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KR 500-3 handles railway sleepers at Maba Track Solutions GmbH
KehraTec GmbH – based in Werdohl within the Märkischer region of the German Sauerland – has been developing individual solutions for special-purpose machines since 2009
Easier handling of railway sleepers
Located near Vienna, Maba Track Solutions GmbH – a Kirchdorfer group company – turned to KehraTec in search of a 100% solution for 3D measurement of the railway sleepers it manufactures. This entailed not only fully measuring the railway sleepers, but also finding a way to facilitate the handling of the sleepers weighing 320 kg and having a length of 2.60 m.
Sleepers weigh up to 320 kg
The concrete railway sleepers are first fed to the application in unmixed mode by means of a chain transfer. The system can be used to handle and measure up to seven different types of sleepers.
The largest and heaviest sleeper is 2.60 m long and weighs 320 kg. The KUKA robot picks up each concrete railway sleeper and turns it over by means of an overhead motion. This replaces the turning operation needed in one of the next production steps. Subsequently, the robot moves the railway sleeper into various positions for the KehraTec 2D and 3D vision system. Once the full KehraTec check has been conducted, the robot sets the railway sleeper down again and the cycle starts again from the beginning.


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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate and a Happy 2011 to all!
Taking the lead from many of the blogs I follow in my Google Reader, I'm taking a week off from blogging and will be back in 2011. Traffic slows to a crawl online this time of year during the holidays. :)
Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!

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Seed plants facts for kids
Seed plants are a group of plants. Gymnosperms and angiosperms form the group. Their seeds have three parts: (1) an embryo, (2) a supply of nutrients for the embryo, and (3) a seed coat. They are also called spermatophytes or phanerogams. The seed plants dominate almost all the environments on land.
The living spermatophytes form five groups:
- Cycads, a subtropical and tropical group of plants with a large crown of compound leaves and a stout trunk
- Ginkgo, a single living species of tree
- Conifers, cone-bearing trees and shrubs
- Gnetophyta, woody plants in the genera Gnetum, Welwitschia, and Ephedra
- Angiosperms, the flowering plants, a large group including many familiar plants in a wide variety of habitats
The fossil seed ferns (Pteridospermatophyta) were one of the earliest successful groups of land plants, and forests dominated by seed ferns were prevalent in the Permian. Glossopteris was the most prominent tree genus in the ancient southern supercontinent of Gondwana during the Permian period. By the Triassic period, seed ferns had declined, (perhaps were extinct) and modern gymnosperm groups were abundant and dominant to the Upper Cretaceous, when angiosperms radiated.
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In Spanish: Spermatophyta para niños


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NUK First Choice Plus Polypropylene Baby Bottle with teat
Sale $19.00 $16.15
- Particularly soft silicone teat, right for the jaw, size 1(0-6 months), M (medium feed hole for formula)
- Clinically tested: for optimally combining bottle and breastfeeding
- Helps prevent colic: improved Anti-Colic Air System
- Made of high-quality resilient, hard-wearing polypropylene (PP), suitable for freezing, BPA-free
- Holds 150ml or 300ml
Baby bottle made from light, shatterproof polypropylene
The extra-wide bottle of the NUK First Choice Bottles makes them easy to fill and clean. The contoured shape means that the bottle can be gripped securely and the wide base gives stability.
The most natural teat for your baby
For many years, NUK First Choice has been the first choice for bottle feeding modelled on breastfeeding. With NUK First Choice+ we have managed to get even closer to nature – for healthy jaw development and a drinking sensation as if at a mother's breast.
Natural and shaped correctly for the jaw
The special NUK Shape is modelled on a mother´s nipple as she breastfeeds. It leaves your baby´s tongue and jaw enough room for natural sucking movements.
Soft as a mother's breast
With its new soft zone, the silicone baglet is a better fit against the roof of your baby´s mouth – giving a natural feeling while drinking.
Helps prevent colic
The improved Anti-Colic Air System creates a natural flow so that your baby can drink in a relaxed way without swallowing air.
Due to its particularly natural shape, the NUK Teat is accepted well by babies. This means that it is specially suited for babies who are both bottle and breastfed.


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As senior Kate Walker is about to graduate, she says she's "been involved in everything from UGA Crew to Delta Zeta sorority." In her time at UGA, she studied in Spain and worked in Australia picking fruit and drawing blood, among other things. She is currently working part-time as an intern for Oasis Católico Santa Rafaela, a local program designed to help Hispanic children adjust to life in America.
