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Amadu Bah, a sports reporter for the daily Independent Observer, was killed by a group of about 20 rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council at his home on Kissy Road in the east end of Freetown.According to an eyewitness, the rebels who came to Amadu Bah's house asked for a different person, who was out at the time. The rebels then set the house on fire and shot Amadu Bah dead as he was trying to flee. Two of Amadu Bah's colleagues (one of whom witnessed the killing) told CPJ that, considering the rebels' hatred of the press, they were certain that he had been killed because he was a journalist.
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Beats Covered: Culture, Sports
Gender: Male
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Type of Death: Murder
Suspected Source of Fire: Political Group
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama has hired former Texas Tech coach Kristy Curry as its new women's basketball coach.
The university announced the hiring on Sunday. No details of the contract were released.
Curry has spent the last seven years with the Lady Raiders. Her record was 130-98 with Texas Tech, including 21-11 last season and a second NCAA tournament appearance. It was the ninth trip to the tournament for Curry, who was at Purdue for seven seasons before her stint with Texas Tech.
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The Burden of True Agility
The Burden of True Agility
13 September 2013
Aakash Srinivasan
Vivek Angiras
What do we know from a quarter-century of software projects? Most of them are either challenged or fail. They run over budget, run late, run off the rails. They cost more, take longer, and deliver less functionality than they should. The bigger a software project is, the more likely it is to fail. The bigger it is, the more likely it is to have all the trappings of traditional software development: the extensive plans, complex negotiations, detailed documentation, and painstakingly defined processes.
Article source: managingagile.blogspot.com
Agile suggests that the grass is truly greener on the other side. However, many project management practitioners seem to stumble over reality on their way to the pot at the end of the Agile rainbow. To lessen the pain of that fall, here are a couple of common myths that organizations must overcome in order to extract the most value out of their attempts to speed up the delivery of software projects using Agile approaches.
Established organizations often claim that Agile does not work because it insists upon utopian qualities such as self-direction, self-governance, and self-management, which are most likely the qualities seen in a start-up venture but that seldom exist in the workforce of an established organization.
The flexibility of Agile has become the bane of its effectiveness for software delivery, because it avoids prescribing and relies more on guidelines and recommendations that are often abused and end up creating chaos.
Before addressing the above myths, let us take a moment and think about the lowest common denominator among all of them. This goes back to the first principle of the Agile Manifesto: "Individuals and interactions over processes and tools." True agility requires proactivity from team members that contributes actively to creating solutions, avoiding a reactive attitude toward challenges and changes. It is imperative for organizations to understand that Agile does not solve problems but helps them surface. Further, it offers a suite of methods and best practices that can enhance existing processes by embracing change while balancing flexibility with stability via specific controls.
This article is intended to focus on analyzing the gap that exists between the theory of Agile, its usage for software delivery, the trade-offs that are being made to realize success in both the short and long term, and its potential backlash, that inherently govern the success and failure of the process as a whole. The next few sections will elaborate a coach's findings and insights about certain types of project- and organization-specific challenges and how one can leverage pragmatic Agile techniques, whose flavors might stray from the textbook definition of the same, to overcome these challenges and consequently structure a robust process paradigm across the enterprise for multiple organizations.
Predictability and scalability
One of our recent coaching engagements was with the Web development division of a Fortune 500 retail firm that attempted to imbibe Agile into its software delivery process to expedite time to market of its products. An IT transformation group (consisting of IT leaders/program managers and method and best-practices trainers) was organized to strategize and shape the specific flavor of Agile that would fit into the organization's dynamic. After numerous training sessions, about a dozen project teams were formed and tasked with implementing various features for the company's website to facilitate online shopping and product delivery.
After a few successful rapid-value deployments, the company started to experience delays in release schedules and observed an overall downward trend. A few teams experienced a crunch in resource bandwidth. This was primarily attributed to the matrix nature of the organization. Another factor that contributed to the delay in release schedules was sharing of project infrastructure across multiple teams (e.g., hardware/software/environments, etc.), and this would often create chaos during the execution phase of projects. Despite the repetitive nature of these issues, the organization never addressed the root cause and simply attributed it to process failure and certified that Agile neither guaranteed predictability of success nor did it provide early warnings of failure.
