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Materials 2014, 7(2), 1173-1187; doi:10.3390/ma7021173
Study on Mg/Al Weld Seam Based on Zn–Mg–Al Ternary Alloy
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Based on the idea of alloying welding seams, a series of Zn–xAl filler metals was calculated and designed for joining Mg/Al dissimilar metals by gas tungsten arc (GTA) welding. An infrared thermography system was used to measure the temperature of the welding pool during the welding process to investigate the solidification process. It was found that the mechanical properties of the welded joints were improved with the increasing of the Al content in the Zn–xAl filler metals, and when Zn–30Al was used as the filler metal, the ultimate tensile strength could reach a maximum of 120 MPa. The reason for the average tensile strength of the joint increasing was that the weak zone of the joint using Zn–30Al filler metal was generated primarily by α-Al instead of MgZn2. When Zn–40Al was used as the filler metal, a new transition zone, about 20 μm-wide, appeared in the edge of the fusion zone near the Mg base metal. Due to the transition zones consisting of MgZn2- and Al-based solid solution, the mechanical property of the joints was deteriorated.
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If you look to the left you see a gallery link, this will lead you to believe I do stuff to fill a gallery. Now in internet terms that seems to be anything from scrapbooking to folded paperclip sculptures, and could very well lead to photographs of my bug collection. Those ever so thrilling things are not it however, saddening as it might be to find out that I am just like every artist, never satisfied to find a limit to one's own method to vent on some paper or computer monitor so I go through life in an attention deficit haze doing everything from traditional artwork to 3D design and animation. So like any good artist with a wide variety of diverse ways to make art and some sort of focusing problem, I turned to education. But let me explain my background before I ruin the plot.
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So along with the whole degree in computer programming on the side I was doing freelance work as a digital artist over the internet and found a teaching aid position at a vocational tech center. A great side job as I worked on several small projects in 3D modeling and digital painting. 3D was extremely popular at the time but again nobody taught the stuff. I did find a nice 1,000,000 page manual though and a few training videos here and there. I started learning it and teaching what I learned to a few students at work.
Rule number one "always reinforce your knowledge". Teaching young minds was a really good way to find new questions that needed answering which lead to more learning and more teaching. I soon ran out of source material to learn so I started to reverse engineer video games ( best thing the computer degree was used for) to see how they ticked. Game modification opened up so many new answers to questions, questions I would never have found the answers too, and game "moders" love to share information as long as you give the knowledge back. Knowing 3D programs like Maya and Zbrush I had a lot to barter with.
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Colldog - Unregistered October 13, 2012 10:48 PM I don't often comment on articles but this has left me so angry I have to vent! Marquez yet again takes out another rider in practice in a very dangerous situation and gets off free with no penalty? Where as Simoncelli has a racing incident with Pedrosa at Le Mans and gets a ride through penalty. Marquez incident there was ten times worse and NOTHING for Dorna's little golden boy.It's pathetic, double standards and if I was a rider I'd be very angry. Tbh, Pol was an idiot for being nice about Marc taking him out a few races ago. If he was smart he could have kicked up a fuss and got Marquez at least a warning that would of seen them have to take action against him today. I hope he gets whats coming to him one day. It's a disgrace the amount of stick Sic used to get from Dorna andf fellow riders while this spoilt little kid gets away with murder! 3 agree 0 disagree
mm2go - Unregistered October 13, 2012 10:50 PM The moto2 class has been totally ruined by mm And his cronies last year they totally abused the testing causing dorna to put a cap on testing for all teams, he ran Scott Redding off the track and made him crash he nearly kills willarot and gets a slight tap on the wrist. This year he all but runs Luthi off the track in the first race again no punishment and now this incident with Kallio again which has gone unpunished. I will be glad when he goes from moto2 and we can get back to some good racing from that class 1 agree 0 disagree
TheBaron - Unregistered October 13, 2012 11:01 PM Marquez team is favoured by HRC, whichy is whyt it has the Honda source code for the ECU. Notice how most of Marquez race passes are in a straight line, and he rarely has to slip-stream anyone. Spec engines? Yeah, right! It is not all down to lighter weight of the rider. There are other small riders in this class but NONE of them can come from 5 bike lengths behind and pass ANY other rider. Watch a little more closely. And if Kallio's claim: "He hit me so hard he bent the swinging arm" is true, then it is clear young Marquez cares not a fig for his fellow competitors. Perhapos a few of them should run inside him and give him no racing room - out into the gravel perhaps? 1 agree 1 disagree
nom nom - Unregistered October 13, 2012 11:14 PM Judge for yourselves.w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=yK5ctaWTSrI 0 agree 0 disagree


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Posted by Deborah.Walker on Tuesday May 11, 2010
The Nyack DC campus recently hosted a workshop, "Program Evaluation: Turning Your Success Stories Into Fundable Outcomes," for non-profit organizations. Participants were primarily from organizations in the Washington, DC area, though some traveled from as far away as New York.
