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- 2016
- [j63]Jin Yi, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li, Jie Gao:
An efficient modified harmony search algorithm with intersect mutation operator and cellular local search for continuous function optimization problems. Appl. Intell. 44(3): 725-753 (2016)
- [j62]Yinzhi Zhou, Wenchao Yi, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li:
Analysis of mutation vectors selection mechanism in differential evolution. Appl. Intell. 44(4): 904-912 (2016)
- [j61]Xiangzhu He, Jida Huang, Yunqing Rao, Liang Gao:
Chaotic Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization with Lévy Flight for Global Numerical Optimization. Comp. Int. and Neurosc. 2016: 8341275:1-8341275:12 (2016)
- [j60]Wenchao Yi, Yinzhi Zhou, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li, Jianhui Mou:
An improved adaptive differential evolution algorithm for continuous optimization. Expert Syst. Appl. 44: 1-12 (2016)
- [j59]Wenchao Yi, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Yinzhi Zhou, Jida Huang:
ε constrained differential evolution with pre-estimated comparison using gradient-based approximation for constrained optimization problems. Expert Syst. Appl. 44: 37-49 (2016)
- [j58]Haobo Qiu, Yanjiao Xu, Liang Gao, Xiaoke Li, Li Chi:
Multi-stage design space reduction and metamodeling optimization method based on self-organizing maps and fuzzy clustering. Expert Syst. Appl. 46: 180-195 (2016)
- 2015
- [j57]Wenchao Yi, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li, Yinzhi Zhou:
A new differential evolution algorithm with a hybrid mutation operator and self-adapting control parameters for global optimization problems. Appl. Intell. 42(4): 642-660 (2015)
- [j56]Jida Huang, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li:
An effective teaching-learning-based cuckoo search algorithm for parameter optimization problems in structure designing and machining processes. Appl. Soft Comput. 36: 349-356 (2015)
- [j55]Chi-Lung Kuo, Chih-Hsing Chu, Ying Li, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao:
Electromagnetism-like algorithms for optimized tool path planning in 5-axis flank machining. Computers & Industrial Engineering 84: 70-78 (2015)
- [j54]Qun Lin, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li, Chunjiang Zhang:
A hybrid backtracking search algorithm for permutation flow-shop scheduling problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering 85: 437-446 (2015)
- [j53]Liang Gao, Xinyu Li, Xiaoyu Wen, Chao Lu, Feng Wen:
A hybrid algorithm based on a new neighborhood structure evaluation method for job shop scheduling problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering 88: 417-429 (2015)
- [j52]Mi Xiao, Xinyu Shao, Liang Gao, Zhen Luo:
A new methodology for multi-objective multidisciplinary design optimization problems based on game theory. Expert Syst. Appl. 42(3): 1602-1612 (2015)
- [j51]Liang Gao, Yinzhi Zhou, Xinyu Li, Quan-Ke Pan, Wenchao Yi:
Multi-objective optimization based reverse strategy with differential evolution algorithm for constrained optimization problems. Expert Syst. Appl. 42(14): 5976-5987 (2015)
- [j50]Chunjiang Zhang, Qun Lin, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li:
Backtracking Search Algorithm with three constraint handling methods for constrained optimization problems. Expert Syst. Appl. 42(21): 7831-7845 (2015)
- [j49]Liang Gao, Gang Wang, Jinhai Liu:
Image denoising based on edge detection and prethresholding Wiener filtering of multi-wavelets fusion. IJWMIP 13(5) (2015)
- [j48]A. Garg, V. Vijayaraghavan, Jasmine Siu Lee Lam, Pravin M. Singru, Liang Gao:
A molecular simulation based computational intelligence study of a nano-machining process with implications on its environmental performance. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation 21: 54-63 (2015)
- [j47]Liang Gao, Justin S. Yuan, Gregory J. Heden, John A. Szivek, Mihra S. Taljanovic, L. Daniel Latt, Russell S. Witte:
Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging for Determining the Mechanical Properties of Human Posterior Tibial Tendon: A Cadaveric Study. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Engineering 62(4): 1179-1184 (2015)
- [c45]Jin Yi, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Yongping Chen:
Optimal design of photovoltaic-wind hybrid renewable energy system using a discrete geometric selective harmony search. CSCWD 2015: 499-504
- [c44]TaiFeng Liu, Peigen Li, Wenlong Li, Liang Gao, Jin Yi, Yuewei Bai:
Cuckoo Search-based range image registration for free-form surface inspection. CSCWD 2015: 505-510
- [c43]Kai Xia, Liang Gao, Kuo-Ming Chao, Lihui Wang:
A Cloud-Based Disassembly Planning Approach towards Sustainable Management of WEEE. ICEBE 2015: 203-208
- 2014
- [j46]Kai Xia, Liang Gao, Weidong Li, Kuo-Ming Chao:
Disassembly sequence planning using a Simplified Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization algorithm. Advanced Engineering Informatics 28(4): 518-527 (2014)
- [j45]Hongyan Sang, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li:
An Iterated Local Search Algorithm for the Lot-Streaming Flow Shop Scheduling Problem. APJOR 31(6) (2014)
- [j44]Jun Zheng, Xinyu Shao, Liang Gao, Ping Jiang, Haobo Qiu:
A prior-knowledge input LSSVR metamodeling method with tuning based on cellular particle swarm optimization for engineering design. Expert Syst. Appl. 41(5): 2111-2125 (2014)
- [j43]Qun Lin, Kai Xia, Lihui Wang, Liang Gao:
Cloud manufacturing in China: a literature survey. IJMR 9(4): 369-388 (2014)
- [j42]Xiaoyu Wen, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Hongyan Sang:
Honey bees mating optimization algorithm for process planning problem. J. Intelligent Manufacturing 25(3): 459-472 (2014)
- [j41]Xinyu Li, Xiaoyu Wen, Liang Gao:
An Effective Genetic Algorithm for Multi-objective Integrated Process Planning and Scheduling with Various Flexibilities in Process Planning. J. UCS 20(14): 1926-1950 (2014)
- [j40]Quan-Ke Pan, Hongyan Sang, Jun-Hua Duan, Liang Gao:
An improved fruit fly optimization algorithm for continuous function optimization problems. Knowl.-Based Syst. 62: 69-83 (2014)
- [j39]A. Garg, V. Vijayaraghavan, C. H. Wong, K. Tai, Liang Gao:
An embedded simulation approach for modeling the thermal conductivity of 2D nanoscale material. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 44: 1-13 (2014)
- [j38]A. Garg, V. Vijayaraghavan, C. H. Wong, K. Tai, K. Sumithra, Liang Gao, Pravin M. Singru:
Combined CI-MD approach in formulation of engineering moduli of single layer graphene sheet. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 48: 93-111 (2014)
- [c42]Tao Gu, Hao Li, Li Zhang, Liang Gao:
A level set method for structural shape and topology optimization using Radial Basis Function. CSCWD 2014: 408-413
- [c41]Mi Xiao, Haihong Xiong, Liang Gao, Qiangzhuang Yao:
An Efficient Method for Structural Reliability Analysis Using Evidence Theory. CSE 2014: 144-149
- [c40]Chi-Lung Kuo, Chih-Hsing Chu, Ying Li, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao:
Optimized tool path planning in 5-axis flank machining using electromagnetism-like algorithms. IEEM 2014: 973-977
- [c39]Muhammad Farhan Ausaf, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao:
A priority based optimization algorithm for multi-objective integrated process planning and scheduling problem. IEEM 2014: 1327-1331
- [i3]Liang Gao, Chaoming Song, Ziyou Gao, Albert-László Barabási, James P. Bagrow, Dashun Wang:
Quantifying Information Flow During Emergencies. CoRR abs/1401.1274 (2014)
- [i2]Yuhao Qin, Zhi-Dan Zhao, Shimin Cai, Liang Gao:
Dual-induced multifractality of human online activity. CoRR abs/1411.4840 (2014)
- 2013
- [j37]Yinzhi Zhou, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao:
