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When we think of the Irish fashion industry, we're typically reminded of Aran knits, tweed waistcoats, famine-style shawls and TV3's Xposé. We're reminded of traditional styles, inside-the-box thinking and a 'follow the crowd' attitude. Khaki parkas in the Winter and denim shorts in the Summer. From the outset, it seems pretty clear cut: we are a nation subject to stereotypes, and attitudes towards Irish fashion bear no exception.
Despite a broad range of misconceptions, the Irish Fashion industry has never been as creative as it is today. Emerging and established designers have committed themselves to producing innovative, daring collections that can compete on an international level.
On a national level, Irish designers have also proven that they can compete with large fashion retailers. As consumers, the way we interact with fashion has changed over the past ten years. The ability of Irish designers to anticipate and adapt to these changes has proven that shopping 'local' for on trend sustainable fashion pieces is attainable.
Our nation of artists and designers is inevitably pioneered by a handful of talented creatives.
- Aoife McNamara
A recent graduate of LSAD, Aoife McNamara is just beginning to forge her career in fashion with her own label, AOIFE. The Limerick-based designer has extensive experience in the fashion industry, having spent some time in New York interning with Marc Jacobs, and more recently having lived and worked in fashion in Paris. The designer's sustainable and affordable SS19 collection is currently available to order through her Instagram page @aoifemcnamara, and will soon be available on her website aoifemcnamara.com
- Eamonn McGill
Established designer Eamonn McGill has forged his way to the throne of Irish fashion through the consistent use of social media influencer advertising. Creating bespoke gowns for a host of influencer events, McGill has dressed all of our favourite online Irish personalities including James Kavanagh, Suzanne Jackson and Ciara O'Doherty. The designer specialises in creating bespoke occasion wear and "once in a lifetime" dresses.
- Simone Rocha
Following on from her father, John Rocha, Simone Rocha has quickly became one of the primary thought leaders within the Irish fashion design industry. She debuted at London Fashion Week 2010, and has since risen to stardom, having her collections featured in some of the worlds most prestigious stockists, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Dover Street Market.
- Don O'Neill
Don O'Neill of Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry originally studied as a chef, but began a career in fashion upon winning a full time scholarship for the Barbara Bourke College of Fashion Design. The New York based designer launched the THEIA label in 2009, and has since dressed some of the world's most influential stars, including Oprah Winfrey and Carrie Underwood.
- Paul Costelloe
Besides Paul Costelloe's Dunnes homeware and fashion collections, the designer has long been one of Ireland's most memorable creators. The ethos of his brand is built around luxurious fabrics, cutting edge design and creativity. Having maintained his brand for over thirty years, the designers recent showcase at London Fashion Week has proven the elegant timelessness of his design.


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NetApp SnapManager 3.0
This software suite aims to give users with Oracle Database environments running on NetApp enterprise storage systems improvements in backup, restore and cloning capabilities. It provides policy-driven and automated data protection via integration with NetApp Protection Manager, helping storage administrators better create and manage policies and empowering database administrators (DBAs) to implement them using the software's self-service features. As a result, DBAs can standardise and automate backups of Oracle to primary and secondary storage through integration with SnapVault and SnapMirror. SnapManager 3.0 for Oracle also integrates with NetApp FlexClone technology, which allows administrators to clone databases directly to primary or secondary storage in a few minutes. DBAs can also use SnapManager 3.0 for Oracle to execute existing data masking scripts on database clones to protect sensitive information. There's also support for increased Oracle Database availability, providing customers with the ability to schedule backups on the fl y and enable volume-level restores, the vendor claims.
Distributed by: SAN Systems.
Web: www.netapp.com
Barracuda SSL VPN
The Barracuda SSL VPN is an integrated hardware and software solution enabling secure, clientless remote access to internal network resources from any Web browser, according to the vendor. Designed for remote employees, the Barracuda SSL VPN provides control over file systems and Web-based applications requiring external access. It integrates with third-party authentication mechanisms to control user access levels and provides single sign-on. The solution enables access to corporate intranets, file systems or other Web-based applications, tracks resource access through auditing and reporting facilities, scans uploaded files for viruses and malware, and leverages multi-factor, layered authentication mechanisms including RSA SecurID token. It also integrates with Active Directory, LDAP and Radius, and uses policies for granular access control framework. It enables SSL tunnelling with its SSL VPN agent client, which supports common remote applications such as SSH, Remote Desktop and Telnet. The solution also comes with the Barracuda Network Connector, a VPN client for TCP or UDP connectivity.
Distributed by: WhiteGold Solutions and Avnet.
Web: www.barracudanetworks.com
Symantec Endpoint Encryption 7.0
This security solution has been developed to provide advanced encryption for desktops, laptops and removable storage devices. According to the vendor, it prevents unauthorised access to endpoints by delivering strong encryption and access control technologies. Encryption and authentication are both transparent to the user, performed with minimal performance affect and delivered through a central management console. The software suite features support for more secure data portability options including user-created self-extracting file archives. User certificates can also be leveraged to control access to encrypted data within a specific group of users. Symantec Endpoint Encryption includes audit report generation capabilities to help answer regulatory requirements for proving encryption and avoiding obligatory disclosure by offering full audit trails, thereby enforcing mandatory, company-wide security policies and mitigating risks of data loss. The solution has FIPS 140-2 certification and is designed to protect all data on USB, FireWire, Compact Flash, iPod and other storage devices and media.
Distributed by: Ingram Micro and Express Data.
Web: www.symantec.com

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Branding Photo Contest Winners!posted by Jennifer
We had so much fun with this branding photo contest the past two weeks! There were SO many entries and we had a blast going through and seeing how everyone brands in all parts of the country! We got pictures from our homestate, Texas, all the way to Hawaii!! So crazy!! Below are the top 11 photos that had the most likes! Congratulations to Skye Clark on her win with her great shot from the Grindstone Branding. And congrats to Leslea Charlesworth on winning second with her awesome picture of Emilee Charlesworth doing work on that big ol horse of hers! All the photos were so great! Some had up to 1,100 likes on them! Needless to say I think people had just as much fun going through them as we did! Hope everyone enjoys these photos!


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Here's how you can upload a picture and display it IN your message instead of at the end.
First, upload the attachment. When it's uploaded, you will see a line with the name of the image, followed by two buttons : "remove" and "add into post".
If you click on "add into post", you will see a new little "tag" appear where you type your message. See here for example, I have uploaded a picture called "Photo 002.jpg". If I don't click on "add into a post", it will display the way it used to do, at the end of your post.
If you want to add comments to this pic, simply click on "add into post". I just did this with the picture called "Photo 002.jpg" and now I can see [ attachmentid=68 ] (without spaces between the brackets) in my post. When I submit it, it will display the image IN my post: i can add comments right before or after the [ attachmentid=101782:vladstud..._320x480.jpg ] mention.
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paradise for pollinators!
This is an overview of projects currently in progress by South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Connecting Actively to Nature is a new project that will help people aged 55 and over get more Naturally Active. Wednesday mornings during June and July join us for a short walk, a view and a brew! 10 minute walks around the top of the estuary in Kingsbridge with the AONB Projects Officer, Adam – a keen birdwatcher, for some wildlife spotting before heading back to a nearby café for a cuppa. These walks are for you if are 55 or over, want to get more active in our amazing landscape and meet some of the residents of Kingsbridge!
South Devon AONB is a landcsape of exceptional beauty, fashioned by nature and the communitoes that live there. The What Makes South Devon Special project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, runs from April to October 2018. During the project we will work with a wide range of people from our communities, discover more about the AONB and look closely at the distinctive character of the natural heritage which makes up this nationally important landscape.
The Avon Valley Facilitation Group is working with over 80 landowners in the Avon Valley to achieve landscape scale benefits for the area.
The Growing Orchard Communities project aims to support local people to manage healthy orchards for the whole community to enjoy. It is run by Orchard Link, supported by the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The South Devon AONB Unit together with The Westcountry Rivers Trust is hosting The South Devon Catchment Partnership
Village gateway signs have been installed in various parishes across South Devon to help identify them as being part of South Devon AONB.
South Devon Outdoors is made up of 'like minded' businesses who share their passion for adventure with their love of South Devon's coast, estuaries, countryside and wildlife.
Greater Horseshoe Bat project
The Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project will work for the next five years across the county of Devon to secure a better future for the rare animal.
This bigger picture project captures changes in the landscape over 20 years by taking photographs at key vantage points throughout the AONB.
The B-lines (Biodiversity-lines) project is being undertaken in partnership with Buglife and aims to provide a solution to the loss of wildflowers, bees and other pollinators in our countryside.
Permanent strips of wildflower-rich habitats will be created across South Devon from the west to the east, and from the north to the south, linking Dartmoor to the coast, and linking our towns and urban areas to the countryside. For more information about this project visit Buglife's dedicated project page or contact us


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US Joins Trade Fight Against China at WTO
By PAUL WISEMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is joining a fight against China at the World Trade Organization in a decision likely to ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing.
The U.S. is supporting the European Union in a dispute over China's status at the WTO.
The United States and EU contend that the Chinese government continues to interfere so heavily in the country's commerce that China remains a "non-market" economy. Under that status, it easier to win trade cases against China for selling products at unfairly low prices.
China argues that it was elevated to "market" economy status on Dec. 11, 2016, the 15th anniversary of the day it joined the WTO. It has filed a case against the EU to press its claim. In documents released Thursday, America joined the EU's side.


