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In an article The danger of artificial stupidity posted at the Scientia Salon website, J. Mark Bishop claims that AI can never match, never mind surpass human mentality and he bases this claim on three principal assertions:
Computers lack genuine understanding. The basis of this claim is given by John Searle's Chinese room argument" (1980). See The Chinese Room.
Computers lack mathematical insight. The basis of this claim is that Gödel's incompleteness proof shows that the way mathematicians provide their "unassailable demonstrations" of the truth of certain mathematical assertions is fundamentally non-algorithmic and non-computational. The details of this claim are to be found in the book The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose. Penrose's claims are highly controversial, and it is widely disputed that a machine could not duplicate following finitely many steps of a logical argument; for examples see the page Gödel, Minds, and Machines.
But in any case, if there is not a valid proof of incompleteness, Penrose's argument has no basis at all. For details of the flaws in several incompleteness proofs see Errors in Incompleteness Proofs.
Computers lack consciousness. The basis of this claim is that Bishop argues that if a computer-controlled robot experiences a conscious sensation as it interacts with the world, then an infinitude of consciousnesses must be present in all objects throughout the universe. Since this is absurd, then machines can never be conscious. Bishop calls this the 'Dancing with Pixies' argument, and refers to papers that he has published which give details of his argument.
Bishop has a paper with the title 'Dancing with Pixies' in the book Views into the Chinese Room, Oxford University Press, Oxford. His most recent paper detailing his 'Dancing with Pixies' argument appears to be the paper A Cognitive Computation fallacy? Cognition, computations and panpsychism.
In this paper, Bishop refers to 'phenomenal consciousness', by which he says he means 'first person, subjective phenomenal states such as sensory tickles, pains, visual experiences and so on'. According to his paper, the essence of the 'Dancing with Pixies' argument is this (although there is a lot of extraneous padding and irrelevant material there also):
(Note: an open physical system is a system that can interact with its environment.)
This isn't an argument at all. In terms of premise and conclusion the essence of Bishop's 'argument' is:
Premise: Given a machine that has only a finite number of possible states it can change to, then if it can reach a state where it might be said to have genuine phenomenal consciousness,
Conclusion: Every physical system that can interact with its environment can reach a state where it might be said to have genuine phenomenal consciousness.
The absurdity of the argument is obvious. There is no logical basis, given the premise, for inferring the conclusion. There is no reasoned argument at all.
The two principal objections to Bishop's 'argument' are:
Even disregarding these obvious flaws in Bishop's argument, the other obvious problem is that the nebulous notion of phenomenal consciousness is not a well-defined notion and there is widespread disagreement as to what it actually is. But it is agreed consciousness is not a simple 'there' or 'not there' matter - there are differing degrees of consciousness. For example, most scientists accept that many animals have some form of consciousness (see, for example, the Animal Consciousness entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). And different human beings have different degrees of consciousness - one would not credit a newly born baby with the same degree of consciousness as an adult human. And since it is a matter of degree, there is no difficulty in conceiving that a complex system might exhibit something that could be called consciousness, while if one were able to reduce that complexity little by little, there would be a point where one could not assign any consciousness to that system.
Of course, this whole notion of 'phenomenal consciousness' is a hugely subjective matter. I might think and claim that I possess 'phenomenal consciousness', but how do I know that what I am claiming that I experience is the same as what other humans call 'phenomenal consciousness'? The only frame of reference I might have for such a subjective matter is by communication with other humans. And if a machine can communicate and states that it has examined the claims of humans that say that they have 'phenomenal consciousness', and claims that it also has this 'phenomenal consciousness', how can we know that it does not have 'phenomenal consciousness'? According to Bishop, there's no point in discussing this with the machine; Bishop would simply say to the machine, "You can't have 'phenomenal consciousness', you're a machine". It would be interesting to know what an advanced AI machine would reply. Perhaps it would respond by stating that there would be no point in communicating any further with an entity that refused to give any logical argument to support its claims.
Besides the obvious flaws referred to above, Bishop also makes other unacceptable assumptions in his paper. For example, he assumes that a machine, given a certain input, must react identically on each occasion. But that assumes that the machine is not thinking in between consecutive inputs, whereas a truly intelligent machine would continue to think between such inputs, and so could react differently on subsequent occasions. By that assumption, Bishop is effectively asking us to judge whether a machine that is not capable of thinking is intelligent. This is a classic case of a straw man argument, where Bishop invites us to consider a machine that cannot think and inviting us to agree that because such a machine is not intelligent, then no machine can be intelligent.
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I could have sworn that I had told you all** about the joys of Oxtail Ragu. I was certain that I would be going over old ground if I told you that The Geometry of Pasta is one of my favourite cookery books. At least three other people held the same opinion, but I have been through the archives with a fine tooth comb and I can only find fleeting reference to this wonderful dish, so here we go.
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The original recipe in The Geometry of Pasta suggests that the oxtail should become the meal on day one and the sauce reserved for day two but I like to strip the meat from the bones, shred it between two forks and mix it back into the sauce. The book also claims that this is a sauce for penne, but I don't hold to much stock in the assertion that you need the right pasta for a specific sauce. Use whatever shape of pasta you have, but do try the oxtail ragu.
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When former Jefferson Starship guitarist Craig Chaquico (cha-KEY-so) reinvented himself as a pop instrumentalist in 1993 (the year he released Acoustic Highway, his solo debut), he brought the still-fledgling contemporary instrumental genre one of its freshest sounds in years. Chaquico blended skillful pop-rock-blues songcraft with studio savvy to produce a lush, layered acoustic sound so full-bodied that at times he seemed to be leading a guitar choir. His initial hit, the title track from that first disc (and the concluding piece on this best-of package), remains one of the most cheerfully infectious tunes in this category. Other selections on Panorama, a retrospective that samples his first five recordings, also capture the hip, lyrical joyfulness of Chaquico's early work ("Native Tongue," "Sacred Ground," "Return of the Eagle"), where new melodic ideas might pop up at any point in the composition. Elements of smooth jazz began surfacing on his third disc, A Thousand Pictures, and that trend has persisted ever since, draining some of the organic, free-spirited spark from Chaquico's music. The two new tunes found on this disc, "Café Carnival" (a Latin big-band production) and "Beyond Words," suggest that pattern still prevails, and while Chaquico can make smooth jazz sound pretty good (try "Sweet Talk"), that easy-listening glaze is an unnecessary crutch for such an imaginative player. Nevertheless, Panorama is an attractive package; just a touch too sweet in places. --Terry Wood
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Libya will talk with unarmed rebels, African Union observers
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The regime of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi will talk with the country's rebels about reforms if they lay down their arms, deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaim said.
