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Edinburgh’s festivals need to wake up to these two massive venues – Brian Ferguson
Hearts and Hibs football grounds are great venues for concerts as demonstrated by the excitement over the decision to hold a concert by the LA Philharmonic at Tynecastle, writes Brian Ferguson.
Pulling a surprise out of his hat has become a familiar trick for Fergus Linehan when the launch of the Edinburgh International Festival has come round during his five-year tenure – particularly when it comes to its opening night. The city’s arts lovers have got so used to the idea of a free soiree to start the August festival season that there would be something of an outcry if a set-piece curtainraiser was absent.
The free spectaculars which have filled Lothian Road, Castle Terrace and St Andrew Square with sound, light and thousands of festival-goers have created memorable nights.
They have stood in sharp contrast to the images for the city’s other signature events and festival venues, which can look and feel very similar from year to year, even if there are different performers and artists on stage. At the Tattoo, the book festival or the Fringe, acts guaranteed to sell tickets have been regular returners.
While Mr Linehan has found room for several of his favourites in his programmes, the EIF seems to have pulled off arguably its biggest opening night coup in persuading Heart of Midlothian FC to host an open-air concert. The 2019 programme is peppered with big names like Stephen Fry, Sir Ian McKellen, Jarvis Cocker, Kate Tempest, Sir James MacMillan and David Hare, but it was the Tynecastle event that managed to grab most of the EIF’s launch headlines.
While it is the first of Edinburgh’s festivals to show its full hand, the others will be doing well to surpass the prospect of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra swapping the Hollywood Bowl for a Friday night in Gorgie.
A tantalising glimpse of what lies in store was offered at the EIF’s launch party at the stadium – where guests were invited to pop outside to take in the view from behind one of the goals. As Harry Potter and Star Wars anthems were blasted out from the PA into an arena bathed in blue, a thought struck me like a well-hit free kick. Why has it taken more than 70 years for Edinburgh’s festivals to stage a major outdoor event in one of its two main football stadia? Mr Linehan, a regular attendee at both Tynecastle Park and Easter Road, appeared equally baffled at the lack of links between Hibs and Hearts, and the city’s festivals, although both have hosted modest Fringes shows.
Meadowbank Stadium, which is finally being dismantled after years of neglect, was visited by the likes of Simple Minds, Prince, The Pixies and Radiohead while it was still hosting major events. But Elton John has been the only major act to appear at either football ground, when he performed at Easter Road 14 years ago, well before it was fully redeveloped. Hibs and Hearts have been left behind by other stadia in Kilmarnock, Falkirk, Inverness, Airdrie and Cumbernauld. Yet Tynecastle Park and Easter Road have bigger capacities and better facilities. They are also located in a city which hosts the world’s biggest cultural celebration – yet have played next to no part in it. There may appear a world of difference between watching a concert in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle on a summer’s night and taking a seat at Tynecastle Park or Easter Road. But surely the use of these grounds would not suffer the same level of public opposition to the use of parks like Princes Street Gardens or the Meadows. And, crucially, they are much more weather-proof.
With the city council regularly talking up the idea of encouraging a greater geographical spread for the festivals, could the city’s football clubs hold the key to turning warm words into reality?


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Today in “Eff Yes,” we’ve got a couple of new trailers — one for Iron Man 3, this time directed by Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), and a new one for Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino’s latest bloody period piece.
Iron Man Gets All Existential (AVENGERS SPOILERS AHOY)
In the aftermath of The Avengers, where Tony Stark pretty much made the heroic self-sacrifice that he made fun of previously, he barely survives and returns from New York shaken, his Stark Tower all jacked up by Loki. Of course he’ll rebuild it, but he’s an alcoholic who never had to worry about anyone other than himself.
But now he does. And his archnemesis, The Mandarin, has appeared.
Boom. Yeah, that’s Ben Kingsley. Academy Award-winning Ben Kingsley. British Ben Kingsley. As The Mandarin. Hey, I’m not complaining.
Django Unchained Hints Again At How Brutal It’s Gonna Be
Quentin Tarantino (or QT, as I like to call him and how he said he should refer to me when I ran into him at the Hollywood Arclight back when he was bored and hung out in the cafeteria to see who would notice he was there) is coming out with his next film, a brutal slavesploitation (I don’t know, leave me alone) revenge flick.
Q likes revenge. And the trailer below expertly hides the brutal violence, but if you’ve seen enough of Tarantino, you’ll know just how messed up this one is going to be.
I can’t really complain about the cast, either, though initially Will Smith was supposed to take the job and bowed out, which will once again be a mistake on the creative side. He so desperately wants an Oscar that he doesn’t see potential staring him in the face.
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CFB Playoff Review: The Tide Rolls at The Cotton Bowl
Well, we wanted to find out if the Group of 5 could live with the Power 5 – more specifically, the SEC – and I guess we got our answer. A brave, valiant, respectable effort from the Cincinnati Bearcats, but one that really never laid anything more than a jab on the Alabama Crimson Tide’s defense.
It was a shame in a way – Luke Fickell’s guys are really easy to root for, especially their maverick QB Desmond Ridder – as this was a real chance for Cincy to burst through the Glass Ceiling of the College Football Playoff and establish themselves on the National Stage. It didn’t quite happen, but you could definitely make an argument that Cincinnati even having the chance to compete in the Playoff means that Glass Ceiling has cracked somewhat already.
Bama In Control From Start To Finish
Strangely, for a game that finished with just 33 points in it, early on there were glimmers of an offensive battle, with two good drives to open the game. Alabama’s was a true statement: they ran it straight at Cincinnati, not throwing a pass until they were inside the 10 yard line. Oh, and that went from Bryce Young to Slade Bolden for an 8 yard TD. Saban’s script out of the gate was the stuff of dreams for fans of “smash mouth” football.
Cincy responded fairly well; avoiding a 3-and-out on their own opening drive was essential, and Ridder was able to work the ball into the Red Zone. The Bearcats had 1st and goal at the Bama 8, but threw incomplete on their next two downs before a screen was blown up and Fickell had to settle for a Field Goal.
Still, 7-3 was far from a nightmare start, but it showed off the pattern for the game that would be the deciding factor. When Cincy got deep into Alabama territory, they stalled out. When Bama got into Bearcat country, they were clinical. Ja’Corey Brooks caught a 44 yard bomb from Young late in the first half, which extended the lead to 14 and felt very significant in the moment. You never truly believed Cincinnati had what it took to recover from a multiple touchdown deficit.
The Tide led 17-3 at HT, and you felt like Cincinnati had to score 7 on the opening possession of the 3rd Quarter to really stand a chance. When that time came, once again, Cincinnati had to settle for 3, and from that point on Bama put the hammer down. They ran, and ran, and ran the ball for over 300 yards as a team. Brian Robinson Jr was rightly named the Most Valuable Offensive Player after rushing for over 200 yards himself, and into 5th place all-time in the Cotton Bowl game.
As the Confetti fell… with the final score 27-6… Nick Saban, looking nowhere near as happy as he should have (in my opinion), politely applauded as Robinson placed the Alabama logo firmly on the CFP Bracket. It’s now 8 years since the Playoff was created… and Alabama have been in the Final 6 times. That’s beyond a dynasty. It’s true greatness.
