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Recording Studio? I've built a few excellent studios for ten grand
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Tablets are obvious. But what about a big touchscreen table? Something to really impress people?
or you could invest it all in Lego Mindstorms and buld this! LEGO Great Ball Contraption (GBC) Layout 2012.9 - YouTube
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Just my tuppence worth, but here's the finished presentation I put together for the interview (see this thread) that coincidentally I've just come back from today!
It's on how the school might move forward with ICT as part of a strategic vision for learning (with bullet points in the Notes section as well). I've probably got the costings for the products I'm thinking of (but not mentioning). I tend to find Senior Leaders will give you mega-kudos if you can take "a pot of money" and transform it into something that fits well with their overall priorities (I haven't heard back from the school yet so we'll see!). Just in case it helps.
Amazingly, my school had a TV recording studio in my elementary (primary) school back in the 70s (showing my age) that was kitted out with professional TV cameras and a fully equipped studio and editing room. I can still remember working the cameras and taking direction from the control booth ("camera 4, zoom in on interviewer..,,hold steady...cutting to you in 5,4,3,2.1.." - amazing experience that influenced me into technology. I think a local TV station had donated it all, because the school certainly didn't have that kind of money. It would have cost a mint back then.
I think you need to put your foot down. You can come up with plenty of ideas but without knowing what's actually going to help the school as a whole or certain departments you could easily be seen as wasting an opportunity to improve. Speak to the SLT and say you're technical, you're not a teacher and you're not involved with the day to day running or management of departments. Even put the ball in their court whilst appearing pro-active - email everyone ( all staff), and ask what they believe you could do to improve.
I will hasten to point out that if you start thinking outside the box a little 10k will get you a lot. You can *easily* do large wifi installs for that money if you use Unifi kit instead of the boxed solutions like Ruckus or Meru and without any further spending and little time resource BYOD will fall into the same pot.
The Lego idea is a good one too - all that programming which is what is being pushed forward at the moment
One of the best things we have done with a small amount of money is a Library Laptop/Netbook Scheme. Students can borrow devices for 24 hours in the same way they borro0w a library book. Unfortunately this isn't terribly high profile or 'wow', but it has proven to be very well used and gives access to technology to students who might otherwise find it very difficult.
+1 to the UniFi point!
Another suggestion. For 10k, we installed a whole school praise system. Each teacher is equipped with a small battery powered barcode scanner (about the size of a box of matches - google OPN2001). Each student's contact book is printed with a barcode of their admission number (and barcode class lists) and when the student does something beyond the call of duty, they get given a praise point. Each scanner is then uploaded by the teacher occasionally and stored in a database where students points are totalled and they can use an online shop style system to spend their points for rewards, such as food from the canteen, sports activities, stationary, (or anything else you can think of TBH).
Photos from the edge of space using a helium balloon? Something linking the school with a local charity or local group in a techish way?
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EAU CLAIRE — University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Continuing Education is pleased to announce its fourth annual Summer Institute Design-a-Cover Contest.
Students in kindergarten through 5th grade may submit drawings, paintings, sculptures or dioramas representing this year's theme: Fun in the Sun. The winning entry will be featured as the front cover of Continuing Education's 2009 Summer Institute brochure. The winner also will receive a gift certificate for a free Summer Institute class. The contest deadline is Nov. 23.
The 2010 Summer Institute will be held June 14-24 in Chippewa Falls and July 12-22 in Eau Claire. Classes will be offered in all subject areas for students in kindergarten through 5th grade.
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Entering a lavish, high-ceilinged drawing room, Ludwig vanBeethoven (Gary Oldman) gazes around warily, making sure no one is there to discover his dreadful secret. He sits down at the piano and then, slowly, like a child laying his head upon a pillow, he brings the side of his face to rest upon the instrument. As the familiar, plaintive arpeggios of the ''Moonlight Sonata'' come rippling forth, that cocked head appears faintly absurd he looks like a man trying to give a concert and tune the piano at the same time but, of course, there's nothing funny about it: It's the only way he can hear the notes. The mournful beauty of the music echoes the yearning in Beethoven's eyes.
Immortal Beloved, Bernard Rose's robust and passionately schlocky biographical melodrama, milks Beethoven's deafness for its full measure of morbid romanticism. The ultimate romantic is one who dreams of a love that's forever denied him, and Beethoven's case carried a particularly desperate sting, since, by the end of his life, he was sealed off from experiencing the joy of his own music from connecting with the joy it brought to others. His agony was the flip side of his ecstasy.
Told in flashback, Immortal Beloved is structured as a Citizen Kane-like detective story, with Beethoven's secretary (Jeroen Krabbé) seeking out the identity of the late composer's ''immortal beloved,'' the mysterious object of adoration to whom he left his estate. As presented, Beethoven's relationship with this muse has almost no basis in historical fact, and the affair is dramatized in such a sketchy way that it accumulates little romantic force. What does have force is the vision of Beethoven as a man equally driven by demons and angels.
At the beginning of the movie, we see him trashing a hotel room like some 19th-century rock star. It's a grabber of a scene, and enough to make you wonder why Ken Russell never bothered turning Beethoven's life into one of his hormonal-kitsch extravaganzas. Still, the baroque torment of it all fed my expectation that Oldman would seize this role as an opportunity to revel in bug-eyed masochism. It turns out that playing the great Ludwig Van has coaxed a new modesty out of Oldman. His Beethoven, for all his brutish passion, is trapped in sadness, in the experience of a sublimity he can't locate in life. Oldman does wonders with his thin, rueful lips, which twitch into a frown of despair, even as his eyes stare off into the mystical ether. This is a powerful and restrained performance, with moments of impotent fury, like the scene in which Beethoven performs a piano concerto and so throws off the orchestra with his deaf conducting that the ensemble degenerates into chaos.
