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America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation's most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.
In this evocative narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.
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The National Parks is a glorious celebration of an essential expression of American democracy.
©2009 Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns; (P)2009 Random House
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Being the grandson of a park ranger, I greatly appreciated this long overdue in-depth examination of how the NPS and its various parks and monuments came into being.
While they gave credit where it was rightfully due for the most part, there are two instances here where they did not (hence my 4-star rating of an otherwise 5-star book):
1) The cover states "Read by the authors with a supporting cast". While Mr. Burns does read the preface and Mr. Duncan does read the afterword, the "supporting cast" does most of the reading, especially Danny Campbell. He definitely should be listed in the narrated by section, along with Ms. Farr, Mr. Ervin, Mr. Mayer, Mr. Peterson, and Ms. Raver.
2) In the book, we hear about George Melendez Wright's unsuccessful effort to turn Big Bend into an international park with Mexico, yet there is no mention of the successful effort that Rotarians in the U.S. and Canada made for creating the very first international park, uniting Canada's Waterton Lakes with Glacier. Given the amount of time Mr. Duncan has spent in Glacier, maybe this was an unintentional oversight, thinking it was always so?
"Wonderful look at America's conservation struggles"
If there was one book about America's history that I would recommend to anyone to read or listen to, this would be the one. I enjoyed the Audiobook so much, I went out and purchased the actual Hard Cover so I could read it again, but this time with my own eyes. In addition, my father who is not too big into reading, listened to a chapter with me while working and really enjoyed the book. Now he keeps asking me about how the book went and ended. This is a must have book for anyone with a love for the outdoors and our National Parks.
"5 stars from this National Park junkie"
I have a strong emotional attachment to America's National Parks. I am fortunate to live near both Yellowstone and Glacier and visit one, the other, or both on average about once a month. I loved the documentary series, and I loved this book. I listened to it while on a solo trip to Yellowstone - kept it on my "unread" shelf until I could do so. Our National Parks are a great treasure and this book, like the documentary series, delivers the history of the parks, those who helped preserve them, and those who, like me and my family, love them. If you enjoyed the documentary series, you'll enjoy this book - and it won't be repetitious.
"Love the parks, great history of park creation."
Noticing some reviewers said that this book is boring and dull I would like to mention that this book is more of a history, development and experiences of those involved in the creation and protection of the parks. To me this book is great I have visited many of the most notorious parks Yosemite, Yellowstone, Glacier, Smoky etc. so when the book describes the experiences of those involved I can already picture the scenes and feel what the characters felt, perhaps that's why I failed to find it boring. For those that find the parks spiritual or something greater as I do they will perhaps feel themselves as of they were present during the story. Learning the history was interesting and makes me more grateful and appreciative for the parks and for those involved in the creation and protection. For those that love the parks or aspire to travel the parks and want to know the history I would recommend this book. If your looking for a travel guide this is not the book.
"Listened to it twice"
The perfect book to listen to as you're painting or doing anything relaxing. Makes you proud of our history.
"Amazing! "
The best book ever! The content, story, narrative.. it's all great. I wish I had read it sooner.
"a must for NP lovers"
great companion to Ken Burns national park series. great narrarators. a must for national park lovers!
"loved it"
such an amazing book. I've watched the documentary many times over. this audible book is just as good. in fact I think I will start it over again right now.
"Great representation of our national park history"
This book has history, story, and the voices of our country describing our national park history! A great read for the active or soon to be national park lover! Highly recommend!
"National Parks,,, it's a miracle we have them."
Listening to the stories of the men and women who fought to save areas of this nation for generations beyond themselves to enjoy was inspiring. It isn't surprising to see that greed and all the all mighty self was just as powerful when the parks idea was new as it is now. Dayton Duncan takes the reader/listener on a journey that is a perfect companion to the documentary. If you have even the smallest concern for preservation and conversation, you should read and or listen to this book. It will re-kindle a passion that may have become dormant or start a new fire within your being.
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A lot was talked about in the post-game meeting — which involved senior pitchers NaLee Jacobs and Mackenzie Ward and juniors Brianna Baysek and Owen Bowers — but Wallace said her main points involved being more focused and limiting the amount of runs given up.
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Lying liberal Rachel Maddow who attempted to 'trump' Trump by claiming she had breaking news regarding his tax returns has just received the worse news of her life and career.
