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We've heard of teens running away from home, and even kids far below the driving age who drive cars for some reason or another, but this one takes the cake.
Virginia State Police say a 13-year-old Virginia boy who apparently drove away from his home in a pickup truck with a horse trailer in tow has been found unharmed in Texas.
Sergeant Tom Cunningham says Wyatt E. McLaughlin of Jetersville, Va., was found yesterday afternoon by his parents on a rodeo grounds near Weatherford, Texas. Cunningham says the boy had performed at the rodeo grounds several times before and his parents went there on the chance they might find him.
Cunningham says authorities are still puzzled why the boy ran away Wednesday morning from his Jetersville-area home. He apparently loaded the trailer with the family's two horses and appeared to be equipped with food, extra propane tanks, clothing and his dog.

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Photo Gallery: Organizing Kids' Work & Play Spaces
Tips for corralling clutter.
Make a play area appealing for kids with colour and whimsical wall decals.
Designer Emma Reddington hung a row of her son's shirts in plain view so their checked patterns and colours were incorporated into the decor.
For more design and decorating ideas, browse the Emma Reddington Home Makeover photo gallery, or see a video tour of this house in our Online TV segment.
Create a fun magazine and comic book holder from maps.
Buy two plasticized world maps, sold at most office-supply stores, and cut one map in half (for displaying the halves vertically). Then, cut three squares out of the second map that are large enough to hold a magazine; these become the pockets. Position the pockets over the map halves so they line up perfectly, then machine-sew them in place using a straight stitch. Pin the maps on the wall with a thumbtack in each corner.
Get more decorating inspiration in our Trendy Kids' Bedroom Ideas photo gallery.
This shared bedroom in gender-neutral hues includes clever nooks under the eaves.
Storybooks are stored above the bed instead of on a bulky bookshelf, and built-in drawers and a cupboard maximize storage in an awkward corner. An Eames molded plastic rocker works with Ikea staples to create a playful look.
Felt and metal bins keep toys organized.
Instead of the usual plastic stackable bins or wicker baskets, opt for fun mismatched containers to sort books, toys and stuffed animals. Stroll flea markets or garage sales for vintage pails and buckets that will add character to a kid's play room.
To learn how to craft felt pillows like these, watch our Online TV DIY segment.
For more storage tips, see our Organizing Kids' Play & Work Spaces photo gallery and have a look at these organized family homes.
Wood panelled drawers and cupboards keep toys and clothing out of sight.
The two architects behind Toronto firm Studio Junction designed their home with functionality and the environment in mind. This modern bedroom and playroom for their two preschool-aged children keeps stowed items behind seamless Douglas fir panels. Shelves above the bed display storybooks, and high-up storage cupboards offer a perfect spot for out-of-season clothing. A bold rug adds a fun pop of colour to the sleek space.
See more photos, or take a virtual tour through this award-winning Courtyard House.
For more storage tips, see our Organizing Kids' Play & Work Spaces photo gallery or check out more organized family homes.
Allow for kids' play in a bustling kitchen.
"Young children love to hang out in the kitchen," says Montreal blogger Kim Vallée. "My advice to parents is to incorporate a space where kids can play. Here a Copenhagen designer couple squeezed an inviting play area into their busy kitchen/dining area to meet the needs of their toddler son."
See more of blogger Kim Vallée's favourite spaces in our photo gallery and check out more ideas for organized family homes.
A soft palette and glam accents make a children's room suitable for guests, too.
Benches at the end of each bed accommodate toys and books. A long console stores more than two small night tables would, and the mirrored front visually expands the space.
An old armoire keeps toys hidden yet accessible.
If you don't have a separate playroom, section off an area of the kitchen or dining room for the children. Bright walls, custom artwork, and an antique cabinet make this corner a fun area for the kids to play and store toys.
A functional desk area and bedroom.
Sculptural Pieces Designers Marg Gillespie and Laurie Bildfell chose a shapely mirror and classic Panton chair to contrast the clean-lined desk.
Soft Palette Green walls and bright white furniture keep this room young yet understated.
See more photos of the 2009 Junior League of Toronto showhouse in our gallery.
Wall-mounted David Netto Cub Stacker shelves keep the floor clutter free.
An eclectic mix of patterns from DwellStudio looks cohesive in a pastel palette, and contrasts nicely with the modern Oeuf bed and Nelson pendant light. Pretty baskets corral toys and stuffed animals.
Use baskets to store items under a small desk.
Vintage desks often come without drawers, so coordinate baskets and accents to create an organized and pulled-together look. Wicker lampshades, a stationery organizer and filing box underneath add to the seaside look of this room.
Drawers, desks and curtained cubby holes maximize storage.
Sarah Richardson, host of HGTV's Sarah's House and Sarah's Cottage TV shows, teamed up with the homeowner to design this room over a garage. To make the most of unused space and awkward roof slopes, drawers and closets were custom designed into every nook and cranny. The window seat was fitted with deep storage drawers and flanked by two desks. Large cubby holes hidden by curtains provide a spot to play house or hold puppet shows.
Get Sarah's tips on paint colours, too.
For more storage tips, see our Organizing Kids' Play & Work Spaces photo gallery.
A combination of extra desk storage and tall bookshelves keep this space neat and tidy.
Larger under-desk drawers, instead of the usual set of three, provide extra room under an expansive built-in desk. Painted in a bright green to match the Marimekko Unikko fabric on the wall, the drawers pop against the wallpaper and duvet patterns. Smaller boxes on top of the desk are perfect for school supplies.
For more storage tips, see our Organizing Kids' Play & Work Spaces photo gallery.
Built-in shelving can transition to a home office when kids leave home.
Consider a timeless palette and custom storage in a child's or teen's bedroom so that the room can grow with them. Toy storage can become textbook storage. Include space for stationery, books and a large desktop surface, plus areas for displaying framed photos and tacking up drawings and schedules.
Find more inspiration in our photo galleries of Organizing Kids' Play & Work Spaces and Organized Family Homes.
A painted checkerboard motif, in lieu of pricier wallpaper, is the perfect backdrop for items on display.
For a smaller bedroom or playroom, consider mounting individual shelves instead of storing books, toys and dolls on a large bookcase. Items are still accessible and on display, but the floor is left clear, making the room appear larger than it is.
Task lighting keeps a large desk illuminated.
Customize bookshelves to maximize storage space by stacking one taller one on top of a smaller secondary shelf. (Remember to reinforce bookshelves together with L brackets to prevent toppling.) Add a cork backing to a larger shelf to display calendars and photos.
Learn how to add fabric backing to a basic Ikea shelf in our Stylish DIY Bookshelf video.
For more storage tips, see our Organizing Kids' Play & Work Spaces photo gallery.
Too much furniture and clutter can make a cramped space seem even smaller.
Instead of relying on multiple short bookshelves or cabinets, go vertical. Adding a shelf around the top of the room, for instance, can make a room appear bigger and solve storage problems.
A closet makeover, refurbished chair, and bold colour and pattern enliven a bedroom desk area.
Transform an old closet into a custom study area. Built-in drawers and shelves corral books and keepsakes. White paint and a new zebra-print fabric add a fun touch to an affordable vintage chair.


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Alright. After months of mulling the idea around in my head, getting opinions, and trying to find out ways to go about doing things, I've decided to go ahead and make a discussion topic for Rise of the Rockets. While I'm not sure how much this will actually be used for OOC discussion, my hope is that it will give us a way to bring all of our profiles into one place so that we don't have to check my blog, Blade's blog, Nara's blog, the Wiki, and a ton of other places when we want to look up or update something.
So yeah. Mission statement and whatnot.
Having said that, if you are a player in Rise of the Rockets, or if you plan to join, please post your profiles in this topic--preferably in one post. Spoiler tags for character development and condensation purposes would be nice, but I'm not sure we can actually use them. I'll be maintaining a directory in this post to all profile posts, as well as linking to the Sprite Teasers that I made a couple of weeks back.
Finally, do note that while this is the discussion topic for the RPG, OOC comments/questions/etc. can still be posted in the RPG topic itself. I'm not going to be super picky about where those are placed. Extensive OOC discussions, however, should only occur in here.