Lawrenceville, Georgia
High School:
Collins Hill High School
Degree objective:
A.B. in History with a minor in Spanish
Expected graduation:
August 2004
University highlights, achievements, awards and scholarships:
I've been involved in everything from UGA Crew to Delta Zeta sorority during my four years here in Athens. I spent a summer in Valencia, Spain with the UGA en Espana program and worked for six months in Australia during my junior year. I was involved with the Athens Mentoring Program and helped a little girl adjust to Georgia after her move from El Salvador. I am also involved at the Catholic Center and have received the HOPE scholarship throughout college. I have also made the Dean's List and am a member of Delta Epsilon Iota National Honors Fraternity.
Current Employment:
I am an "intern" at Oasis Católico Santa Rafaela but technically work for CLASE (the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education.) The Oasis program is located in a trailer park north of campus and is run by three nuns. Students from UGA volunteer at Oasis during the school year to help local Hispanic children with their homework. I've worked with the program for 2 semesters, but this past spring, I was able to get more involved. I now help the sisters coordinate volunteer involvement and act as a liaison between the UGA component and the program administrators. Working at Oasis has been the most rewarding experience for me. Not only have I seen children improve in school with language and grades, but I have watched them open up. Their confidence has developed, and I just adore each of them. But this experience has done more for me. I have become passionate about helping these children and this community. They have taught me in more ways than I can even comprehend and they will honestly be a part of me whever I go in life.
I chose to attend UGA because…
Originally from the North, I had always planned on leaving the South for college. When it came time to apply, UGA was the only college that I applied to in the state. To help me decide if I wanted to enroll, I followed a friend around who was going here…attending classes, eating in the dining halls, and exploring campus. After that, I knew that I wanted to be a Georgia Bulldog!
My favorite things to do on campus are…
I just love North Campus. When the weather is nice, my favorite thing to do is lie down in the grass and catch up on homework or just take a nap! Of course, I love attending sporting events—football, baseball, basketball, and gymnastics have been my favorites.
When I have free time, I like…
…to catch a movie at Tate; other times I enjoy running. I finished my first half-marathon in Atlanta on Thanksgiving.
The craziest thing I've done is…
… worked in Australia for six months during my junior year. I had all sorts of jobs, including picking oranges, packing peppers on a farm, and testing blood! I got to go around Sydney, Australia and test people's cholesterol, iron, and blood sugar. I'm a history major, but I was a nurse and a migrant worker for a while!
My favorite place to study is…
…The Catholic Center. It is quite a well-kept secret at UGA. During finals week, Father Jack keeps it stocked with goodies and caffeine. It so quiet and peaceful!
My favorite professor is…
…Dr. Bryant Simon of the History department. Unfortunately, he is moving to Philadelphia to take a job at Temple University, but he has been such a great teacher. I first took a survey class of his during my sophomore year; I was undecided about my major and after his class I knew that I wanted to be a history major. His classes are always so fun, and he just loves the material so his students get excited as well. Dr. Simon is also a good teacher because of his ability to connect the material to the present; he always made history seem relative.
If I could share an afternoon with anyone, I would love to share it with…
…my great-grandmother. I never met her, but I've always looked up to her. When she was a young girl growing up in Germany, her parents died. She worked and saved up enough money for passage to America for her and her three brothers. Whenever I think that something can't be done, I imagine Amelia. She had to have been terrified, but she was brave and came without knowing what was in store.


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Codes and Frequencies
For sample adults age 18+ in 2002 and 2007 and sample children under 18 in 2007 who had seen a practitioner for chelation in the past 12 months (CHEYR) and had used chelation to treat a specific health problem or condition (CHETREAT), CHETOLUNG indicates whether the person had used chelation to treat other lung or breathing problem.
Related Variables
Other lung or breathing problem was one of 31 possible specific conditions that both sample adults and sample children could report treating with chelation.
The other such conditions such are:
- Attention Deficit Disorder (CHETADD, 2007 only)
- anxiety (CHETANX, 2007 only)
- arthritis (CHETARTH, 2007 only)
- asthma (CHETASTH)
- autism (CHETAUT, 2007 only)
- cancer (CHETCANC)
- head or chest cold (CHETCOLD)
- constipation needing medication (CHETCONST, 2007 only)
- depression (CHETDEPRES, 2007 only)
- diabetes (CHETDIAB)
- allergy to food (CHETFALL)
- influenza or pneumonia (CHETFLU, 2007 only)
- gum disease (CHETGUM, 2007 only)
- hay fever (CHETHAY)
- hearing problem (CHETHEAR)
- insomnia (CHETINSOM)
- menstrual problems (CHETMENST)
- migraine or severe headache (CHETMIG)
- other developmental problem (CHETODD)
- other musculoskeletal problem (CHETOMUSC, 2007 only)
- phobias (CHETPHOBIA, 2007 only)
- acid reflux (CHETREFLUX, 2007 only)
- regular headaches (CHETREGHEAD, 2007 only)
- mental retardation (CHETRET)
- seizures (CHETSEIZ)
- sinusitis (CHETSINUS)
- urinary problem (CHETURIN)
- vision problem (CHETVISION)
- weight problem (CHETWEIGHT)
- other (CHETOTH1)
Additionally, there are 72 other conditions sample adults only could report treating with chelation, and 28 other conditions that could be reported for sample children only. For the full list of conditions, see CHETREAT.
