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Hopefully, you've already been studying for your upcoming standardized tests for many weeks and months. But even hours of preparation can be undone on test day by forgetting a calculator or losing the testing center's address. Mapping out the details beforehand (i.e. what to bring and what not to bring) will ensure you do your very best on test day. Here's a ...Published 11 months ago | -
Last-Minute SAT and ACT Prep
Test day is almost here, but there's still time to study. Whether you're well-prepared, semi-prepared or not at all prepared, we have several last-minute prep strategies that can help you boost your score. [gate] Note: SAT deducts points for incorrect answers but there is no penalty for questions left blank. The ACT does not deduct points for incorrect answers. What this ...Published 11 months ago | -
Test Day Dos and Don'ts
ACT, SAT, PSAT - little words that cause big anxiety. If you're getting ready to apply for college, then you know what these tests can mean to your applications. Follow these simple test-taking strategies to get your angst under control. [gate] Know your test. Make sure you know the format and scoring standards of your test ahead of time. Take a ...Published 11 months ago | -
How to Fail an Exam
If you don't care about your college career or passing your exams, feel free to follow these steps, so you can develop poor test-taking habits and start to fail all of your quizzes, midterms and final exams. From there, you can be sure to fail pretty much all of your classes. We're not really sure why that would be your goal ...Published 8 days ago | -
Against the Clock
Pacing yourself during standardized tests can be a difficult task. Your adrenaline is at an all-time high, not to mention your nerves. So how do you keep your cool during this difficult task to show what you really know and complete such lengthy exams? Here are some helpful timing tips to help guide you along during the process of standardized test-taking:[gate] ...Published 10 months ago | -
SAT Study Tips
You've got a lot of pressure to do well on the SAT - it's one of the biggest exams of your life. You know you need to prepare, you know you need to study, but you don't know exactly how to go about doing it. Don't stress, here are five easy ways you can approach the exam preparation process:[gate] 1. Practice ...Published 10 months ago | -
Updates to the GRE Program
For students looking into attending graduate or business school, updates have been made to the GRE® Program. Beginning July 1, 2013, students taking the GRE® revised General Test will be able to retake the exam as often as once every 21 days and up to five times within a continuous year. The GRE® revised General Test is available at nearly 700 ...Published 7 months ago | -
The Myth of Multiple-Choice Methodology
Research Study: Benefits of Keeping to Instincts While Test Taking are Mythical There's a new study in town that says, when it comes to multiple-choice questions, don't go with your gut. It's been pounded into our brains that our first instinct on test answers is the way to go but, according to new research data, test takers actually increased their scores ...Published 6 months ago | -
Test Prep To Do List
We won't beat around the bush: standardized tests are intimidating for students. But, the more you prepare, the more confident you'll feel. In order to ensure you've got all your ducks in a row, we thought a testing to-do list might be helpful. Here's a to-do list so you can prepare before you take the tests. Follow this list to exam ...Published 3 months ago |


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TO: House of Representatives and House Staff
FROM: John J. Diehl, Jr.
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RE: Tentative House Floor
DATE: Updated Floor Schedule for May 6, 2013 through May 10, 2013
Below is the updated schedule of the House Floor activity for May 6 – May 10. As always this is a tentative schedule and is subject to change. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.
Date Convene
May 6 4:00 p.m. House Convenes
8:00 p.m. Tentative Adjournment
May 7 10:00 a.m. House Convenes
12:00 p.m. Tentative Recess
2:00 p.m. Tentative Reconvene
7:00 p.m. Tentative Adjournment
May 8 9:00 a.m. House Convenes
3:30 p.m. Tentative Adjournment
May 9 9:00 a.m. House Convenes
Third Read Calendar
TBD Tentative Adjournment
May 10 9:00 a.m. House Convenes, if needed
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They actually seemed to enjoy it, there was the option for them to walk between the two stumps and some chose to do that. Others chose to sit at the top of the stump and just intimidate the other squirrels whilst they ate all the best hazelnuts.
