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DLIELC: Fighting through a Pandemic
Armed with a copy of the American Language Course text, a cadet participates in an online class facilitated by a Defense Language Institute English Language Center Virtual Training Team, or VTT, in August 2020. VTTs were used in collaboration with the U.S. Army to provide English language training to some of the U.S. Army Echo Trainees. Since the start of this curriculum, VTTs have also been used with some of DLIELC's international partners, like Uzbekistan. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Zoom allows students and teachers to converse face-to-face while not even being in the classroom. Here an instructor is able to uphold the important face-to-face portion of language learning even at a distance. The COVID-19 pandemic generated rapid growth and innovation at DLIELC, with the team being afforded the opportunity to test the implementation of open source and government technologies to continue their mission of language education, despite geographical separation for faculty and students. (U.S. Air Force photo)
U.S. Air Force Echo Flight trainees pose for a picture in the commandant's hallway in April 2020. The trainees stopped by campus for their placement exam before returning to the 737th Training Support Squadron learning lab for their classroom distance learning. This program, which took place at the start of the pandemic, jumpstarted the upcoming Puerto Rico Program Language (PRPL). (U.S. Air Force photo)
NEWS | April 29, 2021
Defense Language Institute English Language Center
The COVID-19 pandemic is having -- and continues to have -- a devastating effect on the world.
It is a global struggle that has touched the livelihoods of many regardless of any factor that would usually be identified as a difference. Still, many organizations have had to adapt and readjust to persevere through these trying times.
The 637th Training Group, alongside all three squadrons within the Defense Language Institute English Learning Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, have had to come together swiftly, with the outcome of building a more resilient organization with more tools in their toolbox.
The staff at the DLIELC received a notice March 2, 2020, to be cautious of overseas travel due to COVID-19.
A few weeks later, the Department of Defense released a memorandum ordering a "stop movement" for all military personnel, civilians, and dependents on government-funded travel.
Soon, the DLIELC campus would transition into something never seen before. Similar to other organizations across the world, DLIELC moved to an unprecedented mode of operations.
Most of the DLIELC staff left their classrooms and offices to begin teleworking from home. Mobile Training Teams, or MTTs, once providing English instruction worldwide, were canceled and recalled back to the United States. International students on the DLIELC campus had to adjust from classroom instruction to learning English virtually from a computer or laptop within their dorms.
"We had to figure out how to implement teleworking throughout the group and supply computers to the staff so they could telework," said Chad Humphrey, director, 637th Training Support Squadron. "We also needed to equip students with the ability to complete online training.
"We had previously issued laptops to a small portion of the student population, but COVID forced us to innovate and complete that capability for all students," Humphrey said. "To prepare for the future, we are ordering an additional 500 laptops to support our maximum student capacity which will also support the Learning Management System."
With the introduction of vaccinations and COVID-19 precautions, DLIELC is starting to resume a semblance of normal operations. The overseas mission has resumed in six countries with more sites pending continuation in the coming months.
"Although our MTTs were grounded for most of last year, they have come back online over the past couple of months," said Lt. Col. Clifford Anderson, commander, 637th International Support Squadron. Fortunately, we have been able to send several teams out while dealing with special requirements down-range that will enable our teams to perform the mission safely"
The DLIELC training staff has mastered the adoption of new software to conduct meetings and provide instruction remotely. Some of this software is even being used to train individuals not present on DLIELC's campus; this is a capability that DLIELC did not previously possess.
"COVID-19 was a change agent propelling us towards modernization and procedural reviews to meet our international partner needs," said Lt. Col. Geoffrey Brasse, commander, 332nd Training Squadron. "Each element of our innovation was a bottom-up approach where the instructor, tester, or curriculum member chased ideas and let us know what was or was not working and requested the appropriate resources. This empowered approach implemented an effective change in a matter of days rather than weeks or longer."
Additionally, DLIELC was able to complete the beta test for the USAF Echo Flight Program, the opening of the new Aviation Language Training Center, and has jumpstarted Air University's Holm Center's Puerto Rico Project Language initiative to diversify the USAF Officer cadre.
"I'm very proud of how our people quickly adapted to the pandemic, looked for innovative ways to take care of our teammates, and kept our critical mission moving forward. Despite the COVID-19 threat," said Col. Kouji Gillis, DLIELC commandant. "I believe we can find some goodness that came out this past year at many different levels — in the international sphere, Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force and DLIELC. Strengthening relationships, innovating, integrating, and collaborating while allowing our personnel to be creative and learning how to operate in various environments is a great example of how our DLIELC family has fought through COVID-19 and other multi-dimensional threats this past year."
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Descent into madness
By Nic Compton
Donald Crowhurst perpetuated one of the greatest frauds in sports history in a race to be the first person to circumnavigate nonstop, until it all caught up with him. Now the story is making it to the big screen in The Mercy.
There was never any doubt that the tragic story of Donald Crowhurst would have to be included in my book about madness at sea. Of all the stories I researched, it's the one that has caught the public imagination most. Long before the it was announced that a movie starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz called The Mercy would be released in 2018, Crowhurst's tale has inspired movies, books, plays, art installations, an epic poem and even an opera. Whereas most stories of adventures at sea seem to leave the general public cold, the Crowhurst tale continues to fascinate 50 years after Teignmouth's most famous sailor vanished without trace. And yet, despite the thousands of words written about him, we really know very little more about him than we did 50 years ago.
Donald Crowhurst's tragic story is the subject of The Mercy.
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It all started when Francis Chichester made his historic singlehanded circumnavigation in 1966 to 1967. He was not the first to do so, by any means, but certainly the fastest up to that point, completing the loop in 226 days with just one stop, in Sydney, Australia, to repair his self-steering. Even before he had docked at Plymouth, England, there was a general realization, which spread like osmosis throughout the sailing world, that the next step would be to sail around solo without stopping. The challenge was turned into a contest by the Sunday Times, which in March 1968 announced two prizes: a Golden Globe trophy for the first person to sail around the world via the three capes singlehanded and nonstop, and a £5,000 cash prize for the person to do so in the fastest time. The only stipulation was that the competitors had to leave from a British port between June 1 and October 31, 1968, and had to return to the same place.
Nine skippers eventually signed up for the race: the famous transatlantic rowing duo, Chay Blyth and John Ridgeway, who had by then had a falling out but were sailing near-identical 30-foot GRP production boats; Bernard Moitessier, already something of a legend in France for breaking the long-distance sailing record on his steel ketch Joshua; Moitessier's friend Loïc Fougeron; Robin Knox-Johnston, an unknown British merchant navy officer sailing a heavy wooden boat called Suhaili; two former British naval officers, Bill King and Nigel Tetley; the experienced Italian singlehanded sailor Alex Carozzo; and Donald Crowhurst.
Out of the group, Crowhurst was by far the least experienced, the odd one out. Born in India in 1932, he went to Loughborough College after the war, until family finances and the death of his father forced him to cut his education short. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1948 but was chucked out after six years because of some high jinx with a vehicle; the same thing happened when he joined the army and he was forced to resign after he was caught trying to hotwire a car during a drunken escapade. Next he got a job as a traveling salesman for an electrical company, but was again dismissed after crashing the company car. Ever-persuasive, he talked himself into a job as chief design engineer for an electronics company in Somerset, and in 1962 set up his own company, Electron Utilisation, to manufacture electronic devices for yachts.
The company got off to a good start, selling a simple but well-designed radio directional finder that Crowhurst dubbed the Navicator. Pye Radio invested £8,500 in the project, before getting cold feet and pulling out. It quickly became clear that although Crowhurst was a charismatic personality and brilliant innovator, he didn't have the business acumen to run a successful company, and Electron Utilisation was soon in financial trouble. Crowhurst managed to persuade local businessman Stanley Best to invest £1,000 to carry the company over what he assured him was a temporary lean period.
It must have been obvious to Crowhurst that he was heading for another failure. By now 35 years old, he could see the same pattern repeating itself, of high ambition thwarted by petty practicalities. Only, now married to Clare with four children and living in a comfortable house outside Bridgwater in Somerset, the stakes were higher than ever. As before, his response to failure was to reinvent himself yet again. This time he would become a record-breaking sailor, a seafaring hero in the vein of Chichester: he would sail around the world singlehanded, even though he had until then only dabbled in sailing, mainly on board a 20-foot sloop called Pot of Gold. First, however, he needed a boat.
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THURSDAY, July 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to blood pressure readings, the "top" number seems to grab all the attention.
But a large, new study confirms that both numbers are, in fact, critical in determining the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Blood pressure measurements are given as a "top" and "bottom" number. The first reflects systolic blood pressure, the amount of pressure in the arteries as the heart contracts. The second reflects diastolic blood pressure, the pressure in the arteries between heart muscle contractions.
For years, systolic blood pressure has been seen as the one that really matters. That's based on studies -- including the famous Framingham Heart Study -- showing that high systolic blood pressure is a stronger predictor of heart disease and stroke.
At the same time, though, doctors measure both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and treatment guidelines are based on both. So just how important is that diastolic number?
"The idea behind this new study was to address the confusion," said lead researcher Dr. Alexander Flint, an investigator with Kaiser Permanente Northern California's division of research.
Using medical records from 1.3 million patients, his team confirmed that, yes, high systolic blood pressure was a stronger risk factor for heart attack and stroke. But those risks also climbed in tandem with diastolic pressure; and people with normal systolic readings were still at risk if their diastolic pressure was high.
"There's been a common belief that systolic blood pressure is the only one that matters," Flint said. "But diastolic definitely matters."
He and his colleagues reported the findings in the July 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The definition of high blood pressure has gotten a revamp in recent years. Guidelines issued in 2017 by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and other heart groups lowered the threshold for diagnosing the condition -- from the traditional 140/90 mm Hg to 130/80.
The fact that treatment guidelines include a diastolic pressure threshold implies that it's important. And indeed it is, said Dr. Karol Watson, a member of the ACC's prevention section and leadership council.
In fact, she said, doctors once thought that diastolic blood pressure was the more important one -- based on research at the time. Then came the studies showing that systolic pressure was generally a better predictor of people's risk of heart disease and stroke.
In addition, Watson said, high systolic blood pressure is more prevalent, because of natural changes in blood pressure as people age.
"As we get older, systolic blood pressure keeps marching up," she explained. Diastolic blood pressure, on the other hand, generally peaks when people are in their 40s to 60s -- and then it declines.
But it's clear, Watson said, that while systolic and diastolic blood pressure are different, they both deserve attention.
In the latest study, cardiovascular risks rose with each "unit increase" in systolic pressure above 140, by about 18% on average. Meanwhile, each increase in diastolic blood pressure above 90 was tied to a 6% increase in heart disease and stroke risk.
The researchers saw a similar pattern when they looked at blood pressure increases above the 130/80 threshold. That, Flint said, supports the 2017 guideline shift.
The findings are based on over 1.3 million patients in the Kaiser Permanente health system who had roughly 36.8 million blood pressure readings taken from 2007 through 2016. Over eight years, more than 44,000 patients had a heart attack or stroke.
According to Flint, it's the largest study of its kind to date.
The bottom line for patients, Watson said, is that they should care about both blood pressure numbers. In her experience, she noted, patients often point to the number that's in the normal range and say, "But look how good this is."
Flint agreed, saying that no one should "ignore" the diastolic number. "It's important not only in blood pressure treatment, but on the side of diagnosis, too," he said.
The American Heart Association has a guide on high blood pressure.
SOURCES: Alexander Flint, M.D., investigator, division of research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland; Karol Watson, M.D., member, prevention section and leadership council, American College of Cardiology; July 18, 2019, New England Journal of Medicine
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They offer auditor training at various locations across the country. Price is reasonable.
I can't seem to find anything out about them. Pretty much any search that includes QAI returns their website as a paid link / ad. The only reviews I could find were on google. Two reviews. A five star and a one star.
I've tried searching here for QAI and their website name. Neither seem to come up with anything related to them.
The organization you are referencing may be a wonderful and accurate source of training and information. I would caution, however, that there are NUMEROUS "opportunists" out there, that are exploiting the registration/certification/transitions, that the ISO standards and the various industries (automotive, medical, aviation, etc..etc..), require (i.e. guaranteed activity).
I would be particularly cautious if you can not locate any independent reviews/affirmation of trainers/consultants .
There are numerous of us on this site, who, while not wanting to monitise/commericalize this site, offer training and consulting. If you reach out to any of us that offer those services via DM, I am sure you can find validated and experienced sources. Hope this helps.
Are you making reference to Quality Assurance International in England?
If not gives us a hint where they are located.
You could check with BSi I believe they provide training. They are reputable. You could also check with ASR (American Systems Registrar) and see if they offer any type of training on this.
Try this novel concept: in their website, they claim to be ISO 9001 certified since 2002. Call them and ask to see the CB audit reports for the last 4 years or so.
Thanks for all the replies. I'll look into this further next week.
They are in Indiana as Randy mentioned.
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Bifurkace (z latinského , vidlička) v geografii znamená rozvětvení řeky, její rozdělení do dvou koryt. S tímto jevem je možné se setkat zejména v oblastech plochých rozvodí. Řeka odevzdává vodu různými směry do různých říčních systémů. Část řeky nad místem bifurkace je pak součástí obou takto propojených povodí.

