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Le Bourget contracts complete Galileo network
As Europe prepares for October's launch of the first Galileo satellites, a worldwide ground network is being put in place. Contracts signed today at the Paris Air & Space Show cover satellite control and the systems needed to generate Galileo services.
Europe's satellite navigation system will begin to take shape in space later this year, when the first two Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites are launched by the first Soyuz flown from French Guiana.
But Galileo is more than just satellites in space: a complex terrestrial infrastructure will monitor the constellation and maintain Galileo navigation services.
Out of six Work Packages for Europe's satnav system to reach full operations, four are already in place. The remaining two were signed this afternoon during the Paris Air & Space Show at Le Bourget.
The signing ceremony was introduced by Laurent Wauquiez, French Minister for Economic Affairs, and Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General.
Work Package 2 was signed by Reynald Seznec, CEO of Thales Alenia Space France, and Didier Faivre, ESA Director for Galileo and Navigation-related Activities.
Work Package 3 was signed by Colin Paynter, Managing Director of EADS Astrium, and Director Faivre.
Antonio Tajani, European Commission Vice President for Industry and Entrepreneurship, hailed the signings as an important milestone for Galileo.
Galileo's ground control
Work Package 3 covers completion of the Ground Control Segment – the network to monitor and control the satellites and the ground elements. The current system can handle the constellation up to the 18 satellites of the first operational phase, expected by mid-decade.
The control segment already deployed for the first four satellites consists of a Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and two Telemetry, Tracking and Command facilities in Kourou, French Guiana and Kiruna, Sweden.
The control centre oversees the satellites and intervenes as needed, with routine 'housekeeping' commands generated automatically along with critical commands from human operators.
In preparation for the first operational stage, the second control centre in Fucino, Italy will be added, as well as two further ground stations in Noumea, New Caledonia and St Denis, Reunion Island.
Galileo's mission segment
Work Package 2 covers completion of Galileo's Ground Mission Segment, which generates all the products for supporting navigation services and maintaining their accuracy. The current system can handle the constellation up to the first operational phase.
Users derive their three-dimensional position and local time by measuring their range from four or more satellites. High levels of service accuracy are provided by extremely accurate onboard atomic clocks coupled with the precise position of each satellite.
But both the clocks and the satellites themselves are subject to drift. So a network of Ground Sensor Stations monitors the timing accuracy and orbital position of all the satellites and their signal quality.
This information is passed to the control centre for updating the orbits and synchronising their time. The resulting corrections are then relayed to the satellites via a network of uplink stations to be disseminated as part of Galileo's navigation signal to users.
The Ground Mission Segment also forwards search and rescue signals detected by the constellation to the authorities and can disseminate commercial data as part of Galileo's Commercial Service.
The current mission segment for the first four satellites consists of a control centre in Fucino, eight sensor stations around the world on European territory and five similarly distributed uplink stations.
For the first operational phase, the mission segment will also be added to the Oberfaffenhofen control centre – so the two control centres will be redundant– as well as eight more uplink stations.


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2017 Cybersecurity Threat Insights Report for Leaders
In our "2017 Cybersecurity Threat Insights Report for Leaders" report, we shared several key findings and observations from our client engagements and about the security industry. This webcast covers our findings and observations but will also provide you with clear direction on where you need to focus your resources to evoke positive action in your security program.
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So much is known about Martin Luther, and the stakes of telling his story have been perceived to be so high, that an astonishing variety of presentations of his life have been offered. Some of his earliest opponents sought to discredit and vilify Luther by highlighting and in some cases fabricating shameful details about his life. His collaborators and sympathizers came to his defense. With similar one-sidedness, they inaugurated a long tradition of Luther hagiography. The man who did much to diminish the role that devotion to the saints played in the piety of Christianity came to function much like a Protestant saint. Miracles, such as his portrait not burning up in house fires, even came to be attributed to him.
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"I was very pleased with how quickly my house sold this spring. I'm impressed by Dan Visosky's professionalism and courtesy, and could not have sold my house without his help. I wholeheartedly recommend Prugh Real Estate and Dan Visosky for any real estate transaction in Teton County. Finally, I would like to say a big 'Thank You' and 'Job Well Done' to Dan and Prugh Real Estate. I wish all of you continued success as you go forward in the future."
"I first moved to Jackson in 2006 and over the years have gotten to know Greg Prugh Jr. and Sr. They have been nothing but straightforward and reliable real estate associates, exhibiting an unparalleled level of integrity and honesty. In an industry filled with unscrupulous characters, the Prugh Real Estate team continues to provide exemplary service and value to my investment portfolio. Over the years, we've worked together on many projects with great success and I look forward to many more."
"As I suspected from my work with Dan with the Relay for Life, his professional work was diligent, thoughtful, immediate and full of forward-leaning service and effort. Dan is an exceptional listener and an outstanding communicator with everyone involved in selling and servicing homes. Consider partnering with Dan if you are looking to buy or sell, as we did with our Melody Ranch home."
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The news was almost eclipsed by the Facebook/Skype partnership, but founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the social network now has more than 750 million users globally.
"The metric of the last five years was about user growth," Zuckerberg said during a press conference Wednesday, according to USA Today. "The driving narrative of the next five years is not about wiring up the world, but what cool stuff (apps) can you build with this wiring in place. . . .We did not report 750 million because we do not believe it is the metric."
Instead, Zuckerberg says that its users are using apps at an "exponential" rate.
U.S. & World
Now, that's a conveniently vague number and rate. However, it doesn't address the losses, including 6 million in the United States, that Facebook is reported to have, according to Inside Facebook. (Facebook denies the loss and the statistics.)
So while the number sounds impressive, it's likely that most of the users are global ones (namely from Brazil) rather than ones in North America. Facebook had a pretty solid run for the last five years, feeding off the carcass that once was MySpace. But now MySpace is a shadow of its former self, nothing like the desirable social network it was in 2006, and Facebook has likely reached its North American saturation point.
