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If there is anything we know about the early days of the Beatles, before they were famous and while they were young men playing in Hamburg, Germany, strip clubs, it's that their lives had to be pretty surreal and chaotic.
The new musical "Backbeat," making its American debut at the Ahmanson Theatre, tells the story of how a group of Liverpool kids became not only a great rock 'n' roll band but a cultural earthquake. It's best when it's conveying the craziness of those years, but has not solved the inherent problem of turning the madness and competing stories within the band into compelling dramatic structure.
Still, rock 'n' roll is about energy, or as the cocksure John Lennon (Andrew Knott) screams at Stu Sutcliffe (Nick Blood), "Rock 'n' roll is the art of now," and "Backbeat" tries really hard to be in the now and is never short of energy.
Sutcliffe, if you remember, was the "fifth" Beatle, an art-school pal of Lennon, who the rocker taught how to play bass just well enough so he could join the group and go on the Hamburg adventure. Lennon clearly had a man crush on Sutcliffe, a talented painter who succumbed briefly to the lure of a rock life. Why Lennon latched on to Sutcliffe, who had James Dean good looks and always seemed to be wearing sunglasses, is a matter of conjecture, though it may be suggested that Lennon saw some finer quality in the painter that he himself lacked.
His relationship with bandmate and writing partner Paul McCartney (Daniel Westwick) suffered, and when Sutcliffe took up with photographer Astrid Kirchherr (Leanne Best), Lennon freaked. But the other members of the Beatles, including George Harrison (Daniel Healy), wondered why the painter was even in the group; they accepted him only because John wanted him.
You have two choices to make in life, Astrid says to Stu when he's deciding between going back to art school or staying with the band, "Who should I be and what shall I do?" Much of "Backbeat" is about making choices and growing up, and many of the decisions made then would prove fateful. There is no question that the band was better off without Sutcliffe, who originally suggested the name Beatals before it morphed into the Beatles.
One of the best moments of "Backbeat" is when Lennon, upset over the imminent loss of Sutcliffe, returns to a club where McCartney is working on an early version of "Love Me Do," which would become the Beatles' first single in late 1962. At first, John is dismissive of the song, but eventually sees there is something there and helps give the tune an urgency. That something as we know turns out to be Lennon's future. It's probably not how it really went, but the scene nicely illustrates the dynamics of their creative relationship.
Based on the movie by Iain Softley, who wrote the stage production with Stephen Jeffreys, "Backbeat" smartly never strays far from the music. Set mostly in clubs, the stage the band plays on moves forward toward the audience during numbers, giving the scenes the immediacy of a rock concert. The lads indeed sing and play their own instruments (Westwick is quite good), and while at best the cast have passing resemblances to their famous counterparts, they are all quite good at imitating them. (If that's going to bother you, stick to watching "A Hard Day's Night.")
But trying to cram in too much Beatles history into "Backbeat" makes the storytelling uneven. Not only is there Sutcliffe's departure from the band to deal with, there's the eventual change of drummers from Pete Best (Oliver Bennett) to Ringo, played by Adam Sopp, who also plays the singer Tony Sheridan, whom the Beatles backed for producer Bert Kaempfert (Charles Swift). And, of course, there's Brian Epstein (Mark Hammersley) coming on board as manager and George Martin (James Wallace) as producer.
Directed by David Leveaux, "Backbeat" never falters, though, and remains entertaining throughout; but then you know that there will be a Beatles performance around the corner. The scenes in the clubs are fun, from the rock madness of the first Hamburg bistro the band played in to the ironic, arty crowd when they move up to a better establishment. It's also visually interesting, from the use of brick walls and iron staircases to the videos and projections, some of which are Kirchherr's black-and-white photos of the band's leather jackets and teddy-boy haircuts.
And at the end, "Backbeat" allows you to rock out, which is what everybody really wants to do anyway.
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There were 115 contest entries this year from 14 high schools in Butte County. Winning works of art will be on display at the Chico courthouse through March 31 in honor of National Youth Arts Month. Photos of the 3-Dimensional entries art hang in the show while the actual 3D art is on display outside the Superintendent's office. "I am impressed by the breadth of artistic talent of students in our county," said BCOE Superintendent, Tim Taylor. "Our student artists brought great creativity, critical thinking, and talent to their art work. I am awestruck! We also are truly lucky that we have such dedicated art teachers who help our students cultivate their creative talents." Superintendent Taylor's Visual and Performing Arts program coordinator, Nancy Silva, orchestrated the art contest to showcase the finest high school student art work in the county as part of BCOE's Arts Education Initiative, designed to bring about a renaissance in arts education in Prek-12.
Each participating school was allowed to enter up to ten of their best student art works for judging in five categories. A panel of Butte County art community members judged the entries based on originality and creativity; composition and design; and artistry and skill. The judges this year included David Tamori– Oroville Arts Commission, Local Artist, Arts Advocate, and retired OUHSD AP Art Instructor, Cris Guenter - CSUC Education Faculty- Art, and arts advocate Linda Watkins-Bennet, Action News Now Anchor & Producer.
The "Best of Show" award was given to the student whose art submission garnered the highest score from all of the judges. Sarah Hunter, an 11th grade student from Paradise High School, earned the "Best of Show" award for her piece entitled "Self-Portrait" in the high school Pencil/Ink/Charcoal category.
First, Second, and Third place awards were given to the student winners in five categories: Pencil, Ink, and Charcoal; Paint & Pastel; Mixed Media; Digital Photography; and 3-Dimensional Art.
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Architects and interior designers don't have to choose between sustainability, design and acoustic needs—now they can have all three.
Green buildings are designed, constructed and operated for the purpose of providing the occupants with a space that is both healthy and productive, while also being energy efficient and sustainable. Unfortunately, current approaches to green building design and construction don't always meet occupants' indoor environmental quality (IEQ) needs for "acoustic comfort."
Acoustic comfort refers to an indoor environment that is conducive to providing speech intelligibility, speech privacy, low distractions and annoyance, and sound quality.
