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Below is in article written by our staff to better explain What is Structural Engineering. Enjoy! And please, ask us questions if you have any. Contact us.
We have noticed that one of the most popular sites of the Internet, Wikipedia, has an amount of incorrect information about the world of Structural Engineering, Structural Engineers, and Structures… not to mention that Wikipedia makes everything seem is so complicated (and by the way, Wikipedia quotes United Kingdom requirements for being a Structural Engineer, which are completely different from the requirements in the USA).
So in this article we'll try in a very clear, concise, and simple way to answer most common questions and basic topics of Structural Engineering in the USA (especially in San Antonio and Austin, Texas) and we'll also give you some good pointers on when and how to hire a Structural Engineer for any type of Structure.
2. From Architects to Civil Engineers
3. From Civil Engineering to Structural Engineering
4. Education to become a Structural Engineer
5. Professional Licensing requirements for Structural Engineers
6. Types of Structural Engineering Licenses
7. What's the difference between Architects and Structural Engineers
8. What does a Structural Engineer do?
9. How to choose a good Structural Engineer
10. Structural Engineering In San Antonio Texas
We won't get too much into the History, but originally there was no such thing as Engineering as a title or profession. In the beginning, the Architect was in charge of the Engineering, but mind you, there was not a lot of science behind building huge columns and arches, and there was no air conditioning, no pipes, no sewer, etc. As civilization and people started to evolve, so did technology. It eventually became too difficult to master all the sciences and Engineering became its own science.
In terms of Structural Engineering, building Structures became taller given greater consideration to wind loads and earthquake loads, the spans between columns became longer thus using arches was not longer economical (and sometimes not even buildable), and as the new materials started to get discovered and utilized, spans kept on getting longer and buildings kept of getting taller.
Eventually, an Architect had to have a Engineering knowledge of the behavior of different materials and Structures, such as concrete, iron, steel, wood, etc. The Structural behavior of materials, Structural components of buildings, and the overall Structural stability became a science – buildings and bridges were not simple any longer. Architects could no longer keep up with the advances in the area of Structural engineering.
But that's not how Structural Engineering became its own profession. When the architects couldn't keep up with learning the sciences of the various trades (Structural, Mechanical, etc.), then various "general" Engineering professions came to live, such as Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc.
So, Civil Engineering became the Engineering in charge of Structures and Structural design. Civil Engineering also became in charge of highway design, hydraulics and hydrology, surveying, geotechnical analysis, environmental engineering, etc.
Fast forward to today and… it all gets a bit complicated. You see, if you want to become a Structural Engineer, then you go to college to get a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering. The same is true if you want to become an Environmental Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer, Transportation Engineer, and… also a Civil Engineer.
As time as gone by, even Civil Engineers couldn't keep up with the advances in science regarding materials, building techniques, engineering practices, changing Structures, dynamic Structures, etc.
So in a construction project nowadays, there are different trades other than a Building Engineer. If you're constructing a building, then the first thing will be to figure out where to put the parking, how big to make it, where to place the drive ways, where take the rain water, and sewers, and determine the grading of the property for proper drainage and for that you hire a civil engineer.
Then you'll need to know how good the soils are so that you can Engineer your foundation, and for that you get a Geotechnical Engineer. Engineering must be done to determine the size of Structural pieces within the Structure such as beams, columns, foundations, retaining walls, etc., and for that you'll need to hire a structural engineer.
So, as far as building structures, the professionals have divided themselves into experts that are very knowledgeable in a specific area, Structural Engineers being one of those areas.
Education of a Structural Engineer
In terms of education nowadays you get a bachelor's of science in civil engineering, but, most Engineering schools offer classes within civil Engineering that are purely geotechnical, or environmental, etc. In fact, even the Master's and Ph.D degree programs offer classes specifically in the area of one's choice, and Structural Engineering is one of those choices.
Once you graduate from an Accredited Engineering school, such as for example the University of Texas, then you must take an exam called the Fundamental of Engineering exam (FE Exam). This is a standard exam throughout all of the states in the United States, which tests a recent engineering graduate "book" knowledge. This exam is broken into two halves and only a half is specific to the bachelors, not the profession the recent graduate will choose. So, Civil Engineers will be tested on all sorts of engineering matters including hydrology, geotechnical, bridge design, etc. Passing this exam will give you the title "Engineer-in-training" (EIT).
After 4 years of experience following passing the FE exam (or 3 years of experience after a Master's or 2 years of experience after a Ph.D), then the candidate can apply to take the license exam. There are 2 different types of licenses that you can get if you're a Structural engineer. One is the Professional Engineer (PE) license; when taking the exam for the PE license, you can choose the specific exam you'd like to take, you can still take the Civil Engineering exam which will question you on general topics of all civil engineering, including a more concentrated structural engineering version.
Within the PE license exam you can also choose to take the Structural I exam, which is nothing but Structural questions. The pass rate in Texas for the Civil Engineering PE exam is usually about 65% whereas the pass rate for the Structural I exam is usually about 20% (not a typo). Since the state of Texas (and many other states) do not require a specific type of license, then many Structural Engineers who cannot pass the Structural Exam will take the Civil Exam, with the structural concentration in the second half of the exam.
