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Jeep Compass
₹ 26.41 Lakhs
On-Road Price, ChennaiEx-Showroom Price, Chennai
Overview of the car
60 Litres
6 AirBags
5 Seater
3 Years / Unlimited kms
Performance Metrics
kilometers per hour
Offers right now
Save upto 75,000/- on select variants
Tech Specs
- Displacement
- 1956 cc
- Max Power
- 168 bhp
- Torque
- 35.7 kgm
- Number of Cylinder(s)
- 4
- Wheel Base
- 2699 mm
- Ground Clearance
- 183 mm
- Bootspace
- 421 ltrs
- Turning Circle
- 11.8 mtrs
Suspension & Chassis
- Front Suspension
- Airmatic Suspension
- Rear Suspension
- Airmatic Suspension
- Steering Type
- Power Assisted
- Tyres
- Front;225/60 R17;Rear;225/60 R17
- Front Brakes
- Disc
- Rear Brakes
- Disc
Reviews and Video
Narain Says
This is an SUV that is not averse to corners. There is quite a bit of roll but the Compass soon settles on its springs nicely and then you can lean on it and go harder and harder. Straight-line stability is superb and the steering is very impressive.
Hormazd Says
This SUV's fundamentals are so strong, it's difficult not to compare the Compass to cars from a class above, like the Volkswagen Tiguan which is a lot more expensive at where it stands today. And that's the real kicker – the Compass may just be the value luxury SUV you have been waiting for.
TorqueX Review
What you'll like?
Real off-road ability, strong dynamics and plenty of luxury
What you won't like?
No diesel auto, some important kit missing, Fiat's dealer network
TorqueX Says
More Practical than Sporty, GLA Diesel is a Very Likeable Package
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Jeep Compass Review, Road Test
What is it?
Jeep was the first company in the world to design, engineer and build the first proper SUV. Known as the Willys Station Wagon, this great, great, great granddaddy of the modern SUV first went on sale in 1946. And it wasn't just any old off-roader; it was the real deal, with almost every essential SUV element present. It had an upright two-box shape, plenty of space in the cabin, a tough build and, of course, a proper four-wheel-drive system that allowed it to clamber over obstacles with ease.
Fast forward 70-odd years and it's precisely these genes and strands of DNA that have given the new Compass an unassailable edge. We've only just driven out of the plant in Ranjangaon, near Pune, but the Compass has already made such a strong first impression that we're scratching our heads. Is it really that good?
Our test car was finished in silver, and while it isn't its most fetching colour, it does allow the lines to come shining through: the well-defined shoulder line, the sharp lines on the bonnet and those typically square and tough-looking wheel arches. The focus, of course, is that seven-slot grille and those slightly sunken headlights. And yes, it does look like a baby Grand Cherokee – the handsome lines and a square jaw easy to appreciate. But there is a hint of ungainliness from certain angles due to the flat bonnet and long cabin, and bigger wheels would have helped the aesthetic. Still, there are some extremely well-executed details, like the shark fin-like D-pillar and the manner in which the roof drops towards the rear in an almost Range Rover Evoque-like manner.
What is it like on the inside?
The Jeep's cabin is a pleasant surprise. Yes, the design of the dash is quite boring and there are a few not-so-nice bits of hard and shiny plastic – the piano black surrounds around the vents being a prime example – and the touchscreen is small and a bit fiddly to use. Also, it's quite a step up into the cabin, and the sill is wide, and that could be an issue for short or elderly folk. Otherwise, everything on the inside is executed to such a high level that there's a genuine honest-to-god luxury car vibe here.
The soft-feel textures, supple leather, superbly finished bits of chrome and a build that's genuinely tank-like, all leave a lasting impression. Jeep has been bold and has specified this top-of-the-line Limited 4x4 variant with premium Alpine leather interior. The soft and supple seats are finished in 'snow white' which won't be easy to keep clean, but they feel so luxurious. And that's not it: there's the leather-wrapped steering wheel that gives the cabin a lift, the padded door pads are superbly crafted, the metal-tipped gear knob that gets cooled by the air-con vents is an absolute delight to hold, and the graphics on the screen inside the instrument panel are clear and easy to read. However, the dummy switches on the right of the steering wheel are all too conspicuous and a glaring reminder of missing features.
There is a bit of reflection from the dials, and storage space on the centre console is limited, but otherwise, the cabin is thoroughly practical as well. Space on the inside is huge, with plenty of leg- and shoulder-room, and the front seats are extremely comfortable. The bench at the rear has been changed for India. There is now a lot more thigh support due to the longer squab, the seat height is just right, and the backrest is a tad vertical, which, unlike the Tucson's, doesn't recline. In fact, rear seat comfort is where the Tucson is clearly better than the Compass and its limited width makes it only suitable for two adults.
There's also plenty of safety kit. Four-channel ABS and ESP are obviously present and standard, but you also get Panic Brake Assist, Hydraulic Booster Failure Compensation, Electronic Roll Mitigation (essential in the US), Electronic Brake Pre-fill and six airbags.
Jeep has knocked out a bit of essential kit though. Sure, you get four-wheel drive and Select Terrain, but there's no diesel auto yet (a nine-speed is expected early next year). However, certain features that one expects in a car in this class – like cruise control, a sunroof, and auto headlights and wipers – are missing. You don't get an auto-dimming mirror either.
What is it like to drive?
We start our test drive of the Compass by getting off the road into some barren fields. There's a bit of a hill ahead and a well-beaten path. But we take the short way up, across some bunds, over a rocky ledge and then up a steep incline. The Compass initially walks it, but then stalls up a steep, crumbly rise. We roll back to have another go, selecting the four-wheel-drive lock this time around, and the Jeep bounds up and over. The next 15 minutes or so are spent doing immature (but fun) stuff like driving up ridges, clambering over medium-sized rocks and crossing pillow-soft fields that have been ploughed, waiting for the rain. There's no low range and we don't use the Terrain Select dial, but the Jeep still scores really well. And what leaves a lasting impression is that it just feels tough, solid and unbreakable.
DNA test done, it's time to get in and see if the Compass rides like a luxury car too. Back on the road, it settles down to the slightly bumpy tarmac quite nicely. There's a mild rocking movement over the lumpier bits and there's a hint of stiffness too, but otherwise, the ride is so supple, so absorbent and so silent. The Compass gets Frequency Selective Dampers, as on the earlier-gen Merc C-class, which adjust automatically for high-frequency bumps or body roll.
Straight-line stability is superb and the steering is very impressive, but there is quite a bit of roll in corners. However, the Compass soon settles on its springs nicely and then you can lean on it and go harder and harder. This is an SUV that is not averse to corners. It has a really nice balance to it, and the brakes give you a great amount of confidence on the way into corners. The steering compensates for pull or drift and is well-weighted, extremely direct and, for a fully electric system, comes with a surprising amount of feel.
Fiat's 2.0-litre Multijet II diesel makes its debut in India under the hood of the Compass. Producing around 170hp, it is run through a six-speed manual that, for the most part, sends power to the front wheels. These series two engines use seven injections of diesel per power stroke and, as a result, are a bit more refined; but there's still a fair amount of pitter-patter at idle. At lower engine speeds, there's a bit of lag too. Power starts to flow in smoothly after 1,800rpm and then there's a linear ramp up in performance, all the way to 4,000-4,500rpm. There's a considerable amount of punch in the mid-range and the Compass gathers speed at a rapid rate when you keep flat on the floor. But even though the gearbox is light and slick, and the metal cue-ball-top gear lever is a joy to use, the SUV is best enjoyed a couple of notches below flat out; the motor gets a bit boomy after 3,500rpm and once past 4,500rpm, it starts to feel extremely strained. The Compass will, however, cruise happily between 130kph and 140kph and press on, and there's a lot more power available. Jeep, however, is yet to sign off on the state of tune of the engine and NVH levels; the flow of power could improve once that is done.
Should I buy one?
The Compass is a seriously impressive SUV that seems to take full advantage of Jeep's experience with SUVs. In fact, look deep into its headlights, past that seven-slot grille, and you can see the years and years of know-how shining through. Prices for the Compass diesel start at a very competitive Rs 15.45 lakh (ex showroom Delhi), with this top-of-the-line Limited (O) 4 X 4 going for Rs 20.65 lakh. What you get for your money is real off-road ability, strong dynamics and plenty of luxury and comfort on the inside. Sure, the touchscreen isn't really what's expected of a car in this class and there are important bits of kit missing, like a sunroof; and those interested will have to contend with Fiat's less-than-fantastic dealer network. Rear seat comfort could have been better for this segment, and those looking for a diesel automatic SUV will be disappointed as the Compass will get that only at a later stage. But this SUV's fundamentals are so strong, it's difficult not to compare it to cars from a class above, like the Volkswagen Tiguan which is a lot more expensive at where it stands today. And that's the real kicker – the Compass may just be the value luxury SUV you have been waiting for.
Apple, Levi's, McDonald's, Coca-Cola are American icons that have all carved a niche for themselves here in India, and something tells me Jeep is about to join that band.
Comfort & Convenience
- Central Locking
- Remote Locking
- Total Immobilizer
- Climate Control
- Remote Boot Release
- Remote Fuel Lid
- Front Fog Lamps
- Rear Wiper
- Rear Defogger
- Front Power Windows
- Rear Power Windows
- Trip Computer
- Electric Adjust wing mirror
- Dead Pedal
- Cruise Control
- Paddle shifters
- Sunroof
- Refrigerator
- Rain Sensing Wipers
- Air Conditioner
- Electric Sun Blinds
- Leather Wrapped Steering
- Reversing Camera
- Hill Start Assist
- 360 degree camera
- Heads Up Display
- Stop/start
- Daytime running lights
- LED Lights
- Adaptive headlights
- Headlamp Washers
- Rear AC Vents
- Rear Power Outlet
Drivers Aid & Safety
- Brake Assist
- Parking Sensors
- Airbags Total (6)
- Driver Seat Height Adjust
- Split rear seats
- Leather Upholstery
- Folding Rear Seats
- Front Adjustable Headrests
- Rear Adjustable Headrests
- Passenger Seat Height Adjust
- Lumbar Support
- Third row of seats
- Seat Massagers
- Seat Memory
- Cooled Seats
- Electric Seats
- Driver Seat Power Adjust
- Rear Seat Foldable Table
- Rear Seat Centre Armrest
Entertainment & Communication
- TouchScreen Audio System
- Audio system (with Radio)
- USB Port
- Bluetooth & Streaming
- Steering Audio Controls
- Speakers
- Hands Free Telephony
- Satellite Navigation
- Single CD Player
- Rear seat screens
- Subwoofer
- Voice activated controls
Tyres & Wheels
- Spare wheel
- Space saver
- Alloy Wheels


