Translation:Does she have an older sister?
I gave "does she have a sister", and this was marked wrong. The correct translation is apparently "does she have sisters", but on this page I see "does she have an older sister" is also correct. I don't understand why my answer was wrong.
Your answer was incorrect because 姐姐 means 'older sister,' not simply 'sister'. In Chinese, older/younger is usually differentiated when referring to relatives. For example, older brother (哥哥) and younger brother (弟弟), older female cousin (表姐) and younger female cousin (表妹), so on.
I did the same! Not sure how "does she have a sister" would be. Perhaps 她有一个姐姐吗?
and similarly the following variations:.
她有一个姐姐吗? is also viable, e.g. when you see someone that looks like your friend and you ask if she has a sister.
The Audio "ta" does not distinguish between male, female, or it.
That's not a problem with the audio. All three are pronounced the same way, though I imagine it is frustrating for some people. I suppose when used in spoken form, there would generally be context (visual, prior conversation, etc) to differentiate them.
Ok, so does "sister sister" mean "older sister" whereas "sister" means "a sister"?
No. For some reasons single character words are less popular in modern Chinese. Words have been formed by using 2 characters of the same meaning such as 朋友 friend. Each of 朋 and 友 alone can mean friend in older time. 姐姐 is just an example of doubling the same character. It does not carry any implication of single or plural.
姐 "jie" in itself means older sister, so whether it says 姐姐 or just 姐 it means older sister, but usually it's more natural for words to come in pairs in Chinese. 妹 "mei" is the word for younger sister, and the same things apply.
姐姐 means older sister and 妹妹 means younger sister.
So theres no word for just sister?
I think 姐妹 (jie3mei4) means 'sister' in general. In my two years of studying, though, I've never used it.
Does she have any older sisters?
Unfortunately, "Does she have ANY older sister?" is not correct English. You can have "Does she have AN older sister?" or "Does she have any older sisterS?" but not "Does she have any older sister?"
You are right, there was a typo in my message.
has she an older sister? means exactly the same in english. i think this should be added to the list of correct answers!
So, is 姐姐 "older sister", "sister", "younger sister" ? Use clear sinogram ; not approximative ! We can't understand something with many meanings !
In chinese this means sisters. As for a singular sister you have to write 1 sister (Yi ge)! So automatically this senses means plural.
I gave a translation of "Does he have an older sister?", and was told that it's "Does she". But aren't she/he were the same word?
她 is only used for representing female.
The male form is 他.
I am French, I would like to know why the both following sentences are not right. What is the difference if it isn't the same meaning? Has she an older sister? or Does she have an older sister?
It is a question about English. I am not native but I came across such discussion between natives. It seems that the form "Has she xxxx?" is not very popular, both in UK and in US. However I doubt if anyone would regard it as "wrong", just hardly people talk like that. Maybe someone native could comment about this to confirm.
In my native dialect (US west coast, born '80s/'90s), "has she an..." is definitely ungrammatical/not used. For me, a sentence starting with "has she..." would have to be followed by a verb - the "already did something" meaning of "has", not the "possesses/exists" meaning. So yes, in my dialect, it's definitely "wrong" (I'd give someone a really weird look if they said "Has she hella sick rims?", for instance, and not because of the "hella sick" colloquialism or because of a formal/informal mixup).
(As @EthanKamin mentioned, you could hear an older Irish or Scottish person using either sentence. As far as people from England go, I think 'Has she an older sister?' is unusual no matter what).
This was a tough one. There was nothing previously learned that would have let you know this meant older sister. I wanted to go with "sisters" and thought maybe there was a mistake with "sister" missing the "s" on the end.
I translated as "Does she have older sisters" and was marked wrong. Why can it be translated as "... an older sister" or "... sisters" but not "... older sisters"?


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Q: Invoke-command still using my PC as middle man during robocopy? Can someone look at my code and tell me why when using invoke-command, that my PC is still being used as a middle-man?
I'm trying to get the destination computer to transfer directly and not use my PC as the middle man.
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $DestinationComputer -Credential $creds -Authentication Credssp -ScriptBlock {
    robocopy \\$($args[0])\C$\usmt \\$($args[1])\C$\usmt /E /COPY:DATOU /E /ZB /mt:32 /r:5 /w:0
}-ArgumentList $SourceComputer,$DestinationComputer -ErrorAction Inquire

A: Yes, you are running the process ROBOCOPY on that computer with $DestinationComputer, yes. But you still are running Invoke-Command on your machine which waits for stdout and stderr.
From the docs

The Invoke-Command cmdlet runs commands on a local or remote computer
  and returns all output from the commands, including errors

So this behavior is expected with your code
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $DestinationComputer -Credential $creds -Authentication
Credssp -ScriptBlock {
    robocopy \\$($args[0])\C$\usmt \\$($args[1])\C$\usmt /E /COPY:DATOU /E /ZB /mt:32
/r:5 /w:0
}-ArgumentList $SourceComputer,$DestinationComputer -ErrorAction Inquire

What you need is to pass the the InDisconnectedSession option. Which makes Invoke-Command to connect, run cmd and disconnect promptly. Again from the docs:

To create a disconnected session, use the InDisconnectedSession
  parameter of the Invoke-Command cmdlet. It creates a session, starts
  the command, and disconnects immediately, before the command can
  return any output.

