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Matthew – Fulfilled.
Imagine driving on a trip and you come to a fairly large city. You are hoping to just pass through on your way to your final destination, but you are stopped because of a parade. Ugh. All major routes are blocked because of the crowds. All you can do is park the car, relax and see what is going on. In one way, it seems the parade was an impromptued, unplanned event, but in another way everyone seems to know what they are doing. All eyes and motions are focused on one Person. They are shouting praises like you have never heard before. People are throwing down branches and their own coats on the ground for this Person to ride over on an animal. You can't just watch, you have to ask, "What's going on here? WHO is this?"
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The Royal Welcome
21 1-3 When they neared Jerusalem, having arrived at Bethphage on Mount Olives, Jesus sent two disciples with these instructions: "Go over to the village across from you. You'll find a donkey tethered there, her colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me. If anyone asks what you're doing, say, 'The Master needs them!' He will send them with you."
4-5 This is the full story of what was sketched earlier by the prophet:
Tell Zion's daughter,
"Look, your king's on his way,
poised and ready, mounted
On a donkey, on a colt,
foal of a pack animal."
6-9 The disciples went and did exactly what Jesus told them to do. They led the donkey and colt out, laid some of their clothes on them, and Jesus mounted. Nearly all the people in the crowd threw their garments down on the road, giving him a royal welcome. Others cut branches from the trees and threw them down as a welcome mat. Crowds went ahead and crowds followed, all of them calling out, "Hosanna to David's son!" "Blessed is he who comes in God's name!" "Hosanna in highest heaven!"
10 As he made his entrance into Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken. Unnerved, people were asking, "What's going on here? Who is this?"
11 The parade crowd answered, "This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth in Galilee."
Think about it…(there is a ton to think about…take time.)
–Jesus comes, at just the right time, to the city in triumph knowing that in a few days the hearts and voices of the shouting crowd will turn to jeering and mocking. Those who shouted, "Hosanna to David's son!" and "Blessed is he who comes in God's name!" will later shout, "Crucify Him!"
–This chapter begins what is called the Passion Week. He had said to his disciples more than once, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and there the Son of man must be betrayed. He warned them several times, in plain language, without parables, that He was going to die for the sins of the world. Scripture fulfilled. Mission completed. The followers don't get it…yet.
–Jesus walked everywhere He went. This is the only time he mounted an animal of burden to enter a city. Scripture fulfilled.
–He lived a life of simplicity, humility with little provisions, only what was necessary. We spend a lot of time thinking about stuff and more stuff to acquire and "must have" in order to "do ministry". Mm.
–"Our Lord Jesus travelled much, and his custom was to travel on foot from Galilee to Jerusalem, some scores of miles, which was both humbling and toilsome; many a dirty weary step he had when he went about doing good. How ill does it become Christians to be inordinately solicitous about their own ease and state, when their Master had so little of either! Yet once in his life he rode in triumph; and it was now when he went into Jerusalem, to suffer and die, as if that were the pleasure and preferment he courted; and then he thought himself begin to look great." –Matthew Henry's Commentary
–What parade are we stopping to enjoy?
–Do we join the parade? Or wait for it to just pass us by…?
–Are we as fickle as this crowd of onlookers?
–Do we gripe at our inconvences in ministry? Maybe it's time we walked a few miles in the sandals of Jesus.
–Jesus is coming back, you know. All of heaven will be opened up, the clouds rolled back like a scroll, and He will descend for the last time as King of kings and LORD of lords. We will join the faithful crowd of witnesses already gathered around his throne in sincere, undying, relentless praise to the One who died and rose again for us. You and me. Wow. Just wow.
Dear Heavenly Father,
As we read the beginning of the end of the sacrifice of Your Son, our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, we are humbled. There are not enough words of gratitude and praise. I am glad you see and know my heart. This world is so temporary and so tainted with evil. Your Kingdom is perfect and forever. Blessed is HE who will come back for His own. I'm ready, Lord. For now, help me to move and dance in the rhythm and flow of Your Holy Spirit living in me. In Jesus Name, Amen.


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I'm always stealing useful links and ideas from Bill Seitz, who
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Today is no exception to rule a) but I'm trying to break rule b)
Andrius Kulikauskas talks to Jerry Machalski
Meanwhile, Ward Cunninham says : I think wiki is a miniature version of science. Science is a process for organising and explaining nature. Wiki is a process for organising and explaining experience. I ask people to tell me their stories, and people like to tell stories. It's a natural, social thing. Wiki provides the machinery for weaving together those stories.

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Our show is very interactive using many volunteers onstage. Brock looks for a certain type of person for each effect. On this night last year, he was looking for a little boy for this particular trick. As he got the six year old boy onstage, I held my breath. Adults are somewhat predictable. You never know what is going to come out of a child's mouth. Brock asked this little boy where he worked. "Walmart!" he answered with no hesitation. When the audience laughed, he looked right out at the crowd and gave them a beaming smile. It was as if he came alive on the stage. Brock continued on with the adorable little guy. At some point Brock commented that his mom needed to get him an agent. I silently agreed as I watched the boy own the stage. After the show, the mother of the boy came running up to us tears in her eyes. She told us that her son was autistic. The doctors said that he would never be able to stand on a stage. The lights and large crowd would overwhelm him. She said what happened that night was a miracle! If you have a special needs child in your life, realize this. Whenever the doctors give the diagnosis, they must tell you what to expect based on his/her symptoms and past experiences. It's their job. However, when you serve the almighty God, expect the unexpected! He has a knack for taking our weaknesses and turning them into huge, supernatural strengths. "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9
Friday, September 27, 2013
Expect the Unexpected
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Long Good Day
Our day yesterday began at 9:30am and ended at 11pm. During that time, Brock spoke at a church. He did his new passionate message about how to see revival in our country. It ended with people on their knees praying. After the service, a big, strong guy came up to the pastor bawling. At one time, he was the sheriff. He had not been coming to church as much as he used to. After hearing from God that morning, he was ready to get involved and really serve at their church. At 1pm, we drove our dually truck and trailer to the community hall. There we set up our grand illusion show which we have not done in probably seven years. Since we were in this same town, Bay St Louis, Mississippi, earlier this year, we decided to bring out some of the old stuff. Also, because we had done some school assemblies last week promoting the night, we added the water coffin. At 4:15pm we quickly rehearsed the illusions. At 5:56, we finished setting the final prop. "And we have 4 minutes to spare," Brock said laughing. I was beginning to remember why we don't do this particular show anymore...5 hours of set up! The place was packed out. We squeezed kids on the floor in the front. Adults from the church stood along the wall allowing people from the community to use the chairs. Excitement filled the room. We performed the cube zag, where Brock cuts me in half in a vertical fashion; assistant's revenge, or the shower curtain as Todd Prather termed it years ago, where Brock's arms and legs are in locked stocks and belts are strapped around him from head to toe. I pull the curtain in front of him, and just like that, Brock is free. He then pulls back the curtain to reveal me all strapped in now. Before Brock escaped from the water coffin, we did the famous origami illusion. It all went really smoothly! After the water escape, Brock spoke about the only true freedom is found when you give your lives to Jesus. The response was great! I am not sure the official count of ones saying yes to Christ last night, but they ran out of the 100 response cards they had. That made the hard work worth it!
