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Privacy Think Tank Prepares For Launch
A new online privacy think tank is launching Today (Nov. 19), the Future of Privacy Forum, but some big computer companies question its motives.
The forum is topped by Christopher Wolf of the privacy and security practice at Proskauer Rose, and Jules Polonetsky, former chief privacy officer at AOL, with initial backing from AT&T.
The forum kicks off with a panel session at the National Press Club in Washington.
Ed Black of the Computer & Communications Industry Association was skeptical of that AT&T backing, labeling it a group "funded by large corporations with sketchy records on privacy...Although we respect Jules and wish him the best, we have some concerns about the need for and direction of this new group," said Ed Black, President & CEO of CCIA. "We will be interested to see whether this becomes a broad-based coalition that represents the diversity of the Internet industry and consumers and then what the agenda will really be.
"To have credibility, such a group must focus on protecting Internet users' privacy from the overreaching government as well as e-commerce," said Black. CCIA members include Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo.
The online privacy issue has heated up with the ability of networks and third parties to collect Web surfing data to help target their ads, brought to a head on Capitol Hill by the efforts of a company called NebuAd to team with phone and cable operators to test such ad-tracking.
An aide to House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA), who held hearings on NebuAd, has said the issue of targeted marketing and online privacy will remain on the front burner in the next Congress.
President-elect Barack Obama has also pledged to strengthen privacy protections.


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Traxdata MultiMedia Station
Rebadged Mvix Ultio / Sumvision Cyclone MKV and as such is a solid if unspectacular Realtek 1073 player. The main point of interest here is the price. At €85 it manages to be the cheapest HDD Realtek player and the cheapest with a 3.5" HDD by some distance (price in Euro).
The user manual claims that DTS downmix is supported. If that is correct then it would represent surprising value at this price. The Traxdata site itself has no firmware updates but it is possible that this player will work with Mvix or Sumvision firmwares. Native firmware support is likely to be poor or non-existent.
Presuming DTS is supported the Traxdata MultiMedia Station is a bargain at the price.
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Assembly and Riverside Studios at the Arts Theatre
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas … A couple of inches of sparkly snow this morning, and then Simon Callow's masterly telling of that most seasonal of tales, Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Hardly a dramatization, with the various voices mostly just hinted at, and nothing like the author's own readings: no desk, no prompt copy with gestures and vocalizations noted in the margin. But a compelling narration, subtly staged in Tom Cairns' atmospheric production.
We enter to see the seven assorted chairs stacked at the sides, rather incongruously draped in fairy lights. There's a gauze, snow and a City streetscape, and on the soundtrack, an appropriate carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Callow, in overcoat and muffler, begins with a simply delivered prologue, almost conversational. Only on "once upon a time" does the coat come off and we get down to business in Scrooge's counting-house. And at the close, the envoi and the epilogue, he carefully stacks chairs and fairy lights before delivering the final "God bless us, every one!".
The effects are sparingly deployed: the clock, the window, the bells, the firelight. For the most part it's down to Callow's mellifluous voice, the timbre beautifully tempered to convey the passion and the sentiment of the story. Of course, there is a deal of humour too, with dancing fingers at Fezziwig's ball, the party game of Yes and No, featuring a roomful of eager voices, and a very contemporary "boy in Sunday clothes" near the end – "Christmas Day, innit ?".
The text is carefully abridged [Dickens himself used a similar, much shortened version]. A shame to eliminate Mrs Dilber, but these eighty minutes did include a generous helping of the author's inventive imagery, as well as the essential elements of the supernatural and savage satire. A century and a half later, Dickens' city is still haunted by Ignorance and Want, Christmas is still "a time for paying bills without money" and the world is not yet free of "guilty governments".
Callow's quietly commanding presence, working its magic on our imaginary forces, the beautifully judged staging, and Dickens's timeless fable, make for a genuinely moving seasonal experience, an organic antidote to the strident tinsel of London's Christmas.this piece first appeared on The Public Reviews


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Source: Muscat Daily
The Council of Ministers has issued a statement on Tuesday based on its meetings during August and September.
"The government is currently making efforts in response to the Royal Directives in accordance with the interest taken by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for development in the country.
During August and September, the Council of Ministers discussed a number of service and development issues and took appropriate decisions in this regard," said the statement.
The Council of Ministers reviewed procedures for implementing the Royal Instructions of His Majesty the Sultan on absorbing citizens in the public and private sectors. Based on this, 36,000 new jobs will be made available in government departments (civil and military).
The Council has delegated the authorities with the task of initiating a project to train and select trainees, with the announcement of 20,000 jobs to be made available in the private sector.
The Council of Ministers has established a work team dedicated to the Sultan Qaboos Award for Human Resources Development. The team will be in charge of developing an integrated system for the award, to encourage the private and public sectors to invest in human resources development.
To follow up on its decisions regarding those displaced and affected by the expansion of Sohar Industrial Port, the Council has reviewed the situation and urged the authorities to expedite the process of shifting them to alternate locations and residential complexes.
The Council has asked various departments to expedite studies to ensure that the projects in Sohar Port comply with international environmental requirements and specifications.
To limit the possible hazards from implementing development projects in the sultanate, the Council of Ministers has approved the national policy for the evaluation of health and environmental impacts on society for major development projects prior to implementation. The Council agreed that the authorities will develop guidelines for setting up the projects, e-services and identifying the legal framework for setting up a one-window station that will issue project licences.
Due to the importance of the industrial sector and to increase the contribution of this sector towards the GDP, develop industrial exports of Omani origin, and
Provide more job opportunities, the Council of Ministers viewed the executive stance for a study on revising and updating the future industrial strategy of Oman.
The Council concluded that it is important for the Supreme Council for Planning to regularise and follow up the implementation of this strategy.
The Council granted its approval to the appointment of an international specialist to revise the Omani Labour Law to keep pace with developments and requirements of the labour market.
It reviewed the initial estimates for the draft budget of the state for the fiscal year 2013. The Council will review the items of the budget submitted to it before referring it to the Council of Oman.
To enhance the close links between the heritage, monuments and tourism sector, the Council of Ministers has approved the establishment of a national committee to be chaired by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.
As part of the government's interest in developing education to keep pace with modern developments, the Council of Ministers watched a visual presentation by Ministry of Education specialists. It covered efforts made to promote standards at the school level and other aspects of the education process.
The Council also reviewed a report on the status of school education and how to develop it to build a generation capable of shouldering its responsibilities.
The Council approved an annual exhibition for craftsmen and SMEs under the theme 'craft innovations'. This is part of efforts made to develop, promote and market the products of these sectors so that their products meet the needs of the market and consumers.
The Council of Ministers approved the purchase of live transmission rights for the Asian Games 2013-16, in addition to the fourth stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
It also approved an awareness campaign that will be undertaken by the National Human Rights Commission from September-December 2012.
The Council approved revision of anti-drugs and psychotropic substance laws.
A new draft law for the laws practiced in the sultanate was also approved. This will be done by a committee with the participation of the Omani Lawyers Association.
The Council of Ministers approved organisation of several regional and international conferences and exhibitions.


