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Must be awkward if things don't work out
- Who said mixing business and pleasure is a bad idea? These nine celebrities rounded up by Radar certainly didn't think so:
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Cement Analysis by the Pressed Powder Method
Product News Nov 07, 2012
Rigaku Corporation has announced a new empirical method for the analysis of cement by the pressed powder method using wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (WDXRF).
Application Note #5045 demonstrates the capabilities of the Rigaku Supermini200 benchtop sequential WDXRF spectrometer for the quantitative analysis of Portland cement by the pressed powder method, in accordance with the American Society for Testing and Materials method, ASTM C114-11, which covers chemical analysis of hydraulic cement.
The application note details sample preparation, method calibration and repeatability.
Cement is one of the most important materials used in construction.
Many kinds of hydraulic cements, including Portland cement, have varying physical properties and are produced by changing the composition of clinker minerals. It is therefore important to control the chemical composition of cement and interim products.
The sample preparation for X-ray fluorescence analysis is simpler than other analytical methods in general, and is described in the report.
In this application, measurements were performed in vacuum on the Supermini200 with a 200 W Pd target X-ray tube.
The Supermini200 is designed to minimize the peripherals required for installation, such as cooling water, power supply, installation area, etc.
The qualification test demonstrated that the test results on the Supermini200, using pressed powder briquettes of wet-ground samples, meet the requirements for analysis of hydraulic cement defined in ASTM C114-11.
The precision obtained by the repeatability test exceeds the defined values required.
The results of the quantitative analyses confirm that the method demonstrated in the application note meets the requirements described in ASTM C114-11.
The Supermini200 configuration results in high sensitivity, relative to benchtop energy-dispersive XRF spectrometers, for light elements such as sodium (Na) or magnesium (Mg), as well as for heavy elements.
It does not show any spectral overlap between typical analytes for cement raw meal, due to the high spectral resolution of its WD optics.

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got it, cheers.
got it, cheers.
Ah, my 25 minute mix is "just shaded" by a 45 minute mix - just shows the sheer impact of my quality dubz!
Bit disappointed that the MC for Edentone hasn't provided any of her famed bars about her selector's tendency to feast on the eyeballs of drumpan soundboys after killing them in the dance.
It's Eden for me - a bit more variety and he hits the ground running whilst Meme takes a while to build. I'm a sucker for the female vocals as well.
Although, to be honest ,I feel woefully ill informed to truly pass judgement.
I shall be playing both to Junior Jenks on his way to the crunch match against Southend Manor next week and he will make his preference known.
Thanks for both of them, though.
So, Eden, what are you going to change the name of Meme's blog to?
Or perhaps "Paul Meme's dibby dibby soundbwoy emporium: all drumpan catered for, be they dibby or dibby dibby".
I shall give it until 11:30am on Friday this week and then decide, assuming I am still in the lead.
Although actually I can't think of anything sillier than what it's called now, but that's Paul for you - diffrent strokes and all that.
i finally had time to d/l these last night and will spend the journey home tonight listening and cogitating in order to post my decision.
i assume you are all excited as i am
I await Matt and Martin's comments with some interest (and indeed MMS, Jenks Junior, Monkeysblood and all crew!).
I should clarify the point about my "strutting about like an 18th century show pony this last week."
Despite much baiting from Paul*, my strutting only commenced at 11:30am on Friday, as was appropriate.
*(including his gratuitous posting of pictures of military funerals! IS THIS HOW WE SHOULD HONOUR OUR WAR DEAD?!)
right, i l've listened to them both, so-
john does a history lesson on the rhythm, moving throught the years, building nicely. plenty of scorchers with which i am well aquainted (was john re-using tunes? rodigan would notice!)
paul does a modern live juggling mix, quite different to the effects draped stuff he's done of late (which tbh, was the style i was really looking forward too), however, tune selection is excellent and made the delayed wait at leeds station a pleasure (particularly as whilst walking through the station yesterday, i was stopped and searched by the police under the terrorism act)
very different in style and execution (the joy of reggae!)
however, "paul meme buys his tunes on the internet" from eden jr (i guess?) sways me, and its the mix i'll come back to more often.
not a burial, more a blown fuse meaning an early shutdown for paul's sound
respect to you both- do it again!
Well, I've heard Eden's mix. Not sure about the MC, I wish these honkies would stop trying to chat in patois, but this one barely bothers. Awaiting the Meme Machine's with baited breff.


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We develop an improved method for predicting residue - residue contacts in protein structures that achieves higher accuracy than previous methods by integrating structural context and sequence coevolution information. We then determine the conditions under which these predicted contacts are likely to be useful for structure modeling and identify more than 400 protein families where these conditions are currently met.
We show that comprehensive sequence-function maps obtained by deep sequencing can be used to reprogram interaction
specificity and to leapfrog over bottlenecks in affinity maturation by combining many individually small contributions not
detectable in conventional approaches. We use this approach to optimize two computationally designed inhibitors against
H1N1 influenza hemagglutinin and, in both cases, obtain variants with subnanomolar binding affinity. The most potent
of these, a 51-residue protein, is broadly cross-reactive against all influenza group 1 hemagglutinins, including human
H2, and neutralizes H1N1 viruses with a potency that rivals that of several human monoclonal antibodies, demonstrating
that computational design followed by comprehensive energy landscape mapping can generate proteins with potential
therapeutic utility.
We introduce three algorithms for learning generative models of molecular structures from molecular dynamics simulations. The first algorithm learns a Bayesian-optimal undirected probabilistic model over user-specified covariates (e.g., fluctuations, distances, angles, etc).
L1 regularization is used to ensure sparse models and thus reduce the risk of over-fitting the data. The topology of the resulting model reveals important couplings between different parts of the protein, thus aiding in the analysis of molecular motions.
The generative nature of the model makes it well-suited to making predictions about the global effects of local structural changes (e.g., the binding of an allosteric regulator). Additionally, the model can be used to sample new conformations. The second algorithm learns a time-varying graphical model where the topology and parameters change smoothly along the trajectory, revealing the conformational sub-states.
The last algorithm learns a Markov Chain over undirected graphical models which can be used to study and simulate kinetics. We demonstrate our algorithms on multiple molecular dynamics trajectories.
