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The End (2007)
Joseph Rickman is suffering from shocking premonitions, whilst a stranger in ghastly garb has been lurking in his neighbourhood, his appearances coinciding with a string of inexplicable disappearances. Convinced that Joseph's psychic abilities can help catch the culprit, detective Clara Wilkie urges him to help her. Director Jeremy Thomas leads us into a realm of the delirious where the standard rules of film narrative are shattered. A post-modern nightmare from the fringe, The End announces an exceptional new talent.
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Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Fantastic pet for PvP. With a S/S breed, you'll outspeed the majority of standard 325 speed S/S pets which allows you to force favorable matchups with Nether Gate. Immolation combined with the Humanoid racial lets you both DoT and heal up on the backline. Needless to say, this pet is fantastic when combined with a Minefield user or DoT team.
Strangely how one can get attached to some pets. I agree this pet have many advantages in pvp and it looks nice as well, yet I never pvp or pve with my imps even if they are the worst enemys of my winner-team.
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He popped out once as Kil'rek for me also on my Monk. Pretty neat bonus!
Also, beware that his Sear Magic removes his own Immolation...
Very powerful pvp pet this one.
Kil'rek summon must be random. I got it my first summon, then he wouldn't do it again and my raid said I broke him ; ) But eventually got it again.
I got this little monster on my first run with my main. I tried for a second run on an alt, but it didn't drop. Also, you don't have to be a Warlock to be able to summon Kil'rek, just Summon/Dismiss it a few times and he should show up.
Good luck to all of you that are trying to get this pet! : )
Yes I noticed that when I summoned him on my warlock, not sure if that's class-specific or not. It would be cool if it is!
Sometimes when summoned, you will get Kil'rek instead of the normal imp.


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Why did Sergei Polunin walk out on a golden career with the Royal Ballet? Julie Kavanagh goes to Kiev and Moscow to talk to him, his parents and his mentors
From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, September/October 2012
ON JANUARY 24TH this year Sergei Polunin "woke up fine" and went to work. He was to spend most of the day at the Royal Opera House, rehearsing the climactic duet in "The Dream" in which he was to make his debut as Oberon. Anthony Dowell, who created the role, was coaching Polunin, and his Titania was the Romanian ballerina Alina Cojocaru—an exquisite artist whose harebell delicacy on stage belies a ferociously exacting temperament in the studio. Polunin was in an unreceptive mood. He had just left his first serious girlfriend, the Royal Ballet soloist Helen Crawford. "This was the second day and it suddenly hit me. Two years we were together and I'd really got used to her." Cojocaru was not happy either. Frederick Ashton's Nocturne pas de deux is a masterly rendition of the battle of the sexes, the new accord between the Fairy King and Queen enacted in mirror-image movements in which the two dancers must find total reciprocity of technique and emotion. There is also a notorious stumbling block when the ballerina is rotated by her partner like an open compass as her torso jack-knifes under her extended leg. Cojocaru made it clear to Polunin that he was not helping.
"I thought one more word and that's it. I held tight, trying not to cry. And then my head flew off." He announced that he was leaving, which Dowell took to mean leaving the room for a few minutes. But Polunin meant for good.
For the Royal Ballet his sudden defection was something of a backhander. After nurturing this extraordinarily gifted Ukrainian boy through both its junior and senior schools, the company made him a principal at 19 and gave him roles which most of his colleagues could only dream of. Oberon was to be followed a few weeks later by his Romeo debut, beamed live to cinemas around the world. The main impact, though, was a sense of loss. A dancer like Polunin comes along once every two or three decades; at 13 his potential was so evident that his teacher would pull up a chair and study him during class. "He'd say, 'Sergei, show them how to do a rond de jambe.'" To see him demonstrate a movement is to see a blueprint of perfection. Watching him back then at the junior school, where my son was a pupil, I was reminded of home footage I had come across while researching my biography of Nureyev. It was of the teenage Baryshnikov, who was also a living lexicon of classical ballet, articulating academic steps in ways which could hardly if ever be improved. Polunin has it in him to be the heir of both stars, adding Nureyev's feral impulse to Baryshnikov's phenomenal virtuosity and clarity, while introducing a youthful masculinity of his own.
The 13-year-old boy I remember being touchingly grateful when we took him out for a pizza was now, at 22, the youngest-ever star of one of the world's great ballet companies. And yet he was ricocheting out of control. It was partly the usual rebelliousness you expect at this age, combined with the accelerated trajectory of his career. But you could sense something more, some other motor for his behaviour, that lay beyond the arcane world of balletomanes. That was one reason why, within days of his departure, the story went global, picked up in America by the Huffington Post, the New York Times and the Daily Beast.
Polunin went to the dressing room he shared with two principals. "Just sitting. Hiding." He kept ringing the administrator's office to ask to see the director of the Royal Ballet, Monica Mason, but got no reply. "I was there maybe three hours. Nobody came." The idea of leaving the company had been preoccupying him for months, and the management was aware of "rumblings". His mother had told him that if the Royal Ballet valued him they would have given him a permanent visa and an apartment; he was always being invited to guest abroad but not given permission because he was leading the repertory in London. He had even given in his notice a year earlier—also following a break-up with Helen Crawford. "They promised a lot of things, raised my salary. It was a really, really big jump. I told them I wanted to do movies, and they said they'd sort it out. But there wasn't much of a change. So now, with situation in life not good, I thought it was the perfect time to go. This time I hoped they'd let me."
In the end he headed along the corridor to Monica Mason's office, suddenly feeling frightened. "He was very emotional when he first came in," she says. "But as we spoke he quietened down." Polunin thought it would be easier for her to accept his resignation if he said he wanted to give up dancing altogether. He told her he had been pushed into ballet from the age of three and had no real passion for it. "Is there anything we can do to keep you?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
Mason had championed him, but their rapport was professional. She wasn't aware of the latest break-up with Helen Crawford, and this meeting—which he recalls lasting 20 minutes, she double that—was the longest they had ever spoken. "Sergei can be very restless. I'd known him come in and talk for ten minutes and then stand up and go. He's quite mysterious and unfathomable. He doesn't seek advice or let people get close to him, and yet he's adorable. He's never rude, and he has a kindness and gentleness in him. It's very easy to get very fond of him."
As Mason talked, she could not help wishing that she could tie him to a chair and keep him in her office for 24 hours until he had calmed down and realised what he would be losing. "His talent is so rare that one would have done anything to keep him. But he was adamant. I said, 'Well, darling, where are you going now?'"
