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Week 9 NFL Picks: Odds, Analysis And Predictions For Every Game
by Mike Cole on Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 2:20PM
The NFL trade deadline has come and gone, so what you see is what you get when it comes to the NFL field.
That being said, let's get right to our Week 9 against-the-spread picks from NESN.com's Mike Cole, Ricky Doyle and Andre Khatchaturian.
Here's how they fared last week.
Mike Cole: 7-8 (61-59-1 overall)
Ricky Doyle: 10-5 (69-51-1)
Andre Khatchaturian: 7-8 (59-61-1)
Here are their Week 9 picks.
(-10) San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals, 8:20 p.m. ET
Mike: 49ers. Lots of points to lay on a Thursday night on the road in the division, but the Cardinals' best numbers likely are inflated by wins over teams with a combined record of 3-21.
Ricky: 49ers. Offensively, the Cardinals will struggle to get the ball rolling against the 49ers' defense, as Arizona ranks 22nd and 28th in run success rate and pass success rate, respectively, on first and second downs, per Sharp Football Stats. Defensively, the Cardinals will struggle to contain the 49ers' creative rushing attack, as Arizona ranks 29th in run defense, per Pro Football Focus. This smells like a blowout.
Andre: Cardinals. Arizona has the fewest giveaways in the NFL this year. Jimmy Garoppolo is averaging one interception per game. San Francisco's defense is elite, but they're 20th in rushing yards allowed per carry. Arizona is 10th in the league in yards per carry. Arizona has a good chance of winning the turnover battle and controlling the ground game in order to keep this one within the number.
(-1.5) Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars, 9:30 a.m. in London
Mike: Jaguars. The Texans have been ravaged by injuries, including a pair of banged-up offensive tackles, which isn't great against a Jaguars pass rush that's 11th in hurry percentage, third in QB knockdown percentage, third in sacks and tied for first in QB pressures.
Ricky: Jaguars. The loss of J.J. Watt obviously is deflating for Houston. It's also huge from an on-field standpoint, as Watt is a matchup nightmare — he had been double teamed on 29.8 percent of his pass rushes as an edge rusher this season (second-most in NFL) — who teams must game plan for weekly. Couple that with Leonard Fournette's elusiveness, Gardner Minshew's scrambling ability and Houston's frequent tackling woes, and Jacksonville should cover, especially since the Jags have made the trip to London in each of the last six years and therefore have some familiarity with how to prepare for overseas contests.
Andre: Jaguars. The Texans have allowed the most receiving yards to running backs this year. The Jaguars also have nine rushing plays of 20+ yards (third-most in NFL), and four rushing plays of 40+ yards (most in NFL). Texans are susceptible of giving up the big play — they've allowed six rushing plays of 20+ yards (sixth-most). Jacksonville's pass rush (first in pressures, third in sacks) will disrupt Deshaun Watson and force him to have to make plays out of the pocket.
Chicago Bears at (-5) Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m.
Mike: Eagles. The Eagles will be able to attack the Chicago run defense with a versatile two-headed attack of Jordan Howard and Miles Sanders. The Bears are also the most-targeted defense with running backs out of the backfield, and Sanders ranks first among NFL running backs in yards per reception (14.4).
Ricky: Bears. We're just two weeks removed from the Eagles coming off a second straight blowout loss. (Some) people don't forget. While the Bears are a mess offensively, their defensive upside remains too high to lay this many points. Chicago really must improve its red-zone efficiency, however, as the Bears totaled just 17 points last week against the Chargers despite five trips past their opponent's 20-yard line.
Andre: Bears. If the Bears are going to cover or win, they're going to have to be able to run the ball. Philadelphia has allowed more than five yards per carry over the last two weeks and David Montgomery is coming off a career game. The Eagles were able to run the ball against the Bills last week, but the Bears' rush defense is at another level allowing just 3.6 yards per carry this season.
Indianapolis Colts at (-1) Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m.
Mike: Steelers. Every Colts game this year has been decided by seven points or less, and Indy has just a plus-seven point differential this season despite its 5-2 record. The steadily improving Steelers defense (sixth in yards per play allowed the last three weeks) gets it done, and the Steelers find a way.
Ricky: Colts. This feels a lot like the Colts' Week 8 showdown with the Broncos, who pushed Indianapolis to the brink before Adam Vinatieri drilled a 51-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter to secure a 15-13 victory. Let's bank on a similar result, with the Colts' line play standing tall against the Steelers' pass rush.
Andre: Steelers. Pittsburgh's elite offensive line (first in sacks allowed), stifling defense (second in yards allowed per play since Week 4) and strong pass rush (third in QB hits and sixth in sacks) might be too much for the Colts. Indy also is tied for 25th in yards allowed per carry.
(-2.5) Minnesota Vikings at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m.
Mike: Vikings. Kirk Cousins has turned it around (137.1 passer rating in his last four games), but this has to be a run-heavy game plan for Minnesota. Just go to KC and bully that Chiefs defense that really hasn't shown much in the way of improvement against the run.
Ricky: Vikings. Hats off to Andy Reid for coming up with an offensive game plan that kept Matt Moore and the Chiefs competitive with the Packers last week. The task only gets tougher this week, though, as the Vikings' defense arguably is a top-five unit.
Andre: Vikings. Even if Patrick Mahomes miraculously played, the Chiefs are at a major disadvantage. Their rush defense stinks and Dalvin Cook leads the league in rushing yards, scrimmage yards and rushing touchdowns.
(-3) New York Jets at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m.
Mike: Dolphins. The Jets might be more dysfunctional than the Dolphins at this point, especially following a trade deadline in which they entertained trading everyone. Miami has also been far more competitive since Ryan Fitzpatrick took back the QB job midway through the Washington game in Week 6.
Ricky: Dolphins. The 'Fins showed some fight Monday night in Pittsburgh. Maybe that moral victory leads to an actual victory this week? Miami typically plays better at home, whereas New York is 3-17 SU and 6-13-1 ATS in its last 20 road games.
Andre: Jets. The Jets' stock was pretty high after their win against Dallas, but fell sharply after two turnover-filled performances against two solid defenses in New England and Jacksonville. But the truth is, if Sam Darnold isn't turning the ball over, the Jets can do some damage. The Dolphins have the league's fewest takeaways and the NFL's worst turnover differential. Miami has lost every game, but one, by double-digits.
Tennessee Titans at (-4) Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m.
Mike: Titans. We mentioned this on "The Spread" this week, but it's worth mentioning: Since Mike Vrabel took over last year, the Titans are 8-5 as underdogs. As favorites, they're just 3-7-1. I think Vrabel and Co. find a way to muck up this game and keep it close.
Ricky: Titans. Tennessee's defense isn't as imposing as San Francisco's, which wreaked havoc on Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen in Week 8, but it could pose similar problems for Carolina's offense. The Titans rank first in run defense and second in tackling, per Pro Football Focus' grades, and their offense is coming around since replacing Marcus Mariota with Ryan Tannehill.
Andre: Panthers. Tennessee has allowed the fifth-most receiving yards to running backs and Christian McCaffrey has the third-most receiving yards among running backs. Carolina is also second in the league in sacks and they're going up against an offensive line that has allowed the most sacks in the NFL.
Washington Redskins at (-9.5) Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m.
Mike: Bills. Buffalo burned me last week and pretty much all year, but I'll lay the points again and hope things with the Redskins start to even themselves out. Two weeks ago, Washington covered without scoring. Last week, the Skins covered without forcing a punt. I'll play the averages here.
Ricky: Redskins. Only the 49ers, Ravens and Vikings have run the ball at a higher rate than the Redskins in the three weeks since Washington fired Jay Gruden and appointed Bill Callahan the interim head coach. They'll likely lean on a similar approach against the Bills, who rank 24th in run defense, per Pro Football Focus' grades, after allowing the Eagles to rush for 218 yards in Week 8. A moving clock could mean few points, in which case this spread is too large.
Andre: Redskins. The Redskins haven't eclipsed the 10-point mark in four of their last five games (only time they did was against Miami), but the Bills haven't eclipsed the 14-point mark in three of their last four (only time they did was against Miami). This will be a low scoring game and the Redskins will be able to keep it within the number.
Detroit Lions at (-2) Oakland Raiders, 4:05 p.m.
Mike: Raiders. The Raiders haven't played in Oakland since mid-September, so that place should be rocking. More importantly: The Raiders actually have one of the NFL's most productive offense (fourth in yards per play), and they're going up against a Lions team allowing 440 yards per game since the bye.
Ricky: Lions. Detroit has 12 takeaways to Oakland's five. In a game where each offense racks up yards and points, one defensive swing will be the difference.
Andre: Raiders. Oakland has allowed the second-fewest sacks this year and Detroit has the sixth-lowest sack rate. If Derek Carr has time to throw, he will shred a Lions defense that allows more than six yards per play.
