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TEMP-AIR supplied a temporary cooling tower to efficiently cool a manufacturing plant during a cooling tower replacement.
GE Aviation contracted CH2M Hill to replace their permanent closed loop cooling tower. During the replacement, TEMP-AIR supplied a temporary 270 ton closed loop trailer-mounted cooling tower for the 9-12 month shutdown period. Due to the extensive shutdown period, a temporary cooling tower was chosen as an affordable cooling solution providing low energy usage. The temporary cooling tower was used for multiple cooling applications at GE Aviation's manufacturing plant in order to maintain a normal production schedule.
The equipment package TEMP-AIR provided was a 270 ton trailer-mounted closed loop cooling tower that was equipped with a 250 ton heat exchanger
along with a 25 HP pump and a 200' hose kit for installation. Also, a second 165 ton backup cooling tower was rented to guarantee
uninterrupted service.
This particular job was a re-rental of a closed loop cooling tower which is equipment TEMP-AIR does not typically carry within its rental fleet. The cooling tower sizing was engineered through a collaboration of CH2M Hill, TEMP-AIR and a permanent HVAC contractor.
The cooling tower rental involved four different companies working together to provide an effective cooling solution for the end user. The equipment was contracted through a permanent HVAC company by TEMP-AIR and re-rented to CH2M Hill, the agent for GE Aviation in the Newark, DE area. Logistics coordination among all involved was key for the success of the project. The 270 ton cooling tower package was shipped from Arizona to the local permanent HVAC company. This contractor then prepped the equipment for delivery to CH2M Hill for their replacement project at GE Aviation.
A main obstacle faced during the temporary cooling tower project had to do with project engineering. The extensive pre-planning and equipment selection phase of the project proved difficult due to the ever-changing job parameters and project scope. Effective communication and problem solving were key to narrowing down GE Aviation's ultimate needs for the project. Creating satisfying end results for the end user required a high level of customer service support which resulted in multiple project proposals eventually leading to the 270 ton trailer-mounted cooling tower and heat exchanger being chosen as the right solution for this particular job.


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Praha, the Czech word for Prague. Prahahahaha. Ok, that joke is out of my system.
(As the post title and first line denote, I'm full of puns today. Be warned.)
I am fresh off a long weekend trip to Prague, Czech Republic. Katie and I arrived to the city late Thursday night after a quick 2 hour flight from Rome. Everything in Europe is two hours by air. Everywhere. I don't know how it is all equidistant. Euro-magic. Anyway, Katie's cousin Kelly, who lives in Prague, met us at the airport and took us back to her apartment in the Vinohrady district. Since it was late, we drifted off to sleep with the promise of Prague there to greet us in the morning. Really it was more like collapsed into bed – but drifting sounds much more romantic, and we're here to stylize.
Friday morning. We awake. (I'll switch to present tense, 'cause why not?) Katie and I grab our things and head toward the metro station to advance toward our hotel near Old Town Square. The metro drops us as Wenceslas Square. This is the huge square of New Prague: shopping, hotels, restaurants, horse statue, and Starbucks. I'm a bit ashamed to admit that we made a stop, but the idea of walking with a hot drink in a to-go cup was too much to resist. Italy does not believe in such luxuries.
Anyway, after making our way into Old Town and checking in at the hotel, which was just a tiny (a TON) nicer than our typical hostel arrangement, Katie and I hit Old Town Square for food: first great beer, sausages, goulash (see pictures below and salivate). Let me describe Old Town. I relate the aesthetic as a mix between Amsterdam, Brugge, and the village of Duloc from Shrek. I'm so cosmopolitan, but really the similarity is impressive.
Post lunch, we go on a bike tour. This is highly recommend the next time you find yourself in Prague. It hits all the major sites in about 2.5 hours, you look cool on a bike, you get a great feel for the layout of the city, and you have the cutest little tour guide girl from Alabama. We see the Vltava River, Lennon Wall, Mala Strana district, dancing building, cafe where Franz Kafka pondered metamorphosis, Powder tower, and many other sites.
Now, we are ready for sustenance. Insert hot wine and sweet rolled street bread. Hot wine would be blasphemy in Rome, but Prague does it very well. I describe the sweet bread as an unrolled and rerolled cinnamon roll. Yeah.
Time for the Jewish District. Prague's Jews lived in a small section of the city before their forcible removal by Hitler. We see some synagogs and the Jewish cemetery. This cemetery, the size of a large backyard, is packed with some 12,000 tombstones. The cemetery has 12 layers of bodies, estimated to number 100,000 in total. Unbelievable, crowded, and eerie.
Leaving the Jewish quarter, we wander, as we are known to do, and decide it is time for dinner, Czech style. We find a nice restaurant in a cave – because if you can, caves are best – and have traditional Czech meals. Meat, potatoes, bread. Maybe some form of cabbage. Maybe. The Czechs don't mess around with rabbit food. Nope. Oh, and another great beer. Beer is cheaper than water in Prague and probably more plentiful. There's a saying that Czech people do not start counting their beers for the day until dinner. By then they've probably had at least 2.
After dinner we see Old Town Square by night with Our Lady Before Tyn Cathedral and the Astronomical Clock Tower all lit up. Ironically for all the gothic cathedrals, Prague is now almost entirely Atheist. Ruminate on how that chances a national culture for a second. Ok. Our Lady has two towers representing the two sexes. The male tower is slightly bigger than the female tower. The astronomical clock was installed in 1410, making it the third oldest in the world, and the only one still working. Every hour on the hour the clock puts on a show with doors opening and little wooden statues emerging. Ironically, the clock doesn't actually tell time, only astronomical positioning. For time, there is a smaller clock installed at the top of the tower.
Saturday morning. We wake up and head to Bohemia Bagel. Two things: I haven't had a bagel and peanut butter for so long. This is awesome. I reiterate, why don't Italians eat breakfast? Second, before becoming the Czech Republic, the country was called Bohemia. Why not Czech Bohemia? I'm just saying, it was an opportunity missed.
Then we meet Kelly and head to the Strahov Monastery where the monks brew their own beer and read a ton and, I suppose, pray. Their libraries are beautiful and include cabinets of curiosity – the forerunners to museums. Basically you collecte bizarre things in your cabinets to show off. I think there was actually a small dinosaur, but I'll have to get back to you on that.
Notes: Monk beer is good. Who knew I like dark Czech beer best?
From lunch we walk around Petrin Hill to Prague Castle, which is actually more like a compound. The most castle-looking edifice is the impressively gothic St. Vitus Cathedral. The Castle also offers an amazing view out over Old Town. We walk through Mala Strana, where the wealthiest of Prague used to live. It now boasts tourist shops, bars, and thai massage places.
We grab some hot wine and cross Charles Bridge. The view from the bridge looks strangely like the view of the Seine River in Paris. This is conscious. Prague's architects decided that they wanted to be the Paris of central Europe. The aesthetic is there under the surface. It's like a shrunken Paris with colored roofs and buildings. Hitler liked it – he spared the city from bombing and planned to move there after his victory in WWII. Oops.
We walk ALL OVER PRAGUE. Because one castle is never enough, we see Vysehrad Castle. (That's not a typo. They love their v-consonant combos.) Eventually we land in Kelly's hood of Vinohrady for tea and cake. We walk down by the river and soak up views of Prague Castle across the shore. Then we find a restaurant in Vinohrady and grab a beer and some sausage. Fun fact: in traditional Prague bars, they often serve only one beer. Here, they bring everyone a beer, without you ordering it, and then continue to bring new beers until you actively tell them to stop. Cheers.
We called it a night after a beer in a bar made in the underground tunnels of Prague. See cave comment above.
Sunday morning. Brunch. Again, taking advantage of a country that believes in such a meal. We catch one more show at the astronomical clock, stroll along the river, cross Charles Bridge, and meander the afternoon away before reclaiming our bags and heading to the airport.
Prague. Let's review. Great beer, heavy food, orange roofs, and gothic spires. I had an amazing time. How can you not? The city is big enough, yet manageable. It has sites but encourages you to stroll its labyrinth streets. It's black gothic architecture pulls you into a story-world feel. The tourist shops detract from the authenticity, but the Old Town Square and Czech dialect build it back up. The city feels layered, as I said before. It's Amsterdam, Brugge, Brussels, and a taste of Paris. It references so many other places, while being distinctly itself. Prague is somewhere that a new-traveler can immensely enjoy, while the seasoned traveler can appreciate it as a composition. I liked Prague for the pace of our sight-seeing. I liked the importance of the sit-down meal, the mid-day beer, the stroll across the bridge, the lazy dinner.
