Dust test sweeps away office retreats
Academics hiding among the bookshelves of their offices should beware of dust. University estates managers have enlisted a cunning ploy - the white-glove test - to help them in their drive to replace traditional private studies with modern-day open-plan offices.
For cost-conscious officials, the logic is irrefutable: the more dust they find on your books, the less you read them, the less you need an office to keep them in and the more reason to move you to a shared space.
Sue Holmes, assistant director of estates at Sheffield Hallam University and one of many fans of the test, said: "You can tell that the books have not been opened since they were bought ten years ago."
Alun Woodruff, head of estates at Glamorgan University, put it more directly: "Academics have to get real. Space costs a lot of money."


WELLINGTON THE MAGAZINE – November 2021
Equestrian Season Preview
Exciting 2022 Season Planned At The Grand Champions Polo Club The 2022 winter/spring season at the Grand Champions Polo Club will include some of the most exciting polo matches available in Wellington. Just when you think that they couldn't possibly recreate the exciting experiences from the previous season, Melissa Ganzi and her team at Grand Champions have plans to surpass all expectations. "Spectators at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington can look forward to truly being entertained and impressed by the majestic equine athletes," Ganzi said. "2022 will be filled with excitement, surprises and unforgettable polo."
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Grand Champions will host a full season of exhilarating polo matches, fabulous cuisine, entertainment, and "Worth Avenue West," a shopping village featuring exquisite shops from the famed Worth Avenue in Palm Beach. If you have yet to visit, the Grand Champions Polo Club features the only 26-goal polo matches in Wellington, which is the highest level of the sport played outside of Argentina. It showcases the world's best equine athletes in a sport where 80 percent of the game is based on the horses. To play the highest level of polo, the players need the most
exceptional equine partners. The club will offer polo at a wide array of levels in 2022. 26 Goal World Polo League — The All-Star Challenge runs from Feb. 4 through Feb. 20; the Tommy Hitchcock Legacy Memorial runs from Feb. 16 through Feb. 27; the Founders Cup runs from Feb. 23 through March 13; the Palm Beach Open runs from March 9 through March 27; the Triple Crown of Polo runs from March 23 through April 16; and the Beach Polo World Cup Miami Beach will be held April 22 through April 24.
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Andean Knitted Figure Purses
Monederos for Your Money
Cynthia LeCount Samaké Jun 25, 2021 - 15 min read
Left: Figure purses. Maker(s) unknown. Knitted and crocheted. Handspun sheep's wool. Purchased in a market in Cuzco, Peru. Date unknown. Male, 11¼ inches (28.6 cm) tall; female, 9¼ inches (23.5 cm) tall. Collection of Liz Ligon. Right: Figure purse. Maker unknown. Knitted and crocheted. Handspun sheep's wool. Purchased in a Cuzco, Peru, market. Date unknown. 10 inches (25.4 cm) tall. Collection of Ginger Rowe. Photographs by Joe Coca.
What do a striped fish, a well-dressed woman, a tonsured monk, and an anatomically correct bull have in common? For at least a hundred years, women in Peru and Bolivia have carried all these shapes as fashionable little monederos (coin purses).
Whether intended as ritual funerary objects, garment embellishments, or utilitarian containers, three-dimensional figures have a long tradition in Andean textile history. Two thousand years ago, Paracas women of the south Pacific coast of Peru were making colorful little figures in the needlework technique called cross-looping, considered a precursor to knitting. A magnificent example of their work, the Paracas Textile, a mantle from Paracas, Peru, dated 300 B.C.–A.D. 100, in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, is edged with a fringe of ninety detailed miniature people and animals (see "Historical Notes and Resources" below).
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A thousand years later, the Chancay of the north Pacific coast of Peru were fashioning little figures to tuck into funeral bundles, likely as symbolic escorts to accompany the dead. Woven tapestry faces and tiny dresses embellish the stuffed figures; yarn-wrapped twigs form the hands, feet, arms, and legs. The Chancay also knew how to cross-loop as shown by the small cross-looped figures (probably associated with magic rather than play) that decorate the front of a Chancay child's shirt in the collection of the Gold Museum in Lima.
Andean textile artists also created functional, three-dimensional bags to carry such materials as coca leaves or dye plants. These clever women were familiar with nearly every possible hand manipulation of fiber—an incredible variety of ingenious weaving, looping, knotting, and netting techniques. They spun and dyed native cotton and the hair of alpacas and llamas—sheep's wool was not available until after sheep from the Iberian Peninsula were introduced into South America by early Spanish and Portuguese settlers.
Left: Llama-shaped purse. Maker unknown. Knitted. Handspun alpaca. Potosi Department, Bolivia. Mid-twentieth century. 9½ inches (24.1 cm) tall. Collection of the author. Right: Llama-shaped purse with coins attached. Maker unknown. Knitted and embroidered. Handspun sheep's wool. Bolivia. Late nineteenth to early twentieth century. 4 inches (10.2 cm) tall. Collection of the author. Photographs by Joe Coca.
Some of these men had worked in the European trade guilds, and some must have developed excellent knitting skills. We can imagine the men knitting replacements for their worn-out socks and caps during the long ship voyage to the Americas; theoretically, they hit the shore knowing how to knit. From here on, the knitting history is as fuzzy as a baby alpaca.
By the late seventeenth century, many Spanish and Portuguese women had braved the seas to join husbands or brothers. (Magnus Mörner and Dorothy A. Mays, among others, relate their interesting stories; see Further Reading below.) The women, who enjoyed knitting gloves and coin purses in their spare time, most likely passed on their knitting skills to the indigenous women; picking up another technique probably would have been easy for such experienced textile artists. I have no evidence that Iberian men who were knitters in the old country passed on their skill to either native men or women, but since many of them married or lived with native women, such a transfer seems likely.
Whenever and however the native people learned to knit, they ran with it. At least since the late nineteenth century, Andean textile artists have been knitting complexly patterned headgear, ceremonial offering bags, and marvelously whimsical figure purses. Men's chuspas (coca bags), staidly rectangular, were woven, but for their own use, the women knitted monederos in fanciful shapes.
In 1880, the French traveler Charles Wiener described a visit to a Cuzco society lady: "Wrapped in a shawl, she receives her guests. She often carries a prayer book and a rosary; her coin purse is not in her pocket, but held in her hand. These pretty little purses are knit of silk and represent animals or people, fat or thin, according to the state of the lady's finances."
The silk would have been imported, of course, or a woman might have used soft native alpaca or vicuña yarns or a blend of vicuña and silk. An unusual or especially beautiful monedero was a source of great pride, and as Wiener noted, its owner carried it in her hand, to be admired, its small size perfectly suited to the little gold and silver coins then in use.
A purse knitter worked in the round on a set of four or five double-pointed needles, usually draping the working yarn around her neck for tension control. Some knitters started out making a container that was basically cylindrical but then added a head and appendages to transform it into a human or animal form. In some cases, only the side pockets became little figures; in others, the entire purse became the figure. In many examples of animal-shaped purses, the legs serve as pouches for coins. Knitters often embroidered on additional details such as hair and facial features.
Some monederos boast real coins attached to the outside through holes drilled in the edges of the coins; I don't know when this practice began, but the Peruvian purses sketched by Wiener in 1880 don't have coins. The oldest purse in my collection, which does have coins attached, is the white llama shown above. I bought it about twenty-five years ago in an antique shop in La Paz, Bolivia, and I think that it dates from the 1920s or earlier because of the fine gauge and minute details; to my knowledge, nothing like it exists in any museum or private collection. It is knitted from very finely spun sheep's wool and measures just 4 inches (10.2 cm) high.
Working in the round on fine metal needles, the skillful knitter achieved a gauge of 14 stitches per inch (about 5½ stitches per cm). The belly forms the main pouch, with eyelet stitches around the opening to hold a (missing) cord; the four carefully shaped legs are knitted down to black hooves from stitches picked up from the back. After completing the knitting, the maker stitched fine wool roving in vertical herringbone lines on the outside haunches and neck to make a furry pelt. She picked up a few stitches on the head to knit tiny ears and added tassels just like those seen on real llamas in the Bolivian highlands.
The coins stitched to the llama are interesting and rare. A silver Bolivian ¼ sol, only ½ inch (1.3 cm) across and stamped "Potosi" and "1852," bears the image of a tiny llama! The oldest coin is a Charles III (1716–1788, "King of Spain and the Indies") Spanish real from 1784; reales were used in all the Hispanic colonies. A coin with a sun motif says "Cuzco 1837." Although the coins could have been added later by someone other than the maker, the purse itself is clearly old and the knitting techniques, ingenious and exacting.