Chelation is one of 16 modalities of alternative medicine that were included in the 2002 and 2007 Alternative Health Supplements. Persons could report treating other lung or breathing problem by any of those methods, although 3 of the methods are not available as treatments for specific health problems in both years. Hypnosis and movement techniques were included as treatments for specific health problems in the 2007 survey only. See HYPYR and MOVALEXYR for more information. Conversely, prayer was included as a treatment for specific health problems in the 2002 survey only, when just sample adults were asked about their use of alternative and complementary medicine. See PRASELFEV for more information. Analysts interested in the treatment of other lung or breathing problem by other alternative therapies should see CHEYR for the full list of alternative medicine treatments and a summary of other chelation-related questions, including definitions.
The question wording for sample adults did not change at all from 2002 to 2007. In both years, they were asked, "For what health problems or conditions did you use chelation?"
The question wording for sample children (who were only included in the 2007 Alternative Health Supplement) is slightly different, emphasizing that the chelation treatment must have occurred within the past 12 months: "DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, for what health problems or conditions did [fill: sample child's name] use chelation?" However, two of the questions for sample adults preceding CHETOLUNG in both 2002 and 2007 (CHEYR and CHENO) did specify the 12 month time frame. Persons were only asked the question for CHETOLUNG if they had earlier indicated in CHEYR that they had in fact seen a practitioner for chelation during the past 12 months.
- 2002: Sample adults age 18+ who have seen a practitioner for chelation therapy during the past 12 months and have used chelation therapy for a specific health problem or condition.
- 2007: Sample adults age 18+ and sample children under 18 who have seen a practitioner for chelation therapy during the past 12 months and have used chelation therapy for a specific health problem or condition.
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Chris Cole, the coach of the boys' basketball team at the Robert M. Beren Academy in Houston, says his squad is peaking coming off its 27-point victory in the state tournament quarterfinals.
Apparently the Stars, who with a record of 24-5 are having the best season in school history, won't be able to show off their game in the rest of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools 2A tournament.
The semifinals are being held on Friday night and the finals on Saturday afternoon, conflicting with the Jewish Sabbath, and Beren's appeal to change the starting times was rejected Monday by the association. Beren thus is forced to forfeit.
Beren, an Orthodox Jewish day school with 67 students in its upper school, had asked the association to adjust the start time of Friday's game to earlier in the afternoon and, if necessary, begin the championship game on Saturday evening.
The quarterfinals game against Our Lady of the Hills Catholic High School of Kerrville on Feb. 24 had been played earlier than scheduled to accommodate Beren, and the other three semifinalists in the 2A category — schools with enrollments of 55 to 120 students — reportedly were willing to follow suit.
"Just as TAPPS doesn't schedule games on Sunday in deference to Christian teams, we expected that as a Jewish team, there would be grounds for a scheduling change," Beren's head of school, Rabbi Harry Sinoff, told JTA.
But TAPPS would not acquiesce, prompting Beren to withdraw from the competition. On Monday, TAPPS changed the tournament bracket on its website, crediting the Kerrville team with the victory and advancing Our Lady of the Hills Catholic to the semifinals against Dallas Covenant on Friday.
TAPPS director Edd Burleson, who declined to respond to inquiries from JTA, told The New York Times that changing the scheduling for Beren would create problems for other teams.
"When Beren's joined years ago, we advised them that the Sabbath would present them with a problem with the finals," Burleson said. "In the past, TAPPS has held firmly to their rules because if schedules are changed for these schools, it's hard for other schools."
Conflicts surrounding high school sports or academic competitions and Sabbath observance that have cropped up periodically over the years often have been resolved to the satisfaction of Jewish teams.
Earlier this month, the wrestling team from the Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago, like Beren's a Modern Orthodox day school, captured a regional wrestling title by winning a match originally scheduled for a Saturday afternoon. Ida Crown's coach had successfully petitioned the Illinois High School Association to have the match delayed until after sunset.
In 2009, a mock trial club from the Modern Orthodox Maimonides School in suburban Boston reached the national championships in Atlanta only to discover the competition was scheduled for a Saturday. The organizers initially balked at a request to change the schedule, but the school enlisted a prominent Washington attorney and persuaded the Justice Department to write a letter on its behalf.
Two days before the competition, the mock trial group reversed its position, permitting Maimonides to schedule part of the competition on Thursday.
For its part, Beren has managed to bring considerable outside pressure to bear on TAPPS.
Articles about the Sabbath conflict were published this week in The New York Times and the Houston Chronicle, as well as on the ESPN website. The local chapter of the Anti-Defamation League weighed in, sending a letter to TAPPS urging the association to accommodate Beren.
