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|17 Jul 2010
Windows 7 Home Premium
How does this HomeGroup work
Where or how am I supposed to access this HomeGroup in Win7HP? I don't see a Home Group icon anywhere. It's not like XP with the Network Neighborhood where I can see shared files. Thanks.
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|17 Jul 2010
W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
Here's a set of tutorials on Homegroups:
How to create a Homegroup in Windows 7
Homegroup - CreateHow to join / add a computer to a Homegroup in Windows 7
Homegroup - Add Computer or JoinHow to change Homegroup file / sharing settings in Windows 7
Homegroup - Change File and Folder Sharing SettingsHow to change the password to a Homegroup in Windows 7
Homegroup - Change PasswordHow to change a Homegroup password in Windows 7
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While earlier today we learned that Inhumans fell off Marvel's schedule, another film still on the release schedule that no one's mentioning is Captain Marvel. The film's initial release date of July 6, 2018 was bumped back to March 8, 2019 when Spidey came home, but there's still no word on a star or director. Now, a massive and specific clue as to the potential star and director of the film has been thrown into the mix, sending the internet into a name game frenzy.
According to Comic Book Movie (link below), The Wrap's Jeff Sneider dropped the hint on the Meet the Movie Press show, and it's a doozy...
"There was a rumour about an actress being up for it; an already existing rumour, that's not new. I've definitely heard there's some truth to that rumour, and that there's a director with the same first name who has also been eyed. I don't think that [an announcement] is too far off. If they can make it to Comic Con, they will."
Alright, so that gives us a few possibilities to mull. First and foremost, it eliminates at least two potential actresses from the fray—Charlize Theron and Brie Larson—as their names are not shared by any director, provided it's not a first timer behind the camera. As CBM points out, the most intriguing possibility is Emily Blunt as Carol Danvers, but there are very few directors who share her name...
Emily Blunt
She seems the obvious choice, having twice before flirted with Marvel Studios for the role of Black Widow—which she had to abandon due to shooting on Gulliver's Travels going over schedule, yikes!—and Peggy Carter, which she flat out turned down. Marvel wants her in some capacity, that much is obvious, but there are only two directors named Emily that could potentially helm the film, and neither of them have directed anything you've seen...
Emily Ting just made her feature directorial debut last year with the two-hander Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong. Now, Spider-Man: Homecoming's Jon Watts had only made small indie flicks before signing to Marvel so she is a possibility, though the stronger possibility named Emily seems to be another Brit, Emily Young. Young has two, much higher profile films to her name—Kiss of Life and the Sarah Michelle Gellar-starring Veronika Decides to Die. Who knows?
Rebecca Ferguson
After stealing damn near every second of last summer's Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, Ferguson is hotly in demand, and would be a major get for Marvel. While Electrick Children helmer Rebecca Thomas might seem like an obvious choice, she's already committed to make the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid with Chloë Grace Moretz. What about Rebecca Miller? Daniel Day Lewis' wife is a hell of a director and a great choice to direct this film.
Kathryn Bigelow
Alright, let's work backwards from a director this time. There's likely no chance the Oscar-winning director would sign on for a Marvel movie, but assuming she's the director, who would the star be? Katherine Heigl? Katherine Waterston? Kathryn Hahn? All intriguing choices, but none of which seem all that likely. It's the same reason I abandoned the Julie Taymor theory, because who would be Carol Danvers in that equation? Julie Benz? Julie Delpy? Not likely.
Wild Card
Natalie Dormer's name is bandied about a lot for the role, and awesome fan art like you see above shows how at home she looks in the role. She's been in a Marvel movie before, briefly, but that can likely be overlooked. The other problem is finding a director named Natalie. What about Natalie Portman? Portman just made her feature directorial debut with A Tale of Love and Darkness, and has already announced that she's not coming back for Thor: Ragnarok. What better way to welcome her back to the Marvel family?
What do you guys think? Sound off in the comments section below!
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Satomi Akesaka is walking away from music due to sudden hearing loss. It's not all sad news, because she will continue her voice acting career.
Akesaka's hearing loss is due to performing as Rinko Shirokane in the BanG Dream! franchise. The character is a soft-spoken pianist for the gothic-rock band Roselia. She'll formally "graduate" from the role on September 17 during a fan event.
Akesaka is the second Roselia to leave the band. Yurika Endou, who voiced the bassist Lisa Imai, retired from the entertainment industry in May citing worsening health.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Mom's Fried Fish
I like to fry fish such as tilapia, red snapper and catfish the way my mom did when I was growing up in Lithuania. She still makes it this way. This recipe is very easy.
2 fillets of tilapia, red snapper or catfish (whatever is fresh in a store)
1 egg
flour for dipping
Salt and Pepper to taste
Cajun spice (optional)
Olive oil for frying
1. Wash fish fillets with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel.
2. Beat egg in a bowl, add salt and pepper to taste (I like cajun spice so I add it too). Take one fillet at a time and deep it into the egg wash.
3. Next, put fillet into a bowl with flour and cover it with flour on both sides.
4. Pour Olive oil in a pan so that the bottom is fully covered with oil. On medium high fry fillets on both sides until golden brown.
5. Cover the pan with a lid and cook fish covered for about 6 minutes or until it is done. This fish is very thin so it does not take that long for it to cook through.
6. Serve fish with mashed potatoes and/or salad. I served it with polenta tonight. I also save fish for lunch the next day and it is good to eat either cold or warmed up. Enjoy!
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Ilana Glazer Wins 'Lip Sync Battle,' Defeating Abbi Jacobson With "It's Raining Men"
When I discovered that two of my favorite comedians and future best friends Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson from Broad City would be competing on Season 2 of Spike TV's Lip Sync Battle, I was elated. I knew this episode would easily be one of the best of the series' short but memorable history so far. And thank goodness I was right. Not only did the ladies pick incredible song choices, but they brought down the house. In fact, it was pretty difficult until the last moment to decide who would take home the Lip Sync Battle belt. But in the end, Glazer completely crushed her performance of "It's Raining Men." Glazer took home the title over her BFF, but man, was this fight was hard-fought!
At first it seemed like Jacobson had the early lead when she took down the house with her lip sync rendition of "The Humpty Dance." When host LL Cool J asked her why she picked the song, Jacobson stated that it was one of Glazer's "sexy" songs, aka from her bedroom playlist. Jacobson stated that her plan was to psych Glazer out with "horniness," or as LL Cool J put it "rub her shoulders while she pulls out the checkbook." Is this a common saying? Glazer fired back with "Hey Ya," stating that Andre 3000 was the spectrum of energy given to the song but that she could only normally go up to 500 or 550. Thankfully she gave us at least that amount, if not more.