As previously reported, Maddow's attempted take down of Trump and his tax returns was a spectacular failure – she had promised the worst and delivered very little. In fact, President Trump played her brilliantly, releasing the same tax documents Maddow had, first.
BREAKING: We've got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 14, 2017
The worst news for Maddow is that her viewership has responded perfectly at her attempt to ruin Trump – it's plummeted!
Down a massive 36 percent on Wednesday, compared to the prior night.
That drop was even sharper in the key demographic of 25 to 54-year-olds, the viewership of which fell 54 percent, Sandra Smith reported.
Maddow received criticism from all sides after she and journalist David Cay Johnston revealed Trump's tax forms on national television.
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ST. LOUIS—The St. Louis Blues have signed veteran goaltender Martin Brodeur to a one-year contract, worth $700,000 plus bonuses.
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The 42-year-old says it "feels great" to have a new team.
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Not as much occurring for line moves on the March Madness side, with only one game having any real movement, but it is on both the side and total. We have three line moves in the NBA and break them all down. Take a minute to review all the betting trends and our free picks, which are on nice 54-36, 60% run, to see what we are thinking. See you back here tomorrow.
NBA – (851) MINNESOTA at (852) WASHINGTON 7:05 ET FSNO, CSN-MA
The average total score of Minnesota game in their last five has been 218 total points, which is basically where oddsmakers started at 218.5. But this has not held up and the total has been sent to 216. In attempting to understand why, you have to peel back some of the numbers. The Timberwolves having not scored over 100 points in past three meetings has to be considered. The T-Wolves as a +7.5 underdog looks like it could be an Over play, since they are 20-11 OVER as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points this season. Yet when bring out the magnifying glass, the average total score of those contests have been 208.1 total points. We agree with the direction of line move.
Betting Trend – 86% backing Under
Doug's VPID Take – Play Under
NBA – (859) ORLANDO at (860) MIAMI 8:05 ET SUN, FSFL
After winning nine of 12, Miami was mauled in 24-point thumping at San Antonio Wednesday. With the Heat back home to face in-state rival Orlando, they are catching a lot of support and have been lifted from -7.5 to -10. The Magic's poor play is driving the action, having lost five in a row, five straight on the road and 18 of 22 (9-13 ATS) away from Mickey Mouse's East Coast vacation home. Still, this sounds like a lot of points and Orlando is still 20-16 ATS on the road and 11-2 ATS after playing four consecutive games as an underdog this season.
Betting Trend – 50-50 split
Doug's VPID Take – Lean Orlando
NBA – (865) DENVER at (866) L.A. LAKERS 10:35 ET ALT, TWSN
With Denver after its sixth straight win over the Lakers at the Staples Center (5-0 ATS), the Nuggets have been elevated from -1.5 to -3. Denver has not been stellar on the road lately with 1-5 mark (1-4-1 ATS), but this is the Lakers we are talking about. It might appear Los Angles could finally break through, but the Nuggets are 7-0 ATS away after a home game where both teams score 100 or more points this season.
Betting Trend – 60% backing Denver
Doug's VPID Take – Lean Denver
CBB – (871) WISCONSIN vs. (872) NOTRE DAME 7:25 ET TBS (side and total)
Wisconsin has won and covered two tournament contests thanks to some luck and stifling defense which has given up only 106 points. Notre Dame needed huge comeback to defeat Michigan and got a fortunate tip in to quell S.F. Austin, but the odds have moved in their favor. The Fighting Irish have gone from a Pick to -1.5 and the total is up two points to 131.5, which would seem to be in their favor or just letting the world know Mike Brey's defense is not all that great. Based on the teams, if you prefer the Badgers to win, the UNDER is a good match and if you can see Notre Dame coming out on top, the OVER makes the most sense. I'll sort of go somewhere in the middle.
Betting Trend – 59% backing Over and 57% on Notre Dame
Doug's VPID Take – Lean Over and slight lean Notre Dame
Public Consensus Record – 51% to 79% – 43-49
Public Consensus Record – 80% or Higher – 28-24-1
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The World Wide Web Consortium has been around for 15 years now and defines the standards required for web developers to follow (which I must say I attempt to do very carefully) only to find that most browsers out there don't (or even worse have their own interpretation of them).
The problem here is the W3C leaves it up to the software manufacturers in order to become 'compliant', which doesn't mean much, as there are different standards of compliance, huh?
