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Editor's Note: Kyle Hyatt is new to the world of motorcycling and I've been enjoying his perspective as a newbie. You may remember that he is a co-host for the Petersen's podcast, called Car Stories. At one point I was on an episode, and part of my discussion with Kyle was about his pursuit of his first motorcycle. Honda recently invited him to take their Rider's Education Course in Colton, California, and Kyle shared his experience on this site. Now Kyle's on the hunt for a new bike, so I asked him to take a look at Honda's CB500F and tell us what a new rider thinks of it!
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Story and Photos by Kyle Hyatt
The delta between what we want as a new rider and what won't get us killed in our first few weeks riding on the streets of Los Angeles is huge. Also, let's face it, unless you have bizarre friends, telling your buddies that you're 100% stoked about the 500 cc learner Honda that you're getting for two weeks is usually going to elicit laughter and probably some jokes about training wheels. The fact is that you have to take your ego and desire to be Steve McQueen and shove it way down deep inside where all the insecurities you inherited from your parents and your real feelings about your job go, and approach motorcycling in a city as a wide-eyed novice. This is precisely what I did, and after two weeks, I'm not dead or injured. Go me!
To be a motorcyclist, one must have or at least have access to a motorcycle. This was a problem for me because while I had all my gear, being a freelance journalist means that big two-wheeled purchases were a little out of the question. This is where our generous benefactor, Mr. Abhi Eswarappa, stepped in. Abhi made a call to Honda down in Torrance and somehow persuaded them that loaning me a motorcycle for two weeks would be a good idea. They gave me a day to pick it up, and so I piled into a Lyft and set out to begin my adventure.
Upon arriving at Honda's HQ, I found that they had a shiny red 2017 CB500F waiting for me. It was just about the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. Not because the CB500F is an exceptional looking motorcycle (it's a basic, but well-proportioned and handsome naked bike), but because this was my ticket to two-wheeled freedom, something I'd been dreaming of for over a year. I signed some paperwork without reading it all and hopped on.
The first thing I should say about the CB500F is that if you're 6'4″ and over 250lbs, you are squarely outside the intended size range of riders for this bike. It's meant to be small and unintimidating, and in that, it's extremely successful. That said, while I was a little cramped for leg room, the suspension is adjustable for preload front and rear so while I looked a little silly, it was still a capable handler and comfortable on our crappy LA roads. My test model came equipped with ABS, and I have to say that it was nice to have, even if I never truly tested its capabilities. Just knowing it's there makes me feel more confident as a new rider. The single disc front brake provides plenty of stopping power though the initial bite is a little soft, the rear disc's performance would best be described with a shrug emoji.
Honda seems to get a bad rep for not being the most "exciting" or "soulful" brand out there when it comes to their two-wheeled output, but I'm here to tell you that anyone who is pushing that tired old line probably also has a reverse mortgage they want to sell you. Honda builds quality, well-engineered motorcycles that don't cost a lot of money and that's exactly how I'd describe the CB500F. At a little over $6k, it's not the cheapest thing you can buy but it feels equally as nice as some other 8-9k bikes that I've been looking at in my quest for a first moto such as the KTM 690 Duke, Yamaha XSR900, and the Triumph Street Twin. The switchgear is nice, the dash is easily readable and has all the information I'd want, apart from a gear position indicator. The engine doesn't sound sexy, but it's smooth, and the gearbox is slick, precise, and very easy to use.
Sitting on my little Honda (which I've dubbed Lil' Sebastian) outside the Honda Powersports headquarters, I decide that to best acquaint myself more thoroughly with my steed I should ride through Palos Verdes and up the coast to Los Angeles, rather than try my luck on the freeway. This proved to be a sage decision. Not only are the cliffs of Palos Verdes some of the most dramatic in southern California, the road along them is curvy but not overly trafficked during the week. I pointed the Honda to the west and set off into traffic.
The CB500F is stupidly easy to ride. Even a ham-fisted oaf like myself was able to navigate traffic, splitting lanes and running up and down the gears without stalling it. With 49.6 hp on tap at 8,500 rpm, it proved to be a willing stoplight drag accomplice as long as I was circumspect with my shifting. As speeds crept up over those I experienced on the range at my safety course, I began to understand the theory more clearly and started to lean the bike more and more. Full disclosure: this was just about the most fun I'd ever had.
Before long, Palos Verdes fell away, and I ended up on the Pacific Coast Highway as it meandered through the various beach cities, getting my first real taste of actual traffic. The Honda again acquitted itself admirably. It's narrowness proved invaluable as I snaked myself between cars. One area that was a bit of a let down in this situation was the bike's standard mirrors. I ended up seeing a lot of my elbows, and so I made extra sure that I was religious about head-checking before changing lanes.
After another 45 minutes or so of weaving around traffic, I made my way home secure in the knowledge that all of the time, money, and effort that I'd put into this crazy motorcycle thing was worthwhile. Of course, there were things I wasn't prepared for, like bees. I had no idea that bees would be a thing when riding, but on my 5th day on the bike, I got home and reached to grab my house keys out of my backpack and WHAM, I took a sting to the finger from a yellow and black hitchhiking bastard. Getting moto gear off when your hand looks like a cartoon hand is no fun, trust me. I also wasn't prepared to have stupid-looking hair when I got to my destination. What gives? The Sons of Anarchy guys look great when they get off their Dynas and whip off their brain buckets. I looked like Yahoo Serious but way less cool and Australian.
