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Selina Meyer's megalomania officially requires its own monument (in addition to an honorary library at Yale).
Since season six catastrophically commenced on April 16, much has happened in the Meyer camp. Selina (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) set to work crafting her legacy with the brilliant idea to ask Yale University, where she went to law school, to erect a library in her honor. Clearly they'd respond with a resounding "yes," given her prospective self-comparison to JFK and his library. Way to reach for the stars.
When Yale returns with immediate rejection, she turns to her undergraduate alma mater, Smith College. Selina is welcomed with open arms...until news leaks that she fired a female staffer for sleeping with her sleazebag ex-husband turned ex-boyfriend, Andrew (David Pasquesi). A small price to pay in exchange for Siri announcing Andrew's sexts aloud via the SUV's Bluetooth speakers.
With her funding gone, Selina travels to Georgia (the Eastern European country) to supervise (and do some side hush-hush fundraising) during the country's first democratic election. Thanks to two corrupt presidential candidates eager for an American ally, Selina is in the midst of a bribery bidding war that almost leaves her with $20 million in funding. Unfortunately, the winning benefactor/political crook is arrested, a coup takes place and the Georgian dollar value plummets. Goodbye, funding.
More desperate than ever, Selina's delusions of grandeur soar to new heights in this past Sunday's episode, aptly titled, "Justice."
The exploits begin as Selina and her cronies exit a former Supreme Court Justice's funeral in a frenzy of questioning press. Mike (Matt Walsh) accidentally starts a rumor that Selina is being considered to fill the justice's chair.
Selina then meets with Sherman Tanz (Jonathan Hadary), the private-prison magnate she once pardoned in season five, to ask if he'll donate the $5 million down payment needed to secure the real estate for her new library in eastern Maryland. The former POTUS complains that she's hot and becomes vehemently angry with Amy (Anna Chlumsky), who's back in the fold since fiancé and Nevada Secretary of State Buddy Calhoun (Matt Oberg) resigned from the Senate race after a DUI arrest and lewd dash cam video leak, when she suggests it might be menopause. Inappropriately relieved, Selina learns that it's not menopause, rather a mild heart attack. Ride-or-die Gary (Tony Hale) suffers a small heart attack in solidarity.
Meanwhile, Dan's (Reid Scott) interest is piqued by the Supreme Court Justice rumors surrounding Selina and calls Richard (Sam Richardson) to corroborate the story. Dan's exclusive reporting (and affinity for baked goods) finally gets him into his boss' good graces. (Everyone thinks they're sleeping together.) After Catherine (Sarah Sutherland) and Marjorie (Clea DuVall) ask Dan to act as their sperm donor (first via IVF, then the good ol' fashioned way), they learn he's, um, incapable. Consider them two additional women with whom Dan will not be having sexual relations.
Cut to President Montez's (Andrea Savage) announcement of her plan to "reach across the aisle" to fill the empty Supreme Court justice seat. In a dizzying turn of events, Selina is actually vetted for the role. With her eyes on the prize, Selina casts aside her library and memoir aspirations.
No longer a need to fundraise, Selina sends Sherman Tanz over to Jonah Ryan (Timothy Simons). Jonah, who does not understand daylight savings time, is an hour late to their meeting and subsequently suffers a stage five meltdown. A peeved Sherman then donates one cent to the Ryan campaign. Jonah—who still does not understand daylight savings time—is two hours late to a meeting the next day and this time his rant is captured on camera. Sherman is so moved by Jonah's passion for daylight savings time, he hires a staff to craft legislation against the absurdity on Jonah's behalf.


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Dave Bautista's film career is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The Guardians of the Galaxy star is teaming up with Signature Films once again for the upcoming action thriller Traphouse. Bautista is set to produce and star in the film. It will be the second joint venture between the production company and the retired WWE wrestler. The two had previously produced last year's Final Score starring Bautista and Pierce Brosnan.
Traphouse is a project Dave Bautista has been working on for years. It follows an undercover DEA agent and his partner who embark on a game of cat and mouse with a surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers. The audacious teens have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel by using their parents' tactics and top-secret intel. The script will come from Fast & Furious creator Gary Scott Thompson, someone Bautista hopes can bring a little bit of flavor to the action, something his poorly received Final Score may not have had. The actor/producer had this to say.
"We're thrilled to be working with Marc and his team at Signature to bring [Traphouse] to life, and in Gary, we've found the perfect writer to infuse our original fast-paced action movie with tons of heart."
Considering the plot of the film is centered on family, the writer of the first The Fast & the Furious movie might be the perfect ingredient. Thompson was also behind the scripts for 88 Minutes and TV's Last Vegas. Dave Bautista is a relative newcomer to Big-Budget Hollywood, but he's made quite the splash since landing there.
Along with his almost 20 year career in professional wrestling, Bautista appeared in a slew of films and series since 2006. Some of his roles included brief appearances on Smallville and Chuck, as well as roles in The Man With the Iron Fists and Riddick. His career blew up when he portrayed the very literal Drax in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
He went on to play the likable Destroyer in four subsequent films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will return again in the highly-anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy 3 in 2021. Bautista will be joined again by director James Gunn after the actor's very loud campaign against Disney's initial decision to fire Gunn. At the time, Bautista had harsh words for the studio, threatening to leave the project because he didn't want to work for them after their treatment of his friend and director.
His and his co-star's work paid off, and Gunn was rehired. He has also appeared in other franchise films like Blade Runner 2049, Escape Plan, Hotel Artemis and 2019's Stuber alongside Kumail Nanjiani.
Traphouse will be released sometime next year. Bautista developed the project and is producing it with longtime manager Jonathan Meisner through his Dream Bros Entertainment production company.
Dream Bros is also behind the family action film My Spy starring Bautista, Kristen Schaal and Ken Jeong. Signature Entertainment is behind titles including The Hatton Garden Job and the Gary Oldman-Olga Kurylenko thriller The Courier. This news comes to us from Deadline

