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WorldSBK Organizers Attempt To Inject Excitement By Manipulating Race 2 Grid
Submitted by David Emmett on Mon, 2016-12-05 23:33
The Superbike Commission, governing body for the WorldSBK series, met at Madrid to introduce a number of changes to the rules for the World Superbike and World Supersport championships for 2017. There were some minor changes to the sporting regulations, as well as a couple of tweaks to the technical regulations. But there were also two major changes which will have a significant impact for next season and beyond.
The biggest change is also the most surprising and the least comprehensible. There is to be a major shake up in the way the grid for the second World Superbike race is set. The Superpole session run on Saturday morning will continue to set the grid for Race 1. The grid for Race 2, however, will be partially set by the results of Race 1, using a slightly complex formula.
The first three rows of the grid for Race 2 will be filled by the riders who finished in 1st through 9th place in Race 1. They will not, however, line up in their finishing order. The riders who finished in 4th, 5th, and 6th in Race 1 will start Race 2 from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd on the grid. The riders who finished in 7th, 8th, and 9th will start from 4th, 5th, and 6th.
The riders who finished on the podium, however, will line up on the third row of the grid in reverse order. This means that the winner will line up in 9th, the rider who finished 2nd will start in 8th, and the rider who finished in 3rd will start the race from 7th on the grid.
The grid from 10th place onwards will be set based on Superpole results. That does not necessarily mean that the starting positions 10 through 22 will be the same as in Race 1, however, as riders who started outside of the top 9 places, but finished 9th or better will move up. similarly, riders who qualified in the top 9 but crashed out or finished outside the top 9 will be reshuffled down to the fourth row or worse.
All this makes calculating grid positions a little complicated for 10th place and beyond. Basically, the riders who did not finish in the top 9 in Race 1 will start Race 2 in order of their qualifying time. Of the remaining riders, the rider with the best qualifying position from Superpole will start from 10th, the second best qualifying position will start from 11th, etc.
The most controversial change is obviously the change to the top 9, however. In what appears to be an attempt to make the racing a little more exciting, success in Race 1 is to be punished, with the podium finishers being put back to the third row of the grid. The idea, presumably, is that the best riders from Race 1 will have to make their way through traffic, providing some excitement and making it more difficult for a rider who dominates Race 1 to do the same in Race 2.
This would appear to be a misguided idea for several reasons: firstly, the essence of World Championship motorcycle racing is to find the rider and machine combination which performs best in each race. Adding additional, complex obstacles to one group while not applying the same to another would appear to violate the sporting ethos of a World Championship series. That risks alienating the hard core of World Superbike fans which are the backbone of the sport.
Secondly, making the way the grid is set so complex risks making it difficult for casual fans to understand what is going on. Fans will find it hard to remember the process, and have difficulty explaining it to their friends. Though ultimately, grid positions are not the most important part of a race weekend, unnecessary complexity is more likely to make things worse rather than better.
Finally, it is unlikely to make much difference. In 2016, Jonathan Rea, Tom Sykes, and Chaz Davies split the overwhelming majority of race wins among them. Rea and Davies both won races starting from 6th position, while Sykes won starting from 4th and finished 2nd starting from 5th. Rea, Sykes, and Davies were dominant throughout 2016, often finishing many seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Starting from 7th through 9th will slow them up only slightly, and is unlikely to reduce their chances of winning.
Such a system is more likely to result in one rider dominating the second race. With the three best riders on the third row, the chances of them all hitting the front together is slim. It is more likely that one rider will get a break and get through quickly, while one or both of the others gets caught up briefly. If one of the fastest riders hits the front on his own, he is more likely to get a gap and get away.
An intellectually more interesting question - but one which again highlights the weakness of the new system - is whether it places a premium on finishing 4th. The points differential between finishing 3rd and 4th in Race 1 is 3 points (16 vs 13). The question riders who find themselves battling for 3rd in Race 1 will have to ask themselves is whether they will gain more points over their championship rivals in Race 2 by starting from pole than they would by taking the 3 extra points for 3rd and starting from 7th, two rows further back. Battles for 3rd place could devolve into the opposite, a battle for 4th with riders slowing down to try to force the others to overtake. That will not make the championship look very good.
It is easy to guess why the Superbike Commission made such a change. With the popularity of the series languishing, they are trying to find a way to make it more attractive. They are caught between a rock and a hard place, however: they have already split up the two-race format over two days, and moved the races to start at 1pm local time. They have done this to avoid racing at the same time as Formula One, which they often clash with over the course of the season. The early races make it less attractive to attend each weekend, but more attractive for TV stations, who can show the World Superbike series without the fear of having to go against the ratings juggernaut which is Formula One.
The question is, just how successful will this rule change be? The omens are not particularly good.
The second major change to the rules is far less controversial. World Supersport races are now also to be run under the same flag-to-flag format as World Superbike. This requires a change in the technical rules, to allow parts to be replaced which will make wheel swaps faster.
Below is the press release containing the new regulations:
FIM Superbike & Supersport World Championships
Changes to the Regulations for 2017
The Superbike Commission composed of Messrs Gregorio Lavilla (WSBK Sporting Department Director), Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA Representative), Rezsö Bulcsu (FIM CCR Director) in the presence of Messrs Daniel Carrera (Dorna), Paul Duparc, Charles Hennekam and Scott Smart (FIM) in a meeting held in Madrid (ESP) on 01 December, made the following changes to the 2017 MOTUL FIM Superbike & Supersport World Championships Regulations:
Sporting Regulations
Slight changes have been carried out to the Sporting rules concerning mainly the meanings of the signalling flags or riders behaviours. In each class, 2 wild cards will be allocated for each event and the deadline for presenting the wild card candidature will be extended to 90 days for overseas event.
The formation of the grid for Race 2 will now be decided following race results from Saturday. Superpole results will continue to define starting positions for riders who finished in 10th position or lower, however the front of the grid will now be determined on Race One results.
The front three rows will be affected in the following way:
Top three riders move back to row three and see 1st and 3rd reverse their positions.
Riders who finished in 4th, 5th and 6th will be promoted to the front row.
Riders who finished in 7th, 8th and 9th will start from the second row.
A new and updated time schedule across the weekend is to be defined which means we will see changes to how the WorldSBK race weekend is played out, especially with the introduction of the World Supersport 300 series.
There is to be ban of the use of scooters in order to aid track familiarization in the build up to or over a race weekend. Walking or the use of push bikes will be permitted, as seen in MotoGP™.
On a similar note there is set to be a prevention of machines at the back of the grid for race formation which is again mirroring the regulations of MotoGP™.
FIM Supersport World Championship (600 class) will welcome an introduction of flag to flag races, meaning we will see Supersport motorcycles change tyres during a race when conditions change.
It is reminded that as from 2017, the FIM Superstock 1000cc Cup becomes a European Championship under the name of European Superstock 1000 Championship.
Various technical changes are to be implemented into WorldSBK for 2017, and despite some only being minor it will see a large impact on the series.
