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"He was a most uncommon man who was friend to the common man, as, on the other hand, those who attained their renown, were honored to be able to call him friend."1 Judge Loughran was revered in every aspect of his life. As a teacher and a judge, he distilled a level of dignity upon those who appeared before him whether it be in class or in court. An example is well illustrated by an astonishing event that occurred when he was a trial judge. After a jury found a defendant guilty of first degree murder and Judge Loughran was preparing to impose the mandatory sentence of death, he asked the defendant whether he had anything to say, to which the defendant retorted "Strange as it may seem I am innocent but I want to thank you Judge, just the same for a very fair and impartial trial."2
John Thomas Loughran was born in Kingston, New York on February 23, 1889. His parents were Irish and his father ran a successful plumbing business. His formative years were spent at local parochial schools and then Kingston Academy, graduating in 1907. While at Kingston Academy he was recognized as a skillful orator and debater. Before graduating, Loughran took a job as a reporter for the Kingston Daily Freeman where he first publically exhibited the clear and accurate writings that would turn out to be a hallmark characteristic of his work on the bench.
Loughran's experience covering the action at the local courthouse played an integral part in his decision to go to law school. While his goals were clear, his path to becoming an attorney was left to faith and at age 18, with the urging of his local pastor, Loughran abandoned his desire to attend Cornell University and enrolled at Fordham Law School for what was to become a long, glorious, and mutually prosperous relationship.
Although Loughran got lost his first day trying to find the school on Vesey Street in lower Manhattan and ended up taking a train uptown to the Polo Grounds, once he arrived it was not long before he became the focal point of fellow classmates, in a class that would also produce another Chief Judge of the Court Appeals, Albert Conway.3 Judge Loughran's reputation as a gentlemen rivaled his ability to analyze and break down any fact pattern. If this were not enough, he was also blessed with a photographic memory that enabled him to quote and cite most any case he studied. He graduated in 1911, summa cum laude, and shortly thereafter the school's officials offered him a post on the teaching faculty when he was only 23.
Upon graduating and before teaching at Fordham, he opened a practice in Kingston where he served as lawyer, clerk, and typist. As a devout Catholic, his practice was run on the highest moral foundation. As a fellow student and later to become long time Dean of Fordham Law School, Ignatius Wilkinson aptly noted, "He was not a man who had one set of principles for Sundays and another and entirely different set for the other six days of the week."4 His reputation as a gentleman and his tenacity for hard work enabled him quickly to succeed as a solo practitioner and led him to enter into a partnership with County Judge Joseph M. Fowler under the firm name Fowler and Loughran.
Meanwhile, in 1915 Loughran married Cornelia Brodhead, a member of a well-respected family in Kingston. On August 16, 1916, they had their only child, John Brodhead Loughran. Like his father, John graduated from Fordham Law School and had a successful career as a lawyer. He had six children of his own, one of which, Cornelia, also attended Fordham Law School.
While taking great joy in parenting, Loughran also continued expertly to balance his devotion to his family, practice, and teaching with dedication and attentiveness. During this time period he actively worked on writing textbooks and publishing law review articles.5 Loughran continued to excel at everything he did and his capabilities soon led him to become counsel to other attorneys. He extended his practice to New York City, appearing often and successfully before the Court of Appeals. At the same time, he was winning the praise of his students and fellow faculty as a professor at Fordham Law School. In his 18 years on the faculty, he taught a broad array of courses including Agency, Carriers, Contracts, Criminal Law, Evidence, New York Practice, Pleading, Quasi Contracts, Sales, Suretyship, and Torts.
Loughran's skills, despite his modesty, did not go unnoticed. He had taught thousands of students and before sending them out to practice made a mark on them all. In time, his reputation led to his nomination and election in 1930 to the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial District. As a trial judge he was instantly admired for his speed and efficiency. His abilities were soon noted by Governor Lehman, a fellow Democrat, who appointed him to the Court of Appeals on May 21, 1934 when Judge Henry T. Kellogg resigned. When his interim appointment was set to expire, his former students gathered and helped him win election to a 14-year term. With their support, he was subsequently endorsed by both parties and most bar associations and was easily elected as an Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals in November 1934. Judge Loughran's gentle demeanor, brilliant prose, and exceptional understanding of the law were once again acknowledged when Republican Governor Thomas E. Dewey reached across party lines and appointed him Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1945. This was a temporary post to fill the vacancy left by the death of Chief Judge Irving Lehman. However, in November 1946 after again being endorsed by all parties, Loughran was elected to a new 14-year term as Chief Judge.
Dedicated as he was to judicial duties, Loughran never forgot his roots and remained active within the community. He served as the Director of the State of New York National Bank of Kingston from 1938 to his death in 1953. Fordham bestowed an honorary LL.D. degree on him in 1925 and then gave him a gold medal Bene Merenti in 1934 to recognize his outstanding dedication to teaching. He also received the first Fordham Alumni Medal of Achievement in 1952 and had been honored for his distinguished service in the field of Christian achievement when he received the Crusader's Shield award by the Holy Cross Club of Eastern New York in 1941. His work and respect for his heritage was recognized when he received the Gold Medal from the Irish Historical Society in 1950. He was also awarded honorary LL.D. degrees from St. John's University in 1935, Syracuse University in 1946, both Hobart and William Smith College and Siena college in 1948, and Manhattan College in 1951. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York granted him honorary membership on 1949.
As Chief Judge of the State, Loughran was selected to a five-person panel to investigate how to simplify appellate practice as part of the First Conference of Chief Justices in 1949, and from 1950 to 1952 he served as Chairman of the Conference. His work on the council was directly related to his efforts to help reduce the delay in the New York State Court System. As Chief Judge, he proposed and implemented several procedures geared toward relieving the heavy case loads for judges while helping to streamline cases and appeals. During his tenure as Chief Judge he also served as an advisor in the drafting of the Uniform Commercial Code. In 1952, at the request of Governor Dewey, his salary as Chief Judge was raised to $35,000 with $5,000 for expenses, making him the highest paid judge in the country, surpassing Chief Judge Vinson of the United States Supreme Court.
Throughout his 41 volumes of the New York Reports, Judge Loughran consistently exhibited a desire to protect the common man. In 1935, the Court in Matter of Social Investigator Eligibles Assn. v. Taylor (268 NY 233), was faced with the issue as to whether the commissioner of public welfare improperly offered temporary jobs to welfare recipients instead of those who took and passed the civil service exam. In writing the majority opinion and reversing the courts below, Judge Loughran wrote that the current economic conditions and "warfare with unemployment" warrant these carefully designed measures that offer those determined to be in dire need the "bounty of work needed to sustain life." Although the order found no conflict between this practice and the civil service laws because public policy and not nepotism was at issue, he acknowledged that different times may not justify the same result.
Loughran was charged with writing a very controversial 4-3 decision in Matter of Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Bd. (280 NY2d 194 [1939]). In 1937, the state legislature, in an exercise of police power added to the Labor Law what was commonly known as the "little Wagner Act." This act was modeled after the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"), to protect the organization of labor and deter unfair labor practices. Section 700 of the Labor Law set forth a finding that "[u]nder prevailing economic conditions individual employees do not possess full freedom of association or actual liberty of contract." To the extent that the NLRA did not cover intrastate activities, the little Wagner Act was passed to fill that void. However, because the traditional labor law definition of "employee" did not cover white collar workers, Metropolitan Life refused to negotiate with insurance agents who formed their own collective unit. Leading the four-member majority, Judge Loughran ruled that the little Wagner Act contained a broader definition of the word "employee" than was found in other parts of the Labor Law. He was lauded as a champion to the labor movement for his ability to comprehend the new act and for not falling victim to outmoded interpretations of the labor laws. To the extent that further relief was sought by the parties, Judge Loughran used his infamous judicial restraint and deferred to the findings of the State Labor Relations Board.