So will Facebook's North American audience look for an alternative social network like Google+ or shut off altogether? We're not sure yet.


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An 8-year-old California boy is hospitalized after being found unresponsive in a washing machine filled with water at his home.
Sheriff's deputies were called to the home in Castaic at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday after the boy's father found his son unconscious inside the top-loading machine, Los Angeles TV station KTLA reported.
At the time of the incident, the boy's mother was at the store, while his father was outside doing yard work.
The boy was alone in the house for about 20 minutes, sheriff's officials told KTLA.
When his father found him in the machine, he pulled the boy out and called 911.
Deputies found the boy lying in front of the washing machine, unresponsive and not breathing, sheriff's officials said.
The child was resuscitated and transported to a local hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition.


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March is National Women's History Month, a good time to check out some fast facts and inspiring stories about American women in the legal profession--past and present. Catalyst, a leading nonprofit organization focused on expanding opportunities for women and business and supporting research in this area, has posted Quick Take: Women in Law in the U.S., with graphs, charts, and a great list of studies, reports, and statistical sources, with direct links. For a look back at trailblazing women lawyers and the early history of women law students and attorneys in American society, browse through the biographies and articles found at Stanford University Law Professor Barbara Babcock's Women's Legal History (WLH) web site. This is also a great resource for legal history research papers.
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Item Description
Invitation, Mrs. Charles Robinson to the Citizens' Ball
Author: McAllister, Richard
Date: January 15, 1857
This invitation was sent to Sara Robinson by Richard McAllister, Deputy Secretary to Governor Geary, enclosing it with a letter sent to her on January 9th. Governors Geary and Shannon were to be in attendance at the ball in Lecompton City, along with several other distinguished guests who supported the Territorial Legislature (considered "bogus" by free state supporters).
Location of Original: KU Call Number: RH MS 38.I.3
Item Number: 101695 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Geary, John White, 1819-1873; Jones, Samuel J. (Sheriff); Kansas Territory. Legislature; Lecompton, Kansas Territory; McAllister, Richard; Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911; Shannon, Wilson, 1802-1877; Stevens, Robert S.; Woodson, Daniel
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CryoSat's instruments
CryoSat's primary instrument is the Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radar Altimeter (SIRAL). It was designed to meet the measurement requirements for ice-sheet elevation and sea-ice freeboard, which is the height of ice protruding from the water.
Conventional radar altimeters send pulses at intervals long enough that the echoes are uncorrelated; many such echoes can be averaged to reduce noise. At the typical satellite orbital speed of 7 km/s, the interval between pulses is about 500 microseconds.
However, the CryoSat altimeter sends a burst of pulses at an interval of only about 50 microseconds. The returning echoes are correlated and, by treating the whole burst together, the data processor can separate the echo into strips arranged across the track by exploiting the slight frequency shifts, caused by the Doppler effect, in the forward- and aft-looking parts of the beam.
Each strip is about 250 m wide and the interval between bursts is arranged so that the satellite moves forward by 250 m each time. The strips laid down by successive bursts can therefore be superimposed on each other and averaged to reduce noise. This mode of operation is known as the Synthetic Aperture Radar – or SAR – mode.
In order to measure the arrival angle, a second antenna receives the radar echo simultaneously. When the echo comes from a point not directly beneath the satellite, there is a difference in the path-length of the radar wave, which is measured.
Simple geometry then provides the angle between the 'baseline', joining the antennas and the echo direction.
In addition to the altimeter, knowledge of the precise orientation of the baseline of the two receiving antennas is essential. CryoSat measures this baseline orientation using the oldest and most accurate of references: the position of the stars in the sky.
Three star trackers mounted on the antenna support structure each takes five pictures per second. The images are analysed by the star trackers' built-in computers and compared to a catalogue of star positions.
The altimeter makes a measurement of the distance between the satellite and the surface. However, this measurement cannot be converted into the more useful measure of the height of the surface until the satellite's position is accurately known.
The orbital position of altimetry satellites can be determined to within a few centimetres. To do this, CryoSat carries two devices: a radio receiver and a laser retroreflector.
The Doppler Orbit and Radio Positioning Integration by Satellite (DORIS) radio receiver detects and measures the Doppler shift on signals broadcast from a network of more than 50 radio beacons around the world. Although the full accuracy of this system is obtained only after ground processing, DORIS provides a real-time estimate on board. The DORIS system has been operating for more than a decade, and is used on many satellites.
A small laser retroreflector is attached to the underside of CryoSat. This little device has seven optical corner cubes, which reflect light in exactly the direction it came from. A global network of laser tracking stations fires short laser pulses at the satellite and times the interval before the pulse arrives back – providing independent reference measurements of its position.
These stations are relatively few but, because their positions are very accurately known from their routine work of tracking geodetic satellites, they provide a set of independent reference measurements of CryoSat's position.


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Sunday, January 4, 2009
The Photo Op
2315 hrs.
"How's this one?" I ask, cocking an eyebrow in her direction.
"Yeah, well no... you've got to get in a lot closer," advises Mrs. J., "Let's try again."
I figured she'd say that. It's not quite what I wanted to hear, but this camera phone is awful. I've already taken three pictures and so far, none were to her liking. Mrs. J. lies down again by her husband, positions his face cheek-to-cheek with hers and she smiles. I bring the cell phone in much closer and get another shot.
"Okay, better?"
"Oh, tons", she replies. "Can we do one or two more like that?"
The patient's wife resumes her position and as I lean forward to take the picture, a stream of green-black secretions oozes from the dead man's mouth; just missing his wife's hand. Mrs. J. simultaneously drops her husband's head and bolts from the bed.
"What the f*@k was THAT!?!"
"I think we'll call that a wrap, Mrs. J."
For information on post-mortem photography click here and here.
6 comments:
OMG! That pretty much says it all. ;)
- January 4, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- Buck said...
Things that make you go, "huh?"
That's why I love reading your adventures. Even in all my years in Trauma I never had anyone ask to take a photo with the deceased.
