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This week we took a little time off from the holiday hustle & bustle for a fun happy hour with some of our amazing blogger babes. It's always hard getting together during the craziest time of the year so we are super grateful for the ladies that made it out on Tuesday! Happy hours are supposed to be light, fun and full of laughter and that's exactly what this one was. Our girl gang is made up of women from all areas of blogging which makes it that much more amazing to have conversations about struggles, wins and so much more. With only being a few days away from Christmas most of our chatter was about family, holiday wishes and what we dream of for 2018. Our Holiday Cheer event was such a blast and we can't wait to keep them coming!
We were super excited to have the opportunity of hosting our event at the brand new Los Chingones location in Stapleton! If you didn't know by now we're huge fans of tacos, tequila and all the other goodies that go with them so obviously we had to host our first happy hour event at a Mexican restaurant. If you're not familiar with Los Chingones you are totally missing out! The Stapleton location is the third one in the Denver area and had the most amazing rooftop we already can't wait to hang on next summer.
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Los Chingones was super sweet to host My Haute Society for our first ever happy hour event and to top it off, they served us one of the most delicious and unique margs ever. Every girl tried it and could not set it down. With all the buzz around it we made sure to grab the recipe for our favorite ladies! It just may be the perfect drink for you to whip up this holiday weekend... Enjoy!
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|Thanks to our Granite Falls hosts for a great Regional Meeting!
|Heather Corcoran, IGR staffer, and Sue Hilgert,
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|Lively topics at the 2017 Regional Meetings include next generation
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Progress in research on beam purification of solid slab lasers
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Due to its small size, light weight, long life and high efficiency, solid-state laser has been widely used in industrial, medical, scientific research and other fields. Conventional round bar lasers have severe thermally induced birefringence effects and thermal lensing effects under high power pumping, making it difficult to achieve both high average power and high beam quality. In order to solve this problem, Martin et al. proposed the concept of slab laser in 1969, which significantly improved the heat dissipation performance, but the thermal effect of the gain medium still caused the wavefront distortion of the beam and reduced the beam quality. How to achieve high average power and high beam quality at the same time is always a major problem in the development of solid slab lasers.
Xu Bing, researcher of the Key Laboratory of Adaptive Optics, Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has long been engaged in the research of beam cleaning of solid slab lasers based on adaptive optics. Due to the special structure and working mode of solid slab laser, compared with conventional adaptive optics, the adaptive optical system of solid slab laser needs to solve the large-amplitude beam large-value low-order aberration pre-compensation, wavefront Specific problems such as slope local anomaly processing and high flexibility wavefront processing. The Xu Bing team broke through key technologies such as low-order aberration compensator, weighted optimization wavefront restoration method and general wavefront processor to achieve excellent beam quality of 1.64 times diffraction limit. Based on the above technology, more than 20 sets of adaptive optics systems have been developed, which have served the solid slat laser system developed by many domestic units, and have achieved good results, which guarantees the beam quality of the above laser system.
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Mr. Printer is now ready to finish! The Etobicoke, Ontario company has long been one of the area's busiest commercial printers. Leading into 2017, the family-run business needed to make an investment to upgrade its finishing equipment in order to better support changes in the various types of jobs coming in – as well as in the staff needed to operate the equipment. So, it recently acquired a full package of the latest equipment from print-finishing specialist Sydney Stone (Mississauga, Ontario). The major installation included a Mohr 80 NET Paper Cutter, Morgana Digifold PRO, Morgana AF System 2000 Bookletmaker with square fold unit, Horizon BQ 140 Perfect Binder and a Challenge EH3C Drill. The shop is now better prepared for the most demanding, next generation of print-finishing needs from growing list of clients.
"With the development our new e-commerce website, we knew our finishing capabilities needed to be looked at to ensure that we can meet the demands and expectations of our client base," said Nabeela Anjum, Office Manager at Mr. Printer. "Maximum efficiency with quality output was the foundation for our selection of the equipment. More specifically, we now have the ability to do short, medium and longer run booklet making. We're now offering quick turnaround perfect-binding jobs that we previously couldn't do. And with the addition of the Digifold PRO Creaser/Folder, we can offer a wide range of paper stocks for folding applications that are full-colour without any cracking. Working with Sydney Stone has been excellent, and their advice and breadth of product knowledge enabled us to pick the items that best suited our needs, while allowing us to invest for the future," she added.
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We remember James Macrae Aitken who passed away on Saturday, December 3rd, 1983
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James Macrae Aitken (27 October 1908 – 3 December 1983) was a Scottish chess player.[1][2] Aitken was born in Calderbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1938 he received a PhD from Edinburgh University on the topic of 'The Trial of George Buchanan Before the Lisbon Inquisition'.[3]
Aitken learned chess from his father at age 10.[4] He was Scottish champion in 1935, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 and 1965, the latter jointly with PM Jamieson.[1] He was also London Champion in 1950.[1] In 1959 he had his best result in the British Championship, finishing tied for seventh place.[4] Aitken represented Scotland in four Chess Olympiads. He played top board at Stockholm 1937, scoring only 32.4% but he did defeat Swedish GM Gideon Ståhlberg[4][5] and draw with American GM Samuel Reshevsky.[4] He played second board at Munich 1958 and Tel Aviv 1964, scoring 67.6% and 28.1% respectively. Aitken played sixth board at Skopje 1972, scoring 38.9%.[5]
Aitken was Southern Counties (SCCU) Champion for the 1948-49 season
Aitken represented Great Britain in matches against the USSR and Yugoslavia.[4] In the 1946 radio match between the United Kingdom and the USSR he lost his match with Igor Bondarevsky on board 8.[6] Aitken defeated GM Savielly Tartakower at Southsea 1949[4][7] and GM Efim Bogoljubow at Bad Pyrmont 1951.[4][8]
During World War II, Aitken worked in Hut 6 at Bletchley Park on solving German Enigma machines.[9] On 2 December 1944 Bletchley Park played a 12-board team match against the Oxford University Chess Club. Bletchley Park won the match 8–4 with C.H.O'D. Alexander, Harry Golombek, and Aitken on the top three boards.[10] Aitken wrote many book reviews for the British Chess Magazine.[11] Aside from chess his hobbies included golf, philately, bridge, and watching cricket.[4] He died in Cheltenham in 1983, aged 75.[2]
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In Kerry the County Council have free grit dumps that permit people to grit there own local roads and footpaths. Across the border in Cork, their Health and Safety Czar won't allow this to happen unless the farmers and locals undertake a half day health and safety course. Utter stupidity, like PC we have gone totally over the top on this issue and consultants are making a fortune on things that are common sense.


