Sarah Dobai's work is concerned with the media and the everyday. Using still photography and film, she explores the relationship between the urban environment and studio where fiction, narrative and the performative nature of reality are both constructed and subtly revealed. The film Twenty Second Hold (2012) has recently been exhibited at WORKS/PROJECTS in Bristol, preceded by a set of photographs entitled Studio/Location Photographs (2008-2011) shown at the gallery in 2009. Studio/Location Photographs focus on the shopping mall and explores the impact of these transient spaces of consumption on human behaviour. The unpeopled images of the mall are juxtaposed with images of actors/models taken in a studio. Simple cardboard boxy sets were created – greys, taupe, Xanadu and the characters lounge on and against them in suggestive yet sexless poses.
For Twenty Second Hold, Dobai has constructed another large-scale architectural set, anonymous looking but reminiscent of an urban public space – a corridor or passageway in a shopping centre, sports centre or school hallway. Two attractive young people, a boy and girl in stylish but non-descript American Apparel clothing enact a short looped scene. It is unclear as to whether the action, or non-action we see, is the main event or leftovers from a plot or story that the audience is never made party to. What we do see is the models looking intensely away from the camera's eye, waiting for some sort of cue. The film is compiled of these durational portraits, they appear to be enacting a scene in which they are a couple saying hello or goodbye - a chance fleeting passionless meeting. Obviously not in love, they interact with each other with casual but staged intimacy. The models know they will have to re-adopt their pose and so they wait in lazy professional expectation, limbs draped around each other, waiting for the next studied moment.


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From Burkina Faso to the Congo: Challenging the quest for president...
The dominant challenge facing Congolese people is the lengths to which President Joseph Kabila will go to maintain a stranglehold on power. This unresolved question represents the greatest threat to peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It will continue to dominate the political landscape through 2016, when Kabila is Constitutionally mandated to leave office.
'Virunga' documents Congo battle pitting gorillas against greed over ocean of...
The documentary "Virunga" tells the story of the rangers at Virunga National Park in eastern Congo who are battling to keep the last remaining 800 mountain gorillas that live in the park alive – a battle against poachers, the M23 rebel forces and the British corporation Soco, which is trying to convince officials inside the park and in government to allow them to exploit the huge ocean of oil that lies under the park.
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and the Congolese people
"We are not alone. Africa, Asia, and free and liberated people from every corner of the world will always be found at the side of the Congolese." So Chokwe Lumumba, having that name, should carry the spirit. He should know, as he becomes the new mayor of Jackson, Missisippi, that he will never be alone, that there will always be people around him to make sure that he succeeds in what he is doing.
Britain's involvement in assassination of Congo's Lumumba confirmed
A senior British politician has revealed Britain's involvement in the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Congo's first prime minister. The leader of the Congolese independence struggle from Belgium was brutally murdered just seven months after taking office on the direct orders of the U.S. and Belgium. Britain, whose involvement had long been suspected, also had a hand in it.
Congo peace treaty or roadmap to balkanization?
Is the peace treaty for the undeclared war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, signed Feb. 24, really a roadmap for the division of mineral rich eastern Congo into separate countries, or even free trade zones, for the convenience of Western mining companies? Congolese mining researcher Jean Didier Lozango says the borders of the DRC must remain intact.
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by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News broadcast Dec. 23, 2012 KPFA Evening News Anchor Anthony Fest: Turning now to news of Africa, the people of eastern...
Congolese victims file class action against Canadian mining company
The suit alleges that Anvil provided trucks and drivers that transported soldiers and the civilians they massacred outside the town of Kilwa. Also, Anvil planes enabled the army to reach Kilwa at top speed.
Belgian paratroopers to crush rising Congo rebellion?
With the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) engulfed in bloodshed and terrorism due to the secretive occupation and expansion by the Rwandan regime of Paul Kagame, Congo's President Joseph Kabila has reportedly requested an immediate emergency military intervention from Belgium to crush a growing rebellion sparked by resistance forces in the far Western Congo.
All-out war, the deadliest war on the planet, in Congo
The war in Congo is a U.S. proxy war; the U.S. uses Kagame, the Rwandan army and terrorist Gen. Laurent Nkunda as their African proxy force in Congo, but this is war. It has been the deadliest, though barely reported, war on the planet for years.
Congolese children work, fight and die for our cell phones and...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the green heart of Africa. The country has the second largest rainforest in the world. It is resource rich but plagued with humanitarian crises resulting from the plundering of the DRC's mineral resources are severe.

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Q: how to add opacity to scss variable? I am wondering if it is possible to add the opacity element to a sass variable? I am working on a project where I need to create different shades of a color and use them in custom typography file. My problem is when I create a color variable in rdga and implement it into my work the variable changes the code to a CSS opacity element which is written under a color element then this gets ran through the browser and throws and error. Is there a certain way to implement opacity in a variable so you don't get this problem?
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SchoolPower donors have provided significant long-term support for LBUSD athletics, including over $335,000 from the Hexberg Family Foundation in the past 10 years. In addition, individual SchoolPower donors designate thousands of dollars yearly to support athletics boosters and programs. These gifts have helped transform the LBHS athletic program into one that regularly competes successfully against teams from much larger schools.
"The Garmin watches allow our PE students to do real-time tracking of their pace and distance, and track progress towards personal goals. We also use the watches for accountability in games like capture the flag to keep students more active, engaged and aware of their activity level."
Steve Lalim, PE Coach | Thurston Middle School
"The baseball team is thankful for all SchoolPower does for the athletic department. We've used the money for balls, mound mix, field turface and uniforms. This community has given us great support in funds and in the stands."
Jeff Sears, Baseball Coach | LBHS
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Stadium cameras are installed at Guyer field and in Dugger gym, making it possible to film and livestream sporting events.
SchoolPower presents its top honor, "The Hall of Fame Award," to the Hexberg Family Foundation for long-term support of LBHS athletics.
Thanks to the Hexberg Family Foundation, a new state-of-the-art scoreboard is installed at Guyer field that is used for football, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse games, as well as track meets and the 20+ school "Trophy Invitational" track and field meet hosted annually at LBHS. The pool area also receives a new scoreboard for water polo and swimming.
Two teacher grants provide a full set of 100 Garmin watches to the Thurston middle school PE teachers. The watches allow PE students to track their pace and distance, and keep students more active and engaged as they work toward personal goals and are accountable for their own activity level.
SchoolPower Endowment and Hexberg Family Foundation partner to introduce the Sparta force plate to LBUSD, putting LBHS athletics on the cutting edge of sport performance development and injury prevention.
SchoolPower gives $35,000 (including $25,000 from the Hexberg Family Foundation) for pool area bleachers, girls locker room, and weight room equipment.
A generous gift from Boaz Shonfeld helps fund yoga instruction for LBHS's new yoga class. Supplemental yoga tools are funded by a teacher grant.
The "Muscle Beach" weight training wall, made possible with a $50,000 from the Hexberg Family Foundation, expands weight training for all high school athletes.
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Summer sessions with the high school coaches for students in grades 3 to 12. Choose from volleyball, basketball, soccer, weight training, and more. Learn more. [...]


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List of California State Historic Parks — a division of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, for historic sites in California.

List
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
Bodie State Historic Park
California Citrus State Historic Park
Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
Columbia State Historic Park
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
Empire Mine State Historic Park
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
Fort Ross State Historic Park
Fort Tejon State Historic Park
Governor's Mansion State Historic Park
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park
Jack London State Historic Park
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
Los Angeles State Historic Park
Los Encinos State Historic Park
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Monterey State Historic Park
Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Olompali State Historic Park
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
Pío Pico State Historic Park
Point Sur State Historic Park
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park
San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
Shasta State Historic Park
Sonoma State Historic Park
State Indian Museum State Historic Park
Sutter's Fort State Historic Park
Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park
Wassama Round House State Historic Park
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
Will Rogers State Historic Park
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park
Woodland Opera House State Historic Park

See also
List of California state parks, which includes this list
List of National Historic Landmarks in California, which overlaps with this list
List of Registered Historic Places in California, which overlaps with this list
List of state beaches in California

External links
California State Historic Parks (official site)