The May 8 workshop facilitator was Nancy Chan (pictured at left), an economics and policy analyst at the Stanford Research Institute and a former analyst at the Urban Institute.
A graduate of the Master of Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University, where she concentrated in public management and non-profit studies, Ms. Chan also holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She became involved with non-profits when she helped Little Lights Urban Ministries launch their after-school tutoring program for inner city children in Southeast DC.
Dean Johnson shared about the overwhelmingly positive feedback from workshop attendees. "They expressed a deep sense of satisfaction at the increased sense of competency after learning how to translate their compelling grass roots success stories into language that can attract funders to their cause."
This workshop and previous ones sponsored by the DC campus demonstrate Nyack's commitment to community development and relationship-building with government and social agencies in the metropolitan DC area.
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Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb ThingsA woman planning a dinner party calls a gourmet caterer and learns that "Chateaubriand" can be ordered. To which she responds, "No, thanks. We're going to take care of the wine ourselves." The dead silence at the end of the phone is her first clue that something is amiss. A CEO attempts to put an end to complaints from employees about the demeaning behavior of certain managers by berating the managers before the staff — thus reinforcing the very behavior he's trying to correct. We often criticize such incidents with remarks like "How dumb!" or "What was he thinking?" But psychologist Madeleine L. Van Hecke argues that much of what we label stupidity can better be explained as blind spots. Just as the blind spot in the driver's side mirror can swallow up a passing car, patterns in the way we think can likewise become blind spots, sifting out information and observations that to other people seem obvious. Drawing on research in creativity, cognitive psychology, critical thinking, child development, education, and philosophy, Dr. Van Hecke shows how our assets as thinkers create the very blind spots that become our worst liabilities. She devotes a chapter to each of ten mental blind spots that afflict even the smartest people: not stopping to think, jumping to conclusions, my-side bias, getting trapped by categories, and much more. At the end of each chapter she offers tactics for overcoming that specific blind spot, so we can become more creative and competent thinkers. Full of funny, poignant stories about human foibles, Blind Spots offers many insights for improving our social and political lives while giving us fresh slants into the minds of people who are poles apart from ourselves. |
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These last three or four weeks have been a roller coaster. Last week I was up 5 pounds and this week I am down 8 pounds to 286.2
So far for this year, 49.2 pounds.
This week a 1.4 pound weight gain! This is my 18th week on WW, and the 3rd time there has been a small weight gain. It happens every 5 or 6 weeks, I level off and have small gains or stay the same for a couple of weeks. The first couple of times it bugged me, but this time I expected it. The WW website says this is pretty normal though.
So far in my 18 weeks on the program I've lost 26 pounds at an average of 1.44 pounds per week, right on schedule. I've followed the program to the letter, and it has produced the exact results it promised. I'm getting reasonable close to losing half the weight to my goal weight!
trac: How was your eating this week?
My eating was identical to every other week. I've become very "anal" (if I'm allowed to use that term) about points-plus tracking, and have followed the program to the letter. However, through reading articles at the WW website and discussing this situation with others I've discovered that there will be weeks when weight loss levels off, and some weeks where there's actual weight gain; and that this happening is absolutely normal and expected. The "big picture" however is pretty. Through 18 weeks, 26 pounds of weight loss averaging 1.44 pounds lost per week, which is exactly what WW advertises. To my view, I've done exactly what they require, and have obtained the exact results they promise.
trac: My bodies goes through something like that too. A gain, a big loss, a small loss, repeat. It is worse of a curve if I travel for work, which I truly hate doing because it takes me off my schedule.
I've had the same experience. but it usually involves a variation in my schedule, causing me to vary my eating or my riding. Today's weigh in I'm down again. Total of 27.6lbs since Jan 29. Like you say I don't always understand but I'm really pleased with the progress and I'm holding on to the program like I hold on to the wheel in front of me when I ride in a group. I've never gone to a meeting but the program has worked for me. Within the next week or two I'm going below 250 for the first time in more than 10 years and tomorrow I ride 70 miles for my birthday ride. I'm 70 years old and I feel great and I'm losing weight how great is that?
