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Freefall 0851 - 0860 (H)
Freefall 0851
Calling Winston
Freefall 0852
Calling Winston
Is there anyplace you'd like to eat?
There used to be this great place for fermented entomological cooking not far from here.
They've closed down now, which is really a shame. They served a great grub steak. A new restaurant's opened in the same building. They might be worth a try.
I think it's called "The Golden Trough".
Perhaps our evening will go better if you let me pick the restaurant.
Freefall 0853
Calling Winston
Freefall 0854
Calling Winston
There are several good seafood restaurants. Crab, Lobster.
Seafood is good.
Casual or formal?
Semi-formal at least. I'm still new here, and folks are more at ease with me in a formal environment.
People tend to worry if a wolf walks in while they're eating. They worry a lot less if that same wolf is wearing an evening gown.
Freefall 0855
Calling Winston
I never should have left Florence onboard alone. I've given her the perfect opportunity to steal the ship!
By going after the Inspector, I've allowed the prospect of short term profit to endanger my long term goals.
That sounds like something Florence would say.
Aieee! If I'm thinking like her, she might be thinking like me! Run faster, Helix! Run faster!
Freefall 0856
Calling Winston
There's the ship. Florence hasn't taken off! The cargo door is still open.
Look at this. There's satellite pods and tools and all kinds of stuff lying around begging for someone like me to come in and take them.
Except that everything here is already ours.
I know. It's just seeing an opportunity like this and NOT being able to swipe something makes me itch all over.
Freefall 0857
Calling Winston
I wouldn't worry about Florence if I had more control over her. I've been letting her run wild through the ship. I need to exert my captaincy.
There are three ways a captain can control his crew. Money, loyalty, and fear. We're broke, so it can't be money.
If Florence wanted to, she could peel you out of that environment suit and eat you like a grape.
Okay, we've got a good fear factor here, but it really only works when the captain isn't the one who's terrified of the crew.
Freefall 0858
Calling Winston
I can't control Florence with money. I can't control her by fear. That leaves only loyalty.
I don't know anything about loyalty! Helix, how do you make someone loyal to you?
For canines, all you have to do is feed them.
That sounds like a lot of work in exchange for undying devotion. What have you got that's simpler?
Freefall 0859
Calling Winston
Why do you stay with me, Helix? I don't feed you.
Freedom. It's easier for me to think around you.
If Florence or I worked for a human, our thoughts and actions would be curtailed. With you, none of our safeguards apply.
I like working for you because if I choose to, I can beat you with a stick.
Okay, that's a job perk we don't want to play up.
Freefall 0860
Calling Winston
So Florence is going to want to be with me instead of a human because she has more freedom here. Good. Now I know how you guys think.
The captain is back. Time to work. I'll see you tomorrow night.
See you then.
Helix, I'm starting to realize the surest sign I'm on the wrong track for how you guys think is when I believe I understand how you guys think.


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My site now contains a miscellaneous section with exactly one page, the Superintelligence reference page. I've briefly brought up superintelligence in the past, but I've never discussed it in detail. However, given that others have already written so much about it, I feel like it makes more sense to collect the resources I think do a good job of explaining it. Therefore, if you have no idea what superintelligence is or why you should care about it, I'd recommend starting with some of the links in the Introductions section before reading on.
You back? Good. At this point, you might be wondering why I've singled out this topic as one worth prioritizing. The answer to that question is that superintelligence is an existential risk. Using a conservative estimate, it is possible for humanity to create 1034 fulfilling years of human life throughout the remainder of the universe's existence. Thus, ensuring humanity remains capable of doing so is extremely important. This and other concerns justify treating existential risk prevention as a global priority.
Because superintelligence is an existential risk, ensuring that it is aligned with human values is a very important problem. Some organizations even consider it to potentially be the most important global problem that humanity has identified thus far. At the same time, media coverage of this issue and AI in general has been increasing, and a lot of it is not very good. Therefore, it seems important to have resources available on the subject.
As of this post, the reference page has only three sections, but I plan to expand upon it in the future. Topics that I plan to add include the orthogonality and instrumental convergence theses, the intelligence explosion concept, and scenarios without an intelligence explosion. There's a lot of room to grow the page, and I think doing so is definitely worthwhile.

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German Factory Orders and Yuan Revaluation Lift Dax
Fiona Cincotta August 6, 2019 5:54 AM
Dax rebounds as risk sentiment improves
After dropping just shy of 5% across the previous two sessions, the Dax is rebounding in early trade on Tuesday.
A risk on correction amid China strengthening its currency and rebounding German factory orders are providing support to the Dax.
Factory orders impress
Following an onslaught of negative news coming from Germany, stronger than expected factory orders data is some welcomed good news. German factory orders jumped 2.5% in June, well above the 0.5% increase forecast and ahead of the -2% decline in May. Stronger factory orders could indicate a strengthening economy. However, factory orders are notoriously volatile, and it is unlikely that we are seeing a marked turning point in the ongoing manufacturing slump. German economic growth is expected to have declined in the second quarter with a technical recession almost inevitable later this year as slowing global demand amid the ongoing US – Sino trade dispute hits Europe's largest economy.
US- Sino trade dispute
The ongoing trade dispute remains in focus on Tuesday. China revalued the yuan following a formal accusation from the US treasury of currency manipulation. The move by China has improved market sentiment after yesterday's massive sell off in the wake of China allowing the yuan to devalue to its lowest level in over a decade. China showing they mean business in the previous session sent traders scrambling towards safe havens, today that trade is unwinding, and investors are moving cautiously back into riskier assets.
Dax traders will continue to watch developments in the ongoing trade dispute. German industrial production data tomorrow will be closely monitored for further clues as to the likelihood of a recovery in the German economy.
Dax levels to watch:
After shedding 1.8% in the previous session, Dax is on the rebound. Currently testing resistance at 11735. A failure to break through this level could see the Dax sell off targeting 11620 before 11520. Should the Dax pierce 11735 further resistance can be seen at 11870.
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Alexander Sting was born in Northern Germany in 1990.
At the age of 6 years he received his first piano lessons and at the age of 17 he started playing the Saxophone. Since 2006 he is passionate in producing electronic music. His signature sound is created by paying particular attention to sound design. He would always find the right position for his drums in order to drive the groove.
Because of his experience with classical harmonies, his melodies have always a coherent character and quite often they are underpinned by complex cadences. Alexander's talent has benn approved by names such as Richie Hawtin and Claude VonStroke who support his music.
- Delusions (EP), Tales From The Inside
- Shattered (Single), Tales From The Inside
- Make Me A Bird (EP), Tales From The Inside
- Liquid Plastic (EP), Detox Recordings
- Feuervogel (EP) by Cubus, Echo Deluxe Recordings
- Clowns (EP), Zuckerton Records
- Farben (EP), Klangkorpus
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4 SEL Skills Every Student Must Have for a Successful Grade Transition
4 SEL Skills Every Student Must Have for a Successful Grade Transition
When we think about whether a student is ready to move to the next grade or graduate, we often think in terms of academics. Yes, there is a baseline of knowledge every student needs to have to be successful at the next level, or else learning gaps will develop. However, many of the skills that prepare students for success in school (and life) can be found within the realm of social and emotional learning (SEL), which includes skills to manage emotions, set and achieve goals, establish and maintain relationships, and make responsible decisions.
Here are four ways to build an intentional practice in these SEL skills into your classroom.
The ability to ask for help when needed and then ask the right questions about the situation is a learned skill. Even college-level students can struggle in self-advocacy. The earlier you can provide practice, the better.