FIM Superbike World Championship: Airbox regulations have been updated meaning sensors will now be allowed to change. Additionally parts of the Variable intake tract system may now be replaced for added strength, whilst retaining exactly the same functionality as the respective street bike.
FIM Supersport World Championship: In terms of technical modifications for this class updates have been brought in to allow modifications to the wheel axles, related parts and front fender mounts. These changes will mean we will see easier, safer and faster wheel changes.
As of the upcoming season, it will now be the athlete's duty to immediately inform the medical director if there are changes in his/her health condition which may interfere with the ability to ride.
Checked Calendar.. nope not april
OZintheDesert replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 00:06
This is quite ludicrous. Gotta wonder who came with this brain fart. Then wonder further at who backed and voted for it
It seems to penalise the
Russki_Bear replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 00:20
It seems to penalise the podium of the first race unfairly, making a podium less desirable. The best path to win a round could easily be to finish 4-6th in race 1, get decent points and onto the front row for race 2 and then try for the win. If you win race 1 you're back in 9th for race 2, which puts you in a significant amount of traffic.
This will be a farce.
Race 2 Grid
Mr_Head replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 00:28
So, Davies, Sykes and Rea will pass three riders in the first lap. Making race two exciting?
Silly. The racing was already pretty good I thought. What needs to happen is the Yamaha gets developed and the new Fireblade gets moving quick with Nicky and Bradl doesn't throw too many up the road.
I'm prepared to give it a chance
Machine replied on Sat, 2016-12-10 20:42
The reason being WSBK couldn't have been much worse for the past couple of years. Why not try something. I see WSBK as a title where new can be tried and discarded or kept occasionally, and I bet there are some interesting second races as a result!
Thread revival...
moto4 replied on Sun, 2017-04-30 17:03
What this entirely misses is that the problems with viewership in WSBK has nothing to do with the quality of the racing; It was, arguably, better than MotoGP race by race. Not the flaw is the Dorna business plan.
Forcing a languishing series on to pay per view, policed by Dorna's "zero tolerance" for free shared content means, almost by design, the series cannot grow.
Perhaps this is exactly what is desired so they can justifiably move WSBK to become a support class for MotoGP, something I blieve Dorna intended to do from the moment Bridgepoint took control. Shame.
By rights, production racing should connect more with fans than MotoGP (although I lack of understanding maybe explains why it is not - I read a fairly famous site write that the Fireblade was the best Litre bike because MotoGP proves Hondas are "always" lighter (eh?) and more powerful than opther manufacturers. There is so much wrong with this statement I will not comment further!
If I were motorcycling racing god for a day, I would make production racing race stock bikes on road legal tyres. Imagine how well 'our' production bikes would crash if they could make NO changes whatsoever. I used to say they had to be able to remove road paraphernalia and swap exhausts and suspension. I have now changed my mind.
Allowing them to change anything provides them with an excuse to sell us crap. Make them race what they sell, at least that way the ever increasing costly sportsbikes will make more sense AND the series will have an unique selling point. In the past the rules largely restricted them to lookalike / profile series where they make a prototype that looks like their road bike (I look at you especially Yamaha; the track racers shared almost nothgin with the road machine.)
Beyond that, they need to get the series on free to air / free to view channels. Only then can viewing figures rise. Of course, they may not want them to rise.
Blueknight replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 03:19
I can see riders forcing passes in race 2 to get to the front in the first 3 laps. l can't believe the factors didn't fight this tooth and nail?
This is not club racing - IT IS a world championship!
johnd replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 04:06
I would like to see a different mix up for the WSBK series in 2017. Change the Saturday race to 4 sprint races of 8 (or so) laps with one full set tyre change during the 4 sprint races and a fast start process for 2nd to 4th sprints with 15 minutes between the end of one sprint to the start of the next.
As for the points, a tally at the end of the 4 sprint races with the best finisher overall getting 25 points etc. Have the Sunday race start positions based on the results of the Saturday sprints.
This would make an exciting 90 minute TV package with many opportunities for advertising breaks thus increasing revenue for the broadcasters and the sport.
This current proposal is fun for club racing, but for an international event this is a joke.
I'm with OzintheDesert. Must be April
lowrpm replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 05:01
Ever since they split the races onto two separate days, it's been frequently impossible for me to watch both. I mean, some people have lives outside racing (you know, wives, kids, track days, rides with mates etc). Now they're going to make the weekend totally incomprehensible? Yeah, that should work.
MiniNinjamk5 replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 14:13
Didn't go to the WSBK last year as I wasn't really able to camp (really.. how many people do in terms of a percentage of total attendance?) and less value for money with just the one race. Went to BSB instead, who seem to have got the format sorted very well.
This really does feel ill-advised, and actually worrying in that it reeks of desperation.
Dorna should find some way of limiting spending and factory attention as I think that's one of the biggest reasons for the limited number of winners, might also then prompt some of those factories (Kawasaki, looking at you!) to go and fight with the big boys in GPs rather than just outspending the rest of the WSBK paddock.
WSBK Grid shuffle
@Sully27gp replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 05:46
Nail on the head David, Well done Sir.
If riders start to play around to avoid 3rd place, (because as you point out 4th is better for race 2 grid), it could get very ugly. Visualise last lap scenario, first 2 have done a runner, got good speed, safely ahead, happy to take P9, P8 in race 2.
Pack of 5 or 6 or more, dicing for the podium position, nose to tail, full speed on the straight towards the line. Then a genius decides, Oh hang on, 4th will be better for me tomorrow, I'll roll off just before the line and let 1 pass me.
Vision is impaired normally when tucked down, nose to tail, in a freight train, or two wide in a pack. If someone in the lead shuts off, the following riders will have to react by swerving radically at the last moment to avoid the decellerating bike. Others behind will still be accelerating with the slipstream. This could set off a very nasty chain reaction at high speed, I fear.
Stupid idea to consider at a professional level, let alone implement. This is a World Championship, not a junior mini bike club where you want the little slow kid to have a chance like the older kids. I cannot believe this was done by Administrators with history in the sport.
Pole Position is the reward for ability, track knowledge, setup, courage ect. It gives you a clear start out front. Being put back to 9th for Sunday is a penalty, and also increases the chance of getting caught up in someone elses 1st corner mistake. Ie., Catalunya 2006. I honestly believe it is a poor decision for many reasons. Great article :)
Welcome To The World of Formula One
andrew@motomobi... replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 08:43
At first I wondered if I had overslept and it was April 1st...
...but no. Dorna is embracing the sporting philosophy of Bernie Ecclestone. Namely, 'let's make this entertainment and forget about it being a sporting challenge'. That has led to a plunge in popularity for Formula One and will certaily have the same effect on SBK. The clear winner here will be MotoGP. Now, who owns MotoGP and will benefit from its major investment here???
Take BSB, and then misunderstand
jbond replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 08:48
So they take the BSB idea of making the race 2 grid depend on race 1 results (best lap time) but misunderstand what was done and create a ridiculous, unsafe, joke of a plan instead.
As above, this is a world championship not a club race. This kind of approach is just embarrassing.
December Fools Day?
wedge replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 09:11
What about the safety aspect? Uneccessarily putting the quick boys so far down the grid, forcing them to pick their way through (often) much slower bikes. Nuts!
WSBK Rules
bultacofan replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 12:30
