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Expo Química 2011 Lautaro Kremenchuzky | added on Sep 05, 2011 | Argentina The exposition will show different aspects about chemistry, such as industries, food, health, environmental issues. It consists of students´ productions, conferences, videos, stands from some chemical companies. The main goal is to show young students that chemistry is everywhere.
Chemistry As INnovating Science - CHAINS2011 J. Grimminck | added on Sep 05, 2011 | Netherlands CHAINS2011 (Chemistry As INnovating Science) is the largest chemical conference in the Netherlands ever.
Project iLASER David Brown | added on Sep 03, 2011 | United States Project iLASER (investigations with Light And Sustainable Energy Resources) is an outreach project to engage children and the general public living in communities along the US-Mexico international border from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
|celebrating chemistry, chemistry education, educational materials, sustainable and green chemistry
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2011 Kilpatrick Lecture: A Chemistry Renaissance featuring George Whitesides Aditya Unni | added on Aug 31, 2011 | United States George Whitesides (Harvard University) a world renowned scientist and advocate for chemistry as a solution to global health and energy needs will give a technical lecture "Reinventing Chemistry" and lead a panel discussion "Solving Problems or Satisfying Curiousity." A student poster session will be held.
Conference on Marie Curie on stamps Richard Gratton | added on Aug 29, 2011 | Canada A conference on the life of Marie Curie illustrated by postage stamps


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Fellowships shed light on 21st-century democratisation and the history of Australian racial thought
10 August 2011
University of Sydney academics will throw new light onto the impact of democracy and our understanding of human difference thanks to two new Australian Laureate Fellowships announced by the federal government today.
Competition for the fellowships, awarded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), is fierce because the award carries with it ARC recognition that the successful applicants have an outstanding international reputation.
To be successful, Laureate projects must support research that will deliver significant economic, environmental, social or cultural benefits to Australia. Through project funding, the scheme also aims to provide an excellent research training environment and mentorship to nurture early-career researchers.
Two members of the University of Sydney's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences- Professor Pippa Norris and Professor Warwick Anderson- are among the 17 new fellowships across nine Australian universities worth more than $44 million in total over five years.
Pippa Norris, a world-renowned expert on democracy, was named as the inaugural recipient of the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship, awarded to a female researcher from the humanities, arts and social sciences disciplines. As part of this, she plans to run workshops and networking events aimed at encouraging early-career women researchers to stay in academia, and also encourage research on gender equality in elected office.
Her Laureate fellowship aims to deepen and advance our understanding of the impact of democratic governance upon prosperity, welfare and peace in countries around the world since the late 20th century. She will seek to establish whether the so-called 'third wave era of democratisation' process in the late 20th century has in turn generated concrete benefits in human development.
Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the United States. She is also a visiting professor at the University of Sydney's Department of Government and International Relations. As part of her fellowship she will work with external partners including United Nations agencies, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and Harvard University.
A historian of biology, medicine and public health, Warwick Anderson will use his Laureate funding to throw new light on Australia's growth as a nation and build on his fascination with ideas about race, human difference, and citizenship in the 19th and 20th centuries.
"My Laureate fellowship will reveal an intense scientific debate about what it meant to be human in the southern hemisphere during the 20th century, placing Australian racial thought in a new context," said Anderson, a self-confessed 'intellectual vagabond' who first trained as a medical doctor but whose passion for the history of medicine has led to extensive studies in historical aspects of tropical medicine and human biology.
"These southern hemisphere debates were often distinct from those taking place in the North Atlantic. Through comparative study of issues ranging from skull measuring to early genomics, I plan to show the distinctive character and scope of racial ideas in southern settler societies, and assess their global impact."
A professorial research fellow in the Department of History and the Centre for Values, Ethics, and the Law in Medicine, Anderson will work with colleagues in Brazil, New Zealand, East Timor, South Africa, Argentina and the United Kingdom to bring southern settler societies together into the global picture of 20th-century race science so we have a better insight into how human difference is understood in the countries in our region.
Professor Jill Trewhella, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) congratulated the two recipients.
"I am delighted that two members of our Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences have been recognised for their research leadership by these prestigious awards. These fellowships are extremely important to the University and to Australia: they help us to attract and retain the best researchers whose work will inspire and inform the teaching of the next generation of great researchers."
"The fellowships will also enable the faculty to build on its already-strong international links with other leading research institutions around the world."
The fellowships supplement researcher salaries, provide for salary-related costs and offer additional funding for postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers.
"Universities have a special responsibility to bring together the best thinking across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences to address the fundamental challenges our world faces," said Professor Duncan Ivison, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
"Take any pressing issue in today's world - whether it is global poverty, climate change, or democratic reform - and you will find that lying beneath all the spin and froth of everyday debate are fundamental ideas and concepts that require rigorous analysis and careful reasoning.
"These fellowships will enable us to cement our distinctive strengths in both the humanities and the social sciences - as well as fruitful interaction between them - and particularly our strength in comparative research, which is so vital in today's highly interconnected world."
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The job of an enterprise's chief security officer (CSO) is a difficult one. Devising a strategy that ensures the company's network and data are secure can be a daunting challenge. With high profile breaches like Target and Adobe making headlines recently, enterprise security has finally been brought into the public spotlight. This newfound awareness has put the pressure on enterprises to assure their customers that they are taking every measure possible to boost their security.
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A season ago, a blowout victory over East Carteret was Pamlico�s lone win.
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Letters and documents concerning the Albertyn and Lckhoff families of Stellenbosch in the early 19th century
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Notebook of medical lectures, mostly on the "Head and Neck". Winter Session, 1892-3. Notebook of Dr Albertyn, Caledon.
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Papers re All Africa Conventions, 1943-1958, and re Unity Movement. Information on banning order imposed on Alie Fataar in 1961 and teaching in Zambia.
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Machine Embroidery
As you combine your machine embroidery with quiltmaking, these basic instructions will help you get started or serve as a refresher course.
Embroidery supplies
• Embroidery machine
• Embroidery hoops
• Embroidery designs
• Software, computer (optional)
• Embroidery and bobbin threads
• Embroidery needles
• Small scissors
• Curved scissors
• Removable fabric marker
• Temporary spray adhesive
• Stabilizers
There are two types of machines: embroidery-only models, and machines that sew and embroider. Most combination machines have a separate arm or attachment that converts the machine to embroidery functions. Consult your manual for installation instructions. Note your machine's maximum design stitch-out size.
Some embroidery machines connect directly to a computer; others require the use of a disk, thumb drive or memory card for design transfer.
All embroidery machines require a hoop to hold the fabric for embroidery stitching. Hoops come in many sizes and shapes. Most machines offer a standard 4″x 4″ hoop, along with larger and smaller options, up to "mega hoop" sizes of 8″x 12″.
Multiple designs can be combined to fit within the hoop using embroidery software or touch-screen editing. Select the smallest hoop to fit the design size for a secure hold.
Embroidery designs
Several types of machine embroidery designs are suitable for quilted projects: fill, lace and outline motifs, applique and in-hoop piecing. Stippling may be incorporated into some embroidery motifs as well.
Embroidery designs have machine-specific formats, so it's important to know which one you need. The format is an extension of the design file name, such as rose.huv (Viking) or leaf.jef (Janome).
Designs are available online or for purchase on CDs, disks or memory cards. In some instances, additional equipment is needed to transfer designs to a readable format.
There are many embroidery software programs available, both machine-specific and multi-format. Software is used to alter design sizing, stitch count, colors, etc. and to combine, edit or create motifs. Software is a helpful option, but is not required to do basic machine embroidery.
Machine embroidery threads differ from standard sewing threads in size, structure and fiber content. Embroidery threads are available in weights from 60 to 12, with the smaller number designating a thicker thread. The standard size is considered to be 40-weight. Variation from this size may require design and/or tension adjustments.
Machine embroidery threads are available in solid and variegated colors. Rayon and cotton threads are most common. Other options include wool/acrylic blends, monofilament, polyester and metallics, including flat foillike strands and twisted varieties, glow-in-the-dark and UVactivated threads.
Embroidery bobbin thread is available in black, white and a few select colors. It is usually 60- to 80-weight. When you embroider through a layered quilt (instead of a top only), the design underside will be visible on the backing. Matching bobbin thread minimizes the visibility; contrasting thread emphasizes it.
Embroidery needles have a larger eye and groove than universal needles, to help minimize abrasion on delicate embroidery threads as they form dense stitches. Use a metallic needle when stitching with metallic threads.
The needle size should be compatible with the fabric weight and type, and the thread size. For cotton fabrics, a size 80/12 universal needle works well with 40-weight threads.
Small, sharp scissors are needed to clip jump threads— bridges between design parts stitched in the same color. Curved scissors allow for cutting threads close to the fabric and for trimming fabric when appliqueing in a hoop.
Precise placement is critical for embroidery. Accurate marking is the key to success. Use a removable fabric marker to note the design center points and hoop placement.
Temporary spray adhesive
This dissipating adhesive is helpful for securing fabric to some stabilizers. Use the aerosol inside a box to protect the sewing area from overspray and apply it to the stabilizer layer, rather than the fabric.