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Caprion is a proteomics and immune monitoring services company with a proven track record of over fifty large-scale biomarker discovery and validation projects for over twenty major pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry clients from North America, Europe, and Asia in virtually every major disease indication.
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Developing medical device instruments used in endoluminal procedures for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal diseases, primarily gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
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Scribe America offers turn-key professional medical scribe programs for medical professionals.
Provides non-public, for-profit educational services for children with learning and behavioral difficulties in the K-12 market.
The Tie Bar offers premium quality neck ties, bow ties, belts, socks and more all at a great value.
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Leading national provider of kitchen and bath renovation services for REITs and other large multi-family housing owners.
Recruitment and enrollment services to traditional colleges and universities.
SaaS application for multi-channel mass notification solutions.
Facilitates invitation-only networking and leadership development groups for senior executives from the world's largest companies.
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Temporary staffing services for skilled tradesman including carpenters, electricians, plumbers and day laborers.
Subscription-based, online analytics technology and services providing its clients consumer buying behavior data.
Developing cardiac cryoablation therapy to cure cardiac arrhythmias.
Marketing and selling patented and branded generic prescription pharmaceutical products.
Educational products designed to enhance the learning process in institutional environments through the use of computer-based technology, software and the Internet.
Personalized medicine services combining proprietary and exclusive laboratory tests with advanced clinical techniques to provide a comprehensive evaluation to individual patients.
Integrated information marketing solutions to middle market companies.
Fully integrated generic and specialty pharmaceutical company focused on oral liquid and topical liquid prescription drugs.
Medical device company that designs, manufactures and markets less invasive spine surgery technology.
Clinical research and development services to the worldwide pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
Novel technology platforms for imaging and drug delivery applications.
Biopharmaceutical company focused on treatments for cardiovascular (ischemic) diseases and cancer.
Private, for-profit, post-secondary colleges that emphasize career-oriented information technology and health care training.


