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It involves clambering over fathomless crevasses, battling temps that can dip to –40°F, winds that can rage upwards of 100 m.p.h., breathing oxygen-deprived air at stratospheric heights — and this woman did it twice in the space of seven days, clinching a new world record.
(PHOTOS: Sir Edmund Hillary: First Ascent of Mount Everest)
According to the Associated Press, Chhurim, a 29-year-old Nepalese Sherpa (who like many Sherpas has just one name), scaled Mount Everest not once, but twice inside of a week, reaching the 29,035-ft. summit of the tallest mountain in the world first on May 12, 2012, then again seven days later on May 19. This week Nepal's Tourism Minister Posta Bahadur Bogati presented Chhurim with a certificate from the Guinness World Records celebrating her feat.
"I am very happy for this recognition," said Chhurim, as reported by Agence France-Presse. "I was determined that the record should be held by a Nepalese woman and I'm proud to be one."
(MORE: How Much Does It Cost to Climb Mount Everest?)
The first man to reach Everest's summit twice was Sherpa mountaineer Nawang Gombu — once in 1963 and again in 1965. The first woman to reach the summit was Junko Tabei of Japan in 1975. The first Nepalese woman to reach the summit was Pasang Lhamu Sherpa in 1993 (though she tragically died while descending). And Santosh Yadav of India was the first woman to climb Mount Everest twice within a year — in May 1992 and 1993.
Chhurim is the latest to secure a record among an extremely elite club of climbers: just over 3,000 people have summited Mount Everest since New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay first looked down at the clouds from the Himalayan mountain's top in 1953.


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Our employees, contractors and on-site logistics personnel are our most valuable asset, which is why workplace safety is and remains our undisputed #1 priority. For us, incident-free operation is our objective.
Our approachINEOS Styrolution is convinced that being a market leader goes hand in hand with an outstanding safety record and that all accidents are preventable. We take our responsibility for safety, health and environment (SHE) very seriously and are fully committed to delivering a continually improving performance across all our operations.
Our commitment to safety starts at the top, with the management board being responsible for our safety performance. However, it is the responsibility of everyone at INEOS Styrolution to ensure the highest standards of safety and health in everything that we do every day.
Our performance
For 2017, we achieved a step change with respect to safety. Within one year, we dramatically improved our overall safety performance with a considerably reduced total case injury rate of 0.17, compared to an overall target TCIR of 0.38 and 2016's TCIR of 0.40. This was due to our focus on continuous improvement of our safety performance.
In addition, over 15,000 behavioural-based safety observations (BBSOs) were submitted by our employees in 2017 to raise awareness of workplace safety.
We also significantly increased the health and safety trainings for both employees as well as on-site contractors working under our supervision at our production sites. We documented that our employees completed approximately 115,000 hours of safety training, which accounts for 60% of total worked hours, and that our contractors attended more than 30,000 hours of health and safety training courses, which accounts for 40% of hours worked.
In 2017, we have defined global sustainability targets for all seven focus areas of our business including our company's safety performance. These targets are aligned with our material topics and underscore our commitment to continuous improvement.
Last year's improved performance demonstrates that accidents are preventable and that striving for zero incidents is a realistic objective. For 2018, we further strive for continuous improvement of our safety performance and aim to reach our annual overall safety target of 0.33 for 2018 – which includes a target TCIR of 0.33 for our employees and 0.34 for our contractors.
Click here to read more about our safety performance.
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Stocks sink on Europe, Fiscal Cliff
(MoneyWatch) Don't blame today's stock sell-off on President Obama's win. For most of the pre-market session, futures were barely moving, and then the bottom fell out pushing down U.S. markets by more than 2.3 percent across the board. What happened?
About 2 hours before the opening bell, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi acknowledged that the euro zone crisis that has dragged down the southern economies of Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal is now harming Germany. "Germany has so far been largely insulated from some of the difficulties elsewhere in the euro area. But the latest data suggest that these developments are now starting to affect the German economy." Uh-oh -- Germany and the wealthier Northern European countries were supposed to inoculate the eurozone against widespread disaster. Accordingly, investors were reminded that Europe remains a total mess, which is why European stock markets closed down by more than 2 percent.
Obama wins: Will your taxes rise?
On top of the European debt crisis rearing its ugly head, investors were spooked by tough words from partisan politicians over the nation's Fiscal Cliff. The combination of tax increases and spending cuts, which total more than $600 billion, are scheduled to go into effect in January and could send the U.S. economy back into a recession, according to the Congressional Budget Office. By some estimates, jumping off the cliff will cause the economy to shrink by half of a percent next year and unemployment could rise from 7.9 percent to over 9 percent.
Ratings agency Fitch drew the line in the sand this morning, saying that President Obama must quickly forge an agreement with Congress to prevent a series of tax increases and spending cuts that kick in next year, or risk losing the federal government's top 'AAA' rating next year. Last year, Fitch downgraded its outlook for the U.S. rating to negative after Congress and the Obama administration failed to meet a deadline for a plan.
Ailing Europe + Fiscal Cliff = Stock market sell off. Here's was the damage for the day:
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: 12,932 -312 points or 2.36%
- S&P 500 Index 1394: -33 points or 2.37%
- NASDAQ Composite 2937: -74 points or 2.48%
As always, remember to "Keep Calm and Carry On" during major market moves. Here are 3 reminders so you don't shoot yourself in the foot and make a change to your portfolio out of fear or anxiety:
1) Don't make any rash decisions amid a big downturn
2) Maintain diversified balanced portfolio
3) Stick to your game plan!


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Morgan Spurlock is a whirling dervish. Wearing a sharp black suit littered with product placement logos which make him look like the upscale version of a Nascar racer, Spurlock walks in with his fingers furiously tapping out messages on his phone.
"We're in post on the Comic-Con movie right now so I'm communicating with people in New York while we're doing this," he explains convivially, referring to his upcoming documentary about the annual geekfest in San Diego, as he puts his phone down and turns his attention to the subject at hand, "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," his incredibly meta latest effort. It's a film about product placement and co-branding, unabashedly brought to you by companies such as Pom Wonderful and Jet Blue. It's that kind of thoughtfully subversive commentary that's made Spurlock a star in the realms of independent and documentary filmmaking, though he swears there's no method to his madness.
"I remember when M. Night Shyamalan first made 'The Sixth Sense,' he said, 'I have the formula for success. I know the secret to make hit movies.' Which apparently didn't last," he says with a grin. "I don't think you can claim that there's something that's the golden egg. For me, what I think has helped my projects work is that I'm willing to let my guard down and be honest with the viewer."
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That brand of revealing, thought-provoking yet irreverently humorous filmmaking has won over audiences who might not normally consider themselves documentary fans.
"I think we're constantly fighting this PBS stigma. PBS ruined it for everybody," Spurlock decrees. "Ultimately they painted a view of what documentaries were, so you're fighting this idea that they're not entertaining, that they're not great movies. I want to make films for a larger audience. When people go to see a movie on a Friday night, I don't want my film to be their fourth choice, I want it to be their first choice."
As one of the posterchildren for independent moviemaking, Spurlock admits that state of Indie film isn't as rosy as it was a decade ago, but when asked his advice for the next generation of Spurlocks he says, "I think the key to success, at least for me, is forward momentum. If you're going to be an independent filmmaker you can't just sit around and pat yourself on the back and say, 'Boy, that was a great one.' You have to be in motion."
With that, Spurlock immediately grabs his Blackberry and makes a call that begins with the word "Comic-Con." On to the next thing...
"The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" opens in select theaters April 22.


