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Then it gets incorrectly over-written. Commenting out this line allows it to work correctly (I'm using it with job-manager).
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Back when I first played Mushroom 11, more than a ago at PAX East 2014, it was a cool concept. Judging by the launch trailer below (and Brett's preview from earlier this year), Untame has really expanded on that concept, working it into a full game. It's looking great, insofar as a fungus-infested wasteland can look great. Oh yeah, "launch trailer;" it's done now, ready to hit PCs on October 15.
As a cute aside, October 15 is National Mushroom Day in the United States. I wonder if the timing just happened to work out with the completion of development, or if the team really had to crunch to hit that target. Either way, I'll be celebrating by pushing a green slime mold around a post-apocalyptic landscape and admiring the weird stuff in my backyard.
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Since 1986: Member of the national bureau of the CSP and of the European bureau of EPP
Since 1 July 2014 Mr Grosch is the European Coordinator for the TEN-T Orient-East Med Corridor.
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Mr Grosch's information note on the CEF call 2014 results [406 KB]
Missions 2016
- Mission to Brussels, 13 January 2016
Mr Grosch participated in several meetings, as follows:
- Meeting of Coordinator Grosch with Mr Ruijters to discuss cross border investments and contacts with the EP chairman about CEF results.
- Meeting with Mr Ouaki to discuss PPP investments in the corridor and the EUROSTAT and DG ECFIN public debt policy for EFSI investments. A contact will be taken with the cabinet of Cssr Thyssen to seek their views on the EUROSTAT interpretation issues
- Meeting at DG NEAR with the Western Balkans Team to take stock of the current situation as well as the investment procedures linking the different worldwide players. The importance of the soft measures has been highlighted. Participation to the upcoming WB6 ministerial meeting in Brussels and the WB6 transport summit in Paris early July have been discussed.
Missions 2015
- Meeting with Mr Henning Finck, representative of the Kamer Union Elbe/Oder and of the Chamber of Commerce of Hamburg, 25 February 2015, in Brussels
On 25th February 2015 Mr Grosch met Mr Finck with the aim of being presented the point of view of the professional organisations members of the Kamer Union about the navigability problems of the Elbe river and its Seite Kanal. Mr Finck described the difficult situation in which the members of the Kamer Union are and the absence of any decision-making process or progress. They are concerned about the absence of the Elbe/Oder works in the German BWV plan. He stressed that, if the topic is not included in the new version of this year, nothing will happen over the 10 coming years and it will be damageable for the transport of freight on the Elbe. Mr Grosch agreed to meet the organisation during his visit to Dresden-Prague area scheduled for end April 2015.
- Meeting with Mr Heiko Loroff, CEO of the Sachsische Binnehäfen OberElbe and with Ms Kathrin Obst, Director of the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP), 24 February 2015, in Brussels
Mr Grosch met Mr Loroff and Ms Obst on 24th February, in order to become acquainted with the situation on the Elbe river in Sachsen and along the border of the Czech Republic. Mr Loroff presented the local situation related to the navigability of the Elbe and the concept of new ships allowing for longer navigability periods. He also presented the particularities of the 7 ports managed by Sachsische Binnehäfen OberElbe, including their handling capacities.
It was agreed that some ports and locks would be visited during the official visit of Mr Grosch to Dresden-Prague area scheduled for end of April 2015.
Meeting with Dr. Rüdiger Grube, Chairman Deutsche Bahn AG, 17 February 2015, in Frankfurt
On 17th February 2015, several European Coordinators visited the premises of Deutsche Bahn (DB) in Frankfurt, accompanied by Mr João Aguiar Machado, Director-General of DG MOVE, and their advisors. The meeting, hosted by Mr Grube, was followed by a visit to the operational center of Schenker and by a meeting with the board of Schenker Logistics and of DB Netze.
The meetings referred to Corridor Work Plans, CEF Call and discussions on the Juncker Plan.
