Steve Clarke celebrated his 50th birthday in the way few football managers do – by telling his chairman to spend some money.
Champagne was waiting ahead of Albion's press conference before the Swansea game in August.
A shirt with 'Clarke 50' printed on the back was hanging up on the door.
Yet this was more the melancholy post-party outpouring of grief, concern and general angst. This was a pre-match press conference we weren't expecting.
If Clarke was to coach Albion through Autumn and beyond he clearly wanted help. Or he'd be doing it the hard way.
And so came the weekend-that-never-was for Albion's board when they drew the curtains, dimmed the lights, poured large drinks and spent £12 million – yes, £12 million – on a couple of forwards and a five-syllable-named midfielder from France.
While they did this in the bowels of Albion's training ground, Clarke's side lost to Swansea at The Hawthorns.
The season 2013/14 started badly.
A defeat to Southampton , as things stand right now, wasn't too bad. The Saints were actually better than we thought. But Albion were at home. And they were poor.
Then came Everton. Ben Foster's foot snapped, while Scott Sinclair made his debut. Not much happened. Nil nil. Again, on reflection, this was a decent result.
Swansea was a poor display – yet Albion were still in the game when the Welsh side scored their second on the break.
And this came to sum up Albion's season. The breaks going against them, the bounces bouncing elsewhere, Lady Luck flirting and then turning on her heels like some wanton hussy.
Off the field, Albion's Lost Weekend was gathering pace.
In came goalkeeper Lee Camp on a month-to-month contract.
He was followed on a Sunday night by Morgan Amalfitano – a Derek McInnes lookalike, who was to corner the market in nut-megs and Gallic shrugs.
And then Albion's board climbed into their DeLorean and typed in the seminal date of August 2008. Where once in came Borja Valero for a record sum, in came Stephane Sessegnon. The Sunderland man arrived for £5.5 million.
And then Everton, somewhat conveniently, blew Albion's 'undisclosed' cover by revealing the fee agreed for Victor Anichebe could rise to £6 million – just £1million above the loan fee the Toffeemen had paid for Romelu Lukaku. Money well spent? Next question please.
Two record signings in one day? Jeremy Peace would not be forgetting this in a hurry.
But first came Fulham. A key moment. A 1-1 draw in a game where Albion scored with their final attack of the game.
That was followed by a comprehensive victory over Sunderland and a brilliant win at Old Trafford.
Make no mistake, this was no fluke – Albion not only deserved it, but should have won by more. And credit to Clarke.
Saido Berahino's rise to prominence owes a lot to Clarke picking him over other substitutes when Sinclair's hamstring packed up.
Albion were to beat Crystal Palace on November 2 after drawing with Arsenal and Stoke – two games they should have won – and being dismantled by the genius of Luis Suarez at Anfield.
And then came the slump. The 2-2s at Chelsea and against Villa were never as bad as they looked. They should have won both. But Clarke was right. Albion would grow to hate those draws when they should have won. They would come to detest those defeats where they should have got a point. And Clarke knew it.
When the team bus pulled off the A34 down the trunk road towards Albion's Walsall-based training ground, the decision makers had already delivered their verdict. Execution was the only bit pending. Clarke walked into the training ground to find the guards were waiting and pointing him towards the 'Boardroom' door. This wasn't going to end well.
Keith Downing, donning the 'caretaker' jacket since the third week of December, has guided Albion to six points from four games.
There is more enthusiasm to Downing's team, in League matches at least.
Dare it be said but once Clarke's contract became a talking point, form dipped for the final, terminal time. A set-period contract is always a dangerous game to play.
Since then, Nicolas Anelka has been firing, Saido Berahino and Matej Vydra have prospered and Zoltan Gera has returned, along with Foster.
There are encouraging signs for Albion in 2014. But there are also worries.
Albion are a little lop-sided – lots of offensive midfielders, several strikers who don't score regularly and having to fit into a one-up-front system yet not much depth elsewhere.
They have four centre-halves yet the same two play every game. And, worryingly, next summer is arguably bigger than 2013 – potentially two new left-backs needed, three ageing centre-halves, Steven Reid expected to quit and that's just the defence. Further north they have question marks over the futures of Anelka and Shane Long for obvious reasons.
Vydra, Amalfitano and Sinclair are only on loan and might also need replacing.
Albion have looked jaded this season in too many games. There has been little definition to the side - not helped by a failure of Clarke's to know his best midfield, attack or formation.
Are Albion better suited to a five man midfield with a lone striker, three in the centre and three up top, or a more convention four-four-two? Who knows.
But it was all becoming way too predictable.
Too many long balls where once the midfield had been encouraged to pass along the ground. Albion's mojo very much remains in 2012 - which is a worry as a whole 12 months passed with little sign of progress.
This season's main aim remains survival. Are there three worse teams? Yes. But fans shouldn't expect eighth - nor even mid-table. This is one of those campaigns where Albion just need to cross the line. And then there's this year's FA Cup run...oh. Maybe next year?
There was a week where it all unravelled for Steve Clarke.
He might not know it, the club might not realise it and the players might not have even cottoned on.
When stories emerged about his lack of new contract, a dangerous issue came to light.
Players release their foot a little bit, those who might be out the team might just start to play up and those who seek stability or direction are wondering which way the ship is heading.
Clarke, who would have been out of contract this summer, might just as well have handed in his notice there and then. Albion were never the same once those stories broke on November 20, 2013. From there they drew against Villa and lost the next four. Clarke was sacked three weeks later.
This is why Albion must ensure the new man is on a rolling contract. Fixed term contracts – though such a system suited Roy Hodgson – generally don't work.
Clarke was in trouble for a while – his 2013 record was poor. And even his closest allies have hinted towards a renewed energy and zest around The Hawthorns in recent weeks. Keith Downing's record of six points from four games might not be spectacular but it stopped the rot.