Cincinnati Should Be Proud
Spare a thought for Cincinnati: it was one step too far for them. Ridder wasn’t himself, the defense (as good as “Sauce” Gardner and Coby Bryant are) couldn’t stop the run up front, and when they needed a big play it just wasn’t there for them. They can be immensely proud with what they accomplished, and I hope it’s not the last time we see Fickell lead the Bearcats out on this stage.
Their fans – in particular – were ELECTRIC. They dwarfed the Bama fans in noise from Pre-Game until late in the 2nd half when it became apparent the outcome had been decided. I particularly enjoyed them booing the hell out of anyone wearing anything that wasn’t a Cincinnati shirt, including a mixed reaction for Patrick Mahomes of all people… before EXPLODING with adulation for Travis Kelce making his presence known on the JumboTron.
They didn’t leave with the win they wanted, but I’m sure Bearcat nation gained a lot of fans for the vibes they brought with them to Dallas. I know I’ll be cheering for them in future – no doubt.
The National Championship Game
And so… we’re left looking at a National Championship game that… we’ve already seen. Ugh. By the time I’d exited AT&T Stadium and got onto the Bus back to Dallas, the second Semi-Final was all but over, with Georgia racing out into a multi-possession lead over Michigan, and never looking back.
I know, I know, I know – it’s the SEC… it’s the “best conference in the country.” Sure. Nobody is disagreeing with that. But… it’s also… boring!? Maybe that’s harsh. Disappointing? Probably more apt. On the inside, I was certainly rooting for a Cincinnati vs Michigan National Championship Game. Give me something new. Give me excitement. I don’t want the Patriots in the Super Bowl every season and I don’t want the Crimson Tide in the CFP every year either!
Look, sure, there are enough storylines in Georgia getting to face Alabama again (revenge for SEC Title Game, Kirby trying to finally beat his former mentor, flashbacks to the “Tua Game” of 2018) but we have seen it before. The problem is, the gap between the top SEC teams and… everyone else… doesn’t appear to be getting any smaller just yet. With NIL & the Transfer Portal, I’m choosing to hope that they will level the playing field, and allow more schools to get top talents who might otherwise be sat on benches unable to breakthrough and showcase their talents.
Maybe it’s wishful thinking… but I still dream of an expanded College Football Playoff bracket involving teams from 7 or 8 conferences… and a winner from the MAC. Hey, that’s why they’re dreams right?!
And that’s that. @callumjdsquires signing off from the @CottonBowlGame at @ATTStadium. An amazing experience and a clinically efficient performance from @AlabamaFTBL over @GoBearcatsFB. Thanks for following along, and to @NFLDraftSi for allowing me to do this! Happy New Year UK! pic.twitter.com/eY4wYopCzC— The Touchdown (@TheTouchdownNFL) January 1, 2022
I’d like to quickly say a massive thank you to Scottie Rodgers and his team at the Cotton Bowl, who put on an absolutely first-class event. I was incredibly lucky to be able to be there, and am so grateful to the Cotton Bowl for having us. For a kid who grew up in North London, and got into American Football as a teenager, the experience of being inside the Press Box in “Jerry World” for a game of this magnitude is one it would be impossible to forget. A dream come true wouldn’t come close to covering it.
Special mention to the “Cowboys Mac & Cheese” which is legitimately the best I’ve ever had in my entire life. Overall, it was an absolutely incredible experience. Here’s to many more in the future, fingers crossed. Congratulations Alabama… I’ll always have a soft spot for you Cincy.
CALLUM IS FROM LONDON, BUT PLAYED COLLEGE SOCCER AT TRINITY UNIVERSITY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WHERE HE LEARNED NEVER TO CHEER FOR THE COWBOYS. CALLUM IS A LONG-SUFFERING DOLPHINS FAN WHO BELIEVES THE TUA HYPE. FIND HIM ON TWITTER @CALLUMJDSQUIRES

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Originally released on July 20, 1987, a re-recorded version of The Loco-Motion by Kylie Minogue was released worldwide on July 28, 1988, with I’ll Still Be Loving You as the B side. This version, which appeared on the album Kylie, was a major international success. It is a cover of the 1962 song by Little Eva.
The song debuted at No. 2, where it remained for four weeks, on the UK Singles Chart. It was the highest entry on the chart by a female artist. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Minogue’s first single to reach the Top 10 in the United States. It was a No. 1 hit in her native Australia and in several other countries.
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Funky folk band Husky hit Brisbane for a special concert, and we cornered them backstage.
To the unknowing eye, Husky may seem like a cool quartet of musicians with a definite hipster vibe, but to those in the know they’re just a bunch of friends who are all about the group hug and finding a good book to read.
Husky, a Melbourne folk band consisting of Husky Gawenda on vocals and guitar, Gideon Preiss on keyboards and vocals, Evan Tweedie on bass and vocals and Luke Collins on drums,are currently touring around Australia with Ben and Jerry’s Open Air Cinemas in the lead-up to the launch of their second album, Rucker’s Hill.
Written by Husky Gawenda in a small, moonlit room at the back of his house, the new album will bring fans 13 exquisite new songs when it launches on 17 October.
The ARIA nominees and Triple J Unearthed winners will return to Brisbane to play a show on Saturday 22 November. Band members Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss sat down with bmag during their recent Ben and Jerry’s show at South Bank to tell us what life is really like on the road.
Rucker’s Hill hasn’t been officially released yet, but some fans have already had a sneak peek. What has the reception been like?
Husky: It’s been a big job recording the album and it has taken us quite a bit of time. It’s been a challenge but also really fun and exciting. But this is the best bit, being able to release it. This is the big pay off.
Gideon: Some friends and family have already heard the record. The first song from the record ‘I’m Not Coming Back’ has actually already been released so fans would have already heard that one. So, so far so good. We were already playing that song before it was released at our live shows and I think part of the reason we released it first was that we did get such good feedback from the audience when we played it live.
You’ve come a long way since fans first discovered you on Triple J, with an ARIA nomination and a national tour. Has success changed you?
Husky: Success hasn’t really changed the dynamic of our band. We’ve been playing a lot and we’re now a more experienced live band because we’ve done a lot of touring and that definitely changes and shapes the way we play. We have developed a dynamic between us that is only possible when you play together on the road. It’s not so much success that has changed us, but experience.
You’ve got a lot of traveling ahead of you with your two national tours, how do you cope with being on the road so much?
Gideon: We don’t cope with it very well at all, actually. It is hard but you learn strategies and ways to get through it.The truth is the good parts are really good and the bad things are really hard but ultimately if you want to be out there playing shows that’s all part of it.You learn how to deal with the constant travel. The shows are what make it. Playing the music just makes it worth it.
Husky: It’s such an unstable lifestyle that it helps to have a constant, even if it’s just a great novel that you’re reading and whenever you need to you can just dip into that novel and it’s your happy place.
What do you do right before you head on stage? Any rituals you need to fulfill before you can play?
Husky: We all have our own individual rituals and some band rituals. Firstly, we always talk about the set list together. We come up with a plan and we generally have a hug before we go on stage, that’s something we do as a band.
Gideon:We always have a little think about where we’re at, about getting up on stage and the transition from normal life. You might spend all day traveling around then you just have to shake it off. Also, whiskey and coconut water work well.