In game theory, a Correlated Equilibrium (CE) is an equilibrium concept that generalizes the more well-known Nash Equilibrium. If the game is represented as a graphical game, the computational complexity of computing an optimum CE is exponential in the tree-width of the graph. In settings where this exact computation is not feasible, it is desirable to approximate the properties of the CE such as its expected social utility and marginal probabilities. Apart from providing insights about a specific game, this problem also has natural applications in learning graphical games from data, and in designing games with desired outcomes.
We study outer relaxations of this problem that yield approximate marginal strategies for the players under a variety of utility funcions. Results on simulated games and in a real problem involving drug design indicate that our approximations can be highly accurate and can be successfully used when exact computation of CE is infeasible.
We introduce a new approach to learning statistical models from multiple sequence alignments (MSA) of proteins.
Our method, called GREMLIN (Generative REgularized ModeLs of proteINs), learns an undirected probabilistic
graphical model of the amino acid composition within the MSA.
The resulting model encodes both the position-specific
conservation statistics and the correlated mutation statistics between
sequential and long-range pairs of residues.
Existing techniques for learning graphical models from multiple sequence alignments
either make strong, and often inappropriate assumptions about the conditional
independencies within the MSA (e.g., Hidden Markov Models), or else use sub-optimal
algorithms to learn the parameters of the model. In contrast,
GREMLIN makes no a priori assumptions about the conditional independencies within the MSA.
We formulate and solve a convex optimization problem, thus guaranteeing that we find a
globally optimal model at convergence. The resulting model is also generative, allowing for the design of new protein sequences that have the same statistical properties as those in the MSA. We perform a detailed analysis of covariation statistics on the extensively studied WW and PDZ domains and show that our method out-performs an existing algorithm for learning undirected probabilistic graphical models from MSA. We then apply our approach to 71 additional families from the PFAM database and demonstrate that the resulting models significantly out-perform Hidden Markov Models in terms of predictive accuracy.
Protein-protein interactions are governed by the change in free energy
upon binding, &Delta G=&Delta H -T &Delta S. These interactions are
often marginally stable, so one must examine the balance between the
change in enthalpy, &Delta H, and the change in entropy, &Delta S,
when investigating known complexes, characterizing the effects of
mutations, or designing optimized variants. In order to perform a large-scale study into the
contribution of conformational entropy to binding free energy, we
developed a technique called GOBLIN (Graphical mOdel for
BiomoLecular INteractions) that performs physics-based free energy
calculations for protein-protein complexes under both side-chain and
backbone flexibility. GOBLIN uses a probabilistic graphical model that exploits conditional independencies in the Boltzmann
distribution and employs variational inference techniques that approximate
the free energy of binding in only a few minutes. We examined the
role of conformational entropy on a benchmark set of more than 700
mutants in eight large, well-studied complexes. Our findings suggest
that conformational entropy is important in protein-protein
interactions - the root mean square error (RMSE) between calculated
and experimentally measured &Delta&Delta G decreases by 12%
when explicit entropic contributions were incorporated. GOBLIN models all atoms of the protein
complex and detects changes to the binding entropy along the interface as well as positions distal to the binding interface.
Our results also suggest that a variational approach to entropy
calculations may be quantitatively more accurate than the
knowledge-based approaches used by the well-known programs FoldX
and Rosetta - GOBLIN's RMSEs are 10% and 36% lower than
these programs, respectively.
In order to evaluate protein sequences for simultaneous satisfaction of evolutionary
and physical constraints, this paper develops a graphical model approach integrating sequence
information from the evolutionary record of a protein family with structural information based
on a molecular mechanics force field. Nodes in the graphical model represent choices for the
backbone (native vs. decoys), amino acids (conservation analysis), and side-chain conformations
(rotamer library). Edges capture dependence relationships, in both the sequence (correlated
mutations) and the structure (direct physical interactions). The sequence and structure
components of the model are complementary, in that the structure component may support
choices that were not present in the sequence record due to bias and artifacts, while the sequence
component may capture other constraints on protein viability, such as permitting an
efficient folding pathway. Inferential procedures enable computation of the joint probability
of a sequence-structure pair, thereby assessing the quality of the sequence with respect to both
the protein family and the specificity of its energetic preference for the native structure against
decoy structures. In a case study of WW domains, we show that by using the joint model and
evaluating specificity, we obtain better prediction of foldedness of designed proteins (AUC of
0.85) than either a sequence-only or a structure-only model, and gain insights into how, where,
and why the sequence and structure components complement each other.
Given multiple possible models b1,b2,..,bn for a protein structure, a common sub-task
in in-silico Protein Structure Prediction is
ranking these models according to their quality. Extant approaches use MLE estimates of parameters ri to obtain point estimates of the Model Quality. We describe a Bayesian
alternative to assessing the quality of these models that builds an MRF over the parameters of each model and performs approximate inference to integrate over them. Hyper-parameters w are learnt by optimizing a list-wise loss function over training data. Our
results indicate that our Bayesian approach can significantly outperform MLE estimates and that optimizing the hyper-parameters can further improve results.
We present a technique for approximating
the free energy of protein structures using Generalized Belief
Propagation (GBP). The accuracy and utility of these estimates are
then demonstrated in two different application domains. First, we
show that the entropy component of our free energy estimates can
be useful in distinguishing native protein structures from decoys.
Second, we show that our estimates of the changes in free energy of protein
structures upon mutation have a linear correlation of upto 0.70 with
laboratory measurements.
GBP is also efficient, taking a few minutes to run on a typical sized protein,
further suggesting that GBP may be an attractive alternative to
more costly molecular dynamic simulations for some tasks.
This paper develops, analyzes and applies a novel algorithm for the identification of polytopes representing consistent patterns of
edges in a corrupted NOESY graph. We employ an NMR-specific random graph
model in proving that our algorithm gives optimal performance in expected polynomial time,
even when the input graph is significantly corrupted. We confirm this analysis in simulation studies with graphs
corrupted by up to 500% noise. Finally, we demonstrate the practical application of the algorithm on several experimental ß-sheet
datasets. Our approach is able to eliminate a large majority of noise edges and to uncover large consistent sets of interactions.


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The Leadership Deficit—Face It, Fix It, and Flourish!
