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CIC Blog: Collaboration
Elizabeth Kavanagh is the South West Regional BIM Hub Chair
Experience in other industries suggests that failure to understand and adapt human behaviour, rather than technology, is the biggest impediment to collaborative working' - Sir Michael Latham.
It is often quoted that successful BIM is 90% people and 10% process. At present the emphasis when talking about BIM is technology lead. This is natural enough given that digital innovation can be such a powerful enabler. Although Innovation through technology cannot independently deliver the benefits anticipated by fully collaborative BIM. Our prediction is that in the next phase of BIM development as we become familiar with the digital tools and the process elements the focus will shift and towards the human interactions.
The South West Regional BIM hub held a conference in 2012 introducing and exploring BIM concepts. From the discussions we had it was clear that the collective opinion was "it is all about behaviour". There was also a recognition and a desire in the room to move from a culture characterised by adversarial behaviours towards a collaborative approach.
Some interesting questions came out of this discussion.
- How could we change our industry culture?
- What does collaboration look like?
- To what extent are we collaborating at present?
- What are the conditions which enable this change?
We identified that the first step in creating a collaborative culture is to be clear about what we are trying to create, by specifying what good collaboration looks like when it is happening.
To that end we initiated a group research project sponsored by UWE to specify the Behaviours of Collaboration. The aim of this is to enable collaboration to be a key part of the change in culture implied by Level 3 BIM.
So far we have conducted a review based on existing literature into collaboration within BIM and other sectors.
Our literature review quickly identified ten factors key to enabling collaboration:
- Trust / Respect
- Siloes / T shaped People
- Openness / Communications
- Common goals / New ways of working
- Leadership / Interpersonal skills
We used these factors during a series of workshops to initiate the development of a Profession Map which will specify the Behaviours of Collaboration. A Profession Map is used in other sectors for professional development and specifies not just the knowledge and skills required but also the behaviours. An example to explain the difference is;
Knowledge is information about a subject e.g. I understand how to indicate at a junction when driving a car
Skills are using what I know in a situation e.g. I indicate as a standard part of my driving when I turn into a junction
Behaviours are the way I use my skills-what you see me do e.g. whether I indicate in good time considerately or last minute as I am turning
It is our hope that this tool can be used widely by industry to support the development of these collaborative behaviours at all industry levels.
In order to explore the possibilities in this area further that we have created a group called Behaviours4Collaboration through which we will continue to facilitate a move from an adversarial to collaborative way of working within the construction industry. If you are interested in being part of this group please get in touch via our linkedin group Behaviours4Collaboration (B4C) or get in touch by email.
Contributer: Elizabeth Kavanagh is the South West Regional BIM Hub Champion and Head of Human Resources at Stride Treglown.
Darren Lester
Founder of SpecifiedBy
The construction industry is hardly renowned for its openness or sharing culture, but it is precisely those two ingredients that have the power to transform the industry for the better.
Not Collaboration
With BIM enforcement just around the corner, we are all well aware of a need to improve collaboration and the exchange and transfer of data and information. But these are fundamentally processes. Processes can be learnt, and taught, and optimised.
Collaboration between various teams isn't difficult to set in motion because everyone can see it as a way forward and it has a strong element of compliance. It may not always be easy or straightforward to execute, but there really is no question of getting there, it's just a matter of time.
Openly sharing knowledge and expertise is not the same as collaborating or transferring information. This requires much more than process. It requires a shift in mentality and culture.
Culture defines how we work, what is accepted as good practice and how we are perceived by others.
And it is a more transparent culture of openly sharing knowledge and expertise that we should be aiming for.
Taking the time to write about how you overcame a particularly challenging problem in your last project, or sharing data that you have worked really hard to obtain, for anyone in the industry to benefit from, takes a lot more than compliance or process.
This takes people or organisations to consciously put the good of the industry, or wider society, ahead of their own short-term goals. It requires a mind-set of, 'How can we help the industry to progress?'
We would do well to look at the 'open source' approach within the web development community that means an answer to even the most complicated of problems is usually no more than a Google search away. They ask each other for help and for answers. And they usually get them.
Often, someone else has already had the same, or a very similar problem, and have documented it and shared it online.
To build a similar culture of sharing, learning and improving within construction, I believe we need two key components to come together:
1. Leaders
2. Tools
A shift in culture and attitude can only happen if there are people who are willing to take the lead to share a vision and a roadmap that will inspire others to follow along the way.
And by leaders, I don't mean heads of organisations, working groups, large companies or other "powerful" people. Being in a position of authority where people have to do as you tell them does not make you a leader. That makes you a manager. People follow real leaders because they want to, because they believe in the vision, in this case, a better industry.
The construction industry needs people who will question current processes, suggest new, better ways of working and challenge the authorities that benefit from the status quo.
As an industry, we need to be better at providing people with the tools to share their expertise and learn from each other. There are a few beginning to appear, all of which need to be strongly supported by industry. The better these early innovators do, the more new ideas will be encouraged to follow suit.
Some platforms leading the way include:
CarbonBuzz is an online platform that aims to centralise the sharing of real-life energy consumption data from building projects in order to establish benchmarks and identify gaps in performance.
Users can upload anonymous project data which is used to create a real picture of energy consumption within the industry or just use the existing data to compare against their own projects.
They say…
"CarbonBuzz is an RIBA CIBSE platform for benchmarking and tracking energy use in projects from design to operation. It is intended to encourage users to go beyond compliance of mandatory Building Regulations calculations and refine estimates to account for additional energy loads in-use. The platform allows users to compare design energy use with actual energy use side by side to help users close the design and operational energy performance gap in buildings."
The CarbonBuzz platform is potentially a great tool to improve transparency of energy consumption data, by comparing real-life performance against designed performance.
Designing Buildings Wiki
The Designing Building Wiki aims to "put all construction industry knowledge in one place and make it available to everyone for free."
Anyone can contribute an article on a particular topic and make it available to everyone within the industry. They say…
"Construction in the UK employs 3 million people in 280,000 organisations, each holding a vast amount of expert knowledge. Everything from how to create a brief for a new project, right through to getting tax breaks for water efficient taps. But much of that knowledge is inaccessible, fragmented and dispersed. If we put it all in one place, where everyone can find it, Construction UK will be more efficient, more collaborative, more innovative and better able to compete in the global market place."
This is a great example of sharing knowledge and expertise, and provides a great resource for getting answers to tough questions, or at the very least, identifying a good person to speak to about it.
At SpecifiedBy, we are trying to do our small bit as well, with better access to technical information and by encouraging specifiers share their knowledge and expertise of working with particular building products and materials on specific projects, so those looking for similar solutions can more informed decisions.
This will also bring an element of transparency to the performance of building products and the companies responsible for them.
Providing these platforms through which leaders can establish a voice and build a following will be key to introducing a shift in culture.
"No one knows everything. But together, we know a whole lot."
Simon Sinek
Collaboration and the exchange of information are necessary and positive for the industry, but to make a real change, we need to accept the much more challenging prospect of changing mind-sets and culture.
Some have already started, and I believe we are on our way to a more open and transparent culture where we share knowledge and expertise for the good of the industry.
Contributor: Darren Lester has a background in Architectural Technology and is the founder of SpecifiedBy, a platform that aims to empower building projects with better information.
Sonia Zahiroddiny
Information Modelling & Management Capability Programme (IMMCP) Delivery Team
Transport for London
Prior to the introduction of the personal computer, documentation (including drawings) within the construction industry were mainly paper based, these were managed manually and archived in a warehouse. As computers and technology became part of everyday life and the launch of the World Wide Web, the industry moved to electronic documents and drawings as well as electronic means of managing them; traditional methods were replaced by Computer Aided Design (CAD).
However, CAD had issues too; CAD was supposed to be a computer design tool to be utilised by engineers and promised to increase the quality of design and improve the management and communications through better documentation. Instead, CAD was utilised as an electronic drawing board, which meant technologists where needed to produce drawings, unfortunately most had limited knowledge of the engineering behind it.
As construction is very much project-based and since projects are highly reliant upon updated information; exchange of information, which I believe is the least mature form of communication, is regarded central to the industry. Therefore, the concept of a centralised repository for sharing and managing project's electronic documentation so called, Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) or Extranets became popular. But after a while EDMS were integrated with e-mail to automate workflows and notify project participants of tasks and activities which resulted in vast amount of e-mails (some unimportant and unnecessary) being sent around.
Now with the emerging use of Building Information Modelling (BIM), the industry is moving towards a centralised repository with object based models. The intelligence of models and centralisation way of managing these models will alter the existing communication mechanisms and will enhance the ways in which project participants are currently working as a team. But is BIM, as a technology and as a process, an enabler for collaboration?
Since the 90's there has been many efforts (i.e. governmental reports published by Sir Latham and Sir Egan) to drive efficiency improvements in the industry. One of these improvements is in the area of collaboration. I've observed that collaboration, in some cases even coordination and cooperation, are often used to describe team work. If you ask anyone in the industry what collaboration is, I'm certain you'll get similar answers. But if you ask them 'how' they collaborate, they will more than likely say "we share information"! But does sharing information alone mean project teams are collaborating? Or are they just making project team members aware of their activities? You're probably asking yourself, "what is the difference, after all collaboration, coordination and cooperation all mean the same thing, don't they"?
The answer is: No they don't!
In Computer Sciences, Collaboration requires:
• Strategic planning – clearly defining who/when/where/what and how
• Culture - where everyone is happy to share information, there is more engagement, knowledge sharing and innovative thinking
• Trust – foundation of collaboration and collaborative working
• Tools (information systems/technology) – to enable information flow and collaborative working
All the above pillars influence and support each other to make up a collaborative environment and none of them can exist in isolation.
As I mentioned, most projects are only sharing information; they correspond to one another in an unmanaged and unstructured (so called ad-hoc) way, mainly by e-mail. The ease use of e-mail has allowed it to become the main communication channel. Project members are overloaded with huge number of emails per day, each demanding some input which needs time to consider.
Just because project members are working together to get the project completed on time doesn't make them collaborators. They may well be coordinating through managed and structured sharing of documents via transmittals, aligning activities and schedules as well as managing dependencies using extranets with assigned roles and responsibilities and agreed workflows and data structures, or in some cases cooperating at a higher level than just a project, which requires interaction and commitment between organisations with more structured information.
I would argue in a project environment where participants are geographically dispersed, collaboration is not essential, unless all the organisations involved in the project are interdependent (mutually dependent), which means they have predefined goals with full workflow integration (Integrated Project Delivery methods for instance), shared resources, risk and liability, high level of communication and trust and real-time pipeline (to interact with a virtual environment).
If we take the same meaning of collaboration in Computer Sciences, we can answer the question, "Is BIM an enabler for Collaboration"?
Yes – because BIM (at its lowest level of maturity) requires a Standard Method and Procedure (SMP), which recognises the importance of information and defines the roles of information management. The SMP also strategically defines a Common Data Environment (CDE) process which enables better information management which results in more confidence and trust in the information available. BIM at its highest level of maturity provides international standards and advanced technological solutions that would be an enabler to collaborative working.
No – because BIM can't build trust between different organisations, neither can it change the existing culture of file-based information sharing within the industry. Culture is something that needs to be changed by leadership and project participants believing in the change. The right culture will result in the right attitudes towards trust.
So in my view BIM has the potential to be a key driver for collaborative working. The industry however needs to take a step back and take a broader approach to collaboration, by that I mean rather than focusing on projects, the aim should be imbedding BIM organisational-wide. It's key to remember that BIM is only an enabler for collaborative working; the pillars of collaboration must exist within an organisation, with or without BIM.
* any opinions expressed in this blog are purely my own and relate to my PhD work.
Contributor: Sonia's background is in Computer Sciences and Information Systems Management. Sonia entered the world of Construction when she started her PhD at the University of Northumbria looking at impacts of BIM on Communication patterns of Construction projects. Sonia is an Incorporate member of the CIOB (ICIOB) and is currently working as a BIM consultant.
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Thanks to Manchester Camerata's friends at the Manchester Digital Development Agency, Let's Go Global and Medici.tv, the excitement of Camerata's Pictures from St Petersburg Concert on Saturday 23 October reached well beyond the RNCM Concert Hall.
Well before the audience took their seats inside the RNCM Concert Hall on Oxford Road, the team led by the MDDA - Manchester Digital Development Agency - were setting up microphones, cameras, and making sure that everything was in place for this ambitious digital sharing of the event.
|The images from the cameras inside the concert hall were all fed into the control area on one of the balconies, out of sight of the audience.
In all there were three feeds produced.
One top quality feed was being beamed to Medici.tv, the prestigious classical music channel who made the concert available on their website across the world.
A second feed was made available on Manchester Camerata's own website for free, allowing anyone to enjoy the exciting performance.
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For the first time since 1938, no Australian men made it through to the second round at the All England Club, while only Stosur was successful among the women in clearing the first hurdle.
The 28-year-old has never been beyond the third round here but she was still a big favourite to beat Holland's Arantxa Rus, no stranger to upsets having knocked out Kim Clijsters at the French Open last year.
Stosur looked to have recovered from a poor start when she breezed through the second set without losing a game, but she then dropped 5-2 behind in the decider.
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Lavender is cultivated all over the world: Bulgaria, England, United States and France are historically known for producing the essential oil. Harvesting the lavender for oil must be done at the peak of the day's heat. Essential oil is extracted by steam distillation from the fresh flowering tops.
Lavender is considered the premier of all perfume. 'Perfume' derives its name from the Greek meaning 'through smoke,' and in ancient times the perfumes were used as fumigatory agents. Lavendula angustifolia/officinalis grows at altitudes reaching the height of 5,000 feet. The officinalis, known as 'vera' affords a much smaller plant and the harvesting is more laborious. In a field ripe for harvest the plants resemble fattened velveteen porcupines with hues ranging from brilliant whites to shadings of violet and purple.
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Ideal for physical and emotional support. Lavender as a whole is an 'adaptagenic' essence with a relationship to all Body Systems. It is nicknamed the ultimate 'first aid in a bottle' oil. Lavender produces an Anti-Allergic Essential oil, with an inherent antibiotic action. It is also an astringent as well as moisturizing to skin. It alleviates aches, pains, and swelling from arthritis to injury to headache. Lavender also alleviates motion sickness.
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Thousands sign 10-year-old's Falmouth Library petition
A 10-year-old boy has handed in a petition of more than 5,000 signatures to Cornwall Council to try to save local libraries.
Leon Remphry from Falmouth has collected the signatures in favour of his "Write to Read" campaign.
He said he wanted the council to reverse its decision to cut library opening hours and presented the petition at County Hall in Truro.
The authority said budget pressures had caused the reduction in hours.
Libraries across Cornwall have had their opening hours cut since June, with Leon's library in Falmouth opening 25-and-a-half hours per week.
Leon said: "I love reading new books. We've had to go to various libraries and wait out there for people to sign [the petition]."
Martin Remphry, Leon's father, said: "Leon has spent so much time in the library where he's discovered many of his favourite authors and then gone on to buy the books."
The council said it was facing an unprecedented level of cuts and intended to reduce spending by nearly £200m by 2019.
Earlier this week the authority announced town and parish councils may be asked to take on about £34m of services.
On Tuesday the Visit Cornwall tourist group heard it could lose its annual grant of £850,000 as part of authority cuts.
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Amber Rose and Dr. Chris Donaghue discussed the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA and President Trump's controversial remarks on the incident, on the latest episode of Loveline.
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"I'm not really a Bible thumper although I've read the Bible," said Rose. "The Book of Revelations, they talk about the antichrist that is almost beloved. We can say that [Trump] is beloved by a lot of people. S—, he got into office. You know what I'm saying? So yeah, we could say he's beloved by a lot of people in America and maybe even Russia and all over the world. He's working with these f— up individuals and s— but like, I feel like in a weird way, people love him on a different level."
"These white people came out and f——marched, she continued. "They would've never, ever, ever done that if Trump wasn't in office.
"From a white person speaking to those white people, what are y'all so angry about? You haven't lived a life of oppression, you're white," said Dr. Chris. "I get why minorities are angry, you should be. You've been discriminated against and continue to be so I understand why a minority individual would be skewed towards anger and yet they stood there calmly and it's the white guy that's so freaking angry even though he lives a life of ease and privilege. Thanks Trump for normalizing this stuff."
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"Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's." Jesus – (Matthew 22:21)
For several months now I've known that what's next in my own personal journey along the Purposeful Path is to delve more deeply into my relationship with money and finance. I've said it several ways — to have a breakthrough, a transformation, to create a new relationship with money — one that is more empowering and that gives me access to greater freedom and power in this important part of the physical/material world.
As is often the case with transformation, it's been a real roller coaster ride that has included coaching sessions where I mostly sat in silence, or wept uncontrollably as I've remembered scenes from my childhood when my mother would lock herself in the bathroom and threaten to take her own life because she was so tired of trying to raise her two sons alone and without enough money to pay the bills.
Not long after that call with my coach I remembered a book I had read several years ago — Money and the Meaning of Life by Jacob Needleman. I knew as soon as I found it again on the shelf that it was time to read it again, though it's really felt like reading it for the first time. I must have been asleep the first time through.
We Live in Two World & Are of Two Natures
This is a fundamental truth that Needleman builds upon throughout the book:
"The very essence of the idea of man that we find at the core of all great teachings of all times and places is that we human beings are two-natured…. One force alone can never bring meaning into human life. Meaning appears only in the place between the worlds, in the relationship of two worlds, two levels, two fundamental qualities of power and energy."
One of those worlds is the material or physical world; the other is the spiritual or nonphysical world. Each world has its own "ruler," and in the material world MONEY IS KING, while in the spiritual world God (or whichever name you care to use) rules.
And humankind?
We have the daunting task to try to keep some balance, some stability while teetering between the two worlds — one foot in the material and one in the spiritual. Thus:
"Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's." Jesus – (Matthew 22:21)
To which Needleman writes: "In my opinion, the entire problem of life in contemporary culture can be defined as the challenge to understand that saying of Jesus. It is not so simple; in fact, it is immensely difficult."
I agree.
He continues: "It requires that we begin to understand what in ourselves belongs to the transcendent realm and what to the material realm. And then to give to each what is due to each — no more and no less."
From this arises the question, "What is the relationship that we can develop between these two worlds — worlds that often feel so far apart as to cause us to wince in pain from such a gigantic split — that will ultimately result in a satisfying, fulfilling and joyful life — a life on purpose?
That's the question we'll explore in Part 2 of this article. In the meantime, why not share your comments and/or questions about this timely topic right here on the Living & Working On Purpose Blog?