As a jurist and a scholar, Loughran was often admired for his ability to take a progressive and practical stance in relation to the ever-changing times. Just as he recognized the plight of the unemployed and the working man during the great depression, he was able to identify the pains felt by New York's residents during the war. Thus when a County questioned the constitutionality of Military Law ' 245 (1), he was well suited to answer that challenge. The statute at issue required employers to pay its employees who were called to military duty for the first 30 days of their service. The statute set forth various other protections as well. However, when an employee of Broome County was called up from reserves to be in active military duty for a year, the County denied his request for 30 days pay. The lower court agreed with the County, concluding that such pay constituted a gift prohibited under the State Constitution. Judge Loughran writing for a unanimous court, reversed and held the statute constitutional (Hoyt v. County of Broome, 285 NY 402 [1941]). To the dismay of local governmental agencies across the State, Judge Loughran found the statute valid based on what was not a gratuity or incentive to enlist but a social contract based "upon the fidelity of services rendered for the state through its political subdivisions" (285 NY at 406).
In another matter that brought joy to the people and showed great deference to governmental agencies, Judge Loughran led a unanimous court in vacating a stay of a Public Service Commission order that Consolidated Edison rates be temporarily reduced by 10% (Matter of Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Maltbie, (299 NY 172 [1949]). With his soft approach, Judge Loughran responded to the certified question of the Appellate Division as follows: "[t]he answers to these misgivings is to be found, we think, in the construction which this court put upon section 114 [of the Public Service Law] in Matter of Bronx Gas & Elec. Co. v. Maltbie" (299 NY at 176). With his zeal for fairness, he went on to state that the temporary rates as set by the Public Service Commissions should be afforded deference because once lifted the utility company could seek to recoup any losses in higher rates in the future.
Loughran's writings demonstrate his thorough understanding of the law, a respect for other institutions and a pragmatic understanding of peoples' needs. Despite his stature, he was humble, kind, and gentle. Although dedicated to his religion, he did not impose it on others nor did it interfere with his interpretation of the law.6 Just short of his twentieth year with the Court of Appeals, John T. Loughran suddenly passed away at the age of 64, on March 31, 1953, in his home, the result of a heart attack.
Dignitaries from around the State came to pay their respect when he was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Kingston. So many people turned out that the church was unable to accommodate them for the Mass that followed and 1,000 people ended up standing outside. The response to his death was truly a reflection on his gentle good manner and the respect he so duly bestowed on everyone he met.
Judge Loughran and his wife Cornelia Brodhead Loughran had one child, John Brodhead Loughran, who like his father went to Fordham Law School and had a successful career as an attorney. John Brodhead Loughran and his wife Sara Ann Loughran of Shelburne, Vermont, had six children: Cornelia Heather of Calabasas, California; Barbara Rabichaud of Northford, Connecticut; Marianne Balczuk of Burlington, Vermont; John Thomas Loughran of Shelburne, Vermont; Virginia Loughran of Shelburne, Vermont; and Robert Loughran of Clifton Park, New York. Virginia and Cornelia are lawyers and both graduated from Fordham Law School. Judge Loughran is also survived by eleven great-grandchildren.
This biography appears in The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals: A Biographical History, ed. Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007). It has not been updated since publication.
Sources Consulted
Bergan, Opinions and Briefs - Lessons From Loughran (1970).
In Memoriam, 305 NY vii (May 18, 1953).
"John T. Loughran-An Appreciation," 4 Fordham L. Rev. 167 (1935).
John T. Loughran (Court of Appeals Service: 1934-1953), http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/bios/loughran_john.htm.
John T. Loughran 1889-1953, 22 Fordham L. Rev. xii (1953).
Memorial Tribute to John T. Loughran, Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Yearbook, p. 168 (1953).
Mulligan, Fiftieth Anniversary of Fordham University School of Law, 2 Cath. Law 207 (1956).
New York Times Obituary, April 1, 1953.
Taylor, Eminent Members of the Bench and Bar of New York (San Francisco, 1943), p. 13.
Published Writings Include:
Some Reflections on the Role of Judicial Precedent, 22 Fordham L. Rev. 1 (1953).
Forward for Henry Cohen & Arthur Karger's Powers of the New York Court of Appeals (2nd Ed. 1952).
The Argument of an Appeal in the Court of Appeals, 12 Fordham L. Rev. 1 (1943).
Carmody, Treatise on New York Practice With Forms (Revised by John T. Loughran 2nd Ed. 1929).
Cases on Evidence: Selected from the Reports of the State of New York (Baker, Voorhis & Co. 1926).
Pain Against Packard, 3 Fordham L. Rev. 35 (1917).
The Common Carrier of Goods: Its Liability in New York, 3 Fordham L. Rev. 111 (1916).
Modern American Law, Volume X: Evidence (Blackstone Institute 1916).
The True Presumption of Death in New York, 2 Fordham L. Rev. 1 (1915).
Keener, Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts (Maurice Wormser and John T. Loughran 2nd ed 1914).


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The International School of Phnom Penh - ISPP. http://www.ispp.edu.kh
ISPP began in 1989 by a group of parents with 6 children out of desperation as there were no schools for foreigners in Cambodia.
ISPP is a not-for-profit parent run and owned school. It is now a mid-size school (by international standards) but is the biggest in Cambodia and the only one offering the International Baccalaureate programme for students from 3 years old right through to Grade 12.
We are about being a close and caring community and about quality education and a love of learning. See our Mission Statement:
ISPP empowers students, in a caring international environment, to achieve their potential by pursuing personal and academic excellence, and to grow as responsible global citizens who celebrate diversity.
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• learning as a partnership involving students, parents, staff and the community at large.
• creating a nurturing environment in which individuals participate in realizing their full potential.
• achieving excellence in an environment which celebrates diversity.
• promoting creative and critical thinking.
• embracing the challenges of a changing world.
• fostering the love of learning as a lifelong process.
We have nearly 600 students from 39 countries and approx 160 staff - local Cambodian and foreigners.
We have plans to have a new school built (as we've grown and grown and are outgrowing our space) by 2011-12 school year.
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Hexachord, The
Abridged from the article in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Contributor: William Drabkin
From Gk hex: 'six', chorde: string
An ascending series of six notes that proceeds by whole tones except between the third and fourth notes, which are a semitone aprt. It was first described by GUIDO OF AREZZO in the early 11th century and became the foundation of the earliest standard notational system for polyphonic music, being used as an aid to singing as well as a basis for composition.
The hexachord was not dependent on a particular starting point. The six degrees, or steps, were always called ut, re, mi, fa, sol and la regardless of which was the lowest note; it was thus potentially the basis of a totally relative pitch system. In the system described by Guido, the lowest hexachord was based on G, or 'gamma' as it was called, and so this note was named 'gamma ut' (whence the word 'gamut'). The next note A was named 'a re', the third B, 'b mi'. The second hexachord was based on the fourth note of the first, c; thus it overlapped with the first hexachord for the next three notes abd, accordingly, chared in the naming of these. 'c fa ut', 'd sol re', 'e la mi'. The next hexachord was based on f (f fa ut), the next three on g (g sol re ut), c' (cc sol fa ut) and f' (ff fa ut). Some notes, therefore, belonged to as many as three hexachords. These, and those belonging to just two were useful as pivot notes in moving from one hexachord to another, a procedure called mutation; by this a performer could sing (and a composer could write) melodic lines of greater compass than a 6th.
