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Unlike solar and wind systems, fuel cells run on fossil fuel, even though they reduce fossil fuel usage in total. However, that is changing — as biomass-based fuel cells are being developed. Another way they differ from solar and wind systems is they don't rely on the weather. This reliability factor is extremely attractive. While one goal with solar and wind is to make them as reliable as the existing U.S. power grid, an advantage claimed by fuel cells is they can readily be made more reliable than the grid.
Wind energy is increasingly popular — from the large-scale wind farms that utilities run to the small-scale units that reduce the electric bill of small buildings such as residences. Due to the unreliability of wind, small-scale wind systems are typically not the sole or primary source of electricity for a given facility. They usually supplement power provided by the utility grid, but are increasingly used with other systems. For example, when it's storming outside, the sun isn't shining to power that solar array. But the wind is most likely blowing.
Fuel cell systems
A fuel cell is defined by the NEC as "an electrochemical system that consumes fuel to produce an electric current." Fuel cell power systems can be designed as stand-alone or interactive units. These systems typically consist of a reformer, stack, power inverter, and miscellaneous auxiliary equipment items. They can also be designed for AC or DC current output.
The 2011 NEC didn't change the requirements for fuel cells very much. There were only five changes. The most significant revision is that now only qualified persons can install these systems, including the associated wiring and connections [692.4]. The other changes are in Part VII and address fuel systems that are interactive — that is, they connect to other circuits.
Fuel systems must now not only be listed, but also marked as interactive to be permitted in interactive systems [692.60]. The other three changes reference Art. 705, Interconnected Electric Power Production Sources:
- Output characteristics must be in accordance with 705.14 [692.61].
- Unbalanced interconnections must be in accordance with 705.100 [692.64].
- The utility-interactive point of connection must be in accordance with 705.12 [692.65].
These three changes don't actually present new requirements. Section 692.3 already listed these references in the 2008 NEC, and that text is unchanged with the 2011 NEC. However, adding the references in Part VII makes the NEC a bit easier to use.
Small wind electric systems
The 2011 NEC added Art. 694, which applies to small wind (turbine) electric systems that consist of one or more wind electric generators having a rated power up to and including 100kW (see Figure below). Typical system components are a generator (or alternator), inverter, and controller [694.1] — see SIDEBAR: Where the Wind Blows.
One way that wind differs from solar and fuel cell systems is physical access. The typical roof-mounting of residential and commercial solar means requires minimal climbing for the installers, but access to a wind system nacelle (where the generator or alternator is located) may require climbing a 75-ft tower.
On larger towers, the ladders are inside the tower body. The towers of the smallest residential wind turbines (under 10kW) are really pole-mounted systems where you reach the nacelle from the outside of the structure.
You need climbing safety training and climbing equipment to work on any but the very smallest of wind systems. You must be adept at completing elevated work as well. This means carefully planning each task and following procedures that prevent you from dropping your parts bucket onto the customer's new pickup truck 75 ft below.
Height is also a factor in the NEC requirements. Obviously, a disconnect in a nacelle 75 ft off the ground isn't "readily accessible" as required by 694.22(C)(1).The language of 694.22(C)(1) specifically permits locating the disconnect at a readily accessible location either on or adjacent to the turbine tower, on the outside of a building or structure or
inside, at the point of entrance of the wind system conductors.
Circuit requirements — Part II of Art. 694 applies to systems up to (and including) 600V. That's the voltage limit for systems connected to one- and two-family residences. Systems over 600V must comply with Part IX, instead of [694.10(A)].
Two of the circuit sizing requirements are familiar from solar installations:
- Inverter output circuit current. It's equal to the continuous output current marked on the inverter nameplate [694.12(A)(2)].
- Stand-alone inverter input circuit current. It's the stand-alone continuous inverter rating when the inverter is producing power at the lowest rated input voltage [694.12(A)(3)].
The NEC also requires determining the turbine output circuit currents. It says to base these on the circuit current of the wind turbine operating at maximum power 694.12(A)(1)], but what does that mean?
If you need to calculate the number yourself, then it's a matter of converting the turbine kW rating to amps using the turbine output voltage — not the inverter voltage. For a residential system, the inverter output voltage is typically 120V or 240V, but the turbine output voltage may be considerably higher. Typically, the manufacturer has already done this, because these systems are usually sold as packages with a wiring kit.
Overcurrent protection — Size the overcurrent protection devices per Art. 240. In addition, consider the loads to be continuous [694.12(B)(1)]. That means the circuit conductors and overcurrent devices must be sized to carry not less than 125% of the maximum current calculated in 694.12(A) [694.12(B)(2)].
Stand-alone systems — You won't find "stand-alone" defined in 694.2, but it is defined in 690.2 for solar PV systems — and in terms of fuel cell systems in 692.2. Since this term is now being used in two or more Articles, its definition should find its way into Art. 100.
Stand-alone systems must meet the installation requirements of the Code for a similar installation connected to a service. The inverter output can supply power to the structure disconnecting means, but only at current levels less than the calculated load connected to that disconnect [694.18(A)].
The inverter must be rated at least large enough to supply the largest single utilization equipment connected to the system. Don't consider calculated general lighting loads as a single load [694.18(A)].
Grounding — Bond all non-current-carrying metal parts of towers and equipment to the equipment grounding (bonding) conductor [694.40(A)] — that is, follow the bonding requirements of Art. 250, Part V. But make sure you ground the tower itself by connecting it to one or more auxiliary electrodes for lightning protection purposes [694.40(C)].
A bright future
Advances in solar technology are making this option ever more practical and affordable. Wind systems are now available in predesigned kits that result in a better installation at lower cost. This same advantage also exists for fuel cell systems. For example, a refrigerator-sized unit can meet all the electricity needs of a typical suburban home. Of course, it doesn't just plug in the way a refrigerator does, so 692.4(C) is a welcome addition to the NEC. As the demand for alternative energy systems increases, you now have a good foundation for correctly applying the NEC to that work.
Holt is the owner of Mike Holt Enterprises, Inc., Leesburg, Fla. He can be reached at www.mikeholt.com.
SIDEBAR: Where the Wind Blows
Conversion of wind power to electricity is not new. This concept was used in rural farming areas prior to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, which brought rural electrical cooperatives into existence. Installing and maintaining a battery system remains one of the barriers to wide-spread use of wind power. As a result, the stand-alone small wind electric system is not seen as commonly as interconnected systems to supplement the electric utility power supply.
Most of the wind generation installation work is for large-scale wind farms. Wind farms consist of wind turbines too large to be covered by Art. 694. The types of installations that fall under Art. 694 are typically for a specific building or facility. They can serve as the sole supply for a structure, but more commonly serve as a supply in addition to other sources [694.7(A)]. The scope of Art. 694 limits it to one or more wind electric generators with individual generators having a rated power up to and including 100kW [694.1].

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iBuyPower has just come up with a super small gaming rig option for those who are cramped for space but still want to get some fragging on.
Whether it's your tiny living room or you just want a second rig to bring along to a LAN party (they still happen), the Hexa cube looks like a real gaming companion.
While there isn't enough space inside the chassis to stuff a dual-graphic card setup or any kind of dedicated graphic card really, it doesn't mean you can't get some good performance out of this.
The Hexa relies on Intel Iris Pro 5200 graphics processing, which won't exactly beat out having an Nvidia or AMD card, but it isn't a slouch either.
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Here's what the standard setup of a Hexa machine looks like:
- 4th Generation Intel Core i7-4770R Processor
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- 1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive
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That is a pretty decent mid-range desktop computing option to be sure and it starts at US$899 (RM2923).
