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Faculty of Science and Engineering (Institute of Technology) (LITH)
Faculty office and departments
With some 10,500 students, more than 1,000 employees and a budget exceeding SEK 1 billion, the Faculty of Science and Engineering is one of Sweden's largest engineering education institutions. We are a fully integrated part of Linköping University.
Tomorrow's engineers and scientists must be equipped with great problem-solving skills and be able to grasp the consequences of technological solutions. The Faculty of Science and Engineering at Linköping University is one of Sweden's leading engineering and science faculties, with an international reputation for high-quality and border-crossing education.
Linköping University (LiU) emphasises problem-solving skills and encourages individual students to actively pursue knowledge and an understanding of technological consequences.
In nationwide polls among university graduates, the Faculty of Science and Engineering is constantly ranked as one of the best in Sweden with regard to educational quality, student social life and preparation for the job market. In independent surveys, LiU graduates say that their time with us prepared them well for the realities of professional life and helped them qualify for top-level jobs.
Dean and Pro Deans
Ulf Nilsson
Dean, Professor
Software and Systems (SAS)
ulf.nilsson@liu.se
Nicolette Lakemond
Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)
Project, Innovations and Entrepreneurship (PIE)
nicolette.lakemond@liu.se
Helena Herbertsson
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)
Chemistry (KEMI)
helena.herbertsson@liu.se
Head of Faculty Office
Annalena Kindgren
Head of Faculty Office, Faculty Programme Director
Dean's Office, Faculty of Science and Engineering (TFK)
annalena.kindgren@liu.se
The latest about research and education at the Faculty of Science and Engineering
Robots pose new demands on safety
Large industrial robots have thus far worked in isolation, in clearly defined areas without people nearby. A newly presented thesis at LiU, however, shows that such robots can very well work together with people – and how safety can be ensured.
New method gives robust transistors
A new method to fit together layers of semiconductors as thin as a few nanometres has resulted in not only a scientific discovery but also a new type of transistor for high-power electronic devices. The result, published in Applied Physics Letters.
New method gives hope in understanding Alzheimer's disease
Scientists are now able to label proteins in the brains of mice who have a disease similar to Alzheimer's disease. The new method allows the researchers to observe how harmful protein aggregates develop over a longer time period.
Expansion of Sweden's largest research programme
The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), Sweden's largest individual research programme, has been extended by three years and will receive a further research grant of nearly SEK 1.3 billion.
Swedish Research Council grant for secure quantum communication
The Swedish Research Council has awarded SEK 1.4 million to SECRET, a European collaborative project to increase security in quantum communication. The project, with a budget of EUR 340,000, will be coordinated by LiU researcher Guilherme Xavier.
17.8 million Swedish crowns to Kajsa Uvdal
Kajsa Uvdal has been awarded SEK 17.8 million from the Swedish Research Council for an interdisciplinary research environment combining physics, medicine and image sciences. The objective is to obtain improved treatments for heart disease and cancer.
A huge microscope helping LiU researchers design new materials
Researchers can use the most intense microscope in the world, the MAX IV synchrotron facility in Lund, to see how atoms bind to each other. Scientists from LiU were first to use the new beamline, investigating new materials with exciting properties.
Creating switchable plasmons in plastics
Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics have developed optical nanoantennas made from a conducting polymer. The antennas can be switched on and off, and will make possible a completely new type of controllable nano-optical components.
Additive manufacture changes materials
Additive manufacture in combination with nickel-based superalloys can be used in the production of high-temperature products. New research increases our knowledge of new manufacturing methods and how these change the properties of materials.
How blades in a gas turbine crack
Upwards, downwards or sideways. Quickly or slowly. Evenly or unevenly. New research at LiU shows how cracks propagate in gas turbine blades. The results may have far-reaching industrial implications.
Wireless communication by the metre
Is there a poor mobile signal? In that case, buy a few metres of radio stripe and set it up where it´s practically invisible. Researchers at LiU and Ericsson have developed patented technology to make this possible: antennas by the metre.
Three LiU researchers appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows
Emil Björnson, Magnus Jonsson and Marcin Szczot, have been appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows. Five-year research grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation makes it possible for young researchers to make breakthroughs.
Among the world's 36 best in machine learning
Fredrik Lindsten and his PhD student Anna Wigren have been chosen among stiff competition to present results at the world's most prestigious conference in machine learning. One application of their algorithms is to understand how diseases spread.
AI research competing with giants
"Giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple are buying up top-flight researchers in artificial intelligence. In the academic world we find it difficult to compete", warned Professor Michael Felsberg from LiU at the WASP4All conference.
An integrated approach develops drones of the future
Design optimisation and a systems-based approach can improve the communication equipment, sensors and other components of unmanned aerial vehicles of the future. One result is more effective searches for missing people using drones.
Selling energy by the metre
At spin-off company Epishine, the printing presses are feeding out solar cells in printed electronics intended for indoor use. Olle Inganäs has an even higher goal: organic solar cells will contribute to solving the world's energy problems.
Two simulator labs opened in Norrköping
Two simulation environments, for maritime applications and for air traffic control, have been built at LiU. "It may appear to us to be playing games, but it is everyday experience for maritime pilots and flight controllers", says Jonas Lundberg.