Perhaps the most striking feature of the hexachordal system was the, though each hexachord was strictly diatonic ( ie part of the seven-note species of of octave with a prescribed ordering of tones and semitones) both b natural and b flat belonged to the system. That is, there was one 'extra' note which, even in a strictly diatonic organzation permitted a modulation from one tonal (or modal) centre to another that used a slightly different collection of seven notes. In fact the hexacords were named according to whether they had B or Bb, or neither. The G hexachord was called the hexachordum durum, (or cantus durus) because it contained the 'hard' or square shaped B (ie B natural) on it's third step, 'b mi'. The F hexachord was called the hexachordum molle (cantus mollis) because it's fourth step was the 'soft' or rounded B (ie Bb), 'b fa'. The C hexachord, called the hexachordum naturale (cantus naturalis), included neither Bb or B.
The opposition of Bb and B went beyond there being in different hexachords: they could not be sung together or even consecutively either in the same part or in different parts. The segregation of 'b mi' from 'b fa' was extended in polyphonic music to the rule of 'mi contra fa', whereby the tritone, the medieval 'diabolo in musica' was a forbidden melodic and vertical interval and had to be corrected to a perfect fourth or fifth.
Hexachords could be transposed, usually up a fourth or down a major second (ie twice up a fourth and down an octave). This enabled composers to write for a particular vocal range as well as t make more distant modulations; the beginnings of chromatic writing in the early 16th century were, in fact, based on an extension of the hexachordal system to include hexachord on Bb and Eb. But by the end of te Renaissance the idea of absolute pitch which had taken a firm hold, and the hexachord, which was always a relative pitch scale, became obsolete. The expressions cantus durus and cantus mollis now stood for the entire pitch system without and with a one-flat signature.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Release: Mean Commute Time
This series is calculated by dividing the aggregate travel time to work for all workers by the total number of workers, 16-years old and older, who commute. The data is comprised of estimates found in tables B08013 and B08012 of the American Community Survey, respectively.
The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2015 represents data from 2010 to 2015.
U.S. Census Bureau, Mean Commuting Time for Workers in Butte County, CA [B080ACS006007], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B080ACS006007, March 26, 2019.


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Experts make predictions on next-generation transportation infrastructure.
America's infrastructure is at a crisis point, as illustrated by the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis on Aug. 1, 2007. During that Wednesday evening's rush hour, the bridge spanning the Mississippi River suddenly gave way, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
For 17 years leading up to the collapse, reports cited structural problems with the bridge, and the federal government rated it as "structurally deficient" — a rating given to approximately 75,000 other U.S. bridges in 2007.
Transportation experts across the public and private sectors agree that the U.S. infrastructure is in peril, a sentiment that's supported with startling statistics from a 2011 study called Failure to Act, by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
The report assigns real economic impacts to a status quo path for American transportation. It further asserts that America's deficient roads, bridges and transit systems bring tangible economic consequences to U.S. businesses, with ramifications acutely felt in every household as well. And these effects will continue to grow unless the nation pumps significant investment into its crumbling transportation infrastructure. By 2020, businesses will pay $430 billion in increased transportation costs. U.S. exports will shrink to the tune of $28 billion annually, and individual household incomes would experience a related hit, with a $7,000 annual reduction predicted.
Legislation passed in 1956 authorized the creation of the interstate highway system. Experts estimate the average lifespan of highways and bridges at about 50 years, which explains why the vast majority of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funding today is spent on maintenance to existing roads and bridges.
But with the U.S. population expected to approach 400 million in 25 years, many leaders say this "patch and repair" strategy may not be sustainable. What technologies are driving tomorrow's transportation infrastructure? Will today's pilot programs and trials be broadly used in the next quarter century? What new innovations barely conceived of today might be commonplace in 2037?
Blaine Leonard, past president of ASCE, says that despite the well documented funding challenges facing U.S. infrastructure, there is reason for optimism. "The fact that we can connect to the Internet on a phone in our pocket that has more computing power than was on the Apollo craft that went to the moon … it blows my mind," he said. "When we look out 25 years, some things will happen that we can't even conceive of because we'll have the ability to do things that we don't even know about today."
Transportation professionals across government and industry are paying close attention to several so-called "connected vehicle" pilot programs, which have the potential to dramatically reduce vehicle collisions. Smarter cars with the capacity to communicate with one another via wireless communications devices can alert drivers of threats to their safety, reducing crashes by as much as 80 percent.
Communicating CarsIn late August, the biggest road test of vehicle-to-vehicle crash avoidance technology began in Ann Arbor, Mich. Approximately 3,000 vehicles there are equipped with transmitters and receivers designed to communicate not only with each other, but also with a central infrastructure that collects data to determine whether to proceed with vehicle-to-vehicle technology. This pilot includes players from the city, state and federal levels, as well as industry — the top automakers are all working together on vehicle-to-vehicle technology so that once it comes to market, Toyota can talk to Volkswagen can talk to Ford, and so on. For a comprehensive look at the vehicle-to-vehicle pilot in Ann Arbor, check out the December issue of Government Technology. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Transportation
But what do connected vehicles mean for infrastructure? Cars will have the capability to send and receive data from the roadways too. Smarter cars also have the potential to ease roadway congestion, influencing route choices based on current conditions. Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication could even alert that upcoming red light that you're on your way, prompting a change to green.
Scott Belcher, president and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, a nonprofit trade group representing both public agencies and private companies involved in transportation, says the impacts of connected vehicles on the future of U.S. transportation cannot be overstated.
The U.S. Department of Transportation will use data gathered in current trials to determine future requirements for automobile manufacturers related to connected vehicles. Experts believe new cars will need to be equipped with connected vehicle sensors within the next few years.
The data collected will be transmitted to traffic management centers, allowing government agencies to make more informed decisions on how to maximize the efficiency of their transportation infrastructure.
Belcher also notes that many government agencies are operating integrated traffic management centers, where emergency responders and law enforcement share space and intelligence alongside local transportation officials. This trend, he predicts, will grow in the years to come.
"Currently there are multiple traffic data sets in any given city," said Belcher. The state and city, as well as transit and safety organizations, collect data for different reasons and usually don't share it, he added.
Many jurisdictions publishing open data today are finding their greatest successes in public transit, as private software developers are creating interesting mashups that capitalize on multiple data sets, often from different agencies. Belcher argued that aggregating this data en masse can reduce the need for additional infrastructure construction and drive additional innovation not yet imagined.
"As we go forward, cities, regions, states are going to scrape all of that data, normalize it, and use it for broad data analytics," he said, "which will allow regions and states to optimize their transportation systems across modes, across regions and across cities."
According to the FHWA, roughly 25 percent of the 600,000 bridges in the U.S. need to be replaced or repaired. The I-35W bridge collapse is widely cited as motivation by engineers working on wireless sensing technology that can help detect structural shortcomings in time to make needed repairs.