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Alright, almost any person who was born in the 90's has seen the Disney classic "Holes"….well my family actually got to live it this last weekend! This was the first time my whole family and I have gotten together all summer!
The weekend started with my sister and niece arriving EARLY in the morning Friday where we all jam packed ourselves into my parent's convertible and took off for home. Despite having little leg/arm room I slept like a rock for a majority of the ride home. BUT the day didn't stop there….after arriving at "home sweet home" I had to quickly get ready because my sister and I had hair appointments. I'm sure many of you will agree, but doesn't getting your hair done just feel awesome!? The rest of the night was dedicated to relaxation, rest, and catching up with family. AND I got to see my absolutely amazing boyfriend! (I feel like every time he comes over to my house, my dad just likes to feed him…that night is was 2 BLT's and pie). My dad played football way back in the day so I'm sure he understands the appetite of hard working man.
The next morning we hit the road EARLY again! (Are you starting to see the trend of the word early?…I am). We drove up to my grandma's hometown of Alexander, ND. She used to manage a museum up there for years! This was the first time I had probably been in the museum since I was 10, but it was still the same. The smell, the look, and I still think it looks haunted…but it was all still the same. AND something really cool was that when I was in 4th grade I brought up my ND studies project up to the museum where my grandma put it on display…..and it was still there! How cool is that? I can officially say that I have something in a museum. I mean..I guess I am kind of a big deal :). After searching through the museum we explored my grandma's old land and went metal detecting! It was hotter than a pistol out there but we still had fun searching through the old school house outhouse and finding nails and others bits and pieces out in the field. Driving around the Western side of the state is so interesting….there is so much history, BUT also so much growth! North Dakota has a great thing going on right now, but I can only pray that we hold on to our past and restore it. The beauty is priceless.
After getting a few hours of sleep at the hotel we woke up EARLY again….but this time it was for the Fossil Dig. We learned about the fossils over an awesome breakfast in Medora and than we took a van out into the Badlands. Everyone in my group found fossils….my brother and Nick found the most. Nick found 4 teeth (I'm just a little jealous), and my brother found huge fossilized fish bones and a bird bone. I on the other hand….found fossilized alligator poop. But I was still super excited to find that! The dig was so cool and interesting. Who would have thought that North Dakota was once filled with swamps and alligators?
But now it's back to reality time for me. School starts in about a month and I leave for the National Sweetheart Pageant in about 3 weeks! Yay! I would like to say thank you to all of my family who made this last weekend one that I will never forget. I know at times everyone got a little snappy (probably from the heat and being stuck in a mini van for hours)….but we still had a ton of fun! AND a huge thank you to Nick. I am so glad that you came along with my family and I for this trip. I'm sure you probably think my family is crazy and you definitely got to know everyone A LOT better….but I would not have wanted to share this experience with anyone else. You are the most amazing man and I am so so soooo lucky to have you in my life! I love all of you guys!
Keep reading my blogs to see how my preparation for the Sweetheart Pageant is going! As always, if you have any advice or words of encouragement I would LOVE to hear them! Talk to you soon!
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New Year's is a time of celebration and for many – a time for resolutions! If you are you making resolutions this year, don't forget your home. At UFO, we came up with some of our TOP New Year's Resolutions for your home.
- The Purge – Watch any of your favorite home network shows, the homes we love are usually clean and free of clutter. The new year is a great time (i.e. it's cold outside and we can't go to the beach…) to clear through the clutter and get rid of things we don't need. Make it for the greater good – sort and donate your items for friends/family or charity. Our rule of thumb, if you haven't seen it or used it in a year – donate or toss it.
- Storage/Organization – Once you get past the purge, that's where we come in. We've got so many great ways to store your stuff! Bedroom chests, storage beds, accent cabinets, you name it! Visit our showrooms and let us help you find ways to store your stuff.
- Build a Retreat – Be it a new bedroom set, living room, or accents – why not make your home your ideal retreat!?! Most of us don't have the luxury of vacationing everyday – why not choose your favorite destination (or dream destination) and try to recreate it at home? Search Instagram or Pinterest for 'Cozy Living Rooms' or Romantic Bedrooms' jot down ideas, and come shop with us at UFO! We love inspired projects – after all, don't you deserve your home to be your dream retreat?
- Family Time – Set the stage for spending time with those you love, be it family, friends, your cat – we're not judging. Tired of that old sofa? New year is a great time for an update. Many of us are waiting on our tax refunds and can use those for some new living or dining room furniture for a better night's sleep. You don't even need to wait for that refund with our great financing options.
- Get More Sleep – We spend about 1/3 of our life sleeping. If you are like us, you just thought about that lumpy pillow and old mattress. You work hard, why not upgrade your mattress/pillows/sheets for a more restful and peaceful night's sleep? You don't have to spend a fortune to get a great night's sleep with UFO.
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Re: how to graphically fill the tails of a normal distribution
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg50044] Re: [mg50012] how to graphically fill the tails of a normal distribution
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 05:44:51 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <email@example.com>
- Reply-to: drbob at bigfoot.com
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I can't read any of that, but maybe this is close to what you want? Needs["Graphics`"] Needs["Statistics`"] f[x_] := PDF[NormalDistribution[0, 1], x] DisplayTogether[FilledPlot[f[x], {x, -3, -2}, Fills -> Red], Plot[f[ x], {x, -3, 3}], FilledPlot[f[x], {x, 2, 3}, Fills -> Red]] Bobby On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:53:11 -0400 (EDT), Todd Allen <genesplicer28 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > Hope you don't mind a question from a biologist trying to learn Mathematica. I have been teaching myself the syntax of Mathematica to analyze microarray data (i.e, a technology to simultaneously monitor the expression levels of thousands of genes). I am interested in producing a plot for a presentation in which the tails of a normal distribution are colored red to illustrate a concept. I can get the plot to work with a single tail, but I can't get the syntax to work for both tails of the disribution. Here is my code: >This works for a single tail, with the following code (necessary packages already loaded): > ndist=NormalDistribution[0,1] > > npdf=PDF[ndist,x] > > FilledPlot[{npdf,If[x³2,0,npdf]},{x,-4,4},Fills®RGBColor[1,0,0]] > > However when I try the following with the Or operator (at least I think Or operator): > > FilledPlot[{npdf,If[x³2.0þx£-2.0,0,npdf]},{x,-4,4},Fills®RGBColor[1,0,0]] > > I get a series of error messages: > > Plot:plnr:If[x³2.0þx£-2.0,0,npdf] is not a machine-size real number at x=-4 > > This error repeats itself with different x values and then a normal curve is drawn with neither tail colored in. > > >What am I missing here? >Any insight is much appreciated, thanks! > Todd > > -- DrBob at bigfoot.com www.eclecticdreams.net
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- how to graphically fill the tails of a normal distribution
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Jun 28 2017
LAA enables carrier aggregation than LTE-U, enabling mobile operators to combine larger amounts of unlicensed and licensed spectrum. In addition to that, T-Mobile became the first USA carrier to test the related LAA technology.
AT&T and T-Mobile US are both pushing ahead with the use of unlicensed spectrum at 5 GHz, and the results of field tests show that T-Mobile US is edging out AT&T in terms of speed. If youre anxious about your 5GHz Wi-Fi, LAA is created to play nice with existing wireless tech on the same band by following the listen-before-talk protocol. LAA and LTE-U use underutilized spectrum and other users on the same band, including Wi-Fi users, are unaffected. LTE Unlicenced (LTE-U), utilizes the 5GHz spectrum - commonly used by WiFi devices - to deliver a faster network experience. More locations will be rolling out later this year, T-Mobile noted. T-Mobile US reported that it achieved 741 megabits per second speeds in the downlink using License-Assisted Access and 80 megahertz of aggregated spectrum, while AT&T laid claim to speeds of around 650 Mbps. The neat thing about LTE-U is that users do not have to configure anything on their compatible smartphone, it just works. T-Mobile LTE-U is live in select locations in Bellevue, WA; Brooklyn, NY; Dearborn, MI; Las Vegas, NV; Richardson, TX; and Simi Valley, CA.
T-Mobile said the field tests will help it test new products in a controlled environment outside the lab. And, of course, T-Mobile is once again first to use this LTE Advanced technology. This will include the use of small cells, which carry LAA functionality. While our competitors scramble to deal with the way unlimited data plans are slowing down their networks, we're already moving on to what's next.
T-Mobile likes to talk up its network enhancements, and today the magenta carrier made two more announcements.
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Statutory guidance
Large-scale water transfers: resource management
Sets our approach to large scale water transfers and water resource planning for water companies.
This publication was withdrawn on
This guidance is no longer in use as it does not reflect government position on large scale water transfers. See water sector: improving long-term resilience guidance for information about long-term planning and resilience in the water sector.
This position statement sets our role and the role of water companies in the development of water resource plans.


