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27184 Ortega Highway, Suite 208
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
With IV sedation you'll have no memory of your dental procedure at our San Juan Capistrano area sedation dentistry practice. Since you are safely sedated during the treatment, you experience virtually no pain. You'll simply wake up to your successful results.
Dr. Shubin provides secure implant dentures in the San Juan Capistrano area. Implant retained dentures won't slip, and are a long-lasting solution to missing teeth.
You'll talk, eat and smile with more confidence. Your self esteem will return with your new natural-looking teeth.
San Juan Capistrano area restorative dentistry at Nicholas Shubin, DDS, DABOI, DICOI, MAGD can produce natural-looking results. If you have a damaged or missing tooth, we can help.
Our highly skilled team will assess your need for a crown, bridge, implant or other procedure to restore or improve your smile. Our goal is to provide quality dental care for your life-long oral health.
Did you know that cosmetic braces from trusted San Juan Capistrano area braces dentist Nicholas Shubin, D.D.S. can deliver stunning results beyond straighter teeth? He can evaluate you for Damon™ clear braces. They're designed to subtly change the shape of your face while fixing crooked teeth, bite problems and teeth with gaps.
The doctor will gladly answer all of you questions about this cutting-edge orthodontic approach. You can set up an appointment at your convenience to discuss creating your gorgeous new smile.
Safe, anxiety-free dentistry with San Juan Capistrano area dentist Dr. Nicholas Shubin means you can have dental treatments done quickly while you're lightly sedated, with little or no discomfort.
You no longer have to tolerate feeling uncomfortable, hiding your smile, or putting off dental work because of a busy schedule. You'll feel relaxed during your dental appointment, and relieved that your oral health is in good hands.
23318 Olivewood Plaza Drive Suite A & B
Moreno Valley, CA 92553
If you need gum disease treatment, Moreno Valley area gum disease dentist, Dr. Shea offers extensive experience. Unhealthy gums can be a risk factor for more serious health problems if not treated promptly.
Our professional team will assess your situation and create a personalized treatment plan. We're committed to your life-long healthy gums and teeth.
If you're looking for dentures that look great and last, look no further than Shea Family Dentistry located in the Moreno Valley, CA area. John Shea, D.D.S. will assess your needs and fit you with durable, comfortable, natural-looking dentures - at a price you can afford.
At Shea Family Dentistry, serving the Moreno Valley, CA area, Dr. John Shea offers Electronic Dental Anesthesia (EDA) to help greatly reduce the sensation of an injection. The EDA is a battery-operated device that sends mild electrical impulses through a finger pad that Dr. Shea holds against the tissue surrounding your tooth. This produces a pulsating, tingling sensation which effectively masks the discomfort of an injection.
For natural-looking prosthodontics, Moreno Valley area dentures dentist John Shea, D.D.S. has extensive experience. Our team uses quality materials and current techniques to deliver the results you want.
We'll assess your situation and design a treatment plan to replace your missing teeth. You'll be able to smile again with confidence and ease.
Moreno Valley area periodontics dentist, Dr. Shea offers extensive experience. Gingivitis and bleeding gums can be risk factors for more serious health problems if not treated promptly.
Our friendly and highly-trained team will assess your needs and design an individual treatment plan. We're here to help you maintain healthy gums and teeth for life.
25251 Paseo de Alicia, Suite 202
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Alicia Dental is a trusted Laguna Hills area dental implants practice providing natural-looking, comfortable tooth replacement. We make it our mission to use a gentle touch during the process.
We hold ourselves to the highest standards to replace missing teeth and provide you with natural-looking results. Our goal is to restore your confidence and your bright, healthy smile.
The friendly, caring staff of Alicia Dental in the Laguna Hills, California area strive to make you feel comfortable and well-cared for at your dentist appointment. Robert Kluss, D.D.S. is committed to serving you and your family's dental needs, year after year. Come and see what we have to offer in a professional setting where top-notch customer service still matters.
If you are quite anxious about visiting the dentist, Alicia Dental offers pre-medication sedation to help you relax before you arrive for your appointment. Once you've arrived at our Laguna Hills area office, the full sedation medication will be administered, and you will wake up to the results you desired - relaxed and with little or no memory of the dental treatment itself.
Second opinions are readily given by Robert Kluss, D.D.S., at his practice in the Laguna Hills, CA area. Dr. Kluss wants you to be able to make an informed decision about your oral health needs. Dr. Kluss believes that if a treatment plan is sound, particularly one that is major and/or expensive, it should hold up to scrutiny by other dental professionals.
If you're looking for a more pleasing, silver-free smile, you'll want Laguna Hills area dentist Dr. Robert Kluss to replace your amalgam fillings with natural-looking composite fillings. Tooth-colored fillings are thought to be safer and more attractive than older silver amalgam fillings. Dr. Kluss will precisely match your new tooth-colored composite fillings with the natural color of your teeth, providing you with virtually invisible fillings.
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Murrieta, CA, 92562-5985
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Murrieta, CA, 92562
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It's called sedation dentistry (performed by a specially trained dentist called a sedation dentist), and it may well be the greatest advance ever made towards truly comfortable and anxiety free dentistry procedures.
For a lot of people, the unpleasantness of a dental appointment isn't so much fear as it is stress from that "in-your-face" aspect of the procedure.
We all have our own sense of personal space. And when hands and tools enter the mouth, as they must, the feeling can get downright claustrophobic. Fortunately, there's an antidote to this problem, anxiety-free dentistry!
After an initial consultation with a sedation dentist you'll take a medication just before your next visit. You'll need a friend to help transport you to and from the office safely.
When you arrive for your appointment you'll be awake, but drowsy. Most important, you'll be relaxed and anxiety free. While you're in the chair, the sedation dentist and team monitors you closely. You won't be unconscious, you'll just enjoy a soothing mental and emotional "distance" from the goings on.
Next thing you'll know, your dentist is telling you the procedure is complete and it is time to go home - thanks to anxiety-free dentistry.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was right: the only thing we have to fear is … fear itself.
Many times, the worst part of a procedure is the anxiety a patient endures before even climbing into the chair. It's a problem that's preventable, and your dentist would like to help you with that right now.
If you (or someone you care about) has an appointment that's beginning to darken your thoughts, try this: First focus on the specifics of your dental fear. Is it the procedure in general, or a particular piece of equipment, or a vague sense of invasion of the privacy of your mouth? Once you've got it pinned down, talk with your dentist about it. If it's general dental anxiety, your dentist can help you feel better. If it's concern over a specific instrument or technique, often your dentist can change the way he does things.
You can help the "pre-op jitters" by avoiding stimulants (coffee, cocoa, sugar) six hours before your visit. And concentrate on breathing naturally; denying yourself oxygen increases anxiety.