In all, I was able to keep the bike for two weeks. I put a few hundred miles on it, including my first LA freeway stint and my first group ride with Abhi and a couple of his pals.
I came to crave the validation of the motorcyclist's wave, and I adjusted my inner clock to anticipate being 20 minutes earlier to everything than I expected. It was an incredible experience, and I'm now shamelessly hooked. I can't wait to try a few more bikes and hopefully settle on something great.
My verdict on the CB500F is that it's an almost perfect bike for beginners. It's everything you could want and has virtually no bad habits. Would I buy one for myself? No, but that only because it's a bit small and cramped for me. If I were a few inches shorter, I'd be throwing my money at Honda. The CB500F isn't the sexiest thing on two wheels, but you're not going to look like a geek riding it, and it's a bike that you'll be able to grow with and have fun with for quite awhile. If you're looking for a first bike, get to your nearest Honda dealer and throw a leg over one, you'll have a great time, I promise.
Editor's Note: knowing that Kyle is a big guy (6'4″ and over 240 pounds), what else would you suggest he try out for his first bike?

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So why would a business want to make the switch when their current system is functioning just fine? Why use a virtual desktop at all? There are more virtual desktop advantages that may meet the eye.
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Hackers are coming up with even more inventive and malicious ways to conduct data breaches and compromise companies' data. Due to cybercriminal's innovations in the ways they can hack into online networks, more companies are shifting to virtual desktops.
Previously, anti-virus software and firewalls were proven effective enough to trust. These days, they are only supplemental to strong network security. As more businesses are storing nearly all their information online, there is a lot to lose. With a remote desktop, user data is backed up online continuously, so corruption or loss of files is almost impossible. Using a virtual desktop requires the hacker to break into a company device and to get their hands on an employee ID and password to crack into your company's private servers.
You also do not have employees carrying around personal devices that hold company data just because there is not an alternative. It is not unreasonable to copy a work file to a particular device or flash drive so that the work can continue out of the office. But, personal devices get lost, stolen or compromised all the time. Once a file downloads, it is out of the company's hands and could go anywhere. Using a VDI enables employees to use their devices and access data anywhere, but the sensitive files themselves do not leave the corporate data center.
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3. Lower IT Costs
Centering your company's network around virtual desktops directly impacts your infrastructure costs. Switching to a virtual desktop allows you to eliminate the costs of servers, complex switching and other hardware.
Your IT team will not have to fret with lengthy provisioning of new desktops and can fix issues remotely rather than having to track down each user experiencing an issue. With traditional desktops, it may take longer to locate the employee than to fix the problem. The initial investment of a device is usually only 30 to 50 percent of the costs that will incur throughout its lifetime. Maintaining and managing PC software and hardware far exceeds the value of buying the device in the long run. Switching to remote servers slash the costs of IT labor which can eat up a lot of resources.
Think about the process it takes when a new update or patch must go through separate installations on each employee's work computer. This job alone could take an in-house IT tech an entire day going from desktop to desktop, installing necessary applications, backup files and virus scans that must be installed in addition to the update itself. Centrally managing all the computers in one place can reduce a day's work into a few clicks. This ability also speeds up the reaction time your IT support team can get to issues, which in turn gets your employees back to work and not sitting idle waiting for a response to their problem.
Using a virtual desktop network saves money on hardware costs, software licensing and long-term maintenance and replacement of components. Switching to virtual desktops also allows for a more efficient infrastructure that lowers the cost-per-device and makes it easier to manage your technology.
Why Businesses Should Make the Switch
The bottom line for making the switch from independent operating systems to a virtual desktop system is to lower costs while improving the ease of management.
An average work computer worth the investment can cost hundreds of dollars, and a conventional device comes with many extra costs such as anti-virus software, monthly patching, application upgrades and paying your IT team's salaries to go desk-to-desk fixing employees' issues. Switching to a VDI can slash these costs and save $2,015 per year for each user on the system.
If your small business has 30 employees, making the change can equate to $60,450 worth of savings on average. Using a virtual desktop means that you could have the convenience of managing the entire system in the back end as though you were making the changes to a single computer, slashing your IT costs. Only one system needs to be updated rather than many individual ones, and that level of efficiency is where independent operating systems cannot compete.
You can cut these costs even more by allowing your employees to bring their own devices into the workplace instead of providing each person with one of their own. In many cases, workers would prefer to use their personal device instead of a work computer that might not be what they are used to or prefer. A virtual desktop with a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy benefits both the business by lowering the cost of acquiring devices and gives employees more freedom.
For employees, the most enticing part of switching to a virtual system is the ability to work from anywhere. When you allow your employees to work remotely, they assume the system will run smoothly without additional headaches. If you have decided that a VDI is the right decision for your business, be sure to do research and find one with excellent performance packages. A poor VDI can cause issues with quickly loading multimedia applications due to accessing them from a network rather than from a dedicated device.
