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Ruler: Duchess Salandra Decados Cathedral: Orthodox Agora: Scravers Garrison: 6 Capital: Elibyrge Jumps: 4 Tech Level: 5 Human Population: 800,000,000 Alien Population: 60,000,000 (mostly Hironem) Resources: Agriculture, Vautech trade, empty urban zones Exports: Grain and foodstuffs, Vautech, scavanged building materials
Solar SystemEdit
|Plane Name
|Distance from Sun
|Access to Perseus is strictly limited to Decados military personnel
|Thin, toxic atmosphere; Gibralter base, a leftover military base from House Gloucester and still used as a Decados drydock; Shows signs of prehistoric Hironem or Vau settlement
|Stark, arid world; Partially terraformed during the Second Republic, some settlers still survive here in primitive squalor; Inhabitants aggressively attack off-worlders
|Vau derelict
|Katerina Run event every three years, sponsered by Marquis Olga Svanfeld Decados; A number of studies have been attemped, but little has been learned
|Gas giant; Chaotic magnetic fields wreak havoc with electronics; Many moons
|Barren ball of ice and dust
Cadiz is the Homeworld of the Hironem, their history extending back to the 7th century (Urth time). They are believed to be much older, but much was destroyed during Ur or Vau war. They managed to land on the moon Perseus before the arrival of humans, though some speculate they may have had Vau aid to this end. Shamash the God-King united the hironem only 300 years before House Gloucester arrived in 2680. Hironem are subject to a caste system, with the God-King on the top - some believe there is much Vau influence in Hironem society.
House Gloucester originally settled in the far north of Murciyah, away from the hironem; some trade existed and Gloucester bought up Hironem land like crazy. By 2818, House Gloucester owned most of the land on the planet, except for parts of Sabtah. When House Decados usurped House Gloucester, the Hironem-human relations had degraded to the point of rebellion. The Decados sought to restore friendly relations between the two races and constructed a treaty that has lasted to the present day. Cadiz was the breadbasket world of the Decados holdings.
During the first conact with the Vau, the Vau sent warships to Cadiz to prove they could strike anywhere at any time, sending the world into a state of panic. Some Hironem helped the Vau, others helped the humans, but the God-King officially declared neutrality. Even after the end of the Vau crisis, the world retained its siege mentality for centuries.
Cadiz was selected by the Second Republic as the world to meet with the Vau, but the Vau rejected the planet in favor of Vril-Ya. Before Vau rejection, many new cities and gardens were built in preperation; settlers of all stripes came from all over the Republic to be a part of it. After the rejection, the world was virtually ignored, many construction projects being left half-complete; slums, misery, poverty ensued
At the Fall of the 2nd Republic most of the planet was dependent on welfare, so the impact of the Fall was especially brutal on this world. House Van Gelder and House Li Halan were quick to buy up fiefs during this time. Many humans, fleeing the urban slums, fled to Hironem lands. This caused great tension and ultimately violence that had to be ruthlessly supressed by the Decados.
Food production on the world declined greatly after the fading of the sun began. The Decados came to ignore the world as its value declined and other matters became more pressing. Environmental changes from the fading sun again caused some human-hironem tension over land, but this time it was resolved mostly peacefully.
Cadiz was barely impacted by the Emperor Wars, with only occassional small raids from the Li Halan. Many Imperial Eye agents are reported to be here, to watch out for the Vau, keep an eye on the Hironem, and keep track of House Van Gelder. The people of the world are mostly jaded and blase, but remain famous for their hospitality. They constantly seeking news of off-world merchants and researchers, while nobles are constantly feuding and seeking the support of off-world allies. This has lead to frequent noble soirees. Prejudice is strong against poor Hironem and known criminals and rogues.
Ruled by the Duke Stephan Svanfeld Decados, a notorious recluse ever since a brief ill-fated affair with Salandra lead to his humiliation by other nobles. The Duke is rumored to currently be going after Sister Theafana al-Malik. He is a strong military and political leader who has earned the respect of the Li Halan on the battlefield, and who has more recently fostered trade relations with House Li Halan. The Duke is a landowner not just here on Cadiz, but also on Byz2, Leagueheim, Shaprut, Aylon and other worlds.
The Murciyah fief is a pastoral, semi-prosperous one, inhabited almost entirely by humans. It is entirely self-sufficient while the rest of the world has become dependent on imports for survival. Always relatively cool, it has become very fertile and lush as a result of the fading of the sun.
Originally the seat of House Gloucester, it is also used as the seat of local Decados governance. Many hironem refugees are attempting to enter the continent, but the humans don't want them. This has lead to high tensions between the two races. The Vanguard is a knightly order created to protect humans from alien aggression. They are frequently accussed of being openly hostile towards the Hironem, not just protective of humans. The Vanguard is run by Dame Agatha Van Gelder, a veteran of the Emperor Wars.
Glevum is the capital of the region, consisting of a population of some 10 million, along with a major airport and naval base.
- 38 million population
Ruled personally by the Duchess Salandra Decados, who is both feared and loved by the locals. Salandra, however, is also the Decados amabassador to Byzantium Secundus and is thus often away. As such, daily rulership falls to the Bishop of Elibyrge, Marcene Harrison. Harrison has worked with Salandra since the Duchess was a child and is absolutely loyal to her. She is a very effective administrator within Elibyrge, but her power outside of the city is very limited. One of the reasons for Bishop's strong local power is her numerous contacts with the Purgers Guild.
Sabtah is Full of massive half-completed urban megalopoli, many of which have slowly been reclaimed by wilderness over the centuries. Those urban areas that are inhabited are largely lawless, although Amalthean hospices exist scattered throughout as peaceful havens amid the chaos. A major airport and naval base can be found in the fief as well.
Agriculture is limited and typically done on rooftops or in hydroponic facilities; livestock is limited to fowl. Only the Hironem reservations of Turaz still retain the original vegetation of the world, the rest have been imported centuries ago.
Sabtah is also home to House Basque, who rule the northern fiefs and Herculeum.
- 120 million population
Elibyrge is the capital city of the planet. The core city is 17 million, with millions more in the "hinterland". There is abundant power, plumbing and other high-tech conveniences throughout the city - the infrastructure is maintained by a cooperative of the Purgers Guild, the Engineers, and a local Energy Cartel, and is coordinated by the Harrison Scraver family. The city is thus actually well maintained and kept very clean, making it one of the most beautiful cities in the Empire with its 2nd republic architecture.
Van Gelder estates line the outskirts of the city, of radically varying prosperity and security. A large Amalthean hospital and seminary is also located in the city - it is the largest in Decados space and is supported by House Basque and tolerated by Bishop Harrison. The Amaltheans are lead by Brother Raul, a former Avestite who has ably defended the order from occasional attackers. Also in the city can be found the main spaceport, the primary Cathedral, a naval base and the primary agora.
- 340 million population
This area is still contested by House Li Halan and House Basque. Originally intended to be a coast resort city, some of the city was built underwater and many other sections have been flooded since the fading suns phenomena began. There are constant rumors of Vautech caches under the ocean floor, and rumors that the city was built over top of a research facility that studied Vau artifacts.
From Herculeum there is easy access to the Hironem reservation of Turaz. The continent also boasts the largest Hironem population outside of the reservation, which is still quite traditional due to their proximity to the God-King. Inter-species conflict is rare as the hironem have integrated their caste system into human society (Siblazi are noble advisors, warriors are members of the militia, etc.).
House Basque enforcers use scraver-style tactics to keep the peace in the region. There is a spaceport here under Li Halan control, but is seldom used and only minimally maintained. As well there is an active naval base.
- 200 million population
Although officially ruled by the Baron Fyodor Sharn, a cousin of Enis Sharn of Pandemonium, the Baron spends most of his time in Elibyrge and leaves the administration to guildsmen who are constantly fired for the slightest thing that goes wrong.
The very city itself is scavenged for materials to export. The Haitak river once brought nutrient rich soils, but now brings only toxins from the other cities further inland. Peasants die daily from the toxic waters and difficult work, and conditions are so bad that some willingly sell themselves into slavery to the Muster to get off world.
- 50 million population
This region has been without central rule since the first Emperor Wars and has become a veritable sea of minor fiefs, petty hironem strongholds and psychic safehouses. The Hazat (Castenda) gained a strong presence during the most recent Emperor Wars, however, and there is a strong scraver presence as well. There is virtually no Church presence except for occassional Amalthean missions. There is an airport in the region.
- 50 million population
Malaca NovaEdit
This island was supposed to be a great resort, and all the hironem were deported during the Second Republic. House Gloucester further depopulated the island. The few remaining people were left ignored and isolated for centuries, descending into a very primitive state.
There are no landing facilities, and as such there is little interest in the island by any faction. There are a few small Li Halan and Van Gelder fiefs, and one Orthodox Church attempts missionary work among the primitive remnants of humanity still here.
- 2 million population
A polar region that has been little explored and is generally seen as being worthless. However, fossil fuels deposits have recently been found and Prince Hyram has begun a bidding process for rights to extract the resources. Current bidders are the Muster, Scravers, Justinians and Juandaastas and even some minor guilds.
- 0 population
Zembla is a polar region that has been little explored and is generally seen as being worthless. However, fossil fuels deposits have recently been found and Prince Hyram has begun a bidding process for rights to extract the resources. Current bidders are the Muster, Scravers, Justinians and Juandaastas and even some minor guilds.
- 0 population


