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Got a shot of the 2009 Perigee 98% of Full Moon, Clouds restricted me from getting a 100% Full Moon on Saturday, still the image I got the night before was still cool and big looking, and boy was it cold. It was so cold that as I was waiting for the Moon to pop up over the clouds I looked behind me and saw a couple of Sun Dogs forming.
Unfortunately, I didn't have my fish eye lens with me, like I always do, sucks, so the images I took are with my telephoto 75-300 mm at the 75 mm setting.
Got my posters back from the printers for my International Year of Astronomy 2009 "Tour The Heavens" show.
They actually turned out pretty good.
My plan is for me to set up a small scope on the front sidewalk like I've done many times before, get people interested in some of the bigger objects like the Moon, planets and then go to the pod with the bigger scope to see the fainter objects. The IYA 2009's goal is to give 10 million people their first look through a telescope in 2009, ie. 100,000 amateur astronomers each showing the heavens to 100 people, will be a lot of fun.
Mike sent me his very first Moon picture. image above. He took it with his camera at 8X digital zoom, well done Mike, let me know if you want a pair of Hanna Montana/ Miley Cyrus 3D glasses.
I'll leave you now with a cool orange cloudscape I took the other night, in animation form of course.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
2009 Perigee Moon
43 comments:
- Stephanie Barr said...
I particularly like the sunset picture. I'm a sucker for them. I love your animations.
- January 11, 2009 at 9:07 PM
- Mike said...
Hi Bob. Thanks for putting my Moon photo on. I was out one day and didn't have my camera. Now I finally got a picture of it. It looks good on an astronomy blog.
- January 11, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- Roger said...
Hey Bob is that a igloo?
Awesome photos and great sky shot!
"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky"~ Buddha
- January 12, 2009 at 7:45 AM
- Max said...
Hey Bob!
Oh my God: what a gorgeous moon!! Thank you for sacrificing yourself, out on the cold, in order to offer us this delight...oh, Lord of the Astropics!
These Sun dogs are incredible (specially the second pic): well done :D!
As I read your post I looked at my right and saw you animation of "Cloudy moon and hole"....man....beautiful and mystical!! I loved it! I don't think it has been there for long...has it?
Your posters look incredible!! Did you design them yourself?
I hope the IYA's goal for this year is accomplished *fingers crossed*!
Congratulations, Mike: your very first photo is beautiful!!!
*Sigh* such a romantic orange cloudscape....you are spoiling us, Bob :D! Thank you!
This was an excellent and relaxing post...what a way to start my week :D!
Have a great week, Lord of the Astropics!!
- January 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Ivanhoe said...
I took a pic of the perigee moon on Sunday, too. It was cloudy all Saturday :o) I've heard on the news that this moon is about 35 k miles closer to Earth than any other month. So I peeked out last night and snapped it.
Have a great week, Bob!
- January 12, 2009 at 2:39 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Stephanie, I love Sunsets too, I am trying to capture another greenflash in the making for either an animation or video. Animations are too cool, I'm so glad Anna at my only photo gave me the link to them.
- January 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
No problem Mike, well done, isn't taking pics of the Moon fun, something mysterious about it.\m/\m/
- January 12, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Lol, thanks Roger, it does look like an igloo, my wife had reservations about to start with then everybody thought it was cool looking, so I got to put it in the middle of our backyard,lol.\m/\m/
- January 12, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks max, the animations on the sidebar are new, just put a couple out yesterday. The Moon with a hole I thought was very cool too, just lasted for a couple seconds before the hole clouded over, was lucky to get a shot of it, looks like the Moon is heading for it, like a pool ball into a pocket.\m/\m/
- January 12, 2009 at 2:50 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Hi Ivanhoe, cool you got a shot of it, send me your pic and I will post it for you, hey a free pair of Hanna Montanna/Miley Cyrus glasses are in it for you.\m/\m/
- January 12, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- Anne Vis said...
Wonderful initiative and great shots again!
- January 13, 2009 at 6:15 AM
- Swubird said...
Too bad that you couldn't get any pictures of the full moon. It was fabulous down here. In fact, my Queen called me to come into the dark kitchen to see it from the kitchen window. It was so bright that it lit up the whole place with moonlight. It was the same thing the night before and the night after.
Great looking posters. That's a very nice thing you're doing by letting the local folks look at the heavens.
Good luck, and remember...
Happy stargazing.
- January 13, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- My Journey said...
oh my god...sunset very beautiful...i love sunset
- January 13, 2009 at 11:24 AM
- Sherer said...
Nice moon pic, too bad you couldnt get the 100%. It looks really cold up there!
Also congrats to mike - great picture! Thanks Bob, always a pleasure.
- January 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks a lot Anne.\m/\m/
- January 13, 2009 at 5:03 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks swubird, it has been snowing and cloudy ever since that image was taken, no Full Moon or anything else for that matter. \m/\m/
- January 13, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks My Journey, I like this one especially because of the bright colors.\m/\m/
- January 13, 2009 at 5:08 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Jesse, actually warming up, the weather network says +1C by Friday, but they are never right, from -32C forecast Wed to +1C Friday, I don't think so,lol.\m/\m/
- January 13, 2009 at 5:11 PM
- Genie said...
Even without your fisheye the sundog shots are awe inspiring! When you see something truly amazing, something that doesn't seem like it should be possible, it makes your skin tighten a little and it makes you stop breathing. You take shots like that all the time.
Wow, I'd give anything to have a tour of the sky in your pod! That's so totally cool. I wonder if your neighbors realize how lucky they are.
Kudos to Mike for his first moon shot!
Oh, and I love your perigee moon. I love seeing a full moon when there's still light out--again, it's like one of those things that just doesn't seem like it should happen. But only because I've never really paid attention before.
- January 13, 2009 at 6:04 PM
- Marvin the Martian said...
Wasn't that big moon amazing! I got some good shots too. I will need to post them.
- January 13, 2009 at 6:17 PM
- betchai said...
it is my first time to hear Sun Dogs, thanks to you I am learning a lot. Great moon pictures, and I love the animation. I also took some full moon pictures last Sunday over some clouds, for some reason I love it when some clouds hang over the moon.
- January 13, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Genie, hey you feel the same way I do, looking at that Moon was surrealistic, as well as the sundogs, they were just different.