Rise of the Rockets Link Directory
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011 - 012 - 013 - 014 - 015 - 016 - 017 - 018 - 019 - 020
021 - 022 - 023 - 024 - 025 - 026 - 027 - 028 - 029 - 030
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Player - Characters
Mr. Peanuts -Jennifer Lorne, Cero, Cassius Faust, Samuel Freeman
KNI - Hex Yutry, Devin DeLong
Konuju - Ryan Sanders, Dack Majors, Ellen Burks, Luke, Madison, Hannah Wright, Shannon Willows
Parugi - Sonja Baron, Kyle Eston, Ethan Worth, Gavin Braner
--NPC Post #1 - TL Leaders (Goldhawk, Blackskull, Bluefalcon, Silvermind), TR Leaders (Sleight, Joker, Bounty, Ace, Buzz, Viper)
--NPC Post #2 - Hojohsin League (John Ford, James Pierce, Madison Hayes, Quincy Adams, Tyler McKinley), Nine
--NPC Post #3 - Decaia Holts/Sloth, Vidinia LeJauso/Envy, Raimundo Rojo/Wrath, Melanie Garven/Lust, Melissa Garven/Greed, Albero DeLargo/Gluttony, Gelar Stolz/Pride
--NPC Post #4 - Meghan Vert, Esen Windred, Skye Hall, Eileen Alaric, Levi Alaric, Jackson Sang
Minun4 - James Arthur, Jamie Arthur, Richard Apollo, Claus Von Diamond.
Nara - Justin Iredsi, Zac Flash, Eric Spiros, Pierce Aderia
JiMing - Aspen Seaton, Olivia Seaton, Dahlia Seaton, Lachina Adaon
Flipz - Adam Zynthic, Amanda Zarth, Ameilia Zann, Alex Zyther
Canis Lupis - Blake Grimpen
BZP Blade - Zach Hikari, Ray Hakuda, Ryan Hikari, Jenny Hakuda, Lucia Zyther, Colette Llyan, Gerald Hikari
Hades - Evan Tierra, Lafoyae Belrose, Klim Prizak, Feral Tierra
The Snark Knight - Abraham Stein
Detranix - Adam/Van Harrison
Constructman - Ralet/Jacob Stark, Vincent Zai, Geoffrey Lannister
The X - Arius "Jacob" Jacobson
Geardirector - Ratchet Gordon
Mega Man: The Blue Bomber - Zac Blazer
Sonyaxe - Jake Harris
Ricardo Mason - Maxilus 'Dandy' Sarukai
This section lists the current achievements of each group. Players may use a max of up to two trainers or Legendary Pokémon or a mix with them on a mission; the exception is that for certain missions that require the use of more Legendary Pokémon (such as the Regigigas mission) players may bring more than two, though only as needed.
Team Liberty
Team Rocket
Team Plasma
John Ford/Hojohsin League
The Ancient Darkrai
Kanto Gym Leaders Recruited
-Forrest (Neutral; rotates the operation of Pewter Gym with his and Brock's other siblings.)
-Lt. Surge
-Erika (Neutral)
-Giovanni (Deceased)
Johto Gym Leaders Recruited
Hoenn Gym Leaders Recruited
-Tate (Deceased)
-Liza (Deceased)
Sinnoh Gym Leaders Recruited
Orange Crew Members Recruited
Frontier Brains Recruited
-Brandon (Not recruited, but friendly to Team Liberty.)
Elite Four Members Recruited
-Flint (Searchers; Deceased)
Other Famous Trainers Recruited
-Red (Team Liberty Executive)
-Leaf Green (Deceased)
-Ethan Gold
-Brendan Ruby (MIA)
-Silver (Double-agent for TL within TR)
-Richie Eston (Team Liberty Executive)
-Ash Ketchum (Deceased)
Legendary Pokémon Recruited
-Articuno (1) (1)
-Zapdos (1) (1)
-Mewtwo (1) (1)
-Mew (1) (2 Neutral, 1 formerly Searchers)
-Thousands of Unown (Not Legendary, but still extremely powerful in large numbers; thousands were formerly controlled by Team Rocket, but have been resealed)
-Raikou (3, 1 Extra-dimensional) (1 Neutral; formerly Searchers)
-Entei (2, 1 Extra-dimensional)
-Suicune (2, 1 Extra-dimensional)
-Lugia (1) (1 Neutral; formerly Searchers)
-Registeel (1) (1 Neutral; formerly Searchers)
-Latias (1) (3)
-Latios (3)
-Deoxys (2) (4; 1 the Alpha-Deoxys, other 3 weaker, single-form individuals)
-Heatran (1) (1)
-Cresselia (1) (1 Neutral; formerly Searchers)
-Manaphy (1)
-Darkrai (1) (1) (1 Neutral; formerly Searchers) (1) (9)
-Genesect (1; Shadow Genesect)
Multiples of Legendary Pokémon
Despite (or because of, as some cases may be) how we are mostly going off of the games and manga, quite a few Legendary Pokémon are going to be treated as multi-member species throughout the game. This system is primarily based off of their Pokédex entries, many of which imply the existence of more than one of the Pokémon in question. These Pokémon are:
-Four of the five Kanto/Johto birds -- Lugia, Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres.
-The three Johto beasts -- Entei, Suicune and Raikou.
-Mewtwo (3)**
-The four Regis.
-Latios & Latias
-Manaphy & Phione
-Victini--NOTE: Victini does not bring instant victory to whoever recruits it. That would break the game.
-Meloetta (9)
-Genesect (5)
All others will be treated as one of a kind Pokémon, due to evidence in their Pokédex entries.
*Celebi's nature as a time traveling Pokémon leaves its status relatively ambiguous. Some people may argue that there have to be multiple ones from different moments in time, while others could simply see it as one that has made its mark at many different times to many different people.
**Due to its nature as a clone, additional Mewtwo could be created separate from these three, but would need a very sturdy case to get approved. As a note--two of the current three come from the anime/official sources; the third was created over the course of RotR.
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Cummings and Goings: New and Departing Profs
Margaret Ackerman has been appointed assistant professor. Her research is in protein engineering, biotherapeutics, vaccine technology, and engineering immune responses. Her Ph.D. is from MIT.
Eric Fossum has been appointed research professor. He previously held positions at Columbia University, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and in industry. His Ph.D. is from Yale.
Michael Gerst has been promoted to research assistant professor. His research is on integrated environmental assessment and modeling of material and energy systems and measuring the sustainability of anthropogenic systems. His Ph.D. is from Yale.
Venkataramanan Krishnaswamy has been promoted to assistant professor. He does research on near-infrared imaging. His Ph.D. is from the University of Alabama.
Jifeng Liu has been appointed assistant professor. His research is on nanophotonics. His Ph.D. is from MIT.
Vicki May has been appointed associate professor. Her research includes inquiry-based learning. Her Ph.D. is from Stanford.
Assistant Professor Petia Vlahovska, on the faculty since 2006, has taken a position as an assistant professor at Brown University. She remains an adjunct professor at Thayer.
Professor Ursula Gibson '76, a nanomaterials specialist, has left Thayer School after 20 years on the faculty to take up an appointment at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She remains an adjunct professor at Thayer.
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The city her husband once governed now owes her $85,000 for ruptured breast implants
With a cellphone in one hand and folders in another, Cynthia Hedgecock said she was walking on a sidewalk in San Diego, California, when her toe got stuck in an uneven part of the sidewalk.
Hedgecock said she tripped and fell chest-first onto the pavement below on July 31, 2015, according to CBS8. At first, she didn't think anything was wrong and continued on to her scheduled appointment as usual, and didn't bring it up to her doctor almost a week later.
But during a follow-up appointment on Aug. 17 that same year, she came to her doctor with complaints of misshapen breasts and chest pain.
It turned out that her breast implants were ruptured, NBC San Diego reported.
So Hedgecock — the wife of former San Diego mayor Roger Hedgecock, who served from 1983 to 1985 — sued the city, arguing that it failed to properly repair the sidewalks and keep them safe.
And on Wednesday, the jury sided with the wife of the ex-mayor, agreeing that the city "behaved with negligence and carelessness" by not fixing the part of the sidewalk that brought Hedgecock tumbling down, according to the San Diego Tribune.
She received $85,000 as a part of the decision, with just under $20,000 to cover medical costs of repairing the implants and another $65,000 for emotional and physical pain.