Finally, there's a matter of trust. When your dentist describes a procedure, ask him to be honest. Ask him to tell you if it will be uncomfortable or stressful, if he tells you it won't be, believe him. And spare yourself the unnecessary burden of dental phobia.


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Date: 16th April, 2018
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) is welcoming further calls for changes to keep consumers safe from potentially deadly fridges and freezers.
Consumer champion 'Which' has called for all plastic-backed refrigeration products to be urgently removed from sale. The warning follows a Which investigation carried out on more than 500 of the most popular appliances which revealed the backing on almost half of those tested are made of unsafe plastic that poses a potential fire risk.
The UK Fire and Rescue Service has been lobbying manufacturers since 2012 to make changes to the way fridges and freezers are made to ensure they have fire resistant backing to cover the flammable foam inside them.
Head of Prevention and Protection at DWFRS, Area Manager Seth Why said: "Not covering a fridge back in fully fire-retardant material is an unnecessary risk and there are still too many appliances on sale without this in place. While most fridges and freezers work safely for years, they are potentially the most dangerous appliance in the home if they are involved in a blaze because they contain so many flammable materials.
Area Manager Why continued "They are also one of the few electrical items to always be left on when you are sleeping. We are not trying to scare consumers, but it's important people are aware of the risks. We would urge consumers to ensure they register any new white goods or electrical products with the manufacturer, to ensure they can be informed if any dangerous faults are discovered in the future".
Before buying a new fridge or freezer, you should check to see what the back is made of and avoid buying one that is plastic backed. Here are some simple steps you can take to help keep you safe.
- If you are concerned about the safety of a product stop using it and make your concern known to the retailer, manufacturer or your local Trading Standards office.
- Clean your tumble dryer filter after every load.
- Don't overload sockets with lots of energy-hungry appliances – follow the one plug per socket rule.
- A list of recalled products is available on the gov.uk Product Recall page.
- Always make sure new appliances are registered so that manufacturers can contact you in the event of any problems – it takes minutes to registermyappliance.org.uk
- Make sure you have working smoke or heat alarms
- Always keep your white goods in a safe place out of the way and avoid keeping them in escape routes such as hallways and landings
If you are concerned about this or any other potential fire hazard in your home, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue provide free home safety advice and can provide a free Safe and Well check. For more information, please have a look at dwfire.org.uk.

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The Shell takes the well-deserved place among the legendary works of art by Niko Kralj. The Lounge Chair got its final shape in 1956 and soon became one of the most sought-after items. The basic idea was to use two equally formed plywood panels for the seat and backrest. Due to its minimalistic form, The Shell is extremely elegant, while maintaining its full ergonomics.
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When I first arrived in New York City, I took full advantage of all the culture around me. I was a regular in the Broadway ticket lines. I visited as many museums as would have me. I was all about flashing my NYU student ID . In fact, one Saturday, I hit three museums!
I went to MoMA, The Met, Guggenheim. I toured Irish immigrants' housing at the Tenement Museum. I tried to touch the space shuttle at the Enterprise Sea, Air and Space Museum. I even went to a smell exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design.
Then that stopped.
In fact, I mentioned to a friend recently that the last museum I went to was the Chocolate Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. And that featured a cartoon, starring candy bar characters. Not exactly the height of sophistication (but free candy!).
I've since been to the Queens Museum at Flushing Meadow and the Ellis Island Museum.
My heart is telling me that my New York story is nearing its epic conclusion, so my head is telling me, "hurry up and visit more museums and see more shows!"
I was thrilled that my friend Jen asked if I wanted to see Much Ado at Shakespeare in the Park today. Um, yes!
Tickets are free, but you have to wait in line. It was the most sophisticated line wait I've ever done. People were reading from actual books – even while walking. I shared my blanket with strangers-turned-friends on either side of me in line. I enjoyed a nice Central Park breeze on a gorgeous day. And all that before show time!
Now to see which museums are open on my day off – Monday.


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In response to being dropped by the network, Trump sends a letter to Univision CEO Falco informing him that "no Univision officer or representative" is allowed to use his Trump National Doral, the resort and golf club immediately adjacent to Univision offices in Miami.
Please be advised that under no circumstances is any officer or representative of Univision allowed to use Trump National Doral, Miami—its golf courses or any of its facilities. Also, please immediately stop work and close the gate which is being constructed between our respective properties. If this is not done within one week, we will close it…Please congratulate your Mexican Government officials for having made such outstanding trade deals with the United States. However, inform them that should I become President, those days are over. We are bringing jobs back to the U.S. Also, a meaningful border will be immediately created, not the laughingstock that currently exists.
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[Univision Communications Inc.] employees should not stay at Trump properties while on company business or hold events/activities there.


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The first thing you need to know about Ronan Tynan is that the man can sing. No less than Pavarotti himself called his voice beautiful and pure. But that's not all he can do. He's a trained orthopedist, a recording artist, a winner of 18 Paralympic gold medals (he holds nine Paralympic world records), a motivational speaker, a memoirist and a teacher at the University of Kentucky. And he's coming to Patchogue on Saturday, April 1. Recently he took time out from his whirlwind schedule to talk to us about his upcoming show.
You've performed at many different events including sporting events, benefits concerts and even Presidents Reagan's state funeral. Does one event stand out as the most memorable?
Around 9/11, I sung at 67 funerals and at Madison Square Garden for the FDNY memorial. That was a big event, as was the memorial at Yankee Stadium. Unfortunately those were sad events, so that's a tough question because looking back, the biggest events were the saddest ones.
What about an event that wasn't so sad?
When I first performed at Madison Square Garden in 2000, walking out to 20,000 people and the people in first two rows throwing their jackets—that was a memorable event and was really unbelievable.
Where haven't you performed that you would like to?
I've performed all over the world. But I'd love to sing at the Oscars. I'd love to have a song that was up for an Oscar or a Grammy—that would be neat.
Can you talk about your experience working with Pavarotti?
I was in a competition back in 1995. It was an amazing experience and [Pavarotti] actually said to me, "You have a beautiful, pure voice. You are a big man so you need to harness that beautiful sound." I sung in Modena with him. That was a big deal. He was amazing. And I've had experiences with a lot of other, I suppose you could say, Masters: James King, a couple of Italians, Ugo Benelli.
How have your disabilities informed or affected your various career paths?
I was born with an abnormality of my feet plus I was a passionate motorbike man. In the process of being a passionate motorbike man I had a bad motorbike accident and, as a result of that, had to have both limbs amputated. So, I was always going to do medicine. That was always in the cards. And I was always going to sing. It was a matter of which was going to come first, the medicine or the singing. It was like the horse and the cart, which one was I going to jump on first. I ended up jumping on medicine first.
