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- The The Shrine of Ru'Avitau is full of magic aggro, so even mages should bring along Silent Oil and Prism Powder.
- Anyone who can sub Ninja will have a far easier time of this BC. That includes mages, as most of the attacks in the fight are absorbed by Utsusemi.
- You may need someone to operate the Yellow door. The closest Monolith to your location is around I/J-9/10.
- Go to (I-6) in Ru'Aun Gardens and enter the Shrine. You'll be on Map 2. Sneak and head south. Go past (J-7) through the first yellow door. Go west from here, to the room with 2 Monoliths in (H-7). You'll need Invisible, then go south to a room with 2 Dark Elementals around (H-10).
- Go north, down a flight of stairs to the Celestial Nexus at (H-9).
- Gather together and get ready for the last BC of the expansion. You'll be fighting Eald'narche, who has two forms.
First Form
- There will be 2 Orbitals, which have very little HP. They will be resummoned if killed. They heavily resist Lullaby, but Sleep is reliable.
- Exoplates surround Eald'narche and have about 10,000 HP. It does not melee. It has the following special attacks.
- Gaea Stream: Single target damage (~200). Absorbed by Utsusemi.
- Uranos Cascade: AoE physical damage (~200-400). Absorbed by Utsusemi.
- Cronos Sling: Cone attack physical damage (~300-600). Absorbed by Utsusemi.
- Phase Shift: AoE (large area) physical damage (~600-1300), Additional effect of Stun and/or Bind. Absorbed by Utsusemi.
- Used at around 66%, 33% and 1-2% HP. It gets progressively more powerful.
- At 1% the Exoplates will not die until they Phase Shift. It is possible to go below 66 and 33% before Phase Shift
- Eald'narche uses ancient magic and will cast Sleepga II. Low HP (~2,000) will end him fairly quickly, however.
- Go all out, and defeat the Exoplates as quick as possible. You'll want to keep mages far out of range for Phase Shift. When it appears time for a Phase Shift, try to get everyone healed to full and get shadows back up. This will negate most, if not all, damage.
- If you wipe, wait until you are ejected, as you'll aggro anywhere on the battlefield.
Second Form
- The second form is against Eald'narche only. He will teleport around like Ark Angel TT and cast various Black Magic spells, including Bindga. He still has relatively low HP (~2,500), but may or may not have a large defense and magic defense boost.
- You have 1 minute before he aggro's, regardless of your range from him.
- It has been observed that he may be heavily resistant to magic, however, a Tarutaru BLM/NIN was seen doing all of the damage to this form, ending the fight in 3 spells.
- He has very fast melee speed, but not quite the speed of Hundred Fists.
- Uses the following special attacks:
- Vortex: Medium-range AoE, low damage (~100), with an additional effect of Terror and Bind. Absorbed by Utsusemi.
- Stellar Burst: AoE, low damage (~100), with an additional effect of Silence. Absorbed by Utsusemi.
- Omega Javelin: Single target damage (~150), with an additional effect of Petrification. Absorbed by Utsusemi.
- Poison Potions and Stun can make the second form a lot easier.
- Upon clearing the BC, you'll receive a final cutscene and be returned to the Hall of the Gods.


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Steady solutions in Airfoil Computation?
I'm now doing computations of the viscous flow over airfoil NACA0015, solving laminar Navier-Stokes eqs. The problem is I can't get steady solutions, even at fairly low angles of attack, such as 1.25deg. The freestream Ma is 0.2, and Re based on the airfoil chord is 1,000,000.
Could anyone give me some suggestios about the physical aspects? Do there really exist steady solutions below static stall angle of attack? Would a turbulence model (such as B-L model) be helpful? I also can't find experimental data of CL-ALPHA about airfoils, could you give me some references? Thanks a lot.
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In my computaion, the flow always becomes separated at the trailing edge. And once it separates, vortices will form, and shed into the wake. Thus the flow becomes unsteady, whether viewed from the flowfield contours or the CL-t curve.
What's the real physical phenomenon? Are there anyone who also have similar problems as mine? Any advices would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Well, you are trying to solve a flow which cannot really exist. At a Re-number of 1 000 000 there will be laminar to turbulent transistions on both surfaces (initially triggered by laminar separation). A turbulence model will help, but none of the mainstream CFD turbulence approaches are going to calculate the transition correctly for you. Experimental data are summarised in the classic work by Abbot & Van Doenhoff, but not at 1e6 Re number.
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Really thank you, Charles. Thanks for the discussion ,and thanks for recommending the book. I'll try to find and read it as soon as possible.
As I have worked on this problem for some time, I also considered the effect of Re. In fact, I did another computation using Re=1e4, and still failed to reach a steady solution. My guess, drawn from my computation, is that there might not exist a steady solution with separated zones above the airfoil. That is, once the flow separates, it becomes unsteady. However this is of course contradict to what is described in the textbook, about the static stall process of airfoil. To make things worse, under any Re and angle of attack, the flow computed is separated, thus unsteady, which makes me not able to obtain the CL-ALPHA curve before static stall.
I don't know where I am wrong and how I can work it out. Could you give me more suggestions? Thanks again.
