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Even as Saudi Arabia's oil production reached record levels, with total output hitting 11.1m barrels per day (bpd) in November 2018, the country is boosting levels of investment to ensure there is spare capacity to meet a global supply shock and subsequent increase in prices. According to Khalid Al Falih, the minister of energy, industry and mineral resources, the country will invest $20bn to pump another 1m bpd of crude in order to maintain spare capacity.
Emergency Supply
The US Energy Information Administration defines spare capacity as the volume of production that can be brought on-line within 30 days and maintained for 90 days. Typically, lower capacity can trigger an increase in oil prices. In recent years Saudi Arabia has had the world's largest spare capacity, of between 1.5m and 2m bpd. In October 2018 that buffer slimmed to 1.3m bpd as the country began pumping 10.7m bpd, as it has a maximum output capacity of 12m bpd. The buffer fell further to 900,000 bpd when output increased in November.
Field Improvements
Saudi Aramco was able to reach record output levels in November 2018 due to its increased capacity as one of its fields came on-stream and a bottleneck in another field was repaired. The company's 2017 annual report noted it was on course to boost output from its Khurais oil field by 300,000 bpd in 2018 to give the field a total daily output capacity of 1.5m bpd. Khurais, which produces Arabian light crude oil, was first discovered in 1957. The latest boost in capacity is the result of an improvement programme launched in 2012, which developed the Lower Fadhli field and built new processing facilities to handle 300,000 bpd of crude, 143m standard cu feet per day (scfd) of associated gas and 34,000 bpd of natural gas liquids (NGLs). As part of this programme, approximately 650 km of pipeline was constructed to transport crude oil, gas, NGLs and seawater.
As the additional supply from Khurais entered the market in late 2018, a technical issue at the offshore Manifa field, which has the capacity to produce 900,000 bpd of heavy crude oil, was solved. The field, which is comprised of 27 drilling islands linked by a 42-km causeway, was reportedly hit by a technical issue in 2017. Reuters reported that corrosion of the water injection system used to maintain pressure in the reservoir was reducing output and that costly repairs would potentially require a shutdown period. It was reported that the repairs resulted in a combined increase in production of 550,000 bpd from Khurais and Manifa in the fourth quarter of 2018.
In Saudi Aramco's 2017 annual report the company noted it made two new oil field discoveries in 2017 at Sakab and Zumul. However, the report did not give an indication of the capacity of the two fields or of how long the development of the new sites could potentially take. In his message in the annual report, Al Falih said that the oil industry globally had lost $1trn in planned investments since the 2014 fall in oil prices, despite the growth in global demand, which rose by 1m bpd to 1.5m bpd, as well as the declining returns from some of the world's more mature oil fields. "Significant new investments are required in additional capacity and expanded and upgraded infrastructure, as well as the development of pioneering technology to make petroleum energy more sustainable and accessible," he wrote. "Saudi Aramco is committed to playing its unique part in meeting the world's energy needs today and tomorrow by continuing to invest wisely throughout the cycle and across the value chain."
If a diplomatic bottleneck can be eased, Saudi Arabia can also tap its half-share in an additional 500,000 bpd of production in the neutral zone it shares with Kuwait. The offshore Khafji field was shut down in October 2014 and the onshore Wafra field ceased production in May 2015. Khafji is owned by Saudi Aramco Gulf Operations Company and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC), while Wafra is operated by KGOC and Saudi Arabian Chevron. The shutdowns were caused by disputes over flaring regulations and Kuwait's objection to having an international oil company operating in the zone. Talks between the two countries over the operation of the fields began in the summer of 2018; however, these appeared to stall in October after a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Sheikh Sabah Al Jaber Al Sabah, the emir of Kuwait, failed to reach an agreement. S&P Global Platts reported that many observers believed the dispute would only be solved through international arbitration unless a sudden drop in the level global oil supply prompted the two sides to return to negotiations.
Saudi Arabia's ability to meet spare capacity needs was given a boost in January 2019 with the publication of an independent auditor's report on Saudi Aramco's proven reserves of oil and gas, which increased the estimated total by over 2bn barrels. The audit, conducted by Texas consulting firm DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M), was commissioned as part of Saudi Aramco's preparations for an initial public offering that is now slated to take place in 2021. The audit found the company had proven reserves of 263.1bn barrels of oil, 2.2bn barrels more than the estimates of the 2017 annual report. It also put total reserves of natural gas at 319.5trn cu feet, compared to the figure of 302.3trn cu feet that was previously reported. When the neutral zone total was included, D&M estimated oil reserves of 268.5bn barrels, compared to an earlier figure of 266.3bn barrels.
In a statement Al Falih welcomed the findings and said they underscored three important aspects of the country's hydrocarbons sector: that world-leading economies of scale make the fields the lowest cost globally; the carbon intensity of Saudi Arabia's oil is among the lowest in the world; and the findings underline the accuracy of the country's reporting. "This certification underscores why every barrel we produce is the most profitable in the world," he said. D&M's assessment was based on 54 reservoirs that make up 80% of Saudi Aramco's reserves. These reservoirs were found to contain around 213.1bn barrels compared to Saudi Aramco's own estimate of 210.9bn barrels. The audit was limited to booked oil and gas reserves and did not include more recent discoveries including unconventional gas deposits.
Crude Burning
The volumes of crude oil Saudi Arabia has available to export abroad are also affected by levels of domestic consumption. Historically, the country's power stations have burned crude oil in the summer months as an extra feedstock to meet peak demand for air conditioning. However, a key part of upstream strategy is the development of natural gas fields that can provide a replacement source of feedstock for those power plants and industrial users. Data from the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) shows Saudi consumption of crude oil in power generation fell in recent years as the new gas came on-stream. At its summer peak, the use of oil can typically rise by 600,000 bpd, but JODI figures show it fell to 430,000 bpd by 2017. JODI data also showed that stockpiles of Saudi crude fell by 95m barrels, or 29%, from October 2015 to April 2018 as production decreases from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) were implemented. This suggests that as Saudi Arabia complies with new OPEC production cuts from January 2019 there will be ample storage to hold spare capacity.
Developing a deeper oil and gas spare capacity is a priority of Saudi officials to protect the sector and the economy as a whole from potential supply shocks and subsequent price instability, especially as in 2018 the energy sector contributed an estimated 34% of the country's GDP. Substantial investment in spare capacity and reports that the country's oil and gas reserves are larger than previously estimated support these efforts and put Saudi Arabia's energy sector in a position of strength should a future supply shock arise.
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Bruce Springsteen meets Elvis Presley. Well, sort of.
Original publish date: May 8, 2016
A couple of weeks ago we passed another one of those anniversaries that always seem to fascinate me. My favorites are those events that involve history colliding with pop culture and celebrity. 16-year-old Bill Clinton photographed meeting John F. Kennedy at the White House, 6-year-old Teddy Roosevelt photographed watching the funeral cortege of Abraham Lincoln from the second story window of his family mansion in New York City, Elvis Presley photographed shaking hands with Richard Nixon in the Oval Office just before Christmas in 1970. I LOVE stuff like that!
There are no photos from this event, at least none that I'm aware of, but this story does have Elvis. In the wee hours of the morning on April 30, 1976, Bruce Springsteen jumped the fence at Elvis Presley's estate. The E-Street Band was touring Memphis, Tennessee, the birthplace of Rock 'n Roll, in support of their Born to Run album. After the show, 26-year-old Springsteen and guitarist Little Steven (aka Steve Van Zandt) hailed a taxicab and decided to pay a 3 a.m. visit to Graceland. When Springsteen saw lights on in the mansion, he climbed over the stone wall and ran through the grass, jumped up on the porch and rushed to the front door; just as he was about to ring the doorbell, he was nabbed by security.
'Is Elvis home?' Springsteen asked. 'No, Elvis isn't home, he's in Lake Tahoe' came the answer from the unamused guards. As 'The Boss' was brusquely led away from the mansion and back towards the front gate, Springsteen attempted to wow them by telling them that he was himself a performer and had recently made the covers of Time and Newsweek. They were not impressed. Springsteen poured on the charm and begged to be let inside – but he was instead escorted promptly through the gate and out onto the sidewalk. Elvis died at Graceland the very next year. Ironically, if you look closely at the cover of Born to Run, Springsteen's guitar strap proudly bears an Elvis fan club button.
Bruce Springsteen was seven when he first saw Elvis on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was The King's third and final appearance on January 6, 1957. According to one reviewer: 'On that Sunday night in 1957, Elvis smiled, smirked and played with the audience. Breaking from his usual attire, Presley came out wearing a bloused shirt and vest, with makeup painted around his eyes. That night Elvis sang hits like Don't Be Cruel, Love Me Tender, and Hound Dog, shaking his hips and standing on his toes while girls screamed in the audience. And that guitar: it was a weapon and it was armor. This was the dream.'
Watching the show, Springsteen was hooked: 'I couldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be Elvis Presley', he recalled. His mother eventually bought him a guitar and paid for private lessons, but young Brucey's hands were too small. He didn't like structured instruction so he put the guitar in the closet and started playing sports. Meantime, Elvis was on the way to stardom and legend.
Elvis purchased Graceland for his mom and dad on March 19, 1957 for the amount of $102,500. The 17,552 square foot mansion has a total of 23 rooms, including eight bedrooms and bathrooms. Located at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard, the 13.8-acre estate is located in the vast Whitehaven community about 9 miles from Downtown Memphis and less than four miles north of the Mississippi border.
During the years that Elvis lived at Graceland the front gate area was a gathering place for fans. After all, there was always the chance that he might drive through in one of his cars or on a motorcycle, or ride down on a golf cart or on horseback and have an impromptu autograph session. They could also watch him and his 'Memphis Mafia' friends ride their horses and golf carts around the grounds. Even when Elvis out of town, fans gathered at the gates and chatted up the security guards (some of whom were Elvis' relatives) while meeting other fans from around the nation and the world at the same time. When Elvis was away, sometimes the guards would let fans onto the grounds for photos, sometimes even driving them up to the front of the house. There was always a sense of warmth, welcome and camaraderie. Many lifelong friendships between Elvis fans began at the Graceland gates.
However, it wasn't all that uncommon for fans and curiosity-seekers to climb over the stone wall or wood fence on a dare or, more often, with the misguided mission to meet Elvis. The security staff not only routinely escorted uninvited guests off the grounds, they sometimes had to coax them down from the trees. Legend states that on one occasion Elvis caught a couple of mischievous young guys who had jumped the fence and were taking a swim. Elvis is said to have nonchalantly suggested that they be careful, then went back in the house. Once, a fan made his way into the house and was found sitting in the den waiting for Elvis, hoping to interest him in some songs he had written, but the meeting never happened. I imagine the songwriting intruder was busy being arrested. It certainly was a different world back then.
Anyone who's attended a Bruce Springsteen concert knows that the Boss loves to share stories with his fans. His legendary 3-hour sets are littered with songs punctuated by long anecdotes, and there's no story he loves telling more than the time he got booted from Elvis Presley's front porch.
"Later on, I used to wonder what I would have said if I had knocked on the door and if Elvis had come to the door. Because it really wasn't Elvis I was goin' to see, but it was like he came along and whispered some dream in everybody's ear and somehow we all dreamed it. And maybe that's why we're here tonight, I don't know.' Bruce continues,' I remember later when a friend of mine called to tell me that he'd died. It was so hard to understand how somebody whose music came in and took away so many people's loneliness and gave so many people a reason and a sense of all the possibilities of living could have in the end died so tragically. And I guess when you're alone, you ain't nothin' but alone'. Presley was only forty-two years old when his life tragically ended. "They found him slumped up against the drain," Bruce Springsteen would later sing of his fallen idol, "with a whole lot of trouble running through his veins; Bye-bye, Johnny;
Johnny, bye-bye; You didn't have to die; you didn't have to die."
13 months later, on May 28, 1977, Springsteen and Van Zandt attended an Elvis Presley concert in Philadelphia. It was not one of Elvis' better performances according to reviews and fan accounts, including Bruce's own account, "that wasn't a very good night." After that disastrous show, Bruce apparently went home and wrote 'Fire' to assuage his disappointment. Springsteen envisioned "Fire" as a song which could be recorded by Elvis, his idol. The song is a superb tribute to the great early sixties recordings Presley made, in particular Suspicion and His Latest Flame. Springsteen later stated 'I sent Elvis a demo of it but he died August 16, 1977 before it arrived.'
After Elvis died Bruce gave the demo to rockabilly singer Robert Gordon, who cut it in New York in December 1977 with Link Wray on lead guitar and Bruce himself playing (un-credited-at-the-time) piano. Later, the Pointer Sisters got a hold of the track and recorded their version which made it to #2 on the pop charts in 1979. Don't remember the song? Do these lyrics ring a bell? 'I'm ridin' in your car. You turn on the radio. You're pullin' me close. I just say no. I say I don't like it. But you know I'm a liar. 'Cause when we kiss Ooooh, fire." My wife might disagree, but Elvis Presley would have killed with that song.
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2 thoughts on "Bruce Springsteen meets Elvis Presley. Well, sort of."
introgroove says:
I'd not heard the story about Bruce writing Fire for Elvis. I can absolutely hear the King singing it!
irvingtonhunter says:
Me too. The boss wrote one for the king.