Like many facets of SEL, you can start by modeling the behavior yourself. Model questioning strategies during lessons, even rhetorically. Also, work on framing any redirections or admonitions, as you are requesting help from the student rather than asserting authority. It models the fact that even teachers need help sometimes and that it's OK to ask.
Goal Setting
For many students, their goals come from someone else like parents or teachers. The ability to set incremental goals often sets successful high school and college students apart. You can help students develop goal-setting skills early by giving them a voice in setting lesson objectives for the day based on the standards you are trying to hit. Not only are you modeling the correct process, but also you are generating buy-in for learning.
Employers cite collaboration as one of the most requested skills on the job market, so students should expect an increasing amount of group work as they proceed through school. Help them by providing a lot of opportunities not only to work together but also to give and receive constructive feedback. This is often where children struggle when working together. Also, set up a firm conflict resolution protocol and use it often enough to where students follow it on their own.
Digital natives are used to having things served to them, so they may struggle in decision-making. Use your subject content to highlight important decisions and show how a person from the lessons (whether it's a character from literature, historical figure, mathematician, etc.) reached the conclusions that he or she made. Teachers make countless decisions a day, so verbalize some of your thought processes as a model for your students. For a fun project, have students create their own "choose your own adventure" story, flowchart, or movie as practice. And, always recognize when students make good decisions, and celebrate that success.
Looking for more ways to infuse SEL practices into your classroom? Check out these five read-alouds to teach SEL to students!
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In 2014, airlines in the United States billed more than three billion dollars in "change fees"—fees charged to customers who cancelled or changed itineraries. This bounty came after most of the industry (minus Southwest) tacitly agreed to create a new industry standard of two hundred dollars per change, plus, in some cases, an additional fifty-dollar service fee for tickets booked on non-airline Web sites. And the worst may be yet to come: as the airline-revenue-optimization consultant Tom Bacon wrote a little while back, "Don't be surprised if you see change fees increase again. … My guess is that change fees will eventually hit $300." Meanwhile, fees can be four hundred dollars on international routes; on some first-class fares, they are as much as seven hundred and fifty dollars. The size of the fees alone may cause many a sense of disgust: Why pay so much for something that feels like nothing? But the strongest case against high change fees is that they introduce a rigidity into the travel system that is inconsistent with the fast-moving contemporary economy.
Modern life moves quickly, and we change plans constantly, but if we need to change our travel plans we face harsh punishments. It's as if this one part of modern life—planning how we move through the air—is stuck in another age, while everything else is in flux. This rigidity translates into an economic case against high change fees, based on what an economist might call "the deadweight costs" created by stranded passengers. Consider two travellers—each is on a trip and, due to changed circumstances (perhaps a meeting is cancelled, or a family member falls ill), each should come home early. The first pays the two-hundred-dollar change fee. The second does not, either because she cannot afford it or because she cannot, subjectively, bring herself to pay it. The second traveller creates stranding costs—wasted time, missed meetings, neglected children, and so on—without any benefit to the airline.
Airlines prefer the high change fees for reasons both obvious and less so. The obvious reason is the money. The less obvious reason is that change fees "protect" revenue and help airlines keep their planes as full as possible (achieving "higher load factors," in the jargon). Without high fees, last-minute changes would be more common, leaving behind seats that are hard to fill on short notice and at the high price that airlines charge last-minute travellers.
High change fees surely both generate and protect revenue for the airlines. But the potential losses from empty seats caused by changes are mitigated in several ways. For one thing, travellers who change their tickets usually absorb any increase in fares, and sometimes the airlines profit from the change, by effectively selling the same seat twice. When changes are made far in advance, there's plenty of time for the airline to resell the seat. No one can deny that high change fees yield higher profits (for what's presently a profitable industry). But the fact that Southwest charges no change fees yet remains highly profitable counters the argument that an airline cannot be run without them.
Sometimes airlines defend their change fees by pointing out that they also sell "fully refundable" tickets without such fees, effectively blaming consumers for failing to read the fine print. This argument comes close to a sham, for it ignores the fact that the fares without fees are so expensive that, in practice, only customers in highly unusual situations would purchase them, particularly given that the refund process is itself highly unreliable. This pricing actually serves to protect the change-fee racket, because no rational person would buy a ticket at, say, three times the normal fare instead of one at the regular price, plus a potential change fee. In other words, offering a fully refundable fare simply creates an illusion of choice that the airlines exploit.
Are high change fees a problem that we can expect competition to solve? In an ideal world, yes. But the airlines find it more profitable to collude instead of compete when it comes to fees, despite this being a country where price-fixing is supposedly a felony. To its credit, the Justice Department is currently investigating the price-fixing of fares through agreements to place limits on the number of available seats. But, when it comes to change fees, the airlines rely on a legal form of collusion. The major airlines simply take turns initiating fee increases and then play follow-the-leader. The latest increase (to two hundred dollars) was quietly initiated by United, in the spring of 2013, and copied almost immediately by the other major airlines. If the agreement were explicit, it would be a crime, but the same results are achieved legally, neutering the power of competition. Consolidation after rounds of mergers does not help; Southwest Airlines' continued defection from the fee cartel has exerted no apparent competitive pressure on larger airlines such as United, Delta, and American.
The Department of Transportation is supposed to prohibit "unfair" and "unreasonable" practices in air transportation. All this suggests that the D.O.T., or perhaps Congress, ought do more hard thinking about what an "unfair" or "unreasonable" change fee looks like. If free changes are too much to ask for, imposing a return to the fifty-dollar fees that were charged in the late nineteen-nineties might more fairly balance the airlines' interest in dealing with constant changers with the national interest in a more flexible and adaptable travel system. The consumer group flyersrights.org has filed a petition with the D.O.T. requesting a limit on international fees at the reasonable level of a hundred dollars. The major airlines would surely protest, but it is worth remembering that they, like the banks, have been protected by taxpayers against financial failure. In exchange for providing a safety net and putting up with so much else, the public deserves more in return.


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Sky scaper under construction. Several floors up, windows not in yet. Builder needs the toilet. Sees a toilet, but unbeknownst to him, its not plumbed. Its just sitting on a low trolley with wheels. Anyway he sits, and a gust of wind comes. The trolley moves fast, stright out the empty window space, and death follows.
A woman dying of a brain aneurysm at her husband's funeral.
Twins out drinking one night with a car load of friends. One was goofing off and his glasses flew out the window. So, they stopped and backed the car up onto the shoulder and saw that the glasses were in the middle of the interstate. Brilliant thinking here. . .the one twin gets out of the car (drunk) and heads for his glasses. The other sees a semi coming and (also drunk) jumps out of the car to warn his brother. He didn't realize how close he was to the oncoming semi and he gets hit by it. The impact of his body being thrown hits the other twin and kills him. No joke. This happened close to where I lived when I was in junior high. Very bizarre. I tried Googling the names and incident and couldn't find anything, so you'll have to take my word on this one.
On those Darwin's Award things, they showed this couple out driving into the country, and they had a dynamite stick. They thought it would be fun to light it and throw it out od the car window. So they light it up and throw it out the window as planned...only, they forgot to open any window in the car. )_o
B.H. Wilson
The same thing happened to me in my car. Fortunately, my passenger tossed a handful of firecrackers!
http://www.darwinawards.com/ Lots of good ones here.
My own, where I made a suicide attempt, suceeded, but as I collapsed I fell on an electric lamp, breaking it and receiving an electric shock that brought me back to life again. Noone ever believes me when I tell that story, but I swear that it really happened!
That's one for the books
An oil refinery maintenance worker was doing a repair job inside of a large oil storage tank.He placed a notice on the inlet valve to let others know he was inside.However, someone had removed the notice and closed the lid. The tank was refilled with crude oil and the worker drowned in oil.Some years later the tank was cleaned and they found his body.