I like that the city, like it's clock, is more concerned with the signs than the time. I like that Prague lets you stop counting.
"Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before." – Franz Kafka

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"Key English Phrases for Successful Meetings", our first free Webinar, took place on 21st February 2019, and then again on 20th March 2020. The topics that we discussed were:
- Why it is important to know Business English in order to have a successful meeting with foreign partners or clients
- What you should, and shouldn't do during a business meeting
- Which English phrases you might hear during a business meeting, what they mean, and how you can use them
For those of you who weren't able to attend the Webinar, we have prepared the main takeaways – so let's get down to it!
The Basic DOs and DON'Ts of Successful Meetings
- Only have a meeting when it is needed. If you can handle it with a simple e-mail, it is not necessary.
- Write down the objectives of the meeting and stick to the agenda.
- Share the meeting purpose objectives with all the attendees. This will keep it on track.
- Schedule a few days in advance if possible, and tell all the participants to come prepared. Make sure you are prepared as well.
- Start and end the meeting on time.
- Send out an email summary if you covered many different topics.
- Invite anyone who doesn't need to be there. Not only will you drag them away from what they should be doing, but this will also prolong the meeting unnecessarily.
- Make the meeting longer than one hour. If that is not possible, consider scheduling a second meeting instead of having a very long one.
- End the meeting without stating clearly what happens next. Make sure to mention who should do what, and when it should be done.
- Let your meetings overlap. In other words, spend your time wisely and start the second meeting where the first one left off. No need to review if everything was summed up in the end of the first one.
- Be impolite or rude. This should go without saying.
Useful Idioms for Meetings
Call a meeting to order
– To start a meeting
Example: "Our manager called the meeting to order after everyone arrived."
Adjourn a meeting
– To end a meeting
Example: "We agreed to adjourn the meeting."
Call on (someone) to speak
– To ask someone to speak, or to give someone permission to speak at a meeting
Example: "The supervisor called on me to speak about our project."
Circulate the agenda
– To distribute a list or other information about what will be discussed in a meeting
Example: "We circulated the agenda and then we started our discussion."
Follow-up meeting
– A meeting where you discuss previous business
Example: "We will have a follow-up meeting tomorrow to discuss the new project."
Make a motion
– To make a suggestion or proposal at a meeting
Example: "The manager made a motion to finish the meeting early."
Defeat a motion
– To defeat an idea or proposal in a meeting
Example: "We easily defeated the motion to increase the salaries."
Second a motion
– To formally agree with a proposal in a meeting
Example: "I seconded the motion to work one hour less during the slow Summer days."
Take minutes
– To write down the details of a meeting
Example: "I usually take minutes at team meetings."
Table a discussion
– To postpone a discussion until a later time
Example: "We tabled the discussion about the holidays and days off until the next meeting."
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Do you know any other useful idioms that haven't been mentioned? Feel free to let me know in the comments!


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This morning, I was having a conversation with an old friend (a phone conversation, on my landline, no less – very retro) and I've been reflecting all day on the things we were talking about. She was my best friend through those awkward, difficult middle-teen years, and although we don't talk often, when we do, it's interesting how we fall right back into our 15-year-old selves to some degree. Yes, we've changed, but fundamentally we're still the same friends we were.
I enjoy meeting people. Nearly nine years into the business of photography, I know this about myself and I know that watching children and families as they change and grow is an honour that I may not otherwise be privy to. Living, now, in a tourist town, I wasn't sure I'd get the opportunity to see my littlest clients grow up.
However! Recently, I got to meet a sweet little girl who was only a bump in her mamma's belly on her first photo shoot.
We met at Mackenzie Beach, which is such a good location for families with kids, weddings, elopements.
It was one of those blow-your-mind sunny Tofino days that we get every once in a while throughout the winter. There was just a touch of chill in the air, and the sun shone like gold through the rainforest.
I really love the variety this particular spot gives. I have two little rugrats myself, so I know just how volatile a small child can be, and how little patience they can have for grown-up things like photo shoots. This beach is great for little kids because it's a short walk from sandy beach to the beautiful texture of seaweed-covered rocks to a peak into the rainforest.
Added benefit – the light here is amazing in the mornings, if you have a little one who isn't up for a sunset shoot.
Have you ever stayed at Ocean Village Resort? I haven't, but it's on my list (it's hard to justify ticking every resort on the coast off a list when I live here). The location is just perfect.
The journey from belly to baby to child always amazes me. I love watching kids get bigger, seeing their personalities shine through; I find that they are who they are from the first meeting, and every year, you can recognize that little person through all the phases. I love meeting people, and now that my own kids are getting bigger, other peoples' little people really have a place in my heart (is that a confusing sentence? oops).
My favourite thing about one-year-olds? They love to share. They even share wet sand.


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No run today. I'm going to focus on walking a straight line first.
It's amazing how a few hours can change a person's sense of space and time. This morning, I was still very off balance, but the spinning had stopped. Now, tonight, I almost can't believe it was as bad as it was. I had full appetite back, too.
Beef and broccoli. I made mine a little spicy with some red pepper. I used a wild rice.
I decided I wanted a spinach quiche for breakfast this week. I miss my oatmeal, but I love love love quiche.
Before the oven. I used a fake crust because that's just how I do it when I'm in a hurry.
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"As we're looking into alternative revenue streams and new methods of delivering care, what happens is the innovation kind of takes over. The things that we have regulatory requirements around, such as Stark and then kickbacks, are things where the government or the required regulatory rules haven't quite caught up with where healthcare needs to go for the future. You're looking at these different contractible arrangements and working in these different capacities with partners and trying to decide, okay, from a regulatory perspective, how might this affect us?"
This is one of the many observations from Sheryl Vacca, Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health, a $22 billion organization with 103,000 caregivers across seven states. With over thirty years of healthcare, compliance, and auditing experience, Sheryl's responsibilities include oversight for compliance, audit, risk management, and information security.
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[3rd edition] Power stones.
How to power stones work !?!?!
How are they made ???
How are they used ???
What are energy points ??
I don't reeeeally understand any of what the 3rd edition basics set says about powerstones and need it explained a bit simpler here please. Thanksyou for reading.
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Re: [3rd edition] Power stones.
Powerstones are mana batteries for mages. They're made from gems, and enchanted with a particular enchantment spell. They have a certain size, a number of FP they hold. Mages can use the energy in exactly one powerstone that they're touching as part or all of the cost to cast a spell. Powerstones recharge automatically at a rate of 1 point / day in normal mana areas, and only recharge if they are not within six feet of another powerstone. (Again, the idea is for mages to have only one active stone. But of course players will go to great lengths to circumvent that limit, putting one on either end of their six-foot-one-inch staff and so on.)
The Magic section in Basic, B236, "Energy Cost", explains the energy cost for a spell. Basically mages spend their FP or HP to supply the number of energy points need to cast a spell. Each spell states its cost to cast; high skill reduces this cost.
GURPS Magic discusses powerstones in more detail.
Join Date: Jul 2015
Re: [3rd edition] Power stones.
What is FP ?
Also, what does it mean when it is mentioning prices along side energy levels ?
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Re: [3rd edition] Power stones.
Other than the special rules in the spell, powerstones are enchanted [made] as any other magic item [B152-B153]. To summarize, you must know both Enchantment and Powerstone to at least at the 15- level in order to make a powerstone and if you want it to work in a Low Mana area, you have to know both spells at 20-. The skill level you know the spell at sets the Power of the Powerstone, so a Powerstone would have a minimum Power of 15 in a Normal Mana area and a minimum Power of 20 in a Normal Mana area if it is intended to function in a Low Mana area. (The Power will automatically drop to 15 when the item enters a Low Mana area.) Power is always equal to the lower skilled spell, so if you knew Enchantment 16- and Powerstone 21-, the maximum Power would only be 16 (from Enchantment).
