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The Battle of New Orleans
by superuser
THE LONG HANGOVER
Re: Quin Hillyer's Memories of a City:
Now THAT was a superb piece on New Orleans by my colleague Quin Hillyer. In 1986 it fell to me (oh woe was me — it was part of my job) to accompany the site selection committee of the RNC to cities wanting to host the 1988 convention. This meant a trip to New Orleans. I'd already passed through once, long enough for a quick dinner, and was enchanted. This second visit sealed it. We were feted by the town fathers, and under the astute tutelage of my then-colleague (and current Governor of Mississippi), drank and danced the night away at some Bourbon Street place of interest. I barely made the flight out the next morning, as I recall, as Haley Barbour's teaching seminar did not end until somewhere south of five a.m. I get a hangover every time I think of it.
Inspired by discussing serious issues in a decidedly wonderful city, I secured election as a member of the Pennsylvania delegation to the '88 Republican convention and proceeded to enjoy myself thoroughly again between the serious stuff, rewarded this time with a bag of goodies that included a New Orleans cookbook that I still use. It would be a crime against American culture and history if we don't restore this real jewel so it can move on, better than ever.
Conservatives are right, however, to raise serious policy issues as the rebuilding of New Orleans proceeds. The failure laid bare in New Orleans with Katrina was not, and is not, limited to, much less unique to, New Orleans. Decades of liberal policy proscriptions for America's cities — cities run almost exclusively by Democrats — have categorically proved themselves to be failures. Much is made, by Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and many others, of the post-Katrina problems of New Orleans' 9th Ward.
The conservative question should be: Where were these people like Mr. Edwards BEFORE Katrina? And why was the 9th Ward in such bad shape to begin with? The answer to these questions can be found in other cities in America — like Barack Obama's Chicago or here in my own state of Pennsylvania in sections of Philadelphia or any number of other urban areas, including the city of Washington, D.C., outside the sections dominated by the federal government and the monuments. Millions were squandered on so-called "housing developments" that became squalid infestations of crime and drug addiction. The public education system was/is held hostage to greedy unions and mediocrity, millions of taxpayer dollars producing badly educated kids. Corruption among bureaucratic officials, occasionally reaching right into various city halls, was/is rampant. And always the answer is to raise taxes higher, the money getting wasted on more bad policy almost as soon as it arrives in the coffers of big city X.
Although I've made no endorsement of any GOP presidential nominee, it's easy to see why former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is doing so well in the run-up to 2008 for just his pre-9/11 New York record alone. He rarely flinched in challenging the liberal conventional wisdom of how to govern a city, and the results are now remarkably clear. Anyone who was familiar with, to take one famous example, the condition of Times Square pre-Giuliani and post-Giuliani can see a difference as stark as used to be seen between what was once East Berlin and West Berlin. And for precisely the same reasons.
So here's a cheer for Mr. Hillyer and a city that is, as he eloquently illustrates, a true American treasure. The challenge facing the restoration of New Orleans is, in a very real sense, a challenge to a lot of American cities. One hopes that a serious-minded fan of New Orleans like historian Douglas Brinkley, an ardent Bush-Katrina critic, takes note.
— Jeffrey Lord
"New Orleans still needs help. We cannot afford to let it die." Really?
Mr. Hillyer seems to have illusions that New Orleans was some sort of a cultural Mecca. But no, the facts are: New Orleans is one of, if not the most, corrupt city in the nation. The police were quasi-criminals; the schools were out-and-out failures; the city government, when it was not run by thieves, was always incompetent; crime was rampant.
By any objective measure, New Orleans was (and is) a city that cannot govern itself. As for the culture of New Orleans, it was that of a sewer. Although he doesn't explicitly say it, you can just sense that a big part of the city's charm for Mr. Hillyer is its blatant corruption.
Even now, so much of the money — both private and from the government — that is being funneled down there is stolen and/or squandered. But all that money is not enough. It never will be. But why pour billions, maybe even a trillion plus dollars, into New Orleans, especially given the fact that the city itself is below sea level and is still sinking deeper?
If anything, the New Orleans recovery money should go to protect the area's port facilities and oil refineries which serve a national purpose, not to rebuild ghettos and reestablish its "culture."
— Peter Skurkiss
Stow, Ohio
While I sympathize with Louisiana, Quin Hillyer, I truly don't understand how we can rebuild New Orleans. When people with houses on Long Beach, North Carolina, were not allowed to rebuild after a hurricane a few years back, I thought it sad, but the risk they took for living so close to the sea.
When you have a city that resides in a bowl below sea level, it seems a rather risky proposition to rebuild it. Apparently no one wanted to spend the money there over the years to maintain those improperly built levies. What makes you think that money will be spent wisely this time in a corrupt city in a corrupt state?
Don't get me wrong. I agree that New Orleans has been a treasure, and if I could be assured that that city of murder and mayhem could actually be resurrected from the mud and controlled by some adults rather than those fun-loving, irresponsible, money-grubbers that have run New Orleans (also known as: "colorful eccentrics"), then I'd be first to grab a hammer and send some money.
Someone needs to take charge of that, but I don't see anyone stepping up. Maybe Bobby Jindal if he can get past the corruption of the state that houses that doomed city.
— Deborah Durkee
As a nation with looming long-term financial obligations to deal with, we cannot afford to "sink" a nation's treasure into an unviable location in this country that not only is mostly below sea level already but is still sinking in the Delta mud. One breach is all it will take to flood the entire below sea level area again and cost hundreds of billions to rebuild again. The cost to fortify into smaller compartments for containment to limit the impact of a single breach is enormous compared to what the existing levee system cost and that wasn't cheap.
I understand the romantic appeal of New Orleans, but the economic reality is that Nature is going to win eventually. We can, at great cost, prolong the agony but the ground on which much of New Orleans sits today has already voted to surrender. In the scheme of things, it is just one city and there are more pressing needs in the next couple of decades in my humble opinion.
— Thom Bateman
HANDS OFF MY FORK
Re: Michael Fumento's Fat Chance:
Michael Fumento needs to stick to his war reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan. He is becoming, like some other conservatives that should know better, a nag. Millions of Americans have obviously decided that the elite and the nags cost them their cigarettes, cigars, and pipes, but they are not going to do the same thing with their food. Oh, and heaven help you if you should sample an adult beverage or two. Nag, nag, nag!
I have noticed that thin people are ever so quick to take offense, to take umbrage, to find things to complain about, and to generally walk around with a chip on their shoulders constantly. I have pretty much decided that it is because they are hungry all the time. Laura Ingraham becomes a complete shrew when the subject turns to people that are not as thin as she thinks the population ought to be. I think she should put on 20 lbs to look healthy.
Now, I am not defending folks that are morbidly obese and who stuff their faces with high fat junk food at the drop of a hat. I do, however, insist that there are some relatively smaller number of folks that have physical problems that cause them to put on the pounds. Those who take several of the medications for diabetes find that said medications cause weight gain, the very thing that a diabetic is constantly fighting. My own workout schedule should have slimmed me down to a more societally acceptable size a long time ago. My diabetes medication, however, makes shedding the pounds almost impossible, and unfortunately, my genetic history for many generations is heavily populated with diabetics. I call it my family disease.
While folks like Michael Fumento and Laura Ingraham are reciting their statistics and studies in support of thinness, I keep thinking of the pictures of the wonderfully thin folks that were liberated from the German concentration camps, and who managed to survive the death marches and internment by the Japanese. I think of the movement afoot to save our modern society's young girls by banning or restricting the "zero" sized fashion models.
Speaking of fashion, isn't it odd that it is no longer fashionable to make note of the folks that are anorexic or bulimic? It is no longer fashionable in the entertainment world to look anything but severely undernourished. My heavens, but Rita Hayworth, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, and many more would be considered overweight today.
I would rather that I and most in society would die at 75 to 85 and have enjoyed a relatively happy life, then to see folks live until 100 as dried up, unpleasant, prunes that are a complete chore to have to be around. My medical/genetic condition may have caused me to significantly alter my diet, but I still remember what comfort food is and what it tastes like, and I still remember how to be pleasant around folks and not be a nag, unless of course you are a liberal, in which case I don't need to be around you anyway. I would suggest that the health/weight nags among us spend a little more time looking in the mirror and correcting what they see there, and leave me to try correcting what is not optimum in my own life.
No one likes a nag, and there are a whole bunch of once married but now single elderly men and women that can attest to that idiom.
— Ken Shreve
P.S. My dogs don't mind my weight, and I trust their judgment about people.