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Vietnam is the most significant of the three lower Mekong countries, with a population of 88 million. Vietnam produced 100.1 billion kWh gross in 2010 from 19.7 GWe of plant, giving per capita consumption of 1140 kWh/yr. In 2009, 33% of the country's capacity was hydro, 17% gas (CCGT), 12% coal, 6% oil - all under Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), and 33% was with IPP & BOT outside EVN.
Electricity supply in 2010 was 38% from hydro, 33.6% gas and 18.5% coal. GDP growth in 2010 was 6.8%. Total 120.8 billion kWh was expected in 2012: 45.0 hydro, 24.8 coal, 45.7 gas, 0.5 oil, and 4.65 import from China. A total of 3.1 GWe capacity was due to be added in 2012.
Demand is growing rapidly, resulting in rationing. Electricity demand growth - mostly in the south - has been 14% pa and is expected to be 15% pa to 2015, then slowing to 2020, though other figures suggest 10% pa. A 500 kV grid runs the length of the country and some 95% of the rural population has access to electricity.
Projections of power demand (base scenario) in 2011 are:
30.8 GWe, 194 TWh in 2015 (33% hydro, 35.5% coal), 52.0 GWe, 320 TWh in 2020 (26% hydro, 46% coal, 17% gas, 1.5% nuclear), 77.0 GWe, 490 TWh in 2025 (21% hydro, 46% coal, 16% gas, 6% nuclear),110.2 GWe, 695 TWh in 2030 (16% hydro, 56% coal, 11% gas, 8% nuclear - with nuclear share then increasing to 20-25% by 2050).
In the early 1980s two preliminary nuclear power studies were undertaken, followed by another which reported in 1995 that: "Around the year 2015, when electricity demand reaches more than 100 billion kWh, nuclear power should be introduced for satisfying the continuous growth in the country's electricity demand in that time and beyond". Current projections almost double this.
In February 2006 the government announced that a 2000 MWe nuclear power plant should be on line by 2020. This general target was confirmed in a nuclear power development plan approved by the government in August 2007, with the target being raised to a total of 8000 MWe nuclear by 2025. A general law on nuclear energy was passed in mid 2008, and a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework is being developed.
Since October 2008, two reactors total 2000 MWe have been planned at Phuoc Dinh in the southern Ninh Thuan province. A further 2000 MWe was planned at Vinh Hai nearby, followed by a further 6000 MWe by 2030. Both locations are based particularly on geological suitability on the coast. A high demand scenario would give 8000 MWe in 2025 and 15,000 MWe (10% of total) in 2030 at up to eight sites in five provinces. Four more units would be added to the first two sites, then six more at three or four central sites in provinces of Quang Ngai (Duc Thang or Duc Chanh), Binh Dinh (Hoai My) and Phu Yen (Xuan Phuong). These, plus Ky Xuan in the northern Ha Tinh province, remained proposals in mid 2011.
Atomstroyexport, Westinghouse, EdF, Kepco, and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) all expressed strong interest in supplying the first two twin-unit plants. Unconfirmed reports early in 2010 said that the Japanese government, with Tepco and others, offered an $11 billion contract, also that a consortium of Mitsubishi, Toshiba and Hitachi bid for the project. The plants will be state-owned under EVN, with no private equity.
In July 2011 the government issued a master plan specifying Ninh Thuan 1 & 2 nuclear power plants with a total of eight 1000 MWe-class reactors, one coming on line each year 2020-27, then two more larger ones to 2029 at a central location. The Ministry of Industry & Trade (MOIT) is responsible for the actual projects, while the Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST) supports the program, developing a master plan and regulation.
The main focus is now on the initial 2000 MWe of the power plant at Phuoc Dinh in Ninh Thuan province. A pre-feasibility study for this carried out by the Ministry of Industry & Trade (MOIT) was approved by the National Assembly in November 2009, and a comprehensive feasibility study is following. In May 2010 the prime minister established the Ninh Thuan nuclear power project. The Ninh Thuan Project Management Board functions under EVN.