The Structural I exam is no longer being offered as of April 2011. So, if you want to get a PE license by taking nothing but structural questions, then you're required to take the Structural PE exam, which is a 2-day (16-hr) exam. In states where there are specific licensing requirements, Passing the Structural Exam will give you the second type of license which is S.E., Structural Engineer. Some states don't let you take the Structural Exam unless you've passed the PE exam first.
The questions in either the PE or SE exams will be regarding either building Structures or bridge Structures. So, when Wikipedia says that a Structural Engineer designs planes it must be completely not true because the exams that license you to practice structural engineering do not ask you any questions about airplanes.
People always ask what is the difference between Architects and Structural Engineers. As we have previously pointed out, Architects no longer do Engineering (they haven't done Engineering for over 100 years). The short answer is, the Architect makes the building look pretty and functional, while the structural engineer makes it stand up. Architects and Engineers are completely different, Architects being very artistic while the Structural Engineers are very mathematical. An inside joke is that Architects make the building nice and expensive while the Engineers make the building ugly but economical.
Now we come to the end of this article, where we will try give you advice on when to generally involve a Structural Engineer and how to know which Structural Engineer to use
Like any other type of Engineering, Structural Engineers do a lot of number crunching. First, they try to find a solution that is safe but also economical, which many times means is must be buildable. The main subject is physics, specifically Statics (not to be confused with statistics), but there is some dynamics as well (for example, in determining impact loads, or vehicle loads). The study of physics is also complemented by the study of behavior of materials, such as steel, concrete, wood, etc.
In a building, the Structural Engineer would design the structural components of the building as well as the overall stability of the Building. Some of these components are beams, columns, floors, roof, walls, footings/piers. Structural Engineers also design bridges, retaining walls, houses, etc. and they of course inspect everything they design.
From what you've read within this article, I think it's clear to know the difference between those who claim to be Structural Engineers and those who actually are licensed to practice structural engineering. If you check a structural engineering firm or company, make sure that at least one person in that engineering company has a license to practice Structural Engineering. It would be normal for many people within a Structural Engineering company to be licensed as civil engineers but be knowledgeable in Structural engineering, but it would be not normal to find nobody licensed to practice Structural engineering in an engineering firm or company.
In other words, if you don't find any licensed Structural Engineers in a company, chances are that company's primary business and area of expertise is not structural engineering. In Texas, you can go to the Texas Board of professional engineers and look up any professional engineer within a company and find out what kind of license a claimed Structural Engineer has. Here in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, you will be surprised to find out that there are many licensed mechanical engineers who claim to be Structural Engineers! Both types of trades have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
You should also be careful about engineering firms that offer services in several areas of Engineering. San Antonio and Austin are those towns where some companies that primarily do civil engineering and even mechanical engineering claim to be doing also Structural Engineering. In San Antonio and Austin, many of the civil engineering firms who do residential work and claim to be Structural Engineers are in fact not Structural Engineers. Don't take our word for it, look them up in the TBPE and find out how many Structural Engineers they have on board, then call these companies and ask them how many of their staff do Structural Engineering and how many do civil engineering. If they tell you that all engineers do both Structural and civil, then run! If they tell you that 80% does civil and 20% does structural then that's usually bad sign as well.
Don't think because someone claims having 30 years of experience in Structural Engineering that they are better than the Engineering firms who only have 15 years of experience. Imagine that you paint your house every year, and you always do a terrible job at it, and you've been doing it for 20 years; would you say that having 20 years of terrible experience as a painter makes you a better painter? No, if you have been doing something wrong for the last 20 years, you cannot claim experience as something positive. The same is true for Structural Engineering firms.
Structural Engineers who come from a commercial design background will usually have a better grasp at residential side of business because they are more familiar with all the codes and requirements. The reason is because Structural Engineering for commercial work is almost always required by the government and strict quality control is made during construction, whereas in the residential work no body will check that the designer is abiding by the codes (and that is why you get a lot of Engineers not licensed in Structural Engineering doing houses and residential work, because no one can say that they are not abiding by the building code).
Structural Engineers in San Antonio and Austin are an interesting breed because San Antonio and Austin, unlike other towns in Texas, is at the forefront of tilt-up wall panel construction. While most structural engineers in San Antonio do not design wall panels, there's a good number who do and have become experts in the field, even across Texas and the United States. San Antonio and Austin probably have more wall panel buildings per capita than any other town in Texas and maybe the United States.
Another thing that makes Structural Engineers in San Antonio and Austin different than in other places is the unique types of soils native to the region. San Antonio and Austin are famous among geotechnical engineers for the very bad type of soils: expansive fat clays. Expansive clay soils present a unique kind of problems for foundations and structural engineers not familiar with these soils in San Antonio or Austin could potentially design the wrong foundation (although we should say, many structural engineers in San Antonio and Austin still don't know how to design an acceptable foundation).
Structural Engineers in San Antonio and Austin (as well as across Texas) are also very well versed in the design of concrete buildings, especially pre-cast concrete. In San Antonio, with so many quarries, concrete is a very inexpensive construction material.
Many Austin and San Antonio Structural Engineers are also knowledgeable in high wind speed designs because San Antonio and Austin are close enough to the coast of Texas which makes hiring Austin and San Antonio Engineers a feasible possibility.
To be fair, there are some things that Austin and San Antonio Structural Engineers aren't very familiar with. One such thing is seismic (earthquake) design. The reason is that Most of Texas, and especially San Antonio has almost zero probability of having even the least of the earthquakes.