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The share of economists predicting the US Federal Reserve will reduce bond buying this month doubled after a government report showed back-to-back monthly payroll gains of 200,000 or more for the first time in almost a year.
The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will probably begin reducing US$85 billion in monthly bond purchases at a meeting on Thursday and Friday, according to 34 percent of economists surveyed on Friday by Bloomberg, an increase from 17 percent in a Nov. 8 survey.
Last month, 53 percent predicted a tapering in March, compared with 40 percent in Friday's poll.
The jobless rate fell to a five-year low of 7 percent last month as payrolls swelled by 203,000 after a revised 200,000 increase in October, the US Labor Department said on Friday.
The gain last month exceeded the 185,000 median forecast of 89 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
"Clearly the economy is performing far better than the FOMC expected, and there's no reason not to get started with tapering," said James Smith, chief economist at Parsec Financial Management Inc in Asheville, North Carolina, and a former economist at the Fed. He predicts the Fed will reduce monthly purchases to US$65 billion this month.
The pickup in hiring — the biggest gain in three months — signals that companies are more confident demand will improve, while gains in wages and hours reported on Friday give US workers more reason to spend, as holiday shopping gets under way. Stocks rallied on bets the economy is strong enough to withstand a reduction in the Fed's bond buying.
The payroll report puts the four-month average for gains at 204,000, and the six-month average at 180,000. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, a supporter of record stimulus who votes on policy this year, said in April he wants gains of 200,000 a month for about six months before tapering.
Atlanta's Dennis Lockhart, who does not vote, said several months of gains exceeding 180,000 would make slowing appropriate.
"The 200,000 number hits you right between the eyes," said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd in New York. "That's a number that everyone agrees the labor market is showing good-size gains, and the progress they're making seems to be sustainable if that marker is met, which it was."
The unemployment rate, derived from a separate Labor Department survey of households rather than employers, was forecast to fall to 7.2 percent.
In October, joblessness rose for the first time in five months, reflecting workers furloughed during a federal government shutdown that lasted half the month.
The FOMC has pledged to keep buying bonds until the "outlook for the labor market has improved substantially."
The payroll and unemployment numbers "are impressive in terms of a stronger economy and the need to exit QE," Pacific Investment Management Co's Bill Gross said on Friday on Bloomberg Radio. He said the odds of a taper this month are "at least 50:50 now."
The Thomson Reuters-University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for this month rose to 82.5, the highest in five months, from 75.1 last month. Economists forecast an increase to 76, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey.
The Labor Department's household survey showed more people were entering the labor force. The so-called participation rate rose to 63 percent last month, the first gain since June. A month earlier it fell to 62.8 percent, the lowest level since March 1978.

