Monte Carlo Methods For Applied Scientists by Ivan T. Dimov (World Scientific Publishing Company) Stochastic optimization refers to the minimization (or maximization) of a function in the presence of randomness in the optimization process. The randomness may be present as either noise in measurements or Monte Carlo randomness in the search procedure, or both. The study of random geometric structures. Stochastic geometry leads to modelling and analysis tools such as Monte Carlo methods.
Common methods of stochastic optimization include direct search methods (such as the Nelder-Mead method), stochastic approximation, stochastic programming, and miscellaneous methods such as simulated annealing and genetic algorithms.
Numerical Modeling of Water Waves, Second Edition, includes CD-ROM by Charles L. Mader (CRC Press) is a well-written, comprehensive treatise of the evolving science of computer modeling of waves. In a very skillful and methodical manner, the Dr. Charles Mader provides new insights on the subject and updates the reader with what is being done with state-of-the-art, high-performance computers which allow for the adaptation of new codes that can result in even more accurate simulations of waves generated from a variety of source mechanisms - whether generated by earthquakes, landslides, explosions, or the impact of asteroids. The book is an outstanding work of scholarship and a valuable reference for any researcher involved or interested in the numerical modeling of waves.
The Search for Certainty: A Philosophical Account of Foundations of Mathematics by Marcus Giaquinto (Oxford University Press) (Hardcover) The author has performed an impressive balancing act. He manages to treat details precisely without being pedantic. He does not shortchange history, but he also does not permit the pursuit of historical authenticity to interfere with clarity of exposition.
In the early decades of the twentieth century, mathematicians showed an unprecedented concern for the foundations of their subject, not just in expressions of disquiet but also in attempts to find a secure basis. This search for certainty and the crisis that sparked it off is the central subject of this book. First Giaquinto shows mathematical setting of this story to see how the foundational accomplishments grew out of the nineteenth-century quest for clarity and rigor in mathematics.
The clarification of basic properties and relations of analysis set the tone for the search for certainity. The objects of analysis—real numbers and more generally points, classes of points, and functions on classes of points—were taken for granted. But in the later decades of the nineteenth century, according to Giaquinto, mathematicians came to feel that an explicit account of real numbers was needed. also an account of the transfinite numbers discovered—or, some would say, invented by Cantor is explored.
Giaquinto first explains the two best-known accounts of real numbers. Next, he presents a sketch of the way in which the ideas for the transfinite ordinal and cardinal number systems grew out of the study of classes of points, and the rudiments of those number systems are presented. After which he looks at accounts of the natural numbers.
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the drive for clarity and rigor seemed to be reaching a successful conclusion. Among its fruits were precise accounts of the real and natural numbers, the first general theory of transfinite classes and numbers, and a first account of quantifier logic—no meager harvest. But celebrations had barely begun when certain paradoxes were found in the general theory of classes, which was the basis for all supposedly rigorous accounts of the number systems. This defeat in the hour of triumph made foundational research a major area of concern for mathematicians.
Deeper excavation was needed, and the younger mathematicians who took up the task intended to reach bedrock. So the drive to find sure foundations for mathematics issued largely from problems internal to mathematics, together with the conviction that, if certainty is to be found anywhere, it is to be found in mathematics. In this way, the mathematical concern was tied to a philosophical one: how can we be certain that the theorems of mathematics are trustworthy? The bulk this book examines the attempts to meet this challenge.
The central concern of this book is the epistemic status of non-finitary mathematics. Epistemology is not the only concern in foundational studies, though it has been dominant. The nature and intrinsic organization of mathematics has also been a major concern. Later developments in mathematics show that set theory is not the only basis for this kind of inquiry. Of course, those who think that true mathematics must be constructed will reject not only classical set theory but also the nineteenth-century mathematics out of which it grew. In this regard the development of constructive analysis can be regarded as partial fulfillment of an alternative foundational program. Giaquinto is not able to evaluate the success and significance of this program, and perhaps we are too close to see all of what needs to be seen. For those who accept classical mathematics, category theory has been offered as an alternative to set theory for its catholic reach. Mathematics is definitely not just logic, not just higher-order logic, not just set theory. The old picture of a single fundamental theory to which all else must be reduced has faded. If pure mathematics is the study of abstract structures, set theory is just one framework among others for thinking about that subject matter, and it may not be the best. Universes of sets are themselves structures, and these may be instances of something more general, as is suggested by topos theory. In addition, topos theory sheds new light on the intrinsic organization of mathematics, revealing a surprising unity between apparently disparate fields, topology and algebraic geometry on the one hand, and logic and set theory on the other.
The initial impulse for foundational study was the need to clarify our understanding of the continuum and the basis of infinitesimal calculus. The standard set-theoretic account is an explication that has served well — witness the use made of it in classic textbooks on analysis. But now there are other explications of the basic intuitions. Robinson's non-standard analysis rehabilitated infinitesimals. Non-classical accounts include intuitionistic analysis and Bishop's constructive analysis. The development of synthetic differential geometry gives yet another perspective on the continuum and a novel theory of infinitesimals. Thus we now have a plurality of mathematical ways of refining and abstracting from what are originally spatial intuitions. This too is a way in which foundational study has spread out and away from the monolithic view.
If new developments within mathematics advance our understanding of the nature and intrinsic organization of mathematics, epistemological advances are likely to come from developments outside. In the period covered by Giaquinto in this book, the central epistemological concern has been to justify a body of mathematics. Another concern is to explain how it is possible for an individual to have mathematical knowledge and understanding. This inquiry needs fine-grained information about how we actually acquire our mathematical beliefs and abilities; then we can investigate how best to evaluate those modes of cognitive growth in epistemic terms. The empirical input must come primarily from cognitive sciences. Investigations of simple numerical abilities have already proved fruitful, aided by a recent confluence of evidence from different sources: experiments on healthy adults, children, and even infants, clinical tests on brain-damaged patients, brain imaging studies, and animal studies. There is still a long way to go. The history of mathematics is another source of information.
A.D. Alexandrov: Selected Works Part II: Intrinsic Geometry of Convex Surfaces by S. S. Kutateladze (Classics of Soviet Mathematics: Gordon & Breach Publishing Group) A.D. Alexandrov's contribution to the field of intrinsic geometry was original and very influential. This text is a classic that remains unsurpassed in its clarity and scope. It presents his core material, originally published in Russian in 1948, beginning wth an outline of the main concepts and then exploring other topics, such as general propositions on an intrinsic metric; angles and curvature; existence of a convex polyhedron with prescribed metric; curves on convex surfaces; and the role of specific curvature. This text provides Adefinitive source for the development of intrinsic geometry and is indispensable for graduate students who want a better understanding of this subject.