This is what you are asking for.
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The Meaning of "Desiderata"
Panerai Transat Classique 2015
Desiderata is competing in the third edition of the now legendary Panerai Transat Classique. The prestigious fleet of classic yachts will battle fiercely against each other and the elements to race from Lanzarote to Fort-de-France, Martinique, in January 2015.
"With entry restricted to classic vessels, the Panerai Transat Classique is one of a kind in its quest to keep the spirit of the golden age of yachting alive. What's more, this unique event has all the excitement you'd expect from a veritable ocean race as rival crews pit their wits against the weather and each other." – Panerai Transat.
Atlantic Ocean Racing
3000 miles of pure ocean racing will test the crew and the yacht as they race across the Atlantic Ocean. Being out there is an amazing experience where respect needs to be given to your fellow crew members, the yacht, and of course the powerful elements. Plus, there is nothing quite like racing on a beautiful classic yacht.
"When they set out on 7 January from the island of Lanzarote, these graceful ladies of the sea will have to face 3,000 nautical miles of ocean until they tie up in Fort-de-France Harbour, Martinique. Their immediate priority will be to pick up the trade winds as quickly as they can, but first they will have to navigate their way out of the labyrinthine archipelago of the Canary Islands. After a long stretch under spinnaker and trying to dodge the dead zones, the crews will then have to negotiate the long arc of islands that make up the Lesser Antilles. With such an exacting course, only the most accomplished crews can expect a place on the podium." – Panerai Transat.
Just For Classic Yachts
Only certain yachts are eligible to compete in this prestigious race. Read about Desiderata's qualifying history and design. All yachts must be monohulls and they must comply with the AYC's definition of a classic yacht. This includes:
Yachts built before 31 December 1976 that have not been substantially modified from their original plans and that have been built as one-offs or in a limited non-industrial series.
Replica yachts that, regardless of their launch date, were built to plans pre-dating the end of 1976, and in accordance with techniques of that period.
Yachts built in the spirit of the classic yachts, of the period in which they were built and built as one-offs.
How To Join In
Whether you are a seasoned racer or a novice, Stuart and Julia invite you to join the competitively spirited crew on Desiderata. Just two places are left so don't delay! For those unable to join in the fun you can follow the race in real time on Facebook or Twitter.
This entry was posted in charter, regatta and tagged classic regatta, ocean racing on November 25, 2014 by sydesiderata.
Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2014
2014 was a year to note for Desiderata and her competitive crew. The classic yacht excelled in the big seas and strong winds that characterised the racing during this regatta. The conditions were perfect, and "Desi" surpassed herself proving to all that she is an ocean racing yacht to contend with.
Tommy Patterson, manager of Antigua Yacht Club Marina, skilfully manned the helm steering her to success. Desiderata won 1st in class and 1st in fleet. Alongside Tommy, the competitive crew, with big smiles on their faces, worked diligently to gain three guns out of a possible four.
Stuart and Julia led the mixed crew, who ranged from novice through to experienced racers. The brisk tradewinds ensured on-water thrills for the team and the salt-encrusted crew stepped off "Desi" each day drenched but beaming. Antigua holds one of the best classic yacht regattas, not just for the courses and conditions, but for the camaraderie and sheer fun of it all. See more photos from Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta here.
Stuart commented:
"We come here because it is the best classic regatta in the world. Two of our crew have never been here before and out there today, looking at all those boats, they were gobsmacked with the beauty of the fantastic boats and winning was just the cherry on the top."
What's Next For Desiderata?
John Alden would be proud to see his Malabar XIII design still making waves on the regatta circuit today. Next up for Desiderata and her lucky crew… the Panerai Transat Classique 2015! There are only two crew places left available so get in touch with Stuart and Julia today to ensure your place on the fun loving team.
Images courtesy of Tim Wright and Jason Pickering.
This entry was posted in caribbean, regatta and tagged antigua classic yacht regatta 2014, caribbean classic yacht regatta on November 23, 2014 by sydesiderata.
Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta – Elegant Friday
There were hundreds of smiling faces in Falmouth Harbour this morning. The 27th Edition of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta kicked off in glorious Caribbean weather, 20 knots of warm Trades' and two metre seas provided exciting conditions for the wondrous fleet of classic yachts that have gathered in Antigua. The Old Road Course had plenty of reaching legs, with beautiful yachts sailing fast, sliding down Caribbean surf, it was a fantastic day on the water.
The Vintage Classic Fleet produced some of the closest racing today. In Class A, Scott Franz's American 72′ Herreshoff, Ticonderoga of Greenwich was the winner with the American 1925 Herreshoff Schooner Mary Rose taking Class B. However after time correction, Michael Jarrald's British 66′ Cutter, Lily Maid, built in 1904 was the winner of Class B and the Vintage Classic fleet.
Ralph Isham's timeless American clipper-bowed classic, 105′ ketch Whitehawk revelled in the big breeze and reaching legs to take a great win in Classics Class A and the 17 strong Classic Fleet. Last year's class winner, Van de Stadt ketch, Stormvogel was second by just 36 seconds on corrected time. Robert Soros' Juno was the winner in Classic Class B and Ross Gannon's Eleda was the winner of Classic Class C. Spirit of Callisto owned by Richard & Linda Hearn won Classic Class D.
In the Classic GRP Fleet, Stuart Armstrong's John Alden designed Desiderata was the winner, taking Line Honours and the win after time correction. Desiderata was built in 1975 and has sailed around the world. Today, British couple, Stuart and Julia are the proud owners, living happily on board, all year round. Desiderata had an extensive refit in 2013.
"An absolutely amazing day, we got the gun and we are first in class, how much better could it be?" Laughed Stuart. "We had our secret weapon on the helm, Tommy Patterson manager of Antigua Yacht Club Marina. We come here because it is the best classic regatta in the world. Two of our crew have never been here before and out there today, looking at all those boats, they were gobsmacked with the beauty of the fantastic boats and winning was just the cherry on the top. Recently the boat has had a lot of work done to her and it is very rewarding to win today, having put so much effort into Desiderata, she has paid me back today."
In Classic GRP Class B, Springtide raced by a St.Maarten team, skippered by Robbie Ferron, took the win but only just. Martin Halpern's Ruffian was less than a minute behind on corrected time.
The Alwyn Enoe designed 42′ Carriacou Sloop, Genesis showed a clean pair of heals today in the Traditional Racing Class, taking Line Honours by over 12 minutes and correcting out to win the first race of the regatta. Antiguan Alexis Andrews, skipper of Genesis was dockside in a big huddle of Carriacou Sloop sailors, enjoying a cold drink dockside in Falmouth Marina.