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Group Photos and Scheduling Re-shoots
Business > High Volume Photography > Group Photos And Scheduling Re-shoots
18. Group Photos and Scheduling Re-shoots
This is probably the hardest thing to wrap your mind around when it comes to photo velocity so what you want to do and you can do it multiple ways what I suggest doing with school dances lots of times it's just easier because you never know how that's all going to work. What I like to do is once they're sorted, which I have all these images sorted now for the most part I'm going to actually when it comes to the group, I will actually just get a card right down like the four kids name that's on that photo photograph that card in the photograph film I find it's easier for me to just manually take that one image and paste it into all for their folders once you're sorted that's pretty easy because it's so random you don't know what you're going to do now you can create barcodes but I found in the un no, no, I guess is that question is with school dances where you can have so many people coming up and you get out the same person come out four, five times in different groups and everything e...
lse it's easier just to write their names down once I do the sort I can go in the person of management find their I d number and then just pasted in each folder in a more controlled environment like a sports team league or the spring photos bring personality photos for a small school, the little kids when they actually take a group photo for the class they're individuals or the team photo for sports what we do for photo velocities we actually can enter when we add a new person we could actually do like group and we're going to say seattle and we're going to do teach the greatest seattle since this is the group let's say that all seattle employees took a group we're going to say and over here it has is group photo and we click the is group photo and we hit safe and so what that's going to do is in our data it will add a saved I mean a team, a group photo we scanned down to the bottom where it adds it and if you notice there's my group seattle it says yes in this in group column nowthe one thing then I should've forgot to add let me show you the one thing you need to do is you see how let me close this out. It'll be easier to explain you see how this grade right here I entered your position where you guys worked and lived his grade and all the people in seattle are the same all the people in san francisco the same, so when I enter my group photos for if seattle if you want to do a sports team again, think of that as the giants or whatever else what you want to do is you want to add and let me pull it up when we find it before I won't be keeping keeping used sorry guys again I'm no jack davis at this love jack it's where I learned all my information from so let's start over so I want to do a group and we're going to do we'll do san fran and we're going to do in the grade the exact same thing that says here will do new york there's only one in new york so it's a little easier to understand I know we'll do seattle who cares? So in the grade I want to put in seattle as well in the grade and we're going to put his group and we're going to hit save we're going to close it out and now what happens it's down here and when I actually sort ideo and it prints out of bar code so when the seattle group comes up I would photograph that group barcode and photographed my group as many times as I need to get the images that I want just like the individual you come back in your processing area, you find the winning group photo it sorts it goes into the folder by itself that whole bit you're done all that and then you can come in and you hit group sort group photos and what it's going to do because I have the grade the same so everybody's greatest seattle or new york or san francisco in this case that one group is seattle and the greatest seattle's well in the group data does that make sense you actually would sort by grade and it's going to sort all the group it would go to those when you do this I know I'm probably confusing the hell out of you when you go to this it's going to pick up all the group photos that has is group it's going to go to this it's going to say okay in greatest seattle so I'm going to put every individual that has great seattle I'm gonna put this group photo in their folder so it automatically copies that image and puts it in all the seattle group photo and then you have a san francisco group is going to copy it and put in all the san francisco group so that one group photo if you have eighty employees from seattle will be in all eighty individual photos folders so in a controlled environment that way for a school dance I just found it easier just because it's so random just to write their names on the card, photograph it and then allow us to disorder mannion later just by cutting pace and put them in the folders keep it simple exactly I don't think the hard part is actually sorting the kid to who they are keeping the photo with the day that's the hard part and that's the strength of photo velocity it really sorts him out easy once you have that everything else you like you said keeps it simple makes it easier awesome thank you I think that sparked a couple other questions in our studio audience are you okay to take y'all have a just a couple questions when you have where you're doing the kid the day and also the group photo the day and so you're not doing your doing all pre sales you're not doing the after sale so you're not making that prove she how do you do you just make it a separate group or like choice like choice b is the group photo I usually yeah I usually make it as an add on drew photos and sports leagues thie what we call the memory mates the one that has the team in individual those air really really big so you can either add it into your portrait package where everybody gets one if you want or you can separate it and added as an add on or you can even make it if you want you know if your goal is to get twelve dollars a package off everybody make that eight by ten twelve dollars and just use it as its own individual package or all three if you want, because some people, even though they get like a five by seven group that wanted eight by ten or or vice versa because I know for our sports leagues almost all our packages and not all of them have a five by seventeen photo in it because that's that's, the biggie that's what they want if you want to raise if you want to get a little higher average, maybe your lower package doesn't have that five by seventeen minutes, and they've got to go to the second packages or above to get that he will really push people up to do that. However there's that fine line you gotta play happy with because the board might like that. They think you're a jerk and they'll deal with it this year, but they won't bring you back the following year. So those are all the things that you want to kind of talk about with the board beforehand, the sports league board I'm talking about, but yeah, using we just included in a package, and it goes with him until we sort it and then it's just another photo and it just upload to the lab and they printed out and millers will put them all in one folder, and you just hand him out when you get back. Along those lines with memory mates is their way when you go to upload that to miller's thatyou can designate this is the team photo for the memory made package and have it automatically included well more time I think I understand you but I want to make when you create memory made like in miller's for example you you do the package and then you designate that with this student's three by five include this group photo so how does the software it puts that it's a little different it works the same way but it's just a little bit different way of doing it so since we put that group photo and everybody's older it's just another pose of that child and so if you have an eight by ten of that memory made across the border let's say it's a five by seven you putting everybody to you know every package against five by seven you literally in photo velocity in the picture package pose like we have a bunch here if post four is the memory made across the board on everybody and I know that a member may is five by seven or eight by ten and you pre set up your packages is let's say everybody gets a five by seven memory may I have that memory made and everybody's folder already by just sorting and put it in there and buy me setting that package up in miller's package j is a five one five by seven I literally would just do a little bit just go, jay and so when I uploaded to miller's, everybody gets packaged j automatically, and I found that's a little easier for me work with each individual, because when I from my brain, when I first started trying to attach certain files to certain kids and this group, I got confused, and so, because some kids needed it, some kids didn't, and this was like, if my memory it's always package for its j is my five by seven it's going all just it upload them it's done. How do you deal with the teams that want their names below the picture? Well, you could do multiple things that's a great, great question, not just saying it is, cody says now I'm a little worried about sand it every time, because I guess I do, but you can do multiple things, you can batch it on with photo shop if you want, which is what I've done a lot we actually create no graphic authority has some really amazing templates out there that we use, and you can actually handwrite the names in there if you want, it takes a little more time, which we do sometimes, but problem is, when you hand write stuff, you're going to misspell names and if you have something that's going backwards, you know giants the eye before a before I and you're gonna have a backwards but generally it's going to be either in the systems if you have a system that will do that um but photo velocity itself then you can use the template builder and actually build it if you want, but right now photo velocity doesn't have a direct way to handle that, but we usually let the lab do it so dependent on your lab they usually do it for you a swell they can set up overlays and they can actually put it on the images for you. It just depends on which order in system and I don't want say all abacus all labs don't do that, but some labs will do that they have overlays that you khun when you when you upload it, they actually look at the data just like we and if it's the team is the they have a team column, you designate that they'll actually take whatever's in that team column and put on the photos for you that makes sense again, we have some issues here because I got to solve because the hand written, but I wanted you to look at the image associated column right now and we'll just go ahead and I'm gonna highlight the image association column and so now we have all these this one person right here is really messed up it has five images we should only have one so let's say I thought I did all my sorting which in this case we know he didn't but let's say I thought it'd almost sorting and I have a problem these right here from these these five groups should only have one image they have three and this one has five well this is bar code three zero five two I literally can't go to my bar code three zero five two and they should have five images in there and there they are and so now I literally can go back and no, these are my problems so it's another check system for you to realize that I have issues and that everyone just needs that one one image that I'm giving with giving now once you sort all those out the neat thing about this also and I told you is on photo velocity so now once you have it all sorted all these ones that have zero images associated with him those the ones we have not photographed yet so I can actually literally just copy that data copy it and placed it into an excel spreadsheet or google document take out the information they don't need that I could just email that directly to my clients say these are the kids we have not photograph we still need to get right off the bat don't know who you have and who you haven't photographed and that is tremendous again if you're trying to get a yearbook and you're trying to get all those seniors in that yearbook that is huge huge, huge huge so really quickly you can easily do that and and so it works really, really well and then finally I wanted to kind of show you this before we end on the day, so now I have my I told you I showed you earlier we have our san francisco people and I I knew what I was doing, so I hand hand written all the cards and I physically sorted them into their own folder. I went back to the data and I found that this guy's name tag was I d number two zero zero one so I made two zero zero wanted dropped his image in there and it is easy this is once you have does all sorted, I can literally copy these and paste them into where you already put what photo velocity, this sort of folder j peg sorted and when I paste them in there because they're already in the data, it automatically automatically refreshes the data toe where I don't have all those people now eighty seven people of the hundred and sixteen that I have in the data so instantly those the system thinks it's sorted but when you have all those handwritten which is what I'm going to do and and break with all those few other hand written ones just we're all on the same page I didn't want to be just so redundant so now all my san francisco people that I didn't have any data for in the sense on location of the barcodes are now sorted and matched up with our data in the system so that tremendously helps and also this keeps you in line with who we haven't photographed who we need to photograph how many we have total how many we don't have all this is here and now finally before we end this segment you notice now we have what used to be a red light it's a green light now we haven't sorted all these other items or opened up for you to play with in your workflow because now you have everything sorted so I'm not saying I can go to the next step I can do whatever else you need to do with this work flow because the barcoding was the first important thing entering that end of the day it was the first important thing and then after that you could add people then sorting and now that we have it sorted we're happy eighty seven of eighty seven with zero images issues pretend that all the images that we have are solved now we would go on to the next steps