"I don't know."
"Sergei, please let's talk again tomorrow."
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Is it Time for a Strictly Atheist University?
Luke of Common Sense Atheism was commenting on the Bill Craig v. Christopher Hitchen's debate at Biola University when he also said:
Being at Biola reminded me that there are dozens of universities with entire programs devoted to teaching students how to argue for the existence of God. Hundreds of bright young students are being trained like Craig. Many will probably become pastors or theologians, but many of them will be writing books and getting professorships in philosophy and the sciences. In contrast, I don't know of any programs that teach arguments against the existence of God (except philosophy of religion programs, which teach both sides). And there is certainly nobody who believes it is their divine and cosmic purpose to devote their life to defending the truth of atheism. It's a wonder atheism is so vastly over-represented in American academies. Here's the link.First posted on April 12, 2009.


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Stacey Ann Wells and Jesse Everett Justice will be married May 10 in Annapolis, Md.
Stacey is the daughter of Joy Wells and Kenneth Wells. She is the granddaughter of Phyllis Stanton, the late Gerald Stanton, Maxine Wells and the late Ross Wells. Jesse is the son of Grace and Terence Mahoney of Tampa, Fla, and Jack and Patricia Justice of Marietta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Wilde announce the marriage of their son, Blake L. Wilde, to Emily Pugh, the daughter of Rick and Jayne Pugh of Lehi.
The couple will be married May 2 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
The newlyweds will be honored at a reception that evening from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lehi South LDS Stake Center, 500 West 600 South.
Blake graduated from Carbon High in 2002 and served in the California-Roseville mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is attending Utah Valley State College and working at Kennecott Copper. Emily is employed with Cache Valley Electric.
The couple will make their home in Draper while continuing their educations.
Candice ReNae Jensen and Matthew James Adamson have chosen May 2 to be married in the Manti LDS Temple.
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|Nick Tatton, Price city community director and economic director Delynn Fielding are discussing marketing and strategies ides with Dr. Scott Baird, consultant with Griffin Hill.
Carbon and Emery County government officials along with local tourism representatives gathered Tuesday with two consultants for the Utah Hotel and Lodging Association.
The group spent two hours discussing marketing, strategic planning and methods of increasing tourism revenues in southeastern Utah.
The meeting is part of a stateside effort where the UH&LA engaged the services of Griffin Hill, an Orem-based consulting firm specializing in strategic planning and top-line revenue.
The group, which included a county commissioner elect, state representative and leaders from city, state and economic develop agencies, addressed current challenges faced by operators of hotels and lodging facilities.
According to the officials, tourism represents Utah's largest private sector industry, accumulating almost $4 billion in revenue annually.
Following Sept. 11, 2001 and the conclusion of 2002 Olympic Winter Olympics and as a result of the continued threat of terrorism along with the downturn in the United States economy, travel and hotel occupancy have dropped throughout Utah.
UH&LA expects the strategic planning work of Griffin Hill to provide its members with greater insight to the market and develop specific actions that will increase top-line revenues for the hotel industry.
"Tourism helps everyone in Utah. It creates jobs, generates tax revenue, and provides money to build infrastructure," pointed out UH&LA executive director Ann Gambrino.
"Today's economy requires strategic thought and action. UH&LA is pivotal in the tourism industry, so we are leveraging that position in order to provide our members important tools that will help them be more successful, knowing their success benefits all citizens of Utah," added the association's director.
"Griffin Hill has a proven record in strategic action and revenue increase and we are pleased to have the opportunity to work with them so their services can benefit our members," said Gambrino.
Summarizing the discussion, Scott Baird emphasized the importance of making sure tourism is on all public meeting agendas.
"We need to continually carry the tourism and travel message and discuss what are our needs, visions, goals, barriers, challenges and resources as we develop strategies," noted Baird. "We need to engage our business community."
Baird called for developing a plan to inform business leaders what the agendas are. He asked government leaders to involve the businesses with their time, talents and resources, including financial cooperation.
Baird's third recommened action was to inform every resident of what is available in the two counties in terms of tourism.
"We need to continually inform our citizens about the numerous recreational opportunities," explained Baird.
In addition, Baird encouraged the group in attendance at the meeting to focus on teaching the Carbon-Emery community to be nice. He stressed the importance of local residents:
Striking up conversations with tourists visiting the area.
Finding out why the people are passing through the counties.
Finding out how long visitors are staying in the Carbon-Emery area.
Promoting the many opportunities available in Carbon and Emery counties.
"We need to learn to be proactive in conversions," Baird summarized.
For additional information, Carbon County residents may contact Utah Hotel & Lodging Association at (801)359-0104 or Griffin Hill at (801)225-7000.
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There are TONS of ways to transfer images to polymer clay. Inkjet, waterslide decals, toner with alcohol, toner with gin, direct…and on and on.
I have discovered a NEW way to get extraordinary and fast transfer onto polymer clay–JudiKins TranzIt Rinse-Away Paper. Designed for use with TranzIt gel for image transfers, TranzIt Rinse-Away Paper is the perfect transfer medium for polymer clay. Retailing for $7.75 for 5 sheets, it's not inexpensive. However, you will be thrilled with using this paper.
The paper is made from cellulose. When it comes into contact with water, it immediately breaks down. Thus, you can only use this paper with a laser printer or toner-based color or black-and-white copier. You cannot, I repeat cannot, use this paper with an inkjet printer–it will forever gum up your printer and render it useless. Now for the good news. You can have an image transfer in five minutes. Yes, you read correctly. Five minutes.
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- Print your images onto the paper using a laser printer or laser/toner copier (color or black-and-white). Most likely, a copy center will be reluctant to put this paper into their machines, but you could give it a try. I have a color laser printer, and it worked well. The paper buckled and curled a bit with the heat from the printer, but the images transferred easily and well.
- Cut out your image, leaving NO white space.
- Roll out a sheet of conditioned, light-colored polymer clay on your desired thickness setting. Place it either on your work surface, a baking surface like a tile, or on a deli sheet or waxed paper–depending upon how you'll be using the transfer. I use light colors of clay (white, pearl, translucent, ecru or even silver or gold for a different look) since the transfer is translucent, and any backing clay color will show through the image.