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For flows at low angles of attack the flow will always "separate" at the trailing edge...this is what the textbooks mean when they say vorticity is shed into the wake when they are describing problems which are dealt with using potential flow theories. For potential flow problems Kelvin's theory says that the time rate of change in circulation around a close curve consisting of the airfoil an it's wake must be zero...therefore a change in airfoil circulations prompts an equal an opposite circulation shed at the trailing edge into the wake.Eventually,if the flow is a steady one(which for potential flow usually means that the airfoil is not undergoing anytype of time dependent plunging,pitching rolling,etc) this process equilibrizes and the flow becomes steady. Now I don't know much about NS simulations but if you want to make sure that your model itself is ok I would probably turn off any turbulence modelling(if it's possible for you to do this) and attempt to just predict some classical Cl vs alpha curves. For flows at low angles of attack(like 1.25) there shouldn't be any separation over the airfoil surface itself and you should be able to predict the Cl vs alpha curves. If this works then perhaps you have a problem with the turbulence model.
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As the movie progresses, Oz is hacked into by an unknown force, revealed to be an AI known as Love Machine. This causes problems for Kenji, who is framed for the crime, and subsequently arrested by Natsuki's second cousin, Shota. With Takashi's help, however, it is revealed that Kenji is indeed innocent, and he (with the help of the Jinnouchi clan and Takashi) works to take down Love Machine and fix the problems in Oz before the AI drops a bomb on them.
Summer Wars is set in the Ueda area of Japan, about an hour and a half outside of Tokyo. Hosoda grew up near Ueda, and his fiancee at the time was from the area. Ueda was also controlled at one point by the illustrious Sanada Clan, on which the Jinnouchis are based. Studio Madhouse and Hosoda capture the look and feel of the Japanese countryside beautifully, in addition to the grandoise traditional archetecture in the Jinnouchi estate. The movie has a strong Japanese element to it; unlike other anime movies, it is emphasized that they are in Japan, with the cultural references, uniquely Japanese clothing and objects, and historical accounts of the Jinnouchi Clan's exploits dating back to the Muromachi Era. This can be an interesting introduction into Japan's culture, as it deals with it without falling on the tired WWII or Samurai Film tropes. While the film is fiction, the historical battles are loosely based on history, and the estate is based on an actual location, Ueda Castle. The film should not be taken as an accurate education on the culture of Japan, but it's good to start people off.
|Madhouse really outdid themselves with the movie's scenery.
The characters of Summer Wars, especially the Jinnouchi Clan, are all interesting and lively. Each one is as unique as a snowflake and as ballsy as a biker. Great-Granny Sakae in particular is quite the badass, being as skilled with her words as she is with her Naginata. She leads the family with an iron fist and a silver tongue, all while living under the guise of this sweet old lady. The rest of the family follows suit to some degree, especially the fisherman Uncle Mansuke and his grandson Kazuma. The women of the family, following in Sakae's footsteps, sometimes outshine the men, despite taking somewhat of a backseat role in the events of the movie. Perhaps it is due to him being out of his element, but Kenji shares a certain meekness with Ikari Shinji, the lead character of Neon Genesis Evangelion (the two also share some other traits, such as a similar voice, lack of parental influence and hair colour). Thankfully for the viewers, the story, the Jinnouchi Clan, Oz, and the world, however, Kenji manages to man up when the time counts.
|I think we all wish we could have a grandmother as badass as this.
All in all, Summer Wars was spectacular the first time I watched it, and hasn't lost potency with subsequent viewings. Every dramatic moment makes me shout with excitement, and I still tear up at the sad times. For those looking for some family bonding, Jinnouchi Style, then give this one a try. For those critical of the rehashing of the plot of Our War Game, bear in mind that it's been said that in making Summer Wars, Hosoda took all the ideas he couldn't use on Our War Game, and put them into Summer Wars. With that in mind, it's more of a 2.0 version than anything, and I commend Hosoda for doing it, since one of the worst feelings out there is having unused ideas. With a product like Summer Wars, too, there's not much anyone can argue about.