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BROKERS; COMMISSIONS; ARBITRATION — Where an arbitration agreement, such as is common with real estate brokerage boards, is extremely broad, and lacks clear language limiting the right to recover punitive damages in an arbitration, such damages could be included in the award for a broker's claim for interference with economic advantage if the facts provided a basis for such an award.
For eight years, a real estate salesman worked for a broker. They had a termination agreement providing that where a contract of sale was not executed by all parties until after the salesperson's termination, he was not entitled to receive any commission. The agreement did not establish any criteria for a commission for a transaction where a contract was obtained by the salesperson after his termination.
Shortly before he left the broker, the salesman secured an offer for the purchase a $1,500,000 property. The contract of sale was not executed before he left. Negotiations continued, and the property was sold for $1,520,000. This led to a dispute over the commission for this sale that closed after the salesman left the broker. The broker claimed that it was due one-half of the commission on the sale and sued the salesman. The broker also claimed that the salesman maliciously interfered with the brokers economic advantage, taking files and listing agreements with him. It also sought punitive damages.
All litigants were members of a trade association and were subject to a Code of Ethics that required disputes between members were to be submitted to arbitration. The salesman had filed a request and agreement to arbitrate with the board, and filed a motion to compel arbitration of the litigated claims. The lower court found that the arbitration provision was narrow and did not provide for the award of punitive damages. The court viewed the right to punitive damages as a statutory right to litigate in court, and that the right had to be clearly waived to fall within the scope of the agreement. Similarly, the court found the salesman's taking of files to be outside the agreement. As a result, the court held that all claims would be tried in court.
The salesman appealed, and the Appellate Division reversed, finding no impediment to the arbitration of all claims asserted by the broker in its complaint. It found the Code of Ethics required all parties to submit contractual disputes and specific non-contractual disputes arising from their relationship as real estate brokers and salespersons to arbitration. The Court interpreted this agreement to be extremely broad and certainly encompassing the chief claim by the broker to one-half of the commission on the sale. It found the other claims would require the broker to refer to, and rely upon, its contract with the salesman. It also held that in the absence of clear language limiting the right to recover punitive damages in the arbitration provision, such damages could be included in an arbitration award if the broker's claim of interference with economic advantage provided a basis for the award. Additionally, the Court held the broker failed to plead necessary conduct sufficient to recover punitive damages in either forum.
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Physicians approach adult patients as though they are seasoned veterans who easily can cope with the challenges of being ill in an alien environment, although this situation often isn't the case. "The truth is that without help, most people, regardless of their age, aren't naturally good at being patients," Attiah wrote.
His observations of the pediatric setting in include no white coats. Bright and cheerful. Longer visiting hours, and families can stay overnight at the bedside. And distractions. Lots of them. Group activities, concerts, and more. "If I ever get sick, I'd want to be taken here," Attiah wrote.
But there's more. Families are almost always involved in codes and even call codes themselves. Families are treated as though they are equal parts of the healthcare team. And this approach doesn't increase liability or interfere with medical care, Attiah wrote.
"This is not a call to place a large teddy bear in every hospital bed and a bounce house in every lobby," Attiah writes. "We do, however, need to recognize that the environment, the practice patterns, and the mission of a hospital make a direct difference in patient care that can be measured not only in smiles and thank-you notes, but tangible patient outcomes that even hospital administrators can get behind."
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Africa's plant species is a high-growth economic sector capable of creating skilled and unskilled jobs, stimulating technology development, protecting the environment and biodiversity, and generating valuable foreign exchange from exports.
According to representatives of more than 40 African meeting in Cape Town, South Africa recently, Africa's biodiversity is in high demand internationally for their health, nutrition and cosmetic benefits.
"The challenge, however, is for Africa to ensure the harvest, processing and trade in unique plant ingredients produces fair benefits for indigenous people and local communities who have lived for generations on the land and hold traditional knowledge," they said.
South Africa is one of the African countries which has made the most progress in enshrining benefit-sharing in its national legislative and regulatory framework. In 2013, it ratified the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits (ABS).
The 12th Pan-African Workshop on ABS included representatives of rural communities, traditional leaders, African governments, small SA businesses and global companies which use African plants in their recipes and products.
Workshop delegates got a first-hand view of sustainable biotrade in action when they toured two innovative businesses in the Western Cape.
Parceval (www.parceval.co.za<http://www.parceval.co.za>) grows more than 100 indigenous and exotic plant species near Wellington and processes them into cosmetic, nutrition and pharmaceutical ingredients and products for local and international customers.
Parceval has created 45 permanent jobs and established the Samara Foundation (www.samara.org.za<http://www.samara.org.za>) to support early childhood development in Eastern Cape communities.
Afriplex (www.afriplex.co.za<http://www.afriplex.co.za>) develops and manufactures botanical extracts, complementary medicines and food and beverage products from a large facility in Paarl. It has become a major local employer and a significant demonstration of biotrade's economic potential.
Delegates also met South African and German professors who are researching the medicinal and economic benefits of several African plant species.
The ABS workshop was hosted by SA's Department of Environment Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) (www.environment.gov.za<http://www.environment.gov.za>), a national competent authority for the It was arranged by the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Capacity Development Initiative (www.abs-initiative.info<http://www.abs-initiative.info>), a project implemented by the German overseas development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with other international partners.
"We are pleased to see all parties working together to develop a common understanding of how biotrade can develop in a fair and sustainable way, enabling business growth, job creation and the sharing of benefits for people in countries with rich natural resources and valuable biodiversity," said Andreas Drews, ABS Initiative project manager.
German government support for the ABS Initiative is now in its 13th year. "We are pleased to be strengthening our collaboration with the SA government through our work with DEFF, and supporting the development of robust ABS-compliant biotrade value chains across Africa," said Christian Grün, Head of Cooperation at the German Embassy in Pretoria.
The Swiss government supports the initiative through its State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). "Consumers internationally are seeking novel natural ingredients in their food, drinks, cosmetics and medicines," said Franziska Spörri, head of SECO's Economic Cooperation and Development in SA. "We are helping to ensure these ingredients are ethically-sourced and sustainably harvested, and that some of the benefits of the end products flow back down the value chain to communities."