What do you like about playing in Brisbane?
Husky: We always have a great time in Brisbane, we’ve often discussed that there’s just something about Brisbane, it’s just really warm and open. I’m not sure if it’s the perfection of the beautiful weather or what it is but we’ve found that audiences are just amazing here.
Husky will play The Zoo (711 Ann St, Fortitude Valley) on Saturday 22 November.


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A retrospective of travel photography by the late Caroline Littell of Alfred will be on view Friday, June 12 through Wednesday, July 15 on the main floor of Alfred University’s (AU) Herrick Memorial Library. The public is invited to an opening reception for “Camera Without Borders – the World of Caroline Littell” from 2 to 4 p.m. June 12.
The library’s summer hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. The library is closed weekends.
Littell was a freelance photographer whose images illustrated articles on tourism and travel in several dozen newspapers and magazines in this country and in Europe. For more than 30 years, major publications featuring her photography included The Los Angeles Times, Travel & Leisure Magazine, The San Francisco Examiner, The Chicago Sun Times, The Milwaukee Journal, The Athens (Greece) News, The Denver Post, The New Orleans Times Picayune and Ocean Navigator Magazine.
In Western New York, her work appeared regularly in The Buffalo News, The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, The Hornell Sunday Spectator, The Olean Times Herald, and The Alfred Sun.
The 60 black-and-white photographs to be displayed at Herrick portray landscapes and people in locations ranging from Greece, Colombia, Thailand, and Burma to the American West and the plains of East Africa.
Born in Egypt of English parents, Littell was educated in England and later studied languages in France, Spain, Austria, and Greece. She immigrated to the United States in 1962, moving to Alfred in 1968.
As a photographer, Littell was entirely self-taught except for a brief period of instruction at AU. She worked for the most part in film, experimenting with digital formats only at the end of her career. But whether in film or in digital, her photography displayed a technical mastery of a demanding craft as well as an unerring eye for balanced composition.
Like Henri Cartier-Bresson, the French pioneer of modern photojournalism, Littell had the uncanny ability to capture on film that decisive moment of facial expression or body attitude that defines mood or personality.
Littell died earlier this year in Pasadena, CA, after a long illness.
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Record Release Party: I’m Not Jim – You Are All My People
Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 7:30 PM
A concert and record release party for You Are All My People from I’m Not Jim. I’m Not Jim is a collaboration between novelist Jonathan Lethem (You Don’t Love Me Yet) singer-songwriter Walter Salas-Humara (The Silos), and the Elegant Too (Philip Hernandez and Chris Maxwell).
* OK, it’s not really his band.
I’m Not Jim “Tour” Dates
Thursday, September 18, 2008 Housing Works Bookstore New York, NY
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This amazing derailleur is an off-the-shelf Shimano 105 (5800 L SS) derailleur that has been refinished with a very fetching 'Cherry Blossom' design.
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The 'Cherry Blossom' or 'Sakura' motif has a long history in Japanese art. It is associated with an appreciation of the fleeting nature of life, with hope and rebirth and with friendship and goodwill.

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Hot-spot neighbourhoods in Ontario are seeing lower COVID-19 vaccination rates for seniors over 80 than neighbourhoods with lower incidence of the virus — indicating the most at-risk populations are still being missed for the vaccine.
To address stark disparities persisting for seniors in hot-spot communities, geriatricians, public health experts and community centre leads say vaccine rollout should be modified quickly to target elderly groups most at risk for COVID-19. That means increasing culturally-targeted information campaigns, expanding mobile outreach to homebound seniors and enabling primary-care providers to administer jabs, among other tactics.
“A lot of people like to think it’s just vaccine hesitancy, but it’s really not, to any significant degree,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, director of geriatrics at Mount Sinai hospital. “The data really is speaking to the fact there’s a vaccine gap that’s not really fuelled by hesitancy.”
According to ICES data presented May 20 by Ontario’s Science Advisory Table, 73 per cent of people 80-plus living in the province’s most high-risk neighbourhoods had received one dose of the vaccine. In the neighbourhoods with the lowest prevalence of infections, 87 per cent of those in the same age group were vaccinated.
The same gap exists among those aged 75 to 79, who recorded a 75 per cent vaccination rate in high-risk neighbourhoods versus 85 per cent in low-risk neighbourhoods.
It also applies to seniors aged 70 to 74; in high-risk communities 75 per cent had received one dose compared to 82 per cent in low-risk communities.
“What this suggests is there’s a need to change tactics and likely find ways to meet the people who are in these higher age groups where they are to provide greater access to vaccination,” said Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, co-chair of the Science Advisory Table at a news conference Friday.
In Toronto and Peel Region, where the burden of infection has been consistently high — the percentage of seniors vaccinated is lower than the rest of the population, despite that age group having had vaccines available for months.
As of Tuesday, Toronto had vaccinated 72.5 per cent of those over 80, while those 70 to 74 were 78 per cent vaccinated, according to Toronto Public Health.
According to data from Peel Public Health, 68.9 per cent of seniors 80 and over have had a vaccine, while 77 per cent of those aged 75 to 79 have been vaccinated.
Hot-spot communities “tend to be more ethnoculturally diverse,” meaning residents may be more comfortable communicating in languages other than English or French, which can be a barrier in navigating booking systems, if seniors “can afford internet access or a cellphone in the first place,” Sinha said.
Friends of Chinatown, an advocacy group in the Kensington-Chinatown neighbourhood, spent the weekend reaching out to over 10,000 people, knocking on doors and delivering flyers written in Chinese languages in preparation for a pop-up clinic hosted by the Cecil Community Centre Tuesday.
“People were waiting in line for a good two hours and nobody left …that says a lot about the importance of culturally and racially specific targeted vaccine engagement,” said Beryl Tsang, manager of strategic initiatives at the community centre. “These are front-line workers, vulnerable individuals, and they’re people that normally would fall through the cracks and not get vaccinated.”
Tsang said organizers were surprised to see the number of seniors — especially 80 to 90 year olds — who began lining up first thing in the morning.
“We assumed their age group would have gotten vaccinated, and they haven’t,” Tsang said. “But these are people that live independently, or communally with one another. So they wouldn’t have been vaccinated through other means. Most of them don’t have computers, or phones.”
Vaccine ambassadors at the centre spoke Mandarin, Cantonese, Fujianese, Toisanese among other languages and dialects.
Outside the centre, Yang Jing Cheng, 18, stood in line with her mom and grandma. Her mom — in her mid-50s — had heard about the clinic through a flyer at work.
“The flyer was in Chinese, which is good, because my mom doesn’t speak English,” Cheng said. “It’s nice that they’re catering to Chinese individuals … My mom and grandmother are on the older side, so they’re more vulnerable to getting sick.”
Sinha noted that many older people want to be accompanied by a loved one or a friend when they seek their jab. In places like Toronto and Peel, where many essential workers live, that proves to be a challenge.
“Their children or grandchildren can’t take a day off work, because a day off work means no pay to go take mom or dad to get vaccinated. It’s another huge barrier,” Sinha said.
Pop-up clinics have been key in vaccinating the province and closing equity gaps, but are not the most effective model for seniors who may be “frail and weak” and unable to handle long lines, said Dr. Nathan Stall, a geriatrician at Sinai Health in Toronto.
