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Pat McCarthy, a retired Catholic newspaper editor in New Zealand, has turned a retirement project into an online resource for Christians around the world who are considering a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
The site is an online guide to the history and significance of most of the sites on a pilgrim's itinerary, describing with words and photographs the Christian, Jewish and Muslim holy places in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Egypt. McCarthy, the founding editor of New Zealand's national Catholic newspaper, NZ Catholic, has led pilgrimages to many of these sites and has visited almost all of them, some several times.
The website, launched in May, also includes pilgrim information describing authenticity of sites, travel tips and how to organize a pilgrimage.
McCarthy said pilgrims not only get a spiritual benefit from visiting places where Jesus lived but their presence also show solidarity with the declining number of Christians still living in the Holy Land.
His research on the holy places has turned up interesting facts on sites that have disappeared, some that have been rediscovered and others that are not what they claim to be. And he's not done yet. After more than three years of research, he says the website is still a work in progress, with more holy places to be added.


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Loaded coal cars sit in the rail yards at Danville, West Virginia, near Charleston, awaiting shipment to customers. It is one of the largest transshipment points for coal in the world. A constant stream of rail cars is moved in and out of the small town, April 1974
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A portion of the rail yards at Danville, West Virginia, near Charleston, loaded with coal cars ready to be hauled to customers in various parts of the country. It is one of the largest transshipment points for coal in the world. A constant stream of coal cars Is moved in and out of the small town, April 1974
Closeup of the old coal company mining town of Red Ash, Virginia, near Richlands in the southwestern part of the state. This Is a classic picture of a company town with a railroad in the valley flanked by miners' homes. These houses are two-family dwellings. The road Is made of red dog [aka coal slag], a mining byproduct, April 1974
Miner homes in a company town near Cabin Creek and Charleston, West Virginia. The one story structures have four rooms compared to those housing the mine superintendents which were two story with four rooms on each floor. The superintendent homes were apart from the miners, usually on the hill above -- a residual symbol of the caste system which prevailed in earlier mining days, June 1974
Coal City Club in Coal City, West Virginia, a part of Beckley. All of the men are coal miners. Note that some of them are "hunkering down" rather than sitting. This Is a familiar stance to all miners who use this posture in the mine shafts which have low ceilings, June 1974
David Shanklin, 19, lives in a coal company town near Sunbright, West Virginia, and graduated from Logan County High School. His girlfriend, Janet Edwards, 17, still attends high school in Logan. David's father was killed in the mines in 1954 by a roof fall and he wants to be a miner, but his mother doesn't want him to. The youth has a brother working in the mines. Notice the outhouses in front of the homes, April 1974
One of the daughters of Jerry Rainey, 34, a miner who was out on strike against the Brookside Mining Company in Brookside, Kentucky, near Middlesboro, for several months during 1974. She Is on the back porch of the house Rainey rents from the company. Notice the outhouses in the background. The family was threatened by eviction during the lengthy and sometimes violent strike despite a state law which outlaws such a practice, July 1974
Nannie Rainey, 34, wife of miner Jerry Rainey, who lives in housing owned by the Brookside Mine Company near Middlesboro, Kentucky. The company Is owned by the Duke Power Company. She was arrested during the strike in 1974 during an altercation on the picket line in which she was accused of whipping a Kentucky State Highway Patrolman with a switch, a charge she does not deny. She and her children went to jail until bailed out by union officials, June 1974
Closeup of Jerry Rainey, 34, miner at the Brookside Mine Company who was out on strike in the summer of 1974. The family had just received an eviction notice from the company house they rented, in violation of a Kentucky state law which prohibits such action during a strike. It was a bitter strike between the Duke Power Company that owned the mine and the United Mine Workers. The strike was violent and lasted several months. It ended when a man was shot and killed on the picket line near Middlesboro, Kentucky, June 1974
Row of miners' homes in the Brookside Mine Company town of Brookside, Kentucky, near Middlesboro. The mine, owned by the Duke Power Company, was the scene of a protracted and sometimes violent strike between the mine company and the United Mine Workers Union during 1974. The strike ended when a man was shot and killed on the picket line in Harlan County. The home of the Jerry Rainey family is in the foreground. They were threatened with eviction during the strike, June 1974
Miner bathed in the glow of a co-worker's lamp Is shown with a shuttle car used for transporting safety men or other small groups. The shuttles used for the miners going to and from work are larger. This Is the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #3 near Richlands, Virginia, April 1974