Clarke deserves some credit. He guided Albion to a brilliant win at Manchester United and an impressive point at Chelsea. But for poor refereeing decisions and shoddy finishing he might well have got longer in the seat.
Right-backs. Rumour has it they are the type of people who drink sherry alone in the corner during a house party.
They perhaps own caravans or talk about tarpaulin. And they probably had pictures of famous No.2s like Gary Stevens on their bedroom walls when they were growing up – the Everton version of Stevens, or the Spurs version, maybe even both. Not any more.
Billy Jones arrived courtesy of Roy Hodgson, summer 2011. Seemingly a utility player, none of us were really sure where he would end up.
Darren Carter, his former team-mate at Preston, spoke of a player who was deceptively quick at reading the game. He was good with the ball, able to carry possession and force defenders onto the back foot.
And, amid all of this, he was a right-back.
I don't think it would be disrespectful to Jones to suggest he was in the shadows of Steven Reid during his first season at the club.
Last year he evolved into the role – he had to, with Reid absent for long periods.
This season, however, Jones has been Albion's brightest and most consistent player.
He still has bits to learn defensively. You often get the feeling he is better on the front foot than he is when back-peddling, yet the learning curve continues.
His positioning and spacial awareness has improved beyond all recognition.
He knows his role and he sticks to it – credit, too, to Gareth McAuley whose calming and positive influence can only have benefitted Jones' progress.
Jones, who once wondered if he was good enough for the Premier League, is now not only comfortable enough at this level, but perhaps has a decent shout of international call-ups within the coming years. Keep going Billy.
Admit it Albion fans, when you found out about Theo Walcott's injury you immediately thought of Saido Berahino surely?
Maybe he has a chance of a World Cup call-up after all.
A productive festive period has elevated him back into the thoughts of a potential senior England call-up.
Beyond that? Who knows. England boss Roy Hodgson knows all about Berahino, already having seen his development when he was Albion boss.
But Berahino needs to keep working on his game, both on and off the field.
His abilities cannot be questioned. His instinct for goal is raw and brash – if anything, sometimes he chooses to shoot when a pass might be the better option on offer. But too much criticism of his overall performances would be unkind. His main strengths come from playing through the centre, with help beside him.
He has also developed his game as a wide player when necessary – cutting in from wide has been a useful asset for Albion, although it does marginalise his impact somewhat.
Berahino has scored eight goals so far this season, a half-season return few would have envisaged at the start of this campaign.
He still has a lot to learn about off-the-ball contribution but the raw attributes are very much there.
Provided he retains an element of humility about his conduct, on and off the field, then a bright 2014 awaits.
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Q: run just before session expires in codeigniter I have some method about user statistics to run just before CI session expires.
I am using codeigniter database session.
plz give me a pieces of advice.

A: There's no out of the box way to do this with CodeIgniter.  One solution would be to configure sessions not to expire, save a session expiration timestamp in the database, and then handle the session expiration on the server side.  In your code you would perform a check to see if the session had expired.  If it had you would call your method and remove the session.
Here is a thread from the CodeIgniter forums that explains it.
http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/199727/

A: you have an approach to what you are trying to do, but it will not excute exactly at the real ticking time when session expire, it will excute when the system checks if the cookie is deleted to create a new session. I believe that it will do 80% of the goal you are seeking. try the following edit in the System/libraries/Session.php:
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speaking of trick or treating. tuesday ms t and lil b discovered the bin with e's old wigs. we had fun playing with them. ms t took her favorite one home with her so she could wear it tonight when she goes trick or treating - of course, she's going as a fairy princess!
lil b's ma said she'll be holding on to the pics in case there's any need to blackmail b when he gets to high school!
I never knew the 3rd & 4th lines of that "trick or treat" rhyme. Funny!
Great photo! What's his/her name?
Tres cute! These days I am always wondering if people with purple hair or tatoos here and there or wearing interesting garb are in costume or it is just their "Style"?
Maybe better just to enjoy!
Perhaps you should write the story of "The mouse and the squirrel".
how happy she looks, seeing her reflection! And aren't you nice to feed the squirrels . . .
your squirrels are redder than mine.
ha! great pics, b looks great in that orange.
that is more russety than our grey squirrels! red squirrels are so beautiful - they are coming back in some parts of england. Not london sadly.
Nice wigs! It reminds me of San Francisco.
Seeing the squirrel pic (nice!) made me miss our dear Ched.
as lettuce says, the greys made themselves right at home in england. Here is france we have red squirrels, now very rare in england. Lovely pic (I'm very fond of squirrels).
Oh I love squirrels, they are cute and adorable.
LOL, yep, he reminds me of my squirrels - except they march straight into the house - the bin lives in the family room - and they knock the top off and get in it and feast. No cheek like squirrel cheek.
Is your guy an American red squirrel?
vanilla - these squirrels are just the somewhat ubiquitous eastern gray squirrels, but the ones around my house do have a lovely reddish tinge to their coats - more than others in the hood....and some more than others.
merle.... I've been fantasizing for quite a while about writing children's books...I like your title and undoubtedly a lovely story can follow.
lettuce - squirrels are squirrels and all do love chewing/gnawing through all sorts of things and bringing about all sorts of destruction.
alice - are there squirrels in singapore?!
ernie - you wrote: (I'm very fond of squirrels). - ah another reason I am fond of you!
reya - I miss ched too!!!!!!!
HEEHEE! LOOK AT THE KIDDIES! AW!


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Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
DARPA to Test Autonomous Vehicles that Drive as Well as Humans
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will soon start testing unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on par with human-piloted vehicles being built under the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program.