"They could have fixed this problem, a hazard that they knew about, for $500 to a $1,000," Brett Shcreiber, an attorney for Hedgecock, told Fox5. "So when you fail to invest in infrastructure and people needlessly get hurt, it costs you a lot. That's the message that's been sent by this jury."
Hedgecock said she underwent surgery in Nov. 2015 to remove and replace her implants, and "there was a lot of pain" from those procedures. But Catherine Richardson, the chief deputy city attorney, said in court that there is no proof the fall ruptured Hedgecock's implants.
Attorneys for the city pointed to a pair of MRIs of the implants, one taken in 2012 after Hedgecock fell during a trip in Hawaii and the other taken weeks after the 2015 fall, that they said proved her implants were already ruptured years before the high-profile fall, according to Fox5.
They also argued that no one saw Hedgecock fall, according to NBC, and that there were no photographs to detail the damage Hedgecock said she endured.
Hedgecock told CBS8 she is "beyond pleased" with the ruling.
"It was my intent in filing the case," she told CBS 8, "that the city recognize the consequences and the pain of failing to respond to notice and the dangerous condition."


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Costs by COCOMO
Another useful cost metric is the COCOMO model (short for COnstructive COst MOdel). This metric was first introduced by Barry Boehm in 1981 in his book Software Engineering Economics. It assumes that project growth follows a waterfall model.
The three basic equations of the COCOMO model are shown in Figure 4.
Equation A estimates the minimum amount of effort
Edev needed to develop the project. It uses
SLOC to base its estimate. Equation B estimates the total time
tdev needed to complete the project. This estimate includes time spent on design, development and testing. Note this equation based its estimate on
Edev. Lastly, equation C computes the minimum staff size
Both equations A and B give their results in person-months. Plus, equation A expects
SLOC to be expressed in thousands of lines of effective code.
The empirical constants on equations A and B are the cost factors. Their values vary with respect to the project type. COCOMO recognizes three possible types (Table 1).
The organic project is noted for its small well-skilled team and flexible design specs. Its end products are usually meant for internal use or for demo purposes.
The semi-detached project, however, is the typical commercial project. It undergoes the familiar build phases of alpha, beta, and final. The team itself is usually large and divided into distinct groups (designers, coders, and testers), with members having variable skill levels. Design specs are well-defined, with strong emphasis on user interaction and fault tolerance. On the other hand, those specs are subject to change based on user feedback. End products are always slated for public release.
The embedded project also undergoes the same build phases. Its specs are sharply defined, with restrictions in hardware and software resources. Its team are highly skilled, with some members having specialized skills. End products are also slated for public release. But they are rarely, if ever, upgradable by the users.
Listing Three is an Xcode utility script implementing a basic COCOMO metric. Here again, the script gets the active project file as input. It uses the same
isProject() routine to work out the project directory (lines 68-72). Then the script collects those files with a
'.m' and
'.h' suffix (lines 75-85). And it uses the
getELOC() routine to tally the effective lines of each file (lines 88-90) into the variable
Next, the script sets the cost factors for an organic project. It divides the
tSiz value by 1000, and calculates the project's effort, time and staff size. Finally, it prints the metric results to the user (lines 94-110).
Listing Three
#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # import the following module import os, sys import string import math # Count the number of effective source lines def getELOC(aPth): # open an input stream tInp = open(aPth, 'r') # create the parse buffer try: tBuf = tInp.readlines() finally: tInp.close() # start parsing the buffer tLOC = 0 tBgn = False for tLin in tBuf: # filter out whitespaces tTst = tLin.strip() tLen = len(tTst) if (tLen > 0): # filter out inline comments tMrk = tTst.find("//", 0) if (tMrk != 0): tMrk = tTst.find("/*", 0) tMrk = tMrk + tTst.find("*/", 0) if (tMrk <= 0): # filter out import statements tMrk = tTst.find("#import", 0) if (tMrk != 0): # filter out block comments if (tBgn): # check for a closing token tMrk = tTst.find("*/", 0) tBgn = (tMrk == -1) else: # check for an opening token tMrk = tTst.find("/*", 0) tBgn = (tMrk >= 0) if (not tBgn): tLOC += 1 # return the count results return (tLOC) # Is this the main project directory? def isProject(aPth): # get a list of files tLst = os.listdir(aPth) # parse the list tChk = False for tNom in tLst: tChk = tChk or (tNom.find(".xcodeproj") > 0) # return the check result return (tChk) # MAIN SCRIPT BODY # locate the project directory tPrj = '%%%{PBXFilePath}%%%' tChk = False while not(tChk): tPrj = os.path.dirname(tPrj) tChk = isProject(tPrj) # parse the project directory tSrc = [] for tRef, tDir, tLst in os.walk(tPrj): # parse the project files for tNom in tLst: tExt = string.split(tNom, ".") if (len(tExt) > 1): tExt = tExt[1] tChk = (tExt == "m") or (tExt == "h") if (tChk): tPth = os.path.join(tRef, tNom) tSrc.append(tPth) # calculate the project size tSiz = 0 for tPth in tSrc: tSiz += getELOC(tPth) # estimate the project costs # -- COCOMO:empirical constants:organic kA = 2.4 kB = 1.05 kC = 2.5 kD = 0.38 # -- COCOMO:development:effort tSiz /= 1000.0 tTe = kA * (tSiz ** kB) print "Estimated development effort: %.3f months" % tTe # -- COCOMO:development:time tTd = kC * (tTe ** kD) print "Estimated development time: %.3f months" % tTd # -- COCOMO:development:staff:size tNd = math.ceil(tTe / tTd) print "Estimated staff size: %.3f units" % tNd
Rating a Cocoa Project
Now let us these two cost metrics to analyze two Xcode projects. One project compiles into a Cocoa binary, the other into an iOS binary. Both perform the same service, which is to convert a temperature reading from one unit to another. Both do not save data to a file, nor do they spawn any network tasks.
Our first project, "TemperatureConverter," consists of four ObjC source files, four header files, and several support files. It has a single XIB bundle, which defines the main window and its eight interface widgets. It has an
eLOC of 155 lines.
The project is an example of an organic project. It is meant as a teaching tool to showcase basic Cocoa concepts to new developers. Though it is available publicly, it is not meant for commercial use. A copy of the project is available from the Apple website.
Table 2 shows how the Putnam script rates the project. Here, the metric uses three values for
tproj: 3 months (0.25 years), 6 months (0.5 years) and 12 months (1 year). So for a time-to-market of 6 months, the project may need a total effort of 0.186 years (about 68 days) to complete. Developing it may take about 0.073 years (27 days).
Note how the amount of effort decreases with each increase in tproj. From 3 to 6 months, effort decreases by 93.74%. From 6 to 12 months, it decreases by 93.55%. Note also that a
tproj of 3 months requires the most effort, almost 12 times more than the scheduled time. Difficulty is also quite high for that chosen time. This suggests that a time-to-market of 3 months is unrealistic.
Table 3 shows how the COCOMO script rates the same project. It shows that our organic project may take 0.339 months (about 10 days) to develop. The whole project may take 1.657 months (about 50 days) to complete, but it could be handled by a single person.
Bear in mind, of course, that these are estimates. They must be weighed against other factors like employee health, user feedback, tool stability, and so on.
Rating an iOS Project
The second project, also called "TemperatureConverter," has seven source files and six header files, plus the usual support files. It uses two XIB bundles to hold its user interfaces. But unlike its Cocoa sibling, this project updates the interface dynamically by code. The whole project has an
eLOC of 227 lines.
The project is another example of an organic project. It too is meant as a teaching tool, to introduce new developers to the iOS framework. Its built binary is not intended for commercial use. A copy of this project is available from the AppsAMuck website.
Table 4 shows how the Putnam script rates this project. Here, too, there are three possible values of
tproj. Both effort and difficulty decreases with each increase in
tproj. Again, a
tproj of 3 months seems unrealistic as it gave the worst estimates for effort and difficulty.
Now consider the
tproj of 6 months and compare its estimates with those for the Cocoa project. We find that the iOS project may take more effort to complete. In this case, the project needs at least 0.584 years (213 days), the Cocoa project only 0.186 years. This suggests that an iOS project is perhaps more difficult, at least 200% more in this case.