Miner in Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #3 near Richlands, Virginia, operates a shuttle car which takes the coal from the Continuous Miner and moves It out of the tunnel to a conveyor for transport out of the mine. This mine processes metallurgical coal for use in steelmaking furnaces. The shuttle car driver will turn and face the other way on the trip back, April 1974
General scene underground in the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #3 near Richlands, Virginia. The tunnel Is 1,250 feet below the surface and one and a half miles from the elevator shaft which brings the miners to and from work. This is a typical mine scene from a miner's viewpoint, April 1974
Picture of the Long Wall miner with jacks holding up the ceiling to the left and the teeth of the miner on the right. The teeth rake the coal to the conveyor belt below. A continuous spray of water is used on the coal to cut down on the amount of airborne particles (not shown in picture). The face of the Long Wall of coal Is 450 feet. A typical shift Includes 10 men -- a foreman, 2 machine operators, utility man, 5 to 6 jack setters and sometimes a repairman, April 1974
Harley Owens in position as a machine operator on the end of the Long Wall where the coal Is placed on a conveyor belt. A tail operator works on the other end of the machine 450 feet away. This Is Mine #3 of the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company near Richlands, Virginia. Long Wall mining is relatively new and more costly, but allows about twice as much coal to be taken from a mine, April 1974
The elevator to the main shaft for men and equipment at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia. The green building on the right contains an office, shower rooms and warehouses. The small yellow cars behind the elevator fit Into the elevator and are used in the mine. A switch engine, used for outside work, Is seen between the elevator and the building. Coal cars are shown on railroad tracks in the foreground, April 1974
Miners llne up to go into the elevator shaft at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia. The man at the right wears a red hat which means he Is a new miner and has worked below less than a month. His belt also shows less wear than the others. The miner at the left carries Red Man Chewing Tobacco, used by many of the men because they cannot smoke in the mines. They also prefer to carry their own water rather than use what the company provides, April 1974
Shift of miners in the elevator which will take them down to work in the Virginia-Pocahontas Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia. They are headed for the 1,200 Foot Level. The black hats signify that the men are experienced miners. The miner with the green Hat Is a safety man. These mines have three shifts, two working and one cleanup, April 1974
Miners just surfacing on the mine elevator at the Virginia-Pocahontas Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia. They will make way for the 4 P.M. to midnight shift. The mines have two work shifts and a midnight to morning or "Hoot-Owl" shift for cleanup operations. Note the variety of safety signs on the elevator gate and the prohibition of carrying matches, cigarettes or an open light into the mines. Most of the men who smoke chew tobacco while on the job, April 1974
Miners just emerging from the elevator of Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia after returning to the surface from work below. They will be replaced by miners on the 4 P.M. to midnight shift. Both of these shifts are concerned with digging and getting the coal out of the mine. A midnight to morning or "Hoot-Owl" shift Is Involved in daily cleanup operations, April 1974
Miners who have just returned to the surface of Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia and will be replaced by men on the 4 P.M. to midnight shift. Many of the miners carry their own water Into work rather than use that provided by the company. They also use chewing tobacco while in the mines because they are not allowed to smoke underground, April 1974
Miners just leaving the elevator shaft of Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia at 4 P.M. There are three mine shifts. The first two are employed in digging and removing the coal. The midnight to morning or "Hoot-Owl" shift works on cleanup operations. These miners are headed for the company shower room to clean up before going home. The younger miners run to the showers and knock down anyone in the way; the older miners walk, April 1974
View of the town of Raleigh, West Virginia, a suburb of Beckley, showing some of the homes and a portion of the railroad tracks used to carry coal from the mines to industry throughout the country. Raleigh was a mining headquarters in the past. New mines are opening around Beckley and should give a boost to the economy, July 1974
Early morning light enriches a bucolic scene at Claypool Hill, near Richlands, Virginia, about a dozen miles from the coal mines, October 1974
The cool morning air condenses a boy's breath as he walks along a coal car on his way to school in Cumberland, Kentucky, in Harlan County. Coal mining remains the largest single industry in the area. When the youngsters grow up many of them face the choice of working in coal-related jobs or moving away from the area, and family and friends, October 1974
Houses in Besoco, West Virginia, near Beckley. Their condition mirrors the decline of the once busy mining town. The mines are no longer worked there. The people who remain behind mostly are those receiving Black Lung, Social Security, pension or welfare benefits, July 1974
J.L. Bolen, 74, a blind, retired coal miner Is accompanied on a walk for fresh air by his wife in Besoco, West Virginia, near Beckley. He also likes to walk at night. Bolen was born in Besoco, named for the coal company that used to mine there. He started in the mines at age 14, and now gets Black Lung benefits as well as a United Mine Workers pension, May 1974