“We now have to circle back and say this strategy was super successful in reducing the equity gap for much of our population, but we cannot leave the elderly population behind,” Stall said, adding it’s time for vaccination strategies to become “hyperlocal.”
“The energy and resources that were all put into pop-up clinics and hot-spot strategies, we need to use some of those resources now to redeploy people and staff to mobile vaccine teams, to reach people who have been left behind,” he said.
At the end of March, Toronto launched a transportation pilot to help homebound seniors reach vaccine appointments. According to Toronto Public Health, the city has been administering about 320 to 350 in-home COVID-19 vaccinations each week since March 10. The city is also working with hospitals to bring mobile clinics to highrise buildings with a high concentration of seniors.
In Peel, online pre-registration is available for homebound seniors, with about 450 seniors and their caregivers vaccinated through mobile clinics so far, according to Peel Public Health. Mobile clinics have also administered first doses in 40 seniors’ buildings.
But seniors are still struggling with the complexity of multiple booking sites that require high-speed internet, along with the hours-long wait at some pop-up sites, said Michelle Dagnino, executive director of the Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre.
“For seniors it’s still not a good system. We know that people were waiting for seven to eight hours at a time at the pop-up clinics. It also requires knowing about [clinics] ahead of time,” Dagnino said, adding the centre has been calling seniors to let them know about clinics and wait times.
“Many do not have strong English language skills so they are quite intimidated, especially if family members are not able to take time off to accompany them,” she said.
Stall and Sinha noted enabling family physicians to deliver jabs would help fill vaccine gaps.
“These physicians know who their most vulnerable patients are, who would have the most trouble getting to a vaccine (clinic) ... by taking primary care out of the equation early on, it really created a barrier for many,” Sinha said.
Putting vaccines in the hands of family doctors would be empowering to seniors who still need a shot — as they can also ask them questions, potentially in a language other than English, said Dr. Malu Romero, a medical oncologist working with the Latin American Task Force to bridge barriers to vaccination.
At some of the pop-up clinics organized by the task force, seniors do not have to wait in line and doctors have been there to answer their questions in Spanish, Romero said. Providing more language support is key to engaging seniors, particularly those who may have precarious immigration status and are worried about interacting with public health, she said.
Laura Guerrero, who works on the co-ordination committee for the task force, said seniors feel safer in a clinic environment with doctors they can trust who can speak multiple languages.
“Having that opportunity to speak to a professional in your own language, who can ease some of your worries, is critical,” said Guerrero. “This is a duty. This is the most vulnerable age group. We need to get them protected.”
Correction — May 26, 2021: This article has been edited to correct the percentage rates for seniors in Peel Region who have received a COVID-19 vaccination.


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Yes, it's been a minute since my last post. Not much done by way of sewing as I have not been feeling that great. Badly enough to not be able to go on the Mother's Day fabric spree my family gave me as a gift. Now that's really bad, isn't it? The past few days have been better, so I am keen on picking up the project I'd been working on since I finished my daughter's dress. It's another easy wrap dress made from Vogue Pattern #8379. This time I am making View B with sleeves. Although I am steadily losing inches, I still haven't reached my upper arm toning goals, but that's another blog!
I am using a black jersey fabric from Vogue Fabrics. I toyed with the idea of making the skirt longer but nixed that idea.
If all goes as planned I should be done with this dress today. All that's left to do is sew the skirt to the bodice, the sleeves and the hem.
In other news, I have had my eye on a couple flirty godet skirts. While I only earned how to draft a basic A-line skirt in my sewing class, there are instructions in my pattern-making book for drafting godets. If I decide on a commercial pattern, I'll look to McCall's 5274.
While perusing the web I came across this really nice slide show put together by New York Time's photographer Bill Cunningham, featuring his NYC street fashion photo montage of the "swoosh" skirt.
Check out the narrated slideshow of fabulous skirts here: On the Street--Swoosh!


Former Royal Pirates member James is continuing his recovery from his horrific and tragic wrist injury, and he’s now begun a Kickstarter project to help fund his ‘The Light‘ album and a music video for a song from it.
If nothing else, James cited Asian Junkie in his video, so now we are obligated to support him.
I suspect given the amount of people who were sending me e-mails about this, most of my readers have already contributed. However, for those who haven’t or were unaware of his story, this is something I definitely feel is worth chipping in for.
I’ve always kept up with his story on this site, mainly because of how terrible and unfortunate it was, but also because there was always a sense of injustice associated with it. Fortunately, many apparently feel the same way about supporting him as I do, so he reached his goal with a month left to spare before my lazy ass even got around to writing about it.
Anyway, if you’d like to participate, check out the Kickstarter project for further details.


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This morning our discussion topics include: • In a Budget Gesture, Obama Will Return 5% of His Salary • Obama administration pushes banks to make home loans to people with weaker credit • U.S. Embassy Tweets Jon Stewart's Egypt Monologue; Diplomatic Incident Ensues • Latest Updates on the Gun Violence Debate • Leno Blesses ‘Tonight Show’ Succession Plan
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Elon Musk has unveiled his underground transportation tunnel, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube.
Guests boarded Musk’s Tesla Model S and rode along Los Angeles-area surface streets about 1.6km away from what is known as O’Leary Station.
The station, smack dab in the middle of a residential neighbourhood — “basically in someone’s backyard,” Musk says — consists of a wall-less lift that slowly took the car down a wide shaft, roughly 10 metres below the surface.
The sky slowly fell away and the surprisingly narrow tunnel emerged.
“We’re clear,” said the driver, who sped up and zipped into the tunnel when a red track light turned green, making the tube look like something from space or a dance club.
The car jostled significantly during the ride, which was bumpy enough to give one reporter motion sickness while another yelled, “Woo!”
Musk described his first ride as “epic”.
“For me it was a eureka moment,” he told a roomful of reporters. “I was like, ‘This thing is going to damn well work’.”
He said the rides are bumpy now because “we kind of ran out of time” and there were some problems with the speed of his paving machine.
‘Smooth as glass’
“It’ll be smooth as glass,” he said of future systems. “This is just a prototype. That’s why it’s a little rough around the edges.”
The demo rides were also considerably slower — 65km/h — than what Musk says the future system will run at: 250km/h.
Still, it took only three minutes to go just over 1.6km from the beginning to the end of the tunnel, the same amount of time it took to accomplish a right-hand turn out of the car park and on to a surface street even before the height of Los Angeles’ notorious rush-hour traffic.
The tunnel is just a test to prove the technology works and could one day cure traffic.
Tuesday’s reveal comes almost two years to the day since Musk announced on Twitter that “traffic is driving me nuts” and he was “going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging”.
“I am actually going to do this,” he added in response to initial scepticism, a tweet that was blown up and posted near the entrance to the tunnel for Tuesday’s event, along with other Musk tweets like, “Defeating traffic is the ultimate boss battle.”
The tweets were a nod to Musk’s sense of humour.
Just after announcing he was creating a tunnel, he began The Boring Company, tongue in cheek intentional. Since his announcement, Musk has only revealed a handful of photos and videos of the tunnel’s progress.
