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2017 Speaker Series
Social Computing in Design
This talk briefly introduces the notion of social computing based on the concepts of interaction, constructive memory and situatedness. These form the cognitive foundations for social computing. These are distilled into a set of principles for social, situated, adaptive, computational agents:
1. Principle of effect
2. Principle of ordered temporality
3. Principle of locality
4. Principle of interaction
5. Principle of ontology
Guest Speaker
John S. Gero
Research Professor
Krasnow Institute of Advanced Study
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
10:00-11:30am | SEMINAR
John S Gero is Research Professor at UNCC and at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study. He has edited/authored over 50 books and published over 650 research papers. He has been a professor of computer science, cognitive science, architecture, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering at MIT, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, Columbia and CMU in the USA, at Strathclyde and Loughborough in the UK, at INSA-Lyon and Provence in France and at EPFL in Switzerland. His recent research has been funded by NSF, NASA and DARPA.
Graduate School as Bricolage
In Design practice we often plan our creations around idealized components that behave precisely as they should. When we consider variability it is usually by reducing performance of parts or the whole in predictable ways. Formalized engineering design process help to make outcomes predictable, which can save money and improve characteristics like safety. But they can also limit creativity and reduce opportunistic invention. Learning to comfortably move between both paradigms is an important skill that will benefit both the design and designer.
Guest Speaker
Dr. Matt Parkinson
Engineering Design and Mechanical Engineering
Penn State University
10:00-11:30am | SEMINAR
Dr. Matt Parkinson is a Professor of Engineering Design and Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University. He directs The Learning Factory, the Engineering Design Program, and the Center for Research in Design and Innovation. His research efforts in the OPEN Design Lab (www.dfhv.org) focus on the design of artifacts which are robust to human variability (e.g., anthropometry, capability, and preference). He has received numerous awards including SAE's Teetor Educational Award and Withrow Distinguished Presenter Award, the ASME DAC Ford Best Paper Award, Penn State's Premier Teaching Award, and is a Penn State Teaching Fellow. Parkinson received a National Science Foundation CAREER award for activities defining the foundation of design for human variability.
Powering Innovation in Global Development
Engineers serve a vital role in confronting global energy challenges. Over the next 30 years, young engineers, especially, will be needed to create energy solutions that address climate change, world population growth, and foster economic development. This is no small task. Technical innovation is needed to keep the lights on and keep homes warm (or cool) with minimal environmental impact. Renewable energy generation is part of the solution, as is advanced power electronics, demand management, energy storage, emissions mitigation, and hybrid power systems. Yet a focus on technology alone is insufficient for success. Engineers that view and understand technology design within the context of dynamic social, economic, and environmental factors will be best suited to address the challenges ahead.
In this talk, Dr. Johnson will discuss his work designing energy systems to confront global energy challenges. Practical challenges and demonstrated outcomes will be introduced from Dr. Johnsons work completed in nine countries on topics including biomass cooking stoves, solar food drying, battery charging stations, containerized microgrids for disaster relief, water treatment for refugee camps, and critical infrastructure resilience. Dr. Johnson will indicate opportunities for early career engineers seeking global opportunities, and also provide examples for how to use US-based training and knowledge to address international energy challenges.
Guest Speaker
Dr. Nathan Johnson
Assistant Professor and Director
Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions
Arizona State University
10:00-11:30am | SEMINAR
Dr. Nathan Johnson is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University and the Director of the Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions (LEAPS). His 25-person research team takes energy innovations from concept to construction with a focus on distributed energy resources, smart networks, microgrid controls, and off-grid solutions. Dr. Johnson manages a one-acre microgrid test bed to combine simulation-based design with hands-on fabrication and testing to create next-generation solutions to current market needs. Before joining ASU, he spent ten years in industry and academia working in business development for the energy sector. He now helps start and advise small businesses.
Arizona State University recognizes Dr. Johnson as a Senior Sustainability Scientist for his globally-focused sustainability efforts. He has spent over two years working within developing countries to address energy needs of emerging economies and the rural poor. Dr. Johnson is also an active educator with training and capacity building programs both inside and outside standard university curricula. In his spare time, he runs marathons and regularly paces the Boston qualifying time to help individuals meet their personal goals.
Dare to Be Different: Building a Research Program in Mechanical Engineering with a Design Science Education
The following quote is attributed to Steve Jobs:
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
What does it mean to do novel research? It is similar to the line of thinking that patent lawyers use when they evaluate ideas under consideration for a patent: Something that is not obvious to ones skilled in the art.
In this talk, I will discuss how personal passion, tacit knowledge and an education in Design Science provided a foundation for how I built my research program. I will highlight research endeavors that have had the most profound outcomes in terms of research funding, publications, collaborations, teaching, and engagement.
Guest Speaker
Tahira Reid
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Recipient of the 2017
Department Alumni Merit Award
12:00-1:30pm | SEMINAR
Tahira Reid is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is the director of the Research in Engineering and Interdisciplinary Design (REID) Laboratory. Her research interests include integrating human considerations in engineering systems and the design process. Her research program has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Procter & Gamble, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and other sources. Prior to arriving to Purdue in 2012, she completed a postdoctoral position in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Iowa State working in the Interdisciplinary Research in Sustainable (IRIS) Design Laboratory. In 2010, she received her PhD from the University of Michigan in Design Science, with Mechanical Engineering and Psychology as her focus areas. Dr. Reid received both her BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2000 and 2004, respectively.
As a graduate student at the University of Michigan, Dr. Reid began to explore her curiosities with the challenges of textured hair types and the ways in which mechanical engineering concepts could have an impact. This led to significant review of the literature and eventually a class project in a course called "Design Optimization" where she worked with a team to develop a model for optimizing the hair care of African-American women by considering styling, damage, and chemical processes used to straighten hair. After becoming a professor, a new challenge caught her attention: the struggles with heat damage experienced by women with curly hair and their attempts to address them on YouTube. This led to a collaboration with her colleague at Purdue, Dr. Amy Marconnet, Director of the Marconnet Thermal and Energy Conversion (MTEC) Laboratory where these studies began. Their work on hair has been featured in the National Geographic Magazine, National Public Radio (NPR), Reuters, the Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, and other media outlets.
During her undergraduate years at RPI, much of her inspiration and passion for design and entrepreneurship was developed under the mentorship of Burt Swersey, a lecturer of various design courses in the Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Nuclear Engineering Department. This same passion remains as she now teaches and supervises the equivalent of Professor Swerseys sophomore level Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) course at Purdue University. During her semester as a student in Professor Swerseys IED class, she recalled an idea she had as a child: An Automatic Double-Dutch jump-rope device, which Professor Swersey encouraged her to pursue. The idea lead to two-patents, funding from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (now called VentureWell), and a host of press coverage in sources such as the New York Times, Essence Magazine, The Times Union, and live interviews on NPRs Weekend Edition and NBCs Today Show. From that time until now, these experiences continue to open doors for her to share and inspire K-12 audiences about STEM and the power of pursuing your dreams. More recently, the story of Dr. Reids childhood invention was featured on the Spring 2017 New York State English and Language Arts exam where it was used to test thousands of public school fourth graders on reading comprehension.