The main street through the small mining town of Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley. Coal is the only industry here and in other similar towns. Unless the youths want to go into coal-related Jobs, they are faced with searching for employment in the cities some distance away. This can be a heart-wrenching prospect to all members of the closeknit families, July 1974
Vicki Smith, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith of Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley, stands next to a religious tapestry in the family home. Smith lost both legs in a mine cave-in and fought 18 years before receiving workmen's compensation. He now operates a beer joint. Smith comes from a family of nine brothers and seven sisters. All the men, except an infant who died, went to work in the mines, July 1974
Jack Smith, 42, a disabled miner in Rhodell, West Virginia, is wheeled down the street by his daughter, Donna, 16, to the beer joint he operates. He had worked in the mines for one year when his legs were crushed in a roof cave-in, but it was 18 years before he received workmen's compensation for the accident. Under his arm Is the cash box he uses at the tavern. Smith is active in the union and has manned the picket lines in his wheelchair in the past, July 1974
Jack Smith, 42, left, Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley, was a miner disabled when a roof caved in who had to wait 18 years to get workman's compensation. He was 21 when injured and had worked one year in the mines. Of the nine boys and seven girls in his family all the males went Into the mines except one who died in infancy. Smith Is shown on the porch of the beer joint he operates. Seated with him are his brothers, Leo, 39, and twin, Roy, 42, April 1974
Two miners relaxing in a beer joint after finishing their shift. There is little to do in many of the small mining towns for the young men other than drink beer and talk. They are shown in the tavern operated by Jack Smith, Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley, June 1974
A tattered blanket hung on a line in Fireco, West Virginia, near Beckley, symbolizes the decline in the area after the coal mines gave out. The towns originally were built around the railroad tracks. The availability of such transportation made the mines possible, May 1974
Youngsters walk on ties of the railroad tracks that pass through Fireco, West Virginia, near Beckley. In the old mining communities the railroads always went through the center of the towns, which were built in the valleys around them. It was the railroads which made It possible to ship out the coal, the reason the towns were built. Fireco was in the middle of a once great coal area, but declined as the mines gave out, May 1974
Slag heap above housing on Buffalo Creek near Logan, West Virginia. Slag heaps are one of the items which make mining families mad. They can be ignited by spontaneous combustion, lightning, fire or a variety of other things, and burn indefinitely, April 1974
Coal slag heap burns above company houses near Hutchinson, West Virginia, near Logan, in the southern part of the state. Spontaneous combustion, lightning, a fire or a variety of other causes can result in ignition of these coal mine refuse piles, and they can burn for years. It Is one of the things that make the miners and their families mad, April 1974
Aerial view of clustered mobile homes used by families whose housing was wiped out in the early 1970's when an earthen dam gave way on Buffalo Creek near Man and Logan, West Virginia, and created a tidal wave that killed 104 people. Many of the homes in this Immediate area were washed away along with all the peoples' possessions, April 1974
Row of mobile homes near Madison, West Virginia, with trash thrown along the edge of the creek, a typical scene in the mining valleys that dot the area. The trailers are appealing to the young miners because they can be bought for less than conventional housing and take less space. Level land Is at a premium in the valleys, April 1974
Houses perched on a hillside in Logan, West Virginia. Many homes are built on hilly ground because flat land in the valleys Is at a premium. Many of the younger mining families are buying mobile homes because they are cheaper than conventional housing and take up less space, April 1974
Kids playing outside a home in Sharples, West Virginia, north of Logan. Note the way the owner has built a place to park his car. Space is at a premium in the valleys of the mining area and this type of parking outside the home Is common, April 1974
Main street of Logan, West Virginia, showing a narrow street with parking on only one side which Is typical in many of the small towns in southern West Virginia, April 1974
Dora Darlene Hancock, living in Fireco, West Virginia, near Beckley. The town Is divided between black and white populations by the railroad tracks. Dora Is walking up her street in a new dress on her way to a band concert at the local grade school, April 1974
Alice Thompson, Besoco, West Virginia, Is shown with milk bottles. Her neighbors furnish her with water with after her water lines were cut off. She Is divorced From a coal miner who was imprisoned for killing a man, April 1974
Four young men gather in a beer joint in Clothier, West Virginia, near Madison. They are, left to right, Michael Doss, 18; Lanny Green, 21; Junior Jeffory, 20; and Robert Johnson, 18. All their parents work or have worked in the mine. Jeffory Is a mining foreman after two years, but does not like it and wants to join the Navy. Green can't find a job but would like to work for the railroad. Doss isn't working, but is waiting for a job in the mines, April 1974
