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We have just had a lovely two night stay in Blackpool. We stayed at the Hilton Hotel which was really lovely - good food etc. etc.
We were soo lucky as the weather was more than kind to us - Sunday when we arrived wasreally sunny and we went to the top of Blackpool Tower and the view was magnificant.
Then we went on the Pier - I adore Pier's I think they are just so English!
This picture was at Lytham which was a lovely little town with some super shops and we had the most gorgeous fish and chips!!
We had a tour of the lights on a tram on Monday night which was fabulous and we were in the Tram which was decorated as a Train it was lovely.
A view along the prom towards the Tower - I have to say I enjoyed Blackpool it is like a different world but was great fun and we enjoyed our trip soo much.
We went to Fleetwood and it was a strange town but oh the Wool shops they were everywhere and the market was superb - I got some lovely ribbons and really wish I had bought more.


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Mitral Valve Repair Surgery Review: Results, Recovery and Complications
The mitral valve is essentially the gateway between the left atrium and left ventricle chambers of the heart. It is a two part flap that opens and closes allowing blood to flow to the left ventricle. In some cases, problems with the mitral valve including conditions like mitral valve stenosis, mitral regurgitation, infective endocartis and mitral valve prolapse can lead to the need to various types of treatment techniques for this part of the heart. Many times, surgery for mitral valve repair is indicated.
Mitral regurgitation is a condition that is also known as mitral incompetence and mitral insufficiency. These names are appropriate because the condition refers to the valvee not opening and closing properly. Mitral regurgitation is most often caused by mitral valve prolapse, a condition where the valve itself becomes thickened or displaced. Complications from the valve disorder can lead to the signs of congestive heart failure, including problems with both the respiratory and cardiac systems.
Surgical mitral valve repair may be indicated in these instances because of heart valve leakage. When stenosis (narrowing) or regurgitation is present, it is possible that blood may actually flow backwards and thus leak from the destination left ventricle in the wrong direction, through the leaking heart valve, and into the left atrium. This can lead to alarming symptoms like finding blood in phlegm and difficulty breathing.
Treatment for irregularities in the mitral valve greatly depends on the symptoms that present. Many times, medicines are more than adequate to control the symptoms of problems of the mitral valve. For instance, many times mitral stenosis symptoms are not severe enough to warrant treatment or surgery. However, when heart dysfunction is evident or symptoms persist such as coughing up blood or, pulmonary edema, dyspnea and heart palpitations, mitral valve repair or replacement may be suggested.
The most common and least invasive type of surgery for the mitral valve is a procedure known as a balloon valvotomy. It is commonly used to treat mitral valve stenosis. During the procedure, a very thin tube is placed through an artery from an insertion point in the arm or the groin and fed from there up into the heart. Once the thin tube has made its way to the mitral valve, a balloon that is on the end of the tube is rapidly inflated which can stretch the opening of the valve and thus make the opening bigger so that more blood can move through the heart. Because this type of mitral valve repair is not open heart surgery, recovery time is greatly reduced and there are less serious risks. The surgery is usually indicated for people with mild symptoms or those who are asymptomatic.
Although a less serious type of procedure, there are some complications to consider. First of all, this type of procedure is not appropriate for cases of mitral valve regurgitation. Additionally, there is no guarantee that the results are permanent, and it is not uncommon for valves to again narrow after a period of one to two decades. Further, those with blood clots or calcifications are likely not good candidates for this procedure. The vast majority of the time, this type of mitral valve repair is very successful and complications are minimal. However, it is not unheard of for mitral valve regurgitation or other complications to arise following a balloon valvotomy.
Sometimes, when the valvotomy is not a suitable option, the mitral valve may need to be repaired via open heart surgery. This is a very serious procedure, and the heart must be stopped in order for the surgery to take place. People undergoing heart surgeries of this type are placed on a device called as a heart lung machine in order to stay alive during the procedure. Once doctors are inside, the necessary repairs are made to the valve. This type of surgery has the longest recovery time, with weeks to months not being unheard of. Further, the increased risk of complications from infections and bleeding are greatly increased in open heart surgery. There are less invasive methods of this type of procedure; however they are not practical in all cases.
Sometimes, mitral valve repair is not possible, and the valve needs replaced. In a mitral valve replacement, a durable replacement for a severely damaged valve may be used and inserted during surgery. Sometime, mechanical valves are used in these procedures and they are associated with a much greater risk of developing blood clots, thus the use of anticoagulant medication often follows.
The type of mitral valve repair indicated for each person will depend on his or her health, the severity of their condition and the risks associated with each type of procedure. Sometimes procedures are even combined for the best outcome. Regardless, an individually tailored approach that takes into account family history, symptoms and risk is a discussion that will need to be had between a doctor and a patient.


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The EMS-10 Zudah was a prototype Mobile Suit developed by the Principality of Zeon before the One Year War. It appears in the OVA series Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO.
Technology & Combat Characteristics
During the Principality of Zeon's race to develop a superior fighting machine, four prototype mobile suits were developed from different engineering companies: one of these was Zimmad's EMS-04 Zudah. It had a good power plant with unprecedented thrust and acceleration. It also adopted a prototype engine known as the Jupiter engine which was based on Zimmad's prototype Mercury engine. However, the suit did have limits: if the engines were overexerted, the suit would overload and break apart. Zeonic Company used this information to outdo the Zudah with their well-known YMS-05 Zaku and successfully marketed the Zaku series.
This, however, was not the end of the story. The Zudah was resurrected under the model number EMS-10, with some minor improvements and cosmetic differences. Its left shoulder was refitted with a movable shield that could be swung to the back, and it was equipped with spikes for melee combat. The EMS-10 is also fitted with the improved "Saturn" engine, which would later be used on the MS-09R Rick Dom. A number of new weapons were also added, including all of the existing Zaku weapons, as well as a new 135mm anti-ship rifle. However, despite these improvements, the suit was still prone to breaking apart from overexertion.
- M-120A1 120mm Zaku Machine Gun
- This is the same machine gun model used by the MS-06 Zaku series. It is a shell firing gun that does not require energy to be used, however its effectiveness against heavy armor is very limited. It holds 100 rounds per drum with spare drums that can be stored on Zudah's waist armor racks, while the gun can be stored on Zudah's calf-mounted hard points when not in use.
- H&L-SB25K/280mmA-P Zaku Bazooka
- The 280mm Zaku Bazooka was another standard weapon that could be equipped to a Zaku-type mobile suit. The bazooka fired explosive rounds that were quite effective against the armor of Earth Federation mobile suits and battleships.
- 135mm Anti-Ship Rifle
- Developed in the early phase of One Year War, the long-barreled 135mm anti-ship rifle is used by various models of Zeon mobile suits for long-range sniping attack against Federation's warships. It fires highly accurate solid rounds which can heavily damage E.F.F.'s Salamis-class cruiser. In firing position, the anti-ship rifle must be held by both MS manipulators to reduce its massive recoils.