Microsoft's latest version of Internet Explorer claims it is "standards compliant" and has been riled all over the internet forums for breaking existing websites. Which I think is a very positive move as now these websites must also begin to follow standards or start losing traffic.
I think the only way this can be tackled would a scheme which checks new web browser software prior to market for compliance, and only if it passes 100% of tests can it legally be called a browser. Such a scheme could work in the same way that SSL certificates are issued, and would work something like this:
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Mariners reacquire Kendrys Morales in trade with the Twins
Hope the Seattle Mariners kept Kendrys Morales' jerseys handy. He's on his way back.
Morales' weird 2014 just got weirder, as he's been traded from the Minnesota Twins back to the Mariners for pitcher Stephen Pryor. So ends Morales' oh-so-memorable 39-game stint with the Twins. He hit .234/.259/.325 in Minnesota with one homer and 18 RBIs after signing there on June 8. Twins fans will remember every single swing, obviously.
If you haven't followed the odd Kendrys Morales saga the past nine months:
• He rejected a $14.1 million qualifying offer from the Mariners, for whom he played in 2013 and hit .277 with 23 home runs and 80 RBIs in 2013.
• Morales didn't immediately sign with another team. He was linked to a number of teams, including the Mariners, but a deal didn't get by spring training, nor by season's start.
• Ultimately Morales decided to sit out the first two months of the season. Rejecting Seattle's qualifying offer meant that any team that signed him then owed the Mariners a draft pick. Morales' agent Scott Boras believed that limited Morales' market and had his client wait until after the MLB draft to sign, because then there was no draft-pick penalty.
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• Now he's back in Seattle, getting a paycheck from the Mariners again. Seattle's portion reportedly works out to $4.33 million.
For the Mariners, that's not a bad deal, money-wise. They're paying him $4 million instead of $14 million. They're in contention for the AL Wild Card, so they're getting Morales when they need him most.
But Seattle is giving up Pryor too, of course — he's a 25-year-old who has pitched in one game this season after a shoulder injury in 2013. He did pitch in 26 games in 2012 and has a career ERA of 2.81 in 32 innings at the big-league level. Yes, it seems odd to trade a player for another player you could have signed as a free agent six weeks ago, but that's MLB in July for you. Everybody's angling to get better.
If Morales flourishes in Seattle, then things may get weird yet again. He'll be a free agent after this season, of course.
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has 40+ years' experience in serving the state's highest risk families and youth. In 1975, he co-founded the Ocean Tides center which is one of the most successful programs for court supervised youth in the country, and since 1983 has been the CEO of Tides Family Services. He has chaired numerous committees, including the RI Children's Policy Coalition (Co-Chair), and the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee.
Beth Lemme-Bixby, MSW, LICSWCOO
has worked at TFS for 16 years and currently oversees the day to day operations and had a lead role in implementing PFN, Multisystemic Treatment (MST), and the Youth Transition Center at the agency. She is trained in MST and Trauma Focused- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), in 2011 she received the NASW Robert Burgess Community Service award and in 2015 the LaSallian Distinguished Educator award.
Jessica Pawlowski, MSW LICSW Sr. Vice President
has worked at Tides Family Services for 12 years. She unites the social work model of care and service with a "best practice" emphasis on specific treatment criteria and measurable outcomes, and has been instrumental in the implementation of our case management system, Social Solutions Efforts to Outcomes (ETO).
Michael Capalbo, M.Ed. Vice President of Education and Human Resources
came to TFS in 1999 after a 29 year career as the Special Education Director of Special Services in Coventry Public Schools. He started the Tides Day School program, and provides educational advocacy services that includes on site school based support. He holds life certification as a Special Education teacher and administrator of Special Education in RI.
Rachel Yoder, MSW, LICSWAssistant Vice President
Rachel has worked at TFS for 8 years and oversees clinical programs and daily operations at TFS. She has been trained in three evidence based treatment models and works with Agency staff to effectively integrate well-researched interventions into their treatment with families.
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Alice: Mel, the Magi (1979)
Directed by Marc DanielsGenres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Sitcom [TV], Workplace Comedy | Run Time - 30 min. | Countries - USA |
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The classic O. Henry yarn "The Gift of the Magi" is given the Alice treatment in this Christmas episode. With the Holidays approaching, everybody at Mel's Diner wants to buy everyone else an expensive present. Unfortunately, there isn't enough money to go around, resulting in some surprising sacrifices and a not-so-surprising (but still touching) denoument. (This episode was made long, long before every sitcom on earth was celebrating Christmas with a rehashing of It's a Wonderful Life!)