"All the Carriacou sloops are on the dock after the race and the atmosphere is hot." smiled Alexis. "We were all flying today in plenty of wind, which is what these boats like. Genesis is a very heavy boat and beamy, the heaviest of all the Carriacous with a lot of ballast, so she likes a lot of weather and big seas, which we got today. We have Sean Davis and Jerisse Williams on board, who are both great young Antiguan sailors. Sean is a fisherman with big hands and he needed them today on the main sheet, he did an excellent job. Exodus is a new boat for the crew and she is very fast, they have put a lot of effort into her development, she has a fast hull and they are tweaking stuff all the time, I am sure she will be a fast boat by the end of the week."
In the Spirit of Tradition Class, Michael Hough's 49′ Chloe Racing Spirit, corrected out to win the race. Classics' Race Reporter, Louay Habib took a ride on the beautiful J/Class, Rainbow for today's race.
The original Rainbow was launched in 1934, commissioned by Harold Vanderbilt for the America's Cup. 78 years later the new Rainbow, designed by Dykstra Naval Architects, was launched at Holland Jachtbouw. The latest version has a luxurious mahogany interior, the mast is carbon and Rainbow is bristling with the latest deck systems. In cruising mode, the 130′ J/Class can be sailed by just six people.
"Unfortunately the owner was unable to attend the regatta but he made Rainbow available to his friends." commented Marc Heupers. "The regular crew and the guests worked together as a team and we had a fantastic sail today. When we race Rainbow against the other J/Class yachts it is very different to racing at Classics. We have a much larger race crew and the boat is pushed to the maximum. However, at Classics we sail safely and just have a lot of fun. We had a great moment today when we caught up Old Bob. The Old Bob crew were blowing party hooters and shouting and waving at us, so we waved back and gave Old Bob a loud blast on our air horn – That is the spirit of Antigua Classics and we love it."
Article from Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta Website.
This entry was posted in caribbean, regatta and tagged antigua classic yacht regatta 2014, caribbean classic yacht regatta on April 19, 2014 by sydesiderata.
New Interior Photographs
On October 19th, S/Y Desiderata celebrated the end of her major refit, undertaken this summer in Grenada. Owners Stuart and Julia would like to say a huge thank you to all the supporters, tradespeople, and cruising community who joined them for the open day and party. It was a fabulous day and everyone loved having a good look around the new interior of "Desi" and the striking exterior. Stuart and Julia were kept very busy, proudly giving tours of the superb work completed on Grenada. Over 300 people attended and the feedback received about Desiderata was overwhelming.
Classic Bespoke Design
Desiderata wowed many with her bespoke interior design and attention to detail. Guests commented on the creative use of space which has immensely improved the storage and living quarters on this ketch. From the custom sliding bench seat and full-size chart draw under the Captain's bed – the attention to detail is well executed through handcrafted woodwork.
Modern Amenities
Desiderata has been firmly moved into the 21st century, with some serious high-tech innovations. Guests can chill out after sailing in the Captain's La-Z-boy saloon recliner and enjoy a 32″ LCD screen and media player, that has access to thousands of movies and music. There are now USB charging ports in all cabins, and wi-fi throughout the yacht, for those that can't switch off on vacation. A super interior/exterior Bose surround sound system is sure to get the celebration started after a successful days racing.
Creative Galley
First mate Julia was very proud of the galley. It is highly inventive in spatial design, with improved storage facilities for provisions. Custom woven vegetable baskets, clever inline push-button drawer releases, and a well-stocked spice rack (holding 60 different spices!) were highlights.
Spacious Living Quarters
The interior of Desiderata has been completely renovated to provide more space and comfort as a classic charter yacht. Although still in keeping with the original John Alden layout, the yacht looks significantly different. The en-suite vee berth is fully adjustable, allowing a layout of either two single berths or a wide double. The saloon boasts a seemingly larger interior space with adaptable dining area, La-Z-Boy Captain's recliner, and a chart table with digital screen. A sunken drinks cabinet adds a quirky touch in the center of the dining table. Separated from the companionway, the stateroom is now fitted with bespoke folding doors for more privacy, and boasts a double bed measuring over 7 feet long. Two brand new wet rooms and heads finish this delightfully spacious interior.
Elegant Yet Functional
From the high-tech specs on board to the clever storage spaces, Stuart and Julia have carefully considered every detail to make sure that staying on "Desi" is an absolute pleasure. Both topside and below, the subtle new color scheme and sumptuous fabrics perfectly complement the classic style and design. Desiderata now has a stunning elegance coupled with comfortable functionality at sea.
Sincere thanks go to Bob and the team at Clarke's Court Bay Marina, for providing a great setting to hold the open day and ensuring a good party afterwards. Stan and Cora were a lively hit in the evening with their fabulous band, and Julia provided hilarious entertainment in the form of the "Desi Dance". Big thank you to Ricky, from De Big Fish, for cooking a delicious hog roast to feed the hungry crowds! Find below our new photographs of the interior and cockpit.
This entry was posted in caribbean, Grenada, Sailing Refit and tagged ketch interior, yacht interior, yacht refit on November 12, 2013 by sydesiderata.
S/Y Desiderata End of Refit on Grenada
A huge thank you to all of the supporters, tradespeople, and cruising community who joined Stuart and Julia for S/Y Desiderata's "End of Refit" open day and party. It was an amazing day and we hope great fun was had by all. Stuart and Julia loved showing everyone the superb work that has been completed here on Grenada. Nearly 300 people attended and the feedback received about "Desi" was first rate.
Desiderata wowed many with her bespoke interior design and attention to detail. Guests commented on the innovative use of space – custom wine racks and drinks cabinet, full size chart draws and even a spice rack that holds 60 spices! The interior has been re-designed to provide more space and comfort as a classic charter yacht, but remain in keeping with the original John G. Alden layout.
From the innovative storage spaces to the high-tech specs on board; Stuart and Julia have carefully considered the smallest detail, to ensure that staying on Desiderata is an absolute pleasure. The colour theme and fabrics perfectly complement the classic design and style. Desiderata now has a stunning elegance that is coupled with functionality at sea.
Clarke's Court Bay Marina Party
Sincere thanks go to Bob and the team at Clarke's Court Bay Marina, for providing a great setting to hold the open day and ensuring a good party! Stan and Cora were a lively hit in the evening with their fabulous band. Julia provided hilarious entertainment in the form of the "Desi Dance". Big thank you to Ricky, from De Big Fish, for cooking a delicious hog roast to feed the hungry crowds. Most of all, thank you to the skilled craftspeople on Grenada who have worked together to refit this truly striking classic charter yacht.
Watch this space for our new interior photographs coming soon. For now, please enjoy our End of Refit Party photos!
This entry was posted in caribbean, Grenada, Party, Sailing Refit and tagged classic charter, sailing, yacht refit on October 20, 2013 by sydesiderata.