In today's rough and tumble environment of rightsizing, downsizing, merging, and purging, leadership is in short supply. One need only look at the current state of our politics to see we are in the midst of a real crisis of leadership. And while we may not be able to solve the country's problems, we can address the leadership shortcomings in our own organization. In fact, addressing the leadership deficit in a comprehensive fashion can be the spark to higher performance and, by extension, long-term and sustainable growth.
There is no doubt that effective leadership is the key to superior performance. But yesterday's effective leader may be flailing in today's rapidly changing environment. In fact, we often may feel as though the ground is continually moving beneath our feet. The changes wrought by technology, globalization, and generational transitions in the workforce are presenting greater and more complex challenges than any we've ever faced, and they are contributing to the crisis of leadership.
The survey report, The Leadership Deficit, produced by APQC and sponsored by T. H. Easter Consulting, identified four trends that are driving the leadership deficit:
- Current business challenges require a different leadership style.
- Different generations have different leadership style preferences.
- Organizations are underinvesting in leadership development.
- Leaders are resistant to changing their leadership styles.
These trends are becoming more acute as Baby Boomers retire at a rapid pace. The challenge is getting out in front of them while there is still time. And this requires a reality-based approach, acknowledging our own role in this skills gap. Thus, some hard questions must be asked:
- Are we nimble enough to adjust our leadership style to the changing landscape?
- Are we failing to accommodate younger employees' preferences?
- Have we identified and begun investing in a new generation of leaders?
- Are we too focused on doing things "our own way" and not focused on the talent marketplace, changing social norms, and business practices?
Though these questions undoubtedly cause discomfort, they must be answered honestly to begin the work on real solutions. You cannot fix what you will not face.
Skill Gaps
The first question that must be answered is does the existing leadership style work in today's environment? According to APQC, leaders themselves identified significant gaps between the skills they currently possess and those necessary to succeed in an environment of unpredictable events, technologic innovation, the growing importance of knowledge-based as opposed to manual work, and the increasing importance of ideas and innovation. The skills gaps include such things as strategic planning, change management, knowledge sharing, listening, and emotional intelligence. APQC's survey participants confessed their own laser-focus on the bottom line, i.e., cost controls, results, and competitiveness, at the expense and neglect of the soft skills that are the hallmark of nimble management, creative thinking, and successful execution.
This neglect comes into sharp relief as Millennials become a greater segment of the workforce. Millennials are not Baby Boom strivers; they seek more balance with an emphasis on quality of life. Thus, a competitive, bottom-line leadership style will sound to Millennials like a different language. More importantly, this approach will not serve to motivate performance as it has in the past. For this new generation, the successful leader will be the one who listens, empathizes, and creates opportunities that meet Millennials where they are in this new age.
Leadership Development for All
Further, leadership development should not be reserved for a select few. Not surprisingly, APQC found that developing leadership capabilities in all employees is associated with a smaller leadership skills deficit. At the same time, the survey found that only 8 percent of organizations currently are doing so. Many organizations have developed a leadership competency for their executive- and director-level workforce, but forward-looking organizations can capitalize and realize a true competitive advantage by implementing a leadership competency for their entire workforce.
Real leadership development ensures that each individual employee possesses an understanding of the organization's business drivers. This includes a working knowledge of the interdisciplinary functions of the business and, most importantly, inspiring people to achieve the organization's goals by leveraging and supporting each individual's vision for personal success. In this model, the employer and employee enter into a mutually beneficial relationship—the employer invests in the employee's personal development and success through training, sponsorship, mentoring, and job rotations, and the employee, in turn, becomes invested in the company's success through enhanced commitment to the organization and superior performance. At the same time, the organization is developing a new generation of leaders who have bought into the company's values, ethos, and success. When employees are valued in this manner, the ROI on the organization's investment in their development is real and measurable.
Resistance to Change
The most vexing trend may be the resistance of leaders to changing their own styles. But perhaps this is less about active resistance to change than it is a failure to recognize the nature of today's business trends. We are in a world of constant churn, but current leaders came of age when "command-and-control" leadership was dominant. Unfortunately, this style isn't proving to be effective in today's economy. Reduced employee tenure, the emergence of a Millennial workforce, and an aging workforce are not trends that will bend to a leader's will. However, strong leaders can embrace these challenges as opportunities to be exploited to the organization's benefit.
All is not lost. Business trends are such that constant change has become the new normal. That's not necessarily a bad thing; it just requires nimble, responsible, and proactive leadership. If today's leaders begin by acknowledging the reality of the business trends coming their way and their own role in riding those trends successfully, the work of implementing real solutions can begin.
Susan Brooks is head of HR Practice Management at T.H. Easter Consulting. An attorney and management consultant, Brooks has more than 20 years of experience in human resources management, recruitment strategies, and communications for businesses, nonprofit organizations, and political advocacy groups. Contact her at: firstname.lastname@example.com or visit T.H. Easter Consulting at http://theasterconsulting.com/


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What is Liberty? From Liberty Defined by Ron Paul.
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Dr. Brian L. Weiss uses a technique of recounting different historical time periods and suggesting the visualization of geographical places to trigger past-life memories.
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Local Teacher Reward Plan Advisory Council meets
Dr. Tim Mitchell, superintendent of the Rapid City Area Schools, gives a presentation to the Local Teacher Reward Plan Advisory Council during a meeting last month. His presentation focused on ProComp, an alternative compensation model being used by the Denver public school system.
The Local Teacher Reward Plan Advisory Council spent much of its day-long August meeting discussing incentive pay plans for teachers that have been used by other states.
Dr. Tim Mitchell, superintendent of the Rapid City Area Schools, gave a presentation on the ProComp Plan, which has been used in the Denver School District for the past nine years.
The ProComp Plan has four components: Knowledge and Skills, Professional Evaluation, Student Growth, and Market Incentives.
I dont think its perfect but its an example of what one school district has done, Mitchell said. Its been neat to see the evolution of it over nine years.
It started out as a four-year Pay for Performance pilot project in 16 Denver schools from 1999-2003. It measured teacher objective setting and student growth. The pilot found that teachers who set the highest objectives had students with the highest growth.
Today, its a bargained agreement between the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Denver Public Schools. A task force with representation from both groups was formed to make sure the ProComp Plan is doing what it set out to accomplish. Interest from the private sector has helped it expand.
It was designed to link teacher compensation more directly with the mission and goals of both groups, Mitchell said. The teachers were on board. I think thats key. The teachers have to be on board from the beginning in order to be successful.