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Thursday, September 05, 2013
God Provides
Yesterday I woke up with an anxious heart. In October, we are going on two mission trips to Las Vegas and Brock's going to Nicaragua. This means that not only are we going to have to pay some expenses, but we will not be receiving any income that month. Not to mention, November and December are slow for us as well. When we agreed to it this summer, both of us said that we would trust in the Lord to provide. Now that it's getting closer, I am beginning to worry. As I spent time with the Lord yesterday morning, I scolded myself for doubting. I am writing a book about the miracles the Lord has done in our lives over the last several years and how He always takes care of us. Just the day before, I was telling someone how the Lord provided for us this summer. How quickly I forget. A few hours later, I ran across a speeding ticket Brock got while we were in Louisiana last month. Fear immediately began to boil to the surface. The whole financial situation began to blow up again in my head. I am trying to save every penny I can to get us through the next few months. Who knows how much this ticket will cost? I walked out to the porch where Brock was saying goodbye to someone on the phone. I sighed and handed him the ticket. "Can you take care of this?" "Sure," Brock said as he grabbed it and ripped it to pieces. I stood there looking shocked as he smiled and said, "I was just talking on the phone with an attorney from Jonesburo, Louisiana where we performed last month. He called the officer who gave us the ticket and told him what we do. The guy was fascinated by a Christian illusionist and said that he would change the ticket to a warning." Just like that, my fears subsided. If God would take care of a silly ticket that was a mistake, I know He will provide for us in October when we are going where He has asked us to go. God is so trustworthy.
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Wake up the sleeping lions and celebrate the arrival of the new Lunar Year – The year of the Boar at The Wharf Cinema Center on Wednesday, February 6 at 11:30 a.m. The Wharf Cinema Center is proud to present the 34th Annual Chinese New Year celebration led by Master Ben Seng Au and the Au Shaolin Arts Society.
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Can you downcovert to sd without compressing the pic?
Do all capture utilities compressor a 16:9 image rather than simply cropping it?
I want to capture HDV footage from my FX1, but edit and output as SD for now. When I capture (Premiere Pro) the image is compressed to fit into a 4:3 space. I would rather simply corp from each side. Is this possible? How?
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in the manual it talks about shooting 4:3 stuff with the cam, but I think that was stictly for NTSC stuff, not HD. Your request sounds simple, but I bet it will not be simple (if possible at all).
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The "best" solution available to you is to capture the HDV and of course crop and downsample in post.
However, if your aim is to use the DV-out, then to crop to 4:3 manually, what you'll have to do is output the 16:9 anamorphic DV footage (i.e., 720x480 PA = 1.2) by selecting a "16:9 TV" as opposed to a "4:3" one in the output settings. This will use all of the DV bandwidth to store the 16:9 image, as opposed to producing the letterboxed 4:3 image you'll see on a 4:3 TV.
You can edit this as a widescreen DV project and crop it however pleases you. (Though personally, I'd just stay 16:9 and output to an anamorphic DVD).
There are any number of ways to crop to 4:3 from a 16:9 DV source, but those depend on your software.
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If you transfer your HD footage via firewire, as a 'transport stream', then it will retain its original size and aspect ratio (i.e. 1080i, 16:9). Then you can crop or resize it as you like to end up with SD.
At present, with Premiere Pro, you'll need a third party plugin (e.g. Mainconcept or Cineform) to transfer this way. Update 1.5.1 will add this ability to PPro itself.
I say "transfer" deliberately, because it is just transfer of a digital file, rather than "capturing" of an analogue signal via an A-D convertor.
Alternatively, you could capture the analogue HD component output of the camera, but you would need a specialized hardware card to do it.
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I just want to work in SD for now because my computer is too slow to edit HD. I don't mind a 16:9 format, but I don't want it squeezed into 4:3. Is this impossible?
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<<<-- Originally posted by Paul Cascio : I just want to work in SD for now because my computer is too slow to edit HD. I don't mind a 16:9 format, but I don't want it squeezed into 4:3. Is this impossible? -->>>
Why not just bight the bullet, and get a fast enough computer?
You've no doubt invested in the FX/Z-1 to obtain the best results possible to the 'average' joe from a commercially available camcorder....so why skimp on the back-up equipment?
Besides, a 'puter with enough grunt to tackle HD is likely going to be one of the cheaper elements you'll likely get to expand your HD equipment arsenal.....
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>>I don't mind a 16:9 format, but I don't want it squeezed into 4:3. Is this impossible?<<
As I said earlier - changing your "TV type" changes how the camera outputs the DV footage.
With "TV type" as 4:3, the camera letterboxes the 16:9 image into a 4:3 frame. 1440x1080 -> 720x480 PA = 0.9, i.e., a 720x360 image.
With "TV type" as 16:9 the camera downconverts the 1440x1080 HDV to 720x480 PA = 1.2.
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"The "best" solution available to you is to capture the HDV and of course crop and downsample in post"
I couldn't agree more with the capture of HDV part but not the down sample....leave that resolution there and get a tool that will use it. I wanted to share how I use full res HDV to make Sd dvds. I capture in 1440x1080i and use Canopus Edius. When you use a D1 16:9 project setting Edius auto sizes the HDV to fit(no resolution is lost and it handles the different pixel aspect of the HDV and D1). The layout tool is really nice and here is a SS of what it does http://www.rdonato.com/D1.jpg Notice it scales down the HDV adjusting for the pixel aspect difference. If you make the source 100% you can pan/zoom it. The resolution is all there at all times for use and it just scales it to fit without throwing it out....it looks really great when you encode it to mpeg....since the resolution is there the encodes take longer but more is better in this game right...It works if 4:3 is what you want to do as well.
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Introduction: The Best Way to Cut a Melon
I accidentally found this melon cutting trick when watching a compilation of fails & wins on Youtube. (Goes without saying that this was a super win!) I had started on the Fast Workers subreddit and then ended up in a Youtube black hole - which aren't normally very productive - but this time I lucked out.
I've been cutting all my melons this way now - it's so fast and easy! I really do this it's the best way if you're just cutting the melon to eat and not wanting to do anything fancier with it. :D
Step 1: Cut the Melon in Half
Wash the melon if you haven't already - we're leaving the rind on so you want to make sure it doesn't have any nasties.
If you're using a really large watermelon, cut it in half as shown and then cut both halves in half lengthwise.
If you're using a melon with seeds in the middle, scoop those out now.
P.S. To make this less messy, try to use a cutting board with a groove around the edges like the one I'm using.
Step 2: Cut Into 1 Inch Strips
Well, 1 to 1 1/2 inches. Whatever looks best for the size of melon you have.
Step 3: Rotate and Cut Into Slices Again
So fancy.
Step 4: And Now You Have Easy to Eat Melon!
Just hold the individual sticks down by the rind. So much easier to hold on to and much less messy than cubes.
These melon sticks are especially useful when you're feeding a bunch of kids. :D (Or drunk adults, let's be honest.)
Step 5: Additional Perks
Perk #1 - you get to eat all the awkward edges that have less melon on them. When someone asks you why you're eating a 1/3 of the melon, make sure they know it's because you're a professional and you believe in good presentation and consistent serving sizes. Nothing but the best for your guests/friends/family! ;)
Perk #2 - Tiny rind pieces perfect for throwing straight into the compost bin once you're done snacking!
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Guys, this is called a mezzaluna. Its for cutting herbs and spices. Its rounded because its supposed to be used with a rounded cutting board or a bowl. They work for other things as well, sometimes they have one blade, sometimes two.
This double bladed curved knife is mainly used for cutting Jews' Mellow (Mulukhiyya) a herb widly used in Middle East.
Why cut it into pieces when it makes a perfect bowl? For Sharing you say? I say get your own watermelon.
(The tone used this comment is silly and playful)
I wish we had fonts for things like silly and playful, or especially >sarcastic<. That would be so much fun.
"Get yer grubby paws off mah fruit!" *waves machete*
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I'm with you on that, sharing melon is for sukkas
I am told (and it makes sense to me) that to pick a sweet melon, you have to pick a female one, and to do that you have to look at the BLOOM end, as opposed to the STEM end. The bloom end should be slightly concave and it will be a female.
