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For decades, the nation has benefited from relatively inexpensive energy, but it has also grown reliant on fossil fuels--oil, natural gas, and coal. Periodic imported oil supply disruptions have led to price shocks, yet the nation's dependence on imported energy is greater than ever. Fossil fuel emissions of carbon dioxide--linked to global warming--have also raised environmental concerns. The Department of Energy (DOE) has funded research and development (R&D) on advanced renewable, fossil, and nuclear energy technologies. GAO's report entitled DOE: Key Challenges Remain for Developing and Deploying Advanced Energy Technologies to Meet Future Needs examined the (1) R&D funding trends and strategies for developing advanced energy technologies; (2) key barriers to developing and deploying advanced energy technologies; and (3) efforts of the states and six selected countries to develop and deploy advanced energy technologies. GAO reviewed DOE R&D budget data and strategic plans and obtained the views of experts in DOE, industry, and academia, as well as state and foreign government officials.
DOE's budget authority for energy R&D, when adjusted for inflation, fell 85 percent from its peak in fiscal year 1978 to fiscal year 2005. Energy R&D funding in the late 1970s was robust in response to constricted oil supplies and an ensuing energy crisis, but R&D funding plunged when oil prices returned to their historic levels in the mid-1980s. DOE's R&D efforts have resulted in steady incremental progress in reducing costs for renewable energy, reducing harmful emissions of coal-fired power plants, and improving safety and efficiency for nuclear energy. Nevertheless, the nation's dependence on conventional fossil fuels remains virtually the same as 30 years ago. Further development and deployment of advanced renewable, fossil, and nuclear energy technologies face several key challenges. High Capital Costs: The high capital costs of advanced energy technologies worry risk-averse investors. For example, solar cells made to convert solar energy into electricity for homeowners and businesses have been typically too expensive to compete with fossil fuels. DOE's R&D efforts include developing new materials for solar cells that could decrease manufacturing costs. Environmental Concerns: Advanced energy technologies need to address harmful environmental effects, including bird and bat fatalities cause by wind turbines, carbon dioxide and mercury emissions by coal-fired power plants, and spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power reactors. Technology-Specific Challenges: Challenges that are unique to each technology also create barriers to development and deployment. Ethanol, for example, will need to be manufactured with more cost-competitive technologies using agricultural residues or other cellulosic materials in order to expand beyond corn. Other challenges include developing new wind technologies to expand into low-wind and offshore locations; developing advanced coal gasification technologies to further reduce harmful emissions and high capital costs; and working with the nuclear power industry to deploy a new generation of reactors and develop the next generation to enable reactors to reprocess highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel or produce hydrogen. Many states and foreign countries have forged ahead of the federal government by successfully stimulating the deployment of renewable energy technologies. For example, renewable energy accounts for 3 percent of Texas' electricity consumption because Texas enacted legislation in 1999 and 2005 requiring its electric utilities to meet renewable energy capacity standards. Similarly, Denmark has used mandates and financial incentives to promote wind energy, which provided 19 percent of its electricity in 2005.
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Hanford Cleanup:Condition of Tanks May Further Limit DOE's Ability to Respond to Leaks and IntrusionsGAO-15-40: Published: Nov 25, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 16, 2014.
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DOE and NNSA Project Management:Analysis of Alternatives Could Be Improved by Incorporating Best PracticesGAO-15-37: Published: Dec 11, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 11, 2014.
Nuclear Weapons:DOD's Plan for Implementing Nuclear Reductions Generally Addresses Statutory Requirements but Lacks Some DetailGAO-15-89R: Published: Dec 11, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 11, 2014.
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Project and Program Management:DOE Needs to Revise Requirements and Guidance for Cost Estimating and Related ReviewsGAO-15-29: Published: Nov 25, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 25, 2014.
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Department of Energy:Interagency Review Needed to Update U.S. Position on Enriched Uranium That Can Be Used for Tritium ProductionGAO-15-123: Published: Oct 14, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 14, 2014.
Nuclear Commerce:Additional Actions Needed to Improve DOE's Export Control ProcessGAO-15-124: Published: Oct 14, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 14, 2014.