Red, like the color my hair used to be.
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Great analogy. The key is doing what it takes to stay on the plan.Neither have I - I actually believe I do better without all the "support" lolI've never gone to a meeting . . .That is great. I'm just ducking under 250 myself, first time in about 11 or 12 years and it feels great.. . . but the program has worked for me. Within the next week or two I'm going below 250 for the first time in more than 10 years and tomorrow I ride 70 miles for my birthday ride. I'm 70 years old and I feel great and I'm losing weight how great is that?
19th week completed since I posted the OP, lost another 1.4 pounds. Average per week is also 1.4 lbs, total weight loss 28! BP 109 over 69, resting heart rate 45. I can do this!
I count on the support I get here too. I actually saw a scale register below 250 for the first time in 10-12 years, I rode 682 miles in May and I'm getting stronger every week. I also celebrated my 70th birthday in May with a 70 mile ride
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Post surgery (on Saturday) I weight myself and was 18 pounds up. That cannot be right. I suppose I am retaining water and body is stressed?
You taking any meds that might contribute to retaining water?
not sure what they gave me at the hospital. but other then the one oxycodone I took tonight, not really.
But I feel blotted.
Eh, I wouldn't worry much about it. Surgery is hard on you. As is oxy. Retaining water is listed as a rare side effect, it may or may not be really a side effect: http://www.webmd.com/drugs/mono-5278...l&pagenumber=6
Hope you ditch the last stones soon.
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Gold: You think it is stress from the surgery? I have eaten on target since the surgery and have eaten less post surgery.
Chef, how are you doing? Hadn't posted in more than a week. Broke my bicycle June 10th, Trek replaced my frame and I got it back the 19th and rode yesterday for the first time. Down a total of 32lbs since January 29 and managed to hold it down during the week I couldn't ride. Trek upgraded my 2007 Lemond to a 2012 Madone 5.9 so I got my new bicycle early but I need to get down another 40lbs before I upgrade the wheels. May be forced to buy new trousers soon these are getting pretty baggy
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Well, one could say I fell off the wagon, ate the wagon, the horse and left a few bolts of the wheel but could eat those too! lol. I went to a meeting last night in Maryland (traveling for a week) and was up a lot. Not good but to be frank, this week I have grabbed for way too much food. I know I need to really figure out why I grab to just grab. Maybe it is a chef thing, I do not know. Annoying really.
it's been ten weeks, and I've lost 5.5 lbs so far.
This, however, is after a big loss earlier in 2012.
I still expect to get a 10% loss - 26 lbs - in 2012 through weightwatchers, which will give me a total loss of about 40 lbs for the year. I'd be quite happy with that.
brando: Awesome job!
I'm not currently signed up on Weight Watchers, I was on the Online program it last year, but cancelled it and then fell off the wagon.
Instead, I've been tracking calories on loseit.com since April and have been following an 1800 calorie meal plan with my doctor's supervision for the last month and a half. For me, I find calorie counting more tolerable then point tracking.
So far, since April I've gone from 315 to 293 as of 6/17 (Sunday is my weigh-in day), for a loss of just around 22 pounds. My first goal is set at 250, then I'll probably set additional 15-20 pound goals as I head down, reevaluating as I go.


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Nagapattinam: A couple lost all their three chilren in the 2004 tsunami. But in sorrow the couple, Parmeshwaran and Chudamani, found a new reason to live when they reached out to the many children who were orphaned by the same tsunami in Nagappatinam. Today 26 children can dream of a future because of the couple.
As the tsunami swept through the coasts of Nagapattinam in 2004, Parmeshwaran and Chudamani lost their three children. "That day I could see my husband and me standing both as zero again as we were in 1991, when we were married. There was a big question mark. My first daughter was 12, the second one was nine and my son was five years old," Chudamani said.
But in their grief, they found strength.
"There were more than 60 children who had lost their parents," Parmeshwaran said.
"After seeing the children I was crying. I could see my children in this group. I thought if they come with us, the place of our missing children will be filled. We got food from the camp and started a new life," Chudamani said.
With four children Chudamani and Parmeshwaran started their new home. Soon as the years passed more and more children joined their home, 'Nambikkai', which means a helping hand. Today the couple has 26 children to care for and all with a tragic past.
Helping the children dream again is a mission for Chudamani and Parmeshwaran, but the question is if it gets difficult for the couple who are in regular government jobs to provide for 26 children.