Are you currently working on any projects?
Oh yes. I have three solo projects to try to get going in June so I'm under real pressure to get material and recordings, so in June I'm going to be fairly swamped.
Do you have a favorite song to perform?
No. I try not to pick a favorite song because if you give one song more favor than the others, it always means that you don't give the others the same kind of treatment.
Have you ever made it out to the East End before?
I certainly have, yes. It's beautiful there, just beautiful.
Will you be spending some time out here after your performance?
No, after my performance I have to come straight back [to New York] and I head to Ireland very soon after that.
Spend an evening with Irish Tenor Ronan Tynan Saturday, April 1 at Patchogue Theater. Tickets are $48 plus fees and can be purchased at patchoguetheater.org


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Fe(NO)2 Bound Metallodithiolates as Pendant Bases: An Illustration in Biomimetics
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Literature Review Clean energies, as solar and wind power, have been used to produce electric energy, but the storage of electric power in batteries is not sufficient, and the production of batteries also generates waste. Keeping these energies in chemical bonds, the H-H bonds, would give a more sufficient way since the later use of this chemical bond energy will only generate water releasing to the atmosphere. But the efficiency of utilizing the electricity energy for hydrogen production is still ineffective. An efficient catalyst is needed to increase the efficiency and lower the cost for dihydrogen production. The [FeFe]-hydrogenase, discovered by Stephenson and Stickland in 1931 were found to be produce hydrogen in nature. [1] The hydrogenase is an enzyme that the active sites locate on the protein molecule. The active site of [FeFe]-hydrogenase enzyme with a pendant amine base inspires a profound interest in synthesizing such heterobimetallic model complexes for dihydrogen production. [2], [3] Previous studies of [MN2S2•Fe(CO)(η5-C5H5)]+ complexes indicated the hemi-lability of metallodiothiolates and their proficiency to act as a pendant base facilitating electrocatalysis for hydrogen production. [4] 1 Thesis Statement This research focus on the synthesis of a similar structure, [M(N2S2) •Fe(Imes)(NO)2]+, (M = Ni, Co(NO)) and the illustration of the free thiolate of this complex which could act like a pendant base. Theoretical Framework The basicity of the free thiolate of the heterobimetallic complex can be illustrated by binding with proton. Since proton is not detectable by X-ray diffraction, Au+ complexes are used to show that the free thiolates of [M(N2S2) •Fe(Imes)(NO)2]+ (M = Ni, Co(NO)) complexes act as a pendent base for substitute since its similar electron configuration arrangement. Thus, Au+ complexes are surrogates of protons to mimic the protonation process for the illustration. Project Description Our present research pursues binding of metallodithiolates (M = Ni2+, Fe(NO)2+, Co(NO)2+) to a carbene (Imes) stabilized {Fe(NO)2}9 core that result in a thiolate bridged (μ-S) monomeric or dimeric formulation. The addition of Au+ complexes into the bimetallic complexes results in a mimic of protonation to the free thiolate. The following isolation of Au+ bound trimetallic intermediate that will indirectly verify the concept of thiolates as pendant bases. Synthetically, addition of an acetonitrile adduct of [AuPPh3]+ to [M(N2S2) •Fe(Imes)(NO)2]+ (M = Ni2+, Fe(NO)2+, Co(NO)2+) at -40 oC, under anaerobic conditions, will be used to trap the [M(N2S2)•Fe(AuPPh3)(Imes)(NO)2]2+ trimatallic intermediate. The synthesized [M(N2S2) •Fe(Imes)(NO)2]+ (M = Ni2+, Fe(NO)2+, Co(NO)2+) complexes will be characterized by X-ray diffraction and in the solution state by infrared (IR), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
Tong, Yicheng (2017). Fe(NO)2 Bound Metallodithiolates as Pendant Bases: An Illustration in Biomimetics. Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /164582.


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Family Worship for the Thanksgiving Season
This is the third in Ray Rhodes's series of volumes intended to assist families in their joyful duty of Family Worship.
"Over 40 million Americans will travel 50 or more miles during the Thanksgiving holiday to visit with family and friends. With the growth of America, since its founding, has also come the scattering of families across the land. Thanksgiving Day calls families to journey 'over the river and through the wood' to sit around the table, enjoy a meal and remember days gone by. In the homes of Christians, Thanksgiving serves as another opportunity to recount the faithfulness of God and to give Him thanks.
I pray that this book will be a help to you as you lead your family to worship God! Each day includes a Scripture reading, historical glimpse and theological thought. Read these sections with your family and consider adding a hymn and prayer of thanksgiving as a part of your regular family worship activities." — Ray Rhodes, author
Family Worship for the Thanksgiving Season can add a valuable dimension to your family's joy and understanding this meaningful season.
"What a complete joy it is to offer my blessing and recommendation of Ray Rhodes's book. Ray has given us a doxological feast of 31 creative lessons which offer the fruit of both an informed mind and enflamed heart. The beauty of Ray's writing may only be surpassed by the beauty of his family–the precious community in which our brother has invested so much of his heart and cultivated his tremendous love for the gospel and God's people. Not only your Thanksgiving season, but your entire year will be enriched by highly accessible and Biblically faithful reflections."
— Scotty Smith, Pastor for Preaching, Teaching and Worship Christ Community Church, Franklin, TN
"Ray Rhodes has provided another devotional gem that families who want to worship God in their homes will find useful. Though Thanksgiving tends to be more about travel, sporting events and food than about genuine gratitude to our Creator, the very name of the holiday provides an opportunity to stop and reflect on God's goodness. This book is an excellent guide in remembering God's mercies that are provided in the gospel while taking note of His kind providence in the history of America. Use it to stir up thanksgiving in your home as Thanksgiving approaches on your calendar."
— Dr. Tom Ascol, Executive Director Founders Ministries
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"After reading this latest work by Ray Rhodes, I have never been more convinced that God has uniquely called him to write on Family Worship for our generation. His genuine burden is contagious and is being embraced by many at this needy hour. Could there be a better time in our nation's history for a Christian and his family to learn afresh or revisit the early moments of our nation's founding? Enter into the world of Pilgrim America. Relive that first Thanksgiving season. Follow our forefathers from Holland to Cape Cod. Then, emulate their faith. Pass it on to your children. And pray for God's mercy upon the USA."
— Pastor Jerry Marcellino, Audubon Drive Bible Church, Laurel, Mississippi, and author of Rediscovering Family Worship
About the Author
Ray Rhodes is pastor of Grace Community Church of Dawsonville, Georgia. He is the Director of Nourished in the Word Ministries, and is author of many books, including Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon. For family worship, Ray also wrote Family Worship for the Reformation Season and Family Worship for the Christmas Season. Ray and his wife Lori and children live in the Atlanta area. Ray also regularly blogs at http://www.dancingpuritan.com/


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Hi Experts,
Good day.