And, according to ongoing research at the Center for the Built Environment (CBE), it is the lowest performing IEQ factor in green buildings. Moreover, in all buildings surveyed, the level of acoustic satisfaction was rated as the lowest performance IEQ factor, and the only negative (dissatisfaction) factor overall.
There is no need, however, to sacrifice good acoustics when selecting products for green buildings. Architects and interior designers do not have to choose between sustainability, design and acoustic needs—they can have all three.
Outlined below are a number of acoustic considerations for green buildings in three market segments: healthcare facilities, commercial offices and educational facilities.
healthcare acoustics
Acoustics are a key element in the IEQ of healthcare facilities because they play an important role in supporting the safety, health and well-being of patients and staff alike.
In general, ambient noise levels in hospitals are high, and have been shown to be a source of annoyance and stress to both patients and staff. They can also interfere with the staff's ability to work effectively. Because of this, both the FGI 2010 Guidelines and LEED for Healthcare address the issue.
One reason healthcare facilities are so noisy is the predominance of hard, sound-reflecting surfaces that cause speech and activity sounds to persist much too long. When acoustic conditions are characterized by long reverberation, spoken words are perceived to overlap, resulting in reduced speech intelligibility.
To reduce reverberation and noise levels, acoustical ceiling panels should have a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of 0.70 or greater. (The NRC indicates the average percentage of sound a material absorbs; an NRC of 0.70 means the material absorbs about 70 percent of the sound that strikes it.) They should also meet healthcare standards for washability, mold and microbial resistance, and fire safety. Ceiling panels with these characteristics are ideal for patient rooms, treatment rooms and other spaces that require a balance of cleanliness and quiet.
Ceiling panels with a NRC of 0.95 are recommended for areas that require even higher levels of sound absorption to ensure patient privacy and meet HIPAA regulations. These include open plan spaces such as waiting areas, pharmacies, nurses' stations and closed plan spaces where walls extend up to the deck above. PageBreak
office acoustics
Whether for a space with cubicles and teaming areas or private offices and conference rooms, there are acoustic options that also address sustainable needs. For example, a wide range of continuous and wall-to-wall acoustical ceilings are available that not only enhance the acoustic environment, but also contain high recycled content and can be recycled at the end of their service life.
There are also a variety of "free-floating" ceiling treatments including acoustical clouds, canopies and baffles that are ideal for open plenum or exposed structure spaces—a design trend in green buildings that continues to grow.
Unfortunately, this "warehouse look" can often cause acoustical problems due to sound reflecting off the deck, resulting in excessive reverberation. Any large space of this type will usually need some sound-absorbing elements to help control noise and reverberation within it. In addition, if the exposed deck is less than 15 feet high, reflections between open plan cubicles can cause distractions for nearby occupants.
Designed for use in either new construction or retrofit applications, acoustical clouds, canopies and baffles can add sound absorption in open spaces, provide visual interest and make a design statement, all without sacrificing that exposed look.
Available in a myriad of shapes, acoustical ceiling clouds suspended above work areas provide a type of interrupted ceiling plane. As such, they help control both distant reverberations and reflections, reducing occupant annoyance and distractions. Acoustical clouds actually provide greater sound absorption than a continuous ceiling of the same surface area because they absorb sound on both their front and back surfaces. In fact, reverberation time can be reduced nearly 50 percent with only 20 percent coverage.
Acoustical canopies also help reduce reverberation in the space below them, but are much different in size and look compared to acoustical clouds. For example, cloud systems are available in standard sizes up to 14 by 14 feet, while canopies are usually 3 by 3 or 4 by 6 feet in size. Visually, acoustical clouds are flat, while canopies are curved and can be installed as hills or valleys.
Currently, there is no standard credit in the IEQ section of LEED for acoustic performance. However, an innovation credit can be applied for by demonstrating that the acoustics of a building are superior to what would normally be considered typical, thereby improving the quality of the indoor environment. The LEED v4 proposal (in a fifth public comment at the time of this writing) does, however, include a requirement for acoustic performance as part of the IEQ section. PageBreak
educational acoustics
Considering that the primary mode of teaching involves speech and listening, the quality of the acoustic environment in a classroom is crucial. LEED for Schools recognized the unique nature of the design and use of K-12 schools, and was the first of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) rating systems to include acoustics as an integral and important element of IEQ.
To provide classrooms that enhance learning, LEED for Schools includes a minimum acoustical performance prerequisite. To meet it, two requirements must be achieved:
Compliance with the first requirement is accomplished in one of two ways:
The proper use of sound-absorbing materials will significantly reduce reverberation, however, the location of acoustic treatments is a vital consideration. In classrooms where there is no fixed position for the teacher and ceiling heights are about 10 feet, the best and most cost-effective option is to place most, if not all, of the sound-absorbing material on the ceiling, in the form of a suspended acoustical ceiling.
If ceiling heights are greater than 12 feet, an increasing amount of sound-absorbing material should be placed on the walls. If there is no possibility for wall treatment, consider placing three-dimensional furnishings such as bookshelves along the walls to ensure sound waves are scattered, thereby reducing the possibility of distant echoes.
Kenneth P. Roy, Ph.D., FASA, is a senior principal research scientist for acoustic technologies for Armstrong Building Products in Lancaster, Pa. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Comparing the most re-cent sex offender population of cities in The Leaders coverage area against the most recent census data shows Jacksonville leads the area in total number of registered sex offenders, but McRae has the most per capita.
Each convicted sex offender undergoes an assessment to determine what level the sex offender will be classified as, and the level determines who should be made aware of the offenders presence.
The higher the risk level, the more people in the community who should be notified, said Sheri Flynn, administrator of the Arkansas Criminal Information Center.
A Level 1 sex offender is considered a low-risk offender, Level 2 is a moderate-risk offender, Level 3 is a high-risk offender, and Level 4 is considered a sexual predator.
Jacksonville has four Level 1 sex offenders, 21 Level 2, 14 Level 3, and five unclassified sex offenders for 44 offenders. The cities with the next highest numbers of sex offenders are Searcy with 32, Cabot with 20, Beebe with 18, and Bald Knob with 17.