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Double Chocolate Delight Muffins
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chocolate or vanilla chips
Preheat oven at 375 degrees. Spray with non-stick cooking spray or place muffin papers in 6 giant-size muffin cups or 12 regular cups. In a microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate in the microwave on medium-high heat for 25 second intervals, stirring in between, until smooth. Set aside.
In a large bowl if an electric mixer, cream sugar and butter. Beat in eggs, then add sour cream and milk. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Pour flour mixture into butter mixture and stir together by hand. Stir in melted chocolate, then chocolate chips.
Fill the muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake for about 20 minutes for standard sized muffins or 25 minutes for giant muffins or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Note: I make the standard size muffins and it makes more than 12. I usual get 18.
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Money laundering is a common white collar crime that usually occurs within loose business structures. It is the act of transferring money that was raised through any type of criminal activity into a legitimate-seeming source. This criminal activity could be organized crime, drug transactions or white collar crime such as fraud.
Therefore, money laundering is usually very deceptive in nature, and it can be difficult to trace. However, it is treated as a very serious crime when someone has been found to be engaging in the criminal act.
What are the different laws in relation to money laundering?
In the 1970s, the first money laundering laws emerged. They laid out requirements for financial institutions to report some transactions, so that there could be a certain amount of control. All financial institutions must also report any transaction that they deem to be suspicious.
With the introduction of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, money laundering became a criminal act. That meant that prosecution was possible, even in regard to very informal transactions, such as the exchange between one person and another.
What regulations are in place??There are now many regulations in place to prevent money laundering from taking place, and to enforce money laundering laws. Only companies that are registered with the Investment Company Act of 1940 need to follow the regulatory laws, however.
If you have been accused of engaging in money laundering, you should take this very seriously. It is important that you take action in order to defend yourself. The more that you understand about the law, the more prepared you will be.
Source: FindLaw, "Money Laundering," accessed March 01, 2018


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What does an 11- or 12-year-old kid do with the first money he earns as a paper boy? Yeah, buy a camera! I can't explain it, I just know I bought my first camera in the early 70's for about eighty bucks, (I think) The Yashica MG-1 rangefinder (with electro-magnetically controlled shutter). The Yashica taught me patience with taking photos along with all the other basics such as ISO/ASA, aperture, long-exposure techniques, over exposure, under exposure and shutter speed (well, this was an aperture-priority camera, which means you set the aperture and the camera sets the appropriate speed for you). I used this thing for about 10 years: through high school as the HS paper photographer as well as contributions to the yearbook(s). It seemed like I was the only family member recording our travels and experiences from Maryland to Canada and everything in between. Yup. All along learning all the basics required for taking pics with a 35mm camera. I never once looked at it as a JOB or a CHORE. I just did it, enjoyed it, and more so, respected the criticism from others either good or bad. I'm not going to bore you with the specs of the MG-1, (you can look it up on your own), but the only discrepancy that I found when researching it was that one site said that the MG-1 was introduced in 1976. Well, I distinctly remember taking pictures off the TV screen as the Apollo 17 lunar rover sped across the moon in 1972. Yes, I geeked out and took pictures of the Apollo missions on the TV.
Next to come, my next progressive move in (about) 1982.


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Is there any trend of best rhinoplasty trend? Of course the answer is YES! Then, how to find best rhinoplasty shape of the year? Well, if you are wondering to find what is the best nose shape that is suitable for you, you are in the right place!
Used to be popular in the past few year is curvy nose line. Of course not all patient is suitable for this shape, there is also some patient who is not suitable and decided to do revision surgery. But the problem now is how to find best rhinoplasty shape for me?
First to look is from the forehead down to nose line. When forehead and nose line is naturally connected, it will turn to be pretty nose line. Nose bridge and nose tip should has naturally sharp built. Of course this is not the only base or standard that are using in rhinoplasty.
There is also ideal angle between the nose bridge and nose tip which is 45 degrees. The ideal nose length is 1/3 of face. But, best rhinoplasty in Korea should follow face proportional shape not only stuck at this ideal ratio.
How about upturned nose after rhinoplasty?
When nose tip surgery is performed to rise up, it should be nose tip only that will be risen. But after surgery, why there is too much nostril that be seen? This is normal condition after rhinoplasty due to its swelling. Especially on the second day after the surgery, the swelling is getting its highest point. All patient have to do is to wait for the swelling to recover.
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Here are the app reviews and articles from The Book Chook from October, November and December, 2015.
I've tried many word games on my iPad. Mostly what happens with me is they're okay at first, but I quickly lose interest. Or (shudder) there are game design elements that don't suit me - like aggressive ads, or a cynical and grasping business model.
Read more at The Book Chook.
Here's a digital toy that's not just a lot of fun, but offers kids the chance to interact with sounds and play with music creation. From the developer: √ Background music, animation and fun sound effects. √ 16 colorful characters, each with their own unique sounds and moves! Read more at The Book Chook.
Here's a fast and fun story creation app that will encourage kids to create. It's called Little Story Creator. Read more at The Book Chook.
One of the most exciting things about technology is what it offers us for digital storytelling. Toontastic is an app that encourages children to make stories by using animation. Read more at The Book Chook.
Here's a simple app that actually rejoices in the name: "Animal Game Show - Whose Toes are Those? - Matching Fun for Kids and Family - Ultimate Edition". But then, I rejoice in the name, The Book Chook!
Read more at The Book Chook.
I was thrilled to discover that the useful photo editor iPad app, PicsArt, could now be used in conjunction with Pencil, the stylus made by the same people who made Paper by 53. Read more at The Book Chook.
Nature Workshop - Creative Crafts for Kids comes from the same developers who created Puppet Workshop. I was pleased to find another app that encourages kids to create, this time to build an image from items like virtual sticks, pebbles, shells, seeds, leaves etc. Read more at The Book Chook.
With Christmas not far off, parents' and relatives' minds often turn to gifts they can buy for kids. You'll find lots of suggestions in my recent article, Bookish Christmas Gift Suggestions for Kids, but today I want to focus more on iPad and some Android apps. Read more at The Book Chook.


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Explain with an example how the opening up of foreign trade results in connecting the markets of different countries.
Explain with an example how the opening up of foreign trade results
Foreign trade provides opportunities for both
producers and buyers to reach beyond the markets of their own countries. Goods travel from one country to another.
Competition among producers of various countries as well as buyers prevails. Thus, foreign trade leads to integration of markets across countries. For example, during Diwali season, buyers in India have the option of choosing between Indian and Chinese decoratiVe lights and bulbs. So, this provides an opportunity to expand business.


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Andy Sandness' world shrunk afer the failed suicide, he had to avoid eye contact with children so he wouldn't scare them. He had no social life and sometimes lied when folks asked what had happened. But his new face has given him a new life.
Researchers were able to determine the use of facial muscle cells for a new treatment for the heart.
An injured firefighter who lost his face in a rescue operation risked his life to get his face back in an operation dubbed as 'the most extensive' face transplant.
Measuring facial features could accurately predict first impressions, according to a new study.
A Canadian woman filmed her symptoms in a video selfie, which helped doctors accurately diagnose her with transient ischemic attacks.
A new study reported that as the economy dips, people view African American faces as "blacker."
Need a date? Instead of buying that dress you've been eyeing the past two weeks, invest in a bottle of quality perfume.
A new study reported that a computer system was more accurate in detecting falsified expressions in comparison to humans.
We're only able to recognize two faces in a crowd at a time, according to new research.
According to researchers from Ohio State University, there are 15 additional facial expressions.
According to a new study, a computer system can detect fake pain with 85 percent accuracy.
A new report claims that the selfie culture could explain the recent jump in cosmetic facial surgeries in America's youth.
The evolution of an ancient fish might be able to explain the evolution of faces in vertebrates including humans as well.
Researchers reported that under-nutrition can be a serious problem for dementia patients.
Ugly faces are more memorable than pretty ones, a new study suggests.