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Donald Trump's new campaign manager said Sunday that the creation of a new "deportation force" for undocumented immigrants under a Trump administration was yet "to be determined," NBC News reported.
Trump supported the forcible removal of the 11 million undocumented immigrants estimated to be living in the U.S.
Last November, he called for a deportation force to do the job.
When pressed by CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday, manager Kellyanne Conway, Trump's new campaign manager, avoided the question, but responded "To be determined."


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The Civics merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911. The name of the merit badge was changed to Citizenship by the 1948 revision to the Boy Scout Handbook, and from their, they were divided into the three citizenship badges known today.
1. State the principal citizenship requirements of an elector in his state.
2. Know the principal features of the naturalization laws of the United States.
3. Know how President, Vice-President, senators, and congressmen of the United States are elected and their terms of office.
4. Know the number of judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, how appointed, and their term of office.
5. Know the various administrative departments of government, as represented in the President's Cabinet.
6. Know how the governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, representatives, or assemblymen of his state are elected, and their terms of office.
7. Know whether the judges of the principal courts in his state are appointed or elected, and the length of their terms.
8. Know how the principal officers in his town or city are elected and for what terms.
9. Know the duties of the various city departments, such as fire, police, board of health, etc.
10. Draw a map of the town or city in which he lives, giving location of the principal public buildings and points of special interest.
11. Give satisfactory evidence that he is familiar with the provisions and history of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States.


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How many of us have boxes of perfectly good, gently used items that we just don't need anymore? We hold on to them in case someone else could use them, or to keep them out of the landfill. But our storage closets are filling up, and Craigslist isn't the answer.
Have on Hand helps by allowing people to Request items they need—defining details of what they're looking for. We then sort those requests and deliver them only to the people who are likely to have those things on hand. Then we help you connect.
Why buy new items when sometimes a used item will work just fine, or even be more convenient. Let's break the mentality that our only solution for getting things is to buy them.
You know that thing you just bought on Amazon for $150. Did you know your neighbor has one in his basement he would have given you? Finding free stuff instead of paying for stuff is a great way to keep money in pockets.
When used items stay in use, they stay out of landfills. And when you and your friends maximize the useful life of something, it keeps new ones from ending up in garages, basements, and landfills.


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ALA Membership Pavilion
Booth #1840 in the Exhibits
Please plan to come by Booth # 1840, the ALA Membership Pavilion, to learn more about ways that membership can enhance your career, connect you with colleagues from around the world, and improve library services to your community.
ALA Ambassadors will staff the Welcome Desk in the Pavilion. If you have questions, they have answers about programs, places, and connecting with other people. Members of the New Members Round Table will be on hand throughout to help you find ways to get more involved in supporting libraries and the profession through membership.
The Membership Pavilion includes offerings from each division, round table and office of the association and will feature a series on [ALA 101 Programs] in our mini-auditorium. Come and learn in 15-minute segments throughout the conference about what the wider association is up to.
Take a few minutes while in the exhibits to relax in the Member Lounge. Immediately adjacent to the Membership Pavilion, the Lounge is available to you to relax, meet new people and hold informal discussions over breaks. Record your own audio- or video-casts live from the exhibits at the LIBcast booth. Representatives of each and every ALA Division, Round Table and Office are ready to assist you in making Connections with Colleagues, Advancing your Career and Transforming Your Community through Membership.
Visit ALA in Booth 1840 and take the next step in making membership connections.


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T.J. Parker grew up working in his father's family-owned pharmacy in Concord, N.H. Now he's setting out to change the way people have been buying medication for more than a century.
Parker launched a startup called PillPack last year, aiming to overhaul the pharmacy business the way Netflix upended the world of movie rentals. PillPack promises to make the process of ordering medication simple and fast by using the Internet and the reach of the US Postal Service.
PillPack ships doctor-prescribed medications to customers every two weeks. Rather than delivering drugs in separate bottles, PillPack does all the sorting ahead of time. Every dosage is individually packaged and labeled. The day and time the pills should be taken are stamped on each pack.
When Parker worked for his father's pharmacy, he often delivered medications to homes. The sight of customers with piles of pill bottles and computer spreadsheets taped to refrigerator doors was common. He thought there had to be a better way.
After graduating from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 2012, Parker put his idea to the test and created PillPack.
"The biggest value for me is having grown up with this," said Parker, who runs his startup out of offices in Somerville and Manchester, N.H.
Parker has had some early success. He entered the famed startup accelerator program Techstars in 2013 and has raised $4 million in venture funding, largely from the Cambridge firms Atlas Venture and Founder Collective. PillPack also received design help from IDEO, a firm that has worked with the likes of Apple and Ford Motor Co.
So far, the company has several hundred customers. But Parker says PillPack is just starting to advertise. And he's still working with his dad, who lends years of experience working in a brick-and-mortar pharmacy to help launch one for the digital age.
Michael B. Farrell can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeMBFarrell.