They will all be racing under the same set of pre-determined rules. The teams will have to develop a different strategy, I doubt the top 3 in the championship will be any different.
Downhill Trend Continues
GoMotogp.co.uk replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 12:45
They just make the series worse year on year
New Grid Rules...
MacaveliMC replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 13:31
....What the F?? Sounds much more dangerous too....
Ha, ha, OK jokes over... put
mugwump replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 13:35
Ha, ha, OK jokes over... put everything back as you found it.
Avoiding the fundamental problem with WSBK
Max Power replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 14:09
This sticking plaster solution is ridiculous and ignores the fundamental problem, WSBK is boring, lacks glamour and technical interest. By its very nature, motorcycle racing attracts people who have an interest in how the machines work. F1 on the other hand has a vast legion of fans who have no idea what makes a car move and stop. WSBK is a sanitised, watered down series with plastic rockets you can see in your local dealership being ridden by admittedly great riders but with an unfair aura of being not quite good enough for MotoGP.
My personal opinion of the lack of appeal with WSBK is that it lies in its production racer format.
The machines are becoming much less specialised in an effort to make the racing closer and bring down costs leading to a bit of a boring spectacle. The racing itself is fine I feel, there is close racing to a point. It's more that there is limited manufacturer support or interest.
Anything which has to have the word 'Super' in its title is anything but! The demise of World Supersport and the introduction of the odd formula of Supersport 300 indicates an organisation which has lost its way.
My solution would be to re-introduce the old F1, F2 and F3 classes plus a Production race in the programme for the existing Superbikes. Full race chassis with production based engines, moving Moto2 (F2) to the WSBK series with engines from all manufacturers. This would introduce technical and national interest with chassis manufacturers and specialist tuners. Manufacturers would still be able to showcase their engines and chassis if desired.
National series could become more interesting technically and set up skills would ease the path to the GP classes for riders and engineers alike.
Replace Moto2 in the GP seies with 500 twins run to similar rules to Moto3, I don't think production road going sealed engines have any place in GPs.
There, the whole road racing world sorted out in five minutes ;)
maynard911 replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 15:09
It's all part of Dorna's plan to combine the two world championships.
By making WSB a joke the attendance will fall to new lows.
Moto 2 is due for a revamp in 2018 when Honda's contract as engine supplier expires (I've been hoping for 500 twin prototypes).
So Dorna will "save" SBK by rolling it into their premier series as a replacement for Moto2. Unfortunately, the current superbikes are too quick, as shown at the Valencia test, so the bikes will be more like superstock spec or maybe showroom stock.
buccatini replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 15:20
all grid positions will be based on the winner of a roshambo competition.
Too sensible
macrocephalic replied on Wed, 2016-12-07 00:22
It should be based on how close each rider's underwear colour is to the randomly chosen colour of the week. If you're a championship contender then it's probably safest to spy on your nearest rivals and wear the same colour they are wearing rather than taking the gamble on an outrageous colour. Then they can put cameras in the rider's trailers and sell digital passes for the viewers to watch all the hijinx which will occur in "interteam underwear espionage".
At least it'll take the focus off tyres....
Still can't decide if this is real or not...
joonyaboy replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 16:22
but anyways, imagine someone getting Pole, and then being taken out in Race 1 by somebody. That would destroy their Race 2 potential. Very strange
WWKD
dannyboy replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 18:18
What Would Kenny Do. In December of 1979, Kenny Roberts spearheaded an attempt to start another racing organization called The World Series. This was in response to the FIM caring little about the riders call for safety improvements and for the lack of start and prize money. Although the new series never came to fruition, it did force the FIM to impliment changes. The time has come again for the riders to stand up and force this ridiculous change to be abandened. The first thing that came to my mind when reading this article was the very real possibility of first turn carnage. This proposal, if nothing else, is unbeliveably unsafe. Just when World Superbike is being thought of as comparable to MotoGp, the commission takes a giant leap backwards. Whoever came up with this proposal, and those that support it, should be removed from their positions immediatly, for the sake of the sport.
How do they come up with these rules?
Sir_Bedevere replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 18:42
Dean Adams once suggested that they get the big shots of the rule-making organization together in a room and get them drunk. Then the least drunk ones throw darts at a list of suggestions thought up by the most drunk ones.
At the time I didn't think he was serious...
johnjaundice replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 21:25
Just scrap race 2. I get it, it's tradition, but if SBK is going to continue to gain popularity, ESPECIALLY now that they have their own dedicated lightweight class, just run the same dang format as MotoGP.
As others have said elsewhere, fake rules like this are a disrespect to the riders and the sport. I think it's a mockery.
Its a pity
setrocks replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 21:35
It looks like Ant West wont be on the Pedercini bike - what happened there? He woudl have been great for the series
I also wondered what the date was
sir_nj replied on Tue, 2016-12-06 21:50
and given the idiocy of the rule I am surprised that WSB haven't just said,
"right, free practice and superpole as per usual and then you pick your race bike out of a hat".
sad, sad, sad.
Bad idea - but I will risk
Motoshrink replied on Thu, 2016-12-08 07:29
Bad idea - but I will risk saying that it looks a bit fun. I have fantasized about having a race with reversed grid positions as a spectacle, which is obviously ridiculous. Which means that I bet they considered it. Organizers must feel they have little to lose. Let's hope they are right.
Edit - I am personally surprised that WSBK had to do anything more after putting headlight stickers on - that did it all, no?
So no this doesn't make much sense obviously. But please keep things in perspective, it isn't a huge deal. It is likely to make for some fun viewing here and there, a touch of nuttiness. Yep - that's right, I am in the realm of neutral about it. I care more about electronics and engine spec. The fuel limits in MotoGP are a greater evil. The rookie rule and Marquez undoing were more biased. So forth.
Spectacle motivated, yes. Biased towards any certain interest? No. Give me one star, but this is a bit exciting without marginalizing any one entity. I am close to neutral about it. And likely so is much of the grid aside from a green and a red factory team. Cheesy and a bit dull minded? Yes. Unsafe? No. A bit fun? I think so.
This makes perfect sense with the other new rule:
vespadaddy replied on Wed, 2016-12-07 00:09
This new rule change makes more sense when you factor in the other rule that they failed to release yet:
:Any rider who enters the grid on a 2017 or newer model year Harley Davidson FatBoy Touring FLXHD Classic shall begin the race with a 3-lap headstart, and shall leave the starting line 60 seconds before the starting lights are initially illuminated.
Baggers, fast guys, backmarkers, all spread out through the entirety of the track. Excitement!
This is gonna be so great. This will make WSBK Great Again!
Stupid TV execs
StrangeBrew replied on Wed, 2016-12-07 00:49
What a bunch of BS, only TV suits that know nothing about racing would come up with such a hairbrianed idea.
Why not just have a lucky-dip?
XCOM replied on Wed, 2016-12-07 04:16
Or get viewers to SMS votes for their preferred grid - big-brother style.
Don't like xxxxxx ?
Here's your chance to vote him to the back of the pack - call-charges and fees may apply...
Would it be wrong
digitalrurouni replied on Wed, 2016-12-07 12:43
to suggest that pole position and how people line up on the grid should also be awarded a points system? That way consistent results will be rewarded. If someone bins it during a race because of some other rider's mistake or if a mechanical happens at least SOME reward will be allowed if they had a decent qualifying round. Qualifying proves how good you know the track and your speed after all. I think that makes more sense than these new set of rules. My 2 cents.