Pi: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number by Alfred S Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann (Prometheus Books) Among its many attributes, mathematicians call pi (p) a "transcendental number" because its curious value cannot be calculated by any combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or square root extraction. More curious still, regardless of the number of decimal places to which you extend the value of pi, the decimal never repeats itself. In 2002 a Japanese professor using a supercomputer calculated the value to 1.24 trillion decimal places! Nonetheless, in this huge string of decimals there is no periodic repetition.
This enlightening, intriguing, and stimulating approach to mathematics will entertain and fascinate readers while honing their mathematical literacy.
pi—this seemingly mundane number—holds a world of mystery, which has fascinated mathematicians from ancient times to the present. What is pi? What is the real value of ir? How do mathematicians determine the value of pi? In what ways is pi used? How was it calculated in ancient times? Its elusive nature has led investigators over the years to ever-closer approximations.
In this delightful introduction to one of math's most interesting phenomena, Drs. Posamentier and Lehmann review pi's history from prebiblical times to the twenty-first century and the many amusing and often mind-boggling attempts to estimate its precise value. They show how this ubiquitous number comes up when you least expect it, such as in the calculation of probabilities and in biblical scholarship. In addition, they present some quirky examples of obsessing about pi over the centuries—including an attempt to legislate its exact value, and even a pi song—as well as useful applications of pi in everyday Life.
Surely the title makes it clear that this is a book about it, but you may be wondering how a book could be written about just one number. We will hope to convince you throughout this book that n is no ordinary number. Rather, it is special and comes up in the most unexpected places. You will also find how useful this number is throughout mathematics. We hope to present it to you in a very "reader-friendly" way—mindful of the beauty that is inherent in the study of this most important number.
You may remember that in the school curriculum the value that took on was either 3.14, 3 , or . For a student's purposes, this was more than adequate. It might have even been easier to simply use pi = 3. But what is pi? What is the real value of pi? How do we determine the value of pi? How was it calculated in ancient times? How can the value be found today using the most modern technology? How might pi be used? These are just some of the questions that we will explore as you embark on the chapters of this book.
We will begin our introduction of pi by telling you what it is and roughly where it came from. Just as with any biography (and this book is no exception), we will tell you who named it and why, and how it grew up to be what it is today. The first chapter tells you what pi essentially is and how it achieved its current prominence.
In chapter 2 we will take you through a brief history of the evolution of pi. This history goes back about four thousand years. To understand how old the concept of pi is, compare it to our number system, the place value decimal system, that has only been used in the Western world for the past 802 years!' We will recall the discovery of the pi ratio as a constant and the many efforts to determine its value. Along the way we will consider such diverse questions as the value of pi as it is mentioned in the Bible and its value in connection with the field of probability. Once the computer enters the chase for finding the "exact" value of pi, the story changes its complexion. Now it is no longer a question of finding the mathematical solution, but rather how fast and how accurate can the computer be in giving us an ever-greater accuracy for the value of pi.
Now that we have reviewed the history of the development of the value of it, chapter 3 provides a variety of methods for arriving at its value. We have chosen a wide variety of methods, some precise, some experimental, and some just good guessing. They have been selected so that the average reader can not only understand them but also independently apply them to generate the value of pi. There are many very sophisticated methods to generate the value of it that are well beyond the scope of this book. We have the general reader in mind with the book's level of difficulty.
With all this excitement through the ages centered on pi, it is no wonder that it has elicited a cultlike following in pursuit of this evasive number. Chapter 4 centers on activities and findings by mathematicians and math hobbyists who have explored the value of Pi and related fields in ways that the ancient mathematicians would never have dreamed of. Furthermore, with the advent of the computer, they have found new avenues to explore. We will look at some of these here.
As an offshoot of chapter 4, we have a number of curious phenomena that focus on the value and concept of pi. Chapter 5 exhibits some of these curiosities. Here we investigate how Pi relates to other famous numbers and to other seemingly unrelated concepts such as continued fractions. Again, we have limited our presentation to material that would require no more mathematical knowledge than that of high school mathematics. Not only will you be amused by some of the it equivalents, but you may even be inspired to develop your own versions of them.
Chapter 6 is dedicated to applications of pi. We begin this chapter with a discussion of another figure that is very closely related to the circle but isn't round. This Reuleaux triangle is truly a fascinating example of how Tc just gets around to geometry beyond the circle. From here we move on to some circle applications. You will see how pi is quite ubiquitous—it always comes up! There are some useful problem-solving techniques incorporated into this chapter that will allow you to look at an ordinary situation from a very different point of view—which may prove quite fruitful.
In our final chapter, we present some astonishing relationships involving Pi and circles. The situation that we will present regarding a rope placed around the earth will surely challenge everyone's intuition. Though a relatively short chapter, it will surely surprise you.
Math Word Problems Demystified by Allan G. Bluman (Demystified: McGraw-Hill Professional) Now anyone, even those whose palms begin to sweat at the first sight of math problems that begin "A train left the station going 65 mph..." can overcome anxiety and learn to solve word problems. In Math Word Problems Demystified, experienced math instructor Allan G. Bluman provides an effective, tension-free, approach to conquering the word problems on the SATs and many other standardized tests, in algebra, and in other mathematics and science classes.
With Math Word Problems Demystified, you master the subject one simple step at a time -- at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide offers practice problems, a quiz at the end of each chapter to pinpoint weaknesses, and a 40 question final exam to reinforce the methods and material presented in the book.
A fast, effective, and fun way to master word problems, Math Word Problems Demystified is the perfect shortcut to gain the confidence and develop the necessary skills to solve these tough test questions.
Pythagorean Triangles by Wadaw Sierpiriski (Dover) unabridged republication of the edition published by the Graduate School of Science, Yeshiva University, New York, 1962. Translated by Dr. Ambikeshwar Sharma.
The Pythagorean Theorem is one of the fundamental theorems of elementary geometry, and Pythagorean triangles—right triangles whose sides are natural numbers—have been studied by mathematicians since antiquity. In this classic text, a brilliant Polish mathematician explores the intriguing mathematical relationships in such triangles.
Starting with "primitive" Pythagorean triangles, the text examines triangles with sides less than 100, triangles with two sides that are successive numbers, divisibility of one of the sides by 3 or by 5, the values of the sides of triangles, triangles with the same arm or the same hypotenuse, triangles with the same perimeter, and triangles with the same area. Additional topics include the radii of circles inscribed in Pythagorean triangles, triangles in which one or more sides are squares, triangles with natural sides and natural areas, triangles in which the hypotenuse and the sum of the arms are squares, representation of triangles with the help of the points of a plane, right triangles whose sides are reciprocals of natural numbers, and cuboids with edges and diagonals expressed by natural numbers.
The Skeleton Key of Mathematics: A Simple Account of Complex Algebraic Theories by Dudley Ernest Littlewood (Dover) unabridged republication of the edition published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1960 (original publication 1949). As the title promises, this helpful volume offers easy access to the abstract principles common to science and mathematics. It eschews technical terms and omits troublesome details in favor of straight-forward explanations that will allow scientists to read papers in branches of science other than their own, mathematicians to appreciate papers on topics on which they have no specialized knowledge, and other readers to cultivate an improved understanding of subjects employing mathematical principles.