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At $170-million, Taylor Swift is Forbes' highest paid musician—and celebrity for that matter—from June 2015-2016. Based in Nashville is Swift's record label (Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Label Group), management (Swift-owned 13 Management), music publisher (Sony/ATV) and PR (Tree Paine's Premium PR).
Additional Nashville-based entertainers on the annual list include Garth Brooks at No. 6 at $70 million, with touring totals soaring into the nine-figure territory.
Outside of the Top 10 are Kenny Chesney at No. 13 with $56 million, tied with Justin Bieber. Luke Bryan takes No. 19 with $53 million from touring, and endorsement deals. Toby Keith sits at No. 22 with $47.5 million from touring, a Ford endorsement deal and his chain of restaurants and brand of Mezcal.
The Forbes list measures pretax income before deducting management fees. Numbers are based on data from Pollstar, Nielsen and the RIAA, as well as interviews with managers, agents, lawyers—and some stars themselves. See the full list at forbes.com.
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Here comes the hard part. Leaving.
Today is our last day off here in Valle Nevado. I am going exploring outside today to take a bunch of pictures and breathe the fresh winter air before I, once again, have to leave it behind.
Yesterday and the day before I got to train Downhill. Real downhill. For the first time in a long while. What was I doing without it?!? Last season I only got to race one downhill race: Alyeska. Which had serious potential to be seriously sweet, but new snow and funky conditions prevented it from being so. So, the last couple of days I got lucky enough to have 12 1/2 runs of downhill on icy, chalky (and in some places, seriously bumpy) snow. Some sections were even quite challenging; I got to fly off of a jump once (only once due to "wind?") and I even missed a few gates (more than once). All in all I had a really awesome couple days of downhill (and Super G before that!). Once I realized how big my smile was at the bottom of the run (regardless of how it went), I knew that I had to go again and that I can't stop the rush that I feel when I get to go fast through gnarly terrain and sunny skies.
I'm afraid there will be no speed for the last couple of days, but I realized yesterday how much work I need in slalom. It is just a matter of skiing it more (yesterday was my first day training slalom), and I know I will have plenty of opportunities for that before the season begins. I'll update with pictures and such sometime when I'm home. For now, peace is where it's at


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text: Type I glycogen storage diseaseVon Gierke disease is a condition in which the body cannot break down glycogen. Glycogen is a form of sugar (glucose) that is stored in the liver and muscles. It is normally broken down into glucose to give you more energy when you need it.Von Gierke disease is also called Type I glycogen storage disease (GSD I).Von Gierke disease occurs when the body lacks the protein (enzyme) that releases glucose from glycogen. This causes abnormal amounts of glycogen to build up in certain tissues. When glycogen is not broken down properly, it leads to low blood sugar.Von Gierke disease is inherited, which means it is passed down through families. If both parents carry a nonworking copy of the gene related to this condition, each of their children has a 25% (1 in 4) chance of developing the disease. Symptoms These are symptoms of von Gierke disease:Constant hunger and need to eat oftenEasy bruising and nosebleedsFatigueIrritabilityPuffy cheeks, thin chest and limbs, and swollen belly Exams and Tests Your health care provider will perform a physical exam.The exam may show signs of:Delayed pubertyEnlarged liverGoutInflammatory bowel diseaseLiver tumorsSevere low blood sugarStunted growth or failure to grow Children with this condition are usually diagnosed before age 1.Tests that may be done include:Biopsy of liver or kidneyBlood sugar testGenetic testingLactic acid blood testTriglyceride levelUric acid blood testIf a person has this disease, test results will show low blood sugar and high levels of lactate (produced from lactic acid), blood fats (lipids), and uric acid. Treatment The goal of treatment is to avoid low blood sugar. Eat frequently during the day, especially foods that contain carbohydrates (starches). Older children and adults may take cornstarch by mouth to increase their carbohydrate intake.In some children, a feeding tube is placed through their nose into the stomach throughout the night to provide sugars or uncooked cornstarch. The tube can be taken out each morning. Alternatively, a gastrostomy tube (G-tube) can be placed to deliver food directly to the stomach overnight.A medicine to lower uric acid in the blood and decrease the risk for gout may be prescribed. Your provider may also prescribe medicines to treat kidney disease, high lipids, and to increase the cells that fight infection.People with von Gierke disease cannot properly break down fruit or milk sugar. It is best to avoid these products. Support Groups Association for Glycogen Storage Disease -- www.agsdus.org Outlook (Prognosis) With treatment, growth, puberty, and quality of life have improved for people with von Gierke disease. Those who are identified and carefully treated at a young age can live into adulthood.Early treatment also decreases the rate of severe problems such as:GoutKidney failureLife-threatening low blood sugarLiver tumors Possible Complications These complications can occur:Frequent infectionGoutKidney failureLiver tumorsOsteoporosis (thinning bones)Seizures, lethargy, confusion due to low blood sugarShort heightUnderdeveloped secondary sexual characteristics (breasts, pubic hair)Ulcers of the mouth or bowel When to Contact a Medical Professional Call your provider if you have a family history of glycogen storage disease or early infant death due to low blood sugar. Prevention There is no simple way to prevent glycogen storage disease.Couples who wish to have a baby may seek genetic counseling and testing to determine their risk for passing on von Gierke disease.ReferencesBonnardeaux A, Bichet DG. Inherited disorders of the renal tubule. In: Skorecki K, Chertow GM, Marsden PA, Taal MW, Yu ASL, eds. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 45.Kishnani PS, Chen Y-T. Defects in metabolism of carbohydrates. In: Kliegman RM, St. Geme JW, Blum NJ, Shah SS, Tasker RC, Wilson KM, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 21st ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020:chap 105.Santos BL, Souza CF, Schuler-Faccini L, et al. Glycogen storage disease type 1: clinical and laboratory profile. J Pediatra (Rio J). 2014;90(6):572-579. PMID: 25019649 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25019649.BACK TO TOP


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Kerrang Magazine January 1985
Kerrang Magazine
Issue 85: Jan 1985
Featuring great articles on: Ratt, Judas Priest, Jimmy Page, The Firm, REO Speedwagon, Iron Maiden, The Rejects, Scandal, Uli Roth, Madam X, Tormentor, The Kinks, Patty Smyth, & UFO.
This Issue of Kerrang! Magazine is in great condition and features tons of amazing articles with color photographs and much more! This issue features a centerfold photo of Iron Maiden and an awesome feature on Ratt.
These magazines are a real time capsule for classic rock memorabilia and we only have 1 copy, so grab it before its gone!