When do you get a Structural Engineer? Many contractors, home builders, and especially foundation repair companies will have you believe that you don't need a Structural Engineer. This is because many dishonest companies will more than likely try to sell you something you don't need and the structural engineer (if hired by you) will more than likely disagree with them. Many foundation repair companies out there will have you believe that you have Structural Foundation problems in every crack of your house and will try to sell you something you don't need. The truth is, the Structural Engineer is on your side, he is your consultant. If you're trying to save the few hundred bucks for a consulting fee, consider that the he may save you thousands of dollars in products you didn't need to buy in the first place.
And for more on where do you need a Structural Engineer in San Antonio, just click Structural Engineer San Antonio. or for Structural Engineers in Austin click Structural Engineer Austin.
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West Knox mom bided time for baby girl from Ethiopia
This is the first Mother's Day Cortney Blackston celebrates as the mother of four.
There's Daniel, 8, the firstborn of Cortney and husband Matthew Blackston. The second-grader takes his protective big brother role seriously, often ensuring his next two younger siblings aren't afraid at the bedtime dark.
There's 7-year-old Kate, the strong-willed, nurturing first-grader. The girl with a drama queen streak holds her own as the middle sister between brothers. And there's Micah, a 3 ½-year-old tumbling whirlwind of physical activity whose wide, contagious smile expresses his attitude on life.
The last of the Blackstons' biological children, Micah is now a big brother, too. Cortney and Matthew flew home in February with their fourth child, a baby named Ribka Evelyn adopted from Ethiopia. When she landed at McGhee Tyson Airport with her parents that night, the then almost six-month-old wore a pink T-shirt reading "I'm Home." Daniel, Kate and Micah were among family and friends welcoming their sister.
Three months later the Blackston home in West Knoxville has settled into joyful, organized chaos. Today Ribka turns nine months old. "She is just so stinking cute," says her mother. Parenting four children ages 8 and younger means a house filled with toys, books, running feet and children's laughing voices. "It's crazy sometimes," says Cortney. Her voice takes a hint of wondering disbelief. "I wake up some mornings and say to myself, 'I have four kids.'"
Ribka's first months home were mostly happy but also tiring and sometimes tough. "I think she's doing great now," says Cortney, bouncing the laughing, round-faced baby on her knees. For a time, Ribka was ill with a urinary tract infection. Her parents also focus on her emotional security, ensuring they bond with her and she attaches to them. That means they were always the ones holding, comforting, caring for her in her first months home. The approach advised by adoption authorities is needed in parenting a former orphan.
When Daniel, Kate and Micah were babies, it was simple. They wanted their mother. For her first 10 to 14 days with the family Ribka, says Cortney, "could not have cared less. I could lay her down and if she wasn't hungry or tired, she could not have cared if I picked her up.
"Now she does not want to be put down. I feel like she learned quickly, 'This is my mom and she will hold me if I cry.' Which is exactly what we want. I think it's a natural progression of making her feel secure with us so that she can go out into the world and feel secure," says Cortney. "She cries when she's tired. But as long as she gets rest she's a happy baby."
Each of her siblings makes Ribka belly laugh. Micah is the hands-on hugger. "She likes to kiss me," he says. Kate helps give her sister a bath or bottle and assists in changing diapers. She listens to Ribka babble as if she understands each word. Daniel cannot stand to see his youngest sister unhappy. When Ribka fussed because she didn't want to rest on her tummy, he quickly moved to turn her over. "For the past of my life I've only had biological siblings," says Daniel. "This has been a big change to that. It's reallllly been fun."
Bringing Ribka home came after nearly two years of preparation and waiting. Adoption was always a possibility for the Blackstons, and in early 2010 the time seemed right to start the process. They explored adopting a child locally and talked to an area organization to learn more. They planned to adopt a biracial or African American child.
For Cortney the call was deep in her heart, a pull placed by God. "I really felt like this was in our life plan. This was really on my heart, and I just said, 'Lord, I'm going to commit to praying about this daily and see what you say. You may say 'no.' But I felt like when I really opened my heart up to that there were a million people that suddenly came into my life who had adopted kids."
She got the feeling they should adopt two children. That urge was underscored when Kate brought her mother a picture she'd drawn of an adult with two children. Cortney asked if the drawing was of her with Kate and one of her brothers. No, Kate said, the picture showed Jesus with two children "somewhere out there that he wants to come to him."
Matthew needed a little longer to process adopting. "I was thinking, 'This sounds like a lot of work and a lot of money,' " he recalls. One Sunday at their church, Redeemer Church of Knoxville, then fellow member Mike Hamilton spoke. The then University of Tennessee athletic director told of the three Ethiopian children he and wife, Beth, adopted and the number of orphans there.
"When he was talking I was thinking, 'There is some kid out there who is not going to have a family,' says Matthew. "There's a lot of them and we don't pretend we are going to solve the whole problem. But there is one kid we can help and one kid we can give some love and nurturing, give parents and siblings and hopefully a healthy and secure household to grow up in.' "
Says Cortney: "I'm sitting there crying, and he (Matthew) kind of leaned over and whispered, "We're going to do this.' And I was like, 'Amen. I kind of already knew that. I was just waiting for him.' "
They started the process to adopt an Ethiopian child. It'd be months of paperwork, fingerprinting, interviews, training and waiting. Friends with adoptive children gave them practical advice and emotional support. They found a community of families with adopted Ethiopian children for their future child and them to connect with.
