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Inception Review
July 16, 2010 by Post Team
Inception Review:"Inspiration is impossible to forge real," says a character in Christopher Nolan Inception of existential heist film. If that is the case, then Home is one of the most honest films ever made. Nolan has created a film that beyond brilliant and coatings, both narrative and thematically. It requires the audience to take a set of rules, exceptions, sites, jobs and skills to understand the text, let alone the fascinating subtext. Nolan's magnum opus is the first major success in over a decade that required intense concentration audience, raised reflective and complex ideas, and wrapped it all, all in a breathless action movie exciting. Initial can be complicated, but in a nutshell is one of the best films of the year.
Initial exposure requires both a director unless forced to theaters to distribute leaflets to members of the audience to explain the complicated world that has developed. During my first draft of this point of view, I realized I had just spent three paragraphs trying to explain the plot. I will just avoid this exposure and provide basic premise of the film. Home centers on a team of people led by an exhaust "called Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) who, using a special device, the construction of the dreams of a target and use of those dreams to introduce an idea of what the objective will be to make a decision beneficial to the person who hired the team. Say you scratch the surface would be an insult to the two lines and surfaces. But since Nolan has about fifty minutes to prepare everything, I hope you forgive me brevity.
Why is it so difficult to explain the plot of depth? First, I do not want to lose you. Secondly, the film layers at the top dream of dreams to the point where only a memory called "totem" is required to inform a character as to whether or not he or she is still dreaming . Then you have people in specific roles, such as "The Architect", the "Forger, and" Chemical ", in order to remove the work. On the other hand, dreams have rules: to die in a dream the dreamer forces to awakening, delving too much in the mind can cause an eternal sleep called "Limbo," a memoir with the construction of dreams is dangerous because it can blur the line between dreams and reality. Moreover, meddling in other's dreams that the dreamer will "projections" (human representations created by the dreamer) to attack the intruders as white blood cells go after infection. And these explanations are only a fraction of the terminology, rules, exceptions, or details that are necessary for create the world of creation.
But it is unclear whether a movie will give your full attention. There are plenty of summer movies will ask you to turn off your brain and enjoy the ride "persistent vegetative state. Home is not one of those movies. There is much to take, but imaginative and thoughtful delivery of the exhibition the viewer remains stuck despite the amount of information necessary to understand the premise, setting and plot.
It tends to be the case that many rules create a lot of gaps. Filmmakers can use them to cheat and let the audience fill in the jumps of logic. But I always play fair Initial. It will twist your mind, but it is a movie based on twists. It's a film built on the possibilities and the audacity to carry out these possibilities. On my first visit, the film experienced a technical failure on a reel of film out of jumped ahead by twenty minutes and then play the scene backwards and upside down. Initial already sent the audience through a maze strange narrative that almost everyone in the theater was not sure if something had gone wrong or if Nolan just made another bold decision.
The film deserves, demands and rewards repeat viewings, but since her first viewing can capture the events on screen and how they interact with each other, if you force yourself to be an active spectator. But with all the pieces so intricate, so amazing and so spectacular, you'll find that there is no effort to maintain concentration. He's going to be dragged into the maelstrom.
Home has one of the best fight scenes of all time. Take a moment to consider: the entire history of cinema, each fight scene I have ever taken place, this film is among the best. Watching a fight without gravity is incredible. It's not like Matrix, where a character can defy gravity if they wish. The fight scene in Inception not have to defy gravity and Arthur (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the point man on the team has to find ways to achieve their goal, while fending off the projections. I only hope that someday in the distant future, when people with free time are in a zero gravity space station, will return to play this scene. Meanwhile, Nolan spectacular visual effects will have to suffice.
With the exception of a set piece (which I will come at a time), the action scenes in MI are spectacular. Visually lush and imaginative, Nolan turns to car chase countdown on puzzles fistfights and shootings … good shooting. There is a mission in the side of a mountain of snow that does not work as well as the other set pieces, because there is little sense of the location, lack of visual diversity, and sloppy editing. But they do not actually stop or damage to the film because Nolan brilliantly placed the car chase, fight and the shooting at the top of the other. You would think this action could cause fatigue, but through the reduction of three-pieces and what happens in one part affects all others, the highlight of the initial action is not exhausting, it is stimulating.
You may be the best action director around but you can only go so far if you have no characters worth caring about. In the beginning, not every character only has a particular skill and task, but has a personality that reflects their job description.
We learn about the characters not the start of long monologues about his past or even (with the exception of Cobb) deepen their dreams and memories. We learn from them how they interact. The small moments between Arthur and Eames, "The Forger" (Tom Hardy) indicate the years of work on j tolerate each other, in employment, but without animosity between the two. Neophyte "Architect" Ariadne (Ellen Page) is a total idiot to Cobb, but it is the only one who is willing to cut through the crap. Cobb bad relationship with his wife (Marion Cotillard) is the heart of initiation. The interactions between the secondary characters are normal for a well made action film, but the relationship between Cobb and Mal is another reason that distinguishes Initial.
DiCaprio will take some flack for playing a character similar to one in Shutter Island earlier this year. Both Cobb and Teddy Daniels has been separated from their families, suffer from unbearable guilt, and find it difficult to manage the nature of reality. Here's another similarity: DiCaprio is great in both films. I would not worry about him getting typecast as tragic-figure-with-faint-pick-in-reality-as—– result of intense guilt and repentance.
Two of the stars of the movie (hopefully) find their career to the next level after this film opens. Their names are "Joseph Gordon-Levitt" and "Tom Hardy." Gordon-Levitt has excelled in playing children lost, tortured souls, and recently a charming male lead (500) Days of Summer. Now you can add "stars action blockbuster bad-ass" to that list. Gordon-Levitt versatility is why I will be excited for any movie that includes it as one of its stars.
critically acclaimed performance in Bronson Hardy, Nicolas Winding Refn took him to the attention of Hollywood. His performance in Inception will bring the attention of countries. He brings a casual touch to the film and the script, while the forces of other characters remain serious, Eames has provided a new approach to the game of the mind-robbing. But it is not comic relief and that is not here to discuss the absurd circumstances. Like everyone in the cast, which is there to help the team achieve their goal (although the script functions so that each character could be seen as representing a specific idea.)
The only actor who is a little shaky is Ken Watanabe who plays Saito, manager of the team. Its performance is excellent. He takes off the impressive feat of being mortal without being threatening. The only problem is that Watanabe Japanese accent is so thick that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish what he is saying. In a film where the dialogue is as delicately crafted as the rest of the film, which is unfortunate to lose a few lines, because of something as simple as the pronunciation. And it is only noticeable because everything is so finely crafted Inception.
The physical environment of this film is amazing. Worlds fall upon one another, a freight train may burst into a city street, hotels can lose all gravity, and all we know is impossible it seems completely natural. Not enough to say that photography is superb, or the sound design is great, or that this is one of composer Hans Zimmer all time best scores. There are "elements of creation. As the layers of film narrative structure and thematic subtext, making its technical elements. You will notice the cinematography and art direction and sound and score. It's like listening to beautiful solos mixed in a glorious anthem.
As you may have guessed, when I said at the beginning of this review it was established that was the first film in over a decade to mix action with stunning thoughtful subtext, I meant 1999 of The Matrix. The comparisons are inevitable. Both films deal with the nature of reality combined with pulse-pounding scenery to be included in any highlight reel action-scene. But The Matrix is a level course first year compared with a doctorate in creative power, and has nothing to do with how far special effects have come in ten years. It's about taking multiple genres, settings, ideas, emotions, and questions and the tissue in a rich tapestry that will have people talking long after the credits. But then you get into the advanced special effects and has a summer blockbuster that will blow your mind.
You've never seen anything like creation, and you want to see again and again.