I've picked up very large women from a swoon off the floor, I've watched gang fights in a waiting room, I've had to call the cops to keep a shooter from breaking into the OR to finish the job... but not once have I been asked to photograph the deceased with their loved one lying in the bed next to them.
- January 5, 2009 at 12:39 AM
- dethmama said...
@ Buck...
I imagine with the advent of camera phones, people have been taking a lot of pix of the dead "on the sly" in hospital settings.
Interestingly, "formal" post-mortem photos are very common in neo-natal ICU's. A true adventure for the future in that one.
- January 5, 2009 at 1:16 PM
- Kit Courteney said...
Blimey, I don't half learn a lot when I come here.
- January 6, 2009 at 3:21 AM
- soulsoprano said...
Umm, a prototype for one of your new features? "Your Moment of EWWWW!"?
- January 6, 2009 at 1:33 PM
- dethmama said...
@ Kit... we aim to educate ;)
@ soulsoprano...LOL!! You may regret giving me that suggestion.
- January 6, 2009 at 6:04 PM


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MY RIDE- Sundhari Tolton: 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Growing up in Nelson County, Sundhari Tolten says that the four-wheel drive on her Jeep Grand Cherokee was a must, not only for "getting around in bad weather," but also for driving on back roads and "going to field parties."
Her favorite thing about the Jeep, however, is its plush red interior. "It's the first thing anybody comments on when they get in," she says. In fact, she likes it so much she even gave it a nickname: The Hot Redness.
Even though her Jeep has over 300,000 miles on the odometer, it's still running. Tolton says the only major problem is something she aptly dubbed "the death shake," a terrifying occurrence where the steering wheel begins shaking uncontrollably if she hits a bump while driving faster than 45 mph.
Although gas prices are a huge pain, Tolton feels "safer in a big car," and also just loves the feeling of being up so high while she's driving.


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The first Friday of every month is FROST FIRST FRIDAY DOLLAR DAY! Enjoy reduced admission to the Art Museum of South Texas. The Gift Shop and Hester's Cafe also are open to the public. For more information, contact the Art Museum at (361) 825-3500. Sponsored by: Frost Bank.


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Late night hosts can never resist a joke about Donald Trump — and Thursday, when the tycoon-turned-TV host endorsed Mitt Romney for president, was no exception.
Jimmy Fallon got in on the act with a hoarse monologue delivered from a stage in Indianapolis, where he hosted a special Super Bowl "Late Night" show.
Mimicking his trademark New York-bred bark, Fallon skewered The Donald's trademark self-aggrandizement, too.
"Trump was like, 'There's only one man with the brains, the skills and the charisma to be president. But since I'm not running, you might as well vote for Mitt Romney,'" he joked on his Groundhog Day broadcast.
"It was a really, really busy day for Trump, because just this morning, his hair popped out of the ground and predicted six more weeks of winter," he added.


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Tune crawl: some regretful evening
7:14pm Mark and James set out on what promises to be an epic night on the town. The plan: to pay a visit to every major music venue in town that we can think of, to scope out the music (and social) scene at each, and have a drink. Here goes.
7:33pm Venue: The Pudhouse.
THE SCENE: Edgy.
A small industrial structure in Belmont where lots of bands have practice spaces. Nothing happens at the Pudhouse until much later than 7:33pm, so it's of course vacant. The evening has begun!
THE MUSIC: The Pudhouse is a true labor of love, bringing Charlottesville punk, hardcore, indie, and other acts that it might have otherwise missed.
THE DRINKS: Only what we brought.
7:46pm Venue: Miller's.
THE SCENE: Cheers-like.
Things are still looking pretty family at this early hour. Miller's outside makes for some of the best summertime people-watching; the inside is a railroad-style club with one of Charlottesville's smallest stages tucked into the front bay window. It's probably the best bar on the Downtown Mall, with a healthy mix of locals and UVA-ites on any given night.
THE MUSIC: The rock odyssey that is Boa is on tap for the evening ($3) they started playing some two hours after we left. Miller's is best known for its jazzy John D'earth Thursdays and Jeff Decker Wednesdays, and their weekly lineup also ranges from funk to acoustic to rock.
THE DRINKS: A rum and coke for Mark, two gin and tonics for James. $13.25 with tip, given to the extremely friendly waitress, Anna.
8:38pm Mark talks to some attractive ladies for five and a half minutes; insists that it get mentioned in the article.
8:51pm Venue: Gravity Lounge.
THE SCENE: Mysterious.
It's not really fair to judge, since their opening date was scheduled for June 28, a few days after our crawl. We saw only a few skater kids malingering outside the fairly ominous subterranean entrance under the Foot Locker.
THE MUSIC: Word on the street is that their booking will be largely bluegrass and folkcentric.
THE DRINKS: None
8:58 pm Venue: Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar.
THE SCENE: Artsy-communist.
Tea paraphernalia and paper maché forestry abounds, and the venue is intensely scented, with feel similar to late great Espresso Corner. James has never been here in his life, while Mark's been the past three of three nights.
THE MUSIC: Innerspace was setting up to perform when we arrived– and when we left. An intimate, typically no-cover venue that has been booking some pretty good acoustic shows of late.
THE DRINKS: A seemingly bottomless pot of Cocoa Rooibos tea, which kicked our ass (this was actually the hardest drink to get down the entire evening), for just $4. Intriguing selection of teas and beers too.
9:28pm Venue: Rapture.
THE SCENE: Dudes.
THE MUSIC: No band for the evening. Although they often have Robert Jospé & Inner Rhythm's groove-centric world sound, this night is nowheresville as far as music is concerned. We could not figure out where a band might perform, but we later learn it's to the left of the pool tables.
THE DRINKS: A round of vodka and tonics. $9, tonic fairly flat. In and out in under 10 minutes.
9:43pm We run into fellow music critic Damani Harrison at the Mudhouse. Hip-hop handshakes all around.