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Spent Nuclear Fuel Management:Outreach Needed to Help Gain Public Acceptance for Federal Activities That Address LiabilityGAO-15-141: Published: Oct 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 12, 2014.
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Energy Policy:Information on Federal and Other Factors Influencing U.S. Energy Production and Consumption from 2000 through 2013GAO-14-836: Published: Sep 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 30, 2014.
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Changing Crude Oil Markets:Allowing Exports Could Reduce Consumer Fuel Prices, and the Size of the Strategic Reserves Should Be ReexaminedGAO-14-807: Published: Sep 30, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 20, 2014.
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Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska, and Jason Clarke have all jumped onboard The Wettest County in the World.
DreamWorks has purchased a script called 'Voices From the Dead' by J. Michael Straczynski. It's all about the real life friendship of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Oh, also, they solve murders.
Rooney Mara, Hollywood's almost-It Girl (give it a month or two), is gearing up to star in director Francesca Gregorini's upcoming film 'Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes'.
It's bad enough that the humans in Jack the Giant Killer have to deal with hostile giants. Now it appears they'll have Stanley Tucci on their hands as well.
John Turturro has signed on to play Francesco Bernoulli, rival to Owen Wilson's Lightning McQueen.
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Tom McCarthy's Win Win got a lot of buzz at Sundance, and now he's working on a new project, writing the script for Million Dollar Arm.
Joel and Ethan Coen are reportedly considering doing a full-on horror movie.
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Zach Galifianakis was finally having a nice time between his ferns until Jennifer Aniston showed up.
Looks like's he'll be screaming the pounds away again for his reunion with The Machinist director Brad "No Fatties" Anderson.
There ain't no party like a 'Safe House' party, and look who's invited to the film: Robert Patrick, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Cunningham and Sam Shepard.
Luckily, there's a deal in the works that will save these films from a fate worse than a Commie invasion: sitting on the shelf for even longer than they already have.
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Halle Berry gets down with her husband's teenage intern in The Student. Sadly, the intern is male.
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Some beginnings are easier than others — for the Obama team, getting in is half the battle…
Shortly after 4 p.m., the stench of smoke began filtering back to the press booths in the White House.
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Eye witness reports –- from reporters who looked on laughing at the mishap of the new deputy press secretary –- said that Burton tried the electronic button which opens the door a few too many times. The door began to make a loud jamming noise the more Burton tried to force the door open.
A security officer was sent right over to check out the situation. White House electricians quickly followed.
"He fried it," an electrician said as he took off the panel over the doorway to reveal wires that were still smoking.
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Winter Holiday Break Schedule
Please note that the LJMS offices will be closed for the winter holiday from Monday, Dec. 22, through Friday, Jan. 2. The school will reopen on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. On the last day of school before winter break, Friday, Dec. 19, students will be released two hours early at approximately 12:40 p.m.
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Jackson parents, please be sure to mark your calendars for the curriculum nights listed below. The events are held at the high schools and you can check each school's website for more information. Don't miss this opportunity to visit the high school your student will attend to gain valuable information about the curriculum and high school programs.
- Falls Church High School - Jan. 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (9th grade presentation in the Library from 6:30-7:30).
- Oakton High School - Jan. 15, 6 p.m.
- Madison High School - Feb. 5, 7-9 p.m. (snow date Feb. 11).
- Marshall High School - Feb. 12 (snow date Feb. 19), 6:30-9 p.m., 9th grade presentation begins in the Auditorium (5:30 – 6:30 p.m., visit exhibits for clubs, sports and activities)
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Students, beginning on Tuesday, Nov. 25, please follow the directions below to connect personal devices to the FCPS network. Students should look for FCPSonboard in your available WiFi list. Short instructional videos for particular devices are linked below:
For more detailed information on how to configure your device, including printed instructions, please visit the LJMS Bring Your Own Devices page.
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Homework and Project Help: The LJMS Library will now be open to students after school on Mondays from 2:50-4:30. Please be sure to bring work so you can work quietly. Meet in the Cafeteria at 2:50 to sign in and get a snack.