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IELTS Speaking questions from Nairobi, Kenya – May 2010
IELTS exam in Kenya was just like the test given in Hungary, Kosovo, Serbia and Iran (how about that!). Here are the questions shared by our friend O:
Speaking test
– What is your full name?
– What shall I call you?
– Do you work / are you a student?
– Where do you come from ?
– What color do you like and why?
– Does it have any meaning?
– What colors in your country have meanings?
Cue Card
Talk about a movie that you watched lately, please say:
– What was the movie about?
– When and where did you see it?
– What did you like and what didn't you like?
– Do you agree that parents should know what their children are watching?
– What effects do movies have on children?
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What exactly is dating
MAXINE ROSEMARYWednesday, November 27, 2019 8:45:30 AM
At loveisrespect, we get all kinds of questions about dating. We cover a few of the basics below. If you have questions of your own or need more information, you can always chat with a trained peer advocate! It may be serious or casual, straight or gay, committed or open, short-term or long-term. Keep these questions in mind:. They may or may "What exactly is dating" be your only partner and can include sex.
You should be able to communicate your feelings without being afraid of negative consequences or abuse. Remember the rules for a healthy relationship apply to hook-ups, too.
Many parents set a dating age for their kids according to their culture, views and beliefs. Consider talking to your parents, family and friends to see what their thoughts are. If you think that talking to your parents might be hard, start with your friends or other adults you trust. There are other types of relationships that might not be considered dating that are just as real and valid. Maybe you have a child with somebody
What exactly is dating do not consider yourself to be in a dating relationship with that person.
Having a child together could feel like more just dating, or you might have chosen not to be together anymore; there is no one way that relationships must work. Another possibility is that you and your partner are married. Of course, marriage is different from dating in some ways, but you might be surprised at how similar they really are!
What makes a dating relationship healthy or unhealthy usually applies to marriage as well.
At loveisrespect, we focus on dating relationships, but the "What exactly is dating" on this website is helpful for all kinds of relationships!
Yes, holding a grudge against your partner is unhealthy, not only for your relationship but also for you. Holding grudges for a long time can result in building up anger, distress, doubt and a lot of other negative feelings that can make you unhappy and stressed.
To maintain a healthy relationship, you need to be able to forgive your partner for their past mistakes. The other option is letting them go. Remember that feeling isolated and no one else liking your partner can be warning signs of an unhealthy or abusive relationship.
Abuse can affect all types of relationships, not just long-term or committed relationships.
If something makes you uncomfortable, scared or threatened, you could be experiencing the warning signs of an unhealthy or abusive relationship.
What exactly is dating and parenting teens are at a higher risk of experiencing physical abuse. We are available 24 hours a day! Dating abuse and relationship issues can be hard topics to discuss, but in our experience, getting support can be really helpful.
Computer use can be monitored and is impossible to completely clear. If you are afraid your internet usage might be monitored, call loveisrespect at What exactly is dating TTY Keep these questions in mind: Do you have romantic feelings for this person?
Do you hang out or go on dates without a group of friends? Should We Break Up? Healthy Relationships What is Consent? How Can We Communicate Better? Click to go back to top of page. Dating is where two people who are attracted to each other spend time together to see if they also can stand to be around each other most of the time, if this is. Have you ever wondered exactly what casual dating is?
To some people it sounds glamorous and mysterious. To others it sounds like a polite. At loveisrespect, we get all kinds of questions about dating.
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Harun: It was worth the wait
Harun Junior was a picture of joy after scoring his first goal for the club in the 3-1 win over Posta Rangers at Kenyatta Stadium on Thursday.
Harun, who was handed only his second start against the mailmen, swept home from close range on 35 minutes after his central defence partner Andrew Juma squared the ball into his path with a looping header.
"It was unbelievable, I was overwhelmed. I didn't know how to express myself. My teammates always joke that I hardly score but here I was proving them wrong," said Harun whose only previous start was against Bandari on March 2.
Mathare United defender Harun Junior towers above Posta Rangers forward Francis Nambute in an aerial battle.
The 23-year-old only returned to the club in January after spending more than two years on loan in the second tier where he was attached to Modern Coast Rangers and Nairobi Stima.
However, he has turned in solid performances at the back where he has been deployed as an understudy to Juma and Johnstone Omurwa.
Mathare United defender Harun Junior (left) vies for the ball with Posta Rangers forward Marcellus Ingotsi.
Long journey
"It's been a long journey and I'm glad that I have been getting playing time this season. I was reluctant to come back in January since I felt I had unfinished business with (Nairobi) Stima where I was a regular. I wanted to help them get promoted since we came very close last season," revealed Harun.
"I gave it a second thought and decided to look at it as a challenge to redeem myself at Premier League level and I'm happy that it has turned out well, it was worth it. There is stiff competition for places but I will continue giving 120 per cent whenever I am selected," added Harun.


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Today we are featuring Joshua Bradley wedding photography. A first time visit to this venue which is very local to us. This is the wedding of Nicola and Mike. A relaxed wedding and a lot of fun, love and happiness going on. What a great crowd of wedding guests. Being a winter wedding we were chasing the light, but we were delighted to get 30 mins in the grounds and some beautiful autumnal wedding pictures. The courtyard pictures were great fun too. The beauty of having a pre wed shoot with Nic and Mike is we get to know each other, have a laugh and pass on a few tips and tricks about wedding photos. On the day itself, we didn't need to explain anything, we just put them in the right light and got a great set of pictures quickly and had a fun time doing so. If you would like more info on our wedding photography, please take a look at our wedding page and portfolio and get in touch HERE
Joshua Bradley wedding photography
Here are a selection of pictures I have chosen to showcase their wedding day. At the bottom of the page you will find a link to their online gallery and the 350+ pictures we took on the day.
Want to see all Nicola and Mikes wedding pictures ? Then visit there online gallery here Nicola and Mike get married. Feel free to leave them some love in the comments below.


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Art Hotel LUMIER is located in a forested area on the Baltic coast, in the center of the resort town Svetlogorsk. Opening - October 2009. The hotel has twenty double rooms, they are united by one thing - a high class of comfort and safety, a combination of stylish design and comfort. 44 km from the airport Khrabrovo Kaliningrad, 50 km from the railway station of Kaliningrad. On the first day, check-in is at 2.00 pm, on the last day, check-out is at 12.00. Meals: Breakfast (buffet / continental). Infrastructure Wi-Fi, Relak-Kompleks, Art-cafe "Lumiere", playground, tour desk, luggage storage, 24-hour parking, laundry; We accept credit cards VISA, Master Card. It is forbidden to smoke in all areas of the hotel.
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Then Eli'phaz the Te'manite answered:
"Is not God high in the heavens?
See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Therefore you say, 'What does God know?
Can he judge through the deep darkness?
Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the vault of heaven.'
Will you keep to the old way
which wicked men have trod?
They were snatched away before their time;
their foundation was washed away.
They said to God, 'Depart from us,'
and 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
Yet he filled their houses with good things -
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The righteous see it and are glad;
the innocent laugh them to scorn,
saying, 'Surely our adversaries are cut off,
and what they left the fire has consumed.'
"Agree with God, and be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
Receive instruction from his mouth,
and lay up his words in your heart.
If you return to the Almighty and humble yourself,
if you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,
if you lay gold in the dust,
and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed,
and if the Almighty is your gold,
and your precious silver;
then you will delight yourself in the Almighty,
and lift up your face to God.
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you;
and you will pay your vows.
You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
and light will shine on your ways.
For God abases the proud,
but he saves the lowly.
He delivers the innocent man;
you will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
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News | December 31, 1987
Dr. McCleese Appointed Manager of Earth and Space Sciences Division
Dr. Daniel J. McCleese has been appointed manager of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Earth and Space Sciences Division, it has been announced.
McCleese, 38, succeeds Dr. Charles Elachi, who was recently named assistant laboratory director for JPL's Office of Space Science and Instruments. McCleese formerly was manager of the Laboratory's Atmospheric and Cometary Sciences Section.
The Earth and Space Sciences Division includes research and instrument development in such areas as atmospheric sciences, oceanography, cometary sciences, geology, planetology, space physics and astrophysics.
A native of Chula Vista, Calif., McCleese was graduated in physics from Antioch College, Ohio, and took doctorate in atmospheric physics from the University of Oxford, England.
McCleese joined JPL in 1976 after serving as research officer at the University of Oxford's Clarendon Laboratory. He since has held variety of scientific, technical and managerial positions in planetary atmospherics and atmospheric sciences at JPL.
Among his scientific duties, McCleese is principal investigator for the pressure modulator infrared radiometer on Mars Observer, planned for launch in 1992. McCleese is also principal investigator for atmospheric sounders being developed for Cassini, proposed mission to Saturn, and for the Earth Observation System, an Earth-orbiting spacecraft under study at JPL.
His honors include Fulbright scholarship while pursuing his doctorate at Oxford as well as NASA achievement awards for his work on the Pioneer Venus Orbiter science team and in remote wind sensing. He also was awarded patent for methods and apparatus for the Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder.
McCleese and his wife, Judith, reside in Altadena with their son.
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Doesn't time fly?! Already we are in Montana for a brief visit. Stopped by here last year and thought it was great. Once we knew our route for this summer we had to stop back. First and foremost it has GREAT beer - Big Sky Brewing is the local brewery which has a great tap room where you can get very generous samples of the beers - up to 4 a day in a real funky pub type environment. So we went today, and will be stopping back tomorrow no doubt! Also got our 'Growler' filled up - a big 64oz glass bottle (we were told today by a woman at the bar there that they came about in the days before Montana became a state the men used to hang out at the bars a little too much and the only way the landlords could get rid of them was to send them on their way with a take-out beer - the growler. Now brewpubs often still sell beer to go in these Growlers - $5 a go - and why not!!) (Loved this sign at the brewery - "Beer - so much more than just a Breakfast Drink"!! - oh yes!)
Spent the last week in Idaho. What an amazing place!! Loved it! The Sawtooth National Recreation area in particular. Lots of mountains, the Salmon River winding it's way through, green fields and lots of hiking (40 miles in the last week!) and we even managed a spot of easy going river rafting (not the white water variety this time!). Also discovered the joys of camping in the National Forests and Recreation areas - as well as all the 'developed' campsites they have plenty of freebie places too - basically anywhere that has already been used for the purpose! Bizarrely one place was pretty much a campsite to us - it was an overflow area for the popular Redfish lake and there were well marked sites, firerings and a toilet and it was free - 200 yards down the road was the turning into the 'real' campground costing $11 a night!! (OK so I realise we're not talking big bucks savings here but even so!!). We camped out at some beautiful spots right next to the river (such a great sound to lull you to sleep!), in real solitude. Watched a wild storm come over the mountains in the distance one afternoon but we got lucky - it never reached us. The Sawtooth area is also a hotspot for natural hot springs - discovered a couple along the roadside and along the river the day we went rafting - a good way to warm through after being in the chilly river water for a while!