After the lost of someone important in your life, you will deal with grief. I must say that with each person I've lost that my grief has been different. I've felt differently every time and the same might apply to you. You will deal with your grief differently because your situation was different. As much as I can relate to someone who has lost a father, my relationship with my father might've been different than yours. I can't pretend to know what you're feeling or understand. Then what can you do when someone else is grieving? What can you tell them? Are there practical steps you can take yourself while grieving?
1. It's okay – not to be okay.
Find someone in your life that you can be "not okay" with. This might be your best friend, a sibling, a parent, or someone who barely knows you. You might seek counseling by a pastor or a professional.
2. Your grief will come and go – and that's ok.
3. Healing begins in worship.
Corporate worship with other believers and personal worship, where you strive to understand God and love Him for His purposes. My youth pastor told me this after I lost a dear friend when I was 16. It has stuck with me ever since. It's really hard to worship after something bad has happened. It will be one of the most difficult things to do, but it will also be the most rewarding.


Information Week puts it very nicely.
IBM's participation could make OpenOffice.org a more serious threat to Microsoft's stranglehold on the productivity software market.
IBM has such a buttoned-down, conservative, reliable, "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" image that that might be the single biggest advantage about IBM's participation.
As the old Klingon saying goes, "Only Nixon could go to China." Perhaps only IBM could get OpenOffice.org on 51% of desktops.
Solveig, thanks for the post. We're excited to endorse OpenOffice similar to our endorsement of Linux in 2000. Your insight is on the mark.
That's a Vulcan proverb, not Klingon.
IBM may have had the "nobody every got fired for buying IBM" reputation 10 years ago, but I'm not sure now much of that still stands. I think the other benefits you list are probably more important.
Nevertheless, IBM's participation is a cool thing; it would be double-plus-good if they could bring some of their Human/Computer interaction expertise to bear on the OOo interface.
And don't forget the Money.
I am excited about this for one thing particularly. I am really hoping it will mean that I will finally get an import filter for my Lotus WordPro documents. It may not happen, but I am really holding out hope.
I have not used LWP since OOo came into my life. That also happened right at a job change. I have had little reason to go back to my old LWP files, but there are a few that I have needed to convert manually. Several years of writing can be reclaimed, if only for my own personal enjoyment.
IBM plans to contribute the SmartSuite filters to OpenOffice.org... so yes, you will have support for WordPro to ODF. :)) I just cannot forecast when. We will work on that in Barcelona.
An old Vulcan saying? Dangit. ;> Well, close. It's true that the No One Ever Got Fired proverb was truer longer ago than it is now, but still, IBM's general rep and image is one of Establishment more than Crazy Startup.
Don, thanks for coming by! Looking forward to much goodness from IBM and OOo.
IBM's cloud offering has some impressive numbers. Given my experience with Amazon, the IBM cloud environment was also much less noisy (e.g., monitoring %steal with iostat) although this could in theory change over time.


From spectacular, sweeping landscapes to intimate portraits of animal behaviour, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition offers an unequalled insight into the beauty, drama and diversity of the natural world.
Owned by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine, the exhibition is a showcase for world-class photography, highlighting wildlife conservation and inspiring a love for nature. Every year thousands of entries are received at the Museum and judged by an expert panel, the winners of which make up the exhibition. Professional and amateur nature photographers worldwide aspire to win this competition and achieving the perfect picture is down to knowledge of nature, camera literacy, creativity, patience and passion.
This major summer exhibition will be accompanied by an exciting programme - Go Wild at the Gallery - featuring talks, events and art activities for a wide range of ages. Look out for our special Go Wild leaflet.


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Colorado's low vaccination rates may complicate COVID-19 recovery
Scientists are poised to discover a vaccine. Will we use it?
Trish Zornio
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The novel coronavirus is a mere 120 nanometers in diameter. That's roughly 700 times smaller than the diameter of a single human hair. It's hard to fathom something so small wreaking such big havoc, yet here we are, still facing unprecedented challenges caused by a tiny, spiky virus that as of eight months ago wasn't even known to humans.
Unfortunately, no matter how small, COVID-19 isn't going away anytime soon — even if 40% of Americans believe the worst is behind us. It's not. It could be years before a full economic reopening, let alone recovery.
It's important to remember that attempts to "flatten the curve" were never intended to end infections. Rather, they acted to slow the rate of transmission to conserve scarce resources and reduce deaths. Once the virus passed containment, ameliorating the full effect of COVID-19 was always set to require a massive feat of science, most likely in the form of a vaccine. Six months in, scientists are rising to the daunting challenge.
Developing a new vaccine is typically scaled in a matter of years, not months, with the fastest vaccine production to date measuring four years. Alas, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has confirmed that a widely available vaccine by the end of 2020 is simply not in the cards. Still, vaccine development is rapidly underway with two Phase III clinical trials in the United States, and it's possible we could reach an emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration by fall. While this is not an approval, it would extend use beyond clinical trials and expedite development. Extensive logistics for rapid production and distribution of a vaccine are underway accordingly, a key task that will be overseen by the winner of the presidential election this November.
But what good is a vaccine if people won't use it?
Colorado is no stranger to vaccination debates. A persistent laxity in vaccine exemption laws has plagued Colorado into maintaining some of the worst vaccination rates in the nation — sometimes placing "dead last." Some rates drop low enough that herd immunity thresholds are not reached, inciting localized outbreaks. In 2019, the Colorado Legislature seemed poised to pass a bill that would tighten vaccine exemptions, but the bill ultimately failed, in part due to pushback from the governor's office. In 2020 a lighter version of the bill was passed. Adding insult to injury, the Colorado GOP has embraced anti-science, anti-vaccination voters, which serves to reinforce an extremely small, yet vocal, minority. A small minority may sound trivial, but when it comes to vaccine effectiveness, it's not.
Complicating matters, national polls have demonstrated a paltry 50% of Americans are willing to use a COVID-19 vaccination upon availability, with another 25% uncommitted. While herd immunity rates required for a COVID-19 vaccine are currently unknown, most vaccines require notably higher than 50%, or 75%, optimistically — sometimes reaching up to 95% compliance. At this rate, vaccine noncompliance could serve to further perpetuate economic and public health impacts, perhaps taking years to reach herd immunity, complicating full and safe reopenings of businesses, tourism and schools. More worrisome, given Colorado's poor track record of vaccinations, it's a strong possibility that Colorado will be disproportionately affected compared to regions with higher vaccination compliance.
This raises the question — if the governor had known in 2019 that a global pandemic would approach within a year, would he have still pushed back against tightening Colorado's vaccine exemptions laws? Certainly, the rationale for prompting a mask mandate in public indoor spaces is no different than the rationale for required vaccinations in public schools — both promote public health and safety at large, and noncompliance risks the wellbeing of others, particularly during COVID-19. Better yet, while acknowledging pandemic-related hurdles, what does it mean if a Democratic trifecta in the House, Senate and governor's office couldn't fiercely tighten vaccine exemptions amidst a global pandemic in 2020? Surely, this should be redressed next session, alongside strategies to increase early vaccine compliance via public health campaigns and enhanced coordination of sociological research.
No amount of science or vaccine development will ever compensate for the failed federal response to COVID-19, with over 157,000 Americans having paid the ultimate price. But without measures in place to increase local vaccine compliance immediately upon availability, Coloradans will continue to exacerbate an already fraught reopening. State leaders must work to expedite vaccine acceptance in our state — starting now.
Editor's note: This commentary has been updated to reflect that a petition clause was removed from the final version of the vaccinations exemptions bill.
by Trish Zornio, Colorado Newsline
Trish Zornio is a scientist, lecturer and writer who has worked at some of the nation's top universities and hospitals. She's an avid rock climber and was a 2020 candidate for the U.S. Senate in Colorado.
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– the soul of Scandinavian Design.
What is it that makes Scandinavian design so…well, so Scandinavian? Just how did these clean, minimalist and yet so beautiful lines and forms come from?
Quite simply, the soul of Scandinavian design comes from the social reforms of the mid-20th century when there was a big movement to make sure everyone had enough to be comfortable in their lives. Scandinavian designers were also taught early on to think primarily about the function of an object and to make sure its form helped it to perform its function. This rigour, this constraint, is what liberated the great creativity of Nordic design. Additionally, the idea of everyone – rich and poor – having enough to be happy and comfortable was a huge influence. Instead of having lots of different glasses and plates for different drinks and courses, wouldn't it be better just to have one or two types? It'd be cheaper and more space-efficient for rich and poor alike, and if the glasses and plates are well-designed, even better still!
Scandinavian design reduces objects to their functional elements while retaining beauty and grace. The golden era for Nordic design was from the 1930s to the 1960s when the Social Democrats won the election and made good on their promise to improve the lot of the working classes. Their aim was "better everyday living for everyone" and this mantra permeated everything from the building projects to the design of cars and cutlery.
Each Scandinavian country has its speciality – Denmark does great furniture, Sweden does ceramics and the Finns seem to have the monopoly on timeless glass pieces. Every country, however, strives for and produces the same simple beauty. In Scandinavian design, simplicity and function are all-important. The fact that the objects don't shout or jump out at people, but just quietly and efficiently go about their business is the essence of Scandinavia. It's not about the frills, or the whistles and bells, it's all about usefulness with a side order of grace.