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Environmental History / Literature
Environmental History refers to the history of the environmental movement - its noted figures, important legislation, and impacts. Environmental Literature is, well, literature that incorporates environmental themes into traditional or non-traditional forms of writing.
The field is important because history and literature give us an important sense of how we got here and where we are going. From Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Thoreau's Walden to today's concepts of interconnected ecology, eco-feminism, and environmental justice, the environmental movement is a vast and interesting field. History and literature help to put the many issues in environmentalism into context.
The Academic Requirements
There are very few academic programs devoted solely to Environmental History / Literature - instead, the field is often found as a class within other majors, such as environmental studies, English writing and literature, or history. Students interested in the field should take a variety of environmental and writing classes.
Graduate students may have better luck tailoring their degree program towards Environmental History / Literature.
Here are some courses that we've seen:
- Creative Writing
- Contemporary Environmental Fiction
- Ecofeminist Literature
- Major American Writers
- Wilderness and Literature
- Nature Writing
- Advocacy in Environmental Writing
- Theorizing Ecocriticism
- Exploration, Colonialism and the 18th Century
- The Natural History of Modernism
Professional Outlook
The competition for jobs as a "writer" is fierce, and it is a challenging field to break into. Many writers start out writing for local magazines, newspapers, and websites. If you are trying to get into the field, try sending a few short pieces to environmental magazines and online magazines to get some publicity and recognition.
History majors can be writers, professors, museum curators, researchers, consultants…historians work behind the scenes in script-writing, historical reenactments, and more. Some historians are biographers, going "behind the scenes" to help us understand an important figure in the environmental movement.
Environmental Literature is related to Environmental Journalism/Communications as well as Scientific Journalism. Read more about Environmental Journalism and Communications here.
Here are some job titles that we've seen, including some of the organizations that offer them, all of which included a requirement for experience in Environmental History / Literature:
- Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Culture, emphasis on the environment in a global context (Colorado School of Mines)
- Assistant Professor of Creative Writing/English (Eastern Washington University)
- Editor-in-Chief (The Writings of Henry David Thoreau Project)
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh)
- Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
- ASLE Jobs Page
- Bureau of Labor Statistics; Social Scientists, Other
- Bureau of Labor Statistics; Writers and Editors
- Chatham College, Environmental Studies Program, Concentration in Literature and Writing
- Environment Writer
- h-Environment, website for the American and European Societies for Environmental History
- Forest History Society
- University of Stirling / University of St. Andrews, AHRB Research Centre for Environmental History


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Hi daynee and everbody:I was so frustrated with the Richmond situation, that I quit writing or waiting. Anyhow, it seems like is the ultimate test of patience. I think it will be worth it to find out when the fees is due, because that is when even a slightly non serious candidate is likely to drop out. The sense I got from an inside track is that, they were expecting to let in about four to five people, but looking at the amount of responses, they are not sure about that much. I recommend to those who have any viable options to SERIOUSLY prepare themselves for that.Take Care.Desparate Student
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Last week I launched Fantom 'fit, a website for the project I've been working on all semester as part of an entrepreneurial journalism class with Adam Penenberg.
The idea is based on a reoccurring problem. I'm inspired by high fashion glossies just like the next design-obsessed woman, but I'm living on a Campbell's-soup-grad-school-budget. When I see something I actually want to buy, it's not in a magazine, it's on the street.
The problem is there are only two ways to figure out what it is. You can ask. But you might be too embarrassed or (especially in New York) people won't want to tell you where they scored their unique clothes because they don't want you biting their style. The second option is to search online, but that's usually a big time suck, personally I rarely find what I'm looking for.
It turns out I wasn't the only one with this problem. The team from the Lean Start-up Machine had us test our customer assumptions out on the street and of the over 20 people we asked, every single one of them had this problem.
The solution I developed is now functioning as a Twitter account and a blog, both called Fantom 'fit, where followers can tweet or email photos of items they see out on the streets that they want to purchase for themselves. I RT and post the photo on the blog to see if anyone else can identify it while I get to work doing my own research. If no one can find it in a week (users can also debate in the comments section and give tips on whether they think it's vintage or one-of-a-kind) , the post will be updated with alternative and similar items.
Here's how it works:
See. It's like magic minus the messy fairy dust. The skirt, available at Urban Outfitters, was found thanks to a savvy Twitter follower. I had done my own searching, punching in every linguistic variation of "midi teal cheetah print skirt" the English language had to offer, only to turn up tens of thousands of results, none of them correct. Once again, the human eye triumphs over computers! This sort of image labeling is how Google Images improved their labeling system and now scientists are even using it to identify solar storm data.
I'm hard at work to expand this into a website with a forum and galleries. I'm going to build a web app to make the service convenient and portable. Eventually, users will get rewards for identifying objects in photos that can be redeemed in an online shop or at retailers worldwide. My hope is that users will be able to rack up points and build a reputation and connect with other stylists and fashion-savvy street-style spotters from around the globe.
Right now you can help me in several ways. Check out the website and let me know what you think. This baby is still, well, a baby. All feedback is welcome. I am a team of one right now, making it all the easier to pivot if need be. Also, please follow Fantom 'fit on Twitter and send in your photos! The more followers it has, the better the chances the photos people are tweeting will be identified. I promise, this account WILL NOT spam you. Lastly, please tell anyone you think might be interested in this project. Tweet about it, post it on your Facebook. This site is especially geared toward fashion-lovers, photographers, bloggers, stylists, designers… anyone who has a keen eye for fashion and style.