In October 2010 an intergovernmental agreement was signed for Atomstroyexport to build the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant, using two VVER-1000 or 1200 reactors, later specified as AES-91 power plants as at Tianwan in China. It is to be constructed from 2014 as a turnkey project and come into operation from 2020. Rosatom has confirmed that Russia's Ministry of Finance is prepared to finance at least 85% of this first plant, to supply the fuel and take back the used fuel for the life of the plant, as is normal Russian policy for non-nuclear-weapons states. An agreement for up to $9 billion finance was signed in November 2011 with the Russian government's state export credit bureau, and a second agreement for $500 million loan covered the establishment of a nuclear science and technology centre. 'Several tens of students' have been undertaking training in Russia. The work schedule was confirmed by Rosatom in mid 2012.
On the same day in October 2010 an intergovernmental agreement with Japan was signed for construction of a second nuclear power plant at Vinh Hai in Ninh Thuan province, with its two reactors to come on line in 2024-25 (since brought forward, but then reverted). The following month the government signed a further accord with Japan on this, and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), said that Japan Atomic Power Co. (JAPC) and the International Nuclear Energy Development of Japan Co. Ltd. (JINED), would work with EVN on the project, which will involve financing and insurance of up to 85% of the total cost. JINED is a consortium of Japan's METI, nine utilities (led by Chubu, Kansai & Tepco) and three manufacturers (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toshiba and Hitachi). The intergovernmental agreement took effect from January 2012.
In February 2011 JAPC signed an agreement with EVN to advance the feasibility study, and in September it signed a contract with EVN to provide consulting services to help with site selection and an 18-month, $26 million feasibility study including technology selection with economic and financial analysis, funded by the Japanese government. The following day an agreement (MOU) was signed between EVN and JINED to progress the design, construction and operation of the plant. EVN listed six criteria to apply, including late-model reactors, stable supply of fuel, support for local industry and education of staff, and financial support. Japan has committed to train about 1000 staff for Ninh Thuan 2. Vinh Hai is on Cam Ranh Bay, about 20 km northeast of Phuoc Dinh. In October 2011 a less-formal arrangement for cooperation in construction was signed, and work on the infrastructure for construction was under way. A decision on technology is not expected before late 2013, though PWR appears likely, and Mitsubishi says that if it is PWR then the reference plant will be Hokkaido's Tomari 3, an 866 MWe unit. In July 2013 the parties agreed to "accelerate cooperation to specify the project," which would be a major step towards a contract. The feasibility study undertaken by JINED is due to be presented in mid July, according to MOST.
The Vietnam and South Korean presidents have approved a jointly-prepared plan on nuclear power plant construction, and agreed to "use the plan as a basis for future cooperation projects to be undertaken in accordance with agreement between the two countries." "The two sides took a special note of South Korea's proposals on developing a nuclear power plant in Vietnam based on South Korean technologies," according to a joint statement in November 2011. In March 2012 a nuclear cooperation agreement was signed to take this forward, with a one-year feasibility study on constructing a Korean plant. In June 2013 a joint preliminary feasibility study commenced "for nuclear plant development worth US$ 10 billion", and both governments agreed to cooperate further on the development project.
As well as developing nuclear power plants in Vietnam, EVN expects to collaborate with CGNPC which is building the large Fangchenggang nuclear power plant just across the northern border.
A nuclear cooperation agreement was signed with Russia in 2002, and since 2006, others have been signed with France, China (in particular with CGNPC), South Korea, Japan, USA and Canada. In 2007 there was an agreement between the US Department of Energy's (DoE's) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) for cooperation and information exchange on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. A further nuclear cooperation agreement with the USA was signed in March 2010. In June 2010 the Japan Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement with the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety & Control (VARANS) for infrastructure development for safeguards and nuclear security in respect of nuclear nonproliferation.
The Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment's Department of Geology & Minerals is undertaking evaluation of a uranium deposit in Quang Nam province which is believed to have about 7000 tU in 0.05% ore. Canadian company NWT Uranium Corp has been asked to help assess prospects.
However, 2010 plans call for importing all the uranium required for 14 reactors totalling 10.7 GWe.
For the first two reactors, Russia's policy for building nuclear power plants in non-nuclear weapons states is to deliver on a turnkey basis, including supply of all fuel and repatriation of used fuel for the life of the plant. The fuel is to be reprocessed in Russia and the separated wastes returned to the client country eventually.
An early nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia relates principally to Vietnam's 500 kW Da Lat research reactor, built in 1980, commissioned 1984. This replaced an earlier US Triga MkII reactor which started in 1963 but was dismantled by the USA in the early 1970s. In 2007 the USA helped convert the Da Lat reactor to use low-enriched fuel. It is run by Vinatom.
Russia has agreed to build a new 15 MW research reactor at Da Lat, starting in mid 2013, for operation from October 2018.
Vietnam's new Atomic Energy Law was passed in June 2008 and came into effect early in 2009. Under this, a national nuclear safety commission responsible to the Prime Minister for safety and licensing was established in July 2010. The law is being revised by 2013 to make it more fit for purpose, particularly integrating regulatory aspects.
The Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission/ Agency was established in 1976 and is under the Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST). A national steering committee with the role of Implementing Organisation, and including the representatives of the different ministries and governmental organizations, was established in May 2010 by the Prime Minister.
The Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM) is part of MOST, and responsible for R&D, technical support, personnel training and technical services including the Da Lat research reactor.
The Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety & Control (VARANS) is the regulator, also part of MOST. In June 2008 the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and VARANS signed a cooperation agreement to share technical information on nuclear energy as well as exchanging information about regulations, environmental impact and safety of nuclear sites. This will be the main formative influence on VARANS, though it is also actively cooperating with NISA (Japan) and Rostechnadzor (Russia), which will shape the regulatory arrangements for the first plant. By January 2012 VARANS had 90 staff (up from 8 in Aug 2005), including 11 PhD, 17 MSc.
Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will be the company responsible for building and operating the plants, and will be the sole investor for the first two plants (each nominally 2 x 1000 MWe). The estimated $11 billion for these was to be financed with up to 25% EVN equity and the balance borrowed from countries supplying the technology. EVN considers that with the average rate of GDP development at about 7 - 8% per year it believes that financing should not be an insuperable problem. EVN is under the Department of Energy within the Ministry of Industry & Trade (MOIT). The Ninh Thuan Project Management Board is under EVN.
In May 2013 the prime minister announced the establishment of a new National Council for Atomic Energy Development & Application which is to identify strategies and priorities and advise the government. It will also coordinate ministries, agencies, governmental bodies and localities in developing nuclear energy and "realizing" nuclear power programs. It will also take on a role in international nuclear cooperation activities with organizations and individual countries.
Vietnam's safeguards agreement with the IAEA under the NPT entered force in 1990 and it has signed but not ratified the Additional Protocol.
Le, Doan Phac, 2011, Vietnam's Nuclear Power Development Plan: Challenges and Preparation Work for the First Nuclear Power Projects, INPRO SMR Forum Oct 2011.
http://news.gov.vn, notably http://news.gov.vn/Home/Council-for-atomic-energy-development-set-up/20135/17804.vgp


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"The Sparrow" Author Mary Doria Russell Presents Dewald Lecture and Convocation
June 1, 2010
Honors and Dean's List students along with faculty and staff attended the annual Dewald Honors Dinner and Lecture in Kresge Dining Commons located in the Hoover-Price Campus Center on September 10 at Mount Union College. The dinner recognizes freshmen honors scholars and students who earned Dean's List recognition during the 2002-2003 academic year.
Following a refreshment reception and a welcome by Mount Union College President Jack Ewing, dinner was served. Mrs. Eleanore (Iman '38) Dewald was present as a special guest. The dinner and lecture series has been made possible by her family since 1981 to applaud the quality of student achievement and to encourage the pursuit of academic excellence at Mount Union.