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text: Middle EastCalls for Dubai banking reforms Advocates call for legal reforms of UAE banking system that jails people for bounced cheques. 07 Sep 2010 10:44 GMT | Middle East, United Arab Emirates The family of a British property developer jailed in the United Arab Emirates is requesting that he be pardoned in conjunction with the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Safi Qurashi was sentenced to seven years in a Dubai prison for bouncing three cheques, an act considered a criminal offence. Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan reports from Dubai on a case that has advocates calling for legal reform. " /> " allowfullscreen="true"> Convictions for writing bad cheques can carry stiff sentences, and they have landed dozens of Dubai residents in jail. The emirate has actually established a special court to handle these cases, and the Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National reported that it hears hundreds of cases each week. The sums involved are often quite steep: A British man was jailed last year for bouncing a cheque worth Dh180,000 ($49,000), and an Emirati man faces jail time this month for a bad cheque worth Dh6.7 million ($1.8 million). Activists say the law should be changed to replace jail time with a fine, except in cases of serious or repeat offenders. But judicial officials in the UAE insist on taking a hard line. The minister of justice set up a committee last year to study the law, but so far it has recommended few changes. "A criminal judge is not concerned about what circumstances the cheque was issued under," Judge Ahmed Saif, the chief justice of the Dubai criminal courts, told The National.Source: Al Jazeera


text: UK 4 December 2010 Lib Dem U-turn, number 774 Vince Cable says he WILL vote for tuition fee rise. Sign up to the Staggers Morning Call email * Print HTML Obviously I have a duty as a minister to vote for my own policy – and that is what will happen. * Vince Cable speaking to his local paper yesterday We want to support each other, we try to agree these things as a group as other parties do. But as I say, my position is somewhat different, but I'm willing to go along with my colleagues. * Vince Cable speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live on Wednesday UPDATE: Cable's confusion over his position on tuition fees is worse than I thought. The Telegraph notes: He then later rowed back from his comments when asked about them in an interview with a student radio station. Challenged over his newspaper interview, the Business Secretary said: "I didn't announce anything. I think there might have been some slight misunderstanding. "What I did try to explain was that the Liberal Democrats as a parliamentary party will be deciding as a group how they will vote on Thursday and I would imagine that in the next few days there will be clarity on that issue." Yes, Vince, some "clarity" would be great. I bumped into a Lib Dem minister the other night who told me: "We've made up our minds on how we're going to vote [on tuition fees]. We're just not going to tell you." Peter Hoskin over at the Spectator's Coffee House blog writes: To my mind, the most likely outcome – and one mooted in the papers today – is a three-way split. That is: Lib Dem ministers voting for the government's policy; most Lib Dem backbenchers abstaining as per the coalition agreement; and a handful of disgruntled Charles Kennedy types voting against it. On Cable, he points out: "From proposing a graduate tax to backing down from it, from abstaining on tuition fees to voting for them, the Business Secretary has hardly been a model of consistency." On a related note, Left Foot Forward has the classic video, from Thursday night's Question Time, of the Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, squirming over the tuition fees issue and evading, again and again, the question of how he plans to vote. › Palin is not Obama's biggest threat, she's his greatest asset Mehdi Hasan is a contributing writer for the New Statesman and the co-author of Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader. He was the New Statesman's senior editor (politics) from 2009-12. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles The NS Podcast #230: It's (New) Party Time Labour MP Sarah Champion resigns over grooming gang piece in The Sun The deafening killer - why noise will be the next great pollution scandal Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Al Bahar Towers – Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters
Al Bahar Towers, the headquarters of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council designed by Aedas Architects, it has designed one of the first dynamic facades in the world. Based visually on the concept of a mashrabiya screen, this secondary facade has elements that open and close in response to the position and strength of the sun, to form a vital part of the solarshading strategy of the building.
The Al Bahar Towers in Abu Dhabi are not only remarkable due to their unusual facade – the twin towers also distinguish themselves through their innovative, sustainable design. The 145-meter-high towers were designed by the London-based architecture firm Aedas. One of the 25-story towers is home to the headquarters of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC), which was also the building owner for this project. The head office of Al Hilal Bank is located in the second tower.
The greatest challenge for the architects was designing a sustainable building that is also compatible with the difficult climatic conditions. They achieved this by means of a cream-colored outer skin made of 2,099 translucent elements that cover the two towers like honeycombs and serve as a computer-controlled shading screen. These elements are mounted on the west, east and south side of the towers and automatically open and close as the sun moves over their surface. With its design, Aedas was inspired by the traditional Arabian latticework known as "mashrabiya", which was mounted on the facade of houses to protect the private interior from public view. According to the architects, this dynamic solution has resulted in a reduction in energy consumption in the towers of around 50 percent compared with conventional buildings. Furthermore, photovoltaic cells are installed on the south-facing roofs of each tower, generating an additional five or so percent of the required energy.
"The new headquarters for Al Bahar Towers provides a modern symbol that is respectful of the culture and surrounding environment. Blending the latest technology with traditional design, our reinterpretation of the 'mashrabiya' used to reduce solar gain will be the first time such a moveable façade has been used on this scale. This, combined with the highest quality of materials, finishes and architectural features creates a distinguished and modern landmark for the Gulf region" – commented Aedas director, Bryan Hamilton.
"The Al Bahar Tower's innovative dynamic façade opens and closes in response to the movement of the sun, reducing solar gain by more than 50 percent, creating a more comfortable internal environment for occupants and producing a distinctive external aesthetic which helps to define the building as a gateway to the UAE capital. The façade was conceived as a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Islamic "mashrabiya": a popular form of wooden lattice screen found in vernacular Islamic architecture and used as a device for achieving privacy while reducing glare and solar gain." – CTBUH Awards
Key Design Elements:
- Geometric Composition: The circle (2D) and sphere (3D) form the basis of most Islamic geometric patterns and 3D forms. The circle / sphere resembles unity, while the motion around a well defined centre resembles a uniqueness in identity and generates a unique axis. The intersection of the infinite arrangements and populations of the circles and sphere generate infinite arrangements of nodes. The ways with which these nodes are interpreted and linked generate the various relationships and forms.
- Main Form: Each of the tower floor plates is made of six tangential arcs, all of which are linked to the building profile to form an additional arc and includes a circular core in the middle. The form of the floor plates and tower profile provides a great deal of flexibility in terms of zoning and orientation.
- Main Structure: A unique crystalline/honeycombed structure has been derived from the underlying geometry which provides highly efficient load paths and creates a structural solution which is at once stable, flexible and economical. The structural form also embodies a high degree of redundancy which would be very resilient if damaged. The superstructure is expressed on the external face of the building reflecting the underlying geometrical framework. The unique honey-comb structure developed for ADIC is a world first.
