we do not know where you are going, how are we going to know the way?" (14: 5).
Your name? As you probably already guessed, it's Tomás. While his colleagues were on the edge of their seats, receiving the words of Jesus, Thomas leaned back, frowning. Mere words did not move him. His reflective nature did not lower his resistance. And what do you think? The same afternoon after Jesus rose again and stood before them, to bring them words of peace and tranquility, Thomas missed the visit! Soon after when the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" Thomas did not believe them. Rather, he said: "But I see in his hands the sign of the nails, and I put my finger in the place of the nails, and put my hand on his side, I will not believe" (20:25).
Jesus did not hurry to convince the man. For eight days, the Lord waited patiently. Who knows how many times the others tried to persuade Thomas? Probably the joy of others only cemented their doubts. Until suddenly one day, unexpected, Jesus returned, and walked through closed doors, standing directly in front of Thomas. Without a word of reproach or shame, He simply showed His palms and moved his tunic to gently invite the enraged individual to touch the scars left by the nails and spear, urging him to believe.
That was it!
Without hesitation, Thomas bowed and exclaimed, "My Lord and my God!" (20: 27-28). The story does not end there. Continue at this Christmas season. Why would I say that? Because of the way Jesus answered Thomas when he finally believed: "Because you have seen me, have you believed? Blessed are those who did not see, and yet believed "(20:29).
There are many who consider it almost impossible to believe in Christ the Lord. Others believe in Him, but even as Christians, they identify with that melancholy and thoughtful disciple-and struggle to believe what Jesus has clearly promised.
Does it sound familiar? Are you struggling with the words of the carols that announce great joy? Do the Christmases cause you an overwhelming weight instead of providing you with a time of rest, reflection and rejoicing?
Take a breath, my friend! Consider the undeniable evidence with eyes of faith. Read again the inspired story of the Savior's birth. Remember that just as Jesus came-in response to a promise-He has also promised to return for us. He will return for those who have not seen him, and yet have declared him "My Lord and my God!"
* Used with permission of Vision To Live. The biblical teaching ministry of Charles R. Swindoll and Carlos A. Zazueta.


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Hood College and Fort Detrick Sign Agreement to Provide Graduate Scholarships for Active Duty Military
On Monday, February 25, 2019, Hood College and Fort Detrick signed an agreement to provide graduate scholarships for active duty military stationed at the army base in Frederick, M.D.
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Hood College President Andrea Chapdelaine and COL Scott Halter, Commander at Fort Detrick executed the Memorandum of Understanding during a public event hosted by Hood's Graduate School and attended by university and army officials and personnel. Hood College and the Army Continuing Education System worked together to bring this latest partnership to action.
"One of the things that I think is most important is that we need to do is to provide an educational pathway for our active military as we thank them for their service," said Hood College president, Andrea Chapdelaine.
The college will hold advising sessions on site, and all qualified army personnel enrolled will received a reduction per tuition credit of 40 to 60 percent depending on the graduate program.
"This partnership allows us to lower the financial burden while still achieving a great result," said Col. Scott Halter, Commander of U.S. Army Garrison Fort Detrick.
Hood College and Fort Detrick have a long relationship of working together in the area of education.
Interested in furthering your education and boosting your professional career? Lean about Hood College's graduate programs by clicking here.
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Hi. I hope you will consider making JIM right-to-left friendly!
Currently I can align text from right to left but this is not enough for RTL languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and more). we need the text direction to be RTL so that punctuation will also be on the correct side.
Danielle Schneider ● 4 years ago
Thanks for the request! I'll send this to our team.
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Feeling Feminine – Photographer Anna Palma and stylist Katelyn Mooney team up for a story of ultra-feminine looks featured as our latest exclusive. Model Kate evokes sixties style glamour in lightweight summer pieces from the likes of Cheap Monday, Isabel Marant, Vivienne Westwood and Free People. Blonde curls and a smokey eyelash by beauty artist Willow Mayor offer the perfect complement to the chic and romantic ensembles.
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Paris-Nice 2016: An in depth look into the stages and GC contenders
The 74th edition of Paris-Nice will run from the 6th of March to the 13th 2016. It will include one prologue and 7 stages.
