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Ralph Hodgson who leads QUDT effort sent an e-mail to the list regarding QUDT, but his message never got posted. I am repeating the content of the e-mail below: I am the ontology lead for NASA's QUDT work. QUDT stands for 'Quantities, Units, Dimensions and Types'. QUDT has a website at http://qudt.org and catalog pages at http://www.linkedmodel.org/catalog/qudt/1.1/index.html, where you can download OWL models (schemas) and vocabularies. QUDT has both a simple representation of units and a full dimensional treatment. Using dimensions the ontology can compute quantities from quantity expressions. For example, you can ask what is the quantity I get if I multiply a mass and an acceleration. Using rules over dimensions, the ontology will answer 'Force'. QUDT can be browsed using SPIN Services - an ontology driven user interface approach based on "SPARQL Web Pages". You can use this link as an example - http://spinservices.org:8080/spin/doc.swp?baseURI=http://qudt.org/1.1/vocab/ dimensionalunit QUDT will become a NASA Handbook this year. We are working on a new release of QUDT that will have substantially more systems of quantities and both RDF/OWL and XML representations. We will also have support for measurements, observations and calibrations. This will be release 2.0 because of changes we are doing on URIs. Irene Polikoff Mobile Phone: +1 914-329-8576 CEO, www.topquadrant.com, @TopQuadrant Voyages of the Semantic Enterprise Trainings: Introduction to Semantic Web Technologies: What They are and How to Use Them - Next Class, March 5-8, 2012; TopBraid Suite Advanced Product Training - Next Class, May 21-24 , 2012 -----Original Message----- From: Thomas, George (OS/ASA/OCIO/OEA) [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 10:01 AM To: Luis Bermudez; Dan Gillman Cc: Benedikt Kämpgen; email@example.com Subject: Re: Observations and Measurement - draft At the GLD-WG F2F1 [1] a presentation was given by TopQuadrant [2] on 'Linked Data Models' [3], which mentions a number of interesting ontologies including QUDT [4] that might be of interest here. -g [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/wiki/F2F1 [2] http://www.topquadrant.com/ [3] http://www.topquadrant.com/resources/Internal%20Presentations/TQ%20-%20Link edModels.ppt [4] http://qudt.org/ On 3/9/12 9:55 AM, "Luis Bermudez" <email@example.com> wrote: >Hi Dan > >Good questions. > >Observation and Measurement (O&M) is the overall container for >different concepts related to observations: Procedure, Property, Feature >of Interest and Result. I recently learned that there is an O&M ontology >[2] developed by CSIRO. Simon Cox is the editor of O&M and he also >developed this ontology. I think it is fairly new so I do not think there >are a lot of examples out there. However some examples of O&M in XML can >be found at the OGC Schemas repositories [1]. This can help clarify what >you can do with O&M. O&M also provides details of how the result can be >expressed depending on the result type. For example the ontology has >subclasses based on the type of observation, such as CategoryObservation, >CountObservations and GeometryObservation. > >The Result not only contains the values but also the units of measure. >Dealing with Units of Measure is at another level and should be treated >separately. A units of measure ontology should contain enough information >that lets you know how to make conversions from one unit to another, or >if two values can be comparable. Similarly, the same applies for the >other main components of O&M, like Feature of Interest or Procedure. >They should all have specialize ontologies. For example different >ontologies can exist and be plugged in that properly describe procedures >for statistical methods, numerical models or sensors. > >Within OGC there are two ways to express Units of Measure: 1) via URIs, >defined in an ontology or 2) using UCUM [3]. UCUM is very well designed. >It is based on base units and nomenclature that can be use to express all >the other units. It has also an API. I know ontolog [4] also worked on a >units ontology and they looked at UCUM. I'm not sure about the status of >the ontolog work but I can ask. I also know that UCUM deals with the >dimension issue you mentioned. See specification, Section 3 semantics [5] >and example for Healthcare Units [6]. > > >[1] http://schemas.opengis.net/om/2.0/examples/ >[2] http://def.seegrid.csiro.au/ontology/isotc211/om >[3] http://unitsofmeasure.org/ >[4] http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UoM_Ontology_Standard >[5] http://aurora.regenstrief.org/~ucum/ucum.html >[5] http://www.hl7.de/download/documents/ucum/ucumdata.html > >Best Regards, > >Luis >------------- >Luis Bermudez >firstname.lastname@example.com >+1 (301) 760-7323 > >The OGC: Making Location Count... >http://www.opengeospatial.org/contact > > > > >On Mar 8, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Gillman, Daniel - BLS wrote: > >> Luis, >> >> In this Observation and Measurement scheme, is there a way to record >>equivalent units of measure? Suppose I am measuring the speed of a car >>using a radar gun on some road at a dangerous curve where people usually >>drive too fast, and the radar gun reports the speed in miles per hour. >>Then, suppose someone else repeats the experiment using the same radar >>gun, but the machine is set to report kilometers per hour instead. How >>do we know that all data reported in mph can be converted to data in >>kph, and vice-versa? >> >> The ISO/IEC 11179 standard >>(http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/index.html) >>introduced the notion of dimensionality, the name coming from the >>dimensional analysis that scientists use to convert units of measure. >>However, this takes a wider view to include units of measure that are >>not a part of the scientific set, and the idea doesn't depend on the >>faux algebra of cancelling the same units in numerator and denominator. >> >> Dimensionality depends chiefly on the set of operations, very