text: On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, laytonjb at charter.net wrote: > rgb, > Perhaps I'm not thinking as broadly as Rich. But I see a web-base solution as a > better idea than asking (or forcing) ISV's to put some new code in their applications > to run on a cluster (BTW - in my experience some customers use the GUIs that > come with ISV codes and some don't.). I agree, in detail -- I just think that what you are describing is something that has been implemented many times over in grid-land, specifically (to my knowledge) in ATLAS (the DOE/HEP project, not the linear algebra library). See e.g. http://atlas-proj-computing-tdr.web.cern.ch/atlas-proj-computing-tdr/Html/Computing-TDR.htm But elsewhere as well in e.g. bioinformatics land and chemistryville. Note that the "grid" in question is basically a union of clusters capable of running anything from EP codes (which is probably the rule for obvious reasons) to PVM/MPI real parallel codes. The clusters are "generic", that is and could be designed or built to provide any level of cluster service or be optimized for any particular code type. The thing that makes these clusters into a grid is that one agency pays for them all and insists that the resource not be wasted, so that any researchers associated with the (globe-spanning) project can access idle resources in any cluster. Since these researchers have the usual wide range of desktop workstations, a web based interface is essential, but there are strong requirements on the interface beyond that -- strong authentication, encryption etc. Since the web portals are of necessity open to the entire internet they have to be secure enough that local cluster admins don't feel like they are opening their internal network to the wolves by putting the interface up at all. Internally, the clusters are architected much as you describe, with a shared disk resources that for the proposal I helped to work on needed to START at the ~100+ TB level -- HEP likes BIG datasets -- and commensurately very high bandwidth on the primary ATLAS site PoP -- we were talking about colocating on the lambda rail and the internet2 backbone, for example. With scaleability to eventual petabyte capacity. The internel IPC network was actually more modest as the code base expected to be run was mostly EP. The disk service network was where one would likely invest in higher speed and better performance networks or better data delivery designs. The only point I was really making is that this is a good problem not to reinvent wheels for. Microsoft is even a Globus sponsor, so one hopes that they are not openly averse to a Globus interface to linux-based clusters embedded in a MS-based workstation environment. Or rather, that while their marketing department might be appalled at the very suggestion (when one could equally easily pay them large amounts of money for their native clustering product and support thereof) it will work just fine. A grid toolkit isn't just for "grids". Indeed, one could spend many pages just debating where a "cluster" stops and starts becoming a "grid". I personally think of a grid as a union of clusters with a portable interface enabling authenticated, policy-enabled, resource-matched WAN access to any resources within the union, but obviously a set of one is still a set -- the WAN interface ultimately defines a "grid". Arguments, corrections, further discussions welcome as always. And I am NOT asserting that ATLAS's model should be naively emulated, BTW -- the design sucked in several ways IMO when I went through it before, in particular its reliance on pacman and the usual (at the time) wierdness in the HEP community in insisting on the use of archaic versions of linux in order to guarantee that their antique and difficult to rebuild codes would find tested libraries in place. There was a clear conflict between being able to support modern devices with a modern kernel and its drivers in a modern distro and this "we haven't ported or tested past RH 7.3" mentality that may have finally disappeared with e.g. Scientific Linux representing a much more up to date and portable and rebuildable version of much of e.g. the CERN code base and other tools, but I suspect that part of it is still there. ATLAS members on the list? Comments? rgb > > Jeff > > >> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, laytonjb at charter.net wrote: >> >>> I really think the web interface is the way to go. This way you can submit jobs from >>> any machine that has a browser (Linux, Windows, Mac, etc.). >> >> Isn't that what gridware basically does already? Doesn't SGE provide a >> web interface to resources (a cluster) it controls? Isn't that a >> significant part of the point of the Globus project? The ATLAS grid >> (IIRC) uses a grid interface, more or less, to provide just this sort of >> layer isolation between cluster/grid resource and the user. >> >> There are problems with this, of course. It is wonderful if the >> grid/cluster already has a canned package installed, so that what the >> user "submits" is a parametric dataset that tells the cluster how and >> what to run with that package. BLAST etc work fine this way and there >> exist cluster/grids architected just this way for this purpose, from >> what I can tell via google. If you want to run YOUR source code on the >> cluster from a different OS, however, well, that's a problem isn't it? >> >> I think that there have been efforts to resolve even this -- ways of >> submitting your source (or a functional binary) with build (or run) >> instructions in a "package" -- I vaguely remember that ATLAS attempts to >> implement a little horror called "pacman" for this purpose. I leave to >> your imaginations the awesome mess of dealing with library requirements, >> build incompatibilities, mistaken assumptions, and worse across >> architectures especially ones likely for people who write in MS C++ (or >> a C downshift thereof) and expect it the source to "just run" when >> recompiled on a linux box. >> >> Practically speaking, for source code based applications if the user has >> a linux box (or even a canned vmware linux development environment they >> can run as a windows appliance -- and there are many of them prebuilt >> and available for free so this is no longer that crazy a solution on a >> moderately powerful windows workstation -- and sufficient linux >> expertise to work through builds thereupon, they can develop binaries or >> build packages that they can submit to a cluster via a web interface >> that hides all cluster detail. If not, then not. >> >> Joe of course is building specific purpose clusters for many of his >> clients and hence can successfully implement either canned software >> solutions OR can manage the porting, building, preinstallation of the >> client's software so that they can use it via a web-appliance interface. >> Basically they purchase his expertise to do the code migration -- which >> is again fine if the source is mature and unlikely to need a lot of >> real-time tweaking and if they mostly want an appliance with which to >> process a very large data space or parametric space a little at a time >> (so "jobs" are parametric descriptions used to start up a task). >> >> There are various other details associated with gridware and cluster >> usage of this sort that make the idea "good" or "bad" per application. >> If the application is bottlenecked by data access -- it processes huge >> files, basically -- one can spend a lot of time loading data onto the >> cluster via e.g. the web interface compared to a little time running the >> application on the data, something that can perhaps be done more >> smoothly and faster with a native shared disk implementation instead of >> double hits on native disk on both ends plus a (probably slow) network >> transfer. Accessing other resources -- GUI access to the program being >> run, for example -- similarly depends strongly on having the right hooks >> on both ends. >> >> rgb >> >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>>> Here is a proactive suggestion for keeping open source >>>> ahead of Microsoft CCS: >>>> 1. I think CCS will appeal to small shops with no prior cluster >>>> and no admin capability beyond a part time windows person. >>>> 2. such customers are the volume seats for a range of desktop >>>> CAD/CAE tools. >>>> 3. Such ISVs will see potential of license growth, and will >>>> likely choose to tie-in to the Microsoft message of ease-of-use. >>>> A big feature here, in my view, is the one-button-job-launch. >>>> >>>> This means, for Linux to have a position as the backend >>>> compute cluster, we must have this one button job launch >>>> capability. A Windows library must be available to >>>> the ISV, to provide a job submission API to the batch >>>> scheduler. With such a feature, the ISVs can be >>>> persued to incoporate. >>>> >>>> Ideally the job submission API is a kind of standard, so >>>> the ISV does not see duplicate work versus the batch scheduler >>>> used. >>>> >>>> So, >>>> a) we need a job submission API, and >>>> b) we need the Windows library added to Linux batch schedulers. >>>> (I'm not saying the scheduler runs on Windows, we just need >>>> the submission/retrieve portion). >>>> >>>> Does such exist already? >>>> >>>> Thanks, Rich >>>> Rich Altmaier, SGI >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >>>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >>> >> >> -- >> Robert G. 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One more final post of 2012. This one is really to thank everyone who made it such a great year: my family, many new and many old friends, new and old coworkers, my awesome supportive readers, other inspiring bloggers and creatives. 2012 was really the year of the friend for me. I can't even begin to send my appreciation for everything all the people in my life have done to make this an incredible year.
A few highlights in desserts:
- • I'm never short of good food nearby in DC and I shared many brunches, cocktails, doughnuts, lattes, gelato, and meals with wonderful friends
- • Turning 25 and celebrating with all of my favorite people and some Whisked cupcakes
- • I helped coordinate some beautiful weddings – and ate great cake at the end of each night!
- • Bloggers becoming friends is pretty awesome. Even better when you're eating fruit tarts at Martha Stewart or making funnel cake or chocolate soufflé together.
- • Relaxing worry-free family vacations
- • New friends, good coffee, fun music, real connections, breakfast pastries.
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2011 Oilers Autograph Session at WEM
This thing is going on today, starting at 1:00PM at West Edmonton Mall. I usually line up early each year, but this time around I'm stuck doing some work from home until noon. By then, I'm pretty sure the lines will be crazy long… so I think I'll have to pass.
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Kanye West Selling First Pair of Zanotti Stilettos for $6,000
If you consider yourself a fashionista, have a Carrie Bradshaw-inspired taste in shoes, love Kanye West and can drop six grand for footwear, then we've got great news for you. The rapper-turned-budding-fashion-designer is selling a pair of women's heels in Paris to the tune of nearly $6,000.
According to Star Pulse, the shoes are being sold at Colette, a famed local boutique.
West's DW Kanye West clothing line debuted on runways during Paris Fashion Week in October of 2011, where it was met with somewhat of a lukewarm response. However, the models were wearing cream-colored, strappy heels with pearls and a sweater-like look, and those generated plenty of "Oohs and ahhs" from the fashion crowd. Yeezy partnered with Giuseppe Zanotti to design those very shoes, which look like slouchy booties, which are very "right now."
West has previous shoe experience, having worked with both a high-end fashion house (Louis Vuitton) and a mass merchant street wear company (Nike) to create sneakers in the past. Zanotti is right up there with Blahnik, Atwood and Louboutin when it comes to sexy, coveted shoes with lofty price tags! Remember, Lady Gaga referenced the designer in the prelude to her 'Marry the Night' video. He's certainly earned the respect of pop stars, so it makes perfect sense for West to have worked with him.
This particular pair has a street feel, and you can dress them up or down, depending on your mood or personal style.
While West has scored a win with these extra expensive stilettos, he isn't daunted by the not-so-posi reaction to the duds in his collection. He has returned for another round of Fashion Week to debut his Autumn/Winter 2012 collection.