I have wanted to test this, if anyone has or does, please report.
I'm sure we've all attempted to eat that watermelon that was barely sweet enough, or that slightly-squishy one, but there is a very simple technique you can use when selecting your watermelon to ensure that you always get a perfectly sweet, crisp one: Pick the greenest one! No kidding! When considering a candidate watermelon, inspect its entire surface. If there are obvious flaws, of course, that instantly disqualifies it, but then look for yellowish spots. The ideal watermelon will be a dark green color over its entire surface, with no yellow spots.
A yellow spot on a melon means it's been sitting on the ground for a while. Yellow spot = ripe melon
Uniform dark green color means it hasn't had time to actually ripen yet. You've been picking bad melons your entire life.
Here's an article that explains veggie and fruit ripeness well:
On the contrary, my method of selecting melons has never once, over the course of the ~20 melons I have picked so far, failed to produce a spectacularly delicious melon.
The watermelon you picked would barely pass muster if I were purchasing a melon. Look at those bright yellow stripes along its length! And the picture in step 4 reveals the truth: A truly delicious watermelon would yield slices with much sharper edges, and the seed voids would have barely deformed at all during slicing. While your slicing technique is impeccable, this watermelon was almost certainly a disappointment to everyone who consumed it.
Uhhhh, no, actually. This is a special breed of watermelon - I forget the name now, but the ripeness on these isn't determined by the stripes. This was perfectly sweet - probably one of the best ones we'd had all year!
And oddly enough, we choose the good ones in opposite ways. I'm from Kentucky, and there folks go with the melons that are the heaviest for their size. People are also always looking for a big yellow spot on the bottom! That means the watermelon has been laying in the field long enough to ripen properly. :)
I've never had a green one I ever liked! They've always been pretty tasteless for me.
My brother in law is a chef. He taught me to peel large things (watermelon, butternut squash) a different way. Cut a flat on the bottom, then go around the fruit/veg cutting off flat facets of rind around the biggest part that sticks out.
Then lay it on its side and cut off the angled top and bottom parts of the rind you initially bypassed when it was standing on end; for things less regularly-shaped than watermelon this step means cutting it apart and peeling the sections separately, but for watermelon, you can turn it into one huge "faceted garnet".
Then just slice and cube it. Much faster than cutting off little tiny cubes of rind, even if you do eventually want to cut the pieces of rind themselves into cubes for compst or horse treats or pickles.
This is real. It requires no skill. Best Part, being first to enjoy that tasty tasty center section. All to yourself!
Fool! The best part of a watermelon is the outer inch near the rind!
Blasphemy! You will be judged harshly by the Watermelon GODS!!
Along with being way yummy, did you know that watermelon has loads of iron? I love it sprinkled with salt:)
bad, bad, bad salt . . . but tasty, tasty ,tasssssssttttttttttyyyyyyyyyyyy yummy yummy


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|The Gower-Bell telephone remained the Post Office choice for many years, and was continuously developed. By 1891 it had become known as the Universal Telephone, so-called because it could be adapted for use under practically any conditions likely to be met with in Post Office service. It retained the Gower Transmitter but the receiver and speaking tubes had given place to a pair of Bell receivers. The calling signal was a trembler bell which was rung by a battery at the subscriber's premises under the control of a relay operated by a signalling current received from the exchange. A feature of this system of working which has a modern sound was that when an operator rang the subscriber's bell she could hear the interruption in current caused by the trembler bell contact, a forerunner of ringing tone.
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AMSTERDAM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The Dutch state said on Friday it will sell a 6.4 billion euro ($8.7 billion) portfolio of U.S. mortgage securities that it took over from ING during the financial crisis, paving the way for the bank to repay its state aid ahead of schedule.
The original arrangement between the government and ING, set up in 2009, was intended to reduce risk and uncertainty for ING stemming from its portfolio of U.S. Alt-A mortgage securities, and was provided by the state on top of a 10 billion euro capital injection.
"Market developments now allow the unwinding of the facility, including selling the securities, with a cash profit for the Dutch State," ING said in a statement.
The agreement removes one aspect of ING's state ties, leaving the repayment of the rest of the state aid, analysts said.
Bailed out by the Dutch state in 2008, ING has been shedding its insurance, investment management and other assets through disposals or listings and is cutting thousands of jobs to raise funds with which to repay state aid and bolster its capital.
"This is positive for ING," said Cor Kluis, an analyst at Rabobank.
"ING had two lines of state involvement, Alt A and state capital. Now we have this agreement on Alt A, ING has a bigger motivation to pay back the government ahead of schedule. I think that by the middle of next year they will have paid back the government in full, one year ahead of the 2015 deadline."
ING shares were up 1.5 percent at 9.523 euros by 0914 GMT.
ING said earlier this week it would repay another 1.125 billion euros to the state on Nov. 6, including premiums and interest, bringing the total amount repaid to the state to 11.3 billion euros.
"With this payment we will have paid the Dutch State over 11 billion euros in principal, interest and premiums and we intend to make our final payments within the next 18 months, resulting in a total annualised overall return for the Dutch state of 12.5 percent," said Ralph Hamers, CEO of ING Group.
Another tranche was due to be paid in March 2014 and the final tranche due in May 2015, ING said.


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Una is the screen adaptation of David Harrower's controversial play Blackbird, a story about paedophilia and its devastating consequences.
Set in a very average English suburb, Una (Mara) is a very broken 28 year old woman who chances up on a newspaper photo of her former neighbour Ray (Mendelsohn), the man who abused her when she was just 13 years old. Ray served 4 years in prison for his actions and has since changed his name and moved on with his life.
Told in the present tense and in a series of flashbacks, the 13 year old Una is portrayed by the incredibly talented Ruby Stokes. The young Una is all wide eyed, coltish innocence who is seduced by the much older Ray into believing he loves her and a 3 month long 'affair' follows. The pair eventually attempt to run away to Europe and this is where the family and police finally become aware of the situation.
When Una confronts Ray in his place of work, a large, soulless warehouse full of people and boxes and noise, he is visibly shocked by her sudden appearance. He takes Una in to the staff breakroom, seemingly more worried about what people outside the room are thinking or may discover than the actual woman in there with him.
Ray ties to handle the situation and just wants Una to leave but she has waited 15 years for this moment and there is just one thing she wants to know. Why did he leave her?
It's the first of many unexpectedly confrontational moments in this movie. I mean, given the subject matter, it was never going to be an easy movie to watch but this story is very different because it gives voice to both the abused and the abuser.
Mendelsohn is such a fine actor that there are moments when you don't actually hate him. He brings uncomfortable dimension to this most despised of men. Just as suddenly, you are almost startled back into the reality of who this man really is and as you watch the scenes unfolding, you see how these people operate, how they manipulate children into believing they are loved. Ray's constant ' I am not one of those' make you want to punch him.
The final act will leave you reeling as you replay the entire movie in your head and slump back into your set, aghast at what you have just witnessed. But what did you just witness?
Mendelsohn has long been a favourite of mine and this could be his finest work yet. Mara is heartbreaking as the older Una but it is Stokes who is the true revelation.
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Kay, "Cybernetics, Information, Life: The Emergence of Scriptural Representations of Heredity," Configurations 5 (1) (1997): 23–91.Books on the cybernetic context before and during the U.S. cold war include Edwards, The Closed World; David Mindell, Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics (Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 2002); Jennifer Light, From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003); and Darren Tofts, Annemarie Jonson, and Alessio Cavallaro, eds., Prefiguring Cyberculture: An Intellectual History (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002).A few biographical works include Steve J. Heims, The Cybernetics Group (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991); Steve J. Heims, John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1982); Pesi R. Masani, Norbert Wiener, 1894–1964 (Boston: Birkhäuser Verlag, 1990); Flow Conway and Jim Siegelman, Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics (New York: Basic Books, 2005); and Hunter Crowther-Heyck, Herbert A. Simon: The Bounds of Reason in Modern America (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005).A few key theorizations and historical treatments include N.