While Jacksonville has 12 more registered sex offenders than Searcy and more than double the individual numbers for the next three of the top five, Bald Knob has the most per capita registered sex offenders in The Leaders coverage area.
With seven sex offenders in a town of only 661 people, McRae has one registered sex offender for every 94 people in the city. Jacksonville, although it has the most registered sex offenders overall, has only one for every 680 people.
The next cities with the next highest overall prevalence are Rose Bud with one for every 143, Bald Knob with one for every 188, Kensett with one for every 256, and Beebe with one for every 274 people.
Sherwood has the lowest prevalence overall with only one sex offender for 2,390 people.
With one Level 2 offender as the only offender in the city, Bradford has the next lowest prevalence with only one for 800 people and Cabot follows with one for every 763 people. Cabot leads the Level 1 population with six, and has seven Level 2 offenders, four Level 3 offenders, and three unclassified sex offenders.
Searcy is the only city with a Level 4 sex offender within city limits, but there is one more Level 4 sex offender in our coverage area who is registered near Cabot.
With 4,831 offenders assessed out of 2,673,400 people in the state, the overall state average is one sex offender per 553 people. Our coverage area, with 184 offenders and 109,195 people, has a slightly lower prevalence with one for each 593 people. A committee appointed by the governor has assigned 405 offenders the Level 1 rating, 993 the Level 2 rating, 2,036 the Level 3 rating, and 39 the Level 4 rating.
Flynn pointed out the number of Level 3 offenders may seem inflated because each offender who misses two appointments is automatically upgraded to Level 3 offender rating.
The cities with the most prevalent sex offenders per level are McRae with one Level 1 offender for every 220 people, Lonoke with one Level 2 for every 390, McRae with one Level 3 for every 220, Searcy with one Level 4 for every 18,928, and Judsonia with one unclassified offender for every 496 people.
The state averages one Level 1 offender for every 6,600 people, one for every 2,692 at Level 2, one for every 1,313 at Level 3, and one for every 68,549 people at Level 4.
Jacksonville has the most Level 2 offenders in our coverage area with 21, the most Level 3 offenders with 14, and is tied with Searcy for the most unclassified offenders at five.
There is a large difference in Level 3 sex offenders in north Pulaski and Lonoke counties who live near a city but not within the city limits.
According to the ACIC web site, Jacksonville has 14 Level 3 offenders living nearby, Sherwood has five, Austin has one, Ward has two, Lonoke has four, and Carlisle has three. Public notification requirements differ for each level sex offender and are based on the population the offender may place in danger.
Notification guidelines for Level 1 sex offenders include law-enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the area they live in and law- enforcement agencies the offenders are likely to encounter, all adult members of the offenders household, as well as victims or guardians of the victims.
Notification for Level 2 sex offenders also includes the heads of agencies and organizations in the offenders target group, state licensing boards and prospective employers, and the heads of families or individuals with members that are of the age and gender of the offenders target group who are likely to encounter the offender or live in the same neighborhood.
Notification for Level 3 sex offenders also includes any member of the community the offender is likely to encounter. Offender fact sheets are also given out, and along with Level 4 offenders, are listed online at http://www.acic.org. Level 3 and 4 sex offender information can also be found online at http://criminalcheck.com.
Level 4 notification also includes members of the public in the general area where the offender lives, travels and works. Community meetings can be held to inform residents in the area where the offender is likely to be found, and printed material, posters and electronic media can be used to notify and inform the public.


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Flashback Friday: Delicious
Are you ready for a super yum edition of Flashback Friday?! This week's prompt is DELICIOUS. Head to Instagram and the #voicesof2014 #flashbackfriday tags for all the action.
It's Flashback Friday! How quickly the week rolls by, right?
I have just the photo for this week's prompt. When I was a wee girl, we used to go the European deli at Magnet Court in Sandy Bay, Hobart. They had these pretty lollipops with striped edges and little designs worked into the middle of them. It was all totally edible and the best thing was that they were a bit soft. You could sort of drag your teeth across the edge (hello dentist!) and chisel off sweet bits. Yum.
Sometimes the picture was a little flower. Sometimes a child running or perhaps a bird of some kind. They were always a bit smudgy (pixelated before the pixel!) but they were also always a bit delicious. I still look for those lollipops in shops. Tell me if you see some, yes?
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In case you are new to this, here is how to play #flashbackfriday …
- Find a vintage photo of YOU that fits the delicious theme.
- Post it to your blog (or Instagram or Twitter) with the hashtag #flashbackfriday & #voicesof2014.
- Add a little story/explanation to accompany your snap.
- Post on Friday or another day of the week if you are running late!
- Play again next Friday!
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Remember, each week's prompt is revealed the previous Friday, to give you a head start sorting out the perfect snap.
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Road Trip! Destination: Brandywine Valley
Picture-perfect landscapes, stately mansions, historic sites and well-stocked art museums make the Brandywine Valley a destination you'll want to explore inside and out.
Radiating north from the city of Wilmington, Del., the Brandywine Valley ignores state borderlines to encompass attractions in Pennsylvania, including Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square and the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford.
The Brandywine Scenic Byway that connects Wilmington to Kennett Square and Chadds Ford via a loop formed of routes 52 and 100 is an attraction in its own right.
Route 52 takes you through a rolling landscape interrupted by history-laden towns that beg you to explore them. Centerville Village boasts 15 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Route 100 goes right past the Historic Inn at Montchanin Village, which is part of a restored town originally built for laborers at the nearby DuPont Powder Mills.
Often referred to as Chateau Country because of the wealth of mansions and carefully tended gardens that grace the region, there are abundant opportunities to pick up decorating or horticultural ideas or fantasize about living in other times and with larger incomes.