Zvláštním případem bifurkace je jezero, ze kterého voda odtéká do dvou různých povodí. Příkladem je finské Vesijako, jehož voda odtéká částečně přes Päijänne do Finského zálivu a částečně přes Vanajavesi a Pyhäjärvi do zálivu Botnického.

Příklady

 Bělský potok a Ostružník (povodí Jílovského potoka a Labe) u města Děčín. (první obrázek)
 Jílovský potok a Klíšský potok (povodí Labe a Bíliny) u Libouchce
 Casiquiare a Maturaca mezi říčním systémem Orinoka a Amazonky ve Venezuele
 Torne ztrácí nad Pajalou 57 % své vody odtokem do řeky Kalix spojovací řekou Tärendö.
 Západní a Východní Manyč v jižním Rusku
 Kuloj v severním Rusku
 Obra a Obrzyca v Polsku
 Assiniboine v Kanadě
 Hase do Else (Werra, Vezera) a Emže v Německu
 Lužnice se rozděluje na Starou a Novou řeku (umělý kanál). Nová řeka se vlévá do Nežárky, ta později zpět do Lužnice.
 Katra vlévá se do Němenu a Ūly v Litvě.
 Arroyo Partido v Argentině teče dokonce de dvou oceánů – Tichého a Atlantského; říčka se vlévá do Ría Negra a do Atlantiku a zároveň do řeky Valdivie a do Pacifiku

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Reference

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If you were planning on spending the entire month of September watching Scream on Netflix, we have some bad news: The cult-classic horror film is leaving your queue at the beginning of the month. This is particularly devastating news because Halloween is just around the corner. I mean, does October 31 even matter if you can't watch Drew Barrymore run away from Ghostface whenever you want?
And that's not the only scary movie abandoning you this fall. Both The Omen and A Nightmare on Elm Street are leaving Netflix this month too. But there's a silver lining: All of the Jaws movies will be available next month to fulfill your throwback thriller needs. Victory!
That being said, there are more devastating losses—including RV (the underrated outdoorsy comedy starring Robin Williams and pop supreme JoJo), Lilo & Stitch, Hope Floats, Something's Gotta Give, and Army Wives. Not! Army! Wives!


This floor lamp (L 43 cm x l 43 cm x H 162 cm) is characterized the lampshade of triangular shape that produce a very particular light, cutting the space in architecture. It gives the feeling of floating in the air, lightness and levitation. The colorful cord snaking is a decorative element.