Now the real question is, what can it play? Pretty much anything mid-to-low end, and probably the latest AAA games, albeit at medium settings. MMOs should work just fine as well as classic FPS favourites.
What's appealing about this particular setup is that it's pretty customisable. While you can't request a different processor or graphics, iBuyPower gives you other customisation options like a memory bump to 16GB, an SSD drive, options for an optical drive, SD card reader and a better wireless network card.
AMD fans will soon see a Richland A8-5557M APU with the accompanying AMD graphics, though there's no word if the system will be much cheaper than the base i7 model.
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Police: Woman shot in neck was random victim
Seattle gun violence at high, cops say
The young woman shot early Sunday in Pioneer Square was the victim of random gun violence, police said Tuesday, and investigators need the public's help finding the person who shot her.
Nicole Westbrook, 21, was walking with her boyfriend near Second Avenue and Yesler Way after a night at a comedy club. She was shot in the neck about 2:05 a.m., and detectives say a light-colored vehicle sped away. Police think at least two people were in the car.
She is at Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
Mayor Mike McGinn said an officer was at Westbrook's side within 20 seconds. Others around her ducked, and Deputy Chief Nick Metz thinks someone around the shooting may know more about the shooter – and may not know that a woman was wounded
Westbrook, whose father was killed serving in Iraq seven years ago, recently moved to Seattle from Albuquerque, N.M., with her boyfriend to attend culinary school. Her mother and sister spoke at a Tuesday afternoon news briefing, where Police Chief John Diaz called the shooter "some coward with a gun."
Metz, who asked that people call authorities with tips, noted that Westbrook's case isn't the only unsolved shooting police need help with. He mentioned the 2009 shooting death of Tyrone Love and the 2011 beating death of Danny Vega – a case where police have persons of interest, but not enough evidence to bring charges.
In 2008, four juveniles were killed. No arrests have been made in any case, often because witnesses have refused to cooperate with investigators. But police have a suspect in at least one of those cases.
"She should be able to walk the street at night and feel safe in our city," Diaz said of Westbrook. "This is one of the cases where we need to community to step up and help us."
Of the 12 homicides in Seattle this year, 10 have been shootings. That overall homicide number is atypical for Seattle, which for the last two years had a homicide rate comparable to the 1950s.
Random Seattle homicides are also especially rare. In the last five years, most victims of the solved cases had at least some prior contract with the victim. Notable exceptions included the October 2008 beating of "Tuba Man" Edward McMichael and the 2007 New Year's Eve stabbing death of Shannon Harps on Capitol Hill.
Westbrook's case seems reminiscent of the 2003 shooting of Mahmoud Sourakli, a 22-year-old who was standing with his girlfriend near KeyArena talking about where they should eat when he was shot in the neck.
The bullet hit his spine, leaving him a quadriplegic. The shooter wasn't caught.
Last Wednesday, Seattle police announced that during special operations since the beginning of the year, Seattle police and law enforcement partners have seized more than 60 guns – an effort they hope will curb street gun battles.
Seattle police worked with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and FBI earlier this year to prevent gun violence. In an April 18 news conference, Diaz and Mayor Mike McGinn discussed the partnerships, including one in late March that seized multiple firearms and drugs.
That operation was focused on an area from 23rd Avenue and South Jackson Street in the Central District to Skyway in unincorporated King County – areas known for violent gang conflicts. Police said during the three-day operation beginning March 26 that they also sought wanted, violent offenders, drug dealers and gang members.
Seattle police also said they and federal officers broke up a gun-trafficking ring outside of Seattle.
McGinn also noted that there are violence-prevention emphasis patrols in all five Seattle police precincts, a step taken after an especially violent January and February. Two of the early homicides included a case in which police say two known gang members likely shot each other.
A recent analysis by the Institute of Economics and Peace ranked Seattle as the nation's third most peaceful metro area by analyzing homicides, violence crime, police employees, incarceration rates and small arms availability. Washington overall was ranked seventh.
"We're still working to understand the root causes of the rise in gun violence we saw," McGinn said April 18. "But this is what we do know: As a result of an operation like this we're getting guns off our street and we're also arresting criminals who illegally possess them.
"And we believe that can make a difference."
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The evaluation designs discussed in the body of the text focus on data for the area receiving the response. If you want to determine whether the response caused the drop in the problem, it is often helpful to use a control group. Also, control groups are critical to obtaining reasonable estimates of the amount of spatial displacement and diffusion. You can use control groups with both the pre-post and the interrupted time series designs.
This design is usually referred to as a "nonequivalent control group design" to draw attention to the fact that members of the response group and members of the control group may be different in ways that could affect the evaluation results.
An improvement on the pre-post design is the addition of a control group. The control group does not receive the response, even though it has a problem similar to the response group's. As noted above, the purpose of the control group is to demonstrate what would have occurred, absent the response. Knowing this can help you rule out some alternative explanations for the decline in the problem.
For example, say you are concerned that a burglary decline in an apartment complex where you implemented a response may simply reflect an overall, citywide decline in residential burglary. To rule out this alternative explanation, you measure burglaries in apartment complexes similar to the one receiving the response. If the target complex had a greater reduction than the control group, you can rule out the citywide trend as a possible cause of the decline. Your confidence in your findings is directly proportional to the similarity between the response and control groups.
Figure B.1 shows an example of a pre-post design with a control group. It indicates that the response was ineffective, because the control group's problem declined more than the response group's. In other words, the control group's decline suggests that, absent a response, the problem would have declined more than it did with the response. In this example, the response made things worse.
Fig. B.1. Impact measurement in a pre-post design with a control group
A potential weakness of the pre-post design with a control group is the possibility that the differences between the response and control groups, and not the response, caused the change in the problem. In other words, the control group does not provide a valid measure of what would have happened in the response group, absent the response. For example, say you want to evaluate a response to thefts from autos parked at a shopping mall. Instead of using another mall, with a similar problem, as the control, you use the downtown central business district (CBD). Though the mall and CBD may have superficially similar problems, the parking patterns (lots vs. streets), shopping patterns (evenings and weekends vs. weekdays), street patterns (suburban vs. urban), etc., might make the CBD too different from the mall for it to be a valid control group. A better control group would be one that shares many characteristics that could contribute to thefts from autos (similar parking lots with similar security, similar shopping patterns, etc.).
A control group should share as many characteristics as possible with the response group. Ideally, they would be the same, but this is usually impossible in operational settings. Since control and response groups will be similar in some ways but not in others, in which ways should they be most similar? Obviously, the answer depends on the problem being addressed. The best control group is one that has the same type of problem and in which the response would be a plausible intervention. In other words, the explanation for how the response works (the first criterion needed to establish causality) would apply equally well to both groups.
Even under these conditions, this design may not rule out some alternative explanations. Consider the concern that automatic processes cause a decline. If the response group has an abnormally high problem level, and the control group has an abnormally low problem level, then the response group will automatically improve, and the control group will automatically get worse, regardless of the response. To rule out this alternative explanation, you need evidence that the response group did not have an abnormally high problem level, and that the control group did not have an abnormally low problem level. Another way to rule out this alternative explanation is to use a time series design. In the body of the text, we examined a simple time series. You can improve this design by adding a control time series.
When you use two or more time series, you are using a multiple time series design. This design can rule out most alternative explanations for a change in a problem. Figure B.2 illustrates a multiple time series. The fluctuating solid line represents the problem levels for the response group before and after the response. The flat solid lines represent the average pre- and post-response problem levels for that group. Though difficult to see, there is a definite decline in the average problem level after the response.