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The Moxie Fab blog has started the Olympics of Stamping today....so I plan on participating as much as possible! This first card fits one of the themes....happy birthday. It also fits the Embellish Mag current challenge (birthday card using pink, green, blue, & brown), and the current Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge (to use flowers).
The Moxie Fab blog has started the Olympics of Stamping today....so I plan on participating as much as possible! This first card fits one of the themes....happy birthday. It also fits the Embellish Mag current challenge (birthday card using pink, green, blue, & brown), and the current Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge (to use flowers).
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such fabbie cards Lea...as always! Thanks for joining us over at Jacksonbelle!!ReplyDelete
Perfectly gorgeous cards!! I always receive so much inspiration from your blog!ReplyDelete
Wow...all gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Beautiful cards!! Your mojo is definitely backReplyDelete
*STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
Wow... yeah... I'd say your Moxie is back! :) All of your cards are stunning! Love them all!!ReplyDelete
Woweeeeeeee! Great cards! Love them all! :) KathyReplyDelete
These are all soooo gorgeous!!!ReplyDelete
these are FANTASTIC!! Thank you for including step by step instructions---helps this budding card maker to have a clue! :)ReplyDelete
These are ALL fabulous!Love how you use the color combo and stamps!ReplyDelete
What fun cards! You always have such wonderful entries!ReplyDelete
Your MOJO is definitely back! These are gorgeous! Love the Tuesday Trigger with the pearls, that black/white/pink chandelier card is stunning and your birthday wishes card with the kraft cs is so cute!ReplyDelete
Wow! Your cards are humbling from my point of view. Absolutely lovely; I especially like your 'trigger tuesday' entry.ReplyDelete
ps...thanks for stopping at my little space.
Oh wow, Lea! These are just gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Oh yeah baby that mojo is a FLOOOOOWIN!!!!!!!!!! Love em all Lea!ReplyDelete
WOW!!! Those cards are simply amazing!!! I am so lovin' that second one and that last one is too perfect!!! :-)ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Love the black and yellow, such wonderful contrasting colors!ReplyDelete
These are all just Fab! Looks like you are out of your slump. I love that chandelier on your Cricut. You rocked that Embellish Cahllenge too. That one scared me a little this week. Not my colors. :DReplyDelete
So marvelous Lea!! I absolutely LOVE your cards and thank you so much for including the directions. I know that it takes a lot of time to type it out! Your "fabulous" card is totally...FABULOUS!!! Thank you for playing along at 2S4Y !! Hugs! ♥♥ KayReplyDelete
Wow! All three are fabulous!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 7:17 PM
um, i think it's totally okay for you to have taken a bit of a break ~ you typically post, what, six cards each time?? maybe seven??ReplyDelete
as usual, these are chock-full of wonderful ideas and gorgeous details that i would never come up with in a million years.
you rock the whole cardmaking thang, lea!!
- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 7:19 PM
p.s. thanks for the speedflash tip!!ReplyDelete
you're one of the people whose photos i've always admired!!
Oh my your work is always breathtaking!ReplyDelete
Thanks for playing at 2S4Y!
That is just too darn cute for words! Love it!ReplyDelete
Lea, these are soooo gorgeous...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Love how these all turned out! I love your style its so fun! Thanks for playing with us at Just Buggin, I love your take on the challenges!ReplyDelete
Kandi *JB DT*
What a great moxie card! I had a hard time with the colors at first :) I love your cards, they are all amazing! I am following your blog now and please feel free to add me too if you like!!!ReplyDelete
Hello, Lea. Thank you for your sweet comments on my blog. I adore your cards as well, especially the Birthday Wishes. I love the bright colors against the kraft paper! Good luck to you!ReplyDelete
Each one is beautiful, Lea. I love your eclectic style.ReplyDelete
WOW! Stunning cards!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card!ReplyDelete
WOW! Three incredible beauties!! Love them all..you definitely have Moxie!!ReplyDelete
As ever.. all GORGEOUS!!! I definately think you have moxie! I especially love the sympathy cards, I find colour hard to decide on because of the situation, but this works so well. TFS :o)ReplyDelete
Oh...these are absolutely fabulous. I think you can work with any kind of paper and material...your work is always STUNNING!ReplyDelete
These are so awesome! Love that last one the best, the ribbon and pearls are just perfect!ReplyDelete
Lea, you just rock! These are all so awesome!!ReplyDelete
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Fabulous cards! The chandelier card is particularly stunning!ReplyDelete
Stunning creations!!!!ReplyDelete
These are all gorgeous!!!!ReplyDelete
Amazing! I love everything about every single card!ReplyDelete
Each of these are absolutely amazing! Thanks for playing along with Embellish!!ReplyDelete
These are all incredible!!! Great job! Thanks for playing along with the Jacksonbelle challenge!ReplyDelete
Fantastic cards ... love them all.ReplyDelete
Beautiful cards, Lea! Thanks for playing along with us!ReplyDelete
Hey Lea! Thanks for entering the Olympics of Stamping Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! :)ReplyDelete
I saw this for the Tuesday Trigger as well, but it doesn't look like my comment showed up. :(
Thanks so much for playing along!


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Some of us thrive in a structured environment, while others prefer the freedom to express themselves without rules. And that doesn't just apply to who we want to be, but equally to where we choose to live as well. Do you like the structure of living in a community governed by a homeowners association, where rules are hard and fast and residents are legally bound not to stray from certain norms, or would you rather live in a community where less restrictions mean you can paint your house pink or grow your lawn knee-high?
There are over 50,000 HOAs in California, and nearly a third of the state's population lives in communities they govern. So which would you rather live in? The security of structure? Or the freedom from restrictive rules?
Karen D. Conlon, President & CEO of the California Association of Community Managers, a state-wide association based in Laguna Hills
Michael Nogueira, President of the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council. He's also the President of the Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce and owner of Sir Michaels Party Rental