Robert Johnson, 18, and Lanny Green, 21, outside a beer joint in Clothier, West Virginia, near Madison. They had been drinking beer and visiting with friends Inside. Johnson has passed a job physical and Is waiting to go to work in the mines. Green has not worked in the mines and isn't interested, but has not located a job. He would like to work for the railroad, April 1974
Robert Johnson, 18, sits on a pool table in a beer joint in Clothier, West Virginia, near Madison. He has passed a job physical and is waiting to go to work in the mines. Many of the young men like to get together in the taverns and drink beer and talk. There Is little else to do in the small mining towns, April 1974
Edgar Zornes of Clothier, West Virginia, near Madison, with his dog. A miner for 23 years, he has Black Lung. Doctors have determined miners contract Black Lung from airborne particles of coal dust in the mines, which fill up air sacs in their lungs and
make it increasingly difficult to breathe, April 1974
Otis Saunders, in his late 80's, suns in front of his home in Fireco, near Beckley, West Virginia. Like most of the older men in the area, He Is a retired miner. Fireco was once a great mining town, but the region has been mined out, May 1974
Ken Hatfield, 74, of Newton, West Virginia, near Charleston, in Mingo County. A World War Ii veteran, he began working in the mines at 18 and was employed underground at least 30 years. A sick man, he has lost one leg. He receives $78 a month in Social Security payments, plus a veteran's pension of $148 per month. Hatfield said he was having a tough time. Paul Bryant Is a neighbor and looks in on him, April 1974
One of the entrances to Chattaroy, West Virginia, near Williamson, leads past a Church of God. There are many small churches in the mining area and most have a fundamentalist belief. Chattaroy Is a small town with no industry. Most of the people survive on welfare, Social Security, pensions and Black Lung benefits, April 1974
Youngster returning to school after going home during recess to get an ice cream cone. The town of Chattaroy, West Virginia, near Williamson, Is small enough so the youngsters can do this. Many of them also go home for lunch. The town has no industry, and most of the people survive on welfare, pensions, Social Security and Black Lung benefits, April 1974
This pile of coal contains part of the one million tons kept on hand by the Tennessee Valley Authority steam plant at Cumberland City, Tennessee, near Clarksville. Coal for the furnaces arrives by barge and Is unloaded by automated equipment, July 1974
Coke furnaces at Keen Mountain, near Richlands, Virginia. Made from coal, the coke will be sent for use in the furnaces at the steel mills, April 1974
Aerial of Williamson, West Virginia, showing the coal rail yards and the river that divides Kentucky, at the upper left, and West Virginia. The town has the largest coal train yard in the world, followed by Danville, West Virginia, April 1974

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Steve recently made a guest appearance at Music City Roots along side his daughter Lilly Winwood. He sat in on Lilly's latest release 'Could've Fooled Me' and a cover of Christina Aguilera's 'Pray' which features a sample from 'Glad'.
The footage link can be found here, show date was February 8th.
Lilly's latest release 'Could've Fooled Me' can be downloaded from iTunes here
Steve Winwood is confirmed to play at the Hangout Fest, May 20 2012 on the Gulf Shores, Alabama. Tickets (on sale Friday) and more event info can be found here.
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FRANKFURT -- Rear fender skirts certainly make a car appear sleek and extremely aerodynamic.
So it is just a matter of time before they become standard equipment on all cars, right?
Automakers continue to search for a wide range of styling tricks to reduce aerodynamic drag in an effort to improve fuel economy.
General Motors global styling boss Ed Welburn, interviewed last week on the sidelines of the Frankfurt auto show, said "anything that helps reduce the interference along the side of a car is a good thing."
So it looks like removable rear fender skirts are a done deal, right? Not so fast.
It turns out after extensive testing by GM, removable fender skirts flunked. They are more of a problem than a solution.
According to Welburn, there are several drawbacks:
- The fender skirt causes tire pressure to increase. Although he did not say it, neither GM nor any automaker wants to create a design that increases the probability of tire failure.
- Removable skirts are difficult to keep in place properly, plus there's the added cost of each skirt.
- Pick one: To use a fender skirt, the rear tires need to be narrower to fit inside the wheel well or the vehicle track needs to be narrower or the body needs to be what he called "pulled out" to accommodate the same size tires that are steering the car.
Welburn said pulling the body out, essentially widening the body where the rear tires are located, increases aerodynamic drag.
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VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE, N.M. - The New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp wants youth ages 15 to 19 from across the state and the region to come experience the beauty of the mountain range while learning about the many aspects of managing a modern-day ranch.
New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service anticipates repeating the success of the New Mexico Youth Ranch Management Camp by hosting the third annual event June 9-14 at the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico.
