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Career in Robotics as a Engineer
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Ever dreamed of a robot that cleaned your house, washed your car or walked the dog? People would call you a mentally retarded guy if you voiced your opinion however that is not the case today. Rapid developments have made robotic technology professions among the most exciting available to recent graduates Positions within the robotics industry generally are the different stages of the engineering process. Some engineers, for example, are responsible for the planning as to how robotics might address a problem make the process more efficient. Others apply the available engineering principles towards making of the real Robot. The robotics industry also employs a whole platoon of support staff, like testers, programmers and operators. While positions vary, some skills can be called a must for the people working in the industry. Staff, for example, need be mechanically sound. Proficiency in mathematics and physics will be helpful for the job, so does a Good knowledge of the principles involved in the field. Many in the industry also utilize vivid imagination and get solutions and also those who have tactile abilities to help with their work. So this means that there are career opportunities in robotics as well! Thats good news to those who want to get into this field. Robotics engineers design robots, maintain them, develop new applications for them, and conduct research to expand the potential of robotics. This is a rapidly developing field, with advances in computing constantly opening up new possibilities for robotics applications. The profession offers jobs for a wide range of temperaments. Visionary robotics engineers can work designing experimental mobile robots, with applications ranging from medical and military uses to designs aimed at creating vehicles capable of piloting themselves on other planets. More down-to-earth jobs involve designing new production-line robots, often with programmable arms, and maintaining and upgrading older production-line installations. Somewhere in between lay those engineers designing and producing robots for expanding but tested fields, such as self-piloting crop harvesters and automated nuclear-safety equipment.
What will you have to do as a robotics engineer?
Design ROBOTS
Research work on robotics applications in various fields.
Assist engineers in the design and application of robot systems
Inspect electronic components involved in production of robot
Test robots for defects after manufacturer's assembly
Install robots or robot systems where required
Install robot safety systems
Provide assistance to users, including fine robots
Program robot for series of moves manually or by electronic instructions to a microprocessor or by setting up kinetic suits
Modify computer-controlled motion of robots
Trouble shoot to determine robot malfunctions, using knowledge of microprocessors, programmable controllers, electronics, circuit analysis, mechanics, hydraulics, and pneumatics
Disassemble robots and/or peripheral equipment like circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, servomotors, servo valves, or automatic lubrication systems
Reassemble robots
Train other technicians to operate, program, repair, and service robots
Keep records of test procedures and results, service schedules, repairs, etc
Future of Robotics
Did you ever think of the Future of Robotics? What will it really be like? Will Science Fiction become reality? If not how close will they come? Will robots take over every aspect of human life? Also will robots be the only things that work on our planet will robots be making robots? Which sectors will we see robots dominate in? Will we see more? Yes! The following fields are just some examples
Robots in Commerce Retail, Services, Fields,
Robots in the home Maids, Washing Car, Doing Chores, Mowing the Lawn,
Robots in Security Guards, Guard Dogs, Bomb Sniffers, Bomb Squads,
Robots to the Rescue FEMA, Earthquake, Hurricanes, Wild Fires
Robots for the Weather and Environment Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Robots in Transportation Light Rail, Cars, Aircraft
Robots in Distribution Trains, Warehouses
Robotic Androids Assistants, Mentors, Educators
Robots and Artificial Intelligence Thinking Machines and Systems
Robots in the Military Smart Munitions, Net-Centric Systems, UAVs
So we can clearly see that there is more work to be done hence a good scope in the future also Till now we have seen as to how promising the robotics industry is but what will make you get a piece of the cake?
You might have heard that robotics is a Multidisciplinary field. What you have heard is true to 100% so, lets go into the details as to why is it referred as multidisciplinary field
What makes Robotics Multidisciplinary?
Multidisciplinary sounds BIG right well, it is! Lets take an example to make you understand more easily the problem presented to you is to build a small scale humanoid robot (bipedal) what would you start out with? The first part would be the walking mechanism here you will need to be in the shoes of a mechanical engineer then think about how will you achieve walking then after coming up with the design calculate the different forces on it then trying to counter balance each force so that the Bot doesnt fall then the torque required to make it get going correctly until here you finish off with the mechanical Engineer part now the electrical engineer in you should come up. Youll now need to calculate the power consumed by the motors, regulate the current to as required then designing the control circuitry , some sort of communication mechanism , interface it to microcontrollers then the Computer Science side of you should code the whole thing to perform as per the requirements. There will be people who do all these separately but the key factor is having strong foundations in at least two of the branches for if you know only one part you will not be able to meet the needs of the other two for example you have designed the mechanical frame work but the high electrical consumption will make the Bot in functional then you will have to come up with an innovative solution in such cases you will need more background in the other subject just for the sake of another example lets consider we are having some errors in the electrical or mechanical part then it will be about the code designed by the computer Engineer that would make it efficient but to achieve that again you will have need to have some good Knowledge in the electrical and mechanical part and robotics is all about such cases !
What do we need to get into Robotics?
First of all INTEREST in what you want to do! Then of course a degree and sufficient knowledge to go with your interest here comes in the need for education!
Robotics in INDIA
It seems that now a days even India is getting the hang of robotics. The numbers of robots in 2006 were 256 but as of now there are 1071 which might not be much when compared to other companies but a significant figure for the late entry of India
Robotics Courses in India
Though there is not much in store for education in robotics as of now there are many M.Tech and Post graduate level options available in some premier institutes across India I will cover up a few details. You might have a doubt as to what should you do at B.Tech level? That is up to you! you should decide based on your interest as to if you want to be more mechanically involved or like taking up new problems and making Codes that can solve them or an electrical engineer to make additional things required by the Robot besides that you will also need to improve your skills in the other two also by doing additional homework! And then you will get your fundamentals strong so that you can then get into the Actual thing by getting Specialization in your choice of robotics (M.Tech) if possible try to get a B.Tech in Mechatronics as it falls closest to Robotics, but the sad part is none of the Seven IITs provide Bachelors Degree in Mechatronics ! But there are some other institutes
List of colleges offering B.Tech Mechatronics engineering courses
College Name - University(State)
Bharath University - Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research(Tamil Nadu)
Maharishi Markandeshwar Engineering College - Maharishi Markandeshwar University(Haryana)
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy - Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA) University
(Tamil Nadu)
Sri Belimatha Maha Sahamsthana Institute Of Technology - Visvesvaraya Technological University (Karnataka)
Srm University,chennai - SRM University(Tamil Nadu)
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology - CBIT(A.P)
Manipal University - Manipal University (Karnataka)
GCET - GCET (Gujarat)
Sardar Patel University - Sardar Patel University(Gujarat)
There are many more this is just a small list to get you thinking...
Having a B.Tech degree in Mechatronics will be able to help you i.e. you will have no need to again try out the other parts of robotics as both Mechanics and Electronics will be involved in this branch of engineering
M.Tech in Robotics:-
Though you finished B.Tech in Mechatronics it doesnt mean that you are good enough to be a Robot Engineer .You will need additional qualification i.e. Specialisation in the field of robotics So, you have to get a Postgraduate from a college in Robotics. Again here also there is some bifurcation like design and control, Artificial intelligence, Maintenance, computer vision and machine learning etc. Some of the Engineering colleges in India offer M.Tech in robotics besides you can also opt for other foreign institutes like MIT, CMU etc if you think they will fit into your pocket (* you will need a Plethora of ATMs to pay their fees but if talented you could manage to get some Scholarships from somewhere and make it up to those colleges but I bet you not a single penny of your will go waste for the research facilities they offer!