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PCS works with clients to identify their issues and implement permanent virtual desktop solutions to solve them. Setting up companies with the best virtual desktop technology in the industry can save you a great deal of time and maintenance costs of your network. We build relationships with our customers to completely understand their business objectives and provide excellent customer service. Too often are IT companies good at their job, but do things their way and cannot correctly articulate what exactly they are doing to the non-IT professional. At PCS, we speak plain English and break down each process so everyone involved is on the same page.
The cost of our services at PCS directly correlates with each customer's number of devices and employees. We come up with a support plan based on your unique business that makes the most sense for you and your employees.
If you are looking to make the switch to virtual systems, but are not sure where to begin and are not getting the guidance you need, contact us today. PCS has a team of over 100 IT professionals who are experts in specific industries. We can help you reach the goals you are looking for without the complicated technicalities and confusion that often plagues the IT industry. We tailor our services to the people we serve. Request a free quote today to see how we can revolutionize your business.


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legend, 27 Dec 2010i'm from malaysia.got my froyo on my legend yesterday.tq htchow did u get the update? i have been hoping to upgrade the droid to froyo in my legend for a longtime but i cant find it...
i'm from malaysia.got my froyo on my legend yesterday.tq htc
Good day! Just want to know how to update my wildfire? Can anybody give some instructions or links on how to update? Thanks in advance.
FROYO now available in INDIA also i am updating it.... can't wait to use my hand on it an d explore it....
please give some reviews if anyone has used it....
Wohoo!!! Froyo now available for download for Singapore Singtel HTC Legend. Now downloading. Gonna enjoy Froyo for this Xmas.
Anonymous, 15 Dec 2010He's not lying.
I am using a HTC Legend SEA in Singapore and I got the OTA push as well.
Dow... moreOTA_Legend_Froyo_S_htc_Asia_WWE_3.15.707.3-2.05.707.1_releasepbwvud5ozvuoygyq.zip
87.8MB so it's a pretty huge update.
can't wait for the download to complete.
Anonymous, 15 Dec 2010pls dun give others false hopeHe's not lying.
I am using a HTC Legend SEA in Singapore and I got the OTA push as well.
Downloading it from wifi currently. :)
Daud, 14 Dec 2010i'm in malaysia, I get my Froyo yesterday for my HTC Legend.. yeahhh!!pls dun give others false hope
Daud, 14 Dec 2010i'm in malaysia, I get my Froyo yesterday for my HTC Legend.. yeahhh!!How do you update?
Im from the philippines and has been waiting for the wildfire update for my phone. Is there a chance to be updated to froyo too?
i'm in malaysia, I get my Froyo yesterday for my HTC Legend.. yeahhh!!
Kazzaz , 10 Dec 2010my legend is tasting froyo for about 20 days now .. with vodafone egypt .. I'm in Egypt and bought my phone through Vodafone but yI didn't receive the update did you get it OTA or did u go to the store to get it updated
@ filipino mike, the only reason why pics looked like vga cam stills is bec of wildfire's low resolution screen. Apps2sd will be possible when wildfire receives its froyo update.
is that true for india too ????????
On 3UK, unlocked Legend. No updates available.
Does the phone need to be supported by the network to get the Froyo update? I thought not as the update would come from HTC direct.
Ive received only one update months ago on my Legend though 3UK, but maybe they are blocking this one?
Good Day Guys,
Hope you can help me with some of my concerns. Can I upgrade my htc wildfire here in the Philippines? If yes, how? And why is it the pictures taken using my phone seems like it was captured from a VGA camera Phone? Is there any way that i can transfer my apps to microsd? Seems Apps2sd not available for Wildfire. Thank you guys.
can anyone tell me whether live wallpaper is enabled after update?
Kishore, 10 Dec 2010I got my Froyo update yesterday (09-Dec) and the transition has been wonderful. My phone is ve... morekishore, which carrier did u purchase on outright, is it bell or virgin? im using bell outright purchase one, whihc is unlocked to work with rogers..pls help
Still no Froyo update for Singapore HTC Legend.
i just updated my legend yesterday and i am really enjoying it. the new transition effects and hotspot makes it really cool.


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Artichokes Barigoule
The flavors of this dish are out of the world. Something magical happens when the ingredients are leisurely braised. I serve the artichokes over saffron orzo as a chilled light summer dinner. DELISH!
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- 4-6 ServingsServings
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced and 4 thin slices lemon
- 4 medium artichokes or frozen artichoke bottoms/cups
- 1⁄2 cup best quality extra-virgin olive oil
- 10 white button mushrooms
- 6 cloves garlic, smashed
- 2 medium carrots, cut into 3" pieces
- 1⁄2 cup dry white wine
- 1 small spicy chili pepper, sliced thinly (optional)
- 1/4 cup pitted and chopped Kalamata olives
- 1⁄4 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
- 1/2 cup torn basil leaves
- Good sized pinch of Espelette* or hot paprika
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Note: if you are using frozen artichoke bottoms/cups skip step 1.
1. Combine lemon juice and 6 cups water in a large bowl. Cut away tough outer leaves on the artichoke's base until you reach inner yellow leaves. Using a serrated knife, cut the artichoke in half lengthwise. Using a peeler or sharp knife, remove green outer layer from stem and base. Trim off bottom 1⁄2" of stem. Use a spoon to scoop out fuzzy choke from center of artichoke. Transfer to lemon water. Repeat with remaining artichokes.