similar >>to datatypes, that data in a unit of measure are allowed. Take >>temperatures measured in degrees Celsius. One can subtract them, take >>averages and similar statistics, but scalar multiplication makes no >>sense. For instance, twice 10C is not 20C. Therefore, data in degrees >>Fahrenheit are convertible to Celsius, since they share the same >>operations. Interestingly, under this definition, Kelvin is not an >>equivalent measuring system, and that is because scalar multiplication >>makes sense in Kelvin. >> >> Yours, >> Dan >> >> >> Dan Gillman >> Bureau of Labor Statistics >> Office of Survey Methods Research >> 2 Massachusetts Ave, NE >> Washington, DC 20212 USA >> Tel +1.202.691.7523 >> FAX +1.202.691.7426 >> Email email@example.com >> ----------------------------------------- >> "He has all the virtues I dislike >> and none of the vices I admire." >> - Winston Churchill >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Luis Bermudez [mailto:email@example.com] >> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 11:10 AM >> To: Benedikt Kämpgen >> Cc: email@example.com >> Subject: Observations and Measurement - draft >> >> All, >> >> Comments about Observations and Measurement related to: >> >> - Section: Publishing Statistical Data >> - http://www.w3.org/2011/gld/track/issues/32 >> - @@TODO: Are there any statements about compatibility and >>interoperability between O&M and Data Cube that can be made to give >>guidance to such organizations? >> >> Suggest to use Observations and Measurements (OM) model. >> >> An Observation is an event whose result is an estimate of the value of >>some property of a feature of interest, obtained using a specified >>procedure. >> >> An Observation has essentially the following parts: >> >> Procedure: e.g. person, sensor, observatory, model, macro. >> Property: e.g. temperature, color, weight. >> Feature of Interest: e.g. body, world, Washington DC, banana, specimen >>123, Monterey Bay. >> Result: The actual value. Includes categories and quantities results, >>time series, multimedia (video, audio), one single value, a file, etc. >> >> So in the figure: "Modeling quantity, measurement, observation" we can >>do the following: >> >> Add Procedure, Result, Feature of Interest and Property Model Person as >>a type of Procedure Remove Measurement Category and Quantity are >>subclass of result. >> Phenomenon Type is same as Property >> >> >> Luis >> ------------- >> Luis Bermudez >> firstname.lastname@example.com >> +1 (301) 760-7323 >> >> The OGC: Making Location Count... >> http://www.opengeospatial.org/contact >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 22, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Benedikt Kämpgen wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> We have further refined the Data Cube use cases and copied the content >>> from the wiki into an Editor's Draft for "Use Cases and Requirements >>> for the Data Cube Vocabulary" [1]. >>> >>> Feedback of any kind would be well appreciated. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Benedikt >>> >>> [1] >>> <http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/gld/raw-file/default/data-cube-ucr/index.html> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AIFB, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) >>> Phone: +49 721 608-47946 >>> Email: firstname.lastname@example.com >>> Web: http://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Hauptseite/en >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > >Received on Monday, 12 March 2012 16:58:14 UTC
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Excuses- I didn't want to take the kids with me to the Y bc they are too old for 2hr babysitting & ball rooms only open in evenings, I enjoyed our 1 mile walks out the road from the house but drivers are CRAZY, & no point in taking kids to park bc they just want to PLAY. And I'm def not leaving them alone.
I look back & wish I would've kept pushing myself. Think of what I could've accomplished if I kept it up! I was on a roll!
Just goes to show ya that everyone fails at something. If you can't do it right the first time, TRY AGAIN.
SOO yeah, I'm here to tell you all....I'm going to try again. I have to do something. Ted even said he'll go in evenings with me & maybe do a class! Haha We'll see on that one ;)
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To refresh your memory: For the 5W's and an H exercise, we use one Tarot card to answer the questions Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? As an additional requirement, each answer can be only one phrase or sentence. The idea is to respond intuitively, without a lot of description or explanation.
Today's edition of 5W's and an H features the Chrysalis Tarot by Toney Brooks with paintings by Holly Sierra (US Games Systems).
|Chrysalis Tarot (US Games Inc.)
5W's and an H: TEN OF MIRRORS (Peace)
"The rainbow dove of peace ferries ten pretty mirrors
that represent an emerging new cycle for you,
as well as emotional fulfillment in the present cycle."
Who? Someone who fulfills you emotionally
What? An emotionally satisfying situation that feels like a peak experience
When? When you have reached a pinnacle of emotional satisfaction
Where? Deep in your heart
Why? Because life is at its most fulfilling when we are emotionally engaged with it
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In addition, your document should indicate who needs to approve the deliverable and how frequently along the way that person needs to be kept informed on its progress. Such a matrix of tasks, people, and frequencies of communication helps keep you focused and keeps you from forgetting who has to know what when and prevents you from tiring out your key people by spamming them unnecessarily.
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SPRING - As the 2,000-acre Springwoods Village grows up around the new Exxon Mobil Corp. campus just south of The Woodlands, CHI St. Luke's Health is preparing to unveil its newest concept for medical facilities.