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We have a design that is ~52K instances and needed to rent another license with our eda card for RTL compiler [10.1] to get through crunch time. The description of the "L" version of the compiler says it will handle up to 100K mapped instances so I thought there would be plenty of headroom. However, soon after the design was read in, RC reported that the mapped instance count had gone above 50000 and it stopped. Anybody know if there is a switch I can flip to make it handle the advertised number of instances? Here's the exact wording from the EdaOnTap description:General Description: Encounter RTL Compiler L is a capacity limited version of Cadence's flagship synthesis product, Encounter RTL Compiler XL. RTL Compiler L contains all of the features of RTL Compiler XL and delivers the same industry-leading Quality of Silicon (QoS). The difference is that its capacity is limited to 100k mapped instances or 400k generic instances, delivering a lower price point for the Encounter RTL Compiler family. RTL Compiler L licenses can accumulate to increase capacity, and 4 of these accumulated enables an unlimited capacity run. RTL Compiler L licenses can also be used as thread processes with unlimited capacity if used with RTL Compiler's superthreading capability. Here's the message we got after the design was read in:The maximum allowed instance count has been exceeded.Mapped instance count = 50946, max = 50000.Our sales person suggested contacting support, suggesting this was a bug. I thought I might try casting my fly here as well just in case someone has run into this -- search of the forums didn't turn up anything though.
Sorry about the gross extra stuff in the post. Resulted from copy/paste from email with invisible formatting that did not show up until I hit the 'post' button.
HI Brandtechnik,
RC-L indeed should provide 100K mapped instances and 400K generic instances. VDI package on the other hand provides 50K instances
If this is not what you are seeing it is indeed a bug and support should be able to help you by providing a fix or workaround.
We did verify today that this is not a problem if we go back to 9.1 version of RTL Compiler, so must just be a bug in 10.1. Thank you for the reply, Grasshopper.


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The cornerstone of the current collection is an important group of 700 Methodist and other denominational hymnbooks acquired by Drew in 1868 from David Creamer (1812-1887), a Baltimore businessman, prominent Methodist layman, and author of the first American commentary on Wesleyan hymns, Methodist Hymnology (1848). Creamer's collection is the largest and earliest collection of hymnody in the United States that is still intact, and as such constitutes a rich resource for students of early denominational music and publishing, early Methodism, and book collecting. 350 volumes were printed before 1800, the earliest in 1603. Methodist items include all of the Wesleys' works save one (later obtained in facsimile). Many of the books contain Creamer's extensive annotations regarding variant editions and dates, the music sources and publishing histories of earlier editions, reviews in contemporary journals, and the identification of unsigned texts appearing in the book.
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Vin's Technical Articles
(c) Vin Callcut 2002-2017. Small extracts can be used with acknowledgements to 'Oldcopper.org' website.
Helpful comments are very welcome.
Articles, books, videos and discs in chronological order
1. "Ageing of Chromel-Alumel Thermocouples", V Callcut, TRG Report 1021 (R/X), 1965, U.K.A.E.A.
2. "Embrittlement of Titanium-Aluminium Alloys", V Callcut, BNFMRA Research Report RRA 1215, Nov 1968, 25pp, British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association.
3. "The Tensile and Creep Properties of some Thorium Alloys and some Ceramic Dispersions in Thorium", V Callcut, D J Davies and S. Harper, BNFMRA Reseach Report RRA 1269, Dec 1959, 35pp, British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association.
4. "Further Creep and Tensile Properties of some Thorium Alloys and Ceramic Dispersions in Thorium", V Callcut and A A Hershman, BNFMRA RRA1321, Mar 1961, 42pp, British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association.
5. "The Embrittlement of Tough-Pitch Copper Windings in Hydrogen-Cooled Electrical Generators", S Harper, V Callcut, D W Townsend and R Eborall, J. Inst Metals, 1961-2, 90, 414-423.
6. "The Embrittlement of Tough-Pitch Copper during Annealing or Preheating", S Harper, V Callcut, D W Townsend and R Eborall, J. Inst Metals, 1961-2, 90, 423-429.
7. "Quality Assurance in the Copper Industry", V Callcut, 16pp, Paper No 6, 16th IQA Conference, Oxford, 1976, Institute of Quality Assurance.
8. "The Routine Testing of Copper and Brass Sheet and Strip for Formability", V Callcut, Sheet Metal Industries, 1977, 54, 7, 664-670.
9. "The Brasses - Properties and Applications", V Callcut, CDA TN24, Dec 1980, 22pp, Copper Development Association.
10. "New British Standards Publications relating to Copper Refinery Shapes", V Callcut, Met. & Mat. Technologist, 1981, 13, 10, 504-506.
11. "High Conductivity Coppers", V Callcut, CDA TN29, Nov 1981, 34pp, Copper Development Association.
12. "Brass Manufacture", V Callcut, NMRA Bulletin, Aug 1991, p22.
13. "Raw and Wrought Copper", V Callcut, BSI News, British Standards Institution, 1982, Jan, pp7-8.
14. "Brass", Audio-visual presentation, CDA 1982, 16min.
15. "Copper-Nickel Alloys - Properties and Applications", V Callcut, CDA TN 30, Sep 1982, 29pp, Copper Development Association.
16. "Copper and its Alloys in the Process Industries", V Callcut and A K Woollaston, Paper C76/82, Proc Conf 'Materials for the Process Industries' pp 49 - 58. Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd., Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 6BW
17. "Dezincification Resistant Brass" V Callcut, CDA IS 36, Nov 1982, 4pp, Copper Development Association.
18. "Design in Brass", V Callcut, Audio-visual presentation, CDA 1983, 14min.
19. "Meeting Competition", V Callcut, Birmingham Post, 16th Mar 1983.
20. "Recent Developments in Copper Alloys", V Callcut, Met. Soc. World, 1983, 1, 5, pp4-5.
21. "Copper '83 - Conference Report - Applications", V Callcut and A K Woollaston, Met Soc World, 1984,3, 2, pp14-16.
22. "Copper in Transition", V Callcut, Met. & Mat. Technologist, 1984, 16, 4, pp185-191.
23. "Confidence in Copper", V Callcut, The Birmingham Post supplement on Non-Ferrous Metals, 1984, March 28, p7.
24. "The Steel Industry - some Prospects", V Callcut, Met. and Mat. Tech. 1984, 16, p354
25. "Machining Brasses", CDA IS 40, V Callcut & M Wise, Oct 1984, 4pp, Copper Development Association.
26. "Versatile Brass". V Callcut, Metallurgist and Materials Technologist, 1984, 16, (9), 471-474.
27. "Brass", V Callcut, CDA video AV3, 1984, 23min.
28. "Surface Finishes on Copper and Copper Alloys", V Callcut, Met. and Mat. Technologist, 1984, 16, 11, pp575-584.
29. "Copper for Busbars", D M Boothman, B J Popham and V Callcut, CDA Publication No 22, Revised 1984, 51pp, Copper Development Association.
30. "Expanding Markets for Copper-Nickel Alloys". V Callcut, Metals and Materials, 1985, 1, (8), pp489-494.
31. "Copper Alloys Resist Marine Corrosion". V Callcut, Engineering, Non-Ferrous Metals Supplement, 1985, Sept, pp16-19.
32. "High Tensile Brasses", V Callcut, CDA IS 42, Jan 1986, 4pp, Copper Development Association.
33. "Copper and Copper Alloys - Composition and Properties", V Callcut, CDA TN10, Jan 1986, 28pp, Copper Development Association.
34. "Coppers for Electrical Purposes", V Callcut, IEE Proceedings, 1986, (133), Pt A, (4), pp174-201.
35. "Aluminium Bronze Alloys for Industry", B Popham and V Callcut, CDA Publication No 83, Mar 1986, 16pp, Copper Development Association.
36. "Brass, a Versatile Alternative", V Callcut, Materials in Engineering Design, June 1986, pp10-11.
37. "Constructive Uses for Coppers", V Callcut, Metals and Materials, 1986 2, (5), pp278-281.