Bull-shaped purse. Maker unknown. Knitted. Undyed and plant-dyed handspun sheep's wool. Bolivian Altiplano. Early to mid-twentieth century. 8 inches (20.3 cm) tall. Collection of Jonathan Hill. Photograph by Ann Swanson.
The Bolivian bull monedero shown above is 8 inches (20.3 cm) tall and is knitted from handspun undyed and plant-dyed sheep's wool with a hollow body and leg pouches. The same knitter probably made the similarly constructed llama-shaped purse, shown at right, as well; it was knitted in the same manner with the same materials.
The male and female figure purses (top) most likely were created by the same Peruvian knitter. The knitter formed the heads and stuffed them, then knitted the tubular bodies to serve as purses. The little knitted arms end in tiny fingers. She began the woman's clothing by knitting the body as a dress with multicolored patterning around the waist, then picked up stitches from the dress/body and crocheted the tiered skirt, shawl, and hat. The male figure has a poncho that begins at the top from stitches picked up around the neck. Both purses open at the front of the neck, and both have an antique silver charm stitched to the chest.
Figure purse. Maker unknown. Knitted and embroidered. Factory wool with commercially knit fabric shawl. Chuquisaca, Bolivia. Mid- to late twentieth century. 16 inches (40.6 cm) tall. Collection of the author. Photograph by Joe Coca.
The male figure's Bolivian counterpart is similar but almost twice as tall. The opening to insert coins is at the back of his neck instead of in front. His patterned, hollow body extends into pant legs; a stuffed leg has been stitched into each pant opening to form the bottom of the pouch. His shoulder wrap and coca pouch appear to have been cut from the same piece of factory-knit fabric. A red hat with tassels, embroidered black hair, and little cardboard sandals complete the dapper figure.
One of the highlights of The Finishing Touch: Accessories from the Bolivian Highlands, an exhibition at The Textile Museum in Washington D.C., is a wonderful figure purse. This sweet little lady, probably from the La Paz area, is knitted from sheep's wool. She has a stuffed head and a fancy crocheted hat. Her body begins with an eyelet-hole row for a (missing) cord, then continues as a blouse with two-stitch-wide red-and-white stripes. The garter-stitch striped arms are sewn on. At the waist, the knitter increased stitches for a skirt made of knitted bands of detailed human figures and flowerlike motifs finished off with rows of little crochet scallops. The feet and shoes also are crocheted, as is the peplum at her waist.
Left: Monk figure purse. Maker unknown. Knitted and embroidered. Handspun sheep's wool and alpaca. Mid- to late twentieth century. 10 inches (25.4 cm) tall. Collection of the author. Right: Detail of monk figure purse, showing tonsure and cape. Photographs by Joe Coca.
The monk bag shown above was knitted in Bolivia from handspun undyed sheep's wool and alpaca. Under the hood is the realistic shorn head of a tonsured monk; down his back hangs a short cape. I wish we could get him to tell his story.
John Goins, in his study of the Quechua-speaking people of the Cochabamba Valley of Bolivia (see Further Reading), notes that no Quechua woman felt dressed without her knitted purse. She wore it around her waist, stitched onto a special cord that she bought in the market, hanging out over her skirt but under her blouse and apron. Goins recounts that some of the boys whom he interviewed bragged that they used to sneak a pair of scissors into a festival, and then, while everyone else was distracted by the dancing and festivities, they would snip the bottoms of pouched purses and catch any coins that fell out in their cupped hands.
Llama-shaped purse. Maker unknown. Knitted. Undyed and plant-dyed handspun sheep's wool. Bolivian Altiplano. Early to mid-twentieth century. 8 inches (21.6 cm) tall. Collection of Jonathan Hill. Photograph by Ann Swanson.
The Bolivian llama-shaped bag with its carefully shaped pouched legs and rotund belly is knitted from the top down of undyed sheep's wool. The legs and head look almost like an afterthought. This bag, which measures about 9½ inches (24 cm) tall, was made during the 1980s, a period of hyperinflation when a woman needed a roomy purse to carry enough paper bills to buy a few groceries (at its worst, 2 million peso bolivianos equaled one U.S. dollar).
Today, you don't need a huge purse to carry your money to go grocery shopping in Bolivia. But women in both Bolivia and Peru still do make and use three-dimensional figure purses, whose roots lie in the ancient cross-looped figures mentioned above. Today, while knitters often favor fluorescent synthetic yarns, their technical skill and ingenuity remain as high as ever.
d'Harcourt, Raoul. Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques. 1934. Reprint, Mineola, New York: Dover, 2002.
Goins, John Francis. Huayculi: Los Indios Quichua del Valle de Cochabamba, Bolivia (Huayculi: Quechua Indians of the Cochabamba Valley, Bolivia). Mexico City: Instituto Indigenista Interamericano, Ediciones Especiales: #47, 1967.
LeCount, Cynthia Gravelle. Andean Folk Knitting: Traditions and Techniques from Peru and Bolivia. St. Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras, 1990.
Mays, Dorothy A. Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2004.
Meisch, Lynn A. Traditional Textiles of the Andes: Life and Cloth in the Highlands. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997. Out of print. Mörner, Magnus. "Changing Attitudes: Early Spanish Immigrants in the New World." Lecture abstract, Hamburg, Germany, October 25, 2000.
Wilson, Kax. "Where Sand Falls Like Rain: Needleknitting from Ancient Peru." PieceWork September/October 1993.
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Spoon River Journal
Canton Veterans Memorial makes progress
Despite winter — or perhaps because it has been a mild season so far — the new veterans memorial at Lakeland Park is chugging along.
After four re-designs, the $200,000 project features black granite monuments and flags overlooking Lakeland's 440 acres of reclaimed strip mines. It will have a specially-constructed brick terrace with a drainage system to stabilize the memorial bricks and keep maintenance to a minimum.
Canton Park District Executive Director Jon Johnson says the foundation work is complete, along with the bases for the three largest flag poles. What he calls scaffolding and the construction folks call "tables and chairs" that hold the bricks in place may be delivered any day now. Meanwhile, the monuments are being lazer-etched, and should be ready by mid-March.
"This has been a strange winter, but as soon as it is officially over (whenever that might be) we will begin the process of installing the 'tables and chairs' and then the bricks," Johnson said via email.
Fundraising efforts broke the $150,000 mark last week, but the veterans committee could use more help. The 4-by-8-inch bricks sell for $100; 8-by-8-inch bricks for $500. For more information, call Bob Ems at 309-647-7174.
Author Terry BiboPosted on February 23, 2012 March 15, 2013 Leave a comment on Canton Veterans Memorial makes progress
the final bird word, for now
For those of us who yearn to fly somewhere — anywhere — when we spy wild geese, February has been outstanding.
According to Lee Albright, manager at Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, there were 125,000 snow geese on the South Pool last week. He says the honkers fly out to the fields to feed during the day, which is why random motorists can spot so many. Last Friday, looking up over Farmington, you could barely mark a single V in the raucous scrum overhead. It was more of an overlapping flapping alphabet of Ms and Ws and Js and Os. Just when it crosses your mind that looking up at so many geese may not be advisable, sans umbrella, there's a lone bald eagle cruising along beneath them.
Perhaps more importantly, the Chautauqua folks also counted 9,300 mallards on the North Pool, and 650 mallards on the South Pool — about a third more than the 6,800-mallard high last fall. Albright suspects the birds are finding nutsedge seed, one of the main by-products of draining the pool to mimic the natural river cycles.
Author Terry BiboPosted on February 22, 2012 March 15, 2013 Leave a comment on the final bird word, for now
Living in West Central Illinois, you don't have to go far to see stunning displays of migratory birds.
Living in West Central Illinois, you don't have to go far to see stunning displays of migratory birds.
You can drive along the Illinois River to wildlife refuges such as Chautauqua or Emiquon. That's no guarantee. There were supposed to be 150,000 snow geese at Chautauqua a week ago, but they were gone by the time people came for the Eagle Day Festival Saturday. Dickson Mounds director Michael Bryant said they tend to head out to local cornfields en masse during the day, then return in the evening.
Which means your other alternative may be stepping into the backyard at dawn or dusk. All week, snow geese have been honking through the fog by the thousands around here. This is a photo of some of them, probably Emiquon birds.
snow geese from Emiquon
Author Terry BiboPosted on February 16, 2012 March 15, 2013 Leave a comment on No place like home
Chautauqua eagles
Professional eagle watchers had warned that it might be difficult to spot the big birds Saturday.
Warm weather was welcome for many reasons, but there's not much ice. Eagles are easier to spot mid-winter when they cluster around open water.