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Tunes for a Monday Morning
The places that claim us
Knowing our place
Continuing last week's conversation on the connection between our interior and exterior landscapes, here's a passage from Sharon Blackie's fine book The Enchanted Life:
"We think of ourselves as 'in' landscape, but sometimes we forget that landcape is also in us. We are formed by the ground we walk on: that which lies beneath our feet. That which holds us, supports us, feeds us. Ground is where we stand, the foundation for our lives. Whether its hard and cold or warm and soft, ground is the foundation of our being in the world.
"Ground is the safe place at the heart of us; we 'go to ground' when we are trying to hide or escape from something which is hurting us. We 'hold our ground' when we stand firm against something which challenges or threatens us. We 'have an ear to the ground' when we are properly paying attention to what is going on around us. To 'keep our feet on the ground' is to be realistic, not to get too big for our boots. Without ground, we are nothing.
"Some pieces of ground are also 'places.' To find our ground, then, is to find our place -- but what makes ground into a place is so much more than just a defined (or confined) location. Places have their own distinct names, features, landforms, environmental conditions -- but places are more than just physical: they are reflections of the human cultures which formed from them and belong to them.
"As human animals who are inextricably enmeshed in the world around us, it is hardly surprising that the nature of our relationship with our places is critical to our ideas about who we are, and what it might be possible for us to become. We construct the daily texture of our lives and our systems of meaning in relation to our places: they are part of our existence, intrinsic to our being; they are more fundamental to us than the language we speak, the jobs we hold, the buildings we live in and the things we possess. It's in our places that we come face to face with (or sometimes, perhaps, choose to turn away from) the bright face of the Earth to which we belong. The need to make sense of, and find meaning in, our relationship to the places we inhabit is a fundamental and universal part of the human journey in this world.
"To put it quite simply, we cannot be human without the land. Our humanity cannot exist in isolation: it requires a context, and its context is this wide Earth that supports us, and the non-human others who share it with us.
"Every ecology, every community of plants and animals and soil, has its own particular kind of personality, or intelligence, which affects the people who live in it many different ways. We all know it; we feel it in the places we live, and we feel it especially as we move around the planet. Modern science might use different words, but it tells us exactly the same thing: the topography of a place, its weather, the flora and fauna which inhabit it alongside us -- all these aspects of a place contribute to the character and sense of identity of the people who live there. The experience of inhabiting high, bare granite hills bears little similarity to the experience of inhabiting lush, grassy, chalk downlands; to occupy a city, with its manufactured concrete floors and walls, shapes you in an altogether different way.
"Psychologist Carl Jung called this process of shaping 'the conditioning of the mind by the earth': every country, he said, along with the people who belong to it, is characterized by a collective attitude or state of mind called the spiritus loci. 'The soil of every country holds...mystery,' he wrote. 'We have an unconscious reflection of this in the psyche.' "
"I have lived in several countries, and spent time in many different landscapes during my life," Blackie notes, "and each in its own way has left its mark on me. Inside me is [a remote Scottish island] on which I once became stranded, castaway; on which I merged so deeply with the oldest, hardest rock on the planet that I feared petrification. But inside me too is the gentleness of the rain-haunted west of Ireland, and the dense silence of a misty early morning bog. There is a stripped-to-the-bone south-western American desert, fierce sun laying bare all my imagined inadequacies; there are lush green oak-groves in an ancient Breton wood where Merlin sleeps still, trapped in a tree. I am a collection of all the landscapes I have loved.
"I have never been rainforest, though, and I could never be jungle -- there is nothing of me or mine in those humid, colourful, shouting places. And isn't this true for so many of us? That there is a single kind of landscape in which we feel a sense of homecoming; a particular kind of landscape in which we feel so much more whole? For the lucky ones among us, those are the landscapes in which we finally have come to rest; for others, they're the hauntingly vivid landscapes of the imagination which never quite let us go.
"What surprises me still, perhaps, is that so many of us can resonate so deeply with a landscape we've imagined, but to which we've never actually been. In his masterful book Space and Place, geographer Yi-Fu Tuan offers the example of C.S. Lewis, a lifelong devotee of the far north. As we can clearly see from the vividly portrayed winterlands of his Narnia chronicles, Lewis loved the idea of 'northerness.' It was, Tuan says, a vision of huge, clear spaces hanging above the Atlantic in the endless twilight of northern summer which drew him, and which appealed to something very deep in his psyche. But not only did Lewis never live in northern lands -- he never even travelled to the extreme north.
"We think we imagine the land," she concludes, "but perhaps the land imagines us, and in its imagining it shapes us. The exterior landscape interacts with our interior landscape, and in the resulting entanglements, we become something more than we otherwise could ever hope to be."
Words: The passage above is from The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday by Sharon Blackie (September Publishing, 2018). The poem in the picture captions is from Rounding the Human Corners by Chickasaw poet Linda Hogan (Coffee House Press, 2008). All rights reserved by the authors. Pictures: Waterfalls swelled with winter rains on our greening, dreaming hillside.
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on folklore, fairy tales, fantasy,
mythic arts & mythic living
by Terri Windling
"Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion."
- Barry Lopez
on folklore & fairy tales
on mythic fiction & art
on the creative process
mythic resources
dartmoor mythic arts
the modern fairies project
my book website
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"Storytellers ought not to be too tame. They ought to be
wild creatures who function adequately in society. They are best in disguise. If they lose all their wildness, they cannot
give us the truest joys."
- Ben Okri
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PROJECTE S.GAVANENC vs AT. SAN SEBASTIAN (Mar 20, 2011)
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN 7 (2-0), PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 2 (0-2) - Composite Box Score
Mar 20, 2011 at San Sebastian (Riberas de Loiola)
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
ALVAREZ P cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
MATEU O p/rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MUÑOZ Sa ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
MONCHO R 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
MENENDEZ A M lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
FREITAS S rf/p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MANRESA N 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
PUIG A c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
PRATS J 2b 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
RODRIGUEZ E ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
OÑATIBIA E lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BLANCO A ph/lf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PAREDES I cf 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUSSO C V 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
BENITO I 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1
CUESTA A M 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
FRAMIÑAN M C pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IRIBAR E dh 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALONSO L c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PEREZ O p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MARTIN A rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTAMENDI L rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
MATEU Ona L,0-1 5.1 6 6 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 23 26 10 6
FREITAS Sonia 0.2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 2
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
PEREZ Oraia W,1-0 7.0 6 2 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 27 31 2 16
Umpires - HP: VALLINA Maria Jesus 1B: PARDO Nacho
Weather: SUNNY Game notes: ANOTADORA: GALARRAGA Maider DATA ENTRY: GALARRAGA Maider
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN 7 (2-0), PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 2 (0-2)
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC starters: 91/cf ALVAREZ P; 85/p MATEU O; 82/ss MUÑOZ Sa; 95/3b MONCHO R; 83/lf MENENDEZ A M; 87/rf FREITAS S; 96/1b MANRESA N; 93/c PUIG A; 94/2b PRATS J;
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN starters: 18/ss RODRIGUEZ E; 45/lf OÑATIBIA E; 14/cf PAREDES I; 98/2b BUSSO C V; 50/3b BENITO I; 61/1b CUESTA A M; 99/dh IRIBAR E; 4/c ALONSO L; 2/p PEREZ O;
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 1st - MARTIN A to rf for PEREZ O. PEREZ O to p. ALVAREZ P flied out to 3b. MATEU O grounded out to 2b. MUÑOZ Sa grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN 1st - RODRIGUEZ E grounded out to ss. OÑATIBIA E grounded out to ss. PAREDES I flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 2nd - MONCHO R hit by pitch. MENENDEZ A M reached on an error by 3b; MONCHO R advanced to second. FREITAS S grounded out to 3b; MENENDEZ A M advanced to second; MONCHO R out at third 3b unassisted. MANRESA N grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN 2nd - BUSSO C V walked. BENITO I flied out to ss. CUESTA A M flied out to lf. IRIBAR E singled to center field; BUSSO C V advanced to second. ALONSO L grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 3rd - PUIG A grounded out to 3b. PRATS J walked. ALVAREZ P singled to right field; PRATS J advanced to third. ALVAREZ P advanced to second on a wild pitch; PRATS J scored. MATEU O singled to second base. MATEU O stole second; ALVAREZ P stole third. MUÑOZ Sa grounded out to ss, RBI; MATEU O advanced to third; ALVAREZ P scored. MONCHO R grounded out to p. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN 3rd - MARTIN A grounded out to ss. RODRIGUEZ E flied out to cf. OÑATIBIA E flied out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 4th - MENENDEZ A M walked. FREITAS S reached on a fielder's choice; MENENDEZ A M advanced to second on a fielder's choice. MANRESA N singled to pitcher; FREITAS S advanced to second; MENENDEZ A M advanced to third. PUIG A lined out to 3b; MENENDEZ A M out at third 3b unassisted. PRATS J walked; MANRESA N advanced to second; FREITAS S advanced to third. ALVAREZ P grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN 4th - PAREDES I singled to shortstop. BUSSO C V singled to center field; PAREDES I advanced to second. BENITO I flied out to 3b. CUESTA A M fouled out to 3b. IRIBAR E singled to center field, RBI; BUSSO C V advanced to second; PAREDES I scored. ALONSO L flied out to cf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 5th - OTAMENDI L to rf for MARTIN A. MATEU O out at first p to 2b. MUÑOZ Sa singled to center field. MONCHO R reached on a fielder's choice; MUÑOZ Sa out at second ss to 2b. MENENDEZ A M grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN 5th - OTAMENDI L grounded out to 3b. RODRIGUEZ E fouled out to c. BLANCO A pinch hit for OÑATIBIA E. BLANCO A flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 6th - BLANCO A to lf. FREITAS S grounded out to ss. MANRESA N singled to center field. PUIG A singled to pitcher; MANRESA N advanced to second. PRATS J reached on a fielder's choice; PUIG A advanced to second; MANRESA N out at second 3b to ss. ALVAREZ P grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN 6th - PAREDES I hit by pitch. BUSSO C V walked; PAREDES I advanced to second. BENITO I tripled to right center, 2 RBI; BUSSO C V scored; PAREDES I scored. CUESTA A M singled to right field, RBI; BENITO I scored. FRAMIÑAN M C pinch ran for CUESTA A M. IRIBAR E reached on a fielder's choice; FRAMIÑAN M C advanced to second. ALONSO L grounded out to 3b; IRIBAR E advanced to second; FRAMIÑAN M C advanced to third. IRIBAR E advanced to third on a wild pitch; FRAMIÑAN M C scored. MATEU O to rf. FREITAS S to p. OTAMENDI L walked. RODRIGUEZ E singled to pitcher; OTAMENDI L advanced to second. BLANCO A walked, RBI; RODRIGUEZ E advanced to second; OTAMENDI L advanced to third; IRIBAR E scored. PAREDES I walked, RBI; BLANCO A advanced to second; RODRIGUEZ E advanced to third; OTAMENDI L scored. BUSSO C V reached on a fielder's choice; PAREDES I advanced to second; BLANCO A advanced to third; RODRIGUEZ E out at home ss to c. BENITO I reached on a fielder's choice; BUSSO C V out at second ss unassisted. 6 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 7th - CUESTA A M to 1b for FRAMIÑAN M C. MATEU O struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. MUÑOZ Sa grounded out to 3b. MONCHO R grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN 7, PROJECTE S.GAVANENC 2 (Mar 20, 2011 at San Sebastian)
PROJECTE S.GAVANENC. 002 000 0 -  2  6  0      (0-2)
AT. SAN SEBASTIAN... 000 106 X -  7  7  1      (2-0)
Pitchers: PROJECTE S.GAVANENC - MATEU Ona; FREITAS Sonia(6) and PUIG Alba. AT. SAN SEBASTIAN -
PEREZ Oraia and ALONSO Laura.
Win-PEREZ Oraia(1-0)  Loss-MATEU Ona(0-1)  T-14:50  A-100
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The General Assembly is the ultimate decision-making board. It validates the strategic orientations of the network in accordance to the Management Board proposals and the priorities and activities defined in the Technical Annex. The General Assembly is composed of the 25 Contractual Members and of the Associate Members joining the network after its contractual start. The General Assembly Chairman currently in office is : Ian Smith (AIM UK).


Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a biological condition linked to inattention, impulsivity, and, in some cases, hyperactivity. Symptoms generally occur together and are diagnosed in childhood. ADHD occurs more often in males than females.
Symptoms of hyperactivity are often seen by age 7 yet attention deficit may not be evident until a child reaches elementary school.
ADHD may be related to differences in brain function, heredity, exposure to toxins before birth, or a brain injury.
Combined Type (most common) is characterized by impulsive and hyperactive behaviors, inattention, and distractibility.
Impulsive/Hyperactive Type (least common) is characterized by impulsive and hyperactive behaviors without inattention and distractibility.
Inattentive and Distractible Type is characterized by inattention and distractibility without hyperactivity.
However, not all children with ADHD are hyperactive.
Blood tests reveal low levels of dopamine (a brain chemical) found in children with ADHD.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans are imaging studies that provide a picture of the brain at work. In children with ADHD, brain metabolism is lower in the areas that control attention, social judgment, and movement.
What is the treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
We monitor and provide ongoing support to children and families with ADHD and any associated learning disabilities.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) includes a range of developmental problems, such as restricted or repetitive behavior and difficulty socializing and communicating. The symptoms and severity of ASD vary.
Classic autism is the most severe form.
Asperger syndrome is a milder form.
Rett syndrome is a rare form and a pervasive developmental disorder.
ASD affects children of all ages and ethnic and socioeconomic groups. As many as 6 of every 1,000 children are estimated to suffer from this condition. Males are four times more likely to be diagnosed with ASD than females.
What are the symptoms of autistic spectrum disorder?
The most common symptom is difficulty with social interactions.
Infants may be unresponsive to people or stare intently at one object for a long time. Older children may suddenly become withdrawn and unwilling to engage with others.
Our neurologists make a comprehensive assessment based on parental reports, direct observations of children, and neurological, behavioral, and psychological evaluations.
Our clinicians may also diagnose additional disorders that accompany autism, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual disability, epilepsy and depression, certain genetic disorders, and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).
What is the treatment for autistic spectrum disorder?
Applied behavioral analysis to reinforce positive habits and helpful interactions. This therapy is often the most successful form of treatment.
Learning disabilities affect the ability of children to speak or understand written language, perform mathematical calculations, coordinate movements, and concentrate on a particular task.
Learning disabilities occur in young children but usually aren't apparent until they have to deal with the challenges of school.
As many as 10 percent of American children under the age of 18 are estimated to have some type of learning disability.
Learning disabilities are usually spotted at first by teachers who perform their own evaluations.
However, a comprehensive medical evaluation—family history and neurological exam— is needed to identify or rule out other causes, such as emotional disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and brain conditions.
Children may suffer from several overlapping learning disabilities. We identify them all through the most advanced neuropsychological testing.
We offer a host of treatment options for children with learning disabilities.
The PROMISE at Columbia program is the most comprehensive program in New York City for helping at-risk children to get the support they need to learn and have productive lives. For families already burdened, a one-stop program is the difference between getting lost and getting help.
PROMISE provides services that enable children to reach their full potential—all in one place. We address the emotional and behavioral consequences of learning disabilities and understand these issues can have the most devastating effects on families and school life.


The exchange wants to automate its trading systems. But many clients prefer dealing with human specialists. How John Thain will try to reach both objectives.
With the hybrid system installed, NYSE's challenge will be to find the balance between productivity and stability. Here's how those two worlds collide.
On Dec. 10, 2004, Pfizer announced that its Celebrex arthritis drug leads to heart attacks. The stock traded as high as $25.95 and as low as $21.99; more than 289 million shares changed hands.
Before the NYSE opened, Pfizer traded on the electronic exchanges at around $22 a share. With 100 people standing around his post and 37 million sell orders, Schafer delayed Pfizer's open until after 10 a.m., or about 45 minutes after the company made its announcement, so traders could evaluate the news.
Schafer opened with a price of $23.52, about $1 higher than the price on the electronic exchanges.
As Schafer explains, "$22.52 to $23.52 may not seem like much, but if you're the money manager who dumped 7 million shares at $22.52, you have to explain why you lost $7 million." He says the Pfizer incident shows the benefits of the NYSE's format.
Kevin O'Hara, chief administrative officer for electronic net Archipelago, disagrees. He says the electronic exchanges did all the heavy lifting and found a stable price well before Pfizer even traded on the NYSE. "When it was an extreme period for Pfizer, the NYSE shut down its post so it couldn't trade," says O'Hara, who adds that the NYSE "was keying off the electronic price."
How that Pfizer trade will happen in a hybrid market is a hot topic for specialist firms such as LaBranche & Co. Chairman and CEO Michael LaBranche has spent his last two earnings conference calls fielding questions about a hybrid system at the NYSE. On a Jan. 21 call, LaBranche said automation should boost productivity as specialists rely less on keystrokes—as many as 20,000 to 30,000 a day—and more on programs that react to and interpret a stock's "behavioral patterns." To shepherd these projects, Britz says the NYSE is spending much of its time making sure it identifies what traders and specialists need and building their requirements into the system.
Once floor traders, specialists and other market participants have their say in new technologies, changes will be rolled out slowly and evaluated. For example, Direct+ can handle more than the 159 million shares it traded on an average day in January, but is limited so the NYSE can study its impact on volatility.
"We implement in a very measured way, even with good design and QA [quality assurance]; we're integrating a series of related subsystems and we have to make sure there aren't unintended consequences," Britz says.
Its devotion to human involvement in the auctions and big trades means the exchange mostly writes its own software.
"By and large, we do all of own cooking," Britz says. "We get what we want, and there aren't any places in the world that do what we do and on the scale we do. Obviously, if we could go out and buy cheaper and faster, we would, but frequently we don't have the option."
Institutional and individual investors will have to wait until at least March 2006 to see what Britz has cooked up; and whether Thain can keep his board, specialists and seat owners all happy with the resulting broth of men and machines.