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Philadelphia Councilwoman Cherelle Parker questioned schools superintendent William R. Hite on the district's $88 million surplus. (Bastiaan Slabbers and Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
Despite a persistent lack of resources, the School District of Philadelphia ended its last fiscal year in June with an $88 million surplus.
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BigDonOKC wrote: But back to the question I only run the derby speed chart on the derby, and would be more than glad to post it for you.
There are several here who really focus on the Derby, including "Matt's Derby Dozen" and "Kennedy's Contenders", you'll be a welcome addition, thanks in advance!
This week end point races for the derby speed was not great most look like they were slow. At Santa Anita race #5 the record is 18.89 Yard Per Second and the average horse in the U>S. runs 18.33 Yard Per Second. Lombo ran this race in 17.81YPS which is very slow for the west coast so he off my list. The race was 1 1/16 mile and Lombo wire the field but was backing up from the STR. To wire not a true derby winner for he gives up ground.
Gulfstream park race #12 was 1 1/16 mile its record time was 18.70 YPS which is slower than Santa Anita YPS. Audible ran it in 18.33 he has never given up ground and closed big time HE is on my derby top 12.
I've been completely delinquent this year!
I do actually have a top 10 I just haven't gotten around to posting it! Maybe I'll do that just for the heck of it.
There were 3 preps run the opening weekend of February and I think it's safe to say that only one of them will have an impact on the run for the roses. The Holy Bull was excellent and the Bob Lewis and Withers were dreadful. Firenze Fire alone remains even a periphery part of my thinking based off his performance. He wasn't great but he seems like the kind of horse that could hang around the fringes, get forgotten by Derby day and run an under the radar 3rd.
But on to the Holy Bull…I don't like to overreact to February prep races where a Pletcher trainee dominates a race at Gulfstream but this race was the entire package. He was visually impressive after settling off the pace and he shrugged off Free Drop Billy with authority. His final fraction was about 12 flat which is quite fast and his projected 10f numbers were excellent. Basically it was a great prep any way you want to look at it.
I have Free Drop Billy as the #1 option on my radar which essentially makes him my 11th place horse because from one perspective he ran a great race to bounce back from the BC Juvenile disaster but from another angle this race setup pretty well for him and Audible just crushed him. Despite his own decent closing fractions etc… I wonder if he may not find 10f a bit too far. Perhaps he's a bit more like Practical Joke where his class keeps him around at two turns but he might be more effective at one turn. Time will tell.
Tiz Mischief remains on my list despite being well beaten because I think this race was never going to go his way tactically and he'll have better opportunities at other times.
Enticed on the other hand was poor and should have been better. It feels like McLaughlin horses do this a fair bit and I'm no longer a fan of his. Although he's still better than Avery Island. I'm keeping him on the radar just in case.
BigDonOKC wrote: I Developed a program that looks at the speed in yards per second at each call out to 1 1/8 mile then it will project the horse in yard per second out to 1 1/4 mile, The average horse runs 18.33 yards per second.
Even with that the value of projected 10f times seems quite clear when you look at Derby winners. Even using my hacky method if you used no other factor to determine a Derby winner you'd have been able to identify 9 winners and 7 other in the money finishers just by taking the top 3 for that stat in the last 19 Derbies.
So how do you actually calculate the projection?
BigDonOKC wrote: you look at Beyer they haven not been worth or work in years. When they give a HORSE a 80 for a mile at the same time as another Horse who get a 90 make for a bad way to look at speed.
I Developed a program that looks at the speed in yards per second at each call out to 1 1/8 mile then it will project the horse in yard per second out to 1 1/4 mile, The average horse runs 18.33 yards per second.
You focused on a single point of my post and then touted your own formulation for determining performance but offered no discussion on the 3YO in question.
Beyers, for me, are the most readily available and easiest "comparison" you can attempt to make when looking at performance beyond what the eye sees. I don't bet horses, thus have no need for any in-depth extrapolating beyond my own entertainment.
Based on your numbers, what do you call Avery Island and what do you make of his performance? Any sniff at the Derby, all factors considered and I'm assuming your decades of calculations using your own figures to back it up?
The way I judge speed is yards per second. I don't take in account the run up as far as distance travel because each track the run up is different and the time starts after the run up and the distance to the wire is correct. I have two system in Excel one average out all the information on the past performs then using system one with no money, and system two with money these system average out the last three races.
Now the speed program average out 3 races at each call from ¼ mile to 1 1/8 mile. Then from 1 mile to 1 1/8 mile then it is added to 1 1/8 to take it out to 1 ¼ mile. You can tell by looking at the chart if a horse is speeding up or slowing down. You can tell if a horse is a closer.
bare did not mean to piss you off, go back a few threads about your.
horse and read what I said.
as for beyers when you have two races at the same distance one get a 85 the other get 90 and you think that is right.
Welcome, Don; I'm looking forward to your contributions to the forum.
Also delighted for the return of Kennedy.
BigDonOKC wrote: bare did not mean to piss you off, go back a few threads about your.
But why did one horse get an 85 and the other a 90? Are you talking about the same track the same day? I don't necessarily disagree, but your argument lacks context. One of the best arguments against BSF's occurred a couple of years ago when Follow Me Crev won a 8.5f AOC in a near identical time to California Chrome's in the San Pasqual a half-hour later. Crev earned a figure in the 90's while Chrome was somewhere around 105. That defied logic. Not that the horses were at the same level, in that sense it was accurate but that isn't what BSF's in particular are supposed to reflect. The more I follow this sport the more interested I am in how horses run fast as opposed to simply how fast horses run.
BigDonOKC wrote: The way I judge speed is yards per second. I don't take in account the run up as far as distance travel because each track the run up is different and the time starts after the run up and the distance to the wire is correct. I have two system in Excel one average out all the information on the past performs then using system one with no money, and system two with money these system average out the last three races.
Do you use something like Trakus data for ground loss?
I am glad I found this forum it looks to be very clean and have seen no name calling or fighting. A lot of Forum if you go in and post your pick and tell why some people get pissed off because they can not stand to have some one who is better than they are (not saying I am better) but have had my moment as have most who look at horses. I have cashed a lot of IRS tickets in the past and a lot of straight tickets some have been posted on the internet. One time a paper in OKC did a two-page spread about me before the derby and a TV news channel pick up on it. They had me live on Friday before the derby at Remington park in front of a TV with a friend watching the Oaks where I made a comment which when out live on TV, "in a few minutes when Rags To Riches win the Oaks she will be back in 5 weeks and win the Belmont." I also have had bad moments like last year Derby the week before the race had it picked straight when they drew post I dropped the horse who ran second so I ADD A NEW RULE PLAY A TICKED LIKE YOU HAVE THEM BEFORE POST DRAW.
10 race at Tampa Bay 2-10-2018 10 point derby prep race.
The question in this race is who is faster 1 or 3 #1 has a speed fig. of 87 where he ran second and #3 has a speed fig. of 84 and there time was about the same but these horses are not the same one is a winner.
Hollywood star last race was slowraces before where not bad but has to improve to get on my list do not see in top two.
BigDonOKC wrote: Hollywood star last race was slowraces before where not bad but has to improve to get on my list do not see in top two.
He scratched from the HolyBull to run in this spot. His last race that you reference was the G1 BreedersCup. That's a long way from the G3 Sam Davis. Obviously he didn't like the DelMar oval, just draw a line thru that race and he looks okay here in my opinion, 2nd favorite at 5/2 that I think will drift upwards, just like I think the 8/5 morning line on CatholicBoy will drift downwards.
You can forgive one race or should you?
Will a good horse bounce to drift down would be a bounce?
Yes, I can forgive a race and just draw a line thru it when all things are considered.
His trainer has done a good job picking this spot for his return off some very solid works including the 59 bullet on Jan 27.
He should naturally mature some from 2 to 3 so it's doubtful we've seen his best race yet.
I would need about 7/2 at post time to bet on him, especially if Catholic Boy is at an unbettable 6/5 or so.
My biggest concern is the lack of pace in the race, somebody could steal it if they get brave, this guy is another closer.