Tampa Bay Bay Buccaneers at (-6) Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m.
Mike: Seahawks. I don't love the Seahawks, but the turnover issues for Tampa are too hard to ignore. Only the Giants have turned it over more this season, while the Seahawks rank in the top five in takeaways. The discrepancy between Seattle's turnover differential (plus-7) and Tampa's (minus-5) is the biggest of any game this week.
Ricky: Bucs. Seattle is a tough place to play. We accept this as fact. Yet the Seahawks are 0-5 ATS in their last five home games (3-2 SU), and their knack for keeping games close — win or lose — suggests taking the points here isn't a bad thing.
Andre: Bucs. Seattle loves to run the ball, but they're not particularly good at it. Despite having the fourth-most rush attempts, the Seahawks are 18th in yards per carry. Tampa's rush defense is the best in the league. If Seattle relies too much on the run, this might be closer than expected.
(-3) Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m.
Mike: Broncos. Only the Jets, Dolphins and Bengals have worse early-down offenses than the Browns right now, while the Broncos have excelled in similar situations, ranking 14th against the pass and ninth against the run, respectively (per Sharp Football Stats). And if you put the Browns in tough third-down spots, they'll screw it up. I'll take the points.
Ricky: Broncos. Simply not comfortable laying points for anyone when it comes to the Browns, who keep finding new ways to shoot themselves in the foot and prove the preseason Super Bowl hype was both premature and absurd.
Andre: Broncos. The Broncos aren't as bad as their record suggests. They're 0-3 in games decided by two or less and they allow just five yards per play. They're at home and should be able to take advantage of a Browns team that has the second-most giveaways this season and the third-worst turnover differential.
(-3.5) Green Bay Packers at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:25 p.m.
Mike: Packers. Square bet but whatever. The Packers' offense is hitting on all cylinders and might be getting Davante Adams back, and this will be a de facto home game with the best-traveling fan base in the NFL invading the worst home market in the league.
Ricky: Packers. The Chargers fired offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, and quarterbacks coach Shane Steichen now will call the plays. This might mark an improvement, but it's an unknown quantity, and Aaron Rodgers meanwhile is on a tear.
Andre: Chargers. Is this the game Melvin Gordon finally gets it together? Green Bay allows the fifth-most yards per carry. L.A. also has a knack of keeping games close. Seven of their eight games this year have been decided by one possession. 48 of their 73 games (65.7 percent) since 2015 have been decided by one score. Give me the points.
(-3.5) New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens, 8:20 p.m.
Mike: Ravens. The Ravens are by far the best offense the Patriots have faced this season (New England hasn't faced a passing attack rated higher than 23rd on PFF; Baltimore is 13th). Most importantly, the Ravens take care of the ball (third-fewest in NFL). If they can sustain some longer drives (they're tied for most first downs per game in the NFL) and keep the New England defense off the board (weird, I know), the Ravens should be able to keep this one close.
Ricky: Ravens. Baltimore ranks third in the NFL in rushing play percentage (52.02), trailing only San Francisco (57.51) and Minnesota (53.35), which might be the perfect way to attack New England's vaunted defense. The Ravens have had success on the ground (first in rushing yards per game), and the Patriots looked vulnerable against the run in Week 8. Pounding the rock can mitigate New England's ball-hawking secondary, and you better believe John Harbaugh — the best coach the Patriots have faced to this point — is well aware.
Andre: Patriots. The Patriots once again face an inexperienced quarterback in Lamar Jackson. Since 2016, the Pats are 18-0 SU and 13-5 ATS vs. QBs with 20 or fewer games of experience. This Ravens defense is also nothing like the ones the Pats used to face back in the day. They allow 6.1 yards per play (29th in NFL) and have the fifth-fewest sacks and hurries.
MONDAY, NOV. 4
(-7) Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants, 8:15 p.m.
Mike: Cowboys. The Cowboys have won five straight over the Giants behind Dak Prescott's brilliance, with the QB passing for 13 touchdowns and not a single interception.
Ricky: Cowboys. Dallas is 10-1 SU and ATS in its last 11 divisional games, a stretch that includes five consecutive SU and ATS wins over the Giants. The 'Boys should roll, especially coming off a bye preceded by a potential momentum-gaining win over the Eagles.
Andre: Cowboys. Dallas leads the NFL in yards per play and the Giants allow more than six yards per play. The Giants also have the most giveaways in the league.
Thumbnail photo via Mitchell Layton/USA TODAY Sports Images

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While stores like Forever 21 are popular for their cheap prices and on-trend styles, you should certainly reconsider shopping there. Stores like Forever 21, H&M, and, to a lesser extent, Zara—called venues of "fast fashion" due to their clothing's throwaway quality—are harmful to human rights, the environment, and the economy.
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Since fast fashion—as well as many other products these days—are mostly produced overseas, our nation's economy is greatly suffering. In this day and age, jobs are simply in much lower abundance here in the US. After all, why would companies pay more to employ their own country's citizens when it is so much cheaper to employ someone else's? With jobs in high demand and a low supply of available positions, many workers in the US are struggling to make ends meet.
So what can you do? Instead of buying cheap, trendy thrills, you should consider buying vintage, secondhand, or previously worn clothing. By doing so, you extend the clothing's lifespan and prevent it from going to landfills. Added bonus: you'll also have unique pieces that aren't currently clothing the backs of the teenage hordes. You should also save up your money and buy more sustainable clothing: it may seem more expensive at first, but many designer brands such as J. Brand, James Perse, and AG Jeans are manufactured in the United States, and supposedly last longer. In my experience, buying from each of these brands has proved to be a prudent investment; their timeless craftsmanship lasts much longer than fast fashion's cheap trendiness. At the very least, you'll be supporting your own nation's economy and providing jobs for other American citizens.
There are multiple sites and brands like Roozt, prAna, and shopwithmeaning.org that promote awareness and support social/environmental responsibility. You can also petition your favorite brands to sustainably produce their garments. Lastly, you can spread the word. If enough of us become aware of the social and environmental repercussions of fast fashion, perhaps we can change how our garments are produced in the near future.


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BIRKENSTORIES
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BIRKENSTORY #27
Nicholas Vreeland, Abbot of the Rato Dratsang Monastery in Southwest India
"He will never be the abbot. His nose is too big."
"He will never be the abbot. His nose is too big"
The story of Nicholas Vreeland, Buddhist monk and only Western head of a Buddhist monastery, starts in the early 1980s, when the diplomat's son left his expensive tailor-made shoes on the streets of New York and chose to live a simple life in simple sandals. Birkenstock visited the extraordinary man.
ATHÉNAÏS DE BÉRU – FORMERLY A BANKER, NOW A GROWER OF BIODYNAMIC WINES IN BURGUNDY
"I DID PRECISELY THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING I WAS TOLD"
Athénaïs de Béru was once a banker, but in 2006 she took on her family's 500-year-old wine-growing estate in the village of Béru in Burgundy. Traditions are strong here and people do things in a certain way. "I don't want to sound disrespectful, but I did precisely the opposite of everything they told me," Athénaïs told us.
MAYA WASOWICZ – KARATE FIGHTER AND EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE
"FEELING FEAR IS PART OF LOSING."
In the opinion of her coach, Maya Wasowicz is one of the ten best karate fighters in the world. When the Polish-born moved to New York at the age of eleven, she did not speak a single word of English. Her passion for sports introduced her to karate. Here, she could express herself perfectly.
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We talked to the Pan-American champion and third in the world championships about her unusual career and why the 25-year-old likes to wear Birkenstocks during victory ceremonies.
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Dostoevsky and the challenge of Hans Holbein's Dead Christ
Vasily Perov. Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1872. Image and original data provided by SCALA, Florence/ART RESOURCE, N.Y., artres.com, scalarchives.com
In August 1867, shortly after Fyodor Dostoevsky married his stenographer Anna Snitkina, the couple headed to Geneva. As much as a honeymoon, they were also fleeing family tensions and hounding by Fyodor's many creditors. On the way, the newlyweds stopped in Basel for a day and visited its museum. It was there that the famed writer of Crime and Punishment had an unsettling encounter with an artwork that would soon appear in one of his most esteemed novels.