A Better Way to Build Bridges?Experts say upgrading U.S. infrastructure requires doubling the current federal funding level over the next decade to $5.5 trillion. While few would claim that improving U.S. infrastructure isn't a staggeringly expensive proposition, evidence exists that upfront investments in new approaches can reap long-term benefits. Blaine Leonard, former ASCE president who currently is the intelligent transportation systems program manager for the Utah Transportation Department, said his state employs a bridge replacement strategy that's catching on. Called accelerated bridge construction, the strategy minimizes traffic impacts for citizens from long-term bridge construction projects. The accelerated process carries out as much physical construction as possible offsite — in Utah's case, on land adjacent to the current bridge. Full demolition of the old bridge and replacement with the new structure takes place during one weekend. While more expensive and a bit risky when first attempted, it can now be done more cheaply than the traditional method and minimizes impacts to commuters. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.com
Fuh-Gwo Yuan, a Samuel P. Langley professor in North Carolina State University's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, pointed to several key advances that are making technology-driven structural bridge health monitoring a viable possibility for widespread use in the near term.
"Due to the advances in sensor technology, communication and more important, the miniaturization of all these electronics, it has become very practical," he explained. "We can develop the systems to monitor bridge health in real time."
Several different kinds of sensors are currently being piloted. Accelerometers capture bridge vibrations generated by vehicle traffic, but offer little information on localized damage, Yuan said. Piezoelectric sensors capture acoustic emission signals, offering a glimpse into potential structural vulnerabilities. Much of Yuan's research is focused on harvesting sufficient energy over low frequency ranges to power the sensors and their wireless data transmissions back to central computers to enable effective analysis.
"I believe that 25 years from now, almost every bridge, existing or new, can use a wireless sensor system in a very economical way," Yuan said. While sensors can be utilized on existing structures, incorporating them into the planning process for new bridges can potentially save money. More effective monitoring, he believes, can ease certain construction requirements and perhaps reduce visual inspection needs.
Experts agree that an influx of funding for transportation infrastructure in the next decade is unlikely. Planners now well versed in working with tight budgets are increasingly looking at how to make the most of their current transportation resources. Many jurisdictions are piloting solutions that are expected to see widespread adoption in coming years.
"Especially in urban environments, you're not going to see a lot of new construction," Belcher said. "You're going to see a lot of attempts to try to optimize the existing infrastructure that we have."
A perfect example now in use in major urban centers like New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles is technology that simplifies the hunt for the ever-elusive parking space. Studies have shown that a significant percentage of urban traffic congestion — 30 percent, to be exact — is caused by drivers circling in search of parking.
Smart parking technologies use wireless sensors to keep tabs in real time on available parking. This data is then available to drivers via a smartphone app, helping ease parking search congestion.
Many municipalities also are looking into demand-based parking rates, intended to be high enough to ensure some spaces remain available, but low enough to entice some drivers to use them. A pilot in San Francisco devotes all revenue from demand-based parking toward public transit.
A similar prediction is offered for the widespread adoption of congestion-based toll collection. Now in use in major cities including Washington, D.C., the practice discourages peak time travel when major bridges and roadways are likelier to resemble parking lots, while simultaneously generating money from drivers willing to pay a premium for a prime-time shortcut.
A proposal being considered in Northern California aims to help ease congestion and pay for transportation improvements using GPS trackers installed in vehicles. Drivers would be taxed per mile traveled, with surcharges for driving during periods of heightened congestion. This too, experts say, may be the wave of the future, with such a model eclipsing the gas tax as a primary means of funding transportation infrastructure.
Greening Transportation
Growth in hybrid vehicles and increased investment in alternative fuels also could significantly alter the U.S. transportation landscape in the future. Vehicle charging infrastructure likely will become more prominent as the U.S. looks to develop more renewable and sustainable fuel sources. Another promising new technology places solar panels under the road surface to generate energy that can be added to the power supply.
First awarded FHWA monies for prototype construction in 2009, Idaho-based Solar Roadways also proposes embedding LED lights in the road surface to make nighttime driving safer. The company also may add heating elements to help combat the accumulation of snow and ice on roads in colder climates. Using a subsequent injection of federal funding, the company is building a solar parking lot to further test the technologies and ready solar roadways for broader use.
These solar-powered transportation surfaces are expected to have a minimum lifespan of 20 years, during which time, co-creator Scott Brusaw anticipates the energy-producing capacity of solar cells will continue to grow. Such improvements, he said, will allow solar roadways to produce even more energy, keeping up with growing demand.
"We believe that the infrastructure will move away from petroleum-based asphalt 'dumb' roads and overhead power lines," Brusaw said.
Technologies like this offer a more sustainable path forward, lessening the burden of repairing and replacing crumbling roads.
"The return on investment from smart infrastructure is significant," said Belcher. "You get a higher rate of return on a lot of technology deployments than you do on new asphalt."


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More than one pulpit has had the phrase, "Sir, we would see Jesus" posted where the preacher can see it as he proclaims the Word of God. It is a good reminder. One thing we learn from church history is …Read More
The Autobiography of God: 2011 Fall Conference at Reformation Bible College
The Bible speaks of how God deals with man. Because we are sinners, we are tempted to conclude that therefore it is about us. The truth is we exist for the sake of His story. The Bible is God's autobiography—His …Read More
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As promised the doctor talked me through the procedure but I wasn't too talkative. (I think he may have been concerned I passed out, but I was just wanted to be sure I did what little I had to do.) The pressure from the Interlase LASER was weird and the doctor commented that using a microkeratome would have three times the pressure.
They did give me stress balls which I only squeezed once or twice but found convenient to keep my hands occupied by holding them.
Everything appeared to go smoothly except for getting the tracking lock on the left eye. I saw the level of the illumination light increase and then I heard "Locked." I did smell the ablated cornea but actually found it less offensive than the electronic components I've toasted over the years as an electrical engineer.
They didn't have me read the wall clock but the first thing I saw was the base for the bed's pedestal as I was figuring out when I could safely step when getting off of it. With the low room light I would never have been able to see it without my contacts or glasses.
Out to the recovery area for an initial flap check and another warning that everything would be hazy/watery and it was. But I could read the Danger, LASER Radiation sign on the door to one of the suites which also would have been impossible 15 minutes earlier.
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The haze is still present 3 days later (which is also affecting my night vision) but has been improving as predicted. The only dry eye I've felt was when treating my follow up appointment driver to coffee at a donut shop. Otherwise I've had to set my cell phone alarm to remind me to use the moisturizing drops.
The only problem I've had was taking my prescription drops right before bed last night. My eyelids were stuck together in the morning. I could move my eyeballs fine but didn't want to try riping my lids open. My wife got an ampule of artificial tears and dripped it on them. After a couple of minutes of soaking I was able to open them easily. So far no other complications or problems.
I expected a bigger paradigm shift after almost 45 years of glasses and contacts. But so far the biggest thing I notice is being able to just close my eyes for an extended period and not having to take contacts out. For a split second I think I have to take them out or not do it only realize that its OK now.
I know some people have many more problems following refractive surgery. The only thing I can say I've done special is follow my doctor's post-op care to the letter. The actual procedure was pain free. The staff were reassuring, efficient and knowledgeable.
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Wynncom-OGO had launched a range of smarter phones which delivers more than smartphones.
As O78Touch and O77 Konnect are edge enabled dual SIM phones and come with unique plan bundle offering a free internet downloads, free push emails , and instant messaging services, free talk time and etc.
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These devices not only support push emails with popular email accounts like G mail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc but also support Microsoft Exchange Servers, Lotus domino's, Sun java suites and practically all POP3 and IMAP4 accounts. OGO customers with a tremendous user experience.The OGO-O77 is a sleek QWERTY handset available in three colors – red, white and steel grey while 078 is a touch screen phone available in two striking colors – red and yellow.
