text: Software Engineering Natallia Kokash email: email@example.com 1 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Introduction Course overview Logistics Literature Practical assignment Evaluation What is Software Engineering? What does Software Engineer do? Software Engineering Processes 2 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Natallia Kokash, researcher at LIACS Research experience Postdoc at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam Ph.D. from University of Trento, Italy (2008) Research in Software Engineering Semantics of Modeling Languages Software Design and Verification Service-Oriented Computing Industrial Experience Collaboration Thales-France, Telcordia-Poland, PWC. Two with large international companies years of experience as Software Engineer Development of banking systems N. Kokash, Software Engineering 3 Software Engineering N. Kokash, Software Engineering 4 Software Engineering What will you learn? Engineering = skill + knowledge This course 70% knowledge and 30% skills Basic concepts & vocabulary of SE Main activities in SE projects Main methods and techniques excluding: programming Guest lectures by professionals N. Kokash, Software Engineering 5 Software Engineering Literature 70% - H. van Vliet, Software Engineering: Principles and Practice, 3rd ed., 2008. A. Shalloway and J.R. Trott, "Design Patterns Explained" (2004) WWW Check my course web page http://homepages.cwi.nl/~kokash/courses.html These slides are based on the slides by Prof. Dr. Hans van Vliet 6 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Course overview Theme Course Overview, Introduction to Software Engineering (SE) & Software Development (SD) Lifecycle Requirements Engineering & Configuration Management Software Modeling Chapter 1, 2, 3.1-3.2 4, 9 3.3-3.9,10 Software Design & Architectural Styles 11, 12 Software Quality Assurance & Metrics 6 Team Organization & Global SD Software Reuse, Component-based & Service-oriented Computing 5, 20 17, 18,19 Design Patterns & Refactoring tbd Software Testing 13 Software Maintenance 14 Cost Estimation, Planning & Control 7, 8 Empirical Research in SE tbd 7 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Logistics Lecturer (B.Sc. Informatica & Economie, Den Haag) Lecturer (B.Sc. Informatica, Leiden) Christoph Johann Stettina, M.Sc Course Manager Drs. Werner Heijstek Werkgroepdocent, Leiden Dr. Natallia Kokash Dr. Michel R.V. Chaudron You may take hoorcolleges (but not werkcolleges) at either location The schedule for Leiden can be found at www.liacs.nl Check slides by Drs. W. Heijstek http://www.liacs.nl/~heijstek/se11-slides/ N. Kokash, Software Engineering 8 Software Engineering Team of 3-4 people Focus on a proper development process Results: requirements specification, software design, implementation, documentation and testing report Any tools or programming languages (pointers to useful tools & libraries will be given) 9 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Problem Convert a picture of a UML class diagram (.bmp, .jpg) to a UML class diagram in XMI format 10 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Details Retrieve images of UML class diagrams from Google images Recognize basic shapes (rectangles, arrows) Use optical character recognition (OCR) tools to recognize names of classes, attributes, annotations, etc. Create a graph-based representation of a recognized class diagram Write an XMI file 11 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Final evaluation 50% written exam But > 5.5 50% practical assignment 25% Requirement specification 25% Software architecture and design 25% Implementation 25% Quality evaluation 12 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Software Crises "The major cause of the software crisis is that the machines have become several orders of magnitude more powerful! To put it quite bluntly: as long as there were no machines, programming was no problem at all; when we had a few weak computers, programming became a mild problem, and now we have gigantic computers, programming has become an equally gigantic problem." Edsger Dijkstra, The Humble Programmer, Communications of the ACM (1972) 13 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Who is Edsger Dijkstra? N. Kokash, Software Engineering Born in Rotterdam in 1930. Studied theoretical physics at the University of Leiden where he became interested in "programming" Received numerous awards including Turing Award in 1972 1.300+ publications Helped the emancipation of computer science as a science Best known for his "shortest path algorithm" and his hate to the goto operator. 14 Software Engineering The crisis manifest Projects running over-budget Projects running over-time Software was very inefficient Software was of low quality Software often did not meet requirements Projects were unmanageable and code difficult to maintain Software was never delivered 15 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering The beginning of Software Engineering 1968/69 NATO conferences: introduction of the term Software Engineering Idea: software development is not an art, or a bag of tricks Build software like we build bridges N. Kokash, Software Engineering 16 Software Engineering Definition Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; that is, the application of engineering to software N. Kokash, Software Engineering 17 Software Engineering Famous software failures Military Mariner 1 rocket (1962) Cost: $18.5 million Soviet anti-missile warning system (1983) Patriot missile system (1991) 28 soldiers dead, 100 injured Medicine Therac-25 (1985) (3 dead, 3 critically injured) Radiation therapy software by Multidata Systems (2000) (8 dead, 20 critically injured) 18 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Famous software failures Finance Wall Street Crash (1987) caused by the NYSE computer system EDS Drops Child Support (2004) Cost: £540 million Airspace and flight control ARIANE 5, Flight 501 crash (1996) Cost: $500 million Mars Climate Orbiter crash (1998) Cost: $125 million 19 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering ARIANE Flight 501 Disintegration after 39 sec Caused by wrong data being sent to On Board Computer Large correction for attitude deviation Software exception in Inertial Reference System after 36 sec. Overflow in conversion of a variable from 64-bit floating point to 16-bit signed integer Of 7 risky conversions, 4 were protected Reasoning: physically limited, or large margin of safety In case of exception: report failure and shut down N. Kokash, Software Engineering 20 Software Engineering Explanations Inadequate testing Wrong type of reuse Specification does not contain trajectory data In tests, components that measure altitude and movements of the launcher were simulated by software modules If a component works perfectly well in one environment, it doesn't necessarily do so in another Ariane 5 is much faster than Ariane 4, and horizontal velocity builds up more rapidly excessive values for parameter in question This software doesn't have any purpose for the Ariane 5, but was still kept Wrong design philosophy "If something breaks down, it is caused by a random hardware failure" Action: shut down that part There is no provision for design errors! N. Kokash, Software Engineering 21 Software Engineering Further information Ariane 5: IEEE Computer, January 1997, p. 129-130 http://www.cs.vu.nl/~hans/ariane5report.html 20 Famous Software Disasters http://www.devtopics.com/20-famous-software- disasters/ N. Kokash, Software Engineering 22 Software Engineering Is SE = Engineering? Software is logical, rather than physical Progress is hard to see (speed progress) Software is not continuous Further reading: Henry Petroski, Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgement in Engineering A. Spector & D. Gifford, A Computer Science Perspective of Bridge Design, Communication of the ACM 29, 4 (1986) p 267-283 N. Kokash, Software Engineering 23 Software Engineering Quo Vadis? It takes at least 15-20 years for a technology to become mature Software engineering has made tremendous progress There is no silver bullet N. Kokash, Software Engineering 24 Software Engineering The CHAOS report 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2009 Successful 16% 27% 26% 28% 34% 29% 35% 32% Challenged 53% 33% 46% 49% 51% 53% 46% 44% Failed 31% 40% 28% 23% 15% 18% 19% 24% http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/docs/chaos-report.pdf N. Kokash, Software Engineering 25 Software Engineering Famous Engineering Disasters Tacoma Narrows bridge (1940) (1 dog dead) Hyatt Regency Hotel Walkway Collapse (1981) 114 dead, >200 injured 26 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Famous Engineering Disasters Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (1986) (at least 5000 dead, 336000 relocated) Air crashes: DC10-S (1979) (271 dead) Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (1988) (1 dead) 27 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Relative distribution of software/ hardware costs 100 Percent of total cost Hardware Development 60 Software 20 1955 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Maintenance 1970 Year 1985 28 Software Engineering Types of Software Custom For a specific customer Generic Sold on open market Often called COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) Shrink-wrapped Embedded Built into hardware Hard to change N. Kokash, Software Engineering 29 Software Engineering Types of software Real time software E.g. control and monitoring systems Must react immediately Safety often a concern Business Information Systems Data processing Used to run businesses Accuracy and security of data are key N. Kokash, Software Engineering 30 Software Engineering Central themes LARGE programs COMPLEX programs Software EVOLVES Software COSTS Software is developed by TOGETHER by many people Software must EFFECTIVELY support users SE depends on knowledge transfer from DIFFERENT disciplines SE is about finding a BALANCE N. Kokash, Software Engineering 31 Software Engineering Simple life cycle model Problem requirements engineering