- Internal Layout: The internal partitions generally radiate from the building core and meet the façade at the perimeter of the floor plates to provide optimal circulation and light distribution. A sky garden with a four-storey void above is provided at every 7th floor.
- Façade and Automated Shading Devices: A relatively clear glass curtainwall forms the "weathering" layer of the towers' skin. A secondary veil comprises intelligent automated shading components that open and closes via centrally located linear actuators that react to the sun path. The shading veil acts as a dynamic 'Mashrabiya' (wooden lattice shading screen particular to the Middle East). The dynamic screen will reduce solar heat gain / glare and provide better visibility than dark tinted glazing which can distort the image of the surrounding view.
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Standing in the desert of the Middle East, The Al Bahr Towers are a literal and figurative marker in the sand for a more considered approach to sustainability in the built environment. Time will be the ultimate judge, but it is conceivable that, years from now, their recent completion will be associated with the dawn of a new era in design in which inspiration will stem from the cultural and environmental criteria at the heart of sustainability. Featuring the world's largest dynamic façade, The Al Bahr Towers proudly stand at the vanguard of this new tradition.
With a responsibility to sustain Abu Dhabi's prosperity for the future, the client, The Abu Dhabi Investment Council had a mandate not only to assist the government in achieving continuous financial success and wealth protection, but also to actively support sustainable growth for the Abu Dhabi economy. The Council's new headquarters represents a unique opportunity to create a landmark structure that embodies these ideals and reflects the standing and prominence of this new government agency.
The project brief required two 25-storey towers to create an outstanding landmark building that would provide a contemporary design using modern technology while considering the region's architectural heritage together with the status of the clients' organisation.
The aspirations of the brief were consistent with a number of other initiatives within Abu Dhabi at that time, namely the recent publication of the Abu Dhabi 2030 Plan, promotion of the Masdar initiative on renewable technology together with the recently published Estidama standard.
The design concept for Aedas' innovative competition winning design is derived from an algorithmic composition, informed by Islamic principles of design, that has been supplemented by the application of a dynamic translucent 'mashrabiya' which opens and closes in response to the movement of the sun, reducing solar gain on the building facade by up to 50%. The resulting composition seeks to create a building which is both culturally and environmentally responsive, reflecting the aspirations of the brief while also respecting the emergent Abu Dhabi 2030 Plan.
In order to generate the form of the towers, Aedas applied the principles of geometric composition derived from traditional Islamic architecture. Geometric composition has been a defining characteristic of Islamic architecture for centuries, the circle and rotation reflecting the concept of unification and unity evident in nature; an important concept in Islam and in the emerging science of biomimicry.
Following an intense period of analysis, and influenced by both the client's brief and also the orientation of the site, Aedas began to develop the distinctive form of the towers using parametric design techniques to generate a defining geometry. Their starting point was two cylindrical towers; a circle producing the most efficient form in terms of wall to floor area whilst also creating the greatest volume with the least surface area.
The radial plan form was articulated to reduce solar exposure on the most heavily exposed elevations and in so doing began to generate a natural orientation. The form of the towers was then sculpted around the core, narrower at the base and at the top, but broader around the intermediate floors. The crown of the tower was cut at an angle to maximise solar gain for roof mounted photovoltaics. Sky gardens were introduced in the most heavily exposed southerly elevation to further reduce solar gain while providing an amenity space for users.
Having established an underlying geometry, the team were then able to erode the elevation in order to generate the structural and cladding grids. The resulting honeycomb structure performs well in terms of its seismic response, (due to the number of vertical elements), well in terms of bracing (due to the number of diagonal elements), well in terms of redundancy (due to the number of alternate load paths) and well in terms of wind loading (by providing an aerodynamic profile).
At the same time the form of the towers was being developed, the team wanted to find a way of protecting the building from the extremely high levels of solar heat gain. Drawing upon its knowledge of the region's vernacular architecture, Aedas saw an opportunity to integrate the very latest technological expertise with traditional design. The practice implemented a "mashrabiya". Found in traditional Islamic architecture this popular form of wooden lattice screen is used as a device for achieving privacy while reducing glare and solar gain. Aedas has reinterpreted the concept of the mashrabiya for the towers by developing a series of translucent umbrella-like components which open and close in response to the movement of the sun. Each shading device is driven by a linear actuator to dramatically reduce the amount of solar gain striking the façade.
The dynamic screens avoid the need for heavily tinted glass thereby reducing the need for significant artificial lighting while providing better views for occupants of the building. This is the first time such a moveable façade has been used at this scale, enabling a reduction in solar gain of over 50%. The façade will be controlled via the Building Management System, creating an intelligent façade system.
Research & Development:
The team utilised the skills of its in-house R&D group to apply advanced computational design techniques in support of the project. The group developed bespoke applications to simulate the movement of the façade in response to the sun's path and went on to support the detailed design development by undertaking a variety of simulations. The same advanced techniques were later used to derive the geometry from which a single integrated building model was created and this model was in turn used to ensure proper coordination of the various building elements.
By applying traditional design techniques in a contemporary manner, Aedas has produced a distinctive solution which is entirely rooted in the culture and environment.