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Feb. 5 Primaries to Pose A Super Test of Strategy
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
After the trench warfare of Iowa and New Hampshire and the upcoming skirmishes in a handful of states, a very different battle awaits the presidential candidates on Feb. 5: the biggest and most challenging single day in a recent campaign for a party nomination.
Democrats will hold contests in 22 states and one territory, with 1,681 delegates at stake. On that day alone, 52 percent of all pledged delegates will be awarded, compared with the 4 percent that will have been allocated in the four opening competitions of the year. Republicans have scheduled contests in 21 states for Feb. 5, known as Super Tuesday, with 975 delegates at stake. Those delegates make up 41 percent of the total available, according to the Republican National Committee.
No campaign, no matter how flush with money, can afford full-scale operations in that many states. By one estimate, the cost of a standard run of television advertising in each of the states for a week would be about $35 million.
"We've always had a mega-Tuesday, but it's gotten larger and a lot more complex," said Donna Brazile, who managed Democrat Al Gore's presidential campaign in 2000.
She said candidates must figure out how to introduce themselves to voters who have paid only limited attention to the campaign, as opposed to those in Iowa and New Hampshire. Beyond that, they must decide which states to compete for aggressively. Finally, she said, candidates will have to know how to pick up delegates even in states in which a challenger has the upper hand.
That puts a premium on the careful allocation of resources, including a candidate's time, television ads, targeted phone banks and grass-roots mobilization. "Will there be TV? It's likely," said one strategist for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss strategy more freely. "But the more effective use of our time is communicating with folks we think are going to turn out and do it in a more personal, grass-roots way."
Clinton and her two main Democratic competitors -- Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and former senator John Edwards (N.C.) -- are approaching Feb. 5 in strikingly different ways than the Republicans are. In part, that is because the rules for allocating delegates are different, with Republicans holding many contests. In a lot of the Republican competitions, the winner of a state or a congressional district is awarded all delegates. For Democrats, delegates are distributed proportionally on the basis of the votes for each candidate.
That means that if Edwards remains a force through Feb. 5 and wins 15 percent of the vote in most contests, Clinton and Obama will need enormous margins to rack up a significant advantage in delegates.
But more than rules have influenced how Democrats and Republicans are approaching Super Tuesday. The Republican race is so unsettled that it is not clear which candidates will be viable in three weeks. That is why today's Michigan primary, Saturday's contest in South Carolina and the Jan. 29 primary in Florida are so critical.
"The plan of every candidate is to be riding on a wave of momentum," said Steve Schmidt, a senior campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). "The momentum is what carries you through on February 5."
"The dilemma, with the exception obviously of Romney, is that none of us have the resources to go set up organizations in these states," said Ed Rollins, senior adviser to former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, referring to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. "It's a slingshot. You hope to do well" in states before Feb. 5 "and have some momentum."
Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani was the one Republican who had a clear strategy geared toward Super Tuesday. His goal was to sweep winner-take-all primaries in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey and New York and emerge with a sizable advantage in the battle for delegates.


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Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
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169 Front Street, Belleville
Updated 2016: Master Plan/EA: $1.0M. Upgrade project(s) will be determined through Master Plan/EA process. (Original $12.5M)
Environmental Assessment: Summer 2016
Environmental Assessment/Master Plan: Spring 2019 (Updated September 2017)
Construction: Timeline to be established by Environmental Assessment
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Stan Czyczyro
Project Details
Since 2010 staff have been working with the Ontario Clean Water Agency and Engineering Consultants to optimize the operations of the existing plant. This project involves the design on an initial strategy that results from the 2010 Wet Weather Managements Alternatives, Master Plan, Environmental Assessment, and the construction of the initial alternative.
The Master Plan will assess various options to improve the performance and reliability of the wastewater treatment and sewage collection systems to ensure they can be relied upon to manage wet weather flows and accommodate current and future wastewater flows generated within the City.
Project Status
- Work is continuing on schedule with the delivery and review of reports and other project information.
- A flow monitoring program of the sanitary sewer collection system has started and flow meters were installed in March. Flows and data will be collected over the next three months to assist in evaluating the sanitary sewer collection system.
- The consultant has completed a detailed inspection and assessment of the wastewater treatment plant.
- The Public and Agency consultation process began in August 2017 and a Public Information Centre will be held in late 2018 to discuss preferred solutions.
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LEBANON, Pa. (WHTM) – A local group of high school filmmakers are bringing national attention to the issues of cyberbullying.
Students at Cedar Crest High School traveled to New York last week to compete with young people all over the country in the first-ever Cyberbullying Film Invitational.
The AT&T sponsored film festival is also part of this year's All-American High School Film Festival.
Of the nearly 30 schools that participated, Cedar Crest students are among the finalists and have each been awarded $1,000. Those Students are still competing to win an additional $5,000 as part of the Public Choice Award.
To watch and vote for the Cedar Crest produced film, "Enough," click here.
Voting begins Tuesday and goes until October 28.


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text: I am working on a fun, informational project that features my camera equipment. I had a really great time thinking up ways to make these product shots a little more creative. Try and guess what I used to for the backdrop... it's probably not what you think, and I should get major bonus points for thinking outside of the box. I will be sure to let you know when the new project is launched.


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League Report: Derry City 1 - 4 DundalkTue, May 15 2018
Odhrán Crumley reports from the Brandywell Stadium
Dundalk inflicted Derry City's first defeat at the newly redeveloped Brandywell in devastating fashion.
It was the hosts who raced into an early lead thanks to a wonder strike from defender, Darren Cole in the 12th minute of the game.
Brian Gartland headed home an equaliser before a brace from Michael Duffy and one from substitute Krisztián Adorján secured a 4-1 victory and sent Dundalk to the top of the table.
Dundalk shaded the early exchanges as both sides strived to implement their passing games.
The first real effort of the game came in the eighth minute as Michael Duffy stood over a free kick and curled the ball around the wall, forcing Gerard Doherty to dive to his right and pull off a wonderful save.
Former Derry City man Duffy swung in the corner which was deflected into the path of Patrick Hoban but the ball flashed off his head and over the bar.
Ronan Hale really should have given Derry City the lead with 11 minutes played as Nicky Low found Rory Patterson, who in turn played in Hale with a wonderful back-heel.
Gary Rogers raced off his line and Hale struck the shot straight at the Lilywhite stopper, who was more than up to the task.
Less than 60 seconds later, Derry won a corner which Aaron McEneff would send into the area. Dundalk headed clear but only into the path of Darren Cole on the edge of the area.
The Scottish defender's strike was hit with real purpose, rifling into the roof of the net to put the Candystripes into the lead.
Midway through the first half, Gerard Doherty came to his sides rescue once again. Duffy's corner was met on the volley by Seán Hoare, forcing Doherty to make an eye-catching stop.
However the pressure would ultimately pay off as Jack Doyle deflected a Robbie Benson shot away for a corner.
Duffy sent the corner in towards the front post to meet the run of Brian Gartland, who headed into the net to restore parity.
Derry heads visibly dropped as six minutes later, Chris Shields, Robbie Benson and Duffy were all involved in a smooth passing attack.
Benson played the killer pass in behind to find Duffy, who rounded Doherty before slotting into the empty net as Stephen Kenny's men came from behind to lead 2-1 at the break.
The next goal would be crucial and Derry had a chance. Ronan Curtis beat two men down the left before playing infield to Aaron McEneff but Hoare was on hand to block.
Five minutes into the second half, Low;s corner was cleared by Benson towards Duffy. He opted to carry the ball before unleashing a fine effort below Gerard Doherty into the bottom corner for his second of the game.
Both sides made changes as the game grew scrappy, with Derry growing desperate and Dundalk happy to hold their lead.
There were ten minutes to play when Ronan Curtis beat three men down the wing only to be stopped by a sensational Gartland sliding challenge as he cut infield, stopping a sure goalscoring opportunity.
Kenny Shiels' men would have two chances from free kicks but neither Patterson nor McEneff could do anything but hit the wall.
In injury time Krisztián Adorján put the icing on the cake for the visitors as he sent a rasping effort into the bottom corner of the net after being set up by fellow substitute Marco Tagbajumi.
The sound of Neil Doyle's whistle came soon after, putting Derry out of their misery and confirming Dundalk's return to the top of the league table.
Derry City: Gerard Doherty; Jack Doyle (Ben Doherty 69), Gavin Peers, Eoin Toal, Darren Cole; Conor McDermott, Aaron McEneff, Nicky Low; Ronan Curtis (Nathan Boyle 86), Rory Patterson, Ronan Hale (Jamie McDonagh 60).
Subs not used: Eric Grimes (gk), Cathal Farren, Jamie McIntyre, Niall Logue.
Booked: None.
Dundalk: Gary Rogers; George Poynton (Dean Jarvis 64), Brian Gartland, Seán Hoare, Dane Massey; Dylan Connolly (Krisztián Adorján 82), Robbie Benson, Chris Shields, Michael Duffy; Patrick Hoban (Marco Tagbajumi 88), Jamie McGrath.
Subs not used: Gabriel Sava (gk), Sam Byrne, Stephen Folan, Ronan Murray.
Booked: Chris Shields (30).
Referee: Neil Doyle.
Attendance: 2,500 (estimate).
Extratime.ie Player of the Match: Michael Duffy (Dundalk).
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April 13, 2018
A flexible platform plus a great team equals a comprehensive eCommerce solution, we are constantly improving and optimizing our eCommerce platform, here are just some of the improvement in our latest rollout –
Apple Pay and PayPal integrations make checkout easier than ever.
Less clicks to checkout means less cart abandonment and a higher conversion rate. The new Sellect checkout reduces steps for a clear one-page checkout.
Managing product is even easier thanks to new batch action functionality. View and merchandize products in list view or thumb view. Apply actions across all or just selected products directly from the product view.
Improvements to the Sellect UI make searching by keyword faster and smarter.
The new product list can be sorted by published/unpublished status. We also added a new column for price, so all essential variant information is at your fingertips.