I alway remember seeing a photo of a man who had sneaked away into a cave to have "sexual relations" with a hen, and his movement had caused a rockfall to land on him and kill him. In the photo he was trapped between rocks, dead, still inside the hen......His family must have been so proud.
i heard of 2 seperate deaths but they were very similar. both were girls and they died trying to do a difficult dance (not sure which dance) but they accidentally snapped their necks and died! both girls were in a night club while that happend. i would be terrified if i was something like that! i remember hearing that 1 girl was from queens and the other was from long island ny.
my healthy fit nephew aged 25 dying of a heart attack just last month...
An old woman in one of those old person buggy mobiles. Went to the beach and accidently reversed off the end of a pier and drowned.
Spontaneous combustion
That was my first thought as well
a boy from my school got ran over by a yacht, they found him 24 hours later
I read a book in HS called "The Best, Worst, and Most Unusual, full of funny things. The Worst (or most unusual?) death was a guy who decided to set himself on fire on a clifftop overlooking the ocean in Italy. After lighting the flames, he apparently had a change of heart and began rolling around trying to put out the flames, but rolled over the cliff to his death.
A man in England wanted to commit suicide,so he swallowed a load of pills and drank a lot of alcohol.After a while he found that nothing was happening,so he sat on the edge of his bed and started drilling holes into his brain with an electric drill(I think it was seven times?) Anyway,eventually he did die,and at his autopsy it was found that the cause of death was the overdose,and the drilling had not contributed to his death whatsoever.
a woman masturbating with a carrot that had a rough edge that caused a tear in her vagina and gave her an air embolism and she died. http://www.spike.com/video/kill-do/3109092
A bulimic model overstuffed herself and her stomach ripped.
Brazen Bull, the builder or inventor (according to the history channel ) was the first victim.
There was some sort of cancer which my uncle suffered. During his last days, his tongue melted away, his ear drums and eyes kind of bursted and he could not bear the pain of anyone or anything "touching" him ! He couldn't even wear his clothes, could not drink or eat anything, and was still living ! At that time he said that he wanted to die, and after some days, he did die.
Several years ago, the local newspaper reported that someone fell into a tree limb grinder. A local boy fell into a grain grinder at his farm. Same results.
Spontaneous combustion
In 2001, Bernd Brandes volunteered to be killed and eaten by Armin Meiwes. Since his arrest and conviction, Meiwes has become a vegetarian. Those crazy Germans.
Watching people jump from the towers on 9-11.
Some Canadian dude urinated on an electric fence once, after 12 pints of strong cider. That was pretty bizarre.
Tycho Brahe, a notable Danish astronomer was stabbed multiple times in the face with a sword. But that didn't kill him. He was at a formal banquet where he drank too much, and, since it was poor etiquette to ask to be excused from the dinner table to relieve oneself, he held it. As the dinner ran late, his bladder ruptured.
Someone getting struck by a metorite while standing on a bridge.
The Lord Jesus Christ died of a 💔
Cry me a River
It burst in the midst of his bowels.. there came out water and blood..
The whole list of people on the Clinton Body Count list. One guy shot himself in the back with a bow and arrow. Twice. Then ran himself over with the car.
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0200 Game Theory: Equilibrium
Q200. One of the most important concepts coming out of market, rational choice, and game theory models is "equilibrium." What do we mean by an equilibrium in game theory? Give an example and explain what we would mean if we said "get caught in a bad equilibrium."


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Matt Maher – Run To The Father (Story Behind The Song)2 min read
Watch Matt Maher explain the story behind the song "Run To The Father"!
Listen to Alive & Breathing, the latest release from Matt Maher!
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I've carried a burden for too long on my own
I wasn't created to bear it alone
I hear Your invitation to let it all go
I see it now
I'm laying it down
I know that I need You
I run to the Father, I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding, no reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon, my soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, oh
You saw my condition
Had a plan from the start
Your Son for redemption
The price for my heart
I don't have a context
For that kind of love
I don't understand
I can't comprehend
All I know is I need You
I run to the Father, I fall into grace
I'm done with the hiding, no reason to wait
My heart needs a surgeon, my soul needs a friend
So I'll run to the Father
Again and again
And again and again
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, Oh and again and again
Oh, oh
My heart has been in Your sights
Long before my first breath
Running into Your arms
Is running to life from death
And I feel this rush deep in my chest
Your mercy is calling out
Just as I am You pull me in
I know I need You now
Matt Maher, Ran Jackson, Cody Carnes
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249 Dove Haven Drive (Colby)
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249 Dove Haven Drive (Colby) Home Info
Colby (2125 sq. ft.) is a home with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2-car garage. Features include primary bed downstairs.
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Small town lifestyle, big city access! Clairmont Estates is the best of both worlds with access to Denton (15 minutes), Fort Worth (45 minutes) and Dallas (60 minutes)! With our spacious and affordable floor plans and oversized lots, it is easy to sit back and relax at home or experience DFW's distinctive restaurants, shopping, and entertainment venues. More Info About Clairmont Estates
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- Williams Drive-in
6.21 miles away
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6.44 miles away
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- Johnny Joe's
7.85 miles away
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6.35 miles away
- R J's Mountain Bakery
6.57 miles away
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- Bbu Inc
7.63 miles away
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- Jenny Layne Bakery
8.17 miles away
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- Rj's Mountain Bakery
- Ranchman's Cafe
0.45 mile away
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- Subway
0.46 mile away
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- Martha's Tacos Shop
0.49 mile away
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- Wildhorse Grill
3.89 miles away
9440 Ed Robson Cir
- Spartan Cuisine, LLC
4.50 miles away
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- Sprinkles Donuts
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4.64 miles away
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- Farmhouse Coffee & Treasures
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Most of you who have ever searched YouTube a make up tutorial you will be familiar with the term "contouring" with make up, its the use of lighter and darker shades to to define or highlight areas of the face be it jaw line, cheek bones etc. This has now moved into assisting in creating the perfect color specifically for your face shape. Everyone has a different face shape and hair texture so its important when you are choosing what color you are going to do that you get the right advice, not just based on what's in but also what would suit you best after a consultation from the experts.
Its about choosing light and dark tones in certain areas to create depth or shadow on the face and can completely change the way you look! If you are looking for a trend that is unique then look no further because this will not only be on point but bring out the best version of you possible.
Lets look at a few various face shapes so it makes it a little easier to understand how this will change the way you color your hair forever!
When we look at an Oval face we have to expand it a little so it's about creating lighter shades on the lower lengths and on the underneath of the sides and deeper or darker shades on the top to give the illusion of a slightly wider face
Round face shape, The goal here is to stretch out the look, so adding depth to the ends and lightening around the hairline will do exactly that and give you a more elongated look
Square, Again it is about bringing proportion to the shape, accentuating the length and softening the lines using lighter and darker shades around the ears which adds interest and softness.
Heart shape, Lightening around the jawline will soften the jawline and the lower section of the face, the top layers should be slightly lighter to take the eyes away from the width.
Its never about trying to be someone else, its only ever about trying to be the best version of you possible. If you are coloring your hair and if by chance its a block color then your doing it all wrong, naturally no one has the same color on every strand on their head from roots to ends, its incredibly artificial making hair contouring is the go to technique to either make you look naturally hot or over the top crazy ( the same thing can be done with bright colors be it pastel pink, reds, blues etc )


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AWI developing new standards
The Architectural Woodwork Institute is developing 12 woodworking standards through an American National Standards Institute-approved process on a three-year schedule. For the first time, these new standards will include product testing as basis for casework performance duty levels.