"Many of the private and parochial schools with TAPPS membership are faith-based institutions where religious values are a significant part of the education process and the lives of students who attend," Martin Cominsky, ADL's Southwest Regional director, said in a statement Monday. "We hope TAPPS officials and board members will keep that in mind when looking at future game schedules, and adjust policies to be flexible when a school's games conflict with students' religious obligations."
But things don't always work out: In 2010, a yeshiva in Washington State forfeited a girls' basketball game in the state tournament that fell on a Jewish fast day after officials declined a request to reschedule the game.
Beren continues to hold out hope that TAPPS will reconsider and permit the team to play. Sinoff said an informal community task force has been working behind the scenes to reach an accord.
And the basketball team, which had never before competed in a state championship, launched a Facebook page and a Twitter campaign to rally support.
"We've had a really good year," Cole said. "We're always hopeful, obviously, but we're really playing our best basketball."


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You have hundreds, thousands, perhaps even millions of sensors in your stores, factories, pipelines. And something goes wrong. You need software that can make intelligent decisions in real time, perhaps coordinating hundreds of devices: stop the assembly line, reroute the flow.
Or you've created a SaaS service that's suddenly become wildly successful, with tens of thousands of users online at any given time. Your site is groaning under the strain. Your users demand real-time response, you need resiliency, you can't wait on SQL databases – and you need it to be easy to program so your developers can get it to market fast.
There's a solution, and it's been "battle-tested" in a surprising place: online video games, in particular, the best-selling "Halo" franchise from Microsoft. "Actor frameworks" make massive scale for millions of interacting users (or devices) a straightforward thing.
Think about it: when you log on to Halo online, there's a little piece of code running in the cloud – it represents you; and there may be hundreds of thousands of other players online simultaneously, all with their own little piece of code. That little code object is your "actor," and it keeps track of where you are in the game, your score, your weapons.
It's you in the cloud.
The same concept can be used for managing IoT sensors, cars, customers – any scenario where you have to keep track of lots of things at once. Little code objects that represent something real. Not you (or your sensor or your customer): but code in the cloud that acts on your behalf. An actor.
Which server is your actor running on? Where is your opponent's? What if the server fails? How do you scale? Your developers don't have to care: the framework takes care of all the low-level infrastructure, scale, networking, and failover.
The point: massive, distributed scale – which used to be a Hard Problem – isn't anymore. Your developers focus on business logic – adding value to your business.
The "actor frameworks" in Halo were originally developed by Microsoft Research and 343 Industries. But there's been such demand for a "productized" version that we've incorporated the actor model into our comprehensive next-generation microservice cloud application framework, called Service Fabric, available in Azure (and on-premises as well) today. Service Fabric is equally battle-hardened, being the evolution of the application infrastructure used in mission-critical applications like Skype for Business, Cortana, and a number of Azure services. It includes auto-scaling, integrated health monitoring, service healing, orchestration and automation for microservices of all kinds – actors, as well as containerized (like Docker) applications.
Because developers focus only on business logic, not infrastructure, actors accelerate your time to market. Dr. Gregory Athas, principal software architect at BMW, who implemented Service Fabric actors for their BMW Connected application, says, "We've found actors to be a natural way to model users in our system. They allow us to focus on our core functionality while inherently supporting persistence, scalability, and resiliency." Similarly, Stephen Berard of Schneider Electric adds, "Service Fabric reliable actors enabled us to build a scalable solution for implementing our device logic within EcoStruxure.io."
You may have detected a theme in our recent posts: that increasingly the cloud permits developers and analysts to focus on business logic, and not infrastructure. Actor-model is a great example of this: the cloud provides hyperscale, failover, and all sorts of other benefits, while your developers focus on adding value to your business.
That's what enterprise computing in the 21st century is all about.
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Oh, and a postscript: You can do all sorts of things with actors. One of my colleagues, Barry Briggs, wrote an actor-based spreadsheet – where each cell is an actor — a few years ago as a technology demonstration running in Azure. Using several hundred cores he was able to load and model the world's historical weather records – into one sheet.
Here he is demonstrating (with a nice technical description of actor model):


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Sandy has been a big wake up call to me, in part because it was supposed to do much more damage here, too. It's 2 weeks out and the area where I grew up is still without power, and much of NY and NJ are in the same boat.
Now, obviously many people have suffered a lot of loss and inconvenience. But what about g-free folks? Most of the food at shelters or evacuations sites is probably not gluten-free. It's a great time to plan ahead & investing in your future comfort and health NOW. After all, it seems like we've been having once a century storms about once a year, so the odds are it will come in handy.
Do you have a 3-day food supply as FEMA recommends? And what if you had to make it 2 weeks? I'd have enough food for 5 days because I have latent squirrel genes, but 2 weeks would be pushing it.