- Visit to the European Parliament, 11-12 February 2015, Strasbourg
On 11th February 2015 Mr Grosch met Ms Ayala Sender (SED) and Mr Boege (PPE) and exchanged views about the Juncker Plan and the funding possibilities for transport from ESIF (European Structural and Investment Fund). They also discussed about its potential impact on the CEF Regulation. On 12th February 2015 Mr Grosch met the ALDE group members in order to explain the role and responsibilities of the TEN-T Corridor Coordinators. The Coordinator also met the representatives of EP President Martin Schulz Cabinet and discussed the needed European investments in transport, and the state of play of the CEF Regulation and ESIF. With the occasion of this visit to the European Parliament, Mr Grosch also took the opportunity to meet Mr Riquet, MEP and Ms Sender, MEP, in order to prepare his hearing in the ECON EP Committee.
- Participation in Coordinators Seminar and meeting with EIB, 15-16 January 2015, in Luxembourg
Mr Grosch attended the Coordinators Seminar on 15-16 January. The first afternoon was devoted to exchanges between coordinators about the content of the upcoming seminars in 2015, as well as the best way to prepare the annual activity report and to meet the European Parliament for the hearing to present the report and the corridor work plans.
The second day allowed for presentations by EIB on the funding possibilities under the Juncker investment plan. Exchanges of views took place with the EIB about the use of CEF funding and the complementarity of action with the EIB initiatives. A meeting between Mr Grosch and the Jasper facility will take place soon in order to discuss cross-border facilitation initiatives and support from EIB.
Missions 2014
- Participation in the European Rail Summit, 5 November 2014, Representation of the Free State of Bavaria, Brussels
The European Rail Summit took place on 5 November 2014, at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria in Brussels, and was attended by around 200 participants. The debates addressed the current situation and problems encountered by the European railway undertakings and infra managers. With the occasion of his participation in this event, Mr Grosch had several useful exchanges of views with representatives from CER, TrenItalia, Deutche Bahn, SNCF, and other actors in the railway field.
- Meeting with Minister of Transport of the Länder of Saxony Roland Werner, Mr Ch. Lang and Mr T. Brand, 22 October 2014, Saxony liaison office, Brussels
On 22nd October 2014 Mr Grosch met Mr Roland Werner, Minister of Transport of the Länder of Saxony, in order to discuss two items on the Orient-East Med corridor: the Elbe river navigability improvements and the HSL between Dresden and Prague. The Minister highlighted the good situation of motorways and airports in Saxony. Railway upgrades are the main priorities for the connection to Prague but also the hinterland to Berlin and the north of Germany. As regards the Elbe river, the environmental aspects must be considered. Mr Grosch explained the strategic importance for the TEN-T to improve the navigability conditions of the Elbe. It is a main bottleneck for the hinterland connections with Hamburg and Bremerhaven. The Minister acknowledged the importance of the navigability problems on the Elbe and supported the view that railways and motorways to the north of Germany are fully congested by trucks. The use of the Elbe is a way out of this situation. The Minister highly appreciates the ongoing work of the coordinators and the principle of the Corridor Forum and the new working group for the regions involved along the OEM corridor.
- Participation in the Coordinators seminar, 21 October 2014, Brussels
On 21st October 2014 Mr Grosch attended the seminar for coordinators organised by MOVE B1. This seminar was an opportunity to discuss Innovative financing tools in the presence of representatives of EIB and Mr Christophersen. Mr Junker's initiative about the 300b€ available to re-launch the EU economy has been discussed and comments were made in the perspective of the existing possibilities for the TEN-T.
The afternoon session was devoted to a meeting with the transport associations and representative bodies. This meeting was an opportunity to inform most of the Brussels-based associations about the new TEN-T corridor approach and their perspectives. Mr Grosch made a brief presentation on the multi-level stakeholder approach with the example of the Elbe river. A very open debate between the coordinators and the association's representatives took place. This meeting has been highly appreciated by all parties. It has been announced that the 9 corridor reports would be published early November on europa website in order to collect comments and proposals before drafting the 9 corridor work plans.
- Visit to the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), 15 October 2014, Brussels
Mr Grosch met the management of the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) in Brussels on 15 October 2014. The aim of this meeting was to take stock about INEA's responsibilities in the management of CEF funding in the field of transport. Several exchanges of views and questions have been raised during the meeting, which was very informative and useful for the Coordinator.
