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His real name is Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat. He was born on May 2nd, 1889, in Yogyakarta. His father was called Pangeran Soerjaningrat, from Pakualam Palace, Yogyakarta. As a part of an aristocratic family, Soewardi was quite free to enjoy his education. He had studied in Europeesche Lagere School (same level as Elementary School), Kweekschool, and School Tot Opleidong Van Indische Artsen or STOVIA. His recognition in the world of education was extraordinary. He always thought that education was one of the most important factors in freeing the Indonesian people of their sufferings from colonization. He never considered that his aristocracy was important; instead he took off his aristocracy and changed his name to Ki Hajar Dewantara. He did that because he wanted to bring himself closer to the people.
On July 13th, 1913, when he was 24 years old, Ki Hajar was arrested by Netherlands' soldiers because he made a publication about his article which was titled Als Ik Eens Nederlander Was (If I Am A Netherlander) in 'De Express' media. In this article, Ki Hajar Dewantara wrote that if he was a Netherlander, he would give his colonies freedom. He had to appear before a Netherlands' court. He did that with calm and full of spirit. On July 3rd, 1922, Ki Hajar (as sparker of ideas) and with his friends in Sloso Kliwonan Association, established the Nationaal Onderwijs Instituut Tamansiswa, or "Taman Siswa". This school was opened to Indonesian people who wanted to study. Ki Hajar Dewantara had three important principles, when he put into operation his schools, of which there were 129 branches in Indonesia. His principles were Ing Ngarso Sung Tulodo (in front gives examples), Ing Madyo Mangun Karso (in the middle builds up the spirit), and Tut Wuri Handayani (from behind supervises). To this day, these wise principles are still a guiding principle and an orientation in the world of Indonesian education.
When Japan colonized Indonesia, Ki Hajar Dewantara became a member of The Center of People's Power (PUTERA). PUTERA was built by Japan to monitor dangerous people for Japan. Ki Hajar did that on purpose, in order not to be suspected and to be free to move. When PUTERA dispersed, Ki Hajar was chosen as a member of Naimuhu Bunkyonkyoku Sanyo. It is an educational organization which was made by Japan.
He got appreciation as "Bapak Pendidikan Indonesia" because of his ideas in the world of education. His opinions were modern although he lived in colonial times (difficult times). He always thought that everybody had the right to get an education. He was chosen also as Minister of Indonesian Education under President Soekarno's administration. Ki Hajar Dewantara still tried to develop the educational system in Indonesia by his brilliant ideas. When President Soeharto commanded, Ki Hajar Dewantara was bestowed as "Bintang Mahaputera". He was also called as a pioneer of the Indonesian Press. His birthday was celebrated as Education Day (Hari Pendidikan Nasional). He passed away on April 26th, 1959. His wife, Nyi Sutartinah, collected things which had been used by Ki Hajar and his family. There were about 3000 things, and then they were put at Dewantara Kirti Griya Museum, Yogyakarta.
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Politics, entertainment and the news media blended in Washington Saturday for what has become called the nerd prom, the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Actors, filmmakers and musicians attend the event each year as guests of media outlets. South Korean pop star Psy, actress Claire Danes, her actor husband, Hugh Dancy, and "Hawaii Five-O's" Daniel Dae Kim attended this year's event, The Hollywood Reporter said Friday.
DreamWorks Studios executives Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Stacey Snider and Skip Sullivan were seated at the Time Inc. table along with political adviser Andy Spahn, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, and U.S. actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus with her husband, Brad Hall, THR said.
President Barack Obama spoke for about 20 minutes, delivering an assortment of jokes, including "I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be," and "My job is to be president. Your job is to keep me humble. Frankly, I think I'm doing my job better."
Speaking of this week's dedication former President George W. Bush's presidential library in Dallas, Obama said he had thought of locating his post-presidential center in the place where he was born, "but I'd rather keep it in the United States."
He made light of the National Republican Committee's plan to reach out to minorities, saying: "I can think of one minority they could start with. Think of me as a trial run -- see how it goes."
Ending on a serious note, Obama said recent days have been difficult "for too many of our citizens" -- citing Boston, where three people were killed in a bomb attack at the Boston Marathon; Texas, where 15 people were killed in a fertilizer plant explosion, and the Midwest, which is struggling to recover from widespread flooding.
The President singled out first responders, National Guard troops and law enforcement personnel, and credited newspapers for their coverage.
"When their communities needed them most they were there," he said.
He told the gathering of journalists and political leaders if they focus only on profits, ratings and polls "then were contributing to the cynicism that so many people feel right now."
Kevin Spacey, Barbra Streisand, Robin Wright, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Louisville guard Kevin Ware, who made news in March when he shattered his leg during the NCAA basketball tournament, also attended.
The program featured a video parody of "House of Cards," starring the Netflix series star Kevin Spacey, with cameos by U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., White House press secretary Jay Carney, Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett and journalists Charlie Rose and Major Garrett.
The event to raise scholarship funds for journalism students was held at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
Association President Ed Henry of Fox News Channel announced emcee Conan O'Brien was the first in the event's history to refuse to cash his paycheck for the performance, asking the association instead to put the money in its scholarship fund.

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It was the day my dad disowned me.
No, not literally. He's far too nice to actually cast me out or try to pretend that he doesn't have a daughter or something. It wasn't actually that serious. It wasn't like I started seeing a questionable boy with too many piercings, got pregnant, joined the circus and then robbed Gringotts, although sometimes I wish I had.
I applied to art school.
Gasp. Shock. Horror. Art school? It's hardly the thing to get angry over. But if you think that, you obviously haven't met my dad. He is the physical manifestation of the stiff upper lip. Being a typical teenager and also being a Weasley, I've tried everything over the years - multiple detentions, underage drinking, dodgy boyfriends - but in all that time, all I'd raised from him was the twitching eye, the shaky hands, and the thundering 'We have morals and dignity in this house, Lucy Weasley!'
But nothing, nothing ever got him so mad as art school.
I started off casual. We were going to London for the day. 'Dad, when we're there, can we check out the Wizarding Institute of Arts?'
Dad hardly looked up from his newspaper. 'What, the art school? Is there an exhibition on?'
'No, I thought I'd just check it out, you know? For next year?'
He paid attention properly then. 'Pardon?'
'Y'know, Dad, studying. Art school. Next year.'
He frowned. 'Aren't you going to be a Healer? You can't go to Art school to do healing, Lucy.'
