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Processors Now Have A Lot of Tasty Choices When It Comes to Advanced Control Technologies
Signal characterization of the controller output and input were used to cancel valve and orifice nonlinearity, respectively. Many of these PID techniques were refined for boiler control. Later, signal characterization was also being applied to the controller input to cancel out the nonlinearities of the process variable for neutralizer pH and distillation column temperature control. A whole host of supervisory control techniques were programmed into a host computer. An experienced engineer could employ all sorts of tricks, but each function generally required a separate device, and the tuning and maintenance of these were often too tricky for even the most to accomplished personnel.
Furthermore, the degree of advanced control was set during the project estimation stage because adaptive, batch, feedforward, error squared, nonlinear, override, ratio and supervisory PID controllers had different model numbers, wiring and price tags. If you changed your mind, it meant buying a new controller and scrapping an existing one.
Signal characterization, selection, and calculations required separate boxes and special scaling factors. Only the strong survived. Leftover SAMA block and wiring diagrams and pot settings are the source of headaches to this day.
So Many Choices, So Little Time
In the 80s, the PID hangovers from the 70s became available as function blocks that could be configured at will within the basic process control system. Real-time simulations were developed to test configurations and train operators. The benefits from advanced regulatory control, instrument upgrades, and migration from analog to distributed control far exceeded expectations. Continuous process control improvement became a reality.
Meanwhile, advanced process control (APC) technologies including constrained multivariable predictive control (CMPC), artificial neural networks (ANN), real-time optimization (RTO), performance monitoring and expert systems were commercialized. These new technologies required expensive software packages ($100,000 and up), separate computers, special interfaces, and consultants to do the studies and implementation. The total bill could easily approach or exceed $1 million for a medium-sized project, the biggest chunk being the consultant's fee.
Add to that the fact that the process knowledge needed to not just exploit the system effectively but maintain it disappeared when the consultants left the site. Even so, the incremental benefits from advanced multivariable control and global online optimization over advanced regulatory (PID) control were huge, and enough to justify an extensive deployment as documented in benchmarking studies1.
APC Integration
At the turn of the century, APC technologies were integrated into the basic process control system2. Along with lower license fees, the whole cost of system implementation decreased by a factor of 20 or more with the automation of a variety of steps including configuration, displays, testing, simulation and tuning.
For example, an adaptive control (ADAPT), a fuzzy-logic controller (FLC), a model-predictive controller (MPC), and an artificial neural network (ANN) can be graphically configured and wired as simply as a PID function block. Figure 1 shows how an MPC is set up to maximize feed and an ANN is used to provide an online estimator of pH. A right-click on the MPC block offers the option to create the display for engineering that in turn, has buttons for automated testing and identification of the model for the MPC block.
Figure 1: A Maximum Feed Set Up
MPC and ANN applications are now as easy to configure as a PID.
Similarly, a right click on the ANN block would offer an engineering display for an automated sensitivity analysis, insertion of delays and training for the ANN block. Model verification is also available to compare the predicted versus the actual response of the MPC and ANN blocks and applications can be launched for performance monitoring and simulation of all blocks.
Now that we have the tools at our finger tips, how do we make the most out of the control opportunities the technologies can deliver?
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The speed at which new APC techniques can now be applied is truly incredible. In the time it took to read this article, an APC block can be been configured. Rapid APC can rejuvenate and empower you to take the initiative and become famous by Friday. Instead of wasting time arguing the relative merits of an APC solution, it can be prototyped via simulation and demonstrated via implementation. Nothing melts resistance to change more than success. Of course, it is still best that the application drive the solution and that a pyramid of APC technologies be built in layers on a firm foundation. APC is not a fix for undersized or oversized valves and stick-slip3.
To find the opportunities with the biggest benefits, an opportunity sizing is used to identify the gaps between peak and actual performance1, 2. The peak can be the best demonstrated from an analysis of cost sheets and statistical metrics. Increasingly, high-fidelity process simulations and virtual plants are used to explore new operating regions that are then verified by plant tests.
Big Opportunity
Perhaps the biggest opportunity for driving the application of APC is the development of online process performance indicators. Systems can now take online loop performance monitoring to an extraordinary level but the proof in the pudding is in how these metrics affect the process and what are the incremental benefits achieved and still possible.
The key variable for process performance monitoring is the ratio of the manipulated flow to the feed flow. The controlled variable is best expressed and plotted as a function of this ratio. For example, pH is a function of the reagent-to-feed ratio, column temperature is a function of the reflux-to-feed ratio, exchanger temperature is a function of the coolant-to-feed ratio, and stack oxygen is a function of the air-to-fuel ratio.
The process gain, which is the slope of the curve, is usually quite nonlinear. In the absence of first principle simulations, an ANN can be trained to predict the controlled variable from ratios and temperatures. For pH control, the inputs to the ANN are the ratios for all reagents and temperature, which affects the dissociation constants and activity coefficients. The future value of the ANN, which is the output, without the input delays used to compare and correct the ANN with a measured value, can be filtered and used to achieve much tighter control since dead time has been eliminated. The ANN future value can also be used to train a second ANN to predict a key ratio from a controlled variable.
After training, achieved by ramping a key ratio to the first ANN to cover the operating range, a more optimum setpoint based on a reduction in variability is used as the input to the second ANN and offers the means to predict the associated ratio. Note that it is the variability in the ratio that predicts how much the setpoint can be shifted. This is best seen in pH control where the variability in the ratio from a setpoint on the steep curve can translate to a significant, acceptable shift in the pH setpoint to the flatter portion of the titration curve, and a huge savings in reagent cost as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Big Savings
Analysis of variability in ratio enables a huge reagent savings.
The predicted benefit from improved process control is the difference between the present and the predicted and more optimum ratio, multiplied by the feed rate and cost per pound of the manipulated flow. For columns, reflux-to-feed ratio is converted to steam-to-feed ratio to calculate energy cost. Ultimately, past and future benefits of APC can be trended to show behavior not recognized from just the display of numbers.
A Virtual Prediction
A virtual plant can be run to provide a more accurate prediction of controlled variables and benefits if the model parameters such as dissociation constants, heat transfer coefficients,and tray efficiencies have been adapted to match the plant4. A novel method has been developed to use MPC to simultaneously adapt multiple first-principle process model parameters2. The targets for the MPC are the plant measurements, the controlled variables (in this case the corresponding virtual plant variables), and the manipulated variables which are the key simulation parameters. The MPC models for adapting the virtual plant are readily developed by running the dynamic simulations offline faster than real time. The identification of the MPC models is done non-intrusively and the adaptation of the virtual plant just requires the ability to read some key plant measurements2.
Get it On
It used to be that if one were a MPC or ANN supplier or consultant, everything was either an MPC or ANN solution and never shall the twain meet. Now process engineers can choose the solution that best fits the application based on dynamics and interaction.