2016 Speaker Series
Here / Hear Now! Socially Engaged Design
This is a call to action We need the art and design worlds to stop talking big and start doing; to put the problem-solving skills on which we pride ourselves to work on issues both local and global ; to design for health, imagination, resilience, poverty, education, and building creative confidence. We will look at projects that reflect design in inherently interdependent social spheres to provoke questions, inspire action and reflection.
We need to challenge the design world to turn our focus away from the "product" and deliver results and impact rather than form and function; to reconsider who our work really affects; to leapfrog our consumer and luxury aesthetics in order to enlist a new generation of design activists who can listen to others and whose practices reflect core social values of empathy, reciprocity and friendship. We need big hearts, imaginative business sense, and we need courage to strive towards non-normative work that can inspire, challenge and respond with vision, sensitivity and surprise.
Guest Speaker
Nick Tobier
STAMPS School of Art & Design
University of Michigan
Edward R. Ginsberg Senior Counsel
to the Provost on Faculty Civic Engagement
Phoenix Memorial Lab
2301 Bonisteel Blvd.
Room 2000/A
11:30-1:00pm | SEMINAR
Nick studied sculpture and landscape architecture, worked at Storefront for Art & Architecture in NYC for 5 years on projects and later as a designer first with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation/ Bronx Division, and LandWorks Studio, Boston.
Nicks focus as an artist and designer is with the social lives of public places, both in built structures and events. He has designed and/or activated bus stops, farms, kitchens, boulevards, and have worked within and without municipal structures in Detroit, Tokyo, Toronto, San Francisco.
Current and recent projects include Marvelous Guests (initiated with Juliane Stiegele), a series of site-specific urban interventions, and the Brightmoor Maker Space, a hands on workshop for designing, building and sharing ideas, skills, projects and friendship in Detroit.
Nick is a Professor at the Stamps School of Art and Design and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Senior Counsel to the Provost on Faculty Civic Engagement.
Drivers for Interdisciplinary Research: Designing Exceptional Systems
Working across disciplines in engineering yields great systems. Yet, given the tremendous and collateral impact of engineering on many aspects of society, designing exceptional systems requires reaching beyond the great breadth of engineering disciplines to address the broader contexts in which these systems operate. In design, the considerations beyond engineering are extensive, such as: health and safety, family, education, community, culture, economics, policy, environment, and law. To address these considerations rigorously, engineering design requires bridging the gap between the natural and social sciences and synthesizing the knowledge and practices of both.
A theoretically-rigorous interdisciplinary design approach enables the co-construction of new knowledge unobtainable from a single perspective, and creates a platform wherein the collective wisdom of diverse disciplines can mitigate unintended consequences arising from unknown or unanticipated interactions. While single disciplinary research is inherently crucial for advancement in all fields of research, interdisciplinary approaches that lie between and beyond disciplines offer solutions that are innovative and often transformative for our society.
Guest Speaker
Anna-Maria McGowan, Ph.D.
Technical Fellow for Complex Systems Design
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12:00-1:30pm | SEMINAR
New Newell – Our journey to transform product development.
The one thing that is constant is change. Newell Brands is going through tremendous change. With the customer at the center of everything we do, Newell is investing heavily in product Design and Innovation. Sam Armstrong, Studio Engineering Manager at the Kalamazoo Design Center, will take you on the journey of how the company is transforming, how we approach product development, and the importance of team partnerships, process, prototyping and understanding your customers.
Guest Speaker
Sam Armstrong
Studio Engineering Manager
Newell Brands
5:30-6:00pm | RECEPTION
6:00-7:00pm | SEMINAR
Sam Armstrong is the Studio Engineering Manager for Newell Brands at their state of the art Design Center in Kalamazoo Michigan. The Studio Engineering team supports the Industrial Designers in the early stages of the product development process. Newell Brands include such household names as: Sharpie, Elmers Glue, Mr. Coffee, Coleman, Rubbermaid, IRWIN Tools, Marmot and Contigo water bottles. Prior to joining Newell Brands in 2013 Sam managed Engineering and Design teams at Cornelius drink dispensers, Pregis packaging equipment, Bosch power tools and Case New Holland tractors. Born in England, Sam studied Engineering at Durham University and moved to the United States in 1999.
What should students take from classes in design?
Expectations for design education within the university differ from department to department and are continually evolving. Some design classes emphasize design knowledge; others emphasize design skills. In engineering departments, courses in design are regularly expected to deliver to students many of the learning outcomes required for departmental accreditation. In this seminar we will look briefly at these evolving expectations. Then we will outline what students with undergraduate degrees say, when asked later in life, about what types of university experiences have had significant influence on their lives. Finally we will consider how design classes and the associated curricula might be changed to better serve the students who take them.
Guest Speaker
Warren Seering
Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5:30-6:00pm | RECEPTION
6:00-7:00pm | SEMINAR
Professor Seering earned his B.S. and S.M. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Missouri. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1978 and was appointed to the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that same year. His work at MIT has focused on product design and development, dynamic systems, and robotics. He has taught courses in design, product development, applied mechanics, system dynamics, instrumentation, and computer software. His current research addresses methods for evaluating and improving corporate product development capabilities. Professor Seering holds the Weber/Shaughness Chair in the MIT School of Engineering. He is a recipient of the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a registered professional engineer in the state of Massachusetts. He is the Engineering Co-Director of MITs masters degree program in engineering and management, the System Design and Management Program. From 2007 to 2013 he was Head of the Advisory Board of the Design Society. He currently serves on the editorial boards of The International Journal of Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing; The Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing; Research in Engineering Design, and Design Studies.
2015 Speaker Series
92 Years of Human Centered Design and Innovation at Procter & Gamble
A personal perspective from a practitioner who has witnessed 36 % of these years first hand!
In 1923, Procter & Gamble first formalized the Human Centered Design discipline within R&D. Initially called Product Services, and now Products Research, this role integrates knowledge across consumer, business, and technical domains to create holistic product designs that improve lives, foster loyalty, and drive long term profitable growth. Arguably as revolutionary at the time of its creation as other P&G innovations of the 1920s such as Brand Management and Market Research, Products Research continues to play the central role in the creation and evolution of P&Gs portfolio of products, with more than a thousand practitioners globally.
While numerous parallels can be drawn between Products Research and the discipline of Industrial Design that emerged on similar timing, Products Research was and still is unique in many ways. For example:
The great majority of Products Researchers are engineers or physical scientists to ensure technical rigor, who then learn their social science and product design skills through mentorship and experience.
PR was initially practiced on low cost, non-durable, chemically based consumer goods vs. devices and this is still the case for many of our brands. The result is that the technical and aesthetic aspects of a winning design can be very different in their physical and sensory nature.
Products Research has focused on building deep consumer understanding capability through a synthesis of principles and techniques from the social and life sciences, innovating hundreds of consumer research methodologies, and all Products Researchers are expected to have robust skills in these research techniques.
Products Research has evolved hugely since its inception, but one thing has remained constant: Delighting the consumer such that her life is improved and she chooses us over all alternatives is the highest measure of achievement.
The rest of the world is moving ahead rapidly on Human Centered Design, something we celebrate as good for the world but a circumstance that presents new challenges as well. We seek leading-edge, world-class excellence in our human centered design work and capability, hence our natural partnerships with leading-edge design programs in academia.