"Money is never an issue," Chudamani said. "Both of us are working," Parmeshwaran added.
Still living by the ocean, Chudamani and Parmeshwaran feel a strange connection with it. It's the ocean that once washed away their hopes and dreams.
"We miss them, it's not easy to forget them," Parmeshwaran said.
But it's also the same ocean that got them close to their 26 children. Parmeshwaran said, "People praise us that we are helping the kids. We are not helping them, the children are helping us survive."


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The Hope Diamond on display at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.. Author: David Bjorgen
Harry Winston
(March 1, 1896 – December 8, 1978) was an American jeweller. He donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 after owning it for a decade. He once sent a 726 carat (145 g) rough diamond, "The Jonker", through the US Postal Service, foregoing other more conventional means of secure transfer.
Harry Winston's jewelry empire began with his acquisition of Arabella Huntington's famous jewelry collection. The wife of railroad magnate Henry Huntington, Arabella amassed one of the world's most prestigious collections of jewelry, largely from Parisian jewelers such as Cartier.
When Harry Winston purchased the collection after her death, the designs of the collection were quite old fashioned. Harry Winston redesigned the jewelry into more contemporary styles and showcased his unique skill at jewelry crafting. According to the Huntington museum: "He frequently boasted that Arabella's famous necklace of pearls now adorned the necks of at least two dozen women around the world."
One famous quote of his is, "People will stare. Make it worth their while."
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My Encounters
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by Donald Haack
Over the years, I had several opportunities and wonderful encounters with the well-known Harry Winston, world jeweler.
(These incidents are described in book #3, Diamonds 'neath My Wings, due to be published in 2008):
Once when I was in New York on business, I stopped by his office. He asked if I would like to see something unusual. It certainly was unusual; it was the Hope Diamond.
In another encounter, a buyer for Harry Winston, unknowingly, was purchasing imported bort diamonds from Africa, assuming they were the more expensive "reject" diamonds mined in Brazil and Guiana. I was able to advise Harry before his buyer "broke the bank" thus saving him from considerable losses.
(Chapter 30, p. 281, Bush Pilot in Diamond Country):
Jan and I were invited as guests to come to New York to be featured on the nationally syndicated TV series "What's My Line."...
We arrived at the Waldorf late in the afternoon, but in time to clean up. The phone rang. It was one of the show's producers, waiting for us in the bar downstairs, wanting to meet the strange couple who mined diamonds in the middle of South America.
"So, now we're that strange couple mining diamonds in the jungles of South America?" Jan mused. "They're probably expecting us to have two heads, or at best that you'll have long hair, long dress, and look like a missionary. What do you think?"
"I think we ought to dispel that notion and wow them," she said as she put the finishing touches to her hair and make-up. I gazed at her admiringly…she could have passed for a model out of Vogue Magazine.
, I thought,
that will wow them. Not exactly what they're expecting. So much the better.
"Okay, let's go see the big city folk," and I took her hand. We made the introductions and started our drinks when the producer asked, "You did bring the rough diamonds with you, didn't you? We want to open the show with a close-up of rough diamonds blasted by strobe lights—should be great."
I was taken aback. "Whoops," I exclaimed. "No one mentioned rough diamonds. Did I miss something here?" Jan and I exchanged glances.
"Well, no. We never said to bring them for the show, just thought you would be carrying some and we would shoot those."
I half-laughed, half choked. "We can't carry diamonds between countries…that's called smuggling. Everything is shipped through banks with documented invoices and custom declarations." I thought for a moment after I saw his disappointment of having his brilliant idea shot down so quickly. "Wait, just a minute. I have an idea." and I abruptly left the table. I returned ten minutes later. They could tell it wasn't the hoped for news.
I called Harry Winston at his home and asked if he could help. He said, "Donald, I would be glad to help, but it's 7:30 p.m., the shop is closed and no one gets in before 9:00 in the morning, an hour later than your 8:00 shooting. Sorry, I wish I could help you. At least come by tomorrow to see me." Not a happy start but we decided we could put on a good show without the diamonds.
Early the next morning as the pre-broadcast shots were rolling, we heard a commotion at the door. Two security guards came in and interrupted the cameramen.
"Sorry to break in but we have a problem downstairs. Is there a Mr. Haack up here?"
"Yes, here, it's me. Why?"
"There's a scruffy looking street person downstairs. Says he wants to speak to a Mr. Haack, no one else."
I was confused. "No one knows we're in New York; I haven't even called my family yet. We arrived late last night from South America. I don't know who would know I'm here, but let's go see." We walked together to the elevator...