- Heat Hawk Type3
- The Heat Hawk Type3 is an axe-like weapon used by the original MS-06 Zaku II, whose name is short for "tomahawk". Thermal energy is relayed through the mobile suit's hand to heat the heat hawk's blade, allowing it to slice through the armor of enemy warships or mobile suits. The Heat Hawk can be stored on Zudah's calf-mounted hard points when not in use.
- Shield
- A movable shield is attached to Zudah's left shoulder, unlike the Zaku II's shield that was on the right; it is capable of limited independent movement, and it is capable of containing 2 Sturm Fausts, and a Flare Launcher, plus a pair of foldable spikes for close-quarter combats.
- The Sturm Faust is a large unguided, rocket-propelled, shaped charge warhead. This weapon was designed before the beginning of the One Year War and can be fired in space and under gravity. Mounted inside the Zudah's shield, the Sturm Faust was used mainly for anti-ship attacks but also made good anti-mobile suit weapons. The shield is able to carry 2 Sturm Fausts.
- Spikes
- Fixed to the front of the shield, these two long spikes swing forward for use in high-speed charging attacks.
- Flare Launcher
- Zudah's shield can be equipped with a Flare Launcher near the inside tip of the shield. Solid rounds of pyrotechnic rockets can be fired from the Flare Launcher for signalling friendly forces nearby.
- A mobile suit-use sniping turret, it is equipped with a powerful, long-range beam cannon. Appears on a customized Gunpla used by Jack in Gundam Build Divers.
Special Equipment & Features
- Extendable Forearms
- A notable improvement over the original EMS-04 Prototype Zudah, the EMS-10 version features reconstructed arm parts with extendable forearms which are hinged at on respective shoulders. Its purpose is to retrieve weapons being mounted on calf's hard points, such as 120mm machine gun and heat hawk, for swift attacks against Federation targets in shortest time possible.
- Hard Points
- Each of Zudah's outer calf features a hard point for mounting spare, hand-held MS-use weapons such as 120mm machine gun, heat hawk, etc. to facilitate versatile attack options. The stored weapons can be retrieved swiftly via Zudah's extendable forearms.
During the latter months of the One Year War, four of these improved Zudahs were issued to the 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit. They were the subject of an extensive Zeon propaganda campaign claiming that these were new "secret weapons" that would demolish the Federation's mobile suits and lead Zeon to victory rather than hastily refitted 3-year-old prototypes. They were used in at least three combat actions: the first one, against a Federation Salamis-class cruiser and several RB-79 Ball units, resulting in the retreat of the Federation forces from intimidation with losses to neither side.
However, during a subsequent maneuverability tests conducted with a Musai-class cruiser, a Zudah and its test pilot, 1st Lieutenant Otchinan Shell, were lost due to the supposedly corrected engine overload error.
Soon afterwards, the Earth Federation learned the true nature of the Zudah as a propaganda tool. As a result, the intimidation factor the Zudah once possessed was lost.
On the second operation, the three remaining Zudahs would be piloted by three skilled Zeon pilots, Jean-Luc Duvall, Hideto Washiya, and Monique Cadillac, to help defend the Odessa forces that managed to escape to outer space (most MS that were stationed in Odessa were ground based and lacked the equipment to maneuver or fight in space). While they managed to destroy all of the attacking Federation units and proved their worth by outmaneuvering and destroying the pursuing GMs during an extended fight, Duvall's Zudah was also destroyed by overload. In a sort of cosmic joke, the GMs suffered the same fate as the overloaded Zudah, torn apart by the forces exerted on them due to their speed. The remaining two Zudahs were kept on board of the Jotunheim for defense and saw action during the 603rd's guerrilla attacks on Federation ships being launched from Jaburo as well as in the battle of A Baoa Qu. Both Zudahs survived that battle, although Cpt. Cadillac's Zudah was severely damaged while defending the MA-05Ad Big Rang mobile armor.
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- While it is unconfirmed, it is possible that the GM Camouf, a customized Zeon MS employed for false flag operations, is a modified Zudah, although it is also possible that GM Camouf is a heavily refitted Zaku II. Many parts, such as the backpack and external power pipes appear to be from the Zaku. Its mono-eye sensor and tracking mechanism appear to be from the Dom, and its joints appear to be those of a Zudah.
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The Iron Triangle became the asphalt rectangle Sunday as it hosted daylong soccer matches along with walking tours and sculptures made of muffler parts.
A makeshift soccer field was constructed near 127th Street and Willets Point Boulevard, with the goal posts created by placing three tires on top of each other and the crossbar consisted of a pipe running along the tires.
At times, the ball landed in puddles of muddy water or it banged against metal siding or shipping containers on the outskirts of the field.
The event was scheduled to begin Saturday but was postponed due to snow. The finals of the soccer tournament is scheduled for Sunday.
"We just wanted to see the activities," said Tana Quiloutangy, 14, whose father runs an auto body business in Willets Point.
The day also featured robot sculptures made out of muffler parts.
Walking tours of the Iron Triangle that provoked discussion of efforts to redevelop the area were led by Queens Borough Historian Jack Eichenbaum; Alex White Mazzarella, an artist and community organizer with the group Artefacting, an organization that benefits marginalized people around the world and hosted Sunday's event; and Jose Serrano-McClain, a community organizer with the Queens Museum of Art.
Mazzarella said he was against the city's ambitious blueprint for the blighted area, which have included relocating the auto-related businesses that line the bumpy roads of Willets Point.
"This works very much like a shopping mall," he said, noting drivers from as far away as New England patronize Willets Point shops for bargain-basement repair prices. "All these workshops are tied together pretty closely.
"People have said, 'If I get relocated, I won't get the clientele,'" Mazzarella said. "How efficient is it to destroy something just because there's an opportunity?"
Eichenbaum said he has led tours of the area because people are familiar with Willets Point through the media but gain a better perspective of its economy once they walk its streets.
"Historically, this place twice beat back attempts at redevelopment," he said. "The remarkable thing about this area is this is land that is ripe for redevelopment. It's got a use that's really antiquated. but moving [businesses] around is a political problem."
Eichenbaum said he is in favor of a plan that would put a tech university in Willets Point, although Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said preferred sites for the campus are on Roosevelt Island and in Brooklyn.
A Westchester County resident who was on the tour said she was amazed by the Iron Triangle.
"It's just an experience walking after the No. 7 [train] because as soon as you get off Roosevelt Avenue, it's like another planet," said the resident, who asked that she be identified only by her first name, Shirley. "I just decided to come out and check it out before it's gone."