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Unique Door Hardware
Hi, this is Tracy Switzer, president of Shelter Works. Today, I'm going to answer the question, "What if I need unique door hardware?"
Normally, we use either a three-point latching system (which has the rods), or a panic type exit device which has the push-bar action. In this case, the client needed custom hardware that had access either by key or by keypad. So, you can imagine not wanting to give out a lot of keys, or not even wanting to keep track of that many keys, but if somebody needed to get in this building in an emergency and did not hold a key, you could just give them a key code, and they can punch it in and open the door.
This is just another way in which Shelter Works offers to customize your buildings just for you. Remember, if it was built by Shelter Works, it was built for life.


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Everybody Jam is as Australian as it gets – flashbacks of episodes of The Flying Doctors, Bill Bryson, dry heat and deserts, it's all coming back to the cat!
Set on a cattle farm in the Northern Territories, 13-year-old Danny Dawson is our narrator who introduces us to his grief-ridden family. His older brother Jonny died and nobody has really recovered from it, least of all Danny himself, who is dead set on leaving everything in his room – including the bed sheets – just in the way it was when Jonny died. Moreover, the family is at yet another hurdle in their life: 14-year-old Sissy is pregnant and nobody knows who the father is and to top it off it's the muster the annual roundup of the cattle, which is proving to be excruciatingly hard this year due to the blistering heat and drought they've been suffering from for almost 2 years now.
Everybody Jam is a great debut, featuring a great voice in Danny. For him everything is normal: the muster, the things people do at the farm, the way you think about gins (aborigines) and interracial relationships, what you ask and don't ask for breakfast (that Pommie was bloody useless, not even knowing what everybody jam is (apricot jam – because everybody likes it) , which makes it often more alienating for the reader because we are not all used to Danny's very obvious and 'normal' things. However, the two standout elements in this little gem is the language (so deliciously Australian) and the scorching setting: brutal, unapologetic, otherworldly even.
Everybody Jam was shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal. This is, incidentally in the same year as when Patrick Ness won with A Monster Calls. With that book it has a sense of honesty and raw emotion in common, something which makes it into a must read for everyone interested in Australian (Outback) culture, a great coming-of-age story or just a plain good book.


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Please forgive me if the answer is obvious or has been answered. I promised i spent considerable time searching for the answer prior to posting here.
Ingest multipfle fixed width files into hdfs (4gb compressed using bz2 and 35gb uncompressed). At the end of the day, the data must be available to analyst via hive or impala. The ideal solution would be performant and storage friendly.
1. Create external table using the bz2 files. Queries return NO DATA
2. Using pig load files into PigStorage and Store using Parquet.
This works for 1 file, but once i set the load statement to a directory load, it fails after processing for an hour or so. The error message in HUE doesn't shed much light on the issue.
Is it possible to create a Hive or Impala table using bz2 compressed files?
Is it possible to convert fixed width bz2 files to parquet using pig?
Also, if i'm chasing the wrong approach, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hive Create Table
Create External Table bzcompressed (Col1 string)
Location '/user/bzipped/'
select substr(col1, 1, 50) from bzcompressed -- returns 0 rows
A = Load '/user/bzipped/' using PigStorage();
B = do some foreach row stuff....
STORE B into '/user/parquet/' USING pig.parquet.ParquetStorer
-- this code workse if i explicity name a single file, but failes when i reference just a directory


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sdl_waitthread(3) [opensolaris man page]
SDL_WaitThread(3) SDL API Reference SDL_WaitThread(3) NAME
SDL_WaitThread - Wait for a thread to finish. SYNOPSIS
#include "SDL.h" #include "SDL_thread.h" void SDL_WaitThread(SDL_Thread *thread, int *status); DESCRIPTION
Wait for a thread to finish (timeouts are not supported). RETURN VALUE
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Carina del Valle Schorske is a PhD candidate whose work focuses on women's performance and multimedia practice in the Americas from Zora Neale Hurston through Ana Mendieta. More broadly, her interests as a teacher and scholar include Caribbean aesthetics and theory, psychoanalysis, and the relationship between anthropology and modernism. Carina is pursuing certificates in feminist scholarship and in comparative literature from the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society.
She is also a writer, and her essays and poetry have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Lit Hub, the New Yorker online, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Offing, The Awl, and The Point, where she is Contributing Editor. She won Gulf Coast's 2016 Prize for her translations of the Puerto Rican poet Marigloria Palma, an ongoing project featured in publications including small axe salon and Asteri(x) Journal. She is a Fellow with CantoMundo, a national organization of Latinx poets, and remains active in the Puerto Rican literary community.
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Caribbean aesthetics and theory; performance studies; anthropology and the avant garde; literatures of the African diaspora, U.S. Latinx Studies; psychoanalysis


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You are currently browsing the tag archive for the 'Fan Page' tag.
If your company has a Facebook presence, I am okay with it. However, if your company goes about this presence wrong, I am not okay with it.
If I like your business/product/service and you want me to become a fan of your page, I will become a fan of your page. If I really like your business/product/service and you want me to join a group in support of it, I will consider joining. However, I don't care how much I like your business/product/service, I probably will not accept your company as a friend.
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Iraq is getting ready to hunt ISIS with their killer robot.
Military robots are nothing new-whether in reality or pop culture nightmare scenarios. But the Bagdhad Post reports that a new bot could be the first to fire its weapon on Iraqi soil. It's called alrobot-Arabic for "robot"-and it's a deadly machine.
According to Defense One, Alrobot is equipped with an automatic turret, a rocket launcher, four separate cameras, and a radio range of an entire kilometer. Although it's not the first robot ever deployed in Iraq, it'll likely be the first to actually be used as Iraqi forces continue to battle ISIS.
So alrobot is in no way an anomaly. It's actually the future of human, and inhuman, conflict.


