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While technological progress on construction sites may be shooting forward faster than many can keep pace with, experts are saying that they are "disappointed because nothing is moving ahead", and that "we need another revolution in construction".
Flying robots, artificial intelligence, 3D printing and the ever-increasing scope of BIM (building information modelling) are all way in which the construction industry is changing, with some elements already in place but clearly much more to come.
The effects of these changes are many and varied, and range from economic benefits and safety issues, to a resultant need to attract young talent to the industry of the future.
At a conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, recently, there was a call for the construction industry to become "more future-orientated".
The conference was staged by Construction Products Europe, whose director general, Christophe Sykes, said this was "the first event in a long discussion".
The event was hosted by Catherine Stihler MEP, and it looked at a number of different topics under the heading High-Tech Evolution in Construction.
Building with drones was discussed by Pierre Latteur of the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium.
He said, "BIM allows for all the stakeholders of a construction project to better co-ordinate by using a central, unique and permanently updated source of information.
"BIM is necessary today, but it is not yet sufficient. We need another revolution in construction."
He said it was not sufficient because it did not avoid the impact of many factors, such as the lack of communication between people, the lack of skilled labour, bad weather conditions, etc.
He pointed out that today, workers still had to open a paper plan on a jobsite, and to translate it, so it was a source of mistakes.
He suggested an answer to these problems was to use robots – and not just flying robots.
"Why couldn't we use robots to build structures on a fully automated process?" he asked, saying that robots could place each construction element at exactly the right spot.
His laboratory tests have seen that a wall could be built in less than two hours with two drones, with labour costs of €4 per m2 – not including the cost of materials.
"That means ten times cheaper than the cost of a Belgian worker, and five times faster," he said.
"If you want to use flying robots for construction, we have to rethink the construction processes. We think we will never on a construction site use flying robots with a mass bigger than 100 or 200kg, unless it becomes a heavy, noisy and dangerous helicopter, so we have to rethink the construction processes in order to be able to build big structures with light and small elements."
He said that went against what is done everywhere in the world where labour costs were high, saying that this was because building at the present time was with big elements and big cranes.
Artificial intelligence
Tim Chapman, director of Arup Infrastructure, took up the topic of artificial intelligence.
He said, "The high-tech evolution in construction is a key part of artificial intelligence."
In the past, he said, it had been evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
"I think this industrial revolution – the next one – is going to be more revolutionary than we have seen in our lifetimes."
Some speakers came up with a different number of industrial revolutions that have been seen already, but for Chapman it was four.
"The first one was in the 18th century with steam power and mechanical production. The second one was the division of labour, electricity and mass production, and factorisation of production at the end of the 19th century, and in the latter part of the last century, electronics and IT.
"The fourth industrial revolution we're coming into now," he said, "is cyber physical systems and artificial intelligence. So very quickly now, human technology is moving ahead."
Chapman said that automation in construction – whether it was drones, robotics or something else – was all the same thing.
"It's all about automation, making ourselves more efficient, and we tend to think in construction that it won't happen to us. We will do things like we always have done.
"The miracle is we have got as far as we have, doing it the way we have always done it before technology has taken over."
He pointed to industries like buying insurance, banking and bookstores, which have been "obliterated by technology – the nature has changed utterly over the last 20 or 30 years, and the same thing will happen to us. It hasn't happened yet. We need that productivity boost in construction."
'Construction puzzle'
The subject of BIM was addressed by Peter Caplehorn, deputy chief executive and policy director of the UK's Construction Products Association.
He talked about the "construction puzzle", saying there was a situation where lots of things happened in construction, with many unco-ordinated things that were meant to happen but probably didn't.
"It's a case of making sense of this to achieve the buildings and the outcomes that we want – and that hardly ever happens," he said.
"We always have a situation where chaos reigns at some point in the production, so how do we make this work better? That's the challenge of digitalisation."
He said that currently in the UK industry, every project was drawn two and a half times, and constructed one and a half times.
"That's a ridiculous amount of waste and it's something we need to address," said Caplehorn. "It's something I think that digitalisation rather than BIM – because it is a wider subject – will actually tackle and get us to a good solution."
He continued, "BIM is not about CAD, it's not about 3D images. It's about data first and foremost.
"The data supports the 3D images. That is so important because it's the data that brings the reliability. It's the data that joins up all the players in the conversation. It's the data that gives us sense, in terms of what will actually be built, reliably and with improved performance, and with better health and safety, and all those aspects that we are trying to drive for."
For Jeremy Rollison, director of EU government affairs within Microsoft's corporate, external and legal affairs group, there are three revolutions to consider – the industrial revolution, and the PC computing revolution in the 1980s having already happened.
He said, "We really identify the next big revolution from our side as cloud computing, and all the things that come with that."
He felt that drones, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things would all increasingly be powered by the cloud.
Thomas Bock, professor of building realisation and robotics at Technische Universität München, said he had been following the construction industry for more than three decades, "and I'm getting disappointed because nothing is moving ahead, so we really have to come up with a kind of innovation lead".
He said his solution would be to initiate in the region of 80 flagship projects in the next 15 years.
"I would take at least about €5 billion," he said. "It sounds a lot, but it's not. If you just consider the cost overrun of the Berlin airport, it's more than €5 billion already. The airport should have been finished six years ago – we don't know when we can finish it.
"So if you just take this money of the cost overrun of the Berlin airport, we can do something revolutionary in Europe."
He added, "And it will generate new professions, so we don't need to worry that a robot might take them away. On the contrary, we will have new professions and new markets if we develop these processes with robots."
Cédric de Meeûs, who is responsible for LafargeHolcim's public affairs and government relations, spoke about 3D printing.
"We are only one actor in a very complex and very fragmented value chain, and each actor along these value chains is impacted by megatrends such as urbanisation, and all of them are trying to solve different challenges.
"We have to provide partial answers to those challenges. This is transforming everything we do, and everything we have done for the past 100 years."
He said that at the heart of this transformation lay value-added data, and that for LafargeHolcim, this could take many different forms, including BIM, and the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) chips to monitor and control the infrastructure that his company was helping to build.
"It's also about smart manufacturing," he told the conference. "That's where 3D printing comes in."
He said there were more questions around 3D than answers at the moment, and that 3D was not one process, but a broad family of techniques which was currently evolving.
"We are trying to understand two revolutions that are ongoing," said de Meeûs. "The first one is trying to understand how building practice and how the model of traditional building are completely changing with 3D."
He said this was because 3D meant unlimited product diversification which, as it was on demand, meant there was no need for stocks.
"You can produce one piece, or 3,000 pieces, so you have complete control on cost for small series and for large series."
He said it changed everything completely, with "infinitely complex shapes for architects, and you transform completely the way you work. Usually you design, you mock up, you prototype and then you build. Here you go from design to build in one go."
He said a second element here was that, from a cement and concrete perspective, the industry was not used to robots.
"We're not an automated sector. The construction sector in general is not robotised or automated, and this changes completely the basis on which we work.
"When approaching 3D printing, we have three things in mind," said de Meeûs. "The first one is purely aesthetic.
"It's working with the construction value chain, working with architects and conveying the message to architects to go for it – go on, dream it! We can build it today or at least try to build it with you."
He said that in the longer term, this could bring solutions to "the affordable housing dilemma that we have in many parts of the world". He cited countries where a house could be built in a small number of days for a very controlled cost.
The third element he identified was about integrating elements that had been discussed throughout the conference, such as BIM.
"To do large scale 3D printing you need, of course, a material supplier – concrete is one of them. You need digital-friendly building companies, and there are not many around today. It's changing but there are not many around."
He said the biggest step to overcome in the future would be how to adapt these technologies to a sector which is heavily standardised.
Closing the conference, Construction Products Europe's Sykes said, "We need to attract young talent, and we need to be more future-orientated as an industry."
More details from the High-Tech Evolution in Construction conference are available from Construction Products Europe's website at www.construction-products.eu.