Warm weather was welcome for many reasons, but there's not much ice. Eagles are easier to spot mid-winter when they cluster around open water.
Still, the Eagle Day Festival was set months in advance. Just in case, there were live bird shows at Dickson Mounds and the new visitors center in Lewistown. Hundreds of people turned out, even though the weather abruptly turned seasonably cold. While they may not have seen dozens of eagles, you could spy a few here and there if you searched a bit.
Here are a couple of examples, from the west side of the South Pool at Chautauqua:
Author Terry BiboPosted on February 13, 2012 March 15, 2013 Leave a comment on Chautauqua eagles
"The Age of Austerity"
When the Canton City Council sat down for its daylong strategic planning session last Saturday, George Hall was at the table.
Hall is chairman of the Fulton County Board, not a member of the council. But he goes to a lot of public meetings.
Hall is chairman of the Fulton County Board, not a member of the council. But he goes to a lot of public meetings as a taxpayer, as well. He has an engineer's knack for obsessively grinding his way through any agenda until he gets to his objective, which grates on a lot of people. On the other hand, he definitely puts in some serious time.
This is not meant as a political comment. His predecessor as board chairman, Ed Ketcham, also is running again this spring and addressed the council at the afternoon session. But as a bit of a civic aside, it was interesting to hear what Hall recommends as bedside reading between meetings. He's about halfway through a book called "The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics" by Thomas Byrne Edsall.
"All I'm interested in is cost-effective government," Hall says.
Considering that Fulton County is hardly the only place where the strain on tax money sparks talk of service cutbacks, it's probably worth checking out.
Author Terry BiboPosted on February 8, 2012 March 15, 2013 Leave a comment on "The Age of Austerity"
Perhaps it is a coincidence that people have contacted me about blogs lately. They couldn't have known that Spoon River Journal was under consideration as a new blog about what's happening in Fulton and Mason Counties. But reader input has always been one of the things that keeps newspapers interesting. After all, how would we know what's going on if people didn't tell us? Contrary to popular opinion, most reporters don't make this stuff up.
We couldn't.
Perhaps it is a coincidence that people have contacted me about blogs lately. They couldn't have known that Spoon River Journal was under consideration as a new blog about what's happening in Fulton and Mason Counties. But reader input has always been one of the things that keeps newspapers interesting. After all, how would journalists know what's going on if people didn't tell us? Contrary to popular opinion, most reporters don't make this stuff up.
Frequently, we couldn't.
Max Latimer of Cuba was writing about the down side of computerized reader feedback, however.
"What I had intended to speak about was how comments sections, and perhaps blogs also, include the height of incivility between people that can remain anonymous from each other. Our political arena has been a model of incivility as well as talent contests, reality TV shows, and YouTube videos of teens bullying someone not as hip as their peers think everyone should be," he wrote, while recovering from foot surgery.
He said social media is reducing face to face communications. And he notes that just about anyone using the Internet has gotten derogatory emails from anonymous people who would never think of being so rude in person.
Point taken.
Seen it. Felt it. Didn't like it much.
So here's a request. For the most part, this is a place for background and commentary. And if you want to use this space to sound off about things in Spoon River country, welcome. Just bring some proof and/or tell us who you are. Otherwise, buzz off.
Author Terry BiboPosted on February 3, 2012 March 15, 2013 Leave a comment on Getting started
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A policy-maker's perspective on FrailSafe
Mrs Paraskevi Palladiou is a retired social worker and used to be a supervisor in the Social Welfare Services of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance in Cyprus.
A user's experience with FrailSafe
As the FrailSafe project is soon coming to an end, we had the opportunity to speak with one of FrailSafe's volunteers about her experience with the solution.
Early detection, prevention and management of frailty: Introducing the FrailSafe system
Frailty is one of the most challenging age-associated conditions. Hence, it has aroused considerable research attention over the past few years.
EU FrailSafe Solution Seen by a Health Products and Services Merchandiser
Materia Group interviewed George Kaimis, CEO of GJK Healthpharma services LTD, dedicated to improving the quality of life with innovative, top quality products and services in the sectors of health and beauty.
FrailSafe interview with Ioannis Ellul (University of Patras)
Ioannis Ellul first studies geriatric medicine and worked for many years in this field in the UK. He then moved back to Greece where he is now an Associate Professor of Neurology and Cerebrovascular Disease at the University of Patras. He maintains a strong interest in the care of older people and is strongly involved in the Greek Geriatric Societies.
FrailSafe, viewed by the Cyprus volunteers
FrailSafe is testing out its study among volunteers in three different sites: Nancy, Patras and Nicosia. In June, the consortium partners were gathered to discuss the state of play of the project and took the opportunity to visit one of the pilot sites. Three volunteers agreed to be interviewed and discuss their participation in the study.
Frailty & physiotherapy and its future
Gerti WEWERKA, MSc
Chief Therapist, University Hospital Salzburg "Christian-Doppler-Klinik" – Geriatrics; Head of Geriatrics Network of Physio Austria (Federal Association of Physiotherapists of Austria)
Insurance companies' perspectives of FrailSafe
FrailSafe's Cypriot partner Materia Group conducted an interview with two insurance brokers about their perception of FrailSafe.
Interview with Stecy Yghemonos, Executive Director of Eurocarers
Interview with Stecy Yghemonos, Executive Director of Eurocarers.
Looking into the future of later life
Ingrid Eyers FHEA PhD MSc RGN
Independent Expert: Policy and Practice in Care of Older People
The FrailSafe system used by Care Providers
Marina Polycarpou is the Managing Director at Materia Group, a care, nursing and rehabilitation service provider in Nicosia, Cyprus. Marina's background is in Gerontology and Psychology, and her passion is working towards an Active, Empowered Older Generation in Cyprus, with lots of options for Care, Housing, Hobbies, and Life Fulfillment Opportunities..
The importance of frailty management starts with educating health professionals
Our team interviewed Deirdre Lang, Director of nursing at the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, on the importance of frailty management and how education is crucial in frailty detection and how it can act as a catalyst for change in healthcare.
What do FrailSafe nurses think of FrailSafe?
The FrailSafe study is taking place in three different pilot sites: Patras (Greece), Nicosia (Cyprus) and Nancy (France). A medical team, composed of general practitioners (GPs), psychologists, neurologists, and nurses, follow the volunteers that signed up for the study. This time, we wanted to have the perspective of the nurses working on FrailSafe. Rafaela Tsela, from the Patras site, and Anne Freminet, from the French site INSERM, were interviewed to know what their work consists in in the framework of FrailSafe and what they think about the potential of the project.
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L. Mahadevan wins MacArthur "genius" grant
Applied mathematician recognized for investigating everything from how a flag flutters to how the Venus flytrap snaps
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow. He is among 25 winners, including Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Peter Huybers in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard, of the so-called "genius" grants.
"Bravo to Maha! We are thrilled to have among us a researcher who has the relentless desire to explore in-depth every nook and cranny of the world," said Cherry A. Murray, dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences. "With a mix of beautiful mathematics and elegant theory and through collaboration with colleagues in all fields (including doing some of his own experiments), he shows how much we can learn from being careful observers, whether it is figuring out how a flag flutters, a map folds, or honey coils. Maha demonstrates time and again that we can find true wonder by looking no farther than our own doorsteps."
Each winner will receive $500,000 in "no strings attached" support over the next five years. All were selected for their creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future.
Lene Hau, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, a joint appointee in the Department of Physics and SEAS, was named a MacArthur fellow in 2001.
Read the press release from the MacArthur Foundation
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Listen to L. Mahadevan on NPR
L. Mahadevan, or "Maha" for short, studied engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology-Chennai before turning to applied mathematics and mechanics at Stanford University, where he obtained his Ph.D. Prior to joining Harvard University in the fall of 2003, he was the inaugural holder of the Schlumberger Chair in Complex Physical Systems in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University, and simultaneously a Professorial Fellow at Trinity College.
He started his independent career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has taught and held positions around the world including stints at Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris and the University of Chile, Santiago, and is currently also the Schlumberger Visiting Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University.
His work centers around using mathematics to understand the behavior of living and nonliving matter, particularly at the scale of the everyday world and is thus closely tied in with experience and experiments. A particular joy is to try and uncover explanations of robust everyday phenomena that are easy to observe, often not so well understood, and are of relevance far beyond what might be first envisaged.
Awards and named lectures include the Chaire Paris Sciences at the Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris (2001), the Chaire Condorcet at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris (2001), the G. I. Taylor Lectureship of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (2001), the Alan Tayler Lectureship at Oxford University (2003), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2006), and a Visiting Miller Professorship at the University of California, Berkeley (2007). He was also awarded the George Ledlie Prize at Harvard (2006) and was presented with an Ig Nobel award for the study of wrinkle patterns on sheets in 2007. Upon receipt he said, "there's no reason good science can't be fun."