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How did you go about adding tap tempo to the blueprint? I know the PCB has pads for tempo, but I thought that was never used in that project?
Quote from: benny_profane on March 16, 2019, 08:44:39 AMHow did you go about adding tap tempo to the blueprint? I know the PCB has pads for tempo, but I thought that was never used in that project?To quote the Patreon files on the Blueprint:"Blueprint - There are resistor icons on the circuit board marked JUMP and TAP. Use a jumper to connect the JUMP parts for a standard delay configuration. To connect the PT2399 delay chip to an existing tap tempo circuit (must be designed specifically for the PT2399), but a jumper in the TAP parts instead (leave the JUMP parts empty). You can then use the 6 pins at the top of the board to connect to the tap tempo circuit. From left (#1) to right (#6), the pins are momentary SPST switch for tap tempo (connect other side to ground), ground, +5V, CV from B50K pot, and the last 2 pins connect to the digital potentiometer to set the delay time."
Had a silly idea at work today... what are your entries for the following three sportscars?
Quote from: alanp on January 09, 2019, 12:47:47 AMHad a silly idea at work today... what are your entries for the following three sportscars?Been thinking about a custom car for a week or so, and think I might be onto something...The basic appearance and chassis would be Mercedes 500K styled -- running boards, long bonnet with louvers, that sort of thing -- while the brakes, steering, that sort of thing would be all modern, to a degree. For the drivetrain, I'm picking a Japanese straight six, maybe Nissan or something. The idea here is easily available, lots of power, easily modifiable. If there is spare money, then supercharged -- I don't want a turbo, as it conjures up images of boyracers, here.
If I go into a store I don't even want to see a sales person until I actually need something. The last thing I want is for them to hover nearby like vultures waiting for their prey to die. Stay the hell away from me, if I need a vulture I'll let you know. Go play poker in the backroom, or chat with the nice lady behind the cashier or something. Oddly enough, there's a curious inverse ninja thing happening with sales persons, because when you actually need one there's usually no one to be found. I reckon the sure fire way to not be bothered by them is to appear to be wanting to speak to one. They'll scatter more quickly then rats or cockroaches in a room when you suddenly turn on the lights.
So, Update to plagiarism in the Bio class I teach. Turns out, I did have someone submit a copy for their last lab report.But they did so in such a blindingly stupid way that they almost got away with it.See, we use an online drop box for submissions, and it has automated similarity checking. Its not very "smart" but it spits out a similarity percent score, and typically anything less than ~25% or so is fine (as you end up "copying" common lab jargon and works cited and whatnot). Anything in the 30-40% range I tend to manually scan to see if anything is hinky (not uncommon when we used shared data sets and they just copy/paste them straight in), and higher than that we usually have people copying/sharing whole sections. Well, I had one student who had an 18% similarity score on their paper. I didn't even bother opening it to scrutinize, just treated it as clean and moved on to grading things (he's near the bottom of the pile). Today I get a call from my lab director telling me to take a closer look. Turns out, he submitted another students paper, word. for. word.As in, he didn't even bother putting his own fecking name on the thing. But because he submitted it first, his was treated as the "original" and the student who ACTUALLY wrote the thing got flagged with a 100% similarity score. Now 100%'s are normal when both partners submit the same paper, but these two don't even have lab on the same day, let alone the same section. I like to think that I'm awake enough that I would have noticed Luis had signed his work "Victoria" when I eventually got to his, but there is a chance I might have missed it, and if that had happened, he would've gotten a pass.I'm honestly a little flabbergasted. Dude's never been a top student, and his normal partner had asked to work alone on this particular assignment (not uncommon), but I hadn't expected the guy to straight up pull a "dis is mine". Its... really really stupid.
As for the Netherlands differing from Germany in this regard, the Germans seem more traditional when it comes to money. Maybe its because of the hyper inflation thing they had after World War 1? They're only now thinking about getting rid of their 1 and 2 cents coins and rounding up or down on transactions. In the Netherlands we've been doing that for as long as I can remember. I can't remember ever having seen a 1 cent coin when we still had our own currency. We got them back when we switched to the Euro but they quickly disappeared again. If you still get one chances are you get one that was coined in Germany and that person did some shopping in Germany.
(Again, I should visit here more often)Yeah, the whole paying in Germany thing can be a be of a PITA, especially for us auslanders (I've been in Germany for the better part of the last 13 months, working on a project that's a one hour flight from my home). I routinely carry cash for small transactions, but prefer to use my MC for meals, if for no other reason, than it guarantees I get a receipt, which is not always that common otherwise (my accountants have a real hate on for "non receipt" expenses, yet HR refuses to let me go on a per diem, even though that would make everyones life a lot easier). Problem is, most restaurants where I am won't take credit cards unless you run up a bill past 20 Euros, and I typically don't eat a single meal in the day that cost 20 Euro (meals here tend to be on the large and affordable side, and 20 Euros would be like a main, a litre of beer, and dessert, and I am having a hard enough time keeping my weight stable without adding all those calories), so then it's back to cash.
And the one, two, and 5 cent coins drive me nuts. You can't use them in vending machines, they are a hassle to carry, and given that I am typically here for 40 days at a time, by the time I leave there's a half pound of coins that the cleaning lady gets to keep.
If you're still in Germany and near the Netherlands, I'm in Nijmegen. Feel free to visit.


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A Weekend In Birmingham
My birthday present from my boyfriend, John, was a weekend away in Birmingham. I've been to Birmingham plenty of times, it's only 25 minutes on the train from where I live, and have been there to brave the shopping crowds at the Bullring. I had never stayed in Birmingham, or enjoyed any of the restaurants there so I was super excited. Here is a little review of what we enjoyed during our two night stay!
Hotel Indigo – The Cube
We stayed right in the heart of Birmingham at the Hotel Indigo, located within The Cube it offers amazing views over the city and was a great place to stay for travelling around all the local places to eat and shop.
Our room was beautiful, and decorated to a really high standard. It had all the amenities we needed and was super comfy! I think the only downside of the room was that there wasn't a main light, only the dimmed bedside light, so it made getting ready to go out for dinner and I had to balance all my stuff on the bathroom sink to do my makeup. I understand it was all part of the aesthetic of the room, and meant there wasn't a bright reflection in the window blocking the view, but it would be nice to have the option of a better light for getting ready…and for when you come back after one too many gins and you're trying to find your pjs! Breakfast was situated in the Marco Pierre White restaurant on the top floor of the cube, and offered a fab breakfast…and fab views of the city (when it wasn't foggy!)
As hotel guests we had access to the Spa facilities. Sadly quite a bit of this was being refurbished during our stay so we only had access to the pool and sauna, but it was still nice nonetheless!
Overall I would highly recommend the hotel for a weekend stay, it's stunning and a lot of thought has gone into every aspect of it. It has a late check out time too of 12pm, so it means you don't have to rush out in the morning!
Places to eat
Where do I start? I think we just ate our way through the weekend! There are so many choices for cuisines throughout Birmingham. We ate at Marco Pierre White in The Cube on the Friday, nice steak house, but I think the views out of the city are what this place is good for, we didn't find the food super special, still good though!
Like Gin? Then you'll want to head to The Gin Vault where you can sample no less than 330 different types of gin! We did the Gin Experience, which included a range of gin and tonics and gin cocktails, as well as tasty tapas. This was an early birthday present for John as his is only a couple of weeks away. Would highly recommend this place, it's located along the canal amongst all the bars so is a great spot to enjoy a drink. The team are really knowledgeable as well, so if you explain the sort of drinks you enjoy they'll be able to recommend a gin for you.
Lastly, I enjoyed a (surprise) meal at Miyako Teppanyaki. John secretly invited my best friends which was super sweet and we had such a brilliant night. This traditional Japanese restaurant sees you sat around a grill, and your very own chef cooks your chosen menu items right in front of you. He got us all involved in the night and the experience was great, the food was delicious too, so its one to go to if you want some fun!
What To Do
Other than relaxing in the spa, and enjoying some time to ourselves we also tried our hand at Ghetto Golf. If you're in Birmingham then definitely go, it fills up quick so book in advance, but it's great fun…and I won too so that made it a little bit better 😉
So, a brilliant weekend in Birmingham, it's made me realise there are always great things to do right on your door step, and I'll definitely head back in the future for some more fun things! What are you favourite things to do in Birmingham? Let me know in the comments!


