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Here's an unfair question: what's the next big thing? More often than most, the investors on the panel at the Churchill Club's annual "Top Ten Tech Trends," at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, Calif., Tuesday night get that unfair question right.
Asking the unfair questions tonight: my colleagues Bruce Upbin and Eric Savitz. Answering them: Peter Thiel, president of Clarium Capital; Steve Jurvetson, managing director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn and a partner at Greylock; Bing Gordon, an investment partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; and Kevin Efrusy, a general partner with Accel Partners.
All five of the guests are on our annual 'Midas List,' of top venture capital investors. Let's get started:
9:00 — Time for a recap. What's your favorite trend? Upbin likes the 'zero marginal cost of education' trend. Savitz: 'I love the sensor trend, which I think is already happening… but the real Star Trek trends that really gets my blood going is Steve's let's go beyond Moore's Law trend, because if that's true everything changes.'
So how did the audience vote? From least to most popular among audience members:
-All vehicles go electric;
-A shift toward technocracy;
-Gamification of everything;
-It's just the venture cycle;
-Moore's Law accelerates;
-Radical globalization of social commerce;
-The new hardware: bits to atoms;
-Zero marginal cost of education;
-Massive sensors and data;
-The winner: Thiel's 'The beginnings of bioinformatics' trend.
So how will these predictions age?
Kleiner's Bing: 'As George W. Bush said 'Come back in 100 years and see how I've done as president."
On that note, the evening's discussion ends.
8:55 – Tenth trend: "The beginnings of bio-informatics; intelligent design over random drug discovery.' Clarium's Thiel: ' the existing pharma discovery processes are at a dead end… the big pharma companies are going to lose 30 to 80% of their revenues over the next five to eight years as these drugs roll off… if there is going to be a future in biotechh there has to be a much more targeted, informatioally driven approach… I think there are a number of indications that there are trends like this getting started… genomics was overhyped for much of the last decade… but I think its' becoming possible to use computing power to more accurately model drugs… the random search problem is too big, so you have to have some ability to bring to bear computational power.'
The panelists all buy it. Greylock's Hoffman: 'I think it's true.'
Savitz: how far away from commercially available products are we?
Thiel: the FDA tends to be very tough on these things… but if you get things that are dramatically better I think you might see an expedited process and you might see things within five years.'
The verdict from the audience: a sea of green. 100% agree.
Savitz: So do we short big pharma?
Thiel: "I don't think they're going to get it… they're probably set up in all the wrong ways… you have monopoly profit streams from all these drugs… the challenge for the next generation of biotech companies will be to find ways for their own cultures not to be screwed up by monopoly [pharmaceutical] streams…"
8:40 — Ninth trend: 'Moore's Law accelerates beyond silicon.' This is Steve Jurvetson's idea: 'there's nothing about Moore's Law that's specifically about circuits… the experience of how much compute power you can buy for a given amount of money is actually accelerating… just about everything we talk about on this panel… ride's on Moore's Law accelerating… this is what we see in industry after industry… it's not just smaller smaller smaller… it's also architectural improvements… thinks like mimicking the brain which is 100 million times more power efficient per computation than our best computers… it's not just Silicon, there are new things coming, and it's going to accelerate change…' The verdict: 61% of the audience disagrees.
What do the panelist think? Accel's Efrusy, Greylock's Hoffman, and Thiel don't buy it. Thiel: "Moore's Law has been going pretty quickly as is, so to accelerate beyond Moore's Law sets a pretty high benchmark… what strikes me as odd, however… is that nobody is talking about it or doing it, you think about the great companies, the Intel's the semiconductor companies off the 70s 80s 90s… there are fewer startups in the last decade based on computers going faster… my intuition is that things are decelerating… I'll just observe about the venture and corporate ecosystem seems to be a deceleration of such companies, so if you're right this is a trend that will catch a lot of people by surprise.'
8:30 — Eighth trend: 'the new hardware: bits to atoms.' Greylock's Hoffman is behind this idea: 'what's new is you have a wholesale custom manufacturing.. how you organize factories all the way up into three-d printing… you'll see interesting revolutions across all kinds of different things… you'll begin to see different unique kinds of products… that's what we're already on the verge of seeing in the next five years… for example printing a new heart… you will eventually see… I don't think that will be in the next five years… but we're trending towards that…'
Savitz: you think that happens in five years?
Hoffman: I think the hardware part of that happens in five years…
Kleiner's Gordon is on the fence: "I've seen from within Zazzle how hard it is to build hardware APIs… it took hardware companies a long time to figure this out.. hardware and software people don't really get along… hardware people are like mechanics and software people are like poets… I think it's going to be harder than we hope… but I wish it were true.'
DFJ's Jurvetson: thinks is going to happen, among hackers and enthusiasts… The audience's verdict: 71% agree.
8:20 – Seventh trend: 'gamification of everything.' Kleiner's Gordon explains: 'games are the second least expensive way to create meaning, after religion, and games don't cause wars… once you create a system of meaning it self sustains… when I was growing up there were no numbers on the surface of popular entertainment… now the SIMs which is 60% female players there are a bunch of numbers on it…' Greylock's Hoffman asks: so will there be a gamified toilet? 'I think there will be a game-like UI on everything that competes for attention… I think in five to ten years there will be gamified toilet.. have you read the book 'Everybody Poops?' it's going to be a game.' The audience's verdict: 58% disagree.
8:06 – Sixth tend: 'it's just a venture cycle.' Accel's Efrusy is behind this trend: 'think back to a few years ago, when a couple of college dropouts, invented a platform that was at first dismissed as a toy and thought for perhaps a niche market that turned out to be a really important platform… what if I told you that few years ago was 1976 and the droputs were Bill Gates and Steve Jobs… let's fast forward to the 1990s… ' Okay, Efrusy has lost me here. '… people got ahead of themselves, but the pattern corrects itself… I guess the prediction is that.. the next great inventor the next great platform is probably 7 years away and he or she is probably 12 yeas right now so be real nice to your niece or nephew… you might be working for them… this is a cycle that repeats itself… it's not tied to the macro economy… it's kind of what we do…' In other words: this is a biological as much as a technological cycle. Kids have to grow up with a technology to revolutionize it. The verdict: the panel is skeptical.
Clarium's Thiel: 'I will claim that people should really work really hard right now and not take a break for five years…'
Greylock's Hoffman: 'my disagreement is I think it's accelerating… the disruptive trends coming in faster and faster… Moore's law and other disruptive cycles are beginning to hit other industries.'
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Abuelitas make for some of the toughest, feistiest, spiciest Latinas around. And you better believe that they know how to save some money. Here are some money saving tips from the old school the help you make the most of you budget!
Old School Money Saving Tips
- Pontes un suéter. Did you know that for every degree adjust (up in the summer, down in the winter) you can save 1% on your energy bill?
- Put a brick in your toilet tank. This is an old school trick to new school water waste issues. The tank will reach its capacity threshold faster reducing the amount of water used with each flush.
- ¡Es una ducha, no una piscina! Do you float off into LaLa Land when you're getting so fresh and so clean, clean? Keep your shower to 10 minutes or less!
- ¡Pagas la agua! As much as I love the spa treatment of gentle running water and steam, if you turn off the water while you scrub your body, hair, teeth, and hands…of course turning the water back on to rinse, you can save a nice chunk of change on your water bill.