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Welcome to Cottonwood, California.
Until last month, I had never heard of Cottonwood.
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I'm from a small town, and doubt many people have heard of my hometown of Charleston, Missouri. Or the nearby towns of Bertrand, East Prairie, or Wyatt in Southeast Missouri, nicknamed The Bootheel.
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In 1997 the movie Almost Heroes was filmed there. The movie starred Matthew Perry and Chris Farley; it was Farley's last film.
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From crappiness, happiness!
Does seeing abandoned dog poop bags make your blood boil? It used to make me justifiably angry, too. I would rant to my friends about it, going on and on about how angry dog poop bags make me. By the time I was done ranting, they were angry, too. Anger shared.
Then, something wonderful happened, completely reversing my crappy attitude. I was hiking with my adult son on the beautiful Tamanawas Falls trail south of Parkdale. Within feet of the trailhead, I spotted an old, abandoned dog poop bag. I started griping about it to my son. I told him how angry it made me that dog owners pick their dog poop up in little bags, but instead of putting it in their backpack to make sure they carry it out, they leave it on the trail and forget it. I was on a pretty good ranting roll when my son, who is far wiser than his mom, interrupted me. "Mom, I'd like to walk silently for a few minutes and think about how to solve this."
"FINE!" I grumpily consented.
After a few minutes of meditative walking, he said, "I'm ready to talk. I think I have an idea we might try.
"Let me make sure I've got this right. A dog owner picks up their dog's poop, ties it in a bag, and leaves it by the side of the trail, fully intending to pick it up on their way back. But something happens and they don't. And then you, and probably a lot of other people, see these poop bags and feel angry at the forgetful dog owners. All these abandoned dog poop bags are increasing the amount of anger in the world, which is bad. But, Mom, I think there's an opportunity here. You and I could decrease the amount of anger in the world simply by picking up dog poop bags and throwing them in the garbage. So many people would be spared their anger. The total amount of happiness in the world would increase."
You might think this idea might make me even more angry, and you might be right. I realize I come across as the angry person in this story. It's not fair to have to take care of someone else's crap! But I gave his proposal a minute to sink in, and decided it was worth trying. So we did. On the way back down the trail, we picked up every dog poop bag. Tossing them in the garbage can at the trailhead, I felt a sense of freedom and relief. I celebrated removing seven angry dog poop bags from the world, saving myself and countless unknown others from anger. Honestly, I felt happy!
Two weeks later, back at Tamanawas Falls, there were several dog poop bags on the trail. I had brought my own bag for just this possibility. Every time I picked up a poop bag, I felt a warm inner glow of happiness. Back at the trailhead, tossing them into the garbage can, I knew I was reducing the amount of anger in the world. Bliss!
Now, when I see a bag beside the trail, instead of thinking, "Yuck! I hate dealing with other people's crap!" and being angry, I think, "Great! Another opportunity to change the world, one bag at a time!" Sometimes I even feel a little disappointed when I go hiking and there aren't any bags to pick up.
Dear reader, I am a generous person, which is why I am sharing this enlightened practice with you. You, too, can transform your own crappy attitude and disappointment with others into a deep sublime happiness for yourself, making your world a more joy filled place for you — and those forgetful others. Stow a plastic bag or two in your backpack. The extra layer of protection makes it safer to put someone else's crap in your pack, quite literally.
C'mon! Let's start a dog poop movement! There are abundant forgotten dog poop bags out there on the trails. Plenty for all of us. Little bags of stinky happiness. Join me, and set yourself free.
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"We're #1" is not something you chant when you have the world's highest corporate tax rate. Unless you are doing so sarcastically — or you want to punish businesses for … well, being in business.
Yet that is where the United States currently stands. We impose the highest corporate tax rate on the planet – 39.2 percent. Hooray. Obvious to all but the ideo-illlogical is that this hampers our ability to compete with the planet.
If we invite companies into our country — and then beat them about the head and shoulders with a bat — we should at least have the decency to not act surprised when they get up and leave:
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Wouldn't it be outstanding if we made it more attractive for these trillions to be brought home and invested here? We're entering Year Six of the non-recovery "Recovery" — a cash infusion of this magnitude would go a long way towards allowing us to remove the quotation marks.
And it would open the cornucopia of creativity, innovation and life-improvement that always follows free market activity. Yet that's not what the progressive leadership has in mind:
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Ummm, no. Just — no.
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Yes please – let's do that.
We must keep the global market in mind when examining more and more of our once-solely-domestic policy. What we do here no longer stays just here. Countries all around the world are watching — and reacting.
Our New Deal-era farm policy has over the last eighty years metastasized into a full-on nightmare mess. Worse, as over those eight decades the farm market globalized, the world's nations have raised and re-raised us — tax-for-tax, regulation-for-regulation, subsidy-for-subsidy.
An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. Government action for government action leaves it destitute.
Acting unilaterally is a thing of the past — that is what got us here. In fact, anything short of full-on global reform creates all sorts of new government-induced problems:
(T)he European Union (EU), which supplied as much as 20 percent of global (sugar) exports in the 1990s, shifted from a net exporter to a net importer following sugar policy reforms in 2005.
Their reforms? Unilateral tear-down of their trade barriers – which sounds good. Except it allowed Big Sugar Subsidy Brazil to flood their market – and wipe out nearly all domestic production. And now the EU is paying about 25% more for sugar.
Something similar is happening here. Into the midst of this global omni-protectionist nightmare, we in 1994 dropped the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Which greatly opened up our trade with Canada – and Mexico.
Mexico is also a large sugar producer. And the Mexican government is a huge part of the process. The Federales currently own outright 20% of all Mexican production….
Mexico has since 2008 exported (to us) nearly 8 million tons – yet have imported more than 1.2 million tons for domestic use.
In a truly free market, they would send us 1.2 million tons less – and keep it for themselves so as to not need imports. But in the patchwork quilt that is the global Trade War subsidy scheme, Mexico has manipulated their sugar price to be about 10% higher than ours. So they are playing the margins and reaping the windfall.
Yet for some reason we can't export to Mexico at anywhere near similar levels – to avail ourselves of their higher price. Hmmm….
Government is an organism. And like any other organism, its first instinct is self-preservation — remember the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other arms of the Leviathan impeding and attacking less government groups?
So when the government-run Brazil and Mexico sugar industries see an opportunity to use government against its opponents — they do so.