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CASE Belarus experts, Sierz Naurodski and Uladzimir Valetka, have presented in Minsk the outcomes of the study titled "COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BELARUSIAN INDUSTRIES: THE LENS OF ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED (EVA)". In the article they make the first attempt to calculate EVA for Belarus at the industry level using aggregate indicators according to the common methodology. Primary data such as net economic profit, investment and cost of capital are aggregates for each sector defined in internationally comparable Industrial Classification System only recently built in Belarus.
i) Six industries created in 2008 more than 2/3 of economic value added in Belarusian economy: manufacture of chemicals, whloesale trade, transport and communication, agriculture, construction and manufacture of refined petroleum products and coke. Evidently these six industries contributed substantially to overall economic performance in Belarus in 2008.
ii) Almost ¼ of the entire economic value was added in 2008 in chemical industry (manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres). We can stаte that comparing to other sectors enerprises in chemical devision invested in more profitable projects. This leading value-creating industry played then the most important role in Belarusian economy in 2008.
iii) Four sectors create no economic value and have negative EVA indicator: education, health, community, social and personal services, and, suprisingly, real estate activities. Such negative EVA indicates that either cost of capital for an industry is higher than return on capital (the firms are currently earning less than expected giving the their cost cost of capital) or capital invested does not create enough of value for specific investment projects. The first three mentioned sectors have clear "social" charakter in Belarus by receiving substantial governmental support and subsidies. We can state that these sectors and real estate operate "at the cost" of other industries.
iv) The most striking finding of our estimations is that the lowest EVA indicator among all Belarusian industries shows the division called "Real estate acvtivities". This can be explained by having a close look at the sector's further structure. According to NACE "Real estate activities" behind direct services of selling estate and real estate agencies includes also management of estate on a fee or contract basis, the services of numerous halls of residence. In Belarus the latter are simply maintanace services for households which is traditionally low-profitable and government-subsided. A governmental straight involvment in construction sector production, providing of preferential rates for housing construction credits and other economic peculiarities in Belarus have led to unexpected result that firms from a should-be profitable NACE class "Development and selling of real estate" does not create economic value.
The full text of the study can be downloaded here: link.
The presentation of the study can be downloaded here: link.