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Minutes: April 17, 2014
Call to Order
The regular meeting of the Vernon Township Municipal Utilities Authority (VTMUA) of the Township of Vernon was convened at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2014 in the Vernon Municipal Center, 21 Church Street, Vernon, New Jersey.
Statement of Compliance
Adequate notice of this meeting had been provided to the public and the press on January 2, 2014 and was posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6.
|Thomas Buchney
|Barbara Chorzepa
|Gloria Gallo
|James Kensek
|Roy Tanfield
|Vincent Zinno
Professional Staff Present
Attorney John Ursin, Engineer Ceren Aralp, and Executive Director John Scerbo were also present.
1. Open Meeting for Public Comment
Motion to open the meeting to the public was made by James Kensek and seconded by Gloria Gallo.
No public came forward.
Motion to close the meeting to the public.
The motion was made by James Kensek.
Seconded by Thomas Buchney
All in favor
2. Consent Agenda
Resolution 14-22: Payment of Bills for April 17, 2014
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda was made by James Kensek.
Seconded by Roy Tanfield
Ayes: Thomas Buchney, Gloria Gallo, James Kensek, Roy Tanfield, and Vincent Zinno
Nays: None
3. Approval of Minutes of February 20, 2014 Meeting
Motion to approve the minutes was made by Thomas Buchney.
Seconded by Gloria Gallo
Discussion: None
Ayes: Thomas Buchney, Gloria Gallo, James Kensek, Roy Tanfield, and Vincent Zinno
Nays: None
4. Receipt and Filing of Correspondence
A. Letter from Ward Huey, Block 141 Lot 15.05
Mr. Huey, the owner of H&H Auto Plaza, requested a financial hardship plan for his shopping plaza. Mr. Huey said the economy has affected his property and he is losing some tenants. There are two food establishments in the plaza. Mr. Huey has paid his 2013 sewer fees but has not yet paid his 2014 first quarter fees. The property was assigned 11.5 EDUs. The hardship plan was approved, contingent upon the engineer's approval of the amended plan.
Motion to accept the hardship plan made by Roy Tanfield.
Seconded by Thomas Buchney
Ayes: Thomas Buchney, Gloria Gallo, James Kensek, Roy Tanfield, and Vincent Zinno
Nays: None
B. Follow-Up on Old Correspondence
5. Resolution 14-23: Professional Services Contract for Executive Director
Motion to table the resolution and to extend the current contract until the next meeting was made by James Kensek.
Seconded by Gloria Gallo
Discussion: None
Ayes: Thomas Buchney, Gloria Gallo, James Kensek, Roy Tanfield, and Vincent Zinno
Nays: None
6. Attorney's Report
Attorney John Ursin reported that the lawsuit Len Coloccia filed against the VTMUA is nearing the end of the discovery phase. When the discovery is over, the judge will assign a hearing date, which is likely to be around the late summer.
Mr. Ursin also said the township continues to have discussion and is making progress with United Water about providing water for the town center. Public water in the town center will lead to development and more sewer customers, he said. United Water would give a presentation at an upcoming township council meeting.
7. Auditor's Report
No report
8. Engineer Report
Engineer Ceren Aralp reported that there are no new applications. She said the Appalachian Hotel owners have asked for the reassessment of EDU calculations for two units in the hotel that consist of office retail space and restaurant uses. The restaurant is empty and does not have a certificate of occupancy. Ms. Aralp recommended changing the use from a 294-seat restaurant to office retail space and thus changing the EDUs from 41.25 EDUs to 1.25 EDUs. Attorney John Ursin said when the use changes the VTMUA must change the rate to correspond with the changed use. Mr. Ursin suggested making the rate for the changed use retroactive to January 1, 2014. When the space is actually used, the VTMUA will reassess the number of EDUs based on the use at that time.
Motion to approve the change from 41.25 EDUs to 1.25 EDUs was made by Thomas Buchney.
Seconded by Gloria Gallo
Ayes: Thomas Buchney, Gloria Gallo, James Kensek, Roy Tanfield, and Vincent Zinno
Nays: None
Ms. Aralp said the VTMUA had requested her to review the flow calculations for the Vernon Board of Education building at 293 Route 94, Vernon, currently being used by the Vernon Township Historical Society. The review was a comparison of the EDUs for Vernon Electric and the Historical Society. The BOE building, which consists of 1,476 square feet, has no employees, and the society members only occupy the building 2-3 times a month for a few hours at a time. It was assessed .75 EDUs for 250 gallons per day. Vernon Electric on Church Street consists of 3,200 square feet and has two full-time employees and was assessed .25 EDUs at 25 gallons per day. According to Ms. Aralp, the review was completed and based on the BOE's application for office use the calculation is correctly applied. She said the Vernon Electric calculation is based on warehouse use.
Vernon Historical Society Trustee Phyllis Pfeifer told the VTMUA the society uses the building at 293 Route 94 as a warehouse as well. The building houses the society's archives and is not used as an office, she said. She said no one keeps office hours at the building and said the building is not inhabited and is only used several days a month for archiving. She said it is essentially a warehouse for historical documents. Chairman Vincent Zinno asked what the original application had it listed as. Ms. Aralp said it is listed as office space.
Attorney John Ursin said the BOE, or the historical society as the leaser, could resubmit a new application as warehouse/storage use, and the executive director and the engineer will re-evaluate the EDU calculation based on the new use. Mr. Ursin said if something changes in a building's use, property owners can go to the VTMUA with a new application for the change in use. He said the property owner could give permission to the tenant to submit a new application.
9. Executive Director's Report
John Scerbo reported that the VTMUA is up and running on the "New Jersey One Call" program where anyone needing to dig into the ground can make a phone call to find out what is underground. Mr. Scerbo said if someone calls for a mark-out for digging purposes, the VTMUA would get notified and a field crew would go out and take care of the mark-out.
Mr. Scerbo also reported that Thomas Buchney and Roy Tanfield completed the first VTMUA newsletter. The newsletters will go out with the second quarter sewer bills.
He also reported his results of the investigation of the videotaping of the VTMUA meetings. He said a member of the public had accused the VTMUA of "picking and choosing" which meetings to request Service Electric Cable (SEC) to videotape. The VTMUA had not requested videotaping of the meetings, and Mr. Scerbo announced that upon calling SEC he learned that the requests to SEC to videotape certain meetings had been made by resident Sally Rinker. When Mr. Scerbo asked for all the meetings to be videotaped, SEC told him the VTMUA would have to assert that the VTMUA is the producer of the videotapes and guarantee that the VTMUA would be liable should anything occur at the meetings. Mr. Scerbo asked SEC if Ms. Rinker had, in fact, signed such an agreement and guarantee that she would be liable since she had requested the videotaping. The SEC representative did not give Mr. Scerbo a response but said she would have to speak with their attorney. Mr. Scerbo asked the SEC representative to send in writing what the policies and requirements are, but he has not received anything since his call three weeks ago. The VTMUA will consult with the township council to review its agreement with SEC.
10. Commissioners' Comments
Roy Tanfield said he is concerned that the VTMUA remains financially stable and viable and asked if a cash flow projection had been done and was told it was not necessary to do one. Having done a cash flow projection himself, Mr. Tanfield feels the VTMUA will not be able to collect enough money fast enough to meet their expenses. He discussed his concerns with John Scerbo, Chairman Zinno, and attorney John Ursin. To stabilize the situation, he said, he made the recommendation that a contract be drawn, binding the township to allow the VTMUA to borrow from it when necessary to cover the VTMUA's cash shortfalls in the future. He said such a plan would give the VTMUA a safety net for about 10 years. He said the VTMUA would need a lot more help from the township than they thought, since projects such as the indoor water park are still a long way off. He said the VTMUA needs a contract to guarantee the money in the form of what is known in the corporate world as a "keep well agreement," and he believes the VTMUA has the right to insist on it. Mr. Tanfield said Mr. Ursin is negotiating this contract with the mayor.
Mr. Ursin said he would work with Mr. Tanfield and then present the proposal for the agreement to the commissioners at a public meeting for its approval.
James Kensek reported that the VTMUA purchases tools every so often, so he and John Scerbo are working on a tool inventory. He also suggested providing additional lighting in Mr. Scerbo's office. Commissioners suggested getting a desk lamp for Mr. Scerbo's office.
Thomas Buchney asked for the status of overtime work for the DPW workers and asked if Mr. Scerbo is keeping track of maintenance and overtime hours.
Mr. Scerbo said once the inventory list is completed, major assets that are in the system such as pump stations, motors, tools, and equipment that the VTMUA obtains should be added to the inventory.
11. Chairman Comments
Chairman Vincent Zinno thanked Roy Tanfield and Thomas Buchney, the newsletter committee, for completing the first edition so quickly and also thanked James Kensek for working on the tool inventory and said it was a very valuable asset to the VTMUA.
Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by James Kensek.
Seconded by Gloria Gallo
All were in favor.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:19 p.m.
The next meeting of the VTMUA will be on May 15, 2014 at 7 p.m.
Transcribed and submitted by Jessica Paladini
Vernon Township MUA Secretary