Movie biographies of great composers are almost always borderline camp, because the connections they draw between the composer's art and life (this tragedy explains that symphony, and so on) make them seem like glorified music-appreciation classes. Immortal Beloved has some of this same cheesy literal-mindedness. Except that in Beethoven's case there's justification for it, since his music, which we hear almost constantly on the soundtrack, is an ongoing navigation between sweetness and force, anxiety and exaltation, heavenly ardor and earthly resolve. It's the first and greatest dramatization in Western art of the tempestuous modern mind. As biography, Immortal Beloved is trashy and fraudulent, yet as an impressionistic riff on Beethoven's temperament, his spirit, it exerts an irresistible pull. The most moving scene is also the most outlandish: the maestro's appearance on stage during the premiere of the Ninth Symphony, during which he recalls the childhood events principally, his escape from an abusive father that, according to the film, inspired the ''Ode to Joy.'' A shot of the young Beethoven lying nearly naked in a pond, his body merging with the stars, may be a cornball fancy, but it will do fine as an evocation of an artist who was able to hold the cosmos between two deaf ears.


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Aviation Security:
Progress Made but Actions Needed to Address Challenges in Meeting the Air Cargo Screening Mandate
GAO-10-880T: Published: Jun 30, 2010. Publicly Released: Jun 30, 2010.
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This testimony discusses air cargo screening. In 2008, about 7.3 billion pounds of cargo was transported on U.S. passenger flights--approximately 58 percent of which was transported domestically (domestic cargo) and 42 percent of which was transported on flights arriving in the United States from a foreign location (inbound cargo). The 2009 Christmas Day plot to detonate an explosive device during an international flight bound for Detroit provided a vivid reminder that terrorists continue to view passenger aircraft as attractive targets. According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the security threat posed by terrorists introducing explosive devices in air cargo shipments is significant, and the risk and likelihood of such an attack directed at passenger aircraft is high. To help enhance the security of air cargo, the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Commission Act) mandated the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a system to physically screen 50 percent of cargo on passenger aircraft--including the domestic and inbound flights of foreign and U.S. passenger operations--by February 2009, and 100 percent of such cargo by August 2010. The 9/11 Commission Act defines screening for purposes of the air cargo screening mandate as a physical examination or nonintrusive methods of assessing whether cargo poses a threat to transportation security. The act also requires that such a system provide a level of security commensurate with the level of security for the screening of checked baggage. According to TSA, the mission of its air cargo security program is to secure the air cargo transportation system while not unduly impeding the flow of commerce. Although the mandate is applicable to both domestic and inbound cargo, TSA stated that it must address the mandate for domestic and inbound cargo through separate systems because of differences in its authority to regulate domestic and international air cargo industry stakeholders. This testimony is based on a report we are publicly releasing today that assesses TSA's progress and related challenges in meeting the air cargo screening mandate. It addresses the following key issues in our report: progress TSA has made in meeting the 9/11 Commission Act screening mandate as it applies to (1) domestic air cargo and (2) inbound air cargo and related challenges it faces for each. For our report, we reviewed documents such as TSA's air cargo security policies and procedures. We also conducted site visits to four category X U.S. commercial airports and one category I U.S. commercial airport that process domestic and inbound air cargo. We selected these airports based on airport size, passenger and air cargo volumes, location, and participation in TSA's screening program. At these airports, we observed screening operations and technologies and interviewed local TSA officials, airport management officials, and representatives from 7 air carriers, 24 freight forwarders, 3 shippers, and 2 handling agents to obtain their views on TSA's system to implement the screening mandate. We selected these air carriers, freight forwarders, shippers, and handling agents based on input from TSA and industry stakeholders. More detailed information about our scope and methodology is included in our June 2010 report. We conducted this work in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.
TSA has taken a number of actions to meet the screening mandate as it applies to domestic cargo, including creating a voluntary program to allow screening to take place at various points in the air cargo supply chain and mandating that, effective May 1, 2010, 75 percent of all cargo transported on passenger aircraft is screened. However, TSA faces several challenges in developing and implementing a system to screen 100 percent of domestic air cargo, and it is questionable, based on reported screening rates, whether 100 percent of such cargo will be screened by August 2010 without impeding the flow of commerce. Moreover, TSA has made some progress in meeting the screening mandate as it applies to inbound cargo, but challenges exist, in part related to TSA's limited ability to regulate foreign entities. TSA does not expect to achieve 100 percent screening of inbound air cargo by the mandated August 2010 deadline. We made five recommendations to TSA to address these challenges. TSA concurred with three of these recommendations, partially concurred with one, and did not concur with the remaining recommendation, which we discuss in more detail later in this statement. TSA has made progress in meeting the 9/11 Commission Act air cargo screening mandate as it applies to domestic cargo, and has taken several key steps in this effort, such as increasing the amount of domestic cargo subject to screening, creating a voluntary program to allow screening to take place at various points along the air cargo supply chain, and taking steps to test air cargo screening technologies, among other actions. However, TSA faces several challenges in fully developing and implementing a system to screen 100 percent of domestic air cargo, including those related to industry participation and technology.
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Anthrax:Agency Approaches to Validation and Statistical Analyses Could Be ImprovedGAO-15-80: Published: Dec 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 19, 2014.
Emergency Preparedness:Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Interagency Assessments and Accountability for Closing Capability GapsGAO-15-20: Published: Dec 4, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 19, 2014.