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To help you keep connected to your communities, E&S and Spitz are pleased to announce we're now making online flat-screen versions of select shows available to all planetariums to stream.
2020 May 14
While most Digistar users are displaced from their domes and working remotely, we want to encourage all Digistar users to help each other by sharing content and ideas via the Digistar Cloud.
2020 Apr 10
Learn to use your Digistar system to its fullest potential. Join Kevin Scott for a FREE, classroom workshop at Scienceworks in Melbourne, Australia – 12 February 2020. Read More
2019 Dec 03
E&S is pleased to announce that Starlight Productions, a Sponsor of the 46th Space Congress choose Digistar 6 to power their outreach program.
2019 Jun 14
Birth of Planet Earth, a new 24-minute giant screen science documentary for digital fulldome cinemas, had its global premier at the Zeiss-Großplanetarium in Berlin this month.
2019 Mar 26
The latest issue of the International Planetarium Society's Planetarian Magazine features an article about our latest True8K™ installation in the new Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium at Liberty Science Center, the Western Hemisphere's largest dome theater.
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2018 Mar 16
We're proud to announce that we have concluded a distribution deal with The Stephen Low Company to make films from their library available to E&S digital dome theaters and AEOS Theaters worldwide!
2017 Sep 25
On April 19, 2017, the largest planetarium and digital giant screen dome theater in the world hosted a demo of an Evans & Sutherland (E&S) True8K™ Digistar 6 digital dome system at the China Science and Technology Museum (CSTM).
2017 May 22
Go behind the scenes with Rob Landis for a look at the filming of Mars - One Thousand One. View it here
2017 Mar 14
The Adler Planetarium operates two domes, all day, 363 days a year – presenting nearly 5000 planetarium presentations each year. For this demanding schedule, the Adler is refurbishing both of their dome theaters with 8K resolution Digistar 6 systems from Evans & Sutherland.
2017 Jan 26
In September 2016, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science celebrated the grand re-opening of the Gates Planetarium.
2017 Jan 03
The Perlan, a landmark dome-shaped, glass building in Reykjavik will be home of Iceland's biggest nature exhibition in 2017. It will feature man-made ice caves and the country's first planetarium: a stunning 8K resolution digital dome theater with Digistar 6 from Evans & Sutherland.
2016 Dec 14
E&S and Christie® are proud to be major partner-level sponsors of the annual Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference and Trade Show (GSCA) taking place October 4-7 at downtown Toronto's Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Scotiabank Theatre, and the Ontario Science Centre
2016 Oct 06
Evans & Sutherland will demonstrate the Digistar digital planetarium/dome cinema system with 10 Christie 4K projectors on the dome screen at the Ontario Science Centre Shoppers Drug Mart Omnitheater.
2016 Aug 24
Evans & Sutherland and the Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin, are pleased to announce that the E&S Digistar system will be installed in the newly renovated Zeiss-Großplanetarium scheduled for reopening in Summer 2016.
2016 Jun 18
Evans & Sutherland (E&S) will introduce Digistar 6, it's latest release of the world renowned Digistar digital planetarium/digital dome system at the International Planetarium Society (IPS) Conference in Warsaw, Poland on June 20, 2016.
2016 Jun 15
"Upgrading to the Digistar 5 system with the Christie projectors was huge for us," says Kate Storm, director of theaters, COSI. "This system does everything we ever wanted a planetarium to do or wished it could do."
"The technology in the planetarium allows us to create and develop unique content," says Storm. "We created a custom show meeting Ohio's learning standards for fifth graders in Columbus city schools during specially designed field trips. The feedback was incredible. Teachers and administrators told us the students could visualize and explain the concepts when they returned to school."
Read More Here
2016 Apr 15
Astronomy knowledge is exploding at ever wavelength, taking us closer to the edge of space and the beginning of time. Now planetarium projection technology can provide the computer processing, data storage, resolution, and brightness to deliver the farthest galaxy.
2016 Mar 25
The True8K Digistar 5 system with 10 Sony projectors is carefully packed and shipped, bound for installation at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
2016 Mar 03
Image Credit: Marty Sisam/Evans & Sutherland
After a very snowy day with gale force winds the team returned to the Eiscat site last night. The weather forecast was very poor but our own local analysis suggested the possibility of a hole developing over the mountainous valley of Ramfjorden, site of the Eiscat installation.
In snow over 2 foot deep they set up the camera equipment for the four hour timelapse sequence. This would provide about 30 seconds of material for viewing on the dome. All shooting was being done in 8K format.
After an hour or so the sky cleared and although aurora activity was forecast to be low a beautiful outburst of green Aurora lit the valley and silhouetted the Radar Dish as it moved across the heavens.
Using radar, the Eiscat instruments investigate the upper atmosphere and search for disturbances related to geomagnetic activity.
2016 Feb 15
Bangkok's long-time astronomical center is ready to beckon and captivate a new generation of children with the universe's mystical lure. The galaxies can now be explored using Digistar 5 in the renovated Bangkok Planetarium.
2016 Jan 25
The Space Theatre in the National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung was the first large planetarium in Taiwan. Upon deciding to update the facility, the museum started its renovation with a single multi-purpose 8K Digistar 5 system in August 2014, with the renovation completed in June 2015.
2016 Jan 08
The newly renovated Bangkok planetarium will reopen with a ceremony on Jan. 5 and offer free admission for five days through Jan. 9. The theater now features a 4K-resolution Digistar 5 system.
Via Kiaosod English, read more and watch a time lapse video of the renovation.
2015 Dec 17
Making the move from film to digital
projectors, the Science Museum of
Virginia upgrades their 1570 giant
screen film projection system to
the world's first 8K digital fulldome
system installed as a 1570 film
projection replacement in a dome,
enhancing the content they can offer.
Read the Entire Case Study Here
2015 Nov 16
Monday night's Astronomy Day celebration on the White House lawn featured a portable Discovery Dome operated by educators from the Lunar and Planetary Institute with support from the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Rice University, and Evans & Sutherland. Rice provided the dome as part of their dome loaner program, HMNS provided the projection system and all of the content formatted correctly. Christine Shupla made the 20 minute presentation live using Robot Explorers solar system animations from Evans & Sutherland. Every institution played a critical role in making Astronomy Day under the Dome a success. Christine Shupla's creative use of Robot Explorers could inspire others to use this show as full-dome animations for telling a live story of NASA's missions to the planets.
It is exciting to realize that these very portable Discovery Domes can reach every student in the US with the
2015 Oct 20
Opened in June 2015 at the new Shanghai Natural History Museum visitors can now experience being swept to the bottom of the primeval Cambrian ocean 550 million years ago, a time when animals first appeared on Earth.
2015 Aug 27
One of three new 8K resolution E&S 2015 installations in Asia, the Science Center Sinapore's Omni-Theatre is Asia's brightest digital fulldome system with each of the five Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors displaying a never-before-seen 30,000 lumens in a dome.
2015 Jul 27
At-Bristol Science Centre, one of the UK's leading interactive science centres, is upgrading its Planetarium to become the UK's first digital 3D Planetarium.
2015 Jul 06
The Swiss Transport Museum (STM) features Europe's first "8K" Digistar 5 digital fulldome system.
2015 Jul 01
Historically known as "The Vehicle City", Flint will be unveiling a completely renovated Longway Planetarium in the city's revered Cultural Center campus. The event will be taking place during a weekend long celebration called the "Weekend of Wonder", May 29 – May 31.
2015 May 27
The term "8K" is one of the latest buzz words in the fulldome community. As of today, there is no industry specification or standard definition for 8K. Many have taken liberties in calling systems that use five or six 4K projectors as "8K" solutions, when they actually do not produce 8K x 8K resolution.
2014 Jul 29
We're happy to share that the team acquiring E&S and Spitz is a passionate supporter of planetariums. The acquiring group helped fund the Winn Science Center at St. Mark's school of Texas, which includes a new E&S/Spitz planetarium system and NanoSeam dome.
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2020 Feb 12
E&S is pleased to present a premier Digistar 6 installation, the UNIsphere at Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic.
2019 Nov 11
E&S is proud to announce Estelle Pacalon as the Show Distribution and Sales Manager overseeing distribution of its extensive library of fulldome shows, as well as projects in South America.
2019 May 03
Joining Evans & Sutherland with 20 years' experience in the planetarium industry, we're proud to welcome Christophe Bertier to the Digistar Sales team.
2019 Mar 11
Thanks to the power of Digistar 6, a groundbreaking True8K™ display system, and a NanoSeam dome, the new Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium at Liberty Science Center, the largest and most technologically advanced planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, is your portal to amazing and unseen worlds, just waiting for you to discover.
2017 Dec 08
Once the unprecedented pinnacle of sports stadium infrastructure, Houston's original Astrodome still stands today, an abandoned homage to a bygone area.
Not far away, however, sits another city institution that houses, in its most literal form, another "Astrodome." Like the original Houston venue, it's setting a global standard for technology and multimedia production.
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2017 Jul 17
For over 50 years the Bangkok Planetarium has been impressing visitors but more recently, thanks to Christie® Boxer and Evans & Sutherland's Digistar 5 system, the immersive cosmological experience it now offers has made the planetarium a must-visit destination. Deep space journeys and close-ups of objects in the farthest depths of outer space are attracting new visitors and enticing familiar patrons to return. Read More
2017 Apr 19
The Grainger's Digistar 6 system is billed as providing 8K resolution. It is comprised of "six Sony SRX-T615 4K projectors with 18,000 lumens per projector and 12,000:1 contrast," according to the company. Read the Story Here
2017 Feb 27
In May of 2016, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis opened their new Beyond Spaceship Earth gallery which includes an immersive space object experience called the Schaefer Planetarium & Space Object Theater.
2017 Jan 18
On August 25, 2016 the large ZEISS planetarium in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district reopened, following extensive renovation work and upgrades with Digistar and Zeiss technology.
2016 Dec 19
To deliver its industry-leading Digistar planetarium projection software, Evans & Sutherland sought a dependable, robust platform to easily incorporate into a turnkey solution that could be supported virtually anywhere in the world. Read the Entire Case Study Here
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science today celebrated the grand re-opening of the Gates Planetarium. The Planetarium temporarily closed earlier this month to install upgraded projection equipment, making the experience sharper and more vibrant.
2016 Sep 20
Evans & Sutherland is pleased to welcome Mr. Robin Sip to E&S. Robin is an award winning Director and Writer of the best-selling fulldome productions Dawn of the Space Age, Natural Selection, and Dinosaurs at Dusk.
2016 Jun 20
Evans & Sutherland (E&S) and Skypoint Planetariums are excited to announce Digistar Lite for portable planetariums and dome theaters. Now portable domes can have the Difference of Digistar at their fingertips.
2016 Jun 17
Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science recently hosted an event featuring the art of local artist, Jenna Citrus, featured on their dome using Digistar 5. We love seeing all the creative and artistic uses of Digistar.
2016 May 03
The renovated Burke Baker Planetarium is the first True8K™ planetarium in the world. Across a 50 foot Spitz NanoSeam dome, the system displays over 50 million unique pixels and provides 8,000 pixels across every meridian.
2016 Apr 13
"This week Evans & Sutherland delivered on their True8K vision and exceeded all our expectations in Houston. The combination of high resolution, high contrast, high brightness, and rich color palette has turned our planetarium into a destination with record crowds and much applause. We have a star field that is as dark and rich as any on Earth. We have video that is far sharper, more vibrant, and more immersive than in any movie theater. In a True8K planetarium with its high frame rate, a new reality surrounds you, immerses you, and takes you where you could never go before. The Burke Baker Planetarium is not just a movie theater, but a unique audience experience, like a world-class exhibit, to be enjoyed oand over again." -Dr. Carolyn Sumners
Vice President for Astronomy and the Physical Sciences
2016 Mar 14
On March 11, the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Burke Baker Planetarium becomes the world's first True8K™ Planetarium, displaying fulldome starfields and movies with over 50 million unique pixels. A typical digital movie screen is only 2 million pixels.
2016 Feb 26
As part of a new 8K show production in conjunction with Houston Museum of Natural Science, Evans & Sutherland has a photography team on the ground north of the Arctic Circle. They are photographing the Aurora Borealis, while coordinating with astronauts aboard the International Space Station to capture the same Aurora, in the same locations at the same time.
Using special equipment these images are being specifically captured in 8K resolution for the fulldome. The first results of these coordinated aurora images are now coming in. Sunday night (7 February, 2016) this active aurora was captured by our team and the ISS astronauts at the same time over Norway.
2016 Feb 10
The Perpetual Guardian Planetarium is a new 51 seat theater with a 9m aluminum Spitz NanoSeam dome tilted at 12°. Their Digistar 5 integrates two Barco F35 (2560 x 1600) projectors with 120Hz 3D capability.
The Griffith Observatory's Samuel Oschin Planetarium re-invented itself again in late 2015, nearly ten years after a major renovation that ushered the Los Angeles facility squarely into the realm of fulldome. The latest update brought Digistar 5 along with six Christie Boxer 30,000-lumen projectors to cover the 75-foot dome seamlessly.
At EC-1 City of Industry East, there is a new 8K Digistar 5 devoted to astronomy education. This is the first of two Digistar 5 installations at EC1 Lodz, Poland. A second dome theater featuring a Digistar 5 system in 3D is installing now.
2015 Dec 02
San Antonio College's Scobee Planetarium will close for the remainder of the semester starting Nov. 20 to upgrade the projection system in the theater.
We are thrilled to be installing a new 4K Digistar 5 system with dual Christie Boxer projectors.
Full Article from theranger.org
2015 Nov 13
As a follow-up to the world's first, split screen demo between 15/70 film and 8K fulldome digital projection at the Science Museum of Virginia last October, Evans & Sutherland (E&S) again demonstrated an 8K Digistar 5 digital fulldome system at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California for the Giant Screen Cinema Association's (GSCA) Dome Day.
2015 Oct 06
The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce that Evans & Sutherland has signed on as a partner-level sponsor, the highest level of support, for the upcoming GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in San Francisco on September 9-11.
2015 Aug 25
The immersive environment inside the museum's Theater of the Cambrian Explosion is a one-of-a-kind attraction in the world. The dome is inverted and has a 5-meter diameter central pedestal in the center for up to 40 viewers per show.
The Science Museum of Virginia (SMV) features the world's first "8K" digital fulldome system installed to replace a 1570 giant screen film projection system.
InPark Magazine recently ran a great article about our 8K Digistar 5 systems in Asia. Please have a look to see some of the exciting projects we have been working on lately.
2015 Jun 25
On October 22, 2014, the Giant Screen Cinema Association sponsored a digital dome demonstration at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, VA. Early this year, Evans & Sutherland installed an 8K resolution digital fulldome system to replace their existing 1570 giant screen film system.
2015 Jan 21
Loch Ness Productions is pleased to announce the installation of an Evans & Sutherland Digistar 5 Producer Workstation in its Colorado studios as part of a cooperative agreement between the two companies.
2014 Feb 18
You've probably seen our recent announcement - if not, please see the following link. This acquisition is positive for E&S employees and our customers. Elevate Entertainment has seen our products and our success. They want to be part of our bright future and strongly support our existing business, including our commitment to our customers and partners.
Elevate Entertainment (not Elevate, the Hollywood talent agency, btw) is a newly formed affiliate of Mirasol Capital LLC. Your day-to-day business and relationships are important to us and will not change.
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2020 Feb 11
"The image was so good it exceeded all my expectations! The brightness and resolution are incredible but what really stood apart was the contrast. It has an excellent, totally black background that colors pop off of."
2019 Jun 20
Evans & Sutherland, the inventor of computer graphics and the digital planetarium, announces DomeX: a revolution in full-dome display technology.
2019 May 02
The largest planetarium and digital giant screen dome system in China re-opened this month with an image quality so sharp that it tests the limits of the human eye!
2018 Apr 19
The E&S 2018 Lunar Calendar is ready! Shipments will begin soon, or you can get your own copy here! To receive a free calendar, submit a request via our contact form.
2017 Oct 30
On 19 April 2017, leaders and directors of more than 50 science museums across China gathered in the world's largest fulldome (digital dome) theater, at the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing. for a demonstration of Evans & Sutherland (E&S) True8K™ technology. The demo was part of the Beijing International Film Festival. According to local press and others who were there, industry viewers at the demo received True8K as an absolute breakthrough – achieving the highest possible image quality on a giant dome screen and definitively surpassing the longtime benchmark set by 1570 film. Read More
2017 Jun 05
The newly renovated Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium at the Liberty Science Center is the world's largest IMAX dome theater and will soon have the world's largest digital giant screen dome system with a True8K™ Digistar 6 system from Evans & Sutherland (E&S).
2017 Apr 18
Evans & Sutherland (E&S) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are pleased to announce that ESO has selected the E&S Digistar system for their ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre scheduled for opening in November 2017.
2017 Jan 30
Milwaukee Public Museum's planetarium is Wisconsin's largest and most modern, and is the first Planetarium in the world to debut a Digistar 6 computer projection system that fills the entire Dome Theater with stunning 3D animations, creating an immersive astronomy experience.
2017 Jan 09
Planetarium Hamburg, established both as an astronomical and entertainment destination for northern Germany, is undergoing a massive refurbishment in preparation for its grand reopening on February 14th, 2017.
2016 Dec 16
On Friday, October 7, 2016, the Giant Screen Cinema Association's (GSCA) Technical Committee hosted a digital dome demo at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Ontario. During this historic demo, the audience witnessed something that no other audience had ever seen before.
2016 Nov 15
The Milwaukee Public Museum's Dome Theater and Planetarium will be the first planetarium in the world to debut Digistar 6 technology on Saturday, September 17. This ground breaking dome technology will replace the giant screen 15/70 film system, which was once the gold standard for giant screen projection.
2016 Sep 15
Evans & Sutherland (E&S) and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS), are pleased to announce that the E&S Digistar system will be installed in the Gates Planetarium in September 2016.
2016 Jun 19
2016 Jun 16
In September, the Daniel M. Soref National Geographic Dome Theater & Planetarium (Dome Theater) at the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) will replace their giant screen 15/70 film system with a new 8K Digistar 5 immersive digital cinema/digital planetarium system from Evans & Sutherland.
2016 Apr 19
What do you do when your mid-20th-century-vintage planetarium is in need of an update? As many other facilities are doing these days, we at the Bangkok Planetarium at the Science Center for Education wanted to do a tune-up on an aging facility.
The renovated Burke Baker Planetarium is the first planetarium in the world to display a true 8K image with over 8,000 pixels across every meridian and over 50 million pixels filling the dome.
2016 Mar 11
The Griffith Observatory's Samuel Oschin Planetarium re-invented itself again in late 2015, nearly ten years after a major renovation that ushered the 1930s-era Los Angeles facility squarely into the realm of digital fulldome.
2016 Feb 25
Evans & Sutherland is pleased to announce a new Cloud contest that will begin February 1, 2016. The contest is to create Digistar sequences synchronized to movements of the orchestral suite The Planets, composed by Gustav Holst.
2016 Jan 26
More than 50 years after it first opened, Bangkok's Science Centre for Education - or the Planetarium as it was formerly known - recently underwent eight months of renovations, opening its doors wide again to moonwalkers, both young and old, just in time for National Children's Day.
Billing itself as Thailand's most advanced planetarium and equipped with a single, multipurpose 4K Digistar 5 system from the US, the venue celebrated its return with the screening of the award-winning documentary, "Experience the Aurora" by the leading American company Evans & Sutherland.
Read More via The Nation (Thailand)
2016 Jan 18
Using Digistar 5, the talented team at Otago Museum in Dundin, New Zealand, produced three new planetarium shows for their Grand Opening in December 2015. Almost every show since the planetarium's opening has sold out.
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2016 Jan 06
Griffith Observatory's new 8K Digistar 5 system drives 6 Christie Boxer projectors to produce crisp, bright images never before seen on their historic dome. Our proprietary auto-blending and auto-alignment technology allows us to take these 6 different projectors to create one bright, seamless, uniform, hi-resolution image on their iconic dome.
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2015 Nov 18
Hefei Science and Technology Museum (HSTM) officially introduced its Digistar 5 dome theater to the public on October 1st, beginning of the National Day holiday in China.
2015 Oct 30
E&S recently completed installation at the Bangkok Planetarium in Thailand. The planetarium now has a Hybrid Digistar 5 system with dual center mounted Christie Boxer projectors and a Mark IV Zeiss projector. Opening of the renovated planetarium will be later this year.
2015 Aug 31
This article from KSL News focuses on the history of Evans & Sutherland and its role in shaping the field of computer graphics.
2015 Aug 19
The National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung is phasing out legacy technologies with a new 8K Digistar 5 system.
The June issue of the Planetarian included two great articles: one about how our clients are using the Digistar 5 Cloud Library, and one about an incredibly creative use of Digistar 5's real time capabilities to create Art 360 at Arizona Science Center.
2015 Jul 02
The Science Centre Singapore (SCS) is reopening its Omni-Theatre, which has been digitally enhanced with the world's latest and brightest 8K digital fulldome system to offer a distinctly immersive experience.
2015 Jun 03
The Evans & Sutherland Auto Alignment and Auto Blending systems automatically provide multi projector alignment, color blending and brightness matching to ensure the system looks as seamless as possible. This proprietary system is fully integrated into the Digistar 5 software.
2014 Aug 07
In the world of real-time computer graphics, a visual refresh rate of 60Hz (60 frames per second) is nothing new. Evans & Sutherland visual systems for simulation have operated at this rate since the early 1970s.
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Look... Up in the sky... It's the International Space Station
by Joe Rao on
When I was a youngster growing up in the Throggs Neck section of The Bronx, the Hayden Planetarium had a service called Dial-a-Satellite. When you called a special phone number, you could hear a recorded message telling you when and where to look for the brightest naked-eye satellites that occasionally tracked across our local New York skies. Back then (and I'm speaking now about the mid-1960s) the only really bright satellites readily visible were actually two giant Mylar balloons... measuring about 100-feet in diameter which orbited Earth at altitudes of about 1000 miles.
These were the Echo passive communications satellites: they actually functioned as reflectors, not transmitters. After being placed in orbit around the Earth, a signal would be relayed to one of the two Echo satellites, which were reflected or bounced off its surface, then returned to Earth. The Echo satellites were easily visible to the eye because of their highly reflective surface, but also because of their low orbits; they would appear from below one side of the horizon, cross the sky, then disappear below the opposite horizon after crossing the sky, as happens with all low Earth orbiting satellites. These spacecraft were nicknamedsatelloons by those involved in the project. Today, those two Echo satellites are long-gone, but there are now literally thousands of satellites orbiting our Earth.
By far and away, the biggest object now orbiting our Earth is the International Space Station. And if our skies are reasonably clear on Saturday, November 22, we here in the Tri-State Area will have a great opportunity to see the ISS make a long, high pass across the evening twilight sky.
It will be moving along a track that will take it roughly from Washington to just north of New York and then on toward Boston and the Gulf of Maine; it will briefly overfly our region about an hour after sundown.
It always amazes people when they are told that they can actually see the Space Station—now orbiting 218 miles above Earth—with their own two eyes; no optical aid is needed. As big as a football field, the ISS is visible by virtue of sunlight shining on its metallic skin and large solar panels. To the unaided eye it appears as a very bright star that does not twinkle and shines with a slight yellowish-white tinge. Check out this short video of it when it passed over Gloucester, Massachusetts back on Christmas Eve, 2006.
Some assiduous astronomers have even been able to photograph the actual structure of the Space Station by tracking it with their telescope:
On Saturday, the ISS will emerge from above the southwest horizon at 5:32 p.m. Prepare yourself for this ISS pass by getting outside some minutes before it's due to appear and getting yourself acclimated to the sky and the surrounding stars. Certainly, you will immediately notice two very bright, non-twinkling silvery stars low in the southwest. They are not stars, but planets; the brighter and lower of the two is Venus, the other will be Jupiter. Make a fist and hold it out at arm's length. When the ISS first appears, it should be roughly "two fists" to the right of Jupiter and Venus. It will appear to move straight up to a point almost directly overhead. It will then drop down toward the northeast, disappearing about 3-minutes after it first appeared, near to the northeast horizon. It actually will seem to rapidly fade out toward the end of its track as it moves into the Earth's shadow.
As to just how bright it should get, it should be plainly visible even from brightly lit cities; only Venus and perhaps Jupiter will be brighter. So during it's 3-minutes of visibility, the Space Station will be one of the three brightest objects in the sky!
And keep in mind that as you look at it, there are ten people who are currently onboard. Three are semi-permanent residents, staying for upwards of six months on the ISS. The other seven just recently arrived on the Space Shuttle Endeavour which was launched from Florida on November 14. The Shuttle is currently docked to the ISS and is scheduled to return to Earth on November 29.
Pretty neat, huh? Tell all your neighbors... and take the kids out for a look.
I'll be interested to see how many plan to check it out, so drop me a line if you see it.


