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Document Type Doctoral Thesis Author Cai, Qingbo firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-01302008-160623 Document Title Finite element modelling of cracking in concrete gravity dams Degree PhD(Civil Engineering) Department Civil and Biosystems Engineering Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Dr J M Robberts Co-Supervisor Prof B W J van Rensburg Supervisor Keywords
- crack modeling
- bilinear softening
- crack propagation
- dam safety
- computational procedure
- constitutive crack model
- non-linear fracture mechanics
- concrete gravity dams
- smeared crack approach
Date 2007-09-05 Availability unrestricted Abstract
Evaluating the safety of unreinforced concrete structures, such as concrete dams, requires an accurate prediction of cracking. Developing a suitable constitutive material model and a reliable computational procedure for analysing cracking processes in concrete has been a challenging and demanding task.
Although many analytical methods based on fracture mechanics have been proposed for concrete dams in the last few decades, they have not yet become part of standard design procedures. Few of the current research findings are being implemented by practising engineers when evaluating dam safety.
This research is focused on the development of a suitable crack modelling and analysis method for the prediction and study of fracturing in concrete gravity dams, and consequently, for the evaluation of dam safety against cracking. The research aims to contribute to the continuing research efforts into mastering the mechanics of cracking in concrete dams.
An analytical method for the purpose of establishing a crack constitutive model and implementing the model for the fracture analysis of concrete structures, in particular massive concrete gravity dams under static loading conditions, has been developed, verified and applied in the safety evaluation of a concrete gravity dam.
The constitutive material model is based on non-linear fracture mechanics and assumes a bilinear softening response. The crack model has various improved features: (1) an enhanced mode I bilinear strain-softening approach has been put forward; (2) a new formula for bilinear softening parameters has been developed and their relation with linear softening has been outlined; (3) the influence of bilinear softening parameters on the cracking response has been studied; and (4) an enhanced modification to the shear retention factor which depends on the crack normal strain is included.
The material model has been incorporated into a finite element analysis using a smeared crack approach. A sub-program was specially coded for this research. The validity of the proposed cracking model and the computational procedure developed for the purpose of analyzing the tensile fracture behaviour of concrete structures has been confirmed by verification on various concrete structures, including beams, a dam model and actual gravity dams.
The crack modelling technique developed was successfully used in evaluating the safety of an existing concrete gravity dam in South Africa and adequately predicted the cracking response of the dam structure under static loadings.
The main conclusions drawn are as follows:
- Both mode I and mode II fracture have been modelled successfully.
- The proposed bilinear softening model remains relatively simple to implement but significantly improves on predicting the softening response of "small-scale" concrete structures.
- Both plane stress and plane strain crack analyses have been considered and can be confidently adopted in two-dimensional applications.
- The proposed method is mesh objective.
- The crack modelling method developed can correctly predict the crack propagation trajectory and the structural behaviour with regard to fracturing in concrete structures.
- If not considering shear stress concentration near the tip of a crack, constitutive crack analysis normally indicates a higher safety factor and a higher Imminent Failure Flood (IFF) than the classical methods in the analysis of concrete gravity dams for safety evaluation.
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When it comes to tablets, the iPad remains far and away the world's top seller. But you have to give Microsoft points for continuing to bring the fight to Apple.
The company fired another shot across the bow this week with another snarky ad comparing the iPad and a Windows RT based Dell XPS 10 tablet.
The ad features the voice of Siri, the artificial interactive character that helps drive the iPhone and iPad, just like a previous competitive commercial.
The new spot has Siri apologizing for the iPad's inability to do things like the Windows tablet. "I am sorry. I don't zoom out like that," she says. While the iPad can't zoom out, the Dell does it easily, revealing the entire start screen on the tablet.
The commercial also shows a user trying to insert an SD card into an iPad, which doesn't have any slots. "You can't put an SD card there. Or there. Or there," Siri chides the user.
The Dell tablet easily accepts an SD card and displays pictures from it quickly.
As for what Siri really thinks? When Chris Matyszczyk at CNET asked her, she made it clear she's really not jumping ship for Microsoft. "There's the iPad, and then there's...well, nothing I guess."
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A Mexican right-hander who had a nice debut season in 2012, Gonzalez has been all right in 2013, allowing two to four runs in all five of his starts and lasting between 51/3 and 61/3 innings in each. He failed to get a decision last time out in Oakland. In his only game against the Angels, he beat C.J. Wilson at Angel Stadium last July.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - Mike Tannenbaum pulled out a letter as he stood in front of the New York Jets players for one last time.