But Jacobson wouldn't take that lying down. She appeared onstage for round two with a powerful performance of "And I Am Telling You" from Dreamgirls (the Jennifer Hudson version) complete in a sparkly long-sleeved formal gown. After bowing down to the diva that is Abbi Jacobson, once again LL Cool J asked her why she chose the song. And once again, Jacobson revealed that it was on Glazer's sexy song list. In fact the song was third on the playlist.
Unfortunately Jacobson's efforts couldn't get her the win as Glazer came out and crushed her performance of "It's Raining Men" completely in a yellow raincoat and scantily clad men. After the performance, Glazer stated that to her the song meant there were men everywhere for the taking. "Come on ladies, let's get dudes and do stuff to them!" Glazer yelled to the audience who promptly cheered louder than ever before. At that point it was clear, Glazer had become the Lip Sync champion. And chance we'll see a glimpse of the trophy belt on Broad City next season?
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David McVicar, who stages the Met's new Tosca, is an unconventionally—and unapologetically—traditional director. By Richard FairmanPhotographs by Uli Weber
IT IS AN OPERA SECRET THAT DAVID MCVICAR DOES NOT ENJOY GIVING INTERVIEWS. In his own words, he does not like "putting himself out there," and there does not seem to be any common ground that might win him over—until his dogs are mentioned. "David will be thrilled you are looking forward to meeting the dogs," writes his agent by e-mail, and suddenly it's all systems go.
The address leads to a terraced house in Islington, north London, only paces from the main street, but completely silent. Ominously, there is a "To Let" sign outside the front door. A suspicion that it might be the wrong place seems to be confirmed when ringing the bell does not elicit a single woof from within. A moment later, though, McVicar throws open the door. Overflowing with apologies, he explains that the dogs left for his house in Sussex an hour before.
The absent celebrities are called Tito, Nero and Ivor. "Dogs appreciate two-syllable names," he says. "But after naming Tito and Nero, we couldn't think of any more operatic names that worked. You can't go into a park and call out 'Vitellia!' or 'Fiordiligi!' All three are miniature schnauzers, and they used to travel with us regularly before my husband, Andrew, took a break from his job as a choreographer. There was nothing better than piling in the car and driving to Barcelona or Vienna, stopping off at interesting places on the way. When we were there, it felt like being a family, and that grounds you, because some engagements can be quite crazy and stressful."
Many opera directors enjoy international careers, but McVicar's output is industrious, to say the least, and ranges across many countries. In the twenty-five years or so since he became established, he has covered most of the operas in the standard repertoire, often at a rate of four or five a year, and his productions enjoy an unusually high profile, not least because they are so often revived.
McVicar's "shows," as he calls them, are never predictable. Some are in period, others updated, some lavish, others simple in design, but they share the ability to tell a good story and stay true to the characters as their composers imagined them. Audiences, at least in the countries where he works most often, enjoy them. Critics, too, are generally benevolent.
It is hard to see what can lie behind McVicar's loathing of interviews, though it is clearly real enough. One writer described him as "raw, neurotic, [with a] slightly dangerous intensity." Others have called him "belligerent," "prickly" and "glowering." So many have labeled him the "Bad Boy of Opera" that it has become a cliché. McVicar, for his part, has hit back, calling critics "idiots who pursue vendettas."
What does he have against interviewers? "They often ask such stupid questions," he says with a disarming smile. "There was a Belgian journalist who sat down and just said, 'Why Britten?' I thought to myself, 'Because I was offered a contract, of course. Why do you think?' So I replied, 'This is my 'B' year—Berg, Beethoven, Britten. Last year was my 'A' year, Arne and 'andel.' And he looked puzzled and accused me of making fun of him." McVicar laughs heartily at the recollection.
It would seem best not to believe everything he says. The interviewer who was given salacious details of McVicar's spell working as Miss Joanne, the dominatrix transvestite, on a sex telephone line came away suspecting it was fictional. The same goes for the reputed affairs with singers, though possibly not the difficult childhood in Glasgow.
IN THE SPACIOUS BASEMENT KITCHEN of his Islington house, all this seems like a distant echo from a former life. Photos of McVicar and Andrew, together with Tito, Nero and Ivor, line the walls. The shelves groan under the weight of cookbooks. Life in middle age (McVicar is fifty-one) can't be so bad.
"The older I get, the more I value working with colleagues who aren't jaded and have genuine passion for what they do," he says. "For example, it's so important if you can have all the cast present for the rehearsal period. I joked recently at Pelléas et Mélisande in Glasgow, 'This is wonderful, you are all here except Yniold, and he is at school!' It isn't often that you are willing to accept a singer who can only be there for four or five days, though there are exceptions. Jonas Kaufmann I would put into that category. He's a busy chap, and you are never going to get him for five weeks, but—wow!—he's worth it when he is there. So open-minded, so willing to try things!"
All this is communicated with McVicar's trademark enthusiasm, arms flailing in the air. A documentary made during rehearsals for his production of Salome at the Royal Opera House in London offers a peek at how he expends all this high-octane energy behind the scenes. There is a huge amount of swearing, with four-letter words peppering every other sentence. The McVicar fondness for sex and gore also shows through. ("I want it to be gross," he says greedily of John the Baptist's head, "and I want it to have a big reservoir inside, so that it can bleed copiously for ten minutes.") But what comes across most of all is his burning desire to fire up the audience.
He throws out a challenge to the more extreme breed of European directors. "Famously, I get very bored watching opera in Germany," he says. "I think there is an aesthetic tyranny going on in German theaters, and this seems dangerous to me at a time when our cultural institutions are under threat. The most radical thing a director in my position can do is reconnect with the ideas of the composers. Surely that's a valid thing to be doing right now? I'm not saying I want everyone to work like me. But I want to see an intrinsic belief in the great operas and a willingness to embrace the audience."
He has been as good as his word so far. That Salome made a vivid "show" out of its updating to a dictator's seedy but glamorous art deco palace in some Fascist state. His much-admired Manon kept Massenet's opera true to its eighteenth-century story. The now celebrated Glyndebourne Giulio Cesare, which traveled to the Met in 2013, transplanted Handel into the colorful India of the Raj. No matter where McVicar chooses to set his productions, the operas leap off the stage.
"I firmly believe that fidelity to the score is also a conceptual choice," he says. "It's a red rag to me when people say of a production that it is traditional, but what they mean is period. It depends how one articulates that period. Do you perform the opera like a meticulously researched museum piece? Or do you, as I did in Der Rosenkavalier, put the singers in eighteenth-century costumes but with hairstyles in the style of Klimt? There are so many possibilities even within a period framework."
MCVICAR SAYS HE REGRETS not having done more spoken theater, but as a colleague of his observed, he has made a speciality of working in music drama and clearly has an aptitude for it. Wherever he can, McVicar likes to get a copy of the score and study how the music informs the action and the characters. No composer impresses him more in this respect than Puccini. In McVicar's words, he is "the master musical dramatist," able to portray in one deft phrase what a character is thinking. "The whole opera is there when you open the score."