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The Fundraising Standards Board has launched an investigation into allegations that the poppy seller Olive Cooke, who died last week, was overwhelmed by fundraising requests.
The Institute of Fundraising has also announced that it will review its Code of Fundraising Practice and guidance in the light of Cooke's death.
The announcement by the FRSB today comes after the Prime Minister, David Cameron, said on Saturday that he hoped the FRSB would look into whether anything could have been done to prevent Cooke's death.
The body of 92-year-old Cooke was found at the bottom of the Avon Gorge near the Clifton Suspension Bridge earlier this month. Some national newspapers claimed she had been "hounded to death" after being inundated with requests to give to charities. An inquest will be held.
Alistair McLean, chief executive of the FRSB, said today the regulator acknowledged that fundraising was thought to have been one of the factors that caused Cooke distress in recent months.
"The Fundraising Standards Board will investigate these allegations and has already made contact with Mrs Cooke's representatives," he said in a statement. "We are also encouraging the public to speak to charities if they have any concerns or to get in touch with us so that we can address those issues."
He said the FRSB considered it a serious matter if a charity breached the IoF code and that it would work with other regulators, such as the Information Commissioner's Office, if any breaches of data protection law were found.
The IoF said it would bring together representatives from across the charity sector – including from the FRSB and the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association – to review what had been learnt from Cooke's death, once the FRSB review had concluded.
Peter Lewis, chief executive of the IoF, said in a statement: "Fundraisers know that it is absolutely critical to maintain public trust and confidence in charities, and an important part of this is to fundraise in the right way and to the highest standards."
Separately, an undercover investigation conducted by the Daily Mail found that two data firms that sell donor call lists to charities, The Data Partnership and Communication Avenue, were cold-calling people who were signed up to the Telephone Preference Service.
In an article published today, the Mail reported that The Data Partnership, which has sold call lists to Marie Curie, the Royal National Institute of Blind People and St John Ambulance, was calling people registered with the TPS from offshore call centres and asking them to complete lifestyle surveys in order to secure data that could be sold to charities and other organisations.
The Mail reported that Communication Avenue admitted ignoring the TPS when doing phone surveys – a charge the firm denies – and that it bought data from other firms, including The Data Partnership.
Communication Avenue reportedly worked with charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, the NSPCC and the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.
The TPS website says that many companies telephone the UK from overseas in order to avoid the restrictions of UK legislation, but that companies making calls on behalf of UK-based companies are legally obliged to screen their call lists against the TPS.
Philip Lightfoot, chief executive of Communication Avenue, told Third Sector that the company contacted only those people who had given their consent to be contacted.
He said his firm had decided to stop working with The Data Partnership because of concerns about the way the company operated.
A spokeswoman for The Data Partnership said the firm did not use centres located overseas to avoid the TPS rules, but for commercial reasons. She said the firm did not contact people whose names were on the TPS list unless they had previously opted in to receive phone calls, which they could do by giving verbal or written consent to either The Data Partnership or another firm from which the company had purchased data. She said the comments on which the Mail story was based, made by a company employee, were inaccurate.
A spokeswoman for Marie Curie said: "We have clear contractual arrangements in place with our agencies that use data companies, but in light of these claims we are conducting a review – if we find that any breach of the code has taken place, we will take appropriate action."
An NSPCC spokesman issued a similar statement that said it would be reminding its agencies of their responsibilities to ensure that the charity's standards were being met.
Colin Lloyd, chair of both the FRSB and the TPS, said firms that ignored the TPS were breaking the law. "There is a huge need for the fiduciary requirements of the data to be checked, and this is clearly not happening," he said.
He urged charities that buy call lists to screen the lists against the TPS themselves, rather than relying on data firms to do this.
It was also reported today that Jenny Phelps, a 65-year-old widow, had received more than 1,000 letters from charities in the past year.


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A new film is out and it's a cute romantic one! Ishqedarriyaan featuring Mahaakshay Chakraborty and Evelyn Sharma in pivotal roles, has released its latest poster. The chemistry between the two actors is beautifully displayed, with the poster featuring them sharing a moment aptly displaying Mahaakshay's character's undying love for Evelyn's character. It shows the two actors standing in the rain, with Mahaakshay trying to protect his ladylove – a shy Evelyn Sharma – by shielding her with an umbrella.
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No, for God is a spirit, a purely spiritual substance, and does not breathe. The expression is only a human way of putting things. The soul is a spirit, and is called the breath of God merely because caused or created by God in its spiritual or breath-like nature.
Existence and nature of the soul, Question 31 from Radio Replies Volume I Copyright © 1938 (by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble, M.S.C. and Rev. Charles Mortimer Carty).


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I have seen the Mona Lisa one time. I was in Paris with my parents, and we went to the Louvre and looked at it. It was fine. Everyone says it's smaller than you imagine it will be, and that's true, except that because you know the Mona Lisa is smaller than you imagined before you go in and see it, it ends up being roughly the size you imagined. You also have to stand kind of far away from it because it's the most famous painting in the world and they don't want anybody to mess it up, so it might actually be hard to tell whether it's that small or if it's just a combination of the frame and the distance tricking your eyes. Anyways, it's definitely less fun to look at than this photo of Diddy standing next to the Mona Lisa, but it's way more fun to look at than reading The Da Vinci Code, which is a bad book. The Mona Lisa is a perfectly fine work of art.
Yesterday, The New York Times published a piece by its art critic, Jason Farago, calling for the Mona Lisa to be removed from the museum. "The Louvre is being held hostage by the Kim Kardashian of 16th-century Italian portraiture: the handsome but only modestly interesting Lisa Gherardini," Farago wrote, offering a dig on the painting's subject that already tells you what he considers an insult. He continued: "Content in the 20th century to be merely famous, she has become, in this age of mass tourism and digital narcissism, a black hole of anti-art who has turned the museum inside out."
Farago's main issue with the Mona Lisa isn't one of taste, though clearly he is not into the Mona Lisa in the same way that I, as a hip-hop obsessive, make it a principled point not to be too into the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy" because it's the main "classic rap song" that everyone knows about. Instead, his problem has to do with the way the painting is displayed, in a room that must be entered after passing through "a hideous, T.S.A.-style snake of retractable barriers that ends about 12 feet" from the painting itself. He added: "This is a gallery that makes the Spirit Airlines boarding process look like a model of efficiency, and offers about as much visual delight."
The solution for all of these headaches, he proposes, is moving the Mona Lisa to its own dedicated space, in part so that people can take selfies with it (as an old person who looked at the painting nearly a decade ago, I cannot comment on whether this is a thing people actually do), and in part so that it stops distracting from all the other art in the Louvre.
Now, don't get me wrong. I get where Farago is coming from. I hate popular things as much as the next person, and I am not exactly a big "being in crowds" kind of guy. But I do think that because Farago is so steeped in the art world, he has a fundamental misunderstanding of the role that the Mona Lisa plays at the museum, which is an important one. The Mona Lisa has to suck, and it has to specifically suck while being in the Louvre. That's the thread holding this whole sweater together.
The point of looking at the Mona Lisa is not just looking at the image of the Mona Lisa. The point is the experience of looking at it in the Louvre, of waiting in line so that you can pass through a security checkpoint while being glared at by a surly yet aloof French docent, of realizing that you flew halfway across the world only to not be jammed into a room with a bunch of people from Minnesota and shit, and then, once you have navigated the security checkpoint and patiently waited for the Minnesotans to clear out of the way, actually looking at the Mona Lisa.
Once you're actually face to face with it, you're either underwhelmed because you've already seen it a million times on screens, or you really dig it, precisely for that same reason. Either way, you don't get too long so sit with it because there's probably someone behind you whose view you're blocking. As it currently exists in the Louvre, the Mona Lisa is a reminder that the most hyped-up things in life are rarely as good or as breathtaking as you imagine they will be.
The second thing is that the Mona Lisa has to hang in the Louvre because that's what subsidizes the rest of the art in the Louvre. Farago's own piece notes that according to the museum itself, 80 percent of its visitors come there to look at the Mona Lisa. Get rid of the crowds and, well, you get rid of the crowds. The Mona Lisa is as famous as — if not more famous than — the museum it sits in, and as such, it serves as a bait and switch: you go to the Louvre to look at the Mona Lisa, and then once you've seen it, you end up wandering around the rest of the museum looking at other stuff that's actually interesting.
The piece of art I remember most vividly from my visit is not the Mona Lisa, but instead a portrait in a hallway dedicated to the Dutch Masters, of a man staring at the viewer with a gaze so piercing that you barely notice his hand creeping over the painting's false frame, almost into the real world. I don't know who the artist was, and at this point I don't even know if this was one painting or just an unintentional composite of a bunch of paintings I've seen over my life and have mentally placed in the Louvre because I associate it with seeing the crappy Mona Lisa and then being impressed by a bunch of other stuff. The Mona Lisa is not for art nerds, and I suspect that on the whole, the Louvre itself isn't for art nerds either. It's for the rest of us, and removing the painting that keeps this whole system for exposing good art to non-art people churning would be a disaster for what little sophistication we all have.