(This incident is recounted in book #3, Diamonds 'neath My Wings, to be published in 2008):
Still another meeting with Mr. Winston took place in Geneva, Switzerland. My brother and I sold a fabulous 30 carat earring set of to a Persian princess, who Mr Winston thought should have been his customer. An interesting conversation ensued at the get-together with him.


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Fargo Flintlocke is a level 84 dwarf quest giver located in Stormwind City and the Twilight Highlands. Fargo also helps attack the forces of Ragnaros at Sethria's Roost in Mount Hyjal during the quest [85 Daily] The Protectors of Hyjal.
- [84] Missing Parts
- [84] Twilight Shores
- [84] Twilight Shores
- [84] Burnin' at Both Ends
- [84] Aiming High
- [84] Kurdran's Waitin'
- [84] Shredderectomy
- [84] Siege Tank Rescue
- Greeting
- Ah, scrap th' plan! Just blow somethin' up!
- <belch> Oh, aye!
- Less talk, more shootin'!
- What now, then?
- Out wit' it!
- Annoyed
- Are ya outta yer mind?
- <giggles> Stop that! Stop that, you! Cut it out!
- Farewell
- Keep yer powder dry and yer ale cold!
- Okay, git!
- Go on, then. I'll be right here.
Random quest quotes
- I've promised the King we'd get there lickety-fast, so I took the liberty of ditchin' any excess weight. Like seatbelts. Parachutes. Maps. Stabilizers. Landing gear.
- I never actually "land" these things anyways.
- Bah, predictable! They'll see it comin'!
- But once ol' <name> here blasts through their bulkhead in a hail of splintered wood, blood, and phlegm and then starts crawlin' across the deck with both legs broken, oh aye, they'll not see THAT comin' by a sweet mile, no sir!
- Rocks an' stumps an' hills an' mud... Bah.
- I hate nature.
The Protectors of Hyjal
- I'd 'ave a cleaner shot 'round 'ere if someone hadn't all gone and done regrown up all them trees.
- Iffin' yeh don't sumtimes shoot a small furry animal out yet gun, 'ow would yeh keep it clean? The druids don't 'ave an answer to THAT one!
- Aim fer tha jimmies!
- He is based on the main character from Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth, and his creator, World of Warcraft Lead Quest Designer Dave "Fargo" Kosak.[1]
- There are four items named for him: [Flintlocke's Piloting Pants], [Flintlocke's Chuckshooter], [Flintlocke's Woodchucker] and [Flintlocke's Blasthammer].
- His cannon (Flintlocke's Cannon) is a replica of the famous Blastenheimer 5000 Ultra Cannon, at the Darkmoon Faire.
Patch changes
- Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Available as a follower.
- Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Protectors of Hyjal appearance added.
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ASU President Michael Crow addresses jump in fraternity problems, arrests
PHOENIX -- Arizona State President Michael Crow sent a letter emailed to students Monday addressing a recent surge in bad fraternity-related publicity and an unrelated surge in arrests near campus.
One ASU fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, was ranked the most out-of-control fraternity in the country by Rolling Stone. Jack Culolias, a 19-year-old member, was found dead after a fraternity function where he was served alcohol. He was kicked out of the bar and wasn't seen alive again. Another 19-year-old member was left at a Tempe emergency room after consuming at least 20 shots of tequila.
ASU no longer recognizes the chapter.
"The university also takes swift action in instances of student misconduct involving individuals or organizations," Crow said in the email. "The recent incidents involving fraternities have resulted in groups being banned from the university or placed on probation. Individuals involved in serious cases of misbehavior have been dismissed. "
As part of the fraternity crackdown, ASU now requires both fraternities and sororities to register all events, both on- and off-campus. Greek members are also being pushed into leadership roles for a broadened alcohol awareness program.
In addition to the issue with fraternities, ASU is also working to shed its party school images. It is working with the city of Tempe and police in a campaign around campus to prohibit excessive drinking and other dangerous activities.
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This macro photograph of a green leaf with a spiraling new growth has great detail, line and form. The uniform green color and delicate lines provide a great focal point for the new growth and would make a stunning fine art print for a gardener or nature lover.
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Amazing :) I did not know it grew like that. It is wonderful that you spotted it and took the picture like that :)
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Thank-you, Ken! Yes, I really enjoy making handmade artist books. There is so much potential for trying new techniques and materials, and so much variation possible. I actually started doing my Wee Planet photography series because I was looking for new content for my artist books! :)
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The Philippines recovered somewhat from weak public spending in early 2011 through a P72-billion stimulus, but government agencies must still deal with internal bottlenecks to translate plans into projects that generate jobs and improve Filipinos' welfare, the World Bank said in a report.