I would like to seek your assistance in achieving the following condition:
A cron script will run daily and hourly that will move the file to a certain directory based on the date and time specified in the file name. Format of the file name is mmddyyHHMM_DBCET.CSV
Example 1:
For instance, Cron Script will run on June 1, 2013 at 12 Midnight and the source directory has the following files:
Cron script will just move the files 0531132345_DBCET.CSV and 0531132307_DBCET.CSV but 0531132245_DBCET.CSV will be left on the source directory
Example 1:
For instance, Cron Script will run on June 1, 2013 at 8AM and the source directory has the following files:
Cron script will just move the files 0601130745_DBCET.CSV and 0601130707_DBCET.CSV but 0601130645_DBCET.CSV will be left on the source directory.
NOTE: cron script will move file just lagging an hour based on its file name as compared to the execution time of the cron script.
Any insights or assistance in greatly appreciated.
Thanks and Regards,
I don't think awk is the best tool for this problem. I would use a scripting language like perl. If a perl solution works for you, I might look at it.
Hi Nails,
Yes, I am open to use this one, although, I don't have knowledge on it, will just read the basics of perl.
Sorry it took so long to answer this. My real job was getting in the way.
This perl program changes to the src directory and lists all files with a CSV extension. This program changes the datetime stamp to epoch (the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970) and then comparing to the system datetime.
When the program works the way you want it, change the system command to use move, mv, instead of copy, cp.
Let me know if you have any questions:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Time::Local; use English; my $mysrc = "/home/nails/src"; # set your source directory my $destdir = "/home/nails/destdir"; # set your destination directory chdir $mysrc or die "can not change directory\n"; my $mday; my $mon; my $year; my $hour; my $min; my $sec; my $fileepochtime; my $epochtime = time(); my $totalsecs = 3600; # number of seconds in an hour my $pivotime = $epochtime - $totalsecs; my $mycmd; my @files = <*.CSV>; # get all the CSV files foreach my $file (@files) { if($file =~ /^[0-9]{10}/) # file name must start with 10 digits { # parse the time from the file name $mon = substr($file, 0, 2); $mday = substr($file, 2, 2); $year = substr($file, 4, 2); $hour = substr($file, 6, 2); $min = substr($file, 8, 2); $sec = 0; $year = "20" . $year; $fileepochtime = timelocal($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon-1,$year); if($fileepochtime >= $pivotime) { print $file . "\n"; # move to the destination directory $mycmd = "cp " . $file . " " . $destdir; system($mycmd); if($CHILD_ERROR != 0) { print "system function error $!\n"; exit; } } } }


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My role on: helping drive down the cost of renewable energy
Posting date:8/27/2019 3:36 PM
Gillian is a senior engineer in our offshore wind business, is based at the Bristol office, and has been with Atkins for 10 years when she joined in the nuclear decommissioning team.
Her work is currently focused on the asset integrity of offshore windfarms, which she says is important as we're making it easier and hopefully cheaper to run the wind farms once they've been installed and generating electricity, in turn helping drive down the cost of wind energy generally.
How would you describe your work on current projects?
I've done quite a bit of design work previously but at the moment I'm technical lead on two asset integrity jobs: the first is remediation work for one of the earlier windfarms, and Analysis of Foundation Surface Deviations for one of the largest offshore windfarm developers.
The former is supporting the ongoing remediation of the grouted connection, where bearings are installed to support the Transition Piece and prevent further slippage. It consists of mainly regular reviews of how the work is going, answering Technical Queries and occasional studies where issues need to be looked at in further detail.
The latter is assessing the fatigue details on the Transition Pieces of 5 in-service wind farms and reviewing observation reports to classify coating defects. I've developed a tool that was for primary steel design on Triton Knoll (windfarm currently being constructed off the coast of Lincolnshire) to help automate the process. The final reports give a snapshot of the fatigue damage on the structures to date, as well as allowable behaviour if the life of the coating or Stress Concentration Factors are changed at particular details.
Why does your work matter to you?
As mentioned above, this asset integrity work is important because we're making it easier and hopefully cheaper to run the wind farms once they've been installed and generating electricity. This should help drive down the cost of wind energy generally. I like that it's making a tangible difference, as well as being varied and interesting technical work with a good pace.
What makes you proud of what you do?
There's so much coverage in the news at the moment on climate change and what the world needs to put in place to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C. I'm really proud that it's my day job to work on one of the solutions for that. Also, I've got a 3 year old son so I've met a lot of other women at mums' groups in the last few years and they're always quite impressed when I say what I do. There's still a minority of women in engineering so I feel quite proud to be visible as a female engineer. I like it when my son proclaims "mummy designs 'winter-bines!'"
Can you tell us about a time that you visited a client or site?
I've been on site when I worked in nuclear. I spent a year on the construction site so the view was constantly changing. While working on Dudgeon offshore windfarm (off the coast of Norfolk), the first offshore wind project I worked on, I got to visit the Smulders fabrication yard near Antwerp in Belgium before they started fabricating our Atkins design. It was amazing to see the scale of the monopiles, jacket structures and transition pieces in the yard – a 6m diameter transition piece looks a lot bigger in real life! It was really helpful for understanding just what was involved in some of the tasks our design would require, such as painting and weld grinding, and particularly the human health and safety implications of those activities.
What would you tell someone looking to go into a similar career to you?
Do it. There are so many problems for the world to solve and engineering in renewable energy is right at the front end of that work. It's a rewarding, well paid and really interesting career so worth pursuing. Practically it's good to try to find some work experience and to look at doing summer placements during university, both as a way of building up contacts and helping to narrow down a bit on what specifically you're interested in.
If you are inspired by Gillian's story, explore how you too can work with us!
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Geocaching is a GPS treasure hunting game. The first time we geocached was in September 2005 while camping in New York in the old trailer. Over the next few years we found 38 caches in 8 states.
After a few bad caches in 2006 we stopped doing it, they were either damaged or we couldn't find them. A couple years ago we tried looking for one on Lummi Island but didn't have any luck.
Well yesterday after work, we gave it another go with (you guessed it) the Watsons. We went looking for a cache called "Phat Quarters," and really almost gave up when Tim The Spy found the ammo box.
From there Brian really wanted to stop by another nearby cache, where I finally broke our losing streak and found the box with a very long list of signatures from previous adventurers.
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Nothing! We had left over mac and cheese at lunch and it seemed to stick with us all day.
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Everyone from Nas to Janelle Monae was excited to be on the President's playlist.