Reach reporter Howard Koplowitz by e-mail at hkoplowitz
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Every year around Thanksgiving, I always think to myself "these next couple months are going to go by so quickly!"
and do they ever.
Thanksgiving we went to Texas, a week or so later we went to NYC, then Christmas and New Years. Geez, it's flown by!
I feel like I didn't even get to give 2011 a proper goodbye! So now I am going to recap what this year looked like for the Jones Family.
In January, I threw my best friend a wedding shower
I also made some knock-off burlap pillows that were featured on Knock Off Decor.
In February, my mom got married in Key West and I had to make a really hard decision about my job as an event planner. I also hosted my first giveaway for reaching 100 followers! We also found out hubby got into law school!
In March, I finally made a small slideshow of wedding photos, I shared my heart about blogging, made some cute DIY Pedistal Picture Frames, and we traveled to FRANCE!
In April, my best friend got married, I got a BIG haircut and donated my hair , my mom came to visit and I found out my best friend since 4th grade was pregnant!
In May, I madeover a Goodwill coffee table, I told my momma how amazing she is, hubby and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary by going to Charleston and I turned 23!
In June, I got a blog makeover, had a horrible encounter with a catfish, and we moved to Raleigh!
In July, I composed a pretty gallery wall, made a DIY jewelry holder, and revealed my new crafting space!
In August, we went to the beach with the family, I remembered how blessed I am and hubby started his first semester of law school! We also celebrated Penny's 10th birthday, my dad and brother came to visit, and hurricane Irene hit the east coast.
In September, I became obsessed with pumpkin everything, and learned how to install a light fixture.
In October, hubby and I made a daytrip to the beach, and went to the North Carolina State Fair.
In November, I made a cool decor piece with wood pallets, celebrated hubby's birthday, flew to Texas for Thanksgiving and I got a new job!
In December, I decorated for Christmas, shared some sneek peak photos of us, took a trip with hubby's family to the Big Apple, and celebrated the birth of Jesus
It was definately a WONDERFUL year and I am so excited to see how the Lord is going to bless us in 2012!
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Three 'extortionists' impersonating journalists, law enforcers held
The Sindh Rangers on Tuesday arrested three suspects, who allegedly work as facilitators for a political party.
A spokesman for the Sindh Rangers said the arrested men – Faraz Tariq, Mohammed Sajjad and Zarrar Ahmed – extorted money from Lalu Khait, Liaquatabad area, as they pretended to be journalists and officials of the law enforcement agencies.
The accused persons also worked as facilitators for the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) London, he said, adding that weapons, uniforms and fake cards were found on them. They were later handed over to police for further legal proceedings.
DG Rangers visits CPLC
Sindh Rangers DG Major General Mohammed Saeed on Tuesday visited the Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) office.
A spokesman for the CPLC said the Rangers DG visited the office at the Sindh Governor's Secretariat. He was welcomed by the Sindh CPLC chief and other senior officials.
The CPLC officials briefed him about the inception of the CPLC, its functions, core values, infrastructure and success stories during the last 27 years, the spokesman said.
They also briefed him on the connectivity with different departments and nature of complaints being handled.
He was informed that the neighbourhood care projects by the CPLC had resulted in a drastic reduction in heinous and street crimes.
The Rangers DG appreciated the role of the CPLC in maintaining databases, combating crimes with the law-enforcement agencies, initiating the neighbourhood care projects and launching welfare projects, specially the CPLC Public Schools in downtrodden areas of Karachi. He applauded the voluntary work of the CPLC team and assured the official of fill cooperation and assistance to ensure its continuity.
The Rangers DG also visited the Police Complaint Cell, the CNIC Verification System Desk, the Complaint Handling Department, the IT Cell, the Sketching Unit and the CPLC's 24/7 Call Centre.


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WHEN the curtain goes up on the Attic Players' spring production it will mark a bit of a change for the Newcastle Emlyn theatre group
London Wall, written by John van Druten, is the first period drama produced for some years and promises to be a great play.
The action is set at a firm of solicitors in 1931, a time when there were 2.7 million people unemployed in the UK. This dramatic comedy shows the situation many women faced: a life of low-wage drudgery in offices, from which matrimony offered the only escape.
The play is full of strong characters. In particular, it focuses on the dilemma faced by 19-year-old newcomer Pat, who is pursued avidly by the office Casanova and rather less diligently by a downstairs shipping clerk.
As a warning of the awful fate that may await her, we see Miss Janus, still slaving away for three quid a week and with a very uncertain future in the marriage stakes.
There is plenty of humour and the play's writer, John van Druten, has some shrewd things to say about sexual double standards and the desire of the boss that every worker becomes "as nearly as possible an automaton or a machine".
London Wall will be seen at the Attic Theatre, Cawdor Hall, Newcastle Emlyn on May 4 (curtain at 8pm) and May 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 (curtain at 7:30pm).
Tickets are available from the Attic Players website (www.atticplayers.org.uk) or in person at 'Fair and Fabulous' in Newcastle Emlyn.


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The other morning I had a craving to bake something. My fridge was nearly empty save for some eggs and my variety of gluten-free flours. The freezer had a few items, but nothing breakfast-worthy. And I certainly wasn't in the mood to throw on some clothes just to run to the store while hungry. That's never smart.
So, I did what all hungry people do - I created something with what I had.
I scoured around until I realized I had a couple of cans of pears, plenty of gluten-free flour, the aforementioned eggs, and the basics to make what has become a new favorite - pear muffins.
These little nuggets of yummy muffin-ness teetered, as all muffins do, in the relatively unhealthy realm. I had to make them a little more nutritious if I was going to justify basically eating a modified cupcake for breakfast. Now, in all fairness, my muffin recipe contains half the amount of sugar of most cupcake recipes and I had a solution for the inevitable oil that's usually used heavy-handed: applesauce.
Applesauce as a substitute for oil is an old trick bakers have used to keep baked goods moist and delicious without all the extra added fat and calories. Now, mind you, I am not against fat or calories - we need them both. But, since I had been eating sweets (see Oreo Cupcakes - A Sweet Surprise) in the past week and my fridge truly was bare and devoid of better nutrition, I had to make sure these were actually going to be good for me, as well as delicious.
So, with the mix of protein-rich millet flour and fiber-heavy brown rice flour, alongside heart-healthy applesauce and some yummy pears (as well as edging out a few calories by using water instead of milk), I knew this would be a winning breakfast combo. A great way to start off my day!
And maybe my mid-afternoon too.
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Perfect Pear Muffins with Sweet Whipped Cinnamon Butter
Makes 12 muffins
3/4 cup millet flour
1/2 cup brown rice flour
3/4 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup sweet rice flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2-1/2 tsp baking powder
1-1/2 tsp xanthan gum or karaya gum
1 tsp salt
1 tsp nutmeg
1 cup water, room temperature (or lukewarm)
1/4 cup applesauce (all-natural with no added sugar)
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
1 can pear halves, drained and chopped into 1/4- to 1/2-inch pieces
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with papers, silicone liners or cooking spray.
