It's been a tough year for many businesses and Plymouth has waved goodbye to some very famous names.
This city's economy has been rocked by the carnage sweeping retail nationally, but aside from the list of store closures, it suffered two body blows when Wolf Minerals closed the Drakelands tungsten and tin mine, and when the German owners of manufacturer Barden said they would shut the city plant.
But Plymouth will bounce back, and in 2019 is looking forward to the openings of The Box history centre and museum, and the Drake Circus Leisure multiplex and restaurant complex.
There is much inward investment flooding in too, with cranes in the city centre and Millbay, for instance.
But for now, let's just have a look back at the businesses Plymouth lost in 2019, though we've left out pubs and restaurants where the churn means many reopen shortly after closing.
Plymouth's tungsten mine lost £100million in just three years because it failed to produce enough metal, saw global prices hit the floor and was saddled with enormous debts.
The closure, which put more than 200 people out of work, sent shock waves through the Plymouth economy.
It once bragged of having "millions of toys, all under one roof" but in March 2019, Toys R Us became the first major retail casualty of the year when it went out of business and shut its huge Western Approach branch.
The huge Barden factory is to close after 51 years putting 400 jobs at risk as its parent firm moves production overseas – blaming Brexit.
Global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler announced in October it is to close The Barden Corporation (UK) Ltd plant in Estover within the next two years, just a year after revealing it would invest £15million into the factory.
The Plymouth operation produces precision bearings for cars, aircraft, the nuclear industry, missiles and satellites. But its German owner has announced a huge restructuring which will see it close its bases in Plymouth and Llanelli, merge logistics centres in Hereford and Sutton Coldfield, but retain a factory in Sheffield.
The 66-year-old mogul has been reported to have plans to slim down his estate by closing poorly performing shops when their leases expire. A sign marketing the Plymouth Evans store appeared on its fascia along with a notice saying "closing down sale, everything must go".
A new lease is being advertised for the two-storey building, which has a 2017 rateable value of £125,000.
At least 80 people were owed cash or goods from the collapse of online retailer Tons of Tiles just before Christmas 2018. The firm, which stopped trading in December 2018, will be formerly liquidated in early January 2019. All staff lost their jobs.
Tons of Tiles, run by husband-and-wife directors Mark and Claire Pitman, has struggled for several years and went into a creditors voluntary arrangement (CVA) in 2015, owing about £600,000.
But despite hammering out a deal with people it owed money too, the company was still unable to pay its debts and insolvency practitioner Begbies Traynor was instructed to put the company, which operated out of Drake Mill Business Park, into liquidation.
Plymouth's Maplin store closed in June 2018 after selling off everything inside.
The large outlet, in Cornwall Street, was one of more than 200 around the country that was doomed when the electrical goods retailer went into administration in February 2018.
The 40-year-old firm complained of being hit by the impact of the Brexit-enfeebled pound, a weak consumer environment and the withdrawal of credit insurance.
The troubled £4.2million Plymouth Studio School closed just three years after opening, following criticism from Ofsted.
School heads said that following discussions with the Regional Schools Commissioner's (RSC) office and the Department for Education, a decision was made to shut the school, which was set up on land neighbouring Plymouth Marjon University to train the sports stars of tomorrow.
The school officially shut in September 2018.
The Plymouth and Exeter branches of fashion chain Saltrock Surfwear closed with staff losing their jobs after the firm, run by Plymouth Argyle supremo James Brent, went into administration and was taken over by another brand.
The company went into administration on Friday, August 17, and was immediately bought out by the national Crew Clothing Co Group.
The multi-billion pound international company pulled out of Plymouth after 37 years in the city – taking 41 jobs with it.
PwC's exit from Plymouth, where it has had an office since 1981, came just three years after it carried out a major revamp of its Princess Street base.
The Plymouth city centre clothing retailer has been staging a huge sale as it prepares to close down – but possibly move into a nearby department store.
Outdoor clobber chain Regatta is quitting its leased outlet in upper New George Street has been selling everything inside at knock-down prices.
The company, Britain's biggest outdoor clothing enterprise, said it is not struggling but is leaving the unit because landlord British Land has other, as yet unrevealed, plans for the building.
Regatta bosses are understood to be in talks about moving into the Debenhams department store a few metres down the road.
One of Plymouth's most popular bingo halls closed in August 2018, when Gala Bingo called out for the last time at Derrys Cross.
The firm said its lease had expired and the site is due to be redeveloped. Structured House Group has confirmed it is working on plans for the building, which also houses Reel Cinema and restaurant Lorenzos.
But Gala's Charles Cross club continued to offer customers a "fantastic bingo experience".
Plymouth's Poundworld store has closed down, its shelves are empty and a sign is thanking customers for their business.
The store, on the corner of Armada Way and New George Street, became the latest casualty in a retail meltdown which has bedeviled high streets up and down the country and has now seen the budget goods chain close all 335 outlets with the loss of 2,339 jobs.
The large Plymouth branch, which employed about 30 people, is part of a group of 40 Poundworld units which shut in a week leading to 531 redundancies.
That came after 105 stores shut earlier in July, affecting about 1,200 jobs, with administrators Deloitte LLP saying the remaining outlets would be all boarded up by August 10.
The pound-shop sector had been hammered with rising costs and low consumer spending, and with products being sold so cheaply it has meant there is no escape route via a re-pricing policy.
A Plymouth city centre coffee shop closed after 20 years blaming "crippling" taxes, "onerous" rents, and the loss of nearby businesses and office workers.
But owners Tim and Christina Tozer decided to call it a day, and shut the outlet, thanking regulars for their custom but stressing they couldn't remain in business.
The arts centre on Looe Street came under intense pressure when Arts Council England withdrew funding in early 2018.
As a result, the cinema at the centre is to relocate and double in size at Plymouth College of Art. The 118-seat auditorium at the college is due to open to the public on January 10, 2019.
The arts centre board said it decided to sell the Arts Centre's Looe Street building because resources are not in place to continue to deliver both the cinema and the visual arts programme.
So trustees reached the "reluctant and unavoidable decision" to halt the visual arts programme. PAC Home, the centre's highly regarded network of artists and arts professionals, is developing plans to continue independently.
Mothercare closed its Plymouth city centre outlet – but opened a new out-of-town superstore at the £23million Gateway Retail Park.
The company announced a loss of £6.2million and plans to sell its headquarters in a bid to further reduce debt, which now stands at £21.5million. It is battling a year-on-year like-for-like sales decline of 11.1 per cent and is ahead of schedule in its plan to close stores, including one in Exeter, as part of a £19million cost-saving exercise.
So the Drake Circus Shopping Centre Mothercare and the Early Learning Centre in Cornwall Street, closed. But 17 staff relocated to the new Marsh Mills store, augmented by another 11 workers.