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Sounding like a cross between the late J.J. Cale and Greg Brown, Ray Bonneville celebrates his new Red House Records release. Perhaps "celebrates" is the wrong verb — "Easy Gone" is filled with downbeat, spare, world-weary songs, including the miserable new murder ballad "Love Is Wicked." A cheerful little earful it ain't, but the Austin, Texas-based singer, tasty guitarist and harmonica man does manage to make his lost love songs and deserted road songs pretty insidious and contagious. (9 p.m. Fri., Aster Cafe, $15.) Tom Surowicz
Massachusetts-launched singer-songwriter Dar Williams is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her folk-pop debut, "The Honesty Room," by performing it in its entirety. She emerged as a smart, often humorous songwriter with a flair for pop hooks. Over the course of eight more studio albums, her writing has evolved to reveal more depth and embrace a wider range of topics and social commentary. Williams' stage presence is as fresh and amusing as her music. (7 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Dakota Jazz Club, $35.) Jon Bream
Saturday would have been folk-music giant Pete Seeger's 95th birthday. (He died in January.) So good-hearted Minneapolis singer Larry Long has organized "For Pete's Sake," a concert to honor his activist pal Seeger. The well-connected Long has enlisted about 95 guests, including singer/musicians Robert Robinson, Prudence Johnson, Tony Glover, Chastity Brown, Mitch Walking Elk and Aimee Bryant as well as Sharon Sayles Belton, Louis Alemayehu, Josie Johnson, Ann Bancroft and others to recite Seeger's written work. Scenes from Minnesota filmmaker Bill Eigen's 2007 documentary, "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song," also will be shown. The event is a fundraiser for the Park Avenue Children's Defense Fund Freedom School in south Minneapolis. Read a profile of Long at startribune.com/music. (7:30 p.m. Sat., Fitzgerald Theater, $30.) Bream
At the Orpheum last August, Diana Ross gave the kind of the fabulous performance you wouldn't have expected from the Motown queen at age 69. Well, she is the diva's diva. She knows how to work a gown and a song. She offered Motown hits, Billie Holiday numbers and several of her solo smashes. So what if the show was a tad short and she didn't sing "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)." She has to sing that anthem at the annual benefit for Pacer Center, which serves children with disabilities. (About 8 p.m. Sat., following a pre-show auction, Minneapolis Convention Center, $70-$600, 952-838-9000, pacer.org) Bream
After two appearances at the swanky Dakota, Rock Hall of Famer Leon Russell takes his distinctive blend of gospel/blues/rock to the funky ol' West Bank. The 72-year-old with the seemingly gerry-rigged keyboard setup will play favorites by the Beatles, Stones and Dylan (he was a session player on countless famous records) as well as such essential Russell records as "Delta Lady," "Tight Rope" and "A Song for You." Bring your earplugs. Louisiana-reared, New York-based Americana singer Riley Etheridge Jr. opens. (8 p.m. Sat., Cedar Cultural Center, $35-$50.) Bream
When he's not touring with big brother Pete's group the Who, Simon Townshend has impressed with his own records. He just released "Denial," his eighth solo outing. His high vocal register recalls Pete's, and the songs discussing the challenges of life and odd musings suggests some of Pete's solo work. Of course, if you'd never heard any of Pete's records, you might be heaping praise on Simon. (7 p.m. Sun., Dakota, $25.) Bream
Hard to believe it's been seven years since Queens of the Stone Age last played in Minnesota, given the band's storied local history, going back to its 400 Bar gig with Dave Grohl on drums (2002) and its so-called Duluth Tour (2007). The groove-metal wizard of the California desert, Josh Homme, and his always-tight crew did not disappoint with their long-awaited sixth album, " ... Like Clockwork." Fans probably needn't worry about the Wilkins' notorious acoustics drowning out the album's loud and heavy mojo. Opener Chelsea Wolfe might be recognized from the trailer for this season's "Game of Thrones." (7:30 p.m. Tue., Roy Wilkins Auditorium, $32.50-$39.50.) Chris Riemenschneider
After somehow graduating beyond novelty-act status with its first couple of white-hipsters-doing-dirty-funk-rap albums, Montreal's kitschy electro-disco duo Chromeo is on the verge of another breakthrough. At Coachella last month, falsetto-loving singer David Macklovitch and his Oates-like partner Patrick Gemayel had swarms of California millennials dancing like they were auditioning for "Breakin' 3." Now, they're touring to hype their first album with Atlantic Records, "White Women," full of Pharrell-like happy dance-pop and featuring such guests as Solange Knowles and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig. Los Angeles duo Oliver opens. (9 p.m. Tue., First Avenue, sold out.) Riemenschneider
After last year's riotous FLAG tour with other Black Flag alums, Los Angeles punk hero Keith Morris (see also: Circle Jerks) is back tossing his dreadlocks, skinning his knees and shredding his vocal cords around the stage with OFF!, one of the most viscerally satisfying new bands of the past four years. The band's second album, "Wasted Years," has an especially raw, live sound that came with recording it in their rehearsal space, but still offers the same 1- to 2-minute short-burst tunes and crushing riffs. Charmingly grimy Brooklyn punk quintet Cerebral Ballzy opens with NASA Space Universe. (8 p.m. Wed., Triple Rock, $15.) Riemenschneider
Mastodon shows are heard and absorbed more than they're seen, with little in the way of stage lighting, banter or personality. It's just 90-minutes-plus of nonstop riffing, shredding and pounding. The Atlanta prog-thrashers are touring ahead of their first studio album in three years, "Once More 'Round the Sun," due in June with the surprisingly melodic new single "High Road" leading the way. Two of Europe's burgeoning new metal bands, France's Gojira and Norway's Kvelertak, open. (7:30 p.m. Wed., First Avenue, $26.50-$30.) Riemenschneider
Xeno is a footnote in Midwest rock 'n' roll. He began his career in 1971 as lead singer of a Rockford, Ill., bar band called Cheap Trick. In '73, he left for the Twin Cities (with Robin Zander replacing him) and a theatrical/glitter rock band called Straight Up and later joined Dare Force. In '82, Xeno signed on with Milwaukee's Bad Boy, and he's been rocking in the City of Festivals ever since. He's got a new band, Happy Jax, which features longtime BoDeans bassist Bob Griffin, and a new solo album, "I Still Believe in Rock 'n' Roll." Highlight: The full-tilt rocker "No Personality," which evokes the New York Dolls. (7 p.m. Thu., Minnesota Music Cafe, $5-$7. ) Bream
Nearly a decade since its members started playing together at Oregon (Wis.) High School, near Madison, the Youngblood Brass Band is starting to blow up. A 10-member, hip-hop-infused adaptation of a funked-up New Orleans brass band — there's even a full-time rapper — the Youngbloods issued last year's album, "Pax Volumi," via England's Tru Thoughts label (also Alice Russell's reps) and have gained NPR support and festival gigs. Electro-funky local rapper Botzy opens. (9 p.m. Thu., Triple Rock, $10-$12.) Riemenschneider
It's hard to say which is more momentous: a hip-hop show at the Dakota, or Carnage with a live band. With his beatboxing skills, the well-respected Minneapolis rapper is something of a one-man-band, but for a show he's calling "Up Close & Merciful," he'll leave the beats and grooves in the capable hands of guitar wiz Mike Michel, drummer Mark Schwandt (White Light Riot), bassist Ian Allison (Jeremy Messersmith) and keyboardist Josh Holmgren (More Than Lights). (11 p.m. Fri., Dakota, $8.) Riemenschneider
With his mug shot from a burglary arrest for cover art, straight-outta-Compton rapper YG's debut album, "My Krazy Life," really isn't all that crazy. The 24-year-old budding star doles out hard, Ice Cube-style street tales alongside calls for women and weed as salvation. Young Jeezy was the album's executive producer and guests on the single "My N---a," which made it to No. 19 on Billboard's Hot 100. The young gangsta is performing with DJ Mustard, who helmed most of the record. (9 p.m. Thu., First Avenue, $22-$25.) Riemenschneider
Veteran soul/R&B singer Sonny Knight is in the midst of a career revival after hooking up with the Lakers, a sparkplug group of hip, young, funk-loving musicians. The eight-man ensemble formed in the wake of 2012's "Twin Cities Funk & Soul" compilation album from Secret Stash Records. Their Secret Stash debut, "I'm Still Here," shows how well they've jelled, delivering tight, seedy funk blasts such as "Jucy Lucy" as adeptly as the elegantly arranged, two-part Curtis Mayfield-style title track. The Honeydogs and punky doo-woppers Southside Desire open. (8 p.m. Sat., First Avenue, $10-$15.) Riemenschneider
After being eliminated on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2006, country star Sara Evans divorced and struggled career-wise. "Stronger," her 2011 album, signaled a comeback with the chart-topping single "A Little Bit Stronger." She makes a strong move away from Nashville on this year's "Slow Me Down," traveling in Pat Benatar territory on "You Never Know" and dueting with Gavin McGraw on the peppy, piano pop tune "Not Over You" and the Fray's Isaac Slade on the big pop ballad "Can't Stop Loving You." A twangy Vince Gill duet, the fiddle-accented "Better Off," sounds a little more country. Opening are the Swon Brothers, from NBC's "The Voice." (8 p.m. Sat., Mystic Lake Casino, $44 & $54.) Bream
Chicago stars Robbie Fulks and Don Stiernberg will help the splendid Twin Cities bluegrass quintet the High 48s celebrate their sixth album, "Great Northern Railroad," featuring tunes by Greg Brown, Becky Schlegel, Robin and Linda Williams, even Muddy Waters. Fulks is the alt-country songsmith whose recent album "Gone Away Backward" is a bluegrass-compatible gem, while Stiernberg is an outstanding jazz mandolinist and a fine harmony singer. They were bandmates with High 48s guitarist/frontman Marty Marrone in the Grammy-nominated bluegrass group the Special Consensus, so this will be a happy and hip reunion. (7:30 p.m. Fri., O'Shaughnessy Educational Center, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Av., St. Paul. $15.) Surowicz
Acoustic guitar buffs should be excited by a duet show co-starring Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge. Lage is the former jazz child prodigy best known now as a member of several great Gary Burton quartets. Eldridge is a young bluegrass all-star who made his mark with the Seldom Scene, then the Infamous Stringdusters, and more recently as co-founder of the Punch Brothers as well as a prized sideman for the likes of Paul Simon, Justin Timberlake and Elvis Costello. (7 p.m. Wed., Dakota Jazz Club, $25.) Surowicz
Besides being a fine guitarist, adept composer and veteran educator, Paul Renz is good at finding new concert venues to invade. Case in point: the Steeple Center, a former church in Rosemount, where Renz's quartet will feature Baltimore-based pianist Alan Blackman, who has performed with a host of jazz heavyweights (Donny McCaslin, Joe Locke, Richie Cole) and whose music has been featured on such TV shows as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Nashville," and even a Stephen King flick, "1408". (7 p.m. Sat., 14375 S. Robert Trail, 651-322-6020. $5.) Surowicz
When German violin prodigy Veronika Eberle made her New York recital debut in 2009, at just 20, she won critical praise for her "introverted intensity and interpretive boldness." Now she is appearing for the first time with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra to play Beethoven's sweetly lyrical Violin Concerto. Roberto Abbado was sick and did not appear with the SPCO as scheduled last week, but will conduct these concerts. Also on the program: Eight Instrumental Miniatures by Stravinsky, and Haydn's Symphony No. 88. (8 p.m. Fri. at Wayzata Community Church, 125 E. Wayzata Blvd.; 8 p.m. Sat. at St. Paul's UCC, 900 Summit Av., St. Paul, $10-$40, 651-291-1144, or thespco.org.) Claude Peck
Minnesota composer David Evan Thomas gets a world premiere by 40-voice choral group Kantorei in concerts in Owatonna and St. Paul. Thomas sets his piece "For God So Loved the World" to Jesus' words to Nicodemus in John 3:16. "It's one of the cardinal texts of the Church," Thomas says, "but I haven't found many treatments of it." Led by Axel Theimer, Kantorei also performs music by Britten, Hindemith, Poulenc, Stephen Paulus and others. (7:30 p.m. Sat., Sacred Heart Parish, 810 S. Cedar Av., Owatonna; 4 p.m. Sun., St. Paul Seminary, 2260 Summit Av., St. Paul, $20, 612-217-4647, www.kantorei.net.) Peck
The SPCO's Liquid Music series continues to explore classical music's next frontier by pairing violist Nadia Sirota with Icelandic composer Daniel Bjarnason. Sirota, who's been called "the beating heart of radical modern classical," will premiere a string version of Bjarnason's concerto "Sleep Variations," joined by a new local ensemble making its debut, the Minneapolis Music Company. Led by former Minnesota Orchestra assistant conductor Mischa Santora, the group plans to present interdisciplinary concerts blending live music with other performing and visual art forms. (7 p.m. Tue., Amsterdam Bar & Hall, $10.) Kristin Tillotson