Requirements specification design Design implementation System testing Working system maintenance N. Kokash, Software Engineering 32 Software Engineering Requirements Engineering Yields a description of the DESIRED system: which functions possible extensions required documentation performance requirements Includes a feasibility study Resulting document: requirements specification N. Kokash, Software Engineering 33 Software Engineering Design Earliest design decisions captured in software architecture Decomposition into parts/components; what are the functions of, and interfaces between, those components? Emphasis on what rather than how Resulting document: specification N. Kokash, Software Engineering 34 Software Engineering Implementation Focus on individual components Goal: a working, flexible, robust, … piece of software Not a bag of tricks Present-day languages have a module and/or class concept N. Kokash, Software Engineering 35 Software Engineering Testing Does the software do what it is supposed to do? Are we building the right system? (validation) Are we building the system right? (verification) Start testing activities in phase 1, on day 1 N. Kokash, Software Engineering 36 Software Engineering Maintenance Correcting errors found after the software has been delivered Adapting the software to changing requirements, changing environments, ... N. Kokash, Software Engineering 37 Software Engineering Global distribution of effort design 15% coding 20% requirements engineering 10% specification 10% testing 45% Rule of thumb: 40-20-40 distribution of effort Trend: enlarge requirements specification/design slots; reduce test slot Beware: maintenance alone consumes 5075% of total effort N. Kokash, Software Engineering 38 Software Engineering Distribution of maintenance activities corrective 21% perfective 50% adaptive 25% preventive 4% Corrective maintenance: correcting discovered errors Preventive maintenance: correcting latent errors Adaptive maintenance: adapting to changes in the environment Perfective maintenance: adapting to changing user requirements N. Kokash, Software Engineering 39 Software Engineering SE in a nutshell N. Kokash, Software Engineering 40 Software Engineering What does Software Engineer do? individually interacting with clients in a team Microsoft 1978 programming, documenting, planning, presenting, reviewing, reporting N. Kokash, Software Engineering listening, Specializing in different roles explaining, designing, programming, testing, proving feedback, brainstorming selling discussing planning 41 Software Engineering Hammurabi's Code 64: If a builder builds a house for a man and does not make its construction firm, and the house which he has built collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house, that builder shall be put to death. … 73: If it cause the death of a son of the owner of the house, they shall put to death a son of that builder. N. Kokash, Software Engineering 42 Software Engineering Software Engineering Ethics Act consistently with the public interest Act in a manner that is in the best interest of the client and employer Ensure that products meet the highest professional standards possible Maintain integrity in professional judgment N. Kokash, Software Engineering Managers shall promote an ethical approach Advance the integrity and reputation of the profession Be fair to and supportive of colleagues Participate in lifelong learning and promote an ethical approach 43 Software Engineering A broader view on SD information planning boundary conditions documentation people input program software output program procedures 44 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Contents of project plan Introduction Process model Organization of project Standards, guidelines, procedures Management activities Risks Staffing Methods and techniques Work packages Resources Quality assurance Budget and schedule Changes Delivery 45 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Project control Time, both the number of man-months and the schedule Information, mostly the documentation Organization, people and team aspects Quality, not an add-on feature; it has to be built in Money, largely personnel 46 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Managing time Measuring progress is hard ("we spent half the money, so we must be halfway") Development models serve to manage time More people less time? Brooks' law: adding people to a late project makes it later 47 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Managing information Documentation Technical documentation Current state of projects Changes agree upon … Agile projects: less attention to explicit documentation, more on tacit knowledge held by people 48 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Managing people Managing expectations Building a team Coordination of work N. Kokash, Software Engineering 49 Software Engineering Managing quality Quality has to be designed in Quality is not an afterthought Quality requirements often conflict with each other Requires frequent interaction with stakeholders 50 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Managing cost Which factors influence cost? What influences productivity? Relation between cost and schedule N. Kokash, Software Engineering 51 Software Engineering Software Development Methods Projects are large and complex A phased approach to control it is necessary Traditional models are document-driven: there is a new pile of paper after each phase is completed Evolutionary models recognize that much of what is called maintenance is inevitable 52 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Waterfall model Iteration Feedback Validation Requirements eng. V&V we building the right system? Design V&V Are Verification Are we building the system right? Requirements are fixed as early as possible Implementation V&V Testing V&V Maintenance V&V 53 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering V-model Requirements engineering Acceptance testing Integration testing Global design Detailed design Problems Unit testing Coding Too rigid Developers cannot move between various abstraction levels 54 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Evolutionary model Waterfall Model (Mid 70ies) Evolutionary Models (80ies) Time Requ. Eng. & Architecting Specification Design Implementation Test Increments (Spiral cycles) Iteration Scope N. Kokash, Software Engineering 55 Software Engineering Win-Win Spiral Model 2. Identify stakeholders objectives and win conditions / values 1. Identify next-increment stakeholders (Boehm, 1998) Emphasizes continuous stakeholder alignment 3. Reconcile win conditions Establish next-increment objectives, constraints & alternatives 4. Evaluate product and process alternatives Resolve risks 7. Verify & commit 6. Implement product & process definitions N. Kokash, Software Engineering 5. Define next-increment of product & process, inclusive partitions 56 Software Engineering Incremental development A software system is delivered in small increments The waterfall model is employed in each phase The user is closely involved in directing the next steps Incremental development prevents over-functionality 57 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Incremental development design build install increment 1 evaluate first incremental delivery design delivered system build install evaluate increment 2 second incremental delivery design build install evaluate third incremental delivery increment 3 Each component delivered must give some benefit to the stakeholders N. Kokash, Software Engineering 58 Software Engineering Velocity tracking Measure team productivity Unit of work – hours, days, story points, ideal days Interval – week, month N. Kokash, Software Engineering 59 Software Engineering Prototyping Requirements elicitation is difficult software is developed because the present situation is unsatisfactory however, the desirable new situation is as yet unknown Used to obtain the requirements of some aspects of the system Should be a relatively cheap process use rapid prototyping languages and tools not all functionality needs to be implemented production quality is not required 60 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Prototyping as a tool for SE Requirements engineering design design implementation implementation testing testing maintenance 61 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Prototyping approaches Throwaway prototyping: the n-th prototype is followed by a waterfall-like process Evolutionary prototyping: the n-th prototype is delivered 62 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Prototyping, advantages The resulting system is easier to use User needs are better accommodated The resulting system has fewer features Problems are detected earlier The design is of higher quality The resulting system is easier to maintain The development incurs less effort 63 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Prototyping, disadvantages The resulting system has more features The performance of the resulting system is worse The design is of less quality The resulting system is harder to maintain The prototyping approach requires more experienced team members 64 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Recommendations for prototyping The users and the designers must be well aware of the issues and the pitfalls Use prototyping when the requirements are unclear Prototyping needs to be planned and controlled as well 65 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering The plan N. Kokash, Software Engineering 66 Software Engineering Reality N. Kokash, Software Engineering 67 Software Engineering Recent developments Rise of agile methods Shift from producing software to using software Software development becomes more heterogeneous Success of open source software N. Kokash, Software Engineering 68 Software Engineering The Agile Manifesto (2001) "We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more." . N. Kokash, Software Engineering 69 Software Engineering 12 principles of Agile SE: Customer satisfaction by rapid delivery of useful software Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication (co-location) Welcome changing requirements, even late in development Projects are built around motivated individuals, who should be trusted Working software is delivered frequently (weeks rather than months) Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design Working software is the principal measure of progress Simplicity Sustainable development, able to maintain a constant pace Self-organizing teams Close, daily co-operation between business people and developers Regular adaptation to changing circumstances N. Kokash, Software Engineering 70 Software Engineering Popular agile methods Rapid Application Development (RAD) & Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM) Extreme Programming (XP) Feature Driven Development (FDD) Unified Processes: Agile Unified Process (AUP) Open Unified Process (OpenUP)/Basic Essential Unified Process (EssUP) Scrum 71 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering RAD Evolutionary development, with time boxes: fixed time frames within which activities are done; Time frame is decided upon first, then one tries to realize as much as possible within that time frame; Other elements: Joint Requirements Planning (JRD) and Joint Application Design (JAD), workshops in which users participate; Requirements prioritization through a triage; Development in a SWAT team: Skilled Workers with Advanced Tools 72 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering DSDM Dynamic Systems Development Method, #1 RAD framework in UK Fundamental idea: fix time and resources (timebox), adjust functionality accordingly One needs to be a member of the DSDM consortium 73 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering DSDM phases Feasibility: delivers feasibility report and outline plan, optionally fast prototype (few weeks) Business study: analyze characteristics of business and technology (in workshops), delivers System Architecture Definition Functional model iteration: time-boxed iterative, incremental phase, yields requirements Design and build iteration Implementation: transfer to production environment 74 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering DSDM practices Active user involvement is imperative Empowered teams Frequent delivery of products Acceptance determined by fitness for business purpose Iterative, incremental development All changes are reversible Requirements baselined at high level Testing integrated in life cycle Collaborative, cooperative approach shared by all stakeholders is essential 75 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Extreme Programming (XP) Everything is done in small steps The system always compiles, always runs Client as the center of development team Developers have same responsibility w.r.t. software and methodology 76 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering 13 practices of XP Whole team: client part of the team Metaphor: common analogy for the system The planning game, based on user stories Test-driven development: tests developed first Design improvement (refactoring) Collective code ownership Simple design Small releases (e.g. 2 weeks) Customer tests Pair programming Continuous integration: system always runs Sustainable pace: no overtime Coding standards 77 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Differences Lightweight (Agile) Heavyweight Developers Knowledgeable, collocated, collaborative. Plan-driven, adequate skills, access to external knowledge. Customers Dedicated, knowledgeable, collocated, collaborative, representative, empowered Access to knowledgeable, collaborative, representative, empowered customers Requirements Largely emergent, rapid change Knowable early, largely stable Architecture Designed for current requirements Designed for current and foreseeable requirements Size Smaller teams and products Larger teams and products Primary objective Rapid value High assurance N. Kokash, Software Engineering 78 Software Engineering Heterogeneity Old days: Software development department had everything under control Nowadays: Teams scattered around the globe Components acquired from others Includes open source parts Services found on the Web N. Kokash, Software Engineering 79 Software Engineering Producing software means using software! Builders build pieces, integrators integrate them Component-Based Development (CBSD) Software Product Lines (SPL) Commercial Off-The-Shelves (COTS) Service Orientation (SOA) N. Kokash, Software Engineering 80 Software Engineering N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software engineering is a balancing act, where trade-offs are difficult Solutions are not right or wrong; at most they are better or worse Most of maintenance is (inevitable) evolution SD project control concerns: time, information, organization, quality, money There are many lifecycle models Agile projects do less planning than document-driven projects 81 Software Engineering Homework Which SE model is the most suitable for the assignment project and why? Write down your development plan Use RUP Software Development Plan template Read chapters 1,2 & 3.1-3.2 82 N. Kokash, Software Engineering Software Engineering Software Engineering (3rd Ed.) N. Kokash, Software Engineering 1. Introduction 2. Introduction to Software Engineering Management 3. The Software Life Cycle Revisited 4. Configuration Management 5. People Management and Team Organization 6. On Managing Software Quality 7. Cost Estimation 8. 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Great Britain's Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell have seen their assault on men's 470 gold postponed due to light wind on the south coast.
The pair, who are already mathematically guaranteed silver, were due on the water for this afternoon's medal race at 1pm, although it has been postponed due to low windflow over the Nothe course.
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Walter said: "We are delighted to have assisted our longstanding client to achieve this important step in its ongoing funding strategy.
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As reported last month, Lawes, together with corporate partners Simon Witty and Sarah Murphy advised underwriting banks Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and UBS on the £12bn RBS rights issue. (The Lawyer, 23 April)
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US' Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling, if Extended Beyond 6 Months, may Affect Oil Production
Macroeconomic data released last week was generally supportive and this lifted market sentiment and triggered investors to go for risk-sentiment sentiments.
China's exports surged +48.5% y/y (+10.9% m/m seasonally adjusted) in May, exceeding market expectations of +32%. Despite sovereign crisis woes, export to EU jumped +49% y/y in May, compared with +28% in April. This suggested the impacts of sovereign crisis in the region were limited so far. Domestically, Chinese CPI rose +3.1% y/y in May, exceeding the government's upper range of +3%. The government forecast further overshooting is likely in coming months. Other data were also strong with fixed asset investment surging +25.9% (consensus: +25.7%) in the first 5 month through May, compared with +26.1% in the first 4 months while retail sales soaring +18.7% y/y, after +18.5% rise in April. While the set of data suggested growth remained intact despite risks in the Eurozone, it may trigger the government to accelerate tightening measures to cool down growth and curb inflation. While stocks, growth currencies and commodities strengthened since the middle of the week, worse-than-expected US retail sales triggered profit-taking. Retail sales surprisingly contracted -1.2% m/m in May after gaining +0.4% in April. Excluding auto, the reading still fell -1.1%. The data inevitably caused doubts over growth outlook
Crude Oil
Movement of crude oil continued to be driven by macroeconomic development and sovereign crisis condition in the Eurozone. WTI crude oil price plunged below 70 briefly earlier in the week after the new Hungarian government's comment on the country fiscal situation. Price rebounded and the rally accelerated in the middle of the week as macroeconomic data from the US and Asia was generally encouraging, the US Energy Department (EIA) reported another week of crude inventory draw and the International Energy Agency (IEA) raised its forecast on global oil demand. However, profit-taking was seen Friday after disappointing US retail sales. The front-month WTI contract ended the week at 73.78, up +3.17%. Corresponding contract for Brent crude surged +5.15% and settled at 74.35, up +3.13%.
According to the US Energy Department, crude oil inventory declined -1.83 mmb to 361.4 mmb in the week ended June 4. This exceeded market expectations of a dip of -0.9 mmb. Increase in inventory level was seen in all regions except for the Gulf Coast where a drop of -4.66 mmb was recorded. Cushing stock also slid -0.47 mmb.
Gasoline data was disappointing. Its stockpile and demand were largely flat from a week ago despite the long weekend (the Memorial Day holiday). Distillate stockpile increased +1.84 mmb as imports and production surged +11.8% and +1.4% respectively. At the same time, demand fell -3.18% to 3.903M bpd.
In its Short-term Energy Report, the EIA factored in the impact of the 6-month moratorium in deepwater drilling and hurricanes in Gulf of Mexico in its latest forecasts in crude oil production. For 2010, US crude oil production is expected to rise +70K bpd to 5.392M bpd in 2010 from a year ago. This is -113K bpd lower than May's projection as the new NOAA forecasted a more active hurricane season this year. For 2011, crude oil production will probably drop -20K bpd to 5.38M bpd (also -113K bpd less than May's projection) from a year ago. The new forecasts have taken into account total cumulative reductions in the output of crude oil from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico of 2.4 million barrels in 2010 and 25 million barrels in 2011 because of the recently-imposed 6-month drilling moratorium.