2. In a stand mixer, combine the millet flour, brown rice flour, cornstarch, sweet rice flour, sugar, baking powder, xanthan gum, salt, and nutmeg using the paddle attachment. Add water, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla. Mix on medium speed until thoroughly combined.
3. Remove bowl from mixer and add diced pears. Fold pears into batter with a spatula just until combined. Divide batter evenly among the muffin cups, each about two-thirds to three-quarters full. If you have extra batter, you can either make them into mini-muffins or save for another batch.
4. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops of the muffins are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with only a few crumbs on it (mostly clean). Remove from the oven and let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove to finish cooling on a wire rack. Serve immediately or store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Sweet Whipped Cinnamon Butter
1 cup butter, softened, or natural margarine of choice (I used half Soy-free Earth Balance and half Smart Balance Heart Right Light)
1/3 cup Marshmallow Fluff (I prefer the original brand due to its simple ingredients)
2 tsp powdered sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
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FOSTER CITY, Calif., April 4, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EFI™ (Nasdaq:EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, is featuring game-changing innovations at the ISA International Sign Expo, including wide and superwide format printing solutions that reduce print costs, reduce turnaround time and open the door to new opportunities. The company's technologies on display in booth #3721 include UV LED and advanced, high-speed HS inkjet production technologies that give print service providers (PSPs) the ability to profitably grow their businesses.
EFI's products at Sign Expo, part of the industry's most advanced lineup of UV digital printing and workflow management solutions, join additional, new offerings from EFI, including the company's first inkjet inks for deep draw thermoforming and corrugated plastics applications, and 3M™ MCS™ Warranty-certified inks for VUTEk® GS Pro series printers.
"We are showing how EFI is the signage industry's proven and trusted inkjet provider with innovations that open the door to greater profits and greater value," said Scott Schinlever, senior vice president and general manager of EFI's Inkjet Solutions. "At Sign Expo, industry professionals can see how we are expanding customers' capabilities as well as how we make the whole print enterprise more productive with advanced workflow and MIS/ERP systems."
The lineup of integrated, high-performance EFI UV printing and workflow management products at the International Sign Expo includes the:
- EFI VUTEk HS100 Pro, a new, high-speed digital UV press available this quarter offering the productivity of screen printing and image quality approaching offset.
- EFI VUTEk QS2 Pro, a 2-meter, UV hybrid printer that combines variable-drop grayscale printing and white ink print capabilities with VUTEk production speeds.
- EFI VUTEk GS2000lx Pro, a printer that gives PSPs the ability to produce more applications on more substrates with LED UV-curing technology, white ink and grayscale printing.
- EFI VUTEk GS3250r, a 3.2-meter, roll-to-roll UV printer with true 1,000 dpi capabilities to help PSPs expand to offer high-margin, closely viewed applications.
- EFI R3225, an entry-level, UV roll-to-roll printer, shown in the Nazdar booth (#4121), that features output quality, substrate access and pricing that are unrivaled in its category.
- EFI H652, an entry-level, wide format hybrid printer, also in the Nazdar booth, offering near-photographic UV image quality and affordability.
- New Fiery® XF Version 5 with Web Control Center, a flexible and scalable high-speed digital front end and color management workflow for wide- to superwide-format production and proofing.
- SmartSign Analytics (SSA) technology demonstration, a new tool developed by EFI Online Print Solutions that captures and reports analytic data on signage viewership to help marketers measure the effectiveness of their efforts.
PSPs using these solutions are decreasing their turnaround times and increasing their competitiveness in a variety of markets. One PSP, Portland, Ore.-based PVS In-Store Graphics, is seeing these types of advantages with its new VUTEk HS100 Pro installation.
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Printed and formed samples at ISA for EFI's new thermoforming inks show how PSPs can digitally print thermoplastic sheets for subsequent forming into custom signs, P-O-P displays, vending/gaming panels and a host of consumer product and industrial applications, eliminating costly and time-consuming screen printing, hand-painting and vinyl lettering processes for thermoformed object decoration. The inks are designed for the new EFI VUTEk GS3250 Pro-TF and GS2000 Pro-TF printers, specially modified versions of the GS Pro models.
The new, patented eight-color plus white inks provide excellent adhesion and outstanding retention of hue and opacity on both first- and second-surface deep-draw thermoformed applications, withstanding post-process heat forming, cutting and routing without chipping, cracking or flaking. Users also get the proven benefits of the EFI VUTEk GS Pro printer platform, with imaging resolutions up to 1,000 dpi and EFI's variable-drop grayscale technology.
EFI is also announcing the development of new inks for corrugated plastic printing. The inks solve inkjet adhesion problems that have previously limited digital printing's presence in the popular market for yard signs and other corrugated plastic products. The inks are compatible with all brands of white corrugated polypropylene, and will run on new VUTEk GS2000 Pro-CP and GS3250 Pro-CP printers, giving PSPs the ability to leverage the VUTEk GS Pro hybrid printer platform's high image quality and productivity.
Another new offering announced at the International Sign Expo, EFI VUTEk GS 3M™ Premium UV Inks for EFI VUTEk GS Pro series printers, gives GS Pro users the important benefit of the 3M™ MCS™ Warranty, which covers fading, cracking peeling and other aspects of graphic performance for the life of the graphic. Co-branded EFI and 3M inks for the VUTEk GS2000, GS3200, GS3250, GS3250r, GS5000r and EFI R3225 printers all qualify for the 3M™ MCS™ Warranty. The 3M™ MCS™ Warranty for VUTEk GS2000lx and GS3250lx LED UV-curing printers will be available in the near future.
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EFI™ (www.efi.com) is a worldwide provider of products, technology and services leading the transformation of analog to digital imaging. Based in Silicon Valley, with offices around the globe, the company's powerful integrated product portfolio includes digital front-end servers; superwide, wide-format, label and ceramic inkjet presses and inks; production workflow, web to print, and business automation software; and office, enterprise and mobile cloud solutions. These products allow users to produce, communicate and share information in an easy and effective way, and enable businesses to increase their profits, productivity, and efficiency.
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SYRIA: On Interventions and the Syrian Revolution
By Darth Nader
The Syrian revolution is a revolution that began as a struggle for self-determination. The Syrian people demanded to determine their own destiny. And, for more than two years, against all odds, and in the face of massive repression and destruction from the Assad regime, they persevered.
In the course of the revolutionary process, many other actors have also appeared on the scene to work against the struggle for self-determination. Iran and its militias, with the backing of Russia, came to the aid of the regime, to ensure the Syrian people would not be given this right. The jihadis of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham and others, under the guise of "fighting the Assad regime," worked against this right as well. And I feel the same way about any Western intervention.
