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Hi all!!
We had a slow draining toilet and water backed up into the shower so we opened the lids on the septic tank.
These are screw top pvc lids. One was absolutly solid, like cement had been thrown in, the other full to the brim. Its been raining a lot so we've been out of the house and not using water to see how long it might take to drain into the drain field. Well, when we went to check.... now both are sealed, we hit it with a hammer and NOTHING, Just SOLID. Has this ever happened to anyone?
I can take pictures of the problem if it helps
When I hit it, it sounds kind of hollow, like maybe its not that thick, not sure I'm think just to keep pounding on it and see if it cracks or pops out or something, like a plug. If not maybe Acid?
Are the solids in tank 1 or tank 2 ?
Some places do not allow you to work on your own system.
You have to pay a Fee.
#2 should go into tank 1 and #1 should go into tank 2.
If they are both full then you need a Pump Truck, and need to see why it is not working properly.
Some 2 and 3 tank units water the lawn, and can have a pump failure. But most of them require monthly maintenance, by a law enforcement collector.
Good Luck.
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We built the house from nothing just 4 years ago, we have all the plans on the septic system and we kept it visible and easily accessible. Well, turns out that it's like a hard plug of debris forming and gettin solid when the levels rose. It got stuck in the tube leading to the pvc lid and just hardened up real quick. I banged with a mallet and a crow bar til it broke, tried not to let too much fall in. After that the mostly liquid side seems to be draining pretty quick and we have a few good days of sun hopefully. I haven't gotten a good look at the other side yet. Plan for now is to see how much it keeps draining and not let too much water down the drains.


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Security first
"One of the first things you have to look at is security considerations — not because things aren't going to be safe, but to calm your members' fears," says Chris Vranas, associate executive director of the American Association of Orthodontists, based in St. Louis. Vranas coordinated a number of international programs at his last job as a meeting director with the American Society of Travel Agents. "You need to make them feel safe — when they're on the ground in particular."
Vranas suggests setting up advance meetings with key personnel, including security chiefs, at hotels, convention centers, and — depending on the size of the meeting — with government officials. Find out what kinds of plans rescue, emergency, and medical teams have in place, and make those local resources, including hospitals, known to every attendee. Knowing these things can help a meeting planner convince attendees that a destination is safe.
"It's probably not a bad idea for the next year or two, when sending materials to members, to include some information about precautions — considerations that you need to take when traveling to certain countries," Vranas says. He adds that providing up-front tips — such as areas of a city to avoid or how to handle taxis — shouldn't alarm members, but should assure them that you have checked out likely potential threats.
As Vranas is quick to point out, "petty crime is more of an issue for travelers than terrorism is today."
Keep a low profile
In uncertain times, splashy events may attract unwanted attention by groups that are anti-American or looking to crash the party for other reasons.
"We refrain from using the organization name or logo in public and on signage, especially at airports, on vehicles transporting attendees around town, and in the hotel," says Carol Krugman, CMP, president and CEO of Krugman Group International in Miami. Attendees are told not to use their business cards as luggage tags and reminded not to wear their name badges outside the hotel.
Charles Slepian, whose Foreseeable Risk Analysis Center (www.frac.com) advises companies on travel safety and security, suggests that planners with security concerns look for venues that are easy to secure. A building with easy public access, for example, would be a poor choice. Hotels, he says, often put meeting space on upper floors that can be closed to the public if necessary.
Have a backup plan
Just in case, Vranas, of the American Association of Orthodontists, says it's a good time to consider carrying event insurance, although he says few cancellation policies cover acts of terror. (See related article, page 12.)
"But it's something to look at, particularly if you have spent a lot of money promoting an event and have contracts with a convention center." Vranas was able to add a rider to one cancellation policy covering a 6,000-person convention in Egypt when unrest in the region threatened to affect the event. Everyone ought to have alternative destinations identified as they go forward, he adds, as part of a contingency process.
"Your research into crisis handling then becomes a contingency plan," Krugman adds. "You must have a leader for the plan, and it must be a team effort. And you can't carry out an effective crisis plan if you haven't practiced it beforehand."
Act locally
For an unfamiliar destination, some meeting planners like to have local destination management companies or affiliated organizations help with the legwork.
Michael O'Donoghue, global development management for the American Society for Quality in Milwaukee, participates in a world partner program with other quality associations to produce joint educational events. The host country's organization country handles logistics and marketing. In theory, locals are most aware of the best venues and potentially thorny issues.
"You've got to have somebody on the ground," says O'Donoghue, who once worked for the U.S. State Department, which he says followed the same philosophy. "When you try to do something from a distance, you usually get short-circuited."
Exhibitors and meeting planners also might consider buying essential materials, booths, and other items at the destination to avoid customs snafus. "Our recommendation prior to 9/11 was to try to use local products, and avoid shipping whenever possible," says Teresa Larson, senior vice president with Smith Fairfield in Alexandria, Va. "Now I would recommend that even more strongly."
Build in more time
"Overall, we're encouraging people to build in more lead time," says Larson That includes time for obtaining passports, since the State Department seems to have a lot on its plate these days.
Professional shipping agents and customs brokers can expedite package delivery, adds Krugman. And these service people are most aware of changing regulations and shipping requirements for various destinations around the world.
Megan Rowe is a contributing editor to Association Meetings and its sister Primedia publications. She is a former editor of Lodging Hospitality magazine.
Be Prepared, Be Calm
The key to preparing for a potential crisis at a meeting — no matter where it is — is to develop strategies for fast, accurate communication, says Nancy L. Elder, CAE, director, meetings and expositions, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. Here are the lessons she learned from postponing a meeting scheduled in the U.S. in October 2001 to December.
- Calmness Counts: No matter how you feel — stay calm. If you're calm, you'll inspire confidence in your staff, attendees, exhibitors, and meeting partners. Make decisions based on solid research and stick to them.
- Contact Lists: When preparing emergency contact lists for staff and volunteers, keep them short and simple. Elder's contact list for her U.S. conference included only 13 contact numbers. She listed the Centers for Disease Control's phone number, for instance, but not other public health agencies. Additional pages included instructions and contact information for potential emergencies, as well as security tactics. Addendums included more detailed information, such as, transportation procedures, and lists of VIPs who might pose security risks or attract media interest.
- Prepare Templates: Use several modes of communication. Write templates and scripts for blast e-mails, faxes, phone calls, and to post on your Web site.
- Download the Database: Be prepared to communicate from your meeting destination. Before leaving for Chicago, Elder and her team sent the attendees' e-mail addresses to ASM's internal IT department. "If something happened while we were at the meeting, all we had to do was tell the IT department to do an e-mail blast using the prepared text. We didn't have to phone our housing/registration vendor in the middle of the night."
- Include Your Press Partners: Communicate with your internal media people, Elder says. "They should not operate in a vacuum. Too frequently, we talk about the content of the meeting and make sure they have access to abstracts, but when working on an emergency plan, they are equally as important to keep in the communications loop."