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Every day on Channel 4 at 7.55pm, you can find 4Thought, a short film about a particular topic. Each week sees a new topic that the films present a series of perspectives on. "Why hate me for the way I look?" is the title of this weeks 4Thought series.
You can watch all the "Why hate me for the way I look?" films HERE
It was thanks to the tweets of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation that I found out about this week's theme, as not living in the UK anymore means I miss out on stuff if I'm not careful! All of the films are thought provoking, but Gena Buchan's story brough tears to my eyes. All the people featured in these film have experienced hate as a result of the way they look, three of the participants are from alternative subcultures, one is a Sikh and the other suffers from Cherubism.
I'm consider myself fortunate that the worst I have been subjected is the odd shout of "Greebo" from dumb ass teenagers in Plymouth or Exeter. I know people who have experienced worse. Since moving to Vienna I get the odd look, but the attitude here is much more accepting of sub cultures (race and religion can be another matter though). I think it is in part because it is a large city, partly because it is an incredibly diverse city and also because it is a pretty cool place to live, with a vibrant culture.
Enough of my rambling, go and watch the films, and spread the word. Honestly, the best way to reduce the amount of hate directed at people because of the way they look is to talk, educate and explain, over and over and over again if necessary. Start dialogues, politely. Invite people to ask questions. Most of all, be proud of who you are (and be nice and polite with it), and be true to yourself.
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Jessica Black Beauties Nail Set
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I've just spotted these over on BritishBeautyBlogger, and I am so so tempted.
I love Jessica polishes, they apply beautifully and last well. I am also a sucker for a black nail... I'm so tempted by this set, but I'm not sure I'd use the matte polish because I am not that great at painting my nails in anything other than a single colour (and I even struggle with that!).
But boy do I love them!! Check out BritishBeautyBlogger's post for more pictures!
So yeah... Hi!
Life has been so hectic! First finishing my Masters, then a big project at work coming to fruition, combined with some family issues and a hectic social life. I don't really feel like the last 2 months have actually happened.
Still, things are starting to calm down a little bit, and the decks are clearing. Which means I can think about returning to blogging more regularly, and hopefully, finally, about more interesting things!
For now though, I'll just run down the things that have changed in the last few months, and the things I'm looking forward to.
Still, things are starting to calm down a little bit, and the decks are clearing. Which means I can think about returning to blogging more regularly, and hopefully, finally, about more interesting things!
For now though, I'll just run down the things that have changed in the last few months, and the things I'm looking forward to.
- I have sorted out my skin. It may have taken an expensive skincare regime, but it is sorted. And the scars are fading. And my foundation (which is also expensive), looks great every day. For this I have to give credit to Caroline Hirons and the advice she gives in her clinics and on her blog. It was her information and expertise that made me realise exactly what I needed for my skin, and that there is no point having expensive make up if the skin is not right. I can concur with her high rating of hyaluronic acid for keeping skin looking amazing, and for helping with scars.
- I cut my hair and got rid of all the black from it.... (well, it is still a little bit red, but not in an unnatural way because my hair has always been a bit red). I now have very short hair. Which I love, because it makes getting ready in the morning really easy!
- I got a job. It is only a short internship, and I'm already half way through but I'm having a blast.
- I joined a gym, and have been making an effort to go whenever I have time (which hasn't been much as I've been away so much!). I really enjoy all the weights, but I really need a new pair of trainers!
- I discovered that Marks and Spencers in Bratislava not only sells clothes, it also sells English food. Which is amazing as I can get things like Muscovado sugar and treacle, which are practically impossible to get in Vienna.
- I'm heading to the UK at the weekend for my first trip back since we moved. I am taking hardly anything so I can bring things home!
- With that, I'm looking forward to going to TKMaxx, Boots, Superdrug, and Debenhams.
- Due to one thing and another, this year has been a bit up and down. So the Beard and I have decided to get away for some sunshine and pool action later in the year. Our current thinking is pick a couple of weeks, save up some money and go wherever our budget will take us. The only stipulations we have are All Inclusive accommodation (I'm not normally a fan, but I want a supremely lazy holiday), 4 star, warm enough to sunbath and swim in the sea, and preferably no injections required (that's my preference anyway).
- In June I will be making Christmas Puddings and Mince Meat ready for Christmas.
- I have 5 metres of linen and I intend to put it to good use! Trousers and a dress I think, for nice easy summer dressing. It is of course black.
- I also bought some new Birkenstocks and some trainer shoe things and I now have practical, comfortable summer footwear to see me through the warmer months.
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Posted: Jan 31, 2019
Montel Carlow, a 6' 1" sophomore guard, from United Tribes Technical College, has been selected the men's player of the week. During a 1-1 week, while shooting 47% from the field, he scored 60 points, had 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals. Montel is from Fort Yates, North Dakota, and he attended Solen High School.


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Apple's OS X Courses are designed for Networking professionals who need training to perform the following tasks
The Apple Certified Technical Coordinator (ACTC) 10.9 combines the two Mavericks courses:
Mavericks 101 and Mavericks 201 and corresponding certification exams. This class will give experience IT professionals and entry-level system administrators the knowledge and tools required to
implement and maintain a network that uses OS X Server.
The class includes extensive hands on labs in-depth exploration of functionality and troubleshooting in
OS X and the best methods for effectively supporting users of OS X systems. Our hands on labs will cover the functions and troubleshooting of the the MAC OS X operating system.
This course is a compressed delivery of 2 courses, and should be attended only by those who are
already familiar with the concepts and comfortable working at a quick pace. ACTC Bootcamp isdesigned for help desk specialists, technical coordinators, service technicians, and entry-level
system administrators who implement and maintain networks using OS X Server or support Macusers, technical support personnel in businesses that use Mac computers for general
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1. Installing OS X Mavericks2. Setup and Configuration3. OS X Recovery4. OS X Software Updates5. User Accounts6. User Home Folders7. System Security
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Rita Stanley
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Tucker, GA 30084
Job Objective Looking for an opportunity to work as a Cognos Report Developer for a reputed company.
Work Experience:
Cognos Report Developer, July 2006 – Present
Brook, Inc., Tucker, GA
- Developed and maintained a full suite of reporting products in a complex database environment comprised of SQL Server 2005, Sybase and DB2 databases.
- Supported a wide range of finance, credit, margin and regulatory users, responded quickly to user needs and developed report products in a timely manner.
- Analyzed requirements and interacted with users and designers to determine the data sets required to meet the users' needs.
- Built efficient, complex, parameterized SQL queries and stored procedures to produce output data sets.
- Implemented best practices to reduce maintenance overhead and complexity.
- Evaluated new technology for creating and delivering report products.
- Assisted with analyzing data integrity within all SQL databases.
Cognos Report Developer, May 2002 – June 2006
Veta Corporation, Tucker, GA
- Supported and assisted in developing the vision and direction for reports, associated tools and metrics within service management.
- Identified reports and associated tool enhancements needed for service management advancement, then developed, tested and implemented associated changes.
- Diagnosed and resolved complex problems and issues related to service management reports.
- Collaborated with projects on complex requirements analysis related to data and enterprise reports.
Summary of Qualifications:
- A great deal of experience in Cognos development and data warehousing
- Profound knowledge of Cognos Impromptu Report Development, Cognos PowerPlay Tool Use and Cognos Report Designer
- Skilled in Cognos Framework modelling and report development
- Knowledgeable in Oracle SQL and relational databases, writing complex SQL to validate reports and tuning Reports
- Working knowledge of BI concepts and data warehousing concepts
- Strong ability in reports performance tuning in an Oracle environment
- Excellent PL and SQL development skills
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines in a timely manner in a fast paced changing environment
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Champlain College, Vermont, VT
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'Where is your faith?' (Luke 8:23)
The disciples were in a storm, surrounded by danger and filled with fear; they apply to Jesus – this was correct. They doubt His care, they question His love, and cry "we are going to drown" – this was wrong. Jesus demands, "WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?"
May He not put the same question to us? We have His word, but do we heartily believe it? We speak of His love, but do we confidently trust it? We read of His care, but do we see our safety in it?
We often seem to believe any one sooner than Jesus; to trust any word more than His word; and therefore we are cast down, fearful and distressed. Today, let us endeavour to fix our faith steadily upon His precious word; let us believe in His particular providence; let us commune with Him as our firm and faithful friend. He says, "Let not your hearts be troubled, you believe in God, believe also in Me".
He is worthy of credit, He cannot deceive; He deserves our confidence, He will not neglect; He encourages our hope, and promises "If you ask anything of the Father in My name, I will do it". Do you believe this? Do you believe it when you pray?
Oh, how wavering is my mind,
Toss'd about with every wind,
Oh, how quickly doth my heart
From the living God depart.
O my God, thy grace impart,
To fix and bind my wandering heart.
THE DAILY REMEMBRANCER by James Smith (1802-1862)
Journal Jottings
'O to give greater proof than ever, by my disposition, in my preaching, and by the whole of my conduct, that I am a devoted, decided, follower of the Lamb. Enable me to watch for souls, to win souls for Christ, and may a multitude be given me for my hire, by my good and gracious God. Amen.'