Board Games and Crafts: Students will have an opportunity to stay and CHAT with their friends while playing board games and/or creating origami and paper sculptures.
Indoor Sports: Stay with your friends for open gym. Get in some exercise.
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Valve's DOTA 2 tournament, The International, is taking place on July 18 through July 21 in Seattle at the KeyArena this year. General admission tickets are $99, floor seats are $199, and a VIP package for $499 will get you access to all six days of playoffs, floor seating, VIP meet & greets, and access to the after party. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 3PM PDT through Ticketmaster.
I'm bewildered, and also jealous, that anyone would want to pay $499 to watch other people play a videogame of any kind. Then again the fandom around DOTA 2 is nuts. To the point that the DOTA blog has a timezone guide for all the people around the world that are looking to purchase tickets.
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Woody Allen Cancels 'Blue Jasmine' Release in India Over Anti-Tobacco Ads
NEW DELHI -- Blue Jasmine didn't release in India over the weekend as planned, after director Woody Allen refused to accommodate the Indian government's mandatory anti-smoking ads. Before every movie -- both Indian and foreign -- an anti-tobacco ad by the Ministry of Health is screened depicting the hazards of smoking, while during screenings, an anti-tobacco text message is inserted on scenes showing characters smoking.
The critically acclaimed Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett as a wealthy New York socialite struggling to come to terms with reality after her husband is arrested for financial fraud. The film was to be released in India by PVR Pictures, the distribution arm of India's biggest theatrical chain, PVR Cinemas.
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According to a report, Reuters quoted unnamed sources, stating that Allen refused to make "customizations" in the film to accommodate the ads, which led PVR Pictures to cancel the release. "Allen was adamant that he wanted the film to be shown as he had made it, without any additions to the print," one of the sources said.
"Due to content in the film, it cannot be shown in India in its intended manner. Therefore, the film is not scheduled to play there," a spokesman for Allen's publicists, 42 West, was also quoted stating.
"Woody Allen has creative control as per the (distribution) agreement," PVR Pictures COO Deepak Sharma told India's DNA newspaper. "He wasn't comfortable with the disclaimer that we are required to run when some smoking scene is shown in films. He feels that when the scroll comes, attention goes to it rather than the scene."
Last year, David Fincher refused to cut some scenes in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo after India's censor board "adjudged the film unsuitable for public viewing in its unaltered form." As a result, the film's distributors, Sony Pictures India, did not release the film here.
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United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBSI) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a fourth quarter dividend of $0.32 per share for shareholders of record as of December 13, 2013. Dividends per share of $1.25 for the year 2013 represents an increase over the $1.24 per share paid for the year of 2012. The dividend is payable January 2, 2014.
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What a rush
I expect to see this song alot in coming games
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so i thought i would post on this because short of finding posts writing how to change your plumbing. i haven't been able to find anything on how to hook a chiller to your "pull out" style faucet.
So in the beginning i just went to my LHBS and bought a garden hose adapter which did NOT fit at all (the threads were the wrong size). but since it was like $3 i just hung onto it for later usage. For that night of chilling i just shoved both together and hung on... which... let me tell you, was UNCOMFORTABLE. close to freezing water on my hand while i'm squeezing onto some hoses was not great... So! right after that chilling session i decided to dig through my bucket o spare parts and put this together (which worked wonderfully, btw).
so the extensive parts list...
- around 1' of 3/8" silicone tubing
- garden hose adapter
- 1 small hose clamp (i use a vice grip... it's what i had handy and it's in the "junk drawer" next to the sink"
As we all love/hate these faucets that have to deal with them... this is the same exact one in my apartment..
so, what you would want to do is unscrew the head piece and put the small gasket that is between the hose and the head to the side (don't drunkenly lose this, or your sink will leak pretty badly) along with the head piece.
Now you will have the small threaded piece which you'll want to block from going down the hole under the sink (it dropped down there once.. that wasn't fun) so once thats unscrewed i just take a bit of tape and tape that piece up so it doesn't drop... easy cheesy)
So now you will have the hose end, which looks similar to this (the left part, the one with the lip around the edge)
- take the hose clamp and put it over the lipped piece.