- Don't Skip the Security Meetings: Hold separate security meetings, rather than tacking them on to the pre-con. "It's just too big of an issue to include in a pre-con," says Elder. In addition to official security personnel, include your staff and volunteers who are involved with security. For example, Elder included the room monitors because their job was to make sure all attendees left the meeting rooms at the end of each of the sessions.


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As with other minimally invasive surgery techniques, robotic surgery uses very small incisions to insert surgical instruments and tiny video cameras into the body. However, robotic surgery takes minimally invasive techniques to the next level by enabling the surgeon to sit comfortably at a specially designed console during the procedure. Robotic arms control the surgical instruments, mimicking the natural movements of the hand and fingers, to provide an extremely high degree of accuracy. Robotic surgery is used in orthopedic surgeries, called MAKOplasty, such as partial knee and total hip replacements.
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Melissa King Sort of Admits Starring in Sex Videoby Free Britney at . Updated at .
After first denying that she had appeared in the porn video that ended her reign, former Miss Delaware Teen USA Melissa King may subtly be admitting it.
She's been re-tweeting up a storm and dropping hints to that effect.
She has not come out and said the alleged Melissa King video is her, however if you read between the lines of her Twitter feed, that's the clear implication.
One of the messages she posted: "Be strong, life has a funny way of working out. Kim K made it and now is one of the most powerful women in the US."
She also re-tweeted a message from Kim Kardashian herself.
She certainly has the opportunity to follow in Kardashian's shoes and profit handsomely from her exposure - she's been offered the title of Miss YouPorn.
We doubt that she will accept the offer of $250,000 to become the face (and body) of the porn site, but the point is that when doors close, others open.
More broadly, it looks like a subtle admission that she appeared in the porn video, and regrets it, but won't let that define her and hold her down in life.
Other messages re-Tweeted by king include offerings of support and quotes about rising above adversity. Take a look at excerpts of her timeline below:
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Something about all this doesn't sound quite right. She does this vid and then it gets exposed after being crowned beauty queen. Who actually put out the vid and who is in it with her? Was this a self-made vid or was there a camera person filming it? She denied this all at first. And now is only hinting that it may be her. Is it possible she didn't eve know that she had been taped? Is it possible that it was done without her consent? Maybe at first she thought it was just a look a like and not really her and now realizes it is her and just trying to come to grips with the exposure and loss of her crown and the embarrassment. That would explain alot because sometimes young girls have trouble dealing with betrayal and don't want to believe someone they cared about did them that way.
how in the hell did she even win the miss teen delaware..? If she was the best looking teen contestant for that pagaent...delaware is full of fugos..cause she isn't even a 6 in my book.So in closing she will fit in fine doing smut with the rest of the other fugly skanks in that industry who have to pile on spray tan,piles on the make up and get breast jobs just to be passable.
Alright so I watched it and honestly it's very awkward like she looks like she's 16, gross...she's seems really uncomfortable like she looks like she's thinking "WTF am I doing here??" through out the whole thing.....and the girl has no skills it's weird lol. She just seems like a dumb kid who made a stupid mistake nothing hot about that so do her a favor and don't watch that shit you aint missing anything.


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Compañía Cervecera Reinforces Its Commitment to Recycle. 97% of All Its Waste Is Recycled
20 May 2013
Today it's World Recycling Day
- The company is giving priority to this matter because the Canary Islands, being a group of islands far away from the mainland, face great restrictions in waste management
- 59% of the containers commercialized by Compañía Cervecera are reusable, exceeding the industry average nationwide by 12 points
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, May 16th 2013.- The commitment reached in the better use and reuse of waste to promote the care of the environment is one of the priorities Compañía Cervecera de Canarias has been working on, allowing it to reach a recycling rate of 97% last year.
Coinciding with the celebration of World Recycling Day tomorrow, Compañía Cervecera makes an appeal to increase the efforts in waste management, especially considering the existing restrictions in this field in a place like the Canary Islands, a group of islands far away from the continent.
As part of its commitment to recycle, Compañía Cervecera has started different lines of action in recent years regarding the use of containers and packaging. Among those lines of action, it is worth mentioning an increase in the use of returnable containers, making Compañía Cervecera a reference company in its sector, as it commercializes 59% of its products in reusable containers, exceeding the industry average in Spain by 12 points.
Reducing the environmental impact of the containers is another aspect taken into account by the company. This is being done through different actions like reducing the weight of the reusable bottles by 17%, standardising labels, eliminating painted plastics and getting rid of the PVC in the caps of the 33 centilitre bottles.
Compañía Cervecera has incorporated a sustainability strategy so the chosen containers reconcile the requirements of the company with the market tendencies, the preference of consumers, the conditions of the selling points and the integral system of waste management.
Also, it separates 100% of the waste generated in the production process of the containers.
In addition to these measures, Compañía Cervecera keeps supporting the development of new actions in order to continue to make progress in the "reduce, reuse and recycle" principle. In this case, the company works in finding measures that reduce the amount of materials used in the fabrication of containers and packaging.
About Compañía Cervecera de Canarias
Compañía Cervecera is one of the main national breweries and one of the main engines in the economic and social development in the Canary Islands: it boosts the creation of 7,000 jobs; it is shareholder of several companies in the Canary Islands; and it gives priority to local supplies in order to carry out their production. The company, part of the international group SABMiller, has more than 300 business owners from the Canary Islands among its shareholders, which are approximately 30% of the total and are represented with two members on the Board of Directors.
Compañía Cervecera produces its own brands of beer, Dorada and Tropical, and, under licence, Carlsberg; it distributes international brands such as Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft, Guinness and Smithwick's. Also, it has other beverages such as natural drinks Appletiser and the energetic drink Red Bull.
This SABMiller subsidiary news release has been translated from its local market language to English language for publication on www.sabmiller.com. We have attempted to provide an accurate translation of the original material but due to the difficulties of translation slight differences may exist.
Note, the news release was first published in its local market on 16th of May 2013.


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Cognitive Behavior Therapy Modules
All Appendices are in Adobe Acrobat format.
Module 1 — Introduction video
- What is CBT?