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The oil rig disaster film Deepwater Horizon has found its leading man. All Is Lost helmer J.C. Chandor signed on to direct the pic last month, and now Deadline reports that Mark Wahlberg is in talks to take on the lead role. The film is based on the Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster of April 2010 and focuses on the rig workers that were on site during the explosion that killed 11 people and injured 16 others. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura previously likened the the pic to A Perfect Storm, so nabbing Wahlberg for the lead role feels like a swell fit. The actor will play the Number 2 manager onboard, with Chandor eyeing a spring or early summer 2015 production start date.
Hit the jump for casting news concerning Sigourney Weaver, including the status of her involvement with the female Expendables movie.
Additionally, Heat Vision reports that Sigourney Weaver has joined the cast of The Impossible director Juan Antonio Bayona's adaptation of the Patrick Ness children's fantasy novel A Monster Calls. The story revolves around a 13-year-old kid named Conor who, in an effort to relieve stress brought on by bullying and his mother's terminal illness, escapes to a fantastical world thanks to a tree monster. Felicity Jones is already set to play the mother, Liam Neeson is playing the monster, and now Weaver will play the boy's grandmother. The film will hit theaters on October 14, 2016.
Also embedded in Heat Vision's report is the news that Weaver recently passed on starring in the "female Expendables" movie The Expendabelles. Though I'd love to see a female-led Expendables film, this one that's currently in development goes about the central conceit all wrong. To be directed by Robert Luketic, the story revolves around a group of female operatives who must pose as "high-class call-girls" in order to save the day. The film mistakes empowerment for "sexy and kick-ass", so it's not hard to see why Weaver passed. Maybe try getting, I don't know, a female writer and/or director to craft the "female Expendables" movie, then you'll have something worthwhile.
Weaver will be seen later this year in the Biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings and also stars in Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi film Chappie, opening next year. She's also poised to start shooting Avatar 2, 3, and 4 early next year.