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A few days ago, Bandai Namco unveiled season 2 of Dragon Ball FighterZ and revealed the identity of its first two DLC fighters. Universe 11's ultra-powerful (and let's be real here, ultra-boring) warrior Jiren the Gray is joining the fight. Alongside him, players will also have access to Satan's little angel, Videl, who is sporting her Dragon Ball Z look from before Toriyama benched her. If you want to see these new fighters in action, we've got a gameplay video showing off their fighting styles.


This week's challenge is curves.
Look at the net and its reflection. Curves.
Mas Iwan, terima kasih banyak..
Indeed, Sir! Thank you, terima kasih!
iya. habis aku suka matematika sih.
lebih enak diliat daripada dibikin.
Thank you, still learning to capture good pics. I really want to capture a flying bird like you did! Its difficult to find the object here.


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Title: Are effects of the symmetric and asymmetric tonic neck reflexes still visible in healthy adults?
Author(s): Bruijn, S.M.; Massaad, F.; Maclellan, M.J.; Gestel, L. Van; Ivanenko, Y.P.; Duysens, J.E.J.
Source: Neuroscience Letters, vol. 556, (2013), pp. 89-92
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2013.10.028
Subject: NCEBP 10: Human Movement & Fatigue DCN PAC - Perception action and control
Organization: Rehabilitation
Neuroscience Letters
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When a cat's head is rotated in a transverse plane to one side, the legs on that side of the body extend, while on the other side, they flex (asymmetric tonic neck reflexes ATNR). On the contrary, when the head is rotated in a sagittal plane both legs flex when the head flexes, and extend when the head extends (symmetric tonic neck reflexes STNR). These reflexes have also been found in newborn babies and are thought to be a motor primitive, which is suppressed later in life. Still, using a test in which children sit on hand and knees, the ATNR and STNR can be found in children up to 9 years of age. This may suggest that these reflexes may still be involved in motor control in these children. Whether this is also the case in full-grown adults has thus far only been studied using coarse methods. Thus, for the current study, we set out to measure in detail whether the ATNR/STNR can still be evoked in healthy adult subjects. We measured 10 subjects who were asked to sit on their hands and knees while (1) their head was rotated left and right by an experimenter, (2) their head was flexed and extended by an experimenter. Kinematics was registered using a Vicon system. Elbow and head angles were detrended, and a regression analysis was performed, to investigate the effects of head angle on elbow angle. Results clearly showed the existence of the ATNR and STNR in adult subjects. A next step will be to assess the effects of the ATNR and STNR during everyday motor control tasks, such as making head rotations while driving a bike.