Aedas has developed a solution in which form and function are combined into what could be called a 'new vernacular'. The buildings will create a distinct gateway and a landmark on approach to the city.
Project Data:
Project name: Al Bahar Towers
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Coordinates: 24.456299, 54.401300
Type: Office Building, Skyscraper
Height: 145m
Floor count: 27 + 2 basement levels
Floor area: 70,000 sq.m
Site area: 100,080 sq.m
Design Year: 2008
Construction Year: 2009-2012
Status: Completed
Contract Value: £200 million
Completion Year: June, 2012
The people:
Client / Owner / Developer: Abu Dhabi Investment Council
Architects: Aedas Architects – G/F, 65 Chandos Place,, London WC2N 4HG, United Kingdom
Associate Architect: Diar Consult
Structural, Specialist, MEP Engineer: Arup
Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon
Façade & Mashrabiya Contractor: Yuanda
Landscape Architect: Townshend Landscape Architects
Main Contractor: Al-Futtaim Carillion
Sub-Contractor: Royal Mega Interiors / Al Shirawi
Project Manager: Mace International
Structural Steel Frame: William Hare
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By Tom Lappas, Citizen Editor 11/05/12
Henrico County's groundbreaking one-to-one laptop initiative for high-school students will conclude its third four-year contract June 30, and school officials are seeking enhancements that will make the next contract more efficient and effective.
The school system issued a request for proposal (RFP) last month to solicit interested bidders for the next contract, which will replace the current deal with Dell Computers for the provision of laptops and support for high school students, faculty and staff.
The RFP asks bidders to bundle the leasing of equipment with service needs, training for technical staff members, loaners and all other components necessary for the program, HCPS Technology Director Peter Taylor said, so that the overall cost to the school system may be more inclusive than in previous contracts.
The new machines will have solid-state hard drives, which are more durable and less likely to need repair than the mechanical drives that are used in the system's leased laptops currently, Taylor said. The new contract also will include a program on each laptop that automatically backs up critical student data to a server in their schools, he said. That way, students will have easy access to their materials at all times – even if they need loaner machines.
Officials will review bids with the School Board early next year, and the board likely will award a contract by the end of February.
In a separate RFP, to be issued by the end of December, school officials will seek bids to update the school system's network infrastructure. The current network, implemented in 2001 when Henrico began its laptop initiative with Apple, is on the verge of becoming obsolete, Taylor said. The chief problem: lack of adequate bandwidth, which particularly at the high school level is threatening to slow the flow of information from the internet and individual school servers to student and faculty computers.
Recommended state bandwidth standards for school systems exceed what Henrico's is capable of handling through its current network system, Taylor said. With so much demand for online content and so many users, high schools in the county likely will reach their bandwidth limitations within a year.
Upgrading the network to a 10 gigabits per second (gpbs) internal capability for all schools will provide more than enough bandwith, while preparing the school system for future needs, Taylor said. (Current bandwith varies from 10 megabits per second at elementary schools to 100 mbps at middle and high schools and 1 gpbs for internet usage.)
It also will provide enhanced levels of security for faculty and staff members, who will be able to submit grades, for example, through a completely secure wireless system.
Officials will recommend to the School Board a vendor and contract for the network enhancements sometime in the first quarter of 2013, with the intention of updating the network during the summer.
Some money for the project – which could cost $1.5 million or more in total, according to Superintendent Pat Russo – is included in the current budget. But the majority of it will need to be added, Russo said.
Nonprofit awards $38k in book scholarships
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The KLM Scholarship Foundation awarded more than $38,000 in book scholarships to 36 students during its 2017 Book Scholarship Awards Ceremony at Linwood Holton Elementary School in Richmond Aug. 5. The students will attend 14 Virginia colleges in the fall. Each has excelled academically, maintaining a 3.0 GPA or better, while demonstrating strong community leadership qualities.
WWBT/NBC12 Raycom Media Vice President and General Manager Kym Grinnage was the guest speaker. > Read more.
Dave Peppler, pastor
By Ashley Luck, Special to the Citizen 08/20/2017 General NewsReligion
Dave Peppler, pastor of Chamberlayne Baptist Church, remembers the epiphany he had on a cold afternoon in northern Ohio when God gave him a sense of direction, after he had been wondering what life had in store for him. It was then that he knew that he wanted to become a pastor and serve God.
Peppler, a Delaware native who grew up in Ohio, was ordained in Brownsboro, Ky. in 1998, but his education didn't end there. > Read more.
International goals
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A group of youth soccer players – most from Henrico – and local soccer coaches spent a week in Kazakhstan this month as part of a VCU Center for Sport Leadership program.
The group's trip to Astana, Kazakhstan was made possible by a $700,000 grant awarded to CSL Executive Director Carrie LeCrom by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs through its Sports Diplomacy Division. > Read more.
Henrico promotional company changes name
Citizen Staff Reports 08/18/2017 BusinessGeneral News
Henrico-based brand merchandising company NewClients, Inc. has changed its name to Boost Promotional Branding.
The company is one of the nation's largest in the branded merchandise industry. Founded in 1981, its serves more than 5,000 clients – including many Fortune 500 companies – nationwide. > Read more.
Lidl competition offers shoppers chance to win NYC trip
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Three Lidl shoppers will win trips to New York City to receive a first-look at the Esmara by Heidi Klum collection and attend an international runway event debuting the collection. The contest is open to residents of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina – the three states in which Lidl currently operates grocery stores. The chain opened two stores in Henrico County last month. > Read more.