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I prototype, design, and build delightful user experiences at Google. I'm a Front-end Engineer fluent in Android & Web development and have a passion for UX. I received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Human-Computer Interaction program at Virginia Tech & a Masters in CS from Georgia Tech.
According to my peers and managers, my skills lie in generating ideas & prototyping new features, and perfecting the user experience on exploratory projects. Most days, I split my time between creating prototypes and demos of new features and on engineering tasks for more established projects.
User Experience & Design Consulting
A usable, friendly, and fast web site keeps users happy. Designing for usability is part art, part science. As a User Experience Consultant, I am happy to provide actionable suggestions to product teams that you can implement with your team. Read on for more details »
Current & Past Projects
Google Now
I currently work on building upcoming features for Google Now, the contextual assistant that provides you "the right information at just the right time". Moving from web front-end engineering to Android development has been a fun challenge!
Inbox by Gmail
I was a front-end engineer on the Inbox team, a complete redesign of the email experience from the Gmail team. I worked on the "Inbox model", a term we used for the state transitions that form the crux of the Inbox experience: moving messages between Done, Snoozed and Pinned states. I also developed various Web UI features, including multi-selection, email actions, menus, the navigation bar, animations, etc.
This project was aligned closely with my dissertation interests because email is such an integral part of our personal information. Many people use their email as a task list, we receive confirmation emails about events, flights, trip plans, and so much planning happens within email.
Google Instant
I was the first engineer on Google Instant and worked solo for 3–4 months designing and prototyping the simple yet powerful UI that Google is known for. During this time, I created several designs, mocks, and prototypes of Instant that explored the "search as you type" space. Google's blog post on Google Instant shares a few of the mocks and prototypes I developed. Fun fact: when I showed an early prototype to members of the infrastructure team, here's the reaction I got.
As the team grew, I worked with a team of awesome front-end engineers to productionize the application and eventually, to launch it. When Google Instant launched in August 2010, it was referred to as the biggest change to Google since the launch of Google itself.
Google Voice Search
After Instant, I worked with the Speech Recognition team to launch Voice Search on Google.com. I was the only Web Search engineer working on this project exclusively, and thus was responsible for a majority of the front-end engineering work.
Academic Background
Before joining Google, I obtained my Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from Virginia Tech in 2009 (dissertation: "Mental Workload in Personal Information Management: Understanding PIM Practices Across Multiple Devices"). I hold a Masters degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and a Bachelors from the University of Mumbai.
Personal Life
I grew up in Bombay, the financial capital of India, right by the sea. My wife Amruta is a front-end engineer at Rackspace, and we love to travel and indulge in our shared passion for good food.


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Batch Architecture, Part Two
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I concluded Batch Architecture - Part One with a brief mention of inter-relationships and data. I'd like to expand on that on this part. Often the inter-relationships between applications are data driven - which is why I'm linking the two in this post (and in my thinking). But let's think about the inter-relationships that matter. There are four levels: Between applications. Between jobs. Between... [More]


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The American Welding Society, Miami, FL, named John L. Mendoza its 2011 president and chairman of the board. Mendoza retired from CPS Energy, San Antonio, TX, in February 2010, and works as a consultant for Lone Star Welding in El Paso, TX.
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Students boasted Bradley's classes as "the perfect size," providing "the variety and opportunities of a large school with the personal interaction that only a small university can offer," The Princeton Review's Best 368 Colleges noted in its 2009 edition.
For at least the seventh year in a row, Bradley University was named among the 368 best colleges nationwide by a New York-based education service that looked at school-reported data but also relied largely on student opinion.
Students boasted Bradley's classes as "the perfect size," providing "the variety and opportunities of a large school with the personal interaction that only a small university can offer," The Princeton Review's Best 368 Colleges noted in its 2009 edition, which hit bookshelves this week.
The guide, now in its 17th year, rated Bradley on academics, admissions and financial aid a 70, 77 and 73 respectively, each out of 99 possible points. The Princeton Review does not rank each school, one to 368, individually; rather, it tallies ranking lists in 62 categories.
"We at The Princeton Review think that Bradley is an academically excellent school and that it would not be in our Best 368 Colleges book if we didn't think so," said Rebecca Lessem, senior editor of the Best 368 colleges. "Only about 14 percent of four-year colleges are chosen."
But despite some of the flattery students offered Bradley, the private college was ranked fourth in the book under a category titled, "This is a library?," and seventh in a classification called, "Election? What election? (students least politically active.)"
The Princeton Review, also known for its SAT and ACT preparation programs, used some 120,000 student surveys to help determine results.
Tom Richmond, Bradley's director of admissions, marketing and communications, said the book offers a good first glance at colleges but buyers should be beware.
"It's in the words of students instead of the institution, so we appreciate being recognized and yes, it's a good guide, but it's also bit superficial," Richmond said. "I think it offers some insight that could save you a trip (to visit a college campus) if you see a lot of what you're looking for."
The caution, Richmond said, is that one quote in the book may be only one student's experience and perhaps not shared or experienced by others.
Lessem said the rankings book is designed to give potential students a better glimpse of what campus life might be like or what to expect from a school academically before they choose a college to attend. Other data in the book includes cost, student demographics, student-teacher ratio and admissions information.
"Bradley continues to be a regional school, with the vast majority of students originating from Illinois. It would undoubtedly love to broaden its geographic demographics, so the school presents an opportunity for out-of-staters seeking to attend an excellent university without having to endure a grueling admissions process," the rankings book stated.
About campus life, students noted, "For many at Bradley, 'social life is focused on fraternities and sororities, but these groups are far more open here than at other places.' While drinking plays a big role in the campus social life … students can find sober social opportunities if they want them. … Students give hometown Peoria middling grades, warning that 'if you go very far from the Bradley streets, you'll find yourself in a tough neighborhood.'"
Also mentioned in the rankings book, Knox College in Galesburg was ranked 9th for "best college radio station," 16th under "students happy with financial aid" and 17th "best college theater."
Dave Haney can be reached at (309) 686-3181 or email@example.com.


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5 Grocery Shopping Apps That Can Save You Time and Money
(NEW YORK) -- The editors of Consumer Reports' ShopSmart magazine took the time to test and try different programs and separated the good from the bad.
"Download a few convenient apps that can help you save big on the things you need the most," advised editor-in-chief Lisa Lee Freeman.
Here are some favorites from the magazine's recommendations:
1. ZipList
A startling number of people still don't make a list before they shop, even though study after study shows it saves you money by helping avoid impulse buys. This Apple and Android app creates a master list of groceries you buy over and over again, so you only have to do it once. It even organizes the list according to the aisle-by-aisle layout of participating stores.
2. Weekly Ads & Sales
Planning your menus around what's on sale in the supermarket circulars is another huge money saver, but some people can't stand all that paper pushing. This Apple app puts those circulars in electronic form. ShopSmart liked that it covers big grocery chains like Safeway and Kroger but also specialty chains like Old Navy and Best Buy.
3. Grocery iQ
Ever get that sinking feeling at checkout when the clerk asks if you have any coupons and --doh!-- you wonder if there are any good ones for the items you just loaded on the belt? This Android and Apple app finds coupons for the things on your list. ShopSmart found it works best for repeat purchases that you tend to buy every week.
4. SavingStar
Are you a guerilla grocery shopper who hunts down the very best deals at multiple markets? This app, which works on Apple, Android and Blackberry allows you to register all your loyalty cards. You're then given exclusive offers, such as $5 off of $30 spent on Charmin, Gilette or Ivory products. ShopSmart liked what's called the "One or Many" feature which lets you buy items over multiple trips to hit the quantities required for maximum savings.
5. Cellfire
Here's an app that sort of idiot-proofs your grocery shopping, even if you have no list, no circulars and no plan. Sign up via Apple, Android or Blackberry and it zings coupons directly to your loyalty cards. When you scan your card or put in your phone number at checkout, relevant coupons are waiting. There's also a store alert feature which can remind you about available coupons as you walk into the store!
To see more recommended supermarket shopping and coupon apps, check out the September 2013 issue of ShopSmart magazine, available now.
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Cotton is used in this maternity support belt to provide maximum comfort and the least amount of heat, with soft lace elastic on the top of the garment. The soft wide elastic passes underneath the belly alleviating the weight on the lower spine and lifting the belly. The front of the maternity support has a deep pocket to cover the belly. The closure is Velcro to adjust to the growing belly. This maternity support belt is made to be used over panties.