Dec 17, 2014
Department of Homeland Security:Continued Action Needed to Strengthen Management of Administratively Uncontrollable OvertimeGAO-15-95: Published: Dec 17, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 17, 2014.
Nov 6, 2014
Information Sharing:DHS Is Assessing Fusion Center Capabilities and Results, but Needs to More Accurately Account for Federal Funding Provided to CentersGAO-15-155: Published: Nov 4, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 6, 2014.
Oct 14, 2014
Combating Nuclear Smuggling:Risk-Informed Covert Assessments and Oversight of Corrective Actions Could Strengthen Capabilities at the BorderGAO-14-826: Published: Sep 22, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 14, 2014.
Sep 30, 2014
Unmanned Aerial Systems:Department of Homeland Security's Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Use and Compliance with Privacy and Civil Liberty Laws and StandardsGAO-14-849R: Published: Sep 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 2014.
Sep 24, 2014
Inspectors General:DHS OIG's Structure, Policies, and Procedures Are Consistent with Standards, but Areas for Improvement ExistGAO-14-726: Published: Sep 24, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 24, 2014.
Sep 18, 2014
Secure Flight:Additional Actions Needed to Determine Program Effectiveness and Strengthen Privacy Oversight MechanismsGAO-14-796T: Published: Sep 18, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 18, 2014.
Secure Flight:TSA Could Take Additional Steps to Strengthen Privacy Oversight MechanismsGAO-14-647: Published: Sep 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 18, 2014.
Secure Flight:TSA Should Take Additional Steps to Determine Program EffectivenessGAO-14-531: Published: Sep 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 18, 2014.
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Photo Credit: Lauren Conrad
When it comes to holiday decorations I love to dress up my home with festive homemade touches. Whether it's a homemade garland or glittery holiday-themed figurines, giving your home a celebratory touch is a simple way to brighten up your space during the dark winter months.
One of my favorite ways to liven up my home with the holiday spirit is by using leftover ornaments in unconventional ways. This year, I took dozens of tiny golden ornaments that I used on my tree in years past and scattered them amongst my seashell collection above the mantel of my fireplace. I love how I gave these old ornaments new life and instantly added a festal touch to my mantel. I've also been known to fill a glass bowl with ornaments and use it as a centerpiece on my coffee table. It's so easy but so pretty.
Another idea that I've been obsessed with of as of late is using bows as decoration. My mom has always loved bows and clearly that was a dominant trait because I love them too…maybe more. During the holidays she would adorn our home with dozens of bows—you could find them anywhere from the banisters to the front door to our holiday wreathes. I loved how she did this so I've followed suit. However I took it one step further by creating massive loopy bows and using them as centerpieces when I'm entertaining.
In addition to bows and scattered ornaments, I really enjoy making my own decorations. This year I made a glitter garland that hangs across my fireplace and I'm also planning on making a sparkly "Be Merry" sign as well.
How do you like to DIY your holiday décor?
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USS Smalley, a 2050-ton Fletcher class destroyer built at Seattle, Washington, was commissioned in March 1944. Her first wartime operation was a brief escort mission to Hawaii in June-July 1944, followed by deployment to the Aleutians area. While stationed in the North Pacific during the next eight months, she periodically bombarded Japanese positions in the Kuril Islands. Smalley was sent to the Central Pacific in May 1945, screened USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) during a strike in the Marshalls, then moved further west to support operations from Okinawa to the Bonins. Following the end of the Pacific War, Smalley returned to the United States. She was decommissioned at Charleston, South Carolina, in January 1947.
The Korean War crisis brought Smalley back into the active fleet in July 1951. She made one combat tour toward the end of the conflict, returning to the U.S. in late 1953 by way of the Indian Ocean and the Middle East. The destroyer deployed to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean in 1955 and had a cruise with the Middle East Force in 1957 that included a voyage around Africa. Smalley decommissioned following arrival back in the United States. She remained in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until stricken from the Navy list in April 1965 and was sold for scrapping in January 1966.
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USS Smalley (DD-565)
Underway, circa the mid-1950s, after she had been refitted with a tripod foremast and new radars.
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USS Smalley (DD-565)
Plaque featuring the ship's insignia.
This plaque was received in 1965, at the time Smalley was sold for scrapping.
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Launching of USS Smalley (DD-565) at Seattle, Washington, 27 October 1943.
The view shows the ship from off the starboard side, slightly toward the bow, immediately after she was launched. Tugs are beginning to move her to a fitting out berth.
Port bow aerial view of USS Smalley (DD-565), taken circa the mid-1950s, after the ship was fitted with a tripod foremast and new radars.
This view was received by the Naval Photographic Center in December 1959, but was actually taken earlier in the decade.
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Framura, 3 towns north of Cinqueterre, is a rural Ligurian town consisting of 5 traditional hamlets ( sub-divisions) divided between mountain and sea with views that it will take your breath away. Costa, a sub division of Framura has archaeological, historical and artistic points of view.
My house is on the piazza of the hamlet (or sub-division) of Costa which is set on top of a hill.
The house is my personal vacation house so I hope my renters will be respectful of my property.
If you enjoy interacting w/ the locals buying groceries or chatting at the local trattoria or if you are a creative person looking for inspiration, or want a quiet non-touristy place to stay, this is the place for you.
BASIC SPEAKING COMMAND OF ITALIAN IS REQUIRED as my cousin who takes care of house for me and will meet you at your arrival does not speak any other language expect Italian( I personally am in NYC )
Local bar/ Restaurants: A short walking distance up the road from the piazza of Costa is a neighborhood bar "Silvia" that serves alcohol, soft drinks, coffee and gelato and sells tobacco products and tickets for the ATC bus; it's open until midnight. This is a popular evening spot w/ Framura locals and vacationers; Silvia's son Davide who runs the bar at night, speaks a little English and is a punk / R&R fan. Davide also now offers wireless connection if you have a computer.