Here are some ideas. Some require hot water or a manual can opener.
- Canned beans Eden Foods Beans
Eden is tested for gluten and BPA free, too) - Canned chicken
- Canned salmon (bonus for ones with a pull top lid!)
- Canned tuna
- Canned soups and stews (a few brands that label as gluten-free are options from Progresso labeled g-free, Amy's Soup labeled g-free, Pacific foods, Dinty Moore Beef Stew or
select Dinty Moore microwavable cups etc.) - Canned veggies: canned tomatoes, corn, green beans.
- Jarred veggies: roasted red peppers, pickled veggies including pickles
- Condiments, ideally in little packages of mustard, mayo, etc.
- Jerky
- UHT (shelf stable) milk
or milk alternatives - Nut Butters or squeeze packs
Ready to go meals:
- GoPicnic has a variety of easy, ready to eat options
Go Picnic has a variety of nice options - St. Dafour has some ready to eat meals. Bonus—they're in local stores
These require heating:
- Gluten-free emergency kit
- Options from Trail Food Express
- My Own Meal
- Cold cereal—So many to choose from!
- Just hot add water G-free oatmeal packs
- Ready to eat rice, wild rice and quinoa packets, such as Seeds of Change (no gluten-ingredients used), Trader Joe's, etc. Caution on Uncle Ben's—some contain wheat.
- Nuts
- Seeds
- Bars:
- Larabars®
- Pure bars®
- Raw Revolution Bars®
- Kind bars®
- Bumble Bars®
- No Opportunity Wasted bar®
- NuGo bars®
- Zingbars®
- Rise bars
- Dried Fruit
- Fruit leather
- Canned fruit
- Tortilla chips & jarred salsa
- Potato chips (rice chips, etc.)
- Bagged pre-popped popcorn
- Crackers—gluten-free, of course, like Crunchmaster's or Mary's gone crackers
Sanity savers:
- Gluten-free chocolate
- Cookies—consider stashing a 2 pack of a gluten-free brand, like Pamela's, Enjoy Life, etc.
- Hot cocoa
- Tea
It's also worthwhile to think about
- water
- medications
- food for your furry, feathered or finned friends
- other necessities.
A camp stove, matches, a sterno, generator, etc. will come in handy, too. For other, more general preparedness resources please see the FEMA website.
And, of course, my sympathy for everyone directly involved in this disaster.
PS—The NY region still needs help. Please consider donating if you are so inclined!


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Bakersfield, Calif., May 2013 - ProSoft Technology, Inc., a leading industrial communication company, is pleased to announce the release of the IEC 60870-5-104 Client (PTQ-104C) and IEC 60870-5-104 Server (PTQ-104S) Communication Modules.
Each in-chassis module is a single-slot communications solution that provides high-speed data transfer across the Schneider Electric Quantum backplane. Both modules are fully supported in the Unity Hot-Standby architecture used in high availability systems.
The PTQ-104C module provides Client (master) capabilities and is used for applications that require data transfers from devices such as relays and power monitoring equipment on the IEC 60870-5-104 communications network. This module allows connections of up to four servers and can transfer up to 4000 words of data. The PTQ-104C module also allows remote connection over Ethernet to transfer configuration files and diagnostic functions.
The PTQ-104S Server module provides the ability to communicate with Quantum processors over an IEC 60870-5-104 communications network which allows data to be passed back and forth from the processor to a SCADA or DCS system. Remote connectivity via Ethernet has also been added to the PTQ-104S, allowing configuration files to transfer and have the ability to perform diagnostic functions remotely.


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- The Provincial Government of Negros Oriental through the 2012 General Fund [8918-153(12) / Account Code: Materials, Labor, Fuel/Oil/Equipment, Const. & Misc, Others] intends to apply the sum of Four Hundred Ninety Thousand Pesos (Php 490,000.00) being the Approved Budget of the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contractTo hire contractor to provide materials, labor, and equipment for the "Improvement of Road in Brgy. Lonoy, Bais City, Negros Oriental". Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
- The Province of Negros Oriental now invites bids for the rebidding of the requirement
Scope of Works |
To hire contractor to provide materials, labor, and equipment for the "Improvement of Road in Brgy. Lonoy, Bais City, Negros Oriental" (Bid No. T-146-2012) |
1. Signages 1 – Lot 2. Mobilization/Demobilization 1- Lot 3. Subgrade Preparation 1,710 Sq.m. 4. Aggregate Base Coarse 342 Cu.m. |
Completion of the Works is required 30 calendar days. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders.
- Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the "Government Procurement Reform Act".
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
- Interested bidders may obtain further information from BAC Secretariat, Provincial Government of Negros Oriental and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. working days.