Guest Speaker
Robb Olsen
Principal Scientist
Procter & Gamble
Industry Innovator in Residence
Segal Design Institute
Northwestern University
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Michigan League
Kalamazoo Room
2nd Floor
5:30-6:00pm | RECEPTION
6:00-7:00pm | SEMINAR
User Needs from the Inside and Out: Cultural, Social, and Psychophysiological Considerations in Engineering Design
Understanding user needs, and defining the problem to be solved are critical to the design process. However, what is really meant by a user need and what aspect of the end-user should one consider? This talk will cover recent projects in the Research in Engineering and Interdisciplinary Design (REID) Lab that investigate user needs on multiple levels. Particular emphasis will be given to research on Compassionate Design, where salient features from studies on designers will be discussed. Though engineers are well trained with addressing the functional aspects of products, accounting for subjective measures like dignity of the end-user is difficult, yet important for the design of products and systems. The ultimate goal of this research is to enhance the critical thinking of design engineers in various design contexts.
Guest Speaker
Tahira Reid
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Michigan League
Kalamazoo Room
2nd Floor
5:30-6:00pm | RECEPTION
6:00-7:00pm | SEMINAR
Tahira Reid is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is the director of the Research in Engineering and Interdisciplinary Design (REID) Laboratory. Her research interests include developing methods that help engineers think critically about non-technical issues and their impact on engineered design solutions. Prior to arriving at Purdue in 2012, she completed a postdoctoral position in the Mechanical Engineering department at Iowa State working in the Interdisciplinary Research in Sustainable (IRIS) Design Laboratory under the mentorship of Erin MacDonald. In 2010, she received her PhD from the University of Michigan in Design Science, with Mechanical Engineering and Psychology as her focus areas. Dr. Reid received both her BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2000 and 2004, respectively. Her research and early accomplishments have been featured on NBCs Today Show, National Public Radio (NPR), the Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, and many other media outlets.
Visual Thinking & Ideation Through 3D Design Abstraction
Todays design environments are equipped with powerful computational technology more than ever before. However, as design software becomes increasingly more sophisticated, it also becomes more difficult to master, requiring an increased demand for human specialization and expertise. In the Visual Design and Engineering Lab at Carnegie Mellon, we are developing human-centric 3D modeling techniques to assist shape creation in the early stages of the design process. Our fundamental strategy is to enable a level of design abstraction to appropriately support visual thinking and computational ideation activities.
In this talk, I will highlight our research in this area with an emphasis on natural user interfaces for shape creation and manipulation. In the first half of the talk, I will present a new modeling software for rapidly designing and detailing 3D shapes. In the second half, I will describe a data-driven shape analysis and synthesis technique that can geometrically abstract existing shapes, and use the results to decipher tacit design rules underlying man-made shapes. Based on this technique, I will demonstrate our recent work in co-constrained shape manipulation and brand-identity recognition. Finally, I will describe our present work in semantically driven CAD technology, where shape manipulation is controlled solely by perceptual attributes rather than conventional geometric handles.
Guest Speaker
Levent Burak Kara
Associate Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Lurie Engineering Center
Johnson Rooms
3rd Floor
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Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2017, Article ID 6386453, 8 pages
Association between Interleukin-10-1082 G/A and Tumor Necrosis Factor- 308 G/A Gene Polymorphisms and Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Iranian Preterm Infants
1Clinical Biochemistry Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
2Department of Pediatrics, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
3Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
4Subspecialty of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
5Department of Medical Genetics, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
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Received 26 October 2016; Revised 2 January 2017; Accepted 18 January 2017; Published 16 February 2017
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Cytokine polymorphisms may contribute to the prevalence of respiratory distress syndrome. The present study was done to investigate the frequency of interleukin- (IL-) 10 and tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) α gene polymorphisms and their association with the risk of RDS in preterm infants. One-hundred and nineteen patients with RDS and 119 healthy preterm infants were enrolled. PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism was used to determine the frequency of IL-10 and TNF-α genotypes at -1082 A and -308 A, respectively. One-hundred and nineteen out of 238 infants had RDS (50%). The age of the mothers and gestational age ranged 17–45 (mean: ) years and 24–34 (mean: ) weeks, respectively. Totally, 23 deaths were recorded in the RDS group. Incidence of TNF-α-308 A/A and TNF-α-308 G/A was 84% and 16%, respectively. TNF-a-308 G/G was not found in both groups. Prevalence of IL-10-1082 G/G and IL-10-1082 G/A variants was 65.5% and 34.5%, respectively. IL-10-1082 A/A was not found in both groups. The incidence of the allele G in the IL-10-1082 polymorphism was lower in RDS group (). We found that the risk of RDS was correlated to sex, gestational age, and IL-10-1082.


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There's a new technology that's (literally) putting a smile on plenty of young faces: A system of clear, removable aligners made especially for teens called Invisalign Teen®! If you (or a teenager you know) are a candidate for this treatment, you might find it's the best fit for your lifestyle: It lets you eat what you want, makes it easier to clean your teeth — and best of all, it's virtually invisible.
Are clear aligners right for you? It all depends on what kind of orthodontic treatment you need. Traditional metal braces still work best in some situations — and you might be surprised to find that they're still a popular option for many teenagers! But now that aligners are being designed specifically for teens, more are choosing them every day.
What is a clear aligner? Basically, it's a thin plastic covering or "tray" that fits over your top and/or bottom teeth. You'll wear a series of aligners that will gradually move your teeth into better positions. Here's how they work: Each aligner is custom-made with the help of a computer program that takes into account exactly where your teeth are now, and how they need to be moved. You'll wear each tray for two weeks or so, to shift your teeth slightly, and then you'll go on to the next, which is slightly different. Over time, all of the small movements will add up to a big change!
Your aligner is designed to be worn 22 hours a day, allowing you to take it off for meals or important social occasions. Yet even when you're wearing it, it's pretty hard for anyone else to tell it's there — a big difference from metal braces! Plus, it offers other advantages that aren't so easy to see.
One benefit of aligners over traditional braces is that they make your teeth easier to clean. Because they're removable, there's nothing to keep you from brushing and flossing everywhere in your mouth, just as you would without appliances. But brushing and flossing can be much harder to do around the brackets and wires of braces — and oral hygiene often suffers.
Some people also suffer irritation to the cheeks and gums from the metal parts of braces. Fortunately, the plastic of an aligner rarely causes that kind of problem. Plus, you won't have to rush into the dental office to quickly fix a protruding wire or reattach a broken bracket. You won't have to watch what you eat, either, because you'll simply remove the aligner at mealtimes.
Clear aligners for adults have been available for over a decade, but until recently they weren't recommended for teens in most cases. Why not? Chiefly, for two reasons: It was thought that teens wouldn't always wear them for the recommended 22 hours per day; also, since many teens have some permanent teeth still erupting (emerging from below the gums), the precisely planned movement of the teeth might be disturbed.
Luckily, technology has come to the rescue. The first problem is addressed by "compliance indicators" located on the aligners themselves. These colored dots fade over time as the aligners are worn in the mouth, showing whether or not you've followed the plan. To solve the second problem, aligners made especially for teens come with "eruption tabs" built in; they are designed to hold space for teeth that have not yet fully erupted.