President Ewing and Dean Richard Marriott presented the 2002-2003 Class Leader Prizes. Chad Kimmel of Youngstown was the recipient of the Rickard/Evans Freshman prize, Mark Heltzel of Cochranton, PA was the recipient of the Ramsayer Sophomore prize, and Brian Keller of Huron was the recipient of the Drushal/McMaster Junior Prize.
Dr. Mary Doria Russell, famed author of "The Sparrow," presented the lecture. She began on a humorous note, gauging the amount of "West Wing" fans in the audience. In her speech, she focused on the tentative belief of existence of life on other planets. "You may be a part of the generation where science and technology discovers that there is evidence of life on other planets," she said.
She talked about the tendency of intelligent people to think that if there is an issue beyond their understanding, it is a cosmic mystery. She believes that is dangerous. "These people think that God is a "God of the Gaps," the God of only what smart people don't understand, " she said. "Give God full majesty and honor over all things, not just over what we don't understand."
Russell admitted that there is uncertainty in science. "No matter how sophisticated our knowledge becomes, there will always be existential questions for generations to ponder," she said.
Russell also presented at the morning convocation in the Mount Union Theatre on Thursday, September 11.
After an introduction by Deborah Lotsof, associate professor of theatre, Russell detailed the experiences she had prior to writing her books, "The Sparrow" and "Children of God." She talked about career work as a paleoanthropologist and personal life history.
One of the events that spurred Russell to begin work on "The Sparrow" was the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' exploration of the New World. Many individuals from the academic world began to discuss a revisionist history about his voyage. They talked about the many mistakes he made. He didn't actually discover anything, they said, but stumbled upon the New World by accident.
She believes that Columbus should have been allowed mistakes on his voyage. "He and his fellow voyagers were up against cultural and language barriers," she said. "Many of his critics act as if they would have done a much better job than he, despite the cultural environment and time frame he was working with."
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Hardware manufacturer HP has released the source code for its Advanced File System (AdvFS), which it uses for the Tru64 Unix OS under the GPL, along with a Linux reference implementation.
The publication of the source code, documentation and a test environment may help the filesystem become part of the Linux kernel very quickly, at least this is what HP hopes for. The roots of HP's own Unix Tru64 operating system go back to the eighties when HP collaborated with IBM, Digital Equipment and other vendors under the Open Software Foundation to create a 64 bit system dubbed OSF/1. The last version of OSF was released in 1994; HP will be supporting the Tru64 Unix operating system developed on the basis of OSF until 2012 at least. A new 5.1B-5 version has been announced for the latter half of 2008. The hardware manufacturer adopted a double pronged operating system strategy a few years back and HP's Linux server business has been very successful since then.
Hewlett-Packard has released a reference implementation for an enterprise Linux filesystem along with the source code for Tru64 AdvFS. According to HP, AdvFS will bring speed, security and performance advantages to Linux. The Unix filesystem's special features include simple file and storage management, online system backups, and high availability. Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin views the step as a major contribution towards promoting the use of the Linux operating system in enterprise environments: " HP's contribution of the Advanced File System code, coupled with their overall resource commitment to Linux, will greatly accelerate the development and commercial availability of improved system functionality for Linux." says Zemlin.
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One summer we made the plans to go ourselves to this unique spot, and set out on this adventure. We were planning on making the trip in two days, and had planned how far to go each day. However the first day, before we had nearly put in our quota of hours, the car stopped along the highway. There was no starting it again. What could we do? We found a phone and called a tow truck. Our car was towed to a shop, but by that time, it was too late to fix it that day so we found a hotel where we could stay.
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As we drove along, the twilight faded into night. My dad was at the wheel as we drove across the desolate countryside of Wyoming, and then wound our way through the forests as we drew closer and closer to our destination. We sang songs as we drove through the dark.