The DARPA RACER program's goal is to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that enable unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to maneuver in unstructured off-road terrain at the limit of the vehicle's mechanical systems and at, or beyond, human-driven speeds and efficiencies. "RACER is intended to disruptively advance the integration and fielding of autonomy for robotic combat vehicles into the Army, Marine Corps, and Special Forces communities," said Stuart Young, RACER program manager in DARPA's Tactical Technology Office.
Awards for Phase 1 were given to Carnegie Mellon University, NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and University of Washington.
The agency said in a statement that the selected teams in November received the first of the DARPA-provided all-terrain RACER Fleet Vehicles (RFVs) that they are using to develop platform-based autonomy for testing at upcoming DARPA-hosted field experiments.
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Visiting the magnificent Grand Palace in Bangkok
Probably the most visited and remembered landmark of Thailand, the Grand Palace in Bangkok is where every visitor must pay a visit at least once in their lifetime.
The construction of the Grand Palace began in 1782 during the reign of King Rama I, the founder of Chakri Dynasty, to become a royal residence, and it has been the utmost architectural symbol of Thailand ever since. The Grand Palace served as a significant royal residence until 1925 and is now used for ceremonial purposes only.
THE GRAND PALACE COURTS
The Grand Palace is divided into three main zones: the Outer Court, home to royal offices, public buildings and the Temple of Emerald Buddha; the Middle Court, which is where the most important residential and state buildings are; and the Inner Court, which is exclusively reserved for the king, his queen and his consorts.
THE OUTER COURT
After going through the entrance door, you'll find yourself in the Outer Court (labelled #1-#12 in map) surrounded by temples.
The major attraction of the Outer Court is the Temple of Emerald Buddha, the residence of Thailand's most sacred Buddhist sculpture: Phra Kaeo Morakot (the Emerald Buddha), which was carved from flawless green jade, situated amid gold-gilded sculptures and ornaments, and fresco paintings of the main ordination hall. Note: No photography is allowed inside the premises of the temple.
This temple is different from common temple because there is only ceremonial area in the temple, while normal temple has both ceremonial area and monk's living area. In short, the Emerald Buddha temple does not have monks because it is just a royal chapel of the palace. According to previous main palaces in Thailand, they are always a temple only for performing royal ceremony, but not for monk living.
THE MIDDLE COURT
Situated at the center of the Middle Court is Chakri Mahaprasat Throne Hall which was ordered by King Rama V to become his residence and a major throne hall. The construction began in 1876 and completed in 1882, revealing an outstanding architectural-style combining European structure and traditional Thai roof tiles and spires.
The interior sees sophisticated decorations inspired by European renaissance era, adorned with royal portraits of Chakri Dynasty's monarchs. The building now only serves state functions and royal ceremonies.
At the far right of the Middle Court is Borom Phiman Mansion, which was also constructed during the reign of King Rama V in neo-renaissance style to become the residence of the crown prince. This most modern architecture within the Grand Palace compound later became the occasional residence of three succeeding kings.
The mansion is not open to public and currently served as the official accommodation for visiting heads of state. Borom Phiman Mansion is part of Sivalai Garden complex, where the office of the Royal Household Bureau is. The garden was a recreation area for the royal women and children and is now used for receptions.
Sat between Sivalai Garden and Chakri Mahaprasat Throne Hall is Maha Monthien Prasat complex, home to the Audience Hall of Amarin Winitchai where royal ceremonies usually take place. While on the far left is Dusit Mahaprasat Thone Hall, which is an ideal archetype of traditional Thai architecture.
The Inner Court is where the King's royal consorts and daughters lived. It remains closed to the public to this day The Inner Court was like a small city entirely populated by women and boys under the age of puberty. Even though no royalty currently reside in the inner court, it is still completely closed off to the public. Despite the proximity of the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew, there's a distinct contrast in style between the very Thai Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the more European inspired design of the Grand Palace (the roof being the main exception). The Grand Palace of Bangkok is a grand old dame indeed, that continues to have visitors in awe with its beautiful architecture and intricate detail, all of which is a proud salute to the creativity and craftsmanship of Thai people.
One of the easiest, and most pleasurable, ways is taking the BTS skytrain to Saphan Taksin station, located atop Sathorn "Central" Pier. From here, take a Chao Phraya River Express boat to Chang Pier, and then it's a short walk to the Grand Palace's main entrance. The easiest way and saving time is, of course, to take a taxi or Tuk Tuk, a motorized three-wheeled vehicle. Just a warning for taking a taxi, tourists should request the taxi drivers turn on the meter. Taking a Tuk Tuk can be an interesting choice because it can provide a sense of adventure, but remember that Tuk Tuk doesn't have the meter fare. The driver will give the tourists an approximate price, so making sure that they won't take advantage by quoting an unfair price, taking you to the wrong direction or even offering you to go somewhere else instead
Open daily from 8:30am to 3:30pm except during special royal ceremonies.
500 Baht, inclusive of access to Wat Phra Kaeo, The Royal Thai Decorations & Coins Pavilion and Queen Sirikit Museum of Textile, which are located within the Grand Palace compound, and to Vimanmek Mansion Museum on Ratchawithi Road.
Additional 100 Baht for a rental personal audio guide in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese or Mandarin.
A strict dress code applies. The Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha are Thailand's most sacred sites. Visitors must be properly dressed before being allowed entry to the temple. Men must wear long pants and shirts with sleeves (no tank tops). If you're wearing sandals or flip-flops you must wear socks (in other words, no bare feet.) Women must be similarly modestly dressed. No see-through clothes, bare shoulders, etc. If you show up at the front gate improperly dressed, there is a booth near the entrance that can provide clothes to cover you up properly (a deposit is required).
Have you been to the Grand Palace? Which court was your favorite?
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7 thoughts on "Visiting the magnificent Grand Palace in Bangkok"
Holiday Season May 3, 2016 at 2:01 PM
Yes the place was remarkable.
