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NEW DELHI (AFP) - Former world champion shooter Ronjan Sodhi has been named the winner of India's highest sports award after the government ignored the claims of a disgruntled discus thrower.
Sodhi, a double-trap world record holder in 2010 and 2011, was nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (sports jewel) award by the sports ministry's selection committee last week.
But the ministry delayed the official announcement after woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia, a gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, publicly staked a claim for the award.
Poonia met Sports Minister Jitendra Singh and other officials to put forward her case, but the ministry rejected her claim after consulting the selection committee.
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New Youth Sports Special Going, Going, Gone..., Exploring Connecticut's Changing Youth Sports Culture, Premieres This Month on C
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Premieres on CPTV on Friday, November 22 at 8 p.m., with repeats on Saturday, November 23 at 8 a.m. and Sunday, November 24 at 9 a.m.
Premieres on CPTV Sports on Wednesday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m., with repeats on Tuesday, November 26 at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, November 28 at 7 a.m. and Friday, November 29 at 1 p.m.
"Gone are the days of playing sports just for the fun of it," said CPTV Executive Producer Jennifer Boyd, producer, director and writer of the film. "Thus, the name of the documentary and the reason why I wanted to explore the topic. Seasonal sports have now become year-round sports, with more and more kids participating in travel leagues and town leagues, and more parents hiring private coaches to work with their children. There are pros and cons to this relatively recent phenomenon of specialization at young ages, which we address in the documentary."
Going, Going, Gone… explores the changes taking place within the world of youth sports – changes that have left student athletes exposed to more pressure, more competition and more intense training than ever before. The film features interviews with doctors, coaches, researchers and educators, as well as student athletes themselves, as it looks at how these changes are affecting communities throughout Connecticut, from small towns like Ansonia, which boasts a renowned high school football team, to cities like Hartford, where students compete in the hopes of receiving athletic scholarships.
Also interviewed in the film is Tom DeBerardino, M.D., of the UConn Health Center Department of Orthopedics, who points out that he is seeing "more adult injuries now in younger kids" than ever before – and these injuries can have long-term implications. "We could be talking down the road, decades from now … we're going to be doing total knee replacement where there's just nothing left to fix," he states.
Going, Going, Gone… explores not only what changes have taken place within youth sports culture, but why. One reason is that youth sports have become "big business." As Reggie Hatchett, director of player development for the Connecticut Basketball Club and former director of sports, fitness and recreation for Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, states: "You have AAU [Amateur Athletic Union] teams that are sponsored by Nike, Adidas, Under Armour. … And it goes a step further. Now you have NCAA college teams that are sponsored by sneaker companies. So you have Adidas AAU teams gearing their kids or funneling their kids towards the college teams that are sponsored by that sneaker company that they're in bed with."
How is all of this increased pressure affecting youth sports in general? According to Madeline Levine, "We lose 70 percent of our kids from organized sports by the time they are 13, 'cause it's no fun anymore." Indeed, gone are the days of playing sports just for the fun of it. Going, Going, Gone… provides a timely look at the local impact of this national concern.
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Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA (BNL) is an Italian bank with headquarters in Rome that has been a subsidiary of BNP Paribas since 2006.
Founded in 1913 as Istituto di Credito per la Cooperazione, it was nationalized in 1929. It was re-privatized and listed on the Milan Stock Exchange in 1998, before being acquired by French banking group BNP Paribas in 2006. As of November 2014, it is Italy's sixth largest bank.[1]
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro began Argentinian operations in 1960, ultimately opening 91 branches, before selling its operation there to HSBC Bank Argentina in 2006.
The bank was involved in a major political scandal (dubbed Iraqgate by the media) when it was revealed in 1989 that the Atlanta, Georgia branch of the bank was making unauthorized loans of more than US$4.5 billion to Iraq. Many of the loans that the branch made were guaranteed by the United States Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation program. The loans were originally intended to finance agricultural exports to Iraq, but were diverted by Iraq to buy weapons. The branch manager, Christopher Drogoul, indicated that the bank's headquarters office was aware of these loans, but senior bank official denied this. Drogoul pleaded guilty to three felony charges and served 33 months in federal prison.[2]
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- ^ "Lone Wolf Or a Pack of Lies?". TIME Magazine. 26 October 1992. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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Snake Oil LyricsArtist: SagaAlbum: Generation 13 a) We Hope You're Feeling Better (The Test) We hope you're feeling better We know you've been under the weather We can put you back together But nothing will last forever We hope you're feeling better You're a little bit under the weather Would you want to live forever?