- Place your printed image face-down on your conditioned clay. Cover it with a sheet of deli paper, plain paper, etc. Burnish the image through the paper using a bone folder or other burnishing tool. I do this so the tool doesn't drag across the raw clay as I go past the edges of the conditioned clay. Burnish from the center of the image out towards the edges to ensure that you do not trap any air between the image and the clay. Remove the cover paper.
- Wait at least 5 minutes. DO NOT WAIT MORE THAN 20 or 30 MINUTES. I let a piece wait for too long (an hour or so), and the image smeared. 15 minutes was fine. I haven't ventured past 20 minutes since the smear incident. :-(
- Take your image to the sink and run water over it. You will see the paper dissolve and rinse away.
- Make sure all of the cellulose material has rinsed away. You may find remnants sticking to the dark areas of your image. Gently wash/wipe these away.
- Form your piece with your image and bake. You can also cover the image with a VERY thin layer of liquid polymer clay to protect it.
Now, wasn't that easy? I thought so. I've been experimenting with this paper a bit, and if I find different issues with it, I'll report back here. However, I do have to say that this is the EASIEST image transfer I've ever created on polymer clay.
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Rep. William L. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, was enthusiastic about President Barack H. Obamas 2013 State of the Union address on Tuesday.
I thought it was a very good speech, Mr. Owens said, noting its positive tone and lauding the presidents efforts to build bridges across the aisle.
In particular Mr. Owens thought the presidents emphasis on manufacturing jobs was a step in the right direction and could appeal to a bipartisan audience.
Mr. Obama said, Our first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing. After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three.
The president said he wants to create manufacturing hubs across the nation that will see businesses partner with the Departments of Defense and Energy to turn regions left behind by globalization into global centers of high-tech jobs.
Mr. Obama wants to create 18 of these hubs and Mr. Owens said he hopes to bring one of these hubs to upstate New York.
We do have some opportunities here, Mr. Owens said.
Mr. Owens pointed to the recent decision by rail-freight operator CSX Corp. to invest roughly $107.3 million in a line that runs from Syracuse, through Massena, to Montreal as an example of infrastructure developments in upstate New York that could entice businesses to relocate to the region.
Its a very good sign, Mr. Owens said.
Mr. Owens also praised the presidents focus on tax policy reform closing loopholes and reducing deductions.
Mr. Obama said, To hit the rest of our deficit reduction target, we should do what leaders in both parties have already suggested, and save hundreds of billions of dollars by getting rid of tax loopholes and deductions for the well-off and well-connected.
Mr. Owens has long advocated for tax reform and said the presidents speech was a step in the right direction.
And Mr. Owens also said the presidents military rhetoric sounded the right note regarding the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan over the next year and a half.
Mr. Obama promised to bring 34,000 troops home over the next year, just over half of the 66,000 American troops currently in Afghanistan.
Clearly this is following the plan which has been in place for about two years. I think its the right move. Its time we came home, but we need to do it in a safe method, Mr. Owens said.
Part of that safe method may be the drone program the president flirted with in his speech but never outright mentioned.
Mr. Owens acknowledged the presidents implied reference to the secretive drone program, currently operated by the CIA.
I think he was by implication saying that we have methods other than putting boots on the ground, the congressman said.
And the drone program, Mr. Owens noted, could be a potential windfall for the Fort Drum region.
Were hopeful that well get a drone squadron at Fort Drum, Mr. Owens said.
In the meantime, Mr. Owens said the debate regarding the drone program, most notably seen during John O. Brennans Senate Confirmation Hearing on Feb. 7, is healthy.
The debate is evidence of transparency, Mr. Owens said. If its a choice between putting troops on the ground and taking out a bad guy with a drone, Im in favor of the drone.
Mr. Owens also agreed with the president that across-the-board budget cuts to federal programs due to take effect on March 1, known as sequestration, would be a bad idea.
Mr. Obama said, if Congress doesnt act now, about a trillion dollars worth of budget cuts would automatically go into effect this year. These sudden, harsh, arbitrary cuts would jeopardize our military readiness. Theyd devastate priorities like education, energy, and medical research. They would certainly slow our recovery, and cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs.
But Mr. Owens said, Im not seeing much down here that would lead me to conclude that theres a resolution in the hopper.
While he doubts there will be time for Congress to act on a deal to avoid the budget cuts, Mr. Owens said, There will be time post-March 1 to recover from it.
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GOUVERNEUR E.J. Noble Hospital has reopened its operating room with upgrades to its heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system that were completed at the end of June.
The reopening is another step forward in the hospitals plan to stabilize and revitalize essential services for the community, CEO Marlinda L. LaValley said in a statement. Our staff and surgeons worked with assistance from staff at Canton-Potsdam Hospital to assure that procedures were in place to perform surgery with the highest possible quality.
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DEXTER The Board of Education decided Monday during its monthly meeting not to ask the public to support a $350,000 capital project to spruce up part of its bus garage not affected by an April 2012 fire there.
Members of the General Brown Central School District board had considered the idea for several months, following the fire that destroyed 20 of the districts 23 bus fleet and damaged some of the garage structure. The capital project would cover the cost to repair 8,500 square feet of the roof, which has begun to deteriorate and is out of warranty, while insurance money will replace 9,400 square feet of roof that was destroyed by the fire.
Replacing or repairing bus lifts had also been considered.
We need to focus on the budget, and push this down the road, said Michael E. Kucharski, board member.
Board President Tasha L. Richards said she has heard misinformation about the budget, and former capital projects, such as if the district is in such dire financial straights now, why is there a turf field? On Monday, she said the turf field was part of a project approved by a previous board.
I dont think now is the time to go to the voters with a capital project, she said. Thats just my opinion.
Other members agreed. The board decided to consider the issue during its reorganizational meeting in July.
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The event occurred in the city council chambers with Newport City Clerk and Treasurer James Johnson doing the honors.
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MASSENA - A 54-year-old Chase Mills man was charged with menacing early Friday morning following an investigation into a report he had pointed a shotgun at another man during an altercation in a driveway at 15 Amherst Road in the village.
Village police charged Joseph F. Ward Jr. of 568 Ruddy Road, Chase Mills, with second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was arraigned by Acting Massena Village Justice James M. Crandall and released under the supervision of the probation department.
Ward is charged with pulling a single shot 410 shotgun out of his vehicle parked in the driveway at 15 Amherst Road and pointing it at David Dubray after the two men had been involved in a brief physical confrontation. Mr. Crandall also signed a temporary order of protection directing Ward to stay away from Mr. Dubray.