The international adoption would cost an estimated $30,000. They began saving, took out a loan and sent a letter that brought donations from family and friends. They sold 90 orange T-shirts imprinted with Hosea's "For In You The Fatherless Find Compassion" inside an outline of Africa. Friends gave them items, filling their garage, for a yard sale that raised about $1,700. Strangers, knowing the sale was to help them bring a child home, gave a $20 bill for a $1 item.
They were on the wait list 17 months before they got the October 2011 call there was a baby who could be their daughter. For Cortney the months waiting grew "really emotionally taxing. At the same time we have three other kids and we have to continue to be present for them and be mom and dad and husband and wife and friend. But it's hard to take your mind off that little girl you are working toward that you haven't seen yet, don't even know exists yet. Even when she does exist things could fall apart at any time. It's such a risk for your heart."
Just before Christmas 2011, Cortney and Matthew flew to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to meet Ribka and go to Ethiopian court to have the adoption approved. But they had to leave her there until February while the U.S. Embassy approved the paperwork for her to come to America.
Now "there are definitely days when it's overwhelming. But for the most part it's just awesome,' says Cortney. The Blackstons share parenting duties when Matthew, a nuclear physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, gets home. At least once or twice a week the grown-ups take a few minutes to reconnect after the children are asleep. "We have to be intentional, as exhausted as we are, as dirty as the house is, to sit down and say, 'How you doing?' " says Cortney.
They recognize adoption means both joy and grief. "Adoption is not how God intends families to be set up. She has a great loss; her birth mother has a real loss," says Cortney. "I feel like it's been such a privilege and will continue to be a privilege for me to walk through her healing process of what has been broken and lost in her life. … And I feel like I have family in Ethiopia now. I want her to know her birth mother is part of who we are and we will talk about her and pray for her."
This now international family is incorporating Ethiopian culture in their lives. They bought Ethiopian art to hang, play Ethiopian music and are learning to cook Ethiopian food. In Ethiopia, the Blackstons bought items from small wooden animals to jewelry they'll give Ribka on birthdays, graduation or other special occasions. They've thought about one day taking her to visit her native country. At some point through proper channels they'd like to make contact with members of her birth family.
"People say things like, 'Oh she is so lucky to be in America.' And I think that's true …. But I want her to know that the country she is from is a great country too, and they are great people," says Matthew. "We don't want her to think that by coming into our family she has to check her heritage at the door."
Maybe there's another adopted child in their future. Kate's picture from 2010 still hangs in the kitchen. If they adopt again, Cortney says it'd be four to five years from now and would be an older child who'd be younger than Ribka. "I don't know if he's on board yet," she says of her husband. "But I am praying him into it.
"There has been so much joy in this girl," says Cortney of her fourth child. "Just the joy of bringing her into our family. Yes, we have done her a service, I guess, by giving her a family and giving her a home. But I just feel like the blessing has been hugely ours."


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l DESK coNsTUcTIoN Filed Sept. 18, 1936 Is "T I,
'III'I'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 22, 1939 UNITED STATES DESK CONSTRUCTION Samuel S. Stephenson,
to The 0. M. Edwards New York, N. Y., assignor Company, Inc., Syracuse,
N. Y., a corporation of New York Application September 18, 1936, Serial No. 101,482
1 Claim.
This invention relates to desks wherein the desk top can be raised and lowered and is guided in its movement by links below the desk top and preferably links having a parallelogram action,
and has for its object an arrangement of a spring or springsacting on a link or links. to counterbalance the desk top, by which the spring is readily removable and replaceable.
It further has for its object the arrangement of a coiled counterbalancing spring on a stud coaxial with one of the pivotal connections of one of the links and located on the outer side of the link, so that the spring can be readily sleeved on and 01T the stud and anchored to the link and to a part, as the desk top.
The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.
In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.
Figure l is a fragmentary sectional view taken on a plane extending from the front to the rear of the desk construction.
Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the plane of line 2-2, Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the plane of line 3-3, Figure 2.
I designates the body of the desk, which may be of any suitable form, size and construction, it being here shown as of a sheet metal construction including hollow legs 2 and a sheeting 3 connecting them.
4 is a receptacle supported in the upper part of the body and open at its top.
5 designates a desk top or movable desk top section, and 6 a permanent top section covering the rear portion of the receptacle. The sections 5 and 6 are Valso formed up of sheet metal with suitable top coverings 1 and 8.
The means for guiding the movable top section 5 into and out of closed position comprises a pair of links 9 and I0, there being a pair on each side of the desk top 5.' The links are pivoted at like ends at I I and I2 to the body or within the receptacle and at their outer ends at I3 and I4 to lugs I5 depending from the side margins of the desk top 5. The links are normally arranged in a lying down position and movable to an upright or standing position, when the desk is open, and are so arranged as to have a parallelogram action, and also an over-the-center action, when standing in upright position, that is, when in upright position their upper ends move to the rear side of a vertical plane containing the pivotal axes II and I2. The links 9 and I0 on one side of the body are coupled to the corresponding links on the other side, by means which cause them to swing with minimum differential movement. As seen in Figure 2, the links 9 are connected together by a rod or tube 98L xed at each end to one of the links 9 and at its other end to the other link 9. The ends of this rod or tubeform a pivotal joint I3 in lugs I5 and the rod or tube forms a rigid connection between the two links 9. Likewise, a similar tube Il)a forms a rigid connection between the links' I0.