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MAYOR HANNEMANN AWARDED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, URGES SUPPORT FOR TRAVEL AND ARTS MIAMI -- Mayor Mufi Hannemann was presented today with the 2008 Mayors Climate Protection Award for Outstanding Achievement, in recognition of Honolulu's 21st Century Ahupua'a environmental protection program. The US Conference of Mayors presented the award at the group's 76th Annual Meeting, held this year in "I'm very pleased that the US Conference of Mayors has recognized our hard work to make The City was praised for its Sustainability Plan, the "nuts and bolts" application of the principals outlined earlier by the Mayor's Vision for the 21st Century Ahupua'a. The document is the first comprehensive sustainability plan developed with full participation of all affected City departments. It sets ambitious goals over a ten year time frame and identifies specific programs, responsibilities and methods for measuring progress. "We must benefit from the wisdom of our Polynesian ancestors combined with the technological innovations of today to make our island home sustainable and self sufficient for future generations," Mayor Hannemann said. Hawai'i's original inhabitants developed a sophisticated and successful resource management system based on the ahupua'a land division that supported a population more than half as large as it is today. The concept of the 21st Century Ahupua'a is to develop a culturally appropriate strategy for restoring balance and sustainability to our island home. "We must continue to learn from our Polynesian predecessors and renew our commitment to self-sufficiency and to the protection of our precious 'aina," Mayor Hannemann said. Mayor Hannemann is a member of the USCM Advisory Committee and the chair of its Tourism, Arts, Parks, Entertainment and Sports Committee, one of the USCM's largest committees. The committee today approved resolutions urging Congress to: � support expansion of the US Visa Waiver Program to facilitate foreign travel to the � approve the Travel Promotion Act, which would establish the first substantial international marketing campaign to promote the � and to restore full funding to the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Office of Museum Services after years of harmful budget cuts. Mayor Hannemann also today briefed the committee on a proposal to establish a task force of mayors and private industry representatives to support Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games; and to set up a similar task force to help address problems created by the recent closure of Aloha Airlines and other carriers amid rising costs for jet fuel, which are harming the visitor industry in many cities. Mayor Hannemann was the driving force behind the Ten Point Plan that the USCM adopted for presentation to presidential candidates, addressing a variety of issues that are important to our nation's cities. At the committee meeting, Mayor Hannemann discussed the positions of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama on issues related to travel and the arts, which are among the USCM's priorities. On behalf of the USCM, Mayor Hannemann, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, and Miami Mayor and incoming USCM chair Manuel Diaz met last month with Senator McCain, who said he was very sympathetic to concerns about the airline industry problems and pledged to do all he could to assist. Mayor Hannemann today reported that Senator Obama is very familiar with the USCM's call for assisting and strengthening the arts, and has incorporated the arts in his campaign platform. Senator Obama is also a co-sponsor of the Travel Promotion Act, which Hawaii Senator Daniel K. Inouye has championed. Senator Obama has pledged to support Contact: Bill Brennan, 527-6928 |
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Alaska vs Ginebra: Long championship history
(Solar Sports Desk) - As soon as the Commissioner's Cup finalists were settled, people instantly talked about the supposed long championship history between the Alaska Aces and Barangay Ginebra.
Actually, there were only four instances, including the 1988 PBA/IBA pocket tournament, when Alaska and Ginebra, then known as Anejo Rhum Masters, faced off in a championship series with both squads winning two apiece.
That PBA/IBA gig was a memorable one as it was the only time the late great Bobby Parks suited up for Ginebra as their import on-loan from Shell.
This short but intense rivalry probably started in that tournament as the Alaska Milkmen, reinforced by two Americans Willie Bland (that tournament's slam dunk champion) and Eddie Cox bowed to Anejo 128-126 in an exciting one game championship match.
Alaska, got its payback three years later when the Aces scored a 3-1 championship series victory over Ginebra to grab the 1991 Third Conference crown.
That series was a highly-touted match as both teams were led by superstar imports, with Sean Chambers suiting up for Alaska while former Los Angeles Lakers guard Wes Matthews leading the charge for Ginebra.
Five years later, they again met this time in a best-of-seven series with the Milkmen winning the first three games before Ginebra won its only game of the series in Game 4. Alaska ended the series in five games.
The following year, Ginebra edged Alaska, 4-2 in their 1997 Commissioner's Cup best-of-seven title showdown.
Wednesday night, Ginebra and Alaska will officially start their best-of-five Commissioner's Cup title series, a match-up that is considered by solid followers of both squads as a continuation of their short but cherished battle.
During the pre-Finals press conference held Tuesday at the Sambokojin Restaurant in Eastwood, coaches of both squads were a bit cordial with their responses although both Alfrancis Chua of Ginebra and Luigi Trillo of Alaska have claimed that their respective teams have that hunger to win the series.
"The key here is kung sino ang gustong manalo. This is my first conference as coach of Ginebra and ngayon lang ako kinikilabutan ng ganito ever since I coached in the PBA," said Chua.
Among the concerns of Trillo is the re-emergence of Ginebra's veterans led by Kerby Raymundo and former league MVP Jayjay Helterbrand.
"The stakes are higher because the ultimate goal is to win the championship. For both teams, concentration becomes important," said Trillo.
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Let's Get Moving!
We're always on the go here at Lemay Child and Family Center, but sometimes the teachers design extra activities for the kids to embrace exercise and movement. Recently Miss Shonda, Miss Deonna, and Miss Alma's classroom, the Dream Catchers, took to the mats with balls, trampolines and hula hoops. They had lots of fun!