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After an initial rally, the Nifty 50 index encountered resistance at around 11,100 and did a volte face on Friday, tumbling over 1 per cent. With this fall, most of the initial gain was wiped out and the index closed the week on a marginal gain of 50 points or 0.46 per cent.
The Nifty has formed an evening doji star candlestick pattern on the daily chart, which is a bearish reversal pattern. The near-term up-move that commenced in late January appears to have come to an end as the pattern is formed at a key resistance level. The index can continue to decline in the near term and significant supports at 10,850 and 10,750 can provide base in the coming weeks.
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On the other hand, an upward break-out of the channel at 11,100 will alter the downtrend and take the index higher to 11,300 and 11,500 levels. A conclusive rally beyond 11,500 can accelerate the index northwards to 11,600 and 11,750.
Medium-term trend: There is no change in the medium-term trend, which continued to be down as the index tested the key trend-deciding level of 11,100 and retreated. A conclusive break of this barrier will alter the downtrend and push the index higher to 11,300 and 11,500.
Conversely, a plunge below the key base level of 10,400 will drag the index down to 10,000 levels in the medium term. Subsequent vital supports are at 9,900, 9,700 and 9,500 levels.
The Sensex also formed an evening star candlestick pattern in the daily chart on Friday, which has bearish implications. The index ended marginally on a positive note, gaining just 77 points or 0.2 per cent in the previous week. After testing key resistance at 37,000, it reversed sharply lower. This down-move can continue in the ensuing week and find support at either 36,200 or 36,000.
A decisive plunge below these supports can drag the index further down to the lower boundary of the ascending channel at 35,600. Next key supports are placed at 35,400 and 35,000.
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Amid volatility, the Nifty Bank advanced 208 points or 0.77 per cent last week. The index continues to test significant resistance at 27,500.
A strong break above this vital hurdle will strengthen the uptrend and take it up to 27,700 and 28,000 in the short term.
However, an emphatic plunge below the key immediate support at 27,000 can drag the index down to 26,500 in the short term.
Traders should tread with caution as long as the index is range-bound between 27,000 and 27,500. A strong plunge below 27,000 will be bearish and a cue to initiate fresh short positions with a fixed stop-loss.
Targets are 26,700 and 26,500 levels. A further tumble below 26,500 can drag the index down to 26,000.
But the medium-term uptrend that has been in place since October 2018 will remain intact as long as the index trades above the key base in the 25,800-26,000 band.