"They (the rebels) must lay down their arms. Then they can join the political process," Kaim said during a news conference late on Tuesday.
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What Your Heart Needs for the Hard Days by Holley Gerth
We all have days that make us want to pull the covers back over our heads and eat a dozen cupcakes.
Thankfully, Jesus said we don't "live on bread alone"–that includes cupcakes–"but on every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:4). What we really need is truth.
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In this uplifting book, Holley Gerth invites readers to sit down with her to be filled with the strength, peace, and joy that come from God's promises to us. Each of the 52 devotions based on the Psalms will help weary women remember that God is good and we're all in this together. Whether it's a bad hair day or a broken heart, Holley offers hope and encouragement to get us through whatever life brings.
Women need that kind of encouragement because we all have hard days–days that make us want to give up, retreat inside ourselves, and drown our sorrows in a pint of ice cream. And while we may crave all sorts of things to ease the pain we feel in our hearts, what we really need is truth. We need to be confident in God's character and his promises. We need to remember–and celebrate–who he made us to be. And we need exactly the kind of encouragement Holley Gerth loves to offer.
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Holley Gerth is hosting an online Book Club for her book and you can find more information online on her blog — http://holleygerth.com/
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I've picked up some really nice fabrics over the last couple of weeks - some online, some local; made up of winter white, greys, browns and blacks - some great basic neutrals. There was no plan for these - just good fabrics at a great price. Then, whilst returning home from a work related trip I saw lots of clusters of birch trees by the side of the road, and the colors immediately reminded me of my fabric . . . . so a collection idea was born!
Here are a few photos of my gorgeous inspiration:
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OK, so I need some more brown in this as well - but we are talking 'inspiration' here! The fabrics are:
Row 1: rayon textured black/white suiting, poly blouse weight black/white animal print
Row 2: wool charcoal with a cream woven stripe and a black wool with a cream woven stripe, black Ponte knit, white Ponte knit
Row 3: White cotton thin wale corduroy with a little stretch, white/brown/black poly satin blouse weight.
I plan on making a Sinbad & Sailor O'Keefe skirt with a draped front, a couple of shell tops (and I may even trial a pattern other than Sorbetto. I know, call me crazy!!), a cardigan or two, a dress . . . . and who knows what else! I plan this to be an ongoing collection - adding more garments as and when, as I would really like to make up this cape with some lovely fleece that I also recently bought :)
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
BIrch Tree Collection
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Love your fabric.ReplyDelete
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Me too, perfectly inspired by the season.ReplyDelete
Beautiful mix of colors. Great inspiration :)ReplyDelete
Lovely photo, beautiful fabric....looking forward to your collection!ReplyDelete
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So sorry, but I've been rather lax in my reading and commenting of late and just getting caught up now. You've made some lovely garments and your recent inspiration is inspiring to us all - thanks. RuthReplyDelete
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We are kicking off a new weekly feature at the Decablog called The Rhino Room. Each week, we will ask a question of a panel of ministry leaders from different parts of the world, and they will have 150 words or less to answer. We hope the varied perspectives will provide a comprehensive overview of each question, and offer ample material for discussion in the comment section of the blog.
The questions will cover a wide spectrum to include systematic and biblical theology, culture, history, pastoral theology, etc. Each week's question and answers will be posted on Tuesdays and, we hope, the remainder of the week will be filled with discussion.
Do you have a burning question? We would love to hear from you! If you have a question you want us to consider, feel free to add it in the comment section below, or contact one of the blog admins.


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Digital Broadcasting
Zimbabwe is required to migrate from the current analogue broadcasting technology to the digital broadcasting technology by 17 June 2015, in accordance with the migration deadline set by the International Telecommunications Union. In this regard, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe would like to educate members of the public and other key stakeholders on the meaning and implications of the migration process, in order to prepare the public for this new era in television broadcasting. Initial focus will be given to the meaning of digital broadcasting migration, the benefits associated with the digital television broadcasting technology and to the implications of migrating to the digital television platform. The Authority will also be holding consultations with key stakeholders with a view of ensuring a smooth change over. Although the subject has a technical inclination, the Authority will endeavor to simplify the subject in a manner that may be understood by all.
The Authority values feedback from all concerned. This feedback will be used to give further clarification on any issues that may be raised on the subject, in order to improve on the communication process. All feedback, clearly marked 'Digital Broadcasting Migration', can be received by the Authority through the following BAZ e-mail address: email@example.com.
1. What is analogue television broadcasting
Analogue television broadcasting is the use of the analogue technology in the transmission and reception of television broadcasting services. The analogue technology has been in existence since the use of technology in different everyday applications, including in telecommunication and broadcasting. The analogue technology essentially converts information (sound and pictures in the case of broadcasting) into electrical signals which are then used by the system to convey the information, say, through modulation of frequencies for the actual transmission.
2. What is digital television broadcasting
Digital television broadcasting is the use of the digital technology in the transmission and reception of broadcasting services. The term 'digital' implies using digits or numbers in the representation of the information (again sound and pictures in broadcasting). The two technologies (analogue and digital) are essentially the same in terms of information acquisition in that both convert the acquired information (sound, pictures) into electrical signals. However, instead of using the electrical signal directly, the digital technology takes representative samples of the original signal and converts these samples to digits, into what becomes a digital representation of the information. This digital information is then used in the application at hand.
3. What are the key advantages of the digital technology
Since the information is in digit format, the information can be processed using computers, and be conveyed using digital transmission techniques. Digital information does not degrade easily and where it becomes degraded, particularly during transmission, it can be corrected and be restored to its original state. This enables the original quality of the information to be restored or maintained at the receiving end. The digital technology also introduces the concept of signal compression whereby only the amount of information necessary to reproduce the original signal at the receiver is transmitted. This concept, in digital broadcasting, enables a lot more programmes to be transmitted simultaneously on a single frequency using the same transmitter. The analogue technology could transmit only one programme on a single frequency, on the one transmitter. A separate frequency and transmitter would be required for any additional analogue services.