It was a farewell address to the group of men he signed, traded for and drafted over the last seven years as the team's general manager. He choked back tears as he read it, and received a round of applause when he was done.
"It was really heartfelt," defensive end Mike DeVito said Monday. "I know Mike, and he'll bounce back."
The Jets fired Tannenbaum after a dismal 6-10 season, but owner Woody Johnson announced that Rex Ryan will be back for a fifth season as the team's coach.
"I believe that he has the passion, the talent, and the drive to successfully lead our team," Johnson said of Ryan in a statement.
The futures of both Tannenbaum and Ryan were unclear after a 28-9 loss to Buffalo on Sunday, a miserable finish to the team's first losing season in Ryan's four years as coach. While it appeared Tannenbaum was a likely goner, it was believed Ryan might also be on shaky ground.
Ryan's scheduled news conference with the media Monday afternoon was postponed amid speculation that there could be several changes on the coaching staff. Offensive coordinator Tony Sparano is expected to be fired after one season, although no coaching moves were immediately made by Johnson after a staff meeting. Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine's status is uncertain after he turned down a contract extension earlier in the year, while special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff retired following Sunday's game.
Johnson started shaking things up early by parting ways with Tannenbaum, who had been with the organization since 1997. Johnson said he has consulted with several "football executives" and also hired a search firm to help aid in finding a new GM. Former Colts vice chairman Bill Polian, 49ers director of player personnel Tom Gamble, Texans director of college scouting Mike Maccagnan, Ravens assistant GM Eric DeCosta and Raiders director of personnel Joey Clinkscales _ who was previously a member of New York's front office _ could all garner attention from the Jets.
"My goal every year as owner is to build a team that wins consistently," Johnson said. "This year, we failed to achieve that goal. Like all Jets fans, I am disappointed with this year's results. However, I am confident that this change will best position our team for greater success going forward."
The Jets were a team in turmoil from the moment they acquired quarterback Tim Tebow in a trade with Denver last March. The move was made by Tannenbaum and highly criticized by fans and media _ and failed in just about every way.
Tebow was brought in as a backup for Mark Sanchez and expected to play a key role in certain offensive schemes. He played sparingly, and spent several weeks out of the lineup with injured ribs.
Meanwhile, Sanchez was having a poor season, the Jets kept losing and Tebow never got a chance to be the No. 1 quarterback.
"I underachieved and didn't play the way I'm capable of playing," Sanchez said. "I want another crack at this thing."
Tebow's time with the Jets began with a splashy news conference, but his one and likely only season ended with the popular backup going out quietly as he wasn't available to the media as the players cleared out their lockers.
Tannenbaum's tenure as the Jets' GM included two trips to the AFC championship game. He had two years left on his contract, but Johnson made the change after the Jets failed to make the playoffs for a second year in a row.
In a statement, Tannenbaum thanked Johnson for "the opportunity of a lifetime" and added that "there are champions on this team that haven't been crowned yet."
Tannenbaum was hired as the team's director of player contract negotiations in 1997, and served in various other roles before replacing Terry Bradway as general manager in 2006.
With a knack for navigating the NFL's salary cap, Tannenbaum was never afraid to make splashy signings or trades _ Tebow, Brett Favre, LaDainian Tomlinson, Santonio Holmes and Plaxico Burress, to name a few. He also made his mark on draft day, bringing in some of the team's best players such as Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold, D'Brickashaw Ferguson and David Harris. But Tannenbaum had more misses than hits in recent drafts, with Vernon Gholston, Vladimir Ducasse and even Sanchez high-round picks that didn't perform as expected.


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racked another 100 miles and six hours in the saddle.
cobes plan is to ride to work a couple times a week to build up his miles, so i tagged along for the ride. meeting at 6:15am, he was a little late so when he showed up and took off i was not too surprised.
i was not warmed up yet and cobes jumped right to a 34mph on the flat heading towards draper on 900 east. i had to draft for a little to get my unhappy cold legs warmed up.
we soon were exchanging places or riding side by side when the bike lane was wide enough.
one thing about cobes is that he can really motor on a flat road. we got to draper in no time and shuffled up to 1300 east to highland. that little uphill got us to the point of the valley where i knew it would be windy and rough roads.
and it was. we hit the wind and slowed to 24mph. it was starting to hurt, but it was over and we coasted down into the other valley.