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(Temple of Soul's Retreat ),The Chinese Buddhism famous temple, also names the Yunlin temple, located at the Zhejiang Province Hangzhou Xihu northwest, works in the hidden piedmont in the nappe outlier with the northern peak, two peaks pinch zhi, forest peak Xiu, the remote mountain ancient temple, the mist is extreme, is plain lonesome and quiet, the enchanting scenery the tourist attraction, is also one of south of Yangzi River famous ancient temples.
Zhejiang Province for a China's province, is situated at south the Chinese southeast coast Yangtse Delta the wing, east is near East China Sea, south meets Fujian, west and Jiangxi, Anhui are connected, north with Shanghai, Jiangsu borders on. Within the boundaries biggest rivers Qiantang River, because the river current is winding, calls the river, also calls Zhejiang, the province by river, the abbreviation ?Zhejiang?. Provincial capital Hangzhou. The Zhejiang Province thing and the north and south straight distance is about 450 kilometers, the land territory area 101,800 square kilometers, are the nation 1.06%, is one of Chinese area smallest provinces. Next governs Hangzhou, the Ningbo 2 vice-provincial level cities, Wenzhou, Shaoxing, Huzhou, Jiaxing, Jinhua, Chu chou, Taizhou, Lishui, the Zhoushan 9 locally administered levels, altogether 11 municipalities. Zhejiang Province located at the Chinese southeast coast, is situated between the north latitude 27 ' 12 '' - 31 degrees 31 point and between the longtitude 118 E - 123 degrees, east is close to East China Sea, notogaea Fujian, west and Jiangxi, Anhui are connected, north and Shanghai, Jiangsu is a neighbour. The thing and the north and south straight distance is 450 kilometers, the land territory area 101,800 square kilometers. Within the boundaries biggest rivers Qiantang River, because the river current is winding, also calls Zhejiang, the province by river, Jian Chengwei Zhejiang. The entire province has critical terrain feature landscape more than 800, waters landscape more than 200, biological landscape more than 100, humanities landscape more than 100; Has Xihu, the Fuchunjiang River - Xin'an river, Yandangshan, Moganshan, the Putuo, Mt. Tiantai, Nanxijiang, the shengsi archipelago, Shuanglongdong, the dwelling place of celestial beings, the Xuedou, the Huanjiang - Wuxie, Mt. Jianglang, the dwelling place of celestial beings and so on 14 state-level key scenic spot area, Dongqian Lake, the big Buddhist temple, Fang Yan, Mt. Lanke and so on 42 provincial level scenic spot area; Has Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Chu chou, near the sea 5 state-level historical city, provincial level historical city 12; Has nation key Cultural relic preservation organ 134, provincial level key Cultural relic preservation organ 279; Has state-level nature protection area 7, country forest park 20.


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" Not guilty plea" from man accused in crash that killed police officer, dog
The South Carolina man charged in an October 30th crash that killed a Pontiac police officer and his canine partner has entered a "not guilty" plea.
33-year-old Jason Collins entered the plea in Livingston County Circuit Court.
Collins faces two felonies. He's charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol. Police said Collins was driving a pickup truck on Interstate 55 when it struck the marked police car, killing Officer Casey Kohlmeier and his dog, Draco (Dray-co).


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China: Putting Bubbles to Good Use
China seems to do everything different from the United States. While the United States dithers and rewards Wall Street for its avarice and arrogance, China is channeling the power of speculative bubbles into a different direction, transforming financial forces into actual energy--that is, sustainable wind energy.
On November 9, China Longyuan Power Group--Asia's largest wind power generator--announced it planned to raise US$1.3bn in a Hong Kong IPO. By the time the book closed to investors on December 2, the IPO was 29 times oversubscribed and China Longyuan was expecting to take $2.3bn.
With world investors--in panic mode and ever-seeking the global recession-diminished opportunities to seek yield--are running in hordes toward such high-profile IPOs. You know, the kind of IPOs where a state-owned power company partners with foreign financiers, oh and the fire hose of Chinese fiscal stimulus is poised to spray substantial funds in the direction of sustainable energy. It's a win-win-win situation (in the words of Michael Scott).
Contrast China's financial approach with the experience of the United States in the past decade. In the early oughts, we got the Enron bubble and the telecoms bubble. Under the US financial structure Enron succeeded in warping both energy markets and real energy production and distribution, and collapsing in a puff of smoke that cost employees and investors billions; meanwhile, the telecom companies built band-width super-highways to nowhere. Later in the decade Wall Street gave us a real estate bubble where the houses were built on sand. Then we were loath to discover that the Wall Street financial houses were also built on sand. Somehow they talked us into helping them dig their houses out of the sand, and when we were done just kick more sand in our collective faces.
China, instead, has found a way to harness the American proclivity for carnal financial plundering for good--to finance construction of a modernizing clean-energy infrastructure to power a modernizing economy.
Perhaps the Chinese are the true financial alchemists: turning our base metal into green.


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- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
When a sweat bee and a honey bee share the same flower, the size difference is quite distinct.
We took this photo of a honey bee on a rock purslane (Calandrinia grandiflora) blossom.
Above it stood a tiny female sweat bee (probably Halictus tripartitus, according to native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis).
Two bees. Two sizes. One blossom. One native. One non-native. The sweat bee is a native, and the honey bee was brought over here in the 1600s by the European colonists.
Speaking of honey bees, this is the first day to participate in TwitCause. The Häagen-Dazs brand is donating $1 per Tweet (up to $500 per day) today through Nov. 11 to support honey bee research at UC Davis.
Häagen-Dazs joined forces with ExperienceProject.com (EP), a San Francisco-based online community for sharing life experiences.
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Sony Blames Anonymous For Latest Hack...
from the easiest-framing-ever deptApparently Sony has decided to pick on an easy target for its latest data breach: Anonymous. Sony is claiming it found a file named "Anonymous" on the server, with the non-group's phrase "We are Legion" in the file:
"The attacks were coordinated against Sony for exercising its rights in a civil action in the United States District Court in San Francisco against a hacker," Sony chairman Kazuo Hirai said in the letter.Of course, those two sentences don't seem to match. Anonymous isn't known (at all) for trying to steal credit card information for criminal purposes. Its entire purpose is more along the lines of vigilante protests. Also, Anonymous may be the easiest "group" in the world to frame. Because it's not a group and anyone and everyone can be a part of it, you just put a file named "Anonymous" somewhere along with the phrase "We are Legion" and clueless dupes assume it was "the" Anonymous rather than a bunch of organized crime hackers searching for credit card details. It very well could have been an Anonymous operation, but it seems like Sony should have a bit more proof before making such a definitive statement on the matter.
"What is becoming more and more evident is that Sony has been the victim of a very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated criminal cyber attack designed to steal personal and credit card information for illegal purposes."


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Better Criminal Lawyering through Smart Risk-TakingWednesday, March 28th, 2012
Judgment is the criminal lawyer's stock-in-trade. The ability to assess the risks of a situation, and choose the better course of action, is the value that lawyers bring to the criminal justice system. It doesn't matter if they're defense attorneys negotiating a deal or fighting it out at trial, or if they're prosecutors deciding whether and what to charge — their value is their judgment. The better the judgment, the better the lawyer.
It's therefore critical that criminal lawyers have some understanding of how and why people take risks. In advising a client inclined to take a bad risk, the lawyer can't really change that perception without knowing what's causing it. And such an understanding also helps one spot one's own inclinations to error before it's too late.
This is not common sense. (In fact, common sense is usually the enemy here.) It's insight. The ability to see how people act, and realize — aha! — why.
Fortunately for the rest of us, there are amazingly smart people out there who do that all day. When you find one with real insights about why people take the risks they do, you're probably gonna want to listen.
That's why we're taking a moment to point you to Danny Kahneman (that's his picture up there).
Who is Danny Kahneman, you ask. You're not alone. If you're not an economist, you can be forgiven for not knowing he won the Nobel Prize for basically inventing the field of Behavioral Economics. If you're not a psychologist, you can be forgiven for not knowing he's considered "one of the most influential psychologists in history, and certainly the most important psychologist alive today." If you're not a foreign-policy wonk, you can be forgiven for not knowing of his significant ideas on the evaluation of risks in wartime. He's one of the most insightful and relevant people nobody's ever heard of.
As it happens, a lot of his insights are directly relevant to the practice of criminal law. Trying to decide the likely outcome of that trial? You're probably (more…)