Family historians looking for software to simplify, organize and publish their genealogy research — and do it all well — will find Legacy Family Tree 6.0 to be one of the best. The user-friendly navigation and myriad features have been enhanced in this latest version with a nifty new Research Guidance feature which helps you identify new resources to check and keep track of your research progress. Multiple navigation views and excellent multimedia support round out this full-featured program.
•Import directly from PAF and Ancestral Quest files, as well as GEDCOM.
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•Record relationship between parent and child, as well as challenged and disproved relationships.
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Prince and Bowie: SHIMMY ON!
Let's dance! And ride. Like it's 1999. Get on your bike and take part in the ultimate tribute to two of music's great icons.
We'll pedal our way through Darebin's latest back street 'shimmy' bike route celebrating the musical legacy of Prince and Bowie. We'll then converge on Darebin Music Feast's own dedicated tribute that night: Prince! Bowie! Dance Party! Party! at Preston Fresh Hood.
Pedal, sing and boogie your way between Northcote and Reservoir. Don't forget your glitter and your best purple threads.
SHIMMY ON! will kick off from 3.30pm at Mayer Park near corner Moreland Road and Leinster Grove and finish up around 6pm at Preston Fresh Hood.
Tickets for SHIMMY ON are $10 - Book your spot here!
All participants must be over 12 years old and any under 16 MUST be accompanied by a guardian who is also enrolled on the ride. Participants must bring their own road-worthy bicycle and helmet.


Welcome. I have been teaching in the district since 1999. In any given year you may find me at Longfellow, Whitman, East, West or any combination thereof. Each year brings a new adventure. I am proud to have coached forensics and the spirit squad at Whitman and cheerleading, poms, and dance at East and Longfellow. I have also advised the German clubs at the middle schools and assisted with the German honor societies at the high schools. In 2000, 2003 and 2005, I traveled to Germany and Austria with students from East and West. I am a graduate of Wauwatosa East and the University of Texas at Austin.
Currently, I enjoy spending time with my daughters, husband, and dear friends.


Matched employer-employee data research has found that workers' wages are affected by the characteristics of the firms they work in, and that higher skilled workers tend to be employed by higher paying firms.
This paper examines the contribution of workers' job mobility to their wage dynamics. We focus on the possible trade-off between moving to a better paying firm and losing a firm-tenure specific component of earnings, and examine what types of workers benefit from changing firms, rather than staying with their existing employer.