I have shown the neighbors a few celestial delights, they all like the look of the pod, which was a concern to start with, but their relatives and friends really like it, so my wife was happy about it being in the middle of the backyard, she even tells others about it,lol.\m/\m/
- January 13, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Hey Marvin that's great , if you email me a pic you took I will post it as well, plus you get a free pair of 3D glasses.\m/\m/
- January 13, 2009 at 6:53 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks betchai, send me one of your Moon pics, I will post it too and you get a free pair of 3D glasses.\m/\m/
- January 13, 2009 at 6:54 PM
- Drowsey Monkey said...
Wow, such gorgeous photos. Gee, I wish you were my neighbour! That would be cool.
- January 13, 2009 at 8:28 PM
- Lynda Lehmann said...
The cloudscape is gorgeous, with or without the animation!
I've never seen real Sun Dogs, only in books and on your blog. I've seen a zillion cirrus clouds though, especially when we're up in Maine. I don't know why they seem to be prevalent there. Maybe because it's a bit colder than Long Island?
Wish I could stop by to get a real glimpse of the sky through your telescope, Bob! That's a great thing to do. You are helping to get people more in touch with nature and the universe!
- January 13, 2009 at 9:21 PM
- Susanne49 said...
Great post, Bob, as always! Can you give away your secret to me once how do you do the reflection (motion) thing?...LOL..the sunset looks spectacular in the water!
Sue's Daily Photography
- January 13, 2009 at 10:17 PM
- Ivanhoe said...
I will. I wish my pic was as pretty as yours, but I'll e-mail it to you soon anyway :o)
- January 14, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Drowsey Monkey, that would be cool being your neighbour, we could talk about blogging and whatnot,lol.\m/\m/
- January 14, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Lynda, cool you saw a Sundog here, they are very cool in person, you need real cold weather though, which sucks, so it seems you are always shivering when your looking at them,lol.\m/\m/
- January 14, 2009 at 9:02 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Susanne, just go to the link below, upload your regular image.
Go to animations, click on reflecting water, then below the animation you can save and or host your animation.
If you click on host it will take you to another hosting site and give you a html code to post on your blog, very cool.\m/\m/
- January 14, 2009 at 9:07 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Ivanhoe, I will post it when I get it, just email me your addy and I will get a free pair of 3D glasses out to you.\m/\m/
- January 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- Anna said...
Hey Bob your pics are so cool, I continue to admire your gif images. Wow that moon is so big.
You know I was prepared, I brought my camera with me, and sharks, calling for snow.
Yes we experiencing cold too here, but I wouldn't know as I am home all the time.
Excellent post as always.
Anna :)
- January 14, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Anna said...
BTW I wish I lived close by, I could use a tour of the universe...
No I will not be going to Science Centre yet, may be next year.
Anna :)
- January 14, 2009 at 8:50 PM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Anna, I owe you so much for showing me the site for the animations, I have put it to good use,lol. Too bad you missed the Full Moon, I see you are getting a lot of snow as well, makes it tough to get outside and view the heavens, to bad about the Science Centre, I'd be hanging out there a lot if I lived there,lol.\m/\m/
- January 15, 2009 at 8:47 AM
- kml said...
I so wish I was your neighbor! You would probably have to kick me out because I was being such a telescope-hog, though. Sounds like fun!
- January 15, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Anna said...
Hey hey Bob, don't mention lol, and yes you did put it into good use. But Bob, how about the first visits to my blog, and the 3D glasses - I think you paid your dues long time ago, lol.
Yes I cannot wait to explore more sky. I think with Matthew a bit older it will be easier.
I remember long time ago when first time visited Science Centre in the early 90s, I fell in love with the perpetual machine, lol.
Scinece is so cool, and I know you agree with me.
Anna :)
- January 15, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- Anna said...
...and there you go I cannot even spell science right, lol :)
- January 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM
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- January 22, 2009 at 1:20 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Lol, Kathy, you're too funny.
- January 25, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Lol Anna, science is very cool.
- January 25, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- Bob Johnson said...
Thanks Julie, much appreciated.
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Ferris recently left on a tour of Boston, New York and elsewhere in the U.S. to promote his Sinn Fein party's platform of Irish reunification to an international audience and included a stop at UMass Dartmouth, where he spoke 13 years ago.
"My country is divided," he told the audience of staff and students. "We have two states, two police forces, two economies ... a border that is effectively porous."
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Ferris himself is a former member of the Irish Republican Army and lived a life committed to the cause of "physical-force" republicanism since joining in 1970.
"I was able to see people beaten on the street," he said of the television footage that would draw an "emotional" response from him and other Irish youth in the late 1960s and early '70s.
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The Good Friday agreement doesn't mean anything, however, "if you have a section of the Irish being treated as second-class citizens," he said.
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But he quickly added that many of those in support of opening the archive have an "agenda other than the truth."


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Kathryn J. Bent – one count of controlled substance endangerment to child in the fourth degree, one count of manufacture/package/advertise non-controlled substance as a simulated controlled substance, first offense, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, one count of possession of marijuana.
La Grange Police Arrests
Aug 25 -- Anthony N. Spezzano 74, Crestwood, was arrested for operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs, first offense.
Aug. 27 -- Jeffrey S. Delahanty, 46, La Grange, was cited and released for TBUT (shoplifting) under $500.
Aug. 29 -- Daniel K. Boutwell, 40, La Grange, was cited and released for leaving scene of accident and failure of owner to maintain insurance.
Aug 29 -- Cabellaro Salamon, 37, La Grange, was cited and released for no operator's license.
Aug. 19 -- Todd K. Adkins, 34, Paris, was arrested for operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs/etc., second offense, failure to or improper signal and excessive windshield/window tinting.
Aug. 21 -- Shelby N. Grant, 20, Simpsonville, was arrested for operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs/etc., under 21, failure to wear seat belt, speeding 7 miles over limit.
Aug. 22 -- William Beal, 58, La Grange, was arrested on Oldham County bench warrant for alcohol intoxication.
The North Oldham Fire District will experience a change in leadership come February.
Current NOFD Chief David Stoltz will not receive another term at the helm of the department when his current one ends in February, the North Oldham Fire District Board of Trustees announced at their last meeting two weeks ago.
Stoltz has been associated with the fire department for upwards of 30 years, where he has been chief for three years and acting chief before that.
Aug. 16 -- Melinda A. Jenkins, 43, Louisville, was arrested for operating motor vehicle under influence of alcohol/drugs first offense, possession of open alcohol beverage container in motor vehicle, disregarding traffic control device-traffic light.