In 2011, weak government spending pulled down growth, with gross domestic production growing by just 3.7 percent, below the government's short-term target of 5 to 6 percent. The aspirational target is to grow GDP by an average of 7 to 8 percent yearly from 2010 to 2016 to make a dent on poverty.
The World Bank noted the slowdown in disbursements in the first three quarters, partly attributed to measures to improve transparency and accountability in national government agencies. For example, a thorough review of the bidding process for infrastructure projects was conducted by the Department of Public Works and Highways to improve cost-efficiency and transparency of procurement and budget execution.
Yet more work needs to be done and the World Bank said the government must keep clearing up inefficiencies in more agencies to see money well spent in projects that have a high impact on people's development.
Contrary to frequent allegations that slow budget execution is due to the Department of Budget and Management's slowness or refusal to release agency budgets, the report cited case studies showing that more often than not, the agencies themselves had bottlenecks in their own spending processes. That is, they have low capacity to absorb and use their budget efficiently.
The World Bank said the reasons behind the so-called low absorptive capacity included: frequent and unpredictable changes in agency policy regarding program implementation modality; cumbersome procurement process exacerbated by lack of forward planning; and complexity of interagency coordination, which at times is worsened by avoidable internal administrative errors in some cases.
For example, the World Bank said, hiring new teachers required authorization from three agencies: the DBM, the Civil Service Commission and the Professional Regulatory Commission.
The government has started to deal with these issues but it will take some time before spending picks up given the reform gestation period, the World Bank said.
Public construction shrank by almost 30 percent despite efforts to revive infrastructure spending in the fourth quarter.
The decline was most pronounced in the second quarter, with a 51-percent drop in spending compared to the same period in 2010. Current expenditures such as personnel services, maintenance and other operating expenditures contracted by 8 percent in the first quarter but slowly recovered in the next three quarters, growing by 5 percent for the whole of 2011.
Compared to programmed expenditures, disbursement was lower by 9 percent in 2011. Total disbursement at P1.558 trillion was only 91 percent of programmed expenditure for the year and 82 percent of total available appropriations. The deterioration in spending performance was most pronounced in infrastructure and other capital expenditures where only 66 percent of the full-year programmed expenditure was disbursed as of December.
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OLDSMAR, Fla. – Doubles Partner won the 2011 Tampa Bay Stakes and will most likely be the betting favorite in Saturday's renewal of the Grade 3, $150,000 turf stakes. But there are several entrants in the 13-horse field who could keep him from a second win in the 1 1/16-mile Tampa Bay.
Doubles Partner, a 6-year-old trained by Todd Pletcher, has made only seven starts in the 23 months since he came on late to win the 2011 Tampa Bay by a neck. His lone win during that time came in the Grade 3 Canadian Turf last March.
In his 2013 debut, Doubles Partner rallied from last over a yielding course to finish second behind the front-running Teaks North in the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Turf as the 1-2 favorite.
Doubles Partner, an earner of close to $600,000, will be shooting for his sixth career turf win Saturday. Chris DeCarlo has been named aboard Doubles Partner, the co-highweight at 124 pounds.
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Several entrants have the credentials to post an upset in the well-matched field, including Hollinger, a 6-year-old from the Roger Attfield barn. Hollinger earned almost $200,000 last season despite not winning in eight starts, seven against graded company. Hollinger enters Saturday's race off a ninth-place finish in the Grade 2 Fort Lauderdale, a race his trainer says was better than it looks on paper.
"He was sitting perfect, just off the pace into the stretch, then had no place to run from the top of the stretch to the wire," said Attfield. "Had he had any racing room through the lane I'm sure we could have been a part of it at the finish.
"For a bit of better luck here and there, he could have well won two or three races last year. We're not the type to make excuses for our horses, but he certainly didn't have the best of luck in several of his races. But then again, that's turf racing."
With rain in the area Thursday, and with more forecast for Friday, the chances of the turf being less than firm for the Tampa Bay are pretty good. Attfield says that could work in Hollinger's favor.
"He'll run over any type ground but he really likes a little give to the going," Attfield said, "so if it's a bit less than firm that'll be just fine with us."