2. Heat a large sauté pan with the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add artichokes cut side down, with mushrooms, garlic, and carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables begin to brown, about 8–10 minutes. Add the lemon slices and wine, Reduce wine by half, about 3–4 minutes. Add enough water to just cover vegetables; bring to a boil.
3. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until vegetables are tender, 12–15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Using tongs, transfer artichokes, carrots, and mushrooms to a bowl. Increase the heat and reduce the braising liquid to 1⁄3 cup, about 8–10 minutes. Add back the artichokes, mushrooms, carrots, and olives; heat through. Garnish with lemon zest, parsley, basil and paprika.
Serve the barigoule hot with chicken fish or beef, or serve cold.
*Espelette pepper is a variety of chili pepper that was originally grown in Mexico, transplanted to the Basque region of France and cultivated there. The peppers are harvested in October, dried and made into ground or pureed pepper. The peppers are not really spicy, but are fruity and very flavorful.


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Part I
As China's development model evolves from manufacturing and export-based growth to services and expansion of its enormous domestic market, its economic and political relationship with Latin America is rapidly undergoing profound transformations.
China's targets in this regard have been outlined in several meetings, like the special forum held in 2015 between China and CELAC[1], where China announced the objective of raising its investment flows to Latin America to $250 billion in a decade, while increasing its annual trade with that region to $500 billion in the same period.
But clearly, the windfall gains that Latin American countries[2] obtained from record high prices for their commodity exports are over, and the consequences have been serious economic crises and deep recessions.
A commodity boom that went sour
Trade between China and Latin America exploded since the turn of the millennium as the share of sales to China of Latin America's total exports grew from 2% in 2000 to 10% in 2015. Imports from China grew faster, also from 2% to 17% in the same period, clearly leading to growing trade deficits, which were made up by large loans and investments from China, mainly in infrastructure and developing new sources of raw materials.
In this way, China became the second or third largest trading partner of most countries in Latin America, and by 2015, the economically largest nations in the region (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Ecuador, accounting for almost 90% of its GDP) exported close to $90 billion to China and imported almost $160 billion, 78% more, according to the IMF.
Brazil, the largest nation in the continental American landmass and the biggest economy in Latin America, is China's largest trading partner with two-way trade of more than $80 billion in 2015, but Brazil's total trade which China only represents around 3.3% of its GDP, clear evidence of the enduring closedness of the Brazilian economy.
Nevertheless, Brazil has been mired with a devastating recession since the fall in the prize of commodities, resulting from China's less robust demand for them, and the following collapse of its term-of-trade, which will wipe out more than 10% of its GDP before it is over.
One of my distinguished professors at the University of Chicago, currently at UCLA, asked me once how it is possible that the Chinese economy that is still growing at a much faster pace than any other major country in the world could generate such devastating effects on its commodities' providers like Brazil.
There are several answers to this question. First, plans were drawn in commodity producing nations to keep expanding supply at the incredibly fast rates that China's demands kept until its slowdown.
Second, the changing pattern of China's development de-emphasizing building infrastructure and housing, represented a swift reduction in demand for commodities associated with construction.
Third, governments always consider temporary windfall gains resulting from very positive terms-of-trade as permanent, and they raise their public spending and debt accordingly, leaving them totally unprepared to abrupt collapses in the prices of their main exports, as in this case.
This explains not only Brazil's tragic economic and financial meltdown but also a good part of its ongoing political troubles.
However, trade-wise Chile's dependence on China is much higher than Brazil's, and in fact it is the highest in Latin America. Last year, Chile sent 25% of its exports to China (7.2% of its GDP) and imported from China a bit more than one-fifth of its total purchases abroad (5.5% of GDP).
Nonetheless, Chile's economic situation is far better than Brazil's because for the most part, its economic policies have been quite prudent despite the protracted but to a large extent failed attempts of sitting President Michelle Bachelet to adopt more populist policies.
Lavish lending, a serious miscalculation?
There is an essential part of China's strategic approach to South America – Mexico, and most of Central America and the Caribbean are a different story also in this regard – that the Asian giant might come to regret: its large and generous lending policies.
In the past five years, China has lent close to $70 billion mostly to nations that will not be able to pay back, like Venezuela which is on the verge of blowing up politically and economically, and Argentina that under new management is undoing most of the populist policies of the last 12 years of the Kirchner/Fernandez couple, including a strategic alliance with China, adopted in exchange of loans of significant amounts, which will be carefully reviewed by the new administration of President Mauricio Macri.
Brazil is in a different situation altogether but might have trouble keeping current on its obligations with China, which amount to hundreds of billions of dollars in a thick maze of project financing, direct loans and advance payments for future deliveries of commodities.
This could be the case if the Brazilian economy continues to implode, inflation remains high, and the credit-rating agencies keep downgrading the country, whose ample international reserves are not sufficient to cover all external public and private indebtedness, which, in turn, might lead to a currency mismatch, capital flight and a run on the real, Brazil's currency.
Another potentially losing relationship China has in Latin America is with Cuba. At the demise of the Soviet Union, of which Cuba was an economic and political puppet, an intense and secretive relationship developed between China and the Caribbean island-nation, two of the few remaining Communist-managed regimes, although the Chinese economy was rapidly becoming capitalist.