Mahadevan is currently the Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and a Core Member of the Wyss Institute. He is also an Affiliate Professor, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (Faculty of Arts and Sciences) and Affiliate Professor, Systems Biology (Harvard Medical School). For more information, see his lab website.


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WHY COUNTY SURVEYORS MATTER
Summary Submitted By:
Reid Demman, Salt Lake County Surveyor and
President, National Association of County Surveyors
Salt Lake County, Utah
County Surveyors, as professionals, have an understanding of the noteworthy benefits and advantages a County Surveyor's Office provides to our counties and the public's well-being. While statutory responsibility, funding, and functionality vary from county to county, the County Surveyor's role in government remains as critical today as ever. The right to own and "quietly enjoy" property is one of the basic founding principles of our country. County Surveyors perform a prominent role in the protection of these rights. Additionally, County Surveyors are key partners in emergency response, GIS mapping, construction, public real estate transactions, litigation, and a host of other important public services.
We must ask – without a funded, functioning County Surveyor, what does the public and county government really lose?
In Utah, the origins of the office of the County Surveyor can be traced back to 1852, as one of the four original elected offices of County Government. Elected offices were established to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. In those days and before, the location and protection of property boundaries along with water rights, law enforcement, and recording functions were an essential part of everyday life and survival. Those same rights and protections are no less important in today's world.
To this day in Utah, one of the key statutory duties of the County Surveyor is to protect and perpetuate the original Public Land Survey System (PLSS). In a PLSS state such as Utah, the original PLSS is not only the basis for the establishment and protection of property ownership and the other rights, it is also the very foundation and heart of the County's ability to assess and collect the property taxes that fund many County services. We also know the PLSS is threatened on a daily basis by development and construction, and consequently, many of the public rights and functions of government are also at risk. For this reason alone, it is imperative for County executives and the public to understand the critical nature of the functions of a County Surveyor, the PLSS, and why it is essential to fund a County Surveyor program.
Some counties within Utah do not fund a County Surveyor function and are experiencing growth and development not seen before. Boundary disputes and other development related issues in these counties have arisen due to the lack of investment in the very infrastructure that County Surveyors are responsible to protect. It is a case of "you don't know you have a problem until you have one." Current County Surveyors are often called upon to assist some of these counties with locating and documenting the position of their respective PLSS, to help facilitate resolution of the resultant legal problems.
In counties where funds are allocated for a County Surveyor's Office, the citizens and County government in general have fewer boundary disputes and other related development issues due to the long-standing efforts of County Surveyors, both past and present. Additionally, we benefit from an accurate base for all mapping to support emergency response, tax revenue, and other county services.
SUMMARY OUTLINE: WHAT DOES THE COUNTY SURVEYOR DO?
Public Land Survey System (PLSS) - Identification, Protection, and Maintenance
All properties (parcels) are measured and described from the PLSS. Therefore, it is the foundation for protecting the integrity of property rights, both public and private. This includes all public and private rights of way (including RS 2477 roads).
The PLSS is the foundation basis for tax collection, which ties to the Counties' ability to provide services.
The PLSS is the basis for accurate mapping, GIS, and aerial photography, which are all utilized for purposes of emergency response, land use and open space planning, engineering design, facilities management, and recreation.
B. Support of County Services and Departments
Boundary and jurisdictional conflict resolution - utilized by emergency responders, voters, planning and zoning offices, and various federal and state departments.
Real Estate Transaction Support – review and prepare legal descriptions, property research, resolve boundary and encroachment disputes, survey all public property including parks, facilities golf courses, rights of way and open space.
County design projects – provide and /or manage all survey work in support of roadway, flood control, and other design/ construction projects.
Provide maps and exhibits for Commissioners, Councilpersons, Mayors, County Attorneys, and various departments.
Expert witness and support in related litigation i.e., real estate, right of way, encroachment, and other disputes.
Mapping and Dispatch support for emergency responders (Sheriff and Fire Dept)
C. Tax System Support
Review of tax sales.
Review and approve Final Local Entity Plats (formerly known as Annexation Plats) to ensure County needs are met for proper taxation, recording, and boundary depiction. See Utah Code 67-1A-6.5 & 17-23-20.
Protect the PLSS, the foundation of tax collection, the Recorders parcel maps, and property rights.
D. Records Information for Various Government Entities and the Public
Historical and current survey information and access to records of survey filed with the County Surveyor. See Utah Code 17-23-17.
Right of way, elevation, and survey control information and documentation.
General and public service information.
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Survey finds 77% of consumers would spend more when tempted by the smell of a barbecue
Research by Bidfood[1] has revealed that the aroma of a barbecue would attract more than three quarters of consumers (77%) to eat at a pub or restaurant, even if they were only planning to have a drink. This figure highlights significant potential for the sector to maximise sales this summer through an enticing alfresco dining experience.
To tempt customers, pub and restaurant operators need to ensure they have a varied barbecue menu. While the traditional English selection will continue to draw favour, with two thirds (66%) of consumers choosing it as their favourite, a taste of America follows hotly on its heels with 59% of respondents stating this amongst their preferred barbecue options. Bidfood's research also shows that world cuisine offers standout potential with the spicy, fragrant flavours of Jamaica and the Caribbean appealing to over one third (36%) of consumers surveyed.
As expected, the usual meat options continue to rank highly with barbecue fans but, perhaps surprisingly, chicken has taken the top spot with over half (52%) of respondents choosing it as one of their most wanted barbecue items. Beef burgers came in second at 47%, closely followed by sausages at 46% and steak with 42% of the votes. However, mirroring broader dining demand, 80% of those surveyed agreed it is important for pubs and restaurants to offer vegetarian and vegan options – think jackfruit and vegan duck – after all there are now 42,000 people in the UK following a plant-based diet[2].
Lucy Pedrick, Insights Manager at Bidfood said: "The summer season is arguably one of the most crucial trading periods for a pub or restaurant, with 76% of those we surveyed visiting between 1-5 times a month. Barbecues present a potentially lucrative incremental revenue stream, where publicans and restauranteurs can seize the lunch-time, post-work and early evening drinks sales opportunities, and extend dwell-time considerably. As the survey results illustrate, the open-style cooking and aroma of a barbecue is appealing enough to lead consumers to put their hands in their pockets and make an unplanned food purchase."
Pedrick continued: "With publicans and restaurateurs often running a barbecue pop-up alongside lunch and dinner menus, it's important that chefs find ways to work smarter, not harder, to ensure they can deliver.
"Operators need to maximise consumer insight, tapping into the potential to offer not only a well-thought-out range of barbecue items, but also easy to manage toppings and sides that enable consumers to customise their purchases. For example, Bidfood's Create Summer range includes everything from American-inspired staples such as Farmstead Tomahawk Steak and Perdix Battered Chicken Escalope to Premium Selection Barbecue Pulled Pork with Jalapeno Peppers – perfect on its own or as a burger topping – and Lion Maple and Bourbon BBQ Sauce to add that finishing touch.
"Here at Bidfood we're big on flavour and offer a wide selection of authentic marinades, rubs and seasonings from around the world, which work perfectly for barbecues. These include Franks Red Hot Chilli 'N' Lime Sauce, Lion Korean BBQ Sauce and Middle Eastern Za'atar marinades. What's more, tapping into the booming vegan trend, Bidfood's Chefs Choice Jackfruit and a range of vegan cheeses are also on offer, along with a huge host of other meat-free options."
Investing in high-quality, premium cuts of fresh meat that are fully traceable, means consumers can be reassured they know where their food is coming from. Bidfood takes food sourcing seriously. It's fresh meat brand, Farmstead, is based on an ethos of trust, consistency, quality and value and comes from approved BRC accredited providers and is compliant with the EU Animal Welfare Directive 98/58/EC. The range is Red Tractor accredited and consists of over 300 products sourced from selected suppliers that we have built longstanding relationships with. Farmstead is a member of the Quality Standard Mark scheme, which is one of the highest levels of independently inspected quality assurance for meat – specifically beef and lamb. It also offers a range of Halal items, catering for all tastes and needs.
For more information on Bidfood's Create Summer and Fresh Meat ranges, visit: www.bidfood.co.uk/inspiration/summer/create-summer-essentials/
[1] Survey of 500 respondents conducted by Toluna on behalf of Bidfood (April 2018)
[2] The Vegan Society (December 2017)
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"Miracles". New song for Biathlon World Championship feat. Gaute Ormåsen & Alexander Rybak
Feb 23, 2016 | 4 comments
Feb. 22nd: A new official song was released for the World Championship in Biathlon 2016, which takes place in Oslo from March 3rd – 13th.