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Over the past few months, I've found myself using more and more of this space to sing the praises of the "present tense documentary," which eschews narration, talking head interviews, and after-the-fact analysis in favor of the straightforward presentation of unfiltered footage of a historical event. (Examples include the works of Nicole Rittenmeyer and Seth Skundruck for History, or the ESPN 30 for 30 film "June 17th, 1994."). Unfolding with an up-close, real-time intensity, these films are less interested in commentary than documentation, though the precise presentation of these events often becomes commentary itself. Pulling off that tricky balancing act is harder than it looks, as evidenced by a markedly less successful entry into the subgenre, Stefano Savona's documentary Tahrir.
Make no mistake, this is a relevant and important ground-level view of the Egyptian revolution, with the kind of embedded access that most Western journalists could only dream of. Savona's camera arrives on day six and is there through Mubarak's resignation, capturing the force and immediacy of the event. He captures chanting and rallying. He eavesdrops on feverish discussions and strategy sessions. He watches, as the protestors do, Mubarak speaking to the crowd, and their reactive chants ("Get out! Get out!" and "Traitor, you're a disgrace to us!"). When Mubarak's military began to attack the demonstrators, one reacts with horror, his face right in the camera, a cauldron of raw emotion: "They shot at us with live bullets! Hosni Mubarak, you fired on our children!" And the joy and triumph of the final scenes is infectious, as demonstrators shout "The people win! We win!"
Much of that footage is riveting. But much of it is not--Savona stays with the long political discussions scenes long after our interest flags, as the participants debate semantics and minutiae; watching those scenes is something akin to slogging through the early chapters of Ten Days That Shook the World. Many shots hold still for long periods of screen time, which occasionally invites us to study their subjects, but often (in less active tableaux) invite the mind to wander.
Savon's HD photography is impressive--so much so that in the first scenes, I wondered if the events had been restaged, since the cinematography was so clean and professional. There are several breathtaking visuals: a long, fluid shot that moves through the packed crowd, tight close-ups of demonstrators chanting "The Egyptians are here!"
But Tahrir is ultimately more impressionistic than informative (or, at the very least, comprehensive). From the beginning, the lack of background or explanation leaves us with no sense of how they got there and how it started--extraneous information for some audiences, to be sure, but not all. Maybe even that is not required; there is a scene late in the film where a demonstrator's poem is heard as voice-over, and we get a sense then of what the film, for all of its power and proximity, is missing. There is no doubt that Tahrir should be seen, and appreciated, for it is valuable--but it is also fundamentally flawed. It feels like the starting point for a great documentary, but it doesn't feel like a finished one.
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I sometimes think that Silicon Valley is this weird abstract hunting ground where Neo-Victorian aristocrats hunt and kill good ideas for sport, the same way their ancestors would have killed foxes.
It's really hard to explain project managers and technology executives without postulating that higher education and corporate management exist to preserve aristocracy. They certainly don't exist to increase efficiency or productivity. To be fair, this is the Marxist angle, and there's definitely room for consideration of its polar opposite, the Ayn Rand angle, but Google's current condition is pretty fucking hard to explain in a world where the only powerful forces are excellence and amphetamines.
In 2004-ish, a recruiter from Google emailed me saying "we can't hire smart people fast enough!" I remember hoping it was exaggeration, since the only logical conclusion was that they would have to either slow down or start hiring stupid people, and they didn't seem to be slowing down. Since then, every programmer has noticed the growing useless of Google's "search product" (remember when Google's "search product" was called Google?), and the company has embarrassed itself repeatedly with Google Wave, Google Buzz, and now Google+. Google+ is, admittedly, the company's most credible effort to date, but it's still not impressing everybody.
Between two or three failed Facebook clones and an operating system which supports a huge range of iPhone clones, it's tempting to think of Google as a middle-aged guy with a pathetic combover who left his wife a few years ago and spent every moment since then driving around in a Ferrari, asking younger guys what music he should listen to, and begging various 19-year-old girls just to notice him at all for longer than two seconds. The best model for Google, however, is Flowers For Algernon, a tragic sci-fi novel aimed at a teenage reading level. In the book, scientists transform the life of a mentally disabled man by injecting him with an experimental brain-boosting drug. He discovers art, poetry, literature, science, and mathematics, but the drug wears off -- and kills him in the process.
It's a tragic story, but the most tragic thing of all is that Google has decided to present a live theater version to us all over the Internet, and with a bold, innovative stroke, they have cast a web site in the starring role. That web site is Google's search product (the web site normal humans outside of Silicon Valley refer to as "Google"), and they have fucked it up so badly it's like they built a Frankenstein monster using no other parts but the ass cheeks of a hundred different cadavers. This undead buttocks homunculus once awed us with its genius, but in its present, retarded state, it is a horror to behold.
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James Edward Sweet, 50, of Tallahassee, died Jan. 29, 2009 in Tallahassee. Services were held Feb. 7 at St. Paul Church in Gretna, with burial in the St. Paul Church Cemetery.
Willie C. Thomas, 49 of Gretna, died Jan. 20, 2009 in Tallahassee. Services were held at Tabernacle Church of Christ Written in Heaven in Gretna, with burial in Springfield AME Cemetery in Gretna.
John H. Winbush, 67, of Midway, died Jan. 30, 2009. Service were held Feb. 7, 2009 at Faith Temple of Jesus Christ in Quincy with burial in Sunnyvale Cemetery.
He is survived by his children, Shirley Jackson, Gloria Winbush, Betty Tibb, Cathy Dawkins, Annie Winbush, Angela Winbush, Tina Winbush, Sabrina Winbush, Jessie Winbush, John H. Winbush Jr. and Tommy Winbush; brother, George Winbush; and sister, Betty Adkins Warren.
Elizabeth William Young, 91, of Havana, died Feb. 1, 2009 in Havana. Services were held Feb. 7 at Metropolitan Cathedral of Truth in Havana.
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After a successful career as a track and field athlete that culminated in three world records at the 1996 Paralympic Games, Mullins, a double-amputee, went on to walk the runway for Alexander McQueen and appear in numerous magazine spreads — including a brand new one in Garage, where Mullins was turned into a paper doll and dressed by various designers (below).
Aimee often speaks publicly about cultural perceptions of disability, women's rights, and the emerging technologies that will power tomorrow's prosthetics. Her TED talk ("It's not fair having 12 pairs of legs") has been viewed over 1.4 million times. UPDATE: This discussion is now closed. You can see all of Aimee's responses below. Thanks everyone for your questions, and thank you Aimee for your time.


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Amy Adams is new face of Lacoste fragranceFrench brand Lacoste announced on Tuesday, December 11, that American actress Amy Adams will be the new face of its Eau de Lacoste fragrance for women.
Amy Adams seized the opportunity to share her love of perfumes: "I've always been someone who notices fragrances, and I can often recall someone's scent long after they've left the room. It's incredible how your senses can be so acute that they're able to trigger an emotion or memory with just the hint of a specific fragrance."
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Here is a first look of the assembled windows. I finished the corners and oiled the wood today and then went and picked up the glass. Boy, colored glass is not cheap, but does look nice. The glass is just sitting in there right now being held in place with glazier's points. There is no glazing compound.
The glass is red, glue chip, and midnight blue English Muffle. The red glass is smooth, but has flaws and a few bubbles. The English Muffle is a textured glass. It looks much nicer when it is back lit with sunlight. It also should look nice from the outside when the lights are on in the foyer.
When I installed the colored glass in the butler's pantry doors a few years back they did not go in willingly. My solution at that time was to use a utility knife to widen the rabbet just a hair. It was not easy. In anticipation of problems this time, I asked the owner of The Glass Works in Arcata, where I bought the glass, if he could shave some of the pieces down a little if I needed it. He said, "No problem", but as it turned out everything fit. It was a nice surprise.
Tonight I will remove the glass and primer the exterior side. Then tomorrow I will paint. Sunday is a day of rest, of course. It is The Super Bowel, after all. A friend used to say something along the lines of, "I don't go to church, but football is my religion and I practice my faith on Sundays".
If the paint dries nicely on Sunday I may try and get on a few coats of shellac on the interior side before The Big Game starts. I don't think it is blasphimous if I only listen to the pre-game shows, but don't actually watch them.
I decided to try and do the glazing myself. As I said in an earlier post, I've glazed more than a few windows myself over the years, but I was going to take these to a glass shop because I wanted the glazing to be crisp and sharp. I can do it, but it does not really come out crisp and sharp. I've always used a putty knife and a tub of glazing compound, but this time I'm trying the stuff in the caulking tube with the special applicator tip. Fortunately, this stuff takes for ever to set up, so if it comes out looking bad, I can always dig it out and take it some place.
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Reminding me of that same point in a science fiction story I read back in the '50s or '60s about shrinking and/or enlarging critters where one of the protagonists answers someone's question "why aren't there giant insects?" with "they would be on the wrong side of the square-cube law".