Table 1 summarizes a consensus of the author's first choices for APC process control techniques and online property estimators. It is important to realize that there is considerable overlap in the ability of each APC technique and the quality of the set up and tuning is often more of a significant factor than the technology. Also, there are still some PID experts that can make a PID "stand on its head." These tables are not meant to rule out a technology but to help a person without any set technical predispositions to get started. Consider sampling technologies from several columns when you start developing your next project.
In the table, under the category column, A through G show processes dominated by dead time, lag time, runaway response, nonlinearities, need for averaging control, interaction and the need for optimization, respectively. Category F considers not only interactions that require decoupling but also measured disturbances that require feedforward action. The Choice A column offers the first choices for process control solutions. The Choice B column offers the the first choices for online property estimators used to predict a stream composition or product quality online from measurements of flows, densities, pressures, and temperatures.
Table 1
It is well documented that model predictive control (MPC) excels at applications that are dead time dominant4. Derivative action is not suitable for such processes, so the comparison in the studies is based on a PI controller. For processes such as temperature that are dominated by a large lag time (time constant), FLC has proven to provide a performance edge, especially for set point changes. The concern about how to tune the FLC scale factors has been diminished by the use of auto tuners.
Diehard PID advocates can take solace in columns C for D for processes with severe non-self-regulating or extremely nonlinear responses. Here, high derivative and gain action is essential to deal with the acceleration of the controlled variable from the positive feed back response or increasing process gain. The approach to the steep portion of the titration curve can look like a runaway condition to a pH controller. Fast, pseudo-integrating processes such as furnace pressure, can ramp off scale in a few seconds and require the immediate action from gain and derivative modes of a PID controller6. An adaptive controller can greatly help the tuning of a PID for slowly changing nonlinearities.
MPC is ideally suited for averaging control applications, such as surge tank level control, where tight control is not needed and is more important to not jerk around a manipulated flow. Move suppression, which is the key MPC tuning factor, sets the degree that variability in the controlled variable that is transferred to the manipulated variable.
For interactions and measured disturbances, MPC is able to accurately include the effects of delay and lag times automatically from response testing and model identification. While PID controllers can have dynamic decoupling and feedforward signals, in practice it is done on a steady-state basis for a small number of interactions or disturbances.
The greatest benefits have been achieved from optimization. MPC is the choice here because it can simultaneously move set points to get greater process capacity or efficiency with the knowledge and ability to prevent present and future violation of multiple constraints. The delay and lag times associated with the effect of manipulated and disturbance variables on the constraint variables are automatically included in the optimization, which is not the case for traditional supervisory and advisory control.
Fluidized-Bed Reactor Temperature Control Optimization
By Bernard Pelletier, BE, MSA
By Bernard Pelletier, BE, MSA
An advanced control strategy was developed that did not require any software platform and showed exceptional results including a 1.5% increase in throughput, a 1% reduction in energy consumption, and improved conveyor life. As a result, the project's initial investment was returned in less than three months.
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Quebec Iron and Titanium (QIT) produces an enriched titanium dioxide slag in its ilmenite smelting plant in
The first challenge was to measure inlet slag moisture and temperature levels. The second was to develop a control strategy to reject the non-linear disturbances coming from the feed (feed rate, moisture, temperature) especially during the cold-weather winter months when temperatures are at their lowest. With small non-linearity, a classical feed forward control for the feed rate would have been possible. However, the non-linearity was very important in this project and the feed forward approach without the energy and mass balance would not have worked.
The temperature of the slag entering the fluid bed was approximated with the outside air temperature, which was already measured. This estimation is fairly precise.
With a water-mass balance around the dryer, Hatch developed an online soft sensor to estimate the fresh slag moisture content. This approach was more reliable and cost effective than buying a sensor, since the latter does not work below freezing temperatures.
With a mass balance calculation every 15 minutes and a moving average of one hour, the soft sensor was found to be precise at 96%. This is precise enough for the project's needs.
All these inputs (water balance, feed rate and slag temperature) were transformed into a heat requirement for drying the feed. Thus, a variation of slag feed rate with a specific temperature and humidity becomes a variation of energy at the dryer input. This energy variation can be used through a dynamic model to adjust the fuel gas flow rate set point and to keep the dryer temperature at its set point.
Step changes on the feed rate were performed in order to build the dynamic process model and to design the feed forward controller. The PID controller is kept in the control strategy to compensate for model error and to keep the dryer temperature at its set point.
The new control strategy was initially simulated with Matlab Simulink (The Mathworks in
The strategy was then implemented on QIT's own control hardware"a Modicon PLC (Schneider Electric,
Improved Feedrate
Since the client's motivation was primarily to improve throughput in the winter months (November to April), the control strategy was initially tested during these conditions. During normal 12 hours shift, the operators have to restart the dryer once or twice for different reasons, especially blockages. To maximize throughput, the dryer has to be brought back into full production as fast as possible. The results of a start-up with the new control strategy are shown in Figure 1. It took 30 seconds to bring the dryer to full production. The dryer set point temperature remains at 105° C all the time. The temperature overshoots a bit to reach 109° C then gets back at 105° C and stabilizes after 24 minutes. There was no feed rate interruption due to low temperature alarm.
Figure 1
Production increased by 1.5 % with faster dryer start-up without any production interruption due to a low or high alarm temperature. Energy consumption was reduced by 1% by maintaining the set point at 105 °C during the start-up. It's no longer necessary to increase the set point by 5° C at start up. Longer conveyor life since there is no more dry slag temperature overshoot. The dryer slag output humidity is more stable and the dryer temperature is always kept over 100° C. This means easier operation and less energy required for the rest of the process.
Bernard Pelletier holds a PE and MS. in Chemical Engineering from ¢â¬Â°cole Polytechnique de Montr©al and is a member of the Ordre des ing©nieurs du Qu©bec. He is an advanced control engineer, based in Hatch Group's offices in
Online property estimators, also known as "soft or intelligent sensors," have only recently gone mainstream so the table is a "first look" that is sure to change as more experience is gained.
When properly applied, estimators can provide faster, smoother, and more reliable measurements of important process compositions and product quality parameters than analyzers2. An analyzer is needed somewhere to provide the initial training and testing and ongoing feed back correction of estimators. If the analyzer is in the lab, time stamped samples at relatively frequent intervals are essential. For the training and verification of ANN to predict stack emissions, skids of analyzers are rented. These ANN are then accurate for 6 months or more if there are no significant changes in the process or equipment operating conditions. For most process applications, ongoing periodic feedback correction from an online or lab analyzer is needed2. The delay and lag times, which are used in the estimator to time-coordinate the estimator output with an analyzer reading or lab result, are removed to provide a future value for process control.