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The developer will build 170 high-specification homes across the thirty acres bordering up-market Newton Mearns in a five-year scheme that will have an end value of around £90m.
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Heavy-duty infusion: Scaling up for scrubbers
Infused 3-D woven fabric preforms best steel in beams and unitized deck structures built for the caustic confines of massive flue gas desulfurization systems.
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The flue gas desulfurization (FGD) process removes sulfur dioxide (SO2) — one of the elements in acid rain — from fossil fuel power-plant emissions. FGD systems, commonly called scrubbers, encompass a wide variety of designs. Two common types of scrubbers use water filled with limestone reagent, which reacts with SO2 and other harmful elements, to remove them from the power-plant exhaust. These "wet scrubber" processes produce not only emissions that are compliant with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations but also a resalable gypsum byproduct. However, older scrubber designs feature housings and structures made either from concrete lined with glazed porcelain tile or steel clad in thin sheets of nickel alloy, says Ed Wesson, engineering manager at RPS Composites Alabama Inc. in Mobile, Ala. (formerly Non Metallic Resources). "This cladding is expensive — about $50/lb for nickel alloy steel — and it is troublesome, as it tends to come off of the steel substrate," he explains. When the cladding peels, corrosion of the underlying steel is immediate, he maintains. "Basically, it is like being in an acid-rain storm, except concentrated inside the scrubber housing." The concentrations of limestone particles are very high and they move at high speeds, producing a continuous sandblasting effect. The scrubber's water/limestone reservoirs often are heated (~130°F/~54°C), intensifying an already corrosive environment.
As the prices of nickel-coated steel and nickel-alloy scrubbers continue to rise in the cost-sensitive power industry, Wesson notes that RPS is one of a handful of capable companies, including Augusta Fiberglass (Blackville, S.C.), Ershigs (Bellingham, Wash.), Plasti-Fab (Tualatin, Ore.), Kenway Corp. (Augusta, Maine), RL Industries (Fairfield, Ohio) and Bedford Reinforced Plastics (Bedford, Pa.), that can provide large composite scrubber structures as an economical alternative to conventional metalwork.
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RPS operates a 100,000-ft2 (9,290m2) facility where it uses vacuum infusion processing to build a variety of heavy-duty internal structures for wet scrubbers, including 25-ft to 38-ft (7.6m to 11.6m) long beams with 12-inch by 25-inch (0.3m to 0.6m) cross-sections and decks ranging from 14 ft by 21 ft (4.3m by 6.4m) to 15 ft by 60 ft (4.6m by 18.3m). Decks, at 1.4-inch/0.036m nominal thickness, have integrated 16-inch (0.4m) tall ribs along 4-inch/0.1m wide built-in stiffening beams. Notably, these multi-ton fiberglass composite structures are layed up quickly and infused in one shot, the latter often accomplished in less than 10 minutes, depending on beam geometry, thanks to a unique 3-D woven reinforcement that is a key component in a molding process optimized to produce large parts with maximum performance at minimum cost.
Engineering before beginning
Although a typical beam-and-deck project lasts about 14 months from design finalization to end of production, the RPS predesign timeline is even longer. "You have to convince the customers of the concept first," says Wesson. "Metal is still our biggest competition," he notes, "and the customer is not going to pay for all of the design work and testing required to show how the same structures in composites perform equally well or better." Wesson notes that the power-generation industry is very conservative, and both OEM and refit projects have supply chains with many links. For example, one or more power companies could be involved as plant owners and customers, plus a project management firm, an engineering services provider, a construction contractor and others — each with a set of qualifications that must be met.
"If you do get the job," Wesson relates, "you have to do a lot of engineering work very quickly as well as prove out your manufacturing process. The customer gives RPS its working envelope: the overall scrubber dimensions and the required number of spargers (plastic pipes that direct flue gas into the reagent bath) and risers (larger-diameter fiber-reinforced plastic pipes that duct scrubbed gas up out of the bath). Wesson then sizes the beams to produce the specified stiffness and calculates the beam and deck dimensions from moment-of-inertia formulas modified for anisotropic materials. Mike Rogers, RPS senior designer, develops the structures in SolidWorks 3-D solid modeling software (Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., Concord, Mass.).
As part of the initial design prove-out process for its heavy-beam infusion process, RPS manufactured two beams and had them tested at North Carolina State University's Constructed Facilities Laboratory (Raleigh, N.C.) to validate the computer modeling and failure mode. For the latter, the beams were loaded using a four-point bending setup and averaged more than 650,000 lb (294,835 kg) before failure. RPS worked for approximately two years on product and process development before its first product delivery. Now that a process is in place for performance prediction and beam manufacture, delivery is in weeks, not years.
RPS currently manufactures beams for scrubbers developed by Advatech LLC (Franklin, Tenn.), and Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan), as well as decks with integrated beams for Chiyoda scrubbers (see the sidebar "Wet scrubber primer" at the end of this article, or click on the title under "Editor's Picks," at top right).
Advatech beam production
The Advatech beams are essentially solid rectangular box beams infused in one shot. Wesson credits infusion speed to the 3-D woven structure of 0.75-inch/20-mm thick UniGirder 3-D woven unidirectional E-glass preforms supplied by 3TEX (Cary, N.C.). In conventional layups, several hundred plies of unidirectional fabric are cut, kitted and then layed up. The uniaxial fibers nest tightly, making it difficult for resin to flow through them. Although flow media help move resin along the bag surface, it is difficult for resin from the bag side of the structure to migrate to and thoroughly wet out the tool side.
The 3-D weaving process, however, aligns UniGirder's multiple layers of unidirectional E-glass to create vertical "elevator shafts" that enable resin to drop through and spread out at every ply of the fabric, from the bag face to the tool. This enables fast and thorough wetout without sacrificing high fiber volume fraction. "We don't add more empty space, we use less," says 3TEX technical product manager Don Wigent. "We simply organize and align all of the spaces to alleviate the traditional problem of trying to shove resin between alternating fiber bundles. The result is a network of infusion flow paths within the fabric architecture, large to small, like arteries." For example, an internal 3TEX test shows a 751-oz/yd2 (25,464-g/m2) UniGirder preform infused in less than 18 seconds, with every level of the 0.7-inch/18-mm thick stack fully impregnated with resin.
The preforms save the molder many hours of layup time. UniGirder ships as flat slabs in truck-length reusable crates, not on rolls. This enables RPS to lay down the large volume of required reinforcement — 780 oz/yd2 (26,447g/m2) per ply — in just seven plies, with minimal cutting.
Further, the UniGirder preform is already within 10 percent of its final thickness. By contrast, a conventional layup of comparable areal fiber weight involves multiple fabric plies that trap air as they are stacked. For example, the 29 plies of 26-oz/yd2 (882-g/m2) unidirectional E-glass required to match the areal weight of a UniGirder 751-oz/yd2 (25,464-g/m2) preform create a stack twice as thick prior to application of vacuum. The change in thickness that results as the laminate is compacted can cause wrinkling, fiber misalignment and a knockdown in final structural properties, not to mention dimensional tolerance issues. For a 0.5-inch/12.7-mm thick part this can be a problem, but with a 25-inch/635-mm thick part, it can cause structural failures due to a mismatch of mating surfaces as beams and decks are bolted together.
Each Advatech beam is made with as many as seven plies of UniGirder 780 oz/yd2 (26,447g/m2) fabric sandwiched on either side of a composite flow core, which channels resin through the beam's length. Developed by Eddie Lane (OCV Reinforcements, Toledo, Ohio), André Cocquyt (GRP Guru, Brunswick, Maine) and Wesson, the laminate schedule results in a high-quality structure that is easily infused and achieves more than 60 percent fiber content by weight and a stiffness as high as 7 Msi/48 GPa in the critical flanges (e.g., beam caps).
Beam layup begins by kitting the UniGirder preforms into seven-ply "logs." The flow core is sandwiched between two logs in a pneumatically actuated fixture that combines these into a complete beam preform. The preform then receives an abrasion-resistant surface layer (prefabricated in-house) and is fastened together with steel bands similar to those used on wooden pallets. An overhead crane transfers the now 4,000-lb/1,814-kg preform to an adjustable-width steel mold, which is cooled and heated with water to control exotherm and cure.
Technicians then lay out vacuum hoses and plug feed lines into the mold. Although infusion is complete in minutes, the beams are left to cure for up to 24 hours. Wesson explains, "I prefer a long, slow cure to avoid residual stresses and also to ensure 100 percent wetout, which is critical for composite structures in such a caustic environment." Fast infusion is still a distinct benefit, Wesson points out, because the window for infusing the preform is not very wide. The resin needs to flow while temperatures are between 80°F and 100°F (27°C and 38°C). With structures this large, thousands of pounds of resin are infused, and exotherm begins quickly. When the resin reaches 100°F, the resin flow is too slow to wet out the fibers completely. Inadequate wetout could dramatically reduce the structural performance and the corrosion resistance of these structures.
