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The Loyola University New Orleans centennial celebration continues into the new academic year with a Welcome Back Fais Do-Do open to all faculty, staff and students on Thursday, Sept. 13 from 12:30 – 2 p.m. Rescheduled to follow the Mass of the Holy Spirit, the Fais Do-Do will be held in the West Road Garage turnaround area, which will be closed to parking that day for the event.
The fais do-do, a term for a Cajun dance party, is the university's unique way of welcoming everyone back for the new school year while celebrating south Louisiana's rich Cajun heritage and continuing Loyola's year-long centennial festivities.
Jambalaya, cornbread and Abita root beer will be served while partygoers stomp their feet to the sounds of the Tout Les Soir Cajun Band or try their hand at the Cajun two-step and other dances led by two professional dance couples.
To showcase the importance of the wetlands to Louisiana's heritage and culture, representatives from the Audubon Nature Institute's Wetland Express will be on site to offer an up close experience with the wetlands' most important inhabitants - the animals. Attendees will see and learn about various wildlife species that depend on the wetlands for their homes, meals and nurseries. In hopes of fostering future stewardship of this most important resource, a Gulf Restoration Network representative will also be present to provide information on how the loss of wetlands leads to declining water quality, loss of wildlife and fish habitats, and increased vulnerability to hurricanes and flooding. For those who would like to plan a trip to the real "Cajun Country," Lafourche Parish representatives will provide information about visiting nearby Bayou Lafourche.
The Welcome Back Fais Do-Do is sponsored by the Offices of Public Affairs and External Relations and Co-Curricular Programs. For more information, please contact Angela Turnbull at (504) 861-5848 or email@example.com.
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All wood-burning stoves need a tight, well-designed and well-constructed chimney to maximize efficiency and minimize the danger of unwanted fire. Most homeowners who add a wood-burning stove will also have to add a chimney. This publication explains chimney requirements and provides basic information on how to construct the two general types of chimney, masonry and prefabricated metal.
The chimney serves two major functions in stove operation. It provides a draft, or vacuum which draws oxygen needed for combustion into the stove. It also discharges the products of combustion outside the living area. Some of the heat from the stove and occasional sparks are also discharged through the chimney. For this reason, chimneys must be carefully constructed and well maintained to prevent fires.
Draft is caused primarily by the natural rising of warm air (smoke) up the chimney. In general, the taller the chimney, the greater the draft. A warm chimney will provide greater draft than a cool chimney because a warm chimney does not cool the rising smoke. This is why stoves generally perform better after they have run long enough to warm the chimney than they do when they are first started. For the same reason, chimneys that are located within the house have better draft than those located completely outside.
Outside air currents can affect draft if they swirl around obstructions and blow down the chimney rather than across the outlet. Eddy currents of air that affect draft are most often caused by wind blowing across nearby parts of the building roof. For this reason, certain clearances have been established to reduce the problem. A chimney must extend at least 3 feet above a flat roof and at least 2 feet above a roof ridge or any raised part of a roof within 10 feet.
Sometimes getting enough vertical clearance to prevent eddy currents from affecting chimney draft is impossible. This may be because of unusual heights of nearby trees. A hood or chimney cap can sometimes be used to prevent eddies from interfering with draft. Caps and hoods also minimize rain entry into the chimney during periods of non-use.
The opening in the chimney through which smoke passes is called the flue. To provide adequate room for smoke passage and draft development, flues must be carefully sized in relation to stove capacity and chimney height. In general, flue size should be 25 percent larger than the size of the stove pipe, which connects the stove to the chimney. This means a stove with a 6-inch diameter pipe would require at least an 8-inch flue; an 8-inch stove pipe requires a 10-inch flue, etc.
Smoke moves up the flue in a swirling pattern. Round flues are more efficient than square or rectangular ones because they offer little obstruction to the natural flow of smoke. For best performance, the inner surface of flues should be as smooth as possible.
One frequently asked question about chimneys for wood stoves is "Can a stove be connected to an existing flue that serves another appliance?" National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) requirements prohibit connecting a stove to a chimney flue serving a fireplace. This requirement has been incorporated into most building codes and insurance regulations. The NFPA recommends that each stove be connected to a separate flue. This reduces interference between units and increases the efficiency of each stove.
Maximum burning efficiency is obtained when chimneys are located as close as possible to the stove unit. The usual recommendation is to limit the length of connecting pipe between stove and chimney to 10 feet.
Most chimneys in new and existing homes are constructed of non-combustible masonry material. This may be brick, concrete block or some type of stone. Masonry chimneys are usually the heaviest part of the house and must be constructed on a concrete footing heavy enough to support this weight without settling. Chimney footings must extend below normal frost depth and rest on undisturbed or well-compacted soil. Footings should extend at least 6 inches beyond the edge of the chimney on all sides and should be 8 inches thick for single-story houses. Two-story houses require chimney footings 12 inches thick to support the weight of the added height.
Masonry chimneys should be lined with vitrified fire clay tile (flue tile). This tile is designed to withstand rapid fluctuations in temperature without cracking and has a smooth surface that is easily cleaned. Flue tile should be at least 5/8-inch thick. It is available in several sizes. The most commonly used sizes in residential construction are 8 by 8 inches, 8 by 13, and 13 by 13 (outside dimensions). Flue tiles are connected together with cement mortar joints, struck smooth on the inside. There should be a 1-inch space between the outside of the flue tile and the surrounding masonry to reduce heat loss through the chimney and thus improve draft.
Masonry walls for chimneys less than 30 feet high must be at least 4 inches thick. If stone is used for the wall, a 12-inch minimum thickness is needed. A chimney that is exposed directly to the elements should have walls at least 8 inches thick to provide added strength for withstanding weathering and wind.
Masonry units should be laid with cement mortar. A recommended mix is one part portland cement, one part hydrated lime and six parts clean sand, measured by volume.
A chimney may contain more than one flue. Two flues may be placed side by side if the adjacent joints in the tile liners are separated vertically by at least 7 inches.