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Are you at peace with your yoga clothes?
I once had a yoga teacher who was openly contemptuous of my boot-cut workout pants. "I can't see your calves!" she used to holler, annoyed that my penchant for fashion eclipsed any concerns about her ability to check my stance. She was of the Iyengar school, which is on the rigid side, and she often wore an ensemble close to that favored by Mr. Iyengar himself. In his classic book, Light On Yoga, Iyengar wears nothing but some jet-black underpants—not a very flattering look for most people, especially women in the cellulite years. The best you can say about it (and my teacher said it, often) is that the style is practical: The more uncovered the body, the easier it is to judge proper alignment. Begrudgingly, I switched to biking shorts, and eventually, to Anusara, another style of yoga that's more, well, flexible about fashion.
Yoga is all about becoming centered, whole, and at peace; it trains the mind to dispense with extraneous thoughts, such as how you look in your yoga clothes. Unfortunately, this admirable internal quest has lately been complicated by the fact that yoga has become cool and fashionable. In fact, with the possible exception of Pilates, it has become the coolest, most fashionable form of exercise in the country, practiced by people who seem to care a great deal about how they look.
Sportswear companies quickly realized that there was a new market to exploit. Along with the inevitable tops and bottoms, there are skidless towels for yoga mats; meditation cushions (or "zafus"), timers, beads, and gongs; yoga gloves, shoes, bags, eye pillows, and myriad other accoutrements deemed crucial to a proper yoga practice. According to the National Sporting Goods Association, the money spent on tai chi and yoga clothing (the categories are combined) in 2004 was $138 million, up from $79 million just two years ago.
I'll be the first to admit I'm a sucker for this stuff. I am addicted to the back pages of Yoga Journal,which are full of ads for every conceivable yoga aid. But I also know that caring about yoga style is a little like thinking about stock prices in church—off point, if not downright improper. Wouldn't a true yogi find such adornments unnecessary? Or is any of this stuff actually useful?
Yoga, like dance or tennis, can be helped or hindered by what you wear. Clothes should cling but not bind; you don't want to find your too-loose shirt pooling around your neck when you finally risk a headstand. Tight, tiny tops and shorts also enable teachers to check your alignment without asking you to roll up baggy sleeves or pants legs. (Taking this principle to its extreme, some yogis are now practicing nude yoga, though I, for one, will pass.) And all those new materials that wick away sweat are beneficial, particularly for Bikram (or "hot yoga"). As for the accessories, I love the extra-thick, jet-black Manduka mat—at $74 the yoga equivalent of understated Armani couture—which can preserve aging hips and knees, and I pine for the $12 rubber-studded "ToeSox" that would make traveling with a mat unnecessary.
But, as my Iyengar teacher knew, you don't really need any of this stuff. A rubber mat, body-hugging T-shirt, and pair of running shorts will suffice. Why, then, are there so many yoga products for sale? It might have something to do with the fact that manufacturers have begun to exploit yoga's spiritual underpinnings along with its health benefits. The sales pitches are usually short on substance and peppered with New Age buzzwords like "lotus," "prana," and "Nepal." There are a lot of T-shirts emblazoned with "Om" and smiling Buddhas. Healthandyoga.com offers an orange "chakra" T-shirt that supposedly strengthens "the immune system, sex organs and lower pelvis." All this and machine washable, too.
One of the earliest and shrewdest advocates of merging fashion, practicality, and yogic philosophy is Christy Turlington, the '90s supermodel and a longtime yoga student. (She said it kept her sane at the height of her fame; if only she'd taken Linda and Naomi to class with her.) In 2000, she teamed up with Puma for her first line of yogawear and gave it the Sanskrit-sounding name "Nuala," an acronym for "Natural-Universal-Limitless-Authentic." (According to the Web site, "The goal of Nuala is to create a symbiosis between the outer and inner being, the individual and the collective experience.") Mahanuala, Turlington's latest Puma line, adds another heady acronym: Movement Affords Higher Aspirations. This line is created for what Turlington calls "Contemplative Sports," which, along with yoga and meditation, perhaps include shoe-shopping, opera-going, daydreaming, and napping.
Pseudo-philosophy aside, Turlington's high-end line and others like it make it clear why people want to buy yogawear: It just looks better. What self-improving American can resist that? This close-fitting "fleece low back top" evokes the best old-fashioned scapula-exposing leotards, while also being made of softer material (and it comes in earth tones like cinder, pond, and pebble). The lightweight, baby-blanket-soft Krija shoe—coffee-colored leather on top, hot pink and orange rubber on the soles—will inspire the showoff in anyone to do a shoulder stand. Despite being more expensive than the Target variety (lots of things start at three digits), Nuala clothes are so good-looking that they can go straight from the studio to the street, a selling point at a time when exercise-wear has become streetwear.
In truth, most people start practicing yoga to tone sagging muscles, and they discover the mental and spiritual benefits later, if at all. If it makes women happy to ease into downward-facing dog in pricey Nuala capris, so be it—one way or another, they are finding a semblance of peace. A few Indians seem to have learned that lesson from us. The last time my current teacher went to Mumbai, she practiced next to a local wearing a nifty velour sweat suit.