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Making your own paintings is money saving and fun. I have a thing for crosses these days, as well as black and copper. I have therefore combined the three in a painting, and this is the result.
First, I painted the canvas in matte black, before I measured and drew the cross with a pencil so I knew where to put the masking tape. Then I painted the cross the with shiny copper to create a contrast against the matte. Easy as that!
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By by Robert W. Moorman Robert W. Moorman is a freelance writer specializing in various facets of the fixed and rotor wing air transportation business | October 1, 2015 Send Feedback
Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only is it a key element of the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) modernization initiative, but it is also a friend of the environment and cost-averse airlines. The two primary components of PBN — Area Navigation (RNAV) and the more advanced Required Navigation Performance (RNP), which includes onboard performance-monitoring and alerting capabilities — are being implemented at various airports throughout the United States to better manage inbound and outbound air traffic.
More than 7,000 PBN procedures have been published in the United States through the FAA's metroplex initiative. The goal of these metroplex projects is to create a more efficient use of airspace with better arrival and departure flows. The FAA has implemented scores of new satellite-based PBN procedures in the Denver, Houston, North Texas, Washington, D.C., and Northern and Southern California areas, among others.
"In the United States, the most advanced implementation of PBN-RNP is in Denver, Colo.," claims Andy McDowell, director of global business and program capture for all airspace programs within Boeing and Jeppesen. The Denver Metroplex uses PBN-RNP for independent, widely spaced parallel operations. "It is the only airport doing that in the United States today," said McDowell. "That is why we think of Denver as the most advanced application of RNP."
The North Texas Metroplex is now operational with 80 new PBN procedures for arrival, approach and departure. In Houston alone, results show that 60 new PBN procedures implemented in the surrounding airspace save users $6 million annually in fuel consumption, according to the FAA, which means fewer CO2 emissions as well. Based on airline-filed flight plans, the FAA estimates that aircraft in Houston will fly 648,000 fewer nautical miles annually as a result of PBN procedures.
Houston has around 20 new RNAV Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STAR) and a half dozen Standard Instrument Departures (SIDS) as well as a ground-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in place, according to the FAA.
The Charlotte, North Carolina Metroplex will implement 39 new PBN procedures between August 2015 and January 2017. Around 30 new PBN procedures in the Atlanta, Ga. metroplex will be implemented between February and September 2016. "We now have more satellite-based procedures in our skies nationwide than radar-based procedures," says FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. "That would have been hard to imagine just a few years ago." System-wide, the FAA measured $1.6 billion in benefits to airlines and the traveling public from PBN and other NextGen capabilities. "Over the next 15 years, we estimate that these changes alone will produce an additional $11.4 billion in benefits," Huerta adds.
PBN-RNP/RNAV procedures provide additional benefits in various forms of flight. STARs can reduce miles flown in Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) airspace and reduce controller/aircraft communications and interaction between the dependent flows in multiplex airspace while increasing predictability of operations.
Outside of the United States, the greatest levels of RNP-implementation is occurring in Australia, New Zealand, China and Canada, according to a Jeppesen industry analysis.
Canada's Constant Descent Final Approach (CDFA) testing program, which includes RNAV/RNP procedures, is designed to eliminate the cumbersome and costly step-down approaches aircraft are currently making to an airport. NavCanada, a non-profit company created in late 1996, responsible for all civilian air traffic services in Canada, is testing the new CDFA procedures from an altitude at or above the final approach fix height to a point approximately 50 feet above the landing runway threshold. The operator selects and adjusts the rate of descent in order to achieve a constant descent angle or to the point where the flare maneuver should begin for the type of aircraft flown, according to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards.
Currently, Europe is having difficulty implementing PBN-RNP procedures, in part, because of bureaucratic entanglements involving several countries, according to several navigation experts. Eventually, PBN procedures will be part of Europe's Single European Sky ATM Resarch (SESAR) program, the equivalent of NextGen. [See sidebar] PBN is available in Australia already and the country's Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), AirServices Australia, is developing related elements. In a July 2014 report, AirServices Australia, which manages and monitors Australian airspace, declared that PBN aircraft equipment mandates should be in place by February 2016. Navigation approvals for PBN procedure implementation for oceanic, en route, terminal and approach are in the works.
Much of the groundbreaking work on PBN procedures came out of the seven-year "Greener Skies Over Seattle" pilot project, which included the efforts of Boeing, the FAA, Alaska Airlines, Honeywell, Hughes Aerospace, and others. Alaska Airlines flew the approaches, while Boeing monitored the precise RNP/RNAV procedures.
Aircraft following the FAA-imposed procedures on all flights into Seattle from the southwest, and equipped with necessary satellite-based avionics, would cut fuel consumption by 2.7 million gallons a year and reduce carbon emissions by 25,600 metric tons, the equivalent of taking 5,400 cars off the road for each use, according to a recent Boeing Company study on the project.
Alaska Airlines projected it could save 87 gallons of fuel, shorten flight times by about nine minutes and reduce carbon emissions by one metric ton every time one of its aircraft lands at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport using PBN procedures. Data from the Greener Skies project, now in its last year, provided the template for other RNAV-RNP approaches into several U.S. airports. According to Boeing, with these procedures, airlines achieve better operational efficiency by reducing fuel consumption, flight times and lower emissions.
The evolution of PBN procedures would not have been possible without the development of advanced onboard avionics. Several Boeing, Airbus, Embraer and Bombardier commercial airliners are now fitted with RNAV/RNP-equipped Flight Management Systems (FMS). FMS is the cornerstone for conveying PBN-RNP procedures.
Honeywell provides various models of RNAV/RNP-equipped FMS for most aircraft markets. The company's NextGen FMS with RNP/RNAV capability is on business aircraft manufactured by Gulfstream, Dassault and Embraer. The older business aircraft with Honeywell cockpits are equipped with the FMZ 2000. In the large commercial carrier market, the NextGen FMS is on the Boeing 747-8. Honeywell also supplies the RNAV/RNP functionality for FMS systems on the 787, 777 and the Airbus A330 and A350. (Note: These aircraft are not equipped with the NextGen FMS. Honeywell provides the RNAV/RNP function for the OEM's own FMS system.) Time- and fuel-saving benefits of PBN procedures, due to the shortened and optimized lateral routing, are "at early to mid-stage" position, says John Hiller, chief engineer for Honeywell. "These benefits will grow as the expanded capabilities of PBN are brought in from the ground service and onboard equipment."
There are spot areas of coverage that still need attention, such as terrain around airports. At present, there are around 400 public RNP with Authorization Required (RNP-AR) procedures in place in the United States. RNP-AR procedures are approaches that require prior authorization from the FAA and, typically, don't follow a straight line. The FAA must approve the training curriculum, operational methodology and flight crew for RNP-AR procedures before aircraft operators can use them. Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. is considered the "poster child" for RNP-AR, says Hiller. Arriving and departing aircraft fly a tight corridor over the Potomac River. Most of the work remaining regarding the implementation of PBN procedures throughout the United States involves building infrastructure related to the Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS). GBAS is the airport-specific, long-term replacement for the Instrument Landing System (ILS).
There is a growing list of companies that support PBN and its various procedures worldwide. Turning from ground to satellite, Universal Avionics Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)-FMS family contains RNAV/RNP capability and its customers have received RNP-AR approval for various airframes, including the Bombardier Q400. "We are one of the few manufacturers that support the use of RNP AR," says Paul Damschen, manager of airworthiness and flight operations for Universal Avionics. Universal is helping customers, such as Horizon Air, the regional airline for Alaska Airlines, to achieve RNP down to 0.1 nautical miles. The company claims to be the first avionics manufacturer to achieve RNP 0.1. At one unnamed airline, the return on investment from using RNP 0.1 was "so substantial" that the equipment paid for itself in 18 months, says Damschen..
Hughes Aerospace is a leader in the design, validation and maintenance of PBN procedures, including RNAV-RNP, GLS and LPV. An FAA-authorized and ICAO-endorsed third-party ANSP, Hughes designs navigation, creating the ARINC 424 coding used industry-wide in avionics navigation databases. "The future is XLS, or the fusion of RNAV and RNP with augmented GPS, in the form of SBAS or GBAS," says Chris Baur, president and CEO at Hughes Aerospace Corp.
Meanwhile, Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion-enabled RNP/RNAV FMS is getting a lot of traction with operators of business aircraft. The Pro Line Fusion has the ability to perform all PBN navigation, including RNP, RNP-AR and LPV, says Bonnie Berg, marketing manager in the business and regional Systems business at Rockwell Collins. Operators of the Pro Line Fusion with ANP and ANP-AR capability are reporting anecdotally of preferential clearances at various U.S. metroplex airports, says Berg.
Innovations Solutions & Support (IS&S) offers a number of navigation-related products, ranging from a full-blown FMS with RNP, LPV and ADS-B capability to the RNP Navigator, which augments the customer's existing FMS with the aforementioned features. "We're seeing a great amount of interest in these navigation solutions with RNP, ADS-B and LPV capability in one package," said IS&S President Shahram Askarpour.
Askarpour said most of IS&S's business is in the retrofit market. The company provides a next generation FMS with RNP capability for retrofit for commercial, military, cargo and business aircraft.
The global acceptance of PBN and its various procedures will require an ongoing effort by the avionics industry and its partners to educate countries to PBN's multiple benefits, including enhanced safety, reduced, fuel burn and aircraft operating costs. A road map guiding implementation of PBN procedures will help, yet even with the best efforts, and guidance by ICAO and other entities, the task of transitioning to PBN will take many years. Stay tuned.
Robert W. Moorman is a freelance writer specializing in various facets of the fixed and rotor wing air transportation business. With nearly 30 years of experience, he runs a freelance writing business, RWM Associates. His writing clients include several of the leading aviation magazines targeting the civil and military markets. He can be reached at email@example.com.
Airbus and Airbus ProSky are actively involved in PBN and the implementation of various procedures devised to improve the flow of air traffic worldwide. All Airbus aircraft are capable of the following PBN operations: RNAV 10, 5, 2 and 1; RNP 4, 2, 1; and RNP APCH (LNAV/VNAV). RNP-AR, which includes the capability to fly curved approaches, is an option proposed on the A320 and A330 family and A380, according to Frederic Belloir, manager of navigation systems, systems sales and marketing at Airbus Engineering. RNP-AR goes down to 0.3 nm for the A380 and 0.1 nm for the A320 and A330.
The A350 is capable of all PBN operations including RNP-AR down to 0.1 nm. Airbus went one step further with the A350 in terms of PBN capability by implementing the Satellite Landing System (SLS) function to fly LPV approaches based on WAAS in the U.S. and EGNOS in Europe, says Belloir.
Airbus is actively involved in the SESAR research and development program in Europe. The SESAR I validation program, which began in 2007, is nearing completion with "promising results on the benefits regarding air to ground 4D trajectory information exchange," said Jerome Condis, Airbus ATM and multi-program project engineering data link and FMS leader at Airbus Engineering.
RNP procedures are considered 3-Dimensional, as they provide longitudinal, lateral and vertical path information.
i4D, which is the sharing and synchronizing of airborne and ground trajectories across latitude, longitude, altitude and time, is the latest element of PBN that will improve the flow of air traffic with time-based information exchanged between the aircraft and ground navigation.
PEGASE, a SESAR project led by Airbus will benefit aircraft operators from the various flight trials with an A320 equipped with i4D technology, said Condis. Airbus will lead the next step of i4D trials, which includes Very Large Scale Demonstrations (VLD) of i4D trajectory exchange. The i4D-equipped avionics will next be deployed on revenue flights. By 2018, the SESAR 2020 campaign will demonstrate the benefits of i4D in a pre-operational phase, which will lead to i4D deployment throughout Europe, said Condis.
Airbus ProSky has conducted environmental benefit studies of PBN. In Riga, Latvia, where Airbus designed PBN procedures as part of the SESAR Ju Amber project, the OEM posted savings of 30 nm from the original route to the route after PBN implementation.
Airbus estimates this reduction in distance will diminish CO2 emissions by 300 kilograms per flight. This reduction in distance will provide a $2 million annual cost savings due to the PBN procedures, according to Air Baltic.