- CBT model applied to depression
- CBT model applied to panic disorder
Module 2A — Characteristics & defining themes of CBT video
- Scientific & evidence-based
- Present focus
- Goal-oriented
- Learning focus
- Transparent communication (Socratic approach, guided discovery)
- Flexible & individualized
- CBT case formulation
Beck's Cognitive Theory of Depression
Module 2B — Characteristics & defining themes of CBT video
- Step-wise progression
- Brevity
- Collaborative (treatment planning & agenda setting)
Module 3A — A sampling of cognitive strategies video
- Thought record
- The 3 C's
CBT Module
Cognitive Distortions
Thought Record (Sample)
Thought Record (Blank)
Extended Thought Record (Sample)
Extended Thought Record (Blank)
Challenge Questions
The 3 C's
Module 3B — A sampling of cognitive strategies video
- Evidence record
- Downward arrow exploration of automatic thoughts, assumptions & core beliefs
- Role playing to help patient challenge distorted thoughts/beliefs video
Evidence Record (Sample)
Evidence Record (Blank)
Core Beliefs in Depression
Module 4A — A sampling of behavioral strategies: video
- Behavioral activation/activity monitoring & scheduling
- Pleasure predicting experiments
Activity Schedule Form
Motivation Works Backwards
Changes in Mood
Taking Action
Becoming Less Depressed
So What? Keep Going...
Pleasure Predicting Experiment Form
Module 4B — A sampling of behavioral strategies: video
- Relaxation training, progressive muscle relaxation, visualization
- Exposure
Muscle Tension Record
Module 4C — A sampling of behavioral strategies: video
- Communication skills training, assertiveness skills training, role-playing
Interpersonal Communication Styles
What Is Assertive Communication?
LADDER Approach to Assertive Communication
Mistaken Assumptions
Tips for Assertiveness
Communication Variables to Be Aware of
CBT References
Module 5 — CBT: Third wave skills: video
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State Summary: Maine
Ranked 27th in Beachwater Quality (out of 30 states)
11% of samples exceeded national standards for designated beach areas in 2012
Protecting swimmers from bacteria, viruses, and other contaminants in beachwater requires leadership. Federal officials must help clean up polluted stormwater runoff—the most commonly identified cause of beach closings and swimming advisories—by developing national rules that require pollution sources to prevent stormwater where it starts by retaining it on-site.
The Environmental Protection Agency must also set beachwater quality standards protective of human health and provide states with the support they need to monitor beach pollution and notify the public when pollution levels are high.
Maine 2012 Beachwater Quality Summary
Reported Sources of Beachwater Contamination
(number of closing/advisory days)
- 194 (100%) unknown contamination sources
There are more than 30 miles of public-access beaches stretching along Maine's Atlantic waters, including bays, sounds, and estuaries. The coastal beachwater quality monitoring program, Maine Healthy Beaches (MHB), is managed by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and coordinated by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
What Are the Water Quality Challenges and Improvements in Maine?
The Maine Healthy Beaches program provided extensive support in 2012 to areas that have experienced chronic bacterial pollution, including intensified monitoring and the building of a collaborative process of local, state, and federal partners to share resources and solve problems.
Improved Monitoring and Public Outreach in Camden
In 2012, the town of Camden received funding from the Maine Coastal Program to enhance its monitoring program, to expand Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Studies in the harbor watershed, and to follow through on key recommendations from prior studies. The increased monitoring led to the discovery of an illicit sewer cross-connection to a storm drain that empties to the Megunticook River. It was repaired within one week of discovery.
Additionally, to reduce the impact of untreated boat waste on harbor water quality, Camden mailed hundreds of "Pump It, Don't Dump It!" flyers to permitted slip and mooring holders explaining how to properly dispose of sewage. The town's free boat pump-out service increased the number of gallons pumped and the number of pump-outs in 2012 from the previous year. The town plans to continue educating boaters and expanding public outreach efforts to include best practices for managing pet waste, septic system maintenance, and storm drain stenciling in the Camden Harbor Watershed.
Water Quality Improvements at Goodies Beach
To improve historically impaired water quality, MHB supported routine beach monitoring as well as source-tracking studies at Goodies Beach in Rockport Harbor and in the storm drainage network. In 2012, Rockport Codes Enforcement surveyed 54 residences in the direct drainage basin of Goodies Beach. The town plans to explore the feasibility of extending the stormwater pipe draining to Goodies Beach offshore. Extending the outfall does not eliminate the source of pollution, however. Additionally, Rockport will integrate "Pump It, Don't Dump It!" information into the promotion of a new boat pump-out facility in 2013.
What Does Beachwater Monitoring Show?1
In 2012, Maine reported 71 coastal beaches, of which 3 (4%) were assigned a monitoring frequency of more than once a week, 53 (75%) once a week, 2 (3%) every other week, and 1 (1%) once a month; 12 (17%) were classified as "Tier 3" and not assigned a monitoring frequency. Tier 3 beaches do not currently meet the criteria for program participation such as having a management entity, public use and access, adequate facilities, etc. In 2012, 11% of all reported beach monitoring samples exceeded the state's daily maximum bacterial standard of 104 colonies/100 ml. The beaches with the highest percent exceedance rates of the daily maximum standard in 2012 were Goodies Beach in Knox County (44%), Riverside (Ogunquit) in York County (26%), Laite Beach in Knox County (26%), Short Sands Beach in York County (25%), Ferry Beach (Scarborough) in Cumberland County (24%), Crescent Beach (Kittery) in York County (24%), Hulls Cove in Hancock County (21%), and Crescent Beach (Wells) in York County (21%). Knox County had the highest exceedance rate of the daily maximum standard in 2012 (30%), followed by Waldo (17%), Lincoln (13%), Hancock (12%), York (10%), Cumberland (9%), and Sagadahoc (3%). NRDC considers all reported samples individually (without averaging) when calculating the percent exceedance rates in this analysis. This includes duplicate samples and samples taken outside the official beach season, if any.
Maine Percent of Samples Exceeding the State's Daily Maximum Bacterial Standard for 51 Beaches Reported 2008-2012*
* Please note that only samples from a common set of beaches monitored each year from 2008-2012 are included in the bar chart.
What Are Maine's Sampling Practices?
The monitoring season in Maine lasts approximately three months, from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Monitoring is extended to include spring wet-weather monitoring and special studies for targeted areas.
The Maine Healthy Beaches program is voluntary, and in order to participate, a beach must have a management entity that can meet the program's protocols and conditions. Beaches that do not meet the criteria for program participation are assigned to Tier 3 and are not monitored. Monitoring coastal water quality for swimming and other water-contact usage is the responsibility of local jurisdictions, municipalities, or state parks and is not mandated by state law. Samples are taken in 2 to 3 feet of water.
Monitoring sites at each beach are selected according to where people swim as well as the location of freshwater inputs to the beach and other high-risk features, including sewage treatment plant outfalls and wildlife areas. Once a beach is placed under advisory or closed, MHB recommends that the monitoring frequency increase until standards are met and the beach can be reopened. However, some localities don't have the ability to conduct increased monitoring, and the beaches in these towns cannot be reopened until the next routine sample is analyzed.
For areas experiencing chronic bacterial pollution, additional monitoring sites are added throughout the watershed and/or wet-weather monitoring is conducted to help determine the source(s) of pollution.