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Mali: 6 million vaccinated against yellow fever
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Almost 6 million people in Mali were vaccinated against yellow fever in a large vaccination campaign this week. About 6 000 health-care providers and 2 000 volunteers were engaged to reach and vaccinate people at risk of contracting yellow fever across southern Mali.
This is the largest mass vaccination campaign ever undertaken. And, thanks to the support of the GAVI Alliance, it is the first to be conducted at such a scale in one of Africa's largest and most under-developed countries.
Several partners worked together to make the campaign a success. It was organized by the Malian Ministry of Health with technical support from WHO and other organizations. While UNICEF provided logistics support, the Malian Red Cross and many local organizations took care of social outreach efforts. The vaccines and equipment were funded with part of the US$ 63 million donated by GAVI Alliance for yellow fever vaccination across west and central Africa.
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Today I was thinking about composition of functions. It has nice properties, its always associative, there is an identity, and if we restrict to bijective functions then we have an inverse.
But then I thought about commutativity. My first intuition was that bijective self maps of a space should commute but then I saw some counter-examples. The symmetric group is only abelian if $n \le 2$ so clearly there need to be more restrictions on functions than bijectivity for them to commute.
The only examples I could think of were boring things like multiplying by a constant or maximal tori of groups like $O(n)$ (maybe less boring).
My question: In a euclidean space, what are (edit) some nice characterizations of sets of functions that commute? What about in a more general space?
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Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime
Riverhead Books, 2000 - Poetry - 181 pages
"Stephen Batchelor, turns his attention to the Buddha's central insight into the nature of things, and brings a new understanding of it to the West. Looking into this chaos of existence, Batchelor does not see it as something fearfully out of control, but recognizes it as a vision of the sublime. He brings his unique qualifications as scholar, teacher, translator, and former monk to the exploration of the history of this vision, and connects it to the vision of the sublime already embedded in Western poetry, literature, and culture. He also provides the reader with translations of the most important Buddhist poems written on the subject: those of the second-century philosopher-monk Nagarjuna."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Zee Deveel Master Wednesday 14/04/2010, 10:39
This is a thread where people can list their top five favorite clans(leaders not included). If you want you can give a description of why u like them.
1. La Junta - great damage and high power (also their half of my first deck so im a bit biased)
2. Gheist - great bonus and great theme
3. Skeelz - bonus makes them (and their abilities) almost impossible to stop
4. Ulu Watu - awesome bonus that makes them almost impossible to beat.
5. Jungo - cause its bonus messes with my style (almost as much as Montana's does but not enough to make me hate it)
I don't know much of all the clans so pls forgive my list if its a bit nubish .
Zee Deveel Master Wednesday 14/04/2010, 11:29
Sorry i forgot to change the title to top 5
chicmik1005 Hero ELITE NATION Wednesday 14/04/2010, 13:00
Lol.. the title was top 10 favorite clans but you listed 5..lol
maki_mUR Senior Dragons Cro Clan Wednesday 14/04/2010, 13:04
1. Sakrohm - high power, great abilities, nice art.
2. Roots - SoA, high power, and Dr fits my style.
3. Freaks - great cards, really underestimated, bluffing potential, great damage with poison in low star half decks.
4. GHEIST - I like their theme and I love their damage.
5. Fang Pi Clang - 2hkos everywhere. For some reason I like them more than La Junta, but they should get new powerful cards ASAP.
SadisticCynic Hero Wednesday 14/04/2010, 14:44
I'll list my top 10:
1) piranas- love pirates, and the actual clan is nice( i can only win a lot with them too... the other clans doesn't work out for me)
2) uluwatu- high power and damage... what's not to love?
3) bangers- same as above, only this one have more damage and less power
4) La junta- again, high power and damage, but this clan have pill manip and nice abilities( att manip, power manip)
5) FPC- same reason, but they have the lowest of all high damage and power so...
6) all stars- power manip alone moves me, but the damage base is low so i can't 2HKO
7) skeelz- i'd love to be in a super powered academy as a student, so they moves me, also they have some sick abilities
sentinel- gotta love to be able to control a police force, big big big big possible damage as well
9) rescue- i love the idea of fighting doctors, but controlling these guys aren't half as cool as controlling police
10) there isn't one, i only love these 9 clans.
LetheanTears Guru TRiNiTY Wednesday 14/04/2010, 14:54
1. Skeelz - Protection does wonders. Plus, Chiara and Jay are fun.
2. Piranas - I bought my first Smokey for 500 clintz and my first clan to make a mono-deck of. Also first clan to get me in ELO.
3. La Junta - Second clan I started to collect. Oh, and I like clans with lots of damage, that helps too.
4. Junkz - Gil, Gil, Gil, oh how I love thee.
5. Pussycats - I made some of my favorite decks with them. Noemi is such an underused card.
GarionKaiser Imperator Organized Konfusion Thursday 15/04/2010, 00:01
1) All Star - extremely strong
2) Skeelz - amazing base power, damage, and ability
3) GHEIST - my best DT was with a GHEIST and Sentinel deck, got 19
4) Sentinel - the first clan i used, really liked them, but i need Tessa Cr to complete my mono deck
5) Rescue - havent played them yet, but i really like some cards
GarionKaiser Imperator Organized Konfusion Thursday 15/04/2010, 00:02
@art633: Fang Pi Clang is based off of Chinese Shaolin Temples. also, Fang Pi in Chinese means fart
spamg88-LoA Veteran Thursday 15/04/2010, 00:54
1. GHEIST - Awesome Bonus, nice cards, wicked theme
2. Piranas - Awesome Bonus, nice cards, fun theme, brilliant pill manipulation (I'm kind of iffy about which clan I should put first - I picked GHEIST because I bought them first)
3. Skeelz - Aggravating Bonus (when I use my GHEIST-Piranas deck against them, things get real tough real quick....), nice cards, amazing artwork, cool battle icons, that fresh new feel, plus, since they are a new clan, no really bad cards like Ogoun Kyu and Diego, lol
4. Montana - Nice Bonus, nice cards, pretty good used with Hugo (I know, annoying, but still ), shares title of half-clan in first deck with Nightmare, purple powah!
5. Nightmare - Awesome Bonus, cool cards, nice life manipulation, deathly theme, shares title of half-clan in first deck with Montana