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Low Heng Chin
Professor Dr. Low Heng Chin
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com | Room No.: 037 | Phone: 04-6533641
Heng-Chin Low is a Professor of Statistics at the School of MathematicalSciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, where she teaches statistics courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is involved in transdisciplinary collaborative research projects with academics as well as the industry for a more hands-on statistical education.
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Research Interest:
Teaching and Supervision
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|Survival Analysis
|Quality Control
|Statistical Reliability
An Alternative Simulation model for Planning of Subject Recruitment in Clinical Trials
A Novel Approach for Prioritisation of Product Quality Improvement in a Complex Manufacturing Environment
|An Integration of Web Based FMEA and TRIZ for Generating Structured Solutions
Quality Improvement using DMAIC Methodology in Sanmina
Process Capability and GR&R Studies
Statistical Techniques for Quality Improvement in Bosch Power Tools
|Research Grants
List of publications:
1. W. C. Ng, S. Y. Teh, H. C. Low and P. C. Teoh, The Integration of FMEA with Other Problem Solving Tools: A Review of Enhancement Opportunities, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2017, DOI :10.1088/1742-6596/890/1/012139 012139.
2. Wei Chien Ng, Sin Yin Teh and Heng Chin Low, An Innovative Way of Handling Multiple Directorship Issue: Breakthrough Thinking for Business Management with TRIZ, Proceedings of the 12th Asian Academy of Management International Conference 2017, 2017, 940-950.
1. Siew, J.P., Low, H.C. and Teoh, P.C., An Interactive Mobile Learning Application using Machine Learning Framework in a Flexible Manufacturing Environment, International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 2016, 12, 1/2, 1-24.
2. Sau Loong Ang, Hong Choon Ong and Heng Chin Low, Classification using the General Bayesian Network, Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 2016, 24(1): 403-414.
1. Sin Yin Teh, Heng Chin Low and Ping Chow Teoh, Statistical Process Control for Process Improvement in Industry: A Case Study, Advanced Science Letters, 2015, 1-5.
2. Jit Ping Siew, Heng Chin Low and Ping Chow Teoh, Characterizing Performances of Solder Paste Printing Process at Flexible Manufacturing Lines, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2015, 1643, 341-348.
3. Jit Ping Siew, Heng Chin Low and Ping Chow Teoh, Towards Zero Defects in Solder Paste Printing using Process Analytics, Applied Mechanics Materials Journal, 2015, 1662-7482.
4. Wasin A.A. Alqaraghuli, Abbas F.M. Alkarkhi and H.C. Low, Fitting Second-Order Model to Mixed Three-Level and Four-Level Factorial Designs using the Coefficient of Polynomial Contrast, World Applied Sciences Journal, 2015, 33(9), 1450-1456.
5. Wasin A.A. Alqaraghuli, Abbas F.M. Alkarkhi and H.C. Low, Fitting Second-Order Models to Mixed Two-Level and Four-Level Factorial Designs: Is there an easier procedure?, International Journal of Engineering, 2015, 28(11), 1-7.
1. Muhammad Atif, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Muhammad Asif, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Muhammad Khan Sarfraz and Heng Chin Low, Impact of tuberculosis treatment on health-related quality of life of pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a follow-up study, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2014, 12, 19-42. (ISI IF: 2.27)
2. Muhammad Atif, Zohreh Toghrayee, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Asrul Akmal Shafie, Heng Chin Low and Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Missing Data Analysis in Longitudinal Studies: Findings from a Quality of Life Study in Malaysian Tuberculosis Patients, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2014, 11 pages DOI 10.1007/s11482-014-9302-x (ISI IF: 0.627)
3. Alya O. Al Mutairi and Heng Chin Low, P-Value for Two-Sample Linear Rank Tests using Permutation Simulations and the Normal Approximation Method, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 2014, DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2013.794287 (ISI IF: 0.288)
4. Alya O. Al Mutairi and Heng Chin Low, Improved Measures of the Spread of Data for some Unknown Complex Distributions using Saddlepoint Approximations, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 2014, DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2013.849739 (ISI IF: 0.288)
5. O. Al Mutairi Alya and Heng Chin Low, Estimations of the Central Tendency Measures of the Random-sum Poisson-Weibull Distribution using Saddlepoint Approximation, Journal of Applied Sciences, 2014, ISSN 1812-5654 / DOI: 10.3923/jas 2014, 5 pages.
6. Zohreh Toghrayee, Parvin Jalili, Heng Chin Low and Ardavan Taghva, A Mixture Dropout Machanism in a Longitudinal Study with Two Time Points: A Methadone Study, Australian Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 2014, 10(3), 247-257.
7. Al Mutairi Alya O and Heng Chin Low, Saddlepoint Approximation to Cumulative Distribution Functions for Some Difficult and Unknown Linear Combinations of Random Variables., Canadian Journal of Pure & Applied Sciences, 2014, 8(3), 3081-3089.
1. Al Mutairi Alya O. and Heng Chin Low, Saddlepoint Approximation to Cumulative Distribution Function for Poisson-Exponential Distribution, Modern Applied Science, 2013, 7 (3), 26-32.
2. Norsyahida, A., Riazi, M., Sadjjadi, S.M., Muhammad Hafiznur, Y., Low, H.C., Zeehaida, M., and Noordin, R., Laboratory serodiagnosis of strongyloidiasis: IgG-, IgG4_ and IgE ELISAs and cross-reactivity with lymphatic filariasis, Parasite Immunology, 2013, 35, 174-179. (ISI IF: 1.85)
3. Ja'afar Nuhu Ja'afar, Yuan Xin Goay, Nur Fatihah Mohammad Zaidi, Heng Chin Low, Hani Mat Hussin Mansor Hamzah, Subhash Janardhan Bhore, Prabha Balaram, Asma Ismail, and Kia Kien Phua, Epidemiological analysis of typhoid fever in Kelantan from a retrieved registry, Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 2013, 9(2), 147-151.
4. Wasin A.A. Alqaraghuli, Abbas F.M. Alkarkhi and H.C. Low, A New Procedure for Fitting Second-Order Model to Four-Level Factorial Designs, World Applied Sciences Journal, 2013, 22(8), 1116-1128.
5. Almutairi Aned Omar and Heng Chin Low, Bayesian Estimate of Parameters for Life Distributions based on Different Loss Functions, Advances in Applied Mathematical Analysis, 2013, 8(1), 11-17.
6. Al Mutairi Aned O. and Heng Chin Low, Concepts in Order Statistics and Bayesian Estimation, Mathematical Theory and Modelling, 2013, 3(4), 37-42.
7. Zohreh Toghrayee, Heng Chin Low and Ardavan Taghva, Handling Missing At Random Data: A Case Study of Imputation Methods, World Applied Sciences Journal, 2013, 26(8), 1079-1085.
8. Al Mutairi Alya O. and Heng Chin Low, Saddlepoint Approximation to Cumulative Distribution Function for Poisson-Binomial Model, Modern Applied Science, 2013, 7 (6), 101-105.
9. Al Mutairi Alya O. and Heng Chin Low, Saddlepoint Approximation to Cumulative Distribution Function for Damage Process, Journal of Asian Scientific Research, 2013, 3(5), 485-492.
Interests & Hobbies: Reading journals, textbooks, magazines, baking quick recipes, watching Netflix movies.
Bodies & Professional: Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (FRSS), London, U.K.


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Project: Aberdeen International Business Park
Client: Turner and Townsend
Value: £80M
Our Building Clerks of Works monitored the quality of this project from start to completion. Now completed this £80M development has created an excellent state-of-the-art office accommodation with a range of different facilities including restaurants, cafes, a gym, sports halls, shopping facilitates and a generous car park.
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Client: FT Squared
Value: £74.5M
Aldgate Tower provides brand new state of the art £74.5M Grade A office facilities which our Building, Mechanical and Electrical Clerks of Works inspected to ensure it achieved a BREEAM 'Excellent' rating. The main facades are clad with a fully glazed, full height aluminium framed curtain wall system. Solar control is provided by soft coatings to all the glazing. Two 11KVA ring main units provide electricity to the building supplemented by a roof mounted photo-voltaic (PV) cell electrical generation system. A solar thermal heating system was installed and will pre-heat the domestic water service prior to heating by gas fired water heaters.
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The development is a mix of office, residential, retail and leisure space with a multi-storey car park to service it. The entire development is part of a masterplan and will be one of the largest city-based business quarters in Europe; servicing approximately 13,000 employees. Our involvement is on buildings 3, 7 and 8 and will include one 7 storey and two 8 storey office buildings with a combined internal area of 46,642 m2 and underground car park.
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The building was constructed in 1987 and was the NUM Headquarters for four years and then stood empty for more than 25 years. The 5.5m renovation scheme, which was funded through a collaboration between CBRE, the Sheffield City Region JESSICA Fund and Sheffield City Council's Growing Places Fund, has transformed the building into striking new commercial premises for Sheffield.
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Client: Turner & Townsend
Value: £77.6m
This new Grade A office development in the heart of Sheffield City Centre also hosts food and beverage units at the former Grosvenor Hotel site as part of the larger scheme "Heart of the City II". Providing both Building and M&E Clerks of Works throughout the course of construction, this popular new office and retail centre is also home to HSBC's Sheffield HQ.