"Objective results from product testing will increase casework manufacturers' tolerance understanding of their own company's products," according to a statement from AWI. "The standards will fit what they produce, not the other way around. This makes it possible to market products based on performance data rather than anecdotal field experience."
These new or "next generation" of AWI standards are being developed for digital and mobile use with increased functionality and responsiveness to on-screen and in-hand viewing.
The Architectural Woodwork Standards, Edition 2 (2014) remain in effect unit the new standards are released.
Volunteers are needed to help develop the new standards.
"The ANSI process is an open/transparent process," according to AWI. "Two groups of volunteers are needed to develop standards. Subject Expert review Teams will review content of initial drafts, contributing their experience to create content and revise what exists.
"Canvassers will be selected for a 'use group' and will comment on and vote on the final draft of the standards."
The AWI represents nearly 3000 members, including architectural woodworkers, suppliers, design professionals and students from around the world.
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United Motors will launch the much awaited Bravo hatchback in Pakistan reportedly after Eid-ul-Azha. United Bravo hatchback will go on to compete against the lone champion of the 800cc hatchback segment, the Pak Suzuki Mehran.
Related: United Bravo: Are We Ready to Welcome the Change?
United Motors, the second largest motorcycle manufacturer of Pakistan stepped into automobile (four wheels) manufacturing last year. The company was awarded Greenfield investment status by the Ministry of Industries and Production of Pakistan in June 2017.
The United Bravo hatchback went viral on social media ever since we first broke the news in April 2018. Days later, we shared more details about the hatchback which we received exclusively from our sources in China.
The Bravo is one of the most anticipated vehicles to be launched in Pakistan that will give people an option to choose something other than the obsolete Pak Suzuki Mehran. United Bravo, powered by 800cc engine will offer much more than Mehran in terms of features & equipment, including power windows, reversing camera, 3-spoke steering wheel, tachometer, digital vehicle information display, floating touch-screen with multimedia & calling function, USB, air-condition and alloy wheels etc. However United Motors is yet to officially disclose the price tag of Bravo hatchback, albeit they have been stating that the hatchback will be 'very affordable'.
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Richard Kelly's The Box Trailer
Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star in The Box, a thriller about a married couple who come home one day to find a box sitting on their front step. Scary, right? Right! The box has a button in it – a big, red, scary button. And if you press the button, someone in the world will die – so says Frank Langhella, who appears to be the villain. If they press it, though, they will receive a million dollars, and this couple is really tight on cash. Langhella, who is missing part of his face, also tells the strapping couple that he has people everywhere, and he isn't lying.
The Box is from director Richard Kelly, who is best known for the cult classic Donnie Darko. While that film is amazing, he is also responsible for the God-awful Southland Tales, and currently I regard the man as a one-hit wonder. Can The Box move him out of that designation? Possibly. It looks good but not great, though it has one of those concepts that is either going to work exceptionally well or not at all. Only time will tell.
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Why doctors will stop sticking their necks out for their patients.
We've been taught that good doctors always put their patients first , and will sacrifice their personal wellbeing to do whatever is needed to help them to heal.
We've been taught that good doctors always put their patients first , and will sacrifice their personal wellbeing to do whatever is needed to help them to heal.
Most doctors are trained to do everything possible to help their patients get better. We're used to spending sleepless nights monitoring our patients; running around to organise blood when the patient is hemorrhaging; being sleep deprived ; and skipping meals, so that we can keep our patients alive death. We don't think about personal comfort and duty hours when our patients need us. We don't look at the clock, and we don't think about the fact that we haven't eaten for hours, or that there is no one senior who can guide us when we are out of our depth in the middle of the night, because our focus is on helping our patients to recover. Even when we are unsure what to do, we persevere and do our best with whatever resources are available to us, to make sure our patients do not die on our watch.
We've been taught that good doctors always put their patients first, and will sacrifice their personal wellbeing to do whatever is needed to help them to heal. This credo is deeply embedded in the culture of medicine, and this is why the role model for doctors are heroic surgeons who will move heaven and earth to help their patients fight death. They are our role models; we share their stories, and try to follow in their footsteps.
However , given all the episodes of doctor bashing which have started occurring recently, I don't think doctors will be willing to stick their neck out for their patients anymore. In the past, when they had a critically ill patient, they would slog through the night; mobilize resources; get help; donate blood; organize medicines and disposable supplies even if nothing was available in the hospital - do whatever was needed to snatch their patients from the jaws of death.
They didn't complain about inadequate facilities; under-staffing ; or that they were overworked. They did whatever they had to , and they took pride in their ability to function under completely adverse conditions. Most young doctors are idealistic, and they want to save lives, which is why they choose to become doctors. This is the medical tradition and culture, which has been passed on from generation to generation. This is why doctors revere medical heroes such as Albert Schweitzer, who sacrificed so much in order to help their patients.
However, thanks to the way we ill-treat our doctors and allow them to get beaten up by not being able to provide them even basic security, I think this tradition is going to sadly die out. Doctors are going to start thinking of protecting themselves first, and when they are confronted with a critically ill patient, their self-preservation instinct will kick in. Their first priority will be to protect themselves from ungrateful and unappreciative relatives, rather than try to battle massive odds in order to try to save the life of a critically ill patient. God help us all !
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Access to media coverage of the Reynolds/RTE case
The Irish Catholic this
week leads with a story on Br. Dillon and has extensive coverage of the
defamation case against RTE, including an article from the Dillon Family.
Wednesday Nov. 23nd
*Irish Times: Government orders inquiry into
RTÉ libel of Reynolds http://bit.ly/tx45Cb
Tuesday Nov. 22nd
*Irish Times: RTÉ says
it cannot disclose terms of libel deal http://bit.ly/uOkke1
*Irish Indep: Defamed
priest: Govt launches probe into Prime Time
FM: RTE authorities should face consequences Fr Reynolds http://bit.ly/u6pCMN *RTE
News: Government
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story, 2nd story same page http://bit.ly/uEvK08
RTE Director
General Interview – 22 mins 22 sec. http://bit.ly/udns9q
*Vincent Brown: Panelist Fr. John Guiney – IMU President http://bit.ly/uDNJag
Monday Nov. 21st
*ACP: RTE v.
Fr Kevin Reynolds: who was doing the preying? http://bit.ly/v1KRIl
*Irish Times: Media accused of 'anti-priest'
bias http://bit.ly/w0gHqM
*Irish Indep: RTE urged to reveal who accused Fr Kevin
Reynolds http://bit.ly/sJMAet
*Irish Catholic: RTÉ's double-standard on Fr Reynolds case http://bit.ly/ssR5No
*RTE News: FF / Ronan Mullen on Reynolds case. (Move to 6 mins 30) http://bit.ly/rqs09o
*FULL HIGH COURT STATEMENT – http://bit.ly/rDVV7O
Nov. 20th
Sunday Indo: RTE acted shamefully
towards Fr Reynolds http://bit.ly/tGUWlz
Journal.ie: ACP accuses RTÉ of insincerity over Fr Reynolds
apology http://bit.ly/rC7vF5
Central: Wronged Irish priest says
life was horrific http://bit.ly/rNKo7L
.com Catholic
priest organization slams Irish media bias
ACP: RTE v. Fr Kevin Reynolds: who was doing the preying? http://bit.ly/v1KRIl
*RTE News: Solicitor
wants source of Fr Reynolds claims http://bit.ly/uZkRRC
*Sun Indo: 'Driven out of priesthood, parish,
my whole world had collapsed' http://bit.ly/vwuHSv
Nov. 19th
Irish Times: RTÉ's
Credibility on line in Handling of Reynolds Libel. http://bit.ly/tSFuSw
broadcasts in wake of libel finding 'unfair'
Irish Indep: Bitter lesson for RTE in
Reynolds' libel case. http://bit.ly/si6dnA
boss to be quizzed by
TDs over priest libel http://bit.ly/tPW54L
Bitter lesson for RTE in Reynolds' libel case.