Earlier today, Barack Obama "dropped" (his words) a two part summer playlist, also serving as a cultural farewell as his eight years in the White House come to a close this fall. Barry O's taste in music runs the gamut, but most relevant to HNHH are the many hip hop and R&B artists he included in both the daytime and nighttime segments.
It appears the artists featured on the playlist weren't given a heads up beforehand, as many of the artists have taken to Twitter to show their appreciation for the POTUS. Among the more interesting selections was Chance The Rapper's "Acid Rain," which appeared in the image President Obama tweeted, but isn't actually on the playlist because Acid Rap is not on Spotify. Chance doesn't seem perturbed by it though.
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Tiny lion cubs watched 'The Lion King' and they absolutely loved it
They just can't wait to be king! These lion cubs have been captured in a video watching 'The Lion King'.
The cubs appear to love the Disney movie - they are transfixed by the screen.
It is unclear whether they know the cartoons are supposed to represent lions.
In the film, which is believed to have been captured in North America, the animals are sitting on a sofa in a home, watching television.
Despite the human standing just next to them, filming them, their eyes are glued to the film.
Many animals are able to watch television.
Humans need around 20 images a second (Hertz) to perceive TV as continuous video, while dogs need about 70Hz. Dogs may not recognise images on old TVs (around 60Hz), but they should see video clearly on new HD sets (120Hz or more).
Chimpanzees can also watch television, and remember what they have seen.
A study, aimed at testing the memory skills of chimps and bonoboshas found that the animals become very engrossed in movies that feature human characters dressed in ape suits.
The primates were tested to see if they could anticipate and remember the memorable events that they saw on screen. They aced the tests, even if they watched the film only once.
The findings, published in the journal Current Biology, found that the six chimps and two bonobos got so engrossed in the films featuring humans dressed in chimp suits, that they couldn't be distracted, even by their favourite food.
Fumihiro Kano of Kyoto University, Japan, said in a press release: "We were giving juice while showing the videos to them, but some of them even forgot to drink juice and stared at the movies!"


text: Last month, we reported on the Edinburgh Shoreline Project and how, over the coming year, scientists and conservationists will work with local people to search for little-known species, explore rock pools and mudflats and undertake practical conservation work. One part of this will be an exhibition by the award-winning sculptor Julia Barton. Although based in Portobello, Julia's work is part of a much bigger, Scotland-wide project – the Littoral Art Project – aimed at explaining the harm that plastic does to our shoreline and the value of all that material that's just been thrown away. She's producing sculptures, such as the one in the photograph #LitterCUBES, from items she's collected – this little blue box is made of cotton bud sticks found on our own beaches in Portobello.


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Nitrous oxide, also known as "laughing gas", is a mild form of sedation that is delivered with a mixture of oxygen through a nose mask, as the patient breathes in and out normally. When the procedure is over, the nitrous oxide gas is turned off but oxygen will continue to flow through the mask for 3 to 5 minutes so that the gas is flushed from the system. Nitrous is safe to use during treatment and once the gas is turned off, it is completely out of the body. There are no lingering effects.
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Plant Phenotyping Market Expected to Reach $268.1 million by 2023
Europe accounted for the largest share of the plant phenotyping market in 2017; followed by North America and Asia Pacific. High emphasis on the funding of plant phenotyping experiments from governments and other organizations in Europe and North America has played a vital role in the growth of the plant phenotyping market in these regions.
[UKPRwire, Mon Sep 17 2018] The report "Plant Phenotyping Market by Product (Equipment (Site, Platform/Carrier, Application, Analysis System, Automation Level), Sensor (Image Sensors, NDVI Sensors, Temperature Sensors), and Software), Service, and Region - Global Forecast to 2023" The plant phenotyping market is estimated to be USD 158.2 million in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 268.1 million by 2023, at a CAGR of 11.14%. The market growth is driven by factors such as the growing demand for sustainable crop production using improved crop varieties and significant advancements in imaging sensors.
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Among platform/carrier types, the application of drones for plant phenotyping is projected to be the fastest-growing during the forecast period.
Different types of plant phenotyping equipment include conveyor-based/modular systems, bench-based systems, portable/handheld systems, and drones. Conveyor-based systems are mostly preferred by plant breeders as there is a high demand for high-throughput phenotyping systems. The use of drones is projected to grow in the future as they have high demand in countries with limited manpower and higher ease in the procurement of data.
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Among different phenotyping products, the software segment is projected to be the fastest-growing during the forecast period.
Flexible and extendable computational tools are required to address the diversity of plant phenotyping problems. Thus, the demand for software tools is projected to grow at a higher CAGR during the forecast period as they help to measure and provide reliable data about plant traits in a non-destructive manner through image analysis, data acquisition, and system controls.
Europe is projected to dominate the plant phenotyping market through 2023.
The European region is estimated to account for the largest share in 2018 due to the strong presence of players such as LemnaTec (Germany), CropDesign - BASF SE (Germany), Heinz Walz (Germany), KeyGene (Netherlands), and Rothamsted Research (UK), which provide quality services to meet the research requirements of plant breeders. Moreover, increasing collaborations among companies and research institutions in the form of plant phenotyping initiatives, programs, networks, and consortiums have helped the region to remain competitive in the plant phenotyping market.
This report includes a study of marketing and development strategies, along with the product portfolios of leading companies. It also includes the profiles of key companies such as LemnaTec (Germany), Delta-T Devices (UK), CropDesign - BASF SE (Germany), Heinz Walz (Germany), Phenospex (Netherlands), WPS (Netherlands), Photon Systems Instruments (Czech Republic), Qubit Systems (Canada), KeyGene (Netherlands), Rothamsted Research (UK), The Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities (Austria), and Phenomix (France).


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"Not one dragon has been shot down in twenty years," I say to the ambulatory armor. "Now help me get this suit on."
The armor crosses its arms, clanking. "Kurrin, where I'm from, firefighters had manners. And why can't your ballistae shoot them down?"
I step into one leg of a bright green ensorcelled buckskin suit. "Well I'm from here. In Galar. Where armor is worn, not alive. Manners only work when diplomacy is still on the table. And it's because the dragons aren't stupid enough to fly close to our cities. Our ballistae are fitted with heat-seeking metals thanks to our sorcerers. If a nearby dragon breathes fire, we fire down its throat. Every time. Dragon riders must lay siege to us by surrounding our cities with wildfires instead. Keeps them out of range."
"High magic," it says. Lifting its helmet—no, the mechanism that is its head—from its shoulders, it looks out through the bars of the high windows in firefighters' barracks. Greasy red sky cakes the space beyond, where dragon flame has advanced through the Galaras Wood as fast as any army. The woodsmoke and charred leaves on the air would be pleasant if there wasn't so much of it. Men in viridian skins like the one I'm dressing in rush past me out the door to the right of the window. Ever am I the last to leave now that I am saddled with this armor I am expected to educate.