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Exeter fan banned from football for causing trouble at City and England matches
Jason Commins has cannot attend a game for three years
Rom Preston-EllisSenior Content Editor
An Exeter City supporter has been banned from attending football matches for three years after being found to have caused trouble at matches across the UK and in France.
Jason Commins, 23 from Ide, has been issued with a Civil Football Banning Order for a period of three years following a hearing at Exeter Magistrates Court on Monday, July 30.
Knife man, 25, jailed after being tackled by brave officer
This banning order will prevent Mr Commins from attending regulated football matches in England and Wales, as well as preventing him from travelling abroad to watch the England national football team.
The evidence provided by police consisted of his part in disorder or attempted disorder on eight occasions.
Where Jason Commins caused trouble
August 2013 Exeter City V Bristol Rovers
October 2013 Exeter City V Plymouth Argyle
August 2014 Plymouth Argyle V Exeter City
April 2016 Exeter City Vs Plymouth Argyle
June 2016 European Championships in Marseille, France
January 2017 Portsmouth v Exeter City
February 2017 Plymouth Argyle v Exeter City
May 2017 Exeter City vs Carlisle United
August 2017 Swindon Town vs Exeter City
As well as the three year ban, Mr Commins was fined £400 costs to be paid to Devon and Cornwall Police.
Superintendent Matt Lawler said: "Devon and Cornwall Police make use of football banning orders to ensure that regulated football matches in Devon and Cornwall, as well as other parts of the country are safe and enjoyable for all supporters who want to enjoy football.
A summer of change for Exeter City's St James Park
"We will continue to seek these banning orders on those who cause or contribute to violence and disorder connected to football matches.
"I wish to thank the Force Football Unit for their hard work in this case, and their continual efforts in ensuring that football is a safe and enjoyable experience in Devon and Cornwall."
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The internet is a wild frontier.
It has its founders, its architects, its leaders, and its supporters and critics. The internet is filled with predators and prey alike, hoaxers and debunkers, and it boasts heroes and jesters and unwitting celebrities — not unlike the physical realm.
And because of the very nature of the internet, the line between heroes and jesters is often so blurred that one is given to wonder if they're not one and the same thing in this beta version of the final frontier.
Rewind back to 9/11 after which a certain photo of a tourist supposedly taken on top of one of the WTC towers moments before the first plane's impact surfaced in everyone's in-boxes. I also received the pic, forwarded by an otherwise astute and intelligent friend who fell for the hoax, hook, line and sinker — and for quite some time thereafter, the WTC-guy turned up as an accidental witness to numerous historic disasters. It's an incident where a jester became an unlikely "hero", finally falling from grace as his own efforts were photoshopped by other jesters and appeared all over the web.
Everyone stands the chance of becoming the next global village idiot.
Fame and success in the internet world can be measured by the number of imitations and parodies and fan sites and pop culture cross-references a simple picture, phrase, act, video (or a combination thereof) spawns — especially when these escape into the real world or traditional media. Surely, if people "get" the joke and run with it, then it must be really funny or entertaining or relevant or… "priceless". Right?
The masses have LOL'd!
Internet folklore has re-ignited the dying fame of David Hasselhoff and Chuck Norris, and it has created furore around one Vernon Koekemoer. It has given birth to such dubious luminaries as Gary Brolsma (the "Numa-Numa fat guy"), Ghyslain Raza (the "Star Wars Kid"), Dancing Matt, fruitcake Chris Crocker, Brian Peppers, and the Tron Guy. The internet has spawned monstrosities like goatse, Crazy Frog, Moshzilla, and a host of other memes.
Nor does it doesn't end with people: Internet stardom extends into the animal kingdom, too — with dancing hamsters, hypnotic badgers, No Hands the kitten, a certain "dramatic chipmunk", the breathtaking "Battle at Kruger" video, or any cat that looks like Adolf Hitler in the spotlight.
But it's cats, curiously, that are particularly popular targets of online ridicule.
"If you spend any time at all observing net culture, then you'll have been unable to miss the recent explosion in popularity of lolcats. This relatively recent phenomenon is the convention of taking pictures of cute animals, most frequently cats, and overlaying absurdist captions on the images," writes Anil Dash.
The humorous and idiosyncratic caption is usually (as a general and fixed rule, in fact) in broken English — a dialect known as "Kitty Pidgin", "lolspeak", or Lolcat (a compound word of "LOL" and "cat").
More appropriately titled "kitteh pidgin" actually, it has invaded many niches of popular culture and does little to improve the online community's diminishing linguistic skills, let alone help eradicate Engrish or Chinglish. Worse still is that the joke survives on the intertubes by feeding on itself and propagates to the extent that the legendary "Monorail Cat" now even has music videos appearing on YouTube! T-shirts and pet apparel will probably be next…
Fine. Let's play along then. Here be my current favourite lolcats.
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What About $$$ You CAN'T Afford to Lose? And THAT Man's a DOCTOR!
Phoning for 2 Cents a Minute Instead of $3.49
By A.T. On July 16, 2008
PHONETAG.COM
This is so cool – I wish I needed it. Basically, for $30 a month, PhoneTag converts your voicemail into text and delivers it directly to your handheld and/or your email. You can still hear it as voicemail, but it sure is faster just to read through it all. And what's so neat is the quality of the transcription – at least judging from a few samples a friend who does use it sent me. Amazing. 'With PhoneTag,' reads the website, 'you can read every voicemail that comes into any of your phone numbers – from anywhere.'
PENNYTALK.COM
Another friend was horrified to see a $378 phone bill for a handful of calls to China on his iPhone – at $3.49 a minute. With pennytalk.com, those calls – from the same iPhone – are now 49-cents each plus TWO CENTS a minute. (So about $4 instead of $378.)
Mike Woolen: 'I am one of those rare conservative Republicans who read your column without fail. Thanks for the link to the 'bubble' video. I ended up watching all fifteen videos and feel like I have a better understanding of what is really going on in the country. Indeed, hard times are coming. Mr. Martenson says in one of the videos that he decided to 'place my wealth out of the path of a potential dollar collapse.' But he would not suggest a specific strategy to do so. I was hoping that you might.'
☞ The first thing to say (other than that I'm really happy you come here, despite our differing views) is that part of the collapse (or perhaps most of it, we'll someday look back and realize) is behind us. The dollar has lost more than half its value, versus the euro, since conservative Republicans swept George W. Bush into office January 20, 2001. So there could be an element of horses and barn doors in this.
But I expect the dollar may have farther to fall, so the second thing to say is that I keep some of my own cash in foreign currency Exchange Traded Funds with the symbols FXA, FXC, FXE, FXF, and FXY. Will this turn out to be smart? I hope not.
(In addition to foreign currency, lots of investments – including some mentioned yesterday – might be unscathed or even helped by further erosion of the dollar.)
FANNIE AND FREDDIE
Tom Knapp: 'I'm an English teacher, not an economist, so of course I don't know too much about these corporations, but I'm puzzled why FNM and FRE wouldn't seem like good buys now – down from highs of 70 to 8 and 67 to 6 respectively and paying about 13% at that rate. All the Jim Cramers say they are 'too big to fail,' the government seems to agree, and some are even talking about having the U.S. buy shares. What's not to like here? (Of course with MYCTATL…)'
☞ I hear you, and you could be right. But the government may not be eager to bail out the shareholders, only to recapitalize the companies. One way to keep them from failing would be to put up (say) $500 billion for a new set of strong companies into which the existing companies would be merged on terms that left the current shareholders with just (say) a 1% token stake.
HISTORICAL ANALOGIES
Chip Ellis: 'You write, 'Inevitable antidote to nutty inflation is a wrenching recession (does anyone remember 1981?).' I think that you really should be looking back a decade further. Johnson gave us guns and butter (Great Society) that combined with oil price hike led to stagflation in early 1970's. W has given us guns and tax cuts and oil prices have again jumped – this seems pretty similar so shouldn't we expect a similar stagflation? What investment strategies can be learned form the 1970's?'
☞ Quite possibly. Inflation got worse and worse, interest rates peaked at 15% in the summer of 1982, and the Dow – which had first touched 1,000 in 1966 – didn't touch it again until 16 years later. (One investment strategy that can be learned is not to buy 30-year 4.5% Treasury bonds at the outset of what could be a long struggle with inflation.)
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News Archive - October 2016
Mitsubishi Electric tops HVR Awards 28 October 2016
The winners of the HVR Awards 2016 were announced at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel. London last night, with Mitsubishi Electric scooping the Commercial Air Conditioning Product of the Year for its City Multi Hybrid VRF. Daikin' s – VRV i-Series also ...