'I don't want to be Healer, Dad.'
'Why not?'
'Well, I got four Acceptables in my N.E.W.T.S, a D in Muggle Studies, and I got a P in Herbology, and…and that's basically the essential subject for healing! Plus you need five Outstandings for most courses - I'm just not good enough, Dad.'
'I'm sure you'll find a course that'll take you on with those grades. You don't have to change your options, Lucy.'
'Yeah, but, Dad, I don't want to be a healer. I want to go to art school.'
'And what're you going to do with an art degree? Honestly?'
I was stuck there.
'Lucy, I will not let you throw your life away like that. I could always get you an internship at the Ministry-'
'Who says art school isn't respectable? For all you know, I could be a brilliant artist! I could make tons of money!'
Truth was that I hadn't painted a picture in my whole life. I'd sketched (badly), doodled (mostly to alleviate Transfiguration-induced boredom), even messed around with a cheap disposable camera (on family holidays). But I was barely an artist. With N.E.W.T results this bad and the deadline for post-Hogwarts courses so close, though, I was running out of options. And there was absolutely not a snowball's chance in hell I was ready to get anything as proper as a job.
'Lucy Weasley, you are not running off to art school!'
'You can't control my life!' I yelled, in a moment of adolescent fury. 'I'm of age, I can do what I want!'
It was hardly the best comeback I could have come out with, nor was it the first time I'd used it. But it seemed to have a strangely profound effect on Dad, who went a weird shade of purple.
'Not while you're under my roof,' Dad growled. 'While you live here, I have a duty of care over you! And that means you're going to train as a Healer and earn some Galleons!'
'Fine! I'll move out then! You just watch me!'
And I did. That's when he disowned me, after a bit more shouting, some rather violent door-slamming, and the smashing of an antique china vase my mum was particularly fond of.
It took everything – I'm not even kidding here - everything I'd saved in my Gringotts account to get a flat in London. Not even a nice one, either. Ten galleons a week on rent, mind, with a twenty galleon deposit. Tiny place – the guy renting it called it a studio – with only one room. I didn't even get my own bathroom, which put my excellent career prospects as a pop star to a swift end when I realised I couldn't warble old Weird Sisters hits in the shower anymore.
That was it. One room to myself. A tiny little square I could call my own. Mum and Dad actually visited, once, after they'd calmed down. They offered to help me clean the place up and even brought a bunch of flowers in a vase. It was quite miserable once they'd left. I was stuck in London, on my own, in a flat with peeling wallpaper, sharing a block with some of the sketchiest people I'd ever met. And I was going to art school when I couldn't even paint.
The flowers started to wilt after a few days.
Not that registering for art school was hard or anything. I turned up early in the morning on the sign-up day, expecting a queue, expecting them to turn me down so that I had an excuse to go back home and actually take up that healing course, but no. The place was deserted. I could almost imagine tumbleweed blowing across the hallway. I had to ring the bell at the front desk five times before anyone heard me.
When a man finally came running out of a nearby door and threw himself into the desk chair, I got the chance to speak.
'Hello, I'd like to register.'
'For what? Register for what?' the man, said, rubbing his mouth with the back of his hands. Crumbs fell from it and lay in his lap.
'Erm, art school? A course here?'
'Oh, that!' a light seemed to go on in the man's eyes. He scrabbled around on the desk, finally found a badge, and attached it to his shirt pocket.
Mr Holstone, the badge read. Dean.
'Here's the form,' Mr Holstone/Dean said, slapping a sheet of parchment on the desk in front of me. 'Do you have a portfolio?'
'A what?'
'A collection of drawings or other works, to support your application...?'
'Er, no. Do I need one?'
'Usually, you would, but considering you're only the fourth applicant this week, it's hardly necessary. We need all the students we can get. The more the merrier, eh? Well, we get more funding from the Ministry that way, you know?'
'I suppose...do you have a quill?'
Mr Holstone/Dean handed me a ruffled quill and a pot of violet ink. I filled in my name, address, date of birth, and my paltry set of qualifications.
'Right, that's that then. I'll take you on a tour,' he said.
Mr Holstone/Dean jumped out of his chair and led the way to the door he'd first appeared from.
'Right, are you a painter, a sculptor, visual artist, photographer?' he reeled off.
I blinked. 'None of them, really.'
'Oh, are you a conceptual artist?'
'Oh, let me introduce myself,' he said, throwing out a hand. It was rather difficult to shake it whilst walking so fast. 'I'm Mr Holstone, the Dean, head of discipline. Also head of art. Also the only permanent member of staff, come to think of it.'
I tried to ignore the fact that, up to that point, I'd been convinced that Dean was his first name.
'I'm Lucy.'
He threw open a door which led on to a narrow corridor. 'You're pretty lucky. We haven't had a lot of applications this year - still a few places left. Most people go off to France to study art, and, well, half the students here don't even turn up most of the time.'
We were passing more doors, these set with windows. Most of the rooms were empty, but Mr Holstone paused outside one which was splattered with paint.
'Don't even think to clean up, either!' he exclaimed. Then, in a mutter: 'Artists.'
At the end of the corridor was a staircase. Mr Holstone took the steps two at a time; I had to run to keep up.
'So what's your main medium? I mean, paint-wise, we've got an issue, because we're so low on funding we can't even get decent oil stuff, and you'll have to pay if you want life classes or anything like that for your drawing, the school can't subsidise anything what with this no-nonsense economy Gringotts have come up with this year-'
'What's the cheapest thing to study?' I cut across. Mr Holstone considered it for a minute.
'Photography, I suppose. It's a galleon to hire a camera for the year and a sickle for a roll of film, but we don't charge for paper or the potion ingredients. We've got a bit of a surplus in the photography department, actually. It's not the most popular course. People don't tend to take it all that seriously, it being mostly muggle and all...'
I was a bit too preoccupied to consider the last point. I hadn't even taken Potions to N.E.W.T level; how was I supposed to handle this?
'Potion ingredients?'
'Well, yes, you've got to develop your film, haven't you?'
'Develop it?' I was taken aback slightly. 'Don't you just…hand it into the shop and they do the thing for you?'
'Well, no, Louise-'
'It's Lucy.'
'Well, no, Lucy,' Mr Holstone was half-smiling. 'You do it the old fashioned way here. In a dark room. With potions. That's the point. You do everything yourself.'
I felt every part the idiot that I was. At the top of the stairs, he pushed open another door.