The brand new Championship-song is performed by Gaute Ormåsen with Alexander Rybak on violin and Oslo Soul Children as choir.
The Championship Song has got the title "Miracles" and is produced by Eccentric Music and Jesper Borgen.
Ormåsen, Rybak and Oslo Soul Children will perform "Miracles" at the Opening Ceremony of the Biathlon World Championship, which takes place at the University Square in Oslo Wednesday March 2nd from 19.45 – 21.00. The ceremony will be live-streamed worldwide by NRK.no
Full Press-Release in Norwegian
Official Music-video of "Miracles"


New Pa. speaker puts sexual abuse lawsuit window atop agenda
January 6, 2023, 4:04 p.m. ·4 min read
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's new state House speaker declared Friday that no other legislation will be taken up by his chamber until it approves a constitutional amendment granting child sexual abuse victims the power to file what would otherwise be outdated claims.
House Speaker Mark Rozzi, who has spoken of being abused as a boy by a Roman Catholic priest, issued his ultimatum ahead of Monday's scheduled start of a special session on the issue, ordered by outgoing Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf.
Rozzi, a Reading area Democrat, was the surprise pick for speaker on Tuesday. He has promised to act as an independent and not caucus with the Democrats.
Rozzi previously led efforts to provide a two-year "window" during which abuse victims may sue, including his work for the 2021 passage in both General Assembly chambers of a constitutional amendment to create that lawsuit period. To become law, the measure must be passed again by both chambers in the 2023-24 session and be approved by voters in a public referendum.
In a news release, Rozzi said the House and Senate needed to vote by the first week of February to get the referendum on the May primary ballot.
"With that in mind, let me be clear: as long as I am speaker of the House of Representatives, the House will consider no other legislation until the General Assembly passes" the amendment for the second time, he said.
"My friends, it is now 2023. We've talked the talk — now it's time to walk the walk, together, one last time, for the victims of childhood sexual abuse," Rozzi said in the statement. Earlier Friday he declined comment to reporters outside his Capitol suite.
House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler of Lancaster County said a special session devoted to that single topic was not warranted, noting such an amendment is something the chamber had passed "easily in the past" and can be done as part of the regular legislative business.
"We can do this work in regular session, while also addressing other urgent needs the people of Pennsylvania expect us to address in a timely manner," Cutler said in a statement. Senate Republican leaders also called the special session unnecessary.
The House Democratic caucus said it supported the move for a special session. Wolf said the Legislature has to act by Jan. 27 to meet public notice requirements for constitutional amendment referendums in time for the primary. The governor leaves office Jan. 17.
Legislative Republicans also have teed up a package of five unrelated constitutional amendments that have also passed both chambers for the first round. This week, GOP members have said they hoped to get at least two of them before voters this spring — a voter ID mandate and the power for lawmakers to cancel regulations without facing a governor's veto.
Supporters say the lawsuit window would give victims a path to justice, taking into account more recent revelations about molestation by Catholic clergy or involving other institutions.
The long-simmering issue gained traction in Pennsylvania after the state attorney general's office issued a landmark grand jury report in 2018 on the coverup of child sexual abuse in six of the state's eight Roman Catholic dioceses.
Many victims lost the right to sue when they turned 18 or were young adults, depending on Pennsylvania state law at the time. The proposed amendment would let victims sue during a two-year period, no matter when they were abused.
The selection of Rozzi came after Democrats flipped a net of 12 seats in November, the minimum needed to return to majority status after 12 years. But one reelected Democrat died in October and two others left after winning higher offices, giving Republicans 101 seats to 99 for Democrats.
Rozzi was elected with 16 GOP votes, including all seven members of Republican leadership. His district gave 64% of its votes to Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor and 59% to Democrat John Fetterman for U.S. Senate.
Special elections to fill the three vacancies are being prepared for Feb. 7, although Cutler has a pending lawsuit seeking to delay two of them until May. A hearing is planned next week.
Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press
Tanks for Ukraine a 'significant' move, says analyst
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Lawyer defends North Carolina's transgender care exclusions
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A lawyer representing the leaders of North Carolina's state employee health plan defended its exclusion of gender-affirming treatments on Wednesday before a federal appeals court, facing a barrage of criticisms from its chief judge. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan's executive administrator are seeking to overturn a trial court order demanding that the plan pay for "medically necessary services," including hormone therapy and some surgeries, for transge
Overcast skies and a lack of flights: N.W.T. tour operators grind through a tough year
After two years of travel restrictions, tour operators in the N.W.T. haven't seen the level of visitors return to what they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to several tour operators. Many are happy to have the numbers they do, but say some unfortunate obstacles cropped up this year. This includes the lack of flights, the rising cost of travel and a month of overcast skies in January, a popular aurora viewing time in Yellowknife. "Everyone who's here is here to see aurora, and if the


Slaves BC – Lo and I am Burning (2018)
Slaves BC – Lo and I am Burning (The Fear and the Void Recordings, 16 March 2018)
The new record from Pittsburgh's blackened hardcore doom juggernaut Slaves BC officially hit the streets about a week and a half ago. Considering this writer's lengthy history of covering the band, it's pretty shameful that I haven't gotten around to writing about this one much sooner. Especially in light of their last album All is Dust and I am Nothing landing so high on my list of 2016's top releases. And yet, "The world is an ugly, ugly place. Virtually everything and everyone in it is awful." I used that line in a different review just a few days ago, but that axiom is a terrific way to succinctly summarize why I haven't managed to write more often over the past few months.
Coincidentally, it also describes Lo and I am Burning to a "T" (as well as the general underlying themes upon which the album is based). Two quick spoilers: first, Lo marks a huge step forward for a band that has essentially dropped all the other descriptors that used to follow "blackened"; and also, this is going to be a strong contender once again when year-end rolls around. Here, we'll take a look at the album in slightly more detail, and that'll be followed by the info about the band's record release show — which will be coming up in just a couple weeks here in Pittsburgh, featuring Vile Creature (whom we've also discussed quite recently) and Imperial Triumphant (who you can expect to hear much more about on this site in the near future)!
This album captures a band that has experienced a few line-up changes over the past couple of years. As always the core remains singer/drummer/principal songwriter and lyricist Josh Thieler, along with guitarist/backing vocalist Sean Singer. But the bass position has undergone a replacement (which you normally wouldn't expect to have any impact on a band's sound within this genre, but more on that later). Also, their live show has seen its personnel modified as well (which can be experienced at the release show in April): a new second guitarist, as well as some helping hands on drums — freeing Mr. Thieler to perform his lyrics as nature intended (a 180° flip from how things had been handled over the past several years, with the bandleader stuck behind a kit while handing off vocal duties to a guest performer).
As the first official release with this current arrangement in place, some shift in overall sound would be expected. But the group has been on a collision course with extreme blackness for quite a while, increasing in complexity and putridity with each newly-written song. (It's worth noting that the 2016 full-length was partly re-recorded older songs and partly newer material, while this album was entirely written and recorded in the modern era of the band.)
One of the few remnants of sludginess or doominess is when opening track "Lo" starts off a bit slowly and purposefully. But almost immediately, the black metal guitars are off to the races, the intricate drum patterns kick in, along with the harsh and acidic-to-the-point-of-vomitousness vocals, and it hardly feels like the listeners are allowed a single second to catch their breath for the remainder of the record.
These nine tracks — mostly between three to five minutes, with one shorter exception ("Glory") that gets chewed up and spit out in just under a minute, and one longer (the aptly-titled closer "Unclean") at about seven and a half, with huge amounts of feedback and distortion dominating the last few minutes and turning the whole thing into an almost-inorganic wasteland — are filled with wave after wave of blackish guitars, complex drum/cymbal interplay, and surprisingly prominent bass counterpoint parts; for the most part segueing straight through.
One main way to characterize this music would be DENSE. There are so many layers to unpack here, it's unquestionably the type of album that takes at least three or four listens to really "get" it all. That's not to say the casual or first-time listener won't also be rewarded — the venomous energy and overall tone of animosity allow for a great aural experience. But once you really start to dig in, the subtle details really start to shine: like the patterns of cymbal crashes, those basslines, the blend of various vicious guitar tones, and layer upon layer of some of the ugliest vocals ever pressed to vinyl.
You can grab Lo and I am Burning digitally right here. It's also available on a really cool clear LP with black plus a blue/green splatter (if it hasn't sold out yet!), or you can also choose the brown or black versions.