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We always take into consideration the safety of the children, families, and staff when
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bad winter weather. However, if there is a lot of snow or ice that makes driving unsafe, we
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safely. We will announce closings and late starts on the radio, TV, and the Internet.
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Fresh, frenetic, and self-deprecating to a fault, Don Friesen's comedy is outrageously physical yet thoroughly relatable. Don's willingness to admit his flaws and exploit them for maximum comedic potential has a way of not only entertaining, but at the same time tapping into the humanity in all of us. It's a uniquely fun, clever, and clean act with an incredibly broad appeal-an act that has earned him rave reviews and die-hard fans throughout the country.
In 1999, he won the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition, the same competition that helped launch the careers of Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, Ellen DeGeneres, and Sinbad. He returned to San Francisco in 2005 to win the competition again, becoming the only comedian in the 30-year history of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition to win it twice.
This year Stand Up for Kids will be offering an upgrade on the way our attendees can place bids on auction items, make a donation, and checkout with the items you win…all on your own cell phone or tablet.
Don't have a smart phone? We will have "personal shoppers" on-site to bid on your behalf so everyone can participate! Details will be available soon including instructions on how to register your phone, and our silent auction items will soon be available for viewing and pre-event bidding online.
LCFC "Playdate" Offers a Sneak Peak of the Outdoor Learning Center
The Center had an open house event to share our plans with members of the community and prospective donors. Attendees met with the architect and project manager and took a virtual tour of the site of our future playground. With the help of an anonymous donor, we are now nearly 40% to our goal!
The Outdoor Learning Center is an upcoming major project to develop the 2.5 acre lot behind our Center with new playground equipment and facility improvements which provide outside learning opportunities and address safety codes. Some of the alterations will include:
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A Taste of Summer Fundraiser for the OLC a Success!
Once again the staff, teachers and parents of Lemay Child and Family Center came together to hold our second progressive fundraising dinner, A Taste of Summer. Each classroom featured a different version of the summer vacation theme and the foods you might find there: Carnival, Bar-B-Q, Picnic, Baseball Game, Hawaiian, Camping, and Ice Cream Truck. Teachers and staff got quite creative in decorating their classrooms including a Fish Bowl game, a "flaming hoop" to jump through, leis for guests, and a giant ice cream truck with an order window. Parents donated lots of goodies from hot dogs to sub sandwiches to every kind of salad you can imagine. We raised over $600 for our future Outdoor Learning Center. Many thanks to everyone who attended!


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Australia's first film studio
The Australian Salvation Army was certainly progressive and innovative in its early approach to spreading the Gospel; the Brass Band - the pop-music medium of the time - is a prime example.
However, it is in the area of multi-media presentations that The Salvation Army showed itself as most inventive.
LIMELIGHT: THE WORLD'S 1st FILM STUDIO
The Limelight Department was the Salvation Army's pioneering film production and presentation unit in Australia. Between 1892 and 1909 it produced many productions, including 300 films and the major multimedia presentations Soldiers of the Cross and Heroes Of The Cross.
The unit also documented Australia's Federation ceremonies in 1901.
Australia's first dedicated film studio was created by The Salvation Army at 69 Bourke Street, Melbourne, in a room that still stands preserved much as it was at the turn of the century.
By 1895 Perry, with his Limelight equipment, had visited nearly every Corps in Australasia, journeying some 46,500 km, presenting religious illuminated shows to some 522 astounded audiences.
Commandant Herbert Booth was appointed as Australasian Territorial Commander in 1897. Upon meeting Joseph Perry he saw the possibilities in an expanded Limelight Department. He enthusiastically authorised the purchase more equipment, including three gramophones, and importantly, a Cinematographe machine. This led to the establishment of Australia's first permanent film production unit and saw some astonishing pioneering achievements, including:
Australia's first film studio built at 69 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 1898.
First Australian narrative film on social work, entitled Social Salvation, 1898/99.
First narrative drama film presentation, consisting of an ingenious mix of moving film, glass-slides, oratory and music. Soldiers of the Cross premiered at the Melbourne Town Hall in September 1900.
First feature-length documentary film, Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth, 1901.
First registered film production company, the Australasian Kinematographic Company, 1901.
First Australian history documentary, Under Southern Skies, 1902.
First bushranging drama, Bushranging in North Queensland, 1902.
"Soldiers of the Cross" - The World's First Dramatic Film
On September 13th, 1900 the world's first dramatic film was a key attraction in a pioneering multimedia production "Soldiers of the Cross" at the Melbourne Town Hall. The film was the latest in a series of developments by Australia's first film production company: the Limelight Department of The Salvation Army. They had produced prior to this a series of short movies about the social work of The Salvation Army.
Film historian Chris Long wrote, "It would be difficult to find an Australian film icon attracting more extravagant claims than Soldiers of the Cross. Described as 'Australia's first full-length film'... or even 'the world's first motion picture play'... its saga dominates many chronicles of early Australian cinema".