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German health authorities have claimed today that almost safely soybean sprouts from a small farm of Bienenbuttel (Lower Saxony) are responsible for lethal infection of e. coli that has caused 29 deaths in Germany (one plus in Sweden) and infected nearly 3,000 people. This two spokespersons of the Robert Koch Institute and the Federal Institute for risk assessment have been announced at a joint press in Berlin. They are the bean sprouts, said Reinhard Burger, the Robert Koch Institute. People who consumed these products were nine times more likely to suffer a bloody diarrhea one of the main symptoms of the infection than those who did not, she added. The two spokesmen have also announced that has risen in the country the alert against the consumption of raw tomatoes, lettuce, and cucumbers decreed by the epidemic. Source of the news:: infection of e. coli comes from a planting soybeans German
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The Spanish player will end in 2016-2017 campaign contract. The Portuguese has been renewed for a season less, until 2016. Jose Mourinho preserves two of its heavyweights on the computer. Real Madrid has issued a statement on its website indicating that the players of the first team Sergio Ramos and Pepe have renewed their contracts with the club, respectively, until the seasons 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 respectively. With the extension of the contract for both players, the entity that presides Florentino Perez ensures the permanence of two heavyweights with seniority in the locker room. Ramos is one of the captains of the template and came to Real Madrid in the season 2005 / 2006, while Pepe is very well-liked by their peers and joined the Real Madrid squad during the 2007 / 2008. The two statistics are compelling. Ramos (25 years), collect 195 League with Real Madrid games distributed in 17.014 minutes.
In them, he scored 25 goals and received 78 yellow cards and four red direct. He has also won two league titles, a Spain Supercup and the Copa del Rey last season. Pepe, who turned 28 years old in February, accumulating 81 League encounters between the seasons 2007 / 2008 and 2010 / 2011. In total, adds 6.892 minutes, a goal, 19 yellow cards and a red direct. For its renewal, their numbers and his affable character off the field have passed over the tough personality which sometimes has betrayed him on the pitch. Many still remember him for the incident with the player of Getafe Javier Casquero, who struck into the ground when it was lying and without the ball in play. Then, it was sanctioned by the Committee of competition of the Royal Spanish Football Federation with ten matches. However, that fact not tarnish the good work making outside and inside the confirmed field with a League title, a Supercopa of Spain and a Copa del Rey for the club.
The Calpurnius cartoonist gives his particular vision of the movement 15-M. The drawing can be used freely citing the sources. Download the bullet in high resolution (PDF). Graphic Illustrator for 20 minutes and Calpurnius has wanted to offer his point of view on the mobilizations of the 15-M in its traditional bullet from the well of Cuttlas. Their usual characters have become on this occasion in the hashtag tribe, gathered around a common thought with tag tuitera: #estamoshartos. The original impactante bullet has been published this Friday both in the printed 20-minute version in the web. You can also download the bullet in high resolution (PDF) this image adds to the rain of hashtag and illustrations that have emerged in recent days with the mobilizations of the 15-M.
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12-Hour and Overnight Shifts- Caregivers / Home Health Aide (HHA)/ CNA
FirstLight Home Care is a non-medical, private duty home care agency that is licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration and is accredited by The Joint Commission. FirstLight Home Care services clients throughout all of Pinellas County and South Pasco County.
***FirstLight Home Care has 12-Hour and Overnight Shifts with our amazing clients throughout our service area.
FirstLight Home Care's CNA / Home Health Aide (HHA)/ Caregivers enjoy the following pay and benefits:
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• Life, Accident, Disability, Hospital Insurance - Immediate Eligibility
• One Week of Earned Vacation Pay (P/T & F/T employees)
• Time-and-a-half Pay for Overtime and Designated Holidays
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
• Rewards & Recognition Gift Card Program
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Governors' Proposal Focus of Welfare-Reform Debate
Congressional leaders are hoping that a proposal submitted by the nation's governors last month will help revitalize welfare-reform legislation that has languished since President Clinton vetoed a GOP-backed measure in January.
Republican lawmakers have not fully endorsed the National Governors' Association plan, however, and are negotiating over which of the organization's suggestions might be included in a free-standing welfare bill that Congress may begin work on next month.
The bipartisan NGA plan is loosely based on the Republican welfare bill, HR 4, which would give control of more than 40 federal welfare programs to the states in the form of block grants. (See Education Week, Jan. 10, 1996.)
However, unlike most block-grant plans, which trade flexibility for funding caps, the governors' proposal calls for a $1 billion contingency fund to help states with high unemployment rates offset their welfare costs. Most analysts say the NGA plan would not save the federal government any money.
And the fate of welfare reform is intertwined with presidential politics in this election year. Republican leaders are privately evaluating, aides say, whether it is a preferable campaign strategy to blame President Clinton for his veto of HR 4 or to push through another reform package the president will sign and promote the accomplishment on the stump.
Mr. Clinton campaigned in 1992 on a pledge to "end welfare as we know it."
"Everything that occurs will be connected to the presidential race," said a Senate aide close to the process. "Folks are just trying to figure out what strategy the Republicans should embrace."
Some GOP lawmakers have already criticized the governors' plan for being too costly.
Conservative Republicans have also balked at the recommendation that states merely have the option of denying payments for additional children born to parents already on welfare. HR 4 would have required states to deny recipients extra money unless states passed legislation to offer benefits for those children.
Clinton administration officials have also criticized the NGA plan, which they contend fails to protect poor children and their families.
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"We all want welfare reform that promotes work, requires responsibility, and protects children," Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing last month. "But some of NGA's recommendations fall short."
The plan would require most welfare recipients to enter job training or work at government jobs, and would set a five-year time limit for receiving benefits. The secretary suggested that Congress require states to provide children whose parents reach the time limit with vouchers that are redeemable for goods and services.
Secretary Shalala said the governors' separate plan for Medicaid could leave poor children without adequate health-care coverage. The plan would reduce spending in the federal health-insurance program for the poor and disabled and allow states more latitude to determine who is eligible.
But Ms. Shalala praised the governors for asking that $4 billion be added for child-care services.
Some liberal Democrats have gone further, arguing that the proposed time limits would be catastrophic for children. At the Finance Committee hearing, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., said that in the first five years of the plan's implementation, 5 million children would be dropped from the welfare rolls. Half of them would be black, he said.