As quoted by Joseph Frank in A Writer in His Time, Anna wrote:
There are only two really priceless pictures in the whole Museum, one of them being the Dead Savior, a marvelous work that horrified me, and so deeply impressed Feodor that he pronounced Holbein the Younger a painter and creator of the first rank… [T]he whole form [of Christ] is emaciated, the ribs and bones plain to see, hands and feet riddled with wounds, all blue and swollen, like a corpse on the point of decomposition. The face too is fearfully agonized, the eyes half open still, but with no expression in them, and giving no idea of seeing. Nose, mouth and chin are all blue; the whole thing bears such a strong resemblance to a real dead body… Feodor, nonetheless, was completely carried away by it, and in his desire to look at it closer got on to a chair, so that I was in a terrible state lest he should have to pay a fine, like one is always liable to here. [1]
Two years later, Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot was published; in it, a copy of Holbein's Dead Christ shakes up the protagonist as much as the original did the author. Upon seeing the painting–owned by the corrupt Rogozhin–Prince Myshkin cries out "Why, a man's faith might be ruined by looking at that picture!" [2]
Hans Holbein the Younger. Dead Christ. 1521-1522. Image and original data: Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives/ART RESOURCE, N.Y., artres.com
Dostoevsky further describes the disturbing effect of the painting through the voice of the consumptive Hippolite:
When I arose to lock the door after him, I suddenly called to mind a picture I had noticed at Rogozhin's in one of his gloomiest rooms, over the door. He had pointed it out to me himself as we walked past it, and I believe I must have stood a good five minutes in front of it. There was nothing artistic about it, but the picture made me feel strangely uncomfortable. It represented Christ just taken down from the cross. It seems to me that painters as a rule represent the Saviour, both on the cross and taken down from it, with great beauty still upon His face. This marvellous beauty they strive to preserve even in His moments of deepest agony and passion. But there was no such beauty in Rogozhin's picture. This was the presentment of a poor mangled body which had evidently suffered unbearable anguish even before its crucifixion, full of wounds and bruises, marks of the violence of soldiers and people, and of the bitterness of the moment when He had fallen with the cross—all this combined with the anguish of the actual crucifixion.
The face was depicted as though still suffering; as though the body, only just dead, was still almost quivering with agony. The picture was one of pure nature, for the face was not beautified by the artist, but was left as it would naturally be, whosoever the sufferer, after such anguish[…] It is strange to look on this dreadful picture of the mangled corpse of the Saviour, and to put this question to oneself: 'Supposing that the disciples, the future apostles, the women who had followed Him and stood by the cross, all of whom believed in and worshipped Him—supposing that they saw this tortured body, this face so mangled and bleeding and bruised (and they must have so seen it)—how could they have gazed upon the dreadful sight and yet have believed that He would rise again?' [3]
Why would Dostoevsky, a devout believer, discuss at such length a painting that provokes doubts about the divinity of Christ in his book?
You could argue that the challenge he felt in Holbein's Dead Christ echoes the effect he intended The Idiot to have on its readers. As Frank Guan put it in The Baffler, in his great novels Dostoevsky enacts "the rigorous and ruthless crash-testing of his Christian convictions against existing social reality" [4] — in other words, he confronts his beliefs (and the beliefs of his readers) in the same way that Holbein's disturbingly realistic depiction of Christ's body did. Joseph Frank agrees, explaining that "In Holbein the Younger, Dostoevsky sensed an impulse, so similar to his own, to confront Christian faith with everything that negated it, and yet to surmount this confrontation with a rekindled (even if humanly tragic) affirmation." [5]
– Giovanni Garcia-Fenech
1 "In Search of a Novel." In Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time, by Frank, Joseph, 549. Princeton University Press, 2010. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7t0bx.45
2 Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Idiot. Project Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2638 (accessed June 15, 2019)
4 Guan, Frank. "Lost in the Fatherland." The Baffler, May 2019. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/lost-in-the-fatherland-guan (accessed June 15, 2019)
5 Frank, 550.
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Home » ACC Newsroom » ACC students, faculty & staff support COVID-19 vaccinations at COTA
ACC students, faculty & staff support COVID-19 vaccinations at COTA
Submitted by victoria.garza on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 12:34pm
Austin Community College District (ACC) supported the community-wide COVID-19 vaccination event at Circuit of the Americas March 5 - 7.
ACC Nursing students and faculty were selected to help administer vaccines. Additional college faculty and staff volunteered as well to provide logistical support for the event.
"I became involved because every vaccine given is one less person or family that will be devastated by COVID-19," says Laurie Dillon, DNP, RN, ACC Nursing professor. "The COTA vaccination event was awe-inspiring, everyone was so appreciative of our participation in this effort. Our students gained an increased sense of self and community as a result of their active participation. We received so many smiles and thank yous for being there. Many of the people we vaccinated were seniors who had not been out of their homes for a year. They told us we helped give them hope for the future with every vaccine. The only hard part was seeing the friends I work with, that I have not seen in a year. We had to settle for a wave, instead of a hug. I can hardly wait for us to all be together again on campus at ACC."
The mass vaccination clinic at COTA was the latest in a series of vaccination drives involving ACC Nursing students. Students have been actively involved in COVID-19 vaccine distributions throughout the city. Hear more from the students in the video below.
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- The European Union and UNESCO have developed a new project to strengthen links between young people, heritage and education. The project, which is expected to start in January 2019, will run for 15 months and has two main components. The first aims to bring intangible cultural heritage into the classroom and secondly to seek to empower a new generation of heritage professionals through the Young Heritage Experts' Forum. Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics, said: " Enabling young people to engage with Europe's rich and diverse cultural heritage is key in building a cohesive, resilient society for the future."
- The last 18th December, Commissioner Navracsics hosted 300 representatives from 120 European Universities to relaunch the project of building a European Education area by 2025 to transform European higher education and make it more open to cross-border, more innovative and more inclusive cooperation.
In October 2018, the Commission, in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme, published a call for proposals dedicated to European Universities projects, which aims to create at least 20 European Universities by 2024. This action consists of bottom-up networks of universities across the EU which will enable students to obtain a degree by combining studies in several EU countries and contribute to the international competitiveness of European universities.


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South Jersey Skybolt: EAA
Welcome to EAA. The Experimental Aircraft Association.
Homebuilder ?
Wing nut ?
Pilot ?
Causual observer ?
Armchair pilot ?
then EAA's for you !
Ahhhhh... the wonderful World of EAA. Gotta love it.
People talking to people 'bout nothing but airplanes. If I'm not flying, building or talking airplanes then I'm thinking about them. I'm sure you're pretty much like myself. Addicting, ain't it ?
I can remember waiting at the front door each day for my information packet from EAA to arrive. It was back in the early 70's. It had a picture of a biplane on the front cover. I can remember opening up the pages and seeing a Midget Mustang sitting there as pretty as could be. I poured over that magazine so much I could read it in my sleep. From that moment on, I was a member of EAA.
EAA is an international grassroots organization for kids (anyone who loves flight is always a kid at heart) who love anything to do with flight.
EAA was founded in 1953 by Paul Poberezny. The beginings of the organization started life as a small group of like minded aviation enthusiasts that enjoyed building experimental planes. They met on January 26, 1953, at Milwaukee's Curtiss-Wright Field to discuss the forming of a club. At this meeting they decided to name the club the Experimental Aircraft Association, since it was experimental aircraft they loved to build. For the first 11 years the Experimental Aircraft Association was run out of Paul and Audrey's (Pauls' wife) basement, in Hales Corners, WI.
The first flyin was held at Curtiss-Wright Field in September 1953. They soon out grew Curtiss-Wright and moved the annual flyin to Rockford Municipal Airport in Rockford, IL, in 1959. Having out grown Rockford, they then moved the convention, in 1970, to their current location in Oshkosh, WI.
AirVenture now attracts over 800,000 visitors, flying in over 12,000 planes. That's a big leap from the first flyin which had fewer than 50 planes registered for the event.
EAA is now run by Paul's son, Tom. Tom is carrying out what the first 36 members had as their vision... to encourage growth of the Experimental Movement through education, and to support and represent us in government. It's a little bit more structured than what it use to be, and it has evolved with the times. It had to, it's 170,000 members. Structure is needed for such a large group.
There are more kit builders now, than scratch-built builders. It goes along with the whole philosophy of having it "NOW". EAA has also created several subdivisions to target in on several other areas of aircraft and flying. There are three divisions in addition to the original Experimental group, Vintage, Warbirds and Aerobatics. These divisions have their own separate magazine dealing with issues specific to owning these types of planes.
No matter what your interests.... you'll find a home at EAA.
Still working on this page.... more to come.
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In response to the 2019–20 bushfires, the Australian Government introduced a number of additional Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) subsidised mental health items in January 2020 for Australians whose mental health was adversely affected by a bushfire that occurred in the 2019–20 financial year (for details on these items, see Technical notes). The new services are provided by eligible psychologists, GPs and medical practitioners, social workers, and occupational therapists. Patients are not required to have a diagnosed mental health condition, GP mental health treatment plan, or referral before requesting these additional services.
Data used in this section refer to the MBS claims made during the week beginning 12 January 2020 to the week beginning 28 February 2021 (that is, to the end of the 2020–21 bushfire season). These data relate only to bushfire-specific mental health services that are claimed under a subset of mental health care MBS item numbers.