ACP: Press Release
On Bias in Media http://bit.ly/tUOz95
Irish Examiner: Priests criticise RTÉ over Reynolds broadcast http://bit.ly/sPYYFH
Nov. 18th
Pat Kenny Interview Podcast: http://bit.ly/OmYNo
(Click RTE/Fr. Kevin Reynolds Case)
RTE News: Fr Kevin Reynolds, RTÉ defamation case settled. http://bit.ly/v9Sdqh
in Four criticises RTÉ's false allegations.
Irish Indep: Sackings 'not the way' to handle botched
broadcast – RTE http://bit.ly/uj2oiR
Daily Update: FR. KEVIN REYNOLDS CASE SETTLED BY
RTÉ http://bit.ly/sMWFYA
Herald: Cash-strapped RTE face €1m priest libel bill. http://bit.ly/vn9APZ
Irish Central: Irish
missionary priest wins massive libel damages http://bit.ly/vu1hHo
Nov. 17th
ACP Web: David Quinn congratulates Fr Kevin Reynolds and the ACP http://bit.ly/u434Bd
Six One News: Report
on Settlement http://bit.ly/s9IMbr (Move cursor to 17 mins.15sec)
ICN: Broadcasters apologise for false
accusations against missionary http://bit.ly/rTlEMc
Journal.ie: RTÉ apology to priest in High Court "a wake-up
call" http://bit.ly/uYhcFe


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About Janis
Born and raised in Evansville, Janis graduated from Evansville High School in 1968 and shortly after married her eventual husband of 41 years, Gordy.
With a degree in Finance from Madison Area Technical College, Janis served four years as Head Bookkeeper at Union Cooperative and then moved to her family's business, Ringhand Meats and Beverages, where she worked for seventeen years.
It was at this time that Janis became interested in government. Being a small business owner, local ordinances and state laws impacted their business and Janis felt compelled to speak up and take a more active role in the community. Elected to the Evansville City Council in 1998, Janis served on the Council until she was elected Mayor in 2002, a position she held for six years. She eventually returned to the City Council from 2008 until her election to the State Assembly in 2010.
It is her experience in local government and the lessons she learned during that time that serve as a constant guide for Janis in the State Legislature. "We balanced our budgets, tightened the belt when we needed to, and made the tough decisions. When there wasn't consensus, it didn't matter if there was an R or the D after your name. We would sit down, talk it out, and find a compromise. Madison needs a lot more of this."
Janis has been active in a variety of community organizations including the Stoughton Hospital Board, the Literacy Connection, the Evansville Chamber of Commerce, the Governors Committee on Public Benefits and the Evansville Energy Independence Team. She also served as Business Agent for the Brooklyn Sportsman's Club and Secretary of VFW Auxiliary Post 6905.
Currently, Janis serves on six legislative committees, commissions, or councils: Building Commission, Economic Development and Commerce, Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Women's Council, Council on Utility Public Benefits, and the Governor's Council on Workforce Investment.
When Janis isn't in Madison for legislative business or attending community events, she spends a great deal of time with her two wonderful children, beautiful grandchildren, and great-grandchild.


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The students have two weeks.
In that time, they're filmmakers. They work 14-hour days to make three short films, including a final film that they will write, produce, direct, act, edit and screen to an audience of about 150 friends, family and others at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts' Folino Theater.
It's not your typical summer camp of swimming and lanyard making. Rather, it's Chapman University's Summer Film Academy for high school students who consider themselves film aficionados.
These are juniors and seniors, with at least a 3.0 GPA, who aim to work in the film business. They include students from countries such as Russia, France and China.
On the first day, the students get to hold a movie camera in their hands.
"We turn over the camera to them and say: 'Make movies,'" said film production professor Harry Cheney, who co-founded the program in 2011 with Lauren Kacura, summer programs manager and assistant director of admissions at Dodge College.
Students attend one of two, two-week sessions, which began June 20 and ended July 19. This year, 100 students applied and 35 were accepted for each session.
The two weeks are sprinkled with only necessary lectures. "The first year we tried to do more lectures," Cheney said. But the students wanted to spend more time editing their movies.
"We gradually have canceled a lot of the lectures so they could continue to make movies."
In earlier years, the academy also brought in prominent guest speakers, but students weren't interested in that either. "All they want to do is make movies. And that's what they do here," Cheney said.
The program's intensity serves to give the students a sense of the reality of the movie business; it's creative and fun, but rigorous.
"Harry says it's like joining the priesthood," said Tom Ptasinski, a Chapman alumnus who teaches the summer filmmakers. His day job is post production for the "Dr. Phil" show.
"You take a film vow. The business is fun, but it's long hours and it asks a lot of you," Ptasinski said.
"It's been difficult, but it's been very rewarding," said Kian Krashesky, a high school student from Chicago. He wants to be a director and screenwriter.
"Every time we finish, we get to see all the editing work and the film techniques that we've learned," Krashesky said.
"It's a lot more engaging than regular school," said April French, a senior from Millbrae. She hopes to be a writer for television.
Throughout the two weeks, students learn about the variety of jobs that are available in the industry.
A lot of the students want to be movie directors, said Sarah Terrazas, Summer Programs coordinator and Dodge College admissions coordinator.
"But here they learn there are other jobs in movies," she said.
"There are so many things that go into a movie that they never thought of until they come here," Terrazas said.
The students learn from people who work in the industry. Cheney's expertise is sound. He has been a sound editor and foley for 30 years. In post production – after the film is shot – foleys create sound effects to imitate sounds such as footsteps or glass breaking.
The sound of a flying arrow, for example, might be the flicking of bamboo reeds, and the sound of a doorknob turning might be a gun being cocked.
"The image just explodes off the screen because it's a much more potent sound," Ptasinski said.
Cheney calls the process "performance audio." He uses props to perform audio – create sounds – in sync with the film footage.
"You're trying to establish an emotional connection between what you're doing and the picture, so the audience can feel it," he said.
Almost all of the sound in movies, including some of the dialogue, is added after the film is shot, Cheney said.
"That always shocks the students," Ptasinski said.
The program emphasizes storytelling, beginning with the application. To get into the Summer Film Academy, the students have to tell a story about themselves, real or made up. "Some of them are pretty heartfelt," Terrazas said.
Cheney said some of the stories make him cry. "Harry does cry," Terrazas said.
The stories have another purpose.
"We get a really good idea of what kind of writers they are," Terrazas said. "A lot of these kids are going to be seniors in high school who will be applying to college. We try to set them up so they can get in here."
"Once they're here, they want to get in," Cheney said. Some students who took the summer film program are now film students at Chapman.
Most, if not all, of the Summer Film Academy students apply to Chapman, Terrazas said. For some, Chapman becomes their dream college.
Story development underlies everything the students do during the academy. Storytelling is crucial to movie making, Ptasinski said.
"The image can be as pretty as they want and it can be as technologically good as they want. But Harry and I will still get up there and say there is no story, so we don't care, and that means an audience won't care," Ptasinski said.
"As a filmmaker you're privileged. You know the story you're trying to tell," Ptasinski said. "Remember you have to be the audience, too. They don't know what you know. They don't know what you're trying to tell. You have to make sure you get that in the camera. My big thing is specificity."
Storytelling involves characters, decisions, conflict and complications. "It's about action: people doing stuff, people not doing stuff," Ptasinski said.