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IBM and Smart Energy Water have signed an agreement to boost the global energy and water provider's cloud platform with the addition of IBM's cloud infrastructure to host its mobile and web apps.
US-based Smart Energy Water will host various workloads on IBM's cloud platform, including its customer and mobile workforce apps, online billing, energy efficiency monitoring, reward programmes and data collection tools.
SEW will offer the infrastructure for other energy businesses to build their apps upon IBM's cloud. The utilities tech provider works with more than 150 energy and water businesses around the world, so this is a noteworthy deal for IBM.
"Consumers are open to new ways of engaging with their utility," said Harman Sandhu, President at Smart Energy Water. "Together with IBM, we can deliver solutions at large scale that help utilities lower the cost-to-serve by moving customers from the call center to lower-cost digital channels, personalize service to increase overall customer satisfaction, and target customers for the right opportunities for value-added programs and services."
The five-year deal will help SEW expand its offerings into analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT), helping clients develop a more diverse set of tools to benefit customers.
"Smart Energy Water is anticipating the major impact connected technologies will have on their customers business," said Brad Gammons, global managing director, IBM Energy, Environment and Utilities. "By investing in data, their workers can do their job better than ever before and customers will have access to self-service capabilities that can help improve client service."
IBM has sealed deals with some pretty big businesses of late, including BNP Paribas and Vodafone.


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The title seems ironic; but IMHO it applies perfectly to 22106 Pune Mumbai Indrayani express - at least on the particular day Saturday 24th March. That day I had reached Pune by taking 11301 CSMT-SBC Udyan express - for the blog of that journey please refer https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/03/25/a-summer-saturday-morning-trip-to-pune/ . At Pune, as per plan; I bought the…Read more A Superfast with a Phobia of Speed
A Summer Saturday Morning Trip to Pune
Yes. Yet another outing to Pune - hope you won't get bored by now 😛 . Nearly a month ago, I had made a similar trip in order to buy Shrewsbury biscuits from the famous Kayani bakery - only to end up buying from Naaz Bakery (which is not as good as the former) instead;…Read more A Summer Saturday Morning Trip to Pune
A Sunday Excursion to Pune – Part 2
I had a short but memorable outing of Pune; during which I had lunch at Sagar Restaurant (near the station), bought Shrewsbury biscuits from Naaz Bakery in East Street, and had a brief railfanning session in Kasarwadi (This video captures it in essence 😉 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms7pwCmqF_M ). The local I took from Kasarwadi (to return to…Read more A Sunday Excursion to Pune – Part 2
A Sunday Excursion to Pune – Part 1
For a change (after all those big trips 😀 ), I decided to have a one-day railfanning trip to Pune. I was to take 11029 Mumbai Kolhapur Koyna express on Feb 25th. Being a Sunday, I would normally have got up around 9 am; but this time I had to wake up at 06 30…Read more A Sunday Excursion to Pune – Part 1
The end of a whirlwind trip – Part 2
Time for me to wrap up my account of the last leg of the whirlwind trip - the journey by 11028 Chennai Mumbai Mail. Where had we left off? The change-over from electric to diesel at Wadi. For the first part, refer https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/02/14/the-end-of-a-whirlwind-trip-part-1/ . Our diesel power was APU-fitted Pune WDM3A 14093R. We departed at 15…Read more The end of a whirlwind trip – Part 2
The end of a whirlwind trip – Part 1
A whirlwind trip (which involved at least 70% of travel) was coming to an end. I had travelled from Mumbai to Chennai by 11027 Mumbai Chennai Mail (taking 2 nights and a day), met my grandparents and a close friend at Chennai, travelled to Trichy (by taking the overnight 12653 Rockfort express) for my BFF's…Read more The end of a whirlwind trip – Part 1
The start of a whirlwind trip : Part 3
This is a continuation of yet another trip of mine by 11027 Mumbai Chennai Mail, starting on Jan 25th. Here is Part 1 https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/02/06/the-start-of-a-whirlwind-trip-part-1/ and Part 2 https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/02/08/the-start-of-a-whirlwind-trip-part-2/ . The trees on the East end of Wadi provided a shady canopy. There was an interesting 'Stop' board attached to the old (1994 made) front SLR of our…Read more The start of a whirlwind trip : Part 3
The start of a whirlwind trip : Part 2
To refresh your memories, it is the continuation of my previous blog post https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/02/06/the-start-of-a-whirlwind-trip-part-1/ - detailing my journey by 11027 Mumbai Chennai Mail, starting on Jan 25th. As we left SUR, I saw three self-propelled Auxiliary Tool Vans. There was a PSR of 15 kmph. It was a pleasant surprise to see a navy blue…Read more The start of a whirlwind trip : Part 2
The start of a whirlwind trip : Part 1
It was a whirlwind trip, planned only a month in advance. My BFF's baby shower was happening in Trichy on Sunday Jan 28th. This involved a stopover at Chennai for a day, before taking an overnight train to Trichy. Why do I call this trip "whirlwind" ? Because almost 70% of the trip was spent…Read more The start of a whirlwind trip : Part 1
A Long Return To Home – Part 2
Ah...a very long gap between this and Part 1 (of my journey by 11028 MAS-CSMT Mail, starting on last Dec 29) https://ashwinkumar1989.online/2018/01/21/a-long-return-to-home-part-1/ . Well, you have yet another trip to Chennai ( a stopover on the way to Trichy) at the end of this January; as well as a fat lot of work after returning -…Read more A Long Return To Home – Part 2