- Wear your clothing more than once. Yes! Wear once and throw it in the was sucks time and money! Now I'm not talking underwear, that's gross. I mean shirts, pants, shorts and the like.
- If it's yellow…let it mellow. Some of you know what I'm talking about. Some of you have first hand experience with this. Gotta love visiting the family back on home turf!
- Dump your own junk. Save money by hauling your own trash and recyclables to your local dump and recycling center! You can save almost $200 per year with this DIY tip.
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No doubt that the old school definitely know the importance of stretching your dollar. The new school has some great tips and tricks, too! Here are some new school money saving tips for utilities and reducing your housing expenses:
- Buy a programmable thermostat. Take the guess work out of adjusting your thermostat while you're out at work or school. I've found some between $20-60 on Amazon. Totally worth the investment.
- Buy a comforter for your water heater. Adding insulation to your water heater can help you preserve hot water and reduce electric/heating costs by 25-45%
- Become Buffy the vampire appliance slayer. Vampire appliances eat away at electricity even when you're not using them! If the appliance displays a light or clock it's sucking your hard earned money away. Plug your vampires into a power strip with a power button you can easily turn off when not using these appliances. Oh, and unplug your phone/pad chargers, too!
- Use your dishwasher. Not only will it save you money, but according to Energy Star, it will save you 230 hours of personal time a year! I know you can all use some more "me" time!
- Install water saving shower heads. So you're not going to shut the water off to scrub and you refuse to let your refuge in the tub go, so do yourself a favor and grab a low flow fixture shower head to save 25%-60% more water.
- Change Your AC Filters. When your filters are full of dust and junk, your AC has to work way harder to cool your home. Make sure you inspect your filters and change them out regularly. You will also find that the air quality in your home increases and the dust decreases.
- Enroll in Budget Billing Programs. This might not necessarily be a money saving tip, but it is definitely a money SMART tip. Electricity and heating costs can vary season to season. Rather than find yourself slammed with a huge electricity bill in the summer and a tiny one in the spring, enroll in budget billing and get a more predictable monthly bill. Energy companies will analyze your annual usage for the year and determine a fixed montly payment amount based on that average.
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eopaWhile the Sony Xperia S is currently available to a very limited amount of people (it was launched to the Barcelona public during Mobile World Congress), Sony is already at work to fix bugs and iron out kinks.
They've issued a new software upgrade for the device, version 6.0.A.3.67. Of course, it's not Ice Cream Sandwich (that's said to be on its way next quarter) but you should expect things to be a bit more stable and smooth.
Unfortunately it's not yet known what exactly has changed but it couldn't hurt to give it a whirl unless you're worried about jeopardizing any chances of getting root. Oh, and this update is over-the-wire, meaning you'll need to download an app and hook your phone up to your computer to apply it. It's called "PC Companion" and can be found here. [via Android Central]
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In this Foundations of Photography, Ben Long shows photographers how to develop a black and white vocabulary and explains the considerations to take into account when shooting for this medium. The course follows Ben as he goes on location and explains what makes good black and white subject matter and how to visualize the scene in terms of tonal values and contrast rather than color. Along the way, he demonstrates some exposure strategies for getting the best images. Back at the computer, Ben demonstrates techniques for converting the resulting photos into black and white using Photoshop and other imaging tools, and offers tips on printing and output.
So far, I've been applying the black- and-white conversion tool by opening an image and going up here to Image > Adjustments > Black & White, and when I do that--like I am doing right now, and this is just the same thing we've seen before-- I'm going to make a couple of adjustments to the sliders, hit OK, and when I do, the black-and-white adjustment is applied to my color image in a destructive manner, meaning my original pixels are irrevocably altered. The color image is gone; this is now a black-and-white image. Yes, I can undo to get back to my color image, or redo to get back to black and white.
But as soon as I make one more error, I can't do that anymore. And if I save the image then for sure it is henceforth a black-and-white image. The problem with that is if I want to keep the color version I have to keep separate files and so on and so forth, and more importantly, if I decide well, I'd like to darken that blue sky a little more, I can't get back to those tools in any way. So, a much better way to apply the black- and-white conversion in Photoshop is to do it through an adjustment layer. Adjustment layers are Photoshop's mechanism for applying certain edits in a completely non-destructive manner, meaning that you can go back and alter them or remove them later.
If you're not familiar with adjustment layers, we'll do a quick run-through right now. Here in my Layers palette, I have a background layer. That's my image. Down at the bottom, I have the little circle that's half black, half white. That's a pop-up menu. If I click on it, I get this list of things. And they're all operations in Photoshop that I can apply as an adjustment layer, so I am going to pick Black & White. And when I do, my image goes to grayscale with the default black-and-white recipe, and my Adjustments panel up here fills with these black-and-white controls just like we saw in the Black and White dialog box.
Now, if you're using Photoshop CS3, you won't have this Adjustments panel; instead, you will simply get the Black and White dialog box like we saw earlier, you configure it, hit OK, and then your adjustment layer appears down here, just like we've got here. Now notice my color image is still here. There is just now a layer sitting on top that's doing the black-and-white conversion. This little eyeball controls visibility. If I turn that off, you see my color image. Turn it back on and there is my black-and-white image. You can think of this Black and White layer as some kind of like magic transparency that you're setting on top of your color print, and when you do that, it converts into black and white-- or maybe a can of black-and-white spray paint of some kind; you spray it on your image and wherever you spray, the image goes grayscale.
So what's cool about this is I can hide it. I can, if I want, remove it completely and go back to my color image and undo that. Also, if I adjust my parameters up here--and we'll do the same edit we've been doing. I'll darken the sky up a little bit. I'll lighten that red tree, and I will darken the greens. Let me just mention to get this Eyedropper tool like we had in the Black and White dialog, you have to click on this thing. So I have to select my adjustment layer, then click on this thing, then I can go up here and drag with the eyedropper to alter my parameters.
Now what's great about doing this as an adjustment layer is these parameters will always be alterable. I can save the image, shut it down, close it, go to launch, come back, and I will still be able to adjust these parameters later. So if later I do a print and decide well, the sky needs to be a little bit darker, or I've got a little bit of banding here in the sky, I actually need to back off of that edit, I can go and change these parameters at any time to further alter my image. I cannot do that if I do the destructive edit through the normal dialog box. So through the rest of the course I will be applying the black-and-white adjustment using an adjustment layer both because it allows me to undo it later and it allows me of this parametric editing, the ability to go back and adjust parameters later.
There's one other cool thing about the adjustment layer that we are going to see later, and that's the ability to selectively change my image to black and white. So fiddle around with this and get use to the Layers interface and the Adjustment panel interface and make sure you're comfortable with them before we go on.
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Walk on Mars using the Oculus Rift and Omni treadmill August 6, 2013 at 11:47 am
The Oculus Rift is still in development kit mode, with no timetable for an official retail release on the horizon. When the Rift's tech demos work, they work well, but they're very simple and often don't allow the user to do much. NASA got ahold of a Rift and an Omni — a multidirectional treadmill — and created a tech demo in which you can walk around on Mars.
Early rumors point to large power gap between PS4 and Xbox 720 January 18, 2013 at 9:00 am
The cycle of current-gen hardware is coming to an end, so that inevitably means the cycle of rumors about the specs of the next generation will begin. On cue, an unnamed "insider" has released a hefty amount of detail regarding the specs of the PS4 and Xbox 720. Be warned, these are only rumors, but they do give us some interesting things to ponder.