Soldiers of the Cross depicted the lives of the early Christians; it ran for over 2½ hours and comprises fifteen 90-second films and 200 slides, accompanied by oratory and music. It was an illustrated lecture rather than a "true" feature film.
Click here to re-live the story of the making of Soldiers of the Cross.
Filming Australia's Inauguration
The Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth was the first Australian film to exceed the 90-second reel limitation. It was five times the length of any earlier Australian film and was the first Australian film to use simultaneous multiple-camera coverage; it was the most widely distributed Australian film of its time.
The 35-minute film was commissioned by the Government of New South Wales to record the Commonwealth Celebration Day, and the moment when federated Australia became a nation.
The Limelight Department's commercial company went on to produce other commercial films and also films for Salvation Army use, including Heroes of the Cross and The Scottish Covenanters, and built a new studio at Caulfield, Victoria.
When Herbert Booth was succeeded as Australasian Commander by Thomas McKie, able support for the Biorama Company continued from Headquarters. However, this support was not forthcoming when Commissioner James Hay succeeded as Territorial Commander 1909. He quickly closed down the Biorama Department because he felt there was "a weakness and lightness incompatible with true Salvationism."
With over 300 films to their credit, and with many 'firsts' in production and technique, The Salvation Army turned its back to this exciting medium for promulgating the Christian Gospel.
Soldiers of the Cross and other publications have forever disappeared; only glimpses of the early films and lantern slides remain.


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Training Camp 2011: Days 1 and 2
Day 1 was relatively easy. Since Matt didn't have to work this weekend, he followed me up for a couple of days of riding. We got on the trail around 1:30 and rode the orange loop. My prescribed workout for the day was 2 hours with various intensities, so we headed up Green Mountain Road for a little more climbing & saddle time. Afterward, some friends came over & hung out for a couple of sunset beers at the cabin.
This morning, we planned to meet up with Memphis friend Forrest Owens and ride almost all of the Syllamo's Revenge course. However, Forrest had to get home earlier than previously thought, so we re-tooled our plan to just the yellow and blue trails from Blanchard Springs. I quickly realized, though, that I wasn't feeling the pace that the guys were pushing, so when I caught up to them, I offered to let them go so I could ride longer, and at my own pace. They ended up with 2.5 hours, and I rode the remainder of the trail solo. Matt was nice enough to meet me at the Hwy 5 trailhead with water then pick me up on Green Mountain Road once I was around the loop. Final ride time was 4 hours, 56 minutes (including various food/photo breaks).
I try to ride at least one more technical section every time I'm on the trail. Today was no exception, though I did manage to wreck a few extra times (all were generally slow-speed, but left me with some extra bruises). Riding in solitude gives you a lot of quality time with your own self doubt and personal fears. Singletrack therapy is your friend…


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China launches weather satellite China launched the first of its new generation of polar-orbiting meteorological satellites, Fengyun-3A, on 27 May 2008 from Taiyuan satellite launch centre in Shanxi Province. The payload of this new generation spacecraft is comprised of a complex suite of instruments including visible and infrared imagers, infrared and microwave sounders, a microwave imager, an ultra-violet spectroradiometer and a space environment monitor. These instruments are designed to provide three-dimensional quantitative data in support of numerical weather prediction and environment monitoring. The infrared and microwave sounders will provide all-weather observation of the vertical distribution of atmospheric temperature and humidity. Visible and infrared imagery is used to characterize the cloud coverage and measure land and sea-surface temperature. With the measurement of ocean colour, which is an important variable in the global carbon cycle, of total ozone and of the Earth radiation budget, Fengyun-3A will also make a significant contribution to climate and environment monitoring. The space environment monitor detects charged particles in solar wind that can affect the status of the spacecraft. Fengyun-3A will operate on a sun-synchronous orbit, inclined at 82 degrees above the equatorial plane, at an altitude of about 836 km. China will continue to fulfil its commitment to provide the direct read-out service of the Fengun-3A satellite to all WMO Members. Fengyun-3A will be part of the constellation of polar-orbiting sun-synchronous satellites that currently includes the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Polar Operational Environmental Satellite satellites and the Metop-A satellite of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and a Russian Federation METEOR series satellite to be launched by the end of 2008. The goal of the WMO Global Observing System is to meet the observation needs of all WMO programmes dealing with weather, climate, water and disaster prevention and mitigation, as well as WMO-supported initiatives such as the World Climate Research Programme and the Global Climate Observing System. It is a major contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems. The polar-orbiting satellites, together with the geostationary satellites, constitute a core space-based component of the WMO Global Observing System. The China Meteorological Administration says that a weather radar network will be built over the next two years to cover the entire country and a meteorological risk assessment system will be in place by 2011. |
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Actor Paul Giamatti (John Adams, Sideways) is joining the cast of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic. He'll play Harold, the "maverick, playboy" brother of Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, according to a Masterpiece announcement today.
Gareth Neame, managing director of producer Carnival Films, said, "We can't wait to see him work alongside Shirley MacLaine, who are both sure to upset the Granthams' apple cart in this year's finale."