New materials increase gas turbines efficiency
New surface coatings can increase the efficiency and reduce emissions from the gas turbines of the future. A recently presented thesis at LiU demonstrates how some of the new materials function and how lifetimes can be calculated.
Two pieces of the Alzheimer's puzzle
One is a protein chemist, the other a physician. Both conduct research into Alzheimer's disease. Each benefits from the knowledge of the other, making progress more rapid. Their objective: to make a difference for those affected by disease.
Competence and participation in successful quality management
Quality management can be either expansive or adaptive, and the two forms are equally important. Successful quality management depends on employees being given the possibility to contribute to the development. These are conclusions in a new thesis.
LiU students take gold for antimicrobial bandage
Students at Linköping University took gold in the international competition in synthetic biology, iGEM 2019.
Elusive cancer-related protein captured in flight
Scientists have for the first time seen how the MYC protein, which plays a central role in cancer, binds to a key protein and controls important functions in cells. The new discovery may in the long term help in the development of new cancer drugs.
Anders Ynnerman elected to visualisation hall of fame
Thirty-two people from all over the world have been selected to become members of the newly formed IEEE Visualization Academy. One of them is professor Anders Ynnerman. "It's extremely gratifying to be recognised as one of the pioneers", he says.
Laestadius, crop failure and barley in Fennoscandia
Is it possible that a single individual influenced which crops were cultivated over large areas of Fennoscandia? In a new study, clues from DNA from old barley indicate that the priest Lars-Levi Laestadius may have played an important role.
Dean's Office, Faculty of Science and Engineering
The department is central to the engineering education at the Institute of Technology, one of four faculties at Linköping University, and this regards both basic and applied knowledge.
Department of Management and Engineering
We are one of the university's largest departments with more than 450 employees. Our research is conducted in a wide range of fields from economics and management to design and technology.
The department conducts research in computational mathematics, mathematics and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics, and optimization. We provide courses to students in most degree programmes in mathematics, science and engineering.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Undergraduate teaching and research in the areas of biology, chemistry, materials and applied physics and theory and modelling are conducted at this department.
We research and teaches in several technical/scientific disciplines in which our main areas are organic electronics, media, communications and logistics.
Education at LiU
Why study at Linköping University? LiU offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. Our students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.
Research at LiU
Research at Linköping University
What makes LiU special is the lack of boundaries between different subjects and faculties, which has resulted in world-leading research environments and companies. We address issues where the results can benefit all of society.


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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Posted by Whistler Mountain Ski Club on Aug 23 2018 at 11:58AM PDT in 2018-2019 season
The Nominating Committee of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club is calling for nominations for the position of Director for a two-year term commencing after the 2018 Annual General Meeting scheduled for December 1st, 2018.
The Nominating Committee is seeking qualified candidates to play a key role in the stewardship of the Club, and who respect the Club's core values while delivering leading-edge governance attributes including experience, engagement, transparency and accountability. Qualified candidates will have the skill-sets, expertise and experience necessary to further the Club's long-term strategic plan, while also playing the key role of supervising the Club's management. The Club is seeking nominations for both "parent" and "independent" roles (the latter being persons with a deep knowledge of and passion for ski racing and/or a background in organizational governance, and who do not currently have children in Club programs).
The Nominating Committee is seeking:
One candidate to assume the role of Finance Director following a transition period;
And up to two candidates for the role of At-large Independent Director.
Where qualifications are comparable, preference will be given to female candidates with the goal of having greater female representation on the Board.
Interested members are invited to contact Monique Morden, Chair of the Nominating Committee (and Past-Chair of the Club at nominatingcommittee@wmsc.info.
Board Composition
Under the Club's By-laws the Board of Directors will consist of not less than three and not more than twelve members, excluding the Chair and Vice-Chair/Past Chair. The Board currently consists of eight members, excluding the Chair and Vice-Chair/Past Chair. Directors must be full or honorary members of the Club. Directors are elected by the Club's members at the Club's annual meetings. Excluding the Chair, Directors are elected for two-year terms, with one half of the board elected every year. Directors are expected to commit to serving serve at least two terms. The Chair on election serves a four-year term: one year as the Club's Vice-Chair, two years as the Club's Chair, and one year as the Club's Past Chair.
The Board of Directors has adopted a target of eight members, comprised of four Directors At-Large, the Chair, the Vice Chair/Past Chair, the Finance Director and the Club Secretary. Of the four Directors At-Large, the Board has set a goal that three of these Directors are "independent" by virtue of not having children presently enrolled in the Clubs programs.
Current Directors with at least one year remaining in the terms are:
Marty Aidelbaum, Chair
John Legg, Vice Chair
Hans Lundin, Finance Director and Independent Director
Rob Toole, Secretary & Independent Director
Rand Neeves, At-large Director
Current Directors standing for re-election are:
Sarah Renzoni, At-large Independent Director
Graham Ross, At-large Director
Jason Shorter, At-large Director
The BC Societies Act provides:
Directors must be qualified
43(1) A person must not be a director of a society if the person is not qualified under either section 44 or the bylaws to be a director.
(2) A director of a society who is not, or who ceases to be, qualified under either section 44 or the bylaws to be a director must promptly resign.
Persons qualified to be directors
44(1) A person is qualified to be a director of a society only if the person is an individual who is at least 18 years of age.