Use of the bushfire-specific mental health items increased rapidly in the weeks following their introduction. Nationally, the highest number of services claimed were between April and June 2020, averaging around 500–600 services per week (with a peak of about 620 services claimed in the week beginning 21 June 2020). By the end of February 2021, the use of the bushfire-specific mental health items had returned to around half to one-third of the level of service use seen in the middle of 2020, following the typical reduction in number of services around the Christmas/New Year period.
Use of Medicare-funded mental health MBS items for people affected by bushfire, by jurisdiction, 12 January 2020 to 6 March 2021
This chart shows the number of Medicare-funded mental health MBS items claimed for people affected by bushfire and the crude rate of these claims (per 100,000 persons) for the periods 12 January 2020 to 27 February 2021. Data are presented by jurisdiction and by week. While New South Wales had the most services claimed over the period, the crude rate of services claimed was highest for the Australian Capital Territory in many of the weeks in this period.
The highest volume of services was claimed in New South Wales where between 300 and 400 services were claimed in most weeks between February and September 2020. When examining overall rates, the Australian Capital Territory had the highest rate of claims per capita for many of the weeks analysed.
In addition to the specific bushfire response mental health MBS items, MBS-subsidised mental health treatment may also have been provided to those affected by the bushfires through existing MBS mental health items. Similarly, MBS items for mental health treatment that were introduced for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic may also have been utilised. Therefore, the actual number of mental health MBS services delivered to people affected by the bushfires may be higher than the numbers presented here.
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What is your vision for Church Street Park?
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Exceptional user experience is an integral feature of a great product. This is why at YouTeam we are fanatical about UX/UI. We start every project with carefully modelling user flows and then building several versions of fully-interactive wireframe prototypes, running UX tests and iterating until user interaction becomes seamless and intuitive. It would be no exaggeration to say that YouTeam has one the best teams of UX/UI engineers in the region, with more than five years of experience on average. And we never stop hunting for talent!
To find a UI/UX designer with a high-level expertise, you will need to spend at least a month just for searching. Furthermore, you have to verify skills of your potential candidate but if you come from a non-design background it would be challenging in deed. Which is why we suggest browsing already verified profiles of UI/UX Designers found in professional agencies and check out the UI/UX designer hourly rate before engaging with the contractor.
User Experience requires the development of a thoughtful design process based on the specifics of each product. Attention of users can be fleeting and emotions nuanced. Designing for such inputs forces us to use sophisticated techniques, as part of an ad-hoc UX design process.
The design process transforms and changes, as there are many paths to the perfect user experience. The strategies which form the UX design process is part of the puzzle itself. Which can only be solved using proper design tools and research methods. The design process should be undertaken with the view of hitting target user experience at the minimal cost possible. It will be only possible if you hire UI/UX designers with a previous experience in User research and UX design process.
Another advantage of the design process is that a lot of the most essential information about the product is documented which helps to organise it and create user stories which a development team would definitely need. In the interview with QubStudio, they argue that it is extremely complicated to keep all of the information in your head as the design process continually evolves rapidly iterations and changes. Eventually, they create different types of visual documentation which help them to communicate the vision to the Product Owner and developers.
Undertaking Project Visioning ensures that User Experience Design always starts with a vivid and well defined problem, which is worked on quickly and collaboratively during the User Experience process. This streamlined approach allows us to fix more aspects of the design and result in a better overall User Experience, which makes sense to our clients but also for YouTeam, because both teams will benefit from being involved in a successful venture!


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An operand processing unit delivers a specified address and at least one read/write signal in response to an instruction being a source of destination operand, and delivers the source operand to an execution unit in response to completion of the preprocessing. The execution unit receives the source operand, executes it and delivers the resultant data to memory. A "write queue" receives the write addresses of the destination operands from the operand processing unit, stores the write addresses, and delivers the stored preselected addresses to memory in response to receiving the resultant data corresponding to the preselected address. The addresses of the source operand is compared to the write addresses stored in the write queue, and the operand processing unit is stalled whenever at least one of the write addresses in the write queue is equivalent to the read address. Therefore, fetching of the operand is delayed until the corresponding resultant data has been delivered by the execution unit.


Atom is a special clay cleaning compound, designed by Lynx Heli Innovations, and is based upon the cleaning properties of clay materials, allowing the removal of harmful deposits helicopters product and attract throughout various flight regimes.
How Does Atom Clay Work?
Thanks to Lynx Heli Innovations elaborate clay composition, this particular clay can absorb any type of dust, grease, oils, fuel deposits, thread locking compounds, and other such harmful particulates from your helicopter after a flight. The adhesive qualities of the clay compound allow the clay to cover all aspects of your helicopter, along with very difficult to reach areas that are often overlooked due to their restrictive access.
Why Atom Clay Differs From Other RC Cleaning Clay?
Early on, we began testing clay compounds designed for RC cars that were used for cleaning purposes, but immediately saw that the clay began to prematurely break down, becoming too soft to properly apply when used with Nitro helicopter applications.
Lynx began studying the chemical reaction of this clay when in use with Nitro helicopters, and after studying the areas of weakness when in use with nitro helicopters, new compositions were tested that behaved far better during the absorption of dust, fuels , greases and oils, allowing the clay to maintain its original composition & structure throughout the cleaning process.
After a full year of testing, Lynx arrived at a new clay composition that had all the essential elements needed to properly absorb contaminates RC helicopters are exposed to throughout their flight regimes. This new clay composition not only absorbs harmful contaminates that are accumulated throughout a flight, but the clay itself also incorporates anti-bacterial properties to prevent strong odors, and to also increase the life of the clay.
How Do I Use Atom Clay?
Atom Clay Compound is a very simple and ready to use product – simply manipulate the clay by stretching & compressing the clay a few times over, allowing molecular friction to soften the clay for better absorption properties. Once the clay is soft and malleable, simply push the clay compound over the dirty areas of the helicopter, and stretch & compress it against heavily oiled areas on the helicopter, which will allow the clay to better absorb contaminates. When dirt and oil is absorbed by the clay, simply manipulate the clay in your hand, allowing the clay to digest these materials, producing new clay surfaces for further cleaning.
How Long Can Atom Clay Be Used?
It is difficult to quantify the exact life of Atom Clay, but Lynx has tested this Atom Clay Compound in very harsh conditions by cleaning a .90 sized nitro helicopter every day (flown 5 times a day), and the Atom clay compound withstood this day to day use for a span of 10 full months!
Atom Clay has been designed for use with nitro helicopters that require cleaning of heavily oiled areas, and can be used to clean these oils by utilizing this clay compound. When the clay becomes saturated with oil, simply flatten the clay in a circular shape to around 10m thick and envelope the clay in a paper towel, which will absorb the excess oils. Leave the clay in a warm, dry place (direct sunlight or near a heat source) while enveloped in a paper towel for a few hours, and the clay will be ready for further use.
When Atom clay is not being used, we advise storage in the original container, which will maximize the life span of the clay.
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F. Brunea-Fox (born Filip Brauner; January 18, 1898–June 12, 1977) was a Romanian reporter, journalist and translator.

Born into a Jewish family in Roman, his parents were Simcha Brauner and Leia (née Gelbert). He attended high school in Bucharest, followed by one year at the University of Bucharest. He made his debut in Versuri și proză magazine in 1915, writing under the pseudonym Pan. He wrote surrealist poems and sketches for unu and Integral, and his work also appeared in Absolutio, Arena, Zări senine, 75 H. P., Punct, Adam, Reporter, Mântuirea, Izbânda, Jurnalul de dimineață, România Liberă, Scînteia, Viața Românească, Flacăra, Magazinul, Viața militară, Contemporanul, România Literară, Veac nou, Presa noastră, La Roumanie d'aujourd'hui and Îndrumătorul cultural. He was a correspondent for the Buenos Aires-based Lasso and for a Japanese newspaper.

A dedicated reporter, Brunea-Fox became known for his work published in Dimineața, Adevărul and Jurnalul, which appeared in book form as Orașul măcelului (1944), and posthumously as Reportajele mele. 1927- 1938 (1979) and Memoria reportajului (1985). After the Coup of 1944 against the country's pro-Axis dictator, he edited Îndrumătorul cultural. His pseudonym came from the newsreels of Fox Movietone, which he enjoyed. Other names he used include Filip Brunea, Fox, Mac and Potomac. Jurnalul rebeliunii, a description of the January 1941 Bucharest pogrom, is among the few Holocaust accounts published in immediate postwar Romania. He also published Porturi dunărene (1957) and Hârca piratului (1965). He helped shape a new style of literary reporting, which influenced the young Geo Bogza, as well as several writers who came to prominence in the 1970s. Writers whom he translated into Romanian include Paul Louis Courier, Pierre Daninos, Lion Feuchtwanger, Robert Louis Stevenson and Gabriel Chevallier. He died in Bucharest.