Aug. 16 -- Anthony M. Hernandez, 18, Louisville, was arrested for speeding 10 mph over, operating motor vehicle under influence of alcohol under 21, failure of owner to maintain required insurance first offense.
La Grange Police Department is joining other local and state agencies in launching a "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" crackdown to stop impaired drivers and to save lives on our roadways.
La Grange Police officers will be aggressively looking for impaired drivers and will arrest anyone caught driving under the influence. Enforcement efforts will include sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, etc. The special enforcement crackdown will run through Sept. 1.
Aug. 4 -- Troy Lamont Johnson Jr., 18, Louisville, was arrested for criminal trespass first degree.
Aug. 4 -- Kahlil Twyne, 18, La Grange, was arrested for criminal trespass first degree.
Aug. 5 -- Shannon Willis, 43, Louisville, was arrested for disregarding stop sign, no insurance, suspended license, warrant for failure to appear in Jefferson County.
Aug. 7 -- Christopher S. Abbott, 36, La Grange, was arrested for possession of marijuana.
Pending lab results will push the trial date to February for a Pewee Valley woman accused of killing her boyfriend with a hatchet.
Gail Kelley was arrested in July 2013 and charged with the murder of Michael T. Evans, and also tampering with evidence.
At a pre-trial conference Thursday, Commonwealth Attorney Courtney Baxter expressed to the judge that her office would not be ready for the initial trial date originally scheduled for Sept. 8, noting that DNA evidence had still not been processed for the case.
Two men indicted on drug charges from a highly publicized incident in La Grange plead not guilty to those charges at their Circuit Court arraignment last week.
Henry Schultz-Eggenspiller, 22, and Roberto Cabrera Jr., 46, both of La Grange, were indicted last month by a grand jury. Schultz-Eggenspiller was indicted on one count of tampering with physical evidence and one count of criminal conspiracy to commit trafficking in a controlled substance.
A La Grange man has been arrested and directly indicted for two bank robberies in his hometown.
William Gary Grubbs Jr., 36, was indicted on Monday by an Oldham County Grand Jury on two counts of robbery in the first degree, related to robberies at Farmers Bank of Milton on Highway 53 on April 23 and June 1.
Grubbs was arrested June 25 in Kenton County. Louisville Metro Police charged him with robbery first degree for a bank robbery in Jefferson County.
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This is the Kyosho Inferno MP9 TKI3 Competition 1/8 Off Road Buggy. The time has arrived to experience the Inferno's legendary racing performance. With a total of 8 Off-Road World Championship Victories, the Kyosho Inferno series has established an unrivaled record of success. Tested at numerous international racing events, and proven with Jared Tebo's dominating performance at Neo 2012, design upgrades in multiple areas have elevated the MP9 chassis to another level.
The TKI3 chassis design focus is on efficient traction and is realized through short suspension arms and unique rear hubs that produce effective traction with a light suspension stroke. The shock design has changed from spacer setting adjustment to dial adjustment and includes the previously optional tapered hole shock pistons that produce optimal piston speed and damping power during long runs. Other features include a low-height body design with less front-end resistance that generates improved aerodynamics for a competitive edge, as well as stable posture through the air. With the power of the worlds most advanced racing platform firmly in your grasp, the innovative design of the TKI3 puts racing glory within your reach.
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- Heavy Duty Shock Tower: Strengthened front shock tower features thicker construction giving you the ability to handle what ever your local track can dish out. Similar to what was used during the IFMAR 2011 Worlds.
- Redesigned Battery & Receiver Box: Redesigned molded battery and receiver box, which is compatible with KO Propo switch.
- Redesigned Servo Tray: Servo tray allows for precise, effective and linear linkage movement.
- Move Up: The radio tray has also undergone change which now allows for easy servo maintenance and replacement.
Standard Features:
- Threaded Big Bore Shocks: Dial adjustable big bore shocks allow precision adjustment of front-rear and left-right suspension. (Front: Small / Rear: Medium)
- MP9 Wheel: Lightweight dish wheels provide optimal rigidity, traction and effective tire grip.
- Tapered Shock Pistons: Shock pistons with tapered holes deliver optimal oil flow resistance and piston speed for superior damping effectiveness.
- Improved King Pin Design: Longer king pin and longer flanged collar improves reliability and prevents knuckle coming loose in the event of hard contact or a crash.
- Redesigned Arms: Redesigned and reinforced for extra strength around the stabilizer mounting holes on the front lower suspension arms.
- Aluminum Wing & Radio Posts: Machined aluminum wing stay posts and radio plate posts deliver improved reliability through increased strength and rigidity.
- Suspension Bushings: White suspension bushings are included to provide you with high visibility of your setup.
- Aluminum Rear Hubs: Aluminum rear hubs effectively realizes shorter suspension arms to deliver reactive movement for traction efficiency.
- Body Design: Low-height body design with less front-end resistance that generates aerodynamics for a competitive edge and stable posture through the air.
- Air Filter: This high capacity air filter allows a long and consistent air feed to your engine.
- Ultra Low C.O.G: Ultra low center of gravity, lightweight and optimal weight balance all combine to deliver the ultimate racing weapon.
- More Down Force: Large bolt on wing generates powerful down force. Ribbing at the back results in improved rigidity.
- 7075 Grade Aluminum: Hard main chassis, hard shock stay, big bore shocks and aluminum knuckle arms made from 7075-grade aluminum, realize great strength, durability and rigidity.
- Hard Anodized Components: The shock stay and main chassis are hard anodized for improved resistance against dirt and damage.
- Composite Torque Rods: Resin torque rods fitted on front and rear contributes to moderate flexibility and smooth running performance.
- Endless Adjustments: Roll center can be adjusted by changing the direction of the spacer inserted into the lower arm of the rear suspension. Also, the one-piece ball and washer ball-ends are an added maintenance feature
- Upright Servo: Servo is mounted upright for easy maintenance and is dropped 2mm to contribute to the lower center of gravity. The hard chrome finish to the metal parts is more resistant to damage and dirt than anodizing.
- Extremely Light Weight: The smaller differential units on front and rear with grooved cup joints, aluminum balls and the flexing shape of resin parts effectively lightens the weight while giving the chassis rigidity, more durability and strength.
- Fuel Tank: Features finger hook for fast and reliable refueling and realizes stable fuel supply in even under severe posture changes.