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Licklider," October 15, 1990). 2. George A. Miller, "Stanley Smith Stevens, 1906-1973," In Bzographical Memoirs, vol. 47 (Washing- ton, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1975). 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. 5. Ibid. 6. George A. Miller, "J. C. R. Licklider, Psychologist" (unpublished address given before the Acousti- cal Society of America, 1 991). 7. Steve Heims, John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1980), 379. 8. Jerome B. Wiesner, "The Communications Sciences-Those Early Days," in R. L. E.: 1946+20 (Cambridge, Mass.: Research Laboratory for Electronics, MIT, 1966), 13. 9. Pesi R. Masanl, Norbert Wiener (Basel: Blfkhauser, 1990), 16. 10. Wiesner, "The CommunICations Sciences-Those Early Days," 13. 11. Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics, or Control and Communicatzon in the Animal and the Machine, 2d ed.
Jeremy Bernstein, "Profiles: A.I. (Profile of Marvin Minsky)," New Yorker, December 14, 1981. 2. Henry S. Tropp, "Ongln of the Term Bit," Annals of the H15tory of Computing 6 (1984). 3. Jerome B. Wiesner, "The Communications Sciences-Those Early Days," in R.L.E.: 1946+20 (Cambridge, Mass.: Research Laboratory for Electronics, MIT, 1966), 12. 4. Steve Helms, John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1980), 206. 5. Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics, or Control and CommunicatiOn in the Animal and the Machine, 2d ed. (Cambndge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1961),23. 6. Heims, Von Neumann/Wiener, 189. 7. Norbert Wiener, "A Scientist Rebels," Atlantic Monthly, January 1947, and Bulletin of the Atomic Sci- entlSts, January 1947. 8. Helms, Von Neumann/Wiener, 334-35. 9.
Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics, or Control and CommunicatiOn in the Animal and the Machine, 2d ed. (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1961), vii. 14. Alan M. Turing, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence," Mind 59, no. 236 (1950). Repnnted In The Mind's I: Fantasies and ReflectiOns on Self & Soul, ed. Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Den- nett (New York: BasIC Books, 1981), 53-67. 15. Ibid. 16. QIoted In Steve Heims, John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1980), 276. 17. QIoted ibid., 370. 18. QIoted ibid. 19. QIoted ibid., 371. 20. George A. Miller, "The MagICal Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capac- ity for Processing Information," Psychological Review 63, no. 2 (1956): 81; http://www.well.com/user/ smalin/ miller.html. 21. Q!.Ioted in Bernard J. Baars, The Cognitive RevolutiOn in Psychology (New York: Guilford Press, 1986), 342. 22.
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The day after his arrival, he died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism on the steps of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Dark Hero of the Information Age5 is the third biography of Norbert Wiener, unless there are others of which I am ignorant. First came a joint biography of Wiener and the mathematician John von Neumann, John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death, by Steve Heims in 1980.6 Then came Norbert Wiener, 1894–1964, by Pesi Masani in 1990.7 The main justification for a new biography is that the three biographies emphasize different aspects of Wiener's life and character. The Heims biography emphasizes politics. It is mainly concerned with Wiener's activities as a social critic in the last third of his life. It presents the parallel lives of von Neumann and Wiener as a simple struggle between black and white, with von Neumann as the evil genius of science in the service of war, and Wiener as the good genius of science in the service of peace.
From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism by Fred Turner
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Oxford: Blackwell, 1996. Heims, Steve J. Constructing a Social Science for Post-War America: The Cybernetics Group, 1946 –1953. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991. ———. "Gregory Bateson and the Mathematicians: From Interdisciplinary Interaction to Societal Functions." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 13 (1977): 141–59. ———. John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1980. Helmreich, Stefan. "Artificial Life, Inc.: Darwin and Commodity Fetishism from Santa Fe to Silicon Valley." Science as Culture 10, no. 4 (2001): 483 –504. ———. Silicon Second Nature: Culturing Artificial Life in a Digital World. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Henwood, Doug. After the New Economy. New York: New Press, 2003. B i b l i o g ra p h y [ 301 ] Herring, Susan.
Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots by John Markoff
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pagewanted=all. 12.Ibid. 13.Ibid. 14.Carew, Walter Reuther, 144. 15.The Ad Hoc Committee on the Triple Revolution, "The Triple Revolution," Liberation, April 1964, http://www.educationanddemocracy.org/FSCfiles/C_CC2a_TripleRevolution.htm. 16.Mark D. Stahlman, "Wiener's Genius Project" (invited paper, IEEE 2014 Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, 2014). 17.Steve J. Heims, John von Neumann and Norbert Wiener: From Mathematics to the Technologies of Life and Death (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1980), 343. 18.Norbert Wiener, God and Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1964), 29. 19."Machines Smarter Than Men? Interview with Dr. Norbert Wiener, Noted Scientist," U.S. News & World Report, February 24, 1964, http://21stcenturywiener.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Machines-Smarter-Than-Man-Interview-with-Norbert-Wiener.pdf. 20.Defense Science Board, "The Role of Autonomy in DoD Systems," U.S.


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Obituary | Anna "Annie" M. (Neckuty) Manthei, 96, of Kewaskum
October 30, 2019 – Kewaskum, WI –Anna "Annie" M. Manthei (nee Neckuty), 96, of Kewaskum passed away peacefully on Monday, October 28, 2019 at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.
She was born on July 27, 1923 to the late Joseph and Veronica Neckuty in the Town of Mitchell, WI. On October 4, 1947 she was united in marriage to Willard "Squinty" Manthei at Peace United Church of Christ in Kewaskum. Annie worked at Regal Ware for 40 years as a press operator. She was a member of the American Legion as a Gold Star Mother, the Regal Ware 25-year Club, and Peace United Church of Christ. Annie enjoyed traveling to Florida and out west, and watching children over the years. She loved to cook, bake, go shopping, and gardening. Annie would do anything for anyone who needed a hand. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Those Annie leaves behind to cherish her memory include her three children, Robert (JoAnn) Manthei, Kim Manthei, and Brenda (John) Gitter; four grandchildren, Becky (Mathias "Duci") Dornacker, Robbie (Cheri) Manthei, Brandon (Michelle) Gitter, and Olivia (Beau) Backhaus; five great grandchildren, Mia Dornacker, Quin Dornacker, James Manthei, Hudson Gitter, and Knox Gitter; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Willard "Squinty" Manthei; her two sons, Lyn Manthei and James "Jimmy" Manthei; her three brothers, John (Elaine) Neckuty, Stanley Neckuty, and Peter (Eleanor) Neckuty; her step brother, Victor (Alice) Hodoff; and her sister, Christine Neckuty.
A memorial service in remembrance of Annie will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. at Peace United Church of Christ, 343 First St., Kewaskum.
The family will greet relatives and friends at the church on Tuesday from 1:00 p.m. until the time of service.
The Myrhum-Patten Funeral and Cremation Service have been entrusted with Annie's arrangements.


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Looking at the article below, I wonder…"Why can't the 'One Day University' come directly into your living room — 24×7?"
This is why I'm so excited about the "The Living [Class] Room" vision. Because it is through that vision that people of all ages — and from all over the world — will be able to constantly learn, grow, and reinvent themselves (if need be) throughout their lifetimes. They'll be able to access and share content, communicate and discuss/debate with one another, form communities of practice, go through digital learning playlists (like Lynda.com's Learning Paths) and more. All from devices that represent the convergence of the television, the telephone, and the computer (and likely converging with the types of devices that are only now coming into view, such as Microsoft's Hololens).