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Ecology trial for Canning catchment
Released 14 Mar 2007
The effect of flows in one of WA's iconic river systems is the subject of a trial to be conducted by the Department of Water and the Swan Catchment Council later this month.
Department of Water Director Resource Use, Rob Hammond, said the Environmental Water Requirements Flow trial will allow the Department's scientists to control the release of water and measure what volume and duration of flows are required to meet our environmental objectives for the Canning River.
"This trial is an important project in helping us determine how water flows affect the local ecology and their role in the water cycle," said Mr Hammond.
"Initially, we'll be measuring low flows within the existing river channel and testing the capacity and suitability of the water delivery infrastructure that's in place at present. This involves measuring flows from six existing 'tap' release points that deliver scheme water to the river downstream of Canning Dam during the traditionally hot, dry summer-autumn periods.
"We can then look at the Department's modelling for flow requirements and the best ways to maintain pool depths and other features of the system that affect water quality and the efficient use of water.
"This trial is an important way to test our understanding of the causes and likelihood of algal blooms and anoxia, or loss of oxygen, in the Canning River. We're establishing the most effective ways to protect our water systems and good science is vital to that goal," he said.
"Activities in any catchment area have the potential to impact on water quality. In the Canning catchment, extensive land clearing, development and pressure on the local ecology has resulted in pollutants entering the system from a range of different sources, including industry, agriculture, septic systems, lawn fertilisers and stormwater runoff," he said.
Mr Hammond said the Department of Water is now the lead agency for determining Environmental Water Requirements for rivers and there is a long history of regulating flows in the Canning catchment. The requirements are tailored to each river, taking into consideration the local ecology and the need to maintain the health of the system.
The trial will incorporate a series of investigations, linking data from six monitoring sites along the river with computer modelling of the physical and ecological environment and will examine threshold flow rates for river pools that may prevent anoxia.
The monitoring will focus on the lower reaches from Pioneer Park, Gosnells, up to Soldiers Road, Roleystone. Flows will be reduced for four days, to a level that maintains base flow for licensed water users in the area before being gradually increased over the next three days.
The water release trial is scheduled to begin March 14 on the Canning River between Araluen and Gosnells. The Department of Water is asking all licensed water users and householders in the area who have a land-right to pump water to please reduce or, wherever possible, restrict surface water extraction from the Canning River for the duration of the trial period. This measure will provide the Department's scientists with a more accurate reading of river levels and increase the effectiveness of the trial.
For further information please contact the project coordinator Laurence Radin during business hours on 0401175977.
Contact: Peter Collins
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Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey will present their research at the 100th annual Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting from Aug. 9-14, 2015, in Baltimore, Maryland.
The theme is "Ecological Science at the Frontier: Celebrating ESA's Centennial."
The Ecological Society of America is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of scientists founded in 1915 to promote ecological science.