The broad scope of topics encompasses Euclid's algorithm; congruences; polynomials; complex numbers and algebraic fields; algebraic integers, ideals, and p-adic numbers; groups; the Galois theory of equations; algebraic geometry; matrices and determinants; invariants and tensors; algebras; group algebras; and more.
"It is refreshing to find a book which deals briefly but competently with a variety of concatenated algebraic topics, that is not written for the specialist," enthused the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society about this volume, adding "Littlewood's book can be unreservedly recommended."
The Millennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles of Our Time by Keith J. Devlin (Basic) The definitive lay reader's account of the Everests of mathematics--the seven unsolved problems that definethe state of the art in contemporary math.
The Applicability of Mathematics As a Philosophical Problem by Mark Steiner (Harvard University Press) analyzes the different ways mathematics is applicable in the physical sciences, and presents a startling thesis - the success of mathematical physics appears to assign the human mind a special place in the cosmos.
Finite Mathematics by Bill Armstrong, Don Davis (Prentice Hall) modern in its writing style as well as in its applications, contains numerous exercises—both skill oriented and applications—, real data problems, and a problem solving method. The book features exercises based on data form the World Wide Web, technology options for those who wish to use a graphing calculator, review boxes, strategic checkpoints, interactive activities, section summaries and projects, and chapter openers and reviews. For anyone who wants to see and understand how mathematics are used in everyday life.
Fuzzy Topology by N Palaniappan (CRC Press) imparts the latest developments for graduate students and research scholars covering various properties of fuzzy topology viz., fuzzy point and its neighbourhood structure, fuzzy nets and fuzzy convergence, fuzzy metric spaces, different fuzzy compactness, fuzzy connectedness, fuzzy separation axioms and properties, product spaces, convex fuzzy sets and fuzzy uniform spaces.
Elementary Differential Equations by W. E. Kohler, Lee W. Johnson (Addison Wesley) This book is designed for the sophomore differential equations course taken by students majoring in science and engineering. We assume the reader has had a course in elementary calculus.
To help students acquire a solid foundation in algebra ant trigonometry, preparing them for other courses such as calculus, business calculus, ant finite mathematics.
To show students how algebra ant trigonometry can motel and solve authentic real-world problems.


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Tomas Mac Conmara
Department of Folklore and Ethnology Béaloideas agus Eitneolaíocht
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Tomás Mac Conmara is an award-winning oral historian and author from County Clare. In 2016, he was commended by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, as one of seven recipients who have made outstanding contributions to culture over the last 100 years for a Comhaltas Forógra na Cásca Centenary Award. He began documenting oral tradition and folklore in the townland of Ballymalone in east Clare as a teenager and is now recognised as one of the leading oral historians in the country. From 2008 to 2014, he led the foundation and development of Cuimhneamh an Chláir (Memories of Clare) and was also a founding member of the Oral History Network of Ireland. He is also a former County Heritage Officer and in January 2016 was appointed by UCC as Manager of the Cork Folklore Project.
In 2019, Tomás was the recipient of the UCC Research Support Person of the Year Award and was acknowledged for the way he has "transformed and energized the work of the project since joining the team in January 2016".
He published his 20-year collection work; The Time of the Tans in 2019 by Mercier Press. The book is based on his over 400 personal recordings with older people, focused on the Irish War of Independence. In September 2021, with Mercier Press, he published The Scariff Martyrs, War, Murder and Memory in East Clare.
Tomás has written four other books: 'High Prestige', The Story of Clare's All Ireland Hurling Champions of 1914 and Patrick Brennan's Autograph Book, Frongoch Internment Camp, 1916. In 2017, he published Days of Hunger, The Clare Volunteers and the Mountjoy Hunger Strike of 1917. In 2018, he was commissioned by the HSE to write The Ministry of Healing, St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, Cork, An Oral and Historical Record.
Tomás is a frequent contributor on cultural and historic issues on national television and radio in both Irish and English and delivers a regular history slot on RTE Television's The Today Show. He has published articles on various aspects of folklore and oral tradition and lectured both nationally and internationally on aspects of Irish history, culture and folklore. He has lectured for many years at the Milwaukee Irish Festival and has been a Fellow at the University of Massachusetts from 2016 - 2018, where he worked on oral history research and lectured on Irish history.
As Director of Mac Conmara Heritage Consulting, Tomás has led the development of national oral history programmes with the Irish Defence Forces and Waterways Ireland. His clients also include the Health Service Executive, Dublin Port, Kilkenny, Cork, Donegal, Kildare, Waterford and Fingal County Councils, local authority libraries and Udarás na Gaeltachta. To contact Mac Conmara Consulting - email macconmaraheritage@gmail.com
Research Interests include:
Oral history and tradition
Social Memory of the Irish revolutionary period (1916-1923)
Modern Irish history
Traditions, customs and folk belief
Placenames and fieldnames
My research has focused on the use of collected social memory, oral history and oral tradition in exploring the Irish Revolutionary Period. I have advocated for many years for the inclusion of oral sources to bring about a deeper and more rounded understanding of the period and have personally recorded over 400 interviews relating to Irish War of Independence and Civil War. My Doctoral Research at University of Limerick enabled a detailed examination of the entire landscape of memory associated with the revolutionary period and led to the creation of a new methodological framework for the use of memory in exploring the Irish War of Independence.
From 2016 to 2018, I was a visiting Research Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell where I lectured on the Irish Revolutionary Period as well as the application of oral history in a range of social and cultural contexts.
My role in the broader documentation of memory has led to an involvement in several radio documentaries including A Bullet for the General (exploring an IRA plan to assassinate Hugh Tudor in Canada) and Paddy Brennan's Book, (exploring an autograph book from Frongoch Camp in Wales). In 2016, I was the script writer for Against the Gale, five radio documentaries, exploring aspects of the Easter Rising experience in Clare. I have contributed to multiple TV documentaries including 75 Days, The Hunger Strike of Terence Mac Swiney, Cogadh ar Mná (War on Women),Dev sa Mheiriceá and Ireland's Greatest Love Stories.
My work in oral heritage for almost twenty years has enabled the application of oral history as a method across a range of subject areas, including the experience of women in the past, agricultural change, the relationship between rural people and material culture of the past, as well as insights into community dynamics in early to mid-twentieth century Ireland. As Manager of the Cork Folklore Project, I have led a multidimensional collection programme, which has explored dimensions of everyday life in Cork in both the past and present including stone masonry, amateur drama, community, St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, life stories and place based collection. In addition, I was successful in obtaining a research award from University of Massachusetts, to undertake Landscapes of Memory, an international oral history collaboration exploring the River Lee and Merrimack River through the use of oral history interviews. By developing the Cork Folklore Project Outreach Hub, I have led the Project into a new phase, which will see our material more accessible to the general public in both passive and active ways.