The ST of a powerstone is the same thing as how many energy points the powerstone can hold at one time. It is limited to the size of the gem (in carats) or the number of times the Powerstone spell is cast before getting two ordinary failures in a row. If, for example, you failed the second and third castings, you would have a ST 1 powerstone that can never be increased to ST 2 even if it was a 140 carat gem that could theoretically have been enchanted to ST 140. In addition, as long as the two failures weren't critical the GM would assign two quirks to the powerstone, one quirk for each failure.
You could use either Quick and Dirty Enchantment [B152] or Slow and Sure Enchantment [B153] in enchanting the powerstone. The big difference is in how the energy points [HT or fatigue (FP)] to power the casting of the spell is gathered. Powerstone requires 20 energy points for each casting, so a mage with HT 10, fatigue 10 could cast Powerstone once and would then be at HT 0, Fatigue 0. [That's the Quick and Dirty style casting.] Slow and Sure takes 20 days per casting, casting it once a day every day for the whole 20 days but there's no sudden drop in HT or fatigue on the twentieth day. You've put 1 energy into the casting each day.
You can recover fatigue using the Recover Fatigue spell or normally, as you prefer, but HT will recover much more slowly, so you'll want one or more assistants to help in a Quick and Dirty enchantment. The limitations and benefits of using assistants are covered on B152-B153.
You, personally, can use one and only one powerstone to help you when casting (but see assistants) Powerstone or any other spell but you can't use the powerstone you're enchanting for that purpose. If you've enchanted a Powerstone to ST 5 for example, you can't use any of that 5 ST to help cast Powerstone 6 on that stone. (The first casting makes the powerstone ST 1 and each additional casting increases the ST by 1.) Note that the spell description says the result of the casting is an uncharged ST 1 stone. In a normal mana zone, the powerstone won't actually have an energy point to spend until after it's had a day to gather the mana.
One note on Anaraxes note about not recharging within six feet of another powerstone. That only applies if one powerstone is bigger (higher ST) than the other. If the stones are of equal size, they share the mana equally. For example, in a normal mana area you could have six ST 1 powerstones within six feet of each other and they'd all recharge but it would take six days since each is only gathering 1/6 of a mana energy point each day and they would all be useless until the sixth day for casting spells.
Dedicated and Exclusive powerstones are things that you can do with a powerstone. An already made Powerstone can be added to a magic item before you cast the first enchantment spell and it will provide 2 energy instead of 1 for each ST in the powerstone but you can't use it to power any old spell you know anymore, only spells that are enchanted into the magic item. That's a dedicated Powerstone and the magic item is broken and loses all its enchantments if the dedicated powerstone is removed but the dedicated powerstone survives and can be used as a regular powerstone.
Exclusive powerstones are also built into a magic item before the first enchantment is cast but the item's spells/enchantments can only use the energy from the powerstone, the user can't power the item using his own HT or fatigue. Exclusive powerstones give 3 energy for each ST of the powerstone.
In general, the wizard needs to hold the powerstone to use it. The wizard can use the energy of the powerstone in place of some or all of his own fatigue or HT when casting or maintaining a spell, subject to the limitations of the spell. For example, a wizard could use a ST 5 powerstone to provide 1, 2 or all 3 of the energy needed to cast a 3d Fireball and the powerstone would still have 4, 3 or 2 energy respectively left for casting and the stone would need to recharge to get back up to ST 5 or he could cast Beast Summoning and maintain it once after the initial duration passes, using all of the ST 5 powerstone's energy and the stone has no more energy available until it's had a chance to recharge.
The prices given in the sidebar Powerstone Costs [B153] are a guideline to the investment the enchanter is making in a powerstone. The only actual costs if the wizard is making a powerstone for himself is his cost of living (and that of any assistants) plus the cost of the gem. Cost to Make is what the powerstone would sell for if the enchanter were making it for someone else or if a wizard were buying it rather than making it himself and includes the effects of critical failures which destroy the powerstone and require starting fresh. Cost to Make is for a quirked powerstone, that is, every failure during the enchantment process added a quirk to the stone. In modern parlance, this is the price of a 'factory second' powerstone. Typical retail is the price for a powerstone without any quirks.
Does that help? Is any part still unclear?
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Re: [3rd edition] Power stones.
May I ask which 3e books you have? It might make it easier to direct you to information.
Do you have the Basic book? Or do you only have GURPS Lite?
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Re: [3rd edition] Power stones.
Sorry for the late reply, been away for a while. I'm using the 3rd edition Basic set.
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Re: [3rd edition] Power stones.
Also, in reply to Curmudgeon:
That has actually helped so much. But I just need you to go over this one part for me again. Its the part about quick and dirty castings and sure and steady castings or whatever. And how, after 2 failures of the spell you cannot increase the energy capacity of the powerstone. Bit confused about it.
Here is my question:
Say my powerstone is... 10 carat. (Meaning the max it could be is 10ST) would I have to cast 'Powerstone' 10 times on that stone to give it its full capacity? So that every time I cast Powersotne it adds 1 ST to the capacity of the stone ?
I think that is how it works right ? And then say if I was doing it over 10 days and did 1 quick and dirty casting every day (even though that just wouldn't be possible) and on the 4th and 5th day I failed both I couldn't get it above 3 ? Please tell me if what I have said here is correct or not. If not, please correct me.
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Re: [3rd edition] Power stones.
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Re: [3rd edition] Power stones.
Johndallman's answers address most of your questions very nicely. I think the only thing you're missing is what happens with Slow and Sure castings.
As mentioned earlier with Slow and Sure castings, if you cast Powerstone by that method and don't have assistants or a powerstone to help out, it will take 20 days for each casting (spending 1 [one] energy each day). In that case, using your 10 carat powerstone example, it will take 200 days (in other words, six months, two weeks and two or three days) to get your ST 10 powerstone using the Slow and Sure method, assuming you don't fail any castings. You can fail a Slow and Sure casting just as you can a Quick and Dirty, so failing your fourth and fifth castings would occur at the eightieth and hundredth days and you'd be 'stuck' with a ST 3 powerstone (which has had lots of time to gather the 3 mana it can hold and is fully charged at that point).
Whether you use Quick and Dirty or Slow and Sure enchantment, the stone now has two quirks. You know the enchantment failed to take, i.e. you know the spell failed when you cast it in either case, and since the powerstone didn't turn to dust, you know it wasn't a critical failure. Therefore you know that it has two quirks, but you don't know exactly what the quirks are. By Powerstone's description if you want to know what the quirk is you need to cast Analyse Magic on the powerstone. The rules don't say so, but I'd say each casting of Analyse Magic will only determine one quirk.
One other point is that you can fail an unlimited number of times as long as you don't critically fail and don't get two ordinary failures in a row. You could, for example, fail every other casting and by the Slow and Sure method you would have a ST 10 powerstone at the end of 400 days (a bit over a year and a month) that has 10 (ten) quirks!
Two other points about powerstones are contained in the paragraph on Wizardly Tools in general. Mages, and only mages, can use powerstones as a magic item and second, a powerstone is always on, so you'll want to read "Always On" Items [B153-B154]. The last four sentences of that section [B154] are particularly important.
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Re: [3rd edition] Power stones.
Cool. Now that its all wrapped up, how much should I charge for a gem? Like how much gold per 10carats? (I'm pretty much using the prices for items that the 3rd edition basic set says but converting the $ into G (gold). Thanks to everyone who has replied and helped me out btw. Helped alot!
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Hilary Duff Urges People To Follow Their Dreams
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Hilary Duff sat down with @ The Movies, and she discussed her new movie 'A Cinderella Story.' "I really hope that girls get inspired by the movie," Duff said. "Sam is a driven person even though she's been torn down. In high school, kids deal with such harsh things that people don't realize can really affect their entire lives. They are so interested in getting the boyfriends and wearing low cut shirts so the boys will like them. That shouldn't be their goal. They shouldn't do things for other people, they should do things if they have dreams of their own and really work hard for that."


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Hi guys! We have Elna Holst stopping by today with her new release Wild Bells, we have a great excerpt and a brilliant $10 NineStar GC giveaway so check out the post and enter the giveaway! ❤ ~Pixie~
Wild Bells
Elna Holst
Lund, Sweden, 1998
Mia Andersson is not a nice person. She is a sharp, sensational-looking, aloof lawyer-to-be, and the busiest sapphic player in town. Mia Andersson takes no prisoners, tells no tales, and if you gave her your number, chances are she won't call. But this holiday season, at age twenty-seven, wheels that are out of her control have been set in motion, and it looks like she might just get caught in the spin.