A differential evolution algorithm with intersect mutation operator. Appl. Soft Comput. 13(1): 390-401 (2013)
- [j36]Long Wen, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li, Liping Zhang:
Free Pattern Search for global optimization. Appl. Soft Comput. 13(9): 3853-3863 (2013)
- [j35]Li Nie, Liang Gao, Peigen Li, Xinyu Shao:
Reactive scheduling in a job shop where jobs arrive over time. Computers & Industrial Engineering 66(2): 389-405 (2013)
- [j34]Chunjiang Zhang, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Qing Wu:
An improved electromagnetism-like mechanism algorithm for constrained optimization. Expert Syst. Appl. 40(14): 5621-5634 (2013)
- [j33]Jida Huang, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao:
A new hybrid algorithm for unconstrained optimisation problems. IJCAT 46(3): 187-194 (2013)
- [j32]Li Nie, Liang Gao, Peigen Li, Xinyu Li:
A GEP-based reactive scheduling policies constructing approach for dynamic flexible job shop scheduling problem with job release dates. J. Intelligent Manufacturing 24(4): 763-774 (2013)
- [j31]Tao Wu, Xiaobing Pei, Yongzhong Lu, Changqing Chen, Liang Gao:
A distributed collaborative product design environment based on semantic norm model and role-based access control. J. Network and Computer Applications 36(6): 1431-1440 (2013)
- [j30]Yang Yang, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Xinyu Shao:
A new approach for predicting and collaborative evaluating the cutting force in face milling based on gene expression programming. J. Network and Computer Applications 36(6): 1540-1550 (2013)
- [j29]Liang Gao, Dongming Li, Yihua Zhang:
Research of Weeds Classification System Based on Shape Feature. JSW 8(7): 1736-1742 (2013)
- [c38]Xiaoyu Wen, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Wenwen Wang, Liang Wan:
Improved genetic algorithm with external archive maintenance for multi-objective integrated process planning and scheduling. CSCWD 2013: 385-390
- [c37]Yang Yang, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao:
Parameters optimization of a multi-pass milling process based on imperialist competitive algorithm. CSCWD 2013: 406-410
- [c36]Qing Wu, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Ying Li:
A simplified electromagnetism-like mechanism algorithm for tool path planning in 5-axis flank milling. CSCWD 2013: 422-426
- [c35]Jian Kang, Ping Jiang, Liang Gao, Jun Zheng:
A Quadratic Exterior Penalty Function Based Probabilistic Analytical Target Cascading Method. HPCC/EUC 2013: 153-157
- [c34]Kai Xia, Liang Gao, Lihui Wang, Weidong Li, Kuo-Ming Chao:
A Simplified Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization Algorithm for Disassembly Sequence Planning. ICEBE 2013: 393-398
- [c33]Xi Vincent Wang, Lihui Wang, Liang Gao:
From Cloud Manufacturing to Cloud Remanufacturing: A Cloud-Based Approach for WEEE. ICEBE 2013: 399-406
- [c32]Liang Wan, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Xiaoyu Wen, Wenwen Wang:
A Novel Two-Level Genetic Algorithm for Integrated Process Planning and Scheduling. SMC 2013: 2790-2795
- [c31]Wenwen Wang, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Xiaoyu Wen, Liang Wan:
Application of Interval Theory and Genetic Algorithm for Uncertain Integrated Process Planning and Scheduling. SMC 2013: 2796-2801
- [c30]Yinzhi Zhou, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao:
A Novel Two-Layer Hierarchical Differential Evolution Algorithm for Global Optimization. SMC 2013: 2916-2921
- [i1]Peng Zhang, Menghui Li, Liang Gao, Ying Fan, Zengru Di:
Characterizing and Modeling the Dynamics of Activity and Popularity. CoRR abs/1309.7463 (2013)
- 2012
- [j28]Liang Gao, Jida Huang, Xinyu Li:
An effective cellular particle swarm optimization for parameters optimization of a multi-pass milling process. Appl. Soft Comput. 12(11): 3490-3499 (2012)
- [j27]Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Weidong Li:
Application of game theory based hybrid algorithm for multi-objective integrated process planning and scheduling. Expert Syst. Appl. 39(1): 288-297 (2012)
- [j26]Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Xinyu Shao:
An active learning genetic algorithm for integrated process planning and scheduling. Expert Syst. Appl. 39(8): 6683-6691 (2012)
- [j25]Xiaojuan Wang, Liang Gao, Chaoyong Zhang, Xinyu Li:
A multi-objective genetic algorithm for fuzzy flexible job-shop scheduling problem. IJCAT 45(2/3): 115-125 (2012)
- [j24]Gang Huang, Jin H. Li, Xiao D. Yuan, Liang Gao, Yunqing Rao:
RFID-enabled real-time PBS monitoring for automobile assembly factory. Int. J. Computer Integrated Manufacturing 25(1): 66-85 (2012)
- [j23]Liang Gao, Xiaoyun Liu, Wufan Chen:
Phase- and GVF-Based Level Set Segmentation of Ultrasonic Breast Tumors. J. Applied Mathematics 2012: 810805:1-810805:22 (2012)
- [c29]Long Wen, Liang Gao, Liping Zhang:
Modeling the performance of electrochemical machining process using free pattern search. ICCI*CC 2012: 465-471
- [c28]Long Wen, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li, Yang Yang, Guohui Zhang:
Application of Free Pattern Search on the surface roughness prediction in end milling. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2012: 1-6
- [c27]Liping Zhang, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Guohui Zhang, Xiaoyu Wen:
Dynamic scheduling model in FMS by considering energy consumption and schedule efficiency. CSCWD 2012: 719-724
- [e1]Liang Gao, Weiming Shen, Jean-Paul A. Barthès, Junzhou Luo, Jianming Yong, Wenfeng Li, Weidong Li:
IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012, May 23-25, 2012, Wuhan, China. IEEE 2012, ISBN 978-1-4673-1212-7 [contents]
- 2011
- [j22]Yaning Tang, Wen-Xiu Ma, Wei Xu, Liang Gao:
Wronskian determinant solutions of the (3 + 1)-dimensional Jimbo-Miwa equation. Applied Mathematics and Computation 217(21): 8722-8730 (2011)
- [j21]Quan-Ke Pan, Ling Wang, Liang Gao:
A chaotic harmony search algorithm for the flow shop scheduling problem with limited buffers. Appl. Soft Comput. 11(8): 5270-5280 (2011)
- [j20]Liang Gao, Guohui Zhang, Liping Zhang, Xinyu Li:
An efficient memetic algorithm for solving the job shop scheduling problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering 60(4): 699-705 (2011)
- [j19]Quan-Ke Pan, Ponnuthurai N. Suganthan, Ling Wang, Liang Gao, Rammohan Mallipeddi:
A differential evolution algorithm with self-adapting strategy and control parameters. Computers & OR 38(1): 394-408 (2011)
- [j18]Guohui Zhang, Liang Gao, Yang Shi:
An effective genetic algorithm for the flexible job-shop scheduling problem. Expert Syst. Appl. 38(4): 3563-3573 (2011)
- [j17]Hongcheng Liu, Liang Gao, Quan-Ke Pan:
A hybrid particle swarm optimization with estimation of distribution algorithm for solving permutation flowshop scheduling problem. Expert Syst. Appl. 38(4): 4348-4360 (2011)
- [j16]Quan-Ke Pan, Ling Wang, Liang Gao, W. D. Li:
An effective hybrid discrete differential evolution algorithm for the flow shop scheduling with intermediate buffers. Inf. Sci. 181(3): 668-685 (2011)
- [j15]Yang Shi, Hongcheng Liu, Liang Gao, Guohui Zhang:
Cellular particle swarm optimization. Inf. Sci. 181(20): 4460-4493 (2011)
- [c26]Guoqing Jin, Weidong Li, Liang Gao:
Tool-paths optimization of rapid prototyping to support product verification and collaboration. CSCWD 2011: 120-124
- [c25]Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Liping Zhang, Weidong Li:
An effective multi-swarm collaborative evolutionary algorithm for flexible job shop scheduling problem. CSCWD 2011: 281-284
- [c24]Li Nie, Liang Gao, Peigen Li, Liping Zhang:
Application of gene expression programming on dynamic job shop scheduling problem. CSCWD 2011: 291-295
- [c23]Hongyan Sang, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li:
A Differential Evolution Algorithm for Lot-Streaming Flow Shop Scheduling Problem. ICIC (1) 2011: 576-583
- [c22]Ahmad A. Hammoudi, Fuhai Li, Liang Gao, Zhiyong Wang, Michael J. Thrall, Yehia Massoud, Stephen T. C. Wong:
Automated Nuclear Segmentation of Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy Images by Coupling Superpixel Context Information with Artificial Neural Networks. MLMI 2011: 317-325
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- [c20]Li Nie, Liang Gao, Peigen Li, Xiaojuan Wang:
Multi-Objective Optimization for Dynamic Single-Machine Scheduling. ICSI (2) 2011: 1-9
- [p1]Weidong Li, Lihui Wang, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao:
Intelligent Optimisation for Integrated Process Planning and Scheduling. Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimisation for Product Design and Manufacturing 2011: 305-324
- 2010
- [j14]Ping Jiang, Xinyu Shao, Liang Gao, Haobo Qiu, Peigen Li:
A process-view approach for cross-organizational workflows management. Advanced Engineering Informatics 24(2): 229-240 (2010)
- [j13]Liang Gao, Wen-Xiu Ma, Wei Xu:
Frobenius integrable decompositions for ninth-order partial differential equations of specific polynomial type. Applied Mathematics and Computation 216(9): 2728-2733 (2010)
- [j12]Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Xinyu Shao, Chaoyong Zhang, Cuiyu Wang:
Mathematical modeling and evolutionary algorithm-based approach for integrated process planning and scheduling. Computers & OR 37(4): 656-667 (2010)
- [j11]Xinyu Li, Chaoyong Zhang, Liang Gao, Weidong Li, Xinyu Shao:
An agent-based approach for integrated process planning and scheduling. Expert Syst. Appl. 37(2): 1256-1264 (2010)
- [j10]Xue-Zheng Chu, Liang Gao, Haobo Qiu, Weidong Li, Xinyu Shao:
An expert system using rough sets theory and self-organizing maps to design space exploration of complex products. Expert Syst. Appl. 37(11): 7364-7372 (2010)
- [j9]Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Chaoyong Zhang, Xinyu Shao:
A review on Integrated Process Planning and Scheduling. IJMR 5(2): 161-180 (2010)
- [j8]Li Zhang, Liang Gao, Xinyu Shao, Long Wen, Jun Zhi:
A PSO-Fuzzy group decision-making support system in vehicle performance evaluation. Mathematical and Computer Modelling 52(11-12): 1921-1931 (2010)
- [c19]Qing Wu, Chunjiang Zhang, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li:
Training neural networks by electromagnetism-like mechanism algorithm for tourism arrivals forecasting. BIC-TA 2010: 679-688
- [c18]Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Xinyu Shao, Qing Wu:
An effective modified Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm for process planning. BIC-TA 2010: 928-932
- [c17]Longbiao Zhao, Zhimin Chen, Haobo Qiu, Liang Gao:
A PDOC Method for Topology Optimization Design. ICIC (1) 2010: 555-563
- [c16]Jie Liu, Chaoyong Zhang, Liang Gao, Xiaojuan Wang:
Research on flexible job-shop scheduling problem under uncertainty based on genetic algorithm. ICNC 2010: 2462-2467
- [c15]Lipeng Li, Xue-Zheng Chu, Qiuhao Bo, Liang Gao, Xinyu Shao:
Analytical Target Cascading Based on Physical Programming. SMC 2010: 3060-3067
2000 – 2009
- 2009
- [j7]Guohui Zhang, Xinyu Shao, Peigen Li, Liang Gao:
An effective hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithm for multi-objective flexible job-shop scheduling problem. Computers & Industrial Engineering 56(4): 1309-1318 (2009)
- [j6]Ping Jiang, Xinyu Shao, Haobo Qiu, Liang Gao, Peigen Li:
A Web services and process-view combined approach for process management of collaborative product development. Computers in Industry 60(6): 416-427 (2009)
- [j5]Xinyu Shao, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Chaoyong Zhang:
Integration of process planning and scheduling - A modified genetic algorithm-based approach. Computers & OR 36(6): 2082-2096 (2009)
- [j4]Xinyu Shao, Xue-Zheng Chu, Haobo Qiu, Liang Gao, Jun Yan:
An expert system using rough sets theory for aided conceptual design of ship's engine room automation. Expert Syst. Appl. 36(2): 3223-3233 (2009)
- [j3]Weidong Li, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li:
Application of Intelligent Strategies for Cooperative Manufacturing Planning. J. UCS 15(9): 1907-1923 (2009)
- [c14]Xinyu Li, Weidong Li, Liang Gao, Chaoyong Zhang, Xinyu Shao:
Multi-agent based integration of process planning and scheduling. CSCWD 2009: 215-220
- [c13]Ping Jiang, Liang Gao, Peigen Li, Haobo Qiu:
Collaborative execution mechanisms for the TCPN-enhanced process-view approach based inter-enterprises workflow. CSCWD 2009: 480-485
- [c12]Liang Gao, Shaoyue Yu, Yu-Pan Luo, Lin Shang:
MLOD: Multi-granularity local outlier detection. GrC 2009: 171-175
- [c11]Kunlei Lian, Chaoyong Zhang, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao:
An Effective Hybrid Genetic Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Process Planning Problem. ICNC (5) 2009: 367-373
- 2008
- [c10]Xiaojuan Wang, Liang Gao, Chaoyong Zhang:
Electromagnetism-Like Mechanism Based Algorithm for Neural Network Training. ICIC (2) 2008: 40-45
- [c9]Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Guohui Zhang, Chaoyong Zhang, Xinyu Shao:
A Genetic Algorithm for Integration of Process Planning and Scheduling Problem. ICIRA (2) 2008: 495-502
- [c8]Guohui Zhang, Liang Gao, Xinyu Li, Peigen Li:
Variable Neighborhood Genetic Algorithm for the Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problems. ICIRA (2) 2008: 503-512
- 2007
- [j2]Wei Xu, Liang Gao, Yaning Tang, Jianwei Shen:
A series of explicit and exact travelling wave solutions of the B(m, n) equations. Applied Mathematics and Computation 185(1): 748-754 (2007)
- [j1]Jian Tan, Liang Gao, Yingchao Ren, Lei Wu, Fuqing Zhang, Lei Sheng, Chongjun Yang:
Research on a Web Gis-Based GPS Vehicle Monitoring System. Data Science Journal 6: 926-929 (2007)
- [c7]Ping Jiang, Xinyu Shao, Liang Gao, Zhenfeng Yang:
A Multi-agent System for Cross-Organizational Workflows Management Based on Process-View. International Conference on Computational Science (3) 2007: 212-215
- [c6]Xinyu Shao, Zhimin Chen, Mingang Fu, Liang Gao:
Multi-objective Topology Optimization of Structures Using NN-OC Algorithms. ISNN (3) 2007: 204-212
- 2006
- [c5]Xinyu Shao, Ping Jiang, Haobo Qiu, Liang Gao:
Workflow Modeling for Virtual Enterprise: a Petri Net Based Process-View Approach. CSCWD 2006: 1213-1218
- [c4]Xinyu Shao, Li Zhang, Liang Gao, Rui Chen:
Fuzzy Multiple Attributive Group Decision-Making for Conflict Resolution in Collaborative Design. FSKD 2006: 990-999
- [c3]Liang Gao, Chi Zhou, Hai-Bing Gao, Yong-Ren Shi:
Combining Particle Swarm Optimization and Neural Network for Diagnosis of Unexplained Syncope. ICIC (3) 2006: 174-181
- [c2]Liang Gao, Chi Zhou, Hai-Bing Gao, Yong-Ren Shi:
Credit Scoring Model Based on Neural Network with Particle Swarm Optimization. ICNC (1) 2006: 76-79
- [c1]Chi Zhou, Liang Gao, Hai-Bing Gao, Kun Zan:
Particle Swarm Optimization for Simultaneous Optimization of Design and Machining Tolerances. SEAL 2006: 873-880
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for the global pool of investment capital, it must be willing to make financial disclosures equal to those of American or British corporations, without regard to the fact that such disclosures are not required by its home country. And this is exactly what has occurred. Foreign corporations have been preparing financial statements with excess disclosure--"excess" in the sense that it is well beyond the information required by their native accounting standards. This discretionary compliance with U.S. GAAP not only has been undertaken in their own self-interest, but also is a virtual necessity for their continued survival in an environment of competitive information.