Institutes Offering M.Tech in Robotics (INDIA ONLY)
The Centre for Robotics and Mechatronics at IIT-Kanpur offers a masters programme in Robotics Engineering.
Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, offers M.E. Robotics.
The University of Hyderabad offers M.Tech. In Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
University College of Engineering under Osmania University, Hyderabad, offers M.E. / M.Tech. In Automation and Robotics.
M.S. University, Baroda, conducts a masters programme with specialisation in automation control and robotics.
The Institute of Technology under the Banaras Hindu University conducts M.Tech. Production Engineering/ Industrial Management Engineering with Robotics and Automation as electives.
Thapur Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala- 147004, conducts M.E. in CAD/ CAM and Robotics.
The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani - 333031, offers M.E. in Computer Science with robotics as a subject.
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Prasanthi Nilayam offers M.Tech. Computer Science with specialisation in artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is defined as the ability of an artificial mechanism to exhibit intelligent behaviour. It is closely associated with robotics.
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, conducts M.Tech. Mechanical with robotics as an elective subject.
SRM institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram district, offers M.Tech. Robotics.
The Department of Electronics under the Cochin University of Science and Technology offers M.Sc. Electronic Science with specialisation in artificial intelligence, robotics, microwave electronics and computer technology. First-class B.Sc. degree holders with not less than 60 per cent aggregate marks in electronics / computer science / physics (with electronics) are eligible for admission. Selection is based on CUSAT-CAT.
SASTRA, Thanjavur, affiliated to Bharatidasan University, offers a course in artificial intelligence at the Bachelor of Engineering degree-level.
1. The Centre for Robotics and Mechatronics at IIT-Kanpur - http://www.iitk.ac.in/robotics/
2. Jadavpur University - http://www.jadavpur.edu
3. University of Hyderabad - http://www.uohyd.ernet.in
4. Osmania University, Hyderabad - http://www.uceou.edu
5. M.S. University, Baroda - http://www.msubaroda.ac.in
6. Banaras Hindu University - http://www.bhu.ac.in
7. Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning - http://www.sssihl.edu.in
8. PSG College of Technology - http://www.psgtech.edu
9. SRM institute of Science and Technology - http://www.srmuniv.ac.in
10. Cochin University of Science and Technology - http://www.cusat.ac.in
11. SASTRA - http://www.sastra.edu
12. (BITS), Pilani - http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in
13. Thapur Institute of Engineering and Technology - http://www.thapar.edu
There might be other colleges these are some of the Premier institutes in India.
M.Sc/MS Abroad?
The first thing you need to think of is the financial burden! Its a fact that many students even in their own country cant afford those institutes. So, the first thing youll need to think is whether you can afford your Education! of course there will be a number of financial options provided by the different banks in India and abroad also the colleges themselves offer some financial assistance nevertheless there will still be some financial problems once you decided that you are sound enough to make it or get lucky with some Scholarships then youll need to take some examinations like GRE , IELTS etc even you will need some excellent recommendations from eminent faculty and also work done by you to get into those universities . For more details about the Course expenses there is detailed information on the websites of all the institutes from food to bed everything is neatly explained. Having said this ill now give out some names of the colleges offering Robotics as a subject abroad.
List of Colleges offering Robotics as a Subject abroad.
Harvard University - United States
KING'S College London (University OF London)
Stanford University
University of Michigan
Carnegie Mellon University
Purdue University
Indiana University-Purdue University
Indiana State University
University of Pennsylvania
Staffordshire University
University of Southern California
Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Hertfordshire
Ivy Tech State College
University of West Florida
Ill not go into the details of these colleges it is easily available on their respective website in a clean way covering every minute aspect of their programmes.
Part time robotics courses?
There are not many course but if you dont find time to practically try making Robots at B.Tech level then you could try out a workshop but beware most workshop dont try to impart any technical knowledge just throw a readymade bot at you (they call it a KIT! phew!) first confirm about their program agenda and their staffs methodology dont end up paying them just because you need a certificate they dont matter much all that matter is what you know
Also recently The Robotics Certification Standards Alliance (RCSA) recently started an online course for robotics technician Robotics Technician Training & Certification (Distance Education) and RSCA is a well known certification company.
Career Prospects in India
Though its said that there is not much in store for a career in robotics in India its not true! There are companies looking to develop Robotics in Indian even the recent Boom in automobile industry has bought many production line automation robots to India also there are indicant companies trying to explore the field of robotics I would therefore say its currently a growing industry and needs some professionals and their commitment to jumpstart into Robotics which is a good thing for you! I will list a few prospective employers in India.
Robotics companies in India
PARI (Precision Automation Robotics India Limited):-
This is an Indian company involved with robotics in industrial automation with its office somewhere near the Mumbai-Bangalore Highway .The following is an excerpt from their website
PARI, a leading supplier of robotics and automation seeks individuals with core competencies in electrical, mechanical or controls. The industrial automation field is growing at an exceptionally rapid rate. The opportunity for professional development is limitless. If you would like to work with a technologically advanced company in a fast paced challenging environment contact us today.
PARI is looking for experienced as well as entry level (fresh) talent. PARI provides training courses for its fresh joiners, with a stipend and employment commitment.
Link: - http://www.parirobotics.com/careers_a.html
ABB operations in India include 14 manufacturing facilities. Customers are served through an extensive countrywide presence with more than 23 marketing offices, 8 service centres, 3 logistics warehouses and a network of over 550 channel partners. The ABB Group is increasingly leveraging the Indian operations for projects, products, services, engineering and R&D.
Career prospects: - go look at it by yourself there is clearly charted out information about the employment opportunities provided by them here is the link: - http://www.abb.co.in/cawp/inabb511/6...2571f5004524a8
Yes the makers of Nano make robots too!!! Tata Advanced Systems is into Defence and Robotics.
Career prospects:-
Kuka Robotics:-
Yet again another company involved in industrial robots it is a German based company and makes multiple axis robots that can have attachments like welding or painting gear or just act like pick and place robots. They also promise excellent research opportunities .Get in touch is what they say about career opportunities with them. http://www.kuka-robotics.com/india/en/company/career/
Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz Limited (HRSL):-
Looks like these people forayed much deeper into robotics their ranges of innovations include the categories of machine vision, defence robotics, UAVs, humanoids and industrial robotics. They even succeeded in making Indias first assault vehicle telecontrolled i.e. remotely operable. They have clearly listed their requirements as Engineer R&D (Industrial Robotics) - Project Leader MVS & Automation (Electrical) - , Engineer MVS & Automation (Electrical, Team Leader/ Project Leader Robotics & AI, Engineer Robotics & AI. http://www.hitechroboticsystemz.com/careers.asp
DiFACTO Robotics and Automation:-
This is a more service oriented company. They offer robot simulation, off-line and shop-floor programming of robots, on-site robot implementation, robot cell calibration, industrial robot training and system design and consultancy services. That means you will have to work as a robot technician. http://www.difacto.com/careers.html
Defence Robotics:-
Does the mention of UAVs, UCAVs and Combat Robotics excite you? Well unlike popular belief there is a lot going on in India. Though we do not many field deployed robotics solutions like some Countries. We do have Robotics being built for the kill. DRDO has a whole arsenal of robots to tackle various situations and problems.
DRDO also whole institutes dedicated to building intelligent systems and Robots. The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) is a laboratory of the DRDO. Established in October 1986. Its research focus was initially in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, and Control systems.