The solution? Negotiate a global across-the-board reduction in government.
This is where the World Trade Organization, usually a colossal waste of space, can actually be of some good use….
The world's sugar-producing nations need to sit down together, each with a copy of everyone else's lists of protectionist sugar policies. And start horse trading.
"Brazil – how about if you get rid of this subsidy, we'll each get rid of one."
"Mexico – if you get rid of this tariff, we'll each get rid of one."
Let the subsequent discussions ensue. Lather, rinse, repeat.
The rest of the world has learned this lesson on corporate taxes — and hosts trillions of what should be domestic dollars as a result.
We should play catch-up there, dramatically drop our rates — and simplify our code.
And then take that lesson learned and apply it to what is now global farm policy.


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Today, I am sharing the 2017 Literary Loners Reading Challenge hosted by Jamie at the Whatever I Think Of blog: http://jannghi.blogspot.com/2016/10/literary-loners-reading-challenge-2017.html.
I will be reading from both challenge options. The first two books I will be reading for this challenge are KINDRED by Octavia Butler (option 2) and GREAT EXPECTIONS by Charles Dickens (option 1).
What books are you planning to read? [CLICK TO TWEET]
The challenge will run from January 1 to December 31, 2017.
Option 1: read books featuring a character identified as a loner, outcast, recluse, wallflower, or introvert
Option 2: read works written by writers known to have been loners or recluses
OR you can chose to read from both options.
Check out the blog post link above for challenge rules and reading ideas. Jamie has provided some option examples and reading list links on the post.
Check out this 2017 Reading Challenges playlist on YouYube for more reading challenges!
Free #LiteraryLoners Audiobook Recommendations
Available on YouTube
OPTION 1: CharactersMiss Havisham of GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens (audiobook): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDy8vbliNSA&list=PL899A9A014634AF04
Silas Marner of SILAS MARNER by George Eliot (audiobook): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlAq1I_6tJQ
Jane Eyre of JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte (audiobook): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYRQqwZF8murmZ7n38sSnVw9KmHkBFE2
Edmond Dantes of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexandre Dumas (audiobook): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDGi7m-HOmU&list=PLnkWWmhVvhc1i634uF_0_ovW1Y-SM5kg4
OPTION 2: Works written by writers
Hermann Hesse ~SIDDHARTHA (audiobook): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Y8S2nV-u4
STEPPENWOLF (audiobook): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJAXUOpis_Y&list=PLyzMGrP75fr4FXqDIeSjmuA0FoJSv4Vw3
Franz Kafka ~THE METAMORPHOSIS (audiobook): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiacl_Q6LObPTEL-NhV0sPXNngUN7YF_
A HUNGER ARTIST (audiobook): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z6hwfcHMYI
Video Tips on Tackling Your TBR
Katytastic: HOW TO READ MORE: https://youtu.be/W74BZ1gO5PU
Revolution Hive: How To Read More Books (Over 50 Every Year): https://youtu.be/kAxfHuerE7o


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Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal revealed his macabre side in assessing how his team slipped to defeat at promotion rivals Reading.
Two goals from Roy Beerens settled the game between the teams placed third and sixth at the start of the day, but Owls chief Carvalhal believed the game was decided in the amount of chances the Owls created.
The statistics bear that out, with the Owls having 18 shots to Reading's 12.
Carvalhal said: "There is a saying 'if you don't kill, you can die'," Carvalhal said. "And that's what happened today.
"We prepared very well for the game and we closed down Reading very well. I don't remember any problem for us in the first half.
"We have another part to our game. When we have the ball, we try to be a threat and try to score.
"We had a clear chance in the second half (Joao), probably the best clear chance of the game. But we didn't shoot the goal.
"After their second goal, it was a different situation. Our players never gave up and we felt we could have won this because of what we did.
"In my opinion, we were more threat to them than they were to us. It's important in these games that when you control them, you must score."
A drab first half produced little of note, apart from a flying save from home goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi to keep out a fierce 20-yard effort from Ross Wallace.
Lucas Joao should have put Wednesday ahead early in the second half but, after racing clear and with Al Habsi wrongfooted, he somehow shot wide of a post.
Beerens then struck twice in 19 minutes – his first goal deflecting in wildly off Glenn Loovens, his second a clever cross-shot.
Wednesday launched a late rally but had only a far-post header from Steven Fletcher, in the second minute of stoppage time, to show for their efforts.
Wednesday remain sixth, while Reading are five points behind second-placed Brighton.
Royals boss Jaap Stam said: "We were not happy after that game (at Fulham) and how we performed. But that sometimes makes you aware of what you need to do if you are going to get results in the Championship. That's what we did today."
Reading: Al Habsi, Gunter, McShane, L Moore, Blackett, van den Berg (Kelly 83), Evans, Beerens, McCleary (Mendes 89), Obita,Samuel (Kermorgant 64). Unused substitutes: Cooper, Meite, Watson, S Moore.
Sheffield Wednesday: Westwood, Hunt, Lees, Loovens, Reach, Wallace, Lee, Hutchinson (Hirst 77), Bannan, Joao, Nuhiu (Fletcher 60). Unused substitutes: Wildsmith, Palmer, Semedo, Pudil, Sasso.
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The Well of Lost Plots
by Jasper Fforde
A book review by Mark L. Olson
Hoddor & Stoughton 2003, £10.99, 370 pp
This is the third Thursday Next book (after The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book) and it continues the story: Thursday is pregnant, but her husband has been erased from history by rogue members of the Chronoguard. She has withdrawn into an unpublished book to live until the baby is born, but events follow her into literature and Thursday finds herself under the tutelage of Miss Havisham (of Great Expectations fame) being trained as an agent of Jurisfiction, the law enforcement agency within fiction.
Much entertaining cleverness ensues, such as Miss Havisham's taste for forbidden pleasures such as racing fast cars she's been Mr. Toad's rival for years.
The entire series is a wonderful feast of inventiveness and well worth reading. I'd take them in order, I think this book would be pretty confusing without its predecessor, etc.
See also my review of The Eyre Affair
NESFA homepage | Review Index | More Reviews by Mark L. Olson


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Where does the time go? Please, if anyone knows I'd appreciate you telling me! I was so determined to post every few days, but it has been over a week!