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SHANE WRIGHT ECONOMICS EDITORThe West Australian
Wed, 14 July 2010 1:33PM
Better commodity prices are expected to raise an extra $6 billion for the Federal Government's planned mineral resource rent tax, almost offsetting the $7.5 billion lost in foregone revenue from concessions to big miners.
An economic update released by Treasurer Wayne Swan reveals that the major concessions to BHP Billiton, Xstrata and Rio Tinto were only able to be made because the Government is expecting so much more cash to flow into the country from higher prices for iron ore and coal.
When the deal between the miners and the Government was revealed a fortnight ago the Treasurer claimed that total revenue from the MRRT would bring in $10.5 billion over the forward estimates. This was just $1.5 billion lower than had been forecast under the resource super profits tax.
As The West Australian revealed, this small fall in revenue despite the major concessions was due because the Government had under-estimated how much cash would be raised by the RSPT.
The figures released today show the RSPT, with the higher commodity prices, would have ripped about $16 billion out of the mining sector.
Despite the turnaround, the Government is still expecting commodity prices to fall - but from a higher level, helping to generate the revenue from the MRRT that is being used to finance a cut in the company tax rate and the increase in the superannuation guarantee.
More broadly, the Government has revised down its expected budget deficits in the near term from the figures released in early May.
The Government is expecting a deficit of $40.4 billion this financial year compared to the original forecast of $40.8 billion.
It now believes the 2011-12 deficit will be $10 billion compared to a forecast of $13 billion, while further out the 2012-13 surplus is now expected to be $3.1 billion (compared to $1 billion) and in 2013-14 the surplus is tipped to be $5.4 billion (compared to an original forecast of $4.8 billion).
Even the forecast for the 2009-10 deficit has been sliced by $2 billion to about $55 billion.
Most of this turnaround is related to better commodity prices, as the Government has reduced most of its broader economic forecasts.
The economy is now tipped to grow three per cent rather than 3.25 per cent this financial year, but this is due to a much slower rural economy. The non-rural economy is tipped to grow slightly faster.
Unemployment is forecast to fall to a year-end 4.75 per cent by the end of 2011-12.
Inflation forecasts have been revised up although wages are tipped to grow in line with original forecasts.
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package com.sbxcloud.android.sbxcloudsdk.net.model;

import android.graphics.Point;
import android.util.Log;

import com.sbxcloud.android.sbxcloudsdk.net.ApiManager;
import com.sbxcloud.java.sbxcloudsdk.callback.SbxArrayResponse;
import com.sbxcloud.java.sbxcloudsdk.query.SbxModelHelper;
import com.sbxcloud.java.sbxcloudsdk.query.SbxQueryBuilder;
import com.sbxcloud.java.sbxcloudsdk.util.SbxMagicComposer;
import com.sbxcloud.java.sbxcloudsdk.util.SbxUrlComposer;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.AbstractList;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Objects;

import io.reactivex.Observable;
import io.reactivex.ObservableEmitter;
import io.reactivex.ObservableOnSubscribe;
import io.reactivex.Single;
import io.reactivex.SingleEmitter;
import io.reactivex.SingleOnSubscribe;
import io.reactivex.SingleSource;
import io.reactivex.functions.Function;
import okhttp3.Call;
import okhttp3.Callback;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;

import static android.icu.lang.UCharacter.GraphemeClusterBreak.T;

/**
 * Created by lgguzman on 21/02/17.
 */

public class SbxQuery{
    Class<?> mClazz;
    SbxQueryBuilder sbxQueryBuilder;

    int rowCount= 0;
    int totalPages=1;

    public SbxQuery(Class<?> clazz) throws Exception{
        this.mClazz=clazz;
        sbxQueryBuilder= SbxModelHelper.prepareQuery(clazz);
        // sbxQueryBuilder.insertNewEmptyRow();
    }

    public SbxQuery(Class<?> clazz, int page, int limit) throws Exception{
        this.mClazz=clazz;
        sbxQueryBuilder= SbxModelHelper.prepareQuery(clazz, page, limit);
        // sbxQueryBuilder.insertNewEmptyRow();
    }

    public void setPage(int page) throws Exception{
        sbxQueryBuilder.setPage(page);
    }

    public int getPage(){
        return sbxQueryBuilder.getPage();
    }

    public SbxQuery andWhereIsEqual(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereIsEqual(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery andWhereIsNotNull(String field) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereIsNotNull(field );
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery andWhereGreaterThan(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereGreaterThan(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery andWhereLessThan(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereLessThan(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery andWhereGreaterOrEqualThan(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereGreaterOrEqualThan(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery andWhereLessOrEqualThan(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereLessOrEqualThan(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery andWhereIsNotEqual(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereIsNotEqual(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery andWhereLike(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereLike(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery andWhereIn(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereIn(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery orWhereIsEqual(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereIsEqual(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery orWhereIsNotNull(String field) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereIsNotNull(field );
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery orWhereGreaterThan(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereGreaterThan(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery orWhereLessThan(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereLessThan(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery orWhereGreaterOrEqualThan(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereGreaterOrEqualThan(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery orWhereLessOrEqualThan(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereLessOrEqualThan(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery orWhereIsNotEqual(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereIsNotEqual(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery orWhereLike(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereLike(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery orWhereIn(String field, Object value) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereIn(field,value);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxReferenceJoin orWhereReferenceJoinBetween(String field, String referenceField) throws Exception {
        return new SbxReferenceJoin(this, sbxQueryBuilder.orWhereReferenceJoinBetween(field, referenceField));
    }

    public SbxReferenceJoin andWhereReferenceJoinBetween(String field, String referenceField) throws Exception {
        return new SbxReferenceJoin(this, sbxQueryBuilder.andWhereReferenceJoinBetween(field, referenceField));
    }

    public class SbxReferenceJoin {

        private SbxQueryBuilder.ReferenceJoin join;
        private SbxQuery query;
        SbxReferenceJoin(SbxQuery query, SbxQueryBuilder.ReferenceJoin join) throws Exception {
            this.join = join;
            this.query = query;
        }

        public SbxFilterJoin in(String referenceModel) {
            return new SbxFilterJoin(query, join.in(referenceModel));
        }
    }

    public class SbxFilterJoin {

        private SbxQueryBuilder.FilterJoin filter;
        private SbxQuery find;

        SbxFilterJoin(SbxQuery find,  SbxQueryBuilder.FilterJoin filter) {
            this.filter = filter;
            this.find = find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereIsEqual(String field, Object value) throws Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereIsEqual( field, value);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereIsNotNull(String field) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereIsNotNull( field);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereIsNull(String field) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereIsNull( field);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereGreaterThan(String field, Object value) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereGreaterThan( field, value);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereLessThan(String field, Object value) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereLessThan( field, value);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereGreaterOrEqualThan(String field, Object value) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereGreaterOrEqualThan( field, value);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereLessOrEqualThan(String field, Object value) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereLessOrEqualThan( field, value);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereIsNotEqual(String field, Object value) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereIsNotEqual( field, value);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereLike(String field, Object value) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereLike( field, value);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereIn(String field, Object value) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereIn( field, value);
            return this.find;
        }

        public SbxQuery filterWhereNotIn(String field, Object value) throws  Exception{
            this.filter.filterWhereNotIn( field, value);
            return this.find;
        }

    }

    public SbxQuery fetch(String propieties[]) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.fetch(propieties);
        return this;
    }

    public SbxQuery addGeoSort(double lat, double lon, String latName, String lonName) throws JSONException{
        sbxQueryBuilder.addGeoSort(lat, lon, latName, lonName);
        return   this;
    }

    private static final class Lock { }
    private final Object lock = new Lock();

    public <T> void findInBackground(final SbxArrayResponse  <T> sbxArrayResponse) throws Exception{
        SbxUrlComposer sbxUrlComposer=SbxModelHelper.getUrlQuery(sbxQueryBuilder);
        Request request = ApiManager.getInstance().sbxUrlComposer2Request(sbxUrlComposer);
        ApiManager.getInstance().getOkHttpClient().newCall(request).enqueue(new Callback() {
            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call call, IOException e) {
                sbxArrayResponse.onError(e);
            }

            @Override
            public void onResponse(Call call, Response response) throws IOException {
                try{
                    String s=response.body().string();
                    JSONObject jsonObject= new JSONObject(s);
                    if(jsonObject.getBoolean("success")) {

                        List <T>  list= new ArrayList<T>();
                        JSONArray jsonArray=jsonObject.getJSONArray("results");
                        for (int i=0;i<jsonArray.length();i++){
                            if(jsonObject.has("fetched_results")) {
                                list.add((T) SbxMagicComposer.getSbxModel(jsonArray.getJSONObject(i), mClazz, 0,jsonObject.getJSONObject("fetched_results")));
                            }else{
                                list.add((T) SbxMagicComposer.getSbxModel(jsonArray.getJSONObject(i), mClazz, 0));
                            }
                        }
                        rowCount = jsonObject.getInt("row_count");
                        totalPages = jsonObject.getInt("total_pages");
                        sbxArrayResponse.onSuccess(list);