(2) Despite subsection (1), an individual who is 16 or 17 years of age is qualified to be a director of a society if provided for in the regulations.
(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), an individual is not qualified to be a director of a society if the individual is
(a) found by any court, in Canada or elsewhere, to be incapable of managing the individual's own affairs,
(b) an undischarged bankrupt, or
©convicted in or out of British Columbia of an offence in connection with the promotion, formation or management of a corporation or unincorporated entity, or of an offence involving fraud, unless
(i) the court orders otherwise,
(ii)5 years have elapsed since the last to occur of
(A) the expiration of the period set for suspension of the passing of sentence without a sentence having been passed,
(B) the imposition of a fine,
© the conclusion of the term of any imprisonment, and
(D) the conclusion of the term of any probation imposed, or
(iii)a pardon was granted or issued, or a record suspension was ordered, under the Criminal Records Act (Canada) and the pardon or record suspension, as the case may be, has not been revoked or ceased to have effect.

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What surprises me, I do not see anybody mentioning this imortant difference. I doubt, I would have bought Note 3 Neo if I knew about this difference in S-pen usability.
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I will buy this phone today, do i need any screen protector for it? how delicate is screen may i ask?


The couple that we want to show You in this material lives life to the full. Incredibly positive aura that surrounds Anna and Peter rubbed off also on us, making thereby that we look back on our cooperation with wide smiles on our faces.
The young couple got to know each other at Warsaw boulevards that form the centre of nightlife of the capital in the summertime. However, the acquaintanceship of Anna and Peter hasn't gone as quickly as an evanescent, weekend evening and its final seal was the wedding, that we were pleased to record in our coverage.
The ceremony took place in an incredibly charming Warsaw district – Wesoła, which is famous for the richness of greenery and unusual quietude as far as metropolitan realities are concerned. The day was beautiful, literally ideal for such ceremony, sunbeams eagerly poured into the interior of the church, but this wasn't the most important thing, because on this day, the young couple shined most brightly. Both of them elegant, with the style, without unnecessary pomp, but confident. From the start it was evident that they planned everything carefully in order to make this day the best moment of their life.
The wedding reception took place in Mansor hotel in Ząbki, near Warsaw. The guests that gathered there were having fun untiringly for many hours and the whole party can be seen as very successful, in any case you can judge it yourself by watching our video coverage.
Therefore, we wish that you catch as many of these moments together as possible.
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23:3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, [even] the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, [nor] bring up virgins.
23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, [so] shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
23:7 [Is] this your joyous [city], whose antiquity [is] of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning [city], whose merchants [are] princes, whose traffickers [are] the honourable of the earth?
23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, [and] to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: [there is] no more strength.
23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant [city], to destroy the strong holds thereof.
23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, [till] the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; [and] he brought it to ruin.


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BVB BRUGGE
Location: Bruges, Belgium
Category: Office building
Bank J. Van Breda & C° acquired this monumental building with an extensive garden to make it their main office in Bruges. The challenge for the design was to preserve the monumental character and to enhance its features to accommodate for all the modern needs of an office, while adding new and contemporary elements.
Structurally, the layout remains largely untouched. In the basement, an auditorium will be built for internal meetings or events. The main hall will continue to serve as a central area for reception, while maintaining the existing grandeur of the stairs and the light dome. The ground floor also hosts the conference rooms, accessible to the clients. The upper floor contains the open office for the co-workers and some internal meeting rooms. The second floor will serve as lunchroom and archive.
The façades will be renovated and restored to their original glory. New window frames with similar details will be placed with double-glazing to meet modern demands for thermal insulation. The respectful and detailed approach of this design restores this magnificent building to its original appearance while making it suited for its new function as a bank.


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Corporate tax avoidance bill may deliver little more than hefty fees for tax lawyers
by Michael West | Dec 7, 2015 | Business, Comment Analysis, Finance & Tax
The transparency measure is a step in the right direction.
There will be much "restructuring" going on right now at the big end of town. Under the government's corporate tax avoidance bill, which passed into law last Thursday, 281 private companies are expected to make public their revenue, and the amount of tax they pay, later this month – those with more than $200 million in revenue.
Labor and the Greens had originally been pushing for a disclosure threshold of $100 million but, in a controversial deal between the Greens and the treasurer, the threshold was set at $200 million on condition the government agree to another transparency measure compelling multinational companies to provide General Purpose financial reports.
So it is that Australia's super-rich will have already been on the blower to their tax lawyers asking them to work out a way of getting below the $200 million disclosure level. The obvious ruse is to hive off bits of the business into smaller entities whose revenues are less than $200 million.
A tax lawyer told Fairfax Media such restructuring would be unlikely to contravene the GAAP (general anti avoidance provision – part 4A) as Part 4A – which holds that the dominant purpose of a transaction be commercial rather than tax-driven – attacks manoeuvres (including restructures) to obtain tax benefits but not information benefits.
A tax benefit is a reduction in assessable income or an increase in allowable deductions. A restructure to avoid the information laws is accordingly not caught by Part 4A.
So it is open season for restructuring. It is even possible that nobody may be captured by the new legislation and forced to reveal the amount of tax they pay, or don't pay. Further, many of the 281 have large foreign shareholders and may enjoy the exemption, Class order [CO 98/0099], which allows large proprietary companies with foreign company shareholders (but not controlled by a foreign company) to be 'grandfathered'.