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James Cameron has weighed in on the decision to cancel a Sacha Baron Cohen Avatar skit from Sunday's Oscars in order to spare the director's feelings. He tells E!:
"I don't know anything about that … I don't produce the Oscars. If they want to poke fun at Avatar' Sunday, that's okay by me."
Show co-producer Bill Mechanic denies the allegations and comments:
"It was a little too MTV for everyone."
Oh right. This year's Oscars are about respect and gravitas and not fun party vibes. I forgot about that. I guess that means awards DJ Joel Madden won't be playing Diddy's "I'll Be Missing You" over the celebrity death montage. (Vulture)
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Ronda Rousey on marijuana testing: "It's an invasion of privacy"
UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is coming out in a blaze about Jessica Eye becoming the first female UFC fighter to test positive for performance enhancing drugs. Obviously, the champ is in no way supporting any PED's but instead outraged at the fact that so much negativity is surrounding yet another fighter getting popped for pot.
Rousey is being very outspoken (and at no real surprise considering she's homies with the Diaz brothers) about the ridiculousness that marijuana is still being considered a PED and potentially ruining the careers of promising fighters. And though she obviously agrees with drug testing in her respected sport she feels that marijuana should play no part in the testing.
"Honestly I feel like weed is not a performance-enhancing drug at all," said Rousey. "We are tested for it for entirely political reasons. The athletic commission is there to make sure we compete fairly and they are testing us for something that has nothing to do with athletic competition."
After the failed drug screening Eye's punishment consisted of a disciplinary suspension and a fine, but probably most damaging is her victory of Sarah Kaufman being revoked and turned into a no-contest.
Rousey was quick to defend anyone who smokes or ingests marijuana. And though she is obviously not a supported of PED's she doesn't seem to have any plans on changing her mind about the use of marijuana and how it does not effect an athlete in any performance enhancing aspect.
Furthermore, not only is she not overly critical of those who do smoke the sticky icky she voiced how she feels like its not only not the UFC's business but even went as far as to say, "It's actually an invasion of privacy."
I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say that Ronda most likely doesn't smoke weed. However, it is interesting (and honestly nice) to hear such a dedicated and successful athlete come out and speak up against this infringement that fighters come under scrutiny for quite often as of late.
I'd really like to know where you guys stand on this one! Let me know what you think Penn Nation! Is marijuana a performance enhancing drug? Should fighters be tested for it like they are tested for other substances, and furthermore should they be punished so harshly? Give us your thoughts!
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I bet Ronda smokes. Nick and Nate spark a blunt after practice and they pass it to her she's going to hit it
she is waaaay to grumpy to be on a regular basis
weed is definitely performance enhancing.
Maybe in the bedroom? I know it impairs ability to drive and makes you paranoid and hungry as hell. Dont know how that helps in a fight….
yeah i was being sarcastic if that wasn't clear
paranoid? what kind of weed are you smoking? When I get high I am completely relaxed.
Absolutely true because weed is poison!!! A lot of mentally ill people are poisoning themselves. Would a sane person actually abuse themselves?
Weed as a performance "enhancing" drug… Are they even serious? Appetite enhancing perhaps, but certainly not performance. The dickhead that doesn't know that marijuana impairs motor skills needs to stfu and get out of the sports business.
Jesus fucking christ, I could've written a better article than this in middle school. The only reason me or anyone else pays attention to this site is because it's BJ Penn's. Thanks to these shitty writers, I'm gonna start finding my MMA news somewhere else.
Ronda doesn't smoke? Did you see her interview on the UFC on FOX 7 broadcast on April, 20, 2013? Ummmm, she was super high.
How is it an infringement of privacy? Are the stipulations not in the contract that they sign? If you sign the dotted line then you are obligated to obey the rules, if you don't like the rules then don't sign the line.
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But up these stairs was a world I didn't know existed. A world where giant cardboard horses play with flying monkeys and plastic dinausors. A place where knitting meets robotics. A universe where keyboards are turned into canvases and trash into treasurs. A galaxy of intelligence, personality, creativity and fun.
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A 3D printer was also waiting for me. Still new, fresh out of the box. Two or three hours later, I was laser cutting my first project as resident : the World puzzle. But the most fun was yet to come.
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Intended as an introductory text in soil mechanics, the seventh edition of Das, PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING offers an overview of soil properties and mechanics together with coverage of field practices and basic engineering procedure. PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING contains more figures and worked out problems than any other text on the market and provides the background information needed to support study in later design-oriented courses or in professional practice.
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Dr. Braja M. Das has been the Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science from August 1994 to the present at California State University, Sacramento. Prior to 1994, he was the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois. The author of more than 200 technical papers, his primary areas of research are shallow foundations, earth anchors, and geosynthetics. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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1. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING — A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. Geotechnical Engineering Prior to the 18th Century. Pre-Classical Period of Soil Mechanics (1700-1776). Classical Soil Mechanics--Phase I (1776-1856). Classical Soil Mechanics--Phase II (1856-1910). Modern Soil Mechanics. Geotechnical Engineering After 1927, End of an Era. 2. ORIGIN OF SOIL AND GRAIN SIZE. Rock Cycle and the Origin of Soil. Soil-Particle Size. Clay Minerals. Specific Gravity (Gs). Mechanical Analysis of Soil. Particle-Size Distribution Curve. Particle Shape. 3. WEIGHT-VOLUME RELATIONSHIPS. Weight-Volume Relationships. Relationships Among Unit Weight. Void Ratio, Moisture Content, and Specific Gravity. Relationships among Unit Weight, Porosity, and Moisture Content. Various Unit-Weight Relationships. Relative Density. Comments on emax and emin. 4. PLASTICITY AND STRUCTURE OF SOIL. Introduction. Liquid Limit (LL). Plastic Limit (PL). Shrinkage Limit (SL). Liquidity Index and Consistency Index. Activity. Plasticity Chart. Soil Structure. 5. CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL. Textural Classification. Classification by Engineering behavior. AASHTO Classification System. Unified Soil Classification System. Summary and Comparison between the AASHTO and Unified Systems. 6. SOIL COMPACTION. Compaction--General Principles. Standard Proctor Test. Factors Affecting Compaction. Modified Proctor Test. Structure of Compacted Clay Soil. Effect of Compaction on Cohesive Soil Properties. Field Compaction. Specifications for Field Compaction. Determination of Field Unit Weight of Compaction. Compaction of Organic Soil and Waste Materials. Special Compaction Techniques. 