38. "Copper-Nickel Cladding for Offshore Structures", V Callcut, CDA TN 37, Sep 1986, 9pp, Copper Development Association
39. "Design in Brass", V Callcut, CDA Video AV4, 1986, 19min.
40. "Design in Brass", V Callcut, CDA Publication No 84, Oct 1986, 16pp, Copper Development Association.
41. "Copper and Copper Alloys" V Callcut, "Kempe's Engineers' Yearbook, Section C pp11 - 46, 1987.
42. "Copper - Current Status and Future Prospects", M H Davies, V Callcut and A K Woollaston, Metals and Materials, 1987, 3 6, 323-326.
43. "Copper and its Alloys", V Callcut, Engineering Technical File No 159, Oct 1987, 4pp.
44. "Quality Control in the Non-Ferrous Industries", V Callcut, Institute of Engineering Designers Yearbook, 1987/8, pp412-3. Sterling Publications.
45. "Modern Copper and Copper Alloys - Designers Guide", V Callcut, Engineering Technical File No 188, 1987, Oct.
46. "The Brasses - Properties and Applications", V Callcut, CDA TN24 revision 1987. 28pp.
47. "Materials Information Sources - Copper and Copper Alloys", V Callcut, Chapter for book edited by M Patton, Sauer Publications, 1989.
48. "Helping Industry to use Copper", V Callcut, Foundry Trade Journal, No 3355, Vol 161, 10th Sept 1987, pp716-717.
49. "Copper Alloys in Marine Environments" V Callcut, Metallurgia, 1988 55 No1, Jan. pp38-40.
50. "Welding Aluminium Bronzes", V Callcut, Welding and Metal Fabrication, 1988, 56, 3, (April), pp 126-130.
51. "Marine Engineering with Copper-Nickel", V Callcut, Metals and Materials, 1988, 4, 8, (Aug), pp 490-492.
52. "Design in Aluminium Bronze" V Callcut, CDA Video AV6, 1988, 9min.
53. "Aluminium Bronze - Essential for Industry", V Callcut, CDA Publication No 86, August 1988, 8pp
54. "Welding of Aluminium Bronzes", R J Dawson & V Callcut, CDA Publication No 85, August 1988, 8pp.
55. "Copper - The Vital Metal", V Callcut, CDA Video No AV7, Aug 1988, 10min.
56. "Aluminium Bronzes for Industrial Use", V Callcut, Metals and Materials, 1989, 5, 3, (Mar), pp 128-132
57. "Advanced Copper Alloys", V Callcut, Chapter for book 'Advanced Materials', Saur, London 1989
58. "Soldering and Brazing", V Callcut, Chapter 34 in Smithells 'Metals Reference Book', edited by E A Brandes, Butterworth, London, 1989.
59. "Copper and Copper Alloys", V Callcut, Chapter in Smithells 'Metals Reference Book', edited by E A Brandes, Butterworth, London, 1989.
60. "Copper Alloys offer Economic Alternative", V Callcut, Processing, May 1989, pp31-34.
61. "Future Trends for Copper Alloys", V Callcut, OEM Design, Dec 1989, pp38-40.
62. "Copper and Copper Alloy Information Sources", V Callcut & A Segal, Paper to Institute of Materials Conference 'Copper '90', Vasteräs, 6pp.
63. "European Copper Standards", V Callcut, Metals & Materials, May 1990, pp310-311.
64. "High Conductivity Coppers", V Callcut, CDA Publication TN29, Aug 1990.32pp.
65. "How Brass Outguns Steel", V Callcut, Eureka on Campus, Sept 1990, pp60-61.
66. "Copper '90: Refining, Fabrication, Markets", V Callcut & A Segal, Metals & Materials, Jan 1991, pp38-42.
67. "Copper – a Key Material in Energy Saving Designs", V Callcut, OEM Design, Jan 1991, pp14-17.
68. "Where it Pays to Specify Copper", V Callcut, Eureka on Campus, Mar 1991, pp6-7.
69. "Clear Lacquers for Copper, Brass and other Copper Alloys", V Callcut, A Segal & B Green, Institute of Metal Finishing Conference, Torquay, April 1991.
70. "Clear Protective Coatings for Copper and Copper Alloys", V Callcut and A Segal, CDA Publication TN41, 1991, 19pp.
71. "Copper and Copper Alloy Castings", E C Mantle & V Callcut, CDA Publication TN42, 1991, 40pp.
72. "Copper- The Vital Metal", V Callcut, CDA Video AV7, 1991, 10min.
73. "Efficient Use of Electricity", V Callcut, CDA IS52, June 1991, 5pp.
74. "Copper Bottomed Investments", V Callcut, Eureka on Campus, July 1991, pp60-62.
75. "Machining Brass, Copper & its Alloys", V A Callcut & A Segal, CDA Publication TN44, 1992, 66pp.
76. "Copper Alloy Bearings", S Maw & V Callcut, CDA Publication TN45, 1992, 26pp.
77. "Low Voltage Lighting", V Callcut, CDA Publication 91, Nov 1992, 12pp.
78. "Quality Copper Suppliers – Cheap!", V Callcut, Paper to EHC '9t3 Conference, Birmingham, CDA 1993.
79. "Europe, the CEN Standards and You", V Callcut & A Segal, Paper to EHC '9t3 Conference, Birmingham, CDA 1993
80. "The Copper Connection", V Callcut, CDA Video AV8, 1993, 20min.
81. "Energy Efficient Cables", R Parr and V Callcut, CDA Publication 91, 1993. 17pp.
82. "Design for Production", V Callcut, CDA Publication No 97, 1994, 64pp.
83. "Conductor sizing for Energy Efficiency", V Callcut, Paper for 2nd European Conference on Economics and Management of Energy in Industry, Lisbon, 5-9th April 1994, 10pp
84. "Conductor Sizing for Energy Efficiency", V Callcut, CDA Publication 99, June 1994, 11pp.
85. "Recycling of Copper", V Callcut, CDA Publication 101, 1994, 4pp.
86. "Copper and Copper Alloys – Designations and Equivalents", V Callcut & A Segal, CDA Publication 105, Nov 94, 14pp.
87. "Hot Stampings in Copper Alloys", V Callcut & A Segal, Metallurgia, Feb 1995, pp70-71.
88. "Megabytes on Coppers", V Callcut, Materials World, Feb 1995, p85.
89. "Copper and Copper Alloys" V Callcut, "Kempe's Engineers' Yearbook, Section C pp659-694, 1995.
90. "Less is not always More", V Callcut, Metallurgia, Nov 1995, pp383.
91. "The Brasses – Properties and Applications", V Callcut, CDA Publication No 117, 1996, 66pp.
92. "Joining of Copper and Copper Alloys", V Callcut and L Brown, Welding and Metal Fabrication, June 1996, pp232-234.
93. "Electrifying Copper", V Callcut, Materials World, June 1997, pp320-321.
94. "Copper", V Callcut, Proc. Historic Scotland Traditional Building Materials Conference, Stirling, Sept 1997, pp131-136.
95. "Electrical Energy Efficiency", V Callcut, D Chapman, M Heathcote & R Parr, CDA Publication No 116, January 1997, 77pp.
96. "Earthing Practice", T Charlton and V Callcut, CDA Publication 119, Feb 1997, 69pp.
97. "Copper and Copper Alloys", V Callcut, Offshore International Sept 1997, pp 32-34.
98. "Copper and Copper Alloys, Compositions, Applications and Properties" J Westlake & V Callcut, CDA Publication 120, 1998, 27pp.
99. "Copper in Buildings" V Callcut and A Vessey, European Directory of Sustainable & Energy Efficient Building, 1998, pp125-127.
100. "Copper the Vital Metal", V Callcut & K Bendall, CDA Publication No 121, April 1998, 42pp.
101. "High Conductivity Coppers for Electrical Engineering", V Callcut & J Westlake, CDA Publication No 122, August 1998, 41pp.