On May 27, the US Department of the Interior announced a series of aggressive new operating standards and requirements for offshore energy companies and ordered a 6-month moratorium on deepwater drilling. Furthermore, there were cancellation in a pending lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico and a proposed lease sale off the coast of Virginia suspension of proposed exploratory drilling in the Arctic.
In our opinion, the overall impact of the new measures on production is limited IF the drilling ban ends 6 months later, given the high inventory level and huge spare capacity in the country. However, the overhang is if the government will extend the moratorium beyond 6 months. After all, the Gulf of Mexico accounts for more than 50% of the undiscovered hydrocarbon resources in the US.
As triggered by the current oil spill, long-term energy policy change is imminent. We believe tax hikes for oil and gas productions as well as acceleration in implementation of renewable energy are likely.
Natural Gas
Nymex gas price retreated after faltering below 5. According to the US Energy Department, gas storage increased +99 bcf to 2456 bcf in the week ended June 4, narrowing the level above 5-year average to 14.4%. After sliding for 2 weeks, Baker Hughes recorded +7 units increase in rig counts to 954 units.
Precious Metals
Comex gold extended gains earlier in the week and hit a new all-time high on Tuesday as worries over Hungary's deficit conditions boosted demand for safe-haven assets. Yet, price dropped thereafter amid improvement in risk appetite and long liquidation. The yellow metal ended the week with modest gain on a late rally on Friday.
Silver, gained +5.39% over the week, outperformed gold and others in the precious metal complex. However, the rally only pared the losses made over the past weeks. Year-to-date, the benchmark contract for silver added +7.29%, compared with +11.8% rise in corresponding gold contract.
PGMs traded rather quietly last week. Buying interests was found at around 1500 for platinum and the metal ended the week +0.64% higher. For palladium, price was supported at around 420 and then grinded higher as general market sentiment improved.
Base Metals
The complex was generally supported by robust economic data and improved market sentiment. Although China's imports for copper dropped for the third month to 396.7M tons, the level remained high given recent government tightening and lack of arbitrage between LME and SHFE. Aluminum imports increased +1.23% to 94.49M tons in May but was still down -72% from a year ago. Last week, Oleg Deripaska, owner of the world's largest aluminum company, said producers may shut smelters as aluminum price slumps. Deripaska said that about 70% of smelters around the world are unprofitable at current prices and this may trigger production suspension of around 2-3M tons in 2Q and 3Q, thus causing a 'deficit of physical supply. Deripaska's comment may trigger aluminum price further.


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The stars look wonderful again.
I could look at them for hours.
There are so many of them.
So much small sparkles.
So much to search.
So much to find.
The universe is huge.
What is the life of a panda against this size?
What is the life of anyone against this size?
One day I will be there.
Reach the stars.
Explore them and their planets and moons.
Find new life.
New existences.
New Civilizations.
Be a part of this huge void out there.
Be a star.
One day I will leave my home and fulfill my dreams.
Go where no one has gone before.
Only by looking at them I am already there.
My destiny lies out there.
I breathe in and out loud.
What is this?
This star….it is green.
It looks like…..a green orb.
It shines much stronger than the others.
It looks like it would call for me.
The other stars.
They look odd.
Like eyes.
….These are eyes.
They are moving.
At me.
I recognize shapes.
Oh no!
This is a Space Hornet Swarm.
They are huge.
And they fly at me.
Let me go!
Please let me go!
And I wake up.
Uhh….what was that?
A dream?
Yeah it had to be a dream.
Or better a nightmare.
At least the last part.
Something is pressing against my back.
I take it out.
He he….
My copy of "Starship Furious against the Space Hornet Hive."
So that's why this nightmare.
I stand up.
Seems so that I fell asleep, while watching it.
The metal ground on which I slept isn't very comfortable either.
I fall on my bed.
Turnover. My huge belly upwards.
And there they are.
I still can't find a reason, why it is bad to have a roof window.
In this way I see the stars always during going to sleep.
And the big universe.
I breathe in and out again.
Still the stars look wonderful now.
Came on the idea, when looked Star Trek last time. But this isn't a crossover. Try to make something own here.
Although I admit that I will use some inspiration from much sources. :)
"Kung Fu Panda" (c) DreamWorks Animation
I own nothing except for the written word.
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PGE Park, Portland, Ore.; 7 p.m. PT
IN THE U.S. OPEN CUP: The Timbers participated in the Open Cup tournament proper last year for the first time ever. They defeated the PSL Utah Blitzz 2-1 in the second round, before falling 0-3 to the San Jose Earthquakes in the third round.
THIS YEAR: The Timbers passed their first test in the Open Cup this year, defeating arch-rival Seattle Sounders 3-2 at PGE Park in the third round (Hugo Alcaraz 15, Dan Antoniuk 59 pen). By virtue of their 2004 record, the Timbers entered the competition at the third round along with three other teams; the other four eligible USL First Division sides entered the Open Cup at the second round.
FORM GUIDE: The Timbers are in 10th place in the USL First Division with 20 points from 17 matches, one behind the Minnesota Thunder and 18 out of first place. They haven't won in six league games, but played to a 1-1 draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps on July 14 in their last match. Byron Alvarez and Dan Antoniuk both lead the Timbers with five goals on the campaign.
IN THE U.S. OPEN CUP: The Earthquakes advanced farther than they ever had before in the U.S. Open Cup a year ago, reaching the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Kansas City Wizards 1-0. For five consecutive years from 1997 to 2002, the Earthquakes reached the quarterfinals - where they were dumped out each time - before they were stunned 1-0 by the Seattle Sounders in their opening fourth-round match in 2003. ... Each of the three previous seasons, the Quakes fell to the Los Angeles Galaxy in the quarterfinals, losing 2-0 in Fullerton in 2000, on penalties at home in 2001 after a 1-1 draw, then 1-0 in 2002. They also lost on penalties to the Chicago Fire in 1998 and to the D3 Pro League San Francisco Bay Seals in 1997. ... The Quakes have lost just twice to lower-division competition in 11 Open Cup matches - they've met MLS teams on just five occasions in the competition (and three of those against the Galaxy).
LAST YEAR: The Earthquakes won three matches - their best-ever run in the U.S. Open Cup - before losing in the semifinals. In the fourth round, they knocked off a 10-man Portland Timbers in the fourth round. Gavin Wilkinson was sent off after 18 minutes after Brian Ching converted the resulting penalty from the foul, sending the Quakes on their way, also getting goals from Ramiro Corrales (55) and Dwayne De Rosario (80). In the semifinals, the A-League Minnesota Thunder nearly completed the California Double, extended the Earthquakes to a penalty shootout before losing after a 2-2 draw over 120 minutes (Tarley 4, Branan 77 - Ching 24, Donovan 63) ... The Earthquakes then lost in the semifinals, an Igor Simutenkov penalty in the second half the only goal at Arrowhead Stadium.
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APD > Self-Advocacy
"Never, never, never give up!" ~ APD Director Barbara Palmer's rallying cry to self-advocates at the Capitol on Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day, March 5, 2015. Read or listen to the full article at this link.
What is self-advocacy?
Self-Advocacy happens when a person with a disability takes action to promote his or her own independence. A person who engages in self-advocacy is called a self-advocate.
What does a self-advocate do?
A self-advocate:
- Makes their own decisions
- Stands up for their rights
- Helps others understand what services, opportunities, and attitudes must be present for people with developmental disabilities to make choices about their lives without undue dependency or undue influence from others.
Self-Advocacy in Florida
With the help of FL SAND (Florida Self-Advocates Network'D), Florida's self-advocates are hard at work. FL SAND is Florida's independent self-advocacy network. At present, it includes 15 Regional Groups. Visit http://flsand.org/regional-groups to learn more about each group. This year, the Regional Groups came together and decided on three important issues to present to the Florida Legislature. See the 2015 Legislative Priorities flyer.