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Pangolins: the world's most illegally traded mammal – in pictures
The endangered pangolin is being eaten out of existence before many people have even heard of it. Photographer Paul Hilton followed poachers in Indonesia to raise awareness of this gentle animal's plight
Audio slideshow: See more of Paul Hilton's work on the impact of deforestation on Indonesia's wildlife
All photographs by Paul Hilton, edited by Eric Hilaire
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Often known as scaly anteaters, pangolins are the only mammal with scales. Their closest relatives are anteaters, armadillos and sloths. These two will end up on a dinner table in Gunagzhou, southern China, one of the areas of the world where their flesh is considered a delicacy. The illegal trade in pangolins is estimated to be worth about $19bn (£12.7bn) a year.
Photograph: Paul Hilton for WildAid
There are four African and four Asian species of pangolin,
of the genus Manis in the family Manidae. These pictures are all taken in Indonesia. This image shows hunting dogs, used to catch the pangolins, surrounding a tree in Kalimantan where one is trying to hide.
A critically endangered pangolin curls up into a ball to resemble a giant pine cone as a poacher nears the tree.
A poacher catches a juvenile sunda pangolin in Indonesia.
Palm oil plantations, such as this one covering thousands of hectares, are causing habitat-loss for many Indonesian species, although pangolins are one of a few that have limited tolerance to palm-oil habitats. The average monthly wage for an Indonesian working full-time on a plantation is $47 and many turn to poaching because they can earn 10 times as much.
Poachers across Indonesia sell critically endangered live pangolins to middlemen for $28 (£18.70) to $31 per kilo; the average size of a pangolin is six to seven kg.
Researchers at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally traded mammal in the world.
The demand for pangolin meat, which is considered a delicacy, and scales, which are used in traditional medicine, particularly in China and Vietnam, is pushing the pangolin to extinction.
A pangolin releases a foul smell when scared, like a skunk – though it is not enough to ward off a pack of poacher's dogs.
Already this year 125kg of pangolin scales were intercepted by the Indonesian authorities en route to Hong Kong.
Photograph: Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid
A poacher holds up the skin of a pangolin with the scales still attached.
Detail of a pangolin's skin. Their scales are made of keratin, which is also found in human hair and nails.
A pangolin skin and, on the right, some scales.
A sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) is one of two Asian species of pangolin listed as critically endangered on the IUNC red list.
Pangolin are a bit like a friendly, flightless dragons. Many of them have no problem being around people. To learn more about what WildAid is doing to save the pangolin and to support its work, click here.


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As Built é uma expressão inglesa, a qual pode ser traduzida para a lingua portuguesa por "como construído", assim como utilizado na norma técnica NBR 14645. Embora os dois termos sejam usados na linguagem corrente entre os profissionais, o termo em inglês é dominante na documentação escrita e nos textos de referência dos editais.