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LIVE at Stonehenge: Using Technology to Share at Home
In their continuing effort to create community and a platform for embracing the cultural ambiance of NYC, Manhattan-based real estate company Stonehenge Partners has launched LIVE at Stonehenge, an interactive way for artists, musicians, and leaders in the wellness industry to spread their talents and wisdom on the web.
Stonehenge launched this initiative, which includes inviting both live and virtual audiences to enjoy year-round entertainment, with the help of Google Hangout pioneer and musical talent Daria Musk. She performed from the legendary music center, The Brill Building, for 50 Stonehenge residents and special guests. In addition, an international audience of fans was invited to join the concert via Google Hangout, tremendously adding to the cultural depth of the evening.
After the success of this first concert, the Stonehenge team knew they were onto something. They quickly followed up with two more broadcast events: a concert featuring Dylan Reynolds and The Skillful Living Room, a monthly discussion with Dr. Michael Finkelstein.
"As landowners in Manhattan, we have a vested interest in garnering recognition for our city. Whether via YouTube, Google Hangout, or live streaming, Stonehenge is very interested in sharing our spaces, our city, and our initiatives with the world," says Michael Stern, Stonehenge Creative Director. "We know that New York City is home to so many incredible talents and we are thrilled to use our spaces as an international platform to showcase all that New York has to offer."


For the first time since the accident in 1976, workers at Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington are planning to clean out the room where chemicals exploded in Harold McCluskey's face, showering him with radiation 500 times the occupational limit and embedding radioactive americium in his skull, turning him into the Atomic Man.
McCluskey, improbably, survived the incident. (He later said, "Of nine doctors, four thought I had a 50-50 chance and the rest just shook their heads.") The massive dose of radiation left him with health problems, and decades later, his body still set off Geiger counters.
But the most painful legacy of the explosion was probably the isolation, both physical and social, as other humans shied away from his radioactive body.
When the accident happened on August 30, 1976, McCluskey had just returned to his job as a technician after a five-month strike had shut down the Plutonium Finishing Plant at Hanford. The material he was working with had become unstable after the long hiatus and so right after he added nitric acid as instructed, it exploded, blowing out the glove box that was supposed to contain it. He was exposed to the highest level of radioactive americium ever recorded.
Left: McCluskey after the incident in 1980.
His body—now covered in blood and shards of metal and glass—was taken to the decontamination center where he stayed in an isolation of concrete and steel. Nobody was allowed near him out of fear for the radiation he still emitted. "Blinded, his hearing damaged by the explosion, McCluskey spent the next three weeks at the unit cut off from personal contact," described a later profile in People. "Monitored, like an alien, by nurses wearing respirators and protective clothing, he could neither see nor clearly understand the attendants who approached."
The nurses scrubbed and shaved him every day—the bath towels and bathwater now part of Hanford's radioactive waste. He endured 600 shots of zinc DTPA, a drug that binds to radioactive metals.
For the first month, his family was only allowed with 30 feet of him. He continued to exhale radioactive americium with every breath. When the radioactivity in his body had finally dropped 80 percent after five months in the isolation facility, McCluskey was allowed to go home.
But home came with its own problems. He recalls friends calling and saying, "Harold, I like you, but I can never come to your house." People also recounts how he rotated where he got his hair cut. "I didn't want anyone's business to be hurt," he explained. Being the Atomic Man meant being a pariah, like a patient with a deadly, contagious disease.
McCluskey had his share of health problems—a kidney infection, four heart attacks, a cornea transplant—but he remarkably did not seem bitter. He ultimately died more than a decade later of causes seemingly unrelated to radiation, which actually perplexed doctors.
But radiation's legacy doesn't go away so tidily. For all these years, the McCluskey Room, as it's now known, has sat mostly undisturbed, save for the occasional clean-up effort. This time, it's the real deal. The entire Plutonium Finishing Plant that once produced plutonium for nuclear weapons is to be cleaned up and demolished. If all goes according to plan, the plant and the McCluskey Room will be gone by 2016.


Accurate identification of seafood in the marketplace is an issue of international concern, due to high rates of market substitution of cheaper or more widely available species for expensive or high-demand species. Salmon samples from stores and restaurants throughout western Washington, USA were tested using DNA sequencing of a short section of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene (DNA barcoding) to identify Atlantic salmon substituted for Pacific salmon. Of 99 salmon samples, 11 (11%) were Atlantic salmon sold as Pacific salmon. More than 38% of restaurant samples were mislabeled to species, while only 7% of store samples were mislabeled. Market substitution rates were significantly greater in restaurants compared to stores, and consistently greater in winter compared to spring, although not significantly. The high market substitution rate in restaurants documents a pressing need for more monitoring and enforcement specifically in restaurants. DNA barcoding is a valuable tool for rapid and definitive authentication of salmon in the marketplace, and should be more widely adopted to discourage market substitution. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Cline, Erica T., "Marketplace Substitution of Atlantic Salmon for Pacific Salmon in Washington State Detected by DNA Barcoding" (2012). SIAS Faculty Publications. 105.


Rüsselsheim. Spring is finally here, the grey sky has turned blue and it stays light until late in the evening. So everything is looking good, and it looks even better through the large panoramic roofs from Opel. The automaker offers high-quality glass roofs that grant a unique panorama view for many of its models. So the bright blue sky and the starry night can be enjoyed in the SUV newcomer Grandland X, the Insignia Sports Tourer and Insignia Country Tourer flagships, the Crossland X city SUV, the seven-seat Zafira and the brand new Combo Life from a completely new and unexpected perspective.
"The panoramic roofs in our Opel models make every drive an exceptional experience. The passengers in the first and second rows enjoy a perfect view, which adds to the fun and adventure. And the Grandland X, Insignia Sports Tourer and co. look very stylish with the high-quality glass roofs," says Opel Managing Director Sales and Marketing Peter Küspert.
The two SUV newcomers Opel Grandland X and Opel Crossland X cut a fine figure with their sporty design and optional two-tone paint, and the panoramic glass sunroof opens up new horizons. At the same time, the glass roof ensures a light-flooded interior. When the sun is too strong, an electric sunblind provides protection for the passenger cabin. The panoramic roof can be ordered for the Grandland X for €700 and, depending on the trim level, from €570 for the Crossland X (all prices RRP including VAT in Germany).
Passengers in the Opel Insignia Sports Tourer and the Opel Insignia Country Tourer also feel close to the sun. The 1,400 x 860 millimetre electric panoramic sliding glass roof extends over the heads of the rear passengers and gives the sporty Opel flagships a particularly sophisticated touch. It also has a sunblind and can be conveniently closed via the central remote control. In addition, Insignia customers can adjust the front of the roof so that it lifts a bit and prevents annoying wind drag. Equipped with additional functions such as pre-selection and anti-trap protection, the elegant sliding, tilting glass roof is available for €1,285.
The Opel Zafira makes occupants feel like they're on vacation the minute they set off on their journey. The panoramic windscreen flows into the panoramic sunroof, offering an unobstructed view similar to that of plane cockpit for €1,300 extra. The windscreen stretches from the hood almost to the B-pillar while the panoramic sunroof with electric sunblind reaches to the rear of the car, enhancing the interior's light and airy lounge atmosphere. The flexible van with up to seven seats is a versatile, stylish travel companion for the whole family.
Soon the portfolio of Opel models with great views will be completed by the new Opel Combo Life. The optional panoramic roof not only ensures a light interior atmosphere, it is also extremely practical. When ordered with the panoramic roof, the Combo Life comes with overhead storage running down the centre of the vehicle with LED lighting as standard. Furthermore, in this configuration the newcomer is also fitted with a large 36-litre storage box mounted above the hat tray in the boot. This enables use of some of the space normally not utilised – without impeding the view of following traffic through the rear view mirror.
Grandland X, Crossland X, Insignia Sports Tourer, Insignia Country Tourer, Zafira and Combo Life with panoramic roof – six signs of spring from Rüsselsheim.


All of us are privileged to be here today, in no small part because of one man's vision and his refusal to compromise. Those of you headed downstream today are about to embark on one of the most memorable adventures of your life, through the grandest canyon on Earth. Without Martin Litton's will and determination to protect it from proposed dams in the 1960's, the Grand Canyon could have faced the same fate as Glen Canyon just upstream from where we stand today. The drowning of Glen Canyon delivered a profound sense of loss to me, and with it the realization that such wild places need to be shared, preserved and protected for future generations. Martin knew this better than anyone and with the help of the late David Brower and the Sierra Club, he successfully made the case that the Grand Canyon was worth saving.