The Florida Developmental Disabilities Council has supported self-advocacy initiatives for several years through projects that provide training and mentoring on self-advocacy. The results of these projects are starting to be seen. For example, those participating in self-advocacy activities are practicing and learning invaluable skills, like self-determination. There is a great need to recruit more members for the local self-advocacy groups.
We are confident that our clients can help the self-advocacy movement grow in Florida with our help and the help of FL SAND. Our clients' participation in self-advocacy activities will not only benefit people with developmental disabilities in the whole state, but also enrich the lives of each individual who actively participates.
There are self-advocacy groups located in the Regions listed below. We encourage individuals who want to be self-advocates to join a group near them. Contact information for each group is provided below.
|Santa Rosa Transforming Lives (also known as "The Transformers)
|Anne Smith
|Elephant Herds (Panama City)
|Erica Turner
|Suwannee River Self-Advocacy Consortium (Jefferson County, Madison County, Taylor County, Lafayette County and Suwannee County)
|Mary Barnes
|New Horizons Support Group for People with Disabilities
|Arizona Jenkins
|813 494-0111
|Central Florida Self-Determination Advocacy Council
|Janet Nunnelly
Sammie Ripley
|Voices Heard (Fort Myers)
|Mary Provencher
Tameka Marshall
|People First of South Florida (Dade Chapter)
|Linda Angress
|People First of South Florida (Broward Chapter)
|Linda Angress
|Abilities Venti (Pembroke Pines)
|Robby Greenburg
|Self-Advocacy for Independent Life (SAIL) (Palm Beach County)
|Terri Harmon
|Stand Up for Independence (SUFI)(Treasure Coast)
|Sandy Coleman
|Self-Advocates of East Volusia (Daytona Beach)
|Micky Beauregard
|Advocates Reaching Community (Jacksonville)
|Charlotte Temple
|Sting Ray Alumni (St. Petersburg)
|Eric Vaughan
|Polk County Self-Advocacy Alliance
|Stacey Way (Self-Advocate)
More information: For more information, please contact APD's statewide Self-Advocacy Coordinator by emailing email@example.com or by contacting a local self-advocacy liaison. Download the contact list for the email and phone number of an APD liaison.
Self-Advocates in the Spotlight
Florida has come a long way since 1979, the year the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council marks as the year the first self-advocacy group formed in our state. Thanks to every self-advocate in Florida, legislators and the public are awakening to a new, more inclusive view, about people with developmental disabilities. The public is witnessing empowered individuals who are determined to guide the perspective of lawmakers, employers, and others so that all people with developmental disabilities have the opportunity and necessary supports for independent living and community participation.
APD is encouraged by every self-advocate. By spotlighting the individuals below, we hope to encourage others to advocate for people with developmental disabilities. Most importantly, we hope to inspire people with developmental disabilities to become self-advocates. The National Gateway to Self-Determination Network calls the Self-Advocacy Movement the "unacknowledged Civil Rights movement", but this cannot be the case in Florida if we want to increase the momentum of progress.
Idelio Valdez Leadership and Advocacy Award
This award is dedicated to the memory of Idelio Valdez. The document linked below briefly describes his impact as a self-advocate. It also provides the selection criteria.
Information on previous award winners is forthcoming
Resource Links
- Route to Self Facebook Page
- iBudget Waiver Waitlist Advocate Training Video Link
- FL SAND Website and blog
- FL SAND News - April 2017
- FL SAND Facebook Page
- News Correspondent Articles written by Self-Advocates
- Florida Self-Advocacy Alliance Website and blog
- Arts In Action
- Arts In Action Blog
- Arts In Action Facebook


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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Where did Gear Swap go?
May 19, 2012 at 8:53 am #1290083
Ryan DunneMember
@donryanoceroLocale: Humboldt
I've noticed far fewer items being posted on gear swap since BPL required a paid membership in order to participate. Any idea where the displaced sellers are posting their stuff now? Looking for a new (old) tarp and not many posts are coming up these days. eBay? geartrade?May 19, 2012 at 10:15 am #1879250
Jennifer McFarlaneBPL Member
@jennymcfarlaneLocale: Southern California
Out of curiosity I looked at the number of listings on 5/18 in2010,2011, 2012
2010: 17
2011: 22
2012: 33May 19, 2012 at 11:02 pm #1879385
Jason GBPL Member
@jasongLocale: iceberg lake
I've noticed gear swap is not what it used to be too. I am not a member so have taken my sales elsewhere as Im sure many others have too. the community is definitely suffering because of it.May 20, 2012 at 7:17 am #1879423
Rusty BeaverBPL Member
@rustybLocale: Idaho
"the community is definitely suffering because of it".
Yep. Inscrutable to the business personality is that when a profit is the goal…or the bottom line is the focus…..somewhere along the line, something, or someone, or both suffer in some way. Externalities.May 20, 2012 at 9:18 am #1879451
Bill LawBPL Member
@williamlawLocale: SF Bay Area
"the community is definitely not suffering because of it".
Nope. Inscrutable to the freeloader personality is that when a free lunch is the goal…or the bottom line is ignored….somewhere along the line, something, or someone, or both suffer in some way. Externalities.
Please don't be inflamed by my rhetoric. I use it just to make this point: clearly, based on the facts (gear swap postings up 50% from a year ago, yet the OP hasn't bought his tarp), the only conclusion one can accurately draw is that tarp users tend more to the freeloader mentaility than to profit motivation.
Or something like that.May 20, 2012 at 10:11 am #1879473
David DrakeBPL Member
@daviddrakeLocale: North Idaho
+1 for actual numbers, rather than just what folks have "noticed." (No offense to the OP) These numbers may be anecdotal; maybe more data would show a different pattern. But at least they aren't a WAG.
BPL is a for-profit business, just like most other magazines (online and off). I knew that when I subscribed. On the other hand, I doubt Ryan Jordan is on the verge of being the next Mark Zuckerberg (for-profit doesn't necessarily mean "profitable").
Edit: Near as I can tell, both eBay and GearTrade take a commission on sales. So no free lunch there, either.May 20, 2012 at 10:43 am #1879482
Link .BPL Member
I have noticed a lot of new members that joined to sell gear.People that had been selling for a long time and that was all they were here for(Brian Latta being just one).You can tell the new members in gear swap because the red M does not show up immediately next to their name and it appears that non-members are posting in gear swap but when you click on their name it show that they have just joined in their profile.I think they have had a lot of new memberships due to wanting to sell gear,and I have not seen a drop in gear swap over the years and I see tarps posted all the time,they usually go pretty fast .May 20, 2012 at 10:45 am #1879484
Michael LBPL Member
@mpl_35Locale: NoCo
Chance to complain?
I've noticed no difference.May 20, 2012 at 11:02 am #1879496
Eugene SmithBPL Member
@eugeneiusLocale: Nuevo Mexico
Those non-member sellers had a choice, bend or break, some people chose to take their "business" elsewhere and that's fine, used gear isn't the reason most of us contribute to the forums anyways.May 20, 2012 at 11:58 am #1879510
diego deanBPL Member
I dont know iff gear swap is less now or not, but ive been dissapointed by the lack of articles and reviews coming out. Seems like if we are lucky something might be reviewed every third week or so. Ther is always something new coming out and id like to here from the pros their opinions on it. This 1 part in a series of 3 things is pretty rudiculous too, seems like filler for a lack of new material. Does the site have problems recruiting writers or is it just too expensive to test out the new gear?May 20, 2012 at 12:46 pm #1879523
Ben FMember
Oh hey, a one-day sample size. How telling. And is it proportional to the growth of the community?May 20, 2012 at 12:59 pm #1879525
Stephen MBPL Member
@stephen-mLocale: Way up North
Gear swap has differently got quieter, when I lived in Europe I used to pick up a lot of kit on here far cheaper than on my side of the pond.May 20, 2012 at 1:05 pm #1879528
Michael LBPL Member
@mpl_35Locale: NoCo
"Oh hey, a one-day sample size. How telling. And is it proportional to the growth of the community?"