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How are retailers reacting to the threat of a 2022 lockdown?
by Imogen Wethered
What will a 2022 lockdown look like for US retailers across the country? We look at the pitfalls and what you can do to secure your business in 2022.
Fluctuating COVID cases, staffing shortages and the decline of in-store shopping due to the pandemic have all hit retail hard. Now, we need to take measures in protecting our industry. With new COVID variants, such as Omicron, cropping up across the globe, the possibility and threat of a 2022 lockdown could be imminent.
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A method for controlling an industrial process, such as a paper machine, is devised to handle multiple manipulated and controlled variables of the process. The method includes making available for selection a plurality of different multivariable sub-control systems for controlling the process. A user interface table is generated and displayed showing configuration information about the plurality of multivariable sub-control systems. A selection of one of the multivariable sub-control systems is received through the user interface and used by the computer system for configuring the multivariable control system and performing control calculation for the multivariable control system.
The present invention relates in general to multivariable control systems and, more particularly, to improved multivariable control systems for industrial processes.
A multivariable control system is often used to control an industrial process with multiple input and multiple output variables, also known as a "multivariable process". Ideally, a multivariable control system will always have all input and output variables available from the multivariable process for closing the control loop of the multivariable control system. In practice, some inputs and outputs of the process may not always be available or needed, depending on the status of instrumentation, the operating conditions of the multivariable process, and/or different products it produces. Therefore, there is a real need to make the multivariable control system dynamically configurable during its operation. The present invention is directed to a method and system that allow users to dynamically add, remove, separate or combine input and output variables in one or more multivariable sub-control systems where each sub-control system is associated with a different control objective, control constraints, or control tunings.
In accordance with the present invention, a method is provided for creating a control system for an industrial multivariable process with one or more manipulated variables and one or more controlled variables. A first table is created, wherein one or more manipulated variables are assigned to one or more sub-control systems and wherein each manipulated variable is assigned to no more than one sub-control system. A second table is created, wherein one or more controlled variables are assigned to the one or more sub-control systems. The first and second tables are used to generate one or more sub-process response models. The one or more sub-process response models are used to generate the one or more sub-control systems, which are operable to control one or more sub-processes. Each sub-control system includes a set of tuning parameters. Also provided in accordance with the present invention is a computer system which performs the foregoing method.
FIG. 13 shows the configuration table wherein variables have been selected for the sub-control systems of FIG. 9.
It should be noted that in order to clearly and concisely disclose the present invention, the drawings may not necessarily be to scale and certain features of the invention may be shown in somewhat schematic form. It should also be noted that, as used herein, the terms "sub-control system" and "subsystem" have the same meaning and are used interchangeably.
While the present invention is generally applicable to many complex industrial machines, it is useful to illustrate the present invention in the context of a sheet-forming application. Accordingly, the invention will be described herein with reference to a paper-making machine.
Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown a paper making machine 10 that generally includes a stock approaching system 30, a headbox 12, a wire section 14, a press section 16, first and second dryer sections 18, 22, a sizing section 20, a calendar stack 24 and a roll-up spool 26. The paper making machine 10 makes a paper sheet by receiving furnished materials (including wood fibers and chemicals) that are diluted in water (the mixture being called "stock") through an in-flow 30, passing the stock through the headbox 12, dispersing the stock on the wire section 14, draining water to form a wet sheet 32, squeezing more water out at the press section 16, evaporating the remaining water at the dryer sections 18 and 22, treating the surface of the sheet 32 at the sizing section 20 and the calender stack 24 before rolling the sheet 32 on to the roll-up spool 26. The calender stack 24 also alters sheet thickness.
A computer system 28 is provided for use with the paper making machine 10. The computer system 28 includes a Quality Control System (QCS) for monitoring and controlling the paper making machine 10. The QCS comprises one or more controllers and one or more computers. The computer system 28 may further include one or more other computers for performing off-line tasks related to the paper making machine 10 and/or the QCS. At least one of the computers of the computer system 28 has user interface devices (UI) that includes one or more display devices, such as a monitor (with or without a touch screen) or a hand-held devices such as a cell phone for displaying graphics, and one or more entry devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a track ball, a joystick, a hand-held and/or voice-activated devices.
Referring to FIG. 1, the stock feeding to the headbox 12 can be diluted by an array of dilution valves 48 which is known as "dilution profiler" for adjusting the stock consistency across the web and in turn changing cross-machine direction (CD) weight distribution. The desired valve opening for each zone forms an array called "setpoint" 50 for dilution profile. At the output side of the headbox 12 there is a narrow opening, also known as "slice opening", that disperses the furnished flow on the wire to form the paper sheet 32. The slice opening is adjusted by an array of slice screws 34 extending across the sheet width. The position settings of the slice screws 34 change the opening gap of the headbox 12 and influence the distribution and the uniformity of sheet weight, moisture content, fiber orientation, and sheet thickness in the CD direction. The slice screws 34 are often controlled by CD actuators attached to the slice screws 34. The position of each slice screw 34 is controlled by setting a target position, also known as a "setpoint" 52 for the corresponding CD actuator zone. Near the end of the wire section 14 or in the press section 16, one or multiple arrays of steam nozzles 36 that extend across the sheet web are often installed in order to heat the water content in the sheet 32 and allow the moisture content of the sheet 32 to be adjusted. The amount of steam that goes through the nozzles 36 is regulated by the target or setpoint 54 selected for each nozzle 36. Further downstream in dryer sections 18 or 22, one or multiple arrays of water spray nozzles 42 that extend across the web are often installed in order to spray misty water drops on the sheet 32 to achieve uniform moisture profile. The amount of water sprayed on the paper sheet is regulated by the target or setpoint 56 selected for each spray nozzle 42. Near the end of paper machine 10, one or multiple sets of induction heating zones 44 that extend across the web can also be installed in order to alter sheet glossiness and sheet thickness. The amount of heat applied by the different induction heating zones 44 is regulated by the target or setpoint 58 selected for each induction heating zone 44. The influence of multiple sets of CD actuators (including those described above) can be seen on multiple sheet properties that are measured by sensors in one or multiple frames 38, 40, and/or 46. Usually, each frame has one or multiple sensors, each of which measures a different sheet property. For example, the frames 40 and 46 in FIG. 1 may have weight, moisture, caliper and fiber orientation sensors which measure weight, moisture 1, moisture 2, caliper, and fiber angle profiles, respectively. The fiber angle profiles are further used to generate a twist profile. It is clear that a paper-making process is a multivariable process having multiple input variables and multiple output variables. The multivariable nature of a paper making machine in FIG. 1 can be simply expressed by a block-diagram as shown in FIG. 2. For this example, the multiple inputs to the paper making process 70 are setpoint arrays 50, 52, 54, 56, and 58, for dilution profiler, slice screws, steambox, waterspray, and induction profiler, respectively and the output from the paper making process are profiles 60, 62, 64, 66, and 68, for weight, twist, moisture 2, moisture 1, and caliper profiles, respectively. The input variable to a process is also known as "manipulated variable (MV)" and the output variable from a process is also called "controlled variable (CV)".
In practice, some manipulated variables and controlled variables of the process may not always be available or needed, depending on the status of instrumentation, the operating conditions of the multivariable process, and/or different products it produces. Under some conditions, a multivariable process may need to be divided into multiple sub-processes. Each sub-process is controlled independently. For other conditions, multiple sub-processes may need to be combined together in order to simultaneously consider the cross coupling impacts among variables. FIGS. 3-5 illustrate the examples of dividing a large multivariable process into sub-processes of multiple configurations. Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the multivariable process 70 of a paper making process as indicated in FIG. 2 is divided into two sub-processes 80 and 90 in FIG. 3. The full multivariable process 70 has five manipulated variables 74 and five controlled variables 72. The sub-process 1 of FIG. 3 has three manipulated variables 84 and three controlled variables 82, Similarly, the sub-process 2 has two manipulated variables 94 and two controlled variables 92. The sub-process 1 actually represents the upstream part of the paper making machine and the sub-process 2 represents the downstream part of the paper making machine. The sub-processes of a multivariable process do not have to be totally independent or decoupled. Referring to FIG. 4, the full multivariable process 70 in FIG. 2 is divided into three sub-processes 100, 110, and 120. The sub-process 100 has two manipulated variables 104 and three controlled variables 102. The sub-process 110 has one manipulated 114 and one controlled variable 112. In this example, the controlled variable 112 of the sub-process 110 is the same as one of the controlled variables 102 of the sub-process 100. Inversely, some controlled variables may be dismissed completely as shown in FIG. 5 where the full multivariable process is divided into two sub-processes 130 and 140 but the controlled variable, twist profile (y2) is not in either sub-process. The sub-process 130 has four manipulated variables 134 and three controlled variables 132. A multivariable process is also know as "square" if it has same number of manipulated and controlled variable. Otherwise, it is "rectangular". In a general case, a multivariable process or sub-process can be either square or rectangular. The sub-processes 100 and 130 are both rectangular.
Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the sub-processes 110 and 140 have one manipulated and one controlled variables. Strictly speaking, they are not multivariable processes. However, they are legitimate sub-processes from a multivariable process and can be considered as a special case of a multivariable process. On the other hand, a full multivariable process can also be considered as a sub-process of itself. In a similar manner, a full multivariable control system can be considered as a sub-control system of itself. Thus, each sub-process illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 5 is a legitimate subdivision of a multivariable process. For illustration purposes, each example of a subdivision of a multivariable process is called a "sub-process" of the full process. For convenience, a full process itself (without any subdivision) is called "configuration 0" such as the one shown on FIG. 2, The examples of FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are called "configurations 1, 2, and 3" respectively. For a process with five inputs and five outputs, theoretically, there are (25−1)×(25−1)=961 possible sub-processes. However, for a practical application, typically only a handful of sub-processes of a multivariable process actually makes sense and needs to be considered.
m is number of controlled variables.
Referring to the paper machine 10 shown in FIG. 1, the manipulated variables u(z) of the paper machine 10 may include the setpoint arrays to dilution profiler valves 48, slice screw actuators 34, steambox nozzles 36, water spray nozzles 42, induction profiler coils 44, and other similar devices. The controlled variables y(z) may be the collection of sheet property profiles such as weight, twist, moisture, caliper, gloss, fiber orientation and other relevant measurements from one or multiple frames 38, 40, and 46. The disturbance d(z) could be influences from uncontrollable factors such as the flow turbulences in a headbox, dewatering variations on the Fourdrinier wire, variations of felt absorption, drying variations of each dryer cylinder, and other similar variations that cannot be easily modeled. Considering a large number of zones of multiple actuator sets and the high resolution of multiple profiles, the dimensions of manipulated and controlled variables may vary broadly. Depending on the need of an application, if either manipulated or controlled variables can be divided into smaller sub-groups, then the dimension of each sub-group is smaller and the multivariable sub-process can be more efficiently controlled with a smaller multivariable control system.
hu is the control horizon of the manipulated variable.
|Lu|≦Lmax: other linear constraints such as first and/or second order differences.
In the objective function, the weighting matrices W, R0, R1, R2, etc. are also known as tuning parameters for setting the priorities among controlled and manipulated variables. For simplicity and intuitiveness for an operational user, these tuning parameters are specified with a set of qualitative classifiers such as "high", "medium high", "medium", "medium low", and "low" to indicate the priority or the importance of each involved variables. These qualitative classifiers are mapped to a group of numerical values that are actually used in the objective function Q.
Under an ideal condition, all manipulated and controlled variables are available to be used in the above multivariable control system. The multivariable control system will minimize the objective function Q that consists of the deviations of all controlled variables and weightings on all manipulated variables. However, under various conditions, not all manipulated and controlled variables are readily available to be used in a multivariable control system. For example, a paper machine usually produces multiple grades of paper sheet. Each grade of paper has different quality specifications. Some grades may have stringent specifications on some quality parameters such as weight, moisture, twist, etc., but other grades may have very wide specifications for the same quality parameters. In the case where the specification of a quality parameter is not stringent, then that sheet property can be excluded from a multivariable control system so that the control can focus on other key quality variables with higher priorities. On the manipulated variables side, some set of actuators may be out of service and simply unavailable or certain actuators are not needed for some paper grades. In practice, there is a strong need to allow users to easily divide a full system into a number of smaller subsystems or combine smaller subsystems into a larger subsystem.