7. PERMEABILITY. Bernoulli's Equation. Darcy's Law. Hydraulic Conductivity. Laboratory Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity. Relationships for Hydraulic Conductivity--Granular Soil. Relationships for Hydraulic Conductivity--Cohesive Soils. Directional Variation of Permeability. Equivalent Hydraulic Conductivity in Stratified Soil. Permeability Test in the Field by Pumping from Wells. In Situ Hydraulic Conductivity of Compacted Clay Soils. 8. SEEPAGE. Laplace's Equation of Continuity. Continuity Equation for Solution of Simple Flow Problems. Flow Nets. Seepage Calculation from a Flow Net. Flow Nets in Anisotropic Soils. Mathematical Solution for Seepage. Uplift Pressure Under Hydraulic Structures. Seepage Through an Earth Dam on an Impervious Base. L. Casagrande's Solution for Seepage through an Earth Dam. Filter Design. 9. _IN SITU_ STRESSES. Stresses in Saturated Soil without Seepage. Stresses in Saturated Soil with Upward Seepage. Stresses in Saturated Soil with Downward Seepage. Seepage Force. Heaving in Soil Due to Flow Around Sheet Piles. Use of Filters to Increase the Factor of Safety Against Heave. Effective Stress in Partially Saturated Soil. Capillary Rise in Soils. Effective Stress in the Zone of Capillary Rise. 10. STRESSES IN A SOIL MASS. Normal and Shear Stresses on a Plane. The Pole Method of Finding Stresses Along a Plane. Stresses Caused by a Point Load. Vertical Stress Caused by a Line Load. Vertical Stress Caused by a Horizontal Line Load. Vertical Stress Caused by a Strip Load (Finite Width and Infinite Length). Vertical Stress Due to Embankment Loading. Vertical Stress Below the Center of a Uniformly Loaded Circular Area. Vertical Stress at Any Point Below a Uniformly Loaded Circular Area. Vertical Stress Caused by a Rectangularly Loaded Area. Stress Isobars. Influence Chart for Vertical Pressure. 11. COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOIL. Contact Pressure and Settlement Profile. Relations for Elastic Settlement Calculation. Fundamentals of Consolidation. One-Dimensional Laboratory Consolidation Test. Void Ratio-Pressure Plots. Normally Consolidated and Overconsolidated Clays. Effect of Disturbance on Void Ratio-Pressure Relationship. Calculation of Settlement from One-Dimensional Primary Consolidation. Compression Index (Cc). Swell Index (Cs). Secondary Consolidation Settlement. Time Rate of Consolidation. Coefficient of Consolidation. Calculation of Consolidation Settlement Under a Foundation. A Case History--Settlement Due to a Preload Fill for Construction of Tampa VA Hospital. Method of Accelerating Consolidation Settlement. Precompression. 12. SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS. Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criterion. Inclination of the Plane of Failure Caused by Shear. Laboratory Tests for Determination of Shear Strength Parameters. Direct Shear Test. Drained Direct Shear Test on Saturated Sand and Clay. General Comments on Direct Shear Test. Triaxial Shear Test--General. Consolidated-Drained Triaxial Test. Consolidated-Undrained Triaxial Test. Unconsolidated-Undrained Triaxial Test. Unconfined Compression Test on Saturated Clay. Empirical Relationships Between Undrained Cohesion and Effective Overburden Pressure. Sensitivity and Thixotropy of Clay. Strength Anisotropy in Clay. Vane Shear Test. Other Methods for Determining Undrained Shear Strength. Shear Strength of Unsaturated Cohesive Soils. Stress Path. 13. LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE: AT-REST, RANKINE AND COULOMB. At-Rest, Active, and Passive Pressures. Earth Pressure At-Rest. Earth Pressure At-Rest for Partially Submerged Soil. Rankine's Theory of Active Pressure. Theory of Rankine's Passive Pressure. Yielding of Wall of Limited Height. A Generalized Case for Rankine Active and Passive Pressures--Granular Backfill. Diagrams for Lateral Earth-Pressure Distribution Against Retaining Walls. Rankine's Pressure for c -f Soil--Inclined Backfill. Coulomb's Active Pressure. Graphic Solution for Coulomb's Active Earth Pressure. Coulomb's Passive Pressure. Active Force on Retaining Walls with Earthquake Forces. Common Types of Retaining Walls in the Field. 14. LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE:CURVED FAILURE SURFACE. Retaining Walls with Friction. Properties of a Logarithmic Spiral. Procedure for Determination of Passive Earth Pressure. (Pp)--Cohesionless Backfill. Coefficient of Passive Earth Pressure (Kp). Passive Force on Walls with Earthquake Forces. Braced Cuts--General. Determination of Active Thrust on Bracing Systems of Open Cuts--Granular Soil. Determination of Active Thrust on Bracing Systems for Cuts--Cohesive Soil.Pressure Variation for Design of Sheetings, Struts, and Wales. 15. SLOPE STABILITY. Introduction--Modes of slope failure. Factor of Safety. Stability of Infinite Slopes. Finite Slopes--General. Analysis of Finite Slopes with Plane Failure Surfaces (Culmann's Method). Analysis of Finite Slopes with Circular Failure Surfaces--General. Mass Procedure--Slopes in Homogeneous Clay Soil. Mass Procedure--Stability of Saturated Clay Slopes with Earthquake Forces. Mass Procedure--Slopes in Homogeneous Soil. Ordinary Method of Slices. Bishop's Simplified Method of Slices. Stability Analysis by Method of Slices for Steady-State Seepage. Other Solutions for Steady-State Seepage Condition. A Case History of Slope Failure. Morgenstern's Method of Slices for Rapid Drawdown Condition. Fluctuation of Factor of Safety of Slopes in Clay Embankment on Saturated Clay. 16. SOIL-BEARING CAPACITY FOR SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS. Ultimate Soil-Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations. Terzaghi's Ultimate Bearing Capacity Equation. Effect of Groundwater Table. Factor of Safety. General Bearing Capacity Equation. A Case History for Evaluation of the Ultimate Bearing Capacity. Ultimate Load for Shallow Foundations Under Eccentric Load. Bearing Capacity of Sand Based on Settlement. Plate-Load Test. 17.LANDFILL LINERS AND GEOSYNTHETICS. Landfill Liners--Overview. Compaction of Clay Soil for Clay Liner Construction. Geosynthetics. Geotextiles. Geomembranes. Geonets. Single Clay Liner and Single Geomembrane Liner Systems. Recent Advances in the Liner Systems for Landfills. Leachate Removal Systems. Closure of Landfills. 18. SUBSOIL EXPLORATION. Planning for Soil Exploration. Boring Methods. 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Locals sparkle at WMC track meet; Falmouth boys take team title, Greely girls second
Before they look to defend their Class B state championship, the Falmouth boys' outdoor track time took time out to win the Western Maine Conference championship Saturday at Yarmouth High.
The Yachtsmen finished with a Division I-high 155.5 points, which was 26 better than runner-up York. Greely (88 points) came in third.
In Division II, NYA (109 points) was third behind Sacopee (156) and Traip (138). Host Yarmouth was fourth with 58 points and Freeport (43) came in sixth.
In the girls' Division I meet, won by York with 185 points, Greely (115) was second, Falmouth (60) finished fourth.
In Division II, NYA (122) came in second behind Traip (136). Yarmouth (65) was fifth and Freeport (43) came in sixth.
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Falmouth not only won the 2009 Class B boys' state title, it had won three straight conference crowns entering Saturday's competition.
Thanks to its unrivaled depth and big-time performers, the Yachtsmen added another feather to their cap.
Senior Alec Dunn won the 110 hurdles (15.67 seconds). Junior Will Wegener was first in the 100 (11.59) and the 400 (51.70). Senior Kellen MacDonald captured the 300 hurdles (40.77). Senior Charlie Swerdlow won the racewalk (7 minutes, 52.53 seconds). Falmouth also won the 4x400 relay (3:34.39) and the 4x100 relay (45.38).
That was just the beginning.