World SBK
Brian replied on Wed, 2016-12-07 14:26
I'm wondering what's up with these half-measures, just go all the way and race on figure-8 tracks. That'll make for some real excitement. /s
Grid shuffle
Lokeend12 replied on Wed, 2016-12-07 16:22
This new rule takes a away much of the sense of professionality and simplicity that it needs to survive......now I wouldn't recommend riding or watching the series to friends
One positive aspect
Powervalve58 replied on Wed, 2016-12-07 21:45
The one positive aspect is that I had a good laugh reading all the comments. As far as the new rules are concerned, they should fire the people that came up with this and give them a restraining order, so they can never approach a motorcycle race again within a radius of 100 km.
A good idea
lowrpm replied on Wed, 2016-12-07 22:22
So far, not one person on this site (or anywhere else that I've read) has come out in favour of these changes. In fact, response has been universally negative - usually full of disbelief and ridicule. I personally can not find anything to support there, no matter how open minded I try to be.
But there must be something we are missing, surely?
Can someone who supports these changes - preferably someone from within the Superbike Commission - please explain the rationale of this approach, and answer some of the criticisms raised here? I'm willing to listen.
I fear my already fading support of SBK (due to the 2-day format) is going to wither completely now. I am already paying for the online subscription when I can't always dedicate 2 consecutive nights to racing. Now I'm likely to not understand what I'm watching on night 2 anyway.
Completely Bonkers
claywag replied on Thu, 2016-12-08 00:38
This new grid rule is insane! It makes me mad, but laughing and speechless at the same time. This isn't youth soccer/football where everyone should get the winners trophy just for competing.! The commission must rethink this. Mind blowing absurdity.!!
Chas Davies
Max Power replied on Thu, 2016-12-08 13:44
Chas has come out in support of the new system and says that it will make Superbikes great again.
Sorry, I don't agree like many people who will have to watch this farce unfold.
Doesn't make much sense to me
dman904 replied on Fri, 2016-12-09 00:33
Doesn't make much sense to me. What's next, full lap yellows like NASCAR? By the way, I hate to sound like a dumb American, but it seems like the Euro-centricity of DORNA is highlighted by the reference to "overseas" rounds. Hey, this is the WORLD superbike championship, they're all overseas for some fans, riders and teams. Even if it's just the Irish Sea.
No progress without change
Cloverleaf replied on Fri, 2016-12-09 08:40
Have we, motorcycle racing enthusiasts, become innately resistant to change? Especially the journalists, David. This may be a great idea. There was an unusual number of double wins last year. Racing in WSB over two days gives slower teams the opportunity to improve their bikes for the second day, but it generally wasn't enough last year to bring them through to the front because they were mired in the pack as a result of their qualifying position. The new approach could improve the second day's racing for spectators, riders, teams and sponsors. There's no implementation cost and reversing the change, if it doesn't work, would be at a stroke of a pen. Let's give it a go.
I'm sad that I already
BrickTop replied on Fri, 2016-12-09 18:53
I'm sad that I already renewed my WSBK.com video pass. I would have canceled it knowing this rule change. This is completely stupid and one of the worst, if not the worst rule making decisions I've ever seen in motorcycle racing spanning three decades.
Mr Rea made MotoGP look ridiculous
Seven4nineR replied on Tue, 2016-12-13 02:36
Now Carmelo Expeleta is returning the favour.
That people continue to pour scorn on WSBK is a sign they place more weight in Dorna/MotoGP's self promotion than the evidence in front of them: if MotoGP was half as good as they purport to be no production based machine costing a fraction of the price, with a rider unable to score a decent ride in MotoGP, should ever be anywhere near them.....but they are.
So I'm struggling. MotoGP just seems like a crazy expensive way to go barely faster, with a tech spec that makes no sense: real world useless pneumatic valves and carbon brakes are allowed, but no abs, variable valve timing or dual clutch gearboxes which are far cheaper than the drug money expensive seamless box's which have no real world application.
I enjoy the personal battles but the bikes are disappointing for something costing the equivalent of small nation's GDP.
And now they've made the WSBK grid look Mickey Mouse.....I doubt I'll be staying up too late to watch it as I have in years gone past.
why not....x2
moto4 replied on Fri, 2016-12-16 16:53
Two thoughts. This might prove less disliked if they SIMPLY reversed race 1 results for race 2 grid. Easy to follow. Easy to explain. A genuine task for race 1 winner to start race 2 dead last. Second thought, bring wsbk machine spec as close to production as possible (or 100% production spec.) This would see bikes crash better, ancillaries made lighter and a genuine link to viewer purchasable machinery (rather than outline.)
Count me out, it adds danger
Roscoe replied on Wed, 2016-12-21 14:13
Count me out, it adds danger to an already deadly sport so some pinheads that have the attention span of a gnat can be entertained. True race fans and competitors should be appaled. I will not watch a single race as long as this soccer mom mentality exists.
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In front of the National Crane Modification Center. Left to right: Craig Neff, James Brindle, Andrew Hershey, Galen Covert, John Crookshanks, Mark Faircloth, Brice Endy.
National Crane customers now have a one-stop shop for boom truck and crane knowledge, expertise and customization: the all-new National Crane Modification Center. This new service from Manitowoc reinvents the boom truck modification process, streamlining the process and producing faster turnaround times.
It's expertise that makes the Modification Center a needed innovation in the boom truck industry, not just mechanical knowhow. A team of application engineers make up the Center's core team. Every job is documented for the future, creating a trove of data and solutions that will further refine modification processes and speed up turnaround times for customers.
Modification Center customers will have one point-person to speak to that can handle their entire job. That contact will have a deep knowledge of trucks, cranes, supplies, legal issues and unique modifications. The turnaround time for a modification will be much faster. Eventually, customers will have a menu filled with truck, crane and modification options to choose from.
For example, a customer may need a certain amount of horsepower from a truck combined with a specific crane capacity. By calling the Modification Center, customers can speak with an expert that presents them with a host of options, including a selection of relevant truck brands and engine variations. The expert knows who stocks the machines and the needed parts, can quickly quote modification pricing and assess the legal requirements for the state in which the crane will work.
Meanwhile, application engineers pour through the Modification Center's knowledge bank for solutions. If the modification had been performed in the past that met the current customer's goal, they're able to recommend a course of action. If it's a new type of modification, they begin to mock up engineering solutions, such as where to move the truck's axles or adjust the crane's cross members. When the customer and the application engineering team agree on what's best, the customer can move ahead, buying the necessary machines and proceeding with the modification knowing full well that it is the best solution possible.
"A decade ago, this type of center wasn't really needed. But trucks are becoming more complex, cranes are getting bigger, emissions laws are evolving and each state has its own legal requirements," Peretin said. "The Modification Center will save customers time and money."
The Modification Center is the product of an 18-month, multi-million-dollar investment from Manitowoc. The physical location is state-of-the-art, with the latest improvements in safety, ventilation and lean processes. Among the Modification Center's features are truck modification bays, inspection bays, hydraulic installation bays, an overhead crane, a jib crane, a jib welder, Huck hydraulic fastener tools and a Flowtron air cleaning system, among others.
John Brockway, senior vice president of H&E Equipment, recently took a tour of the new Modification Center and was very impressed.
Standard work at the Modification Center will include wheelbase changes, lift axle installation, racks and cribbing, hook block stowage, custom trailer hitches, trailer brake controls, custom vehicle programming and specialty beds.