An ANN inherently has an advantage for nonlinear processes with a large number of inputs that are dominated by delays. However, an ANN should not be used for prediction of values for inputs outside of the training data set because its nonlinear functions are not suitable for extrapolation. For linear processes with a relatively small number of inputs where lag times are more important, a linear dynamic estimator that uses the same type of models identified for MPC has been demonstrated to be effective2.
It can be readily integrated into MPC to take into account interactions. It is important to realize that both an ANN and LDE assume the inputs are uncorrelated. If this is not the case, principal component analysis (PCA) should be used to provide a reduced set of linear independent latent variables as inputs. Multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) software can automatically do PCA and partial least squares estimators. MSPC packages offer the ability to drill down and analyzer the relative contributions of each process measurement to a PCA latent variable and are the best choice for linear processes with a huge number of inputs that are correlated and dominated by time delays2.
Finally, first principle models (FPM) are the estimator of choice for runaway conditions for finding and exploiting new optimums that are beyond the normal process operating range. Correlation of inputs and nonlinearity is a non issue if the equations and parameters are known. Traditionally, FPM has been achieved by real time optimization that employs steady state high fidelity process simulations. More recently, virtual plants that use dynamic high fidelity simulations running faster than real time have been used to provide future values of key concentrations in important streams2. Virtual plants can also play an important role in developing process data that covers a wider range of plant operation for the training of an ANN. Most plant data tends to be at a one operating point unless plant testing or optimization is in progress. Plant operations are conservative especially when customers or the Food and Drug Administration insist on no changes. Virtual plants instill the confidence and provide the documentation to try new process set points and control strategies important to gain competitiveness.
(1) McMillan, Gregory, "Opportunities in Process Control", Chemical Manufacturer's Association (CMA) white paper, June 1993.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Raheem Appleby scored 21 points as Louisiana Tech netted the first 12 points of the second half and went on to defeat Southeast Missouri State 67-63 in a nonconference game Monday.
Appleby got the run started for the Bulldogs (3-1) with a pair of jumpers. After Cordarius Johnson made two free throws, Michale Kyser rebounded a missed 3-pointer by Appleby and dunked for a seven-point lead.
Brandon Gibson added a pair of layups, the second after a steal by Kenneth Smith, and Louisiana Tech led 43-32 with 14:47 remaining.
The Redhawks (3-2) got within three points three times the rest of the way, but never closer.
Johnson contributed 15 points and Gibson 12 for Louisiana Tech.
Tyler Stone scored 17 points with 14 rebounds and Corey Wilford scored 16 points for Southeast Missouri State.
The game was part of a four-team, three-day round-robin portion of the CBE Classic.


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A combination of psychotherapy and antidepressant medication appears to be the most effective treatment for adolescents with major depressive disorder -- more than medication alone or psychotherapy alone, according to results from a major clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study was published in the October 2007 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
The long-term results of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) found that when adolescents received fluoxetine (Prozac) alone or in combination with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) over the course of 36 weeks, they recovered faster than those who were receiving CBT alone.
However, taking fluoxetine alone appeared to pose some safety concerns for the teens. During treatment, those taking fluoxetine alone had higher rates of suicidal thinking (15 percent) than those in combination treatment (8 percent) and those in CBT alone (6 percent), particularly in the early stages of treatment. This suggests that while treatment with fluoxetine may speed recovery, adding CBT provides additional safeguards for those vulnerable to suicide, according to the researchers.
"Depression in teens is a serious illness that can and should be treated aggressively," said NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. "TADS provides compelling evidence for families and clinicians that the most effective way to treat depression in teens is with a two-pronged approach. It reassures us that antidepressant medication combined with psychotherapy is an effective and safe way to help teens recover from this disabling illness."
Results at 36 weeks of treatment were consistent with those found at 12 weeks in the 439-person study, when NIMH reported that combination treatment produced the greatest improvement in teenagers with major depression. At 18 weeks (results not previously reported), combination treatment still outpaced the other treatments with an 85 percent response rate, compared to 69 percent for fluoxetine alone and 65 percent for CBT alone. By 36 weeks, the response rate to combination treatment still remained the highest (86 percent), while response rates to fluoxetine and CBT essentially caught up, at 81 percent each.
"In the combination approach, the two treatments complemented each other," said John March, M.D, MPH, of Duke University and lead author of the study. "The fluoxetine can help dissipate the physical symptoms of major depression relatively quickly, and CBT can help patients develop new skills to contend with difficult, negative emotions."
Because the trial sample included a mix of younger and older teens, both genders, substantial minority representation and variable socioeconomic status, the TADS results can be applied broadly to the adolescent population.
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Microsoft addresses Xbox One vs PS4 performance "mis-information"
The PS4 will not have the performance advantage over Xbox One that many people seem to believe.
That's according to Xbox strategy boss Albert Penello, who has taken to NeoGaf to correct what he calls some of the mis-information" that has been poste don the internet.
Here are his technical points in full:
• 18 CU's vs. 12 CU's =/= 50% more performance. Multi-core processors have inherent inefficiency with more CU's, so it's simply incorrect to say 50% more GPU.
• Adding to that, each of our CU's is running 6% faster. It's not simply a 6% clock speed increase overall.
• We have more memory bandwidth. 176gb/sec is peak on paper for GDDR5. Our peak on paper is 272gb/sec. (68gb/sec DDR3 + 204gb/sec on ESRAM). ESRAM can do read/write cycles simultaneously so I see this number mis-quoted.
• We have at least 10% more CPU. Not only a faster processor, but a better audio chip also offloading CPU cycles.
• We understand GPGPU and its importance very well. Microsoft invented Direct Compute, and have been using GPGPU in a shipping product since 2010 - it's called Kinect.
• Speaking of GPGPU - we have 3X the coherent bandwidth for GPGPU at 30gb/sec which significantly improves our ability for the CPU to efficiently read data generated by the GPU.
I do want to be super clear: I'm not disparaging Sony," he added. I'm not trying to diminish them, or their launch or what they have said. But I do need to draw comparisons since I am trying to explain that the way people are calculating the differences between the two machines isn't completely accurate.
Hopefully with some of those more specific points people will understand where we have reduced bottlenecks in the system. I'm sure this will get debated endlessly but at least you can see I'm backing up my points.
I still I believe that we get little credit for the fact that, as a SW company, the people designing our system are some of the smartest graphics engineers around – they understand how to architect and balance a system for graphics performance. Each company has their strengths, and I feel that our strength is overlooked when evaluating both boxes.
Given this continued belief of a significant gap, we're working with our most senior graphics and silicon engineers to get into more depth on this topic. They will be more credible then I am, and can talk in detail about some of the benchmarking we've done and how we balanced our system.
I think I've been upfront I have nothing but respect for those guys, but I'm not a fan of the mis-information about our performance."