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The Capstone Experience provides the educational capstone for all students majoring in computer science at Michigan State University. Teams of students build software projects for corporate clients. For information on becoming a project sponsor, see Project Sponsorship or contact Dr. Wayne Dyksen. The following were the project sponsors and projects for Spring 2018:
Accenture: AMAP: Automated Malware Analysis Platform
Accenture is a professional services company that solves their clients' problems by providing services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Accenture's iDefense provides timely, relevant and actionable cyber threat intelligence to the largest organizations in the world.
Malware is software that is intended to damage or disable computers. Accenture iDefense maintains a large database with more than 260 million samples of malware. Before being added to this database, each new malware sample must be analyzed to determine what it does and how it works.
iDefense uses various software modules to analyze malware. However, the number of malware samples is growing so fast that it cannot be processed manually.
Our Automated Malware Analysis Platform (AMAP) is a web app that combines iDefense's various malware analysis modules to process malware automatically at the speed and scale required.
For each batch of malware, users choose which iDefense malware analysis modules to apply. Our dashboard displays the status of malware currently being processed and the status of the overall system. Malware is also processed automatically by our system when users are not actively using it.
Our Automated Malware Analysis Platform runs as a web-based application with a backend written in Python. The underlying database holding malware samples and analysis output is mongoDB.
Team Members (L-R): Griffin Metevia, Sam Kling, Julian Ellis, Andrew Mitchell, Teng Xu
Amazon: AMPED: Amazon Marketplace Podcast Earnings Detection
Amazon is an e-commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle. Accounting for 1 in 3 online shopping transactions in North America, Amazon is the world's largest online retailer.
In the third quarter of 2017, Nielsen reported that 40% of Americans listened to a podcast. Despite having a large audience, podcast producers have few opportunities to profit from their work.
Our Amazon Marketplace Podcast Earnings Detection system (AMPED) provides podcast producers an additional source of revenue by finding products related to their content. The results are displayed on a dashboard for producers with an audio player integrated with the items.
For example, if a podcast producer is doing a tech review on the latest MacBook Pro, AMPED searches the Amazon marketplace for the latest MacBook Pro, and provides an image and link for the listener to buy it.
AMPED finds relevant products by first transcribing the podcast's audio content to text. Next AMPED comprehends the meaning of the text. Finally, AMPED searches the Amazon marketplace for the most relevant products.
Products appear in the bottom of the app as the podcaster mentions them. Listeners can choose to purchase the products in Amazon's app or website by clicking on the picture of the product.
AMPED is built with Python and is hosted on AWS Lambda serverless architecture. AMPED uses Amazon Transcribe for speech to text, Amazon Comprehend for natural language processing, and Product Advertising API to find products.
Team Members (L-R): Zach Whitener, Hansheng Zhao, Dillon Stock, Cam Korzecke, Chess luo
Aptiv: CMS: Cybersecurity Management System Experience
With over 147,000 employees in 45 countries around the world, Aptiv is a global technology company focused on creating the next generation of active safety, autonomous vehicles and smart cities.
Technology-focused mobility solutions introduce an increased need for implementing and testing product cybersecurity standards to ensure that Aptiv's products are not susceptible to malicious attacks.
Aptiv's cybersecurity lab conducts cybersecurity consulting and testing on every new product during the entire development process. The team works closely with product engineers to ensure the company's products are up to the latest security standards and impenetrable from outside attacks.
Our Cybersecurity Management System (CMS) is a web app that automates the entire product cybersecurity process. This five-tiered process includes threat analysis, mitigation remediation, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing and incident response.
Maintaining all cybersecurity-related information for Aptiv products, our CMS includes database trackers to visualize important trends and analyze data for threats, vulnerabilities, risks, incidents and mitigations.
CMS provides the source of communication between product and cybersecurity engineers who utilize our app's request system and task management service to increase productivity and streamline Aptiv's entire cybersecurity process.
Our Cybersecurity Management System is an ASP.NET app written in CSS and HTML. Our backend database is implemented with MS SQL.
Team Members (L-R): Dillon Brown, Clayton Peters, Ashtaan Rapanos, Winton Qian, Wei Jiang
Auto-Owners Insurance: IMAGINE: IMAGe INtake Experience
Auto-Owners Insurance is a Fortune 500 company represented by over 4,900 associates nationwide. Founded in 1916, Auto-Owners Insurance provides its claims service to 2.7 million policyholders.
In order to appraise risks, Auto-Owners underwriters must evaluate physical environments such as homes or businesses with as much information as possible.
Our IMAGe INtake Experience system (IMAGINE) automates part of this process by identifying objects of interest in images taken of an environment and enabling Auto-Owners associates to recreate a physical environment at any time in virtual reality (VR).
Auto-Owners associates upload 360-degree images taken by a spherical camera to our web app, which analyzes the images to detect relevant objects such as a door or a piece of furniture. Associates can then display and edit information about the environments in those images.
Associates can create and edit names, descriptions and comments about environments and the objects in them. They can also download inventories of detected objects in various formats.
Our companion VR app creates a virtual version of the physical environment, which is viewed using an Oculus Rift headset. Associates use Oculus Touch controllers to select objects and to view and edit environment information such as item descriptions or comments.
IMAGINE is written in PHP and JavaScript and runs on all modern web browsers. Our virtual reality application is developed in Unity for the Oculus Rift platform and runs on Windows computers. Our object detection suite is written in Python using TensorFlow.
Team Members (L-R): Zack Geizer, Reece Cole, Sean Larabell, Nick Frederick, Xinyun Zhao
The Dow Chemical Company: Virtual Reality Simulation for Railcar Loading
With over 100 years of success and industry-leading innovation, Dow is a global leader in specialty chemicals, advanced materials and plastics. Along with Dow's ongoing innovation and success is a commitment to its employees' safety and wellbeing.
Dow manufactures hazardous chemicals that require care and knowledge when handling and transporting. Training new employees is dangerous because a mistake could have serious health implications if employees are exposed to these chemicals.
Our Virtual Reality Simulation for Railcar Loading eliminates this danger by training employees safely in a virtual environment. Our simulator trains employees in the proper way to load a railcar in a virtual railcar facility.
Dow employees wear an HTC Vive Headset and use two controllers to simulate a real working environment. Trainees are taught the steps needed to load a railcar properly and what to do when a spill occurs.
Our training simulator has two difficulty levels, non- certified and certified. The non-certified level gives a trainee hints to teach them the proper procedure. In the certified level, a trainee receives no aid, so they need to know what to do. Our simulator also includes scenarios where a spill occurs, so trainees can learn the proper way to clean a spill.
To help the employees learn, our training simulator gives the employees a score when they complete a session along with feedback on how to improve.
Our Virtual Reality Simulation for Railcar Loading uses Unity Game engine and is played on a Windows computer with the HTC Vive hardware.
Team Members (L-R): Kyle White, Matthew Smith, John Yoo, JD Hayward, David Wang
DRIVEN-4: 2020 Business in a Box
DRIVEN-4 is focused on driving competitive advantage for their customers by providing strategies, insights and proven implementations of integrated process and technology to deliver products and services to market.
Our 2020 Business in a Box system shows how a connected product platform can bridge the gap between product design and consumer use.
Our system comprises both manufacturer and consumer platforms to provide the insight needed to improve product design and consumer relationships while at the same time providing consumers with an enhanced experience for improving their daily lives.
Our web-based manufacturer portal provides for domain-specific configuration to create a dashboard for users in various job roles to visualize data and perform actions specific to their fulfillment of business and consumer needs. The built-in device simulator allows manufacturers to digitally simulate connected products before they are produced.
Our showcase of the platform demonstrates its use through the eyes of a mattress manufacturer and its consumers. When placed in the mattress, our connected device uses accelerometer and temperature sensors to transmit sleep cycle information to the platform.
The end-consumer experiences the platform through a mobile app that provides sleep analysis, suggestions to improve sleep quality and augmented reality visualizations for servicing their device.
Our web portal is written in CSS, HTML and ReactJS. Our device simulator is written in Java. Our mobile app is built in React Native for Apple iOS devices.
Team Members (L-R): Nick Mikelsavage, Brian Pinsky, Charles Carroll, Betty Wu, Sam Coffey
General Motors: Plato: DevBot for Microsoft Teams
Founded in 1908, General Motors designs and manufactures a wide variety of vehicles that meet the needs and expectations of drivers around the globe.
GM's continued success requires its software developers to integrate an expanding number of software applications into their workflow. To do so, they use several unique applications to design, develop, test, and maintain software. Having to frequently maneuver between these applications hinders the development process.
To enable collaboration and teamwork, GM developers use Microsoft Teams, a chat-based workspace. Developers are members of a channel, which is specific to their team where they can chat, manage files, and access external applications.
Our DevBot for Microsoft Teams system (Plato) extends the functionality of Microsoft Teams through the creation of three separate but cohesive applications.
Our first Plato app is an artificially intelligent chatbot that enables team members to create and manage virtual machines and test cases. A graphical web dashboard embedded into Microsoft Teams in the form of a tab is our second extension. Our third app is a Microsoft Teams connector that enables the team to configure regular notifications about the system's activity.
GM developers using our apps have full control over their resources and can monitor resource allocation, run tests and update the status of virtual machines all within a familiar Microsoft Teams environment.
Our Plato system is designed with the Microsoft Bot Framework, Microsoft LUIS, C# with .NET, AngularJS, HTML and CSS, and is deployed into Microsoft Teams.
Team Members (L-R): Alex Lepird, Tao Tao, Simeon Goolsby, Matthew Eaton, Colin Coppersmith
Herman Miller: Adjust: Augmented Reality Chair Adjustment
Headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, Herman Miller is one of the world's largest producers of high-end office furnishings. The company's ergonomic office chairs are used in modern workspaces around the globe.
Every Herman Miller chair is highly configurable to match the unique needs of each user, ensuring proper ergonomic support in any office setting.
Adjust is our augmented reality (AR) chair adjustment app for owners of Herman Miller chairs.
Adjust automatically identifies the model of a chair using an iPhone's camera along with computer vision and machine learning.
Once the chair model is known, Adjust displays an interactive 3D model and guides the user through an ergonomic adjustment session by highlighting the relevant chair parts.