Suitable means are provided for limiting the relative movement of the links of the desk top, when the desk top is open, and, as here shown, the links 9 and I0 are provided with angularly extending shoulders or projections I 6 and I1 at their upper ends, which'engage the lower surface of the desk top, when the desk top is open, and hence limit the opening movement of the desk top, these angular arms or stops having such angularity as to limit the relative movement of the links and the desk top when the links have reached the over-center position.
As thus far described, the construction is substantially the same as in my pending application, Serial No. 50,301, led November 18, 1935.
This invention relates to an arrangement of spring means for counterbalancing the desk top, so that it will close and open without Violent action or reaction.
As seen in Figure 2, 2I designates a spring anchored at one end to the desk top and acting at its other end on one of the links 9 and through the rod 9a acting on the other link 9, as the tube 9a is rigid with both links, butpreferably, there are two springs 2| at each end of the rod 9a.
In the construction shown in Figure 2, the springs 2| are coiled about opposite end portions of the rod 9a and each has a radial arm 22 at its outer end pressing upwardly against the desk top, and a similar radial arm 23 at its other end pressing against the link 9. The end portions of the rod 9a extend outward beyond the links 9 and the lugs I5 form studs around which the springs are coiled. 'I'he links 9 are here shown as offset inwardly, as shown in Figure 2, from the side of the receptacle, in order to provide a space between them and the outer ends of the rod for the coiled springs. The springs can be readily removed and replaced by sleeving them 01T and on the studs.V One of the arms 22, 23 interlocks with the part against which it presses,
and as here shown, the arm 23 is shaped at 24 to interlock with the link 9, The ends of the studs are opposed to the inner faces of marginal beads 25 on the desk top section 5 and hence the bead 25 obstructs the axial movement of the spring, when placing it on, or removing it from the stud. In order to facilitate the removal and replacing of the spring, each lug l in which the tube or rod 9a is mounted, is formed with a removable bearing section 26 held assembled with the lug, by screws 21. Upon removing the screw 21, the bearing section 2% can be displaced and the adjacent end of the rod or tube 9a detached from the lug l5 far enough to permit. the end of the rod or tube 9a to clear the bead 25, so that Vthe spring can be sleeved on or off the end or stud portion of the rod or tube 9a.
The springs are tensioned to substantially counterbalance the desk top, so that approximately all the force required to open and close the desk is a force required to start it in motion and keep it in motion, so that the desk does-not develop such momentum in either opening or closing. Owing to the arrangement of the springs, they can be readily removed and replaced, if broken.
What I claim isf In a desk, the combination with a suitable body having a desk top movable from closed position upwardly, means for guiding the desk top during its opening and closing movement including links pivoted at like ends to each side of the desk top and at their opposite ends to the body, a rod rigidly connecting the link at one side of the desk to the corresponding link on the opposite side of the desk and extending through said link with its end portions extending beyond the outer sides of the links, each end portion forming a pivotal connection with the desk top, the desk top having bearings on the under side thereof through Which each end portion extends; coiled torsion springs mounted on the projecting ends of the rod and having the portions thereof pressing against the desk top and the adjacent links, the desk top being formed With marginal thickened portions on the under side thereof and the ends of the rod being opposed to the inner faces of said thickened portions, to normally prevent endwise movement of the springs off said projecting end portions said bearings being split and including removable sections operable out of operative position to open the bearings for permitting displacement of the rod and the projecting end portions thereof out of aline'ment With said thickened portions to make the springs accessible for removal and replacement.
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OS X users digging through today's beta update to the system have discovered what appears to be a reference to an as-of-yet unannounced version of the iMac. The model, dubbed iMac 15,1 could be shown off next week at Apple's WWDC conference, where we've heard that there will likely be some new hardware announcements.
More specifically, the following lines were added to a power management file in the new beta:
Mac-81E3E92DD6088272.plist / iMac15,1 (IGPU only)
Mac-42FD25EABCABB274.plist / iMac15,n (IGPU/GFX0/Apple display with id 0xAE03)
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The 15,1 designation refers to a model that doesn't exist yet (as the current-generation iMacs are designated 14,1 and 14,2 based on display size). Whether we'll see any other hardware at next week's conference is still unknown, but there don't seem to be any other unreleased models included in the 10.9.4 update.
The fact that the machine is included here means that it will likley see a release soon, possibly even the same day as the WWDC keynote. As usual, we'll have live coverage of the WWDC keynote and all of Apple's announcements on June 2nd.
Update: It appears that today's 10.9.4 beta has been pulled from the Mac Dev Center.
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Hmm… can't wait to see what the new models have in store.
a new hat
Here's hoping that a new retina Thunderbolt display and a new Mac Mini will be announced.
I bet this update will slow down the older mac-s and then you gonna thinking to buy a new one.
Stop telling BS. My 7yo Mac runs Mavericks. And that's great.
Well, they must have put it back, because the update is available again in the Dev Center
The "n" is interesting. I don't remember them using that nomenclature before.
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the 12′ iOS device that has been rumoured is actually this computer. it's a small iOS based desktop. a futuristic iMac that "kneels" so that you don't get arm strain from touch computing, but bobs back up again when you need it to.