Masonry chimneys must be separated from combustible material by at least 2 inches on all sides. This means that framing and other burnable material in walls, floors, ceilings and roofs must stop at least 2 inches from the chimney. This 2-inch space can be filled with asbestos cement board, sheet metal or other non-combustible material.
Stove pipe connections to masonry chimneys are made through round masonry units called thimbles. These are constructed of fire clay and installed horizontally into the chimney wall. Thimbles must not extend into the chimney beyond the inner surface of the flue liner.
Soot and creosote will accumulate on the inner surface of chimneys. A tight-fitting clean-out door should be installed at the base of the chimney to assist in cleaning.
Masonry chimney units cannot be easily added to many existing homes and are not practical in some new home designs. A prefabricated metal chimney unit may be the best choice for wood stoves or fireplaces in these homes.
Prefabricated chimneys are easier to erect than masonry units, and although materials cost more, total unit cost will be nearly the same. These units are relatively lightweight, need no heavy foundation and can often be installed through a closet or unused room corner in an existing home. Tests by the National Bureau of Standards indicate similar performance for prefabricated and masonry chimneys when used under similar circumstances.
Prefabricated chimneys used for wood stoves must bear the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) listed label and be designated as "all fuel" chimney units. UL-listed "vent" type units are not satisfactory for use with wood stoves.
There are two general types of prefabricated chimneys available. They are the insulated unit and the triple-walled unit. The insulated unit is constructed of inner and outer layers of metal (usually stainless steel) with the space between filled with one or more inches of non-combustible insulation. Triple-walled units have three layers of metal and are designed so that air circulates between the layers and removes excess heat. Either type is satisfactory as long as it is UL-listed.
Prefabricated chimneys are available in several sizes and a variety of accessories are available to accommodate different types of installation. There is a required 2-inch clearance between these units and combustible material, just as there is for masonry units.
Sometimes even properly constructed and operated stove-chimney combinations result in smoky fires. Each of the following items can cause smoky fires:
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Male: Former Maldivian leader Mohamed Nasheed will face a run-off election on September 28 after his win in the presidential poll ended without a majority, provisional results showed on Sunday, nearly 20 months after his removal ignited months of unrest.
Nasheed, the Maldives` first democratically elected president, was forced from office in February 2012 in what his supporters call a coup. The turmoil tarnished the Indian Ocean archipelago`s image as a tropical holiday paradise.
Nasheed, running against three rivals, had secured 45.45 percent of the total polled, according to the early results, Election Commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek told reporters.
He missed a required majority of 50 percent, as the votes were split among the other three contenders.
Nasheed`s main rival, Abdulla Yameen, a half-brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who ruled for 30 years and was considered a dictator by opponents and rights groups, polled 25.35 percent, the preliminary results showed.
Gasim Ibrahim, a resort tycoon, media business owner and formerly a finance minister under Gayoom, secured 24.07 percent, while Nasheed`s successor and incumbent leader Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik performed the worst, with just 5.13 percent.
Nasheed and Yameen will face each other in a run-off election on Sept. 28, the election commissioner confirmed.
The election commission will release final results of the first round on Sept. 14, Thowfeek said.
"Any boxes needed to be recounted will be recounted within this time and if required, make adjustments. Counting will be done in the presence of observers and representatives of candidates," he said.
Transparency Maldives, which deployed 400 observers to monitor the poll, said its was "largely peaceful", except for a few minor counting disputes.
"The incidents that have happened on election day will not have a material impact on the outcome," said Aiman Rasheed, an official of Transparency Maldives.
Nasheed unseated Gayoom in a run-off election in 2008.
Critical challenges facing the next president include a rise in Islamist ideology, human rights abuses and lack of investor confidence after Waheed`s government cancelled the country`s biggest foreign investment project with India`s GMR Infrastructure.
Mohamed Aslam, a senior member of Nasheed`s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and a former minister of housing and environment, said his party did not get the votes it expected in Male, the capital, and one of Nasheed`s strongholds.
Analysts and human rights defenders say the Maldives has been in limbo since Nasheed`s resignation, prompting a voter turnout of 88 percent, up from 85 percent in the 2008 vote.
"I`ve been waiting 19 months for this day. So I got here as early as I could. It`s my way of standing up against the coup," said voter Ismail Shiyaz, 39, a supporter of Nasheed. Others, like Rooya Hussain, were less certain.
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"Voting today is significant because we are going to establish a legitimate government," Nasheed said soon after he voted.
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The booth rep showed me around the Balin's Tomb portion of the game (as I already mentioned), but for some reason he didn't actually let me play. Still, the gameplay looked solid. One thing that caught my attention was that all nine members of the Fellowship were present for this battle. Yes, where most LEGO games limit you to two simultaneous characters, LEGO The Lord of the Rings allows for all nine Fellowshippers to be present at once. While this could potentially make switching back and forth between characters confusing, the booth rep seemed to have no trouble keeping up with the action. Then again, he's a pro at this.
I also noticed a few tinier details that brought a smile to my face. For example, Frodo's sword would glow blue whenever orcs were near. Yes, this is indeed Sting (the sword that once belonged to Bilbo, not that British chap who makes music.) Also, enemy HP is displayed dynamically, meaning that instead of seeing a health bar floating over an orc's head, you'll knock off pieces of its armor to show how much damage you've dealt. It's a clever way to implement a health system that doesn't clutter up the UI or confuse younger players.
Now, I'll admit to having a little bit of LEGO game fatigue at this point, but LEGO The Lord of the Rings looks like an incredible change of pace for the series that takes advantage of a license I'm truly passionate about. All things considered, I'm pretty sure I'll be picking up my own copy when the game launches this fall.
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When two Boston-area organizations rolled out an interactive data visualization website last month, it represented one of the largest public uses yet for the open-source project Weave -- and more are on the way.
Three years in development so far and still in beta, Weave is designed so government agencies, non-profits and corporate users can offer the public an easy-to-use platform for examining information. Want to see the relationship between low household incomes and student reading scores
in eastern Mass.? How housing and transportation costs compare with income? Or maybe how obesity rates have changed over time? Load some data to generate a table, scatter plot and map.