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Colbie Caillat Visits Santee Education Complex
On May 31 GRAMMY-winning artist Colbie Caillat joined David R. Sears, Senior Director of the GRAMMY Foundation, to present Los Angeles-based Santee Education Complex with the GRAMMY Foundation's 2011 GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award, which recognizes efforts made by schools that are economically underserved. Prior to the presentation, Caillat congratulated the students on their achievements and spoke about how music education has benefited her career.
"I'm very proud of you guys and I hope you're excited for what's to come of your music careers," said Caillat. "Learning how to play an instrument when I was younger meant the world to me and led me to be a songwriter, so I encourage that in all of you. I know you can do it."
Santee Education Complex was awarded $5,500 by the GRAMMY Foundation in support of its music program, and the presentation was followed by a performance by the school's music program students.
Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that make an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year. The GRAMMY Signature Schools program is supported in part by Best Buy, Campbell's Labels for Education program, Ford Motor Company Fund, Gibson Foundation, and Hot Topic Foundation.


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Venture Capitalists Offer Advice to New Mexico Tech Professors, Oct. 21, 2008
Dr. Snezna Rogelj presents her concept for a device that provides rapid, highly-sensitive, DNA-based detection of pathogens at the inaugural Technology Workshop at New Mexico Tech.
By Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 21, 2008 – Brain power, meet business acumen.
Seven New Mexico Tech professors presented their research to a panel of venture capitalists and business incubation specialists at the inaugural Technology Workshop on Friday, Oct. 10.
Dr. Peter Anselmo, chairman of the Department of Management at Tech, organized the Technology Workshop to bring Tech professors together with industry leaders. The expert panel includes some of New Mexico's most prominent venture capitalists from the Verge Fund and Flywheel Ventures.
"We're getting Tech researchers linked with the venture capital community," Anselmo said. "We have a campus full of brilliant scientists who are doing ground-breaking research and patent-worthy work. These innovative ideas can't grow in a vacuum. I want to help grease the tracks to bring some of these concepts to the market."
The seven presentations represent seven different departments on campus:
- Dr. David Burleigh, Materials Engineering,
- Dr. Robert Bowman, Earth and Environmental Sciences, presented by Jaron Andrews
- Dr. Anders Jorgensen, Electrical Engineering
- Dr. Peng Zhang, Chemistry
- Dr. Ashok Ghosh, Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. Peter Anselmo, Management, presented by Delilah Vega-Walsh
- Dr. Snezna Rogelj, Biology
Burleigh discussed a process he developed to electrochemically grow a protective magnetite film on the surface of steel. The panelists seemed interested in the large-scale applicability for the steel industry, which spends millions every year fighting rust.
The panelists said Burleigh might have missed an opportunity by applying for a U.S. patent, but not an international patent.
"So much of the world's steel action is outside the United States," said Doug Lee of the WESST Enterprise Center in Albuquerque.
He also said that researchers at LSU are working on a similar technology, but that Burleigh's methods are much more cost-effective.
Bowman has developed a zeolite-iron filtration system that cleans water. His research, presented by master's student Jaron Andrews, focuses on a wide range of applications from small-scale operations in rural, developing-country communities, to large-scale operations for industry and large municipal water systems.
Panelists were very encouraging about the potential marketability of Bowman's patented processes.
Chris Haase, of Shell Oil's business incubator, GameChanger, said the methodology has global marketability on a large scale.
John Chavez, of the New Mexico Angels investor group, said the concept would be scalable in China, India, Africa and elsewhere. Haase suggested Alberta as a potential customer because the Canadian province has massive amounts of produced water and no solution for decontamination.
Jorgensen presented his concept for a new business approach to using artificial-intelligence, in this case genetic programming, to automate foreign-exchange trading. In general, the panelists said the concept needs more development; however, they had plenty of suggestions for marketing and trademarking the finished product.
Left: Dr. Peng Zhang gets advice from Chris Haase, a business incubation specialist with Shell Oil Co.'s GameChanger. In the background at left is Jaron Andrews, a Tech graduate student who spoke about Dr. Rob Bowman's patented zeolite processes.
Zhang has designed a photosensitizer, which potentially satisfies the requirements to become a next-generation photodynamic therapy drugs for cancer treatment. In short, Zhang has developed a method of locally activating medicine by applying light to the human body.
Panelists encouraged Zhang to patent and trademark his methods and designs.
Ghosh presented his research into developing a "Smart Helmet," a method of layering metals that can adapt its strength and stiffness depending on the surrounding environment. Panelists were very encouraging. They urged Ghosh to develop a trademark and start small. They said the biggest market might not be the best market.
Haase suggested starting with toy and recreation market, like skateboard kneepads and helmets, as opposed to military helmets.
Again, panelists encourage Ghosh to trademark and patent his design, siting GoreTex as an example of a recognizable brand that excels by reputation and not by monopoly.
Graduate student Delilah Vega-Walsh presented a project supervised by Anselmo as part of Governor Richardson's Media Industries Strategies Project. Anselmo's group has developed LiveResearch, an interactive, web-based alternative methodology for focus group research and a research tool for investigation of the impact of information on opinions. LiveResearch is software that is ready for the market. Walsh said her team's projections indicate a potential revenue stream of $5 million to $7 million per year.
The software would be marketed to research and polling firms. The innovative feature is the combination of powerful interaction and high-level administrative functionality, Walsh said. Panelists seemed skeptical about the revenue projections and size of the market, but were overall encouraging and were impressed with Walsh's multimedia presentation.
Rogelj talked about her rapid, highly-sensitive, DNA-based detection of pathogens for identification of deadly biological materials for medical, bioterrorist, and other purposes.