Tapping on any highlighted part presents an instructional video and additional adjustment tips. For returning users, the application menu features a gallery option, which enables users to interact with a variety of Herman Miller chairs.
Our Adjust app reduces the need for in-person training sessions, allows for day-two training and eliminates the need for paper reference texts. Chair owners can locate any adjustment instantly using our built-in search functionality.
Adjust is a native iOS app written in Swift. Object recognition is performed using Microsoft Custom Vision and CoreML. Interactive 3D chairs are rendered using Apple's SceneKit.
Team Members (L-R): Kevin Gaban, Mike Bremiller, Kyle Kinsey, Jacob Weber, Han Huang
Meijer: Thrifty: Personal Shopping Assistant
Meijer is a large supercenter chain located in the Midwest. With 237 supercenters in six states, Meijer is one of the largest retailers and private companies in the nation.
From shopping carts to self-checkouts, Meijer always leads on the frontline of innovation to ensure Meijer guest satisfaction.
Our Personal Shopping Assistant app (Thrifty) continues that tradition by enabling a guest to ask Thrifty anything they would ask an in-store Meijer team member. In addition, a guest can navigate through coupons and check competitor pricing.
Meijer guests interact with Thrifty using either text or voice. If Thrifty isn't sure what they mean, it responds with a list of possibilities from which a guest can select.
After an item is selected, Thrifty tells a guest where it's located in the store, how much it costs, and if there are any coupons available from Meijer's rewards program, mPerks. Guests can clip all coupons to their mPerks account and display a single barcode at checkout to apply all of their savings.
Thrifty also informs guests of item prices at competitors like Target or Walmart.
If an item is missing from the shelf, Thrifty notifies a Meijer team member to check for more.
Thrifty is built using the Microsoft Bot Framework and is hosted on Microsoft Azure cloud services. It uses Microsoft LUIS for natural language processing and supports both Apple iOS and Google Android devices.
Team Members (L-R): Emerson Chan, Zach Richardson, Megan Lippert, Jacob Bonesteel, Aaron Carlson
Michigan State University: Pulse: Classroom Engagement System
Michigan State University (MSU) is the nation's pioneer land-grant university and is a world- renowned research university, with top-tier academic and service-learning programs.
Our Classroom Engagement System (Pulse) provides a simple and convenient interface that enables extended engagement between course instructors and students. Pulse is designed around attendance, communication and analytics.
Attendance is made easy. Students simply respond to a notification that is sent to their mobile device as they enter a classroom. The student is then transported into the app to access the class material.
Pulse allows students and instructors to access multiple classroom resources on a compact and intuitive platform. Pulse offers a class overview page with course information, as well as a class forum where students and instructors can hold discussions.
Pulse's quizzes replace paper quizzes, thereby saving paper and time. The quizzes can be taken during class or at any time. Progress bars and timers are available to enhance the user experience.
Analytics are collected and displayed by our instructor- side web app for evaluation in real-time. Based on student responses to questions, instructors can vary the content in their lectures.
Our Pulse mobile apps are native apps for Apple iOS and Google Android developed with Swift and Kotlin, respectively. Our web apps are created with Vue.js. The backend interface consists of several platforms from Amazon Web Services.
Team Members (L-R): Owen McMahon, Adam Balda, Lauren Malik, Yaqeen Al-Marhoon, David York, Andrew Schafer
Mozilla Corporation: Dark Theme Darkening
Mozilla is a global, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the World Wide Web. They have an international community of developers who contribute to open-source software.
Mozilla's most popular open-source project is Firefox, the second most used web browser globally. Its most recent release, Quantum, includes new styles, features and ways for users to customize the appearance of the browser.
Users are reluctant to switch internet browsers once the browser has been personalized to their liking. Previously, themes only had the ability to alter the appearance of the default toolbars and tabs.
Our Dark Theme Darkening increases the customizability of Quantum to include menus, popups, settings pages, loading indicators, sidebars, icons and added theme transitions. Additionally, Google Chrome themes can now be imported directly into Firefox.
The default Dark Theme is updated to reflect the new additions. Extending theme support in the browser gives theme developers more power to express their creativity, and gives users more surface area on which to enjoy themes.
In the screenshots to the right, one can see the current un-themed sidebar and settings page in the background, while the foreground shows the same content themed.
Our Dark Theme Darkening is implemented using CSS and JavaScript, and impacts hundreds of millions of users.
Team Members (L-R): Vivek Dhingra, Conor Masini, Dyl Stokes, Bogdan Pozderca, Zhengyi Lian
MSU Federal Credit Union: Digital Assistant and Personal Financial Coach
Founded in 1937, Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) is the largest university- based financial credit union in the world. With over 246,000 members around the globe, customer service is a high priority for MSUFCU.
Our Digital Assistant and Personal Financial Coach expands the capabilities of MSUFCU's existing apps for Apple and Android devices. In addition, it offers services through a web app, an Amazon Alexa app, Facebook Messenger and iMessage.
Using a chatbot interface, MSUFCU members can get answers to questions to everything from "What's my account balance?" to "Can I afford to buy a laptop?" Our bot also offers financial planning services. If a member cannot afford a laptop, for example, our Digital Assistant and Personal Financial Coach will suggest a plan for a member on how to save for one.
For MSUFCU members who prefer a hands-free approach to banking, our Alexa skill can respond to the same voice commands as the chatbot interface. Our Apple and Android apps, as well as Facebook Messenger and iMessage, all accept the same voice commands.
Our Digital Assistant and Personal Financial Coach Apple iOS app is written in Swift, and the Google Android app in Java. Our Alexa skill is written in JavaScript. The natural language processing is handled using DialogFlow. All six of the available apps contact a SQLite database hosted on a server.
Team Members (L-R): Patrick Dane, Dallas Nowak, Michael Carter
The Phoenix Group: Customer Service System with Chatbot
The Phoenix Group (TPG), an Ingram Micro company, is one of the largest distributors of credit card terminals. They offer customers a vast selection of devices from all major manufacturers and take pride in having outstanding customer service.
Customer service associates at TPG frequently reference paper device manuals to provide customers with helpful information. With hundreds of manuals to reference, TPG associates need a better way to manage and access them.
Our Customer Service System enables TPG to convert paper manuals to a digital format using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. An associate easily adds new manuals into the system by uploading images of its pages. Once added to our system, a specific manual can be found quickly by searching for it and viewed conveniently as an eBook.
Our Customer Service System enables TPG's customer service associates to maintain their outstanding responsiveness despite a growing lineup of carried devices.
Additionally, our Customer Service Chatbot provides an informative resource for customers visiting TPG's website. Customers can converse with the chatbot to ask about TPG and the devices it offers.
Our Customer Service System is a Windows WPF application written in C# that communicates with our custom remote server where the digital manuals are stored. Our Customer Service Chatbot is implemented using Google Dialogflow and is written in AngularJS.
Team Members (L-R): James Finch, Sarah Fillwock, Dan Shumaker, Fatema Alsaleh, Amanuel Goshu
Proofpoint: Next Generation Malware Analysis Platform
Proofpoint is a leading next generation cybersecurity firm that provides comprehensive cloud-based security solutions to protect organizations from advanced threats and attacks that target email, mobile apps and social media.
Every day Proofpoint blocks threats in more than 600 million emails, 7 million mobile apps and hundreds of thousands of social media accounts. This volume of threats makes it increasingly more difficult to rely solely on human analysis.
Our Next Generation Malware Analysis Platform provides a comprehensive tool for analyzing malware samples automatically and quickly.
Our system first analyzes malware using a basic set of tools. Depending on the results of this initial analysis, our system determines whether or not more in-depth analysis should be done.
Malware is classified and identified using something called a signature. Our system clusters malware based on similarity, thereby enabling Proofpoint analysts to generate signatures more efficiently.
Analysts use our dashboard to visualize the results of malware analysis. Additionally, they can view malware of interest and apply filters.
Our Next Generation Malware Analysis Platform uses Bootstrap. A RESTful API based on NodeJS communicates with the MongoDB Database. Cuckoo, YARA, ClamAV and Suricata are utilized for the malware analysis tools. All of our tools run on virtual machines handled by an ESXi Hypervisor.
Team Members (L-R): Graham Thomas, Yash Patel, Crystal Lewis, Brad Doherty, George Zhao
QuickenLoans: Fundamenta: Trust in New Home Construction
Quicken Loans is the largest online mortgage lender in the US, and is the nation's largest FHA lender and premier Veteran Affairs lender.
New home construction is a complex process involving many parties including the home buyer, the builder, subcontractors and inspectors. Dependencies among the steps in the building workflow can cause bottlenecks. Lack of communication can further delay the process.
Our Trust in New Home Construction web app (Fundamenta) facilitates the home building process. Fundamenta is a platform for organization and collaboration among parties involved in a build.
Fundamenta displays a construction workflow comprised of tasks for all parties. It visualizes the workflow with progress bars that show who completes tasks and when, along with all construction deliverables.
In addition, Fundamenta provides a conversation page, which enables messaging between parties.
Blockchain technology manages the workflow, opening new tasks for completion when contingent steps are finished, and stores all data pertaining to a home build.
Our Fundamena app keeps all parties informed on the current state of a home build, thereby bringing transparency to the entire process.
Fundamenta is written in C# with React and the .NET framework. Hyperledger Fabric blockchain is used with the Composer framework. The database is implemented using Microsoft SQL Server.
Team Members (L-R): Vishal Adusumilli, Riley Annis, Erin O'Hara, Turner Anderson, Jaiwant Bhushan
Rook Security: Endpoint Data Monitoring and Analysis Agent
Rook Security, based out of Indianapolis, Indiana, is a leader in the managed detection and response service, providing IT security solutions to clients around the world.
Rook's Force Platform protects their clients from malicious attacks by analyzing log data about client devices and appliances such as critical application servers. This log data is collected by Rook's software agents running remotely on client host computers.
Rook's diverse client base is growing quickly. In order to keep up with this growth, Rook's log data agents must support various operating systems, and be easy to install and configure on client computers.
Our Endpoint Data Monitoring and Analysis Agent sends the digital defenders at Rook their clients' system and application logs from client machines running Microsoft Windows, Apple MacOS or Linux operating systems. This enables client computers to continue working seamlessly and securely with our agent running in the background.
In addition to the agent, an extension of the Force Platform enables Rook analysts to deploy and configure agents as well as view agent health metrics. The ability of our agent to be managed remotely by Force Platform administrators ensures that any infringing anomalies are acted upon quickly.