RACHP industry mentoring scheme celebrates National Mentoring Day 28 October 2016
National Mentoring Day was launched to recognise the significant benefits of mentoring across the UK and takes place on October 27th each year.The RACHP industry mentoring scheme – Thermentor.org - piloted earlier this year is starting a fresh ...
Government gives apprentice funding a boost 26 October 2016
The Government has announced a raft of new measures to help employers take on more apprentices including £60m to be spent on helping get young people from deprived backgrounds into work.
Pipe Center and Climate Center boosts leadership team 26 October 2016
Pipe Center and Climate Center has made a number of senior appointments within its London and South East team.
Fujitsu and TF Solutions open new Midlands training centre 26 October 2016
Fujitsu, has joined forces with TF Solutions to open a new training facility dedicated to the air-conditioning sector at TF Solutions' Burton-on-Trent branch.
Samsung launches DVM mobile app 26 October 2016
Samsung Electronics has launched a new and innovative DVM Mobile App, developed for dealers, contractors and installers.
BSRIA appoints manager for intelligent buildings and homes 26 October 2016
BSRIA has appointed Zoltan Karpathy as manager – intelligent buildings and homes – in its WMI Department, effective from 17th October 2016.
South Coast cooling engineers win international science award 26 October 2016
Hampshire-based specialist engineering firm Aqua Cooling was honoured by the international Institute of Physics (IOP) during a parliamentary reception at the Palace of Westminster on 18th October.
Toshiba helps students prepare for SkillFRIDGE finals 26 October 2016
Toshiba has organised a programme of training courses around the country to help students prepare for their participation in the national SkillFRIDGE finals, which take place at the NEC in November.
CoolKit sponsors care event 24 October 2016
CoolKit Ltd, the refrigerated vehicle specialist based in Burnley, is sponsoring the North West quarterly networking event for the NACC (National Association of Care Catering).
ASERCOM and EPEE push Europe's energy goals at Chillventa 24 October 2016
ASERCOM (the Association of European Refrigeration Component Manufacturers) and EPEE (the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment) jointly organised two events and shared a stand at Chillventa this year to discuss the role of the HVACR sector in Europe's energy framework.
BESA to host webinar on indoor air quality 24 October 2016
Increasingly strict building ventilation standards are making the task of achieving a good balance between healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) and lower HVAC power and energy consumption more challenging for building engineers worldwide.
BESA supports London Mayor's diversity promise 24 October 2016
BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association) is the latest organisation to sign a diversity pledge launched by the Mayor of London.
Advanced Engineering names new sales director 24 October 2016
Advanced Engineering has appointed John Barraclough as its new sales director.
Stonegrove Refrigeration makes appointment 24 October 2016
Refrigeration contractor Stonegrove Refrigeration has appointed Grahame Keeping as contracts and operations manager.
adi Group aims to help bridge the engineering gender gap 24 October 2016
According to a report in the Telegraph, only 8.5 per cent of the UK's engineers are women and 62 per cent of 11-21 year-old girls believe engineering and technology is just for boys.
Aggreko and DuPont bring temperature control to sulphuric alkylation market 19 October 2016
Aggreko plc, the power generation and HVAC speciality rental company, and sulphuric acid alkylation technology licensor, DuPont, have teamed up to provide Aggreko temperature control, including chiller systems, to DuPont STRATCO sulphuric acid alkylation customers worldwide.
A-Gas oil disposal service proves popular with engineers 19 October 2016
A new and innovative disposal service from A-Gas for waste refrigerant oil is proving popular with engineers.
Reports urges more action to encourage children into STEM subjects 19 October 2016
Research conducted by industrial components and engineering services specialist Neutronic Technologies has revealed that 72% of people believe that not enough is currently being done to encourage children to study STEM subjects.
Industry bodies welcome deal to cut use of HFC gases 19 October 2016
Delegates from more than 150 countries meeting in Rwanda reached what was described as a "monumental" deal by agreeing an amendment to the Montreal protocol on the phase out of the use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), the gases used in air conditioning and refrigeration.
Foster Refrigerator sponsors charity mountain climb 18 October 2016
Foster Refrigerator is sponsoring one of its employees, Dean Rawnsley, to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, with his faithful companion, the Trekking Penguin, in aid of the Breast Cancer Unit at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn in February 2017.
Smith Brothers launches app 18 October 2016
Smith Brothers has launched an app which is available on Google Play and the Apple Store by searching for 'Smith Brothers Stores'.
Fläkt Woods and DencoHappel complete merger 17 October 2016
Fläkt Woods, a leading air technologies solutions provider for HVAC systems, and DencoHappel, a leading technology innovator in air treatment, air conditioning, filter technology and cooling process air, completed their merger on 13 October.
CIBSE and ASHRAE celebrate 40th anniversary with historic agreement 13 October 2016
CIBSE (the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) and ASHRAE (the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) have signed a partnership agreement to mark the 40th anniversary of their relationship.
IIR Thermag conference looks at magnetic refrigeration 13 October 2016
Since 2005, the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) has been organising a biennial conference focused on magnetic cooling in room temperatures, after a dedicated IIR Working Group was set up and the magnetocaloric effect produced by specific elements, such as gadolinium, was discovered.
CoolKit helps to find tomorrow's manufacturing stars 13 October 2016
CoolKit Ltd, the Burnley-based refrigerated vehicle specialist, is sponsoring the Lancashire heats of a competition to find the North West's manufacturing stars of tomorrow.
Advanced Engineering invests in refrigeration apprenticeships 12 October 2016
Advanced Engineering has announced ambitious plans to support UK refrigeration apprenticeships, starting with a donation of AC&R equipment worth £15,000 to Eastleigh College.
FETA underlines importance of IAQ 12 October 2016
FETA has continued to push the agenda on indoor air quality (IAQ) and general awareness surrounding this important topic is now growing at an increasing rate.
Bitzer launches new refrigerant report at Chillventa 11 October 2016
Compressor specialist Bitzer is publishing the 19th edition of its refrigerant report to coincide with Chillventa.
FETA calls for a balanced approach to BREXIT 11 October 2016
The Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA) is calling on the Government to think carefully about any potential changes to agreed policies, regulations or directives, following the vote to leave the EU.
IOR and Dean & Wood offer advice on new refrigerants 10 October 2016
The IOR and Dean & Wood have organised a breakfast meeting for service engineers and technicians on 25 October where there will be practical advice from experts on new refrigerants.
EIA and Greenpeace applaud CGF's HFC phase-down plan 10 October 2016
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has applauded the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) for its new resolution on refrigeration.
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The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) has highlighted value engineering as one of the main causes of poor building performance and emphasises that working together is the best way forward for all stakeholders.
FETA shares its view on A2L refrigerants 06 October 2016
Due to the F-Gas Regulations there is now significant pressure to reduce the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of fluorocarbon refrigerants.
Eaton Williams closes its doors 06 October 2016
Nortek Global HVAC (UK) has today confirmed the closure of Eaton Williams.The company closed its doors and ceased production at its Edenbridge site on 30 September, and all employees will leave the business on 30 November. Production in Stoke-On-...
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Daikin Applied UK has been working towards developing Building Information Modelling (BIM) for its bespoke air handling units and has announced the availability of the AHU BIM objects on the National BIM library.
Take responsibility for indoor air quality, urges BSRIA 05 October 2016
BSRIA urged industry to take responsibility for indoor air quality (IAQ) when experts spoke at September's AGM in London.
Tesco half year sales increase 05 October 2016
Tesco has seen its sales grow for the first half of the year to 27 August.
See you at Chillventa! 03 October 2016
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New certification programme for ventilation ducts launched 03 October 2016
Eurovent Certita Certification has launched a new certification programme for Ventilation Ducts (DUCT).
Primalec signs cool South East Asia partnership deal 03 October 2016
Primalec has agreed a new partnership deal with Tabernacle Engineering (S) Pte Ltd at the Automechanika show.