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ABS: Acrylonitrile Butadien Styrene. A rugged plastic compound typically used for housings, some external parts. A form of ABS is also used for low-pressure air piping systems in harsh environments.
AFLAS: An elastomer used for high temperature/high purity or highly aggressive applications; particularly suited to ozone-treated water. Aflas® is a trademark of 3M
ASQ: American Society for Quality
ASTM: Short for American Society for Testing and Materials. An organization created to establish conformity in American Class Standards. Click here for more information on "What are the Different ANSI Classes for Valves?"
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
BCF: Bead and crevice free. Also known as fusion. A means of connecting pipes, valves and fitting via heat fusion, with a perfectly smooth internal joint.
BPVR: Back Pressure Regulating Valve
BREAKING PRESSURE: The minimum pressure required to produce flow through a valve.
BS, BSP: British standard, British Standard Piping. A piping specification
BUNA or BUNA-N: Nitrile rubber, used to make o-rings and other seals used in valves. Buna-N is the least expensive type of seal, and it lacks the chemical compatibility of other more costly elastomers.
CHEMRAZ: A fluorinated elastomer used for high temperature/high purity or highly aggressive applications. Chemraz® is a trademark of Green-Tweed.
CNC: Computer numerically controlled. Popular type of control system for vertical machining centers, lathes, injection molding machines, and other tools used to fabricate a valve.
CORZAN, CPVC: Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride. While not as popular as PVC, it is able to withstand higher temperatures.
CSA: Canadian Standards Association.
DIVERTER: A three-way valve; the flow can be diverted from one outlet to another, or different inlets can be selected and sent to a common outlet.
EPDM: Ethylene propylene diene monomer. A popular rubber seal material, compatible with a wide range of chemicals.
FLANGE: A type of pipe fitting that attaches via nuts and bolts.
FLARE: A type of pipe fitting that uses a socket and a type of union nut to form a connection with minimal crevice, for ultrapure processes. Usually seen on fluoropolymer or natural polypropylene valves.
FLOW COEFFICIENT (Cv): The definition of a Cv is the ability to pass 1 gallon per minute of water at 60 degrees Fahrenheit with a 1 pound pressure drop. For example, a Cv of 10 (in at 100 psig out at 99 psig) will pass 10 gallons a minute of water.
FLOW PATTERNS: A diagram showing how flow can be directed using a particular valve. (See the "Flow Patterns" box below for further explanation.)
FRP: Fiberglass Reinforced Pipe
GPM: Gallons per minute. Express volume of flow.
GPP: Glass-filled polypropylene. Offers the chemical resistance of polypropylene, with glass fibers added for strength.
HALAR: Ethylene-Chlorotrifluoroethylene. Used for some external components; it is also a valve body material for high temperature/high purity applications.
IAPD: International Association of Plastics Disbributors. Formerly NAPD, National Assoc. etc.
IBBT: Iron Body Bronze Trim
ISA: The Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society. Formerly Instrument Society of America.
JORLON: A patented product made by Jordan Valve, similar to Teflon, used for diaphragms.
KALREZ: A fluorinated elastomer used for high temperature/high purity or highly aggressive applications. Kalrez® is a trademark of DuPont Dow Elastomers.
KYNAR: Brand of Polyvinylidene fluoride. A dense, high purity plastic that is used in critical applications, such as semiconductor manufacturing.
LAMINAR FLOW: Sometimes known as streamline flow, occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers. In fluid dynamics, laminar flow is a flow regime characterized by high momentum diffusion, low momentum convection, and velocity independence from time. It is the opposite of turbulent flow. In nonscientific terms laminar flow is "smooth," while turbulent flow is "rough."
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION: Used in valve terminology to define the level of external resistance an enclosure or solenoid coil is suited. i.e. NEMA 1 is dusttight, NEMA 9 is explosion proof, etc.
NATURAL: Describes resins, frequently PP or PVDF, that have not had colorants, fibers, or other components added prior to processing. Sometimes mistakenly interchanged with "virgin".
NC: Normally closed, valve stays closed in de-energized state; opens when energized.
NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers Association defines the level of external resistance. i.e. NEMA 1 – Dust tight, NEMA 9 is explosion proof.
NO: Normally open, valve stays open in de-energized state; closes when energized.
NPT: National Pipe Thread
O-RING: A type of seal. An O-ring is a round elastomeric ring, ideally suited to be a compressed, static seal between non-moving parts. O-rings can be used as a face seal on a valve and used on rotating shafts inside a valve.
OS&Y:
Open Stem and Yoke (valve)
Outside Screw and Yoke (gate valve mechanism)
Outside Stem & Yoke (valve)
PECTFE: Ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene. This material used in HALAR brand, for some external components; it is also a valve body material for high temperature/high purity applications.
PET or PETRA: Polyethylene terephthalate. (PETRA is a brand) Used on certain housings.
Pneumatic: A pneumatic valve uses pressure or air to open and close the valve.
PP or PPL, POLYPROPYLENE: A lightweight plastic that offers relatively high purity characteristics at a price well below PVDF or PTFE. Impervious to many chemicals.
PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL or PRESSURE DROP: The difference between the inlet and the outlet pressure through a valve. The outlet pressure is lower than the inlet pressure due to the restriction caused by the valve.
PRV: Pressure Reducing Valve
PSI: Pounds per square inch. Used to indicate the amount of pressure in a given piping system.
PTFE BELLOWS: A sealing mechanism that is made of PTFE, formed in a bellows shape, used on many solenoid valves.
PTFE: Polytetrafluoroethylene, a type of fluorinated thermoplastic with outstanding chemical resistance, low leachability, and excellent lubricity.
PVC: Polyvinyl chloride. This is the most popular material used for plastic piping systems.
PVDF: Polyvinylidene fluoride. A dense, high-purity plastic that is used in critical applications, such as semiconductor manufacturing. Plast-O-Matic is an authorized reseller of Kynar® PVDF. Kynar is a trademark of Elf-Atochem.
PVF: Pipes, valves fittings. Used to describe a segment of the plastics industry or distributors who specialize in these products.
REGRIND: Thermoplastic that has been processed once, then is placed in a grinder to be shredded/pelletized for re-molding. In injection molding, runners etc. are often re-ground. No thermoplastic can be successfully reground and remolded indefinitely; eventually the molecular bond begins to break down and the plastic is no longer usable.
ROLLING DIAPHRAGM: A type of seal, also senses pressure. This is a diaphragm formed in a convoluted shape. It gets its name because as the stem moves, the diaphragm "rolls" at the convolution. It is frequently used in a manner similar to a u-cup, that is, to seal the gap between a linear moving shaft and the valve body.
SOLENOID VALVE: A valve that uses an electromagnetic coil for actuation.
SPIGOT: A type of fitting, essentially a section of pipe fused cleanly into a valve. This protruding pipe is then fused into the piping system. Usually found in high purity systems.
TEFLON: This is the brand name for a number of fluorinated polymers manufactured by E. I. DuPont de Nemours. Many valve manufacturers use this term illegally, when in fact their products are not Teflon® but generic PTFE, PFA etc.
TEMPRITE: This is a formulation of Corzan® CPVC that is used for injection molded valve bodies.
THERMOPLASTIC, THERMOSET: Two basic types of plastic resins. Thermoplastics are resins that can be reground after molding and molded again. Thermosets can be molded once only. They tend to be denser materials for special purposes. PVC is a thermoplastic. A PVC valve could conceivable be reground, then molded into a coffee mug. The resin used on a solenoid coil is a thermoset. A good analogy is paraffin wax vs. paraffin paste; both are petroleum products, but the wax can be melted and reformed while the lubricant cannot. Just as paraffin cannot be melted and reshaped indefinitely, no thermoplastic can be successfully reground and remolded indefinitely. Eventually the molecular bond begins to break down and the plastic is no longer usable. In another popular analogy, thermosets are often compared to an egg; once the egg is hard boiled it can't be returned to a liquid and recooked as a sunny side up.
3 Way VALVES: 3 Way Valves has three (3) ports. Depending on the particular valve, all three (3) ports may be open, two (2) ports may be open, or all ports may be closed.
2 Way VALVES: A 2 way valve as a single inlet port and a single outlet port.
U-CUP: A type of seal. A u-cup is an o-ring formed into a u-shaped channel. Liquid or air pressure "inflates" the u-cup and affects a seal. The u-cup is used in instances where an o-ring is not desirable.
VIRGIN: Describes thermoplastic resins that have no "regrind" in the processing mix. Sometimes mistakenly interchanged with "natural".
VISCOSITY: Is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deform under shear stress. It is commonly perceived as "thickness", or resistance to flow.
VITON: a fluorinated elastomer used in making o-rings and other seals. Viton® is a trade mark of DuPont Dow Elastomers.
WOG: Water/Oil/Gas, describes a common type of brass valve.
X-VALVE: A term used to describe any type of custom valve. "Q-valve" is used to describe custom ball valves.
The Cv, also known as the flow coefficient, is the volume (in US gallons) of water at 60°F that will flow per minute through a valve with a pressure drop of 1 psi across the valve.
Pressure Reducing Valve (PRV): The purpose of a pressure-reducing valve is to reduce the pressure from an upstream pressure to a desired downstream pressure. A PRV is normally open; an increase in pressure on the downstream side of the valve causes it to start modulating closed.
Back Pressure Regulating Valve (BPRV): A backpressure regulator's purpose is to maintain a constant upstream pressure by relieving excel pressure in a process. A BPRV is normally closed; an increase in pressure on the upstream side of the valve causes it to start modulating open.
Temperature Regulator: Temperature regulators maintain a constant temperature in a process by inserting a thermal probe (bulb) in the process where the temperature needs to be maintained. This thermal system consists of a liquid or vapor interface. As the liquid boils, it creates vapor pressure, which will exert pressure to overcome the spring tension on the valve body. This movement allows the valve to move to allow steam or other medium through the valve.
Ball Valve: Ball valves are generally used for on off service and can be turned 90° which turns a ball with a port (hole) through it so the hole is either facing the direction of the process (open) or is perpendicular to it (closed). These valves can be either manual or automated.
Butterfly Valve: Butterfly valves act like a flat disc sitting in a line. When the disc is perpendicular to the line, the valve is closed. When the disc is parallel to the line, the valve is open. These valves are generally used for larger scale pipes, over ball valves, due to the fact that they are considerably less expensive.
Check Valve: Check valves prevent the backflow of a process in a pipe. Wither a spring-loaded disc or a flapper type device located in a pipe accomplishes this.
Safety Relief Valve: Designed to 'pop' or relieve at a given set pressure. These valves are used on steam, water, air, and other processes. These valves generally reset or reseat at 20-30% of the set value of to relieve. i.e. – a valve set at 100 psi will not reseat until 70-8- psi.
Gauge: A gauge is a pressure indicator that is inserted into a process to show pressure. A bimetal thermometer is the same thing for temperature.
Heat Exchanger: Heats up or cools down a process typically by inserting steam or a cooling agent into a tube bundle and passing the process over the bundle.
Actuator: A valve actuator by definition moves something. In our industry, an actuator opens or closes valves or dampers. The most common applications are on ball and butterfly valves.
Filter: A filter is used to remove a specific size particulate from a liquid by means of a screen, either fabric or metal.
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Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) couple electronic and mechanical degrees of freedom in a nanoscopic structure. The small size introduces many atomistic and quantum mechanical features which on the one hand open up for interesting new features and possibilities but on the other hand make it very difficult to formulate quantitative predictions. In this work a wide range of tools has been applied to determine NEMS characteristics; from the quantum mechanical {\it ab initio} method density functional theory (DFT), through the density-functional tight-binding (DFTB) method and molecular mechanics, to the continuum approach used in elasticity theory. The main topic of this thesis concerns the electromechanical shuttle, which in its simplest description comprises a double junction and a mobile central island. In the first part, DFT is used to calculate forces and transition rates for a single atom central island. The parameters are implemented in a macroscopic dynamics module, which computes the motion and electron transport for the system. In the second part, simplifications based on the physical insights from the first part are applied to an atomic as well as a small cluster central island in order to obtain the system IV-characteristics. The systems exhibit almost ubiquitous electronic shuttling, which for certain bias voltage intervals is very stable. The study also shows a strong and non-trivial dependence on the detailed properties of the electronic structure. The work on the shuttle is concluded with a brief microscopic study of C$_{60}$ scattering from a gold surface using time-dependent DFTB. This study probes the non-adiabatic properties of a free molecular shuttle in the strong coupling regime. In the final part of this work, an elastic model for the mechanical properties of a graphene sheet is introduced. The parameters of the model have been determined using molecular mechanics. The computationally much simpler continuum approach is shown to be in good agreement with the atomistic model for the structural degrees of freedom.
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This morning, a group of intrepid geocachers hiked along the front part of the south side of the W.G. Jones State Forest Area. A total of fifteen finds were had, including five different kinds of cache hides (traditionals, letterboxes, puzzles, multis, and an event cache). Even though it was approaching 95 degrees in the Texas sun, there was a little breeze going. Everyone was sweating and exhausted by the end of two and a half hours, but a really good time was had.
WG Jones park is named for William Goodrich Jones (1860-1950), who is touted as the "father of forestry in Texas". He was born in New York, but his father was a jeweler from Galveston. When the Civil War loomed, this father, John Jones, headed back to Texas, soon to be followed by his wife and three children. They moved to Houston to escape the naval warfare, and then later returned to New York. After this, they went to Europe for two years. During this time, Goodrich visited the Black Forest, where he gained an appreciation of the beauty and advantages of a well-managed forest. He learned there the principle of sustainability, about when one cuts a tree from the forest, he should plant one in its place; a maxim which became an abiding principle in his life. Jones went on to obtain a degree in business from Princeton, and served apprenticeships in banks in Galveston and South Texas.
He became president of a bank in Temple and established himself as a civic and business leader. He urged the townspeople to plant trees. Jones advocated the adoption of an official Arbor Day to promote tree planting statewide. The state legislature eventually established this day on the third Friday in January.
Repeated trips through East Texas observing the lumber industry earned him an invitation in 1898 by B.E. Fernow, chief of the United States Bureau of Forestry, to make a survey of the Texas region and write a report on the condition and future of forestry in Texas. The resulting document became a blueprint for conservationists in Texas.
Jones denounced the haste and waste of the large logging operators and predicted that under current methods the great forest would disappear within twenty-five years. He recommended that the state and federal governments cooperate to regulate a planned-cutting, sustained-yield, systematic reforestation program that would prolong the life of the Texas forest indefinitely.
Jones was not a wilderness advocate but rather a supporter of conservation for prudent use of Texas forests. He promoted the multiple-use concept of the forests in Texas and was interested in conserving the soil, grasses, and wildlife, as well as the trees. He also constantly urged the establishment of parks. To make every town a "green town" would, he believed, improve the lives of Texas citizens.
After retiring from banking, Jones moved to Waco, where he managed his various properties and devoted his time to promoting the cause of conservation. He lived until he was almost ninety and was widely honored. He died on August 1, 1950, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple.
W. Goodrich Jones Papers, Special Collections, Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University. Robert S. Maxwell, "Life and Work of W. Goodrich Jones," Texas Forests and Texans, May-June 1964. Robert S. Maxwell, "One Man's Legacy: W. Goodrich Jones and Texas Conservation," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 77 (January 1974). Robert S. Maxwell and Robert D. Baker, Sawdust Empire: The Texas Lumber Industry, 1830–1940 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983).
I just returned from a primatology conference in Puerto Rico, and of all the lectures I attended, my favorite one was one that had little to do with my day-to-day work, but shared some fascinating information that I want to share with you. Okay, so here is the deal: my favorite animals are dogs, horses, and monkeys, and of all the monkey species, my very favorite is the Cotton Top Tamarin. Of course I love my long-tails, but if I could work with any monkey species ever, I would pick these adorable, flashy little moppets over any other. I really love the idea that there is a group out there, Proyecto Titi, that is trying to save these little guys, and are doing it in a really smart way.
Proyecto Tití is essentially conservation program that combines field research, education initiatives and community programs to make the conservation of natural resources economically feasible for local communities in Colombia, which is where the cotton top tamarin is trying to hold out against extinction pressures. The program is designed to provide useful information to assist in the long-term preservation of the cotton-top tamarin and to develop local community advocates to promote conservation efforts in Colombia.
In the talk I listened to, they discussed the efforts to first make a census of how many members of the species were left in this ecological range. Based on the methodology they came up with, it was estimated that there were about 7,500 of these guys left in the wild in 2005 or so. This low number, and the pressures placed upon the remaining members by deforestation practices and habitat destruction, led to a 2008 classification as Endangered animals.
Proyecto Titi as a group was smart enough to realize that they could not just go into Colombia and start telling the people they have to save the monkeys. They had to figure out the reasons why the habitat was being destroyed, and work on reduction and replacement behaviors. They also had to integrate saving the monkeys into the culture of the this area.
Bindes: One of the reasons for deforestation in the area is that the local people are still cooking their food over open fires. An average family of five burns 15 logs a day for cooking of meals. The conservation group was looking for alternatives, and realized that some families were using termite mounds as bindes, which is essentially a way to retain the heat and reduce the amount of firewood that needs to be used to cook. It is time consuming to find termite mounds for everyone, but the group realized they could craft bindes from clay that acted in the same manner. This was able to reduce the amount of firewood needed by families to 5 logs a day.
Eco-mochillas: twenty years ago or so, there was no plastic in the environment of these little tamarins, but nowadays, it is a huge problem. There is no waste management in this area of the world. Trash is either thrown to the roadside, or burned. Plastic was accumulating in all areas, including the cotton top tamarins home range, further reducing the ability of the forest to survive. Mochillas are traditional bags made in Colombia. The conservation group had an idea and shared it with the local people, and it has taken off. What they do now is gather the plastic bags that are littering the environment, and then re-use them to create eco-mochillas; essentially, a purse crocheted from these plastic bags. Each bag is made from about 100-120 plastic bags.
These bags are created now by a women's cooperative called ASOARTESANAS that the conservation group helped organize. These women are pretty amazing! They decided they wanted to have a building dedicated to making these bags, and for community education on protection of the monkeys. After a year and a half of saving money, they were able to buy a parcel of land to put the building on, and then the Proyecto Titi group helped erect the building they wanted – the first two-story building in the local town. This women's cooperative was also recognized globally for their efforts in 2012 by winning the United Nations Equator Prize, which is a highly competitive award, with over 800 nominations from 113 countries. You can view and purchase their products here.
Community involvement and education: the conservation group has done an incredible job integrating their message into the local community. This has taken many forms over the years, but some of the neat things that they do include providing a textbook to 7-9 grade students that includes messages about conservation, sustainable practices, and the uniqueness of the Colombia habitat, particularly related to the cotton top. School children rarely have textbooks in this area, so this book is particularly treasured. Students who show a strong interest and leadership skills are then encouraged to be in a "Titi group". These groups organize for various projects and some of the students go on to purse further advanced training in conservation biology, and come back to work for the group or support their aims. Also over the years, the group has organized a drive to exchange sling shots (used to hunt and capture animals for the pet trade) for a stuffed cotton top tamarin toy, created a National Holiday – August 15, the Day of the Cotton Top Tamarin, created a dance that is shared among the culture called the Cotton Top Tamarin Dance (to raise awareness), created and distributed posters and pamphlets, created a curriculum for high school students that involves teaching sustainable agricultural practices that preserve habitat, and initiated a "Waters of the World" conference that was designed to share international knowledge regarding water quality. There is a more complicated story involving that last one, and you can read more here about that and many of those efforts if you are interested.
I was really excited to hear this story, about how a group who was interested in saving one really neat kind of primate ended up changing communities for the better, empowering women, and inspiring children to take better care of the earth around them to allow it to continue to thrive for generations to come. Plus, I am happy that because of the efforts of Proyecto Titi, the fascinating cotton top tamarins will have a place to call home not just now, but in the future to come.
In the beginning of the book "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close", the main character, a nine year old boy, muses on the increasing world population in terms of where there will be room to bury all the dead. He throws out the idea that there are more people alive right now than have died in all the preceeding generations (snopes.com dispels this myth, but it is based on estimations), and envisions a world where we will have to have multi-story burial facilities to be able to handle all the dead bodies.
I don't think it will come to that, but I did laugh when I read that, and contemplated other solutions. My concern is that we will indeed run out of space for burial of human remains. Also, I would hope that we as a society move away from burial practices using embalming fluids and heavy-duty non-biodegradable caskets. Humans emerged as a species five million years ago, and formaldehyde was developed in 1867, so in the grand scheme of human history, it has not been long we have been using this method of preservation of tissue. There is potential for embalming chemicals, which are carcinogens, to leak into groundwater sources that lay below grave sites, and this is part of my concern for continuing this practice. Also, the land used for burials might eventually run out, or there may be need to turn that land into food production to feed this growing population of people. Cremation uses up a large amount of energy, and so for that reason, is also not believed to be an eco-friendly way to transform remains.
There is a small, growing number of cemeteries that offer green burial, in which the body is buried without the chemical embalming beforehand, and in by which process the body can return to the earth. As this takes up a large amount of space as well, this is not though to be the sustainable solution for our future. Eco-coffins made out of materials that readily break down in the environment are gaining momentum. There is a company called Eternal Reefs, which will take a person's remains and mix it with reef material to add to the ocean to help restore fragile reef systems. Some other new ideas that have come out recently are techniques such as alkaline hydrolysis, which turns the body into nutrients for the earth, or eco-friendly urns for cremated remains, like the Bios-Urn, which contains a tree seed and can be planted afterwards. You can choose to be any tree you like. I think there are probably other ideas I haven't read about yet that are or will soon be out there to bring sustainable burial practices to today's population.
On my way home from work today, I was thinking about what I consider to be the key environmental issues of our times. Part of this thought process was stemming from a conversation J and I were having the other day about why he seems to have changed his mind about wanting to produce his own heir. He wondered out loud why anyone would want to bring a child into this world when the upcoming next couple of generations might suffer from what we foresee as a climatic disaster.
Later on, I was reading a theory by a professor who published his vision of his future, which referenced humanity huddled in ice caves in a mere generation or two from now, as the rest of the earth will have become inhabitable due to climate change. It also doesn't help these "doom and gloom" prophecies that I am currently (still) reading Alan Weisman's "The World Without Us". In order for Weisman to explain how the world would fare if humans were suddenly gone, he has to explain how we got to where we are in the first place, which includes not just humanity's impact on the earth, but how the earth evolved before and during us. Weisman is very meticulous in his research, but he also expouses a worst-case scenario that gives a sense of urgency and dramatic results should we continue with our current paths.
Anyway, I am sure none of us are oblivious to the fact that climate change is a major environmental issue we are currently facing. Ever since Rachel Carson published "Silent Spring" and the seventies ushered in a growing environmental awareness, we have been taking notice of the changes that are occurring around us. I am aware that some people out there do not believe that climate change or global warming is a real thing, and if you are one of those, I invite you to have a discussion where we try to see each other's side of that. I think the grey area in this though is – what are the current impacts, what is our role in this, and what can we do about it?
There is a whole host of literature I stumbled upon recently that implicates PCBs in reduced spermatogenesis in marine mammals, in changes in gender expression and sexuality in human beings, in reduced reproductive rates across the board and increased infection rates due to decreased immunity levels. There is a possible link between these PCBs and a higher rate of hermaphroditic polar bears. Also, in addition to the melting of our polar ice caps, polar bears are having to swim huge long distances to reach land masses to find food. If the polar bear does not adapt quickly (grow fins? webbed feet?), they could be become endangered (currently their status is "threatened").
But PCBs are not the only factors in changing our air quality, which is in turn affecting our environment. Dioxins, which are by-products of residential wood-burning, fires, municipal waste incineration, and steel reclamation are also part of the sea of toxins we are introducing. You might have heard recently about Sheryl Crow stating that her breast cancer was caused by drinking out of water bottles left in the car. There is an urban legend going around that re-using plastic water bottles, especially after they have been heated, causes dioxin buildup and therefore, cancer to those who drink it (Snopes says there is little truth to this). Other culprits to our air quality include PAHs and mercury emissions. Climate change related weather events can spread these heavy molecules into all phases of our environment.
Basically, what is happening is that there is a natural cycle of rising temperatures, which would then usher in a new ice age and yet change the landscape of the earth in specific ways that would cause change in ecosystems and organisms that live on it. However, this natural cycle is happening faster than it has before, at least to our knowledge, and there is a large body of evidence that shows that industrialization plays a role. As global temperatures continue to rise, and sea levels rise due to the melting of the ice caps, we will see a decreased ability to raise food to provide for not only our species, but other species on earth. Parts of the world currently in use for farming will be become lost to desertification. Imagine the American Southwest the new Sahara.
It is this future that J doesn't want to place his personal future generations into. I do wonder what kind of world my children will inherit; I spoke of this before. I keep telling my kids that I believe that the next world war will be over water rights, and some believe this water crisis (which is related to global warming) will occur within the next few generations. Basic things here; the ability to find water, food, and resources could be rapidly declining due to the effects of industrial revolution. I have a lot more I wanted to talk about, but this is already I am sure longer than the typical person's blog attention span, so: to be continued.
But I wanted to leave you, reader, with one last thought: when I was doing some reading into who was or will be the last prophet (because I was longing for God and wishing He would send another, or the Last, prophet down to us – or wondering why it has been so long since we have had one), I stumbled across this idea that is a little out in left field, but worth contemplating. A random Wikipedia author suggests that perhaps the Last Prophet is not a person, but the Earth itself, and how well we take care of it might be the defining lesson for humanity. If you were approaching Earth as a Prophet, what would it be teaching you – and what do you have to offer it in return?