Achieving predictability requires a program of intentional improvement at the team, program, and portfolio levels, supplemented with needs-based training, demonstrating results via Agile health metrics and progress via assessment scores. Most organizations also take assistance from an enterprise-level Agile coach who will help the teams be as predictable as possible given their constraints: one who can help produce factual information about the velocity/cycle time and quality that teams are able to achieve, and who can credibly express the impact of organizational behaviors that are reducing the company's potential (the PMO at the retail firm mentioned above chose to ignore this option due to budgetary constraints). Getting predictable in an enterprise is not a quick process, and an enterprise-level Agile coach can serve as a guide, interpreting assessments and metrics, relating training to day-to-day events, and cementing lessons learned in training sessions and workshops.
Source: managingagile.blogspot.com
A recent addition to the Agile framework, the Scaled Agile Framework for enterprise (SAFe) provides extensive guidance and practices for implementing software agility at enterprise scale. This model of Agile adoption serves well in an environment that comprises several cross-functional teams that are heavily interdependent and deploying in short and regular bursts. The benefits of implementing such a framework in the scenario mentioned above would be threefold:
The Agile Release Train (ART, which is to a program what an iteration is to a team) would ensure a reliable release schedule at the enterprise scale, because if an Agile team wanted its "cargo" (code/documentation, etc.) to go, it had to put it on the train on time. The train would not come to the team or wait to get its content.
Impediments common across releases would be exposed early.
Resource planning and allocation would also be easy, due to preset assignment of resources based on priority/position of the project's release schedule on the ART.
Hence, when multiple teams work within a single process framework, there is a need to outline a consistent approach to release planning that ties together a consistent set of deliverables from multiple teams to deliver value at the enterprise level. Emphasis should be laid on establishing a regular cadence of planning, execution, and delivery that all teams follow within the enterprise. Agility is about adapting to change and letting processes emerge, but it also calls for maintaining alignment with the vision and strategy from top to bottom across the organization to ensure a continuous flow in the product development lifecycle.
Command and control and empirical process
Many organizations perceive "self-organized" or "self-managed" teams as teams that lack direction and focus and hence cannot generate effective results. On the contrary, this is a misunderstanding. A couple of years back we coached the IT department of a Fortune 500 financial firm. This company wanted to radicalize its development process by cutting away from the "all or nothing" approach to an iterative method and, in time, foster an overall Agile framework in the organization. As initial steps, an Enterprise Transformation Team was set up comprising of Agile coaches, trainers, technology writers, and methodology experts.
Initially, everyone at the organization was excited. However, after a few months they reached the conclusion that teams can be Agile but a formal project manager is required to ensure acceptable results and feed the need for regular status reporting, PowerPoint decks, and comprehensive project report metrics for senior leadership. The symptom in this case was fear of losing control and lack of understanding of a "self-organized" team. Instead of realizing the root cause, the company chose to address the symptom by adding a point person responsible for "if all fails." This "if all fails" thinking drives fear of losing control and often curbs flexibility, independence, and creativity.
The aforementioned strategy seldom works; especially in keeping abreast with today's rapidly changing technology and competitive edge, one has to inspect and adapt as and when the opportunity presents itself, rather than following a prescribed plan. The failure to let go of command and control is usually due to result-oriented thinking. The idea may work in a predictable environment where consistent input and process steps yield a determinable output, but in today's world, we deal with complex adaptive systems where the results are heavily based on empirical processes. Agile is a big proponent of empirical process-oriented thinking, which promotes a focus on improving the process (P criteria) before getting an improved result (R criteria). Hence, before a desired result is achieved, the focus should be on how to improve and optimize the process to achieve stability and sustenance.
Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success,
Masaaki Imai
A well-documented plan is no good if it ignores regular feedback loops to readjust to new challenges and opportunities. Traditionally, this is executed as a "lessons learned" or "postmortem session," which usually happens toward the close of a project when it is too late to change anything for the current project. The knowledge gained can only be applied to another project, which would have its own unique challenges. As humans we are resistant to change, as change is unknown, often unpredictable, and may not have a defined line of sight. We need a process that is derived from experience, embraces change, and adapts to it.
Source: leadinganswers.typepad.com
Agile calls for "Responding to change over following a plan." How do we achieve this? Well, we regularly assess, observe, and react to the changes by inspecting and adapting to reality. It is imperative to review the process and the final work product at regular intervals to assess the need for improvements and process changes while there is still time to make a difference. The whole idea is to continuously improve or change for the better (Kaizen).