from there we meandered until state street and it was pretty much a straight shot to cobes work from there.
it was kinda tough to get pics, but i managed one as cobes was pulling away.
here is cobes new ride leaning at the high tech door at his work.
he was good enough to run inside and fill one of my water bottles.
got a shot of myself in the mirrored doors.
the ride back was straight forward. and reverse of what we did pretty much. except that i did it right then and cobes would be doing it after work.
getting back up to the point and then hitting head wind going the opposite direction did not make my legs happy. i just grabbed the drops and pedaled away. until.....i reached 3900 south and had to go back up the mountain to my house. i was expecting more pain, but the blocks just passed and i sailed up the hill.
moodude said he even saw me going up. drink and food was perfect for this ride even though i did the same as the ogden rides. it was a bit cooler though.
my bum bum was not happy at the end. i still need to find a better long distance saddle. i had to change positions often the last hour.
got home ate, showered, watched a movie and recovery was fairly quick. six hours and i was ready to ride again.


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2014, AFGC Flower Show, "Nature's Song", WINNERS....
AWARD OF HORTICULTURAL EXCELLENCE: (Fresh plant material judged as finest in Horticulture Division). Cindy Simpson, Little Rock Garden Club; (Bromeliad).
COLLECTORS SHOWCASE AWARD: Ann Cooper, Wildflowers Garden Club, display of 5 varieties of broadleaf evergreens.
AWARD OF MERIT: 3 ribbons awarded: a.)Donna McDonald, Heightswood, (Helleborus); b.)Cindy Simpson, Little Rock Garden Club (Japanese Fatsia); 3)Robin Orsi, Little Rock Garden Club,(Narcissus trumpet, February gold).
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NARRAGANSETT - A historic farm in the Point Judith Neck area of Narragansett recently received federal recognition for its contributions to the history of agriculture, architecture, community development, entertainment and recreation.
Edward F. Sanderson, executive director of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, announced that the National Park Service has added the Anthony-Kinney Farm, commonly known as Sunset Farm, to the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Register is the federal government's official list of properties throughout the United States whose historical and architectural significance makes them worthy of preservation.
"We're very happy to have the property designated," Mike DeLuca, director of planning for Narragansett, said Thursday. "We're proud to have adaptively reused the bungalow and bring the property to the best it's ever been."
In continuous agricultural use since the 17th century, the Anthony-Kinney Farm was redeveloped for recreational use at the turn of the century. Today, the property's open fields, stone walls, agricultural buildings and distinctive Bungalow, represent the evolution of Point Judith Neck from fertile farmland to rural outpost of Narragansett's resort community.
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A group of volunteers from the Triad area are back home after spending a week cleaning up remnants of the tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla. in May.
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The local volunteers ranged in age from 15 to 79.
"This trip showed that there were more people in need than what you see on the news. When we got there, we found out that there were 3,400 homes destroyed," said Keith Eddins.
Eddins said that he tried to prepare his team for the devastation that they would see. He had a psychologist come in to talk to them prior to going.
"What we've seen and the degree of loss exceeded what we expected," Eddins said.
The team drove 24 hours, stopping only for food and fuel. They came with $7,000 in Walmart gift cards from the UMC of the Northern Piedmont District and other individuals.
They delivered 55 shovels, 43 rakes, 76 flood buckets and other items, including backpacks filled with stuffed horses and shirts for the children from Victory Junction.
"When we got there, the response was overwhelming," Eddins said. "They were excited that we traveled so far and greeted us with open arms. They were trying to do all they could do to make it better for us, and at the same time we were trying to do everything in our power to make it better for them."
The team stayed at Sunny Lane UMC for the week, where they would eat, sleep and relax when not working. Shower time was provided by a nearby YMCA. Their day began at 6:30 a.m. with breakfast, devotion and off to work until late in the afternoon.
"Once you arrived in the affected areas there was nothing but destruction," Eddins said. "Homes were gone, a school destroyed, debris everywhere and lives lost."
The team cleaned up rubble, tore down the remains of a home, demolished a barn, cleaned up home sites and helped a family pack up their belongings, while sharing the word of God.
Eddins said that one of the most touching moments for the team was when they found a smartphone under a home that had been destroyed.
"The phone was under rubble and had been rained on for weeks. The phone was cleaned up, charged and a team member was able to get into the contact list," Eddins said. "Through contacting family members we were able to get the phone back to the owner."