Ward, in the statement he provided police, said he was assisting Samantha Valdez move items out of her late mothers residence at 15 Amherst Road when the confrontation with Mr. Dubray took place. Mr. Dubray, described in court papers as Ms. Valdezs ex-boyfriend, told police he had been straying with her since being released from an out of state prison two weeks ago.
Ward told police Ms. Valdez had asked him for his assistance since she needed his truck to move some of the larger items from the property. He said he was in the garage looking at a dresser he was preparing to move when Mr. Dubray entered the garage uninvited and started screaming at him to get off the property.
Sandy Badder, who was also in the garage, said Ms. Valdez had immediately stepped between Mr. Dubray and Ward in an effort to de-escalate the situation, but she said Dubray was not deterred. Dave called Joe a sick ... He told him he was going to kill him, then went over and shoved him, she said in the statement she signed for police.
Ward said Dubray had grabbed him by the face and pushed him backwards, noting he fell to the ground. He said Dubray continued to scream at him to leave, and Ms. Valdez continued to try to keep the two parties separated.I tried to get by him and Sam and out the garage door, and the whole time he was pushing and grabbing at me over the top of Sam, he said in his statement, noting he was able to get out of the garage but Mr. Dubray followed him into the driveway.
The next thing I know he punched me in the left eye from behind. I fell against the truck and then went to the front door of the truck and grabbed my 410 single shotgun. I had a shell for the gun in my right hand, and the gun in the other hand. I swung around to scare Dave. I wasnt going to shoot him. I just wanted to scare him so he would leave me alone, Ward told police.
He said Mr. Dubray grabbed the gun, and the two men grappled for the gun and the shell in the driveway. Ward said the shell fell out of his hand while it was being squeezed by Mr. Dubray, and he asked Ms. Badder to call the police when the two men were wrestling for control of the shotgun.
Ward said Mr. Dubray immediately released his hold on the shotgun when Ms. Badder reported the incident to police. Ward said he then put the gun back in his vehicle.
He said Mr. Dubray then warned him the incident was likely result in Ward being sent to jail, and he said Mr. Dubray offered to take the gun and hide it in the backyard. He said Mr. Dubray also encouraged Ms. Badder to call the police back and tell them the situation had been resolved and police intervention was not necessary.
Mr. Dubray, in his statement to police, acknowledged he had confronted Ward in the garage. He said after receiving a text from Ms. Valdez informing him she was going to be unable to hang out with him that evening he decided to walk over and check on her and found Ward in the garage.
I started yelling at Joe to leave, telling him that I already warned him about being around Samantha and our family, Mr. Dubray told police in a statement that alleged Ward was a bad influence on Ms. Valdez. I did tell him I was going to beat him if he kept coming around Samantha.
He said he followed Ward out of the garage after Ms. Valdez let go of him. I walked out of the garage and as I turned around the corner to the house I noticed Joe had a rifle in his hands. Joe put the barrel of the gun up to my chest and told me he was going to kill me. I noticed the hammer of the shotgun was cocked back. With the look on Joes face, I did feel he was going to shoot me, Mr. Dubray said.
Mr. Dubray said he grabbed for the gun but Ward wouldnt release it. I punched him one time in the face, and drove the barrel to the ground to try and pry it from Joe, he said, noting he was eventually able to gain control of the weapon and remove the shell from the shotgun.
He said Ward then regained control of the shotgun and put it back in is truck. Joe and I then started to have a civil conversation, and he ended up giving me a cigarette. I told Joe why I didnt want him around Samantha and my kids, and he understood. Soon after, the police arrived, Mr. Dubray said.
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The only city Planning Board member who voted against the controversial zoning change pertaining to roommates still doesnt know why the issue came up.
Planning Board member William R. Davis Jr. also isnt so sure that making further changes is the right thing to do.
Mr. Davis made his comments during Tuesdays Planning Board meeting after Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham asked board members to revisit the so-called roommate law following a torrent of criticism it received from people who believed city leaders were trying to regulate lifestyles and living arrangements.
You already made a mistake and you dont want to make another mistake, he said.
But fellow Planning Board member Lawrence J. Coburn contended the mayor was just trying to fix the problem.
Instead of amending the changes to the citys ordinance pertaining to roomers living in single-family homes in residential neighborhoods, Mr. Davis suggested it might be better to go back to the ordinances original language because it was never an issue in the past.
Why fix it if it never was broken? Mr. Davis wondered.
Going into Tuesdays meeting, the board was going to begin the process of revisiting the issue and not discuss it at length. At the beginning of the meeting, Kenneth A. Mix, the citys planning and community development coordinator, told board members they should get the ball rolling and then discuss it further in May.
Despite those plans, Mr. Davis expressed his views at length, while the other Planning Board members looked uncomfortable while he continued to discuss it.
The issue first came before the citys Planning Board in January after a Thompson Boulevard homeowner, Deborah A. Cavallario, complained her neighbor was living with his fianc�e and two friends in a single-family home in a Residential A district.
Mrs. Cavallario, 259 Thompson Blvd., objected to her neighbors living arrangement because her neighborhood, zoned Residential A, has only single-family houses. She had complained about the number of vehicles parked on Travis W. Hartmans property. He recently married his fianc�e.
In a 6-1 vote, the Planning Board removed the language pertaining to roomers, with Mr. Davis voting against it. In February, the Watertown City Council passed it, with Mayor Graham and Councilwoman Teresa R. Macaluso opposing it. As a result of the change, no transient roomers are allowed to live in Residential A districts.
To quell the controversy, the mayor suggested last month to restore a sentence council members removed that allowed no more than four transient roomers and applied to accessory uses in residential districts.
In addition to putting that language back in the citys zoning code, Mr. Graham suggested looking at another section pertaining to the definition of family. He has proposed keeping language that would allow any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit. But he suggested removing the following language: to distinguish it from a club, fraternity, or boardinghouse, not more than four members of a family shall be other than blood relatives.
Supporters have vehemently defended the change, contending the media blew the issue out of proportion. They also argued they were trying to protect Residential A districts from boarding and rooming houses.
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Martin County's Alton Edwards puts up a three-point shot attempt at the end of the third quarter of their Class 7A Regional Quarterfinal game agains Port Charlotte Thursday night at Martin County High School in Stuart. The Tigers won the game 67-58 to advance to the semi-finals.
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Healthcare Staffing: A Diamond in the Rough?