Fig. B.2. Impact measurement in a multiple time series design
The dashed lines represent the trends for the control group. The problem has slightly worsened for this group after the response. This suggests that, absent a response, the problem would not have changed, and may have gotten worse.
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Former world No. 1 and two-time grand slam singles champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia erased two match points to edge past No. 12 seed Robin Soderling of Sweden, 3-6, 7-6(8), 6-4, in two hours and nine minutes on Tuesday afternoon to advance to the second round at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.
Soderling, a finalist at this year's French Open, got off to a quick start in the opening set winning 16 of 19 first serve points and breaking Hewitt's serve in the fourth game to take control. The Swede also smashed six aces compared to just one by the 28-year-old Australian.
Deep into the second set tiebreak, Hewitt found himself down 5-6 before smashing an ace to even things. Then down 7-8, Soderling smashed a forehand long to level the tiebreak at 8-8. Hewitt never looked back, winning the next two points and taking the match to a deciding set.
"Second set tiebreak could have gone either way," said Hewitt, a Sydney resident who has reached the Cincinnati final in 2002 and 2004.
The momentum stayed with Hewitt, as he broke serve to open the final set and never looked back. Winning 76 percent of first serve points and 70 percent of second serve points en route to victory.
"I played a good game the first game of the third set to break serve, and served well for the rest of that set," said Hewitt, who improves to 3-0 lifetime against Soderling.
Hewitt will next face German Benjamin Becker on Wednesday night. The match will mark the first meeting between the pair.
In other matches, Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez held off countryman Fernando Verdasco, seeded 11th, in two tiebreak sets, winning 7-6(4), 7-6(4), in one hour and 45 minutes. The loss marked Verdasco's fourth first round loss in Cincinnati.
Both players served exceptionally well and in the 125-130 M.P.H. range from start to finish. Verdasco smashed 11 aces and just two double faults compared to five aces and three double faults by Garcia-Lopez. Both players won 82 percent of first serve points and were able to earn one service break.
With the loss Verdasco, a finalist at Brisbane and semifinalist at the Australian Open, fell to 34-16 on the season. Garcia-Lopez , meanwhile improved to 22-18 on the season, a year that has included reaching a career-best ranking of No. 42 in June. Garcia-Lopez, who is currently ranked No. 53, is slated to face Russian qualifier Mikhail Youzhny for a place in the third round. The Spaniard leads the Russian 3-0 in series meetings, winning most recently on clay in Kitzbuhel, Austria.
In a battle of talented left-handers, Austrian Jurgen Melzer edged past Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-6(7), in two hours and 47 minutes. A combined 26 aces were hit in the contest—16 by Lopez and 10 by Melzer—but it was the consistency in the later stages of the third set tiebreak by Melzer that earned him a spot in the second round.
Melzer, who improved to 3-1 against Lopez, won 70 of 91 first serve points and 57 percent of second serve points. Lopez, who is currently ranked No. 37, just one spot behind Melzer at No. 36, won 56 of 67 first serve points and 57 percent of second serve points throughout the match.
Melzer, who reached a career-high ranking of No. 26 in May, next faces lucky loser Julien Benneteau of France on Wednesday afternoon. Benneteau leads the head-to-head against Melzer, 3-1, with all his victories coming on hard courts.
Other winners on Tuesday in Cincinnati
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Tomas Berdych def. No. 10 Fernando Gonzalez, 6-4 ret. injury
Igor Kunitsyn def. James Blake, 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4
Mikhail Youzhny def. Victor Hanescu, 7-5, 6-2
Andreas Seppi def. Jan Hernych, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Chris Guccione def. Philip Kohlschreiber, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
Philip Petzschner def. Simone Bolelli, 7-6(6), 6-3
John Isner def. Tommy Haas, 7-6(5), 5-7, 7-6(3)
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No. 9 Gilles Simon def. Igor Andreev, 7-6(5), 6-7(6), 6-1
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In the course I went through a couple of language constructs for synchronization, for example semaphores, monitors with condition variables and message passing. But at the end of the course I had time for one extra lecture and so I thought it would be nice to talk about transactional memory, which is the new hot language construct for simplifying concurrent programming. Sure, it can be implemented as a library as well, and that's how it's made in most languages, but that's a very fragile solution.
So, despite the fact that the languages used in the course are Java, JR and Erlang I chose to use Haskell in the lecture, simply because GHC provides better support for software transactional memory (STM) than any other system that I know of. I think it worked well, the kind of Haskell I used in the lectures is pretty imperative looking, simply because STM in Haskell uses monads, and so the code doesn't look to foreign even for someone not used to functional programming.
In this post I thought I'd share some snippets of code that I wrote for the lecture. They're all just standard examples in concurrent programming. Most of them look rather unimpressive but that's the whole point: programming with transactional memory is such a relief compared to fiddling with lock-based solutions.
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> module STM where > > import Random > import Control.Monad > import Control.Concurrent > import Control.Concurrent.STMLet's start with something easy: binary semaphores. Or locks as they're also called. I've used the traditional names p and v here for acquiring and releasing the lock. They're really awful names though.
> type Semaphore = TVar Bool > > newSem :: Bool -> IO Semaphore > newSem available = newTVarIO available > > p :: Semaphore -> STM () > p sem = do b <- readTVar sem > if b > then writeTVar sem False > else retry > > v :: Semaphore -> STM () > v sem = writeTVar sem TrueThe most impressive thing with the transactional memory implementation in GHC is in my opinion the retry combinator. It handles all conditional synchronization by complete magic. Sure, I happen to know how it works under the hood but the simplicity of the API is just marvellous. Whenever we have a condition that is not fulfilled, in the above code the condition is that the lock happens to be already taken, we just call retry. The runtime system will take care of waking up the process at the appropriate time. No messing around with condition variables or anything, like with monitors. It just couldn't be simpler. We'll see more of this in the examples that follow.
A slightly more interesting example: an unbounded buffer which processes can insert stuff into and then take out. It's written with clarity in mind, not efficiency. It's easy to make it more efficient but I didn't want to introduce more data types to the students so I used a naive list implementation. I leave an efficient implementation as an exercise to the reader.
> type Buffer a = TVar [a] > > newBuffer :: IO (Buffer a) > newBuffer = newTVarIO [] > > put :: Buffer a -> a -> STM () > put buffer item = do ls <- readTVar buffer > writeTVar buffer (ls ++ [item]) > > get :: Buffer a -> STM a > get buffer = do ls <- readTVar buffer > case ls of > [] -> retry > (item:rest) -> do writeTVar buffer rest > return itemAgain the code is so clear and easy to understand that it makes you wonder how is could be any different. It should be said though that this implementation gives priority to processes writing to the buffer. If there is a single process writing to the buffer he can make an arbitrary amount of readers retry. A lock-based implementation provides mutual exclusion so only one process at a time has access to the buffer. In such an implementation processes get access in the same order as they requested it so writers do not have priority over readers. But that implementation of course has all the usual problems that a lock-based implementation has.
One standard pattern that I used a lot in the course was resource allocation. I used a distilled version where there is a counter keeping track of the amount of resources available. Processes may ask for an arbitrary amount of resources and block if they're not available. This interface has the advantage that it's resource agnostic and can be implemented in a language like Java. I'm sure there are nicer ways to do it in Haskell, depending on the resource.
> type Resource = TVar Int > > acquire :: Resource -> Int -> STM () > acquire res nr = do n <- readTVar res > if n < nr > then retry > else writeTVar res (n - nr) > > release :: Resource -> Int -> STM () > release res nr = do n <- readTVar res > writeTVar res (n + nr)As a final example I will give an implementation of the dining philosophers. It's one of the classic problems in concurrent programming and so it's interesting to see how STM performs.