and the following objective function Q1 to control the sub-process 80.
hu 1 is the control horizon of the manipulated variable.
and the following objective function Q2 to control the sub-process 90.
hu 2 is the control horizon of the manipulated variable.
and the following objective function Q1 to control the sub-process 100.
and the following objective function Q2 to control the sub-process 110.
The third sub-control system 260 is the same as the sub-control system 230 described above and, thus, for purposes of brevity will not be described again.
and the following objective function Q1 to control to sub-process 130.
For purposes of brevity, the second sub-control system 280 will not be described because it is similar to the sub-control system 250, but utilizes a different controlled variable and a different manipulated variable.
In the present invention, the creation of various sub-control systems is performed using a configuration table 300 shown in FIGS. 10-13, which may be displayed on a user interface device of the computer system 28. The configuration table 300 consists of a manipulated variables (MV) table 302 and a controlled variables (CV) table 304. The MV table 302 includes a plurality of selectable elements arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, wherein each column represents a manipulated variable (e.g., MV1, MV2, etc.) and each row represents a Subsystem (e.g. Subsystem 0, Subsystem 1, etc.). Similarly, the CV table 304 includes a plurality of selectable elements arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, wherein each column represents a controlled variable (e.g., CV1, CV2, etc.) and each row represents a Subsystem (e.g. Subsystem 0, Subsystem 1, etc.). When an element in one of the tables 302, 304 is selected, its corresponding variable is assigned to its corresponding Subsystem. When the configuration table 300 is displayed on a user interface, the elements in the MV table 302 may be selectable radio buttons, and the elements in the CV table 304 may be selectable check boxes. A user is allowed to choose various combinations of manipulated variables and controlled variables for each Subsystem. The selection of manipulated variables and controlled variables in the configuration table 300 creates a first table, wherein manipulated variables are assigned to sub-control systems, and a second table, wherein controlled variables are assigned to the sub-control systems.
In the configuration table 302, each Subsystem represents a sub-control system that will be configured in accordance with the control principles described earlier, based on the manipulated variables and controlled variables that are assigned to the Subsystem in the configuration table 302 and subject to certain restrictions. One restriction is that at least one manipulated variable and at least one controlled variable must be assigned to a sub-control system. Another restriction is that a particular manipulated variable can only be assigned to one sub-control system. This restriction may be enforced automatically in the configuration table 300 by permitting only one radio button in a manipulated variable column to be selected at a time.
In FIG. 10, all of the manipulated variables (MV1-MV5) in the MV table 302 have been assigned to Subsystem 0 and all of the controlled variables (CV1-CV5) in the CV table 304 have been assigned to Subsystem 0. Thus, Subsystem 0 is configured with five manipulated variables and five controlled variables and is a controllable sub-process. Subsystem 0 corresponds to the multivariable control system 200 schematically shown in FIG. 6, with m=n=5. In other words, the assignment of the manipulated variables and controlled variables to Subsystem 0 in FIG. 10 will result in the creation of the sub-control system 200. The other Subsystems in table 300 do not have manipulated variables or controlled variables. Therefore they are uncontrollable sub-control systems. In this regard, it should be noted that all of the manipulated variables have been assigned to Subsystem 0 and, thus, no other sub-control systems are permitted (without removing a manipulated variable from the Subsystem 0.
In FIG. 11, manipulated and controlled variables have been assigned to Subsystem 1 and to Subsystem 2. More specifically, manipulated variables MV1, MV2 and MV3 and controlled variables CV1, CV2 and CV3 have been assigned to Subsystem 1 and manipulated variables MV4 and MV5 and controlled variables CV4 and CV5 have been assigned to Subsystem 2. The Subsystems 1, 2 are controllable and correspond to the sub-control systems 220, 230 schematically shown in FIG. 7, respectively. The other Subsystems (Subsystems 0, 3) do not have any manipulated variables or controlled variables and are not controllable.
In FIG. 12, manipulated and controlled variables have been assigned to Subsystem 1, Subsystem 2 and Subsystem 3. More specifically: manipulated variables MV1 and MV2 and controlled variables CV1, CV2 and CV3 have been assigned to Subsystem 1; manipulated variable MV3 and controlled variable CV3 have been assigned to Subsystem 2; and manipulated variables MV4 and MV5 and controlled variables CV4 and CV5 have been assigned to Subsystem 3. The Subsystems 1, 2, are controllable and correspond to the subsystems 240, 250 and 260 schematically shown in FIG. 8, respectively. Subsystem 0 does not have any manipulated variables or controlled variables and is not controllable.
In FIG. 13, manipulated and controlled variables have been assigned to Subsystem 1 and Subsystem 2. More specifically, manipulated variables MV1, MV2, MV3 and MV4 and controlled variables CV1, CV3 and CV4 have been assigned to Subsystem 1 and manipulated variable MV5 and controlled variable CV5 have been assigned to Subsystem 2. The Subsystems 1, 2 are controllable and correspond to the subsystems 270 and 280 schematically shown in FIG. 9, respectively. Subsystems 0, 3 do not have any manipulated variables or controlled variables and are not controllable.
6. no manipulated variable (actuator) is allowed to be associated with more than one controllable sub-control system simultaneously.
A sub-control system that does not satisfy the above rules is not controllable and will be blocked from control. In practice, there could be one or more subsystems that simultaneously satisfy the above rules and are considered controllable sub-control systems. The control of all controllable sub-control systems can be activated simultaneously or independently.
6. repeat the above routine at every control interval.
As a result of the foregoing, a multivariable control system can be easily configured as a single interactive control system or multiple multivariable control systems with subsets of measurements and actuators as their inputs and outputs respectively. The devised structure provides a high degree of flexibility to users and allows them to make their own decision to pick and choose the most suitable subsystem configurations for practical applications.
The present invention allows users to dynamically change manipulated and controlled variables, switch between different configurations, and apply different control settings to different subsystems in order to achieve different control objectives. In practical applications of multivariable control systems, the aforementioned flexibility is extremely important for empowering operational personnel. The flexible configurability allows users to adapt a multivariable control system to different production and/or machine conditions.
With the present invention, the control of a process can be quickly changed to accommodate a change in the availability of equipment. For example, if, in the paper machine 10 above, the steambox 36 is taken off-line for maintenance, an operator may quickly change the control of the paper making machine from the first configuration 300 to the third control configuration 320, which will allow subsystems 325 and 329 control the machine while subsystem 327 is under the maintenance.
In addition to easily accommodating changes in the availability of equipment, the present invention permits both control separation and consolidation. With regard to control separation, one large multivariable system can be broken down into several smaller multivariable sub-control systems. The smaller multivariable sub-control systems can be activated either simultaneously or independently. This flexible approach allows users to tackle certain production or machine conditions more appropriately and gain better controllability. With regard to control consolidation, several smaller multivariable sub-control systems can be combined into one large multivariable control system. This is particularly useful after users initially use the smaller multivariable systems and later want to extend the system to include more inputs and outputs.
The present invention can be applied to many kinds of multivariable control systems where each controlled or manipulated variable can be either a scalar or an array. The technique can be used for temporal domain multivariable control systems such as a machine-direction control system, spatial domain control systems such as a cross-machine profile control system, or the combination of the both.
As will be appreciated by one of skill in the art and as before mentioned, the present invention may be embodied as or take the form of the methods previously described, a computing device or system having program code configured to carry out the methods, a computer program product on a computer-usable or computer-readable medium having computer-usable program code embodied in the medium. The computer-usable or computer-readable medium may be any medium that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device and may by way of example but without limitation, be an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, device, or propagation medium or even be paper or other suitable medium upon which the program is printed. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable medium would include: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a transmission media such as those supporting the Internet or an intranet, or a magnetic storage device. Computer program code or instructions for carrying out operations of the present invention may be written in any suitable programming language provided it allows achieving the previously described technical results. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computing device, partly on the user's computing device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on a remote computer or server or a virtual machine. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider).
While the present invention is particularly suitable for use in controlling a paper machine, as described above, it should be appreciated that the present invention may be used in many other multivariable control applications. The present invention is applicable to any industrial process having a multivariable nature, wherein a multivariable control system can be used to improve product quality and/or process operation.
It is to be understood that the description of the foregoing exemplary embodiment(s) is (are) intended to be only illustrative, rather than exhaustive, of the present invention. Those of ordinary skill will be able to make certain additions, deletions, and/or modifications to the embodiment(s) of the disclosed subject matter without departing from the spirit of the invention or its scope, as defined by the appended claims.
using the one or more sub-process response models to generate the one or more sub-control systems, which are operable to control one or more sub-processes, each sub-control system including a set of tuning parameters.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the industrial multivariable process comprises a plurality of manipulated variables and a plurality of controlled variables.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sub-processes include the industrial multivariable process itself.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of creating the first and second tables are performed to assign at least one manipulated variable and at least one controlled variable to a sub-control system and wherein the step of generating the one or more sub-control systems comprises generating a sub-control system for each sub-process and associating one set of tuning parameters to each sub-control system.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of creating the first table comprises using a user interface to assign a manipulated variable to a sub-control system while automatically un-assigning the manipulated variable from all other sub-control systems.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of creating the second table comprises using a user interface to assign a controlled variable to a sub-control system.
creating a separate set of tuning parameters for each sub-control system for each sub-process.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein each sub-control system which has been assigned with at least one manipulated variable and at least one controlled variable is controllable and is activated for control, and wherein each sub-control system which has not been assigned with at least one manipulated variable and at least one controlled variable is not controllable and is not activated for control.
having at least one activated sub-control system.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the tuning parameters of each sub-control system have qualitative classifiers selected from the group consisting of "high", 'medium high", "medium", "medium low" "low" and combinations of the foregoing, wherein each classifier corresponds to a numerical value that is used in an objective function.
12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the industrial multivariable process comprises a plurality of manipulated variables and a plurality of controlled variables.
13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more sub-processes include the industrial multivariable process itself.
14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the steps of creating the first and second tables are performed to assign at least one manipulated variable and at least one controlled variable to a sub-control system and wherein the step of generating the one or more sub-control systems comprises generating a sub-control system for each sub-process and associating one set of tuning parameters to each sub-control system.
15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the step of creating the first table comprises using a user interface to assign a manipulated variable to a sub-control system while automatically un-assigning the manipulated variable from all other sub-control systems.
16. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the step of creating the second table comprises using a user interface to assign a controlled variable to a sub-control system.
18. The computer system of claim 11, wherein each sub-control system which has been assigned with at least one manipulated variable and at least one controlled variable is controllable and is activated for control, and wherein each sub-control system which has not been assigned with at least one manipulated variable and at least one controlled variable is not controllable and is not activated for control.
20. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the tuning parameters of each sub-control system have qualitative classifiers selected from the group consisting of "high", 'medium high", "medium", "medium low" "low" and combinations of the foregoing, wherein each classifier corresponds to a numerical value that is used in an objective function.