Next, Table 5 shows how the COCOMO script rates our iOS project. Here, we see that developing the project takes about 0.506 months (15 days). Completing it may take 1.930 months (59 days). Again, the project could be managed by one person. We also find that an iOS project uses more effort and more time than its Cocoa sibling.
With cost metrics, we can estimate the time needed to complete a software project. We can find out how much time is spent on actual development and how many people are needed for the project. We can compare two projects of similar features in terms of difficulty.
This article explained how to implement two cost metrics as Xcode utility scripts. It showed how those scripts work against two types of Xcode projects. Again, readers are welcome to adapt these scripts for larger, more complex projects.
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Randall W. Jensen, Lawrence H. Putnam Sr, William Roetzheim. Software Estimation Models: Three Viewpoints [PDF]. Software Engineering Technology.
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Since 2007, these suspected gang members allegedly demanded "rent" ranging from $30 to $100 per week to vendors in order to operate trucks in the area, threatening against victims' lives and their families. They also demanded free food, according to the indictments.
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Air traffic management: Commission approves national plans to reduce costs and increase capacity but asks for further efforts
The European Commission has written to Member States concerning the performance plans to improve air traffic management under the period 2012-2014 of the Single European Sky Performance Scheme. The scheme is expected to save billions of Euros to the benefit of airspace users and passengers in these three years. The Commission today announced that the plans are accepted as broadly in line with legally established European Union-wide targets, however the Commission also adopted recommendations to Member States for further improvements.
Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for transport said "The Performance Scheme is the cornerstone of the Single European Sky. Air travellers should benefit from a more punctual, greener and more cost-efficient service. Now is the time to move from planning to delivering. The Commission will monitor performance closely to ensure these Member States' plans are delivered."
It has been estimated that during the three-year period 2012-2014, airspace users will pay around EUR 19 billion on air navigation charges. Depending on the type of airline, these charges represent between 6% and 10% of the airline's operating costs. These are significant costs that are ultimately borne by passengers.
The Performance Scheme of the Single European Sky aims at setting and implementing binding targets for Member States to deliver better air navigation services, leading to cheaper flights, less delays, and the saving of unnecessary costs for airlines and passengers. In addition, the environmental impact of air traffic will be reduced due to more efficient and shorter flight paths.
Key outcomes expected from the Performance Scheme over the period 2012-2014 include:
The contribution from different Member States to the targets varies substantially:
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The Performance Scheme covers four performance areas: costs efficiency, safety, capacity and environmental impact. For the period 2012-2014 European Union-wide targets have been set for all except safety. These targets are:
Member States were required to set national targets for cost efficiency and capacity which are consistent with the European Union-wide targets. The Network Manager is responsible for delivering the environmental target to achieve a carbon-neutral growth of traffic. Regarding safety, the scheme aims to ensure that safety levels remain at least at the levels required by the EASA-defined rules and regulations which are monitored by the Commission assisted by the independent Performance Review Body. Dedicated safety performance indicators are being developed for implementation as from 2015 and are a major priority as the Performance Scheme moves forward.
The Performance Scheme covers all 27 EU Member States, plus Norway and Switzerland.
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The period 2012-2014 is the starting point, but far more needs to be done by Member States in the future to address the key goal of Single European Sky which is to provide cost efficient, safe and sustainable air traffic management. Some Member States have made greater efforts than others to bring their plans into line with the European Union-wide targets. The Commission will take account of the overall effort made by these Member States when setting up future targets. Member States who should have delivered more in the first reference period (2012-2014) are expected to do so in the second reference period (2015-2019).
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Greenhouse-gas emissions, chemical regulations, labeling and reporting standards, and sustainability are among the issues that will have an impact on our industry in 2009. This overview discusses how these areas of concern will affect specialty printing companies.
With a new administration, the specialty graphics industry will face new challenges over the next four years. At this point in time, all attention is focused on the current economic situation. However, do not take this to mean that all other issues are off the table. Key indications in both the US Congress, as well as states, highlight greenhouse-gas emissions, chemical legislation and regulation, implementation of the Global Harmonization Standard, and possible reemergence of an ergonomics regulation as topics to watch in 2009.
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July 2008 saw the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issuing an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking that offers options for the regulation of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Because this emerging issue is most associated with mobile sources of emission, many industrial facilities have not paid enough attention to it. In April 2007, the US Supreme Court concluded that GHGs meet the Clean Air Act (CAA) definition of an air pollutant. Therefore, EPA concluded that they had the authority under the CAA to regulate GHGs subject to the endangerment test for new motor vehicles—an Agency determination that GHG emissions from new motor vehicles cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
A decision to regulate GHG emissions for motor vehicles impacts whether other sources of GHG emissions would need to be regulated as well, including establishing permitting requirements for stationary sources of air pollutants. In the US, energy-related activities account for three quarters of our human-generated greenhouse-gas emissions, mostly in the form of carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. More than half the energy-related emissions come from large stationary sources such as power plants, while about a third comes from transportation. Industrial processes (such as the production of cement, steel, and aluminum), agriculture, forestry, other land use, and waste management are also sources of greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States.
GHGs include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide a number of fluorinated gases, and water vapor. The control of GHGs falls under the US Climate Policy, enacted to address climate change. The policy has three basic components: slowing the growth of GHG emissions; strengthening science, technology, and institutions; and enhancing international cooperation. The release of the rulemaking in July 2008 discussed avenues to decrease GHG emissions in the United States.
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A 29-year-old Sioux Falls man has told police he was robbed at knifepoint early Thursday as he walked in the area of West 11th Street and South Covell Avenue.
Information Officer Sam Clemens says the man told police he was walking between midnight and 2am near the railroad tracks on 11th when he met two men and one woman coming from the other direction.
The man says the woman kept walking, but the two men ran up, tackled him and yelled at him to give them his money and his cellphone.
One man who had a knife sat on the victim and cut him on the neck, while the other kicked the victim but stopped and went through his pockets.
He took the man's cash and the two robbers left.
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My analysis of the final scene of the Sopranos, thus the entire show itself, and how it relates to Buddhism, quantum physics, all in a nutshell, or should I say bell?
Even though we have probably done this a million times, for my own sake maybe but if not for the enjoyment and expansion of others already amazing analysis and explanations. I pay respect and homage to all the work and observations others have made. This is my own attempt to analyze this last scene, but in doing so, it opens up the can of worms that is the entire show itself, as I will try to show, and as undoubtedly others have shown already here before. Im not trying to claim anything new is being discovered, just adding my own final synthesis of ideas after this most recent rewatch of the entire show. This final scene has a very religious Last Supper feeling even though Chase and Co initially tried to say that there wasn't any deep meaning, but we know there really is, he's just being humble about it and allowing the mystery to exist, which is the mark of a good artist. I have now a theory that i have yet to test though. I have this theory that from maybe as early as season 5 that Tony already died and or is dreaming a majority of the stuff we see. I have yet to test it, but for some reason the final scene alludes to this for me. I definitely think there is more to the peyote sequence than I had originally noticed. It kind of made me aware that maybe more scenes were dreams than I noticed. One thing I did notice and its dramatically different. The first 4 seasons were definitely filmed using a different technique because the last 2\3 seasons were filmed in a very dream like veneer, almost David Lynch like. I also think that Chase deliberately filmed the last scene packed with so much in it because of the DVD age we are in that allows us to comb over every little detail we see in movies. The DVD era has been a theme even discussed in dialogue on the show. Anyway, without further ado, please"Bear with me."....
First, one thing to mention before we begin. In season six we see the emphasis of "bells" sprinkled throughout. Since we know that this show has a sort of Buddhist subtext as well, its safe to say that it has the buddhist meaning of bells infused into it. Bells are used in buddhism not only for meditation but to signify or bring about change in conciousness, or energy, similar to the guy who works at BELL(!!!) labs tells Tony.
Getting the drift here? ok Good but in case not heres more. For example, the song about "all the chapel bells were ringing" played earlier, the boat dock in "Soprano home movies" rang almost exactly the same tone as the one as the door in the diner, a bell rang as Paulie hit the young Barone guy in the knee, a bell rang as Tony was first wheeled out of the hospital etc. So its no mistake that in the diner there is a "bell" that rings each time some one walks in. The bell in other scenes has been connected to significant events that were happening in the plot lines. We will be revisiting this significance throughout this analysis. As Tony walks into a diner the song lyric "All that you dream" is heard clearly as you see Two Tonys, him and his reflection on the door.