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LED Lighting Case Study – Montreal, Canada
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(Montreal, Canada) This case is about a bridge in Montreal, Canada, in order to light up the bridge at night, the city wanted to adopt a type of lighting which can not only deliver bright light output, but also improve the appearance of the bridge. Meanwhile the power consumption should not be high. To improve the appearance of the bridge, using RGB color lights would be better. After comparing between fluorescent lighting and the new generation of LED lighting, the city decided to employ the energy efficient and maintenance-free LED lighting.
As the city considered LED lighting, many solutions are available, they want to employ a solution which can be easily installed and maintained.
Trial Installation
Comparing all these solutions, the city chose some different fixtures for a trial. A set of selected products were installed in working fixtures on the external walls of the mansion, and they collected opinions and rankings. They also measured light levels for each installation.
Based on lighting effects and the energy saving calculations, the FOBSUN FSN-1221-80-H/L LED neon was chosen as the final solution.
The bridge installed around 30 pieces of FOBSUN FSN-1221-80-H/L LED neon around the bridge and the working hours of these LED lights is 12 hours per day.
Business Case Analysis
The city officials conducted an analysis to determine the economic feasibility of utilizing FOBSUN LED lighting. This analysis considered several factors including,
*Energy savings
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*Lighting effects
Energy Savings
Energy savings was a very important driver for this project, and the savings were expected to be significant using the latest LED lighting technology. The square can save 70% energy bills when compared with traditional glass neon lights.
Maintenance Savings
The long service life of the FOBSUN FSN-1221-80-H/L LED neon eliminates the maintenance cost associated with changing new lights (the replacement light cost and the associated labor).
Lighting Effects
The city officials are very pleased with the light quality and lighting effects of the FOBSUN FSN-1221-80-H/L LED neon, different single colors bring different lighting effects. Due to the high efficacy of LEDs, the bridge can save 70% energy bills compared to traditional lighting while the light quality has been improved a lot. With a long lifetime and durability, the FOBSUN FSN-1221-80-H/L LED neon hardly needs any maintenance costs and replacement costs during 20 years.