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Hosted by Alison each week to focus on 5 aspects of a book to encourage more readers!
It will work like this:
Each Saturday You will post the answer to these questions. The number indicates the number of answers you will provide.
1 Book you read and/or reviewed this week: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq by Chris Coppola, MD
2 Words that describe the book: wartime medicine
3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Iraq, the location; Chris, the author and USAF pediatric trauma surgeon; Trevor, another fellow trauma surgeon serving our country
4 Things you liked and/or disliked about it: 1. I am enjoying getting a glimpse of what goes on in terms of the medical issues in a war zone. 2. I am not enjoying hearing of all the traumas occurring, but it's a war after all. 3. The story of the female driver has really touched me...won't forget it for a long time! 4. I am gaining an even greater appreciation for our armed forces serving our country in Iraq or wherever they may be. THANK YOU!
5 Stars or less for your rating? So far, 5 stars. Will review on Tuesday!!
If you would like to become a part of this meme, please join in! Alison would love to have you! Create your post and then let her know the link and she'll add you to the linky list!
Thanks Alison for a super fun Saturday meme!
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The NetBeans Platform allows you to define file types. Each file type has its own behaviour associated with it. The File Type Integration Tutorial provides a lot of information about how the file types can be created and customised.
With NetBeans Platform 7.1, it is now possible to register a file type with the @TemplateRegistration annotation instead of using the layer file. To manually convert an existing file type (read the tutorial to find out how to create one) to use the new annotation, follow these steps:
- Remove the contents of the layer file.
- Add a package-info.java file to the module, containing the following:
@org.netbeans.api.templates.TemplateRegistration(folder="Other", content="ABCTemplate.abc", displayName="Empty ABC file") package org.myorg.abcfiletype;
Clean and build the module, and inspect the generated layer file to see the result. The generated layer file will be located at build/cluster/modules/AbcFileType.jar/META-INF/generated-layer.xml.


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2019 (69) Volvo V60V60 R-Design Pro T5 Automatic (Panoramic Sunroof, 360 Parking Camera, BLIS)
R-Design Pro T5 Automatic (Panoramic Sunroof, 360 Parking Camera, BLIS) Automatic 247 hp
R-Design Pro T5 Automatic (Panoramic Sunroof, 360 Parking Camera, BLIS) Automatic 247 hp
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But we do know where it came from. So we're using that to title the page logically. If you know a better, more precise name, tell us.
The Krontep were a humanoid warrior species from the planet of the same name.
Biology Edit
The Krontep were physically identical to humans, however Yrcanos appeared to have abnormally-styled eyebrows. Whether this was part of his biology or he augmented them to appear that way, as well as if other Krontep shared these eyebrows, is unknown. (TV: Mindwarp)
Culture Edit
The Krontep had a culture of honour based around war. Krontep were raised to believe in the glory of battle and were taught not to fear death, but rather welcome and strive to obtain a heroic one. The Krontep were ruled by a warrior king and his queen.
The Krontep believed in reincarnation based around the heroism of their deaths. They worshipped a pantheon of gods believed to be settled in Verduna, a place they would reach at the end of the cycle of reincarnation. (TV: Mindwarp)
There was little education in Krontep society, until Peri Brown became the warrior queen. (PROSE: Bad Therapy)
History Edit
In 2379, Warrior King Yrcanos and his assistant Dorf were captured by the Mentors and experimented upon. When Yrcanos returned to Krontep, he took the human Peri Brown back with him as his queen. (TV: Mindwarp)
Peri attempted to introduce education to the Krontep. (PROSE: Bad Therapy)


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[Premiere] Mio – Find It (Perttu remix)
Mio is the moniker of Mia Kemppainen from Finnish electronic pop/dance outfit LCMDF and she just recently released her debut track "Find It", fellow Finnish producer Perttu is based out of Berlin and he made a remix that we can premiere as a free download right here on Discobelle.
The positive sounding remix is filled with a pulsating beat and sweeping and bubbly synths that feed off Mia's vocals to make it into a surefire hit.
"Mio is a melancholy figure who can not seem to find her place in the world. Called by mystical melodies, she balances the line between dream and reality, determined to find her true origin."


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The Didarganj Yakshi (दीदारगंज यक्षिणी) or Didarganj Chauri Bearer (दीदारगंज चामरधारिणी यक्षिणी) is probably the star attraction at the Patna Museum. This famous sculpture is considered as one of the finest examples of Mauryan art. This life-sized (5'4″ tall) beautiful sculpture is carved out of a single piece of Chunar sandstone. A well polished surface… Read More
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Bishnupur literally means 'city of lord Vishnu'. Bishnupur is located 132 km from Kolkata and it is the headquarters of the Bishnupur subdivision of Bankura district (WB). The Rajas of Bishnupur were known as 'Malla' and their kingdom 'Mallabhom' (মল্লভূম). 'Malla' means 'strongman' or 'wrestler'. The patronage of Malla king Veer Hambir and his successors… Read More