Both the devices come with widget menus, optical track pad for smooth navigation and hordes of other high end features liked 3MP camera, big displays, Bluetooth, G sensor, JAVA, 2000X6 field phone book, 1000 SMS, expandable memory, video players with RM VB support to watch movies seamlessly, MP3 player, FM Radio, expandable memory up to 8GB, Snaptu, Opera Mini 5.0. etc.
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Italycs is is the virtual newspaper where to talk about our own Italy: places, art, culture, celebrations, events, community, experiences and lifestyles, but also a virtual public square where Italians and foreign people meet each other to debate and discover the true and often unknown Italy.
Italycs is all about Italy, it refers to any meaning the word has with a clear reference to Italian history, its people, its language, its culture and identity.
Italycs is also a way to emphasize a text with a well known handwriting style which in Italy is also used by columnists to comment on a specific topic.
Lovers of Italy, who want to tell, discover, discuss and experience the real Italian identity
We are looking for a wide use logo (web, marketing collateral, merchandising, business cards, shop signs). Please make sure you post your best work for the different use just mentioned before.
Minor iterations (e.g. same logo in black&white version o reverse order colours o different background colours) can be represented in the same work. We will then select the winning logo also on the base of different minor iterations above.
In the case of major iterations you may want to publish different works as they will clearly be considered as different logos.
The logo will summarize the World's perception about Italy, its lifestyle, its beauties and local way of life.
It should remind quality, professionalism, seriousness, reputation, and of course passion for Italy
Colours/Font: up to you, just make sure the logo will not appear too heavy and keep things simple and stylish.
The preferred formats for the final design are vector file: Adobe Illustrator (AI), postscript file (EPS) or portable document format (PDF) , 300 DPI or better.
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Our mission is to provide the finest dental care. We are committed to providing a lifetime of optimum oral health to our patients and strive to foster patient relationships based on mutual trust, excellent customer service, and the best patient care available. Patients will be at ease knowing that their care will be administered with a sense of caring, comfort, and kindness.
The philosophy of my dental practice will be to provide high quality general dentistry in a comfortable setting, with a moderate to high price using the highest technology possible. Prices will be justified by the advanced technology used and the lifestyle conveniences that the dental practice will offer. With use of an interactive, multi-media educational system, I will present my patients with multiple treatment alternatives and let them choose the alternative that best suits their lifestyle and budget. I will emphasize preventative dentistry and continually suggest cosmetic procedures.
Families from 0 to 99. Sammamish is nestled between the Cascades and the Olympic Mountains, Sammamish embodies the natural beauty of the Northwest. It's a comfortable place to raise children, with great schools and an array of organized youth activities. It's also home to wetlands, community parks and green spaces. A new city hall opened in July 2006, and the city is now setting its sights on building the Sammamish Town Center, a central hub for commerce and recreation. Sammamish named 11-th best place to live by Money magazine. The vision of Sammamish is a community of families. A blend of small-town atmosphere with a suburban character, the city also enjoys a unique core of urban lifestyles and conveniences. It is characterized by quality neighborhoods, vibrant natural features, and outstanding recreational opportunities. A variety of community gathering places provide numerous civic, cultural, and educational opportunities. Residents are actively involved in the decisions that shape the community and ensure a special sense of place.
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From Thanksgiving through the New Year, the NBA and its teams celebrate the "Season of Giving," a series of charitable visits and events designed to help feed the hungry, lift the spirits of ailing children and spread the joy of the holiday season to the underserved.
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Cleveland Cavaliers and Lake Erie Monsters fans can help underserved children throughout the Northeast Ohio community enjoy the magic of the holiday season by donating new, unwrapped toys to the 2011 Cavaliers and Monsters Holiday Toy Drive from November 25th to December 17th.
At every Monsters home game starting with the Monsters vs. Hamilton Bulldogs game on Friday, November 25th, fans can drop off toys at collection bins located at every entrance of Quicken Loans Arena. In addition, the public is invited to drop off toys at Quicken Loans Arena at the Cavaliers Team Shop during regular business hours (Monday - Friday 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) and receive a 10% discount!
The Better Halves, wives and girlfriends of coaches, management and staff, are committed to supporting the Northeast Ohio community through in-game awareness campaigns, fundraising and volunteer efforts. The group focuses primarily on issues that deal with children, education, health, and women.
The mission of the Cavaliers Legends Alumni Program is to promote, enhance and preserve the team's lineage by acting as a resource of support for former players. The Legends group also allows fans to reconnect with the history of Cavaliers basketball and maintain strong relationships within its local and surrounding communities. Cavaliers Legends who are currently involved in the program include Austin Carr, Jim Chones, Barry Clemens, Danny Ferry, Larry Nance, Bingo Smith, Harry Davis and Elmore Smith.


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Consumer Reports has given Apple's latest iPad the top seat in its ranking of tablet devices, citing the screen as "the best we've seen" and indicating it will be revising its standards for excellence in displays based on the iPad's retina display.
That's quite a change from two weeks ago, when the organization triggered "heatgate" by reporting the new iPad can get up to 116 degrees Fahrenheit in places when running games — that's just a smidge below the 120 degrees it usually takes to burn bare skin. Now, Consumer Reports says says the temperatures aren't a problem and didn't impact their overall rating of the device.
This isn't the first time Consumer Reports has seemingly mis-stepped with Apple products or other consumer electronics devices. What's behind these seemingly contradictory stances, and should everyday technology users start considering Consumer Reports in the same way they consider breathless advertisements from gear-makers — with a grain of salt?
About Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports isn't some tarted-up effort from a major publisher, nor is it a thinly-veiled marketing effort from product manufacturers hiding behind some allegedly-impartial trade group. Consumer Reports is published by the Consumers Union, a non-profit organization that conducts product research and engages in advocacy on issues it believes are in consumers' general interest. And it's not a fly-by-night outfit: The Consumers Union (and Consumer Reports) have been operating since 1936.
The magazine's ad-free subscription model has always been a selling point. While typical publications that offer product reviews and assessments (including Digital Trends) often earn some portion of their revenue from advertising, Consumer Reports does not accept any advertising in any form. It also doesn't permit commercial use of its reviews for selling products: If Consumer Reports says something nice about a product, the manufacturer can't slap that all over its packaging or ads. When Consumer Reports reviews a product, its testers go out and buy it at retail like any other customer. They don't accept loaners or free items from manufacturers, nor do they use any form of pricing discounts. This is all so Consumer Reports can claim to offer unbiased product reviews.
And Consumer Reports doesn't just hand products to a reviewer and ask for their impression. Where possible, the magazine designs and conducts laboratory tests in an effort to objectively measure products' qualities and meaningfully compare them to one another. This task is tougher with some things than others: It's probably easier to quantify the quality differences between laundry detergents than, say, high-end audio gear. But Consumer Reports puts its money where it's mouth is, reportedly spending over $20 million a year conducting its tests. A good portion of that money goes into its annual new car issue, published every April.
So about the new iPad…
Two weeks ago, Consumer Reports figuratively lit a fire under the new iPad, noting that in its tests the latest version of Apple's tablet could reach temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit in places when plugged in and running intensive games — their testers used Infinity Blade II. Consumer Reports also indicated the new iPad didn't appear to be charging its battery when plugged in and running the game. Consumer Reports noted that the tablet felt "very warm but not especially uncomfortable" if held briefly. Of course, few gamers hold an iPad "briefly," and sites were quick to note that 120 degrees is typically enough to cause a burn on bare skin. Consumer Reports wasn't the first to look at the new iPad's heat emissions — that seems to have been the Dutch site Tweakers. Apple's previous iPad 2 apparently maxed out at about 111 degrees.