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I first heard of Diane Lockward from the Writer's Almanac and her poem Linguini. She also wrote my husband discovers poetry which I shared with the group. Below is from her blog Blogalicious - please check it out and some of her poems.
Print Journals That Accept Online Submissions 11/14
It's been more than a year since I last updated the list of print journals that accept online submissions. This list includes 14 additions. You'll notice that a number of the journals charge a fee for the online submission. Many submitters feel that a small fee is worth it as it saves paper, stamps, and a trip to the post office.
Journals new to the list (not necessarily new journals) are indicated with a double asterisk.
The number of issues per year appears after the journal's name.
The reading period for each journal appears at the end of each entry.
Unless noted otherwise, the journal accepts simultaneous submissions.
As always, please let me know if you find any errors here. And good luck.
Adanna: a journal about women, for women—1x
Jan 31 - April 30
Sept 1 - May 31
The American Poetry Journal—1x
February 1 - May 31
all year
$3 fee
two submission periods—check website
June 1 - November 1
check website to see if open for poetry submissions
June 1 - November 15
all year
Sept 1-June 1
all year
Sept 15-Dec 15
all year
no sim
all year
Sept 15 - May 15
November 1-April 30
Breakwater Review—2x
November 15 for the January issue;
April 15 for the June issue
Burnside Review—every 9 months
$3 fee / pays contributors
August 5 - Oct. 5
all year
Carbon Copy Magazine—2x
May 1st through September 1st, November 1st through March
all year
Cimarron Review—4x
all year
The Cincinnati Review—2x
Sept 1 - May 31
September 1 - May 1
**The Conium Review—2x
Jan 1-April 1
August 15-October 15
January 31-March 31
The Cossack Review—3x
All year
Crab Creek Review—2x
Sept 15 - March 31
all year
$2 fee
August 1 to November 1
December 1 to April 1
October 1 thru February 15
August 15–April 15
$3 fee
all year
check website to see if open for submissions
(must submit poems one by one)
all year
no sim
no Jan, Feb, June, or July
August thru May
$3 fee
Fourteen Hills—2x
September 1 to January 1
March 1 to July 1
**The Fourth River—1x
July 1-Sept 1
**The Frank Martin Review—1x
all year
reads month of June
September 15 deadline for the Spring issue
February 15 deadline for the Fall issue
August 15 - April 15
Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review—1x
All year
deadlines: Winter issue: November 15
Summer issue: April 15
**Hartskill Review—3x
all year
Sept 1 - May 31
Aug 1 - Oct 1
All year
Sept 1 - Dec. 15
all year
The Idaho Review—1x
Sept. 1 to April 15
rolling for 3-4 weeks at a time
check website for dates
September 1 - May 1
September 15 - January 15
no sim
check website for submission dates
The Laurel Review—1x
$2 fee
Sept 1-May 1
**The Lindenwood Review—1x
Jul 15-Dec 15
The Literary Review—4x
Sept 30-May 31
Little Patuxent Review—2x
submission period varies—check website
Submit to Poetry Editor: email@example.com
Sept 1 - Dec 1
all year
August 1 - Nov 15
all year
currently open for submissions
Send all poems to: email@example.com
October 1 - April 30
no sim
all year
The Mom Egg—1x
July 15 - Sept. 30
Meridian—2x ($2 fee)
all year
all year
August 1–November 1
January 1–April 1
all year
The Mom Egg—1x
June 1- Sept. 1
December, January, and February only or all year if a subscriber
August 1-May 1
$3 fee
for the Summer issue January 1 through March 1
for the Winter issue July 1 through September 1 (contest only)
no sim
Sept 1-May 31
New Madrid—2x
August 15 - November 1
Sept-May (summer okay for subscribers)
Aug 15 - May 1
New South—2x
all year
weekly magazine
all year
Ninth Letter—2x
September 1 - April 30
September 1-December 1
January 15-April 15
$3 fee
all year
Jan 1- May 1 (but on hiatus for 2012)
**Phoebe—1 print issue, i online
March 9 - Oct 31
August 15-May 15
June 1 - Jan. 15
Jan 1 thru March 31
(women only)
year round
no sim
September 15 - April 15
February 1 to April 1 for the winter issue
June 1 to August 1 for the spring issue
Sept 1-May 1
Prairie Schooner—4x
Sept 1 - May 1
no sim
September 15 - March 31
all year
all year
considers previously published
All year
year round
year round
all year
No June, July, August, or December
no sim
April 1 - Oct 1
Sept. 15 through Jan. 15
All year
year round
February 1—April 15
Salt Hill—2x
August 1 - April 1
Jan 1 - Feb 1 / July 1-Aug 1
Saw Palm—1x
July 1- October 1
Feb. 1 - April 1
January 1 - March 1
All year
All year
So to Speak—2x
August 15-October 15 for the Spring issue
January 1-March 15 for the Fall issue
All year
All year
**The Southampton Review—2x
September 1 to December 1 and from March 1 to June 1
All year
**Southern Indiana Review—2x
Sept 1-April 30
No June, July, August
$2 fee
August 15 - May 15
Sept 15 - May 15
No Sim
Spoon River Poetry Review—2x
September 15 to February 15
Sept 1-Dec 15
September 1 - April 15
No Sim
All year
Tampa Review—2x
Sept 1 - Dec. 31
no sim
via email
Sept 15 - Nov. 1
no sim
Sept 15 - April 30
32 poems—2x
via email
all year
Jan 1 - June 30
Sept - December
September 1 - May 31
Sept 1 - March 1
Sept 15 - Jan 15
All year
August 1 - Oct 15
Dec 15 – Feb 1
April 15 - July 31
West Branch—2x
Aug 15 - April 15
all year
Women Arts Quarterly Journal—4x
all year
All year
Wow. What a great resource to start from and she has a new book which I haven't gotten yet but has ggod reviews...
The Crafty Poet Named a Best Book for Writers by Poets & Writers
"In this resource for poets, Lockward offers practical advice and insights about
establishing sound, voice, and syntax in poetry while also providing writing prompts
and other poems as inspiration."
The Crafty Poet Listed As One of "Six Stellar Sources of Poetry Prompts"
in the 2015 Poet's Market
A poetry tutorial to inform and inspire poets. Model poems with prompts, writing tips, and interviews contributed by fifty-six poets, including thirteen former and current state Poets Laureate. Sample poems from an additional forty-five poets. Geared for experienced poets and aspiring poets. Guaranteed to break through any writer's block.
Ideal for individual use at home or group use in the classroom or workshop. etc...
Contributors include some of our nation's finest poets. These fifty-six poets contributed twenty-seven Craft Tips, ten Poet on the Poem Q&As, and twenty-seven model poems that go with the prompts.