Eddins said that the owner shared that she and her husband had lost their home and pets. She also shared that she was a new mom and that most of the early pictures of her baby were on the phone, along with photos of her dogs.
"It is hard to put words to those kind of emotions but there were tears in the eyes of my team and tears in the eyes of the family, because of our love of helping someone else and their gratitude," Eddins said. "Us finding that phone wasn't by accident. During this trip, we learned that there are still good people in this world on both the giving and receiving side."
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Due to recent Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) requests by the Bangor Daily News and other unspecified outlets to obtain personal information—including the names, addresses and birthdates—of all Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP) holders in Maine, Governor Paul LePage (R) has put forward emergency legislation to grant immediate protection for all CHP holders. This emergency legislation is vital to ensure the protection and safety of law-abiding gun owners.
Under current law, police departments are required to make this information available to the public. However, this emergency legislation would provide temporary privacy protection for CHP holders while the state legislature works on a permanent solution to this problem—Legislative Document 345. LD 345, introduced by state Representative Corey Wilson (R-56), would protect the confidentiality of all CHP holders in Maine. This legislation has garnered wide bi-partisan support and currently has 61 cosponsors.
Over recent months, there have been several instances nationally of anti-gun media outlets publishing the names and addresses of CHP holders. Such publications place law-abiding gun owners at risk and jeopardize the safety of all Mainers by creating map for criminals who may target the residences of CHP holders to steal firearms. Governor LePage's emergency legislation and LD 345 would ensure that this egregious violation of privacy and threat to society never happens in Maine.
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In 1901, a 28-year-old American named Leon Czolgosz assassinated US President William McKinley. Czolgosz was born in America, but he was of Polish descent. After McKinley died, the American media blamed Polish immigrants. They were outsiders, foreigners, with a suspicious religion - Catholicism - and strange last names.
At a time when Eastern European immigrants were treated as inferior, Polish-Americans feared they would be punished as a group for the terrible actions of an individual. "We feel the pain which this sad occurrence caused, not only in America, but throughout the whole world. All people are mourning, and it is caused by a maniac who is of our nationality," a Polish-American newspaper wrote in an anguished editorial.
It is a sentiment reminiscent of what Muslims and Chechens are writing - or Instagramming - today, after the revelation that Dzokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, are of Chechen descent. At this time, there is no evidence linking the Tsarnaev brothers to a broader movement in Chechnya, a war-torn federal republic in southern Russia. Neither of the brothers has ever lived there. The oldest, Tamerlan, was born in Russia and moved to the US when he was sixteen. The youngest, Dzokhar, was born in Kyrgyzstan, moved to the US when he was nine, and became a US citizen in 2012.
Despite the Tsarnaevs' American upbringing, the media has presented their lives through a Chechen lens. Political strife in the North Caucasus, ignored by the press for years, has become the default rationale for a domestic crime.
"Did Boston carnage have its roots in Stalin's ruthless displacement of Muslims from Chechnya decades ago?" asked The Daily News , a question echoed by the National Post , the Washington Post , and other publications that refuse to see the Tsarnaevs as anything but walking symbols of age-old conflicts. Blame Stalin, the pundits cry, echoing the argument made every time something bad happens in the former Soviet Union. Blame Stalin, because we can pronounce that name.
In one sense, this sentiment is not new. American Muslims have long had to deal with ignorance and prejudice in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. " Please don't be Muslims or Arabs ", goes the refrain, as unnecessary demands for a public apology from Muslims emerge. This week made it clear that it is Muslims who are owed the apology. After wild speculation from CNN about a "dark-skinned suspect", on Thursday the New York Post published a cover photo falsely suggesting a Moroccan-American high school track star, Salah Barhoun , was one of the bombers. "Jogging while Arab" has become the new " driving while black ".
Later that Thursday, the FBI released photos of two young men wearing baseball caps - men who so resembled all-American frat boys that people joked they would be the target of " racial bro-filing ". The men were Caucasian, so the speculation turned away from foreign terror and toward the excuses routinely made for white men who kill: mental illness, anti-government grudges, frustrations at home. The men were white and Caucasian - until the next day, when they became the wrong kind of Caucasian, and suddenly they were not so "white" after all.