- Participation in International Road Transport Union's (IRU) workshop on multimodal passengers terminals, 14 October 2014, Hotel Renaissance, Brussels
On 14 October, IRU organised a workshop on multimodal passenger terminals, with the objective of discussing the importance of multimodal terminal infrastructure and the lack of bus and coach terminals in Europe, but also to showcase best practices and recommend short and long-term policy and business priorities. Mr Grosch was invited to participate in a round table on operational aspects leading to the preparation of a position paper by IRU, and to deliver the conclusions of the workshop, based on his perspective regarding the possibilities of investment funding and decision-making regarding multimodal passenger terminals and coach stations.
- Visit to Romania: meeting with the Romanian Minister of Transports, Mr. Ioan Rus, and with the management of CFR (Romanian national railway company), and speaker in the Railways Days conference, 7-8 October 2014, in Bucharest
On 8 October Mr Grosch met Mr Ioan Rus, Romanian Minister of Transports. Topics included CEF and Cohesion funding opportunities and priorities for the Orient-East/Med corridor, and the Romanian Transport Master Plan. Mr Grosch advised the Minister to try to benefit fom the public consultation and reminded him about the EU environmental and TEN-T objectives linked to the obtaining of future funding under the cohesion funds and CEF.
On 7 and 8 October, Mr Grosch delivered two speeches in the plenary sessions on governance, respectively on infrastructure development, in the Railways Days conference. He also had bilateral meetings with several Romanian and regional stakeholders participating in this event, and participated in the technical visit of the new metro station infrastructure currently under construction at the borders of Bucharest.
With this occasion, Mr Grosch also met Mr Jean Nicolaos (CFR Director for International Affairs and Mass-Media), with whom he had an exchange on railway priorities on the Orient-East/Med Corridor. Mr Nicolaos was invited to participate actively in the Corridor Forum meetings.
- Participation in the Informal Transport Ministerial Council on 16/17 September 2014 in Milano
On 16-17 September 2014, the Informal Transport Council took place in Milano with the participation of the European Coordinators of all corridors. On that occasion, Prof. Bodewig and Prof. Secchi presented a paper [892 KB] outlining some potential lines for action for the financing of the transport infrastructure. The paper was commented and very much welcomed by the transport ministers. The Italian presidency provided a mandate to both coordinators and Mr. Henning Christophersen to further deepen their analysis and to identify potential projects suitable for the use of innovative financial instruments. Their report shall be presented at the Formal Council on 3 December in Brussels.
Moreover, the European Coordinator, together with his colleagues Karla Peijs and Kurt Bodewig, organised a trilateral meeting with Mr. Kamil Rudolecky, State Secretary of the Czech transport ministry. The three coordinators addressed the main critical issues that the Czech republic is facing along the three corridors that are crossing the country and offered their assistance, e.g. in initiating and moderating cross-border dialogues.
Furthermore, Mr. Grosch had the chance in Milano to have several dialogues with Ministers and other high ministerial representatives of all countries along the Orient-East/Med Corridor as to strengthen the cooperation and to prepare the ground for the elaboration of the corridor work plan.
Meeting with Mr Zsolt BECSEY, Deputy State Secretary for Transport of Hungary, together with Coordinator Peijs
Exchanges of views on the Hungarian priorities for the corridor in the years to come. A special attention has been paid for the Danube issues. The common project with Slovakia on bridge Komaron/Komarno which is of high priority for Hungary and is likely to be submitted to first CEF Call. Also the southern rail link of Budapest for freight is also quite important for Hungary. Minister Becsey also mentioned the need to address the issue of the border crossings with Romania.
Meeting with Mr Marios DEMETRIADES, Minister for Transport and Public Works of Cyprus
Minister Demetriades explained the vision of developing Cyprus as a hub in the Mediterranean. The minister showed interest in using financial instruments, in particular project bonds, but asked for support to implement them, as Cyprus has no experience with them.
Meeting with Ms Nikolina ANGELKOVA, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of Bulgaria, together with Coordinator Peijs
Projects on the Danube in cooperation with Romania were discussed. As regards the rail connections, the minister confirmed that the project Vidin-Medkovets is progressing with an ongoing design study. The planning foresees 160 km/h only where the terrain allows easy implementation; in mountainous regions, lower speeds (100 km/h) would be implemented. The need to improve the connection from Sofia to Greece has also been reminded.