'This is the common room,' he announced. 'The heart and soul of student life at the art school.'
The two people sat in the room looked up.
'This is Tarquin and Gwendolyn,' he announced, pointing first at a boy with sticky-out ears, and then at a girl with scary amounts of eyeliner and a sneer.
'I keep telling you, my name's Raven,' she hissed.
'Alright then. This is Tarquin and Raven,' Mr Holstone said, pointing at the two again. 'Tarquin and Raven, this is Lucy.'
'Hello,' I held up a hand and smiled. The two of them simply stared at me.
Great start. Not. I turned to look about myself, taking in the common room – which seemed too hopelessly untidy and grubby to even begin to comprehend.
The common room also had even more doors. Mr Holstone pointed at them in turn, saying things like 'this is where we keep the kiln,' or 'this is the paint stock cupboard.'
'Dark rooms are upstairs,' he finished. 'So, are you game for a photography course, then?'
I nodded.
Mr Holstone turned back to Tarquin and Gwendolyn/Raven again. 'Where's our photography genius this week?'
Somehow, I got the feeling that he wasn't using the word 'genius' entirely seriously.
'Asleep,' Tarquin answered matter-of-factly. 'He didn't get in 'til five this morning.'
'Again?' Mr Holstone frowned. He turned back to face me. 'Right, if you come back tomorrow, I'll get Scorpius to show you the ropes photography-wise.'
I felt slightly punch-drunk.
'Malfoy? You know him?'
'After a fashion,' I said.
There is a story here, but this is not the time to tell it. I gave Mr Holstone what I hoped was a convincing smile.
'Alright, just show up tomorrow at ten, and you're done.'
'Really?' I said. 'That…that's it?'
'Really,' he smiled. 'That's all.'
He seemed very happy to show me out of the building. I got the feeling I had interrupted him mid-snack. Not that I wanted to stay, anyway. Gwendolyn/Raven had a touch of the psychotic about her stare.
This left me with a whole day spare to do nothing. Which, ideally, was the sort of life I'd have liked, but you don't exactly earn money by hanging around London doing naff all.
Call me mad, but I decided to visit my cousin Rose.
Rose was a year above me at school, a Ravenclaw, as smart as her mother with six Outstanding N.E.W.T.S and a place at one of the country's top Further Witchcraft and Wizardry Education Colleges to boot. As far as I knew, she was still on her summer holiday, but had come down to London early to 'use the library', typically.
I wondered if she knew that Scorpius went to that particular art school. Then I realised that if she did, there would be no art school for him to go to. She would have torched the place long ago.
Thing is - and she's legendary in our family - Rose has a very fearsome temper.
See, here's a vague outline of the whole tangled affair. Boy meets girl. Relationship begins. Happiness ensues. Boy and girl decide to continue education and go to study magical law together. Except boy isn't really too keen on law. Girl turns up on enrolment day and finds out boy has done a runner and gone to art school instead. Girl, raging mad, thumps boy's best friend for not telling her this.
That's the plot. But replace 'boy' with 'Scorpius', 'girl' with 'Rose', 'boy's best friend' with 'Albus, Scorpius' best friend and Rose's cousin', and 'hits' for 'calls Albus a lot of nasty four-letter words and gives him a minor bruise to boot'.
Humiliated, angry, and with sore knuckles, Rose went to law school anyway and – get this – 'cursed' the day Scorpius was born, and said that she never wanted to see him again, and if she did, she would skin him alive and then some.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm really related to her.
On the way to Rose's Kensington flat (ever since Aunt Hermione had been appointed head of the new Equality division at the ministry, Rose had been rolling in money) I wondered whether I should tell her I knew where Scorpius was or not. Here were my options:
a) Tell Rose which art school Scorpius goes to, be on the receiving end of one of her shrieking tantrums, and then have to bust her out of Azkaban for Scorpius' resulting murder, or
b) Not tell her anything, and have life continue as normal. And study photography off aforementioned Scorpius Malfoy. And maybe even become a photographer (in my dreams).
I think it's perfectly obvious that I chose option b.
Rose was at home when I rang the doorbell. She looked harassed when she answered; a pair of reading glasses perched on her nose, her hair pulled up into a messy ponytail. Her hands were covered in ink smudges.
'Lucy?' she said, frowning.
I gave what I hoped was a bright, cheery smile.
'Guess who's an art student?'
She gave a weak smile, stepping aside to let me in. But as I shimmied past her into the flat, her eyes snapped wide open, and she turned to face me, lip curling.
'This wouldn't be at the same art school as that tosser-'
'Nope, not a tosser in sight,' I lied, grinning cheesily. 'Haven't seen a blonde for days,' Rose's eyes drifted up to my hair, and I hastily corrected myself. 'Well, apart from me.'
She grimaced. 'You've caught me at a bad time. I'm studying for next term.'
'Ahh, holiday homework,' I sighed, wistfully. 'How I don't miss it.'
She frowned again.
'No, this is just some extra stuff to make sure I'm well ahead of everyone else. Would you like a cup of tea?'
'I'd love one.'
Rose was running low on teabags, so she rather grudgingly brewed me a cuppa. I grinned as she plonked it down in front of me, looking rather displeased with her more ordinary glass of water.
'I can't chat for very long, I'm in the midst of working on a very complicated case study about a man who tried to rob Gringotts and then entered a plea of insanity, but then it turned out he was under the Imperius curse and the real culprit was…oh, nevermind.' she sipped at her tea darkly. 'What're you even going to do at art school? I didn't have you down as an artist. I thought you were going to train as a Healer.'
'Oh, you know me; I'm always drawing in my spare time. I'm going to do photography.'
The first part was a lie. Rose's eyebrows almost hit her hairline.
'Right, okay. What sort of job are you going to get with that?'
'No idea!' I grinned sheepishly. 'I'll just coast along, see how life goes.'
She shook her head.
'Lucy, you should probably think about looking for a job. Even now, because even art school's going to cost you money.'
'I'll be fine,' I waved her away. 'I've got a knack for getting things on the cheap.'
'This isn't Hogwarts, Lucy, you need Galleons, and pronto.'
There was a silence. Rose sipped at her tea, glaring at me over the top of her mug.
'Come on, Rosie, stop being so serious, I'll be fine.'
'I'm just concerned.'
'You sound a lot like my dad.'