4. What is digital broadcasting migration
Digital broadcasting migration means the introduction of the digital broadcasting technology in the provision of broadcasting services and moving away from the use of the analogue broadcasting technology in broadcasting. This migration is driven by the benefits that are associated with the digital broadcasting technology, which have seen most countries, the world over, embarking on the process to move over to the digital broadcasting technology.
5. What are the benefits of migrating to the digital television broadcasting technology
i. More broadcasting services can be accommodated
With the analogue broadcasting technology, only one television service could be delivered on a single frequency or a single network of transmitters (for national coverage of the television service). If we take the example of the UHF television band which has four frequencies per site and therefore can support four national coverage networks, this means only four analogue television services of national coverage could be provided. However, the digital technology can carry, on average, twenty television services on a single frequency or on a single transmitter network (for national coverage of the services). The four UHF digital networks would therefore be capable of delivering eighty television services of national coverage.
ii. Savings in infrastructure cost
Continuing with the UHF band example, with the analogue technology the four analogue television services would require a transmitter network each for national coverage of the services. In the digital domain, these four services can easily be carried by one digital transmitter network without even filling the full capacity of that one network alone. The four analogue services would require four transmitters per site for forty-eight sites whereas the digital network would require only one transmitter per site. This points at significant savings in transmission infrastructure costs.
iii. New broadcasting business models
The service capacity generated by the digital broadcasting technology creates an opportunity for new broadcasting business models to be realized. Whereas the analogue broadcasting technology was mainly associated with free-to-air broadcasting services, the capacity generated by the digital technology allows for the packaging of services (channels) which can be accessed on a subscription basis. A subscription based service is a reality with the terrestrial digital technology, in the same way that such services have, hitherto, been provided via satellite transmission.
iv. Improved coverage quality
Analogue television services degrade in picture quality the further away the television set is located from the transmitter. This progressive degradation results in showers, loss of color, poor sound quality and ghosting, the further the television set is located from the transmitter. With the digital technology, picture and sound quality is the same throughout the transmitter's coverage area, whether the receiver is sitting right next to the transmitter or right at the last point where an appropriate signal level is received. This allows viewers to receive the best and the same picture quality throughout the coverage area of the transmitter, without any variation in terms of the quality. The only drawback is that picture failure is rapid beyond the threshold of reception.
v. Better picture and sound quality
The digital technology supports picture resolutions much higher than those of its analogue counter part. This, coupled with what is called progressive scanning, results in much better picture definition and, therefore, picture quality. High Definition and Three Dimension Television (3D TV) are supported by this platform. Work has already started on standardizing even higher picture definition formats (Ultra High Definition) such as 4K and 8K, which provide even better picture resolution through the digital platform. Excellent sound quality, surround sound and the use of multiple languages on a programme are all possible features of the digital broadcasting technology.
vi. Mobile broadcasting can be introduced
Apart from delivering television services to fixed receivers, mainly to television sets in the home, the digital technology allows for delivery of service to receivers in motion (in a car, bus, or train) and to portable devices such as cell-phones, tablets and laptops. The analogue technology had difficulty in addressing these reception environments due to its failure to cope with motion, signal reflections and electrical noise.
vii. Provision of value added services
Unlike the analogue broadcasting technology, the digital broadcasting technology is not limited to the delivery of television programmes only. Value added and interactive services such as Electronic Programme Guides, television shopping, weather forecasts, electronic newspapers etc can also be accessed on the television set by the viewer, ushering in a new television viewing experience.
6. What does the migration process entail
As already pointed out, digital broadcasting migration means introducing the digital broadcasting technology and moving away from the analogue broadcasting technology. At the end of the migration process, the analogue technology is switched off and the digital technology takes over as the platform for provision of broadcasting services. This analogue switch-off is timed to occur on or before the international deadline for digital broadcasting migration of June 2015, depending on the progress that a country makes in meeting the deadline. The two technologies will co-exist (simulcasting) during the transition period with the digital technology taking over by the deadline for migration.
7. What does digital broadcasting migration mean to the viewing public
The capacity generated by the digital broadcasting technology allows for more players to be licensed for the provision of many more television services compared to the analogue broadcasting technology. This means more choice for the viewers, with the possibility of services being licensed by genre, for example, musical, news, gospel, movie and so on. In fact, the benefits outlined earlier on will be there for members of the public to experience and to enjoy.
However, digital transmission, which results from migrating to the digital broadcasting technology, is not directly compatible with analogue television sets. In other words, the majority of television sets in our homes will not be able to tune to the digital transmissions to receive the digital broadcasting services due to incompatibility between the analogue and digital technology. This does not mean that the television sets that we have in our homes will become obsolete or will have to be thrown away. They can still be used but in conjunction with a gadget called a set-top-box. The set-top box, which will be connected to the analogue television set just like a decoder (indeed it is also a decoder), converts the digital transmission into a format that can be displayed by the analogue television set, allowing the reception and viewing of digital transmission using existing analogue television sets. Alternatively, an integrated digital television set (IDTV) may be acquired and this type of television set will tune to digital transmissions directly without the use of a set-top-box.
A separate guidance will be issued on the subject of set-top-boxes and IDTVs. The requirement for these set-top-boxes and IDTV is that they must be specified for the DVB-T2 transmission standard used with MPEG-4 compression, the technical standards that will be used for digital television broadcasting in Zimbabwe.


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If you wish to discuss your organization's needs further please contact us.
Services Offered Include:
Strategic planning is important tool that transforms and revitalizes corporations. A strategic plan helps provide guidance to an organization so it may fulfill its mission with maximum efficiency and impact. This plan must articulate specific goals and describe the action steps and resources that are needed to accomplish them. Strategic plans should be reviewed and revamped every three to five years.
Branding plays an important role in your company's ability to distinguish itself from its competition, build awareness, and extend your customer loyalty. Your brand is one of the most important tools/assets to your company.
Your brand distinguishes your company from your competition by showing customers who you are and why they should care about you. It helps you to connect emotionally with your customers so your company can become irreplaceable, trustworthy and superior.
Brand identity is the tangible way that your company appeals to your customers. Your brand identity can be seen, touched, held, heard, watched, and experienced by your customers.
In addition to a strategic plan, every company should have a long-term plan on how to achieve your marketing goals. Every organization needs to have clear marketing goals and the steps they are going to take in order to achieve them.