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Title: The Hypnotist
Series: Joona Linna, #1
Author: Lars Kepler
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
Release Date: January 1st, 2009
Format: Hardcover
Length: 503 pages | 17 hours 27 minutes
Source: Purchased
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In the frigid clime of Tumba, Sweden, a gruesome triple homicide attracts the interest of Detective Inspector Joona Linna, who demands to investigate the murders. The killer is still at large, and there's only one surviving witness—the boy whose family was killed before his eyes. Whoever committed the crimes wanted this boy to die: he's suffered more than one hundred knife wounds and lapsed into a state of shock. Desperate for information, Linna sees only one option: hypnotism. He enlists Dr. Erik Maria Bark to mesmerize the boy, hoping to discover the killer through his eyes.
It's the sort of work that Bark has sworn he would never do again—ethically dubious and psychically scarring. When he breaks his promise and hypnotizes the victim, a long and terrifying chain of events begins to unfurl.
The overriding themes in this novel are that people are horrible, and Sweden has the most inept system of justice in the world. This story is very, very dark. It's also quite twisty, and while I saw the end coming it was only because the author led me there fairly deftly.
My primary complaint about this story is that the murder mystery that introduces us to the main protagonists is lacking much in terms of depth, and seems to only exist in order to allow for a deus ex machine moment in the later plot. It's also filled with dark, horrible things and there's absolutely no conflict over the morality of those involved. There's also one of those Hollywood superhuman villain aspects here (you know, were the villain gets so badly damaged he should be dead, and yet he keeps popping up and running around and not even bleeding).
The deeper mystery centers around Erik and a scandal he was involved in a decade ago. But I have to be honest- the only reason I gave two farts about Erik and his wife Simone was because their son Benjamin is the sole likable character in the book. I guess in Sweden, in addition to having a large number of psychopaths and sociopaths and serial killers and cops and hospital admin who can't be bothered to do their jobs….there's a high rate of infidelity? I doubt Sweden is as horrible as Lars Kepler makes it out to be, but I kept thinking "I am never vacationing there" as I read.
Once you get past the sheer, brutal darkness of the story, it does draw you in. I had a difficult time putting it down after the first half or so (especially when I was into the final third of the story). If you enjoy dark thrillers and murder mysteries that do have a wrapped-up ending, despite somewhat insufferable characters, you'll likely enjoy this.
Rating: B
I'm a coffee-fueled, hobby-addicted bibliophage who makes cruelty-free mineral eye shadows (inspired by novels). I'm usually in front of a screen (writing, reading, or gaming), but I've been known to emerge for geekery, good food, and dark chocolate.


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Pharma wants research partners, not data suppliers
Form true partnerships with your clients, keep them happy and make your recommendations short and sweet — that's the message from pharmaceutical companies to their marketing research suppliers and consultants, according to a new study by marketRx, a Cognizant Company.
Pharma companies felt that the most important attribute they wanted to see in suppliers was their ability to be a partner, rather than simply providing data. Having a positive relationship with them also scored highly, as did suppliers' ability to provide companies with concise summaries of conclusions and recommendations.
However, while most pharma companies generally viewed their experiences with suppliers as positive, they felt that most have considerable room to improve on working with them as partners and on providing concise summaries. Interestingly, companies reported that they were less concerned about their suppliers offering proprietary techniques and providing normative data.
MarketRx presented the results of the survey of 26 pharma companies and 55 suppliers and consultants at last week's Pharmaceutical Marketing Research Group (PMRG) Annual National Conference in Phoenix, AZ. Gary Minarich, VP, professional services at marketRx, stressed that all findings should be considered "directional only."
The survey also found that the "preferred provider" model is currently dominant (used by 54% of companies) and will be used increasingly in the next five years (65% of companies) at the expense of the "no restrictions on suppliers" model (currently 38%, dropping to 26%).
The "preferred provider" model scored high on "knowledge of therapeutic area" and "cost to the client," while the "no restrictions" model came out top in "quality" and "ensuring the right supplier."
Only 4% of companies currently use the "agency of record" model and this is unlikely to change in the next five years.