It's a safe bet that his forthcoming Tosca at the Met will be true not only to Puccini's characters but to the music. "The big challenge is pinpointing what kind of opera Tosca is," he says. "It's an opera that a lot of people love and a lot of people despise—like Mahler, for one. He conducted it, which is how he knew. It is a historical melodrama, a bodice-ripper. The political situation the opera depicts is semifictional, rather than historically true to those feverish days in June 1800 after the Battle of Marengo, but it has a blunt grandeur about it which is unassailable. You have to accept Tosca on those terms and make it work for a modern audience."
It is clear that McVicar has enjoyed his visits to the Met. He says he was especially pleased with Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux, not least because of the "fabulous" experience of working with Joyce DiDonato and Sondra Radvanovsky. When somebody on the staff questioned why Roberto Devereux had done well at the box office, he said, "It's simple. The opera is good, the cast was fantastic, and we had plenty of time. Put those things together, and you will have a success."
Similarly, he enjoyed Pagliacci hugely, while finding its "heavenly twin," Cavalleria Rusticana, hard. "Some people complained Cav was too static, but that's the nature of the beast, and I felt it was a valid response to portray it not as naturalistic village life but on a bare stage, with just a wooden floor and chairs. Pagliacci, by contrast, has to be exciting, pure verismo. One of the delights was making the play at the end really funny, so that when tragedy strikes, it comes as a tremendous blow to the solar plexus."
McVicar has achieved such a lot that it is hard to believe there is much left on his to-do list. He says he is sorry not to have directed any Janáček, and invitations for more Handel or Monteverdi's Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria would be welcome. "And, before I fall off my perch, I need to do Parsifal, because I would like to immerse myself in its world, do all the research and find out how I myself feel about it. Sometimes I find it repugnant. Sometimes I find it the most transformative opera.
"I don't want to be carried out of the theater in the proverbial box, but so long as I have something useful and valid to do, I would like to carry on," he says. After that, there is cooking—the shelves in the kitchen seem to hold the complete works of Jamie Oliver ("No, no, there are more upstairs," he insists)—and reading. Not much sign of the former "Bad Boy of Opera" there, any more than there has been in the upbeat bonhomie of our interview.
And then there are the dogs. "You may have seen the 'To Let' sign outside?" he asks. "After twenty-five years here, it's no longer necessary for me to live in the intense hub which is London, and we are moving to Glasgow, where I grew up. There will be more places to walk the dogs. When I return feeling entirely spent from a period of work, they grab their leads, because they want to go out straightaway. However stressful the production was, there is nothing I enjoy more. I always come back from that walk feeling a million times better."
Richard Fairman
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On January 27, 2009 I began my blog. Today I am beginning my sixth year of blogging. I love anniversaries of significant events. Anniversaries are the equivalent of Scenic View signs on the freeway or on a twisty mountain road: they suggest the need for a pause. They recommend that I look out over where I've been since I started.
Blogging began as a way to share my quirky thoughts with others. My blog was a spot where I could share whatever was on my mind: funny things, observations about life, and whatever else popped up. Sometimes I shared photos of things I'd made, or posed unanswered questions. I'm not as "bare all" in my blog as some people are, but I do share personal thoughts and feelings. I like having a way to show others (near and far) pieces from my life.
Five years ago I knew very little about creating a blog. I've taught myself some things along the way, although I don't profess to be fluent in computer language. I wonder if I'll blog regularly five years from now. I wonder how my life will have changed in that time. Will my blog be more tutorial-based, more about making things? Or will it me more autobiographical, and less instructional? Who knows?
2013 was a hard year but I got through it. I realized recently that I'm becoming more comfortable with not knowing what is ahead. Surviving hidden surprises has made me a bit better at rolling with the unexpected. That's what I see when I look back over the last year. You see that kind of thing when you pause to look back over where you've been.
Who knows what my blog will morph into over time? I don't. And that's okay. You can't plan everything ahead of time, and sometimes the unexpected parts end up being the ones with the most meaning…


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The Cameroon Tag
Hey everyone,
Today I wanted to share a very different post. I haven't really posted much about me on this blog and so I thought I would share with you guys some things about where I am from. As some of you may know, I am half Nigerian and half Cameroonian and I have always wanted to do a country tag since I have seen a couple of British Tags out there. Considering the fact that I have never even been to Nigeria, I therefore I'm not "Nigerian" enough to do the Nigerian Tag so today, I bring you- The Cameroon Tag. Whooo!!!
In case anyone is wondering where Cameroon is, my beloved country is in West Africa just next to Nigeria as shown on the map below.
So without further ado, I am going to crack on with the questions.
Were you born in Cameroon?
Yes yes yes. I was born in Cameroon- in the English speaking part and I lived there for 15 years before I moved to the UK. I lived in a town called Buea and I went to secondary school in a town called Limbe.
What is your favourite Cameroonian food?
I decided I was going to show you guys instead what my favourites are.
|Roasted Fish
|Fufu and Eru
|Rice and Chicken
I absolutely love rice and chicken. I would eat any kind of rice, whether fried, boiled or jollof.
|Poulet DG- which is basically fried plantains and chicken.
|Roasted Corn and Plums
Do you listen to Cameroonian music/songs?
Yes I do listen to Cameroonian music, Nigerian Music and African music in general.
I am really into Cameroonian music especially because I grew up listening to all these songs so even now that I am no longer in Cameroon, it's hard to just forget about these songs. My favourite artists would be Grace Decca, Tom Yoms and Charlotte Mbango, X Maleya, Charlotte Dipanda, Petit Champion. Click on the artist name if you want to listen to a song by these artists.
What in your house reminds you of Cameroon?
Ah there are so many things in my house right now that remind me of home. All my photos of my friends and I from boarding school, birthday cards, gifts from my friends and family, my traditional clothes and also watching the Nollywood Movies Channel sometimes reminds me of home.
Do you speak French?
I do speak a bit of French although I am not very fluent. I understand it though.
Do you Speak Pidgin English?
Haha I understand pidgin perfectly and I can speak it if I wanted to. I just don't speak it because my parents had drilled it into our heads that it ruins our English. My parents speak it among themselves and they even speak it to us. I just answer them back in English.
What tribe are you from?
My situation is kinda complicated. My dad is half igbo (Nigerian) and half bakweri and my mum is half bayangi and half Bamenda (I don't even know the exact tribe name).
Do you have any Cameroonian clothes?
Yes I do. I have loads of of my clothes which I brought with me from Cameroon. I love wearing them.
What do you miss the most about Cameroon?
I can't narrow it down to one thing. I miss everything about home. I miss my friends and family, the really nice weather, the beaches, the really nice Christmas atmosphere, the music, the people, the food and everything else in general.
|Limbe Beach
|Botanic Garden- Limbe
|A view of Mount Cameroon in Buea
When was the last time you visited or when do you plan to visit?