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I'm trying to debug a program I wrote for an MKL26Z MCU. The MCU is on a custom PCB, in the CAL4 WLSCP package. Debugging is happening using SWD, with SWDIO, SWCLK and reset connected. SWDIO is pulled up with a 10K, clock is pulled down with a 10K, and the reset pin is pulled up with a 10K and a cap to ground, as recommended. I am using a Segger Base debugger, and KDS 3.2.
During the startup process, I set some GPIO to enable or disable various supplies/clocks/peripherals etc. On the first call of the GPIO_DRV_WritePinOutput() function (KSDK 1.3), the debugger freaks out and halts execution. I attached screenshots showing the behavior, before and after I step the line that causes the problem (before/after.png). Stepping into the function, the most granular instruction I can find related to the error is GPIO_WR_PSOR, which is just a macro to write the PSOR register for a GPIO pin.
In my main, the processor expert init function is being called before the GPIO write, and I have configured GPIO for auto-initialization in PE. There are no interrupts on the pin. Interestingly, the problem does not appear to be specific to that particular function call. If I comment out the first GPIO write function call, the debugger fails on the next call. However, the problem is definitely related to that code - if I comment out the function in which the GPIO write is being called, I can debug and the program executes as expected.
Interestingly, if I close the debugger session after the device has been flashed, my program executes correctly. It has a UART command line interface, and I can send commands, receive responses, and observe correct peripheral behavior. The problem seems to be isolated to debugging the unit.
Anyone have an idea about what is happening here?


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Students Directions
Read the scenario below. Then in 1) words and 2) drawing(s) describe and explain what happens to the carbon atom on this journey.
You are a carbon atom and you are taken in by an oak tree, converted to starch, stored in a seed, which is eaten by a squirrel. In the squirrel, you are stored in fat; the squirrel uses up all of its fat during winter hibernation, which leaves you where?
Both your written explanation and sketch(es) must address the following:
- What happens within the steps provided in the scenario
- What happens between the steps provided
- Where you (the carbon atom) end up
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text: Chris, I have seen a couple of different diff lock mods implemented on TQCs. With the lack of instrumentation on this model and the relatively large chuck of real estate used in the center console for just a plunger and 2 lights, it's just begging to be changed. Here are the various mods I have seen: -Like Chris described, move the plunger to the lower drivers dash and install the 3 gauge panel in its place in the center console. -move one of the diff lock lights to the other side of the panel so the lights are placed over each other. This makes enough room for 1 gauge to placed in the panel next to the plunger. -install the 3 gauge plastic panel in place of the diff lock panel and install the plunger in one of the gauge positions. This makes room for 2 gauges to be installed. -same as above but the owner used the rotary diff lock from a later 4000q in one of the gauge holes. - 2 gauges placed to the left of the steering wheel in the small open glove box in the lower dash. -the owner removed the old diff lock panel and fit in the complete LED diff lock panel from an 85 4000q complete with rotary diff lockknob and LED bargraphs. Took a bit of work but looked pretty slick. -haven't seen this one yet or heard a detailed description, but a 5000q diff lock panel with rotary knob is used. Not sure where it is placed, but sounds interesting. I will pass along more when I hear it. If anyone has seen extra gauges added to the 85-87 style dash in the ur-quattro and 4000q, I would like to hear about how it was done. - Dave Lawson firstname.lastname@example.com


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Rural entrepreneurs have until mid-October to apply for the Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, will accept applications for the 2020 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge through October 14.
In its sixth year, the Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge is a national business competition for U.S. food and agriculture startups. Entrepreneurs will compete for $145,000 in startup funds. The funds for the challenge are provided by sponsors Farm Credit, John Deere, Bayer Crop Science, Farm Bureau Bank and Country Financial. AFBF President Zippy Duvall says, "It takes faith, courage and creativity to start a business," adding that the funds in the challenge can help entrepreneurs "take their businesses to the next level."
Ten semi-finalist teams will be announced on November 22 and awarded $10,000 each. The ten teams will at the 2020 AFBF Annual Convention in Austin, Texas, in January. Competitors can apply online at www.fb.org.


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FlightGlobal, a leading aviation information group, today announces the acquisition of two pioneering US businesses that will help create a powerhouse in data analytics for the global air travel sector. Diio LLC, a leading provider of airline market intelligence tools, and FlightStats Inc., a pioneer in flight data services, will now sit alongside FlightGlobal's existing portfolio of fleet, aircraft finance and schedules data services.
With these latest transactions, FlightGlobal emerges with a world-class air travel data and analytics capability, building on the acquisition of the Innovata airline schedules business in 2014. Diio and FlightStats already work closely with FlightGlobal as long-standing commercial partners and significant users of the group's schedules data.
Diio LLC, headquartered near Washington DC, provides a portfolio of online intelligence tools for the global air transport and travel industry, both under its own brand and those of its partners. The company's flagship Diio Mi service brings together schedules, fares and traffic data into a single online market intelligence toolset, used extensively by airlines and airports principally in North America. In cooperation with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), Diio powers such products as IATA PaxIS, ARC DataXpert Market Intelligence and IATA/ARC Direct Data Solutions (DDS). Diio also hosts the SRS Analyser schedules analysis tool, developed for international markets in cooperation with FlightGlobal and IATA.
FlightStats Inc., based in Portland, Oregon, is a pioneer in making real-time global flight data available to power services and decision-support tools for many of the world's leading airlines, travel agencies, mobile app developers and online services. Its cutting-edge technology combines vast volumes of data from over 400 sources, including live aircraft tracking, to build an evolving picture of the status of flight arrivals and departures across the airline system. The company is already actively working with FlightGlobal on ways to help clients improve workflow processes around flight disruptions and to gain insights into the cause of delays.
Christopher Flook, who heads the FlightGlobal business as RBI Managing Director, says: "With the talent, technology and resources we have now assembled, FlightGlobal is well-placed to help the air travel sector take the next significant step forward in managing, integrating and analysing its data. We already worked well together as standalone businesses, but coming together as a single group now allows us greater ability to combine our data and experience to deliver huge value for our customers."
David Hoppin, Diio CEO, says: "Diio was founded fifteen years ago with the vision that we could combine fast database technology and expert user-interface design to make it easy for airline decision-makers to assemble facts in time to inform the decision at hand. The company's uninterrupted growth since 2001 confirmed the vision. Now, as part of the FlightGlobal family, we can leverage best-in-class data assets and the resources of a much larger organisation to go after exciting growth opportunities in all parts of the world."
FlightStats founders, Chairman Jeff Kennedy and CEO Tod Hutchinson, said: "As a standalone company we've invested heavily in a modern data management platform that enables us to acquire, process and deliver data at huge scale and speed. With the additional resources that the FlightGlobal group now brings, we're excited about the ability to move faster still and to combine data in new and innovative ways to solve high value problems for the industry. Together we're well-positioned to be a critical hub in the travel ecosystem."
FlightGlobal, headquartered in London, is the aviation arm of Reed Business Information, which itself sits within the Risk & Business Analytics business area of RELX Group.
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About Diio LLC
Diio (Data In, Intelligence Out) is a world leader in aviation intelligence data, tools and technology. Designed by aviation professionals for aviation professionals, Diio's tools are used by more than 400 airlines, airports, manufacturers, policy makers, travel professionals and destination marketers worldwide, including 23 of the world's top 25 airline groups. Diio's mission is to build industry-leading decision support tools, providing users with the means to access, manage and mine huge datasets with confidence, precision and remarkable speed. Diio products set the performance standard for capability and flexibility, earning the trust of aviation professionals who demand analytic precision and processing power.
About FlightStats Inc.
FlightStats is a cutting-edge data services company focused on providing real-time global flight data to companies and travellers across the travel ecosystem. We strive to tell the "story" of a flight – from what's expected, to what is happening now, to what happened. We deliver these stories via our Data Services, and through our FlightStats-branded web and mobile applications. We believe flight data is valuable and is made even more valuable when delivered in conjunction with other contextual data. We manage multiple data sets that relate directly to or intersect with flights – trips, weather, and other aviation-related data.
About FlightGlobal
FlightGlobal, part of Reed Business Information, helps aviation related businesses drive growth, assess risk and improve efficiency. We help our clients discover everything they need to know about the global fleet of aircraft and world schedules, as well as gain insight into market dynamics and drivers. With over 300 employees across the globe, we are dedicated to delivering the most complete set of data, analytics, online tools, news and analysis, as well as expert opinion, to the aviation market. A strategic partner of IATA, the association of world airlines, we have also been recognised as the Aircraft Appraiser of the Year, an Aviation 100 Award, five times in the last six years. Headquartered in London, FlightGlobal also has offices in New York, Atlanta, Portland, Washington DC, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.
About Reed Business Information
We provide information and online data services to business professionals worldwide. Customers have access to our high-value industry data, analytics, information and tools. Our strong global brands hold market-leading positions across a wide range of industry sectors including banking, petrochemicals and aviation where we help customers make key strategic decisions every day. RBI is part of RELX Group plc, a leading global provider of data, information and solutions for professional customers.
About RELX Group
RELX Group is a world‐leading provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom half are in North America. RELX PLC is a London listed holding company which owns 52.9% of RELX Group. RELX NV is an Amsterdam listed holding company which owns 47.1% of RELX Group. The shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX and RENX. The total market capitalisation is approximately 28.9bn GBP / 33.4bn Euro / 37.7bn USD.