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Ever since PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale was rumored, IGN's been pitching characters that need to be in the game. Well, after the leak, it appears developer SuperBot Entertainment isn't listening. So, IGN's Podcast Beyond is teaming with IGN reader Pandamusk to create videos for the fighters we think need to be in the game.
This week, we're pitching the blob or ball or whatever from Sound Shapes.
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Name: Daniel Andrew Benedett
Rank/Branch: E2/US Marine Corps
Unit: G/2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Birth: 30 October 1955
Home City of Record: Auburn King WA
Date of Loss: 15 May 1975
Country of Loss: Cambodia/Over Water
Loss Coordinates: 101800N 1030830E (TS965400)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH53A
Refno: 2003
other personnel in incident
Lynn Blessing; Walter Boyd;Gregory S. Copenhaver; Andres Garcia; Bernard Gause Jr., James J.Jacques; Ronald J. Manning; James R. Maxwell; Richard W. Rivenburgh;Antonio R. Sandoval; Kelton R. Turner; Richard Van de Geer (all missing onCH53A)
Gary L. Hall;Joseph N. Hargrove; Danny G. Marshall (missing on Koah Tang Island)
Ashton N. Loney (missing from Koah Tang Island) Elwood E.Rumbaugh (missing from a CH53A)
Source: Compiled from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S.
Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families,
published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK in 1998.
SYNOPSIS: When U.S. troops were pulled out of Southeast Asia in early 1975,
Vietnamese communist troops began capturing one city after another, with
Hue, Da Nang and Ban Me Thuot in March, Xuan Loc in April, and finally on
April 30, Saigon. In Cambodia, communist Khmer Rouge had captured the
capital city of Phnom Penh on April 17. The last Americans were evacuated
from Saigon during "Option IV", with U.S. Ambassador Martin departing on
April 29. The war, according to President Ford, "was finished."
2Lt. Richard Van de Geer, assigned to the 21st Special Ops Squadron at NKP,
had participated in the evacuation of Saigon, where helicopter pilots were
required to fly from the decks of the 7th Fleet carriers stationed some 500
miles offshore, fly over armed enemy-held territory,collect American and
allied personnel and return to the carriers via the same hazardous route,
heavily loaded with passengers. Van de Geer wrote to afriend, "We pulled
out close to 2,000 people. We couldn't pull out any more because it was
beyond human endurance to go any more..."
At 11:21 a.m. on May 12, the U.S. merchant ship MAYAGUEZ was seized by the
Khmer Rouge in the Gulf of Siam about 60 miles from the Cambodian coastline
and eight miles from Poulo Wai island. The ship, owned by Sea-Land Corporation, was en route to Sattahip, Thailand from Hong Kong, carrying a non-arms cargo for military bases in Thailand.
Capt. Charles T. Miller, a veteran of more than 40 years at sea, was on the
bridge. He had steered the ship within the boundaries off International
waters, but the Cambodians had recently claimed territorial waters 90 miles
from the coast of Cambodia. The thirty-nine seamen aboard were taken
President Ford ordered the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA, the guided
missile destroyer USS HENRY B. WILSON and the USS HOLT to the area of
seizure. By night, a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft located the MAYAGUEZ at
anchor off Poulo WaI island. Plans were made to rescue the crew. A battalion landing team of 1,100 Marines was ordered flown from bases in Okinawa and the Philippines to assemblE at Utapao, Thailand in preparation for the assault.
The first casualties of the effort to free the MAYAGUEZ are recorded on May
13 when a helicopter carrying Air Force security team personnel crashed en
route to Utapao, killing all 23 aboard.
Early in the morning of May 13, the Mayaguez was ordered to head for Koh
Tang island. Its crew was loaded aboard a Thai fishing boat and taken first
to Koh Tang, then to the mainland city of Kompong Song,then to Rong San Lem
island. U.S. intelligence had observed a cove with considerable activity on the island of Koh Tang, a small five-mile long island about 35 miles off the coast of Cambodia southwest of the city of Sihanoukville (Kampong Saom), and believed that some of the crew might be held there. They also knew of the Thai fishing boat, and had observed what appeared to be Caucasians aboard it, but it could not be determined if some or all of the crew was aboard.
The USS HOLT was ordered to seize and secure the MAYAGUEZ, still anchored
off Koh Tang. Marines were to land on the island and rescue any of the crew.
Navy jets from the USS CORAL SEA were to make four strikes on military
installments on the Cambodian mainland.
On May 15, the first wave of 179 Marines headed for the island aboard eight
Air Force "Jolly Green Giant" helicopters. Three Air Force helicopters unloaded Marines from the 1st Battalion, 4th Marinesonto the landing pad of the USS HOLT and then headed back to Utapao to pick upthe second wave of Marines. Planes dropped tear gas on the MAYAGUEZ, and the USS HOLT pulled up along side the vessel and the Marines stormed aboard. The MAYAGUEZ was deserted.
Simultaneously, the Marines of the 2/9 were making their landings on two
other areas of the island. The eastern landing zone was on the cove side
where the Cambodian compound was located. The western landing zone was a
narrow spit of beach about 500 feet behind the compound on the other side of
the island. The Marines hoped to surround the compound.
As the first troops began to unload on both beaches, the Cambodians opened
fire. On the western beach, one helicopter was hit and flew off crippled, to
ditch in the ocean about 1 mile away. The pilot had just disembarked his
passengers, and he was rescued at sea.
Meanwhile, the eastern landing zone had become a disaster. The first two
helicopters landing were met by enemy fire. Ground commander, (now) Col.
Randall W. Austin had been told to expect between 20 and 40 Khmer Rouge
soldiers on the island. Instead, between 150 and 200were encountered.
First, Lt. John Shramm's helicopter tore apart and crashed into the surf
after the rotor system was hit. All aboard made a dash for the tree line on
the beach.
One CH53A helicopter was flown by U.S. Air Force Major Howard Corson and
2Lt. Richard Van de Geer and carrying 23 U.S. Marines and 2 U.S. Navy
corpsmen, all from the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. As the helicopter
approached the island, it was caught in a cross fire and hit by a rocket.
The severely damaged helicopter crashed into the sea just off the coast of
the island and exploded. To avoid enemy fire, survivors were forced to swim
out to sea for rescue. Twelve aboard, including Maj. Corson, were rescued.
Those missing from the helicopter were 2Lt. Richard Van de Geer, PFC Daniel
A. Benedett, PFC Lynn Blessing, PFC Walter Boyd, Lcpl. Gregory S. Copenhaver, Lcpl. Andres Garcia, PFC James J. Jacques,PFC James R. Maxwell,PFC Richard W. Rivenburgh, PFC Antonio R. Sandoval, PFC Kelton R. Turner,all U.S. Marines. Also missing were HM1 Bernard Gause,Jr. and HM Ronald J. Manning, the two corpsmen.
Other helicopters were more successful in landing their passengers. One
CH53A, however was not. SSgt. Elwood E. Rumbaugh's aircraft was near the
coastline when it was shot down. Rumbaugh is the only missing man from the
aircraft. The passengers were safely extracted. (It is not known whether the
passengers went down with the aircraft or whether they were rescued from the
By midmorning, when the Cambodians on the mainland began receiving reports
of the assault, they ordered the crew of the MAYAGUEZ on a Thai boat, and
then left. The MAYAGUEZ crew was recovered by the USS WILSON before the
second wave of Marines was deployed, but the second wave was ordered to
attack anyway.
Late in the afternoon, the assault force had consolidated its position on The western landing zone and the eastern landing zone was evacuated at 6:00
p.m. By the end of the 14-hour operation, most of the Marines were extracted
from the island safely, with 50 wounded. Lcpl. Ashton Loney had been killed
by enemy fire, but his body could not be recovered.
Protecting the perimeter during the final evacuation wasthe machine gun
squad of PFC Gary L. Hall, Lcpl. Joseph N. Hargrove and Pvt. Danny G.
Marshall. They had run out of ammunition and were ordered to evacuate on the
last helicopter. It was their last contact. Maj. McNemar and Maj. James H.
Davis made a final sweep of the beach before boarding the helicopter and
were unable to locate them. They were declared Missing in Action.
The eighteen men missing from the MAYAGUEZ incident are listed among the
missing from the Vietnam war. Although authorities believe that there are
perhaps hundreds of American prisoners still alive in Southeast Asia from
the war, most are pessimistic about the fates of those captured by the Khmer
In 1988, the communist government of Kampuchea (Cambodia) announced that it
wished to return the remains of several dozen Americans to the United States. (In fact, the number was higher than the official number of Americans missing in Cambodia.) Because the U.S. does not officially recognize the Cambodian government, it has refused to respond directly to the Cambodians regarding the remains. Cambodia, wishing a direct acknowledgment from the U.S. Government, still holds the remains.
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Great Plains Manufacturing recently celebrated 25 years in business. The company's original product line from the 1970s has been growing to include planting, seeding, spraying and tilling equipment. Three of this year's new offerings grabbed the attention of our Team FIN farmers at shows ranging from Husker Harvest in Nebraska to the Ohio Farm Science Show.
40-ft. seeder
Plant 40 ft. of solid-seeded soybeans or 16 rows of twin-row corn with this Great Plains folding precision seeding system. Though it plants wide, it folds up to only 13 ft. 10 in. for transport. The flexible design swivels at the front of the seed boxes to allow the unit to hinge as it navigates rough terrain or terraces. The seed drive features a Veris Technologies variable population control console for full control of seeding population from inside the cab. The system will singulate soybeans, corn, milo and cotton. Or it will volumetrically meter wheat, rice, barley, oats, rye and other cereal grains. No sprocket changes are required when switching between crops. Price ranges from $100,000 to $125,000.
Vertical tillage tool
This TurboTill machine gets its name from the two ranks of fluted Turbo coulters designed to slice through surface residue without "hair pinning." The flutes enter the soil perpendicular to the ground for maximum cutting performance with less required down pressure. Flutes exit parallel to the soil surface for a controlled soil release. The TurboTill can be used for residue management in the fall or in the spring to expose soil and enhance seedbed warming. The implement can be used to help dry out fields that are too soggy to plant, or when planters cannot penetrate hard, crusty soil. Prices start at $27,000 without a harrow. Adding a harrow costs $3,000 to $5,000 more.
Front-fold spray boom
Great Plains has added two new models to its TS series of equipment, including a 1,000-gal. trailer sprayer equipped with an 80- or 90-ft. front-fold boom. The boom is capable of spraying at either 60 ft. or the full 90 ft., depending on application. The fully suspended boom floats over terraces, ridges and ground contours. It folds hydraulically in five sections to a transport width of 12 ft. Standard features include a Raven 450 automatic rate controller, wet boom plumbing and triple nozzle bodies. Prices start at $28,000.
Contact Great Plains Mfg., Box 5060, Salina, KS 67402, 785/823-3276, or visit www.greatplainsmfg.com or www.freeproductinfo.net/fin.