Some would argue that we have come a long way from that, that it isn't even about self-determination anymore, but rather, simply stopping the killing. This is a position I cannot support. If it was simply about stopping the killing, then I would've supported the jihadis when they came in, because, no one can deny, they were the best armed and the best equipped to challenge the Assad regime. But I didn't, and many others didn't, because we knew that despite their ability to challenge the regime, that they did not share the goals of the Syrian people. They wanted to control the Syrian people, and stifle their ability to determine their own destiny. Because of this, they were counter-revolutionaries, even if they were fighting against the regime.
And now in the face of a possible Western intervention in Syria, I hold the same position. Many would say I'm being ideological, and that I should just focus on stopping the killing; but those people are ignoring that, even on pragmatic terms and within their own line of reasoning, their argument holds no sway, after repeated US insistence that "these will only be punitive strikes" and they "do not intend to topple the regime." What indication is there that these strikes will do anything to stop the killing, or "solve" the Syrian crisis?
I don't care about sovereignty. Syria has become a land for everyone but Syrians nowadays. The myth of Syrian sovereignty is not why I oppose Western intervention. Neither is the prospect of the destruction of Syria, for it has already been destroyed by this criminal regime. I oppose Western intervention because it will work against the struggle for self-determination, that is, against the Syrian revolution.
Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. I have no doubt about this. And this could have been prevented if the Syrian resistance was actually given weapons that could have tilted the balance against the regime. But foreign powers sat on their hands, not wanting Assad to win, but not wanting the resistance to win either. They couldn't give weapons to the Syrian people to defend themselves, they said, who knows whose hands they might end up in? They might accidentally end up in, say, the hands of Syrians who wanted to determine their own destiny despite foreign interests!
So we've come full circle. No one armed the Syrian resistance, so they were killed by the regime, or forced to put up with jihadi infiltration. So Assad used chemical weapons against the Syrians, and the West wants to respond to teach Assad a lesson, a response that still guarantees that Syrians have no say in the matter of their future. And the regime will probably live through any "punitive" Western intervention, and the killing will probably not stop.
But despite all that, the Syrian revolution, and, at its heart, the Syrian people's struggle for liberation and to determine their own destiny, will live on.
Source: Darth Nader
Posted on August 28, 2013, in Middle East and tagged Syria, Syrian anarchists, syrian revolution. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
You have no doubt that Assad used chemical weapons? Really? So were you given irrefutable evidence that he used weapons after 2.5 years of fighting criminal elements and not once used CW on them but decided to use it against civilians and children just around the same time when those criminal islamists along with their Gulf and western backers were losing their footing in the war?
An intelligent person should always have doubt about anything. I would like to know how you got rid of your doubt. Because I have a lot of it. Especially that the same group that's claiming Assad regime used chemical weapons has a precedent of lying to before they invade or attack an arab country: 2003 Iraq, 2011 Lybia. You should have doubt, if you have a brain and if you have no doubt you're no better than your takfiri islamists (who I have "no doubt" you secretly support).


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What is a Christian comedian, or Christian comedy?
The material itself [in "Thou Shalt Laugh] doesn't deal directly with Christianity at all. You just know that what you're going to be listening to will be safe for the family. But these guys are all really accomplished, and I was surprised to find that there were so many of them, and they have these thriving careers.
I'm not sure that there was such a big difference between what these comedians did and what you would get from, say, Ray Romano or Ellen DeGeneres, who do really great comedy that's for the whole family. I think that this is more about countering this idea that if you're a Christian, you don't go out and have fun, and you don't go out to be entertained, and you're some kind of dour, Bible-thumping killjoy who doesn't want to have any fun.
People tend to be easily offended when it comes to religious humor. Do you see value in comedy about religion?
I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable. And if you're Christian and you go to church, there's a lot of stuff you see that drives you crazy, that you can make fun of, and everybody who's a Christian knows that.
Garrison Keillor, in his "Prairie Home Companion" shows, is always making jokes about Methodists, and it's very funny, and it's very warm, and it's loving, and it's true. Look, bottom line is, we're all human beings, and so there's always funny things to joke about.
Do you think that comedy and humor can play a role in deepening people's faith?
Obviously I love comedy, so I definitely think that people can really be reached through it. When you bring people into a place where they're comfortable and they're enjoying themselves, they're more open to hearing a message.
With "Raymond," there were so many wonderful themes about relationships and love and forgiveness and faith in the show that were just beautifully woven in. Maybe you didn't even know you were hearing it, but I think it's the one thing that attracted people. It was consistent about this [being] our family: These are our issues, and this is how we forgive each other, and this is how we go through. It was all done with humor, and I think it's what made us hugely popular.
Was there ever a time where you wanted to bring your faith more explicitly onto the show?
I didn't really need to, because they had set it up that the family is Catholic, and it was in the fiber of who they were. They went to church. There would be lines referring to, "We're going down to the church charity sale," or that the kids were in a Catholic school. And we often went to the priest to talk about our marital problems, so it was pretty much woven into the fabric of the characters.
There was one episode which dealt specifically with Ray not going to church and the rest of the family going. There was a point where Ray asked Deborah why she goes. And the writer sat down with me and said, "What would you say to this? As Deborah, what would your answer be?" And I said, "Well, I guess I would say I go to church to realize that there's something bigger than me, and to thank God for my family and my kids and my husband, and to pray for the strength to get through another day with my kids and my husband."
So in that way, again, I was able to directly say something about faith. Not the deepest thing, obviously. We weren't discussing the transubstantiation or anything but making that a part of the fiber of a family, which you don't see on any other show.
Why do you think it is something that's virtually absent from TV?
You write from what you know. If you are not a Christian and that's not part of your everyday life, then you wouldn't know how to bring it into the show comfortably.
The thing about "Raymond," though, almost everybody on the show--whether they were Jewish or Christian or some other religion--practices their faith, goes to temple, goes to church, is a part of some spiritual community. So the idea that the Barones would practice their faith was not an unusual concept for the writers of our show.


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Paris exhibition honours late President Ho Chi Minh
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NDO – An exhibition dedicated to late President Ho Chi Minh opened in Paris, France on the evening of November 13 to mark the 30th anniversary of UNESCO's Resolution 24C/18.65 in 1987, urging UNESCO member states to join in the commemoration of the centenary of the birth of the president (1890-1990).
The event was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Permanent Delegation to UNESCO and the Vietnamese Embassy in France.
In her opening speech, Tran Thi Hoang Mai, Ambassador and Head of the Vietnamese Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, affirmed that Resolution 18.65, adopted by the 24th General Conference of UNESCO in 1987, recognised that President Ho Chi Minh devoted all his life to the struggle for national liberation of the Vietnamese people, contributing to the common struggle of peoples for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress.