Also there is no feeling like doing what you love and for your country.
To join DRDO you have to clear their all India Exams.
ISRO too has some robotics Initiative in the field of space robotics.


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Football League ratifies Massimo Cellino's Leeds United takeover
AN independent QC's decision to allow Massimo Cellino to take over Leeds has been accepted by the Football League, giving him the green light to become a director at Elland Road.
The league's governing body blocked the deal originally, having deemed Cellino to have failed their owners' and directors' test.
This decision was overturned on appeal on Saturday.
The Football League then considered appealing that ruling, but after a board meeting on Thursday it was decided not to stand in Cellino's way.
A spokesman said: "At its meeting in London today, the board of directors of the Football League considered the outcome of the recent appeal by Massimo Cellino under the owners' and directors' test.
"In making its original decision, the board took the view that Mr Cellino's recent conviction in Sardinia was for an act that 'would reasonably be considered to be dishonest' and that he was therefore subject to a disqualifying condition.
"In the current absence of detailed reasons for the conviction from the Sardinian Court and having taken into account the principles of Italian law, an independent QC reached a different conclusion. On this basis, Massimo Cellino is cleared to be a director of Leeds United."

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Many PC games let you play with an Xbox Wireless Controller instead of a keyboard or mouse. You can connect your controller to a Windows PC by using a USB cable, the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows, or over Bluetooth. Some PCs also come with Xbox Wireless built in, so you can connect a controller directly without an adapter.
Option 1: USB
Plug a USB charging cable into the front of the controller and plug the other end into your PC.
With USB connections, you can connect 8 Xbox Wireless Controllers at the same time, or 4 controllers that have Xbox Chat Headsets attached. If the controllers have Xbox Stereo Headsets, only 2 can be connected at the same time.
Option 2: Xbox Wireless (Built-in or with Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows)
With Xbox Wireless connections, you can connect 8 Xbox Wireless Controllers at the same time, or 4 controllers that have Xbox Chat Headsets attached. If the controllers have Xbox Stereo Headsets, only 2 can be connected at the same time.
To ensure you have the latest firmware for your controller and headset, see Update your Xbox One Controller.
For more information, see Set up the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows. This adapter comes either by itself, or in a bundle with an Xbox Wireless Controller.
Option 3: Bluetooth
Xbox One Wireless Controllers may support connecting to your PC via Bluetooth. Your controller has this feature if it looks like the one on bottom in this illustration:
On Bluetooth-supported controllers, the plastic around the Xbox button is part of the face of the controller. On controllers without Bluetooth, the plastic around the Xbox button is part of the top, where the bumpers are.
Follow these steps to pair your controller to your PC using Bluetooth:
For help with Bluetooth, see Connect and troubleshoot Bluetooth on your Xbox One Wireless Controller.
When you connect an Xbox Wireless Controller to your Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 PC with a micro-USB cable, Windows will automatically download and install the drivers for the controller. If Windows is not set to automatically download device software, you can check for updates through Device Manager.
Update drivers through Device Manager
Here's how to check for updates manually in the Device Manager:
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- A bitter legal dispute between Michael Jackson's estate and a business partner of the late pop icon's mother was settled Tuesday, just before a trial on the matter was to begin, lawyers said.
In the end, the lawyer for Katherine Jackson, who was not a party to the lawsuit, mediated the agreement, which gives the estate $2.5 million from the several companies involved.
A federal judge had already ruled that Howard Mann and several associated companies violated Jackson's copyrights, which are controlled by his estate executors, and the only question for a jury was how much should be paid in damages.
"In light of the court's rulings for the estate on summary judgment, this settlement seems appropriate for all concerned," estate lawyers Howard Weitzman and Zia Modabber said in a statement to CNN on Tuesday.
An end to the Jackson drama?
Paris Jackson: MJ wanted normal life
Mann's company published Katherine Jackson's 150-page coffee table book "Never Can Say Goodbye, The Katherine Jackson Story" two years ago and established a website -- MichaelJacksonSecretVault.com -- that the estate argued illegally used Jackson's images and lyrics.
"This was a long, complex and difficult litigation that in the end will likely be equitable for Mrs. Jackson and the other parties involved," Mann said. "This settlement would not have been possible without Perry Sanders (Katherine Jackson's lawyer), who worked to bridge quite a distance."
"I really really appreciated the reasonableness of all parties involved, and everyone is served well by getting this wrapped up," said Sanders, who helped mediate the settlement this week.
The resolution of the dispute represents a new twist in the contentious relationship between the executors who control Michael Jackson's estate and the members of the Jackson family and some of their business associates.
E-mails show promoter's doubts before Michael Jackson's death
Mann's involvement with the Jacksons began when he partnered with Henry Vaccaro, who bought a large amount of Jackson memorabilia purchased at an auction after Katherine and Joe Jackson's 1999 bankruptcy. A lien will be placed on those photos and other assets until a portion of the settlement is paid, a lawyer said.
Katherine Jackson was not a defendant, but her name and those of her husband, Joe Jackson, and children Janet, Randy, Tito and Jermaine Jackson were on the defense witness list.
The estate accused Mann of "wholesale misappropriation" of Michael Jackson copyrights and acting with "arrogant disregard" for the estate's rights by using unauthorized images
While the estate claimed the book sold about 25,000 copies for $1.5 million in the first two days, Mann's lawyers contended "actual sales are very minimal and the defendant's businesses have suffered a major net loss."
The copyright violations also included screen shots from the "This Is It" documentary about the singer's last days and other "misappropriated" images, including Jackson's "Smooth Criminal Lean," which Mann's company used in its corporate logo.
Mann's website, which the judge already ordered to be taken offline, "does absolutely everything in its power to suggest to its visitors that it is the hub for all things Michael Jackson, and that it is sanctioned and supported by the estate, when in fact it is neither," the estate argued.


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New and familiar faces running for office
Candidates and officials prepare for upcoming elections
While many Alaskans are busy casting fishing poles, a number of people around the state are looking at polls of a different nature and are preparing for the upcoming elections, where voters will cast ballots to elect leaders to local and state positions.
"We'll have two statewide elections," said Sheri Pierce, city clerk for Valdez, and also its top election official. "The primary is August 28."
Five State Senate candidates and three Alaska House hopefuls met the June 1 deadline to file with the Alaska Division of Elections to run in the newly redrawn voting districts that include Valdez.
The elections division says Anne Sudkamp of Fairbanks is the lone democrat running to fill the open District C Senate seat. Republicans Click Bishop of Fairbanks, David Eastman of Palmer, Ralph C. Seekins of Fairbanks and Bill D. Ward of Delta Junction will vie for the GOP nomination to represent Senate District C.
Seekins began the campaign with a big bang, taking out a full page ad in the Valdez Star and other district newspapers announcing his candidacy.
The race for the Alaska House seat in District 6, which includes Valdez, the primary election will pit incumbent Eric Feige of Chickaloon against George Rauscher of Palmer for the Republican nomination. Jamey E. Duhamel of Palmer is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Ballot measure one, entitled "Increasing the Maximum Residential Property Tax Exemption" reads "This bill would allow a city or borough to raise the property tax exemption on a residence from $20,000 to at most $50,000. This kind of tax exemption must be put to a vote and approved at a local election. The bill also allows a city or borough to pass a law to adjust this exemption to reflect a raise in the cost of living."