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Youngest daughter is home with a cold this week, and I'm grateful for the perks of being a mostly-stay-home-mom with a very flexible part-time boss. I worked yesterday morning while my mom stayed with Julia. After Grandma went home and we had lunch, we went to the bookshelf and sorted through old favourite children's books, and Julia spent the afternoon in bed surrounded with book characters she grew up with -- woolly wombats and happy hippopotami, Skippyjon Jones and Diary of a Worm, Sesame Street monsters and fairy tale princesses (not of the Disney variety). When she got tired of reading to herself, we read a couple of chapters of The Borrowers together, and it wouldn't surprise me if she was lounging in bed at the moment reading on by herself.
I have always loved to read to children. When I was teaching, the last 20 minutes of every school day were Miss P.'s reading time, and my students would relax, doodle at their desks, or sit rapt as we shared stories by E. B. White or Ursula K. Le Guin or Farley Mowat. We traversed African savannahs, American prairies, and the Land of Oz. When I left teaching to start my own family, I looked forward to reading to my own little ones, and have fond memories even of the books we knew backwards and forwards -- those repetitive, participatory stories like the Berenstains' "Big Brown Bear, Blue Bull, Beautiful Baboon, blowing bubbles, bicycling backwards..." and Sandra Boynton's hilarious little board book that had us all shouting, "But NOT the hippopotamus!" until we reached, "but NOT the armadillo!" at the end. And Hop on Pop... and Goodnight Moon... and how many chunks of stories can you still recite?
For years we lugged large bags of books back and forth from the local library, and discovered many favourites that sometimes still make their way back to us if my girls happen to spot them as they walk through the children's section. This week, in keeping with Valentine's Day, it's Slugs in Love by Susan Pearson, illustrated by Kevin O' Malley, in which Marylou, a very shy slug, keeps leaving little slime-trail love letters for Herbie, her chosen slug, but Herbie keeps getting conflicting reports about which of the garden slugs is Marylou. "I think she's the brownish one." "I think she's the pinkish one." It tells you something when even an avid gardener like me has a soft spot for these funny little slugs, but the humour of Herbie's ball cap (worn between his eyes), and Marylou's eye-ribbons and love poems completely won me over (though I still can't stand having slugs in my lettuce, and cover the patch with eggshells to keep them out).
Unfortunately, the bedtime story ritual has almost run its course with Julia only 18 months away from Junior High School (I try not to think about how fast she's growing up). These days, the only time I get to read with her is when she's not feeling great and it's a comfort to lean her head against Mom's shoulder and listen. Our other two girls are into thick young adult novels that it would take anyone half a day to read aloud, and they're such speed readers, they'd never be patient enough to listen since they could finish the book themselves in less than half the time. My husband and I read The Da Vinci Code together the spring that I had vertigo. I wasn't good for doing much else, so I read a couple of chapters every night until one Saturday afternoon when I sat in a lawnchair and read to him while he was painting our garage doors. Seems to me we ended up finishing the book at 1 a.m., and I was rather hoarse. It was fun, but not likely to be repeated.
I wonder, with all the changes coming via the e-book publishing industry, what will happen to future bedtime story rituals? Will children's libraries continue to exist? Will the powers that be come up with a larger Kindle (or whatever brand name you know) for the big glossy illustrations that little kids and parents love? How will they replace the chewable board book? Will we have to shop garage sales for the satisfaction of turning a page to find Waldo in a different situation?
Whatever happens, I hope to have more opportunities to share beloved stories with little ones, and that our children will be able to do the same. The bedtime story is a sacred thing, a sign that big people care about little people and want to share the best things with them, along with a cuddle. I'm so grateful to have had that opportunity for almost half my life.
Julia's up. Maybe we'll go read a few more chapters of The Borrowers together.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Simple pleasures... and bedtime stories
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When making furniture purchases for this new apartment, I really tried to keep in mind that a baby (eventually a toddler) was going to live here too. I talked about some of my design plans in a post a few months ago, but after I started researching and visualizing the space, some of my original plans changed quite a bit. The main thing I tried to focus on in prepping this apartment for a baby was organization. This is a small space and we want to try our best to not let it become overrun with baby / child items. I took some pointers from Young House Love and included baskets, storage ottomans or storage tables in almost every room to easily store toys and baby items. Along with organizing each space to accommodate a baby, two adults and a dog, we also started some light baby-proofing. All of our heavy furniture has been anchored to the wall, our tv has also been properly attached to the wall above the tv stand, and we hung a baby gate between the living room and office doorway, so I can set the baby down for tummy time and close the gate with Aurora in the office if need be.
A few other things that we took into consideration when it came to baby-proofing were our furniture purchases. We'd prefer to use as little furniture padding and safety locks as possible once she's mobile, so I tried to avoid items with sharp corners or easy to open cabinets. Several people recommended not having a tv stand at all, which I tried to figure out ways around, but I just didn't like any of the options. When I found our tv stand on Wayfair, I was really excited that it had rounded corners and magnetic (hard for me to open) cabinets. Instead of a coffee table, we decided on a soft, round ottoman with easily cleanable fabric (I've already cleaned chocolate out of it!). I'm sure there is additional baby-proofing in our future, but for now, I'm hopeful it's not too extreme!
Here is a breakdown of our current baby storage solutions room-by-room, plus tips on "hiding" baby items in a small space.
Living Room
As you may have noticed in my "unicorn apartment" update a few weeks ago, there is a large wicker basket next to the tv stand, as well as a patterned storage ottoman beside the couch. The large basket holds a variety of baby blankets (swaddle, quilted, tummy time, etc), some baby toys (rattle and chew beads), books, a nursing cover for when guests are over, burp cloths, and a decorated pillow from our baby shower. The patterned storage ottoman next to the couch currently holds throw blankets, but in the future, could easily be used for extra toy and book storage.
Beside the teal bookcase (used as our pantry), the easily collapsible high chair is stored (less hidden when there isn't a tree there obviously!). I added a removable plastic hook to the back of it which holds a few bibs for future mealtimes. Once she's mobile, we'll either replace that rolling bar cart with a small lock-able bar cabinet or move the liquor to a higher cabinet in our kitchen. Several friends recommended having a light, compact pack 'n play for travel (or peace of mind once she's mobile and I need to get chores done), so we ordered one that is so compact it's actually currently stored under our couch (!!!).
We bought the plastic, hanging basket storage from Urban Outfitters and it currently holds our washcloths (bottom two baskets) and her washcloths and a few bath toys in the top basket. Her hooded towels are on one of the shelves we hung above the toilet, and she has an entire shelf in the medicine cabinet, which I pre-stocked with some items people recommended having in advance. Her baby tub is too big to be stored in here, so it's currently in our storage closet in the living room (not pictured). It will fit perfectly in our kitchen sink when she's little and then can eventually be used in the shower as a tub once she's bigger.
Master Bedroom
In our bedroom, we set up a nursing / rocking station in one corner since the nursery is much too small for a chair in there. The gray glider and yellow ottoman were in my office back in Austin, but I bought the white side table from Wayfair. I particularly like the fact that this table has both a shelf and the top opens for extra storage. The lamp has a low wattage bulb for late-night feedings, and currently the monitor (for us to check on her in the nursery) is sitting beside the lamp. The shelf holds the breast pump and spare nursing pads, and there are more pads, burp cloths and a spare nursing pillow cover stored in the top. I like this table so much that I bought the exact same one for the nursery! The nursing pillow is so big that it's actually currently stored behind the glider.
Storage was definitely key in designing this small space! I hung storage hooks on the back of the door for her heaviest coat, extra bibs and an adorable dress my mother-in-law knit. We decided to hang two rows of IKEA storage racks above the changing table for diapers, creams, burp cloths, toys, pacifiers, etc (yes, I can reach the top baskets!). On one side of the changing table is a diaper trash pail, which will eventually be used as a cloth diaper hamper once we switch her to cloth after a month or two. The other side of the table, I attached a hook and hung that sage metal bucket with lid from World Market, and currently am using it as disposable diaper storage. Once we switch to cloth though, that pail will be used for trash. Beneath the metal pail is a striped hamper for dirty clothes, burp cloths and bibs.
I organized her changing table drawers with baskets and folded or rolled clothes so they are easily viewable from the top. The top drawer has newborn clothes, a baby wrap (or carrier), swaddle wraps, diaper wipes, and a basket with socks, hats, booties, etc.. The second drawer has all of her 0 - 3 month clothes and the more firm carrier for when she outgrows the soft one. The third and bottom drawer (not pictured) has all of her 3 - 6 month (and older) clothes, larger swaddle wraps, plus a spare crib sheet and changing pad cover. As she outgrows clothes, I plan to store them for friends and family in gallon zip-loc baggies under her crib.
I bought four small storage containers from Land of Nod that just perfectly slide under her crib and hold spare diapers, creams, wipes, etc. Behind the storage containers, I already have several gallon zip-loc baggies stored of 12 - 24 month hand-me-downs from my sister-in-law (my two-year-old niece's mom). Next to the crib is the vintage wooden box that we bought at Brooklyn Flea several months ago and added caster wheels to the bottom. It holds several knit toys from my mother-in-law, along with spare blankets, books and a few other toys. I hung a door hook from the door that actually opens into the second floor hallway, and her collapsed stroller currently hangs from this. In the next few months, we're hoping to move her stroller to the bottom floor entry so I don't have to carry it up and down the stairs by myself.
I painted and hung IKEA spice racks for narrow bookshelves on one wall and below that her sleep 'n play is collapsed and easily stored when not in use. Beside that, is the white table (that matches the one in our bedroom) and holds the diaper bag (not pictured), spare diapers, wipes and her cloth diapers (that we'll switch her to once she fits in them). The humidifier, noise machine and nightlight sit on top of the table and can be easily moved to access the items stored inside.
I'm sure over the next several months, we'll learn quite a bit more and readjust some of our storage and layout. I definitely will share an update at some point (probably 6-months and then one-year in) on everything we've learned once we've actually lived with a little person in this small space. Until then, feel free to ask questions in the comment section on anything in this post or pictured in our apartment.