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The new Quick-Release Hook Carriage for Likorall is simple to use and provides for planned transfer of lift motors without the need for tools. For you as a client this means the possibility to choose an overall solution with fewer motors and consequently lower overall cost.
With the new Quick-Release Hook Carriage, we can together create a solution adapted to the needs of your organization. You can simply choose to install rail systems in all rooms, while installing overhead lift motors only in some of them. This way you have the freedom to change your system concurrently with the shifting needs of your organization. The possibility of planned transfer means that you can have a lift motor in different rooms at different times. This can also be practical in short-term accommodations, for instance, or for palliative care.
A solution with Likorall and Quick-Release Hook Carriage should not be compared with a traditional portable lift, such as the Multirall. If you regularly need lifts in several places and fixed installations in all rooms, portable overhead lifts or mobile lifts may be a better solution.
Should the need increase, and you need lifts in all rooms, completing the rail systems with more lift motors is easy.
The lift motor is easily connected by the staff, without the need for tools.
Quick-Release Hook Carriage is compatible with all Likorall models and can also be installed on older rail systems from Liko.
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"Boyhood" prevailed at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, collecting the coveted picture nod, as well as director for Richard Linklater, supporting actress for Patricia Arquette and best young actor/actress for Ellar Coltrane.
Kevin Costner, Ron Howard and Jessica Chastain were the recipients of special awards. Costner took home the Lifetime Achievement Award; Howard received the LOUIS XIII Critics' Choice Genius Award. Chastain received the group's first MVP Award.
The festivities were held at the Hollywood Palladium with Michael Strahan as host.
Here's a full list of all the winners:


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We would like to extend a warm welcome to those of you visiting the online home of Factions.
Factions is a sandbox MMO 3 years into development. We have a devoted and very talented team working on the game and are making great strides every day towards releasing the game, most likely in a few years.
So please visit the forums, ask your questions, raise your concerns, make your suggestions. We would love to hear from you!
Mike Stankiewicz (TheeLord)
Factions Founder and Lead Programmer.


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240W-5A Charger for 36V Lithium Iron Phosphate LiFe (LiFePO4) battery
The 240W-5A charger for 36V Lithium Iron Phosphate battery optimizes the performance and lifespan of Lithium batteries.
This product is designed for the product lines:
- PowerBrick® 12V (general use)
- PowerStart® 12V (High Discharge Power)
Charge algorithm
The 240W-5A charger for 36V Lithium Iron Phosphate battery incorporates a charging algorithm fully compatible with Lithium Iron Phosphate technology batteries. Constant current (CC) / Constant voltage (CV) up to the end of the charge set at a current level of 200mA. The LFP (LiFePO4) technology allows a fast charging of the battery, sometimes in only 2 hours. As this technology has a very low discharge (<5% per month), the floating function is not useful. Charging current is automatically regulated thanks to its algorithm for more efficient charging and longer battery lifespan.
For safety
It is protected against short-circuit and accidental polarity reversal. The metal case with active ventilation system allows the charger to be used in harsh environments or hot climates.
Electrical insolation
The charger has a full electrical isolation allowing several chargers to be connected in parallel to increase the charging power and shorten the charging time.
With energy efficiency > 85%, the charger produces less heat, delivers more energy and allows faster charging.
The material
- Front panel LEDs: LED 1 RED (power supply), LED 2 RED (charging), LED 2 GREEN (complete charging)
- Electrical protection: Short-circuit, reverse polarity, overvoltage
- Integrated ventilation system
- Power supply 230VAC-50/60Hz


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The Deeper Questions Behind the Ambassador's Murder … and the CIA Boss' Sudden ResignationWhile the GOP is attacking (and Dems defending) the Obama administration in connection with the murder of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, there is a deeper story.
Sure, it is stunning that the State Department never requested backup or that people such as Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer allege that President Obama personally watched in real time the attacks as they occurred via video feeds from drones flying over the Benghazi consulate.
But these claims only can be assessed – and the whole confusing mess only makes sense – if the deeper underlying story is first exposed.
Many Syrian Terrorists Come from LibyaThe U.S. supported opposition which overthrew Libya's Gadaffi was largely comprised of Al Qaeda terrorists.
According to a 2007 report by West Point's Combating Terrorism Center's center, the Libyan city of Benghazi was one of Al Qaeda's main headquarters – and bases for sending Al Qaeda fighters into Iraq – prior to the overthrow of Gaddafi:
Al Qaeda is now largely in control of Libya. Indeed, Al Qaeda flags were flown over the Benghazi courthouse once Gaddafi was toppled.
(Incidentally, Gaddafi was on the verge of invading Benghazi in 2011, 4 years after the West Point report cited Benghazi as a hotbed of Al Qaeda terrorists. Gaddafi claimed – rightly it turns out – that Benghazi was an Al Qaeda stronghold and a main source of the Libyan rebellion. But NATO planes stopped him, and protected Benghazi.)
CNN, the Telegraph, the Washington Times, and many other mainstream sources confirm that Al Qaeda terrorists from Libya have since flooded into Syria to fight the Assad regime.
Mainstream sources also confirm that the Syrian opposition is largely comprised of Al Qaeda terrorists. See this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this.
The U.S. has been arming the Syrian opposition since 2006. The post-Gaddafi Libyan government is also itself a top funder and arms supplier of the Syrian opposition.
The Real Story At BenghaziThis brings us to the murder of ambassador Stevens and the sudden resignation of CIA boss David Petraeus.
The Wall Street Journal, Telegraph and other sources confirm that the US consulate in Benghazi was mainly being used for a secret CIA operation.
They say that the State Department presence in Benghazi "provided diplomatic cover" for the previously hidden CIA mission.
Reuters notes that the CIA mission involved finding and repurchasing heavy weaponry looted from Libyan government arsenals.
Business Insider reports that Stevens may have been linked with Syrian terrorists:
There's growing evidence that U.S. agents—particularly murdered ambassador Chris Stevens—were at least aware of heavy weapons moving from Libya to jihadist Syrian rebels.


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In NJ and a little worried about picking my car up on Friday
In NJ and a little worried about picking my car up on Friday
Not to worry you are just a short hop to service centers in NY... and besides You'll only visit them once a year for service.... The car is just super. Just can't understand NJ thinking!
Chris, there is nothing in the law that says Tesla can't have repair centers in NJ. I'm seeing more and more Tesla here in NJ and if Tesla is stopped from selling here, I'm sure they'll buy their car in another state or over the internet. As long as there are Tesla's in NJ, there will be service centers. Tesla is very consumer oriented and they certainly don't want to punish Tesla owners.
I live 145+ miles from nearest service center. I have had no problems with service. They come to me. They leave a loaner if they have to take the car back to service center. I wouldn't worry about it.
I just had my S serviced (they valeted it on a trailer) in Springfield and the Tech said there is such (sales) volume that Cherry Hill and Paramus were candidates for new centers soon - especially when the Model X comes out...
Don't worry about it...
Congrats Chris. Sounds like you will be well taken care of.
ENJOY YOUR NEW CAR!! It's AWESOME!!
If NADA had its druthers, it would be illegal to own or operate a car not sold to you by one of its members.
good luck and enjoy this new innovation of Elon Musk.Very soon im going to order my MODEL X and I live in Virginia and I have the same problem like you. My state does not allow tesla to sale its product.But who cares I belive in going green.And just a small thought I hope in future Tesla will make lawn mover because I have very big yard in front and back of my house. By using tesla grass lawn mover maybe I can use same charger to charge my mover.
Well, this is what the dealers want you to feel like. induced anxiety. Buy the car. Tesla will always find away around attempts like these. Right now it is about principle, but if it really had to and has to, it will find a way to fix you up. Think of it as virus writers always being a step ahead of the anti virus writers. Tesla being the virus here..


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Though the NCAA still runs ads suggesting that college sports is all about students who happen to be athletes, big-time college football and basketball programs have basically given up the pretense of being about anything other than big bucks and big wins. See, for instance, the latest power play by the "BCS" football conferences.
That's fine – better they be open about what drives them. Unfortunately, as I write in this SeeThruEdu post, the rest of higher ed is similarly self-interested. Problem is, it won't admit it, and uses the notion that it's all about the "common good" to get taxpayer money, often without producing any real benefit for the people paying the bills.