The armor replaces its head and speaks. "Where I'm from there were no sorcerers and no dragons either, only clumsy, careless humans who started forest fires themselves."
"They must be sorcerers then, to be capable of that without dragons. Why do you not have a name?"
Reaching out with a metallic arm, the armor lifts one of my suit sleeves and I slide my arm into it. "Only because growing a learning algorithm based on observation and experience was not deemed 'thought' by my makers."
"Alga—er, rhythm?" I ask. "Is your name Rhythm?"
It swivels its head toward the ceiling a little, then back down again as though rolling eyes. "Yes, and I forgot my counterpart Blues back in Boston. Sorry Kurrin, you wouldn't understand that. How is it dragons came to be in Galar?"
I shove my other arm into the green suit and clasp it up. "Must be the same way you came to be here. Magic. Ever fought a fire before?"
"I suppose punching it is out of the question?"
Crossing the barracks and stopping at the door, I point into the inferno washing toward us like a slow tide. "I would not try that. Now stay out of the flames. And thanks."
The armor stops next to me. "For what?"
"Getting to know you will be something to look forward to. It makes the dragon flame twice as worth it to fight through." With that, I leap into the dry grass outside the barracks. "For Rhythm and Galar!"
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How will distributed compute and storage improve future networks?
Tomorrow's advanced use cases, together with the slowing down of Moore's Law, look set to shake up how we compute and store data. What will this mean for future storage and compute models? Find out below.
The age of virtualization and cloud began with the promise of reduced costs. It achieved this by running all types of workloads on homogenous, generic commercial off-the-shelf hardware (COTS) which would be hosted in dedicated, centralized data centers.
However, today's use cases are maturing. As such, emerging applications such as cyber-physical systems face much stricter requirements regarding data volumes, latency guarantees, energy efficiency, privacy and resiliency.
These challenges will be tackled by the future network platform by taking advantage of the two following parallel trends:
- firstly, through seamless integration of specialized compute and storage hardware enabling better performance of a wider range of emerging, complex applications
- secondly, by moving these advanced compute and storage capabilities to the edge of the network, closer to where the data is generated
As a result, the future network platform will be able to provide optimal application support by leveraging emerging hardware innovation distributed throughout the network. In the meantime, it will still continue to harvest the operational and business benefits of cloud computing models.
Distributed compute and storage is one of the key technology trends which is evolving the network platform. Read the 2019 technology trends in full.
What next for compute and storage?
Moore's law is slowing down, meaning developers can no longer assume that new demanding applications will be catered for by the next generation of faster general-purpose chips. In addition, today's general-purpose computing proves to be unfit to meet contemporary energy efficiency requirements – from both a cost and environmental point of view.
Domain-specific accelerators
Instead, the class of commodity hardware is joined by a highly heterogeneous set of specialized, domain-specific chipsets – often collectively referred to as accelerators. Each of these chips will be optimized for a certain class of applications. For instance, data-intensive applications like machine learning (ML) or artificial intelligence (AI), or even augmented reality and virtual reality, can take advantage of the massive parallelization offered by graphics processing units (GPUs) or tensor processing units (TPUs).
Latency-sensitive applications such as 5G network functions or mission-critical applications might utilize computation pattern reuse offered by either custom designed integrated circuits (ASICs) or field-programmable integrated circuits (FPGAs). An example of the latter being network acceleration purposes. While ASICs incur high development costs, they offer optimal performance and power consumption. FPGAs, on the other hand, offer application-specific reconfigurability of logic blocks at the expense of relatively lower performance per watt. As use of domain-specific processing increases, more efficient utilization patterns of these accelerators will become commonplace, such as remote access and sharing like today's COTS hardware in cloud.
Beyond-CMOS computing
However, even today's accelerators, mostly CMOS based (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor), will eventually experience the end of Moore's law. As the next step of heterogeneous computing, completely new "beyond CMOS" computing paradigms will appear - at least for selected, specific types of applications. This will include neuromorphic processors, inspired by the workings of the human brain. Neuromorphic computing attempts to adopt the brain's locality, fine-grained parallelism and event-driven operation by realizing spiking neural networks in the hardware (a model of computing where computation is represented as a time-dependent, state evolution of a dynamic system). As a result, they yield low power consumption, fast inference, and event-driven information processing primarily for ML/AI applications.
Another emerging new paradigm is photonic computing. Here, photons are used instead of electrons, thus avoiding the latency of the electron switching times and adding inherent parallelism for optical in-network processing. Even further down the road, quantum processor-based acceleration of compute-intensive and latency-sensitive telco algorithms will become reality . By exploiting the quantum mechanics principles like superposition (the ability of a sub-atomic particle to be in more than one quantum states at the same time), entanglement (two entangled qubits will always yield the same output upon measurement), quantum processors promise significantly faster problem-solving for a particular class of problem. As a first step, while we wait for full-blown neuromorphic, optical, and quantum processors, these technologies will become available as co-processors to accelerate a variety of specific applications.
Next-generation storage and memory
Given today's data-intensive applications, the demand for memory capacity is growing faster than the capacity growth of common memory technologies. In response, upcoming generations of memory will blur the strict dichotomy of classical volatile memory on one hand, and persistent storage technologies on the other hand.
We will see the emergence of "universal memories", offering the capacity and persistency features of storage, combined with the byte-addressability and access speed of today's RAM technologies. Storage-class, persistent memory technologies will help in solving DRAM scaling issues and remove extra layers of the storage stack, bringing both speed and efficiency.
Programs written for persistent memories can remove the distinction between runtime data structures and offline data storage structures, resulting in faster startup times and failover recovery. Eventually, processes may be suspended and resumed rather than started and stopped, opening up new possibilities around dynamic deployment and distribution of networked services. Furthermore, advancements in technologies like Non-Volatile Memory over fabric (NVMeOF) will be crucial to meet strict latency requirements while providing applications with access to large capacities of shared storage. This class of emerging technologies provides interfaces enabling optimized software stacks that can take advantage of speed advancements in data center interconnects.
Enabled by approaches like silicon die-stacking and persistent memory, the problems caused by the memory wall (i.e. the increasing disparity of CPU speeds vs. memory access speeds) are leading to this new paradigm. Just like edge computing proposes to move compute to the data on macro-scale, compute-node architectures are adopting this mindset on micro-scale. Compute units will be embedded either inside the memory or storage fabrics, opening up for near-memory computing (NMC) or computational storage approaches, see Fig 2. Reducing the need to move data from storage to memory and eventually to the processor will not only increase performance, but also have significant energy efficiency gains.