102. "Design in Brass", V Callcut & K Kempson, CDA Publication 133, 1998, 8pp.
103. "Copper and Copper Alloys" V Callcut, Kempe's Engineers' Yearbook, Section C pp11 - 46, 1999.
104. "Increasing Copper Tonnage in Electrical Markets" V Callcut & D Chapman, Paper for Metal Bulletin Copper Alloy Fabricating Conference, Düsseldorf, November 1998.
105. "Comparison of National Standards (ASTM, DIN, EN, BSI) for Copper Alloy Compositions", CDA Publication No 130, 1998.
Articles for the website of Copper Development Association Inc., USA
Introduction to Copper An introduction to copper, describing the many ways in which the metal is so useful. The article also touches on copper's invaluable contribution to the health of plants, animals and mankind. It provides an overview of copper and its properties and a guide to lead readers to appropriate sources of data. CDA Inc Innovations article, August 2001.
Introduction to Brass An overview of the family of alloys based on copper and zinc geared for designers, engineers and others who specify materials for manufactured products; also a brief history of brasses. CDA Inc Innovations article, January, 2000.
Copper-Nickel Alloys - Marine Supreme Introduction, Types of Copper-Nickel Alloy, Standards and Mechanical Properties, Resistance to Corrosion and Biofouling, Fabrication, Applications Information, Website Articles, Other References, Illustrations. CDA Inc Innovations article, June 2000.
Aluminium Bronzes Covers the invaluable corrosion-resistant high-strength materials used for seawater systems, heavy duty bearings, electrical switchgear and many other applications where nothing else will do the job. CDA Inc Innovations article, August 2002.
Presentations made to:
Metallurgical Societies of Cotswolds, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, South Wales & Southampton.
British Standards Institute
European Copper Institute
Institute of Metal Finishing
Institute of Metals/Materials meetings.
International Copper Association
International Copper Research Association
International Electrotechnical
International Standards Organisation
International Wrought Copper Council
St Albans' Engineering Society.
St Albans' Careers Conventions
Copper Development Association Conferences, seminars and meetings
Conference Committees:
"Copper '83", The Metals Society, London, 1-2nd Nov 1983.
"Design in Brass", 21 Seminars, 1982, 1983, 1984 & 1985.
"Aluminium Bronze for Industry", CDA, London, 1984
"Surface Finishes on Copper", CDA, Birmingham, 1984.
"Copper Alloys in Marine Environments", CDA, Birmingham 1985
"Marine Engineering with Copper-Nickels", Institute of Metals, London, 1988.
"Copper '90", Institute of Materials, Vasteräs, Sweden, 1990
"Copper – Energy Efficiency, High Conductivity (EHC 9t3)", CDA, Birmingham, 1993
Exhibition Stand Organisation
'Aluminium Bronze for Industry', London
'Autotech', Birmingham
'Castings and Forgings', Telford
CDA 'Brass' seminars at 21 venues.
'Design Engineering Show', Birmingham
'Drives and Controls', Telford
'Electrex', Birmingham
'Electrical Engineering', Wembley
ERA Conferences
'Eurochem', Birmingham
'Ideal Homes Exhibition', London and Birmingham
'Materials for Marine Engineering', London
'Metal Finishing', Coventry
'Metals Engineering', Birmingham and Leeds
'New and Advanced Materials', London
'Offshore Europe Exhibition', Aberdeen
St Albans Careers Convention
'Subcon', Birmingham
One Friday afternoon during the early 1950's a trio of laboratory assistants were supposed to be clearing up. Instead, they agreed use the Hilger Medium Spectrograph to take a 10 x 4" plate photo of the spectra of all the metals that happened to be available. It is unlikely that there is another one like it.


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The ratings on Spain-based information technology (IT) service provider Amadeus IT Holding S.A. (Amadeus) primarily reflect Standard & Poor's Ratings Services' view of the group's "satisfactory" business risk profile and "intermediate" financial risk profile. Amadeus has solid market positions as an information technology (IT) service provider to the global travel industry, with leading positions in Europe and several emerging markets. The group also benefits from high barriers to entry in global distribution systems (GDS) and IT services, which operate under medium- to long-term contracts. It also has a continuously increasing market share in the GDS sector--currently at about 38%--and maintains industry-leading profit margins close to 40%, before adjustment for capitalized IT costs.
The ratings are constrained by Amadeus' exposure to the seasonal and cyclical travel industry. In addition, the GDS business is exposed to risks of disintermediation and continuous pressure from large clients, particularly airlines, to reduce booking fees.
We note that Amadeus derives less than 10% of its earnings from Spain. Our criteria states that the ratings on Amadeus should not therefore be capped by the sovereign rating on the Kingdom of Spain (BBB-/Negative/A-3). (See "Nonsovereign Ratings That Exceed EMU Sovereign Ratings: Methodology And Assumptions," published on RatingsDirect on the Global Credit Portal on June 14, 2011.)
S&P base-case operating scenario
We expect Amadeus' revenues and earnings generation to continue to benefit from market share gains in its GDS segment and from strong growth in its IT solutions segment, given the large number of of airlines to be migrated to Amadeus' "Altea Suite" passenger service system over the next 12-18 months. As a result, we expect the group's leverage, after our adjustments, to fall to about 2.1x by the end of 2012, compared with about 2.4x in 2011. We expect Amadeus' reported and unadjusted net leverage to reach 1.4x by year-end 2012--our main adjustments to the reported figures relate to capitalized IT costs.
In our view, the negative trend in consumer confidence will continue into 2013, negatively affecting traffic and GDS volumes. Under this assumption, we expect revenue growth to slow from 2012 levels. Consequently, we anticipate deleveraging to be more modest in 2013, not least because of increased focus on shareholder value, as demonstrated by the recently augmented dividend pay-out ratio. We forecast adjusted debt to EBITDA of 1.9x for the end of 2013.
S&P base-case cash flow and capital-structure scenario
Under our base case scenario we estimate that Amadeus will generate free operating cash flow (FOCF) of close to EUR500 million in 2012, thanks to an approximately 6% higher revenue base. This should result in sound discretionary cash flow, FOCF after dividends, of more than EUR300 million at the end of the year. We expect adjusted FOCF to debt to reach just over 25%.
For the year ending December 2013 we expect only a moderate increase in FOCF and slightly declining discretionary cash flow due to higher dividends. We forecast that adjusted FOCF to debt will increase to levels in the high twenties for the same period, supported by lower debt levels.
Amadeus' financial policy includes a public, unadjusted leverage target of less than 1.5x by the end of 2012 and a 40%-50% dividend payout target. We view this policy as supportive of investment-grade ratings.
We view Amadeus' liquidity as "adequate," as our criteria define the term We expect the group's liquidity sources including cash, funds from operations (FFO), and credit facility availability over the next 12 to 18 months to exceed its uses by more than 1.2x. Furthermore, even if EBITDA declined by 15%, we believe net sources would still significantly exceed cash requirements.
The group's current liquidity should benefit from:
-- Cash balances of about EUR391 million at the end of September 2012, most of which are in Spain and easily accessible;
-- Our view that Amadeus' free cash flows should adequately cover its mandatory debt amortization schedule over the next two years. The group generates sound free cash flow, helped by structurally positive changes in working capital. As of Sept. 30, 2012, the group had short-term liabilities of about EUR367 million compared with expected annual discretionary cash flow of more than EUR300 million;
-- Undrawn revolving credit facilities of EUR100 million maturing in May 2013 and EUR200 million in December 2014;
-- Satisfactory headroom under the current financial covenants for the existing senior loan indentures, which could, in our view, sustain a drop in EBITDA of more than 15% without being breached; and
-- Our view of Amadeus' sound relationship with banks and a satisfactory standing in credit markets.