Creating visibility from the top down and the bottom up and gaining better insight into planning, development, and integration is all an evolutionary process. Persistence, consistency, and solid daily reporting of progress are the key to successful implementation of Agile practices and methods. Timely and effective retrospectives can be another catalyst that helps teams understand the process better and affords them the willpower to press on. Agile is not merely a process for coding, it is also about how you educate your team members to have team spirit, be open-minded for discussions, accept other opinions, and be ready to help other team members. In essence, it is simply a way of doing things that has grown organically out of the need for feedback and communication.
Source - keeping-agile.com
It is important to understand that no two teams are alike, so it is impossible to outline a full and robust process that will work for everyone in every situation. The goal should be to stick to the key tenets, but don't be afraid to fill in the blanks on your own. Just make sure to do so with an Agile mind-set. It is also important to recognize that Agile can be painful. It is designed to make impediments visible, and that means hard conversations. As much as we would like to pretend otherwise, we're all only human. Our bosses are human. Our coworkers are human. Our clients are human. We make mistakes and sometimes we don't get along. Conflict is natural when dealing with different people and personalities. Let it happen and learn from it. Inspect and adapt.
It can be too easy sometimes to focus on what needs to change to get better rather than what can be improved to get better. Just because a team excels at something doesn't mean that they can't push it further! Good teams always find ways for even the most refined process to be improved, and a successful Agile team is one that constantly evolves by never entering the comfort zone that's brought on by sticking to apparent tried-and-tested methods.
In conclusion, to be truly successful, a project team should continue doing the things that go well, stop doing the things that don't, and continue to find new ways to work that will ultimately make the team more efficient. Without wanting to belabor the point, Agile fundamentally works because of the consistency and routine that is built into each sprint/iteration/cycle.
Cockburn, Alistair.
Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game.
Addison-Wesley Professional. 2006.
Imai, Masaaki.
Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success.
McGraw-Hill/Irwin. 1986.
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(Reuters) - Shares of Alcoa Inc
The stock rose 8.8 percent to close at $9.36 on 93.7 million shares traded, the busiest day for the stock since October 12, 2011, according to Reuters data, and the best day for shares since October 27 of that same year.
Heavy options activity was also seen, with volume rising to more than eight times the recent daily average. The activity was concentrated on upside call option bets expiring on Friday, where the buyer has the right to buy the stock by a given date in the future at a specific price.
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Some analysts said this joint venture was the reason for the buying, but the collaboration in a niche aerospace product was announced prior to the open of trading, and activity in Alcoa shares did not pick up until the last two hours of trading. More than 58 million shares traded in the last two hours, according to Thomson Reuters data.
"Not only did Alcoa set a new 52-week high on Tuesday but its share volume was more than four times the normal trading day," said J.J. Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade.
Options volume came to 158,000 calls and 84,000 puts traded on Tuesday, according to options analytics firm Trade Alert.
Other factors that might have contributed to the jump in Alcoa shares is broad strength in the metals market as well as news that BHP Billiton is boosting iron ore production, said WhatsTrading.com options strategist Frederic Ruffy.
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Everyone's done a double-take at one time or another. For me, they can be the result of seeing a European sports car, a pretty girl or a UFO. I did a double-take on catching sight of a Linux window manager recently.
About a month ago, I received a S.u.S.E. flyer in the mail. The flyer had a screenshot of a new window manager called KDE, the K Desktop Environment, up and running. At the risk of sounding like a surfer, KDE was the sharpest, coolest window display I had ever seen on any operating system. I wanted my Linux desktop to look exactly like that.
Figure 1 is the screenshot that sold me. Compared to KDE, my old standby, FVWM, looked downright humble. I vowed to get KDE as soon as possible.
A Yahoo search led me to the KDE project's page at http://www.kde.org/. The web site has extensive documentation that I won't recite here. A slide show at http://www.kde.org/kdeslides/ summarizes the whole project quite nicely.
KDE is primarily a complete, windows-based graphical operating environment for UNIX platforms. The KDE Core, also called kdebase, comes with a highly configurable window manager, control panel, file manager and virtual terminal. A user can download and install just the core package and be up and running in fine style. All your original X Window System applications will still work as before.