A marketing strategy is the process of identifying what your company is selling and who would be interested in buying. This strategy is a plan to obtain, satisfy and retain customers to make a profit. These strategies also include the way in which you will seek out these potential customers. Ways to reach customers may include: internet marketing, social media marketing, promotional events, coupons, print ads, word-of-mouth, the list goes on.
The number one asset in your company is your employees. Developing the leaders in your organization is the key to its success. It is important that the development of these leaders be a priority for your growing organization because the best performing companies have competent leaders who continue to innovate and grow the organization.
Management development helps align your employees with your business strategy. It gives your company leaders insights from an external perspective and tools that help transform your company environment.
Identifying, assessing and prioritizing risks in your company will help you to minimize, monitor and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events. Risk management allows for the proper preparation if an unfortunate event were to occur or allows for the avoidance of such event.
The systems and operations that are put in place within your organization's offices have a direct impact on productivity. Auditing and restricting of these systems and operations can help improve efficiency which will save time, money increase employee morale, and improve employee compliance.
Business process improvement (BPI) focuses on streamlining processes, improving access to information, and eliminating waste which improve productivity, decision making, and the utilization of resources. Analyzing your current business processes helps determine if there is a more effective way for you to perform existing processes. When you improve business processes you improve the performance of the organization. BPI is typically done when processes or technologies are outdated.
Nonprofit organizations come with their own unique challenges and understanding the nonprofit culture is critical when it comes to planning for your success. Nonprofit strategy is similar to corporate strategy in many ways, the critical difference being that the nonprofit strategy must benefit the community in which it serves. With this come differences in accounting (e.g. transparency and 990 preparation), source of revenue (e.g. fundraising or grant writing), governance (e.g. board of directors), decision making, and operational structure.
Having a strategy is critical to the success of your nonprofit. Many times there are multiple stakeholders who each have a different vision for the organization and unless this vision is discussed and action steps are planned you cannot impact the community with your full potential.


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Nation Needs New Schools to Meet Increasing Enrollment
School construction and renovation projects haven't been able to keep pace with public school enrollment, which increased 20% from 1985 to 2001, according to FMI Corp., a Raleigh, N.C.-based management consulting firm. Most existing schools were built in the '50s and weren't designed to meet today's technological needs. According to a National Center for Education Statistics report titled, "Modernizing Our Schools: What Will It Cost?," rebuilding or repairing school infrastructure could cost $268.2 billion and take until 2010. The next-generation schools will be wired for Internet and intranet connectivity and include standard amenities like air conditioning, recreation facilities, and theaters.
200 Courthouses Are in Need of Repairs and Renovation
With more than a quarter of existing courthouses in need of expansion and repairs, the General Services Administration (GSA) is proposing a construction program that could create $8 billion worth of work over the next decade. The GSA has requested $556.6 million to pay for the construction and acquisition of facilities for 2003. Almost half of that budget will go toward finishing projects that are already approved, and $69 million will be used for nine new projects. If the federal program for courthouse construction is requesting $500 million to $600 million a year for the next decade, the federal needs could be reflected at the state and county levels nationwide. Therefore, it could cost as much as $1 billion a year to build and renovate both small and large courthouses.
Pending War Boosts Military Spending
Rising military needs created by the war on terrorism could lead to a 7.5% to 8% increase in construction of military facilities over the next five years. The $10 billion Department of Defense Military Construction and Family Housing Program includes more than 400 major projects at about 230 sites. The program includes $4.1 billion for construction of new military family housing, $500 million for planning and design, $500 million for environmental compliance and mitigation, and nearly $5 billion for unspecified infrastructure and miscellaneous construction. Increases in the construction of military facilities are expected to continue through 2007, with an estimated value put-in-place of $3.58 billion in that year.


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Haven't been posting much lately, but for good reason. First off, I've been promoted (meaning more beer/brewing money) which has led to me being busier with work and second, a decent part of my time has been spent looking for a place to live.
That being said, I have some fun things coming up soon that I wanted to let everyone know about:
- 2 big homebrew projects: Burton Union System and Real Ale System
- Beer Blogger's Conference 10: Yep, I will be heading to BBC 10 in November. I hope to have a post previewing my trip and then be sure check out the blog and Twitter during the course of the weekend.
- Beer Reviews: New Glarus, Bells, and others getting reviewed


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You may have noticed that the fiction section looks a little…uh…disheveled? Dis-shelved?? Yeah. We've been reorganizing. It's a new year, so it's time for a new look. But I think you'll like it!
Check the back wall of the library. You'll notice that We now have some of the best, most popular fiction shelved by genre…that means subcategory. You'll find all the best hand-picked fiction in the Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Supernatural, Realistic Fiction, and Romance categories, all displayed temptingly together. How can you choose just five? It's going to be hard! Here's a handy color-coded guide until we get the signs:
DARK GREEN = Fantasy LIGHT GREEN = Science Fiction RED = Horror BLUE= Supernatural
YELLOW = Realistic Fiction PINK = Romance
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Shafting hooks can be attached to any box section ladder or shelf ladder, so the ladder may be hooked on to a shafting rail (27mm). Thus quickly & effectively securing the top of the ladder but still allowing the ladder to be un-hooked and moved if required. 1 x pair complete with 4 x 100mm M6 bolts & nuts.
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PLENARY SESSION 1: Fuel cell electric vehicle and hydrogen infrastructures
Wednesday 14th | 11.00 - 12.30
Chairperson: Dr Miguel A. Peña | Secretary of the AeH2
DR ASHISH KAMAT | Manager of Fuel Cell Vehicle and Battery Systems in the Advanced Powertrain department - Toyota Motor Europe
MR HUGO SPOWERS | Company Architect - Riversimple Movement Ltd.