Meeting with Mr Michalis PAPADOPOULOS, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, Greece
Views have been exchanged about the development and implementation of the Orient-East Med corridor in Greece.
Meeting with Mr Zoltan ISTVAN, Secretary of State of Romania
Mr Istvan explained that political support is necessary to further develop the corridor in Romania. Coordinator Grosch stressed the need to develop the cross-border sections.
- Meeting with Dr Grube, CEO Deutsche Bahn AG – 3 September 2014
On 3rd September 2014, the European Coordinators who are leading the Corridors crossing Germany had the opportunity to jointly meet the CEO of Deutsche Bahn to discuss the EU core network policy.
Participants: Deutsche Bahn: Dr Grube, Fried, Miram, Sellnick, Lueberrink; European Coordinators: Ana Palacio, Pat Cox, Mathieu Grosch, Carlo Secchi, Karel Vinck
All participants confirmed the importance of this joint meeting. Mr Grube invited the Coordinators to a follow-up meeting with the DB Board before the end of this year. The following issues were raised by the Coordinators: Germany should make the use of CEF budget more attractive for rail infrastructure managers; lack of private investment; standardisation of equipment to be imposed on suppliers; external dimension TEN-T; need for accompanying measures; financial support for noise protection measures; the need to move from a conversation on design to a conversation on implementation. Dr Grube stated that in the beginning DB was quite reluctant towards TEN-T. However, this attitude has changed completely. TEN-T offers a chance for leadership to develop a real transport network. DB is an international operator. In this context core network corridors are of the highest priority and instrumental for achieving such international market. Mr Grube also said that he appreciates the open and constructive dialogue.


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- Designing the game
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Materials and shaders can go a long way in helping the lighting look correct in a scene. Beyond simply colored in the right way and shining, maybe with a reflection, we have a class of materials called self-illuminating, and what these do is look like they're giving off light. This is really important when we're trying to light a space that the light fixtures look like they're on. And they add a tremendous amount of believability if the lights that appear to be on are pretty close to illuminating the room. Or, at least so we think. I've made a can light, and it's a surface mount can.
What those are, are cans that are stuck to the ceiling versus recessed into it. We're going to put these all over the gallery and we need to get the materials dialed in so that they look like they're giving off light. Whether every one of them actually has a light or not is really up to us in how we light the space, but they need to look at least softly lit. I'll go into the Meshes folder in the Assets and there's Can Light Surface Mount. It comes in with a scale factor that needs tweaking as it's very, very small at the moment. I'll put this scale up to one and generate light map UVs.
Then I'll scroll down and change the material naming from the Base Texture Name to From Model's Material. This has two materials assigned, a bronze, and underneath, a gradient where it's supposed to look lit. By changing this over, I'll make sure I get both materials in. And I'll hit Apply, and let those changes take effect. Now in the materials folder, in the meshes where Unity creates automatically materials upon import, I've got a leftover from something or other, WhitewallCS and then Lit_Bulb and Bronze.
Actually this leftover was here from the initial import and then once I changed over how Unity was perceiving those materials, it was still there, it just created two new materials for me. I can delete the WhitewallCS by pressing Delete. And now I'm ready to adjust these lit materials. What I've also done, and I'll look in the texture folder to show this, is to update the white wall material. Here in the building textures is my WhitewallCS and I'll enlarge the preview and take a look at the alpha channel. Instead of merely black in the alpha, now it has a specular channel and what this does is gives the wall a little bit of a sheen.
The vent has a little bit more of a sheen, and the baseboard is a little shinier. Up in the top left we can see a gray and white gradient and that's actually what will determine how this light looks lit in that bulb section. The square to the right of it then is a brushed, shined surface that will give the bronze in there, whenever I use it, a little bit of a striping in the specular highlight. I'll jump back over to the Meshes directory. Pick that can light surface mount, and drag it into the scene. I'll pull it actually right into the scene view and this way I don't have to hunt for it.
Because we're going to place this object as a prefab, and then let it batch, or define once and just reference the definition, we can actually place it in verses actually taking the place it was in Maya, which is actually flung out into the lake somewhere. Now with this light in, I'll pull it up and snap it on to the ceiling. I'll zoom out in my scene view, switch over to a wire, and hide a few things to make it easier to see. I'll pick the oak, the plane and the terrain and the cattails and uncheck their visibility again.