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Grand Theft Auto IV Walkthrough
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Your enemies can be seen on the HUD as red dots, and they're going to put up a fight, so you don't have to worry about quickly pursuing them or risking losing them. Instead, break out your weapon of choice (we found the Uzi to work well here) and head towards the fountain where they wiped out. One should be waiting for you behind a pillar adjacent to the fountain, while two others will be waiting down some stairs in a subterranean section of the park. When they make themselves seen to fire on you, do them in, but don't over-extend yourself so that you're attacked from multiple angles at once. As long as you avoid doing that, subduing the initial three foes shouldn't be an issue for you whatsoever.
But what about the fourth guy, the one that lied to Niko's face and then ordered he and his friends to speed off in an attempt to lose him? Well, after his three friends are dead, the game will issue a prompt letting you know that he's hiding in a nearby bathroom in the subterranean area of the park, just to the right of the pillars where his friends were slain. Head on in there and begin firing on the various stalls to find your mark. Once you do, he'll talk to you and beg for mercy and even offer a partnership, but you know what to do -- put a bullet in his head.
Now you can take a leisurely stroll through the park to seek out the area where Ray will meet you. It's located on your HUD as a yellow dot, and the location is on the bridge on Quartz Street, the street that splits Middle Park in half. You could boost a car and use it to get there via an alternate route, but running there is actually easier and quicker (just use some rocks to pull yourself up over onto the road as seen in a screen below). Once you get to the predetermined location, Ray will drive up, thank you for taking care of business, and speed off quickly. Another mission completed.
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text: Better FICO, Better Rates September 4, 2013 10:27 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ed Clark Top Producer Business and Issues Editor Email Understand how lenders evaluate your loan application Farm lenders increasingly use FICO credit scores as a key criteria for determining not only whether you qualify for a loan, but terms and interest rates. "FICO is a tool we use to evaluate risk," says Mark Jensen, senior vice president for risk management of Farm Credit Services of America. Additionally, FCS looks at a producer's balance sheet, cash flow and other risk predictors. A FICO credit report is pulled for each loan application, whether for a new borrower or a 30-year customer. "FICO scores have proven reliable as a solid predictor of risk," Jensen says. Credit deals involve more than just rates. Good terms are equally important, and FICO scores above 720 put you in a stronger position to negotiate them. Scores range from 300 to 850 and include virtually all credit, regardless of source. "Right now, 85% to 90% of our borrowers are 700 or better," says Nate Franzen, First Dakota National Bank president, agribusiness division. Lower scores don't necessarily mean a credit lock-out. "We might make loans to those below 650 if they are making financial progress, have a plan and a sound reason for the score, but the terms will not be as favorable," Franzen says. Average FICO scores for farmers are 750 right now, compared to 690 for all borrowers, illustrating record farm incomes the past few years. FICO gives more weight for certain borrowers, even within the same institution. "The scores weigh more heavily in decisions for beginning farmers and for new customers," Jensen says. The point in time is an important consideration, too. If a cash grain producer has lower scores today, it's more troubling to lenders. FICO calculation models are closely held trade secrets, but the percentages assigned to each risk category are straightforward, as the pie chart above shows. An oxymoron, perhaps, but even closing accounts on which you owe nothing can hurt your score, as well as applying for too much credit from numerous sources within a short time. Pull Reports. FICO is best known by its three reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. It's advised to obtain scores annually from all three. This allows you to spot inaccuracies and correct them. A comparison by Consumer Reports found a 72-point spread among the agencies, which could be the difference between good and excellent. That range doesn't mean a change in rates or terms, but it could. Credit scores are most regarded as a tool for looking at credit card debt. Farmers are making more purchases with credit cards than ever before, Jensen says, because they are making more online purchases. Almost all farmers have been through high and low cash flow cycles. If there's something on your credit report that might raise credit suspicions, it's important to be up front with your banker, advises Bob Craven, University of Minnesota ag economist. Credit score glitches that can be explained do not necessarily pose a big problem, he says. While there is little that can be done to change the past, you can change the future, so whatever your history, staying current on payments will boost FICO scores over time. For more information and to order any of the three FICO reports, check out www.myfico.com. Back to news


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Jakarta's Long Road to Recovery
Thousands of people are still unable to return home after last week's floods caused extensive damage to Jakarta's infrastructure. The WSJ's Eric Bellman describes why Indonesia's capital is struggling to return to normal.
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I ... the ... it is as capital Jakarta after the city faced major flood last week but thousand still remain unable to return to their homes ... Cheney me now is reporter Eric Bellman from Jakarta ... ok Eric was keeping people from returning if the rains have stopped ... honestly Agius I'm quite stoppages slow ... and the humanities was in parts of town downtown Elyria office ... I ... generally try it out ... it's often used on areas where there's water still stock ... even when it's not rainy here ... it's coming from the surrounding area it's the sort of a lot of a lot of water rivers flow through Jakarta Sony everywhere said Wednesday ox carts delis to pee on the show ... ok and we're looking at pictures the ad that downtown Jakarta well within like Eric getting into work today ... today was fun it actually tried to ... quiet critics ... just last week people ... so we see design I wanted to gauge what ... the president's SDY ... was up to she's the president's house ... on this area it was very good isn't president ... water flooding its the so the rich neighborhoods generally ... have been training what happened was a major river near here where water flows from the hills out to the ocean ... of one of the walls of the river ... so that ... that that included ... allowing much of it to run into a smaller soda ... what a way ... that state incentives and an anti thing so quickly ... I've been reading your your ... store office for workers ... were trapped in the basement parking lot when the water rushing what's not ... aam fortunately they found two of them trapped in the water and on this suffered hypothermia ... two of them ... however passed away ... Diana and as reading or not certainly not the only fatalities and ideas nineteen people from a monk who had been electrocuted ... during these clients ... any any idea I mean when looking at these pictures and it certainly does look like extensive damage has occurred ... I'd to many place is that it would be in Jakarta ... is there any assessment as to how much this will cost the city ... it's still early to tell a resistance in the tens of millions of hundreds of millions of dollars ... on some power stations are still out someday banks are still close ... I will say though that the worst hit areas or areas that are ... badly ... the year or every downpour so often ... the infrastructure things that could be damaged by water ... and lifted up our time there ... so so is the worst hit areas the damages ... are actually people are suffering ... there isn't as much economic ... and and for those of us have been to Jakarta we certainly know the infrastructure problems that exist in the city ... today at one can only imagine what a major flood like this but due to the city ... thanks Brady ... slide release autos ... so the dream ... of traffic to a standstill ... it's it's very slow on any given day ... and one bottle in the wrong place ... and into stocks ... it is relatively dry ... in this part of the traffic is just over to our worse and worse than usual ... also the problem we saw ... let's do it over chefs infrastructure it was a dreamer or a wall to roll over in what should have been taking care of a long time ago um really shouldn't raised the ... tackle but the government is not spending money instead ... states ... thus ... there's more to an age ... when you have to have done well and we had last week ... yes certainly ... looks that way from here thanks very much Eric and stay dry event like this and they come out soon ... thanks very much for one that star a you can get to WS J dot com I'm Deborah con thanks for watching


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PAXTON, Mass. – An improbable comeback by Gallaudet University ended in the third overtime Saturday when junior defensive back Tony Tatum (Gardendale, Ala.) came down with his second interception of the season to give the Bison a thrilling 48-40 victory on the road against Anna Maria College. Gallaudet survived its Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) opener but not with ease as both teams had chances to win the game multiple times. The AMCATS suffered defeat for a 23rd time since the program's inception three years ago.
