and you, how have you been?
"and you, how have you been?"
Well it's a good thing I asked how you've been!
That's great news. I'm sure you are busy planning excited and all.
2 months in Tokyo is treat.
As the time approaches it's sinking in and I'm feeling a bit scared lol, I know it's silly. But anyway I'm just sorry that I won't be able to be there next month, I'd LOVE to be at the Tokyo Dome :'( BUT I seriously need to see Kame's play in August :D That definitely made my day :))))))) Are you planning to go?
I hope she makes it for real this summer.
And Kame's butai! Yeah I plan to go but maybe not Tokyo. I'm thinking Osaka. If I should change my mind (like what I always do) then I'll get a ticket closer to the date for one in Tokyo. Folks are always selling tickets.
Ah! Good for your friend!! I'm sure she will make it!
Yeah. You can get tickets when you get here, most likely. I applied for Osaka but chances are I'll get one for Tokyo at a later date once I figure out my timetable for then.
It's just that fan club members get S-seats... which are supposed to be the special seats so I'm thinking up front or better position. Public sale starts in June, I think, so that's another option.


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October 8, 2020 by Kate Rosen
Meet Gail Boudreaux
Throughout her life, Gail Boudreaux has exhibited a strong commitment to athletics as a means to develop leadership skills. She has been quoted as saying, "By playing sports, I learned a great deal that helped me to be successful in business—how to be part of a team, how to work hard, how to overcome adversity." Many of the lessons Gail learned through athletics have stuck with her as she has risen to the top ranks of Corporate America.
Gail Boudreaux is President and Chief Executive Officer of Anthem, Inc., a Fortune 50 company and leading health benefits company dedicated to improving lives and communities and to making healthcare simpler, more affordable and more accessible. Through its affiliated companies, Anthem serves more than 106 million people. Prior to her time at Anthem, she founded her own healthcare strategy and business advisory firm and was the CEO of United Healthcare.
Boudreaux's track record of success is widely recognized across the business world. She has made both Forbes and Fortune magazines' lists of Most Powerful Women multiple times and was listed among the Top 100 Most Influential Leaders in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare. Boudreaux currently serves on the board of directors for Zimmer Biomet Holdings, the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Inc., and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), and was formerly on the boards of trustees for Dartmouth College and the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History. In 2018, Gail was honored with the Billie Jean King Contribution Award, which is an annual award granted by the Women's Sports Foundation to an individual or group who has made significant contributions to the development and advancement of women's sports.
Boudreaux graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and graduated with high honors from business school at Columbia University. At Dartmouth, Boudreaux was one of the best athletes in the school's history, becoming an All-American in both basketball and track and field. She still holds multiple school scoring records in basketball and won four consecutive Ivy League shot put titles. She won the exclusive NCAA Silver Anniversary Award for outstanding professionalism and athletic achievement winner and was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame as well as the Dartmouth Wearer of the Green Hall of Fame.
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When using Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) in Windows Vista to surf and browse the Internet, the following "Work Offline" error message may appear occasionally pop-up no matter during surfing normal webpages or secured encrypted HTTPS pages even though the Internet connection or wireless access appears to be connected.
"No connection to the Internet is currently available. To view internet content that has been saved on your computer, click work offline.
Users have 2 options – Work Offline or Try Again. Normally click on Try Again button will load the web page properly without any problem, but this annoying message and step is troublesome and time wasting.
The problem happens most likely due to the new addition feature in IE7 in Vista – Protected Mode. Protected Mode is a security enhancement to browsing experience that minimizes the risk of getting infected with Trojans or viruses and getting attacked by hackers.
Thus for the workaround or solution to the "No connection to the Internet is currently available" error prompt that occasionally appeared even when there is no problem to network connection is to try to disable Protected Mode. However, turn off Protected Mode in IE 7 will expose computer to security risk. For a better solution, try to disable UAC (User Access Control). If it works and there is no longer any no connection error, then enable UAC again. If this trick works, the error prompt likely to will not appear again.


Last week, UPS delivered my copy of Ray Morton's King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon From Fay Wray to Peter Jackson (Applause Theatre and Cinema Books, 2005).
I review lots of books here and at NCFlix. I also write lots of film books. But I have to tell you straight up - no b.s. here - this volume has just vaulted to the top of my favorites in the film-book category.