- Wraparound Side Guards: Grooved face in side guard matches the thickness of velcro tape and prevents dirt getting inside the chassis. Complete wraparound side guards only found on Kyosho MP9.
- Equipped With Mud Guards: Mud guards on the rear arm prevent dirt entering the drive shaft and getting inside the wheels.
- Kyosho Has You Covered: 3 types of servo horn included for various R/C systems (SANWA / KO / for JR, FUTABA and Hitech)
- Hex Screws: Kit includes all hex screws enough said!
- Weight Balance: Engine position moved 15mm forwards and 5mm to the center compared to the MP777. Also the height has been lowered by 1mm for ideal weight balance.
- Suspension Design: Suspension uses bushing for easy maintenance and rationalizes the setting order.
- Increased Diff Case Capacity: Center differential realizes improved heat dissipating brake disc and increased case capacity for stable control through to the end of the race.
- Optimal Race Settings: Fine tune for the optimal race setting with adjustments to wheelbase, tread, roll center, caster angle, toe angle and camber change.
- 3 Differentials = Real Time 4WD: Features the Inferno's signature shaft-driven 3-differential full time 4WD chassis.
- All made in Japan! Everything from the ground up is made in Japan for the highest level of quality and reliability.
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Ground Clearance: 28mm (0.8in)
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When we send soldiers off to war, the bare minimum of thanks we can give when they return is to provide care for those injured in battle.
That's not happening.
Nearly 900,000 veterans are waiting for their disability claims to be processed and rated with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. More than 600,000 veterans have waited longer than 125 days for their disability compensation.
The numbers are worse locally. More than 82 percent of disability claims in the Chicago office have been backlogged for longer than 125 days. On average, the Chicago office takes 380 days to process a claim.
To compare, the Social Security Administration estimates that it takes three to five months to process an initial application for disability benefits.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has said budget cuts, an antiquated processing system, and increased demand – a 200 percent increase over the past 10 years in original claims covering eight or more medical issues – as reasons for the backlog.
These are excuses. The federal government started sending troops to two wars more than a decade ago: Department of Defense data show about 2.5 million military members have been deployed since the U.S. went to war in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.
That's when planning for the inevitable outcomes of battle should have begun.
Soldiers should not pay the price for the shortsightedness of bureaucrats – many of whom likely don't know what it's like to put their life on the line for their country, much less suffer lifelong consequences that often come with war.
The VA has set a goal to eliminate the backlog by 2015, and plans to establish a digital, paperless processing system for the VA's 56 regional offices by the end of 2013.
It should be more than a goal. It should be a promise.
And given the sacrifices that soldiers deployed to war are asked to make on behalf of all of us, it's one promise we must keep.


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BEVERLY, Mass. - Endicott College posted 480 yards of total offense en route to a 30-7 win over MIT on senior day at Endicott Stadium in New England Football Conference action. The Engineers were unable to adjust after a late change moved the final game of the 2007 slate to Sunday.
MIT (2-7, 2-4 NEFC Boyd) threatened to get on board first as they controlled the ball at the Endicott six yard line on first and goal. However, the Gulls defense buckled down to close out the series as Daniel Orlando and Jarron Randall were able to stop DeRon Brown just inches shy of the end zone for a turnover on downs.
After both defenses swapped three-and-outs, Vinny Orlando put the Gulls ahead for good as he hooked up with Drew Cusato from 25-yards out for the game's first score. MIT's next drive stalled when Jarron Randall intercepted MIT single-caller Brian Doyle at EC's own 5-yard line. This happened just two plays after Doyle hit Thomas Franklin in stride for a 52-yard gain.
In the closing seconds of the first half, the Gulls (3-6, 3-4) took a 13-0 lead when Alex Smith found Ray Lynch in the end zone for a two yard score. Christopher Brennan's PAT put the Gulls ahead, 14-0, heading into the break.
The Gulls found the end zone on their first drive of the second half, this time when Orlando connected with Neil Powers for a 36-yard TD strike. Brennan added on the extra point to give the Gulls a commanding 21-0 lead.
On the ensuing drive, the Engineers finally got on the board when Ben Grannan plowed through the Endicott defense for a 15-yard touchdown. Corey Garvey tacked-on the PAT to cut the lead to 21-7.
On Endicott's very next drive, Colby Hawkins made two defenders miss and was off to the races, sprinting 30-yards for another score. The shifty sophomore finished the day with a game-high 105 yards on just 14 carries. He also had two catches for 34 yards.
The fourth quarter featured defensive stands from each team with the only points coming from a Brennan 23-yard field goal. Endicott closed the afternoon with season highs for rushing attempts (50), rushing yards (268), and first downs (25).


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If Derrick Rose is fine with missing the rest of the season, then so am I.
In fact, I'd declare him done right now. Look, the Chicago Bulls aren't winning anything this season even if Rose does make it back from surgery on his left knee.
I don't think they're going to sniff a chance at a championship until Rose gets a Scottie Pippen, and even then they still might need LeBron James and Kevin Durant to contract a flesh-eating virus.
Bulls management reflexively puts together fantasy hustle and effort teams. Problem is, the NBA is a league where teams with actual superstars -- plural -- win titles. But that's another issue. We'll deal with that when Bulls management again fails to attract the necessary free-agent stud.
For now, let's get back to Rose saying he's OK with not returning this season.
"I'm feeling good," Rose said after the Bulls embarrassed themselves against a slapdash Celtics team. "But if it's where it's taking me a long time and I'm still not feeling right, I don't mind missing this year.
"I would love to (return). That's why I approach my rehab and workouts so hard. I'm trying to get back on the court as quickly as possible. But if I have anything lingering on, it's no point."
No point, indeed. No point is exactly the point.
Rose said he can't dunk offstride, which means he hasn't regained the explosiveness that defined his game previously. Rose said that style will continue to define his game. OK. Fine. Then Rose has no game, and neither does his team.
Rose made his declaration on the night that the dwindling healthy part of the Bulls looked sick. Perfect.
The Bulls committed 22 turnovers in Boston. That's three more than they spit up in a pathetic home loss to a Spurs team that started one regular and four guys from the 300 level of the United Center. That's 39 turnovers since Monday. Thank goodness they don't play again until next week.
Why would Rose want to come back to this glop? The more the Bulls need him to come back to stop what feels like a slow death, the less I want him to come back. Perhaps the less he wants to come back, as well.