How Many Beach Closings and Advisories Were Issued in 2012?2
Total closing/advisory days for 86 events lasting six consecutive weeks or less increased 73% to 194 days in 2012 from 112 days in 2011. For prior years, there were 207 days in 2010, 250 days in 2009, 170 days in 2008, 176 days in 2007, 134 days in 2006, and 92 days in 2005. In addition, there were no extended or permanent events in 2012. Extended events are those in effect more than six weeks but not more than 13 consecutive weeks; permanent events are in effect for more than 13 consecutive weeks. For the 86 events lasting six consecutive weeks or less, 92% (178) of closing/advisory days were due to monitoring that revealed elevated bacteria levels, and 8% (16) were preemptive due to heavy rainfall.
During the 2012 monitoring season, 21.96 inches of rain fell, substantially more than in the 2011 and 2010 seasons (which received 13.45 inches and 10.48 inches, respectively). Four beach management areas—Goodies, Goose Rocks, East End, and Riverside-Ogunquit—accounted for 36% of the reported beach action days in 2012. MHB believes that runoff pollution contributes to bacteria loads at these locations through factors such as storm drains that empty directly onto beaches, a high percentage of impervious ground cover, and the close proximity of urbanized areas. In addition to record rainfall, the increase in closing/advisory days in 2012 was also likely linked to precautionary rainfall advisories that were triggered by more than 1 inch of rainfall within 24 hours. In some cases, beach managers kept the advisory in place until the next scheduld monitoring day indicated enterococci levels below the state standard.
How Does Maine Determine When to Warn Visitors About Swimming?
Both closings and advisories can be issued in Maine, but closings are rare and occur only when beaches experience chronic high bacteria levels or known threats to safety or public health, and in municipalities where closing ordinances are in place. The Maine Healthy Beaches website provides beach status and data.
When determining whether to recommend a beach advisory, MHB applies a single-sample standard for enterococcus of 104 mpn/100 ml. A geometric mean standard is considered but not strictly applied when determining whether a beachwater sample exceeds bacterial standards. Results of all monitoring samples are transmitted to the MHB database, and automatic email alerts are issued to beach managers, local officials, and other entities as soon as an exceedance is found.
Advisories are not issued solely on the basis of monitoring results. The decision to post a beach is made by the local beach manager (in partnership with MHB staff) using a risk management matrix incorporating factors including bacteria levels, environmental conditions, risk of pollution, and history of high bacteria levels. Depending on the conditions, MHB will recommend an advisory when the standards are exceeded, and the decision to post an advisory for a beach is the responsibility of the town or state park. In areas with historically good water quality and a low risk of pollution, an advisory may not be posted until resample results are available, while in areas with historically poor water quality and a high risk of pollution, beaches will be posted following an exeedance. Beaches are resampled following an exceedance. MHB staff follow up after each exceedance to ensure that state protocols were followed correctly and in a timely manner.
The program recommends that precautionary rainfall advisories be posted at beaches with a history of elevated bacteria levels and stormwater issues. There are a few communities in Maine that, depending on conditions, may post an advisory after a specified amount of rainfall. Local officials are notified when there is a known sewage spill.
Maine 2012 Monitoring Results and Closing/Advisory Days
Assigned Monitoring Frequency
Total Samples
% of samples exceeding
state standards
Closing or Advisory days
- If the 2012 percent exceedance values in this summary don't match, why not? The value at the top of the page reflects the proportion of samples exceeding the national single-sample maximum standard for designated beach areas. The values in the "What Does Beach Monitoring Show?" section reflect the proportion of samples exceeding the state standard, which in some states is more or less stringent than the national designated beach standard. Additionally, only samples from a common set of beaches monitored each year from 2008-2012 are included in the bar chart. Because some beaches were not monitored in each of those years, the percent exceedance for this subset of beaches may not have the same value as the percent exceedance for all of the beaches monitored in 2012.
- Year-to-year changes in closing/advisory days should not necessarily be interpreted as an indication of the level of bacterial contamination. In some states and localities, the number of beaches and/or beach monitoring frequency may not be consistent from one year to the next, and beaches may be closed or under a swimming advisory for reasons other than known or suspected bacterial contamination. Other reasons include, but are not limited to, chemical/oil spills, medical waste washing up on shore, dangerous currents, lack of lifeguards, etc. In addition, because NRDC's totals of closing/advisory events focus on those events lasting six consecutive weeks or less, those tallies do not account for longer-duration closings or advisories. For trends in water quality, please refer to NRDC's year-to-year comparison of percent exceedance rates of state water quality standards.
Testing the Waters
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- posted by Pamela Rivera, 11/26/13
- Recently, there have been a string of reports depicting Miami's vulnerability, the New York Times ...
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text: From AnnaLynne McCord to Zoe Saldana, celebrities of all stripes have no problem giving photographers a little sugar or some PDA. McCord demonstrates perfect form at a premiere in December. Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty Images Anne Hathaway may have won a Screen Actors Guild award in January but her kissing performance looks more like she's stifling a yawn. Better luck at the Oscars Feb. 24. Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY Ashley Tisdale puts some body English into her kisses. Matt Sayles, Invision via AP Even the president is not immune to throwing his kisses around. Barack Obama blew a kiss to first lady Michelle Obama before delivering his State of the Union speech this week. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images The president and first lady also shared a smooch while watching this year's presidential inaugural parade. Gerald Herbert, AP Mexican singer Belinda blows a kiss during a photo call promoting an animated movie. 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text: Lon Tonneson Last Field, Last Round Inside Dakota Ag Corn harvest winds up on a much better note in S.D. Published on: November 3, 2010 Paul Evenson and his crew were combining their last field of corn near Renner, S.D., this morning. Their harvest was ending on a bright, dry November morning. "It went a lot better this year," said John Evenson, Paul's nephew, who was running the combine. The field was dry. There was no snow. It was 50 degrees F rather than 20 degrees F. Yields were good, John said, but he declined to "The corn is 14-15% moisture. That's nice for a change. No need to dry it," said Mike Turner, who was running the grain cart and unloading the trucks. As of Oct. 31, 81% of the corn in South Dakota and 67% of the corn in North Dakota had been harvested, according to Agricultural Statistics Service. That compares to 12% and 55% combined at the same time last year, and to five-year average of 48% and 45%


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Articles Published in Refereed Journals
Russell, D.W. Distributed Intelligence in Manufacturing Information Systems. New Mathematics and Natural Computation.
Qiu, R, McDonnel P, Joshi, S and Russell, D.W., A Heuristic Game Theoretic Approach to Resource Sharing in Reconfigurable Manufacturing, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Feb. 2005, Vol 25: No: 1-2: pp 78-87.
Qiu, R. and Russell, D., A Formal Model for Incorporating Shop Floor Controls in a Plant Information System, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Jan 2004, Vol. 23, No. 1-2, pp. 47-57.
Alpigini J.J. & Russell, D.W., System Analysis via Performance Maps, Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 11, No. 5, 2003 Elsevier Press. pp. 493-504.