Travelosio Post author May 3, 2016 at 2:34 PM
deborahlamm May 4, 2016 at 8:48 AM
Oh how I miss this place
Travelosio Post author May 4, 2016 at 9:52 AM
It is wonderful place to be. The outer court is like a convention of the major temples in Asia.
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In episode 7 of Energy Renewed, Katie Janik of ICF speaks with Chris Pollack of the ICF technical advisory team, Sandy Calvert from insurance advisor Moore-McNeil, and Eric Daniels, founder and owner of Sun Cycle, to discuss how to get renewable energy projects back online after an unforeseen event. This episode is the third of three in our series; it focuses on the technical aspects of rebuilding and repairing a project that was impacted by unforeseen events.
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Katie Janik: Welcome to Energy Renewed, a podcast by ICF. A meeting of the minds and renewable energy where people come together to discuss ideas and strategies to propel the industry forward. I'm Katie Janik from ICF and the host of Energy Renewed. ICF provides technical advisory services to lenders, investors, and project owners for renewable energy technologies and processes. In this podcast series, we will consider varying viewpoints ranging from policy topics to equipment components.
In this episode, we are discussing unforeseen events and what to do to get a project back online after an unforeseen event occurs. Throughout my career as an asset manager and consultant, I've seen all sorts of events derail a project either during construction or operations. Fire, wind, floods, and even pirates holding equipment for ransom. And each time the event occurs, there seems to be confusion around how to work through the insurance process and the resulting restructuring or rebuilding of a project.
I always say people don't pay attention to asset management until something blows up or burns down. I say that figuratively, but on this topic, and in this episode, it is literal. I find unforeseen events a unique challenge because of that related restructuring and rebuild, and because it requires diligence, a process, and documents, and thinking outside the box to bring a project back online.
To help inform us on considerations of what to do after an event occurs, and during the process of rebuilding a project, we have Chris Pollock from the ICF technical advisory team, Sandy Calvert from the insurance advisor Moore-McNeil, and Eric Daniels from Suncycle USA, a company that handles remediation. ICF developed a three-part series to explore unforeseen events.
This is part three focusing on the technical aspects. Part two focused on insurance pricing and trends, and part one was the discussion on the commercial considerations of rebuilding and repairing the project.
Speaker introductions
Hi, everyone. Let's take a minute for you to introduce yourselves and explain your expertise on this topic.
Sandy Calvert: Hi. I'm Sandy Calvert. I'm the senior vice president at Moore-McNeil since 2014. Moore-McNeil, along with our sister company, Stance, provides insurance consulting services to banks and investors for non-recourse project finance transactions.
Eric Daniels: Hi. I'm Eric Daniels. I'm the CEO of Suncycle USA. We are a sister company of Suncycle GmbH out of Germany. Suncycle GmbH was founded in 2007 when I was serving as the CTO for BP Solar, and around that time, we began a very substantial, so to speak, investigation of field performance and outages across our fleet.
Chris Pollock: Hi, everyone. My name is Chris Pollock. I work with Katie and ICS technical advisory group. I've been in the energy industry for over a decade. I've worked in engineering design development and construction roles. I'm currently working in the consulting field and within technical advisory. And primarily I've worked on the generation side of the energy industry, and very interested and happy to be talking about this topic with you all today. So thank you very much.
Technical aspects of insurance policies
Katie Janik: Well, thank you for being here. In parts one and two episodes, unforeseen events, we discussed the commercial side and insurance trends. And today, we're diving into the technical aspects of the insurance policies and the steps to take to develop a plan for rebuilding the project. So Sandy, let's start with you. Will you walk us through what insurers are looking for under the insurance policy as it relates to damage of the site?
Sandy Calvert: Sure, well, and insurers just trying to get to the bottom of a particular claim after you've reported the claim. They want to understand what the cause of the loss is to understand whether or not the loss is insured under the policy. Once they determined that they have an insurable loss, then they're all about the damage. How big is the loss, and how to quantify the loss, so that they can reserve it on their balance sheet.
Chris Pollock: Thanks, Sandy. And yeah, I feel like from the project owner's perspective as well. It's probably a little bit nerve-wracking at first if your energy project is subject to an unforeseen event that causes damage and takes a portion of it offline. And then I feel like from the project owner's perspective, after some of the steps that were taken and that we discussed in the previous podcast, really the job becomes determining what has been impacted from the event and this may vary based on the type of event, whether it is a natural disaster, whether it was something that stemmed from an equipment failure. And it also may depend on the exact type of technology that your project is using and whether that's something like PV, or solar, or thermal project using conventional generating technologies.
How to identify damage after an unforeseen event
So I'm curious, Eric, as to your thoughts in terms of some of the methods you've used historically to identify and be able to figure out what has happened after one of these events have occurred.
Eric Daniels: Sure. Thanks, Chris. We tend to look at the world through defects and failures at these project sites, and the defects may stem from factory manufacturing conditions or have been introduced to a system component through its life in the field. And so we generally look at when we were called to investigate a site performance question or a damage assessment.
Things like storms fires and theft are pretty easy to see. Usually storm damage or hail as an example leaves behind a pretty clear path of visual destruction, broken glass, and the like, but there's often unseen damage that occurs at these sites and it may not necessarily lead to immediate power loss. It's something that can happen over three to five years or even longer.
And we now add another aspect to a system of unforeseen events that result from the general aging of the fleet that's out there. Municipality for instance, may struggle in year 12 to find the budget to replace key components in year 12 that were in the original forecasted model for the site, but may not necessarily, at that time, have the money to make that repair. The repair goes on chat and it leads to a catastrophic failure.
And so we use various techniques that include infrared electroluminescence imaging, which is a lot like an X-ray of the panel. We do a lot of accelerated lifetime testing, various forensic tests that help us evaluate the health and remaining life of critical polymers. Polymers are used like insulation on wires, polymers or plastics on the back sheets of modules, all serving to electrically protect people from contacting the electrical components, but also serve to insulate the system properly to avoid faults.