Earlier this year, the group closed a EUR200 million nine-year European Investment Bank (EIB; AAA/Negative/A-1+) financing agreement, signed a new EUR200 million revolving credit facility with a 2.5 year maturity, and prepaid EUR350 million of its bridge loan due May 2013, thereby reducing the outstanding amount to EUR106 million.
The positive outlook reflects our view that Amadeus will likely further improve its credit ratios over the next 12 to 24 months thanks to its resilient free cash flow generation. We also believe the company will be supported by further market share gains in the GDS segment and continued strong growth in its IT solutions segment. We also anticipate that Amadeus will continue to pursue a moderate financial policy.
We might take a positive rating action if, under these circumstances, Amadeus achieved adjusted debt to EBITDA of 2.0x or less and a ratio of adjusted FOCF to debt of more than 25%.
We might revise the outlook to stable if weaker than expected operating performance delayed or reversed Amadeus' deleveraging trend. We could also revise the outlook if Amadeus' financial policy became significantly more aggressive than we currently expect, especially regarding acquisitions or shareholder returns, leading to weaker credit measures.
Related Criteria And Research
-- Principles Of Credit Ratings, Feb. 16, 2011
-- Methodology And Assumptions: Standard & Poor's Standardizes Liquidity Descriptors For Global Corporate Issuers, July 2, 2010
-- Criteria Methodology: Business Risk/Financial Risk Matrix Expanded, May 27, 2009


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One of the most highly respected lathe artists in the United States, Dennis Elliott has been a featured artist at Creations Gallery since 1994. Interestingly, while Dennis has gained fame in the art world for his distinctive wall sculptures, vessels, and abstract forms, he is equally well known in a completely different respect. His first claim to fame was as a founding member and drummer for the British/American rock group Foreigner. In fact, one career led to the other, when Dennis' wife, Iona, gave him a lathe attachment for his power drill. Woodworking began as a means of relieving the anxiety of performing, but soon took over as Dennis' primary creative outlet.
"I love the freedom that working in wood affords me," he says. He has often commented that he feels a greater responsibility when creating in wood as compared to creating music, since wood gives him only one chance to do it right, whereas a new song can be erased and written over. "I enjoy the excitement of each exploration," Dennis says.
His signature format, the wall sculpture, remains among his most powerful work. Made from horizontal slices of big-leaf maple burls, they feature centrifugal forms, radiating lines and often inserts of metal or alabaster. Dennis explores other formats such as abstract sculptures and vessels, some of which feature pewter and other metal components. According to Dennis, "I can truly communicate my feelings through these works." A wide selection of Dennis' earlier and current pieces are now on display at the gallery.


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A bright smile is in place, as is the dark glossy hair. A pair of strappy stilettos add power to her femininity while the all-black trouser suit is severe yet elegant as Freida Pinto walks the red carpet lined by paparazzi in Baruch College at the City University in New York.
Hollywood's arguably most stunning actress is not at a commercial movie event, but has stepped up to speak at the US premiere of Leslee Udwin's controversial documentary India's Daughter, a film at the epicentre of an intense debate on sexual discrimination in India. The film, based on the 2012 gang rape and murder of 23-year-old medical student, Jyoti Singh, in New Delhi, triggered nationwide protests and has been banned in India. Sharing the stage with legendary actor Meryl Streep, Freida steps up to the microphone and as another daughter of India, speaks from the heart.
'Despite the vast improvements in the lives and rights of women across the world… I believe our pride is misplaced when there is one gender on this planet that is yet to be emancipated,' says the 30-year-old who shot to fame with Slumdog Millionaire. Her latest movie Knight of Cups, which also stars Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman, will be released later this year.
'There has to be something done about the situation of women in India – we can't ignore it or think that it's something that will take care of itself. Women themselves have come forward to make the point very strongly that they want to take control of their future.' Freida knows that education is the key. 'But it's very tricky because education is not a short-term gratification. It's a long-term plan. And it takes a minimum of 12-15 years for anybody to see the full effect of education on society.
'But we have to have patience, [it] is very important, and listen to women who are saying: "This is what we want." They are saying it loudly and they cannot be ignored anymore.'
Freida and Meryl are global ambassadors of Plan International's 'Because I am A Girl' campaign, which joined hands with Vital Voices Global Partnership, an organisation that works towards empowering emerging women leaders, to support the screening of the documentary in the US.
Addressing a 650-plus crowd last month, Freida went on to talk about how women need to come out in support of their own 'to raise each other up, to make each other's welfare a priority and to never shame a woman for the choices she makes.
'It's when we watch films like India's Daughter – when we imagine Jyoti's terrorising, terrifying, heartbreaking and harrowing suffering – that we think of those bright little faces of the girl children we know and that pain becomes almost unbearable,' she says. 'The mind just reels at such suffering and there is no other way to react but emotionally. But make no mistake, this is not an incident and this is not an experience that is just limited or restricted to the Third World. First World men and women readily understand that millions of women are subjugated globally.'
Referring to sexual violence being a global phenomenon, Freida says the Western world needs to look at their own society. 'If they were to do further introspection, they will acknowledge that the same dynamics exist within their own culture.'
Sexual crimes, she says, are not the only sexist problems. She talks of women having financial inequality and that we won't be able to make progress until the gender pay gap is closed. 'I'm talking about something that you could possibly place in the more modern world. Something that is more advanced or civilised ... such as the refusal to pay a woman the same as a man for the same job, and there are jobs, but those jobs come in a very strange and tough climate.
'When a woman from the First World sits in a fishbowl in the male boardroom, it doesn't feel like it's her own self-respect that is being eroded when she stays silent or even laughs amidst misogynistic remarks. It feels as if she's letting her less fortunate sisters across the world drown.
'I cannot wait for that day when this generation of women and men finally realises that claiming to be a feminist is simply asserting that you share the same spiritual and economic value as your male counterparts – as each other.'
Freida makes it clear that men are crucial to the movement for change. 'I say let's take hope from the men. I am my father's very proud daughter and these men are the torchbearers. These are the men we call to fight to stand up for what is honourable and to speak out vociferously against sexism in the workplace and against violence in the home. We equally call upon men who do not believe in equal rights. This is your fight too, your fight to defeat and transcend your own mindsets. Women don't ask to be ahead of you or behind you, we just want to be by your side as equals.'
She believes we have to act now to fight sexism and harness the power of anger that Jyoti's rape and India's Daughter has created.
'We have to be the new greatest generation, the generation that makes misogyny and violence against women begin to recede into the past.' It's a strong statement from an actor who's been fighting stereotypes through scripts that are culturally diverse. 'I don't want to be a stereotypical Indian girl,' she says emphatically in an interview with Friday. 'I want to be the global girl, the global citizen in every film.'
Choosing to portray an orphaned Palestinian girl – who believes education, not violence, is the way forward for her community – in her second film Miral and most recently in Desert Dancer, Freida has continuously strived to build a body of work that is beyond the realms of a formulaic film-making. 'I love complex characters in life, in films and books; they are always the ones that you want to understand first, which was why I fell in love with my character in Desert Dancer first, even before I fell in love with the script,' she reveals.
A biopic, Desert Dancer is based on the life of Iranian self-taught dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who along with Elaheh, Freida's character in the film, forms an underground dance group in Iran during a period when any form of dance was banned.
I've had a privileged life, as I come from a world where I'm not stopped from doing what I want to do. I had an education and the freedom to do what I wanted. So what attracted me to the film was the fact that for the first time I had to imagine what would happen if I didn't have that freedom. The film taught me to enjoy and appreciate my freedom even more,' she says.
'I was born in Mumbai, where you're literally forced to find yourself every minute of the day and not get lost in the crowd and chaos.
'That survival instinct gave me the confidence to take on a film and to do the promotional tour for Slumdog Millionaire, travelling to various parts of the world for the first time and facing journalists, something that I had never done before. So the confidence came from education that my parents gave me and the environment I was born in.'