"The camp has been a great success across the board," said Manny Encinias, NMSU Extension beef cattle specialist and camp committee member. "The event is designed to be a unique educational experience and the camp the past two years has definitely exceeded our expectations."
The camp is an effort to reverse the aging trend in ranching. Nationally, the average age in the ranching community continues to increase as more young people are opting to leave the ranch for careers outside production agriculture. As a result, the fabric of rural economies, as well as ranching tradition and cultures, are in jeopardy. In a rural state like New Mexico, the situation has significant implications.
Last year's 32 camp attendees represented ranching families from 19 New Mexico counties.
With positive outcomes from last year's camp and the strong support of the program by the state's beef industry leaders, the planning committee hopes to have more youth from across the state apply for this year's camp and fill the 30 available slots.
"The ranch camp is a tremendous opportunity for high school youth and is the first of its kind across states I have been involved with," said Dennis Braden, general manager of Swenson Land and Cattle Co. in Stamford, Texas, and a camp volunteer and presenter.
The youth selected to attend this year's camp will receive training in all aspects of ranch management. Each day is filled from sunup to sundown with educational activities as the campers learn vital information in beef cattle production, marketing, and range and wildlife management. Each day's lessons build to the final day of presenting ranch management plans to a panel of New Mexico cattlemen.
"What the kids learned at the ranch camp has a direct impact on the quality of beef produced for future generations," said Dina Reitzel, executive director of the New Mexico Beef Council. The council was one of many industry organizations and companies that helped sponsor the inaugural camp.
This year's camp is open to youth from New Mexico and outside the state.
Applications are due May 1. A panel of industry leaders will review the applications and select participants by May 5. Successful applicants must submit a $300 camp fee by June 1. For more information contact Pat Torres at 505-471-4711. To submit an online application, visit http://nmyrm.nmsu.edu.
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If you have not heard the massive hit pop song 'Let It Go' (from the movie 'Frozen') sometime over the last six months, you have probably been living under a rock. Chances are, however, that you have just not heard it performed like this.
Prolific YouTuber 331Erock has posted his rendition of 'Let It Go' on his YouTube channel, where it has picked up nearly 4 million views since being uploaded last month. With the help of a backing track, he shreds through an instrumental performance of the hit, boasts some impressive guitar chops in the process.
The musician doesn't dabble in just pop songs, however. He has also posted videos of him performing Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' as well as the iconic theme from the Nintendo game Super Mario Bros among other video games.
'Let It Go' was written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, the latter of whom collaborated with Trey Parker and Matt Stone from 'South Park' on the hit Broadway musical 'The Book of Mormon.' Sung on-screen by Idina Menzel, the track won the Academy Award for Best Original Song last month.


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On a speedway with a fresh coat of asphalt, Joey Logano may just have gotten a fresh start.
After reclaiming the lead from veteran Mark Martin on Lap 157 of 160, Logano pulled away to win the Pocono 400 presented by #NASCAR at Pocono Raceway, his first victory since a rain-shortened win at New Hampshire in 2009.
More important, the second triumph of Logano's career couldn't have come at a better time -- during a contract year in which doubters have considered the 22-year-old a prime candidate to lose his ride at Joe Gibbs Racing to a more established star.
"I hope it shuts 'em all up," was Logano's terse wish for his critics after he climbed from his winning No. 20 Toyota.
Logano, who gave crew chief Jason Ratcliff his first Cup win, beat Martin to the finish line by .997 seconds -- the first time in 31 Sprint Cup events a driver has won from the pole. Tony Stewart ran third, followed by Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin.
The race was vindication for Logano in another respect. He had claimed his other Cup win by staying on the track and hoping for rain when stronger cars came to pit road.
The gamble paid off, but winning a race in the rain paled in comparison to crossing the finish line under full power ahead of 42 other cars. In fact, Logano said Sunday's victory felt like his first Cup win.
"To me, it does," he acknowledged. "The first win came ?? it came soon, it came under rain delay -- so this is a different feel. But when you cross the line, and you've won the race, it's, like I said earlier, it's an amazing feeling. It's amazing how much more it means than a Nationwide win.
"Not to take anything away from that, those Nationwide wins are a lot of fun, but I think Jason knows when you're racing against the best race car drivers with the best race teams out there, and to be able to beat them is ?? it's, to me, the best of the best out here."
In a bizarre race that featured 22 pit-road speeding penalties -- a record for a Cup race -- Matt Kenseth ran seventh and took over the series lead by 10 points over second-place Dale Earnhardt Jr., who came home eighth after leading 36 laps, second only to Logano's 48.
