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While watching the movie "Detachment" on Netflix, I grew curious about the scene where no parents show up for parents' night at the high school. I wondered how prevalent poorly attended parents' nights were across high schools in the United States. So I Googled it, typing in the following search: "Parents no show on high school parent's night." I received plenty of hits, but none on the problem of parents not attending a parents' night at high school.
And there lies the problem: I know what I want to learn – in this case, statistics or stories indicating how common this phenomena is across America, but I am not translating that query into the right keywords, or more precisely the "exact" keywords, that will provide relevant results. In the jargon of information retrieval, this would be considered a low precision search because out of many hits there were no relevant ones.
Thinking further about the query, I came up with a new Google search: "parental involvement in urban schools." Boom! I hit the mother lode of relevant results. What happened here?
The key difference was that instead of describing the symptoms of the phenomena I was interested in, I had to extract the meaning myself and interpret a possible cause of those symptoms. In essence, my search became a test of my hypothesis on the cause of those symptoms. Shaking my head, it was clear to me that search has a long way to go if it depends on the searcher coming up with a "magic phrase" that matches the most common description of the relevant results.
Fortunately, improved search is on everyone's radar.
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Yahoo's Marissa Mayer said search can be improved through personalization and context. Her key point on personalization is that a search engine should be able to extract context from your search history, location, social data, etc. to deliver more relevant content. That resulted in her oft-quoted phrase, "In the future, you become the query." Facebook is also experimenting with search via its Graph Search.
Google is also zeroing in on the weakness of current search results and is working hard to deliver semantic search. It has added the Knowledge Graph and the new Hummingbird algorithm. Finally, Business Insider predicts a new war over semantic search with Apple and startups gunning for Google.
What does this mean for government information managers? Basically, really important information discovery can't rely on keywords and traditional search engines. Careful metadata curation, good categorization and understanding your users will provide more relevant results.
As for Google, I just hope they can soon get rid of the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. Until they do, I don't think they will have succeeded in convincing anyone that semantic search is more technology than luck.
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This requires a much deeper conversation and understanding of the subject at scale. It involves different parts of the equation to include, but not limited to, parsing, entity extraction, inference, deep learning, contextual meaning, and artificial intelligence. It is in fact the latter that is the most important.
"The aim to give these services the power to actually understand what their users are saying without help from other humans." Geoff Hinton, Computer Scientist, Artificial Neural Networks.
If you want semantics searches, you want IBM Watson.
IBM Watson operates on a higher plane. It is a cut above. It is a game changer. Each IBM Watson advancement represents the successful completion of a Grand Challenge including Blue Gene with its computational speed, Deep Blue with its demonstrated mastery of chess, Jeopardy with its lightening quick and accurate quiz game responses, cognitive computing and the promise of deep semantic discovery, cognitive systems now the inflection point of broad useful application, and the next challenge on the horizon which is to pass the U.S. Medical Examination.
I believe in IBM Watson... for one reason, IBM believes its own message! I know this because IBM is putting money, $1B over the next 5 years, into the success of cognitive computing, and the IBM CEO is betting her job on it. If successful, the biggest news is that IBM is plowing this field by itself, so as a minimum it will have a ten year leap over the competition. At the start of 2014, IBM Watson is two years into a twenty year program of commercializing cognitive computing; the 3rd Era of computing and the Next Big Thing are underway.
Great Article! Semantics is the future and we are seeing Google making small strides. We are also trying to build semantics for the travel vertical and it is a very difficult problem. The data crawled from the web is structured internally by our algo and then a NLP is run. Slowly but surely we are getting there :)! (findmycarrots.com)
I find it amusing that we expect to be able to find information from sources that are semantically illiterate. Most of the data and information online and in most databases was not designed semantically. Typically, a programmer was the only person who created the name, definition and rules governing the data. And programmers were not trained in linguistics or semantics. For that matter neither were CIO's and DBA's. As a result most of the data we have is ill formed at best. What is lacking is data literacy. Teaching of semantics, syntax and linguistics should be prerequisites in education along with some philosophy about data and information.
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The farmers market was established as a fundraising venue with 100 percent of the profits to benefit MBHS.
According to Pam Dietz, director of the alumni association, to continue for a second year, the board of directors was faced with the annual renewal of expensive insurance, permits and agricultural fees. Dietz said that most damaging was the weekly cost of union custodial services mandated by the San Diego Unified School District, which cut deeply into the market's profit margin, making the venue cost prohibitive.
"The alumni association only exists to provide financial assistance for MBHS and, in the end, no matter how much we all wanted to continue Seaside Farmers Market due to the 'fun' factor, we needed to honestly decide as a nonprofit organization if it truly was the best use of our very limited volunteer and financial resources in order to maximize our fundraising efforts on behalf of MBHS," said Dietz.
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Currently, the MBHS Alumni Association is in the early stages of developing a memorial brick fundraising program in conjunction with the recent groundbreaking of the new $12.5 million stadium project schedule for completion spring, 2015.
"When one door closes another opens," said Dietz. "This new project is perfect timing and we could not be more excited for the opportunity to manage the memorial brick project. We are confident it will surpass the Seaside Farmer's Market's annual profits and the MBHS Alumni Association will continue to proudly earn revenue in support of MBHS."
During the market's trial year, the Mission Bay High Alumni Association was able to fund the following:
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• art supplies/shelving — $2,000
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• a Bucs logo on Lee Street — $250
• refurbishment of gym foyer with demonstration trophy cabinets, mural, floor repairs, paint entire foyer and bathrooms — $1,550
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Five reasons why my cat Roger exists. And why he is the supreme ruler of the universe.
1. Roger provides the best explanation of the origin of the universe. Given the scientific evidence we have about our universe and its origins, and bolstered by arguments presented by philosophers for centuries, it is highly probable that the universe had an absolute beginning. Since the universe, like everything else, could not have merely popped into being without a cause, there must exist a transcendent reality beyond time and space that brought the universe into existence. This entity must therefore be enormously powerful. Only a transcendent, unembodied mind suitably fits that description.
2. Roger provides the best explanation for the fine-tuning of the universe. Contemporary physics has established that the universe is fine-tuned for the existence of intelligent, interactive life. That is to say, in order for intelligent, interactive life to exist, the fundamental constants and quantities of nature must fall into an incomprehensibly narrow life-permitting range. There are three competing explanations of this remarkable fine-tuning: physical necessity, chance, or design. The first two are highly implausible, given the independence of the fundamental constants and quantities from nature's laws and the desperate maneuvers needed to save the hypothesis of chance. That leaves design as the best explanation.
3. Roger provides the best explanation of objective moral values and duties. Even atheists recognize that some things, for example, the Holocaust, are objectively evil. But if atheism is true, what basis is there for the objectivity of the moral values we affirm? Evolution? Social conditioning? These factors may at best produce in us the subjective feeling that there are objective moral values and duties, but they do nothing to provide a basis for them. If human evolution had taken a different path, a very different set of moral feelings might have evolved. By contrast, Roger Himself serves as the paradigm of goodness, and His commandments constitute our moral duties. Thus, theism provides a better explanation of objective moral values and duties.