Ambassador Mai said President Ho Chi Minh is the national liberation hero and an outstanding symbol of cultural excellence. He left for the Vietnamese people an invaluable heritage, which is Ho Chi Minh Thought, not only about the Vietnamese revolutionary ideals, but also the vitally important role of education and culture for peace and development.
His writings, poems, essays and speeches reflect a deep understanding of human history and civilisation, as well as the belief in the power of cultures in the world of each person and every nation. These are also major goals pursued by UNESCO, the diplomat stated.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova expressed her deep affection for the country and people of Vietnam, especially the respect for President Ho Chi Minh, through her three visits to Vietnam.
According to the UNESCO official, President Ho Chi Minh was a humanist and intellectual – a poet, a journalist, and a teacher, keenly aware of the power of education for national self-determination as well as for individual empowerment.
Visitors at the exhibition. (Credit: VNA)
In images displayed at the exhibition, President Ho Chi Minh's extensive travel from East to West gave him a unique global perspective of the importance of dialogue between cultures as the foundation for mutual understanding, as the driver also of more inclusive and sustainable development, Irina Bokova affirmed.
The event was also an opportunity for Vietnam's beloved French friends to relish the memories of events related to President Ho Chi Minh. Historian Alain Ruscio said that the comments of witnesses who met President Ho Chi Minh were the most vivid and concrete evidences of his great personality. He emphasised that 100 years ago, when the young Vietnamese arrived in Marseilles, no one thought that he would be the initiator of the struggle for national liberation, greatly contributing to the abolition of the colonial regime on the world.
Meanwhile, Hélène Luc, Honorary President of France-Vietnam Friendship Association, said that Vietnam today is the fruit of President Ho Chi Minh and the people of Vietnam have been steadily building in the past and will continue to build in the future.
On this occasion, two poems by President Ho Chi Minh "Toi doc - Je lis" and "Thu da - Nuit d'automne," which were set to music by French composer Louis Durey, were presented by singer Mathieu Lécroart at the event.
At the 24th session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris from October 20 to November 20 1987, the UNESCO adopted Resolution 24C/18.65 on the celebration of the 100th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday, as "Vietnamese hero of national liberation and great man of culture" in 1990.
The resolution stated that the important and multifaceted contributions of Ho Chi Minh in the fields of culture, education and the arts crystalises the cultural traditions of the Vietnamese which stretches back several thousand years. His ideals embody the aspirations of peoples in the affirmation of their cultural identity and the promotion of mutual understanding.
UNESCO recommended its member states to join in the commemoration of the centenary of the birth of President Ho Chi Minh in 1990 by organising various events as a tribute to his memory, in order to spread knowledge of the greatness of his ideals and of his work for national liberation.
Uncle Ho's two poems set to music introduced at the event. (Credit: NDO)


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So, I got the xrays done yesterday. The paperwork was indeed ready, and I didn't have to wait too long. Put on my too-short nightie (why must they make them of such hideous fabrics?), came out from behind the curtain and said "I'm ready for my close-up, Mr DeMille, which cracked the tech up. Very hard to get up on the table, but I eventually did it. They let me see the films, which was cool. I got a surprise though. I had expected the off-kilterness of the SI joints. They _looked_ uncomfortable. But it was the front that surprised me. I'd suspected that I had seperated a bit, since I have been feeling a lot like I did just after Lydia was born. But no- instead of 1" or the normal 1cm of separation at the pubic bone, there was... none. It looked like the cartilage was gone. If I have dry bones rubbing on each other, that would explain a lot of the pain...
So we'll see what the learned folk say on Monday, I guess. In the meantime, James and I are off to see a movie. :-)
Saturday, July 7, 2007
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- Cato said...
Anything good playing? Been so buried at work to even know what is in the theaters these days.
- July 8, 2007 at 7:46 AM
- Lainie said...
We saw 'Ratatouille' which was hysterical! And Tuesday night I'm off to the midnight showing of Harry Potter...
- July 8, 2007 at 8:17 AM
- Cato said...
So are we and I am even taking Wednesday off. After we wake up, Mel and I are off to Ft. Walton to check out the site for our August event that she is doing the feast for. Did the practice feast this evening and everything worked quite well. Will let her tell you more.
- July 8, 2007 at 9:11 PM
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text: Nineteen Windies wickets fell in a day of Test cricket in England recently. Sadder than the fact that it actually happened, was the fact that it didn't surprise a lot of people too much. We didn't rub our eyes in disbelief and even the narrative on whether a once great singer was singing terribly off-key is now an old one. As the emotional voice of West Indies cricket, Fazeer Mohammad, keeps telling us, this fall started a long time ago.


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Back in December, we were told about an operation, at some point in the near-future, which will target a Taliban hotspot in Afghanistan's dangerous and restive southern Helmand province.
The U.S. Marines had been in Helmand since May and had already completed one major operation, Operation Khanjar, which saw them advancing into parts of Helmand where NATO forces, specifically the British, had until that point been struggling to break a stalemate with insurgents. Khanjar was very well covered by the media and it was touted as the biggest Marine offensive since the battle of Fallujah in Iraq in 2004 and the biggest airborne assault since the Vietnam War.
Operation Moshdarak, we have been told for the past two months, will apparently trump Khanjar in size and scale. It involves less Marines but more Afghan troops and more British troops. Moshdarak, which aims to take Marjah, a town said by Marine commanders to be one of the few left in Helmand still under total Taliban control, has been promoted by the U.S. military and NATO with enthusiasm and zeal.
Much has also been made of the Afghan army contribution to the operation. There will be more Afghan soldiers involved in Moshdarak than in any other joint operation conducted in the war in Afghanistan so far. But the emphasis on the Afghan soldier's involvement serves more as a signal from Washington to Kabul and the rest of the world that Afghans need to start taking over the steering wheel when it comes to managing their own security. Ill equipped, and young, there are question marks over how much power and strength the Afghan army can bring to an operation this size.
The reason for publicising the operation so far in advance and feeding it to the media, we have been told, is so that Taliban fighters come out of the woodwork and prepare to face the strength of the U.S. military and its allies. NATO also hopes that radio announcements will persuade some fighters to give up and run away.
But the months of notice have also given insurgents ample opportunity to place plenty of bombs and booby traps in Marjah. Heavy rainfall in and around the town in the last few days may have done some damage to command-wire bombs - the kind that are triggered by a spotter from a distance. But Marines and soldiers say they never underestimate the deftness of their enemy when it comes to their crude expertise in the lethal art of bomb-making. They often comment on insurgents' canny ability at planting complex networks of explosives and their success with tricky ambushes that force foreign troops to take cover behind walls rigged with bombs.