For the most part Q2 results from staffing firms have been pretty dismal. Just the other day Robert Half, the perennial star of the staffing world, came out with earnings that some on Wall Street called "an upside surprise." Unfortunately the upside surprise was in cost control and international, with RHI's U.S. revenue declining in the the low single digits. Not so great news for those in the US finance and accounting staffing business.
One bright spot in the dismal news has been the world of healthcare staffing. While we are waiting for the public healthcare staffing firms to come out with results for Q2, one early indicator is attendance at our upcoming Healthcare Staffing Summit, being held September 8 to 10 in San Francisco. Admittedly summit attendance is not exactly a scientific indicator of business outlook, however it is a pretty good indicator of the mood of staffing executives. So far the mood appears to be upbeat. In fact, to date attendance is running more than 20% ahead of last year. Not bad when you look across the whole industry and see some pretty ugly results being posted.
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I've been impressed with the rich blog entries that have led up to this one. My colleagues have offered some wonderful insights about how we relate to our work, our communities, our family, and ourselves. In overgeneralized terms, the entries touch on how we show up as social beings and maintain our authentic self.
This entry adds another dimension. By intention, it's a simple post meant to merely inspire a reunion to oneself through nature and invoke inquiry.
This is the time of year when our neighbors are typically clamoring to get the last few leaves raked off their lawn—to give the lawn that one last cut so the grass is just the right height for winter's passing.
Fallen branches are picked up, bundled, and set by the curb to be taken away somewhere by someone.
While walking my dog I offered a warm "hello" to my neighbor, Sam, who was laboring with rake in hand. Sam said, "I hope this is the last time I have to do this."
Sam and I looked across the street at my house and I smiled. The grass in my front yard has grown high by city standards, and the leaves lay organically over the ground in a collage of colors and shapes.
"I don't bother," I told Sam. "The leaves are good for the soil and I am slowly replacing the grass with plants. I like my dandelions too. I find them beautiful and they go well in my salad."
Sam shook his head and appeared a bit put off by my "rebellious," sustainable ways.
I've always found it odd, really—odd the way people put so much effort into taming the lands, scheming nature, and destroying habitat. We cover Earth with concrete. We strategically harbor plants in boxed containers or designated areas. We manicure our monoculture lawns with gas run mowers, blowers, and edgers. We put up fences to claim our part of the Earth and control what gets in and out of "our" space.
I envision a world where nature is no longer objectified or viewed as separate from us, but instead is included in the broader sense of self. If we are to instill life-centered or ecosystem-centered ethics in today's society and in future generations, then our identity must be grounded in nature. After all, we are members of the ecological system.
I began to wonder why people are so separate from nature? When was the last time you walked barefoot on the Earth? How much physical contact do you have with nature? Do you ever lie on the ground, or stop to touch the tree, or swim in a pond?
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Ben, you have to backpack more than two days consecutively to appreciate a pack.; )
Edited by FamilyGuy on 07/08/2013 23:21:20 MDT.
Im not in so much of a hurry I cant stop to take a drink.Actually I can reach my bottles, and put them back just fine, even while walking.If you cant, and I know many people that cannot, you only need to work on flexibility a little.The drawbacks of heavier weight, hard to remove and fill, hard to clean, hard to know how much you have, etc just dont make it worthwhile to fool with bladders
Edited by livingontheroad on 03/19/2013 16:17:14 MDT.
"Ben, you have to backpack more than two days consecutively to appreciate a Mchale."My week-long, three-season trips are about 25 lbs total pack weight -- and fit nicely as a carry on when flying (I check poles and blade in a long cardboard tube). The backpack is my beloved Mountainsmith Ghost -- and the few times I don't use hydration tube, I too can reach to take out and put back my water bottles.Edited. Missed the silly smirk in David's post. :)
Edited by ben2world on 03/19/2013 16:30:03 MDT.
I have a MYOG pack with no pockets. I just pull out water bottle (1 pint re-used soda bottle) and put it back in. I don't see what the problem is.I returned my Steripen because on several sets of batteries I only got a couple liters of treatment. On the best set of batteries it treated half what they said. I got rechargeable Tenergy and non-rechargeable Energizer. Maybe rechargeable Tenergy aren't good enough, just happened to get a bad set of Energizer although they had a good use by date, or my particular Steripen was an energy hog.
"Actually I can reach my bottles, and put them back just fine, even while walking.If you cant, and I know many people that cannot, you only need to work on flexibility a little."Me too. With my current pack. But not previous packs so I'd say it varies by person and pack.
Why do you need to constantly access water while you're walking?I just stop every hour or two, take off pack, stretch, drink, maybe eat a bite
"Why do you need to constantly access water while you're walking?I just stop every hour or two, take off pack, stretch, drink, maybe eat a bite"Like I said in my previous post, I prefer to not carry water and stop at water sources to drink when that is practical. But when I'm not doing that, I don't stop much. Mostly quick stops for pictures. Just like to keep moving I guess. Then I'll drink more often and smaller amounts. This is when solo. With others I adapt to whatever they like to do. I'm easy. And like Family Guy, I do use a bladder on day hikes and sip as I go. I think of day hikes as training hikes for backpacking and carry some extra weight. Usually in the form of 12 oz cans. :)
Jerry: For my whole hiking life I've just relied on tanking up on water in camp. I've also noticed that my pee was yellow during the day, even though I'd stop every once in a while to drink. A recent health related incident convinced me that I'm not taking dehydration seriously enough. I don't like having to take off my pack every hour to drink water. And so, I've decided to carry a Steripen and a soft Nalgene in a very small belly pack for easy access. In the Sierras, there's generally a lot of water; certainly where you are there's more. I want to be drinking a liter every hour, at least, on the trail. But I don't want to carry a drop! or much more than a half liter. In my experience, this is doable where I mostly hike.
I still use a hydration sleeve and a 3 liter bladder. Never had problems with it.Some of the area's I hike just don't have water along the way. I use a sawyer inline filter or a sawyer squeeze to refill.
Jeffrey - each of us is different and in your case, okay, maybe you need water at handBut a lot of people take more water and drink more often than they really need Hopefully you won't watch story on TV about me dieing of dehyration on the side of the trail
When I take a streipen I use a wide-mouth soft-sided collapsible Nalgene with an MSR cap and hose, upside down in a side pocket.