4. Roger provides the best explanation of the historical facts concerning Roger's life, death, and resurrection. Historians have reached something of consensus that the historical Roger thought that in himself a divine Kingdom had broken into human history, and he carried out a ministry of miracle-working and exorcisms as evidence of that fact. These miracles include fitting into a gap between the wall and the radiator, which is only inches wide, and only a fraction of the size of Roger's body. Moreover, most historical scholars agree that after his multiple flirtations with death, (including consuming toxic houseplants, and surviving a fall which certainly should have resulted in his demise) he was discovered alive by a group of female disciples, that various individuals and groups saw appearances of Roger alive after his death, and that the original disciples suddenly and sincerely came to believe in Roger's resurrection despite their every predisposition to the contrary. I can think of no better explanation of these facts than the one the original disciples gave: Divine powers raised Roger from the dead..
5. Roger can be personally known and experienced. The proof of the pudding is in the tasting. Down through history friends and neighbors have found through Roger a personal acquaintance with Roger that has transformed their lives.
The good thing is that atheists tend to be very passionate people and want to believe in something. If they would only put aside the slogans for a moment and reexamine their worldview in light of the best philosophical, scientific, and historical evidence we have today, then they, too, would find Roger's Birthday worth celebrating!
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No force for Los Angeles: The George Lucas museum goes to Chicago
Actor Harrison Ford, who was cast as Han Solo in the original "Star Wars" trilogy. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Link
Two women have joined the cast of "Star Wars: Episode VII": Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, left, and Gwendoline Christie.Link
"Inside Llewyn Davis" actor Oscar Isaac has been tapped to join the "Star Wars: Episode VII" cast. Click through to see who else scored a role in the film. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Link
Actress Daisy Ridley, relatively new to the acting scene, has also landed a role in the upcoming film "Inbetweeners II." (Matthew Brooks)Link
Actor Adam Driver, best known for his work in the HBO comedy "Girls." (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Link
Actor John Boyega, best known for playing Moses in the sci-fi flick "Attack the Block." (Tim P. Whitby / Getty Images)Link
Actor Max von Sydow, who received Academy Award nominations for his work in "Pelle the Conqueror" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Link
Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson, who played Bill Weasley in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." (John Phillips / Invision / Associated Press)Link
Actor Andy Serkis, best known for motion capture acting for roles such as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and Caesar in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)Link
Actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original trilogy. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Link
Actor Mark Hamill, best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy. (Stephanie Cornfield / For the Times)Link
Actor Anthony Daniels, best known as C-3PO in the original "Star Wars" trilogy. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)Link
Actor Kenny Baker, best known for portraying "Star Wars" robot R2-D2, left, and actor Peter Mayhew, best known for portraying Chewbacca in the original trilogy. (Keith Hamshere / Lucasfilm Ltd)Link
In a galaxy far, far away in the Midwest, one known as Chicago, a grand institution will be built…
George Lucas has chosen the Illinois metropolis as the location for his museum, according to a Lucas spokesman as well as a spokeswoman for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The city beat out San Francisco, New York, and of course, Los Angeles.
Rest assured that Los Angeles made overtures, and not shy ones either, to claim the filmmaker's museum, which will officially be called the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts. According to our sister blog, Culture Monster, none other than Mayor Garcetti himself reached out to the "Star Wars" creator. In a letter that he posted on his website, Garcetti tentatively proposed the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, located near USC, which is where Lucas studied film in the 1960s. From Culture Monster's David Ng:
"The plan would be to tear down the arena, which opened in 1959, and to build the museum on the site. There's already an approved environmental impact report concerning the possible demolition of the arena, according to Molly Fowler, a spokeswoman for Garcetti.
She said the mayor is eager to help museum officials expedite the construction process should Lucas choose L.A. The mayor would also help convene a body of cross-industry advisors that would help in the construction, she said."
In addition to promising an easy path for construction, Garcetti also laid out many reasons why Los Angeles would make a great pick, including the 42.2 million tourists who visit the city annually. Even a Twitter campaign was fired up, under the hashtag #WhyLucasInLA.
But despite Twitter bringing up attractive Angeleno features such as the La Brea Tar Pits and In-N-Out Burger (really, people, burgers was the best you could do?), Lucas has chosen Chicago. Why?
Perhaps the plum piece of real estate Chicago has offered has something to do with it: The Lucas museum will get to share the city's lakefront museum campus, home to the Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum, two long-established sites that could lend the Lucas Museum an air of dignified history. The Field Museum, for instance, opened in 1893 (to house the exhibits and collections assembled for the World's Fair).
Also, Chicago had this advantage: investment executive Mellody Hobson, Lucas' wife (the two married last year) and a lifelong Chicagoan. The couple is spending half the year in her native city, and the two have quickly become top-tier philanthropists there. They've donated $50 million in the last year to Chicago institutions, including $25 million to the private University of Chicago Laboratory Schools to help construct an arts building named after Gordon Parks, the first African American staff photographer for Life magazine and later the first African American to direct a major Hollywood movie, his most famous film being 1971's "Shaft."
Maybe love is the greatest force of them all then. Who can fault Chicago for reaping the benefits?
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts, expected to open in 2018, will feature art from Lucas' personal collection — including works by Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish — as well as exhibitions on "Star Wars," the motion picture industry and digital media.
–Margaret Wappler | @MargaretWappler
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First off let me say that i am a total noob with linux. I have never really gotten into it and totally converted to it. I am a PC tech so i know my way around a computer so you dont have to give me complete dummy talk . I am trying to install Linux MCE on this ubuntu install off of a hard drive i put in my media center because i would like to try it out. I run through the setup and it fails to install and the following text is where it messes up according to the log files. Any help is appreciated in this matter! Thanks
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Bat tests positive for rabies in Wellfleet
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WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — Wellfleet's animal control officer is urging residents to make sure their pet's vaccinations are up to date after a bat recently tested positive for rabies.
Animal Control Officer Lorial Russell says if vaccinations have expired, pet owners are urged to make an appointment with a veterinarian immediately.
The Cape Cod Times (http://bit.ly/VErYTl ) reports that up to date vaccinations are required under state law.
A 63-year-old Barnstable man died last year after being bitten by a rabid bat. Health officials say it was the first death from rabies contracted within the state since 1935.
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Sometimes, companies lay plans to succeed and they don't work out. And then something totally unexpected comes along that succeeds without any apparent effort. Could Apple be on the cusp of turning serendipity into total disruption? A hobby into an extravaganza? Plus, we dig deeply into Apple's sandbox and take a look at how a mathematical law could be poised to impact Apple's growth.
The End of The Hobby?
This could be very good news for Apple. A study found that "63% of people who recently watched TV on a tablet said they used a tablet even when they had access to a TV with similar content available," according to a study from research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey.
