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The authors investigated tear resistance of a fa—Åade expansion anchor from a steel socket - a material possessing greater strength properties than nylon expansion anchor socket, which allows defining the properties of a socket, but not of a wall material. The authors obtained a load diagram consisting of four areas. Area 1 almost corresponds to Hook's law up to peak force. Area 2 is an abrupt decrease of tearing force. Area 3 is a smooth descending branch up to ultimate deformation corresponding to product certificate. Area 4 is a final withdrawal of an expansion anchor as a inclined line. The authors offered a hypothesis about genesis and destruction of microdefects on the contact area of nylon sleeve by dowels of metal bushing. Mathematical description of the offered hypothesis is given.
Pages 20-31
The article presents the results of evaluation and prediction of reliability a building of the ship hull shop of Astrakhan sea plant under the action of complex combination of stresses. Basing on the values of geometric and stiffness characteristics, a computational model of the object of the study was built. The results were obtained in the course of realization of the method of limiting states, taking into account the random character of the current loads and the strength properties of the materials. Their reliability was confirmed by a multiple conduction of the searching algorithm of mathematical expectations and indicators of variations in the calculated parameters of building structures and operating loads. Numerical characteristics were determined by the results of two surveys of natural oscillations of the framework. During the study the authors evaluated stress-strain state of the building of the ship hull shop both taking into account seismic disturbances and their absence. The calculation of the perception of the seismic load was carried with choosing the earthquake model implementation by mapping the impact of the earthquake in the form of a set of random processes with defining spectra of the input and output. The presented results were obtained by the complex automation of calculating integrated indicators. Its components are: safety factor, depreciation rate of structures, reliability index and the residual resource of the framework. When predicting the durability of the research object the correlation dependencies are built in the form of: a fictitious function of generalized load; time function of stress; generalized function of the reserve coefficient; function of working capacity of the carcass structures; function of the reliability index. The developed algorithm for estimating the reliability of an industrial building can be adopted for use as a tool for further research. Its implementation allows accurately tracking the kinetics of the stress-strain state of individual elements and the overall framework of a particular object in the time of operation.
Pages 32-39
The contemporary precast-cast-in-place housing construction has become widely used on the territory of Russia. A great amount of big construction companies begin using the technology of precast and cast-in-place housing construction as the main one. This fact is proving the convenience of reinforced precast and cast-in-place concrete for the buildings of various functions in the climatic conditions of our country. Though there is a lack of investigations of such constructions though they are increasingly developing. Due to the lack of experimental research data existing at the moment, which allow estimating deformed condition of precast-cast-in-place constructions of slabs objectively, experimental research of hollow slab longitudinal beam with precast-cast-in-place and cast-in-place joist was carried out by the authors. The results of the given work prove the data previously obtained by the authors in their experiments using a fragment of precast-cast-in-place slab.
Pages 40-53
Today the design and calculation of pile foundations in rocks is poorly considered in the national regulatory and technical literature. It should be also noted that the need of taking into consideration the mechanical properties of rocky soils often occurs when designing structures for various purposes. The Requirements SP 24.13330.2011 "Pile foundations" in Appendix B (recommended) set out the calculation methodology of the combined effect of a horizontal force and torque of a single pile. The pile in this methodology is substituted by beam on an elastic foundation and the surrounding soil may be regarded as a linear-elastic deformable medium characterized by a coefficient of subgrade reaction. The manual for the design of pile foundations contains two calculation methods of piles for the combined effect of horizontal forces and torque (basic and tabular methods), which are based on considering the subgrade reaction on the side of a pile. Also this guide provides the guidance on calculation of single piles in rock under lateral loading. At the same time uniaxial compressive strength of intact rock is used as the main characteristics for rock massive. In general, the methods outlined in the manual are extensive explanation of the design methods with the examples of calculation, which is the development of the paragraph of the construction norms SNIP , which are now replaced by the actualized SP. In the analysis of the foreign experience of the design of drilled shafts in rock, there are three main groups of calculation methods of laterally loaded drilled shafts in rock: 1. Analytical methods based on the theory of elasticity; 2. Joint deformation of piles and soil with taking into account the non-linear subgrade reaction of soil (the so-called "p-y method"); 3. Numerical methods (FEM and DEM), which are implemented in a variety of special software computer systems. Among the first group of methods the following ones should be distinguished: Carter and Kulhawy (1992) and Zhang (2000). The "p-y" method was studied by Reese (1997). Poulos and Davis (1980) obtained solutions for piles using numerical methods. Randolph (1981) made a parametrical study of drilled shafts socketed into continuous elastic rock mass. The analysis of domestic and foreign calculation methods shows that there are no methods, which can be effectively applied both at the preliminary and detailed stage of the project. The majority of them require obtaining specific data, such as the coefficient of subgrade reaction along the length of the shaft or p-y deformation curves for a reliable estimation of shaft behavior in each case . However, today the materials on rock mechanics are accumulated and systematized, allowing to accurately enough determine the mechanical characteristics of the rock mass with a limited number of input data. Furthermore, the numerical modeling methods, having significant development and upgrading recently, can replace time-consuming and expensive field-testing. It is also worth considering that the numerical simulation can be effectively used on the stage of detailed calculations. In this preliminary study for the project design the use of numerical methods can be combined with the method of experimental design that allows getting the desired response function depending on several factors. Guided by this approach, the author carried out the study of the numerical models of laterally loaded drilled shafts in rock. Using 3D modeling and experimental design method the behavior of shafts was described depending on various factors. After processing of the results it is possible to obtain the parametric dependencies and nomograms. In this study, the parameters and the limits of their changes were chosen. In order to carry out the numerical experiment the matrix of experimental design was created that allows within the varied factors to obtain a mathematical relationship (response function) of bearing capacity of the shaft from three selected factors. The experiments and calculations allowed obtaining the dependence of bearing capacity of shaft from the set parameters: The checking of the adequacy of the equation shows the convergence of 2...9 % and it was conducted on the models with intermediate features within a selected factor space. The further processing and systematization of the obtained results is currently conducted, as well as the construction of nomograms after obtaining of parametric equations. The results of this study may be used for the preliminary assessment of the bearing capacity and deformation of laterally loaded drilled shafts in rocks. Using this technique it is also possible to reduce the number of field tests and increase their efficiency, reduce material consumption and the amount of shaft installation works, without decreasing of safety of the building.
Pages 54-65
An important element of modern automated systems of management, monitoring and control of remote access modules is information about the state and behavior of a static or moving object. In many existing and planned monitoring systems processing graphical image of the object is used, which is obtained by the photo detectors and, thus, the possibility of determining geometric and kinematic parameters of a moving object is significantly reduced due to various aspects of image acquisition, one of such aspects is blur. In the present work, algorithms of the primary information processing obtained on the basis of the graphic image study of a movable or stationary object are improved using the methods and procedures of statistical analysis that allow approximating theoretical results to experimental results. The use of statistical analysis and probabilistic approach increase the accuracy of the determined characteristics, applicability of calculation procedures of the state parameters (size, shape, distance from the observer) and behavior of the object (speed and direction) and reduce the computational complexity of the final algorithm. The Bayesian estimation was obtained based on the use of quadratic, rectangular and simple loss function under normal, Laplace, uniform and lognormal distribution of errors, which allow drawing conclusions about the intervals of various models and algorithms to determine the parameters of different objects. When using the statistical approach it is taken into account that the errors are random in nature and may be considered a variety of probability density functions (normal, lognormal, Laplace and uniform distributions to minimize risks under different loss functions (quadratic, rectangular, linear), and then evaluated using the method of least squares, method of least modules and the Bayesian approach. When performing the evaluation the properties of unbiased, consistency and efficiency are important. Sustainable procedure should have the following properties: for the selected model, the procedure should be close to optimum efficiency; the results should be close to nominal, calculated for the adopted model; the effect of large errors must be eliminated. We use the minimax method of Huber, which assumes that the best estimate will not be worse than in the case of the "least favorable" density distribution. Decision rule is based on the definition of such density that minimizes the information of Fischer that is the variance function of the contribution of the sample. In the present study we offer the procedure of finding a theoretical function based on the assumption that the errors are subjected to the known laws of distribution: normal (Gaussian), Laplacian, uniform, lognormal. This is a significant advantage of the proposed methodology compared to the one used in the previous works of the authors, it is proposed here to use the Bayesian estimation of the measurements as unknown theoretical function that needs to be obtained closer to the observational measurements.
Pages 66-74
The article is devoted to the investigation of chemical composition of cement stone modified by micro- and nanoscale barium hydrosilicates. It is shown that introduction of a nanomodifier leads to increased amount of various calcium hydrosilicates, lowers the amount of portlandite and calcium hydrosulfoaluminates. The specifics of influence of various barium hydrosilicates on the chemical composition of cement stone is revealed. It is shown that sol made of precursor with the content of С(Fe(OH)3) = 0.7 %, α = 1.0 (that was stored for 28 days) is the most effective among all other examined nanomodifiers. This can be due to the specific values of silicic acid concentration in the modifier and also by pH value of the medium; other factors may also affect the efficiency. Because of different content of silicic acid the modification of the portland cement by micro-sized barium hydrosilicates decreasesthe amount of portlandite (about two times). The sequential modification with nano- and micro-scale modifiers allows reducing the amount of portlandite by 3.67…60.5 times. Thus, nanomodification of the previously optimized (at the micro scale) cement composite (cement stone) is the most effective. High efficiency of the sol that was made of precursor with the content of С(Fe(OH)3) = 0.5 %, α = 1.5 is also observed. During our experiments we have also revealed the distinctive feature of the nanomodification of cement stone. This feature consists in content growth for specific type of calcium hydrosilicates. In particular, by means of using the sol that was made of precursor with the content of С(Fe(OH)3) = 0.5-0.7 %, α = 1.0, the amount of silicon-oxygen tetrahedrons can be magnified; the relative amount of silicon-oxygen ν(SiO) chains can also be increased in case of α = 1.5.
Pages 75-84
For production of a glued bar according to operating normative documentation qualitative coniferous wood should be used. The stock of such wood is almost exhausted. Therefore the task of resource-saving while producing glued bars comes to the fore. Two ways of increasing the efficiency of building constructions made of wood are offered in the article. The essence of the first way consists in the use of thin truncated timber as outside lamels. Such timber is produced of knot-free zones of trunks. Thus resistance to heat transfer of the offered and traditional bar differs slightly. Economic calculations showed lowering of the expenditure of wood by production of a glued bar with lamels of different thickness by 7 % that leads to more rational use of all wood of a trunk. The second way to increase of efficiency of the guarding constructions consists in the use of a heater in a multi-layer glued bar. The basis of this heater is natural material of lean production waste - shove. In its anatomic and chemical structure shove is similar to wood, it is an ecologically safe and cheap heater. Therefore in the offered glued bar three lamels of wood of coniferous breeds interstratified with two shove plates 20 millimeters thick. The coefficient of heat conduction of such bar practically doesn't differ from coefficient of heat conduction of a traditional five-layer glued bar. Thus essential reduction in cost of materials for its production almost by 50 % makes such a bar economically attractive is watched.
Pages 85-95
Industrial and civil buildings and other construction objects during operation are subject to force and environmental impacts influencing their structural and technological parameters. Operational integrity of buildings greatly depends on crack-resistance of roof coatings. In this relation the search for new technological solutions for choosing optimal compositions and components is an important and current scientific task. Labor intensity of repair technology and absence of objective assessment method of coating state lead to crack formation and rapid wear. The authors examined mastics properties influencing crack resistance of roof coatings and waterproof coverings made of water-emulsion bitumen mastics and established the dependence of crack-resistance of coatings made of water-emulsion bitumen mastics from the type of powdered filler-emulsifier. The results of the work show that crack resistance of roof mastic coatings increases when using asphalt-claydite mixture as coupling, which is made of bitumen emulsion with high roughness of coupling surface.
Pages 96-105
In the foreign countries there exist not only design guidelines but also standards for testing of FRP materials. These codes do not recommend using FRP bars in compressive members, such as columns. But the compressive strength shouldn't be neglected according to those design codes. In our country the standards for FRP testing and design codes are just in the process of development. This paper contains the analysis results of the possibility of GFRP bars use as the main longitudinal reinforcement in compressive members. The most recent research data on this subject is presented. The studies show that the strength of the specimens grow rapidly with the decreasing tie spacing in columns. We can also make a conclusion that the GFRP bars contribution is only 5 % lower than the contribution of traditional steel bars. Some other research data shows that in case of the tie spacing close to the design codes limitations there is no strength increase in the same specimens made of plain concrete.
Pages 106-114
Wood is a combustible building material. In case of fire in buildings constructed with the use of wood and wood-based materials, there is a risk of rapid fire spread and increases the risk of death from the integrated impact of such hazards as a high ambient temperature, smoke and toxicity of combustion products. The influence of surface treatment of wood by the compositions based on alkyl ethers phosphorous acids on fire hazard of wood was studied. In the work the following methods were used for determining fire properties of modified wood: method for determining the fire-resistance rating, the method for determining the class of low flammability substances and materials, the method of experimental determination of flame spread index, the method of experimental determination of the smoke ability of solid substances and materials. As a result of tests concluded that compositions based on dimethylphosphite and diethylphosphite have high fire retardant efficiency. Bio protection of modified wood was determined according to State Standards GOST 9.048-89. In accordance with this GOST, wood surface was modified with tested compounds, brought up to constant weight in the desiccator, and then infected by spores of Aspergillusniger van Tieghem, Aspergillusserreus Thom, Aureobasidiumpullulans (de –í–∞–≥—É) Amaud, Paecilomycesvaioti Bainier, Penicilliumfuniculosum Thom, Penicilliumochrochloron Biourge, Scopuiahopsisbrevicaulis Bainier, Trichodermaviride Pers Ex Fr. As a result of testing of the original wood samples in tropical climates within 28 days the wood surface was grown with mushrooms at 80...85 % of the surface. Based on the results it can be concluded that the most effective protective compounds for wood are esters of phosphorous acid, in particular, diethyl phosphite, which is an effective smoke suppressor.
Pages 115-126
In the large cities of Vietnam there is a serious problem of providing the drinking water of good quality to population and industry in the required quantity and with sufficient pressure. Chaotic building in certain areas has resulted in the formation of quite complex water systems, consisting of large main pipelines and a plurality of dead ends. Because of insufficient water pressure in the water network, the majority of consumers have to install individual reservoirs and tanks on the roofs of the buildings. The uneven water withdrawal from the network and its irrational use violates the hydraulic regime of water supply and distribution. The authors offer a water supply scheme with the accompanying transit flow lines with pipes of smaller diameter which allow providing the required amount of water and increasing the pressure on the ring. Hydraulic calculations of ring network were made using the software program WaterGEMS V8i for the worst case of the system of water supply. The plots of the water supply network show an increase in diameter of pipes is required, which greatly reduces pressure losses and ensures a reliable supply of water to the consumer. In order to solve the problem of optimal power flow, a scheme of water supply with associated main pipelines with smaller diameter was created. Laying of main pipelines accompanied by parallel lines connected to them provide better hydraulic conditions, reduce the pressure loss in the piping and shortens power consumption.
Pages 127-137
The article deals with the peculiarities of suction tubes operation at HPP hydraulic turbines. The suction tubes are shown to provide the recovery of head due to the static and dynamic reduction of pressure under the working wheel. The conditions of their successful functioning on head recovery are shown. In particular, the necessity of providing water movement without breakaway and whirlpool areas in suction pipe elements are underlined. The importance of providing more uniform velocities field at the output section of diffuser element is indicated since this leads to reduction of velocity head losses and increase in efficiency of hydraulic turbine operation. The results of flow velocities hydraulic tests at diffusor diverting waterway are made using a spatial model. Flow relative velocity distribution at the output section is shown. Based on experimental data processing the flow main features are determined. In particular, water flow velocity variation factor is obtained. Its value reaches 2.09 due to the use of water discharge installation with asymmetric increase of section height. The necessity to use large scale suction tube structures of a toggle type for low and average pressure HPPs with reactive vertical axial hydroturbines is proved. It is important to develop suction tube designs which would not raise the construction costs when being installed and at the same time would not permit unfavorable cavitation conditions. Advanced suction tube designs developed with the participation of the authors are given. Specifically it is recommended to change the ceiling inclination angle in the section ceiling element to provide a breakaway-free water flow from the walls at the changing operation modes of the hydraulic turbogenerator unit differing from each other by the amounts of passing water discharge and hence, by the velocities of the water flow. In another design - in a suction tube with a bypass cavity - a system of holes is provided in the ceiling of the diffuser parts. Through them the water input can be made into the zone of the maximal pressure drop of the output diffuser. Thanks to it the vacuum value is diminished and the conditions for cavitation are eliminated. Reduction of flow pressure pulsation is achieved as well. Thus, a conclusion is made on the expediency of developing new efficient designs of suction tubes providing the improvement of their operation conditions.
Pages 138-152
In recent years, domestic and foreign scientific literature and regulatory documents refer to a trend of using the theory of risk in assessing the harmful effects of underflooding on buildings, constructions and industrial sites of various applications. The requirements of state standards, building regulations require carrying out "dangerous impact level assessment within the territory of the existing or forecasted uderflooding". In this case "the drainage rates accepted in the design of protective structures must in each case ensure the position of the groundwater level below the critical level". The authors have developed a methodology and specific methods of calculating the permissible levels of ground water for local construction projects based on risk theory and examples of calculation. Based on the research results, the following conclusions were made: 1. In accordance with the existing regulations of the Russian Federation in the design of engineering systems, the protection from underflooding should in each case ensured the position of groundwater levels below the critical level. In this connection, in each case calculations of drainage standards and acceptable levels of ground water must be carried out in the interpretation of the theory of risk. 2. The methodology was offered for calculation of these quantities on the basis of the existing requirements for calculation of the security levels when flooding of city and plant territories. 3. The authors obtained calculated dependencies and developed a method of calculation of the critical level of groundwater for local facilities with regard for their categories and responsibility level, geotechnical, hydrogeological conditions, features of the surrounding buildings, the possibility of hazardous processes induced by underflooding, deterioration of the object, etc. 4. The authors give recommendations for the calculation of the permissible norms of drainage and admissible groundwater depth in the design of engineering systems, protection from flooding of both newly designed facilities and existing and reconstructed objects. 5. The method of calculation is illustrated by an example, allowing not only to assess the rate of drainage and acceptable levels of groundwater for planned and existing facilities, but also to judge the negative impact of underflooding on the object.
Pages 153-161
The authors investigated potential flow in a cylindrical coordinate frame, which is induced by two features situated in infinite space filled with ideal (nonviscous) fluid. The discharge is a circle situated on infinite impenetrable cylinder and an infinite vortex line coincident with the cylinder axis. The discharge - circle creates meridional potential liquid flow, and the vortex line creates potential rotation of fluid around the cylinder. The total motion of fluid is special. The function of velocities potential is presented as a sum of two functions, one of which defines meridional flow, and the second - liquid rotation, the analytic expression of which is known. There is no analytic dependence for the potential function of the velocities of the observed discharge - circle and we yet fail to get it. That's why the authors used a new approach to investigation of potential flows, which have no analytic expression of potential function, developed by I.E. Mikhaylov. It is based on kinematic similitude of two flows, for one of which the potential function is known. This function is basic and the analytical dependence of the unknown function of velocity potentials is presented as a product of basic function and theoretically justified coefficient -velocity corrective, which correlates with the velocity of unknown motion. The authors obtained analytic dependencies for velocity correctives, velocity components, stream surfaces and their meridian sections, fluid lines projections of the total flow on the horizontal plane, which are spiral-shaped. The investigation has finished appearance and is ready for engineering solution. It is stated, that the flow formed by vortex discharge - circle well corresponds to liquid motion in spiral turbine cases and may be used for their calculation.
Pages 162-170
Identification of the random component in the development of investment and construction activities play an important role in forecasting future conditions, as well as in determining the optimal technical and economic parameters of the system. In this regard, the task of the hierarchy level of an investment and construction activity is to set the range of possible trajectories and the likelihood of their realization. This is one of the possibilities to justify decisions aimed at bringing investment and construction activities to the path of sustainable growth. As part of the article common technical and economic systems and their constituents are discussed: certain elements (for example: construction production), the task of which is to speed up the overall process of economic growth. The creation principles of controllable economic impacts were formed, which are the driving force of the overall steady growth, which is particularly important in planning and management as a whole, as well as in the design of development trajectories. We described the required conditions for priority development of those elements of the system, which accelerate its overall growth. The Influence System (organizer of the construction) affects the dynamics of growth of the system (contractor). The scientific findings of the article describe the entropy of the probability space of sustained growth of investment and construction activities at a timepoint. Knowing the probability space of the growth of investment and construction activities and identification of entropy can be a useful tool for practical forecasting and planning of the construction and management systems at the levels of the hierarchy.
Pages 171-181
The authors have previously defined the queuing system with a bunker storage and an interval delay of service beginning and its simulation discrete-event model was implemented with setting adequacy introduced into system observation. In the present article the authors developed discrete-event and agent-based simulation models of queuing networks connected in series with the phases that are queuing systems (QS) with the bunker and the interval delay of service beginning. A comparative analysis of the developed simulation models is conducted. The dynamic structures allow the buffer transition possibility of transactions between phases and different disciplines of applications queues transmission using priority, including selfish based on stochastic approaches. Using the Fishman-Kiviat criterion the authors set the adequacy of logical operation of the developed model. It is also important to note, that agent models are characterized by decentralized behavior of applications in comparison to the centralized behavior of applications in discrete-event realizations. That's why the choice of model type depends on the requirements to the business-process being simulated and the level of abstraction.
Pages 182-187
The main aim of intelligent building as a system is constant adaptation to life cycle of inhabitants, preservation of dynamic equilibrium (homeostasis) of the building parameters corresponding to the preferences of the residents, energy efficiency and safety. Adaptation happens with the help of three additional groups of components if compared to common buildings. They form a system of "artificial" building intelligence: hardware, software, communication network. This article concerns integration of an intelligent building and a functional model. The usage of middleware for integration was substantiated. The following requirements to middleware were set: delivery to several recipients, low-latency, asynchronous delivery, messages prioritization, durability and configurable time to live, heterogeneous integration. Based on the conducted analysis, message-oriented middleware with publisher-subscriber and point-to-point models was selected. The authors proved that middleware is necessary for integration of the system of artifical intelligence of a building and a functional model. The most adaptable solution is today the use of middleware based on message passing.
Pages 188-193
The authors' scientific hypothesis is that a selection of the most appropriate smart building solution for a particular building can be done properly only using functional modeling. "Intelligent" building was examined from the point of view of systems theory and cybernetics for the purpose of identifying essential factors which should be taken into account in functional modeling. The goal of an "intelligent" building, as a system, was identified as a continuous adaptation to the building occupants' life-cycle. Building Intelligence Quotient serves the purpose of a quantification of the system's goal. The system state is a set of building parameters which can be measured by sensors and meters. Two main factors that influence the changes of the system state are: occupants' activities and outside environment changes. A functional model of an "intelligent" building should be able to provide the ability to simulate such influence. Based on the conducted system analysis, system engineering principles, which can be particularly helpful for a functional model development of "intelligent" buildings, were selected: the principle of a functional system, the probabilistic-statistical principle, the principle of simulation modeling, the principle of interactive graphics, the feasibility study principle.
Pages 194-200
The article describes four software packages that allow considering the problem of constructing shadows in various aspects of application to the educational process. As a learning task we took shadow casting as the most illustrative task allowing to reproduce it in animation programs. As the main programs we considered AutoCAD 2010 and Compass 3D. For providing educational process (lecture material) we considered animation programs, in particular, 3ds Max. We also considered a program that generates a variety of examination options for students (Delphi and Mathematica), with the ability to quickly adjust the range of variable parameters of the objects. Due to the fact that it is impossible to observe the entire set of software products that allow you to tailor them to meet the challenges of descriptive geometry, the most popular programs in their class were chosen.
Pages 201-209
Thermal insulation of facades provides: improving the comfort of residents, reducing energy consumption for heating the building, reducing CO2 emissions by 5 times, reduction of energy intensity of gross product, increasing the durability of building envelopes. The article observes the results of the conference Facades of Russia+ 2015. The prospects for the facades' market in all of its major business segments: translucent facades, ventilated facades and plaster facades with insulation, fire fronts were discussed at the second congress of the faсade's market Facades of Russia+ 2015. The speakers focused on the analysis of the faсade market, faсade technologies, fire protection of faсade systems, hinged ventilated facades, faсade heat-insulating composition faсade systems, curtain walls. The congress, organized by the Congress Bureau ODF Events, was attended by the leading experts of the faсade's market from branch institutes, higher educational institutions, supervisory bodies, heads of factories of facade materials and installation companies. The results of the market investigation justify the irretionality of the forecasts on faсade market decline and critical condition of the branch.