Sure, the Bulls are a surprising eight games over .500 at the All-Star break, and sure, any version of Rose would be better than achy-breaky Kirk Hinrich and the rest of that backcourt. But I'm getting the feeling that the smartest thing about Rose's rehab is that he is not rushing back with the belief that he can fix an unfixable team in terms of winning a championship.
Rose doesn't seem to want to come back as anything but a superstar. I don't know how big of a role that is playing in Rose's statements and mindset, but that's pride and fear working. Rose has never been through something like this. All he knows is he always was the best player on the court. He was no worse than second. That's his frame of reference, which also figures to be his goal, which also likely includes the fear that he'll never be that player again.
Doctors say he could return to his previous sneaker-selling level in a couple years, but try telling any kid to wait for anything.
And yet, Rose is talking about waiting. Talking comfortably about it. So, wait till next year.
If Rose is saying now that he wouldn't mind cashing in this season, then cash it in now. Don't force it, and here's why: Each missed game gives him fewer regular-season rehearsals for the heavier demands of playoff basketball.
This is not a shot at Tom Thibodeau, a coach who believes players can rest when they're dead and the only bad minutes are those given to Nazr Mohammad. It's just that playoff minutes are harder because the games are more physical, the court seems smaller and the better players get more minutes.
Sorry, but I can't see the Bulls facing the fourth quarter of a tight playoff game, and there's Rose, sitting on the bench obeying a note from the school nurse.
Getting back to the more important point: to what end? There's nothing to win this year. There's no reason to create unnecessary jeopardy for the pursuit of nothing. Nothing could be dumber unless the goal is to risk sabotaging the franchise for a decade of stink like the one involving drafting Eddy Curry.
Whether it's a mental, emotional or physical block, or any combination, something is stopping Rose, and that's enough for me. See ya next season. Beep, beep, drive home safely.


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) Suddenly, they seem to be showing up everywhere.
Dapper, carefully trimmed mustaches on businessmen. Freestyle versions on college students, sometimes punctuated with soul patches.
Elaborately groomed handlebars on cowpokes and bartenders. More pronounced versions on previously discreetly airbrushed images of Frida Kahlo. Big black mustaches on babies.
Mustaches are trending so strongly that the hirsute fashion statement is boldly going where it has never gone before. On infants pacifiers, for instance. And on temporary tattoos. Apply one to your index finger, and with a quick gesture, you can join the ranks of the mustachioed any time.
Richard Parra, owner of Spirit Winds in Las Cruces, says he cant keep the mustache paraphernalia in stock.
Were sold out of the pacifiers. People think theyre really funny. All our mustache accoutrements have been selling fast for more than a year.
Right now, weve got some mustache earrings, corkscrews and bumper stickers, said Parra, who is growing a mustache himself.
Its actually part of a goatee. I just started. Its part of my new winter look, he said.
These days, Matt Bleything, owner of LuLus in Mesilla, may also be paying more attention to mustaches than an old-time barber.
The mustache section of his trendy boutique includes everything from baby binkies and mustache-shaped paper clips to a silver mustache ring and temporary tattoos. Apply one to your index finger (or the double Fingerstache to two fingers) and you can quickly assume your choice of 19 personas: Oilman, Carnies, Neighborino, Gunslinger, Professor, Dandy, Plumber, El Bandito, Crybaby, Prospector, Makeout Bandit, Magnum, Sheriff, Villain, Eighth Grade Bully, Swashbuckler, Pushbroom or Rich Uncle.
A six-pack of stick-on famous artists mustaches ranges from a salt-and-pepper Rembrandt to a fiery red Vincent van Gogh.
In fact, some mustaches are so famous that no images are necessary: A name will suffice to conjure the stache style. Consider the list of Top 10 Most Famous Moustaches on TopTenz.net: Fu Manchu, Tom Selleck, Adolf Hitler, Groucho Marx, Yosemite Sam, Gene Shalit, Charlie Chaplin, baseball Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers, surrealist artist Salvador Dali, and someone whose mustache is more famous than his name: Badamsinh Juwansinh Gurjarhis, who spent 22 years growing a 12.5-foot-long mustache, in an attempt to set a world record.
Whats the attraction? Several mustachioed guys will give you a quick, practical answer: It beats shaving.
Others may be convinced they are a babe magnet, with some justification.
I love mustaches. I even liked them as a teenager. My husband Tony has a white mustache and goatee, said Patti Gruessing of Las Cruces. Hal Fore had a long relationship with his.
I had a mustache for 40 years. I remember I still had it when I took a wonderful trip to Paris. Then, I just decided I wanted to see my face. I shaved it off and people said I looked younger, Fore said.
I like the way it looks and its easier with the right trimmers, said Robert Ramirez of Las Cruces, who said he has experimented with many kinds of facial hair, including embedded designs, with the help of Robert Boomer Burkhartsmeier of Zucos Barbershop.
Las Cruces was named the 27th most mustache-friendly city in the U.S. by the American Mustache Institute, which reportedly considered such factors as large first responders pool (law enforcement, fire and rescue, EMTs); motorcycles, monster trucks and ATVs per capita; and restaurants serving pork rinds and pickled meats per capita.


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Losers Of Garage Door DMCA Case Try To Use Legaleze To Lock Up Your Garage Door Openers Anyway
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Fast forward five years, and most tech/copryight folks haven't thought too much about garage door openers and their relation to the DMCA... until Ars Technica's Nate Anderson moved into a new house, and noticed his garage door opener manual (from Chamberlain, of course). The manual was from 2006... well after Chamberlian had lost its case. And yet... the manual contained clear DMCA-style anti-circumvention language, stating:
NOTICE: If this Security+ garage door opener is operated with a non-rolling code transmitter, the technical measure in the receiver of the garage door opener, which provides security against code-theft devices, will be circumvented. The owner of the copyright in the garage door opener does not authorize the purchaser or supplier of the non-rolling code transmitter to circumvent that technical measure.What's quite clear is that Chamberlain is trying to legaleze its way around the court rulings against it, by stating in the manual that you are not authorized to get around its little bit of technical trickery. Basically, it sounds like Chamberlain's lawyers saw the loophole in the judges twisted reasoning to get around what the DMCA does state, and have jumped gleefully through that loophole. Of course, the lawyers Anderson questioned doubt that this would hold up in court, but the real question is whether or not this would ever go back to court. Chamberlain may just be hoping that enough people are scared off by the questionable legal language that it doesn't need to file lawsuits, and competing product makers probably don't find it worthwhile to file their own lawsuit either. But, in the meantime, we get to see yet another remnant of what the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause has created.