On some bases close to Marjah, Marines say they are already finding an average of three improvised explosive devices a day on the outskirts of the town. What awaits them in the centre of Marjah, only the insurgents know.


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Hi friends, thank you for all of your kind and encouraging comments on yesterday's post. Now onto some food… I'm clearly a What I Ate Wednesday rebel and don't follow the typical "day in the life" format so today I'm highlighting some pre and post workout eats, snacks, meals. Fuelling and refuelling your body is so important when you're active.
You know I'm a morning workout person, (or maybe you don't, hey!) so most of my pre/post workout meals are breakfast-y. But that's fine, because breakfast is the best meal of the day. When I workout in the wee hours of the morning (between 5 and 7am) I usually don't have anything to eat beforehand. There are two schools of thought on this but my advice: figure out what works for you. I can't stomach food that early and my performance hasn't suffered. Remember that everyone is different.
Pre-workout: I try to get a combination of carbohydrates and fat — and drink about 8 ounces of water.
Post-workout: I focus on re-fuelling with protein and carbs — and lots of water.
Here are some of my pre and post workout eats lately.
Pre-spinning: 1 piece of Ezekiel whole wheat toast, 1 tbsp of sun-butter, 1 banana.
Pre-strength training: 2x apricot cashew bites
Pre-boxing: 1/3 cup oats, 1 tbsp peanut butter and 1 banana
Post-spinning: 1/4 cup buckwheat cereal (made in microwave with 3/4 cup water),1 apple, cinnamon and approx. 1/4 cup fruit/nut/seed granola
Post-yoga: 1 banana and 1 Larabar.
Post-spinning: Brownie batter pancakes
Post-boxing: 1 cup egg whites, handful of spinach, ketchup, 1 piece of Ezekiel cinnamon raisin toast, sun-butter, 1 pear, a few grapes
Post-spinning: Powerful protein pancakes
If you want more info about fuelling for workouts, I really enjoy reading Christina's blog: The Fueled Athlete. She is a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) so is much more qualified than me :) Check out her posts on fueling pre-workout and fueling post-workout.
Questions of the day…
What do you typically eat before a workout? After a workout?


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H. Igor Ansoff (December 12, 1918 – July 14, 2002) was a Russian American, applied mathematician and business manager. He is known as the father of Strategic management.
Ansoff was born in Vladivostok, Russia, in 1918. He emigrated to the United States with his family and graduated from New York City's Stuyvesant High School in 1937. Ansoff studied general engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology and continued his education there, receiving his Master of Science degree in the Dynamics of Rigid Bodies.
Following Stevens Institute, he studied at Brown University where he received a Doctorate in applied mathematics with a major in Mathematical Theory of Elasticity and plasticity and a minor in Vibration. After coming to California he joined UCLA in the Senior Executive Program. He was a distinguished professor at United States International University (now Alliant International University) for 17 years, where several institutes continue his work in strategic management research.
During World War II, he was a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve, and served as a liaison with the Russian Navy and as an instructor in physics at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Professionally, Ansoff is known worldwide for his research in three specific areas:
- The concept of environmental turbulence;
- The contingent strategic success paradigm, a concept that has been validated by numerous doctoral dissertations;
- Real-time strategic management.
Marketing and MBA students are usually familiar with his Product-Market Growth Matrix, a tool he created to plot generic strategies for growing a business via existing or new products, in existing or new markets.
He has consulted with hundreds of multinational corporations including, Philips, General Electric, Gulf, IBM, Sterling and Westinghouse.[citation needed]
To honor his body of work, the prestigious Igor Ansoff Award was established in 1981 in The Netherlands. The award is given for research and management in the study of Strategic Planning and Management. The Japan Strategic Management Society has also established an annual award in his name and Vanderbilt University has established an Ansoff MBA scholarship.
An applied mathematician, he shifted his emphasis in the 1950s while employed by the Rand Corporation. In 1956, he was employed as planning specialist for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation where he gained practical experience in analyzing the complexities of a business environment. At Lockheed he became Vice President of Planning and Director of Diversification.
He served as Professor of Industrial Administration in the Graduate School at Carnegie Mellon University (1963–1968); Founding Dean and Professor of Management at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (1968–1973); professor at the European Foundation for Management Development, Brussels, Belgium (1973–1975); Distinguished Justin Potter Professor of Free American Enterprise, Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University (1973–1976); Professor, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden (1976–1983), and Professor, United States International University, San Diego, California (1984–2001).
He died of complications from pneumonia in San Diego, California, on July 14, 2002.
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- Corporate Strategy (1965)
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I'm a librarian who loves anime, manga, and reading a wide variety of genres.
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This volume is so incredibly messy and complicated. There's so much going on that even the stuff that should be painful to read just isn't. There isn't enough time to stop and process everything.
I think I've overloaded on drama. I'm also getting super frustrated. We have gender, sexuality, and general "coming of age" stuff going on here, and the drama of it all is overwhelming. We finally learn that Saori
I hate to say this, but at this point Shuichi comes across as kind of annoying, writing "poor me"-type stories. I have a feeling Teenage Me would have taken all of this much better than Adult Me. In part because Teenage Me wrote "poor me" stories too.
The volume's ending reminded me how very gendered high school uniforms are. I'm sure high school will be just wonderful for everybody.
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This is essentially a continuation of the math in the previous post. The same warnings apply!
The previous analysis indicated we have 3 free variables to play with. Let them be αs, αo and Cs (the initial inverse time constants of the two boxes, and the heat capacity of the "surface" box).
Equations 9 and 12 of the previous post show a relationship between w+s and w+o depending on the α's, γ's and τ+, and equations 10 and 13 show the same relationship for w-s and w-o with τ- instead of τ+.
Define ratios r+ and r- by:
w+o = r+w+s
(and similarly for '-') - this gives r(+,-) the same meanings as in Lucia's analysis.
The value of w+s then factors out of Eq 9 and 12, and these become:
Eq. 16: 1/τ+ = αs + γs - γs r+
Eq. 17: r+ (1/τ+ - αo - γo) + γo = 0
Solving Eq. 16 for r+ gives:
Eq. 18: r+ = 1 + (αs - 1/τ+)/γs
Similarly for r-:
Eq. 19: r- = 1 + (αs - 1/τ-)/γs
Define the heat capacity ratio Cs/Co as a new parameter λ we have replacements:
Eq. 20: Co = Cs/λ
Eq. 21: γo = λ γs
(the latter from Eq. 15).