Ballot measure two, if approved by voters, will reinstate a Coastal Management Program, which expired last summer after legislators failed to come to an agreement on extending the program, which gave local communities a voice in coastal issues.
Valdez will hold its local elections October 2 in conjunction with state primary elections.
The seat for mayor of Valdez currently held by Dave Cobb is up for election, as well as council seats currently held by Steve McCann, Alan Sorum and Joe Prax. All four seats are for two-year terms. Three-year terms for school board seats currently held by Dr. Kathy Todd and Dave Lawrence are also up for election.
It is expected that funding for a new middle school in Valdez will also be on the October ballot.
"We will probably have – if they get it to me – the school bond for the new middle school on the ballot," Pierce said.
In order to vote in the August primary or October general elections, Valdez electors must be registered to vote one month before the voting date.
"You have to be registered 30 days prior to the election," Pierce said. "Don't wait till the last minute."
While the cutoff date to run for statewide office was June 1, there is still plenty of time to file to run for city office Pierce said. All a candidate must do is pick up a petition at the clerk's office and return it with 25 signatures of registered Valdez voters. A run at the mayor's seat requires 50 signatures.
"The first day will be the 16th of July," Pierce said. That is the date official petitions can be picked up at the clerk's office at city hall. They must be returned before the mandated deadline. "The last day will be the 16th of August."
The candidate packets cannot be mailed or faxed according to Pierce.
"They have to pick them up in person," Pierce said, "They have to return them in person."
The other requirements for candidate eligibility are minimal.
"They have to be a resident of the City of Valdez," she said, "eighteen years of age, a US citizen, and been a resident for one year."
The clerk's office is also seeking temporary workers to run the upcoming elections.
"I also need to recruit for election workers," Pierce said.
While precise details outlining exact qualifications needed to become an election worker were not available at press time, Pierce said she is ready to begin the hiring process.
"They just need to contact the clerk's office," she said.


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Four Long Island University (Brooklyn) basketball players were arrested yesterday in connection with a Sept. 14 brawl that involved three other men and two women.
Julian Boyd, C.J. Garner, Troy Joseph and Jamal Olasewere were charged with third-degree assault Thursday night. This morning, LIU Brooklyn athletic director John Suarez suspended all four players indefinitely.
More from Scott Gleeson of USA Today:
Four people were taken to Brooklyn Hospital, police reports said. They were not seriously injured. The New York Post initially reported that those assaulted by the basketball players were on the LIU track team, but that was denied by a university spokesperson.
Boyd, Garner and Olasewere were three leading scorers for the Blackbirds last season.
LIU Brooklyn basketball players charged in dorm brawl [USA Today]


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text: Push Those Pencils November 9, 2010 09:23 AM Tweet Weighing chemistry and trait combinations is something Josh Smith of Auburn, Ill., takes seriously. So far, he's been able to elude the threat of weed resistance. © Rhonda Brooks TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Pam Smith Josh Smith changed his soybean herbicide program in 2010 because it was the right thing to do. The threat of glyphosate-resistant weeds convinced him to be proactive and alternate herbicide modes of action. The falling price of glyphosate now has the Auburn, Ill., farmer rethinking that strategy for 2011. He's leaning toward going back to a Roundup Ready platform, despite being satisfied with his soybean yields in the alternative LibertyLink system. "Glyphosate is just so darn cheap that it is hard not to use it," he says. An early harvest has given growers like Smith more time to push the pencil this fall. Inputs are being scrutinized even more carefully in light of price volatility. Joe Nichols of Cadiz, Ky., is thankful he already has most of his 2011 inputs bought and paid for. "Nitrogen prices are jumping right along with the corn prices," Nichols says. "We just drilled a lot of wheat into the driest conditions I can remember. I expect this next crop to be one of the most confusing of my lifetime, as I'm making so many decisions based on a lot of unknowns." It depends. The outlook for 2011 input costs boils down to this: it depends. Final farmgate prices depend somewhat on how well your retailer priced and how much of price value was passed on to customers. It depends on whether you were able to lock in volume discounts and/or use bundling incentives to decrease costs. It depends on where you live. Finally, it depends on who you ask. Purdue University economists Bruce Erickson, Alan Miller and Craig Dobbins see crop costs climbing in 2011 after dropping slightly for the 2010 crop. As of October, Purdue crop budgets show production costs for rotation corn up 10%, soybeans increasing 5% and wheat up 12% compared to January 2010—fueled mostly by increases in fertilizer prices. University of Nebraska agricultural economist Roger Wilson is still number-crunching to determine crop budgets for 2011, but he expects average prices to mostly hold steady for the coming year. "However, averages hide a lot of information," he says. "For instance, average seed price has declined slightly less than 2% but this change includes an increase of 27% for sugar beets as well as a decrease of 33% for millet—which doesn't tell corn and soybean growers a lot." Seed choices. Few input sectors have grabbed headlines like seed. The amount of genetically modified corn acres is catching up to soybeans and, as a result, growers are paying more for seed as they adopt technology, despite some price rollbacks for next season. The new eight-trait SmartStax technology developed cooperatively by Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences drove seed prices to new levels in 2010 and caused some grower pushback. Monsanto spokesman Ben Kampelman says DeKalb Genuity SmartStax will be priced an average of $50 less per unit for 2011 compared to 2010. "We're committed to increasing the farmer's probability of trialing this technology," Kampelman says. "We hope this price reduction will make the decision easier." Hank King, Mycogen Seeds senior corn marketing manager, says that for 2011 Mycogen will continue to offer zone pricing using historical yield data, insect pressure and grower input on the value proposition of SmartStax compared with various trait packages. "Our pricing strategy for SmartStax will support broad adoption," he says. Mycogen SmartStax hybrids will also experience a $40 to $50 per bag retail price reduction compared to 2010 levels. Syngenta is bringing the new above- and belowground trait technology Viptera to market in 2011. The company is also releasing a total of 140 new hybrids for the coming season. Syngenta Seeds' head of product marketing for corn and soybeans, Tracy Mader, says Agrisure corn hybrids and soybean varieties are priced to deliver a 3:1 grower return on technology investment. The same ratio will apply to the Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack. In general, Pioneer brand corn and soybean prices will be flat for 2011, says Jerry Harrington, Pioneer spokesman. But he also notes that prices vary area by area and product by product. "New products tend to be priced slightly higher to reflect the increased value they bring growers," he adds. For soybeans, the price premium between Monsanto's RR2Y and RR1 varieties will narrow. Some of that savings comes because growers now have the option of buying RR2Y seed with or without Acceleron seed treatment. Fertilizer figures. Wilson says he is using higher prices for fertilizer budgets, "but nitrogen prices are very volatile, so an estimate at this time is nothing more than a guess." Gone are the fall 2008 prices that sent anhydrous ammonia skyrocketing to $1,000 per ton. USDA shows October retail sales in Illinois of $625 to $750 per ton for anhydrous ammonia, diammonium phosphate at $560 to $689 per ton and potassium at $470 to $560 per ton. Purdue's projections put 2011 corn fertilizer in the $120 to $150 per acre range, depending on your previous crops and soil composition. "Costs to produce and transport fertilizer are highly dependent on energy costs," Erickson says. The Energy Information Administration predicts fuel prices will increase in coming months as demand increases with worldwide economic recovery, Erickson adds. Crude oil prices for 2011 are expected to rise by about 6% over 2010. Retail diesel is expected to rise by 6% and retail gasoline by 7%. Crop protection costs. Nebraska figures show the average price of herbicide is up about 3% and insecticide about 2%. "Again, these average prices mask large price raises and declines for specific products," Wilson says. In March 2010, the latest USDA reporting period for chemical prices, glyphosate dropped to $22.80 per gallon from $42.80 per gallon in 2009. Southern growers, in particular, are seeing added costs as they try to clean up resistant weeds. Some manufacturers are offering special incentive programs to include residuals into their pricing structure. Get ready to sharpen those pencils because 2011 is less than certain. Fast Facts Crude oil prices for 2011 are expected to rise by about 6% over 2010.Retail diesel will rise 6% and retail gasoline by 7%. As of October, Purdue crop budgets show production costs for rotation corn up 10%, soybeans increasing 5% and wheat up 12% compared to January 2010—fueled mostly by increases in fertilizer prices. In March 2010, USDA reported that the cost of glyphosate dropped to $22.80 per gallon from $42.80 per gallon in 2009. Back to news


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Supporters of America's rich hunting tradition received good news this week as the USDA assured continued funding for the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program, also known as "Open Fields." Through this program, landowners can receive a financial incentive in exchange for opening lands to the public for outdoor recreation.