                    }else{
                        sbxArrayResponse.onError(new Exception(jsonObject.getString("error")));
                    }
                }catch (Exception e){
                    sbxArrayResponse.onError(e);
                }

            }
        });

    }

    public <T>  void  findAllInBackground(final SbxArrayResponse  <T> sbxArrayResponse) throws Exception{
        final List<T> list=new ArrayList<>();
        final Point error=new Point(0,0);
        new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    int i=0;
                    while (getPage() <= totalPages && error.x==0 && i<=30) {
                        findInBackground(new SbxArrayResponse<T>() {
                            @Override
                            public void onError(Exception e) {
                                error.set(1,1);
                                notifyAll();
                                sbxArrayResponse.onError(e);
                            }
                            @Override
                            public void onSuccess(List<T> response) {
                                try {
                                    list.addAll(response);
                                    setPage(getPage() + 1);
                                } catch (Exception ex) {
                                    error.set(1,1);
                                    sbxArrayResponse.onError(ex);
                                } finally {
                                    synchronized (lock) {
                                        lock.notifyAll();
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        });
                        synchronized (lock) {
                            lock.wait();
                        }
                        i++;
                    }
                    if(error.x==0)
                        sbxArrayResponse.onSuccess(list);
                    else
                        sbxArrayResponse.onError(new Exception("No completed"));
                }catch (Exception ex){
                    sbxArrayResponse.onError(ex);
                }
            }
        }).start();

    }

    public <T> Single<List<List<T>>> findAll(Class<T> type) throws Exception{
        List<Single<List<T>>> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i=1; i<=Math.min(totalPages,30);i++){
            setPage(i);
            list.add(find(type));
        }
        return Single.merge(list).toList();
    }

    public <T> Single<List<T>> find(Class<T> type) throws Exception{
        SbxUrlComposer sbxUrlComposer=SbxModelHelper.getUrlQuery(sbxQueryBuilder);
        final Request request = ApiManager.getInstance().sbxUrlComposer2Request(sbxUrlComposer);
        return Single.create(new SingleOnSubscribe<List<T>>() {
            @Override
            public void subscribe(final SingleEmitter<List<T>> e) throws Exception {
                new Thread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        try {
                            Response response= ApiManager.getInstance().getOkHttpClient().newCall(request).execute();
                            JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(response.body().string());
                            if (jsonObject.getBoolean("success")) {

                                List <T>  list= new ArrayList<T>();
                                JSONArray jsonArray=jsonObject.getJSONArray("results");
                                for (int i=0;i<jsonArray.length();i++){
                                    if(jsonObject.has("fetched_results")) {
                                        list.add((T) SbxMagicComposer.getSbxModel(jsonArray.getJSONObject(i), mClazz, 0,jsonObject.getJSONObject("fetched_results")));
                                    }else{
                                        list.add((T) SbxMagicComposer.getSbxModel(jsonArray.getJSONObject(i), mClazz, 0));
                                    }
                                }
                                rowCount = jsonObject.getInt("row_count");
                                totalPages = jsonObject.getInt("total_pages");
                                e.onSuccess(list);
                                //sucess
                            } else {
                                //error
                                e.onError(new Exception(jsonObject.getString("error")));
                            }
                        }catch (Exception ex){
                            e.onError(ex);
                        }
                    }
                }).start();

            }
        }).onErrorResumeNext(new Function<Throwable, SingleSource<? extends List<T>>>() {
            @Override
            public SingleSource<? extends List<T>> apply(Throwable throwable) throws Exception {
                return Single.error(throwable);
            }
        });

    }

}

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Volume 2B: Turbomachinery
Single Passage Detached Eddy Simulation of a Centrifugal Compressor Stage Using the Time Transformation Method
Jason A. Bourgeois,
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Jason C. Nichols,
Jason C. Nichols
Guilherme H. Watson,
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Robert J. Martinuzzi
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Bourgeois, JA, Nichols, JC, Watson, GH, & Martinuzzi, RJ. "Single Passage Detached Eddy Simulation of a Centrifugal Compressor Stage Using the Time Transformation Method." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2015: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 2B: Turbomachinery. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 15–19, 2015. V02BT39A042. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2015-44131
A subsonic rear stage centrifugal compressor (designed as the last compressor stage of an aero-engine following a multi-stage axial compressor) was simulated as a single passage using Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) and circumferential time-inclination to enforce periodic boundary conditions according to the machine rotor-stator pitch ratio. The transient averaged statistics obtained with DES are compared to those of a standard steady mixing plane SST RANS simulation, an unsteady circumferential time-inclination SST URANS simulation and two-component non-intrusive Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) measurements conducted in a centrifugal compressor test rig. The LDV and DES were carried out at the design point of the compressor. Significant discrepancies were found particularly in the unloading at the trailing edge of the impeller and the balancing of the diffusion throughout the stage, however the overall stage performance predictions were strikingly similar between the various turbulence modelling methods indicating that they are not particularly sensitive to the observed aerodynamic differences. The discrepancies observed do affect the ratio of loading between the impeller and diffuser, and could become exaggerated particularly at off-design conditions when components are not as well matched. At design, the DES showed a 1.6% lower total-to-total pressure ratio in the impeller compared to RANS (1.4% compared to URANS), and 0.9% lower in stage total-to-total pressure ratio (0.2% compared to URANS). Trailing edge base pressure distributions show a larger deficit in the RANS wake in comparison to the DES, and pressure distributions show strong blade-to-blade variations in the steady RANS results in the near-trailing edge region, whereas the averaged DES results show a much faster diffusion of the blade-to-blade and spanwise gradients which was found to be in agreement with LDV velocity field measurements. The higher diffusion in the DES is due to higher Reynolds stresses predicted in this area compared to standard RANS.
Design Methods and CFD Modeling for Turbomachinery
Compressors, Eddies (Fluid dynamics), Simulation, Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations, Blades, Pressure, Design, Diffusion (Physics), Impellers, Aircraft engines, Boundary-value problems, Diffusers, Laser Doppler anemometry, Machinery, Modeling, Rotors, Statistics as topic, Stators, Stress, Transients (Dynamics), Turbulence, Wakes
Effect of Turbulence Model on the Prediction of Performance and Span-Wise Mixing in High-Speed Highly-Loaded Multi-Stage Axial-Flow Compressor
Large Eddy Simulations in a Transonic Centrifugal Compressor
Validation and Calibration of Modern CFD RANS Codes for the Prediction of Transonic Axial-Centrifugal Compressors
Deterministic Stress Modeling for Multistage Compressor Flowfields
Observations of Transition Phenomena on a Controlled Diffusion Compressor Stator With a Circular Arc Leading Edge
A Deterministic Stress Model for Rotor-Stator Interactions in Simulations of Average-Passage Flow
Effect of Unsteadiness on the Performance of a Transonic Centrifugal Compressor Stage
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Other Components and Variations
Axial-Flow Compressors


The text of the bill below is as of Feb 25, 2013 (Introduced).
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to allow intraagency transfers of funds to provide more flexibility for the agency to comply with a presidential sequestration order for fiscal year 2013 or 2014.
This Act may be cited as the Sequestration Flexibility Act of 2013 .
The head of any department or agency of the Government may transfer amounts within that department or agency for fiscal year 2013 or for fiscal year 2014 in order to lessen the effect of a presidential sequestration order for that fiscal year on any program, project, or activity within that department or agency, but no such transfer may cause any account to be at a higher level than it was before such sequestration.
Not later than 15 days after any transfer under section 1, the head of any department or agency making any such transfer shall submit to the committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate with subject matter jurisdiction over such department or agency a report setting forth a description of the transfer, including the amount of the transfer and the accounts from and to which the funds were transferred.