However, to fully benefit from KDE, one can additionally install specialized, interoperative application suites from any or all of these functional areas:
system administration
More will surely appear in the future.
These applications were designed to be highly interoperable. At first, I wanted only the basic desktop. It proved to be so powerful and easy to use that I quickly decided to get the multimedia package. These applications work equally well. Inevitably, I will have all the KDE packages by Christmas.
In my experience so far, KDE seems to be quite solid. The basic desktop takes about five seconds longer to come up than FVWM did (I have a P-133, 32MB RAM). Once up, however, the applications run noticeably quicker than comparable, older applications under FVWM. The applications are sharp-looking and responsive. Memory usage seems to be no more than non-KDE applications use. On my system, I had Netscape, the Applix word processor, one kvt and an active PPP connection running simultaneously before I saw any swapping. Even then, I had about 66% of my 16MB swap space still free. This is about the same system usage required by FVWM.
Working with FVWM is sort of like ice skating on a vast, frozen lake. With KDE, I can have fun on my computer for hours changing the background pattern, moving scrollbars around and fiddling with the controls. Sure, all this was possible with FVWM, but who ever had time to figure out how? With KDE, every aspect of the desktop's appearance is configurable with a couple of mouse clicks.
Linux distributions from all over the world are now shipping with KDE. Here are some of the latest:
German companies S.u.S.E GmbH, Delix Computer GmbH and Chip Extra Magazine
Caldera OpenLinux 1.2
PTS Linux
Eurielec 98 and COX-Red Hat 5.0 (Spanish)
Dream (French computer magazine)
Turkuaz (Turkish Linux distribution)
Connectiva (Brazilian-Portuguese)
Linux Mandrake
Walnut Creek's FreeBSD 2.2.7
LinuxPPC 1998 (PowerPC)
MkLinux (Power Macintosh)
New Linux users will probably use KDE as their X interface from the beginning. The following information is for users who would like to switch to KDE from another window manager.
The only warning I would make at this point is that KDE is somewhat large. Together, kdebase and kdelibs take up about 20MB once installed. The kdesupport package was another 4MB installed, and multimedia added 5.4MB. For most hard drives, these numbers are a drop in the bucket. I would even go so far as to say that KDE is worth buying a new hard drive for, if yours is getting full. With a complete Slackware installation, a whole year's worth of FTP downloaded applications and KDE, my 1.5GB hard drive is only 25% full.
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Diagnostics 2012, 2(4), 72-82; doi:10.3390/diagnostics2040072
Gold Nanoparticles-Coated SU-8 for Sensitive Fluorescence-Based Detections of DNA
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Abstract: SU-8 epoxy-based negative photoresist has been extensively employed as a structural material for fabrication of numerous biological microelectro-mechanical systems (Bio-MEMS) or lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices. However, SU-8 has a high autofluorescence level that limits sensitivity of microdevices that use fluorescence as the predominant detection workhorse. Here, we show that deposition of a thin gold nanoparticles layer onto the SU-8 surface significantly reduces the autofluorescence of the coated SU-8 surface by as much as 81% compared to bare SU-8. Furthermore, DNA probes can easily be immobilized on the Au surface with high thermal stability. These improvements enabled sensitive DNA detection by simple DNA hybridization down to 1 nM (a two orders of magnitude improvement) or by solid-phase PCR with sub-picomolar sensitivity. The approach is simple and easy to perform, making it suitable for various Bio-MEMs and LOC devices that use SU-8 as a structural material.
Keywords: gold nanoparticles; SU-8; autofluorescence; solid-phase PCR amplification; DNA hybridization
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Cao, C.; Birtwell, S.W.; Høgberg, J.; Morgan, H.; Wolff, A.; Bang, D.D. Gold Nanoparticles-Coated SU-8 for Sensitive Fluorescence-Based Detections of DNA. Diagnostics 2012, 2, 72-82.
AMA StyleCao C, Birtwell SW, Høgberg J, Morgan H, Wolff A, Bang DD. Gold Nanoparticles-Coated SU-8 for Sensitive Fluorescence-Based Detections of DNA. Diagnostics. 2012; 2(4):72-82.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCao, Cuong; Birtwell, Sam W.; Høgberg, Jonas; Morgan, Hywel; Wolff, Anders; Bang, Dang D. 2012. "Gold Nanoparticles-Coated SU-8 for Sensitive Fluorescence-Based Detections of DNA." Diagnostics 2, no. 4: 72-82.