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with special guests Imperial Triumphant, Vile Creature, Tartarus
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Top 9 Fuel Injector Manufacturers in 2020
An unending debate between which between carburetor or fuel injectors are better. Before you jump on a decision you need to know the pros and cons of each part and what is the applicable for you.
We prepared this article for you to get closer with the major players of fuel injectors in the market together with their product benefits and related technology used.
Also, we've delivered the global market overview on this product. But before we jump on to that, here is a brief glimpse on the part.
The automotive fuel injectors are devices that are responsible for the final fuel delivery stage in a fuel injection system process.
A high pressure fuel is delivered to the injector, which is activated by an engine control unit or fuel injector control module.
Once activated, the injector subsequently opens a valve that allows a a right amount of fuel to enter into the combustion chamber.
A fuel injector is consisted of a valve which is opened by means of either an electric solenoid valve or fuel pressure. The amount of fuel which are injected depends on the valve opening.
Fuel injectors are alternative for the carburetor. In which fuel is drawn due to the downward stroke of the piston.
The Fuel Injector Market Overview
According to the Expresswires, "the Automotive Fuel Injection Market have been finished and released to the market."
Global Automotive Fuel Injector Market is estimated to reach USD 116.52 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 6.5 % between 2019 and 2027
And researchers expected to have it grow at a CAGR of 9.9% in 2020-2025. A large jump and a positive reaction on the market.
As of the moment, Asia-pacific was the leading market for fuel injection systems since 2014 and would continue to be the top consumer region for the next 5 years.
This market study will help you on your market analysis by the information of a comprehensive analysis of the business models, key strategies, and respective market shares of some of the most prominent players in this landscape.
Along with an in-depth noted key influencing factors, market statistics in revenues, region-wise data, segment-wise data, and country-wise data are also included.
Their study is one of the most important documentation that captures all the sections of the evolving Automotive Fuel Injector market. To get accessed with the full report visit this link. Global Automotive Fuel Injector Market Overview
The increasing demand for the automobile propels made an extremely growth in the demands for injectors.
The Top 9 Fuel Injector in the Global Market:
Bosch Fuel Injector
Denso Fuel Injector
Magneti Marelli Fuel Injector
Edelbrock Fuel Injector
Keihin Fuel Injector
Woodward Fuel Injector
Continental Fuel Injector
Stanadyne Fuel injector
Robert Bosch GmbH, or popularly called Bosch, is a German multinational engineering and manufacturing company.
Bosch was the man that established the company which we're later on become the name of advocate in Stuttgart in 1886.
In 1901, the organisation's first manufacturing unit is build and begun with the production of the business.
In 1917, Bosch turned into transformed into a global business enterprise.
Today, the company's headquarter is placed in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany.
Bosch is 92% owned with the aid of Robert Bosch Stiftung, a charitable group.
Furthermore, products from Bosch consists of handiest automobile parts but additionally strength tools, security structures, home appliances, engineering electronics and cloud computing.
Bosch has two types of injectors in their product lines: PFI (Port Fuel Injection) and GDI (Gasoline Direct Injection)
Here are some of Bosch fuel injector product features and advantages:
Robust design and are capable of using Ethanol fuel (E100)
Has a return rate of 1 part per million (PPM)
Guaranteed OE fit, form and function
Provides precision flow and original spray pattern for optimal performance
Manufactured of the highest quality materials
Product includes top and bottom mounting o-ring
Maintains new-car smoothness and drivability
Bosch fuel injector is one of the most demandable brand in the market today.
Bosch Official Site
Bosch Fuel Injector Product Page
Denso is an international auto parts manufactured located in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
In 1949, right after becoming an independent company from it's parent – Toyota Motors, Denso was established as Nippon Denso Co. Ltd. The 1/4 of it is still owned by Toyota Group.
Despite being a part of the Toyota Group of companies, this small division firm makes sales accounted for less than 50% of the total revenue (which was the 44% of the revenue originated from other manufacturers in different countries).
In 2016, Denso had become the 4th largest automotive manufacturer globally.
The same year, Denso has successfully formed total of 189 subsidiaries: America-34, Europe-34, Japan-63 and Oceania/Asia-58 with an estimated total 151,775 staffs.
Denso continuously escalated with its global production structure by building production facility in Mexico, India as well as Indonesia. This is their way to optimize the distribution of their products across different regions because of high demand.
In 2013 marked the most important event in the history of Denso, they we're listed in #242 on the Fortune 500 companies with their total revenue of $43.1B
Denso exceeded the market expectations with high quality auto parts component they distribute for many years.
Today, the Denso fuel injectors made them to be featured in this list.
Denso introduced the 12-hole injector in the year 1999. The unique design made them lessen the droplet size to 65 microns. In return, providing an improved engine efficiency to vehicles.
Looking back at 2002, Denso followed its UC injector, reducing the droplet sized even further down to 50 microns as that of the human hair.
Denso fuel injectors are one of the leading brand in the market, it has features which made them into their success. The following are Denso fuel injector product advantages and characteristics:
Constructed with high quality component and innovative features like welded seals
Can meet rigorous emission requirements
Made as a precision instrument
Improve the car's engine efficiency
First Time Fit® saves valuable shop time
Finer fuel spray significantly reduces exhaust emissions
Denso Wiki
Denso Corporation Official Site
Denso Fuel Injector Product Page
Denso Part Finder
Delphi Technologies is a global manufacturer which focused on improving technology propulsion systems and aftermarket solutions for passenger and commercial cars.
As a leading Tier 1 manufacturer, Delphi product portfolio of powertrain and aftermarket parts are engineered to provides the robust challenges with no compromises.
The manufacturer's aim to make and provide a smooth driving experience for cars on the road.
Later in January 28, 2020(Tuesday), the Delphi Technologies PLC (NYSE: DLPH) and BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) announced that they have entered into a definitive mutual agreement under which BorgWarner will acquire Delphi's all-stock transaction enterprise with value estimated at $3.3 billion.
Through more than 30 years of research and developing of fuel injector, the extreme temperature ranging from -40F to 230ZF is not a big deal for global vehicle makers
Delphi fuel injector provides the following difference as stated on the company product page presentation:
Built using OE processes and calibrated for real-world applications
Tested to respond faster and last longer than the competition
Designed to meet federal emissions and fuel economy standards
Components and seals resist corrosion from fuel blends
Optimal performance thanks to extra fuel filtering protection
Delphi Official Site
Delphi Fuel Injector Product Page
The Delphi Fuel Injection System
In 1919, Magneti Marelli is a global organization established. The company is dedicated to the design and manufacturing of innovated systems and components for the automotive industry.
Their headquarters we're based in Italy (Corbetta, Milan).
They had recently announced to reached a turnover of 8.2B in Euro, 44,000 employees, 85 production units and 15 R&D Centres.
The group had reached the 20 different countries namely Italy, France, Germany, Spain, uk, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, united states, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, China, Japan, India, Malaysia.
Magneti Marelli materials meet and exceed automaker standards in Europe, North and South the us, and Asia.
With more than 25 years of experience, Magneti Marelli is one of the market leaders of fuel injectors for Port Fuel Injection applications.
The PRI injectors for Magneti Marelli Fuel Injection has the following features and advantages to mention:
Family of components, typically used on indirect injection systems for light motor vehicles
Functions to convert the electric command signal
Received from the electronic control unit (ECU), in the right amount of fuel quantity
Flexible in terms of both layout and performances currently used with excellent results
Thanks to its experience as supplier of injection systems, Magneti Marelli can offer configurations according to specific vehicle applications.
Magneti Marelli Official Site
Magneti Marelli Fuel Injector Product Page
In 1938, Edelbrock is founded as Torrance-based Edelbrock, LLC.
Edelbrock, LLC were also known as one of the world leading designers, manufacturers and suppliers of replacement auto parts for the automotive industry.
The company made their products only in the USA using the latest equipment at their in-house manufacturing facilities.
Edelbrock, LLC have built facilities in 5 locations mainly: Southern California and one location in North Carolina totalling more than 500,000 square feet.
Edelbrock fuel injector brand name was Pro-Flo 4. It is not just a simple replacement for your carb, it's a complete engineered system. Here are some of Edelbrock fuel injector notable features:
Providing the ultimate in performance in drivability, quality and value
Features new ECU pre-loaded with 80 dyno-tuned calibrations for popular engines
Plug & play performance without the need of a laptop or dyno tuning
Check out Edelbrock, LLC on their official site.
Edelbrock Official Site
Edelbrock Fuel Injector Product Page
In the Wednesday of December 19, 1956 Keihin Corporation was founded. The company main headquarter where based at Shinjuku Nomura Bldg. 39F, 1-26-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0539.