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With elections finally behind us, many will shift their attention toward the next Supreme Court nomination. It is the perfect time to expand our families' understanding of this important institution. I've got two great resources to help get you started—Our Supreme Court, A History with 14 Activities by Richard Panchyk, written for grade levels 5 and up and Jeffry D. Stock's Supreme Court Decision: Scenarios, Simulations and Activities for Understanding and Evaluating 14 Landmark Court Cases, written for grades 7 to 12.
Our Supreme Court is part of the fabulous "For Kids" series published by the Chicago Review Press. Divided into eight chapters, author Richard Panchyk introduces readers to such topics as the founding of the courts, free speech and freedom of religion, civil rights, criminal justice, and regulation of business and property rights. Presenting Supreme Court cases chronologically, Panchyk demonstrates the ways that U.S. court opinions have evolved over time.
An especially interesting feature of this book is its interviews with 35 individuals, each involved in landmark court decisions. These include talks with former Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury James Baker as well as David Boies, lead counsel for Vice President Al Gore in Bush v. Gore (2000). Fourteen unique activity ideas, including making a Supreme Court scrapbook, being a courtroom artist, role playing, and creating a neighborhood zoning map are also included in this book.
The text in Our Supreme Court is substantive and full of detail. This is a resource most suited for students intrinsically motivated to learn more about this subject matter. Panchyk's book is not another dry text book. Well placed text boxes, interesting photography, engaging writing, and opportunities for student engagement make this an appealing, informative guide.
Written for children 10 to 17, Our Supreme Court could be easily adapted to teach multi-aged learners and would work equally well at home or in a larger group setting. Pancyk's book retails for $16.95 and is available online and in bookstores.
In the opening pages of Jeffrey Stock's Supreme Court Decisions: Scenarios, Simulations and Activities for Understanding and Evaluating 14 Landmark Cases, the author writes that his intention is "to teach students about important Supreme Court cases and to help them to think critically about the major historical decisions that have shaped the development of the United States." Supreme Court Decisions is lets students interact with specific landmark cases in order to understand the imprint they have left on the evolution of our legal system.
Stock does not expect his book to be used as a stand-alone text. For a deeper understanding of the complex legal issues referenced in Supreme Court Decisions, he recommends exploring additional resources. Our Supreme Court would complement Stock's work nicely.
As in Our Supreme Court, cases in Stock's book are presented in chronological order. Each of the 14 cases is presented in a single chapter. At the start of each section helpful notes under the headings "Quick Reference" and "Background" are provided for instructors. "Quick Reference" succinctly identifies the issue, the players, the ruling, and the significance of the specific case. The "Background" section provides the instructor with historical context and additional information about the case. Both sections are brief and do not require extensive time for preparation.
The student section is divided into two parts. Section one provides a fictional vignette or scenario depicting the circumstances surrounding a specific case. Thoughtful discussion questions follow each vignette. Students are asked to identify what major issues need to be settled, discuss the facts as they've been presented, and to anticipate the court's response.
In Section two of the student section the actual case is presented followed by a write-up of the court's actual ruling and the aftermath of the decision. Lastly, readers are asked to consider how the particular ruling is still relevant today.
Ideas for 15 follow-up activities, which can be used with any of the 14 cases presented, are also provided. These include writing a letter to the editor in response to a specific verdict, creating a flow chart that shows how a case wound up in the Supreme Court, making a political cartoon, and creating a television news report that describes a Supreme Court ruling.
Stock's writing is lean. Adroitly condensing multifaceted concepts and details, he delivers information with a straightforward style that most students will appreciate. Supreme Court Decisions is an extremely flexible resource that suits a variety of learning styles. Depending on your child's level of interest, you may choose to study all 14 cases and attempt all of the activities. On the other hand, you may simply wish to familiarize your child with a more basic understanding of how the Supreme Court functions. It may be enough to review a small sampling of the cases Stock presents here.
Supreme Court Decision is 98 pages. It retails for $19.95 and is available online at Prufrock Press and in bookstores.
Homeschooling provides families the chance to explore whatever issues seem most significant at a particular point in time. An extra special bonus is discovering great resources, like the ones I've described here, which address these interests and also help our children to better understand the complicated world in which they live.
Spring has sprung. My young sons wake up earlier now, anxious to get outside for great big adventures. This time of year dandelion hunting, playtime in the mud, bike riding, and tree climbing fill our days. I am in awe of all of the learning opportunities nature conjures up for us.
The chance to accommodate and encourage our children's love of nature is one of the many perks of homeschooling. Nature books are a much loved keystone on many homeschoolers bookshelves, and so I'm pleased to have stumbled upon Lynn Seddon's treasure Exploring Nature with Children.
Exploring Nature with Children is a curriculum chock-full of ideas to take thoughtful learners through a full year of nature studies. Well organized and comprehensive, Seddon's program takes the work out of lesson planning, ensuring that families have time to get outdoors and play in the dirt.
Seddon opens with tips for making nature studies a homeschooling focal point. Making and maintaining nature journals and keeping a nature display table indoors are two rewarding activities kids (and grownup) of all ages can enjoy. Seddon provides helpful ideas to make these ideas come to life.
Exploring Nature with Children provides 48 weeks of themed and guided nature study. Seddon's program will help to develop your family's appreciation of nature a well as to provide a scientific context for your child's observations.
Although Exploring Nature with Children is designed to work well as a stand-alone resource, Seddon encourages using it in conjunction with one of my all-time favorites, Anna Botsford Comstack's Handbook of Nature Study. This would be a particularly worthwhile choice for those using the curriculum with older children.
Each section of Exploring Nature with Children is designed to take students through one week of nature study. Seddon opens each section with a theme. Our family worked through a March unit on birds. The section opens with an informative paragraph about the behavior of nesting birds in early springtime.
Next up is a guided nature walk. Here Seddon suggests details to be on the lookout for during a walk in the wild. My sons and I loved the challenge of watching for birds at work building nests. We also kept an eye open for nesting materials. To find nests off the beaten path, Seddon suggests looking at tree tops with binoculars, carefully examining the woodland floor, and observing holes in the trunks of trees. Seddon encourages readers to spend time afterwards sketching and jotting down observations in their nature journal.
For those wishing to learn more, Seddon suggests readings in The Handbook of Nature Study as well as correlating page numbers to provide more in-depth information about the week's theme. A themed book list also accompanies each weekly lesson. Whether you choose to use these books or not is optional. Recommended non-fiction, fiction, and biography titles are provided for a range of ages. Even in my rural library, most of the recommended titles were easy to locate. My family enjoyed starting out the day reading books from this list.
A poem and a piece of art relating to the theme of the week are included in each unit as well. Families can incorporate these features into a learning plan however they like. Keep in mind that the suggested artwork itself is not included in Seddon's book. Rather, she provides the name of the artist and of the painting. A simple internet search will provide prints of all of these works.
Innovative extension activities to help delve deeper into the week's theme follow next. As my family worked through March activities we enjoyed gifting the birds with small piles of nest-making materials such as twigs and grass. We left these near our bird feeders. Using a field guide we located local birds and researched their nesting patterns. Seddon also suggests creating a map of the nests in your area to put inside of nature journals. The extension activities throughout the book are wonderfully varied, original, hands-on, and substantive.
Living waaaaay up north means we need to tweak the book's calendar schedule for our uses. In April, for instance, we worked through the March sections of the book. It may take readers a little time to sync up with the author's schedule; however, once this adjustment is made there should not be any difficulty.
Exploring Nature with Children will work best for those living in regions with somewhat dramatic seasonal changes. Also, the author assumes readers have access to landscapes that provide opportunities to observe, touch, and interact with nature.
Exploring Nature With Children is only available as a PDF. The PDF download costs $15 and can be purchased from the author's website.
Nature is the perfect classroom. Kids of all ages can find inspiration, information, joy, and satisfaction from time spent learning outdoors. Happy spring!