I haven't visited since I came to the UK and it's been killing me because I miss it so much. I really would like to go back and visit this year before I start uni.
I hope you guys enjoyed reading a bit more about where I come from. I think it's very important not to lose your identity in life no matter where you are and that is something I would hold on to.
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Today's Tarot asked me to express my wishes and fears clearly and directly. And act accordingly. How can I fulfill my wishes? How can I reduce my fears?
Wishes first:
- I want to live in an apartment in a small city
- I want to travel to all 50 states and all 10 provinces in Canada
- I want to live the whole breadth and length of my life
- My health
- Getting old and not being able to take care of myself
How do I fulfill my wishes?
"We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing."
Living in an apartment in a small city:
- Get house ready to sell
- Create plan for timing – i.e. how long will we stay in the house
- Decide where to live
- Sell house
- Move
Travel to all 50 states:
- List states I've been to
- Make plans to visit next year some of the states I haven't yet been
Live the Length and Breadth of my life
- Get out of the house more often – at least once a week
- Visit museums
- Visit gardens
How can I reduce my fears?
"Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins."
Protect my health
- Actually go to the doctor
- Eat a more plant based diet
- Walk daily
Getting old
- Hopefully I will (see protecting my health above)
- Keep active
- Take classes that challenge my mind
"This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later."


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This is the second part of the Academic Career Education Series.
Between teaching, research, and service, academics fulfill many roles with seemingly little time to devote to each of them. This can leave new and experienced professors alike feeling they are never quite "good enough". In this workshop, we will explore the concept of "imposter syndrome", the roles your inner self-critic fulfills in your life, and how this critic is holding you back from thriving and experiencing a more fulfilling career in academe. This experiential workshop includes innovative, personalized reflection activities to help you conquer those imposter demons, thrive in academia, and create a more balanced life.
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Determine your inner critic's primary responsibility and at least one (1) cost that arises from it.
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Describe at least one unsupportive story that regularly plays in your head and develop a statement that reinterprets it.
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Design a personalized self-care plan and/or at least one (1) kind statement to support yourself when you are feeling self-doubt or stressed out.
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks's The Measure of the Magic.
The fate of a world rests on an unlikely hero. . . .
Tucked away in peaceful Shady Vale, the young half-elf Shea Ohmsford gives little thought to the outside world. Yet far to the north, the evil Warlock Lord has dispatched shadowy Skull Bearers, creatures twisted by dark sorcery, to hunt him down. At the same time, a black-cloaked giant of a man appears in Shady Vale. He claims to be the mysterious Druid known as Allanon, a wizardly wanderer of vast knowledge and power--and he has come to see Shea. For Shea, he says, is the last descendant of an ancient Elven king. Only he, in all the world, can wield the fabled Sword of Shannara. And only the Sword can stop the Warlock Lord from destroying all that lives.
The Sword lies far from Shady Vale, in the Druid castle of Paranor. And Paranor has fallen under the shadow of the Warlock Lord. Yet all is not lost. Shea will rise to the challenge. Together with Allanon and a handful of brave companions, he begins a desperate quest into the very heart of evil. . . .


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My trip to Watertown, NY was magical. I love the North Country, as it's called, especially in July with the roadside effusion of Queen Ann's lace and chicory. Not only was I surrounded by friends, I found a writer's haven there. The bookstore, The Reading Room, has a wall of dozens of local authors and their books which would put Greenwich Village to shame. I also got to explore a friend's writing shed, which has sparked fantasies of having my own one installed somewhere on our property.
Chris Brock of the Watertown Daily Times wrote up a nice review of the book, and of my visit. There are a few tiny corrections I'd make if I could, but the only one that really matters is that I'm 53, not 54! Ha. Nope, none of them really matter. It's a lovely article, and I even approve of the photograph.


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Authors: Joseph Palazzo
In the interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, there were four major mistakes done at different levels: (1)A misinterpretation of Bell's theorem in which the original intent did not include non-locality, but as a test to see whether or not a particle has a certain property that can be measured. (2)A misinterpretation of the disagreement between Einstein and Bohr. Einstein's objection to the collapse of the wave function implied a spooky action at a distance, while Bohr insisted on the instantaneous collapse of the wave function which he mistook to be a real wave. (3)A misinterpretation that the wave function represents a real wave when in actuality it represents the possible states of a quantum system before a measurement. (4)When Bell's theorem was violated by a quantum system, those violations were misinterpreted as evidence of an instantaneous collapse of the wave function and non-locality. We will argue: there is no collapse of the wave function. Bell's theorem is not about non-locality. There is no spooky action at a distance. And Quantum Mechanics is about measuring quantities at the microscopic scales and in doing so, these quantities are altered. So what we get is partial knowledge. But in spite of that obstacle, we still get a theory of reality with considerable success.
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Serological Survey of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Kukes and Has, Albania
AbstractIn Albania the first cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever was identified in 1986. In Albania, cases with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever occur almost every year. The most endemic region is the northeast part of the country, such in Kukes and Has. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an arboviral zoonotic infection which is endemic in some areas of the country. The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of CCHFV in previous and recent endemic areas of the country. This crosssectional serologic study was conducted in period 2010-2013-2014 by the Institute of Public Health in Tirana, Albania. The survey included 121 sera specimen of cattle which were randomly collected from two districts in Albania. All samples were collected from two districts in Albania and were examined for anti-CCHFV IgG. Of the total of 121 samples examined, 97 (75.7%) were positive to anti-IgG with ELISA test. The highest positivity rate was among cows (88.3%) and in recent endemic areas of Kukes and Has. In recent endemic areas humans can potentially contract the disease as compared to other areas of the country.
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KADRIAJ, Përparim; DHIMOLEA-KOTA, Majlinda; VELO, Enkelejda. Serological Survey of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Kukes and Has, Albania. European Journal of Natural Sciences and Medicine, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 64-68, july 2018. ISSN 2601-8705. Available at: <http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejnm/article/view/3678>. Date accessed: 22 july 2019. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejnm.v1i2.p64-68.


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Teacher Has Personalized Handshake For Each Of His StudentsBy Mark Pygas
Barry White, Jr. is a fifth grade English teacher at Ashley Park School in Charlotte, North Carolina. And rather surprisingly, the kids that he teaches can't wait to see him every morning. Why? Because he's developed elaborate, personalized handshake with every one of his students.
White told ABC News that he started with the idea last year to help get kids pumped for school.
"They know when they get to the front door we do our 'good mornings,' and then it's time to go."
"I'm always pumped up and then we start doing the moves and that brings them excitement and pumps them up for a high-energy class."
"I started with one simple handshake last year with a 4th grader. She would wait for me every morning before she'd go to class. She'd get in trouble sometimes for being late because she'd wait on the handshake."