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I started doing photo inventories of cemeteries in St. Lawrence county NY in 1999 and have close to 200 cemeteries inventoried on my home page (see link below). I copied the inventories to find-a-grave and am uploading the photos here. If you find a photo on my website that you would like uploaded here, please send me an email or leave me a message and I'll be happy to add them.
I lived most of my life in the Washington DC area where I took photos at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) from 2007-2015. I now live in Colorado but but still visit ANC when I can to take photos. However, I no longer claim requests due to stalking and harassment from a couple other volunteers. I hope to regain the feeling of dignity and serenity that I used to have when I walked into the cemetery. It is one of the most honorable, respectful, and to me, sacred locations in the world. I am still (as of 2018) trying to keep the listing of interments in Arlington National Cemetery up to date (including grave locations) on FindAGrave. Even this generates "hate mail" from volunteers who aren't willing to just send additional information or ask for transfers and prefer to rant. If you are considering volunteering at ANC, feel free to contact me for details so you can try to avoid the "hot spots".
I don't add grave listings to Find-a-grave without waiting to allow family/friends time to document the disposition first. For ANC I wait until the burial date has been assigned and published online which is usually months or even years after the death occurred. I also freely delete or transfer if family asks.
ALL the men and women who served our country and put their lives on the line deserve respect, but I have a particular interest in those who fought and died in WWI (over 116K casualties in a 2 year period). They were exposed to some of the most brutal warfare known and the suffering in that war was intense. Over the last 5-6 years I have endeavored to ensure all the graves of the WWI servicemen buried in Arlington (approx. 8,000) are documented and photographed on find-a-grave for this, the 100 year anniversary of our formal involvement in that war. However, the men who served and sometimes died in ANY conflict from the Revolutionary War to today's conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are all equally noble in my eye.
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So so happy. Just completed Wk 3 R1 of Sammi Bridge 2 10k... and clocked up 4.8 miles (7.725km) and I feel great.😊
Sorry..but I feel a run report is in order. This morning I saw that Tortoisegirl and Tess had both graduated c25k and I had told them I would be running today too..
So with them in mind and their success I set off with my new running shoes laced loosely and a corn plaster on the ball of my left foot. I crossed over the main road and walked along the flat for my warm up then turned and ran when prompted to give myself that extra bit of course I would need today. Started counting 1,2,3,4 and got a nice slow even pace. I felt quite comfortable running up the quiet residential road with pretty houses on one side only and fitted in an extra loop on the first 17 min up a little side track and back. Felt good during my walk break, had a little sip of water then off again. I tried to imagine that this was the start of my run again, just 17 mins, took it slowly and steady. The music was great Howard Jones popped up then Yazoo, I like this section of the run I have to cross two roads at a roundabout but usually skip through like today without stopping then along the pavement past the garage to the slight downhill bit that swings away from the road and passes next to some woodland. Back on to the path and across another couple of roads, waving and smiling thank you at cars if they stop for me then along to the bottom of 'the hill that can't be run up' and guess what ....perfect timing.. just as I get there Sammi says to walk. Thanks I will.😊 I stopped the podcast while I walked up the hill then restarted just at the top. (A little longer than 1 minute there.. but hey, it was a steep hill) then cross over and back to running again. No problems starting again, this is my favourite bit of the run, slightly downhill all the way back or flat.😊Into the agricultural college and yes, past the llamas and goats (bit smelly today boys) still feeling great. Again, it feels like just starting a run I know I've done many times before. I feel the most relaxed I've ever been running and thats when I thought 'hey I can do this distance thing'. I have been trying to add just tiny increases onto a 30 min non stop run unsuccessfully for ages ....all I needed was permission to walk for 1 minute, and I feel like I could go on and on.
Run down the college drive after my little extra loop of the car park. The man picking up litter smiles and waves and I wave back. I feel brilliant..I've got this. Just as I reach the gates at the entrance to the college 'you're done' says Sammi. Again perfect timing, now I can walk along and back across the main road and home. I notice that I'm not breathing heavily, not putting my hands on mt hips and puffing my cheeks but have recovered almost instantly. 3 x 17 mins done. I was out for 1 hour 14mins . I remembered Tortoisegirl and Tess and thought yes..this must be how you are feeling today.. its a shame you can't bottle that feeling, but you know its there to be found. Sorry anout the excited ramble, but I know you get it.😊


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Regulators released new details on how they will enforce restrictions on charter swaps by troubled banks writes American Banker's Joe Adler.
If a bank or thrift is under an enforcement action, it is banned from converting to a federal or state charter under the Dodd-Frank Act.
However, the law allows for some exceptions, as long as the old and the new regulator agree that the institution is on its way to recovery.
Three federal agencies and the Conference State Bank Supervisions said in a joint statement on Monday such conversions for banks would be allowed in limited cases.
"If the current federal banking agency or state bank supervisor objects to the conversion or the plan, the conversion remains prohibited under" Dodd-Frank, the statement said.
For the full piece see "Charter Conversions for the Sick Will Be 'Rare,' Agencies Say" (may require subscription).


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Huawei provides the enterprise network market with the most comprehensive product combinations in the entire industry. These products include Ethernet switches and enterprise routers, as well as Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), network security, and network management. Huawei helps enterprises build integrated infrastructure network platforms — for campuses, branches, WAN interconnections, and data centers — by coordinating services such as network and security, wired and wireless, computing, and storage. As enterprises move towards all-digital transformation, Huawei offers powerful solutions such as an All-Cloud network architecture for enterprises.
The architecture enables optimal experience, agile innovation, and extensive security. The All-Cloud architecture uses ubiquitous connections, an open cloud management platform, and social media applications for enterprises to upgrade their infrastructure network and offers choices for 'Real-time, On-demand, All-online, Do-It-Yourself, and Social' (ROADS) services. With All-Cloud, enterprise networks easily transform to become 'data-centric.' In scenarios such as campuses, branches, and the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud-based network management achieves faster service deployment and simpler network Operations and Maintenance (O&M) based on data center network interconnections and interoperability. Additionally, the cloud management platform provides Big Data analytics, enabling various Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. All-Cloud creates new opportunities with open, third-party integration, but also adds business value to network resources and data.
A flexible 'service-centric' data center network solution known as CloudFabric permits smooth network evolution and fine-grained O&M, which are key to supporting the operation of cloud-based services. The CloudCampus solution is another offering that uses cloud technologies to deliver cloud-based management for campus networks and significantly reduce maintenance costs. The CloudCampus solution uses a centralized cloud management platform to collect Big Data from networks and provide open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Together, Big Data and open APIs can produce a new range of SaaS applications such as traffic analysis and commercial heat maps for enterprises. The CloudEPN solution is yet another option. It uses cloud technologies to reconstruct enterprise interconnections. For example, with CloudEPN, branch offices can securely connect to the headquarters data center in real time, and at lower costs. The CloudEPN solution can also achieve real-time deployment of network and security functions.
The EC-IoT solution integrates the advantages of cloud technologies and cloud computing. This powerful IoT solution enables both centralized cloud-based management for tens of thousands of sensors and local real-time processing of some services (such as real-time decisions and traffic compression). The specific goal of this solution is to help enterprises in vertical industries speed up their digital transformation. Because security protection is a top concern today among enterprises, Huawei's Security solution provides scenario-based security capabilities as vital services that safeguard data centers, campuses, branches, and the IoT. Intelligent learning is used to transform passive defenses into proactive defenses against threats — all to ensure comprehensive network security.
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Missing: Why this Spanish Drama Won a Korean Award
"Missing" is DramaFever's 13 episode mini–series that will quickly become your new major addiction! This compelling drama was awarded the Grand Prize at the 2008 Seoul International Drama Awards, making this show an official worldwide hit. Let's explore why.
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Missing are its characters, and the raw emotions displayed when tragedy strikes a loving family. Their ordeal begins as Patricia Marcos is ready to celebrate her 18th birthday and convinces her parents to let her stay out past her curfew.
Little did they know that when Patricia walked out, their lives would be changed forever. A mix of confusion, desperation, hope and new shocking truths become part of the daily life of the Alvarez family. Together they will do anything in their power to find their daughter and bring her home safe and sound. Find out if they'll succeed here!


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I got this dress from Forever 21 in the summer. You can't really tell, but there is a cute pussy bow detail and I think it's really cute. It's also quite versatile. I like to wear it relatively slouchily to avoid a grandma-ish look, but that's just me.
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I don't really have anything to say, except my shoes haven't arrived yet and I'm doing a yoga class tonight.
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I like the polka dot dress/striped tights combo. You have a really nice blog simple elegance :)ReplyDelete
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great outfit! I love the adorable polka dotted dress! You have such a great and inspiring style!ReplyDelete
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LeBron James's Heat Thrash the Knicks
Knicks Have Now Lost 10 of Their Past 12; Playoffs Look Out of Reach
MIAMI—As the Knicks began perhaps their most difficult three-game stretch of the entire season, coach Mike Woodson was candid in describing just how flawless his team would have to be the rest of the way to sneak in the playoffs.
"Everything has to go right. There's no room for error," he said.
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1. Fall Out Boy, "I Don't Care"
On this new track, Patrick Stump sings, "I don't care what you think about me, as long as it's about me," which makes us feel less guilty for thinking about how boring it is. [Viva La Mainstream]
2. Drake feat. Lil Wayne, "Ransom"
Toronto-based Drake makes a foreigner's mistake, name-dropping beloved Crips children's program Blue's Clues in front of his Bloods-affiliated guest. [White Folks Get Crunk]
3. Lil Wayne feat. MF Doom, "A Milli (Mike Waxx Remix)"
Weezy actually sounds like a millionaire on this remix, in which Waxx replaces the sludgy vocal sample in the original with some of Doom's noir soundtrack bombast. [Umbilical Chord]
4. Reefer, "May Baleen"
Nick Thorburn is addicted to nautical puns, as his new band's name, this first single, and the name of their album (The Life Narcotic) all show, but based on the strength of this track and his work in Islands and Unicorns, he's also got a thing for making great music. [Pitchfork]
5. Crazy P, "Love on the Line (Unabombers Vocal Mix)"
Crazy Penis failed to improve their name by shortening it to Crazy P, but they definitely succeeded in throwing together a great slab of disco on this first track off their new record, to be released in October. [Get Weird Turn Pro]