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Meet Orange County's toughest athlete of the month.
He's not scuffing the court in the NBA Finals. He didn't pitch a perfect game or lose one on a blown call. He's probably never going to make a sports page of any kind. But even if David Shandling isn't big-league material, his mettle would impress a Hall of Famer.
Shandling, a 28-year-old Huntington Beach resident and Edison High School graduate, will be among those walking in the Inaugural Orange County Kidney Walk on Saturday at UC Irvine. The noncompetitive two-mile trek, sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation, invites participants to assemble teams, solicit pledges and make donations.
In short, the purpose of the event is to benefit people like Shandling, who was diagnosed with kidney disease at age 3 and has fought it on and off ever since.
Right now, he's on the waiting list for a new kidney, which, with his blood type, can take up to 10 years.
Shandling has limited energy to exude after his three dialysis sessions a week, but he plans to be at the starting line Saturday with two dozen family members and friends.
"After dialysis, you just feel wiped out," said Shandling. "I come home, and I just have to rest a couple of hours."
It's a hard life, but Shandling knows he's not alone. According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than 26 million Americans suffer from chronic kidney disease, with 367,000 on dialysis and 83,000 on waiting lists for a kidney transplant.
Before his kidney failed in 2005, Shandling worked as a clerk at Blockbuster. He's taking theater classes at Golden West College and hopes to secure another full-time job as soon as his weeks open up. Every dialysis session lasts four hours, which Shandling divides into one hour of reading the sports section, two hours of sleeping and one hour of watching TV.
As you might imagine, he has a list of things he'd like to do as soon as he gets a new kidney. For one, he'd like to swim, which he can't do with a catheter. He'd like to eat chocolate and salty foods, and drink Coke. And he'd like to travel to Europe. Right now, he's limiting his trips to within the United States, where he can guarantee he won't be charged an exorbitant fee for dialysis.
"I like to go to Vegas a lot," he said. "I can do that."
For Shandling, and for those too weak to walk, I hope the Kidney Walk gets a sizable turnout. I've known at least two people who suffered kidney failure, and it's a painful experience for them and their loved ones. And though his two-mile walk may not look like much at a distance, I salute him for his toughness on the field.


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Part of the Endangered Species Act
The red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) is a federally endangered species that has a very restricted habitat. This species nests only in old-growth pine stands which, in Oklahoma, occur in the southeast. The major habitat problems for the species are that much of these old-growth pine forests have been converted to other habitats, are in short-cycle logging rotations, or have been degraded by hardwood encroachment due to years of fire suppression.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is working to increase the number of red-cockaded woodpeckers in Oklahoma through landscape scale habitat restoration and site specific management.
In Oklahoma, the red-cockaded woodpecker is found only on the McCurtain Wilderness Area. Here, habitat restoration work includes thinning midstory hardwoods to promote pine regeneration and conducting controlled burns at three year intervals to control hardwood development. Management work at RCW clusters (sites that contain active nesting and roosting cavities) include cavity maintenance and cleaning, installation of artificial nesting cavities, and banding of nestlings and juvenile RCW's. Also, if a cluster is found to contain only a single bird, a mate is secured from a donor population in another state and released at the site. At recruitment stands, sites with good habitat but no active clusters, up to four artificial cavities are installed and maintained to promote the establishment of new clusters.
The red-cockaded woodpeckers that live together as a group in a cluster consists of one pair of breeding adults and one or more helpers, which are usually sons from the previous breeding seasons. However, about ten percent of helpers are females.
John Skeen, a southeast region senior biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has worked with red-cockaded woodpeckers since 1992.
"Red-cockaded woodpeckers are not sedentary," Skeen says. "Individuals often move from one group to another. When one of a breeding pair is lost, frequently a helper from an adjacent cluster fills the vacancy. Juvenile females that disperse in the fall sometimes travel great distances in search of proper habitat and a cluster vacancy. Recently a female was trapped on the wilderness area that had been banded the previous year at a site in Arkansas, approximately 212 air miles away. The foraging range of a cluster is usually 250 to 300 acres but varies with the quality of the habitat. "
Currently, there are about 15 groups of birds present on the McCurtain County Wilderness Area, Skeen says.
"The future of the RCW in Oklahoma and throughout its range depends upon restoring the old growth pine/hardwood forest on a landscape scale and maintaining the forest with periodic controlled burns."
For more information about Endangered Species Act grants, click here.
Written by Lesley B.
Carson. Lesley is the Wildlife Diversity Information Specialist for the Department of Wildlife.
Great Plains Trail Loop 8
The Gloss Mountains
Loop 8 of the Great Plains Trail: The Gloss Mountains encompasses some very unique and beautiful landscapes in Oklahoma. The loop starts just east of Cleo Springs on U.S. Highway 412, and runs west to the Bouse Junction and ties back into Highway 412 just north of Fairview on State Highway 60.
Vegetation in the area consists of native grasses such as sideoats grama, little bluestem, and buffalograss. Woody species include mesquite, sand plum, both smooth and winged sumac, hackberry, and western soapberry, along with the invasive species eastern red cedar.
Loop 8 has hiking trails at Gloss Mountain State Park and also an off the beaten path scenic route through Griever Canyon with the Cimarron River less than one mile away. Many animal species indigenous to western Oklahoma will be present in the area including badger, roadrunner, black-tailed jackrabbit, rock wren, armadillo, and black-tailed prairie dog. Winter bird species to watch for include chestnut-collard longspur, mountain bluebird, prairie falcon, and ferruginous hawk.
Written by Brett Cooper. Brett is a graduate student at Oklahoma State University studying Wildlife Ecology.
A Recent Update
If you have ever thought about how you can be help wildlife conservation in Oklahoma, your chance to shine is coming soon. Beginning in March, the newest wildlife conservation license plate that features a rainbow trout will be available for purchase.
Newest in a group of six tags, the rainbow trout joins the wild turkey, bobwhite quail, scissortail flycatcher, largemouth bass and whitetail deer.
The license plates can be ordered by picking up a form at your local tag office and following the instructions or visiting the Oklahoma Tax Commission in Oklahoma City. At no additional cost, anyone can have their license plate personalized.
Proceeds go to Oklahoma's Wildlife Diversity Program, which assists more than 600 of the state's wildlife species and the places they live. It helps keep species from becoming endangered. The program receives no state tax appropriations and is funded mostly through voluntary contributions. Do your part to help Oklahoma's wildlife and purchase a wildlife conservation license plate.
The WILDLIFE DIVERSITY PROGRAM monitors and manages the state's wildlife and fish species that are not hunted or fished.


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• Arsenal 7-0 Middlesbrough. Holy Lord. 7-0? Did they let Arsenal use their hands? Man, there's real chance that Arsenal outscores the Chicago Bears this weekend. In fact, Thierry Henry might outscore the Bears himself, as he scored three of the seven.
• Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United. They call this rivalry the "Manchester Derby," but all morning on Fox Soccer Channel, they were pronouncing it "darby," which planted the song "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby firmly in my head for the rest of the day. The Blues won behind a goal by Trevor Sinclair on a sweet little spin move, and then Robbie Fowler put them away with a late goal.
And in other soccer news, earlier this week Will told you about Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole getting his ass whooped over a girl (that link isn't safe for work, but it is spectacular). Well, thanks to Sherm for passing along the following note from the popbitch newsletter:
The real story of Joe Cole's bust-up at a Page 3 girl's house? We hear he was shagging topless model Keely over the sink in her bathroom when her boyfriend walked in. And Joe didn't so much "flee" through a window as "was propelled" through it.
The bathroom sink? Strictly a class move. See, soccer can be awesome.


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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A group of U.S. senators is urging Secretary of State John Kerry to order a review of aid for Honduras' police and military amid allegations of abuse and human rights violations.
Twenty-one senators said in a letter sent to Kerry on Monday that they want the State Department to provide Congress with a detailed report on whether the Honduran government is protecting freedom of expression, implementing the rule of law and investigating abuses allegedly involving police and soldiers, as required by the U.S.
The senators said they have "serious questions regarding the State Department's certification that these conditions were met for Fiscal Year 2012."
"As Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee you firmly denounced human rights abuses in Honduras. As Secretary of State, we hope you will continue to do the same," the letter said.
The senators expressed disappointment with the Honduran government's efforts to address corruption and criminality in the police force, which they call a disappointing failure. Only a handful of police officers in a force of 13,800 have been removed from their posts as part of the purge.
In the last two years, the United States has given an estimated $30 million in aid to Honduran law enforcement. The State Department says the police are essential to fighting crime in a country that has become a haven for drug-runners.
The U.S. government estimates 40 percent of the cocaine headed to the U.S. passes through Honduras. It also says nearly 90 percent of cocaine-smuggling flights from South America go through Honduras.


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I've really been slacking with this blog for the last couple months. I'm not really sure why. There's stuff I want to write about, but I can't seem to take that last step and actually put the words down.
I finally got my warlock Valarin up to level 80 last weekend. Now I'm wondering what to do. I could:
- Do Battlegrounds with Valarin and get some PvP gear.
- Continue questing with Valarin.
- Do Battlegrounds with Coriel.
- Level a new character.
I'm contemplating switching to a 51/20/0 Holy/Protection spec that relies on Sacred Shield and Flash of Light. Between Divinity and Glyph of Seal of Light, that makes FoL 10% stronger. It would also be really good once I got 4-piece Tier 8 and the improved Sacred Sacred Shield.
I'm even considering regemming to [Revitalizing Skyflare Diamond] and then putting a red spellpower gem in every gem slot to maximize the effectiveness of FoL. I'm not sure if this is a good idea, and it seems a bit too expensive to just experiment wildly.