I have bags of apples everywhere here, and I am putting them up as fast as I can! To help me do this I use my, oh so faithful, Kitchen-Aid mixer and attachments! I'm sure many of you have the mixer, they are ubiquitous now, but when I received this as a high school graduation gift in....(drumroll please) 1983! I felt like one of the few who was so lucky to have such a wonderful device. I have really used it so much over the years, I don't know what I'd do without it, especially the attachments.
This is the "Fruit and Vegetable Strainer" attachment. It makes the smoothest applesauce. I've also used it when putting away squash for the winter. I cook the squash, then cut it up in smaller pieces, and put it though the vegetable strainer. It comes out very smooth and no "stringy fings" (things) says that four year old boy of mine!
After I use the "apple corer, peeler and slicer" sometimes some of the core pieces, skin or seeds get into the sauce, and is a real pain to get out unless you use a hand crank food mill or sieve. Using this saves time, and a sore arm from turning a crank for hours!
Anyways, after I run the apples through the corer, peeler and slicer, I cook the apples for about 10 minutes until they are a little soft. Then I put them through the food strainer. After this I put the pot back on the stove and add cinnamon, and gently cook it for about 30 minutes, until it is thicker. Pour into jars, lids on top, then in to the freezer. If I have time I will can it, but this year it was about speed. You know what I mean?
Unrelated News:
1) my first shop update in a very long time will be tomorrow, noon. Stay tuned for a few Christmas gift goodies.
2) I think I really need this "Joy" necklace
3) This little boy here is my real attachment... *sigh*


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This has certainly been a very exciting past few months for me personally with the US and International success of my Stephen Wrench (Grammy nominated producer) produced the song "Love You All The Way". Recorded in Nashville the musicians were from such notable groups as Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Luke Bryan, Brooks and Dunn Stephen molded the song into a formidable contender to go up against the top Country Music artist in the Industry. "Love You All The Way" has spent the last 11 weeks on either The Euro Indie Music Charts peaking at # 12 or on The Digital Radio Tracker Charts peaking at #23 on the US National Top 50 Country Chart. Both charting companies chart 1000's of stations World Wide. Seeing my name on the charts between Blake Shelton and Kenny Chesney was a super big thrill. One week I was enjoying that fact that I was on top of Carrie Underwood (musically speaking of course) and my, Toni-Anne wife replied "In Your Dreams."
At the end of March Toni-Anne and I traveled back to Nashville where we met up with my producer, Stephen Wrench and we recorded 6 new songs. The first release from that session is "Driftin" which was written by my Dad, B.C. Country Music Association hall of fame member Ed King. He had success with the song about 20 years ago but a good song, is a good song, is a good song. Stephen and I really liked the song so we used mandolin in it and it turned out so well it became first out of the gate. We plan to release the next 5 in 10 to 12 week intervals.
With the success of "Love You All The Way" and the anticipated success of "Driftin" the push is on to find booking agents to help find me suitable bookings in Canada as well as abroad. Because of the songs US success I am also working on obtaining a US work visa and a green card. I am also anticipating a very successful "Rise Up Tour 2016" show in White Rock on Saturday May 7th with my co-host and friend Delaney Rose. Delaney has put together a fantastic line up of guests for this show and it is my understanding that ticket sales are brisk.
Well it's time to go vacuum my pool so for now I'll just say Thank-you Mark (of Rosner Management) for helping me to organize a plan to succeed in this magical business we call the music business. Thank-you Stephen for making my music sound fantastic and Thank-you Musik and Film Records for getting my music out there and getting it played.
I'm Lance King and this is my blog: The Country Beat.
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A NEW Sound
Welcome to New Orleans, home to historic architecture, mouthwatering cuisines, and legendary jazz. Save Art is always looking for new ways to contribute to the ever-evolving art community by supporting both artists and art-based causes. Their eighth project explores the city of New Orleans and one of its greatest musical treasures, the iconic American genre of jazz.
Save Art traveled to the Crescent City to learn as much as they could about jazz from those who know it best. While there, they wanted to create a unique artifact to commemorate the past and present artists of the city. They scoured junkyards for metal salvaged from buildings and homes affected by gentrification, natural disasters, and housing redevelopment programs.
Master instrument builder Mike "The Horn Doctor" Corrigan transformed the remnants they found into a one-of-a-kind playable trumpet. The trumpet and their corresponding video-journalism project on jazz are being displayed and used in educational programs at the top music museums across the country.


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Revamped Salvaged Furniture with a Twist
Brooklyn-based Palo Samko knows that salvaged furniture can be just as beautiful as new - it just needs a little TLC. In Samko's case, that tender loving care also entails adding unexpected touches like miniature figures and secret compartments. Flip through the gallery above to see what we mean and hit the vote button if you like what you see!
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These potatoes will have you saying, "mmm" in only an hour! It's soo worth the wait!
- Yield
- people
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2-1/2 cups of milk
- 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
- 1/2 tsp pepper (or to taste)
- 8 cups of thinly sliced potatoes
- 1 cup of shreaded colby-monterey jack cheese, divided
- Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease an 8x12 inch baking pan and set aside. In a medium saucepan, melt butter on medium heat. Add flour and whisk until there are no more lumps. Pour in the milk and whisk continually for about 10 minutes or UNTIL mixture is thick. Add seasonings. Place 1/3 of the sliced potatoes in the bottom of the baking dish, and pour 1/3 of the sauce on top. Sprinkle with some cheese. Continue until you have three layers ending with the cheese. Bake at 350, covered, for 40 minutes or until potatoes are soft. Uncover, and bake for another 40 minutes. Enjoy!
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Nutritional Info
- Calories231
- Carbohydrates26 g(9%)
- Fat11 g(17%)
- Protein8 g(16%)
- Saturated Fat7 g(33%)
- Sodium346 mg(14%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber3 g(11%)
- Monounsaturated Fat3 g
- Cholesterol30 mg(10%)


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On May 2 a very interesting webinar was organized by T.L.C.C and Team Studio, Back from the Dead: When Bad Code Kills a Good Server by Bill Malchisky Jr. and Serdar Basegmez. For those who missed this webinar below the content, slides and video.