Runner-up performances included MacDonald in the 110 hurdles (15.73), sophomore Tim Follo in the two-mile (9:59.42), junior Matt Goldstein in the racewalk (8:39.85),
Junior Andrew Kowalsky was third in the javelin (154 feet-10.5 inches) and fifth in the shot put (42-7.5). Follo placed third in the mile (4:38.83). Senior Michael Gardner was third in the 400 (53.18). Freshman Jacob Buhelt came in third in both the 200 (24.07) the 100 (11.98). Senior Gabe Hoffman-Johnson finished third in the long jump (19-9.75) and tied for fifth in the 100 (12.14). Sophomore Brandon Tuttle placed fourth in the javelin (145-7.75). Senior Mike Serunian finished fourth in the 800 (2:06.84). Sophomore Jimmy Polewaczyk came in fifth in the 400 (55.03). Senior Eric Hemphill was fifth in the two-mile (10:31.60). Sophomore Reid Pryzant was sixth in the 110 hurdles (17.59). Junior John Lake was sixth in the two-mile (10:32.05). Sophomore Conor McGrory was seventh in the mile (4:51.00). Dunn finished seventh in the 300 hurdles (44.41).
The Yachtsmen were also fourth in the 3,200 relay (8:46).
Greely was led by junior Alex Parenteau, first in the javelin (163-2.5), junior Michael Burgess, winner of the shot put (49-2) and senior Logan Price, who was tops in the 800 (2:03.38).
The Rangers also got strong performances from junior Tanner Storey (runner-up in the high jump, 6-4), junior Jon Higgins (second in the javelin, 158-4), Burgess (runner-up in the discus, 125-9.25) , junior Jack Fellows (third in the shot put, 47-1.5; and seventh in the discus, 107-0), senior Colin Thomas (fourth in the racewalk, 9:25.17), sophomore Isaac Emery (fourth in the 300 hurdles, 43.87), sophomore Jeff Aalberg (sixth in the pole vault, 10 feet), junior Connor Regan (sixth in the 800, 2:09.41; and sixth in the mile, 4:48.78) and sophomore Nestor Taylor (seventh in the 800, 2:09.89).
Greely was third in the 3,200 relay (8:44), fourth in the 1,600 relay (3:41.70) and fifth in the 400 relay (48.76).
"It was a good day, good preparation for next week," said Rangers coach John Folan. "I was especially pleased with some of our field events. We had PRs in the javelin. Tanner PR'd with the high jump. Maybe the feel-good story of the whole day is Logan Price. He hadn't run a competitive race in three months. He went out and won. He's such a great kid. Everyone was so happy for him. That's a boost for next week."
NYA, the three-time defending Class C champion, was paced by senior standout Henry Sterling, who won the two-mile (9:20.90), although he felt just shy of his goal of breaking the record.
"It was really close," Sterling said. "I think if I ran that first lap a little faster, I think I might have gotten it. All in all, I'm really happy with it. A lot of our kids bested our performance today."
Junior Mohamed Dahia won the 110 hurdles (17.05) and the 300 hurdles (42.65). Sophomore Asad Dahia finished first in the 800 (2:03.66). Sophomore Nick Rayder was tops in the shot put (39-6.75). The Panthers also won the 3,200 relay (8:30.60).
Sophomore Cam Regan finished second in the two-mile (10:32.17). Mohamed Dahia came in third in the long jump (19-2). Asad Dahia was third in the triple jump (37-4). Senior Douglas Goldstein placed third in the racewalk (9:05.48). Sophomore Alex Coffin was third in the mile (4:43.86). Sophomore Rudy Guiliani was fourth in the two-mile (11:00.83). Junior Nick Kolkin was sixth in the 400 (56.28). Rayder tied for seventh in the discus (90-11.25).
The Panthers placed second in the 1,600 relay (3:40.57) and fourth in the 400 relay (50.41).
"I'm really happy with how my kids did," said NYA coach Chris Mazzurco. "We pretty much had every kid PR in something. That's what we came here for."
For host Yarmouth, junior Asa Arden won the long jump (19-10.5) and tied for fifth in the high jump (5-8). Junior Ben Nickerson placed second in the mile (4:39.41) and came in sixth in the 800 (2:10.58). Senior Sam Woodbury placed fourth in the mile (4:47.72) and fifth in the 800 (2:08.29). Sophomore Lucas Davis was fourth in the 100 (12.05) and fourth in the 200 (24.65). Junior Shane Ryan came in fifth in the discus (98-4). Ryan Perrier Jr., came in sixth in the discus (92-5.5) and was also sixth in the shot put (33-8.75). Junior Jon Drouin placed seventh in the two-mile (12:18.37).
The Clippers 400 relay team was third (47.36) and its 3,200 squad came in fourth (8:57.90)
"Most of our kids had PRs, which is really great," said Yarmouth coach Bob Morse. "We had a few kids make it to the finals. The boys' relay did awesome. We have a very small team to compete in these things. Our big job is to get more kids involved in track. We'll enter a 4x1 and 4x8 relays, boys and girls, next week. We'll be there."
Freeport's points came from Ryan Collet, second in the 100 (11.77), Taylor Saucier, runner-up in the 400 (53.71), Henry Loughlin (third in the two-mile, 10:46.85), Miles Boucher, third in the 400 (54.81) Alex Campbell, fourth in the racewalk (9:13.71), Nick Sweet (sixth in the two-mile, 12:10.97), Nate Pfeffer (seventh in the 400 (57.09) and its 3,200 relay (third, 8:49.70) and 1,600 relay (fourth, 3:45.54) teams.
Greely's girls were second in the conference for the third year in a row. The Rangers got victories from junior Katherine Harrington in the discus (108-9) and junior Meaghan Crowley in the triple jump (33-4).
Senior Hannah Werneth was runner-up in the discus (101-11) and came in fifth in the shot put (35-1.25). Sophomore Emily Curato had the second-best pole vault (8 feet). Crowley was second in the long jump (15-1). Harrington placed third in the shot put (35-2.75). Junior Anna Whitaker finished third in the long jump (15-6), fifth in the triple jump (30-7.25) and seventh in the 100 (13.85). Senior Michaela Campbell was third in the javelin (95-6) and seventh in the discus (91-1). Freshman Jessica Wilson finished third in the 400 (1:04.63). Junior Emily Christensen placed fourth in the 100 (13.51) and seventh in the 200 (29.03). Sophomore Sara Schad was fourth in the 800 (2:31.84). Junior Stella Keck was fourth in the 100 hurdles (17.90) and seventh in the javelin (79-4). Sophomore Maggie Bradley was fifth in the long jump (14-7). Freshman Kaley Sawyer placed sixth in the triple jump (30-3). Senior Bethany Powers came in sixth in the long jump (14-5). Freshman Sarah Fitch placed sixth in the 800 (2:34.89). Sophomore Abby Bonnevie finished seventh in the pole vault (7 feet).
Greely finished second in the 400 (53.16) and 1,600 (4:23.29) relays and third in the 3,200 relay (10:22.40).
"Our girls did some good things," Folan said. "Katherine Harrington had a good day in the discus. Hannah Werneth also. Meaghan Crowley won her first Western Maine Conference title ever. We're really pleased for her."
Falmouth was paced by senior Rachel Brown, who won the 800 (2:23.19) and junior Kate Sparks, who was tops in the shot put (37-00.75).
Sophomore Jenna Serunian came in second in the shot put (36-8.75) and third in the discus (101-1). Senior Rachel Mazerolle was third in the 100 hurdles (17.45). Sophomore Evelyn Perry was fourth in the long jump (14-9.75). Senior Franesca D'Alfonso had the fifth-best time in the 800 (2:32.34). Junior Amy Webster finished fifth in the pole vault (7-6). Sparks finished fifth in the discus (95-4). Sophomore Jena Mannette came in fifth in the 400 (1:07.28). Junior Sarah Abramson was sixth in the racewalk (9:56.20). Sophomore Emily Rand tied for sixth in the 400 (1:09.99). Sophomore Catherine Hebson was seventh in the mile (5:42.66).