Brandywine River Museum
Housed in a 19th-century grist mill, the museum focuses on the region's artistic heritage, including three generations of the Wyeth family. N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) was best known as the illustrator for magazine ads and classics such as "Treasure Island" and "The Last of the Mohicans," and a muralist and landscape artist. His son, Andrew, grandson Jamie and other members of the Wyeth clan followed in his footsteps, painting accessible portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Details: 610-388-2700 or www.brandywinemuseum.org .
Longwood Gardens
By day, its 1,077 acres of well-tended floral displays, topiary, woodlands pathways and an indoor conservatory provide inspiration for the home gardener and opportunities for serene contemplation. Sundown brings out another side of Longwood. On select Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 3, fireworks and fountains entertain visitors with dazzling displays. On other evenings, a diverse selection of musicians from the North Indian Bhangra and Brass Funk group Red Baraat to the Philadelphia Orchestra are featured. Details: 610-388-1000 or www.longwoodgardens.org .
Hagley Museum and Library
This 235-acre site provides an abundance of hands-on exhibits. and working models demonstrate how gunpowder and the fortunes of the du Pont family were made and how workers and owners lived. In the early 19th century, E.I. du Pont used water from the Brandywine River to power the mills and machinery that soon made his company the largest American manufacturer of gunpowder. Within walking distance of the powder yards is Workers' Hill, where Gibson House offers a look at how foremen and their families lived. The Brandywine Manufacturers' Sunday School shows where 19th-century workers' children learned to read and write. Eleutherian Mills, the du Pont family's home and French garden, gives a glimpse into their private life and business practices. Details: 302-658-2400 or www.hagley.org .
Delaware Art Museum
The museum is a mecca for fans of American artist John Sloan or British pre-Raphaelite artists such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti or Kate Greenway. The museum has the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite art in the United States. Much of Sloan's art depicts life in Manhattan at the start of the 20th century. Victorian-era, pre-Raphaelite artists often turned to stories from the Bible, mythology or Shakespeare for inspiration. A large collection of American art spans the 19th and 20th centuries with works by painters Edward Hopper and Winslow Homer and glass artist Dale Chihuly. In the open-air Copeland Sculpture Garden, you'll find Tom Otterness' 13-foot-tall bronze Crying Giant. In a hurry• Hit the highpoints of the collection with public tours at 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Details: 302-571-9590 or www.delart.org .
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
Henry Francis du Pont didn't just collect early-American antiques. He bought entire rooms, in some cases, right down to the hand-painted wallpaper. The collection contains 90,000 objects that span two centuries of American decorative arts from 1640 to 1860. They are shown as they originally were used in 175 room displays and in permanent and changing exhibit galleries. Travelers with small children can explore the house and gardens via the interactive Once Upon a Family tour. Youngsters might enjoy visiting the Tulip Tree House and Faerie Cottage in the whimsical, 3-acre Enchanted Woods. Details: 800-448-3883 or www.winterthur.org .
Kalmar Nyckel
During July, September and October, the 17th-century Dutch sailing ship docks at the Wilmington Waterfront complex on the Delaware River. The original Kalmar Nyckel transported the Delaware Valley's first permanent European settlers from Sweden in 1638. Details: 302-429-7447 or www.kalmarnyckel.org .
Granted to William Penn by King Charles in 1682, Delaware was known as the "Lower Three Counties of Pennsylvania," until Penn allowed Delaware to separate from Pennsylvania in 1704. The colonies continued sharing the same crown-appointed governor until separation from England in 1776.Additional Information:
Getting there: Wilmington, Del., is about 300 miles from Pittsburgh. Driving time is about 5 hours, 20 minutes. Driving direction at www.google.com
Details: 800-489-6664 or website
Deal: Through Sept. 5, the Brandywine Treasure Trail Passport offers admission to 10 Brandywine Valley attractions for one discounted price: $35 for an individual or $75 for two adults and up to three children. Among participating sites are Hagley Museum and Library, Longwood Gardens, Winterthur Gardens & Library, Brandywine River Museum and Delaware Art Museum. Details: Website .


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A Very Veggie Grill Reception: Friday Night at Vida Vegan Con II
Gosh, we sure do love us some Veggie Grill at Vida Vegan Headquarters, and often have our meetings over Peach Iced Teas, Bayou Chickin' sandwiches, Sweetheart fries and giant B Wing salads. And really, between the three of us, and all the Veggie Grill locations we've visited on the West Coast, we've easily tried every single menu item to date! Or we will—take our word on that.
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As always, we wanted to do something different for our Opening Night Reception this year, and being überhostesses, we wanted to feed people, so we knew just who to invite. It was obvious.
Veggie Grill, which just happens to be one of the closest nearby vegan hot spots from the Museum with its recent downtown Portland location, is offering some very special small bites and refreshments to welcome you to the first of three days of conference-going.
As the motto goes, "Taste and Believe," folks.
Here's what's in store for the Very Veggie Grill Reception:
All Hail Kale Salad (gluten-free)
VG Rollers—think mini blackened chickin' flautas
Chill Out wings with Buffalo, Chipotle Ranch & BBQ sauces
Strawberry Lemonade
It should be just enough to hold you over until the Vegan Pop-Up happenings at the Mini Mall, right?
Who are they? Veggie Grill is a growing fast-casual, 100% vegan chain, and we're stoked to have them involved and sharing their food on Friday night. We love them, and they love bloggers—so it's a perfect fit! You can check out their current restaurant menus right here.
Details: The Very Veggie Grill Reception immediately follows our opening talk by Nicole J. Georges at 5:00pm on Friday in the Kridel Ballroom. See you all there!
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The Arizona law seems to apply to services beyond those tied to weddings, but same-sex weddings are the impetus for these bills.
That question provided the impetus for Walters to finally sit down with the notoriously interview-shy fashion overlord in 2006.
Shaum cites the institution of Casual Fridays as an impetus for the change.
The impetus behind the project, she tells The Daily Beast, was to capture the intensity of her own experience becoming a mother.
I had all this nervous energy—she was my impetus for starting the Table Share.
Perhaps the impetus may be given them by the pressure of the currents from the poles.
It was then and there that I myself received my impetus toward an education.