And so we have a lot of different techniques that we use that can help not only discern the defect and it's probable failure mode and impact on performance, but we can often begin to tell when it occurred in the life of the system.
What's applicable under insurance policies for energy projects?
Chris Pollock: There's a couple of interesting points there, Eric, I wanted to sort of, maybe take some of them and ask Sandy what her thoughts are regarding the when you said invisible damage and also damage that may not manifest or results in sort of performance degradation immediately.
I'm curious, Sandy, are these type of things that you can't really see with the naked eye or that may not result in a performance hit like today, but maybe have reduced the lifespan of equipment or may or may not result in equipment failure three to five or more years from now. Are those type of things applicable under insurance policies for energy projects?
Sandy Calvert: They may be, but it depends on your expert's opinion. A couple of things involved in the analysis of that might be where these things manufacture or transportation defects. If so, then those things are not covered by the policy, and the loss resulting from those are covered by the policy. So there will be someone who's trying to discern the difference between the two or that can't be done.
As for future loss, that's difficult in somewhat of a gray area. Because the insurer wants to pay you for the loss that has occurred not the loss that may occur. Now, there may be a difference in opinion and there may be an expert that a times that the loss has occurred you just haven't necessarily experienced the degradation. There's likely going to be an opinion on both sides of the aisle on that particular point, and again it likely comes down to a negotiated result.
Chris Pollock: Interesting. So in other words, the insurer will have technical advisors that they will engage directly with, and the project owner on their side will have their own technical advisors. And for some of these less-clear-cut issues, in the end it may sort of revolve around-- there may be no consensus between those technical advisors. And towards the end of the claim, it'll have to be negotiated in terms of some monetary settlement or something similar to that?
Sandy Calvert: Yeah, I would agree with that.
Katie Janik: But just to emphasize the point, the onus is on the owner to provide the information to the insurer on which to quantify the information on the longevity of the equipment, correct?
Sandy Calvert: Sure. No insurers are going to show up to your project with a bunch of money and hand it over just because you say so. It's going to be something that your expert has an opinion about as well as potentially evidence of a particular loss and how it occurred and why that falls underneath the terms and conditions of the policy that insurers should pay.
Chris Pollock: And on that point, the gathering of the evidence, Sandy, is that something that regardless of if the investigation yields evidence of damage is the investigation into damage itself is that something that project owners can be reimbursed for under their projects insurance policy?
Sandy Calvert: Sure. It depends on the kinds of coverages they procured. Often big, large insurance property policies include sublimity for professional expense. It will be sublimated, so it may not be for the full policy, maybe a level of $2 and 1/2 to $5 million on very large projects. But allows you to go out and engage an expert or many experts to help prop up the loss.
Insurance issues specific to solar projects
Eric Daniels: And within solar plants, Chris, we're often seeing now an ability to apply tools that are common to other industries to diagnose the likely loss of longevity in the products through advanced polymer testing. There are lots of different methods for looking at the dielectric resistance of these plants in order to avoid loss of power, but also perhaps more significant for safety issues, ground faults.
These things all have very high-voltage circuits, and the polymers that insulate those electrical circuits have to remain in place for a very long time, exposed to UV as well as the general environmental conditions. And fortunately, we can turn to tools that are common to other industries to begin assessing the remaining life of a power plant now.
Chris Pollack: And that's really kind of an interesting point about PV or solar in general in that if you look at PV compared to other technologies, particularly at a large scale, if you have a thermal project with a combustion turbine or a steam turbine, you have, basically, two main large pieces of equipment that are capable of generating hundreds of megawatts, whereas at a solar facility in particular, each individual panel is a very, very tiny portion of the project's output. So you have projects with hundreds or thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of these individual pieces of equipment.
So I think in terms of the investigation process and the evidence-gathering process into these events, particularly for solar, it can be a very, very large undertaking because there's just so many individual pieces of equipment that may be subject to, of course, replacement if that damage can be demonstrated.
Eric Daniels: That's an excellent point, Chris. Often, when we are working at a site, there's initial concern that the testing and investigation will be expensive. We often turn to statistical methods or ISO standards for sampling a site. We don't need to inspect every component on the site, though there are many of them. But we can find a cost-effective way to inspect and test a small sample set, and through that, derive a good forecast for what the condition is of the overall plant and its likely loss of power and loss of longevity at a good cost.
Chris Pollack: Yep. And of course, if your statistical investigation turns out high certainty one way or another, I think that's straightforward. But I think if you have a sample set that doesn't yield a very concrete result, I think there's a potential there to have to continue to test further and perhaps even test on an individual basis if the results are not very clear-cut. So that's actually a very interesting point as well and a sort of good way to be able to try to quickly rule things out.
Eric Daniels: Yes, we recommend often periodic asset surveys with the intent to continue to monitor the health of an asset before it becomes a catastrophic event. As I mentioned earlier, we have municipalities that struggle sometimes with budgets or maintenance is deferred, a larger event occurs, and from our inspections of a site, we pretty much can create a menu of things that have to be corrected due to potential for catastrophic failure or risk to safety—things that an owner should consider because it's a significant event looming on the horizon. And then the dessert menu, if you will, that are the things to consider over time as budgets allow but aren't critical to safety or significant loss of performance.
Chris Pollack: And when the claim is sort of heading towards its conclusion, particularly about this issue—this gray area that we were discussing with Sandy earlier—about how you may or may not be able to demonstrate, and the insurer is not going to pay for damage that may happen, and then it's typically settled.
Reopening closed claims?
So if the claim is closed—and this is a question for Sandy—if the claim is closed, and several years after the fact, some of these issues, maybe systemic issues, start to manifest, does the project owner have the ability to reopen a claim on the same issue that might have happened years ago? Or are they forbidden for doing that, maybe as a condition of closing out the original claim or the settlement associated with it?