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The IISA is seeking nominations for the two Young Researcher Awards for 2008. The awards will honor one outstanding researcher in theory and one in applications. The recipients will have date of birth on January 1, 1963, or later, and will have significant contribution in high quality research (theory, methodology or applied), and education. In order to be eligible for the award, the candidates must be a member of IISA.
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DFI NFII Ultra: Mean Green Dream Machineby Wesley Fink on July 30, 2003 6:25 PM EST
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DFI is not exactly a brand name that you will instantly recognize, and this is a problem for DFI. As one of the largest board makers, most still do not recognize the DFI name. That is probably because DFI caters to the OEM market, which means they make boards for other companies. Recently, DFI has made the marketing decision to pursue the 'Enthusiast' market under their own brand name, most likely to add credibility – and sales – to their entire Motherboard line. The top-end of this effort is called the LanParty series, and DFI has poured everything into these packages that a gaming enthusiast might desire.
AnandTech's Evan Lieb looked at the new Intel version of LanParty in his review of the DFI PRO875. In his review, Evan concluded, "In the end we can say that we were more than surprised to see DFI introduce such an incredibly good motherboard, even despite our fairly good experiences with their past motherboards. We would recommend the DFI PRO875 to any user looking for a feature-filled and highly overclockable motherboard at a competitive price point." In my own testing of the 875PRO, the outstanding overclocking performance Evan found was confirmed. The only "Achilles heel" for the DFI Canterwood board: the limited vDIMM settings to 2.7v, which is a very low range compared to other motherboards aimed at the Enthusiast market. DFI has listened to this complaint and now tells us that an updated version of the DFI 875PRO LanParty with an expanded vDIMM range will be available in the near future.
The first Athlon LanParty from DFI was based on the KT400A chipset. While this is a very competent board, the enthusiast market has changed rapidly. VIA replaced the KT400A with a new KT600 chipset to support the 200FSB of the new Barton 3200+, and nVidia launched their update to the nForce2 chipset, which they call nForce2 Ultra 400. The nVidia nForce2 chipset has also been embraced by the Athlon enthusiast market, so DFI saw the introduction of the updated Ultra 400 version of the nForce2 chipset as an ideal time to bring a new LanParty to market.
With such outstanding performance of the early LanParty boards, we were hopeful that DFI would give us another great motherboard in the NFII LanParty. Yet, we were skeptical that they could deliver a top-notch nForce2 motherboard the first time out. Did DFI produce a NFII Ultra worthy of the new LanParty label?
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Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - linkI have been considering this mobo for some time and I read the reviews here and at Tomshardware. Both seem to be based on boards tweeked by the mfgr. I also looked at the forum at Amdmb.com recommended by Angry Games. What a mess. This board, like so many others using Nforce2, seems to be extremely fussy about memory timings. Several brands of memory strips lock up during posts. I say the reviews should be redone with retail versions after initial bios fiddling has settled down. And the question of stability at various timings should have as much importance as performance speed.
Anonymous User - Friday, September 19, 2003 - linkI'm having a hard time figuring out the difference between the NFII Lanparty Ultra and the NFII Ultra-AL.
The Ultra-AL seems to go for about half the price.
Do they perform/overclock the same?
Anonymous User - Sunday, August 31, 2003 - linkIts a cool mobo...whats all the fuss
Lonyo - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link640x480 for game tests would make most sense, then it's mostly CPU limted not GPU limited.
1024x768 is silly if you're comparing motherboard using different graphics cards.
And doing a graph showing one board is pointless.
You should have delayed this review until you'd done another one with the same testbed setup.
Anonymous User - Sunday, August 17, 2003 - linki myself was skeptical about the whole raid 15 deal, that just seems like marketing scheme to me as well. this does seem to be the case doesnt it? well i do believe these benchmarx are quite abbreviated, being that they lack a a7n8x! and a few others, and while on this topic, very disappointed with the whole video card fiasco...please review and update this article guys....
ATConundrum - Saturday, August 16, 2003 - linkI could be wrong, but this comment board is for the review on the mainboard, not the performance/build of the AnandTech.com website itself. Send those comments to the webmaster instead, and do the respectable thing and post constructive comments about the review here.
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Anonymous User - Monday, August 11, 2003 - linkJust another anonymous post...
I think he did a fairly decent job of reviewing the board, and the choice of an Radeon for the benchmarking due to directx 9 compatability is understandable. If you wanted to wait longer for them to dig out all of the other mobos, rebuild them in to systems, then retest each one again so that you could have your nice little benchmarks... sorry.
Just wait, either they will re-do the other benchmarks again, or do the new benchmarks using this card. I've already seen tomshardwares guide showing 10 mobos with this chipset, and the bechmarks between them were so similar that they didn't make any difference in my buying descision.
next to last: I agree with the previous plugin complaint, as I also use Mozilla. Is there ANY advantage in using flash over JPG of GIF for the benchmark results? Also the flash banners are annoying as... but I guess they pay the bills.
Finnally, I know I'm not spelling well either due to no spell check, stiff keys on this keyboard, and I ran out of give a care juice about 45 minutes ago.
Anandtech is still all good.
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Anonymous User - Sunday, August 10, 2003 - linkhey wesley 1 point of interest for u m8 when you made the board why didnt u make the IDE cables longer as i have a thermaltake tower so when i saw your board and read the speck i was impressed and imediately boutght it only to be dissapointed in the cables as i cannot connect from the raid connectoins to my HD=2off + dvd rom and dvd-re writer as the cables are too short this post is for ALL u tech wizzards that make motherboards
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An event for teens in ended tragically in the death of two young men, ages 18 and 14, when shots rang out, just as parents were picking up their children from the event. A wrongful death lawsuit has since been filed, alleging claims ranging from negligence to inadequate security.
The shooting occurred outside of a business known Club Blu in Fort Myers, Florida. The club, which did not serve alcohol, was promoting and hosting events for teens. On the night in question, two young men died of gunshot wounds and sixteen others were injured, including children as young as 12 years old. Police have since arrested three suspects believed to be involved in the shooting.
Understandably, many of the victims and their families are now represented by attorneys and seeking compensation for their injuries. The men believed to have committed the crime, however, are not the only ones that may have legal responsibility for what happened that night.
Attorneys for the injured parties and their families are pursuing not only the alleged criminals, but also the business that was hosting the event, the shopping center in which the business is located, and the company that manages the property. Their lawsuit notes that gun violence has occurred in the recent past at the business in question. It also alleges that, in light of this fact, the club, shopping center, and property manager should have done more to warn customers of the danger and should have taken additional action to protect customers on their property.
The outcome of these Florida lawsuits is uncertain. However, we can analyze how a similar case would be evaluated by a Tennessee court. The Tennessee Supreme Court has determined that the owners of a property can be legally responsible for injuries suffered due to the foreseeable criminal actions that take place on the owner's property. Businesses and property owners must "take reasonable steps to protect customers" against these foreseeable criminal actions. According to the Court, the foreseeability of particular crime must be judged based on the "the number, frequency, and nature of the crimes" that have taken place on or near the property in question.
The reason for this legal responsibility is that, according to the Tennessee Supreme Court, the property owner is in the best position to know the amount and extent of crime that takes place on or near the property in question. As the Court has explained, while a property owner certainly cannot predict criminal actions of third parties with absolute certainty, the property owner's failure to take steps to protect their patrons from foreseeable crimes can be a substantial factor in the criminal act being permitted to injure the victim. Knowledge and notice are critical factors in premises liability lawsuits.
The battle over these very issues has already begun in the Fort Myers case. Attorneys for the victims are focusing attention on the prior incidents of gun violence that have taken place at the business in question. However, the business is asserting that there were eight armed guards present on the night of the shooting. The victims' attorneys will no doubt conduct extensive research on past crimes reported in the area and the steps, if any, taken by the business that was hosting the event, the shopping center in which the business is located, and the company that manages the property.
While we know what factors a Tennessee court would consider in evaluating the shooting in Ft. Myers, it's impossible to predict the final conclusion a Tennessee court would reach in this particular case or any other. The outcome would be highly fact specific and, ultimately, decided by a judge or a jury. There is, however, an important take-away for victims of violent crime and their families: When seeking legal representation, be sure to retain an attorney who has extensive legal knowledge and experience in the area of negligent security. Call Nahon, Saharovich & Trotz at 1-800-LAW-4004 for a free consultation.