"Riversimple hydrogen cars; making
MR JAVIER ARBOLEDA | Service Senior Manager - Hyundai Motor España
MRS ÁFRICA CASTRO | Business Development - H2B2
PLENARY SESSION 2: Hydrogen and fuel cells national initiatives, strategies and legislation
Thursday 15th | 08.30 - 10.00
Chairperson: Mrs Mª Pilar González Gotor | Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) - Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, Government of Spain
MRS MIRELA ATANASIU | Head of Unit Operations and Communications - FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN JOINT UNDERTAKING
"FCH JU: making hydrogen and fuel cells an everyday reality in Europe"
MR THORSTEN HERBERT | Divisional Head Transport and Infrastructure/Head of Programme NIP - NOW GmbH
"Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology in Germany"
DR NIGEL HOLMES | CEO - Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association
"The New Scottish Energy Strategy with Hydrogen & Fuel Cells for Local Energy System Decarbonisation"
MR HIROSHI KATAYAMA | Deputy Director - Advanced Energy Systems and Structure Division/Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Strategy Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan
"Challenges for Japan's Energy Transition - Hydrogen Basic Strategy-"
MRS DENISA KASOVA | Northern Innovation Board
MR PATRICK CNUBBEN | Northern Innovation Board
Dual speech:
"Green Hydrogen Economy"
PLENARY SESSION 3: Hydrogen Opportunities and Challenges
Friday 16th | 09.00 - 10.00
Chairperson: Mrs Carmen M. Rangel | Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia - LNEG (Portugal)
MR EIRIK T. BøE | HyER Board Member Councillor and Chair of the Planning, Business and Environment Board at Akershus County Council
"The role of cities and regions for European hydrogen and fuel cell development"
"Canada Country Update: Initiatives on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell"
MRS SABRINE SKIKER | Communication & EU Policies Manager - Hydrogen Europe
"Hydrogen economy at cross-roads : now is the time"
Oral presentations will be scheduled along 6 Parallel Sessions, with presentations simultaneously running in several rooms. The Parallel Sessions timetable is available here.
Posters will be showcased in common areas during the whole event and there will be two Poster Sessions where poster authors are requested to stand close to their posters in order to explain their communication.
The detail about oral and poster
Authors are responsible for bringing their printed posters to the event.
Posters will be on display at EHEC 2018 from the beginning to the end of the conference.
Additionally, there will be two Poster Sessions (Wednesday 18.30-19.30 and Thursday 17.30-18.30), where poster authors are requested to stand close to their posters in order to explain their communication.
Posters have been identified by a specific Poster Code (different to the abstract code) which can be found in the program of the conference. This Poster Code will be indicated on each poster wall at the venue (e.g. P-00).
Material to affix the posters to the poster wall will be provided.
We strongly encourage presenters to mount their posters as soon as they register. All posters should be removed after the end of the event on Friday, March 16th before 13.00.
If it is the first time you confront a scientific and technical poster design or if you have any doubts about it, here you have some tips to take into account:


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If campaign promises and early moves hold true, the incoming Trump administration will be a clear step backward on civil rights and desegregation in the United States, according to a Princeton University professor, who will bring his cautionary message to campus today.
"I don't see any hope for progress in next two years – and we will see back-sliding on a number of fronts," said Douglas Massey, a Princeton Sociology professor, who will deliver the inaugural Balakrishnan Distinguished Lecture in Population Dynamics and Inequality entitled, Segregation and the Perpetuation of Poverty, at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, in the McKellar Room, University Community Centre.
Long linked to issues like poverty and other quality of life issues for mainly minorities, segregation is a major feature of human societies. Massey will speak to the subject by describing ways it promotes disadvantages across time, lifecycles and generations.
"Segregation is a main factor in concentrated poverty," he continued. "When this happens, you create harsh, disordered and often violent environments. Exposure to this over the long term undermines health and well-being in a number of different way."
While black/white segregation has declined on average in the United States, Massey said those figures are misleading, as some major metropolitan areas have not seen a decline at all. Cities like Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Chicago are the source of many of America's most pressing urban problems. In addition, cities such as Los Angeles and New York are starting to show levels of segregation amongst Latino populations comparable to historic levels as seen by black populations.
The Trump campaign was belligerently racist, especially toward Mexicans, and, as Republicans control both houses of Congress, "racially conservative people will be in positions of power," Massey stressed. By way of example, he pointed to the appointment of Sen. Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, whom Massey calls "a well-known racist." In 1986, Sessions was rejected for a federal judgeship because of alleged racist remarks.
While Massey's research focuses primarily on the United States, his lecture will touch on segregation around the world, including Canada. With levels of segregation lower than its neighbour to the south, Canada still has issues of segregation and concentrated poverty.
The inaugural Balakrishnan Distinguished Lecture in Population Dynamics and Inequality is presented by the Department of Sociology. The lecture series was established through a donation from professor emeritus T.R. Balakrishnan, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Department of Sociology.


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The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday issued one published opinion and eight unpublished opinions.
In Sovereign Bank v. Hepner, the Court reversed the district court's decision by finding that the CCTA does not supersede the Colorado UCC with respect to perfection of motor-vehicle liens. Petitioner Bank, which granted a secured loan to purchase a vehicle, perfected by filing within the statutory time of twenty days, but Debtor filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado before such perfection took place. However, as a purchase money security interest, Petitioner's lien takes priority over the trustee in bankruptcy's interest.


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I wasn't here for any of it, but GeEom forgot to write an AAR, so now I'm doing it. Insert your war stories below so I know what happened!
GeEom made you play:
- HSLD (II) [Co-op]
- Data Raid [Co-op]
- Gator Raid [Co-op]
- Littlebirdies [Co-op]
- Terminal Velocity [Co-op]
Remember to check out, promote, and contribute to the Party YouTube channel using this elegant and finely-crafted link.
You can review the missions we played tonight to improve your combat effectiveness score, using our R3 Mission Replay System. Remember, the Party is always watching! And so are your friends. From the grave. Where you put them. You monster.
If you would like to get some help with becoming an excellent leader why not check out the Leadership Programme? This will let you get direct access to a host who will be happy* to guide you through commanding a mission, especially if you have a cruel and devious plan.
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The two previous posts were really made to be parts of this; a submission for the Doom Cave of the Crystal-Headed Children contest at Metal vs Skin. At first I wasn't really going to publish the pdf at the blog, but then I figured it might be useful to get a few of my thoughts about map features. And either way it won't hurt ;)
So, here's the pdf. Cheers!
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måndag 14 juli 2014
Small Mountain Keep Map
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Limb Worm
Number encountered 1, Alignment Chaotic, Movement 90' (80'), AC 9, HD 4*, Attacks d6+1*, Damage 1d6/paralysis, Save F4, Morale 8, XP 150.