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I love these goggles. To start off, I needed a pair of goggles that were OTG(over the glasses), and this goggle was my pick.
Lens changing is pretty simple and fast after you figure it out. The first time I was kind of stuck when trying to remove the nose slot but got it pretty fast. Now I can swap between my Green SolX and my blue ignitor on the hill when conditions permit.
These lenses seem to hold up pretty well. I have a scratch on my ignitor, but I think that happened when these goggles saved my face from a rock faceplant on a pow day haha. My Sol X has been holding up awesome for such a shiny lens. It's been whacked by trees and branches and still has no scratches. I'm impressed.
I, simply put, cannot fog them at all. My glasses will fog from time to time but whatever they did with the Porex filter thing and the hydrophobic lens, it's working. I would be quite impressed if you are able to fog them.
Great, not many problems. This goggle is for people with a large faces. I have a medium face so the gogs press my glasses into my nose, but they don't make an IO that's OTG compatible. Plus these look badass.
I get compliments on these goggles about every day I go up. Quoting BlisterGearReview, you really actually do look like a badass powder slaying robot wearing the Green Sol Xs.
Great goggles, a bit high on the price side but grab them if you can. They don't fog and look amazing. For large faces, but a medium can totally pull it off(and look better, IMO. OTG Compatible. Good lens swapping ability.