The Yachtsmen were fifth in the 3,200 relay (10:45.80) and fifth in the 400 relay (55.34) and seventh in the 1,600 relay (4:43.64).
For NYA, sophomore Hilary Detert won the mile (5:59.74) and the two-mile (13:10.52). Senior Hannah Bewsey won the high jump (5-2) and came in second in the 300 hurdles (50.25). Senior Maeve Stier was second in the long jump (14-7.5) and fourth in the high jump (4-8). Senior Alexandra O'Reilly came in second in the discus (79-11) and third in the javelin (84-00.50). Senior Katie Lentine was third in the discus (77-10) and fourth in the shot put (27-5.25). Sophomore Hadley Gibson finished third in the mile (6:17.74) and fifth in the 800 (2:49.83). Sophomore Maggie Meixell placed fifth in the 300 hurdles (52.35). Sophomore Elsa Marin placed fifth in the triple jump (27-7.5). Senior Lianna Hichborn was fifth in the javelin (77-5). Senior Hilary Gibson was sixth in the pole vault (7-6) and sixth in the 100 (14.21) Senior Jaime Rogers came in sixth in the javelin (75-9). and seventh in the shot put (26-5.5).
The Panthers came in first in the 4x400 relay (4:29.87) and third in the 4x100 relay (55.48).
"The girls are doing great," Mazzurco said. "We're hoping for a top six finish at states."
For Freeport, Kaylon Brown tied for second in the 400 (1:12.06) and seventh in the 800 (2:57.81). Ciera Wentworth came in third in the 100 (13.92) and was also third in the 200 (28.82). Kelly Edwards finished third in the 800 (2:41.81). Bryn Gallagher was fourth in the 300 hurdles (51.96). Ellie Soule finished fourth in the racewalk (10:52.30). Abby Roney was sixth in the 100 hurdles (19,15) and seventh in the 100 (14.22). Cecelia Fisher finished sixth in the mile (6:31.20). Caroline Rowell came in seventh in the mile (6:31.41).
The Falcons were fourth in the 400 relay (56.11) and fourth in the 1,600 relay (4:49.29).
State meet Saturday
The state meets are coming up Saturday.
At the Class B meet, contested at Windham High School, Falmouth's boys have a great shot to repeat, but several other teams, including Greely, are in the hunt. Yarmouth will be in attendance as well.
"Falmouth is loaded," Folan said. "They cover everything. There figures to be anywhere between five and seven teams that could win the state meet next week. All bets are off. It will be interesting."
On the girls' side, Waterville is viewed as the team to beat, but rest assured that Falmouth and Greely will make noise.
"The Waterville girls appear to be the prohibitive favorites and York is tough," Folan said. "We came into the year hoping to be top five and I think we can do that."
The Class C state meet is in Foxcroft, where Freeport will compete and the NYA boys hope to win the title for a fifth consecutive season.
"We're excited for states," Sterling said. "We're not as strong in the throws after losing Sam Fear from last year, but we've picked up points in the hurdles, long jump. We have a great distance group."
"I wouldn't put us as favorites," Mazzurco added. "I'd say Sacopee is the favorite. They looked phenomenal (at the WMC meet). I think we'll be in the mix."
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Fenty asks for apology from detractor, doesn't get it
During Monday night's Ward 8 mayoral forum, a question about senior citizens prompted long-shot Democratic candidate Sulaimon Brown to question whether incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty respected his parents. After the forum, reporters asked Fenty about Brown's perceived low blow.
When Brown (a former Fenty volunteer) originally made the statement, the moderator gave him a chance to respond, and he got emotional while doing so.
"I just want to speak from the heart for a second," Fenty said in his response, which The Washington Post's Mike Debonis explored in-depth. "We've had a lot of debates. I've been attacked a lot by this candidate over here. I've never responded, but I would just ask all of my people running for mayor, all the other candidates who are running, he just said he doesn't know whether I respect my parents. At some point, you all, we're crossing the line. Somebody says that, we don't need to go there in this campaign. I love my parents just like everybody else. To me, that goes over the line."
Fenty later said he thought Brown should apologize. But Brown didn't back down from the statement in an interview today.
"I don't regret saying it," Brown said. "Not one bit."
Brown called back a few minutes after the phone interview ended, saying that he wanted to clarify his remarks.
"The mayor's attempting to view this as if I would go around, to stoop so low as to talk about someone's mother in a campaign, and that's not the case," he said. "And I just want to make that really clear. It was in the form of a question."
Brown kept talking, though.
"I guess it hit home because maybe he doesn't respect his elders," he said.
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Convore is an amazing quick instant messaging platform for groups. It is a web based real time messaging platform hosted on the cloud where you can join in group conversations about any topic that matches your interests. A group can be either public or private and you can create as many topics as you want under each group to talk about several related issues under different chat discussions. It keeps the group clean while serving the purpose in a smarter way.
This platform is open for all and allows you to connect with your friends in Twitter and Facebook. In Convore, you can instantly share photos directly on the chat window by putting the image path which makes the conversation more interesting. An interesting feature of Convore is it lets you put star mark on any conversation. A star lets other people know that you like the information which may be just fun or may contain important or useful information.
Convore saves the entire conversation history in the server and notifies you on every events related to your groups, topics and conversation. So, don't worry while you are offline, you are on right track all the time. It also lets user mention each other on conversations like twitter and can track all your mentions by other. Which might be an important feature to make it a more successful chat network.
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While we spent much of last year reflecting on our past as we celebrated Indiana Campus Compact's 20th anniversary, we also spent time looking forward to the future of civic and community engagement on Indiana's higher education campuses and are continuing that forward movement this year.
We were pleased to learn earlier this year that we have received continued funding from the Lilly Endowment Inc. to support many of the programs that you have come to identify with Indiana Campus Compact including our Faculty Fellows program and the Service Engagement Summit as well as allow us to support some new programs including the Engaged Campus grant which includes funding options for campus wide and departmental initiatives. If you haven't noticed already, we have changed the application process for our grants and moved most of them to a revolving review process to allow you more flexibility in submitting your application.
Before the new school year gets too busy, I recommend taking few a minutes to visit our website and make sure that you are familiar with our upcoming events and new and old grant opportunities . And while you are visiting, don't forget to review this year's award applications. As always, the best way to stay up to date with all of our events, resources, and opportunities is through our eBrief, our website, and our staff . Throughout the year, these will be the best places to get updates about conference speakers and schedules and new resources and opportunities.
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Mountain States Health Alliance has left Wellmont Health System-owned Marsh Regional Blood Center for its blood services in Washington and Johnson counties and enlisted the services of a Chattanooga-based supplier.
MSHA began purchasing blood from Marsh in 2009, as officials from both regional health systems heralded the arrangement as an example of collaboration between the two competing systems.
Effective Sunday, Mountain States took on Blood Assurance, a Chattanooga-based non-profit center, as the exclusive supplier for Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson County Community Hospital and Franklin Woods Community Hospital.
"We are excited to be partnering with Blood Assurance to provide life-saving blood products to patients at MSHA hospitals," David Nicely, president and CEO of MSHA's Washington County facilities, said in a news release issued by Blood Assurance. "As always, our patients are our No. 1 priority, and maintaining a reliable and cost-effective blood supply is an important part of our commitment to providing world-class service to the patients we serve.