Most of the beams for the Advatech-type scrubbers are infused with a vinyl ester infusion resin from AOC LLC (Collierville, Tenn.) that is specially formulated to meet Wesson's specified viscosity flow profile. Each demolded beam is tested on an in-house deflection test rig, which can apply up to 40,000 lb/178 kN of force, according to the specification for each type of beam. After passing the deflection test, beams are cleaned up cosmetically and receive a final abrasion-resistant coating.
Manufacturing Chiyoda decks
RPS also is building the upper and lower decks for a 95-ft/29m diameter Chiyoda scrubber in pieces that will be assembled on the construction site. A common beam-stiffened deck panel weighs 9,000 lb/4,082 kg and measures 14 ft/4.3m across, 21 ft/6.4m in length, with a 1.4-inch/35.6-mm thick surface that increases in thickness to 16 inches/406 mm along the 4-inch/102-mm wide beams. Deck panels can be as large as 15 ft by 60 ft (4.6m by 18.3m) and also must contain materials and coatings that ensure extreme abrasion resistance.
One of RPS' key innovations circumvents the traditional approach of mechanically attaching beams to decks, which results in issues during installation and problems with performance during the structures' 30-plus-year service life. Wesson explains: "Integrating the beams into the deck sections replaces uncontrolled work in the field with controlled, quality production in our shop and also reduces expensive installation time on site." The result is of great value to RPS customers: less risk and downtime, control over quality, longer life and little threat of structural failure, thanks to the one-piece, seamless construction. The integrated beams are formed from two to four plies of the 780 oz/yd2 UniGirder fabric preform. A conventional layup would require 50 to 100 plies of heavyweight E-glass fabric.
The integrated deck structures begin with several layers of abrasion-resistance-treated chopped strand mat as an outer sacrificial layer that will help to ensure a long service life. Next, three to eight plies of 3TEX 158-oz/yd2 heavyweight unidirectional fabric is kitted for the 1.25-inch/33-mm thick deck laminate, and beams are kitted and preformed as previously described for the Advatech beams. Then, deck laminate reinforcements are placed onto a large, thermally controlled steel table mold, followed by the beam preforms.
While the whole assembly is vacuum bagged and prepared for infusion with vacuum and feed lines, the reinforcements gradually warm to the same temperature as the underlying heated table mold. The resin is preheated to the same temperature prior to infusion. This temperature parity ensures uniform flow during infusion. Cooler regions could increase resin viscosity locally, slowing the flow and, possibly, retarding wetout and/or resulting in residual stresses within the structure. Infusion is completed using vinyl ester infusion resins from Ashland (Columbus, Ohio) and AOC. Infusion of the integrated beam/deck structure takes about one hour. The infused part reaches green cure in 8 to 12 hours. Demolded decks are transferred by overhead crane, using vacuum lifts, to another station, where riser pipe holes are machined, the structure is cleaned up cosmetically and an abrasion-resistant coating is applied.
FRP future in FGD
The EPA maximum achievable control technology standard for the utility industry (Utility MACT), released in March, requires installation of 83 to 100 GW of FGD scrubbers by 2015, according to utility-industry estimates. The EPA asserts that most of the scrubbing capacity could be achieved via cheaper, faster dry scrubber and fabric filter installations, but wet scrubbers are, in fact, more cost-effective for the mercury and hydrochloric acid (HCl) removal mandated by Utility MACT. Notably, the McIlvaine Co. (Northfield, Ill.) predicts in its online FGD: World Markets forecasts that more than 2,000 scrubbers will be installed worldwide by 2023 and that wet scrubbers will account for 80 percent of the total.
Although large FGD contractors have historically assumed that fabrication of the thicker and more performance-intensive sections from composites is not practical, the RPS method demonstrates that recent developments in vinyl ester resins, heavy fiber preforms and infusion processing prove otherwise. These massive composite structures could make a large contribution to the greening of the power utility industry.
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Small form-factor (SFF) PCs and gaming systems have represented the bulk of the growing segment in the PC market over the last few years. Intel's NUC line-up has enjoyed unprecedented success, prompting the company to branch off the NUC family to target a variety of market segments and price points. Continuing that momentum, in November 2019, Intel announced the NUC10 series in their line of mainstream ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) systems, bumping up their NUCs to using the company's latest Comet Lake processors. More recently, Intel finally began sampling the systems for review, sending us the NUC10i7FNHAA - an Intel NUC10 Mini-PC with Windows 10. Read on for a detailed analysis of how a system based on that SKU compares with other SFF PCs evaluated earlier.
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History-making all-female spacewalk is back on after 1st was canceled due to lack of right-size spacesuitsNational News From ABC October 7, 2019
(WASHINGTON) — Two female astronauts will get another chance to make history with an all-female spacewalk.
U.S. astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will walk outside the International Space Station (ISS) together on Oct. 21, NASA announced Monday.
Their walk will come seven months after NASA had to cancel its first attempt at a history-making all-female spacewalk because the space station did not have enough medium-size spacesuits onboard.
Koch and another astronaut, Anne McClain, were supposed to make history with an all-female spacewalk back in March.
When Koch and McClain, who is no longer on the ISS, discovered they both needed to wear a size medium in the "hard upper torso," or the shirt of the spacesuit, the walk was canceled.
NASA faced swift backlash from people who viewed the spacewalk cancellation as yet another sign of women being held back on the job.
Make another suit. https://t.co/mu9w13xsi0
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 26, 2019
The decision by NASA though was largely one borne out of logistics, as there are a limited number of spacesuits on the space station and NASA has lacked the funds to update its spacesuits in recent years.
Since the cancellation of the female spacewalk in March, NASA has been preparing its spacesuits for a series of 10 spacewalks, the first of which happened on Sunday.
The International Space Station is now equipped to make four complete spacewalking suits, with two "hard upper torso" components of the same size be available at any time, according to NASA.
Astronauts will typically be outside the space station for six to seven hours during a spacewalk, which is defined by NASA as "anytime an astronaut gets out of a vehicle while in space."
Koch and Meir will plug in upgraded batteries for the solar power system when the conduct their spacewalk on Oct. 21.
LIVE NOW: Experts provide updates about a series of complex spacewalks by @NASA_Astronauts during the next three months, a cadence that has not been experienced since assembly of the @Space_Station was completed in 2011. Tune in: https://t.co/mzKW5uDsTi. Ask ?s using #AskNASA pic.twitter.com/ny9TYLFN1N
— NASA (@NASA) October 4, 2019
The two astronauts both joined NASA in 2013, the year NASA's astronaut class was 50 percent female. Koch is also on her way to making history with a 300-day mission, which will be the longest single spaceflight by a woman.
Koch and Meir were asked in an interview from space on Friday about whether they mind having their accomplishments qualified by their gender, i.e. the first all-female spacewalk and longest spaceflight by a woman.
.@Astro_Christina and @Astro_Jessica are scheduled for a spacewalk together on Oct. 21. They recently talked about how their accomplishments are viewed in terms of being female astronauts. pic.twitter.com/yTJ0kVH40f
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) October 4, 2019
"In the end I do think it's important because of the historical nature of what we're doing and in the past, women haven't always been at the table," Koch said on NASA TV. "And it's wonderful to be contributing to the human spaceflight program at a time when all contributions are being accepted, when everyone has a role, and that in turn can lead to an increased chance for success."
"There are a lot of people that derive motivation from inspiring stores from people that look like them and I think it's an important aspect of the story to tell," she said.
Meir added, "What we're doing now shows all the work that went in decades prior. All the women that worked to get us where we are today. I think the nice thing for us is we don't even really think about it on a daily basis. It's just normal. We're part of the team."
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Dreaming of Stones
In the world before waking
I meet a winged one,
feathered, untethered,
who presses in my palm
three precious stones,
like St. Ita in her dream,
but similarities end there,
her with saintliness and certainty,
me asking questions in the dark.
All I know is
I am not crafted from
patience of rock or gravity of earth,
nor flow of river,
I am not otter with
her hours devoted to play.
I am none of these.
At least not yet.
The stones will still be singing
centuries from now,
made smooth by
all kinds of weather.
If I strike them together,
they spark and kindle.
Do I store them as treasures
to secretly admire
on storm-soaked days?
Or wear them as an amulet
around my neck?
When the angel returns to me
in the harsh truth of last morning,
will she ask
what have I endured,
treasured, and sparked?
Will she ask what have I hidden away
and what made visible?
~Christine Valters Paintner
harsh remnants of disbelief and judgments scatter like marbles when we ring in truth…..
inquiry for today~ our old ways can be revisited with a fresh incarnation through tattered memories……
if you move carefully
through the forest,
like the ones
in the old stories,
who could cross
a shimmering
bed of leaves
without a sound,
you come
to a place
whose only task
is to trouble you
with tiny
but frightening requests,
conceived out of nowhere
but in this place
beginning to lead everywhere.
Requests to stop
what you are doing
right now,
to stop what you
are becoming
while you do it,
that can make
or unmake
a life,
that have patiently
waited for you,
that have no right
to go away.
~David Whyte