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The depressed housing market has caused many people to look for ways to increase the value of their home. And there is no better place to start than the kitchen. A refurbished kitchen will dramatically improve the appearance of your home's interior and significantly increase its value. While new cabinets, countertops, and floors would be ideal; they can also be extremely expensive. Do-it-yourself remodeling can be an affordable way to improve your kitchen's appearance and raise its resale value as well. Here are a few tips to keep in mind:
1) Plan Ahead
You're probably aware that remodeling your kitchen will require a lot of time and energy. Still, most people tend to underestimate the effort it will take. Carefully outline all phases of the process, make a list of required materials, and schedule phases that will prevent you from rendering the entire kitchen useless all at the same time.
2) Prioritize
Take into consideration what matters to you most. Money never stretches as far you'd like it to, so carefully consider what elements you can and can't live without. If you love to cook, for example, you will want to set aside more money for appliances.
3) Embrace Quirks
Every kitchen has a personality, so don't try to hide the peculiar elements that are already in place. Rather, embrace them and allow those quirks to accentuate your kitchen's personality.
4) Appliance Location
If you are planning on re-arranging the location of your appliances, remember that function is just as important as appearance. Experts recommend that the fridge, oven and sink be arranged in an imaginary triangle. This allows for maximum efficiency while also providing aesthetic appeal.
5) Cabinets
The cabinets are perhaps the most visually impactful element of the kitchen, and changing cabinet fronts can transform the look of the entire room. If replacing the cabinet doors altogether is out of the question financially, there are a wide variety of dyes, panels, and stains that can accomplish the effect just as well.
6) Focal Point
Establishing a focal point is one of the most important steps to achieving an attractive aesthetic. The most natural focal point in your kitchen is probably the island. Try a darker dye on the island and a lighter dye on the surrounding cupboards.
7) Lighting
Both the quality of lighting and the lighting fixtures themselves can greatly enhance your kitchen's appearance. Avoid single fixture lighting and consider contemporary lighting. Task lighting, such as an over-the-sink fixture, can enhance the functionality of the kitchen as well.
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Target Deal
Here is a great deal on Dog Food at Target this week, you can score lots of gift cards plus use a coupon! Great deal to stock up!
Just $2.99 for Big Bags!
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Predicting spelling ability with a new test of word spelling processes
Niolaki, G., Taylor, L. & Vousden, J.
1/09/17 → 31/08/19
Project: Research
Power density maximisation and efficiency improvement of DC/AC inverter: addressing the requirement for an ultra-fast control loop
31/03/20 → 28/02/21
Project: Research
PulSE: Postural tachycardia syndrome exercise (PulSE): a randomised feasibility study
McGregor, G., Pearce, G. & Holliday, N.
1/08/19 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
Political communication and public trust in Northern Ireland
3/10/16 → 2/10/17
Project: Internally funded project
Playing the News VR: Coventry Blitz
Wright, B., Jones, S., Graham, S., Tsankov, T., Berkland, D. G. & Perry, K.
1/02/17 → 16/01/18
Project: Research
Pilot Research on Japanese Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Disasters, funded by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
1/03/13 → 25/03/13
Project: Project at former HEI
pHHd: pH, Hypoxia and Haemodialysis
McGuire, S., McGregor, G., Horton, E., Jakovljevic, D. & Krishnan, N.
1/11/20 → 28/02/21
Project: Unfunded project
Performing Inclusion: Researching How Mixed-Abled, Community Dance Performances Impact Perceptions towards Disability
Waldorf, L. & Blades, H.
1/03/18 → 1/09/20
Project: Research
Performing Empowerment: Disability, Dance, and Inclusive Development in Post-War Sri Lanka
Waldorf, L. & Blades, H.
1/11/16 → 30/04/18
Project: Research
Perceptions of justice and hierarchies of rape: Rethinking approaches to sexual violence in conflict affected societies from the bottom-up
Aroussi, S. & Furahi, F.
1/09/15 → 30/04/17
Project: Research
EPSRC: Pathways Electric Vehicle Value Chain - Bridging the Gaps
1/01/11 → 31/12/12
Project: Project at former HEI
Participatory change: an integrative approach toward occupational therapy practice development
11/11/03 → 11/10/09
Project: Thesis
Oxygen uptake kinetics in high intensity interval training in coronary heart disease
4/09/17 → 2/11/20
Project: Research
Organic-PLUS: Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe
Schmutz, U., Burbi, S., Conroy, J., Evans, A. & Rayns, F.
1/05/18 → 30/04/22
Project: Research
Optipress – Stepped Change in Precision and Strength Optimisation Capability for Steel Fabrications, Innovate UK
Lawrence, J., Iqbal, N. & Matharu, R.
1/09/17 → 1/03/19
Project: Research
Optimising the nanoscale behaviour of novel materials for energy applications
Christopoulos, S. & Papadopoulou, K.
25/02/19 → …
Project: Research
Optimisable system-level thermal models for power electronic converters (funded by the EPSRC-CPE, FEC: £55,248)
1/01/16 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
On Our Land: Protecting Cultural Heritage in the South Hebron Hills
Darweish, M., Sellick, P. & Sulin, L.
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
On Our Land: Protecting Bedouin lived cultural heritage in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Darweish, M., Forbes, N., Harrowell, E. & Sellick, P.
1/07/17 → 31/10/18
Project: Research
NOSy - magnetic and wireless sensor technology for improving profit, biosecurity and carbon footprint of regional oyster production
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
North Warwickshire Community Activity Audit
Jarvis, D. & Akhtar, Y.
1/01/07 → 31/07/07
Project: Research
NEWS 2000: NEWS 2000: North East Women into Science
1/01/98 → 31/12/09
Project: Project at former HEI
SIMBIO: New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research: Social Innovation Management for BIOPlastics
Tjahjono, B., Bek, D. & Lazell, J.
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
New Deal for Communities (NDC) Business Advice Centre Feasibility Study
Jarvis, D., Berkeley, N. & Donnelly, M.
1/03/04 → 30/06/04
Project: Consultancy
Newborn screening: exploring parental experiences and design requirements
Moody, L., Atkinson, L., Kehal, I. & Choudhry, K.
Project: Research
National Action Plans (NAPs) on Women, Peace and Security
Aroussi, S.
15/04/16 → 30/06/16
Project: Research
MyHealth Translation of postcards into prototype digital interface
3/09/18 → 31/07/19
Project: Internally funded project
Modelling the Economic Impact of Coventry University Group to 2020
Jarvis, D., Henry, N. & Ferreira, J.
1/05/14 → 31/08/14
Project: Internally funded project
Modelling of patient support system and design of new control system for the development of dynamic therapy.
Burnham, K. & Haas, O.
1/11/02 → 31/10/04
Project: Research
Modelling and Mapping statistical probabilities; correlation between Zika virus transmission
Charlesworth, S., Blackett, M. & Warwick, F.
2/04/17 → 1/04/19
Project: Research
Mobilising Institutional Reforms in Research and Innovation Systems (MIRRIS)
Jarvis, D., Sissons, P., Ferreira, J., Lazell, J., Crowe, S. & Brooks, R.
1/07/13 → 30/06/16
Project: Research
Mobile-Based Communication for Studio-Based Learning in Higher Learning Institutions
3/12/18 → 30/11/20
Project: Project at former HEI
Migrant Labor in the Gulf
16/05/09 → 11/10/10
Project: Project at former HEI
MFM: Midlands Future Mobility - UK Central CAV Testbed
Parkes, A., Ekambaram, K. & Birrell, S.
1/01/18 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
MAESTRO: Methods and Advanced Equipment for Simulation and Treatment in Radiation Oncology
Haas, O., Burnham, K., Skworcow, P. & Sahih, A.
1/05/04 → 30/04/09
Project: Research
MEMO - mobile application to support users with dementia
1/01/17 → 30/04/17
Project: Research
Measuring the Size of the Social Investment Market
Henry, N., Jarvis, D., Leather, J. & Jugnauth, A.