With the end of Venezuela as the largest benefactor of Cuba, and the trade and investment embargo by the U.S. very much in place, since it is mandated by Congress despite President Barack Obama's effort to circumvent it by restoring diplomatic relations by executive order, the Cubans will demand more financial involvement by China, very much in the give-away terms that they have received so far. The capacity of Cuba to pay back is so far non-existent.
China-Mexico ties: Thorny and different
As we have mentioned in previous columns, Mexico's relationship with China has grown enormously, but in a radically different way from the rest of Latin America, because of three salient factors.
First, Mexico, for the most part, is not a major exporter of raw materials that barely represent 15% of its total sales abroad, thus the impact of the collapse of commodities prices is far less devastating than in the rest of the region.
Second, since China joined the WTO, a keen competition developed between both countries for a larger share of the U.S. market.
Third, an enormously asymmetrical bilateral relationship has evolved between China and Mexico, where the import/export balance of the latter is 11-to-1, leading to a trade deficit in excess of $65 billion last year.
Chinese loans and project finance operations in Mexico are minimal, a situation that was not helped by cancellations of major projects in rail transportation and a huge Dragon Mart mega-mall venture, dubbed "the largest venue for selling Chinese goods in the Western Hemisphere."
This means the rapprochement of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's (2012-18) administration toward China has been put on hold and postponed indefinitely.
Many Mexicans believe that China does not trade fairly or subsidize their exports. They also believe that there is State-sponsored smuggling of merchandise, first exported to the U.S., then shipped in trucks to Mexico and while on-route, workers change the labels of the products to put the brand "made in the USA," thus entering the country without paying duties, as if they were NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) products.
I have heard endless stories of Mexican clothing and textile manufacturers who claim that they have irrefutable evidence of the widespread use of this practice. And then there are the never ending accounts of China sending illegal chemical precursors to produce methamphetamine in large amounts for the insatiable U.S. market for this drug, leaving behind a sequel of deaths, corruption and drug addiction whose economic costs are difficult to evaluate but certainly are steep.
[1] The Latin American and Caribbean Community of States (with the acronym of CELAC in Spanish) is an intergovernmental mechanism for dialogue and political agreement created in 2011, which includes permanently thirty-three countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a regional forum that brings together all of Latin America and the Caribbean countries and it follows on the footsteps of the SELA, Latin American Economic System, founded in 1976.
[2] Excepting Mexico, which is only a marginal exporter of raw materials.
(The second part of this article will focus on how the economic, financial and political relationship between Latin American countries and China is likely to evolve)
Manuel Suarez-Mier is a Washington, DC-based independent consultant on economic and financial issues. He has taught economics and international finance at various universities in the US and Mexico and was Director of the Center for North American Studies at American University 2014-2015. His numerous posts include chief of staff of the Governor of the Bank of Mexico. He also was Mexico's top economic diplomat in Washington at the time of the negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico.


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Last month, five design firms/designers participated on the opening of Design Week México 2012 with an exhibition called Hecho en México (Made in Mexico), that featured commissioned work for Glocal Design Magazine, an upcoming specialized publication from Mexico City in collaboration with Masisa, leader manufacturer brand of mdf, mdp and particle boards in Latin America.
Los Tabos by Christian Vivanco is a line of stools of varying height created through repetition of a simple form. They seem easy, but designing these required a series of calculations to maintain balance and ergonomics.
MOON by Despacho de Diseño Industrial (Ricardo Casas and Marcela Compean) is a cabinet based on the topographic surface of the moon using a layering technique to giv e it depth and dimension.
LAB by Ian Ortega is a bookshelf not only storing but also for displaying books of different sizes, both in height and length and width. The user can create his own arrangement.
Booleanos by Joel Escalona is a cabinet that is based in concepts used in architecture, art and geometry, such as deconstruction, addition/subtraction and transparencies. Through the use of different types of wood finishes, each rectangular piece has components apparently similar, which when combined, create colors and textures totally different, exalting the richness of the materials.
Pódium by Jorge Diego Etienne is a conceptual piece of intersecting furniture with multiple configurations and hierarchies inspired by sport podiums. Representing first, second and third place seat which can proportionally seat one, two and three persons, although the third place might not be as comfortable as the first.


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A helicopter transporting 30 American servicemen, including Navy Seals, was shot down by insurgents over Afghanistan on Saturday, marking the single deadliest day for American forces in the war in Afghanistan.
American and Afghan officials confirmed that 30 Americans and 8 Afghans were killed in the attack, according to the New York Times.
The 22 Navy Seals on board were part of Seal Team 6, the unit that killed Osama Bin Laden.
The Taliban took responsibility for the attack on those that killed their leader. However, it is reported that none of the Seals killed in the attack were involved in Bin Laden's death.
The Chinook Helicopter was on a night-raid mission and was most likely struck by a rocket-propelled grenade, the New York Times reports. The attack occurred around 1 a.m. on Saturday after an attack on a Taliban compound lasting about two hours, Gen. Abdul Qayum Baqizoy, police chief of Wardak, said to the Times.
"All of those killed in this operation were true heroes who had already given so much in the defense of freedom. Their sacrifice will not be forgotten," said Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of the international military mission in Afghanistan.
President Obama expressed his concern and offered condolences to the families of those killed.