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Egyptian state television says the military-backed interim president Adly Mansour has dissolved the Islamist-dominated Shura Council. It had had lawmaking powers under the toppled presidency of Mohammed Morsi.
Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour on Friday dissolved the Shura Council, the chamber dominated by Morsi's allies that took up lawmaking powers in June last year when Egypt's lower house was dissolved by court order.
State television also said on Friday that Mansour had appointed outgoing intelligence service chief Rafaat Shehata as a presidential advisor on security.
Mansour, the 67-year-old chief justice of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, was sworn in as interim president by fellow judges on Thursday.
Fatal gunfire
Mansour's moves on Friday coincided with fatal gunfire as hundreds of Morsi supporters converged on the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo (pictured above) and hung a picture of Morsi on barbed wire.
At least one person was killed. Gunfire from several directions was followed by tear gas that forced protestors to disperse. The military said it had only fired blank rounds. Television footage showed protestors with shotgun pellet wounds.
Brotherhood leader appears
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie also appeared at an Islamist rally in the capital and demanded that Morsi be reinstated as president. A military helicopter circled low overhead.
Security sources had previously said that Badie was among a number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders arrested in the wake of the military's removal of Morsi.
Morsi, who was elected a year ago, has not been seen since Wednesday when he was ousted by the military after four days of protest by millions of Egyptians. They had accused him of squandering his electoral mandate by putting power in the hands of hard-line Islamists and failing to deal with a spiraling economic crisis.
Morsi supporters, in turn, accused the military of wrecking Egypt's attempts to install democracy by carrying out a coup against an elected leader.
Earlier on Friday, thousands of Islamists had also protested in Alexandria and Assiut. In the Suez city of Islamlia, troops fired into the air as Morsi supporters tried to break into the local governor's office.
Opposition calls for rival protests
That prompted a call by Egypt's rival liberal coalition, which had sought a change in government, for its supporters to take to the streets.
Several people were hurt in violence between the rival factions in Damanhour, the capital of Beheira province in the Nile Delta.
Early on Friday, US President Barack Obama said he was "deeply concerned" about events in Egypt, but he refrained from calling the military intervention a coup.
ipj/mz (AFP, AP, Reuters, dpa)