9:45pm Venue: Escafé.
THE SCENE: Posh.
Escafé unequivocally grounds the west end of the Mall's restaurant scene: it's filled, the double doors are open, and the place is abuzz. Young professionals abound at Escafé on any given night, talking about their jobs and their problems.
THE MUSIC: None this evening. The Hogwaller Ramblers' weekly Sunday performances are legendary, though.
THE DRINKS: We turn down free drinks in the interest of picking up the pace we've got more than a dozen clubs left.
9:48pm Venue: South Street Brewery.
THE SCENE: Ski-lift-ride-ticket-toting-alumni.
The ski-lodge look is due to the place's exposed wood walls, while the cleanest brewery ever resides behind the bar. Everyone here seems over 30 and pretty well coupled, so logically our conversation is entirely about meat.
THE MUSIC: None for the evening, but the musical selections here usually edge toward the jam band range.
THE DRINKS: Two Satan's Ponies– one of the house brews. "Not bad," says Mark. $8.50 with tip.
10:17pm. Venue: Outback Lodge.
THE SCENE: Locals, mostly.
Oh, it's a lodge all right. A Small, dark bar with a spacious dance floor, and one of the best sound rigs in town.
THE MUSIC: The Casuals (1980s UVA rockers) are throwing a reunion show. The cover is $7 we pass. Music tends to fluctuate between the rock/metal divide. The Outback Lodge has proudly brought Charlottesville such bands as Broadzilla (all-girl metal) and God The Band. Local rockers Monticello Road and the heavy group Lyman appear often.
THE DRINKS: Nada.
10:23pm. Two cop cars and a police van blaze by at 10th and Page scaring the bejesus out of us.
10:30pm. Venue: Wild Wing Café
THE SCENE: Alumni!
Imagine a beautiful old train station turned into a wing-serving sports bar, and, well... there you have it. We both get vigorously carded by an employee and a Charlottesville Police Officer. After being closed for months (a tragic loss for the Charlottesville wing-loving community), they've recently reopened and don't seem a lick different.
THE MUSIC: DJ / Putting a CD on play
THE DRINKS: James downs a Newcastle Brown in record time tasty. $5.
10:42pm. Venue: Starr Hill Music Hall.
THE SCENE: Swank.
Everyone seems to be wearing white-collared shirts, and talking about their cars. The upstairs concert hall has nice wood floors, Persian carpets, and wrought iron railings. Floral arrangements abound downstairs.
THE MUSIC: Gavin DeGraw's in the concert hall for the evening with local singer/songwriter Ezra Hamilton opening ($5), but we're in too big a hurry to attend. Starr Hill's about the biggest musical venue going in town, although with some exceptions (J. Mascis and Frank Black) rock booking is falling by the wayside. But they have a pretty diverse mix of genres otherwise.
THE DRINKS: A Starr Hill Amber for James and a ginger ale for Mark. $5, exceptional service.
10:58pm. Mark proclaims that the Violent Femmes, which happen to be in the CD player, are "the gateway band to the future."
11:00pm. James has begun losing coordination, and finds himself unable to operate power windows. The night is young. Mark has been taking a break from drinking to safety operate his motor vehicle, but soon the beast will be unleashed.
11:06pm. Venue: Dürty Nellies
THE SCENE: The Real World
The realest of the real; the dürtiest of the dürty. Might be Charlottesville's most neighborly watering hole not much of a crowd tonight, though.
THE MUSIC: Usually DN's focuses on the rootsy/bluesy aspects of Charlottesville. In one of the rare occurrences of us actually spotting live music, the bluegrassers Hogwaller Ramblers are playing. ("It's the Hogwallers Version 7.3," frontman Jamie Dyer tells us. The fiddler is wearing a Star Trek uniform.) Dyer manages to smoke a cigarette, change at least one broken string, attempt to buy James a beer, and perform a song all at the same time. $3 covers the both of us.
THE DRINKS: A Budweiser for James. $2.50.
11:18pm. James urinates on own foot in parking lot.
11:28pm. A brief stop by Mark's house for munchies (Harris Teeter brand Muchies).
11:35pm. Venue: Baja Bean.
THE SCENE: Navel-gazing
We're getting into Corner crowds now, but it's pretty chill at Baja tonight. Usually a mix of locals and vagrants can be found there. Charlottesville's beloved guitar-cello brainchildren b.c. are in evidence, one at the bar and the other tending it, and the masterful Matthew Wilner's there too.
THE MUSIC: Nothing for the evening. Baja has an open mic night on Monday's that is great, and karaoke on Tuesdays, which isn't.
THE DRINKS: ¡Margaritas, por supuesto! James begins to think we might have left the remaining bars without paying, but vigilant Mark made sure of the monetary exchange.
11:50pm. Venue: Orbit Billiards.
THE SCENE: Social!
It's packed, not surprisingly. Usually the crowd there is of the type mostly found on the Corner: The Polo Shirt Crew. Great on-tap selection, plenty of pool tables. Spacious and airy when the big garage doors are open. As we're on the way out, a wedding party rolls in.
THE MUSIC: Saunter, a jam-funk ensemble from North Carolina is performing. Orbit's musical bookings cut a wide swath across the college bar genres.
THE DRINKS: Two Lefthand Sawtooth Ales from the very gracious Evelyn and Anne. $8.
12:17am. Venue: Michael's Bistro.
THE SCENE: Homey
Classy yet accessible; the crowds here are always pleasant. We converse with bartender Rob about Antarctica.
THE MUSIC: None playing... we think. The Bistro tends towards booking jam bands, jazz, and acoustic stuff.
THE DRINKS: James' handwriting has gotten too illegible to decipher; we believe we had two beers of some sort.
12:28am. Venue: Jaberwoké.
THE SCENE: College!
The crowd's avowedly collegiate; the furnishings look as though they've been discarded from an oversized library. We walk in and someone immediately breaks a glass.
THE MUSIC: We have no idea who it was. No one's within 30 feet of the stage, and the crowd seems pretty ambivalent.