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Specific Media
In November 2012, Oōtem was tapped by Specific Media to increase awareness and preference for their innovative suite of products among media buyers and planners. Our ongoing relationship with Specific Media also includes updating their brand, creating standout sales material and engaging product videos.
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In addition to these creative responsibilities, Oōtem has also crafted a new logo portfolio, unique landing pages for each of the brands, as well as the company's new corporate tagline:
"Confidence in the Buy. That's Specific Media."
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Challenge: Specific Media knew their Specific Video product had very little awareness in the digital planning/buying community. So the brand challenged Oōtem to create a memorable campaign that would drive awareness and trial consideration. In addition, Specific Media wanted to launch the campaign during the cluttered December market—when target engagement is toughest.
Campaign: To raise awareness of Specific Video, Oōtem created the "Don't be a Richard" campaign, articulated in four separate executions launched over a two-and-a-half-month time period. The campaign—targeting digital planners and buyers—was aimed at capturing attention in slightly irreverent, but realistic settings: the dreaded Monday morning meeting with the boss, the jealousy felt toward a co-worker headed off on holiday break while you have to work; the joy of successful teamwork; and finally a sense of confidence that comes from a trusted relationship. The purpose of the creative arc—from frustration to confidence—was to move the reader along an engaging storyline, all while providing strong proof-points for the brand and product.
The creative—digital and print—ran in nearly every prominent digital media publication.
Results: Within 60 days, unique site visits to the Specific Video product page on Specific Media increased by more than 100%. Additionally, requests for more information increased by more than 2,000% over the previous time period of 2011/2. Finally, feedback received by sales staff directly pointed to buyers seeing—and remembering—the campaign, both online and in print.
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Challenge: Specific Media has formed a relationship with Nielsen to provide data to traditional and digital planners and buyers to help them maximize their marketing investment while utilizing both channels. Specific Media's challenge was to explain a product with unique complexities to an audience who had little to no understanding of the brand.
Campaign: Oōtem crafted a campaign that spoke to one of the planner and buyer's biggest challenges: reaching a target consumer that's engaged on multiple media platforms (mobile, tablet, and laptop), not just television. To date, Oōtem has created three TVAS concepts: "Millennial" (appearing in Broadcast & Cable's Millennial Upfront edition), "Boomer" (appearing in Broadcast & Cable's Boomer Upfront edition), and "Brand-Female" (which has run in nearly all leading industry publications pertaining to Upfronts and any TV buying edit). In addition, the "Millennial" and "Brand-Female" digital creative has run on nearly every industry site against Upfront and TV planning/buying content.
Results: The "Brand-Female" digital creative has received nearly a 5x CTR compared to the brand's other digital creative. We believe this is due to the creative clearly speaking to the challenges of the buying community, as well as traditional buyers seeking more information about the TVAS brand. Finally, requests for more information via the landing page (created by Oōtem) have been up nearly 15x over non-advertising periods.
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Challenge: Oōtem was tasked yet again with introducing a Specific Media product to the media buying and planning community. Householding is a tool that helps marketers target one household, on all devices. The challenge here was similar to TVAS: how do you educate your audience on a product that is new, groundbreaking, and complex?
Campaign: Oōtem created an integrated digital/print campaign for Householding. The digital creative came as a response to Firefox blocking 3rd-party cookies—something Householding does not use—and has run in nearly every digital media publication, just days after Firefox made their announcement. Oōtem's print execution ran in Advertising Age's TV & Video issue. The concept for the ad was simple: "Reach all users. On all the screens. All under one roof."
Results: Specific Media's Householding campaign resulted in an overall spike in site traffic. There's been a steady increase in site visits since March, when the digital campaign started. Most notably, during the month of April, traffic increased more than 4x over that of the previous month. An increase that's directly attributed to the print ad that ran on 4/8, as well as the digital campaign expanding on 4/1.