In addition to viewing data, mousing over various entries lets you highlight items on multiple visualizations at once: map, map legend, bar chart and scatter plot, for example. Users can also add visualization elements or change data sets, as well as right-click to look up related information on the Web.
The benefits of Weave's interactivity go beyond the visual appeal of selecting an area on a chart and seeing matches highlighted on a map, said consultant James Farnam, project coordinator for the Connecticut Data Collaborative and an early Weave backer. "You're creating subsets of data on the fly," he said. With a single click on a scatter plot, "you can recalculate regression lines and relationships that you're testing."
Users are already working on a set of quality tests within Weave to help find data errors visually, he said.
Data visualization tools have long been in the hands of the technically savvy, but Weave aims to help organizations democratize them, creating what project head Georges G. Grinstein calls a Wikipedia of data -- a way for anyone interested in a topic to explore and analyze information about it, instead of leaving the task solely to computer and data specialists.
"Now [you're] engaging the public in a dialog with the data," said Grinstein, director of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell's Institute for Visualization and Perception Research. "That's why Weave is open source and free" -- even though it contains some university-patented technology (the institution agreed to allow it in the software).
Weave is "ridiculously powerful," said Holly St. Clair, data services director at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. The MAPC is using Weave in its MetroBoston DataCommon site, created jointly with the Boston Foundation's Boston Indicators Project. "The power that we see and the versatility is amazing." In fact, one of the challenges of implementing Weave was how to narrow down its offerings so that end users wouldn't be overwhelmed with options, she said.
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There are about 25 organizations that have been using Weave and giving feedback, including 10 since the project's beginning. "Each one had a whole set of different requirements," Grinstein said. "The technology is so rich because of the first 10 users.... We're driven by requests."
Farnam called the interaction between consortium members and UMass students and faculty "pretty remarkable," with features being regularly added and updated during an agile development process as the software evolved through version 1.0.
About 25 to 30 students have worked on the project in its first three years at UMass-Lowell, in partnership with the Open Indicators Consortium, a group of early users and supporters of the project. Grinstein expects work will continue for another three years at UMass-Lowell, and involve whatever additions the open-source community wants to contribute. The project was built using Adobe Flex and ActionScript.
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hello ! me again..
So i managed to compile xfce 4.8 - ubuntu 10.10 (maverick)
I have 2 main issues :
1. thunar is taking ages to launch - whenever i am trying to access a folder
2. i don't have a menu - "File "menus/xfce-applications.menu" not found" , although i did compile an 4.6.2 version of the libxfce4menu; in the archive for the 4.8 i couldn't find it and according to the compiling instructions, this was supposed to be deprecated. - SOLVED - use custom menu from /usr/etc/xdg/menus - xfce-applications.menu / i used the package libxfce4menu-4.6.2.
*I have an additional problem with the notification area - whenever it passes a certain number of icon or size of icons it starts blinking as crazy and take my CPU load at maximum; quiting several notification icons resolves the issue.
*compositor doesn't work - nvidia 7150 integrated - compiz on gnome works fine..
Can you help me ? Did you manage to install it ?
Last edited by nekron29 (2011-01-17 09:28:41)
For proper menu support you need xfce-utils 4.8.0 and the garcon library (replacement of libxfce4menu).
Check if the compositor is properly compiled in xfwm4: xfwm4 -V
For the panel/systray bug you should open a new bug and attach the output of "PANEL_DEBUG=systray xfce4-panel > ~/somefile".
Hello Nick,
Thank you for the reply.
So :
Check if the compositor is properly compiled in xfwm4: xfwm4 -V
This is xfwm4 version 4.8.0 (revision e316a45) for Xfce 4.8.0
Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Compiled against GTK+-2.22.0, using GTK+-2.22.0.
Build configuration and supported features:
- Startup notification support: Yes
- XSync support: Yes
- Render support: Yes
- Xrandr support: Yes
- Embedded compositor: Yes
- KDE systray proxy (deprecated): No
So i presume everything compiled ok; after removing several old libraries of xfce 4.6 i recompiled several 4.8 components and the compositor is working fine now.
For proper menu support you need xfce-utils 4.8.0 and the garcon library (replacement of libxfce4menu).
I compiled those 2 and yet i had the same issue, until i selected a custom menu with the "Use custom menu file" option in the Applications Menu window. Regarding garcon, do you know why it is not included in the main source archive for XFCE 4.8 ? This is what i used : http://archive.se.xfce.org/src/libs/garcon/0.1/
For the notification area i will open a bug report as per your advice; as a side note - after i remove it from the top panel and place it in the bottom panel, everything worked; it looked like because of the number of apps, the notification area is "trying more room" without success and thus the flickering and the cpu load.
thanks again...
Hello Everyone,
UPDATE on the Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 front...
So i compiled XFCE 4.8 on my old laptop - the same Ubuntu 10.10 as for my desktop (actually is Mint 10 I followed the compiling instructions from here - http://www.xfce.org/download/building - see the Dependencies section; i took out libxfcegui4 and libxfce4menu because they are deprecated.
So in short this is the order that i used for the compilation :
1. libxfce4util
2. xfconf
3. libxfce4ui
4. garcon
5. exo
6. xfce4-panel
7, thunar
8. thunar-vfs
9. xfce4-settings
10. xfce4-session
11. xfdesktop
12. xfwm4
13. xfce-utils
14. xfce4-appfinder
15. gtk-xfce-engine
Everything went ok; i don't have the issue with the notification area - so i suspect there are some issues with it on my desktop and thunar starts in a second The menu still doesn't want to load so i had to compile libxfce4menu from the 4.6.2 series from the internet (http://archive.be2.xfce.org/src/xfce/li … .2.tar.bz2) and use a custom menu (right click on the menu, properties - use custom menu file option - the path should be - /usr/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu).
I tested the menu by installing a new app and it works ok.
I will keep testing - so far everything is very quick and snappy and there are lots of new things to explore. If you want panel transparency you need to activate the compositor in the Window Manager Tweaks section in the Settings Manager.
Last edited by nekron29 (2011-01-18 06:54:03)
I followed the instructions on the page you mentionned, all went fine.