Downstairs attached to the bar is Ristorante Silvia that is known for its seafood; I personally recommend the seafood appetizer
There is another restaurant Ristorante Meri next door that is known for its fresh homemade pasta dishes and elegant service; I recommend their gnocchi w/ pesto and their pansotti w/ walnut sauce.
Note that due to popularity of these restaurants, reservations esp in busy season may be required a day in advance.
Parking & Shopping: Parking on the piazza of Costa is restricted to residents; non-residents can park in the public parking space which is located up an incline near Ristorante Silvia.
Two times a week in the morning at 9pm...Tuesday & Friday , there is a truck selling fresh seafood that stops in the piazza of Costa. On Friday around 10-11pm there is a truck that stops on the piazza w fresh vegetables and fruit
There are two grocery stores in Setta that sell bread, oil, eggs, dairy, meat, vegetables, fruit, wine and basics like laundry soap.
Gastronomia Enrica has prepared foods like stuffed mussels, seafood salad, vegetable torts, top quality cheeses, local products like pesto, salami, vegetables, fruit and focaccia; in the warm weather, there is a garden spot w/ tables and chairs for eating.
Alimentari Maria Rosa Bennati has similar products; no prepared foods but a larger selection of cheeses, cold meats, and has products such as goat's milk and whole grain bread.
Misc : At the local bar located near the food stores in Setta, one can get international newspapers including the International Herald Tribune (which is published by the European offices of the NY Times), postcards, pens, writing materials, Italian magazines and books.
The post office, the pharmacy and an ATM are located in Setta.
There are other very small stores in Setta for clothing, basic sporting goods and hardware.
Framura is a small quiet picturesque place w/ stucco houses painted shades of reddish orange, pink and yellow, w/ flowers lining the town streets, swallows flying round ancient bell towers, local cats sunning themselves on house stairs and gecko lizards running up stone walls; all surrounded by pine trees, vineyards and orchards
There is a paved winding concrete path that goes from Costa (the part of Framura where my house is located)down the hill thru the other sections of Framura and down to the railway station at the foot of the hill and two beachs ( one under the railway station)
Other Activities: hiking


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The OP-97 is a low-power alternative to the industry-standard OP-07 precision amplifier. The OP-97 maintains the standards of performance set by the OP-07 while utilizing only 600µA supply current, less than 1/6 that of an OP-07. Offset voltage is an ultra-low 25µV, and drift over temperature is below 0.6µV/°C. External offset trimming is not required in the majority of circuits.
Improvements have been made over OP-07 specifications in several areas. Notable is bias current, which remains below 250pA over the full military temperature range. The OP-97 is ideal for use in precision long-term integrators or sample-and-hold circuits that must operate at elevated temperatures.
Common-mode rejection and power-supply rejection are also improved with the OP-97, at 114dB minimum over wider ranges of common-mode or supply voltage. Outstanding PSR, a supply range specified from ±2.25V to ±20V and the OP-97's minimal power requirements combine to make the OP-97 a preferred device for portable and battery-powered instruments.
The OP-97 conforms to the OP-07 pinout, with the null potentimeter connected between pins 1 and 8 with the wiper to V+. The OP-97 will upgrade circuit designs using 725, OP05, OP07, OP12, and 1012 type amplifiers. It may replace 741-type amplifiers in circuits without nullling or where the nulling circuitry has been removed.
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Have there been many women inventors?
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of Invention:
First Lemelson Institute
Organized by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center
for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Lemelson Archives, Incline Village, Nevada
16-18 August 2007
people: the people/place nexus
Discussion leader: Lillian Hoddeson
Lillian Hoddeson, University of Illinois, outlined
her work on a number of research organizations that
have produced significant inventions, including Bell
laboratories, Fermilab, and Energy Conversion Devices.
She noted several characteristics common to highly
creative places: a clear mission that is supported
by both leadership and researchers; minimal bureaucracy;
research freedom; interdisciplinary (and in some cases
cross-disciplinary) collaboration; adequate funding
and other resources supportive of invention; a favorable
balance between isolation from and interaction with
the outside; and good morale.
This list of elements raised an immediate question
for the group: are these points unique to invention,
or are they universal for creative teamwork more generally?
It did indeed appear that many types of creative places
share these traits. Whether places of invention exhibit
unique characteristics beyond the ones discussed here
could not be answered in the discussion, although
the group agreed that having a dramatic goal—winning
a war, landing a man on the moon, or defeating polio—enhances
the ability of a mission to drive inventive individuals
and organizations. Effective managers, who go beyond
leading with a soft touch to demonstrating a tolerance
for failure and "creative anarchy," appear
to be essential to the inventive process. Often such
managers become partners with researchers and inventors
in successful places of invention.
Using the power of individual personalities to put
a human face on invention, even when those individuals
work within large organizations, is another feature
of many inventive places. The "lone inventor"
remains a cultural icon, thanks, in part, to the affirming
value of prizes and patents awarded to individuals
and the convenience this myth offers for helping the
external world understand what inventors do.
One of the more curious characteristics of places
of invention identified by the group, however, is
their temporary nature. Places that experience periods
of great inventiveness often later undergo creative
decline, sometimes followed by a period of inventive
rebirth. In general, the phases of inventiveness last
about 20 years. Some causes of this "half life
for creativity" were postulated. After roughly
two decades, bureaucracy and hierarchy tend to solidify,
which does not typically enhance inventiveness. Similarly,
the reputation of a successful place of invention
can come to overshadow the individuals who populate
it. In short, some of the very features that make
an organization successful at innovation can eventually
impede its continued success.