OIC-BAC Secretariat Head / BAC Member
Office of the Secretary to the SP
LegislativeBuilding, Capitol Are, DumagueteCity 6200
Email: email@example.com
Facsimile: (035)422-8895 or 225-2841
Website: www.negor.gov.ph
- 5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address above and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00).
- 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before December 14, 2012 at 8:00 in the morning. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids shall be opened on December 14, 2012 at 8:30 in the morning at Old SP Session Hall, Capitol Building, Dumaguete City. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
- The BAC of the Province of Negros Orientalreserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
- For further information, please refer to:
Engr. Franco C. Alpuerto
Provincial Engineer's Office
Capitol Area, DumagueteCity
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Cheetah Robot is a fast-running quadruped developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA. It just blazed past its previous speed record, getting up to 28.3 mph, about 0.5 mph faster than Usain Bolt's fastest 20 meter split. This version of the Cheetah Robot runs on a treadmill with offboard power. Testing on an untethered outdoor version starts early next year. For more information about Cheetah or the other robots we develop, visit www.BostonDynamics.com.


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The Power of the Dog
Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
Released: 2021-11-17
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Sure, it's handy that your smartphone can remember and fill in usernames and passwords for your various web accounts. But it also means anyone else with access to your handset can log in to your most sensitive accounts, too.
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Sino-Forest Announces Revised CCAA Plan Implementation Date
TORONTO, Jan. 24, 2013 /CNW/ - Sino-Forest Corporation ("Sino-Forest" or the "Company") today announced that the Plan Implementation Date, the date on which the Company's CCAA Plan of Compromise and Reorganization dated December 3, 2012 (the "Plan") is to become effective, has been extended with the consent of the Initial Consenting Noteholders and the Monitor. While Sino-Forest has been working diligently with the Monitor and counsel to the Initial Consenting Noteholders to complete the implementation of the Plan, certain additional work is still necessary before the Plan can become effective. The Plan Implementation Date is now expected to occur on or about January 29, 2013 and in any event before the end of January, 2013.
This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws ("forward-looking statements"), including forward-looking statements relating to the expected timing of the Plan Implementation Date. The forward-looking statements expressed or implied by this news release are subject to important risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by the Company in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that the Company believes are appropriate in the circumstances. The results or events predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual results or events and are not guarantees of future performance of Sino-Forest. Factors which could cause results or events to differ from current expectations include, among other things: Sino-Forest's ability to complete the Plan in the time period contemplated, if at all, which is dependent on its ability to comply with the closing conditions to the Plan, many of which are significant and beyond the control of Sino-Forest; actions taken by the Company's noteholders, lenders, creditors, shareholders, and other stakeholders to enforce their rights; actions taken against the Company by governmental agencies and securities and other regulators; actions taken by the Monitor; the outcome of examinations and proceedings currently underway by law enforcement and securities regulatory authorities; the outcome of class action or other proceedings which have been or may in future be initiated against the Company; and the Company's ability to continue to operate without former senior management, almost all of whom have ceased to be employed by the Company; and other factors not currently viewed as material that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forwarding-looking statements. Sino-Forest Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
SOURCE: Sino-Forest Corporation
All inquiries regarding the Company's proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") should be directed to the Monitor, FTI Consulting, via email at: [email protected], or telephone: (416) 649-8094. Information about the CCAA proceedings, including copies of all court orders and the Monitor's reports, are available at the Monitor's website http://cfcanada.fticonsulting.com/sfc.


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7 Things You Should Do Now to Begin Your Music Career
Why so many good musicians struggle to begin their music career.
If you are like most people who want a career as a professional musician, the first question you ask is probably, "What do I have to do?" You ask this because you are not sure what you need to do first, second, third, etc. And it seems obvious that you must actually do things in order to move forward and launch your own music career.
Whether you are just starting out, or already have some experience in the music business, there are important steps you must take and many things you will need to do. However, the order in which you take each step will make a big difference in the results you get.
It's not about what you must do… It's about who you must become.
Some years ago, I had a great mentor who was a very successful entrepreneur. At that time, I was not yet very far along in my own music career. I asked him all the usual questions like, "How can I get on a world tour?", "Where should I send my CDs to?", "Who do I need to talk to at the record company?", "How can I make more money with my music and talents?", "What do I need to do to sell my music in other countries?", etc.
He replied, "Tom, you aren't ready for any of that yet. You might be ready as a musician, but you haven't really prepared yourself mentally. When you 'do things' now, you will make some progress along the way, but that isn't success – that won't create a lucrative and stable career over the long term. Successful people are successful not because they are intelligent or talented, nor do they succeed simply because they 'do the right things.' When you become 'success-minded', you will have the power to achieve success in anything you want to do. Don't worry now about 'doing things.' Let's begin working on 'who you must become.' Your success needs to be built from the inside first, then the external things you must do will fall into place much more easily.