1/10/14 → 30/06/15
Project: Research
Mapping the Creative and Cultural Industries in the Coventry and Warwickshire Sub-Region
Jarvis, D., Lambie, H. & Berkeley, N.
1/01/08 → 30/06/08
Project: Research
Mapping and empowering a network of creative and culture promoters and producers for a sustainable citizen-led system of production and market development for creative and cultural industries in State of Yucatan that promotes the diversity of cultural expression.
15/04/20 → 30/11/21
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Episode #48
By Patti G
Scene 1:
"I never wanted anyone to get hurt, especially a baby," Ellie says choking
back tears. "His plan was supposed to be so simple. I inject the women with the
virus, he contacts you for the money. You pay it and get the antidote."
Tad sits down next to Ellie and asks, "Who is he, your father?"
"Yes," Ellie admits. He loved my mother very much, and while I think she finally
forgave and forgot what happened in Pine Valley, he never could let it go. He saw
my mom, a brilliant doctor, not getting the jobs at hospitals she deserved and instead had to settle for walk-in or free clinics to practice
Jake looks at Ellie and says, "There is no shame practicing medicine wherever
a doctor is needed."
"I finally saw that for myself after I became a nurse and started working in
hospitals and the Free Clinic here in Pine Valley. I feel certain my mother
finally saw that too. My father on the other hand always felt his work was
overlooked by his peers and that, combined with my mother's history, fueled a
in him over the years."
"So how do we get the blasted antidote, young lady?" Adam shouts at her. "You
may not have noticed, but time is running out for my wife and these other two
"The plan was my father would contact you and have you transfer the money to
some account he set up. Then when he was assured it was there, he would call me
and tell me to give you this key that I wear on this necklace. He would tell me
where to tell you to go and the antidote would be there. After that I was
supposed to blend back into my job, and he would contact me where and when to meet
No sooner has Ellie said this that the doorbell rings. David goes to answer it
and he finds a deliveryman holding an envelope. "Are you Dr. Hayward?" he asks.
"Yes, I am." David thanks the guy, closes the door, and brings the envelope in to
the others.
"Well, open it, damn it!" Adam barks at David.
David opens the envelope and inside as Ellie had told them are instructions
as to where to send the money. David hands the paper to Adam and tells him to
take care of it. He can use his office.
Scene 2:
Emma cannot believe what she is reading. If these articles are correct, then
Zach's brother Michael raped Bianca, Miranda's mom. Emma does some quick
calculations, and it doesn't take a Ph.D. to figure out that Miranda was born
nine months after Bianca was raped. OMG! How could they have kept this quiet all
these years? There is no way Miranda knows about this. Emma does some further
investigating and finds an article about her dad returning to Pine Valley
shortly after Michael Cambias' death and is the sole heir to the Cambias
fortune. Why would he be left the Cambias fortune? She can't believe what went
on all those years ago. Rape, baby switching, and huge inheritances. Now that she
knows the truth, what is she going to do with all this information?
Scene 3:
Ryan sees Greenlee is all revved up about something. This may not be the time
to tell her about Annie.
"Have you spoken to Kendall lately?"
"I spoke to her awhile back, Why?"
"We just met at Confusion for drinks, and she told me she is not coming back
to Fusion. She wants to spend time with Zach and the kids."
"Kendall not going back to work? I can see why she would want some time for
her and the family. What did you say when she told you?"
"I said I knew she would want not to rush back to work, but I couldn't see
her staying at home baking cookies and cleaning."
"Greenlee, please tell me you did not say that to her as well as insult all
stay-at-home moms."
"Well, I didn't say it like that, but I pointed out that Spike and Ian are at
school all day, Zach works, and Amelia will be off to school soon as well. Ryan,
please tell me you'll speak to her and get her to change her mind."
"Greenlee, I don't think I should get involved in this. Kendall's decision is
between her and her family. Maybe if you just leave it alone, she will decide
after a while that she does want to come back."
Scene 4:
Tim punches out for the day, but he is in a foul mood. Jesse telling him he is
keeping an eye on him. Why did he have to make calls back to Chicago to begin
with? Maybe it was a mistake coming back to Pine Valley. He should have thrown a
dart at a map and picked a whole new city to start over in. All he wants to do
now is go have a few beers and be left alone.
Scene 5:
Adam comes back in the room and announces, "The money has been transferred."
Everyone seems a bit relieved and looks over at Ellie. A few minutes pass by
and her phone rings.
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Hurricane Season Begins June 1 - PCI Says Prepare Now
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"As people living in coastal states take steps to prepare for hurricane season it is important to keep in mind that flooding from tropical storms impacts not only shoreline communities but can produce significant damage hundreds of miles from the coast," said Chris Hackett, director of personal lines for PCI. Flood insurance, a separate policy from your homeowners insurance, is needed to be protected. However, there is a 30-day waiting period between the date you purchase flood insurance and when coverage takes effect. So you don't want to wait for a storm to appear on the radar before you seek to protect your property. Even though some forecasters are predicting a relatively quiet 2014 hurricane season, coastal residents need to remember that it only takes one storm to create extensive property damage."
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Manocha to head operations at chip manufacturer
GlobalFoundries has announced that Ajit Manocha has become CEO of the chip manufacturer, after serving as interim CEO since June.
Manocha, who has previously held roles with Spansion, Philips Semiconductors, AT&T Microelectronics and AT&T Bell Laboratories, will be tasked with improving operations, increasing customer engagement, and laying the groundwork for technology leadership in the future, the company said in a statement.
"The Board worked diligently to review and interview a number of outstanding candidates who had excellent qualifications to become our CEO," said Jim Norling, chairman of the GlobalFoundries Board of Directors. "We were excited to see the calibre of individuals who were eager to lead this company. In the end, we decided the best candidate is in-house and we're extremely pleased that Ajit has accepted our offer to become our permanent CEO."
Ibrahim Ajami, vice chairman of the Board and CEO of Abu Dhabi-owned ATIC, the majority shareholder in GlobalFoundries added: "Ajit's efforts over the last four months - his passion, his energy, his leadership skills and his ability to help drive the business and its operations to a new level - make him the right person to lead GlobalFoundries forward. With Ajit's confirmation, ATIC remains committed to ensuring that GlobalFoundries becomes an industry-changing platform of innovation, customers' preferred choice, and the leading semiconductor foundry in the world."
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Aug. 8, 2017
By Robby Hamman
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame volleyball program opened the upcoming 2017 season on Tuesday morning with the first official team practice. The team then had its second session of the day in the afternoon.
The two sessions focused on the importance of passing, hitting techniques and other fundamentals. Jim McLaughlin, who is entering his 28th season as a collegiate head coach, is approaching the 2017 season like he has many before.
"Virtually every year we do it the exact same," said McLaughlin. "There are little changes here and there, but we're going to teach the way we teach. We are going to approach it the same way. The big rock list is our challenges, areas we have to get better in, obstacles that I think allow you to get better."
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The Irish will continue training over the next month in preparation for the season-opening Golden Dome Invitational on August 25 and 26. Notre Dame hosts intrastate foe Valparaiso at 7 p.m. on August 25 and then will host Rhode Island and New Mexico State on August 26. All three matches will be played in Compton Family Ice Arena.
The Irish 2017 schedule features 16 home matches, 10 of which are conference matches. Notre Dame is coming off a 22-10 season and returns five starters and its primary libero from the 2016 roster.
For behind the scenes looks at the Notre Dame volleyball program follow the Irish on Twitter (@NDvolleyball), Instagram (@ndvball), Facebook (/NDVolleyball) and Snapchat (NDVolleyball).
Robby Hamman joined Fighting Irish Media as athletics communications assistant director in September 2016, coordinating efforts for the volleyball and men's lacrosse program. Hamman is a 2010 graduate of Bethel College, where he earned bachelor's degrees in sport management and business administration, and earned his master's degree in business administration from Defiance College in 2013.


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#sex education
Catholic group that taped students together in sex ed talks develops presentation for primary schools
Teenagers have previously spoken to TheJournal.ie about the presentations in secondary schools – in one case a group was told condoms fail one in six times.
Lynn Ruane: 'We can't keep failing young people with inadequate sex education'
We are hopefully moving towards a country with a more positive attitude to sex and relationships.
Concerns raised over 'limited' access to appropriate sex education for Irish kids
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has set out its recommendations for key priority actions for the State.