"This is especially true at the level 1 trauma center at Johnson City Medical Center, where we must always be prepared for any need that comes through the doors, day or night."
In a written statement released through a spokesman, Wellmont said it had been interested in continuing the relationship between Marsh and the MSHA facilities, as "it proved to be a productive regional partnership that yielded
no service complaints, but Mountain States Health Alliance decided to switch
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many other MSHA facilities and other hospitals in Northeast Tennessee and
Southwest Virginia," the statement read. "Plus, Marsh Regional recently entered into a partnership
with East Tennessee State University athletics in which the sports program will
donate 1,000 units during the next year. We also oversee some of the drives at
ETSU and hold drives at virtually all high schools and colleges in the region."
Blood Assurance officials said donors in Washington and Sullivan Counties can support the needs of the local MSHA hospitals by donating blood with Blood Assurance, which will process and test the blood donations then fulfill the orders from the hospitals based on blood type and specific patient needs.
"Blood Assurance is looking forward to working with donors, civic groups and businesses as we reach a common purpose of impacting lives in Johnson City and the surrounding area," Rick Youngblood, president and CEO of Blood Assurance, said in the news release. "Blood Assurance plans to provide blood for all the Mountain States Health Alliance hospitals over the coming months, allowing us more opportunity to serve the Tri-Cities area."
Youngblood invited the area's blood donors to donate with Blood Assurance and encouraged first-time donors to begin the habit of giving blood every 56 days. When separated into components of platelets, plasma and red cells, each blood donation can benefit up to three patients in need.
Founded in 1972 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Blood Assurance is a non-profit regional blood center supplying blood components to more than 70 hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout five states, including Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Wellmont's statement directed donors wishing to continue with the local blood supplier to Marsh Regional's donor centers at 102 E. Ravine Road, Kingsport, and 1996 W.
State St., Bristol. Marsh also conducts blood drives throughout
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There is no one-size-fits all for teaching or learning and no one company can create the silver bullet alone.
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August 3, 2015
As Simon Cowell leaves the reality-show judge's chair, his old foil, Paula Abdul, is coming back.
CBS said Monday that Abdul will be a judge on "Got to Dance," a competition expected to make it on the air sometime next season. She'll also be an executive producer for the series, which is based on a successful competition that airs in Britain.
Cowell is leaving "American Idol" after this season, concentrating on another show he'll import from England. He had a love-hate relationship with Abdul, who left Fox's top-rated game before the current season when she couldn't reach a deal on a new contract. She's been fielding other offers since then.
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KEPHIS Corporation Secretary Job career in Kenya 2013
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) is a corporate body established through Legal Notice No.305 of 1996 under the State Corporations Act Cap.446.
Its main mandate is to undertake quality control services of agricultural inputs and produce, plant variety protection and plant health.
The Corporation seeks to fill the following position:
Corporation Secretary
The Corporation Secretary will be reporting to the Managing Director for the following duties:
- Providing secretariat services to the Board, including organizing the board meetings, preparing agenda, taking minutes of the proceedings of Board meetings, ensuring timely communication of decisions made for action and ensuring safe custody of the minutes and all legal and title documents.
- Preparing a schedule of Board and committee meetings and coordinating all the activities pertaining to travel, induction programmes among others.
- Advising the board and management on all legal matters, corporate governance issues, and service regulations and policies.
- Ensuring safe custody and appropriate use of the Corporate Seal.
- Ensuring timely compilation of board papers in consultation with the heads of divisions and departments and ensuring their compliance to good corporate governance principles.
- Coordinating and liaising with the external panel of lawyers representing the Corporation in litigation and other judicial processes.
- Interpreting the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and all laws that affect the operations of the Corporation; and ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Coordination and participation in the review of laws and regulations relating to the Corporation.
- Preparing and vetting of contracts and ensuring adherence to the stipulated terms.
- Preparation of board's statements for institutional reports.
- Representing the Corporation alongside other nominees in the Board of Trustees of the Corporation's Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme.
- Supervising, appraising and ensuring development of staff in the department.
- Performing any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Managing Director and the Board.
Key Qualifications, Competencies and Attributes
To qualify for appointment to this position, the applicant must satisfy the following requirements:
- Hold a Bachelors degree in Law from a recognized University.
- Post graduate degree in a relevant field.
- Be an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
- Be a holder of Certified Public Secretaries CPS (K) qualification and a registered member of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya.
- High degree of integrity and honesty.
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication and analytical skills as well as a good understanding of public service regulations and procedures in service delivery.
- Be a team player of integrity, self driven and with ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Have served in a similar position in a reputable organization for at least seven (7) years, four (4) of which must be at senior management level.
How to Apply
Interested and suitably qualified persons should forward their applications enclosing copies of their academic and professional certificates, copy of ID card, detailed CV indicating work experience, current remuneration and employer, daytime telephone contact, names, addresses and e-mail addresses of three (3) referees to the address below and should be received on or before 22 October, 2013.
Managing Director
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Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted.
Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Shortlisted candidates shall be required to produce originals of their National ID, academic and professional certificates and testimonials during the interview.
KEPHIS is an equal opportunity employer.
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A protector, avenger, and warrior angel of God's will.
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The Bedtime Shema is a collection of liturgical texts that Jews recite before going to sleep– including, but not limited to, the traditional Shema prayer. Near the end of this liturgy is a prayer asking God to protect us and guard our souls. How? Through the holy watchers, God's angels, who walk through the night. Specifically, the text names four: "Michael to my right side, Gabriel to my left, Uriel before me, and Raphael to my back."
Of these four angels, Gabriel appears most commonly in Jewish texts. He is one of at least seven archangels, or focal angels, who are known in liturgy and biblical commentary to be the highest or most powerful of the angelic legions. Gabriel's first mention in the Tanakh comes in the Book of Daniel. After Daniel experiences a prophecy, and he does not understand it, Gabriel comes to Daniel (8:16) and interprets the vision for him.
A year later, Gabriel again appears to Daniel (9:27). He tells Daniel that he has "been at war, and [is] going to fight those who remain." Nothing is explained further about this battle or about Gabriel's specific abilities, although he is referenced thereafter in exegetical literature as a warrior and a holy protector.
In the pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch, Gabriel is an avenging angel, sent to incite sinners into war. In the Talmud (Sanhedrin 95b), God sends Gabriel to smite the Assyrians, and Gabriel replies that his sword "has been sharpened since the six days of Creation." In other words, he was in some way created to be an avenging angel.
Most references to Gabriel in traditional literature, including the Talmud and the Bedtime Shema liturgy, depict him as the emissary of God's strength. In fact, the Hebrew name Gavriel, or Gavar El, translates to "God's might" or "God's power." At times he is represented by the element of fire (Talmud Yoma 21b) and at other times, water (Targ. Job 25:2). Regardless, he is always known to be either the absolute strongest or among the strongest of the angels.
Gabriel is also an important figure in other western religions. In Christianity, it is believed that Gabriel came to Mary and foretold the birth of Jesus. Muslims believe that he first led Muhammad to the Qur'an.
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Idyllic Coral Strand Hotel, Seychelles
The contemporary Coral Strand Hotel takes prime location on the famous Beau Vallon Beach offering modern cosy rooms and a fabulous dining experience all in the vicinity of touristic landmarks.