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Jean-Noel Blanchette, Karatedo Hanshi, Coordinator of Quebec Canada
Silvia Bogarim, Aikido Renshi, Coordinator of Portugal
Robert Burgermeister, Karatedo Kyoshi, So-Shihan, Coordinator of USA
Pierre Chalmagne, Aikido Hanshi, Soke, Representative of Belgium
Alexander Chinakhov, Aikido Renshi, Coordinator of Russian Federation
Andre Cognard, Aikido Hanshi, So-Shihan, Representative of France
Pedro Dabauza, Jujutsu Hanshi, So-Shihan, Representative of Spain
Shlomo David, Judo, Aikido Kyoshi, Coordinator of Israel
Chris Diliberto, Karatedo Hanshi, Representative of Canada
Barbara Dometrich, Karatedo Meiyo Hanshi, Representative of USA
Archie Grassom, Karatedo Kyoshi, Coordinator of UK
Dmitry Ivanov, Iaido Kyoshi, Coordinator of Russia Federation
Anthony Joaquin, Jujutsu Renshi, Coordinator of Gibraltar
Kostas Karipidis, Aikijujutsu Renshi, Representative of Greece
Larry King, Karatedo Hanshi Ho, Shihan, DNBK ID, Counselor of DNBK ID
Ron Kluger, Karatedo Hanshi, Representative of Israel
Perry Lambert, Aikido Kyoshi, Coordinator of Florida USA
Ronald Lok, Karatedo Hanshi, Coordinator of California USA
Carl Long, Iaido Hanshi, Representative of USA
Steve Mahan, Karatedo Hanshi, Shihan, Representative of USA
Richard Mark, Karatedo Kyoshi, Coordinator of Western Canada
Kazue Matsumoto, Karatedo Hanshi, So-Shihan, Representative of Australia
Gregory McKenna, Karatedo Kyoshi, Coordinator of Eastern Canada
Alex Neidhart, Karatedo Kyoshi, Coordinator of Switzerland
Pietro Paterna, Aikido Hanshi Ho, Coordinator of Italy
Roger Payne, Judo Hanshi, Aikido Kyoshi, Representative of UK
Codruta Rechesan, Jujustu Renshi, Representative of Romania
Ric Riley, Karatedo Kyoshi, Representative of North Eastern USA
James Rooney, Jujutsu Renshi, Coordinator of UK
Paolo Salvadego, Aikido Kyoshi, Coordinator of Italy
Bruce Scrivens, Iaido Hanshi, Coordinator of UK
Mike Selvey, Iaido Renshi, Coordinator of UK
Grigor Shekoyan, Aikido Renshi, Coordinator of Armenia
Kenneth Shockey, Karatedo Hanshi, So-Shihan, Honorary Representative USA
Siddha B. Shrestha, Coordinator of Nepal
Mark Spear, Karatedo Renshi, Coordinator of North Eastern USA
Pete Stinger, Karatedo Hanshi, Shihan, Coordinator of USA
Geza Szepvolgyi, Jujutsu Kyoshi, Coordinator of Hungary
Ken Tallack, Karatedo Hanshi, So-Shihan, Representative of Canada
Allan Tattersall, Jujutsu Hanshi, Honorary Representative of UK
Dan Taylor, Karatedo Kyoshi, Coordinator of Western USA
Hubart Thomas, Aikido Hanshi, Representative of France
Shuichi Terashima, Kendo Renshi, Coordinator of UK
Nigel Tew, Jujutsu Renshi, Coordinator of UK
Alfredo Vismara, Judo Hanshi, Coordinator of Italy
Kevin Walsh, Jujutsu Kyoshi, Coordinator of Australia
Mike Williams, Aikido Kyoshi, Coordinator of UK
Wolfgang Wimmer, Jujutsu Kyoshi, Representative of Germany
Igor Zaytsev, Jujustu Renshi, Coordinator of Latvia
Tesshin Hamada, Hanshi, Chair DNBK International Division
DNBK ID Official Budo Kenshoin
Karatedo: Hanshi Diliberto, Hanshi Holley, Hanshi Kluger, Hanshi Matsumoto, Hanshi Tallack, Hanshi Mahan, Hanshi Blanchette, Hanshi Ho Aroca, Hanshi Ho Lymbouris, Kyoshi Hawkins, Kyoshi Kembre, Kyoshi Lewis, Kyoshi Mark, Kyoshi Riley, Kyoshi Simon, Kyoshi Taylor, Kyoshi Gusack, Kyoshi Hastings, Kyoshi Steinbeck
Aikido: Hanshi Chalmagne, Hanshi Cognard, Hanshi Thomas, Hanshi Cortier, Hanshi Forni, Hanshi Ho Mathar, Hanshi Ho Paterna, Kyoshi Salvadego
Aikijujutsu: Renshi Karipidis
Kendo: Hanshi Ho Okimitsu Fujii, Renshi Terashima
Iaido: Hanshi Long, Hanshi Scrivens, Kyoshi Bardanzellu, Kyoshi Ivanov
Jujutsu: Hanshi Dabauza, Hanshi Ho Arabadjiev, Kyoshi Walsh, Kyoshi Wimmer
Judo: Hanshi Dabauza, Hanshi Vismara, Hanshi Payne
Kobudo: TBA
Okinawa Kobudo: Renshi Tallack, Renshi Blanchette, Renshi Mark, Renshi Riley, Renshi Taylor
The above list of Kenshoin was appointed and confirmed as of January 2016.
*Official Kenshoin also serve as the controller and supervisor of the floor in regards to the rules of the conduct during the demonstration event such as WBS and IRT and other official functions.
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An adult can acquire orthodontic insurance by purchasing an optional dental insurance coverage plan from his employer if one is available, according to eHealth. In lieu of a dental plan, an individual might consider purchasing a dental discount plan instead, which may offer discounts on orthodontia procedures, states Colgate. If enrolling for a dental plan through the Affordable Care Act, some individual plans, such as the DeltaCare USA PAA48 plan, offer coverage for braces.Continue Reading
For those seeking a dental discount plan, the DentalPlans website contains a database of discount plans, allowing individuals to compare plans by fees, network dentists and discounts, according to Colgate. Individuals can also search for and compare discount programs and dental insurance plans on the National Association of Dental Plans website. Discount plans often work in conjunction with or as a supplemental to a dental plan.
The human resources department for a business may provide information on whether or not the employer offers coverage for braces and what kind of coverage is available, informs Colgate. Before purchasing coverage for braces, an individual should check the lifetime maximums, required waiting periods before the start of treatment, and whether or not the plan requires seeing a dentist or orthodontist in the insurance plan's network.Learn more about Health Insurance