"To drop 2,414,000 black children in our central cities from this life-support system would be the most brutal act of social policy we have known since Reconstruction," the senator said.
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My mother, the incredibly accepting and wonderful person that she is, is by nature, quite a straight laced and conservative lady. This has resulted in some interesting conversations over the years the most recent of which was a request to remove my silver hot pants complete with purple rubber vagina stitched to the front of them from above the entry to my kitchen because "It's embarrassing when I have to explain it to your Grandmother when we come over." It's like a figurehead on a ship…in my kitchen. Meant to ward off evil vagina spirits and wish safe passage upon all those that travel here or something.
Through fits of laughter I politely declined. It's an award winning item of clothing with sentimental value after all. First place at a 'Homemade Super Heroes' party for a sparkly spandex ensemble complete with fake vagina stitched to the front of my hot pants, one on the end of a broom handle as my sceptre and voila; Cunteato, absolutely counts as award winning. Besides I'm sure Nanna knows what it is, being an owner/operator and all, so no. No I won't.
I was helping my Dad install a new oven and whilst I was working to undo a tab with a screwdriver the treacherous little bastard slipped and, valiantly, my knuckle leapt into the path of the oncoming oven housing. One "oh shit" moment later and I'm bleeding quite impressively all over the place. Cue me wrapping my hand around the cut and holding it up while Mum is handing me paper towel and asking where my medicine cabinet is.
The only medical supplies I have are all kept upstairs in my room with all the other…supplies. Relief washes over me as I remember there is a tiny one in the pantry with Band-Aids and some Dettol. I direct her there while I run upstairs to go wash out the cut. Thinking "HAH! Here's my chance" I dart into my bedroom to grab some saline solution, steri-strips and gauze. Well, that's what I would have done had I remembered that I wasn't really in a position to grab much of anything as both of my hands were occupied with trying not to bleed everywhere so all I'd managed to achieve was kicking open the door. Well fuck, at least Mums not…
"What are yo…oh"
…double shit
"Ahh just ignore the ropes and the belt and the meat tenderiser looped through the belt, can you pass me some solution, strips and gauze please?"
Mum begins to reach for them but hesitates. We're both a little caught unawares. Oh well, can't stop now, finger's trying to abandon ship.
"Yes, no, that's it. They're in the box below the belt with the tenderiser, next to the cane and the chain flogger…and the crop. Yep, the white box with the drawer, yes that one, next to the box of needles. No, you'll have to move the scalpels out of the way to get to the gauze. Great now let's leave here and go fix this finger shall we?"
Yep, this isn't a big deal, everything is fine. My Mum is digging through my kink cupboard…everything is completely normal and fine and there's nothing strange about this at all and there is absolutely not a shelf of dildos and lube and harnesses just above your head. Normal weekday evening right here.
To her credit not another word was said nor jibe made throughout the rest of the evening while we were cleaning it or when we realised it was worse than first thought and we were off getting stitches and tetanus shots. Wheeee! Shock is such a wonderful gift sometimes…for us both.
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It feels like fall in Belgium and looking at these gorgeous Kidscase collection photographs I wish it already was... Cosy and comfortable are the words that immediately pop to my mind. And do I love the Kidscase color palette?!? Being a fall type myself these earth tones and warm hues naturally suit me, so I would gladly wrap myself in one of these chunky knits. Pretty please!
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FBA: Ballsy Double Trouble enlivens FilMart
Jaycee Chan, Shoko, Jessica C, Xia Yu
Deng Jiajia, Xia Yu, Jaycee Chan
Jessica C, Shoko
Taiwan's Hey Girls
Jessica C going for "little Jaycee" (Sina-gallery)
Messy mixture of action and young romance, partly redeemed by its two young leads.
A1: Horror films rise from the dead in Malaysia
Horror films were effectively banned in the Muslim-majority country for three decades for celebrating the other-worldly in violation of Islamic teachings.
A recurring Malaysian character is the "orang minyak," or "oily man," an elusive bogeyman smeared in black oil who hunts for virgins to rape.
It was immortalised in 1958's "Curse of the Oily Man" by the late P. Ramlee, Malaysia's most celebrated filmmaker, and real-life "sightings" remain common.