"There's a reason why Steven Spielberg is still making movies," Ptasinski said. "He has a beautiful balance of technical knowledge and honing of craft, but also this incredible sense for emotional storytelling."
Ptasinski points to Spielberg's movie "Jaws" as an example of good storytelling.
"It was the 'Transformers' of its day," Ptasinski said. It had the high-tech wow of the times, but it also showed a story of a man protecting his family.
"He's a father and a person. There's a quiet scene with him and his son. That's the movie. It's not the shark rampaging and eating people," Ptasinski said, explaining the audience has to care about the characters.
The students absorbed storytelling lessons.
On a recent afternoon, a team of four students were gathered around a table, eating pizza and working on the script for their final film.
"With this one we're going a little more serious," said Jordan Gorman, a senior from Oregon who would like to direct and write films as a career. Gorman found out about the program during a tour of Dodge College.
The students sequenced the film in pictures drawn on the whiteboard. It is about a high school shooter.
"We're trying to tell a truthful story," French said. They're trying to humanize the shooter, to tell the story of how the shooter got to that point.
"We're showing the person as a normal person. Something bad happened to him, and his world was flipped upside down and he just went to this extreme," Gorman said.
The students have the run of the campus.
"The entire campus is their backlot," Ptasinski said. The students have access to props, and sound and editing rooms.
"We act like producers. We help make their vision practical," Ptasinski added.
The students are taught filmmaking the Dodge College way.
"Here we teach collaboration. They have to work with each other," Cheney said.
"The director does not reign over his or her crew," Ptasinski said.
Dodge College uses financial incentives to encourage collaboration. A student's thesis film gets additional funding for each student that works on the film.
"That's probably one of the driving forces to make it so collaborative," Terrazas said.
The summer students go on two field trips, one to Downtown Disney District near the end of the session and the other to Hollywood.
During the first session, the students visited movie camera rental company Clairmont Camera Film & Digital and saw "Maleficent" at the El Capitan Theatre. They also toured Warner Bros. Studios.
"I danced on Ellen's mark," said Drake Wilson, a Summer Film Academy student from Seattle. "It was great," Wilson said.
One of the final elements of the two-week academy is the "real world" talk on what to expect if the students pursue a career in the film industry.
Wilson said he learned that the industry is highly competitive. "I'm really interested in film," he said. "It's a lot riskier of a future job than my personality is. I'm not a risk taker."
Holed up in the creative filmmaking process, the students bond during the two weeks, Ptasinski said.
Cheney's sad to see them go. "Every year I get the blues when they leave."
Among the many reasons Ptasinski keeps coming back every summer is it helps keep his work fresh. "It rejuvenates you. I can work on my scripts. I feel refreshed," Ptasinski said.
"They teach us as much as we teach them."
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Young country stars Jessica Andrews and Billy Gilman will host the seventh annual Sizzlin' Country concert on May 8 on the Laramie Street set of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. The show benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and will feature country artists who will be on the West Coast for the Academy of Country Music Awards, taking place May 9. The lineup has not been announced. Artist manager Scott Siman, whose clients include Andrews, Gilman and Tim McGraw, will be honored with the Heart of Country Award for his contributions to the cystic fibrosis initiative. The six previous Sizzlin' Country concerts have brought in more than $1.7 million for cystic fibrosis research and care programs. Andrews and Gilman will tour the U.S. together beginning after Fan Fair in June.


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This chickpea and parsley soup recipe has the wonderful combination of being both low in fat and filling. Another plus point is that it's super speedy; on the table in half an hour or less. It's a vegetarian soup that uses thrifty ingredients, including red lentils and canned tomatoes, which bring extra flavour and a beautiful russet colour. North African flavour favourites, ground cumin and chilli flakes, add heat, spice and produce a fantastic tempting aroma. Make this soup stretch further by adding or serving over brown rice, or serving it with hunks of crusty bread
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 140g red lentils
- 1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 800ml vegetable stock
- 200g chickpeas
- Small bunch parsley, roughly chopped, a few eaves set aside to garnish
- Heat the olive oil in a large pan and add the onion, cumin and chilli flakes. Gently fry for 5 minutes, or until the onion softens.
- Put the lentils, chopped tomatoes and stock in the pan, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until the lentils have softened.
- Blend using a food processor or hand blender, then add the chickpeas, stir through the parsley and heat for 5 minutes.
- Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with parsley leaves.
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DMU mourned the death on Jan. 17 of Professor Frank Maximilian Kneussl, Ph.D., 71. He was one of three DMU faculty members who founded the physician assistant program. He also helped develop the podiatric medicine program and the histology course and laboratory manual for osteopathic medical and podiatric medical students. He taught first-year PA students as well as osteopathic and podiatric medical students.
Dr. Kneussl earned his master's and doctoral degrees in anatomy at Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine. The recipient of a National Institutes of Health pre-doctoral research fellowship, he taught anatomy at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and, in 1972, joined the anatomy faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Dr. Kneussl joined the faculty of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, now DMU, in 1980. He served on many faculty and University committees in addition to his teaching activities.
In 1996 DMU created the Frank Kneussl Service Award, given each year to two PA students, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the program. In 2005 Dr. Kneussl received the program's Distinguished Professor Award and the DMU Appreciation Award from the student government. Upon his retirement that year, he was awarded the status of professor emeritus.


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(EnergyAsia, January 13 2015, Tuesday) — In separate announcements, European power solutions providers ABB and Alstom have signed agreements to supply their technology and services in Japan and Singapore.
ABB said it is partnering Hitachi Limited to supply high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology services to meet Japan's energy demand while Alstom will work with Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to design, develop and deploy microgrid power management solutions to support the country's renewable energy initiative.
The ABB-Hitachi venture will provide design, engineering, supply and after-sales services related to the DC system of HVDC projects featuring ABB's technology with the Japanese firm acting as the main prime contractor and 51% shareholder.
HVDC technology enables the smooth transmission of electricity between two grid systems by converting alternating current (AC) from the supply side to direct current (DC) before transmission. Power is re-converted to AC in the receiving system for use.
ABB said its system is ideal for long-distance transmission as the technology minimises electricity losses, is inexpensive to instal, and is well-suited for interconnections between two different frequencies.
Global demand for the use of HVDC technology to connect renewable energy sources has been rising rapidly, expanding the demand for voltage source converter (VSC) HVDC systems to facilitate grid-stabilisation. It is ideal for long-distance underground and underwater power links and interconnections for land-based and offshore wind farms, offshore oil and gas platforms, city center in-feeds where space is a major constraint, and cross-border interconnections that often require subsea links. Its ability to comply with grid codes ensures robust network connections regardless of application, said ABB..
It is ideal for long-distance underground and underwater power links and interconnections, and is increasingly deployed for the integration of renewable energy from land-based and offshore wind farms, the mainland power supply to islands and offshore oil and gas platforms, city center in-feeds where space is a major constraint, and cross-border interconnections that often require subsea links. Its ability to comply with grid codes ensures robust network connections regardless of application, said ABB.
With the increasing introduction of renewable energy and innovation in electric power systems, Japan's demand for voltage source converter (VSC) HVDC systems is expected to increase to support applications such as wide-area power transmission grids and connection of offshore wind farms.
"Since the first development in the 1970s, Hitachi has participated in every HVDC project in Japan and has continued to underpin the stabilisation of the electricity grid. The establishment of a new company combining the strengths of Hitachi and ABB will provide a framework for the timely provision of the new technologies required by the Japanese HVDC market," said Hiroaki Nakanishi, Hitachi's chairman and CEO.
"By enhancing and expanding the HVDC business through its partnership with ABB, Hitachi will continue to contribute to the stabilisation of Japan's electric power grid."