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I tend to explore tools and software selectively, but after I've discovered their uses, I like to work the heck out of them. Christy Tucker inspired me to write a post on my favorite tools for learning and instructional design. The only ones that are new to my repertoire from over five years ago are Twitter & Storyline.
To enrich my own learning
Twitter – through hashtags & twitterchats I still am able to remain connected to new or trending conversations in my field. I also get to explore and hear other's voices on topics I care about or am interested in. Yes, sometimes it seems that the chats provide a meeting ground for those who want to collect followers, but they do allow me to connect with others on Twitter who have similar interests. While engaging in a few MOOCs I found the Twitter backchat most helpful in getting help or being directed to help during the class. The backchat also provided a great channel for starting conversation about topics.
I began using Twitter five years ago and I still seem to be engaged with it. I have wondered what my choice in primary social media says about me, and apparently according to this article: "long-time Twitter users are found to use the site for cognitive simulation by uncovering information w/o much socialization." Considering my introversion this makes sense. Though to be frank, I have been attracted to the character restriction on Twitter because it forces you to be concise and pointed in your use of language. I imagine masters of literary wit from the past loving Twitter. How would Mark Twain or Dorothy Parker used it to hone their sharp observances or comebacks?
I still use Diigo to curate and organize resources I find on the Internet, especially when I'm trying to make a case for something I've tried using it to share resources with others, but I really only have one or two peers who gets the use of this tool, so I haven't used it collaboratively.
I've started using linked in more, to learn about what my professional peers and connections are interested in and sharing. I have used the discussion and participated in groups in the past, but not as much today.
For Design/Creativity
Articulate Storyline is my primary tool for developing online courses. The software itself allows me to easily create paths and experiences for learning content. It allows Instructional Designers like myself to focus more on design and delivery rather than programming functionality. Thankfully there's a highly active learning community out there supported by Articulate and its users.
PowerPoint, like my former colleague, Christy Tucker, I use it for storyboarding course content. To some extent I've used it to create simple designs for online course backgrounds. I'm not a graphic designer by trade, but I appreciate the ability to create simple yet somewhat aesthetically pleasing backgrounds and containers for my content without a lot of fuss. No it's not perfect by design standards, but it will do in a pinch and I can easily import into Storyline.
For Creativity Outside of Work
SlideShare – Slideshare allows me to port and share my presentations to the public and also apply audio to them. I also use the entire site as a resource for design inspiration in creating and developing presentation and course content visuals. And While Prezi seemed at first to have a slicker design & delivery, I eventually got tired of using it because the constant zooming left me a little motion sick. I never bothered to figure out a way around it.