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The April 12 will take place at II edition of the Trail of Los Pastores de Portudera, a tribute deserved to the shepherds and shepherds of Cabrales that today haunt the 90 years.
This trail has managed to make a place in the agenda of a large majority of athletes who value the route that runs through the unique landscape of the Picos de Europa.
This year 2015 the route increases, they are 26 km and the cumulative difference rises to 5.000 meters. Also this year the circuit is added a new loop through the flock of Vierru, where they still remain the only two shepherds who make cheese in the area. Once there, we climb back to Tordín through the beech forest of the table to face the vertiginous descent of Calluenga.
It is expected that again many people will come by Cabrales with this excuse, like last year. Portudera presumes to be the natural habitat of the people that today inhabit Arenas de Cabrales. Rubén Carbajal, director of the race, has wanted for years to trace in his entrails a majestic mountain race crossing all the sheepfolds or pastures, formerly inhabited in the area, to pay homage to his ancestors.
A day earlier, on Saturday 11 day of April will be the day of Vertical Subisomes Kilometer, this test last year aroused much interest among the more than 100 runners who met.


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Biomedical research at Oslo University Hospital
Oslo University Hospital is a merger of three former university hospitals in Oslo. Biomedical research is one of the hospital's core activities. Research at the hospital is closely interlinked with research undertaken at the University of Oslo. More than 50% of all biomedical research in Norway is published by researchers affiliated with the hospital. Research undertaken cover both basic research, translational research, and clinical research.
Oslo University Hospital has a central role in developing and supporting biomedical research within the South-Eastern Regional Health Authority. The hospital also pursues international research collaborations.
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Summary of publications:
Publications (original articles or review articles) published in 2016 from OUS - Dept. of Gastroenterology (Div Medicine)
34 publications found
Healthy HLA-DQ2.5+ Subjects Lack Regulatory and Memory T Cells Specific for Immunodominant Gluten Epitopes of Celiac Disease
J Immunol, 196 (6), 2819-26
DOI 10.4049/jimmunol.1501152, PubMed 26895834
TCR sequencing of single cells reactive to DQ2.5-glia-α2 and DQ2.5-glia-ω2 reveals clonal expansion and epitope-specific V-gene usage
Mucosal Immunol, 9 (3), 587-96
DOI 10.1038/mi.2015.147, PubMed 26838051
Fluoride: a risk factor for inflammatory bowel disease?
Scand J Gastroenterol, 51 (9), 1019-24
DOI 10.1080/00365521.2016.1177855, PubMed 27199224
Vitamin D deficiency in inflammatory bowel disease: prevalence and predictors in a Norwegian outpatient population
Scand J Gastroenterol, 52 (1), 100-106
DOI 10.1080/00365521.2016.1233577, PubMed 27603182
Gradual stiffness versus magnetic imaging-guided variable stiffness colonoscopes: A randomized noninferiority trial
United European Gastroenterol J, 5 (1), 128-133
DOI 10.1177/2050640616639162, PubMed 28405331
TWEAK is not elevated in patients with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease
Scand J Gastroenterol, 52 (4), 420-424
DOI 10.1080/00365521.2016.1273382, PubMed 28040992
Gut and liver T-cells of common clonal origin in primary sclerosing cholangitis-inflammatory bowel disease
J Hepatol, 66 (1), 116-122
DOI 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.09.002, PubMed 27647428
Antineutrophil antibodies define clinical and genetic subgroups in primary sclerosing cholangitis
Liver Int, 37 (3), 458-465
DOI 10.1111/liv.13238, PubMed 27558072
Mortality and Causes of Death in Ulcerative Colitis: Results from 20 Years of Follow-up in the IBSEN Study
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 22 (1), 141-5
DOI 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000582, PubMed 26355464
Fatigue in a population-based cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease 20 years after diagnosis: The IBSEN study
Scand J Gastroenterol, 52 (3), 351-358
DOI 10.1080/00365521.2016.1256425, PubMed 27852169
Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease 20 Years After Diagnosis: Results from the IBSEN Study
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 22 (7), 1679-87
DOI 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000806, PubMed 27206016
Comparison of the Multiattribute Utility Instruments EQ-5D and SF-6D in a Europe-Wide Population-Based Cohort of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease 10 Years after Diagnosis
Gastroenterol Res Pract, 2016, 5023973
DOI 10.1155/2016/5023973, PubMed 27630711
Pain may be an important factor to consider in inflammatory bowel disease patients troubled by fatigue
United European Gastroenterol J, 5 (5), 687-693
DOI 10.1177/2050640616674654, PubMed 28815032
Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of the Brief Pain Inventory in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2016, 5624261
DOI 10.1155/2016/5624261, PubMed 27446848
Altered gut microbiota profile in common variable immunodeficiency associates with levels of lipopolysaccharide and markers of systemic immune activation
Mucosal Immunol, 9 (6), 1455-1465
DOI 10.1038/mi.2016.18, PubMed 26982597
Preoperative liquid gastric emptying rate does not predict outcome after fundoplication
J Pediatr Surg, 52 (4), 540-543
DOI 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.09.068, PubMed 28277299
Patient-performed extraction of faecal calprotectin
Clin Chem Lab Med, 54 (8), 1357-63
DOI 10.1515/cclm-2015-1037, PubMed 26812797
The gut microbial profile in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis is distinct from patients with ulcerative colitis without biliary disease and healthy controls
Gut, 66 (4), 611-619
DOI 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-310500, PubMed 26887816
Elevated trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is associated with poor prognosis in primary sclerosing cholangitis patients with normal liver function
United European Gastroenterol J, 5 (4), 532-541
DOI 10.1177/2050640616663453, PubMed 28588885
Prevalence of Sclerosing Cholangitis Detected by Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography in Patients With Long-term Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gastroenterology, 151 (4), 660-669.e4
DOI 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.06.021, PubMed 27342213
Impaired intention-to-treat survival after listing for liver transplantation in children with biliary atresia compared to other chronic liver diseases: 20 years' experience from the Nordic countries
Pediatr Transplant, 21 (2)
DOI 10.1111/petr.12851, PubMed 27957786
Hepatitis C reinfection after sustained virological response
J Hepatol, 64 (5), 1020-1026
DOI 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.01.001, PubMed 26780289
Hepatitis C Treatment Uptake among Patients Who Have Received Opioid Substitution Treatment: A Population-Based Study
PLoS One, 11 (11), e0166451
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0166451, PubMed 27846264
HCV epidemiology in high-risk groups and the risk of reinfection
J Hepatol, 65 (1 Suppl), S33-S45
DOI 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.07.012, PubMed 27641987
Serological markers in diagnosis of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and as predictors for early tumor necrosis factor blocker therapy
Scand J Gastroenterol, 52 (4), 414-419
DOI 10.1080/00365521.2016.1259653, PubMed 27887202
The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Associated with Reduced Health-Related Quality of Life
Gastroenterol Res Pract, 2016, 6453657
DOI 10.1155/2016/6453657, PubMed 28003821
Pancreatic MRI for the surveillance of cystic neoplasms: comparison of a short with a comprehensive imaging protocol
Eur Radiol, 27 (1), 41-50
DOI 10.1007/s00330-016-4377-4, PubMed 27246720
Development of an index to define overall disease severity in IBD
Gut, 67 (2), 244-254
DOI 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312648, PubMed 27780886
The Carnitine-butyrobetaine-trimethylamine-N-oxide pathway and its association with cardiovascular mortality in patients with carotid atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis, 247, 64-9
DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.01.033, PubMed 26868510
Wheat challenge in self-reported gluten sensitivity: a comparison of scoring methods
Scand J Gastroenterol, 52 (2), 185-192
DOI 10.1080/00365521.2016.1244705, PubMed 27797273
Effect of a Medicinal Agaricus blazei Murill-Based Mushroom Extract, AndoSan™, on Symptoms, Fatigue and Quality of Life in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis in a Randomized Single-Blinded Placebo Controlled Study
PLoS One, 11 (3), e0150191
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0150191, PubMed 26933886
Cytokine Levels After Consumption of a Medicinal Agaricus blazei Murill-Based Mushroom Extract, AndoSan™ , in Patients with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in a Randomized Single-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Study
Scand J Immunol, 84 (6), 323-331
DOI 10.1111/sji.12476, PubMed 27588816
Effect of the Medicinal Agaricus blazei Murill-Based Mushroom Extract, AndoSanTM, on Symptoms, Fatigue and Quality of Life in Patients with Crohn's Disease in a Randomized Single-Blinded Placebo Controlled Study
PLoS One, 11 (7), e0159288
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0159288, PubMed 27415795
Elevated interleukin-8 in bile of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis
Liver Int, 36 (9), 1370-7
DOI 10.1111/liv.13092, PubMed 26866350


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Carl Griffin: The chargrilled burgers are incredibly tasty. The chips are much better than McDonald's.
2. Domino's Pizza
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4. Pizza Hut
Carl Griffin: Great value food. Cheap place to feed the whole family. The salad bar is excellent.
5. wagamama
Carl Griffin: Superb oriental dishes. The noodle menu is tremendous.
6. Abbey Gardens
Carl Griffin: Stunningly beautiful landscaped gardens with impressive flower beds. Excellent place to relax or take a stroll.
7. The Dove
Carl Griffin: Regular winner of East Anglia regional pub of the year. Social hub of its local community. Great real ales and ciders. No lager, games machines or TVs.
8. CeX
Carl Griffin: You can pick up some very well priced second hand games and films.
9. Oakes Barn
Carl Griffin: New build pub that only opened in 2013. Great quality real ales and ciders. Has a function room that is available free of charge to local groups.
10. The Black Boy
Carl Griffin: 17th century pub with a single bar serving a large multi-area room. Unfortunately the theatre upstairs is no longer in use.
11. Rose and Crown
Carl Griffin: Wonderful old fashioned pub that retains its old off sales hatch. Very friendly hosts. Serves great real ales.
12. The Masons Arms
Carl Griffin: Traditional pub that serves as Greene King's flagship pub with a wide range of their real ales. Trial beers that aren't often found elsewhere are served here.
13. The Nutshell
Carl Griffin: England's smallest pub is a must visit. Check out the mummified cat and other curiosities hanging from the ceiling. Great real ales.
14. Benson Blakes
15. Beautiful Beers
Carl Griffin: Incredible selection of bottled beers from across the globe including bottle conditioned real ales. Draft beer is also available for takeaway in plastic containers.
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Carl Griffin: First floor bar in the historic Corn Exchange building. Very ornate surroundings. As with all Wetherspoons they offer great value food and real ales.
17. The Old Cannon Brewery
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28. Mill Green Brewery
29. Five Bells
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The flora consists mainly of bacteria (100,000 billion) that are essential for our health.
The flora consists mainly of lactobacilli and bifidobacillen. They take part in the digestion and play an important role in the ecosystem of the gut.
Oligosaccharides affect the growth and activity of the bacteria.
Transitum Each capsule contains 5.2 billion in total bacteria, fructo-oligosaccharides and arabinogalactans larch.