"This year I started making handshakes with the kids at recess. It was just one or two students and then it became contagious. I saw how much it meant to them, so I said, 'Come on. Everyone come on.' Then it was my full class, then it was kids from other classes. Now I have 3rd graders wanting to do it too."
And it isn't as hard as you'd think. White says that remembering all the different moves eventually becomes muscle memory.
"I do it so much with them. They love coming up to me and doing it. I just know the certain moves that go with certain kids because it's personalized. For example, I started a step team at the school. Some of my 5th graders I teach are on that step team and you'll notice we step a little bit in their handshakes."
A Cleveland Cavalier's fan, White was inspired by LeBron James, who does the same thing with his teammates.
"You see that bond and how close they are," he said of the Cavs. "I wanted to bring that feeling into the entire 5th grade."
Principal Meaghan Loftus said that she loves the enthusiasm it brings every day.
"The only way to help our scholars achieve at high levels every day is to embrace the need for a meaningful and deep relationships. Barry's handshakes represent his own authentic take on building those relationships. When I walk into my teachers' rooms, I see the impact of those strong and trusting relationships. When kids know their teacher cares, they are attentive, engaged and driven to be successful. That's the culture we are building at Ashley Park."
Someone get this guy a medal.
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Join us for a Fun-filled March at PAMA - Dive into the world of Seth and the Art of the Graphic Novel in an intimate talk with local expert and Professor of English and Visual Culture Daniel Marrone, followed by a film screening of On the Waterfront. This month,PAMA and the Brampton Library also jointly host Connections Art and Book Club featuring the novel, It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by Seth. Then, get ready for a fun-filled March Break at PAMA with special guests, drop-in activities and hands-on fun daily.
Connections Art and Book Club
Thursday, March 2, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Literature and visual arts connect in this unique book club. This month's choice: It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, by world-renowned graphic artist Seth. The discussion will be paired with a tour of PAMA's exhibition Heading to Palookaville: Seth and the Art of the Graphic Novel.
This is a FREE event in partnership with the Brampton Library. To register, call 905-793-4636.
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Thursday, March 9, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Learn more about Palookaville and artist Seth with insights from local expert Daniel Marrone. Then enjoy the film that inspired the graphic novel, On the Waterfront (1954), winner of multiple Oscars for its blunt depiction of the down-and-out boxer Terry Malloy. Played by a young Marlon Brando, Malloy faces the consequences of throwing a fight by ending up with a one-way ticket to Palookaville. This program is free with the cost of admission. Register now to ensure your spot.
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One of the most active clubs on campus, the AUP Music and Performing Club (AMP) is in charge of all the Open Mic nights at the Amex Café as well as other musical events that happen throughout the year like the Showcase in the spring and the Holiday Bash in the fall.
They also manage the Music Room. Located in the basement of Combes, the Music Room is home to an excellent and eclectic collection of instruments and equipment.
AMP uses all of its resources to keep music and performance alive and kicking at AUP. They make sure that instruments and equipment are always available, updating an inventory each semester and repairing any damaged items.
All students who are interested in using this room must fill out this online sign up sheet.
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Chattanooga State recently celebrated the 50th Reunion of its very first graduating class from 1967. The Chattanooga State Class of 1967 is very unique in that they were the first students, and the first graduates, of the state of Tennessee's first-ever two-year technical institution Continue reading First 50th Reunion of the First Class of the First Two-year Technical Institute in the State
Category: 50th Anniversary
ChattState's First 50th Year Reunion: Gary Ainscough
by Gary Ainscough, Class President of first graduating class, 1967
Oh my, where has the time gone? Why has the time moved by so quickly?
Either way, it was very special to be reflective and appreciate how our paths crossed with Chattanooga State. Our professional careers were launched into meaningful job opportunities. Let's go back to Continue reading ChattState's First 50th Year Reunion: Gary Ainscough
50 Faces of Gratitude: Jerry Wagner
By Jerry A. Wagner, charter class alum
As an Alum of Chattanooga State, I am very grateful because it allowed me to continue my education after high school. I started in Fall of 1965 taking six to nine quarter hours at night, majoring in chemical engineering, while working full time at Combustion Continue reading 50 Faces of Gratitude: Jerry Wagner
50 Faces of Gratitude: Floyd Eaves
by Floyd Eaves, retired founding faculty
I am grateful to Chattanooga State because it afforded me an opportunity to work at the college level and be a professor of students studying for a degree in higher education. This level of teaching and administration allowed me to make a difference for students preparing for their life's work. It was a pleasure working with ALL of the presidents from 1966 to 1996 when I retired. Working at Chattanooga State gave me a chance to help grow Chattanooga State into the prestigious institution that it is today.
50 Faces of Gratitude: Jake Brown
Chattanooga State 50th Commencement
"Congratulations! Today is a day of celebration, accomplishment, and the end of one journey and the beginning of a new one," said Mitch Patel, President & CEO of Vision Hospitality Group and 2016 Chattanooga State Commencement speaker. He encouraged graduates to find their passion. "When you have a passion for something, you will Continue reading Chattanooga State 50th Commencement
50 Faces of Gratitude: Lydia Burroughs
by Lydia Burroughs – Alum, class of 2012
I am grateful to Chattanooga State for affording me the opportunity of launching my educational adventure towards becoming a CPA. Due to the wonderfully flexible format and educators that cared about my learning, I am a proud alumni with an AS degree from Chattanooga State, and I am now in the latter stages of my education. Furthermore, I am always touting to anyone thinking of attending college how much they would benefit by beginning their education at Chattanooga State, because I never felt like I was left behind and there was always someone I could go to if I needed further understanding on any subject. I also came away with professors that became lifelong friends that care about my successes!!!
50 Faces of Gratitude: Dr. Herb Hooper
by Dr. Herb Hooper – faculty
As a young boy, I, along with many other young boys in the 1950's, dreamed of one day playing baseball in the major leagues. After graduating from college, reality quickly set in.
It's been 48 years, and I continue to teach mathematics in what I consider to be the major league of community colleges. I am grateful to Chattanooga State for the professional opportunities it has provided me. I am grateful for progressive presidents such as Ed Sessions, Dr. Charley Branch, and Dr. Jim Catanzaro. I am grateful for colleagues who are committed to excellence in teaching and community service. I am grateful for students who everyday challenge me to do my best. I was not able to play at Fenway, Wrigley, or Yankee Stadium, but thanks to Chattanooga State, I did make the major leagues.
50 Faces of Gratitude: Amanda Bennett
by Amanda Bennett – Honors program staff
I appreciate Chattanooga State because I get to bring my kids to campus with me each day. The staff in the Child Development Center are amazing. I truly feel as though the college is an extension of my family and this is in large part due to our on-site daycare.