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North Carolina native Harvey Dalton Arnold plays guitar, electric and acoustic, and sings the blues. Formerly a member of southern-rock band The Outlaws, Arnold has performed at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and shared the stage with the legendary Rolling Stones at Anaheim Stadium. R.A. Fountain is by no means the largest or most well-known venue he has played and we feel lucky to have had him here in November of 2013.
Arnold released a solo album in 2020 titled Stories to Live Up To. Having quit school at 17 to play rock and roll on the road, Arnold likely has quite a few memorable stories, some of which influenced the songs he wrote for this album. Before releasing Stories to Live Up To, he released Outlaw, his first solo album, in 2016. Stories to Live Up To can be purchased here and Outlaw can be purchased here.
"Harvey Dalton Arnold." Music Maker Relief Foundation, Read it.
Limnios, Michael. "Q&A With North Carolina-Native Harvey Dalton Arnold, Member of Southern-Rock Band The Outlaws from 1976-80." Blues GR, Michael Limnios Blues Network, 10 Apr. 2020, Read it.
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Actress Kim Ji Soo Shows Up To Interview Late and Drunk
"Yes, I'm intoxicated. Does that upset you?"
Actress Kim Ji Soo has been receiving attention from the media and netizens for showing up at an interview for the film Intimate Strangers late and drunk.
Kim Ji Soo showed up to the interview, which was scheduled for 10 am on October 17th, 40 minutes late. Upon her arrival, she apologized for being tardy but she was reportedly still too drunk to even keep her eyes open properly.
When asked by reporters whether she was feeling okay because she looked like she was still intoxicated, she responded by saying that she had a long night out the previous day but was fine.
"Yes, [I'm intoxicated]. Does that upset you? I can still respond, so go ahead and ask. Our dinner yesterday ended late. We ended up drinking until late in the night while talking about our hardships." ㅡ Kim Ji Soo
Despite the fact that the actress stated she was fine, the interview was eventually halted and Kim Ji Soo was led out by her manager within 10 minutes of arriving at the venue.
Thereafter, the actress's agency, Namoo Actors, explained that she had a dinner with the cast and staff of Intimage Strangers until late in the night the previous day and then proceeded to cancel all of her upcoming interviews.
This was not the first time Kim Ji Soo caused issues in relation to alcohol. The actress had gotten into a car accident while drunk driving without a license in 2000 and was involved in another car accident while driving under the influence in 2010.
Meanwhile, Namoo Actors has announced that Kim Ji Soo will be posting an official apology for her behavior at the interview in the near future.
"[Kim Ji Soo] will be posting an official apology for her behavior. The letter will be announced once it has been organized and written." ㅡ Namoo Actors
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Twisted Oak Winery presents Mumbo Gumbo concert on June 29 in Vallecito
VALLECITO — Mumbo Gumbo is up next at the Twisted Folk Concert Series taking place at the Twisted Oak Winery, 4280 Red Hill Road at Highway 4, on Saturday, June 29.
Gates open at 6:30 p.m. with the concert at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $20 advance ($18 Twisted Few wine club members), or $25 at the gate, if available. Children 12 and under are admitted free of charge. For more info, or to purchase tickets: 209-736-9080, twistedoak.com/concerts
Mumbo Gumbo is the third show in this year's concert series.
A special dinner of Arroz con Pollo (saffron rice with chicken and bell peppers),
spicy vegetarian black beans, green salad with lime vinaigrette, and cornbread (provided by Murphys Catering) will be available for purchase, along with Twisted Oak wine, popcorn, and soft drinks. Concertgoers are welcome to bring their own picnics but we ask that no outside alcoholic beverages be brought in.
Seating at Twisted Folk concerts is outdoor festival style, first-come, first-served – bring a low beach-type chair or a blanket. We're on top of a hill and there is always an evening breeze – it can get a little chilly after dark so please plan ahead.
Twisted Oak Winery is located in the foothills of Calaveras County, and specializes in wines made from Mediterranean varieties like Tempranillo, Viognier, and Petite Sirah. Our concert venue, located at the winery in Vallecito, sits on a hilltop that commands a sweeping view of the Sierra Nevada and the surrounding foothills, presided over by a 350-year old California Blue Oak that graces the label of every wine we bottle.
Mumbo Gumbo blends many genres, from rock to soul, afropop to lush balladry, zydeco to country, into a celebratory, danceable noise
Mumbo Gumbo's music has been used in the hit TV show "Northern Exposure" and in director Charlie Matthau's 2005 movie "Her Minor Thing" in which the band appears on screen.
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Tesla (TSLA) Full Self-Driving Beta software has leaked
Fred Lambert
- Sep. 7th 2021 5:27 am PT
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Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software has leaked, and it's being passed around in the Tesla hacking community.
Fortunately, it's not for any nefarious reason.
As of now, Tesla's FSD Beta software is only being tested internally and as part of the automaker's "early access program," which includes some Tesla customers.
It allows the driver to enter a location in the navigation system. The vehicle will attempt to drive itself to the location with constant supervision by the driver, who remains responsible and needs to be ready to take control at all times.
CEO Elon Musk has been promising a wider release to Tesla owners in the US who purchased the FSD package, but the release has been delayed several times.
Recently, he said that it would be by the end of September.
Tesla's approach to releasing FSD has been criticized by many.
On one side, some are saying that the automaker is being too aggressive, and on the other side, customers who paid up to $10,000 for the Full Self-Driving package criticized that only some customers selected by Tesla are getting the new features while they have to wait.
But now we learn that not only people chosen by Tesla actually have access to the FSD Beta software.
Sources familiar with the matter told Electrek that binary firmware files of Tesla FSD Beta have leaked, and they are being passed around in the Tesla root access community.
Root access, with Linux-based systems, like Tesla's operating system, generally refers to being able to log in to some root account on the server or being able to run commands as root on the server.
Some hackers who have Tesla vehicles have been known to use root access to look through Tesla's software updates and even activate unreleased or dormant features.
Within that community, it has been known that the FSD Beta firmware has been going around for a while, and with root access you can actually run it in your vehicle.
They had been keeping it quiet as to not alarm Tesla, but now a Ukrainian Tesla owner has posted a video running version 8.2 of FSD Beta in his own vehicle in Kiev, where Tesla hasn't released the software:
This has indirectly outted the software as having leaked beyond Tesla's internal testing and early access program.
While it's an older version, sources familiar with the matter have told Electrek that the newer version FSD Beta version 9 is also being passed around.
Tesla has only been adapting its full self-driving software to the US market, and it is currently not optimized for use outside the US, where road markings and signs are different.
In this video, you can see the software having some issues because of this fact, but it is performing relatively well despite the limitations.
Unlike other companies developing full self-driving technology, like Waymo or GM's Cruise, Tesla doesn't rely on HD maps and geo-blocking, the automaker is attempting to create a fully autonomous vision and neural net-based driver that could theoretically handle any driving situation.
However, its neural nets still need to be trained with data corresponding to the roads where it will be used, and Ukraine is obviously not a priority since Tesla has yet to even launch its electric vehicles in the market.
A source familiar with the matter told Electrek that Tesla wasn't aware of the FSD leak until recently despite it being ongoing for a while.
The same source says that the root community has attempted to limit the circulation of the firmware as there's no bad intention other than wanting to actually use it.
However, there have apparently been attempts to purchase the leak.
As we previously reported, Tesla has had cybersecurity issues in the past, but the automaker has been taking steps to improve its security.
Last year, we detailed some of those efforts in our featured story: The Big Tesla Hack: A hacker gained control over the entire fleet, but fortunately he's a good guy.
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Back to school a mixed picture for U.S. young adults
Martha Ross Tuesday, September 1, 2015
It's back-to-school time, the annual ritual marking the end of summer and one of this country's most widely shared rites of passage. Even so, the flood of youth and young adults into schools and classrooms every fall does not include everyone. One in five high school students does not graduate, not every high school graduate goes to college, and not every college student completes his or her degree.
No one is satisfied with these statistics, even as debates rage about how to improve them. It is a truism that educational success is correlated with success in employment and earnings, but as David Foster Wallace once noted, the trouble with clichés is that we become desensitized to them and thus don't see what is hidden in plain sight. Differences in educational attainment underlie much of the nation's economic inequality, and both intersect with race and ethnicity in troubling ways.
Let's look at young adults in their early 20s—those of an age to have graduated from college or earned another post-secondary credential. While not always the case, this is a common age for young people to transition from school and casual work to full-time employment.
The effects of education on employment and earnings are stark. The employment rate of those in their early 20s with a bachelor's degree (79 percent) is nearly 30 percent higher than those with a high school diploma or below (60 percent). Median annual earnings for 23 to 24-year-olds with a bachelor's degree ($32,000) are 40 percent higher than those with a high school degree or below ($21,000).
In turn, the effects of race/ethnicity on education are equally stark. Blacks and Latinos aged 18 to 24 have moderately lower levels of school enrollment than whites of the same age, but sharply different levels of educational attainment by their early 20s, reflecting a leaky educational pipeline. The 8 percentage point difference in school enrollment between whites and blacks turns into a 17 percentage point difference in bachelor's degree attainment by age 23-24. Similarly, the 10 percentage point difference in school enrollment between Latinos and whites turns into a 20 percentage point difference in degree attainment.
Consistent with the strong correlation between education and employment noted above, many blacks and Latinos in their early 20s struggle to gain traction in the labor market. Blacks have the lowest employment rate (57 percent) and median annual earnings ($21,000), and while Latinos have the second highest employment rate (67 percent), their earnings are also low ($22,000). Asians have the second-lowest employment rates (59 percent), but the highest earnings ($30,000), likely related to their high levels of school enrollment and B.A. attainment, respectively.
While education is a powerful vehicle for upward mobility, other factors contribute to disparities by race and ethnicity, as research on discrimination and racial wealth gaps have shown. Yet the need to provide all young people access to educational experiences that are engaging, motivating, and challenging is undeniable. Improving student enrollment, retention, and completion has to be a priority—making back to school a time of promise for all young people.
The Transformation of Title IX
By R. Shep Melnick
No Child Left Behind?
Edited by Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West
One Percent for the Kids
Edited by Isabel V. Sawhill
Note: All data are from the 2011-2013 American Community Survey 3-year microdata. Data analysis by Nicole Svajlenka.
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How do I reapply a workflow when an event date is re-scheduled?
Reapplying your workflow when an event date is re-scheduled.
Workflows are typically designed with a milestone event to signify the start or end of the case. This event's date will determine the due date for all the tasks that follow.
What do you do if the event date changes suddenly?
1) Within the matter, filter "All Activities" down to "Tasks".
2) Click on "Choose Columns" and select "Created Date".
3) Click the three dots found on the top of the "Created Date" column.
4) Apply a filter to only show the tasks on the date you had originally applied the workflow.
For example: Since we applied our workflow on 8/28/2017, we want tasks created on 8/28/2017. Below we have added the filter "is after 8/27/2017 and is before 8/29/2017".
5) Select these old tasks using the checkboxes on the left, and then hit the blue gears box and click "Delete".
6) Reapply the workflow with the correct event date and and don't forget to mark any previously completed tasks as "completed".