"These additional federal funds for the Open Fields program give landowners yet another incentive to share with hunters the habitat they're conserving and encourage landowners to use best-management practices for maintaining that habitat," said Scott Yaich, DU director of conservation operations."Hunters provide the most significant amount of funding needed for conservation, so any program that encourages this rich tradition will ultimately result in healthier habitats. It's a win-win for everyone."
Approved in the 2008 farm bill, Open Fields was already slated to provide $50 million for states to create or expand voluntary hunter-access programs on private lands. DU worked with partners in the wildlife community to support the measure in Congress and obtain funding for it.
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said public access programs in 2011 will receive additional grants totaling $8 million toward the $50 million total, which is available for three years through the program. Estimates are Open Fields could open more than 4 million new acres of private land to public hunting and fishing annually.
Twenty-six states currently have public access programs for hunting, fishing and other related activities. DU encourages sportsmen to ask their state and tribal governments to apply for 2011 funding through the federal government's grants portal to the Farm Service Agency for consideration.
Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving North America's continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 12 million acres, thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever.


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|Kontact is the integrated Personal Information Manager of KDE, but can be used with other systems as well.
It supports email, address books, calendars, tasks, news feeds and much more.
The Kontact suite is the powerful PIM solution of KDE. It lets you handle email, agenda, contacts and other 'personal' data together in one place by delivering innovations to help you manage your communications more easily, organize your work faster and work together more closely, resulting in more productivity and efficiency in digital collaboration.
Documentation for Kontact is also available.
Since Kontact is written in portable Qt technology, it is available on many different operating systems:
Kontact is available in all major GNU/Linux distributions. Please use the package manager or software center of your distribution to install it.
Maintaining Kontact for Windows is currently sponsered by Kolab Systems that provides installers at
KDE Kontact supports various groupware servers. When using these servers your workgroup has access to features like shared email folders, group task lists, calendar sharing, central address books and meeting scheduling.
Kontact consists of the Kontact PIM back end and the graphical applications connecting to the back end. Special 'agents' (say a facebook agent) are employed to get new data in and merge it in the existing data set (for example contacts, news). Due to the clean infrastructure new agents are easy to develop.
These programs together form Kontact:
Kolab.org is a Free Software Groupware solution closely connected to KDE. The following page describes how to set up a MyKolab account with Kontact, but it works with any other Kolab Server as well.
There is a mailing list at
and for urgent help, an IRC channel on Freenode
If you have problems concerning Akonadi and the new KAddressBook, there are pages dedicated to these issues
In KMail, right click on your Inbox and choose Properties. Go the Maintenance Tab. Have a look at the Location. It has either .kde4 or .kde in the path.
Substitute the appropriate path below.
You need the following config files:
And the following directories:
If you use Akregator within Kontact, you will also need:
And the whole .kde4/share/apps/akregator directory.
Of course the simplest way is just to keep your whole home directory.
Just a word of warning. If the directory naming is different between Desktops or between the two versions of your distro, this will not work as there are references to the directories within the config files. This means that if the files were in a .kde directory, you cannot just put them in a .kde4 directory without editing the references within the config files.
On small screens, you may wish to reclaim the space used by the Kontact sidebar. You can replace it with an (editable) toolbar:
Unlike KDE 3, KDE 4 does not have built-in SOCKS support yet. However, it is still possible and relatively simple to make KMail and KNode use a SOCKS proxy, by using proxychains or other similar tools like tsocks or socksify. Assuming that proxychains is correctly installed and configured, all you need to do is to open a terminal (e.g. Konsole) and type:
proxychains kdeinit4
You don't even need to restart KMail/KNode! (You need to type the above command every time you start a new KDE session though).
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The Dralle Family
In 2012 the outdoor garden at Silver Cross Hospital was dedicated and named the Dralle Family Serenity Garden honoring the memory of Ralph Dralle's wife, Phyllis and their daughter Sherry Dralle-Miller. Silver Cross thanks Ralph and his family not only for this wonderful garden but for their many years of continuous support as volunteers and benefactors of the hospital.
Phyllis served numerous years as a member of the hospital's founding organization, the Will County Union of King's Daughters and Sons and Ralph continues to serve us as a member of the Foundation's Board of Directors. Silver Cross Hospital is forever grateful to both Phyllis and Ralph who have given generously of their time and financial resources to help the hospital carry out its mission of healing.


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Bo Innovation – lost its mojo.
Bo Innovation: Review Update
I was greatly looking forward to my dinner at Bo Innovation last Saturday. Unfortunately it disappointed on every level apart from the tea I drank throughout which was lovely.
For a start, I was avoiding booze for the weekend, but there was no chance of that here because the tasting menu had some form of liquor in almost every course. The dinner started with a ridiculous Bai Jiu frothy cocktail, (from the introduction we were given we thought it was a frothy cappuccino style consommé with some Bai Jiu in it, not a frikking hard alcohol cocktail) that did nothing to settle my stomach and then went downhill from there.
Not that the meal was particularly unpleasant, just uninspiring, gimmicky and unbalanced – plus the service was patchy.
Given Bo's reputation, my past experience and the high price, I expected much more. Needless to say I will not be going back.
I should have known better. It's par for the course when the head chef starts expanding their empire overseas.
Best avoided.


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House Democrats rush to pass border aid bill
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Melania Trump announces new WH press secretary
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II have a dear friend who is a swimmer, she has been looking for a long time for a hi-tech object to use every day to note things that come to mind even at the swimming baths, to record her vocal notes when she is resting between a length and the next.
I know she tried some watches, which should have been waterproof, but after two times at the swimming baths, she had to throw them away; other models are huge and do many good things except recording, the same for cellular phones, which are not practical to take around either.
Now her birthday is coming, have you an idea of something that might be ok for her. Possibly something to be worn on the wrist, as it is the most comfortable and immediate and always with you.
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text: Insecurity is the main obstacle to humanitarian operations in the Central African Republic right now, says WFP Regional Director Denise Brown. WFP and other aid agencies have to be flexible, seizing any available opportunity to get aid out to people displaced by the fighting. Simply getting staff to hunger hotspots is a challenge. That's why WFP has boosted the number of flights run by the UN Humanitarian Air Service, which it manages on behalf of the entire humanitarian community.