Russell, D.W., Advisor Enhanced Real‑Time System Control. Control Engineering Practice. 1995 Vol. 7: No.3 1995 Pergamon Press, UK 977-983.
Russell, D.W. Software Engineering for Real‑Time Production Monitoring Systems. Journal of Systems Integration. 1994: Vol. 4: No 3. Kluwer Academic Press, NY, 243-256.
Russell, D.W. Failure Driven Learning in the Control of Ill‑defined Continuous Systems Int.. Journal of Cybernetics & Systems. 1994: Vol. 25:Taylor & Francis. Washington DC 555-566.
Russell, D.W. A Critical Assessment of the BOXES Paradigm. Applied Artificial Intelligence‑an International Journal, Vienna. 1993: Vol. 7: No. 4 383-396.
Russell, D.W., Application of the BOXES Methodology to Continuous Systems. Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 1993: Vol. 6: No 2. Pergamon Press, UK 145‑152.
Russell, D.W., The BOXES Methodology ‑ An Introduction. AI Expert, 1993: Vol. 8: No. 1. January, Miller Freeman,
San Francisco, CA 22-27.
Russell, D.W. and Haden K. A Configurable, Virtual Microprocessor System, IEEE MICRO,1991 Feb. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA 26‑30.
Russell, D.W., Application of PLC'S as Front‑end Preprocessors in Factory Information Systems. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 1991: Vol. 6: No. 4. 364‑378.
Russell, D.W., Production Monitoring‑A Proven Productivity Tool. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 1989: Vol 4: No 4 50‑57.
Russell, D.W., Production Monitoring. CIM Review. 1989: Vol 6: No 1. 50‑57.
Russell, D.W., Automated Analogue Patching using List Processing and a Hybrid Interface. Kybernetes 1973: Vol.2: 95‑100.
Calam C. and Russell D.W. Microbial Aspects of Fermentation Process Development Journal of Applied Chem. Biotechnol 1973 Vol 23: 225‑237. Paper read at Microbiology Group Symposium on Fermentation Pilot Plants. AGM of Soc. of Chem. Industry. Leeds UK.
July 1972.
Articles in Refereed Proceedings
Russell, D.W. and Bradley. D. Whither Mechatronics? To appear: Proceedings of The 12th Mechatronics Forum Biennial International Conference: Mechatronics 2010, June 28 – 30. ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.
Russell, D.W. Where Lies the Factory of the Future? Invited Keynote address. FAIM 2009 Flexible Automation and Intelligent Automation – 19th International Conference, Teesside Middlesbrough, UK. July 10, 2009: CD: Abstract page 5.
Russell, D.W. A Metric for Rating the Effectiveness of Installed Industrial Automation Systems using an Adjusted Function Point Analysis. Proceedings FAIM 2009 Flexible Automation and Intelligent Automation – 19th International Conference, Teesside Middlesbrough, UK. July 6 – 8, 2009: CD: pp 328-335.
Russell, D.W. Rating Industrial Automation System Efficiency and Satisfaction Levels Using an Adjusted Function Point Analysis- Proceedings of The 11th Mechatronics Forum Biennial International Conference: Mechatronics 2008, June 23 – 25. University of Limerick, Ireland. Search CD by author.
Russell D. W and Ahmad N. Avoiding Pitfalls in Writing Real-time Software - Proceedings: MySEC'07: 3rd Malaysian Software Engineering Conference – "Striving for High Quality Software" Selangor, Malaysia, December 3-4, 2007, 38-42.
Russell D.W., Reconciliation of Projected, Measured, and Actual Parts Inventory In High Volume Manufacturing Operations. Proceedings FAIM 2007 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing – Penn State Great Valley, Malvern June 2007. 491-497.
Qiu, Russell, Sullivan and Ahmad (eds.) Flexible Automation and Manufacturing: Global Manufacturing and Services. Proceedings FAIM 2007 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing – Penn State Great Valley, Malvern June 2007.
Russell D.W. Research and the Professional Master's in Engineering Program. Appears in CD Proceedings of the 5th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. October 9-12, 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [Poster presented.)
Russell D.W. Adaptations of the BOXES Algorithm for Improved Black Box Control of Dynamically Unstable Systems – MX 2006 10th International Mechatronics International Conference, Malvern June 2006 [CD Proceedings.]
Russell, D.W. Increasing Service Availability using Front-end Intelligence in Manufacturing Systems – IEEE 2005 Conference on Service Operations and Logistics and Informatics, Aug 9-11, 2005 Beijing, China: pp 851-856.
Russell, D.W. The Research Institute as a Capstone Experience. Proceeding ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Fall 2004 Conference, Catholic University, Washington DC, October 22, 23, 2004. CD
Russell, D.W., Qiu, R and Feingold, P., Front-end Intelligence in Manufacturing Systems - Practical Considerations – Proceedings Mechatronics 2004: 9th Mechatronics Forum International Conference, August 30-Sept 1, 2004, Ankara, Turkey: pp. 699-718.
Russell, D.W. On the Control of Dynamically Unstable Systems Using a Self Organizing Black Box Controller. Proc 7th Biennial ASMA Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis- ESDA 2004, Manchester, UK, July 19-22, 2004. CD
Russell, D., Would Your Department Survive if it were a Business? Academic Leader, November 2003, Vol. 19: No11, pp. 5&7.
Xu, Q., Qiu, R., and Russell, D., Collaborative Supply Chain Management in Semiconductor Manufacturing Planning, Proceedings of the 4th International IEEE Conference on Control and Automation, June 10-12, 2003, Montreal, Canada. Pp 83-87.
Qi Xu, Qiu, and Russell, D., Shop Floor Decision Support Systems Using Multi -Agents. Proceedings 6th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, Florida, July 14-18, 2002 Vol.6. 2002. pp. 475-479
Qiu, R & Russell, D.W. Shop Floor Controls and System Integration in an Enterprise-wide Real Time Information Systems. 6th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, Florida, July 14-18, 2002
Phillip A. Laplante, Colin Neill and David Russell, Object-Oriented Requirements Specification for Real-Time Imaging Systems, to appear, Proceedings of the Real-Time Imaging Conference, SPIE, Seattle, July 2002.
Russell D.W., Mullin J. and Neill, C.J. The Use Of Web Based Systems To Augment Project Management. Proceedings SENET: SE Europe Regional Conference on Project Management. Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 9-11, 2000 (co-Presenter) 369-378
Alpigini, J.J., and Russell, D.W., The Effective Information Dimension: A Metric for Complexity Measurement, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modeling (ASM 2000), Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 24-26, 2000,162-167.