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The answer to this question is also available as a video.
A. SCVMM 2008 makes it pretty easy to migrate a physical server to a virtual machine (VM). As long as the source computer is running a supported OS, the SCVMM 2008 P2V wizard does all the work for you. Follow these steps:
1. Launch the Virtual Machine Manager administrative console.
2. From the Virtual Machine Manager main actions menu, select Convert physical server, as the following screen shows:
3. Enter the name or IP address of the machine you're converting, along with administrative credentials for the source machine, as the following screen shows. The source machine doesn't have to be in a trusted domain with the target virtual server.
4. Enter a name for the new VM and, optionally, the user to be the VM's owner and a description for the VM.
5. You're prompted to scan the source computer, so click Scan System. Once the scan is done, information about the source computer is displayed, as shown in the following screen, and you can click Next to continue the migration. When you perform the scan, the Virtual Machine Manager P2V Agent is installed on the source computer and runs as a service. This service facilitates gathering information and capturing disk content.
6. Choose which volumes to migrate. The wizard displays a list of volumes on the source computer. You must migrate the system and boot volumes (usually C:), and you can choose to migrate other disks. You can select the size of the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) to create, whether the VHD will be dynamic or fixed size, and the channel to which the disk will connect. The following screen shows these settings.
7. Configure the number of processor cores and amount of memory for the VM, as the next screen shows. By default, the configuration will match that of the source computer, but you can add or remove processor cores and memory.
8. Choose the host for the VM. The wizard displays a list of possible hosts, each with a star rating. In my example, shown in the next screen, only savdalvs02 has any stars. This rating is because savdalvs02 is the only potential host that has enough memory that isn't allocated to other VMs and has a connection to the network to which the source machine connects. Machines that don't meet the criteria have an explanation as to why. The transfer type on this screen may say SAN, but the disks' data is sent over the network unless SAN to SAN can actually be used. The transfer type here seems to be wrong in most cases.
9. Enter the path where the new VM and its VHD files will be stored on the virtualization server and click Next.
10. For each NIC on the physical server you're converting, select the network you want to map to the virtual NIC. If possible, the wizard will select mappings automatically based on network IDs, as the next screen shows.
11. Select additional properties, such as when to start the VM and if you want a delay in starting the VM.
12. A list of any problems with the conversion is displayed. Hopefully, this will say No issues detected, so you can click Next.
13. A summary of the conversion process is displayed, shown in the following screen, along with an option to view a Windows PowerShell script that could perform the migration outside of the wizard. This screen has the option to start the VM after deploying it on the host, but you probably don't want to start it until you've powered down the physical source system. Click Create to start the P2V conversion.
14. Once the conversion is finished, you'll have a new VM with the same content as the original physical server. You can now power off the physical machine and start the new VM. If you want to perform some tests, you can modify the network of the new VM so it's on a private network with no connectivity to the outside world, preventing its IP from clashing with the physical server that's still running.
Below is an example of the PowerShell script generated by the P2V conversion wizard.
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# Convert Physical Server (P2V) Wizard Script
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# Script generated on Friday, November 07, 2008 8:10:11 PM by Virtual Machine Manager
# For additional help on cmdlet usage, type get-help
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$Credential = get-credential
New-MachineConfig -VMMServer savdalvm01 -SourceComputerName "192.168.1.67" -Credential $Credential
$VMHost = Get-VMHost -VMMServer savdalvm01 | where \{$_.Name -eq "savdalvs02.savilltech.net"\}
$VirtualNetwork = Get-VirtualNetwork -VMMServer savdalvm01 | where \{$_.ID -eq "f6be0ec0-d8eb-4f06-a804-4b0f2ac2071c"\}
$MachineConfig = Get-MachineConfig -VMMServer savdalvm01 | where \{$_.Name -eq "192.168.1.67"\}
New-P2V -VMMServer savdalvm01 -VMHost $VMHost -RunAsynchronously -JobGroup 66050eed-003a-4728-8436-655a1dde6018 -SourceNetworkConnectionID "00:13:D4:7E:D4:11" -PhysicalAddress "00:13:D4:7E:D4:11" -PhysicalAddressType Static -VirtualNetwork $VirtualNetwork -NetworkLocation "savilltech.net" -MachineConfig $MachineConfig
$VMHost = Get-VMHost -VMMServer savdalvm01 | where \{$_.Name -eq "savdalvs02.savilltech.net"\}
$MachineConfig = Get-MachineConfig -VMMServer savdalvm01 | where \{$_.Name -eq "192.168.1.67"\}
New-P2V -VMMServer savdalvm01 -VMHost $VMHost -RunAsynchronously -JobGroup 66050eed-003a-4728-8436-655a1dde6018 -VolumeDeviceID "C" -Dynamic -IDE -Bus 0 -LUN 0 -MachineConfig $MachineConfig
$Credential = get-credential
$VMHost = Get-VMHost -VMMServer savdalvm01 | where \{$_.Name -eq "savdalvs02.savilltech.net"\}
$MachineConfig = Get-MachineConfig -VMMServer savdalvm01 | where \{$_.Name -eq "192.168.1.67"\}
New-P2V -Credential $Credential -VMMServer savdalvm01 -VMHost $VMHost -Path "d:\virtuals" -Owner "SAVILLTECH\john" -RunAsynchronously -JobGroup 66050eed-003a-4728-8436-655a1dde6018 -Trigger -Name "testp2v" -MachineConfig $MachineConfig -CPUCount 1 -MemoryMB 512 -RunAsSystem -StartAction NeverAutoTurnOnVM -StopAction SaveVM


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"How was Cambodia? What did you do there? What did you learn?"
I know upon returning to America I will be asked these questions incessantly. I am conflicted about how to express my answer because I worry that I won't be able to eloquently convey the emotion and humanity that envelop my memories in a way that will impact others. As I sit here typing and simultaneously reflecting on my experiences in Cambodia, I sadly realize that trying to explain what I've learned here to my family and friends, who remain utterly disconnected from this country and part of the world, will be a formidable task. Will sharing my experiences produce an alternative form of knowledge that creates awareness about the atrocities and oppressive social and political conditions that exist around the world? Will this awareness spark responsibility and civic engagement in the lives of my peers and fellow Americans?
To be frank, I do not think people will genuinely want to hear what I have to say about my time in Cambodia. This is mostly because my engagement here has exposed the harsh realities that frame this country, realities that Khmer people have to live with every day. Cambodians live under a corrupt facade of a democratic government (established and legitimized through self-interested foreign governments such as France, America, China, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam) that does not care about its people and their future or well being. Illegal logging and land grabbing (at the hands of the Cambodian government, and foreign investors from Japan, China, America, Vietnam, and Korea) have displaced thousands of Cambodians and diminished Cambodia's forest coverage from 72% (in 1973) to only 42% (2013) (Open Development). The truth is that the products we buy from H&M, The GAP, Nike, Wal-Mart, Lululemon, and many others severely exploit Cambodian garment workers by paying a starvation wage of $100 a month (Bangkok Post). Human trafficking, sexual slavery, erotic massage parlors, and brothels continue to expand the oppressive and exploitative "sex industry," destroying the lives of Cambodian women and girls by subjecting them to pervasive and ongoing violence. Nearly 80% of Cambodia's population lives in rural areas, yet the urban cities receive the most funding for "development" and "aid," which creates an enormous disparity in resources between those who live in the cities and those who plant rice (World Bank); 70% of Cambodians live on less than $2 a day (Global Witness). The Cambodian government only spends 2.6% of the GDP on education each year, which reinforces the immense socioeconomic disparities between the elite and poor, and deprives Cambodian children and youth of the opportunity to learn and create a better future for themselves and their country (Index Mundi).
And although I have experienced the beauty of the Cambodian landscapes and countryside, felt the welcoming embrace of the people whose lives are tied to this land, tasted the divine flavors of Khmer cuisine, and witnessed the strength and resilience of generations of families plagued by structural inequality, war, famine, and rampant poverty, I do not want to create the illusion that the Cambodian people are living comfortable lives. In fact, most of Cambodia's population is barely surviving.
So instead of producing a generic summary of my experiences in Cambodia to provide a blissfully ignorant depiction of a country known by most North Americans only for the Khmer Rouge, Angkor Wat, or Angelina Jolie, I now find myself trying to answer the question: What do I plan on doing with the experiences I've had and the knowledge I now possess about Cambodia and its relationship to the rest of the world? Cambodia's contemporary realities are part of a complex international story – the difficult realities I see here every day are productions of an imperial/colonial history, abuses of foreign and domestic power, global exploitation due to mass-consumerism, illegal and unsustainable extraction of natural resources, and government corruption sanctioned and funded by foreign investors and international aid.
One of the most important lessons I've learned while in Cambodia was not from a book, journal, guest speaker, or article (although all of those were useful in their own right). Through listening and observing Ponheary Ly, Lori Carlson, and my professor Jaskiran Dhillon, I've learned how crucial it is to create spaces for people; not solutions. Ponheary, Lori, and the PLF team are working every day to create safe and comfortable spaces for Cambodia's children and youth to find solace, motivation, creativity, inspiration, education, and opportunity—many things I have taken for granted. Professor Dhillon created a space for me, as her student, to come to Cambodia and learn beyond the histories and theories taught in our New York City classroom, and offered an opportunity for me to understand what it means to be connected to people and places around the world as a civically engaged student.
What I have learned and experienced in Cambodia is a part of who I am now, and it is my responsibility as a human being and civically engaged student to resist and challenge the power relations and institutions that create and contribute to injustice and social inequalities all over the globe. Apathy and inaction are diseases that plague the society in which I live, and I refuse to be infected anymore.