Gallaudet (2-2, 1-0 ECFC) scored the game's first 13 points and then proceeded to turn the ball over three consecutive times in the second quarter and twice to begin the third quarter which turned into three Anna Maria touchdowns. The AMCATS (0-4, 0-2) scored 34 unanswered points before the Bison mounted a miraculous comeback of their own and scored three fourth quarter touchdowns to send the game into overtime.
In the first overtime period, the Bison were on offense first and scored on a Michael Hantge (Hutchinson, Minn.) four-yard run to cap an 8-play drive. Sophomore kicker Jeremy Cormier (Methuen, Mass.) missed the point after attempt as Gallaudet led 40-34. Anna Maria quickly found itself in a fourth and 11 scenario at the Gallaudet 26 but quarterback Santino Simone (20-for-36, 316 yards, five touchdowns, three interceptions) was able to hit Gregory Caldwell for a touchdown to tie the game. AMCAT kicker Jamal Mitchell came out to make the extra-point kick and win the game but Gallaudet blocked his attempt. The ball ended up in the end zone where Anna Maria recovered what was thought to be a two-point conversion but the call was overturned after the referees discussed the play and explained an offensive team cannot move the ball forward on a blocked extra-point attempt.
Anna Maria started the second overtime period and saw its drive stall at the 8-yard line and sent Mitchell in for a 25-yard field goal attempt, which he missed wide left. The door was open for Gallaudet to win the game as the Bison took the field. Junior quarterback Gabriel Paulone (Fishers, Ind.) threw back-to-back incomplete passes before he hit sophomore wide receiver Nick Elstad (Colorado Springs, Colo.) for 14 yards on 4th and seven. AMCAT sophomore linebacker Jordan Koehler (15 tackles) came up with two big tackles in the backfield to push the Bison back to the 13-yard line on fourth down. Cormier trotted out to attempt a 29-yard field goal to win the game. His kick sailed through the air but clanked off the right upright to send the game to a third overtime.
Paulone (11-for-18, 114 yards, one touchdown) and company wasted little time on their possession as the signal caller ran 10 yards, handed the ball to Elstad (10 carries, 29 yards) for a four-yard pickup and then called his own number as he ran 11 yards into the end zone for the go-ahead score. NCAA rules state in the third overtime period teams must go for two-points after a score. Paulone ran in to convert the two-point conversion and give the Bison a 48-40 lead. Simone gained two yards on the ensuing possession then threw two incomplete passes before he threw up a pass that Tatum came down with to end the exhilarating contest.
"This year things haven't always gone our way as we have lost some close games but today our guys found a way to get the job done," said second year Gallaudet head coach Chuck Goldstein. "It was by far one of the most exciting games I ever been a part of. This team stayed together and gave it their all and it was their effort that put us over the top in the end!"
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I took barley pop over to meet my neighbors, the Tax family, with funny names like No More, No New, Had Enough, Stop All, Maxed Out, Why More, and Liberal Socialist.
No More said Illinois was going to add 1 percent to the sales tax. Maxed Out said she saw in the paper that Dixon schools didn't need the new sports complex after all.
Had Enough said why are they still pushing the county 1 percent sales tax? No New asked, "Why don't the people running our schools live within their income like we have to?" Liberal Socialist remarked, "Duh, they'd rather raise income than look for ways to cut expenses."
Stop All said to change the liberal politicians who run local, regional, state and federal government or we'll have a lot more relatives at our dinner table than we can feed.
From my own yard, I hear the Tax family yelling, "Vote no, vote no." They have relatives they'd just as soon not have.
Vote no on any new tax for any reason until these people get their house in order. I plan to vote no on the school tax; how about you?
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Sun Valley Elementary Students Receive Free Health Screening Via KidCheck Plus, With Continued Technology Support From The Verizon Foundation
Health Assessments Promote Early Detection and Treatment
Feb 25, 2013, 12:00 ET
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sight Savers America (SSA) KidCheck Plus Program, an award-winning children's health screening program in Alabama, conducted free screenings for children at Sun Valley Elementary School in Birmingham. During the screening, The Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic institution of Verizon, presented a $30,000 grant to SSA as part of the Foundation's ongoing support of KidCheck Plus. Verizon's support of KidCheck Plus now totals $150,000 in grant funding.
KidCheck Plus provides head to toe school-based health screenings to children in underserved parts of Alabama. UAB School of Nursing students working under faculty supervision will conduct the screenings. Health screening checkpoints include:
- Height and weight
- Blood Pressure and temperature
- Vision
- Dental and hearing
- Heart and lung sounds
- Heart and respiratory rates
- Skin and musculoskeletal
- Eyes, ears, nose and throat exams.
Through a series of grants from the Verizon Foundation, KidCheck Plus has developed a customized wireless software platform to capture all health screening results with pass/fail baselines to immediately highlight indications of potential health concerns and abnormalities. The software generates an individual screening result form that is sent home to parents and also provided to school nurses. SSA provides case management for children failing the vision screening. Expeditious results and point-of-care recommendations are enabled by the software system, developed by KidCheck Plus, as well as mobile technology support from Verizon Wireless.
"Access to healthcare shouldn't be impeded by inefficient work processes like manual paperwork, a lack of Internet access or any other aspect of the digital divide," said Julie Smith, vice-president of external affairs, Verizon south area. "The KidCheck Plus program is a great example of how mobile technology can be deployed to make an impactful and positive difference in families' lives. This is at the heart of the criteria the Verizon Foundation seeks when it selects its partner organizations."
For more information, volunteering opportunities or to make a donation to Sight Savers America's KidCheck Plus program please visit www.kidcheckplus.org.
About The Verizon Foundation
The Verizon Foundation helps people to live healthy, safe and independent lives by addressing disparities in education, health care and sustainability. Since 2000, the Verizon Foundation has invested more than half a billion dollars to improve the communities where Verizon employees work and live. Verizon's employees are generous with their donations and their time, having logged more than 6.2 million hours of service to make a positive difference in their communities. For more information, visit www.verizonfoundation.org.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE,Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with more than 98 million retail connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with nearly $116 billion in 2012 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 183,400. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.