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Does the 80/20 Rule Apply to Low-Mileage Runners?
Even those running less get faster in races when abiding by this golden ratio of training intensity.
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The well-known 80/20 rule of intensity balance stipulates that runners should aim to spend about 80% of their weekly training time at moderate intensity (i.e. at a pace at which you can comfortably carry on a conversation) and about 20% at moderate to high intensity. This ratio was first observed in elite endurance athletes by exercise physiologist Stephen Seiler in the early 2000's. His research found that the 80/20 rule is followed almost universally by top-level runners, cyclists, swimmers, triathletes, cross-country skiers, and rowers around the globe.
But it wasn't always. Historical analysis has shown that elite endurance athletes of the mid-20th century and earlier did not train this way. Because today's top athletes are a lot faster than those of earlier generations, Seiler believes that an 80/20 intensity balance is optimal for them, yielding better results than any alternative.
The thing about elite endurance athletes, though, is that they train at very high volumes. So it's natural to ask whether the same ratio is also optimal for non-elite athletes who train at lower volumes, or whether these athletes are better off spending more time at higher intensities to make up for training less. If you only run three times per week, for example, should each run be equivalent to one of an elite's harder workouts, since you took a day off when the elite was putting in more long easy miles and so you're ready to roll hard again?
Research Finds that Slower Runs Mean Faster Races
Seiler and other scientists have not only asked themselves this very question, but also addressed it in controlled studies. In one such study, 30 club runners with 10K times just under 40 minutes were divided into two groups and placed on separate training programs for nine weeks. One group adhered to an 80/20 intensity balance while the other hewed to a 50/50 ratio, which is actually what most recreational runners do. All of the runners completed 10K time trials before and after the training period.
On average, members of the 80/20 group improved by 5% and members of the 50/50 group improved by 3.6%. This seemingly small difference in percentage improvement translated into a 35-second difference on the clock. And when the authors of the study looked at the six individuals in the 80/20 group who did the best job of adhering to the prescribed ratio, the performance improvement jumped to 7%, equal to an additional an 12-second lowering of 10K times.
The runners in this study ran just over 30 miles per week, or slightly less than the typical self-described "recreationally competitive" runner does, according to one survey. Thus, we have pretty solid evidence that if there is a threshold of training volume below which the 80/20 rule no longer applies, it's under 30 miles per week. Additional research is needed to find out exactly how much lower this threshold might lie.
A Mix with More Moderate Miles
As a coach, I encourage runners who log substantially less than 30 miles per week and want to improve their race times to stick with an 80/20 balance and run more rather than try to make up for running less by spending more time at high intensity. It is true that, minute for minute, high intensity yields bigger improvements in aerobic capacity than lower intensity. But this doesn't mean that high intensity can completely substitute for low intensity.
No amount of high-intensity interval training, for example, will give you the endurance you need to complete a marathon. Regardless of how little you train, it's important that you balance your workouts in a way that develops all of the fitness components you need to race successfully (assuming that's your goal).
Recently I asked Stephen Seiler — a former competitive rower and cyclist who still keeps fit — how he would approach his own training if he were confined to the extreme low end of the volume spectrum. "If I could only train two times a week," he replied, "I would probably end up combining some high-intensity and low-intensity work in both sessions, aiming to try to stimulate every muscle fiber I could, as much as I could!" As you see, even in this extreme scenario, the person who knows more than anyone about optimizing intensity ratios would not go all-in on high intensity.
It should be added, however, that Seiler would never voluntarily train just twice per week in the first place if he intended to race, nor choose to race if he could only train twice per week — and I hope you wouldn't either!