When NASCAR called the sixth caution of the race after Kasey Kahne pounded the Turn 2 wall on Lap 37, Earnhardt -- short on fuel -- brought his Chevrolet to the pits for gas only, while Logano, Martin, Hamlin, Stewart and Kenseth remained on the track.
Earnhardt restarted 16th and worked his way back to eighth before Logano took the checkered flag.
In the closing laps, Logano and Martin stepped up the level of drama on the racetrack. Martin grabbed the lead with an aggressive move to the outside in Turn 1, after a restart on Lap 153.
For the next four laps, Logano chased the man who eight years ago had tabbed him a future Cup champion. As the drivers completed Lap 156, Logano pulled even near the start/finish line and cleared Martin's Camry through Turn 1.
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"Went into 1 and tried to outbrake him, and he was protecting the bottom," Logano said. "I was trying to stick my nose in there, and we got really close, and I'm not even sure if we touched each other or not, but I know I got him aero-loose at least and [was] able to slide up underneath him and clear him by the time he got off of [Turn] 1.
"Making sure I cleared him was a very important moment. You start side-drafting down those straightaways and the 14 car [Stewart] is going to be there ready to pounce before you knew it. To clear him, get through [Turn] 2 and get a little distance on him was very important."
To Martin, who thought there was contact between the cars, Logano's winning move was an accepted part of the sport, but not one he would use himself.
"Well, I'd call that a bump-and-run," Martin said. "It's been acceptable in this racing for a long time. It's not how I would have done it, but certainly, if I'd have had a fast enough car, he would have gotten a return [bump]. But I couldn't quite keep up with him.
"It was great racing, and everybody does what they're ... what they decide to do. It was a great race, and I'm very, very proud of my race team for putting me in something that would give me a shot. I'm having fun. Maybe next week we'll be the ones with the trophy."


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The Inductivist recently used Wordsum scores from the GSS to estimate the average IQ of high school teachers by decade. Another one of the blogging world's best raised a few follow up questions and directed them to me in response, prompting a turn to the database.
Frustratingly, I wasn't able to find a variable identifying teachers (it would be optimal for all quant bloggers to adopt the practice Agnostic started and include those used at the end of a post), and lack the patience to wait for Inductivist to fill me in. The GSS does record occupational information based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations, however. ISCO has had two major revisions since its inception, the last in 1988, and varies slightly by country. After a lot of googling, I've identified codes for "teaching professionals" in the US for respondents participating from 1988 and after*.
Going this route allows for some additional insights to be gleaned. Converting Wordsum results to IQ scores under the assumption that the Wordsum mean for whites is equivalent to an IQ of 100 with a standard deviation of 15 yields an average IQ of 108.4 for all teaching professionals surveyed over the last two decades. For high school teachers, this gives an estimate about one point higher than Inductivist found. The small discrepancy is probably due in part to the inclusion of administrators among educational professionals by ISCO methodology. It is also marginally closer to what I would have guessed before having any data to go by.
The total sample size for teaching professionals is 742, allowing IQ estimates by educational level to be made. The following table shows the estimated average IQ for education professionals at the post-secondary (college and university), secondary (high school), primary and pre-primary (K-8th grade), special education (gifted and short bus), and "other teaching professionals not elsewere classified" (13% of the total, perhaps professional mentors and the like) levels:
|High school
|K-8th grade
|Special ed.
Treating Wordsum scores as proxies for IQ scores works quite well, but it's not perfect. For one thing, a perfect score of 10 equates to a maximum IQ of 127.8. As only 3% or so of the population has an IQ of 128 or higher, this artificial ceiling does not have much of an effect most of the time when Wordsum-to-IQ conversions are made for groups of GSS respondents. However, in the case of university and college educators, it does--36.9% of those surveyed scored a 10. If this contingent averaged an IQ 2.5 SDs above the white mean rather than the presumed 1.86--which is certainly plausible--the average IQ estimate for university and college educators would be slightly north of 120, with the professorial average higher still.
The 107.4 for high school and K-8th grade teachers is not a typo--they just happen to be the same, although the curve is noticeably wider for secondary educators, with a Wordsum standard deviation of 2.08 for those at the high school level to 1.78 for K-8. Perhaps math and science teachers pull the distribution to the right while PE, art, and other soft electives teachers push it to the left?
The following table shows the same for whites only:
|Level (whites only)
|High school
|K-8th grade
|Special ed.
As expected, the white distribution essentially parallels the distribution for all educational professionals, shifted to the right a couple of points.