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Sinn Fein to 'keep trying' to get a Stormont speaker elected
Michelle O'Neill was speaking after the DUP blocked the election of a new speaker for the second time.
ATTEMPTS TO RESURRECT Stormont will continue, Michelle O'Neill has vowed.
The Sinn Féin vice president was speaking after the DUP blocked attempts to elect a new speaker for the second time.
The DUP is maintaining its position that it wants to see action from the UK Government over the Northern Ireland Protocol before backing a new speaker to allow the Assembly to start fully functioning again.
It described the recall of the Assembly today as a "stunt".
The two nominations for the role, the Ulster Unionists' Mike Nesbitt and the SDLP's Patsy McGlone, failed to secure the necessary cross-community support from MLAs.
The plenary session of the Assembly was then suspended as business cannot be carried out without a speaker.
MLAs were in the chamber today following a recall petition brought by Sinn Féin to elect a speaker, deputy speakers and to appoint a first minister and deputy first minister.
O'Neill said her party will try again to get a new speaker elected.
"We had our second attempt today to try and get things up and running but unfortunately the DUP stand-off continues," she told media in the Great Hall.
"We will come back again, we will do this again, because I'm not giving up. I believe in making this institution work.
"The DUP are punishing the public. It is the public who are missing out. It is the public who are being held to ransom because of their actions.
"That being said, it is incumbent on all of us who have been given a mandate to try to make politics work. It is incumbent on all of us who want to be around the Executive table, who want to be taking on the challenges of today to support workers and families through the cost-of-living crisis, to keep coming back and try to actually get this up and running.
"The public voted for us to roll up our sleeves and provide solutions to the problems of today. I'm determined to try to do that. I'll keep coming back to this if that is what it takes to get the DUP over the line and work with the rest of the parties."
Alliance MLA Nuala McAllister dismissed the DUP's claim that the recall of the Assembly was a stunt, saying the only stunt pulled in recent weeks has been their blocking of the restoration of the power-sharing institutions.
"I spoke as a newly elected MLA because I want to get on with the job that I've been elected to do," she said.
"That's not only to establish an Executive but to actually scrutinise the work of the departments.
"We need to get on with the work so that we can help people in Northern Ireland that are currently facing hardship.
"Any consequence from now, from the day that the DUP walked away from the Executive, any hardships that people are facing are on the heads of the DUP.
"Whether that's people who cannot afford to feed their children or heat their homes, those are the decisions of the DUP that are affecting the people of Northern Ireland."
Earlier, DUP MLA Paul Givan told the chamber the recall was not a "serious attempt" to restore power-sharing.
He told MLAs: "Today's recall is another attempt at majority rule and has no credibility when it comes forward from the party that kept these institutions down for three years.
"The public will see the hypocrisy for what it is from Sinn Féin.
"This isn't a serious attempt to restore the principles of power-sharing and these institutions. It is a stunt."
Ulster Unionist MLA Robbie Butler said his party wanted all-party talks to begin on a programme for government.
He told the recalled Assembly: "The UUP have written today to the head of the civil service to convene all-party talks to establish a programme for government and the minister for finance to reopen the public consultation on the budget.
"These are measures which should be done now to restore the confidence of the people of Northern Ireland that we all purport to serve."
SDLP MLA Matthew O'Toole said the number of MLAs who support the Northern Ireland Protocol increased in the recent Assembly election.
He asked MLAs: "Why is the DUP holding the people of Northern Ireland to hostage?
"They say it is all about the protocol.
"The protocol is an international treaty signed between the UK and the European Union.
"The number of MLAs who support the protocol went up in the last election."
Jeffrey Donaldson's party has so far blocked the election of a speaker and the formation of an Executive following the Northern Ireland Assembly elections, as part of its protest against the protocol.
The DUP also faced criticism last week after concerns were raised that the absence of an Executive will prevent a UK-wide £400 discount on energy bills going to Northern Irish households.
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Showcasing Diversity in Tech: Women in Data Science
March 12, 2019 by Magen Mintchev
Last week, more than 150 technology leaders convened at the SAP campus in Palo Alto, California, to talk about diversity, technology, and business development at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Silicon Valley @ SAP event.
Jenny Lundberg, senior director of Developer Relations at SAP, has more than 20 years of experience working with new products and technologies like SAP Mobile Platform, Duet Enterprise software, SAP Gateway technology, and SAP Cloud Platform. While presenting, she shared insight into the importance of events like it and why they are key to increasing the pipeline of female leaders in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers, as well as and why SAP needs to be a part of that discussion.
Passionate about SAP, technology, and paving the way for women in tech roles, Lundberg sees WiDS Silicon Valley @ SAP as a safe place for women to speak and present on various tech-related topics. And while the event – and certainly the conversations that come from it – is open to everyone, speaking roles are reserved for women only. According to a 2018 survey by event software company Bizzabo, women make up only 22 percent of speakers at tech events. As WiDS continues to gain popularity and traction, hopefully that number will go up.
"It's a very supportive environment and it connects women from different data science disciplines," Lundberg said. "When you bring that together, you make new connections and innovations are created. An event like this that is driven by women and executed by women reminds me of Rosie the Riveter and the 'We Can Do It' attitude."
Under the direction of Ann Rosenberg, senior vice president and global head of the SAP Next-Gen program, Lundberg and the rest of the Business Women's Network at SAP Silicon Valley found that having WiDS Silicon Valley @ SAP to be a perfect fit. At the inaugural event in 2017, SAP Next-Gen organized 24 satellite events in 20 countries, where women leaders from SAP and partners inspired more than 3,000 participants, including students, professors, startups, and industry partners, to join the movement of bringing women into data science. This year, between the official Global WiDS event and 150 regional events, it was reported to have reached more than 100,000 participants.
"It's about showing that SAP plays an important part in data science," said Lundberg. "We have artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Data, and so many other technologies right here at SAP Silicon Valley that teams are using in solutions to build out the Intelligent Enterprise. I wanted to showcase what we can do."
To Lundberg and plenty of others at SAP, it's important to have women data scientists because "it's a field where women's strengths are needed." According to Lundberg, the role needs lots of creativity, problem solving, ethical thinking, and cross collaboration, which women are good at doing. She wants the trend to be that women in data science becomes more mainstream; she doesn't want to see women moving out of the field. Lundberg's hope is that more women in the field begets more women in the field. Not only that, but if women don't see other successful women data scientists, they won't want to make that investment.
"If you don't identify with that group, it's not relatable," said Lundberg. "We need to continue having successful women serve as role models so that we can continue coming up with new innovations and ideas and start new companies. Last year and this year, we had many students coming to our event where we discussed opportunities and internships. They saw we had amazing women here and want to be part of that."
At WiDS Silicon Valley @ SAP, it's largely about showcasing how much women in the field know and what they can do. "It's important for men to be a part of this, too," said Lundberg. "Diverse teams win the game. We innovate with all genders, background, and ethnicities. Together, these amazing backgrounds can create something bigger."
To summarize the day, Lundberg provided some calls to action for the participants:
Share your knowledge, be visible, and speak up
Be a role model and inspire others to join the field
Connect and build bridges across data science disciplines
Support other women
Do not be afraid to try other roles relevant to your experience
Be educated, be inspired, and go out and change the world
Follow the conversation on social media with the hashtag #WiDS2019.
Magen Mintchev oversees general management and administration for SAP Silicon Valley Communications.
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Alwar case: No confirmation on rape of mentally-challenged minor girl as yet, says Rajasthan Police
'Intellectually-challenged girl with injuries on pvt parts not raped,' police cites medical report
CCTV footage shows her walking in many areas of the city and on the bridge
CM Ashok Gehlot directed the police department to conduct a thorough investigation
A medical report has allayed apprehensions of rape of the mentally-challenged girl, who was found in a distressed state with injuries on her private parts in Alwar district, police said on Friday. Fresh findings have also revealed that the minor girl had travelled from her village to the city on her own, they said. She was found bleeding and lying on a bridge near Tijara Fatak on Tuesday night.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had directed the police department to conduct a thorough investigation, following which a Special Investigation Team was constituted by the Alwar Superintendent of Police (SP). According to doctors, the girl's rectum was displaced and she underwent a two-and-a-half-hour surgery.
"Today (Friday), a team of experts have submitted a report to the police, in which they have said that injuries are not suggestive of any penetrative assault to the girl. So far, facts and technical information of medical experts suggest that there is no possibility of rape in the case," Alwar SP Tejaswani Gautam told reporters.
The SP said the police are yet to ascertain how the girl sustained such grievous injuries. Gautam told reporters that the girl travelled around 25 km from her village and reached Alwar city in an auto-rickshaw. She then walked towards the Tijara Fatak bridge "on her own".
"We have been able to track the girl's movements and traced the auto-rickshaw in which she travelled with 8-10 other passengers. A team of forensic experts have not found anything suspicious in the auto-rickshaw. The driver was interrogated and her co-passengers will be questioned," the SP said.
CCTV footage collected from various locations showed her walking in many areas of the city and on the bridge, but no camera found her in a distressed condition on the bridge, police said. Official sources said that the chief minister was constantly monitoring the case.
"Jaipur Inspector General of Police visited Alwar on Wednesday and issued necessary directions to the district police. Required forensic and technical assistance was provided," a source said.
Meanwhile, a child psychologist and experts also interacted with the girl. Police said they were preparing a questionnaire for the experts so they could seek answers from the girl.
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Lukas Beikircher studied piano and composition in Munich and furthered his studies in conducting in Dresden. During his studies, he assisted Sir Colin Davis and Hartmut Haenchen at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam and was commissioned for a composition by the Philharmonie Cologne. After his first professional engagement as a coach at the Staatstheater Braunschweig, he was appointed Principal Conductor of the Stichting International Operaproductions Holland. Following this he was appointed 1. Kappelmeister at the Staatstheater Darmstadt. From 2010 until 2012 he was the commissary Chief Conductor at the Staatstheater Gärtnerplatz in Munich. Additionally, he was a regular guest conductor for operas and concerts in Rotterdam, Den Haag, Hekulessaal Munich, Laieszhalle Hamburg, and the Berlin Philharmonie. Since 2013 he is a conductor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf – Duisburg where he has conducted the following premieres: Death in Venice (Britten), Arabella (Strauss), La traviata and Don Carlo (Verdi), and the children's operas Vom Mädchen, das nicht schlafen wollte (Lange), Ronja Räubertochter (Arnecke) and Die Schneekönigin (Lange). He has also conducted numerous repertoire works including Don Giovanni (Mozart), Rigoletto (Verdi), Un ballo in maschera (Verdi), Der fliegende Holländer (Wagner), Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), Der Zwerg (Zemlinsky), and Werther (Massenet). In the 2017-18 season Lukas Beikircher conducted the premiere of Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) and the family opera productions of Gullivers Reise (Resch), and also conducted Der Graf von Luxemburg (Lehár), Hänsel und Gretel, Rigoletto, Un ballo in maschera and Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai). In 2018 he returned as a guest at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck to conduct a new production of Wagner's Rienzi. In the 2018-19 season he will conduct Maria Stuarda, Rigoletto, Don Giovanni, Petruschka, Hänsel und Gretel, Swan Lake, and a world premiere of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. In July 2019 he will conduct Don Giovanni at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck and in the fall of 2019 he will become the chief conductor there.
AIMS was a wonderful experience of learning, performing, and seeing a dedicated staff in action. I am personally better from being blessed to have had this opportunity. Many thoughts continue to filter down from this unique and outstanding musical studies program.
Nancy Marriott
soprano '98 & '16 - Opera Studio
The knowledge and guidance I received from the faculty has changed my perception of my own singing and artistry for the better. I feel as if I can walk out onto a stage, into an audition, and into the world with this new-found confidence. I'm more passionate about my dreams and have a burning desire to see them through.
Robert Cardwell
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Everyone I had ever known who had gone to AIMS in the past couldn't stop raving about it, and now I know why. It was my best summer ever!
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I want to thank all of you for being a vital part of my growth into an emerging professional artist. Being a part of AIMS last summer opened my eyes to the professional world of music and helped me understand who I am as an artist and what I needed to accomplish to transition from a student to a professional musician. Thank you SO much for inspiring me to work hard in the practice room; to connect my entire body when I perform; to walk into auditions not expecting anything but to have fun sharing my craft; and to go after career opportunities knowing that they will not come to me. I appreciate it more than words can express!
Kayla Bailey
soprano '13 - Opera Studio
I learned SO much and had a fabulous time with all my new friends, colleagues, and contacts. I am very thankful for all of the opportunities to sing that I was given.
Aidan Soder
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The AIMS experience is necessary for any opera singer that doesn't want to just 'fall into' the European music scene. With dedication and diligence, one can come away with a wealth of knowledge and preparation.
Marsha Thompson
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I had the chance to work with so many good and serious singers as well as top-notch teachers…that alone was worth it, but I carried away so much from the program that the cost was minuscule compared to what I learned. Contrary to being burnt out by six weeks of intensive music studying, at the end of AIMS I was more eager than ever to go to my university's music library and check out as many books on Lieder and opera as I could carry. I realized the true quality of the AIMS music instructors when the first book I checked out happened to be edited by not one, but five AIMS instructors.
Jeremy Peterman
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During the six-week program at AIMS, I received voice lessons and coachings. I also took my first German class and became attracted to the German language. My affinity for German caused me to take a particular interest in its poetic-song companion, the Lied. It is an aspect within standard solo vocal literature that I admire. Mr. Harold Heiberg, my vocal coach at AIMS, who specialized in Lieder, taught me how to appreciate and utilize the language in song performance. This was my first in-depth experience with song interpretation that illuminated musical collaborations not only between the poet and composer, but also between the singer and pianist. It was an exciting time as a developing musician.
Makeda Hampton
soprano '05 & '06 - Opera Studio
Acting and audition classes at AIMS had a direct and immediate impact on my career. I completed my first professional audition right after AIMS for the Salzburg Festival young artist program, and got offered a contract on the spot! I don't think I could have achieved that result before my summer at AIMS. I would encourage any young, ambitious classical or opera singer to participate in AIMS. It certainly changed my life.
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Diego Matías Mestre (born 16 March 1978) is an Argentine politician who served as a National Deputy elected in Córdoba Province from 2013 to 2021. He is a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). Mestre is one of former Córdoba governor Ramón Mestre's children.