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Cars are expensive. They're expensive to buy, expensive to insure, expensive to store, expensive to maintain, and expensive to crash. Bicycles are none of those things. And bikes outsell cars almost everywhere in Europe. Shocker.
But what is actually shocking is that the bicycles have only recently started to outsell cars in some European countries. Spain, which has been going through some economic difficulties, only just started to sell more bicycles than cars.
You'd think that the sheer preponderance of world class cycling roads and events that occur in the region would have been enough to make cycling far and away more popular than cars. Spain is also a big motorcycle country, so I thought that would've contributed.
In fact, the only two countries in the region that sold more cars than bikes were Luxembourg and Belgium, which I thought would be bike heavy for some reason. I've never been to either place and know of literally zero stereotypes about them as bikers, but don't they just seem like they'd love cycling?
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Taking place at the William Vale hotel, fans of the SyFy fantasy series The Magicians can experience the show's magic in real life. To announce the show's second season, the network created a "Hall of Magic" which offers guests magic-themed activities, special effects, and art installations all inspired by the show. If you magically find yourself in Brooklyn this weekend, we suggest you check it out!
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Some Edgemont council members backpedaling law enforcement decision
By Amber Schumacher
Staff Reporter
EDGEMONT - During a packed Edgemont City Council meeting on Sept. 4, there was only one open seat available and the rest filled with citizens eager to speak their minds about the city's recent decision to forego signing a contract with the Fall River County Sheriff's office in the upcoming year.
The conversation started after Edgemont Mayor Jerry Dibble gave the following statement during the Mayor's report, "Last week we made a decision about the law enforcement contract and I think we put the cart before the horse - we should have had a plan in place." Following his statement two council members both came forward to verbally take back their vote in the matter during the last meeting.
Firstly, councilman Jason Shook addressed the citizens present and stated that he wanted to go on record stating, "I just went along with the vote because I knew there were at least three other members, I did not vote with my conscience and I am sorry. I am not for this decision and I fully support the current law enforcement." As soon as Shook was done speaking, council member Bob Worden also spoke up to echo those same sentiments, "I am guilty of this too. I support the current law enforcement. I have talked to multitudes of residents and they are happy with the current law enforcement."
The Mayor's statement, along with Shook and Worden's set off a conversation that had been brewing since the beginning of the meeting. With tension in the room high and citizens upset, the flood gates opened on the topic.
Resident Les Hanes began by asking the council what was wrong with the current law enforcement contract and urged the council to "start focusing on getting new business in town instead of dickering around with the law enforcement issue."
Mayor Dibble responded, "I want to see something different." Hanes continued to question the council's decision, "So is it a budget issue? Move onto bigger issues, this is a waste of time. Public safety should be the most important thing."
Dibble calmly stated, "The current contract has 30 hours a week and public safety is the number one issue." With the Mayor and the council not offering up much for information, the residents appeared to only grow more restless and intent on getting to the bottom of the issue.
Edgemont resident Amanda Rocchio chimed in, "Has any other municipality tried this before so that we can compare results? Were they successful?" At first Mayor Dibble didn't appear to understand Rocchio's question but responded, "we don't know whats going to work." Rocchio responded back, "We don't know? It's a really bad idea to go in blind."
After only hearing minimal explanation from Mayor Dibble, resident Kevin Eberle started in by asking to hear from the rest of the council on the matter. Councilwoman Sandra Woodward offered up her experience in the issue when she stated that she had approached Sheriff Bob Evans many times in response to the contract and he "never came to the table." Woodward continued, "there are many things in that contract that aren't fulfilled." When pressed by the residents to explain those specific things, Woodward's short list included, ordinance and code enforcement, issues with paying $115,000 a year, and an issue with Hot Springs getting 54 percent of the service calls and paying nothing towards the county contract.
Woodward's statements erupted a slurry of back and forth conversations on the validity of her data, referring to a pie chart showing service calls that was given to Woodward directly from the Sheriff's office in Hot Springs. Residents had no qualms about calling Woodward out on her list, stating that ordinance code enforcement is not the job of city law enforcement and in every other city, is that of an ordinance officer. The conversation turned into an argument of sorts between Eberle and Woodward and a few other residents about the conditions of the contract in reference to code enforcement and the need to eliminate that from the contract if it is left continually unenforced.
The conversation quickly came to a halt shortly thereafter when Mayor Dibble requested the council move along to other matters of business. With the council giving little information as to why their decision was made and appeared to be, at least 'partially' backpedaling their decision, the citizens present appeared to be dissatisfied with their unanswered questions and the future of Edgemont's police protection.
In other business of the evening, the input of citizens in attendance continued as new Edgemont resident Debbie Davidson presented her problem to the city and begged for the water to be turned on at her residence. Davidson, who had relocated to Edgemont from Arizona, had been looking forward to coming to Edgemont to make a home and try to make a living. She had walked right into a situation that left her holding an overdue water bill for almost $400. That bill grew to over $600 after she was required to post a deposit and the monthly bill of $105 to begin her water service.
Davidson pleaded with the council and offered to make payments twice a month until she was caught up and said that she just wanted a hot shower and to have hot water to clean with and do dishes with. Her plea fell on the hearts of a few residents who offered her a hot shower at their house until the council could agree on terms and turn on her water. Davidson and council member Woodward went back and forth several times, with Woodward shaking her head and stating her dissatisfaction with the payment arrangement.
Councilmember Shook jumped in to state, "zero times $105 will always be zero. We need to start working with people to get revenue from the homes and into our account. It has to start somewhere." After continued conversation and input from Shook and council member Carla Schepler in favor of Davidson's promised agreement, the council voted via roll call vote to allow Davidson to pay $105 towards her regular bill and a $75 installment payment until the account is current. During the roll call vote, every member was in favor of the arrangement except for Councilwoman Woodward.
Before the council went into executive session to discuss the Union Contract approval and the 2019 budget, they wrapped up the meeting with a few additional matters of business as listed below.
• Opened sealed bids for Block 6, Lots 3,4,5 of the Original Town (located behind Nuts & Bolts) and awarded the bid to the highest bidder for a total of $2250.
• Opened sealed bid for Block 7, Lot 5 of the Original Town (old Kearn building) and only received one out of state bid for $526. The council opted to hold out for a higher bid.
• The council discussed the loan application for Well number six in the amount of $200,000 to cover their shortage, which would bring the total loan amount to $750,000.


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Step 1: Go to command prompt. (Run -> cmd).
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Set a new environment variable with variable name "LANG" and value "en_US" (In case if you don't know how to set enviornment variable in Windows check my old post on Windows Environment Variable).
Once all this is done start Google drive again and Voila.. problem solved.
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text: Mouseke-magic meets storybook enchantment in a charming Clubhouse adventure inspired by your favorite fairy tale! To surprise Minnie with a special present, Mickey and the gang keep her busy with loads of chores until they pick out the perfect gift. Tired from so much work, Minnie falls asleep. and her dreamy fantasy begins. With a "Mouseke-doodle-lee-do," Fairy Godmother Clarabelle waves her wand and sets the magic in motion. Will Minnie-Rella make it to Prince Mickey's castle in time? What will happen at midnight? Will the slipper fit? With help from YOU - and the right Mouseketools - happily ever after is just a wish away! Sparkling with music, fun, three extra episodes and 10 bonus Minnie's Bow-Toons, Minnie-Rella invites every little princess to have a ball!


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It's no secret that, in addition to looking impossibly young and always in shape, Hugh Jackman is an accomplished stage performer—he even won a Tony award in 2004 for The Boy from Oz. Given his lovely singing voice and tenure as Wolverine in the X-Men films, many have joked about a possible Wolverine: The Musical stage production or movie. Well today we're getting about as close as possible to that prospect ever becoming a reality, as a video has surfaced of Jackman singing a Wolverine-themed song to the tune of "Who Am I?" from Les Miserables in the BBC Radio 1 studio. It's an all-too-brief moment and there aren't any costumes or production flairs, but for those just itching to see Jackman sing about Wolverine, your time has come.
Hit the jump to watch the video. Jackman will reprise his role as Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past, which opens in theaters May 23rd.