Now I'll pick my can light surface mount. Press F to focus in on it. V to snap, and snap it up to the top of a wall. Then I'll pull it over on the ceiling. I'm not sure where it's going to land yet, but at least want it up on the ceiling in the right place. I'll switch back to a textured view. And there's the start of my can light. Here's how the materials will work. With that can selected, I can see I've got two materials, lit bulb and bronze. I'll take the lit bulb material, which is just applied to the faces inside that can, and change its shader, choosing Self Illumine and Diffuse.
I don't really need this to shine and it's going to look totally lit, so it wouldn't really show a specular highlight or reflection. So a diffuse is the simplest possible shader to use here. By changing to a diffuse, I get an additional slot here in the material. It accepts another alpha channel. And this is where I can define where it looks like it's emitting light. I'll go in and pick by clicking on the select button that same white wall. Scrolling down and picking WhitewallCS. Now the whole material looks lit and we can tell here in the sample sphere that the wall is actually softly glowing.
That's okay, because I've assigned by polygon just these lit faces. If you have a more complex object, you may want to make sure that your alpha channel is really set for self illumination. That is, if it shouldn't look lit, it should be black. My light is pretty good. But I need to eliminate that bronze material. I've already defined a bronze that I'd like to use. And so rather than have yet another bronze, I'm going to borrow one of my existing ones. I'll open up my Materials folder. And there's a brushed bronze. This brushed bronze actually uses that same texture.
So, what I'll do is to select that can light, and drag this brushed bronze right onto it. It lands in the place where that bronze was. I'm making sure to hit those polygons that I already had assigned the bronze to. Now I've got my same brushed bronze material on the exterior of the can light. But I still have the Self Illumine shader on the actual lit bulb. And when I deselect it, it looks at least like that can light is lit. I'll press play and take a quick look at it, but before I do that, I'll make sure I turn on the shadows in my directional light.
Dropping down under Shadow Type and choosing, oh, Soft Shadows for now. This way I'll get some shadow through the window and won't get inadvertent light around the top of the can, or in other places where light might leak. When I play my scene, I can see the can light in the distance. I'll zoom down to it and take a look up. Now, obviously, this scene is not lit inside yet, but it definitely looks like that light is on, at least from the lightbulb. And so, when I get a light in on the floor here, it'll really reinforce that yes, this part of the gallery is lit by that can light.
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This fourth 19th Century illustration relating to "The Mystery of the Victorian Fairbairn Tubular Crane on Esplanade Quay, Dover Marina" (see below) is taken from the 1860 book, "Useful Information For Engineers: Being A Series Of Lectures Delivered Before The Working Engineers Of Yorkshire And Lancashire" (1) by Sir William Fairbairn (19 February 1789 – 18 August 1874), the Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer, shipbuilder, and 1st Baronet of Ardwick.
The book references the diagram as follows:
Figure 62 is a plan of the crane and platform, showing the upper flanch (a variant of flaunch and flange) of the large ring a a (ie the diameter of the disc), with the holding down bolts cc c.
The above is also part of the quotation accompanying Figure 61 and Figure 63 in the There`s more to the Dover Victorian Fairbairn Crane than meets the Eye photo, the previous "19th Century illustration" uploaded (which shows a third of the crane to be underground!)
There's an 1868 Fairbairn swan-neck tubular crane (2), similar in design to the one in the above drawing, located on Esplanade Quay, once called Ordnance Quay, on the southern side of the non-tidal Wellington Dock in Dover Marina
Wellington Dock is a Grade II Listed Building (3). The following extract is © Crown Copyright and reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence (PSI licence number C2010002016):
CRANE: The crane is a small hand-driven rotatory crane with swan-necked jib of riveted box frame construction. It was built by the Fairburn Engineering Co. of Manchester in 1868. It was once used by the Ordnance Department and was originally capable of lifting 50 tons. It was later de-rated to 20 tons and used for lifting yachts out of Wellington Dock. (Source: English Heritage)
A minor mystery concerned whether or not this Victorian crane is a "small hand-driven rotatory crane", as described above, or a decommissioned steam-powered crane whose performance specification was downgraded ("de-rated to 20 tons") at some unknown point in the past, perhaps as a result of the power unit being removed.