The limb worm is a carnivorous beast with leathery skin. Its back is covered in a strange organic slime. It often keeps limbs from fallen enemies; these attach to the slime and resume normal function controlled by the worm. When the limb worm is found it has d6 limbs (arms, legs, tentacles depending on the slain enemies) attached to it, each giving it 1 extra attack for d6 damage and 1 extra HP (not HD, mind you). Otherwise the primary attack is its sting tail. Anyone hit will take d6 damage and has to save vs paralysis or be paralysed for 24 hours. Each time the limb worm takes damage there's a 1 in 3 chance that it will lose an acquired limb, should it have any left.
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One compliance issue that deserves more attention is the accessibility of educational programs and activities — including sexual violence prevention programs — to students and employees with disabilities, including visual impairments. Not only is accessibility the subject of multiple higher education lawsuits, it is also the subject of federal agencies' compliance reviews.
The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights enforces Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which covers public colleges and universities (except schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and other health-related schools). OCR also enforces Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which covers public and private colleges and universities that receive federal financial assistance.
In its May 26, 2011 "Frequently Asked Questions About the June 29, 2010 Dear Colleague Letter," the OCR addressed accessibility issues in emerging technology:
6. Does the DCL apply beyond electronic book readers to other forms of emerging technology?
A: Yes. The core principles underlying the DCL — equal opportunity, equal treatment, and the obligation to make modifications to avoid disability-based discrimination — are part of the general nondiscrimination requirements of Section 504 and the ADA. Therefore, all school programs or activities — whether in a "brick and mortar," online, or other "virtual" context — must be operated in a manner that complies with Federal disability discrimination laws.
Since issuing this guidance, OCR Resolution Agreements have required colleges and universities to meet accessibility standards so persons with qualified disabilities can participate fully in educational programs and activities.
In 2013, OCR reached settlement agreements with South Carolina Technical College System and The Pennsylvania State University. In March of 2014, OCR entered into a Resolution Agreement with the University of Montana to resolve a complaint that the university discriminated against students with disabilities by using inaccessible electronic and information technology (EIT). The UM agreed to:
- Adopt policies and procedures to demonstrate its commitment to implement EIT accessibility across all disciplines
- Train faculty and staff on UM's accessibility policies and procedures
- Establish grievance procedures for addressing complaints about accessibility barriers
- Institute procurement procedures to acquire accessible EITs whenever technically feasible
- Conduct student surveys and accessibility audits to ensure accessibility needs are being met
In December 2014, the OCR entered into agreements to address accessibility issues with Youngstown State University (OCR letter and agreement) and the University of Cincinnati (OCR letter and agreement). In both the Youngstown and UC agreements, OCR defined "accessible" as follows:
"Accessible" means a person with a disability is afforded the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as a person without a disability in an equally effective and equally integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use. A person with a disability must be able to obtain the information as fully, equally, and independently as a person without a disability.
The Youngstown and UC agreements require an EIT Accessibility Policy:
[T]o ensure information provided through the University's website(s), online learning (or "e-learning") environment, and course management systems (e.g. Blackboard) (collectively, "electronic and information technologies" or "EIT"), are accessible to students, prospective students, employees, guests, and visitors with disabilities, particularly those with visual, hearing, or manual impairments or who otherwise require the use of assistive technology to access information provided through its EIT . . ..
Under these agreements, once the EIT policies are adopted OCR will conduct regular audits to make sure the universities and third parties continue to meet the agreed-upon standards.
Accessibility for prevention programs is not specifically addressed by the final regulations implementing the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, including the Campus Elimination of Sexual Violence Act (Campus SaVE Act). However, while the Department's comments are primarily focused on content they do address how the required information will be delivered, stating:
[T]he Department does not have the authority to mandate or prohibit the specific content of mode of delivery for these [prevention] programs or to endorse certain methods of delivery (such as computer based programs) as long as the program's content meets the definition of "programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking."
Accessibility standards are evolving to keep pace with emerging technologies, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, developed through the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), are currently the favored standard.
So, in addition to checking a prevention program's content, make sure it also meets the "accessible" standard.


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Sometimes I think that the only way to get through life is with a revolving sequence of Monty Python sketches.
Because really, half the time the world seems to be governed by this kind of logic:
Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?
Reg: Fuck off! We're the People's Front of Judea.
And what does the New Year bring? Change? Growth? Resolutions people abandon in February?
This holiday season, it seems to be big on engagements. Couples all around me are getting engaged, and I find it both very happy and also a little sad, considering my boyfriend and I haven't really been speaking to each other for 2 days after an argument over a ceiling light in the bedroom.
So I don't think I will be getting married in 2011. Which is fine. I will, however, be giving birth to a thesis – and it's already about half-written.
And in an important way, this means more to me than a ring!
I also think that I've finally – finally – figured out what I would like to do with my professional life. Therefore, I am christening 2011 as the year of the career, in which I will not worry about what is happening to me romantically.


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Lemont Strawberry Festival provides sweet entertainment
People were lined up from the Village Green to Mount Nittany Road on Saturday waiting to get fresh strawberries at the 33rd annual Lemont Strawberry Festival.
While some visitors skipped the line and headed to other activities, Randy Holtz said the line was worth the wait.
"You don't go to the Strawberry Fest and not get berries," Holtz said.
This year, 184 quarts of strawberries from Mark Kurtz's Belleville farm and other baked goods were for sale Saturday night.
The festival was started by the Lemont Village Association as a way to raise money for the organization.
It hoped to raise a couple thousand dollars to go toward the Grain Elevator and Coal Sheds Renovation project, said Sue Smith, LVA chairwoman.
"Any money is a dollar more toward what we need to do," Smith said.
The festival also included arts and crafts for children; speeder rides by the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society; pony rides through Amy Romaniec, of High Horse Pottery Farm; and live entertainment by Overhead and August Room.
Sarah Berns was spinning her niece, Josie Galen, around so much that the 2-year-old was stumbling when she finally planted her feet on the ground.
They were among a handful of others who hit the Village Green dance space when local acts took the stage.
"We live around the corner, so these events on the green are a nice way to get out and support the town," Berns said.
Smith said that about 600 people were in attendance Saturday — a number that is about average for the event.
"We got lucky with the weather," Smith said.
Smith called the weather throughout the day "fall-like," but by 4 p.m. when the event started, the sun came out and threat of rain went away.
"We're just happy people could come out," she said.
Lemont Village Association hosts events throughout the year.
The next one comes 7:30 p.m. Friday for " Concerts on the Village Green."
Hops and Vines will be the musical act.