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Angeline Elizabeth Hinshaw1,2,3 [Morning Angeline Henshaw4, Mourning A. Hinshaw5,6,7].
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She married Henry M. C. Hill5 [Acy Hill1]. Henry was born 1828, Tennessee.8
Mourning and family were shown in the 1850 census (Nov 1 1850), Pulaski County, Missouri:5
Henry died 1858, Missouri.8
She then married Robert Doyerty Daughtery Beesley, Sep - 1854, Hickory County, Missouri.1,2 Robert was born Jan 22 1811, Kentucky.1,2,6,7,10
Robert had been twice previously married: 1) Malinda Albin, and 2) 1834, Icyphena Madison, and had six children.1
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Robert died Sep - 1890, Llano County, Texas.1,2
Widow Angeline was shown in the 1900 census (Jun 16 1900), Llano County, Texas:3
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Stephen Hicks Ph.D. is professor of philosophy at Rockford University, where he is also Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. He is the author of Nietzsche and the Nazis (Ockham's Razor, 2006, 2010), Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (Scholargy Publishing, 2004), and co-editor of The Art of Reasoning: Readings for Logical Analysis (W. W. Norton & Co., 1998).
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Monday, 12 October 2009
Harvest Festival.
We had a quiet morning on Sunday, then at 10-30am we attended the harvest festival service at Church Lawton church. It was a lovely service and we were made very welcome.
After the service we walked through the woods at the rear of the church,this took us over to Scholar Green at the side of the Macclesfield Canal, where we called for a couple of pints at the Bleeding Wolf. Then walking down the towpath to Hardings Wood Junction,then returned to the boat down the Trent and Mersey towpath.
This morning we did the last six locks up to Hardings Wood Junction a rise of 54ft 7ins. Found a supermarket and did a good shop(the first since Nantwich).It was then down to Harecastle Tunnel.Luck was with us and we went straight through,delaying lunch by an hour. It took forty minutes through the tunnel,then back out into the sun. Tonight we are moored at Westport Lake,a very picturesque mooring.
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Greek Goddess of Love
Greek Goddess of Love
Fine silver metal clay, rainbow titanium, 8 mm opal.
76 mm x 25 mm.
Rising from sea foam and waves is the Goddess of Love enchanting anyone who sets their eyes on her. She is eternally young and beautiful with the magical powers of alluring others with her love and affection.
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The Dust Catchers
Bee HealthTreating seeds is an art. Under no circumstances should the substance used to dress the seeds – which protects the plant from pests at germination and in the early growth phase – be allowed to enter the environment as dust when the seeds are sowed. A tough goal, but an ambitious project is aiming to achieve just that. Its name is its aim: "Zero" Dust.
One of Dr. Carsten Conzen's favorite films doesn't have much of a plot. It is an animated film that shows a bowl in which grains of rice move. Some of them are sprayed with dye. Some aren't. This goes on for a few minutes, then the film comes to an end. "Well?" says Conzen. "Isn't that fantastic?"
For those who know this material, what may seem to be rather mundane to the untrained eye actually represents a great leap forward on the path to optimized seed dressing. Dressing means that the seeds are coated with a plant protection agent prior to sowing. This keeps both seeds and plants safe from the very start. And the specialists agree that very little of an active substance is needed to have a very big impact.
They are similarly in agreement that treated seeds have to be handled with extreme care, because the layer of active substance coating the seeds has to stay in place and not be rubbed off. Otherwise there is a danger that the substance could be released into the environment in an uncontrolled way, and that is something that has to be avoided because it could potentially have a negative impact on bees and other beneficial insects.
For Bayer, this was the starting point for a comprehensive project comprising a large number of individual measures: "Zero" Dust. Under this rubric, a wide variety of possibilities for large-scale dust reduction were put forward, analyzed, tested and finally put into practice: from "SweepAir" – a kind of "field vacuum cleaner" – to the use of polymers to improve the adhesion of the seed dressing. "The various ideas are certainly at different stages of maturity," observes Dr. Antoni Mairata, who is leading the project on the Bayer Technology Services side. "But with some of them, we have come a long way forward."
With the modeling of the entire seed dressing process, for example. Which brings us back to Dr. Conzen's favorite film. The expert, who is responsible for polymer technology and modeling at Bayer Technology Services, now has a large collection of very similar films. But if you look closely, you begin to notice crucial differences. Sometimes the grains move around in the bowl with practically no disturbance at all, and other times they are stirred up quite considerably. Sometimes the grains are colored immediately, sometimes the process takes place relatively slowly.
"Because we promote bee health, weare grateful for all the solutions that BayerTechnology Services delivers."
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This is largely dependent on the design of the seed-dressing machine: With one, the plates that break up the evenness of the motion are attached near the top. With another they are attached at the side. Sometimes there are many of these "spoilers," sometimes only a few. And when the design changes, so does the dressing of the seeds.
"You can compare how much of the seed hasn't yet found its way into the spray zone within a given period of time," says Conzen, explaining what we are seeing on the screen. "You can see exactly where certain zones haven't yet been mixed." Even the transfer of the dressing product from one seed to another can be visualized.
These different seed-dressing machines, however, only exist on the computer. And although we are only looking at virtual seeds, we know precisely what effect a particular apparatus design will have on the quality of the dressing. "The computer modeling, when coupled with the depth of experience brought to the table by Crop Science, allows us to understand the dressing process inside out, and to optimize it by making changes at the right places," Conzen explains. From the scaling of planned treatment facilities to changes to existing machines – with the computer, all sorts of questions can be answered.
And this knowledge goes directly to Crop Science and to its own manufacturer of seed treatment equipment in the United States. "Our recommendations, of course, draw a great deal of attention there, because the specialists can immediately see which solution is the best, and how they can most easily achieve the desired result," says Conzen. "All of it without having to put a lot of time and expense into building test machines."
All of this, however, really comes as no surprise, because the software that makes this kind of modeling possible already exists, though it comes from a completely different field: Bayer Technology Services originally used it to optimize the feed behavior of polymer extrusion equipment. As Conzen points out, "That's what is so remarkable, that so much knowledge is available in this company. You just have to use what's already there." This is happening not only with plans for new seed treatment machines – so-called "tuning kits," also computer generated, will also be made available. These allow significant optimization of existing machines.
Precise knowledge of the processes at work in a seed dressing machine also leads to significant improvements in terms of reducing dust: "We are now able to assess exactly what forces are at work and whether they will lead to avoidable abrasion and dust."
Independently of the seed dressing itself, improving the drying process has also been a focal point for the experts. The idea of drying the seeds during the dressing process was proposed.
This is known among experts as In-Bowl-Drying and involves hot air being directed into the bowl of the seed dressing machine. It causes the evaporation of large amounts of water and increases the space available for the dressing substance itself. Mairata: "Like this, we are able to increase throughput substantially." A big part of the challenge was ensuring that the hot air was passed through the seed perfectly evenly. This was achieved using a special metal plate with specially designed gaps. And again, it's no coincidence that a similar apparatus has already been used in the past – for a pharmaceutical in the field of tablet drying.
But how do you know, exactly, when you have reached the right point to end the dressing process? This point is influential in determining how much dust is likely to be produced when the seed is sowed. If the seed is too moist, the individual grains can stick together and can't be sowed as desired out in the field. But if they are treated for too long, it can lead to an increase in the amount of abraded dust.
For this reason, a specially qualified employee constantly stands beside the basin in which the seed is being dressed. This person, because of their long experience, can hear the precise moment when the sound changes, and that is the signal for the drying to stop. This results in the dressing adhering to the seed as optimally as possible. Tests have shown that stopping the process ten seconds too late can mean up to 30% more dust.
But, according to the experts in process analysis technology at Bayer Technology Services, this process could be improved even further. This was a job for application engineer Reinhard Gross and his team. Gross proposed relying on a sensitive microphone rather than trusting the human ear. But in an environment that generally tends to be very loud, putting this idea into practice was no easy task. Two years have now passed since the inception of the project: the problem has been solved and a patent issued.
"For us, however, it was clear from the start that we were focused only on the issue at hand," Dr. Mairata explains. The aim was also to come up with a technology that Bayer's competitors would also use. At the end of the day, it comes down to ensuring that less active substance enters the environment, not just for Bayer, but across the board. Still, Mairata admits, "It is particularly satisfying to work for a company that does so much to reduce abraded dust."
Will it ever be completely avoidable? The separate effects of the individual parts of the "Zero" Dust project can't simply be added together, stresses Dr. Jens Uhlemann, who heads the Formulation & Crystallization group at Bayer Technology Services. But he has no doubts: "I am convinced that we still have some good ideas to present in this area." After all, Bayer Technology Services has such a broad base of expertise it can draw on "that we really can tackle all aspects of the subject," says Uhlemann. And how many firms can claim that? "Frankly, off the top of my head, I can't even think of one."