Distributed and edge computing trends
Requirements typically associated with 5G applications, such as massive data volumes, latency guarantees, energy-efficiency, as well as privacy and resiliency, will have to be met with applications running on a platform that is massively distributed, all the way to the edge of the network. The future network platform will cater to the emerging need for edge computing by exploring mutual awareness between the computing environment, connectivity, and the devices connecting to the network (see Fig 3). This will require well-defined and secure abstract interfaces to allow applications to express their intents, as well as the network to expose relevant connectivity information. As a result, we will see optimized deployment and synchronization of applications running on distributed edge environments. Integrated connectivity and compute at the edge of the network combined with distributed intelligence will provide a smooth transition to a future where application connectivity, performance, and resiliency requirements can always be met in a cost and energy efficient way.
Revised programming models and system software requirements
Efficiently developing applications for a distributed compute environment based on heterogeneous, emerging infrastructure technologies will require new programming models. For instance, programs would greatly benefit from separating the intent of the application from the how and where of the physical world. To give an example, consistent knowledge of data is expensive in terms of latency and resources for both large distributed systems and heterogeneous memory technologies.
Developers will declare the intent of data structures and operations to allow commutative and idempotent operations and conflict-free replicated data types when possible. For other data and operations, the declared intent could require another level of consistency, such as linearization and causal consistency. Only on an application level does the knowledge exist as to whether strong consistency or an apology is the proper failure mitigation, and how to strike the balance between capacity and latency.
Recently, we have seen the intent-based approach on the rise in various domains. For instance, intent-based networking uses service level agreements (SLAs) and policies to define the intent of network operations. The platform then configures, monitors and troubleshoots issues in the network to fulfill these intents. Also, certain cloud services, e.g. KubeDB, start to be managed by intent-based operators to evolve towards more advanced automation. We foresee a continuation of this trend towards a fully-fledged intent-based distributed cloud. Hence, a network platform will be able to support developers with efficient and transparent programming models to expose the right level of information and hide other complexities of the distributed and heterogeneous environment, while taking full advantage of all infrastructure features for optimized application performance.
We also foresee the rise of edge-native applications: applications designed from the ground up during development and deployment, to fully capitalize on compute and storage resources anywhere. With increasing heterogeneity of the underlying hardware, the demands on the system software will grow radically. The future network platform will be responsible for managing the infrastructure and take various capabilities into account for optimized orchestration of applications. Furthermore, developer-friendly programming environments will be required to open up the network platform for developers of 3rd party applications.
As can be seen from the above, there are multiple technology trends in the compute and storage space, many of them poised to have a huge impact on how we develop telecom software systems. While some of these trends can be handled in the lower levels of software (kernel, infrastructure libraries etc. thereby masking its impact from the applications), others may require a complete rethink, including new programming models and new ways of dealing with system resiliency. Continued attention to this area is therefore very important as changes to the hardware foundation of a platform will have a ripple effect through all layers, up to the applications itself.
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Which other trends will shape emerging technology? Learn more in our 2019 technology trends.
What is a cyber-physical system? Read about another future-defining tech trend in our colleague's recent blog post.
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Meriam Ibrahim gave birth to a baby daughter in prison
A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her Islamic faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC.
Meriam Ibrahim's death penalty was overturned by an appeal court, the official Suna news agency reported.
She is married to a Christian man and was sentenced under Sharia law to hang for apostasy in May after refusing to renounce Christianity.
Her husband, Daniel Wani, said he was looking forward to seeing her.
He wanted his family to leave Sudan as soon possible, Mr Wani, who is a US citizen, told the BBC Focus on Africa radio programme.
Daniel Wani visited his children at the prison near Khartoum
The couple got married in a church after meeting in 2011
The death sentence for Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, who gave birth to a daughter in prison not long after she was convicted, sparked international outrage.
"We are very very happy about this - and we're going to her now," Mrs Ibrahim's lawyer Elshareef Ali told the BBC.
"They have released her... she's on her way to home," he said.
Mr Ali said Mrs Ibrahim had shown "extraordinary courage" during her ordeal.
"It's a victory for freedom of religion in Sudan... By Mariam's strong position, we believe that in the future no-one will be subjected to such a trial," he said.
Analysis: James Copnall, former BBC Sudan correspondent
The outcry generated by Meriam Ibrahim's case was difficult for the authorities to ignore.
The government in Khartoum is already dealing with an economic crisis, and conflicts in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile. It simply does not need further ill-feeling - and it is worth pointing out that many of the most vocal opponents of the conviction were Sudanese, not foreigners.
In fact, Mrs Ibrahim's case looks like part of a recurring theme.
In 2009 Lubna Hussein, dubbed the "trouser woman", was arrested for wearing "indecent clothing" in public - in her case a pair of loose green trousers. She was at risk of a public flogging. Eventually she was given a small fine, which was then paid on her behalf to set her free. In 2012, Intisar Sharif Abdullah was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, before she too was released without charge.
In every case, the authorities insist the justice system came to an independent decision, but many believe it bowed to public pressure.
Born to a Muslim father, Mrs Ibrahim, 27, married Mr Wani, a Christian, in 2011.
She has been in jail since February, along with her young son.
Mr Ali said he had not yet seen the appeal court's judgement, and had learned about the verdict through the media.
Sudan has a majority Muslim population. Islamic law has been in force there since the 1980s.
Even though Mrs Ibrahim was brought up as an Orthodox Christian, the authorities consider her to be a Muslim.
Her husband, who was born in South Sudan before it became independent from Sudan, went to the US in 1998 at the height of the civil war.
He met Mrs Ibrahim in 2011 on a visit to Sudan and they were married at the main church in Khartoum.
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MEMBERS of a club that has been beset by years of internal feuding were celebrating victory last night after a judge ruled overwhelmingly in their favour.
Blakeborough Social Club in Bradford Road, Brighouse, is now set to reopen within weeks.
And the people who brought the case to court were left facing massive legal bills.
Leeds Chancery Court heard four days of evidence from members of Albion Bowling Club based in Halifax Road, who were furious at attempts by the social club to sell it when faced with major financial difficulties.
Andy Speechley, who led the bowling club faction, claimed the club was being mismanaged and made allegations of fraud and theft leading to a police investigation which found no evidence of wrong doing but said it could be better managed.
The row rumbled on for four years before culminating in this week's hearing.
Mr Speechley, for the claimants, claimed that there had been incorrect payments of salaries to members, a lack of statutory returns and audited accounts.
But Steven White, counsel for the defendants which included Social Club president Rod Allott and former subscriptions secretary Andy Taylor, denied the claims.