They never pulled it. It just took a while longer for it to appear in the mac dev center. There are direct links to it in apple's developer forums. The links would have changed if they pulled it and put it back later. But those links never changed which indicates that it was NEVER pulled!


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by Pastor Jim Feeney, Ph.D.
[vs. 5] If you approach the house of the Lord as above —
[vs. 6] "Then," anchored and rooted in God's house —
We invite you to read our related sermon outline entitled The House of God Is Christ's Church.
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Warmer UK weather impacts on British Gas profits
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, reported on Thursday that the UK energy supplier's residential supply operating profit declined by 26% to GBP265m in the first half of 2014, as a result of higher weather temperatures in Britain this year. […]
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British Gas, the largest energy supplier in the UK, announced today that its domestic customers will be paying an extra 9.2% on their dual-fuel bills from 23 November
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National Grid completes disposal of New Hampshire distribution business
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I saw Vermont State Police on patrol in The Valley following Hurricane Irene and then read that the sheriff's department was also on the job in The Valley. A feeling of safety and security is an important aspect of recovery from any disaster. Law and order help us to maintain a feeling that part of our lives has not been destroyed in this natural disaster.
The police presence serves to show would-be looters and others who would
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ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, a Chipotle spin-off, opening in D.C. any day now
How long was your wait the last time you went to Chipotle? Now quadruple it; that's probably how long the line will be when Chipotle's new spin-off restaurant, ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, opens in Dupont Circle. The storefront is covered in newspaper right now, and the company is trying to minimize hype, but new details are leaking out.
The restaurant will open "within days," Forbes reports.
The food will feature a mix of meats and fresh vegetables served in a bowl with spicy sauces and aromatic herbs. The flavors will be a blend of Thai, Vietnamese, and Malaysian. The style will be 'fast casual': Customers move along a cafeteria-style line, with servers behind the counter customizing each meal. You can sit down and eat — there's room for roughly 40 — or take out your meal.
In other words, it'll be just like Chipotle, but with Asian food. Considering this town's (inexplicable) addiction to that chain, and its (inexplicable) love of queueing for new restaurants, you'd best wait a month or two before venturing into ShopHouse.
UPDATE: Eater has uncovered some photos Chipotle probably didn't want you to see.
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Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! Today we've got apps that add music to your movement, delight to your RSS reading, and depth to your BBM contact list!
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The only update that I noticed in KiK was the update to the Privacy Policy and the ability to share websites.
I can also browse websites inside the app too.
Thanks, added!
The contact view on BBM has changed too.
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*Updated user i/f
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* Other minor improvements
And all of a sudden, so many updated in a day.. Seems, Apple's approval team was taking a nap and suddenly they woke up and approved a pile of updates! lol
Beats update seems to have fixed the battery issue. Very happy for that. It's not making my iPhone 5S run hot either. If this has been an issue for anyone, I recommend updating now!
Google Wallet also added notifications when near a merchant with a saved loyalty program.
NYTimes update fixed the "content refresh" bug.
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The only gas station alongside Central Park North is now boarded up, as plans to fill its site on 110th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard with a housing and retail development move forward.
While some residents believe that the development on the site of a former BP gas station, which closed in 2013, will benefit the area, others felt that they were not properly consulted about their views on the project before a developer was chosen.
Last month, New York City's Economic Development Corporation chose Artimus Construction to take control of the development, after a lawsuit from Carmie Elmore, the former owner of the gas station at the location, to stop the development was dismissed. Elmore declined to comment for this story.
The proposed development will be made up of 80 percent market-rate apartments and 20 percent affordable housing units , which, according to EDC spokesperson Ian Fried, is in line with the needs of the community.
"Artimus was selected based on its ability to meet the goals set out by the Request For Proposal, which includes affordable housing and a community facility space," Fried told Spectator.
Melvin Christian, who chairs the housing committee for Community Board 10, said that the development is potentially beneficial for the area.
"It's in line with most of the changes that are happening in the community," he said, adding that the development could generate business for local stores by attracting more customers.
Jeff George, an eight-year resident of the neighborhood, said that the development could also increase the property value of the surrounding apartments.
"It's a natural thing to happen to any neighborhood," George said.
Anne Simmons, who lives across the street from the development and is a member of the Friends of Frederick Douglass Circle, thought the proposed building was a long-time coming.
"The feeling that we had in our building was, this was supposed to happen 25 years ago," she said.
But not all residents are as hopeful about the development's possible benefits to the neighborhood.
Valerie Jackson, a West Harlem resident for the last 25 years, connected the development to the increasing gentrification Harlem has seen in recent years.
"It's displacing people who are living here for years," Jackson said. "It's not going to be housing for people who've lived in the community as long as I have."
Helen Arnold, who has lived on Frederick Douglass for 25 years, also expressed her concern that Artimus wouldn't begin making progress on the development for a while and that the site would remain underdeveloped.
"How long is it going to sit like that?" Arnold said of the shuttered gas station.
Simmons said that Artimus has not made progress on the St. Thomas the Apostle Church lot on 118th Street, to which it won development rights in 2012 for $6 million after the church closed in 2003. She noted that this site "has been an ongoing problem for the people living next to it because it's unsecured."
Artimus has erected a fence around the plot on 110th and Frederick Douglass, but according to Simmons, there is not yet lighting at the site.
"It's a little odd that Artimus has this other lot that's been vacant for three years and hasn't been developed," said Simmons. "I'm hoping that they did their homework," she added, referring to the EDC's decision to name Artimus the developer of the property.