THE DRINKS: We flee the scene, as if we needed another beer anyway.
12:31am. Venue: Coupe DeVille's.
THE SCENE: Crowded
Coupe's is the only place in town that's had a line. They probably have lines at 7am on Wednesdays, mostly composed of frat guys and sorority girls– woo! We press on.
THE MUSIC: We aren't able to determine who's playing.
THE DRINKS: Eh
12:37am. Venue: The Prism Coffeehouse.
THE SCENE: Erudite
Listen, we're moving geographically, okay? The Prism closes for the summer from late-May to mid-September we roll by just to pay homage. It's Charlottesville's most intimate venue, certainly. The living room/coffeehouse atmosphere is tops.
THE MUSIC: The array of old-time, bluegrass, and folk that director Fred Boyce brings to town is first-rate.
THE DRINKS: Coffee is the Prism mainstay.
12:49am. Venue: Tokyo Rose.
THE SCENE: Bladerunner-esque
Best sushi in town, trendy crowds, beautiful wait staff. Shows are in the dim, red-walled basement.
THE MUSIC: Saturday night's The Dawning, and they're having a special Summer Solstice party with DJ's Xiam and Rite. Other nights of the week are indie rock, hardcore, punk, this and that. Weekly upstairs shows are usually jazz and acoustic.
THE DRINKS: Irish Carbombs. Worst... idea... ever. Mark's friend Jack helps us out with finishing them, and also Jack pays for them. David Cruz-Palmer mans the bar and generously refills our water glasses. The evening has come to its expected conclusion– almost every venue in town has been at least once-overed and many, many brain cells are now dead.
1:42am. Mark and James get a ride back to Jack's place; James blissfully passes out on the bathroom floor, content with the knowledge of a job well done. Ah, journalism!


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"The World is too strong for a divided Church" - The Life and Work Conference, Stockholm 1925
Ecumenism is the idea of a Christian unity in the literal meaning: that there should be one Church. The word is derived from Greek οἰκουμένη (oikoumene), which means "the whole inhabited world".
The ecumenical vision comprises both the search for the visible unity of the Church (Ephesians 4:3) and the "whole inhabited earth" (Matthew 24:14) as the concern of all Christians.
The Anglican Consultative Council acts on behalf of the Churches in the Communion in co-ordinating ecumenical conversations with other Christian world communions.
These dialogues often take the form of theological consultations which highlight differences and seek ways of coming closer together through new understandings, reinterpretation or correction of misunderstandings, and healing of divisions. The process of discussion itself brings people closer together and helps to break down barriers.
A series of bi-lateral regional conversations set in motion by the General Council of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the Lambeth Conference of 1998 - in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and North America - led to the publication of Conversations Around the World 2000 to 2005View More
The Lutheran World Federation is a global family of 140 churches and nearly 66.7 million members. Regional agreements of close co-operation (described as either "full communion" or "communion") exist in Northern Europe and North America, while several other regional agreements have also recently been put in place.View More
The Anglican Consultative Council published the report Sharing in the Apostolic Communion in conjunction with the World Methodist Council in 1996. In November 2007, a new Anglican - Methodist International Consultation began its work to discern the next steps for Anglican - Methodist relations through their worldwide constitutional bodiesView More
The Anglican Communion signed the Bonn Agreement with the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht in 1931. This agreement of "inter-Communion" has formed the basis for an ongoing relationship mediated by the Anglican - Old Catholic International Co-ordinating CouncilView More
The Oriental Orthodox family of Churches are those ancient Christian Churches who rejected the Christological definition developed at the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon held in the Byzantine Empire in AD 451. Our theological dialogue with this family of Churches began in 2001View More
Recent dialogue between the Anglican Communion and the family of Eastern Orthodox Churches has spanned the years from 1973 when the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Discussions (A/OJDD) held its first meeting in Oxford. Its latest joint statement (The Cyprus Agreed Statement) was published in January 2007 under the title The Church of the Triune GodView More
2015 was the first time that the Anglican and Reformed Communions have met in a formal dialogue at the global level since 1984, when the dialogue finalized its agreement statement, God's Reign and our Unity. Following an exploratory meeting in 2011, there has been fresh energy and enthusiasm for a new round of dialogue between the two Communions. The dialogue has been mandated to study to the nature of communion (koinonia), a wide range of missiological challenges facing the two Communions, and the sources wherein the work of the Spirit may be discerned, notably authority and governance, episcope and episcopacyView More
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Character gallery
I have brought here pictures and descriptions of some characters I have played. However, a great amount of pictures are quick sketches or they have disappeared somewhere with old GM's so there are only few pictures on this page.
Duchess Dania Applehill
Dania began her 'career' as an adventurer, desiring for fame, glory and experiences. Those she found unexpectedly when she revealed and nullified a plan to assasinate the king.


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Gardening does not always have to be about maintenance. Sometimes certain plants just do their own thing and you love it. Believe it or not, there are plants for the garden that are almost foolproof.
Gardening does not always have to be about maintenance. Sometimes certain plants just do their own thing and you love it. Believe it or not, there are plants for the garden that are almost foolproof.
At the green industry trade show New England Grows, held recently in Boston, Dan Benarcik, the horticulturalist at the fabulous public garden Chanticleer near Philadelphia, gave a talk about what he called plants "tough as nails." He said, "These are plants that are going to work for you."
Here are three of them he mentioned in his lecture. They will perform well in your garden with a minimum of care.
The first is a low deciduous shrub called Deutzia gracilis "Nikko." Its gently arching branches are covered with tiny white flowers at the end of May and into June.
"Nikko" will spread, but since it is low, you might consider it for a ground cover. It grows over a foot tall but spreads quite slowly. Its foliage is fine-textured, light green and turns a deep burgundy in the autumn. If you plant it, you may forget it is even there since it keeps performing beautifully with little demands. It tolerates many soil types. The flowers appear more abundantly with greater amounts of sun.