Alley Oop Oop will be going for his third straight win locally. The 5-year-old has now won three of five races since being moved to the turf. According to his trainer, Stanley Gold, the horse has strong turf blood and it just took a while for the organization to move him to the grass.
"We tried to get him on the turf a few times at Calder but it never worked out," Gold said. "He seems to have found himself. He also likes the surroundings at Tampa and does well here."
Tiz Sardonic Joe and Big Blue Kitten, who finished second and third, respectively, in the Fort Lauderdale, and Roman Tiger, who took last year's Tampa Bay Stakes, also deserve a long look in Saturday's feature.
Hello anyone know why Big Blue Kitten scratched?
Roger Attfield needn't make excuses for any of his horses, this guy is a professional race horse trainer. I have seen several of Hollinger's races and his losses were not related to his fitness level what so ever. Given the proper trip this guy is a contender where ever he starts. Never let an Attfield runner go without close inspection, he trains at Payson where it is quite deep so they are usually legged up and ready to roll.


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A burgeoning hacker culture points to promise in Africa. The following is an update to a story that appeared in the July/August issue of Technology Review titled "Ghana's Digital Dilemma." Accra, Ghana—On a Sunday night in July, a light rain is falling on the pot-holed streets of this West African capital city, and Eric Osiakosian is side-stepping rats on his way to the entrance of his preferred hangout, the Java Café on Ring Road, the central drag. He passes up a flight of steps and through a set of glass doors into what looks like a computer graveyard; Old PCs are strewn everywhere, discarded keyboards and hard disks lie in a pile. Hunched near the detritus is Eric's friend, Michael Akoto who, like Eric, is self-taught in the ways of geekhood. By day Michael runs the PC network for a radio station; by night he does the same for the Java Café. He is 24 years old, one year younger than Eric. Neither has studied at a university; they can't afford to and besides, technical education in Ghana, even at the country's premier engineering school in Kumasi, a regional capital, is poor. "A whole course of study in computing might cost me $3,000," Michael says. "Instead, mostly we sit behind the computer and study." Conversation between the two opens with the afternoon's soccer game between Ghana's top two teams, but quickly shifts to a discussion of how best to create a fixed-wireless data network. By using wireless stations linked to a satellite connection, they hope to bypass the moribund government-owned Ghana Telecom. A few minutes later, the principal owner of the Web café, who goes by the name of Prince, joins in the discussion. Ghana Telecom is a joke, he says. "The government would do better to abandon the mess," he says. Fat chance. The government, which was elected 18 months ago on a reform program, has vowed to improve Ghana Telecom by making it the Web backbone for the nation. But the company lacks essential expertise and needs an infusion of cash. The plight of Ghana Telecom—and the reality of lousy telephone service in West Africa—epitomizes the way the so-called digital divide plays out in many of the poorest places on the planet (See "Ghana's Digital Dilemma" TR, July/August, 2002). Despite this difficult environment, a young generation of computer-savvy people is taking root in Accra, a burgeoning class of indigenous African hackers. Listen to the analysis of the African situation by development experts, and these independent, ambitious young men should not even exist in Accra. Yet against great odds, many youths are finding ways to tap into the global computing culture—creating new jobs and identities in the process. A few days before our conversation at the Java café, Eric and I attended a training seminar for Ghanaian journalists in BusyInternet, a clean, airconditioned no-frills office building that doubles as the city's leading Web café and is a magnet for local computer fanatics. Eric's crusade is to persuade local reporters and editors to make better use of computers—and report more on Ghana's infant IT industry. When asked how many of the 40 journalists in attendance wrote their stories on a PC, only about a third raised their hands—just a few more than those who said they used typewriters. Many also mailed their articles to editors (and they didn't mean e-mail). The disclosures were a reminder that Ghana remains a country where "wiring a school" means installing electricity service, not the Internet. Some police stations don't have telephones, let alone computers. The usual cost for a PC—about $1,000—is almost twice the yearly wages of a typical worker. The country lacks a single decent highway link between major cities. More than a third of the food grown in Ghana rots before it reaches markets; partly as a result the country spends a good portion of its cash on imported food, spending $100 million on rice alone.