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What is ŌĆśparadiseŌĆÖ? If ŌĆśparadiseŌĆÖ is a place, what does it mean to be there? What is your sense of purpose in ŌĆśparadiseŌĆÖ? Perhaps these questions are that Flower, Sun and Rain wants the player to think about and uncover for themselves. And in a sense, it succeeds. But to reach a conclusion, be prepared for a very frustrating experience.
Flower, Sun and Rain is a game by Suda 51, most famous for cult hits killer7 and the No More Heroes series. As anyone who has played those games will tell you, Suda 51 is a specialist in the surreal and bizarre, and Flower, Sun and Rain is no different. Originally released in 2001 for the PlayStation 2, it is actually the fourth game in a series known as Kill The Past. It is worth mentioning that while most of the games in this series have only been released in Japan, gamers giving Flower, Sun and Rain a shot need not worry; the game is quite accessible and the story works well as a stand-alone entry. This being said, the second half of Flower, Sun and Rain contains a lot of revelations which requires the players to have some sort of previous knowledge of previous Kill The Past games in order to fully understand their implications and significance. Nevertheless, story is where the game truly shines.
Flower, Sun and Rain follows the misadventures of Sumio Mondo, a ŌĆśsearcherŌĆÖ who helps people find lost possessions. Mondo has been called to the Flower, Sun and Rain hotel on Lospass Island in order to prevent a terrorist attack at the islandŌĆÖs airport, but as he quickly finds out, this is far more difficult than expected, as he is trapped in an endless time loop. At the end of each day, a plane leaving the airport explodes and he is forced to live the day out again. Mondo must then live out his days on the island, trying to find his way to the airport and to answers regarding the terrorist attack, as well as helping people with their requests.
The script in Flower, Sun and Rain is well-written in what can only be described as a typical Suda 51 style. The dialogue is certainly eccentric and frequently breaks the fourth wall, often in ways that will get a wry smile out of the player. The gameŌĆÖs NPCs are also very well characterised, oozing with style and mystery.
Flower, Sun and RainŌĆÖs gameplay consists of two things: running between locations to trigger story events; and solving puzzles. Unfortunately, traversing the island is as tedious as it sounds, especially considering that around 90% of the gameplay consists of players running around. This might not be too bad for some, but the game rarely gives any solid details on where the player is supposed to go next, preferring to give obscure hints instead. The result is a good quarter of an hour wasted on trekking halfway across the island, only to realise that the true port of call is only a few meters from where the player had started. The game even goes so far as to taunt players, with Mondo saying that he could teleport if he wanted to. ItŌĆÖs true ŌĆō Flower, Sun and Rain would have had much more enjoyable gameplay if a simple quick-travel system had been implemented. Take it from us, even though it might not be saying much ŌĆō the puzzles fare better.
Integral to these puzzles is Catharine, the suitcase that Mondo is rarely seen without. Using Catharine, players ŌĆśjack inŌĆÖ to certain points of interest which then allows them to solve the puzzle. These puzzles range from simple maths problems to entering the correct amount of ingredients needed to create a cocktail, and the game will give you scribble space (on the DS touchscreen) to try and sort these out. Some of these puzzles can be solved by thumbing through the guidebook that the hotelŌĆÖs manager gives you. Others rely on guesswork or vague statements characters make, which can be very frustrating. To add fuel to the fire, Mondo makes a little speech before players can attempt to solve the puzzle. ItŌĆÖs cool at first, but will get annoying after trying to solve the puzzle for the fifth or six time, especially since MondoŌĆÖs spiels are quite long and unskippable.
This being said, the guidebook is one of the most entertaining things in the game and players may find themselves wishing that Lospass Island is a real place. Additionally, there are three bonus puzzles that can be found in various locations on the island during each day. These puzzles, known as ŌĆśLost and FoundŌĆÖ, are fairly challenging compared to the standard fare present in the main storyline, and adds a nice little level of extra value to the game.