The participants also stated a goal for current
and future sites of invention. Recognizing the importance
of diversity and concern that the majority of actors
in the places of invention discussed were white males,
the group stressed the importance of working toward
enhancing diversity in spaces of invention. Various
incentives to recruiting and keeping women and minorities
in the invention workforce were discussed. One promising
trend for young people in start-up cultures is that
their tendency to hold a succession of jobs in a short
time period is no longer seen as a disadvantage. Rather
the implication is that the worker has seen failures
in other companies and can bring that knowledge to
bear in the current culture. ^^
Creative places: the
people/place nexus
Discussion leader: Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage, Salk Institute, described his research
into the plasticity of the brain and the fairly recent
discovery that certain locations in the brain continue
to grow functioning new cells throughout a person's
life. The striking part of this is that the birth
and maturation of new cells into new neurons is regulated
by experience. Experiments with animals show that
enriched environments result in the production of
more cells and those cells divide more readily and
survive better when the animals experience complex
environments. Furthermore, there is a relationship
between learning and physical exercise in the creation
of new cells: exercise enhances the proliferation
of cells, while complex learning experiences aid the
cells' survival.
These results indicate that the brain continuously
adapts to environments throughout a person's
lifetime, raising the question for the group: can
architecture affect the structure of the brain? Since
experience can change the structure of our brains,
and architecture changes our experience, Gage offered
the provocative hypothesis that buildings can change
our brains by virtue of changes in spatial experience.
Though Gage and his colleagues are currently involved
in a study of workers in Washington, D.C., who are
moving their work spaces to new buildings, more research
is needed on the effect of architecture on the structure
of brain to show if any particular design is better
than another to enhance creativity.
However, Gage offered two examples of highly creative
spaces as case studies. The first was architect Frank
Gehry's personal creative space—a spacious,
hangar-like building—which Gage described as
seemingly chaotic on the surface, with multiple projects
in various states of completion, but clearly productive
and creative. He then discussed the well-planned architecture
of his home institution, the Salk Institute. Originally
designed to include three towers, the plan was modified
before construction to two towers and a central courtyard
to facilitate communication and interaction among
the staff. Inside the buildings, concealed trusses
allowed unobstructed lab space, and, though the towers
are each six stories high, there are only three lab
floors. Between each of these floors is an interstitial
space containing all the water, electricity, ducting,
etc. Any of these utilities may be dropped from the
ceiling, permitting multiple configurations of the
space to match the work at hand. "So,"
Gage reported, "periodically, and more often
than you would think, we tear out whole sections of
the soft wall spaces and just redesign it."
The common and essential characteristic of the two
spaces, Gehry's studio and the Salk Institute,
was flexibility.
The group broadened the concept of flexible space
and postulated that having the freedom to actually
transform a space and make it one's own might
be a key to opening the doors of one's creativity,
doors that would remain closed if one were living
in someone else's space. ^^
Creating places of
invention: regions and new spaces
Discussion leaders: Stuart W. Leslie and Robert
Stuart W. Leslie and Robert Kargon, both of Johns
Hopkins University, compared and contrasted the role
of formal planning for inventive regions and institutions.
Leslie began with an overview of the literature on
invention, business, and regions. He explained that
for many years the predominant interpretation of the
intersection of business and innovation ignored geography
and instead concentrated on the firm, the entrepreneur,
or the industry. The leading proponent of this approach
was Alfred Chandler, whose ground-breaking studies
examined where research and development happened within
a corporation, but were not concerned with where the
corporation was based.1
This began to change with the work of Charles Sabel
and Michael Piore,2 who
looked at individual regions of flexible production
in several countries as an alternative to the methods
of multinational corporations, and AnnaLee Saxenian,3
who compared the relative success and failure of Silicon
Valley and Boston's Route 128 corridor in terms
of the interaction of firms within a region.
Historically defined by maps and physical geography,
regions today could effectively be mapped according
to the flow of capital and skilled workers. Understanding
regions in this way helps to explain why some fail.
A successful region combines talented workers, venture
capital, and production. But regions may also fail
because of regulatory antitrust policies designed,
ironically, to protect competition. A third factor
identified in the failure of regions is the often-tried
exercise of replicating a successful model in an unsuitable
new location: To succeed, institutions need to grow
organically within their regional settings.
Successful regions, like successful research laboratories,
often have a strong, mentoring personality guiding
their development. Frederick Terman is widely seen
as having played this role for Silicon Valley. Similarly,
William Shockley receives credit for starting the
semiconductor industry in California. A charismatic
figure attracts talent and investors. Other models
of course exist; for example, the creation of government-mandated
economic regions in Germany offer a contrasting view.
The idea of lifespan applies to regions as well
as to research organizations, though the productive
period of regions is typically longer than the twenty-year
average ascribed to laboratories. Lowell, Massachusetts,
for example, remained at the forefront of the textile
industry for roughly a century. However, the cycle
is similar, and the group postulated that this may
be a natural component of capitalism. New firms with
new ideas are able to control those for a while, but
once competition sets in, resources are not as plentiful.
The places that survive the longest are the ones that
are responsive to changes in society and technology
as a whole and are therefore able to grow into new
entities, sometimes bearing only a slight resemblance
to their founding companies.
What kind of planning, then, would be most effective
in building regions and institutions in which creative
people may do what they want to do? There are a number
of elements to consider. Removing legal, organizational,
and financial barriers is essential. Tolerating controlled
chaos, minimizing bureaucracy, and keeping spaces
flexible are also important. One interesting idea
discussed was the effect of temporary structures on
creative work. Does planning for a near horizon, not
for the long term, result in a more creative space?