Sandy Calvert: So I'd say that depends. I would always recommend that you attempt to close out all potential issues and current issues with the claim that you have in front of you. It's very difficult, I think, to come back at a later date with information and try to reopen a claim up. Oftentimes, there are things that have happened between the first claim and the attempt at the second claim that may have nothing at all to do with the claim that can also be used as evidence that it's not necessarily related to a second claim. So it's always my advice to try to conclude your first claim with as much information and as much evidence as you possibly can to essentially close out the claim.
Eric Daniels: Though sometimes we recommend, Chris, that the owner, when we're trying to find a means to cover a site for potential future losses that, in the settlement, there's consideration of an increased allowance for maintenance over a specific period of time in anticipation of higher maintenance costs. And usually, that's led to a good outcome, and the owner is covered. The insurers are OK with the outcome as well.
Sandy Calvert: Which means, I think, it's just even more important to make sure you have the right team in place so that you can evidence damage, you can do the correct diagnostic testing, so that you get it right the first time.
Katie Janik: I think that's right.
Who pays for evidence collection?
Chris Pollack: And in terms of the evidence collection, Sandy, would the insurer be, quote unquote, "bankrolling" that evidence collection? In other words, will they be compensating the project owner to go ahead and collect that evidence as they're collecting it? Or is that something the project owner sometimes has to do at risk, particularly if the insurer comes to the position at some point that the damage that the owner is claiming isn't either significant or isn't there? Is that something you've seen before with these claims?
Sandy Calvert: Well, that depends on the coverage that you purchase. There are supplements within the policies called professional expenses, which they are supplemented, generally. So let's say you have a project that's worth $200 million. You may have some supplemented professional expense coverage up to, say, $2.5–$5 million, which allows you to go out and engage experts to prepare your opinion or to essentially gather evidence. So yes, if you purchase that coverage, if you have that supplement in your policy, that's covered by the policy.
Katie Janik: And just to note right there, though, that it's not necessarily an automatic approval. So I think that the insurance proceeds that reimburse the owners of projects for the diligence that has to occur after an unforeseen event—there's a process for approval of those funds to be released to the project owners. But then also, if there are lenders involved, then the lenders are also involved in that approval process.
Sandy Calvert: So that's right. You really want to take the insurer's adjuster as a partner in the process of the claims. That doesn't necessarily mean you invite them to all your meetings. You may have strategy meetings that don't involve the insurer. But you do want them to be involved at every step along the way to understand and essentially get their agreement that the avenue that you are pursuing—the particular claim—so that you can get advances along the way.
When you do that, the claim goes or flows much smoother. So if it's a large enough claim, what you would want to do is start with an overall plan and a team of experts that will help you or assist you in developing your claim. And on that team, really, is the insurer's adjuster so that there's free-flowing communication and formal communication.
Katie Janik: So what we've outlined today is the technical aspects in terms of the first steps to build a remediation plan, how to engage the right team, and then also the diagnostic testing involved in order to determine and quantify the damage to the site, and then also to involve the insurance adjuster and the insurers into the process for rebuilding. Well, we did not get into a lot of the details that I think involved this topic. I think we could talk about this for probably a few more hours. Thank you so much for being here today. I think we really have provided our listeners with the first steps from a technical perspective on what to do and what to achieve after an unforeseen event occurs. Thank you so much for being here.
Eric Daniels: Thank you, Katie.
Chris Pollack: Thank you.
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The playwright, Tennessee Williams, allows the main characters in
the plays A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie to live
miserable lives which they try to deny and later change. The downfall and
denial of the Southern gentlewoman is a common theme in both plays.
The characters, Blanche from A.S.N.D. and Amanda from T.G.M., are prime
examples of this concept. Both Blanche and Amanda have had many
struggles in their lives and go through even more through out the rest of
the plays. The problem is that Williams never lets the two women work
through and move on from these problems. The two ladies are allowed to
destroy themselves and he invites us to watch them in the process(Stine
and Marowski 474). The downfall, denial, and need to change of the two
women is quite evident in these two plays.
First the troubles of Blanche and Amanda need to be recognized.
Blanche hides her drinking problem so well when she arrives and sneaks a
shot of whiskey (William A Streetcar Named Desire, ,Scene1. Page 18.
Lines 12-17) that when she is later offered a drink, she acts as though she
has no idea where they keep them (Williams, A.S.N.D. 1.19.12-15). Amanda
cannot accept that no gentlemen callers are coming for Laura,herdaughter,
thus making it harder for Laura to accept it (Williams,The Glass Menagerie,
1.28.1-5). Blanche and Amanda both do not allow themselves to accept
their problems and work them out. They deny these problems which feeds
them making them larger and even more complicated. When Stella offered
Blanche a second drink she stated, Ones my limit. (Williams, A.S.N.D.,
1.21.14-15) Blanche is very self-destructive (Hassan 326). She is her own
worst enemy because of how she handles her problems. Amanda
comments at the end of the play that Tom shouldnt think about his poor
mother and sister in a very sarcastic way (Williams, T.G.M., 9.114.1-3). She
tries to push her problems off on him and not deal with them herself. By
pushing the blame off on Tom, she feels as though she did nothing wrong
and it is everyone elses fault. If the two women had just accepted that
they were at fault too and not just everyone else they could have moved
on with their lives.
Both Blanche and Amandas biggest problem is that they deny the
truth. Blanche denies her drinking problem. She also denies the fact that
she was a prostitute. She even made such an unbelievable comment that,
I take for granted that you still have sufficient memeory of Belle Reve to
find this place and these poker players impossible to live with. (Williams,
A.S.N.D., 4.70.1-3) She denies that she ever sunk lower than Stella when in
truth, she was much worse. She was the one who lost her job for sleeping
with a seventeen year old and was kicked out of the town for being a slut
by the mayor. She had the gall to lecture Stella on her choice of men.