Russell, D.W. and Mullin, J., Design of Intelligent Systems for Project Management. Proceedings NORDNET'99: International Project Management Congress-Managing Business by Project, Helsinki, Finland, September 1999 (Presenter) 155-171
Russell, D.W. Humans as Holonic Agents in CAD Systems for Engineering. Proceedings CACD'99: Lancaster International Workshop on Engineering Design. Lancaster, UK, May 1999. (Presenter)Russell, D.W. & Wadsworth, D. L., Database Retrieval Enhancement Using the BOXES Methodology. Proceedings IFAC Workshop: AIRTC'98: AI in Real Time Control. Grand Canyon, AZ, October 5-8, 1998
Alpigini, J.A. and Russell, D.W., Visualization of Control regions for Badly-Behaved Real-Time Systems. Proceedings IASTED Intl. Conf. On Modeling & Simulation, Pittsburgh, PA, May 13-16, 1998, 271-276Russell D.W and Alpigini, J.A , Using a Modified Julia set Methodology to Identify Conditions for Safe Operability of a Turbofan Engine. Proceedings IFAC Workshop AIRTC'97, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. September 23-25, 1997
Russell, D.W. and Alpigini, J.A. Visualization of Controllable Regions in Real-Time Systems using a Julia Set Methodology. Proeedings. IEEE Intl. Conf on Information Visualization IV'97, London, UK Aug 27-29,1997 (Keynote Presentation) 25-31
Russell, D.W. and Alpigini, J.A. A Visualization Tool for Knowledge Acquisition using a Julia Set Methodology for Dynamic System Explanation. Proc. SEKE'97 9th Int. Conf. on Software Eng. & Knowledge Engineering, Madrid, Spain, June 18-20, 1997: (Presenter) 326-331
Russell D.W., Software for Real-Time Production Monitoring Systems. Proceedings WRTP'96: 21st. IFAC Workshop on Real-Time Programming. Gramado, RS, Brazil, November 4-6,1996 (Invited Keynote).
Russell D.W. and Alpigini J.A., A Methodology for the Detection of Chaos in Dynamic Systems. Proceedings AIENG'96. (CD-ROM), Sept. 11-13, 1996, Clearwater, FL.
Russell, D.W. A Doctoral Program offered by the University of Wales and Penn State Great Valley : An Essay in International Collaborations. Proceedings ASEE Annual Conference, June 23-26, 1996 Washington DC. (CD Session 2260) (Presenter).
Russell, D. W. and Alpigini, J.A. Detection of Chaos in Process Control Systems using a Julia Set Methodology. Proceedings 9th. International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of AI and Expert Systems, June 4-7 1996, Fukuoka, Japan (Presenter) 195-200.
Weisbecker J. R. and Russell D.W., The Master of Science Program in Information Science. 2nd Annual Conference on Information Technology Education. Rochester, NY: October 30-November 1996.
Russell, D.W., Newby J. and Holt J., Virtual Reality and the Disabled Learner. Proceedings 2nd.IEEE Jamaica Communications Conference JAMCON'95, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Aug. 18-20, 1995 (Presenter) 19-23.
Russell, D.W., Using the BOXES Methodology as a Possible Stabilizer of Lorentz Chaos. Proceedings AI'94 7th.Australian Joint Conference on AI: Armidale, NSW, Australia Nov. 21-25 1994 (Presenter) 338-345.
Russell, D.W. Stabilization of Chaotic Systems. IEEE TENCON'94, Singapore, August 23-26 1994 (Invited 1/2 day tutorial).
Russell, D.W., Project Management and Software Quality. Proceedings SQM'94 2nd Intl. Conf. on Software Quality Management. Edinburgh. UK Computational Mechanics Institute. July 26‑28, 1994 (Presenter) 607-617.
Russell, D.W. Stabilization of Chaotic Systems using the BOXES Methodology. Proceedings 9th Intl. Conf. on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering AIENG'94. July 19-21 1994 Malvern. PA, Computational Mechanics Institute (Presenter) 295-303.
Russell, D.W. An Advisor‑enhanced Signature Table Controller for Real‑time, Ill‑defined Systems. Proceedings IFAC Symposium on Real Time Control SICICA'94. Budapest, June 8‑10 1994 (presenter) 66-71.
Russell, D.W., SUPER‑BOXES‑‑An Accountable Advisor System. Proceedings AIENG'93 8th Intl. Conf. on Applications of AI in Engineering, Toulouse, France. 29 June‑ 1 July 1993, Elsevier Press (Presenter& Session Chair), 477‑489.
Russell, D.W. and Dushanko, M., A Dynamic Code Analyzer and Graphics Interface Project. Proceedings ISESS'93, International Symposium on Engineered Software Systems Malvern PA May 1993, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore 129-143.
Russell, D.W., Statistical Inferencing in a Heuristic Real Time Controller. Proceedings 4th Int. Workshop on AI and Statistics, January 3‑6 1993, Fort Lauderdale, FL, (Presenter) 357‑362.
Russell, D.W., AI Adaptive Learning in Ill‑defined Systems. Proceedings ICARCV'92, 2nd. Int. Conf. on Automation, Robotics & Computer Vision., Sept. 14‑17 1992, Singapore. World Scientific Vol. 3: INV‑4: 1-4 (Invited Presenter & Session Chair).
Russell, D.W. AI Augmented Goal Achievement. Proceedings AIENG'92, 7th. Int. Conference ‑ Applications of AI in Eng. July 14‑17 1992, Waterloo, Canada, Elsevier Applied Science, London, (Presenter) 971‑982.
Russell, D.W., AI Augmented Goal Achievement in Process Control Systems. Proceedings 11th European Mtg. on Cybernetics & Systems Research. Vienna, April 21‑24, 1992. World Scientific (Presenter) 1625-1632.
Russell, D.W., Further Studies in AI Augmented Process Control. Proceedings AIRTC'91, 3rd IFAC Intl. Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Real Time Control. Sonoma, CA, Sept. 23‑25 1991, Pergamon Press, NY. (Presenter) 75-79.
Russell, D.W. AI Augmented Process Control using the BOXES Methodology. Proceedings AIENG'91: 6th Int. Conference ‑ Applications of AI in Engineering, Oxford University, UK. July 2‑4 1991, Elsevier Applied Science, London (Presenter) 611‑622 .
Russell, D.W. The Trolley and Pole Revisited: Further Studies in AI Control of a Mechanically Unstable System. Proceedings AIENG'90: 5th International Conference: Applications of AI in Engineering Vol. II Springer-Verlag. (Presenter) 307‑322.
Russell, D.W. and Haden, K. A Configurable Virtual Microprocessor System for Instructional Use In Real Time, Real World Studies. Proeedings.21st Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 21: No. 3 ISA Publications, 1181‑1185. (Co-presenter).
Russell, D.W., Integration of PLC's and Databases for Factory Information Systems. Proceedings 1st International Conference on Systems Integration, Morristown NJ, April 1990 IEEE Computer Society Press (Presenter) 730‑737.
Russell, D.W., Production Monitoring‑People and Computers Working Together. Proceedings INTERFACES: An ACM Symposium, Gaithersburg, MD August 24, 1989 (Presenter) 49‑52.