- take the silicone tubing and shove (doesn't look like it'll fit, but it'll go on just fine) it onto the lip and back about 1/2" down past the lip.
- take the hose clamp and clamp the silicone tube down.
--- i did not do this once and it seperated and sprayed my kitchen... my wife laughed pretty hard as i walked out pretty damn soaked. i learned my lesson quickly .
- take the other end of the silicone tubing and shove it through the center of the garden hose adapter and pull through so it's about 4-5" in (or until its sealed against all the edges) and then pull it back out until there is about 1/2" sticking through the end.
- take the garden hose adapter with the 1/2" of silicone sticking out and thread it onto the immersion chiller.
this is the hose adapter i have, YMMV.
i'm sure there is an easier way of doing this, but this is the stuff i had just laying around, if you go to lowes or home depot i'm fairly sure they'll have a garden hose to 3/8" adapter .
if needed once i go home (i'm at work) i can put this all together and grab actual pictures and somewhat of a step by step process if you would like! Hope this helps someone!
I just remove the screw on screen on my pullout faucet, and thread in this adaptor that I made:
I use this to do the initial hot water flush/backflush of my Therminator. Super easy to connect and reverse several times, using my camlock silicone hoses.
After kicking around ideas on how to hook up my chiller w/out wrecking my plumbing - even considered a hook-up from under the sink- yikes! I decided NOT to mess up my plumbing at all. I bought a pond pump from my LHBS which also sells hydroponics. For $24 I just hooked a garden hose fitting to the pump and the other end to my chiller. Another hose goes from the outgoing side of chiller to the sink. I fill one side of the sink with a little ice from the fridge and some water-start the pump-leave the water running on the pump side and the drain hose goes in the other side of the sink. Super simple, no mess. Cools to 78 in about 12 minutes and I'm done. Clean the chiller, put it away, move on. No messed up plumbing and my total cost ( not counting the wort chiller) was about $30. $24 for the pump and a $6 garden hose I split in half for each outlet.
I had such a problem finding an adapter to go from 1/4 inch copper tubing to faucet. 3 hardware stores and lots of weird looks from the helpers and fumbling around all the part bins. Finally ended with clear tubing that fit over the tubing than a brass nipple to another adapter that fit to a hose adapter that fit to the sink adapter. Ridiculous.
I was about to just cut a latex glove and strap the **** out of it on either end. Wouldnt be pretty but would get the job done.


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Intel CEO and president Paul Otellini, 62, has apparently tired of beating back the dragons that periodically threaten to devour the company and has decided to retire early.
Intel CEOs have all previously stepped down when they were 65, when retirement is mandatory, with their designated replacement clear. This is not the case this time.
The board, reportedly surprised by his decision, asked him to hang around for six months while it searches for his successor and starts an "orderly" transition. He will leave in May, his anniversary.
When Otellini got the job seven-and-a-half years ago, AMD was eating its lunch in servers, having run off 25% of the market, and Intel was facing massive antitrust suits on both side of the pond. Otellini was forced to restructure the company, change its chip architecture, beat back AMD with its own truncheon and settle the AMD-inspired antitrust complaints.
As a result Intel, a manufacturing marvel now worth $50 billion a year, is clearly master of the high end, but is currently threatened by the industry's shift to mobile, where ARM is king, and where clouds may be potentially filled with ARM-based microservers, which is why Intel stock has stagnated.
Qualcomm is now deemed the most valuable semiconductor company.
Intel's third-quarter profits fell 14% on revenues down 5.5% and, what with PCs being cannibalized by tablets and smartphones, higher operating expenses and the state of the macroeconomy, even in emerging countries, it is scaling back production significantly this quarter.
In a statement Otellini said, "It's time to move on and transfer Intel's helm to a new generation of leadership. I look forward to working with Andy [Bryant, Intel's chairman], the board and the management team during the six-month transition period, and to being available as an advisor to management after retiring as CEO."