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Validity period: 22/03/2019 - 31/03/2019
Duty Station: Tarime
Department: Credit Risk
Job Description
The Recovery Intern is responsible for making sure that all bad loans and written off loans are been followed and the necessary recovery action is been taken. The basic functions are as follows
- Monitor and analyze overdue Debtor accounts.
- Accept, monitor and report on arrangements made with ratepayers/debtors for outstanding debts.
- Determine the appropriate recovery action and refer matters to debt collection agency where necessary.
- Liaise with debt collection agency regarding debts until finalized.
- Reconcile outstanding debts and raise associated costs in regards to debt recovery action.
- Recommend changes and continual improvement to debt recovery procedures to ensure a fair and equitable approach.
- Prepare and issue correspondence in relation to debt recovery proceedings.
- Provide daily payment reports to debt collection agency.
- Provide advice to ratepayers to help negotiate a reduction in any amounts owing.
- Liaise with primary courts for a necessary legal proceeding to the debtor
- Telephone contact with ratepayers/debtors who are above 60days where appropriate.
- Investigation and allocation of unidentified and lost payments.
- Review delinquency report especially for loans above 60days if the delinquency escalation process is been done in a manner to allow debt collection actions to take place
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Incoming Kindergarten and Grade 1 pupils and their parents or guardians are invited to enjoy the latest array of fun and free activities by the Kinder and Elementary Department of UE Manila, led by the musical play Doon Po sa Amin, to be staged this Friday, February 24, 2017, 2 p.m., at the Quadrangle of the Manila Campus!
In line with the theme of "Intentional Character Development through Music and the Arts" and in observance of February as National Arts Month, the musical play aims to showcase the creative and artistic performing clubs of the Kindergarten and Elementary Laboratory Schools, promote the talent of our students in KELS, and inculcate values through music and arts. It is a production of the UE Elementary and Secondary Laboratory Schools (ESLS) under the UE College of Education, in cooperation with the UE Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA).
Doon Po sa Amin will feature songs by Dr. Bethel Diokno Schnitzlein, with the overall show script written by Prof. Flormay O. Manalo. Dr. Schnitzlein's songs ("Ating Mga Alaga," "Hintayin si Nanay," "Mga Prutas Natin," "Kay Ganda Nitong Kamatis," "Bahay-bahayan," "Kabataan, O Kabataan," "Ulan," "Pusong Pinoy," "Panata: Ako ang Kabataan" and "Kaming mga Bata") mirror the simple and happy life of the Filipino family, while Prof. Manalo's script will essay a story based on fundamental Philippine customs, traditions and culture. The song, dance and acting performance will be rendered by UE Manila Elementary students who are members of the ESLS's multiple intelligence (MI) clubs, including UE ESLS Munting Teatro.
Dr. Bethel Diokno Schnitzlein is a Philippine-born international lecturer, author, composer and professional counselor based in Austria. She has lectured on music and values education in 25 countries. Ms. Sarah Elisabeth D. Schnitzlein, daughter of Dr. Schnitzlein, will be present to introduce to introduce the composer further to the attendees. The performers will be a mix of Kindergarten and Grade 1 pupils of UE Manila.
The program will be hosted by Teachers Louise Mae C. Bangsal and Mary Rose T. Dela Peña. UE ESLS Principal Nieva J. Discipulo and Assistant Principal Gerardo V. Venturina and OCA Director Generoso A. Caringal will deliver remarks and messages.
Doon Po sa Amin will be followed right after, starting 4 p.m., by a campus tour and a showcase of M.I. clubs via M.I. stations, inclusive of a photo booth, an art booth, film showing and a library exhibit. These will be in three UE Manila Kindergarten classrooms: HS 100, 102 and 104.
Come April, there will be a three-day trial class for incoming Kindergarten and Grade 1 pupils, on April 5 to 7 (Wednesday to Friday), 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., at rooms HS 103 and 104.
All of these activities are free of charge and are open to incoming Kindergarten and Grade 1 pupils and their parents or guardians. See you there, future Warrior kids, parents and guardians!


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More than a Pint: Oakman Property Quickly Raises £2.5M for Berkshire Pub on Downing Crowd
Hot off the press! UK crowdfunding platform Downing Crowd quickly raised £2.5 million for the redevelopment of a historic pub in Berkshire owned by Oakman Property Ltd. Specific details are not yet available, apart from yesterday's release. Downing Crowd is part of Downing LLP, an FCA authorized and… Read More
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The Middle East reported negative hotel performance in November, as occupancy dipped 1.8% to 69.6%, ADR decreased 4.6% to $171.10 and RevPAR dropped 6.3% to $119.01. Africa, meanwhile, reported its hotel industry saw occupancy increase 8.7% to 64.3%, ADR increase just 0.9% to $106.73 and RevPAR jump 9.7% to $68.66.
Hotels in the Middle East reported negative performance results during November 2017, while hotels in Africa posted growth across the three key performance indicators, according to data from STR.
U.S. dollar constant currency, November 2017 vs. November 2016
Middle East
- Occupancy: -1.8% to 69.6%
- Average daily rate (ADR): -4.6% to US$171.10
- Revenue per available room (RevPAR): -6.3% to US$119.01
STR analysts note that consistent declines in RevPAR over the past two years correlates with the drop in oil prices. Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have experienced the steepest performance decreases in 2017, and all have been significantly affected by reduced corporate business.
- Occupancy: +8.7% to 64.3%
- Average daily rate (ADR): +0.9% to US$106.73
- Revenue per available room (RevPAR): +9.7% to US$68.66
Northern Africa drove demand and occupancy growth for the region, with increases of 26.0% and 25.2%, respectively. Egypt helped that performance with continued high occupancy growth (+39.3%). ADR decreased in Northern Africa (-4.0%), which was in part due to decreases in Morocco (-8.5%) and Tunisia (-2.0%).
ADR in the Southern Africa region grew 4.7%, pushing RevPAR up 4.9%. While occupancy only grew 0.1%, the 68.6% absolute occupancy is the region's highest occupancy for a November since 2008.
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The Florentine; Drama, USA, 1998; D: Nick Stagliano, S: Michael Madsen, Tom Sizemore, Chris Penn, James Belushi, Jeremy Davies, Virginia Madsen, Luke Perry, Hal Holbrook, Mary Stuart Masterson, Burt Young
A small factory town in Pennsylvania is home to many sad people. The blond Whitey inherited the bar Florentine full of debts from his father and fights to save it: luckily, the friend of his father gives him 11.000 $ he won from betting. His sister Molly marries Jack. Ex boxer Bobbie produces counterfeit money to pay his debts off, but it doesn't work and his girlfriend, Nikki, leaves him. Small Trubby searches for love in all the wrong places and thus proposes waitress Claire who rejects him. Frankie plays pool and doesn't have any money, but then criminal Billy shows up and offers him a profitable business idea if he brings him 2.000 $. Frankie takes the money from Whitey for the wedding, but luckily Bobby gives him the money back and the wedding does take place.Not all independent films are a treat. "The Florentine" is a neat, proper and decent episodic drama but entirely uninteresting and sadly without many highlights, thus aligning only as a unbounded artistic film, in which it's interesting to note that director Nick Stagliano gathered almost every "second class" actor available in order to draw parallels with the hapless and unsuccessful protagonists they play. Still, even though they are not big movie stars, many of the actors are really good and have talent: almost every scene James Belushi is in, playing the amusing double-crossing duper Billy who says such lines like these: "I played pool so good people thought I was Christ!", is interesting because it captures the attention of the viewer, but many actors are sadly underused, there are too many characters present, the amateurish tone is sometimes noticeable while the depressive atmosphere seems rather bleak. Only some gloomy elements are good, like some occasional unpredictability or stroke of genius that sparkle in the otherwise monotone story.