Also, CNET's Steve Guttenberg elaborated on the idea late last year. "I'm not claiming sales of big-screen displays will go to zero, just as sales of big speakers haven't completely gone away. There will always be a market for big TVs, just as there is for great audio, but big-screen sales will continue to shrink over time. Most people will be perfectly content to watch movies and sports on their iPads. After all, when you're sitting up close to an iPad the picture can take up a large part of your field of vision. Plug in a decent set of headphones, and the sound will be fine. Ditching the big display that's hogging too much real estate in your living room will start to seem like a great idea."
What's going on? I think there may be several factors. First, home HDTV systems can be complex — heaven for the geeky videophile husband, a nightmare for everyone else. An iPad is so much more approachable. And it's controllable and predictable. You just touch the Netflix or the TNT app, for example, and you're watching your favorite show. It's also intimate. As Mr. Guttenberg pointed out, an iPad in your lap can subtend roughly the same visual angle as an HDTV from a reasonable viewing distance. So why not curl up, plug in the headphones, and have immediate touch control with no remote needed? My wife does this.
The question is, is there something going on here that Apple can cash in on? Besides just more iPad sales? Is this a point of failure in the TV industry that Apple can exploit? As Tim Cook has said, they just keep on with the Apple TV (and iPad) until they find something good happening. Serendipity has been known to strike, especially in situations like this.
What if, someday, we all watch TV on a 15-inch iPad and Apple severely undermines the entire HDTV industry? What if the move towards social isolation brings an end to the family viewing concept? It's actually already happening in college dorms and apartment families. Stranger things have happened in technology. I sense that this is just one idea brewing in the halls of Apple, and it could mean we were all barking up the wrong tree if we thought Apple would go toe to toe with Samsung, Sharp, LG, Vizio, Panasonic and Sony and build it's own HDTV without immutable content deals.
[UPDATE: But wait. There's more. Friday night, USA Today published this survey of all the new technolgies and social networking that are changing our TV habits. Apple will be aware of these as well. "Roundup: Latest gadgets that are changing TV." Food for thought here.]
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Playing in Apple's Sandbox
I have written lately about Apple's sandboxing initiative for developers. If you're not quite sure what sandboxing is, it's probably time to research it. It will affect your future with the Macintosh, and it's already in place in iOS. Here's an excellent summary by Erica Sadun of what's going on the Apple, sandboxing, and developers: "App-ocalypse soon: Apple extends sandboxing deadlines, but restrictions loom."
Here's another take from an expert OS X developer, Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software. He believes that Sandboxing would be okay if Apple just took the right approach. "Fix The Sandbox."
Speaking of iPads and Ms. Sadun, I have a bet with her that Apple will release an iPad with a smaller display before Dec 1, 2012. The murmurs and rumors are all over the place. Of course, testing doesn't mean a commitment to ship, but… If I lose, I buy her lunch. You'll just have to wait to see if I have to pay up in December or earn an early win.
People often ask me what app I use to read magazines on my iPad. I use Zinio, but I'm ready to spring for something better in an instant. If you're also wondering, here's a convenient summary that sizes up the magazine management apps for iPad: "Comparing Zinio, Kindle and Newsstand apps for iPad magazine reading." The survey could be much more detailed, but it's a start for the beginner or the curious.
From time to time we hear about people who are accused of a crime and found to have encrypted their hard disk. In many cases, they've been coerced into providing the decryption key or face contempt of court ruling and go to jail anyway. Recently, a federal appeals court in FLorida ruled that being forced to produce the decryption key is tantamount to self-incrimination under the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It's a good thing to know about, but doesn't apply everywhere. A similar court case is underway right here in Colorado. Here's the story: "Appeals Court Upholds Constitutional Right Against Forced Decryption."
Recently, Apple's CEO Tim Cook was asked about the "law of large numbers." He declined to go into details, but seemed to be aware of the mathematical law that could end up limiting Apple's explosive growth. Here's more detail from the New York Times that explains what's going with some technical detail, but still very readable by the layman. "A Law Apple Would Like to Break."


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The Hurricanes announced the hiring of Brown as their running backs coach on Sunday. Brown is replacing Terry Richardson, who left the Hurricanes last week for a job with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
At Miami, Brown will get to work with, among others, sophomore-to-be Duke Johnson, one of the nation's top backs this past season.
Brown has been Miami's senior football operations coordinator, working with community outreach and recruiting matters. He was a standout safety for the Hurricanes from 1988 through 1991, helping the school win two national championships.
Brown was chosen from a pool of finalists that included three South Florida high school coaches, Telly Lockette, Donnell Bennett and Roger Harriott.
Brown's coaching career started as a graduate assistant at Miami in 1992. He's worked for two Florida high school programs, then was the defensive backs coach at Florida International from 2001 through 2006 and worked with the secondary at Louisiana-Lafayette from 2006 through 2010.
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This suggests that a significant percentage of kids with ADHD are being misdiagnosed just because they are less mature. It raises important questions about how kids are being diagnosed, and how to avoid misinterpreting the behavior of children who might be having trouble meeting expectations just because they are younger.
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What can we do to address this problem while still making sure kids get the help they need?
Most ADHD diagnoses are the result of children struggling to meet expectations for behavior and performance in school. All young children find it challenging to sit still, pay attention, wait their turn, finish tasks and keep from interrupting. By school age most have developed skills to manage these things as expected. Those who don't are often flagged by teachers who have a lot of experience with typical behavior and child development.
But the age range of students in a given classroom can span a whole year, which means that the developmental differences between the youngest and the oldest can be substantial. That's why it's important that if children are being evaluated for ADHD, their behavior should be compared with that of other children their age , not all the other children in their class.other children their age
"If a child is behaving poorly, if he's inattentive, if he can't sit still, it may simply be because he's 5 and the other kids are 6," explained Todd Elder, lead author of the Michigan study. "There's a big difference between a 5-year-old and a 6-year-old, and teachers and medical practitioners need to take that into account when evaluating whether children have ADHD."
Here are other "best practices" that should be followed to avoid misdiagnosis:
A child shouldn't get a diagnosis of ADHD based on a teacher's observations alone. A clinician evaluating a child should collect information from several adults, including teachers, parents and others who spend time with him.
For a child to be properly diagnosed with ADHD, the signs and symptoms that are associated with the disorder — inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity — have to be present in more than one setting. Are they noticeable at home and in social situations, as well as school? Dohis parents worry that he's so impulsive he's a danger to himself? Does she have trouble keeping friends because she can't follow rules, can't wait her turn or has tantrums when she doesn't get her way?
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Final span float-in for Memorial Bridge scheduled in JuneBy GRETYL MACALASTER
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PORTSMOUTH — The final float-in for the Memorial Bridge project will take place between June 10 and June 15.
The Piscataqua River in the area of the bridge will be closed to marine traffic during that time as the center lift span of the bridge is floated down river from the state pier, set in place and tested.