Today, more people than ever — both adults and teens — are finding that clear aligners suit their needs best. Are you one of them? Why not come in to our office and ask whether clear aligners could work for you.
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Teens who regard traditional braces as restrictive, confining, and obstructive to their lifestyles now have another choice for orthodontic treatment: clear aligners. This advanced dental technology, originally geared toward adults, has recently evolved to treat a greater variety of bite problems in younger people. These improved orthodontic appliances can help teens function normally during a difficult phase of life... Read Article
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Eric Anderson Piercing
People have called Eric "Sque3z" (pronounced "squeeze") for 35 years.
He's been in the industry for over 20 years, piercing professionally for 18 years, and owned Anomaly piercing studio in Pasadena from 2004-2010. He opened Prix Body Piercing in Pasadena in 1999, the same year he started attending the Association of Professional Piercers (APP) Conference in Las Vegas. He's now been 14 consecutive years in a row taking classes, volunteering time, teaching, and served on the board of directors as the Outreach Coordinator from 2007-2010.
Sque3z has visited different countries teaching piercing classes and working as a piercer as well as in and around the Los Angeles area. He's even worked with the state of California contributing to body art regulations. Being a piercer in the Los Angeles area has given him the opportunity to work on a couple of movies, both as a consultant and as talent.
For the last 6 years he's been working in medicine full-time and going to school part-time. Currently, he works in the Emergency Department at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. He also has an associate degree in Health Sciences, a bachelor's degree in Health Sciences, and just finished a master's degree in Public Health with a Community Health Education emphasis. He's currently an applicant to Physician Assistant school.
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Canada Cuts Taxes, Raises Revenues
November 13, 2014 Taxation in Canada
OTTAWA – Despite having recently cut tax and raised tax benefits for individuals, the government of Canada still expects to enjoy a budgetary surplus by the end of next year.
On November 12th the Department of Finance of Canada issued its annual Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections report, detailing the current projections for tax collections in the next 12 months, and showing that the government is currently on track to see a budgetary surplus.
According to the Department of Finance, tax collections in the near-term will be buoyant enough to see a budgetary surplus of approximately CAD 1.9 billion by the end of the 2015 calendar year.
In the report it was emphasized that the collection of tax revenues in Canada are continuing to rise "…in comparison to difficult economic situations faced by other countries," and this positive development can be attributed to the government's approach to taxation and job creation.
It was also noted that even though the government will soon see a budgetary surplus, the recently implemented cuts to personal taxes have now lowered the overall federal tax burden faced by taxpayers to the lowest level in 50 years, and will save at least CAD 27 billion in tax payments for taxpayers in Canada over the next 5 years.


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The plastic dash inserts have become a little boring after a while. I have previously covered them with self-adhesive sheets that simulated the look of carbon fibre. That improved the looks of the brick's cockpit a bit but still it didn't bring out the elegance that I desired. I have always admired the classy looks … Continue reading
The flash flood that ravaged my village last week struck us by surprise. All it took was an hour of very heavy rain and we had muddy water running through every home, my mom's place included. And this time it took longer to subside. Water went into my project shed as well. My tools, parts … Continue reading
While Bangkok was battling their worst floods ever last month, my little village here experienced some worrying change in the weather too. we had heavy rainstorms almost every evening and in some places, roofs were being ripped open and trees were uprooted by the strong winds. On October 31st late afternoon, a coconut tree near … Continue reading
I've always fancied one of those snooker or pool ball gear knobs. Last week I went to a snooker club and got myself one of their unused balls for cheap – and a black 8-ball at that! I don't have a bench drill to do the job but I remembered that Atan, one of my … Continue reading
Yes, bloody Volvo drivers love their durians too. Our northern chapter of VOCM organised a trip to Penang last Wednesday and our first stop was at a durian plantation in Pondok Upeh, Balik Pulau on the island. It was a fun drive, especially on the hilly back roads after Bayan Lepas. My old 240 huffed … Continue reading
Just outside where I live is a place called Tanjung Jaga which is a small outcrop into the sea that provides the quickest passage to the other side of the hills. The name literally translates as "Cape Beware" as in the olden days it used to be the hideout of pirates and robbers waiting to … Continue reading
With nothing much to do on the project until I can gather some more parts, I took my old Brick for a spin down to Tanjung Dawai, a seaside fishing town near my village. It turned out to be quite a pleasant drive along the tree-line road as those trees were in full bloom. Beautiful … Continue reading
Old man Murphy has been busy and my project has been hit by a series of bad luck. Nothing disastrous but enough to put a damper on my spirits. First, the battery went flat. I sent it for charging twice but it refused to turn over the engine when left overnight. Then the oil drain … Continue reading


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These seriously came out well. Super stoaked.
More water tight enclosures!
Camera Enclosures
Found funding through the CSE department for the camera enclosures. Currently out at CRMS and should be done in January. Thanks to Ryan and National Geographic!
Stingray 1.0 and Chris just finished supporting the Kontron booth at ESC in San Jose. Met a lot of enthusiastic engineers interested in the project and made some great connections.
the day the 8020 arrived
unfortunately we are still waiting on the long lead time from teledyne. hopefully the connectors come in soon
delayed website updates
sadly you cannot maintain the background transparency when cropping images with simple image programs. installing photoshop so I can make pretty pictures...
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Been doing a lot of CAD recently. Stingray 2.0 content should be getting a lot of updates this weekend.
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Wiring Diagram
We have created a wiring diagram for all of components of the vehicle. This is essential for ordering all the water proof cables and connectors necessary to build the vehicle. The ticket for this task on Trac has information about this procdess as well as versions of the wiring diagram.
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We have received our new cameras from Allied Vision Technologies.
We have purchased three of the Prosilica GC750C GigE Camera (752 x 480). Two of them have 16mm lenses for the front stereo cameras and one camera has a 9mm lens for the bottom.


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AL.com's "25 Bands and Musicians to Know in 2019".
Centreville songwriter conjures bittersweet twang, on the title track from her debut LP, "Things That Change."
AL.com's "25 Bands and Musicians to Know in 2019".
Centreville songwriter conjures bittersweet twang, on the title track from her debut LP, "Things That Change."
Americana singer/songwriter Megan McMillan releases her full length album, THINGS THAT CHANGE. You won't find a harder working musician, that also happens be as talented as she is. The one two punch of songwriting capabilities, and the perfect delivery of those writings are a deadly combo. This album will surely knock you out! THINGS THAT CHANGE is McMillan's first full-length album and is comprised of ten original songs. The project features the top-notch skill and creativity of producer Shawn Byrne of Great Hill studio in Nashville, TN. The album is a dynamic collection of songs which showcase McMillan's honest, edgy lyrical sense, interesting melodies, and vibrant vocals. The pre-released single, "All Right", offers a gritty, harmonica-driven story of redemption. The title track, "Things That Change", is a personal look at the implications of a wandering soul. The whimsical track "The Other Side" is a display of McMillan's affinity for poetry and offers a picture of longing for a lost love. Traditional country-driven "Dead", "Wrinkle in Time", "Keep the Change", and "Beautiful Pain" feature clever lyrics and steel guitar, while "Fakin' It" is a paradoxically fun, upbeat tale of faking happiness. "The Fight" is a playful jab at married life, and "Freedom" is a lyrical journey of a traveling spirit with home ties. McMillan and local singer/songwriter/guitarist Andy Branton will be hosting a joint release party at Green Bar in Tuscaloosa, AL on November 30th. Show begins at 9pm and cover charge is $5 at the door. McMillan and Branton will be joined by an all-star band of regional musicians to perform their new releases.