You won't just be limited to going back to college for a day — you'll be able to do that 24×7 for as many days of the year as you want to.
Then when some sophisticated technologies are integrated into this type of platform — such as artificial intelligence, cloud-based learner profiles, algorithms, and the ability to setup exchanges for learning materials — we'll get some things that will blow our minds in the not too distant future! Heutagogy on steroids!
Want to go back to college? You can, for a day. — from washingtonpost.com by Valerie Strauss
Have you ever thought about how nice it would be if you could go back to college, just for the sake of learning something new, in a field you don't know much about, with no tests, homework or studying to worry about? And you won't need to take the SAT or the ACT to be accepted? You can, at least for a day, with something called One Day University, the brainchild of a man named Steve Schragis, who about a decade ago brought his daughter to Bard College as a freshman and thought that he wanted to stay.
One Day University now financially partners with dozens of newspapers — including The Washington Post — and a few other organizations to bring lectures to people around the country. The vast majority of the attendees are over the age 50 and interested in continuing education, and One Day University offers them only those professors identified by college students as fascinating. As Schragis says, it doesn't matter if you are famous; you have to be a great teacher. For example, Schragis says that since Bill Gates has never shown to be one, he can't teach at One Day University.
We bring together these professors, usually four at at a time, to cities across the country to create "The Perfect Day of College." Of course we leave out the homework, exams, and studying! Best if there's real variety, both male and female profs, four different schools, four different subjects, four different styles, etc. There's no one single way to be a great professor. We like to show multiple ways to our students.
Most popular classes are history, psychology, music, politics, and film. Least favorite are math and science.
See also:
- LinkedIn makes all Lynda.com courses available on Apple TV — from venturebeat.com
We know the shelf-life of skills are getting shorter and shorter. So whether it's to brush up on new skills or it's to stay on top of evolving ones, Lynda.com can help you stay ahead of the latest technologies.


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A new law which will double jail times for anyone who assaults emergency workers has received Royal Assent today.
The maximum sentence for a new offence will double from six to 12 months in prison and will also lead to tougher sentences being considered for other crimes against emergency workers, which ministers say will help protect those "who put themselves in harm's way to protect us."
The law, which will come into force in November, covers violence towards police, prison officers, custody officers, fire service workers, search and rescue services and paramedics.
Justice minister Rory Stewart said: "Assaulting prison officers or any emergency worker is not just an isolated attack – it represents violence against the public as a whole.
"Every day these public servants do extraordinary work on our behalf, and they must be able to do it without the fear of being assaulted.
"Our message is clear – we will protect our emergency services and violence towards them will not be tolerated."
Assaults on emergency workers have been increasing with a 70% increase on police officer assaults and assaults on firefighters seeing an 18% increase in the past two years.
Today Royal Assent is being given to the Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill, meaning the maximum prison sentences for assaults on emergency staff will double - an important step in the protection of NHS employees. https://t.co/szhcENjiKz #ProtectTheProtectors pic.twitter.com/mU15kdGjux
— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) September 13, 2018
Today Royal Assent is being given to the Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill, meaning the maximum prison sentences for assaults on emergency staff will double - an important step in the protection of NHS employees. https://t.co/szhcENjiKz #ProtectTheProtectors pic.twitter.com/mU15kdGjux
There is currently a specific offence for assaulting a police officer, but the new law will extend this protection to all emergency workers and will also provide protection for unpaid volunteers who support the emergency services.
With 26,000 assaults on police officers and over 17,000 on NHS staff in the past year, ministers have said they are acting to recognise the debt of gratitude the public feels towards the emergency services.
An FOI request from GMB in April revealed a spike in sexual assaults and threats with weaponry against emergency workers.
Chris Bryant MP, who laid the Private Members Bill, said: "The growing tide of attacks on emergency workers – including ambulance workers, NHS staff, fire officers, prison officers and police – is a national scandal.
"All too often attackers get away with little more than a slap on the wrist.
"I hope this new law will help put a stop to that attitude. An attack on an emergency worker is an attack on all of us and attackers should face the full force of the law.
"Now it is for the prosecuting authorities and the courts to play their part in putting a stop to the violence, so that emergency workers can get on doing their job in peace."
The law has received wide-spread support, with policing and fire service minister Nick Hurd saying "being attacked should never be part of the job for our courageous emergency services workers."
Kim Sunley, national officer at the Royal College of Nursing, said: "Physical assaults remain a fact of life for many healthcare workers, from A&E to community services.
"This bill is the first step towards changing that for good. From now on, anyone who wilfully assaults a healthcare worker will feel the full force of the law and can expect a tougher sentence if found guilty."
"The RCN has campaigned tirelessly for this law. Our negotiations have ensured it covers as many healthcare workers as possible, including community and district nurses, and alongside other emergency workers' representatives we successfully expanded the scope of the bill to include sexual assault."
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Dec 27, 2013 - an afternoon drive
The sun was out and the temperature was above freezing. Ken packed the motor home basement and took on fresh water, while I hauled out the cold food and shut down the fridge in the house. Neighbors stopped by to visit and wish us well and after lunch we were on our way. Little did we dream that it would take us two hours to drive the seven miles through Bloomington on the expressway. From what we could tell from the CB trucker chatter, a semi had tipped over about five hours earlier and emptied its load of boulders and bricks all over...Jump to full entry
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Sep 21, 2012 - Honey Bend, Litchfield, Illiniois
A quiet three nite stop was waiting for us at the end of our 270 miles romp south down Illinois state highway 67. Dave drove the whole distance as Rebecca is under the weather. It'll probably be Rebecca driving the whole way next time. We usually pass colds back and forth. It was way better than driving the freeways. Along the way we stopped for lunch in a little town at the only café there. That's how we roll. The RV park for this "do nothing" stop is Honey Bend, a Coast to Coast park. We're backed up to a corn field that is ready to be...Jump to full entry
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Jul 24, 2012 - Last Day - Litchfield
Today we continued on Old Route 66 (bypassing Springfield because we had seen many of the sights there at an earlier rally). We saw our last lighthouse – sitting outside an antique mall (had to stop) and went to Carlinville where there are 152 homes still remaining that were ordered from the Sears-Roebuck catalog in 1918. Although most of the houses had been updated, you could still see the familiar front steps leading to the door and the dormers. The homes were built by Standard Oil for their mineworkers. You can read about it at...Jump to full entry
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Sep 10, 2011 - Litchfield, Illinois
Visited the Illinois Rt 66 Museum in Pontiac. Lots of interesting items. Jim even found a picture of his old 61 Chevy. Even had a car show going on in Pontiac Square. All vintage Pontiacs! Then followed Rt 66 thru to Litchfield. Some roads were good and others were not wide enough for 2 cars. Most of the time 66 runs parallel to Interstate 55 but then it takes you off in another direction. Notice in the picture the cornfields on both sides of the road. Corn is higher than 10 ft. tall. Never know where we'll end up. Only did 200 miles today....Jump to full entry
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Aug 20, 2011 - Litchfield, IL
Long drive today just about 7 hours, made mistake of starting out driving through small roads and ended up going through several small towns with diversions and traffic lights while the route was shorter I don't think it was quicker at all. Once we got onto the main highway everything went well. Stopping here for 4 days at Honey Bend Campground and Resort there isn't anything special here except that it's on Route 66 but we have some coupons for reduced rate so that's our excuse. Had a nice lunch at Ariston Cafe a 60's diner right on Route...Jump to full entry
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Jul 11, 2011 - Finally
OK...I finally got to enter something in the blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I picked up Graham in Chicago (had to get escorted out of the parking lot because we were +10 feet high) and we went to Uncle Pat's house on Saturday. GREAT Hansberry family reunion on Sunday in Shopiere. Graham got to meet a lot of our side of the family. May never see them again...but at least he made a connecton. We had a GREAT time with Pat and family. Mary Pat took us out to Rock Cut State Park (our old Bliss farm from the early '50s) and went kayaking. She is such a great...Jump to full entry
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Jul 24, 2010 - DeWitt, MI - Litchfield, Il
Woke up in our nice comfy bed at Sleep Inn, had showers and our free breakfast. Stopped in at the RV store next door to get the spare tire attached. Somehow a piece of metal was lost and we couldn't attach the tire. Store wasn't open so headed out to Fort Wayne, in the rain. It was 72 degrees when we started out and by 11 was 83. Stopped in for gas and picked up some plums and nectarines. We need to stop at the border again and give him the nectarines. They were worse than the orange we gave the border guard!!! At 1.58 we hit our first...Jump to full entry
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Aug 17, 2008 - Litchfield, IL
171 Too Many Alignments!17 August - Today was a bit confusing and I spent a lot of time, and gas, back-tracking. Most of the towns had at least two 66 options (pre-1930 and post-1930) while some of the larger cities had even more. Also, due to lack of signage, I logged a few extra miles roaming about the countryside in a daze. At any rate, it was another interesting day. Some noteworthy tidbits for today include: The cities of Bloomington and Normal share a common main street (the only like it in the USA) with a university at both ends; The...Jump to full entry
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Jul 22, 2007 - Edwardsville and Lewis & Clark
We are staying in a small, but very nice campground called Red Barn Rendezvous. The owners are very friendly and helpful. The grounds are beautifully landscaped and they have a veggie garden, and have offered some of their surplus to us. We will stay here again if we are ever in the area. The campground is located in Edwardsville, Illinois, just over the river from St. Louis. While we were on the way to the Lewis & Clark departure point, we got to drive through a district of historical homes. Some of the homes are small, some large, some...Jump to full entry
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Linear AC/DC Power Supplies
DA Series
In the following pages we present our family of Linear Power Supplies, which can be built with output power up to 40kW also in 2 or in 4 Quadrants models with Bipolar outputs.