Crews will be working 24 hours a day for the duration of the five-day channel closure on a variety of tasks that will lead to completion of the bridge, Steve DelGrosso, project manager for Archer Western Contractors, said in a statement issued Wednesday.
Temporary jacking towers on the barge Cape Cod need to be dismantled so that the barge can be removed from the channel, and there are 64 counterweight wire rope connections in a tight configuration that need to be made up and adjusted.
"The machine rooms under the ends of the center span are complex, and completing the electrical connections to the towers will be time consuming," DelGrosso said.
Once all connections are made, final adjustments need to be completed to more closely balance the counterweights with the span, he said.
Archer Western will be making every effort to complete the installation and lifting of the center span in as little time as possible, he added, but he anticipates needing the full five days.
The center span is the last of the three spans to be set in place. The new Memorial Bridge is scheduled to open to traffic sometime in July.


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In April, the British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science will be held in Manchester. The webpage. Fees are quite reasonable (they essentially just cover the conference banquet, lunches and drinks provided).
We have a speaker, Mike Edmunds , involved with the fascinating investigation of the Antikythera Mechanism. Below is the abstract of his talk, The Antikythera Mechanism and the early history of mechanical computing:
Perhaps the most extraordinary surviving relic from the ancient Greek world is a device containing over thirty gear wheels dating from the late 2nd century B.C., and now known as the Antikythera Mechanism. This device is an order of magnitude more complicated than any surviving mechanism from the following millennium, and there is no known precursor. It is clear from its structure and inscriptions that its purpose was astronomical, including eclipse prediction. In this illustrated talk, I will outline the results – including an assessment of the accuracy of the device – from our international research team, which has been using the most modern imaging methods to probe the device and its inscriptions. Our results show the extraordinary sophistication of the Mechanism's design. There are fundamental implications for the development of Greek astronomy, philosophy and technology. The subsequent history of mechanical computation will be briefly sketched, emphasising both triumphs and lost


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Advent, from the Latin adventus, means arrival or coming. Something is coming, and we are commanded by the Lord to "Watch!" What kind of Advent are we watching for?
The first reading from Isaiah is a lament of a community returned from exile. Instead of being exhilarated by returning home, they are disheartened. The prayer has everything from repentance ("Our guilt carries us away like the wind") to appeal to God's memory ("Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance") to blame ("You let us wander…and harden our hearts").
Perhaps the most dramatic line of this prayer, however, is the plea: "Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, with the mountains quaking before you…." Isaiah's call for God's direct, definitive intervention in history reflects an often repeated expectation of "the Day of the Lord." The Gospel reading from Mark's apocalyptic chapter aligns with this expectation. Jesus speaks of destruction, abominations, false messiahs and finally his rending the sky and coming down: "And then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in the clouds' with great power and glory…" (13:26).
Jesus ends this discourse with the passage we read today, a parable about a man going on a journey and leaving his servants in charge, each with his own work. The gatekeeper, and indeed all the servants, are commanded to watch for fear that their owner would return when they least expect him and are least prepared.
At the beginning of Advent, the church provides Scripture readings that point us to Christ's second coming. There need not be any confusion here. Advent is, for sure, a preparation for the celebration of the Incarnation, the humble coming. It directs our thoughts to that moment in history when God became one with us, and God's eternity one with our destiny. Human history and even time itself became redeemed at that moment. Christ's return—the glorious coming—then is a completion that God established in his person by the Incarnation. Both looking back at the Incarnation and looking forward to the second coming are really two aspects of the same eternal gaze.
That same gaze, the same eternal truth we see, is ours now. Since we already possess Christ, whose Spirit dwells within, we possess our own future glory in him. Our future is Christ. In this sense, eternity is already within us, already part of us, already recreating us and drawing us to the glory that is already ours, though not fully realized. Now is the advent of Christ in our lives—the hidden coming.
What shall we do with this eternity in time? The first thing to remember is that the servants continued to work as they anticipated the master's return and that the gatekeeper continued to watch. Watching and working are both important expressions. One takes a contemplative posture and the other an active one. We might want to quiet ourselves during this Advent season with more prayer. We might also allow ourselves to become more eager to respond to God's work of transforming this world and drawing it to himself (1 Cor 15:24-28).
Working and watching imply each other: If every moment in history draws meaning from God, then nothing is negligible and every thread is a part of a pattern God weaves. Authentic action already is divine encounter. Paying attention is both a religious duty and a sacred possibility.


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Born in Kiryat Gat, and currently living and working in Tel Aviv, Adi Nes is one of Israel's leading photographers. His work has been exhibited widely across Europe and North America and can be found in collections throughout the world.
In this series of photographs Nes has created a fictional village, where meticulously staged pastoral images are imbued with an underlying subtext of anxiety. In the artist's words, "like the State of Israel, this village appears as a small place created in the wake of tragedy. It's an idyllic valley with wide vistas, green fields and trees full of fruit yet with a charged atmosphere."
The photographs seem to hover either before or after an action, leaving the action itself open to the viewer's personal associations. Using archetypal references to Greek tragedy and myth, Nes situates the villagers as protagonists in an epic tale of isolation and utopianism.
The exhibition offers visitors a window through which to examine contemporary Israeli identity as well as issues of gender, militancy, statehood, intergenerational relationships, and the function of art. These themes ultimately coalesce to a layered exploration of human relationships and the function of myth.
This exhibition is produced in association with Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv and with support from Outset Contemporary Art Fund, Leviev and Embassy of Israel, London.
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The State Library has announced two new e-resources called Mango Languages and ChiltonLibrary. Foreign language teachers, ESL students and CTE teachers are just a few of the individuals who will find these resources useful.
Mango Languages offers courses in more than 60 languages. Basic courses teach simple, practical skills for common conversation, and Complete 2.0 courses dive into in-depth language and grammar skills. The courses focus on four key areas of language learning: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and culture. A mobile version lets users learn wherever they have Internet access.
ChiltonLibrary puts CTE students in the driver's seat by placing their authoritative manuals online with monthly updates. No other source contains more years, makes and models.
These databases are available in public libraries and on school and academic campuses. The State Library provides free in-service training on statewide online resources to school librarians, administrators and faculty. Call 1-800-423-6665 for more information.
Any South Dakotan with a State Library-issued barcode and password can also access these resources from home at http://library.sd.gov.
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It's finally official: The Andy Reid era in Philadelphia is over.
Reid was fired Monday after 14 seasons at the helm of the Eagles. His dismissal comes one day after an embarrassing 42-7 loss at the New York Giants which put the finishing touches on a 4-12 season.
"Andy Reid won the most games of any head coach in Eagles history and he is someone I respect greatly and will remain friends with for many years to come," Eagles chairman and CEO Jeff Lurie said in a press release. "But, it is time for the Eagles to move in a new direction. Coach Reid leaves us with a winning tradition that we can build upon. And we are very excited about the future."