To make this program interesting we have to output what the philosophers are doing so that we can verify that the simulation is correct. But the standard I/O primitives in Haskell are not thread safe so we have to take a bit of care when writing stuff to standard out. The way I've solved it is to have a buffer which all the philosopher processes writes to and then I have a separate thread which reads from the buffer and writes to the screen. That way only one process does the outputting and there is no risk of weird output.
I'm not going to go through the exact formulation of the dining philosophers problem. If you're unsure how it goes I suggest you read the wikipedia article on it. I've chosen to implement the forks as the binary semaphores that we defined above.
> simulation n = do forks <- replicateM n (newSem True) > outputBuffer <- newBuffer > for [0..n-1] $ \i -> > forkIO (philosopher i outputBuffer > (forks!!i) > (forks!!((i+1)`mod`n))) > output outputBuffer > > output buffer = > do str <- atomically $ get buffer > putStrLn str > output buffer > > for = flip mapM_This first bit of code just sets everything up for the simulation. The function simulation take the number of philosophers as an argument. Then it creates the required number of forks, the output buffer and spawns off all the philosopher processes which are given their corresponding forks. Finally the main thread goes into a loop which reads of the strings from the output buffer and prints them.
> philosopher :: Int -> Buffer String -> Semaphore -> Semaphore -> IO () > philosopher n out fork1 fork2 = > do atomically $ put out ("Philosopher " ++ show n ++ " is thinking.") > randomDelay > > atomically $ do > p fork1 > p fork2 > > atomically $ put out ("Philosopher " ++ show n ++ " is eating.") > randomDelay > > atomically $ do > v fork1 > v fork2 > > philosopher n out fork1 fork2 > > randomDelay = do r <- randomRIO (100000,500000) > threadDelay rAgain, this implementation is so simple that you wonder what the problem was in the first place. The power comes from being able to compose several transactions together sequentially and perform them atomically.
Note that the philosophers execute in the IO monad and only invoke the transactional memory bit when it has to do synchronization. This is the typical usage of transactional memory, something we didn't see with the earlier examples.
There's one thing that's not so nice with GHC's implementation of STM though. You can see it for yourself if you change the call to randomDelay to a call to threadDelay with a fixed time. What will happen is that one of the philosophers will starve. I will not say more about that here though, it's the topic of another blog post.
That's all for this post. I hope you find the examples useful.


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On a sweltering May afternoon, the Dynamo failed to take advantage of their chances in a 1-0 loss to Chicago. Midfielder Thiago provided the only goal of the game in the 50th minute, and Houston could not score on any of its 10 shots.
Chicago Fire (2-1-4) vs. Houston Dynamo (4-3-1)
May 20, 2006 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
Scoring Summary:
CHI -- Thiago 2 (unassisted) 50
Chicago Fire -- Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown (Jack Stewart 68), Logan Pause, Dasan Robinson, Tony Sanney, Chris Armas, Thiago, Ivan Guerrero, Diego Gutierrez (Leonard Griffin 51), Nate Jaqua, Chris Rolfe (Brian Plotkin 80).
Substitutes Not Used: Matt Pickens, Chad Barrett, Calen Carr, Floyd Franks.
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Wade Barrett, Ryan Cochrane (Kevin Goldthwaite 77), Eddie Robinson, Craig Waibel (Kelly Gray 86), Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis, Dwayne De Rosario, Brian Mullan, Ronald Cerritos (Julian Nash 77), Alejandro Moreno.
Substitutes Not Used: Zach Wells, Stuart Holden, Patrick Ianni, Chris Wondolowski.
Misconduct Summary:
CHI -- C.J. Brown (caution; Dissent) 15
HOU -- Brian Mullan (caution; Tackle from Behind) 28
HOU -- Craig Waibel (caution; Persistent Infringement) 84
HOU -- Brad Davis (ejection; Persistent Infringement) 92+
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Referee's Assistants: Greg Barkey; Kyle Borne
4th official: Colin Tait
Attendance: 15,742
Weather: Sunny-and-89 degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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Before I introduce our newest members, I would like to make mention of our fabulous returning design team members, The Incredible Gingers!
We are welcoming back Annette Goatley, Helene Huber, Jules Eickmeier, Lucy Edmondson, Petra Berendsen, Penny Bennington, and Stephanie Severin back for their second term of art and inspiration.
Linda Ledbetter and Suzanne Brookfield will be starting their third term with us and we can't wait to see what they have in store for us for the next 6 months.
We are blessed to still have 4 of the original Gingers from our very first design team call when we put together a team of 9. As creative as when they first started, we welcome back the Charter Members of the design team - Jean Franks Beck, Joanne Wardle and Laura Liddell. Debby Boltman is on sabbatical at the moment, taking a much deserved break, but she'll be back to delight us all in October.
So who's joining us now? Please give a big Gingersnapper welcome to our two newest Gingers! We'll let them introduce themselves and their art. As with all new team members, we asked our newest additions to create a Gingery creation!
Hello there! My name is Gerri Herbst and I live in the "wilds of New Jersey, USA". Ever since I was a little girl, I have had some type of "art" project on the kitchen table. I used to spend more time making the covers for school reports, then the reports themselves!
I have been married for 25 great years to my dear, loving husband. We have a daughter in college, who is the light of our lives. My family is artistic too by painting, drawing, taking photos, cooking up a storm and building things. I started making cards a number of years ago and send out 200 unique cards or collages each year. I also dabble in jewelry, watercolor painting and floral arranging. My style is definitely vintage inspired. In my pieces, there are lots of sparkly bits, shiny paper, vintage images and word snippets. I believe vintage images hold a special story and it's up to us to listen closely, so we can bring them to life. I've been blogging for 6 months and have really enjoying sharing, connecting and seeing others creations. You can see my work at my blog "Its All Treasure" .This is my first Design team position, ever! I am giddy with excitement to have been honored to be part of this delightful Ginger team. I look forward to our time laughing, learning and sharing all our artistic treasures here at Gingersnap Creations.
Here is Gerri's introductory Ginger piece:
I'm Trisha (also known as "trisha too" in the blogosphere) and I have a love of all things all things art, and am happiest with my hands covered in paint, ink, or dye. I've been published in Altered Arts, Scrap N' Stamp, and Somerset Studio. I also design for Altered Pages, where I create mixed media art kits and write project tutorials.
Here is Trisha's introductory Ginger piece:
Also, joining the Gingersnap Creations team are two talented women who will fill the positions of our Contributing Artists, delighting our readers with fabulous tutorials and projects over the next 6 months. Take a moment to meet these fabulous papercrafters!
I live in Poole, Dorset which is a beautiful area and provides a lot of my inspiration. I have always loved art and been addicted to papers and art supplies since I was small. I have been scrapbooking for around 2 years and I take part in local scrapping groups.
I love vintage and grunge and anything with birds, nests, clocks, crowns and hearts. I love experimenting with new techniques and as time goes on, I'm drawn to the more messier techniques of inks, pastels and paints. I love stamping, embossing and playing with UTEE. Gingersnap is my first Design Team post.
Here is Alexa's introductory piece:
I've always enjoyed being creative. In the beginning (and for 25 years after that) I was a needle worker. I owned a needlework shop in Colorado Springs for several years. But after closing the store, I needed a new creative outlet. I moved to paper - mostly cards & tags - but occasional scrapbooks. My style is mixed. I love quick & cute, grungy & old, and over-done & elegant. I live in the mountains west of Colorado Springs with my "green" cat, Edgar ELLEN Poe. Poe was a rescue cat I "recycled" last Halloween weekend (hence the name). During the day I'm a software developer, but at night I get inky!