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Speaker: Prof Ragnhild Elisabeth Paulsen
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Title: Promoting the chicken embryo as a model for nonclinical safety studies of pharmaceuticals
Host: Dr Tim Grocott
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Details: Our research interests are molecular mechanisms of cell death and cell survival in the central nervous system. We use neuronal cell cultures as experimental models. Many of our studies involve glutamate, which is a neurotransmitter in the CNS that in high extracellular concentrations causes cell death e.g. following a stroke; or drugs such as glucocorticoids. www.mn.uio.no/farmasi/english/people/aca/rpaulsen/index.html
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Thursday 15 November 2018
Speaker: Dr James Smith - Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, University of Nottingham
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Title: Modelling Cardiovascular Disease with Gene Edited hiPSCs
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Time: 1-2pm
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Abstract: Reprogramming technologies allow for the generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), from patients carrying specific disease genotypes. Advances in gene editing technologies now enable the correction of disease mutations to produce isogenic hiPSC controls within the same genetic background. Differentiation of isogenic pairs of patient-derived hiPSCs into cardiovascular cells offer a powerful disease modelling tool, to gain mechanistic insight and guide pharmacological rescue.
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Speaker: Professor Nick Dale - School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
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Thursday 06 December 2018
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Thursday 07 March 2019
Speaker: Augustin Hrvoje - University College London
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Thursday 11 April 2019
Speaker: Stuart Nayar - Biological Sciences
Title: Cholinergic and FGF signalling pathways regulate postnatal hypothalamic neurogenesis in the mouse brain
Host: Dr Mohammad K. Hajihosseini
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Thursday 9 May 2019
Speaker: Prof Anthony J Day - Biological Sciences, University of Manchester
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Time: 1-2pm
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Thursday 5 September 2019
Speaker: Dr Tarja Kinnunen - School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield
Title: Exploring the role of cell signalling co-factor, Klotho, in longevity and healthy lifespan
Host: Dr Mohammad Hajihosseini
Time: 1-2pm
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Thursday 7 November 2019
Speaker: Alice Godden
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Mrs. C. and I are in SF for a legal conference in my specialty. Actually, I played hooky most of the day. This is the view of the Embarcadero ferry terminal at the foot of Market Street, shot from the end of the hall of our hotel.
The focus of the day was the Richard Avedon show at the SF Museum of Contemporary Art. It overwhelmed me. At times the brilliance of the work literally brought tears to my eyes. It felt a little silly to call myself a photographer after viewing 200 of Avedon's images, almost all portraits. The work was intense and beautiful, and had so much to teach. When to keep the image sharp (Ronald Reagan). When soft focus works better and when a complete blur is the best expression (Charlie Chaplin). How a very shallow depth of field can create the most intense visual image, softening into a blur by the time we see the ears. When a long depth of field grabs and holds a complex whole (a young Truman Capote or Marianne Moore, perhaps the most beautiful picture in the show). When to center the subject of a portrait in the frame (Marilyn Monroe), when to go off center (Marian Anderson) and when to go way off center (appropriately enough, St. Louis' own William S. Burroughs). And over and over again, the genius of using a plain white paper background for a portrait, stripping away everything external, leaving just a single, isolated human.


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David E. Kelley is well aware of the problems with his "Wonder Woman" reboot that went to pilot at NBC. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kelley admitted his mistakes, but says he would do it again if he could.
"We made mistakes with ours," he said. "My only regret is we were never given a chance to correct them. We had a lot that was right about it and a great cast. In time, we could have fixed what we had done wrong, we just didn't get that chance."
Kelley said because of production speed, the NBC show's special effects weren't up to par. Plus, there was the whole superhero angle, a genre Kelley isn't familiar with. "I'm sad we didn't get to do it but I do believe it can work for The CW. They're smart to try it."
The CW is currently working on a project titled "Amazon," written by former "Wonder Woman" comic scribe Allan Heinberg. The series follows a warrior named Diana, a newcomer to the modern world who's fascinated by our way of life. If "Amazon" makes it to series, it will be the first show about Wonder Woman since the 1970s series that made its star, Lynda Carter, a household name.
"I am delighted to hear this news," Carter said in a statement about "Amazon". "Wonder Woman is a fantastic, inspirational character who should be introduced to a new generation. I wish them great luck and look forward to seeing it on air."
NBC's failed pilot starred "Friday Night Lights" veteran Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman. "I'm incredibly proud of that project," she told CraveOnline. "I was so grateful to get to play Wonder Woman. That was a childhood dream of mine and I'm proud of the outcome. I do wish it would have gone to series but everything happens for a reason. Looking at it as a positive, I got to work with some amazing actors, [an] amazing writer and I got to wear the outfit. It was not comfortable but it was totally worth it."
Kelley said he would take another shot at bringing the Amazon princess back to TV if The CW project fails to launch.
"I would. It's different for me, it's a genre that I have a lot to learn about," he told THR. "At this point in your life, everybody should do something that they're scared of; I was a little scared of it, I remain a little scared of it and be happy to wade into the fear again."


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The Black Mountains in Autumn Wild Camping
Making the effort to leave the routine is always worth it and sometimes its hard. I think our bodies are naturally inclined to stay in the warmth and reside in the predictable but to balance this there is this inner drive to leave it all behind. The added bonus of a meteor shower helped too. This would be a lovely trip in the Black Mountains in Autumn.
Spending time outdoors is healing and at this time of year everything is so especially colourful with an air of nature winding down, it seems to impart it's magic within you. This is the Black Mountains Autumn.
The Black Mountains in South Wales is an area I have been before but this would be a brief overnighter so the location fitted with a hasty visit as this meteor shower was going to happen.
The smell of damp heathland soon hit me and was filling my lungs with its moist greenhouse like goodness. Hiking up to little tucked away spot with a great view I pitched my tent just before dark and got the lenses ready for some astrophotography…
Sunset over the hills and no sign of the meteor shower, the large moon didn't help matters one bit.
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Raspberry & ginger fridge cake
Icebox cake, or fridge cake, is one of the easiest desserts you can make and this raspberry, whipped cream and ginger recipe is deliciously decadent
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal526
- fat38g
- saturates23g
- carbs40g
- sugars19g
- fibre2g
- protein4g
- salt0.5g
Using an electric whisk, beat the cream to soft peaks, then fold in the vanilla extract and chopped preserved ginger.
Arrange about 5-6 biscuits (depending on their size) in a circle on a serving plate, then fill the gap in the centre with more biscuits. Spoon a layer of the whipped cream in blobs onto each biscuit and dot over some raspberries, pushing them into the cream. Add another, smaller circle of biscuits in a layer, and add more cream and raspberries. Repeat until you have used all the cream and biscuits, then decorate with any remaining raspberries.
Put the cake in the fridge to chill for at least 3 hrs. To test if the cake is ready to serve, poke a skewer into the biscuits in the centre. Once they're soft enough to cut, the cake is ready. Drizzle over some ginger syrup just before serving, if you like.
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Flavour combinationsThis method suits all kinds of flavour combinations; try peanut biscuits with strawberries, or chocolate or caramel biscuits with layers of chocolate sauce and cream.