However, it wouldnŌĆÖt be unfair to say that Flower, Sun and Rain has among the worst graphics of any Nintendo DS game so far. The environments are bland and the animations are poor. The polygon models are clunky and unattractive, a fact that even the characters make fun of. One character even wonders why their 3D models look nothing like their portraits. The graphics in ŌĆśCatharine ModeŌĆÖ - when you jack in to an object or a person to solve a puzzle ŌĆō look great, and one may wonder why the developer didnŌĆÖt just run with a graphic novel approach to the visuals.
Music-wise, Flower, Sun and Raintruly excels, courtesy of Masafumi Takada (No More Heroes, God Hand). The gameŌĆÖs soundtrack contains a varied mix between original compositions, remixes of songs from previous Kill the Past games, and arrangements of songs from classic musicians such as Gershwin and Bach. Each song is played in a fitting setting and adds to the overall surreal nature of the game. The game also makes use of some interesting sound effects. While the majority of these are mundane, the ŌĆśvoice actingŌĆÖ is particularly delightful. This consists of numerous garbled voices, a technique that will be familiar to those who have played killer7.
Despite having a good story and a soundtrack to die for, Flower, Sun and Rain has very little replayability. While there is the option to go back and replay previous cleared chapters, it is unlikely that players will find reasons to do so, other than to complete Lost and Found missions or to repeat segments of the story.
Overall, Flower, Sun and Rain is an interesting tale that suffers from a poorly chosen medium. If only simple changes to the gameplay were made and the graphics improved, it would then be a game worthy of inclusion in any adventure fanŌĆÖs collection. But the way that it is, we would only recommend it to die-hard Suda 51 fans.
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Left, right, jump, push, pull. As far as mechanics go, they are some of gaming's oldest conventions. In its 2D salad days little else was needed to captivate players the world over. But then 2D almost did a Dodo around the mid-1990s, as developers migrated from the plane to the shiny new third co-ordinate. Limbo Rock and Roll …
This game looks really, very beautiful. But... £10 seems a bit steep to me. Maybe for a fiver?
Got this, it's brilliant
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Our stay was excellent. Staff was friendly, location is great. I had mentioned when we reserved the room that it was our anniversary and the hotel had chocolate covered strawberries and champagne waiting for us in our room. Very nice touch. Was not expected.
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Traveled with my pets (2 dogs) and the staff was absolutely unblievable! This hotel is truley a special place. (I have to give an extra thank you to Dee at the front desk. She will be successful at anything she does so Westin should do whatever it takes to keep her!) You can FEEL the culture of guest service immediately upon entering the hotel. It never seemed enough for the staff to just satisfy us, they were always trying to wow us! And it worked, I will never stay anywhere else in Austin!
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There are two tunnels feeding four generators and one tail race. So in theory two can generate and two can pump. Interesting to know the hydraulics of water flow in the tail race if they do pump and generate at same time. As I said its what I was told, yes I do find it hard to beleave, but the "unstable" wind generation has brought in a new vairable in to the market. Yet again someone in the know could correct me, years ago I read the maximum of wind power on a grid could only be 16% and then the excess would be exported to a more stable grid. Are we not being conected up to Norway. I may be getting my facts wrong, but there should be an open and transparent debate on energy production.
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- "madness" well put.
- Reading my comment does not make sense, but the whole nature of the market has evolved. When I was told they were pumping and generating at the same time I did not beleave either. Two different people have told me about the expansion, I know that still does not make it true. Hopefully someone in the known will correct me if I am wrong.
- My understanding is there is a limit on how much wind power can be connected live to the grid, go above and the grid becomes unstable. Hydro powered by a dam is very stable and the limiting factor is the volume of water. Correct me if I am wrong but Cruachan has started pumping and generating at the same time and a new cavern is in the planning stage along with building a bigger dam. All hydro stations are being reassessed for environmental damage, in America some have been dismantled http://vimeo.com/31305629. There are many good solutions out there, some will not make corporation the profit and will undermined their monopoly.
- Very interesting, trying to get my head round it, Tom Johnstone (After leaving Parliament he was Chairman of the Scottish National Forestry Commission (1945-48), Chairman of North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (1946-59), Chancellor of Aberdeen University (1951-65) and governor of the British Broadcasting Board (1955-56).) led the way at one point for Hydro Power, I might be wrong, no public money was spent, the profit paid of the debt very quickly, then sold of cheaply by Thatcher to give us all cheap energy.