On Tuesday, he explained for the first time in minute detail just how the system, which he simply calls “loop”, could work on a larger scale beneath cities across the globe.
Autonomous, electric vehicles could be lowered into the system on wall-less elevators the size of two cars. Such elevators could be placed almost anywhere cars can go.
A number of autonomous cars would remain inside the system just for pedestrians and bicyclists. Once on the main arteries of the system, every car could run at top speed except when entering and exiting.
“It’s much more like an underground highway than it is a subway,” he said. “It’s not like you’re going through a whole series of stops. Nope, the main arteries will be going super fast, and it’s only when you want to get off the loop system that you slow down.”
Musk said he scrapped his previous plan to run the cars on platforms called skates.
Instead, the cars would have to be fitted with specially designed side wheels that pop out perpendicularly to the car’s regular tyres and run along the tunnel’s track. The cost for such wheels would be about US$200-300/car, Musk said.
He said tunnels are the safest place to be in earthquakes — sort of like a submarine during a hurricane is safest beneath the surface — and addressed other concerns such as the noise and disruption of building the tunnels, which he completely dismissed.
When workers bored through the end of the test tunnel, for instance, the people in the home six metres away “didn’t even stop watching TV”.
“The footsteps of someone walking past your house will be more noticeable than a tunnel being dug under your house,” he said.
Musk said it took about $10-million to build the test tunnel, a far cry from $1-billion per mile his company says most tunnels take to build.
Musk explained just how he is cutting costs. Measures include improving the speed of construction with smarter tools, eliminating middlemen, building more powerful boring machines, and instead of hauling out all the dirt being excavated, Musk is turning them into bricks and selling them for 10c.
He reiterated the simplicity of all his ideas. “No Nobel Prize is needed here,” he said. “It’s very simple.”
And he is not doing it for the money, he said, adding that it is for the greater good. “Traffic is a blight on everyone’s life in all cities,” he said. “I really think this is incredibly profound. Hopefully that is coming across.”
Musk’s vision for the underground tunnels is not the same as another of his transportation concepts known as Hyperloop. That would involve a network of nearly airless tubes that would speed special capsules over long distances at up to 1 200km/h, using a thin cushion of air, magnetism and solar power.
The loop system is designed for shorter routes that would not require the elimination of air friction, according to The Boring Company.

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The Never Ending Battle: Critics vs Audiences
Finding Neverland, a new show based on the popular movie, has just opened on Broadway and been critically panned by reviewers. Yet the show has managed to bank $10 million in advance ticket sales. What could be causing this difference of opinion?
At the centre of many critical reviews has been the show’s musical choices. Written by Eliot Kennedy and Take That’s Gary Barlow, the score tends to skew more towards the pop genre rather than the traditional Broadway writing style. The New York Post commented ‘Every song . . vaguely reminds you of some recording you have heard in the background of your life’. The Wall Street Journal mused ‘The Gary Barlow-Eliot Kennedy score is an endless string of skim-milk, pop-rock anthems’. And The Hollywood Reporter believes that the composers ‘raided the Hallmark shelves’.
While the sentiment of these comments are intended in a negative manner, they actually emphasis everything that is right about the musical’s songs!
Disney and jukebox musicals have a knack for bringing hoards of people into the theatre. Aladdin is still selling at 100% capacity over a year into its run. Beautiful has become a crowd favourite with productions slated for all over the world. Mamma Mia has been unstoppable for thirteen years. And nothing can get between The Lion King and the Disney audience.
These are not surprise hits. They all involve songs which have been heard in the background of our lives. Stories which resonate strongly with audience members. And three of those examples all feature movies which furthered their reach in the community. Their great advantage is that they are inherently linked to our lives.
While the reviewers seem to have an issue with these relatable and accessible qualities, these are the qualities which will endear a piece of entertainment with audiences. It becomes meaningful because we can relate with the songs (even if we have never heard them before). We are not pushed out of our comfort zones with the content because we have already seen it in another format. And they will inspire memories from our past which are linked in with these familiar sounding songs making the content more relatable.
Any successful marketing strategy takes advantage of these two qualities; relatable and accessible, and this show has them in-built in the product. If the audience are already listening to similar songs then they are probably tapping into the popular trends. Darren Criss, from Glee fame and soon to take over the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, articulated this at the opening night festivities: ‘It’s important to keep an ear out for what the population is listening to, and to ignore that appetite would be really selling yourself short of making this art form accessible.’
Keep your products accessible and audiences will be able to get the most out of them. That is what has led to the $10 million word of mouth that Finding Neverland has achieved!
Stay tuned. Finding Neverland has another accessible strategy launching on April 21st.

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Before the start of each season, Detrek Browning makes a list of goals and checks them off as he goes.
This year’s list doesn’t have many blanks next to them.
Make first team all-Peach Belt? Done. Be the PBC Player of Year? Lead the PBC in scoring? Done. Get Francis Marion back to the NCAA Tournament? Check.
Browning also accomplished two other goals on the list – become FMU’s all-time leading scorer and the Peach Belt’s all-time leading scorer. He became the PBC’s all-time scorer with 27 points Saturday in the 75-72 loss to UNC Pembroke in the first round of the Divison II tournament.
For his career, he finished with 2,356 points.
“Breaking the records at FMU has been a dream,” said Browning, who was named PBC Player of the Week a record seven times this year. “Told myself before the season that I wanted to be the best player in the conference, period. I wanted to distance myself so far from the other players so that the Peach Belt wouldn’t have a choice but to pick me.”
Browning called his senior year, his “Michael Jackson Farewell Tour.” He saidit went by in a blur but, he tried to savor it as much as he could. He hopes to continue his playing career either in the U.S. or overseas and admits it’s going to be weird not putting that FMU uniform on next season.
Heading into Saturday’s tournament game, Browning was fourth in Division II in scoring at 24.5 points per game, had 2,329 career points and held more than a dozen school records. All that is not bad for a player who wanted to be a football player but got cut from his middle school team his seventh- and eighth-grade year.
Browning, who didn’t begin playing organized basketball until he was 12, “cried like a baby” the two years he didn’t make the Irmo Middle School team.
“I never even made it to the final cut,” Browning said. “But my mom said it was going to be all right. And my middle school coach, coach Lee, I tell him thank you every time I see him. Because if it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be here today.”
Browning used the middle school snubs as motivation as he began his Irmo career playing for hall of fame coach Tim Whipple. As a sophomore, he came off the bench to help the Yellow Jackets to a state title. Then, as senior, the point guard helped Irmo to a 29-0 record and another state title.
“Coach Whipple taught me how to play the point guard position and to be a basketball player. Preparation is what I got from coach Whipple,” Browning said. “Coming to the game and be ready. If you are ready mentally, you are ahead.”
Despite the success and all-state accolades, colleges weren’t knocking at Browning’s door. He had interest from Division I mid-majors High Point and Radford during his junior year but didn’t hear much from either school during his senior year.
Francis Marion coach Gary Edwards remembers Sean Sweeney, who was an assistant at FMU at the time, telling his boss about the Irmo point guard. Edwards watched Browning play and knew he wanted him for his program.
“I thought he was a heady player and had a feel for the game. He just knows how to play. We offered him right away,” Edwards said. “He brought all kinds of intangibles to the team. Had no idea he would score as much as he did. I knew he would be a heck of a player.”