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This is nothing new, of course. The public is cruel when it comes to celebrity standards of beauty. But this week came another reminder that the problem extends beyond viewers. Despite being one of Hollywood's most unanimous sweethearts in recent years — magazine editors, please try out a different tagline than "favorite funny gal" — McCarthy struggles to find designers to dress her on the red carpet. … Read More
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Melissa McCarthy didn't waste any time getting right to the funny stuff in last night's episode of SNL, with musical guest Phoenix. She entered the stage staggering in sky-high stripper heels, face-planting in front of the band. The gag was more nuanced than we're describing, which is what we love about the actress. You can watch it, below.
McCarthy is easily as gifted as Kristen Wiig, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and SNL's other greatest ladies. Her commitment to a role is unwavering, and her physical comedy skills show courage and a willingness to stretch boundaries that's on par with other uninhibited SNL all-stars like Will Ferrell and the late, great Chris Farley.
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Heavily armed fighters from Somalia's Hizbul Islam group have seized a town used by pirates in the country's north, residents said.
The fighters faced no resistance as they moved into the town of Haradheere early on Sunday, pledging to take over more towns in the region.
Sheikh Mohamed Osman Arus, a spokesman for the group, told the Reuters news agency: "Our Mujahidin fighters are in Haradheere now, they will cross into the other towns in the region."
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Fighters with the Islamic Courts Union, a movement that briefly ruled Mogadishu in 2006 before being ousted by Ethiopian soldiers, clamped down on Somali piracy as they tried to impose law and order.
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Anticipation for tonight's episode has been growing since the series premiered. In my excitement for the big reveal, I invited some fellow fans over for a Pretty Little Liars viewing party, and I'm pretty sure many others did the same.
"UnmAsked," as the title suggests, was meant to shock us all with the unveiling of A's real identity. But did we get what we were promised?
To avoid further delay - *Spoiler Alert* - Mona is A. Yes, the frustration of losing Hanna to her former BFFs at the start of the series apparently drove her to start sending harassing text messages to each of them. But it was those very same messages that brought the girls closer together. When Mona showed up in the black hoodie, the collective reaction of this viewing group was: "Ummm... okay."
The buildup to this big reveal had the girls finding a secret hotel not far from the secluded landing strip that Ali used when she returned from Hilton Head. Once the girls arrived at the Lost Woods Resort, the show paid a not so subtle nod to Psycho. From the creepy owner to the taxidermy and the spooky photo of dear old mom, it was hard to miss the references. When Hanna got into that shower, we all got pretty nervous.
But the girls didn't have to worry about the hotel owner; it was Mona who delivered the final creepy monologue while sitting in the police station. Now, Mona being A was not such a surprising turn of events. Remember when she used her superior computing and deception skills to help Emily during the lock-in? Or how about last week when she had the perfect opportunity to send Hanna a message about making out with Caleb?
She's been present for a lot of key plot developments and manipulated her way into the group by pretending to get messages from A as well.
While her involvement makes sense, it was definitely a disappointing reveal. From the start of the series, we've been told that the show would follow a different A storyline. Lucy Hale even once said: "We're doing it completely different on the show."
So, what's different about Mona being A?
Perhaps it's the fact that Mona doesn't seem to be working alone. Despite Dr. Sullivan's (yep, she's finally back!) assertion that Mona's hyper-intelligence could give her the appearance of omnipresence, no one in my little viewing party thought that Mona could do it alone.
Plus, we saw Jenna meeting up with someone, possibly Mona, and revealing that she could see again. And then there was the strange gathering of Jenna, Lucas, and the mystery woman in the black swan outfit. On top of that, Melissa was acting all sorts of scary/threatening when she told the girls that she didn't believe Ian killed Alison, but that Garrett probably thought Ali deserved to die after blinding Jenna.
Mona asked Spencer to join team A, but who else is on that team? Mona even told her mystery visitor in the mental hospital that she had done what she asked to do. Is Mona just a puppet or was she the only A?
The parts of the finale that were satisfying and a little shocking didn't really involve A. We got confirmation that Aria and Ezra did take a big step in their physical relationship, and at the masquerade ball, Ezria finally went public. He removed Aria's mask to kiss her in front of all the attendees. I guess he figures he's done in Rosewood anyway so there aren't any remaining obstacles to their relationship. Except her parents.
Spoby also reunited, as Dr. Sullivan revealed that it was Toby who convinced her to return to Rosewood and face Mona. Toby confirmed that he was only pretending to hate Spencer.
And... Maya's dead? Emily's been getting messages and phone calls from Maya, but the police found Maya's body at Emily's home. Has she been dead all this time? If so, who's been contacting Emily? Was she the black swan at the masquerade? And more importantly, who killed her?