'Lucy...' she sighed, setting down her mug. 'You were quite the...ah...hell-raiser at Hogwarts. I imagine you'll be the same as a student. But you have to be careful; you don't have house elves and fellow Hufflepuffs to pick you up this time. You're on your own.'
She finished her sentence with a stern look she'd inherited from our Nan. Sensing it was probably best to shut up about art school as soon as possible, I gave her a bright smile, gulped at my tea, then changed the subject.
'Lovely weather we're having…'
Half an hour later we ran out of small talk. I scrutinised the remainder of my tea, decided it had probably gone too cold for human consumption, and knew it was time to take my leave.
'That was lovely, Rose, dear, but I think I should dash. You know, places to be, people to meet,' I handed her the mug. 'Thanks for the advice and the tea.'
She looked incredibly happy to show me out of her flat. People being happy to see the back of me seemed to be a theme that day and, as you can imagine, it didn't put me in the best of spirits.
From Rose's flat, I took another train to Diagon Alley. It was still only about ten in the morning, and I was at a loss for what to do for the rest of the day. Eventually, after some time wandering around, I found an old, dusty art shop in Knockturn alley as claustrophobic as my flat.
After a galleon was spent on a sketchbook and a pack of pencils (just in case, and to make me feel like an actual art student and not an impostor) I wandered back into Diagon Alley. I was almost at the Leaky Cauldron when I caught sight of myself in a shop window. Even in dusty glass, the dull-blonde hair I'd inherited from my mum was the first thing I saw. Not for the first time, I wished I'd got the Weasley red hair. Being a Hufflepuff and also a bit dense, you can imagine that having blonde hair did me a lot of favours. Not.
I didn't look anything like an art student. I actually looked quite conservative, and my jeans, fresh from the wardrobe, still bore some of their crisp neatness from Dad's ironing. My shirt even had pinstripes. There was nothing exciting about a side-ish parting of the hair and a fringe I'd spent the better part of five years growing out. Students, according to popular belief, were not neat. Students did not wear pinstripes and have boring hair. And art students - well, they were a species of their own. I was still firmly on the 'Rose' end of the spectrum in terms of appearance and cleanliness.
I wasn't an art student at all. I'd been talented, all my life, at making things up, but this was the first time I'd felt bad about being an impostor. As I walked out of the Leaky Cauldron and into the muggle road beyond, the paper-bagged sketchbook bumped against my legs, the pencils rattling in their tin, as if they were screaming out about me blagging my way onto an art course. I was an impostor, to be fair, but I didn't even look the part. I was barely trying. my mind went back to Gwendolyn/Raven with her scary eyeliner, the way her and that Tarquin boy seemed to stare in unison, as if synchronised staring was a national past time and they were the champions. That Gwendolyn/Raven girl had a much more exciting hairstyle than mine. She was a true art student.
I turned back to Diagon Alley, deciding to work from the top down. And, in the end, I spent seven sickles on hair dye.
A/N: updated 12/04/2012 and 11/09/2012 AND 21/06/2013 - COMPLETE edit, changing a bit of the story, straightening out all my hopeless grammar derps. erk. it's been two - no, three years since I started writing this and a huge edit of it is long overdue.
Thank you to everyone on the forums who helped me out with this idea about so long ago - without your witty comments, this would have been an angsty, fairly serious story about serious art students and not the total slapstick crackfic it turned out to be in the end. It's amazing how a simple topic like 'would you take a story about Scorpius Malfoy going to art school seriously?' can turn into 'Scorpius Malfoy is a brooding misanthropist poet who wears eyeliner and collects ceramic ducks'. Not that that's a spoiler or anything.
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in Zambia in collaboration with FAO organized a five-day CountrySTAT advanced administrator training workshop for members of the national CountrySTAT teams from Anglophone countries in Africa and the regional team from the East African Community Headquarters.
The objectives of the workshop are to provide the participants with an advanced training on the new CountrySTAT System based on cutting-edge open-source technology FENIX. In particular, the workshop will focus on:
• IT module and the new CountrySTAT system• Statistics module of CountrySTAT• Presentation of the draft communication strategy for CountrySTAT• Presentation and discussion on work plans for 2013• Brief presentation on the new FAOSTAT and Food Balance Sheets
The workshop is expected to provide a platform for the participants to assess the current situation, identify possible gaps and future needs, contribute to the formulation of work plans for 2013 and to make recommendations to further promote the use and visibility of CountySTAT at regional and national levels.
Main recommendations from the workshop are available here.
Mr. Nebert Mulenga, communications consultant prepared workshop report.
Communication Strategy for CountrySTAT
Key Workshop Objectives
Key Messages
Food Balance Sheets
Work Plans for 2013
CountrySTAT Statistical Manual
Classification and Correspondence Table
Data Harmonization
E- Learning Module
Table Structure
CountrySTAT Ghana Presentation
CountrySTAT Malawi presentation
CountrySTAT Mozambique presentation
CountrySTAT Ethiopia presentation
CountrySTAT Kenya presentation
CountrySTAT Nigeria presentation
CountrySTAT Zambia presentation
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Forecasters run social media 'tornado drill'
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Tomb Raider
has had highs and lows, controversy, excitement, attention, fandom, disinterest, and pretty much anything else that can be levelled at a video game.
This new Tomb Raider is an "origin" story. It's about Lara Croft before she made a name for herself; a young woman in the shadow of her father. She's on an expedition to locate a mythical Japanese island, as part of a team supporting a reality TV "archaeologist". They end up shipwrecked. It's a good set-up.
Lara's world goes from charts and maps to shotguns and murder, and her transition from scholar to slaughterer is a brief one. In respect to the canon, this is completely acceptable. Lara has always dispatched her foes without hesitation.
Here, the disconnect is amplified by two things: one, enemies can often be overheard talking reluctantly about their roles, and two, Lara is markedly different from the aloof monster Angelina Jolie portrayed in the movies. She just doesn't seem the type.
The game's violence is brutal. It's unrelenting, bloody, often gory, and certainly not a game for the younger members of the family. The general gameplay is not just shooting things and quicktime events. The rest of the game is packed with exploration and environment traversal.
It's new and somehow it's also still Tomb Raider - and that's no small achievement. The puzzles and exploration are fun. You can see how things fit most of the time and when you can't, a little lateral thinking will get you to that eureka moment.
Lara reacts to everything. She puts her arms up to fend off the wind, she recoils from flames, she runs her hands along the ceiling of a cave, she pulls her feet up to get through a narrow gap. Smoke and mirrors this may well all be, but you never have reason to doubt it. Lara is real; you feel her pain.