Newberry and Francis Marion recruited him, but only FMU gave him a full scholarship. Still, Browning was a little hesitant to commit and wanted to see if a bigger school would offer at the last minute. In hindsight, Browning said that was a mistake.
“Playing Division II ball wasn’t the goal. I thought if I played Division II ball, I probably wouldn’t be playing after college. I wouldn’t be the famous guy, and people wouldn’t know how good I could play,” Browning said. “But coming here has changed my life. I’m going to graduate, didn’t think I would break all these records and played in March Madness, in the Division II tournament. That’s all I can ask for.”
Browning redshirted his freshman year, and he learned a lot from former Camden standout Evrik Gary, who is FMU’s second all-time leading scorer.
The following year, Browning, who Edwards calls a “throwback and an old soul,” earned Peach Belt Freshman of the Year honors and began his assault on the FMU record book.
“The things I’m going to remember about Detrek is his loyalty in a day and age where guys become good in college and become better than people thought. They are looking to transfer, especially guys who redshirted their freshman year,” Edwards said. “They take the graduate year and go to a Division I school, but Detrek never did that. Detrek was loyal to his team, coach and school. He just wanted to win and is very unselfish for a guy who scores as much as he does.”


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Automated snow-making system
Each snow-gun site of a multisite snow-making system is equipped with a microprocessor-based logic and control unit. The latter responds to time-varying signals representative of the ambient temperature and relative humidity of its associated site to continuously adjust the flow rate of water applied to the snow gun(s) of such site in order to maintain a desired snow consistency. Based on the instantaneous values of temperature and relative humidity, the logic and control unit determines a nominal water flow rate value which, for the particular parameters of the snow-making system, will produce a desired snow consistency. This nominal value is compared with the present water flow rate value to produce a control signal used for adjusting a motor-controlled valve which determines the water flow rate applied to the snow-gun. The nominal water flow rate value can be selectively adjusted, on site, to account, for example, for gradual changes in system parameters, e.g., water temperature, compressed air pressure, etc., which will affect the snow consistency.
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The present invention relates to the art of making snow for ski resorts and the like. More particularly, it relates to further improvements in automation of the snow-making process.
Though the art of snow-making has been practiced for several decades, it is still a labor-intensive process to produce a large quantity of "quality" snow at a desired location on a mountain side. While it is now a relatively simple matter to combine compressed air and water in a "snow-gun" to produce, under controlled conditions, a uniform blanket of snow having a desired moisture content, it is considerably more difficult to produce such a blanket of snow on a ski trail atop a mountain where the terrain is highly irregular, and the temperature, relative humidity and wind undergo frequent, unpredictable and severe changes of the type that dramatically affect snow quality and placement. It is not uncommon, for example, to discover in the morning following a night of snow-making that, as a result of an unexpected change in humidity, temperature and/or wind speed or direction, most of the snow made has either been deposited into the adjacent woods, or has become so laden with moisture as to become unsuitable for skiing.
To cope with the ever-changing weather conditions, many ski resorts maintain large crews of equipment operators whose primary function is to make weather-related adjustments to the snow-guns. For example, the guns should always be aimed in a direction to take wind direction and speed into account. Moreover, the compressed air-to-water ratio should always be maintained at a level which accounts for both ambient temperature and relative humidity; otherwise the snow consistency will be either too wet or too dry. Only a few degrees temperature change, or a few percent change in relative humidity, will have a dramatic effect on the snow-making efficiency and quality of the snow produced.
In the commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 5,031,832 issued in the names of H. R. Ratnik et al., there is disclosed a snow-making system in which the tasks of aiming the snow-gun and adjusting the air-to-water ratio are performed remotely. Motor-controlled valves are used to adjust air and water flow to the guns, and motor-controlled mounts are used to adjust both azimuth and elevation of the snow spray. While this automated system allows adjustments to be made from afar, there is still a need for an operator to make frequent visits to each snow gun site to adjust for changes in temperature and/or humidity.
While it is known in the art to use a centrally located computer to adjust the air-to-water ratio at each of a plurality of snow-gun sites based on temperature and relative humidity samplings at each site, such centrally-controlled systems tend to be disadvantageous from the standpoints of cost, complexity and maintenance. For example, in the case of a computer failure, snow-making over the entire ski resort is affected. Moreover, there is no easy way to override a nominal air-to-water setting to compensate for changes in system parameters, such as variations in water temperature, compressed air pressure, water purity, etc. In such case, an equipment operator located at an affected snow-gun site must communicate with the central control station, identifying the site of interest and ordering changes, for example, in water flow rate to cure the problem observed. Achieving the desired flow rate through an intermediary is not a trivial task. Moreover, as indicated above, any maintenance or servicing of the computer system also has the effect of shutting down the entire snow-making operation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing discussion, an object of this invention is to provide an automated snow-making system in which the above-noted deficiencies are overcome.
The snow-making system of the invention basically comprises (a) temperature and relative humidity sensors for respectively producing first and second signals representative of the ambient temperature and relative humidity in the vicinity of a snow-gun site; (b) water flow rate-determining means for producing a third signal representative of the actual flow rate of the pressurized water being applied to the snow gun; (c) logic and control means operatively coupled to the temperature and relative humidity sensors for receiving the first and second signals and determining, from the combination thereof, a nominal flow rate of water which should be applied to the snow-gun to achieve a desired snow quality; (d) means for comparing values representing the actual and nominal water flow rates to provide a control signal representative of the difference between such values; (e) means for incrementally adjusting the nominal flow rate value to selectively adjust the control signal; and (f) means responsive to the control signal for adjusting the rate of water flow to the snow-gun. Preferably, the logic and control means comprises a look-up table in which combinations of the first and second signal values are correlated with a water flow rate value required to produce a desired compressed air/water ratio at the snow gun. Preferably, the adjusting means is controllable from the snow-making site, and includes a magnetic field-actuated switch which is wholly contained within a weather-proof housing.
The invention will be better understood from the ensuing detailed description of a preferred embodiment, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a multisite snow-making system of the type in which the invention is useful;
FIG. 2 is a side elevation of a snow-making site of the FIG. 1 system;
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of certain components comprising each snow-making site of the FIG. 1 system;
FIG. 4 is a series of curves relating temperature, relative humidity and air/water ratio;
FIG. 5 is a table relating temperature, relative humidity and water pressure; and
FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating various steps performed by the microprocessor-based logic and control unit of FIG. 3.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates a snow-making system comprising a plurality of snow-making sites 10 arranged at various locations along the ski trails of a ski resort. Each snow-making site comprises one or more snow-guns 12, each gun being mounted on a motor-controlled mount 14. Each snow gun may, for example, be of the type disclosed in the commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 3,829,013, issued to H. R. Ratnik. Such a gun operates, in a well known manner, to provide a spray of ice crystals (snow) upon combining water and compressed air under certain conditions which need not be explained here. It suffices to say that the consistency or "quality" of the snow produced by these devices is dependent, in large part, on the atmospheric conditions at the site, and the relative proportions of air and water supplied to each device. Water under high pressure and compressed air are supplied to each gun by water and compressed air lines L1 and L2, respectively. Electrical power is provided to each site via a power line L3. Motor-controlled valves V1 and V2 control the flow of water and air supplied to the guns through line L1 and L2.