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Last week I shared with you about a brand new Bible from Lifeway called the CSB He Reads Truth Bible. I held a giveaway and now I am pleased to announce that the winner of the new Bible is...
CSB He Reads Truth Bible Review & GIVEAWAY!
With Father's Day coming up, the new CSB He Reads Truth Bible would be an amazing gift! Read my review and enter the giveaway! #HeReadsTruthL3
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What happens when a mom listens to her son and surprises him for his 13th birthday.
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Most times it is not the big things that touch our hearts, but the little things that people sometimes do.
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Brake condition monitoring
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring the usage of aircraft brake members having facing friction surfaces, the method comprising:
- detecting each actuation of the brake members;
making a separate record of each actuation in which there is relative movement of the facing friction surfaces which causes wear; and
determining brake usage from that record, the method of determining relative movement of the facing friction surfaces which causes wear including the steps of;
detecting a change in temperature of the brake members on actuation thereof;
generating signals according to the detected changes in temperature;
twice differentiating said signals and;
identifying from said signals actuations of the brake members which cause a change in temperature that is an increase above a pre-selected threshold value by comparing said twice differentiated signals with said pre-selected thereshold value and identifying those actuations that cause a change in temperature that is an increase above said pre-selected threshold value as actuations in which there is relative movement of the facing friction surfaces that causes wear.
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A system and method for monitoring the applications of carbon-carbon brakes of an aircraft to determine brake condition and operate a brake maintenance program or charge a brake system user. The system and method includes monitoring each actuation of the brakes and making a separate record of each actuation of the brakes in which there is relative movement of the facing friction surfaces that cause wear, and from that separate record determining brake usage. The monitoring may include measuring changes and processing the signals to distinguish between those which fall below and those which are above a threshold value. The method and system may comprise sensing a plurality of braking parameters having values dependent upon the wear in the system and different faults of the system, and identifying and recording wear and faults based on combinations of values of the parameters.
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Current AssigneeMeritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC
Sponsoring EntityMeritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC
|Electric brake system for a motor vehicle
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Current AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
Sponsoring EntityRobert Bosch GmbH
|Brake monitoring system and method
Patent #US 6,310,545 B1
Filed 07/01/1999
Current AssigneeOPGAL Optronics Industries Ltd
Sponsoring EntityOPGAL Optronics Industries Ltd
|Method and device for electrically controlling or adjusting the brake system of a vehicle
Patent #US 5,984,433 A
Filed 11/27/1997
Current AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
Sponsoring EntityRobert Bosch GmbH
|Method and apparatus for machine diagnosis
Patent #US 5,730,526 A
Filed 02/20/1996
Current AssigneeSUN ELECTRIC U.K. LIMITED
Sponsoring EntitySUN ELECTRIC U.K. LIMITED
|Method of brake lining wear detection using temperature sensing
Patent #US 5,651,431 A
Filed 01/26/1996
Current AssigneeDana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group LLC
Sponsoring EntitySANFORD ACQUISITION COMPANY
|Recording of operational events in an automotive vehicle
Patent #US 5,581,464 A
Filed 10/11/1994
Current AssigneeVorad Safety Systems Inc., Vorad Safety Systems Inc.
Sponsoring EntityVorad Safety Systems Inc., Vorad Safety Systems Inc.
|Method for the testing and monitoring of brakes in rail vehicles
Patent #US 5,201,834 A
Filed 04/27/1992
Current AssigneeDAIMLERCHRYSLER RAIL SYSTEMS GMBH
Sponsoring EntityInventio AG
|Device for controlled braking of a wheel train with temperature comparison
Patent #US 5,217,282 A
Filed 02/05/1992
Current AssigneeMeissier-Bugatti
Sponsoring EntityMeissier-Bugatti
|Method of increasing the service life of aircraft carbon disk brakes
Patent #US 4,923,056 A
Filed 02/21/1989
Current AssigneeAIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION A CORP. OF DE
Sponsoring EntityAIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION A CORP. OF DE
|Apparatus for the measurement and/or regulation of a braking force and/or of a braking torque
Patent #US 4,790,606 A
Filed 08/25/1987
Current AssigneeWabco Westinghouse Fahrzeugbremsen GmbH
Sponsoring EntityWabco Westinghouse Fahrzeugbremsen GmbH
|Tractor-trailer fluid pressure brake monitoring system
Patent #US 4,712,422 A
Filed 08/19/1986
Current AssigneeALERT-O-BRAKE SYSTEMS INC.
Sponsoring EntityALERT-O-BRAKE SYSTEMS INC.
16 Claims
- 1. A method of monitoring the usage of aircraft brake members having facing friction surfaces, the method comprising:
detecting each actuation of the brake members; making a separate record of each actuation in which there is relative movement of the facing friction surfaces which causes wear; and determining brake usage from that record, the method of determining relative movement of the facing friction surfaces which causes wear including the steps of; detecting a change in temperature of the brake members on actuation thereof; generating signals according to the detected changes in temperature; twice differentiating said signals and; identifying from said signals actuations of the brake members which cause a change in temperature that is an increase above a pre-selected threshold value by comparing said twice differentiated signals with said pre-selected thereshold value and identifying those actuations that cause a change in temperature that is an increase above said pre-selected threshold value as actuations in which there is relative movement of the facing friction surfaces that causes wear.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- 8. Aircraft brake monitoring apparatus for monitoring usage of aircraft brakes that comprise carbon-carbon multi-discs, said apparatus comprising:
at least one sensor for sensing a brake output parameter and providing signals indicative of values of the sensed brake output parameter; a differentiator for twice differentiating said signals; a processor for receiving and processing said twice differentiated signals using at least one algorithm to determine when a wear generating application of the brakes has been made; and a store in which a record of each wear generating application is stored.
- View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
1 Specification
This invention relates to a system and method for monitoring brake applications, more particularly but not exclusively monitoring the application of the brakes of an aircraft, for example, to determine the condition of the brakes. The invention also relates to a system for operating a braking system maintenance program and to a system for charging a user of a braking system.
Carbon-carbon brake discs are commonly used in aircraft brakes. The service life of a carbon-carbon brake is commonly quoted in terms of the number of landings the brake discs are expected to achieve before replacement, the number of landings being routinely logged for maintenance and airworthiness requirements. The expected number of landings is commonly used as a guarantee of minimum service life for heat packs that are sold or to calculate the cost per brake landing (CBL) where brake heat packs are leased to operators by the brake manufacturers.
Aircraft brakes, especially those employing carbon-carbon composite materials as the friction discs in a multi-disc arrangement, may suffer damage that can affect the performance of the brake during service. Routine inspection of brakes between scheduled services includes inspecting the wear pin to ensure sufficient material is available to enable the heat pack to safely absorb the energy of a stop without overheating and damage to the heat pack and surrounding components. Inspection of the wear pin will only reveal when the heat pack is reaching the end of its wear life and will not show other problems that can adversely affect performance of the brake such as broken discs, missing drive tenons, oxidation, uneven disc wear, brake drag or contamination.
It is desirable to have accurate information for determining the condition and predicting the life of carbon-carbon brake discs. This is important for safety as well as commercial reasons. For example, the high cost of carbon-carbon brake discs and delivery lead times in the order of six months makes provisioning of spares an important issue if inventory and hence working capital is to be minimized.
In use aircraft brakes are applied in five situations: when landing, when taxiing, when stationary, during pre-retract braking and, very rarely, during a rejected take off. This is an important point, for example, because it has been realized that the rate of wear of a carbon brake is dependent to a major extent on the number of brake operations effected and not on the energy dissipated during the operation. Thus, the wear during a taxi snub on a cold carbon-carbon brake is similar to that of a full landing.
The prior art relating to brake monitoring includes DE-A-3433236 which discloses a brake application monitoring device intended for use in vehicle or aircraft. This device comprises a chart recorder with traces driven by a transducer measuring the brake force, e.g. by sensing the hydraulic pressure applied, and an intertial sensor responsive to the actual deceleration of the vehicle or aircraft. However, there are several disadvantages with this proposal. For example, the brakes on an aircraft may require an applied pressure of approximately 150 psi (10 bar) simply to close the clearance in the brake before any braking effect is seen. However, a relatively small increase in that applied pressure may be all that is necessary to achieve the desired braking effect for a taxi snub. In many existing systems there is little or no sensing of brake pressure which means that modifications to those systems would be needed if brake pressure is to be used as a means of determining brake application. The use of an inertial sensor is not able to identify all kinds of braking operation carried out, for example check braking against engine thrust, and it might erroneously identify as a braking application a deceleration due to drag, wind effects or throttling back the engines as a braking application.
In the context of a braking system such as an aircraft wheel brake, it is known to measure physical parameters associated with the braking effect during an operation of the system with a view to regulating that effect.
For example, in a hydraulic servo operated aircraft brake system (autobrake) the extent to which the pilot has depressed the brake pedal, i.e. the brake demand, may be measured and the resulting hydraulic pressure applied to the brakes regulated to a value appropriate to the demand. In more complex examples, further parameters are measured. Thus, U.S. Pat. No. 4,790,606 to Reinecke discloses apparatus for measuring and/or regulating a braking force, which apparatus includes a deceleration sensor, a brake temperature sensor, a mass sensor and an evaluation means which uses the signals from these sensors to achieve the measurement and/or regulation. U.S. Pat. No. 4,592,213 to Rapoport discloses a braking system comprising temperature, friction and pressure sensors and means for comparing the signals from these sensors with predetermined values and automatically operating the braking system accordingly. U.S. Pat. No. 4,572,585 to Guichard and U.S. Pat. No. 4,043,607 to Signorelli et al also disclose systems of such a nature.
In some cases, the existence of excessively inefficient braking is signaled, e.g. by a warning signal to the pilot of an aircraft.
According to the invention there is provided a brake condition monitoring system and method in accordance with the claims.
The invention could be applied to an existing or new aircraft by the addition to the brake of a stand-alone unit with its own power supply or an external power supply from the aircraft systems. Alternatively, brake control hardware and/or software could be modified to incorporate the system into existing and new aircraft.
Methods for data storage and downloading such stored information are well known. The information on brake usage could be downloaded at some convenient time such as during maintenance of the aircraft. Data could be read directly from a visual display or downloaded to a portable facility for analysis later. Alternatively the recording unit could be removed for analysis at another site. The information could also be stored, for example, on a memory card that would be easier to remove than the whole unit.
The system of the invention could utilize the current anti-skid control unit (ASCU) by including extra algorithms within the current software, or a stand-alone box that could be positioned either on the brake or somewhere within the aircraft. Different parameters (hydraulic pressure, temperature, wheel speed, torque, pedal deflection, brake wear) could be used within algorithms to detect when an application has taken place and possibly what kind of application it was. The recorded information could be downloaded for analysis of the brake usage and the information could be used for maintenance, spares provisioning and/or charging purposes.
Information downloaded from the system could be used to build a detailed picture over a period of time of brake usage for each airline operating an aircraft type. This information could then be used to accurately predict when maintenance will be required and when heat packs will need changing. This will allow more accurate provisioning of heat pack spares, reducing inventory of these expensive carbon discs at the airline and brake manufacturer and hence reducing operating costs.