I had the same issue with the menu and tweaked a bit to get one, but it will not update.
There is another, newer thread for this issue : http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=5675
Concerning the compositor I have an issue. I can enable it, check boxes, change opacity settings but nothing happens, even after reboot.
My xfwm4 seems to be ok :
wfwm4 -V
- Startup notification support: Yes
- XSync support: Yes
- Render support: Yes
- Xrandr support: Yes
- Embedded compositor: Yes
- KDE systray proxy (deprecated): No
I still have the folders where the compilation of each module was compiled, so I can provide any file needed for help.
Thanks in advance !
Any warnings printed by xfwm4 during statup (in console if you start with startxfce4, or in the .xsession-errors file).
Oh, indeed, might be interesting :
"(xfwm4:2721): xfwm4-WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
(xfwm4:2721): xfwm4-WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled."
In the first lines of .xsession-errors.
What could cause that ? I made my best during compilation to have all the features included.
I tried to install Compiz, and I also had a composite-something error.
Video driver involved ?
I use the fglrx (proprietary ATI driver) modified by sgfxi in order to work on my 2.6.36 kernel.
EDIT : After some googling, I found out that there is an option for the composite extension in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I simply commented the line :
Option "Composite" "disable"
under the :
Section "Extensions"
At the end of the file.
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And does it work now?
I think I'll try to install Xfce 4.8 on my Xubuntu 10.10 as well, but first I need to get a few answers.
So if I understand you correctly I need to remove first all DEB Xfce packages for the individual components that are listed in "xfce-4.8.tar.bz2"?
When I get to the installation of dependencies like libxfce4util, where do I get them? Via apt-get from the current Maverick repositories?
And does it work now?
Yes it works fine now
Thank you !
XFCE is great on my dual screen display !
Yay, I too successfully installed Xfce 4.8 on Xubuntu 10.10!
Yay, I too successfully installed Xfce 4.8 on Xubuntu 10.10
Do all panel plugins work (mailwatch, notes etc.) ? I have successfully installed xfce4.8 in
Lucid but 4.6 plugins don't work (and there is very few 4.8 plugins)
Yes, I noticed too the scarcity of plugins compared to Xfce 4.6. I didn't compile any additional panel plugins, but from what I gathered many of them haven't been updated yet.
One positive side of Xfce is compiled from source is that it's noticeably faster than the one installed from DEBs.
Last edited by Skydancer (2011-01-26 21:29:34)
Most 4.6 plugins work with 4.8 too after they have been recompiled against the new library. Only 1 plugin breaks; which is the weather plugin because it can't cope with rgba windows.
Most 4.6 plugins work with 4.8 too after they have been recompiled against the new library.
How do I do that? (Sorry for the newbie question.)
You can the compile the plugins again and install them on your system (extract tarballs, ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install).
Oh, right; I thought there are some extra steps. I managed to install xfce4-mixer with checkinstall to build a DEB package, but it failed so I tried it with make install and it seems everything is fine.
newbie question -- what is "Startup Notification Support" and what are the pros and cons of enabling it in a build / install?
Can someone explain to me what enabling this option does,
what happens if some components have it enabled and others don't,
and what behavior is present / missing if it is disabled all over?
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A less than 540 contest is pretty much a photographers wet dream. Grabs pokes, tweaks, snaps, and tons of other cool shit. As you can tell from the teaser video, it was an eventful day featuring tons of your stylish favorites. It's amazing how many different ways there are to do the same trick, and this contest proved just that. Each and every one of these guys are known for standing out from the crowd with moves like method backside 180's, wrapped rewind combos, TS 270 to method, toe back 3's and more. With the overwhelming success and response to this first ever Alliance Less the 540 event, we plan to make it an annual tradition that will push the new generations of riders to focus on innovation instead of duplication.
Below we created a list of moves from the event and matched them up with the riders we feel do them best. These guys are to these tricks like PB is to J…
Randall Harris – TS FS 270 to method
Bob Soven – TS wrapped rewind 180
Bob Sichel – HS wrapped indy FS 360
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Shane Bonifay – TS backside 180 late nose grab
Kevin Henshaw – HS Stalefish BS 180
Jeff McKee – TS backside indy poke to FS 360
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Raph Derome – TS off axis backside 360 late melan
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this is how a contest should be!!
They should do more of these!! It gets boring to watch dudes/gals huck themselves with absolute no style.
yeah this was a lot of fun, thanks to alliance for throwing a really great contest with a fun format. but just a heads up i dont know if i did a ts bs 180 late nose. i thought it was a tail grab ts bs 3 but i dont care i take what ever alliance wants to award me with..
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want to see more footage from this event
bob soven = blowing it in photo 6/11. who ever shot that should have hit the delete button. not a nose grab. perfection and cleanliness not happening. 1,3,5 contests are good. the vans snow ones are a ton of fun.
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Alexandra Twyman, (Advisor: Nora S. Newcombe, PI), 4th Year PhD Student
Department of Psychology, Temple University
For the archival version of this research, and the preferred citation, see:
- Newcombe, N. S., Ratliff, K. R., Shallcross, W. & Twyman, A. D. (2010). Young children's use of features to reorient is more than just associative: Further evidence against a modular view of spatial processing. Developmental Science, 13(1), 213-220. [DOI]
In our daily lives, we are always on the move. Successful navigation requires two components (when a GPS unit isn't at hand), a map-like representation, and some knowledge of your current position on the map. From time to time, perhaps after travelling underground in the subway, or by being distracted by a phone conversation, we lose track of the "I am here" sticker on our mental map. Before we are able to carry on with our travels, we must first update our current position on our mental map. Thus, the processing of reorientation, or updating the current spatial position, can be viewed as the first step in the navigation process. This is the process that we will be discussing in this Showcase.
We can investigate the reorientation process in the lab. First, participants are introduced to a controlled environment, where we can manipulate the types of cues that are available to participants. Then participants are shown a goal location, and asked to remember where it is. To induce the state of disorientation (mimicking the subway travel scenario), participants are asked to spin in a circle with their eyes closed. Once they have stopped spinning, then they are allowed to open their eyes, and are asked to return to the goal location. Based on the types of information that we provide to participants, we can investigate how people are able to reorient.