Our Endpoint Data Monitoring and Analysis Agent system is written in Go for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The logs are stored using Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). Our extension of the Force Platform is written in Python using the Django web framework. The front end utilizes ReactJS and Redux.
Team Members (L-R): Jeremy Specht, Bohao Gao, Vikram Thakur, Jared Clark, Drew Gilbertson
SpartanNash: Volunteer Tracking System
SpartanNash is a wholesale grocery distributor, supplying more than 2,100 independent grocery retail locations throughout the US, as well as a grocery retailer with more than 140 corporate supermarkets in 47 states.
Known as the local grocery store, SpartanNash values its close relationship with the local community. As part of their commitment to these local communities, SpartanNash sets yearly goals of volunteer hours for their associates.
Our Volunteer Tracking System provides a new automated way for SpartanNash to keep track of associates' volunteer hours, replacing the previous manual "paper and pencil" system.
Our cross-platform app provides a simple and intuitive user experience. SpartanNash volunteers keep track of volunteer hours easily by using our web app. Social media integration and gamification increases overall participation.
When a SpartanNash associate logs into our app, the leaderboard is displayed showing their progress towards reaching their individual goal along with overall company progress. Associates can compare their progress with others.
SpartanNash supervisors manage the system using our companion administrative web portal.
Our Volunteer Tracking System is developed using React Native. Our administrative web portal is written with PHP and HTML. All of the data is stored in a MySQL database with Oauth2 security measures.
Team Members (L-R): Tianyi Li, Aleks Bonev, Abbott Wang, Denis Andreev, Nino Candela
Spectrum Health: Spectrum Health Go
Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Grand Rapids, Michigan that provides high quality healthcare at over 140 sites in West Michigan, including 12 hospitals, 8 urgent care centers and 43 laboratories.
Patients, visitors and volunteers often have trouble navigating the large Spectrum Health facilities. Our Spectrum Health Go mobile app helps these patrons find their destinations with ease.
Our Spectrum Health Go app employs the user's smartphone camera and waypoints set up throughout the facility. These waypoints are posters that include the Spectrum Health Go icon, a QR code and the name of the waypoint.
After launching the app, a user chooses from a list of destinations and scans the nearest waypoint. Spectrum Health Go then displays an arrow that points to the next waypoint on their route along with a textual description of the directions. As the user turns, the arrow remains pointed towards the next waypoint.
Administrative assistants at Spectrum Health use our companion web app to view data about the routes, alter routes, and add or remove waypoints to improve navigation.
Our Spectrum Health Go mobile app supports both Apple iOS and Google Android devices and is written in Swift and Java, respectively. Our web app is written in C# and HTML. Data is stored using Microsoft SQL Server.
Team Members (L-R): Andrew Astakhov, Colin Skonieski, Rachel Polus, Pierce Neal, Xin Zhao
Symantec: Detecting Security Threats from User Authentications
Symantec is a global leader in providing security and information management solutions. Their customers range from consumers and small businesses to large global organizations.
Symantec's flagship authentication solutions include Symantec VIP, a multifactor authentication solution that enables businesses to secure access to networks and applications without affecting productivity.
Our system detects security threats by analyzing user authentication patterns and visualizing the results using Splunk and Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK).
Our custom Splunk and ELK apps enable VIP customers to view and analyze various operational and security trends in near real time. Both apps ingest and visualize VIP authentication log data pulled from Symantec servers using their VIP Reference Client.
A VIP customer initially configures their Splunk or ELK apps with their VIP account certificate. The apps open directly to pre-built dashboards, which show operational data and security trends. Users can add custom charts and panels to their dashboard.
While our dashboards do help to visualize data trends and behavior, security analysts may not always be viewing the dashboards. To prevent an analyst from missing an important security event, both the Splunk and ELK apps alert analysts via alternate methods when threats are detected.
Our Splunk app is written using the Splunk Enterprise software and dashboards are created with Splunk Processing language. Our ELK app runs on an Amazon Machine Image hosted on Amazon Web Services.
Team Members (L-R): Robert Novak, Abby Urbanski, Stephen Alfa, Keerthana Kolisetty, Xiaoyu Wu
TechSmith: Snagit and Camtasia Output Extensibility
TechSmith engineers engaging products which help people share ideas and information around the globe. With a focus on visual content, TechSmith software provides users with intuitive communication solutions.
TechSmith's flagship products, Snagit and Camtasia, create image and video files for sharing with others. The TechSmith Extensibility Framework (TEF) provides support for the creation of specialized output plugins, which enable users to output their media directly to another product or service.
Imgur is a popular website for hosting images. TechSmith Video Review is a TechSmith service where users can have others review their videos. Wistia is a popular video hosting site used by businesses.
Our Snagit and Camtasia Output Extensibility suite of TEF outputs features three new options. These enable users to send their media directly from Snagit or Camtasia to Imgur, TechSmith Video Review and Wistia.
Users can specify several options specialized to these destinations, such as a review-by date for TechSmith Video Review.
Supplementing the addition of our plugins, our test harness is used to aid in output development and demonstration. The harness, much like Snagit and Camtasia, can dynamically load any TEF output plugin. Consequently, it serves as a tool for developers to help create any future outputs.
Our outputs are written in C# using abstraction provided by TEF. The user interface design for both the outputs and harness utilizes C# and XAML under WPF
Team Members (L-R): Ryan Schiller, Logan Arent, Collin Dillinger, Carter Chamberlain
Union Pacific: "Alexa, what's my work schedule look like?"
Union Pacific is a leading transportation company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Union Pacific has over 8,500 locomotives running on 32,100 miles of track across 23 states with almost 43,000 employees.
Union Pacific currently provides access to scheduling information for trainmen, yardmen and enginemen (TY&E) employees by phone or web app. Employees are on call 24/7 and are assigned trains to work on through a revolving list of employees. Train schedules are frequently updated, so employees must always stay up to date.
Our custom Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa voice assistants provide Union Pacific TY&E employees hands-free access to their place in the list as well as up-to-date train schedules that they can listen to individually or in groups. Voice assistants provide a fast and flexible solution to access essential scheduling information.
Our system also keeps a detailed log of every employee interaction with the assistants. These logs are viewable through our companion web app that enables managers to monitor the application's usage statistics and to filter the logs to see individual assistant or user statistics.
Alexa uses the Amazon Developer Console and Google Assistant uses DialogFlow to map dialogs. Each voice assistant sends HTTPS requests to a NodeJS web URL, which calls a Java web service that accesses a MySQL database and returns a response. Our web app is implemented with HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
Team Members (L-R): Jared McMillan, Daniel Agbay, Doyeon M Kim, David Hubble, Austin McGee
Urban Science: Mobile Maestro
Urban Science is a consulting firm that helps clients identify and improve market share, sales and profitability, and customer loyalty. They work closely with their sister company, Talem Technologies, to build medical devices that empower disabled people.
Talem Technologies has an exoskeleton arm, the X-Ar, that enables wheelchair bound people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to regain control of their arms and experience a much larger range of motion.
The X-Ar is purely mechanical and must be calibrated to a stable angle of incline, which is adjusted using a push button key fob. Unfortunately, using this key fob presents a significant challenge for some users.
Our Mobile Maestro app enables users to control their X-Ar from their mobile devices, which are often mounted on their wheelchairs. Using touch button or voice controls, users can adjust the mount, lock and unlock the joints, enable auto leveling and voice controls, and put the app into standby mode.
Mobile Maestro also adjusts the incline calibration automatically when the user changes inclines and it provides user profiles to allow quick settings changes.
Our app supports both Apple iOS and Google Android devices. It is fully integrated with Siri and Google Assistant, allowing the user to access all touch button controls through them at any time. Furthermore, the user can add new voice commands to trigger any of the available actions.
Our Mobile Maestro app is written using Ionic for cross platform development and MySQL for data storage. The mobile devices communicate with the X-Ar using Bluetooth Low Energy.
Team Members (L-R): Mustafa Jebara, Dane Rosseter, Samantha Oldenburg, Alex Wuillaume, Shun Ran
USAA: LIMElight: Life Insurance Made Easy
USAA is a Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio, Texas. USAA provides a range of competitive financial products and services to the military community and their families.
Life insurance is one of USAA's primary services. Applying for life insurance can be a time-consuming and tedious process for customers.
Our Life Insurance Made Easy app (LIMElight) delivers personalized quotes quickly and easily, thereby expediting the underwriting process and converting more life insurance applicants to enrolled USAA members. LIMElight accomplishes this by using machine learning and blockchain technology.
Applicants use a mobile-friendly web app to answer a few questions about their demographic and lifestyle. Our machine learning model then assesses the risk class of the applicant and quickly generates a personalized life insurance quote.
LIMElight also enables USAA and medical providers to exchange applicant medical records via blockchain technology.
Due to the nature of blockchain, information stored on the blockchain is secure, immutable and easily accessible by authorized parties. As a result, USAA underwriters have quicker access to the medical records that are critical in the life insurance underwriting process.
Our LIMElight quote generation web app is built utilizing React with a Python machine learning component. Our medical record interface uses Angular with a Hyperledger blockchain solution.
Team Members (L-R): Xingchi Zhou, Nathaniel Finley, Ibrahim Ahmed, Mike Ronayne, Dong-Hyun Lee
Yello: IVAT: Interview Video Analysis Tool
Yello is a Chicago-based company that provides software for talent acquisition. Their products help recruitment teams hire the right talent at the right time.
When evaluating job applicants, recruitment teams often have conflicting assessments due to differing opinions of applicants. This is challenging for recruiters when selecting candidates with conflicting reviews.
Automated emotion and sentiment analysis provides unbiased assessments to help evaluate candidates. Our Interview Video Analysis Tool (IVAT) automatically evaluates a candidate's sentiment (speech attitude) and emotion (facial expressions) in a video interview.
IVAT allows recruitment teams to set up video interview questions, schedule live interviews, and invite candidates to an interview. A candidate can pre-record video responses to interview questions or participate in a live interview.
A candidate's speech is processed and evaluated in terms of the sentiment of their words being negative, positive or neutral. Likewise, a candidate's facial expressions are analyzed and summarized across a set of emotions such as angry, sad or joyful.
IVAT is built with Ruby on Rails. The video interviews are streamed and archived using TokBox's OpenTok API. Sentiment analysis is done with Microsoft's Video Indexer and Emotion analysis uses Kairos Human Analytics API. Videos are stored on Microsoft's Azure cloud storage.
Team Members (L-R): Jonathon Zeitler, Leo Yao, Jenn Proos, Quan Zhou, Brian Wang