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- A single facility problem in the plane is considered, where an optimal location has to be identified for each of finitely many time-steps with respect to time-dependent weights and demand points. It is shown that the median objective can be reduced to a special case of the static multifacility median problem such that results from the latter can be used to tackle the dynamic location problem. When using block norms as distance measure between facilities, a Finite Dominating Set (FDS) is derived. For the special case with only two time-steps, the resulting algorithm is analyzed with respect to its worst-case complexity. Due to the relation between dynamic location problems for T time periods and T-facility problems, this algorithm can also be applied to the static 2-facility location problem.
- Modeling and Simulation of a Moving Rigid Body in a Rarefied Gas (2015)
- We present a numerical scheme to simulate a moving rigid body with arbitrary shape suspended in a rarefied gas micro flows, in view of applications to complex computations of moving structures in micro or vacuum systems. The rarefied gas is simulated by solving the Boltzmann equation using a DSMC particle method. The motion of the rigid body is governed by the Newton-Euler equations, where the force and the torque on the rigid body is computed from the momentum transfer of the gas molecules colliding with the body. The resulting motion of the rigid body affects in turn again the gas flow in the surroundings. This means that a two-way coupling has been modeled. We validate the scheme by performing various numerical experiments in 1-, 2- and 3-dimensional computational domains. We have presented 1-dimensional actuator problem, 2-dimensional cavity driven flow problem, Brownian diffusion of a spherical particle both with translational and rotational motions, and finally thermophoresis on a spherical particles. We compare the numerical results obtained from the numerical simulations with the existing theories in each test examples.
- Testrig optimization by block loads: Remodelling of damage as Gaussian functions and their clustering method (2014)
- In automotive testrigs we apply load time series to components such that the outcome is as close as possible to some reference data. The testing procedure should in general be less expensive and at the same time take less time for testing. In my thesis, I propose a testrig damage optimization problem (WSDP). This approach improves upon the testrig stress optimization problem (TSOP) used as a state of the art by industry experts. In both (TSOP) and (WSDP), we optimize the load time series for a given testrig configuration. As the name suggests, in (TSOP) the reference data is the stress time series. The detailed behaviour of the stresses as functions of time are sometimes not the most important topic. Instead the damage potential of the stress signals are considered. Since damage is not part of the objectives in the (TSOP) the total damage computed from the optimized load time series is not optimal with respect to the reference damage. Additionally, the load time series obtained is as long as the reference stress time series and the total damage computation needs cycle counting algorithms and Goodmann corrections. The use of cycle counting algorithms makes the computation of damage from load time series non-differentiable. To overcome the issues discussed in the previous paragraph this thesis uses block loads for the load time series. Using of block loads makes the damage differentiable with respect to the load time series. Additionally, in some special cases it is shown that damage is convex when block loads are used and no cycle counting algorithms are required. Using load time series with block loads enables us to use damage in the objective function of the (WSDP). During every iteration of the (WSDP), we have to find the maximum total damage over all plane angles. The first attempt at solving the (WSDP) uses discretization of the interval for plane angle to find the maximum total damage at each iteration. This is shown to give unreliable results and makes maximum total damage function non-differentiable with respect to the plane angle. To overcome this, damage function for a given surface stress tensor due to a block load is remodelled by Gaussian functions. The parameters for the new model are derived. When we model the damage by Gaussian function, the total damage is computed as a sum of Gaussian functions. The plane with the maximum damage is similar to the modes of the Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM), the difference being that the Gaussian functions used in GMM are probability density functions which is not the case in the damage approximation presented in this work. We derive conditions for a single maximum for Gaussian functions, similar to the ones given for the unimodality of GMM by Aprausheva et al. in [1]. By using the conditions for a single maximum we give a clustering algorithm that merges the Gaussian functions in the sum as clusters. Each cluster obtained through clustering is such that it has a single maximum in the absence of other Gaussian functions of the sum. The approximate point of the maximum of each cluster is used as the starting point for a fixed point equation on the original damage function to get the actual maximum total damage at each iteration. We implement the method for the (TSOP) and the two methods (with discretization and with clustering) for (WSDP) on two example problems. The results obtained from the (WSDP) using discretization is shown to be better than the results obtained from the (TSOP). Furthermore we show that, (WSDP) using clustering approach to finding the maximum total damage, takes less number of iterations and is more reliable than using discretization.
- Freeness of hyperplane arrangements with multiplicities (2015)
- This bachelor thesis is concerned with arrangements of hyperplanes, that is, finite collections of hyperplanes in a finite-dimensional vector space. Such arrangements can be studied using methods from combinatorics, topology or algebraic geometry. Our focus lies on an algebraic object associated to an arrangement \(\mathcal{A}\), the module \(\mathcal{D(A)}\) of logarithmic derivations along \(\mathcal{A}\). It was introduced by K. Saito in the context of singularity theory, and intensively studied by Terao and others. If \(\mathcal{D(A)}\) admits a basis, the arrangement \(\mathcal{A}\) is called free. Ziegler generalized the concept of freeness to so-called multiarrangements, where each hyperplane carries a multiplicity. Terao conjectured that freeness of arrangements can be decided based on the combinatorics. We pursue the analogous question for multiarrangements in special cases. Firstly, we give a new proof of a result of Ziegler stating that generic multiarrangements are totally non-free, that is, non-free for any multiplicity. Our proof relies on the new concept of unbalanced multiplicities. Secondly, we consider freeness asymptotically for increasing multiplicity of a fixed hyperplane. We give an explicit bound for the multiplicity where the freeness property has stabilized.