Landscapes of Memory 06-JAN-17 06-JUN-18 €5,000.00
(2021) The Scariff Martyrs: War, Murder and Memory in East Clare.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2021) The Scariff Martyrs: War, Murder and Memory in East Clare. Cork: Mercier Press. [Details]
(2019) The Time of the Tans, An Oral History of the War of Independence in County Clare.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2019) The Time of the Tans, An Oral History of the War of Independence in County Clare. Cork: Mercier Press. [Details]
(2018) The Ministry of Healing, St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital Cork, An Oral and Historical Record.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2018) The Ministry of Healing, St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital Cork, An Oral and Historical Record. Cork: Health Service Executive. [Details]
(2017) Days of Hunger, The Clare Volunteers and the Mountjoy Hunger Strike of 1917.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2017) Days of Hunger, The Clare Volunteers and the Mountjoy Hunger Strike of 1917. Killaloe: Dallán Publishing. [Details]
(2016) Patrick Brennan's Autograph Book, An Irish Rebel Autograph Book from Frongoch Internment Camp, 1916.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2016) Patrick Brennan's Autograph Book, An Irish Rebel Autograph Book from Frongoch Internment Camp, 1916. Clare: Clare County Library. [Details]
(2014) High Prestige, The Story of Clare's All Ireland Hurling Champions of 1914.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2014) High Prestige, The Story of Clare's All Ireland Hurling Champions of 1914. Clare: Clare County Library. [Details]
(2008) People, Place, Boats, Traditional Boats of County Clare.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2008) People, Place, Boats, Traditional Boats of County Clare. Clare: Clare County Council. [Details]
(2018) 'Tomás Mac Curtain in Memory'
Tomás Mac Conmara (2018) 'Tomás Mac Curtain in Memory' The Archive: Journal of The Northside Folklore Project, 21 :16-20. [Details]
(2018) 'A Reflection on the Irish Language in the Cork Folklore Project Collection'
Tomás Mac Conmara (2018) 'A Reflection on the Irish Language in the Cork Folklore Project Collection' The Archive: Journal of The Northside Folklore Project, 21 :5-5. [Details]
(2013) ''Those Four Claremen have taken on the British Empire' The Irish Volunteers and the Transformation of Ireland in 1917'
Tomás Mac Conmara (2013) ''Those Four Claremen have taken on the British Empire' The Irish Volunteers and the Transformation of Ireland in 1917' The Other Clare, 36 :27-32. [Details]
(2017) 'Soldier's Death or Felon's Doom'.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2017) 'Soldier's Death or Felon's Doom'. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2016) 'An intense longing for Irish Freedom'.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2016) 'An intense longing for Irish Freedom'. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2011) '"That's the way it was" - Reminiscence at Raheen Day Care Centre, Tuamgraney'.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2011) '"That's the way it was" - Reminiscence at Raheen Day Care Centre, Tuamgraney'. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2011) "When an old man dies, a library burns", The work of Cuimhneamh an Chlair, the Clare Oral History and Folklore Group.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2011) "When an old man dies, a library burns", The work of Cuimhneamh an Chlair, the Clare Oral History and Folklore Group. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2011) A reflection on the reminiscence oral history work undertaken over a number of months at Raheen Day Care Centre, Tuamgraney.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2011) A reflection on the reminiscence oral history work undertaken over a number of months at Raheen Day Care Centre, Tuamgraney. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2006) "Tip and Slashin", Clare's Hurling Victories of 1914".
Tomás Mac Conmara (2006) "Tip and Slashin", Clare's Hurling Victories of 1914". Dublin: Articles [Details]
(2005) 'RT Moloney, Seventy-Five years of local politics'.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2005) 'RT Moloney, Seventy-Five years of local politics'. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2004) The Parish of Tuamgraney, History and Folklore.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2004) The Parish of Tuamgraney, History and Folklore. Dublin: Articles [Details]
(2004) The Tradition of Pipe Smoking.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2004) The Tradition of Pipe Smoking. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2003) Ireland'sWild Geese and the Battle of Fontenoy.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2003) Ireland'sWild Geese and the Battle of Fontenoy. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2003) The Colt Connection: Firearms manufacturer Sam Colt and County Clare.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2003) The Colt Connection: Firearms manufacturer Sam Colt and County Clare. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2003) The Boxer Rebellion in China: Clare Connections.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2003) The Boxer Rebellion in China: Clare Connections. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2003) Coining Things, The Discovery of Gunmoney in Drumquin in 1982.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2003) Coining Things, The Discovery of Gunmoney in Drumquin in 1982. Clare: Articles [Details]
(2002) "The Terry Alts: Agrarian Agitation in North Clare 1829-1832".
Tomás Mac Conmara (2002) "The Terry Alts: Agrarian Agitation in North Clare 1829-1832". Clare: Articles [Details]
(2016) Against the Gale.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2016) Against the Gale. Clare: Documentary [Details]
(2016) The Easter Rising in County Clare.