HKIFF opening ceremony
Miriam Yeung, Shawn Yue
7 months pregnant and wearing 4-inch heels
Miriam Yeung
Shawn Yue, Pang Ho-Cheung
Yang Mi
Yang Mi
Sandra Ng, Peter Chan (Sina), 2, 3
Trailer for Lo Chi-Leung's "The Bullet Vanishes" starring Nicholas Tse, Lau Ching-Wan
Trailer for "Switch" ("Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains")
Congratulations: Kelly Chen gave birth to a 6.5 pound boy today. (Sina)


text: Avoid the doubt. Put your voice on paper.An important part of patient safety is ensuring you are aware of your options and opportunities for care. Beaumont Health believes it is essential you know your rights, especially in the event of a serious injury in which you are unable to speak for yourself and make your wishes known.If you are unable to make your own health care decisions, an advance directive will ensure that your desires for treatment are followed. You can also designate a patient advocate to speak for you, someone you trust to speak for you when you cannot do it yourself. Advance directives cover a variety of decisions, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), life support, and organ donation. This is an opportunity for you to choose who you would like to make decisions for you on your behalf when you are no longer able. It also provides an opportunity for you to share your wishes with your family and health care providers so your wishes are honored when the time comes. The advance directive recognized by the State of Michigan is called the Patient Advocate Designation, formerly known as the Durable Power of Attorney for health care. Advance Directive Options CPR Mechanical Ventilator Tube Feeding What is a Living Will?Living wills let you state in writing the health care treatment you would want if you became terminally ill or permanently unconscious. Unlike the Patient Advocate Designation, living wills do not name anyone to make decisions for you. Though they are recognized by other state governments, living wills are not recognized by the State of Michigan.No specific Michigan law recognizes or defines the form, content or permissible scope of a living will.Beaumont recognizes that a living will made by a competent adult should be honored when it has been appropriately written and executed. If you are unsure of how to fill out your living will, consult an attorney and/or physician. Additional resources Patient Advocate Designation form Make sure your wishes are recognized by the State of Michigan. Get Started My Voice - My Choice Make sure your health care wishes are heard. Learn More Gift of Life Michigan Become an organ donor, and give the gift of life. Call 800-482-4881 to learn more. Questions? Call for more information Troy Service Excellence248-964-1812 or 248-964-3405 Royal Oak Call Medical Social Work248-898-7595 My Voice - My Choice 313-436-2267


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Facilities Operations provides campus support with maintaining and operating building heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems, electrical and plumbing systems, building interiors, building exteriors, utility distribution systems, sidewalks, steps and parking lots. This section provides coordination and support for campus special events and setups, provides support for moving equipment and furniture, and administration and maintenance of the campus Best Company Master lock system.
Facilities Operations also provides energy management for campus utilities needs. Through the addition of the geothermal project in effect since June 2014, campus has beeen cooled and heated through the addition of over 600 geothermal wells. There is one cooling water loop throughout campus and three heating water loops from each of the three geothermal plants. There is also an additional geothermal plant that heats and cools the Student Recreational Center and the Gale Bullman Multipurpose Building. Electrical power is purchased from Rolla Municipal Utilities (RMU) and distributed from the substation to major campus buildings and some outlying locations.
Physical Facilities renders the following institutional services:
- Custodial Services for all the campus buildings
- Grounds Maintenance and Landscaping Services to University property
- Maintenance Services to all University structures and utility distribution systems
- Energy Management for the University
Energy created through the Geothermal System provides heating and chilled water to be distributed throughout campus. Chilled water is provided to major campus buildings for reliable space cooling through a two pipe chilled water loop which is serviced by a system of centrifugal chillers operated by Facilities Operations. For energy conservation purposes, the number of chillers operated varies with the air conditioning load of the campus. Plate heat exchanges, installed in parallel with some chillers, satisfy a large portion of the winter air conditioning load in an energy efficient manner. Water is distributed to campus facilities by a number of interconnections with RMU main lines through a campus distribution system.
Sanitary sewer connections are likewise maintained with the City of Rolla main sewer lines. Soft water is provided for hot water and other uses through water softeners located in the Power Plant and distributed to major campus buildings.
Your good judgment normally decides what is urgent and what is routine. Defective light bulbs, cracked windows, or dripping faucets are normally routine. Submit your work request electronically here or notify Physical Facilities at extension 4252 (voice mail available for after hours) and the routine request will be fixed as soon as possible.
Electricity failures, broken pipes, or damaging water entry are urgent. Call 341-4252 immediately. Remember to dial 341-4300 after hours and on weekends and holidays.
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- University Center Operations/Residential Life: for work order requests or inquiries concerning Havener Center and Residential Life facilities, contact http://staff.mst.edu
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- Multi-Purpose Building: for requests to use the Multi-Purpose Building, contact the Athletic Department, Ext. 4175
- Classroom Reservations: for classroom reservations between 7:30 AM and 5:30 PM, call Ext. 4224; for classroom reservations after 5:30 PM and when classes are not in session, call Ext. 4399
- Havener Center Meeting Room Reservations: call Ext. 4399 or visit http://studentlife.mst.edu/reservations


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Wisconsin: 10 reasons to be excited in 2012
Wisconsin is the hottest team in the Big Ten. It's true. This is a new world Big Ten, where traditional heavyweights like Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Nebraska all are looking up at Wisconsin. This is the Badgers' world … and everyone else is just living in it. The Badgers are coming off back-to-back Big Ten titles and Rose Bowl appearances, going an aggregate 22-5 overall the last two seasons (13-3 Big Ten).
Now, history beckons. Wisconsin is aiming to be the first Big Ten team to play in three consecutive Rose Bowls since Michigan turned the trick after the 1976-78 seasons. And only three schools have won three Big Ten championships in a row: Michigan, Ohio State and Minnesota.
There are many reasons for Wisconsin fans to be excited about 2012. Here are just 10 of them.
1. Montee Ball. Mon-TEE … Mon-TAY … It doesn't matter how you say it, the guy is a boffo running back and a Heisman front-runner who finished fourth in the balloting last season behind Robert Griffin, Andrew Luck and Trent Richardson. Ball shocked many by opting to return for his senior season after running for 1,923 yards and tying the NCAA single-season mark for touchdowns with 39. Can he possibly have a more productive season? To do so, he'll have to overcome a recent beating he received from five assailants.
[BTN.com: See all of Dienhart's 10 reasons to be excited posts]
2. Running back depth. Wait, there's more behind Ball. James White is good enough to start at any Big Ten school. The lightning quick White ran for 713 yards and six touchdowns last season and can score any time he touches the ball. White ran for 1,052 yards as a freshman in 2010. Behind him is redshirt freshman Melvin Gordon. It just isn't fair.