With all these things to give an impetus to the sale of tickets, it was little wonder that they were disposed of readily.
The impetus of life, of which we are speaking, consists in a need of creation.
Something merciless is there not in this conjunction of restriction and impetus?
early 15c., impetous "rapid movement, rush;" 1640s, with modern spelling, "force with which a body moves, driving force," from Latin impetus "attack, assault, onset, impulse, violence, vigor, force, passion," related to impetere "to attack," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + petere "aim for, rush at" (see petition (n.)).


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— "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi plans on being one hot mama. In her first interview since confirming her pregnancy, the reality star opened up about her mom-to-be experience.
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For the third summer in a row, Austin Sanders has traveled to Gallup, N.M., for the National Junior High Finals Rodeo, which started today and ends Saturday.
He blocks everything else out, and listens to country music to clear his head for the 359-mile, six-hour drive from Marana to Gallup.
"I don't think about it," said Sanders, a breakaway roper, "I just think about my runs, and I listen to country music, I listen to George Strait."
The Sanders family drove to New Mexico on Thursday, with Austin's horse trailer in tow behind an RV. And it's Austin's RV, because he paid for it.
The 13-year-old bought his family a motor home because he didn't feel like staying in hotels anymore.
"We don't have a lot of money," said mom Christine Sanders, "and what we do have, we spend on our kids. Rodeoing is what we do."
Sanders has some money saved up, thanks in large part to his success in rodeo competition. In 2012 alone, he made $20,000.
"He really stunned us," his mother said. "When I asked him what he was going to do with the money, he said 'I want to buy an RV.' It brought our family to tears. What 13-year-old kid is going to do that?"
The thing is, Sanders loves the rodeo. He lives it, he breathes it and basically couldn't function without it. He practices roping every day.
"I've always tried to work toward making a life out of this," Sanders said, "and one day going pro."
This is his third time competing in the National Junior High Rodeo that draws about 900 competitors, and he's already been a part of Las Fiesta de los Vaqueros in Tucson, so he's well on his way down that path.
He's also gone up against people two and three times his age in other venues. Sanders has competed in roping events where he's going against 700 teams, the majority of which are made up of grown men.
"In one day alone, he won over $3,000 roping against 700 teams of old men," Christine Sanders said, "and he doesn't realize that's such a big deal. He doesn't get fazed. He just loves the challenge."
It doesn't faze Sanders that he makes more money than some adults make in a year, or that he occasionally competes on national television. He's calm, cool and collected before, during and after competition.
"I have to clear my mind," Sanders said, "and just focus on one run at a time, take it all in and focus on one run each time."
His mother can't even ground him like any other 13-year-old. Taking TV or video games away from him wouldn't do much.
"If you want to punish Austin," she said, "you take away his rope, or tell him he can't practice today.
"Like any other athlete, he puts his time and discipline into it just like if it was baseball or football. It's what he wants to do, it's in his blood, it's in his heart and it's all he lives and breathes for."
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By: JOSH MESSER / The Brunswick News
July 6, 2007
Firefighters save dog, but Sterling trailer is a loss
Glynn County Firefighter David Turner
shows the oxygen tanks and tube he and his partner used to revive a
dog rescued from the first of two fires that broke out at a Sterling
mobile home Wednesday night. Officials suspect foul play.
(Photo by Michael Hall/The Brunswick
(Photo by Michael Hall/The Brunswick
Arson is suspected in at least one of
two separate fires that broke out at a mobile home in Sterling just hours apart
Wednesday night.
Glynn County firefighters first
responded to the home of Nancy Johnson at 156 Deer Circle just before 9 p.m.,
where they found a fire burning on an outside deck. After containing the damage
to the deck and exterior back wall, two of them worked for nearly an hour to
revive one of Johnson's three dogs.
Glynn firefighters David Turner and
David Brancel administered CPR to Johnson's black Labrador retriever, Shadow,
after finding the dog unconscious from smoke inhalation.
"Basically, he was dead when we found
him, but we administered CPR and breathed for him for about 45 minutes until it
revived him," Turner said.
Nancy Johnson, who could not be
reached Thursday, was described as a "big animal lover" by neighbors. She was
known to have three dogs, a 3-month-old kitten named Ziggy, and a parakeet, they
Only Shadow and the kitten survived.
Firefighters wrapped up their work
around 11 p.m. and remained on the scene another 44 minutes to make sure there
were no remaining embers that could re-ignite the blaze, said Capt. Jerome
Johnson of the Glynn County Fire Department.
But minutes after leaving the scene,
firefighters were called back to the same address at11:58 p.m. to find the
trailer on fire again.
"They got there the second time, and
the fire was fully involved," Capt. Johnson said.
Officials had already determined the
first fire started when a smoker grill was left unattended on the back deck,
Capt. Johnson said.
Neighbor Steven Ridings plays with a
kitten that was rescued from the first of two fires that broke out
just hours apart at a mobile home in Sterling Wednesday night.
Ridings is trying to find the kitten a permanent home
(Photo by James Nix/The Brunswick News)
The cause of the second fire is under
investigation, but circumstances would suggest arson, Capt. Johnson said.
"The second fire is the one we
believe is arson because that first fire didn't rekindle, especially not in 14
minutes," he said.
Stephen Ridings, a neighbor, was
among the first to arrive when the first fire broke out. He attempted to put out
the deck fire with water from Johnson's above-ground pool, he said.
"Then I kicked the door in to try and
save the dogs," Ridings when Ziggy got out. They found him roaming around
Firefighters arrived as Ridings
kicked in the door, he said.
"They told me not to go in, so I got
out of their way," he said. "I told them to please save the dogs, but by that
time I guess it was too late for all of them but Shadow."
Nancy Johnson wasn't home at the
time of the fires. Her daughter, Tammie Williams, said she can't imagine who
would want to set fire to her mother's home.
"My mom didn't have any enemies,"
Williams said. "She is elderly and disabled. The worst thing is there was no
insurance on the house, and my mom lost everything."
The trailer was in Williams' name,
she said.