A similar argument can be made in the area of interactive compliance. If a company is rewarded for its participation in the compliance procedure, be it by preference granted in government contracting or by reduced costs in compliance investigations or by superior public relations, then other companies will be forced to enter into interactive compliance or else find themselves at a competitive disadvantage. As currently taught, business policy and strategy courses largely overlook these zones of discretion and the business sense that interactive compliance can make. This should change--to increase interest, to introduce more realism into the decision model, and to explore otherwise ignored alternatives.
Business faculty and their students like to think of themselves as being performance-oriented. Unfortunately, this performance orientation is seen quite narrowly as a competition measured crudely by the maximization of profits. Numbers have become both a scoring device and a fixation. What better example of this than the capstone course offered at the end of most business curricula? In many of these Business Policy courses, students "compete" against one another as fictional firms and are ranked according to their respective bottom lines (or, more accurately, by an "index" or number based on the company's profits). Does it matter that their company is a "good" company, that it willingly complies with environmental standards, provides its workers with a safe and healthy work place, or refuses to engage in discriminatory behavior? These factors do not even enter the "game" because they cannot be reduced to a number. They are not part of the scoring system.
For interactive corporate compliance to gain a receptive audience among business faculties and their students, it must become part of the scoring system; it must be shown to increase revenues or reduce costs. If its benefits cannot be expressed in some tangible form (i.e.,

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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Aaron Murray's record night kept Georgia's Southeastern Conference hopes alive.
ATHENS - Aaron Murray isn't asking Georgia fans to wear Florida's orange and blue on Saturday. He's not expecting to see Bulldogs fans doing the Gator chomp.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Connor Shaw threw two touchdown passes and ran for another, Ace Sanders had a dazzling 70-yard punt return touchdown and No. 6 South Carolina's defense dominated fifth-ranked Georgia in a 35-7 victory Saturday.
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ATHENS - Georgia is dealing with a big loss heading into its Southeastern Conference showdown against South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The season's first Eastern Division showdown in the Southeastern Conference is set: No. 5 Georgia at No. 6 South Carolina on Saturday.
ATHENS - Todd Gurley ran for three touchdowns and Keith Marshall added two as No. 5 Georgia recovered after blowing a 17-point lead to beat Tennessee 51-44 on Saturday in the highest-scoring game ever between the SEC rivals.
ATHENS, Ga. - Georgia's high-scoring offense could feature a new weapon on Saturday against Tennessee.
ATHENS, Ga. - Aaron Murray completed his first 12 passes and No. 5 Georgia finally got off to a good start, blowing out Vanderbilt before halftime on the way to a 48-3 victory Saturday night.
ATHENS, Ga. - Todd Grantham has been known to yell and curse and throw things - and that's when dealing with his own players.
ATHENS - Aaron Murray passed for a career-best 342 yards and two touchdowns, also scored twice with short runs, and No. 7 Georgia bounced back from another slow start to blow out Florida Atlantic 56-20 on Saturday night.
ATHENS - Coming off perhaps the greatest game of his college career, Jarvis Jones could've savored all the accolades.
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Kuniko Tanioka, head of the opposition Green Wind party, said Monday she will step down as leader and retire from politics after losing her parliamentary seat in Sunday's House of Councillors election.
The Green Wind party "has completed its role," she told reporters in Nagoya.
All of the party's four upper house members lost their Diet seats, leaving it with only two House of Representatives members.
Tanioka said it is up to the remaining two lawmakers to decide whether to disband the party.


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Pontiac GTO Wheel and Drag Bag Installation - Hookin' Up A Goat On A BudgetWritten on September 1, 2007 Part I: Wheel And Tire Selection And Drag Bags Installation
When released to the public, the newest generation of GTO quickly became known in automotive circles as one of the most refined platforms to hit the U.S. marketplace. A true performance coupe by any definition, the Goat offers impressive handling, ride characteristics and stellar performance.
Achieving maximum acceleration and obtaining the ability to push the car harder through the turns, however, is hampered by the OEM design of the front and rear wheelwells that leave little room for larger wheel/tire combinations. From the factory, the standard 5-spoke aluminum GTO wheel (PZ9) measures 17x8 (43.2 cm) and is shod with BFGoodrich P245/45ZR17 G-Force TA KDW tires (there was an 18-inch wheel option, as well). Mounted on the stock rim, the section width of the tire is 9.6 inches with a diameter of 25.7 inches. Clearly, a larger rear tire would help in the quest for better acceleration, but how can this be accomplished without having to perform surgery on the rear wheelwells of the GTO?
Seemingly from day one, hobbyists have been trying to stuff the largest tire possible under the GTO, creating a dizzying array of choices. By far, the most popular one out there is to purchase a drag radial in a P275/40-17 size, mount it on the stock rim and then roll the rear inner fender lip to provide enough clearance so that the lip doesn't come in contact with the tire when the car is either launched at a dragstrip or driven aggressively on the street.
Although most tire manufacturers say that the acceptable practice is for rim width to be plus or minus 1 inch from their optimal recommend-ation (which is 9 inches for M/Ts radials), mounting a P275 tire on an 8-inch rim forces the sidewall to "pooch" out, effectively shortening the overall mounted diameter of the tire, so we prefer to go with the 9-inch rim.
If that's not enough, although the rear inner fender lip may be rolled with a specialty tool, you risk damaging the body in the process, and you are lowering the potential collector value of your GTO.
Is there another way to get wider rims and fatter, stickier tires on your GTO without performing surgery on the body or breaking the bank? Follow along as we modify ($75) and install a set of used 17x9-inch WS6 wheels, ($200 for a pair) shod with Mickey Thompson's 275/40R17 ET Street Radials ($189 each). A set of BMR's GTO drag bags ($99.95) will be employed as well to keep the wide tires away from the inner wheelwell lips on the '06 GTO owned by Bob Cook from Allen, Texas. Other than a custom dyno tune (HPP, July '07), the automatic equipped car is stock. Now let's get to it.
Following installation, air was pumped into the bags and the system was tested for leaks. BMR reps recommend running 8-10 pounds of air minimum and adjusting accordingly to provide just enough pressure to keep the tires from coming in contact with the rear fenders. After a few adjustments, 10 pounds was dialed in and the GTO was taken out for street testing.
Bob told HPP, "The ride characteristics of the GTO with the drag bags set at 10 psi are all but indistinguishable from the ride before installing the bags. What the bags do provide is the ability to run larger tires without resorting to rolling your inner fender well.
"The stock tires would spin on launch and then on the 1-2 shift very easily, especially after the custom dyno tune from Real Performance Motorsports. As soon as the Mickey Thompson Tires were installed, it was a totally different story. The tires just flat-hooked and went, without any spinning either at launch or on the 1-2 shift. I am looking forward to getting the tires tested at the track and finding the optimal launch point with the drag radials.
A comprehensive strip test of the M/T ET Street Radials vs. the stock tires is forthcoming. As an added bonus, the same M/T tires will be tested on a solid-axle Fourth-Gen Firebird. Stay tuned as both sets of stock tires and drag radials will be obliterated as necessary.