Some 1500 companies are on the "grandfathered" list and have not filed company accounts since the early 1990s. So when you poke about in the database of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) you will not find any financial information about Australia's largest private companies, those of the Packers, Myers, Pratts or Triguboffs. The best you can do is to find company "extracts", which sometimes lead to an entity offshore.
Take Inghams, the chicken empire of the Ingham family. Ingham Enterprises is on the grandfathered list. Searches show its ultimate holding company is Ingham Holdings 1 Pty Ltd. Its top shareholders include an entity in Singapore and the low-tax state of Delaware in the US. Another on the grandfathered list, the Kahlbetzer empire, leads to Monaco and Buenos Aires.
Inghams was recently found to be the top political donor on the list. Around one in six of the exempted companies are significant political donors and many of the wealthy family empires have a number of entities on the list so in "group" terms the donations to political parties are effectively more concentrated.
Another typical structure you will find in these company extracts is the names of the family shareholders but "non-beneficial shareholders", which is a dead end as it is impossible to follow the money trail offshore from there.
The moral of this story is that, if you are big enough, they won't touch you. While the transparency measure is a step in the right direction, it may not deliver much apart from hefty fees for tax lawyers.
Project Wickenby, the task-force led by the Tax Office to pursue wealthy tax avoiders, conducted 4503 audits, raised $2.3 billion and delivered 46 convictions. But these were not the big fish.
Its most celebrated target was Paul Hogan, who struck a confidential settlement with the ATO two years ago without a charge being laid.
Wickenby has its critics. The probe cost more than $500 million and much of the proceeds are yet to come in, but there is no doubt that going after Hoges was a good move in PR terms.
While the publicity of Wickenby will have had a deterrent effect, the sting also reflects the tendency for Australian government agencies to pursue people who are rich but not too rich, rich but not too powerful, high profile but not too well connected.
The pursuit of Rene Rivkin is another example. Chasing the likes of Rivkin and Hoges reaps the headlines but it doesn't create too many ripples at the big end of town.
As Wickenby was winding down, the Tax Office ramped up another project to bring in revenue, its amnesty inviting wealthy Australians to bring their money and untaxed assets back onshore in return for a guarantee they would not be prosecuted.
Some 1750 people declared $240 million in income and $1.7 billion in assets, and at the end of last year another 800 were expected to make voluntary disclosures.
Switzerland proved to be the most popular destination for undeclared wealth (585 individual disclosures were made about money and assets hidden there), followed by the UK (299 disclosures), Israel (231 disclosures),Singapore (123 disclosures), Hong Kong (115 disclosures) and Liechtenstein (43 disclosures).
Thanks to the amnesty, many of Australia's wealthiest took the opportunity to bring their wealth back onshore with impunity.
Michael West
Michael West established michaelwest.com.au to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. Formerly a journalist and editor at Fairfax newspapers and a columnist at News Corp, West was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney's School of Social and Political Sciences. You can follow Michael on Twitter @MichaelWestBiz.
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Pagándolo Hacia Adelante (Paying It Forward)
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Spanish professor Richard Shupp '67 continues to give back	Twitter
By Bill Landauer
During school breaks at Lafayette when the campus is mostly empty, Richard Shupp '67 is there.
In the winter months, the part-time professor of foreign languages and literatures often draws double takes. Shupp sometimes wears a Mexican serape. A coat rack in his office on the fourth floor of Pardee is draped with the colorful coverings. Shupp often puts one on just to get a second look from a student who might drop in to see what the silver-bearded guy is all about. ("They also keep me warm," he says.)
Shupp will tell you that students are what he's about, and in validation of his vocation he was named a recipient of the inaugural 2018-19 Faculty All-Star award. Presented by the Lafayette College Department of Athletics and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the award celebrates a group of faculty "who have truly gone above and beyond to uphold the mission of the College by fostering student success and growth."
Shupp almost never says no to a student who wants to work. He looks at the eager face seated across from him and almost every time, the years melt away and Shupp sees himself.
He grew up in Easton, the son of a local plumber. Though he'd been born not far from the College's front door, in those days of the mid-1960s the city and its college didn't associate much. Shupp actually never visited campus until his senior year at Easton Area High School, when he had a chance through a writing program from school to do some work at the library in what was then Van Wickle Hall.
He fell in love with the campus. He palled around with members of a fraternity, took in the tall trees and old architecture that encircle the Quad, and decided Lafayette was right for him. Soon, his application was accepted.
Not long before he enrolled, Shupp's plans nosedived. His father's business had failed. His wages from the local Pomeroy's department store weren't enough to cover his tuition.
"There wasn't any kind of Sallie Mae in those days," he says. Loans wouldn't go far enough. Crestfallen, Shupp visited the campus one last time to withdraw his name.
He met with Gary Evans '57, who at the time worked in the admissions office. Don't quit yet, Evans told Shupp. "Give me a few days," Evans said.
Shupp didn't hold out much hope, but a few days after meeting with Evans he received a letter. An anonymous alumnus had agreed to pay his tuition for one year.
To this day, Shupp has no idea who his benefactor was.