O que é
Toda obra de engenharia parte sempre de um projeto executivo inicial concebido a partir dos estudos do local e técnicas a serem utilizadas. Porém durante a execução da obras muitos detalhes são acrescentados que afetam o projeto inicial portanto precisam ser redefinidos alguns procedimentos e usos de materiais e até mesmo reprojeto de algumas partes da obra. Um registro completo destas alterações ou incrementos são necessários para que no futuro as manutenções possam ser realizadas sem que se comprometa a qualidade da estrutura de outras áreas ou de áreas congruentes; por exemplo condutores de elétrica passando abaixo de canos de água.

Para que serve
Fazer um "as built" do edifício. Esse termo também é muito utilizado na área de Engenharia de Construção Civil e Arquitetura, principalmente em construções mais antigas, principalmente quando os prazos legais de responsabilidade sobre as obras venceu, casos constantes em condomínios residenciais em que os proprietários fizeram mudanças não documentadas. Apos alguns anos e de centenas de "obras individuais" é bastante comum aparecerem os resultados indesejáveis de tantas alterações que interferem radicalmente no projeto original e inclusive riscos sérios para a integridade total da estrutura. Muitos são os casos conhecidos por desabamentos de estruturas, prédio, que poderiam ter sido evitados com a prática de elaboração e análise do "as Built" a cada passo da obra.

As duas expressões As Built, que traduzido seria "Como Construído" indica além do processo em andamento, também  a revisão final, e que o desenho da edificação está finalizado de acordo com o projeto e suas modificações. A partir do "as Built" o desenho-projeto não deve mais sofrer modificações.  Caso alguma implementação seja feita no futuro, essas alterações devem ser referenciadas em novas folhas, como se fosse uma nova versão. Essa versão final é a que deve ser averbada nos órgãos de registro com as devidas notas de responsabilidade técnica ART.

Normas técnicas
No Brasil  uma norma para elaboração desse procedimento As Built é encontrada na NBR 14645-1, elaboração de "como construído" ou "As Built" para edificações, que está direcionado principalmente para as áreas de Engenharia e construções - Arquitetura, mas os conceitos básicos se aplicam a muitas outras áreas com as devida adaptações da norma.

Como é feitoNorma DNIT – EB 117 – Projeto "As Built", 2005
Durante a execução do projeto deve ser feito um levantamento de todas as medidas existentes nas edificações, e lançar todas as informações métricas e observações em um desenho técnico que irá representar a atual situação de dados e trajetos de instalações elétricas, hidráulicas, estrutural, etc. Embora a atenção maior seja sempre dada ao "as Built" final é necessário que todas as revisões dele estejam presentes para que o histórico geral da execução se traduza numa compreensão clara do porquê da mudanças aplicadas, evitando assim a reversão de aplicações que podem ser causas de erros futuros.

É muito importante que todas as alterações sejam documentadas e arquivadas junto para que o histórico possa ser rastreado em caso de projetos futuros. Todo projeto de construção civil é composto de diversos desenhos que, ao final são guardados em pastas que formam os registros e a radiografia daquela obra e isso só é possível quando todos os documentos receberam a revisão As Built. Isso se aplica aos desenhos e toda a lista de materiais e fornecedores de uma obra.

Sempre que forem detectados recalls de algum material estrutural ou equipamento básico de uma estrutura, é no "as Built" que devemos procurar as referencias de verificação para as devidas providências.

Caso uma obra não tenha um "as built", ele pode ser elaborado a partir de um levantamento métrico detalhado de forma manual ou usando sistemas de escaneamento laser LIDAR para as partes visíveis. e sondagem de ultrassom para tubos incrustados em concreto e paredes.

Cada camada ( elétrica, hidráulica, TI, etc) tem seu "as Built" específico.

Verificar na ABNT as normas mais diretamente ligadas a obras de Geotécnica e Topografia.

Ver também
 Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia
 Certificação
 Padronização

Ligações externas

Projetos de engenharia

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Even my four-year-old cousin, Jade, knew two hundred bucks was too much to ask for admission into a carnival. It wasn't really that much. My sister just found the magic response to give a child when they see a sign for a carnival and start begging you to go. Turns out children can understand economics too.
It's easy for me to remember when wanting something with all your heart forced you to kick and scream and roll on the floor. Wanting something kept my guts twisted on Christmas Eve night when I was a child, waiting for the earliest acceptable time to wake my parents and go downstairs for presents.
Now wanting something scares me.
We consume so easily. Because we can. Because we want to. There is such an abundance that binge-watching television is a thing. And I don't know about you but there is no average amount of cookies I can eat. If there is a sleeve or a plate available, it's in danger.
There is even an Internet rule for this model of wanting called the 1% Rule. The idea is that in an Internet community only 1% creates content while the other 99% consume it.
It's just too easy to tip the scale. We forget someone has to create all this stuff and we simply devour. But I think a healthy fear of wanting keeps priorities in order. Then again, I'm no spokesman. I made myself a fearful martyr, cautiously waiting five weeks after moving to Redwood City to buy a boxspring. Before, I was sleeping on a mattress inches from the floor. Perhaps I'd be better suited if a zombie apocalypse required a minimalist lifestyle, but bearing that, what am I doing?
I want to go to a Yoga class.
I want to leave this party early, so I can go home and read a novel.
I want to buy myself a new pencil box.
Our wants reveal something about us. They deserve the time and respect to make them worthy.
Like the great Earl Simmons, better known as the asthmatic gangster DMX, said, "What ya really want?"
Sometimes I think, why not stick my hand in the fire?
That's the case when I saw Whole Foods had venus fly traps for sale. I've always wanted one and it was only five dollars. So I bought one. Her name is Aubrey.
And it makes me feel odd, but I want a bicycle. And a motorcycle. And I want to go to the movies. And watch SNL and the Great British Baking Show on Netflix. (Yeah, watch it.) And I want to start a podcast review website because I listen to almost twenty regularly. And build my own business well enough I can travel the world, working remotely. And who doesn't want to find someone awesome to spend their days with?
It only seems right that if we're going to want something, we should offer something too. Yes, something more than the work we do with our days. Because most of the time that's not our work. We're playing games and procrastinating. We can do so much more.
Sometimes that offering is as simple as appreciation. Take a moment and a breath to realize how lucky you are to get what you want. Or to want itself. Because, as Tim Ferriss says about being truly wealthy, "If you don't appreciate what you have now, you'll never appreciate what you get later."