"My house
burned down two years ago and I lost everything, so this is my second time going
through all this," Williams said.
moved her mother to Sterling from Mobile, Ala., after the death of her
stepfather in 2005 and has been caring for her ever since, she said.
"This has
really taken a toll on her," Williams said.
said he was glad to have saved at least one of the said. "That must have been
really was a good feeling," he said. "She was very upset, because she loved her
pets. We wanted to do something to help her keep at least one of them."
Johnson and Shadow are staying with Williams in Brunswick. On Thursday, Williams
took the dog to a vet to be checked out.
said if he makes it through the next 48 hours, he'll be OK," she said of the
the neighbor, has taken in Ziggy, but only until he finds a permanent home for
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As stated previously, the days of the Creation week are numbered and identified as being composed of a dark period, the evening, and a light period, the morning. There is no reasonable way in which to interpret these days other than as being like the days we experience today. Some have appealed to such texts as Psalm 90:4 and 2 Peter 3:8 when arguing that each Creation day actually represents 1,000 years. This conclusion is not suggested by the text and does nothing to resolve the issue created by those who think that these days represent billions of years.
Also, if the days in Genesis represented long epochs, one would expect to find a succession in the fossil record that matches the succession of the living organisms created in the successive six Creation "days." Thus, the first fossils should be plants, which were created on the third "day." Next should be the first water animals and the air animals. Finally, we should find the first land animals. The fossil record does not match this sequence. Water creatures come before plants, and land creatures come before air creatures. The first fossil fruit trees and other flowering plants appear after all these other groups. The only point of similarity is that humans appear last in both accounts.
"Of each successive day of creation, the Sacred Record declares that it consisted of the evening and the morning, like all other days that have followed."—Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 112.
"But the infidel supposition, that the events of the first week required seven vast, indefinite periods for their accomplishment, strikes directly at the foundation of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. It makes indefinite and obscure that which God has made very plain. It is the worst kind of infidelity; for with many who profess to believe the record of creation, it is infidelity in disguise."—Ellen G. White, Spiritual Gifts, vol. 3, p. 91.
Discussion Questions
- Even from a nonliteralist interpretation of Genesis, two points are obvious: nothing was random in the act of Creation, and there was no common ancestry for the species. Now, along comes Darwinian evolution, which in its various versions teaches two things: randomness and common ancestry for all species. How, then, does one interpret Genesis through a theory that, at its most basic level, contradicts Genesis at its most basic level?
- Why is it important to understand that science, for all the good that it does, is still merely a human endeavor?
- All science has to study is a fallen world, one that is very different in many ways from the original Creation. Why is it important to keep that truth ever before us?


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|At a glance
IBM® Parallel Environment (PE) Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture V1.2 is designed to offer a user-friendly, runtime environment for the execution of parallel applications. The components of IBM PE Runtime Edition for Linux are:
IBM PE Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture is available for System x® ordering. Version 1.2 provides a parallel runtime environment for a distributed cluster of selected IBM System x servers for technical computing workloads. It also provides the core components to enable a user to develop, debug, and execute parallel applications such as applications using the industry-standard MPI.
IBM PE Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture can be used on a single IBM System x server to develop and test parallel applications through shared memory and TCP/IP User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and through simple runtime options deployed to a networked cluster of x86 servers which are connected to Ethernet and Infiniband switches.
IBM PE Runtime Edition supports a unique capability for the user to create a workflow via "subjob" support managed by the Parallel Operating Environment. Subjobs allow users to run multiple parallel jobs within the initial static allocation of compute resources.
Communication implementation from IBM exploits an enhanced API, IBM PAMI, designed to increase parallel application performance on clusters made up of System x servers running the Linux operating system.
Licenses for offerings in this announcement include one year or three years of Software Subscription and Support. Software Subscription and Support renewals for all features are aligned through Passport Advantage® Express® or Passport Advantage, reducing the administrative burden of keeping the Subscription and Support up to date.
If a new release of a given offering in this announcement is made generally available in Passport Advantage after the announcement of the offering in System x ordering systems, the user may elect to take delivery of any release generally available for that offering during the product registration process.
Eligible software products, offered and selected during the ordering process with each hardware system, are enabled for electronic download for the system unit for which the product was ordered. Optionally, software and license-only orders can be created for these products based on existing supported hardware system units in the business environment. Offerings included in this announcement are available exclusively by electronic download.
For ordering, contact your IBM representative or an IBM Business Partner. For more information contact the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (426-2255). Reference: YE001
|Key prerequisites
|Planned availability date
March 16, 2012
IBM PE Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture V1.2 is a capability-rich, development and execution environment for parallel applications. IBM PE Runtime Edition offers parallel application programming interfaces, such as MPI and PAMI, an execution environment for parallel applications.
The components of IBM PE Runtime Edition are:
The IBM MPI provides a number of nonblocking collective communications subroutines that are available for parallel programming. These subroutines are extensions of the MPI standard. Collective communications routines for 64-bit programs are enhanced to use shared memory for better performance. The IBM MPI collective communication is designed to use an optimized communication algorithm according to job and data size.
The IBM MPI provides a high scalability and low-memory usage implementation. The IBM MPI library minimizes its own memory usage so that an application program can use as much system resources as possible. It is architected to support parallel job size of up to one million tasks.
IBM MPI runs over PAMI. This is achieved through exploiting the PAMI APIs.
Parallel Operating Environment provides:
Users can use the resource manager of their choice for submitting and managing batch or interactive parallel jobs. IBM PE Runtime Edition includes a set of resource management interfaces and data areas, for configuring your resource manager to interact with the Parallel Operating Environment.
Integration with LoadLeveler® for Linux: IBM PE Runtime Edition allows users to run Parallel Operating Environment jobs in interactive or batch mode with LoadLeveler managing the node, network, CPU, memory, and other key resources for optimum throughput and resource utilization.