Supplies Required:
Pry bar
Cutting tool
(Hacksaw, Sawzall, cut-off wheel)
Metric socket set
Metric wrenches
Torque wrench
Drill and Drill Bits
Pole Jack
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M/T's ET Street Radials carry Part No. 3743R and measure 275/40R17. Touted as the world's fastest street radial, the ET Street is a D.O.T. approved street legal drag radial. The polyester ply, steel-belted radial has a directional tread pattern and is recommended for maximum dry traction (no rain). With a diameter of 26 inches, the company recommends mounting them on 8-10-inch wide rims.The stock GTO 5-spoke aluminum wheel measures 17x8-inches and has P245/45ZR17 BFGoodrich G-Force TA KDW tires from the factory. It has a 5x120mm bolt circle and 48mm offset. Converting the millimeters to inches yields a 5x4.7244-inch bolt circle. Note the prominent inner fender lip on the rear wheelwell. When mounting any 17-inch tire wider than a 255/40-17 onto the stock rim, the chances of cutting the tire on the inner fenderwell are great.The factory WS6 wheel that was available on '98-'02 LS1-equipped Birds measures 17x9 inches, or a full 1 inch wider than the stock GTO wheel. It is a 5-lug, 4.75-inch pattern with a 50mm offset and 6.95-inch backspacing. They are available on eBay and through restoration sources for reasonable costs. This O.E. reproduction was purchased from Lakeshore Wheel and Tire and retails for $212.50 each (Part No. 65311D-R) in a polished finish. A silver/machine polished wheel is also available under Part No. 65211D-R for $187.50 each. Since the stock tire size on a WS6-equipped Firebird is 275/40ZR17, the MT ET Street Radial fits perfectly.Bob Cook purchased a pair of used WS6 17x9-inch rims on eBay for $200 total, including shipping. (In order to match the silver finish on the stock GTO rims, the WS6 rims were sent over to a local powder coater where they were sandblasted and then powder coated in silver for $130.) Although the bolt circle on the WS6 rims is very close to the GTO bolt circle, for safety sake, the wheels were sent over to Pro-Tech Machining in McKinney, Texas, where senior CNC machinist Eddy Noble set the wheel up on a CNC mill.The first order of business is to make sure that the wheel is square on the machine. Two pins are used to positively locate the wheel on the machine and a dial indicator is set up so that the exact center of the wheel can be located. After determining the exact center, the two pins are snugged tight and the wheel is checked again to make sure that the center is aligned.Since the bolt circle is off by 0.0256-inch (4.750 vs. 4.7244), the countersunk area of the lug nut holes has to be moved toward the center of the wheel by 0.0125-inch to provide the correct bolt circle for the GTO pattern. In addition, to retain the original GTO lug nuts that feature 60-degree chamfers, the 45-degree chamfers on the WS6 wheels will be machined to 60 degrees.A multi-fluted countersink is used to perform the machining operation. (It is physically possible to bolt the WS6 wheels onto the GTO without modifications; we have seen racers do it, because the holes are large enough to accept the difference in bolt pattern. However, when the GTO lug nuts are installed, not only is the GTO chamfer incorrect for the WS6 wheel, but the placement of the countersunk area in the wheels causes the GTO lug nuts to side load the studs when the nuts are torqued. That is why we recommend this machining, which will result in nearly 100 percent contact between the lug nut chamfer and the countersunk holes and no stud side loading.)Once the machining is complete, the rim now wears a metric GTO bolt pattern and the proper chamfers for the lug nuts. The total cost of machining was $75.00 for the pair. In summary, a total of 1 inch of additional rim width was achieved. Whereas the GTO rim carried a 48mm offset on the 8-inch rim, the WS6 was marginally different at 50mm. Without getting into fancy offset calculations, suffice it to say that the wider wheel effectively allowed the tire to stay in relatively the same center in the wheelwell, yet add 11/42-inch of width on the inboard and outboard sides of the wheel.
The M/T tires were then mounted and balanced at a local Discount Tire store, where the technician used stick-on weights. As expected, the larger tire would not clear the inner fender lip even on a half-throttle brake torque launch. Note the blue chalk on the tire and the cut line on the sidewall-hence the need for the airbags.Since the decision had already been made to preserve the inner fender lips, in order to gain the necessary clearance to run the wide tires, a set of GTO rear airbags (Part No. DB001, retail $99.95 a pair) was sourced from BMR Fabrication. Included in the kit are bags, plastic tubing, hose clamps and all the accessories necessary for installation. The GTO drag bags are an inexpensive, yet very effective, means to modulate the independent rear suspension's spring rate. When inflated, the air bags will stiffen the rate of the rear springs, effectively limiting vertical wheel travel.With a projected installation time of 2-3 hours, the GTO was delivered to Real Performance Motorsports in Lewisville, Texas, where the late-model performance specialists could quickly and efficiently get the job done. Once on the lift and after removing the 22mm lug nut covers and the 19mm lug nuts, the wheels are dismounted by RPM technician Matt Garzonie. (The faces of the stock wheels have been covered by a multi-prismatic vinyl tape. Depending on the angle of the light that reaches the tape, the faces will either look orange or a deep charcoal color.)A pole jack is positioned under the A-arm, and a 13mm socket and wrench are used to disconnect the sway bar end link from the A-arm.A pry bar is used to force the A-arm down until sufficient clearance is gained to extract the coil spring.Once the spring is extracted, the lower spring pad is modified by cutting approximately 1 inch off of the upper portion with a hacksaw or Sawzall.The upper spring pad is similarly modified, except this time the bump stop portion of the pad is completely removed. Cutting the upper and lower pads allows enough room for the air bag to fit inside the spring.
The air line is routed down through the spring mount on the A-arm so that it comes through the center hole. This plastic air line was a very tight fit, so rather than risking a kink in it, a 131/432-inch drill bit is used to enlarge the rubber in the mount, thereby providing ample clearance.Next, the line is attached to the nipple on the air bag and a pair of needle nose pliers is used to secure the provided hose clamp. Since the owner wanted to be able to service the air from inside the trunk, the section of hose was measured and cut appropriately.The modified upper and lower spring pads are installed into the A-arm and the line is routed through the A-arm. The spring is then mounted into the perch and the procedures are duplicated on the drivers' side.Once complete, each of the air lines is routed along the lower swing arms and up on top of the transaxle. The supplied T-fitting and clamps are used to join the two air lines in a central location. BMR reps recommend mounting the Schrader valve on the center bolt for the rear valance. Rather than installing the valve under the car, the owner specified that it should be located in the trunk to allow for easier access. The remaining section of hose is double-checked to make sure that there is sufficient length to get into the trunk, and then is attached and clamped off.Next, the T-fitting is secured to the frame with zip ties. Note that the air bag lines are secured closely to the factory fuel lines.The spare tire cover is removed and the seven clips that attach the rear trunk liner to the fuel tank mounting bracket are carefully extracted using a trim tool to allow the rear liner to be taken out of the trunk.After carefully examining the trunk for access holes to the body, it was determined that there was a rubber grommet within inches of the placement of the T-fitting underneath the car. The air line was run through the rubber grommet and the entire length of the remaining hose was pulled into the trunk.It just so happens that the topmost support on the fuel tank mounting bracket provides an excellent mounting location for the valve. A 11/48-inch pilot hole is drilled followed by a 51/416-inch hole.After routing the air line along the frame rails of the fuel tank mounting bracket, a hose clamp is used to secure the Schrader valve to the line. The Schrader valve is then slipped through the hole, the washers and jam nuts are placed on the valve, tand hen tightened to the mounting bracket with a 13mm socket and wrench. Finally, the trunk is cleaned up, and the spare tire cover is installed, followed by the rear trunk liner. In order to allow access to the Schrader valve, a small piece of the trunk liner will be trimmed.


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The police say they are investigating an armed robbery committed on Chandradat Nandalall, of Vryheid's Lust, ECD at about 0915h. today. He was attacked and robbed of a quantity of jewellery, by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, police said.
Investigations have revealed that Nandalall was sitting on a bench at a carwash, at Le Ressouvenir, Railway Embankment, ECD, when the men rode up on a motor cycle and demanded that he hand over his jewellery that he was wearing at the time. He hesitated and the pillion rider shot him to his left arm, relieved him of the jewellery and they escaped, police said.