Firstly, it is a gorgeous book, perhaps the most beautiful one Applause has yet produced (and it has been responsible for some truly lovely ones, including Singing a New Tune...), but more than that, it's now one of the most beautifully presented film books of all time. I would rank it right up there, alongside The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh (a great, out-of-print text about the films of George Romero).
Anyway, King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon is a lavish, coffee-table-worthy edition with nearly 200 unbelievable photographs. These photos are reproduced and arranged beautifully throughout the book, and illuminate every aspect of King Kong's long history, from toys and collectibles to conceptual art, to promotional art, to never-before-seen behind-the-scenes candids. No cheap-y black-and-whites here! A lot of this stuff is featured in living, vibrant color.
The lay-out of the book is just perfect too, with the outer-left and outer-right margins on each spread reserved for smaller illustrations, aside from the text (where there are even more photos interspersed...) Want to see special effects storyboards for the 1976 King Kong? Check! Want to see poster art and news clippings? Check. Want to see Kong toys or gifts (like a King Kong candy bar?) it's all here in the kind of glorious detail that is usually reserved only for the biggest films (like Star Wars) and only at a very high price.
When I was seven years old, my parents understood my fascination with all-things Kong and bought me Jeremy Pascall's The King Kong Story (Chartwell Books, 1977). I have held onto that book - from New Jersey to Virginia to North Carolina - for nearly thirty years. Now, finally, I own a Kong history that surpasses that slim (but nice) work in every way imaginable. Morton's book is thus an essential one for the Kong historian and fan, and a text you'll be proud, nay thrilled, to own.
Everything you could possibly want to know about Kong, you will find in this book. From the making of the 1933 classic to its spin-offs, Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young. There's a chapter on Kong's trip to Japan (for King Kong vs. Godzilla and King Kong Escapes) and detailed text on the really bad (sorry!) King Kong Lives (1986) as well as other recent ventures, including the Mighty Joe Young remake of a few years back. Morton's research is extensive, and he's interviewed everyone from Jeff Bridges to Rick Baker to Lorenzo Semple, Jr. So don't fear that this is just a regurgitation of things you already know; a tremendous amount of original, first-person research went into the preparation of this book.
Because of my love for Kong, and because of this volume's beauty, Ray Morton really had me at "hello" (or more accurately, as soon as I eyed that colorful cover art and felt the heft of this 348 page tome.) But then, the more that I read, the more that I became involved with his developing narrative. I hope the author will consider it the ultimate compliment when I state that he successfuly awakened my inner child; my young, innocent love for Kong and for monster movies in general. That's no mean feat, considering I write film books for a living. For the first time in a very long time, I was able to put all that experience aside and just enjoy a non-fiction movie book on its own terms.
I think my heart practically beat out of my chest when I reached the chapter on collectibles and turned to page 310. There, in a glorious, large photograph, is the cover of the Whitman Giant Classic King Kong adaptation (price: $1.00). I read this comic book religiously as a child. Probably over a hundred times. My parents bought it for me at a Ben Franklin store in Wisconsin, I think it was, when we were on a six week cross-country camping trip, back in the summer of 1979. That's a memory I hadn't excavated in a long time, but this book brought it back. And more. (There's even a photo of the King Kong viewmaster set, which I also owned when I was little...).
To order Morton's book through Applause, go to their web site here. The book is also topping the rankings at Amazon (and holding on to a 5 star rating!), and you can order King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon there as well.
I am **SO** buying this book.


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Impressions and Portraits
of W.B. Yeats
Invited Artists
June 13th – August 29th
Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
About "Impressions and Portraits of W.B. Yeats"
Hamilton Gallery invited over 50 of Ireland's leading and emerging contemporary visual artists to create a 20cm x 20cm canvas, inspired by the life and writings of W.B. Yeats.
The overwhelming response the gallery received has resulted in this exhibition, Impressions and Portraits of W.B. Yeats. It is a compelling contemporary response by the visual artists of Ireland to the work of one of our literary giants for his 150th birthday.
The exhibition will be opened by Prof. Margaret Mills Harper, Acting Head of the School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication at Limerick University and the current Director of the Yeats International Summer School.
Donald Teskey, An Island – 2015 – acrylic on paper mounted on canvas – 20 x 20 cm
Exhibiting at the Hamilton Gallery Sligo, June 13th – August 29th
© 2014 Donald Teskey
Donald Teskey is a contemporary Irish landscape painter noted for his large-scale landscape paintings which offer powerful images of of the western seaboard.


The opposition's attempt to link an alleged indecent assault to refugees living in the community is irresponsible, the Australian Greens said today.