Tomb Raider dares to go big. It looks great, plays well, and is fun from beginning to end. Even more than that, it does all of those things with more skill and finesse than almost any other game before it.
It feels dynamic, lets you tweak your experience, and is full of optional exploration for completionists - and those who can't get enough of the world.
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics mean business with Tomb Raider. No one in their right mind would spend the kind of time and money making a game like this as a one-off, and the game's ending, too, hints at things to come.
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2) Make up any number of sentences that will add to his list of signs that you have Genealogy OCD. From one to many, no limit! Be creative!!
3) Share your ingenuity and humor with us in your own blog post, in Comments to this post, in comments to Michael's post, or in a comment on Google Plus or Facebook.
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When you hear about a big storm coming your way, you back up all your computers; move your documents to water proof boxes and load your family memorabilia [rather than first aid supplies and bottled water] into your car in case you have to flee.
Your exercise routine includes walking cemeteries and you can't understand why there isn't an app to tell you how many calories that burns.
You have more binders, folders, index cards, highlighters, and other office supplies than an office supply store.
The photos in your wallet are not your children, but your dead ancestors.
You have your local archives, library and court house on speed dial.
Your Christmas newsletter is filled with the doings of family members, long gone.
Relax, write your own & add them to Randy's site.


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I've had the privilege of working with some rip current experts lately and wanted to pass on some information to the kiting community.
Dr. Rob Brander is a super cool guy from Australia who is really passionate about educating as many people as possible about beach safety. This includes swimming, surfing and kiting.
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[Editor's note: Chrys Wu takes care of Web 2.0 type aggregation and promotion at The Washington Post. She has a blog and recent posts have focused on Infographics. I highlight several below. Nutgraph: Don't think about one platform first. Think about all platforms available simultaneously. Also: "Infographics is not art, it is a conveyance of information."]
Understanding Infographics, First Pass
As promised in a previous post on learning information graphics (sometimes shortened to "infographics"), I'm posting my raw notes from Day 1 of an information graphics workshop taught last month by Alberto Cairo and Xaquin G.V., two leading practitioners.
Above, Alberto Cairo teaches a data visualization seminar at Medialab-Prado in Madrid in 2007.
Read full notes from class . . .
Some of Chrys' favorite information graphics and visualization blogs:
Alberto Cairo Has a Monster Reading List
Day One of the Beyond Bootcamp information graphics workshop taught by Alberto Cairo and Xaquin G.V. has been much less scary than I'd first thought.
Cairo's lecture has been a model of organized thought and progressive structure, which should come as no surprise to anyone, given the nature of his work.
What's also obvious is that the man reads a heck of a lot. For every concept and example, he's tossed off a different book title.
Here's what he's recommended to us so far, in no particular order:
- "How the Mind Works," Steven Pinker (Amazon | BN | Powell's)
- "The Ghost Map," Steven Johnson (Amazon | BN | Powell's)
- "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge," Edward O. Wilson (Amazon | BN | Powell's)
- "Wordless Diagrams," Nigel Holmes (Amazon | BN | Powell's | website | "Why Humor Helps Communication")
- "Leonardo's Notebooks" (Amazon | BN | Powell's)
- "Mr. Beck's Underground Map" (Amazon | BN | Powell's)
- "Information Visualization: Perception for Design," Colin Ware (Amazon | BN | Powell's)
- "Visual Thinking: for Design," Colin Ware (Amazon | BN | Powell's)
- "Image and Mind," Stephen Kosslyn (Amazon | BN | Powell's)
- "Otto Neurath: The Language of Global Polis," Nader Vossoughian (Amazon | BN | Powell's | book review)


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Now that we have moved the studio out of the shipping container compound it is time to breath new life into the containers.
Lars Fisk and his girlfriend Betil are visiting from NY to help mastermind a buildout of two little guest cabins in the the central container – the units will be minimal, like the inside of a van, and just right for an overnight stay when it is too hot or too cold to sleep in the Wagon Stations.
By the end of Friday Lars has the container all insulated and framed out – ready for plywood sheeting which will happen next week.
These are the shipping containers that Lars built out as his own home, installed in a secret location in NY – they are incredibly well thought out… After using my own three containers as a studio for seven years, I've come to have a love/hate relationship with these structures. But after checking out the living compound that Lars made, I started to believe feel that there might be a way find love for them after all.
His five 20′ containers are configured in a way that feels both spatially complex and surprising roomy. Part of this success is because he didn't attempt to use the ultra long 40′ containers so his rooms are small, but the proportions feel really good. (which is why we are splitting up my long unit into two separate apartments) And they are tucked full of "special features" like the rooftop greenhouse and circular skylight, hand crafted for the upstairs unit.
After my second visit back to check out his progress (it seems like things were always completely new and different each time I stopped by) we started talking about my container compound in the desert and Lars suggested that he could come out for a visit and do a consultation. That was last year. Now this year he is back for phase one which feels like the begining of a whole new life for this small compound. I've given the project a two year window (all projects at AZ West have prescribed timeframes so that nothing is left dangling too long) so there is a lot yet to come!


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Purity Ring make Cocteau Twins-style dream pop by way of Salem's hard-hitting witchhouse on an album more notable for its smooth blending of related genres than for its actual songwriting, but they've got a sweet sound nonetheless.
49. Cold Showers – Love & Regret
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BohConf is the official RailsConf 2010 unconference. At BohConf, we're going to get our hands dirty writing code and sharing ideas in an open and free-form environment. This hacking-centric event will include community code drives featuring well known OSS authors, a code retreat, a programming competition, and barcamp-style discussions. It is free and will run alongside RailsConf in the convention center. Anyone is welcome at BohConf.
You can find all the details (including info on what exactly Boh is) on the BohConf website.
Where and When is BohConf Happening?
BohConf is happening in conjunction with RailsConf at the same time and same place (Baltimore Convention Center). It will be happening Monday, June 7 – Wednesday, June 9.
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Professor Snyder has a comprehensive homepage at www.williamsnyder.com, although the page is closed for updating during August and early September of 2014.