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As the year wraps up I thought I'd stop in and say that I hope each and every one of you has a happy new year. I've been very lucky and have had an overall great year, but 2010 has had its ups and downs for a lot of us, so here's to 2011 being more up than down!
Happy happy new year and see you all in 2011!


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The work of harvesting sugarcane is grueling—even worse than picking cotton. With a knife, a cutter slices the cane stalk as close to the ground as possible. Standing in wet, soft muck soil, he chops off the leaves and the top of the stalk, tossing the cane into a pile. He does this thousands of times a day—stooping, cutting, standing, cutting, stacking, stooping. To guard against the sharp leaves and the swinging knife, cutters wear aluminum shields on their wrists and legs, as well as many layers, even in the hot Florida sun.
Given those conditions, sugar growers should have a hard time attracting workers. Indeed, it did not take long for the new sugar industry to get a bad name among the African-American migrant workers in the South, who soon learned to steer clear of cane fields in favor of fruits and vegetables.
By the 1930s, Big Sugar had a labor problem, and so it turned where Big Business often turns: Big Government. The New Deal operated as corporate welfare in many ways, but nowhere did it serve the exploitative purposes of big business as thoroughly as in the sugarcane fields of south Florida. Most objectionable—and most relevant to today's policy debates—was how FDR and Big Sugar teamed up to use open borders and guest-worker programs to subvert the free market.
The sugar industry in America has never really operated in a free market. Cane sugar in Florida wouldn't exist if the state government hadn't drained the Everglades. It would disappear if the Army Corps of Engineers didn't permanently alter the landscape and manage it at taxpayer expense to expose the muck soil and keep the water level just right for the growers.
Washington also provides subsidies to all sugar farmers in the form of loans collateralized by sugar—about 18 cents per pound. The world price of sugar is usually around 10 cents per pound or less, but the federal government also drastically limits sugar imports, ensuring a domestic price of about twice that. Uncle Sam also subsidizes private sugar storage facilities.
It is only fitting then that the federal government would subsidize Big Sugar's labor needs. The nature of the work in the cane fields was only half the downside of cutting cane. The companies required their cutters to live in prison-like barracks that reeked of sweat and urine and eat sub-par food, according to many accounts. The deceptive pay practices yielded a federal investigation into U.S. Sugar.
Unsurprisingly, workers in Florida and the Deep South soon wanted nothing to do with cane fields. By 1932, the horrors of cane cutting were so well known that when U.S. Sugar advertised for 100 cutters in Fort Lauderdale, only two men applied. A better public-relations campaign would be needed, and so FDR's New Deal provided it.
The United States Employment Service went far and wide advertising the dire need for sugar-field workers—essentially doing the sugar growers' PR on the taxpayer dime. This didn't work either.
In the spring of 1943, while so many American men were off at war, Big Sugar declared there was a labor shortage. In Florida, however, a national wartime ban on "pleasure driving" had shut down race tracks, surely leaving some unemployed behind. Harry McAlpin reported in the Chicago Defender, "the figures of one government agency show that 45,000 [farm] workers are now available in [Florida]—but not at the exploitation wages big farmers want to pay."
The cane fields of South Florida were the 1940s version of "jobs Americans won't do." The work itself is grueling, dangerous, and monotonous, and very little at the time could be done to change that. But danger, monotony, and difficulty are not sufficient to make a job unfillable. Alaska crab fishermen, U.S. Marines, international spies, Hollywood stuntmen all have jobs that satisfy at least two of those conditions. These employers, therefore, are forced to make the jobs attractive.
Alaska crab fishermen sometimes work 20 hours a day on the icy decks of big iron boats tossing around in the frigid Bering Sea. It is terrifying, lonely, exhausting, and potentially deadly work. To make it worth the deckhands' while, ship operators typically split the profits evenly with all their employees. This means that in one month, a fisherman could pull in tens of thousands of dollars.
The labor market requires that employers trying to fill harsh jobs offer recruits good pay or other bonuses. But big government's specialty is distorting market conditions, frequently in the favor of big business.
Enter Franklin Roosevelt's guest-worker program. Through an intergovernmental agreement on March 16, 1943, Roosevelt launched what later became the British West Indies Program (BWI). This opened the gates to farm workers from Jamaica, the Bahamas, and other Caribbean isles.
But FDR's plan was not just about opening the borders to these workers. Under FDR's BWI program, the federal government became an active partner with the sugar growers. Historian David McCally writes, "Between 1943 and 1947, the United States government played a direct role in negotiating employment contracts for offshore laborers and paid the cost of round-trip transportation for all workers between their homes and the United States."
Once again, Big Sugar was getting by on Big-Government largesse, but Uncle Sam's help in this situation was not merely in footing the boat fare for the cane cutters. Roosevelt's BWI program—and the guest-worker program that it grew into—provided sugar growers with the ideal worker.
One promotional film by the Florida Sugar Cane League claims, "To watch a West Indian wield a cane knife is to see a centuries-old art," reports Alec Wilkinson, author of Big Sugar. The clear implication was that West Indian workers are ideal for cutting cane because of some innate skill. In truth, they are the model cane workers because a workforce constantly under threat of deportation is a docile workforce.
West Indian laborers entering Florida under these immigration programs were even more beholden to their employers than were the black field hands of the decades before. Their vulnerability at the hands of their bosses extended far beyond the typical disadvantages a foreigner suffers in a new land. The BWI cane cutter was allowed into the country explicitly to perform one job. This meant that if his boss didn't like him, he could send the worker out of the country.
Wilkinson writes that a sugar boss in the field who thought one cutter was working too slowly could "check him out"—send him back to his barracks with no wages for the day. If one worker was checked out three times in one season, the sugar farmer would send him back to his home country. If this was before the midpoint of the cane-cutting season, the worker himself was obligated, by the terms of his contract, to pay his roundtrip fare.
This advantage to the farmers of hiring temporary foreign workers was no accident. It was deliberate. In 1940, one grower wrote to the U.S. Department of Agriculture that if Washington were to help them find labor, the Bahamas would be a far better source than either the U.S. or its territory Puerto Rico. "The vast difference between the Bahama Island labor and domestic, including Puerto Rican," wrote the farmer, "is that labor transported from the Bahama Islands can be deported and sent home, if it does not work, which cannot be done in the instance of labor from domestic United States or Puerto Rico."
This moment of brutal honesty by a sugar farmer in the months before World War II gives us insight into the mind of shrewd employers throughout the decades. If your worker's visa limits him to working for you, you become, in effect, the government.
A typical employer in a free market has only the power to stop paying his worker or possibly sue him if he doesn't perform promised services. But under guest-worker programs, the employer gains the power of deportation.
In recognition of the fact that the employer/guest-worker relationship exists outside of the free market, the federal government provides special protection for these guest workers, guaranteeing adequate housing, food, and other conditions. In the rest of the economy, the enforcement mechanism for the worker's needs is called freedom of movement. In a free market, a dissatisfied worker can walk away from a job. In the 20th-century indentured servitude of the cane fields, no such freedom existed, dragging Big Government even deeper into the realm of business.
In 1982, workers walked off the sugar field when their bosses told them the wage they would pay for a row of sugar that day. The price wasn't worth their sweat and blood, they surmised. The next day, law enforcement greeted the workers outside their barracks, and 300 cutters were soon deported. Future cane cutters didn't try to haggle much over wages.
Cutting sugarcane in Florida was a job Americans wouldn't do. But that is true only when you take into account the whole package of cane-cutting employment. What Americans wouldn't do was subject themselves to slavery, where not only their wages but their right to hold any job in America was dependent on remaining in the good graces of the boss, on whom they also depended for food and shelter.
George W. Bush's guest-worker program will surely not be identical to Franklin D. Roosevelt's. But Bush talks of a plan "to match willing foreign workers with willing U.S. employers." These workers would be here temporarily, and they would be here to work in one specific job. They would be powerless vis-à-vis their employers. That would be near indentured servitude—a job Americans won't do.
Timothy P. Carney is author of The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money, forthcoming from Wiley.