It is "old" technique of conversion ensuring good reliability and output voltage / current quality.
The main performance that distinguish this technique from the other (switching or other) is very low electronic noise output, fast recovery time at the load transient and fast reaction time to
remote programming. Another feature not less important than the other is the absolute absence of radiated or conducted emissions so to be used in Anechoic Chambers for feeding EUT during "EMC"
Particularly suitable for installation in test benches, Power Supplies can be used very easily by using them between 0 and the maximum output voltage as one quadrant amplifiers. In series "DAC" (current generators) is appreciate the fast rise time of current (8A/us) and in series "DLA" (voltage or current amplifiers) the speed of the output voltage reaches up to 8V/µs that allows it to follow in amplification up to a frequency of 100kHz.
Technical Data
Mains Input
115 or 230 or 400 Vac ± 10% 50-60 Hz
Line regulation
better than 50 ppm of output V max for the allowed input variation
Voltage and Current Output adjustable, by a 10 turns potentiometer from "0" to max rated
Load regulation for constant V
from no load to full load better than 50 ppm
Load regulation for constant I
better than 100 ppm of I max from "0" to V max .
Ripple and noise
measured in V mode, under 30 ppm (rms) of V max each 1.000 W
Recovery time
better than 20µs within ± 1% of set voltage from no load to full load.
Remote programming and feed-back (GPAC)
Opto-insulated analog signal 0÷10Vdc
Linearity better than 0.3% Drift better than 1.5mV/°C
Reaction to remote programming (slew rate)
1V / µs
After 20 minutes of preheating, better than 0.1% for 24 hours at 25°C ambient
Temperature coefficient
lower 50 ppm/°C in "voltage mode";
lower 100 ppm/°C in "current mode"
Ambient temperature
work 0÷40°C
storage -10÷50°C
forced air
DANA DA Series Linear AC/DC Power Supply Front Panel
Front Panel Controls
Breaker switching equipment ON and OFF
Commands allowing to hold Power Supply in stand-by and to make it supply according to need while
a LED shows selected function
P - slide switch enabling DC output in permanent mode (up to output voltage of 60 Vdc)
S - push-button to be used to avoid "DC" output when Power switch is on
V - A - OVP set up push-buttons when the Power Supply is in stand-by
OVP (Over Voltage Protection)
trimmer allowing to set up "hazard-limit" for the EUT, when picked it up inhibits Power
Supply with an alarm LED lighting up
Alarm for over temperature of power circuit putting power supply in stand- by with an alarm LED
lighting up
V/A - slide switches to select voltage and current programming mode through the potentiometers
(Local) placed on the front panel or by a remote command between 0÷10 Vdc through the GPAC connector or GPIB/RS interface (option)
DC - slide switch to program the DC supply from the panel control (Local) or from a remote command through the GPAC or GPIB
Slide switches enabling the Power Supply to be programmed by an analog voltage (0÷10 Vdc) through the GPAC connector on the back or through an IEEE488 -
RS232/485 interface (optional)
Section V
Potentiometer and display (with accuracy of 1.5%) showing output voltage or, by means
of Check button, programmed voltage.
LED of "voltage mode"
Alarm LED with output inhibition showing the absence of one phase in models with 3-phase
mains input or available for an alarm of a parameter chosen by the
Section A
Potentiometer and display (with accuracy of 1.5%) showing output current or, by means of Check button, programmed current.
LED of "current mode"
GND GroundPlug
+/- Auxiliary plugs to be used as test point up to 5 A max
Back Panel Controls
Remote Sense
Terminal block allowing to switch "remote sense" circuit control from power output plugs to remote sense, to recover a max voltage drop of 0,5 V for cable
"General Purpose Analog Control" connector to program remotely the Power Supply with 0÷10 Vdc analog optically isolated voltage for all functions, to read Voltage and Current proportional feed-back (0÷10 Vdc) and to enable "DC" output through a logic signal (0 - 5V) +/- Power output plugs
Power Diagrams
The power curves shown below can help users in choosing the most suitable and economical Power Supply for the use to which it is dedicated.
In Power Supplies with serial technique, the voltage difference between the input and the output is
corrected in order to decrease the output voltage up to the set voltage by adjusting the pass
This regulation unfortunately generates heating closely linked to the differential voltage between
input and output and the absorbed current. Based on these considerations it follows that the more
the voltage differential increases the higher the heat generated is. Therefore when you will use a
Power Supply with a large full scale, at a relatively low output voltage, with the same current the
warming will be higher.
DANA, to attenuate these issues, offers for its customers the choose of current profile with which the power supply can be used avoiding energy wastes, if there is not need to work with a type A power diagram.
DANA Linear AC/DC Power Supply Power Diagrams
interface to program the Power Supply with IEEE488/RS232 standard
interface to program the Power Supply with IEEE488/RS485 standard
Electronic sink
3-phase mains input, in models with output power under
The models in the table are available with voltage and output current on customer request.
N.B. * These models are not in standard dimensions
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the DA Series comes standard with a 3 year Warranty!
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A group of scientists serendipitously created a more efficient plastic-eating enzyme
Saving the world one accidental discovery at a time
Apr 17, 2018
Alexander Fleming and penicillin, Percy Spencer and the microwave, Henri Becquerel and radioactivity—the list of scientists who changed the world with accidental discoveries is long and plenty. According to a study released Monday, Apr. 16, another group of researchers are joining this roster of serendipity scientists. And this time, they might just be saving the world.