William C. Snyder is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Syracuse University College of Law, teaching Cyber Security Law and Policy, National Security Law, Federal Criminal Law, Computer Crimes, Counterterrorism Law, Prosecuting Terrorists in Article III Courts, Federal Courts and Evidence. He also teaches Public Administration and Law at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. In addition, he is a member of the faculty of the Institute for National Security and Counter-Terrorism, a joint venture of the College of Law and the Maxwell School. Professor Snyder has been teaching at the College of Law since 2006.
Professor Snyder received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in political science with a concentration in international relations from Yale College of Yale University. He received his Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Cornell Law School where he served on the Cornell Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.
Prior to teaching, Professor Snyder was a career federal prosecutor. He served over 13 years as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Western District of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Prior to receiving his law degree, Snyder served as an Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States and was Deputy Administrative Assistant to Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh.
As an AUSA, Snyder initiated prosecution of the largest felony case in the history of the Western District of Pennsylvania while assigned as legal counsel to the Greater Pittsburgh Violent Crimes/ Gang Task Force. In addition, he participated in intelligence investigations and drafted emergency plans while assigned to that district's Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council. He served as the district's Crisis Response Manager.
While serving with the United States Department of Justice, Snyder completed the following courses for Department officials taught at the Attorney General's Advocacy Institute: Basic International Law, 2003; National Security Law (classified), 2003; Computer Crimes, 1998; Basic Narcotics, 1994; Interview and Interrogation, 1991; and Trial Advocacy, 1990.
Professor Snyder is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He serves on the Advisory Committee of the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy.
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Goodwood 14 July – Today will be the final chance for spectators at the Goodwood Festival of Speed to take in two unique sights featuring Ferrari: a demonstration of the Scuderia Ferrari team's 2010 Formula 1 car by Ferrari test driver Marc Gené and Eric Clapton's one-off SP12 EC.
The Scuderia Ferrari F10 Formula 1 car being demonstrated throughout the weekend by Gené is special as it is a multiple grand prix winner. Chassis no.285, previously driven by Fernando Alonso took victories at Germany, Italy, Korea and Singapore during the 2010 season.
Sunday will be the last day Ferrari fans can get a detailed look at the 12th vehicle produced by Ferrari's 'Special-Projects' division, the SP12 EC. If the SP12EC appears to resemble another memorable Ferrari, namely the 512BB, it is no coincidence. The famous musician wished to pay tribute to the V12 flat-engined Ferrari, of which he has owned three examples.
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A complete timetable for the Formula 1 demonstrations and the Michelin Supercar Run on Sunday are below:
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Cancer researchers have discovered that a recently identified protein critical for repairing damaged genes uses an unusual mechanism to keep its repairs accurate.
The protein, called DNA polymerase lambda, is one of a group of proteins known as DNA polymerases that are vital for accurately making and repairing DNA.
But while other DNA-repair proteins insure their accuracy with the help of so-called proof-reading regions or accessory molecules, this protein maintains its accuracy using an otherwise ordinary-looking portion of its molecular structure.
The study was led by Zucai Suo, assistant professor of biochemistry and a researcher with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. The research, published in the July 14 issue of The Journal of Biological Chemistry, provides new insights into how cells repair damaged DNA.
"DNA is constantly attacked and damaged by a variety of agents," Suo says. "The body must properly repair that damage, or it can lead to cell death or to cancer, birth defects and other diseases.
"There are six families of DNA polymerases," Suo says, "and this is the first polymerase to use this mechanism to maintain its accuracy when making new DNA. It is both surprising and unprecedented."
The repair protein itself was first discovered by scientists studying DNA sequence data produced by the Human Genome Project. Suo and his colleagues then became interested in learning how the repair protein worked.
The protein has four distinct regions, or domains. Three of the regions had molecular structures that strongly suggest the task they performed.
For example, regions three and four closely resemble a well-known repair protein called DNA polymerase beta. In fact, it was this similarity that tipped off scientists that the new protein was probably involved in DNA repair.
Region one also had a predicted structure that should allow it to "dock" with other proteins. "This suggests that this protein may do more than just fix DNA damage," Suo says.
Region two held the surprise. It is called the proline-rich domain because it has high levels of the amino acid proline.
"There was no known function for a structure like the proline-rich domain, so we at first thought it did nothing more than connect the docking region of the protein with regions three and four," Suo says.
"Then by accident we learned that this was not just a structural connection, but that it is critical to the protein's ability to replicate DNA with very few mistakes."
For this study, Suo and his colleagues wanted to learn how efficiently the new protein made new DNA. But the researchers initially considered the protein too large and difficult to produce in the laboratory. So instead of making the entire protein, the researchers made only the part that does the repair work, regions three and four.
When they tested this short version of the protein, however, they found that it made up to a 100 times more mistakes than did the similar repair protein, DNA polymerase beta.
"That error rate is too high," Suo says. "If the entire repair protein produced that many errors, it would cause more problems than it would fix."
Next, the researchers made the entire protein and found that it could repair DNA as accurately as the comparison protein.
Last, they tested a version of the protein that lacked the docking region. This shortened molecule also accurately made DNA.
"To find that the proline-rich domain was responsible for this repair protein's high fidelity came as a complete surprise," Suo says.
Presently the scientists are studying the three-dimensional structure of the entire protein to learn how the presence of a proline-rich region influences the ability of the protein to accurately make DNA.
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How Puerto Rico Lost Its Home-Grown Food, But Might Find It Again
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Puerto Rico debt crisis drives exodus to U.S.
Puerto Rico debt crisis drives exodus to U.S. Published on Aug 13, 2015 New austerity measures are imposing more economic pain on U.S. territory Puerto Rico, which already has a poverty rate almost double that of America's poorest state. In … Continue reading
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Puerto Rico cannot compete with other Caribbean islands due to the Jones Act, minimum wage laws, excessive debt, per Peter Schiff
Puerto Rico cannot compete with the other Caribbean islands due to the Jones Act, minimum wage laws, excessive debt, per Peter Schiff. His mains recommendations are to eliminate the Jones Act, eliminate minimum wage laws, restructure the debt.