The only way to know and understand a place is to walk, or in my case, bike it. There's too much beauty, interesting sights, and unsung food finds. This was a lucky shot - it was a chance to snap a photo of a Philadelphia fashion Icon, Miss Julie. The fact that this tree is in full glorious pink blossom, that the mid-day sun was at it's perfect shine, and Julia is in mid-stride all made this still-life more of a caught in motion photo.
Went out to see and review a movie called City of Gold. I stopped at Mama Angelina's for 2 slices of pizza beforehand. Along my walk down to the theater, I picked up some pastries at Le Pain Quotidien. Pizza- cheap and somehow nostalgically memorable. Pastries - worst I've ever had! My movie review will appear on my friend, Leanne's blog - TinselTine.com, in a few days.
I'm sure I've seen this doorbell and eye-viewer before. On this walkabout It struck me as peculiar, like something from a science fiction movie. I expected the eyepiece viewer (or is it a sound system?) to come to life; to expand towards the visitor, probing you before you can enter the building.
Within the next year, the view from this corner of Broad and Locust will become a construction site, home to a new swank hotel. A serious piece of Philadelphia history for many drunks, late-night party people, college kids, LGTBQ folk finding their way in our city will be taken away from us. A cheap slice, cheesesteak, or $3 breakfast special (2 eggs, home-fries, toast and coffee) will become a thing of the past. Except for Wawa, we'll have very few dive dining choices in Center City.
There's a reason why we tend to eschew chain restaurants. They're usually soulless and bland. Le Pain Quotidien lulls you into a false sense of cool. A long roughly hewn community table; candles gently flickering on tables at day's end, beckoning you with their promise of a misty glow. Artfully arranged breads and pastries, so enticing. It's all a sham. The breads are sub-par and the pastries are no more than decorative knick knacks. The almond treat I picked up turned out to be some sugar log that shattered upon the first bite and sent my mouth into a near diabetic fit. The mini Madeline - more of a mini marzipan muffin was a rock-hard toad stool. Best part of the visit was finding the bicycle image on the catering box advertisement.
This lot will surely become yet another series of condos or a boutique hotel. I'm surprised it's been empty for this long. It allows graffiti artists to ply their tags.
The open lot also gives a great view of Old Philadelphia buildings. Seen here is the Curtis Center Building. It especially beautiful when dusk is hitting the buildings, creating shadows on the open spaces and highlighting the taller buildings.
From the files "Things you've NEVER noticed before" - I present the Gammadion Cross on a building at 5th and Chestnut Street. I should hope the geometric lines are formed in the Greek tradition of the Gamma letter. The inter-locking lines follow the key-line style of Greek neo-classical design. Considering the proximity of this building's facade to the National Museum of Jewish American History, it gives one pause to say the least.
We'll miss you too - sign/art on a row of row-houses along 9th Street at Locust. These will be torn down soon. The buildings have already all been condemned. Many street artists have left markers on the buildings. Most are mundane graffiti. Occasionally you'll find a true piece of street art. Gotta love the street artist who takes the time to frame their work and install it! We'll miss you too.