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The Landmark London is one of the capital's top hidden gems and rank amongst the finest of London's leading luxury hotels. As one walks into the hotel it is amazing to come upon an oasis of tranquillity away from the bustle of the main roads and into a stunning eight story atrium framed by 300 of some of the largest rooms in London including 51 suites that are furnished to a high standard. All rooms feature a flat screen TV, free WiFi and tea & coffee facilities.
The hotel combines classic British elegance and grandeur with the deluxe facilities demanded by today's discerning travellers.
The hotel is directly opposite Marylebone underground and rail station and is within walking distance to some of London's most iconic landmarks such as Madame Tussauds, Regents Park as well as ZSL London Zoo.
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Just a short 10 min walk from Paddington the location is great.
We arrived early and our room was ready so we could drop of the bags and hit London. Bus stop outside took us into Camden very quickly. Taxis available outside just ask the doorman. The breakfast selection was amazing and the staff were brilliant. We had cocktails and drinks in the mirrors bar but didn't eat at the hotel for dinner as we had booked in at a restaurant. The room was very nice and the bed was really comfy. Lovely view looking in to the hotel area. Sky TV in the room and mini bar with snacks. We would stay here again
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Yes, Jason Whitlock knows (allegedly) whipping your girlfriend around by her hair is bad.
Yet, when a "friend" told him to check out the U.S. Open set-to in which "a large woman in her late 40s confronts a normal-size young man," Deep Thought Time began. And when Deep Thought Time (to find a tenuous connection between two stories) begins as Column Deadline Time approaches, there's one possible outcome:
[T]he U.S. Open video reminded me that we should wait before judging Jay Mariotti. His media shtick portrays him as an unenlightened hypocrite and a punk. It does not, however, paint him as someone who roughs up women. ...
Let's wait to hear from the participants before we Mariotti Jay Mariotti.
Yes, innocent before proven guilty. Important.
Yes, without video, the tennis fight would've been played differently.
Yes, the line, "The witnesses didn't react the way I would have" leaves the "Would Jason Whitlock have had to choke a bitch" question unanswered.
But, do you really think Master "I Gotta Lotta Money On the 'Game'" could take "20 of those" slaps like he says he can? I'm going with no, just because the chick was "large."
Hold off on judging Mariotti [Fox Sports]
Jay Mariotti "Ripped Something Out Of Her Ear And Shoved Her Around" [DAULERIO]
US Open's brawlers banned for two years [New York Post]