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Functional magnetic resonance imaging may improve diagnosis of autism
Washington, May 31: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may provide an early and objective indicator of autism.
Researchers at Columbia University in New York City used the technique to document language impairment in autistic children.
Autism is a spectrum disorder characterized by repetitive behaviours and impaired language, communication and social interactions.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is estimated that as many as one in every 110 children is affected by autism.
"With the extraordinarily high prevalence of autism, you would think there would be an objective diagnosis for the disorder," Joy Hirsch, Ph. D., a professor at Columbia University Medical Center and director of the Functional MRI Laboratory, said.
"However, the diagnosis of autism currently remains limited to parent and clinician observation of missed developmental milestones," Hirsch stated.
In the study, researchers performed fMRI exams on 15 control children (mean age: 12.1) and 12 language-impaired and age-matched autistic children (mean age: 12.4).
Using fMRI, the researchers were able to measure neural activity in working brain tissues, while the children listened to recordings of their parents talking to them.
Activation levels during passive stimulation were measured within two regions of the brain: the primary auditory cortex (A1) and superior temporal gyrus (STG), a region associated with sentence comprehension.
Brain activation maps for each patient were then computed using statistical linear modelling.
Activity in the A1 region of the brain did not differ between autistic and control patients. However, activation within the STG was greater for control children relative to autistic patients.
"These findings first tell us that the autistic children in our study appeared normal with respect to the primary auditory system," Hirsch said.
"But it appears that the STG in the autistic brains was not as sensitive to the language narratives as was the STG in the brains of the typical children.
"This study suggests that fMRI acquired during listening to a language narrative can be used to distinguish children with autism from those without.
"Based on these initial findings, future studies using these or similar fMRI methods may result in an early and objective imaging indicator for autism," Hirsch stated.
Results of their study appear online and in the August issue of Radiology. (ANI)


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Methanol has many attractive characteristics for use in energy applications. It is a simple, single-chemical liquid fuel that burns cleanly and, depending on production and use methods, can be lower carbon intensity than other liquid fuels. As a commodity that is presently produced and traded globally, the technologies in use for production and use of methanol are well understood. However, future improvements could provide pathways for methanol to serve as a low-carbon or carbon-neutral liquid fuel and energy storage medium that could have applications in transportation, renewable power storage, distributed power, and global energy movements.
The purpose of this meeting is to explore the opportunities and obstacles for methanol to expand its role in energy systems, especially in the developing world, as a mechanism to address indoor and outdoor air pollution, lower carbon intensity, and move toward an increasingly sustainable global energy system.
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Stanford is roughly equidistant from the San Francisco and San Jose airports. Three major airports serve the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco International (SFO), San Jose Mineta International (SJC), and Oakland International (OAK). Although San Francisco is the largest of the area airports and offers the most airlines and flights, some visitors find that San Jose's smaller size makes it a somewhat more convenient alternative, especially for domestic flights.
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I genuinely thought that I was done with writing about the EU Referendum yesterday but, alas, it is not done with me…
Not having a smartphone I've been generally immune to the constant cycle of rolling news, petitions, social media updates, and collective hysterical meltdown. Or "chaos" as The Economist put it. But, like a fool, I decided to have a look at The Guardian while I was on dinner today.
I really don't know why I still read The Guardian. It's an occasional read, and I generally come away from their website feeling thoroughly frustrated and alienated. It seems increasingly to be written for the populations of Southwark, Hackney, Islington and Shoreditch exclusively. I had hoped for some sense from them this time, given the graveness of the situation post Brexit announcement, but no…
I knew about some of the petitions because I had emails yesterday about the TUC one and the Make Votes Matter one, plus a colleague had told me about the one for a second referendum, which the UK press have got all over their pages today. The Guardian also mentioned the one on Change.org for London to declare itself independent from the rest of the UK.
It was this last one that got me.
For several reasons…
To begin with, it is a slightly weird example of life imitating art because Radio 4 did a mock documentary last year on London declaring independence from the rest of the UK, and how they thought it might pan out. Maybe they could organise a repeat of this in the light of recent events?
Secondly, James O'Malley, who started the petition, makes a number of sweeping statements in his summary, particularly this one:
Let's face it – the rest of the country disagrees. So rather than passive aggressively vote against each other at every election, let's make the divorce official and move in with our friends on the continent.
Whoa… hang on a minute there!
The rest of the country disagrees?!?
Has he cobbled this petition together without even looking at the breakdowns of which towns and cities voted for which option?
If we take the Greater Manchester area, the results were as follows:
Bolton: Leave by 51.89% to 48.11%
Bury: Leave by 54.12% to 45.88%
Manchester: Remain by 60.36% to 39.64%
Oldham: Leave by 60.86% to 39.14%
Rochdale: Leave by 60.07% to 39.93%
Salford: Leave by 56.81% to 43.19%
Stockport: Remain by 52.33% to 47.67%
Tameside: Leave by 61.14% to 38.86%
(All statistics gained using the widget on the Manchester Evening News referendum coverage)
This means that Manchester and Stockport form an island of Remain in a sea of Leave, handily complicating Mr O'Malley's theory that everyone except London, Scotland and Northern Ireland voted Leave. Oh, and Trafford voted Remain as well: 57.7% to 42.3% so maybe we're not so alone…
If we look at the London councils, and their results, using the Manchester Evening News widget again:
Well, for a start, London has 33 councils, not 8, so it's not a fair comparison. That said, of those 33 councils, 5 of them voted for Leave. Which, while still a minority, blows a hole in Mr O'Malley's argument. What's he going to do? Expel those five councils, or take them hostage in the same way that Scotland (where every council voted in) and Northern Ireland (ditto) have been taken hostage by the rest of the UK?
Similarly, Wales is being written about as though the entirety of Wales voted to leave. This simply isn't true: Cardiff voted to Remain by a margin of 60.02% to 39.98%, should it now, as the Welsh capital, declare independence from the rest of Wales?
Cardiff may have been in the minority but it wasn't the only bit of Wales to vote Remain: Ceredigion did by 54.6% to 45.4%, Gwynedd also voted for Remain by 58.1% to 41.9%, and Glamorgan voted for Remain by 50.7% to 49.3%. Incidentally, Bristol voted Remain by 61.7% to 38.3%, so at least there's a friend across the bridge…
If you want a snappy soundbite: Medway voted Leave, Manchester voted Remain, and Medway is a helluva lot nearer to London, geographically speaking, so blaming it all on the savages north of Watford just won't stand.
Similarly: Leeds, York and Newcastle all voted Remain.
You can see a full breakdown of all the local results over on the BBC, and it's easier than using the MEN widget.
In conclusion, while a certain amount of panic, anger, and looking for someone to blame is inevitable in these times. Can we all, please, do a little bit more research and preparation before we start slinging the mud about?
Scotland and Northern Ireland have both, in their very different ways, begun to explore the feasibility of remaining in the EU and/or gaining independence from the rest of the UK. Given that every council in Scotland and every council in Northern Ireland voted Remain, this is completely understandable. The fact that Belfast central post office today ran out of passport application forms (fact: As part of the Good Friday Agreement, those in Northern Ireland are entitled to both Irish and British passports) reflects this move.
But Mr O'Malley is basing his plea for an Independent London on the financial district, which, ironically, proved to be the downfall of the newly independent London as imagined by Radio 4 last year. This ended with another financial crash which London, now independent, had to absorb entirely on it's own while the remainder of the UK looked on unmoved, shrugged, and got back to it's growing manufacturing industries.
Full list of London council results, garnered using the MEN widget:
Barking and Dagenham: Leave by 62.44% to 37.56%
Barnet: Remain by 62.23% to 37.77%
Bexley: Leave by 62.95% to 37.05%
Brent: Remain by 59.74% to 40.26%
Bromley: Remain by 50.65% to 49.35%
Camden: Remain by 74.94% to 25.06%
City of London: Remain by 75.29% to 24.71%
Westminster: Remain by 68.97% to 31.03%
Croydon: Remain by 54.29% to 45.71%
Ealing: Remain by 60.40% to 39.60%
Enfield: Remain by 55.82% to 44.18%
Greenwich: Remain by 55.59% to 44.41%
Hackney: Remain by 78.48% to 21.52%
Hammersmith and Fulham: Remain by 70.02% to 29.98%
Haringey: Remain by 75.57% to 24.43%
Harrow: Remain by 54.63% to 45.37%
Havering: Leave by 69.66% to 30.34%
Hillingdon: Leave by 56.37% to 43.63%
Hounslow: Remain by 51.06% to 48.94%
Islington: Remain by 75.22% to 24.78%
Kensington and Chelsea: Remain by 68.69% to 31.31%
Kingston-Upon-Thames: Remain by 61.61% to 38.39%
Lambeth: Remain by 78.62% to 21.38%
Lewisham: Remain by 69.86% to 30.14%
Merton: Remain by 62.94% to 37.06%
Newham: Remain by 52.84% to 47.16%
Redbridge: Remain by 53.97% to 46.03%
Richmond-Upon-Thames: Remain by 69.29%
Southwark: Remain by 72.81% to 27.19%
Sutton: Leave by 53.72% to 46.28%
Tower Hamlets: Remain by 67.46% to 32.54%
Waltham Forest: Remain by 59.10% to 40.90%
Wandsworth: Remain by 75.03% to 24.97%