One type of information that is often displayed is a feature cue, such as a uniquely colored landmark. Young children, even toddlers, have been shown to use feature cues for reorientation (Learmonth, Nadel, & Newcombe, 2002). However, it is debated how these feature cues are used by the reorientation system. Lee, Shusterman, and Spelke (2006) have argued that when young children are using feature cues, they do so in an associative manner, to beacon towards a goal location. This is an important point, because from this position, it is argued that the young children are able to partially navigate, without recovering a sense of where they are in the environment. To test this hypothesis, four year old children were introduced to a circular enclosure with an equilateral array of hiding locations. In this array, one of the hiding locations was a red cylinder, while the other two points of the triangle were identical blue rectangular boxes. Thus, the red cylinder could serve as a landmark for reorientation. If this is true, then the four year old children should be successful finding the sticker in any of the locations after disorientation. However, if children are depending on a beaconing strategy, and cannot use features at all for reorientation, then children should succeed when the sticker is at the unique red location, and randomly divide search at the two identical blue containers. Perhaps surprisingly, the second situation was found by Lee et al (2006). Children were able to retrieve the sticker about 80-90% of the time at the unique container, and were only 50% successful at the blue containers. These finding were taken as support of a two-step account of reorientation. In the first step of the reorientation system, participants are hypothesized to reorient based on the available geometry of the environment. In a second step, people can associatively beacon to a target location based on the non-geometric (i.e. feature) properties of the environment. This view of spatial cognition is modular in nature, and leaves little room for the role of experience, malleability, or training.
The alternative position to modularity is adaptive combination. From this theoretical position, the mind is able to use potentially any available cue that may aid the reorientation system. Saliencies, initial tendencies, as well as a past history of success or failure will bias a participant to use one particular type of cue over another when a decision is required. From this framework, there is an alternative explanation of the Lee et al (2006) finding. We believe that since the feature cue was small, portable, and part of the array, it would be a poor landmark choice to determine one's position in the environment. When we are determining heading, cues that are large, stable, and more distal to the task would be better cues for reorientation.
Therefore, in this set of experiments, we ask if four year old children are able to use features for true reorientation (rather than just as beacons to a target location) when the feature cue is mounted on a wall, rather than as part of the array. In the first portion of the experiment, children were asked to search within an equilateral triangle search array, with identical shaped and colored goal locations. The feature cue was mounted on the circular boundary.
In contrast to Lee et al, children were able to retrieve the goal at all three positions at above chance levels. However, it is possible that the children were able to infer geometry between the three hiding locations and the feature curtain hanging on the circular wall. To rule out this possibility, the feature served as one point of the equilateral triangle, and then children we asked to search between two containers (composing the rest of the triangle) equidistant from the feature wall. The two-step associative account predicts that children should search equally often at each of the hiding locations. In contrast, four-year-old children in our experiment were able to focus search on the correct hiding location. Therefore, we provide evidence that young children can use features as more than just beacons, as landmarks in the reorientation system.
In summary, we have provided one piece of evidence that bolsters the case the adaptive combination approach to spatial cognition. One point to note is that although children performed at above chance levels, their performance was not impressively high, and therefore it seems that the reorientation system is developing beyond four years of age. As points of future research, it would be interesting to determine the developmental trajectories of each type of reorientation cue, as well as to understand how children resolve situations of conflicting or ambiguous information. Additionally, it would be noteworthy to tie the cognitive data to the neural level. Specifically, it would be interesting to think about how developing neural systems, such as place cells, head direction cells, and boundary vector cells may support or be influenced by spatial development. Lastly, it would also be of interest to think about how this reorientation system relates to the other aspects of cognition and individual differences. Perhaps we might expect reorientation ability to correlate quite well with oriented navigation, and less well with other spatial tasks such as mental rotation. All of these points are open questions, and would be potentially fruitful avenues of future research.
Thanks to Kristin Ratliff for inspiration for the title.
- ♦ Learmonth, A. E., Nadel, L. & Newcombe, N. S. (2002). Children's use of landmarks: Implications for modularity theory. Psychological Science, 13, 337-341.
- ♦ Lee, S. A., Shusterman, A. & Spelke, E. S. (2006). Reorientation and landmark-guided search by young children: Evidence for two systems. Psychological Science, 17, 577-582.


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His shows have generally focused on issues that often divide liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights and war protests. His most frequent guest was Ralph Nader, for whom Donahue campaigned in 2000. Donahue also hosted a talk show on MSNBC from 2002–2003.
Donahue was born into a middle-class, churchgoing Irish Catholic family in Cleveland, Ohio; his father was a furniture sales clerk and his mother a department store shoe clerk. In 1949, he graduated from of Our Lady Of Angels elementary school in the West Park neighborhood. In 1953, Donahue was a member of the first graduating class of St. Edward High School, an all-boys college prep Catholic high school run by the Brothers of Holy Cross in suburban Lakewood, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, which is also run by the Brothers of Holy Cross, with a B.B.A in 1957.


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at the hospital, i had what was probably the usual amount of pain and soreness that comes with your nipples adjusting and "toughening up." it wasnt bad. in fact, the doctor came in and told me on the last day that him and the nurses were all talking about how well i did in delivery and was doing with breastfeeding, especially since im only 19. even said they wished all their other patients would be more like me.
i dont think i had really any problem until my milk came in. my cup size went from a B to a DD and i got so engorged my little guy could barely fit my nipple in his mouth. then a couple days later, the opposite happened. instead of holding it all in, i was CONSTANTLY leaking like a faucet! i dont have nearly enough bras and shirts to change as fast as i soaked through them, so a lot of the time i had to let it just dry on me.
So around what im guessing was the one week, i started to have really bad pain before, during, and after feeding and it gradually got worse. my nipples burned, pain shot up the sides, little red bumps came and went, and both of them cracked. i was suspiciuos of thrush, as it would make sense for i was still soaking through a shirt in 10 minutes.