Dianne Pobuda, president of Friends of Frederick Douglass Circle, said that while she supported the overall project, she was frustrated that the EDC did not reach out to community members during the decision-making process.
"I'm a little disappointed that they didn't let us get involved with the selection of the contractor, which we thought they were going to," Pobuda said.
In the meantime, some residents are already looking back on the site with nostalgia.
"It was festive—kind of like a meeting place for people, like the cab drivers who live in this community," Jackson said.
"It's okay to change—change is important—but you have to keep the old and embrace the new," she added.


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Late last month, the White House notified Congress that it planned to begin negotiating a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the European Union. Talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership are expected to begin in June—and that's when the House Energy and Commerce Committee will step up its involvement.
In February, White House Deputy National Security Adviser Michael Froman told Bloomberg TV that "everything is on the table" in the trans-Atlantic trade talks. Because tariffs—under the jurisdiction of the House Ways and Means Committee—between the countries are already low, negotiations are expected to focus on the divergent regulations in the U.S. and E.U., as well as security and consumer protection.
That falls under the broad jurisdiction of Energy and Commerce, whose members oversee food and drug safety, consumer protection, and environmental-quality issues—all topics expected to arise during trade talks with the European Union.
The office of the U.S. Trade Representative will also consult with the committee as the TTIP is negotiated (the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will take the lead on those issues), and it will brief lawmakers' offices upon request. It is safe to expect oversight from the committee as well as its members providing direct feedback to the USTR.
Supporters of a trade deal on both sides of the Atlantic tout the agreement as a way to pump new energy into the post-financial-crisis economies of the United States and Europe. The Obama administration estimates that the partnership could create 13 million U.S. and European jobs.
But consumer-advocacy groups and others fear that as the U.S. and E.U. strive to "harmonize" their regulations as part of the deal, they will move toward the lowest common denominator, stripping away regulations related to food safety, chemicals, and the environment in Europe and to drug safety and the financial sector in America. Democrats such as Rep. Jan Schakowsky, the ranking member on the subcommittee, have advocated strong consumer protections and are expected to continue to support that position as talks advance.
Some are skeptical that the White House and European leaders can meet the ambitious goal set by the E.U. of finalizing a TTIP deal by 2014. Claude Barfield, a former consultant to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and currently a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, argues that the long U.S.-E.U. history of trying to achieve some regulatory convergence leaves little hope for a major breakthrough in the next year and a half. That's especially true because the 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership is supposed to be finalized this year, taking resources away from the trans-Atlantic talks.
The committee is therefore likely to be talking about a potential trade deal with Europe for some time.
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The trailer for Roland Emmerich's much anticipated film about the legendary Stonewall riots has just been released … and it's looks amazing.
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Pride March Adelaide are holding an exclusive fundraiser preview of the new Aussie film Holding the Man.
POSTED ON // Tuesday, 04 August 2015
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The first photos have surfaced online of Academy award winner Eddie Redmayne in his new role as Lile Elbe, the infamous Danish painter who was one of the first trans women to undergo gender reassignment surgery way back in 1930.
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Sydney Festival will launches its 40th anniversary year with two great works of art - a special early October season of Desdemona, based on Shakespeare's Othello, and Festival theatre highlight Woyzeck, a stage adaptation of Georg Büchner's eponymous play by American musicians Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, and acclaimed theatre director Robert Wilson.
After the triumphant symphonic performances of Brahms' Symphony No.1 in 2010 and Brahms' Symphony No.4, in 2013, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, with its dynamic Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, will take to the stage this month to perform Johannes Brahms' great Symphony No.3 in F major for the first time.
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Evelyn Gordon's post from Thursday highlights a Team Obama method that increasingly comes across as precious, annoying, and insidious. I'm not sure there's a single word to describe it, but it involves a sort of inversion by which the administration of policy conveniently supersedes the purpose and substance of policy. In some cases, obstacles are allowed to dictate outcomes as if the U.S. administration has no discretion over them. In other cases, bureaucratic arcana serve as dodges. And in others, like Obama's approach to Iran, procedural checklists are wielded as surrogates for policy, generating a kind of lottery in which we all watch to see what fate the procedures will eventually confer on us.
The case of the F-35 and Israel appears to fall into the first category. The F-35, or Joint Strike Fighter, has been known for some time to be ill-suited to modifications in its avionics and weapons-control systems. Israel expressed concern about that almost two years ago – and Israel isn't the only F-35 customer to have reservations, as this Congressional Research Service study from April 2010 outlines. The tightly integrated nature of the F-35's avionics was intended to be a design feature, not a bug. It is also, however, a 1990s-era design concept that will probably be updated eventually to accommodate more interchangeability of components in future production blocks of the F-35.
A constructive approach to this impasse would certainly be possible. A U.S. administration eager to tend alliances would review the sunk costs of the current design, balance that consideration with the importance of America's global partnerships, and probably make the commitment now to begin a design migration that would work better for allies. Israel might well find it acceptable to be met halfway and may agree without complaint to buy the first 20 fighters as-is.
But this situation is tailor-made for Team Obama's unique methods. In negotiations with one of our closest allies, the administration has simply left a known sticking point to fester. From the standpoint of professionalism, there is no good excuse for this: the issue has been recognized in the halls of government and industry for some time. But as Evelyn Gordon observes, it's something the public knows little about. Obama pays no real price for his administration's behavior.