He then sits in a booth that behind him has huge "varsity style athletes" and a New Jersey High School building, just like the one the coach is in the basement of in "test dream". State Champions 1973 is seen. 1973 evoking the time period Tony would've been struggling to be a "varsity athlete". This is not a random placement as has been discussed. ITs purpose is obviously to evoke the whole coach\varsity athlete thing. Also how when he walks in the strange camera sequence where Tony is looking at himself. Its obvious that Chase is attempting to do at least this with that one particular sequence. Place Tony in the room in relationship to where MOJ (members only jacket) guy eventually goes to the bathroom as to orient him in the location where the blind spot would be, much like the way we see Phil get clipped, from the same direction, a blind spot on the camera. Tony sits at the Booth by himself, not his favorite thing to be as we have seen on the show. He predictably starts to get bored and flips though the old style personal jukeboxes at the table. The song lists that ensue are like a virtual goldmine of words that resonate to storyline plotlessness through out the show. We hear the lyric played very clearly over the scene as he looks at the song list "Into your life.." and thats exactly what the song list does. It takes us on a metaphorical look into HIS life.
The first song of not thats visible is not one song but two songs together one above the other forming the statement "Somewhere in the night" and "My baby drives a Buick". This being resonating with the cars that we see gangsters driving in the old days, buick style cars. And we know what those cars do "somewhere in the night" if you know what Im saying... The next pairing of songs making a phrase we see is "Those were the days" with "Turn Turn Turn" making another interesting statement . As if to say this final scene is the Turn Turn Turn of the page. Then we see the next pairing of words statement "Only the strong survive" with "Because I love you." Which resonates to how Tony only survives really because of Carmela and Meadows love for him, metaphorically and literally in some cases as we have been shown earlier in this season especially. But ironically right below that we see one last visible song title showing a the sense of humor of the whole show "victim of love" is the only other visible song. The next songfest pairings we see as Tony "Turns Turns Turns"i s "Ive gotta be me" with "A Lonely Place" as if to say Tony's constant need to just "be me" has finally left him as usual, in "a Lonely place" at the end of his life. The next songs we see paired together are "This magic moment" with "Since I don't have you".
The first song being one that was used to end "sopranos home movies" as Baccala comes home after clipping the guy in Canada. Evoking that idea of "this magic moment" being death but also life. But the pairing of that with "Since I don't have you" makes you think of the loss his family will experience after "this magic moment". The next song pairing we see is "crystal blue persuasion" with and interesting "I'm Alive" song title. This evokes to me the image of neon lights of blue that are always in places of persuasion for Tony. The second title being a poke at the death\life idea of whether we the audience will see this as him dying or living. The last visible title is again solo saying "June night" resonating of course with "uncle june" as he was so often called. The next shot is a waitress getting the order of the table behind Tony, its the same waitress who is later walking behind Tony as Meadow rushes into the diner. The next shot is in the kitchen where we see guys flipping burgers. We return back to Tony flipping through he songs. This time the camera goes in close as if to let us know the titles of the songs ARE significant indeed in case there was any doubt.
BELL RINGS Second time
A young "Janice" look alike walks in right as he flips through the songs "who you gonna run to" and "magic man" by HEART fitting right into the last conversation he had with her. About "I need to find another" magic man to run to. Tony then flips the song and we see the song titles "Magic man (live)" "Don't stop believing." "Anyway you want it." So picking that apart, first we have the words "magic man" appearing again but this time the word (live) is more visible. Maybe meaning the "magic man" is the one that lives on after you? "don't stop believing" of course is the song he eventually ends up choosing. "Any way you want it." could mean two things. Us the audience can have it "any way you want it" OR it resonates to Tonys need to always have it anyway HE "wants it". Next, just in case we missed it, the camera once again zooms in on song titles "Rock it Billy" "I've Gotta be me" and "A Lonely Place" as if to further drive the symbolism of the titles home in the viewer. Camera turns back onto Tony looking up towards the doors as the,
BELL RINGS Third time
Man walks in wearing a outfit resonating with the Scantino bustout. Outdoor gear and a "USA" hat, all kind of reminiscent of the goods they plundered towards the end of that era of the show way back when. Tony doesn't see him as any threat as he goes ahead and puts the money in the jukebox to select the song "Don't stop believing." As the song starts
BELL RINGS fourth time
Stopping right here for a moment to explain that we now will switch to pairing the actual lyrics of this song to the images to actual themes throughout the show itself. This is important, and was done previously in the very initial scene that starts Season 6 with the William Burroughs songs about the souls. This last scene is done in a very similar way albeit in a much quicker pace.
In walks Carmela. She sees Tony and smiling at him, walks towards the booth. Tony looks relieved yet stressed, like he's trying to hide how stressed he really is from Carmela. A theme throughout once again. The camera goes to the young couple in the booth, who resemble a younger version of Carmela and Tony in their high school days.
We then see a table with what appears to be 3 Cub scouts.
Cub being a resonator back to the whole "Bear" idea. The "cub" leader has a slight resemblance to Phil. We hear the first lyric of the song "just a small town girl" as Carmela takes her coat off. We've gotten the feeling a few times through out the show that Carmela was indeed more of a "small town girl" so the lyric is perfect. Tony greet her with a tense "Hey." which gets a tense "Hey." in response. She smiles but it appears strained as the lyric "Living in a lonely world" is heard. This is so true for Carmela, she has surely been one of the loneliest characters in the entire show. She lets out a deep sigh as if in duress as the camera turns to Tony. The lyric "He took the midnight train going anywhere." is heard as he sighs in response as if they are both acknowledging the tension.
She picks up her menu looking it over as if to pretend theirs not " a five hundred ton elephant hanging over them".Camera turns back to Tony as the lyric "Just a city boy." Carmela says "What looks good tonight?" as if subconsciously admitting how everything else looks so bad in comparison. She shifts nervously in her booth, noticeably, as if on edge more than usual. Camera turns back onto Tony saying "Eh, I don't know." acting apathetic and distracted. Even though they are in a Burger joint with a very limited menu. So this a deliberate reenactment of many of previous conversations throughout the show between Tony and Carmela. This is a encapsulation if you will, of their whole dilemma. Tonys always distracted, Carmelas always asking questions that never get answered. Tony sniffs too, as a further dismissal of the tension. A tick almost he has had through out the show in moments like this. Tony asks her "Wheres Gagootz?" as the camera shows them both looking over the menu. Carmela answers "He just called, he's on his way." Tony nods as Camela then adds "Meds coming separately because she had to go to the Dr. Switch birth control." This makes Tony look visibly more uncomfortable to hear as he puts his tongue into his cheek looking down. Next it cuts to the USA hat guy seated getting his coffee with 3 creamers.
We see he's reading a paper, or maybe just pretending to, like Carmela and Tony pretending to read the menu. He pours sugar into the coffee. The camera returns to Tony and Carmela still looking at the menus. Carmela looks up and asks, "Did you talk to Mink again?" Mink being the attorney but almost feels like a wink back to her mink coat as well. As she asks Tony the question, her heavy breathing clearly shows she is very stressed out. Tony, feeling stressed replies sadly, "its Carlo. He's gonna testify." We see the fear in Carmelas eyes ever present and potent. She slightly shakes her head in disapproval. The lyric captures the frustration they feel as it sings "It goes on and on and on and on"
BELL RINGS Fifth time
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MILTON, Mass. – A three-run bottom of the ninth would give Curry College a 4-3 walk-off victory over baseball Monday afternoon at D. Forbes Will Field in a non-conference contest. The host Colonels would record three hits in the bottom of the ninth and would score their game-winning run on a hit batter to edge the Beacons.
Monday's loss marks the second straight for the Beacons after earning a conference split on Saturday. The Beacons fell to 13-15, while Curry improved to 8-22 overall.