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Erin has been married for 19 years to Josh and they have four children (1 daughter and 3 sons). We moved from our Illinois hometown two years ago to Williams Bay, and truly love this community already.
We knew immediately that Lakeland would be our place of worship. We didn't want to miss a message. We are able to be our real selves, receive love and support through struggles, and get challenged to grow in our walk with God. It's been so exciting that we want all our friends to visit if they don't have a church to belong.
I'm in a season of being remade I'd say. Moving away from everything familiar has allowed God to show me He will always provide and that has changed me in a huge way.
I can't see how I'd ever want to live outside of His protection and promises over my life. It's too exciting an adventure to miss out on because of fear or selfishness.
I've lost some of my most treasured people, one being my grandmother that loved God more than anything and gave it all to serve Him. My current most influential ones are a small handful of family, friends, and new friends that push me to keep loving and living present and intentional when life gets difficult.
"To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8b
Pray that I will keep looking forward, not back, and love more deeply.
I've been to Argentina and Miami to work with at-risk kids. I'm excited for Costa Rica to be with my daughter on her first mission's trip, to share with her how we see God working there, to give rest to the staff, and be challenged to love people better. I love missions and our son is also adopted from Ethiopia. I can't wait for us to experience caring for the kids and staff like people did for our son while he was in a care center.


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I got this in México, at the beauty section of a Sanborns. There were many beautiful colors, but I got a purple one and this dark crackle to go with it. I know that you can get Sally Hansen products in the USA and México, and recently I learned that there is a dm or rossmann in Frankfurt Germany, at the Kaiserstrasse. They have a counter with Sally Hansen products and I also found a couple of online shops that stock them. As with most Sally Hansen nail polishes, I really liked this one. It is good quality, it lasts on your nails and it does look like on the cover of the bottle. I even used it on a non-sally hansen nail polished and it also worked out. So maybe test before you do all your nails to check if it works, but now at least you know its possible! Would I buy it again: Yes!


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6 Unexpected Perks Of Having Super Long Hair
When I was little, my mother refused to cut my hair. She became irrationally sentimental over the ends of my hair — she couldn't get past the fact that it was the hair on my head when I was born. And so I didn't have a proper hair cut until I was about seven years old and nearly tripping over my hair. While all my friends had cute, short bobs and lobs and bangs and trims, I was Rapunzel without the all the animated Disney-infused glory.
So naturally, the second my mother's nostalgia waned, I chopped my hair off. The thing is however, I have really curly hair. So when it's short, I look a whole lot like the sphinx. It's enormous and square. But because I had been deprived of haircuts for so long, I refused to stop cutting my hair. I was trying to get back at my mother, but all I was doing was ruining my school pictures.
Throughout my teen years, I experimented with different hair styles. I never got tired of getting my hair cut — it became a coveted treat and I looked forward to the sound of a sharp snip. But as I came into my twenties, paying for haircuts became absurd to me. Things like groceries, heat, and hot water took priority, and my hair began to grow. The longer it got, the tamer it got. The weight smoothed down the frizz, and much to my mother's delight, my Rapunzel swag was back. And I didn't hate it. In fact, I started to love having longer hair. There are so many unexpected perks to sporting a long look. Here are just a few:
It's A Shirt
The Little Mermaid fantasy is real. A lot of girls dream about growing their hair long enough to cover their breasts for fun. Spoiler alert — it is fun. I feel very mermaid-like walking around my apartment with just my hair on.
It's A Scarf
In the cold winter months, I tuck my hair into my sweaters and it keeps my neck warmer than any scarf. Because it's so long, it keeps my shoulders and chest warm, too!
It's A Shield
When you're out and about and need to not be seen, be it potential run-in with an ex or psychiatrist or high school teacher, you can pull your hair forward and literally conceal 98 percent of your face. A la Cousin Itt.
It's A Style
When your hair is super long, you don't have to do much to it. Mostly it just hangs — either it's up, or it's down, but either way it's just hanging. It seems like it would be a high maintenance style, but it's actually the easiest style I've ever had, and it always looks like I tried.
It's A Shade
Yano when you're stuck in traffic or in a seat at a restaurant where you're getting totally burned by the sun and can't really do anything about it? Well, if you have super long hair you can just drape it over yourself and keep cool.
It's A Shelter
Sometimes the weather can get in the way of your phone calls. The wind can screw up the audio and the rain can ruin your screen. Not when you have super long hair. If you need to make a phone call in bad weather, you can simply lean forward and create a shield all around you, blocking noise and water.
Rapunzel had the right idea, everyone. Long hair is pretty much as efficient as it gets.
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and then shows some examples of casting between classes and structs, my question is if that is extensible to castings to primary types.An object with pointer type sall not be converted to an unrelated pointer type, either directly or indirectly
What I would like to do is something like:
where the memcpy simulates other system-dependent code that implements message sending, would the two castings be compliant?
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typedef struct SC_MsgFrameToRbc
uint32_t idIxl;
uint32_t size;
uint8_t frame[MAX_SIZE_FRAME];
} SC_MsgFrameToRbc;
SC_MsgFrameToRbc *msgReceived = NULL;
SC_MsgFrameToRbc msgSended = NULL;
char *buffer = NULL;
msgSended.idIxl = 1;
msgSended.size = 2
// Simulates sending message
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// Message reception
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Convert a document in a separate process - 'Hello (Outproc)' Code Sample (Linux)
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This sample is a version of basic Hello sample for case when the Engine is loaded as an out-of process server into a separate process. The main scenario, the objects and called methods remain the same as in the standard Hello sample. For loading the Engine as an out-of-process server OutprocEngineLoader.h file is included instead of FREngineLoader.h file.
The procedure of recognizing and exporting an image file uses the basic objects and methods of ABBYY FineReader Engine.
Do the following:
- Create the Engine object using the
- [optional] Load a predefined profile for your scenario using the
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- Specify sequential mode of document processing. Set
MultiProcessingModeproperty of
MultiProcessingParamsobject to
- [optional, PDF only] Check for a text layer in the image file using the
IsPdfWithTextualContentmethod of the
Engineobject. If the text layer exists, you can copy the file without recognition, speeding up the processing. However, note that the text layer can be irrelevant.
- Call the
CreateFRDocumentor the
CreateFRDocumentFromImagemethod of the Engine object to create the
- Use the
AddImageFilemethod of the
FRDocumentobject to add the image file to the document.
- Call the
Processmethod of the
- Call the
Exportmethod of the
FRDocumentobject to save the document to a file of the specified format.
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- Unload FineReader Engine — use the
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Delta Omicron is looking for those interested to join Tau Beta Sigma and become a part of a Nationwide organization that promotes service to the band. Anyone that meets the following requirements and is interested in joining should speak with the Vice President of Membership, Megan Corl, or any other sister or brother.
- Be a member of a instrumental ensemble: Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Brass Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Woodwind Ensemble, or Percussion Ensemble
- Have a love of music
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We launched our employment law app back in 2010 for the iPhone. The genesis of the app was our popular Employment Law Factcard, which we first published fourteen years ago, back in 2003. Our factcard was designed for employers to have useful information at their fingertips including disciplinary and redundancy checklists, Employment Tribunal award limits, family friendly leave entitlements and national minimum wage rates.
I have always had an interest in technology and when smartphones and apps came on the scene it was a natural progression for us to create an app based on the information that we included in our Factcard. In fact, we were able to go even further than that given the virtually endless possibilities that an app allows for. This meant that as well as all of the information contained in the Factcard we were able to develop the app so that it also included calculators for unfair dismissal awards, maternity pay and statutory redundancy pay. In addition, it provides links to videos and podcasts with tutorials and updates on specific topical items. And if that wasn't enough, the app also includes our monthly e-news providing all the very latest employment law developments.
Initially, the app was developed for the iPhone and iPad in conjunction with David Laud of R2b Media Limited. We were able to work with David to create a bespoke app which matched our exact requirements. I regularly use the app as a point of reference and I know that many of our clients and contacts do likewise.
To ensure we reached as many clients and contacts as possible I had, for some time, been very keen to launch an android version of the app. With smartphone penetration in the UK rising from 52% to 81% in the past four years we decided it was time to act. I'm delighted that we've now launched the android version enabling all smartphone and tablet users to access what I believe is a great communication and reference tool.
The app, which has been developed in collaboration with R2b Media Ltd is free to download for iPhone and Android. For further details of our app please visit this page.