Does minimal planning actually deliver the desired
Los Alamos and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Radiation Laboratory were examined as exemplars of
creative places that were meant to be temporary and
therefore not thoroughly planned. The atmosphere of
flexibility and impermanence that produced so much
creative work indicated to the group that designers
of places of invention might do well to begin the
planning process with a test phase to see what does
and does not work. Planning from the outset to build
a permanent place of invention may mean that the seeds
of its ultimate failure are present from the start.
Creating places of
invention: adapting existing spaces
Discussion leader: Merton Flemings
Merton Flemings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
shared his experiences over 60 years at one of the
foremost places of invention. MIT embodies many of
the characteristics already identified as essential
to creative places. It has a clearly stated and supported
mission, leadership "with a light touch,"
a strong commitment to interdisciplinary teaching
and research, academic independence within research
groups and among faculty, and tolerance for the sometimes
chaotic and organizationally "messy" conditions
that promote creativity.
MIT, however, adds other features to the mix. The
Institute's culture is intense, diverse, self-sufficient,
a bit cocky in terms of expectations of success, and
dedicated to hands-on experiences. This culture is
nurtured in part by crowded work spaces and buildings
connected by the "infinite corridor,"
both of which promote interchange between and among
faculty and students and facilitate not only unexpected
but effective encounters. In addition, MIT's
tenure process promotes technological creativity and
inventiveness through its emphasis on an individual's
ability to affect his or her field, either through
publications that have influenced the work of others
or through products created, including inventions.
Flemings's observations on life at MIT suggested
three factors that echo those identified earlier as
necessary for creating successful places of invention.
The first of these is, once again, flexibility and
its corollary, impermanence. Flemings commented that,
long after its expected lifespan was over, the buildings
that had housed the Radiation Laboratory were still
seen as desirable places to work. "Even later,"
he said, "when other buildings began to go up
around MIT, people still loved that lab. And not just
from memory, they loved to work in it! . . . If they
didn't like a wall, they could knock it out!
It didn't take much more than sticking their
foot through it."
The interdisciplinary nature of MIT is indicative
of a change throughout the university system in the
United States. As institutions move away from an emphasis
on core disciplines with their own methods—mathematics,
history, physics, etc.—to embrace critical problems
that transcend and demand the cooperation of many,
"hybrid" disciplines (e.g., biochemistry)
as well as multidisciplinary practices (e.g.,
public health, material science) are born. This combining
of disciplines is also common in many successful places
of invention.
Finally, proximity, with its implied tension between
seclusion and inclusion, also factors in MIT's
creative life. The idea of the "infinite corridor"
is not unique to MIT. The architecture of Bell Labs,
the RAND Corporation, and General Atomic, to name
only three, were all planned to maximize contact among
the buildings' inhabitants. However, individuals
and their work styles differ and there is a strong
need to balance the desire for privacy with ease of
collaboration to the extent possible for the success
of the work. But what does proximity mean in the Internet
age? Is physical proximity still relevant and necessary,
especially as more research is carried out by virtual
teams working in disparate locations? The group did
not arrive at a conclusive answer to this question,
but pointed instead to companies that exist because
of and for the Internet, like Google, but still have
extensive physical campuses. Perhaps proximity is
becoming less about communication and more about the
inspiration that place provides. ^^
leaders: Peter Friess and Arthur Molella
Peter Friess, The Tech Museum of Innovation, and
Art Molella, Lemelson Center, led the final discussion.
Molella explained that the group would be asked to
brainstorm and comment on two separate but related
exhibit concepts. The first is "Places of Invention,"
scheduled to open in the Lemelson Gallery at the National
Museum of American History in 2011. The other exhibition,
"Spirit of Silicon Valley," will be installed
at the Tech Museum.4
The target audience for "Places of Invention"
is families with children aged 6 to 12, with special
efforts made to bring in local families from the metropolitan
Washington, D.C., area. "Spirit of Silicon Valley"
is aimed at increasing tourist visitation to The Tech.
The goal of both exhibitions is to develop a model
for ways in which distant and organizationally separate
institutions may work collaboratively and effectively
on a major exhibition project.
Molella highlighted the objectives of the Smithsonian's
Some of the elements that will be used to meet these
objectives include:
Friess then provided background on The Tech Museum
of Innovation, whose core mission is, "Inspire
the innovator in everyone." He explained that
currently the museum has no collections and is in
the process of redoing all of its galleries, comprising
roughly 40,000 square feet. He has established a new
department to develop content for the outdated galleries,
with the overall goal to make the museum relevant
to Silicon Valley residents and tourists. Over the
next five years, the museum will develop exhibits
and experiment-centered presentations on Silicon Valley
and its industries. Currently, "Spirit of Silicon
Valley" is focused on three themes that relate
to places of invention in general and Silicon Valley
more specifically: the Valley itself, the people/teams
behind the inventions created there, and the inventions/products
The discussion turned to suggestions from the group
on people, places, and techniques that might be included
in the exhibits.
The group also offered comments on the objectives
of the exhibits:
Finally, the group provided some general advice:
Chandler's most influential book is The Visible
Hand : The Managerial Revolution in American Business
(Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1977).
2 Charles Sabel and Michael
Piore, The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities
for Prosperity, (New York: Basic Books, 1984)
3 AnnaLee Saxenian, Regional
Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley
and Route 128 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University
Press, 1994)
4 Exhibition titles are
Back to the top ^^
Lillian Hoddeson discussed her work on research labs. Photo
by Ben Bloom.