Pictured are my two oldest children, Raulston and Cora. Cora went to kindergarten this fall and my youngest, Elliot, started at the CDC.
50 Faces of Gratitude: Linda Bullard
by Linda Murray Bullard –alum, writer, speaker, entrepreneur
I am grateful to Chattanooga State because it is the place where I started my road to success. I waited until after my sons were older to finish my Associate's degree. Chattanooga State allowed me to do it when I was ready. I turned 50 years old the same year I graduated. Continue reading 50 Faces of Gratitude: Linda Bullard


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We want to establish clear leadership in areas like security and blockchain: IBM India MD Karan Bajwa
Anything we do in this country has to be part of our existing base. Our incumbency, while posing a challenge in how we transform that, is also our core strength, said Bajwa.
Unethical business conduct a major reason for Indian startups' failure: IBM
Private equity and VC funds have infused more than $22 billion of capital into India since 2006, according to startups analytics firm Tracxn.
Now jobs losses at IBM India, 5,000 employees under fire
IBM did not confirm the number of employees who will be affected but said that "re-skilling and rebalancing is an ongoing process as we accelerate the benefits of cloud technologies for clients."
IBM India focuses on sensitising its leadership workforce: Sofia Bonnet, IBM global diversity leader
"We're look at the concept of 'inclusive role models', under which employees tell their stories on social media, thereby inspiring others," Sofia Bonnet said.
IBM banks on enterprise, cognitive services
The company, which can offer public, private and hybrid cloud services, has also appointed Vikas Arora, former general manager of Dell EMC Asia Pacific and Japan, to head its cloud business in March.
IBM appoints a chief digital officer for India
IBM has appointed a chief digital officer (CDO) for India, one of the first countries outside the US to have such a position, and marks the importance the country holds as IBM morphs into a platform company with the focus on cloud and cognitive.
Cognitive computing and cloud platforms will change the future of the business
Enterprises need cognitive solutions that turn vast amounts of data into insights and competitive advantage.
IBM India chief Karan Bajwa looks to mine bottom of the cloud pyramid
"The big change is that we want all our conversations to be cloud-first - from delivery to 'solutioning' - and I have set goals in terms of the amount of revenue, customers and consumption of cloud," he said.
Capgemini appoints IBM's Anil Jalali as India HR head
Jalali takes over from BL Narayan who is joining Capgemini's Business Services Strategic Business unit as head of solutions and sales support.
IBM India revenue rises 10% to $3.4bn in 2015-16
India is a bright spot for IBM.It was called out for its performance by CFO Martin Schroeter in the June and October quarters.And its most recent financials, filed with the Registrar of Companies, reinforces it.
IBM will continue to invest in tech & research, says India head Vanitha Narayanan
IBM India head said the company looks at India both as a market for its products and also a talent pool for doing cutting edge work for global clientele.
Donald Trump accuses IBM of moving jobs to India
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today accused US tech giant IBM of laying off 500 workers in Minneapolis and shifting their jobs to India and other countries as he warned of levying a 35% tax on companies doing so if he is elected.
IBM India realigns traditional technology services business; brings in top executive to oversee
ET had reported in February that IBM's India business generates close to $3.5 billion in revenue, although the technology services giant reported a slight decline in profits for the year ended March 2015.
IBM pitches supercomputer Watson to top Indian clients
The strong push for Watson in India comes at a time when IBM is fighting hard to save its $1-billion (Rs 6,350 crore) outsourcing contract with Vodafone.
ISON beats Tech Mahindra to bag $300 million MTN call-centre outsourcing deal
As part of the deal, ISON's business process outsourcing unit will take over the call-centre operations of MTN in seven countries and rebadge about 5,000 MTN employees to ISON over the next six to nine month
IBM India adds second data centre to retain data within nation
IBM is planning to set up its second data centre in India to cater to the demand from various sectors including financial services and government.
IBM India staff still battle tech blues fearing more layoffs
For employees of IBM India, once considered the jewel in the crown of Big Blue, the coming weeks are expected to bring yet more layoffs.


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Ok Ok, I still don't get it.
This is what goes down in my Italian language classes.
Why do people think the more they repeat a word or the louder they shrill that I will be able to understand what they are trying to convey?
I didn't comprehend the meaning the first time you said it yet alone the sixth!
Learning a foreign language is tough, I have a new-found admiration for anyone who learns any language as an adult.
Spesso si scontrano per stupidaggini.
I'll give you a fight over a stupid little thing !!!!


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Setting-up Your E-Pay Account
Author: Andrew Hagen
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CHICKEN BREASTS LOMBARDY Southern Living Nov 1978 VERY VERY GOOD RECIPE~!
6 whole chicken breasts, boned, skinned and quartered 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup butter, divided Salt & pepper 1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms 3/4 cup Marsala wine 1/2 cup chicken broth 1/2 cup (2 oz) shredded Fontina or mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Place each chicken piece between 2 sheets of waxed paper, and flatten to 1/8-inch thickness using a mallot or rolling pin.
Dredge chicken lightly with flour. Place 4 pieces at a time in 2 T melted butter in a large skillet; cook over low heat 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Place chicken in a greased 13x9x2-inch baking dish, overlapping edges; sprinkle with salt & pepper to taste. Repeat procedure with remaining chicken, adding 2 T butter to skillet each time. Reserve drippings in skillet.
Saute mushrooms in 1/4 cup butter until tender; drain. Sprinkle evenly over chicken.
Stir wine and chicken stock into drippings in skillet. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in 1/2 t salt and 1/8 t pepper. Spoon about 1/3 of sauce evenly over chicken. Reserve remaining sauce.
Combine cheese, and sprinkle over chicken. Bake 450� for 10-12 minutes. Place under broiler 1-2 minutes until lightly browned. Serve with remaining reserved sauce. Yield: 8 servings.
Note: Turkey breast may be substituted for chicken. Instead of Marsala wine, 3/4 cup dry white wine may be used.


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I switched to this app over Windows 10 built in app when I found that Win10 calendar would not display more then 3 events on the same day. I quickly bought the functionality from this app and then found out it has this HORRIBLE functionality flaw. It will crash within seconds of opening. Eventually (so far) if I keep opening the program it will stabilize. Who knew trying to use a metro calendar app would be so difficult. I just want basic functionality and to see all my events in a day.
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Jeanelle Lust is the managing partner at the Knudsen Law Firm where she has practiced since 1994. Jeanelle is a multi-faceted trial lawyer who focuses on commercial litigation. She has represented clients in such varied lawsuits as RICO claims, professional malpractice, constitutional tax disputes, automobile accidents, employment law disputes, water disputes and bankruptcy. Jeanelle also handles all aspects of Nursing Home litigation, including arbitration, and defends several school districts in the state.