My son had a docotors appt around week 3 and i figured id ask about it then. he checked his mouth and said he saw nothing and took a quick glance at me(honestly, really quick, but it was an appt for my son not me), said "hmm, yeah" and perscribed me an ointment. i asked if we should treat the baby too because it can transfer and he said that it wouldnt be a problem because he didnt have it.
well, i used the ointment religiously and stillwas in a lot of pain. I'm talking the same toe-curling pain that ive been gritting my teeth for the last 3 weeks. finally it got too much and i decided i was going to have to pump and bottle feed until it healed.
Since then the burning has lessened but still affects me a couple times a day, the shooting pain is mostly gone; however now im really itchy ALL the time, which i thought could be from healing but maybe not. And the scabs from the cracks dont look like theyve even started to heal, theyre still huge, white/yellow, and really moist even after going shirtless for the past week. i also noticed that my breasts get really hot and red during and after pumping. Its been over a week and it feels like its really not getting any better. im sick of the pain and frustration. most of all im sick of pumping, but cant force myself to put him back on anymore. im afraid he wont take my breast once they get better (if they ever do!). basically im all around miserable and freaking out. Ive tried everything i could find on promoting healing and nothing works.
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Smoking During Pregnancy Linked to Severe Asthma in Teen Years
African-American and Latino children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are more likely to suffer from acute asthma symptoms in their teens than asthma sufferers whose mothers did not smoke, according to a new study led by a research team at UCSF.
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I wonder how they differentiated from growing up in a smoking environment - because presumably the smokers didn't stop smoking once their babies were born?
Smoking in Pregnancy Increases Asthma Risk in Preschool
Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with wheeze and asthma in preschool children, even among children who were not exposed to maternal smoking late in pregnancy or after birth, according to a new study.
...children who were exposed to maternal smoking only during pregnancy." "These children were at increased risk for wheeze and asthma at preschool age. Furthermore, the likelihood of developing wheeze and asthma increased in a significant dose-response pattern in relation to maternal cigarette consumption during the first trimester." [emphasis mine]
Second-Hand Smoking Affects Neurodevelopment in Babies
A new study shows that newborns that have been exposed to nicotine from both active and passive smoking mothers show poor physiological, sensory, motor and attention responses.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (Friday, August 8, 2014) - The No. 3 Richard Childress Racing (RCR) team called on Tennessee's Volunteer spirit to energize their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year contender, Austin Dillon. The RCR No. 3 team has six races before the Chase, including the upcoming IRWIN Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, to secure their spot.
"I definitely got pumped up today," remarked the Richard Childress Racing driver. "Walking into Neyland - the prestige that it shows - it's just an unbelievable place. Walking into Bristol Motor Speedway has that same feeling.
"Bristol is one of those places, it's like an 8th wonder of the world. You have to go see it and you have to be part of it. When you go there for the first time, the fans and the way its set up, it's an amazing place. It's got to be a feeling like you're running out on the field here at UT."
Dillon, who toured the University of Tennessee athletic facilities and showed off his arm during quarterback drills, returns to the Volunteer State in just two weeks for the Aug. 23 IRWIN Tools Night Race.
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Syrian forces shell Homs, breaking truce
Beirut, April 14, 2012
Syrian forces shelled two central districts in the battered city of Homs throughout the night and into Saturday morning, a resident activist and a human rights group said, the first bombings since a ceasefire took hold on Thursday.
"There was shelling last night in the old part of the city, in Jouret al-Shiyah and al-Qaradis. And I have heard eight shells fall in the past hour," Karm Abu Rabea, a resident activist who lives in an adjacent neighbourhood, said on Saturday morning.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that shelling had wounded several people overnight. – Reuters


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This is written in part for the ones new to advertising who didn't experience the dawning of a cliché called Putting A Monkey Or Other Such Primate In An Ad. This is also written in part as a way to explore the idea that even at the risk of being labeled a cynic, questioning what is brought forth as the truth, even if there aren't ready answers available, is good exercise.
I'm not sure when it started. Maybe in 1971? But I'm not positive. You see, there have been Many of them. In fact a search of the word "Chimpanzee," on adland brings up two pages worth.
"Gorilla," brings up six pages worth of ads. And "Monkeys?" Nine pages worth.
Hell, a monkey had his own show in the late seventies, which capitalized on not one but two Clint Eastwood movies starring an orangutan. I have no idea what merchandise might have been offered to support the movies; there had to have been something though.
My point is, using a primate in an ad is so done it long ago stuck a fork in itself and turned over. Twice. So you should probably avoid it.
And yet here we are again with another damn monkey. This time as a maybe unwitting spokesman for Ikea. People are lapping up this social media sensation like it's the first time a story like this happened. And this is good. Because we now know that a. this is the easiest way to get a brand out there and b. the viral media sensation is a cliché in and of itself now, and we'll hopefully avoid creating these in the future and try something new.
Here's what I mean: Take an improbable situation, or a try to manufacture a pop culture phrase via urban dictionary or buzz feed. Attach said situation or phrase to a brand name. Create a parody twitter account, and boom. Social Media Sensation ensues. Or does it? And for how much longer? And how sustained is it, really? or effective? (Yeah, I'm looking at you Susan Glenn. )
What's interesting to me is that the Torontonians are asking questions via twitter such as "Will the Ikea Monkey run for mayor" and "Where did he get his coat," as opposed to, "Why does this feel like an ad to me."
Whoa whoa whoa, you say. Are you suggesting the #IkeaMonkey is a stunt of some kind?
Nah. It's just totally happenstance that an unnamed owner of an illegal exotic pet, would dress it up in a fancy duds and send it over to Ikea in North York, Toronto.
It's a complete coincidence that the first person on the scene is Bronwyn Page, an associate producer for Canadian media outlet CBC Radio 2, who was quick enough with the camera snap, and an insta-hashtag #ikeamonkey that she now uses in her Twitter bio.
And of course, Wendy Drummond, a spokesman for Toronto's Police Force, would also easily use that hashtag in a tweet: "Toronto police not laying any charges in #ikeamonkey,….No further investigation/involvement by police." Har har har.