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Type: Journal Article | Journal: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) | Year: 2012
The aim of this study was to optimise the yield of metaphases in mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) in vitro cultures and to study the karyotype of MSC expanded in good manufacturing practice (GMP) conditions for clinical use.MSC are being increasingly used in clinical trials for a number of diseases. Biosafety demonstration in all cases is mandatory. Unfortunately, current standard karyotyping methods fail to obtain enough number of evaluable metaphases.In the present work, to optimise the yield of metaphases in MSC expanded in vitro, we have tested several conditions by modifying colcemid concentration (we have tested 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1 g mL(-1) ) and exposure time (during 5, 15 and 24 h). We further applied these optimised conditions to 61 MSC expansions in GMP conditions for clinical use.Our results show that the highest number of metaphases was obtained when MSC were incubated with 0.05 g mL(-1) of colcemid overnight (15 h), compared to the remaining experimental conditions. In most cases (59/61 cases) enough number of metaphases was obtained. And what is more relevant, only in one case a karyotypic abnormality was found (trisomy of chromosome 10), and cells were subsequently discarded for clinical use.We describe here an optimal method to obtain enough number of metaphases for karyotype analysis of in vitro expanded MSCs, what is essential for their clinical use in cell therapy programmes.


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Charlie Strong spoke with Campus Insiders at Big 12 Media Days to discuss the state of Texas football recruiting.
There isn't much to brag about when you're sporting an 11-14 record, but heading into his third season as the head coach at Texas, Charlie Strong is certainly thinking positively.
To be clear, there is no false hope. Many head coaches would be encouraged by the talent Strong has managed to bring in with his first three recruiting classes.
In 2014, with a minimal amount of time put in, Strong landed the No. 15 class in the country. A year later, the Longhorns cracked the top 10 and finished at No. 7 with 28 signees.
Then, in the 2016 cycle, Texas signed another 28 prospects to rank as the No. 3 recruiting class in the country.
When the Longhorns coach recently spoke with Campus Insiders at Big 12 Media Days, he didn't hold back from talking up those three groups.
"You look at our last two recruiting classes, and you look at the first year, we ended up with that group … nine of them ended up being starters. We had three freshman All-Americans in Malik [Jefferson], [Patrick] Vahe and Connor Williams. And then, just signing 28 [in 2016], so you're hoping with that 28, those guys are gonna come in, and they would be a great addition to our program," Strong said.
Before he was leading Texas, long before he was even at Louisville, Strong was the defensive coordinator for the Florida Gators and developed a solid recruiting reputation in the Sunshine State.
Though he boasts years of experience in the nation's two most talent-rich pipelines, Strong is confident he doesn't need to look beyond the borders of the Lone Star State to improve his team.
"I coached at Florida for a number of years and was very successful in that state, but you know Texas has some really good players, and you look at our recruits this year — I didn't go into Florida. So, most of our players are from the state of Texas. We have enough players within the state where we can build a program and be very successful," he said.
Having said that, he never feels as though his work is done.
Texas hasn't won a bowl game since 2012 and, thanks to the emergence of programs like Houston, TCU and Texas A&M, it's not as easy as it once was for the Longhorns to clean up on the in-state talent. Still, though, Strong's goal is to continue pitching the idea of Austin, Texas being the place to be for the state's best.
"You're always looking to improve your program, and Texas has the players, the state has the players," Strong said. "Now, it's all about you being able to sell those players and convince them that the University of Texas is the best place for 'em. It'll always feel that way, and that's what I tell 'em, I said, 'We are the best place for you.' That's probably why we can recruit the way we do."
In terms of the 2017 recruiting class, Texas isn't off to a great start. It sits at No. 34 in the class rankings with six commits and recently watched 4-star tight end Major Tennison decommit.
However, as Campus Insiders learned, 4-star defensive end and Texas commit Lagaryonn Carson is confident in his future head coach's ability to lead the program.
"Those who believe in Coach Strong and Longhorn football won't regret it. We're coming," Carson said.
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Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
The Fachhochschule Vorarlberg / FHV in Dornbirn, Austria is a leading Austrian University of applied science . Its charter is to provide degree programmes with a direct link to work practice. 1,200 students are currently enrolled in bachelor's and master's degrees in the areas of business, engineering, design and the social science. FHV enjoys excellent relations with business and industry in Vorarlberg. Many of the companies are world leaders or among world leaders in their areas. Close cooperation with these top companies means that students can choose from a range of internships and graduates have excellent job prospects. The number of research contracts from business and industry is proof of FHV's strong links to high-tech companies. One example: in January 2014, a Ressel Centre for microtechnology will be inaugurated at FHV. Wikipedia.