Fred Gage talked about the brain's plasticity and possible
connections between architecture and the brain's structure.
Photo by Ben Bloom.
Bill Leslie (top) and Bob Kargon talked about creative
regions and planning for creativity. Photos by Ben Bloom.
Merton Flemings described his personal experience at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo by Ben Bloom.
Art Molella (left) and Peter Friess discussed their institutions'
respective exhibition projects on places of invention. Photos
by Ben Bloom.
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Sharad Navratri 2013 - Time to Garba & Celebrate Durga Puja
Sharad Navratri in 2013 is going to be celebrated from 5th of October to 13th of October. Amongst 5 Navratri of a year, Sharad Navaratri is of the highest importance. Mostly people know Navratri by Sharad Navratri only and they celebrate Navratri once in a year. Hence, amongst 5 Navratris, Sharad Navratri is known by all and is celebrated with great fervor across the globe.
Dates of Sharad Navratri in 2013
|Sharad Navratri 2013 Days
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|Dedicated Goddess
|Sharad Navratri Day 1, Pratham
|5-October-2013; Saturday
|Sharad Navratri Day 2, Dwitiya
|6-October-2013; Sunday
|Sharad Navratri Day 3, Tritiya
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|12-October-2013; Saturday
|Sharad Navratri Day 9, Navami
|13-October-2013; Sunday
The tenth day of Sharad Navratri is celebrated as Dussehra or Vijayadashami.
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Navratri is a nine day Hindu festival, which comes five times in a year. The festival of Navratri is dedicated to Hindu Goddess Durga and her nine main incarnations. Throughout the nine days each incarnation of Maa Durga is worshipped. Navaratri is a Sanskrit word, which has been made combining two words - Nava & Ratri. Nava means nine and Ratri means night. Sharad Navratri is the most important one amongst all 5 Navratri. Let's know more on Sharad Navratri.
About Sharad Navratri in 2013
Sharad Navratri in 2013, like every year, is beginning from the bright fortnight of the Hindu month Ashwin and goes upto the tenth day according to Hindu calendar. As Hindu calendar is a lunar calendar, sometimes this nine day festival expands or contracts in terms of days as compared to Gregorian calendar. India is not less than a continent itself, therefore each festival is celebrated in different form in each part of India, and same is the case with Navratri. Let's now know more on the celebration of Navratri.
Sharad Navratri Celebration
Let's start the celebration of Sharad Navratri in 2013 from North India. As Sharad Navratri wraps up with Dussehra, Kullu of Himachal Pradesh is famous for this last day celebration.
In Gujarat, Navratri is one of their main festivals and they welcome it with Garba as well as Durga Pooja. At different areas of the state, people set up Pandals with Garba groups and live orchestra. Along with Garba, there is a dance form 'Dandiya-Raas' which is quite famous in Mumbai and Gujarat. Since last few years, Gujarat Government has increased its tourist count by arranging "Navratri Festival Celebrations". People from many countries participate in this festival, including Canada, UK and USA.
On the other hand, Goa has its special way of celebrating Navratri. Zatra begins during Navratri there and entire (Ponda) Antruz is highly ornate. Saraswat Brahmin temples are incredibly decorated and the idols are brought out for worship. Idols are beautifully dressed as well as adorned with vermillion, sandalwood paste, turmeric as well as flowers. Devotees visit the idols in huge mass to get blessings and Kaul Prasad, which is considered to be given by Gods directly. At the time of Navratri the 10 sisters of Goa, Dasha Maitrikas are taken out to worship. These are named as - Shantadurga, Aryadurga, Mahalasa, Katyayani, Mahamaya, Kamakshi, Vijayadurga, Bhumika, Mahalakshmi and Navadurga.
People of Tamil Nadu make steps and place idols on the top. They name these idols - Golu.
Karnataka people worship the items of daily use, say computer, books, vehicles and kitchen tools on the day of Ayudh Puja, which is the last day known as Mysore Dasara. Basically, people worship the item related to their work. For example, farmers worship their plough.
Similarly, festival of Sharad Navratri is celebrated all over India in different forms, as it is to commemorate the arrival of Goddess Durga. Sharad Navratri is the biggest and longest festival of India. That is why it has a great significance amongst all the countries across seven seas. It is believed that worshipping Goddess Durga during this time brings immense prosperity and fortune in the lives of devotees.