I only proved him to be right when I reacted by saying, "I already know all this positive thinking stuff, I need specific advice on what, when, where and how to do things now."
His response back to me was, "Okay, Tom, if you really know this then I challenge you to show me at least twenty-five ways in which you have already implemented these mental concepts, on your own, into your music career."
I didn't have an answer to that. He continued, "The entrepreneurs and business people in any industry will know you are not really ready. They will smell your inferiority like a lion smells fear in its prey. And when they do, it generally won't be good for you. It would be like going into the jungle without a weapon, without shelter and without a guide."
After our discussion, I became convinced it was time to work more on who I needed to become before concerning myself with what I needed to do. Our first major task was to define exactly where my mental skills and preparedness for general success were.
To discover your mental preparedness for launching your own music career, take this three-minute quiz to find out.
7 Things You Should Do Now to Begin Your Music Career
- Don't get caught speeding. Listen to the advice already given above. Focusing first on who you need to become is more important to your long term success than focusing on 'what actions you should take'. Don't get caught speeding through Step One in order to get to Step Two faster. Who you will become will dramatically influence the results you receive when you are busy doing things in the future.
- 'inspect' what you 'expect'. What do you expect from yourself? What do you expect from life? What do you expect from others? Your entire life, up to this point, is a reflection of your own expectations. You alone control your own expectations. Only you can choose to expect greater things out of yourself, your life and your surroundings – when you do this you will become ready for the next step…
- Demand and Command. To expect greater things from yourself and life is an important step. But expectations won't have real power until and unless you demand from yourself and command yourself to do what is necessary for you to move forward no matter what obstacles, challenges, fears and setbacks you may encounter along the way. More importantly, you must demand and command even more from yourself when things ARE going well. Success often causes some people to lose their momentum. This happens to people who are not truly "success-minded," but have only been granted some shorter term success. When you become "success-minded," you will maintain high levels of demand and command in your life in all situations. This is key for long-term success – especially in the music business.
- Shoot Fire! How do other people perceive you? As a quiet, private, introverted or reserved person? Or as someone who is so filled with passion, intensity and commitment that they can see flames of fire shooting out from the back of your head? You already know that passion is the fuel which drives your actions to move toward what you want. Beyond this obvious point is another important component. When you are on fire, other people notice it and become attracted to you, what you do and what you have to offer. Highly successful people have an intensity about them, which most people do not possess. Many successful people will look for this quality in you as an indicator of what they perceive your success potential may be – this is especially true when you first meet a person who may be in a position of power to either help or hurt your career.Of course, be cautious not to come across as arrogant or obnoxious. Show people your attitude of expectancy, confidence, passion, determination, conviction and…. FIRE!
- Get Congruent. It should be your goal to align all (or most) of your daily thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, plans and actions with what you want to be, do and have. Although this might seem obvious, very few people truly focus on this in their daily lives. Typically, we may want to manifest a particular outcome, but we divide our mind into opposing directions. Here are two common examples…
- A guy constantly thinks about becoming a touring guitar player, but does not really expect it to actually happen. The lack of "expectance" leads to further incongruity, because, by wanting but not "believing" he will really become a touring guitarist, he won't make the necessary plans, contacts, and other actions which could take him there.
- College students, who want to become musicians, often major in a non music related (and non-entrepreneurial related) subject. In this case, most of these students' time and energy are spent doing things which take them only further from their musical aspirations. As a general rule, the more congruent you are, the faster and easier you will get where you want to go.
- Weed your garden….You might not always have the freedom to choose the physical location of where you live, but it is not always necessary to relocate your home. You can find success from virtually any physical place. In addition, not all of us have been blessed with supportive family environments. Although we cannot choose our family, we can choose our friends and other people we associate with (both on and offline). If the friends you have don't support you, find new friends who will. The environment where your mind lives is very important. You must find supportive, positive and empowering peer group environments. People who have similar aspirations, ambitions and experience in the areas you seek are like good soil for which your career can develop and grow. Negative, pessimistic and disempowering people are like weeds. Do people around you build you up or tear you down? Associate with other success minded people, surround yourself with them. It's hard for flowers to grow among weeds, so weed your garden.
- Don't depend on the sun and rain alone…. use fertilizer! Your musical skills (no matter how great they may be) will not be enough to create and sustain a significant level of success in the music industry (sad but true). You may even already have a reasonably decent understanding of how the music business works today (though most people don't). Becoming a successful professional musician is a lot like being a gardener. To be sure your career grows, you need high quality seed (your mental preparedness), lots of sun (knowledge and skills), rain (physical action), and fertilizer (a mentor). Yes, it is possible to grow a blooming flower without fertilizer, but the chances of long-term life and maximum healthy growth go way up when you use fertilizer. The same is true with your level of success as a professional musician.