PAMI has a rich set of collective operations designed to support MPI and pGAS semantics, multiple algorithm selection, and nonblocking operation. It supports nonblocking and ad hoc geometry (group/communicator) creation, and nonblocking collective allreduce, reduce, broadcast, gather(v), scatter(v), alltoall (v), reduce scatter, and (ex)scan operations. The geometry may support multiple algorithms, including hardware-accelerated (via HFI Collective Acceleration Unit, or Barrier Service Register) versions of broadcast, barrier, allreduce, and reduce.
The pdb debugger also allows users to invoke a Parallel Operating Environment job or attach to a running Parallel Operating Environment job and place it under debug control. It does this by starting a remote dbx/gdb session for each task of the Parallel Operating Environment job put under debugger control. The pdb debugger also provides a unique capability of filtering the output to minimize the amount of data the user needs to see. It provides the capability for peer (more than one user) debugging through the multiple console sharing feature.
A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) containing details on accessibility compliance can be requested at
IBM IBM PE Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture is capable as of March 16, 2012, when used in accordance with associated IBM documentation, of satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, provided that any assistive technology used with the product properly interoperates with it. A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) can be requested on the following website:
|Product positioning
IBM PE Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture, V1.2 is for technical computing customers who demand effective tools for developing, tuning, and running parallel applications that use the industry-standard MPI. Compared to other competitive options in the market, IBM PE allows applications to scale to a much larger number of cores and is optimized to deliver significant application performance improvements on IBM iDataPlex® clusters. It also supports a unique capability for the user to create a workflow that would allow users to run multiple parallel jobs within the initial static allocation of compute resources.
IBM PE Runtime Edition offers customers a differentiated set of features that allows them to improve resource utilization, increase application performance and reduce time to solution for numerically intensive and demanding scientific, technical, and strategic business applications.
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Program Program number VRM name 5641-PR1 1.2.0 IBM PE Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture with 1-year SW S&S 5641-PR3 1.2.0 IBM PE Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture with 3-year SW S&S
If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM, you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement. A PartnerWorld® ID and password are required (use IBM ID).
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To allow for ease of order submission, the offerings in this announcement can be configured in conjunction with eligible System x hardware, software, and license-only configurations that can be created for this product based on existing supported System x hardware system units in a given business environment.
Orders placed for the eligible offerings in this announcement will be routed and fulfilled through Passport Advantage Express. Invoicing for the initial license orders will occur through the System x order management systems. Subscription and Support renewals will be managed through Passport Advantage.
Passport Advantage allows you to have a common anniversary date for Software Subscription and Support renewals. The anniversary date, established at the order ship date for the initial product acquisition, will remain unchanged while your Passport Advantage Agreement remains in effect.
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No hardcopy publications are shipped with this program.
The following publications are available from the web:
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IBM PE Runtime Edition for Linux on x86 Architecture is also supported on non-IBM servers with AMD Opteron or Intel EM64T processors running a supported Linux operating system.
Operating system, one of these:
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To run Parallel Operating Environment jobs, any job scheduler or LoadLeveler for Linux V5.1 can be used.
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The program's specifications and specified operating environment information may be found in documentation accompanying the program, if available, such as a README file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter. Documentation and other program content may be supplied only in the English language.
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LONDON - Tourists, exchange students, masters of the financial universe and other business travelers: It's time to buckle up.
More pollution is likely to mean bumpier flights for trans-Atlantic travelers, researchers say, predicting increased turbulence over the North Atlantic as carbon dioxide levels rise.
University of East Anglia climate expert Manoj Joshi said scientists have long studied the impact of the carbon-heavy aviation industry on climate change, but he took a new tack.
"We looked at the effect of climate change on aviation," he said.
In a paper published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, Joshi and colleague Paul Williams ran a climate simulation that cranked up the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to twice its pre-industrial level - roughly 50 percent more than now. Williams said they ran a series of turbulence-predicting algorithms for the North Atlantic winter period and compared the results to pre-industrial rates.
Queasy fliers need read no further.
Williams said the results showed a 10 percent to 40 percent increase in the median strength of turbulence and a 40 percent to 170 percent increase in the frequency of moderate-or-greater turbulence. He described the latter as shaking that is "strong enough to force the pilot to switch on the seat-belt sign, knock over drinks and make it difficult to walk."
The explanation is that some models predict that global warming will draw the jet stream further north, creating more of the vertical wind shear that causes turbulence.
Joshi said choppier skies might prompt pilots to reroute their flights. But the North Atlantic is a busy place for air travel, with an average of 960 flights a day last week, according to aviation data companies masFlight and OAG. Pilots interviewed by The Associated Press said - in such a crowded air corridor - planes were just as likely to simply power through.
"You just got to grin and bear it," said Steven Draper, a retired airline pilot and a spokesman for the British Airline Pilots Association. Although there's no clear evidence of rougher skies just yet, Draper did say he'd seen worse weather - like storms - near the end of his career.
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text: You are here:HomeFind a CemeteryCemetery Details Cemetery Details Cemetery Details Map LAGNICOURT HEDGE CEMETERY Print page 123 LAGNICOURT HEDGE CEMETERY See Casualty Records View Image Download Cemetery Plan Country:France Locality:Pas de Calais Identified Casualties:62 GPS CO-Ordinates:Longitude:2.9532Latitude:50.15429 Location InformationLagnicourt-Marcel is a village situated north of the Bapaume to Cambrai road.From Bapaume take the N30 in the direction of Cambrai. After passing the village of Beugny, continue for approximately 1 kilometre and then turn left onto the D18 in the direction of Croissilles. Continue for 3.6 kilometres. Once in the village of Lagnicourt-Marcel, turn first left at the CWGC signpost. The Cemetery will be found 300 metres further on the right. Visiting InformationWheelchair access with some difficulty.For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our enquiries department on telephone number 01628 634221. Historical InformationLagnicourt was taken in April 1917. On the 15th April it was the scene of a desperate counter-attack by the Prussian Guard, which was repelled. It was lost on the 21st March 1918, and retaken by the 2nd Guards Brigade on the following 3rd September.Lagnicourt Hedge Cemetery was begun by the 7th Somerset Light Infantry in June 1917 (though one Australian grave of April, 1917, is in Row C), and used until November 1917. Plot II was made in March 1918 by the enemy (who called the cemetery Lagnicourt Cemetery No. 2, having three others in the commune). Plot I was completed by the Guards Division in September 1918.This cemetery contains the graves of 63 First World War Commonwealth casualties, one of which is unidentified and 15 burials of other nationalities.