Ulrich Spiesshofer, ABB's CEO, said:
"ABB pioneered HVDC 60 years ago and has continually pushed the boundaries of this technology. Our presence across half the world's installed base and our capability to develop and manufacture all major components of the HVDC value chain inhouse have put us in a leading position in the industry."
In Singapore, Alstom has begun collaborating with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to design, develop and deploy MicroGrid Power Mix Management (MPMM) solution as part of the country's Renewable Energy Integration Demonstrator (REIDS) initiative.
Announced last October, REIDS is a pioneering effort to construct and operate a microgrid to manage and integrate electricity generated from multiple sources including solar, wind, tidal and diesel as well as provide energy storage and power-to-gas solutions.
The partners said they will jointly develop their unique MicroGrid Power Mix Management solution, based on Alstom's Digital Automation Platform (DAP), to manage power exchanges within a microgrid whether it is connected to or separated from the main grid.
The solution will be implemented at NTU's EcoCampus and later on the Semakau Landfill, an offshore landfill between the islands Pulau Semakau and Pulau Sakeng, located south of the main island of Singapore.
NTU said EcoCampus's deployment will enable it to enhance the energy efficiency on its premises while integrating a mix of distributed energy resources. The Semakau Landfill project will demonstrate the ability to manage new energy mix based on high penetration of renewable sources in an off-the-grid environment.
"The main objective of this project is to ensure a greener and stable supply of energy through the integration of smart energy management and energy storage systems," the partners said.
"The microgrid solution in Semakau Landfill can also be used to power small islands and rural communities off the national grid. It may also function as a back-up solution during emergencies within urban areas."
Hervé Amossé, Alstom's vice president for substation automation solutions, said:
"We are delighted with this opportunity to bring our experience, technology and expertise to support Singapore's, ever growing energy requirements. This landmark project sets the country on a strategic path of integrating and fully utilising multiple sources of energy for long term sustainability."
Lam Khin Yong, NTU's chief of staff and research vice president, said:
"Renewable and sustainable energy is a key pillar of NTU's research efforts. NTU's collaboration with a global corporation such as Alstom underpins the university's strength in transforming its engineering expertise into practical industry applications. Micro-grids will play an ever-growing role in the rapidly expanding electric energy technologies and systems in the Southeast Asian region and NTU is well-placed to contribute to this growth. The systemic integration of renewable energies and energy storage based on the micro-grid technology presents many collaboration opportunities between NTU and the industry."
Goh Chee Kiong, executive director for cleantech and cities, infrastructure & industrial solutions at Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) said:
"Singapore aims to be the leading clean energy hub in Asia where companies can develop and commercialise energy management solutions able to effectively integrate multiple energy sources. Singapore has set up innovation platforms such as REIDS to foster co-innovation among complementary companies in the energy industry ecosystem. We are pleased to partner with Alstom, a global leader in power engineering, to use Singapore as a springboard to grow the markets in Asia."
The project will largely be delivered by Alstom's engineering teams in Singapore, France and the UK.


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This art stand, wooden lyre easel for professional artists is ideal for use in college art courses, galleries, festivals, classrooms, businesses and homes. Each canvas holder is constructed from solid beechwood ensuring the customer years of residential or commercial use. This wooden lyre easel is adjustable and has a shelf that can be raised or lowered to accommodate a canvas up to 48"h. Many business and home owners use this studio rack to showcase fine art and photography. Additionally, this wooden lyre easel that is a great promotional tool is ideal for exhibiting advertisements about upcoming events! Customers can use these design mounts to elegantly display poster frames or theater announcements. This painting rack, wooden lyre easel, that is ideal for museums helps to make any artwork appear professional and refined.
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Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural and Geotechnical Reliabilityby Y. K. Lin, (F.ASCE), Schmidt Prof. and Director; Center for Appl. Stochastics Res., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL,
American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY
978-0-87262-873-1 (ISBN-13) | 0-87262-873-6 (ISBN-10), 1992, Soft Cover, Pg. 614
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Conference information: Sixth Specialty Conference | Denver, Colorado, United States | July 8-10, 1992
Out of Print: Not available at ASCE Bookstore.
Document Type: Book - Proceedings
This proceedings consists of summary papers for the thirty-six technical sessions of the 6th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics, and Structural and Geotechnical Reliability. A wide range of subjects are covered. Theoretical papers include linear and nonlinear random vibrations, reliability analyses, random fields, system identification and optimization techniques, stochastic control, wave and crack propagations, earthquake modeling, and some contemporary topics in the theory of random processes. Engineering systems analyzed include bridges, offshore structures, buildings and foundations while steel, concrete, masonry, clay and soil, and woods are some of the materials considered. Loads on these engineering systems vary from earthquake, wind, traffic, and even those related to construction activities. In addition, a variety of numerical techniques are included such as stochastic finite element, importance sampling and Monte Carlo simulation. While approaches used by the authors are often interdisciplinary, they all share some common threads of probability and statistics.
Subject Headings: Structural reliability | Probability | Structural mechanics | Geotechnical engineering | Stochastic processes | Systems engineering | Random waves | System analysis
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NEW ORLEANS — As WWL-TV reporters cover Hurricane Zeta across Southeast Louisiana, viewers have been sending in videos showing conditions in their neighborhoods.
The videos show the wide path of damage caused by the storm, from trees and power lines down to flooding and storm surge.
Zeta smashed into the Southeast Louisiana coast between Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes as a strong Category 2 hurricane, bringing with it sustained winds of up to 110 mph.
The storm's quick speed is preventing it from weakening over land, and it will likely keep hurricane strength well after it moves out of Louisiana. But that speed is also a partial blessing: the storm won't linger and dump inches of rain on the area.
One video submitted by a viewer shows water inundating a Fourchon fishing camp as heavy winds howl.
Another, by WWL-TV's Paul Murphy shows the Katrina Memorial near Shell Beach in St. Bernard Parish.
The memorial in the video is partially obscured by rain, with dark clouds -- part of Zeta's front -- visible in the background.
In Metairie, the storm is damaging power lines, causing sparks to fly in the wind as they collide with trees. If you see a downed power line, do not approach, because it could be a live wire.
Conditions are deteriorating rapidly in areas such as Plaquemines Parish, where the eastern side of the storm is expected to bring some of the heaviest rain and winds.
Another video showed trailer pieces blown across Hwy 23 in Plaquemines Parish:
Off of Port Fourchon, a fishing boat measured wind speeds up to 121 mph. If those winds are sustained and confirmed, it would put Zeta as a Cat 3 storm.
The hurricane made landfall as a strong Category 2 with winds of 110 mph. Anything at 111 mph or higher is a Category 3 storm.
On the Westbank, downed power poles and pieces of metal were strewn across the road by the storm.
It's not exactly clear where the debris is from, but it will likely be a traffic hazard when Zeta leaves the area.
Metairie, meanwhile, suffered a direct hit from the eyewall of Hurricane Zeta, with sheets of rain pouring down in the area.