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Would you accept that this is rebirth to you because you are a practicing Buddhist? In other words, to a Christian, Jew, Hindu, Jain etc etc, who also have their own "versions" of rebirth, it would mean something a little different.Rebirth is, to me, the most parsimonious, logical, and "safe" theory to adopt because it is the one that aligns best with the nature of the mind, which we can directly, scientifically see through meditation. Rebirth is the theory that we come to when we examine the mind with clear comprehension, make sense of the mechanisms at work, and then seek to find a consistent explanation for how those mechanisms function upon the breakup of the physical body.
The point here is that different religions have vastly different views on many things and often contradict each other. The question is, they can't all be right, can they? How do you square that? One religion says this, another says, NO that's not right, this is true. This is the insurmountable problem I have with all religion so I choose no religion. But that's not to say I wouldn't meditate occasionally. I do it because I feel it's good for my mind to simply STOP for a while.
Now, I completely understand why some people may be drawn to a particular religion (although most are probably simply born into and indoctrinated by it). I was once attracted to Buddhism, but now I don't feel that I need to follow any particular religion. This is mainly because of my experiences and ironically also the fact that I am married to a Buddhist, but that's another story!


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Timothy Geithner is joining the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, his first public move since stepping down as U.S. Treasury Secretary last month.
The council says Geithner will become a distinguished fellow with the organization. Geithner had previously been a senior fellow with the council in 2001 after he stepped down as Treasury undersecretary for international affairs in the Clinton administration.
Council President Richard Haass said that Geithner will strengthen the organization's ability to "produce thoughtful analysis of issues at the intersection of economic, political and strategic developments."
Geithner served as Treasury secretary during President Barack Obama's first term. Obama has nominated Jacob Lew, his chief of staff, to replace Geithner at Treasury.


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Slate is in every scene, and without her the film would collapse from the weight of the contrived script.
Actress-comedienne Jenny Slate doesn't stretch far to play stand-up comic Donna Stern in Gillian Robespierre's indie flick "Obvious Child," but that doesn't stop her from flexing her ample acting muscles in portraying a pregnant 27-year-old Brooklynite with nowhere to turn.
Slate spends a chunk of the film telling raunchy vagina jokes and drunk-dialing the ex-boyfriend who just dumped her. In lesser hands, she'd be a cookie-cutter Lena Dunham character from "Girls," complete with teeth stained purple from guzzling red wine. But Slate infuses pathos and charm into a character easily seen as an unlikable and whiny young woman. Slate vacillates smoothly between delivering diarrhea jokes and breaking down in the back of a taxi after the weight of her decision to abort finally hits her.
Slate is in every scene and without her Robespierre's feature debut would collapse from the contrived script she wrote with Karen Maine. Donna's experience is messy, but the way she bumps back into her baby daddy (a charming Jake Lacy) – first at the bookstore she works part-time and later at her mother's apartment – is just too tidy to be taken seriously. Another script invention: the only date she can have the abortion is Valentine's Day. Plus, there's the by-the-numbers supporting cast that includes the rock solid best friend (Gaby Hoffman), the gay best friend (Gabe Liedman), the supportive dad (Richard Kind) and the nagging but earnest mom (Polly Draper).
"Obvious Child" – the title is taken from the Paul Simon song – does for abortion what "50/50" did for cancer. Robespierre and Slate take a hard, emotional experience and turn it into a comedy that's both moving and funny. While abortion serves as the film's catalyst, the movie neither mocks nor preaches nor gets political. Instead, it finds its poignance and humor in Donna's reaction to playing "Russian Roulette" with her vagina and the situations that evolve from it. The film is an anomaly – a feel-good movie about a feel-bad subject.
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Mountain Rescue is a voluntary organisation helping hillgoers in need.
You should get a good idea of how the team operates from this site. Current news is updated regularly on our Facebook page.
The Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team was formed in 2003 from an amalgamation of "Furness" and "Millom" MRT's. We have around 35 callouts each year, working on our own or with our neighbors Wasdale, Coniston and Kendal.
Team Members
Team members are drawn from across the area and come from all walks of life. The team benefits greatly from members whose professional skills are used to influence training, such as doctors, teachers, engineers and outdoor instructors. Currently we have a healthy active callout list of 35 members, with a good number of female members, and annually aim to appoint new probationary members. Anyone interested in joining will find further information under training and should contact the team secretary - links.
As a registered charity the team is totally reliant on donations. Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association (LDSAMRA) provides some grants, but the majority of our income comes from our own fundraising activity and donations. Some of our equipment has a long life, however most of our medical and rescue equipment has a short life due to the need for absolute reliability. Add to this the costs of maintaining and replacing 3 vehicles and specialist radio equipment and there is a need for steady funding inflow. Our annual running cost is around £30,000. You can make a donations online via the Donate Now page or through our Supporters. The Supporters also keeps people up to date on our activities.
Team Bases
The team has its base at Foxfield, near Broughton in Furness. Most of our training events and real callouts are run from the control room in Broughton Base. Transport resources we have are two 110 Land Rover Ambulances and a Transit Ambulance.
Public Relations
We regularly do talks about the team for various schools, clubs and societies. We attend many galas and events in the area with public displays and to fundraise.
Annual Newsletter
Download the team's latest newsletter.
Other Organisations
The Duddon and Furness MRT is a member of and contributes to LDSAMRA (the umbrella organisation for Mountain Rescue in the Lake District) and Mountain Rescue England and Wales (the national Mountain Rescue organisation of England and Wales).
Communications Equipment Development
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From time to time here on the Performance Bicycle Blog we like to recognize our coworkers and let them share what they're passionate about outside of work. This week we're talking to Johnny Pratt, a Product Developer at our home office in North Carolina. Johnny joined Performance as the Merchant Assistant for components in August 2011, after working for companies as varied as Eastern Bikes and Credit Suisse. He grew up cycling and has always loved to be outdoors. He raced on the Appalachian State Cycling team while in school there and was a participant in the World Race, traveling to over 15 countries on five continents in a year's time. Outside of work he spends most of his time racing bikes, doing adventure races, spending time with his family, and serving those in need.