Parents' protest leads to Dublin school cancelling plans for Catholic agency to offer sex education
Parents had objected to a religious agency offering education at a multi-denominational Educate Together school.
FactCheck: Will children aged 4 and under be taught about masturbation if the sex education bill becomes law?
The claim was made by a Renua local election candidate.
In Russia, men and women are turning to sex coaches to get over Soviet-era taboos
Sex, as a subject, remains largely an unmentionable in Russia.
Irish government to consider similar legislation to UK 'porn block' law
From July pornography sites will be required to have robust age-verification systems in place for UK users.
External agencies providing sex ed in schools to be regulated in recommended radical overhaul
A report launching today calls for a radical overhaul of how sex education is taught in both primary and secondary schools.
Opinion: Let's talk about sex and pornography - like adults do
Now is the time for a mature and sensible discussion about sex and porn. We really need mandatory modern sex education introduced in schools too, writes Caroline West.
First-born children more likely than younger siblings to learn about sex from parents
The order in which children are born may play a significant role in how they learn about sex, especially for boys.
Minister on bishop's comments: 'Contraception is fact of life now for women'
Mary Mitchell O'Conner said she agreed with the health minister that religion should not determine health and social policy in Ireland.
Minister 'shocked' and 'taken aback' at the age Irish children are viewing pornography
A new survey finds that 53% of boys in Ireland first watched porn under the age of 13.
'Like rabbits caught in headlights': Catholic schools head says sex ed has not moved with the times
TDs and Senators pressed on if elements of sex education would be left out of the curriculum in Catholic schools.
Government to provide more free condoms to tackle crisis pregnancies
Consideration is also being given to the extension of the provision of the morning-after pill.
Like the rest of us, Saoirse Ronan received some pretty dodgy sex education at school
Saoirse Ronan had to pay 20c for every bit of info she wanted to know about sex.
'The only thing I remember about sex education was STIs': Young people have their say on sex education
Recent survey results from Youth Work Ireland have shown how recent events like the #MeToo movement have changed the conversation around sex.
Coveney: 'Sex education isn't about religion. The State must ensure young people get the facts'
He said young people today are exposed to much more explicit forms of pornography and sexual content than any generation before them.
Poll: Is online pornography a 'useful' way to learn about sex?
A new survey suggests that around one in five young people feel that it is a useful way to find out about sex.
Here's how Twitter reacted to Fianna Fail's opposition to the sex education bill
Some politicians seem to be stuck in 1971
Varadkar condemns list in Cork school that said 'the girls with the most number of ticks will get raped'
The list proves the need to modernise our sexual education in schools, the Taoiseach said.
'Religious groups shouldn't be involved in sex education'
Proposed legislation seeks to remove religious ethos from sex education in schools.
9 things that won't be included in the new sex education curriculum
You can't teach someone to be prepared for when Mambo No. 5 accidentally comes on shuffle.
Government considering the roll-out of free contraception
Minister Harris said work to consider the costs and other implications is continuing within his department.
Former footballer Richie Sadlier is winning praise for talking about consent classes on The Ray D'Arcy Show
Something all schools could benefit from.
Poll: When is the right time to explain where babies come from?
A new report has called for better, more inclusive sex education.
Young people want better sex education, gender-neutral toilets and LGBTI history taught in schools
Young people who took part in the consultation want to see the normalisation of 'non-traditional relationships'.
Jeremy Kyle got schooled on sex education this morning and everyone's morts for him
The shoe's on the other foot, for once.
Opinion: 'There is a massive avoidance of LGBT+ sex on the curriculum for sex ed'
Ireland needs to be more proactive around the area of sex education for LGBT+ teens, writes Cionnaith Ó Duibhir.
Large increase in under-16s having children, but decline in overall teenage birthrate
The teenage birthrate has decreased by 60% since 2001.
'I had sex with 40 women... I never did use condoms': Call for increased sex-ed in care homes
A series of reports produced by Tusla and the HSE has found a need for a boost in sex education.
This Italian porn star has offered to teach sex education in schools
Rocco Siffredi, known as the 'Italian stallion', said his industry has become a way to learn about sex for young people.
This eighties Irish sex education video is unbearably cringey
"Everything is based on love".
We need to create a solution to abortion. Children as young as 8 need to get sex education in school
A lot of people will consider what I'm suggesting controversial, ridiculous or pointless – but we need to create real solutions to real problems and bring the number of abortions down, writes Liadan O'Connor.
'I'd dump a girl if she had pubic hair': what teens think about sex
"It's proper complicated, a fanny, ain't it?"
The Hardest Sex Ed Quiz Ever
Are you fully versed in the birds and bees? Take the test.
Teenagers are having a lot fewer children than they used to
There has been a 60% decline since 2001 in the number of 15- to 19-year-olds having children.
A teenage girl was suspended for these incredibly spot-on answers to a sex ed quiz
"Condoms are gross, I hate them." "So are babies."
Young people will see online porn – shouldn't we help them interpret it?
Rapidly advancing technology means children will be confronted by pornography online at some point. How should we help them to interpret what they see?


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A caravan of close to 2,000 Honduran immigrants is continuing to make its way through Guatemala to the United States, a day after President Trump warned Central American countries that they may lose American aid if they let illegal immigrants cross the U.S. border.
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Amidst the sombre outlook, the Indian Renewable Development Agency (IREDA) has its own plans. "Sanctions have delayed approval of certain funding sources to India. However, alternate measures to raise funds locally are being formulated by IREDA and may not affect the wind sector seriously," says Dr V Bakthavatsalam of the agency. Industry observers are also optimistic that IREDA's short and medium term plans will remain unaffected. The possibility of long term penalties, they feel, are remote. "All these financial institutions will have to finally come to India because it is one of the few countries with assured returns," says one.
In the current financial year (starting in April) IREDA has authorised a loan of $2.5 million for 12 wind projects for nearly 30 MW. An additional 40 MW is expected to be approved before the year's end, says Bakthavatsalam. To encourage wind development in the midst of the global freeze on Indian aid, IREDA's offers of concessions, rebates and provisions have taken on a new light. Wind energy projects sanctioned between May 6 and the end of last month will receive at least a 0.5% rebate on their loan interest. An additional 0.5% rebate is available to wind generators who deliver a set amount of power to the grid, as well as developers who use wind turbines with at least 75% indigenous components. The discount also applies in states where no commercial wind farms are established, provided the Ministry of Non Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) has declared the state a potential site.
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Don't forget to disconnect your garden hoses from your outside faucets before the cold weather season.
The daylight is less plentiful, the leaves are starting to change color and split from their branches, and a wintry chill has begun to penetrate the air. Sounds kind of romantic to some, but as a homeowner these fanciful thoughts of autumn should also serve as notice that there is seasonal maintenance that must be performed on the exterior of their home to protect their residence through the oftentimes cold and bitter wintry season. It may surprise you, but a very simple, yet important component of autumn exterior home maintenance is often forgotten about which can set the table for big problems for the homeowner going forward.
The exterior hose bib (aka wall hydrant, sill-cock, or spigot) is extremely vulnerable to freezing cold when garden hoses remain attached to them during the winter months, especially when there is a device like a watering nozzle or sprayer attached to the outlet end of the hose. These attachments trap water in the hose and valve body which, if subjected to freezing, can oftentimes damage the valve body or create a break in the wall of the valve body causing potential water damage to your home. If you remove the hose and find that your hose spigot is leaking, then we recommend that you contact Titan Plumbing to have the valve either repaired or replaced to eliminate any risk to your home from this system during the cold winter months.
So don't forget. Disconnect your hoses from your outdoor faucets and keep them off until the warm weather returns. And if you see any dripping or leaking coming from the hose bib that you can't stop, then have it looked at promptly by your local plumber to minimize any damage to your home as a result of the failing valve.