3. Danny O'Brien. I know, the coaches say the quarterback job won't be handed to the junior after he transferred from Maryland, where he made 17 starts. But, it may be considered an upset if he doesn't win the starting job. If O'Brien can just be a reasonable facsimile of departed signal-caller Russell Wilson, this offense should be every bit as lethal as it was in 2011 when it ranked first in the Big Ten and sixth in the nation in scoring (44.1 ppg).
4. Chris Borland and Mike Taylor. Is there a better linebacking tandem in the Big Ten? Taylor ranked first in the Big Ten in tackles last season, while Borland was fourth. What the duo lacks in athletic ability it compensates for in effort, desire and hustle.
5. Jared Abbrederis. Bet you didn't know he's the leading returning receiver in the Big Ten, catching 55 passes for 933 yards and eight touchdowns in 2011. Along with Jeff Duckworth, Marquis Mason and Isaiah Williams–the junior is a good building block for a receiving corps that is replacing departed star Nick Toon.
6. O-line. Yes, I know three starters from last year's offensive line are gone in tackle Josh Oglesby, guard Kevin Zeitler and center Peter Konz. But, c'mon, this is Wisconsin. The Badgers always have a good offensive line. Stud senior tackle Ricky Wagner is this year's cornerstone, a legit contender to be the school's third Outland Trophy winner since 2006. Junior center Travis Frederick also could be special. Others to watch are massive sophomore Rob Havenstein and junior Ryan Groy.
7. Jacob Pedersen. The junior may be the top tight end in the Big Ten. He enjoyed a breakout in 2011, making 30 catches for 356 and eight touchdowns, the most by any Big Ten tight end. Pedersen could be a deadly red-zone weapon and a third-down security blanket for the new quarterback.
[BTN.com: Wisconsin releases full adidas alternate uniform]
8. Schedule. It is fairly user-friendly. The non-conference doesn't feature any heavy lifting, with home games vs. Northern Iowa, Utah State and UTEP. And there is a trip to slumping Oregon State, which is a combined 8-16 the past two seasons. In league play, the Badgers could be favored in every game. The toughest road game: at Nebraska. Michigan State and Ohio State come to Madison. Bottom line: This sets up well for Wisconsin.
9. Welcome back. Junior end David Gilbert is back after missing the last 10 games of 2011 with a broken foot and didn't take part in spring drills. Wisconsin needs Gilbert to be a pass rusher off the edge along with senior end Brendan Kelly. Also back is senior cornerback Devin Smith, who started the first two games of 2011 before incurring a season-ending broken foot. Smith will join returning senior starter Marcus Cromartie to help stabilize a cornerback slot that is in transition with Antonio Fenelus gone.
10. Bret Bielema. The guy has proven he can coach in six seasons in Madison. Now, he must show he can work in six new assistants quickly, losing the likes of offensive coordinator Paul Chryst to the Pitt head coaching job. The newbies: offensive coordinator Matt Canada; tight ends coach Eddie Faulkner; offensive line coach Mike Markuson; receivers coach Zach Azzanni; linebackers coach Andy Buh; secondary coach Ben Strickland.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Quick update!
7 comments:
I wish Liam would sleep through the night - the most has been 5 hours straight thus far...ReplyDelete
Car sleeping is wonderful!
Those bib clips are awesome! I love it! I've never seen anything like it.ReplyDelete
I love the little chair you got for Oliver too. It looks really comfy, not to mention cute.
I can't wait to see the attic pictures. We've been hearing about this project for ages, and now it's almost time to show it off. :D
- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2011 at 8:42 AM
OK share how you got him to sleep thru???ReplyDelete
Wow for little man sleeping through the night...How niceReplyDelete
and all the stuff you got is so cute:)
Beautiful! I love the beanbag chair especially. Very nice and something that will also be good as he grows. And I'm glad about the weight gain - something tells me the full on smiling is just around the corner:)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2011 at 4:33 AM
Wow - sleeping through the night is amazing! Of course we are all going to demand to know your secret.ReplyDelete
Super cool stuff you found. Bib clips - who knew? How clever! The bean bag chair is also really clever. Comfortable, portable and cozy. What great stuff you found on your fun outing with your baby!
i can't do the conversion to lbs, so can you put it in parenthesis! :) LOL!ReplyDelete


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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Eight people are safe after two canoes overturned Thursday in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
The three adults and five children were part of a Boy Scout troop canoeing on the choppy waters of Basswood Lake near Ely.
High winds, rain and choppy waters played a role in the accident. When the canoes flipped, two adults and one child made it to shore and called for help.
It took the Minnesota Air Rescue Team two hours to get there and less than 30 minutes to save two lives.
By the time the helicopter got in place, the U.S. Forest Service had an aircraft that lands on water (known as a beaver) near the island where the call for help came from.
"They had rescued several individuals already, but they could not get to the shoreline where the two remaining survivors were," said pilot Dave Willar, with the State Patrol.
He said the waves were too high for the beaver to get close, so a rescue via helicopter was the only option.
"Luckily the two people that were on the shoreline had a strobe light," Willar said, "and through the trees, we were able to see the strobe, and that is how we zeroed in on their location."
The $7 strobe light helped guide the two rescuers through a small opening in the trees.
Crew Chief Cpt. Allen Gabriel took out his phone and recorded the rescue.
"We always like to have documentation of training and incidents, because it helps you to see what you did wrong, so you can learn from it and see what you did right," he said.
Gabriel added that this rescue unfolded well — exactly how MART trained.
One rescuer is left on the ground with one survivor while the other survivor is placed in an air rescue vest and pulled off the island and onto a safe area about a quarter mile away.