The second plant is a bamboo called Sasa veitchii. It is a low runner type, so you want to make sure it has some kind of concrete or stone barrier so that it does not jump into a garden area where you may not want it.
The Sasa leaves are a long bright green in the spring and summer, but in the fall and cold of winter the leaves show a white edging, which is quite stunning. Plant it where you can see this plant in the cold weather and enjoy it even when the rest of the garden is dormant.
This plant does not grow high, but does move after it settles in. It can also make a great groundcover. Sasa veitchii is a striking plant in a group or as a groundcover in a woodland garden. It usually grows to 2 or 3 feet tall but may reach 5 feet tall in deep shade.
These Southeast Asian bamboos thrive in moist, deep woodlands, and thus are at home in shady gardens. Use this plant in both formal and naturalistic settings, perhaps at the base of trees and shrubs.
The third plant is Petasites japonicus, a large-leaved groundcover, also better for shadier areas. It is noted for its huge leaves that form dense spreading clumps of foliage. This plant grows 3 feet tall and 5 feet wide and is native to Korea, China and Japan where it is typically found growing on wet stream banks in woodland areas. The size of its kidney-shaped leaves can reach 16 to 32 inches wide, so give it plenty of room to spread.
These are three varieties you might consider for your garden. They are readily available at most nurseries, and online.
Thomas Mickey is a master gardener from Quincy and a professor at Bridgewater (Mass.) State College. You may reach him at email@example.com, Attention: In the Garden.


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This week Richard Allen, Physicist, NIST, will be live blogging from RoboCup 2009 covering the MEMS-scale robot league.
June 29, 2009:
Today the teams arrived. Remember that picture from yesterday. Here is what the hall looks like today:
The Nanogram demonstration was assigned what is nearly ideal space. We are immediately at the entrance of one of the two halls. The first thing that everyone who enters this hall will see is our display. Until we have activity, this is what they will see:
(Photo by Michael E. Newman, NIST)
We have had many of the participants from other teams and leagues stop by and look at our sign and at our "playing fields."
I would like to finish today with a note that I don't expect would surprise any frequent reader of the MIG blog: Producing a MEMS device almost certainly requires overcoming a technical challenge. Many, if not all of these challenges are faced by the researcher attempting to produce a MEMS-scale robot. We had this fact brought home to us over the past week, as several of our teams decided not to come to Graz, because they had not overcome these challenges in a timely fashion and thus do not have functioning robots.
Perhaps we can collectively brainstorm ideas that might help more universities overcome the challenges and achieve working MEMS-scale robots. I look forward to seeing your comments.
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California added section 6403.5 to the Labor Code of the existing law, the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 ( effective 2012) a requirement that employers provide safety devices and safeguards reasonably necessary to render employment safe, including a safe patient handling policy, replacing manual lifting with lifting devices and use of lift teams.
New York, once again, authorized (AB7772/ SB5569) a 2 year extension of a statewide safe patient handling demonstration project, first enacted in 2005. The program is intended to collect evidence based data, reflecting the incidence of employee and patient injuries resulting from patient handling, comparing the use of manual and technology based techniques. Any type of licensed healthcare facility interested in participating in this program applies to the NYS Department of Health for funding. All participants must develop a risk identification and assessment plan, a comprehensive employee training program, be willing to commit to a culture which avoids manual patient handling to the greatest extent practicable, and provides ongoing reporting through the facility health and safety committee as well as the Department of Health. Funding for this project has been lacking.
Illinois' Public Law 97-0122 amends the Hospital Licensing Act to address safe patient handling policies, setting forth common definitions and minimum requirements with regards to strategies intended to control the risk of injury to patients and staff. Previously, a 2010 law required nursing homes and each of the inpatient facilities that are a part of the University of Illinois Hospital system to adopt and ensure implementation of policy that will identify, assess, and develop strategies to control the risk of injury to patients / residents, nurses and other healthcare workers associated with lifting, transferring, repositioning, or movement of a patient / resident. Restriction of lifting must be achieved to the extent feasible with existing equipment and aids while manual handling or movement of all or most of the patient's body weight is to be done only during emergent, life-threatening, or otherwise exceptional circumstances. Some of the other provisions include staff education and training and a procedure for a nurse to refuse to perform or be involved in handling or movement that the nurse believes in good faith will expose the patient/ resident, nurse or other health care worker to an unacceptable risk of injury without fear of retaliation.
Minnesota requires all settings that move patients to develop a comprehensive safe patient handling plan. (HB1760) In 2007, Minnesota passed a law, providing for grants to support safe patient handling programs and activities in healthcare facilities by transferring money ($500,000 per year for two years) from the workers compensation special fund to an assigned risk safety account. Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services published rules calling for hospitals to have multidisciplinary committees responsible for a comprehensive safe patient handling program and policy. (CSR 30-20.20.97)
Maryland extended safe patient handling practices to residents and employees in nursing homes. 2007 legislation applied to hospitals only. On or before December 1, 2008, each nursing home was to establish a safe patient handling workgroup with equal membership between management and employees resulting in policy for which the goals are to reduce employee injuries associated with lifting; develop or enhance the use of patient handling hazard assessment processes; enhance the use of lifting devices with the incorporation of lift teams (role not defined); and determine the process for evaluating the program.
Both Maryland (April) and New Jersey (passed December 2007 enacted January 2008) chose a comprehensive programmatic approach, requiring healthcare facilities to establish a safe patient handling programs comprised of committees to establish policy and monitor the program.
Maryland's "Safe Patient Lifting" law, requires hospitals to establish a safe patient lifting committee with an equal number of managers and employees on or before December 1, 2007; requiring the committee to establish a safe patient lifting policy on or before July 1, 2008; and requiring the committee to consider specified factors while developing a safe patient lifting policy and program.