I use a bladder and keep a filled 16oz bottle on the side. I steri pen filter the water with a cut off a 2 liter plastic soda bottle that I mark off @ 1/2 and 1 liter. The cut off bottle doubles for so many things and my stove fits inside neatly. Hope that helps.
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15 July 2012 12:33 AM
Hello all,
I'm a UK resident with a Masters degree in electronics & electrical engineering. I've been doing analogue IC design for the past 5 years or so. Back when I graduated I wasn't 100% certain whether to do this or go into a more power-related field (electrical, basically!!). I've been doing well in my job but honestly, the pay just isn't there. I have considered moving to America (better money but terrible work hours and holiday entitlement) or Germany (looks a good option).
A friend of mine recently graduated from civil engineering and got a job in the oil & gas sector, and already his salary dwarfs mine (£38k basic, 10% bonus, and he gets paid overtime - unheard of where I work!!). This has prompted me to look back at the jobs I was going to apply for when I graduated. I am looking at BP, Technip, companies like these, in order to do an electrical/C&I job. The money (I think, but not sure) seems to be better and I think the job will be more around on my feet rather than be seated in front of a computer screen every single day.
So it's a toss up between sticking with the industry I know, or moving to a new one. Going to Germany or going to Aberdeen. I've always had a little fear for where the electronics industry is going - certainly wages in the U.S. seem to have fallen in recent times as global competition heats up, but with C&I engineering, it's not like that sort of thing can be outsourced easily.
Can anybody give me their take on this? It would be extremely difficult to go back into IC design if I do make a move, so I need to be sure. I'm sure you guys have a lot of worldly experience. So far I've been reading up on the C&I job on sites like BP, for example... and also looking at some tutorials on youtube, for example (that sounds pathetic, but I've literally only started looking). Right now I'm working 11 hour days leading projects and not getting paid for the job I'm doing (in my opinion). Even if paid my worth it would (I think!) be less than what I could get doing C&I. Obviously money isn't everything, and I think that C&I engineering would quite suit me. However I must admit that day to day, I'm not 100% certain what is done! I only know the vague activities.
IC Design: £30k (near where I'm at) - £55k or so. Design & layout integrated circuits, test them once fabricated, define new products. I don't know about C&I but IC design is tiring - got to be a true expert, keep up to date with processes and circuit tricks, know about frequency analysis, sampled data systems, switching converters, sigma-deltas..
C&I engineer (in oil and gas) - £38k-70k+ (???). Real-time programming involving the use of SCADA and PLC in order to electrically control mechanical processes. Physically on your feet a lot, get to know different processes....?? Tell me more!
MANY thanks for your hep on this.. my early-life career-crisis!
Edited: 15 July 2012 at 12:42 AM by guitarman001
15 July 2012 09:45 PM
First, you're talking about two very different animals in BP and Technip. BP is an operating company while Technip is an engineering contractor.
In an operating company the vast majority of C&I people are associated with a particular plant and therefore stationed there. You are likely to spend a lot of time modifying and optimising systems that are already in place. You can expect to need to move around to make career progress. The operating companies generally pay a bit better than the contractors but they don't pay money for nothing.
There's not much PLC programming in most cases - most of the control is DCS and the configuration of the DCS is really a secondary skill to knowing what it is that needs to be configured. There are typically to main strands to C&I engineering in Oil, Gas & Petrochem - field instrumentation and Systems. You appear to have systems in mind. for this I'd expect you to find you will need at least a basic knowledge of control theory, an understanding of the processes (touch of chemical engineering) and preferably a knowledge of Advanced Control (APC) as well as the ability to configure and program DCS and safety PLCs.
In a contractor environment the situation is quite different. Most of the work is project orientated, so it's working under a lot of time and resource pressure to deliver a plant on time and on budget The strands of C&I activity are much the same but the actual configuration of the systems is often sub-contracted to the systems manufacturer. For systems work you still need to know about the systems but there are large elements of contract management involved. How the actual control definition is handled varies a bit from company to company. In some it's done by Process engineers in others it's by C&I. There's also a developing tendency to subcontract the whole of the instrumentation provision to a Main Automation Contractor (MAC), usually a major DCS supplier who will take on the sourcing of the DCS, Safety systems and field instruments. In this model the contractor's people are specifying requirements (process conditions, control algorithms, shutdown logic, etc.) but actual programming is handled by the MAC.
In the contracting environment the heat can get pretty intense, especially at start-up time for a new plant. On some plants delays can be costing a million dollars a day in lost profits, on top of the costs being incurred, so eleven hour days can seem like luxury! You can expect to be assigned to jobsites and potentially to suppliers factories at various times.
Hope this improves your picture of the options. What I can say is that from, where you are as an IC designer (I studied digital IC design as part of an MSc course about 30 years ago while I was working as a design engineer for an control systems company but I've been in O&G/petrochem C&I for the last 20-odd years), I'd say you'd pretty much be looking at graduate entry level jobs unless you have project management or other transferable skills that would let you come in by an indirect route.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
16 July 2012 09:13 AM
Stewart, thank you for the detailed reply - truly appreciated.
I've been reading all weekend about this and came across what you are saying about the differences between operators and service companies. A friend of mine urges me to join a service company but after reading the Schlumberger website, it seems like the typical route is from field engineer in terrible climates (not my idea of fun) through to an ops role. Whereas going straight to an operator you can perhaps bypass a lot of the work in terrible climates?
Reading what you wrote, I can only agree that a graduate role would be best suited for me. Thing is I'm just so uncertain about my career in general at this point in time. Electronics does NOT pay what I thought it would, but would working as a C&I/electrical engineer up in Aberdeen really pay that much better? Everybody says so but I need to be certain. Electronics can be so tiring, always keeping up to date with the newest processes and technologies, sat in front of a screen doing endless simulations for really abstract circuits nobody in the real world cares about. I'm not chartered as few electronics engineers need to be.
More importantly, would I like the job! My current job is ok, it certainly uses a lot of brain power, but I can find it tiring and often wish I was working a bit more with my hands and doing more teamwork. Saying that, I've been in the job 5 years now, and soon, with a move, could be banging on a higher salary and not have to work in the freezing cold. If I lost my job here it wouldn't be too difficult to get another and in nice places like Boston, California, Munich, Austria etc. I don't know what it's like in oil & gas (regarding locations and more importantly, job security).