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Funeral services for Raymond Osborn "Sam" Boutwell will be held at 2 PM Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at Newton County North Chapel with Bro. Joe Garvin and Bro. Nathan Case officiating. Burial will be in Newton County Memorial Gardens. Newton County Funeral Home North, 9998 Hwy 15 North, Newton, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Boutwell, 82 of Newton, MS, died Saturday, November 6, 2010 at Bedford Care Center. He was a member of Garlandville Methodist Church. He enjoyed gardening & raising beef cattle.
Survivors Include: Wife of almost 62 years, whom he wed, November 24, 1948: Lillian Grantham Boutwell, Newton Son: Raymond Osborn Boutwell, Jr. & wife Sheila, Brookhaven Son: Wendell Ray Boutwell & wife Pam, Newton Brother: Kenneth Boutwell, Newton Sister: Lena Pearl Griffin, Ripley Grandson: Johnathan Boutwell & wife Anndrea, Newton Granddaughter: Lori Ann Case & husband Nathan, Brookhaven Granddaughter: Samantha Erin Rushing & husband Adam, Brookhaven Grandson: Ethan James Boutwell, Brookhaven Great Granddaughters: Baleigh Boutwell, Newton Raylen Boutwell, Newton Madison Boutwell, Newton
He was preceded in death by: Parents: Green Marshall and Dovie Lee Magee Boutwell Sister: Lucille Montgomery
Pallbearers will be: Kenneth Boutwell, Jr., Wayne Boutwell, Allen Boutwell, William Griffin, Ronnie Grantham, Emmit Bankston, David Hollingsworth, and Ray Boutwell.
Honorary Pallbearers will be: Stanley Boutwell, Daryl Weir, Ronnie Wheeler, Clinton Coker, Gene Boutwell, and Newton MDOT Retirees.
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Hillary Condon's first attempt at introducing San Diego to a trend that's sweeping other U.S. cities didn't go so well. Only a small handful of do-it-yourself foodies made a showing at her first San Diego Food Swap event in Point Loma during Easter weekend, but Condon is confident it's an idea that will take root here. She is planning to hold monthly food swaps, where sticky-sweet jams are traded for handmade empanadas, or jars of tasty Bolognese sauce are bartered for candied citrus peels.
For the first swap, Belinda Aguilar and her friend Erika Cabral spent hours making tasty chicken curry empanadas, filling a large basket. The pastries were a nod to Cabral's father, who passed away a few years ago. "My dad's from Argentina. He always made them, so when he passed away, it was something I wanted to carry on," she said.
In the meantime, it was Aguilar's idea to add curry to the flavor profile. Turns out that was a good call. The empanadas were mouthwateringly delicious and would be a coveted trade at the day's event.
The second swap, held in early June at the Ocean Beach Women's Club, grew slightly in attendance, but Condon says she's hoping to see it reach a robust 20 to 30 participants. (Upcoming events are this Saturday and Aug. 20, from 2 to 4 p.m., also at the Ocean Beach Women's Club on Bacon Street.)
Condon isn't alone in the trend-spotting. Hillary Noyes of Slow Food Urban San Diego organized the group's first food swap at the Linkery on June 12. About a dozen people spent the afternoon swapping treats, including homemade salsas and jars of refried beans, jams and marmalades, chocolate mousse layer cakes, homemade strawberry ice cream, paté de fruits and balls of homemade pizza dough made with organic flour and local oregano.
"Someone even brought Meyer lemons and fig leaves from their garden, and then taught everyone how to use the fig leaves to make packages for grilling fish," said Noyes. "We think (food swapping) is a great way to come together to highlight the community's passion for local foods by sharing all the amazing things they're creating at home."
Food swapping has already caught on in other cities. The best known is in Brooklyn, which has a zealous D.I.Y. food community and a thriving exchange trend led by BK Swappers, started by Kate Payne and Megan Paska. But similar events are percolating in plenty of other cities, including Los Angeles; San Francisco; Portland, Ore.; Minneapolis; Madison, Wis.; and Austin, Texas.
For many, the draw is discovering recipes treasured by like-minded foodies. At least it was for Jared D'Onofrio, a high school English teacher at The Francis Parker School who attended Condon's events.
"It was the idea of finding a recipe I'm interested in and want to steal," he said. "And coming across really fresh food that people made in their homes? That was a draw, too."
D'Onofrio brought warm jars of his great-grandmother's Bolognese sauce to the first swap but said next time he's planning on adding a second batch for vegetarians, who weren't interested in the meat version. He also thinks the timing of a food swap movement is ripe.
"It reminds me of when the North Park Farmers Market started with only four booths." he said. "Now it's a two-block affair. Everything's got to start someplace."


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I've been watching this MSDN video with Brian Beckman and I'd like to better understand something he says:
Every imperitive programmer goes through this phase of learning that functions can be replaced with table lookups
Now, I'm a C# programmer who never went to university, so perhaps somewhere along the line I missed out on something everyone else learned to understand.
What does Brian mean by:
functions can be replaced with table lookups
Are there practical examples of this being done and does it apply to all functions? He gives the example of the sin function, which I can make sense of, but how do I make sense of this in more general terms?


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Saturday, July 21, 2012
When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meagre possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.
One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.
And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.
Cranky Old Man
What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?
What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me?
A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?
Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!'
Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.
And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?
Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse...you're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am . . . . As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another
A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.
At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.
At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,
But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn.
At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee,
Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.
I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.
And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known.
I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.
It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart.
There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,
And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells
I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.
And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.
I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.
Not a cranky old man .
Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!!
Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too!
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*ALL AMERICANS* *MUST READ* this - and STOP and TAKE TIME to REFLECT on this! The US has become such a NON-"senior friendly" country that it makes me SICK!
AAAARRRRGGGGHHH - now I'm getting cranky - for real!
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Thanks so much for sharing this!
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I try to not judge older people (more specifically older drivers) because I know I'll be there someday - the Good Lord willing. thanks for the gentle reminder
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Amen Getting there faster than we may realize
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UNT professor gives tips on encouraging children to read during the summer
Friday, May 25, 2012
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For many elementary and secondary school students, summer means regular trips to the local swimming pool or water park, the movies, parks and recreation centers -- not the library or bookstore.
Dr. Daniella Smith, assistant professor in the University of North Texas' College of Information and a specialist in information resources and literature for children, points that reading is important during the summer months because "it stimulates the mind and helps students retain the information they have learned during the school year." She has several tips that parents can use to encourage their children to read in the summer.
- Get the summer reading list from your child's school. "These lists are important because they are often linked to assignments your child must complete during the school year. It's better for them to read the books during the summer than to wait until the first month of school, when reading the books can conflict with completing assignments," Smith says.
- Use your local library. Smith says a skilled public librarian can help children identify their reading interests and books to suit them, and public libraries offer activities centered around books to encourage a love of reading. She also suggests going to thrift stores and used bookstores to buy books on a budget.
- Turn off the television and create a special reading hour in your house. If your child is older, try reading the same book as him or her and discussing the plot as the book progresses, Smith says.
- Before going to some of this summer's highly anticipated movies, such as "Snow White and the Huntsman" or movies featuring Marvel superheroes, have your child read multiple versions of the fairy tales, or background history of the characters in comic books.
- If your family is planning a vacation, have your child read about the place where you are going, then create a family itinerary of fun activities, Smith suggests.
- Keep in mind that all types of reading are beneficial -- "the game on the back of a cereal box, the comic strips and graphic novels," Smith says. Try putting the television on mute and having your child read the closed captions instead of passively listening to the TV.
- Encourage your child to set a reading goal and keep a book journal to record all books that he or she would like to read and finishes reading by the end of the summer. Offer a small prize for meeting reading goals. Or motivate your child by signing him or her up for a "book of the month" club, which are available for a fee.
- Present your child with another challenge -- reading fluency. Choose a text and challenge your child to read the text with greater fluency -- at a faster pace and with greater accuracy -- each week, Smith says. "Fluent reading, along with comprehension, is needed to pass the standardized tests presented to students each year," she says.