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order not to "smoke" the input stage of the Echoplex, the signal from the preamp stage of the tube amp needs to be attenuated by about a factor of 10 ( 20 dB). But now when the signal goes back in to the power amp, we have lost 20 dB of gain and can't drive the amp to full volume.
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So far we can see that the advantages of an effects loop are that we get to use the tube amp's preamp distortion and plug the guitar straight in to the amp. But the level matching can be problematic without send and return level controls. Short of hacking up the insides of the amp, what can you do if you have an effects loop with no send and return controls? There are companies that sell level shifters that are basically transformers in a box, and these devices provide a fixed gain or attenuation of the signal. Unlike electronics, there is no defined input and output with these level-shifting boxes.
The loop we have been considering sofar is a series loop. At the time I got myamp modded, parallel loops, if in existence,were not well known. In a series loop, thedry signal goes out and is mixed with thewet signal within the effect. In a parallelloop, the dry signal stays in the amp andthe effect's mix control is set to 100 percentwet. Now we can control the effect amountwith the loop's return level and thus pre-serve the dry path.
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Raymond Winford Jenkins, 72, a retired company director from Maesycwmmer, owned four motorcycles and had ridden across the UK and the continent since he was around 16 years of age.
He had just returned from a seven-month holiday in Tenerife when, at 5.50pm on Friday, May 24 this year, he was riding eastbound on the Second Severn Crossing when he completed a safe overtake from lane two into lane one.
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A Pleasant Valley family has decided to put an end to a long neighborhood tradition, after vandals destroyed an elaborate front-yard Christmas light display.
The Hall family has been putting it up for about three decades, and this year's version featured 30,000 lights. Hundreds of people drove into their cul-de-sac Barnhart Drive northwest of Chillicothe to see the show every year.
But vandals hit overnight Saturday, tearing up parts of the display - and stealing others.
The remains of Santa's helicopter was dumped in the yard Monday.
Mike Hall said he has invested more than $7,000 into Christmas decorations, and starts preparing every October. The Chillicothe Gazette and Columbus Dispatch report that the Halls spent Sunday taking down what was left of it, and have decided to put an end to the tradition.
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As a specialty editor for the nutrition and healthy eating guide, Katherine Zeratsky helps you sort through the facts and figures, the fads and the hype to learn more about nutrition and diet.
A Marinette, Wis., native, Katherine is certified in dietetics by the state of Minnesota and the American Dietetic Association. She has been with Mayo Clinic since 1999.
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Caffeine may slightly boost weight loss or prevent weight gain, but there's no sound evidence that increased caffeine consumption results in significant or permanent weight loss.
Caffeine is found in many beverages, including coffee, tea, energy drinks and colas; in products containing cocoa or chocolate; and in a variety of medications and dietary supplements, including supplements aimed at weight loss.
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- Appetite suppression. Caffeine may reduce your desire to eat for a brief time, but there's not enough evidence to show that long-term consumption aids weight loss.
- Calorie burning. Caffeine may stimulate thermogenesis — one way your body generates heat and energy from digesting food. But this probably isn't enough to produce significant weight loss.
Some studies looking at caffeine and weight were poor quality or done on animals, making the results questionable or hard to generalize to humans. In addition, some studies found that even decaffeinated coffee may contribute to modest weight loss, suggesting that substances or factors besides caffeine may play a role in weight loss.
The bottom line: Be cautious about using caffeine products to help with weight loss. When used in moderation, caffeine is generally safe. But too much caffeine might cause nervousness, insomnia, nausea, increased blood pressure and other problems.
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The highlight of the winter-sport season in Oslo, Holmenkollen Ski Festival dates back to 1892, and draws thousands of skiing enthusiasts (both competitors and spectators) every year to Holmenkollen, home to Oslo's famous ski jump, and Nordmarka, the big forested area north of the city centre. This is a great opportunity to watch Norwegian athletes in action on home turf. The official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic.
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Art Review: Rosie Prevost, black-and-white photographic portraits. 215 College Street Artists' Cooperative, Burlington. Through September 7.