Hi! Why worry about what an ex says? A person who is truly modern is one who is ready to explore new ideas in terms of learning and trends. Keeping oneself mentally agile and ready to learn is what modernity is all about- not sticking to outdated ideas- always willing to explore...that's true modernity- not going to discos or sleeping around!
many people will try to change you...but if you change then there is no you..
Its all about your personal preferences...sleeping around and not going to disco is not the criteria to decide if you are not modern or not..the way you think,your outlook towards life,how open you are about various aspects are the ones that decide the so called thing...being modern doesn't even mean that you have to wear revealing clothes or exposing..
Just don't listen to anyone and be yourself. Ask your friends and cousins whats wrong in you looks wise.. if you really feel so.
In fact you are among those rare gem that any guys would wish to be..... he is a jerk... dont take him seriously... may be he just wanted an opportunity with you so he kept taunting you for not letting him use you... its good that he is your ex not your present bf... jus give him a damn and continue to make your career!!! thats you nothing external should change you..
if you are treating yourself like a puppet of his wishes....Ya surely not a modern woman. Had you been a modern girl, you wouldn't have let him tag you with some title. Sister have some attitude. It's all about MENTALITY....honestly your bf sounds to be living in 80's era... .
If sleeping around is being modern then U & Ur parents should be proud of U that U r not modern.
Ur ex is a jerk & Don't worry , U r perfectly fine, lot of guys wish to find someone like U.
Leav tht jerk asap. .. he doesnt deserv u. tell him to find someone modern.
In short he is an a**hole and want to sleep with you.
Be simple and good. At 26 years, you are virgin and never been to disco, etc.


Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako can use resources to develop seamless pathways for learners between early childhood, schooling and beyond, in both English and Māori medium settings.
Communities of Learning are an opportunity for early learning services and schools to work collaboratively to improve education outcomes for all learners. Early learning services are encouraged to join to support the achievement challenges of the Community of Learning. As of March 2017, more than 90 early learning service providers were part of a Community of Learning as approved by the Minister of Education.
Read more about early learning services and Communities of Learning.
Youth Guarantee initiatives are about improving the transition from school to further study, work or training. They provide a wider range of learning opportunities, make better use of the education network, and clarify pathways from school.
See also Secondary Tertiary Programmes (external link) including Trades Academies.
Vocational Pathways (external link) help Communities of Learning provide learners, families and whānau with clear links to future employment, study or training opportunities. Vocational Pathways arrange jobs in the economy into six sectors and recommend appropriate study and training options for learners across all levels of the education system.
Vocational Pathways are supported by a range of tools including the Profile Builder (external link) and the Literacy and Numeracy Calculator (external link) . There are also resources (external link) available on the Youth Guarantee website (external link) to help Communities of Learning develop programmes that align to the Vocational Pathways.
Users can also search for jobs and qualifications on the website, which links to information on the Careers New Zealand website.
The Secondary to Tertiary Transitions App is provided by The Tertiary Education Commission on their Ngā Kete website. The app explores the transition of secondary school leavers into tertiary education. It will help identify the secondary-tertiary pathway and where opportunities exist for schools and tertiary education organisations to work more closely together.
Community of Learning and school leaders can apply to access the app through their education sector logon provisioning application (external link) authoriser and log in using their education sector logon details.
The Regional Economic Activity Tools (external link) present New Zealand economic data via a web tool and mobile apps, highlighting trends, challenges and opportunities for each region.
One component of the framework is the Māori Medium Education Regional System Data and Analysis, which uses benchmarked data to provide information about how well Māori medium education is performing by region. It can be accessed from our Education Counts website (external link) .
This video highlights the tools and resources available to support a student's personalised pathway in a Community of Learning.