It was that passion to serve others that led Johnny to co-found Bike Raising Inc., a non-profit organization that raises money for charity through cycling events. Bike Raising was born on a ride – Johnny and his friend Josh Stinger were riding in the hills of North Carolina when the concept was formed to create an organization that dedicated 100% of the money earned at an event to small non-profits that are hindered by lack of funding. But we'll let Johnny tell you more about why he wanted to create and run a non-profit, in his spare time, in his own words.
What is Bike Raising and why does it exist?
We wanted to make a difference to a few non-profits that had massive goals, but were constantly held back because they didn't have the necessary capital to make it happen. With my business background and Josh's project management background we knew we could create something to help out. We both loved bike racing and we knew our goal was fundraising so the name Bike Raising was born. It started simple and it remains simple. You participate in a fun, safe and challenging cycling event and a small partner non-profit gets some help. In what other race does everyone win?
The charitable organizations we partner with have a purpose and a mission. We call this their "critical pursuit." When they are unable to fulfill their critical pursuit it slows down the change they are working towards. Many organizations say that the resource they're lacking the most is funding. We don't want them to shift their focus from their mission by dedicating the majority of their staff and resources to fundraising. Bike Raising strives to eliminate the need for these organizations to take their eyes off their goal – which is where we become a valued member of the team. We partner with the organization, learn their needs both financially and socially, put together a plan of action, set goals and set forth to accomplish them all. We allow the organization to keep pressing on with their mission while we handle the rest. This is why our motto is to Race. Give. Love.
What is Bike Raising involved with now and how can someone help out?
The Needle Gate Project is a journey from the Space Needle to the Golden Gate Bridge. It's a pursuit of physical and mental limits. It's a platform for freedom both to the individuals riding and those whom are yet to be free.
For this project we are proud to partner with She Dances, who is doing the great work of providing holistic restoration for young girls who have been trafficked and sexually exploited. She Dances needs funding to be more efficient and effective in their mission. Due to the nature of the human trafficking industry there is very little time between when they discover an at risk girl and when an actual rescue takes place. Funding in the hands of She Dances makes this process move faster, which results in that child's restoration.
You can help us in bolstering the speed and accuracy of She Dances' mission. Choose from one of our many exciting perks. Join the insider's circle and get the video of us shouting your name on the Golden Gate Bridge. Maybe you'd rather go with the Primo Pack that gets you some sweet MiiR stainless steel products, coffee and an original She Dances Tee. Or maybe you want to join the Bike Raising team and get the complete kit. If you help out in any way, you're joining us on our journey and you're partnering in the fight against human trafficking. Our goal is to raise $5000 to help support the work and restoration that She Dances is providing.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In a rematch of last season's NCAA Tournament opening round contest, the MIT field hockey team downed Nichols College, 4-0, on Wednesday night at Jack Barry Field. Kameron Klauber led the way with a pair of goals, as the Engineers improved to 7-1 with the win. Nichols lost for just the second time this season, falling to 5-2.
Klauber put Tech on the board in the 20th minute, taking the ball at midfield and, after a long run into the circle, flipping it past Bison goalkeeper Krista-Jean Forand. That score would hold up into the half, as the Cardinal and Gray outshot the visitors, 13-2, in the frame.
Kimberly Barker increased the MIT advantage early in the second stanza, knocking home a rebound from her position on the left post for her seventh tally of the season. Klauber struck again just under 12 minutes later, deflecting a blast by Molly McShane past Forand to regain the team scoring lead with her eighth goal of the year. Viveka Mishra would record her first collegiate score with just over 11 minutes to go to cap the scoring.
The Bison had a number of chances late but were unable to break through the Tech defense. Eileen Clinton corralled the ball at the top of the circle with 14:45 to go but MIT goalkeeper Keri Dixon was able to make a spectacular sprawling save to preserve the clean sheet. Clinton was also denied by Michelle Teplensky's defensive save late in the first half.
Dixon stopped four shots to pick up her second shutout of the 2010 campaign. Forand had five saves in the losing effort.
The Cardinal and Gray will be back in action on Saturday, traveling to New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) foe Springfield College for an 11:00 a.m. contest. The Bison will host Commonwealth Coast Conference rival Gordon College on Friday at 5:00 p.m.


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Hod Irvine recently visited the Best Buy store in Richfield to look for a new camera. The first employee Irvine spoke to referred him to another Blue Shirt, who expertly answered all of Irvine's questions.
"He was very friendly, very helpful, and, most importantly, very knowledgable," said Irvine, a 53-year-old Stillwater resident who sells advanced electronics like semiconductors. "People say 'Best Buy is going away.' If it goes away, what do you have left? God, I don't want to shop at Wal-Mart."
Despite Irvine's glowing review, he didn't actually buy a camera, preferring to do more research at other retailers.
Here lies a paradoxical problem for the consumer electronics giant: How can the retailer provide customers with information and a pleasant shopping experience to boost sales while not laying on the aggressive sales pitch that has long been a part of Best Buy's culture?
In other words, how do you get customers to buy something without pushing them to buy something?
Since joining Best Buy last fall, CEO Hubert Joly has invested considerable cash and time to improving customer service in an effort to boost sluggish sales. Under his tenure, Best Buy has retrained its Blue Shirt workforce and instituted a new system to both measure customer opinion and evaluate and compensate employees. Beyond the store, Best Buy has added resources to its vaunted social media team, which monitors and responds quickly to customers who complain about something on Facebook and Twitter.
By focusing on customer service, the company hopes that knowledge and some tender loving care will produce enough goodwill to convince a customer to eventually pull the trigger. The key word is "eventually."
"We're not out there pounding you to buy," Shawn Score, president of U.S. retail, told the Star Tribune. "We're out there making sure we answer enough questions that you feel intelligent and confident in your purchase decision."
Yet Best Buy needs to generate more sales now. In recent years, the company's cash flow has shrunk as fewer people visit Best Buy stores and many of the ones that do, like Irvine, leave without buying anything. Some analysts have even questioned whether Best Buy has a long-term future.
Back in the day, the retailer could count on a loyal group of customers who would always buy their electronics at a Best Buy, said Carol Spieckerman, president of the retail consulting firm Newmarketbuilders. But given the plethora of competition today, Best Buy is taking a calculated risk by going with a more passive approach, based on friendly service and information, to get customers to make a purchase, Spieckerman said.
"The role of the store is to get the sale before shoppers leave the store," she said.
Getting customers to buy
A recent survey by Prosper Insights & Analytics asked shoppers whether they would buy something on BestBuy.com after seeing that product in a Best Buy store. Over half of the consumers said they were "neutral" or not likely to do so.