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Recently, I've been getting questions from people about whether they're eligible for admission based on their skillset, rather than on the basis of their previous experience. I've already gone on ad nauseum about the experience required (i.e., team work garnered as part of a degree, in industry or just through general studliness). I'm not going to rehash that any more than I just did.
No. The questions I'm getting now are different. Basically, they go like this:
"I'm a Producer (or QA person or Audio person). Is there a place for me in the program or do I have to be a programmer, designer or artist, as the application form implies?"
The answer to that isn't a simple one, though you'd think it would be. Here's as simple as I can make it:
Everyone in the program has to be able to contribute in a hands-on way to the development of a game, from start to finish. No one is going to play the role of Producer or Game Director from the start of the course to the end of it. Those roles and responsibilities will rotate, so everyone gets a chance to lead at some point.
That means there will be days, probably weeks, when you won't be leading the team, no matter how good you might be at that. The question you have to answer is, "what will I do on the team when I'm not leading it?"
I don't have a good answer to that question for people who "only" produce or "only" test or "only" generate sounds and produce music. That isn't to say answers don't exist – just that neither I nor anyone else has come up with the answers yet.
To be clear, I'm as annoyed by this as some applicants probably are (or will be). I think it's a little nuts to turn away people who are Producers or Directors from a program designed to train Producers and Directors! Still, if 20 people are going to learn to lead, they all need the opportunity to lead – we can't have two people learn to lead while the other 18 do the "real" work of making the game.
So, right now, I'd say if you're "just" a Producer or master of some other non-hands-on, day-to-day skill, start thinking about what you'll do on your non-leader days. Convince me that justifies your inclusion in the program. I don't want to rule anything or anyone out, but someone who can't contribute on a daily basis is going to have a rough time of it.


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Friday, 4 October 2013
On the rocks, no ice
Global glacier changes: a revised assessment of committed mass losses and sampling uncertainties
http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2013/09/30/ar5-cursory-review-of-chapter-4-cryosphere-mass-balance-of-antarctica/ see comments 8&9.) Thanks, William.
Further comment: since it is a well established and credible blog, the discussion continues at WC's site - no point in duplicating effort. Please go there and read on...
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Re shrinkage, over at Stoat you conflated shrinking and shrinking faster. They are certainly shrinking, but saying they're currently shrinking faster than other recent estimates involves an explicit comparison to those. Did they do that? Re the future, a larger mass balance deficit would imply faster shrinkage going forward, but it may be hard to compare to other estimates unless they also held climate steady. IIRC they don't generally do that. Also, don't forget that for this paper holding climate steady means deleting the thermal expansion contribution of future warming, which IIRC is larger.ReplyDelete
But all of this regards glaciers and ice caps, which as you know are small potatoes relative to the ice sheets. There are a number of recent papers that throw the WG1 conclusions as to the latter into serious question.Replies
I thought I had read that they had assumed present temperature trends going forward, and a larger mass balance deficit under those conditions. Trouble is, I am a self-educated reader rather than a clomaie scientist so I sometime miss the nuances, especially when I'm consciously tring to simplify the message. Which is a bit bad, but mostly embarrassing. Always happy to be corrected.Delete
Did you spot the paper in 'The Cryosphere Discussions' (ie not yet cleared for publication) about the downscaling operation in the Greenland Ice sheet Model? There are some interesting figures at the end, figs. 10 - 14. Worthy of a comparison with the GMB projections used in AR5.
Should add: Thanks for the catch on this one. I try to keep up but had missed it.ReplyDelete


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The incidence of trial marriages among students in tertiary institutions has received knocks from Professor Johnbull, the popular television sitcom sponsored by telecommunications giant, Globacom.
In the edition which goes on air this week, the TV drama series will be taking a critical look at the morally deficient practice which is prevalent among student-lovers who cohabit without going through any nuptial procedures.
Globacom, in a press release on the episode titled Campus Marriage, said, "the issue of 'trial marriage' is common among undergraduates, especially those in institutions where there are no established official accommodation or hostel facilities. While in some instances, the campus couples do have the chance of living together as husbands and wives after graduation, the majority have tales of woe as the relationships hit the rocks leading to avoidable heartaches. Campus Marriage, therefore, highlights the dangers of 'trial marriages' and the lessons therein are not only for the young ones in schools, but also for parents and guardians".
The company posited that the episode is "in line with the tradition of Professor Johnbull to highlight moral decadence in the society" and expressed the assurance that "viewers will certainly have value for their time as they watch Campus Marriage".
The lead character, Kanayo O. Kanayo delivers his usual homily in the drama which also has Bimbo Akintola as Ufoma; Yomi Fash-Lanso, Olaniyi; Imeh Bishop, Etuk; Bidemi Kosoko, Jumoke; Stephen Odimgbe, Fash, and Jnr. Pope Odonwodo, Churchill.
The episode answers questions bordering on the appropriateness or otherwise of the culture of 'trial marriage' vis-à-vis Jumoke's moral rectitude or lack of it; who falls victim of campus marriage and whether trial marriage is real or mere fantasy.
The episode comes on air on NTA Network, NTA International on DSTV Channel 251 and NTA on StarTimes at 8.30p.m. on Tuesday with repeat broadcasts on the same television channels on Friday at 8.30.p.m.