Donald Trump has no strategy, no beliefs, and no principles.
There's no question that some of Trump's shift is also explained by the massive difference between being a private citizen offering a critique via Twitter and being the president of the United States. The weight of the office changes people.
Trump has no political experience, no record of serious thought on foreign policy. He was for the Iraq invasion before he was against it. He has pledged to decimate ISIS while affecting an isolationist bent. This suggests that he is little more than a narcissistic con man. He lies more often than he tells the truth, and his lies typically serve one purpose: They are meant to make him look good. It is more likely that Trump did what his generals told him to do because he wants to be the sort of person who is respected by generals. It is likely he started caring about dead Syrians because the press suggested that only a monster wouldn't. He did not bomb Syria because, in the battle between isolationism and interventionism being waged in his soul, the weight of his office tipped the field toward the latter. He's a simple, vulgar person who makes decisions for simple, vulgar reasons.
To suggest otherwise gives Trump credit he hasn't earned. There is no strategy. There is no grand plan. There is no moral, ethical, or philosophical calculation. There's only Trump, and how he feels from one moment to the next.


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Storm over the Pacific to be released on June 15th
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Storm over the Pacific to be released on June 15th.
WARSAW – June 10, 2010
Wastelands Interactive headlines announces that the fleet is ready to sail off to Pearl Harbor. Carriers with decks full of planes, thunderous battleships, submarines hiding beneath, this is only the beginning of the upcoming struggle.
Storm over the Pacific reached Gold status and it's delivered to the Publishers.
The Pacific Theater Campaign awaits together with ten smaller scenarios including Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and a 'what if' Australia Campaign in Storm over the Pacific.
Command your fleets and lead your troops to the ultimate victory over the enemy forces. Stop the Japanese invasion and save the free world from the Imperial domination or make the Pacific an internal sea of Imperial Japanese Navy!
From India to California and from Alaska to New Zealand rule the waves and fight across the skies. Unite China against its enemies, defend oil fields in Dutch East India and conquer the riches of India.
In Storm over the Pacific the player can take a lead of any country or combination of countries. Waging a war as one of the minor nations like Siam gives a completely different feeling than leading a major power, not to mention a whole alliance. Whatever the choice will be, the player will always find an Order of Battle created with the greatest care for historical accuracy. At the beginning of the scenario, all warships, air units and troops are exactly in their historical locations. Doesn't matter whether it is Tarawa, Saipan or the Pacific Campaign. The most important commanders of the Theatre are assigned to their units or awaiting in HQ.
An easy learning curve and country specific, adjustable difficulty settings allow both the beginners and the experts. Attached tools and easily accessible files create the opportunity to change, modify and even create new campaigns that can be shared within the well organized community.
Storm over the Pacific makes it possible to experience the real war in the Pacific Theatre in full scale on land, air and sea.
More info, game features and fresh screenshots can be found at http://stormoverpacific.com
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Parents who lose a child entitled to bereavement leave
A new workplace right to paid leave for bereaved parents has been officially enshrined in law today (Thursday 13 September) as the Parental Leave and Pay Bill achieves Royal Assent.
The first law of its kind in the UK will support those affected by the tragedy of childhood mortality and is expected to come into force in 2020.
The new Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act will give all employed parents a day-one right to two weeks' leave if they lose a child under the age of 18 or suffer a stillbirth from 24 weeks of pregnancy. Employed parents will also be able to claim pay for this period, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
This new law honours the manifesto commitment to introduce a new entitlement to parental bereavement leave.
Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst, said: "This law makes Parental Bereavement Leave a legal right for the first time in the UK's history.
"Losing a child is an unimaginable trauma. I am delighted we have reached this important milestone which so many have campaigned for.
"I'd like to thank all the people who have helped make this law a reality, including the brave parent campaigners who have spoken out about their own experiences."
Lucy Herd, from Jack's Rainbow, said: "When I started the campaign eight years ago after the death of my son Jack, I always hoped that a change would happen in his memory.
"Knowing that eight years of campaigning has helped create legislation to ensure bereaved parents are protected in the future is such a wonderful feeling and I am so grateful to all those involved."
The Government-backed bill was introduced to Parliament in July 2017 as a Private Member's bBll by Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton.
He said: "Losing a child is the most dreadful and unimaginable experience that any parent could suffer and it is right that grieving parents will now be given time to start to come to terms with their loss.
"I am grateful to Will Quince MP, who first brought this issue to the fore in a 'Ten-Minute Rule Motion' on statutory entitlement during the previous parliamentary session. I am also grateful to Lord Knight and fellow MPs, on both sides of the House, some of whom have shared their own personal stories of losing a beloved child, who have assisted in bringing forward this legislation so quickly."
Will Quince said: "There can be few worse life experiences than the loss of a child and while most employers treat their staff with dignity and compassion when this tragedy occurs, all too often we have heard stories of grieving parents being forced back to work too early.
"I am delighted that parents in this awful situation will now have the protection of paid leave enshrined in law, and we should be very proud that the UK now has one of the best worker's rights in this area in the world."


The Price Is Right was one of the most popular Tv Shows that year. That Tv Show won Emmy (Daytime) Outstanding Game Show Host in 1975, Emmy (Daytime) Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show in 1976, Emmy (Daytime) Outstanding Game Show Host in 1979, Emmy (Daytime) Outstanding Drama Series in 1982, and Emmy (Daytime) Outstanding Game Show Host in 1982. This was Roger Dobkowitz's 1st Tv Show. The Price Is Right was one of this most popular pieces. This was Bart Eskander's 1st Tv Shows in this genre. His most popular Tv Show was The Price Is Right.