Tomás Mac Conmara (2016) The Easter Rising in County Clare. Clare: DVD [Details]
2019 Research Support Person of the Year UCC
2017 University of Massachusetts Presidents Award University of Massachusetts
2016 Comhaltas Forógra na Cásca Centenary Award Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann
2016 Research Fellow University of Massachusetts
From / To
Oral History Network of Ireland Founding Member 07-JUL-09 / 29-AUG-12
Conference Contributions
(2018) International Oral History Association Conference, Memory and Narration,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2018) A presentation on the value of oral sources on the Irish War of Independence including an emphasis on the importance of registering silence. [Oral Presentation], International Oral History Association Conference, Memory and Narration, Finland , 18-JUN-18 - 21-JUN-18. [Details]
(2017) Centre for Irish Partnerships Seminar Series,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2017) Lecture on the Mountjoy Hunger Strike of 1917. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Centre for Irish Partnerships Seminar Series, UMass Club, Boston, USA , 25-SEP-17 - 25-SEP-17. [Details]
(2016) International Women's Day Conference at University of Limerick,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2016) A conference focused on the experience of women in Irish society, past and present. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], International Women's Day Conference at University of Limerick, University of Limerick , 08-MAR-16 - 08-MAR-16. [Details]
(2016) Remembering 1916: The Easter Rising, The Battle of the Somme and Impact on Lowell—A Public Engagement Conference,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2016) A Public Engagement Conference focusing on both the Easter Rising of 1916 and the Battle of the Somme, which happened in the same year. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Remembering 1916: The Easter Rising, The Battle of the Somme and Impact on Lowell—A Public Engagement Conference, University of Massachusetts, USA , 07-SEP-16 - 08-SEP-16. [Details]
(2014) Cumann na mBan 100 Conference: 1914 – 2014,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2014) Conference exploring the role of Cumann na mBan in the Irish revolutionary period. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Cumann na mBan 100 Conference: 1914 – 2014, Collins Barracks, Dublin , 16-APR-14 - 16-APR-14. [Details]
(2014) National Tourism Conference, Ennistymon,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2014) The Army of Ború Marches again!, Folklore, Tourism and the High King'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], National Tourism Conference, Ennistymon, Ennistymon, County clare , 14-FEB-14 - 16-FEB-14. [Details]
(2013) Biennial Irish Conference of Historians,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2013) A major confernence presenting the work of a range of historians from across Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Biennial Irish Conference of Historians, UCD , 13-JUN-13 - 13-JUN-13. [Details]
(2012) Voicing the Past: Oral History and Heritage in Ireland,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2012) Lecture on the Social Memory of the Irish Revolutionary Period. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Voicing the Past: Oral History and Heritage in Ireland, Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis, County Clare , 28-SEP-12 - 30-SEP-12. [Details]
(2009) Kerry International Folklore Conference,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2009) A conference exploring the collection of folklore within a community context. [Invited Oral Presentation], Kerry International Folklore Conference, Mucross House, Kerry , 19-NOV-09 - 19-NOV-09. [Details]
(2009) Milwaukee Irish Festival,
Tomás Mac Conmara (2009) Hedgeschool Lecture Series at Cultural Pavillion, Milwaukee Irish Festival. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Milwaukee Irish Festival, Milwaukee, USA , 14-AUG-09 - 16-AUG-09. [Details]
Tomás Mac Conmara (2007) Irish Cultural Festival and Lecture Series. [Invited Oral Presentation], Milwaukee Irish Festival, Milwaukee, USA , 17-AUG-07 - 19-AUG-07. [Details]
Cuimhneamh an Chláire (Memories of Clare) Founder and Project Co-ordinator 2008 / 2014
Clare Tourist Council Committee Member and Chairperson 2008 / 2013
Oral History Network of Ireland Founding Member 2008 / 2014
East Clare Heritage Committee Member and Chairperson 2001 / 2009
Clare County Council Heritage Officer 13-SEP-06 / 16-JUL-09
University College Cork Manager, Cork Folklore Project 12-JAN-16 / 27-JUL-18
Cuimhneamh an Chláir (Memories of Clare) Project Co-Ordinator 05-AUG-09 / 11-JUL-12
Clare County Council Exhibition Curation 16-AUG-12 / 18-DEC-15
2015 University of Limerick PhD History
2010 National University of Ireland Galway Higher Diploma in Education History, Civic Social and Political Education
2008 University of Limerick Bachelor of Arts History
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An illustrated presentation on the material held in the Cork Folklore Project collection, underlining the opportunities for artistic engagement - Presented to the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork
A series of five illustrated public lectures given across County Clare in the lead up to the Easter Rising Centenary celebrations of 2016
Presentation of oral history process to a group of women from the Churchfield area of Cork to illuminate the aspects involved in the document or oral history and local memory.
Multimedia presentation of selected material from the Cork Folklore Project over twenty years to a crowd of over 170 local people from across Cork.
For Cuimhneamh an Chláir - A series of public listening sessions undertaken from 2008 - 2010 across county Clare in various community centres, libraries and public facilities.
Collaboration with Clare FM to produce eight in-depth radio interviews, focused on the work of eight collectors from within the Cuimhneamh an Chláir Project (2012)
Co-Presenter on a weekly radio show (Clare FM) aimed at the promotion of Irish language and culture in 2007.
Contributor on a weekly placenames and fieldnames focused radio segment, which explored the collected placenames from within the Clare Placenames Project (2008-2009)
Co-ordination of a major Traditional Boats conference in 2008, focused on the building traditions, typologies and folklore of traditional boats, currachs and Naomhógs.
Scriptwriter for a series of radio essays, broadcast in April 2016 as part of the centenary celebrations of the Easter Rising of 1916
A series of transcribed memory samples from within the Cork Folklore Project, published weekly in the Cork Evening Echo (2018)
Collaboration with Clare FM in a unique poetry project. The project, which received funding from Oifig Gaeilge an Chláir, involved Cuimhneamh an Chláir, working with pupils from 6th class in Gaelscoil Mhichíl Cíósóg. The pupils were asked to compose poems on characters of their choosing relating to Clare folklore and history.
Innovative folded business cards with old Irish words that were documented from older people across county Clare.
Co-ordinated the recording of the memories of Clare natives living in Dublin are to be documented in 'A Part of What Was Dublin', Trained and equipped three Dublin based Clare natives, who recorded memories of Clare men and women who migrated to Dublin over the twentieth century.
Collaboration between the Clare Education Centre and Cuimhneamh an Chláir to develop Seo é mo Scéal as part of respective outreach and education programmes. Seo é mo scéal was a Region 5 project, proposed by Athlone Education Centre that involves recording the memories, from primary school to retirement, of a group of older citizens in the wider communities of the region.
A public engagement event aimed at demonstrated the collected material from the 'Memories of the Orthopaedic' Project, an oral history collaboration undertaken by the Cork Folklore Project and the HSE and focused on St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital
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In the lead up to the 2016 Centenary Celebrations, I was invited by Clare County Council to act as a special adviser to the Council's Committee on Commemoration. This has been extended to cover the period from 2016 - 2023
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Summary: The Bible does not present Jesus as the sissy the church presents him as.
What is the first thought that comes to your mind at the name of Jesus? How would you describe his character or emotional makeup? What is your image of Jesus as a man? Isn't He sort of meek and mild? One man said "I mean the pictures I have of him show a gentle guy with children all around. Kind of like Mother Teresa." They are predominantly the kind of pictures we find in our churches and homes. They leave us with the impression that Jesus was the world's nicest guy. Like Mister Rogers with a beard. From Sunday School on we see a gentle, meek, Savior, well-groomed and tidy man wearing a shining white dress. In these paintings He taps gently on a door, plays with children, or stares lovingly into the eyes of a lamb nestled in His arm. Although these images are comforting, they do little to suggest masculine strength and resolve. Jesuit priest Patrick Arnold laments Christ's frequent portrayal as a bearded lady.
The typical American churchgoer is a woman. The US Congregational Life Survey pegged her as a fifty-year-old, married, well-educated, employed female. An ABC News/Beliefnet poll found that a worshiper is most likely an older, black female who lives in the south. P 53 Men hate church.
A common fear among men is that Christianity will turn them into a nerd or a nut.
Lee Strobel before he was a believer would look at the church and think, "Boy, I never want to end up like that." If Christianity requires a person to become a social misfit who has no social life except church services and prayer meetings, count me out. He said, "I saw Christianity as being boring, out of touch, and living a plain vanilla lifestyle that's devoid of excitement, challenge, or fun.
No man wants to be a "Ned Flanders" Bart Simpsons Christian neighbor on the Simpsons.
Of all the world's great religions, only Christianity has a consistent, nagging shortage of male practitioners. What is it about modern Christianity that is driving men away?