And that independent spirit not only reflects in her choice of films, but in her charity work as well. As the brand ambassador for Plan International, Freida has been working tirelessly to create awareness about girl education across the Third World.
'I have always been a true believer in the power of every individual, especially every girl,' says Freida. 'The treacherous web of barriers girls face worldwide is endless. But if we educate and empower girls, they will reach their fullest potential, pulling themselves and their families out of poverty.
'The situation of women in India cannot be ignored. There are so many women in India who have not benefitted from [the] globalisation and modernisation of the economy as well as the society.
'So I do hope that the situation changes soon and every woman is given the right to choose their future. That along with education will be the most important step towards emancipating women,' she says.
A girl from a middle-class family based in Mumbai, Freida, whose parents Frederick and Sylvia Pinto worked hard to raise her and her elder sister Sharon to be independent, has seen her share of struggles as well, whether it was the time before Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire, when she spent years knocking at the doors of Bollywood's film-makers in search of work and being told that she did not look Indian enough, or the past eight years when she's had to constantly struggle to prove her talent and versatility.
'Before Slumdog, I used to have a lot of nervous breakdowns. I was willing to give it all up and get into event management,' says Freida who has a degree in English Literature but always aspired to be in the movies.
Freida signed up with Elite Model Management India and did several modelling assignments before she, along with seven other Elite models, was sent for the Slumdog auditions. 'I don't know how many rounds of auditions I must have gone for. It took them almost six months to decide that I was suitable for the role.'
But Slumdog changed it all. 'There are still a lot of people who just see me as a beautiful girl. But I realise that it is all about time and patience and working hard [before you can make it big]. I sometimes say to myself, I don't want to be called the Slumdog Millionaire girl any more. I just want to move away from that image, but people won't let it. It's because of the love people have for that film that they keep reminding me of it over and over again,' she says.
Freida credits the movie for bringing her close to Dev Patel, her co-star in the film and her boyfriend until recently. 'For both Dev [who played the role of Jamal Malik] and me, Slumdog was our first film, and it became so massive that you had to preserve and protect what you had before; that innocence, without getting sucked in. And who better to do it with than someone who knows what you're thinking? So initially we were merely supportive of each other,' she says.
And now when they are no longer a couple, would she still do a film with Dev? 'If we were in another film where we would play love interests or star-crossed lovers, the pressure to deliver the same kind of innocence and rawness [that was visible in Slumdog] would be so high that it'd be very hard for us to work in that kind of pressurised environment.
So I think we should not do a film together that is about two lovers. But if the story is a little darker, a bit mature in terms of a role, one in which I play a serial killer for instance, then I would probably do it.'
In an industry where talent and hard work are as important as looks to succeed, Freida relies on her self-confidence to combat the dilemmas of life. 'I haven't had to compromise in any way so far. It's not that difficult to say no when you don't want to do something," she says.
Having made a mark in films, Freida has now decided to produce one. 'I'm not going to talk much right now about it but yes I plan on acting in it. It is, however, a completely new learning curve for me. Taking control of the project and pushing it forward is a great experience,' she says, giving a glimpse of her fearless spirit.
Taking on new challenges and overcoming them is clearly what Freida enjoys doing and although the disturbing documentary India's Daughter touched a chord in her, Freida is optimistic of change. 'We have a new government [in India]. It's quite promising, because they have quite a few female ministers in the cabinet. And I do hope that the focus is on emancipating women – but across the board...
'Like every man is given the right, every female should be given the right to do the same. That would be the first and most important step. And education.'


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Mass Casualty EMS Response with Tactical Protection
Host Agency: Brookline Police Department
This scenario will test the ability of regional EMS personnel to provide mass casualty triage and expedient field treatment of multiple casualties while law enforcement tactical Teams provide force protection. This training scenario will result in intra-agency and multi-discipline integration and coordination. Tactical Teams will neutralize known suspect(s) and provide tactical protection for responding EMS personal.
Regional EMS personnel will respond to a (warm zone) environment providing emergency medical treatment prior to the area being completely (cleared) of additional suspects. EMS personnel will be provided training prior to the scenario to better familiarize themselves with working in a "tactical" environment.
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Here is the situation. You are doing an EMS medical standby for an ongoing "active shooter" incident. All you and your crew know is that a disgruntled ex-employee went into the office where he was previously employed and started shooting people. Rumors are that he was shot and killed by police in a "suicide by cop" manner. There is uncertainty among the first responders, and the law enforcement officers are not sharing much information. Fleeing employees report that at least several people inside the office are critically injured and are in immediate need of medical care.
Active shooter incidents are not uncommon in the United States. This type of incident is a frequent headline and is likely to happen in your jurisdiction at some point. Let's look at three possible courses of action regarding this hypothetical event.
Option A- Grab your medical gear and get into the building ASAP and start triage, treatment and extrication. You believe you do not need a police escort as it is highly likely that the shooter was by himself and was the only threat. Law enforcement has a job to do and you have yours. There need not be a whole lot of interaction with the cops as your EMS medical team should focus on saving lives.
Options B- You and other EMS personnel are not going to get close to this crisis site until you are given an "all clear" by law enforcement and you are assured that the office and rest of the building has had a thorough sweep looking for other threats. This may take an hour or more because another shooter could be hiding or the perpetrator could have placed an explosive device somewhere in the building. The search must include every potential hiding place. People may be bleeding to death, but one "never knows", and it is "better to be safe than sorry". After 2 hours, the scene is deemed "clear" and you are allowed to enter.
Option C- Once law enforcement is reasonably certain the shooter is accounted for and neutralized, then a quick sweep of the area is completed. Your EMS team then enters the scene with a law enforcement escort. You enter this "warm zone" and begin triage, treatment and extrication, while the law enforcement team surrounds and protects you from any "two legged" threat.
Figure 2 During a full scale training event, law enforcement escorts EMS providers into a scene after the "shooter" has been neutralized.
Option A is obviously dangerous, and Option B is far from ideal in that valuable time is lost and lives are further endangered. I am making a case for Option C. This course of action is not to be taken lightly and should include a significant amount of pre-incident preparation. This preparation should include joint training and exercises, as well as policies and procedures that have been pre-established. Both law enforcement and EMS need to build a trusting and mutually respectful relationship for this effort to be successful.
Several agencies across the nation have successfully begun to employ such an approach and this trend needs to continue and be widely implemented.
Let's first examine the "active shooter" scenario vs. a terrorist attack. Active shooter incidents can be defined as, "an armed person who has used deadly physical force on other persons and continues to do so while having unrestricted access to additional victims.
In a recent informal research project, several common themes are apparent in active shooter incidents. First, the perpetrators are virtually always males, usually Caucasian. Very important to note is that in the vast majority of active shooter incidents, the shooter acted alone. Columbine was an exception with both Harris and Klebold involved in all aspects of the incident. Another point to consider is that in a review of 25 separate active shooter cases, most incidents were "over" within 10-15 minutes. "Over" meaning the perpetrator had committed suicide, was killed by police, placed under arrest or fled the scene. This is significant in that many minutes or even hours may be lost by a slow methodical search of the office, school or workplace. Another finding was that explosive devices were rarely used. Columbine was an exception in this regard.
Active shooter incidents can be further broken down into two main types of attacks: spontaneous and well planned.
Spontaneous or near-spontaneous shootings
Spontaneous active shooter incidents are often initiated by a subject who experiences a significant negative event. It could be job termination, a bad employee review, bullying, isolation or some kind of mental breakdown. This may be the "last straw" for someone who is has been ready to act out and may have been fanaticizing about some kind of retribution. In several situations the perpetrator has left the premises to retrieve a firearm, then go back in and start killing people, some on purpose, others at random.
These types of incidents have a few common themes. First, there is little premeditation and planning. It is common for the action to take place on the same day as the "triggering event". Second, most attackers do not plan on surviving. In some cases they kill themselves after the initial "flurry," or when cornered or pinned down by law enforcement. They also have been known to perform "suicide by cop" where they confront law enforcement in an aggressive manner, often with gun in hand, and law enforcement obliges with good reason, and ends the event. It ends only for the perpetrator though; the MCI has only begun.