I listen to a lot of music, some good, some bad but all with distinct musical identities. Each have their own personas and attempt to tell us of their real-world experiences. Much of the music sent to me is country with it's many styles and it's own cultural identification which are normally working-class and rural. Country music isn't just about the songs—it's about growing up, life and family with happiness to heartache as their centerpiece.
Country music was born in the South and spread around the world. The world has changed and so has country music. Some changes not for the good. In my humble opinion, country music is universally over-polished and formulaic if it's on FM Radio. I love Americana and Outlaw Country as played on Sirius/XM. That is my opinion and you have yours.
Much of what I receive is not real. No matter how clever the lyrics or how perfect the auto-tuned vocals, it's not real. What is real in a world where "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" is a hit? Country to me comes from the heart and soul no matter the subject. It's real feelings sung by real people. Maybe it's not reality that makes a country song "real" as much as the singer's authenticity.
When I received the link to Megan McMillan's long awaited album "Things That Change," I knew I would be listening to real country. I have known Megan for several years and like to think that I have helped her claim her place in the country landscape. She is from the backwoods of Talladega National Forest near Centerville, Alabama. That's about as country as country gets!
There are ten songs on this album and all show that she has matured as a songwriter. She has always had a natural delivery and each of these songs fit her voice perfectly. This album peels back the layers of who Megan McMillan is. Her influences ring through with quality vocals that make each song personal.
The album kicks off with "Freedom" with it's message, "freedom is mighty lonesome sometimes." Her description of going down south "where the live oaks grow in the sand" is a great line that is simple but quite clever. The title track ends with "with the tide commanded by the moon/I'll find a new direction soon." Each track is the same with songwriting gems that make for a rememberable experience.
Things That Change is solid through out with from the heart vocals, soulful songwriting and true country musicianship. This album is not for everybody. It's only for those that want their country music real and their country artists authentic. Megan McMillan is all of this and more!
Jerry W. Henry
Alabama Music Office
"Her ability to closely examine her own life and emotions, and to deeply contemplate the lives of others, has given rise to a talent for poetry and storytelling - both marks of a great songwriter"
"We first met Megan in 2014 while performing in Alabama, she blew us away. We again were able to catch her perform in 2015, also in Alabama, again blown away. We have been tying to coordinate a performance on our broadcast ever since, so we could share her talents with our listeners and studio audience. Well, we did it, and here she is. Somewhere I read Megan's music genre described as country-ish, let me tell you it's country, she IS COUNTRY. This singer songwriter is about as authentic as they come. As you can clearly see in the video for "Another Man's Fool", and hell all the other videos, Megan sings from the heart. She is singing and songwriting from real life experiences, if not, she sure has me fooled! Do yourself a favor and head over to meganmcmillan.net, then do her a favor and purchase some of her music and cool swag. Megan McMillan, this is why we do what we do. -Shannon Ireland
"...in my opinion this young lady is what country music is all about in today's world. She is real and everything that comes out of her mouth is her. Natural, not contrived, where everything comes from the heart. Her songs are the same."
"Kick back and soak up the sounds of four Southern singer-songwriters.
Leading this month's lineup is folk/country artist Megan McMillian, who hails from the little town of Pinetucky, Alabama.
McMillian dabbled in guitar and piano as a teenager, but it wasn't until age 22—in the midst of a divorce, early motherhood, and working two jobs—that she turned to her familiar old guitar for a release. After years of keeping her songs to herself, McMillian finally began performing live. Possessing a way with words and a rich vocal clarity, she has an exciting musical future ahead of her..."


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3rd Annual AtlAS Lecture in Honor of Glenn Hendrix
March 6, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Alexis Mourre, an independent arbitrator resident in Paris and the current President of the International Chamber of Commerce Court of International Arbitration, will deliver the Third Annual AtlAS Lecture in honor of Glenn Hendrix. The topic of his lecture will be: "The Future of Institutional Arbitration: Regulation or Cooperation?"
Alexis Mourre has served as parties' counsel, President of the Tribunal, Co-Arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator or Expert in more than 250 international arbitrations, both ad hoc and before most international arbitral institutions (ICC, ICSID, LCIA, ICDR, SIAC, SCC, DIAC, VIAC, etc.). He established his own arbitration practice in May 2015, after having founded Castaldi Mourre & Partners in 1996, now a 35 lawyer firm specializing in arbitration and dispute resolution. He is the author of numerous books and publications in the field of International Business Law, Private International Law and Arbitration Law. He is founder and former editor in chief of Les Cahiers de l'Arbitrage – The Paris Journal of International Arbitration, a leading French publication in the field of Arbitration.
Since July 1st 2015, Alexis Mourre has been the President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and was Vice-President of the Court from 2009 to 2015. He was Vice President of the ICC Institute of World Business Law from 2011 to 2015. Formerly, he had served as co-chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee (2012-2013), LCIA Court member (2012-2015) and Council member of the Milan International Chamber of Arbitration (2006-2014). He is a member of a large number of scientific and professional institutions dedicated to Arbitration and Private International Law. He is the founder and former president of Paris Place d'Arbitrage/Paris the Home of International Arbitration.
He is fluent in French, English, Italian and Spanish, and has a working knowledge of Portuguese.
Cooperating Entities: The lecture is presented by AtlAS and hosted by the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation and the Georgia State University College of Law. Cooperating entities include: the Dean Rusk International Law Center; the ICC International Court of Arbitration; the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of International Arbitration; ICDR; the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Vienna International Arbitration Centre; the World Affairs Council of Atlanta.


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Visiting Masterpieces: Pairing Picasso
Art can shapeshift—it compresses and remolds itself with the ability and inspiration of its creator.
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso reflected this idea through his works, stating "one cannot truly follow the creative process except through a series."
Walking through Picasso's creative process, the viewer is unexpectedly drawn in. Not by his technical abilities, but rather, by his emotional development.
"Visiting Masterpieces: Pairing Picasso" at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) highlights Picasso's tendency to revisit works, to shape and and refine his pieces over and over.
The best portrayal of this is the relationship between Picasso and his young lover, Marie-Thérèse Walter. Picasso distills Walter's profile and reimagines it throughout several of his paintings. The viewer can watch their brief love affair blossom and wither throughout the gallery. The affair is captivating, and at moments, tragic.
However, don't expect a bouquet of flowery love stories. The works chosen for display have an aura of unnerving captivation.
Unlike the sadness of Picasso's blue period and the grief of Guernica, the pieces in this exhibit are graphic, visceral. A prime example is "Rape of the Sabine Woman", which even through a lens of heavy cubism and transmutation, is difficult to look at.