Agency: European Commission | Branch: FP7 | Program: CSA | Phase: ICT-2009.6.1 | Award Amount: 1.95M | Year: 2010
Logistics for LIFE brings together leading logistic companies, technology providers and research organizations working on innovative ICT solutions to ensure long-term sustainability of the logistic industry by increasing its operational efficiency. The project is motivated by freight transport heavy reliance on fossil fuel, its contribution to CO2 emissions and by its impact on the environment and quality of life. These issues are counterbalanced by considerations specific to the logistics industry, where attempts to direct cargo towards environment friendly transport modes are failing to meet expectations and firms face problems of volatile fuel prices, infrastructures saturation and low margins typical of a commoditized sector.\nLogistics for LIFE will drive European ICT for Transport research in the direction of making logistic operations more efficient, and thus more environmentally friendly, financially and socially sustainable on the long term. The following results will be achieved: 1) a multi-disciplinary network pursuing efficiency-related initiatives within EU, international or industrial programs, and attracting key stakeholders through a dedicated Forum; 2) a reference framework linking the stakeholders efficiency requirements to sustainability strategic objectives and to relevant ICT solutions; 3) a strategic roadmap including concrete actions and strategies for ICT solutions implementation; 4) coordinated dissemination activities and 5) a common working platform aimed at the community of users and researchers pursuing ICT-based logistics sustainability.\nThe Logistics for LIFE Consortium is formed by 19 partners including global leaders in logistics, vehicle and technology manufacturing, ICT companies and research organizations representing some of the major initiatives and research projects in the field. International Cooperation partners from China, US and Eastern Europe are part of the Consortium or expressed their interest in Forum participation.
Agency: European Commission | Branch: FP7 | Program: CP | Phase: ICT-2007.3.1 | Award Amount: 16.69M | Year: 2008
In the CMOS manufacturing environment, the mask-based optical lithography technique is up to now the driving solution to deal with all industry concerns. Nevertheless, this solution becomes less effective for each new technology node. Effectively, it requires more and more complex and expensive masks due to the introduction of optical proximity correction and phase shift techniques. The blow up of the tool price plays also an important role in the overall cost of ownership of this technique. This trend opens opportunities for the Mask-Less Lithography (ML2) technology, based on multi-beam principles and developed by the two European companies MAPPER and IMS Nanofabrication AG. The cost effective model of the ML2 option in association with the high resolution capability of the electron lithography and a reasonable throughput target represents an attractive alternative for lithography and is supported by some key CMOS manufacturers around the world, like TSMC, STMicroelectronics, QIMONDA, TOSHIBA, and Texas Instruments...This project proposes to support the development of ML2 technology in Europe. It is composed of two linked poles. The first one will be focused on MAPPER and IMS-NANO tool developments with the objective to deliver a first ML2 alpha platform compatible for 32nm half pitch technology before 2010, aligned with the semiconductor manufacturer requirements. In relation with this activity, the program will develop the required infrastructure for the usage of these tools in an industrial environment. Among the tasks to be addressed, there is the delivery of a reliable software platform to treat the data base preparation and to provide solution for ML2 related electron beam proximity effects. The last concern of this project will be to demonstrate the ability to integrate CMOS processes in real manufacturing conditions on the ML2 platforms developed by the tool partners.
Agency: European Commission | Branch: FP7 | Program: CP | Phase: ICT-2007.6.1 | Award Amount: 13.95M | Year: 2008
EURIDICE is an Integrating project that will create the necessary concepts, technological solutions and business models to establish an information services platform centred on the context of individual cargo items and their interaction with the surrounding environment and the types of users. The EURIDICE platform will simultaneously improve the logistics, business processes and public policy aspects of freight transportation, by dynamically combining services at different levels: Immediate proximity of a RFID tagged cargo item, mobile users and vehicle services; Producer Shipper and Carrier Supply chain including qualification, handling and routing; Freight corridor, represented by authority and infrastructure services including authorisation, security and safety control. The EURIDICE platform will support on the fly combination of services between user, context and cargo improving and integrating a number of advanced technologies, including: Service-oriented architectures incorporating mobile technologies, interoperability between heterogeneous environments and advanced security features: semantic web and domain ontologies, for automated discovery of services associated to any specific cargo item, context and user request; advanced context technologies, for combination of item, vehicle and user IDs with automatically detected conditions like, e.g., position and status of cargo; distributed intelligent agents, for optimisation, anomaly and threat detection (alerting) and decisions support. The beneficiaries of the EURIDICE platform will be a variety of private and public sector including: industrial companies, for proactive, real-time bottom-up monitoring of goods, logistic services providers, for synchronization of schedules across multi-modal routes, public authorities, for automated security and public safety control, infrastructures, for emergency management and congestion prevention.