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Fred's Box is another addition to an increasingly busy market – the Kid's Monthly Subscription Box.
The angle in this case is breathing fresh life into your existing building block / Lego kits with new characters. They stress that it isn't actually Lego, but it is fully compatible.
The process is fairly straightforward. Pick a subscription, select a gender (or unisex box), box size and you're off.
The boxes get sent out towards the end of the month. As they say, "Every month we choose a different theme: from TV characters, to superheroes and even Santa or the Easter Bunny. It's not only the theme that changes each month, either – each month is unique, filled with a fresh batch of awesomeness!"
For this review, I was sent a large box to check out.
The box arrived pretty quickly. It said Fred's Box on the wrapping, but Lily's Box on the inside, which I took to mean that this was the girl's box.
The figures themselves were wrapped in light paper and a shedload of orange packing paper.
The selection of figures looked like a mix of Minions and Minion style characters. It may not actually be Lego, but it looks like it, although they do feel a little lighter.
Each character has it's own accessory. One or two of these were weapons (axe / gun) which I wasn't too keen on but I'm a little old-fashioned that way!
I told the girls there was a surprise for them in the post, but I didn't tell them what it was. When I showed them the figures, their eyes did light up, and it did inspire them to go and get the building blocks out and be creative.
The cost for the large box is £16.50 per month. It may seem a little high but this is the premium box and, looking at comparitive prices, does seem to be the going rate for these figures (possibly a little cheaper).
If you've got a kid who loves his Lego / building blocks, then this may be something to consider for them. Prices start at £4.85 for one-off boxes and postage is free!
Those lovely folk at Fred's Box are giving one lucky winner the change to get their paws on a Large Fred's Box as featured above! Simply enter using the widget below by midnight February 5th 2017 and it could be you!
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Covert Affairs Interview/Podcast: Sendhil Ramamurthy Talks About Working on Covert Affairs Part 2
This is part 2 of the round-table interview with Sendhil Ramamurthy about his role as Jai Wilcox in the new USA Network series, Covert Affairs on Tuesdays on 10/9 PM. This series is sort of like Alias meets La Femme Nikita but more modern and definitely with some sass. Annie is a newbie agent with CIA and is walking a minefield of intrigue on assignments and in the office. The trick is can she handle this high-wire balancing act in the field and in her personal life as well as in the office as she learns who all the players are and what are the hidden (or not-so-hidden) agendas of the various people she works with.
Moderator The next question comes from the line of Lisa Poirier with PopCultureMadness.com.
L. Poirier What was one of your favorite on set moments from Covert Affairs so far?
S. Ramamurthy Well, the actual filming stuff, the parkour stuff was the coolest thing for me. That was a lot of fun. I really enjoy the physical aspects of this part for me, in general. I'd love to have a really good fight sequence, which may or may not be happening. I can't say. But the hand-to-hand combat, that kind of stuff is something that would be really interesting to me and I'd like to see that kind of explored a little bit more.
But the parkour was fun and then kind of the offset moments. I mean like me and Chris Gorham and Piper Perabo have actually become really tight. We genuinely enjoy each other's company and we hang out quite a bit up here in Toronto and from a non-work point of view, that's been something that's been really fun.
I've been so lucky to work with a cast on Heroes that I was so close to and we all got along really well and we all hung out together and we're still all in touch. They all sent me e-mails when I got Covert Affairs and Jack texted me this morning saying congratulations about the numbers from Tuesday and it was a really tight cast and I've managed somehow, I don't know how, to land on another show with a cast that's just as tight.
And I just really enjoy both Chris and Piper and Kari. Kari and I don't have a ton to do together yet, but hopefully that'll come and when Peter is up here and Greg as well, it's a really nice bunch of people to work with and I'm really enjoying that aspect of it, too, because it's nice to be at work. When you're at work for 17 hours with people it's a good thing when you get along with them.
L. Poirier What other upcoming projects do you have, besides more Covert Affairs?
S. Ramamurthy I did a movie called It's a Wonderful Afterlife. It was written and directed by Gurinder Chadha, who did Bend It Like Beckham. And it's released in the U.K. already and I believe a U.S. release is happening towards the end of this year.
And then I did another film called Shor, which I actually shot in Mumbai in January and February. It's like a really gritty crime drama. It kind of follows my character's descent into a kind of hell, if you like. And that was probably the hardest thing I've ever done, just shooting, the physical toll of it was enormous. The heat, I was shooting in the largest slum in Mumbai for a lot of it and it was, again, just a very different experience for me and working with a whole different crew and a whole different culture of filmmaking and I'm really excited for that. I think that's going to be released in October..
Moderator The next question is from the line of Karen Basista with 2Cents.com.
K. Basista : You talk about all this tension that Jai just causes at the CIA and my question is there is a lot that I noticed between him and Auggie and with both of you being so flirtatious is a girl involved as far as why he dislikes you so much?
S. Ramamurthy I think when two guys have that much friction it's a pretty safe assumption. Only a woman could do that. But, again, what I like about what the writers have done in subsequent episodes, there are kind of events that happen that make Jai and Auggie work together. And they actually, believe it or not, they work together really well.
They're able to bounce off of each other and get ideas off of each other. The episode we're shooting right now, actually, Jai and Auggie get together for a very important reason. So, while there is that friction, and also, a lot of the friction just simply comes from the fact that Jai is Henry Wilcox's son. A lot of that comes from that. Henry was, again, this will come out in Tuesday's episode so I won't give too much away, but a lot of things that Henry did caused him to have a certain reputation and I think everybody at the CIA assumes that Jai must be cut from that same cloth.
And without wanting to try too hard, because Jai is a Yalie and an alpha male and all of that and doesn't feel like he has to prove himself to anybody, I think underneath he wants everybody to know that he is not Henry Wilcox, he's not that guy.
He's very good at what he does and Henry was very good at what he does, but I think that's where the similarities kind of stop. He's nowhere near as Machiavellian as Henry Wilcox is and I think everybody at the beginning thinks he is. And as the season goes on we'll see how that perception of Jai changes or doesn't change.
K. Basista I had some help from Chris Gorham to ask this question. He suggested that I ask if there was going to be a Heroes movie and can Gorham be in it?
S. Ramamurthy Can Gorham be in it? You know what, if there's a Heroes movie, I'm guaranteeing that we'll get Gorham in it. Right here, you heard it here first. I don't know if there's going to be a Heroes movie. I'd love for there to be one. I think that it would be great for the fans to have the story wrapped up properly because that finale was a season finale; that was not a series finale and I feel like we owe it to the fans who were incredibly loyal and supportive of us through all the ups and downs of Heroes, it would be nice to do it for them to have some sort of closure.
I don't know if it's going to happen. If I'm being 100% honest, I don't see how it can, just scheduling-wise it's going to be really, really difficult. But if anybody can do it Tim Kring will pull it together somehow.
This is a trailer of the 8/17 episode.
Moderator The next question is from the line of Christina Kovar with Maverick Media.
C. Kovar We've already seen Piper with a lot of accent and language work. Are you looking for that with Covert Affairs? Have you actually already done some languages and some accents that we get to hear?
S. Ramamurthy Boy, that's a tough one to answer. There might be some accent stuff coming up. I'm not sure, to be honest, because there are some rewrites going on right now, but it's a possibility.
As far as languages go, I haven't had to explore my unfortunately incredibly limited language skills. Piper has a really great facility for languages. She's great with it. But me, I'm not so great with it, so if they happen to be reading this, the writers, and read this, they should feel free not to give me any language stuff. Accents I'm good with; languages not so much.
C. Kovar If you were to put your iPod on shuffle right now and press play, what's the most embarrassing song that would come up?
S. Ramamurthy Wow, that's a great question because I have a shared iPod with my wife. I actually had it on shuffle just now in the gym and I'm trying to think what came on. Oh, what's that guy, it was an Enrique Iglesias song, which I would usually probably never listen to, but it popped on. And I am not ashamed to admit that I listened to it all the way through. I did not fast forward it.
Jai Wilcox played by Sendhil Ramamurthy
Moderator The next question is from the line of Clyde Johnson with SpoilersTV.com.
C. Johnson I love the character of Jai. I was wondering will we learn more about him through action scenes or more like in the office.