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Q: Timing triggers I'm trying to create a control method that executes submethods in separate threads.  I have looked into NSTimer, but a couple of the submethods are not being executed in an exact time interval.
Here are the 5 intervals:

*

*Executes rapidly -- ~ every 0.1 seconds

*Executes every 5 minutes

*Executes every 10 minutes

*Executes every hour on the hour

*Executes every day on the day (at midnight)

Interval 1 - 3 should be very easy to do with the NSTimer.  Any tips for implementing the other ones?
Thanks in advance!

A: For (4) and (5), you want dispatch_walltime, if NSTimer isn't being accurate enough.
/* timespec for midnight, new years day 2014 */

struct tm time = {
   .tm_sec = 0,
   .tm_min = 0,
   .tm_hour = 0,
   .tm_mday = 1,
   .tm_mon = 1,
   .tm_year = 2014,
   .tm_wday = -1,  // I think -1 is wildcard here, can someone help?
   .tm_yday = -1,
   .tm_isdst = TRUE
};

const struct timespec whenToFire = {
   .tv_sec = mktime(time),
   .tv_nsec = 0
};

dispatch_time_t time = dispatch_walltime(&whenToFire,0);

/* a lower-priority queue may delay firing */
dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT);

dispatch_source_t timeSrc = dispatch_source_create(DISPATCH_SOURCE_TYPE_TIMER,
                                  0, 0, queue);

dispatch_source_set_timer(timeSrc, time, 100000 , 100);

dispatch_source_set_event_handler(timeSrc, ^{
    /* only run once */
    static dispatch_once_t token;
    dispatch_once(&token, ^{
        /* code to run on New Years Day here */
        dispatch_source_cancel(timeSrc);
    });
});


Tim Erixon came to the Rangers this past summer as part of a trade that sent a prospect and picks to the Calgary Flames. A former first round pick of the Flames, Erixon is a mobile, two-way defenseman with strong offensive sensibilities. Possessing an excellent mental game, Erixon is not flashy, but has a heavy shot, and is a good puck distributor. After three seasons in the SEL, Erixon is competing for am NHL roster spot this fall.
Now considered a staple on the blue line for the New York Rangers, McDonagh is expected to be a second pairing defenseman on the team for a long time. Originally drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round in 2007, McDonagh was sent to the Rangers as part of the 2009 trade that sent Scott Gomez the other way. The 22-year-old McDonagh is an excellent two-way defenseman, a good puck distributor, solid positionally, and plays with an edge to his game.
In his second season playing North American professional hockey, Tomas Tatar showed immense growth and maturity. Aside from adding a decent amount of strength to his slight frame, Tatar dramatically improved his defensive game while further refining his offense. His overall game was so much improved he saw a brief cup of coffee with the Red Wings, a team who historically does not place their youngsters in high pressure situations. Tatar will start the 2011-12 season in the AHL though if he continues to progress as he has over the past two years, his time in the minors is fleeting.
Merrill exceeded all expectations last year and then some as he made a seamless transition to the NCAA with the Michigan Wolverines, collecting numerous accolades and awards as a freshman. A combination of size and skill, the young defenseman looks like a future power-play quarter-back with his elite puck distribution and shooting skills. However, as talented as Merrill is, his character recently came into question when he was handed a 12 game suspension for violating Michigan team rules.
Jack Campbell will look to rebound off a shaky first season in Windsor that saw many peaks and valleys. The 19-year-old enters his second year with the club with less pressure to perform as the Windsor Spitfires go through a rebuild. That however does not mean he won't be heavily relied on. Campbell started the 2011-12 season off with a bang, shutting out the offensive powerhouse Sarnia Sting in his first game after returning from the Dallas Stars camp. He's eligible for the World Juniors again, and is the likely candidate to be the US starting goalie after he was named top goaltender for the tournament in 2010-11.
Smith transitioned easily from the NCAA to the AHL last year. The former first-rounder put up 32 points and 124 penalty minutes in 63 games for Grand Rapids, in the process earning AHL All-Star team and the AHL All-Rookie team honors. Smith is a top-end skater and can handle and move the puck. His ability thus far to translate his offense across different leagues and skill levels gives a lot of hope to Red Wing fans. Smith is reliable in his own end, and has been improving his defensive zone skills, but will likely play the role of a top-four offensive defenseman and powerplay specialist in the NHL.
Ryan Ellis has been one of the most dominant junior defenseman in recent memory with his ability to control the flow of a game from the blue line. Combined with his wide array of offensive ability, Ellis is a threat every time he steps onto the ice. The 20-year-old defenseman joined the century club last season when he hit a new career high of 101 points with the Windsor Spitfires. With the breadth of defensive depth on Nashville's roster, Ellis isn't expected to see full-time NHL duty this season. It will allow the offensive dynamo to continue his maturation process in the AHL.
An energetic winger, Palmieri makes up for his small stature with excellent speed and a high compete level. The club's first-round pick in 2009, Palmieri plays a similar game to that of Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand. The 20-year-old American is a quick skater who likes to grind it out along the boards and can be a bit of an agitator. While he isn't thought to have top-end skill, Palmieri's ability to complement other skilled players with his speed and work ethic is something that could help increase his offensive ceiling.
Leddy played 46 games in Chicago last season, and looks poised to play many more this year. Leddy's game is deceptive. His smooth skating and calm puck handling allows him to look effortless in transition while capably moving the puck up ice. He is an offensive-minded defenseman and a good playmaker, but could benefit from shooting the puck more often. Leddy uses positioning and skating ability as his primary defensive weapons, but his small frame left him susceptible to stronger opponents last season. In order to further cement his place in the NHL, he will need to use his body and angles better in his own zone.
Energetic forward Zac Dalpe brings a blend of solid size and good offensive instincts to the Carolina Hurricanes. Named to the AHL All-Rookie team in 2010-11, Dalpe demonstrated he is a hard-working goal-scorer who is able to use his speed to create offense. He has refined his defensive skills, and combined with his top-notch work ethic, looks ready to make the Carolina squad this fall. Once there, he should see top-nine ice time and plenty of powerplay opportunities.