Here is Deb's Gingery piece:
We are all looking forward to another 6 months of fabulous papercrafting fun and can't wait to see what our newest Gingers create and share!


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There is a worldview which goes by the name of regressive left these days, but is really quite old. I'm realizing that this worldview isn't just about fighting the oppressed, but is also about a fundamental assumption that the oppressor class is sub-human while the oppressed are fully human. The purveyors of this worldview might object at framing it like that, but when you consider the consequences of their words and actions, that is the only conclusion you can draw.
While an oppressor, say like the USA might rank some people as less human than their own citizens when calculating collateral in a war operation, the regressive left too ranks people on a similar scale. The result of this ranking is that since the oppressed are the only full humans, moral good lies only with them. Moral evil is with the sub-human oppressors. So an evil act can always be traced back to the oppressor.
So an an attack like the Orlando massacre, at its root is not the fault of Islamic homophobia (plus other things), but is the result of the USA via its foreign policy creating ISIS and so on. You see the same reasoning whenever there is talk about FGM, hijab etc…
And the classification of moral good and moral evil is an absolute. So if an ex-Muslim or a Muslim reformer were to point fingers at their own community, they've violated the fundamental axiom of moral evil lying solely with the oppressor class. So these ex-Muslims and reformers become traitors to their own people. They themselves become oppressors, regardless of what they've suffered at the hands of the oppressors. They've literally made a pact with the devil.
The term regressive left doesn't do enough justice to this worldview. Given the lofty ideals it professes to, a better name would be The Empathyless Left or The Dehumanizing Left.


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We're delighted by the slightly retro idea of cherries jubilee, which we've updated and refreshed to take advantage of gorgeous California Bing cherries. The warm cherries jubilee, served with these naughty biscuits, is the ideal chocolate-and-cherry moment. The only possible way to improve on this moment is to bring the chocolate biscuits to the table just baked, when their chocolate aroma and ethereal texture are at their finest. Once you've tasted them hot from the oven, it will be hard to serve them any other way.
Every brand of chocolate has its own distinct flavor, texture, and color. Most pastry chefs are devoted to certain chocolate brands and develop recipes using their favorites. Because these biscuits are almost pure chocolate, their flavor depends completely on the chocolate you use. When it comes to cocoa, as far as we're concerned, Valrhona sets the standard. However, whichever brand of cocoa you use, make sure it's Dutch-processed, which neutralizes the chocolate's natural acidity and provides the cocoa with a darker, more chocolaty flavor.
Bittersweet chocolate chips are essential and, again, we recommend Valrhona. They make bittersweet chocolate pistoles, which are like large chocolate chips that we find are easier to measure and melt. For these shortcakes, we just put the whole pistoles right into the mix with the dried ingredients. If you can't find pistoles, cut a block of semisweet chocolate into nickel-size pieces. We like using big, meaty dried Bing cherries in the biscuits, but dried sour cherries are a good substitute.
The biscuits recipe yields 9 biscuits, 8 dessert servings plus an extra biscuit for the cook. They may be made 4 hours ahead and rewarmed before serving.–Nancy Oakes and Pamela Mazzola
Chocolate Cherry Shortcakes
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- Serves 8
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- For the chocolate cherry biscuits
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup Valrhona or other Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sugar, plus additional for dipping
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup dried Bing cherries or dried sour cherries
- 1 cup Valrhona (or other premium) bittersweet chocolate chips, or nickel-size pieces chopped bittersweet chocolate
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- For the cherries jubilee
- 3 cups fresh Bing cherries, halved and pitted
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons kirsch
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- For the vanilla ice cream
- 1 vanilla bean
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 5 large egg yolks
- Make the biscuits
- 1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Stir the flour, cocoa, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl until well combined, then stir in the dried cherries and chocolate chips. Add the cream and stir until the mixture comes together into a somewhat stiff dough.
- 2. Turn out onto a clean cutting board and, with your hands, press the dough into a 6-inch square about 2 inches thick. With a long, thin knife, cut the dough into 9 (2-inch) squares.
- 3. Dip the tops of the biscuits into the melted butter and then into sugar, pressing lightly so it adheres. Place the biscuits 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until they're light gold and spring back when pressed lightly. Set aside at room temperature for up to 4 hours.
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- 4. Combine the cherries and the 1/3 cup kirsch in a bowl and let macerate for 30 minutes, tossing occasionally. Put half of the cherries, the sugar, and lemon juice into a saucepan and simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes, or until the liquid begins to thicken.
- 5. Remove from the heat, add the brandy, and, averting your face, carefully ignite the brandy with a long match. Let burn for about 1 minute to burn off the alcohol, then extinguish the flame by covering the pan. Remove the lid and continue to simmer the cherry mixture until it reduces to a syrup.
- 6. With a slotted spoon, transfer the cherries to a bowl and reserve. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons kirsch to the syrup and set aside or refrigerate for up to 2 days (along with the reserved cherries in a separate container).
- Make the ice cream
- 7. Split the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape the seeds into a saucepan. Add the vanilla-bean pod, cream, and milk and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for about 3 minutes.
- 8. Whisk the sugar and egg yolks in a small bowl just to combine them, then whisk in some of the warm milk mixture until blended. Stir the sugar-and-egg-yolk mixture into the saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the custard coats the back of a spoon (when you draw your finger across the back of the spoon, there should be a visible trail that doesn't immediately flow back together).
- 9. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a container and chill thoroughly, at least 2 hours. Freeze according to the ice cream maker's instructions. The frozen ice cream should be stored in a tightly covered plastic or stainless-steel container. For the best flavor and texture, let it soften slightly at room temperature before serving.
- To serve
- 10. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Split the biscuits and put into the oven for about 5 minutes, or until warmed through. Heat the cherry syrup in a small skillet over medium heat, add the reserved cherries and the 2 tablespoons of butter, and swirl the pan until the butter has melted and combined with the syrup.
- 11. Center a warm biscuit bottom on 8 dessert plates or shallow bowls and put equal spoonfuls of the cherries and their syrup on each, reserving a cup or so. Place on a biscuit top, followed by a scoop of ice cream. Dollop the remaining cherries and syrup around or to the side of the biscuits.
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COLCHESTER � The task before Colchester leaders looking at how to proceed with improvements to the town�s middle school and senior and youth centers is threefold.
They�re aiming to get feedback from residents in the wake of a failed $57 million proposal to renovate William J. Johnston Middle School and build a new senior center and community facility.
Secondly, the middle school has immediate maintenance needs that require attention � and funding.
And officials have to decide the future of the Building Committee that formed and guided the rejected plan.
Members of the boards of Selectmen, Education and Finance met Wednesday night and decided on taking a slower approach and getting more input from residents. They�ve decided against trying to put a new referendum question before voters by next May to make a June 30 state deadline for reimbursement funds for school construction projects.
�We got a very loud message from residents that they did not want to go forward with the plan that was before them,� Selectman Jim Ford, who asked to have the meeting, said. �We need to take a whole look at the reasons why that referendum failed.�
Several ideas came out of the discussion, including surveying voters at the Nov. 5 election and performing more outreach to various town groups.
Board of Finance member Rob Esteve said that maybe the voter data from the Oct. 1 referendum could provide insight into why the project failed, and who came out to support or oppose it.
As for the the middle school, educators said some work there can�t wait.