The response pool is not large enough to break non-whites down by educational level. The table below shows the estimated average IQ of all educational professionals by race:
The black-white gap is almost exactly one standard deviation, adhering to the fundamental law of sociology described by La Griffe du Lion. Taking into account the fact that 18.2% of white educational professionals earned a Wordsum score of 10 compared to 6.7% of non-whites, the black-white difference appears to be right where the lion would predict for it to be, small non-white sample sizes notwithstanding.
GSS variables used: ISCO88(2300-2399)(2331-2332), RACE, WORDSUM
* The GSS does not offer much help in this regard, stating only that respondent occupations from 1988 onward use ISCO-88. This instructional guide on ISCO put out by Stanford shows professional educators to be represented by codes 2310-2390 (see pg 15). This more helpful listing from the University of North Carolina breaks educational categories down to the fourth digit, and the codes match up perfectly with what the GSS returns, with the exception of a discrepancy among secondary education professionals. The UNC source shows it to be represented by 2320, while the GSS returns data for 2321 but nothing for 2320 (the fourth digit is the most arbitrarily assigned--something the Stanford guide deals with in detail). Most of the possible four digit combinations from 110 to 9999 are not used, which is why I am confident I've identified the correct educational classifications--pegging four of the five in a 100 digit range with the one exception differing only by the fourth digit is almost certainly not due to chance. The Wikipedia entry agrees with both of these sources. Further, the results have face validity not only within the educational profession, but for various other occupational categorizations as well. Still, I must add a disclaimer to what is presented above--I am only 99.9% certain that I have identified the classifications correctly.


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The comment that was removed stated that I do not have the legal right to dictate what someone does with the end product of one of my patterns. Wanna know what I think?...
If I get so much as one more comment like the one that I just deleted, then ALL DOLL PATTERNS WILL BE REMOVED FROM MY SITE! That is certainly within my legal right! I post free patterns for everyone to enjoy, not so people can be mean to me.
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You have every right to determine what can be done with your patterns. Your patterns are protected by copyright (intellectual property). I'm right there with you. www.kree-ations.webs.com (PS - I offer a free pattern each month and if I see my patterns being mis-used, I'll also stop providing them).
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If you design something it is yours to do with as you see fit.
If you are generous enough to share you have every right to ask that we abide with your wishes, concerning what is done with what you have allowed us to share in.
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Thank you for sharing this pattern. My granddaughter will be thrilled that Granny made something for her doll. I think this is easy enough that I can do it without help. Thanks again.
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Wandering gray wolf OR-7 is back on the trail locally as he spends the lion's share of this spring as perhaps the most famous resident of the mythical State of Jefferson.
The 4-year-old collared wolf has spent the past six weeks traveling in and out of Jackson County, venturing into eastern Douglas County before doubling back and earlier this week even returning briefly to California, where he flirted with Interstate 5 traffic for the first time.
GPS-transmitting equipment on his collar shows that, while in Northern California earlier this week, he crossed west over I-5 near Yreka, Calif. — venturing the farthest west he's gone in his 19-month odyssey, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Then just as quickly, he jumped I-5 again, biologists said Thursday.
"Hopefully, he'll stop doing that," says John Stephenson, a USFWS biologist tracking OR-7 from his Bend office. "That's not a good strategy for longevity."
And Wednesday he headed back north, crossing into southeastern Jackson County where he was Thursday morning in the hills south of Emigrant Lake east of Ashland, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Each time he enters California OR-7 reclaims his stature as the only known gray wolf in the Golden State since 1924. And when he slips back into Jackson County, he becomes the first known gray wolf west of the Cascades since the last was shot in 1937 to protect livestock.
"Man, that wolf can travel," says Mark Vargas, an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Rogue District wildlife biologist. "The distances he's covering is amazing. He could be back in Siskiyou County (California) as we speak."
This pattern of toggling between Southern Oregon and Northern California is what OR-7 did last spring before crossing into California for what turned into an 11-month walkabout in his on-going search for a new home territory and a mate.
That trek took him as far east as almost into Nevada before this spring he did an abrupt about-face and virtually retraced his steps back into Jackson County on March 12.
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It seems the world has been watching and wondering the very same since Or-7 left his Imnaha Pack near Enterprise, where young wolves looking for new territory and mates head north or east. Instead, this animal headed south and west, with his lonely search for a companion lobo has been followed on web sites and in news accounts that have hit five continents.