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Uber picking up at SJU airport, at least temporarily
http://www.laconexionusa.com/noticias/20170512379090_lc37909012.asp Uber thanks Rossello's provisional measure on transportation in San Juan Source: EFE 05/12/2017 San Juan, May 12 (EFEUSA) .- Uber's communications manager, Julie Robinson, thanked the governor of Puerto Rico in a statement "for making the decision in favor … Continue reading
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Fiscal Oversight Board's letter detailing plan of action to Puerto Rico 12-20-2016
rec-end.gfrcdn.net/docs/editor/carta_junta.pdf FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO Members Andrew J. Biggs Carlos M. García Arthur J. González José R. González Ana J. Matosantos David A. Skeel, Jr. José B. Carrión III Chair December 20, 2016 SENT VIA ELECTRONIC … Continue reading
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Fabtech Leads Metalformers to the Cutting Edge
Touring Fabtech last November, we spied several new laser- and waterjet-cutting machines dotting the show floor in Chicago. Bigger cutting tables, expanded controls capabilities, lightning-fast and incredibly precise motion systems and new automation equipment promise to deliver to metalformers unprecedented levels of productivity, quality and throughput. Also noted were several new machines touted as entry-level models—affordable to acquire, operate and maintain, and aimed at frugal fabricators.
Here is some of the new cutting technology we spied during the show; visit each manufacturer's website for more details, videos, etc.
Lasers Light up the Show
The talk of the town undoubtedly was fiber-laser technology, promising efficient, accurate and high-speed cutting of thin-gauge sheetmetal. Amada America became one of the first companies to introduce fiber technology to the world when it debuted its FOL3015AJ fiber-laser cutting machine at EuroBlech in October 2010. I watched that machine run through its paces in Germany, and joined hundreds of other Fabtech visitors in amazement as it did its thing in Chicago. The machine featured a 4-kW laser and a three-axis linear-drive system providing 5G acceleration over a 5- by 10-ft. worktable. It promises to make quick work of most metal-alloy stock to 0.875 in., although we're told by experts that fiber lasers provide optimum benefit, compared to CO2 lasers, at material thicknesses to about 6 mm, or ¼ in. To optimize productivity, Amada equips the machine with high-speed shuttle tables and an automatic nozzle changer—nozzle changes take 31 sec.
SalvagniniFabtech marked Salvagnini's launch of its second-generation fiber laser, the L5 (as seen on the cover of this issue of MetalForming), boasting what the company calls its "compass structure." Also a 5G machine, the L5's patented mechanical drive system features a pair of rotary motors that, say company officials, offers similar dynamics to those of linear motors yet consumes less than 1 kW of power when in operation. The use of rotary motors also means that the system requires a comparatively simpler structure, since they do not need dedicated cooling systems or optical scales. The L5 comes in two configurations—the L5-30 features a 2-kW laser and 5- by 10-ft. worktable, while the L5-40 features a 3-kW laser and 5- by 13-ft. worktable.
Trumpf, which announced that it had sold 12 machines off of the show floor on the first day alone, displayed its TruLaser 1030 solid-state disk-laser cutting machine, designed and built at its U.S. headquarters in Farmington, CT. The firm now offers the 2009-vintage TruLaser 1030 with either its 2-kW disk laser or a 2.5-kW CO2 laser. Also new for Fabtech is the TruLaser 3030 equipped with a 6-kW CO2 laser, and the TruLaser 5030 fiber, which boasts a fiber-guided TruDisk solid-state laser (not a fiber laser, but with the same solid-state beam characteristics as a fiber laser) rated to 3 kW, along with an automatic nozzle changer.
Mazak Optonics
Among the advancements dotting the Mazak Optonics booth was, first and foremost, its Optiflex 3015 4-kW fiber-laser cutting machine. Mazak personnel explained to showgoers how it manufactures the Optiflex 3015 Fiber in an underground, eco-friendly factory with ISO-4001 certification. Further adding to its eco-friendliness, the machine offers an 80-percent reduction in generator and chiller electrical power consumption when compared to conventional laser processing, we're told. It includes a flexible, high-speed two-pallet changer that Mazak says is 58 percent faster than previous models. And, the torch, nozzle and pallet changing can occur simultaneously to minimize noncutting time.
The Optiplex 3015 is constructed using a building-block approach for capacity growth, so it easily integrates with Mazak's automation equipment, also on display at Fabtech. The company's new modular approach to automation equipment includes load-unload cells, flexible automation systems and automated parts sorting. The equipment is expandable and can accommodate as many as four cutting machines.
Hypertherm announced to Fabtech visitors its expanded HyIntensity lineup of fiber-laser cutting machines, having unveiled a 1.5-kW machine at Fabtech in 2010. Now the firm offers a 2-kW model for thicker work and 1-kW model for thinner applications. HyIntensity systems are designed with the fiber laser supply, cutting head, automatic gas console, operator interface consoles, motion controls and software combined into one integrated package.
Ermaksan used the Fabtech stage to showcase its new Fibermak fiber-laser cutting machine, boasting of energy consumption 70 percent less than cutting with CO2 lasers, and three times the cutting speed on thin sheet. Axes are equipped with linear motors and drives that allow travel speeds to 141 m/min. and accelerations to 2 G.
The Bystronic BySprint Fiber 3015 fiber-laser cutting machine displayed at Fabtech is based on the firm's BySprint Pro platform and its ByVention Fiber laser machine. Equipped with a 2-kW fiber laser, the BySprint Fiber 3015 shines when cutting material to 0.16-in. thick, say company representatives, while powerful enough to process sheet as thick as 0.50 in. As with other solid-state lasers, the laser beam is transported to the cutting head through a passive fiber, as opposed to the deflection-mirror systems employed by CO2 lasers. The result is lower operating and maintenance costs, in addition to significant energy savings. The specially designed cutting head has a focal length of 150 mm, enabling it to cut thin and thick material.
Also new from Bystronic are advanced mirror detection systems for its Bylaser 6000 6-kW CO2 laser: an end-mirror sensor and output-coupler sensor. These sensors monitor the conditions of the two most important mirrors in the resonator and shut down the resonator in the case of a fault, particularly useful when running an automated lights-out operation.
Waterjet Cutting Opens New Doors
Those looking to expand beyond cutting and machining only metallic products, such as ceramics, composites, plastic, glass and stone, find waterjet cutting to be the process of choice. While discussing waterjet technology with the folks at the Mitsubishi booth at Fabtech, we learned about its new entry-level machine due to be introduced early in 2012. While not quite ready to be displayed at Fabtech, Mitsubishi personnel offer MetalForming readers this sneak preview.
Dubbed the MW3, Mitsubishi's new entry-level waterjet-cutting machine should prove ideal for production environments and customers new to waterjet, we're told. "Its solid base construction and cantilever head design make it reliable and affordable," say company officials. The machine is provided with a Model 720 CNC control boasting easy-to-use menu and help functions to guide operators through programming and workpiece setup.