Elated, he dove into his first semester. Spanish, with all its exotic cultural possibilities, shoved its way into his consciousness. "It was 1962. The first James Bond movie was out," he says. "I might become a spy. He got all the girls."
Also, there was Joseph Arboleda. The young Spanish professor was a "bit of an arm twister," Shupp says, but the two hit it off.
During his first year, Shupp fell in love with the language. But as the year wore on, the cloud over his head continued to thicken. He'd only received funding for one year of college and then the well would be dry.
One night near the end of the year, Arboleda invited him to dinner. "I don't think I'm going to be able to come back next year," Shupp told him.
The next day Arboleda spoke with his colleague Samuel Pascal, a fellow Spanish professor and assistant dean, and explained the student's circumstances. Two days later, Shupp met with Pascal in his office.
"You will have the money you need," Pascal said. "And if you ever have trouble with money again, knock on my door."
"I don't know what he did," Shupp says, "but the loan amounts changed." Never short of tuition again, Shupp was able to graduate in four years.
Arboleda continued to push him. As a sophomore, he won the Frank Kline Baker Spanish and Latin American Civilization Award, an honor given to the student who attains the greatest proficiency in the study of Spanish and Latin American civilization. Shupp didn't feel ready to take the test. Arboleda twisted his arm.
Years later, as a teacher at Easton Area School District—a job Arboleda helped him obtain—Shupp's old professor suggested he teach at Lafayette part time. Shupp agreed.
In 1992, he returned to Lafayette. For two years, he worked with his old friend and mentor, until Arboleda retired in 1994. He gave Shupp an ornate sombrero that hangs on his wall.
Shupp's work has allowed him to travel the world. He's been working on a novel based loosely on his life.
He's a frequent donor to his alma mater, especially to the College's efforts to improve its financial aid offerings.
And when a student comes to him seeking help, Shupp still can't say no. Working from Arboleda's old office on the top floor of Pardee Hall, Shupp continues to try to help students who, like him, need a little help.
Fifty-one years after he received his diploma, Shupp still feels he owes it to the College that gave him a life.
And he owes it to his friend.
"I still do," Shupp says.
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Vassilli "Bill" Bouloukos decided to leave Corporate America and follow a different dream, a dream of opening his own restaurant. This was the beginning of a long and prominent career in the restaurant industry. Partnering with Robbie Dyson, they have now built one of the most successful catering businesses in Birmingham. After opening his restaurants, Bouloukos found that there was a demand for catered business lunches and even had people asking about weddings. He realized that wedding catering could be the best of both worlds, planning for the large events and the satisfaction of seeing guests enjoy his food and service.
As Bouloukos was growing his catering business, he had heard that his first restaurant, Andy's on the Green, was changing hands again and he stopped by to meet the new owner, Robbie Dyson. Dyson created Dyson Deli and Gourmet to Go as a meat-and-three diner but also offered gourmet soups, entrée salads, and artisan sandwiches. Dyson fell in love with the food industry while studying restaurant and hospitality management at the University of Alabama. Dyson Deli and Gourmet to Go had a great run the first two years, during this time, Dyson began working some large wedding events with Bouloukos, and they both realized they worked well together. Dyson decided to sell his restaurant and become partners with Bouloukos. Dyson brought his operations knowledge to the table and Bouloukos' role serves as the front man who focuses on sales and marketing side of the business, so they complement each other well.
The Happy Catering Company moved to Oxmoor Circle in West Homewood. In their facility, they occupy approximately 10,000 square feet of kitchen, commissary and office space. This is also where they meet with clients to discuss all the important, special details of their event and make culinary dreams come true!
Happy Catering takes pride in their quality food and going above and beyond for their clients. They partner with over 20 local venues and thrive on the relationships they have built with local vendors. "Our guest's testimonial of our great food and customer service is our best affirmation to other clients of our quality and service, our reviews say it all. We never take our customers for granted and appreciate their business, we couldn't do what we do without them", says Bouloukos. The Happy Catering Company is a full-service catering company with over 25 years' experience serving the Birmingham Metro Area. The Happy Catering Company is dedicated to accommodating all the details of your special event. We pride ourselves on serving quality, fresh innovative food with a presentation that exemplifies elegance and class.
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Vassilli (his Greek name.. Bill in English) is from Blue Ridge, Georgia. After graduating from the University of Tennessee 1984, Vassilli moved to Birmingham and took his first corporate job. After several years in corporate America, the company Vassilli worked for was planning on transferring him and his young family, but they had already fallen in love with the Birmingham. Vassilli left the corporate life and purchased his first restaurant.
It was many years before that though, that Vassilli's culinary career began. He grew up in a big greek family that ran restaurants, hotels and banquet facilities, and from a young age, Vassilli had worked every position in the business. His father tried to make sure he would never be in the same industry, knowing the long hours and hard work it takes to succeed, but Vassilli loved it nonetheless. Vassilli opened several restaurants up and down 20th street in downtown Birmingham. After several years, Vassilli's happy customers started asking about catering for social, corporate and family affairs. When the catering side grew, he sold all of his restaurants, and the Happy Catering Company was introduced in 1992. The name came from a one of the restaurants he had called Slap Happy'... it's all in a name.