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APPENDIX F Glossary of Terms Used in CAPTA Risk Assessment Terms Risk--The quantitative or qualitative expression of possible loss that considers both the proba- bility that a hazard or threat will cause harm and the consequences of that event. Target/Asset--Persons, facilities, activities, or physical systems that have value to the owner or society as a whole. Threat/Hazard--The potential natural event or intentional or unintentional act capable of disrupt- ing or negatively impacting an asset. In the case of natural events, the hazard is the frequency and magnitude of a potentially destructive event. Hazards can be expressed in probabilistic terms where data are available. Consequences--The loss or degradation of use of an asset resulting from a threat or hazard. Con- sequences may also be determined by loss of life (casualty). Mission-related consequences include destruction or damage causing real loss or reduction of functionality. Potential for consequences grow as a function of an asset's criticality. However, a critical asset may be dam- aged without total loss of functionality. Vulnerability--A weakness in asset design or operations that is exposed to a hazard or can be exploited by a threat resulting in negative consequences. Specific hazards or threats may expose or exploit different vulnerabilities. Note that an asset may be susceptible to hazards or threats that may increase its vulnerability, such as having publicly accessible information (e.g., drawings, schedules, secure areas) that could assist a terrorist in planning and executing a successful attack. Consequence Threshold--The planning factor used to set the level of consequences at which the decision maker or agency assumes greater responsibility for managing the risk. Consequence Categories Potentially Exposed Population (fatalities and injuries)--This consequence is concerned with the number of people who may become a casualty. Occupancy limits, or capacity is a surrogate data point for this category. Property Loss--This concerns the cost to repair or rebuild a damaged or destroyed structure. These monetary estimates are standardized unit cost estimates based upon square or linear footage of an asset, or an amount provided by the user for special designed structures such as a cable stay bridge. Mission Disruption--This concerns the adverse impact on the transportation system due to the loss of the functionality of an asset. Implying the redundancy of the road and rail networks, detour lengths to and from a disabled asset are used as a surrogate for mission disruption level. Detour length is readily available in current agency databases for bridges and tunnels. Transit facilities are assessed using ridership levels of an asset. 54
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Glossary of Terms Used in CAPTA 55 Social/Cultural Disruption--The social consequence reflects how the population might respond to the event through significant behavioral changes. These may include fear of travel or avoid- ance of a transportation mode or route. Fear and avoidance of transportation modes will lead to a decrease of commercial activity. There may also be adverse reaction by the public to the imposition of security measures, such as personal searches, needed to prevent a disruption or mitigate the effects of a disruption. Major Asset Categories Road Bridges--Any aerial structure designed to carry vehicular traffic across a body of water or land. This category is most effective when used to capture structures whose length spans greater than one beam. Road Tunnels--All tunnels bored, mined, or immersed that convey rubber tire vehicles, buses, and trucks. Transit/Rail Bridges--All raised aerial structures designed to carry rail rolling stock. Transit/Rail Tunnel--A transit system with a major rail capability is likely to have an extensive network of tunnels. Transit/Rail Station--Classes of access rail transit points in CAPTA. Length of platform, capacity, and building type can serve as common characteristics for a class. Administrative and Support Facilities--Fixed asset facilities a transportation operator may own or operate, with the exception of transit or rail stations. The fixed facilities in this category may range from offices of executives, to airside passenger terminals. Ferry--All watercraft used in the regulated transportation of passengers and vehicles for a sched- uled service. The size of the vessel does not matter. In the rare cases where ferries constitute a significant portion of the transportation agency's passenger capacity, an effort should be made to separate the vessels into classes. Fleet--Regularly used individual passenger vehicle. The most common assets in this category will be buses and passenger transit/rail cars. The base unit for this category is one asset, whereby a train may consist of four to six individual fleet cars. The similarities of fleet vehicles readily lend themselves to groupings into classes. Threats (Intentional Actions) Small Explosive Devices--Explosive materials containing less than 250 pounds of TNT or equiv- alent. Delivery is by means of one to five aggressors transporting the payload. Large Explosive Devices--Explosive materials containing greater than 500 pounds of TNT or equivalent. The method of delivery is either by vehicle or through multiple persons acting in concert to transport the payload. Chemical/Biological/Radiological (C/B/R) agents--Gases, liquids, or solids introduced with the intent of causing physical harm or property loss. Criminal Acts--Lower intensity threats representing the range of illegal activities as defined by federal code, state statute, or local ordinance. Examples of criminal acts include handgun vio- lence and illegal discharge of hazardous waste. Unintentional Hazards Fire--Sources may be disparate and triggered by any combination of flammable material and ignition. Fire may result from happenstance and does not require an intentional act to occur. Fire, or the pre-fire hazard of smoke, will immediately have a negative impact upon all trans- portation assets by inducing the evacuation of persons and equipment within the structure
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56 CAPTA Final Report and surrounding areas. Fire and smoke will decrease visibility to unsafe levels, precipitate col- lision of vehicles and equipment, and cause personal injury. A fire controlled by firefighting may still result in smoke and water damage at a level sufficient to render a transportation asset unfit for use or occupancy. Structural Failure--Any decrease in the physical integrity of the transportation asset to bear the weight required to carry passengers or freight. The loss of physical integrity requires the asset be inspected and major repair be completed prior to its reopening for beneficial use by the public. Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)--Liquid, solid, or gaseous materials for which the quantity of material introduced may be minimal but that cause a hazard to users of the system. Hazardous materials include common industrial cleaners used by transportation workers and canisters of pepper spray set off by transit users. In both circumstances, it is unlikely that the maintenance worker or the commuter entered the transportation system with the intent of discharging material into the air. Materials may also include hazardous liquid, which include debris or waste products moved into the transportation system by a vehicle, truck, or rail car. For CAPTA purposes, hazardous materials require specialized remediation that will close a roadway or transit transportation to allow processing. Natural Hazards Flooding--The condition of excessive water inflow to an asset exceeding the engineered pumping capacity, and causing a hazard or threat to people and property. Flooding is typically caused by a calamitous weather event; however, it may be caused by defective pipeline transfer. Earthquake--A seismic anomaly that weakens the fitness of a structure to standards less than that designed and intended by the owner. The earthquake will present a hazard to transportation users while it is occurring, due to flying debris and geotechnical instability. The earthquake may present a hazard upon its conclusion by weakening assets such that they are no longer usable. Extreme Weather--All means and methods of extreme wind, rainwater, snow, ice, or other act of God that is unusual for its ferocity. An extreme weather event will be characterized by the exhaustion of all available equipment previously assembled for remediation and the exceed- ing of all planning thresholds in place at a transportation agency for the conditions of snow, ice, wind, water, and other acts of God. This characteristic would normally include exceeding the "100-year storm" guidance gathered through observation. Mud/Landslide--The sudden massive movement of soil causing actual or potential harm to person and property, prompted by water or geotechnical shift. The most common historical data in this category involves soil shifts onto roadways or rail facilities because of wet conditions.