"It's clear that indecent assault is unacceptable and I am concerned for the young woman involved," the Greens' immigration spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said today.
"An appropriate response to this incident is to let the legal system deal with it, it is a matter to be left to the courts.
It is clear that the media must be granted greater access to Australia's offshore detention centres, the Australian Greens said today after reports emerged from the Department of Immigration regarding regular suicide attempts in the Nauru facility.
"The government's policy is all about being cruel and mean and it has nothing to do with saving lives," the Greens' immigration spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said today.
The Australian Greens have launched a 'Books of Hope' drive today, calling for people all around the country to donate children's books for refugee families in Manus Island and other detention centres.
Reports of children committing self-harm and attempting suicide in Australia's immigration network are terribly disappointing, but not surprising, the Australian Greens said today.
"It is tragic that there is such cruelty in our immigration network that children are being driven to self-harm and attempted suicide," the Greens' immigration spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said today.
"No child should be held in detention.
After consistently ignoring independent reports of the unacceptable conditions in the Nauru and Manus Island detention centres, the government today voted against a motion calling for full media access to the island facilities.
"I think the Australian public deserve to know what the government is so desperate to keep hidden and I will continue to fight for media access to the detention centres in the future," the Greens immigration spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.
Australia needs an independent guardian for all refugee children in detention, the Australian Greens said today.
"Independent guardianship is essential because someone needs to stand up and take care of these children," the Greens' immigration spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.
"While inspecting the PNG detention centre this week I heard concerning reports that an unaccompanied child may currently be held on Manus Island.


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The Democrats are flipping one seat after another in the Trump era, and yet, they're still re-litigating 2016. The latest entry in this ongoing debate pits liberal think-tanker Sean McElwee and three political scientists, who argue that the Democratic Party can retake the White House by courting the predominantly young and black former Obama voters who stayed home in 2016, against New York Times election expert Nate Cohn, who argues that the Democrats must instead win back the blue-collar whites who flipped from Obama to Trump.
But the respective paths laid out by McElwee et al. and Cohn aren't mutually exclusive. The way out of the Gordian Knot of identity politics versus class politics is to take intersectionality seriously. Instead of pitting voters of color against white working-class voters in an imaginary election, Democrats should target their policy proposals and political appeals to voters who bridge the gap: the black working class.
Reaching this predominantly young and disaffected group will mean ignoring calls for Democrats to tone down the party's newfound commitment to social justice. It'll also mean embracing the type of full-throated economic populism that the party has shied away from ever since its post-McGovern "neoliberal" turn. The one thing Democrats must not do is continue moderating their party's message, especially on economics, in the hope that upscale whites will save them.
In explicitly targeting college-educated whites, Clinton's 2016 campaign was the apotheosis of decades of attempts by New Democrats to woo the "rising learning class" of "wired workers" and suburban "soccer moms." While this centrist strategy failed to deliver Democrats the White House in the tossup elections of 2000 and 2004, it succeeded in hastening the class inversion of the Democrats, as the party shed blue-collar whites for white-collar ones.
The 2016 matchup—pitting the cosmopolitan technocrat Clinton against the jingoistic populist Trump—seemed perfectly suited to provide the long-awaited vindication of the New Democrats' electoral vision. But Clinton didn't do as well with upscale whites as her strategists (and many pundits) expected. Yes, she improved on Obama's margin among whites with a college degree, but it wasn't nearly enough to overcome the factors highlighted by Cohn (her historically poor performance among non-college whites) or by McElwee (a significant decline from 2012 in African American turnout and support).
The question facing Democrats in the wake of 2016's defeat has been how to piece together a winning coalition from these three groups—college-educated whites, non-college whites, and people of color—and what strategies will be necessary to do it.
Meanwhile, most anyone opposed to yet another New Democrat rerun has chosen between a renewed emphasis on either working-class whites or people of color. Hence the McElwee versus Cohn clash. But an important reality is often overlooked in this debate: The Democratic Party's decades-long focus on upscale whites and its struggles with both blue-collar whites and people of color are related. As Democrats have moderated themselves to win the votes of "wired workers" and the like, they've alienated everyone else.
The belief underlying Hillary Clinton's electoral strategy was that she was free to court white suburban moderates because Trump's racism would translate into high support and turnout from African Americans and Latinos. But the election results proved otherwise. For decades, the Democratic Party has taken black voters—and voters of color, more broadly—for granted, believing that they had nowhere else to go. But as 2016 showed, they did have somewhere else to go: home.