Jeanelle is a native of Madison, South Dakota. She graduated cum laude from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD in 1991. She attended Creighton University School of Law, graduating summa cum laude in 1994. Jeanelle received the Faculty of Law Highest Triennial Average Award for having the highest grade point average after each year in law school, and was Assistant Editor of the Creighton Law Review.
Jeanelle is presently a member of the Publications Committee of the Nebraska Bar Association that publishes and edits the Nebraska Lawyer Magazine. She is a member of the bar in South Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado. Jeanelle co-authors the employment law manuals for the state chamber.
Jeanelle is a charter Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America and has been designated a Super Lawyer. Jeanelle is participating in Inns of Court as a Master of the Bar and a member of the executive committee. Jeanelle is also actively involved in her community as a Trustee for the Lincoln Children's Zoo and a member of the Capital Humane Society's finance committee. Jeanelle was appointed to the Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Commission by Lincoln Mayor Chris Buetler and began serving her six -year term as a Commissioner on September 9, 2009. She was also appointed by the Lancaster County Board to serve on the Indigent Defense Council. Jeanelle was honored to become a Nebraska State Bar Foundation Fellow in 2011. Jeanelle will also soon begin service as a board member of the community services fund.
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Demystifying Australia's Energy Challenges – Breakfast Events
The AFGC is delighted to invite you to a special event where we will unpack the current energy debate. This will be held in Sydney on Thursday 16th November and Melbourne on Monday 20th November.
The energy sector is in a period of disruptive transformation. A greater focus on renewable generation, new digital technologies and changing consumer expectations are turning the traditional industry model upside down.
Balancing the somewhat competitive objectives of security of supply, affordability, and sustainability as we transition to a changed energy mix is a key focus of all businesses with high energy costs. Many businesses in response to these challenges are taking a more strategic approach to energy procurement including alternatives to traditional procurement.
This session is intended to assist our members' understanding of the energy market and consequential consumer price impacts and current policy settings.
At this fascinating session we aim to have organisations who have embarked on this journey share their lessons learned firsthand. We are also delighted to have Craig Mickle, Partner, EY who will add insights around what is causing current concerns in relation to electricity prices and how businesses in Australia, and overseas are seeking to overcome their energy challenges. We hope you can join us for this topical discussion.
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All food additives, including colors, sweeteners and other functional classes (e.g. anti-caking or bulking agents), are regulated under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. The use of additives presents several challenges, including maximum limits, restrictions as to the food categories where it can be used, authorized functions, whether clean labelling is possible using certain additives, etc. We help our clients navigate the regulatory hurdles arising from this category of food ingredients
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Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 sets the Community lists of food additives authorized in foods, food additives, food enzymes, flavorings, nutrients and other substances added for nutritional and/or physiological purposes. It also establishes the conditions attached to their use (mainly maximum limits) and specific labeling requirements. Food additives authorized under Directives 94/35/EC, 94/36/EC and 95/2/EC may be used pending their review by the European Commission, due by January 20, 2011.
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"The Big East is in discussions to add Temple for all sports as early as the next school year, according to someone briefed on the talks. Temple belongs to the Mid-American Conference and the Atlantic 10 in various sports and there are legal issues that have to be dealt with before the Owls would be able to leave. A resolution is expected this month.
Within the next month, Temple will also have to inform the new conference formed by the merger of the Mountain West and Conference USA of its intentions. Temple has been asked to join that league."
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Glencoe City Council: Lincoln Park, other work moving along
The Glencoe City Council heard updates on the city's three big summer projects at the regular Monday night meeting.
Airport runway
The Council voted to accept the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant for the Glencoe Municipal Airport taxiway construction project as soon as it has been officially awarded. Though U.S. Congressman Collin Peterson announced the grant was approved, it has not officially been awarded to the city yet.
The FAA grant awarded just under $1.8 million to the project, covering 90 percent of the cost. The remaining cost will be divided between the city and the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Each of these will pay $89,945 for the project.
The cost of the project includes construction of the 3,300 foot taxiway, the rehabilitation of 6,030 square yards of existing pavement and the acquisition of half an acre of land.
City Administrator Mark Larson said the construction dates have changed. The subcontractor Knife River is not available to start immediately, so construction will being mid-August. Larson said the project could be running against the clock, with only about two months before winter begins.
Lincoln Park project
The Council also heard an update on the Lincoln Park project.
The first phase of the project is coming to completion and phase two should begin soon. The streets have been moved up to grade and paving crews will be working next week. Larson said the project seems to be moving along well now.
Mayor Randy Wilson noted that denying the extension to the company appears to have been effective.
The Oak Leaf Campground project is also moving along nicely, the Council heard.
The plumbers, construction and electrician will complete their final inspections on Thursday and Friday of this week.
Park Superintendent Mike Drew said the projects should be finished in a week and a half or two weeks.
For more from the meeting, see the July 22 print edition of The Chronicle.
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Thinking Quickly With Distillation Columns
your basic column controls fail, a quick thinking engineer can save a company alot of
money. Weighing the financial options before the incident happens can help you feel
secure in you decisions when you make them. We'll have a look at three scenarios
that you may not have thought of, but may encounter.
Table 1: Column Design Specifications
Figure 1 shows a material balance around the column:
Scenario One
Consequences: Lost revenue due to off specification material.
Cause: During the scale up, the utilities are increased to handle the additional heat duty. When production returned to normal, the steam flow in the reboiler was reduced according to the feed flow, not the original conditions before the scale up (although there should be no difference). However, the design utility flowrates can seldom accurately predict fouling. This means that more utilities may be required than specified by the design specifications. This is the case here.
Solution: After increasing the steam flow to it's proper set point, refine the operating procedure for capacity changes. The correlation between feed flow and steam may need to be re-examined. Over time, the steam flow may gradually increase to maintain purity. Mineral buildup in the reboiler (fouling) may need to be accounted for in the correlation. For example, the feed flow-utility flow correlations may also need to be time dependent to account for the fouling in the reboiler/condenser. Examining the column's history may be helpful here. You may be tempted to say, "Why don't we just use the set points that we used before the scale up?". That will work if you are returning to exactly the same flowrate, but you may be required to change capacity to flowrate that you don't have a reference point for in the immediate past.
Situation: The acrylic acid is stored in holding tanks until shipment to customers. The purity is tested in the lab everyday and continuously online. Currently, one of the acrylic acid tanks is off specification at 99.5% pure. The condenser and reboiler utility streams have been behaving strangely by oscillating up and down in the past two days. Because these oscillation have been small and barely outside of set point parameters, no changes were made. The concentration detector that measures the online concentration of the acrylic acid has been operating properly.
Consequences: If shipped as is, this material would have to be downgraded resulting in a serious financial loss.
Cause: All to often, engineers forget about one simple upset in columns. Feed surges can cause small amounts of off specification material to slip through the column. In this case, feed surges have been occurring frequently in the past 48 hours causing the utilities to oscillate up and down trying to compensate. During compensation, enough off grade material has made it through the system to contaminate the entire tank.