An explanation for that behavior has to be deduced by process of elimination. Neither a well-intentioned ally nor a motivated seller behaves this way, so we are left with fecklessness or bad intentions. The Obama image is not enhanced by either possibility. When it comes to his administration's foreign-policy posture, I'm reminded often of P.J. O'Rourke's characterization of the French, in a 1986 Rolling Stone article ("Among the Euro-Weenies"), as "masters of the 'dog ate my homework' school of diplomatic relations." It doesn't quite reach the level of a "Twinkie defense" school of diplomatic relations, but it's still unbecoming in the leader of the free world.


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February 12, 2014
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The University of New Mexico women's tennis team is heading to Texas this weekend to battle Abilene Christian on Saturday and No. 25 Texas Tech on Sunday.
The Lobos open the weekend at the Teague Events Center in Abilene, Texas. UNM faces ACU for only the second time in program history. The Wildcat's seven-member roster is bringing a mix of upperclassmen leaders and a few fresh faces. ACU's young roster will be an advantage for the Lobos.
"We are excited to hit the road this weekend after having last weekend off," Head Coach Erica Jasper said. "Abilene Christian has an experienced team that has been very successful in the past at the Division II level. We expect a battle as they are very well coached."
On Sunday, the Lobos head north to take on No. 25 TTU at the McLeod Tennis Complex in Lubbock, Texas. UNM is seeking revenge against their highly ranked opponent, as the Lobos have not defeated the Red Raiders since 2007.
"Texas Tech has emerged over the last 4-5 seasons as one of the top teams in the Big 12 and a national contender," Jasper said. "Their talent, experience, and home crowd makes it one of the tougher places to play. It will be a great learning experience and challenge for this team as we continue to work and improve."
Pulling off the upset will not be an easy task for the Lobos. TTU's nine-member roster features six upperclassmen and two ITA ranked players. Junior Kenna Kilgo is ranked at No. 58 in ITA Division I Women's Singles Rankings. Kilgo and teammate Samantha Adams are ranked at No. 25 in the ITA D-I Women's Doubles Rankings.
The Lobos and the Red Raiders are sitting at an even 11-11 overall record against one another and both teams are hungry to take the lead.
Results from both of the weekend's matches will be posted on golobos.com as well as the UNM women's tennis social media pages.
UNM vs. ACU/TTU:
Abilene Christian
Conference: Southland
Head Coach: Hutton Jones
Last Meeting: The Lobos last faced off against the Wildcats in Spring 2011. UNM won, 5-2.
ACU's 2014 Record: 4-1
Lobos vs. ACU: The Lobos are 1-0 against the Wildcats.
Quick Fact: Head Coach Hutton Jones is the longest serving head coach at ACU (17 seasons with the tennis program).
(No. 25) Texas Tech
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Todd Petty
Last Meeting: The Lobos last faced off against the Red Raiders in Spring 2011. UNM lost, 7-0.
TTU's 2014 Record: 5-1
Lobos vs. TTU: The Lobos are 11-11 against the Red Raiders.
Quick Fact: The Red Raiders have three Texas natives on their lineup.


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Kos, M. and Broekgaarden, C. and Kabouw, P. and Oude Lenferink, K. and Poelman, E.H. and Vet, L.E.M. and Dicke, M. and Loon van, J.J.A. (2011) Relative importance of plant-mediated bottom-up and top-down forces on herbivore abundance on Brassica oleracea. Functional Ecology, 25, 1113-1124. ISSN 0269-8463.
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1. Arthropod communities are structured by complex interactions between bottom-up (resource-based) and top-down (natural enemy-based) forces. Their relative importance in shaping arthropod communities, however, continues to be under debate. Bottom-up and top-down forces can be affected by intraspecific plant variation, for example by differences in concentrations of secondary metabolites that affect herbivore abundance through plant quality (bottom-up) or attract natural enemies of these herbivores (top-down). 2. Our objective was to investigate whether herbivore abundance is more strongly affected by plant-mediated bottom-up or top-down forces. 3. We used a model system of four cultivars of Brassica oleracea that show a high degree of variation in several plant traits, resistance to herbivores and attraction of natural enemies. During two field seasons, we recorded the abundance of several herbivorous and carnivorous insect species. To assess the relative importance of bottom-up and top-down forces, we quantified chemical and morphological traits of the cultivars (bottom-up) and assessed parasitization of herbivores and predator oviposition on plants inoculated with a controlled number of herbivores (top-down). 4. We show that intraspecific variation in plant chemistry and morphology consistently affects the abundance of insect herbivores and their natural enemies, resulting in cascading effects on tritrophic interactions in the associated insect community. Foliar profiles of glucosinolates and leaf toughness appeared most important for these effects. Brassica oleracea cultivars that harboured the largest numbers of herbivores also harboured the largest numbers of natural enemies. Differences in the fraction of herbivores parasitized and in predator oviposition on plants inoculated with a controlled number of herbivores could not explain the differences in natural abundance of herbivores. 5. Although abundance of herbivores is most likely influenced by a combination of bottom-up and top-down forces, it appears that in the tritrophic system investigated, bottom-up forces (plant chemistry and morphology) were more important for herbivore abundance than plant-mediated top-down forces (attraction and arrestment of natural enemies).
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