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Re: Ka-52 in Russian Air Force
kopyo-21 Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:34 am
I think the best gun option for Mi-28 & Ka-52 now is 2A72 30mm gun. Although its firing rate is slower than 2A42 but it is simpler and lighter. Most important, its long recoil operation makes it less vibration when firing than 2A42 so the accuracy will be improved.
George1 Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:56 am
Two Kamov-52 have been transferred to the 4th Air-force & Air-defense (VVS i PVO) Army in the Kuban region (YuVO). [Probably 55th Separate Helicopter Regiment (OVP) in Korenovsk.]
http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/4894500
GarryB Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:48 am
The gun on the Kamov is mounted closer to the helos centre of gravity so it recoils less and is more accurate.
Replacing the 2A42 with the 2A72 would reduce recoil a little with its longer recoil stroke but not a huge amount.
kopyo-21 Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:41 am
The gun on Ka-52 is intalled near the center of gravity so can reduce the vibrations when firing compare to Mi-28N.
However, the recoil force of 2A42 is very strong (30-40KN) and much more than 2A72 (just 6KN). Therefore replacing 2A42 by 2A72 will help Ka-52s reduce the vibration and improve the accuracy significantly.
http://weaponsystems.net/weaponsystem/II04%20-%202A72.html
GarryB Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:37 am
Have not heard any complaints about the accuracy of the gun on either aircraft.
kopyo-21 Fri Jan 26, 2018 4:11 pm
Not sure if they are totally happy with the 2A42 gun, especiall on Mi-28N. In my opinion, the key reason they keep the 2A42 gun is because of its higher rate-of-fire for the secondary role, dealing with low-flying and low-speed air targets (helicopters, UAVs, transport aircrafts, etc).
GarryB Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:33 am
For low speed air targets rate of fire is not very important... it has digital optics, night vision equipment, laser ranging, and a computer calculated fire control system...
Besides Mi-28s and Ka-52s wont be hunting enemy aircraft or UAVs... they have plenty of other platforms much better suited to that role, not to mention the Russian Army is generally very well equipped against such targets too.
If shooting down enemy aircraft was an important consideration then the twin barrel 23mm cannon armed Hind would be a much better solution.
kopyo-21 Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:58 am
I think if they plan to use Mi-28N and Ka-52 to hunt enemy's helicopters and UAVs, they will equip them with air-to-air missiles like Strela or R-73M before taking off. However, I don't think they will use them much in that role so in most of situations, Ka-52 and Mi-28N will have only 30mm gun to deal with those targets and higher gun's ROF means higher hit probability.
Their primary role is still ground attake so they still need to keep the 30mm gun.
Isos Sat Jan 27, 2018 1:06 pm
kopyo-21 wrote: I think if they plan to use Mi-28N and Ka-52 to hunt enemy's helicopters and UAVs, they will equip them with air-to-air missiles like Strela or R-73M before taking off. However, I don't think they will use them much in that role so in most of situations, Ka-52 and Mi-28N will have only 30mm gun to deal with those targets and higher gun's ROF means higher hit probability.
They are always working in groups of helicopters so some of them will carry strela or igla missiles. They can also all carry mix of weapons like half atgm and half igla missiles.
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medo Sat Jan 27, 2018 1:48 pm
Ka-52 have 6 underwing pylons and outer pair is meant for Igla-V air to air missiles (2x2). Prototype have R-73 missiles on pylons, but we didn't see serial ones with those missiles yet. Mi-28N could as well carry Igla-V missiles, but for helicopter and UAV hunting is Ka-52 better, as ut have better radar and EO equippment and unic flying capabilities.
GarryB Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:43 am
To be honest if you want to hunt small cheap UAVs you need a decent optimised air to air radar... I would say speed would also be useful because enemy UAVs wont be all in one group moving together so flying fast means being able to move from one target to the next rapidly.
Right now I would think the best option would be either a Yak-130 with some 23mm gun pods and a few quad packs of Igla-S AAMs, perhaps with R-73s for use against enemy helos... fitted with a nose mounted radar and EO targeting pod, or an Su-25 similarly equipped.
For the future I would say the easiest and cheapest way to deal with enemy UAVs is with your own armed UAVs... with air burst 40mm grenades that detonate short of the target and scatter fragments directly forward like a rather powerful shotgun blast at the enemy threat... this would limit the potential damage of standard HE rounds missing and landing all over the place on friendly territory and also mean generally single shot kills against most targets.
kopyo-21 Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:59 am
Just read an article about the Ka-50. Its 2A42 gun fires 4 time more accuracy than Mi-28N's 2A42 gun and 3 times more accuracy than M230 gun on AH-64.
SeigSoloyvov Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:05 am
kopyo-21 wrote: Just read an article about the Ka-50. Its 2A42 gun fires 4 time more accuracy than Mi-28N's 2A42 gun and 3 times more accuracy than M230 gun on AH-64.
Please do not cite articles on the web has evidence of capabilities of weapons systems....
These articles do not have access to information they need to state such claims.
GarryB Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:42 am
The Mi-28 cannon is mounted under the nose of the aircraft, the cannon on the Ka-50 and Ka-52 is mounted near the centre of gravity... making it much more stable when it fires...
It is not that surprising that the same gun can have such different accuracy performances on different mounts... it is a bit like comparing a PK fired from a standing position and a PK fired from a prone position on the ground.
Note that firing from standing gives better arcs of fire, so targets coming from any direction are easier to deal with... is for close range fights it is better.
For sustained or long range fire prone offers the best option.
George1 Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:35 am
The Ministry of Defense of Russia plans to purchase 114 more Ka-52 helicopters
As reported on February 6, 2018 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it plans to conclude a contract for the purchase of an additional 114 Ka-52 Alligator helicopters as part of the implementation of the new State Arms Program 2018-2027. Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov told journalists about this, commenting on the results of the meeting in the Arsenyev Progress Air Company named after Sazykin in the Primorsky Territory.
"This will be a new modification, discussing just the details of how the designers manage to make all the necessary improvements," the deputy head of the military department explained.
Yuri Borisov noted that for the Ka-52 create new long-range missiles, in addition, the helicopter will receive an improved optical-sighting system.
The deputy minister also said that according to the plan in 2018, the VCS should receive six new Ka-52s.
On the bmpd side, recall that the JSC "AAK" Progress "concluded on March 13, 2007 with the Ministry of Defense of Russia the first contract for the supply of two prototype and 24 serial Ka-52 helicopters, implemented by 2012. On March 1, 2011, JSC" Russian Helicopters " a second long-term contract was concluded for the supply of 143 Ka-52 helicopters worth more than 120 billion rubles to the Ministry of Defense until 2020. According to available information, by the beginning of 2018, 91 contracts were handed over to AAK "Progress" helicopter Ka-52.
In addition, under the contract of 2012 with the JSC "Kamov" on AAK "Progress" four experienced ship helicopters Ka-52K were built. The contract signed on April 8, 2014 by the Ministry of Defense of Russia for the supply of 32 serial Ka-52K helicopters has now been suspended by action.
George1 Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:14 am
So till now we have 24+91=115 serial Ka-52s delivered to VKS
And 4 Ka-52K to Naval Aviation.
AMCXXL Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:15 am
George1 wrote: So till now we have 24+91=115 serial Ka-52s delivered to VKS
This is not true
On the bmpd side: According to available information.....
Translation: bmpd has no fucking idea
No data, no sources, no liknks
The first contract of 2007 were not complemented in time and were of "about 30", not 24
The contract was was modified/expanded in 2011 in a long term contract until 2020.
The first Ka-52 series were received in Chernigovka and Torzhok in 2011.
146 is the TOTAL contracted by RuAF until 2020
It is not easy to find exact sources from so many years ago.
Even bmpd does not have information on the Ka-52 because the production plant does not give production data every year
http://rosvesty.ru/2015/politic/6987-ka-52-otlozhennii-polet/
On June 27, 2008, the first test flight of the first Ka-52 from the experimental batch took place at the airfield of Progress Aviation Plant in Arsenyev (Primorsky Krai). October 29, 2008 at the factory "Progress" began a small-scale production of "Alligators". The helicopter itself is excellent, but its manufacturers have subcontractors.
It was pure on paper ...
According to media reports, within the framework of the state defense order program, the Russian army will receive up to 30 Ka-52 helicopters by 2012. But will they get this - that's the question.
http://progressprim.ru/news/book/2011-12-08-01563.htm
In October 2008, the official presentation of the new combat helicopter Ka-52 Alligator was held, in which the third flight took part - it was shown to representatives of ministries and departments interested in this car. Then serial production began with simultaneous carrying out of various tests. In February 2011, at the aviation base in Torzhok, an official ceremony was held to transfer the pilot batch of helicopters to the Combat Training and Retraining Center.In May 2011, a transfer of a batch of helicopters to the military unit of the Eastern Military District was held, an airbase in Chernigovka, where helicopters connected to military tests and began scheduled flights under combat training plans.
146 Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopters, which showed high quality in Syria, will go to the troops until 2020. Currently, work is under way to equip helicopters with aircraft weapons of long range damage, Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov said on Friday.
"Arsenievsky helicopter plant, is a supplier of combat helicopters Ka-52,which in the amount of 146 pieces are contracted until 2020
For the moment , including the production of 2017 the number manofactired is about 104 , but it is not clear if this includes several prototypes or not
2017 12?
Previous: 4 or 5 prototypes?
One Ka-52 was lost in Torzhok and other in the production plant[/b]
In 3 years (2018-2020) the total received will reach 146 (about more 14 per year)
About Ka-52K , nothing heard about Navy have been received. Last photos are of pre-series in trials on board one frigate
George1 Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:09 am
ok! thanks!
AMCXXL Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:14 pm
George1 wrote: ok! thanks!
There are some discordances about how many helicopters were produced by year , because in some cases were stored a time and handed over some moths later
5 prototypes and preseries in Kamov (1 lost)
In 2010 produced 4 , but deployed in 2011 to Torzhov after adjustments in the plant
In 2011 produced 12 Ka-52 , for Chernigovka. ( 8 entered in service in september and the other 4 in the first months of next year
In 2012 were made 24 Ka-52: 4 Torzhov(1 lost), 16 SouthMD (First Konerovsk and later Dzankoy after Crimea returned to Russia) and other 4 to Chernigovka
In 2013 other 14 (Chernigovka , Ostrov)
In 2014 10 to Jabárovsk and Ostrov
In 2015 12 to Jabárovsk and Korenovsk
In 2016 16 to Korenovsk
In 2016 12 to Vyazma?
Total:104 (1 lost)
https://bmpd.livejournal.com/160928.html
Earlier, as is known, at the Center for Combat Training and Retraining of Army Aviation Staff of the Russian Air Force in Torzhok, there were four Ka-52 helicopters delivered there in late 2010 in early configuration with airborne numbers from "92 yellow" to "95 yellow."
On December 25, 2013, at the Arsenyev Aviation Company Progress named after NI Sazykin (AAK Progress, part of the Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of the Oboronprom complex), an official transfer ceremony was held in Arsenyev to the Ministry of Defense Russia party of 14 regular production of military-made helicopters Ka-52 Alligator
The total number of constructed Ka-52 boards, together with the experienced ones, has now reached 65 units (of which two are lost). Of the 63 cash machines, 20 are in Chernigovka, 16 in Korenovsk, eight in Torzhok, 12 are planned for transfer to the Island, five are pilot owned by Kamov, and the appointment of the two new is still unknown
Ka-52 in Korenovsk
bmpd February 25th, 2013
The press service of the administration of Korenovska (Krasnodar Territory) reported that on February 19, 2013 the first new military helicopter Ka-52 entered the 393rd Sevastopol aviation base of the Russian Air Force's army stationed at the Korenovsk airport. This is a car with a number "42 red" (serial number 06-01), from the number produced in 2012 by OAO "Arsenyev Aviation Company Progress", the assembly of which since January 2013 is carried out at Rostvertol OJSC in Rostov- on-Don (which our blog has already reported here and here )
In total, according to the press service of the Korenovsk administration, until the end of February, the 393rd airbase should receive 16 Ka-52 helicopters assembled in Rostov, although it is unclear whether this period will be sustained.
Khabarovsk air base receives Ka-52 helicopters
bmpd January 3rd, 2015
As reported by Vesti-Primorye TV company Rossiya 24, to Arsenyev Aviation Company Progress named after NI Sazykin (part of the Russian Helicopters) in Arsenyev (Primorsky Krai) in the last days of December 2014 the Russian Defense Ministry was handed over the next ten military helicopters Ka-52 new. The helicopters have blue side numbers (in the video report of "Vesti-Primorye" the cars with blue onboard numbers "04", "05" and "09" are illuminated).
Further from the report 2012. It is known that the 16 cars manufactured for Korenovsk and five for Chernigov produced at the end of the year remained for some time on "responsible storage" with the AAC. Their cost is indicated - 12 967 584 and 4 052 370 thousand rubles. respectively (it is probably already with VAT). Thus, the price of one car in 2012. - 810.474 million. Total based on the above figure for helicopter production in 2012. with VAT, the AAC produced exactly 24 machines (the figure was obtained without tenths and hundredths, which once again confirms the correctness of the calculations). According to the 2013 report. at the end of the year, 12 cars for the military unit 41687 (378 AvB AA in Vyazma, although in fact the cars left for Ostrov) remained in the custody of storage, at a total cost of 9,752,689 thousand rubles, that is, the price for one helicopter was 812.724 million .rub. In addition, two experienced Ka-62 incomprehensibly low cost of 268.9 million rubles, produced for JSC Kamov, remained on storage. Based on the above revenue, in 2013. Progress produced no more than 14 Ka-52.
Composition of the 39th helicopter regiment in Dzhankoy in the Crimea
bmpd June 10th 2015
As already reported , in the Crimea at the Dzhankoy airfield (the northern part of the peninsula) at the end of 2014, the 39th Helicopter Regiment was formed as part of the new 27th Mixed Air Division of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Command of Russia.
From the report, the composition of the 39th regiment is clear, including, in addition, two squadrons of new combat helicopters-one on Ka-52 helicopters:
1st on helicopters Ka-52,
2nd on the Mi-28 and Mi-35
3th on the Mi-8AMTSH
From the officially published financial statements for 2015 of the holding company "Helicopters of Russia" and its enterprises
Ready-made products accepted for custody:
Ka-52 12 pcs. for the amount of 9.725 billion rubles. - adopted in 2015. from military unit of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation;
55 Helicopter regiment in Korenovsk before the end of the year will receive the squadron Ka-52
Judging by the publication in the newspaper "Red Star" " Helicopter Harbor of the Kuban " until the end of the year 55 helicopter regiment will form a 3rd squadron, armed with Ka-52 helicopters. Earlier, this squadron already had a squadron with such helicopters, but it was transferred to the 39th regiment in Dzhankoy in 2014
The RF Ministry of Defense in 2017 will receive 12 Ka-52 Alligator helicopters
Army and Defense Industry March 7, 2017, 7:33 UTC + 3
Representatives of the plant that produces these helicopters reported that in 2016 the enterprise transferred 14 Ka-52 helicopters to the military department in the framework of the state defense order and 2 more machines in excess of the plan
More on TASS:
8 Torzhok
20 Chernigovka
16 Dzankoy
12 Ostrov
16 Javarovsk
20 Korenovsk
12 Vyazma?
The Ka-52K and Egiptian Ka-52 are in separate series with its own prototypes/preseries
George1 Wed Mar 07, 2018 1:00 pm
About ten Ka-52 helicopters entered the new air regiment in the Smolensk region
George1 Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:50 am
Two more Ka-52 handed over to 55th Separate Helicopter Regiment (OVP) Army Aviation in Korenovsk, pt. of 4th Air-force & Air-defence (VVS i PVO) Army, YuVO.
https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12166521@egNews
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0nillie0 Fri May 04, 2018 3:46 pm
Just a question, that hopefully somebody here will be able to answer.
The question is about the single seat KA-50's that have been produced. What happened to them in recent history? Are they still in active service with units or kept in reserve? Any info on who operates them and from where?
I know of at least 8 borts beeing photographed either on duty or at shows :
14, 15 ,18, 20 , 21 , 24, 25, 26, 27.
Bort 17 (unsure about this) quoted but not photographed.
Bort 22 crashed
Bort 18 is equipped with FLIR and probably used exclusively for testing purposes.
Bort 25 equipped with MWS and probably used exclusively for testing purposes.
Bort 24 & 25 where used in Chechnya IIRC.
There are also one or two helicopters without bort number and painted with custom livery, which i would assume to be not part of RuAF.
Various sources claim that in total around 30 where produced, but the sources are vague.
They are such cool pieces of aviation history, and i would be very curious about their fate.
Hole Fri May 04, 2018 4:42 pm
Most of them are based at the Torzhok evaluation and testing centre.
PapaDragon Fri May 04, 2018 4:54 pm
Ka-50 are used as spec-ops support, they are stationed near Moscow
Makes sense, it would be a waste to decommission them but since there are only handful of them they are kept close to maintenance centers in support role
Isos Fri May 04, 2018 5:42 pm
It's weired that they didn't send one of them in Syria to compare with the ka-52. Maybe the single seat is enough and the two seat wasn't needed.
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