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Petersburg. Strolling inĀthe Summer Garden, Surin tells Chekalinsky about the previous nightÆs gambling: asĀusual, ═erman had spent the whole night byĀthe gaming table, gloomily following the game, but not taking part inĀit.Ā═erman and Count Tomsky come into the garden. ═erman admits heĀisĀinĀlove with aĀgirl whose name heĀdoes not know even. HeĀisĀafraid she isĀabove him inĀstation and therefore will prove beyond his reach.ĀPrince Yeletsky informs his friends that heĀisĀtoĀget married. ═erman asks him about his betrothed. äThere sheĀisö, Yeletsky replies, pointing toĀLiza who isĀinĀthe company ofĀthe old Countess, known asĀThe Queen ofĀSpades. Gherman isĀinĀdespair: for Liza isĀthe very girl with whom heĀisĀinĀlove.ĀäHappy day, IĀbless you!ö Yeletsky says. äUnhappy day, IĀcurse you!ö ═erman exclaims.ĀTomsky tells his friends that inĀher youth the Countess was aĀgreat beauty. AĀpassionate gamblÕŃ, inĀParis she had once lost everything atĀthe gaming table. Count Saint-German had told the ÆMoscow VenusÆ the secret ofĀthree cards which had helped her win her fortune back. The Countess had been warned she would die atĀthe hands ofĀaĀman who, äimpelled byĀdespairö, would come toĀher toĀdemand the secret ofĀthe three cards.ĀTomskyÆs story made aĀgreat impression onĀ═erman. The Summer Garden empties, aĀstorm isĀabout toĀbreak. All take shelter except ═erman who stands asĀifĀinĀaĀtrance. HeĀswears that ifĀLiza does not become his, heĀwill take his life.Ā
LizaÆs room atĀthe CountessÆ house. Some girls ofĀher own age have come toĀsee Liza. Their merrymaking isĀinterrupted byĀaĀstern housekeeper: the Countess isĀannoyedĀŚ itĀisĀalready late and she cannot sleep because ofĀthe noise the girls are making. Left alone, Liza confides her secret toĀthe night: she isĀinĀlove with Herman.ĀHerman appears atĀthe balcony doors. HeĀdeclares his love toĀLiza. There isĀaĀloud knocking atĀthe door. The old Countess has come toĀLizaÆs room herself toĀfind out what the noise isĀabout. Hiding, Herman remembers the legend ofĀthe three cards. Overcome byĀaĀburning desire toĀfind out the secret ofĀthe winning cards, heĀimmediately forgets his love for Liza. The Countess leaves the room and Gherman comes toĀhis senses. HeĀagain tells Liza heĀloves her. She begs him toĀleave but, won over byĀthe strength ofĀhis passion, she admits toĀreciprocating his feelings.Ā
AĀball given byĀaĀrich dignitary. Yeletsky notices that Liza isĀout ofĀspirits and keeps questioning her asĀtoĀthe cause ofĀher malaise. Liza avoids giving anĀexplanation. The entreaties ofĀher fiance toĀwhom she isĀindifferent, leave her cold.ĀLiza gives Herman the key toĀaĀsecret door into the CountessÆ house: they must see each other. The way toĀLizaÆs room lies through the old womanÆs bedroom. ItĀseems toĀGherman that fate itself isĀhelping him discover the secret ofĀthe three winning cards.Ā
The CountessÆ bedroom. Here everything isĀreminiscent ofĀthe distant youth ofĀthe ÆMoscow VenusÆ and Herman forgets why heĀhas come. Possessed byĀthe wish toĀfind out the secret ofĀthe three cards, heĀdecides toĀremain inĀthe bedroom and make the Countess reveal itĀtoĀhim.ĀOnĀher return from the ball, the Countess, having dismissed her maids and hangersĀon, remembers her youth and the marvelous balls inĀParis. Herman suddenly appears and asks the Countess toĀreveal her secret toĀhim. The old woman remains silent. Herman, threatening her with aĀpistol, repeats his request. The Countess dies....ĀHearing the noise, Liza runs into the bedroom. Catching sight ofĀthe dead Countess, she exclaims inĀdespair: äSoĀitĀwas the cards, not meĀyou were after!öĀ
HermanÆs quarters inĀthe barracks. Herman isĀreading aĀletter from Liza inĀwhich she asks him toĀmeet her onĀthe embankment and give anĀexplanation ofĀhis conduct. Herman isĀtormented byĀthoughts ofĀthe dead Countess. Against aĀbackground ofĀthe wailing wind and raging snowstorm outside, the old womanÆs ghost appears toĀHerman, who has gone out ofĀhis mind. She tells Herman heĀmust marry Liza and that the secret ofĀthe three cardsĀŚ Three, Seven and AceĀŚ will beĀhis.Ā
The embankment ofĀthe Winter Canal. Dusk isĀfalling fast. Liza isĀwaiting for Herman hoping that heĀwill dispel her suspicions that his murder ofĀthe Countess was premeditated. She waits aĀlong time. Liza begins toĀlose hope and isĀready toĀbelieve inĀHermanÆs villainy. But then Herman appears and for aĀbrief moment itĀseems toĀthem both that happiness may beĀpossible, that all their sufferings are over. But, possessed byĀthe thought ofĀthe three cards, Herman, half out ofĀhis mind, pushes Liza aside and runs off. Liza throws herself inĀthe canal.Ā
AtĀthe gambling house, the game isĀinĀfull swing. Herman puts all his money onĀthe three, the card named toĀhim byĀthe ghost, and wins. HeĀdoubles his stake. The second card, the seven, also brings him luck.ĀHerman, inĀvery overwrought state, challenges anyone toĀstake once more. Yeletsky offers toĀplay with him. But GhermanÆs third card turns out toĀbeĀthe Queen ofĀSpades, not the ace. His card isĀtrumped. Herman sees the ghost ofĀthe Countess. Gibbering with fear and rage heĀshoots himself.


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Today I'm pondering a rather fundamental question: what has the spread of scientific knowledge meant to religious faith? In some ways, this is the central question I keep returning to with this blog. To me the answer is rather simple: an increase in scientific knowledge will decrease the space available for irrational religious belief.
Of course there are two basic assumptions underlying this notion, the first being that religious explanations for phenomenon occupy the same mental space that scientific, evidence-based explanations would occupy. And therefore it becomes a rather straightforward process of replacing old, incorrect information with newer, better knowledge. The second assumption is that all humans are reasonable and rational. As the proverb says, "Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you." (Proverbs 9:8, New International Version, © 1984). The formulation, then, is simple: a wise man will respond positively to new information (and even thank you for the correction)!
But obviously this is not always the case. Perhaps all that this process of the spread of scientific knowledge is really doing is separating out the "mockers" from the "wise men". But for "mockers" I would substitute those that are anti-science in the face of ever mounting evidence that contradicts their beliefs, and "wise men" would be those who have successfully internalized scientific knowledge. (In this second group, I would venture that there are many who have been able to remain both religious and reasonable, at least to the degree that their religious beliefs are of a nature as to be able to coexist with an evolutionary view of the biological world. In these cases, science has, indeed, occupied the ground once held by religiously-inspired explanations of the physical world, but a corner has been reserved for "spirituality", an area thought to remain off-limits to the scientific method — not because science shouldn't investigate the spirit realm, but because science is not believed to be equipped to investigate it).
But there are those (such as myself), that see a bit more writing on the wall, as it were, and feel that scientific knowledge does not simply replace some religious knowledge, but, in fact, points out the fallacious basis of all religious knowledge. This is materialism (which is not a deep love of buying material things, but an understanding that there are no non-physical phenomenon, and that any seemingly non-physical phenomenon is far more likely to appear mysterious only because it is presently misunderstood). There are a lot of us out there, to be sure (a great proportion of scientists are materialists compared to the general population, but even here the majority is not complete). But those who come right out and call themselves atheists or materialists remain a small proportion of the general population.
The huge, honking, obvious, maddening question, then, becomes this: how in the world can that be in this modern world whose very health and economies depend on the products of science? A world where many of us are alive only because we were administered a vaccine as a child, or were able to be treated with medicine for an infection or disease that (in an earlier time) could easily have cost us a limb or our life? We obviously believe in science when we refrigerate our food or take an aspirin or antibiotic, or when we drive our car or fly somewhere on a jet. And yet there is this persistent dependence on religious belief that produces the rather astounding phenomenon of half of our population still disbelieving in Darwin's theory of evolution.
Considering the evidence for evolution, the implications of this state of affairs is enormous. It means that over half of our population is woefully or willfully ignorant of one of the most basic truths about their own existence: many of these think that they were created as human beings some six or eight or ten thousand years ago. They don't know (or simply refuse to accept) that their ancestors were once small, furry mammals about the size of a shrew, or — long eons before — lobe-finned fish.
Think about this for a moment. Has not one of the primary reason's for religion's existence been the story it tells us about our origins? Isn't it always the questions of where we came from, where we are going, and why we are here that have been considered the most fundamental to our happiness? Religion is loved, revered, followed, fed and supported (in part) out of sheer gratitude for the answers it has provided to these questions.
But it turns out that the answers from religion to these fundamental questions have been wrong. Perhaps not intentionally, but wrong none the less. And not just a little wrong on the details, but off by a magnitude that makes the word "magnitude" seem insufficient as a descriptor! We were not formed out of mud and spit by an actual, physical God in an actual, physical Garden of Eden. We evolved from the earliest forms of "life" on an ancient planet formed out of cosmic dust and elements born in dying stars — not on a world created in seven days. Mental illness is not caused by the possession of individuals by demons, but by genetic defects that occur in the copying of our DNA through sexual reproduction. Diseases are not caused by the sins of the father or of the son, but by bacteria and viruses that invades our very physical bodies. More than half the cellular weight of your body is bacteria. We basically have the iron-rich seawater in which we first evolved running in our veins. We still have tailbones, for crying out loud. We now know that we share almost all of our DNA with chimpanzees, who we must regard as our distant cousins. All of this we know, now. And there is no telling how much more we will know by the time my short life is over.
And yet…religious belief persists. Science is denied. And yet we consider ourselves rational beings. But if we were truly rational beings, and not so bounded about with wariness and distrust of those outside of our particular tribe (be that a blood family, political party or nation), we would simply weigh the evidence for the question at hand, and accept the good as a ready replacement for the old. But we don't always do that. And even when we do, we do not always do it easily.
Here's the facts, then. Science has answered the most basic questions of our existence. The big existential quest to find out why the hell we are even on this planet has been successful. You and I live in the first generation of humans ever to know what we know about our natural origins. Others have suspected it, Darwin theorized it, but we live in the age of proof of their theories. We know.
We know, and yet…we still believe.
Make what you will of that fact, it remains a most telling trait of we human animals. We sent scientists to find the answers to life, but we didn't like the answers they found. Instead of being the "wise man" thanking the scientist for his or her labor, all too many "mock" them.
My hope is that, over time, the implications of scientific knowledge will continue to penetrate our consciousness in ways that produce clearer thinking about social and political issues, instead of the kind of atavistic denial that marks most religious fundamentalism.
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Media: This race is a disgrace
Even the media's had enough.
The race for the White House has grown so toxic that it's become a top topic among reporters and analysts covering the contest — and some are even calling on President Barack Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney to call a truce.
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"[Wednesday], specifically … was a terrible day for a discourse in democracy," Brian Williams said Wednesday on The Daily Show. "We can't, as a country, keep doing this."
( Also on POLITICO: Palin accuses media of 'prostituting')
He noted the media had initially hoped Romney's Paul Ryan veep pick would elevate the conversation to the issues. Instead, that hasn't happened. When will it? Jon Stewart asked.
"As soon as we exhaust all of our reporting on his driving of the Wienermobile when he was a young man," Williams quipped.
Chuck Todd shared similar sentiments.
"You thought last week was bad? Just when you thought last week's third-grade insults were as low as the campaign could go here, here we go again, the campaign has gotten even uglier," MSNBC's Chuck Todd said Wednesday. "It's not faux outrage, it's real outrage. Over the last 24 hours, the attacks from both sides have reached a new level of vitriol."
CNN's Soledad O'Brien said the campaigns struck a new note of negativity.
"Romney and Obama campaigns going on the offensive at the same time? What that means is nasty rhetoric, really nastier than ever," she said this morning.
On Fox News, veteran political reporter Brit Hume said the attacks were some of the worst he's seen since covering politics, a sentiment shared by other experienced correspondents.
"This is about as ugly as I've seen it get," Hume said Tuesday night on Fox. "I think some of the things that have been said about Mitt Romney, and… that Harry Reid allegation are just unbelievable. I've rarely seen something like that from somebody as senior as the Senate majority leader."
Reid said last week that Romney hadn't paid taxes in a decade based on what an unnamed source had told him, prompting Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to call the Nevada Democrat "a dirty liar."
Mark Halperin said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the contest was among the most toxic he'd ever seen.
"I don't want to overstate it but last night was a big, historical moment, I think, in this campaign," Halperin said.
He suggested that Obama call Romney and negotiate a truce, so the two candidates could then instruct their aides to knock off the brutal attacks and get back on the high road.
"Both campaigns are expressing not faux outrage, which is mostly what we see , but genuine outrage," Halperin said. "Based on what happened last night, the president's team is stunned that the president would be accused of engaging in a campaign of hate. Mitt Romney used the word 'hate'. I think he meant it. I think the president's team was very stung by it. Either today and the rest of this week we're going to escalate into nuclear war, or I'd like to see some détente. This is not the campaign I think either of these candidates wants."