Early life and career
Mestre was born on 13 March 1978 in Córdoba, the fourth child of Ramón Mestre (1937–2003), and his second son, after Ramón Javier (born 1972). Ramón Mestre was a prominent Radical Civic Union politician, having served as intendente (mayor) of the City of Córdoba from 1983 to 1991, as governor of Córdoba Province from 1995 to 1999, and briefly as Interior Minister during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa, from March to December 2001.

Diego Mestre studied law at the National University of Córdoba. He is married and has three children.

Political career
Upon his brother's election as mayor of Córdoba in 2011, Mestre was appointed Undersecretary of Control, Inspection, and Civic Coexistence of the municipality of Córdoba. He ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the 2013 legislative election, as the third candidate in the Radical Civic Union list in Córdoba Province (behind Oscar Aguad and Soledad Carrizo). The list came second in the general election with 22.67% of the vote, and Mestre was elected. Mestre was re-elected in the 2017 legislative election, this time as part of the Cambiemos coalition; he was the fifth candidate in the list. The list was the most voted with 48.48% of the vote.

During his 2017–2019 term, Mestre formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Consumer Rights, Justice, Criminal Legislation, Transport, Petitions, Powers and Norms, Political Trials, and Foreign Affairs. He was an opponent of the legalization of abortion in Argentina, voting against the two Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bills that were debated by the Argentine Congress in 2018 and 2020.