Russell, D.W. and Stoughton A.M., Transaction Management Systems Proceedings MIMI'92: 18th International Symposium on Mini/Micro & Applications, Davos, Switzerland. March 20-23, 1992 (Presenter).
Russell, D.W. Code Compatible Computers Proceedings INTERCHANGE '81, Seattle, WA October 1991 (Invited Presenter) 63-70.Russell, D.W. Resource Allocation Algorithms. Proceedings 1st International Conference on Applied Modeling and Simulation AMSE, Lyons, France. September 1981 Vol 5: 189‑192 (Presenter).
Russell, D.W. Mainframe to Mega‑Mini Conversion Proceedings MIMI'81: 15th International Symposium on Mini Micro Computers. Mexico City, Mexico. September 1981 Vol 6: No 3. (Presenter) 305‑308.
Russell, D.W., Kardios Firmware, Object Level Portability. Engineering Software II: Proc.2nd International Conference on Engineering Software Imperial College, London England. March 1981 CML Publishers: 48‑57.
Russell, D.W. Mini‑Micro's in Hybrid Systems. Proceedings MIMI '79, Davos, Switzerland, May 1979. (Presenter).
Russell, D.W., S.J. Rees and Boyes, J.A. Self Organizing Automata. Proceedings of the 1977 Conference on Information and System Sciences 1977, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD April 1977 (Presenter) 226‑230.
Russell, D.W. and Rees, S.J. System Control: a case study of a Statistical Learning Automaton. Progress in Cybernetics and Systems Research 1975: Vol 2: and Proc. 2nd European Meeting on Cybernetics & Systems Research.1974: Vienna, Austria, Hemisphere Publishers 114‑120.
Russell, D.W., Hypache‑A Hybrid Computer System. Proceedings US Army Special Symposium: Advanced Hybrid Computers. San Francisco, CA. July 1975 (Invited Presenter) 143‑148.
Russell, D.W., A Self Organizing Analog Computer Hybrid. Proceedings VII International. Conference and Congress in Cybernetics. Namur, Belgium September 10‑15 1973 (Presenter & Chairman of Session).
Russell, D.W., A Truly Conversational Syntactic Editor. Proceedings IEE conference on Computers for Analysis & Control in Medical and Biological Research. Sheffield, UK. September 1971 (Presenter).
Russell, D.W., A Semi‑Stochastic Processor for D.D.C. of Nuclear Reactors with Fluid Control Systems. Proceedings 3rd Annual Houston Conference on Computer & System Science. Houston, TX. February 1971 (Presenter) 182‑189.
Russell, David W. 2012. The Boxes Methodology: Black Box Dynamic Control. Springer.
Bradley D, and Russell, D. W. 2009. Mechatronics in Action. Springer.
Qiu, Russell, Sullivan, and Ahmad. 2007. Flexible Automation and Manufacturing: Global Manufacturing and Services. Proceedings FAIM 2007 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing. Penn State Great Valley, Malvern.
Russell, David W. 2006. CD MX2006. Proceedings 10th Mechatronics Forum Biennial International Conference. Penn State Great Valley, Malvern.
Denzer, R, Schimak, G and Russell, D.W. 1996. Environmental Software Systems. Chapman & Hall, London.
Rzevski, G., Adey, R.A. and Russell, D.W. 1994. Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering IX. Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton Boston.
Russell, D.W. 1993. International Symposium on Engineered Software Systems. World Scientific Press.
Book Chapters
Russell, D.W. 2009 "Factories of the Future". In Handbook of Technology Management, ed. Professor Hossein Bidgoli. Cal State Bakersfield, John Wiley and Sons.
Russell D.W. 1994. "Factories with a Future." In Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, eds: A. Kent and J.G. Williams, Vol. 29, 175- 182. Marcell Dekker Inc., New York.
Russell, D.W. 1993. "Factories with a Future." In Encyclopedia of Computer Science, Vol. 29, 309‑316. Marcel Dekker Inc, New York.
Invited Talks
Russell, D.W. "Where Lies the Factory of the Future?" Invited keynote address for the FAIM 2009 Flexible Automation and Intelligent Automation – 19th International Conference, July 10, 2009, in Teesside Middlesbrough, UK.
Russell, D.W. "A Metric for Rating the Effectiveness of Installed Industrial Automation Systems using an Adjusted Function Point Analysis." Presented at the proceedings of FAIM 2009 Flexible Automation and Intelligent Automation – 19th International Conference, July 6 – 8, 2009, in Teesside Middlesbrough, UK.
Russell, D.W. "Rating Industrial Automation System Efficiency and Satisfaction Levels Using an Adjusted Function Point Analysis." Presented at the proceedings of The 11th Mechatronics Forum Biennial International Conference: Mechatronics 2008, June 23 – 25, at University of Limerick, Ireland.
Russell D.W. "The Factory of the Future and the Knowledge Economy." Presented at the proceedings of ICAMT2008 – International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, February 6-8, 2008, in Chennai, India.
Russell D. W and Ahmad N. "Avoiding Pitfalls in Writing Real-time Software." Presented at the proceedings of MySEC'07: 3rd Malaysian Software Engineering Conference - Striving for High Quality Software, December 3-4, 2007, in Selangor, Malaysia.
Russell D.W. "Increasing Data Integrity by Using Front-end Intelligence in Manufacturing Systems." Invited guest lecturer at National University of Singapore, December 7, 2007, in Singapore.
Russell D.W. Measuring a Company's Satisfaction with its Automation and Information Technology - Invited Lecture, Enterprise Integration: Industry Advisory Board, University Park, PA November 12, 2007.
Russell, D.W. "Increasing Service and System Availability in Manufacturing Systems." Invited guest lecturer at University of Wolverhampton, October 24, 2007, in Wolverhampton, UK.
Russell D.W. "Real-time Computational Resource Sharing in a Factory Environment." Invited guest lecturer at Kings College, October 25, 2007, in London, UK.
Russell D.W. "Reconciliation of Projected, Measured, and Actual Parts Inventory In High Volume Manufacturing Operations." Presented at the proceedings of FAIM 2007 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, June 2007, in Malvern, PA.
Russell D.W. Medical Systems Engineering, University of Bath Invited Lecture Series, UK. September 14, 2006.
Russell, D.W. Increasing Service Availability using Front-end Intelligence in Manufacturing Systems – IEEE Computer Society Philadelphia Chapter Conference Invited Lecture.. November 15, 2005
Russell, D.W. Control of Dynamically Unstable Systems Using a Self Organizing Signature Table Controller.Invited Lecture. October 6, 2005 University of Limerick, Ireland
Russell, D. W. The Control of Dynamically Unstable Systems using a Black Box Controller. Invited Colloquium, Penn State University Park, November 20, 2003.