And yet, other signs point to the need for Best Buy to flex its expertise. In 2012, nearly 20 percent of shoppers who visited a Best Buy store wanted to buy something but didn't, according to the company. Many said they needed more product information, wanted to do more research or had a bad experience with an employee.
"Education is your competitive advantage," said Laura Kennedy, a senior analyst with Kantar Retail consulting group in Boston. "These are not simple products. They have lost that competitive advantage when their salespeople are not able to inform the customer."
Hilary Le Bon, a Minneapolis resident, said she would love to shop and support a local retailer.
"But I find every interaction in-store and on the phone with the company to be frustrating and disconnected," she said. "There's so much room for improvement."
Outsourcing service
Some analysts wonder whether Best Buy has outsourced its customer service to outside parties, citing Best Buy's recent partnership with Samsung. The retailer agreed to host Samsung Experience store-within-a-store concept at all 1,000 Best Buy stores in the United States. The shops, however, are staffed by Samsung employees, not Blue Shirts.
"Samsung is essentially saying, 'We'll get it done ourselves,' " Kennedy said.
However, Best Buy thinks improving the in-store experience, including customer service, could yield immediate results. Two years ago, 40 percent of the 600 million annual visits to stores resulted in a sale. Just adding one percentage point to that figure could generate an extra $200 million in operating income, the company estimates.
"[A sale] is just an outcome for having done a good job with the customer," Score said.
A 'cultural shift'
One of Joly's first priorities as CEO was to advocate a back to retail basics approach that would stress customer service not just in stores but throughout the corporate culture. To set an example, Joly even donned a Blue Shirt and worked at a store his first week on the job.
Since then, Best Buy has implemented a Retail Immersion Program in which even corporate officers receive customer service training, interact with store general managers, and listen to customer calls. Lisa Smith, Best Buy's vice president of enterprise customer care, said the effort is a "cultural shift" for the company.
"We are all stepping it up in terms of our level of engagement," she said. "To make sure that foundation is good, the role of customer service has been elevated over the past 10 months substantially."
Getting recommendations
Last fall, Best Buy started to retrain its Blue Shirt employees, using the same techniques developed by executives behind the company's highly successful Best Buy Mobile format. Perhaps more important, Best Buy adopted the Net Promoter Score (NPS) as a way to measure customer satisfaction and employee performance. First developed by Bain & Co. consulting in 2003, the system, based on customer surveys, seeks to determine which customers are likely to recommend a retailer to other people.
The company is using NPS to evaluate its employees. In the past, Best Buy paid commissions to Blue Shirts, which resulted in employees aggressively pushing products on customers regardless of whether they needed them or not. Today, Best Buy compensates employees based on NPS scores assigned to their individual departments and the entire store.
Overall, Best Buy wants to measure the entire shopping experience, including why a customer didn't buy something, Score said.
"[NPS] gives us guidance on where we need to get better," he said. "Maybe they walked out of the store and didn't realize we had our low-price guarantee. Maybe they were looking for a certain product and couldn't find it. Maybe the person who helped them wasn't knowledgeable enough, they needed more info and we can get them more info."
Stepping up the pace
Best Buy's stores may be a work in progress but behind the scenes, the company is already an industry leader, particularly its social media efforts. Using sophisticated software that can monitor more than 200 million sites a day, Best Buy can detect and respond to customer questions or complaints 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"The pace of retail and pace of society have accelerated," Smith said. "It's a new world. We need to address things in the moment."
A recent study by Conversocial consulting firm of the top 100 retailers determined Best Buy's average response time to social media queries was 14 minutes compared to an average industry time of 11 hours and 15 minutes. In fact, Conversocial rated Best Buy No. 1 in social customer service, the only retailer to receive its highest rank of five stars.
Smith said the company has built an internal Google-like search engine in which employees can quickly access information and answer customer questions. Best Buy is also collecting customer questions and the company's answers so that it can develop content to share with consumers online in the form of videos and blog posts.
All of these efforts will take time, but Score said the company is heading in the right direction. Since November, Best Buy has substantially increased its overall NPS ratings. Score also noted that Best Buy generated positive and flat sales the last two quarters, no small feat given the company's sales free-fall last year.
"We're making progress," Score said. "Everything you hope for in a turnaround situation is really coming together."
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A. Section 300.22 addresses this question. The provisions of this section apply to the installation and uses of electrical wiring and equipment in ducts used for dust, loose stock, or vapor removal; ducts specifically fabricated for environmental air; and spaces used for environmental air (plenums).
(A) Ducts used for dust, loose stock, or vapor. Ducts that transport dust, loose stock, or vapors must not have any wiring method installed within them.
(B) Ducts specifically fabricated for environmental air. If necessary for direct action upon, or sensing of, the contained air, Type MC cable that has a smooth or corrugated impervious metal sheath without an overall nonmetallic covering, electrical metallic tubing, flexible metallic tubing, intermediate metal conduit, or rigid metal conduit without an overall nonmetallic covering can be installed in ducts specifically fabricated to transport environmental air. Flexible metal conduit in lengths not exceeding 4 ft can be used to connect physically adjustable equipment and devices within the fabricated duct. Equipment is only permitted within the duct specifically fabricated to transport environmental air if necessary for the direct action upon, or sensing of, the contained air. Equipment, devices, and/or illumination are only permitted to be installed in the duct if necessary to facilitate maintenance and repair.
(C) Other spaces used for environmental air (plenums). This section applies to wiring and equipment in spaces not specifically fabricated for environmental air-handling purposes (plenums) but used for air-handling purposes as a plenum. This requirement doesn't apply to habitable rooms or areas of buildings — the prime purpose of which isn't air handling.
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Note 2: The phrase "other space used for environmental air (plenum)" correlates with the term "plenum" in NFPA 90A, Standard for the Installation of Air-Conditioning and Ventilating Systems, and other mechanical codes where the plenum is used for return air purposes, as well as some other air-handling spaces.
1) Wiring methods. Electrical metallic tubing, rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit, armored cable, metal-clad cable without a nonmetallic cover, and flexible metal conduit can be installed in environmental air spaces. If accessible, surface metal raceways or metal wireways with metal covers can be installed in environmental air spaces.
2) Cable tray systems. a) Metal cable tray systems. Metal cable tray systems can be installed to support the wiring methods and equipment permitted by this section.
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