"It's called short hauling," Gabrie said. "And we used a 100-foot rope that's suspended below the aircraft."
The MART team repeated that process, and in less than 30 minutes, all eight canoeists were accounted for.
Four children and one adult were in the water for about 90 minutes before they were rescued.
All were treated and released. Some of them had mild cases of hypothermia.
Everyone in the canoes had life jackets. If not, there would have been a different outcome.
Video: Boundary Waters Canoe Rescue


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Sang Yu Lee, a Presbyterian minister at Messengers church in the Northeast, regularly brings parishioners to harvest cabbage and bok choy from his plot at the Benjamin Rush State Park community gardens.
Working together, they have pickled the vegetables to make the traditional kimchi and prepared more than 400 jars of the Korean condiment, which they will save through the winter and donate to less-advantaged church members.
Indeed, many members of these community gardens are cultivating more than just vegetables there - they're cultivating a piece of their cultural legacy.
On a given day, wandering the 11 acres off Route 1 in Parkwood, one might encounter gardeners from the Philippines, Korea, Italy, Lebanon, Germany, India and Pakistan - a stark contrast to the stereotype of the urban community gardener harvesting gentrification along with heirloom tomatoes.
"This is the United Nations, man," says Karl Dollmann, a member since 1991, who tends 12 plots there along with his son, Karl Jr.
A tour of the gardens reveals a host of foods unavailable in most American markets: bright magenta bunches of amaranth (also known as callaloo), the ridged green leaves of wild sesame plants, slender stalks of Korean watercress, tight clusters of edamame pods, and Ecuadorian frying corn.
There are long curved gourds hung with stones to encourage straight growing, bright, bumpy bitter melons woven into rustic cabanas, and squat rows of peanut plants. In the Asian gardens, even familiar sweet potatoes are raised for their less-easily-obtained leafy tops, which are blanched and tossed in salads.
Sometimes there is discussion in the garden rows about new ways to cook a vegetable, and the gardeners might exchange the secrets of their kitchens.
Retirees Jeanette and Robert Dobek have been coming to Rush for the last 27 years, indulging a love of gardening inherited from their families - hers Lebanese, his Polish. She stuffs her squash with a Middle Eastern meat and rice filling, tinged with allspice and cinnamon. Her husband makes a relish from his peppers with hot spices.
"It's a lot of work, but we can grow everything we need here," she says.
Garden treasurer Beth Bowman mashes broiled eggplant with egg and fries it into vegetarian patties called tortang talong. Sabu Kenju, who hails from Kerala, India, makes a coconut curry with his okra.
Dollmann pickles most of his vegetables and gives whatever is left to his German father, who turns the bounty into borscht and stuffed cabbage. On occasion, there are potluck events where members bring their homegrown creations.
Bowman, a nurse, grew up on a farm in the Philippines and now maintains five organic lots at Benjamin Rush, bringing her compost from home and employing gardening methods she learned on her family farm. (Included in her lots are two earmarked for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's City Harvest program. Philadelphia prison inmates grow the seedlings, tended here for donation to SHARE, a local food distribution network.)
"This is part of my heritage and part of my personal way of eating," Bowman says. "It's important for me to know the source of my food."
That Benjamin Rush is considered by some the largest community garden in the world is a point of collective pride with members - printers, cops, firemen, warehouse managers, postal workers, ministers, teachers, nurses and rock musicians - who pay $25 annually to tend their 30-by-30-foot lots.
But, taken individually, members' motivations for joining are as varied and diverse as their plantings. They might garden here to eat thriftily, to cook healthfully, or to partake in the physically and mentally therapeutic effects of working the soil. Some people come here because there is little if any room to garden at home.
Diana Denega, a 23-year-old language teacher who gardens here with her father, Drew, grows plants for their therapeutic benefits as well as their vivid flavors. She makes teas from her anise hyssop and lemon balm, gingered curries from her green beans and okra, and sautes with her lemon squash.
"I'm a vegetarian so I can't even say out loud how much I would spend on vegetables at Whole Foods if we didn't have this garden," she says.
A 30-by-30 lot, it turns out, can produce so much food that many members say they make it through the winter without ever having to buy produce. "Basically this is a supermarket without the pineapples and coconuts," Dollmann says.
And the gardens often yield far more than their owners' households can eat. Gardener Bill Taylor, a retiree from Bensalem, gives most of his output to neighbors and family.
Bowman feeds a family of four and brings extras to work, introducing her coworkers to the distinct flavors of edamame and Brandywine tomatoes. Excess vegetables are collected and donated to SHARE on a regular basis.
On a recent late-summer evening, a season's work was finally peaking. Members worked to harvest the zucchinis, green beans and tomatoes that were finally coming up red.
Meanwhile, with occasional bird-calls and cricket chirps, the gardens settled into the peaceful calm of dusk.
"You could drive down Route 1 twenty times and never know we were here," Dollmann says. "We're like an oasis in the desert."
Makes 2 servings
2 Japanese eggplants
4 eggs, beaten
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1. Preheat the broiler and place eggplants on a rimmed baking sheet beneath broiler until skins are charred and blistered.
2. Allow eggplants to cool, then remove the skin, keeping the crown and stem end intact. Use a fork to mash and flatten the eggplant flesh, but leave the body of the vegetable intact.
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs together with salt and pepper.
4. Heat oil in a large skillet. Grasp the stem end and dip eggplants into egg mixture and gently tip eggplant and eggs into the skillet. Fry until brown, then turn and repeat on other side.