Rosie Prevost combines figurative imagery with titles that evoke archetypal identities in her solo photographic exhibition, "Portraits: Exploring the Universal," at 215 College Street Artists' Cooperative in Burlington. The 28 black-and-white images are beautifully composed, but Prevost's references to the ideas of Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) add a conceptual dimension and deeper meaning to her imagery.
Jung wrote, "The collective unconscious . . . appears to consist of mythological motifs or primordial images, for which reason the myths of all nations are its real exponents." Prevost's titles, such as "The Mother," "The Innocent," "The Angry Cook" and "The Gentle Giant," touch upon such universal mythic roles.
Two 30-by-26-inch, sepia-selenium-toned photographs, both entitled "The Mother," hark back to the most primordial images produced by humankind. A round-bellied pregnant woman echoes fertility-goddess sculptures dating from Neolithic Europe. The contours of the female form were lit in Prevost's studio with strong shadows to accentuate the model's profound shape. One of the pictures is a frontal shot focused only on her breasts and torso, while the other is a profile showing the model's long, straight hair and the serene expression on her face. She's comfortable and confident with her fecundity as an individual, yet is also partly idealized as a Venus of Willendorf for modern times.
"The Mother I and II" are the only studio shots in Prevost's exhibition. The other portraits were created in the subjects' own environments, placing them in personal contexts. Prevost also employed natural light in most of the show's other works.
"The Gentle Giant" is a man on a motorcycle in a parking lot, three semi truck cabs flanking him as he holds a cute Husky puppy. The man smiles warmly, doting on the pup. The figure is positioned on the left side of the composition, and a long, low roofline stretches at an angle along the background. Prevost's portraits draw much of their effectiveness from sturdy arrangements of large and small forms. Often figures are formally framed by subtle geometric elements, as well as by areas of contrasting value.
Another example of Prevost's compositional astuteness appears in "The Innocent." A small boy reclines on his side in a bed with white covers, while a long, black horizon line at the top of the composition seems to reference a landscape. The rumpled bedclothes are deeply contoured into hills and valleys, contrasting with the smooth skin of the child, while the whiteness of the sheet and blanket epitomizes purity.
Most of the photographs were taken with medium-format cameras and measure roughly 25 by 28 inches. But there is also an intriguing collection of smaller pieces that, Prevost discloses, were primarily taken with a Holga camera. The mass-market plastic cameras, considered toys in the West, were designed in the early 1980s to popularize photography in China. Essentially box cameras using 120 film, they have become legendary for producing otherworldly effects, such as odd angles and strange focal points. "The Angry Cook" is a 15-by-12-inch Holga image with distorted lines presenting a frustrated-looking man with a beard and glasses, seen from his elbows up as he struggles with something outdoors — perhaps an errant bit of barbecue meat at a cookout. Again, Prevost frames the portrait with a geometric element. The clapboards of the Cook's house are seen behind the figure, sloping acutely to the lower right and heightening the narrative's tension.
Prevost notes in her artist's statement that she had no particular relationship to most of the individuals in the portraits, and that distance seems to have served her well in her effort to view the people as archetypes. It's too bad, though, that no one was around to capture Prevost peering into a lens on one of her extemporaneous shoots. Students of Jung no doubt would have recognized "The Seeker," or "A Visionary," in the photographer's portrait.


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For HP-UX 11i v3 and later, PRM is included as part of HP-UX. For HP-UX 11iv2 and earlier, a separate license must be purchased.- Current version: C.03.05.01
- Hardware platforms: HP Integrity servers, HP 9000 servers
- Operating System : HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3
- Resources managed: Processor (dedicated or share-based), memory (dedicated or share-based)
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White papers- »HP Process Resource Manager overview (PDF, 704 KB)
- »Using HP Process Resource Manager with Oracle (PDF, 205 KB)
- »Technical Whitepaper (PDF, 1 MB)
- »HP-UX Processor Sets technical white paper (PDF)