Trailing 3-1 in the ninth, the Colonels led off the inning with a double to left field. After a fielder's choice to get their first out of the inning the Beacons went to the bullpen for the second time. Curry then cut the Beacons lead to one on an RBI double from Alex McLean. UMass would get their second out on a strikeout still leading by one with the tying run on second.
Tim Lathrop would then tie the game at 3-3 on a pinch hit single to right field. The Colonels would then load the bases on a walk and hit batter. The deciding run would come when Philip Perez was hit by senior righty Matt Dziok (Southampton, Mass.) who was the second pitcher out of the Beacons bullpen.
Dziok was handed the loss for the Beacons after going 1/3 inning in which he allowed the two runs, both earned, on two hits. Will Barrack (Lancaster, Va.) earned the no decision as the senior righty went the first eight complete and allowed the two runs, one earned, on eight hits. The Virginia native also had four strikeouts.
Mark Rebello picked-up his second win of the year after not allowing a hit in the top of the ninth, while also picking-up one K. McLean led Curry as he went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Curry finished with 10 hits to earn the non-conference victory.
For the Beacons, Jose Pena (Boston, Mass.) recorded his second home run in the last three games as the senior sent 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. The Beacons bats struggled to get hot as they were held to just five hits in the loss.
Baseball returns to action tomorrow when they travel to the University of Southern Maine for a 3:30 p.m. Little East Conference game. Curry College will travel to Brandeis University tomorrow afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 3 pm.


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The Prime Minister is the head of the UK Government and is ultimately responsible for the policy and decisions of the Government.
As head of the UK Government the Prime Minister also oversees the operation of the Civil Service and government agencies, appoints members of the Cabinet, and is the principal government figure in the House of Commons.
The new Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, came to office after the General Election held on 6 May 2010.
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On a few occasions over the past 100 years, various Cabinet Ministers have held the title of Deputy Prime Minister. The first Deputy Prime Minister was Clement Attlee who held the title from 1942 to 1945.
Winston Churchill appointed Attlee during the Second World War to relieve himself of domestic matters. Other holders have included R A (Rab) Butler from 1962 to 1963, William (Lord) Whitelaw from 1979 to 1988, and Michael Heseltine from 1995 to 1997.
The responsibilities of Deputy Prime Ministers have varied over the years. Rab Butler, for example,was Minister in charge of the Central African Office and Michael Heseltine was responsible for the Cabinet Office.
The present Deputy Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg MP, was appointed May 2010, with special responsibility for political and constitutional reform.
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The Cabinet is the committee at the centre of the British political system and is the supreme decision-making body in government.
Every Tuesday during Parliament, Secretaries of State from all departments and some other ministers meet in the Cabinet room in Downing Street to discuss the big issues of the day. Meetings are currently attended by 22 paid ministers and one unpaid minister appointed to Cabinet, and six other invited ministers and peers.
Government Cabinets have met in the same room since 1856, when it was called the Council Chamber.
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In Memoriam: Franz Langhammer (1925 - 2013)
Emeritus Professor of German Franz Langhammer, died at his Salem home on February 18, 2013, after an extended illness.
Professor Langhammer devoted his life to a long, effective teaching career, beginning as a teaching assistant at Northwestern (1950-52) followed by an instructor appointment (1955-56) in German and French at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He next served as assistant professor at the University of Oregon (1956-1960), which led to participating with the original faculty of Portland State's Deutsche Sommerschule Am Pazifik in 1957, an academic connection that he maintained for a half century.
In 1960, Dr. Langhammer joined PSU's Department of Foreign Languages as an assistant professor and during the ensuing decades he carried out a distinguished career as a scholar devoted to German language and culture. He was especially devoted to teaching 19th century Germany poetry. The energetic, intellectually-encouraging climate that he fostered in highly popular classes at all levels attracted large enrollments. His course offerings contributed significantly to generating interest in language and area studies on campus and in study-abroad programs as the University strengthened its international curricular dimension during the decades after 1960.
At the 1984 opening of the Deutsche Sommerschule, the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany awarded Professor Langhammer the Verdienstkreutz (service cross), that nation's highest civilian honor, in recognition of his life-long work promoting German language instruction and culture. His exemplary career reflected highly favorably on the University and we owe him a debt of gratitude for his devotion to our academic mission.
Professor Langhammer was born January 19, 1925, in Emden, Germany, and attended public schools until his late teenage years when he was conscripted for military service. Near the end of World War II he underwent Luftwaffe pilot training prior to his capture by the United States Army in May 1945, at the Elbe River. His first experience with the United States began while he was a prisoner of war.
West Germany's post-war reconstruction environment posed severe obstacles to furthering higher education. Even so, Professor Langhammer earned a Diploma at Aachen's Deutsche Journalistenschule (German Journalism School) in 1947, before going on to university studies at institutions in Hamburg (1947-49) and Zurich in Switzerland (1949-50). After admission to graduate studies with scholarship support (1950) at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, he completed an MA (1952) in speech and a PhD (1956) in German literature. In 1954-55 he pursued additional graduate studies at the University of Paris.
In 1962, Professor Langhammer married Sandra Dolores Wheeler, who graduated from PSU and carried out graduate studies at the University of Oregon. They divorced in 1973. Their son, Marc, and grandchildren, Hannah, Kai, and Ren survive him, as does his brother, Egon who lives in Marengo, Illinois. His daughter, Monica, predeceased him.
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Bringing the street into the lab
As the leading international OEM of vehicle air conditioning and engine cooling systems, we not only invest in research and development of our own products, but also provide our customers with comprehensive development services.
Our climatic wind tunnels in Stuttgart/Germany and Troy, Michigan/USA as well as our cooling wind tunnel in Stuttgart provide realistic conditions for measurement and testing without elaborate road testing. They provide a reliable basis for a smooth technology transfer, quality management, cost reduction, and time savings—all in the interest of our customers.
Since 1936, we have been employing wind tunnels in the development of thermal management solutions for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and off-highway applications. In the year 2000, an entirely new climatic wind tunnel was added in Stuttgart-Feuerbach, setting new standards. This was followed in 2004 by the even more powerful Troy wind tunnel in the Troy Tech Center in Michigan.
Each MAHLE climatic wind tunnel is designed to allow unproblematic testing for a wide range of applications and a large number of measurements to be performed reproducibly.
- Automobile manufacturers/suppliers
- Commercial vehicle manufacturers/suppliers
- Agricultural machinery
- Outdoor work machinery and equipment (chain saws, ticket machines, etc.)
- Insurances
- TÜV/Dekra
- Defense industry
- Climate control systems, heaters
- Weather stations
- Wind/solar energy, power generation
- Sports equipment and accessories
- Cooling/heating insulation
- Chemical industry (paints, varnishes, etc.)
- Comparison of air conditioners
- Testing and evaluation of components in cooling and heating circulation
- Design and testing of engine cooling components
- Tuning of climate control systems
- Testing of channel and nozzle concepts
- Evaluation of thermal comfort within the vehicle (e.g., using the MARCO thermal dummy)
- Acceptance measurements by local approval authorities
- Cooling curves to meet any specification
- Heating measurements to meet any specification
- Filling optimization in the cooling circuit
- Stability and acoustic testing in the cooling circuit
- Fuel consumption measurements in driving cycles such as MVEG and SC03, using a driving robot
- Defrost and demist measurements, such as to ECE or FMVSS standards (acceptance measurements)
- Climate control tests
- Evaluation of interior acoustics
Vehicle preparation
|3 x equipment box, passenger cars
|1 x equipment box, trucks
|Platform lift
|Vehicle pit
|Tool cart
|Exhaust gas extraction
|Air conditioning service unit
|ID card required for access
There is also a mobile device for measuring air volumes, and the vehicles can be filled with fuel in stationary or mobile mode.
Vehicle equipment
- Equipped with stationary measurement technology (NEFF)
- Equipped with mobile measurement technology (CSM modules)
- Vehicle equipped with measurement points for temperature, pressure, volume flow, humidity, and engine speed
- Leak testing of the AC circuit using nitrogen
- Air volume measurement
The MAHLE climatic wind tunnels stand out due to their versatility as well as their broadly adjustable system parameters such as chamber size, wind speed, temperature, humidity, solarium intensity, roller brake performance, and acoustics.