The tradition evolved over the years to include names of places that were only threatened by human development or activities, not yet destroyed and absolutely worth fighting for. Today, we're here to dedicate the newest boat in the Grand Canyon Dories fleet, the "Marble Canyon," in Martin's honor and to his lasting legacy. May it be a reminder to all of us that conservation is a fight that is never over. Even this place – the crown jewel of the National Park system and the Grandest Canyon on the planet – faces continued threats from development and mining and it's up to all of us to ensure it's protected now and for future generations.
I wish Martin's widow Esther could have been here today, but unfortunately she wasn't able to make the trip. We're thrilled, though, to have two of Martin's original guides, Andre Potochnik and Moqui Johnson, here with us today, along with Regan and Ote Dale, who have made incredible contributions over the years in maintaining our proud dory heritage. I'd also like to recognize Duffy Dale as the guy responsible for building this fine boat. I can't thank them and all of our talented river guides enough for the role they play in continuing to honor the legacy of Martin Litton and Grand Canyon Dories.
To our guests, I hope you all have a wonderful trip, and to all, thank you very much for joining us for this dedication ceremony and remembrance of Martin Litton.
George Wendt, a whitewater rafting pioneer, founded the OARS Family of Companies.


Who is William Kaether? It's a question I've asked myself more than a few times since I married Jonathan. That's when Mr. Kaether's painting joined the household we started together.
The painting is rendered in oil of a late fall-early winter scene. A broken down fence next to a slow-moving stream gives the painting (to my eye) a gloomy, melancholy air. The atmosphere seems still and attuned to winter, although it could just be dirty and in need of cleaning. The work is, after all, almost 100 years old. I know this because Mr. Kaether signed it "Dec. 1917." The painting is heavily crackled and the frame looks to be old, probably the original one. It came to us through Jonathan's grandparents who owned an antique shop in Florida.
I've casually Googled William Kaether, but haven't run across him yet. Perhaps someone with more time and more investigative skills can tell us more. But I tend to think of Mr. Kaether in the most friendly of terms---wondering who he was, what he did (other than paint) and what he might think of his long-ago winter scene and of us, this family of tumbling children and tired parents who live on the edge of the Denver plains.


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A experiência de trabalho de usuários de um CAPS, integrantes de um empreendimento solidário construindo vidas e possibilidades
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The objective of this study was to apprehend the experience of members of a solidary group of production of recycled paper, Recriart, in incubation process in partnership with Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) and the Incubator of Popular Cooperatives Incoop of Universidade Federal de São Carlos. We also contextualized the group formation and operation ruled by the Solidary Economy principles. A number of 31 CAPS users from the municipal district take part in this enterprise which has been producing and commercializing products on recycled paper since 2006. It s a qualitative research that uses the theoretical reference of the Psychiatric Reform and Solidary Economy, and the methodological reference of content analysis, thematic category. The contextualization of the enterprise was accomplished through several sources of data. To apprehend the users experience we performed semi-structured interviews with 16 members of the group. All ethical care was taken. From the analysis of the interviews six thematic categories appeared: 1. Being a positive experience attributing meanings to the work in the enterprise; 2. Differentiating the work in Recriart from the previous ones from the capitalist organization to a new condition and organization of work; 3. Finding facilities and difficulties in the work of Recriart; 4. Enjoying the work in Recriart and identifying preferences; 5. Projecting the future of the enterprise expecting its growth and the members satisfaction; 6. Recognizing and thanking the support of the incubation team. The listening to the experience indicated that taking part of the enterprise makes several positive aspects possible for the members life. First of all, returning to work and, consequently, everything it means to the human being: learning, growth, maturing, mental health promotion, human development, autonomy and social and material exchanges. The solidary economy principles have shown to be pertinent to the social inclusion by the work in mental health, which reflects on the several facilities pointed out by the users, among them, the non existence of the boss and the cooperation. However, they also reported difficulties related to the production and commercialization of the products, relationships in the group, as well as to the working conditions that imply the need for improvements. Regarding to the improvements, the interviewed pointed out the need for an income raise and larger support by the incubation professionals/technicians and by public organs. In such a way, and according to the users, we suggest that this support should be made possible through the enlargement/strengthening of public policies that promote and encourage this kind of initiative on the field of mental health. This way, enterprises of that nature can reach their full development and integration with the net of solidary economy, building a more inclusive and solidary society.
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Feringa Building
This will be the Faculty of Science & Engineering's third new building, after Bernoulliborg and Linnaeusborg. It will replace Nijenborgh 4. The new building will accommodate facilities for some 1400 students and 850 staff. In addition to offices and lecture halls, the building will also comprise a range of special research facilities, including physics, biochemistry and vibration-free labs.
Why a new building?
Construction of Nijenborgh 4 began in 1965 as the primary location for the Faculty of Chemistry. It consists of several large building blocks which are connected by long walkways.
Many of the installations and building components are now approaching the end of their technical lifespan and the building no longer meets today's high standards. After several incidents the University decided to take measures. The University was faced with the choice between substantially renovating Nijenborgh 4 or replacing it with a new building. After thorough research (cost/benefit analysis) the decision was taken to build a new modern building for Nijenborgh 4, in two phases.
After the Bernoulliborg and Linnaeusborg buildings, this will be the third new building for the Faculty of Science and Engineering. In March 2014 the University decided to name the new building Feringa Building.
New Building: Feringa Building
The new building (53.000 square metres) will be one of the largest construction projects in the Netherlands and will house some 1.400 students and 850 staff members. Alongside offices and teaching rooms, the building will also house a wide range of specialized laboratories, including physics, chemistry, low-vibration and engineering labs.
The Feringa Building will house a bachelor and master degree programmes in Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and Industrial Engineering & Management Science. In addition, the following research institutes will be located here: Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, GBB* – Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, ITM – Research Institute of Technology and Management, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry **, CTN – Centre for Theoretical Physics and Kapteyn Institute / SRON – Netherlands Institute for Space Research. ESRIG will be located in the Energy Academy Europe, but a close relationship with Zernike will be remained by a connection between the two buildings.
The new building promises to be very sustainable. The key focus is on a flexible and future-proof building, the use of long-life materials and a small environmental footprint. The aim is to achieve the BREEAM-NL Very Good level at the very least. If possible, we will aim for the Excellent-label in de Design phase. More info? Visit external website or My University
Update June 2019: Initial construction phase of Feringa Building to start on 1 July
On 1 July, contractor Ballast Nedam will start the first construction phase of the new Feringa Building of the University's Faculty of Science and Engineering. The building on Zernike Campus will take the form of three connected V-shaped wings and will provide space for around 1,400 students and 850 staff members.
The implementation of the foundations will mark the start of the construction phase in early July. Since the building work will take place next to the current building, construction will be carried out with as little vibration and noise nuisance as possible. The pile foundations will be constructed by boring holes into the ground, reinforcing them and then pouring concrete into them. This method of installing the pile foundations will result in much less nuisance than would driving the piles into the ground, although this method does mean that there will be more construction traffic, including concrete mixers.
Around 2,000 concrete screw piles will be made for the foundation of the Feringa Building, starting on the south end of the construction site.
Construction schedule
The construction process will proceed in phases (see image). Phase 1A will be fully completed by mid-2021, to allow the first research groups of the Faculty to take up residence in the Feringa Building. Next, Phase 1B will be completed, after which sections 17 and 18 of the Nijenborgh 4 building will be demolished to make space for the implementation of Phase 2. This will start at the beginning of 2022, to be completed in the summer of 2023.
Building phases of the Feringa Building
Update 2017: University of Groningen withdraws call for tenders for Feringa Building
The Board of the University of Groningen has decided to stop seeking a contractor for the new Feringa Building on the Zernike Campus. Continuation of the procedure will lead to too large a gap between the project budget and the sums which contractors are expected to bid. This is the conclusion reached by the UG. The result is that the plan must be significantly modified, and a new procurement effort will have to be launched.
'Obviously we regret having to take this decision', says Jan de Jeu, Vice President of the Board, 'but we came to the conclusion that, given the current economic context, the selected call for tenders did not generate enough competition.' In consultation with the Faculty of Science and Engineering and all parties involved, we will have to see what this means for the timeline of the project. We believe it is possible to adapt the construction process in such a way that further delays will be limited.'