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Greeks and geometry hand-in-hand
Fourth-grade teacher Melinda Kaufman hopes to put a Greek spin on math lessons, specifically using mythology as a springboard. Kaufman was recently awarded a grant from the Association of American Educators Foundation, a national professional teachers association, to do just that.
"I'm always keeping my eyes open for opportunities to either apply for things or win things," Kaufman said. "We're always on a limited budget.
"We're getting ready to start a chapter on Native American myths and legends, and so this grant will be a nice way to build onto that piece of the curriculum."
Out of more than 100 applicants, only 11 grants were awarded. Two of the teachers to receive grants are in the state, and only one in Park City. Kaufman, who teaches at the Weilenmann School of Discovery, was awarded $448 to buy supplies for the lessons.
"The grants were awarded based on teachers who were able to show they had the most need and were able to demonstrate that," said Ruthie Emore, a spokesperson with the AAEF. "We had a lot of applications that had something to do with Common Core The main goal is to provide teachers with more resources in the classroom."
Common Core, a growing initiative among state offices of education, works to implement more critical thinking-based approach to teaching in the classroom. And Kaufman felt tying mythology in to math problems was a perfect example of just that.
An admitted fan of Greek mythology, Kaufman hosted a summer camp based on the popular children's series, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." The grant will go to buying literature on Greek mythology as well as math simulation packages that outline interactive techniques to teach math alongside mythology.
"As we move into the new common core standards, there is more of an emphasis on real life, hands-on projects and simulations that the kids can do," Kaufman said. "It is not just teaching skills, but also how to apply those skills."
Christian Center Boutique gets a makeover
The Christian Center of Park City had a makeover last year, and its boutique felt it was time for one, too.


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Knoxville, TN — A Knox County (TN) court approved a settlement brought in a class-action lawsuit against fitness club Court South regarding lifetime memberships at the club, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
The nearly three-year dispute over the lifetime memberships began shortly after National Fitness Center owners John and Helen Captain took over Court South in 2005.
The contracts issued by the former owner in the 1980s and early 1990s allowed members to pay a slightly higher up-front price for membership in exchange for a lower fixed rate, which ranged from $10 to $100 per year, according to the newspaper.
Under the terms of the settlement, members who qualify as part of the class will have two options. They can pay a fixed rate of $29.95 a month per person for 15 years or they can pay a staggered yearly amount of $75 the first year, $125 the second year, $200 the third year and $29.95 a month guaranteed for seven years, the newspaper reports.
"I'm not saying you should be happy with this. I'm not saying you should be satisfied. But your alternative could be nothing," Knox County Chancellor Daryl R. Fansler told about a dozen Court South members at the hearing.
Fansler also said the settlement is aimed at protecting the majority of members who are not able to provide documentation needed to prove their status as a lifetime member.
"We are glad the settlement was approved and look forward to continuing to improve and expand the National Fitness Center/Court South clubs," says Lewis Howard, attorney for the Captains.
Joe A. Hollingsworth Jr. sold Court South to the Captains in 2005 after purchasing the company in 1993.
"We, as the past owners of Court South, feel that we have done all that we can to push the legal system into making the right decision," Hollingsworth says. "In our opinion, they came up with the wrong answer for the wrong reasons."
Only 24 of the 2,500 qualifying members of the lawsuit declined to accept the settlement, the newspaper reported.