It is a time series not a one day sample. And yeah we need more to make Amy kind of call. But at least a time series with three data points is greater than no data and just wild claims.May 20, 2012 at 1:10 pm #1879532
Ben FMember
You're right, I did phrase that improperly, thanks. But a time series of three days is so close to useless it's hardly worth discussing.
it's sort of liking saying "Albert Pujols had multihit games on April 14, 19th, and May 16th, so he must be having an awesome year!" Not.
And even if the trend is more absolute postings, unless it's proportional to the growth of the community it doesn't mean a thing.
So, more data please!May 20, 2012 at 2:21 pm #1879554
Scott SimcoxSpectator
@simcoLocale: Nashville
I haven't been around long, but there's a ton of new stuff being posted every day and practically all of it gets sold within minutes.
If the forum used to be better before, it must have been remarkable.May 20, 2012 at 2:32 pm #1879556
Ryan SmithBPL Member
@violentgreenLocale: Southeast
Personally, I haven't noticed a change in the BPL gear swap traffic, nor have I seen an uptick on other forums "for sale" sections. It's not my life's mission to track either, however, so take that with a grain of salt.
RyanMay 20, 2012 at 4:31 pm #1879574
Mary DBPL Member
@hikinggrannyLocale: Gateway to Columbia River Gorge
I mostly notice the number of Gear Swap items I have to wade past when checking "Recent Threads." It hasn't changed appreciably. Nor have I noticed more "For Sale" items on what I call "The other lightweight backpacking site" (backpacking.net).May 20, 2012 at 4:35 pm #1879575
Ken T.BPL Member
Hey Ryan . I work in Arcata. What type of tarp are you looking for? PM if you wish.May 20, 2012 at 4:38 pm #1879576
Matthew NolinMember
@matthewnolinLocale: New England
I picked up a MLD spinntex tarp recently off the gear swap. There were 3 others that I missed out on in the same week. Seems busy to me just have to act quick.May 20, 2012 at 5:13 pm #1879580
mik matraBPL Member
@mikmikLocale: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
I can't even post a WTB in gearswap which is a bit of a poo-y thing really.
Plus, have you guys got auto-emailing set up for key words or something to get notified when new posts are posted? EVERY time I click onto gearswap things are just sold….gone too quick.May 20, 2012 at 5:35 pm #1879585
Aaron SorensenBPL Member
@awsorensenLocale: South of Forester Pass
Some people enjoy that the swap is only so so right now, (although it's not).
I only wish I could view recent threads while being able to select which forum I want to view in those recent threads.
It's not that I can't stand the swap, but if I don't want to buy anything then I don't want to have to decipher through half the posts just to see what I really want to view at the time.
What I can not stand about the swap is that people get a crazy percentage from the original cost after it has been used. All I ever see is barley used pieces of gear that they can actually sell here for more than they got at on a good sale.
I only see 1 and 500 swaps posted that are a decent price. This is why I don't like viewing them.
I can go to craigslist a get 50% off most items I see on the swaps here. Such as picking up a barley used -20 Marmot col eq for $200 or a never used 0* golite 800 fill adrenaline for $150.
On this site people say they purchase a bag for $250 when you can find it for $220 and they are selling it for $210 then back down to $190 and it sells.
To me this bag, even if it was barley used, should be going for $150.
So if you guys want the swap forums to start picking up then start dropping your prices!May 20, 2012 at 6:19 pm #1879596
f bMember
i would like to use the Gear Swap part of the site but if you don't sell a ton of stuff it's better to use ebay/geartrade or my favorite just CL.
In all honesty I don't see the reason to pay just to post in that section, if it was a business than it would be ok but it's private parties selling a few things. There is no buyer/seller protection so I am not sure why. There is no cost involved to allow users to sell.May 20, 2012 at 6:31 pm #1879600
Ed HayesMember
@ejhayesLocale: Northwest
I agree with Aaron. I'm surprised at the prices people ask for used stuff, and the prices they sell at. I wouldn't pay most of them.
Example: There was a recent post for a Marmot Precip Jacket for $69 (or about that). You can find these on sale at that price no problem. A lot of times you can get them cheap if you look around. I see similar examples all the time.
I also think it is dumb to pay to post a WTB, but that's me.May 21, 2012 at 1:17 pm #1879880
Rusty BeaverBPL Member
@rustybLocale: Idaho
"Near as I can tell, both eBay and GearTrade take a commission on sales. So no free lunch there, either".
Hey David,
Compared to here, Ebay is damned near free. I just sold my new Trail Gloves there for $75. The buyer paid via Paypal. Zero hassle. Cost me $.50. I'd be more than happy to give the owner of a forum like this a much higher percentage. But, the owner here doesn't give that option.
rustyMay 21, 2012 at 1:46 pm #1879891
Nathan WattsBPL Member
"Compared to here, Ebay is damned near free. I just sold my new Trail Gloves there for $75. The buyer paid via Paypal. Zero hassle. Cost me $.50"
Hmmm, I avoided using ebay because by my calculations this transaction would have cost me over $9 between ebay and paypal. Two or three transactions like that pays for a membership here. But that assumes 9% cut from ebay and 3% from PayPal. What's the trick to avoiding those fees? Haven't sold anything there in a long time.
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BeschreibungThe vast expansion of the sensor and actuator field in recent years has necessitated the creation of a handbook series to clarify scientific developments.First in the new series, Handbook of Sensors and Actuators, which will examine a broad range of topics across the discipline, this volume explores thick-film technology. The area has already achieved a high rank in the families of advanced solid sensor technologies but there has been limited acknowledgement of its future potential. This publication aims to increase the involvement of internationally recognised sensor experts by suggesting possible directions for further investigation. In this pursuit, it disseminates the data identifying the actual performances and applications of thick-film sensors manufactured all over the world and presents ideas underlying current activities in the research and development of new devices.Three major areas are explored in which thick film technology contributes as a sensor technology, namely: hybrid circuits for signal processing (in combination with either thick-film sensing elements or transducing elements derived from other technologies), creation of architectural structures (eg. multilayer structures, integrated chips with chemical sensing elements, sensor arrays) and transducing elements derived from thick-film pastes. However, the unique properties and chances offered by thick-film technology for sensor manufacture might not be appreciated without emphasis on both scientific and technological features which are either common or distinguished from those of the major alternative technologies, namely silicon, thin films and ceramic. These are therefore also considered, enabling the volumeto offer a balanced view of the state-of-the-art in this exciting field.
InhaltsverzeichnisPart 1 Thick film technology: thick-film technology, N.M. White. Part 2 Thick flim materials and structures: structures of sensors and multisensors, J.E. Brignell; substrates for thick-film technology, R. Dell' Acqua; thick film conductors, R. Dell' Acqua; thick film resistors, M. Prudenziati and R. Dell' Acqua; thick film dielectric materials, R. Dell' Acqua; pastes, inks and slurries, M. Prudenziati. Part 3 Thermal sensors: thick-film thermistors and RTDs, H. Arima; thick film heat flux sensors, W. Smetana; thermometers for cryogenic temperatures, H. Postma. Part 4 Sensors for mechanical quantities: piezoresistive thick-film sensors, B. Morten and M. Prudenziati; piezoelectric thick-film sensors, G. De Cicco et al; thick-film sensors, B. Moreten et al; capacitive sensors, A. Taroni. Part 5 Sensors for chemical quantities: gas sensors based on solid ionic conductors, V. Leonhard; thick film semiconductor gas sensors, P.T. Moseley; organic materials for gas sensing and the construction of sensors for liquids, J.K. Atkinson et al; thick-film biosensors, N. Hampp et al. Part 6 Sensors for radiation: CdS based photoconducting sensors, M.S. Setty and D.P. Amalnerkar; screen printed CdS/CdTe solar cells, S. Ikegami and H. Uda. Part 7 High-T[c] superconductor thick film sensors: superconducting thick-film magnetic field sensors, A.K. Gupta et al; other high-T[c] superconductor thick film sensors, S. Leppavuori and A. Uusimaki. Part 8 Other sensors and conclusions: other sensors, actuators and ancillary parts for measuring systems, M. Prudenziati; present and future of thick film sensors, M. Prudenziati.