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losing a performerJuly 15, 2010 at 3:59 pm | Posted in arts funding, Ensemble, Physical Theatre, Psychophysical Training, Theatre | Leave a comment
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… with ten days to go we lost one of the ensemble. It points to the difficulty of working for extended periods in economically straightened times. People find their lives cannot accomodate the sacrifice demanded.
One of the advantages of the sort of choric/ensemble aesthetic that I work with is that it can accomodate sudden disruption far more easily than can a piece where each performer is appointed specifically to fulfil a pre-written part. Part of what happens when a group works tightly together – as we will over the next few months – is that the shape of the final performance is sculpted from the available ensemble, much as a sculpture emerges from wood or stone. If the ensemble has 10 performers, a certain performance will emerge, with 11, or 9, a different performance emerges. So though I regret the loss of someone whom I looked forward to working with, and though I mourn the performance that we would have created with that performer's contribution – a performance which will now never exist – I celebrate the possibility of a different performance made by a slightly smaller group coming to life – a performance which would never have existed if our ex-collaborator had stayed aboard.
Theatre – all live performance – emerges from and must respect the reality of its creative process. A living performance is created by a process that works with reality as it is, not reality as we think it ought to be…
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The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837, and the history of the University's schools and colleges. This project is part of a larger effort to prepare resources for the University's bicentennial in 2017. Find out more.
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Charles Trinkaus
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1970 - 1982
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Synthesis, Annealing Strategies and in-situ Characterization of Thermally Stable Composite Thin Pd/Ag Alloy Membranes for Hydrogen Separation
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Yi Hua Ma, Advisor
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Satya S. Shivkumar, Committee Member
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Nikolaos K. Kazantzis, Committee Member
Composite thin Pd/Ag alloy membranes with long-term thermal and chemical stabilities have potential applications for H2 separation via catalytic membrane reactors and may be one of the key determinants to achieve the 21st century's global hydrogen economy. This work provides a detailed microstructure characterization study and a better understanding of the fundamental principles involved in the synthesis of a novel Pd/Ag intermetallic diffusion barrier formed by the bi-metal multi-layer (BMML) deposition technique. The BMML deposition technique formed an extremely effective Pd/Ag intermetallic diffusion barrier and significantly improved the thermal and long-term stability of the composite Pd and Pd/alloy membranes over a temperature range of 500-600oC. In addition, high temperature annealing studies over a temperature range of 500-800oC in H2 atmosphere led a thorough understanding of the surface interactions and the phase changes between the Pd and Ag metals and the porous metal support elements (Fe, Cr and Ni) and it was shown by the SEI, EDX and X-ray phase analyses that the Ag/Fe and Ag/Ni binary systems exerted complete immiscibility compared to the completely miscible solid solutions of Pd/Fe and Pd/Ni phases. A novel characterization method of in-situ time-resolved high temperature X-ray diffraction (HTXRD) analysis was used to elucidate the mechanistic details of the isothermal nucleation and growth kinetics of the Pd/Ag alloy phase over a temperature range of 500-600oC in H2. The nucleation of the Pd/Ag alloy phase was instantaneous where the growth mechanism was through diffusion-controlled one-dimensional thickening of the Pd/Ag alloy layer. The Pd/Ag alloy phase growth was strongly dependent upon the deposition morphology of the as-synthesized Pd and Ag layers due to the presence of the heterogeneous nucleation sites. Based on the empirical rate constants derived from the solid-state reaction models, the estimated activation energies for the Pd/Ag alloy phase transformation were 236.5 and 185.6 kJ/mol and in good agreement with the literature values of 183-239.5 kJ/mol. The successful utilization of surface modification techniques and modified plating conditions led to the synthesis of several dense Pd/Ag layers, which were as thin as 5-15 µm with a bulk Ag content in the 10-40 wt% range. The long-term testing of the composite Pd/Ag membranes (5-15 µm) at 500oC showed stable hydrogen permeances as high as 30 to 54 m3/m2-h-atm0.5 with H2/He selectivities ranging from 200 to 14000. Furthermore, the atomic absorption flame analysis was used for the first time to elucidate the effects of temperature, initial metal ion concentration, initial hydrazine concentration and bath agitation on the electroless plating rates of Pd and Ag. The electroless plating of both Pd and Ag were strongly affected by the external mass transfer in the absence of bath agitation. The external mass transfer limitations for both Pd and Ag deposition have been overcome at or above an agitation rate of 400 rpm, resulting in a maximum conversion of the plating reaction and dramatically shortened plating times with the added advantage of uniform deposition morphology as evidenced by the SEI micrographs. Finally, the agitation rate of 400 rpm was successfully employed for the synthesis of composite Pd and Pd/Ag membranes. The H2 permeance for a 4.7 µm thick pure-Pd membrane at 400oC was as high as 61 m3/m2-h-atm0.5 with H2/He selectivity over 310 after a total testing period of 690 hours.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Ayturk, M. (2007). Synthesis, Annealing Strategies and in-situ Characterization of Thermally Stable Composite Thin Pd/Ag Alloy Membranes for Hydrogen Separation. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/449
Composite Pd and Pd/Ag Membranes, Alloying, Pd/Ag Barrier, Intermetallic Diffusion, Bi-Metal Multi-Layer (BMML) Deposition, Electroless Plating Kinetics, High Temperature X-Ray Diffraction, Aluminum Hydroxide Surface Grading, Porous Sintered Metal Supports, Hydrogen Separation, Electroless plating, Silver-palladium alloys, Hydrogen