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RV Insurance
Recreational Vehicles (RVs) are becoming increasingly popular. And why not? You can go where you want to go, without concern for whether there is an airport, train station or bus station. You are free of any schedules except your own. And you can travel to the remotest areas or the biggest hot spots, as long as you can find a place to park your RV.
What qualifies as an RV? While many might think of the "house on wheels", RV insurance includes all types of recreational vehicles like your motor home, travel trailer, fifth wheel or medium duty tow vehicle.
Depending on the type of RV that you have, you will have differing insurance needs. If your RV is really your cottage on the road, you will need to have many of the same kind of coverages as you would on your residence. But you'll also need the kind of coverage that you require for your vehicle. This is where RV insurance can be a complex maze to sort through.
A little research will take you a long way. We have information on the common types of coverages. There may also be other more "exotic" coverages that you can get, depending on your needs. Checking with a local broker who knows about RV insurance can be another good source of information.
However, this is where you need to be careful to get exactly the coverage you need. Each RV is unique; it's contents are unique; and your use of it is unique. Keep in mind your budget. While some coverages may sound good, can you afford them? If you don't get those coverages, can you afford to pay for replacement or repair yourself? For instance, you may not need a lot of contents coverage, because you may only keep your "old, but still useful" household items in your RV.
You may also need different insurance coverage for different parts of the year. Do you store your RV in the winter? Cancel driving-related or travelling-related coverages that are not required. Reduce your RV insurance to appropriate levels for storage conditions. When you are ready to travel again, increase the coverage appropriately.
RV insurance is usually obtained in one of two ways: as an add-on to your auto insurance or via a separate RV insurance carrier. However, you need to keep your unique requirements in mind:
- Part-time use only
Check for off-season discounts on the premium, if you only use your RV part time.
- Living in your RV
If you use your RV as your full-time residence, consider a "fulltimers" endorsement, which will cover property and losses in and around your RV, in addition to the usual coverages. After all, if you lose your lawn chairs from outside your RV, you'll want them covered.
- Customization
If you add an antenna, awning, entertainment center etc. to your RV, make sure that your RV insurance policy covers these additions.