PortraitMaria Prudenziati is Professor of Applied Electronics at the University of Modena, Italy.
PressestimmenInaugurating a new Elsevier series, this volume presents the state of the art in thick-film technology. SCITECH Book News
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: ELSEVIER LTD
Erscheinungsdatum: September 1994
Seitenanzahl: 471 Seiten
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So it went on for two months. Every day the girls would go out to their University that was only a short drive away, or go to their work, I'd stay in and sort out the flat, they would come home and we would either go out and about Glasgow, or stay in. Occasionally we would go out with the girls' boyfriends. I was the only one without a boyfriend, having had loads but I drifted away from boys once my dad had died. But we all would have a great time together. I needed to get a job and a place in a college or University somewhere, and preferably a boyfriend! But right now, I was happy.
So on one morning, everything was going normally. The girls were out at University, and I was baking a cake. I love cooking, though I only actually eat the healthy low-carbs stuff. I still like to keep my figure! So this particular cake was for the rest of the girls, because we had agreed to a night in. I was thinking about Mum. I wondered if she's ok. I mean, she probably won't have even noticed that I was gone. I thought about each night how she would look for me... I shuddered. Maybe not.
The doorbell rang. Looking at the clock, I knew it was too early for it to be any of the girls, who would let themselves in anyway. Dusting some icing sugar off my hands, I went to answer the door. It was an old lady.
"Hello, my deary, " she croaked. I stared at the woman in curiosity. She was dressed completely in black, and her skin was wrinkly. I've always been told to ignore strangers, especially when they come to the door, but there was something oddly different about this old lady. Almost familiar. "How are you, my sweet?"
"I'm fine thanks," I replied, still puzzled. Those blue eyes, sapphire blue with exactly three, perfect black streaks through them, were peering into mine. Where had I seen those before?
"Good, good," the woman said, "Perhaps you would like one of my cakes?" She held out a basket of little muffins, chocolate oozing out of them. My mouth watered. I've always had a weak spot for chocolate. "Go on," she said, pressing one into my hand, "Since you're such a pretty little girl, you can have one for free!"
I stared at it. I really wanted it. But I couldn't. As part of my diet, I'm only allowed chocolate on very, very special occasions. Anyway, I can't just randomly take things off of strangers!
But those bizarrely familiar blue eyes...
And I wasn't a model any more...
I bit into it. The lady's eyes gleamed. Warm, melted chocolate slid down my throat. It was amazing. Then, as I was chewing, I bit something hard. It tasted weird, out of place in the soft muffin. I swallowed. Then several things happened at once.
For one, fleeting second, I felt as if I was on top of the world. An adrenaline rush and I felt like I was floating. Like I would never be upset again. It was a wonderful feeling. I smiled to myself drowsily.
Then it felt like I had hit something hard. I swayed.
The old lady cackled harshly, and stared at me with those peircing blue eyes.
I realised, at that moment where I knew those eyes from. They were mine. And the only other person in the world with those eyes was...
"Mum," I croaked, dizzily. She laughed and walked away. The world swam before me, and I fell into darkness.


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2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Participants of all ages will have fun creating paper arts and crafts items to take home.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Best for Kids
Fall Foliage Walk
at Touchdown of the 103rd Street Footbridge (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Participants can learn about why changes in leaf color occur, the chemical representation of each of the colors, and why the leaves of different species turn different hues.
Category: Nature, Tours, Fall Foliage, Waterfront
Nature Scavenger Hunt at Fort Tryon
at Billings Lawn (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Explore Fort Tryon Park's flora and fauna during a family scavenger hunt. Families will work together on a quest to identify the unique wildlife that is native to New York City.
Category: Education, Nature, Best for Kids, Talks
Meet the Artist: Denise Treizman
at Glyndor Gallery (in Wave Hill), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Denise Treizman's playful sculptural installation emphasizes the throwaway culture prevalent today, juxtaposing vestiges of urban culture with the natural environment surrounding the gallery.
Category: Art, Talks
Dead Botanists Walk
at Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Tour the gardens with Horticultural Interpreter Charles Day to hear stories about some of the courageous people celebrated in plant nomenclature and see their coveted finds.
Category: Nature, History, Tours
Ocean Breeze Halloween Festival: Haunted Trails
at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (in Ocean Breeze Park), Staten Island
6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Join us for a half mile Haunted Trail walk as we host our first annual Halloween Festival at Ocean Breeze Park.
Category: Nature, Festivals, Tours, Halloween, Fall Festivals, Hiking
CANCELLED: Movies Under the Stars: Shocktober Fest : The Rocky Horror Picture Show
at McCarren Park Pool Deck (in McCarren Park), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Let's do the Time Warp, again!
Category: Accessible, Festivals, Film, Halloween, Movies Under the Stars
Gravestones and Goth: Cemetery Walk and Classic Horror Literature Readings
at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Fact or fiction? Take a guided, candle-lit stroll to the Pell grave site and learn the true story of Goodwife Pell's involvement in a 1650s witchcraft trial.
Category: History, Tours, Halloween
Movies Under the Stars: Monster House
at Athens Square, Queens
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment for a free film!
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Halloween, Movies Under the Stars
CANCELLED: Movies Under the Stars: Shocktober Fest - ParaNorman
at Sunset Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
In this delightful animated feature, Norman has the ability to speak with the dead—and he often prefers their company to that of the living.
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Halloween, Movies Under the Stars
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1st Day And 1st Time - Poem by Edward Kofi Louis
The 1st day of love and the 1st time of a kiss that it brings,
The 1st day of love and the 1st time of romance that it takes,
The 1st day of love and the 1st time of sex moves like war!
But with all the walls around you to smell your roses:
And you were the one that i met on that day.
I have come to love you more than ever,
I have come to learn from you as well;
But the 1st day of your love towards me tasted like,
The war of a sweet love around me!
The 1st day of your passions on the 1st time of your love,
And of the energies that your emotions shared with mine;
But today, you are all that it took on the 1st day of this love.
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* U.S. President Barack Obama's top aide pressed on Sunday the case for "targeted, limited consequential action" to degrade the capabilities of Syrian President Bashar Assad to carry out chemical weapons attacks as the White House mounted a major push to win support from a divided Congress and skeptical American public for a military strike. ()
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"Hey! Can you assholes stop shooting at us?" I yell, getting my assailant's attention.
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Tyler and I step out, finding 3 other students, armed with handguns. There were more in the leader's bag. "Damn man, where'd the firepower come from?" I ask, intrigued.
"We found a couple of dead police officers... We salvaged what we could." He replies, looking regretful.
"Gotta survive right? You mind if me and my friend here join you?" I inquire, praying for an alliance.
"I suppose so, could use the extra muscle. Lara, give this man and his friend each a gun. Little bit of ammo too." He orders. The girl looked at him with an annoyed look, but did as he said.
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All of these sports are played with different sporting equipment that is quite unique to them. It also affects the way the game is played. For example, a ball is used in almost every kind of sport. But the kind of ball that would be used in soccer is not the kind that would be used in golf, and the kind used in baseball is very different from the one used in volleyball. That is how each sport has unique sports apparels and equipment that is part of their distinct uniqueness.
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• Sports Clothes: sports clothes for each kind of sports varies in levels of thickness and covering, but they all have one thing in common, they are usually uniform. This indicates that it is a team and usually has designs and colors that separate a team from the opposing side. Extreme sports like cycling, scuba diving and fencing come with protective gear like helmets.