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As the 2018-19 Rotary Year concludes, please join the millions of beneficiaries of projects funded by The Rotary Foundation in thanking our members who have honored their commitment of Every Rotarian, Every Year, contribute to The Rotary Foundation's Annual Programs Fund.
Our club members donated a total of $7,343 in the 2018-19 Rotary Year, 73% of our goal of $10,000.
Please thank these 31 Rotarians for already making their annual contribution, especially those in bold who are Paul Harris Fellows:
Wes Baumann, Sam Badger*+, Connie Berman, David Birkenstein*+, Rik Boerjesson, Laura Cunningham, Terry Dason, David Grant*, Heather Higgins, Tony Kambich, Marie Kuipers, Rich Lalley+, Bill Leske, Denny Lauer, Robert Mardirossian, Rodger Morris*, Chuck Norton, Felicia O'Malley, Lee Padgitt, Brooke Peppey, Keith Reid, Bob Sanfilippo, Fred Schwimmer+ , Heidi Sibert, Peter Skalski, Liz Taylor, John Thomas, Barb Tubekis, Julie Tye, Patty Van Cleave, Carl Yudell
* signifies a Major Donor + signifies Paul Harris Society ($1,000 per year)
There are many reasons to give to the The Rotary Foundation:
- Contributions support humanitarian and educational projects initiated and run by Rotary Clubs and Districts in six areas of focus- Disease prevention and treatment, maternal & child health, education & literacy, water and sanitation, economic & community development and peace & conflict resolution. Learn more by reviewing the Foundation's annual report.
- Contributions come back to support projects of our club's projects, like our coats for kids, Kids Against Hunger and International grants projects like our Farm to Table eco-agribusiness project in Ecuador, the water and sanitation projects we helped fund for schools in Guatemala and Kenya, and the digital x-ray/community health clinic project organized by District 6440. This year, we received over $3,500 for our Kids Against Hunger project! But we must give to receive.
- Charity Navigator gives The Rotary Foundation its highest "Four Star" rating, giving it a score 100 out of 100.
- The Association of Fundraising Professionals named The Rotary Foundation the World's Outstanding Foundation of 2016!
- Giving to The Rotary Foundation is an easy way for you to participate in Rotary's service work beyond our club, providing you a personal connection to this great organization and the good it does throughout the world.
If you have not already supported The Rotary Foundation this year, please do so now.
If you have any questions about The Rotary Foundation or how to give, contact Rich Lalley.