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I'm shopping for a music streaming server. I have about 100,000 tracks.
The folder structure that I have cannot be changed. I noticed on this comparison page beta.madsonic.org/pages/compare.jsp (forum bot: this is not off-site, it your own beta site...) that 6.3 has a new feature "organize by tag".
I could not find mention of this in the changelog or on the forums. Can someone explain what it means exactly?
Does it mean that madsonic will scan for all media, in multiple locations, and present it in a single view that can be organised and sorted by tags?
"organize by tag" in 6.3?
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In automotive components assembly line in Detroit, a customer service operation in Florida, an R&D lab in Baltimore, telecommunications and E-commerce firms, manufacturers, office buildings, industrial parks – all stand to be crippled at any moment by a common, everyday event. All are threatened by a sag, a swell or a momentary aberration in the electric power supply.
Over the years, numerous power quality solutions have been developed to avert – or more to the point – to avoid the inevitable power incident. However, no solutions are more practical, more economical or more reliable in the broadest spectrum of applications than the new generation medium voltage static transfer switch (STS). Capable of transferring megawatts in microseconds, the STS is an essential power quality solution that protects critical operations, automated lines, telecommunications, computer networks and sensitive equipment from aberrations in the power supply.
Building on Proven Technology
The fundamental technology of an STS has been used for nearly thirty years in low voltage configurations, typically under 480V. The mid-1990s yielded new developments in silicon technology and, consequently, saw the introduction of larger static switches with the capability of handling larger loads while operating at voltage levels up to 38kV.
The function of the STS is to maintain electrical power to a critical load by switching between two relatively independent voltage sources. Whenever it senses a disturbance, the STS automatically transfers electric power supply from the primary to an alternate feeder. The programmable switch detects momentary interruptions, outages, sags and swells, and automatically transfers to the alternate source in as little as four ms. This operation of the switch is completely transparent to the user (Figure 1.)
Switch Components
While the STS may appear physically different in different applications, it is typically composed of three main components: (1) two ac thyristor switches, (2) mechanical bypass switches/breakers and (3) mechanical isolating switches/breakers. The thyristors enable rapid switching between sources by first stopping current flow from the preferred source, and then allowing current to flow from the alternate source. Thus, all transfers are open transitions and the two sources are never connected to each other. The total detection and transfer time can vary, from as short as 2.5ms for a loss of voltage to almost 12ms for voltage swells. This is because the sine wave must reach zero for a thyristor to stop conducting. In all cases, however, switching time is sufficiently fast enough to preserve the operation of even the most sensitive customer equipment loads during distribution system disturbances. Since the requirements for users vary, the STS is designed to be programmed by the user so that the transfer between power sources takes place only under the exact specifications and conditions determined by the user (Figure 2.)
The mechanical bypass and isolating switches/breakers enable the switch to be bypassed and isolated for routine maintenance, testing, emergency overload or other specialized system requirements. This is all done without interrupting service to the customer. The design of the STS also incorporates N+1 redundancy: a modular building block component design for easier maintenance and internal diagnostics.
Switch energy loss with an STS is considerably less than with many other power quality solutions. With a 15kV switch, the thyristors provide power dissipation efficiency between 99.7 to 99.9%. The switch offers on-line efficiency that is nearly thirty times better than that offered by many UPS systems, which can be as low as 70-80% efficiency end-to-end. A practical alternative to UPS and backup generator systems, STSs offer improved system reliability, reduced downtime and increased productivity.
STS Configurations and Applications
The new generation STS is designed for large loads, with ratings as high as 5,000A for 480V systems and 1,200A for 27kV systems. They also have ample fault current withstand ratings up to 100kA for 480V, and 18kA for 15kV and for 27kV. The STS is available in either a preferred/alternate or split bus configuration.
Electromechanical switchgear, which commonly takes anywhere from two to ten seconds to transfer between power sources, no longer provides the protection required for most users. Because businesses and industries are dependent upon computers, telecommunications devices, routers and servers, programmable logic controllers, and because adjustable speed drives continue to proliferate, the reliable and virtually instantaneous protection offered by the STS becomes imperative.
Automotive Plant Application A Ford Motor Company automotive component plant in Detroit was experiencing numerous electrical incidents – 17 in 1996 alone – that were shutting down lines and affecting Ford's primary downstream automobile assembly lines. Because of this recurring loss of production time, the utility, Detroit Edison, negotiated a special manufacturer's contract with Ford. The contract stipulated that any interruptions in power supply to the component plant would require monetary compensation from Detroit Edison to offset Ford's estimated losses.
The utility realized that a comprehensive power quality solution was required, and a goal of reducing plant disturbances to no more than two per year was established. Various power quality solutions were investigated and the STS was selected as the most reliable and practical answer based on the criteria of cost, delivery and the probability of success. Working closely with the utility, the switch manufacturer custom tailored the STS to meet the application's specific requirements. In November of 1996, an STS was tested and installed at the Detroit Edison Norway substation. In the first year of service ten disturbances were averted, saving the utility $360,000 in compensation penalties as stipulated in the contract. Over a two and a half year period, the Ford plant experienced only one disturbance, although the feeders serving the facility suffered over 30 interruptions or sags.
Customer Service Facility Application As part of planning for a new 250,000 square foot customer service facility in Florida, a financial services/insurance group wanted to prevent frequent disturbances caused by the Sunshine State's almost daily thunderstorms. They could not afford to have vital communications and computer networks shut down during peak business periods. The developer of the commercial office park had the utility install multiple underground feeders at the site, so that a dual source of power was readily available. Conventional mechanical transfer switches could not provide the level of power quality needed. To prevent corruption of data and interruption of transmissions, switching had to occur in milliseconds. The utility determined that a 4,000A, 480V static transfer switch would be adequate for the facility (Figure 3).
Working with the STS supplier, the building architect incorporated the STS into the design of the main electrical equipment room. The bypass and isolating breakers in the STS system are part of the building's overcurrent scheme, which eliminated the need for duplicate breakers. The utility installed two 15kV feeds to the building and two padmount transformers. Either of the sources can be established as preferred, giving the utility flexibility in the loading of the feeders in the park.
Since its installation in 1998, the STS has averted several line disturbances and interruptions, enabling continuous operation of the customer's computer and communication network.
Electronics Facility Application The first 38kV STS, the largest currently in commercial service, was installed at the Visteon facility in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, on December 14, 1998. Visteon, a manufacturer of automotive electronics, was experiencing as many as 17 power quality disturbances per year. Because of the sensitivity of their automated control systems, even the slightest aberration in the power supply would shut down their operation, threatening delivery deadlines and productivity.
Working with Visteon, the local utility determined that an STS offered the most viable solution. The utility system serving the plant is a 34.5kV. Initially there was some concern about a 38kV switch, since there were no other switches in service at this voltage. However, based on previous successful STS installations at other distribution voltages, it was decided to move forward with the project. The system designed for this application includes a 38kV, 600A, 6kA fault duty STS in an outdoor enclosure, integrated with a Powercon metal enclosed bypass switchgear package. Since the switch was installed, the company has not experienced any further power supply interruptions.
Premium Power Park Application Perhaps the most innovative application of an STS can be found at the Premium Power Commercial Park in Ohio. The local utility and developer of the park felt that offering a high quality power supply to all potential residents would serve as a strong incentive to move businesses into the park. The installation of the STS was as ingenious as the premium power incentive. With the assistance of the utility, a 15kV STS was installed in its own building along the entrance boulevard, which blends in perfectly with the general landscaping and architectural theme of the park. With a custom brick exterior, tile roof and windows with shades, the building appears to be another small office building in the park. Few would guess the attractive structure houses a large piece of electronic equipment (Figure 4).
The first businesses to join the park were an international bank and a financial service center. Both businesses rely heavily on computer and vulnerable communications networks. Thus far, the STS has successfully protected the businesses, preventing all line disturbances from reaching their operations. Both the utility and the developer see that the Premium Power Park is proving successful and are considering plans for similar parks in other areas. As more utilities, businesses and manufacturers become familiar with the power quality benefits of STSs, there is certain to be a proliferation of these switches, and even more innovative applications.