As McElwee and his co-writers note, the African American voters who sat out 2016 were disproportionately young. But they were also disproportionately working-class. Despite the overwhelming focus on the white working class, larger percentages of blacks and Latinos than of whites are working class, whether measured by income, education, or self-identification. And soon people of color will make up the majority of the working class.
So it's worth it for Democrats to take seriously why they failed to connect with the black working class in 2016.
The working class African Americans who stayed home in 2016 didn't do so because Obama was no longer on the ticket—as some observers (including Cohn) have argued—but because they'd experienced little progress socially or economically since the Great Recession and because, as they told any journalist or pollster who would listen, they didn't think either Clinton or Trump would do much to improve their lives.
The economic anxiety that afflicts working-class whites bears down even stronger on working-class blacks, who have long been overlooked by pundits and politicians, even as they found themselves near the bottom rung of the American economic latter.
But the Democrats don't have to choose between working classes of different colors. African Americans are to the left of whites on just about every economic issue. That means that in order to target the needs of the black working class, Democrats will have to adopt the type of populist economic policies that, many observers argue, are Democrats' best hope of winning back some of the Obama-Trump voters that Cohn and others believe are necessary for the party to be competitive in presidential and congressional contests.
The white voters for whom racism trumps all are lost to Democrats. So there's no sense, morally or politically, in the Democrats' returning to Sister Souljah–style racial pandering to whites. But by combining racial and cultural progressivism with an economic platform that's equal parts Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter, Democrats can turn out Obama voters who stayed home in 2016 and win back some Obama-Trump voters.
While that type of economic populism might alienate some (though certainly not all) of the upscale whites that centrist Democrats have spent decades courting, the Clinton-Trump contest proved conclusively that "Romney Democrats" don't exist—and even if they do, pandering to them on economics will only further alienate working-class Americans of all colors.
Decades of focus on upscale whites has perverted the Democratic Party's policy priorities and led to Trump's election. Fully out of power in Washington, and decimated at the state level, the Democrats have little to lose by trying something new. Listening to the black working class is the best place to start.
Josh Mound recently completed a PhD in History and Sociology at the University of Michigan. His previous work has appeared in Salon and Jacobin.


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Interactions between blood platelets and nanoparticles have both pharmacological and toxicological significance and may lead to platelet activation and aggregation. Platelet aggregation is usually studied using light aggregometer that neither mimics the conditions found in human microvasculature nor detects microaggregates. A new method for the measurement of platelet microaggregation under flow conditions using a commercially available quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) has recently been developed. The aim of the current study was to investigate if QCM-D could be used for the measurement of nanoparticle-platelet interactions. Silica, polystyrene, and gold nanoparticles were tested. The interactions were also studied using light aggregometry and flow cytometry, which measured surface abundance of platelet receptors. Platelet activation was imaged using phase contrast and scanning helium ion microscopy. QCM-D was able to measure nanoparticle-induced platelet microaggregation for all nanoparticles tested at concentrations that were undetectable by light aggregometry and flow cytometry. Microaggregates were measured by changes in frequency and dissipation, and the presence of platelets on the sensor surface was confirmed and imaged by phase contrast and scanning helium ion microscopy.
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So I've been quite the busy body since my Haiti trip, hence the time since my last post.
Since then, as you probably heard, I hosted a gallery show with the awesome Amber Herlocker. We held it at The Loft at 14th in downtown Concord. I was SO nervous about it. I'm not sure why b/c it wasn't about me, but I guess it was a little, indirectly. It's the first time I've taken my images and invited people to look at them. It was something so dear to my heart that I guess I was nervous slash anxious because I wanted so badly for the story to be told, the people of Cange, Haiti, their story. Would it come through? Did I do a well enough job? Did I pick the right images?
The night was so much fun and I LOVED seeing a good many of my fellow team! It was the first time since our trip. I will say we clean up pretty well, from cold bucket baths for a week and brushing our teeth outside while spitting over the railing.
Thank you guys so very much for driving and coming out! It meant so much to us.
Left to Right: Amber, James, Madison, Joy, Connor, AJ, Hannah, Stephanie, James and Preston.
Amber, darling, thank you for your inspiration, your drive, your hard work and your friendship. I've truly been blessed working with you and look forward to the future!!
Thank you to family for making the goodies and for your support.
It was sincerely an encouraging and fun night!!