Today, the firm had a total 6,932 Million yen (as of March 31, 2019).
Keihin is popularly known to be the global leader for the production of carburetors and other related products.
For this reason, Keihin recommends that only a certified original Keihin parts are to be used as replacements together with other parts.
They are not only top in carburetor but also to fuel injection. Keihin fuel injector is always considered by direct consumer.
It is one of the smallest and lightest injectors in the industry. The following are the listed notable features of Keihin fuel injectors:
Compact connectors reduce operating noise for a quieter ride
Fuel control tailored to engine conditions
An original magnetic circuit design adjusts fuel supply volume
A cleverly-designed orifice plate allows for a variety of engine port injection configurations
Passed CAE, component reliability evaluations and vehicle testing
Compatible to alcohol-based fuels used in the market
Has a wide product ability/made globally for optimum delivery
Truly, Keihin can offer an amazing fuel injection auto part.
Keihin Official Site
Keihin Fuel Injector Product Page
In 1870, Woodward, Inc. was established in Loves Park, IL. after Amos invented and successfully patented an improved and more efficient water wheel governor.
The firm was name as Woodward Governor Company before.
It was in 1934, when Amos' son Elmer patented the first ever aircraft propeller governor.
Later, Irl Martin, Amos' son-in-law, and also the company's third chairman, introduced the Corporate Partnership.
The company's business structure where developed further.
For over 150 years, Woodward is continuously deliver constant excellent customer service which made them to where they are today.
Woodward continue to invest with R&D facilities for the improvement of their product lines portfolio.
Today, Woodward fuel injection had made it this far. Their product are high-pressure, electronically controlled unit fuel injection systems applicable for all types of medium- and high-speed engines used in marine, locomotive, power generation and other high-output industrial applications.
Here are some listed features of Woodward fuel injectors:
Meet the challenges of existing and future engine designs Improved engine performance and durability
Built into the robust design
Available in both the unit pump-pipe-injector type system (EUP) or the electronic unit injector (EUI) type system
Made from high grade raw materials
To learn more visit the company official page.
Woodward Official Site
Woodward Fuel Injector Product Page
Woodward Web Shop
Continental Technologies is a firm serves a wide range of industry, from industrial, commercial, automotive just to name a few.
The firm were established in 1871 offering a safe and efficient solutions for machines, vehicles and many more.
They are a pioneered when it comes to using innovated technologies on the production.
Continental fuel injector are top brand in the market today, here are some noted features of it:
A Gasoline port fuel injection system
Chassis is Mounted
Suitable for gasoline (incl. E10) and natural gas
Continental has made it this far with their wide range of products. They had more helpful resources on the company official webpage.
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Cordelia Tai July 19th, 2016
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These days, the mark of a truly successful model is a design credit. In recent years we've seen more and more brands releasing capsule collections of clothes and accessories with famous faces in order to capitalize on their social media clout and signature style. Think: Karlie Kloss for Frame, Joan Smalls for True Religion, Cara Delevingne for DKNY, Kendall (and Kylie) for Nordstrom and Pacsun, Gigi Hadid for Tommy Hilfiger and many, many more.
Following in the footsteps of her besties Kendall and Gigi, Hailey Baldwin, face of Guess and Tommy Hilfiger, big-name runway show walker and keeper of more than 6.5 million Instagram followers, has added the coveted designer notch to her belt. The Instagirl just announced her collaboration with Australian luxury leather goods label The Daily Edited.
Now available for pre-order, Hailey's line features a range of customizable leather accessories, including a backpack (large enough to carry a 13-inch MacBook), a similarly capacious tote, a bucket bag, a clutch, a passport holder and a cosmetics case. Shoppers can affix their initials or the emoji of choice to their #theHAILEYedited (as the collection is called) purchase. Prices range from $79.95 AUS ($59.79 US) for a storm gray perforated passport holder to $329.95 AUS ($246.77 US) for a black crocodile print or mist gray structured backpack. While the knapsacks and clutches don't exactly scream "Hailey," they're timeless pieces that we can imagine the 19-year-old (and her fans) jet-setting around the world with season in and season out. The IMG signee reportedly describes her token aesthetic as "simple and practical" and the collection is just that.
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In a short spot accompanying the line, Hailey talks about her aspirations for the future: "I don't plan on sticking in this industry for years upon years. I want to settle down and have a family and a normal life," holds the model, who only spends about one or two weeks out of every five months at home, due to her demanding schedule. She also shouts out her aforementioned model squad: "Finding those people that will ride or die for you no matter what and have your back are the most important people to have around you." So true.
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TEHRAN, IRAN —
With some lawmakers chanting "Death to the America," Iran's parliament voted to ban access to military sites, documents and scientists as part of a future deal with world powers over its contested nuclear program.
The bill, if approved into law, could complicate the ongoing talks in Vienna between Iran and the six-nation group - the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany - as they face a self-imposed June 30 deadline. The talks are focused on reaching a final accord that curbs Iran's nuclear program in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.
Of 213 lawmakers present on Sunday, 199 voted in favor of the bill, which also demands the complete lifting of all sanctions against Iran as part of any final nuclear accord. The bill must be ratified by the Guardian Council, a constitutional watchdog, to become a law.
The terms stipulated in the bill allow for international inspections of Iranian nuclear sites, but forbid any inspections of military facilities.
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani read the bill aloud in a session broadcast live on state radio. It states in part, "The International Atomic Energy Agency, within the framework of the safeguard agreement, is allowed to carry out conventional inspections of nuclear sites."
However, it concludes that "access to military, security and sensitive non-nuclear sites, as well as documents and scientists, is forbidden."
Iran's nuclear negotiators say they have already agreed to grant United Nations inspectors "managed access" to military sites under strict control and specific circumstances. That right includes allowing inspectors to take environmental samples in the vicinity of military sites.
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← Funk and the blues
Halloween →
Sunshine, sunshine
Various soft-lit psychedelic images – incense, forests, clouds, flowers, rain, flowers in the rain, to name a few – got tossed around pretty indiscriminately in the pop music charts for a few precious years, thanks in part to West Coast vocal harmony groups like the Mamas & the Papas and the Association. The vogue for such imagery also suggested the extent to which California had become the mecca of warmth and good feeling by the mid-1960s. Most of all, though, it was sunshine that prevailed as this music's dominant lyrical focus. Bright, warm, yellow, basically harmless: sunshine was the perfect metaphor for this self-invented Pacific Eden and the perfect summation of its beatified, ultra-commercial version of pop music.
Filled with hip Aquarian accoutrement like chimes, flutes, fuzztone guitars, sitars, tambourine and, of course, soaring and sunny vocal harmonies, this sunshine pop was a form of pop music which seemed to resonate with starry-eyed, suburban adolescents everywhere. Perversely, its easygoing sophistication resonated with an older generation as well, swingers who respected the idea of cultural currency but who might have otherwise been scared away by the more aggressive and increasingly political strains of rock music.
See also this early post for more sunshine.
1. The Gordian Knot, The Year of the Sun (Verve)
San Francisco's Gordian Knot released a full length psychedelic-pop album (from which this ethereal 45 was taken) that is unfairly regarded with near-universal disdain by enthusiasts of '60s psychedelia.
I hear lines like "The rhythm of the summer wind calls me again" and I happily to welcome "The Year of the Sun" into my life, though. You have to learn to feel the flute.
2. Chapter V, The Sun is Green (Verve Folkways)
A fairly obscure release, lucky contemporary listeners wondered, too, what it exactly took to make the sun turn green, and where they could score some.
"The Sun is Green" was the first and best of two psychedelic pop 45's produced by Chapter V in 1968. They were a vehicle for then-Toronto native (and future country producer and husband of Emmylou Harris) Brian Ahern, but little seem to be otherwise known about Chapter V.
3. The Hard Times, Sad, Sad, Sunshine (World Pacific)
The lyrics are obscured in a blanket of echo and gorgeous harmonies here, but, if nothing else, the title gets the sunshine reference in.
From San Diego, the Hard Times released one fine, eclectic album of folk-rock and psychedelia along with a handful of 45s between 1966 and 1968.
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only in california – only in california (or the california of their minds)
smile on my face. monday – new fine tunes at office naps. Thanks a lot man, from Berlin, Germany
Larry Grogan says:
I love this stuff. The Gordian Knot in particular, sounds like something Curt Boettcher would have cooked up. Very cool.