The questioning of the crane's original power source arose as a result of resolving a discrepancy in the spelling of the manufacturer's name: English Heritage state, "It was built by the Fairburn Engineering Co. of Manchester in 1868", while the nameplate is inscribed with, "The Fairbairn Engineering Company, Limited. Manchester" (ex-William Fairbairn and Sons).
The way the story unfolded is described in the caption to:
Mystery of the Victorian Fairbairn Tubular Crane on Esplanade Quay, Dover Marina
which contains links to the first two 19th Century illustrations, both from an 1877 book (4):
Victorian Diagram comparing Ordinary Cranes with Fairbairn`s Swan-neck Tubular Crane
Victorian Drawing of Large Steam Crane built on Sir William Fairbairn`s Principle
The 1860 lecture notes in which Figures 61-63 appear finally revealed that all Fairbairn Cranes were designed to be manually-operated (with the built-in option of attaching a steam power unit):
Subsequently to the erection of these, the first cranes on the tubular system, a number of others followed of different dimensions, and for various purposes, all of which exhibited the same powers of resistance and other advantages. It is, however, due to the Government to state that they took the initiative in the introduction of this new system, and finding the twelve ton cranes to work to their entire satisfaction, they ordered two more for Devonport, and a colossal crane, to lift 60 tons, for Keyham...
...The colossal 60 ton crane at Keyham consists of a-rectangular wrought iron tube, curved to a radius of about 46 feet, and tapering uniformly from 9 feet deep by 5 feet 6 inches wide at the level of the ground, where from the leverage of the crane the strain is the greatest, to 3 feet 6 inches deep by 2 feet wide at the point of the jib. From the level of the platform it is also tapered downwards to about 1 foot 8 inches square at 23 feet below the level of the ground, where it fits into a cast iron shoe working in a socket or step on which the crane revolves. The point of the jib is 60 feet above the level of the platform, and sweeps a circle of 53 feet radius; so that it will lift the heaviest load perpendicularly from a mean distance of 37 feet from the quay wall, and to a height of no less than 85 feet above low water mark, and land it at 69 feet from the edge of the quay.
The crane itself is built on precisely the same principle as the tubular bridge, and may indeed be considered as a curved tubular girder inverted, the top side being the front or concave side of the crane, and the bottom side forming the convex or back part of the structure...
...Four men, each working a winch of 18 inches radius, act by two 6 inch pinions upon a wheel 5 feet 3 and 3/4 inches diameter; this in its turn moves the spur wheel, 6 feet 8 inches diameter, by means of an 8 inch pinion, and on the axle of the former the chain barrel, 2 feet in diameter, is fixed. Hence the advantage gained by the gearing will be:
W/P = (18 x 63.75 x 80) / (6 x 8 x 12) = 158; or, taking the number of cogs in each wheel: W/P = (18 x 95 x 100) / (12 x 9 x 10) = 158
and as this result is quadrupled by the fixed and moveable pulleys, the power of the men applied to the handles is multiplied 632 times by the gearing and blocks. A break wheel, 5 feet 2 inches diameter, is fixed on the other end of the spindle of the spur wheel; and the power applied at its circumference is accordingly multiplied about 100 times by the gearing and blocks.
At the level of the ground the crane is firmly fixed in a strong cast iron frame, the outer edge of which is a circle of 11 feet 3 inches diameter; and on the edge of the well a similar ring is embedded in the masonry and secured by long holding-down bolts, leaving a space of 10 inches all round between it and the inner ring. In this space a number of strong cast iron rollers are placed, 10 inches in diameter, to prevent friction and facilitate the movement of the crane as it revolves round its axis. Upon the cast iron ring on the quay wall is fixed a circular rack, composed of cogged segments bolted together, into the teeth of which a pinion works, whereby the crane is made to revolve. This pinion is worked by a worm and wheel placed in the counterpoise box; and two men are sufficient to move round the crane with 60 tons suspended from the extreme point of the jib. In working the crane the men stand upon a cast iron platform attached to it a few inches above the level of the ground.
This crane, taking it altogether in regard to its strength, height, and the extent to which the weight raised can be swung round, is probably one of the first and most powerful in Europe.