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Mets set to promote Flores from Triple-A
Struggling at plate, Quintanilla designated for assignment following loss
MIAMI -- Seeking to spark their stagnant offense, the Mets have made a shakeup at shortstop.
The team officially announced that Wilmer Flores, the organization's fourth-ranked player on MLB.com's 2014 Prospect Watch, will join the Mets in advance of Friday's game. The Mets designated infielder Omar Quintanilla for assignment Wednesday to clear roster space.
Though Flores has played mostly second and third base in recent years, the Mets tried him out extensively at shortstop this winter to see if he could handle the position. A natural shortstop as a teenager in his native Venezuela, Flores moved from the position two years ago amidst concerns about his defensive range.
Those issues still linger. Flores has committed seven errors in 25 games at shortstop for Triple-A Las Vegas, a rate that would extrapolate to 45 miscues over a 162-game season. Scouts remain skeptical about his long-term viability at the position.
For the Mets, however, such apprehensions pale in comparison to the offensive issues currently plaguing them -- and Flores' greatest strength is unquestionably his bat. After hitting 15 homers and 36 doubles in 107 games last year at Vegas, Flores already has 11 extra-base hits in 28 games this season, with a .307 average and an .860 OPS. Over his last 10 games he has been even better, batting .469 with a .485 on-base percentage and .938 slugging mark. Four of Flores' five home runs have come since May 2.
The Mets, who rank 29th in baseball in extra-base hits and OPS, could use that sort of production. Incumbent shortstop Ruben Tejada is batting .188 with a .521 OPS in 96 plate appearances, dampening hopes that he might develop into a productive offensive player after a winter of fitness work under team supervision. Tejada remains a far better defender than Flores, but he is also far from elite at the position.
It was not immediately clear how the Mets plan to deploy their new shortstop duo, but manager Terry Collins has said in the past that Flores should be in the Majors only if he is playing every day. The Mets have also clearly grown disenchanted with Tejada over the past two years, with general manager Sandy Alderson going as far as to criticize him publicly last summer. But Alderson nonetheless declined to replace him over the offseason, despite flirting with free-agent shortstop Stephen Drew and engaging in trade talks with multiple teams.
Quintanilla had also been struggling with a .208 average and a .499 OPS in 31 plate appearances. He has spent parts of the last three seasons in New York, filling in for Tejada frequently due to injuries.
Flores appeared in 27 games for the Mets last season and one earlier this year, but he did not play shortstop on any of those occasions.


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Actress Denise Richards has worked up a sweat over her recently installed air conditioning system by suing the company behind the job.
The former Bond girl claims the contractors she hired to put in air conditioning at her Los Angeles property have ruined parts of her home, as well as the electrical layout and the roof.
In legal documents filed in L.A. earlier this week, Richards suggests parts of her home are now unbearably hot and there are sewer smells in the attic.
She also accuses firm bosses of overcharging her, demanding $3 million instead of the agreed $1.6 million.
Richards is seeking more than $1 million in damages, according to TMZ.com.


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The Mini Cooper was born in 1961, a collaboration between legendary road car designer Sir Alec Issognis and legendary race car designer John Cooper. Minnie Cooper was born on January 19, 1919. She passed away last Saturday, 42 years older than the peppy cars that happen to share her name.
Minnie is survived by a son, two grandchildren, five great-grand children, and several nephews and cousins. May she rest in peace.
(Hat Tip to: Bob!)
Photo Credit: State Journal-Register, Springfield IL


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The Institute of Safety Research at the Forschungszentrum Rossendorf (FZR) focuses on safety assessments in nuclear plant and the chemical process industry. In this field, most of the passive safety components rely on natural convection to remove heat, and often involve large heat fluxes and boiling flows. We chose CFX-4 to help us in studying these flows because of its open interface that allows us easily to add our own models when required.
Before deciding on CFX-4, we undertook a number of validation projects. An example was the simulation of a scaled emergency condenser (NOKO) constructed in the laboratory of Forschungszentrum Jülich. We modelled the heat transfer from heated tubes in the primary circuit to the pool in the secondary circuit, accounting for the transient and laminar flow in the pool. CFX-4's calculation of the temperature stratification and the development of the plume were in good agreement with the experimental results.
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Indeed, can anyone recommend GOOD A-level mathematics textbooks? I mean REALLY GOOD, the ones that can act as model of a good textbook?
Help! Are there any GOOD A-level mathematics textbooks?
Posted in Uncategorized
The most comprehensive way to learn maths post-GCSE is to completely ignore advice from any government guided program or curricular. Instead, get into the mind-set of learning for the sake of learning.
This brings me to book [1], which should be a standard textbook imho. In my school, they didn't have many copies of this, and the few that were available were older than me. Maths doesn't change as time goes on, so everything in this book is still relevant. What I liked about this one is that it gives you something extra and isn't limited by what will be on the exam. Thanks to this one, I can inverse 3×3 matricies in less than half a page of A4.
Unlike [1], Book [2] covers just the bits found in the further maths course. This is the model of a good text book that you're looking for. A lot of the content in an FM course comes as self contained ideas* and this book reflects that as it guides the reader through each concept from introduction, to competency.
Book [3] is probably a book to avoid. All of A-level is summarised in chapter 1 since this is a degree level textbook. However, if you can get hold of this one, then it serves as a very good source of revision material before the exam.
This is what real text books start to look like, no fancy gimmicks or jokes like [4], but one that builds upon ideas developed in previous sections. This is something that you don't read, you reference it.
For some light reading, look for the works of Martin Gardner. A fantastic puzzle maker including the classic [5].
* eg. You don't need to know Cartesian coordinates to learn polar coordinates.
[1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Further-Pure-Mathematics-L-Bostock/dp/0859501035
[2] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Further-Pure-Mathematics-Brian-Gaulter/dp/0199147353
[3] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mathematical-Methods-Physics-Engineering-Comprehensive/dp/0521679710
[4] http://www.amazon.co.uk/AS-Level-Maths-Core-Revision-Guide/dp/1841467634
[5] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mathematical-Puzzles-Diversions-Penguin-Science/dp/0140136355/
By: Ben Cordero on May 19, 2011
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Now that there exist other, superior methods of learning, I'd like to ask more generally – are there good textbooks?
By: Maria Droujkova on May 21, 2011
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try this one: http://bioszoft.hu/alevel.html
Key features of this textbook
-pdf format
-size A5 (you can read well on mobile phone or ebook too)
-principle of gradualism (from easy to difficult)
-embedded videos (they are free in the first chapter only; see: How can you get the videos)
-hints help the solutions
-average time that you need for solving the task is specified
-short solutions after the tasks
-the book supports the non frontal teaching
-it contains more difficult and practical tasks (for example about GPS), and so the book facilitates the realization of the differentiated education
-the author (László Juhász) has an experiance of 22 years in the Hungarian education
-the book for A level Core 2 will be ready in october 2014. The estimated finish of book for Core 3 and Core 4 is august 2015.
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I had some strawberries and ripe bananas and decided to combine the both with some white chocolate and make a quick cake loaf. I love this combo of flavours, having made some muffins with the same combo not long ago. This utterly lush loaf delivers a moist sweet sponge, with the delightful blend of mashed banana and studded through with bite-sized strawberry chunks and white chocolate chips. A match made in heaven!
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup banana, mashed (about 2 medium sized bananas)
¼ cup milk
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt1 cup strawberries, hulled and chopped
½ cup white chocolate chips or chunks
Preheat oven to 350. In a mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each one. Add the banana and the milk. In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking soda and salt and add to the creamed mixture until just blended. Using a spoon mix in the strawberries and chocolate chips. Pour into a greased 9X5X3 inch loaf pan and bake in your preheated 350 degree oven for about 1 hr and 20 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in pan then remove to cool completely on a wire rack.