Impression of backside Feringa Building
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200 MOTELS
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1. Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture (1:59)
2. Mystery Roach (2:32)
3. Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers (0:48)
4. This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (prologue) (0:55)
5. Tuna Fish Promenade (2:29)
6. Dance Of The Just Plain Folks (4:40)
7. This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (reprise) (0:58)
8. The Sealed Tuna Bolero (1:40)
9. Lonesome Cowboy Burt (3:59)
10. Touring Can Make You Crazy (2:52)
11. Would You Like A Snack? (1:23)
12. Redneck Eats (3:02)
13. Centerville (2:31)
14. She Painted Up Her Face (1:41)
15. Janet's Big Dance Number (1:18)
16. Half A Dozen Provocative Squats (1:57)
17. Mysterioso (0:48)
18. Shove It Right In (2:32)
19. Lucy's Seduction of A Bored Violinist & Postlude (4:01)
1. I'm Stealing The Towels (2:14)
2. Dental Hygiene Dilemma (5:11)
3. Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting To You? (2:59)
4. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (3:11)
5. Penis Dimension (4:37)
6. What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (3:32)
7. A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes (1:08)
8. Magic Fingers (3:53)
9. Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (1:28)
10. Dew On The Newts We Got (1:09)
11. The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts (0:41)
12. The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth (1:10)
13. The Girl's Dream (0:54)
14. Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce (1:00)
15. Strictly Genteel (the finale) (11:10)
Bonus Tracks on 1997 Rykodisc remaster:
1. "Coming Soon!..." (0:55) *
2. "The Wide Screen Erupts..." (0:57) *
4. "Frank Zappa's 200 Motels..." (0:13) *
5. Magic Fingers (Single Edit) (2:58)
6. Original Theatrical Trailer (Video)
* Radio promo spots for the Film
- Frank Zappa / guitar, bass, arrangements & orchestrations, producer
Mothers of Invention:
- Mark Volman / vocals
- Howard Kaylan / vocals
- Jimmy Carl Black / vocals (9)
- Jim Pons / voice ("Bad Conscience" )
- Ian Underwood / keyboards & winds
- George Duke / keyboards & trombone
- Martin Lickert / bass
- Aynsley Dunbar / drums
- Ruth Underwood / orchestral percussion
- The Top Score Singers / chorus
- David Van Asch / choir conductor
- Phyllis Bryn-Julson / soprano vocals (2.15)
- The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Elgar Howarth / orchestra conductor
- Classical Guitar Ensemble
- John Williams / guitar ensemble supervising
- Theodore Bikel / narration
Soundtrack from the musical film, written and directed by Frank Zappa & Tony Palmer
Artwork: David McMacken with Cal Schenkel (design)
2xLP United Artists Records - UAS 9956 (1971, US)
2xCD Rykodisc - RCD 10513/14 (1997, US) Remastered w/ 5 bonus tracks + 1 video
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Review by greenback
Very special! This is a double album of the classical rock opera style. The sound is not very good, but there is lot of brief songs. Sometimes very dissonant (orchestral arrangements and free jazz). There are also lot of interesting vocals and some catchy rhythmic bits. It often sounds like TV cartoons music! For the year, this record is absolutely outstanding! If they had the technology, it would be among the best ZAPPA's albums. If you like "Orchestral favorites", then maybe this album is for you!
Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 | Review this album | Report (Review #30127)
Review by Cygnus X-2
Top notch soundtrack from Zappa and the Mothers. This time, he got an orchestra to help him out with the compositions. This double CD set features a lot of songs (most don't even reach the 2 minute mark), and it features the masterpiece Strictly Genteel. Many of the compositions feature recurring themes that are performed differently each time, such as This Town is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (which then gets 3 more songs in the Tuna vein). The musicianship is spectacular and it molds perfectly with the orchestra. Flo and Eddie are delightful and offer a lot of comedy to this nonsensical soundtrack to a movie about life on the road. Overall, fans of Zappa should definitely check this out, but if you are just getting into Zappa, I'd try something else. However, if you can actually find this album in a store or on the internet for a reasonable price (I've seen it for as much as $50), you should definitely pick up this spectacle of sound. 3.5/5.
Posted Monday, December 19, 2005 | Review this album | Report (Review #60817)
Review by UMUR
200 Motels is one of Zappa´s least loved albums. Even many of his diehard fans consider 200 Motels to be a disaster. Allthough this is not my favorite Zappa album either, I find some of the material really enjoyable and let us not forget that there are many songs on 200 Motels that later became "hits" in Zappa live shows.
The album is mared by bad sound production and some of Zappa´s more generic orchestral arrangements, but on the positive side some of his best hard rock songs are also on this album.
This is recorded in the Flo & Eddie period of the band, and of course their special humour and vocal styles are omnipresent throughout the album. The lyrics are about life on the road as they were in this period of the band. Really silly lyrics, but with a great humour if you ask me. I´ll recite some of the lines:
"...and may God have mercy on the people of England, and the terrible food these people must eat" ( This is the start of the big finale: Strictly Genteel (the finale). The line is sung by the narrator Theodore Bikel). Strictly Genteel is a great symphonic song and a later live favorite for Zappa.
"This town, This tooown is a sealed Tuna Sandwich"
"She´s just 24 and she can´t get of, a sad but typical case. Last guy to do her got in and got soft, she blew it and laughed in his face yeaahh" ( this is just hilarious in my opinion)
I will also recommend listening to the lyrics in Lonesome Cowboy Burt as they are really funny too ( unless you are a redneck)
"Half A Dozen Provocative Squats, out of the shower she squizes her spots, brushes her teeth, shoots the deoderant spray up her twat"
The songs that I would recommend that you listen to from this album are:
Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
Mystery Roach ( together with Magic Fingers the best hard rock song on this album. I just love it when they sing: "mr. mr. mr. mr. mr. mr. mr. Roach")
Tuna Fish Promenade
Lonesome Cowboy Burt ( a great country/ western comedy song)
She Painted Up Her Face
Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
Shove It Right In ( oooohhh yeaaahhh)
Dental Hygiene Dilemma ( works best when you see the cartoon in the movie)
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy ( great choir arrangement, especially note Jim Pond´s bas voice)
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning ( with the hilarious lyric line: "What will I say the next day to whatever I drag to my hotel tonite"). Not who but whatever, that is great humour if you ask me.
Magic Fingers ( a F...... great hard rock song, I just love it)
Strictly Genteel (the finale). This song is so beautiful, and in true Zappa style it is delievered in comedy style, with really funny lyrics. Just a great classic Zappa song.
The rest of the songs are more or less a waste of time, but with the above mentioned songs you still get about 50 minutes worth of music and with that said, this album is worth purchasing.
I will give the album 3 stars, as it is one of the weaker Zappa albums, and it contains lots of weak orchestral songs, that I skip every time ( which is really quite an achievement as I only own this album on LP), but on the other hand there are all of the above mentioned great songs on the album too, and they deserve praise.
Review by tarkus1980
The danger of living your artistic life in the realm of the avant-garde and the "shocking" is that, every so often, you put out something like this. This is an hour-and-a-half soundtrack to a film of the same name that Zappa masterminded, and it largely ends up as a prominent display of everything that could possibly go wrong with such a venture from that time period. In theory, it could actually be somewhat interesting to have an album where modern classical is intercut with tweaked rock songs and some skits, but it all ends up being done in the most offensive way possible, and I end up lamenting the hours upon hours I spent trying to convince myself that this could be anything close to good.
I'm not completely sure what this album says about Zappa's abilities in the realm of modern classical, whether he really had a legitimate talent in it or not (of course, BWS suggests he did in fact have talent in it, but I'm only considering this album for now in regards to this question). The reason for this is that the snippets of modern classical strewn all over this album (and not especially grouped together at any point) are for the most part so short and undeveloped that they're almost never given a chance to rise above the level of background noise. The main theme of the closing "Strictly Genteel" is kinda pretty and even majestic in its own way, but it's difficult for me to think of many other passages that could be described the same way on here. And guess what, when the avant- garde classical aspect is as dominant as it is here, it's hard for such non-descriptiveness to not have a negative effect on my perception of the album, even if the individual passages don't tend to be actively offensive or anything.
The songs and skits, however, do tend to be actively offensive. They're so awkwardly and pointlessly offensive and sexist (I mean, at least the later Joe's Garage showed some real creative spunk in its offensive sexism) that I really have trouble imagining the kind of person who would actually find the majority of this enjoyable. There are some neat bits, I'll admit; for instance, it's amusing when Jimmy Carl Black sings in the guise of a really crude, really redneckish cowboy. I also think the endlessly repeated chorus to "What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning," with some well-placed falsetto vocals, is a terrific little piece of bubblegum parody, and the skit ("Dental Hygiene Dillemma") where a band member is being coaxed by the voices in his head to run away from Zappa's stupid comedy skit ensemble to do serious music is kind of a riot (especially since I too would be in favor of somebody running far away from the band that did this album). But the rest of the tracks are just so stupid and unenjoyable that I can't even be bothered to namecheck them.
Frankly, it's no wonder to me that this was out of print for so long. It's hilarious that this is one of the most expensive items in the Zappa catalogue, and were it not for the fact that I was able to get it for about $2 courtesy of a certain online Russian site, I would be pretty furious right now.
Posted Monday, July 19, 2010 | Review this album | Report (Review #291068)
Review by Dobermensch
200 Motels is a gargantuan waste of time and effort. What was Zappa's problem in the 70's? I loved 'We're Only in it for the Money' but he just seemed to have no quality control on his output after this. Far too many albums without consideration to posterity.