The three men who jump out among the contenders are Porte (BMC Racing) and Contador (Tinkoff), both winning the title twice, with Geraint Thomas (Sky) one to keep a close eye on after an impressive overall victory at the Volta ao Algarve. Fabio Aru (Astana) was thought to be doing the race but recently opted to skip the stage race as he cuts down his race programme. Contador last took part way back in 2010, when Porte was his team mate at Saxo Bank. Paris-Nice is used by many tour contenders to see what level they are currently racing at and to build vital base endurance for the Tour. With it being a seven stages race it isn't to taxing for an all out effort to win but this year's route is a bit of a gruelling one. The GC contenders at this race take it seriously, a race if won to be proud of. It will instil confidence to the victorious overall and stage winners; this then sets the tune for the season. The race will be won and lost on Stages Five, Six and Seven where the GC riders will dig deep on the mountain passes. The leaders will also need to have a strong team to avoid any unwanted surprises on the way into Vendome and not to lose unnecessary time into Mont Brouilly.
Prologue. Is a flat 6.1km TT Prologue and the only race against the clock all week.
Stage 1. Should be one for the sprinters and heads southwest into the flat exposed roads found at the Tour de France. There are a couple of minor obstacles to negotiate: a 600m and 1300m segment of limestone gravel road.
Stage 2. Another stage for the sprinters it would seem but look out for the exposed roads. If there are heavy cross winds this is where a strong team will come into play to protect the GC rider. Some riders may get caught out and if unlucky find themselves losing minutes by the time they roll in.
Stage 3. The summit finish at Mont Brouilly is a 3km 8% climb. The effort on the climb will be difficult to measure due to the steep ramps followed by the brief landings. Going from 14% grade to then having to shift into the big gear can disrupt the rhythm of a climb.
Stage 4. This one is again for the sprinters, although it could be considered a hilly stage the peloton should reel any break-away's in for a fast finish into Romans-sur-Isere.
Stage 5. There is a visit to the slopes of Mont Ventoux on the Mountainous stage five, where they will ride the lower slopes up to Chalet Reynard. A great opportunity for a break-away victory or failing that a small group to get away on the latter category 2 climbs of the Cote de la Roque and Col de Seze.
Stage 6. This will be mostly likely the stage to decide the winner. The major summit finish will be up the 15.6km Madone D'Utelle, at an average of 5.3%. Expect Porte or Thomas to attack and get into time trial mode once the grade lessens. The 6 categorised climbs before the Madone will be sure to sap the legs before the final climb.
Stage 7. It won't be an easy finish into Nice either if there are a few seconds to play for in the GC you could expect all out efforts for the win, with its punchy climbs and steep descents. With 6 categorised climbs and a cat 1 coming in the shape of the Col d'Eze (7.7km at 5.7%) 26km from the finish and then a 15km descent into Nice; if a gap is formed and alliances created who knows what the final result could be?
Porte looking to defend his title has aided his bid by becoming the team leader of BMC Racing, whereas he was seen as an upper domestique for Sky. Meaning the team, training and race preparation for the season are geared around him and Tejay van Garderen, the other joint leader. At the Tour Down Under Porte claimed his first victory for BMC by taking the queen stage and placing a respectable second overall. Will Porte feel the new added pressure of being the team leader, does he have a strong enough team and can he use his knowledge of team Sky to his advantage?
Contador started off his 2016 season with an impressive victory at stage 5 Volta ao Algarve. Contador now in his "last season" will surly want to go out with a bang but has been around long enough and won enough grand tours to know how to prepare correctly. He won't be taking risks that jeopardise his bid for the Tour de France. He does have the excellent climber alongside and super domestique Rafal Majka.
Sky's GC leader Thomas had a very impressive performance in last year's tour showing himself to be one of the best climbers and only fell out of the top three in the final days. This year he has also took the overall win at the Volta ao Algarve. Expect a strong performance with the help and support in the mountains from Nicolas Roche, Mikel Nieve and Sergio Henao. While the likes of Stannard, Boswell, Swift and Rowe will help protect and look after in the flat stages. Thomas comes with a strong team around him.