- Open measurement section for passenger cars, vans, delivery vans, and commercial vehicles
- All drive types (two rollers for front, rear, and all-wheel drive)
- Chassis dynamometer with adjustable axes
- Adjustable nozzle for different vehicle types
- Solarium with solar altitude simulation and full sunlight spectrum
- Precooling chamber for passenger cars and vans
- Tunnel design for acoustic measurements in the vehicle cabin
Driving programs
- Simulation of test drives
- Precise reproducibility using a driving robot for passenger car, van, and delivery van measurements
- ECE (fuel consumption, thermal management)
- NEDC and Artemis
Environmental conditions
Recreating daily drives (solar altitude, atmosphere)
|CWT Stuttgart
|TWT Troy
|Max. vehicle dimensions
|10.0 x 2.65 x 5.0 m (L x W x H)
|11,0 x 3,0 x 4.3 m (L x W x H)
|Max. wind speed
|Passenger cars: 130 km/h for 6 sqm nozzle surface area
Van/delivery van: 110 km/h for 8 sqm nozzle surface area
Trucks: 90 km/h for 10 sqm nozzle surface area
Passenger cars: 200 km/h for 6 sqm nozzle surface area
|Temperature range
|–30 to +50°C
(cool-down time <180 min from +50 to –30°C)
|–30 to +50°C
(cool-down time <180 min from +50 to –30°C)
|Humidity range
|5 to 95% rel. humidity
|5 to 95% rel. humidity
|680 to 1,200 W/sqm intensity
|350 to 1,200 W/sqm intensity
|Max. braking power, chassis dynamometer
|150 kW/axle from 30 km/h
|300 kW/axle from 35 km/h
|Max. drive power
|>100 kW
|>250 kW from 35 km/h
|Max. speed deviation
|Background noise
|<70 dB(A) at 50 km/h
|<65 dB(A) at 50 km/h
Preconditioning chamber
|CWT Stuttgart
|TWT Troy
|Max. vehicle dimensions
|4.9 x 3.3 x 2.2 m (L x W x H)
|8.0 x 4.5 x 3.5 m (L x W x H)
|Temperature range
|–40 to +50°C
|–40 to +50°C
|Not controllable
|Not controllable
We are a member of CAWA (Climatic Automotive Windtunnel Association), the coalition of European wind tunnel operators.


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Clemson is chasing college football's ultimate prize this postseason, but more overarching ACC history hinges on Florida State and North Carolina.
If the Seminoles and Tar Heels win their bowls , the ACC will finish the season with three top-10 teams for the first time.
Three, or even more, teams from the same conference in the final Associated Press top 10 is hardly unusual. Indeed, courtesy of league expansion throughout the Bowl Subdivision – the Big Ten has 14 teams, after all -- it's happened 16 times in the last 15 years.
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The new Grand Theft Auto V trailer seems to have gone over pretty well. Fans are happy. Very happy. They're reciting a favorite line from it on Twitter. They're commenting with great passion on the YouTube page for the Stevie Wonder song that was used in the trailer ("GTA V BROUGHT ME HERE SO SUCK MY BALLZ I DON'T CARE").
The trailer has attracted about 1500 comments on Rockstar's own site. The people commenting there are pumped. Take "VProcurado", who writes: "THAT WAS AWESOME! WHERE CAN I PRE-ORDER THE NEXT TRAILER???" ("inFamous_DJT" sets V straight: "You can't pre-order a trailer").
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June 6, 2012, is World IPv6 Launch Day, when several leading Internet sites and services are permanently enabling access via the Internet's latest addressing format, Internet Protocol version 6, or IPv6. Comcast, Yahoo, Microsoft Bing, Facebook, Google and many others are all on board, along with gear makers like Cisco and D-Link. If everything works out — and, likely, most everything will — these services will represent the forefront of the next phase of the Internet. Eventually, everything connected to the Internet will be using new-style IPv6 addresses.
This doesn't mean Facebook, Google, Yahoo and other sites will suddenly disappear today if you aren't using IPv6. In fact, if everything goes well you shouldn't notice any change at all. But IPv6 is not backwards compatible with the Internet's current addressing scheme, IPv4, and, eventually, you will have to use it, like it or not.
What IP addresses do
Right now, essentially every machine connected to the global Internet communicates with other systems using Internet Protocol version 4, or IPv4. These IPv4 connections happen at a much lower level than, say, connecting to a website or logging in to an online game: IP connections are the building blocks on which all other Internet connectivity is based. In a nutshell, when you connect to a website or upload your latest photo, Internet Protocol is responsible for breaking that data up into pieces, putting an address label on every piece, and sending them along towards their destination. While the data is en route to or from you, a number of different systems — gateways, proxies, routers, and more — look at the address information on each of those packets, and forward the data to the next hop on a chain that will (eventually) lead to the correct destination.
If it everything goes well, all those intervening systems are transparent. Systems can behave as if there is a direct connection between them, when in fact there could be a large number of intervening routers and systems. Those IP address labels are a critical part of how this communications works.
Where did the old system come from?
The current IPv4 system was created by Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf — seen at right and widely known as the "Father of the Internet." The scheme was first presented to the technology community back in 1973. Computers all operate in terms of bits and bytes — those infamous ones and zeroes that movie and television producers love to wash across their visuals in order to convey a notion of technical wizardry. Bits can have just two values, and processors and memory tend to prefer to deal with bits in chunks that can be represented as powers of two and that are evenly divisible by eight (or better still, multiples of eight — most mainstream computer CPUs these days are 64-bit). So, when Kahn and Cerf proposed the first version of Internet protocol, they proposed a 32-bit field for system addresses.
At the time — the early 1970s — 32-bit addresses were tremendously forward-thinking. They were small enough to be processed and stored efficiently, but offered enough "address space" for unimaginable possibilities. Bits can have two values (zero and one) so a 32-bit field can have 232 possible combinations — theoretically, that meant the IPv4 network could handle over four billion (4,294,967,296) systems! That was essentially an infinite number back in the early 70s, when personal computers had a few kilobytes of RAM, time-sharing was the order of the day, and mainframes and minicomputers had price tags in the five and six figures and required dedicated support staffs to operate. There weren't even four billion people on Earth!
Even setting aside whole swaths of addresses for network management and testing purposes, 32-bits still left oodles more addresses than anyone knew how to use. And back in the early days, addresses were handed out willy-nilly: At one point, Apple Computer had what's called a Class-B address space, which was equivalent to 1/256th of the entire Internet. That's more than many countries have today. (And, yes, Apple wound up giving back the majority of those addresses.)
So what is IPv6?
When worldwide use of the Internet exploded in the 1990s — coinciding with the birth of the Web — it became obvious that, eventually, 32-bit addresses weren't going to offer enough address space. Part of the issue is network management. Every time you subdivide a network, only a portion of the addresses are usable; the rest are lost to gateways and routers and broadcast addresses. Most of the pressure was from businesses, organizations, and ISPs all over the world rushing to get online — and all wanting their own address space. The issue finally came to a head in February 2011, when the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers doled out the final unassigned blocks of IPv4 address space. IPv4 addresses are now a limited, increasingly scarce commodity. Just a month later, Microsoft paidd $7.5 million to acquire a large unused block of IPv4 addresses that had belonged to bankrupt telecommunications company Nortel.
By 1996, the IPv6 addressing standard had been finalized. (Yes: IPv6 is already 16 years old!) In essence, IPv6 expands the size of Internet addresses from 32 bits to 128 bits. That might seem like a four-fold increase in the possible size of the Internet— 32 × 4 is 128, right? — but that's not the way bits work. Every time you increase the length of a bit field, you square the number of values it can represent. One bit can represent two values — that's 21. Two bits can represent four values (22), three bits can represent eight values (23), and so on. By the time you get to 2128, you've reached 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456, or more than 340 undecillion.
There's a bunch more to IPv6 than larger addresses — including support for encryption and quality-of-service metrics, better multicasting support, a new datagram format, improved routing support, and technology to automatically reconfigure hosts and IP addresses on a network. But the driving force behind adopting IPv6 now is the larger address space.
What do IPv6 addresses look like
Folks who've been using the Internet for a while are probably familiar with IP numbers: a series of four numbers separated by dots that uniquely identify a device on the Internet. One address Digital Trends currently uses is
18.104.22.168 — this is called dotted-quad or dotted-decimal format. Each number represents eight bits in the 32-bit field in an IPv4 address. As a result, each number will range from zero to 255: if you see a dotted-quad (say, on TV) with a number larger than 255, it's utterly invalid (and therefore fake).