The average person's score on the assessment mentioned above is 4 out of 10. Take the assessment yourself to find out what your score is.
It matters little where you are now, it matters greatly what you are willing to do now….
About the author:Tom Hess is a professional touring guitarist and recording artist. He teaches, trains and mentors musicians from all around the world. Visit http://www.tomhess.net/MusicCareer.aspx to discover highly effective musician learning resources – free advice, lessons and online assessments.
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CCG also provides Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Compliance Software Tool for contractors, suppliers, primes, and subcontractors to assess their network and its security modules before the audit conducted by a certified third-party assessment organization (C3PAO). If your organization needs to be certified at the appropriate CMMC level to bid on Request For Proposal (RFPs) then CCG could be of great help.
CheckMate is leading the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Cybersecurity world and CCG is delivering solutions derived from the world's most comprehensive developed intelligence platform called Phen.AI"
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Reading I Zep 3:14-18a
Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!
Sing joyfully, O Israel!
Be glad and exult with all your heart,
O daughter Jerusalem!
The LORD has removed the judgment against you
he has turned away your enemies;
the King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst,
you have no further misfortune to fear.
On that day, it shall be said to Jerusalem:
Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged!
The LORD, your God, is in your midst,
a mighty savior;
he will rejoice over you with gladness,
and renew you in his love,
he will sing joyfully because of you,
as one sings at festivals.
Responsorial Psalm Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6.
R. (6) Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.
God indeed is my savior;
I am confident and unafraid.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
With joy you will draw water
at the fountain of salvation.
R. Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.
Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name;
among the nations make known his deeds,
proclaim how exalted is his name.
R. Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.
Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement;
let this be known throughout all the earth.
Shout with exultation, O city of Zion,
for great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel!
R. Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.
Reading II Phil 4:4-7
Brothers and sisters:
Rejoice in the Lord always.
I shall say it again: rejoice!
Your kindness should be known to all.
The Lord is near.
Have no anxiety at all, but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
make your requests known to God.
Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding
will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Alleluia Is 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Lk 3:10-18
The crowds asked John the Baptist,
"What should we do?"
He said to them in reply,
"Whoever has two cloaks
should share with the person who has none.
And whoever has food should do likewise."
Even tax collectors came to be baptized and they said to him,
"Teacher, what should we do?"
He answered them,
"Stop collecting more than what is prescribed."
Soldiers also asked him,
"And what is it that we should do?"
He told them,
"Do not practice extortion,
do not falsely accuse anyone,
and be satisfied with your wages."
Now the people were filled with expectation,
and all were asking in their hearts
whether John might be the Christ.
John answered them all, saying,
"I am baptizing you with water,
but one mightier than I is coming.
I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
His winnowing fan is in his hand to clear his threshing floor
and to gather the wheat into his barn,
but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
Exhorting them in many other ways,
he preached good news to the people.
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Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.


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You're reading NPR's weekly roundup of education news.
Secret Service releases guide to prevent school shootings
Build a team of people to monitor the school and its students. Define unacceptable and concerning behaviors. Have a hub where people can report suspicious activity. Determine when the police should be involved.
These are the first steps of an eight-part plan released by the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center on Thursday and designed to protect schools from potential attacks. It says that because there is no general profile of a student attacker, schools need to be aware of behavior patterns that could indicate someone is planning an attack. If those patterns are identified early, acts of violence might be prevented.
The Secret Service has been researching best practices for school safety since the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, but the new guide was prompted by this year's attacks at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida and Santa Fe High School in Texas.
Ed Department sued for delaying review on special education students
A nonprofit advocacy group is suing the Education Department after it pushed back an Obama-era deadline for states to investigate whether racial bias plays a role when students are placed in special education.
In the lawsuit, nonprofit Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates says students of color have historically been overidentified as having disabilities. Because of that, students might not have access to the kinds of classrooms and learning they actually need to thrive. The organization expressed concern that misidentifying students of color could lead to more segregated classes.
The original deadline for states to comply with the Obama-era rule was July 1 of this year, but it has been pushed back to July 1, 2020.
Private school vouchers in Puerto Rico ruled unconstitutional
When Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló approved an education reform bill that included establishing charter schools and vouchers, teachers and their unions across the island spoke out in protest.
Now a judge in Puerto Rico has ruled that private school vouchers are against the territory's constitution. Superior Judge Iris Cancio González also ruled that charter-like "alianza" schools, created in the same reform, can only be operated by the University of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico's municipalities. The Puerto Rican government plans to appeal the ruling.
Critics say the governor and Puerto Rico Education Secretary Julia Keleher are using the damage from Hurricane Maria to justify privatization.
The government plans to close more than 250 schools because of declining enrollment. For some families, this means their kids will have to transfer to schools far from home. Keleher has said charter schools will give students more and better options as the school system shrinks.


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