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This release incorporates new features in the
NDB storage engine and fixes
recently discovered bugs in previous MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0
Obtaining MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0. The latest MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0 binaries for supported platforms can be obtained from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/cluster/. Source code for the latest MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0 release can be obtained from the same location. You can also access the MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0 development source tree at https://code.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-cluster-7.0.
This release also incorporates all bugfixes and changes made in previous MySQL Cluster releases, as well as all bugfixes and feature changes which were added in mainline MySQL 5.1 through MySQL 5.1.56 (see Changes in MySQL 5.1.56 (2011-03-01)).
Please refer to our bug database at http://bugs.mysql.com/ for more details about the individual bugs fixed in this version.
The internal
Ndb_getinaddr() function has
been rewritten to use
getaddrinfo() instead
my_gethostbyname_r() (which is removed
in a later version of the MySQL Server).
(Bug #12542120)
Two unused test files in
storage/ndb/test/sql contained incorrect
versions of the GNU Lesser General Public License. The files and
the directory containing them have been removed.
(Bug #11810156)
References: See also: Bug #11810224.
Error 1302 gave the wrong error message (Out of backup record). This has been corrected to A backup is already running. (Bug #11793592)
When using two management servers, issuing in an
ndb_mgm client connected to one management
server a
STOP command for stopping the other
management server caused Error 2002 (Stop failed ...
Send to process or receive failed.: Permanent error: Application
error), even though the
command actually succeeded, and the second
ndb_mgmd was shut down.
(Bug #61147)
In ndbmtd, a node connection event is
detected by a
CMVMI thread which sends a
CONNECT_REP signal to the
QMGR kernel block. In a few isolated
circumstances, a signal might be transferred to
QMGR directly by the
NDB transporter before the
CONNECT_REP signal actually arrived. This
resulted in reports in the error log with status
Temporary error, restart node, and the
message Internal program error.
(Bug #61025)
Renaming a table having
BLOB or
TEXT columns (or both) to another
database caused the SQL node to crash, and the table to become
inaccessible afterwards.
(Bug #60484)
Under heavy loads with many concurrent inserts, temporary
failures in transactions could occur (and were misreported as
being due to
NDB Error 899
Rowid already allocated). As part of the
fix for this issue,
NDB Error 899
has been reclassified as an internal error, rather than as a
temporary transaction error.
(Bug #56051, Bug #11763354)
Disk Data:
Accounting for
MaxNoOfOpenFiles was
incorrect with regard to data files in MySQL Cluster Disk Data
tablespaces. This could lead to a crash when
MaxNoOfOpenFiles was
(Bug #12581213)
Cluster Replication:
Operations that updated unique keys of
NDB tables could cause duplicate
key errors when trying to execute the binary log. (Previously,
row events in the binary log were ordered according to the
partitioning of the base table, which could differ in order
within the epoch for that in which they were executed.
To keep this from happening, unique keys are now updated in deferred mode, meaning that all table rows are updated before any unique indexes are checked. Thus, the order of the row updates is no longer important.
You should be aware that deferring constraint checking in this
way is currently supported only by
NDB, and thus only for replication
between NDB tables on both the master and the slave. You cannot
replicate updates of unique keys successfully when replicating
NDB to a different storage
engine such as
MyISAM or
(Bug #47952, Bug #11756082)


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Ed Sizemore is hosting the current installment of the Manga Moveable Feast over at Manga Worth Reading. This time around, the focus is Yuki Urushibara's Mushishi (Del Rey). Here's a Flipped column on the series that I wrote for The Comics Reporter. I'll be posting more Mushishi-related content later in the week.
In a chapter of Yuki Urushibara's elegant, episodic drama Mushishi (Del Rey), master of ceremonies Ginko informs a boy that mushi, the mystical bugs Ginko wrangles, "aren't your friends. They're just some strange neighbors of yours." That's as nice a tonal summary as anything I can concoct.
Mushi are an ancient part of the environment, and their influences can be extremely malignant to their human neighbors. Mushishi (or "mushi masters") like Ginko help manage the interactions between humans and mushi, mitigating human suffering when possible. Sometimes no such mitigation is possible, and that's one of the many intriguing aspects of the series.
Ginko isn't an exterminator. He's a scholar and a physician of sorts. He's also a wanderer in the tradition of Kung Fu's Caine, traveling from village to village to learn about little-known mushi and aid and educate their human neighbors. Aiding and educating feel secondary to Ginko's own quest for knowledge; he's not precisely mercenary, but he isn't sentimental or especially altruistic. He isn't a particularly nice person, and I like that.
I also like that he isn't entirely predictable. In many of these wanderers' tales that are more about glimpsing the places and people they visit, the wanderer can be the least interesting element of the narrative, carrying the camera and reacting to what he finds. Ginko certainly fills those functions, but he's also an agent of change, assessing the situations he finds, divining their sources, and determining appropriate action, if any is actually warranted. In addition to being kind of a grouch, Ginko is also a realist, and not every situation can be fixed in any meaningful way.
Ginko, with his trench coat and ever-dangling cigarette, isn't on a quest. There's no fixed end point to his work, as there will always be new things to learn about mushi and people who run afoul of them. It's a job, and it's one he's particularly suited to doing, but he doesn't demonstrate any pilgrim's fervor or scholar's mania. He's got a matter-of-fact nature mixed with an arch inscrutability that spares him blandness. He also attracts mushi, which keeps him from lingering anywhere for too long.
Urushibara demonstrates great creativity and variety in the manifestations of the mushi. Some scenarios can be quite gruesome and perilous; others are benign and almost pastoral. Her approach is a patchwork of bits of folklore, spikes of horror, an appreciation for setting, an undeniable environmentalist bent, and a keen eye for human nature. Like bacteria, the mushi have no particular motive beyond survival, but their side effects can be terrifying.
Intriguing as the effects can be, Urushibara doesn't settle for a blend of fantasy and horror; she seems much more interested in viewing the mushi and their effects through the prism of human relationships and society.
In one particularly gruesome story, a strain of mushi devours and impersonates human children, and a mother cares for them with the same fervor she would lavish on her own children. In a gentler but still disturbing outing, a girl is granted the gift of sight by a mushi that lives in her eyes, but things progress to the point that she can never stop seeing, and the gift becomes exhausting. Some mushi have an ironic knack for uniting lovers at an awkward or untenable price. But only some of the tales traffic in monkey's paw irony; Urushibara is just as taken with quaint, unsettling oddities as she is with life-and-death drama.
Urushibara is not quite the artist she is a writer, but her writing is so deft and subtle that saying she's not as good at drawing is almost a compliment. The strongest visual elements of Mushishi involve its varied settings. Ginko travels through snow-covered mountains, misty valleys, craggy seashores, swamps, and serene farms, offering a rural visual feast. Her renderings aren't strictly realistic; Urushibara isn't composing picture postcards. But the settings are unerringly evocative. They have moods all their own.
There isn't as much variety in her character design. The people who populate her stories generally look average, even a little fragile in the context of the rural vistas they inhabit. But they are average people living generally simple lives, so the choice is appropriate if not especially eye-catching. And Urushibara does grant them a full palette of expression and emotion.
That isn't to say that she isn't capable of some breathtaking flourishes. My favorite comes in the second volume, when Ginko visits the mushishi library. Its frail, fetching copyist is infested with mushi that enable her to do her work. When Ginko's stimulating presence leads the mushi to act up, the results are stunning. Words fly through the air and leap across the walls. Since the sequence is grounded so well in the copyist's sad history and her ambivalence, the effect is even stronger.
With intelligent writing and often lovely art, Mushishi is an excellent episodic series. Aside from occasional glimpses of Ginko's past, there's little in the way of subplot or undercurrent. The drama is contained in the individual chapters rather than in wondering what happens next or how it will all end. That makes Mushishi a vivid and satisfying read, and also a relatively undemanding one. You can pick up a volume at random and not worry about being lost. So many multi-volume series feel like they demand a level of commitment and investment, but Mushishi lends itself to casual reading. That said, I can't imagine picking up one volume and not wanting to read the others, at least at one's leisure.