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today was the limi feu show! it was my first show here, and i never actually went to any shows in new york, so i guess it was my first real show ever. unless you count the kate spade & st john shows at scottsdale fashion week in arizona two years ago haha.
anyway, it was great! i didn't get too many photos of the clothes…i was too distracted by the amazing hair. but the whole show had a sort of 1970s-flight-attendant-meets-modern-crazy-yoko-ono feel to it. if only i owned an airline…
oh and also, the music was perfect. this was one of the songs. i felt like i was at a party the whole time.
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[Breaking News Edit] Wally is not a no show. I just don't know how to read. Wally is scheduled for the truck sendoff next Tuesday Feb 8. I will be there to interview the green thing then. I'll leave the rest of the story as is.
Wally the Green Monster was supposed to wave the Red Sox truck off at noon today for its trip to Florida to signal the start of preparation for Spring training. But crack meteorologist Dylan Dryer (seen here) updated the Channel 7 weather forecast:
A magnified view shows Fenway Park currently buried under the
"ga" of "Shit Load Again." Wally decided to kick back at the Cask and Flagon to down a few Irish Coffees while your GMG Cub reporter flashed his Press Pass to the guard and made his way into Fenway Park:
As you can see, even if the green one had risked freezing his kibbles and bits there would be no way that Wally would have seen his shadow. That means that in twelve days the Red Sox pitchers and catchers report.
A last shot of Fenway. In a very short time Carl Crawford will be in this left field to ensure that no opponent hits will reach the turf while on the other side of the inning he sprays homeruns to all fields.
Warms me right up just thinking of it. Adrian Gonzalez at first. Youk at third, Pedroia at second, and since it is an odd year a scorching year for Beckett.