Per serving: 295 calories, 12 grams protein, 31 grams carbohydrates, 13 grams sugar, 16 grams fat, 212 milligrams cholesterol, 112 milligrams sodium, 17 grams dietary fiber.
Makes one gallon
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/2 gallon water
2 heads Napa cabbage, cut into 2-inch wedges
1 bulb garlic, cloves separated and peeled
1 2-inch piece of ginger root
1/4 cup Korean fish sauce (see note)
1 daikon, peeled and grated
1 bunch scallions, cut into1-inch lengths
1/2 cup Korean chili powder (see note)
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
Sesame oil (optional)
Sesame seeds (optional)
1. In a large bowl, dissolve salt in ½ gallon water. Soak cabbage in salt water for 3 to 4 hours.
2. In the bowl of a food processor or blender, combine garlic, ginger and fish sauce and process until finely minced.
3. In a large bowl, combine daikon, scallions, garlic-ginger mixture, chili powder, 1 tablespoon salt and sugar, if using. Toss to combine thoroughly.
4. Remove soaked cabbage from water and rinse thoroughly. Drain in colander, squeezing as much water from the leaves as possible. Toss with daikon mixture.
5. If eating right away, toss with sesame seeds and sesame oil. If fermenting, pack into 4 sterilized 1-quart jars and press firmly to remove air bubbles. Allow kimchi to sit in a cool place for 2-3 days before serving. Kimchi will be good stored in the refrigerator for up to three weeks.
Note: You can find Korean fish sauce and chili powder in Asian markets such as H-Mart.
Per half-cup serving: 23 calories, 1 gram protein, 5 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams sugar, trace fat, no cholesterol, 3,909 milligrams sodium, 2 grams dietary fiber.
Makes 2 to 4 servings
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 pound lean ground lamb or beef
1/3 cup short-grain rice
1 tomato, peeled and chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon or 1/4 teaspoon allspice
2 pounds small or medium-sized summer squash or zucchini
2 tomatoes, sliced
2 tablespoons tomato paste
Juice of 1 1/2 lemons
2 to 4 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon crushed dried mint
1. Make the filling by combining the vegetable oil, meat, rice, tomato, salt and pepper to taste and cinnamon or allspice in a bowl. Use your hands to knead ingredients together.
2. Wash squash and cut off the stem end. Use an apple corer to make a hole at the sliced end and scoop out the pulp, being careful not to break the skin or break through the other end. Fill each squash ¾ full with the rice and meat filling, as the rice will swell when cooked.
3. Lay a few thin slices of tomato on the bottom of a large, deep saucepan. Place stuffed squash side by side on top of the tomatoes.
4. In a small bowl, mix together the tomato paste with 1 1/4 cups of water and the juice of 1 lemon and pour over the squash. Add more water if necessary to cover the squash. Cover and simmer gently for 45 minutes or until squash are soft.
5. Crush garlic cloves with a little salt. Mix garlic with mint and remaining lemon juice. Sprinkle over squash and continue cooking for a few minutes longer.
Per serving (based on 4, with lamb):
346 calories, 15 grams protein, 28 grams carbohydrates, 8 grams sugar, 21 grams fat, 41 milligrams cholesterol, 126 milligrams sodium, 5 grams dietary fiber.
Makes about 6 servings as a side dish
4 bunches Korean sesame leaves (also known as perilla; see note)
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
2 cloves fresh garlic, peeled and chopped
1 teaspoon finely ground red chili pepper
Sesame seeds
1. Rinse sesame leaves in cold water, then drain.
2. Combine the soy sauce, sugar, garlic, and chili pepper in a small pot and heat over medium flame until liquid just begins to boil. Reduce heat, add sesame leaves, and simmer for three to five minutes, turning often. Remove from heat. Use a strainer and remove leaves from the liquid. Set strainer over the pot so that the liquid drains back into the pot, and let cool.
3. Gently separate the leaves into small bunches of 5 to 10 leaves. Layer the small bunches in a sealable container, lightly sprinkling sesame seeds and chili pepper over each layer. Each layer should face a different direction. Pour the liquid over the leaves and seal the container.
4. Let stand at room temperature for six hours, then refrigerate. Serve in small bunches as a side dish with Korean meals.
Note: You can find sesame leaves in Asian markets such as H-Mart.
Per serving (makes 6 servings): 36 calories, 7 grams protein, 2 grams carbohydrates, trace sugar, 1 gram fat, no cholesterol, 464 milligrams sodium, 20 grams dietary fiber.
Makes 4 servings
1 pound okra, washed and dried completely
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cups finely grated fresh or dried unsweetened coco nut
3 to 4 small green chili peppers, chopped
1 cup plain yogurt
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 dried red chili, broken into two pieces
12 to 15 curry leaves
1. Cut okra along the cross-section, wiping knife between cuts.
2. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a skillet over moderately high flame. Add okra and cook until browned, stirring occasionally. Remove okra from pan and allow it to cool.
3. In the work bowl of a food processor, combine coconut, green chili peppers, yogurt, and 1 tablespoon mustard seeds, and process until pureed.
4. Heat remaining tablespoon of oil in skillet over moderately high flame and add remaining teaspoon of mustard seeds. When mustard seeds begin to pop, add dried red chili and curry leaves, being careful not to let the chili burn.
5. Pour coconut-yogurt mixture into pan and simmer over low heat for a few minutes. Add salt. Gently stir in okra, cover and set aside for 10 minutes to allow flavors to meld.
Per serving: 334 calories, 8 grams protein, 21 grams carbohydrates, 6 grams sugar, 27 grams fat, 6 milligrams cholesterol, 55 milligrams sodium, 9 grams dietary fiber.