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Strong and determined with all our flaws.
It endures and doesn't judge,
Never holds a lasting grudge.
Generous, loyal, always kind,
To your outer layer blind.
Surely, opposite of rude,
My beating heart I must include.
On your birthday, my love for you,
From the clouds, a perfect view.
Moments, memories, a year gone by,
I'm here for you, don't you cry.
My love for you, lives by the truth,
Always keeps me, in my youth.
When it sees, our trust and hope,
It climbs and conquers any slope.
Happy birthday to my love!
A sea around my heart:
Part shelter, part enduring word,
Part mirror of my art.
You are the calm that drains my rage,
Bliss upon my shores,
Immensity immutable,
Rush that life restores.
To you I wish to be a welcome
Harbor for your ocean,
Destiny and origin,
Aim of your affection,
Yearning of your motion.
Birthday Flowers
Please accept these birthday flowers,
Filled with love, from random showers.
Thought of you, when I picked them out,
Grown and nourished, from a tiny sprout.
Graceful, like a rose in full bloom,
Known as the most, natural perfume.
Beautiful scents remind me of you,
Make you smile, in my soul I just knew.
Beauty surpassed oceans and sky,
One is special; never go dry.
Charming and humble, storms made her strong,
Here by my side, truly belong.
Delivered from the depths of my heart,
Symbols of love, I wish to impart.
Looking at you, everything is clear,
This most beautiful flower, it is you my dear!
If I could give you the stars
I'd gather them inside my heart
I'd wrap them in love
And brighten your day
...with starlight
Happy Birthday Darling


text: As most of you know, a number of members have competed in the DSO in the last few years. Last year I sponsored the ribbons, and I'm planning to do so again this year. However, because just getting out there to try it is an accomplishment itself, I was thinking of making a "last place" ribbon for each category. I don't want it to be cheesy and say "participant" or "finisher" anything like that. I want it to be something that someone will be proud to hang up, but frankly, it's still "last place" (and I sure wouldn't put THAT on there! )


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Earlier this week, a rumor was started by a certain "journalist" who shall remain unnamed stating that the Windows Phone team was looking to "start over" in 2015, including a re-write of the OS and that they were even considering toying with the Modern look of the UI.
A few of you tipped us on it, asking us to cover the news but it's a safe bet that if we don't re-report something, it's because we think it's garbage. Indeed, this "journalist" has been more wrong than right in his ambitious predictions about Microsoft, Nokia and Windows Phone in the past, but other tech sites are addicted to his bold headlines.
Now, the Windows Phone Design team, responsible for the UI and "theory" behind Windows Phone, has evidently had enough, as they have publicly rebuked the rumor via their Twitter account.
In a posting, just over an hour ago, the team humorously wrote the following:
"Scrapping everything and starting over"? Hahaha.
In a later Tweet, in response to someone jokingly accusing the team of being drunk, they retorted with "nah. The guy who started that rumor is though" and "don't believe everything you read".
Indeed, that is very sage advice. Just because something appears on the internet folks, doesn't mean there's any truth to it. And if Windows Phone Central is seemingly ignoring a story, it's probably because we don't think it's worth its salt and we have good reason to not run it. That means it doesn't even register on our "rumor meter". Such is the case here but it is worth reporting when the team behind our Windows Phone design squashes such a fabrication.
The fact is, we have no idea what Windows Phone will be like in 2015 and it seems premature to be talking about any overhauls or system-wide changes. We do know that the Windows team is working more closely with the Windows Phone one (for better and worse, friction can happen) but what this results in as a final product, is way too early to say.
Source: @WPDesign Team; Thanks, willysocks2222, for the tip!


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Ball State University Libraries Wiki:About
From Ball State University Libraries Wiki
The Ball State University Libraries Wiki is a collaboration tool installed for use by library personnel doing collaborative activity in working groups and work units within the University Libraries.
This wiki was originally set up for Metadata and Digital Initiatives personnel and others involved with the Digital Media Repository. It facilitates collaboration on DMR projects and provides a central location to document procedures, work flows, and standards related to these projects.
If you think this might also help you and your coworkers, feel free to create an account and start creating or editing pages.


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0370 Dialling Code
0370 is a UK-wide dialling code used for Local Call Equivalent telephone numbers.
The correct way to format a number in the 0370 code is:
0370 nnn nnnn (for dialling within the UK)
+44 370 nnn nnnn (for dialling from outside the UK)
Typical call costs to 0370 numbers
Many organisations use 03 numbers as an alternative to more expensive 08 numbers.
Calls cost no more than calls to geographic numbers (01 or 02) and must be included in inclusive minutes and discount schemes in the same way. Calls from landlines are typically charged between 2p and 10p per minute; calls from mobiles typically cost between 10p and 40p per minute. Calls from landlines and mobiles are included in free call packages.
Allocated subsets of numbers in 0370
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The Big Apple goes small
Bill de Blasio would be the tallest mayor of New York City since John Lindsay — — with the smallest public profile to lead it since Abe Beame.
As the top vote-getter in Tuesday's Democratic primary — and probably his party's outright nominee if his 40 percent plurality holds up — de Blasio is the odds-on favorite to win the general election in November in a city that remains overwhelmingly Democratic, despite 20 years of Republican rule.
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But in contrast to Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, and even his path-breaking mentor and former boss, David Dinkins, who became the city's first black mayor in 1989, de Blasio is "Bill de who?"
For the first time since 1973, when Richard Nixon was president and Beame won office on the ill-starred slogan "He knows the buck" just as New York slouched toward fiscal disaster, the nation's largest city is poised to have a mayor who is not a braying wisenheimer, not a precedent-shattering racial first, not a hard-charging crime-buster nor a quietly competent entrepreneur elected in the wake of the national disaster of Sept. 11 but a conventional, labor-loving urban liberal of the old school made new.
( WATCH: How de Blasio won — Mike Allen reports)
De Blasio's election would be exactly as far away from Dinkins's as Dinkins's was from Lindsay's in 1965 — or, to put it in cultural terms, as far away as "Cleopatra" was from "Gone With the Wind." And it is de Blasio — not his second-place Democratic rival Bill Thompson, who is black — who is the true heir to Dinkins's biracial coalition. De Blasio won more than half the black vote, which accounts for about 30 percent of the primary electorate. His rapid rise, fueled in part by Anthony Weiner's equally sudden demise, represents the city's reversion to its 20th-century partisan political norm, in which labor unions and liberal activists long played a large role. He had the strong backing of the local hospital workers' union, while Thompson had the teachers.
"It's the new Tammany Hall," said Hank Sheinkopf, a longtime New York consultant who spent part of this year working for Thompson. "The nationalities have changed. The racial and ethnic identities have changed. We're back to control, not by the clubhouse but by unions and people who call themselves 'progressive' and use that as a cueing device to generate turnout. It's the new church of progressive pluralism."
( Also on POLITICO: N.Y.C. Dems in reverse on education reforms)
"We shouldn't be surprised," added Mitchell Moss, a professor at New York University. "Neither Rudy Giuliani nor Mike Bloomberg built a Republican Party. They used the line to get elected. Without a natural successor to Bloomberg, the Democrats are back."
De Blasio's populist campaign theme of "two cities," separate and unequal, was a sharper-edged update of Dinkins's late 1980s invocation of New York as a "gorgeous mosaic." It gained surprising traction this summer in a city that has, in fact, become increasingly polarized over Bloomberg's approach to governing, including his police department's aggressive stop and frisk policy that is now under federal court supervision.
It hardly seemed to matter that Bloomberg's police commissioner and the architect of the stop and frisk initiative, Raymond Kelly, had the same job under Dinkins, a fellow Marine who held Kelly in something like awe and invariably referred to him as "Colonel."
( Also on POLITICO: Gibbs: Bill de Blasio is next New York City mayor)
Indeed, de Blasio's strategy of basing his campaign on ideological and class appeals marks a sharp break with the successful mayoralties in the 40 years since the city's fiscal crisis of the 1970s, when the Big Apple nearly went bust under the bland, diminutive Beame, a clubhouse Democratic regular who was, like de Blasio, from Brooklyn (though he was born in London and de Blasio in Manhattan).
Regardless of personality or party, Koch (a popular congressman who had battled the Manhattan Democratic machine), Giuliani (a crusading prosecutor) and Bloomberg (a billionaire businessman and the city's richest resident) all campaigned on competence as the essential prerequisite for anyone who would presume to govern a metropolis once celebrated for being ungovernable. In all those years, only Dinkins won office on a platform of social justice and moral uplift at all like de Blasio's.