What a successful and inspiring gallery show!


The Kentucky women's basketball team is back in the nation's top 25 for the first time in more than three years.
UK, which has a 14-3 overall record and a 2-2 mark in the Southeastern Conference, including a win over No. 17 Vanderbilt, received enough votes in the weekly USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll to get to No. 25 this week.
It is the first time UK has been recognized among the nation's elite since Nov. 23, 2006.
The Cats are also receiving votes in The Associated Press poll, but with just 13 votes, they are considered tied for 31st in the country with Iowa State and Syracuse.
Four other SEC teams are ranked in this week's coaches' poll: No. 3 Tennessee, No. 8 Georgia, No. 19 Louisiana State and No. 20 Vanderbilt.
In the Associated Press poll, it's No. 3 Tennessee, No. 8 Georgia, No. 18 Louisiana State and No. 21 Vanderbilt.


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Christopher Coleman receives 2018 Richard H. Hagemeyer Award
Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) will present Christopher Coleman, the executive chef at Stoke, located in uptown Charlotte's Marriott Center City location, with the 2018 Richard H. Hagemeyer Educational Advancement Award at its spring commencement ceremony, on May 17, at Bojangles' Coliseum. The award recognizes a former CPCC student who has benefited significantly from experiences at CPCC and whose efforts have helped the community.
Coleman graduated from CPCC in 2005 with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Culinary Arts. After earning his two-year degree, he went on to work as an executive chef for some of Charlotte's most prestigious restaurants, including McNinch House in uptown and The Asbury, located in Charlotte's historic Dunhill Hotel. For the past two years, he has served as executive chef at Stoke, where he created the menu from scratch. Patrons may choose from a variety of wood-fired seasonal American cuisine items made with high-quality ingredients sourced from local farms and purveyors, something Coleman is renowned for executing in his kitchens.
Most notable, however, is how Coleman gives back to his alma mater when not wearing his chef's hat. He makes it a point of mentoring others, especially students enrolled in CPCC's Culinary Arts program. In the past, he has helped fellow CPCC grads secure positions within the kitchens where he works, and makes time to visit campus to give classroom presentations to culinary students on how to achieve a successful career, the importance of professionalism and the value of family.
When not mentoring or educating the next generation of chefs, Coleman can be found at home with his wife, Ashley, and their two children, Luke and Ellie, or playing drums in his church's band. He is also an active member of the Piedmont Culinary Guild, a nonprofit committed to growing the area's food economy, and the Hospitality Education Advisory Committee.
As a result of his achievements, a scholarship will be granted to a CPCC student enrolled in the college's Culinary Arts program the area of study that most closely reflects Coleman's background.
The Hagemeyer Award takes its name from Dr. Richard H. Hagemeyer, CPCC president for 23 years, who led the college from its beginnings as a trade school with 1,200 students to one of the largest N.C. community colleges. View the previous award recipients at cpccfoundation.org/alumni/hagemeyer-award-honorees.
Posted in Alumni, Announcements, Community, Foundation News.
Scholarship honors Mitchell Davis, beloved construction professional
During a special dedication ceremony today, Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) established the Mitchell W. Davis Scholarship in honor of Mr. Davis's distinguished career in the Charlotte region's construction and land surveying sectors. Mr. Davis, an employee of Showalter Construction, Co., has dedicated his life's work to the geomatics field, mentoring aspiring surveyors and encouraging others to pursue the field he has forged a successful career in for the past 50-plus years.
A number of special guests and leading industry leaders gathered at CPCC's Harris Conference Center to celebrate the occasion with Mr. Davis's friends and family, they included: Pat Rodgers, president and CEO of Rodgers; Carl Showalter, president of Showalter Construction Co.; Smoky Bissell, founder of Bissell Companies; and Dr. Kandi Deitemeyer, president of CPCC.
"There is no other person who is as deserving of this recognition as Mitchell," said Mr. Showalter. "He has given back to our industry in so many ways, that this is the least we could do. His contributions as a leader, master problem solver and mentor are unparalleled, and his character as a professional should be emulated by all."
The Mitchell W. Davis Scholarship will provide a full-cost scholarship, covering the full costs of tuition, books, materials and fees, annually to two CPCC students pursuing an associate degree in Geomatics Technology.
"This permanently endowed scholarship will remain a significant source of financial support for students preparing for Geomatics Technology-related careers," added Ms. Rodgers.