Of course, the technology media are generally comfortable dealing with Apple rumors, so a potentially scandalous story about an over-hot iPad from a source as reputable as Consumer Reports took off quickly. Apple even had to issue a terse statement that the new iPad was "operating well within our thermal specifications."
However, now the new iPad is at the top of Consumer Reports latest survey of tablets, including rival devices from the likes of Samsung, Sony, Acer, Toshiba, and others. Other recommended tablets were the Pantech Element, Sony Tablet P, Toshiba Excite 10LE, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. Consumer Reports concluded that the new iPad's higher temperatures weren't, in fact, a major issue.
"Responding to consumer comments on the new device, and to coverage from other reviewers, we also carried out further tests that confirmed the new iPad is warmer in its hottest spots than the iPad 2," Consumer Reports wrote. "But we didn't find those temperatures to be cause for concern."
Consumer Reports further indicated the battery charging issue it previously reported occurred only when playing a "demanding" game with the screen at full brightness.
The iPhone 4s, iPad 2, and iPhone 4
This isn't the first time Consumer Reports has created a stir with its review of an Apple product. Despite giving the iPhone 4 the highest possible score in its smartphone category, Consumer Reports refused to list the iPhone 4 as "recommended" due to signal attenuation issues — the so-called "antennagate" that revealed signal strength to the iPhone can be significantly reduced depending how the device is held. Apple was forced to do significant spin control on the issue, holding a special event demonstrating that a variety of phones from competitors exhibited the same attenuation problems when held certain ways, and even offering free bumper cases for iPhone 4 owners who were experiencing problems. Ultimately, the issue that caused Consumer Reports to withhold its "recommended" rating from the iPhone 4 was an issue that was neither unique to the iPhone 4, nor a significant problem for most users — the iPhone 4 continues to be a top-selling device, and Consumer Reports continues to cite attenuation problems as by far the most significant issue with the device.
Consumer Reports does give its "recommended" rating to the iPhone 4S, claiming the device doesn't suffer from attenuation issues like the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4S does include antenna-switching capability that enables the device to swap its transmit and receive antennas in the event of signal attenuation — for some folks, that may make the device somewhat more reliable than the iPhone 4.
Consumer Reports did give its "recommended" rating to the iPad 2. However, Consumer Reports also listed the Motorola Xoom, the original 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, and the original iPad as "recommended."
What does Consumer Reports want?
A tech-savvy reader probably looks at these recommendations and wonders if Consumer Reports is out of its mind. Is the Pantech Element (with Android Honeycomb, a 1,024 by 768-pixel display, and a sub-par camera) really in the same class as the new iPad? When Consumer Reports recommended the iPhone 4S, the organization went out of its way to point out they rated several Android phones more highly, including the Samsung Galaxy S II series, the Motorola Droid Bionic, and even the LG Thrill. Why? The primary criteria for ranking those Android devices higher was that they offered larger displays and (in the case of the Droid Bionic) "excellent keypad readability."
These sorts of evaluations tend to fly in the face of the rigorous testing on which Consumer Reports prides itself. It's hard to imagine the organization spends significant amounts of time designing and conducting quantifiable tests and comparing the results only to boils down to these phones are better because they have bigger screens, or the new iPad's display is so great we lowered the scores for every other tablet's display. The mixture of allegedly diligent and quantifiable testing and blatantly subjective qualities creates a disconnect. Consumer Reports seems to be stating an opinion, and promoting it to the world as a conclusion derived by scientific methods.
Bottom line
It's important to remember that Consumer Reports is not written for experts. The publication's primary audience is everyday consumers who are generally uninformed about a variety of high-cost products and services. Consumer Reports looks at everything from airlines and credit cards to healthcare, home appliances, cars and — yes — electronics. The magazine attempts to sum up a huge variety of products and product categories in neat snippets that can be quickly read and understood by users without much knowledge of the field. It's not an easy task.
The tech savvy have only to look at Consumer Reports' coverage of automobiles to understand the nature of the disconnect. Consumer Reports has been responsible for some recalls and redesigns of vehicles over the years — the most famous case probably remains Consumer Reports' 1988 assessment of rollover problems in the Suzuki Samurai, but Consumer Reports auto testing has led to design changes in vehicles from BMW, Chrysler, Nissan, Toyota (via its Lexus brand), and others.
But car enthusiasts — you know, the "petrol heads" that might get featured on a segment of Top Gear — have taken issue with Consumer Reports' automotive recommendations for years. Each case has its own set of details and points, but the overall disconnect will feel familiar to technology enthusiasts: Many car fans feel that Consumer Reports tests are unfair to particular models or products, or make recommendations based on subjective criteria rather than qualitative facts. Consumer Reports might look at a ton of details, and conclude one model of sedan is better than another because it can seat three adults in the rear seat — ignoring other features (like a backup camera or availability of a six-speed manual transmission) that other people believe are more important.
We wouldn't want to suggest buying a tablet is like buying a car, but the point is valid: It's tempting to think of tablets (or phones, or cars) as one-size-fits-all solutions, but every individual's situation is unique. Some folks want a 4.3-inch display on their smartphone, even if it means it no longer fits in their pocket; some folks can't justify the expense of an iPad's retina display on a device they just want to keep the kids entertained during their commute.
Consumer Reports has no idea what your particular situation might be. It's testers are trying their best to address what research shows are key issues for many consumers. And, just like the crowd-sourcing of online product review, the conclusions may — or may not — apply to you.
[Consumer Reports 1960 television testing image © 1997 Consumers Union of U.S.]
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not reflect the beliefs of Digital Trends.
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Doctors recommend people get their cholesterol checked every five years, or annually if you know your numbers are already lousy.
An obstacle to regular testing is the eight- to 12-hour fast beforehand. For too many people, it's an inconvenience that causes them to delay testing, or not have it done at all.
A new study, published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine, says plenty of useful information might be pulled from the cholesterol test (also called a lipid profile) without the traditional fasting.
"It confirms our thought that some components of the lipid profile are more dependent on diet than others," said Dr. Michael Miyamoto, a cardiologist at Mission Internal Medical Group in Mission Viejo. "In a screening situation, having a cholesterol measurement that may be mildly affected by what the patient just ate is much better than losing the opportunity to check the cholesterol at all."
The standard cholesterol test measures four kinds of fats, or lipids, in the blood: total cholesterol, HDL (the "healthy" kind of cholesterol), LDL (the "lousy" kind), and triglycerides, another kind of fat that's made from the leftover calories in food and which the body stores. Generally, the Mayo Clinic says, a good target number for total cholesterol is under 200; for HDL, 60 is best; for LDL, 100-129 is "near ideal"; and for triglycerides, below 150 is desirable.
Scientists at the University of Calgary looked at the lipid profiles of more than 209,000 patients over a six-month period. The fasting regimens were not the same, and they ranged from one hour to 16 hours. The researchers found that levels for total cholesterol and HDL varied by less than 2 percent; LDL levels varied by less than 10 percent; and triglycerides varied by less than 20 percent.
The only one of the four lipids directly tied to diet, and therefore the variable most likely to be affected by a nonfasting test, is triglycerides, says Dr. Robert Greenfield, a cardiologist and lipidologist at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley. But an easy workaround for that is subtracting the HDL from the total cholesterol to arrive at the "non-HDL" level, which shows nothing but the bad cholesterol. This figure should be 30 above the LDL. "The only thing that would not be accurate (in a nonfasting test) is the triglycerides," Greenfield said. "The non-HDL takes that into account."