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Andre Johnson credits new practice regimen for health, production
Nov/06/12 08:43 AM Filed in: Andre Johnson
Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson only played seven games in 2011 because of injuries, a number he topped Sunday by playing in his eighth game of the season.
Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle reports that Johnson credits a new between game routine for keeping him on the field this season. Johnson is taking fewer reps in practice, doing more stretching and getting regular massages in hopes of being as fresh as possible on Sundays.
It didn't look like the approach was working all that well through the first five weeks of the season. After catching eight balls in the opener, Johnson had just nine catches in the next four games and looked like a less dangerous receiver than he's been at earlier points in his career. Things have turned around since then as Johnson has 25 catches in his last three games, including eight for 118 yards in Sunday's win. The Texans had stretches of ineffective play on offense Sunday, but Matt Schaub found Johnson to keep the chains moving on several occasions during the 21-9 win.
Johnson's burst of productivity has him closing in on the top 25 in NFL history in receptions and the top 30 in receiving yardage, numbers that he said don't mean as much to him as the fact that the team is 7-1 halfway through the 2012 season.
"The only time I find out about stats is when I talk to the media," Johnson said. "It's an accomplishment, a great accomplishment, but winning is the thing."
It felt at times on Sunday that the Texans were doing just enough to come out of the game with a victory. That won't be enough to win against the Bears next Sunday, which makes it a good thing that Johnson is riding a hot streak into the marquee matchup of Week 10.
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OHCHR > English > Your Human Rights > Women > SRWomen > Violence against women journalists
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Call for submissions: Violence against women journalists
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, has identified the issue of violence against women journalists as the subject of her next thematic report to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2020.
Over the last decade, gender based violence against women journalists has been increasing and continues to form part of the daily routine of women journalists and media workers, who are subjected to intimidation, threats of rape, threats against family, and sexual harassment in the newsroom and in the field. They also are threatened for the type of stories they cover. While the digital era has created new opportunities for women journalists, it has also provided a platform for new forms of online violence including cyberstalking, defamation campaigns, "doxing", "sextortion" and "trolling", as well as the non-consensual distribution of intimate content (or "revenge porn").
In September 2016, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) unanimously adopted Resolution 33/2 on the safety of journalists. This was succeeded in 2017 by the adoption of UN General Assembly Resolution 72/175, on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity. While the UN has highlighted the rights of journalists through its various mechanisms, there has been limited focus on the specific threats faced by women journalists.
In her forthcoming report, the Special Rapporteur aims to build on the existing human rights standards and to offer a more holistic approach to addressing the specific challenges faced by women journalists, as well as their causes, and to provide recommendations to States and other stakeholders on how to tackle these issues. The report will also build on the Special Rapporteur's previous report to the Human Rights Council in 2018, on online violence against women (A/HRC/38/47). As such, the report seeks to lay the foundation for States to establish an appropriate human rights framework including through the development of policies or strategies to ensure the protection of women journalists.
In this regard, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women wishes to seek the views of States, National Human Rights Institutions, the media, journalists, civil society and academia on the following questions:
Please indicate whether there are cases of gender based violence and harassment against women journalists in your country. If so, please specify how these cases are documented, and describe the State response, or lack thereof, to such cases, including examples of good practice.
Please indicate whether your country has early-warning and rapid-response systems in place, such as hotlines, online platforms or 24-hour emergency contact points to ensure that journalists and other media actors have immediate access to protective measures when they are under threat.
Please specify whether there are any programs in place aimed at addressing factors that increase the likelihood of violence and harassment in the world of work for women journalists, including discrimination, the abuse of power relations, and gender, cultural and social norms that support violence and harassment.
Please specify whether online and ICT-facilitated violence against women is recognized as a crime, particularly cases of killings, threats of rape and harassment of women journalists.
Please indicate whether transparent complaint mechanisms for cases of offline and online and ICT-facilitated violence against women journalists have been adopted, and if so, whether policies and procedures for reporting and requesting the removal of harmful content are available and easily accessible.
Please indicate what challenges are faced by women journalists when reporting on cases of gender based violence, and specify whether there are any good practices in this regard.
All submissions should be sent to vaw@ohchr.org by 10 March 2020. You are kindly requested to provide your submissions in English, French or Spanish.
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I'm a mechanical engineer by training, with decades of experience in the US textile and food packaging industries. But I've been tinkering, designing, repairing and inventing since I was old enough to see over the workbench (thanks dad!). I love this site, not only for sharing my ideas, but for seeing what other, more creative people can do.
Great idea. I like the Pre-Response section, too!
Wooden Venetian Blind Nixie Clock Aka Sara's Little Sister.
I used this extruded aluminum channel, which comes with the frosted lens:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M09PBYX/ref=p...Cutting the lens was tricky, as it wanted to shatter when using a chop saw. I'd recommend cutting it by hand. The track cut fine with a carbide-toothed blade on my chop saw, though.The light is plenty bright. I actually installed a dimmer switch so she could turn it down some.
Thanks for posting. I recently made something similar for my bathroom remodel, thanks in part to your Instructable. In my case, we had a leftover switched electrical circuit, which I repurposed into a switched wall outlet behind the mirror. I used ready-made aluminum mounting track and plastic frosted lens for the LED strips. Thanks for the inspiration!
I've always wondered about converting a school bus to an RV. Love your story. Sorry to see how it ended. But many things in life end up that way once they've lived an interesting life. One minor note, polybutylene (PB) is NOT the same as PEX. PEX is cross-linked, and won't suffer degradation from chlorine like PB did.
I love this! I'm glad you explained the math, too. Gotta watch out for backlash in the gears, though! Still, a great first effort. I may try making this. But I have to finish my CNC router, first. Then I can make the gears myself.One other suggestion. The rotations are generally slow enough that you might consider bushings instead of ball bearings. There will be a bit more friction. But if they're sized and installed correctly, almost no slop (ball bearings usually have a small amount of clearance in them). This will keep things from sagging as much. And the friction might actually help smooth out the moon's motion, even if there is some backlash in the gears.


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OrchardCore.Environment.Extensions;
using OrchardCore.Environment.Shell.Descriptor.Models;

namespace OrchardCore.Environment.Shell.Descriptor.Settings
{
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    /// Implements <see cref="IShellDescriptorManager"/> by returning a single tenant with a specified set
    /// of features. This class can be registered as a singleton as its state never changes.
    /// </summary>
    public class SetFeaturesShellDescriptorManager : IShellDescriptorManager
    {
        private readonly IEnumerable<ShellFeature> _shellFeatures;
        private readonly IExtensionManager _extensionManager;

        private ShellDescriptor _shellDescriptor;

        public SetFeaturesShellDescriptorManager(IEnumerable<ShellFeature> shellFeatures, IExtensionManager extensionManager)
        {
            _shellFeatures = shellFeatures;
            _extensionManager = extensionManager;
        }

        public async Task<ShellDescriptor> GetShellDescriptorAsync()
        {
            if (_shellDescriptor == null)
            {
                var featureIds = _shellFeatures.Distinct().Select(sf => sf.Id).ToArray();