Planned shootings
While planned shootings are far less common than spontaneous events, they present additional complications and usually result in more casualties. Some examples include high profile events such as Columbine (Harris, Klebold), Virginia Tech (Cho) and Fort Hood (Hasan) and most recently Tucson, AZ (Loughner). These incidents are often planned to be terminal for the perpetrator.
Planned incidents are of a bit more concern to law enforcement as the perpetrators may factor in police and EMS response to their sequence of events and countermeasures. They may chain or lock doors, plant booby traps, disable surveillance cameras, etc. On occasion improvised explosive devices have been planted.
This kind of pre-planning accomplishes several goals for the shooter. Intended targets are less likely to escape or may be herded towards a "kill zone". This can also delay the first responders, and buys time for the perpetrator to execute more people. Simply stated, the more time the perpetrator has, the more casualties there will be.
Regardless of the nature of active shooter situations, law enforcement clearly recognizes the need to get into the crisis site and distract, neutralize or eliminate the threat and reduce the number of potential casualties.
Over the last decade, law enforcement has made significant strides and improvements in the response to active shooter incidents.
Historically, local law enforcement might wait for a well armed and trained SWAT team to make the entry into the crisis site. Clearly this delay allows the perpetrator to continue unimpeded in his efforts and more lives could be lost. Law enforcement response to active shooter situations now encourage taking whatever assets are immediately available and become a "contact team" with the sole purpose of distracting, making contact and engaging the shooter as soon as possible. This requires the contact team to simply go towards the sound of the shots. This approach is called "Immediate Action Rapid Deployment" (IARD) and is now widespread and accepted in the law enforcement communities.
What is less clear and ill defined is the EMS medical response procedure. Simply stated, we know that the more delay in getting EMS into the crisis site to render care, the more likely morbidity and mortality will go up for the victims.
It is imperative to insure that EMS providers are not put in harms way and are not allowed to enter a scene unescorted where there still might be a threat. Once the threat is eliminated or isolated, which statically happens very quickly, the scene is no longer a hot zone. A quick sweep from a SWAT team can confirm this assumption. The next priority should be to get EMS providers into the scene quickly and safely into the newly created "warm zone".
Whether it is an MCI, motor vehicle accident, haz-mat spill, or active shooter incident, scenes rarely go from a "hot zone" ( DANGER- do not enter) to a "cold zone"(ALL CLEAR) in a short time frame. More times than not, there is a "warm zone" time where the danger is mitigated, but there is still a remote possibility of a threat. What is being proposed and implemented in several EMS systems is a more integrated and "forward leaning" EMS response to active shooter incidents. In this model, the EMS team is safely staged very close to the crisis site and ready to "spring into action" on a moments notice. They should be lightly outfitted with trauma focused medical equipment in a decentralized arrangement (more on this later) and be set up for triage and emergent treatment of the victims. The law enforcement side should have a dedicated unit that is responsible for escorting and protecting the EMS team while they are in the "warm zone". The concept can be viewed as another layer of personal protective equipment (PPE) for EMS providers. The law enforcement team makes sure that no "two legged threat" interferes with the EMS functions. In several full scale active shooter exercises, it was discovered that once the scene was relatively secure, that the law enforcement members were able to be utilized to assist the EMS team as long as the potential threat sources were covered.
EMS providers are generally well trained and proficient at responding to an MCI. An active shooter EMS response should be looked at like any other traumatic MCI. There may be a few specific common injury patterns to be expected: gunshot wounds, fractures and cuts (jumping out of windows) are the most likely types of injuries.
Training with law enforcement is critical to the success of an EMS response to an active shooter incident. As one Homeland Security expert stated, "You don't want to be exchanging business cards on the day of the event."
Now I want to be clear, I am not talking about being a "SWAT Medic" or "tactical medical training." Tactical medicine is a specialized and highly discriminating endeavor. Tactical medics have the primary responsibility to take care of the SWAT team and are generally not well prepared for an MCI situation. Clearly, any tactical medic attached to a law enforcement team would be an integral liaison to the EMS personnel on scene.
We are talking about standard fire-based and private EMT's and paramedics who find themselves staged and are preparing to enter an MCI, active shooter, barricaded subject or other law enforcement action incident.
The training "in-house" for EMS should include a review of MCI procedures. In an active shooter situation, there should be a balance between triage only, vs. emergent treatment on scene. If there are only a few victims and EMS resources are not stretched, them more focus can be placed on treating and stabilizing the patients before extrication and transport. If the numbers of victims far outnumber the rescuers, then a more traditional triage approach may be preferred.
There is also a school of thought regarding a revised approach to medical equipment. In this new model, each medic carries a belt pack or small backpack with at least the following items: several changes of PPE, triage tags/tape, or triage lights, trauma shears, stethoscope, head lamp, tourniquets, Asherman (or similar) open chest wound seals, OPA/NPA, Israeli dressings, quick clot dressings and roller gauze, and large trauma dressings. This provides for a more decentralized medical gear approach. Each medic can operate independently and manage a trauma victim, at least initially. This gear can also be pooled according to emerging needs. Additionally there should be one or more "mother lode" packs with additional supplies including those already mentioned as well as several "roll up" tactical stretchers. Other items to be considered include basic O2/ advanced airway supplies, IV fluids and equipment, and even a few frontline meds/monitors. Even though the kit should be trauma focused, some victims may have true medical problems such as stress-induced asthma attacks, chest pain or other scenarios. The emphasis should be on trauma but medical problems do occur.
Figure 3. EMS personnel using a small, self contained medical kit for an active shooter/ MCI training scenario.
This new model stresses the adage of "light is right" and "speed saves." The medical team must balance the urge to carry "everything" which may inhibit a fast, flexible and effective response versus a smaller med kit to deal with trauma only. Training and exercises will help determine the best course of action regarding medical kits.
Training events such as Urban Shield (www.urbanshield.org ) stress the importance of EMS and law enforcement integration. Urban Shield, sponsored and organized by the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, is an annual exercise that is scenario based and includes up to 30 checkpoints that SWAT teams rotate through continuously over 48 hours. Some of the scenarios include an EMS, MCI, WMD, Haz-mat or other focus where respective agencies and disciplines integrate with the competing SWAT teams for a more realistic training platform. Funding is provided through various sources with the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) is the primary financial supporter.
Figure 4. Law enforcement providing protective cover for EMS in a "warm zone" active shooter scenario
The continued success of Urban Shield has other cities and countries committed to duplicating the concept and customizing many of the scenarios to address the local needs, critical infrastructure and vulnerabilities of their particular location. Currently Boston, May 2011- (see www.bostonurbanshield.org for more information) Seattle and Denver are in various states of planning for a similar event. EMS integration is a critical component of all of these venues.
The Active Shooter Response
Law enforcement has an aggressive approach to an active shooter incident. Local police realize they can no longer wait for the SWAT team. The current standard and widely accepted approach is to immediately go toward the crisis site/shooter with whatever resources are on hand. Even if there are one, two or three disparate law enforcement officers (for instance, an off duty officer dropping a child off at school, an armed security officer and a local officer) they make a quick plan, call for backup and go to the sound of shots fired. They are looking to engage, distract and hopefully neutralize the threat. In the meantime, other forces begin to muster and stage outside. This includes a variety of law enforcement, fire departments and other EMS assets.
Ideally a quick command post that embraces the concept of "unified command" is set up. This should include law enforcement, Fire, EMS and an agency representative who is familiar with the inner workings, layout and procedures of the facility/ workplace. EMS should have a "light, lean and ready" squad of mixed EMS professionals. They should be "forward leaning" and have good communication with the unified command. Law enforcement should have a protective detail identified and tasked with escorting EMS personnel.