That's not even remotely fishy. I guess we chalk it up to that beautiful chaotic randomness called fate. Sure it's kinda like the Bronx Zoo Cobra, but you know. It's a happy accident, that just happened to repeat Ikea's name over and over and over again.
The problem with the repetition of this kind though is that, ad or no, it's also becoming a cliché. Improbable situation. Hashtag. Viral spike. Then we forget about it. Even if this is a completely organic event, is this the best thing for advertisers to appropriate? Should we be selling more of this drivel? Look we're gonna give your brand a huge spike for about three days, it'll be awesome...
What happens when people outside of advertising also start to become a wee bit skeptical and think a bit critically about the improbable situation and the hashtag with the brand name they're sharing and sharing? They might turn around and say "Hang on a second. This feels like an ad."
So far, they haven't. But my Spidey senses are suggesting soon they will. And you know what follows when people feel like they've been duped? They get angry. And then they tune out. Put another way—would you really want to put up with another self-indulgent Joaquin Phoenix movie?
Back to the monkey. Is it real? Is it a stunt? Was Ikea behind it? And who is behind the Ikea Monkey parody twitter account? And how can it be a parody account when the whole thing feels like parody?
To quote an old commercial: "The world may never know."
All I know is, if it looks like a rat and smells like a rat and walks like a rat and acts like a rat,and hashtags like a rat, it's probably a rat.
Even if it's a monkey.
Too good to be true usually means it is. I have always really disliked hijackings humans altruistic tendencies to shill something, like when Ogilvy put 'babies' in bins (2), and I've called out that hoaxes will dilute viral marketing, while viral marketing stunts will dilute peoples trust in anything being "real" again. Remember all tose FAKE youtube comments? Yeah that trend started when meteorites crashed into various Toyota trucks. It's not as simple anymore to fake a stunt, at least not in film only, now you need 'real' witnesses. The Alpha1 statue of Liberty stunt was as fake as the air force one stunt but over the years the audience and our cynic-levels have changed quite a bit.
Which is partly related to Microwave mentality part two: All the news fit to gank. The hoaxes and trixters get press, and this is "cheap media" , as if attention alone moved product.
And then there's things like Adult Swim ad that got the bomb squad called, which wasted taxpayer money as it scared people instead of advertised.... though when the creative team held epic press conference only talking about hairstyles I kinda dug it.
We're fed snippets of false information, daily. Advertising is contributing to this with false stories that are picked up by a lazy press. The population is divided into naives and paranoids. Brand should not be adding to the pool of disinfo that we already get from the media, if a brand really wants to be "our friend".


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Air Force Master Sgt. Jessie Terry was nervous as he stood in the parking lot in his uniform holding a single long-stemmed rose.
FORT WALTON BEACH � Air Force Master Sgt. Jessie Terry was nervous as he stood in the parking lot in his uniform holding a single long-stemmed rose.
The 42-year-old has returned from long deployments before, but he was a day early when he arrived Tuesday after six months in Kuwait.
His wife, Christy, was inside at work. She had no clue.
�I�ve got butterflies in the stomach,� Jessie said.
Every homecoming makes him a little nervous, he said. Am I thinner, grayer, balder? What is she going to think?
The couple have been together for all of his 24 years in the Air Force. Homecomings have been common. He has deployed 12 times, but this was his last before he retires.
He spent weeks planning the surprise and gathered many co-conspirators, including Christy�s supervisor at work.
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Now it was showtime.
As he walked into Gulf Coast Dermatology, several nurses in scrubs gave him cover as he snuck through the hallways.
He rounded a corner, and there she was.
Christy gasped, immediately wrapped her arms around his neck and clung to him.
�I�m home. I�m here,� he said as she sobbed on his shoulder.
The couple have known each other since they were 11 years old.
�So it�s really hard for us to lie to each other,� said Christy, who added that her husband had completely fooled her.
Jessie said he is ready to move on to the next phase.
�I don�t have to see sand anymore unless there�s water attached to it,� he said.
Jessie and Christy have two children, a 17-year-old son and a 22-year-old daughter, and Jessie is looking forward to spending more time with his family.
So is Christy.
�I�m ready for the next chapter,� she said. �I�m just happy he�s home, safe and sound.�
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The material in this circular has been revised and updated to aid Nebraska 4-H bird clubs. It contains an outline of activities suitable for each month and descriptions of 58 birds. The descriptions of the birds have been arranged so that a few may be given special study each month. The objectives of the club are:
To learn the economic value of birds through a study of food habits.
To become familiar with Nebraska Laws that protect birds.
To learn to appreciate birds and encourage bird life on the farm.
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NEW LONDON � The Duke men�s golf team posted a final round 4-under-par 284 in Sunday�s rain to capture the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship at Old North State Club.
Junior Austin Cody recorded birdies on No. 13, No. 14 and No. 16 to lead the back nine surge that gave Duke�s its first ACC title since 2005.
The Blue Devils overcame a four-shot deficit entering the last round. They were coming off Saturday�s 15-under round, which matched a school record.
For the tournament, Duke ended up with a school-record 25-under 839. Florida State, which led after the first two rounds, ended up tied for second place with Virginia Tech at 22-under.
Defending champion Georgia Tech finished fourth at 13-under followed by Clemson 859, Virginia 862, North Carolina 869, Wake Forest 872, North Carolina State 881, Maryland 883 and Boston College 896.
In what was described as a downpour during the final few holes, a few pars for the Blue Devils proved key as Florida State and Georgia Tech ended up posting higher scores on some of those holes.
Anders Albertson of Georgia Tech claimed individual medalist honors with a 15-under 201, which was five shots better than Virginia Tech�s Mikey Moyers and Florida State�s Chase Seiffert.
Duke senior Adam Sumrall placed fifth with an 8-under 208, while classmates Brinson Paolini and Julian Suri were tied for seventh at 5-under 211.
Sumrall and Cody paced the Blue Devils in the last round with 2-under 70s, while Paolini and freshman Mads Soegaard posted even-par 72s.
It was the seventh ACC men�s title for Duke.