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For every new product, which taken to start up in ASAS, a project team is made in the leadership of research development and a project-based engineering plan is prepared.
New product engineering plan is examined in five phases: Planning and feasibility, product design and development, process design and development, becoming valid of product and process, feedback review.
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In new product prototyping, the item/product is produced in effective process conditions. The design verification is carried out in applying comprehensive laboratory performance tests.


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Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. (FCX -0.31%) has done a great job turning itself around. But just as it was starting to gain traction in its efforts to recover from an (in hindsight) ill-advised oil investment, troubles popped up at one of its most important mine investments: the Grasberg Mine in Indonesia. Legal wrangling with the country's government has cast a cloud over the company's future. But it should, hopefully, start to clear over the next year. Here's what you need to know.
Credit where credit is due
The first thing to make clear is that Freeport's management has been executing well. Previous company leaders made a debt-fueled investment in the oil and gas industry that didn't work out. That left the miner with two notable problems: Some $20 billion in long-term debt and an oil business that was a drag on performance.
When new management came in it quickly went to work to right the ship. The oil business is now effectively gone, and long-term debt has fallen from around $20 billion following the 2013 acquisition to $11.1 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2018. As a sign of just how much progress has been made, the company reinstated its dividend in the first quarter. It was eliminated in late 2015, partly because of the debt overhang left from the ill-fated oil merger.
Unfortunately, the Indonesian government has decided that it wants to benefit more from Freeport's Grasberg mine. That issue jumped into the headlines in early 2017, and has been a dark cloud on the horizon for more than a year at this point.
Calling it an important asset is an understatement
The first thing to understand is that Grasberg is a key mine for Freeport. In the first quarter the mine accounted for roughly a third of the company's copper sales volume, and basically provided every ounce of gold Freeport sold. Note, too, that this is one of the lowest cost operations in Freeport's portfolio, with operating costs 18.5% below the company's average -- and when you take into consideration by-product credits, the mine's costs were actually negative. So what happens at Grasberg is vitally important to the future of Freeport-McMoRan.
In fact, the copper and gold miner would like to invest in the giant, low-cost mine. It has a five year, $4 billion expansion project on the drawing board just waiting to be put into action. But until there is a clearer picture of the future at Grasberg, those plans are largely on hold.
Effectively, Indonesia wants to have a controlling stake in the mine. That will require Freeport to materially reduce its ownership and, perhaps, material control at this key asset. The two sides came to a broad agreement in late 2017 that would leave Indonesia with a 51% stake. However, the finer details have been harder to agree on.
The two sides are hoping to have a final resolution by the middle of 2018. A mutually beneficial agreement would obviously be good for everyone, but governments and companies often have different views of the world. For example, Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry imposed new environmental standards in April of 2018 that are complicating the larger mine discussion. The stock sold off sharply, partly because of this revelation. This is a big, difficult, and still very uncertain issue facing Freeport and its investors.
A clearer picture
With any luck Freeport will have a solution to its Grasberg problem by the middle of 2018, the agreed upon target. The timing, however, is still unclear, and the mid-year date could slip. The actual impact of that solution, meanwhile, will be far more clear as the two sides work to implement the agreement. Assuming the mid-2018 date holds (or is at least close to the right time frame), this will all unfold over the next year, and at that point investors will have a much better idea of what Freeport's future will look like. In fact, until there's a resolution, most investors are better off watching from the sidelines here. The unfortunate fact is that, despite the current goal, the two sides could still be discussing this issue in a year's time...