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Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise in Berlin
Here is a picture that TMZ published today of Katie Holmes and Suri in Berlin. Suri looks really excited about the dog. It's good to see she isn't so sheltered anymore.
Britney Spears tried to get her sons teeth whitened....
What is Britney Spears thinking of these days? She seems to have totally come undone. She went into a dentists office in April and asked if they could whiten her son's teeth. And on July 22, Britney ruined a 6.5 million Palisades home. They toured then took over the house and ruined it. I don't doubt when Kevin goes for full custody rights he may get it. Britney you need to give your head a shake before you won't be allowed to see your kids at all!
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Nicole Richie Pregnant!!
Nicole Richie herself has confirmed that she is almost four months pregnant with Joel Madden's baby. This kinda scares me actually that anyone can have babies these days. Well I hope that she has a safe pregnancy.
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It's brilliant and magical and also just a little scary. Also it's 100% accurate.
It's also wonderfully realised. Here is the full image on which it was based. And here is a link to the artist's Deviant Art page, with some of his other quality images:
And more fabulous artists being fabulous: check out these reimagined covers from classic novels.
In the book world:
Here is a really great interview with a teen blogger about what he reads, his thoughts on ebooks and more. Once more we have a perfect example that teens are rather intelligent people, something that unfortunately I feel folks need to be reminded of now and then.
Here's a sneak peak at what children's books are coming up Spring 2012.
Some interesting stats on the buying habits of ebook readers.
In movie news we have some new portraits of the cast of THE AVENGERS. Though of course my favourite, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, is missing. Bad guys always get a raw deal . . .
We also have some moody WUTHERING HEIGHTS photos. This is looking very interesting and features a cast of unknowns which also bodes well in my opinion.
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In Today's News: Tennis Hall of Fame pivots, investigates Bob Hewitt
Tennis Hall of Fame pivots, investigates Bob Hewitt
Alleged Abuse Victims Hail Move
By Bob Hohler, GLOBE STAFF
Original article here
The International Tennis Hall of Fame, reversing course after months of inaction, is investigating allegations that Bob Hewitt, one of the greatest doubles players in the history of the sport, sexually abused nearly a dozen girls he coached in South Africa and the United States from the 1970s to 1990s, according to several of the alleged victims.
Original article here
The International Tennis Hall of Fame, reversing course after months of inaction, is investigating allegations that Bob Hewitt, one of the greatest doubles players in the history of the sport, sexually abused nearly a dozen girls he coached in South Africa and the United States from the 1970s to 1990s, according to several of the alleged victims.
The Hall of Fame launched the inquiry after drawing criticism throughout the tennis community for dropping its plan last year to investigate the scandal. The organization has hired a Boston law firm — Hinckley, Allen & Snyder — to conduct the investigation and present its findings before the hall's board of directors meet later this month in Newport, R.I.
The law firm was commissioned "to submit a confidential report to the executive committee to assist in deciding whether to suspend or take other action against Mr. Hewitt's status as a Tennis Hall of Fame'' member, according to an e-mail sent from the firm's attorney, Michael J. Connolly, to one of the women Hewitt allegedly abused in South Africa. A copy of the e-mail was provided to the Globe.
The inquiry was welcomed as long overdue by Hewitt's alleged victims, five of whom called last year for his removal from the hall after a Globe story detailed his history of alleged sexual misconduct.
"This is half our battle won,'' said Suellen Sheehan, who was 12 when, she said, Hewitt first had sex with her in South Africa.
The statute of limitations has expired on most of the allegations in the United States, but not in South Africa, where the National Prosecuting Authority is investigating Hewitt.
"For him, the abuse might have ended with his tennis career,'' said Heather Crowe Conner, who had just turned 15 in 1976 when, she said, Hewitt, a former Boston Lobsters star, first had sex with her outside Masconomet Regional High School. "For the rest of us, the impact of that abuse continues to play itself out in our lives every day.''
Hewitt, 72, who lives in rural Addo, South Africa, has not been charged with a crime. He has not spoken publicly about the case since last year, when he told the Globe, "I just want to forget about it,'' and was quoted by the Weekend Post in South Africa as saying, "I only want to apologize if I offended anyone in any way.''
Crowe Conner, now a teacher at Reading Memorial High School, said she has renewed hope that Hewitt one day will answer for the pain he allegedly caused her and the other women. She said she recently spoke at length with Connolly, a former federal prosecutor, about her allegations.
Connolly declined to comment, as did the hall, whose senior officials are attending the Wimbledon tournament in London and "are not readily accessible,'' according to spokeswoman Anne Marie McLaughlin.
The hall's executive director, Mark Stenning, said in May that the organization dropped its plan to investigate Hewitt in favor of drafting a policy to address similar issues in the future.
The decision triggered a backlash against the organization, as several prominent tennis figures voiced their support for the alleged victims. Among those who have spoken out is Billie Jean King, an inductee and life trustee of the hall.
In 1970, King partnered with Hewitt to win the mixed doubles title at the French Open.
"I'm not happy,'' she recently told the Washingtonian magazine in her first public comments about the allegations. "I am very upset, and he needs to be in jail. If he's guilty, which it looks like he is, he should be on trial. Of course, he's innocent until proven guilty.''
Child advocates in the United States and South Africa who have worked with Hewitt's alleged victims were heartened by the inquiry.
"We applaud the Hall of Fame for acknowledging their responsibility to pursue the truth in this matter and give these women a fair opportunity to have their voices heard,'' said Jetta Bernier, executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Children, which campaigns against child sexual abuse. "This is an encouraging sign that youth-serving organizations are taking to heart lessons learned from the Catholic Church and Penn State scandals.''
While hundreds of supporters of Hewitt's alleged victims have petitioned the hall to remove him, Massachusetts Citizens for Children and its South African counterpart, Men & Women Against Abuse, have been considering joint efforts to pressure the hall to oust him, including picketing the organization's induction ceremony July 14.
But news of the inquiry prompted them to suspend their protest plans. Instead, the advocates said, they will wait for the law firm to present its report and the hall to respond.
The hall's earlier backpedaling posed a striking contrast to the US Gymastics Hall of Fame's swift expulsion last year of an inductee facing similar allegations of sexually abusing girls he was coaching. Hewitt's alleged victims and their supporters viewed the tennis hall's inaction as emblematic of leaders throughout professional tennis distancing themselves from the scandal.
In South Africa, where tennis officials have shown little interest in investigating Hewitt, advocates for the alleged victims said the hall's inquiry has raised hopes that South African prosecutors will soon will file charges against Hewitt.
"We trust our criminal justice system will provide an opportunity for the truth to emerge,'' said Luke Lamprecht, a spokesman for the Men & Women Against Abuse.
Sheehan, who was the first of Hewitt's alleged victims in South Africa to seek criminal charges this year, said she was frightened by a threatening voicemail she received in May after she was quoted in the Globe about the hall's decision not to investigate Hewitt. The Star newspaper of South Africa reported that the voicemail, which Sheehan forwarded to the Globe, was left by a woman from a phone number in Addo, South Africa.
Sheehan said police are investigating that allegation, among many others.


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Unused Drugs End Up in Water Supply
According to a new report, more than half of Suffolk County, Long Island's medical and health facilities flush their unused medications, which then wind up in the water supply.
Citizens Campaign for the Environment found that of the 59 facilities it reviewed, 51 percent reported flushing medications down the toilet. Newsday says that a quarter of the facilities use a reverse distributor service to collect the unused drugs. It says 12 percent participate in a take-back program sponsored by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency.
The Farmingdale environment group is pushing for new state legislation and guidelines that would ban flushing of medications. Legislator William Spencer said some facilities flush medications to prevent substances like morphine and Percocet from getting into the hands of others.