- Bicriteria approach to the optimal location of surveillance cameras (2014)
- We consider the problem of finding efficient locations of surveillance cameras, where we distinguish between two different problems. In the first, the whole area must be monitored and the number of cameras should be as small as possible. In the second, the goal is to maximize the monitored area for a fixed number of cameras. In both of these problems, restrictions on the ability of the cameras, like limited depth of view or range of vision are taken into account. We present solution approaches for these problems and report on results of their implementations applied to an authentic problem. We also consider a bicriteria problem with two objectives: maximizing the monitored area and minimizing the number of cameras, and solve it for our study case.
- Combinations of Boolean Groebner Bases and SAT Solvers (2014)
- In this thesis, we combine Groebner basis with SAT Solver in different manners. Both SAT solvers and Groebner basis techniques have their own strength and weakness. Combining them could fix their weakness. The first combination is using Groebner techniques to learn additional binary clauses for SAT solver from a selection of clauses. This combination is first proposed by Zengler and Kuechlin. However, in our experiments, about 80 percent Groebner basis computations give no new binary clauses. By selecting smaller and more compact input for Groebner basis computations, we can significantly reduce the number of inefficient Groebner basis computations, learn much more binary clauses. In addition, the new strategy can reduce the solving time of a SAT Solver in general, especially for large and hard problems. The second combination is using all-solution SAT solver and interpolation to compute Boolean Groebner bases of Boolean elimination ideals of a given ideal. Computing Boolean Groebner basis of the given ideal is an inefficient method in case we want to eliminate most of the variables from a big system of Boolean polynomials. Therefore, we propose a more efficient approach to handle such cases. In this approach, the given ideal is translated to the CNF formula. Then an all-solution SAT Solver is used to find the projection of all solutions of the given ideal. Finally, an algorithm, e.g. Buchberger-Moeller Algorithm, is used to associate the reduced Groebner basis to the projection. We also optimize the Buchberger-Moeller Algorithm for lexicographical ordering and compare it with Brickenstein's interpolation algorithm. Finally, we combine Groebner basis and abstraction techniques to the verification of some digital designs that contain complicated data paths. For a given design, we construct an abstract model. Then, we reformulate it as a system of polynomials in the ring \({\mathbb Z}_{2^k}[x_1,\dots,x_n]\). The variables are ordered in a way such that the system has already been a Groebner basis w.r.t lexicographical monomial ordering. Finally, the normal form is employed to prove the desired properties. To evaluate our approach, we verify the global property of a multiplier and a FIR filter using the computer algebra system Singular. The result shows that our approach is much faster than the commercial verification tool from Onespin on these benchmarks.
- Robust Flows with Losses and Improvability in Evacuation Planning (2014)
- We consider a network flow problem, where the outgoing flow is reduced by a certain percentage in each node. Given a maximum amount of flow that can leave the source node, the aim is to find a solution that maximizes the amount of flow which arrives at the sink. Starting from this basic model, we include two new, additional aspects: On the one hand, we are able to reduce the loss at some of the nodes; on the other hand, the exact loss values are not known, but may come from a discrete uncertainty set of exponential size. Applications for problems of this type can be found in evacuation planning, where one would like to improve the safety of nodes such that the number of evacuees reaching safety is maximized. We formulate the resulting robust flow problem with losses and improvability as a mixed-integer program for finitely many scenarios, and present an iterative scenario-generation procedure that avoids the inclusion of all scenarios from the beginning. In a computational study using both randomly generated instance and realistic data based on the city of Nice, France, we compare our solution algorithms.
- Transit Dependent Evacuation Planning for Kathmandu Valley: A Case Study (2014)
- Due to the increasing number of natural or man-made disasters, the application of operations research methods in evacuation planning has seen a rising interest in the research community. From the beginning, evacuation planning has been highly focused on car-based evacuation. Recently, also the evacuation of transit depended evacuees with the help of buses has been considered. In this case study, we apply two such models and solution algorithms to evacuate a core part of the metropolitan capital city Kathmandu of Nepal as a hypothetical endangered region, where a large part of population is transit dependent. We discuss the computational results for evacuation time under a broad range of possible scenarios, and derive planning suggestions for practitioners.