The exhibit follows Picasso as he toys with the human figure, but in doing so, he exposes the 3 a.m. emotions most people spend their lives trying to suppress.
"I really find it unsettling," said Dorothy Stuart, an exhibit visitor. "But of course, that makes sense."
The exhibit follows Picasso as the focus of his works shifts throughout his artistic career, from his focus on lines to color to light, through varying mediums that all present a common motif – the human form.
In the end, none of that really matters.
"Just interpret what you feel," said exhibit visitor Qi Qi.
To her, the exhibit is less about watching Picasso's technical ability and more about the emotional response the pieces evoke.
The main takeaway of this exhibit is emotional connection. The juxtaposition of works allow for a deeper understanding of both Picasso himself and of his artistic strive for self-discovery.
"Visiting Masterpieces: Pairing Picasso" is currently showing at the MFA until June 26, 2016 in the Lee Gallery. Admission is free for Northeastern University students.
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Just saw Miracle on 34th street on the big screen. I think it might have been the first time I saw it as it was shot--Natalie Wood's face was incandescent.
Just saw Miracle on 34th street on the big screen. I think it might have been the first time I saw it as it was shot--Natalie Wood's face was incandescent.
I saw Mary Queen of Scots yesterday.
It is another competent but uninspiring film of the year 2018. There have been a lot of films like that this year. It gets only 3 stars from me, mainly because Saoirse Roman is competent as she usually is, and she physically resembles Mary Stuart.
The film gallops along trying to pack all of the incidents of Mary's life into a short amount of time. As a result none of it is especially interesting. Henry Stewart Lord Darnley gets the longest treatment in the film outside of Elizabeth and Mary. Bothwell's direct involvement with Mary lasts about two minutes on the screen and is very disappointing. For Mary aficionados, Bothwell is a romantic enigma worthy of attention.
The big pivitol scene is very pretty and fantastical in both execution and in the imagination. The two queens never met in real life so yeah, them moving between floaty curtains is the stuff of dreams.
The more I think about this the madder it makes me because I just don't get why they couldn't make a better film with all the American money that was poured into it. It was apparently based on one specific book.
The casting was odd. Jarring. I do not understand why so many African-Americans were given lead roles as courtiers and towns people. Clearly the filmmakers are trying to convey something but damned if I know what it was.Guy Pearce was in this film but I don't remember seeing him. I was so happy to see Brendan Coyle as Darnley's father because I am still nurturing remnants of a crush on that actor, but but like most people in this film he had only a couple scenes and a few words.
Overall, the film tried to do too much.
If we can get out of our holiday lethargy, we might go see Vice tomorrow.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
We saw Mary Queen of Scotland yesterday and both of us really enjoyed it.
Thought that I would post the CBC review of the best films as I have not seen some of the titles listed here. I have not watched any of those listed.
I loudly and unrelentingly complained about the quality of films this year and last year. Mostly no one agrees with me. Last year, the entire year was saved by a handful of beautiful and interesting films that came out in the last 4 weeks of the year (Moonlight, Manchester. Elle, Call Me By Your Name) so it was not a bust.
This year, only The Favourite was worth seeing in the last weeks of the year. I will see Roma and have high hopes for it.
I have re-discovered a favorite film critic, Dr. Frank Sweitek, who writes as One Guy's Opinion on film. He is a professor of hostory in Texas. And he gave a letter grade of "A" only to one film in 2018 and it was Roma. He gave A- grades to two other films, Paddington Bear 2 and an Israeli film. Eveything else got letter grades of "B" and below. He is a hard grader! That is why I like him.
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The POETS club was created to provide an environment in which writers of all kinds can come together
to write, explore new forms and techniques of writing, and workshop their pieces. It is presently in
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At the conclusion of every school year, POETS publishes Airborne, a collection of writing from its members over the course of the year. It contains poetry and prose, as well as a group project with a theme linking each piece.


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For years, college campuses across the country have been conducting witch hunts to expel or punish men accused of sexual assault. Those may soon be coming to an end, thanks to the Trump administration.I hope every one of those lawsuits succeeds.
Colleges and universities have conducted these witch hunts at the order of the U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, which during the Obama administration issued a "Dear Colleague" letter and additional guidance that all but assured students accused of sexual assault would not get a fair hearing.
These campus star chambers, conducted behind closed doors and hidden by federal privacy laws, have resulted in an unknown number of expulsions. More than 100 of these punished students have sued or are now suing their universities for violating their due process rights and discriminating against them because of their sex.
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Navy hands-over oil to EFCC
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operation Base at Egweama in Bayelsa state have handed another barge loaded with a substance suspected to be diesel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
This comes after one week after operatives of the Nigerian Navy, the Delta state command handed over two oil vessels to the EFCC
This according to the security outfit is in line with the zero tolerance mandate of the Chief of the Naval Staff Vice, Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas.
Fielding questions from newsmen after the EFCC operatives removed samples of the products and sealed the barge, the Commanding Officer NNS Formoso, Navy Captain Adamu Yahaya spoke on the arrest.
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Selection by year
Selection by authors
Complete lists
Publications 2011
Academic Journals
- Eric Badouel, Bernard Fotsing, Rodrigue Tchougong. Attribute Grammars as Recursion Schemes over Cyclic Representations of Zippers. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, 229(5):39-56, 2011.
- E. Best, P. Darondeau. Separability in Persistent Petri Nets. Fundamenta Informaticae, to appear, 2011.
- Jean-Baptiste Raclet, Eric Badouel, Albert Benveniste, Benoît Caillaud, Axel Legay, Roberto Passerone. A Modal Interface Theory for Component-based Design. Fundamenta Informaticae, 108(1):119-149, 2011.
- G. Kalyon, T. Le Gall, H. Marchand, T. Massart. Decentralized Control of Infinite Systems. Discrete Event Dynamic Systems : Theory and Applications, 21(3):359-393, September 2011.
International Conferences
- A. Benveniste, T. Bourke, B. Caillaud, M. Pouzet. Divide and recycle: types and compilation for a hybrid synchronous language. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED 2011 conference on Languages, compilers, and tools for embedded systems, LCTES 2011, Chicago, IL, USA, April 11-14, 2011, Jan Vitek, Bjorn De Sutter (eds.), Pages 61-70, 2011. download
- A. Benveniste, T. Bourke, B. Caillaud, M. Pouzet. A hybrid synchronous language with hierarchical automata: static typing and translation to synchronous code. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Embedded Software, EMSOFT 2011, Samarjit Chakraborty, Ahmed Jerraya, Sanjoy K. Baruah, Sebastian Fischmeister (eds.), Pages 137-148, 2011. download
- N. Bertrand, B. Genest. Minimal Disclosure in Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes . In IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2011), Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 13, Pages 411-422, Bombay, India, 2011. download
- E. Best, P. Darondeau. Petri Net Distributability. In PSI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, to appear, Volume 7162, 2011.
- Ph. Darondeau, S. Demri, R. Meyer, Ch. Morvan. Petri Net Reachability Graphs: Decidability Status of FO Properties. In IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2011), Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 13, Pages 140-151, Bombay, India, 2011. download
- P. Darondeau, L. Ricker. Towards Distributed Control of Discrete Event Systems. In Workshop on Applications of Region Theory, Jörg Desel, Alex Yakovlev (eds.), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Volume 725, Pages 63-78, 2011. download
- G. Kalyon, T. Le Gall, H. Marchand, T. Massart. Synthesis of Communicating Controllers for Distributed Systems. In 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Pages 1803-1810, Orlando, USA, December 2011.