The idyllic hotel stands out with its completely new hotel concept in Seychelles – premium comfort at an affordable price.
Located directly on one of the most pristine beaches on Beau Vallon Bay on the island of Mahé, the contemporary hotel offers affordable luxury in Seychelles. The 165 room hotel comes with attractively equipped rooms, including 140 standard rooms, four junior suites and 21 deluxe rooms.
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Prediction: Apple Computer Corp. will switch to Intel processors within the next 12 to 18 months.
The story starts with January's Intel sales conference. The surprise keynote speaker was Steve Jobs. And then, in the front row of Steve Jobs's keynote address at the last Macworld Expo were top Intel executives. Shortly thereafter, Pixar announced that it would become an Intel shop. That was all step one. Step two is coming.
Apple has been concerned about Motorola dragging its heels in the processor wars and failing to achieve clock speeds that are even half of what AMD and Intel are achieving. Apple has attempted to rationalize clock-speed issues, but the company knows that it cannot do this forever. Worse is the feud between Motorola and Apple, which began after Apple suddenly pulled the plug on the license it gave Motorola to clone the Mac.
Change is good. Apple has a unique ability to get away with changing processors radically. It has used the 6502, then the 68K, and now the PowerPC. Each transition happened almost flawlessly. On the PC side of the fence, no Z-80 maker survived even the transition to the 8080. Apple has also cultivated a fanatical following, who have long since accepted the fact that Apple eschews long-term backward compatibility. The legacy concept does not hold the power over Apple users that it does in the PC universe.
Apple's only concern is cannibalization. It cannot change architectures with a pipeline full of PowerPC products. So expect a slow transition that will start with the high-end workstations. Apple's concern is that Motorola may muddy the situation, so Jobs will have to convince Motorola and customers that the PowerPC will not be phased out but will remain as part of a dual-processor architecture.
Scenario. Apple will announce its Intel initiative by showing a transition machine that uses both the Intel and Motorola processors. "So current Mac owners will not have to worry." This will be a high-end machine optimized to run Photoshop. Apple is adept at creating dual-processor architectures, so this won't be too radical. We've heard rumors of this kind of scenario for some time, under the code name Marklar.
Itanium. What will be radical is the company's choice of processor. Apple will announce its use of the Itanium chip, which can be used in such a multiprocessor design and will become the first desktop use of the chip. The choice of the Itanium is suggested by four factors. First, there is zero evidence that Apple is talking to AMD?and it would if it were staying with the x86 legacy chips. Second, Apple likes to make jazzy announcements in which it claims to be the first or the most aggressive in a market. The Itanium fills the bill perfectly, because Jobs can lord it over current PC makers with all sorts of performance claims.
Third, if Apple optimizes the OS X kernel for the Itanium, the likelihood of the Apple OS being ripped off by normal PC users is nil. And finally, by choosing the Itanium, Apple will have an ally in Intel, who will put its design team to work for Apple and perhaps even invest in the company, knowing AMD is not in the picture.
The Apple switch cannot be just a short-term fix for the megahertz dilemma. Jobs is part of the anti-Microsoft Silicon Valley clique, and despite the fact that Microsoft helped Apple financially, the favor was designed to benefit Microsoft more than Apple. Jobs is a peer of Bill Gates. He sees the numbers Microsoft has racked up. Apple has enough confidence in its hardware designs that it can again risk licensing the Mac OS to the Intel platform. The perfect ploy would be to make an Itanium-only Mac OS with some sort of backward compatibility with Microsoft code. The fact that Apple recently released Keynote as a standalone software product says the company is ready to go after the Microsoft cash cows: Office and Windows.
Timing is everything. Announcing the new architecture in July at the next Macworld Expo would be ideal, since it takes place in the media center, New York City. Whether Apple can actually have a working unit by July is questionable, but Jobs has been known to drive his people hard. Waiting until 2004 is too risky, but that might be the reason Apple is upset about the 2004 Macworld show being moved back to Boston. And consider the fall 2003 possibility: Comdex. Now that would get some attention.
This would be absolutely awesome! 64 Bit chip form Intel, the mother of processors! Looks like I am gonna hold off on getting a PowerMac until this happens.
Just recently I have been doing Mpeg2 encoding, both on my iMac and one of my P4 2Ghz. I can tell you that the iMac is VERY slow in comparison. It might be good for editing images, and cuting and pasting video, but as for being a number cruncher, it fails. This new chip would fix this. And not only would it fix it, it would smoke any P4 on the market. This is definately something I have been waiting for.
Yes, I'm waiting to get a Power Mac as well until either this happens or the 970 comes out...
Wow, that interesting news. Now it is a wait and see game. As the saying goes, only time will tell.
I am interested in the 64bit processor. I believe that the IBM processor should be used to start the change over process, because of the compatibility issues with old applications. That would be the best of both worlds, until all applications are optimized for 64 bit environment.
I want one. B) :D
:o :blink: :huh: :unsure: <_<
why Intel!? they became the ***** CPU long ago... wouldnt AMD be a wiser choice if they are dumping motorola, and they can just choose?
im with rman 64bit :drools:
G4 proccesses data in 128-bit chunks <_<
Wonder why all the MAJOR companies in the world use nothing but Intel. And why most ALL servers are Intel based. You won't find a Compaq DL320 with an AMD chip in there. And that is one of the best servers I've ever worked with.
AMD is the consumer bargain chip. It works, if you wanna surf the net, do some homework, and not break your budget. But if you wanna do real work, number crunching, server based stuff, Intel is definately the way to go.
From my limited experience with Apple, it seems they go after the Audio/Video market very agressively. This would require an Intel chip. AMD wouldn't be able to cut it.
EDIT: The server that this site was hosted on before the one it is on now was an Athlon. Couldn't make it a day without reboot. Replaced the RAM 3 times, did OS restores twice, and it still was not stable at all. Just remember this. We use an Intel chip now, and the uptime is only reset by us having to do manual reboots because of user error. Which isn't very often :)
i have any opinion on "PC" CPUs other then i know that AMD has higher performence then Intels at the same MHz. so im not going to argue that, I think apple should keep G4s
i don't have a cling to the hardware that mac uses, I could careless as long as they use what is best for the SOFTWARE.
they will make the best choice. I like mac because of the software above all other things. i could live with the hardware of a pc and the software of a mac.
Intel is just a hardware creator.
Why would AMD be the better choice?
so we can get back on the topic
Stating that you know that AMD has higher performance than Intel is anything but backing your statement up.
second: my only statement is "apple should stay with G4s(motorola)"
if you dont think Intel is a ***** CPU then you havnt seen years of apple adds which said they-are-better
Ok, ok guys, play nice! Let's keep this forum for news and comments and move the "My CPU is better than your's" to a more appropriate place ;)
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POLL: What are you up to this weekend?
Posted: June 20, 2014|
The weather is set to be dry and sunny with some cloud this weekend and with England being on the verge of leaving the 2014 World Cup, we're wondering what you'll be doing to make the most of the weather and help distract those that have been left devastated by our fresh 2-1 defeat to Uruguay.
There's so much to do in the West Midlands, with huge attractions like Alton Towers and Cadbury World close by, so there's no excuse to be missing out on a dose of Vitamin D from the Great British summer sunshine.
Take a look at our What's On section to find out about and search for local events. If music is more your thing then browse our Music section filled with the latest news and reviews, we also have a Film , Comedy , Theatre and Eating out section so click the links if those are of interest to you.