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The enzyme Cyp27c1 helps amphibians see above and below the water
Scientists have discovered that an enzyme in fish and amphibians enables them to see infrared light, which helps guide them in the often murky waters in which they traverse, according to new research published in the journal Current Biology.
The enzyme, Cyp27c1, is linked to Vitamin A which has been known to promote good vision in low light. Cyp27c1 converts Vitamin A1 to Vitamin A2, which enhances the ability of fish and amphibians to see longer wavelength light including infrared and red light.
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, MO, led by Joseph Corbo, MD say in the study that the enzyme supercharges the capability of fish to see infrared light. The scientists made their discovery while researching zebrafish, and confirmed their findings in bullfrogs. Bullfrogs have eyes that are designed to see both above and below the surface. The presence of the enzyme Cyp27c1 was found in the upper half the eyes of the bullfrog that look down, but not in the lower half that look up.
"We've discovered an enzyme that switches the visual systems of some fish and amphibians and supercharges their ability to see infrared light," said senior author Joseph Corbo, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology and immunology. "For example, when salmon migrate from the ocean to inland streams, they turn on this enzyme, activating a chemical reaction that shifts the visual system, helping the fish peer more deeply into murky water."
With zebrafish, the scientists found that Cyp27c1-enabled zebrafish moved toward infrared light that was shined in a dark aquarium, but those zebrafish with Cyp27c1 disabled behaved as if they were still in a dark aquarium whether or not the infrared light was turned on.


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08.29.2014: Godzilla vs. Monster Zero Daikaiju Discussion
This month, we are tackling my favorite kaiju film and what I consider to be a high point of the entire Godzilla series, Kaiju Daisenso aka Invasion of Astro Monster aka Monster Zero aka Godzilla vs. Monster Zero! And for those of you listeners that love a long episode, this one's for you. Actually, I'm pretty impressed that with all of the content in this episode, we "only" have a two hour show. As much as I could have continued to wax poetic about the Xians, Nick Adams, Godzilla, Rodan and King Ghidorah – it just seemed like a good idea to cut things off at a certain time (we'll have to save it for an upcoming commentary).
Make sure to stay tuned after the discussion; we have a great round of Pickled Ginger, a bunch of news, and of course, some music!
1. Battle by Cha Cha Maru from Godzilla vs. Heavy Metal (1998)
2. Ultraman Leo Main Theme by Makoto Kawaguchi from Ultraman Leo (1974)
3. Monster Zero US Trailer Audio (1970)
4. Monster Zero by King Geedorah from Take Me To Your Leader (2003)
5. Mothra Metal by Isao Bito from Mothra Song The Best (1998)
Legendary Godzilla Sequel planned for June of 2018
Godzilla 4k Cleanup
Godzilla 2014 DVD BluRay Release Date – Digital is out now
Godzilla Rulers of Earth #18 Chosen for Artists Edition
Godzilla Cataclysm Released
Godzilla PS3 Website
Rifftrax Godzilla
SHMA Mecha-King Ghidorah announced
Japanese X-Plus Lineup for September
9/12 – 9/14 Son Of Monsterpalooza in Burbank, CA
9/20 – 9/21 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, OR
***( come to our panel on Saturday the 20th at 11am )
10/24 – 10/26 Chiller Theatre in Parsippany, NJ
Our next film is Toho's Godzilla X Megaguirus from 2000. This is a movie I haven't seen in a little while. I believe I'll pick up the BluRay from Sony and we'll watch that version for the episode. If you'd like to have your thoughts questions and reviews included in the discussion, make sure to have your homework turned in before September 22nd!


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Luxury Scents: Kenneth Turner SOIREE Reed Diffuser - Review17:14:00, by Petite Style Beauty
Hi my beautiful friends,
Kenneth Turner is a wonderful luxury brand based in London, UK.
They produce wonderful scents basically with floral notes.
Their products range varies from candles to diffusers and colognes.
The fantastic Reed Diffuser is a piece of design, with its perfume inside this simple glass ampoule.
Once you take the cork stopper off, the fragrance spreads in your nose like a simphony.
The initials "KT" are printed on the glass and a delightful pendant of a leaf, with the name of the scent on one side and the brand name on the other, frames the neck of the bottle like a little jewel.
All you have to do is putting the rattan reeds inside and leave your delicious piece of ornament wherever you like.
There are 200ml of perfume inside, which lasts from 6 to 8 weeks. Price £42.00.
There is no need to turn the reeds, the scent will infuse the room after 24 hours.
The Soiree fragrance is a flowery mix containing sweet pea, grape, and rose mingles with moss and musk as earth scents.
It gives you the sensation of being on a grass field, surrounded by lovely flowers, sweet but not too overpowering.
It will give your ambience a romantic but modern, nice feminine spirit.
I would say rose is the predominant scent, so if you adore this kind of perfumes, this is right for you.
It's like your house is wearing a strong perfume, the classic eau de parfum which stays on longer.
What do you think of this beauty corner? It contains all the things that I love.
Wonder what's written on the frame? It's in italian and it says: "Everything is hard prior to becoming easy"- By John Norley.
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Oh, I love fragrances! I have a little collection but I do love any one of them!RispondiElimina
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Thanks a lot! With pleasure ;)Elimina
I discovered reed diffusers this year. I have always used various ways to scent my home from burning joss sticks and oils to good old-fashioned pot pourri in bowls. Now that I've found reed diffusers, I doubt I will revert to any of the others. I love their eclectic styles and the way they really do infuse their delicious scents through the air.RispondiElimina
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I agree! They are lovely. Thanks for the comment. Happy Holidays!Elimina
Great scent is must have in my home, there is nothing more beautiful than great smell around me. I've never had this one, looks amazing :)RispondiEliminaRisposte
It is! It looks so sophisticated and smells great xxElimina
Love the beauty corner....and the quote is a great reminder to keep working towards whatever your goal might be.RispondiEliminaRisposte
Thank you darling!Elimina
I love this product! It combines great fragrance and impressive appearance! I would definitely buy this! I love the scent of roses in every kind of product, so I love this! Thank you for sharing this! <3RispondiEliminaRisposte
Thank you for your kind comment. This reed diffuser is amazing ;DElimina
I love how gorgeous it looks! The scent sounds amazing!RispondiElimina
The beauty corner is a great idea! I would definitely buy this! I love fragrances!RispondiEliminaRisposte
Thanks for your support!Elimina
This looks amazing and I'm sure it smells amazing too!! My mum loves these things so I'll tell her to look out for this brand :)RispondiElimina
I recently discovered reed diffusers and LOVE them! I will be checking this one out.RispondiEliminaRisposte
Me too! Thanks a lot.Elimina
I like this kind of room fragrances and out of all, I think the diffusers are the best as they last longer, they don't spray you in the eyes making it impossible to breath and they are not health damaging. I would like to try these ones that you have reviewed here, but I think the cost is a bit pricey.RispondiElimina
I understand! But see, it really is like a perfume for the home. It smells like an eau de parfum, very rich. Compared with the cheaper ones, you can smell them just the day when you open the bottle and then you can't sniff anything else the next days! For a perfume for yourself I'm sure you'd spend that sum of money :)Elimina
I've never heard of Kenneth Turner brand before! I adore fragrances and I'd love to check the Soiree! I love the flowery mix! So summer and romantic! Great Italian phrase on the frame! Semplicemente meravigliosa! :-)RispondiElimina


text: Shopping for a wedding dress can be a struggle when you have a petite frame. You'd probably want to avoid oversized and chunky details as well as puffy princess gowns (you don't want your gown to be wearing you). Just keep it simple—less is more, especially in this case. Show off your petite frame by opting for shoulder-baring styles that feature a halter or illusion neckline, delicate spaghetti straps, or an off-the-shoulder top part. If you like sleeves, that's totally fine—just pick a gown with a shorter hemline that will flatter your legs. And it's probably a good idea to…Read More