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Latoya's Boogie Frights and Other Episodes is a fan-fiction VHS/DVD Release featuring one Donkey Kong Country episode, one The Justice Friends episode, one Sonic X episode, one Charmaine and Latoya episode, one Thomas and Friends episode, one The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode, one Franklin episode and one The New Adventures of Lara Laramie episode.
- Bug A Boogie (Donkey Kong Country)
- Bee Where? (The Justice Friends)
- Shadow Knows (Sonic X)
- Latoya's Boogie Frights (Charmaine and Latoya)
- Thomas, Percy and The Squeak (Thomas and Friends)
- The Trojan Koopa (The Super Mario Bros Super Show!)
- Franklin's Good Deeds (Franklin)
- Temacu-Vicious (The New Adventures of Lara Laramie)
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- Release Date: October 28, 2008.
- The Donkey Kong Country intro, characters passing by sequence (Thomas version, 2004-2008) and the New Adventures of Lara Laramie outro are used together.
- Bug A Boogie, Bee Where?, Latoya's Boogie Frights, The Trojan Koopa and Franklin's Good Deeds are restored.
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- Top: Latoya (panicked)
- Bottom: Alicia Botti screaming from "Thomas, Percy and The Squeak"
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- Temacu (angry) from "Temacu-Vicious"
- Major Glory (frightened) from "Bee Where?"
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Robert Feder's column this morning is a pretty strong smackdown of six Chicago TV journalists that appeared in a Walter E. Smithe furniture ad praising and saying farewell to Mayor Daley.
I suspect that Walter Jacobson, Alison Rosati, Bill Kurtis, Rob Johnson, Natalie Martinez and Bob Sirott are smarting a bit this morning from the sting of Mr. Feder's criticism.
The ad in question is also embedded in the column if you'd like to watch it.
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Just a straight forward question. What scares you and makes you hold back from getting married.
For me it's not staying with one woman for the rest of my life or commitment issues or anything like that. I just feel like the fun part of my life would be over. I mean I know their will still be a lot of great things to do with my wife, but it will never be the same again. You can't do all the fun single things you use to do before. You can't just pickup and go somewhere. I guess I just wanna push those years of fun to limit and not get married and until I absolutely have to.
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I'm scared of being with a liar, abuser, or substance-abuser. Or, I'm scared of getting stuck in a sexless marriage where he's jacking off to p*rn all day while I'm putting in all the effort to seduce, buy lingerie, look sexy, etc. I really only want a hubby for sex and emotional connection, and if he can't even trouble himself to give me sex 1-2x a day, his ass is getting divorced.00|00|0


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Distributor: Cinema Service
Year: 2000
Country: Korea
Director: Shim Kwang-Jin
A Masterpiece in My Life 불후의 명작 (2000) NTSC DVD9
Instead of directing his soft porn movie, In-gi talks heatedly about the film scenario he is working on. He had to abandon his dreams of becoming a serious director in order to pay off his parents' debts. So to make quick money, he began to direct soft porn movies. But his dream of making a masterpiece has not died yet. He visits an old college buddy who is now a film producer. There he meets another college friend, Myung-joon, who is now a famous director. Through Myung-joon, In-gi is introduced to the love of his life, Yeo-kyung, a struggling screenwriter. From this day onward, In-gi delights in finding the things they have in common --- from their affinity to banana-flavored milk and forgotten comic book characters. In-gi is fueled by his love for Yeo-kyung to make a masterpiece. Yeo-kyung is also emboldened by In-gi's affections and decides to become a true writer. They begin to collaborate on a story about the love between a circus clown and the daughter of the circus troupe director. Their characters begin to come to life and a true masterpiece is in the making.
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I wanna go to the moon20|20|0
That so far away and you can't find a girl on the moon. There just Aliens👽Hello Mr Chuppachup , Are you come here with peace?
@Star_Lord Aliens sound cooler than girls tbh so I'd easily make the trip
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Is the UK heading for divorce? Over one in three UK marriages ends in divorce, and with our nation in deep division over issues such as immigration, ...
If the language of this year's Conference was anything to go by, it's not just the UK's people who have "taken back control", it looks like the government plans to do the same. Energy, health, housing, the Conservative Party has plans for all. Time will obviously tell how hands-on they will be, but expect the changes to be incremental. As Jesse Norman MP, one of the new BEIS Ministers, said to one crowd, "there will be no great reveal."
To discriminate against people on the basis of their place of birth is prejudice and once upon a time it was illegal in this country. Your party shames the memory of our heritage, shames the country it claims to represent and shames me. I hope it shames you too.
The Prime Minister's speech yesterday struck many observers as an attempt to take the middle ground in British politics vacated by Labour. Appealin...
Whether we are left, or right, or centre, those of us interested in a peaceful future for ourselves, our families, and yes, even those we disagree with, should start to stand up against this kind of politics, before it is too late.
Theresa May is serious about preventing the interests of ordinary people being trumped by the powerful and the privileged she needs to do everything she can to make her government transparent; she needs to make sure that everyone's voice is heard equally; and she needs to kick big money out of politics.