Information downloaded from the system could be used to give more reliable guarantees of brake service life by accounting for the wear due to different types of brake usage. The information could alternatively be used to extend a CBL payment scheme to charge for all brake applications, rather than only landings, with the charge for each brake application related to the type of usage and associated wear.
The monitoring system could be an additional unit added to the aircraft or it could be incorporated into the existing brake management control system.
Congestion at many airports results in a considerable number of brake applications during taxiing where relatively little energy is dissipated compared with that dissipated during a landing run. This high number of brake applications during taxi braking can considerably reduce the expected life of the carbon brake disc heat pack. This can result in additional cost for aircraft operators where expected brake life is not achieved. Where operators pay for brakes on a CBL basis, an airline that averages only two taxi snubs per landing sequence would be charged the same CBL rate as an airline that operated from busier airports and averaged 20 snubs per sequence. If information on the type of brake application could be recorded a more detailed picture of an aircraft'"'"'s brake usage could be built up to assist stock control and develop a pricing scheme reflecting brake usage. A knowledge of the factors influencing brake life could also be used by airlines to educate pilots in brake techniques to extend brake life and reduce operating costs.
When the aircraft is stationary there is no relative rotational movement of contacting friction surfaces and, as applications of the brakes will not generate wear of the carbon, it may be decided that it is not desirable to record these applications. The difference between applications of the brakes while stationary and applications where the aircraft is moving can be ascertained by a system that considers the aircraft speed at the moment the brake is applied to considers the conversion of kinetic energy to heat. If the aircraft speed, measured for example by the signal from a wheel speed transducer, is below a certain threshold value the aircraft can be considered to be stationary and the brake application will not be logged/recorded. If the aircraft speed is equal to or above the threshold value the application of the brake will be recorded to provide information on brake usage.
During a brake application the braking energy is dissipated through the brake as heat. Therefore, it is theoretically possible to sense even the slightest brake application through the change in brake temperature. Temperature sensors are routinely incorporated in brake units so it is possible to sense brake applications within the system with no or limited modification to existing brakes. The brake temperature signal can be processed to give reliable indications of all brake applications.
As noted, aircraft brakes may be applied in five different situations; when landing, when taxiing, when stationary, during pre-retract braking and, occasionally, during a rejected take-off. Each type of brake application is carried out within a respective range of inputs, for example brake fluid pressure, pilot pedal deflection or wheel speed and each type of brake application should produce a relatively predictable response from the brake in terms of outputs such as, for example, heat pack temperature rise or torque generated.
The brake demand inputs are monitored and processed to predict expected brake outputs. The actual outputs are also monitored and compared with the expected or predicted outputs to derive information on the condition of the brake. Such information could be used to predict service life or detect problems that might lead to unscheduled maintenance or premature brake heat pack removal.
Preferably the system will predict the expected brake outputs from the measured inputs and compare such expected outputs with the measured outputs. Where there is a variation between expected and measured outputs the system will determine whether the variation is the result of a defect in the condition of the brake actuator or brake heat pack.
Such a system for monitoring the condition of the brakes could be carried out within the brake control system, with the addition of hardware or software as necessary. Alternatively, monitoring could be carried out within a dedicated condition-monitoring unit fitted to the aircraft and receiving signals from brake control system hardware components and additional hardware components if required.
The system can include means to alert the pilot or ground personnel if a fault in the brake condition is detected to allow maintenance to be carried out at the earliest opportunity so as to minimize the risks to aircraft safety and increase aircraft dispatchability. For alerting the pilot to any fault a display could be provided in the cockpit. Personnel on the ground could be alerted to any detected faults by a display on or from the brake control system or dedicated condition monitoring system during pre-flight checks or by a signal to a ground base.
Signals that could be monitored and processed to provide a brake "signature" from which information on brake condition can be derived include but are not limited to pilot pedal deflection, brake fluid pressure, wheel speed, anti-skid activity, brake temperature, brake torque, brake wear, number of brake applications, brake application time, vibration, brake chassis acceleration, acoustic signature, brake odor. In addition, information can be received from other aircraft systems such as, for example, aircraft weight. Some of these signals can be regarded as inputs to the brake and reflect the type of brake application that is called for by the pilot or auto-brake system, for example a landing or taxi snub. Such inputs include but are not limited to pilot pedal deflection or auto brake demand, brake fluid pressure, brake application time and wheel speed. Other monitored signals can be regarded as outputs resulting from the brake application and condition of the brake. Such outputs include but are not limited to brake torque, brake temperature, vibration, acoustic signature, acceleration and brake odor.
Where a brake heat pack is in as new condition with full amount of wearable material available and all disc drive tenons in place the heat pack will have a maximum number of friction surfaces in operation during brake applications. In addition there will be a maximum heat pack mass available to absorb the heat generated during the brake application. From the processing of a combination of some or all measured inputs including but not limited to wheel speed, pilot brake pedal or auto-brake demand, brake fluid pressure and anti-skid activity a number of expected outputs can be determined. Such outputs or brake signature include but are not limited to brake torque, brake temperature, acoustic signal, vibration, acceleration and brake odor.
As the condition of the heat pack changes the monitored output or signature described above will change for any given set of brake inputs.
Such a system could also monitor other aspects of the undercarriage to detect problems related to the wheel and brake. This might involve monitoring for example the temperature of the wheel bearing, the temperature of the tire or the tire pressure.
Looking at a simple and common scenario, if the heat pack is worn there will be less material available to absorb the energy dissipated by any given brake application. This will result in a greater rise in heat pack temperature than would be seen in a new heat pack. The greater the degree of wear, the greater will be the resulting rise in heat pack temperature.
Considering a different scenario, if all the drive tenons on a single rotor disc are broken this will result in the loss of two friction surfaces. In such a case, when compared with a brake with all friction surfaces available, the same brake control system inputs of pilot brake demand, brake fluid pressure, brake application time, wheel speed and anti-skid activity will result in a lower brake torque being generated, less rapid deceleration and a lower increase in temperature. Alternatively, if a deceleration regulating autobrake is in operation, it will act to regulate deceleration for a given pilot demand by controlling the brake fluid pressure. Hence, the main effect of the drive tenons of a rotor disc becoming broken will be an increased brake fluid pressure.
In order that the invention may be well understood, it will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which:
The system shown in
In order for unit 10 to be able to function independent of other control systems on the aircraft there is provided within unit 10 battery means 14 for providing power to the unit. During the majority of the unit'"'"'s life the aircraft will be stationary or in flight, therefore, in order to preserve battery power, and hence extend unit life, a tilt switch 16 and a motion sensor 15 are present. The tilt switch would break the power line from the battery to processor when the undercarriage is retracted and the motion sensor will be used to send the processor into sleep mode during periods of inactivity.
Referring to
A "wake-up" call 26 is again incorporated to preserve the life of the battery 27 and can incorporate functions such as a tilt switch and/or motion sensor as described for the system of
The systems of
In the systems described above a temperature signal at the Brake Temperature Monitor Sensor (BTMS) is shown at A in
The signal B of
Analysis of the output is more suited to some aircraft than others, depending on the positioning of the BTMS in the brake. The optimum position for temperature sensing will depend on the design of the brake in question. In some brakes the optimum position might be close to the center of the heat pack. Generally the closer the temperature sensor is to the optimum position in the brake the more sensitive will be the temperature detection during a brake application. For example, the sensitivity for temperature measured at the center of a four rotor brake might be several times greater than elsewhere within the brake.
The processed temperature data can be recorded on its own to give an indication of the number of brake applications using apparatus such as is represented in the diagram of
The invention is not limited to the embodiment shown. The signals may be derived from and processed by components in existing brake control units. The temperature may be sensed or measured using a device other than a thermocouple.
The system shown in
The controller analyzes the signals relating to pilot demand and the brake to evaluate a brake performance signature indicative of how the brake is performing. This brake performance signature could be compared against the signature for a heat pack in as new condition. Alternatively, over a period of time a record of a brake'"'"'s performance can be built up that will allow statistical analysis showing trends in the brake performance signature and allow the controller to predict an expected signature for a given brake application. Where deviations from the expected signature occur the controller would be able to identify potential brake problems that might have caused the variation.
Problems identified could then be signaled to an on-board maintenance computer 105 capable of alerting the crew or ground maintenance staff. Alternatively, or additionally data from the controller could be downloaded from a data port by ground staff during routine maintenance or pre-flight inspection. Such a port 106 could also be accessed by the brake supplier for downloading information about brake service, including number of brake applications and type of brake application. This service information could be used on its own or in combination with condition monitoring data for brake life prediction and/or commercial purposes.
Such a brake management controller could also manage the auto-braking function of the braking system.
In the system of
The heat pack might lose mass for reasons other than wear, for example, by oxidation of carbon friction material or loss of a number of drive tenons. Such loss of mass will result in a larger increase in temperature in the brake performance signature than would be seen if the fault were not present.
Where the reduction of mass is caused by loss of a number of drives in the heat pack, this would result in a step increase in the temperature rise during a brake application when compared to the temperature rise predicted from statistical analysis of brake signature trends for a number of stops over a period of time. The size of the step increase in temperature during brake applications would be greater the more drives were removed from the discs in the heat pack.
Estimates of heat pack mass can also be made from Xps and (delta)T (refer to Table 1). If these estimates of mass do not match this would suggest some form of damage such a broken drives or oxidation.
A disc with all drives broken off is detected in the system of
In comparison, under auto-braking conditions, if the drives on a disc are broken the brake will be controlled to achieve a predetermined brake torque and the system will deliver an increased brake fluid pressure to achieve this required torque. Therefore, under auto-braking a pressure higher than expected would indicate a disc with broken drive tenons. The deviation in brake pressure from that expected could be analyzed to give an indication of how many friction surfaces were no longer effective, so providing an indication of the extent of damage.
In a brake with broken drive tenons on a disc, the acoustic signature of the brake during brake applications will be different from the acoustic signature of a brake with the same amount of wear and all friction faces working effectively. The acoustic signature is detected by a microphone. The signal from the microphone is input to the brake management controller for analysis to detect variations from the expected signature.
Other scenarios outlined in Table 1 could be detected and reported in a similar way to those scenarios described above. The scenarios outlined in Table 1 are to be considered as illustrative examples of brake conditions that could be detected and not an exhaustive list.
References herein to brake odor, scent and olfactory sensing applies to the process using appropriate transducers of detecting the presence and/or level of certain gases or combinations thereof and/or of vapor or particulates in and around the brake apparatus.


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