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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 04:40 PM
MinM (2,650 posts)
Nate Silver & the Moneyball analogy
Forecasting Tuesday
Friday, November 02, 2012
BROOKE GLADSTONE: I dont know, I think that you yourself, if you weren't affecting this false modesty right now
- would concede that people following your meta poll would be closer than people who were trying to follow individual polls.
NATE SILVER: Well, Ill tell you what Im less modest about though, I think we have a better way of doing things, and the reason I got into this is because I found the horserace coverage extremely vapid, right, where a lot of it was just kind of recycling quotes from the campaigns and, and talking in clichés but didn't really hold up to scrutiny. And I had seen in baseball, a field I was in before covering politics, how you had kind of the Moneyball revolution seeped its way into kind of journalism first and then inside the game.
Politics, is kind of the, the reverse almost, where campaigns themselves are quite data driven but I think the people who cover them are not as much. Theyre always more allured by what they think is the, quote, unquote, narrative, what - what I think, frankly, is the is the spin.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Youre kinda like the Jonah Hill character
- of politics.
NATE SILVER: I've gotten that comparison more than the Brad Pitt comparison...
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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 06:12 PM
noel711 (2,185 posts)
1. Ironically, watched that film last night..
am at a profession conference;
the point of "Moneyball" is to think outside the box.
Life is not what it used to be.
But all I kept thinking as I watched it was :Nat Silver is a genius.
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Wed Nov 14, 2012, 12:02 PM
MinM (2,650 posts)
2. Nate Silver on His Hollywood Future and 'Moneyball'-ing Box Office
Nate Silver on His Hollywood Future and 'Moneyball'-ing Box Office
The FiveThirtyEight blogger tells THR he's been approached by agents and producers, has already done work for a studio and isn't sure he wants to write a book about the election: "I prefer to go broader."
This story first appeared in the Nov. 23 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
Statistician Nate Silver was called the breakout star of the Nov. 6 election when his New York Times-based FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted the voting outcome in all 50 states. Now Silver soon could be called something else: a Hollywood player.
One high-level talent agency source says that Silver, who does not have entertainment representation, is attracting strong interest from the industry. This person believes Silver could try his hand at everything from box-office analysis to a correspondent gig on a television news program, not to mention radio shows and public speaking. Silver, 34, tells THR he has been approached with offers from TV producers, is pondering a follow-up to his best-selling book The Signal and the Noise (which hit No. 2 on Amazon.com post-election) and has been courted by Los Angeles-based talent agencies...


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Jing Zhang
Assistant Professor
Degree & Year
Southeast University, China
Computer and Control Systems
B. S. July 1983
Control engineering
M. S. Feb. 1986
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Electrical Design
Ph. D. Jan. 1996
of Scientific and professional societies
IEEE Member (1995 to present)
Honors and Awards
Control optimization for transversal flux motor (PI), sponsored by Maxon
Motor, Inc., $20,000, funded.
Power amplifiers for active magnetic bearings (Swiss LESIT project) Co-PI,
SFr. 500,000, funded
Magnethydrodynamics (MHD) power generation (863-Plan of Chinese HiTech
Tracking from 1987 to 1991)
Institutional and professional
Member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Dept. of ASCI, UALR;
Professional development activities
Setup of the research and development lab of electronics and systems in
Maxon Motor, Inc.
Microprocessors and Systems (Undergraduate course)
DSP and Microcontrollers (Undergraduate and graduate course)
Fundamental of embedded software (Graduate course)
Other related experiences
Design and development of standard and customer-specialized products of
servo power control systems
Technical consulting for Maxon Motor, Inc.
1. J. Zhang, M. Schroff, Identification of The PMSM Initial Rotor Position,
for PCIM 2001 International Conference, May 20-22,
2003 in Nuremberg, Germany
J. Zhang, M. Schroff, Fuzzy Control Based Identification of The PMSM Initial
Rotor Position, Conference Proceeding of Annie
2002, Nov. 10-13, 2002
J. Zhang, M. Schroff, Speed Control Based on a Position Regulator and
Incremental Encoder, Proceeding of PCIM 2001 International
Conference, June
19-21, 2001 in Nuremberg, Germany
J. Zhang, M. Schroff, High Performance Current Control of Three-Phase
DC Drives with DC-link Current Measurement, Proceeding
of PCIM 2001 International
Conference, June 19-21, 2001 in Nuremberg, German
J. Zhang, M. Schroff, Performance Analysis of Current Control Loop in
Fractional Horse-Power Three-Phase PMSM Drives
Based on DSP Controllers, Proc.
of IEEE-IECON2000, Nagoya, Japan, Oct. 2000.
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POWER lines for the proposed new Hinkley Point nuclear power station could run underground along with the use of pylons, National Grid has revealed.
Campaigners have objected to a proposed 50-mile stretch of pylons, saying it would ruin the countryside.
But a spokesperson for the National Grid told the Weekly News they were currently carrying out surveys along the route to see what technology they could use.
She said: "We are likely to be using a combination of overhead lines and underground cables, but we can't say where or how much it would be.
"We are hoping to make an announcement shortly."
A report commissioned independently recently revealed that underground cables could cost five times more than overhead ones.
Parsons and Brinckerhoff, endorsed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, reported that an overhead cable could cost between £2.2million and £4.2million per kilometre, compared to an underground one which could cost between £10.2million and £24.1 million.
National Grid is currently using underground cables in Lincoln and Sedgemoor's 'No Moor Pylons' campaigners are calling for the same technology to be adopted in Somerset to minimise the visual impact and effect on wildlife in an environmentally sensitive area.