- N. Bertrand, P Bouyer, Th. Brihaye, A. Stainer. Emptiness and Universality Problems in Timed Automata with Positive Frequency. In Proceedings of the 38th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP'11), LNCS, Volume 6756, Pages 246-257, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland, July 2011.
- H. Yu, J-P. Talpin, L. Besnard, T. Gautier, H. Marchand, P. Le Guernic. Polychronous Controller Synthesis from MARTE CCSL Timing Specifications. In ACM/IEEE Ninth International Conference on Formal Methods and Models for Codesign (MEMOCODE), Pages 21-30, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 2011.
- G. Kalyon, T. Le Gall, H. Marchand, T. Massart. Global State Estimates for Distributed Systems. In 31th IFIP International Conference on FORmal TEchniques for Networked and Distributed Systems, FORTE, LNCS, Volume 6722, Pages 198-212, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 2011.
- N. Bertrand, T. Jéron, A. Stainer, M. Krichen. Off-line Test Selection with Test Purposes for Non-Deterministic Timed Automata. In 17th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction And Analysis of Systems (TACAS), LNCS, Volume 6605, Pages 96-111, SaarbrĂĽcken, Germany, April 2011.
- N. Bertrand, A. Stainer, T. Jéron, M. Krichen. A game approach to determinize timed automata. In 14th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures (FOSSACS), LNCS, Volume 6604, Pages 245-259, SaarbrĂĽcken, Germany, April 2011.
- W. L. Andrade, P. Machado, T. Jéron, H. Marchand. Abstracting Time and Data for Conformance Testing of Real-Time Systems. In 7th Workshop on Advances in Model Based Testing A-MOST 2011, Berlin, Germany, March 2011.
Invited Conferences
- A. Bouillard, A. Junier. Worst-case delay bounds with fixed priorities using network calculus. In Proc. of Valuetools'2011, 2011.
- P. Darondeau, L. Hélouet, M. Mukund. Assembling Sessions. In ATVA, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 6996, Pages 259-274, 2011.
- L. Jezequel, E. Fabre. Networks of automata with read arcs: a tool for distributed planning. In IFAC World Congress, 2011.
- A. Kattepur, A. Benveniste, C. Jard. Optimizing Decisions in Web Services Orchestrations. In 9th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC), Pages 77-91, 2011.
- A. Kattepur, S. Sen, B. Baudry, A. Benveniste, C. Jard. Pairwise testing of dynamic composite services. In 6th international symposium on Software engineering for adaptive and self-managing systems (SEAMS), SEAMS '11, Pages 138-147, New York, NY, USA, 2011. download
- S. Palaniappan, S. Akshay, B. Genest, P.S. Thiagarajan. A Hybrid Factored Frontier Algorithm for Dynamic Bayesian Networks. In 9th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology (CMSB), Volume ACM 978-1-4503-0817-5, Pages 35-44, 2011.
- S. Akshay, B. Genest, L. Hélouet, S. Yang. Regular Set of Representatives for Time-Constrained MSC Graphs. November 2011.
- R. Abdallah, C. Jard. An experiment in automatic generation of protocols from HMSCs. In Notere, May 2011.
- C. Jard, R. Abdallah, L. Hélouet. Realistic Implementation of Message Sequence Charts. April 2011.
- B. Masson, L. Hélouet, A. Benveniste. Compatibility between DAXML Schemas. March 2011.
National Conferences
- G. Delaval, E. Rutten, H. Marchand. Intégration de la synthčse de contrôleurs discrets dans un langage de programmation. In Modélisation des Systčmes Réactifs (MSR'11), Pages 125-140, Lille, France, November 2011.
Research Reports
- Nathalie Bertrand, Thierry Jéron, Amélie Stainer, Moez Krichen. Off-line Test Selection with Test Purposes for Non-Deterministic Timed Automata. Research Report INRIA, No 7501, January 2011.
- MP. Cabasino, P. Darondeau, M. Pia Fanti, C. Seatzu. Model Identification and Synthesis of Discrete-Event Systems. Contemporary Issues in System Science and Engineering, 2011.
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Kamry Ann Lundgreen turned ONE year old on May 9, 2011! I can't believe our little girl is already 1!!!!
We had a birthday party for her at the Richmond Community Building. I decided that there were just too many people to try and squeeze it into someone's home so that was an easy option.
This is the birthday cake that I had designed for her. I found the design online and just loved it.
I had Lee's Marketplace make the cake and I ordered it 3 weeks in advance. I get there are 5:30 to pick it up and the girl was like "did you order it at this store or the Logan store?" and I told her it was the Smithfield store. She looked again and couldn't even find my order sheet! After a few minutes of searching, she found that it was hung up on the wrong day and came and informed me that Kamry's cake hadn't been made. Now, being pregnant, of course my emotions are running on extremely high and I seriously wanted to hit the girl. I almost started to cry but I held it back. I just looked at her and said "What? I ordered this cake 3 weeks ago!" The girl asked me what time the party was and I said 7, she told me that if I could give her 30 minutes it would be done. She was being so nice and she was profusely aplogizing so it was a little easier not to hit her. I called Melanie and made arrangements for her to pick up the cake on her way to the party, so I went and paid for it and left. I walked out and told Nate and he about died. He couldn't believe it. The girl did discount my price (a whopping $4) but still... at least my cake was getting done. When I got to Nate's parents house, his little brother Kade (who works at Lee's) was on the phone and was like "well you guys screwed up so you're going to deliver it for free". He got off the phone and told me they were going to deliver her cake for me. I thought that was really nice and cool of Kade to take charge like that. So I called Melanie and told her she didn't have to go get the cake after all.
This was the "smash" cake that came with it. (When you buy a birthday cake you get this one for free).
Nate and I had decided that we wanted the inside of this cake to be colored either blue or pink and then before Kamry dug into it we wanted to tell everyone that she had been keeping a secret and wanted to tell if she was going to have a little brother or sister. (Note: if you read previous posts you may remember that I said we couldn't tell what it was because the baby wouldn't cooperate. Well, that was a little bit of a lie. The baby really wouldn't cooperate, but after I walked around for a minute and emptied my bladder, the baby moved and we could finally tell.) Well Lee's gave me a tough time and made this big deal about it and said it was just impossible for them to color the inside. So what we finally decided was that they would cut the cake in half and put a layer of frosting in the middle. I thought that would be okay, but then as me and Nate talked about it, we decided that it would probably be a lot of work for Kamry to dig into the middle of the cake for them to see it, so I made this one:
You can definitely tell that I'm no cake decorator. I used a bread pan so it was a smaller cake and then colored the inside with neon food coloring. So that is the cake she dug into and we just saved the other one.
Her cute birthday balloon bouquet:
She didn't keep this hat on very long, but at least I was able to snap a picture before she ripped it off. I was surprised she kept the bow on as long as she did.