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The smartphone is the ideal music player. With plenty of storage, a headphone jack and a near constant connection to the internet, it is the ideal device for playing tunes on the go. Android is no slouch in the music department. Google Play is packed with applications tailored to meet your musical needs.
There are a few Android music staples that you really want to have installed on your handset. Should you have missed them, we have compiled a nice little list here for you to get stuck into.
4shared Music Downloads
"Is this legal?" reads one of the comments on the Google Play Android app store under 4shared Music Downloads. So far, the answer seems to be yes. 4shared.com is a cloud locker, syncing and, yes, file sharing service of sorts and this particular app - one of a few you can get for the site - has a focus on the music side of things, and it's something that you can get only on Android.
It's fairly basic in both its appearance and function. The idea is that it gives you cloud access to any music files you have stored in the service. You can stream them to your Android phone or tablet or you can pull them down in full as MP3 downloads. The trick is that much of what people choose to store in their 4shared space is public. So anyone can search for it, stream it and even download it. The result is that you effectively have access to a pretty impressive music catalogue and for absolutely nothing at all. Read more
Market: Link
Price: Free
Rating: 5/5
Very simply put, Solo turns your phone into a guitar. The top of the screen allows you to select what chord position you'd like your virtual hand to be in and then you just strum the entire screen or pluck whatever individual notes you choose. Once you've had enough of that, you can head into the chords menu where you can select just about anything you could think of as well as go into the editor and make some custom ones of your own.
If you don't know much about music, then Solo combines really nicely with a brief in-app internet search of the music of your favourite guitar-based bands. Find out what the key chords are to the best songs, choose them from the app and away you go. Eat your heart out Jimmy Page. If that's not enough of the band experience for you, then Solo can also play one of the songs on your handset in the background while you strum along.
If you don't know much about music, then Solo combines really nicely with a brief in-app internet search of the music of your favourite guitar-based bands. Find out what the key chords are to the best songs, choose them from the app and away you go. Eat your heart out Jimmy Page. If that's not enough of the band experience for you, then Solo can also play one of the songs on your handset in the background while you strum along.
Market: Link
Price: £2.49
Rating: 5/5
Gigbeat is a music service that lets you know when a band you like is on tour. It scans your phone for music files and takes note of which artists you listen to. Then it'll bring back a list of them altogether. Most will have the words "Not currently on tour" next to their profile pictures but some will give you details of where and when they'll be, all the way to individual venues on individual dates.
If you find a time and place that's suitable - and you have the inclination - you get options to buy tickets via the Songkick service. Gigbeat will also show you where the venue is on a map and add the date to your calendar. What's really good is that the minute one of your artists announces dates in your area, Gigbeat will send you an alert so that you can get in there first before all the tickets disappear. You can also tie in your Last.fm account for more artists and recommendations as well as your Songkick credentials to make the purchasing process much smoother. An Android must.
Market: Link
Price: Free
Rating: 5/5
doubleTwist with AirSync
Together, these two apps will give your Android phone a new music player that can sync music from your PC over Wi-Fi. There's also an application for your computer that manages your music library, plays music and lets you send music not just to Android phones, but also iPods (albeit over USB only) and other USB MP3 players.
Both doubleTwist for Android and Windows/Mac computers are free. The only charge comes if you want to sync wirelessly, and then you have to pay £3.99 for AirSync. It's worth remembering though, from time to time AirSync gets a price reduction. For example, when it first came out it cost just 60p. The good news is that if you're happy to sync via USB, you don't need to pay at all.
We can see why the company opted to charge for the Wi-Fi sync part of doubleTwist, because it's really awesome and works incredibly well. To get started, you simply install the AirSync app via the Android Market. It doesn't run itself, instead it gives doubleTwist the ability to connect to your PC wirelessly and sync music, photos and video. To pair your phone to the PC you need to use a unique number, which is shown on your handset. If all goes well - and in our testing, it did - the PC application will ask you for this number automatically. This means it's detected your Android device already, and is just confirming that it's your phone, and pairing it with the PC.
When this is done, your device name shows in doubleTwist and you can start syncing music. The app seems to take the name of your device from your Google account name. Good, but slightly bothersome if you have two android devices you're trying to manage.
doubleTwist for Android
And finally, the bit that gives you a way to enjoy your music on Android. It's worth pointing out that although you need doubleTwist installed to use AirSync, if you'd rather carry on using the standard Android app, then that's fine too. However, doubleTwist is the most stylish and easy to use music apps we've used on Android. The front-end separates everything into artists, albums, songs, videos and playlists. There are also podcast and radio options from the main screen.
The playlists feature is useful because it enables you access the files you've recently synced. These are likely to be the files you're most interested in, and we found ourselves relying on most. However, finding older music was no hassle either, and doubleTwist is very responsive, so flicking through dozens of artists and tracks is a breeze. Read More.
Market: Link
Price: From Free
Rating: 4/5
If you like music videos, then Vevo is where it's all at and is pretty much an essential app for your collection. Land on the homepage and there is a carousel of several featured artists and videos. It's bold, it looks sharp and there is no messing around. Hit the one you want and the video streams - it's as simple as that.
It's clean, simple, direct to the point and easy to use. The selection of videos seems to cover the most popular current artists, so if you have specific tastes you might be disappointed. Read More
Market: Link
Price: Free
Rating: 3/5
Sonos Controller for Android
This handy app acts as a free wireless music controller for your Sonos system. Download the app, install it, press a button on any one of your Sonos ZonePlayers and away you go. It enables you to manage your library remotely, and stream music to every room - you can either play different songs in each room or sync all your ZonePlayers to play the same song. Volume can be controlled via the hardware buttons on most Android phones.
And voice search can be performed from within the app. Plus, it also features the ability to press back on your phone rather than having to press a dedicated icon on screen. In practice, the volume buttons work a treat, making changing volume on the fly really easy, and the voice search saves you having to tap away at a tiny keyboard. This one's also available for iPhone and iPad.
Market: Link
Price: Free
Rating: 5/5
Android misses out on some of the musical opportunities the likes of integrated iTunes can provide. To combat this, why not grab yourself a Spotify premium subscription. Not only does it do away with the service's nasty adverts and play limits, it also allows you to stream it from your mobile phone. The Spotify app will also let you store music locally on a handset so as not to stop playback should you go into an area of no reception.
For the price, it is an unbelievable amount of music for under £10 each month. The application, once logged in, will allow you to play unlimited songs from a vast library of available tracks. Ask us about considering using Spotify as an iTunes alternative a year ago and we would have laughed, now it seems more than viable.