The board, which claims it will look inside and outside the company for a replacement - something it has never done before - has isolated an internal selection pool of three people all just promoted executive VP: Renee James, head of Intel's software business; Brian Krzanich, COO and head of worldwide manufacturing; and Stacy Smith, CFO and director of corporate strategy. All of them are Intel lifers, including James, the only woman in the bunch.
Although it would be almost unthinkable for Intel to recruit on the outside, the board is dominated by independent directors, an inheritance from Otellini's predecessor Craig Barrett.
Otellini is only the fifth CEO Intel has had in its 45-year history and the first non-engineer to get the job. It is a complex place and trusts its own. Otellini, for instance, has been there for 40 years.
The Internet of Things is not new. Historically, smart businesses have used its basic concept of leveraging data to drive better decision making and have capitalized on those insights to realize additional revenue opportunities. So, what has changed to make the Internet of Things one of the hottest topics in tech? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Gray, Director, Embedded and Internet of Things, discussed the underlying factors that are driving the economics of intelligent systems. Discover how hardware commoditization, the ubiquitous nature of connectivity, and the emergence of Big Data a...
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"BSQUARE is in the business of selling software solutions for smart connected devices. It's obvious that IoT has moved from being a technology to being a fundamental part of business, and in the last 18 months people have said let's figure out how to do it and let's put some focus on it, " explained Dave Wagstaff, VP & Chief Architect, at BSQUARE Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, Nate Gordon, Director of T...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that IDenticard will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. IDenticard™ is the security division of Brady Corp (NYSE: BRC), a $1.5 billion manufacturer of identification products. We have small-company values with the strength and stability of a major corporation. IDenticard offers local sales, support and service to our customers across the United States and Canada. Our partner network encompasses some 300 of the world's leading systems integrators and security s...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas.
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ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is bringing a greater level of control, security and flexibility to cloud-based application development and delivery with a single-tenant version of Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service. The new platform enables developers to build ap...
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The BPM world is going through some evolution or changes where traditional business process management solutions really have nowhere to go in terms of development of the road map. In this demo at 15th Cloud Expo, Kyle Hansen, Director of Professional Services at AgilePoint, shows AgilePoint's unique approach to dealing with this market circumstance by developing a rapid application composition or development framework.
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"In the past year we've seen a lot of stabilization of WebRTC. You can now use it in production with a far greater degree of certainty. A lot of the real developments in the past year have been in things like the data channel, which will enable a whole new type of application," explained Peter Dunkley, Technical Director at Acision, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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DevOps Summit 2015 New York, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The widespread success of cloud computing is driving the DevOps revolution in enterprise IT. Now as never before, development teams must communicate and collaborate in a dynamic, 24/7/365 environment. There is no time to wait for long development cycles that produce software that is obsolete at launch. DevOps may be disruptive, but it is essential.
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"People are a lot more knowledgeable about APIs now. There are two types of people who work with APIs - IT people who want to use APIs for something internal and the product managers who want to do something outside APIs for people to connect to them," explained Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa, at more than US$500 billion, and ranks 23rd in the world. A recent re-evaluation of Nigeria's true economic size doubled the previous estimate, and brought it well ahead of South Africa, which is a member (unlike Nigeria) of the G20 club for political as well as economic reasons. Nigeria's economy can be said to be quite diverse from one point of view, but heavily dependent on oil and gas at the same time. Oil and natural gas account for about 15% of Nigera's overall economy, but traditionally represent more than 90% of the country's exports and as...
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The Internet of Things is a misnomer. That implies that everything is on the Internet, and that simply should not be - especially for things that are blurring the line between medical devices that stimulate like a pacemaker and quantified self-sensors like a pedometer or pulse tracker. The mesh of things that we manage must be segmented into zones of trust for sensing data, transmitting data, receiving command and control administrative changes, and peer-to-peer mesh messaging. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ryan Bagnulo, Solution Architect / Software Engineer at SOA Software, focused on desi...