�We will address the immediate needs in the current proposal of the budget,� Board of Education Chairman Ron Goldstein said. �But I agree that the idea about renovate versus new construction can�t be rushed.�
Building Committee members such as Pam Scheibelein, who worked two years on the former plan, want to know whether the town intends to keep the committee or dissolve it.
�I feel like I�m in limbo,� she said. �I think it should be up to the Board of Selectmen to make a decision as to whether we�re still a committee or not. And they should make it sooner rather than months from now.�
The committee remains intact but has canceled scheduled meetings, for now.


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Counting Cells with Excel 2007's COUNT Functions
Excel 2007 offers an assortment of counting functions — including COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTBLANK, and COUNTIF — in the Statistical category that enable you to count the number of cells that contain numeric values, that are nonblank (and thus contain entries of any kind), or whose values meet the criteria that you specify. You can find these functions on the Statistical continuation menu accessed from the More Functions button's drop-down menu on the Formulas tab.
Building counting formulas
The following figure illustrates the different types of counting formulas that you can build to return such basic statistics as the total number of cells in a particular range, the number of occupied cells in that range, as well as the number of numeric and text entries in the occupied range. In this worksheet, the cell range A1:C7 has been assigned the name sales_data.
The most basic formula is the one that returns the total number of cells in the sales_data range. To build this formula in cell C10, use the ROWS and COLUMNS information functions to return the number of rows and columns in the range, and then create the following formula that multiplies these two values together:
This formula, of course, returns 21 to cell C9. The next formula calculates the number of these 21 cells that contain data entries (of whatever type) by using the COUNTA function. This function counts the number of cells that are not empty in the ranges that you specify. The COUNTA function uses the following syntax:
The value arguments (all of which are optional except for value1) are up to 30 different values or cell ranges that you want counted. In the example shown in the figure, cell C11 contains the following COUNTA function:
This formula returns 19 to cell C11. The next formula in the sample worksheet calculates the number of numeric entries in the cell range sales_data. To do this, you use the COUNT function. The COUNT function takes the same arguments as COUNTA, the only difference being that COUNT counts a value or cell specified in its value arguments only if it contains a numeric entry.
Cell C13 contains the following formula for calculating the number of numeric entries in the Home Sales table range called sales_data:
Excel returns 10 to cell C13. Note that in calculating this result, Excel counts the five date entries (with the date of each sale) in the cell range B3:B7 as well as the five numeric data entries (with the selling prices of each home) in the cell range C3:C7.
The next formula in the sample worksheet shown in the figure uses the COUNTBLANK function to calculate the number of blank cells in the sales_data range. The COUNTBLANK function works just like the COUNTA and COUNT functions except that it returns the number of nonoccupied cells in the range. This example uses the following COUNTBLANK function in cell C15:
Excel then returns 2 to cell C16.
Conditional counting
Excel includes a COUNTIF function that you can use to count cells in a range only when they meet a certain condition. The COUNTIF function takes two arguments and uses the following syntax:
The range argument specifies the range of cells from which the conditional count is to be calculated. The criteria argument specifies the condition to use. You can express this argument as a number, expression, or text that indicates which cells to count. When specifying a number for the criteria argument, you don't have to enclose the number in quotes. For example, in a cell range named table_data, to count the number of entries that contain the number 5, you enter the following COUNTIF formula:
However, when specifying an expression or text as the criteria argument, you must enclose the expression or text in closed quotes as in "=5", ">20", or "New York". So, if you want to use COUNTIF to find out how many cells in the table_data range have values greater than 5, you enter this version of the COUNTIF function:
When you want to use the COUNTIF function to find out the number of cells whose contents are equal to the contents of a particular cell in the worksheet, you just add the cell reference as the function's criteria argument. For example, if you want to count the number of cells in the table_data range that are equal to the contents of cell B3 in the worksheet, you enter this formula:


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Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), recently commented on the U.S. Department of Commerce's antidumping and countervailing duty determinations in the final phase investigation of solar products from China:
"As the end of these investigations near, it's not too soon to take stock of what has been achieved, consider whether opportunities were missed, and, most importantly, start thinking about how to move forward.
"While today's decision rightly shows that the U.S. will protect its rights in the global trading system, trade litigation alone is not enough to solve the complex challenges that exist between the U.S. and China. What is immediately clear is that for solar to thrive globally, there is a need to build consensus on acceptable forms of government support for industry.
"Prior to these trade cases, the U.S. and Chinese solar industries enjoyed a strong, productive working relationship. For both sides to succeed going forward, we must return to our collaborative roots at both the industry and government levels.
"Indeed, this collaborative spirit is alive and well elsewhere in the global renewable energy industry. This week, SEIA, other trade groups, and multinational companies joined forces to call for mutually-beneficial, long-term trade solutions through the World Economic Forum's Green Growth Action Alliance.
"If the opposing parties come to the table, even at this late date, and work together to help grow this global industry, the possibilities are endless."
The final anti-dumping rates range from 18.32% to 31.73% for participating companies, and 249.96% for non-participants. The countervailing duties rates range from 14.78% to 15.97%.


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By Rob Glidden
Staff Writer
With a few exceptions, the residents who spoke during a Town Council public hearing on this year's budget passionately urged the officials to restore the school board's full request.
The recommendation from the Board of Finance is an $84.2 million budget for the schools, which is $1.1 million less than the proposal passed by the Board of Education. The BOF recommends $45.1 million for the general government budget. Chairman John Leary said that if the council adopted his board's recommendation without restoring any of the reductions, there would be a slight decrease in taxes.
If the council were to endorse the BOF's version of the budget, it would likely come at the cost of the planned all-day kindergarten program, which makes up about a million dollars of the BOE's request increase.
"We respect the work of the Board of Finance, but we stand behind the budget we originally put forward," said Chairman Brian Goralski.
The comments made during the public hearing were focused entirely on the school budget, with the majority of speakers urging the council to restore the funds removed from the original proposal.
"In the public sector, you get what you pay for and quality services cost money," said resident Gloria Brown.
Former finance board member Philip Pomposi said the town had been generous with the schools over the years and wanted the officials to consider senior citizens on a fixed income.
"People get up here every year and say the budget has been cut," he said. "It hasn't been cut. It's just less of an increase and they have gotten increases year after year."
Many speakers exclusively discussed all-day kindergarten during their remarks, with many teachers and parents expressing support for the program. School officials have repeatedly said that the change is needed to keep pace with increasing state and federal standards.
"The half-day program has improved over the years, but it will never improve enough to meet the Common Core State Standards," said Joshua Smith, who works as a school administrator outside of Southington.
A survey conducted by the BOE earlier this year found the vast majority of parents were in favor of the program. Resident Lakshmi Frechette has been at the forefront of the counter-argument and has circulated an online petition to keep the current kindergarten program.
"[The program] will impose unnecessary pressure on them and rob them of the full joy of childhood," Frechette said. "Please consider the effort to maintain the half-day program on behalf of our youngest students."
The council will not make its decision on the budget until May, although Minority Leader Chris Palmieri stated that the council's Democrats supported restoring funds to the school budget. Chairman John Dobbins expressed concerns about the ongoing financial troubles on the state and federal level, but the Republican majority opted not to weigh in on the budget proposal yet.


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Explore the historic highlights of Vicenza
The Erfurt Synagogue was built c. 1094. It is thought to be the oldest synagogue building still standing in Europe. Thanks to the extensive preservation of the original structure, it has a special place in the history of art and architecture and is among the most impressive and highly rated architectural monuments in Erfurt and Thuringia. The synagogue was constructed during the Middle Ages on the via regia, one of the major European trade routes, at the heart of the historical old quarter very close to the Merchants Bridge and the town hall. Many parts of the structure still remain today, including all four thick outer walls, the Romanesque gemel window, the Gothic rose window and the entrance to the synagogue room.