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Thanks guys, its good to be back. Sorry for the long hiatus. I did log in from time to time, but as I said, its busy times.
Carvinite, thanks for asking. Unfortunately, right now there is no chance to share the articles elsewhere, other than in the mag itself, in German language. They are copyrighted, and therefore cant be posted, not even in translation. But who knows, there might be a way to publish a collection one day, and if thats the case, it will be translated too!
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I've always loved this summer show. Just seeing these random people that I don't really know or care for win tons of money and stab each other in the back to do it is always the most fun.
I've started watching with BB11 and I've loved the show since. I don't know or feel like I should watch the previous ones because I like to feel like my reality shows are live and relevant; you get what I mean?
I've always been TRYING my hardest to get ON BB with no success because it seems like you need to be gorgeous or some kind of Z-Celeb to even be on it.


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High water in the Chattanooga area didn't keep Marilyn Badger away. Marilyn was a big winner at AQS QuiltWeek – Chattanooga, TN 2014 with two prize-winning quilts!
Hear about her Best of Show quilt, EXUBERANCE:
and MAGNOLIA, which she quilted, won 2nd place in the Bed Quilts – Innovative category, along with co-winner Claudia Clark.
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Federal government invests in apprenticeship programs
As we have been saying for a while now, the job market is booming. The unemployment rate is slightly above 4% (which is considered to be full employment) and the monthly JOLTS report shows a record number of job openings. However there is still a significant skills gap in the economy, and apprentice programs can help people get the skills they need for a better job.
It is great news that the federal government is stepping up in 2017. They plan on doubling the amount of money invested into these various apprenticeship programs. While the amount will still be minimal in the grand scheme of things ($200 million) every dollar counts. The overall goal is to create millions of additional apprenticeships from the estimated 500,000 that exist today.
Will apprenticeships make a difference?
The fact is that if someone wants a job, really no one should be unemployed these days. Employers are begging for workers. The problem is that a good number of those job openings do not pay very well. This investment by the federal government could help close that skills gap.
As just one example, there are currently tens if not hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs available. But many of them are in high tech type fields, such as precision tooling, robotics programmers, computer technicians, plumbers, etc. The Manufacturing Institute also expects about 3.4 million more manufacturing positions to become available from 2017-2027, and maybe 50% of those could be unfilled due to the skills gap. There are 3.3 million open STEM-related jobs, such as programmer, software developer, etc. Nursing is also desperate for help, as are many other career oriented jobs.
Apprenticeships can help here…as well as in other industries. If someone lacks the skills for one of those manufacturing jobs (or any other position) then an apprenticeship program can help them get the experience and skills they need. They can start working one of those jobs, get some form of income as well as benefits, and maybe most importantly gain skills.
Then, if the person steps up to the challenge and gains the skills they need, and if the employer thinks they are doing a good job, then the apprentice could be hired into a formal maybe full-time position. So it is a win-win for all involved.
Benefits to employers and worker
All parties benefit from these apprenticeship programs. So there is really no downside, as shown from other countries that use them such as Germany or the Netherlands. So if the federal government continues to invest, they will benefit this country in the following ways.
Workers – They can apply to be an apprentice, even if they lack some or many skills. This will give them new skills that are relevant to today's economy. The worker will also get come compensation, learn about various work environments, and gain other benefits. They gain relevant experience without needing to go back to college and take on debt for that.
Employers – They can in effect take a chance on a worker who may not quite have everything they would ideally like. Then the employer can train them. While the apprentice will still have a salary and benefits, it is lower than other fully qualified workers. And if the employees doesn't gain the skills they need during the course of the program (which may last a few years), the employer can part ways with the worker in a much more efficient way then if the employee was working full time.
We believe that by the government taking steps like this (doubling its investment in apprenticeship programs) and employers willing to get on board, this could be a significant factor in helping households increase their families income.


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Back when I was first introduced to the internet, my mom referred to it as "the devil's playground." Then she realized I could buy her bath towels on special with no sales tax and free shipping. She now refers to the internet as "the computer"and sometimes ask me to "look in the computer" for things.
For things like oven mitts. And the conversation always starts with...
"I was wondering..."
"I need new oven mitts. Can you look in the computer? I have the SKU number of the ones I want"
Are you getting this? My mother has kept the SKU number of her oven mitts. Aren't there 40 stores in a 3 mile radius that carry oven mitts? But no, she needs these specific oven mitts.
I google the number. Nothing.
"Try the brand name" she says.
Oven mitts have brand names?
So I find the website for the company and give her the customer service number. Several days pass...
"I was wondering..."
"The oven mitt company said that they sell retail in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and we're not going there. Can you look in the computer?"
...Google, google, google...
"Ok, Ma, here are your choices -"
"I want medium blue"
"They don't have medium blue. There are pretty flowers"
"There is a set with roosters"
"Roosters????!!!! Those are filthy animals! Why would I want filthy roosters?"
"Ma, actual roosters will not come to your house to remove hot items from your oven."
"Ach. No roosters"
Maybe she thinks they will jump off the oven mitt and animate, like Pinnoccio.
"OK, there are ones with pictures of garlic.
"Garlic? That's ridiculous."
"Then I guess the flowers are fine?"
"Order me 4"
And I think, 4? Hands and feet? No. She tells me, "What if one wears out?" More likely, what if she sets one on fire, but that's another post entirely. Though I can see that 4 can be helpful - she can use 2 to catch the roosters in her kitchen.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Roosters in the Devil's Playground
Labels: mom, oven mitts, roosters
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- Danie said...
Rooseters ARE filthy animals!
- March 9, 2009 at 2:46 PM
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Just human
Case in point:
Biked 30 minutes to the stable last night...only to find that I had forgotten the trailer keys (they are on my truck key ring so that I never ever forget them). So I cleaned pens and biked another 30 minutes home. (this story is important to the post, as the rest of the story has nothing to do with horses, civil war, history, or anything else I've stretched to make the theme of this blog. It's just about being human).
Now - that could have been a single instance - something to laugh off and maybe call a sympathetic friend or two over. So just to make sure I got the point, Life gave me....the cake incident.
Now, I hardly ever (read - never) share work stories here. It's just not appropriate. However, I couldn't pass this one up.
A week ago I ordered a full sheet cake for a department baby shower party at work. Chocolate/white combo with whipped frosting, custard filling yada yada yada. At 9am I get a hysterical phone call from my "secretary" (she's not, but she jokes about it - in reality she's an employee that does ALL of my ordering, secretary odd-jobs etc.). Seems that someone went into the bakery this morning and walked out with our cake. It's gone and I need that cake by 10am. I get the bakery number, put on my best "no-compromise" face and proceed to very firmly tell them that I will be there to pick up a replacement cake in 1 hour. It was their error and I was not going to hear any excuses. Never mind that 20 minutes later I got a call from someone else who works for my (largish) company - they had gone in to pick up a cake for a different event and ended up with mine. They were going to bakery to pick up their original cake...the bakery does not take returned cakes so technically I could have gotten it from her.... At that point I was NOT calling up the bakery to tell them to stop production, because my new cake was probably already 1/2 done and darn it, they should have been more careful with which cake went where.....don't worry - I paid for this inconsiderate behavior. (BTW - The person that had MY original cake was in a different town, even though we worked for the same company so it wasn't like it was as easy as going down the hall and getting my cake.)
Did you know a full sheet cake is HUGE? I had to put it in the back of my pickup. After careful consideration I stacked some items around it to keep it from sliding around. The top was taped down, but as an extra precaution I put a package of screw drivers (yes, the same ones I used at tevis as tent stakes AND the ones involved in the trailer drama) on top of the lid.
I drove oh so carefully and accelerated onto the freeway at 70mph. I kept seeing something out of the corner of my eye but couldn't catch it.....oh....there went the cake lid. Crap. I pulled over to the side of the freeway (yes this was an emergency) and looked at the cake.
The lid was gone and as it left it had cut a huge swath through the top of the icing. one side of the cake has smooshed into the box. The baby sitting on a cupcake as a decoration had split in two. Darn it!
I drove the couple more miles to the office.
I unloaded the cake from the truck. Proceeded to try and balance a full sheet cake with one hand and close my tail gate. Crap! There goes the other side of the cake into the box.
As I climbed the stairs I contemplated the fact I was going to try and attempt to open a 2 sets of double doors with this thing......and then slipped.
My boot missed a step. The cake went "ploop" onto the ground at the top of the stairs as I lurched to catch myself.
The impact of it hitting the ground had caused all the side and decorative icing around the top to fall down the sides of the cake.
I got through the doors, mashing yet another side of the cake.
and....delivered the cake to the happy mother to be. She said she didn't even notice the damage. Uh huh.....
I just told people I fell, leaving out the lid flying off in the truck bed etc. Why complicate things?
Off to get lots and lots and lots of riding in this weekend.
6 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 9, 2009 at 4:34 PM
haha, sorry to laugh but it is JUST to funny!ReplyDelete
Oh Melinda Melinda, the poor poor cake (hee hee, har har) Oh, oh, the delicate decoration self-destructing all over itself. And I'll be you didn't even take a picture. (yuk yuk)ReplyDelete
Reminds me of when I was making my sister's wedding cake for 250 in my non-air conditioned house in August in the San Joaquin Valley at midnight (since it was midnight when it got below a hundred degrees). I was using "butter" "cream" icing and my dreams of clustered pink roses draped along the sides, festooned with icing drapery slipped away as fast as the melting roses slipped down the sides of the cakes. Thinking fast, I pulled out a box of sugar medallions someone had given me and slapped them all over the sides of the big layers and piped tiny rosebuds here and there. Saved!
Funny funny story, worth the read. Have a great riding weekend. I know I will.ReplyDelete
Thanks for checking the gravity level for us--it's good to know that the earth still sucks at a constant rate!ReplyDelete
laughing all the way....
this is hilarious...as I was reading, i kept thinking it couldn't get any worse. i kept being wrong.ReplyDelete
Oh my sides!!... laughing so hard... I could barely get through the entire post..ReplyDelete
I can totally relate to this because these are the things that happen to me all the time... I have just gotten used to it!