A nonfasting patient whose test reveals any abnormalities, such as an overly high triglycerides level, should have a follow-up test preceded by a fasting period, Miyamoto said.
Fasting still is recommended before other kinds of tests. For instance, many patients who get a lipid profile because they're at risk of a heart attack or stroke also are at risk of diabetes, and so might be recommended for a blood sugar test. Patients shouldn't eat for at least 10 hours before that test, Miyamoto said.
Fasting also is urged before:
•surgery in which general anesthesia is given,
•stress tests for heart patients,
a colon screening, or any test that involves going into the gastrointestinal system,
•some CT scans.
Fewer preterm babies
California gets a "B" grade from the March of Dimes for its falling rate of babies born prematurely.
According to preliminary data from 2011, 9.8 percent of births in California were preterm, meaning the baby was born at 37 weeks' gestation or earlier, compared with the full 40 weeks. The state rate is well down from the peak of 10.9 percent in 2006, but just outside the benchmark needed for an "A" grade, 9.6 percent.
Only Vermont, Oregon, New Hampshire and Maine ranked ahead of California, which was tied with Washington state.
Nationally, the preterm rate has dropped from a peak of 12.8 percent to 11.7 percent last year. But that's still more than 1 out of every 8 births, affecting more than half a million babies each year. Being born too soon is the leading cause of infant death, and those who survive often endure permanent health problems.
The U.S. received a "C" grade from the March of Dimes. This year, the organization released a report noting that the country ranked 131st in the world in the statistic, virtually tied with Somalia.
Thanksgiving boot camp for charity
Personal trainer Pierre Pasa is conducting his eighth annual Thanksgiving Boot Camp for Charity from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day at 22222 La Palma Ave., in Yorba Linda.
The $20 entry fee goes to North Orange Christian Church's meals-distribution program, called the Storehouse.
Last year, Pasa's boot camp brought out around 200 people, and $7,000 was donated to the church.
For more information, go to pierrepasa.com.
Mark your race calendar
Whether you run to make your body or your conscience feel better, there are plenty of opportunities to put your training to the test this fall.
Here are three races going on this weekend. Check the websites for registration info.
•Fishbowl Half Marathon, 10K and 5K (Fountain Valley). The cause: Helping students in need. fishbowlmarathon.com
•O.C. Get Your Rear in Gear 5K and Kids' Fun Run (Irvine). getyourrearingear.com
•'Stache Dash 5K (Costa Mesa). The cause: Fighting prostate cancer. bookthatevent.com/StacheDash
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Daily SpecialsDid you know healthy food can be delicious? When you come to Swedish Panty we will show you just how delicious food can be without a deep fryer. Enjoy or daily specials from the kitchen for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Check our chalk board at the entrance of of the restaurant or ask your waitress.
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Linguistics is the study of human language. Since a sales pitch is essentially just a conversation between two people, those with a deep understanding of the nuances behind the spoken word – or linguistics – will find more success in the sales profession.
One of the most crucial sales linguistic skills is monitoring your prospect's voice intonation. A few minutes into a sales meeting, when a prospect gets comfortable with you and relaxes, you should hear that prospect's baseline intonation – their natural pitch, volume and cadence.
Pay attention to changes in their baseline. Changes might indicate boredom, excitement or anxiety. If they begin talking louder or faster, it could mean they aren't being completely truthful with you or are holding something back. Similarly, if their body language alters significantly, something is changing for your prospect internally. Great salespeople can identify this change and adapt their strategy before a prospect talks himself out of a sale.
For years, salespeople have been taught to use a strategy called "mirroring and matching" where you subtly align your body language with that of your prospect, which can lead to rapport building as they feel in sync with you. The same principles hold true when it comes to linguistics. People process information using their sensory systems – taste, smell, touch, hearing and sight.
If a prospect says "I really like the way this looks," they are in sight mode. As such, your response might be, "I often hear from our customers how delighted they are with the sleek design of our products." In other words, you're validating the sensory mode they are using to make a decision about buying from you.
Make claims about your products or services in a way that doesn't invite your prospect to challenge you by simply adjusting the way you position your statement. For example, if you run a medical practice and are selling other physicians on referring more patients your way, you wouldn't want to claim that you offer the best care in the city within your specialty, as that invites questions.
Instead, you might explain that after referring patients to your practice, other physicians have cited highly positive feedback from their patients. Better yet, tell them about a recent marketplace survey you've conducted citing that 95 percent of doctors who have referred to your practice report extremely high levels of satisfaction with those referrals. Prospective buyers or influencers are unlikely to argue with what other people think – especially when those people aren't around to argue back.
Learning the ins and outs of "talking the talk" in sales is sure to deliver deeper prospect engagement and a stronger close rate.
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David Mallett needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 56 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Sharp modern logo suitable for all audiences including trade, public and older purchasers
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My cat tried to kill me. But I'm sure I had it coming.
It all started when I mocked my cat's ass on Twitter. Izzy the cat is—well, she's become a big girl. She rapidly morphed from an adorable teacup-sized kitten to a hulking mass who causes the house to shake when she jumps off a chair. Here is what she was:
And here's Izzy now!
She actually looks relatively slender here, due no doubt to her slimming black hue. She's way more of a moose than you can tell from the picture. In real life, she causes people to exclaim in surprise when they see her. She's not small.
I don't even know how she fits on this windowsill.
I know that this is partly our fault. Or at least it's our fault for not addressing the issue as soon as we noticed her rapid expansion. It occurred, as these things do, after she was spayed. When she figured there was no reason to keep up her girlish figure. She let herself go, and we let her do it.
Look, now her back-fat is causing her to slip:
So lately it seems that she is too heavy to clean herself. Specifically, she cannot reach her butt. And this is disgusting. I even tried cleaning her myself—out of love, yes, but mostly disgust—but the fur is all matted, and now there's no getting it out. It's clear that we need to take her to the vet and get the whole cat-butt problem worked out. She's also apparently incapable of cleaning her back, now, and let's face it, it's really hard to pet her when she's like this. Our love, apparently, is conditional, and the condition is "must not have pooplets stuck to ass when you rub our legs for a pet."
Oh wait, I just found a picture in which her enormous girth is revealed.
NOW YOU SEE. Quick, look away—I can't be sure what prolonged viewing of her Rasputin-like gaze would do to your brains.
I feel bad for her, but that didn't stop me from writing a Twitter about her ass. And not a few minutes later, I walked into the kitchen, and Izzy dashed in front of the doorway, causing me to fly across the room, landing on both wrists and one knee. I had to lie there for a while. Henry came in and offered to kiss my knee, but I demurred. Over the next few days, my knee turned all kinds of colors. My parts hurt. But it could have been much worse.
I have never almost been killed by a cat before, and it's a humbling experience. I can only conclude that Izzy can read, and that she's following me on Twitter. She's probably reading my blog. So I just want to say here that 1) my cat is beautiful, no matter what condition her ass is in, and 2) I was wrong to publicly mock her. Oh, and 3) I am sure that if we take her to the vet it will be so she can be admired, and not to have her hindquarters shaved and a tasteless diet food prescribed. In conclusion, my cat is beautiful. A big, beautiful beast.
If I don't post in a couple of days, you'll know that she didn't accept my apology.


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An Okuma paint scheme car will run on the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) No. 33 entry in two NASCAR Nationwide Series races in the spring of 2014. They are the Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 on March 15 at Bristol Motor Speedway, and the VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 on April 11 at Darlington Raceway.
The RCR No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro will be driven by Cale Conley, who is making his Nationwide Series debut at Bristol following a full-time ride in the 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East where he finished with four top-fives, five top-10s and one pole award.