Sound off now, PLL fans: Were you happy with the reveal of A?
I don't believe it's Mona. She was just acting on someone's behest. Is it me or do other people on this forum also believe that Allison Di Laurentis is in reality not dead? I think she is alive and she is A, based on the fact that there have been so many instances in this season when it seemed like Allison was out there somewhere, and then of course, every trail the girls attempt to follow, goes cold too. Allison was pretty capable of so much malice and foul play, although to what end she would be doing all this i have no clue (if she is alive and she is A, that is). As for Melissa, she is just another stooge.
What's all the talk about Allison having a twin?! I've watched every episode and don't remember there ever being anything said about a twin sister! Although this would certainly explain a lot of things. Did I bat my eyes too long and miss this reveal in a former episode? It's obvious to me that "A" is a group of people and of course there had to be another murder/mystery for the show to continue. Looking forward to season 3!
I think A is a bunch of people who Ali pissed off and they are all paying her and her friends back..or its Ali herself playing a game and her twin was the one killed...just a thought!
In Season 2 Episode 10 - Touched By An Angel, Mona and Hanna go horse riding and shopping while Emily is getting a massage by A. Obviously Mona isnt the only A.
Mona is not the real A, there's a group of them working together. But she is actually pyscho. I dont think Melissa was the black swan, because at the scene where Maya died she didn't look like she just came from a party, and that scene happened right after the party. Hm i dont know. But i think Melissa had something to do with Maya's death, she looked very suss! I'm pretty sure Alison or her twin sister Courtney is still alive, and that they she was the girl that visited Mona in jail. Did anyone relize that at the party when Mona was talking to Hanna, there was a girl in the background in a redish pink dress walking towards them? the camera was focused on her partly, but it was hard to relize. This show is such a mindfuck. It has way to many questions by the viewers that need to be answered. I cant wait until season 3 though!
Why are people CRAZY MAD about Mona being revealed? Come on, it's obvious it's not just her! The producers can't just be like 'BAM this is A' and tell you everything about everyone because they wouldn't have a show anymore!
I AM SO DISAPPOINTED. OMG MONA IS DEFINITELY NOT A, PROLLY A PAWN. EVEN IF SHE IS, SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. I THOUGHT THEY WEREN'T FOLLOWING THE BOOKS? SO DISAPPOINTED THAT IT WAS MONA. I think the person who visited Mona was Vivian Darkbloom. I mean hello? The red coat. Any more obvious can it get? Or maybe Ali's twin? Idk. Could be Melissa. Anws, other than the A disappointing revelation, I love the Ezria, Haleb and Spoby scenes
what an utterly crappy episode! the Mona reveal was lame lame lame!!!! my favorite part of the episode was when Spencer complimented Mona at the dance and then revealed her memory of the last time she saw Spencer. the hotel stuff was great too. so was Ezria's public kiss. so was Melissa acting psycho. I bet she's the swan. and that belly is fake. I bet Melissa faked loving Ian again so she could get married to him and fake getting pregnant then killed him off so she could maintain the fake pregnancy unsuspected. I was so hoping A was Aria!!!!!!! it made so much sense in my mind!!! to be honest, I'm mad at Hannah. she had been a really crappy friend to Mona for a long time now. though I didn't like Mona at first, she is in my good graces now knowing she's being used by A. I feel like this episode accomplished nothing. We're back to square one. We have no idea who A is and a victim with answers is beyond the liars' reach. lame. and disappointing. In terms of what it promised, this episode was a letdown. grade C- if the real A doesn't turn out to be Toby, Jenna, Melissa, or Aria, I'm going to be mad.
after watching the episode there is absolutely no way that mona is a. helper or a decoy maybe. the scene with spencer at the motel room seemed forced and calculated like she rehearsed it a lot of times. the black swan looked like melissa unless she's faking her pregnancy. and i cant help feeling mona's visitor was melissa because i recall in a earlier episodes of the season she (melissa) had on a red coat in various instances.
I think maybe Courtney DiLaurentis does exist in the show (just as she does in the books) and Alison killed her, but everyone thinks that Alison is dead when in fact she's hiding from whoever is the A team because they do know of the existence of the crazy twin; at least that would explain the dream that Spencer had last week with Ali... The red clothes in the end, seriously? & Toby and Ezra, there's something in their behavior last night that I just don't trust. oh God I hate to think bad of people who have seemed nice by now.