- Multilevel Constructions (2014)
- The thesis consists of the two chapters. The first chapter is addressed to make a deep investigation of the MLMC method. In particular we take an optimisation view at the estimate. Rather than fixing the number of discretisation points \(n_i\) to be a geometric sequence, we are trying to find an optimal set up for \(n_i\) such that for a fixed error the estimate can be computed within a minimal time. In the second chapter we propose to enhance the MLMC estimate with the weak extrapolation technique. This technique helps to improve order of a weak convergence of a scheme and as a result reduce CC of an estimate. In particular we study high order weak extrapolation approach, which is know not be inefficient in the standard settings. However, a combination of the MLMC and the weak extrapolation yields an improvement of the MLMC.
- A Bicriteria Approach to Robust Optimization (2014)
- The classic approach in robust optimization is to optimize the solution with respect to the worst case scenario. This pessimistic approach yields solutions that perform best if the worst scenario happens, but also usually perform bad on average. A solution that optimizes the average performance on the other hand lacks in worst-case performance guarantee. In practice it is important to find a good compromise between these two solutions. We propose to deal with this problem by considering it from a bicriteria perspective. The Pareto curve of the bicriteria problem visualizes exactly how costly it is to ensure robustness and helps to choose the solution with the best balance between expected and guaranteed performance. Building upon a theoretical observation on the structure of Pareto solutions for problems with polyhedral feasible sets, we present a column generation approach that requires no direct solution of the computationally expensive worst-case problem. In computational experiments we demonstrate the effectivity of both the proposed algorithm, and the bicriteria perspective in general.


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So when you see Shaggy driving a Hummer down Nob Hill Road, you do a double take. Didn't that guy have the 2001 hit "It Wasn't Me"? When you bump into a dreadlocked Beenie Man at 2 p.m. and he mumbles "Good morning," you pinch yourself. Wasn't he just hollering "Sim simma! Who got the keys to my Bimmer"? And when you see a handsome, 30-something guy cruising his yard on a riding lawn mower, you wonder, "Could that be Tony Kelly, the dancehall producer?" Yeah, it is.
If you think you don't know Tony Kelly, flip on Power 96. Odds are you'll hear "King of the Dancehall" by Beenie Man, "Deport Dem" or "Like Glue" by Sean Paul, or " Everyone Falls in Love" by Tanto Metro and Devonte. Kelly made those songs. In fact, many of those infectious dancehall tunes that you hum but can't figure out the words to -- because they're full of Jamaican slang -- are Kelly hits. Right now, he's probably churning out another from the studio inside his Davie home.
At the top of a driveway jammed with three black Benzes, Kelly answers his door barefoot, in jeans and a plain white T-shirt. He's got close-cropped hair and soulful eyes and is generous with hugs. Inside, there's barely any furniture -- unless you count the seven Macintosh computers, the mixing board that eats up an entire room, and Kelly's constantly beeping BlackBerry. Sean Paul was supposed to record here today but had a scheduling conflict. Daddy Yankee and Enrique Iglesias are stopping by next week. Oops -- just missed Shaggy!
Instead, three studio musicians play with expensive toys like kids who just got home from school. It wouldn't be surprising if someone's mom came in and kicked everybody out. Instead, Kelly's wife, Leanna -- a natural, graceful beauty -- comes home and puts away groceries.
Kelly settles onto the brand-new couch in the living room. "Growing up," he says in a soft Jamaican accent, "I used to record songs off the radio. DJs talk over everything, so I'd try to edit it out, try to match the beat so it sounds like it's mixed straight through." Living in the Kingston ghetto, with his mom pulling shifts at the Salvation Army, he knew he wouldn't go the same route. "I don't want to work for nobody!" he says. "I decided music is the only way to do it."
After high school, Kelly went job-hunting at legendary Tuff Gong Studios -- the recording space founded in the mid-'60s by Bob Marley. Kelly didn't expect to get paid until he knew enough to be useful. "I learned how to mic a drum, an organ, piano; how to set up a vocal booth in a big studio room," he recalls. "It was like being an apprentice in a mechanic shop. Jamaican studios are like universities."
Soon, he was able to help several friends get a foot in the industry door. One of those feet belonged to the man who now rivals him as dancehall's biggest producer -- his three-years-younger half-brother, Dave Kelly. Although Tony has had more crossover hits in the States, Dave is just as huge in the industry. Shaggy, a platinum-selling, Grammy-winning vocalist, has worked extensively with both. "Bottom line is that Tony Kelly and David Kelly are instrumental in the evolution of dancehall," Shaggy tells us later via phone. "You can't say dancehall without saying either Tony Kelly or Dave Kelly."
Tony worked at Tuff Gong through the mid-'80s and then at industry-heavyweights Penthouse Records and Shocking Vibes Productions in the '90s. Along the way, he realized just how far his talent could take him. "A friend sent me All You Need to Know About the Music Business," he says. "That book enlightened me, man. I was like, 'So I'm getting robbed!' I didn't take it hard or anything. I just separated myself." Although he continues to do projects with other labels, he started his own, K..Licious, in 1998 and started working in the States around 2001 "for America to know me a little more." He moved to Davie two years ago because "it's quiet."
"In Jamaica, a lot of my songs are played on the radio," he says. "You go in the club and hear back to back to back to back my songs and then my brother's songs. That means we're doing something right. But it's not about the money. I'm for the progression, the advancement of this music. I know if I do good, money gonna come."