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Escape From Tomorrow begins on the Disney World roller coaster "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad," where a low overhang decapitates a rider with a satisfyingly juicy splat. The moment flashes by quickly, but it serves as a statement of purpose for the writer-director Randy Moore. With his first feature, Moore wants to change the way you look at Disney World—and he wants to blow some minds.
Shot at Disney parks without authorization or permission—the crew used DSLR cameras, recorded sound on handheld digital recorders, and at one point fled the parks a step ahead of security—Escape From Tomorrow serves as a sort of companion piece to Gravity. While Alfonso Cuarón's big-budget masterpiece has little in common with this mini-budgeted head trip, both movies consistently left me asking: How'd they get that shot? Simulating zero-gravity seems several degrees less difficult than shooting an entire feature under the watchful eye of Uncle Walt—to say nothing of releasing it without Disney Legal smashing the film flat with their cartoon hammers. (Admirably, and wisely considering the possible publicity backlash, Disney hasn't said a word about Escape From Tomorrow.)
As anyone who has taken a child to Disney World knows, the happiest place on earth can feel like a nightmare hellscape when things aren't going well. For Jim (Roy Abramsohn) and his family, things are not going well. It's the last day of vacation and Jim has just been laid off. The sun is hot, the lines are long, the turkey legs may be made of emu, and his kids want to go on "It's a Small World." Is it any wonder Jim's driven to drink?
The fun of Escape From Tomorrow is watching Jim, and Disney World, spin out of control. The characters on "It's a Small World" glare at Jim with their evil little faces. On Tom Sawyer Island, he loses his daughter in one of those terrifying underground tunnels. At Epcot's World Showcase, Jim makes a number of very bad decisions: He buys a fez in Morocco, he drinks too many steins of beer in Germany, he gets on the awful Mexico Pavilion ride. As Jim becomes more obsessed with a pair of French teenagers and loses track of himself, the movie goes further and further off the rails—mostly enjoyably. There's a robot, a real, live evil witch, and the spirit of Walt watching over it all.
The making of Escape From Tomorrow seems like it was a kind of haphazard nightmare of its own—Moore has noted that he basically had a breakdown in the process—and the seams show. Moore's written two or three more conspiracies into his film than it probably needed, and interesting ideas get dropped almost as soon as they're proposed. (Why is the nurse at the Magic Kingdom first-aid station weeping? What exactly does the Siemens corporation have to do with everything?) Jim's—and the film's—leering focus on the bodies of the princesses all around him can get tiring; the gratuitous boobs projected on the screen during a ride on "Soarin' " seemed beneath a movie that otherwise has so much on its mind. The film is beautifully but unevenly shot—the bright sun of central Florida can make for an intensely expressionistic image, as characters are naturally spotlit in its unforgiving glare, but some scenes are awkwardly green-screened.
But that's OK. In the end, Escape From Tomorrow is less a focused critique of the Disney aesthetic than it is an enthusiastic tweaking of Disney mystique. You'll get a lot more out of it if you've visited the Magic Kingdom yourself, and you'll get the most out of it if you've brought children there and experienced the odd combination of delight and oppressiveness that Disney parks offer. Just like watching this movie, visiting Disney World can feel like being trapped inside someone else's imagination. The people who design Disney parks are called "Imagineers." It's a testament to this creepy, inventive, nearly successful little movie that I'll never think of that job title as a benign one again.


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Have you frozen during a technical interview, or been stumped by a question? Your answer should be "yes," and you're not alone. In fact, you're everyone who's ever lived through a technical interview.
"No one has ever gotten every question correct," said David McCarter, who presented "Surviving the Technical Interview" at the 2012 Silicon Valley Code Camp.
Here's some stand-out advice:
- Know what you don't know and admit it. Per McCarter, being upfront about where your knowledge exists and doesn't exist is something the interviewer looks for. So be truthful.
- Don't be stumped by silly, logical questions. They aren't meant to be answered correctly. They're designed to see how you go about problem-solving and hear how you think.
- McCarter recognizes that developers sometimes have a hard time expressing their thoughts. He advises putting the discomfort aside for the interview and allowing yourself to think out loud.


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Accidents happen. With the nature of life's ebbs and flows, it is inevitable that you will experience unexpected discomfort or trauma, such as a dental emergency. A dental emergency is an oral condition that requires immediate attention. Though dental emergencies are not life-threatening, they are often conditions that cannot wait too long for dental attention, such a knocked-out tooth, chipped tooth, or damaged dental prosthetic. These dental concerns require urgent attention because they cause you discomfort or physical embarrassment that is difficult to tolerate for a prolonged period.
How to Handle a Dental Emergency
Act fast: Don't delay or wait it out — the situation may worsen if you don't consult your Celina dentist for guidance. If you have a dental emergency, it is best to call your dentist's office right away. Don't be self-conscious about asking for help; your motto should be "better safe than sorry" in these emergency situations. Your dental office will assist you in scheduling an emergency appointment or can offer advice for how to handle the situation safely on your own. Your dental professionals will give you recommendations for steps to take care of your teeth and gums in the meantime while waiting for your appointment time.
Soothe your pain: If you're experiencing dental pain, take an over-the-counter pain reliever to help soothe the discomfort. Try to relax, distract yourself, or sleep to help the time pass without pain as you wait for your appointment.