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You could hear a pin drop this entire Learning 2007 conference if you were trying to have conversations about LCMSs. In other words, no one was talking about it other than me. Lance Dublin, whom I admire a lot, led a session on implementation and lumped the LCMS and LMS in the same bucket, but everyone was talking LMSs. LCMSs? Nada, zilch, zip, nein!
So, by a nifty mistake, I ended up in a Learning Consortium meeting instead of the 10 Years of SCORM meeting I had planned to show up to. I sat with Judy Brown and Rovy Brannon from the ADL Academic Co-Lab at University of Wisconsin, and at 8:30 in the morning on the last day of the conference, it became a very intimate open discussion with Elliott Masie, instead of the guided activity to collect themes for the next year of the Consortium.
I addressed the elephant in the room and asked Elliott why no one was talking LCMSs this year when last year we were beaten over the head with it. His reply was honest and maybe a bit surprising.
Elliott told me that an LCMS purchase right now has about a 30-month lifespan, because the real shifts in the tools learning organizations will use will be in powerful Talent Management systems and powerful Content Systems (not solely learning content or authoring tools), because there is a shift more and more towards immediate knowledge, which means that the traditional e-learning as we do it will be supplemented more and more with our broad spectrum of documents (excel, word, powerpoint stuff within what we currently call a document management system). Elliott suggested this is because the search and retrieval features of document management will significantly improve.
Now, Elliott did tell me that it's not a bad idea to turn on an LCMS because of the workflow benefits we can gain and the way in which it, as a tool, will support standard quality of content… but his caveat was that we should know going in that in three years or so it will probably be outmoded because of the leaps in both technology and the necessary shifts in talent management that will make the top-down management of content too time-taking and too laborious to do. In other words, "rapid" will get "rapid-er."
So as "learning content" changes in its form, its authors are going to be spread throughout the organization. I think an LCMS is useful for the reasons Masie described, but in the planning for my organization, I need to organize the change management issues related to shifting our Instructional Designers into learning content producers and then, eventually, learning content specialists consulting with the rest of the organization which will do the authoring. That's a very distinct set of change issues that is related but not necessarily coupled with change management dealing with the LCMS.
When I think about this distinction, I think the LCMS isn't such a big deal for my organization to handle… and the change around the roles, communication chains and workflow in our future are going to be much more difficult if we're not very clear about the change we want to create and understand the impacts on all of us and the clients inside the company we serve…