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Toyota Motor Corp. is on course to maintain its top position in global vehicle sales for a fourth consecutive year in 2015.
Its group sales, including Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd., came to 9,207,000 units from January to November, down 1.0 percent from a year before, Toyota announced Friday.
By comparison, rival Volkswagen AG saw sales in the 11-month period fall a steeper 1.7 percent, to 9,095,900 units.
Toyota projects global sales of 10,098,000 units for 2015, while Volkswagen is unlikely to reach the 10-million mark because of its diesel vehicle emissions testing scandal.
For the period in question, Toyota's sales in the United States, its core market, climbed 4.7 percent, thanks mainly to brisk sales of big vehicles like sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks as crude oil prices fell.
In China, sales rose 10.3 percent and exceeded 1 million units, led by the Corolla and Levin, a sister model.
By contrast, sales in Japan dropped 6.5 percent, dragged down by a hike in the minivehicle tax.
At Volkswagen, sales slowed down markedly in the U.S., where its cheating on emissions tests came to light. Global sales topped ¥10 million for the first time in 2014, challenging Toyota, but are expected to fall short of the threshold this year.


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Physiotherapy Internships in Samoa
- Placement location: Apia
- Role: To help provide treatment for disabled children or injured patients
- Requirements: Interns must be in their final year of physiotherapy studies or training, or be qualified physiotherapists
- Types of placement: Centres for disabled children
- Accommodation: Host family
- Length of placement: From 4 weeks
- Start dates: Flexible
A Physiotherapy internship with Projects Abroad in Samoa is ideal for physiotherapy students and graduates looking to gain experience abroad and use their skills to help others.
Our Physiotherapy internships in Samoa are based at centres for disabled children in and around Apia. There is a severe lack of qualified physiotherapists in Samoa, which means that many disabled children and adults are not receiving the treatment they need. With your skills and knowledge, you will be able to make a positive impact on your patients' lives and your efforts will be greatly appreciated by their caregivers.
Interns must be in their final year of physiotherapy studies or be a qualified physiotherapist to join this project. Your placement will be dependent on your area of specialty, so if you would like to work in sports physiotherapy, you will need to be specialized or in the process of specializing in sports physiotherapy.
Interning as a Physiotherapist in Samoa with Projects Abroad
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The Japanese consume lots of fruit, some home grown but much is imported, thus rather expensive. This is the country of the super-expensive Japanese melons ($80+USD), after all. Try to guess how much this specimen, photographed in August 2017 at the Takashimaya Department Store in Kyoto, cost. The answer is at the bottom of the article.
The nation has a particular fondness for melon, and especially suika watermelon. The summertime beach game of suika-wari smash-the-watermelon, a kind of blind-man's-buff meets martial art, has irrevocably entered the nation's collective consciousness.
Other Japanese Fruits And 'Vegetables'
By the way, yes, we do know that strictly speaking watermelons are vegetables, not fruit. Still can't quite believe it though. They sure look like fruit...
Ichigo strawberries, ume sour plums bananas, budo grapes, pineapples, melons, ringo apples, oranges, nashi pears, momo peach, sakuranbo cherries, kaki persimons and ichijiku figs, an early 17th century introduction, are the most common. Indigenous fruits are, however, relatively thin on the, er, tree. Mikan mandarins or tangerines, and the related but larger, ponkan, are commonly eaten in the winter.
Aomori Prefecture produces over half of Japan's apple supplies, with Nagano, Iwate and Yamagata also growing significant crops. Fuji, Arupusu Otome (The Virgin of the Alps, no less), Shinano Sweet, Jona Gold, Tsugaru, Senshu, Mutsu and Benio are all Japanese apple varieties. A popular kaiseki pre-meal aperitif is ringo-shu apple liquor.
Budo grapes are primarily grown in Yamanashi prefecture, centre of the country's relatively fledgling, but active, wine industry. Grapes ripen from July with certain varieties continuing until the autumn. The old name for wine in Japanese is budoshu, 'grape alcohol'.
Tochigi prefecture is the center of Japan's ichigo strawberry production. Tochiotome, Hi no Shizuku, and Amao are popular varieties. Recent research has shown that eating strawberries relieves stress. Who would have ever guessed? You can find strawberry flavored just about everything. I personally draw the line at eating ichigo sando though: strawberry sandwiches.
Ume sour plums must be the most Japanese of the Japanese fruits. Famously associated with Wakayama Prefecture, they have been cultivated since at least the Nara Period. By the time the Heian Period rolled around, they were already being touted for their health-giving properties.
When dried and salt-pickled, often with akajiso red shiso, and sometimes with the addition of hachimitsu honey, they are known as umeboshi. There's a Japanese proverb that translates, roughly, as "An umeboshi a day keeps the doctor away". Umeboshi are often served atop plain white rice, and the traditional poor man's bento is simply a bento box of rice with a red umeboshi plum in the middle. This is known as a Hinomaru bento, due to its similarity to the Japanese national flag.
Ume goes well with poultry dishes, and the crushed flesh of the plum is often used as a topping, This kind of dish is termed bainiku-ae, bainiku being the word for the fruit's flesh. Plums are associated closely with the tsuyu rainy season, as they ripen at its onset in the early summer. They are also made into an excellent alcoholic drink, umeshu.
The melon cost ¥10800, that's $98.99, or £76.09or HKD773.97, or... rather a lot for a fruit.


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Highlights over 26 years!
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New Spin on Berlin
Decided it was about time to create a new, creative version of the Brandenburg Gate. This version is inspired by a movie that I'm just dying to see..."Loving Vincent" - has anyone else seen it?!?! Email me if you're interested in purchasing this piece by the way :) I'd love to hear from you!
New Piece! Your Thoughts?
This image has been in my head for ages!!! I finally made the time today to get it out on canvas. A slightly new style, but what do you think? For those of you who come to my ArtNights , would you want to learn how to paint something like this?! Thanks for the feedback guys!
Berlin Love!
Love Berlin?! Check me out on JUNIQE for some of my most popular Berlin-themed illustrations and more!
Daydream Believer
It's a 'daydreaming' sort of Monday morning. Beginning this week with more illustrations for our upcoming children's book!
A happy and beautiful Monday to you all!!!
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New arrivals....
Look what just arrived!!! Get yours here!
This JUST in!
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New Berlin design!
A little fun for your day...you may only appreciate this if you've been to Berlin...
"Berliner Currywurst Drawing Meditation"
A Lovely Drawing!
Happy Friday!
The final Drawing Meditation for Lovely Berlin!
Check them out here: http://lovelyberlin.de/
Lovely Berlin: work-in-progress
Work-in-progress Drawing Meditation for the 'Lovely Berlin' bloggers! http://lovelyberlin.de/
Lovely Berlin Interview
More great news to share!!!!
I was lucky enough to have the lovely girls, of Lovely Berlin, in my studio for an interview about KP Design. Check out what they had to say here.....(hopefully you can read German)!
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Thank you SO very much dear Suzette & Ola! I've had such a nice time getting to know you and Lovely Berlin better!!! Looking forward to further chats, visits, and collaborations!
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The lovely creators of Lovely Berlin paid me a visit today! Stay tuned for more with KPdesign and Lovely Berlin! http://lovelyberlin.de/
Thank you both for such a nice visit! I'm very thankful and excited to be collaborating with you two!
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Siegessäule Drawing Meditation
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My latest Berlin motif: Die Siegessäule (The Victory Column)
"Siegessäule Drawing Meditation" by Kaitlyn Parker (KP Design)
Hey Berlin!...
It's about time for a new motif eh?!
Finished illustration coming soon, but my guess is that you already have a good idea of what the newest design will be.........
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What a wonderful way to start off the month! Super stoked and honored to be caseable's artist of the month! Thank you!
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