The scholarship was created by Mr. Davis's colleagues and friends to honor him as a beloved leader and professional in the geomatics field. It includes a lead gift from Mr. Showalter, as well as supporting gifts from the Bissell Family Foundation; Johnny Harris, CEO of Lincoln Harris; and R.B. Pharr & Associates. "The college is grateful for the generosity of everyone who came together to make this scholarship possible," said Dr. Deitemeyer. "The college is proud to have Mitchell's name associated with our Geomatics Technology program in such a prominent manner."
For more information about the Mitchell W. Davis Scholarship, contact the CPCC Foundation at 704.330.6869. To learn more about CPCC's Geomatics Technology program, please visit cpcc.edu/et/academic-programs/copy_of_geomatics-technology/geomatics.
Alumni--we need your help!
CPCC is conducting a branding study, and we are looking for input from our alumni. We have two options for participation in a focus group: Thursday, April 12 from 12:00 to1:30pm or Tuesday, April 17 from 12:00 to 1:30pm. Both groups will be on Central Campus, and lunch will be provided.
Join us, and you'll be entered to win an Amazon Echo Dot! If you are interested and for more information, please email melissa.warlick@cpcc.edu or call 704.330.6155.
Tesla establishes START training program at CPCC
Tesla, manufacturer of electric vehicles and scalable clean energy generation and storage products, and Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) have launched an automotive training program called Tesla START at CPCC. CPCC is the first community college to participate in Tesla START.
Tesla START is a 12-week automotive technician training program designed to provide students with the skills necessary for job placement as service technicians at Tesla Service Centers across North America. Tesla is partnering with colleges to provide the curriculum, instructors and job opportunity so students can make a smooth transition from college to full-time employment. Students train in a space on campus designed to simulate a Tesla Service location so they are ready to hit the ground running on day one of their new careers.
The Tesla START program at CPCC began in January with 13 students. The program is based at CPCC's Merancas Campus in Huntersville, N.C. Working together, Tesla and CPCC have built a service bay for students to train in that is similar to what they will find at Tesla Service Centers. This first class of Tesla START students at CPCC will graduate April 6. A ceremony will be held at the Merancas Campus.
"Central Piedmont Community College is proud and honored Tesla reached out to us with the opportunity to be among their first community college partners," said Dr. Kandi Deitemeyer, CPCC president. "This is such an extraordinary, new opportunity for CPCC students in our Automotive Systems Technology program and one that will set them up for success in a growing field. Clearly, the automobile industry is moving toward all-electric systems and greater sustainability. CPCC students will be on the cutting-edge of this industrial shift."
http://www.cpcc.edu/news/tesla-establishes-start-training-program-at-cpcc
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The Wicked Stage
An Open Letter to Both Sides
Dear New York theater friends who think this L.A. 99-seat thing sounds like B.S. and a clear-cut case of exploitation that Equity has every good reason to shut down: I might not go so far as to say "if YOU lived in L.A. you'd work under the plan and/or understand why it's not all bad," but suffice it to say that the folks I got to know there over 15-plus years, whose work helped shape my taste and whose community I felt a part of, are all opposed to Equity's proposed changes (I can think of maybe two exceptions). Without relitigating the substance of the argument, I'll just say: I'm the same person I was then, and those menschy L.A. theater folks I know and respect are my colleagues and friends as much as you are. It's not hard, in other words, to imagine you in their position (and vice versa). They're neither a bunch of celebrities doing this as a hobby nor a bunch of quasi-amateurs; with the usual allowance for percentages of jerks and mediocrities (some of whom have had the largest presence in these debates, I'll concede), they're first-class theater artists and part of the national theater scene.
Which leads me to...Dear LA theater friends: You are part of the national theater scene. Those of us who are following the debate in L.A. aren't just rubbernecking at a good brawl; some of us actually care about what that scene and its business model might mean for the rest of the country. If you insist on calling yourself volunteers, and that you're doing it solely for the art and not the money, but then you also want to build and stand by legitimate nonprofit institutions that run seasons, sell tickets, take donations, even pay a fair number of folks to keep them going and raise money to keep them going, then you have understand how this looks to a national theater (and nonprofit arts) field that typically feels as underfunded and undervalued as you do but still has found ways (with exceptions) to pay artists and/or prioritize artist compensation. The argument over artist compensation vs. other financial priorities fieldwide is far from settled, but it seems clear to me that the right side of the argument is that artists deserve to be paid, and it's entirely fair to hold nonprofit institutions to account on this score.