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Linehan Sees a Lot of Similiarities Between Romo, Stafford
Scott Linehan coached Matt Stafford for five seasons in Detroit before coming to Dallas
Published Feb 4, 2015 at 1:41 PM
Tony Romo's path to the NFL was vastly different from that of Tony Romo but Scott Linehan, who has worked with both, sees major similarities between the two quarterbacks.
Romo entered the NFL in 2003 as an undrafted free agent out of Division I-AA Eastern Illinois. Stafford was drafted out of Georgia by the Detroit Lions with the first overall pick in the 2009 draft. But according to Linehan--who coached Stafford for five years in Detroit, before joining the Cowboys in 2014--the two are actually not all that different in terms of makeup.
"There's a lot of similarities between them even though they probably came up different," Linehan said, per ESPN Dallas. "One was the first pick of the draft. The other one was maybe the first pick in the free-agent pool. But neither one of them was really wired any differently. They both see themselves as great players, but humbly they do. They're also so open to coaching and I think that's why both of them are successful.
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Spray a baking sheet with good non-stick spray and place potatoes on it. Bake at 400* for 15 minutes, then flip and bake for 5-8 minutes on the other side. Just keep an eye on it and pull out when golden. Finish by sprinkling Cilantro on top. These are delicious with a homemade Spicy Mayo dipping sauce!