"We talk about moving into the 21st century, but the truth is that we never mastered the technologies of the 20th century: roads, electricity, the telephone, water and the like," says Kwaku Boadu, who runs a computer networking company in Accra. Boadu, who spoke before me at the training seminar, added that Ghana faced a double burden of having to create the infrastructure of the "old economy" and the "new economy" simultaneously. While the government struggles with bringing computers to the schools and fixing its broken phone company, it must also build roads, expand its water system and increase its sources of electricity. "If we don't start getting things right now, not only won't we live in the 21st century we won't even live in the 20th century," he warned. The truth about Ghana is that its citizens will get a taste of both centuries at the same time. Dan Odamtten, an Accra-based programmer, wrecked his car recently on the road from Accra to the historic city of Cape Coast–a road where the holes are so big that they consume not just tires but entire cars. Bruised and battered from the wreck, he walked away with a serious injury–and more convinced than ever that bad roads, not bad universities, are the real enemies of good software in Ghana. Odamtten hopes for a better future but realizes that Ghana may always be a place "with one foot in the last century and the other in this one." Still, half a loaf is better than none, a point that the media often misses when they highlight the world's digital inequalities. Media depictions of Africa almost always highlight disease, disaster and mayhem, with AIDS, famine and civil wars hogging the print and television coverage in the U.S. and Europe. Yet Accra has made news lately that doesn't fall into the usual stereotypes. When Bono arrived this spring with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, they visited BusyInternet and the offices of ACS, a U.S. company that employs nearly one thousand Ghanaians to enter data from American health care forms for Aetna and other providers. In July, the New York Times published a page one story about how data from New York City traffic tickets was being computerized by Ghanaians working from BusyInternet's second-floor offices. The flurry of positive attention, coupled with the growing awareness of the tech-savvy youth scene, has intoxicated some of Accra's elite. "We are destined for greatness as an information hub," says Ken Ofori-Atta, executive chairman of Databank, a local investment bank and money manager. There would be some justice in Accra's ascent into the ranks of regional IT centers. In the 1950s, in the dying days of European colonialism in Africa, Accra was a storied city where black revolutionaries plotted an independent future. Ghanaian nationalist Kwame Nkrumah gave voice to the yearnings of people of African descent all over the world by arguing in favor Pan-Africanism. Nkrumah, while skillful in global affairs, was an autocrat in Ghana and, fearing domestic enemies, imprisoned and killed his critics. In 1965, he was deposed in a military coup, which ushered in 35 years of turmoil for Ghana, a period something like the long sleep of Stalinism in the former Soviet Union. To Ghanaians, the rest of the 1960s and 70s were a blur of military coups and economic mismanagement. In 1981, Jerry Rawlings, a Ghanaian Air Force officer, seized power for a second time, controlling the government until January 2001. The ghost of Nkrumah still hangs over Ghana. The independence leader never used a computer or divined the Internet, but his Pan-African philosophy suits a world where telecommunications and computing combine to destroy distance. The first beneficiaries of Ghana's improved connectivity are the estimated two million Ghanaians who live outside of the country. Consider the journey of Kwame Bonsu who returned home to live in 1998 after 20 years in the U.S. Bonsu worked two decades for IBM, making him one of just a handful of people in Ghana with international computing experience. His last job was in Atlanta, where he helped public schools put PCs to good use. The experience made him want to do the same in Ghana. He did, computerizing several schools and a village. Recently, Bonsu shifted gears, forming a company with three people in the U.S. in order to provide software and services to large companies that want to out-sourcetheir call centers. Bonsu's company, Rising Data, hasn't yet attracted call centers to Accra, but he employs four programmers to write code that helps to out-source call-center activity. "Our biggest problem is to create challenging jobs for our bright kids," he says of his present and potential employees. "They reach a plateau and then what do they do next? We're trying to broaden their options so that some of their aspirations can be fulfilled in Ghana." Back at the Java Café, on another Sunday night in Accra, Eric Osiakosian is helping me rid my laptop of a computer virus foolishly acquired from a strange disk. The virus is so severe that we leave the computer with his friend Michael Akoto and retreat to a nearby bar, where we hoist a few Star Lagers. Osiakosian is celebrating because he's just been hired to run a program aimed at helping the youth of Ghana learn how to conceive of and launch new technology businesses. The program is supported by professors and African students at MIT. Earlier this year they asked Osiakosian to run an entrepreneurs contest in Accra. Scores of students submitted business plans. Osiakosian plans to hold a second contest and run workshops on forming high-tech businesses. The goal, he says, is to make Accra a place worth living for the nerds of his twenty-something generation. "Many of us have no choice but to make the best of tough situation," Osiakosian says. "We can't all leave for Britain and the U.S. These countries won't take us all. Information technology makes us more aware of what we are missing, but also makes us more able to stand on our own feet. Having bridged the digital divide as best we can, the question now is 'how do we begin to change our world?'"


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