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By the way, trying to use the generational argument loses quite a bit of ground given how high Hashirama and Madara are. If that system were consistent, they'd have been majorly outclassed by now.
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Another example would be if the Pain v Naruto fight had occurred in Part I. Obviously, he wouldn't have wiped out Konoha and killed everyone because the manga would be over - Kishi would have written him to be either 1) MUCH weaker 2) MUCH more limited in what he could do or 3) both. The plot and what occurs in it can only stretch logic so far before we have to chaulk it up to the fact that this is a story written by a human being who's bound to not have planned every single detail of his story 10+ years into the future or changed his mind in that decade of time between the points in the story.
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reference manga ch. 513 pg 2. kabuto explains what is different about his talisman to deidara. he is just giving the ET ninjas orders. he is not fully controlling them like orochimaru did. orochi didnt know all of hashirama's powers so thats why hashirama didnt use them in that fight. if kabuto were controlling him, then we would have seen hashirama's full potential since only hashirama could know everything he could do. kabuto isnt stripping the ET zombies of their free will like orochi did, which was the problem with orochi's inferior ET. a fully functional 1st and 2nd hokage would have beaten sarutobi. to think otherwise is going against what kishi is trying to tell us with this new method of ET that kabuto is using. it doesnt make sense and it doesnt give the 1st and 2nd much credit either. kabuto just says 'kill' and the ninja use all their secret techs to do it without kabuto manipulating the whole battle or knowing what they are capable of
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Personally i infer alot about what Kabuto said when he said he had perfected the Edo-Tensei jutsu. And when you say that Sarutobi is the strongest just because he defeated Hashirama and Tobirama , i personally disagree.
I mean what the F. Hashirama is the sole mokuton user but i've seen Yamato do more Mokuton than him. I really think its because Orochimaru hadn't perfected the edo Tensei jutsu so their skills were limited and their powers reduced DRASTICALLY. I'm telling you , if Hashirama was at that level , than Madara would have whopped his ass back when he was still alive.
I find it even funnier how Sarutobi couldn't fend against the 9-Tails and had to wait for Minato when he was 17years younger compared to the time where he had to fight the 1st and 2nd after the timeskip. Base on facts as you say , Hashirama and Minato were able to fend against the Bijuu , so does that make them stronger than Sarutobi? Really , i acknowledge that Sarutobi is quite the strong shinobi but i think your making a big fuss just because he defeated the 1st and 2nd who were in Zombie mode and whom i believe were not as powerful as they should be.
-edit- just something extra to point out .
About the fight between the 1st & 2nd VS the 3rd. The level they were fighting at that time could actually be counted as impressive to be fair. Since fights in Naruto timezone compared to Shippuden timezone is just sad. The fights , no matter who it featured in Shippuden all outclassed the ones showed in Naruto to be honest imo. After Shippuuden started every character seemed to be in godmode compared to Naruto. Like seriously. Just my 2 cents.
You have people instantly destroying villages , summoning Giant Meteorites and Bijuu-bombs creating craters in Shippuden. In Naruto the greatest you could go was a Rasengan-Chidori explosion effect...
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i want to get on the sarutobi side of the fence but i just cant. yes he it has been stated that he is the greastest of the hokage, but where is the proof. there are so many ifs in the saru/oro fight that you really cant count that fight as a correct scale of his power. the age factor is just to much. and when you look at the 1st hokage i mean come on. the man could tame and use the tailed beasts with woodstyle justus(a unique justsu in itself) and has a win against a ems madara under his belt. based on this you have to admit, we have not been shown anything by the 3rd to equal or surpass this. that being said we also havent seen any of the 3rd battles in his prime. its just frustating and hard to make a final call on who is strongest.
|2012-01-11, 03:11
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start thinkin bout clones
i believe kimish himself said the 4th is the top of the ninja class no matter what and says he judges everyone else off that scale. But this was ages ago when he said it so he might have changed his stance.
Id say its probably 4th and then 3rd when it comes to who is more powerful in their prime.
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Sarutobi. Yondaime second, Itachi third, Jiraiya fourth. The rest aren't even worth mentioning.
Sarutobi was clearly stronger than both Shodaime and Nidaime, COMBINED. Even after defeating both of them, Sarutobi still had enough strength to go on and make Orochimaru look like a fool. And he wasn't even in his prime; he was an old man, who should have been retired if only Yondaime hadn't died. Which brings up my next point: the village had Sarutobi serve as Hokage once again after Yondaime's death instead of choosing a new Hokage, despite Sarutobi's advanced age.
Yondaime, Itachi, and Jiraiya could also possibly be first as well, but the fact is we don't know enough about Yondaime other than during the last Great Ninja War the other villages had a "retreat on sight" order if they encountered him. Itachi had his disease, which kinda counts against him because he more-or-less died from it in the middle of battle. And while Jiraiya was arguably martially stronger than Sarutobi, he didn't have the same leadership skills that Sarutobi showed us. After all, a sense for diplomacy is a very rare trait in a shinobi.
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The village only reappointed Sarutobi because at that point of time there weren't any suitable candidates. The Kyuubi attack alone killed many Shinobi. Most of the veterans were sent to battle while the younger ones were ordered to step back [people like Kakashi , Gai & Kurenai]
Not because he was stronger. I believe Sarutobi said so himself once somewhere .. I dun even wanna start on how Sarutobi couldn't take on the Nine-Tails himself and all he could do was hold on to wait for Minato. He was .. what? 17 years younger than years later when he fought both the 1st & 2nd in Orochimaru's plot to destroy the Leaf? Hashirama owned the Tailed Beasts. Yet going by your theory Sarutobi clearly outclassed the 1st & 2nd even at that old age.
The only thing i'd say makes Sarutobi a kage-level Shinobi is his mastery of all the jutsu's and his unbelievable Stamina , as u pointed out how he was capable of high-level fighting even at his old age. Other than that , i don't think he deserves to be called the strongest.
Also about your leadership part. Everyone in the Leaf respected Jiraiya. The only reason Jiraiya didn't become Hokage was because he simply didn't want to. I'd acknowledge people would follow Sarutobi as he does have basic leadership qualities for people to want to follow him , but what kind of leader lets his underlings do whatever they want? Danzo and the Elders are literally like teenage kids messing around with the village and all he ever does is try to negotiate. A true leader would have real control. Look at how Tsunade just bitches at the 2 Elders. Even Jiraiya knew to keep a weary eye against Danzo. Did Sarutobi do so? No. He literally trusted Danzo. Thats exactly how Danzo got to do the things he did , like teaming up with Hanzo the Salamander and many other evil deeds.
I make this a point as a reference to how Sarutobi handled the Uchiha massacre.
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its not like yamato can control the bijou with his mokuton abilities. he can suppress them to an extent, but its far short of what hashirama, tobi, and madara are doing/have done. it was also eluded that danzo took hashirama's cells to be able to control them himself, but we saw just how difficult it is to wield that kind of power. most likely he couldn't do it yet or ever, so he was holding off.
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To use a similar example, Naruto was able to handle Preta Path easily thanks to Sage Mode. Does that automatically make him stronger than anybody who can't also handle Pain's Preta Path (such as Kakashi, who would be screwed against an opponent that can block all of his Ninjutsu)?