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Billionaire Warren Buffett tore into Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton on Monday, criticizing Trump's war of words with the family of a Muslim American soldier who was killed in action. In introducing Clinton in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, Buffett took exception to Trump's claim that he, like the family of Army Capt. As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. The big movers for the metals this week will most likely be the Bank of England rate decision and the US Non-Farm Payrolls Report.
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Strong winds and thunderstorms moved through the area Wednesday night and this morning, knocking out power to several homes in Burlington and felling trees throughout the county.
Alamance County was under a tornado watch issued by the National Weather Service until 2 a.m. today. Heavy rainfall and high winds accompanied it.
The NWS had issued a wind advisory earlier Wednesday afternoon, as Alamance County experienced winds between 20 and 30 mph, which were at the forefront of the cold front coming in from the west.
�We�ve got a hit of that front today,� said Katie Roussy, meteorologist with NWS in Raleigh.
She said the cold front would move through the area between 7 and 9 p.m., bringing with it rain and thunderstorms.
The rain started coming down in Burlington around 9 p.m., and half an hour later, Alamance County Communications was fielding multiple calls about downed trees in Graham, Burlington, Gibsonville and out in the county.
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It's only a matter of time before people realize the company isn't selling anything special (a host of front-wheel-drive compacts should help that along), and smart buyers will move onto the next big thing.
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installing Pithos (Pandora radio client) from source
I did not see any errors when compiling from source and I think that I have all the dependencies needed but when I run "pithos" to start the program, I receive the output below.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pithos", line 9, in <module>
load_entry_point('pithos==1.1.1', 'gui_scripts', 'pithos')()
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 356, in load_entry_point
return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2431, in load_entry_point
return ep.load()
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2147, in load
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pithos-1.1.1-py3.4.egg/pithos/application.py", line 23, in <module>
from .pithos import NewPithosWindow
File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pithos-1.1.1-py3.4.egg/pithos/pithos.py", line 35, in <module>
gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 100, in require_version
raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gst not available
Can anyone offer me advice on how to correct these errors? Thank you!
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Accident with two Patriots football players took place Wednesday night on Rouse Road Extension
They took it to the limit, then passed it.
State Trooper Jackie Rogers said Arendell Parrott Academy student-athletes Nate Staskelunas and Andrew Davenport, both 18-years-old, were traveling at about 70 mph around a curve on Rouse Road Extension when the 2012 Dodge Challenger, driven by Staskelunas, left the road, hit a ditch, a tree and spun to its final resting place on the porch of a house.
Rogers confirmed Staskelunas had a .10 blood alcohol content at the time. He was charged with driving while intoxicated and given a $30,000 bond. Davenport received a citation for underage drinking.
�I got a phone call from the landlord, and he said a car ran into the porch,� said the home�s resident, Ryan Riggs. �So, I came here to check it out. And there was definitely a car. On the porch.�
Riggs said the students were being questioned by authorities when he arrived at the scene, after being called at work. He said he was surprised they left the wreck without being seriously injured.
�I saw one of them get out with a scratch on the leg and a smirk on his face,� Riggs said. �I didn�t really see the other kid.�
Both Staskelunas and Davenport are standout senior athletes at APA, school officials confirmed on Friday.
�It was an unfortunate accident,� APA head football coach Matt Beaman said. �I am just glad that both Andrew and Nate have no significant injuries.�
Davenport, the quarterback, and Staskelunas, a wide receiver, were the top two offensive players for the Patriots football team. The Free Press named each of them its player of the week last season � Davenport twice � and both were first team all-area selections.
Davenport was a do-it-all quarterback who threw for 1,017 yards and 22 touchdowns and ran for 1,017 yards and nine touchdowns. He was an all-conference and all-state pick and selected to play in the Oasis Shrine Bowl for private schools.
Staskelunas, who had an area-best 849 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns on 38 catches last season, was scheduled to attend N.C. State to play football as a preferred walk-on, The Free Press reported in March. He also played basketball for the Patriots, leading them in scoring at 11.6 points per game in an injury-riddled senior season.
Rogers said he hadn�t noticed an increase of drunk driving among teens, but that the Highway Patrol does put more troopers on the roadways this time of year.
�We have a lot more manpower out for prom and graduation and stuff like that,� Rogers said.
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Phlatlight at 9 Amps with focus!
Edit: I originally showed this build just as a project, because I figured that not many would really want to go with the expensive driver that I used...
But with a few people asking, I do have a price breakdown of the complete build with parts, etc...
Just send me a PM!
Some tips for DIY:
The tricky part is fitting that huge driver and making sure there is no contact to the heatsink from any of the components near the outside of the driver board.
Sizing the emitter. I got it as small as I could, but still had to machine the reflector hole larger so that the emitter can fit into the reflector for focusing.
Getting the emmiter centered and sized perfectly also needs to be done carefully. I thermal glued it first (after clipping the corners so I could center it), then used a tiny belt sander after it was attached to my heatsink with Arctic Silver thermal adhesive. (3/8" belt sander)
Also, the emitter base is case positive. So you need to use a 'thick enough' layer of thermal adhesive, and then test with your DMM to make sure that it is electrically isolated from the heatsink...
This build looks easy in the pictures, but it barely fits the batteries with the tail cap mod and correct size switch. And it also is a very tight build using the largest heatsink I could fit inside. So it's a little trickier than it looks. I just don't want you to go into this blind... (pun intended)
P.S. I have 6000mAh 32650 Li-Ion cells available! These fit a 2D Maglite without a tail cap modification. Just an easy spring mod to shorten the spring length.
Details of the build:
I wanted to see what this red LED from a C***o projector would look like at about 9 Amps... (now green too! - see below)
So I used a Maglite host so that I could have 2 X 32650 protected cells to give me a little run time, and enough room for a good size heatsink for it.
Key features for both builds:
* Red Phlatlight LED (you can find the green PT-54 emitter there as well)
* 9 Amp buck driver This buck driver requires a minimum input voltage of 6 Volts. So using 2 X non-protected Li-Ions is fine... (this driver is huge - 26mm diameter!)
* Aluminum reflector
* Borofloat glass lens to handle the heat
* Focus-able
* Largest heatsink I could fit
* 2 X 32650 protected Li-Ion batteries (these ones are the exact same length as the ones shown in this thread - 70mm)
However, I recommend non-protected for the green (or blue) build. (see green build below)
I have 6000mAh 32650's here!
PT-54 data sheet:
Phlatlight PT-54 Product Data Sheet
Here are some pictures of the two builds, and some beam shots as well!
Driver, heatsink, reflector:
Switch and tail cap:
In order to fit my 32650 protected cells, I had to use the style switch shown in the pictures, as well as machine the tail cap as shown...
Beam shots:
As you can see, this bad boy is bright at 9 Amps!
Has good throw as well!
The camera doesn't show it, but you can see the red beam in the night sky!
Current measurements:
I tested the driver and measured the current at the LED. It is putting out 8.9 Amps to the LED with the 2 Li-Ion 32650's shown...
Battery current measured at the tail from the two cells in series was 3.8 Amps. (estimated run time - 1.4 hours)
So I do believe this high dollar buck driver is very efficient just as the specs say it is!
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I tested it with just a 5 minute run for now, and was pleasantly surprised that it was only warm. No where near hot. Or even what I would call 'very warm'. Just warm...
Green build:
Same set up as the red build, just using the green PT-54 emitter instead...
For the green build (or a blue as well), I recommend these 6000mAh 32650's. (Good cells) The green or blue (higher voltage) emitter builds will demand a lot more current, and the protection circuit on the protected cells will limit the current needed.
Since the driver requires a minimum of 6 volts, I believe it's fairly safe even with non-protected cells. But it's a good idea to check voltage once in a while to be sure...
Current draw:
The current to the emitter is the same as with the red. (8.9 Amps)
But the current draw from the 2 X 32650's in series, is more with the green build. Because of the higher voltage demand from the green emitter vs the red...
The voltage demand (per the data sheet) for the green PT-54 is 4.9 vs 2.6 for the red. (I measured 4.3 for the Green PT-54, and 2.2 for the red)
My battery current draw on this Green PT-54 build is 6.7 Amps vs 3.8 Amps for the Red PT-54. And of course that means it gets warmer too...
But it will still be fairly close to an hour of run time.
But the brightness and visibility blows away the red! According to the data sheet, the Green PT-54 will be about 1000 lumens at this current. (vs about 450 lumens for the red)
450 lumens of red is blinding. 1000 lumens of green is staggering!
Beam shots!
Pretty cool!
Hope you like it!
This same set up would make a pretty nice SST-90 build...
But I opted for a voltage monitor, more run time, and 3 modes with my XM-L T6 build instead... (linked below)
Check out my 1000 lumen XM-L T6 Maglite build if you haven't already seen it!
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