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        public Task UpdateShellDescriptorAsync(int priorSerialNumber, IEnumerable<ShellFeature> enabledFeatures)
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To meet today's challenges we need to create clarity from chaos. Our shared values brings us together. Its the lack of return on our investment that keeps us from giving more. There are more than 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States alone and the number of new nonprofits increases each year. Many nonprofits don't have a strong lead donor that can champion a Values Proposition. About half of the nonprofits are likely to fail within the first few years not because of a lack of passion but because of a lack of a comprehensive focused plan and poor leadership.
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The Language of War – Volume One – the Boer War 1899-1902
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In this new and experimental work, the poet and historian James Crowden unravels the story of the Boer War through the language of those who were there at the time.
Gold and diamond mines, Conan Doyle, Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill and Van Gogh's youngest brother. The Boer War was at times colourful and cosmopolitan. Boer leaders such as Cronje, de Wet, Botha, de La Rey and Smuts became household names. Fighting alongside them were Irish, French, German, American, Italian, Dutch and Russian Commandos. It was a bit like the Spanish Civil War.
Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking were besieged for months on end. The Boer War was the first way of the 20th century fought with modern weapons and it is vital to understand its undercurrents before turning one's sights on the First World War.
There was great bravery and courage on both sides but there was also treachery, spies, concentration camps and rampant disease. A war which should never have happened…
This book is the prequel to 1914 – From Chandeliers to Annie Laurie.
"Brilliant! – essential for anyone interested in the Boer War." – Professor Tim Kendall, University of Exeter
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A Business Activities Day was hosted by the Business Department at the University of Minnesota Crookston on April 19, 2016. Approximately 50 students from Fisher and Fertile-Beltrami High Schools in Minnesota and Central Valley in North Dakota were involved in the business competition.
Students read and completed a business case study. The case study required them to choose a market to sell to, marketing tactics, and a management style for a new model of car called the "Naro Car." Students were assigned student and faculty mentors from the Business Department who could assist them with questions on their case study.
The students created a presentation and gave a "pitch" to a panel of judges comprised of faculty and staff from the U of M Crookston. There were 5 winning teams in two categories including "overall presentation" and "highest profit." Students who won in the "overall presentation" category had the highest presentation skills out of all the teams in their judging group. Students who won in the "highest profit" category had chosen elements in their case study which resulted in the highest profit for the company out of all of the teams present at the event.
In the Top Overall Presentation category the winners included all three teams from the Fertile-Beltrami High School: Annika Sannes, Garet Dufault, Elijah Neufeld, Grace Rongen, and Ana Kircher; Carussa Gunufson, Willie Meine, Quin Hasler, Solomon Liebl, and Megan Bryn; and Chase Donaldson, Grant Kaste, Amber Leiser, MEgan Fugelseth, Courtney Adams
Winners in the Highest Profit category included the team from Central Valley: Adam Aamold, Katie Thompson, and Emily Severinson; and the team from Fisher High School: Claire Kvasager, Tabitha Orona, Wendy Sorenson, Jadan Halland.
For more information on Business Activities Day at the U of M Crookston, contact Rachel Lundbohm at 218-281-8190.
The University of Minnesota Crookston now delivers 34 bachelor's degree programs, 22 minors, and 39 areas of emphasis on campus as well as 14 degree programs entirely online. These degrees are offered in the areas of agriculture and natural resources; business; liberal arts and education; and math, science and technology. With an enrollment of 1,800 undergraduates from more than 20 countries and 40 states, the Crookston campus offers a supportive, close-knit atmosphere that leads to a prestigious University of Minnesota degree. "Small Campus. Big Degree." To learn more, visit www.umcrookston.edu.
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Finding and retaining employment is pertinent to everyone. If you are to earn success in the perfect career, you must be willing to learn as much as possible about anything and everything that might affect your job search. Keep reading for some secrets which should help you succeed.
If you still have a job, don't slack off just because you're looking for work elsewhere. You could damage your professional reputation by slacking off. You may even find that your current job will hear about it too. In order to succeed at anything in life, it's vital that you are always doing your best, no matter how much you hate something.
Take some classes! This can help you find a new job in your field or a different one. Learning as much as possible is key to obtaining a better position. There are hundreds of online independent study programs that you can easily fit around your existing daily schedule.
Leave as early for work as you can. Things may happen that may delay your way to work, so give yourself time to be prompt. That way you will be able to build a consistent record of timeliness, which is something that employers value highly.
Don't put all your hopes on one job when applying. No matter how promising a interview seems, nothing is certain until you are hired. Therefore, ensure you have many different options. You increase your odds of finding a job by applying at as many jobs as possible.
If you're an employer looking to fill positions, patience is the key. No matter what the situation is where you're looking for someone to fill an available position, take some time to sit back and be patient about it until you find the right person for your needs. If you hire too quickly you may want to change your mind, depending on your state it can be hard to fire someone once they are hired.
If you have an old email address, update it to a professional one. The first impression your potential employer has of you is through your resume and contact information. Generally, you should use your last name. When someone sees a silly email address, they might ignore the email entirely.
Sign up for your employer's group health insurance plan. The premium will be taken out of your checks and is much cheaper than your individual plan. Married couples should compare plans to see which would better benefit their needs.
Make sure you know the basic facts about any company you are interviewing with. You can find out about a company through their website. You can use this information to create an interesting and thoughtful question about an aspect of the company that interests you. This simple research can truly impress and interviewer.
You must know what information is available about you online. Perform a search on your full name to see what you find about yourself. What comes up with an employer may see?
It's not simple to discuss finding a job. You need to find a good job. Becoming educated on employment and using the tips here can help you find the positions you've always wanted.
Griffin worked from 1993 to 2006. In an interview, Mr. Sigman said that Mr. Griffin dealt ably with the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the areas water system in 2005. http://postaaliyahhernandez.techno-rebels.com/2016/07/30/further-examination-of-common-sense-job-plans/Hes very energetic, and the people that worked with him and around him, he was always challenging them to do better and asking them for advice and holding them responsible for tasks. Mr. Griffin said he intends to start in Pittsburgh at the end of August. He will be paid $190,000 a year. He takes over an agency that, over a decade, faced spiraling debt and bad investment bets, leaky pipes, an illegal line insurance arrangement, flooding sewers and an inability to regularly bill customers that pay it for sewer service. Mr.
In the course of one day, Job receives four messages, each bearing separate news that his livestock, servants, and ten children have all died due to marauding invaders or natural catastrophes. Furthermore, he believes that there is a "witness" or a "Redeemer" in heaven who will vouch for his innocence 16:19, 19:25. Job tears his clothes and shaves his head in mourning, but he still blesses God in his prayers. Bildad and Zophar agree that Job must have committed evil to offend God's justice and argue that he should strive to exhibit more blameless behaviour. Careers24 is part of Media24; and member of the gaspers group. Why have you made me your target? Post your resume – It only takes a few seconds Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages. Thus did Job continually. 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comes thou?
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Skype.com is a great way to do video conferencing. The price is right (free) and it's easy. Skype allows you to make free phone calls to other people who have Skype. You can also use it as a regular phone anywhere in the world for a few cents a minute if the person does not have Skype.
To do video conferencing with Skype, you will need a web cam, a built in camera or and external camera. You also need an Internet connection. Go to Skype.com and download the free Skype software. Follow the instructions.
The person you wish to video conference with must also have Skype. Put them in your Skype Address Book. This will show you who is available to talk and who is not. You can search for people in the search bar at the top. This will show if they have a Skype account.
In Skype, select or type the name of the person you wish to call. You will hear it ring until the person answers. Click on the video icon which is a symbol of a camera. Your face will appear.
Adjust the camera so you are centered.
The person you called can "accept video." When he does, you will be able to see each other. It will be a small box on the screen. To make it full screen, click the box with four arrows pointing out. With Skype 5.0 and above, you can Skype video call with several people at once.
Good article. Skype cannot be used as pure video conferencing tool as it is mostly used for chats, video chats etc. One can even try using various other web video conferencing tools such as WebEx, gomeetnow, gotomeeting etc. or can deploy on premise web video conferencing appliance such as RHUB appliances in order to conduct webinars, web conferences, online meetings etc.
According to Skype "you can even add up to 25 people to your call." So there are limits, but that's one I can live with.


With news earlier this week that the new trailer was going to arrive on Friday I was excited. Then Friday came and there wasn't an email. Fortunately today I checked the folder of spam and guess what. It was there!
Watching the trailer makes you wonder what happened to cause the destruction of a second dream. If you have seen the first Jurassic World then you probably know the answer. I haven't so I'm out on a limb.
We have also been sent a couple of images to keep you interested as well.


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Uxbridge was a seat returning one Member of Parliament (MP) of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1885 to 2010.  Its MPs elected were: Conservative Party candidates for 107 years and Labour Party candidates for 18 years. The closing 40 years of the seat's history saw Conservative victory — in 1997 on a very marginal majority in relative terms.

The seat began with the market towns Uxbridge and Staines shedding the latter and its southern half in 1918; by 1945 more new seats were needed. Its eastern area merited Southall and the loss of Northolt to Ealing West (all new seats) and in 1950 of Ruislip, Northwood and Harefield to become Ruislip-Northwood and of Hayes and Harlington, taking up eastern territory and some of that lost in 1918.  In each possible boundary reform the seat was reduced reflecting population expansion of areas outlying its core area of Uxbridge and interwoven Hillingdon, Cowley and Ickenham.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parliamentary constituency of Uxbridge was created as the westernmost county division of the county of Middlesex. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 defined the seat as comprising the parishes of Ashford*, Bedfont, Cowley, Cranford, Feltham, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Harefield, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Hayes, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Laleham*, Littleton*, Northolt, Ruislip, Shepperton*, Staines*, Stanwell*, Sunbury*, Teddington, Uxbridge, West Drayton, and Yiewsley.  The shape of the seat was irregular and it stretched more than three times the maximum length than its final form and twice its breadth.