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#include <aws/glacier/model/CSVInput.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
namespace Glacier
{
namespace Model
{

CSVInput::CSVInput() :
    m_fileHeaderInfo(FileHeaderInfo::NOT_SET),
    m_fileHeaderInfoHasBeenSet(false),
    m_commentsHasBeenSet(false),
    m_quoteEscapeCharacterHasBeenSet(false),
    m_recordDelimiterHasBeenSet(false),
    m_fieldDelimiterHasBeenSet(false),
    m_quoteCharacterHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

CSVInput::CSVInput(JsonView jsonValue) :
    m_fileHeaderInfo(FileHeaderInfo::NOT_SET),
    m_fileHeaderInfoHasBeenSet(false),
    m_commentsHasBeenSet(false),
    m_quoteEscapeCharacterHasBeenSet(false),
    m_recordDelimiterHasBeenSet(false),
    m_fieldDelimiterHasBeenSet(false),
    m_quoteCharacterHasBeenSet(false)
{
  *this = jsonValue;
}

CSVInput& CSVInput::operator =(JsonView jsonValue)
{
  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("FileHeaderInfo"))
  {
    m_fileHeaderInfo = FileHeaderInfoMapper::GetFileHeaderInfoForName(jsonValue.GetString("FileHeaderInfo"));

    m_fileHeaderInfoHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("Comments"))
  {
    m_comments = jsonValue.GetString("Comments");

    m_commentsHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("QuoteEscapeCharacter"))
  {
    m_quoteEscapeCharacter = jsonValue.GetString("QuoteEscapeCharacter");

    m_quoteEscapeCharacterHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("RecordDelimiter"))
  {
    m_recordDelimiter = jsonValue.GetString("RecordDelimiter");

    m_recordDelimiterHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("FieldDelimiter"))
  {
    m_fieldDelimiter = jsonValue.GetString("FieldDelimiter");

    m_fieldDelimiterHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("QuoteCharacter"))
  {
    m_quoteCharacter = jsonValue.GetString("QuoteCharacter");

    m_quoteCharacterHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  return *this;
}

JsonValue CSVInput::Jsonize() const
{
  JsonValue payload;

  if(m_fileHeaderInfoHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("FileHeaderInfo", FileHeaderInfoMapper::GetNameForFileHeaderInfo(m_fileHeaderInfo));
  }

  if(m_commentsHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("Comments", m_comments);

  }

  if(m_quoteEscapeCharacterHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("QuoteEscapeCharacter", m_quoteEscapeCharacter);

  }

  if(m_recordDelimiterHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("RecordDelimiter", m_recordDelimiter);

  }

  if(m_fieldDelimiterHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("FieldDelimiter", m_fieldDelimiter);

  }

  if(m_quoteCharacterHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("QuoteCharacter", m_quoteCharacter);

  }

  return payload;
}

} // namespace Model
} // namespace Glacier
} // namespace Aws

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Items are listed within general and specific categories (for example: Audiology), in alphabetical order by category and item.
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The NIHB Program has established a maximum price coverage for certain items. The maximum national prices are shown in the tables below (please note that in some cases a price grid has been established for the provinces and one for the territories). The maximum prices for each province and territory are listed on the Express Script Canada website and can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate link in the benefit listings.
When a maximum price is established by the Program, the provider cannot claim a markup on the reimbursement request since it is included in the price.
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Last Sunday I was fortunate to participate in a very special building session — the Ambassador Pass Master Model Builder class. This is an annual building class that is available only for the lifetime park passholders (at $2500 per person) and LEGOLAND California is the only LEGOLAND Park that offers it.
The Ambassador Class has a special meaning for me. I remember before I worked at LEGOLAND I thought it sounded like a really cool thing. Every year the Ambassadors get to go to and build a model with the LEGOLAND Master Model Builders. But of course, I worked in the Model Shop. So while I worked there, I not only got to be part of the Ambassador classes, but I also got to design some of the models and actually teach the class.
This is one of the models I did for the 2005 Ambassador Class.
You can also see what all the past years models look like on LEGOLAND Ambassador John Cooper's brickshelf.