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News releases concerning Tulane Law School, its faculty, staff, students, and programs are posted here. For more information, please send an email to email@example.com.
November 25, 2013
Amb. Clint Williamson (L '86) addresses Fulbright Scholars at the Louisiana Supreme Court on Nov. 21.(Photo courtesy of the Louisiana Supreme Court)
Amb. Clint Williamson (L '86) chats with Tulane Environmental Law Clinical Instructor Machelle Lee Hall, President of the New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council, and Law School Assistant Dean Jim Letten.
The United States has grown less hostile toward the International Criminal Court but isn't closer to coming under its jurisdiction, Ambassador Clint Williamson, a veteran war crimes investigator told international Fulbright scholars gathered in New Orleans last week for a conference on the Rule of Law.
Williamson, a 1986 Tulane Law School graduate, said in answer to a Canadian Fulbright scholar's question that U.S. officials worry there aren't enough safeguards against "politically driven prosecutions against the U.S. because of the role it plays in the world."
For instance, he said, there were some calls for indictments against Clinton administration officials, including the president, because of civilian deaths during military intervention in the Balkans in the 1990s.
Williamson spoke to the 69 scholars representing 32 countries on Nov. 21 in the Louisiana Supreme Court chamber, where Chief Justice Bernette Johnson and Justice Greg Guidry also welcomed the group. The scholars were co-hosted by Tulane Law School, the New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council and the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Williamson has worked as an assistant District Attorney in New Orleans and in the U.S. Justice Department's Organized Crime Section. As a trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, he investigated and helped produce the first indictment against former Serbian and Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic.
Williamson served as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes issues during both the Bush and Obama administrations and currently is lead prosecutor for the Brussels-based European Union Special Investigative Task Force, which is investigating allegations of atrocities in Kosovo that include killing prisoners to sell their organs.
He told the scholars that the ICTY met with great skepticism when it was created 20 years ago as a new mechanism for achieving international justice. But once it was shown that arresting those indicted wouldn't cause unwanted upheaval, he said, "those who had been most intent on creating instability were neutralized by these arrests."
He said the success of the ICTY provided impetus for war crimes tribunals seeking justice for atrocities in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Cambodia and led to creation of the International Criminal Court, which went into effect in 2002.
While not all human rights abuses can be policed — for lack of resources and, in some instances, lack of international consensus — the prospect of holding perpetrators of heinous crimes accountable is "no longer beyond the realm of imagination," Williamson said.
He called that "a huge milestone and one that perhaps will make the world a slightly better place."The Fulbright scholars are teaching and conducting research throughout the U.S. Their sessions, which included a day at Tulane Law School, covered various aspects of civil rights, the use of legislative drafting to strengthen the rule of law and methods for dealing with public corruption.
The Fulbright Program, established in 1946 through legislation sponsored by then-Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.
Tulane Lawyer Magazine


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text: I stayed at the Atala for a week and a half. The room I had faced the back courtyard and was very quiet. I enjoyed opening the window and having a peaceful view with plants, trees and cooing birds. The hotel is just a short walk from the Champs de Elysee and a metro stop (George V on Line 1)... More


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History Labs: Inquiry-Based Teaching and Assessments of American History in Howard County Public Schools
Maryland's Howard County, southwest of Baltimore County, has recently experienced unprecedented growth. Cultural and ethnic diversity have increased, as have poverty levels. Achievement gaps have appeared, budgets have been reduced and many experienced history teachers have retired, leaving a teaching force that needs the support of strong professional development. This 3-year graduate-level program will offer a 1-day fall colloquium, three Saturday sessions during the school year and a week-long summer institute. Participating teachers will represent all school levels, and priority will be given to teachers who lack history certification or those who teach at schools in need of improvement, and schools with heavy populations of underperforming students and English language learners. Historians and history education specialists will offer instruction on content and research-based teaching strategies. History Labs: Inquiry-Based Teaching and Assessments of American History in Howard County Public Schools will have participants read primary sources for content and understanding, carry out critical analysis, write evidence-based statements and interpretations, and engage in informed discussion of key historical questions and issues. The major classroom strategy will be inquiry-based instruction, and teachers will learn to create multiday history labs in their own classrooms. They will also develop formative and summative assessments to measure student progress. Each teacher ill implement at least five history labs, giving them experience they can use as master teachers to support colleagues after the grant period ends. The best teacher-created products will be available online as resources for other history teachers. The project will also create the "Assessment Resource Center for History," an online collection of formative and summative assessments categorized by time period and linked to national U.S. history standards.


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To clarify: I am not a parent (yet). This post is dedicated to today's events where Tom and I were entrusted with babysitting duties for the day to look after Tom's niece, Molly, who is 16 months old. We were both a little nervous to start with as we have never had Miss Molly for a whole day before.
The sun was shining and so we took a walk to the lakes to feed the ducks, where Molly decided that she too was a duck, and ate the bread with them. We then stopped for some real lunch and Molly kept Tom and I in giggles with her entertaining expressions, cheeky laugh and outbursts of random words. When we returned home, she decided that nap time was not on the agenda and we all carried on playing arbitrary games. The hours passed by too quickly and before she was picked up, we played outside with the pigeons and I think that she changed her tune and thought she was one of them instead of a duck 🙂
Anyway, Molly returned to her parents (The lovely Mork and Mindy) happy and in one piece. YAY for us!!! It made me think a lot about how I'd be as a parent, IF one day I have kids of my own. So I looked for some pictures of HOW NOT TO PARENT YOUR CHILD. The shizz that people come up with is unbelievable, take a look:
P.S. If you have kids, I will not be held responsible for any ideas that you now have in your head.
P.P.S. The only ACCEPTABLE photo of Molly that I can put up from today is below and the rest are in a folder on my laptop named: How not to babysit your niece 🙂


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3. Wooden Drums
Due to the great variety of drums used in percussion it is useful to divide them into categories. The first type of drums we will explore are wooden instruments, whose playing surface is made of wood rather than animal or synthetic skin. The cajon (box drum) originates from Latin America and was used by slaves who were forbidden to use the traditional drums of their native lands. rumba de cajon rhythms originate from playing a low pitch on fish crates, the middle voice on tobacco crates and the higher voice cigar boxes. Modern cajons have replaced the fish crate and are still used to play rumba music. Some use special materials to create several sounds (snare and bass) on a single box.
The player usually sits on the box and strikes the sides with his hands.
Yambu Drums combine the playing method and concept of a Cajon with the tapering shape of a conga drum. They come in two sizes, the large tumba drum and the smaller conga. The tumba produces the bass notes and the conga produces the slaps and knocking sounds that distinguishes it from other drums.
Slit Drums
Slit drums have a rich tradition in African, Latin American and Indonesian cultures and were used in rituals and as a communication instrument. Today slit drums are used in experimental music, music therapy and even early years music education since they are fun and easy to play. They are usually created from a box with various sizes of wooden bars or tongues cut into the top. These bars create different pitches and can be used to create simple melodies. Tapping them with the fingers or with mallets produce the sonorous timbres these instruments are known for.


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