This is scary. Islam is growing in the US, and has made its strongest inroads into the African -American community. More than 90% of the converts to Islam in the US are African-American males. They seen Christianity is for women and Islam is for men.
Rick Warren says 80% of American Churches are family reunion churches. The greatest commandment is to be nice. The pastor's job is to keep the peace. Keep'em happy and in the pews. It's velvet coffin Christianity. Everything is so easy, so sweet, so nice.
It hasn't always been this way. Jesus began with 12 men. According to Dr Leon Podles men began to withdraw from church life during the 13th century when a new bridal mysticism began to sweep the church. A call to weakness and passivity replaced the churches historical emphasis on struggle and self-sacrifice. The Virgin Mary took center stage. Mother church took care of everything spiritual. Medieval men simply attended Mass, took the sacraments, and paid tithes and indulgences.
Apparently, Jesus is so nice he prefers to lose. P134 Why men hate church.
Kevin Leman tells the story of a mother who caught her two boys arguing over who would get the first pancake. Mom thought she had a teachable moment so she said, "If Jesus was sitting here, He would say, Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait." The older boy turned to the younger and said, Ryan you be Jesus."
Liberal Churches have re-created Christ as a benevolent Teacher who is always gentle, tender, and accepting. This Christ would never offend anyone, judge anyone, and of course, never send anyone to hell. If Christ were a radio station, His slogan would be "all tenderness all the time."
If you remember William Wallace is the hero of the movie Braveheart. He was the warrior poet who cam as the liberator of Scotland in the early 1300's. When Wallace arrives on the scene Scotland had been under the heel of England for centuries. Without a leader the rebellion was failing. At this point Wallace rides in with his band of warriors, blue warpaint on there faces and ready for battle. Wallace challenged the fearful men with "Sons of Scotland.. you have come to fight as free men, and free men you are. And goes on to say "Dying in your bed, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!" He goes out to pick a fight with the English army and leads Scotland to freedom.
The Bible does not present Jesus as the sissy the church presents him as.


Miami classification for probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy.
An essential element for any new advanced imaging technology is standardization of indications, terminology, categorization of images, and research priorities. In this review, we propose a state-of-the-art classification system for normal and pathological states in gastrointestinal disease using probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE). The Miami classification system is based on a consensus of pCLE users reached during a meeting held in Miami, Florida, in February 2009.


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Q: How to get spark logs from history server by submission id I try to get logs from a spark job from sparks history server, which is submitted by the Spark API. The successful response of an http call to the spark submit API returns an "submissionId" which can be used to get the status of the job (source):
curl http://192.168.133.128:6066/v1/submissions/status/driver-20180429125849-0001
{
  "action" : "SubmissionStatusResponse",
  "driverState" : "FINISHED",
  "serverSparkVersion" : "2.0.1",
  "submissionId" : "driver-20180429125849-0001",
  "success" : true,
  "workerHostPort" : "192.168.133.128:38451",
  "workerId" : "worker-20180429124356-192.168.133.128-38451"
}

Now I want to get the complete log from spark history server given the submission ID. Sparks REST API documentation says that they need applications or job IDs to get a particular job.
Do you know how to get these logs, given the submissionId or WorkerId only?

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Effect of Natural and Artificial Ascorbic Acid Supplementation on the Growth Performance and Packed Cell Volume of Broiler Chicks
Received: Mar. 24, 2015; Accepted: May 4, 2015; Published: May 12, 2015
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Ufele Angela Nwogor, Zoology Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Okoye Chidiebere Bridget, Zoology Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Ebenebe Cordelia Ifeyinwa, Zoology Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
This research studied the effect of natural and artificial ascorbic acid supplementation on the growth performance and packed cell volume of broiler chicks. The experimental animals used were sixty (60) broiler chicks of three weeks old. Five broiler chicks were randomly assigned to each cage and there were four cages representing four different treatments. Cage A served as control where only water was given to the broiler chicks as treatment 1. Cage B contained chicks given 300mg natural ascorbic acid per liter of water as treatment 2. Cage C contained chicks given a mixture of 150mg natural and 150mg artificial ascorbic acid per liter of water as treatment 3 while cage D contained chicks given 300mg artificial ascorbic acid per liter of water. The birds were given the respective treatments for five weeks and the experiment was replicated three times. At the end of the experiment it was observed that broilers fed with natural ascorbic acid had the highest weight gain (1.22kg), followed by birds fed with natural and artificial ascorbic acid (1.09kg). Broilers fed with artificial ascorbic acid recorded a weight gain of (0.89kg) while the control group has the least weight gain of (0.79kg). Again broilers fed with natural and artificial ascorbic acid recorded the highest PCV gain (21.23%), followed by broilers fed with artificial ascorbic acid (18.1%). Broilers on the control diet recorded a PCV gain of (12.84%) while broilers fed with natural ascorbic acid recorded the least PCV gain of (9.93%). From the result of the experiment, it was observed that natural ascorbic acid enhanced growth of the broiler chicks while combination of both natural and artificial ascorbic acid boost the PCV of the broiler chicks.
Broiler Chicks, Natural and Artificial Ascorbic Acid
Ufele Angela Nwogor, Okoye Chidiebere Bridget, Ebenebe Cordelia Ifeyinwa, Effect of Natural and Artificial Ascorbic Acid Supplementation on the Growth Performance and Packed Cell Volume of Broiler Chicks, American Journal of Life Sciences. Vol. 3, No. 3, 2015, pp. 158-161. doi: 10.11648/j.ajls.20150303.15
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Brooks, M. C. (2001). Effect of Protein on Human Growth and Development. International Journal of Nutrition, (25) 46-35.
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As I scanned through a list of those who served as Keepers of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, I had to smile. Within the list were thirteen men whom I could claim kinship to. Eight alone are Jennettes. And that doesn't include the others in this line of my family tree that served at various other lights, up and down the coast.
Jennette, it is a name notorious with lighthouses. It is a heritage that I'm proud of and one that I do my best to preserve. And every time I take out the file of my Great Grandfather, Devaney Farrow Jennette, I am reminded of how important a task that really is. The hand written letters found among it's pages, tell of his life…and those of others…who were dedicated to making sure that those at sea, had a beacon of light in which to guide them safely home. A very noble lot, indeed.
For quite some time, I have been pondering the idea of a blog that would share the genealogical connection between some of these lighthouse keepers. Today will be the first installment of that attempt. We'll start off with the relationship between Devaney Farrow Jennette, Unaka B. Jennette, and Utah Cole Jennette, and a request to come home.
Devaney, Unaka, and Utah Jennette, were first cousins. Devaney was the son of Isaac Littleton and Hosannah W. Jennette. Unaka and Utah were brothers and were born to Benjamin F. and Dorcas L. Jennette. Benjamin and Isaac, their Fathers, were brothers. All were from Cape Hatteras, NC. And to this day, many of their descendants can still be found living on this barrier island.