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It's that time of the month when a cold, clear crisp sky highlights the beauty of the full moon.
When referring to the full moon calendars, they call this the Beaver moon or the Full Frost Moon.
Well, we've had the frost… but I haven't seen any beavers around here and the marmots have been hibernating for quite a while.
Is is frosty in your neighborhood? Speaking of frost and full moons, have you been working on your winter energy saving strategy yet?
There are fireplaces, putting blankets or towels in front of doors or windows that might be leaking out the heat or baking (the oven generates heat).
I noticed that an extra sweater or your favorite football team's sweatshirt will work well, too.
Well, now that you know about the full moon rising, it's time for me to curl up with a good book under my quilt.


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We help cities to meet the challenges they face by combining our sense of care with our people, products and leadership in innovation, safety and sustainability. Rapid urbanization means that one of the biggest challenges of our age will be how to keep our cities "human". We want to make the world's cities sustainable for all inhabitants.
We're channelling our people, products and purpose in local communities around the globe. By using our three key strengths – essential ingredients, essential protection, essential color – we can energize communities, making them more liveable and inspiring. From revitalizing favelas in Brazil, to restoring historic landmarks and creating jobs for young people in the UK, we try to give back to the communities in which we operate, which we have been doing for many years through our Community Program.
Our Decorative Paints business in Brazil has launched an initiative called Unexpected Courts which involves using paint to create courts and spaces in surprising places, where children can play alternative sports such as basketball, volleyball, hockey and table tennis. It helps to energize communities, makes life more liveable and brings essential color to local neighborhoods. Also our work with the Cruyff Foundation is designed to support projects that make sport more accessible to children around the world. As one of their top partners and preferred paint supplier, we help the Foundation to create and maintain facilities in neighborhoods where children lack the possibility to play sports in a safe environment.
One of the biggest challenges of our age will be how to keep our cities "human". As neighborhoods, villages and towns meld into megacities, how do we preserve the identity of people and places?