Reid had one year remaining on his contract.
He had been the longest-tenured head coach with one team in the NFL. From 1999-2012, the Eagles went 130 and 93 and, of course, had one infamous tie in 2008. Reid was 10-9 in the playoffs.
Under Reid, the Eagles earned one conference title and six division titles. They made the playoffs eight times, and reached the NFC Championship game in five of those postseasons.
Reid leaves the Eagles as the all-time winningest coach in franchise history. He ranks fifth among active coaches in victories behind Bill Belichick, Mike Shanahan, Tom Coughlin and Jeff Fisher.
For all the good Reid did during his time in Philadelphia, his tenure will also be remembered for a number of questionable coaching decisions.
Fans will remember the number of division titles, but they will also remember the number of timeouts wasted at inopportune moments of games.
They will remember the run/pass ratio, which would sometimes reach 80/20 in favor of the pass.
They will remember the number of quality assistant coaches that served under Reid during his time, most notably the late Jim Johnson.
But they will also remember the hiring of a defensive line coach in Jim Washburn who brought a seemingly gimmick-style scheme to Philadelphia in the so-called "Wide Nine." It proved to be a disaster.
Washburn took the position at a time when the Eagles did not have a defensive coordinator. Eventually, the position was filled by Juan Castillo - who had previously been an offensive line coach.
Fans will remember Reid's playoff successes, including a Super Bowl berth that was the team's first since 1980. but they will never forget his playoff failures, and the number of times he was seemingly out-coached in the biggest games.
All of this amounts to the mixed bag of emotions and feelings that will be summoned when people will look back at the Andy Reid era in Philadelphia.
Reid was hired as a relative unknown after the 1998 season. He was the quarterbacks coach with the Green Bay Packers where he helped the maturation of future Hall of Famer Brett Favre.
At that point, the Packers were coming off six consecutive playoff appearances - including two trips to the Super Bowl and one championship. The Eagles, meanwhile, finished 3-13 and dead last in the NFC East in Ray Rhodes' final season here.
Reid was given the task of turning around a team that had missed the playoffs in each of the previous two seasons.
His tenure started in controversial fashion when the Eagles selected Donovan McNabb instead of fan favorite Ricky Williams with the second overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft. While McNabb had been succesful at Syracuse, Williams was fresh off winning Heisman Trophy as a running back at Texas.
The announcement of McNabb's name was greeted with a chorus of boos from the Eagles fans who had traveled to New York.
Things did not get much better during the ensuing season. For the second season in a row, the Eagles finished last in the division. Bt they did improve their by two victories, to 5-11.
The next five seasons would be the most successful of the Reid era in Philadelphia.
The Eagles clinched a playoff berth in 2000 after finishing 11-5. They reached the second round before falling to the eventual NFC champion New York Giants.
From 2001 through 2003, they claimed three straight NFC East titles. But each of their playoff runs ended with defeats in the NFC championship game. The last two conference title game losses came at home, including the final game at Veterans Stadium.
In 2004, the Eagles finally broke through. After signing star wide receiver Terrell Owens, the Eagles made a dominant run through the NFC, winning a franchise-record 13 games and their fourth straight division title.
Their playoff run took them to the conference title game for the fourth straight season, and this time the Eagles finally exorcised their demons. They reached the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history with a 27-10 victory the Atlanta Falcons - whose quarterback, coincindentally, was Michael Vick.
But there was to be no triumph in the Super Bowl. Although thousands of Philadelphia fans flocked to Jacksonville for the occasion, the Eagles were beaten by Tom Brady's New England Patriots, 24-21.
From 2000-04, Reid led the Eagles to a 59-21 regular-season record and a 7-5 playoff record.
But after that, things began to get a little murky for Reid.
The offseason before the 2005 campaign featured a rift between McNabb and Owens that splintered the locker room and all but destroyed any chances of the team making a return trip to the Super Bowl.
Even worse, it also contributed to the Eagles missing the postseason for the first time in six seasons. The team finished 6-10.
The next season saw the departure of Owens and a return to the playoffs. That happened with Jeff Garcia at quarterback, as McNabb was nursing injuries. Garcia led the Eagles to the divisional round, where they fell to the New Orleans Saints.
That was followed by an average 2007 season in which the team finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. At that point, fans started to wonder if Reid's magic was running out.
In 2008, Reid led the Eagles to a fifth NFC title game, the last such trip in his time here. The Eagles lost to the Arizona Cardinals, dropping Reid's record in the NFC championship game to 1-4 - and giving him the stigma of a coach that could not win the big one.
Reid and the Eagles' front office spent the next two offseasons attempting to get younger. They cut ties with longtime locker room leader and fan favorite Brian Dawkins after the 2008 season, then traded McNabb to the division rival Washington Redskins after a lackluster finish to the 2009 campaign.
The Eagles had a chance to win the division in 2009, but lost to the Dallas Cowboys in the final week of the season. Reid and company fell to the Cowboys again a week later, in the first round of the playoffs.
The aforementioned youth movement was highlighted by players such as DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin and LeSean McCoy.
But overshadowing all of those moves was the signing of Vick. It came just months after he was released from a prison sentence for his role in a dogfighting ring in his native Virginia.
When Vick first arrived here, Kevin Kolb - whom Reid drafted in 2007 - was the starting quarterback, as Vick transitioned back info football.
But after Kolb was hurt in the season-opener, Vick was thrust into the starting role. He proved to be a star, and lifted the Eagles to what turned out to be their final playoff appearance under Reid.
Then things got ugly.
The 2011 Eagles were - in the immortal words of backup quarterback Vince Young - supposed to be the "Dream Team." The Eagles had made a number of free-agent acquisitions on defense in the offseason, and made Vick the only player in NFL history to receive multiple $100 million contracts.
But that dream turned out to be a two-season nightmare. The Eagles finished a combined 12-20 in 2011 and 2012, and missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time under Reid.
The losses were one thing, but the numerous questionable personnel decisions were another.
In 2011, the Eagles finished with a disappointing 8-8 record. Fans were convinced the Reid's tenure should come to an end. But Eagles owner Jeff Lurie gave him one more chance, with the caveat that another such record would be "unacceptable."
It was hoped that Lurie's edict would light a fire under the Eagles, and propel them back into the playoffs. Instead, things completely fell apart. The result was a 12-week swan song. A raft of assistant coaches and other front-office personnel were fired throughout the 2012 season, but Reid remained in his job until now.
Since making the Super Bowl at the end of the 2004 season, the Eagles have only won two division titles and made four playoff appearances in eight seasons. That is a stark contrast to the team's run from 2000-04 where the Eagles made the playoffs five times and collected four division titles.
Postseason success is the ultimate means by which Eagles fans judge their team. Reid did not deliver it.
As a result, he has finally been shipped out.


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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zidan is calling on militias to evacuate their buildings and headquarters, vowing that his government will be decisive in dealing with the armed groups that he says are "hijacking" the country.