Since that time Robbie came aboard and it's been a party every day. Bill, Robbie, and their fantastic crew choose the freshest local ingredients to ensure that each day every customer is happy. Thanks to the tremendous support from the community the Happy Catering Company has established itself as Birmingham's favorite catering company.
Robbie was born and raised in Mobile, where at the age of 15 he got his first job in the food service industry. Studying restaurant hospitality & management at the University of Alabama, Robbie spent the first decade of his post university career in the corporate restaurant industry in management. In 1996 he opened his own restaurant and catering business, Dyson Deli and Gourmet To Go which evolved into Dyson Gourmet Catering. In 2007 Bill Bouloukos, friend and business associate, invited Robbie to partner in the already established Happy Catering Company. Together Robbie & Bill have the ability to make any event happen offering combined over sixty- five years of hospitality experience.
What girl doesn't love the idea of helping plan weddings for a living? It really is the dream! I am so blessed and thankful to have found my "Happy" place!
I grew up in Homewood, attended Samford University earning a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication specializing in Public Relations and Advertising and fell in love with weddings while interning at Engaged Wedding Library. I had the pleasure of working at Mr. Burch Formal Wear right out of college as their Social Media Specialist and then accepted my current position with Happy in September of 2013! It combined my love of weddings and food all in one amazing package!
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If you partake in that sort of thing, maybe you want to turn your lights down, the volume up, spark a bowl and take a trip through the wondrous world of Interstellar.It was yet another entry in the laserdisc arcade game sweepstakes of 1983 – 1984. Playing somewhat like Mylstar's M.A.C.H. 3, the game had players controlling a space ship sailing head-on over an unrolling landscape, shooting at oncoming enemy craft and ground targets. The difference is, Interstellar's video rendered backgrounds were surrealistic and bizarre, as if Salvador Dali had made a video game. All accompanied by a spacey synthesizer soundtrack. It was developed by Japanese toy-maker Gakken, and manufactured by TV maker Funai.
The YouTube video below lacks the computer generated graphic of the space ship, as it's just an output of the laserdisc content. Still, like Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Interstellar is the Ultimate Trip.
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I love the pizza base recipe from the Thermomix EDC and always use that. Though you can just use your own favourite pizza base recipe.
Chop leek in the Thermomix bowl on speed 6 for 5 seconds. Add oil and brown sugar. Cook at 100°C for 10 minutes speed 1.
Spread pizza base with a generous amount of Celery pesto. Next spoon blobs of the caramelised leeks over the base. Scatter sliced potato and the lamb all over the pizza.
Don't bother cleaning the TM bowl after caramelising the leeks, make the philly sauce in it for extra flavour. Add Philly cheese, ketchup, water and salt to the bowl. mix on speed 4 for 30 seconds. (If the mixture is still too thick, add a little more water). You can pour or spoon the sauce on the pizza, but I found it easier to put it in a piping bag and pipe it on. (I was trying to be creative, lol, as you can see by my photos I need a little more practice!).
Bake in oven for 10 – 15 minutes.
The same Pizza using Deli Chicken instead of lamb.
Made this pizza tonight and I love it- lots of flavour-well done!!


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An HKU-led team of international plant scientists
reveal how chloroplasts maintain energy efficiency
Live images of a plastid-localized ATP sensor in an Arabidopsis seedling.
Red and green panels show the images of the ATP sensor at 470 nm – 507 nm and 526 nm – 545 nm in a 3-day-old seedling. The ratio between both images, which corresponds to ATP concentration (higher level in red and lower level in green), is shown in the lower left panel. The lower right panel is the brightfield image of the seedling. (Photo credit:
Chia Pao Voon)
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Photosynthesis is the most important energy-harvesting process on our planet, and Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) plays a crucial role here – it provides the energy needed for carbon fixation. A team of researchers from Hong Kong, Germany, Sweden, and the US, used a fluorescent protein sensor in a model plant (Arabidopsis thaliana) to detect ATP levels in chloroplasts and the cytosol in real-time. Their observations indicate that although the chloroplast is the key energy harvester and producer in a plant cell, its demand for ATP is also extremely high. Their findings were published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).
This research observes that mature plant chloroplasts manage their ATP largely in isolation from other cellular spaces, pinpointing a strategy of plants that uses their energy efficiently. This contrasts with a previous study that showed chloroplasts in unicellular diatoms could import cytosolic ATP to support carbon fixation. "We observed that only chloroplasts of very young developing leaves could import ATP from the cytosol, whereas the rate of ATP import into mature chloroplasts was negligible, as ATP transporters on the chloroplast membrane are only expressed in the young ones," said Chiapao Voon, a PhD student from the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong. "This is originated from the mechanism that wasteful energy consumption by chloroplasts at night should be avoided. Though illumination can increase chloroplast ATP concentration instantly, it drops to the basal level in only 30 seconds once the illumination is withdrawn. This high energy consumption suggests the need for mature chloroplasts to formulate a strategy to maintain energy efficiency in the dark," Voon added.