Store for safety: If you experienced accidental extractions and lost a tooth, make sure you carefully rinse off your tooth and store it for safe keeping in a sealed container. If the tooth was freshly knocked out, rinse it with warm water and gently try to place it back in its socket.
Stop bleeding: Use clean gauze to stop bleeding in your mouth. Apply pressure to stop the bleeding by biting down on the gauze.
Reduce swelling: Press an ice pack to the side of your mouth to reduce swelling.
To learn more, schedule an appointment with Dr. Angela Ganjoor at Celina Family Dentistry by calling (214) 851-0130. Located in the 75009 area, we serve patients of all ages from Celina, Prosper, McKinney, Frisco, Anna, Pilot Point, and the surrounding areas.


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Machine Assembly Technician (Mechanical)
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As a machine assembly technician, you will be expected to work with limited supervision, at times at the direction of others, to build, debug and test workstations and equipment to engineering drawings, sketches or other documentation. At times parts may need fabrication or altering as part of the assembly process. Work includes integrating other assemblies and equipment. A machine assembly technician should perform work at the lowest cost consistent with quality standards, design requirements and completion schedules.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. All essential functions are subject to reasonable accommodation. Employees needing or requesting reasonable accommodation should contact the Human Resources Manager.
- Assemble parts to engineering drawings or other documentation.
- Build and test workstations and equipment being built.
- Fabricate or alter parts as required.
- Integrate feed systems and other automation equipment into assemblies.
- Communicate problems to Lead in a timely manner.
- Work as a team to maximize productivity and quality.
- Provide assistance to others.
- Show a constant interest in learning other activities or skills.
- Participate in job reviews when appropriate.
- Document changes on prints for job reviews.
- Maintain fabrication equipment in good order. Clean equipment when breaking down setup.
- Maintain orderly work area and cleanup work area at the end of the day.
- Be consistently at work and punctual; clock job times accurately
- Participate in continuous improvement efforts.
- Train customers on equipment when necessary.
- Demonstrate application of acquired knowledge from Lean training.
- Observe company policy, safety and security procedures.
- Perform all activities in conformance with the AGR Quality System and ISO procedures
- Knowledge of fits and tolerances and ability to assemble such fits.
- Knowledge of pneumatic drawings and ability to layout, assemble and debug these systems.
- Basic knowledge of control and vision systems.
- Ability to setup and operate fabrication equipment including drill presses, millers, lathes, rotary tables and sheet metal equipment.
- Ability to machine parts to +/- .003 of an inch tolerance and to size holes using reamers and hones.
- Ability to work with hand tools used for assembly processes.
- Ability to weld preferred.
- Knowledge of proprietary vibratory product line.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings or other documentation and to work to verbal instructions.
- Be able to identify problems and debug equipment being built in a timely manner.
- Be able to work well with others in problem solving situations.
- Utilize most efficient resources for fabricating and measuring parts being made or altered.
- Be knowledgeable in math.
- Valid driver's license and US passport.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Material handling equipment is available at all times.
· Regularly required to use hands for a variety of tasks.
· Must be able to reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
· Ability to walk, stand and sit, occasionally to climb, balance, stoop, kneel.
· Frequently lift 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
· Good vision and eye / hand coordination.Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position, and typical work hours are Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Overtime is on an as needed basis and at the direction of the Operations Supervisor.
Travel with reasonable notice, for installation, training and service work.
Preferred Education and Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Toolmaker or Machining background, minimum of four years machining experience.
Arthur G Russell Co
AddressBristol, CT
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LED Light Bulb limits interference with garage door openers.
Press Release Summary:
By shielding transmission of energy waves from radio frequency that goes between remote and garage door opener, LED Light Bulb allows user to open garage door without reduced remote range issues. Bulb is shatter- and vibration-resistant and can withstand 5G of shaking force. In addition, bulb can withstand temperatures down to -22°F and is damp location rated. Though it produces 800 lm, which is equivalent to 60 W incandescent bulb, LED Light Bulb uses only 10 W of power.
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Overhead Door Introduces New LED Light Bulb Designed for Garage Door Openers
Shatter and vibration resistant bulb limits interference with many opener remotes
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS – With more and more people moving away from incandescent light bulbs due to their energy inefficiency, LED light bulbs are becoming increasingly popular in homes. The garage is no exception. Overhead Door, the inventor of the upward-lifting garage door and the first electric garage door opener, is shedding new light on an old product with its innovative new LED light bulb, designed specifically with garage door openers in mind.
Many common LED light bulbs interfere with garage door openers by limiting the range of the opener's remote control. Overhead Door's new LED light bulb significantly reduces or eliminates this interference with its unique design, which shields the transmission of its energy waves from the radio frequency that goes between the remote and opener. As a result, Overhead Door's LED bulb is radio frequency friendly, allowing homeowners to open their garage door without experiencing reduced remote range issues.
"LED light bulbs are becoming increasingly popular for use in garages, but many of them can unexpectedly cause the opener's remote control to have decreased operating range," said Heather Meiner, brand manager for Overhead Door. "We're thrilled to introduce our LED bulb because it will help ensure your opener and remote perform at their best, in most cases no matter what brand of garage door opener you have."