While the technically adept can easily remember significant bare IPv4 addresses like
18.104.22.168, IPv6 addresses have a lot more numbers, so it'll be much more important to be able to identify systems and devices on an IPv6 network by name. But so you know what they look like, IPv6 addresses can be represented by a sequence of hexadecimal numbers separated by colons. (Hexadecimal is base-16, written using the numerals zero through 9 and the letters A through F. Why base-16? Remember how computers like things that are powers of two and divisible by eight. Using hex also allows you to represent large numerical values in fewer characters: four digits in hex can represet up to 65,536 in decimal.)
So, an IPv6 address might look like this:
Each sequence of four hexadecimal digits is called a "hextet" — that's actually short for "hexadectet." Each hextet represets 16 bits, so an IP address can have up to eight hextets. However, if a particular hextet starts with a zero, you can omit that leading zero. If a single hextet (or single sequence of hextets) are all zeros, you can omit them and use a double colon.
In the figure above, the dotted quad IP address is for Digital Trends, but the IPv6 address is for ipv6.weather.yahoo.com. See the sequence of fields that are all zeros? Following the rules above, that can be shortened down from this:
…all the way down to:
How IPv6 and IPv4 coexist
World IPv6 Launch Day doesn't mean that the entire Internet is turning off IPv4 addressing today and switching entirely to IPv6 addressing — that would be disastrous! Although IPv6 can use the 32 bits in an IPv4 address to make form an IPv6 address, at a fundamental level IPv6 is not backward compatible with IPv4. No IPv4 system or device can function on an IPv6 network. For the entire Internet to run IPv6, every system and device will have to be upgraded to IPv6. That will take many years — to hazard a guess, at least a decade. But the transition is starting: the significant of today's World IPv6 Launch Day is that major services hope to permanently enable IPv6 — more and more will be doing the same as time goes on.
So, the reality remains that the vast majority of the Internet is still running IPv4, and will continue to do so for some time to come. For now, networks operating with IPv6 are effectively isolated islands within a sea of IPv4 networks. They can use IPv6 on their own networks, but if they want to communicate with IPv4 networks — or, in most cases, even with other IPv6 networks — they're going to have to down-convert to IPv4 or tunnel through IPv4 networks to communicate. Effectively, IPv6 networks are running both the IPv4 and IPv6 protocols side by side.
The figure above illustrates some simple relationships between some hypothetical networks. Right now, the majority of networks run IPv4 and communicate with each other using IPv4 —you can see there's only one case where networks are communicating with each other exclusively via IPv6 — meaning they're both running IPv6 internally and communicating with another network without relying on an IPv4 network to transfer data between them.
Eventually, this diagram will reverse: The IPv6 networks will become larger, the links between them will no longer rely on IPv4, and networks that operate exclusively on IPv4 will become relatively isolated islands. Networks and systems that can only use IPv4 will not be able to reach IPv6-only networks and sites — and, since the IPv4 Internet is rapidly running out of address space, that day may not be far off.
What you'll need to do…eventually
Here's the good news: IPv6 technology is already 16 years old, and network operators have been able to set up IPv6 networks since 1999. Further, the majority of modern operating systems already have built-in support for IPv6: this includes versions of Windows going all the way back to Windows XP (sort of), most versions of Mac OS X, as well as iOS and most Linux distributions.
Of course, there are caveats. For instance, IPv6 on Android devices — even ones running Ice Cream Sandwich — is currently limited to Wi-Fi connections, and Apple's Mac OS X tends to prefer IPv4 addressing even when a network advertises IPv6 is available. (The reasons are complicated, but amount to the fact a number of things advertising IPv6 capability — like Windows systems sharing their network connections — don't actually provide it).
Now the bad news. Most ISPs don't offer IPv6 connectivity to their customers — even if they're starting to use it on their own networks — so even if you're savvy enough to set up IPv6 on your own, the odds are good that you'll be tunneling down to IPv4 as soon as you try to connect to the broader Internet.
And there's more bad news: Remember how IPv6 is not backward compatible with IPv4? That applies to every device in the connectivity chain between you and any destination on the Internet. For a connection to operate completely on IPv6, not only does your tablet, phone, or computer have to be running IPv6: every device between you and your destination has to be able to handle IPv6 traffic as well. That includes things like Wi-Fi base stations, cable modems, DSL routers, and 3G/4G network providers. Converting to IPv6 means all those devices will have to be replaced or upgraded to handle IPv6.
So, what will you have to do to start using IPv6? For most consumers, there's no point worrying about it until their ISPs start to make IPv6 services available. For some folks, that's already a reality: Comcast says it already has one percent of its customers running IPv6, but other ISPs haven't begun to transition customers to IPv6 at all.
Once IPv6 service is available, the next step is making sure the operating systems on their devices supports IPv6, then updating or replacing things like their broadband routers and Wi-Fi base stations to support IPv6. In all probability, users will be upgrading to routers and base stations that support both IPv4 and IPv6 — that way, they can continue to use devices like game consoles, ereaders, cameras, set-top boxes, Internet-capable TVs, and hand-held gaming systems that rely on IPv4 — even if those won't be able to connect to IPv6-only sites and services.
Should you worry?
For now, there's no need to panic. Despite the fact that the IPv4 address space has all been allocated, there are still enough unused IPv4 addresses out there to fuel Internet growth for a while — perhaps a few more years. However, IPv4 addresses are getting scarcer, and the speed of the IPv6 transition could potentially make the price of IPv4 addresses rise substantially — the cost of running a server or "being on the Web" could go up. IPv4 functionality can also be extended with technologies like NAT routing (which effectively tuck a separate IPv4 address space behind a single IPv4 address); however, those approaches have their limits and aren't suited to every Internet application.
But IPv6 is coming, and one day we'll be talking about IPv4 the same way we talk about dial-up Internet today.
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Napier Activities
Explore the beauty of Hawke's Bay in the Art Deco city of Napier. Don't miss out on visiting the parks, gardens, wineries & seeing the unique architecture.
Art Deco
There are 140 different buildings in Napier that you can see as you walk along the streets to admire the Art Deco style. Some of the popular buildings worth a stop to see the unique geometric and eclectic style are the Municipal Theatre and National Tobacco Company. The Art Deco Weekend Summer Festival held in February is a fun time to visit to enjoy music, food, film and over 100 events.
Don't miss the Art Deco by guided tour in the morning, afternoon, held all year round, except Christmas Day, rain or shine. Evenings, from Labour Weekend to 31 March, duration 1 – 2 hours. Complementary booklet with information about the 1931 earthquake and the buildings that come after.
Wine and food
The Hawke's Bay region is a foodie's paradise with great local flavours to sample and enjoy. The New Zealand Wine Centre will take you on a journey to learn about how the region's wines are made and you can grab a packaged four course lunch option to sample the fine flavours. You can also go on a bike tour to see Napier's stunning views and vineyards to taste the premium wines.
Hawkes's Bay Trails can offer beginner riders, keen cyclists, walkers and runners 180km of on-road and off-road trails where you will see everything from mountainous lookouts and beautiful lowland rivers to endangered wetland wildlife and the sweeping Hawkes's Bay coastline. Choice of 4 Rides: Water Ride, Landscapes Ride, Wineries Ride and iWay. We have the brochures in reception to help.
Parks and Gardens
There are several different gardens in Napier to enjoy a nice walk or picnic. Water is a central theme at the Centennial Gardens with a waterfall, rock pools and grassy areas offer peaceful landscapes. Another garden to explore is the Napier Botanical Gardens, which contains 18 acres to walk through and see the duck pond, plants and flowerbeds.
Marine Parade
Take a walk along the Rotary Pathway to enjoy the beautiful sea views. Stop at the National Aquarium of New Zealand, check out more Art Deco buildings that line the pathway, stop at the Tom Parker Fountain or the Ocean Spa. Take your time and stop at your leisure to grab a meal at one of the restaurants or cafes after a casual stroll.
Napier offers several different activities and attractions to explore and is an ideal holiday escape to relax and indulge.