In dancehall, as in hip-hop, producers can rise to superstar status. Whereas Dr. Dre or Pharrell might come up with a beat for a rapper, Tony comes up with a riddim for toasters or singers. In the States, we're used to a singer releasing an album with ten different tracks. In Jamaica, it's common for a producer to release a CD featuring the same music over and over, with ten different singers doing their thing on top, each track with its own set of lyrics. Often, one riddim will spawn multiple hits. Sean Paul' s "Like Glue" was sung over Tony's Buyout riddim, but the same music was used for Mr. Easy's "She Drives Me Crazy" and TOK's "Money to Burn."


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This was a great day out and good value for money. Picked up from our local hotel and dropped back after the afternoon cruise and spice market visits.
This tour was actually great! We took other tours with the same group after the Viator booking and it wasn't as trustworthy or safe as the one we book through Viator. In the future, I would advise people to book through this channel only.
Visited amazing places without having to wait in any lines with a fantastic guide (Onur) who was very knowledgable, competent and friendly. It was like having a good friend show you around his town. Very impressed and our family of three could not have asked for more.
Our tour guide was very attentive and informative. We loved the slower pace of this tour and the relaxing ride down the Bosphorus.
It was exccellent except that we couldn't visit the Egyptian Bazaar I don't know why maybe our guide was in a hurry
The tour was very interesting and the guide was certainly knowledgable. We bought some very tasty nuts at the Bazaar.
Gareth C
United Kingdom
Lovely trip well worth it. Cabin Crew Freindly, our guide Ali was amazing, helpful, knowledgable
John A
Guide was very good and enthusiatstic. Bot trip was just so so. Too bad we couldn't make one stop off the boat.
Monica M
I wish we had a little more time at the Bazar. Great tour.
Paul B
United Kingdom
Excellent, though "private' misleads as the boat is simply a public ferry. This should be made clear on tour description.
Elizabeth P
The private tour up the Bosphorus was beautiful and informative. It was nice to get out of the city for half a day and explore other areas beyond Istanbul. The guide was extremely knowledgeable about the sights throughout our journey. At the beginning of the tour she took us to the spice bazaar near the boat docks. Once on the ferry boat we were given an excellent overview of the history and present day goings on along the banks of the Bosphorus. Once we passed through the second bridge our town car picked us up. We then headed to a private family museum at the end that we would not have known about if we hadn't taken the tour.
The tour was quite poor. The guide provided us very little information. The tour was only 2 hours instead of 4.
Everything wrong, it was not a tour at all - just a cruise of 1.5 hours with a local transportation ship. No explanation at all, bad guide.
The Bosphorus tour could be taken without a guide. Basically we rode from one side to the other and then drove back to the old town. A tour of Dolmabache Palace would have been the perfect addition. While the Egyptian Bazaar is somewhat interesting, it is extremely commercial and crowded. Having visited real spice markets in Egypt, this one seemed created mostly for tourists. A shorter visit there is sufficient.


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Foreign-born academic scientists and engineers: producing more and getting less than their U.S.-born peers?
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The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported that the number of doctoral degrees awarded in the U.S. rose 3.4 percent in 2004, largely because of an increase in foreign students [Smallwood (2005). Doctoral degrees rose 3.4% in 2004, survey finds. The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 9, 2005]. Currently, 20.9 percent [National Science Board (2003). The science and engineering workforce realizing America's potential. NSB, vol. 3, National Science Foundation] of all science and engineering faculty positions at U.S. universities are held by foreign-born scientists (with even larger percentages in computer science and engineering)—and we can expect higher numbers of foreign-born faculty at U.S. universities in the future. In this paper, we use 2001 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) data from the National Science Foundation to compare productivity levels, work satisfaction levels and career trajectories of foreign-born scientists and U.S.-born scientists. The results indicate that foreign-born academic scientists and engineers are more productive than their U.S.-born peers in all areas. Yet, average salaries and work satisfaction levels for foreign-born scientists are lower than for U.S.-born scientists.
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- Foreign-born academic scientists and engineers: producing more and getting less than their U.S.-born peers?
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Research in Higher Education
Volume 48, Issue 8 , pp 909-940
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Without the context of Olivia, people might have a hard time deciding whether to call her VEE-ah or VIE-ah. Or even WEE-ah, which is how my Latin teacher pronounced the word.
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I like Via and don't see why it can't be a full name like Mia. I don't think many people would have problems with it as Mia is so popular and everyone knows how to say that.
That being said, I would prefer it as a nickname if I were using it. I'd use it for Viatrix, Elvia, Octavia, Silvia, Vivia, Zenovia (which is an alternate of Zenobia).Mother, Hellenic Pagan Priestess, and Resident Greek name expert ^_^ Call me Dantea or Remy
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I think Via is a great alternative to getting your Starbucks coffee in the store.
Besides the instant coffee brand, you'd run into the same problem that word always has in its common usage: is it pronounced VEE-ya or VY-ah?Latest list:
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