The parishes (as various successor urban districts) marked * were absorbed into Surrey and the others absorbed into Greater London, in 1965.

1918–1945: Uxbridge was cut down to be a north-western division of Middlesex. Large areas to the south were removed to form Spelthorne (UK Parliament constituency).

The local government areas in the new Uxbridge seat were defined, by the Representation of the People Act 1918, as the urban districts of Hayes, Ruislip-Northwood, Southall-Norwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley as well as the Uxbridge Rural District.

1945–1950: included in 1945's interim redistribution of seats with more than 100,000 registered electors. Reduced to the urban districts of Ruislip-Northwood and Uxbridge. This saw contributions to two new seats: Southall, almost its whole; Ealing West, (as to Northolt); a cast-off for five years to Spelthorne of southerly Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District.

1950–1974: Under 1950 redistribution, Ruislip-Northwood became a new seat in the north and north-east. Uxbridge with immediate neighbours north south and east (together forming the Municipal Borough of Uxbridge in 1955) was re-united with Yiewsley and West Drayton, to form the last incarnation of the county division.

In 1965 saw the last major Local Government reform. Area covered became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.

1974–1983: The seat was re-classified as a borough constituency.  Its wards were for approximately an identical area as before: Colham-Cowley, Harefield, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley.

1983–1997: ward names in local government, not coverage, changed to: Colham, Cowley, Harefield, Hillingdon East, Hillingdon North, Hillingdon West, Ickenham, Uxbridge North, Uxbridge South, West Drayton, and Yiewsley.

1997–2010: Harefield ward was lost to Ruislip-Northwood, list/extent above (1983-1997) otherwise unchanged.

Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

A number of electoral wards in Hillingdon were moved into the new constituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Election in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

See also
List of parliamentary constituencies in London

References

Politics of the London Borough of Hillingdon
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010
Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
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In this work, tetramethylsilane-based plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) processes were studied, and the deposited silicon-containing diamond-like carbon (DLC) films were analyzed. The main goal was to identify correlations between plasma parameters and the film structure and properties. The electron temperature, gas temperature, and hydrogen and silicon particle densities in these plasmas were calculated using optical emission spectroscopy measurements; the electron density and elastic electron collision rate were determined using self-excited electron resonance spectroscopy. The elemental composition of the films was determined by glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy, and the hardness and Young's modulus were characterized using nanoindentation. The plasma parameters of the gas temperature and electron temperature revealed stringent correlations with the film composition and properties and thus can already monitor the resulting properties during the deposition process. Increasing the gas temperature using power variation leads to reduced incorporation of silicon and hydrogen in the diamond-like carbon films with a simultaneous increase of the film hardness. However, a gas temperature increase using a higher gas flow rate results in a decrease in the film hardness and an increase in the silicon and hydrogen contents. These results are promising concerning the use of plasma parameters for process control of CVD processes.


Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have rejected the proposal for a global currency by Chinese central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan. However this idea is gaining global support.
This is a big idea with big implications for the emergence of a global democracy. Increased economic integration is the first step in earth's coming of age.
It is selfish and provincial to reject this proposal flat out. In an era where individual decisions affect everyone more and more it would serve us to contemplate the immortal words of Thomas Paine.
While I agree that the flat-out rejection of this proposal is perhaps silly (especially since, at this point, China could well shove it down our throats by short-selling dollars), I don't think that this is an idea ready for prime time. I also suspect that Zhou's proposal was slightly less than entirely serious (perhaps a poke to point out the above parenthetical).
Anyways, the common currency has hardly been a democratic panacea for Europe. If the concept of a more global approach to financial regulation takes off (and can be viewed as successful for a few years), then I'd say yeah, it's time to think about a global currency.
I think I see your point. You are saying the idea needs a little incubation time in order to saturate global consciousness. Then maybe it can come about by the people demanding it rather than it being shoved down our throats by those who hold all the chips. I like that idea and I'd like to start spreading grassroots and shoots supporting it. The conversation begins here.
It's only a matter of time before global democracy becomes a mainstream concept. If you look at all the NGOs organising the G20 protests in London, their message was "put people first", but they didn't have any suggestions as to how to make that possible.


But don't just attend because it's a CEU requirement, experience this webinar and protect yourself, your staff, and your company from potential ethical violations that can be avoided with simple clarification of right from wrong.
You probably already know that ethics are important... and chances are you've never received a complaint against your professional license. Let's keep it that way by opening our eyes to going past ethical minimums, but also making decisions with integrity and solid leadership.
Here is more to ethics than simply a Code of Conduct.
Participants will relearn professional codes of ethics and how integrity is weaved into the fabric making good decisions. You will also receive key guidance for making value-laden decisions through Board of Ethical Review case studies.
There is no other online ethics training like this, designed by geoprofessionals with self-questions that will connect with your everyday decision making process.
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Weaving integrity into the fabric of our life.
Vince Drnevich was born and raised in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is the oldest of 10 children. His father was a commercial and residential builder. Vince received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame and he completed the Ph.D. degree at the University of Michigan. While studying at Michigan, he met and married Roxanne M. Hosier.
Professor Drnevich was on the faculty at the University of Kentucky for 24 years where he progressed through the academic ranks, did a four-year term as Department Chairman, and served as acting Dean of Engineering for a year. Upon leaving UK, he was named Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at UK.
In 1991, he was recruited to Purdue University as the Head of the School of Civil Engineering, a position that he held until June 2000. He retired from Purdue in June 2010 and is now Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at Purdue.
His research focuses on the engineering properties of soils, especially as measured by stress wave propagation and electromagnetic wave propagation. His work is the basis of an ASTM Standard D 4015 on the Resonant Column Method. From 1974 to 2015, he was president of Soil Dynamics Instruments, Inc., a firm which manufactured resonant column and torsional simple shear testing equipment. He and his students developed the Purdue TDR Method for water content and density determination of soil, for which there is an ASTM Standard (D 6780-12) and Purdue holds five patents. Another of his teams developed a vibratory hammer device for compaction of granular soils which allows for getting maximum densities and water contents for effective compaction, for which there is an ASTM Standard (D 7382-07). Over fifty students have received graduate degrees with him as their advisor or co-advisor.
Vince Drnevich has been recognized for both his teaching (especially the senior design course at Purdue) and research by a number of national awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers (Huber Award and Norman Medal), the American Society for Testing and Materials (1979 and 2014 Hogentogler Awards, Woodland G. Shockley Award, the Award of Merit, and numerous Standards Development Awards), the American Society for Engineering Education (George Wadlin Award), and Chi Epsilon (Harold T. Larson Award and the James M. Robbins Award). He is active in many professional and technical organizations including the American Society of Civil Engineers (Distinguished Member), the American Society for Engineering Education (Life Member), the ASTM International, (Fellow), the National Society of Professional Engineers (Fellow, 2010 P.E. Mentor of the Year, Board of Ethical Review 2014-17), and the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers (Fellow) where he is a past President and in 2013, received the inaugural Thomas A. Morris Award. In 2009, he was awarded the Diplomate of Geotechnical Engineering (D.GE) by the Academy of Geo-Professionals. He is a licensed professional engineer in Indiana. In 2008, he was appointed by Governor Mitch Daniels to the Indiana Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and was elected chair for 2013. He is the faculty advisor to the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE) Chapter and its Rube Goldberg Team, and the founding advisor of Geo-Institute Graduate Student Organization. In 2003, he was a co-founder of the Purdue Geotechnical Society and continues to serve as its president. He has been involved in the Indiana MathCOUNTS program for over 20 years. He is a regular provider of short courses and presentations on professional and technical issues, especially on the topics of ethics, professionalism, and continuing education. Over 15,000 professionals have taken his short courses.
Vince and his wife, Roxanne, celebrate 50 years of marriage; have four grown children and seven grandchildren. They both are active in their church and are avid golfers, ballroom dancers, and college sports fans.