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Brevard's coast is widely known as Florida's Space Coast as home to both the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, which draw eager crowds to nearby shores to witness launches.
Playalinda Beach within the Canaveral National Seashore is a favorite among rocket watchers. On a typical day the beaches are valued for their tranquility. As one of the longest stretches of undeveloped Atlantic coastline in Florida, its lagoon, dune, and hammock habitat is home to many threatened and endangered birds, amphibians, and plants.
Overlaying the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center is the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which was established to serve both migratory birds and the space program. Hiking, fishing, hunting, and birding are all enjoyed with the reserve's 140,000 acres. Connecting Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River is the Haulover Canal, a known spot in the reserve for kayakers looking to spot bioluminescent plankton and comb jellies.
The Banana River Aquatic Preserve's 300,000 acres of surface waters are nestled between Merritt Island and the outer beach barrier island. The northern area of the preserve is one of the most important spring habitats for the east coast manatee population, in addition to supporting large pelican, alligator, and diamondback terrapin turtle populations.
Golden sand and consistent waves draw visitors learning to surf and kitesurf to the coastal city of Cocoa Beach. Seafood restaurants and surf shops are plentiful from Cocoa Beach through Satellite Beach, down to Indialantic Beach for enjoyment of the surfing atmosphere of this coast. Melbourne, also a coastal city, offers an eclectic mix of shops, craft restaurants, live music, and art galleries in the historic downtown district.
South of Melbourne and extending down along 20 miles of shoreline in Brevard and Indian River counties is the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, protecting important nesting areas for many endangered sea turtles including loggerhead and green turtles. For an unforgettable chance to observe nesting turtles lay their eggs and venture back to the sea, Friends of the Carr Refuge host nighttime turtle walks from June to September.
At the southernmost end of Brevard lies the Indian River Lagoon State Park. The barrier island was historically utilized to grow pineapples, citrus, and guava and is now presently undergoing restoration. It's mangrove wetlands and salt marshes are of critical importance to protecting the shoreline from erosion, maintaining water quality, and filtering runoff. Even with limited facilities, the park's trails are excellent for running, hiking, biking, and spotting gopher tortoises, marsh rabbits, and gray foxes.
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The "IKEA of Custom Industrial Equipment" Enters Open Beta Stage
The site also includes helpful resources to quickly show engineers how to use Vention. Until recently, the site only offered structural assembly parts like beams, turntables, and caster wheels. Now, Vention has added MachineMotion controllers to its offerings that enable 1, 2, and 3 axes of motion in automated machinery. The controller's pair with NEMA 34 stepper motors. These, along with various M8 proximity sensors, are also offered in the site's parts library and can be shipped with other parts for an assembly. Motion and speed profiles can be programmed using proprietary, open-source apps available on the Vention website.
The MachineBuilder 3D assembly builder is extremely easy to use in comparison to traditional CAD since all the parts in the library are modular and designed to integrate directly with one another. (Watch a demonstration video here.) After a user builds their assembly, the website will automatically calculate any additional fasteners needed for the final assembly, and then provide an estimate for assembly time.
The site also includes a Public Assembly library with equipment like test benches, industrial shelving and carts, and turntables. Some of these are built by Vention, while others have been shared by Vention users in industries like aerospace, automobile assembly and inspection, and research.
"We are excited to enter into our open beta stage so that industrial engineers can experience the convenience of next day delivery for custom assemblies with automated motion capabilities," says Vention CEO, Etienne Lacroix. "We will transition to our first official release later this year, with even more industrial components and features added to our platform.
The robust structure of assemblies enabled by Vention also plays into the high repeatability of its linear motion components. Recently, a customer built a one-axis motion assembly that would be used to move a scanning camera across blueprints being converted into digital versions. The assembly included a 30-million pixel camera (not provided by Vention) mounted onto an automated piece of equipment. Repeatability was key so that the camera could generate a clear, and accurate rendering of the blueprint.
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Una sierra de sable es un tipo de sierra accionada por un mecanismo en el que la acción de corte se logra mediante un movimiento "alternado" de la hoja "de empuje y tracción". El término se aplica habitualmente a un tipo de sierra utilizado en trabajos de construcción y carpintería.

Descripción

Este tipo de sierra, tiene una hoja grande que se asemeja a la de una sierra de vaivén eléctrica y un mango con una orientación que permite utilizar la sierra cómodamente en superficies verticales. El diseño típico de esta sierra tiene una base plana en la zona de corte de la hoja, similar a la de la mencionada sierra. El usuario sujeta o apoya esta base sobre la superficie a cortar de forma que se pueda contrarrestar la tendencia de la máquina a rebotar contra la superficie de corte mientras la hoja viaja a través de su recorrido.

Diseño
Hay diseños dentro de una amplia gama de potencias, velocidades y características, desde modelos portátiles menos potentes que suelen tener forma de taladro inalámbrico, hasta modelos con cables de alta potencia y alta velocidad diseñados para trabajos pesados de construcción y demolición. Las sierras de sable modernas casi todas poseen velocidad variable, ya sea mediante la sensibilidad del disparador o mediante un botón. Otra característica que se ha convertido en importante para el uso de estas sierras es la inclusión de una acción orbital. Esta acción consiste en hacer oscilar el recorrido arriba y abajo (perpendicular al movimiento de corte) haciendo que la punta de la hoja se mueva en un recorrido ovalado, hacia arriba y hacia abajo y hacia delante y hacia atrás. Esta característica se emplea principalmente para serrar madera, permitiendo cortes rápidos.

Usos

Una sierra de sable es una herramienta popular que utilizan para instalar de ventanas, los trabajadores de la construcción así como los servicios de rescate de emergencia. Hay disponibles variantes y accesorios para usos especializados, tales como pinzas y hojas largas para cortar tuberías grandes.

Existen hojas disponibles para una gran variedad de materiales y usos. Entre los tipos más habituales se encuentran: hojas para cortar metal, madera, materiales compuestos, paneles de yeso y otros materiales. Muchos de estos tipos de hojas tienen una gran variedad de diseños de dientes destinados a propósitos especiales, tales como cortar ramas de árboles, trabajos de demolición, corte limpio o materiales contaminados. Las hojas recubiertas abrasivas también están disponibles para materiales duros como el azulejo y la piedra.

Básicamente una sierra de sable permite hacer lo que hacen otras sierras que cortan con un movimiento de vaivén. Esto incluye:

 Sierra de vaivén eléctrica
 Sierra de marquetería
 Sierra de calar
 Sierra para metales

Las herramientas de movimiento alternativo también se encuentran en cirugía y cirugía dental, en las que se utilizan en operaciones que requieren cortar o triturar huesos.

Mecanismo

La acción recíproca puede generarse de diversas maneras. Se puede utilizar una unidad de manivela, un yugo escocés, una unidad de tipo Swashplate,  una leva cautiva o excéntrica, una leva de tubo,  o cualquier otra unidad rotativa no lineal. Las herramientas modernas se construyen con variantes de todos estos mecanismos.

Los accionamientos de leva excéntrica y biela-manivela necesitan contrapesos de equilibrio para reducir las vibraciones en el plano del elemento giratorio y pueden mostrar aún vibraciones que son desagradables para el usuario y que pueden acarrear dificultades para controlar la herramienta. El mecanismo de placa de palanca tiene la ventaja de tener poca rotación desequilibrada, de manera que la vibración principal está alineada con la hoja, i de este modo, generalmente, se puede controlar presionando con fuerza la base de la herramienta contra la superficie de trabajo.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 NIOSH Sound Power and Vibrations Database  Arxivat
 New York City Construction Quieto Vendor Guidelines  Arxivat
Sierras (herramienta)

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