Kamry and her best friend Baine (Kelsey's little boy). They came and celebrated with us and it made it that much more special!
Time for presents! Of course Kamry wasn't really into it. She ripped a couple pieces but then just wanted to chew on it so I helped. On the last two presents we let the nieces and nephews come up and help rip them open. Nate could tell they were anxious to rip open some wrapping paper.
After presents we had Kamry dig into her cake. Nate made the introduction and announced to everyone that Kamry had something she wanted to say. Well, of course when he explained, Marie and Kallie started shouting saying how mean we were for keeping it a secret. They looked and me and said " you lied?" and I said, "well not entirely because the baby really wouldn't move but after I walked around we got her to move". Well DUH.... I totally said HER and gave it away. Yes, that is right, if you didn't know we are having ANOTHER GIRL! Anyway, so I ruined the big surprise that me and Nate had kept a secret for an entire month! It would have been spoiled anyway because when Nate put the cake on Kamry's high chair tray, you could totally see the bottom of it was pink.
Nate helped her dig in at first, but she wasn't too interested. Then all of a sudden she started just putting her face down into it. It was almost like she didn't want to get her hands dirty or something. It was hilarious!
You can tell she's not too happy with daddy kissing her. I undressed her down to her diaper because there was no way I was going to let all of that frosting get all over her cute birthday outfit. We washed her off in the sink and then got her dressed again.
Her birthday was so much fun and they're just going to get funner as the years pass. We are very excited to welcome our new little girl into this world in September as well. I'm excited because Kamry will always have a friend to play with too.
Here are a few things Kamry is doing now:
On April 28 she got her first tooth! I had no idea she was even teething. Sharon (her babysitter) called me while I was at my internship and she said "did you know Kamry has a tooth?" I was like "um... NO!" She was so good about it. She cut her second tooth about 3 weeks later and that was one a little more noticeable. She had a runny nose and fever and was a little more ornery but still not too bad. Hopefully all of her teeth are like that! (I know... everyone that is a mom is saying "dream on".)
On Sunday May 15 she crawled for the first time. She was in a little spring dress so I couldn't tell completely if she did it, but later that day she did a little more so it was obvious. By that Wednesday she had figured it out completely and was all over the place. She has thoroughly enjoyed chasing our dog Tommy around and trying to steal his bones and chew toys. (One awesome thing about Tommy -he is a shih tzu- is that he never tries to take her toys and chew on them. He only chews on his own stuff. He's always been really good that way.)
At her 1 year appointment, the doctor told me he is so happy with her development and growth that I can take her off of formula now and transition her to whole milk. He originally wanted her on formula until July when she should have been born, but apparently she doesn't need it. She is growing so fast!
Her measurements at her appointment were:
Weight: 18 lbs. 2 oz. - 13th percentile
Length: 27 1/2 inches - 7th percentile
Head Circ: 44 1/2 inches - 31st percentile
The month of May has been a pretty busy one for us but it's been awesome! AHHH! WE HAVE A ONE YEAR OLD!


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You cannot run. You cannot hide. There is no terrifying hunter in the game than Leon. Once he's targetted you, running away is impossible, especially due to his abilities. Tracker's Blade will chase after you, and once it strikes, the hunt begins. His Tracker's Frenzy will ensure that he will outspeed you, and once he catches you, you're done for. This doesn't include his powerful Plasma Blast, leaving behind a fresh burning pile of heroes in it's wake. Be careful when you turn your back to him, or he will punish you with Slice Achilles' Heel.
Leon's runeset prioritizes his ability to rain non-stop attacks on his foes. His best weapon is his basic attack, which means he has a number of runes that increases his ability to do so, while his other runes complement that by disabling his foes with a number of effects, primarily slowing his hunt down or speeding him up to make sure he can't be escaped.
Basic Attack
|Tracker's Blade
Throws a blade at the target, dealing moderate damage and applying a slow effect for 3sec.
|Plasma Blast
|Channels a plasma orb through the lance and sends it on a straight path, exploding in a blast and dealing damage in a 1.5m radius area in the end or upon colliding with a foe.
|Tracker's Frenzy
|Hero goes frenzy, thereby increasing movement speed by 30%, attack speed by 60%, and takes 20% less incoming damage.
|Slice Achilles' Heel
|Hitting a foe from behind with a basic attack will apply a 25% slow effect for 0.5sec.
Runes Edit
Level 1 RunesEdit
|Balanced Blade
|The well-balanced blade can be thrown 1m further.
|Bouncing Blade
|The blade bounce to two additional targets but will not slow them.
|Cutting Blade
|The blade hitsthe foe's legs, resulting in a moderately stronger slow effect.
|Forceful Blade
|Hero throws the blade forcefully, which doesn't apply the slow but deals almost double the damage.
Level 2 RunesEdit
|Tracker's Strength
|Basic attacks are executed with more power and increase in damage.
|Tracker's Malice
|The attack cuts deeper into the foe's heel, resulting in a stronger slow effect.
|Tracker's Hunt
|The hero hunts more efficiently and deals additional huge damage with every third basic attack against neutral monsters and minions.
|Tracker's Swiftness
|The hero pursues his targer more vigorously and receives a movement speed boost by 25% for 1sec with every third basic attack.
Level 3 RunesEdit
|Culling Blast
|Plasma Blast deals huge additional damage to those enemies whose HP are below 50%.
|Devastating Blast
|Plasma Blast explosion damage and range are increased.
|Tracing Blast
|Plasma Blast maximum range is increased by 2m more.
|Chain Blast
|Plasma Blast cooldown is reduced by 2sec.
Level 4 RunesEdit
|Tracker's Bloodthirst
|Basic attacks under the effect of Tracker's Frenzy heals the hero by1% of maximum HP.
|Numbing Blade
|Throwing the Tracker's Blade under the effect of Tracker's Frenzy decreases its target's outgoingg damage by 30% for 5sec.
|Tracker's Blast
|Plasma Blast used under the effect of Tracker's Frenzy instantly refreshes the Tracker's Blade ability.
|Everlasting Frenzy
|The effect of Tracker's Frenzy now lasts 2sec longer.
Level 5 RunesEdit
|Achilles' Woes
|Slice Achilles' Heal has a 25% chanceto root the enemy in place for 1sec.
|Silencing Blade
|Tracker's Blade additional silences the enemy hit for 1sec.
|Unstable Blast
|Plasma Blast instantly pulls enemies within a 2.5m radius and slows them by 60% for 1sec.
|Terrifying Frenzy
|The first basic attack under the effect of Tracker's Frenzy will stun the enemy for 1sec.
Level 6 RunesEdit
|Tracker's Persistence
|Every 5 consecutive basic attacks grant a stacking effect which will cause huge damage with the 6th hit. The effect expires if the break between attacks is more than 3sec.
|Blessed Frenzy
|Tracker's Frenzy also bestows the hero with a shield that absorbs damage up to 15% of maximum HP.
Tips and Strategies Edit
Ability and Rune TipsEdit
- Basic Attacks
- Tracker's Blade
- Plasma Blast
- Tracker's Frenzy
- Slice Achilles' Heel
Combos and Co-opsEdit
- Solo Combos
- Rune Combos
- Notable Character Co-ops
- Notable Opponents
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