In accordance with the present invention, the operation of at least the water line valve V1 is controlled by a microprocessor-based logic and control unit (LCU) 16 associated with each snow-making site. Each LCU is mounted within a protective, weatherproof housing H which, as shown in FIG. 1, can be mounted on a tower 18 which supports the snow-gun or, as shown in FIG. 2, on a water or air hydrant H1 and H2, respectively, discussed below in connection with FIG. 2. As explained below, the output of each LCU can be controlled, in part, by an operator who is in a position to personally sample the quality of the snow produced by the snow-gun.
Referring to FIG. 2 which better illustrates the mechanical details of each snow-making site, each snow-gun 12 is supported by a motor-controlled mount 14 atop a telescoping tower 18 extending upwardly from a concrete base 20 buried beneath ground level. The azimuth and elevation of the snow-gun are controlled by motors M1 and M2, respectively. The mechanical details and operation of the snow gun mount are disclosed in detail in the aforementioned U.S. Pat. No. 5,031,832, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. Water is supplied to the snow gun via a conduit C1 which interconnects the snow-gun with water hydrant H1. Similarly, compressed air is supplied to the snow-gun via conduit C2 which interconnects the snow-gun and air hydrant H2. Each hydrant comprises a motor-controlled valve (V1 and V2) which responds to a control signal provided by the LCU to regulate the flow of fluid therethrough.
As noted above, the quality of snow produced by snow-gun 12 is largely dependent on the ambient temperature and relative humidity at the snow-making site. As either or both of these parameters vary with time, it is necessary to adjust the compressed air/water ratio applied to the gun in order to maintain a desired or "nominal" snow quality. A typical relationship between temperature, humidity and air/water ratio is illustrated in the graphs of FIG. 4. In reading these graphs it will be noted that there is a nominal air/water ratio for each combination of temperature and relative humidity. As either temperature or relative humidity change, the nominal air/water ratio will change. It is important to note that these curves are based on certain other assumed "system parameters" which also affect snow quality. Some of these system parameters are fixed, such as the characteristics of the snow gun and pipelines, and once taken into account in plotting the curves, need not be considered again. Other system parameters, such as water temperature, compressed air pressure, water purity, etc. will vary over the course of a snow-making season and must be taken into account in using the curves of FIG. 4. As explained below, the apparatus of the invention enables the effect of these other system parameters to be taken into account.
To obviate the need for an operator to be on hand at all times to monitor snow quality and make the appropriate adjustments to the air/water ratio, means are provided, in accordance with this invention, for making these adjustments automatically at each snow-making site. Referring to FIG. 3, such automatic adjustment means includes a temperature sensor 50 for producing a first signal proportional to the ambient temperature at an associated site, a relative humidity sensor 52 for producing a second signal proportional to the ambient relative humidity at such site, and a water pressure sensor 54 for producing a third signal proportional to the instantaneous flow rate of water being applied to the snow gun of that site. These signals are input to a conventional microprocessor 56 of LCU 16 via an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter 58. The microprocessor may be, for example, the Model Z-80 made by Zilog Corporation. The A/D converter may be, for example, the ADC-0808 made by National Semiconductor Corporation. The LCU includes a random access memory (RAM) 60 which is programmed to carry out the process described herein, and in particular the process defined by the flow chart of FIG. 6, described below. An electrically programmable read-only memory (EPROM) 62 is programmed to store a look-up table (LUT) which includes the information of FIG. 4 in table form. A typical table of the type stored in the EPROM is shown in FIG. 5. LCU 16 also comprises an input/output device (I/O) 64 which, for example, outputs control signals to a motorized valve 66 which controls the flow rate of water from water hydrant H1 to the snow-gun and, hence, the air/water ratio and the resulting snow quality. Note, while it is preferred to adjust the water flow rate to control the air/water ratio at the snow-gun, it will be appreciated that the air flow rate could also be controlled. But experience has shown that a finer adjustment of snow quality can be effected by controlling only the water flow rate while allowing the air pressure to be constant.
In addition to providing control signals to valve 66, the LCU controls a pair of 7-segment LED displays 68 to display a digital value (e.g. the number "50") representing the nominal air/water ratio presently being supplied to the snow-gun-gun. At opposite sides of the pair of digital displays is a pair of magnetic reed switches 70,72 which, when subjected to a changing magnetic field, produce a signal pulse, either positive or negative-going. The LCU responds to this signal pulse to incrementally adjust the nominal water pressure (or flow rate) acted upon by the LCU in producing an appropriate valve control signal. The requisite changing magnetic field is produced by simply swiping a bar magnet 74 across the surface of the reed switch. In response to each signal pulse, the LCU increases or decreases the value of the control signal so as to produce, for example, a 1% change in the pressure of water applied to the snow-gun. For each swipe of the bar magnet across one switch or the other, the LCU also increases or decreases by one the number displayed on the digital display. As noted above, the LCU is contained in a weather-proof housing, preferably made of fiber-glass or other non-magnetic material. The digital display is located on one surface of such housing, and the magnetic reed switches are wholly contained within such housing, in close proximity to the display-supporting surface so as to be influenced by the movement of the bar magnet. Having no parts external to the housing, the magnetic reed switch is particularly preferred as a means for inputting an offset signal to the output signal applied to the motorized valve.
Referring now to FIG. 6, the first step carried out by LCU 16 in automatically adjusting the air/water ratio to compensate for temperature and humidity changes is to read the ambient temperature, as represented by the output signal produced by sensor 50. If the read temperature exceeds a predetermined level (say 32 degrees Fahrenheit) at which snow can not be efficiently made, a valve "down" (i.e., close) signal will be applied to the water hydrant to shut-off the water supply to the snow-gun. A current sensor 76 senses the current applied to the water valve and provides an input to the LCU. When the current exceeds a predetermine threshold, indicating that the valve is closed, the process is repeated. If the ambient temperature is acceptable for snow-making, the ambient relative humidity is read from sensor 52. From the combination of temperature and relative humidity readings, the nominal water pressure required to produce a nominal air/water ratio is determined from the look-up table in the EPROM. (Note, since it is easier to detect water pressure than flow rate, water pressure is sensed in conduit C1 and its value is easily correlated with flow rate. The actual water pressure is read from sensor 54, and the amount of offset C introduced by the operator through the magnetic reed switches is determined. The LCU then compares the nominal pressure with actual pressure plus the offset. If these values are equal, no change is produced in the control signal applied to the water valve. If one exceeds the other, then the valve is either opened or closed to produce equilibrium. During valving "up" and "down", the valve motor current is sensed to detect proper operation.
From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that the automated snow-making system of the invention affords certain advantages over the aforementioned prior art system. Of particular significance is the fact that the nominal water flow rate programmed into the EPROM is easily offset to compensate for gradually changing system parameters. If the operator notices that the snow produced has increased in water content to an undesired level, the operator can incrementally change the snow quality by appropriately operating the magnetic reed switches a desired number of times. The change in the valve "up"/"down" signal will remain in effect until power is shut off. By taking note of the digital display 68 at one site, the operator can use this information in making adjustments, if desired, at other sites. By having a logic and control unit at each site, servicing of one site has no effect on the others, and the snow-making efficiency can be readily maximized for each site.
The invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment. It is apparent that modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and such are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.
1. An automated snow-making system comprising a plurality of snow-making sites, each site comprising a snow-gun which operates to produce a spray of man-made snow by mixing compressed air and pressurized water applied thereto, such spray of man-made snow having a moisture content determined, in part, by (i) the ratio of compressed air and pressurized water applied to the snow-gun, and (ii) the ambient temperature and relative humidity in the vicinity of the snow-gun, each of said sites further comprising:
- (a) a temperature sensor for producing a first signal representative of said ambient temperature;
- (b) a relative humidity sensor for producing a second signal representative of said ambient relative humidity;
- (c) means for producing a third signal representative of the actual instantaneous flow rate of water applied to the snow gun;
- (d) logic and control means operatively coupled to said temperature and relative humidity sensors for receiving said first and second signals and for determining, from the combination thereof, a nominal water flow rate value to be applied to its associated snow-gun, said nominal flow rate value being related to different combinations of ambient temperature and relative humidity by a predetermined relationship, said logic and control means comprising means for comparing said actual flow rate value with said nominal flow rate value to produce a control signal representative of the difference between said actual and nominal values;
- (e) means responsive to said control signal for adjusting the flow rate of water applied to said snow-gun; and
- (f) magnetic field-responsive means for incrementally adjusting said nominal flow rate value to selectively adjust the flow rate of water to said snow-gun.
2. The system as defined by claim 1 wherein said logic and control means comprises a look-up table in which combinations of values represented by said first and second signals are correlated with a nominal water flow rate values required for its associated snow-gun to produce a desired compressed air/pressurized water ratio.
3. The system as defined by claim 2 wherein the signals produced by said temperature and relative humidity sensors are periodically sampled by said logic and control unit.
4. The system as defined by claim 1 wherein said logic and control unit operates to shut-off the supply of pressurized water to said snow-gun in the event the ambient temperature, as represented by said first signal, is greater than a predetermined value.
5. The system as defined by claim 1 wherein said adjusting means comprises a magnetic field-actuated switch which, when subjected to a changing magnetic field, is adapted to produce a signal pulse, said logic and control unit being responsive to each signal pulse produced by said switch to incrementally change said nominal flow rate value by a predetermined amount.
6. The system as defined by claim 5 wherein said switch is mounted within a housing containing said logic and control unit.
7. An automated snow-making process in which a spray of man-made snow is produced by mixing compressed air with pressurized water, such spray of man-made snow having a moisture content determined, in part, by (i) the ratio of compressed air and pressurized water applied to the snow-gun, and (ii) the ambient temperature and relative humidity in the vicinity of the snow-gun, said process comprising the steps of:
- (a) producing a first signal representative of said ambient temperature;
- (b) shutting off the supply of pressurized water to the snow-gun in the event the ambient temperature, as represented by said first signal, is greater than a predetermined value;
- (c) producing a second signal representative of said ambient relative humidity;
- (d) producing a third signal representative of the present flow rate of water applied to the snow gun;
- (e) determining, from a predetermined relationship correlating combinations of ambient temperature and relative humidity values with different values of water pressure, a nominal water flow rate value for the present values of ambient temperature and relative humidity;
- (f) comparing said nominal flow rate value with a value representing the present water flow rate to produce a control signal representative of the difference between the nominal and present flow rate values; and
- (g) adjusting the water flow rate applied to the snow-gun in response to said control signal.
8. The process as defined by claim 7 wherein said determining step comprises extracting said nominal flow rate value from a look-up table in which combinations of first and second signal values are correlated with nominal water flow rate values required to produce a desired compressed air/pressurized water ratio at the snow-gun.
9. The process as defined by claim 7 wherein the signals representative of ambient temperature and relative humidity sensors are periodically sampled.
10. The process as defined by claim 7 further comprising the step of selectively adjusting the nominal water flow rate value to account for variations in the compressed air/water ratio not caused by temperature and relative humidity changes.
Filed: Jun 1, 1992
Date of Patent: Mar 28, 1995
Assignee: Ratnik Industries, Inc. (Victor, NY)
Inventors: H. Ronald Ratnik (Pittsford, NY), Larry Carter (Hemlock, NY)
Primary Examiner: Andres Kashnikow
Assistant Examiner: Kevin P. Weldon
Attorney: Warren W. Kurz
Application Number: 7/891,693
International Classification: F25C 304;


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He has researched Gene expression in several fields, including RNA, Clear cell renal cell carcinoma and Bioinformatics. His Gene expression profiling research incorporates elements of Pathology, Microarray, Regulation of gene expression, Transforming growth factor beta and Adenocarcinoma. His studies examine the connections between Cancer and genetics, as well as such issues in microRNA, with regards to Cell culture and Prostate.
His primary scientific interests are in Cancer research, Prostate cancer, Cancer, Gene and Internal medicine. His Cancer research research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cancer cell, Molecular biology, Regulation of gene expression, Cell cycle and Lung cancer. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Microvesicles and DNA methylation.
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Holger Sültmann mainly investigates Cancer research, Internal medicine, Oncology, Prostate cancer and Lung cancer. Holger Sültmann integrates Cancer research and TMPRSS2 in his studies. His Internal medicine research includes elements of Mutation, DNA sequencing and Copy-number variation.
The concepts of his Oncology study are interwoven with issues in Biomarker, Cancer, Targeted therapy and Disease. His Prostate cancer research includes themes of Transcriptome, Prostate and Genome. His Cancer cell research integrates issues from Gene silencing and microRNA.
Holger Sültmann spends much of his time researching Internal medicine, Oncology, Prostate cancer, Cancer research and DNA methylation. The Internal medicine study combines topics in areas such as Pathology, Molecular evolution and Somatic cell. His studies in Oncology integrate themes in fields like Transcriptome, Genome, Tumor suppressor gene, Epigenetics and Mir-375.
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Variance stabilization applied to microarray data calibration and to the quantification of differential expression.
Wolfgang Huber;Anja von Heydebreck;Holger Sültmann;Annemarie Poustka.
intelligent systems in molecular biology (2002)
Circulating miRNAs are correlated with tumor progression in prostate cancer.
Jan C. Brase;Marc Johannes;Thorsten Schlomm;Maria Fälth.
International Journal of Cancer (2011)
Hepatitis B and D Viruses Exploit Sodium Taurocholate Co-transporting Polypeptide for Species-Specific Entry into Hepatocytes
Yi Ni;Florian A. Lempp;Stefan Mehrle;Shirin Nkongolo.
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Cancer Research (2007)
Serum microRNAs as non-invasive biomarkers for cancer
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Molecular Cancer (2010)
Integrative Genomic Analyses Reveal an Androgen-Driven Somatic Alteration Landscape in Early-Onset Prostate Cancer
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Loss of EpCAM expression in breast cancer derived serum exosomes: role of proteolytic cleavage.
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Gynecologic Oncology (2011)
Identification and classification of differentially expressed genes in renal cell carcinoma by expression profiling on a global human 31,500-element cDNA array.
Judith M. Boer;Wolfgang K. Huber;Holger Sültmann;Friederike Wilmer.
Genome Research (2001)
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