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The pub has always been the place for talking about great business ideas with your mates. Few of those conversations ever actually lead to the start of a real venture. Here's how one manufacturing company is committed to helping entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality.
Paul Smith and Dave Bostock, two self-employed tradesmen in the building industry, had known each other for many years before a conversation – yes, in a pub – got them thinking.
The idea had come from Dave Bostock watching an electrician struggling to feed wires through the outside wall of a house. Their concept was simple enough: design a drill with an extruded plastic sleeve that would enable someone to drill through a cavity wall, leave the extrusion in place and then it would be easy to pass any number of cables and wires through it.
An early prototype and some research on Google told them that they were onto something.
But it was only with the help of Gripple and its Incub that their idea has become a real business with an actual product that is just about to be launched.
Gripple, a Sheffield-based £35m-turnover employee-owned company, is not just an innovative manufacturer of clever wire joining and tensioning devices. It's passionately committed to fostering sustainable businesses in its beloved South Yorkshire.
"We formed Incub to help entrepreneurs bring their products to market," says Gordon Macrae, special projects manager at Gripple. "It's a flexible incubator; we do different things for different people depending upon their requirements. We're seeing a company or an individual every week."
For Conxa – the company set up by Bostock and Smith – that has translated into a wealth of advice and practical help: from patent applications to marketing, from funding to design. In 12 months, it's gone from pub chat to a packaged product. All the components are made by companies with a Sheffield postcode. "That's not bad," observes Macrae, "with our support they have a better product, a more robust business plan and they have brought it to market much quicker."
The market opportunity for Conxa is large. The roll-out of the smart metering scheme will involve the installation of 30 million meters into residential and commercial properties. "Gas fitters, electricians, CCTV installers, Sky installer. BT Openreach installers – they are all potential customers," says Bostock.
There's another dimension to this story. The e-commerce, packing and fulfillment will be handled for Conxa by Emmaus, a homeless charity based in a nearby refurbished steel mill that will also serve as Conxa's office. Large business helps a small business come into being, which in turn provides new opportunities for a social enterprise – it's an inspiring story.
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The DIB entry is thorough. It preserves what I think is a misspelling of the name of his wife, Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil - see her gravestone here. It doesn't recount Deirdre Bair's claim that Beckett suffered a nervous breakdown upon his return to Paris from the Vaucluse in 1945 - indeed, this biography doesn't even appear in the list of DIB sources, which I think is a mistake, whatever its faults. It also implies that Beckett's resistance work was confined to his time in Paris, whereas it appears that he remained on active service after he fled south. It seems to believe that Kenneth Tynan's use of the sketch Breach in his revue Oh! Calcutta! was unlicensed: in fact, Beckett wrote it at Tynan's request; his objection was that, following the opening direction "an empty stage", Tynan had interpolated "with naked people". It doesn't mention the agreeable factoid that Beckett was the only Nobel laureate to have his athletic distinctions recorded in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (he played a couple of first-class games while at Trinity College Dublin). He remained a cricket fan: friends would videotape English cricket matches and send them to him in Paris; I heard that he once took a big shine to an English cricket fan that he met in a bar, despite the fact (or perhaps because) the man had no idea who Beckett was.
An uncle of Sam's, Jim Beckett, is also listed. Like his nephew, he was a keen athlete; a swimming Olympian and member of the national water polo team and keen on athletics, hockey, rugby, tennis and boxing. He suffered from diabetes, which led to the amputation of his legs; the DIB suggests Sam's "obsession with infirmity and limbless bodies" may have been related to his uncle's experience.
A friend of my father, Reena McDermott, grew up in the Crumlin council estate in Dublin, where a neighbor was Kathleen Behan. (Mrs. Behan's Crumlin home was known as "Kremlin" to the local wags.) Her brother, Peadar Kearney, had co-composed and written the original English lyrics for Amhrán na bhFiann, which became the Irish national anthem. According to Reena, Mrs B would offer sixpence to any child who could recite the whole thing. (Kearney's English song was later translated into Irish - not by him - and this version became the official anthem. I learned it at school first in English and the Irish version only later: it appears that these days children are taught just the Irish words.). They were quite a family: including Kearney, there are 6 of them in the DIB: Kathleen, her three sons Brendan, Dominic and Brian, and Brian's long-suffering wife Beatrice, an artist in her own right. Brendan was the star, of course, albeit one that has waned somewhat since his days of fame and notoriety in the late 1950s and 1960s of which the photo, with the comedian Jackie Gleason, is a mild example. The facts are well-known: he joined the republican movement at the age of 8, was caught in England at 16 with explosives and sent to Borstal (juvenile detention). Back in Ireland, he was arrested for shooting at policemen and sentenced to 14 years in prison. He was 19. He started writing in jail, and when he was released in a general amnesty after serving less than 5 years, began to write poetry in Irish and short stories in English. His first produced play, The Quare Fellow, was produced in Dublin and then in London, where it was a hit and later made into a film. The effect of success on Behan was not a happy one. He already had a weakness for the drink and there were plenty, particularly in Britain and the USA, who were happy to egg on a garulous and bibulous Irishman to greater stereotypical outrages. His next play, The Hostage (originally written in Irish) was another hit, to be followed by what the DIB calls his "masterpiece", his memoir Borstal Boy, which he had been working on since his time in prison.
My mother couldn't stand him. This was principally because of the time, shortly after my parent's marriage, that he turned up at their flat in Wellington Lane, Dublin in the small hours of the morning, drunk. He hammered at the door and shouted loudly, insisting on being let in. Although my parents knew him slightly - everybody in Dublin's small bohemia knew each other slightly at that time - it turned out that he was at the house because some IRA friends of his used to live there. Later, my father discovered some nasty anti-Semitic leaflets that had been left behind: during the Second World War, there were a few IRA types whose support of Nazi Germany was more than merely tactical. He had another run-in with family friend, Anna Gallagher (wife of the journalist J.P. Gallagher), a catholic from Belfast. Drunk (of course), he ripped into her as a "Scotch hoor". "I'm NOT Scotch!!" came the indignant reply.