Study lead author Dr Boon Leong Lim, also from HKU School of Biological Sciences, further explicated the advantage for plants to restrict ATP import into mature chloroplasts: "We had been trying to express ATP transporters in mature leaf cells, but it turned up cytosolic ATP was exhausted by chloroplasts in the end. This explains why ATP transporters are only present in young seedlings – during their early developmental stage, young chloroplasts require exogenous ATP for biogenesis. When chloroplasts are fully developed and become self-sustainable, ATP transporters have to be downregulated so that the energy harvested in daytime would not be incontinently consumed by chloroplasts at night. Unlike unicellular diatoms, which only need to manage their own energy usage, multicellular photosynthetic organisms need to manage ATP consumption in different cell types. The primary job of mature leaf chloroplasts is to harvest energy and export sugar in the light to support the growth of the other cells, while minimising its own wasteful energy consumption in the dark". Dr Lim continued to depict how chloroplasts obtain energy at night. "We believe that chloroplasts could obtain ATP by catabolising starch accumulated during daytime, providing minimal level of ATP for its metabolism at night'," said Dr Lim.
Looking forward, Dr. Lim said "We found that by modulation the energy exchanges between chloroplasts and mitochondria, the abilities of sugar production by chloroplasts and ATP generation by mitochondria can be enhanced, which are able to promote plant growth. This will be the topic of my next manuscript. In the long run, we wish our works can help to tackle global warming."
The co-authors of this article include Prof. Markus Schwarzländer of Münster University, Dr Wayne K. Versaw of Texas A&M University and Prof. Per Gardeström of Umeå University.
For press enquiry, please contact Dr Boon Lim from HKU School of Biological Sciences by email at bllim@hku.hk; or Ms Cindy Chan, Senior Manager of HKU Faculty of Science by phone at 3917-5286/ 6703-0212 or by email at cindycst@hku.hk.
Link of Journal Paper
"ATP compartmentation in plastids and cytosol of Arabidopsis thalianarevealed by fluorescent protein sensing", PNAS, October 23, 2018
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/10/22/1711497115
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Court Denies Insurer's Motion to Dismiss, Finding Plan Language Did Not Clearly Require Administrative Exhaustion Prior to Filing Suit
Ordinarily, a participant or beneficiary of a plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") must avail himself or herself of the plan's internal review procedures before bringing a civil action in federal court for recovery of plan benefits. This includes group ERISA plans offering long-term disability, life, health or accidental death benefits. Although ERISA does not explicitly require exhaustion of administrative remedies, federal courts have held that an ERISA plan participant must exhaust the plan's administrative appeal procedure before filing a federal lawsuit. See Vaught v. Scottsdale Healthcare Corp. Health Plan, 546 F.3d 620 (9th Cir. 2008). However, according to the Ninth Circuit, this exhaustion requirement applies only if the plan itself requires exhaustion. Spinedex Physical Therapy USA Inc. v. United Healthcare of Ariz., Inc., 770 F.3d 1282 (9th Cir. 2014). But what if the plan documents are ambiguous and it is unclear whether administrative exhaustion is required? A recent decision grappled with this issue.
In Greiff v. Life Insurance Company of North America, 386 F.Supp.3d 1111 (D. Ariz. July 2019), the Court denied defendant Life Insurance Company of North America's ("LINA") motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, finding that the plan documents were ambiguous as to whether administrative exhaustion was required. The plaintiff in Greiff sought to recover long-term disability benefits from LINA under a plan governed by ERISA. LINA moved to dismiss the complaint arguing that the plaintiff had failed to exhaust administrative remedies imposed by the plan. The plaintiff argued that the plan did not require exhaustion of administrative remedies.
In analyzing the plan language at issue, the Court recognized that the plan terms should be interpreted in an ordinary and popular sense as would a person of average intelligence and experience. The Court also acknowledged, pursuant to the Ninth Circuit ruling in Spinedex, that where plan documents could reasonably be read as making the administrative appeals process optional, administrative exhaustion is not required. The Ninth Circuit in Spinedex recognized that claimants may be affirmatively misled by plan language that appears to make the exhaustion requirement permissive when it is in fact mandatory.
In Greiff, to support its position that the plan documents required administrative exhaustion prior to filing a lawsuit, LINA relied on language contained in two sections of a claim procedures rider and language in the denial letter to the plaintiff. The language relied on in the first section of the claim procedures rider stated that written notice of a claim denial will include:
A statement regarding the right to appeal the decision, and an explanation of the appeal procedure, including a statement of the right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA if the appeal is denied.
The second section of the claim procedures rider stated that:
Whenever a claim is denied, there is the right to appeal the decision. A written request for appeal must be made to the Insurance Company within 60 days (180 days in the case of any claim for disability benefits) from the date the denial is received. If a request is not made within that time, the right to appeal will have been waived.
The Court found that this language would not alert an average claimant that failing to exhaust administrative remedies will preclude him from bringing a civil action under ERISA. With regard to the language in the first section, the Court pointed out that this language pertains to LINA's obligations, rather than the claimant's obligations. Furthermore, the Court stated that informing a claimant that he has a right to appeal is not the same as telling the claimant that he must appeal or he loses his right to prosecute his claim in federal court. In addition, telling a claimant that he has the right to bring a civil action if the appeal is denied is not the same as telling the claimant that he does not have a right to bring a civil action if he fails to appeal the denial. The Court determined that the language contained in the claim procedures rider could reasonably be read as making the administrative appeal process optional.