And Recorder Brian Rawlings overwhelmingly ruled in favour of the defendants only allowing a 'pyrrhic' victory on the question of whether bowling club members had been correctly excluded.
The case revolved around who was in charge of the management of the club and whether these duties were exercised properly within the spirit of the club's rules.
Afterwards, Mr Speechley said he was "gutted" by the decision which leaves him and others facing a heavy legal bill totalling tens of thousands of pounds.
He said: "I'm devastated. I'm going to go away and panic."
But Mr Taylor, who was described as running the club in the manner of a Hitler-like figure by Mr Speechley on the opening day of the hearing, was elated.
He said: "Today at last justice has been done.
"I am proud of all the members who put their names forward to represent Blakeborough Social Club.
"Myself and Rod have been dragged through the courts along with the committee for nearly three years.
"Me and the club have suffered due to these libellous allegations and we are looking to see, what, if any, action can be pursued.
"We now have the difficult task of getting the club reopened and to raise the necessary funds required.
"We have to pay £17,000 in utility bills first and we want to get in touch with Carlsberg Tetley over our debt to them which is considerable.
"But it is possible that we could open within the next three weeks and I certainly hope we will be open before Christmas."
Thanks to the comprehensive court victory, the way is now clear for those in charge at the social club to finally sell the bowling club, which, bizarrely, has remained open during all the tumultuous times since the trouble started.
The social club which also owns a site in Hove Edge which is leased to Brighouse Football Club, has been running for 26 years.
Its problems stemmed from it being "asset-rich but cash-poor."


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Communications & Program Manager (7477U), Environment, Health & Safety - 27412
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Application Review Date
The First Review Date for this job is: August 16, 2019
Departmental Overview
The Office of Environment, Health & Safety's (EH&S) mission is to provide guidance and services to the campus community that promote health, safety, and environmental stewardship. EH&S is a highly dynamic, fast paced, committed organization focused on promoting workplace safety and environmental protection for the campus community. We are comprised of many scientific, technical, and administrative professionals, working in an evolving, learning, and sometimes challenging environment with a unified goal of supporting the University's mission of teaching, research and public service. EH&S strives to be an inclusive, service oriented, and operationally excellent organization and is seeking highly motivated individuals who want to learn, be creative, seek continuous competency development, and contribute to our mission.
The Communications and Program Manager (CPM) manages designated EH&S programs, including, but not limited to, the EH&S Orientation Program for New Principal Investigators, and the Lab Recognition Program. The CPM manages the communications and program support team. As in-house communications expert, the CPM promotes EH&S information and communications, provides technical expertise to implement senior management decisions, and oversees a unified program to effectively provide electronic and print communication for general compliance information, outreach, marketing, and education. The CPM is responsible for the EH&S website and communications strategy for the office, promoting workplace health and safety, environmental protection, and compliance.
For more information about EH&S, visit ehs.berkeley.edu.
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Salary & Benefits
This is an exempt, monthly paid position. Annual salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $67,500.00 - $82,000.00.
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit:
How to Apply
Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying.
Conviction History Background
This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
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How to raise money for open source projects
Politics & Society
re:publica 2017
Short thesis:
Encrypted communications, online participation, anonymous browsing – there are many open source tools that help to maintain our freedom online. But despite the importance and relevance of such tools it can be hard to fund their development, make them sustainable and grow communities around them. Next to this Discussion, there will also be a Meetup with the Panelists.
The Open Tech fund and the Prototype Fund are funding programs that seek to challenge the status quo – they don't merely want to encourage the development of new tools – they grow new sustainable and diverse communities. Their role is versatile and challenging. In this session we offer you a look behind the scenes of two major funds for open source projects. We'll answer questions that you can't find on any FAQ page. We'll talk about challenges, genius ideas, good and bad proposals, bureaucracy, community building and more.
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Stage 9
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 13:00 to 13:30
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IN HIS LAW office on the 22nd floor of Two Liberty Place, Michael Meehan radiates a surprising warmth — the Meehans have never liked the press. We make small talk for a few minutes, then Meehan brings up the Loyal Opposition without my even asking. "There's a group out there, the Loyal Opposition, that thinks we should be calling people to the carpet on things," he says. Meehan has a vague, tentative way of speaking: "people" (i.e., Democrats); "things" (i.e., corruption). In his opinion, calling Democrats to the carpet is easier said than done; "The natural people to speak up are the elected officials." But as we've seen, Republican elected officials barely exist, and the ones who do exist probably don't "speak often enough."
Meehan has narrow eyes and a kind, broad face. He's a big guy in a paisley tie, his shirt stretched tautly across his stomach. He has age spots on his wrist. He looks utterly harmless. I ask him about Al Schmidt. "The guy is brilliant. Okay? We tried to talk him out of running." Meehan throws up his hands. "But he, and a group of 10 or 12 people, said he wanted to run, because he wanted to stand up and say that what these people are doing is wrong."
Isn't that, ah, a good thing? Why would you try to talk a "brilliant" candidate out of running?
Meehan sticks his tongue out, pulls it back in. "First, I thought it was an uphill battle. Although he's qualified." He shakes his head. "But I didn't want him to get frustrated over the campaign, and become disinterested in being involved. … You'd probably need $5 million to run it, but I don't think either candidate's going to raise $600,000, because who is really interested in the City Controller's position? It's not like there's contracts, okay? It's not like there's — "
He stops himself. This is a candid answer. Meehan is saying that because the City Controller doesn't have very many contracts to hand out to cronies, it's hard to raise money from contract-seekers to fund a campaign. There's no pay-to-play, so there's no pay. Who is really interested in the City Controller's position? Not businessmen looking for contracts. And Meehan would understand the mentality of people who do business with the city, because he's related to some; his cousin now owns his father's old paving company, which has received city contracts, including one to maintain the cooling unit in City Hall and one at the airport. (General Asphalt once hired Milton Street, the ex-mayor's wacky brother, as a "consultant.")
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One last rainy day is expected today. A warm front lifted through the region this morning, which is responsible for showers to our north and southeast. A few more showers will be likely throughout the day as highs top out in the mid to upper 60s.
A line of heavy showers and storms may move through the region this afternoon and evening as a cold front moves through the region from the west. Additional showers will stick around through midnight before eventually pulling out of the area. Lows will drop into the mid 40s.
A much nicer day is expected on Friday as high pressure moves into the region. Mostly cloudy skies will give way to partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. Highs will top out in the upper 50s. Chilly conditions move in Friday night as lows drop into the low 40s under mostly clear skies.
A warm day is expected on Saturday as southerly flow will lead to temperatures in the mid 60s. Finally, some spring like weather!
Some afternoon showers or storms may be possible. No severe weather is expected at this time.
That should wrap up this forecast. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!
-Meteorologist Jacob Wilkins