Then combining Eq. 17, 18, (and their '-' versions) and using the replacement from Eq. 21 we get two equations for γs and λ in terms of the known values and the two free parameters αs and αo:
0 = (1 + (αs - 1/τ+)/γs) (1/τ+ - αo - γo) + γo
= 1/τ+ - αo + αs/(τ+γs) - αsαo/γs - αsλ - 1/(τ+2γs) + αo/(τ+γs) + λ/τ+
or multiplying through by γs and rearranging:
Eq. 22: γs = (αsαo - (αs + αo)/τ+ + 1/τ+2)/((1 + λ)/τ+ - αo - λαs)
together with a second version of the same equation with τ+ replaced by τ-. Set
ν(+,-) = αsαo - (αs + αo)/τ(+,-) + 1/τ(+,-)2
Note these are defined in terms of our free parameters αs and αo and the input τ values.
Then solving for λ gives:
Eq. 23: λ = - (αo(ν+ - ν-) - (ν+/τ- - ν-/τ+)) / (αs(ν+ - ν-) - (ν+/τ- - ν-/τ+))
From which Eq. 22 then gives us γs, Eq. 21 gives us γo, Eq. 20 gives Co, and Eq. 18 and 19 give us r+ and r-.
The remaining variables to find are x, y, w+s and w-s. From Eq. 6 and 7 we can find the latter two in terms of y and the fitted coefficients:
Eq. 24: w+s = a2/(y + (1-y) r+)
Eq. 25: w-s = a3/(y + (1-y) r-)
Adding equation 11 and 14 together and substituting Eq. 24 and 25, we eliminate x and find one equation to solve for y in terms of known values:
1 = a2 Cs(1 + r+/λ)/(τ+ (y + r+(1 - y))) + a3 Cs(1 + r-/λ)/(τ-(y + r-(1 - y)))
which can be rearranged to a quadratic equation:
Eq. 26: (1 - r+)(1 - r-) y2 + (r+ + r- - 2 r+r-) y + r+r- - a2 Cs(1 + r+/λ)/τ+ - a3 Cs(1 + r-/λ)/τ- = 0
CORRECTION (see UPDATE 2 below):
Define b2 = a2Cs/τ+ and b3 = a3Cs/τ-:
Eq. 26: (1 - r+)(1 - r-) y2 + (r+ + r- - 2 r+r- - b2(1 + r+/λ)(1 - r-) - b3(1 + r-/λ)(1 - r+)) y + r+r- - b2r-(1 + r+/λ) - b3r+(1 + r-/λ) = 0
which we can solve with the usual assignment of a, b, c to the coefficients, and which gives two real solutions as long as (b2 - 4 a c) is positive.
Picking one or the other value for y (there may be just one that meets the constraint 0 <= y <= 1) we then can find w+s and w-s from Eq. 24-25, and finally x from Eq. 11.
And that gives us all the parameters of the two-box model in terms of the three free variables αs, αo and Cs, the chosen time constants, and fitted temperature series. The next thing to do is probably to substitute in some real values and see what the resulting box models look like... later!
UPDATE: Eq. 26 and the preceding unnumbered equation have been corrected for missing factors of τ+ and τ- in the coefficients (deriving from updates to Eq. 11 and 14 in the previous post).
UPDATE 2 (Sep 8, 2009): Eq. 26 was missing important factors involving the products of the fitted coefficients a2 and a3 with y (and also r+ and r- factors in the last two terms). Never trust algebra where they say "it can be shown" near the end of the discussion when the author was tired... Anyway, this has an important impact on subsequent posts, which have not been corrected at the time of this writing, but should be soon.
Equations 16 & 17 are the eigenvectors. So, I guess I won't get to use those as extra.
Is equation 26 dimensionally homogeneous? I think in SI it's got units (K-m*2 /Watt) (Joule/K m*2) so the time constant crept in from elsewhere.
Yup, same problem as in the other post - if you divide a2 by τ+ and a3 by τ- then it's right. Thanks, I'll get this fixed later.
Since other than the time constant that propagated through, we seem to agree, I'll be organizing this the order I want to discuss. It's a bit different from your way mostly because I like to think of the dividing the planet into different size boxes instead of thinking of the temperature as a linear combination of box temperatures. (It works out the same-- I just think of it differently.)
I'll probably post graphs using what I consider somewhat reasonable ranges for dividing the planet earth, but probably ... wed? (Life can get in the way of blogging. Imagine that?)


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The creation of his images bring about a multidisciplinary practice: Damián becomes a make-up artist, stage designer, director, photographer and digital artist. These elements combine in a cohesive manner. Damián is a beauty seeker, the kind that often hides from the eyes, one that embraces and enhances the transformative power of art. He is a seeker of beauty because, as Dostoyevsky said, "beauty will save the world" and Damian plans to do so one image at a time.
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Even as Kolkata continues to nurse its wounds following last week's flyover collapse that claimed several lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the tragedy was 'God's message' to the people of Bengal to save the state from the ruling party.
"It is an act of god in the sense that it happened during election time so that people may know what kind of government she (Mamata Banerjee) has been running. God has sent a message to the people - that today this bridge has collapsed, tomorrow she will finish off entire Bengal. God's message to you all is to save Bengal," Modi said.
He accused Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee for blaming the Left Front that gave the contract for the flyover project for the accident, instead of keeping herself busy with the rescue work.
"The flyover collapsed, such a big tragedy; if some chief goes what does he or she do; they try to save people, assist in rescue work. But what did Didi (Banerjee) do? The first thing she did was to declare that it was the Left Front that gave the contract (for the project)," NDTV reported, quoting Modi.
Last Thursday, a portion of an under-construction flyover in busy north Kolkata had collapsed, killing at least 25 people and trapping hundreds under the debris.
Modi accused Banerjee of "adjusting" with corruption and claimed that her party, TMC, stood for "terror, maut (death) and corruption".
He said the West Bengal Chief Minister boycotted meetings called by the Centre to discuss the issue of states' development and failed to bring about any transformation despite her call for 'paribortan' (change).
"What kind of a Chief Minister is she? Whenever the Centre has called a meeting to discuss development of states, Didi has boycotted it, even if it hurt her state," Modi said.
"She (Banerjee) did not attend those meetings only because Modi convened it. But whenever she visited Delhi, she met (Congress president) Sonia Gandhi and took her blessings," the Prime Minister told an election rally at Birpara in north Bengal.
He also attacked the Congress for having "fallen at the Left's feet" in Bengal while the party was fighting the communists in Kerala.
"If there is ideological difference between them, it should be there both in Kerala and Bengal," he said, wondering whether they could be trusted.
"Please go through the videos of Congress leaders five years back when they had criticized the Left. The first-ever Left government in Kerala was dismissed by the Congress government. Now see the magic, Congress is moving behind communists by holding their hands," he said.
He said the Left and the Congress were trying to "fool" the people by fighting against each other in Kerala while at the same time forging an alliance in Bengal.
"The people will give them a befitting reply. There was a time when the Congress had over 400 members in the Lok Sabha. But now see the people's anger, the Congress' strength has come down to 40 seats," he said.


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