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Evan Fong (born July 31, 1992 ), better known by his online alias, VanossGaming, or simply Vanoss, is a Canadian video game commentator. His highly popular channel mainly consists of comedic gaming commentary. He has amassed more than 20 million subscribers and 6 billion views in 6 years. These numbers continue to grow rapidly daily, as Fong is currently gaining more than 11,000 subscribers and 6 million views per day. At one point, he was gaining more subscribers than some of the most subscribed YouTube channels of all time, even PewDiePie. He has also been compared to PewDiePie, as they both have a similar style of gaming.
Vanoss' content mainly includes funtages of him and his friends playing GTA V Online and Gmod. In fact, it is a rare occasion for him to post content without at least one of his friends in the video. His friends include but are not limited to: Moo Snuckel, I AM WILDCAT, Daithi De Nogla , Ohmwrecker, Lui Calibre, BasicallyIDoWrk, Mini Ladd, Terroriser, Mr Sark, fourzer0seven, BigJigglyPanda, and H2O Delirious , whom many say is Vanoss' best friend.
Vanoss is one of the fastest growing channels on YouTube, as he is in the top ten in this category. This is from a mix of comedic banter with his friends and some of the most well-edited videos on YouTube.
An interesting thing to note about his channel is that unlike the fanbases of other big YouTube channels like PewDiePie , Jenna Marbles, or Smosh, who are known to have a rather rabid fanbases as well as intense arguments in the comment section between haters & fans alike, the VanossGaming fanbase is one of the most, if not the most, positive fanbases on YouTube. Vanoss' comment sections are filled with positive & friendly feedback and discussions, with arguments rarely breaking out. This is extraordinarily unusual for a YouTube Channel exceeding 10 million subscribers, indicating that Vanoss does a good job of delivering a positive upbeat aura for his viewers.
Before Vanoss and the Impact of PewDiePie
Before Vanoss began posting his content on YouTube, here were great channels like speedyw03 (AKA Vanoss' idol), and kilplixism, who was friends with Criken the Great. They mainly posted Left 4 Dead content because in 2010, Left 4 Dead was at the peak of its popularity. StraightUpKnives was friends with Speedy, but unfortunately, they rarely play together anymore. However, when PewDiePie entered the scene, everything changed. They are still active, of course, but they were some of the most popular channels to watch back in the day. Most of these channels are pretty much unknown now, although Speedy is still going pretty strong with 6.47 million subs. The PewDiePie impact that happened in the beginning of 2014 was the reason why the channels died or became less popular. The PewPiePie impact was the time PewDiePie and YouTube Spotlight were battling it out for the #1 spot. During this time, it brought older channels to their knees as they tried to maintain their sub and view counts. The newer channels that started to produce videos in or after 2010 like Markiplier or Vanoss weren't effected as much, which is obviously shown by the rate at which they grown. They've helped to lessen PewDiePie's impact on YouTube, and now older channels aren't affected as much as they were.
As said earlier, VanossGaming is one of the fastest growing channel's on YouTube. According to SocialBlade, upon starting in September of 2011, Vanoss didn't really start growing until the start of 2012. By July of 2012, he was gaining approximately 18.9 thousand monthly subs. He started to become more and more popular, as approximately one year later, he was gaining around 361.3 thousand monthly subs. Vanoss' rapid growth didn't stop there, as he earned an incredible 1.1 million monthly subs by the start of 2014. Since then, Vanoss has evolved to become one of the biggest contenders to knock off PewDiePie, along with HolaSoyGerman and the great Smosh.
On July 25, 2015, Evan announced that he had been working on a game called Dead Realm with a few of his friends for "the last six or seven months" as a creative director. It seems to be similar to Gmod Hide-n-Seek, with the hiders being humans and the seeker being a ghost. If a hider gets caught, they become a spirit and help the ghost find the humans. If time runs out, the hiders win. If everyone is dead, the ghosts win. After six months working on the project as gaming directors, Vanoss, DaithiDeNogla, Moo Snuckel, Mini Ladd, Terroriser, TheSyndicateProject, and SeaNanners worked with 3BlackDot and released the game for PC on August 3, 2015. Two patches were made for the game, adding new ghosts and maps.
Personal life
Vanoss is half Korean and half Chinese and lives in Toronto, Canada. He has a love for hockey and used to play, stating that he wants to make quality hockey videos in the future. Vanoss only revealed his face in a few videos, but his GTA V character greatly resembles him in real life (though he mostly wears an owl mask). He is known to be a very calm guy as well as a great joker, but as much as he enjoys messing around, when Vanoss plays seriously, he is quite experienced.
He has recently helped create a game with other YouTubers called Dead Realm. Much like Garry's Mod game mode hide and seek. There has been on a web Cartoon series called "paranormal action squad" he voices a character based on his owl mask wearing persona from Gtaonline. paranormal action squad can be found on YouTubeRed.
List Of Subscriber Milestones
Evan hit 1 Million Subscribers On July 14, 2013.
Evan hit 2 Million Subscribers On October 25, 2013.
Evan hit 3 Million Subscribers On December 7, 2013.
Evan hit 4 Million Subscribers On January 7, 2014.
Evan hit 5 Million Subscribers On February 5, 2014.
Evan hit 6 Million Subscribers On March 5, 2014.
Evan hit 7 Million Subscribers On May 11, 2014.
Evan hit 8 Million Subscribers On July 24, 2014.
Evan hit 9 Million Subscribers On September 25, 2014.
Evan hit 10 Million Subscribers On December 10, 2014.
Evan hit 11 Million Subscribers On February 7, 2015.
Evan hit 12 Million Subscribers On April 14, 2015.
Evan hit 13 Million Subscribers On June 28, 2015.
Evan hit 14 Million Subscribers On September 4, 2015.
Evan hit 15 Million Subscribers On December 1, 2015.
Evan hit 16 Million Subscribers On Feburary 5, 2016.
Evan hit 17 Million Subscribers On May 4, 2016.
Evan hit 18 Million Subscribres On July 23, 2016.
Evan hit 19 Million Subscribers On November 3, 2016.
Evan hit 20 Million Subscribers On February 13, 2017.
List Of Video View Milestones
Evan hit 1 Billion Video Views On July 19, 2014.
Evan hit 2 Billion Video Views On January 28, 2015.
Evan hit 3 Billion Video Views On September 25, 2015.
Evan hit 4 Billion Video Views On February 2, 2016.
Evan hit 5 Billion Video Views On June 8, 2016.
Evan hit 6 Billion Video Views On October 25, 2016.
- "Hey guys. Vanoss here." (Sometimes his intro if he wants to point something out before the video)
- "ALRIGHT!" (Starting of most of his newer videos)
- "♪Come on down to the Olive Garden and get your free bread sticks♪" (Quote from Garry's Mod Hide 'n' seek)
- "♪Come on down to the Kame House and get your Dragon Balls♪" (Quote from Garry's Mod Guess Who)
- "What do you call a magic owl.... Hoodini" (Quote from GTA 5 Online Funny Moments - Comedy Club Fun!)
- According to Socialblade.com, VanossGaming is planned to have around 33.3 million subscribers by year 2020 with around 16.1 billion views. If he keeps this trend up by 2022, he'll be the #2 biggest channel on YouTube alongside other big YouTubers like PewDiePie, HolaSoyGerman., jacksepticeye, nigahiga, Smosh, and Markiplier.
- He was also Nominated for "Trending Gamer" in The Game Awards 2014.
- In one of his QnA videos, he said that he got the name Vanoss from his father who was into cars. The car that Evan states he got it from was a BMW car and which he got the name "VANOS" which was a part for the car.
- His Outro Song (Afterglow - Reaktor Productions) also caught attention after using it as an outro and the song is now the most famous Reaktor Productions track.
- He was featured in WatchMojo's "TopX" in the category of Top 10 Let's Play YouTube Channels taking the #2 spot, just beaten by PewDiePie.
- Some of his videos were deleted by Spam404, mostly old ones.
- Vanoss has his own dragon in the popular game Dragon City, called the Vanoss Dragon.