Devaney entered into the United States Lighthouse Establishment in 1908. His first appointment was that of Assistant Keeper at the Thomas Point Shoal Light Station, located in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. This appointment only lasted six months. On April 10th, 1909, he became the Second Asst. Keeper of the Smith Point Light Station, which was located in Virginia.
The above two documents are just a few out of many that have given me a glimpse into the life of my Great Grandfather. As with most keepers at some point, long distance travel was inevitable. Which also led to long periods of not seeing one's family and loved ones. The next two documents gives us a true look at how travel to and from Cape Hatteras, really was in 1909.
So as you can see, the road home was a long one. Many times in Devaney's light keeping career, he thought of the island he had left years earlier in order to make a living. And many times he tried to return through requesting appointments at stations that were closer to home, such the Currituck Light. He even requested a transfer to the one he loved most dearly, the Cape Hatteras Light. But his request fell on deaf ears. The Lighthouse Service had rules against those with close kinship being stationed at the same light. Below you will find the correspondence regarding the relationship between Devaney F. and Unaka B. Jennette and the USLS' take on the subject.
Devaney F. Jennette, never did get any closer to home. He was appointed to the Cape Fear Lighthouse in 1919 and stayed there until his death in 1932. Unaka B. Jennette, served thirty eight years in the USLHS. Eighteen years of that he spent as Keeper of the Cape Hatteras Light Station and was it's last keeper while in the hands of the service. Utah Cole Jennette, spent from the late 1930's, until his retirement in 1954, as Assistant Keeper at the Cape Henry Lighthouse, in Virginia.
There is a connection between Islanders of Hatteras and Ocracoke. No, I don't mean the ferry that carries tourist across the inlet by the masses. Course, I do love that ride in the Fall of the year…once things have slowed down and it seems that the "island time" clock has been reset to normal.
The connection I am speaking of is one of blood. One of generations of islanders, whose ancestors left Hatteras to go live on Ocracoke, or vise versa. It's surnames like Oneal, Fulcher, and Burrus, that can be found in census and birth, marriage, and death certificates, that prove our people…our history…are one.
This past Thursday, two friends and I decided it was time to head to Ocracoke, mainly to enjoy the day and soak up some Ocracoke vibes. Course the day was hot and humid. It was August, after all. But we still enjoyed meeting up with friends, making new ones, and visiting historical sites, as I searched for hints of the ancestral past of those who left Hatteras, a long time ago.
While at the Village Craftsman, Amy, Lesley, and myself, spotted a cemetery across the sand road from the store. Course I couldn't resist and headed straight for it.
After a lunch of Creole Shrimp and grits, we headed on over to the Ocracoke Preservation Society's Museum. Had the pleasure of meeting DeAnna Locke, who is the OPS Administrator. What a wonderful job they have done with preserving the David Williams House. In 1989, it became their home office after they moved it from just north of the Anchorage Inn, to it's present location.
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Chefs, if you have clients who have issues with carbs–perhaps they have diabetes or weight issues—or they have wheat allergies, there's another option for pasta that you may not be aware of and that can complement vegetable noodles: shirataki noodles.
Shirataki noodles originate in Japan. Slick and slippery, packaged in bulging plastic bags of water, they're not what you expect in pasta. According to Serious Eats, they are made with glucomannan starch extracted from devil's tongue yams. Essentially, it's an indigestible dietary fiber so it goes in and out barely leaving a trace, so you end up with no net calories or carbs. For those who are gluten free, they're perfect for those clients, too. They're also keto friendly.
The best place to find shirataki noodles is at your local Japanese market, although some American markets carry them (look near where the tofu is stocked). Not only are there several brands with several choices of shirataki noodles, but there's a whole other choice you can make–tofu shirataki, made with tofu and water with a little yam flour. And these, made by a company called House Foods, are going the extra distance with varieties in shapes like spaghetti, angel hair, macaroni, and fettuccine. Crazy! They also have no cholesterol, 0.5 grams of fat per serving, are extremely low in sodium, and are all of 20 calories per serving. And additional good news–if you don't have a Japanese market in your community they're available on Amazon.com.
Now are either version truly like wheat noodles in terms of flavor and texture? No. Let's not make them into something they're not. But if your clients have been craving traditional pasta and simply can't have it this is not a bad substitute. In fact, your clients can enjoy them on their own terms. Because they have no flavor they are the perfect delivery system for any sauce you create. And their slick, jelly-like texture is kind of fun to chew. You can add them to soup (don't cook them in the soup); mix them up with vegetables, olive oil, and Parmesan cheese; make mac and cheese; or, as I have with a package of "macaroni," add them to turkey chile. Or create a chilled salad.
The noodles do have a distinct odor to them, acknowledged in the package's preparation directions. But all you need to do is rinse them under water, put them in a bowl, and heat them in the microwave for–get this–a minute. The smell goes away and you have warm noodles with a bit of chew to them and a neutral flavor. Ready for pretty much anything for which you'd use regular pasta.
What options do you create for a "pasta" treat for clients?
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The production planning and controls (abbreviated PPS) leads to discipline like business administration, manufacturing technology, mechanical engineering, engineering, and Information together.
Production planning and control is used among other things in the spatial, temporal and operational planning, management and control in many areas - and increasingly it comes to production planning software for use.
What is the production planning?
The operative production planning affects the construction of buildings and factory similarly like the production of merchandise and property, the logistic, intra-logistic and administration for all processes. These production processes are closely linked, it's a question of these plans for a complex discipline. For this reason planners and designers install a production planning software with which you can plan and implement comprehensive, three-dimensional construction.
Just as industry and logistics the productions planning is indispensable. In this case, all the manufacturing and assembly processes are considered as well as the necessary maintenance and repairs and all connected company departments.
The software for production planning allows the planners, all of the steps in the block-box principle, quick and implement clear and to create models.
Factories and manufacturing facilities can with this 3D planning software efficiently a three-dimensional master are calculated and presented graphically, which tracks all systems and associated sets to each other.
How can software support production planning?
A good planning software if the most important work tool in conceptual design and implementation of production or a construction project, for example a factory. New work and construction for example will be with the software simulated through a three dimensional model.
On the basis such a model can help with the 3D design software also several alternative versions and calculated, created and compared to each other.
Which duties and problems will manage aid to production planning software?
By this strictly defined criteria can by the productions plan over the software a priority the planning steps determined and also an emergency plan, if something should differ. Similarly like by the material flow simulation can all require materials, costs, and resources previously realistically calculated and compared.
The professional software calculates the best solution based on the specified values, preferences, and goals. Thus, not only a spatial planning project is being developed but also targets a complete strategy for the control of all processes and the desired production numbers and goals.
Which disciplines includes software for production planning?