New Jersey requires licensed healthcare facilities, state developmental centers, and state and county psychiatric hospitals to establish a safe patient handling program to reduce the risk of injury to both patients and healthcare workers at the facility within 18 months of the bill's enactment. (July 2009) Each facility would be required to maintain a detailed written description of the program and its components and provide a copy to the Department of Health and Senior Services or Department of Human Services, as applicable, and make the description available to healthcare workers at the facility and to any collective bargaining agent representing healthcare workers at the facility. A facility would also be required to post its safe patient handling policy in a location easily visible to staff, patients, and visitors; and to designate a representative of management at the facility who will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the program. Within 12 months following enactment, each facility must establish a safe patient handling committee, responsible for all aspects of the development, implementation, annual evaluation and revision of the facility's safe patient handling program, including the evaluation and selection of patient handling equipment and aids and other appropriate engineering controls. At least one-half of the members of the committee shall be healthcare workers who provide direct patient care to patients at the facility or are otherwise involved in patient handling at the facility. The remaining members of the committee shall have experience, expertise, or responsibility relevant to the operation of a safe patient handling program. The law provides that a healthcare facility shall not retaliate against any healthcare worker because that worker refuses to perform a patient handling task due to a reasonable concern about worker or patient safety, or the lack of appropriate and available patient handling equipment or aids.
Rhode Island law requires each licensed healthcare facility to have a committee with responsibility for development of a written safe patient handling program. By July 1, 2008, facilities must have been prepared to implement a safe patient handling policy for all shifts and units that will achieve the maximum reasonable reduction of manual lifting, transferring, and repositioning of all or most of a patient's weight, except in emergency, life-threatening or otherwise exceptional circumstances. The statute also addresses completion of patient handling hazard assessments, staff training and the provision for reporting to a safe patient handling committee within each facility annually.
Washington's law promotes safe patient handling and reduction of injuries among healthcare workers by establishing a Safe Patient Handling Committee (with at least half of the committee comprised of direct care providers) and implementation of a safe patient handling policy to prevent musculoskeletal disorders among healthcare workers and injuries to patients. The law mandates hospitals to acquire the much needed lifting equipment and provide staff training. Hospitals will receive a tax credit when purchasing lifting equipment.
Hawaii passed a House Concurrent Resolution calling for the Legislature of the State of Hawaii to support the policies contained in the American Nurses Association's Handle with Care campaign.
Ohio legislation resulted in the long term care loan fund program, to be operated by the bureau of workers' compensation. The administrator of the program shall use the program to make loans without interest to nursing homes for the purpose of purchasing, improving, installing lifts, as well as to support the cost of staff education and training in support of a policy of no manual lifting of residents.
Legislation enacted in Texas, effective 2006, requires the governing body of a hospital or the quality assurance committee of a nursing home to adopt and ensure implementation of a policy to identify, assess, and develop strategies to control risk of injury to patients and nurses associated with the lifting, transferring, repositioning, or movement of a patient. The code stipulates there be collaboration with and annual reporting to a nurse staffing committee, as well as reports to the governing body or quality assurance committee. There is also the provision that in developing architectural plans for constructing or remodeling a unit of a hospital or nursing home in which patient handling occurs, consideration of the feasibility of incorporating patient handling equipment must be considered.
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Review: Ed Sheeran celebrates his birthday at the Nokia Theatre
It's impressive enough for a charismatic guy with a British accent, a pirate's hat and an acoustic guitar to bring a theater full of excited teenage girls to a frenzy of screams worthy of Justin Bieber or the Beatles, as Ed Sheeran did on Sunday night.
But at the Nokia Theatre on what the 22-year-old described as his biggest American gig to date (on his birthday, no less), Sheeran achieved a more amazing feat. Using a crowd control method he dubbed "the universal shush," the supremely talented artist asked this hormonal mass to remain quiet for the softer songs. When he did, as for his inspired rendition of the American folk standard "The Wayfaring Stranger," the room sounded as empty as a pub on a Monday morning.
You read that correctly. The singer-songwriter-rapper, beat-boxer and redhead best known for his Grammy nominated song "The A-Team" and for his work with Taylor Swift, successfully silenced a crowd full of teens with a traditional folk song.
What's more, Sheeran instructed them to download all the Nina Simone records they could find, then jumped into a thrilling version of her "Be My Husband." During a crowd-participatory moment within his encore, he quickly and wittily ran through the plotline of "West Side Story" before dividing the hall into Jets and Sharks. Their response? Panties, bras and stuffed animals rained down on Sheeran throughout the night.
Sheeran is quickly becoming a sensation -- he's already huge in England -- but that stands to reason. Though young on paper, the singer started self-releasing records while in his mid-teens, delivering clever songs that straddled folk and hip-hop, banged out on a little acoustic guitar and a digital loop maker that allows him to layer his voice and build instrumental rhythms as he's performing. Since then, he's danced among worlds while building a fanbase and perfecting his performances.
Yes, his presence coincides with the rise of folk-based acts such as the Lumineers and Mumford & Sons, which could be a deal-breaker for some. But few others can cite a resume that features work with Southern rapper Yelawolf, London grime superstar Wiley and international pop superstar Swift -- and in concert quote both Eric Clapton's "Layla" and Tupac Shakur's "California Love," as Sheeran did.
Supremely self-assured, funny, smart, with a ringing, pitch-perfect tone and a rich voice, Sheeran owned the Nokia from the moment he arrived. "For the next two hours, you are the gospel choir of Los Angeles," he said early in the set as he pushed through "Give Me Love," the climactic final song on his self-titled major label debut.
The crowd took this assignment to heart, and so did Sheeran, who conducted the 7,000-plus fans in singalongs with supreme confidence. There was no question that he was in charge; he ran the concert as if he were the most awesome counselor at a summer camp.
That Sheeran has won the affections of the prettier gender stands to reason: His lyrics are mostly focused on understanding women and his desire for them, which he describes in lyrics that paint him as a bad boy with a good heart, open and honest. "I'll pick your feet off the ground, and I'll never let you down," he sang on "Grade 8." "My eyes are a river filler/This drink is a liver killer."