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On Friday, August 14, 2015 Northwoods Adaptive Skiing will be pulling a skier during half time of the Min-Aqua Bats' show!
We look forward to this opportunity to support our northwoods community in an effort to get more people enjoying the sport that we love so much. The adaptive skiing will take place during half time to help raise awareness and funds for the program. We will have a special collection or a designated collection area for those interested in donations to a great program.
More information about Northwoods Adaptive Skiing can be found on their Facebook page, https://facebook.com/NorthwoodsAdaptiveSkiing
We hope to see you all at the Aqua Bowl!
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- Min-Aqua BatsAugust 11, 2015
On Friday, August 14, 2015 Northwoods Adaptive Skiing will be pulling a skier during half time of the Min-Aqua Bats' show!
- Min-Aqua BatsAugust 10, 2015
Election night was Sunday night after the show and a new board was elected for the Min-Aqua Bats! Congrats to all the winners, here is the newly elected 2016 Min-Aqua Bats board:
President - Elin Wahman
Vice President - Colt Wennlund
Treasurer - Courtney Cleveland
Show Director - Katy Schaub
Corresponding Secretary - Karoline Patterson
Recording Secretary - Kyle Foster
Board Member at Large - Brent Wilson
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Thanks to all the Min-Aqua Bats' alumni that came down and skied on Thursday July 2, 2015!
We had a great time hosting all those that returned, both young and old. It appeared everyone was in great spirits and everyone that wanted to ski got to ski, there was even some old-timers helping fix the dock and alumni pitching in to do some rope coiling.
We appreciate your continued support and look forward to doing an alumni show again next year.
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That was awesome. I have no idea what everyone's talking about, the multitasking here seems far more superior then the multitasking done in android. I loved the example of swiping to close, and then having something open, only to slide it out of the screen half way to get to your message or whatever else you have open.Screw the lack of applications, I want it for the OS alone.
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I didn't win a Heisman Trophy. I wasn't the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft. And I didn't win the closest-to-the-hole contest in the Bethany Alumni Golf Tournament on Friday.
So that makes three things Sam Bradford has over me.
Bradford has been back in OKC this week for a variety of activities, one of which turned out to be playing a round of golf with his St. Louis Rams teammate Chris Chamberlain in the Bethany High School Celebrity Alumni Tournament Friday at Lake Hefner South.
Bradford knocked his tee shot inside of three feet on No. 17, which was good for the top prize, $100. He hasn't signed a contract yet, so the hundred bucks could've come in handy but it was promptly donated back to the Bethany golf teams.
Obviously, Bradford graduated from PC North, so he isn't a Bethany alum, but neither am I. My father, Keith, was a Broncho and we've been playing in the alumni tournament since the mid-1990s. In all those years, I've never seen a celebrity turnout like they had this year, with Bradford, Chamberlain and Grady Cross — the Cross of the Yukon-grown band Cross Canadian Ragweed.
Quite a day at the golf course. And to top it off, the tournament was won — rather easily and even more fittingly — by the family of the late John Griffis. Griffis was the Bethany golf coach who died last November after falling from his house while working on his roof. The team consisted of John's two sons, Matthew and Isaac, his father, Jay, and his nephew, Jonathan Williams. Jay Griffis and Williams stepped in to take John's position as Broncho golf coach last year.
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- Dwyane Wade, Jermaine O'Neal and Udonis Haslem all were held out. The party line was time to heal nagging injuries. The reality was a No. 6 seed and move into the Hawks-Magic bracket made more sense than No. 5 and the Celtics-Cavaliers bracket.
- Tanking? Of course not. Just an abject need to get Shavlik Randolph into the game with 1:38 to play in the first quarter. But the kid did have his moments.
- But against the Nets, it's flat out hard to lose.
- So, instead, Michael Beasley paced the offense with 25 points and added 13 rebounds and the Celtics arrive as the playoff opponent.
- Now the Heat will get to see first-hand whether the Celtics truly are on their last legs.
- To Erik Spoelstra's credit, he did not dishonor the game. There was no force-feeding or reserves for the most part.
- It does, however, say plenty that Daequan Cook could not get in until it was decided. It is staggering how far he has fallen.
- And Kenny Hasbrouck remains a rumor.
- Spoelstra did not call timeout in either overtime.
- Wednesday's program featured a three-page letter from Heat President Pat Riley about the offseason plans of owner Micky Arison. "Here's what you need to know," Riley wrote, "first and foremost, Micky Arison and I are in total agreement that we will do whatever it takes to re-sign Dwyane Wade. He's our 'max player' and we want him to spend his entire career in a Miami Heat uniform."
- Of second-year forward Michael Beasley, Riley wrote, "I have been part of the NBA for more than 40 years and have coached and competed against some of the greatest players in the history of the game. Michael has the offensive potential to be one of the best scorers in the game. You are just beginning to see the player he can become."
- Dolphins acquisition Brandon Marshall sat opposite the Heat bench. How excited is Haslem? "I'm thinking about even going back and getting my suite again," he said. "The recession cut that short, but now we got Marshall and go draft Dez Bryant and I'll be right back in my suite again."
- Despite sitting out Wednesday's season finale, Wade, with his 35 minutes in Monday's victory in Philadelphia became the franchise's all-time leader in minutes played, with his 17,717 pushing him past Alonzo Mourning's 17,700.
- There was some cash at stake Wednesday from the NBA's postseason pool. The No. 5 seed in each conference receives $118,990 per team, the No. 6 team receives $81,157. The Heat also is assured of $179,092 for participating in the playoffs' first round.
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Founded in 1839, the University of Chester is one of the oldest higher education institutions in the country. We are proud of our strong learning tradition, our ability to move with the times, and our energetic student community. Our concern for each individual encourages diverse personalities, qualities and interests to flourish inside and outside the classroom. We value a wide range of approaches to learning, and are dedicated to offering you the best possible experience in training, studying and research for the real world.
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The recently-acquired Kingsway Buildings are home to the Faculty of Arts and Media, which offers the latest courses and facilities for our creative and performing arts students.
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Because university life is not just about getting a degree, social and leisure activities are an important and long-established part of Chester Campus life. On-campus sports facilities include squash courts, a fitness and leisure centre, swimming pool, sports hall and floodlit all-weather pitch.
Most of our student accommodation is also on or near campus. The campus benfits from various cafes and dining halls, and a launderette.
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The campus boasts a brand new Students' Union bar, and newly-built learning resource and business buildings. All student accommodation is located on campus, and catering outlets for all students include The Garden Dining Room and Terrace Cafe Bar.
Cat 1251 AM, Warrington campus' own radio station, is presented, produced and run by students, and broadcasts locally as well as over the internet.
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Self catered residences are mainly on or very close to campus, although the University does own accommodation closer to the city centre. Self catering accommodation usually houses six students sharing a kitchen, bathroom and dining area. Most bedrooms are single and have their own washbasin.
Communal areas are normally cleaned once a week. The University also owns a purpose-built block of 50 en-suite study bedrooms (Hollybank Housing) adjacent to the main campus entrance.
In self catered residences, meals are not provided. However, students who wish to eat in the main dining room may join the meal scheme or purchase meals at any of the catering outlets around the campus. Residents are not required to vacate during Christmas or Easter holidays.
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Semi catered residences are either on the border of the main campus or just a short walk away. Semi catered residences normally accommodate between 10 and 40 students. Kitchens and communal areas are provided. Most bedrooms are single and a small number have their own toilet and en-suite facilities.
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The University has a number of properties that have been designated as a 'quiet accommodation' where students can expect to be able to live and study in a peaceful environment.
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Students in temporary accommodation will then be offered accommodation that becomes vacant during the first term. Pease note that temporary accommodation is allocated during the main allocation process and can therefore not be applied for.
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All of our self catered properties are on campus and students share a kitchen, bathroom and any other communal areas. Most bedrooms are single and include a washbasin. Students are not required to vacate during Christmas and Easter holidays.