At 9:00 a.m. on July 18, 2008, the B-17 took off from Detroit according to Steve West, Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce. The harbor flyover will take place between 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. if the fog clears as it is expected to do. Alternate landing site is Charlevoix or other if necessary, and it will come to Beaver Island as soon as the weather permits.
The fog is still causing problems as of noon. Steve West reported that the aircraft had landed in Traverse City. There was a possibility that the aircraft could be coming up to Charlevoix to wait an opportunity to come to Beaver Island. "No matter what, it will be at least two hours," Steve West stated.
At 3:50 p.m., the B-17 flew over the harbor area, and then headed for the Beaver Island Township Airport.
The aircraft will be taking some individuals for a ride, and then will be able to be viewed at the Beaver Island Township Airport.
The Yankee Lady is sitting proudly on the tarmack at the Beaver Island Township Airport. There are many interesting items to purchase being sold by the operators of the aircraft. There are cookies and muffins and barbecue pork sandwiches. The Lighthouse Fellowship and the Beaver Island Christian Church are selling baked goods, and Paradise Bay Coffee Shop is providing breakfast and lunch.
The aircraft is waiting for the weather to clear to allow the $425 per person flight to take place. They have supporters who have signed up for the first flight and this flight is full. They may have a second flight as well if they get enough interested people.
Board of Education Appoints Officers: At its July 14, 2008, Annual Organizational Meeting the Beaver Island Community School Board of Education elected the following officers from among its members: Barbara Schwartzfisher; President; Dawn Marsh, Vice-President; Sharon Nix, Treasurer; and Nancy Tritsch, Secretary. As part of the organizational meeting, all board members including trustees Brian Cole, Gail Weede and Tina Drost were assigned to the following committees: Finance, Building, Curriculum, Policy & Personnel, School Improvement, Beaver Island Youth Consortium (BIYC), and negotiations.
Secondary Social Studies Position Posted and Filled Because of the recent resignation of teacher Marianne Brown, the school district sought applications for a 7-12 th grade social studies teacher. The position was posted at online at www.greatschools.com and on www.beaverislandforum.com . The district received over 50 applications that were sorted and reviewed. An interviewing committee made up of the Principal/Superintendent, two teachers, two board members and a parent then interviewed the six top candidates. Three candidates were invited back to teach a mini-lesson with five high school students followed by another round of questioning by the committee.
Mr. Timothy Eaton, a Grand Valley State University graduate, was unanimously selected by the committee. In addition to completing the teacher certification program at Grand Valley , Tim completed undergraduate work at the University College Cork, Ireland, and earned his masters degree at the London School of Economics. Tim has all of the qualifications plus to teach secondary level social studies. It is possible that Mr. Eaton may also coach girls' basketball. Tim and his wife will be moving to the island in August.
School Building Project Making Progress A revised timeline for completion of the new school building was discussed at the July 14, board of education meeting. The end date for the project remains very close to original expectations, but the date for earliest occupation of part of the building has changed.
Optimistically it had been hoped that the K-8 and office wing of the building (Zone B on the drawings) could be occupied in time to start school in early September. The occupation date is now more realistically set for early November and plans are underway to secure appropriate learning spaces for the elementary students. Discussions are underway with the Community Center, the Beaver Island Christian Church, and Holy Cross Catholic Church to determine which spaces may be available and appropriate for use as classroom spaces. Attempts will be made to keep students in as few locations as possible.
High school students were already scheduled to attend classes at CMU's academic center for the fall semester. Plans are being finalized for the use of a Charlevoix Public Schools bus to run a shuttle from town to the Sand Bay facility each school day.
The gym will be available by late August for Volleyball Camp and practices. Soccer Camp and practices will be held on the O'Donnell property on King's Highway. In anticipation of the building project, home games for both volleyball and soccer were not scheduled until late September.
An informational meeting with parents will be held on Tuesday evening, July 29, at 7:30 p.m. at St. James Township Hall for the purpose of answering questions and addressing concerns that parents will have with the proposed temporary housing of students.
With all the discussion on Beaver Island about whether ORVs should be allowed on the township roads, all one has to do is take a quick trip out to Gull Harbor to see how some people can't or won't understand what a natural area is and can't or won't take the time to protect that natural area even less than 6 yards from the sign.
The Chicago Basket will close the auction on August 1. Booking for flights, hotel...etc must be done 21 days in advance hence the early auction date. All of the others will auction off on Aug. 15. Winners will be notified within a day or two of the auction.
They removed the tube from Ann's throat this past Thursday and she is very happy about that. She can now speak to everyone. They still have the feeding tube in her nose and have begun feeding her foods such as applesauce, pudding, mashed potatoes and squash. She was not happy with the mashed potatoes or the squash! They hope to remove the feeding tube after next week. She is still progressing slowly. They had her on a drug for depression which was interfering with he ability to think and respond clearly. Thank goodness Ann's daughter Tammy has been there to observe this and get her off of that medication. Thanks again to all of you for your continued prayers, care and concern. I have put together some of her belongings and all of the cards that were sent recently and a friend of the family is here on the island and will be taking her things to her this weekend. They hope to begin the tougher physical therapy in a week or so. Ann's children have hung all of the cards around in her room and she loves it!
Ann has been in the rehab center since Friday evening. She still has a tube attached into her trachea. This tube cannot be removed until Ann is able to clear her throat on her own, to avoid choking. They hope to remove it in a few days. She is still trying to speak and with the aid of a small device that gets attached to the tube in her trachea, she can speak a little, but she is still weak. She can move all of her limbs now. This has been a slow process and is very frustrating for Ann. She has no feeling in her legs but hopefully this will come in time too. Her children have asked me not to give a current mailing address but rather ask you to please mail cards to: Ann Zanella, Beaver Island, MI 49782. I will collect the cards and send them to her. Please continue praying for her full recovery.
The arrival of the Boyne Thunder boats did not slow down the sailboaters as they also came into the harbor and were anchored out. Many were looking for dockage, but the docks were full.
If you have not seen this boat in action, (and it has been busy over the last couple of weeks), this picture allows you to get an idea of what the boat looks like. Twice in the last two weeks, the boat has rescued people from Garden Island. Great job, rescue boat crew! Thank you for your efforts and skill!
This phrase will become better known as the summer continues.
Saturdays, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., local artists, craftsmen, and photographers display their efforts in the vacant lot next to Lisa Gillespie's home and gift shop.
Jacque LaFreniere and son Dan are making soy candles.
Nancy Peterson displays her jewelry.
Mark Valente displays his wildlife products.
Stop by next Saturday and check out all the talented people and the wonderful items available!
Rita Gillespie needed products available from the blood that you can donate. One donation can help several people. Please consider donating blood at this blood drive coming soon at the Beaver Island Christian Church. The blood drive takes place on Thursday, July 31, 2008, from noon until 5:45 p.m. The Rita Gillespie Memorial Blood Drive is sponsored by the Beaver Island Christian Church, Holy Cross Catholic Church, and St. James Episcopal Mission. The blood drive will take place in the new Gregg Fellowship Center. all presenting donors can enter to win NASCAR race tickets and a $500 gas card. For details or information contact Lars Larsen at 231-448-2470, Jean at 448-2893 or Connie at 448-2379. Additional support comes from Island Airways and the Beaver Island Boat Company.
BEAVER ISLAND AVMETS POST 46 IS OFFERING A $1000 SCHOLARSHIP TO ANY STUDENT WHO GRADUATED FROM THE BEAVER ISLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND HAS COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE YEAR OF POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.
Welcome to Our Newest Business Supporter!
Welcome to Inland Seas School of Kayaking!
The resolutions below were passed by unanimous vote, with all 9 board members present and voting, on 7-14-2008.
By a unanimous vote the Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors strongly believes that the effort to reduce the number of Double Crested Cormorants in the Beaver Archipelago must be continued.
By unanimous vote the Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors requests that the DNR consider 3 years of catch and release artificial bait only regulations for small mouth bass in the Beaver Archipelago followed by slot limit regulations that would allow anglers to keep a trophy fish and small number to eat. Our goal, working with the Beaver Island Wildlife Club, is to return the area to the world class small mouth sport fishing destination it once was.
We Are Moving Into The New Community Center.
Your Chamber office will relocate to the new Community Center in July. The beautiful new space is just to the left as you enter the building.
Attention accommodations members: If you have open dates in July and August email your chamber office. Question about how room finders works, call (231) 448-2505.
The B-17 Yankee Lady will make a low pass over Paradise Bay at about 10:00AM on July 18. We have an unconfirmed report from a usually reliable source that she will be escorted by a P-51 Mustang fighter. What a sight it would be to see both bomber and fighter fly over Beaver Island.
On Friday, July 18, 2008, at about 10:00 AM the Yankee Lady B-17 will make a low pass over Paradise Bay prior to landing at Beaver Island's Municipal Airport. There is an unconfirmed report that she may be escorted by a WWII fighter. A number of other vintage aircraft plan to attend the Beaver Island Air Show July 18 and 19 if the weather is good.
The high performance power boats of Boyne Thunder visited Beaver Island's Paradise Bay on Saturday, July 12, 2008. The Poker Run that benefits Camp Quality begins in Boyne City with a staggered start and a reduced speed trip down Lake Charlevoix. Once they hit Lake Michigan they bury the throttles. Some boats top 100 mph.
The first boats were expected to arrive at Beaver Island about 10:30, but the first boat did not arrive until 11:25 a.m., just as the Emerald Isle was beginning its return trip to Charlevoix. This year Municipal Marine Harbor Master Jim White took over the duties of arranging for a volunteer card boat that was anchored in front of the Marina.
People were gathered at Whiskey Point to observe the Boyne Thunder boats come into the harbor. While there was a delay due to weather and waves, those gathered at the point were able to see the Emerald Isle come in.
Only one boat came into the harbor before the ferry began its return trip to Charlevoix. You can see them coming in this picture.
Here is a closeup of the boat picking up a card.
While the speed boats entered the harbor, this normal work boat just continued on its planned course.
Left--one of the first boats into the harbor, and another and another.
For a short period of time, the harbor area was alive with these speeding boats, but they all slowed down when they saw the CCSD Rescue Boat.
This is the last Hazardous Material Day for this year.
In what month and year did the Beaver Island Community School celebrate the last show of M. A. S. H.?
No one answered this question. Perhaps, we're all getting too old to remember things? This was in February of 1993 as reported by the Beaver Beacon, fifteen years ago. There were many who dressed up for this affair, which was held in the Holy Cross Hall. This leads to the next question which is about the celebration.
The first correct answer will earn a gift subscription to News on the 'Net for the months of August, September, and October for the person of your choice, anyone who is not already a subscriber. Email your answers to: medic5740@gmail.com.
This bird feeder is seen by all as they drive to " The Point" and back, referring to Whiskey Point. It is across the street from the Marine Museum.
See if you are observant. Test your observation abilities. Do you know where this is?
This attraction is separate from the Lighthouse School and will be held on a different day so both attractions can be enjoyed by all. Is anyone willing to donate the use of their home, preferably an older farm house, or does anyone know of a good possible location for a community haunted house for this October???
The building has to be safe and sound, this means, no electrical, plumbing or structural problems. In the event that a suitable structure cannot be located we will still need the use of a vacant or wooded lot, preferably near town. A one time event insurance policy or a a rider on an existing insurance policy will be in effect to cover liability. This attraction will be very scary and may be inappropriate for younger children..
There will also be a Halloween story writing contest to help come up with the story and theme for this years haunted house or haunted attraction. The contest is open to all 7th through 12th grade Beaver Island Community School students. A meeting will be held at The Beaver Island Community Center in "The Hangout" this August, to go over the guidelines of the contest. Watch for an announcement on this website and flyers in town, as to the date and time of the meeting. Anyone wanting further information, please call Anna Martell at 448-2652 or Tina Walker at 448-2020.
The minutes of all public meetings will be posted as soon as they are received. News on the 'Net welcomes minutes to all public meetings. All organizations are welcome to submit meeting minutes for publication on this website. Please email them to medic5740@gmail.com.