I accept that the British people made this choice on 23 June. But on the other hand, as an MP elected to stand up for what I believe in - for social, economic and environmental justice - I find the prospect of Brexit genuinely frightening. It is my belief that Britain would be better off if we stayed in the EU - and that my constituents face real risks of us leaving.
The UK loves an underdog. There is something irresistible about the story of the little guy standing up to the established players and leaving them with a bloody nose, whether it is Henry Cooper putting Muhammad Ali on the mat or the Wallabies trouncing the Kiwis in rugby.
After the Prime Minister's speech to the Conservative Party conference Looked After Children are now, truly, Children in Care, in the care of all of us. To name the scandal of the social exclusion of Children in Care was a brave and necessary thing.
The Tories are attempting to steal progressive rhetoric but they can't escape the reality of their policies. Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party will hold the Tories to account, stand up for the many and oppose their unfair cuts to tax credits. The only party of the common ground in British politics is the party that will truly stand up for working people. That's the Labour Party.
He knows exactly what he's doing, but thinks we won't notice. He thinks he's so good at the talking that we won't realise in which direction he's walking. He's so excited at the prospect of occupying the political ground that Labour has (temporarily?) vacated that he can see little else. When he looks out of the Downing Street window every morning, he sees a future that is only blue.
Yes, there are a few people who get bad press, who behave in a way which drags down the image of the majority - but think of what they're fighting for, think of what needs to change - and try to imagine what on earth the Conservatives were thinking when they brought the conference to Manchester.
Put simply, chucking bricks together and hoping for the best is no solution, even if 200,000 homes were anywhere near enough to help the millions of wannabe Gen Buy. The current housing crisis is not just a supply and demand disparity (although that is an element of it).
As the Conservative Party Conference draws to a close, we have been treated to some of the worst displays of political intolerance by the British New Left since the riots which followed the General Election. However, as Conservatives, we must not allow ourselves to be intimidated, nor to simply consider such behaviour an "occupational hazard" of being right-wing in Britain today.
I listened to home secretary Theresa May's speech at the Conservative Party Conference with mounting distress and sorrow. I heard her labelling people like me who survive torture as "illegal immigrants" who abuse the system by smuggling themselves into the UK, and declare that she would institute a new "tough" system to weed out such undeserving cases.
This was all a far cry from Theresa May's hardline message yesterday. No.10 insist the PM agrees with much of what she said, but given that this debate is often about striking the right tone, it was obvious he wanted to accentuate the positive...


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After taking the mobile app market by storm, Angry Birds have a slingshot prepped for Lightwater Valley.
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Lightwater Valley commenced an adventurous yet similar rebrand for the 2012 season, so Airgates' Dan Lees went alon to the Yorkshire theme park to see how the season is going!
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Lowongan SIPL – Gresik | Saka Indonesia Pangkah Limited (SIPL) adalah Anak Perusahaan PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) Tbk yang bergerak di bidang perusahaan minyak dan gas hulu.
Perusahaan ini berdiri pada tanggal 27 Juni 2011, Dimana Kepemilikan sahamnya dimiliki 99% oleh PGN dan PGAS SOLUSI (anak perusahaan PGN lain) dan 1% oleh publik. Sesuai dengan visinya Saka Indonesia Pangkah Limited (SIPL) untuk menjadi hulu perusahaan minyak dan gas kelas dunia.
Sedangkan misi Saka Indonesia Pangkah Limited (SIPL) untuk memberikan nilai bagi stakeholder melalui: Sebuah diversifikasi portofolio aset minyak dan gas, baik yang konvensional maupun non-konvensional; Sinergi dengan perusahaan induk Saka yang, PGN dan anak lainnya; Operatorship aset minyak dan gas strategis (baik konvensional dan non-konvensional).
Saka Indonesia Pangkah Limited (SIPL) membuka peluang kepada anda untuk mengisi posisi sebagai berikut :
( Work Location: Gresik, Jawa Timur )
This position is responsible to:
- Provide process engineering technical support to operations for solving operating problems and optimizing assigned units.
- Review plant operations and laboratory analyses on daily basis, report any anomalies, for better efficiency and compliance with operating plans.
- Develop ideas for capital investment projects to enhance units' operability and profitability. Provide designs for their implementation.
- Conduct performance test runs on process units to establish operating conditions, to identify bottlenecks and to provide recommendations for de-bottlenecking
- Provide computer simulations for fractionation columns, heat exchangers, and other process units in order to better optimize their operation.
- Provide documentation of engineering and analytical results with recommendations to management.
- Prepare cost estimates, schedules and budget (AFEs) as per company requirements
- Conduct HAZOP and/or other Process Hazard Analysis, as part of Management of Change processes, including managing the PHA revalidation of the facilities
- Perform technical assessment of the problem, make recommendation and follow up with necessary action
- Perform site visit to Offshore facilities and stay over as required.
- Train peers, operations and maintenance team concerning new technology and methods.
- Bachelor or Master degree in Chemical Engineering.
- A minimum 8 years working experience with oil and gas industry in process engineering.
- Process design experience in supporting Exploration and Production
- A solid understanding of process fluid characteristics, heat and material balances, fluid flow and heat transfer
- Having good understanding of rotating equipment (pumps and compressors), instrumentation and process control
- Knowledge of piping & pipeline and electrical wiring
- Engineering expertise to troubleshoot existing processes and evaluate various solutions.