After the fall of Libya's dictator Moammar Gadhafi, armed groups including rebels who battled Gadhafi's forces during eight-month civil war, posed a challenge to transitional authorities struggling to transform them into a unified national military and police force.
During a police graduation ceremony Thursday in Tripoli, Zidan said the state "will not be lenient and we will not permit hijacking of Tripoli or Benghazi or any other city."
Libya's newly appointed Interior Minister Ashour Shwayel says the number of policemen, including those who are inactive, is 120,000 and thousands are to join in coming weeks.


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I think this is actually a pretty understandable problem. Anime is a visual medium. The quality of the animation and whether or not you like the aesthetic of any given show matters, whether people admit it or not. A lot of it is subjective too. Some people really hate Shaft's style of animation, for example, but I personally like it a great deal. There are some examples where you can just "get used to" a style, or the other parts of the show are compelling enough that you can deal with an aesthetic that you don't like, but it's always a factor. For some people an awful lot of the enjoyment of anime (understandably) comes from the art and animation itself. I don't think it's anything to be ashamed of. It's part of the medium, and it absolutely matters.
This happens to me way to often, I notice it a lot thought when I try to watch older shows... even shows from like 2003-2007 range, some of them at least just take awhile to get used to or I can't even push myself to watch enough to like the art... definitely spoiled by the art from the last couple of years shows.
The Closet became boring.
98% of the time I will vehemently refuse to watch an anime unless I like the art style. One of the rare exceptions is Kill la Kill and I only chose to start watching that because I have a special place for anything even remotely related to Gurren Lagann. Otherwise I would have NEVER even bothered paying attention to it (at least I'm honest )
I also won't watch an anime if I don't like the character design. Thankfully I have started branching away from my stance after watching "Accel World" though. I hated the character design for Haruyuki and passed over the anime for a couple weeks but when I finally gave in I completely fell for the anime/story and feel it made him more likable/relatable in the long run.
As far as sub-par-animation-but-still-good-story animes go I'd probably suggest "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!" I watch a couple episodes every so often when bored and think it really is a good anime in it's own right. It starts a little slow (character development, but it's funny and good episodes all the same) but once it gets going it will have you hooked.
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ahhh i believe a lot of people, especially younger, have this problem. I know quite a few kids who won't watch older anime because of it the old style animation, even if the story is really good. *shrug* idk, some people just watch it for the art, and that's okay i guess
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I find the art in newer animations and older animations to be awesome in their own right. Some get better with age, while other wither. The MoeBlob modernization can produce horrendous results as does some of the older iterations of the genre. Really, for me it comes down to how is it animated? Did the creator put time and effort into the work, or was it a rush job for a cash in? You can tell by animation quality, let alone story cohesiveness.
Doesn't mean I haven't been outright dismissive of watching something based on it's looks, but usually I give it time first, many a hidden gem have been found that way.
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There are very few shows where I find the artwork to be displeasing...I can get behind most artistic styles.
PS: 70s K-On look pretty wonderful...90s is an atrocity .-.
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I'm still having problems with artwork. Mostly not something that is:
- computer animated (lol I prefer 2D handdrawn to CG)
- no retroscoping (Sorry flowers of evil)
- weird artwork (Sorry, I just supported the Kickheart because it was the first crowdfunded).
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Depends for me. I can deal with bad animation if everything else is great but certain styles I just can't handle. One Piece comes to mind. People seem to love that style but for me it's an instant turn off. Same thing with Dragon Ball. Any anime that makes teenagers look like little children... So yeah, style more often than quality.
I love different art styles. It's best to view anime art in the context of the particular show instead of ranking it as "good" or "bad." Ask why this particular style was chosen, and what effect it was meant to have on viewers. That may help you better appreciate a wide range of styles.
That said, there are certain styles that, visually, I just find less appealing than others, and it does influence my decision to watch a show. That's perfectly normal in such a visual-based medium. I don't fancy the old 80s and 90s-style animation as much as the more modern style, so I tend to gravitate towards more recent series. This is also one of the reasons that I have yet to give Jojo's Bizarre Adventure a try, but I am still interested in it, despite my stylistic preferences. I'm not likely to reject anything solely based on art style.
I also really like experimental, rough-around-the-edges types of animation. I gravitate towards anything that strikes me as different and new. I thoroughly enjoyed Kill la Kill's unconventional style, and yes, I very much appreciated the style of Aku no Hana. Those deviating styles just fit the series, more than a conventional style would, I think. (I know the Aku no Hana manga has a much more mainstream art style, but the anime's style gave the story a new life all its own, and I do appreciate what the studio accomplished with it.)
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." - William Shakespeare
I know it's about personal preference, but honestly, artwork is uniqueness and to quote "The Comic Artist and his Assistants" the most important thing about manga (obviously the art in anime is based off the manga art) is being unique.
You'll get used to it. I know I was put off by Kimi ni Todoke when I was younger, but dear god how much I've come to love that show now.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (August 10, 2011) – With the start of the 2011 campaign less than three weeks away, the ETSU volleyball team began its preparations for the upcoming season with the start of preseason camp on Tuesday afternoon.
The team officially arrived on campus Monday, while taking part in the annual team photo shoot and first practice on Tuesday. The squad closed Tuesday with a team meeting, before preparing for the start of two-a-days on Wednesday.
"The energy level of the team was pretty positive so I was impressed by that," said ETSU head coach Lindsey Devine. "I am impressed by our freshmen because they add a new attitude and dimension to our team. With our returners being out on the court for the first time since April, I was generally pleased. With first practices, there are always nerves. The team is also adjusting to a new setter so the timing is a bit off, but overall the tone, attitude, and energy level were very impressive."
ETSU returns five letterwinners, including two starters and its libero, from a squad that advanced to its first ever trip to the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament final. Highlighting the list of returning players are senior middle blocker Jamie Stancliff (Advance, N.C.), senior libero Kiley Tamblyn (Torrance, Calif.) and sophomore outside hitter Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.). Stancliff finished the 2010 season ranked second in the league in blocks at 1.07 per set, while Tamblyn led the team and ranked third in the A-Sun in digs with 4.20 per set. Meanwhile, Devine was the 2010 Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year after leading the Bucs in kills and points.
The Bucs went 26-9 with a 7-3 Atlantic Sun record in 2010. The 26 wins were the most for the program since the 1978 season. In addition to the five returnees, ETSU welcomes seven highly touted newcomers to the squad.
The Buccaneers open the 2011 season against Evansville at the UNC Greensboro Tournament on August 26. ETSU will also take on UNC Greensboro, North Carolina A&T and Coastal Carolina in the two-day tournament.
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Samantha & Scott needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 74 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
They create promotional products for doctors offices. Lip balm, pens, etc. all with the doctors information on them.
They want to target conservative, witty, well educated female office managers by getting their attention, letting them know that they are happy and fun company (since they are a promotional company).