After extensive restoration, the building was reopened in 2009. On display in the exhibition rooms is an collection of medieval treasures discovered during archaeological excavations. This includes 3,140 silver coins, 14 silver ingots, approx. 6,000 works of goldsmithery from the 13th and 14th centuries and an intricately worked wedding ring of the period, of which only two others are known to exist anywhere in the world. A mikveh (Jewish bath) has been excavated close by (13th/14th century). The Old Synagogue, the Small Synagogue and two Jewish cemeteries together form a network of historical buildings and sites which vividly portray the role of Jewish life in the history of Erfurt.


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CBS4 advances the Sullivan story
Denver talk radio has provided plenty of hot air in the Sheriff Sullivan story. While "Troubleshooter" Tom Martino has cast himself as leading the investigation, chiding police for treating the sheriff as a crony, it took KCNC's Brian Maass to set the record straight.
Maass this week demonstrated that the cops were not covering up, protecting one of their own or otherwise giving preferential treatment to former Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan. In fact, Maass reported, the police were on the case and were keen to arrest Sullivan a year ago. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Jacki Kelley detailed for Maass the beginnings of the investigation.
Sullivan, a one-time trusted authority figure for whom a jail was named, has been all over the tube in orange jumpsuit and shackles after being arrested last week, accused of trying to trade methamphetamine for sex with a young man.
Maass' CBS4 story shows that police drug task force, was not standing idly by letting Sullivan get away with anything, but were on him a year ago, as soon as they had solid leads. Even though they couldn't nail him, it wasn't for a lack of trying.
The Maass story (which aired Monday and Tuesday) revealed that despite certain media members crowing about how they exposed this story, the cops were way ahead of them.
"It clearly shows that law enforcement was onto Pat Sullivan nearly a year ago, long before any talk show hosts or reporters of any ilk brought anything to their attention, which occurred in the last few weeks," Maass said.
Maass expects to further demonstrate this aspect of the story on Thursday's newscast.
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text: Monday, December 12, 2011 Bill to Add PTs to Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Legislation introduced on December 8 by Sen Susan Collins (R-ME) would add physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) to the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship, which currently offers tuition assistance for physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, optometrists, psychologists, physician assistants, pharmacists, and veterinarians serving in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Collins had proposed the addition of PTs and OTs to the scholarship program in an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012. In talking points on the amendment, which was not considered due to time limitation on debate, she said that data provided by the Department of Defense indicates there is a shortage of both PTs and OTs in the Air Force and the Navy—in active duty, reserve, civilian, and contractor positions. Collins called the inclusion of PTs and OTs an "important insurance policy against a shortfall of these medical professionals who help our wounded warriors return to living full and independent lives." APTA is awaiting word on how the bill (S 1976) is expected to move through the legislative process.


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For some time, researchers have known about disparities in diagnoses and outcomes among breast cancer patients based on race and age. However, they have been challenged to develop a set of criteria that can be used to reliably target drug delivery mechanisms based on an individual patient's tumor.
Dr. Debra Auguste, associate professor of biomedical engineering in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York, will investigate personalized therapies to inhibit breast cancer metastasis supported by the National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award. The grant, which provides $1.5 million over five years, funds "exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative projects that have the potential for unusually high impact."
"By applying our knowledge and experience in chemical engineering, materials science and nanotechnology, we hope to develop therapeutics that will increase breast cancer patient survival by inhibiting tumor progression and metastasis," said Professor Auguste, who joined the Grove School faculty in September from the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Science.
"Our goal is to use biological information to design new drug delivery vehicles that can target tumors. We have been studying what the cell surface looks like, how proteins relate to one another, how they are organized and what their ratios are."
The strategy marks a departure from other investigations that have focused on the role of messenger RNA, which is transcribed into proteins. "People often think if you have a large amount of messenger RNA you have a large amount of protein, but we don't necessarily know how much protein is being produced," she said.
Current breast cancer treatments are regulated by cell surface presentation. For example, breast cancer cells that express estrogen receptor and human epidermal growth receptor-2 on their surface are treated with hormone (anti-estrogen or aromatase inhibitors) or targeted therapies such as the monoclonal antibody trastuzamab (Herceptin), respectively.
Professor Auguste plans to develop personalized treatment approaches for four metastatic breast cancer populations: black women, white women, women over 40 and women under 40. Epidemiological studies have found that white women are more likely than black women to be diagnosed with breast cancer, however black women are more likely to die from it. In addition, women under 40 are more prone to aggressive forms of the disease.
She expects to characterize the surface density and proximity of two receptors that govern cell recruitment: CXC chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and CC chemokine receptor type 7 (CCR7). This information will then be used to synthesize complementary engineered liposomes (CELs) that cooperatively bind CXCR4 and CCR7 and deliver short interfering RNA (siRNA) to knock down lipocalin-2 (Lcn2), which has been shown to induce the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT).
Lipocalins are a family of proteins that transport small, hydrophobic molecules such as steroids, retinoids and lipids. A growing body of evidence points to the EMT playing a role in metastasis of cancers.
Professor Auguste hopes to produce CEL therapies that will enhance cooperative binding to each cell type and reduce cell migration and invasion. Homogeneous and biphasic CELs are designed to complement the relative surface density and organization of receptors on breast cancer cells. They do so by allowing conjugated antibodies to rearrange on the surface or by clustering antibodies within gel-phase lipid domains.
"The binding event is regulated by multiple receptors. We need to understand how multiple proteins work together to engineer adhesion," she explained. "If we can understand that, we can hopefully go from a non-adhesive vehicle to one that is adhesive in order to trigger a favorable response. The key is adhesion of the drug delivery vehicle to tumor cells."
In previous research targeting cytokine-activated endothelial cells, Professor Auguste reported evidence that vehicles that complement the cell surface enhance binding.
Professor Auguste plans to encapsulate cancer drugs inside a lipid shell that will be very similar to a cell membrane and decorate the shell with one or more antibodies arranged in different ratios. She also intends to "play around" with the molecules' surface mobility and organization. "We'll test lots of different engineering parameters in order to achieve optimal efficacy."
To assess the effect of CEL on cell migration, activation survival and the EMT process, she will conduct mechanistic studies involving the expression of various proteins and enzymes.
Professor Auguste intends to demonstrate similarities and differences among six different breast cancer cell lines and deliver a platform technology designed to address tumor metastasis. The cell lines chosen represent the most metastatic and invasive forms of breast cancer with the poorest prognoses for survival. "We want to learn what is different about these breast cancers and whether we can develop a better treatment that can more effectively target the tumor and control it," she said.
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How to coach Your Pet Dog? "The best way to train your puppy" can be quite a perplexed thing should you don't know how to practice it. One thing to find out about your dog is they aren't little ones. You are able to adore them much like your young children and make them learn much like your young children, nevertheless they don't consider like kids. Youngsters could be solitary, or they may be in groupings. They could be older or youthful than their brothers and sisters. Regardless of how several you have, we always educate our youngsters that everyone is equal. No one is the supervisor of anybody else, and nobody is a lot better than anyone else. This can be a basic mistake when dealing with puppies men and women make on a regular basis. Within the canine planet, nobody is identical, and attempting to show them that they will be is unnatural to the puppy and may only frustrate you in the end. Why? It's definitely rather simple. Although we've bred them into our very own quite sub-kinds groups through the years, we've by no means been able to rewire their minds, nor ought to we make an attempt to. Irrespective of how very much we anthromorphise them, they continue to possess and are guided by canine intuition. Dog intuition includes an ingrained wish for get, pecking order to get accurate. chicken coop planning
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'Brave' review: A sassy lass with her own aims
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By now, Pixar, in a class by itself, must compete with itself, and this isn't a good thing for "Brave," a pleasing enough but unremarkable little story about an unconventional fairy tale princess having mother issues in medieval Scotland.