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being able to control the bijou using those tools is a different story imo. i think that elevates anyone who can do that above most if not all of everyone else. I should add the word forcibly though. since befriending bijou isn't a mark of power. it is to an extent since jinchuuriki who befriend them have to prove themselves worthy, but it's not as much power needed as making the bijou do what you want by force. so I would say that "forcibly controlling bijou" is one of the clear indicators in the series that that particular ninja is one of the strongest we have seen so far and stronger than those who can't do it.
this whole outer path chakra chain tech is confusing though, because I can't figure out why nagato didnt do it when trying to capture naruto. either he wasn't strong enough or didn't know how I guess, but it was tobi who ordered him to get the ninetails which leads me to believe that nagato knew how to do it but couldn't. most likely its a tech added by kishi after the fact though. but still, taking the series, on a whole, into account would lead me to believe that he wasnt powerful enough. nagato himself was a bit disillusioned with his own power since his moon was nowhere near as great as the one the rikudo sennin created. i think it fits the story to have tobi/madara just being stronger than nagato with the rinnegan techs for those reasons and just the overall reason of the author constantly introducing stronger villains than we have previously seen.
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Hashirama can defeat Tailed Beasts (thanks to Mokuton, which is specifically designed to do exactly that). Hiruzen cannot defeat the Kyuubi. Therefore, Hashirama has to be stronger.
And I said that makes no sense. Mokuton and Sharingan are pretty much cheats when it comes to handling Tailed Beasts, so saying that somebody with one of them is automatically stronger than somebody who can't handle a Tailed Beast but doesn't have either of those is stupid.
Hashirama could be stronger. I've done some double-checking on ET, and I'm somewhat convinced now on the argument that Orochimaru's ET may have been incomplete. All I'm saying is that Hashirama isn't automatically stronger on the point of being able to handle a Tailed Beast alone, because I'm reasonably certain that if Hiruzen had Mokuton or the Sharingan he'd make a fool out of the Tailed Beasts too. That's just what those two things do.
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If we're talking about comparing Hashirama's strength and Hiruzen's strength, of course Mokuton counts. But saying that their respective performances against Tailed Beasts is some kind of indication, when one of them has an ability that provides an easy win, is not the way to prove who is better.
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Kevin is a bike rider from Echo Park who looks forward to taking early evening rides with his girlfriend along the Los Angeles River Path between Elysian Valley and Griffith Park. But some of his recent rides along the river have been marred by other cyclists he refers to as "Speed Racers," the Lycra-clad bike riders who zoom past and weave in between other cyclists and pedestrians on the narrow path. Said Kevin in an email last week:
It is very irritating and dangerous for other riders when these "Speed Racers," as I call them, speed down the bike path at a very fast pace. I have been brushed by as they pass, and they turn very close in front of you to get back in line. I fortunately have not fallen but I have already seen two bad accidents in the last week … I don't know why they can't slow down.
Kevin is not the first person to complain about bad-bike behavior on the L.A. River Path, which prompted Elysian Valley residents to install signs advising cyclists to "reduce speed ahead." But is there any practical way to slow down traffic in a bike lane? The city's Bike Program is looking at some options to control speeding. However, for the most part, cyclists on city bike paths can travel as fast as they want to.
Some cities, such as Hermosa Beach, have imposed speed limits on bike paths. But there are no such limits in the City of Los Angeles, said Nathan Baird, a Bicycle Coordinator with the Bike Program. Baird said that cyclists can get cited by police if they violate the following portion of the city's Municipal Code:
No person shall ride, operate or use a bicycle, unicycle, skateboard, cart, wagon, wheelchair, rollerskates, or any other device moved exclusively by human power, on a sidewalk, bikeway or boardwalk in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. (Amended by Ord. No. 166,189, Eff. 10/7/90.)
While the city can install speed humps to slow down cars and trucks on city streets, humps or bumps are not allowed on bike paths under the California Highway Design Manual, which the city follows in building its bike paths. The design manual, according to Baird, states: "Installation of 'speed bumps', gates, obstacles, posts, fences or other similar features intended to cause bicyclists to slow down are not to be used."
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Richard Pryor smoked on his deathbed
Legendary comic Richard Pryor defied doctors' advice to smoke in his final days and continued to puff away even on his deathbed, according to his close pal Gene Wilder. The funnyman, who struggled with substance abuse throughout his career, suffered from multiple sclerosis in his later life and was also diagnosed with heart problems.
Medics urged him to quit his nicotine habit in a bid to prolong his life, but Wilder reveals his stubborn friend and Silver Streak co-star didn't listen, reports Moviefone.com.
Speaking during a special career overview at New York's 92Y venue on Thursday (13Jun13), Wilder recalled, "He had a heart (issue), and he wanted to smoke. The doctor said, 'I am telling you, if you smoke, you will die. Don't smoke.'
"When I went to see him, he had cigarettes and a lighter, and he couldn't walk without stumbling. He couldn't really do much, except he knew how to put the cigarette in his mouth. I didn't know what I could say to him to stop him from smoking cigarettes."
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VIDEO: Rose, Davis lead U.S. to 95-78 win over Brazil
CHICAGO – They came for one of Chicago's own and got wowed by another.
As important as the exhibition game might have been to USA Basketball and the Brazilian national team for all the expected team-building and measuring-stick reasons heading toward the 2014 FIBA World Cup tournament, Team USA's 95-78 victory at United Center was mostly a framework for the fans to do some star gazing.
The brightest lights were on Derrick Rose, the Chicago Bulls' MVP point guard who is starting his second comeback in as many years from season-ending knee surgeries. As frustrated as some Bulls fans had grown with Rose during his extended layoffs – Rose had played only six games on the UC court since April 2012 – the folks who packed the joint Saturday night flexed oohs, aahs and MVP chants that were no more rusty than the hometown kid's game.
Anthony Davis crashed their little party, though, turning in the most impressive performance of the night. Like Rose, Davis grew up in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. Unlike Rose, whose high school (Simeon) is one of the city's basketball powerhouses, Davis' Perspectives Charter School didn't even have its own gym.
But the New Orleans Pelicans' 21-year-old center made United Center his own against Brazil's imposing front line, scoring 20 points on 10-for-16 shooting, grabbing eight rebounds and blocking five shots.
Local fans who've paid attention to Davis' career – his single season and NCAA championship at Kentucky, his No. 1 draft selection in 2012 by New Orleans – might have been just as hungry to see him play. Davis missed the game in Chicago as a rookie while recovering from a concussion, then sat out the Pelicans' visit last season with a broken hand.
So this was Davis' first game back home since high school and he put on a show. He had several throw-down dunks battling Brazil's NBA bigs Tiago Splitter, Anderson Varejao and Nene. He ran the court with ferocity and, in the second half, turned in two of his most impressive plays defensively. On one, he blocked a driving foe's shot, saved the ball from falling out of bounds and pumped his fist when James Harden finished at the other end with a fast-break layup. On another, Davis crashed over a woman in the first row, catching one foot on the chairs and taking impact where, er, men don't like to take impact.
"I'm good, I'm fine," Davis said afterward. "I hope she's fine, because that was 240 pounds coming right at her. That's the type of plays we need, hustle plays, and that really got us going."
Said Rose: " 'Ant' played great. That's what we need from him. We didn't know how he was going to play with the bigs that they had, because he's kind of smaller than they are weight-wise. But he came out and hooped."
Rose's numbers were more modest: seven points, just five field-goal attempts, four boards, two assists and three turnovers in 24 minutes. He even missed a rushing, two-handed dunk in the second quarter.
But his two buckets were memorable. The first came just before the half ended, when he streaked downcourt and put up a running bank shot. In the third quarter, Rose got isolated on the left wing against Brazil's Raul Neto and spun him silly, crossing over and changing hands for a lefty layup. Both were flashes of what Chicago fans remember and look forward to again.