Since the erection of the 60 ton crane at Keyham, a steam engine has been fixed upon the counterpoise platform, which renders it independent of manual labour, and gives greater facility and despatch in raising heavy weights. A crane of the same size as this has since been erected at Portsmouth dockyard, and has also an engine and boiler attached to the platform behind the crane, so that if occasion require it can be worked by steam.
...The tubular principle has also been applied to railway travelling cranes, as shown in Figure 68...
A Dover Harbour Industrial Archaeology (Archeology) and History photo.
(1) Full title: Useful Information For Engineers: Being A Series Of Lectures Delivered Before The Working Engineers Of Yorkshire And Lancashire: Together With A Series Of Appendices Containing The Results Of Experimental Inquiries Into The Strength Of Materials, The Causes Of Boiler Explosions, Etc." by Sir William Fairbairn, Geological Society of London and dedicated to Major-General Edward Sabine, an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist and explorer.
The text quoted is from "Lecture VII: On Wrought Iron Tubular Cranes" from the copy held by the University of Michigan, Department of Engineering (now College of Engineering).
(2) See the Wikipedia entries for Fairbairn steam crane and Cranes
(3) Grade II: buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".
(4) Taken from "The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart": Chapter XVIII - The Manchester Manufacturing Business. An autobiography and biography by Sir William Fairbairn, edited and completed by William Pole (1877).
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You will take a guided tour around the IES Abroad Center and areas of interest in Dublin. You will be introduced to student life in the city, professional and cultural expectations and commuting.
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Robotics 2013, 2(4), 217-230; doi:10.3390/robotics2040217
Design and Simulation of Two Robotic Systems for Automatic Artichoke Harvesting
1 Department of Agri-Food and Environmental Systems Management (DiGeSA), Section of Mechanics and Mechanization, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 100, Catania 95123, Italy 2 Electric, Electronics and Computer Engineering Department (DIEEI), University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, Catania 95125, Italy
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AbstractThe target of this research project was a feasibility study for the development of a robot for automatic or semi-automatic artichoke harvesting. During this project, different solutions for the mechanical parts of the machine, its control system and the harvesting tools were investigated. Moreover, in cooperation with the department DISPA of University of Catania, different field structures with different kinds of artichoke cultivars were studied and tested. The results of this research could improve artichoke production for preserves industries. As a first step, an investigation on existing machines has been done. From this research, it has been shown that very few machines exist for this purpose. Based also on previous experiences, some proposals for different robotic systems have been done, while the mobile platform itself was developed within another research project. At the current stage, several different configurations of machines and harvesting end-effectors have been designed and simulated using a 3D CAD environment interfaced with Matlab®. Moreover, as support for one of the proposed machines, an artificial vision algorithm has been developed in order to locate the artichokes on the plant, with respect to the robot, using images taken with a standard webcam.
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Durham, NC (AP) - Miami spent the past week trying to move
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What IS this yarn?? It's gorgeous!!
It was a hand dyed alpaca lace weight I got online. The colorway was called Mardi Gras. The website isn't working, but this is their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mountain-Top-Alpacas/267285756660652
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"Euthanasia through neglect..."
Albert Deutsch
The American Association on Mental Deficiency adopted mid-century objectives, including adequate and suitable facilities, care and training, community placement, and special classes for children and adults with mental deficiencies. The National Association of Parents and Friends of the Mentally Retarded, later to become "The Arc", was founded "to promote the welfare of the mentally retarded of all ages everywhere: at home, in the community, in institutions, and in public, private, and religious schools."
Doctors continued to urge parents to place their children in institutions regardless of the conditions. Between 1946 and 1967, the number of persons with disabilities in public institutions increased from 116,828 to 193,188, a rate increase nearly twice that of the general population. Institutions began admitting younger children with more severe disabilities. During the post-war boom in America, having a "handicapped" child was seen as a burden to the family. More and more children were institutionalized, and not just children from poor families. This practice is what Albert Deutsch referred to as "euthanasia through neglect."


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A former Gainesville Police Department officer is in custody this morning.
Former GPD officer David Reveille turned himself in early today on a variety of charges, including sexual battery.
Gainesville Police Department officials fired him last year after they say he used his position as a police officer to get sexual favors from prostitutes.