LINA also relied on language contained in a claim denial letter sent to plaintiff which stated, "ERISA requires that you go through the Company's administrative appeal review process prior to pursuing any legal action challenging our claim determination." The denial letter also stated that "[y]ou have the right to bring a legal action for benefits under . . . ERISA . . . following an adverse benefit determination on appeal." The Court determined that the language in the denial letter did not constitute terms of the plan because claim denial letters were not among the documents that the plan specified as being part of the contract. The Court also stated that even if the claim denial letter was a part of the plan documents, the language in the denial letter did not clearly state that the plan required administrative exhaustion. The Court found the language in the denial letter insufficient to put a claimant on alert that he must exhaust administrative remedies for the same reasons that the language in the claim procedures rider was insufficient – stating that a claimant has a right to bring a legal action after a claim denial does not mean that he does not have a right to bring a civil action in any other circumstance. In addition, the Court noted that although the denial letter stated that ERISA required a claimant to go through the administrative appeal process as a prerequisite to filing suit, it did not clearly indicate that the plan required such exhaustion.
The Court in Greiff ruled that because the language at issue was ambiguous and could reasonably be read as making the administrative appeals process optional, the plan did not require administrative exhaustion, and, accordingly, LINA's motion to dismiss was denied. As always, claimants should be extremely careful to ensure that all required administrative appeals are exhausted before filing a federal civil action. However, should claimants find themselves facing allegations that they did not exhaust administrative remedies, they should look closely to the plan language to determine if administrative exhaustion is clearly required.


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Panoramic view of the city from Pacific to South Alps. This is a two bed room unit plus a living room under the main house, without proper kitchen apart from microwave, toaster and BBQ is available outside the house.
Este es el alojamiento de Walpole.


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Cave rescue latest
by Emma Reynolds
THE plan was attacked as too risky, but brave rescuers forged ahead to save the first four of 12 boys trapped in a Thai cave as torrential rains hit the region.
The youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, faced a dangerous and frightening journey out of the flooded Tham Luang cave system on Sunday.
Their toughest challenge came near the beginning of the treacherous three-kilometre route, during a terrifying 200m dive.
The boys had to squeeze through a narrow, 38-centimetre hole in the rock known as a "choke point".
The 12 boys, aged 11 to 16, are stuck in the flooded Tham Luang cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai, Thailand, as heavy rains approach. Picture: Thai Navy SEALs via Getty Images
The main difficulty during the #CaveRescue is a "choke point" at the very beginning of thier journey #13ชีวิตรอดเเล้ว #13survivers #ThailandCaveRescue #ThamLuangRescue pic.twitter.com/Ii0p23JXwu
— Wojciech Bojanowski (@BojanowskiW) July 8, 2018
Each boy was accompanied by two divers - one in front and one behind. But at this choke point, where an upward slope was followed by a sharp bend downwards, they would have to go it alone, climbing out of the water and over the peak before descending back into its murky depths.
It was hazardous even for the experienced divers with them, who needed to remove their bulky scuba tanks to fit through.
One reporter on the scene described the gap as "barely bigger than a standard school ruler or the size of your head".
Many of the boys trapped in the cave with their soccer coach cannot even swim, and some are weak and exhausted from malnourishment. Rescuers have spent the past few days trying to teach them basic diving and breathing skills.
An Australian doctor's triaging of 12 boys trapped in a cave in northern Thailand may have led to the rescue of four of the weakest children first.
The initial plan was to bring the strongest out first.
But after Adelaide cave diver and anaesthetist Richard Harris, 53, assessed the youngsters and their coach that strategy appears to have been reversed, Thai media has reported.
Thirteen divers entered the cave at 10am Sunday local time (1pm AEST) - some heading straight for the trapped group and others taking up stations along the string of flooded chambers.
Ten rescuers headed to the boys in chamber nine and to the junction at chamber six, while the others headed to support positions shortly afterwards.
The cave has a series of extremely narrow 'choke points' for divers to negotiate.
Each boy had to wear a full scuba mask, wetsuit, boots and a helmet as they made their way through the dark and perilous passageways.
They were strapped to the leading diver by a tether and dragged along by their "buddy", who carried two tanks and shared oxygen with the boy as they followed a submerged rope.
A second diver followed the pair through the cold water and airless chambers that have already claimed one life.
The foreign divers and five Thai divers entered the caves after an Australian doctor gave the all-clear. Locals were required because none of the foreigners speak Thai and communication before and during the dive was key.
The first four boys successfully completed a three-kilomtres journey out of the cave.
Additional rescue personnel, including divers from Thailand, the US, Australia, China and Europe, were stationed between the third chamber and the entrance, where the boys would have to use a rope to traverse challenging terrain.
The first two boys successfully completed their mission at 5.40pm and 5.50pm local time (8.40pm and 8.50pm AEST), with another two following two hours later, ten minutes apart.
There were hopes another two boys might make it out, but the rescue had to be placed on hold for 10-20 hours while oxygen supplies were replenished.
As morning breaks, the remaining eight boys and their 25-year-old soccer coach will be hoping they, too, are as successful as the first four.
And they have the whole world hoping with them.
Four boys rescued from Thailand cave
Thai rescue: Tenth boy reported rescued
Thai cave note: Heartbreaking letter sent to boys' parents
Thai rescue: How doctor chose which boys to save
The key moments that led to Thai cave rescue
Thai cave hero named West Australian of the Year
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