That one normally would have brought Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau to his feet, if he hadn't been planted on the USA bench as an assistant on Mike Krzyzewski's staff. Still, it – and Rose's overall play since the first workouts in Las Vegas three weeks ago – had Thibs excited. Much of the NBA is pulling for Rose to stay healthy in 2014-15 but no one more than his head coach.
"He's steadily getting better," Thibodeau said. "This is the perfect setting for him. I think his first [USA] experience in 2010 was a springboard to his MVP season. It was so positive for him. And I know how important it is to him.
"He went through the comeback last year and I think he learned a lot from it. And I love the way he's playing. He's finding the rhythm of the game. He's playing to his strengths and he's recognizing who's on the floor with him and what their strengths are. He made several good plays, particularly against the zone in the fourth quarter. He showed great patience.
"He's shaking some rust off. His explosiveness is back. He's playing well off the ball. I think he's in a really good place. He's prepared himself extremely well. It's unfortunate what he's gone through, but that adversity has made him a lot stronger."
The first tuneup game provided a baseline for the USA team, with Krzyzewski most satisfied with the effort and the defense. His squad led by 14 at the end of the first quarter, settled for jump shots and let the lead slip to just two in the second. It was 68-63 through three quarters, after which the home team pulled away.
Davis' production, on an every-night basis, might spoil the USA coaches. Then again, their team might need it, given the absence of bigs such as Kevin Love, LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin and Dwight Howard. DeMarcus Cousins sat out Saturday's game with a bruised knee and Kevin Durant, who at least has length, withdrew from the competition last week.
Davis worked himself into the game offensively after a poor shooting start. "Kyrie [Irving] asked me, 'Are you going to stop shooting the ball because you missed three jump shots?' " Davis said. "I told him no. We came out and ran a play for me and made the first one, and he said, 'That's all you needed.' Then I hit the next three or four, whatever."
Not that Krzyzewski needed any convincing.
"He's one of the best players in the NBA," the Duke University coach said. "Anthony is one of the emerging stars. We hope that, like what happened to a lot of those guys in 2010, will happen to him in this competition. Where we just watch what should be kind of a storied career form."
That's when the native Chicagoan in Krzyzewski seeped out, as he played to the home media. "Another great guy," he said of Davis. "You talk about these two Chicago guys, he and Derrick. The best guys, easy to coach, team guys. Dreams to coach, both those guys."
Said Rose, all smiles at the end: "I probably won't get any sleep tonight. I'm excited for the city."
The city is excited back. And New Orleans should be too.


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Comedians Mike Rainey and Joe Mayo have been putting their talents to good use, starting the group Comedians for a Cause, booking comedy shows to raise money for various charities and people in need during the past few months. We caught up with Mayo to see what it's all about.
How did the two of you guys start putting together shows as fundraisers?
We had been talking for well over a year now, and one night after I came from a funeral from a dear friend we went to one of Chip's shows and wrote the gameplan on a bar napkin. After that we got our ass in gear and put on a show for Dustin Walls' ball cancer.
Tell us a little about some of the shows you've already put on and have planned in the near future.
We have done I believe five to six shows already. Two for Dustin Walls' Cancer, two for Autism, and one for my buddy's son who passed at age 22. The next few shows we are planning are for Easter Seals, the National Kidney Foundation, another one for Dustin Walls, and the guy from Deftones who is real sick.
Are there any big picture ideas you have for grand fundraiser shows, for any specific causes?
Definitely, I would love to someday be putting on shows with national headliners support and big venues for anybody who needs our help. Nobody will be turned away.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - On Wednesday, Sept. 6 practice started up at MIT's Pierce Boathouse, and the momentum was felt by all. This season, the MIT men's lightweight crew team is looking stronger than it has in many years. Highlighting the turn in momentum is the incoming class of freshman lightweight rowers. For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, the lightweight team will boat a full eight of experienced freshmen. Among the recruited are standouts: Ryan Flynn, Aaron Blankstein, Nick Bushak, Tim Grejtak, Nick Murlo, Raphael Peterson, Dan Stiurca and Olga Botvinnik. Look for the freshman lightweights to make their mark this year in fall and spring racing. The team also welcomes a large core of walk-ons who have signed on to join the team this year as well.
Inexperienced prospective rowers are still encouraged to stop by the boathouse, or email freshman lightweight coach Gordon Hamilton at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The varsity lightweight team has been building depth and experience for the last two years and it is excited to see how far this work will take them. Last year's combination of squads allowed the entire lightweight team to get necessary race experience. This year, the varsity is stronger and more seasoned - no varsity rowers were lost to graduation and every athlete has returned from a summer of solid training. Several rowers competed for teams including the Riverside Boat Club, which garnered success at the Royal Canadian Henley. The core of varsity team has also received an added boost from an enthusiastic sophomore class. Everyone is now working towards goals agreed upon last year. The combination of last spring's racing experience and valuable summer training will be valuable assets to the lightweight team and provide a stepping stone for future success.
The first race of the fall season will be the New Hampshire Championships on Oct. 14, a prep race for the Head of the Charles on Oct. 20 and 21. The MIT lightweights will have two boats entered in the 42nd Annual Head of the Charles Regatta. Information about our boatings will become available in the coming weeks. The following weekend, MIT will travel to New Jersey to compete in the Princeton Chase - another first for the lightweights and the MIT program. The freshmen will compete at the Green Monster Regatta hosted by Dartmouth the first weekend in November. Rounding out the 2006 fall campaign, MIT lights will race the Foot of the Charles, to be held the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
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A day doesn't pass when we don't hear about how our prisons are full and sentences should be shorter. I therefore propose a 2 month Community Order on the kids.
Perhaps you think I'm being sarcastic. Well, Community Orders are no laughing matter. If handed out one of these draconian restraints by a court, the miscreant may have to attend MEETINGS with a youth worker. Worse still, he/she may have to APOLOGISE to the victim or their family! If the offender doesn't comply with the terms of the Order, the court could even go so far as to TELL HIM OFF!!
Let's hope judges can be encouraged to make fuller use of these wonderful deterrents, but they should only be used on the truly unrepentent, who can never be reformed and who will continue to offend until the day they bottle the wrong person outside a nightclub. For those kids who are sorry for killing an old man, a police reprimand might be more appropriate.
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TMC wrote:xbay wrote:I'm not scared of Brandon Jacobs.
Wise words, indeed.
Ok, I've got this win locked, even tho E-Man has three guys still to play. But 113 to 59 sounds like a safe lead. Particularly because he has Aaron Rodgers and Balt¡more's D to play, so if Rodgers has a great game, the Ravens D won't get many points and that also works the other way around.
But my playoff hopes are pretty dim. Didn't realize only 4 teams make the playoffs in this league. So, basically, I may have a chance to finish 7-7 and 5th in the regular season, but that's about it.
My only chance for the playoffs would be to beat Pawno in the last week and hope for Williams losing to Gamblers to sneak into the 4th spot. But, in that case, there would be a 7-7 tie between the three of us, plus E-Man or JOEL, who face each other in the last week. I think the tiebreaker it's points scored, so I would win it... but I'm not totally sure. Let me know if I'm wrong.
Same here, i never been in a league with only 4 playoff spots, so this is new to me. Usually it is 6 slots.... well, this balances out with the other league, where there are 8 slots.