You cant have forgotten that much of our up bringing, Stella, that you
just suppose that any part of a gentlemen in his nature! (Williams,
A.S.N.D., 4.71.13-18) Blanche speaks to Stella as though it is absolutely
terrible that she married Stanley, of all people, when she slept with more
people than she could even remember. She shows the do as I say, not as I
do philosophy while though at first, Stella is not even aware of her sisters
past. Amanda on the other hand, just shrinks poor Lauras self-esteem and
confidence more than it already is by bragging about how she had
seventeen gentlemen callers over one evening when she was Lauras age.
Amanda also refers to her husbands leaving her and her childeren as, he
fell in love with long distances… (Williams, T.G.M., 1.23.28). She sannot
admit the truth that he just left them. She cannot even admit to herself
that Laura is crippled, she only refers to her as different. Also, when
Amanda looks back at her past, she tends to only remember the good
things that happened. She has blocked out the things that she did not
enjoy and has exaggerated the past to an extent. At one point in the play,
she brags about her seventeen gentlemen callers Tom, her son, asked her
how she enertained them in which she replies that they had very
interesting conversations because in her day, they understood the art of
conversation (Williams, T.G.M., 1.26.6-8). She thoughtlessly flaunts her
teenage popularity in front of Laura who would be lucky to have one friend
at all, let alone seventeen gentlemen callers in one evening. The
conformity of the two womens similarities is uncanny. Both women have
so many problems, yet they find ways to forget the real problems and
gainsay their way into not dealing with them. As time in the plays
progress they start to think more about them and realize what needs to be
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As both plays near their climaxes, both women start to come to
terms with the truth. That they need to change. But, as earlier mentioned,
the playwright makes the audience watch in horror as they only fail at their
attempts to better themselves. Blanche says, Im going to do something.
Get hold of myself and make myself a new life! (Williams, A.S.N.D.,
11.65.1-3) She is forced to face the truth when she and Mitch, a man she
went on a couple dates with, discuss her past marriage (Williams, A.S.N.D.,
6.95.26-30) and what became of her husband (Williams, A.S.N.D., 6.96.11-
14). Mitch even faces her when he finds out about her very tainted past,
he tells her that she lied to him. She replies that she never lied to him in
her heart (Williams, A.S.N.D., 9.119.1-4). That was not good enough
though, she never regains the trust of Mitch. To make matters worse, he
tells her he wants wants what he deserved all along, sex. Blanches only
hope for happiness is blown away by things that happened in her past.
She is later raped by Stanley, her sisters husband, but is not even believed
when she tells people. Amanda decides that Laura will probably never
recieve any gentleman callers on her own and she asks Tom to bring
someone home for dinner for Laura. He ends up bringing home Lauras
high school crush, Jim, which terribly embarasses Laura. Amanda wants
the best for her childeren but once again, things dont work out. Jim turns
out to be very sweet and kind to Laura but he is also engaged to another
girl. Amandas good efforts have awful outcomes. Laura is devastated and
Tom decides to follow in his fathers footsteps and leave.
Amanda is not only disappointed in her efforts to find a husband
for her shy crippled daughter but is, in every way, deleted by a
crude and pushing modernity which neither understands nor
respects her dream of gentility. (Krutch 326)
Both women are left in shambles at the ends of the plays.
In conclusion, Blanche Dubois and Amanda Wingfield live parallel
lives in the plays A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie.Both
women live sad lives because of the many hard and trying times they have
gone through. It has been said that they are the same because they both
show attempts of a woman to keep a grasp on her elegant past (Stine and
Marowski 456). Both women are unsuccessful. Blanche ends up being
taken to a mental institutionand Amanda is left to deal with her sons
leaving and her daughters broken heart. By the comparisons mentioned,
we can now recognize the analogus characteristics and lives of Blanche and
Amanda. Tennessee Williams wrote very similar plays in the aspect of
common themes. A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie were
very disturbing plays due to the sadness of the lives of characters Blanche
and Amanda, thus proving the issue of common themes.
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(MP): Dedicated console server files are now in the patch build. The AllAspectWarfare_svr_console_1_00_39.zip file is in the game install folder.
NOTE: The minimum engagement range for NPC persons is 500m. So even though rocket launchers have a longer range, an NPC carrying one will not fire unless he is within 500m from the target. From that range, you have five seconds to get out of the way of an incoming LR12 rocket flying at 100 m/s.
All character classes now have a D.I.E unit by default. Also added the jetpack to some Elite Force Marine (Lucas) profiles.
(MP): XP based asset use is now a server config using 'enable_xp' parameter. If this is enabled, then clients require XP to use some high end assets.


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In «En el nombre de la hija» Tania Hermida tells the story of a nine-year old girl whose name is in dispute. Manuela has been named after her socialist-atheist father, but her catholic-conservative grandmother insists she should carry the name the first daughters of the family have carried for generations: Dolores. The story takes place in a valley in the Ecuadorian Andes, during the summer of 1976. Manuela and her little brother, Camilo, are spending vacations with their cousins and grandparents at the family's farmhouse.


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Hightower: Do-nothing Congress Takes a Vacation
Gosh, has it already been three weeks since Congress took a vacation?
Those poor stiffs must be pooped from trying to catch up on all the heavy lifting that piled up while they were away from their lawmaking duties. And — gosh, again — in just a few days, Congress will go back on vacation, this time for a five-week summer recess. So much to do; so little time.