Agency: European Commission | Branch: FP7 | Program: CP | Phase: ICT-2007.1.6 | Award Amount: 5.29M | Year: 2008
PERIMETERs main objective is to establish a new paradigm of user-centricity for advanced networking. In contrast to network-centric approaches, user-centric strategies could achieve true seamless mobility. Putting the user at the centre rather than the operator enables the user to control his or her identity, preferences and credentials, and so seamless mobility is streamlined, enabling mobile users to be Always Best Connected in multiple-access multiple-operator networks of the Future Internet.For that, PERIMETER will develop and implement protocols designed to cope with increased scale, complexity, mobility and requirements for privacy, security, resilience and transparency of the Future Internet. These include appropriate mechanisms for network selection based on Quality of Experience; innovative implementation of Distributed A3M protocols for Fast Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting based on privacy-preserving digital identity models. All these mechanisms will be designed to be independent from the underlying networking technology and service provider, so that fast, inter-technology handovers will be possible.PERIMETER will also develop and implement middleware that support generic Quality of Experience models, signalling and content adaptation, and exemplary extension applications and services for user-centric seamless mobility.The paradigms of user-centric seamless mobility, middleware components and its integrated applications and services will be tested in two large-scale interconnected testbeds on real users, in three cycles of increasingly complex scenarios. The results will be used for assessment of user centricity.The realization of user-centric paradigm will revolutionise mobile communications. It will impact seamless mobility, issues of security and privacy, standards and future research, and it will maintain Europes leading position in the race to define and develop the network and service infrastructures of the Future Internet.
Agency: European Commission | Branch: FP7 | Program: CP | Phase: ICT-2011.6.6 | Award Amount: 17.14M | Year: 2011
iCargo IP aims at advancing and extending the use of ICT to support new logistics services that: (i) synchronize vehicle movements and logistics operations across various modes and actors to lower CO2 emissions, (ii) adapt to changing conditions through dynamic planning methods involving intelligent cargo, vehicle and infrastructure systems and (iii) combine services, resources and information from different stakeholders, taking part in an open freight management ecosystem. To achieve the above targets, iCargo will design and implement a decentralized ICT infrastructure that allows real world objects, new planning services including CO2 calculation capabilities and existing systems to co-exist and efficiently co-operate at an affordable cost for logistics stakeholders. iCargo infrastructure will include Intelligent Cargo items to facilitate automated reactive decision-making and to integrate information obtained from on-going execution (all modes) into planning processes to optimize environmental performances, including real-time information about traffic and transport infrastructure conditions. iCargo involves representatives of the main stakeholders in three main areas of activity: (i) research and technological development, involving leading ICT companies and institutes to integrate in iCargo the necessary technology components, including results from key related EU projects, and to develop innovative approaches and business models for co-modal transport environmental optimization and dynamic planning; (ii) implementation, demonstration and validation of three extensive pilots in end-to-end multi-actor intermodal chains, involving users from logistics companies, shippers and public authorities; (iii) extensive dissemination of research results, demonstration and pilot cases validation activities, aimed at transferring iCargo results to the international transport logistics community and supporting take-up and extensive exploitation immediately after the project
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Petrasch J.,Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
Transport in Porous Media | Year: 2012
Numerical simulations to characterize fluid flow through porous media have been carried out using tomography-derived real geometry data that has been manipulated using digital image processing techniques to obtain a wide range of porosities. Two kinds of porous media have been analyzed: (a) a reticulated porous ceramic (RPC) foam and (b) a packed bed of CaCO 3 particles. The porosity of the media is varied via morphological operations between 0.727 and 0.913 in case of the RPC and between 0.329 and 0.824 in case of the packed bed. A mesh generator based on the pore space indicator function is then used to generate unstructured tetrahedral grids from the processed tomography data. Fluid flow simulations are carried out for Reynolds numbers ranging from 0.1 to 200 and the results are used to determine the permeability and the Dupuit-Forchheimer coefficient in each case. The results are then compared with existing analytical models and the applicability of the models is examined. In the RPC case, the Happel-Brenner (parallel-flow) model predicts the permeability with a normalized root mean square error (NRMSE) of 11.8 % across the porosity range and Modified Ergun (Macdonald et. al) model predicts the Dupuit-Forchheimer coefficient within a NRMSE of 13.5 %. In the packed-bed case, the Brinkman drag model predicts the permeability within a NRMSE of 8.26 % across the porosity range and the Modified Ergun model predicts the Dupuit-Forchheimer coefficient within an NRMSE of 5.94 %. For each material, an adjusted Kozeny constant is determined. For the RPC, the Kozeny constant is evaluated at 7.73 and for the CaCO 3 packed bed, it is found to be 6.10, leading to predictions of the permeability with an NRMSE of 4.16 and 3.37 %, respectively. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Beyer H.-G.,Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
Evolutionary Computation | Year: 2014
The convergence behaviors of so-called natural evolution strategies (NES) and of the information-geometric optimization (IGO) approach are considered. After a review of the NES/IGO ideas, which are based on information geometry, the implications of this philosophy w.r.t. optimization dynamics are investigated considering the optimization performance on the class of positive quadratic objective functions (the ellipsoid model). Exact differential equations describing the approach to the optimizer are derived and solved. It is rigorously shown that the original NES philosophy optimizing the expected value of the objective functions leads to very slow (i.e., sublinear) convergence toward the optimizer. This is the real reason why state of the art implementations of IGO algorithms optimize the expected value of transformed objective functions, for example, by utility functions based on ranking. It is shown that these utility functions are localized fitness functions that change during the IGO flow. The governing differential equations describing this flow are derived. In the case of convergence, the solutions to these equations exhibit an exponentially fast approach to the optimizer (i.e., linear convergence order). Furthermore, it is proven that the IGO philosophy leads to an adaptation of the covariance matrix that equals in the asymptotic limit—up to a scalar factor—the inverse of the Hessian of the objective function considered. © 2014 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Kriz W.C.,Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
Simulation and Gaming | Year: 2010
This article introduces some basic concepts of a systemic-constructivist perspective. These show that gaming simulation corresponds closely to a systemic-constructivist approach to learning and instruction. Some quality aspects of facilitating and debriefing simulation games are described from a systemic-constructivist point of view. Finally, a structure for debriefing, and some concrete examples of systemic-constructivist debriefing-methods are presented. © 2010 SAGE Publications.
Beyer H.-G.,Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences |
Finck S.,Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences |
Breuer T.,Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
Swarm and Evolutionary Computation | Year: 2014
Scenario-based optimization is a problem class often occurring in finance, planning and control. While the standard approach is usually based on linear stochastic programming, this paper develops an Evolution Strategy (ES) that can be used to treat nonlinear planning problems arising from Value at Risk (VaR)-constraints and not necessarily proportional transaction costs. Due to the VaR-constraints the optimization problem is generally of non-convex type and its decision version is already NP-complete. The developed ES is the first algorithm in the field of evolutionary and swarm intelligence that tackles this kind of optimization problem. The algorithm design is based on the covariance matrix self-adaptation ES (CMSA-ES). The optimization is performed on scenario trees where in each node specific constraints (balance equations) must be fulfilled. In order to evaluate the performance of the ES proposed, instances of increasing problem hardness are considered. The application to the general case with nonlinear node constraints shows not only the potential of the ES designed, but also its limitations. The latter are basically determined by the high dimensionalities of the search spaces defined by the scenario trees. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Beyer H.-G.,Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences |
Finck S.,Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation | Year: 2012
This paper describes the algorithm's engineering of a covariance matrix self-adaptation evolution strategy (CMSA-ES) for solving a mixed linear/nonlinear constrained optimization problem arising in portfolio optimization. While the feasible solution space is defined by the (probabilistic) simplex, the nonlinearity comes in by a cardinality constraint bounding the number of linear inequalities violated. This gives rise to a nonconvex optimization problem. The design is based on the CMSA-ES and relies on three specific techniques to fulfill the different constraints. The resulting algorithm is then thoroughly tested on a data set derived from time series data of the Dow Jones Index. © 2012 IEEE.