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Brocade Ethernet Fabric Technology Enables Cloud Managed Service Provider to Open First Tier IV Data Centre in Spain
Von Brocade Communications GmbH
Tissat selects new Brocade VDX 6730 Data Center Switches to deliver a cloud-optimised network that meets increasing customer demand
Geneva, 17.10.2011 - With its existing facilities in Madrid and Valencia close to reaching capacity, and the demand for cloud IT environments continuing to rise, Spanish cloud managed service provider Tissat has turned to Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) to deliver a data centre networking solution based on Brocade® Ethernet fabrics and VCS? fabric technology. The new deployment creates the foundation for Spain?s first commercially available Tier IV data centre, an award-winning 4,000 square metre facility (called Walhalla) in Castellón de la Plana, 350 km east of Madrid and nearby Valencia. Tier IV data centres conform to the Tier Classification System standard, certified by the Uptime Institute, and represent the industry?s highest certification level for IT organisations.
Utilising Brocade VCS technology to build a highly virtualized cloud-optimized data center, Tissat will be the first company to leverage the extended family of Brocade VDX? Data Center Switches as part of an environment that includes the newly launched Brocade VDX 6730 Data Center Switch and existing Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switch. The Brocade VDX 6730 is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch that protects existing SAN infrastructure investments by seamlessly bridging Ethernet fabrics to Fibre Channel SAN fabrics. With this addition to the Brocade VDX product family, Brocade now provides a complete solution for future-proofing data centre networks, cost-effectively supporting 1 GbE to 10 GbE server transitions and LAN/SAN bridging.
Tissat?s business model is focused on providing highly available IT services for mission-critical environments and cloud-based solutions to public and private sector organizations. With services offered throughout Spain, Tissat designs, operates and manages its clients? total IT assets while providing infrastructure services (such as hosting, data storage, back-up and recovery), application development, database management, business continuity, Web and business process outsourcing (BPO) services. These services are based on pay-to-use IaaS, SaaS and PaaS models. To meet growing customer demand, Tissat?s new Tier IV data centre allows the company to scale operations and deliver dynamic and differentiated services, such as video streaming, high-speed data recovery and multi-site data synchronization.
To deliver these types of services, the firm needed an agile, high-performance network foundation that could deliver on both a technical and commercial level: 'In our business, complex IT means higher cost to the customer. When building our new facility, we wanted to be able to provide both Ethernet and Fibre Channel support across a common network to support virtual machine (VM) mobility, but at the same time radically simplify management and operational processes. Brocade Ethernet fabric technology met, and even exceeded, our requirements,? said Jorge Montoto, Tissat?s chief technology officer.
The Brocade Ethernet fabric solution, and in particular the new Brocade VDX 6730, will allow Tissat to fundamentally re-engineer its approach to network design. Tissat wanted to avoid the new data centre having islands of technology dedicated to different systems (i.e. racks just for servers or storage), and to ensure that rack space and compute resources were utilized efficiently. The new Ethernet fabric solution will enable the firm to increase network efficiency, performance and reliability while reducing management complexity?in turn ensuring that customer costs stay at competitive levels.
Manuel Escuin, Tissat?s general manager, said: 'When you make as big as investment as we have to build a Tier IV data centre, you need a partner who will closely support you and has a common view how to develop business together. Brocade has done this and provided a strong commercial and technical commitment to us.?
In addition to the Ethernet fabric deployment, Tissat has also installed Brocade MLX Series Core Routers in the network core to deliver 10 GbE performance and scalability, while providing a seamless, cost-effective path for high-density deployment of 100 GbE technology. Tissat is replicating data across its three data center sites to ensure resilience and uptime for customers.
'By standardizing on Brocade and its Ethernet fabric technology, we have simplified management while increasing performance and agility by an order of magnitude. Today, we solve 96 percent of customer service requests using first-level support, thereby freeing up specialized resources for other tasks and making operations more efficient. Brocade VDX switches are pivotal in enabling Tissat to remain competitive in a busy marketplace,? added Montoto.
Escuin concludes: 'The new facility has transformed our business, enabling us to charge 40 percent less for services than ?traditional? operators thanks, in part, to the efficiency of the network. We are radically reducing operating costs, with the new data centre receiving a PUE [power usage effectiveness] rating of 1.1, half that of ?normal? data centres and we are able to pass the financial savings onto our customers. Put another way, we can offer Tier IV service at Tier II data centre prices. Brocade offered us the price/performance ratio to help make this possible.?
About Brocade Data Center Networking and Ethernet Fabric Solutions
Network architects are now looking for ways to build more powerful, flatter networks that can support higher traffic loads and increased east-to-west traffic in virtualized environments, all while avoiding network congestion. Collapsing network layers also reduces complexity, which lowers overhead costs and reduces risk. This type of design, however, requires high-density, high-bandwidth network components that deliver full wire-speed connectivity. With Ethernet fabric technology and the industry?s most powerful routers for enterprise data centers, Brocade can help organizations build flatter, simpler networks today ? and at measurably lower cost than the competition.
For more information, please visit www.brocade.com
Jorge Montoto, Tissat?s chief technology officer, talks about the Brocade deployment: http://bit.ly/oxQPpO
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Natural gas is delivered by pipeline.
Local distribution companies (gas utilities) take bulk gas piped to them by wholesalers.
The distributors then pump it into a distribution main (at reduced pressure) and deliver it to service lines connected directly to individual customers.
The first large natural gas field in British Columbia was discovered in 1951 in the Fort St. John area and aerial exploration of the Mackenzie Delta began in 1957.
In 2010, pipelines consumed 16,946,070 GJ and emitted 1,002,851 GHGs tonnes.


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- Wash and soak the puffed rice separately. Soak rest of the ingredients (except salt) together for 6 hrs.
- Once ready to grind, drain the puffed rice and add first to the grinder. Run for a couple of times for it to get ground smooth.
- Then add the drained rice and continue grinding to a smooth batter, making sure you add just enough water.
- Once the batter is ground to a soft texture, add salt and let it ferment overnight.
- If you are going to make dosas right away, proceed to make, else you can refrigerate the batter.
- Heat a Tawa and when it is hot enough, spread the batter as a regular dosa. Sprinkle oil around.Cover with a lid and simmer down.
- Cook for a couple of mins, remove the lid and cook on open. Do not flip on the other side.
- Serve with side dish of your choice.
This dosa should not be cooked on the top side. The pores happen when you cook with lid covered and not turn over.
The dosas turn out very soft and with lot of pores.
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New Canon PowerShot SX530 HS Digital Camera 50x Optical Zoom Lens Full HD Video
- Canon PowerShot SX530 HS Digital Camera
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Whatever shot it is that you want to capture, from low light conditions to fast moving life, you know that with the PowerShot SX530 HS you've got it all. The PowerShot SX530 HS is a versatile and convenient Point and Shoot digital camera manufactured by Canon. The camera's 16MP High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor and DIGIC 4+ image processor pair to form the HS SYSTEM, to achieve notable image clarity, especially in dim and difficult lighting conditions, sensitivity to ISO 3200, and a high speed burst rate of 10 fps. Boasting a 50x Optical Zoom, the lens provides a 24-100mm equivalent focal length range, which is further benefitted by Intelligent IS image stabilization to ensure sharp and clear imaging. Thanks to built-in Wi-Fi and NFC capabilities, it's easy to share pictures via the SX530 HS, this camera is wirelessly adept, with the ability to transfer imagery directly to mobile devices using Wi-Fi, connect using NFC, and remotely control the camera from linked smartphones or tablets.
The PowerShot SX530 has many beneficial features which make shooting with it a real pleasure. This includes, a 3.0 inch 461k-dot LCD monitor available for live view monitoring, image playback, and menu navigation, High Speed AF utilizes updated algorithms and technologies to benefit subject tracking and overall focusing accuracy and speed, a Zoom Framing feature that will automatically zoom in or out to keep a subject in focus when using the longer telephoto focal lengths, and a Smart Auto feature which will pick up on the shooting situations and select the proper camera settings.
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The Powershot SX530 HS has built-in Wi-Fi, which gives you the ultimate convenience of posting and sharing your images to social networking and media sites-Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and Google Drive, with utmost ease through Canon iMAGE GATEWAY directly from your PowerShot camera or save them to the online phot album to share at any time, and at any place. The camera can also connect directly to both iOS and Android devices, and upload images through the free Canon CameraWindow App without a computer.
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Deborah K. Lieu, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Lieu has over 10 years of research experience in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes with over 22 peer-reviewed publications on the subject. Her research focuses on the mechanisms underlying the differentiation and maturation of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSCs) into pacemaking cardiomyocytes for engineering biopacemakers and contractile cardiomyocytes for cell replacement therapy after heart attack.