On "Lego House," he featured both his skills as a vocalist and a rapper, alternately singing sweet falsetto and stuttering phrases in a London patois.
Our young hero has yet to fully mature as a lyricist, though. The song features cliched lines about staying warm during cold nights and offering to keep a lover "sheltered from the storm that's raging on." More convincing -- and beloved -- was "The A Team," a minor-key lyrical tragedy about a crack-addicted prostitute.
It's tempting enough to dismiss Sheeran. He's young, cute and has written hits for Brit boy band One Direction. Too, Sheeran dueted with Swift for "Everything Has Changed," a song they co-wrote for her recent album "Red," and he'll be the opening act on her upcoming "Red Tour." His cult-like devotion from his young fanbase might be off-putting to many different varieties of snobs, as well.
But based on his performance at the Nokia, Sheeran feels to me like a lifetime artist, a musician so obviously born to perform and entertain that his promise seems boundless. Yes, he's still finding his voice as a lyricist, but so was a young Bruce Springsteen on "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J."
No, that's not to compare Sheeran's debut to that of the Boss, even if the potential is similar. Like Springsteen, when he walks onstage for a show, Sheeran on Sunday commanded attention from the start and earned it triumphantly.
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The concept of the wet blasting process is straight forward enough: Combine abrasive media with water to form a special slurry. Add regulated compressed air to control the pressure as it is discharged over a surface. It is a dust-free and static-free process that removes burrs, scale, oxidation and rust, marks, paint and coatings. It can also remove oils and grease while performing other functions, such as preparing the surface for other coatings or processes.
Today, matte finishes are a popular choice for parts—often for both practical and cosmetic reasons. Automated slurry-blasting machines are a great choice for achieving these fine, non-directional matte finishes in a single operation. Depending on the application, profiles of less than 4 Ra are possible, and users can choose from various media including glass beads, ceramic or plastics.
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The slurry blasting brings a number of advantages to the finishing process. It virtually eliminates embedded media issues commonly found in dry blasting systems. The water and slurry are recirculated, requiring no drain hookup. The process does not create dust, and chemicals are not required, adding to its appeal for manufacturers committed to limiting their environmental impact.
However, finding the right slurry blasting equipment, as well as achieving and constantly maintaining the desired results, depends heavily on controlling and monitoring several specific machine functions. Ensuring consistency in terms of media, air and water pressure is critical to precise and consistent finish results. The following guide outlines key considerations and recommendations when selecting slurry blasting machines.
Part Fixturing
Finding a method to hold the part firmly and in a consistent position in the blast stream is essential and will require the end user and blast equipment vendor to work together in identifying the best solution. Part fixturing can be combined with masking techniques to protect surfaces not requiring a profile.
Consideration should be given to the programmable logic controller (PLC) of the machine and the operator interface (HMI). This important aspect provides part process and machine parameter setup, as well as editing, and saves the parameters to form part process "recipes."
Part processing is accomplished through enabling the assigned recipe number. The control system must monitor all machine parameters during the process cycle as well as machine shutdown and display status/fault on the HMI screen.
Machine Configurations
Consistent process results require that the developed part-to-blast-stream relationship be repeated cycle after cycle. There are several ways to control the process by manipulating the part. Most often the fixtured part rotates on a powered table with fixed nozzles targeting specific areas. The part can also be manipulated in front of blast streams with a robot, or a robot can manipulate the nozzles. In any machine configuration the part or nozzle movement must be monitored in real-time.
Part Rotation within the Blast Streams
Another significant feature of a control system is variable frequency drive (VFD). The drive should be external to the cabinet and use a belt and sheaves. In addition, a zero-speed sensor located on an idler sheave will confirm table rotation and help ensure even, consistent coverage.
Media Concentration Control
Low-level warning sensors for the slurry concentration are an important feature to ensure a precise and consistent result. If the media concentration falls below the set percentage, more media is automatically added from the hopper. The system should allow for roughly three additions of media, but if concentrations remain too low, the system should trigger a shutdown and display a warning.
Media Size Control
Media within the slurry must be the correct size. A hydrocyclone should be incorporated in the equipment to separate the slurry stream into two outlets: one with the fine particles and water and the second with the large particles (typically the remaining good media). The large particles are returned to the machine sump while the fines are sent to a vibratory classifying screener where a screen recaptures any good media and returns it to the sump. The remaining water and smaller particles are sent to the moving bead filter where the water is separated from the particles and recycled back into the system as rinse or make-up water.
Slurry Pump Flow
Water pressure should remain within ±3 psi. Water pressure sensors are an indirect, but effective way to ensure the slurry flow is being generated by the pump. In addition, if the slurry pressure exceeds the set tolerance, the sensor should trigger a machine shutdown and display a warning.
Startup and Continuing Slurry Agitation
To ensure that the media and water form a homogeneous solution that is ready for the blasting operation, slurry agitation must be initiated at startup, and the machine sump holding the water/media must continually agitate the slurry during the blast cycle. A pre-process agitation cycle provided by the machine supplier is also important, especially if the machine has not been operated for several hours.
Nozzle Pressure Control
Air pressure from the nozzle should remain within ± 1 psi. An automatic, proportional air valve is important to maintain the pressure programmed in the recipe and sent to the blast guns. This control process will shut down the machine and trigger a fault if the pressure falls out of tolerance.
Operator Viewing Window
For additional process verification and troubleshooting, a viewing window allows the operator to look into the blast cabinet and observe the blast cycle in operation.
Process Testing Apparatus
A method to test, process and confirm the correct nozzle-to-part relationship is also extremely important. Testing can be accomplished with laser light fixtures that fit into the nozzle orifice. The laser beam shows the blast stream's target point on the part, making routine inspections, adjustments and fine tuning straight forward and repeatable.
Finally, a factory-trained, local representative can provide quick, valuable support for the process equipment. Parts availability, preventive maintenance and trustworthy after-sales service go a long way in ensuring that process equipment and operations are running reliably and efficiently for providing precision matte finishes time after time.