The other side of that argument, of course, isn't necessarily that artists don't deserve to be paid--it's that they deserve a chance to seek other rewards from practicing their art apart than strictly monetary ones, and no one, least of their union, should prevent them from doing so. I hear that argument loud and clear, but I don't buy its logical conclusion--that monetary and other rewards are mutually exclusive.
I may speak only for myself here, but while I don't want to see L.A.'s great small theaters wither and choke under a punitive, restrictive new regime, I would love to see the business/producing acumen of L.A. theaters rise to the level of the great work I've seen on its stages. I can vouch personally that L.A. has great theater to offer, but it's the work on the stage that L.A. theater folks should be proud of, not the non-remunerative business model they work under. I think there's a place for non-paying laboratory theater, up to a certain budget level (hello, NY Showcase code), but it's a model I hope smart people are seriously looking for ways to grow out of rather than perpetuate.
Posted by Rob Weinert-Kendt at 3:54 PM
Rob Weinert-Kendt
is Editor-in-Chief of American Theatre magazine. He has written features and criticism for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, Newsday, Village Voice, Time Out NY, The Guardian, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among others. He was the founding editor of Back Stage West.
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"Hydraulic" redirects here. For other uses, see Hydraulic (disambiguation).
For the mechanical technology, see hydraulic machinery.
Hydraulics and other studies[1]
An open channel, with a uniform depth, Open Channel Hydraulics deals with uniform and non-uniform streams.
Illustration of hydraulic and hydrostatic.[2]
Hydraulics (From Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids or fluids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid version of pneumatics. Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the applied engineering using the properties of fluids. In fluid power, hydraulics are used for the generation, control, and transmission of power by the use of pressurized liquids. Hydraulic topics range through some parts of science and most of engineering modules, and cover concepts such as pipe flow, dam design, fluidics and fluid control circuitry, pumps. The principles of hydraulics are in use naturally in the human body within the heart and the male erection.[3][4] Free surface hydraulics is the branch of hydraulics dealing with free surface flow, such as occurring in rivers, canals, lakes, estuaries and seas. Its sub-field open channel flow studies the flow in open channels.
The word "hydraulics" originates from the Greek word ὑδραυλικός (hydraulikos) which in turn originates from ὕδωρ (hydor, Greek for water) and αὐλός (aulos, meaning pipe).
Ancient and medieval era
Waterwheel.
Early uses of water power date back to Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, where irrigation has been used since the 6th millennium BC and water clocks had been used since the early 2nd millennium BC. Other early examples of water power include the Qanat system in ancient Persia and the Turpan water system in ancient China.
Greek / Hellenistic age
The Greeks constructed sophisticated water and hydraulic power systems. An example is the construction by Eupalinos, under a public contract, of a watering channel for Samos, the Tunnel of Eupalinos. An early example of the usage of hydraulic wheel, probably the earliest in Europe, is the Perachora wheel (3rd century BC).[5]
Notable is the construction of the first hydraulic automata by Ctesibius (flourished c. 270 BC) and Hero of Alexandria (c. 10 – 80 AD). Hero describes a number of working machines using hydraulic power, such as the force pump, which is known from many Roman sites as having been used for raising water and in fire engines.
In ancient China there was Sunshu Ao (6th century BC), Ximen Bao (5th century BC), Du Shi (circa 31 AD), Zhang Heng (78 - 139 AD), and Ma Jun (200 - 265 AD), while medieval China had Su Song (1020 - 1101 AD) and Shen Kuo (1031–1095). Du Shi employed a waterwheel to power the bellows of a blast furnace producing cast iron. Zhang Heng was the first to employ hydraulics to provide motive power in rotating an armillary sphere for astronomical observation.
Moat and gardens at Sigirya.
In ancient Sri Lanka, hydraulics were widely used in the ancient kingdoms of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa.[6] The discovery of the principle of the valve tower, or valve pit, (Bisokotuwa in Sinhalese) for regulating the escape of water is credited to ingenuity more than 2,000 years ago.[7] By the first century AD, several large-scale irrigation works had been completed.[8] Macro- and micro-hydraulics to provide for domestic horticultural and agricultural needs, surface drainage and erosion control, ornamental and recreational water courses and retaining structures and also cooling systems were in place in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. The coral on the massive rock at the site includes cisterns for collecting water. Large ancient reservoirs of Sri Lanka are Kalawewa (King Dhatusena), Parakrama Samudra (King Parakrama Bahu), Tisa Wewa (King Dutugamunu), Minneriya (King Mahasen)
Innovations in Ancient Rome
Aqueduct of Segovia, a 1st-century AD masterpiece.