He faces several sexual battery charges as well as other charges including false imprisonment and misconduct.
There were a total of 5 victims between 2002 and 2008.
GPD Chief Norman Botsford issued the following statement:
"The Gainesville Police Department has concluded their investigation into the actions of former officer David Reveille. His arrest today is the next step in the criminal justice process. GPD will assist the state attorney's office in any future court proceedings."
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The history of blacks in the California Gold Rush is well-documented. When gold was discovered in Sutter's Mill in 1848, 100,000 people went to California to seek their fortunes. Approximately 1,000 of them were black, and by 1860 there were more than 5,000 blacks in search of gold.
One of the most detailed books about this part of black history is "Blacks in Gold Rush California," written by Rudolph M. Lapp and published in 1977. Lapp wrote that "the men and women who headed to California formed the largest migration of American blacks before the Civil War." Blacks and whites, often working side by side, took their tools and shovels and came out with sacks of gold dust.
Frederick Douglass wrote about the thirst for gold in his newspaper, the North Star. He reported regularly on the blacks who traveled to California. Some of them traveled with all-black mining companies. The question was not whether to go, but rather, when to make the trip.
White abolitionists tried to discourage blacks from going to California, but Douglass countered that this was a way for blacks to improve their economic situation. Blacks also saw it as an opportunity to gain wealth to secure the freedom of their wives and children, many of whom were still enslaved.
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 created an emergency for blacks in the North to find a safer place to live. The law made it illegal for anyone to help escaped slaves and it included a fine and imprisonment for those who hid them. Bounty hunters were also used to capture fugitives and return them to their masters in the South.
In many cases, those who headed West needed the services of a guide. One of the best was a black man named James Pierson Beckwourth. He was a scout, fur trapper, Indian chief and trader who lived from 1798 to 1866. He was adopted by the Crow Indians. Beckwourth discovered a pass through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, called Beckwourth's Pass, which helped many settlers reach California. Yet Hollywood movies used white actors to portray him.
Lapp also noted that some blacks traveled to California by ship. Many of them were familiar with this means of travel because they had worked in the seafaring trades in the North. One of the individuals who came to California this way was a black man from Buffalo named Abner H. Francis. He had a long career as an anti-slavery activist. He became one of the wealthiest African-Americans in Buffalo and had a successful clothing and dry cleaning business. Dr. Benjamin C. Taylor, the first practicing black physician in Buffalo, also traveled to California and returned a very rich man. He became one of the most prestigious land owners in Buffalo in the 1880s.
William H. Talbert, another black man from Buffalo, also struck it rich in the Gold Rush. Talbert was married to the great civil rights leader Mary B. Talbert, one of the organizers of the Niagara Movement in 1905, which was the forerunner of the NAACP. William Talbert was a wealthy businessman and real estate broker. He was active in political life and became president of Buffalo's Colored Republican Party. After his death in 1930, a Jan. 23 article in the Buffalo Courier Express gave a summary of his will. The article, "Negro's Will Disposes of Large Estate," noted that Talbert left a great deal of property and thousands of dollars to his family in addition to diamond rings and other jewelry. He also owned large amounts of property in Grand Island and in Portland, Ore. Much of his estate went to his daughter, Sarah. His funeral service was held in the historic Michigan Street Baptist Church.
The California Gold Rush was so popular that it attracted blacks from Latin America and Jamaica. Gold Rush maps of the times bore witness to the presence of blacks. Lapp noted that many of the areas where blacks mined for gold were called "Negro Hill, Negro Bar and Negro Flat." There were some other names that were derogatory.
Traveling to California for blacks was not easy. They met danger, violence and outright racism. Trouble brewed when the resentment of some whites caused confrontations between the two races. However, the blacks kept coming and as a result, their presence more than doubled the size of California's black population. These men and women made great contributions to the state, but their achievements have not been recognized.
The story of these gold miners is only one part of the black history of the West. For readers who would like to know more, the following books are recommended: "The Black West" and "Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage," both by William Loren Katz; "The Negro Cowboys," by Philip Durham; and "Mining for Freedom," by Sylvia Alden Roberts.
Eva M. Doyle has been a columnist for 35 years for the Buffalo Criterion newspaper, where this article originally appeared. It is the last of four parts.


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