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Seeing its called "The Common Good Fund" and developing Ivan Arden points of view further, is the money ethically invested. - Oban Councillor raises issue of closure of town's only play park
Yes Fred Hall is running an election campaign.
Yes Fred Hall is using this website to run his campaign.
Yes Fred Hall is using this issue to promote himself.
Yes the play park is suited for a certain age group.
Yes it would be great to have a play area for a wider age group.
The issue I see is a play area which gave my children so much enjoyment and was funded by many different funders (all funded by the public at one stage) has now been closed.
I will say well over 90% of the people of Oban can not believe that we can not fund and operate a play park for kids. - Oban Councillor raises issue of closure of town's only play park
There is no" Joint up thinking", people get annoyed at me when I say the total political system needs to be changed. Can I ask those people now, explain why we pay out millions to bankers and those likes and we can not even have a play park in Oban for our future generation. Correct me if I am wrong, was that play park one of the most used on the West Coast of Scotland?, who help to fund some of the equipment? This Saturday Oban was like a "ghost" town, most ferries were not running, road closures. Time for a change, sadly this will not happen. All the best to Freddie, hope he gets back in, many metaphors can be used "give the pot a good stir", the one which conjurers up a visual image "a loose canon" with in a bureaucratic juggernaut. What about RoboCop or Judge Dredd. - The continuator state in a broken union: the Soviet situation
and http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/11/newsid_3199000/3199155.stm - Salmond snubbed oil and gas industry in Aberdeen – but John Reid wowed the room
From comrade to Baron Reid of Cardowan.
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The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition drew about 13,700 attendees and 440 exhibitors last year and organizers expect a similar turnout for 2009's event, to be held May 12 to 14 at Geneva PalExpo.
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April 1, 2009
On your approach to Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, you'll gaze down on one of America's most historic landscapes, where gardens, vineyards and venerable country estates dot rolling hills and woodlands. On one hilltop, you'll spot an elegant, white-domed Palladian villa that mysteriously arrived from northern Italy and materialized here in the hills of central Virginia.
February 1, 2009
An abrupt turn of the steering wheel maneuvered the Jeep off the narrow rutted road. The driver jumped out, grabbed his machete, ran to the nearby trees and hacked down a few mangos. The man sliced through golden skin, revealing fiery orange flesh, so juicy it oozed down his sinewy arms. "Fruit of the island," he said, offering the pieces to his passengers.
February 1, 2009
Lights! Camera! Airplanes! The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, will present its second annual Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation March 12 to 15.
December 1, 2008
If you collect classic cars or just enjoy viewing them, mark your calendar for January 11 to 18. That's when Barrett-Jackson will host its 38th annual car collector show in Scottsdale, Ariz. Last year's event drew a remarkable attendance-280,000 people.
October 1, 2008
While booking a stay in a luxury Hawaiian hotel isn't hard, finding one that will fly you there on a private jet might be. The Royal Lahaina Resort on Maui and the Royal Kona Resort on the Big Island offer to do just that, via a new service called POSH Private Jet Holidays.
October 1, 2008
Looking to get a jet card, buy a new or used jet, find the coolest cabin amenities, set up a flight department, talk to aviation lenders and insurance agents or learn the latest news about the industry as it takes place? The National Business Aviation Association's annual Convention and Exhibition-which rolls into Orlando, Fla., October 6 to 8-is the place to go.
October 1, 2008
"All of Croatia is beautiful," Slobodan Vrdoljak corrected me jovially. He is the man to contact for people flying by private jet to Zadar, on the country's Dalmatian coast. (See "Zadar Airport," on page 38.) Having only recently arrived here, we were lounging with him in the airport coffee shop.
August 1, 2008
Relaxing on the golf course is only one attraction of the inaugural Golf and Wine Academy, which will be held October 16 through 19 in California's Livermore Valley, a 45-minute drive from San Francisco.
June 1, 2008
You have to be an industry professional to visit England's Farnborough International Airshow from July 14 through 18, but anyone can enjoy the event on July 19 and 20.
"You're absolutely right—and you can't stand up in your [expletive] Rolls-Royce, either."
-William Lear, in the early '60s, replying to a man who complained that he couldn't stand up in the original Lear Jet