The MW3 will come standard with a high-pressure S-50 KMT pump, which provides 60,000 PSI of water traveling up to Mach 2 with 1.09 gal./min. of water consumption through a maximum orifice size of 0.013 in. The reciprocating hydraulic piston to ceramic water piston ratio is 20:1, pushing the water into an accumulator that maintains a smooth, even flow to the cutting nozzle.
(KMT launched two new intensifier pumps at Fabtech: its Streamline Pro2 in 60- and 125-hp models, and the NeoLineTM40i 55,000-PSI pump that features a new, low-profile cabinet to ease operator access to controls and components.)
Techni Waterjet
Techni Waterjet featured its TJ3000-X2 waterjet-cutting machine at Fabtech, along with its Quantum ESP55 electric servo pump. New for the firm is its abrasive-delivery pump and hopper system, designed to eliminate all mechanical moving parts from contacting the garnet. This, say company officials, ensures consistent abrasive flow to the cutting head to optimize time between maintenance cycles. A clear pump chamber allows for quick visual inspection to confirm abrasive is present and flowing correctly.
Omax Corp. demonstrated its 80X JetMachining Center to Fabtech attendees, equipped with a 50-hp EnduroMax pump and Tilt-A-Jet cutting head. Ideal for precision machining of large parts, the machine features a linear-drive package fully enclosed inside coated steel covers, making it a robust and reliable system well suited for harsh environments. It comes standard with the Omax Intelli-Max software running on Windows 7 Ultimate; motion accuracy is ±0.003 in.
Omax officials explained that the EnduroMax pump provides double the operating life of previous pumps, while enabling faster part processing at reduced operating costs. It's rated for 1000 hr. of operation between pump rebuilds when run at 55,000 PSI.
The Tilt-A-Jet cutting head, say Omax officials, enables cutting with virtually zero taper by automatically calculating and adjusting the angle of the nozzle to transfer taper from the part being cut to the scrap material.
Also on display: the Omax Maxiem 1530 JetCuttingCenter equipped with an A-Jet multiaxis accessory that enables cutting of beveled edges and angles to a maximum of 60 deg. off vertical. Fabricators can use the software-controlled accessory to cut countersunk holes or for weld-edge preparation. Omax used the Fabtech stage to alert showgoers that it recently expanded its lineup of JetCuttingCenters with the addition of 16 new machines, the largest of which offers cutting areas from 160 by 320 in. to 160 by 640 in.
MultiCam Inc.
Another new entry-level waterjet-cutting system, also equipped with a KMT NeoLine direct-drive intensifier (this one a 10-hp 40,000-PSI model promoted as an economical low-cost option for light-duty cutting) was debuted by MultiCam Inc. Its new Value-series (or V-series) machine uses a pure water or abrasive cutting system for workpieces to 60 by 120 in. Says director of sales and marketing John Harris: "It's easy on the budget and a smart CNC investment."
Fully enclosed bellows protect the Y and Z axes from abrasive-garnet buildup. The X axis features dual drives and completely covered custom aluminum extrusions to protect bearing surfaces during cutting.
Flow International showed us its new Mach 4c waterjet-cutting machine, boasting an expandable and modular design and equipped with its new HyPlex Prime direct-drive pump. Fabricators can spec the Mach 4c to a maximum length of 48 ft., allowing them to increase the size of the cutting area as their business grows. Evident at the show was the Mach 4c's ergonomic design, which improves operator access from all four sides, enhances workpiece visibility and allows for efficient abrasive removal.
Also on display: Flow's Mach 2c value-priced machine designed for pure or abrasive waterjet cutting.
Bystronic introduced Fabtech visitors to its new ByJet Smart waterjet-cutting system, described as "economically priced to acquire and maintain." Equipped with an innovative cutting bridge fitted with a linear motor, the machine can carry one or two cutting heads and offers a maximum positioning speed of 780 in./min. over a cutting area of 5 by 10 ft.
See also: Amada North America, Inc, Salvagnini America, Inc., TRUMPF Inc., Hypertherm, Inc., Mazak Optonics Corporation, Ermaksan, Bystronic Inc., MC Machinery Systems, Techni Waterjet, Omax Corporation, MultiCam Inc., Flow International Corp.
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As several of our posts over the last year indicate, New York City is proud of its tap water, and with good reason. A company called Tap'd NY has bottled and successfully sold NYC tap water, and the Famous New York Baking Water Corp. has created a water filtration system that yields water similar to that of NYC tap. This water may be the secret ingredient in the famous New York style pizza. But what makes it so great?
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A Philadelphia-area woman says a stay at the hospital turned into a near-death experience after an aluminum beam crashed through her room.
Sharadel Woods, who is diabetic, was staying at Temple University Hospital on Monday for treatment. As she was in her bed around 2 p.m., she says she suddenly felt the building shake. When she turned towards her window, she saw a large beam plunging towards her.
"I saw it bing through the glass and all the glass then shattered," Woods said. "I literally almost passed out."
Temple Health spokesman Jeremy Walter told NBC10 that the accident was caused by an ongoing demolition project at the hospital.
"While work was underway, an unexpected turn of a piece of concrete caused an aluminum beam to fall in the opposite direction than intended – thereby breaking and partially falling through the window of a patient room," Walter wrote in a released statement.
Woods was not injured in the accident but was removed to another area of the hospital. Several other patients were also moved out of the area as a safety precaution.
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Despite escaping physical harm, Woods says the terrifying ordeal still took a toll on her body, so much so that doctors needed to give her medicine to calm her down.
"They had to rush me out of the room," Woods said. "I went into a panic attack and I don't know what happened after that. I'm just waking up from the medicine they gave."
After the crash, workers secured, cleaned and blocked off the area as officials assessed the damage.
Woods' father, Robert Holiday, says he's outraged by what happened.
"It's ridiculous because you're a patient in here," Holiday said. "If something like that happens you don't just board the room up, take the people out, put them on another floor and not contact anybody."
Officials at Temple Health told NBC10 they would never put their patients in harm's way.
"We extend our deepest apologies to the affected patient and her family; and thank them for their patience and cooperation as we continue to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety and quality care of our patients," Walter said.
Holiday and Woods say they plan on contacting a lawyer.
"There shouldn't have been people on that side of the construction knowing that stuff can happen and people can get hurt and someone is going to be liable for that person who got hurt," Woods said.
Hospital officials say they're conducting an internal review of the incident.