The Android application is silky smooth and runs without a hitch. It can be synced easily with your computer over Wi-Fi, making managing songs you save locally, and different playlists, a much slicker task. There is a lot of music to choose from, going from chart stuff to even the most obscure of indie beats. A worthy addition to any music lover's Android phone.
Market: Link
Price: Free (with £10 per month subs)
Rating: 5/5
Last.fm is very much about musical exploration. Less a player and more an application that helps you to discover new bands, it works by using a very powerful track recommendation engine that will create radio shows tailored to you.
Once you boot the app up, Last.fm will allow you to search for an artist. It will then play this artist's radio, which may feature some of their own tracks, as well as music from other similar bands. Last.fm can also be scrobbled to, which is when other players such as Spotify, tell the service what you are listening to. The more you play, the better a picture the software has of your listening habits, until eventually it theoretically plays only music you like.
In practice Last.fm can be a bit hit or miss. Most of the time it will get things right and pull up a new band that you genuinely enjoy, but expect to do quite a lot of track skipping. Some of our favourite bands of all time however have been discovered using Last.fm and for that we have a massive soft spot for the service.
Until recently, it was free on the mobile. This has now sadly changed and the application requires you pay a monthly £3 subscription. For the amount of music you get however, the cost is so minimal it's a virtual no brainer.
Market: Link
Price: Free (with £3 per month subs)
Rating: 4/5
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This week Cles is on the move all the way from Hollywood Blvd to Clearwater Beach. A couple girls in a store show us what they got for some bills, and a local skateboarder screams Money Talks while riding in his underwear. Then we go shopping and meet Jamie, who is willing to try on some lingerie for the right price, and gets really comfortable for us, feeling up all over her insane body!
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Teen drivers are the most distracted drivers on the roads. CD's, iPod's and cell phones are the main causes for the distractions while driving.
In a 2007 national survey, conducted by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the State Farm Insurance Company researchers found that 53% of teens said they observed their peers using a hand held device such as a cell phone while driving. The risk of being involved in a car accident is greatly increased as teens cope with the temptations of new technology, such as smart phones.
Distracted drivers account for over half a million injuries and over 6,000 automobile related deaths


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EMR Nurses' Wishes, Doing Good, and Good-Better-Best EHR
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
We nurses want the EMR to do more than display patient data #NurseITchat
— Lisa Reichard, RN (@NurseNadeen) May 6, 2014
Seems fitting to start off our Twitter roundup with a nurse related tweet for Nurse Week. Lisa makes an interesting comment in this tweet. Unfortunately, most of the EHR effort is focused on the doctors and not nearly enough time on the nurses. When you look at the nurse interface of many EHR, it feels like an afterthought. It's too bad since they spend so much of their work life in the EHR.
What Good Can We Do? http://t.co/gnzWZwWQYI #HITsm #hcsm
— EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) May 9, 2014
I wrote this post over on EMR and HIPAA, but I wanted the readers of EMR and EHR to read it as well. I think this is an important question for all of us. What good can we do? Can we do more than we're doing today?
I can do it; I can do it better; I can do it best — Web Based EMR http://t.co/BSuzuCugvs
— Chandresh J Shah (@chandresh27) May 12, 2014
The concept of Good, Better and Best EMR is a really interesting question. We all know that there are good, better and best EMR, but there's no really good way to know which EMR falls into which category. Plus, it changes based on an individual clinic or hospital's environment. I wish I knew an easier way to tell the difference.


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Sheer Strapless Maxi Dress is rated out of 5 by 30.
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Date published: 2016-06-13
Rated 5 out of 5 by Chico from Awesome This dress is true to size fit so perfectly... I wish it also came in the color black too
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Date published: 2016-05-11
Rated 5 out of 5 by Binc from Beautiful This is a beautiful dress and true to size. I ordered it in a medium, white color. I was planning on wearing it out in a casual situation to look nice, but this is the type of dress you can also wear on date night to turn heads.
Date published: 2016-05-09
Rated 5 out of 5 by MomToBe from Great Dress Is very stretchy so I'm using it for my maternity photoshoot. Looks great even on a pregnant woman!
Date published: 2016-05-04
Rated 4 out of 5 by BaybTMN from Beautiful I love these dresses. I ordered both colors. Hugs your curves just right. The color of the rose violet is not as bright as the picture. But it's still nice. You can dress it up or down. I ordered am small for the length and with heels on it keeps it off the ground.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Floridiansunshine from Beautiful Purchase this dress about 2 years ago in pink. The material is very fragile easy to snag and run. Wear with care. With that said, I purchase it twice because it's beautiful on. It huges all my curves. I received more complements on this sun dress than any other, and I have several of Bebe's tube top dresses. Got it in a small because it striches.
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This event will focus on how spectrum users and regulators can ensure they make best use of their resources, something which can only be achieved through correct application of regulations, coordination with other users and in their choice of technology. Webinar will demonstrate the features and functions of the spectrum assignment engine within ICS telecom and HTZ warfare, ATDI's flagship planning tools.
The webinar will include:
- Determining what parts of a band can be used and coordination rules
- Identifying how to set up a frequency allocation list, group, band & plans
- Understanding how to setup assignment logic rules within the assignment engine
- Creating and using wanted/unwanted coverage predictions and their role in the assignment process
- Outlining process to test the 'applicability' of an assignment result
Recommended target audience: radio planning engineers, spectrum managers and national regulators who manage spectrum assignment.
Date: Thursday 23 May 2013
Time: 10am GMT
Target audience: Invitation only
Method: Online webinar
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Generally the group songs are practice (IMO) for the roadshow but they have been dreadful this year. I can't think of a single one that I really enjoyed.Joab, it didn't occur to me to look at the YouTube numbers but that is interesting, Angie's numbers being really high and Kree's low. I love Angie! I think she's commercial, she's beautiful and she can sing. It does seem that the judges are pushing Kree. Where is she getting her support?
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GANDI.net was one of the first domain name registrars approved by ICANN for .COM, .NET,.ORG, .BIZ, .INFO, .NAME, .BE, .FR, .EU domains in France. It now offers over 750 domain extensions and continues to add to this list on a regular basis. Gandi considers itself to be an ethical domain name registrar in an industry that has some 'grey' practices. It values the customers rights and privacy above all else and seeks to defend these wherever possible.
GANDI SAS was founded in 1999 by three individuals who were highly regarded in the French internet world (Pierre Beyssac, Laurent Chemla, and Valentin Lacambre). In 2005, Gandi was bought by an experienced European management team within the same field, in order to create an alternative and independent line of Internet services based around domain names. Gandi has offices in Paris (France), San Francisco (United States), Bissen (Luxembourg) and Taipei (Taiwan).
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FOSS In Australia
There are many FOSS organisations in Australia, ranging from community-oriented user groups to companies offering professional products and services.