This is an unlistenable dirge that is supposed to sound all artistic and swanky with lots of orchestral sounds utilised in an artistic manner. There's nothing catchy or memorable in this sprawling 2 disc set which is an ordeal to listen to at just over an hour and a half.
It's definitely not the avant garde masterpiece it was intended to be. It's just plain dull with lots of annoying vocals, including Jimmy Carl Black 'The Indian of the Band'. The orchestral strings which so often enhance music, here just sound tuneless and pointless. Abomination is the word that springs to mind I'm afraid.
Posted Thursday, February 10, 2011 | Review this album | Report (Review #397639)
Review by Evolver
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Back in the mid-seventies, Verve Records inexplicably pulled all of the early Frank Zappa albums out of print. United Artists quickly followed suit with this, the soundtrack album for Zappa's controversial movie. For, this made things difficult. This was the same time I was trying to buy all the Zappa records I could find. "200 Motels" was the most elusive.
When I finally did locate a copy of the album, I didn't like it. The orchestral pieces were badly recorded, and this, the Flo & Eddie version of the band was just not as tight as any other Mothers lineup. But in the years since, I have come to love much of this album.
The orchestral tracks have some great moments. The Sealed Tuna Sandwich theme is wonderful. As is the often played Strictly Genteel that ends the album. And many of the other incidental pieces throughout the album show Zappa's fondness for quoting Stravinsky and Varese, among other composers. Dispite the recording flaws, even on the CD version, these tracks are great.
The other songs, if you can get past all of the penis jokes, have some fine moments, too. Jimmy Carl Black just about steals the album on Lonesome Cowboy Burt, a sendup of country music, that still accurately portrays the denizens of bars in the south. Another great song is Magic Fingers (but I still prefer some of the later live versions of this).
The radio ads tacked on to the end of the CD don't add much to the album, but the bulk of this is worth owning.
Posted Friday, May 27, 2011 | Review this album | Report (Review #452614)
An enormous muddle, just like the film it's a soundtrack for, the 200 Motels soundtrack combines some very challenging orchestral work with spoken word parts from the film and more conventional songs - many of which are pretty inferior stuff, as far as Zappa's back catalogue is concerned.
The orchestral experiments are interesting but difficult to get into, not least because Zappa's intent of parodying overblown Hollywood orchestral scores of the 1950s and 1960s lead him to produce music which... sounds an awful lot like overblown Hollywood orchestral scores of that era, except with some avant-garde bits added. Those interested in Zappa's orchestral compositions have a wealth of releases to choose from - The Yellow Shark and the related Everything Is Healing Nicely, Orchestral Favorites, Boulez Conducts Zappa, or even Lumpy Gravy - all of which are not only more interesting than the material presented here and showcase a better standard of performance, but are also more focused on the orchestral material so you don't get the Mystery Roach or Lonesome Cowboy Burt bursting in just as you're getting used to it.
As for the non-orchestral songs, well, they're decidedly a mixed bag. Lonesome Cowboy Burt is a straight up country parody with few of the experimental stylings which most users of this site probably look to Zappa to provide, Mystery Roach is OK but not much more than OK, and the other material just isn't especially memorable. And the package as a whole sprawls so much that listening to the whole thing becomes a chore. (It takes a lot to make Flo and Eddie's voices gratingly, eye-wateringly annoying, but their overuse in this album accomplishes it with gusto.)
In fact, this must be the most disappointing album Zappa released at this point in his career - at least Cruising With Ruben and the Jets was a competent and sincere tribute to doo-wop. Not so much "Strictly Genteel" as strictly for the Zappa collector who absolutely has to own everything the man produced, and there are many hardcore Zappa fans who will freely admit that this one is a clunker. There might be 200 Motels here but they're all one-star dives.
Posted Wednesday, July 6, 2011 | Review this album | Report (Review #477389)
Review by HolyMoly
Soundtrack album for the Mothers of Invention movie of the same name. One of the strangest low-budget weirdo films I've ever seen. Objectively speaking, the film is a piece of crap. It jumps around various subplots which are never explained and never developed. Ringo Starr and Keith Moon have prominent roles in it, and they provide some of the film's funniest moments. Personally, I love the movie a lot. But I certainly can't expect many other people to like it. You'd need to be very sympathetic to the cause to get through it. In any case, this review isn't about the movie.
The music, however, is indubitably excellent. Zappa had been composing orchestral music for several years in preparation for this project, and it's fantastic. There are a few rock band numbers which are extremely simplistic by Zappa standards; in part to offset the seriousness of the orchestral music, and in part to be playable by Martin Lickert, Ringo's chauffeur, who had to step in at the 11th hour as the band's bass player because Jeff Simmons quit the group mid-production, and he wasn't much of a bassist. He turned out to be a fine actor, though, playing the (big) part of Jeff in the movie.
So what does it sound like? The majority of the tracks are played by a symphony orchestra, sometimes with sung and spoken interjections by characters in the movie. All of it strongly reflects Zappa's affinity for composers such as Varese, Messaien, and Stravinsky - melodic, but refusing to adhere to any "classical" notions of orchestral music. A handful of the songs are performed as rock numbers by the Mothers of Invention, Zappa's band. Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (ex-Turtles) perform dual lead vocals that are kind of an acquired taste, encouraged as they were to let their freaky sides show. They are the dominant sounds in the mix, leaving the accompaniment sometimes lost in the murkiness of the recording (the music was performed live in the film studio, along with the orchestral parts, making this one of the least-labored Zappa productions in terms of sound quality).
But regardless of the technical shortcomings, the songs are crazy, well-designed, funny, and sometimes even quite touching. "Mystery Roach" acts as a boogie-rock show opener, total nonsense that nonetheless encapsulates the film's theme of "going crazy" perfectly. The suite of songs beginning with "She Painted Up Her Face" is a complex series of vignettes, a disarmingly sensitive portrait of a groupie preparing herself to go out and have a good time. "Daddy Daddy Daddy" is a simply adorable little piece of 50s R&B. And "Magic Fingers" is the big guitar feature you've been waiting for - too bad it only shows up on side four!
The soundtrack's fantastic, as I said, but it's also one of the worst-sounding Zappa albums, as it was pretty much recorded live in the film studio, in what sounds like a large, echoey room (I always thought it sounded like an airplane hangar). If you can get past that, and get past the sometimes sophomoric humor of the rock band pieces (topics du jour: getting high, getting laid, getting VD, and male insecurity in general), then there's plenty to enjoy. After many years and dozens of Zappa albums in my collection, this is still one of the albums I return to most often. I proudly award this album a 4/5.
Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | Review this album | Report (Review #747344)
After many long hours of listening to various Zappa album in my musical collection, as well as taking a gander at a few of the "deeper" avant-garde albums, this was a masterpiece the first time I listened to it. No doubt this is not for those who don't appreciate the wackier sounds of Frank Za ... (read more)
Report this review (#306447) | Posted by MasterShake | Sunday, October 24, 2010 | Review Permanlink
Like most Zappa albums, you must listen to it many times before fully assimilating the content. But when you do, a real gem is revealed. This albums contains a lot of material including many wonderful melodies and very satirical/comic songs. I would recommend it to every Zappa fan or any Rio/Avan ... (read more)
Report this review (#162145) | Posted by Astrodomine | Monday, February 18, 2008 | Review Permanlink
200 Motels is probably the hardest Zappa album to find. It was never released on CD before 1997, and even that single CD release is out of print since 2002, so you have to be very lucky to find this. But if you do, trust me, it's a very good album. I like it because it features all side of Zappa's ... (read more)
Report this review (#158574) | Posted by JethroZappa | Monday, January 14, 2008 | Review Permanlink
Ahhh yes one of oh so many bad Zappa albums. Frank clearly didn't care if his albums were good or not, he just loved releasing albums and he released them as fast as he could record them. This of course means that he has a huge catalogue of rubbish albums just like this one. This time he only ... (read more)
Report this review (#62288) | Posted by | Thursday, December 29, 2005 | Review Permanlink
The soundtrack for Frank Zappa's film 200 Motels features Zappa's work with an orchestra, and the Chunga's Revenge. As far as composition, Zappa getting an orchestra is great, and there are plenty of songs here. Some songs are repeated differently however. Anyways, the concept of life on the road ... (read more)
Report this review (#38716) | Posted by | Wednesday, July 6, 2005 | Review Permanlink
This one takes some time to get into because of the classical/rock mix, but in the end it's all well done. Some of the classical bits are among his best music (listen to Mysterioso for some simple but effective use of dissonance, it's effect is extremely dramatic inbetween the Flo & Eddie song ... (read more)
Report this review (#30132) | Posted by Kaztor | Sunday, April 3, 2005 | Review Permanlink
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