Cardiovascular Medicine
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis, Davis CA 2002
B.S., UC Davis, Davis CA 1996
Honors and Awards
UC Davis Academic Federation Innovative Developmental Award, 2015
Shriners Hospital for Children Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007
Select Recent Publications
Yechikov S, Copaciu R, Gluck JM, Deng W, Chiamvimonvat N, Chan JW, Lieu DK. Same-single-cell analysis of pacemaker-specific markers in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte subtypes classified by electrophysiology. Stem Cells. 2016;34 (11): 2670-2680. Journal Cover: Images selected for November 2016, Volume 34, Issue 11 journal cover
Poon E, Keung W, Liang YM, Ramalingam R, Yan B, Zhang S, Chopra A, Moore J, Herren A, Lieu DK, Wong HS, Weng Z, Wong OT, Lam YW, Tomaselli GF, Chen C, Boheler KR, Li RA. Proteomic analysis of human pluripotent stem cell-derived, fetal and adult ventricular cardiomyocytes reveals pathways crucial for cardiac metabolism and maturation. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2015;8(3): 427-36.
Karakikes I, Senyei GD, Hansen J, Kong CW, Azeloglu EU, Stillitano F, Lieu DK, Wang J, Ren L, Hulot JS, Iyengar R, Li RA, Hajjar RJ. Small molecule-mediated directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells toward ventricular cardiomyocytes. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2013;3(1): 18-31.
Wang J, Chen A, Lieu DK, Karakikes I, Chen G, Keung W, Chan CW, Hajjar RJ, Costa KD, Khine M, Li RA. Effect of engineered anisotropy on the susceptibility of human pluripotent stem cell-derived ventricular cardiomyocytes to arrhythmia. Biomaterials. 2013;34(35): 8878-86.
Lieu DK*, Fu J-D*, Chiamvimonvat N, Tung KC, McNerney GP, Huser T, Keller G, Kong C-W, Li RA. Mechanism-based facilitated maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2013; 6(1): 191-201. (* co-first author)
Lieu DK*, Turnbull I, Costa KD, Li RA*. Engineered human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac cells and tissues for electrophysiological studies. Drug Discov Today Dis Models. 2012;9(4): e209-217. (*co-corresponding author)
Awasthi S, Matthews DL, Li RA, Chiamvimonvat N, Lieu DK*, Chan JW*. Label-free identification and characterization of human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes using second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy. J Biophonton. 2012;5(1): 57-66. (*co-corresponding author)
Chen A, Lieu DK, Freschauf L, Lew V, Sharma H, Wang J, Nguyen D, Karakikes I, Hajjar RJ, Gopinathan A, Botvinick E, Fowlkes CC, Li RA, Khine M. Shrink-film configurable multiscale wrinkles for functional alignment of human embryonic stem cells and their cardiac derivatives. Adv Mat. 2011; 23(48): 5785-91.
Lieu DK*, Liu J, Siu CW, McNerney G, Tse HF, Huser T, Li R*. Absence of Transverse Tubules Contributes to Non-Uniform Ca2+ Wavefronts in Mouse and Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Stem Cells Dev. 2009;18(10): 1493-500. (*co-corresponding author)
Lieu DK*, Chan YC*, Lau CP, Tse HF, Li RA, Siu CW. Over-expression of HCN-encoded pacemaker current silences bioartificial pacemakers: An optimal level is required for inducing atrial automaticity. Heart Rhythms. 2008;5(9): 1310-7. (* co-first author) Commentary: Heart Rhythm 5(9): 1318-9.


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During the past two months, I have spent some time in Japan and, no particular surprise, they are in deep trouble regarding energy supply. The great Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster set them back to square 1945, and they will need to reinvent the country again. I have a sense they will ultimately recover, but only with the right decisions.
Fukushima was a repeat of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: nuclear devastation symbolic of a nation already in decline. I again visited these two atomic-bombed sites, and found the vitality and metamorphosis remarkable. Can the nation rebound a second time? Clearly, nuclear fission will never again become an option for the country.
Japan is too crowded for biomass, not sunny enough for solar and has limited wind potential. While they are number two to Germany in solar photovoltaic cell sales, the fact of the matter is that, like the rest of the world, the total amount of renewables used today is far less than five percent of the total energy used, with most of this being hydroelectric power. Furthermore, the winds and sun are intermittent, and can safely accommodate only up to 20 percent the electricity load. What can they do about the remaining 80 percent, plus ground and air transport requirements? These challenges, actually, are also faced by the rest of the world, but Japan has to address them right now.
First, forget more fossil energy, easy to do, for they have essentially none anyway. It would be smart to ignore this option, for there will soon be something like a carbon tax, as global warming won't be ignored for too much longer. Mind you, nothing much might happen for as long as a decade, but someday, when the crunch of peak oil and global warming results in something catastrophic, irrational steps will arbitrarily be taken. Japan could well be at an economic advantage under these conditions. They do have some potential for marine methane hydrates (MMH), but the cost will be astronomical and, although there could be twice the amount of energy in these deep sea deposits compared to all the known coal, oil and natural gas resources, MMH is too dispersed and difficult to harvest.
Second, geothermal energy seems attractive, for onsens (geo-spas) can be found throughout the country. Their current geo-production is on the order of 500 megawatts, around half that of a nuclear power plant. So even if they can increase geothermal electricity by a factor of 10 (and this won't happen because very little of this resource approaches the temperatures needed to make the effort worthwhile) they won't even match the production of all those nuclear facilities now decommissioned in and around Fukushima.
Third, become truly serious about energy conservation. Room fans are flying off the shelves, so people are already anticipating an uncomfortable summer. Use of people movers, escalators and elevators, will mostly be halted, major cities will darken in the very early evening, companies will face a long recessionary period and life will become supremely inconvenient for the populace.
But I can offer a possible solution. The ocean is the only productive answer for Japan. They don't have much in terms of current, tidal and salinity gradient resources. Waves are possible, and this country has had several pioneering projects, with yet another one being planned. Certainly, continue this development, but I've long worried that this option will never become truly competitive, mostly because of the cost required to protect these devices from major storms.
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) remains as the best marine alternative. Japan's only successful experiment, led by Toshiba and Tokyo Electric Power Company, occurred 30 years ago on Nauru. Unfortunately, yet another natural disaster, a hurricane this time, wiped out the experiment. OTEC can be used to power a grazing plantship, where the economic opportunities would include: next generation fisheries, marine biomass plantations (from which methane and various biofuels can be produced at sea), electricity (plus hydrogen can be electrolyzed) and freshwater. Certainly, these platforms can be utilized to capture the the sun and winds, too. Of particular intrigue is the potential to prevent hurricanes and remediate global warming.
Yes, there are, further, the exotic options:
1. Solar power plant in space, with Japan already leading the R&D of this option. But at $21 billion to provide electricity for just a fraction of a nuclear facility, the costs are way too high.
2. Nuclear fusion remains a long term option. Japan is leading the international consortium on materials research for this technology, but commercialization could well be in the neighborhood of 2050, and only with a lot of luck and necessary funding.
So, faced with the need to make immediate decisions, the sea around them is clearly the future for Japan. It was once the top shipbuilding nation. South Korea replaced them eight years ago, and China looms to become #1 in 2015. However, Japan has the basic infrastructure to build those floating platforms, and can return to prominence through the Blue Revolution.
For the past two decades, I have provided at least a dozen lectures in Japan to spark interest in the ocean as the ideal venue for international cooperation, most recently to the Japan Marine Technology Society. The opportunity is now at hand for the country to take the leading role in partnering with the world to develop the Pacific International Ocean Station (PIOS), the proposed ocean version of the International Space Station (ISS). This outer space effort cost more than a hundred billion dollars, but produced, essentially, nothing.
The organizers of Blue Revolution Hawaii have already discussed Japanese participation in PIOS, for Shimizu's Green Float concept is very similar to our vision. Suddenly and dramatically, that 9.0 earthquake thrust the Blue Revolution into a commanding position as the optimal solution for Japan's future. At only one percent the cost of the ISS, PIOS can establish a marine pathway for economic progress, not only for Japan, but the rest of the world. Japan, if it chose to, can assume the leadership role for this magnificent global enterprise, and take that important step towards a progressive recovery.