In Ancient Rome, many different hydraulic applications were developed, including public water supplies, innumerable aqueducts, power using watermills and hydraulic mining. They were among the first to make use of the siphon to carry water across valleys, and used hushing on a large scale to prospect for and then extract metal ores. They used lead widely in plumbing systems for domestic and public supply, such as feeding thermae.
Hydraulic mining was used in the gold-fields of northern Spain, which was conquered by Augustus in 25 BC. The alluvial gold-mine of Las Medulas was one of the largest of their mines. It was worked by at least 7 long aqueducts, and the water streams were used to erode the soft deposits, and then wash the tailings for the valuable gold content.
Modern era (c. 1600 – 1870)
Benedetto Castelli
In 1619 Benedetto Castelli (1576 - 1578–1643), a student of Galileo Galilei, published the book Della Misura dell'Acque Correnti or "On the Measurement of Running Waters", one of the foundations of modern hydrodynamics. He served as a chief consultant to the Pope on hydraulic projects, i.e., management of rivers in the Papal States, beginning in 1626.[9]
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) studied fluid hydrodynamics and hydrostatics, centered on the principles of hydraulic fluids. His inventions include the hydraulic press, which multiplied a smaller force acting on a smaller area into the application of a larger force totaled over a larger area, transmitted through the same pressure (or same change of pressure) at both locations. Pascal's law or principle states that for an incompressible fluid at rest, the difference in pressure is proportional to the difference in height and this difference remains the same whether or not the overall pressure of the fluid is changed by applying an external force. This implies that by increasing the pressure at any point in a confined fluid, there is an equal increase at every other point in the container, i.e., any change in pressure applied at any point of the fluid is transmitted undiminished throughout the fluids.
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille
A French physician, Poiseuille researched the flow of blood through the body and discovered an important law governing the rate of flow with the diameter of the tube in which flow occurred.
Several cities developed city-wide hydraulic power networks in the 19th century, to operate machinery such as lifts, cranes, capstans and the like. Joseph Bramah[10] was an early innovator and William Armstrong[11] perfected the apparatus for power delivery on an industrial scale. In London, the London Hydraulic Power Company[12] was a major supplier its pipes serving large parts of the West End of London, City and the Docks, but there were schemes restricted to single enterprises such as docks and railway goods yards.
Hydraulic models
After students understand the basic principles of hydraulics, some teachers use a hydraulic analogy to help students learn other things. For example:
The MONIAC Computer uses water flowing through hydraulic components to help students learn about economics.
The thermal-hydraulic analogy uses hydraulic principles to help students learn about thermal circuits.
The electronic–hydraulic analogy uses hydraulic principles to help students learn about electronics.
Affinity laws
Bernoulli's principle
Hydraulic mining
Hydraulic transmission
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research
Open-channel flow
↑ NEZU Iehisa (1995), Suirigaku, Ryutai-rikigaku, Asakura Shoten, p. 17, ISBN 4-254-26135-7.
↑ Hydraulic's topics
↑ http://www.industrialoutpost.com/human-circulatory-system-heart-modern-hydraulic/[]
↑ Meldrum, David R.; Burnett, Arthur L.; Dorey, Grace; Esposito, Katherine; Ignarro, Louis J. (2014). "Erectile Hydraulics: Maximizing Inflow While Minimizing Outflow". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 11 (5): 1208–20. doi:10.1111/jsm.12457. PMID 24521101.
↑ Tomlinson, R. A. (2013). "The Perachora Waterworks: Addenda". The Annual of the British School at Athens. 71: 147–8. doi:10.1017/S0068245400005864. JSTOR 30103359.
↑ "SriLanka-A Country study" (PDF). USA Government, Department of Army. 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
↑ "SriLanka - History". Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
↑ "Traditional SriLanka or Ceylon". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
↑ Benedetto Castelli (1576-1578-1643), The Galileo Project
↑ "Joseph Bramah". Robinsonlibrary.com. 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
↑ "William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900)". Victorianweb.org. 2005-12-22. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
↑ "Subterranea Britannica: Sites: Hydraulic power in London". Subbrit.org.uk. 1981-09-25. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
Rāshid, Rushdī; Morelon, Régis (1996), Encyclopedia of the history of Arabic science, London: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-12410-2.
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