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The blue spots signalize the aesthetic earthquake that has been shaking the Romanian cities for the past 15 years. The elements involved in this cataclysm are noiseproof window panes, rigips, sandstone, the residual space left behind by the communist urbanism, a plethora of glass facades, fractions of the television's visual culture, euphoric demolitions, cages for bodyguards, plastic plants, black marble, adornments made of stainless metal and ideas about architecture that defy any norm by means of which a city exists and develops usually. It felt imperative that I react to the suffocating ugliness of numerous buildings that were constructed in these last few years.
The spots indicate danger and I believe that the peril of aesthetical degradation is just as menacing as the risk of an earthquake. The red spots tell you to stay away, the blue ones urge you to take a stand.
A project by Daniel Gontz and Gianina Carbunariu
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The performance suggests a contamination between the different times of recent history, an ambiguous gesture that can cause panic or joy, an attempt at reviving the tissue of the city affected by necrosis, an advertising campaign for a missing product, a question about solidarity in the torpid Romania of 2007.
the performance was sponsored by chivas and supported by h'art gallery
SubReal – Framing Bucharest
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"The remake of the two photographs closes, in a sense, an era: it renders the model classical by the fact that it has triggered a reproduction. It forces the previous generation into a "master" status, untouchable but also distant. Gontz's maneuver simulates the canon – first reproduced, then pushed away through acts of differentiation. "
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all images were made on lenticular prints creating the illusion of video sequences. Most of the installation has been stolen by the employs of TVR
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The project of a virtual traveling agency is an ironic analysis of the Romania political scene and of its reflection in the media. Our proposal of a political tourism agency is similar to the extreme sport tours or the cultural traveling packages. We address to those who wish to witness and experiment the transition from communism to democracy, the development of democracy and how the transition actually feels like. Surely all this is purely fictional and this agency is solely an art project.
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"The space created by the installation shows individuals in everyday situations within their identity generating environment. It is a project about privacy and contemporary living, about intrusion and illusion, about the visible ego." by Cosmin Costinas, curator
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Any event be it cultural, artistic or scientific needs some sort of a grand opening party. After its ending, everybody seems to loose interest in the actual exhibit. To counteract this trend Hotel Gontz will consist of just such a party with every event and participant being part of it. The whole will be nothing less than an extended party on several floors, rooms, lobby's and so on. Hotel Gontz builds on a very special culture of amusement allowing for innovation, implementation and an intense collaboration between artists and designers of different disciplines
2004 – Trans 0.5
"this projects helps you imagine what lies beyond the solid, concrete structures. " … "TRANS makes it possible to figure out a way to fulfill contemporary desires and fantasies about the building's interior. Whenever your sight sense becomes impeded, other ways of seeing seem necessary, even ways mimicking extasensorial capacities come into play"
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Spoiler TV is open source internet Tv. Everybody can join us and became a broadcaster.
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"at the bottom there is always the common man and what we all hope is to get up. if we follow the right way is another question. but at least we try but at the end there is only a totem, a dead end. and yet we still try."
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"Are you with that show, 'Hoarders'?" a passing motorist asked a visitor at a Rosedale home, referring to the popular A&E series that documents the lives of people with an obsessive compulsive disorder that leads to excessively collecting objects.
It's easy to see how someone could make that incorrect assumption. The property at 243-14 132 Road is littered with seemingly worthless items including broken furniture, buckets, pieces of wood, old cosmetics, tools and more.
"They use a U-Haul all the time, and they dump the stuff right on the lawn, and in the middle of the street, and then, I guess, they return the truck," said neighbor H. Gardner, who asked that her first name not be published because she is embarrassed by the conditions next door. "With the U-Haul and all this garbage, that means they have to drag it up, past my driveway, so I had to get a rake and clean the debris because I need to pull my car out and I'm not sure if there's nails and stuff."
The property is an eyesore that neighbors say they are tired of looking at, especially when all the other homes on the street are rubbish-free with finely manicured lawns. They claim the property has always looked that way, ever since homeowner Elaine Ranger moved in about 10 years ago.
When the Chronicle first reported on the house back in April, Ranger and her daughter, who would not give her name, said they were in the process of spring cleaning and maintained that most of the items on the property were useful and the rest was just awaiting pickup by the Department of Sanitation.
Last Thursday, another woman who also claimed to be Ranger's daughter but would not give her name, said the clutter was scattered about because she had recently emptied a storage unit and needed time to photograph the items as evidence in a pending lawsuit.