The whole '60s psychedelic/sunshine pop scene is one of my more recent musical obsessions; and, yup, Curt Boettcher was its greatest producer in my book. I'd always enjoyed bands like the Association (and even the Mamas & the Papas when they were feeling psychedelic), but never actively collected the stuff in my '60s garage days. That changed after the Fading Yellow and Soft Sounds for Gentle People compilations, however (and because collecting '60s garage 45s gets too stupidly expensive, and stupid, after a while). This stuff is pure, unsullied bliss to listen to – and much, much more readily and cheaply available as far the originals go. (There's also a lot of undiscovered psychedelic pop still out there, which is exciting as a collector.)
Atall says:
So pleased I discovered this blog from a friend.
So, are all the Fading Yellow and Soft Sounds… as good as these tracks…?
Sad, sad sunshine. Choon.
Thanks, emberglance. And, yup, I can personally vouch for both the Fading Yellow and Soft Sounds series: they're fantastic. These selections I'd say are pretty representative of both series, too (the former skewing more towards a 1968-1972 British aesthetic and baroque pop melancholia, and the latter skewing more towards the sunshinier, brassier psychedelic pop native to 1967-70 California).
JW says:
Hi! I really enjoy all aspects of your extremely informative site, and especially enjoy that 60s pop-psych stuff you've presented. Agree with you about Boettcher. The Gordian Knot LP isn't all that bad, either! Laugh-out-loud RIDICULOUS album cover, though. If you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about…none of the bandmembers seem real happy about it, either.
Thanks JW – I just looked up the cover of the Gordian Knot LP: brilliant. Someone's publicist must have thought a rope, or something "rope-related," was a good enough gimmick for a cheap album cover.
Todd Lucas says:
I just love this Hard Times 45, especially "They Said No" on the flipside.
big al says:
Al Kooper, who wrote "Sad Sad Sunshine," does an electric sitar version of the tune on his Easy Does It lp.


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An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion.
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It's paradoxical that while "art holds out the promise of inner wholeness" for those who experience it, the relationship between creativity and mental illness is well-documented among those who make it, as is the anguish of artists who experience it. This, perhaps, renders the cultivation and preservation of mental health all the more urgently important for artists and those operativing on a high frequency of creativity.
Eight-time Grammy recipient Joni Mitchell (b. Novemer 7, 1943), undoubtedly one of the most original and influential musicians of the past century, as well as an enormously talented painter, speaks to the value of therapy and a commitment to mental health in "Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words" (public library) - that wonderful collection of wide-ranging conversations by musician, documentarian, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom, which also gave us Mitchell on freedom, creativity, and the dark side of success.
Joni Mitchell's 1995 self-portrait for the cover of her album 'Turbulent Indigo', is one of twenty album covers she painted herself, referencing Vincent van Gogh's famous self-portrait with the bandaged ear that has become a symbol of his struggle with mental health.
When Marom asks why Mitchell chose to record her unusual cover of Annie Ross's old jazz song "Twisted" from the 1974 album "Court and Spark" - a song about psychoanalysis - she answers, half-jokingly, that her own experience of therapy earned her "the right to sing it." But reflecting on the more serious aspects of therapy as a commitment to one's wellbeing, Mitchell echoes the famous Tennessee Williams aphorism - "If I got rid of my demons, I'd lose my angels" - and tells Marom:
Everyone has confusion... Simply by confronting paradoxes or difficulties within your life, designating a time to confront them several times a week, they seem to be not so important as they do when they're weighing on your mind in the middle of the night, by yourself, with no one to talk to...
I went through a lot of changes about [therapy]. It's like driving out your devils - do you drive out your angels as well, you konw, that whole thing about the creative process. An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion, and I've created out of that. It's been part of the creative force. I mean, even out of severe depression there comes insight, if you meditate on it. It's sort of masochistic to dwell on it, but you do gain understanding.
And yet Mitchell sees therapy as a king of clarifying tool for her inner life, for her priorities and values, at a point in time:
That's mostly what it was, questions about myself and the way I was conducting my life and what were my values in this time ... What aren't values in this time? Everything is so temporal.
Ultimately, however, she champions the benefits of therapy unequivocally:
I think it did me a lot of good. I think that self-confrontation is a good thing, whether you do it by yourself in solitude, or whether you do it in the presence of another person.
"Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words" is a wonderful read in its totality.
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Burnett wins eighth straight start; Pirates top Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — A.J. Burnett threw 6 2-3 sharp innings to win his eighth straight start, Casey McGehee hit a three-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday.
Pedro Alvarez also went deep for Pittsburgh, which split the four-game set in Philadelphia by winning the last two. The surprising Pirates, seeking their first winning season since 1992, are 40-35 and second in the NL central.
Burnett (9-2), who the Pirates acquired from the Yankees this offseason, allowed three runs and six hits, striking out seven. The winning streak is his longest, and it's the first time a Pirates pitcher has won eight in a row since Dock Ellis in 1974.
Joel Hanrahan tossed a scoreless ninth for his 20th save in 22 tries. He retired Hunter Pence on a shallow fly with the tying run on third to end it.
Eric Kratz and Pence hit homers for the Phillies.
The Pirates jumped on Kyle Kendrick (2-8) for five runs before he recorded a second out in the first.
Drew Sutton led off with an infield single and Neil Walker walked. One out later, Garrett Jones hit an RBI single.
McGehee followed with a three-run shot to left. Alvarez then lined one out to right to make it 5-0.
Kratz connected off Burnett in the second to cut it to 5-2.
Burnett retired nine straight before consecutive singles by Shane Victorino and Pence put runners on first and third with one out in the sixth. Placido Polanco's fielder's choice grounder scored Victorino to cut it to 5-3.
Pence led off the bottom of the eighth with a shot off Jason Grilli for his first homer since June 2 and 14th of the year. Pence snapped a 98 at-bat homerless drought.
Grilli pitched out of a jam with two runners on to preserve the lead. He struck out pinch-hitter Jim Thome and retired pinch-hitter Carlos Ruiz on a foul pop. First baseman McGehee made a nice running catch and held onto the ball after stumbling into the first row down the right-field line.
Kendrick settled down nicely after the awful start. He gave up five runs and six hits in seven innings.
This was Burnett's first appearance in Philadelphia since losing to Cliff Lee and the Phillies in Game 5 of the 2009 World Series. Burnett beat Pedro Martinez in Game 2 that year and the New York Yankees prevented the Phillies from repeating as world champions by taking the Series in six games.
The Phillies finished 5-5 on their longest homestand of the season. The five-time defending NL East champions fell to last place and are 36-42, including 17-24 at home.
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Typing of the Dead
The premise of this game is is simple; a Dreamcast keyboard replaces House of the Dead 2's lightgun. This combination of whacky yet effective gameplay cements a picture of the sort of development Sega encouraged during the Dreamcast era, and the results of this are laughably brilliant.
Typing of the Dead looks remarkably similar to it's predecessor, but very quickly the differences become clear. The game remains an on-rail shooter, but with keyboard presses replacing the lightgun.
Words appear over zombies, and to defeat them the sentence must be typed correctly within a certain timeframe or you lose a life, points are awarded for words typed perfectly which are added to a running total.
The game also records how accurately and quickly words are typed, ranking each kill based on responsiveness and speed. A full series of perfectly typed words means another free life to play with.
Ongoing hilarity
While the original lightgun game was zany, the typing version only adds to this, with bullets sounds flying out of the screen as you type frantically, as a result the pacing of the game is much better than the original.
There is a definite humourous streak to the game, particularly with some of the funnier word selections needed to defeat the zombies. Then there is the weird localisation and voice acting that we're all used to.
Moments of the game have clearly been influenced by American culture. Words are spelt based on American spellings, sayings, objects and products giving a very unique feel to a already bizzare Japanese game.
Breaking the fourth wall
While the original game overused bosses, in Typing of the Dead each boss needs a certain tactic to beat them. This one requires the correct answer to a quiz question, and another needs long lines of silly prose to win.
The entire game breaks the fourth wall, it's very aware of being a pastiche of both the lightgun and educational gaming genre. The gameplay and story are even more tongue in cheek than before.
Often the words and phrases you have to type bear some relation to what you're seeing on screen, the bosses can mock you in prose, and the smaller ememies make you type out words of surprise complete with punctuation!
Gameplay improvements
The difficulty of the words you need to type increase as the chapters progress. Easier enemies may only require a single character to avoid damage, but trickier types will need a long sentence or particularly difficult word.
Two player is a real joy, particulary as there aren't many Dreamcast games that still make use of the keyboard. The ability to collect and use items easily using function keys is a clever touch.
As with the original game, there are extra bonus features to unlock and the added joy of typing through the game repeatedly to see different vocabulary, so there is far more replay value in this typing version of the series.


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