With climate change making itself more and more apparent and pollution worsening by the day, scientists have been doubling down on their efforts to solve the world's great, big plastic problem. One of these efforts is the study of Ideonella sakaiensis, a naturally occurring bacterium that feeds exclusively on a type of plastic called polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Discovered in Japan a few years back, researchers from the University of Portsmouth in Britain and the US Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory were trying to understand how one of the enzymes found in Ideonella sakaiensis worked. This enzyme called PETase is what causes the bacteria to degrade PET or man-made plastic.
In their endeavor to figure out how PETase worked, they studied its structure using a powerful X-ray 10 billion times more brighter than the sun. Through this x-ray, they were able to make a three-dimensional model of the enzyme which showed the similar appearance of PETase and cutinase, another enzyme found in fungus and bacteria. The scientists mutated PETase make it more like cutinase.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how they unexpectedly created a mutant enzyme that's better than PETase when it came to breaking down PET. This group of researchers are now improving their fortuitous plastic-eating enzyme creation in hopes of making it available for breaking down plastics in the industrial level.
Cheers to them.
Photos courtesy of Unsplash.com and DesigntoImprovelife.dk
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I have a Springfield 1911 Mil-Spec (model P9108L - Ca) in .45 ACP. I bought it brand new a year ago. Surprisingly it has become one of my favorites. Having paid under $800 (including tax and California fees), the quality has been better than I expected.
Last week I had two unusual events that I suspect may be in some way related to each other. My hope is that some of our more knowledgable members might be able to make sense out of what I experienced.
Event #1) I was doing a "ball & dummy" drill at the indoor range here in Modesto. The dummy rounds were 200 gr LSWCs with a wooden dowel spacer in the case and no primer. The live rounds were the same brand of 200 gr LSWCs with 5.2 grains of W231 and CCI 300 primers. I've used this charge so long that I can't remember the last time I changed the setting on my old RCBS powder meter.
Towards the end I couldn't get the action to open to eject a dummy round. I had to get a range employee who used his "squib tool" to free the dummy round. My first thought was I might have damaged that dummy over time by chambering it repeatedly. I looked and saw no defect. I isolated that dummy from the others for further review back at home. I had only 1 1/2 magazines left to go anyway, and the gun worked perfectly as I finished the day's shooting.
Back at the house I put that dummy in my Wilson Case Gauge, expecting it to only go in part way. it dropped right in, going all the way. This told me the inability to open the slide was not due to the dummy being out of spec.
I field stripped for cleaning and got an unpleasant surprise when looking into the barrel. There was a rather thick black ring of fouling. It wasn't just on the bottom, it went a full 360 degrees, extending about 1/2" or so from where the rifling began. Using countless patches with Hoppes and scrubbing until my bore brush was worn out, the black ring was still there, as if immune to my efforts at cleaning. I don't remember ever getting a barrel that dirty with just 70 rounds fired since the last cleaning.
JB Bore compound was next. It took quite a few patches of that stuff but eventually the bore was clean.
Event #2) I lubed and reassembled the pistol, then did dry fire. I dry fire every day so the sound of each of my 1911s in dry fire is familiar to my ears. This time the Springfield didn't sound right. I tried pushing the firing pin forward, but it wouldn't move. It should have, since this gun doesn't have a firing pin block safety. I used a drift tool, but didn't pound with a hammer, just force from my hands. I was then able to get the firing pin far enough forward that I could remove the firing pin stop. To my surprise the pressure from the firing pin spring wasn't enough to push the firing pin to the rear. I then used a drift with hand pressure only and was able to push the firing pin to the rear enough that whatever was binding released and the pin was out. To my disappointment I saw the titanium firing pin was bent. It was about the last 1/4" of the firing pin. I didn't measure but guess the bend was about 10 to 15 degrees. I also saw the firing pin was covered with thick black fouling, just like the barrel's lands & grooves had been. Unlike the barrel though, the fouling on the firing pin was easy to wipe off.
What I'm wondering is whether early in my shooting session I had a very weak primer that gave enough ignition for some of the powder burn and to push the bullet beyond the muzzle. I had a big enough hole shot out of the target that the absence of a new hit on the paper would not have been of concern. I wonder then if the unburned powder might have been forced into the lands and grooves by subsequent rounds fired, which made the gun so difficult to clean. As to how that crud might have gotten into the firing pin's channel in the slide in sufficient quantity to gum up the works, I just don't know.
I apologize for the long explanation, but I wanted to make the circumstances clear. If anybody has experienced this or has knowledge, I'd be delighted to read what you have to offer.


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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The judge faced the jury on Thursday morning and spoke solemnly about "what many have called the greatest justice system ever created." Then the murder trial of a member of the most visible arm of the justice system — a police officer — began in earnest.
To the chief prosecutor, the officer, Michael T. Slager, was an aberration of American policing, a malevolent lawman who "let his sense of authority get the better of him" when he shot and killed Walter L. Scott in April 2015. To Mr. Slager's lawyer, the death of Mr. Scott, who was black, was an "awful but lawful" killing by a white officer who patrolled a troubled neighborhood in North Charleston and believed he was in danger.
Both sides portrayed Mr. Scott as an imperfect figure whose own behavior contributed to his killing, which was recorded on video by a bystander and emerged as one of the most wrenching symbols of the national debate over policing and race. For the jury of 11 white people and a black man, the questions that have swirled around Mr. Slager for nearly 19 months, including whether he planted evidence or misled investigators, have effectively been reduced to one: whether he opened fire with "malice aforethought."
"Provocation is not the same as justification," said Scarlett A. Wilson, the solicitor for Charleston County, who repeatedly used her 25-minute opening statement to accuse Mr. Slager of dishonesty.
Mr. Slager's lawyer, Andrew J. Savage III, said the case was a complex one clouded by the prosecution's reliance on "pure speculation to fit the narrative that the state wants you to believe."
"He didn't just shoot somebody," Mr. Savage said of Mr. Slager, adding that the officer would have been right to worry about whether Mr. Scott posed a threat when he fled on foot after being stopped for a broken taillight.
The state trial of Mr. Slager, who is also facing civil rights charges in Federal District Court, could last well into November, and he could be sentenced to life in prison if he is convicted of murder. (Ms. Wilson, citing the absence of aggravating factors required by South Carolina law, is not seeking the death penalty.)
The fatal encounter between the men has been broadly dissected since a bystander recorded Mr. Slager firing eight rounds at Mr. Scott's back, hitting him five times. Later in the video, Mr. Slager is seen dropping an item, which Ms. Wilson identified as the officer's Taser device, near Mr. Scott.
Mr. Slager's defense team has argued that a scuffle before the recording began, which prompted Mr. Slager to use his Taser, placed the officer at risk. But the video is expected to be central to the criminal case, as it was in the decisions to arrest and fire Mr. Slager, and for the City of North Charleston to agree to a $6.5 million settlement with Mr. Scott's family.
For much of Thursday, discussion in the courtroom centered on the life of Mr. Scott and his choice to run from the police.
"If Walter Scott had stayed in that car, he wouldn't have been shot," Ms. Wilson said in an opening statement. "He paid the extreme consequence for his conduct. He lost his life for his foolishness."
Mr. Savage made frequent references to Mr. Scott's child support debts, which prosecutors and Mr. Scott's family members believe led him to flee out of fear of being arrested, as well as his criminal history and drug use.
Prosecutors were plainly aware that such a narrative could have powerful effects on the jury, and Mr. Scott's family, which on Thursday dismissed complaints about the panel's makeup, expected that his past would be fodder at the trial. In an interview last week, Mr. Scott's brother, Anthony Scott, predicted that Mr. Savage would try "to belittle Walter and bring his character down when his character is not in play."
But even as she raised the matter of Mr. Scott's actions after he was stopped, Ms. Wilson tried to redirect attention toward Mr. Slager.