That's why GOP Speaker John Boehner is now cracking the whip. He's spurring his colleagues to pick up the pace and stay focused on his No. 1 national priority — namely, suing the president of the United States. It seems that Obama has had the audacity to try to do something about some of the bubbling crises — immigration, living wage, student loans, etc. — with which Congress (or more specifically the House, or even more specifically Boehner and his Republican stalwarts) has been ignoring, stalling or playing politics. So, of course, the president must be sued to prevent him from ... well, from taking actions to help people.
The speaker's logic might seem a tad confusing or just plain weird to you, so I'll let him clarify his meaning: "The legislative branch," Boehner intoned in a recent op-ed, "has an obligation to defend the rights and responsibilities of the American people."
"Defend" the "responsibilities" of "the American people"? What does that mean? I'm pretty sure that they also have an obligation to help pass legislation, too. And speaking of obligations, doesn't the top official of the House of Representatives have an obligation to at least try communicating with the people in sensible English sentences?
But then, if your ideas are gobbledygook, your explanations will be, too. He's wasting legislative time and frittering away taxpayer dollars on a frivolous lawsuit, while refusing to lift a finger for America's sinking middle class. Just as Nero fiddled while Rome burned, Boehner is suing while Americans fume.
Which is why when I heard that our Congress critters are going to take that extended vacation for all of August and part of September, I had two incongruous reactions: Anger ... and then gratitude.
Gratitude, because their vacation gives us a five-week break from the spectacle of right-wing mad dogs in the House yapping, foaming at the mouth and running around in circles. "Kill the minimum wage," they howl; "repeal Obamacare, deport immigrant children, re-invade Iraq," and, of course, "impeach Obama"... and yada yada.
Yet, nutty as they are, it's also infuriating that these pampered politicos feel entitled to such a vacation. It's another sign of their total disconnect from the hard realities of the workaday majority they're supposed to serve. EARTH TO CONGRESS CRITTERS: Most American families are being hosed out of the middle class. More and more of your constituents are struggling just to make ends meet, having to work harder and longer for less pay, no benefits and not even two weeks off, much less a five-week getaway.
In the spirit of fairness, though, I should concede that the current do-nothing House has been setting an eight-year performance record in one category of congressional activity: Junkateering. Yes, not only does this bunch love to vacation, but it also tiptoes around the ethics rules so lobbyists can pay for their trips. Not since the sleaze days of pay-to-play uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff have House members taken as many junkets, financed by corporate interests.
Oh, excuse me; they're called "fact-finding missions," not junkets. By whatever name, nearly 1,900 of the free trips were enjoyed last year by lawmakers, their spouses and staff — paid for by private entities seeking legislative favors.
Adding to the disgust, House leaders very quietly axed an ethics requirement this year that would require lawmakers to disclose these travel freebies in their personal financial reports. And yet, they wonder why their public approval rating is in the ditch.


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SEC switch alters competition, athletes
infographic by Maria Kalaitzandonakes
Anna Wright
The University of Missouri-Columbia recently left the Big 12 Conference in favor of joining the Southeastern conference, a change which came into effect during this fall's sports season.
The switch occurred in order to provide MU sports programs with a more financially stable future, University of Missouri football defensive line student assistant Tim Struckhoff said.
The marketing of the University of Missouri and the athletic teams was largely part of the change to the South Eastern Conference as well as the attention the teams would receive and how they would promote the rights of athletics, Struckhoff said. However, this switch has resulted in heightened competition among other universities.
"The athletic department has made a move into what has become the most dominant conference in college … the numbers for football and men's basketball are ridiculous in this conference and to have teams that consistently win national championships raised the bar for the staff and the players," Struckhoff said. "I think kids in the local areas like KC and St. Louis will try harder to get Mizzou to look at them, but it's all up to the kids. As a whole, though, I think it is a positive transition because we are the most northern SEC school and the only D1 school in Missouri."
Sophomore Sophie Cunningham, a basketball player who verbally committed to Mizzou at the beginning of her freshman year, said MU joining the SEC will be a positive change for the basketball team. Although MU left the Big 12 after she committed, Cunningham remains loyal to the team and is in full support of the change.
"I think the switch will still give us good competition and a challenge," Cunningham said. "The teams that are in the SEC are expected to be very professional in some ways and it's a privilege for Mizzou to be represented by them."
The RBHS potential collegiate student athletes have excitement about the change and are optimistic about MU's upcoming performance in the SEC, Physical Education teacher Candace Juorgenson said.
She said sports fans expect the MU basketball teams to finish strong in the SEC, although the case may be different in the realm of football, as their season has quickly ended without a bowl appearance.
"I think that, overall, the people that I've heard from, they're all excited about being in the SEC," Jorgenson said. "I think that football kind of had a disappointing season that shocked a lot of people, but I would expect basketball to have a little bit stronger showing."
Senior football player Kenny James is also skeptical of the Tigers' welfare in the SEC. He said the University of Missouri football team may not be up to par or ready for this increased level of competition. Despite his opinion that they are a talented team, James believes that they are now in the wrong league of competition and as a result, no longer follows MU football.
James, who has been recruited to play for Indiana State, Missouri State and Illinois State, among others, said that though he would like to play in the SEC, he would not want to do so at MU.
"It all depends on where you go," James said. "I would love to play in the SEC, but … Mizzou can't run with the SEC."
James said because the switch raised the bar so high for MU's football team the demand for talented and higher-quality team members has increased. Because of this change, he said MU made changes to their specified recruitment style, as well.
"Last year they were in the Big 12, so they recruited in town, but now since they've moved to the SEC they recruit out of town first," James said. "They want more talented players so they're kind of getting greedy with it."
Despite the heightened competition of the SEC, Cunningham remains optimistic about the upcoming athletic seasons. She supports University officials in their decision to move out of the Big 12 and step into a new and improved ring of competition.
"Mizzou had to do what was best for each athletic team," Cunningham said. "I am excited for the future."
By Anna Wright
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RBHS football loses versus Francis Howell football, 33-0
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