Production planning software provides users with a complete calculation and display of construction projects as well as of complex production processes. These are, inter alia, the planners Pictures, graphics, videos, texts, overviews and 2D and 3D simulations. For the creation of an animated model it can be connected to the central management computer for feeding data and material and use.
Production can be played through this in various and diverse scenarios. This is particularly advantageous when a new system is taken during normal daily business in operation, or if an existing and ongoing investment modified or extended. The logistical access to plant and production can be calculated and displayed accordingly.
What advantages does a good production plan bring?
A good production planning software provides users with many valuable benefits. Using the simulation model can produce the planners calculate a full day program with the full production, resources and transport routes - and consequently eg the necessary personnel and resources determine.
You will receive realistic values and the calculation of lead times, the use of facilities or the order of operation. Thus, all production steps can be optimized and compared with alternative scenarios. Another valuable benefit is the evaluation of any system malfunctions and in the creation of emergency plans and solution scenarios in case of failures and bottlenecks.
What disadvantages does a deficient production plan bring?
The best planning is not always perfect. In order to make a realistic production planning and control, the software has to offer as many scenarios in order to generate many scenarios and alternatives. If planning software makes only vague and inaccurate models, the actual implementation differs faster from the actual plans.
What are the limits in production planning using software?
The digital production planning has its limits - just like any other simulation software, as well as visualization software, these programs also require extensive, precise and complex data, figures and information. If they are not, or insufficiently available, the software in production planning and factory scheduling can only begin to design a realistic model as the basis for the implementation spite of all content and blocks.
Therefore, all the necessary numbers, good research, emergency scenarios and own experience from the past are the foundations for a functioning planning a production planning system.


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At Fasteners, Inc. in Denver, we believe that knowing how to choose wood screw length is going to help you determine a better fastener to use and hence create a better product. We'd like to share some tips on just what to look for, depending on your specific project.
The American Wood Council offers a Connection Calculator that determines connector capacity. Be sure to check it out along with this guide to find out how to choose the right wood screw length for your upcoming carpentry projects.
There are two main types of screws for fastening wood out there. Utility screws (also known as deck screws) and steel / stainless steel screws. A utility screw is a workhorse; it's used for framing and outdoor carpentry, coming in a range of materials, including corrosion-resistant metals. They work great with chemical-treated wood and are sold by the length.
On the other hand, steel and stainless steel wood screws are used for more precision woodworking projects including indoor furniture. They have a thicker body and are identified by length and gauge (thickness). Larger gauges are thicker, smaller gauges are thinner.
The main goal when choosing the right wood screw is to use one that is long enough and stout enough to secure the boards together efficiently without splitting the wood or poking through the other side.
First, drilling a pilot hole with countersink bit is the ideal scenario when working with hardwoods. Softwoods, on the other hand, probably do better without a pilot hole, as the screw gets its holding power via the wood fibers. Softwoods are less prone to splitting, so letting the screw grip the wood without a pilot hole will increase the screw's holding strength.
The ultimate purpose of the piece you are constructing will determine the type of wood screw to use. If the piece will be subject to lateral pressure (pushing down or against), it is advisable to use a thicker screw.
If the piece is subject to withdrawal pressure (pulling apart), then you will want to make sure that the screw is long enough to withstand those forces. In this case, 1-1½ inches of screw thread should go into the receiving end. Obviously, avoid poking through to the other side of the board while doing so. If this is the case, then use a shorter screw but compensate by using more of them.
As a general rule, attaching two boards across the grain requires a shorter screw than when inserting into end grain, which requires at least two inches of screw thread into the board.
Hopefully, now you know how to choose wood screw length for your next woodworking project. At Fasteners, Inc. we are ready to help determine what wood screw you need and offer a wide assortment of fasteners for every project.


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Dispatches from the Klamath Mountains
Malcolm Terence
Oregon State University Press (May 26, 2018)
Caught up in the heady magic of 1968 in California's Haight-Ashbury district, journalist Malcolm Terence found that the world was changing fast—much faster than the attitudes of his employer, the Los Angeles Times. Terence chose to go with the world; free love, free food, and a sense that capitalism was about to be replaced by something better were impossible to resist.
After leaving the Times, his Brooks Brothers suits, and his buzzed hair behind, Terence managed a traveling rock band, then settled in for communal living with San Francisco's "Diggers." His long hair, scruffy beard, and outspokenness made him an instant "cop magnet." "It started to creep into my head that this is what young guys of color had always faced," he writes.
Ultimately, his path led him to Black Bear Ranch, a new commune in the Klamath Mountains. Members led a simple life homesteading, farming, having babies, picking up jobs as loggers or miners, and battling wildfires with the US Forest Service. Growing marijuana was a common side hustle.
Life wasn't easy. "Everybody in those days was so thin it was a little scary," writes Terence. In winter, the crowd of "underfed hippies" would be snowed in for weeks at a time, and it didn't take long for Donner Party jokes to lose their punch.
Though the ranch still exists, many of its early residents moved on to city life. Terence chose to live in nearby river towns, and his vivid and moving descriptions of how rednecks, Natives, and hippies could be counted on to help each other when needed are filled with gratefulness and respect for the basic goodness of the human spirit.
Humorous, ironic, and witty, Terence's stories bring the people and events of the late 1960s to life in all their tie-dyed splendor.
Reviewed by Kristine Morris
My Little Town
The Gamesmaster


The peace talks in Paris dragged on for years without achieving anything. By 1972 the communists felt strong enough to launch another all-out attack on the cities of the South, similar to the Tet Offensive. This attack was more successful than the Tet Offensive but the communists were still not able to conquer the main centers of population.
After the offensive of the summer of 1972, neither side could see any hope of victory and the peace talks started to make some progress. At last in January 1973 a cease-fire was agreed and the Americans started to take their troops home.
The American forces pulled out soon after the cease-fire agreement was signed. This ended US involvement but it did not end the war. Fighting soon resumed between the communists and the Southern forces. Two years after the agreement in Paris the North launched another major offensive against South Vietnam in March 1975. This time, relying only on South Vietnamese troops and without American air support, the Saigon government was not able to resist.
The Vietcong and the army of the North swept victoriously through the South. The war effectively ended on 29 April 1975 when the communists captured the southern capital of Saigon. American TV viewers watched in horror as thousands of south Vietnamese people fought to get on the last US helicopters out of Saigon.
American failure to contain communism in Vietnam led to a deep re-assessment of policy towards the communist world. American leaders had been shocked by their failure in Vietnam. The cost has been enormous: 55,000 dead American soldiers and billions of dollars spent. This huge commitment had achieved nothing.
Communist governments had taken power not only in North and South Vietnam but also in the neighboring states of Cambodia and Laos. In addition, Americans had lost the confidence in their mission as the world's leading nation.
The American President who took the US out of the war was Richard Nixon. Together with his adviser, Henry Kissinger, Nixon developed a new foreign policy for the post-Vietnam world. This became known as 'detente' and it involved striving for agreement and peace with the communist world.