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I wanted for a long time to get into this sport. I thought for a long time what to do if i should get lessons or first get a trainer kite. Finaly my decision was to buy a trainer kite. I wanted a small LEI kite (2-4m) like the Ocean Rodeo Rise 2m or the Ozone Uno 2m but I didn't get them because the prices are just too high. So I thought what shoulld I do what should I do and I bought a second hand Epic Renegade 3G 5m which is very similar to the 4m ozone (size wize). Yesterday I was at the beach with my friend and we tried to launch the kite. the wind at that time was about 10-12knots. the kite just didnt want to launch. no matter what we did. It was very frustrating. I'm sure I did every thing correct with the lines.
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For almost ten years, Kazuaki Kitamura was well known in the international tattoo community as "Washo." As Washo, he was at the forefront of a new breed of Japanese tattooer, challenging traditions and bringing the Western style to Japan. Now, Washo carries the name Horitomo and for the past several years has been an apprentice of Horiyoshi III. He made this move in order to further develop his art by studying the traditions of the past.
While his first recollections of tattoos, traditional style body suits seen on neighborhood people, go back to elementary school, it was the Western style that first led him into the world of tattooing. His interest in surfing exposed him to other surfers with "one-point" tattoos. He ended up getting tattooed by Sabado in the fall of 1992 after being introduced by a friend. From that point on, their relation quickly grew and he became Sabado's first apprentice. Eccentric Tattoo had just opened up in Nagoya, very close to his hometown. Kazuaki ended up staying at Eccentric for three and a half years, where he gained his foundation and entry into the tattoo world. Sabado also gave him the name Washo, a title he would use for almost ten years. Needless to say, Kazuaki was very fortunate to be taught by Sabado, a world renowned legend in modern Japanese tattooing.
Struck by wanderlust, Kazuaki traveled for the next year and a half. Convention work had introduced him to many foreign artists and he ended up working at Everlasting in San Francisco for three months. This was right before Aaron Cain left and he was able to work with him as well as Mike Davis, Patrick Conlon and Troy Denning. Following this he helped establish Scratch Addiction in Tokyo and then Three Tides Tattoo in Osaka. Both of these shops became channels for the many Western tattooers wanting to visit and work in Japan.


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Machine Safety: Are you staying on target?
Is changing my machine safety strategy necessary? What if your safety target has shifted? Have there been evolutional changes to industrial safety but your safety culture is mired in the past? Are there newer machine guarding solutions that are more cost effective? To stay on target consider updates to your safety culture and your machine guarding solutions practice.
In my opinion, when a director of safety realizes that safety policy is a little off target, she or he can (and probably should) take immediate action to fully assess the issues and the opportunities.
When assessing the issues most directors of safety today are well attuned to the practice of mandatory risk assessments for all machinery. Let's take that as a given. Having said that, what's not, in my opinion, uniformly practiced is the director of safety taking time to assess issues in the company's safety culture. My experience has shown me time and again that a best-in-class machine safety program is directly proportional to a best-in-class safety culture. Supporting this position I suggest first reviewing a recent study conducted by the Aberdeen Group comparing common traits of best-in-class companies and secondly the many writings of Steven I. Simon, PhD and his "Simon Open System Model." These tools are great aids in helping a director of safety to assess the issues in an existing safety culture.
Opportunities are a different story. My expertise is entirely focused at Machine Safety. Therefore, I will take the privilege of addressing the advantage of linking safety automation with improving operator safety and business performance. I have blogged many times about the recent developments of advanced safety technologies and their detailed application procedures via updated industry standards. I've also blogged about the convergence (harmonization) of global IEC and ISO standards in conjunction with domestic standards. The most recent example being ISO 13849-1:2006 & 2008 as of 1/1/2012 becoming required for compliance to the Machinery Directive in Europe and normatively (required) in several of our domestic standards. All of this points to the dramatic business opportunities for many manufacturers of adjusting their safety policy to accept these newer cost effective approaches to operator safety and improved business performance. Opportunities to reduce unplanned machine downtime while maintaining or improving operator safety and getting attractive returns on investment are not frequent events in industry. Large and small companies have realized these results over the past ten years and trends now show broad adoption evolving.
So, is changing your machine safety strategy necessary? The first answer might be – NO! However, if your safety target has shifted you might need to assess the issues and opportunities and adjust your coordinates to stay on target. Additionally, you may also develop a competitive advantage for your business.
Your comments or suggestion are always welcome so please let us know your thoughts. Submit your ideas, experiences, and challenges on this subject in the comments section below. Click on the following text if you don't see a comments box, then scroll down: Machine Safety: Are you staying on target?
Related articles:
Updating Minds About Machine Safety
"Simon Open System Model", Steven I. Simon, PhD
Integrated Safety Systems: Ensuring Safety and Operational Productivity, Aberdeen Group
Machine Safety – the myths of safety cultures.
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