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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Little Delay..
This 'cloud' has caused a major delay for us this week!
I'm sure there is no need to write about the volcanic ash cloud as it has been sprawled across all international news networks around the world, but the day before we were due to depart, British Airspace was closed and for 6 days we have been waiting to see what is going to happen.
Like many others, we now have our travel plans re organised and thankfully we will be heading to the island to start a little later than expected and due to arrive on Monday 26th April!
Can't wait to finally get started again, so looking forward to getting stuck into the kitchen and island life, watch this space...
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The Snowboard Mom is a blog about all things related to snowboarding, kids on skis, and being a mom of boys. I've been snowboarding for over 25 years, and now that I have kids, it only made sense that they be part of that world as well. I've always loved to write and create content, hey, it's what I do for a living, but this space is all mine and I can create fun and hopefully inspiring content for moms looking to enjoy the slopes and taking your kids along with you.
My life, it's far from perfect. It's messy, chaotic, and includes way too much Kraft Dinner… but I wouldn't have it any other way…. well that's not true. I would love to have some full time hired help and a cook. Otherwise, I wouldn't change a thing. That's it. I think.
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Back to the World
by James Shaffer
Table of Contents
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
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I was nineteen when I finally got my GED. I was the proud owner of a bona fide high-school diploma. God knows I'd read and studied enough with Mama. It helped that I had aptitude. That's what Mama called it. I called it hard work.
The day I got my diploma my mama was out on a job, but she'd made fried chicken, my favorite, and left some in the fridge. On top of the covered plate was a note, "Congratulations, boy. You did your mama proud. Remember. Hope. Love, Mama."
Electricity had come out as far as our place back when I was just ten. It changed our lives. Mama's job and her savings bought us a new fridge and a TV. The TV was a luxury. We'd lived so long on just getting by. What my daddy contributed helped, but it wasn't enough until my mama started working her own job steadily.
Now that we could afford it, she'd explained, "Gotta have some pleasure with the pain. Helps you forget a little. Gotta have the roses with the thorns." She'd raise her eyebrows and laugh at her own gems of wisdom.
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A Tracking and Operational Control System
A manufacturer of high-performance abrasives uses a complex process involving 320 silos or portable storage tanks that store 180 grains with different properties and different lot IDs as well as liquids, additives, and bonding agents that make up the materials provided to seven production lines in order to manufacture 800 products. A control system that included FactoryTalkBatch was implemented at the facility to:
- Clearly specify the procedures and formulas in each recipe,
- Enforce execution of the recipe, and
- Verify, with data, the completed process.
The previous system not only failed to obtain these objectives, but several issues arose. Code troubleshooting was difficult, as was identification of the source of a problem. Tracking of inventory and of the lot IDs of grain was not possible resulting in a lack of traceability. The lack of batch tracking meant that there was no feedback to the operators. ECS reviewed the situation and concluded that the control system needed to be re-engineered, this time with the correct implementation of FactoryTalkBatch, Materials Manager, FactoryTalkView SE, Control Logix, FactoryTalkHistorian and S88Builder.
FactoryTalkBatch was implemented together with the ISA S88 standard and, for data flow, the ISA S95 standard. This implementation required identification of batching units as well as specification of the procedures needed to execute the recipe. It was also necessary to identify containers, specify the liquids and additives involved in the recipe and to identify all the phases needed. It was also important to include the "Material Based Recipe" option, which refers to the materials inventory database to establish the required materials. In the absence of this option the normal response would be to supply materials that had been specified in a previous recipe not necessarily in the designated recipe.
Within the project, ECS Engineers built an ERP interface at which orders were received, allowing production orders to be defined and scheduled for execution. Data was collected to include operator events, time series data and event data, resulting in the compilation of a detailed report. The ISA S88 procedures showed a coordination of all activities, i.e. grain collection, addition of liquids and additives, bond materials and grain-handling and both Mixer 1 and Mixer 2. FactoryTalkBatch prompts the operators regarding required manual activities.
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Noted historian Rod Blagojevich has some new perspective on the attacks on Pearl Harbor and its modern day parallels. From the AP:
"Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States," Gov. Rod Blagojevich told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday. "It was a complete surprise, completely unexpected. And just like the United States prevailed in that, we'll prevail in this."
Congressman Connolly: Voter Suppression A-OK
Now, I understand that this was a joke, and I will admit that I have been privy to a few "pray for rain" jokes shortly before an election. However, to clearly make a joke about telling Republicans the wrong date of an election in a speech about voter turnout, particularly in this age of over-litigated elections, is not only in bad taste, but downright moronic. I would argue doubly so for a newly elected congressman in what is still arguably a purple district.
Hopefully Pat Herrity will prove that so on February 3rd.
Two days in…..
And Vice-President Biden has already managed to produce one of his patented faux pas. From Fox News:
Biden was to swear in senior executive staff at a White House ceremony after having already given the oath to newly confirmed Cabinet secretaries. When Obama reminded him that he had only done the one group and hadn't done the second yet, Biden quipped, "My memory is not as good as Chief Justice Roberts."
It was a relatively good natured jab, and I will grant that Biden is (for the most part) one of the more joival figures in Washington. However, his good nature can also lead to him being a bit loose lipped at times. I think the remark was uncalled for, particularly since the Chief Justice was good enough to come over to the White House to re-administer the oath to avoid any legal confusion. I stated from the very beginning that the Obama camp was taking a calculated risk by bringing Biden is as their consummate insider to balance out Obama's inexperience, given his long history of gaffes. Time will tell if his actions lead to embarrassment such as was Spiro Agnew in the Nixon administration.
McAuliffe Makes a Fan Faux Pas
Bob Gibson at the Daily Progress reports an amusing faux pas by Terry McAuliffe at a recent UVA-UNC basketball game:
As McAuliffe took his front-row seat courtside next to John and Renee Grisham, more than a few Wahoo fans noticed that McAuliffe's sweater was a significantly lighter blue than Virginia's dark blue hue.
The front-running candidate of three Democrats in the money race approaching the June 9 Democratic Party primary for governor, McAuliffe had not committed the cardinal mistake of wearing a baby blue sweater to the basketball game dominated by the Tar Heels, but his sweater was a noticeably moderate blue.
Not to worry about such things, McAuliffe kept up a lively conversation with John and Renee while the man who had been sitting next to him disappeared and reappeared a few minutes later with a Virginia hat.
At halftime, McAuliffe doffed a dark blue Virginia jacket with orange lettering, completing his transition from a moderate blue fan to one wearing Virginia colors.
Apparently, McAuliffe didn't quite finish his research on the state's colleges before he decided on Virginia as the best place for him to buy the Governorship. Of course, Terry has the money to fix any mistake on the campaign trail, as well as to be, well, just about everywhere.
Terry McAuliffe: He's Everywhere You Don't Want Him To Be.