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Emmaline Maxi, Dress & Top - Kids
Emmaline Maxi, Dress & Top - Kids
- 4 Sleeve Options: Sleeveless, Short, 3/4 & Long
- 3 Skirt Lengths: Top, Dress, & Maxi
- 2 Skirt Options: Chevron & Simple
- Banded Neckline with Flared Skirt
- Sewing Level: Confident Beginner
- Sizes: 6 Months to 12 Years
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Garment Type: Top, Dress, and Maxi
Sleeve Options: Sleeveless, Short, Three Quarter, and Long
Sewing Level: Confident Beginner
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The Dinosaur Who Lost Her Voice is a debut picture book by Julie Ballard, who was inspired to write this story after her son experienced a severe speech disorder. Along with Julie Ballard's upbeat text Francesca Gambatesa's illustrations make this an engaging colourful read. I've previously reviewed When I'm A Mummy Like You which Francesca also illustrated.
The Dinosaur Who Lost Her Voice is a fun rhyming read aloud with a beautiful message at the centre of it. Recommended for readers 3 year olds and up this would make a fantastic book to share for many a bookshelf and a super read aloud in a learning setting.
Dinosaur Milly Jo is a dinosaur with a beautiful gift, she can sing. Her ability to sing makes her dinosaur friends smile with glee and they adore listening to her magical voice. One day a storm hits and readers discover that Milly Jo is involved in an accident. This accident leads everything to change for Milly Jo. Her once beautiful voice is no more and not only does she experience many emotions as a result of it, her friends do too.
At this point in the story readers are perhaps left to ponder as what could happen. Is Milly Jo's voice permanently going to stay like that? Well sadly, Milly Jo's voice isn't going to get better. Her friends do their best to cheer her up and sing to her but they are rather out of tune, giving Milly Jo an idea.
The story progresses positively sharing Milly Jo's kindness and enthusiasm for music. She begins to teach her friends how to sing, sharing music books and teaching them more about music and how to sing in tune. Even though she's unable to sing anymore this doesn't stop her from helping others.
Milly Jo is a wonderful main character who has lovely supportive friends around her. She shares beautiful attributes with her readers and her ability to be kind even though she is experiencing sadness is a wonderful element of the story.
As the newly form choir do a great job in their first show Milly Jo knows that "…things would be all right." With the help of her friends Milly finds a new way to shine. A beautiful, uplifting story.
Disclaimer: I received this book from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. All words and opinions are entirely my own. This post contains affiliate links.


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Wolf's Head out on Amazon's Kindle!
Hot on the heel's of yesterday's announcement that WIZARDS FOR HIRE - CHEAP! is now available on Amazon's Kindle ebook reader, comes the big news! Hey, how 'bout we let the series star share the news?
And don't forget that you can learn more, a lot more, about WOLF'S HEAD by visiting the series' dedicated mini-site over at https://wolfs-head.vonallan.com/.


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President Barack Obama has nominated a Georgetown Universitylaw professor, Chai R. Feldblum, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Council. Feldblum, a lesbian activist lawyer, formerly worked for the American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, and in the mid-1980s clerked for Justice Harry A. Blackmun, the author of Roe v. Wade.
Feldblum faces Senate confirmation hearings before she can assume her post at the EEOC. The significance of her nomination for Catholics is underscored by the EEOC's recent ruling that Belmont Abbey, a Catholic college, must provide coverage for contraception in its insurance plans for employees.
Feldblum's record gives every indication that she would agree with this decision. She argued in a recent paper, "Moral Conflict and Liberty: Gay Rights and Religion," that "once a religious person or institution enters the stream of commerce by operating an enterprise such as a doctor's office, hospital, bookstore, hotel, treatment center, and so on, I believe the enterprise must adhere to a norm of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity."
Feldblum has a high public profile. She has gone on the record many times arguing that the state has an obligation to support relationships other than heterosexual marriage. In 2006, Feldblum signed a document titled "Beyond Same Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision for All Our Families & Relationships." This petition offers a "new vision" for securing governmental and institutional recognition of "diverse kinds of partnerships."
By signing this petition, Feldblum also expressed her support for polygamy: Among the stated "partnerships" the petition seeks to protect are "households in which there is more than one conjugal partner."
In a paper written for the "Moral Values Project" at the Georgetown Law School, Feldblum describes one kind of polygamous relationship the government should support: NSDPs, or "nonsexual domestic partners." She explains, "The state has an obligation to recognize and support these non-sexual domestic partnerships — these 'moral units' of society — as well as sexual relationships that offer care and support."
Feldblum's advocacy of the homosexual lifestyle is quite startling, given the fact that she teaches at a Catholic law school. As a matter of fact, she is seen in this video arguing not only that the government has a duty to promote homosexuality but also proclaiming, "Gay sex is morally good."
Since President Obama nominated Feldblum on September 15, his outreach to the homosexual community has rapidly accelerated. His keynote speech to the Human Rights Campaign on October 11 contained all the positions advocated by his EEOC nominee: "You will see a time in which we as a nation finally recognize relationships between two men or two women as just as real and admirable as relationships between a man and a woman."
Obama's declaration "to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and to pass the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act" reflects Feldblum's commitment to employ the power of government to encourage the growth of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender social units, thus presenting a direct challenge to traditional marriage.
Her place on the five-person panel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will give Feldblum a powerful perch from which to pursue her "new strategic vision." No doubt religious businesses and institutions should be put on full alert for scrutiny of both their hiring practices and their benefits packages. If Feldblum's nomination is approved by the Senate, the case of Belmont Abbey may prove to be just the tip of the iceberg.


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In September I attended Evans Data Developer Marketing Summit. During a panel one person said:
"Developers hate marketing"
I don't agree with that.
I think developers don't like bad marketing.
People in general don't like bad marketing so I don't think developers are any special here.
When someone says "developers hate marketing", I always associate this with an old car salesperson:
No one would disagree that this is bad marketing (or sales), most of us probably experienced that. These folks usually use shady tactics and push features, not solutions.
Most will agree that (most) organizations today don't do this.
At Evans Data Developer Relations Conference in March 2019, Willie Tejada, IBM Chief Developer Advocate said this:
On marketing to developers:
It's not true that developers don't want to be marketed to, they are simply very very educated "consumers".
Here is an example of buying an espresso machine (such as Nespresso)
People will spend a disproportional amount of time learning about the machine and how it works. When they go to the store to buy it, if the sales person knows less than the buyer the buyer will be frustrated. We don't like when we go to buy something and we know more about the product than the person selling it to us.
There are many great books on marketing out there. A great book I recently read is This is Marketing by Seth Godin. Here is how the book defines marketing:
Marketing is the generous act of helping someone solve a problem. Their problem.
and this one:
Marketers offer solutions, opportunities for humans to solve their problems and move forward.
There is nothing inherently bad about marketing to developers. Companies simply need to be helping solve developer's problems. If we do this, then we won't need to say that developers hate marketing (hopefully).
Our goal should always be to share outcomes and results, not features. My all time favorite resource is Adam DuVander's Share Knowledge, Not Features.
I think here is one good example of that (there are thousands more of course):
Webflow is a No Code platform to build websites. Above is their home page. Webflow is not telling people that they have a visual HTML editor – that's a feature. They are telling people what problems they can solve, what is the outcome – build a better website, faster, without coding.
Whether you call it developer marketing or something else – let's help developers solve their problems, show them solutions, outcomes and share knowledge 🙌


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Both sides want Weinstein hearing closed to media, public
NEW YORK (AP) — Both sides in Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault case want the media and the public barred from the disgraced movie mogul's next court appearance.
Prosecutors argue the April 26 hearing should be closed to protect Weinstein's right to a fair trial and for the privacy of women whose allegations against him aren't part of the underlying criminal case.
Prosecutors want the women to testify at Weinstein's June 3 trial to show he has had a pattern of violating women. They also expect to discuss evidence that could be used against Weinstein if he testifies.
Weinstein's lawyers say news coverage of the hearing could taint the jury pool. Weinstein denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex.
News organizations say they'll fight to keep the hearing open. A judge says he'll hear from them before deciding.