It's Friday and a new customer calls. Their mission critical app is taking :05 to open documents and the users are quite concerned. Where do you start when handed a 20-year-old application you have never seen, on a server you barely know? Join two IBM Champions as they dissect a complex Domino performance problem from both the administration and development side to provide a complete customer solution. This session includes best practices around problem-solving techniques and a checklist you can use internally to quickly solve problems you encounter.
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Sunday, 7 May 2017
IBM Domino 9.0.1.Feature Pack 8 Interim Fix 3 Available for Download on IBM Fix Central
IBM Domino 9.0.1.Feature Pack 8 Interim Fix 3 is available for wownload on IBM Fix Central. Fix List updates in progress. Note: Domino 9.0.1 FP8 IF3 is a pre-req for Verse On-Premises 1.0.1.
Download link: Interim Fix 3 for Domino 9.0.1 Feature Pack 8
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3 Packs of Lijjat Jeera Papad (Cumin Seeds Papad) 200 Grams
- 570948
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- In Stock
- Weight:
- 600.00 Grams
Thin crispy lentil wafers with cumin seeds that can be roasted and fried before eating. Great east Indian snack.
- World renowned brand of pappadums with black pepper
- Quick and easy to prepare appetizer or snack!
- Serve with chutney, or as an accompaniment to your main dish
- 100 % Vegetarian
Manufactured By:
Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad
Country of Origin: Product of India
Ingredients: Udad-dal Flour, Jeera (Cumin), Asafoetida, Salt, Papadkhar, Edible Veg. Oil & Other Spices.
Directions: To be fried or roasted before consuming.
Quantity: 3 Pack
Product Weight: 200 Grams Each Pack
Storage Instructions: Keep in Cool & Dry Place
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
5451. Principles of Development (3
This course provides an understanding of the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern the development of complex organisms.
8401. Molecular Genetics (3
This course offers an in-depth overview of the molecular biology of normal and abnormal cellular functions.
8402. Molecular Biotechniques (3
This course is an introduction to experimental techniques currently utilized in molecular research. It includes discussions of applications and limitations, as well as interpretations of experimental results.
8451. Cancer Biology (3
This course provides an understanding of the etiology, molecular and cellular characteristics, therapeutic strategies. and prevention of human cancer.
9400. Molecular Biology & Genetics Seminar Basics (1
This course provides instructions on how to prepare, organize, and present a scientific seminar.
9402. Molecular Biology
of Signal Transduction (3 s.h.)
This course offers a comprehensive examination of cellular signaling pathways, emphasizing normal and aberrant signaling in both normal cell function and disease etiology.
9410. Molecular Biology
and Genetics Seminar (1 s.h.)
In this course, oral presentations are used to describe current research findings from the scientific literature.
9420. Advanced Topics
in Molecular Biology (3 s.h.)
This course provides an in-depth examination of cutting edge subjects in molecular biology.
9491. Molecular Biology
Research (1-9 s.h.)
This course is arranged with the instructor.
9991. Research in Molecular Biology & Genetics (1-6 s.h.)
9994. Preliminary Exam Preparation (1-6 s.h.)
9998. Post-Candidacy Research (1-6 s.h.)
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Information on German shepherds breed and German shepherds health and training.
5 Questions You Must Ask First - German Shepherd Breeder
When searching for a german shepherd breeder, you must keep yourself and your new potential pet safe by asking these 5 questions
Doggone lucky escape from tree
Vahid Nouri and Bella
GERMAN shepherd Bella begged owner Vahid Nouri to take her for a walk - minutes before a tree fell onto his Gordon house.
" I can say I owe my life to my dog," Mr Nouri, of Rosedale Rd, said.
"I got home from work and was feeling like a nap, but she was really restless so I took her for a walk.
"When I returned, a tree had fallen on my house."
Neighbours voting at the school across the road said the noise of the 30m gum crashing down was "unbelieveable".
Nr Nouri said if he had been home, he could have been crushed or had a heart attack. Fortunately, just the roof of his house caved in.
While thankful to be alive, Mr Nouri is angry that Ku-ring-gai Council rejected his application to remove the tree three years ago. A council spokesman said Mr Nouri was asked to submit an arborist's report on two trees he wanted removed and failed to provide one for the tree that fell.
"As a result, we couldn't progress the application for this tree and the property owner made no further contact with us," he said.
"Council have ascertained the tree fell due to fungal failure of the roots, which couldn't have been foreseen from an above-ground inspection."
Tribute Held Tuesday For Bartlesville Police Dog
|Police German Shepherd Dog
Cooper, a 3-year-old German Shepherd, worked as a drug and tracking dog. He had to be euthanized after his kidneys failed. It was later discovered that he had ingested anti-freeze.
BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA -- A Bartlesville Police dog, which the department believes was poisoned, was honored Tuesday afternoon.
The tribute was held at the police department's headquarters on Hensley Boulevard.
Cooper, a 3-year-old German Shepherd, worked as a drug and tracking dog.
"It's a way the police department acknowledges the fact that these drug dogs are more than just canine. They are a part of us. Cooper was a fantastic drug dog," said Tom Holland, Bartlesville Police Chief.
A small and somber crowd met at the Bartlesville Police Department to remember Cooper. Cooper worked with Officer Troy Newall as a drug and tracking dog for two years.
"It meant the world to me. I needed the closure," said Bartlesville Police Officer Troy Newell.
Cooper had to be euthanized after his kidneys failed. It was later discovered that he had ingested anti-freeze. Police say Cooper was targeted and the poisoning was intentional.
"We are hoping someone will come forward with this senseless act of killing this marvelous dog. He meant so much to us. He was also important to the citizens of Bartlesville and Washington County because he was good at what he did," said Holland.
Officers said as a puppy, Cooper went to Sedan, Kansas and captured a criminal who was supposedly armed at the time and did it in a record time of 20 minutes.
Officer Newall was presented with an American flag in honor of his fallen partner.
"All the support from my family, friends, fellow law enforcement agencies, community, surrounding community it's been overwhelming. That's how I'm getting through," said Newell. "I'm still pretty emotional. It's hard riding around in an empty car."
The flag was flown at half staff in Cooper's memory. A small monument for Cooper's ashes will be placed below the flag, next to another monument for slain officers.
A reward is offered for information leading to an arrest in Cooper's poisoning. Tips in the poisoning case can be called in to the Bartlesville Crime Stoppers at 918-336-CLUE.
The Bartlesville Police Department is still searching for Cooper's replacement.