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How to set up a home security system without Cloud services or monthly fees
Hello Neighbors
Recently, I've been looking at setting up home security systems that require no contracts.
I ended up using 2 systems:
A DIY home security system (using z-wave compatible devices with HomeGenie) – pretty much an Internet of Things system that does not require a cloud service. Also, it does not require that your devices be exposed to the Internet.
- you can get the texts notifications for free, however if your computer turns off for whatever reason, nothing will work (which is why I decided to also get a more reliable system)
- HomeGenie also shows images from your IP Cameras (if you have a URL for it. Usually it's something like: http://[ipAddr]/snapshot.cgi)
- you can set it up so that it is only accessible in your internal home network – You can use TeamViewer (free for personal use) to remotely control your HomeGenie computer from the Internet.
- Another advantage to using TeamViewer to access your computer on your home network is that you don't have to expose your IP cameras to the Internet.
- [todo: figure out how to make a heartbeat system to tell whether the computer is on].
- [todo: figure out how to use a cell phone to send SMS instead of having the computer email it (in case of power failure)].
In case of a power outage, I also got Simplisafe – which is more well known.
which have optional plans of:
- $15 (call your phone, police dispatch)
- $25 (remote monitoring on cell phone)
- $0 – you still get the siren sound.
|DIY Zwave
|Arm/disarm system
|Web page/phone – can do so remotely
|Keypad w/PIN / keychain (no PIN)
|Many vendors (check if they support Zwave)
|Simplisafe sensors only
|Requires Internet to be up. Computer needs to be powered on.
|Uses cell towers.
|Free Email notification
|Must pay for monthly interactive plan for email notifications/remote control.
The video
After watching the video, be sure to check out the addendums at the bottom of the shownotes. One thing I forgot to mention is that you have to set up an email account to send the email from. Also, I remember that installing the drivers for the z-wave controller on Win10 wasn't straightforward. If you run into an issue, let me know and I'll post a video showing how to install the driver.
The hardware
I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd use the affiliate links (just need to click one of them – you can add more items to cart directly from amazon.com)
Z-Wave Controllers
Note: Other Z-Wave controllers cost 90-150
Motion/Door/Tilt Sensors
I used Ecolink, but you can use other z-wave compatible sensors as well.
Other Z-Wave Gadgets
Low powered computers
These ones have good reviews:
Quantum Access w/LAN ($140)
AWOW Intel Atom Z3735f ($100)
Click the Configure > Go down to the Messaging and Social section > Expand "E-Mail Account"
From here, you'll have to Google the smtp settings for your service provider.
Here are the SMTP servers for the common providers:
Gmail – smtp.gmail.com
Yahoo! – smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Hotmail – smtp.live.com
SMTP username – Put your full email address
For SMTP Port: Use 587 or 465
Set a password for your HomeGenie dashboard
Go to Configure > Maintenance > Expand "HTTP Settings" > Click the 'Set' button on the right
I don't recommend buying zwave locks in case the protocol is hacked. Here is a YouTube link of a security researcher unlocking a z-wave lock without knowing the key combo.
On your wireless router, make sure you are using WPA-2 and have a secure password.
Use 2FA on your TeamViewer account.


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Tuesday, January 22nd, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
This presentation is based on the home inspection profession's best practices. It will expand the inspector's knowledge to improve professional skills and explore emerging issues relevant to the profession.
Real photos of defects relating to actual inspections in the field will be shown and discussed. The follow-up slide will show the terminology used to report the findings and finally, the action required by a skilled professional to repair or replace the defect. We will review120 slides: 60 with defects and a slide for each with report statements.
Harris Breit, ACI
Harris Breit, ACI, is a Master Electrician and licensed electrical contractor with more than 50 years of electrical and 25 years of inspection experience. He's been trained and certified in the following: high/medium-voltage installations and splicing, low-voltage installations, electrical design for residential and commercial installations, rigging, motors and controller circuits.
Bryck Guibor, ACI
Bryck Guibor, ACI, is a custom homebuilder who is involved in historic renovations. He has 40 years of experience as a home and building inspector. He works as an expert witness in construction-related court cases and is the author of a book on home inspector training. Bryck is a Past-President of AZ ASHI Chapter, and has served on the ASHI Board of Directors and several committees.


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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) scheduled a meeting with officials from Entergy Operations, which operates the Arkansas Nuclear One station in Russellville, to discuss the plant's safety performance during 2015.
The meeting will take place 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, in the Reeves E. Richie Training Center, 1448 S.R. 333, in Russellville. Attendees will be able to ask questions and offer comments when the business portion of the meeting concludes.
"By assessing each plant's performance in a comprehensive manner, we are able to focus our inspection resources on those areas most in need of attention," NRC Region IV Administrator Marc Dapas said. "Overall, the plant operated safely in 2015. However, Arkansas Nuclear One is receiving the highest level of NRC oversight because of the significance of previously issued inspection findings."
The NRC uses a color-based evaluation system for its inspection findings and performance indicators, with green being associated with low safety significance and the scale progressing to white, yellow and red. In June 2014, the NRC determined that a 2013 incident involving heavy-equipment handling merited a yellow finding. Additionally, the plant earned another yellow finding in January 2015 due to degraded flood protection.