The stage 6 climb, Madone U'telle, could play into the hands of Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) who was only beaten by Nibali (Astana) on the Green Mountain, Oman. Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin), the surprise package at last year's Vuelta Espana, will look to cement his place as a stage racer and came in less than 10 seconds behind Bardet on the same stage. Others which have a notable mention and will be looking for a podium spot are: Jerome Coppel (IAM Cycling), Simon Yates (Orica-GreenEDGE), Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) and Pierre Rolland (Cannondale).
With some tricky finishes such as stage 3 the "power" riders may be looking to get in the break-away's or make a solo punch off the front of the peloton. Expect riders such as Gallopin, Gilbert, Chavanel, Albasini or Westra to jump into break-away's or steal a march up some of the punchy climbs. This could limit the victories for the sprinters such as: Kittel, Kristoff (Katusha) and Greipel (Lotto-Soudal). If it does come down to a sprint and showing great early season form Kittel (Etixx-Quick-Step) should be the man to back.
Paris-Nice route 2016 (March 6 – March 13):
Sunday, March 6, prologue: Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 6.1 km (ITT)
Monday, March 7, Stage 1: Condé-sur-Vesgre > Vendôme, 195 km
Tuesday, March 8, Stage 2: Contres > Commentry, 214 km
Wednesday, March 9, Stage 3: Cusset > Mont Brouilly, 165.5 km
Thursday, March 10, Stage 4: Juliénas > Romans-sur-Isère, 193.5 km
Friday, March 11, Stage 5: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Salon-de-Provence, 198 km
Saturday, March 12, Stage 6: Nice > La Madone d'Utelle, 177 km
Sunday, March 13, Stage 7: Nice > Nice, 141 km
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Terra Linda, a short hike from where I live
Bodega Bay
The carnivorous plants are all coming out of dormancy.
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There was a time when being a blogger seemed like a huge joke. People called bloggers fools for making blogging their main preoccupation. Back then, the thought of making a living through your blog was nothing more than a fantasy. Nobody thought it was possible. No one was familiar with the concept of working from home. How could sharing your thoughts on a blog be something of interest?
When you fast forward to our world today, the perception of bloggers and blogging has changed. Bloggers now make a comfortable living just sharing their ideas and giving value to people through their blogs. More and more people read blogs everyday and a good number of people have embraced blogging all together.
We were once considered as foolish but unknown to society we were wiser than they thought we were. Does this mean that bloggers are free from criticism or being looked down upon? Unfortunately, no. There are still many who think blogging is a waste of time. But if you're a blogger or intend to start your own blog one day, here are some reasons why bloggers are smarter than many people think them to be.
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As bloggers, we put in a lot of hard work to build our brand and elevate ourselves to the stage where we will earn a comfortable living through our blog. At first, it seems crazy to put hours into writing, editing, and consistently publishing and promoting your blog posts, but we bloggers had a goal in mind.We see opportunities where others see "too busy to blog".
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Who would have thought anyone would care about a common blogger's opinion? Today, many people do. In fact, bloggers are among the most influential people online. There's hardly an influencer who doesn't own a blog of some sort, whether it be written or in video.
Most bloggers have a target audience they relate with on a level big companies would only dream about. Which is why we how we have become so relevant. Now people seek out influencers to promote their products or chip in a good word for their brand, products or services.
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The answer to almost every question you need answered can be found on a blog. This makes blogs go-to resources for their readers. Bloggers are dedicated to giving loads of value in their blogs and making sure that there are actionable steps or are jam-packed with useful information. If you're learning something new, you can always find a step-by-step tutorial to guide you through the process.
Blogs rich with information are highly consulted and bloggers are seen as experts in their niche.
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An innovative platform for management, monitoring and analysis of the urban environment
Smart City is a platform that enables the integration of various intelligent systems for management, monitoring and analysis of the urban environment and the technologies implemented in it.
The platform is a comprehensive tool for monitoring both historical data and current status and trends. It enables operators to monitor and manage urban technologies, devices and systems from a single location.