By Tara Vreeland, The News On 6
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Motoman Robot Handling and Palletizing
Cases of Medical Products
System meets or exceeds all project goals and objectives. Robot system easily palletizes one case per minute, which is 50 percent faster than required production rate of one case every 90 seconds. Robot system palletizes product up to six layers high, and also handles tier sheets, as required. System places products on scale for weight inspection, presents cases that pass inspection to an automatic labeler, and creates consistent, stable loads with labels facing out. Flexible system reduces need for manual labor.
Project Challenges
- Fully automate the case palletizing process, including weight inspection and case labeling (on two opposing sides), and reduce need for manual labor.
- Create more consistent and stable unit loads.
- Maximize throughput by limiting downtime, and reduce costs by improving productivity and flexibility.
- Palletize small and large cases that are sealed with tape, as well as optional tier sheets, onto standard 1,219.2 mm L x 1,016 mm W x 133.4 mm H (48" L x 40" W x 5.25" H) wooden pallets. Small cases are approximately 511.2 mm L x 374.7 mm W x 381 mm H (20.125" L x 14.75" W x 15" H) and weigh 5.4-8.2 kg (12-18 lbs). Large cases are approximately 511.2 mm L x 514.4 mm W x 381 mm H (20.125" L x 20.25" W x 15" H) and weigh 13.2 kg (29 lbs).
- Palletize loads up to six rows (2,286 mm/90") H, excluding pallet. Stacking patterns vary depending on case size. Each pallet is dedicated to one product (i.e. unit loads are not mixed).
- Accommodate production rate of 40 cases per hour (one case produced every 90 seconds).
Motoman Robotics Solution
- Motoman Robotics provided an SP80X palletizing system, including:
- Motoman SP80X robot with XRC 2001 controller. Robot base riser and S-axis stop.
- Operator station, including alarm light and pushbuttons for Servo-on, Teach and Play, Remote Mode, Hold, Start and E-stop. All controls except E-stop include indicator lights.
- Remote playback box – allows E-stop, Hold, Start, Mode Change, and Cycle Change from remote location.
- Custom end-of-arm tooling – vacuum gripper to handle one case or tier sheet per pick.
- Pallet locator consisting of L-shaped steel frames and photo-eye pallet-present sensors.
- Tier-sheet rack. Aluminum rack holds 457.2 mm (18") stack of tier-sheets. Includes low level/empty sensor and provides access for manual loading.
- Infeed conveyor – 3.35-m (11') lineshaft-type with three accumulation zones, skewed roller section, reducers, controls package, stops and sensors. Speed is 18.3-m (60') per minute.
- Scale – analog scale with 68.2 kg (150-lb) capacity and 6-digit, 25.4 mm (1") H, high-contrast LCD display.
- Labeler – side-tamp unit handles standard 114.3 mm (4.5") web width, 254 mm (10") O.D. roll with 76.2 mm (3") core.
- Cell guarding package that meets ANSI/RIA R15.06-1999 safety standard. Includes 2.4-m (8') H woven-wire perimeter safety fence, two access gates with positive-break safety switches, and cable tray.
Fixtures/Tooling Details
Motoman Robotics provided a single-zone vacuum gripper to handle one case or tier-sheet per pick. Gripper has extruded aluminum frame and includes four vacuum generators with integral sensors.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
some fun personal stuff
These were for Dominance war 2011...buuuuut unfortunately, i couldnt continue my work on it, cuz i took on some freelance. still, was fun!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
the following scenes were created for the Endings in Mortal Kombat 9, which were painted on layers, and chopped up into the ending cinematics. fun but difficult to do O_O
So, Mortal Kombat 9 has finally come out, and even though i was only there on the last two months of the project, i did get a couple of fun pieces out of it. The game was a complete success, and even though my concepts werent as awesome as some of the veterans we had there working on the game before i got there, heres what i have to show!
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I'm saying this three days early but even so…
Happy Anniversary Roswell!
Roswell was originally released on then The WB (now CW) on October 6, 1999. Before the show moved to UPN for its third and final season. Created by Jonathan Dukes and developed by Jason Katims. And based on the young adult book series, Roswell High, written by Melinda Metz.
The show was centered around teens with the usual angst about love but with a twist. It also involved aliens.


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Commission Conditionally Approves ITC Holdings'
Acquisition of Michigan Transco
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today conditionally approved the acquisition of Michigan Transco Holdings LP by ITC Holdings Corp., marking the first time the Commission has authorized the acquisition of a stand-alone transmission company, or "transco," by another transco.
"The Commission has supported the development of transcos for a number of years. Transcos are a proven vehicle for attracting investment in the power grid. This order marks an important step in the development of the transco business model," said Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher.
Under the transaction authorized by today's order, ITC Holdings, the parent of International Transmission Co., is acquiring 100 percent ownership interest in Michigan Transco, the parent of Michigan Electric Transmission Co. (METC). The Commission also authorized an intracorporate reorganization of ownership of METC and Trans-Elect NTD Path 15 LLC.
The acquisition agreement calls for ITC Holdings to pay $486 million in cash and $70 million in the company's publicly traded common shares to Trans-Elect and other investors, and to assume or refinance $311 million of METC debt.
Today's order also marks the first time the Commission has applied its new merger rule. The Commission reviewed the transaction according to its merger review policy and orders implementing the Energy Policy Act of 2005 amendments to section 203 of the Federal Power Act. Amended section 203 requires Commission authorization for certain mergers and other corporate transactions only if they are valued in excess of $10 million. It also requires findings that a transaction does not result in cross-subsidization of a non-utility associate company or the pledge or encumbrance of utility assets for the benefit of an associate company, unless consistent with the public interest.
Upon review, the Commission found that the proposed transaction and reorganization will not adversely affect either competition or regulation. However, the Commission found that the applicants did not adequately show that the transaction would not adversely affect transmission rates. Therefore, the Commission conditioned today's authorization upon the protection of ratepayers through a comprehensive hold-harmless commitment.
The Commission also determined that the transaction and reorganization will not result in cross-subsidization of a nonutility associate company or the pledge or encumbrance of utility assets for the benefit of an associate company. The Commission found no encumbrance of assets or cross-subsidization concerns since the companies have no captive customers that could be harmed.
Subject to the ratepayer protection conditions, the Commission found the transaction and reorganization to be consistent with the public interest.
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