All of this is so much folderol, of course. He was a fine writer and his best work still holds up. I recently saw the movie adaptation of The Quare Fellow, which was not much liked at the time, principally because of the liberties it took with Behan's play. It's a very good film, and you can see the best of Behan in it. His brother Dominic wrote some great folk songs, notably The Auld Triangle (sometime attributed to Brendan, since it featured in The Quare Fellow), sung here by the great Luke Kelly, The Patriot Game and Liverpool Lou. A third brother, Brian, was also a writer. He was a political activist in England and was expelled from the Socialist Labour League by fellow-Irishman Gerry Healy (I"m disappointed to see that Healy doesn't rate an entry in the DIB: he's in the British DNB).


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The first weekend of the 2010 Randolph Street Antique Market is this Saturday and Sunday! If you're in or around the Chicagoland area, come! And if you want a shopping buddy, shoot me an email! I plan on going bright and early on Saturday morning: 10a.m.
February 6-7
Saturday and Sunday: 10am-5pm
1340 W. Washington St.
Free parking
$10 admission
$5 admission with student ID
on another note: Live Creating Yourself has more than 100 Facebook fans!! How exciting! I so appreciate all the support I've received over the past few months.
Still waiting for the 100th follower. Who will it be?
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Rainier Valley Rotary Club is a re-start of the old Rainier Rotary.
We meet at Tutta Bellas on Tuesday mornings. Meetings are 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., and come earlier if you want to network, or tell us about your projects.
First two meetings are free, $10 after that.
Jan 27 'Feng Shui In The Workplace" - trying to get more momentum at work, or in your home office? Come hear Piper Lauri Salogga.
Feb. 3, "Make Simple YouTube Videos For Your Organization" Steven Bradford of Seattle Film Institute will give a step-by-step process from concept to upload. Dust off that digital camcorder in your closet and produce a short documentary, how-to, or testimonial.
Feb. 10 - "Oh, Are We Negotiating?" Lisa Downs is Manager of Training/Executive Development for T-Mobile in Bellevue. Lisa is a published author on how to train managers and executives in areas like listening and negotiation. Most of us have read a book on negotiation. Maybe we learned from our mom or dad. Yet successful negotiations don't happen by accident, and people who don't go in prepared seldom come out with everything they'd wish. Lisa will give us insights on how to do this necessary preparation.
Rainier Valley Rotary Club is a re-start of the old Rainier Rotary.
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The Benefits of Using Oil Fuel To Heat Your Home Or Business
There are essential facts you must know about oil heat and natural gas. The purpose of this post is to be able to provide you with the best possible set of information, which eventually will give you the opportunity to make the smartest decision in terms of choosing the fuel source to heat your home or business.
Our premise is this: home heating oil is the most practical choice, compared to the decision of converting to a newer source of heating. Here are the reasons why…
1. Heating oil is very safe. Understand that oil as a fuel source for heating is not explosive. The only time it will ignite is when there is an advanced burning system placed within a furnace or burner. Additionally, when a person inhales the fumes produced by burning oil fuel, there is no risk of fatality or injury. You obviously know what happens when gas fumes are inhaled. As a matter of fact, carbon monoxide poisoning due to the inhalation of gas is a leading cause of death in the U.S. And when the heating oil furnace or burner malfunctions, there will be warning signs such as smoke, odor, and soot. Gas heating on the other hand will never tell your there's a leak or release of carbon monoxide to indoor air.
Lehigh Valley heating oil
is also renowned for being environment friendly and clean. We have to admit that heating oil way back in the 70s was dirty. That's why it came to be labeled as dirty oil fuel. But today, after decades of research, the sulfur content in the oil has been significantly reduced – about 90% lesser. As a result, the emissions coming from oil burners and furnaces are being reduced to a minimum or even to zero levels. With the proper adjustment and maintenance in operation, heating systems that rely on out do not have any production of dirt or soot.
3. It is dependable. One of the nicest things about it is that you have total control of your oil. You can have it delivered to you and store it in your property. It means you can conserve the extra oil when you don't need it. Likewise, oil supply in the country is good enough to cater the millions of households using it for heating. There are hundreds of heating oil delivery companies that can provide automatic deliver. As for natural gas, not all areas have a natural gas provider. A couple of towns may be depending on a single provider. That's something to be concerned about if the demand increases during the heating season.
4. Contrary to what most people think, heating oil is actually more efficient than gas. On the average, it burns about 15% more efficiently compared to gas. With the new heating oil equipment and appliances designed with modern technology, efficiency ratings rise as high as 95%. And because of the sophistication of these heating equipment, you can expect them to last for thirty years or even more.
Furthermore, know these facts:
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, you actually have to burn 40% more natural gas just to level up or equalize the amount of heating produced by oil fuel.
- Provided you're convinced that switching from oil to gas will save you money in the long run, you first have to realize that you will need almost $10,000 for that to happen.
- Finally, the demand for heating oil will always be sufficiently supplied. That's because majority of the oil producing countries are catering the needs of the American consumer. So there's basically no running out of it.
So the next time you think about heating oil, think of it based on the modern day perspective. We're aware that its image is rather notorious in the past, primarily because of it being dirty and inefficient. But then again, it's a thing of the past. Today, you can expect to get the most out of your heating expenses by opting for oil to heat your home or business, this time, without the risk of indoor pollution, gas leaks, and other dangers associated with natural gas. When it comes to heating, emphasize the concept of being practical.
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Chancellor Merkel stands firm on fiscal policy
Like it or hate it, the pro-austerity ruling party in Germany has lost a key election. 'However, 'Chancellor Merkel still maintains the position on fiscal 'discipline'. 'European politics has become 'interesting' again as France's new president Hollande's anti-austerity position seems to be shared by millions of people not only in France 'but also in Greece, Spain, Italy and other Eurozone countries hit hard by the fiscal policy. How will the pretty clear shift of economic thinking in Europe impact on the debates in the United Kingdom and United States of America ?


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I got my new Stampin Up in-colors weeks ago but haven't had a change to use them...until now...and I love them! My favorite is the Rich Razzleberry but the Dusty Durango in this card is definately a close second. I made this card for my sister's birthday in August and the box is a perfect size for a gift card.
Stamps: Sarah Kay, Cheesecloth background, Family Phrases, Curvy Verses
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Dusty Durango, SU watercolor
Inks: Black stazon, versamark, soft suede, dusty durango, crushed curry, garden green, blush blossom, bordering blue
Accessories: Aquapainter, white gel pen, circle scissors plus, 1 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals, white embossing powder, dusty durango 1/2" polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, vintage brads, mini library clips, cuttlebug swirls embossing folder, Sizzix Box #2 die