Prior to EMS entry, law enforcement should give a briefing to EMS about the "dos and don'ts"; chain of command, emergency egress, room entries and communication. The EMS crew should also be prepared to split up if necessary. The exact number and ratio of law enforcement and EMS personnel need to be thought out by each agency and adjusted during training opportunities. Also, the nature of the event, available resources and other factors will dictate the exact ratio and numbers as appropriate. A recommended starting place for training is for 4 EMS providers and at least 4 law enforcement officers to make up the EMS response team.
Active shooter incidents rarely go from a "hot zone" to a "cold zone" quickly. Law enforcement officers know it is their responsibility to get into the crisis site quickly to distract, engage and hopefully eliminate the threat. EMS on the other hand is still waiting for the "all clear" and may be staged for minutes or hours; not willing, able or allowed to get in and start saving lives. Both EMS and law enforcement need to come together, train together and work together to better respond to these inevitable unfortunate incidents. We all know that bleeding eventually stops. Our job in EMS is to provide aggressive, safe and effective medical care while the patient is salvageable.
For more information, you can contact Jim Morrissey at email@example.com
Figure 5. Law enforcement and EMS work well together, especially if they train together in events such as Urban Shield.
NOTE: The list of medical equipment could be put into a side bar/ text box. This would include:
- belt pack or small backpack
- several changes of PPE
- triage tags/tape, or triage lights
- trauma shears
- stethoscope
- head lamp
- tourniquets
- Asherman (or similar) open chest wound seals
- Israeli dressings
- quick clot dressings (assorted sizes)
- roller gauze/ ace wrap (assorted sizes)
- large and medium sized trauma dressings
- 1 and 2 inch cloth adhesive tape
- note taking/ documentation material
Photograpy Credit for EMS images used in the Active Shooter Incideints and the Ems Response Article by Jim Morrissey / Josh Kennedy


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If girl power and '80s chick flick vibes are your thing, prepare to fall in love with The Aces.
The four-piece band has just released a debut EP, I Don't Like Being Honest. And it's a glimmering record full of love and heartbreak.
Across four tracks, it plays like a love letter to your 15-year-old self, complete with spacey, retro vocals and guitar licks.
They've been compared to the likes of HAIM fused with Olivia Newton-John, with each single a pop anthem for teens everywhere.
We caught up with Alisa, Katie, McKenna and Cristal ahead of their Manhattan show last week, where the girls talked creativity, feminism and a potential Aussie collab.
Congratulations on such a great year. What's been your favourite memory behind the making of this EP?
Alisa: There have been tonnes, I think the fact that we were able to travel and write this EP so far from home. We're all from Utah, from a really small town, so to be able to go to New York and Los Angeles, and make this music, is such a cool opportunity for us.
I think it's added a lot to our creative flow and experience, you can hear the cities where we worked in our music.
We've been working on this EP for so long now, I mean 'Touch' we wrote two years ago so it's been a while coming. It's been a lot of growing and discovering our sound along the way.
How would you describe the songwriting process between all four of you?
Alisa: Cristal and I will do all the lyrics and melodies. Once we get the song to a point where the lyrics and melodies are solidified and the bones are laid out, we'll have Ken and Katie come in. We usually write that over the scratch demo, something that's like basic guitar, basic drums and basic bass.
Cristal: Yeah, sometimes it happens totally differently but that's the main formula, I guess you can say.
What do you want people to take away from the EP?
Cristal: I think it's been a couple of years since we started writing it, and we've gone through a lot of experiences being young adults. I think this is the first kind of chapter which will then lead into our upcoming album of just us exploring what it's like to be young adults. And I think that, more than anything, we just want people to be able to relate to that.
When people say things to us like "Oh my gosh, that song was exactly how I felt, and I just didn't know how to get it out, and every time I listen to it it's like you're feeling for me, or just helped me sort through that emotion," etc. that's kind of what we strive for. Just for people to feel it, and love it and hold on to it.
Alisa: Definitely. This EP is our first real introduction to the world, despite the fact that we've been a band for almost a decade now. It's our real debut to everybody, so we want everyone to really get used to the EP and get a really good introduction to our sound and our vibe.
What's it like being in a girl band?
Alisa: It's funny because for us, it's so awesome. We get along so well, we're honestly basically all sisters and have grown up together; we've been through things together and seen each other all through our teen years.
Katie: I think we never set out to be a girl band, that wasn't the mission. It just happened that way. We just want people to know that it's just like being four girls; we're just human beings in a band together and we love what we do and we're all best friends.
I think the cool thing about it is, I genuinely I love being in an all-girl band because I mean boys can be pretty stinky and sweaty, and you have to be in a van with people a lot, you know what I mean? (laughs)
Would you consider yourselves feminists?
Absolutely. All four of us were raised by really strong women, and that's super important to us – to be on a platform that we can just write music and say what we want to say and represent women for sure, in the music industry.
Growing up, were most of your inspirations women?
Yes and no. We were all just widely influenced by a lot of artists and musicians, and some are definitely strong women and some are men. Yeah, we just love good music.
What would you be doing if you weren't musicians?
Kenna: I'd probably be going to school. I've always been interested in science and medicine, so probably doing that.
Alisa: If I wasn't in music, I think I probably would've been a lawyer.
Cristal: I would've just been for it, until I could have figured out how I could be in music. I don't think I could do anything else besides music, personally. But, yeah, maybe something in the arts. Maybe I'd direct music videos. Who knows? (laughs)
We're loving the tracks on your Spotify playlist. Do you guys handpick the songs?
Yes, we did! On Spotify, we make a lot of our own playlists. We'll give each girl like 10 songs you grew up listening to, and we just kind of try to individualise each of our own playlists and give you a flavour of each of us and what we're all like.
There are funny nicknames on there. I don't know if you've seen Mean Girls, but we named one of them Cady Heron because everyone calls me that, all the time. We like to have fun so we just put silly nicknames on the playlist.
Who would you love to collaborate with?
We've been talking about collabing with Banks, lately. I think that we all just love her. She, again, is such a strong woman and I think she's putting out material that is so honest and authentic and personal. Her latest album, The Altar, is one of the most honest and heart-wrenching albums I've heard in years. So we really love her. But there's also Little Dragon, another one that we've always talked about and loved. LANY, we're such huge fans of. Tame Impala would be amazing. I've always wanted Flume to do a remix as well.
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The President, made this appeal when he addressed the General Assembly at the on-going UN summit on Wednesday, September 21.
The President, made this appeal when he addressed the General Assembly at the on-going UN summit on Wednesday, September 21.
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"The United Nation's Security Council remains an important source of legitimacy for international action on peace and security. While Africa accounts to close to one-third of the UN membership and only two-thirds of the work of the council, it will mean it is woefully underrepresented in the permanent and non-permanent categories. Eleven long years after the African Union adopted the Ezulwini consensus, we are nowhere near achieving a more equitable reform for the UN Security Council. Mr. President, this will continue to remain a scar on the conscience of this world body if not remedied as quickly as possible," he said
Speaking on Accra-based Class FM, the Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College specified that in spite of the president's call, the permanent members of the council will stall any progress towards fair representation.
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"What the president has put forward will not yield any result. It doesn't mean he is wrong but what I'm saying is that unless we restructure the UN, Article 108/109 makes it possible for the United Nation to restructure itself through the General Assembly. Kofi Annan's 16-member committee, which he formed to restructure the UN, was also thrown away and this is because there is a big problem.
The problem being, every move you want to make will have to go to the Permanent Five again and these are the people who have the veto and so they will continually veto it. So, even though the president has made the call which has been made several times, I doubt if it's going to yield any result," he added.


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Tim is a brother in Christ who not only fed our congregation from the pulpit but coached our elders and deacons to more effective leadership. Over the past year, Tim has become our friend. He is a godly and prayerful man committed to helping Christians become who our Master has created us to be.
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