Russell D.W., A Proposed Evolutionary, Self-Organizing Automaton for the Control of Dynamic Systems. Proceedings RSCTC 2002 3rd International Conference on Rough Sets and Trends in Computing. October 14-16, Malvern PA, 2002 pp. 33-43 (Invited Plenary)
Russell D.W. and Alpigini J, J. Mechatronics Education in the Design of Assembly and Disassembly Systems. Proceedings of IAD'2001, IFAC Workshop on Assembly and Disassembly, Canela, RS Brazil November 5-7, 2001 (Invited Plenary Lecture & Roundtable Chair)
Russell D. W. The Role of IT in Knowledge Management, Singapore, October 6, 2001 (Invited lecture)
Russell D. W. The Role of IT in Knowledge Management, Kuala Lumpur, October 1, 2001 (Invited)
Russell D.W. Graduate Education in the K-Economy, Kuala Lumpur, June 4, 2001 (Invited)
Russell D. W. Graduate Education and E-Business. Proceedings ISI'2001- International NAISO Congress on Information Science Innovations, Dubai, UAE, March 17-21, 2001 (Invited Keynote Speaker) 40-46
Russell D.W. and Holway, C. Strategies for Technology-Enhanced Delivery of Graduate Engineering Courses. Proceedings Syllabus 2000: New Dimensions in Educational Technology: Boston MA, November 30 - December 2, 2000 (Invited Plenary co-Speaker).
Russell, D.W. Education and the Corporation, National Engineers Week Celebration Lockheed Martin Management and Data Systems, February 22, 2000 (Invited Panelist)
Russell, D.W., Education and the Workforce. EC Valley'99. Delaware Valley's Premier Electronic Commerce Conference. September 22, 1999 (Invited Panelist)
Russell D. W., Expertism in Project Management, Proceedings ANNES'95. 2nd New Zealand International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks & Expert Systems 1995: November 20-23, pp 198-203. Dunedin, New Zealand. (Invited-presenter) IEEE Press.
Russell, D.W., Software Engineering for Real‑time Production Monitoring Systems. Proceedings ICCIM'93: 2nd Intl. Conference: COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING ICCIM'93 Vol. 2 (ed. Sen. A et al.) Singapore. World Scientific Publishing Sept 6‑10,1993 (Invited Presenter) 488-498.
Russell, D.W. ISESS'93‑A Reality Check in Applications of AI in Engineering Vo1.VIII. Proc. Fifth Int. Conf. on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering‑SEKE'93. San Francisco, CA. June 16‑19, 1993 Knowledge Systems Institute. (Invited), 637‑640.
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Your routine has been tracked for months and calories needed is known for each day of the week.
A world class chef is going to cook your paleo meals for one year. You have two choices:
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2) Paleo Gourmet (paleo food however prepared as in the finest restaurants)
In both cases the ingredients are top notch and the calories are the same. Either way all food is Paleo and adapted to your paleo style (for example, strict paleo, paleo + dairy, PHD, you name it this person can cook it.)
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Answer by Wowza 1513 · Mar 23 '12 at 06:24 AM
Gourmet. Because life is for joy, not Puritan suffering for unproven theories. Sorry, Stephen.
Answer by Bread-Eating Beelzebub 56414 · Mar 23 '12 at 04:44 PM
People are confusing high food reward with good. Oreos are high food reward. Oreos are not good food from an aesthetic standpoint. I won't be writing missives about the complex flavors of Oreos, but if you give me them to eat, I'll just keep eating them because they hit all the right spots in my brain.
To contrast, here is a dish to write home about. Roe with coconut and small berries and greens, with a dusting of savory fishy dashi. That dish was tiny, but more satisfying on all the aesthetic levels than an oreo will ever be. It didn't make me ravenous. I was happy there were other courses after it, but I didn't feel the need to go into the kitchen and ask for more. There is a reason they call eating junk "mindless eating."
Answer by Blossom1 1386 · Mar 23 '12 at 04:31 PM
Gourmet. One of the reasons I adore Paleo eating is that I can prepare amazing, flavorful dishes way beyond anything other "diets" and "lifestyles" have to offer. Between confit, pate, and marrow, there just isn't any competition. I am a huge foodie, and joy in great food and shared meals with loved ones are some of the best things in life to me!
Qualifications: I am lacto-paleo, so there's grassfed butter, heavy cream, and aged cheeses in my life. I could live without them, but since my cholesterol is good, I'm not overweight, and I feel great, why bother? Paleo Chef would have a field day.
Edited to add: bland food diets just smack of early twentieth century Kellogg and Graham nonsense, designed to prevent "appetites" of the non-food variety.
Answer by Meghan 756 · Mar 23 '12 at 05:51 AM
I would choose paleo gourmet because there's the option to reduce the flavor intensity (eg use less sauce, take off the herbed skin on chicken, etc) if desired. I also think herbs/salt, which are generally not part of a low reward diet, are pretty essential (for me); They seem to aid digestion and positively affect my mood.
Answer by Mazer 1218 · Mar 23 '12 at 06:57 AM
Definitely paleo gourmet. If the calories are all calculated out and set at your specific level, why bother with food reward?
Answer by Joshua 1 237 · Mar 23 '12 at 11:28 AM
Gourmet - why waste the skills of your Paleo chef?
Plus, I'm pretty sure I could eat expensive dry-aged steaks with veggies fried in duck fat and finished with truffles every day.
Answer by August 12604 · Mar 23 '12 at 05:03 PM
In his latest post, Guyenet mentions the dreaded scientific consensus. Perhaps it is just me, but this suggests ivory tower syndrome, considering the tragedy of climatology. Perhaps I should put another T in there and call it ITTS, which would be Ivory Tower Tribal Syndrome, given that the conversation seems to be largely about circling the wagons and defending each other's work rather than pushing the knowledge envelope forward. Be as paleo gourmet as you want, and don't let the 'scientists' forget that they need to put on their big boy pants and do the real studies (that is a paraphrase of what I remember Robb Wolf saying on his last podcast with regard to that Harvard anti-meat study. Is Guyenet going to hop on board with that consensus?)
Answer by Christopher Gagnon 6369 · Mar 23 '12 at 05:25 AM
I don't understand what is meant by "food reward" and "paleo gourmet" here--particularly the latter. Can you be more specific?
Answer by Eugenia 13030 · Mar 23 '12 at 05:28 AM
I don't understand what you mean. If one of the two contains grains for example, it's a "no-go" for me regardless how yummy it might be. Can't process them properly, so it's not a matter of reward or gourmet, it's a matter of practicality. So the question for me would have to be between two Paleo recipes, not one Paleo and one not.
Answer by jj 2 2575 · Mar 23 '12 at 06:32 PM
Gourmet. If cooked according to the tenets of how I eat, it should be low reward but very tasty. Also, I'm athletic, so I don't need to lose a ton of fat or deal with binge eating issues (anymore).
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