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"At our booth we are showing how to provide trust in the Internet of Things. Trust is where everything starts to become secure and trustworthy. Now with the scaling of the Internet of Things it becomes an interesting question – I've heard numbers from 200 billion devices next year up to a trillion in the next 10 to 15 years," explained Johannes Lintzen, Vice President of Sales at Utimaco, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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"For over 25 years we have been working with a lot of enterprise customers and we have seen how companies create applications. And now that we have moved to cloud computing, mobile, social and the Internet of Things, we see that the market needs a new way of creating applications," stated Jesse Shiah, CEO, President and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Gridstore™, the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built to optimize Microsoft workloads, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Gridstore™ is the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built for Microsoft workloads and designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments. Gridstore's hyper-converged infrastructure is the industry's first all flash version of HyperConverged Appliances that include both compute and storag...
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Today's enterprise is being driven by disruptive competitive and human capital requirements to provide enterprise application access through not only desktops, but also mobile devices. To retrofit existing programs across all these devices using traditional programming methods is very costly and time consuming – often prohibitively so. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., discussed how you can create applications that run on all mobile devices as well as laptops and desktops using a visual drag-and-drop application – and eForms-buildi...
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We certainly live in interesting technological times. And no more interesting than the current competing IoT standards for connectivity. Various standards bodies, approaches, and ecosystems are vying for mindshare and positioning for a competitive edge. It is clear that when the dust settles, we will have new protocols, evolved protocols, that will change the way we interact with devices and infrastructure. We will also have evolved web protocols, like HTTP/2, that will be changing the very core of our infrastructures. At the same time, we have old approaches made new again like micro-services...
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Code Halos - aka "digital fingerprints" - are the key organizing principle to understand a) how dumb things become smart and b) how to monetize this dynamic. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robert Brown, AVP, Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant Technology Solutions, outlined research, analysis and recommendations from his recently published book on this phenomena on the way leading edge organizations like GE and Disney are unlocking the Internet of Things opportunity and what steps your organization should be taking to position itself for the next platform of digital competition.
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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In their session at @ThingsExpo, Shyam Varan Nath, Principal Architect at GE, and Ibrahim Gokcen, who leads GE's advanced IoT analytics, focused on the Internet of Things / Industrial Internet and how to make it operational for business end-users. Learn about the challenges posed by machine and sensor data and how to marry it with enterprise data. They also discussed the tips and tricks to provide the Industrial Internet as an end-user consumable service using Big Data Analytics and Industrial Cloud.
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Jennifer Garner, Maika Monroe, Tye Sheridan to Star in 'Tribes of Palos Verdes' (Exclusive)
Jennifer Garner has signed on to star in The Tribes of Palos Verdes, the adaptation of Joy Nicholson's young adult novel that's just been set up at Relativity.
Garner is attached to the project, while two buzzy rising stars, Maika Monroe (The Guest, Labor Day) and Tye Sheridan (Joe, Mud), are in final negotiations to star.
D.J. Caruso (I Am Number Four) is directing the film, which is set in the affluent beach community of Palos Verdes, Calif. The story, based on Nicholson's 1998 debut novel, centers on two teenagers, Medina (Monroe) and Jim (Sheridan) who move to the beach town from Michigan with their parents. Their mother (Garner) teeters on the brink of a nervous breakdown while their father becomes a surgeon to the stars. Medina turns to surfing to escape her troubled home life.
Karen Croner (Admission, One True Thing) wrote the screenplay for the film, which is slated to go into production in February 2015. Robbie Brenner and Kevin McKeon will oversee the film on behalf of Relativity. While details are still being worked out, it's likely that the project could be for Relativity's new specialty division, R2 (R squared). As The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported, Relativity is launching a new division in hopes of becoming a more prominent awards season contender.
Garner's recent work includes Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Men, Women & Children and Dallas Buyers Club. She's wrapped work on Dan Fogelman's Danny Collins opposite Al Pacino. She's repped by WME, Management 360 and Sloane, Offer.
Jennifer and Ben With The Cast Of "Austin & Ally"
Jennifer and Ben had stopped by the set of "Jessie" on Thursdy (December 4, 2014), and also visited with the cast of "Austin & Ally!".
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Jennifer Garner Reveals Her Secret to Staying in Shape During the Holiday Season
At last night's 2nd Annual Save the Children Illumination Gala in New York City, Jennifer Garner not only showed off her toned physique in a body-hugging Calvin Klein LBD, dazzling Bulgari jewels, and Charlotte Olympia pumps, but she also revealed to InStyle just how she stays in shape during the holiday season.