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Publisher Modus Games and developer The Balance have released the launch trailer for mech brawler Override: Mech City Brawl ahead of its December 4 launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Here is an overview of the game, via Modus Games:
Featuring a wealth of multiplayer modes – both local and online – as well as a solo campaign, there's no shortage of ways to punch mechs in the face. Feel like tinkering with your favorite contender? Take a step into the Garage and equip all manner of skins and cosmetic gear so you can brawl in style.
Whether you're a fighting veteran or looking to get into your first brawl, Override: Mech City Brawl has a mode for you. Want to party with friends? Hop into party co-op where players team up to pilot different parts of the same mech. Take a look below for a breakdown of the key features you can look forward to when the game launches on December 4.
Key Features
- Explosive Battles. Take control of a gigantic mech and lay waste to entire cities as you fight other massive opponents.
- Supercharged Mechs. Pilot 12 outrageous mechs of epic, skyscraper-sized proportions, each with diverse fighting styles and unique skills.
- Real-World Locations. Destroy 3D arenas modeled after actual cities and countries, including Tokyo, Egypt, San Francisco, and Mexico.
- Multiple Game Modes. Challenge other players in local and online Versus & Co-Op modes and experience Override's story in a single-player campaign.
- Party Co-Op. Gather two to four friends to engage in party co-op where each player is responsible for one part of a towering mech!
- The Garage. Customize your mechs in the Garage, changing their accessories and skins to create your own unique style.
Watch the launch trailer below.


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Formlabs, the designer and manufacturer of powerful and accessible 3D printing systems, has announced the release of Dental LT Clear, the first long-term biocompatible resin in desktop 3D printing for orthodontic applications and devices. Formlabs also released improvements to its Dental SG Resin, reducing print speeds for surgical guides by up to 50%.
The fastest Formlabs material to-date, Dental LT Clear can be used to print splints and retainers in less than 50 min for a single unit. Full build platforms, with up to seven splints, can be completed in under two hours.
With the latest PreForm software update, Form 2 3D printer users can also benefit from speed improvements in Formlabs' Dental SG Resin. Single surgical guide prints will now be 50% faster, while full builds benefit from a 20% speed boost.
In addition to new product releases, Formlabs continues to build on its unabated growth via deepening partnership and distribution deals with 3Shape and Henry Schein, some of the largest players in the dental market.


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The Jolla Tablet blew by its Indiegogo crowdfunding goal within two hours and has shown no sign of slowing since. The campaign has now raised over US$1.2 million and over 4000 tablets have now been sold. The latest batch of Jolla Tablets is now selling for US$209. The original list of shipping countries did not include Canada but that has now changed. Canada and Australia have both clawed their way onto the list thanks to fan voting:
We're happy to announce that the two most voted countries, Australia and Canada, are now added to the Jolla Tablet campaign! Australians and Canadians, show us your support and join the Jolla movement!
Jolla Tablet specifications:
- Processor: 1.8GHz 64-bit quad-core Intel
- Operating system: Sailfish OS 2.0
- Cellular connectivity: None
- Other connectivity: GPS/GLONASS, dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
- Display: 7.85-inch QXGA (2048 × 1536 / 330PPI) IPS
- Internal storage: 32GB
- External storage: MicroSD cards up to 32GB
- Rear-facing camera: 5MP
- Front-facing camera: 2MP
- Sensors: Accelerometer, light, proximity
- Battery: 4,300mAh
- Dimensions: 203 × 137 × 8.3 millimeters
- Weight: 384 grams
The Jolla Tablet Indiegogo campaign will run until December 9. The first tablets are expected to start shipping in May 2015.
Who in Canada is planning to pick up a Jolla Tablet? Let us know below.
Source : Indiegogo


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Owner : Indiawin Sports Pvt. Ltd (2013, 2015, 2017)
Capitan : Rohit Sharma
Coach : Mahela Jayawardene
Squad Strength : 24
Indians : 16
Overseas : 8
Funds : Purse – 11.15 crore
Spent – 7.60 crore
Remaining - 3.55 crore
Players Bought :Barinder Singh Sran,Lasith Malinga ,Yuvraj Singh ,Anmolpreet Singh,Pankaj Jaswal,Rasikh Dar.
Players Retained : Quinton de Kock (T),Rohit Sharma (C),Hardik Pandya,Jasprit Bumrah , Krunal Pandya,Ishan Kishan,Suryakumar Yadav,Mayank Markande,Rahul Chahar,Anukul Roy,Siddhesh Lad,Aditya Tare,Evin Lewis,Kieron Pollard,Ben Cutting ,Mitchell McClenaghan,Adam Milne,Jason Behrendorff.
Mumbai Indians are one of the most prominent teams of IPL and have been associated with the franchise from the very start. Mumbai Indians is the highest budgeted team of the IPL; the valuation is of around 112 Million dollars. The team is owned by business tycoon Mukesh Ambani. The team had a slow start in the beginning but emerged as one of the most successful teams to play in the tournament. The team reached the finals in 2010 with a great performance but found victory only in 2013. The team won the IPL seasons of 2015 and 2017. Along with a superb performance in the IPL, the team of Mumbai Indians has captured the trophy of the Champions league twice in 2011 and 2013.
Astrological Perception of MI for IPL 2019
Our prominent Astrologers at Astroyogi have done a thorough research on the astrological aspect of the team's chances in the upcoming season. The predictions have been made emphasising on the facts and figures. Based on the predictions, here is an overview of what could be expected of the team in the IPL 2019.
Based on the first letter of the Mumbai Indians, the ruling sign of the team is Leo. The 12th season of IPL will begin from 23rd March. The ruling planet of Leo is Sun and it is the owner of energy and pride along with Leo's traits of royalty, all of these aspects can easily be seen in the Mumbai team.
At the beginning of IPL Sun will be in the 8th house which is indicating difficult times for MI. Players might go through some health issues. Performance will be another area of concern for the team. However, the projective nature of Sun will help the team have the upper hand against their opponents and will guide them towards better results.
On the basis of numerology, the letters in the name Mumbai Indian produce the number 2 to be their ruling numeral which is the number of Moon. Based on the short form MI the number identified is 5 which is governed by Mercury and in both the cases the stars are indicating that the team of Mumbai Indians will have struggling times and they will reach the top only with hard work and dedication.
Here is the astrological analysis for today's match from our eminent astrologer at Astroyogi:


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Just when you think we made strides in reducing racism in this country this one guy decided to act on his racism in a violent way. The shooter, Patrick Crusius clearly showed his racism against Mexican people.
You can't believe how much this guy angers me. I got a few Mexican friends who has to deal with racism at one time or another. Its generally rare but its hurtful when people act this way towards Mexicans or anyone else in general. A ton of reports of Mexicans being harassed, at gas stations, restaurants, in stores and on the streets. Some people blame Trump but some of these racist people do support Trump.
Really it's the people who are in need of help for the fact they can't see the fact they are immigrants too. America is founded by immigrants and what people do when act racist they make it sound like there is something wrong with a certain group which turns into more hate. We need to set an example that Mexicans and any other race is welcomed in America because this is what America is. Its more than just a country with freedoms. It's a country with many different races and cultures and everyone should be welcome. People have either forgotten or they simply do not understand what America is. America isnt all just white people. People need to understand this and let go of any hate. Unfortunately this may not be as easy as it seems and we'll end up with another massacre because there is a lot of hateful people in this world. Americans and America in general needs many prayers.
I know as Christians we are to forgive and forget but what this shooter did, I find unforgivable what he did.