Solution: Manually increase the utilities such that the required purity is maintained even through the feed surges. When the feed is stable, the product will be over purified and may be able to increase the overall purity of the tank. Although more money will be used in utilities, the profits from upgrading the material in the tank will be much greater over a short time span. Don't forget to find out what is causing the surges and correct that problem too!
Situation: One day while browsing the recent column history, you decide to check the current performance against the design performance. This seems like a good idea since the column has been in operation for 15 years. It has always been used for the same purpose and it is currently operating at its design feed flowrate. You are stunned to learn that the current reflux rate of 80 kmol/h is 20% higher than the design reflux rate! The purity that the column is producing is no more than the intended design purity. For some reason, the column is literary straining to perform this separation....but why?
Consequences: The additional reflux has forced the column to handle heat duties that are much higher than they should be. This is costing the company thousands of dollars each year.
Cause: Since the column is under a vacuum, only glass covered view ports above the trays are available to look into the column making it difficult to see the bottom of the plates. After having a contractor perform a grid scan with radioactive isotopes, you confirm your suspicion....the column is experiencing serious flooding. Although thoughtfully designed with stainless steel trays, nothing can withstand acid forever and the tray openings have been corroded.
Solution: At the next shutdown, new trays should be installed, along with view ports situated just below one of the trays so that flooding can be checked visibly. Although you may think that view port placement should be a "no brainer", I've seen them placed where they were nearly useless! Once the new trays are in place, watch the utility costs drop and line up for a promotion. But, why wasn't this checked long ago? Remember, the column was operating "normally" in terms of purity and often times that is all that management really cares about!


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Blackstone Group LP and Goldman Sachs Group Inc are weighing separate bids for 1,500 Spanish rental homes that are being sold by the nation's largest real estate investment trust, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Merlin Properties Socimi SA has asked investors to submit non-binding bids for the portfolio by Nov. 10 and a sale is expected to be agreed before the end of the year, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the matter is private. Spokesmen for Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and Merlin all declined to comment.
Blackstone, owner of the biggest single-family rental home business in the U.S., and New York-based Goldman Sachs have been building residential portfolios in Spain, betting that the housing market has bottomed after values dropped more than 40 percent. Home prices rose in October, the first monthly increase from a year earlier since 2008.
Merlin bought the 1,500 homes as part of its purchase of Testa Inmuebles en Renta SA from Sacyr SA for 1.79 billion euros ($1.95 billion). The rental homes were valued at 276 million euros at the end of last year, according to Testa's 2014 annual report. Almost 95 percent of the units are currently occupied and more than a thousand of them are in Madrid, according to the report. The remainder are situated in Toledo and San Sebastian.
Merlin Chief Executive Officer Ismael Clemente said in an interview in July that he would dispose of non-core assets such as homes and hotels to focus on boosting commercial properties such as offices. logistics and shopping malls.
Blackstone bought 1,860 rental homes from local authorities for 125.5 million euros in 2013 and the same year a Goldman Sachs venture acquired 3,000 low-income apartments from the city of Madrid.
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Most think about Queensland's infrastructure crisis only in terms of inadequate roads, dams, schools, power stations, public transport and traffic congestion. Poor planning, lack of funding and delayed decision-making are usually blamed for this mess.
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They do not work any more. They are out of date, ossified and manipulated by whoever is in power to maintain office rather than to reflect democratic will or to be accountable to the electorate.
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Look at the overseas doctors' scandal. People die in Queensland's public hospitals, but not one minister has been sacked; a man dies in a police lock-up on Palm Island and not one minister has taken responsibility and resigned.
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Millions of taxpayers' dollars have been squandered on "white-elephant" projects that were never properly costed, and failed to deliver - a magnesium project that lost millions, the proposed Traveston Dam, the Gold Coast's desalination plant, the Indy car debacle and tunnels with few cars.
And yet we have no parliamentary committee or independent inquiries into any of these debacles. Just a few post-event reports by the Auditor-General, who tells us the obvious - processes and planning were poor or virtually non-existent.
Our present system of governance has broken down. Our parliamentary system is Westminster gone troppo.
Parliament sits only 50 days a year. The governing party controls all its procedures. Question time is a farce, legislation is rushed and the Opposition, inept as it is, neutered.
Queensland's single house parliamentary system makes it worse. An upper house, if properly constructed, might exert restraint on the present excesses of executive government, ensure more consultation and provide better representation for regions or other groups. But it has been ruled out by the current Government in its response to the Integrity and Accountability discussion paper last year.
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I took my first Ceramics class (because I could not afford the $50 fee to take photography) taught by Ms. Wendy Farnham at Maury High School in Norflk, Virginia. Though that one class may seem insignificant, she was great and I am happy to have seen her once years later and been able to thank her for an introduction into this amazing art form.
Moved to the big apple to really immerse myself in the artistic world.
Began College (again).
My first art exhibition in "Directions 2005" (May 18 - June 24, 2005).
I won a Presidential Purchase Award at the student art exhibit at Kingsborough Community College in 2005 for my mouse vase (ceramic), this was very important for it encouraged me, and validated my method of ceramic creation. The work is now part of the schools permanent collection.
I exhibited in "Directions 2006" (May 17 - June 19, 2006). I was honored again but this time with a gallery award which is a lower level award and the school does not induct the work.
Thanks to Marshall Hill/Mariposa, and the Living Beyond Belief foundation, I had the time of my life working to create a small polymer clay statue for Kenneth Cole which was presented to him at the National Arts Club in NYC. I was honored for the opportunity to be a part of this because I feel that Kenneth Cole is not just another celebrity designer, he is an active humanist, and always tries to help inform people with his HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns.
On May 26, 2008, I was invited to teach a youth class at Third Street Music School Settlement on East 11th street. The class taught children the fundamentals of polymer clay and simple hand building techniques.
In early March I participated in the City College ceramics student exhibition.
View a short video of me at the opening talking about a couple of pieces.
Decided to broaden the ceramic knowledge by attending porcelain classes for one session with Bobby Silverman at the 92nd street YMCA.
In March, I participated in the annual Ceramics show which is arranged by art critic and professor of City College Sylvia Netzer. More than ten of my own ceramic works were exhibited.
In May, I was awarded a work-study scholarship to the Art Students League (57th street) and began taking bronze sculpture classes.
December, I exhibited one ceramic vessel in the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery @ 215 West 57th Street, New York for their annual holiday show.
February, earned my BA from City College.


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21st Gives Back: Emerald Academy
Emerald Academy is a free, independently operated, K-8 college preparatory school that opened July 27, 2015.
Emerald Academy is Knox County's first public charter school and gives families, including those with Special Education and English Language Learner requirements, an education option.
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We were very thankful that our teams had the opportunity to volunteer at this school.