Her secret? Sticking to a normal routine and getting in exercise whenever she can. "I just try to stay consistent," the actress, who sees trainer Valerie Waters as often as possible during this busy time of year, says. "If I'm going to a party, I know not to go crazy because I'm still going to get up and workout no matter what. I think that's what it's about." However, the star does recognize that sometimes life gets in the way—especially with three kids. "You can't be perfect," she shares.
Garner—who works closely with Save the Children and was featured as one of InStyle's Shining Stars in our December issue for her dedication to the cause—hosted the benefit at the famed Plaza Hotel, where her husband Ben Affleck was one of the honorees. The gala benefited the the organization's efforts to give children in more than 120 countries (including the United States) a stronger start in life by providing medical aid, food, water, and educational tools.
Ben Affleck Praises Jennifer Garner's Dedication to Philanthropy at Save the Children Gala
Plus, she reveals how being a mom has affected her commitment to the charity at the event, which also honored Tony Blair and was attended by Dakota Fanning and Trisha Yearwood, among others
Wednesday night's Save the Children Illumination Gala at the Plaza Hotel was all about family.
The second-annual event, which helps support Save the Children's objectives to work to eliminate preventable childhood deaths worldwide and ensure every U.S. child has access to high-quality early childhood education, was hosted by Jennifer Garner, who was honored at last year's gala and brought her daughter, Violet, to that event.
This year, her husband, Ben Affleck, was honored along with others who've done exemplary work to help children around the world.
On the red carpet, Garner told The Hollywood Reporter that having kids has strengthened her commitment to the charity — which serves impoverished, marginalized children around the world – and helped her relate to the women and caretakers she visits. Continue Reading
Jennifer Garner: Why I Wanted My Girls to Take Karate
Sydney Bristow would be proud: Jennifer Garner's girls are learning to master martial arts.
The actress, 42, wants her daughters to embrace their "femininity" by playing with baby dolls and knowing how to bake.
However, she also wants Violet, 9 next month, and Seraphina, 5½, "to be able to kick a guy's ass," she told reporters on the red carpet at the 2nd annual Save the Children Illumination Gala.
"That's why they've been taking karate since they were little!"
But book smarts are equally important to Garner. "I want my girls to love math and I want them to think that being a scientist is the coolest job on the planet," she said at the event, which honored her husband, Ben Affleck.
According to the actor, Garner, who is on the board of trustees of Save the Children and who hosted the gala, is a great role model for their daughters.
"I think they understand what my wife understands full well, which is that it's important to be strong and present and powerful and accept nothing less than a man would and in fact, ask for more," Affleck, 42, says.
"That's part of what I admire about my wife and I know through her example that my children will absorb that."
While her children — including son Samuel, 2½ – wish she could stay home with them all the time, Garner says, "I want my kids to know that if working is important to me, and working for Save the Children is important to me, then that's valid and that as much as I love them, I'm my own person too."


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i started brewing beer a year ago with "Mr Beer" and really enjoyed it and would like to upgrade. i live near a Northern Brewer store and taking the free "Intro to Brewing" class tomorrow. with the class you get 10% off their starter kits that day and i am looking at getting the "deluxe starter kit, plastic".
has anyone used this start up kit and is it good quality for the price?
Everything at Northern Brewer is pretty high quality. That starter kit is as good as any. Their pricing is probably pretty close to retail, but with the 10% off it should be a good deal.
Don't get the second carboy option in the kit, either skip it or just buy a second 6 gallon carboy. You would save a few bucks and have two carboys that can be used as either primaries or secondaries. Unless you are doing lagers or high gravity Belgians you don't really need secondaries, so may as well have a more versatile setup.
I agree, looks like a nice kit. Personally I would go with the plastic carboy options over glass - a little cheaper and I just don't like the risk of glass. It looks like they include one 5 gal and one 6 gal in the base price, with an option to add a third to use as a secondary. I agree with mojo, I'd try to get two 6 gallons instead.


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