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Ways to repurpose and reuse Diablo Canyon Power Plant after its shut down will be the focus of a public meeting set for Wednesday, September 26. The Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel meeting will start with an open house session from 6 to 6:30 p.m. when panel members and the public can talk one-on-one with experts on power plant decommissioning. Then the … [Read more...]
"Clear Evidence Fukushima Radiation Has Reached Our Shores"
Since February of 2014 members of SLO Mothers for Peace have periodically taken samples of ocean water from just south of the Pismo Pier and sent those samples to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) to be tested for radioactive content. Ten of these samples have been taken so far with the last sample showing a dramatic increase in Cesium 137 (Cs137) from the previous … [Read more...]
Mothers for Peace Pushes for Early Closure of Diablo Canyon
On the one-year anniversary of PG&E's announcement of its Joint Proposal to shut down the Diablo Canyon plant, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (MFP) continues to press for earlier closure dates. Attorney Sabrina Venskus represents MFP before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) which must approve details of the Joint Proposal before it goes into effect. … [Read more...]
Mothers for Peace Push to Shut Down Diablo in 2019
On Friday, January 27, the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP), through Ojai-based attorney Sabrina Venskus, submitted expert testimony to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) calling to shut down Diablo in 2019, not 2024, because it is becoming unsafe and unreliable. SLOMFP's expert witness is nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen, chief engineer for Fairewinds … [Read more...]
Only 8 Years (or Less) and California will be Nuclear Free!
The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility (A4NR) ended the year celebrating a Joint Proposal to retire the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant at the end of current licenses and successful legislation addressing economic losses from closure. For over 12 years, we at the Alliance have been able to share our steps toward the closing of the plant. We are thankful for the trust many in … [Read more...]
PG&E Spends $85 Million to Close Diablo Canyon
Not all environmental news is bad. Thanks to citizen activism, responsible leadership and scientific advances, every once in a while, the environment wins! The closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is considered an environmental win by many Californians and others concerned about the dangers of nuclear waste. This article from SFGate explains how PG&E plans to … [Read more...]
PG&E Challenged on $52 million Reimbursement Request from Ratepayers
The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility is a signatory of the Joint Proposal to close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. While the Alliance (A4NR) agrees with most of the the proposal as written, it has reserved the right to challenge the $52 million in ratepayer funding that PG&E seeks as reimbursement for the amount they spent on their now irrelevant bid for license … [Read more...]


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By Hans Ebert
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It wasn't meant to be the race meeting that it became, especially with many still suffering from World Cup fever, and it's tough to know what was the highlight of the races on Sunday at Shatin.
Was it the complete mastery and domination of riders Zac Purton from Australia and Brazilian Joao Moreira who rode four winners each and battled out four Quinellas? It was much more than a "battle to the wire". That would be too easy. It had to do with the pursuit for perfection and competitiveness taken to another level. Both riders should be applauded.
Was it the record breaking performance of Glorious Forever, the younger brother of Time Warp?
The emotional farewell to popular French rider Olivier Doleuze and everything he has given Hong Kong racing- those grand moments of impromptu flamboyancy and great association with some of the city's greatest horses like Good Ba Ba?
Or was it that wonderful sense of déjà vu when first starter Pakistan Friend with Tommy Berry aboard stormed home from last to first like his more illustrious stablemate Pakistan Star?
Maybe it was all of the above. Perhaps with the Hong Kong racing's Champions Awards being handed out on Friday at one of those black tie affairs we have never ever had the inclination to attend, it might be time to take the summer break to re-look and reshape the racing product? Everything can be better.
Perhaps it's time to look at everything from making these Champion Awards more than they are along with aggressively and creatively marketing some of the exciting new gallopers who have suddenly ended up in Hong Kong?
Perhaps it's about giving racing in Sha Tin some new on and off course Buck's Fizz and continue to enhance and evolve the Happy Wednesday brand?
Perhaps it's about making everything more than it is and a Group 1 world class product that's seen and understood and appreciated by those outside of the inner circle of horse racing's Twitter community?
Yes, there will be no Joao Moreira next season and it will be silly to think this void will be filled by a "replacement" as no one can replace the irreplaceable. But this is where and when there's the need to improve and expand upon everything else.
Could, for example, the performances of Joao Moreira and Zac Purton be eligible for a place in the Guinness Book of World Records? Instead of making it something that's here today and gone tomorrow and relegated to the racing pages, why not make these achievements something for the history books? A great USP for Hong Kong racing?
It's the same question asked some years ago when Douglas Whyte had won ten of what became thirteen consecutive Hong Kong Jockey Premierships.
Asking and actually receiving answers and making things happen are two very different things.
Often, good ideas either fall through the cracks or are forgotten altogether because of clutter trumping priorities. The music industry is littered with a trail of very good ideas and what could have been. Where the technological long tail is not wagging the dog that actually owns all Rights to content.
What we often forget is that we're in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is like no other city in the world.
Horse racing in Hong Kong became a reality when the horse racing in Shanghai was driven out during the Cultural Revolution.
The sport ended up in colonial Hong Kong and humble beginnings taking place once a week at Happy Valley. Today it's what it is because of its own Long March.
As mentioned here many times, Hong Kong is a city of contrasts. It's cosmopolitan. It's exciting. It's a city offering opportunities. Like it always has. To everyone.
No one here was born to ride. There are no horse farms. There's no horse breeding industry. There are a couple of riding schools. Yet, look at how far this tiny city that's part of China has taken horse racing.
Sometimes there's a need to stop and think about the past before looking at the future because those sliding doors are often intertwined to the city that's its home.
Horse racing has a habit of talking to itself and thinking everyone is listening. They're not because we're all different. We have a buffet of choices.
Am I impressed by the pomp and circumstance of Royal Ascot? Or the Cheltenham Festival? Or the Triple Crown? Or the Everest? Or some of the simulcasts like the Eclipse Stakes recently shown in Hong Kong? No. It's not relevant to me. It's not a James Bay concert.
I'm not an Andrew Hawkins, an extremely knowledgeable and passionate racing fan and racing writer who inhales racing around the world and loves it as much as Robert Duvall's character in "Apocalypse Now" loved the smell of napalm in the morning.
Is "The Hawk", someone whom I have yet to meet despite his 3-4 years in Hong Kong, a fan of the Happy Wednesday brand or ever been to Adrenaline at Happy Valley? Doubt it. That's just how he rolls and that's fine. Individualism is good.
It only underlines and re-enforces that when it comes to horse racing, there are the "lifers", and, like myself, there are the hobbyists.
I'm also a Hong Kong Belonger. This is more important to me than anything else except for my marriage to music and everything else that's creative. This is what I can and have helped bring to horse racing. Hong Kong horse racing.
Where horse racing anywhere in the world, or any commercial product or brand falters is when it stops looking beyond the obvious and regurgitates all that's come before.
To stave off any signs of mental lethargy and falling back on Ye Olde School of thinking, surely it's about constantly pushing the envelope and pressing the Refresh button? It's not unlike Zac or Joao raising their game.
Hong Kong racing has come this far. Very far. More than any other racing jurisdiction except perhaps for Japan. It's not there yet- wherever "there" is. But getting here- and there- is where the fun lies and the new adventures begin…
#HKracing #horseracing #JoaoMoreira #ZacPurton #DouglasWhyte #GuinnessBookOfWorldRecords #innovate #Shatin #HappyWednesdayHK


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Date of Last Revision
2018-04-30 13:47:55
Mechanical Engineering
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2018
The design goal of this project was proposed by the sponsor company, Jay-Em Aerospace in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. I was tasked with observing a process carried out in the Assembly department by multiple people and charged with coming up with a fixture to improve safety, speed, and accuracy of this task. To determine how to make the process safer, interviews were conducted with the people who would usually be carrying out this process and determined their top concerns and issues with how it is carried out currently. To improve the speed and accuracy of the process, a "time and motion study" was conducted across a period of a week and observed different methods and employees carrying out the process with exact tasks and times being recorded. Once the basic ideas for design were determined, design concepts presented in the "Concepts of Design" course taken at the University of Akron were implemented to pick a specific layout and fixture shape. A large consideration in this design process was cost and assembly time; the sponsor company requested off-the-shelf standard size parts for cheaper, quicker assembly. 3D models were constructed and are shown. Finally, a small project projection is demonstrated at the end of this report to estimate/propose how much time and cost can be saved over the course of a year by constructing and using this proposed fixture.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Gopal Nadkarni
Recommended Citation
Anthony, James, "Indicator-Supporting Fixture based on a Time and Motion Study" (2018). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 682.