Although it should be fun and reflect they they are a promotional company, it should also show that they work with Doctors. They attempted to do that with the stethoscope, but this can be done any way you think is smart.
I really like the smile idea, but the font, gradient and colors make it look dated and something whimsical and unsophisticated. The "The" sitting on top of the "P" looks like they hastily put it there for lack of a better place. In addition, gradients in a logo can sometimes limit where it can be printed.
The logo should look current and somewhat simple (the best are). It should work both in the website header (most important) and shrunken down on business cards.
Once the logo is done, we will be creating a project to do the website. The website colors will be blue, orange, green and white like webmd.com:
The same colors are here in the circles:
The logo should convey that they are a promotional company, that they work with doctors, and that they are fun.
I like web 2.0 with slight gradients.
I don't like the use of capsules as a symbol for doctors as the client is anti-drug.
I am attaching the best logo so far so you can see what direction we are trying to go. The logo is not perfect, but the rest are so bad, I wanted to include this.
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Why choose AU for theatre?
- Optimal size for expanded opportunities. The smaller theatre program at AU translates to small class sizes and multiple performance and backstage opportunities, giving graduates marketability in all areas of the theatre.
- Classes build upon elements from previous classes. This process assures each graduate a level of competency having mastered a method for their craft.
- Working with professionals. In addition to instruction by faculty in AU's theatre program, students work with seasoned industry professionals in Indianapolis and central Indiana
The theatre program at Anderson University is a place where you can develop your acting and directing skills while also learning about the historical and technical aspects of theatre productions. Performance opportunities each year include two main stage productions, two lyric theatre productions, and two black box productions. In addition to working with our own faculty, students work with a variety of guest artists and guest directors to develop their artistry and enhance their professional skills and connections.


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To go with the new "version 2" 3D data for Miami, Microsoft has updated Vienna and Seattle. In addition to that, they've added a ton of new imagery.
I normally like to list all of the updated areas, but it's simply too much. You can view it all on this page.
The total amount of new imagery is reported to be around 69.2TB, which is amazing! However, I don't know how that number is computed. Is that raw imagery? Compressed? Anyone know how that figure is derived?
In any case, it looks to be another awesome update.


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Integrating BAS, electrical systems
Integrating electrical systems with BAS can promote operational efficiencies, optimize maintenance staff effectiveness, and leverage fault diagnostics.
Owners of high-performance buildings expect engineers, manufacturers, and building system installers to work together to increase the performance of the building's systems. However, superior performance typically is associated with increased complexity and cost.
Modern microprocessor-based equipment is replacing electromechanical devices. Industrial networks connect equipment and systems. Sensors provide feedback to measure results and enable enhanced control and functionality. Enhancing, connecting, and integrating industrial systems with a building's control platform allows engineers to exceed the high-performance building owners' expectations.
BAS has become a ubiquitous feature of the modern commercial building, providing a window into the complex operation of building mechanical systems and therefore allowing operators to do their jobs more effectively. Modern BAS systems are also well equipped—out of the box or with very little extra cost—to speak the standards-based network protocols, such as Modbus, found in many electrical systems. The addition of network wiring or wireless communications can enable easy integration. By consolidating electrical and mechanical system monitoring into a single unified BAS platform, the full potential of electrical equipment and systems can be harnessed, unlocking new opportunities for high-performance strategies.
New opportunities
In addition to managing the building mechanical systems, the modern BAS can leverage many of its features, such as trending, alarming, and web-based graphics, to monitor the electrical systems as well (see Figure 1). Integration can also employ a building operator's existing experience and training to enable more efficient building management.
Integrating a building's electrical systems into its BAS can unlock new opportunities for high performance. BAS integration opportunities include expanding operational efficiencies, coordinating historical data, optimizing maintenance staff effectiveness, and leveraging fault diagnostics.
Expanding operational efficiencies: Having data from each system on a single platform allows building operators to draw conclusions to further implement energy efficient strategies that can't easily be achieved with stand-alone systems. By simultaneously tracking and analyzing both mechanical and electrical systems through benchmarking (i.e., comparing initially installed amperage to current amperage), operational staff can take corrective action if and when equipment efficiency drops. Determining the best way to reduce peak demand energy charges becomes easier when these systems can be viewed from one platform. Reducing building loads in reaction to demand response requests becomes simpler when actions can be executed from a single location. Understanding these tasks in real time allows building operators to set and meet efficiency goals while reducing energy costs.
Many modern BAS implementations include a real-time interface to a CMMS or similar facility management software that manages equipment maintenance and triggers work tickets based on operating parameters such as equipment run time or equipment faults. Leveraging the software for electrical systems via a BAS interface can enhance operator attention to electrical equipment maintenance.
Coordinating historical data: To manage and improve any process, a data baseline is imperative. One cannot know of a potential issue if the real-time data cannot be compared to how equipment had been operating prior to the problem. The opportunity to review historical data from power meters and be able to pull charts and graphs from multiple systems over time will enhance an operator's ability to investigate and solve problems.
Optimizing maintenance staff effectiveness: Moving electrical system control and monitoring to the BAS will instantaneously generate new ways to analyze building data, including the opportunity to meet and set more effective operation and maintenance goals. When the MEP systems are tied together, the chief engineer can spend more time doing preventive maintenance than reactive problem solving, which typically reduces maintenance costs. BAS integration for monitoring electrical systems also allows staff to be alerted immediately of potential power issues, such as providing a warning of a forthcoming overload on the power distribution system that could take out a critical life safety system or cause significant losses due to extended downtime.
Additionally, staff effectiveness will naturally improve when one piece of software does it all, as operators are likely to remember how to manage the system as part of their daily routine and will remain trained on it over time. Furthermore, when operators are familiar with the BAS, they are more likely to learn and use higher-level functions and analyses.
Leveraging fault diagnostics: By interfacing electrical systems into a BAS, fault diagnostics become possible. The more data that is acquired, stored, and analyzed, the easier it is to write meaningful fault algorithms. These algorithms teach the BAS to indicate when a piece of equipment is about to break or if it is not running at optimal condition by comparing values of different parameters based on historical data. For example, if one system is using more electricity than it did yesterday to operate under identical conditions, the BAS can alert the operator to investigate a possible equipment issue or point to problematic settings.
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soccer, these are the youngest, introductory ages of the Recreational Program. The Recreational
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I laughed at least.
It kind of gave me the impression that Jim lives in the basement of the convention hall or somthing and E3 stole all the power.
Good theme song as always, Jim.
who said I was talking about the video?
And he says "really?" or something along those lines
Why all the hate? If you don't like him fine, but come to the comments section episode after episode and talk smack about the guy. Is that what it takes to make you feel good about yourself, putting down someone who is putting in the work to create something?
.... Any one else get the vibe they uploaded the wrong footage?
Is this suppose to be like one of those things Yahtzee does?