Overhead Door's LED light bulb is also specifically designed and manufactured to handle the tough conditions automatic garage door operation often creates. It is shatter and vibration resistant and is able to withstand 5G of shaking force, which is far more than the normal vibration from standard garage door and opener combinations.
In addition, a cold or damp garage can weaken the performance and lifespan of common LED light bulbs. However, Overhead Door's LED light bulb is made to withstand up to -30°C (-22°F) and is damp location rated as well.
Finally, Overhead Door's LED light bulb provides optimal lighting at a low annual cost. Though it has 800 lumens of brightness, which is equivalent to a 60 watt incandescent bulb, Overhead Door's LED light bulb only uses 10 watts of power. Depending on local utility rates, that means the annual cost can be as little as $1.07 per year with a lifespan of about 25,000 hours.
For more information on Overhead Door garage doors and openers or to find an Overhead Door distributor, visit www.OverheadDoor.com, like Overhead Door on Facebook, follow Overhead Door on Twitter or find us on Google Plus.
About Overhead Door Corporation
Overhead Door Corporation, based in Dallas, Texas, is a leading manufacturer of doors and openers for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation applications. The company has five divisions: Access Systems Division (ASD), which features the Overhead Door and Wayne Dalton brands; The Genie Company, manufacturer of remote-controlled garage door opening systems; Horton Automatics, a manufacturer of automatic entrance systems; TODCO, the largest producer of truck doors for the transportation industry; and Creative Door Services, Western Canada's leader in providing door products and services to the residential, commercial and industrial markets. Overhead Door Corporation created the original overhead garage door in 1921 and the first electric garage door opener in 1926. Overhead Door now employs more than 3,500 people, has 22 manufacturing facilities, 78 regional sales and service and installation centers and more than 5,000 distributors and dealers that service national builders, national accounts, architects, general contractors and homeowners, as well as major retailers in the U.S. and Canada. Overhead Door Corporation is a subsidiary of Sanwa Holdings Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. For additional information, visit www.overheaddoor.com, our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter or find us on Google Plus.


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A Shared Resilience in Contemporary Southern Literature: Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina and Robin Boylorn's Sweetwater: Black Women and Tales of Resilience
Date of Award
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Master of Arts (MA)
Legacy Department
Committee Member
Dr. Megan Eatman, Committee Chair
Committee Member
Dr. Garry Bertholf
Committee Member
Dr. Cameron Bushnell
As literary scholars, Southern Literature as we know it today needs to be all-inclusive of its people - all genders and all races. The South offers a most unique blend of colorful people that share a deep scar of a past full of injustices; however, it is through the richness in women writers' descriptions of the South and phenomenal characters with very realistic lives and circumstances that we can recognize many similarities of resilience and struggles with that identity and its daily attributes. In exploring the idea of a intercultural or intersection of Southern women and their lives, I want to examine two Southern works from contemporary female authors--the auto/ethnography of women in her North Carolina community, Robyn Boylorn's Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resistance and the award-winning autobiographical novel, Bastard Out of Carolina, by Dorothy Allison, situated in upstate South Carolina. Each work exemplifies heroic written efforts to show a resistance against societal norms, female oppression and violence, and the struggles of identity for women of all races in the South. Each writer has a certain "otherness" that they identify with. For Boylorn, it might be the African American oppression and for Allison, an Appalachian or "White-Trash" stereotype. Groups that are regularly seen as "other" or as "different" are not as well represented or scholarly appreciated in the humanities. If we explore the written words of women that have been traditionally oppressed, lived in poverty, and typically seen as outcasts or "others" in our Southern history, we might find similar threads of resilience and strengths in the female characters that would benefit the telling of a history.
Recommended Citation
Epps, Laurie Pfister, "A Shared Resilience in Contemporary Southern Literature: Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina and Robin Boylorn's Sweetwater: Black Women and Tales of Resilience" (2017). All Theses. 2621.


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SKIERS, AS A RULE, are rather into numbers. They want to discuss how many runs they made that day, and how many years they've been skiing, and their best time on their favorite slope, and so forth. It's like any athletic pursuit, really; tallies are part of the end-of-the-day chitchat, the round-up done at the lobby bar or local tavern. And skiers 'round the Sierra have plenty of numbers to talk about, in the snowfall department. There has been, in short, many (many many) white flakes this season around Mammoth Mountain, so many that the resort opened a week early. That's pretty darn unexpected, especially since last season will go down on the books as being exceptionally snow-free. More snow, as in "up to four feet are expected," is dropping on the ski-themed wonderland thanks to the second El Niño storm of January 2016, which means that the base at the top of the mountain is growing, growing, growing. So is it time to talk numbers yet? It is.
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JANUARY HAPS: If all of these numbers entice you, then best plan your trip up the mountain (but check road conditions before loading those poles). Woolly's Saturday Parade is still on each Saturday in January, as is Bucky's Bonfire at June Mountain. A little snow -- scratch that, a lot of snow -- doesn't stop the party at Mammoth. If anything, it only stokes that particular bash-lovin' bonfire all the more.


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WSM, Trainee Conference and Annual Congress
Face-to-face programmes return from April 2022
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After two years of being virtual, this will be our first Winter Scientific Meeting back in person.
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