Duke finished under-par in all three rounds and has 13 under-par team rounds on the season. All five Blue Devils finished in the top 20 of a tournament for the first time this season.


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Applying for a job is exciting and there can be multiple steps in the process. At Dell, our job is to guide you through these steps and give you the best candidate experience possible. To help you understand the application process, we are providing a list of the most common questions. The information below will help you navigate the application process at Dell!
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First, try the job search tool on the career site that allows you to find opportunities by keyword and location as well as position type or function. If you want to further refine your search, advanced functionality is available.
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Dell is committed to increasing our university hiring to 25 percent of all of our external hiring by 2020 as part of our Legacy of Good plan. To accomplish this, we have recruiters visiting university campuses throughout the year to showcase full-time, rotation program, internship and MBA opportunities for interested students. Check out our career calendar for a list of events or check with your university career center to see if Dell is coming to your campus.
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To see open internship opportunities, you may search for jobs using the term "internship" or you can connect with Dell representatives at local career events. To see upcoming career events, visit our career events calendar. You may also check with your university career services center to learn more about opportunities at Dell.
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Prior to starting the profile process, have an updated copy of your resume or CV on hand.
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you're off to a good start though
Am I the only one expecting a cheaper year?
Am I the only one expecting a cheaper year? Yeah, it's C3 and a movie year, but really, the amount of figures should be about the same, if not actually less. 2004 had VOTC, OTC and some new stuff plus newly packaged ships and the Sandcrawler.
I think based on the Hasbro line we'll probably overall see more, we're expecting what 24 new figures just for the release of ROTS in late april early may? at $7 a pop that's a lot right there, add in the preview wave and vehicles, plus what will come later in the year and Hasbro will probably have a lot in store for us (though not all of it necessarily good ).
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text: Alan Paloma, aka VEGA, aka Ghosthustler, has a new album coming out under the Neon Indian moniker called Era Extrana. No stranger to the Austin scene Alan has been crafting his sound amongst us for several years. My first encounter came at Beauty Bar in early 09 for VEGA's CD release party. After that epic danceparty I was hooked until a few mediocre Neon Indian performances, most notably at FFFFest 4. Since then he has definitely found his sound and stage presence to live up to his potential and the new single off his album (Polish Girl) is owning the top spot on Hype Machine.


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IMS finds medium voltage soft start market sparks solid growth
The worldwide market for medium voltage soft starters was worth an estimated $170 million in 2010, with more than 5,000 units shipped during the year. Sales of these products contracted significantly in 2009 as a result of the global economic downturn, and the market recovery in 2010 was very gradual.
However, high commodity prices and robust demand from regions like Asia Pacific and the Middle East are expected to help the market grow by nearly 10% in 2011. As long as commodity prices remain at their current levels or move higher, and if growth in emerging economies does not slow significantly, the market should experience several years of healthy growth through 2015. These are some of the latest findings from the 2011 Medium Voltage MCCs & Soft Starters study just published by IMS Research.
The Chinese market for medium voltage soft starters was the largest in the world in 2010, valued at more than $41 million and representing nearly one quarter of the total revenues. The US market was second largest, valued at an estimated $34 million during the year which was 20.0% of the global market. The Central and Eastern Europe regional market is the third largest because it includes the Russian market, which is estimated to be substantial due to several indigenous suppliers active in the Cheboksary region of the country. This regional market is estimated to be valued at over $33 million in 2010, representing another 20% of total market revenues. Western Europe and the Middle East also account for notable parts of the global market, with respective shares of 11% and 7% of total revenues.
Alex Chausovsky, Research Director for the Electric Motors Group of IMS Research, spoke with CFE Media about the emerging markets for medium voltage, and how the U.S. market figures to fare in the near term:
CFE Media LLC: It's no surprise to see the medium voltage market growing in developing countries, but what is driving the continuing growth in the U.S.?
Alex Chausovsky: The oil and gas sector of the market, which is quite substantial particularly in Gulf states like Texas and Louisiana, is the main driver of growth in the U.S., in my opinion. Water and wastewater has also been doing well in the country, even though much of the government-allocated funding is still caught up in red tape and has not been released. This bodes well for continued growth in the future.
CFE: The growth in medium voltage seems to parallel the growth in the energy commodity markets. Is there any sign that the growth is slowing?
Chausovsky: In the short term, yes. There is still a significant amount of uncertainty regarding the sustainability of the economic recovery. With the recent declines in oil prices, investment is likely to slow a bit as well in the second half of 2011. However, in the longer term, I believe oil and commodity prices are expected to continue an upward trend, as emerging economies in China, India and Brazil continue to increase their demand for these products, thereby driving prices higher.
CFE: Notably absent from the list is South America, yet we hear about new energy sources there all the time. Is this is the next big emerging market?
Chausovsky: The full version of the report actually presents that Brazil and the rest of Latin America are expected to have some of the highest growth rates from 2010 to 2015. Revenue growth is projected to be on par with China and Rest of Asia, and only a few percentage points below the Middle East.
CFE: What opportunities exist for manufacturers of medium voltage soft starters? What is the best way they should take advantage of this growing market?
Chausovsky: Motor driven system energy efficiency has received a significant amount of attention recently, culminating in an International Energy Agency report that states that these systems account for about 45% of total global electricity consumption. The study also stated that if these systems were to be operated at peak efficiency, we could potentially lower demand by as much as 10-15% worldwide. Although medium voltage soft starters are not as adapt at saving energy as medium voltage drives, they do offer an energy saving component as they gradually ramp up the voltage to the motor during its start. This message should be included in the conversations that suppliers of these products have with their existing and potential customers.
CFE: Even if economic growth slows, there seems to be no slowing the energy market right now. Is this market recession-proof?
Chausovsky: As witnessed in 2009, when the global medium voltage soft starters market declined by more than 20%, it is far from recession proof. It's linked to the business environment for large projects in industries such as metals, mining, and oil & gas. There are some portions of the market which are more stable, such as power generation and water and wastewater, due to their links to population growth and increasing urbanization, and some that are more volatile, such as oil and gas, and mining, which are more susceptible to wild swings in energy and commodity prices.


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