Because showing your distaste for a show is very bad to do. BAD OPINION HAVERS! SHAME ON YOU! How dare you share your opinion on an opinion website. How dare you share your thoughts, telling the site owners that you don't enjoy a show on their site. Such a mean thing to do.
To be honest, this is the best episode so far. I'm not even kidding, it was the only one so far that was funny. Didn't have a point but the points of the previous installments have sucked anyway.
Hey! So now what am I supposed to thank god for huh??
Shoddy wiring and interference I s'pose....
Seriously, that had to suck.
I think I liked the comments about this video more then the fact Jim has the worse timing ever, in both cases it's fun.
It was a Jim episode with all my favorite things!
His theme!
I chuckled... right up until the point that I realised there wasn't an episode last week either, and as someone who enjoys this show that's pretty damn disappointing. There will be a show next week, yeah..?
What? Jim didn't say anything! I am now thoroughly disappoint!
Y'know, I was initially going to complain about the lack of... "content", I suppose. But then I remembered that since I don't care for his opinion anyway, I realized that there was nothing wrong with this video after all.
Still didn't make me laugh, though.
That was... He should have waited to put this up, since he hasn't really done enough episodes on here to actually NEED to do this, but hay, at least I laughed at the funnies of it.
Well, he said "Really?". That's something!
I thought it was funny. Brightened up my morning when I saw this.
And really he ain't that fat, even? He's wearing a thick trench coat.
And as if being fat is a bad thing. How is "you're fat" honestly an insult. You're a disgusting human being if you pull that out to demean another person.
I've had time to mull the episode over in my giant brain, and either this was a very deep, very clever social satire on how nobody won E3, or he was just being 'ironic' again.
that was funny when the first person did it.. supposedly in the 1920s.
Well, i was expecting to see a power outage, but didn't really expect him to stop doing his show. Thought it would just be a black screen, or a darkened room.
You're episodes just keep getting better, You should do all of them like this.
:D funny man, shame no show though.
Why did The Escapist put this up? I am disappoint.
I liked game dogs... -sniff- :(
Oh god, this got me laughing so hard, easily one of the best episodes XD
People actually still watch Jimquisition? I guess it's true there's chlorine in the gene pool...
Awww. There, there. *hug* Game Dogs had its moments of coolness.
So what did he actually say? "Win" or something? I couldn't even se what happened, what is this about. I'm so confused right now...
You still posted here y'know.
That was the best episode yet. He is improving. ;-)
Maybe he is under contract to produce a video each week regardless of the quality. But, he could of redone the vid a few hours later or the next day. Not like the powercut lasted the whole week.
The irony! XD
He does indeed need to produce a video, but did the Escapist need to show us this? I'd have thrown it out and asked for something worth putting up. A few seconds of video isn't up to the the Escapist standard, in my opinion.
The only thing funnier than this show, is watching just how pissed some people can get.
Im not a fan of the whole "don't like, dont watch" stigma, but really, if you don't like the show, just don't watch it.
That way, the show will get less hits and then maybe, in due time, its filthy existence will be forever gone from your glorious shrine of ultra awesome serious business!
As for me, I'll continue to enjoy the phenomenon that is Jim Sterling.
Well that was disappointing. Do we get an actual episode?
He hasn't been doing this long enough (on the Escapist), but everyone has to have their troll episode. MovieBob had is Mario review, and Yahtzee his DNF review.
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|Modelling the pH variation in rivers is an interesting exercise, not only from an environmental point of view, but also because it makes use of basic physical, chemical, biological and numerical principles obtained through undergraduate courses. The pH model is built systematically using theory and logical assumptions to include or exclude different parameters and processes. After that, a short discussion will show how the initialisation values were found. The final model will show how equilibrium problems can be solved in discreet steps for a dynamic system using the simple assumption, that equilibrium reactions are much faster than transport phenomena and biological transformation. Furthermore, the model will be used to predict the behaviour of pH when changing temperature, ionic strength, buffer capacity and biological transformation rates.


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Reunion Gift Counting Guidelines
Anniversary Reunion Year Gift Counting Guidelines
To further promote Clarkson University's reunion giving program, and to provide clear, fair and consistent guidelines for alumni and fundraising staff, a comprehensive, multi-year approach to crediting annual, capital and deferred gifts has been outlined for all anniversary (5-year) reunion classes. This approach recognizes the importance of each donor's individual philanthropic plan and timeline, while at the same time maximizes the impact reunion class gifts can have at Clarkson and in fundraising campaigns.
Effective Date:
July 1, 2007
- Annual gifts and pledges of up to five years count when made in the anniversary reunion year.
- Capital gifts and pledges (generally $25,000 and above) count within 2 years before the anniversary reunion.
- New deferred (estate) gifts (with documentation based on campaign counting guidelines) may count in the next anniversary reunion whenever made, or made known, to the University.
- Pledges/gifts may count in only one anniversary reunion. Matching gifts for eligible pledges/gifts will count as well.
- During any anniversary reunion year, alumni may pledge out (up to) an additional 4 years beyond the reunion and have the entire amount (annual and capital) of their pledge count in the reunion totals. No minimum pledge amount is required.
- For alumni who have made multi-year annual pledge agreements in advance of the reunion that include giving for the reunion year and beyond, only the pledge for the reunion year and beyond would count in the total. For example, a $5,000 (5-year) pledge starting in the 37th reunion year would allow pledge payments in years 40 and 41 to count in 40th anniversary reunion totals.
- Alumni may make or pledge (up to 5 years) a capital gift (generally $25,000 and above) up to 2 years before their anniversary reunion year and have the gift count in anniversary reunion fundraising totals. For example, a $25,000 gift pledged over five years in the 43rd reunion year may count in 45th reunion fundraising totals.
- For alumni who have made multi-year capital pledge agreements in advance of the reunion that include giving for the reunion year and beyond, only the pledge for the 2 years before reunion and the reunion year and beyond would count in the total. For example, a $25,000 (5-year) pledge starting in the 37th reunion year would allow pledge payments in years 38 through 41 to count in 40th anniversary reunion totals.
- If the final payment of a multi-year capital pledge from a previous anniversary reunion falls in the next anniversary reunion counting period and the entire pledge was credited to the previous anniversary reunion, the cash gift made that year will not count in the next reunion.
- Deferred (estate) gifts made or pledged during the anniversary reunion year may count in fundraising totals. Documentation and/or a Statement of Testamentary Pledge is required. New deferred gifts (such as bequests, life insurance, retained life estates, gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts) made, or made known, between anniversary reunions will count in the upcoming anniversary reunion year (unless they have counted in a previous reunion).
- Clarkson couples in different class years may elect to split their gift between their respective anniversary reunions based on the above guidelines.
- For non-alumni widow or widowers who make gifts to Clarkson in the anniversary reunion year of a deceased spouse, credit will be given to the deceased spouse's reunion class. Individuals classified as "Alumni Friends" and connected to a reunion year will be considered alumni for purposes of these guidelines.
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