- An understanding of process operations and ability to support in technical reviews, audits, process safety management activities and pre start-up safety reviews (PSSR).
- Having experience using HYSYS simulation
- Ability to work continually within tight timeline
- High computer literacy
- Fluent in English, spoken and written.
( Work Location: Gresik, Jawa Timur )
- Report to the Plant Superintendent Onshore, this position will be based in Onshore Processing Facility (OPF) Gresik, Jawa Timur.
- The successful candidate will be responsible to oversees day-to-day Oil & Gas plant operation, facilitate work planning, provide operational and process technical advice to optimize plant efficiency of GPF, OTF and LPGF facilities.
- Technical Diploma, Bachelor or Master Degree in Chemical/Petrochemical/Industrial Engineering or related discipline.
- Having minimum 10 years working experience in oil and gas industry, which significant proportion in gas and hydrocarbon facilities.
- In depth knowledge of subsurface production operations, maintenance and troubleshooting
- In depth knowledge of surface facilities & petroleum/petrochemical engineering concepts and application.
- Capability to facilitate the efficient operation of the gas production system to meet contractual requirements, avoid shortfalls and operate within budgets.
- Familiarity with tendering and contracting procedures, and knowledgeable of PTK007 procedures.
- Fully conversant with work control systems and HSE requirements.
- Preferably with management experience in technical support.
- High computer literacy
- Fluent spoken and written in English
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The United States is stepping up support for the Syrian rebels but, despite the failure of UN envoy Kofi Annan's mission, is sticking to its refusal to pour arms into a complex conflict.
Annan, the UN and the Arab League's pointman on Syria, resigned yesterday leaving the diplomatic track in shreds and spurring calls for action, but the US administration again said it was not considering military intervention.
The 17-month uprising against Assad has already cost more than 20,000 lives, many of them civilian, and raised fears that the embattled Syrian leader could unleash his arsenal of chemical weapons.


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In her family memoir, A Cowherd in Paradise Brindle & Glass (2012), May Q. Wong recounts how perseverance and forgiveness can overcome politics and geography. The book chronicles the lives of her parents, Wong Guey Dang (19021983) and Jiang Tew Thloo (19112002.) Married for over half a century, the couple was forced to live apart for twenty-five years because of Canadas exclusionary immigration laws. In China, Ah Thloo struggled to survive through natural disasters, wars, and revolutions; in Canada, Ah Dang overcame discrimination to become a successful Montreal restaurateur. A Cowherd in Paradise is the moving tale of one couples search for love, family, and forgiveness. 978-1-926972-40-4
Review of the author's work by BC Studies:
A Cowherd in Paradise: From China to Canada
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PHOTO: Thloo and Dang, May Wong's parents
A Cowherd in Paradise
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On June, 22, 2006, opening with a few phrases in Cantonese, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for Canadas anti-Chinese immigration policies in the House of Commons.
Since the 1980s, the Chinese-Canadian National Council had been seeking monetary redress for so-called Head Tax restrictions for Chinese immigrants, dating back to 1885a century before.
The federal government was willing to afford compensation of $20,000 to anyone still living who had paid a head tax, or to the living spouse of any head-tax payer, but sons and daughters would not be compensated.
The Chinese community was less than thrilled. Most people who had paid a head tax were dead. The redress movement for Japanese Canadians incarcerated during World War II had arguably been far more successful and nearly all Chinese Canadians, such as May Q. Wong, understood that head tax laws were only part of Canadas racist policies towards Chinese Canadians.
Specifically, in 1923, Canada had introduced the Chinese Immigration Act, essentially banning most would-be immigrants from China. Married in China in 1929, May Q. Wongs parents Wong Guey Dang (1902-1983) and his bride Jiang Tew Thloo (1911-2002) subsequently lived on different continents for twenty-five years, as she describes in A Cowherd in Paradise (Brindle & Glass $24.95).
Chinese immigrants to Canada were not processed under the same regulations as other would-be immigrants until 1967. Consequently May Q. Wong has written a heart-wrenching account of parents half-century marriage, including their painful and humiliating wedding night during which her father struck her mother with his belt for her non-compliance with his marital rights.
Sold as a child, Ah Dang was sent to Canada in 1921 after his adoptive father who paid the $500 head tax. Eight years later, Ah Dang returned to China, having selected Ah Thloo as his bride from a matchmakers photo. Ah Thloo did not get to see the face of her husband until after the marriage ceremony. Their disastrous deflowering ritual initially made separation easy.
From the age of six, Ah Thloo had been responsible for her familys fortunetheir precious water buffaloand that accounts for the title of this family memoir. While Ah Thloo remained in China, her husband Ah Dang became a successful Montreal restaurateur. Their prolonged struggle for matrimonial harmony, including the need for forgiveness, has been rendered with compelling honesty by Wong, who includes reportage of document falsifications.
Wong asks her father why he came to Canada. Na-ting for me in China, he says. In Canada, I find job, sometime very bad job, but in China, no work for no body. Too many war in China, all de time fighting! Canada peacefoo place. But I dont forget, I Chinee, my family Chinee. I still love China. But now Canada my home One ting I leglet; my family in China so long without me. We have no chance to be family together. Dat why Ah May [daughter] so plecious to me and her mommy.
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