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Kilowatt hour
The kilowatt hour (symbol kWh[1]) is a derived unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules.[2][3] If the energy is being transmitted or used at a constant rate (power) over a period of time, the total energy in kilowatt hours is the power in kilowatts multiplied by the time in hours. The kilowatt hour is commonly used as a billing unit for energy delivered to consumers by electric utilities.
The kilowatt hour is a unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt (1 kW) of power sustained for one hour.
One watt second is equal to one joule. One kilowatt-hour is 3.6 megajoules, which is the amount of energy converted if work is done at an average rate of one thousand watts for one hour.
The base unit of energy within the International System of Units (SI) is the joule. The hour is a unit of time "outside the SI", making the kilowatt hour a non-SI unit of energy. The kilowatt hour is not listed among the non-SI units accepted by the BIPM for use with the SI, although the hour, from which the kilowatt hour is derived, is.[4]
An electric heater rated at 1000 watts (1 kilowatt), operating for one hour uses one kilowatt hour (equivalent to 3.6 megajoules) of energy. A television rated at 100 watts operating for 10 hours continuously uses one kilowatt hour. A 40-watt light bulb operating continuously for 25 hours uses one kilowatt hour.
Electrical energy is sold in kilowatt hours; cost of running equipment is the product of power in kilowatts multiplied by running time in hours and price per kilowatt hour. The unit price of electricity may depend upon the rate of consumption and the time of day. Industrial users may also have extra charges according to their peak usage and the power factor.
Symbol and abbreviations for kilowatt hour
The symbol "kWh" is commonly used in commercial, educational, scientific and media publications,[5] and is the usual practice in electrical power engineering.[6]
Other abbreviations and symbols may be encountered:
- "kW h" is less commonly used. It is consistent with SI standards (but note that the kilowatt-hour is a non-SI unit). The international standard for SI[4] states that in forming a compound unit symbol, "Multiplication must be indicated by a space or a half-high (centered) dot (·), since otherwise some prefixes could be misinterpreted as a unit symbol" (i.e., kW h or kW·h). This is supported by a voluntary standard[7] issued jointly by an international (IEEE) and national (ASTM) organization. However, at least one major usage guide[8] and the IEEE/ASTM standard allow "kWh" (but do not mention other multiples of the watt hour). One guide published by NIST specifically recommends avoiding "kWh" "to avoid possible confusion".[9]
- "kW·h" is, like "kW h", preferred with SI standards, but it is very rarely used in practice.
- The US official fuel-economy window sticker for electric vehicles uses the abbreviation "kW-hrs".[10]
- Variations in capitalization are sometimes seen: KWh, KWH, kwh, etc. these are inconsistent with International System of Units.
- The notation "kW/h", as a symbol for kilowatt-hour, is not correct.
To convert a quantity measured in a unit in the left column to the units in the top row, multiply by the factor in the cell where the row and column intersect.
|watt hour
|kilowatt hour
|1 J = 1 kg·m2 s−2 =
|2.77778 × 10−4
|2.77778 × 10−7
|6.241 × 1018
|1 W·h =
|3.6 × 103
|2.247 × 1022
|1 kW·h =
|3.6 × 106
|2.247 × 1025
|8.598 × 105
|1 eV =
|1.602 × 10−19
|4.45 × 10−23
|4.45 × 10−26
|3.827 × 10−20
|1 cal =
|1.163 × 10−3
|1.163 × 10−6
|2.613 × 1019
Watt hour multiples and billing units
The kilowatt hour is commonly used by electrical distribution providers for purposes of billing, since the monthly energy consumption of a typical residential customer ranges from a few hundred to a few thousand kilowatt hours. Megawatt hours (MWh), gigawatt hours (GWh), and terawatt hours (TWh) are often used for metering larger amounts of electrical energy to industrial customers and in power generation. The terawatt hour and petawatt hour (PWh) units are large enough to conveniently express the annual electricity generation for whole countries.
|milliwatt hour
|kilowatt hour
|microwatt hour
|megawatt hour
|gigawatt hour
|terawatt hour
|petawatt hour
Confusion of kilowatt hours (energy) and kilowatts (power)
The terms power and energy are frequently confused. Power is defined as the rate of delivery of energy, the work performed per unit time, measured in units joules per second or watts. To produce power over any period of time requires energy. Either higher levels of power for a given period or longer periods of run time at a given power level require more energy.
An electrical load, e.g. a lamp, TV-set, electric motor, has a rated size in watts. This is its running power level, which equates to the instantaneous rate at which energy must be generated and consumed to run the device. The amount of energy that is consumed at that rate depends on how long the device is operated. However, its power requirements are constant while running. The unit of energy for residential electrical billing, kilowatt hours, integrates changing power levels in use at the residence over the past billing period, which is nominally 720 hours for a 30-day month, thus showing cumulative electrical energy use for the month.
For another example, when a light bulb with a power rating of 100 watts is turned on for one hour, the energy used is 100 watt hours (Wh), 0.1 kilowatt hour, or 360 kilojoules. This same amount of energy would light a 40-watt bulb for 2.5 hours, or a 10-watt low-energy bulb for 10 hours. A power station electricity output at any particular moment would be measured in multiples of watts, but its annual energy sales would be in multiples of watt hours. A kilowatt hour is the amount of energy equivalent to a steady power of 1 kilowatt running for 1 hour, or 3.6 megajoules.
Energy cost can be illustrated in a similar example: a 100-watt (i.e. 0.1 kilowatt) light bulb turned on for 8 hours uses 800 Wh or 0.8 kWh. If the energy cost is 25 cents per kilowatt hour, it would cost 0.1 kW × 8 h × $0.25/kWh = $0.20.
Whereas individual homes only pay for the kilowatt hours consumed, commercial buildings and institutions also pay for peak power consumption, the greatest power recorded in a fairly short time, such as 15 minutes. This compensates the power company for maintaining the infrastructure needed to provide peak power. These charges are billed as demand charges.[11]
Major energy production or consumption is often expressed as terawatt hours (TWh) for a given period that is often a calendar year or financial year. One terawatt hour is equal to a sustained power of approximately 114 megawatts for a period of one year.
Misuse of watts per hour
Power units measure the rate of energy per unit time. Many compound units for rates explicitly mention units of time, for example, miles per hour, kilometers per hour, dollars per hour. Kilowatt-hours are a product of power and time, not a rate of change of power with time. Watts per hour (W/h) is a unit of a change of power per hour. It might be used to characterize the ramp-up behavior of power plants. For example, a power plant that reaches a power output of 1 MW from 0 MW in 15 minutes has a ramp-up rate of 4 MW/h. Hydroelectric power plants have a very high ramp-up rate, which makes them particularly useful in peak load and emergency situations.
The proper use of terms such as watts per hour is uncommon, whereas misuse[12] may be widespread.
Other energy-related units
Several other units are commonly used to indicate power or energy capacity or use in specific application areas.
Average annual power production or consumption can be expressed in kilowatt hours per year; for example, when comparing the energy efficiency of household appliances whose power consumption varies with time or the season of the year, or the energy produced by a distributed power source. One kilowatt hour per year equals about 114.08 milliwatts applied constantly during one year.
The energy content of a battery is usually expressed indirectly by its capacity in ampere-hours; to convert watt hours (Wh) to ampere hour (Ah), the watt-hour value must be divided by the voltage of the power source. This value is approximate, since the voltage is not constant during discharge of a battery, and because higher discharge rates reduce the total amount of energy the battery can provide. In the case of devices that output a different voltage than the battery, it is the battery voltage (typically 3.7 for Li-ion) that must be used to calculate rather than the device output (usually 5.0 for USB portable chargers), since use of the lower figure allows manufacturers of such devices to overstate the capacity or run-time, inflating it by 35% ( 5⁄3.7=1.35). This results in a 500mA USB device running for only about 3.7 hours on a 2500mAh battery, rather than the expected five hours.
The Board of Trade unit (BOTU) is an obsolete UK synonym for kilowatt hour. The term derives from the name of the Board of Trade which regulated the electricity industry until 1942 when the Ministry of Power took over.[13] The B.O.T.U. should not be confused with the British thermal unit or BTU, which is a much smaller quantity of thermal energy.
In India, the kilowatt hour is often simply called a Unit of energy. A million units, designated MU, is a gigawatt hour and a BU (billion units) is a terawatt hour.[14][15]
Burnup of nuclear fuel is normally quoted in megawatt days per tonne (MWd/MTU), where tonne refers to a metric ton of uranium metal or its equivalent, and megawatt refers to the entire thermal output, not the fraction which is converted to electricity.
See also
- ↑ IEC Electropedia, Entry 131-11-58 Archived March 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Thompson, Ambler and Taylor, Barry N. (2008). Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) Archived June 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. (Special publication 811). Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology. 12.
- ↑ "Half-high dots or spaces are used to express a derived unit formed from two or more other units by multiplication." Barry N. Taylor. (2001 ed.) The International System of Units. Archived June 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. (Special publication 330). Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology. 20.
- 1 2 The International System of Units (SI) Archived April 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.. (2006, 8th ed.) Paris: International Bureau of Weights and Measures. 130.
- ↑ See for example: Wind Energy Reference Manual Part 2: Energy and Power Definitions Archived November 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Danish Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 9 January 2008; "Kilowatt-Hour (kWh)" Archived March 2, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. BusinessDictionary.com. Retrieved 9 January 2008; "US Nuclear Power Industry" Archived November 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. www.world-nuclear.org. Retrieved 9 January 2008; "Energy. A Beginners Guide: Making Sense of Units" Archived November 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Renew On Line (UK). The Open University. Retrieved 9 January 2008. Archived November 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ ASTM SI10-10, IEEE/ASTM SI 10 American National Standard for Metric Practice, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2010, [www.astm.org] "The symbols for certain compound units of electrical power engineering are usually written without separation, thus: watthour (Wh), kilowatthour (kWh), voltampere (VA), and kilovoltampere (kVA)"
- ↑ Standard for the Use of the International System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System. (1997). (IEEE/ASTM SI 10-1997). New York and West Conshohocken, PA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and ASTM. 15.
- ↑ Chicago Manual of Style. (14th ed., 1993) University of Chicago Press. 482.
- ↑ Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) p.12 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Electric Vehicles: Learn More About the New Label". fueleconomy.gov. US Department of energy. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ " Understanding Electric Demand" Archived June 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine., National Grid
- ↑ "Inverter Selection". Northern Arizona Wind and Sun. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
- ↑ "The Board of Trade 1621-1970". Archived from the original on 2010.
- ↑ "Get enlightened about electricity". The Financial Express. December 20, 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ↑ "BHEL manufactured units generate record power". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. July 24, 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2009.


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Like a lot of us, artist Yue Wu uses Instagram. He "likes" things on Instagram, as we're supposed to, but takes it one step further. Everyday, he turns those "likes" into drawings. Coming full circle, he then Instagrams the drawing and tags it the source photos. This way, you can click through to the originals. He tags this work as #whatilikedtoday.
These quick, black and white ink drawings are a mash up of a day. They vary in subject matter. Some include what you'd expect, like architecture and animals. Others are more bizarre, including one that has a greco-romanesque statue wearing protective eyewear, and a dancing skeleton wearing a top hat and holding a cane.
The concept behind Wu's drawings is relatively simple, but amusing. It also has me thinking about my own Instagram feed. We spend so much time looking (and sometimes mindlessly liking) photos. Wu's drawings illustrate what stands out in the deluge of images. What would your #whatilikedtoday look like? (Via Booooooom)


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PS. I always thought if I liked the look of a 'painted bumper', I'd think about stripping the chrome from a regular bumper, and then painting it body color... Has anyone else done this?Gary
3M, Lord Fusor and SEM all make auto mixing dispensors. Same auto mixers when using panel adhesive. Many years ago we used the individual tubes when repairing bumper covers. Follow the directions and there will be no issues.
The holes in the repro brackets don't appear to be in the same position. Hopefully they are close enough.....
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