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Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine, published 1997
"Decisions were a delight after the curse. I loved having the power to say yes or no, and refusing anything was a special pleasure."
This children's book, perhaps more accurately young adult book, has a very unusual premise: that the gift of innate obedience is actually a curse. The book is set in a magical world where fairies and fairy godmothers intervene actively, giants roam the land, and Prince Charming indeed is lurking at the end. But the main human characters have a contemporary feeling to them, which allows young girls to easily identify with Ella, the heroine.
At a certain level, the book offers a message to young girls to learn to think and act for themselves, to learn to be true to themselves. When you think of the intense power struggles between 11 to 13-year-olds and their parents, this book clearly shows just how bad it could get. However, I have to admit that as I read this children's book, I didn't really feel the 'message' quality of it. That's neither good nor bad… just an observation that perhaps the message, if it is intentional, slips into the subconscious. Or more likely, since I'm not a pre-teen, that quality of struggle with obedience isn't my own story.
Nevertheless, the story is exaggerated enough to be funny as well as unlikely, and it's the twists and turns of the plot that kept me turning the pages. In addition, excellent writing on the part of the author, with a good sense for drama, humor, and fantasy, makes this book a fun read. This is a light-weight diversion that young girls, 11 and up, may enjoy escaping into for a while.
A media warning: as usual, I discovered after reading this children's book that there is a movie version. I strongly suggest staying away from the movie, which is a very poor and trite reworking of a well-written book.
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''All that
is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing'' -
Vol XI No 6
tendency sometimes to protect perpetrators for the sake of
peace...doesn't help society. Impunity should not be allowed to
stand. - Kofi Annan on Waki report
Of the three most
affected countries of West Africa, only Sierra
Leone has failed in meeting the World Health
Organisation's deadline of "70% of all
those infected by the disease must be under
treatment and 70% of the victims safely buried
if the outbreak is to be successfully arrested"
by today December 1, 2014.
What we are noticing
is that more people are dying every day as well
as more people getting infected.
And what do we
get from the clueless rat at State House? He
goes on a tour of the regions where people are
forced to come and listen to his rant quite
oblivious of the dangers of getting crowds
together in an Ebola-infested country that is
still grappling to get it right. While Guinea
and Liberia appear to be getting their acts
together figures released by Sierra Leone's
Health and Sanitation ministry show that more
people are dying and getting infected in the
North as well as the Western area where the
capital Freetown is located.
When the mayor
of Freetown, a member of the ruling party tried
to put in place a policy that would reduce
overcrowding in market places, the rat is
reported to have ruled against this for fear of
getting unpopular with the traders who make up a
large percentage of votes for his party. The rat
believes that those who survive the Ebola Virus
Disease would shake off the dust of death from
themselves, would stand up in queues to vote him
into power again - never mind the illegality of
trying to extend his stay in office.
The online
outlet Sierra Leone Telegraph in a headline -
State House frustrating efforts of the Mayor of
Freetown to curb Ebola - stated -
"On Wednesday 26
November, a family of
eight living in one
house was wiped out by
the Ebola virus in Tengbeh Town – one of
the most densely
populated western
districts of the capital
Freetown, amid calls for
a tougher approach to
curb the transmission of
the virus in the capital
But a senior government
official told the Sierra
Leone Telegraph this
week that, State House
is using party political
expediency to block
measures that the Mayor
of Freetown – Sam
Franklyn Gibson is
putting forward to help
reduce the spread of the
virus in the city.
Early this year, Mayor
Gibson threatened to
close down all market
stalls operating on the
sidewalks of major
streets in the capital.
But after protests by
street traders, senior
ruling APC party
grandees – including the
president, refused to
support the mayor's
By undermining the mayor
and usurping his
authority, street
traders were placated
and so continued the
cycle of lawlessness in
the capital Freetown.
But with the worsening
Ebola crisis in the
capital, few had
expected political
interference and
gerrymandering to get in
the way of common sense."
As we had
stated before, it is the refusal to report true
infection figures as well as the real number of
people that are dying of the Ebola Virus Disease
in Freetown and key parts of the north that has
exposed the antics of the rat. Again as we
predicted when one of the cabal members,
one Alpha Sahid Bubakar
Kanu (read Information minister
of the rat) boasted of the number of the people
who had been engaged to carry out checks during
the infamous 3-day lock down details are now
emerging of so-called "ghost" names appearing on
payment sheets with the latest figures of money
diverted into the pockets of party operatives
going up to the ten thousand mark.
Most of the
fake names could well have been supplied by
ruling party MPs as well as their relations,
friends and associates who see the woes of the
people as an avenue for enriching themselves.
When members of
the high-risk burial teams in Kenema protested
against the non-payment of their risk
allowances, the so-called head of the
government's new anti-Ebola agency, NERC, flew
into uncontrolled rage and reportedly ordered
the sacking of all those who took part in the
We still do not know if those sacked
workers have been paid their dues for the kind
of risk the job entails or whether they have
been replaced. Up to the time of writing this -
we still do not know what salary and emoluments Palor Conteh is getting.
Is he still getting a
salary as Defence minister while getting paid
extra for heading NERC?
Meanwhile Sierra Leoneans
and good friends of the country who heard about
the UK deployment of assets in Sierra Leone in
the fight against the deadly Ebola virus disease
were elated in the hope that finally some form
of order and discipline would be instilled in a
system that lacked direction as well as
practical strategies to detect, isolate and
treat those suspected and confirmed of having
contracted the disease.
Many have been
disappointed to learn that despite having an
eighty-bed facility, only fourteen beds were
occupied by patients - this in the midst of
rising infection rates as well as deaths.
Andrew Harding's report
of 30th November 2014 highlighted what many knew
but were afraid of telling their UK benefactors
- that there's a problem, an acute problem that
needed a solution now and it is good to hear one
of the Save the Children people one Michael von
Bertele admitting the organisation's lack of
experience in such a task.
They went into
it because, according to him, no one was willing
to undertake the task!!! This we find
extremely preposterous given the British
penchant for always trying to do things the
right way and aiming for the top in terms of
We know that we are a desperate
people wanting to garner in as much help as we
can in the fight against the terrible disease;
we know that as a nation of beggars there's a
tendency to believe that we had no choice, but
at least the UK government should have done
better by getting military doctors to get the
ball rolling and then training other personnel,
mainly non-military to take over so that at the
beginning we would have seen British efficiency
at work and not the kind of hackneyed excuses
being bandied about by Save the Children in that
This calls for a change of strategy. The
Sierra Leone government cannot be relied upon to
lead the fight given the fact from recent
reports that government functionaries are in for
the money and what can be siphoned off into
pockets and private warehouses.
Kindly take a
good look at Andrew Harding's report as it
reflects on the fate of one Mariatu Kamara - a
Sierra Leonean whose only crime is that she
belongs to the majority of Sierra Leoneans -
poor and unconnected.
has been feeling unwell for a number of days but
refused to seek medical help because she had
three children to take care of. She could not
even afford to call the helpline that has been
hyped as being the most efficient because she
has no phone. Even when helped by a good
Samaritan to phone that number, action was not
taken and this is what is hampering control of
the disease which one outlet has described,
quite rightly we think, as the
disease of the poor.
"Mariatu Kamara had been hiding her illness for
several days. When we found her outside her home
in Rogbangba village only a few people knew she
was sick - a headache, sore bones and boils on
her head and legs.
Perhaps it was not Ebola. But
if it was, her three young children - one tied
to her back - were at grave risk.
I don't have a
phone," Ms Kamara explained at first, when I
asked her why she had not contacted the Ebola
telephone hotline. But she became visibly
alarmed when I suggested we could help.
"I can't
leave my children here on their own," she said.
Her nine-year-old daughter, Aisatu, began to
cry. The village headman, Abdul Karama, arrived
and promptly called 117 to report a possible
Ebola case. He was worried that it would not
make a difference. "We call, but sometimes
nobody comes," he said, citing other instances."
Harding's piece headlined -
'Ebola outbreak: 'Death on
an almost industrial scale' says
it all as the burial squads try to keep up with
the task of efficiently getting rid of the
remains of the departed in sometimes disrespectful
Figures are yet to emerge of
those who really died of Ebola and those who
succumbed to other illnesses in a
health-delivery system that was gripped in
massive corruption and incompetence even before
the Ebola scourge struck.
for the mother country?
The right
choice is Kevin McPhilips Travel
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