"His first instinct after the shots were fired and he cuffed a dead Walter Scott was to stage — to stage a scene," Ms. Wilson said. "His first instinct wasn't to give CPR. It wasn't to give first aid. It was to stage."
It would ultimately fall to the jury, Ms. Wilson said, to "bring accountability to Michael Slager for his choices."
Mr. Savage, who referred to "the climate of this country and the focus of the media" after police-involved killings in places like Baltimore; Cleveland; and Ferguson, Mo., asked the jurors to concentrate on Mr. Scott's actions and how Mr. Slager might have interpreted them. He depicted Mr. Slager as an officer with an employment record of "exceptional excellence," and he suggested that Mr. Scott had been a clear danger.
"He didn't just run," Mr. Savage said. "He physically and forcefully resisted to the extent that they were both fighting on the ground."
Testimony will resume Friday, when the prosecution is expected to call its ninth witness. No one who testified on Thursday, including Mr. Scott's mother and one of his sons, was present for the shooting.
But some witnesses, in terms sober and pointed, addressed its aftermath.
Ms. Wilson asked Pierre Fulton, who was riding with Mr. Scott when Mr. Slager stopped them, why his friend had run from the police.
"That's a question I would like to ask him," Mr. Fulton replied. "Unfortunately, he's not here."


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Canadian study identifies factors, safety measures to reduce SIDS risk
Researchers at the University of Calgary have identified a few controllable factors that could potentially reduce the rate of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, in Canada.
The study found that prenatal smoking and overheating can contribute to the mysterious phenomenon, which causes the deaths of approximately 200 infants in Canada each year. The root cause of SIDS remains unclear, but the findings from the University of Calgary could save dozens of babies' lives every year.
"SIDS is a diagnosis of exclusion," Dr. Shabih Hasan, the lead author of the study, told CTV Calgary. "We can't say what causes it but we know what factors are associated with it."
Hasan says parents and caregivers should refrain from loading up a child's crib with too many blankets and heavy pieces of clothing, so the child's heartrate does not become elevated from the heat. He also insists babies should always be put to bed on their backs.
"For every single sleep – daytime, nighttime, doesn't matter – the baby should be put on his or her back," Hasan said. "Never on (his or her) stomach or prone position." He added that a single blanket is often enough to keep a child warm, and that the head should not be covered.
The rate of SIDS has fallen significantly since the 1980s, when children were dying of the phenomenon at twice the current rate. The "Back to Sleep" campaign has been credited with helping to reduce those numbers, by encouraging parents to put children back to sleep on their backs whenever they wake up and move around their crib.
Doctors like Hasan insist that the SIDS rate can drop even further, if parents keep a few simple measures in mind.
- Don't smoke while pregnant
- Don't bundle up a child in too many blankets or clothing
- Only put a child to bed on his or her back
- Don't overload a child's crib with soft bedding or toys
Breastfeeding the child is also preferable, and parents are advised not to sleep in the same bed as a child, to avoid the danger of smothering.
Hasan and his team developed their findings by studying two groups of pregnant lab rats that were exposed to high heat, infectious bacteria and, in one group's case, second-hand smoke. Researchers found that the offspring of those pregnant rats had greater difficulty with fighting infections. The babies of rats exposed to smoke were also more likely to experience breathing problems, which included a sudden stop in breathing often noticed in SIDS victims.
Sarah Cormier, whose four-month-old child died of SIDS, says parents need to take Hasan's recommendations seriously.
"We want people to know that SIDS still exists – that it happens," she told CTV Calgary. Cormier insists she did "everything right" with her child, but the mysterious affliction still cost the little girl her life.
"It was actually our family dog who alerted us that something was wrong – (it) just started circling the basinet," Cormier recalled. "Your life is forever changed in that moment."
With files from CTV National News Alberta Bureau Chief Janet Dirks and CTV Calgary's Bill MacFarlane.


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Trent Richardson, who was drafted by the Cleveland Browns No. 3 overall in 2012, hasn't played a snap since 2014, when he was with the Indianapolis Colts. He has worked out for other teams, but as of now is still a free agent. But Richardson is back on the football field in a familiar place.
The former Alabama running back went back to his alma mater to help the Crimson Tide prepare for their matchup against SEC rival LSU. According to AL.com, Richardson lined up with the Bama scout team and imitated LSU running back Leonard Fournette to prep the Crimson Tide's defense.
The two RBs are similar in size. Fournette is listed at 6-foot-1, 235 pounds, and Richardson is 5-foot-9, 230 pounds. Both are strong and run with a lot of power.
"I think Trent gave a pretty good look, and John Parker, too," Alabama cornerback Marlon Humphrey told AL.com. "I tackled Trent this week, man. That's a big guy, man. It's also pretty cool just to go against those guys, knowing what they've done for the program."
RELATED: Trent Richardson Lost 22 Pounds Trying to Revive His NFL Career
Richardson must have done his job, because Alabama's defense shut out LSU 10-0, holding them to 35 rushing yards on 17 attempts.
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The South and Central Health Foundation launched its Endowment in 2001 thanks to several generous donations from: Newtel Communications, Allan and Pat Paddock, the Central Newfoundland Hospital Auxiliary and an anonymous donor.
An Endowment may seem complex, but it's really very simple...an endowment is a fund that a charitable organization sets up which is designed to provide an unending source of funds for its charitable purposes. In our case that means funding for our Health Foundation for the purchase of priority medical equipment and investment in the health programs and services of Central Health.
It is a permanent investment in which the principal, or original investment, remains intact to generate a continuous source of revenue. In other words, we only spend the earnings (ie. interest and dividends) and not the principal. Once the value of the endowment reaches a predetermined level, the charity begins to spend some or all of the interest earned on the original investment.
An endowment is a smart investment as it helps charities such as ours plan for uncertainty in the future by generating a steady source of income. A gift can be made by an individual or company at any point in time throughout the year. The donor simply designates the donation for the Endowment Fund.
As families and individuals begin planning their wills, we would like to suggest you consider a Bequest restricted for our Endowment. This thoughtful action will help to create a healthier future for those living throughout central Newfoundland. It can also create a permanent legacy of generosity in the name of the donor or person being honored. Like all other major donations, a donor has the right to restrict an endowment gift for the future benefit of a specific healthcare facility, department, program or service of the Central Regional Health Authority.
Our Executive Director would be pleased to work with you or with estate Executors, to ensure that an Endowed Fund is established which will create a lasting legacy and be pertinent for many years into the future. We will work with you or your professional advisor to ensure your Endowment agreement meets your goals as well as those of the South and Central Health Foundation.
Please contact our office at (709) 292-2393 to discuss this opportunity further.


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Know before you go
Grazing animalsLivestock usually graze the field between the car park and reserve so please ensure all gates are closed behind you
Walking trails
Please be aware that waterfowl are nesting between March and July and avoid unnecessary disturbance of the marshy, rushy areas around the Pool during this period. In particular, dogs should be under close control. Please ensure that field gates are closed after use.
Footpaths around the reserve. Visitors are advised to keep to the marked tracks to avoid disturbing the wildlife. There is no wheelchair access at this reserve.
When to visit
Opening timesOpen at all times
Best time to visitApril to July, November to February
About the reserve
Titley Pool is one of a number of naturally formed lakes between Kington and Mortimer's Cross. They occupy hollows in an area of low, rounded hills formed from debris accumulated during the melting of ice at the end of the last Ice Age. The Pool is one of the largest natural open areas of water in Herefordshire. It is a suitable breeding site for great crested grebes. It also attracts flocks of wintering duck, particularly teal, tufted duck, pochard and gosander. In summer, dragonflies and damselflies hawk insects over the water. Fish in the Pool, providing prey for grey herons, grebes and goosander, include perch, roach, eel and pike.