"I am not saying it's excusable, but that's the reason why it's here," she said. But she later noted, "I collect stuff. Things come in and out."
Ranger's daughter portrayed her complaining neighbors as nosy troublemakers trying to get her family to move away. "They call and complain about everything under the sun," she said, adding, "Over the years, the animosity has gotten worse."
Gardner says Ranger's daughter can be seen at all hours of the day and night, roaming the neighborhood with a shopping cart and picking through people's garbage.
"One time they had about 12 shopping carts lined up in the driveway," Gardner said. "It's some kind of hoarding sickness or something. ... Her mother sometimes looks like she makes an attempt to clear it up and the daughter will bring it back and hide it all along the side of the house and under the bushes and everywhere, and it brings rodents."
The daughter claims her trash picking is the result of an "internal conflict" within the household that has led to some of her belongings being thrown away and she was just seeking to reclaim them.
"A sanitation officer came here this morning and as soon as he got to the house, he threw his hands up," Daphne Chan-A-Sue, who lives across the street said last Thursday. "They don't know what to say to her."
And the junk isn't the only problem.
As an older adult, Chan-A-Sue said she fears for her safety, after repeatedly seeing Ranger's dogs roaming the streets. And for that reason, she also doesn't allow her grandchildren to play outside.
Ranger faces eight alleged Environmental Control Board violations for construction work without a permit and quality-of-life infractions with fines totaling $6,900, and two Department of Buildings construction violations, just as she had in April, when the Chronicle first reported the story.
The city Department of Health issued a violation to Ranger in 2011 for improper storage of items and harborage conditions conducive to rats, a spokesman for the agency said back in April. The DOH and the Department of Sanitation did not respond to emails requesting information about any new violations.
"I don't know what's wrong with the city, but they are not enforcing the law," Gardner said. "We are all citizens, and I am asking that they enforce the law. There's a problem here that they need to look at."


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Supreme Court Anonymous.
In the middle of "Clarence Thomas' Disgraceful Silence," a New Yorker article celebrating eight years of nothing from one of our sitting justices, which includes a good primer on who speaks up when and how during oral arguments, author Jeffrey Toobin adds this throwaway thought:
The Court's arguments are not televised (though they should be), but they are public. They are, in fact, the public's only windows onto the Justices' thought processes ...
As soon as I read it, I thought, "Hey. Why don't they televise hearings? I mean, wouldn't that be cool?"
Cool for me anyway.
Think of it. It would make the whole process less mysterious. It would open things up. It would make the court's decisions accessible to more Americans. What's the argument against besides tradition? Besides the notion that the television screen reduces everything? That lawyers, not to mention justices, might play for the cameras rather than to history?
Guess what? There's an entire Wiki pages on the subject. I'm late to the party.
Here are the arguments against televising SCOTUS hearings, with comments from me:
- Requiring the proceedings ... to be televised is a threat to judicial independence and, thus, the separation of powers. I don't get this argument. How is it a threat? To either one?
- Justice Anthony Kennedy ... argues that the measure would not align with the "etiquette" and "deference" that should "apply between branches." Why? Are the justices indelicate during arguments? And aren't the other branches already on television? So wouldn't this ... balance things?
- Furthermore, some justices believe televising the proceedings would change the way they act in the courtroom. This is an understandable reaction. I wouldn't want to be televised at my job, for example. But I'm not making new law every day, either. It's not what you want; it's what the country needs.
- Justice Clarence Thomas also contends that televising Court proceedings would reduce the level of anonymity that justices now have and could raise security concerns. Is this is an argument against taking photos, too? Because we do that. And it's not like the Court will be a ratings bonanza. It'll be CSPAN for lawyers rather than ... say ... the Thomas confirmation hearing.
- Opponents also believe that television coverage would also take away from the mystery of the court and cause the public to misinterpret the Court and its processes. I get this argument least of all. Less mystery equals ... more misinterpretation? They don't think much of us, do they?
Thoughts? Anyone? Bueller?
Tags: US Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin, Clarence ThomasPosted at 03:00 PM on Fri. Feb 21, 2014 in category Law
Dave wrote:
I think it'd be cool, but it's not really necessary. There is audio of the arguments made available very soon after, along with transcripts. Transparency isn't much of an issue.
Comment posted on Fri. Feb 21, 2014 at 03:30 PM
Erik wrote:
Not transparency. Accessibility.
Comment posted on Fri. Feb 21, 2014 at 04:29 PM
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