Okuma and RCR: Partners in Performance
The new paint scheme car celebrates a longstanding, productive partnership between Okuma and RCR. Okuma CNC machines are used for precision machining of complex race car parts which are produced at the RCR/Okuma Technology Center (OTC). Following are just a few facts about this partnership:
- Began in 2000 – 14 years to-date of partnering to achieve technological excellence and competitive advantage
- RCR makes more than 3,500 parts for their race team in their Okuma Technology Center
- RCR uses 15 Okuma machines to produce and refine competition parts ranging from pistons to camshafts, cylinder heads, and engine blocks
- The accuracy and repeatability of Okuma CNC machines allows RCR to achieve engine durability
- By using the Okuma THINC-OSP control, RCR engineers are able to program machines to meet and maintain stringent precision standards
"Two of our goals at Richard Childress Racing are winning races and winning championships," says Richard Childress, RCR President & CEO. "To accomplish this we must be competitive and consistent every week. Race car components, especially those for engines, are held to tolerances of less than .001 of an inch. Okuma's high technology machining centers go even further and are accurately repeatable to .00008 of an inch.
"Okuma technology, coupled with unparalleled engineering support, creates a partnership that enables RCR to achieve our high-performance goals."
For more information visit www.okuma.com/richard-childress-racing. Watch the "Partners in Performance" video to get a behind-the-scenes look at the RCR/OTC in action.


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Supernatural 2011
As previously noted, requests come in for Supernatural photos all the time. This is the first entry of the year.
Fans of the show are loyal. And, also as already noted, f-cking crazy. Some are convinced that the show's two leads are secret lovers. What is it with this secret lover business? Yesterday during the liveblog, the same thing was brought up about Glee stars Lea Michele and Dianna Agron!? A fringe Gleek group is convinced those two have some kind of undercover romantic relationship. I worry about you lot.
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I think there are examples of late 69 Camaro's without the flat bottom.
Dave - flat for Camaro production. 70 Chevelle had ridges and so do the reproductions. Here is a great thread over at TC to reference http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=54696Brian
Quote from: Charley on September 12, 2013, 11:48:44 PMI think there are examples of late 69 Camaro's without the flat bottom.I would like to get a flat bottom breather but they are hard to come by and very expensive from what I have seen.
Steve,Can you take a photo of the full bottom from the bottom? As a comparison to the flat bottom?PS. What did you mean by '4 spot' flame arrester? first time I've heard that term....


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Eurocopter EC145T2 | Business Jet Traveler
Eurocopter EC145T2
The robust Eurocopter EC145 light/medium-twin helicopter, which has long been popular with EMS operators and the military (see box), is increasingly being ordered for executive transport. Now the manufacturer has collaborated with Mercedes-Benz to develop a flexible, upscale executive cabin for the model, with seating for four to eight passengers and more streamlined skids, nose, cowling and cladding to the exterior that add around three knots to the cruise speed.
The helicopter has enormous utility. It has a range of 362 nautical miles at 131 knots (with full fuel, no reserve and one pilot and six passengers, each 180 pounds). It was developed in the late 1990s as a stretched version of the popular BK117C1, which Germany's Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) and Japan's Kawasaki originally built in the late 1970s. Daimler Benz later bought MBB and rolled it into Eurocopter in a merger with France's Aerospatiale.
The original EC145 proved popular, selling more than 500 civil copies over the last decade, but the model was not without its critics, who knocked it for its lack of digital engine controls (Fadec), temperamental heating and air-conditioning system, outmoded avionics, anemic climb rate and higher-than-average direct operating costs. However, the helicopter's overall cabin space and durability overshadow these shortcomings in the minds of most operators.
Nevertheless, Eurocopter realized the EC145 needed updating if it were to remain an attractive and competitive offering. Rumblings about a replacement model began in 2010 and at Heli-Expo 2011 in Orlando Eurocopter pulled off the wraps, revealing the EC145T2. The manufacturer anticipates that the T2 will be certified later this year and that deliveries will begin in 2014.
Differences from the T1 are immediately apparent. The T2 sports a longer composite tail boom attached to a shrouded tail rotor or Fenestron. At 44.6 feet, the T2 is 1.9 feet longer. The Fenestron does two important things: It prevents people who are loading cargo, luggage or patients through the rear clamshell doors from walking into a spinning tail rotor. It also reduces noise.
Helicopter noise is a hot-button issue in many communities and on the federal level. Quiet helicopters invariably cause less commotion and public complaint. Over the last several years, legislation has been introduced in both the House and the Senate to restrict the movement of civil helicopters over Long Island, the Los Angeles basin, national parks and other federal lands. The FAA has restricted helicopter routes over Long Island and is contemplating adoption of more stringent helicopter noise standards for manufacturers. Flying a "quiet technology" helicopter such as the T2 mitigates the impact of this kind of government reach on operators.
While the addition of the Fenestron is the most visible change on the T2, it is not the most important. That distinction belongs to the new pair of Turbomeca Arriel 2E engines, which are rated at 894 shaft horsepower each. They deliver 21 percent more takeoff power than the engines on the T1. That extra power lets you do a lot more. Compared with the T1, the T2 is faster, can carry more weight in passengers and fuel and climbs higher more quickly. It also posts dramatically better hover numbers than the T1. That means you can operate it in hotter temperatures at higher altitudes–up to 18,000 feet. The helicopter also comes with a new gearbox and both the gearbox and the engines have longer time-between-overhaul (TBO) intervals. The Fadec controls use computers to operate the engines with increased efficiency and safety and reduce pilot workload. Inspection intervals also have been lengthened to reduce maintenance costs.
T2 pilots will enjoy a new "Helionix" state-of-the-art glass-panel avionics suite and standard four-axis autopilot for flying in the most demanding instrument conditions.
However, the cabin remains the T2's strongest selling point. Larger than the ones in some light jets, it measures 9.7 feet long and 5.4 feet wide and offers a combined cabin/baggage volume of 217 cubic feet. Add the approximately $1.5 million Mercedes-Benz package to the $7.5 million price of the basic helicopter and you get all that utility and a lot of style.
The Benz package provides comfortable seating for up to eight passengers in a highly modular, flexible cabin that can easily be configured to haul passengers and outsized toys, including surfboards and dirt bikes. You can actually change the size of the baggage compartment with an adjustable wall and there is tie-down hardware to secure even the most unwieldy cargo. Plug-and-play multifunction boxes between the luxurious captain chairs slide in on rails and can hold coolers, DVD players and tables. Passengers can adjust the color and intensity of the LED lighting. Customers can choose from four color and trim combinations.
More power, less noise and great style. These few but important changes will likely keep this helicopter a market favorite for at least another decade.
The EC145 Fan Club
Eurocopter's EC145T1 light/medium-twin helicopter has long been a favorite of EMS operators who fly in instrument environments or need extra cabin space for things such as neonatal transport units.
The U.S. military likes it, too. In a controversial decision, the Army selected the European aircraft for its Light Utility Helicopter program in 2006, ordering up to 345 to replace ancient, Vietnam-era Hueys and OH-58 scout/attack helicopters in Army National Guard fleets. These militarized EC145s are designated the UH-72A Lakota and fly an expanded post-9/11 role that includes homeland security and medevac missions. The Army has taken delivery of more than 200 Lakotas to date in a production contract that runs through 2017. They are assembled at Eurocopter's Columbus, Miss. plant. A heavily militarized and armed version of the EC145, the EC645, is being promoted by Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin for the Army's anticipated Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) program.
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