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what color represents juliet
He likes to bring the frenzied situations out through his bold use of color and crazy camera work. We know Romeo praises her beauty, and Count Paris is quite taken with her, but much beyond that is supposition and can not be proven from the text. Sign up now, Latest answer posted August 21, 2018 at 3:02:42 AM, Latest answer posted April 20, 2013 at 12:33:43 AM, Latest answer posted August 03, 2019 at 9:34:10 PM, Latest answer posted June 21, 2018 at 12:56:21 AM. Makes decisions based on feelings Act 4 Scene 3 Line 59 "Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Since Juliet was supposed to marry Paris, but she did not want to, Friar Lawrence gave her a potion that would make her seem dead, and eventually she Juliet values rules, makes and keeps commitments, and often makes decisions based on her feelings. Defined by a shrewd intelligence and pronounced agency, Juliet is in many ways a more masculine character than Romeo is, even if the patriarchy of her family limits her power. If we don't want to deduce that she has fair coloring, we can at least deduce that she must have very fair skin. where is primal health bonus gift of snacks and desserts? Juliet, Romeo, Capulet, Mercutio, Tybalt Or basically Romeo and Juliet and any three of Nurse, Friar, Capulet, Mercutio, or Tybalt. Answer. Previous section Romeo Next section Friar Lawrence. Romeo listens and when Juliet calls on him to "doff" his name, he steps from the darkness saying, "call me but love." Not affiliated with Harvard College. I can't speak to each color but Luhrmann's visual style is controlled chaos and color. Lord Capulet (a.k.a. White is a color that represents purity, and Juliet is a virgin. JULIE member companies use the following color code when paint or flags are utilized to mark their underground facilities: TRENDING NOW. Juliet's family and Verona society expect her to be dutiful, modest, virtuous, and, most of all, silent. He doesn't have any idea what's going on in her life. Her parents, on the other hand, are keen to marry her to a rich and well-connected husband; they have chosen Count Paris, who has expressed interest in Juliet, as their daughter's future husband. I would say that Juliet and The Nurse have a closer relationship than Juliet and her actual mother. He likes to bring the frenzied situations out through his bold use of color and crazy camera work. Juliet Capulet A beautiful young woman with everything to live for, Juliet was the Capulet's only child. Whether or not Juliet is interested herself is not a concern to anyone but her. Nighttime represents a time when a person can let go of their inhibitions. Art symbols are a picture that represents a object,letter or animal The first color symbolism chart combines 6 of the most common colors, what they symbolize, and common meanings. After the Request; Education Materials; Frequently Asked Questions; Ticket Lookup; Map Check; Private Lines; Kids Korner; Agriculture Community ; Tool Kits; CONTACT US CALL 811 OR 1-800-892-0123 to place a locate request 3275 Executive Drive Joliet, IL … 12 13 14. We do not know much about Juliet's true appearance in the play. Juliet and her father don't comminicate very well. JULIE member companies use the following color code when paint or flags are utilized to mark their underground facilities: TRENDING NOW. Reflection The Colors of Romeo and Juliet By: Elyse, Camille, Mike and Craig Shakespeare is seen widely throughout the world today. The red cross stands for her obvious role as Juliet's nurse. ROMEO . In the western world, the color red is seen frequently of symbolizing anger or aggression. He doesn't have any idea what's going on in her life. Wiki User Answered . Consider using the same color for the same variables. The more colors in a chart represent your data, the harder it becomes to read it quickly. 18 19 20. It's a warm color related to yellow and as a result shares the attributes of feeling bright and cheerful. I can't speak to each color but Luhrmann's visual style is controlled chaos and color. Educators go through a rigorous application process, and every answer they submit is reviewed by our in-house editorial team. Previous section Romeo Next section Friar Lawrence. Color also represents feelings, people, countries, cultures, and color symbolism. Some car insurance companies charge more for red cars because some of the owners of red cars are more aggressive or take more risks. Romeo and Juliet. Designed to uncover key social information about yourself and others, True Colors is a tool that fosters an environment of understanding and collaboration. Capulet) is Juliet's daddy. 2011-01-20 17:56:34 2011-01-20 17:56:34. Luhrmann has a similar visual style in his rendition of The Great Gatsby (2013) where he uses deep splashes color and to depict the excess and grandeur of Gatsby's parties. Sweet, so would I: Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing. She doesn't "represent" anything. Gnomeo & Juliet is a 2011 British-American 3D computer-animated fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Kelly Asbury. Juliet's family and Verona society expect her to be dutiful, modest, virtuous, and, most of all, silent. With Juliet's family, Hinds included a few more clues beyond skin tone and facial features, but this was mainly in the area of clothing. 2012-06-03 15:06:00 2012-06-03 15:06:00. Fanpop quiz: What color supports the Montague's name? For instance, Romeo thinks she still looks breathtakingly beautiful even though she's 'dead'; When she's 'dead' she is mostly pale but then her cheeks and lips are crimson, like blood. Top Answer. Our summaries and analyses are written by experts, and your questions are answered by real teachers. The Nurse is like a second mother to her. Even Romeo's relation to love is not so simple. Orange, Gold, Green, and Blue. As was mentioned in Color Therapy, Color Meanings & Symbolism, and Color Psychology we've created a variety of Color Symbolism & Meanings Charts. It also marks one of his most confident and rounded treatments of a female character. He likes to bring the frenzied situations out through his bold use of color and crazy camera work. Answer. Wiki User Answered . Romeo and Juliet complicates traditional notions of light versus dark and day versus night. What are some symbols that represent Romeo and Juliet's love for each other in Romeo and Juliet and why? Juliet. Get free homework help on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: play summary, scene summary and analysis and original text, quotes, essays, character analysis, and filmography courtesy of CliffsNotes. Already a member? Top Answer. what do they mean and why are they on certain people? She despairs over the feud between the two families and the problems the feud presents. It also marks one of his most confident and rounded treatments of a female character. Log in here. The veil is like her wedding veil that she wears when she marries Romeo, which at traditional weddings, shields all of the evil spirits from stealing her soul. Answer. Why is the feud between the Capulets and Montagues the reason for Romeo and Juliet's death . She may have a fully developed figure; she may not. Your readers will need to often consult the color key to understand what is shown in your chart. JULIET 'Tis almost morning; I would have thee gone: And yet no further than a wanton's bird; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty. I would I were thy bird. Many of his works are still being performed and being made into movies. White is a color that represents purity, and Juliet is a virgin. Juliet Capulet is a thirteen-year-old girl who falls in love with Romeo Montague. In the western world, the color red is seen frequently of symbolizing anger or aggression.
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Stop Using Your Status As A Veteran To Trash The Second Amendment
March 28, 2018 By Jesse Kelly
All veterans are not created equal. People join different services for different reasons. They do different jobs while in the service and do them for different lengths of time. There are pharmacy technicians in the Air Force and Green Berets in the Army. Some do four years in the air conditioning and then go off to college. Others spend 30 years immersed in mud and blood and sweat. They do it in backwards countries full of barbarians. They watch their friends die and they come home in silence; you wouldn't understand anyway.
Most, no matter their service, come home and spend a lifetime as an example of what an American fighting man should be. They give back to their communities. They help others. They join the workforce, show up on time, and rise through the ranks. They raise families. And raise those families to have a love of country and an appreciation for where they are blessed to live.
Others spend a lifetime proving the last great thing they did in this life ended when they got back from Iraq at the ripe old age of 22. Service to your country is respectable. It is NOT a license to be a world-class scumbag.
— "I'm a veteran!" as you show up late to work and your boss tells you that you're fired.
— "I'm a veteran!" as the cop puts the cuffs on you because you got drunk and hit your wife.
— "I'm a veteran!" as you treat the Constitution like a roll of Charmin Extra Soft.
For too long now, veterans have taken the patriotic respect of Americans and used it like a Get Out Of Jail Free card in Monopoly. Nowhere is this more evident than the veterans who joined high school kids at the anti-gun March For Our Lives rallies last weekend.
The Left has pounced on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that left 17 dead because they feel they can gain ground on their ultimate goal of gun-confiscation. In the wake of the shooting, their ever-loyal media allies have paraded survivors from the school across every forum available. Is this done out of some deep care for the children? Of course not. It is because the Left loves to prop up people they think you'll be too scared to criticize.
Which brings us to veterans. There are roughly 20 million veterans living in the United States today. There are going to be malcontents who don't understand liberty in there. And nobody can track down society's malcontents like the Left. So, now they use these veterans just like they use the high school kids. It's not as if the Left holds some special respect for veterans (though they've finally stopped spitting on them when they return home from war). It is done because the Left knows patriotic Americans will be reluctant to criticize them.
Veterans are not sacred. Every vet takes an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States." That oath doesn't expire when you leave the service. It doesn't mean you have to carry a weapon on foreign soil fighting our enemies forever, but at least don't return home and put the Constitution you swore to uphold through the paper shredder.
The Second Amendment is clear. It is part of the Constitution of the United States of America. It is not a partisan issue. It is not up for debate. American citizens are allowed (and were encouraged by the Founders) to have weapons of war. Those weapons were not for hunting deer. They were for hunting despots. One would hope a veteran who spent time in a place like Iraq would have learned invaluable lessons about tyrants and how they abuse powerless people.
Service to your country is not a lifetime excuse for failure and ignorance. It is a lifetime obligation to hold yourself to a higher standard.
Jesse Kelly is a Senior Contributor at The Federalist and the host of "The Jesse Kelly Show" on KPRC 950 in Houston. Jesse is a Marine Corps combat veteran and former congressional candidate in Arizona. He resides in the Houston area with his wife and two sons.
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