Here is a select list of groups in Australia.
linux.conf.au: Widely regarded as one of the best Linux-oriented conferences in the world, linux.conf.au attracts hundreds of developers and users from around the world. Whilst technically, linux.conf.au is run by sub committee of Linux Australia, it is reformed each year by a different team in a different place. More information on bidding and running linux.conf.au is available to those interested.
LUGs: Linux Users groups exist in most major Australian cities, and a few smaller ones too.
Open Source Developers' Club and Conference: The Open Source Developers Conference (OSDC) is for developers using open source tools and languages; the associated 'Club' is a federation of PHP, Python and Perl user groups.
The Australian Service for Knowledge of Open Source Software: The Australian Service for Knowledge of Open Source Software (ASK-OSS) provides a national focal point for advice, management, governance, storage and dissemination of FOSS for research and higher education. ASK-OSS provides unbiased, pragmatic guidance on: selection of appropriate FOSS for research; choosing appropriate FOSS licenses; management/governance for FOSS development; and storage and community development of FOSS.
Open Source Industry Australia: Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) is an industry association for companies working with open source technolgies, delivering commercial solutions, services and training.
FOSSACT: FOSSACT is a users group focussed on promoting and supporting the use of free and open source software in business and government in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding regions.
Open Source Victoria: Open Source Victoria (OSV) is an Industry Cluster consisting of over 80 Victorian firms and developers which provide services and technology related to Free and Open Source Software. Open Source Victoria offers marketing, advocacy and information referral services, and aims to raise the profile of FOSS in Victoria and work with other similar organisations across Australia.
Open Source Tasmania: Open Source Tasmania (OST) is a growing group of Tasmanian companies, government and community organisations wishing to work together to achieve outcomes for all stakeholders. The deployment of open standards and the use of OSS is becoming common practice in a number of private and government organisations around the world. These solutions can provide economic, social and business benefits that should be further examined in Tasmania.
Foundations of Open Media: FOMS is dedicated to the development open standards for multimedia. They hold a workshop annually, right before linux.conf.au.
In addition, there are many special interest groups dedicated to specific FOSS technologies, such as Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Rails, and so on. There are others that are FOSS-friendly but also work with proprietary technologies.


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The MT10 and WT10 were the original members of New Balance's Minimus line, introduced in early 2011. This shoe paved the way for the expansion of the Minimus lineup, though the MT10/WT10 has remained unchanged until the release of this second version of the low profile trail shoe.
Not much has changed in this update of the longest standing Minimus offering, so fans of the original MT10/WT10 need not worry. Expect slight changes to improve trail performance and reduce weight.
What to Watch For
- More Outsole Lugs: The addition of lugs to the medial side of the outsole increases traction on a variety of surfaces.
- Increased Comfort: A foam layer built into the upper provides a relaxed fit, while a wrapped heel collar is designed to reduce irritation around the Achilles.
- Lower Weight: New Balance claims a weight of 6.2 oz (Men's size 9) and 4.9 oz (Women's size 7), a drop of about an ounce for both.
- Cool Colors: With bright new colorways usually reserved for road shoes, the MT10 v2 / WT10 v2 will certainly stand out on the trail.
Launch Date
March 2013
Men's Color
Blue/Yellow MT10 v2
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FOREST, Va. – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference has released its 2013 Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll and Washington and Lee was selected to finish first in voting among the league's coaches.
The Generals received 100 points and 10 first-place votes and return as the defending ODAC Champions. Roanoke was tabbed second with 87 points and Lynchburg was chosen to finish third with 85 points and the final first-place vote. Shenandoah (63), Guilford (58), Randolph-Macon (53), Virginia Wesleyan (53), Bridgewater (45), Randolph (30), Sweet Briar (21) and Hollins (10) rounded the poll results.
W&L ended the 2013 season with a 15-5 overall record after dropping a 16-8 contest to Mary Washington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Blue and White went a perfect 9-0 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and claimed the program's 13th ODAC title.
The Generals returns four All-ODAC selections from a season ago in junior defenders Leanne Stone (Darien, Conn./Darien) and Olive Waxter (Baltimore, Md./Roland Park), junior midfielder Meade Brewster (Brookside, N.J./West Morris Mendham) and sophomore goalkeeper Cara Mulligan (Glen Ridge, N.J./Glen Ridge).
Stone tallied a team-best 49 ground balls and 32 caused turnovers, while picking up two draw controls in 20 starts for the Generals. She anchored a defense that recorded a league-leading 8.45 goals-against average and was named first team all-conference, First Team All-State and second team all-region.
A Third Team All-ODAC selection, Waxter appeared in 14 contests with 13 starts, collecting 23 ground balls, 11 caused turnovers and seven draw controls. She assisted Stone on the defensive unit that finished 21st in Division III after allowing a conference-low 169 goals.
Brewster entered the field in all 20 games with seven starts. She registered 38 points on 31 goals and seven assists, and also added 33 ground balls, 22 draw controls and 14 caused turnovers en route to earning Second Team All-ODAC.
Mulligan spent 978:43 in the cage for the Generals, catching 100 saves in 17 starts. Her 7.97 goals-against average was 15th in the country and she notched a .435 save percentage to garner second team all-conference and Second Team All-State accolades.
W&L kicks off its 2013 campaign on February 20, when it travels to St. Mary's (Md.) for a 3:00 pm game.
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The USGS Gas Hydrates Project focuses on gas hydrates in the natural environment and seeks to advance understanding of (a) the potential of gas hydrates as an energy resource; (b) the role of gas hydrates in climate change, as well as their susceptibility to climate change; and (c) gas hydrates and the stability of submarine slopes. The Gas Hydrates Project maintains an extensive laboratory program to support research in these core areas.
The USGS Gas Hydrates Project has been making contributions to advance understanding of US and international gas hydrates science for over two decades. The research group working on gas hydrates at the USGS is among the largest in the US and has expertise in all the major geoscience disciplines, as well as in the physics and chemistry of gas hydrates, the geotechnical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments, and the biogeochemistry of marine and permafrost gas hydrate systems. The group includes field-based scientists, numerical modelers, laboratory scientists, and supporting technical personnel for marine, permafrost, and laboratory operations. Much of the research is carried out in collaboration with other federal agencies or academic partners, and there are frequently opportunities to collaborate on international programs that jointly serve the Project's mission and the goals of the international partners.
Project Chief: Carolyn Ruppel
The USGS Gas Hydrates Project is a multidisciplinary effort that is jointly supported by the Coastal and Marine Geology Program and the Energy Research Program at the USGS. Most personnel are based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Coastal and Marine) and in Denver (Energy). Additional personnel are located at the Santa Cruz Coastal and Marine Science Center, the Earthquake Program in Menlo Park, and the Minerals Program in Reston.