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This position paper outlines APC's current thinking on the pandemic. It identifies several key, interrelated issues that require attention by governments, the private sector and civil society.
Closer than ever: A guide for social change organisations who want to work online 07 April 2020
APC is relaunching this guide as one response to the crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic has generated worldwide, sharing knowledge harvested through three decades of remote working in the hopes that other non-profit organisations will find it useful. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 are now available.
Inside the Digital Society: Living with artificial intelligence 18 January 2022 David Souter
The emergence of general purpose AI will be "the most profound change in human history," according to the BBC's latest Reith lectures. How should we think through the potential risks and opportunities of all this AI in the coming future?
Over 100 public interest organisations and experts urge the UN to include human rights safeguards in proposed cybercrime convention 14 January 2022 Various
A joint letter urges members of the UN Ad Hoc Committee drafting a potential Cybercrime Treaty to ensure that human rights protections are included at every step and global civil society is provided opportunities to participate in the development process.
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APC statement at the virtual, informal consultative discussion with the Chair of the Open-ended Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security 17 December 2021 APC
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Working Group 6: Tissue Mechanics
ErdemirA 08:48, 16 August 2010 (EDT) Working Group 6 members, please welcome our new member Reuben Kraft. Reuben showed an interest to our working group after following the IMAG wiki. He leads the Computational Bio-Injury Mechanics Group ath Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
ErdemirA 16:13, 27 July 2010 (EDT) James, this is great to hear. I will definitely be interested in participating. Frankly, with Reporting in FEA, what we try to do is probably a small subset of this. Is there an interest to use such codes and standards for reporting material in Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
MooreJ The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has initiated the process of writing codes and standards for computational biomechanics modeling. The primary goal at this point is to provide guidelines for medical device companies that would like to use computational simulations in their FDA submissions. If anyone is interested in participating, let me know and I will ask permission to post the contact info of the organizer.
ErdemirA 11:24, 27 July 2010 (EDT) Working Group 6 members, please welcome our new member Vijay Rajagopal. Merryn decided to be an observer to the group and nominate Vijay to join us. Vijay's previous research has been in the development of continuum mechanics models for breast tissue deformation, and he has a current interest in quantifying and modelling sub-cellular structures in cardiac cells.
On another note, the outline of Reporting in FEA was drafted and I need help to fill in many of its components. Trent, Jason, and Srinivas has agreed to take care of some, in particular sections on Current state-of-the-art in reporting models and Case Study. If you use finite element analysis as a tool, or rely on others FEA work in your research, or encounter it by any means and have something to say, please do so and help standardize reporting of studies utilizing this great numerical tool.
Jill, relevant to Reporting in FEA, I wonder if American Society of Biomechanics has certain recommendations for its members when reporting computer simulations studies. Any comments?
ErdemirA 12:05, 21 June 2010 (EDT) Trent, myself, Jason, and Srinivas have met at the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference between June 16-19, 2010. Our planned activities, shaped by our discussions, are summarized below. All Working Group participants are more than welcome to contribute and provide feedback.
Working on a white paper focusing on reporting of computational modeling studies in biomechanics (see Reporting in FEA)
Contribution to a white paper from Working Group 10 on modular modeling
Preparing an IMAG presentation on surrogate modeling. Surrogate modeling is used to approximate response of complex models with the intent to decrease computational cost of coupled problems. This presentation will likely be based on work by Trent's group and by Jason, potentially incorporating Fregly's work, which are used to couple movement simulations with contact and tissue mechanics.
Following my discussions with Jeff Weiss, an IMAG presentation on FEBio, finite element analysis package for biomechanics, may be a possibility.
ErdemirA 08:58, 7 June 2010 (EDT) Trent, myself, Jason and Srinivas will be at ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference between June 16-19, 2010. We are planning to have an informal meeting to discuss WG6 related issues and future. If you will be at the conference, please join us. Let's try to find each other at the opening reception. For those who need information on how we look like, see IEEE EMBS Article for a mugshot of myself and Trent.
ErdemirA 10:49, 25 November 2009 (EST) I am trying to conduct a mini survey based on some recent discussions in MSM and IMAG. The survey can be found in Survey on Modeling and Simulation. Please contribute by adding your comments below the questions. Add any other questions and items that you see relevant.
ErdemirA 16:24, 27 October 2009 (EDT) There has been a significant amount of e-mail traffic between myself, Trent, Joy Ku (Simbios), Grace Peng (NIH), Luis Ibanez (Kitware), and Philip Bourne (PLoS Computational Biology) on the need and mechanisms to start a journal to disseminate data, models, and software for simulation-based medicine. The discussion is becoming mature, therefore a wiki page is created at Journal for Dissemination.
ErdemirA 16:14, 8 September 2009 (EDT) Trent and I had a chance to meet during the Annual Meeting for the American Society of Biomechanics and discussed various issues relevant to multiscale modeling in tissue mechanics and the working group. Below is a summary, please provide feedback.
Recruiting New Working Group Members: The more the merrier. Additional members with relevant research in multiscale musculoskeletal and tissue mechanics will likely stimulate our knowledge and establish new collaboration pathways by providing different perspectives. If anyone knows someone at this capacity and who is interested in discussions with our working group, please let me know. Someone that I am interested in inviting is Jess Snedeker from University of Zurich, http://www.biomechanics.ch/.
Presentations by Software Developers: Open source development is continuing at a high pace and we have now access to many model development and simulations. Two relevant examples are FEBio and IA-FEMESH. We can invite the leading investigators in these projects (Jeff Weis, University of Utah and Nicole Grosland, University of Iowa) to provide MSM webinars.
Advertising MSM webinars on Biomch-L: We can increase visibility of MSM webinars relavant to musculoskeletal biomechanics and tissue mechanics by advertising them at BIOMCH-L listserver. Is attendance to webinars from anyone in the community allowed? I notice that bandwidth maybe a problem.
Article on Art of Modeling: Trent and I discussed about many tips and tricks that we employ in modeling but are not necessarily learned in a scientific manner. I.e., why tetrahedral elements work in some simulations and they do not in others? There are many such knowledge we gain through trial and error and or through word-of-mouth from the experience of previous generations. How can we document such knowledge that it can be more accessible?
Journal Data, Model, and Software Dissemination: It appears that dissemination of data, model and software is rather slow and incomplete when compared to amount of work we conduct. A major reason for that is we all need to wait until we get our publications out and get credit for doing the work, which is only possible if a scientific question is addressed. In addition, bringing the data into a usable form more or less accessible by others can be a long and tedious process. While a scientific publication is focused on the research problem, it does not necessarily detail relevant data specifications nor provide a complete data set with full documentation. Can starting a journal designed for dissemination in simulation-based medicine expedite this process? It will definitely have different review criteria (more or less a certification process and a quick one) but it should definitely provide mechanisms to cite data, model or software, e.g. a doi number, and be incorporated into literature databases, e.g. PubMed. Any comments? Should we pass this idea to the MSM consortium?
Working Group Leads:
Trent Guess, guesstr@umkc.edu
Ahmet Erdemir, erdemira@ccf.org
determine computational priorities and challenges related to multi-scale modeling (MSM), specifically MSM of tissue mechanics and biomechanics,
explore solutions for model sharing, and
provide a forum for discussion of issues related to MSM and biomechanics
Working Group 6 Participants
Active Participants
Bindi Brook
Daniel Einstein
Ahmet Erdemir (co-lead), Media:erdemir-research_area.pdf
Trent Guess (co-lead), Media:WG_6_Guess.pdf
Jason Halloran
Anthony Hunt Media:Research_Description_for_MSM04May10.pdf
Reuben Kraft
Jill McNitt-Gray
James Moore Media:MooreLymphModelingBackground.pdf
Tina Morrison Tina's Website
Peter Pivonka, Media:ECB-research-description.pdf
Vijayaraghavan Rajagopal Vijay's Profile
Jeff Reinbolt
Jess Snedeker, Media:snedeker-research_area.pdf
Srinivas Tadepalli, Srinivas Tadepalli's Profile
Jeff Bischoff
Ching-Long Lin
Anil Misra
James Glazier
Merryn Tawhai
For participant details, see Working Group 6 Participants.
Friday June 26, 2009 4-5pm EDT - Ahmet Erdemir, Merryn Tawhai, Trent Guess
Multiscale Modeling in Computational Biomechanics
Abstract Biomechanics is broadly defined as the scientific discipline that investigates the effects of forces acting on and within biological structures. The realm of biomechanics includes the circulatory and respiratory systems, tissue mechanics and mechanotransduction, and the musculoskeletal system and motor control. As in many other biological phenomena, many spatial scales are crossed by biomechanics research: intracellular, multicellular, and extracellular matrices; and tissue, organ, and multiorgan systems. It is well established that the effect of forces at higher scales influence behavior at lower scales and that lower-scale properties influence higher-scale response. However, computational methods that incorporate these interactions in biomechanics are relatively rare. In general, computational models that include representation of multiple spatial or temporal scales are loosely defined as multiscale. The fact that multiscale modeling is not well defined lends the term to a variety of scenarios within the computational physiology community. In biomechanics, multiscale modeling may mean establishing a hierarchical link between the spatial and temporal scales, while the output of a larger-scale system is passed through a finely detailed representation at a lower scale (e.g., body-level movement simulations that provide net joint loading for tissue-level stress analysis). In reality, multiscale modeling may require more intricate representation of interactions among scales. A concurrent simulation strategy is inevitable to adequately represent nonlinear associations that have been known for decades.
IEEE-EMB article, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4939188&isnumber=4939176
Slides Media:Imag June 2009.pdf
Tuesday March 3, 2009 3-4pm EST - Scott Delp, Stanford University
OpenSim - an Open-Source Application for Musculoskeletal Modeling and Movement Simulations
Abstract: OpenSim is an open-source software application with a graphical user interface that allows users to develop models of musculoskeletal structures and create dynamic simulations of movement. First released in August 2007, OpenSim has already been downloaded by over 2000 users from a wide range of fields. In this talk, I will provide an overview of OpenSim and discuss the built-in tools, such as for computing inverse kinematics and muscle excitations. I will give some examples of how OpenSim has been used for studying gait, show some of the related resources that have been developed by the OpenSim community, and touch on some of the new features that are currently being incorporated into OpenSim.
OpenSim can be downloaded from http://simtk.org/home/opensim.
Speaker: Scott Delp is a professor in bioengineering at Stanford University and co-PI for Simbios, the NIH National Center for Biomedical Computing on physics-based simulation on biological structures. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms involved in the production of movement, and spans the gamut from developing new simulation tools and algorithms, to working on novel experimental and imaging techniques, to addressing specific clinical questions related to cerebral palsy, stroke, Parkinson's disease, and osteoarthritis.
Slides Media:Delp_OpenSim2.pdf
Working Group Issues
Working Group Name
Any thoughts on changing the working group name from Tissue Mechanics to Biomechanics? Based on our IEEE EMBS submission, this broader title might better align with our collective research areas.
Changing the name from Tissue Mechanics to Biomechanics may work better to cover all our research areas.
Multiscale Modeling in Tissue Mechanics
Multiscale Modeling Definition
Multi-scale typically means models that span multiple length and/or time scales. Is there a need to define computational multi-scale modeling specific to biomechanics? How would this be defined? Discussion on defining Multiscale Modeling in Biomechanics
Musculoskeletal biomechanics
Mechanotransduction/mechanobiology
Structure function/tissue mechanics
Biological Scales atomic, molecular, molecular complexes, sub-cellular, cellular, multi-cell systems, tissue, organ, multi-organ systems, organism, population, and behavior
Computational Biomechanics Tools page is adapted from the working document on the computational tools used in biomechanics Media:Biomech_tools.doc (updated 8/31/07).
E-mail regarding the purpose and goals of the computational tools working document was sent on 7/31/07: Media:July 31 e-mail.txt.
Supporting Infrastructure
It is difficult to get funding to support infrastructural projects.
Devoting time to such projects can lead to an initial decrease in concrete research outputs.
Software development is costly; dissemination, maintenance and support even more so.
Developing, maintaining, and coordinating open source tools should be a priority
Discussion details can be found in the following document: Media: WG_discussion_Aug_07.txt
Modeling Related
Modeling Issues in Multiscale Biomechanics is adapted from the working document on modeling issues related to computational biomechanics (multiscale, tissue mechanics, musculoskeletal biomechanics): Media:Modeling Issues.doc
WG discussion from the 2007 ASME SBC Media:ASME SBC 2007.txt
IEEE EMBS Article
Reporting in FEA
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