Technically and visually, "Brave" is up to Pixar's exalted standards. The curly red hair of the heroine is rendered with unusual specificity and naturalness, and the animators convey character through posture and gesture with the insight of the great silent filmmakers. But in terms of story and emotional power, "Brave" comes up short. The miracle that was "WALL-E," "Up" and "Toy Story 3" - with their ability to be simple yet profound, universal in their perception while bypassing audience defenses - is not repeated here.
In the best of fairy tales, there is a subconscious truth. Here there is a sort of subterranean unacknowledged rage. On the surface, we get the story of Merida (the voice of Kelly Macdonald), a princess who is born into a destiny she would prefer to escape. The Queen, her mother (Emma Thompson), tries to raise her to be perfect and proper, but Merida is more like her father the King (Billy Connolly), a hunter and a jolly slob. The crisis between mother and daughter comes to a head when Merida, in her early teens, is told that she must choose a husband.
Instead of presenting its characters as archetypes of either good or evil, "Brave" offers something different. Merida may have problems with Mom, but the audience sees Mom's point of view as well. Indeed, the movie may tilt the balance too far in Mom's direction, so that the film's ostensible heroine ceases to seem adorably spunky and becomes more like an awful brat. To be sure, this approach makes the mother-daughter interaction more realistic, but it also invites the viewer to see the characters in realistic terms, and to judge their actions accordingly.
Indeed, what are we to make of a movie about a teenage girl who poisons her mother? That's really what we're talking about here: The daughter gives her mother a poisoned cake that turns Mom into a bear. Furthermore, what are the unconscious impulses behind a story about a daughter, having committing this crime against Mom, then turning around and becoming Mom's greatest defender - even to the point of protecting Mom when Dad unknowingly wants to kill her?
Think about that: Daughter drugs Mom. Then Dad, not to mention an entire community, tries to kill Mom. That's pretty twisted, and twisted can be good. Twisted can be really interesting. But in the case of "Brave," it's not, because the movie is structurally locked into promoting a conclusion that the filmmakers don't completely believe, one that might even be at war with their own unconscious impulses: Merida is the heroine. Merida is terrific. Yeah, sure.
No, the heroine here is the Queen. She is the least simple of the characters and the one that best exemplifies the film's title. Alas, "Brave," lopsided in its focus and confused in its impulses, won't or can't acknowledge that. It's against fairy tale rules to make the heroine anything other than a teenage girl. And so "Brave" ends up in a half-realized zone - respectable, yet somehow off, even slightly at war with itself.
This doesn't make it a bad movie, and it can still be enjoyed. I loved watching the mother in her bear incarnation, the way in which the animators were able to make us see one character in the form of another. But poor Mom. When the clans come out with their swords and pitchforks and surround her, and she's there growling and with no one to listen to her or care, it's hard not to think, wow. To be the mother of a teenage daughter. It's as bad as this, is it?
Animated adventure. Starring Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson. Directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman and Steve Purcell. (PG. 90 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.)
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It's March, which means it's no longer February. This is the basic concept of months and calendars people, what's so hard to understand about it?
It also being March means there are 2 video games I"m excited for dropping this month ("Bioshock Infinite" and "Tomb Raider") as well as the final Mass Effect 3 DLC, which drops this Tuesday. Serving as an unofficial tie-in to this event is the release of 2 new Mass Effect 3 Play Art Kai figures- the female default version of Commander Shepard, and female alien companion Tali'Xorah nar Rayya (yes, I had to Google the proper spelling of that name.). This marks the first all-female release for Kai line since…"Bayonetta" in 2010 FYI.
With the original (male) Commander Shepard, I had issues with the body sculpt, especially in the shoulder area. Female Shepard does away with those issues, and has a better default face, at least in my opinion. Tali's no slouch either. A little difficult to stand up by herself due to her feet, but a damn fine figure regardless of that. The sculpt alone is worth the price of admission. By now you all know the drill, $60, best damn video game figures out on the market, etc.
Mass Effect isn't the only space-based new release from Squenix in stock! The first wave of Halo 4 Play Art Kai figures are in stock, and DAMN, they are impressive looking. Granted they're a lot more bulkier compared to more Play Art releases, they also meet and maintain the same levels of quality in sculpting, variant parts, paint jobs and articulation their peers posses. Wave 1 consists of both the Master Chief and the Blue Spartan Warrior, and you should definitely expect to see future releases be variants of said Spartans.
Focusing in on Square Enix based on actual Squenix properties, the 2nd wave of Final Fantasy Trading Art Kai figures are out, consisting of Tifa, Tidus and Lighting. I'd make fun of Tidus for a bit, but he comes with both a body that allows him to ride a Chocobo and a face that make him cry. This is both adorable and hilarious to me. Anywho, not much has changed since wave one with the products, with the exception of there maybe being more animals in this wave (Red XIII comes packaged with Tifa, and Tidus obviously with said chocobo). They'll set you back $20 each, and if they're anything like the first wave, expect them to fly off the shelves.
I'll end the article with a slight shift in focus, one not related to Marvel Comics. As of late, Jazzware has begun to corner the market on Cartoon Network based toys. Another wave of Adventure Time figures has hit our shelves, as well as the first wave of figures based on the equally off-beat "Regular Show". Aside from new spins on Jake and Finn, this series of AT toys is joined by fan favorite characters like The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen and Lumpy Space Princess. All very cool, but the lack of Lemongrab is whack IMO. The Regular Show figures also heavily focus on Rigby and Mordecai, but are forgiven because there are figures that are actually packed with Shudder Shades. It's amazing what I'll forgiven when those are involved. Since these are focused on younger audiences, they're prices cheaper at $10-$20, but if you buy em for yourselves I won't tell anyone. But you'll owe me.


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Our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide for the day is the TiVo Premiere Elite. What makes this TiVo so much more special than its predecessors? Well, for starters, this thing has four tuners, so it can record up to four different programs at once. You can watch any of the four, or view a fifth already-recorded program, so that's pretty nice. It's also got a 2 TB hard drive in it, which can hold up to 300 hours of HD programming. If you've got someone in your life who loves film and television, but hates those horrible UIs on the cable company DVR, this is the thing to get.
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Tyshawn Jones and adidas Skateboarding will lead New York City's largest annual skate event, Go Skateboarding Day for 2019. Alongside hundreds of local skaters, the Thrasher Skater of the Year and three stripes will host a full schedule inspired by Jones and the city including best trick jams, appearances by adidas team riders and more.
Go Skate Day launches full force at LES Coleman Skatepark for a series of best trick events across various custom builds and modified obstacles, followed by a half mile push through the streets toward a secret location in the city's Lower East Side neighborhood. The undisclosed venue will house even more skate action and obstacles inspired by the unique street skating of New York City, and Tyshawn Jones. Throughout the day, participants will have the chance to win a variety of cash prizes and will be joined by adidas pros Dennis Busenitz, Na-Kel Smith, Lucas Puig, Jenn Soto, Diego Najera, Mariah Duran, and many others.
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