So you do controls for oil & gas despite having studied aspects of IC design? Can I ask why you changed? Is it typical for people like me to change career like this... I'm looking at the BP grad scheme right now and it says they give a good introduction over 3 years to electrical, controls & instrumentation, after which point you can specialise. It'd be a big leap and I need to be sure. Not that I'm going to base my decision on this but would you recommend the sort of move I'm thinking about? In the long-term, would it be worth it? My friend who just started is raving about the money. My friends in IC design think I would be bored (seeing as I'm designing at the cutting edge here, but like I said, it gets tiring and for little compensation). I wish I could do the job for a week just to make my mind up!! I just want to do the best I can for myself.
16 July 2012 10:15 AM
Having made a successful move to mainland Europe some years ago I would suggest that you also look at that option.
There are a lot of things to consider and a lot of potential problems. The salary numbers will look good, but the cost of living can also be high. The basic rate of tax may be quite low but then you will probably have to pay your own health insurance. If you have a partner and maybe children this brings futher questions.
As a quick guide to salaries and costs this UBS guide is quite helpful:
If you start seriously looking at a country/area see if you can find an expats forum. They will often highlight the specific problems and suggest some solutions.
Do you have any foreign languages? In general high level engineering work can be done in englisch but you will need to understand the world around you (maybe the same applies in Aberdeen :-).
Best regards
16 July 2012 01:03 PM
Hello Roger,
I assume you mention this in general for either IC Design or controls jobs? I have been looking at both Boston in the States and Munich if I stay in IC Design. Boston rents and healthcare seems sky high though it would be a good opportunity considering Harvard and MIT being nearby. Munich wages are higher but taxes are close to 50%. I've been on a few expat forums now to try and get a good idea of how things would pan out, but I guess that in the end, nothing will compare to actually just doing it.
I speak basic German. And I mean basic... but I'd be more than willing to learn more if I decided to go down that route.
16 July 2012 02:05 PM
Schlumberger are a different animal again from Technip and BP. Schlumberger's main activity is provision of field services for exploration and drilling. This relates to part of what BP does but (as far as I know) they are mainly concerned with seismics and down-hole measurement - little or no control and pretty much all in the field in,as you noted, some fairly tough places. We work in some tough palces too, but we're usually there long enough to at least build some pretty decent accommodation. Any branch of Oil&Gas is likely to take you to god-forsaken places for at least some of the time.
I'm afraid the fact I studied some IC design doesn't really help you. I mentioned it to show that I had some idea of the skill set you'd need but I was already designing control equipment (I started in analogue electronics, moved to using discrete logic, then microprocessors....) so my migration into control was sort of via the application engineering involvedin the product development and proving.
Why did I change? First it was money that led to a misguided foray into management that didn't work because I'm a technical engineer and always will be. Then I moved into biotechnology in the late 80's but that was the dotcom of its day so when the bubble burst I was looking for a lifeboat. I landed with one of the major petrochem engineering contractors. I planned to give it three years to stabilise my, by then, patchy CV. But they kept me busy and interested and twenty-odd years on I'm still here.
Would you like it? Well, at the earlier stages, as you'd expect, there's plenty of grind with lists, indexes, requisitions etc. But if you're willing to learn all kinds of things outside direct C&I (on the 'if you don't understand it you can't control it' principle), deliver the goods and take on responsibility you should be able to grow through that fairly quickly (4-5 years). One word of warning here though, there are considerable variations between contractors - some are technology-orientated while others are primarily contract-driven and 'go in, do it, get out' in their approach. If you get the right place I'd say it's pretty good in our industry. You can make more money elsewhere but usually it'll be less interesting. The other thing is that the agency (temp) market is big so when there's a reasonable amount of business around this route can be lucrative (up to about £65/hr at present with tax benefits if you register as a company). The down side of agency is that usually the most interesting work goes to staff and any training you want has to be paid for by yourself ( plus you're only paid for actual hours worked).
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
16 July 2012 09:32 PM
I think I need to do a whole lot more reading on the different companies.
My friend is going through a consultancy (AMEC) first and then onto contracting (does this make sense?) as he says this is the main way to get chartered and 'climb the ladder'. Getting chartered is something I would definitely want to do...
I think money-wise, it does sound pretty good. I'm still not 100% on day-to-day activites (I get in and design and simulate circuits, sometimes I manage whole circuits myself, then they get laid out, fabricated and when they get back we test them) but it sounds like it has a bit more human interaction than my current job. Just back from another late day - really wish I got overtime!
Got to say, the BP grad scheme looks excellent but you don't half have to jump through a thousand hoops to get in. My friend thinks I can just e-mail HR for different companies and get something that way, without doing the whole assessment centre thing, but I'm doubtful of that approach. I wish I could go back 5 years and make a more informed decision.
I had a second interview for a great electronics opportunity in the States - guy said he couldn't believe what I'd done in five years. Hopefully he wasn't blowing my trumpet, and that it'd look good to employers in oil & gas if I went down that route.
17 July 2012 07:55 AM
In my view C&I engineering holds a significant 'hands on and in front of the customer' content especially during the commisioning phase. There are probably some backroom positions, but in general you have to go out into the field and make what you have designed work.
If you are willing to travel and work long hours (which are normally paid) there are a lot of openings in the commisioning field. As an example here is an opening with one of our suppliers:
I had a similar position with them many years ago.
Best regards
19 July 2012 04:49 PM
C&I Engineers or what others refer to as C&A (Control & Automation) Engineers are currently "hot-skills" in the Oil and Gas Sector. It covers a wide spectrum of specialties from basic instrumentation (electrical, electronic. hydraulic, pneumatic) systems. Fire, Gas and Smoke detection systems also fall under the same C&I Discipline. Control Systems, and nowadays Fieldbus technology e.g. Foundation, Profibus, etc are commonly deployed in process plants. You also get to do process control optimization, etc where you get to use PID Controls that was probably covered in your undergrad programme. Functional safety according to IEC 61511 is another area covered under C&A which is an interesting topic in the process industry, for e.g. oil and gas sector.
With your experience in IC design, I would imagine that you would have little difficulty using the many software tools that is widely used in the Oil and Gas industries. You need to decide on the location where you would like to work and apply for C&I jobs with the different Operators in the Oil and Gas Sector. The oil and gas sector deals with hydrocarbons which are hazardous and therefore, there is exposure to risks not necessary present in the Microelectronics sector. Given that there are risks associated with careers in the oil and gas, a higher salary is generally expected. Working long hours in the early years of your career will eventually be quite rewarding, especially with the steep learning curve.
Hope that helps.