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Digging Deep: Ecosystems, Institutions
and Processes for Critical Making
December 1, 2015. CUNY Graduate Center
Session 1, 12:30-2:30 pm
Designing Institutions of Critical Thinking and Material Making
General introduction
Patrik Svensson and others
Important issues and challenges (based on participant input)
Four introductions/statements
Anne Balsamo, New School
Matt Ratto, University of Toronto
Natalie Jeremijenko, New York University
Allison Burtch, researcher, artist and activist, NYC
Three distinguished commentators/perspective-givers
Cathy Davidson, CUNY Graduate Center
Shannon Mattern, New School
Jentery Sayers, University of Victoria
Open discussion (at least 45 minutes)
Session 2, 3-5:30 pm
Getting Beyond the Material-Conceptual to Include the Critical
Pair Presentations
Thomas Augst on NewYorkScapes
Anne Burdick on Micro Mega Meta
Dennis Tenen on Rapid Prototyping of Speculative Thought
Pelle Snickars on Spotify Teardown
Roopika Risam on Intersectionality as Making
Sara Hendren on Slope: Intercept
Patrik Svensson and Erica-Robles Anderson on From Napkin to Infrastructure
Maria Sachiko Cecire on Experimental Humanities
Danielle Carr and Daniel West on States of Monstrosity
Matt Ratto on the Critical-ness of Making
Lev Manovich on Critical Making in Digital Art Programs
Matt Gold on Building Commons
Open discussion
Towards a charter?
Moving Forward
List of invited participants
Allison Burtch, Researcher, artist, activist
Anne Balsamo, Dean of School of Media Studies and Professor of Media Studies, New School
Anne Burdick, Chair, Media Design Practices MFA at Art Center College of Design
Cathy Davidson, Distinguished Professor and Director of The Futures Initiative, City University New York
Daniel West, Graduate Student, Anthropology, Columbia University
Danielle Carr, Graduate Student, Anthropology, Columbia University
Dennis Tenen, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Erica Robles-Anderson, Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University
Jentery Sayers, Assistant Professor of English, University of Victoria
Lev Manovich, Professor of Computer Science, The Graduate Center, City University New York
Maria Sachiko Cecire, Assistant Professor of Literature, Bard College, Director of Experimental Humanities
Matt Gold, Professor of English and Digital Humanities at the Graduate Center, City University New York
Matt Ratto, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Director of the Critical Making Lab
Natalie Jeremijenko, Associate Professor of Art and Art Education, New York University, artist
Pelle Snickars, Professor of Media Studies and Digital Humanities, Umeå University
Roopika Risam, Assistant Professor of English and Secondary English Education, Salem State University
Sara Hendren, Assistant Professor of Design, Olin College, artist
Shannon Mattern, Associate Professor, New School
Thomas Augst, Associate Professor of English, New York University
This page will be updated in case there are any late changes to the program.
The event is supported by Umeå University (through Patrik Svensson's Chair), the Advanced Research Collaboratory, the Graduate Center, City University New York and The GC Digital Initiatives, CUNY.
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From The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs:
The thing is that when you are young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you've lost the dearest best friend you've ever had, years have gone by and you're mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance.
Jenny, Anita, Lisa and I met at the Dixie Cafe last weekend. A reunion of sorts. We grew up together in Searcy and try to get together whenever Anita comes back from Houston. I look forward to being with these women. The comfort of being with people who know me and have known me for so long and still accept me. I love it.
My life is easier and more fulfilling because of my friends. In the church, the Lord has provided us with friends. He has commanded us to love each other and care for each other.
Gal 6:2…Carry one another's burdens…
Do you still keep in touch with old friends? Do you have friends now that you are determined to stay in touch with? Have you lost touch with a friend that you dearly miss?


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MIAMI—The ABA Section of International Law published an article written by Paula Aguila titled U.S. Supreme Court finds Puerto Rico not sovereign in the Latin America & Legal Developments.
The article discusses Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle S. Ct. 1863 (2016) and its major consequences in setting back the island's legal status.
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Back in 1994, when I was 23 and applied for a position at Nokia Telecommunications' project office in Frankfurt, maybe I should have taken it as a sign of fate already that a distant friend, whom I had met as a teenager while camping in Portugal happened to work for this company. We hadn't been in touch much, but when Nokia offered me the position, I remembered that he worked in telco and contacted him. I had another promising application going elsewhere and wanted his input. He encouraged me to take the job in Frankfurt, and I did. I started as a team assistant and later moved to the head office in Düsseldorf as Project Management Assistant for E-Plus, one of the biggest network implementation projects Nokia had going at the time. The company was growing significantly, and fast.
I hadn't studied engineering but over the years learned a lot about the technology and responsibilities in project management. I loved the industry and felt that I was growing, too.
After four years, I began playing with the thought of going overseas. I had been to Australia before, on a holiday, and (unsurprisingly) loved it… so, early in 1998, I sent an open application to Nokia's Sydney office. The reply: "We don't have anything right now, but we'll keep your details on file." I wasn't in a hurry and kept on with my busy life.
After four months, I got the phone call: "We have an opening in Sydney in the Optus project team. You have been in one of Nokia's fastest GSM projects. You know the company workings. We'd like to interview you."
Several phone calls and a hurried visa application later, I resigned from Nokia Germany and moved to North Sydney in September 1998, to start a new chapter on a two-year contract as National Project Coordinator.
After 10 months in the job, I got a bit homesick; I liked my work but felt lonely in my personal life. I put in my resignation letter and booked a flight to go back to Germany. My boss was great, he regretted that I wanted to leave, but he understood.
In mid-July, three weeks before I was due to leave Australia, Optus and Nokia organised a party to celebrate the end-of-financial-year achievements. And this… was the night I fell in love with a deployment engineer at Optus who is now my husband of 18 years. When a few days after the party I went to talk to my boss (at the risk of him thinking that I am a complete nutter), I only got to: "I've met someone". He jumped in straight away, saying: "And now you want to stay? Awesome!" I ended up working at Nokia Sydney for another two years.
So much more has happened since then; my husband and I have two daughters and we now live in Brisbane, in Queensland, the Sunshine State. I no longer work in telco but am running my own business. There are so many things that influence a person's life path – and I am convinced that Nokia has been a key player in mine.


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Wisdom teeth are the cause of many problems in adults. But what are they, what causes the pain and when should you get them removed? Here's everything you need to know about wisdom teeth and how we can help you at Whistler Dental.
What are they?
Wisdom teeth, (or third molars) usually appear in adults between the age of 17 and 25. Early humans needed stronger teeth due to a coarse diet of nuts, leaves and meat. These days, our softer diet and access to tools makes them unnecessary – however we are yet to evolve away from them.
Problems and complications
Completing your full set of 32 adult teeth, wisdom teeth have been known to be the cause of much discomfort in adults. Pain can be caused when they grow side ways or only emerge partly, leading to infection and other serious issues.
What problems can be caused?
When teeth become trapped in gums they become 'impacted.' This leads to problems including misalignment of teeth, pain or infection. Symptoms of an impacted wisdom tooth can include: pain, damage to adjacent teeth, headache or jaw ache, gum injection and even bad breath.
Why you should get a check up
Regular dental check ups are vital to keep an eye on what the teeth are doing. Dentists can check for signs of infections such as tenderness, swelling and inflamed gums. X-rays will show where the teeth are positioned, check for signs of crowding and ensure the right removal strategy can be implemented.
What happens if they are not removed?
While you might think you can manage with a bit of discomfort, there are many reasons why they should be removed. Impacted wisdom teeth can cause cysts. Not only are these painful but they can also damage the adjacent teeth and even the jaw bone. The longer you put off removing these teeth, the more chance of damage to your teeth, gums and bones can occur. Infections can lead to other health problems as well, so it is important they are addressed.
Sometimes wisdom teeth can cause overcrowding and as a result it is still necessary to remove them. Even if they are not a cause of pain, they can make you susceptible to cavities. Too many teeth in a small space makes them less easy to clean which can result in further problems.
Not all wisdom teeth cause problems and some pain while they are growing can be managed easily. It is important to make sure you floss and use fluoride mouthwash to make sure your teeth are kept in good condition. Book an appointment with Whistler Dental to get the best advise about how to care for your wisdom teeth.