References

External links

Profile on the official website of the Chamber of Deputies (in Spanish)

Living people
1978 births
Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Córdoba
People from Córdoba, Argentina
Radical Civic Union politicians
National University of Córdoba alumni
21st-century Argentine politicians

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It is illegal to allow soil to enter the stormwater system under the Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy 2015. Polluters are liable for a $300 on-the-spot fine.
If you are demolishing and/or building a new house please ensure your builder installs soil and erosion controls. A number of building companies charge an environmental levy. Consumers are advised to make sure that this levy is used to fund on site pollution prevention strategies and not the payment of fines when incurred.
Councils can provide a Handbook for Pollution Avoidance on Commercial and Residential Building Sites free of charge. Please call XXXX XXXX for your copy.
Visit www.epa.sa.gov.au for more information on preventing pollution.


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package com.sksamuel.scrimage.filter

import org.scalatest.{ OneInstancePerTest, BeforeAndAfter, FunSuite }
import com.sksamuel.scrimage.Image

/** @author Stephen Samuel */
class BrightnessFilterTest extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with OneInstancePerTest {

  val original = Image(getClass.getResourceAsStream("/bird_small.png"))

  test("filter output matches expected") {
    val expected = Image(getClass.getResourceAsStream("/com/sksamuel/scrimage/filters/bird_small_brighten.png"))
    assert(original.filter(BrightnessFilter(1.4)) === expected)
  }
}

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$92M is new estimate for Trump military parade; big increase
Posted 4:09 PM, August 16, 2018, by FOX 17 News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump would cost about $92 million, U.S. officials said Thursday, citing preliminary estimates more than three times the price first suggested by the White House.
According to the officials, roughly $50 million would cover Pentagon costs for aircraft, equipment, personnel and other support for the November parade in Washington. The remainder would be borne by other agencies and largely involve security costs. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss early planning estimates that have not yet been finalized or released publicly.
Officials said the plans have not yet been approved by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
The parade's cost has become a politically charged issue, particularly after the Pentagon canceled a major military exercise planned for August with South Korea, in the wake of Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump said the drills were provocative and that dumping them would save the U.S. "a tremendous amount of money." The Pentagon later said the Korea drills would have cost $14 million.
Lt. Col. Jamie Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, would only say Thursday that Defense Department planning for the parade "continues and final details are still being developed. Any cost estimates are pre-decisional. We will announce more information when it is available."
While details are still being worked out, the parade is expected to include troops from all five armed services — the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard — as well as units in period uniforms representing earlier times in the nation's history. It also is expected to involve a number of military aircraft flyovers.
A Pentagon planning memo released in March said the parade would feature a "heavy air component," likely including older, vintage aircraft. It also said there would be "wheeled vehicles only, no tanks — consideration must be given to minimize damage to local infrastructure." Big, heavy tanks could tear up streets in the District of Columbia.
The memo from Mattis' office provided initial planning guidance to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His staff is planning the parade along a route from the White House to the Capitol, and would integrate it with the city's annual veterans' parade. U.S. Northern Command, which oversees U.S. troops in North America, is responsible for the actual execution of the parade.
Earlier this year, the White House budget director told Congress that the cost to taxpayers could be between $10 million and $30 million. Those estimates were likely based on the cost of previous military parades, such as the one in the nation's capital in 1991 celebrating the end of the first Gulf War, and factored in some additional increase for inflation.
Trump decided he wanted a military parade in Washington after he attended France's Bastille Day celebration in the center of Paris last year. As the invited guest of French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump watched enthusiastically from a reviewing stand as the French military showcased its tanks and fighter jets, including many U.S.-made planes, along the famed Champs-Elysees.
Several months later Trump praised the French parade, saying, "We're going to have to try and top it."
Shabadoo Simmons
What a waste- give it to Vets.
This is just so Cadet Bone-spurs can feel like a big man while most of the world makes fun of him.
How much you wanna bet he has a uniform made for this??
Congress is going to have to Step in and tell #45 NO and stop #45 from just spending money that is NOT his.
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Q: Avoiding cached data with NSURLRequest I had this problem while developing an app where the request was a simple URL and the response returned XML.
I used the [NSURLRequest sendsynchronousrequest] and the request header Cache-Control had default max-age value of 81769 by default. Because of this, the response i got was not the latest XML but an old XML. Safari and IE returned an old XML but Chrome and Firefox returned the updated latest XML.
I guessed the reason IE and Safari returned the old XML was because the Cache-Control max age was 81769 whereas the same header when inspected in chrome or Firefox returned 0.
So i manually set the max-age value as 0 for the header field and got the latest XML as response.
I want to know if this is the best solution or is there any other reliable method to get the latest response.

A: You want to look at the set of NSURLRequestCachePolicy enum values.
Specifically, you can create an NSURLRequest object using the +[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:cachePolicy:timeoutInterval:] method and specify NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData or something similar for the cache policy.

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