Accommodation is normally cleaned once a week. Meals are not provided, however, students who wish to eat in the main dining room can join the meal scheme or purchase meals at any of the catering outlets around the campus.
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Lunch and evening meals are provided in the Terrace Dining Room, Monday-Friday, during term time only.
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in the Social Influence of Drama
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Business is not only the business of America—as President Coolidge announced—but also of American drama. There are two major ways in which this economic focus has been reflected on the stage: an overwhelming number of instantly forgettable comedies written for entertainment, and a small but serious number of plays that analyze society in a spirit of protest or reform. If the popular Broadway fare of the twenties and thirties is any guide, the drama of social criticism had little direct effect on the public, who even in the Depression flocked to see their dreams come true in plays where the heroes gained heiresses or riches by guile or good fortune, and any attack on the business world was conservative, attempting to reestablish the "old-fashioned" values that everyone respects as long as they do not have to live by them. Using the mainstream of Broadway as a barometer to measure the attitudes of the public, the American myth of success can be shown to have prospered in spite of events, which even such critically acclaimed plays as Waiting for Lefty or The Adding Machine had little wide influence.
The question as to whether drama can change society is an old one, and the traditional answer is no. Playwrights "but echo back the public voice" [says Samuel Johnson] like "lay preachers, peddling the ideas of their time in a popular form" ( Strindberg). Yet, looking at the fate of the American dream and the Protestant work ethic, it can be demonstrated that it is indeed possible for the stage to do more than passively mirror established social views. As a corollary, it can be suggested that____________________


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The Art of Love, or Ars Amatoria, is a poem about sex and poetry, and poetry as sex. Witty and subversive, it is a poem of seduction about seduction: the seduction of the implied reader being initiated into the art of love, as well as the actual reader being seduced by the poet into the act of reading the poem. This sophisticated but accessible reading of the poem focuses on the relationship between the poet and reader, the lover and the seduced--both here and elsewhere in Latin poetry. The book translates all Latin quotations, and should prove a new, exciting, and provocative contribution to Latin literary criticism.
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ALONG HOOD CANAL — To begin to explain Richard Pauletti's collection of some 150,000 newspapers, let's just say he's in love with what they represent to him.
They speak to him.
Pauletti has copies of just about every Seattle Times and every Seattle Post-Intelligencer published for the past 38 years, plus copies of newspapers from numerous other cities.
When you've got that many papers, they eventually need to be lugged around, as maybe a storage area gets razed or the fees get too high.
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"Every time we move these newspapers, I get this strange feeling," says Pauletti, 61. "It's never happened with anything else in my life.
"It's like we were moving the brains of a whole city. It was like moving King Tut."
Pauletti might be one of the few people able to make a profit from an actual printed newspaper. He's been selling copies at $45 each.
When it comes to remembering special occasions, whether a birthday, anniversary or the election of Barack Obama, it seems the Web doesn't quite compete with an old-fashioned, printed paper. An electronic image doesn't match up to something you can hold, touch, frame and place on your wall.
The customer-service desk in The Times' lobby has known about Pauletti for years.
The Times, which handles circulation for itself and the P-I, keeps about two years' worth of back copies. Each sells for its cover price.
For older copies, says Kelly Forde, who works at the desk, "I give customers the 'Pauletti spiel,' as he's the only person we know who keeps copies of the paper. "
Right now, Pauletti has the papers in five storage lockers in the Hood Canal area (he asks the exact town not be named, as the storage lockers have little security) and a couple more in Seattle.
Not unexpectedly, a guy who's collected 150,000 newspapers falls into the category of "eccentric."
Well, to be complete about the eccentric picture, it should be noted that Pauletti also has collected 500 typewriters, numerous staplers and such relics as a wire-service Teletype.
You see, Pauletti has a dream.
If he builds a newspaper/typewriter museum here at Hood Canal, he's sure the tourists will come. They already come in the summer to their cabins, Pauletti says, and what else is there to do here?
"It'd be like visiting an archaeological site. It'd be a place to go to in the wintertime," he says. "I mean, I've even got a Braille typewriter!"
Pauletti grew up in Wallingford and graduated from its Lincoln High School in 1965. In his 20s, Pauletti says, he began dabbling in real estate, at a time when Seattle was in a recession.
"Back then, you could buy a house for $115-a-month payments," he says. "I'd rent them for $10 or $15 over what the monthly payment was."
By the time he was 24, he says, he had invested in some 30 properties.
Eventually, he says, he bought and sold three taverns. His last, which he owned from 1986-98, was known as The Writer Boy's Ditto in Belltown. It had a typewriter bolted to the ceiling, above the 21 beer taps.
He says he began collecting newspapers after age 22, "when I knew I wanted to be a writer. Before that, I hated language arts and anything to do with literature."
Pauletti, who was briefly married years ago, says he wrote a lot of letters, some long written exchanges over a period of time with women he knew, some a bit more random. He figures he's written 10,000 letters, postcards, lists and notes.
"I'd go by a building and I couldn't stand how it was designed, and so I'd write them," he says.
Having attended community college for only a few quarters, he says, "I constantly wanted to improve myself."
Starting in 1970, each day, he began keeping every copy he read of either The Times or P-I. He wanted the newspapers as reference material for all that stuff he was writing.
By 1983, Pauletti began buying six copies of each paper, storing them unopened. He even bought 8,000 papers that included other cities from a Ballard man who had collected them, run out of room, then rolled and stuffed them into 80 garbage cans.
All of those papers meant finding out the do's and don'ts of keeping old newspapers.
Pauletti boxed some of them, for example, thinking that'd be preserved better from humidity and wandering rats. It turned out, he says, boxed papers turned yellow and broke apart at the fold. Papers laid out flat in the open air did much better.
Rats were only a minor problem, with a couple making their way in, not able to get out and dying amid the newsprint.
In one storage unit, with papers stacked 12 feet high, the stack toppled, hit the wall and buckled it. The old newspapers, filled with advertising, were pretty hefty.
Despite the messy stacks, he does have the papers in a kind of order, and eventually will find the one he wants.
Over the years, Pauletti figures he's made about $20,000 selling back issues.
There was the guy who wanted copies of the papers carrying the suicide stories about Kurt Cobain, when the musician's body was discovered at his Lake Washington home on April 8, 1994.
In a more mundane request, there was the Seattle businessman who desperately needed a particular Sunday paper.
He was bidding on a contract with the city, and a city agency had loaned him its only copy of a story about the project. The man then had accidentally left the paper on the bus. Pauletti found that issue.
"The guy was so excited to pay me the $40," he remembers.
Now he thinks it's time to get serious.
Nationally, there are newspapers that sell back copies, but it is hit and miss.
There is Newspapers Remembered, based in Britain, which says it has more than 4 million newspapers dating back 100 years. It says it has not only British papers, but American ones, though it does not guarantee issues from a particular city.
And so Pauletti has started originalseattlenewspapers.com, offering papers at $45. It's a pretty simple Web site, with not even an e-mail address, just a phone number.
It's sometimes hard for a guy harking back to the letterpress era to get modern. Pauletti is trying.
Last year he bought a laptop. He has yet to turn it on.
Meanwhile, there are all those newspapers to sort.
At his storage locker along Hood Canal, he's helped by Wade Johnston, a local real-estate agent. Johnston mostly listens to Pauletti's stories and plans.
He listens when the subject turns to Pauletti's eccentricity.
"Oh, like maybe he's got a couple buttons missing?" Johnston says. "He's got most of them."
Erik Lacitis: 206-464-2237 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A Roanoke Rapids man is now behind bars on attempted murder charges.
30 Year old Antonio Garrett has been arrested. Authorities say back in may Garrett allegedly got into a fight with his girlfriend, during the argument he pulled out a gun and shot her in the face. Garrett then drove the victim to the hospital and told deputies she was shot during a drive by shooting.
The Halifax County Sheriff's Office tells us the victim had been abused by Garrett before.
Garrett was placed in the Halifax County Jail Under A $250,000.00 bond and his first court date is set for May 6, 2009.