Kind Regards, Terry
20 July 2012 01:36 PM
C&I Engineering is quite diverse and though I don't come from the oil & Gas industry, the power generation industry is quite close. An important aspect od C&I engineering is safety systems at the moment which is a blend of process engineering with in certain cases embedded systems (instrumentation can be electronic or in many cases pneumatic). I'd suggest doing some research in BS EN 61508 standard as this is the major standard in C&I world wide and provides some understanding of factors of safety.
In terms of IC design, there are some good cross over competencies, PLC language is basically logic based controls though higher end stuff would require some knowledge of PID and their practical implication. The major SCADA packages i've seen use VB scripts and C language as well which I'm sure you would have working knowledge. C&I encampasses all level of systems these days, in my short career I've looked at lub oil systems and emergency valve actuation/control (etc). If you take the plunge and shift, I wish you good luck.
05 August 2012 11:12 AM
Many thanks for the replies, guys - sorry for my late one!! I got back from an interview for an IC design job in the States. It pretty much revealed to me that I don't want to work there - next to no holidays and long work hours... quality of life has to come in somewhere!!
I see the BP grad scheme is opening again in September. I don't know what my chances of getting that would be! It seems very difficult to obtain salary information on controls engineers working for them after, say, 5 years. Is there a norm? I have a recruiter looking into IC jobs in parallel.. in Munich I could be looking at around €70k Euros right now. A switch to C&I (or C&A) engineering still appeals but I think I need to decide sharpish whether or not to go for it. I think now is the age to do so.
05 August 2012 02:53 PM
I can't say with any certainty the salary level company to company but a 35-55K grade is about the right grade for a C&I engineer. Don't know about the difference of the work environment with IC Design and manufacturing/heavy industry but what I can tell you is you'll be working with a mix of engineering disciplines and levels with a lot of banter involved. There can be hard working hours of 12+ hrs at times but usually the benefits make up for this.
The fantastic thing about it is there is always a challenge which you don't immediately know the answers and requires investigation. I've just finish doing some calculations for a valve actuator controller to incorporate a emergency supply line into considering consumption rates, gas density etc, which I'd never guessed coming out of university. Health and Safety is something you will also have person responsibility for and judgement is key in that area. BP grade scheme is a very competitive scheme to get on but there are plenty of places looking for C&I Engineers with the introduction of embedded systems and smart instrumentation. With your background in IC Design, this may provide added benefit in some regard as everything from High Voltage inverter drives to simple measurement instrumentation incorporate some processing power and require evaluation for use.
06 August 2012 08:02 PM
That salary grade is probably better than I'll get in electronics (I think) - and am I right in saying that overtime is common? No overtime doing IC Design, that's for sure (and extra hours are very frequent...). From what yourself and everybody has said, it does sound like a very interesting job - I just wish I could do it for a day!! I know C programming - though I must admit programming is not my favourite thing in the world - mainly I do sub-micron analogue circuit design, simulation and layout.
I must check other companies that do C&I as well as BP (any popular ones?). The bummer would be that I'd have to start from scratch on a grad programme. As indicated I'm in the early stages of a job search and if I stay in IC design I should hopefully be looking at £39k + bonus if I stay in Scotland. IC Design isn't as varied going by what has been said here - I'll have to do more digging..
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I think you're right in that the BP scheme would be difficult to get onto! I know one guy (indirectly) who does C&I engineering for a brewery. We would both rather be doing each others' jobs I think! The overtime issue does grate, I must admit... So it's one big trade-off, really. Do I stick with what I'm doing now and maximise current earnings/savings and progress in this field or switch to something I THINK might be more enjoyable which may pay more. IC Design is certainly a challenge - often TOO challenging - surrounded by super-brains..! Don't get the banter you would get in other jobs - odd bunch at times. If the salaries are comparable then it may not be worth my while other than from a job satisfaction point of view (my job is satisfying but to an extent). Even senior designers are telling me the future is energy, get into control-type jobs. Semiconductor jobs are easily done anywhere there is a computer and wages have definitely declined somewhat the last decade or so. A bit like IT!
I think my head may be in the clouds if I think I can get a place with BP or the like.. my skillset isn't directly suited and they seem to ask for relevant experience through summer work and the like (obviously I did electronics summer work).
Most likely what will happen here is that I'll continue in IC Design. Always good to keep an eye out, though. I'll let you know how it all goes!
Edited: 06 August 2012 at 09:22 PM by guitarman002
07 August 2012 08:41 AM
I think you're right in that the BP scheme would be difficult to get onto! I know one guy (indirectly) who does C&I engineering for a brewery. We would both rather be doing each others' jobs I think!
i wouldn't just focus on the BP side of it, there will be a lot smaller independent companies who could offer you something just as good
08 August 2012 09:49 AM
This is the thing, I'm trying to get a contact in any of the companies to speak to regarding my career to date and options for the future, but the BPs and the like don't just pick up the phone to whoever has questions like this... Surely there must be somebody I can discuss things with, even if it's an outside agency that deals with oil & gas..
14 August 2012 10:37 AM
Surely there must be somebody I can discuss things with, even if it's an outside agency that deals with oil & gas..
where are you based thomas?
24 August 2012 01:05 PM
Hello Chris,
Sorry for the late reply - I've been insanely busy on a project..
I'm based in Edinburgh for now. I'm taking a trip up to Aberdeen one weekend soon as have never been before.
My friend who works up there says the real money is in contracting and that a lot of people go that route. One company has my CV and some of the grad schemes open up again next month. In parallel I'm also scoping out IC design jobs, just to keep options open.
10 September 2012 06:50 PM
i am just curious to learn circuit designing
is there any book that teach us how to create your own circuits or simply circuit designing ?
thanks in advance
Edited: 14 September 2012 at 08:17 PM by larry80
11 September 2012 09:31 AM
Best start is "Horowitz and Hill: The Art of Electronics". For the 20 years or so that I was a circuit designer it was pretty much the only book I used.
BUT it won't exactly tell you how to design a circuit, any more than a book on painting techniques or music composition will tell you how to create an original masterpiece: it's hard to describe something that, by definition, hasn't been done yet! However, this book gives a good guide to why circuits that already exist were designed the way they were, and that's the best way to start. Then look at every circuit you can to try to figure out why it was designed as it was.Then just have a go, ideally with a mentor to work with to criticise your own early efforts.
Andy Millar CEng MIET CMgr MCMI
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11 September 2012 01:35 PM
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