The platform enables data aggregation, monitoring, integration, consolidation and visualization. The user interface is coherent and easy to use, providing online information on traffic status, air pollution, environmental status and urban services.
Modules: Traffic monitoring Traffic control Urban transport Vehicle management Parking management Emergency services Accidents and roads closure Bicycle sharing VMS road signs
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Your hands, feet, knees & elbows have been asking for this. Made with Sweet Almond oil, Shea butter, locally-sourced beeswax, & Tea Tree Essential Oil. Now that's a great combination! Net Vol 4.0 oz., 2.0 oz. & .5 oz Travel Size.
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I repeatedly buy this product. It is great for dry hands. I keep a small one in my purse and a larger tin on my bathroom counter. I bought this for someone as a gift this year, and they loved it.
All the hand washing to protect myself from germs this year leaves them feeling dry and tight. To combat that, I use this product every night as part of my getting ready for bed routine... and often during the day too! I find the scent both comforting and relaxing and the balm makes my worn out hands feel great again. I often get so dry I get cracks in my fingertips during winter. This year, with the help of the Palm Balm my fingertips have stayed soft and smooth.
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Exclusive Blog from Tony Memmel: All about his New Music and Exciting Contest with VH1
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- May 28, 2014
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Watch Now! The "Zippy's Club" play theme song video, "The Best That You Can Be."
Dear readers,
I recently had the pleasure of working alongside Candida, her family, and her friends during the stage production of "Zippy's Club." I wrote the theme song "The Best That You Can Be," and lead the cast and audience in singing to close each performance. Candida's spirit and kindness inspire me and I am grateful that she has asked me to contribute a few thoughts to her blog today.
I was born missing my left forearm and hand. As a teenager, I taught myself to play guitar by building a homemade cast out of Gorilla Tape (duct tape) and securing a guitar pick to my arm.
My recent big news is that I have been chosen by VH1 and Republic Records as a semi-finalist in the "You Oughtta Know" presents "Make a Band Famous" competition. Out of 2,700+ entries, I have been narrowed into the top 60.
The top 60 includes a voting portion of the competition. Fans, friends, and people I've never met before, are now casting votes in mass via Twitter (by simply including #tonymemmel #mabf in their Twitter tweets), and we have been on the leader board since last week!
A unique culture is existing on Twitter, at the moment. It's like nothing I've ever seen. People from different states, age groups, and backgrounds nationwide are chiming in and tweeting with real fervor.
Even a few celebrities have voiced support; Jim Abbott (former Major League Baseball player), Suzanne Vega (musician), and Bradley Pierce (the voice of Chip in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," and the little boy in "Jumanji.").
I'm humbled.
I feel deep responsibility and gratitude toward those who are casting votes on my behalf, and I hope to compete in the finals on their behalf in New York City, in June… I want to do my best for them.
Regardless of the outcome, I will continue to write, record, and release music because that's the core of what it's all really about for me.
I moved to Nashville six months ago, and there is a saying here, "It all starts with a song." What I take from that is: If you create good work, study and develop your craft, and always do your best in your own respective profession, the world will benefit… Which brings us full circle back to today's new music release – always be "the best that you can be."
A big thank you to Candida and to all of my #tonymemmel #mabf friends!
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TIG Weld the Aluminum Hurricane (Part 1)
TIG > Aluminum • 11m
This video shows the butt joint portion of this aluminum hurricane project and how a #5 alumina cup can be the best choice for certain aluminum welds
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TIG Welding Aluminum Hurricane (Part 2)
This project was sent to me by a laser cutting company that sells them as weldable kits. It was a good practice project that required a lot of different torch angles. Rotating the torch head as you weld is shown along with plenty of instructive arc shots
TIG Welding Aluminum Outside Corner w...
The outside corner joint is a very common one. This video shows a slightly different perspective using aluminum angle. Same joint, different perspectives and some practice padding beads added.
This Video gives tips for TIG welding a 1G flat butt joint and how to watch the puddle sink to make sure you are getting penetration,
A tee joint fillet weld test in 11 ga thickness usually requires penetration into the root but not all the way thru the back side