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Can Tiger get an another Roll in the greatest race of all?
Home Sport News Can Tiger get an another Roll in the greatest race of all?
The Grand National is part of the fabric of this country's sporting heritage and the nation is preparing to pick their favourites ahead of the world's greatest steeplechase.
It rarely fails to serve up thrills and spills alongside triumph and tragedy as one of the greatest sporting spectacles on the planet.
Who can forget Red Rum's unmatched historic third win in 1977 ten years after the unfancied 100-1 shot Foinavon was the only horse to get over the 23rd fence after a melee, going on to win?
In 1981 there was the heartwarming tale of both horse and jockey, Aldaniti and Bob Champion, recovering from illnesses to win the race.
Finding the winner of the National has been a tricky affair since the appropriately named Lottery won the first race back in 1839. Captain Martin Becher was unseated from his mount Conrad, when leading at the sixth fence on the first circuit and the fence, which is also the 22nd obstacle these days, became known as Becher's Brook. So exceptional were Red Rum's achievements that many have long considered his Aintree record would remain untouched forever and 42 years later no horse has even won twice.
But that could change at 5.15 tomorrow (Saturday) as TIGER ROLL must have the best chance of following up of any Grand National winner during the intervening years.
Jockey Davy Russell is again wearing the maroon and white silks of Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud racing operation, but for once a year punters last year's hero, who runs off a 9lb higher mark, will probably be a turn off at 7/2 favourite which is the shortest price since Red Rum in 1975.
Value hunters and each-way backers have plenty of alternative options especially those with form over at least three and a half miles.
RATHVINDEN has been laid out for this race, loves a stamina test and will be at home over the 4m2 ? slog. He won his only start this season at Fairyhouse and that was after the National weights were published so he's 5lb well in and has Ruby Walsh up top.
BALLYOPTIC came within a nose of winning last season's Scottish National and could be strongly fancied if at his best but fell over these fences in December's Beecher Chase and will need to be handy throughout.
Nicky Henderson has failed to break his National hoodoo with better chances than the horribly handicapped VALTOR, and the unfortunately for ROCK THE KASBAH the same can be said for Richard Johnson.
STEP BACK stays well but isn't running well, however connections have had half an eye on Aintree all season and dropping 2lbs for his last run when sixth at Warwick won't harm.
It's not a big punting race for me but I will be having a couple of quid each way on Welsh Grand National runner-up RAMSES DE TEILLEE. At seven years old age is not in his favour as its 78 years since a horse under eight won, but this progressive young chaser is trained by David Pipe who knows what it takes to win around Aintree having saddled Comply Or Die in 2008.
With 17 of the 40 runners trained by Willie Mullins or Gordon Elliott it would be no surprise if the winner once again came from across the Irish Sea. DOUNIKOS and NOBLE ENDEAVOUR are strong contenders for Elliott but I feel his best hopes lie with the Tiger and JURY DUTY.
The latter is a horse trying to add victory at Aintree to his win in October's 'American Grand National' at Far Hills, New Jersey, a feat only achieved once previously, by Battleship in 1938.
Tiger Roll's credentials are obvious for all to see but, however talented, his odds in such a big field when good fortune plays such a vital role are too short; so long as Jury Duty's stamina lasts out the marathon distance, with his weight he could be the one.
Yorkshire hopes will be carried by VINTAGE CLOUDS who is trained by Sue Smith at her stables on the edge of Baildon Moor. He ran a good trial for this when finishing second in this year's Ultima and he could go well if bouncing back to his best form.
Two big-price selections with each-way claims are VIEUX LION ROUGE (33/1) who has made it round in all of his previous six Grand National's, and REGAL ENCORE (66/1) who finished eighth last year and has scope to improve.
Finally, if there are any Aintree gods let's hope they are looking down on leading owners Andrea and Graham Wylie who lost two horses at Cheltenham. Their UP FOR REVIEW is another Mullins contender and his pedigree points to an improved performance away from soft ground.


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Алина Юрьевна Гайдамакина (род. 20 сентября 1990, Воронеж, СССР) — российская скалолазка, Заслуженный мастер спорта России , победитель Всемирных игр по скалолазанию (2013), 2-кратный обладатель Большого Кубка мира (2012, 2013), Чемпион мира (2014) (все - скорость).

Биография
Алина Гайдамакина родилась в Воронеже в 1990 году. Скалолазанием начала заниматься в 8 лет (с 1998 года) под руководством Веры Михайловны Маламид.
Как и многие спортсмены тренировала трудность, боулдеринг и скорость (классику). Постепенно стала отдавать предпочтение скорости, где показывала лучшие результаты.
С 2005 года стала членом юношеской сборной России по скалолазанию.

В 2007 году выиграла свою первую международную медаль, заняв 2-е место на Первенстве мира в Эквадоре.

В 2008 году Алина повторила свой успех, завоевав очередное серебро на Первенстве мира в Австралии.

В 2009 году после двухлетнего "серебряного" пьедестала, Алине удалось выиграть золото и стать победительницей Чемпионата мира по скалолазанию среди юниоров в свой последний год выступления в составе юношеской сборной страны.

По окончании школы в 2008-м году поступила в Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Университет на экономический факультет обучаться по специальности "Менеджмент организации". Продолжила тренироваться в Санкт-Петербурге под руководством Анны Андреевны Баздыревой и Нины Тимофеевны Новиковой. Затем стала выступать за Тюменскую область при наставничестве Сергеева Сергея Сергеевича.

2010 год выдался крайне непростым. Это был первый год, когда Алина вышла из "юниоров" и начала борьбу за попадание во взрослую сборную страны.

Прошел год, как она переехала жить в Санкт-Петербург.

Первую серьезную победу в составе взрослой сборной России Алина одержала в 2011 году, завоевав серебряную медаль на этапе Кубка мира в г. Шамони, Франция. Эта победа стала символичным переходом из юношеской сборной во взрослую.

"Мне нужно было один раз встать на пьедестал, чтобы понять, что я могу побеждать взрослых девочек. Психологически очень сложно было перейти из "юниоров" во "взрослую" группу."

С этого момента победы шли одна за другой, вплоть до Чемпионата мира 2014 года.

По окончании университета, в 2013-м году поступила в аспирантуру в РГУФКСМиТ и переехала в Москву. Продолжила тренировки на скалодроме в Футбольном манеже ЛФК ЦСКА, где в отличие от Воронежа и Санкт-Петербурга, была 15м эталонная трасса. С 2014г по декабря 2016г выступала за сборную команды ЦСКА (прапорщик).

Является руководителем комиссии по работе с детьми и молодежью в Федерации скалолазания России.

В декабре 2016 года официально заявила о завершении спортивной карьеры.

После окончания спортивной карьеры некоторое время отдыхала, восстанавливала здоровье. Потом занялась тренерской деятельностью.

Увлечения

Долгое время считала скалолазание своим хобби и только с переходом во взрослую сборную страны, решила поставить спорт на первое место. Алина очень любит читать книги по психологии, философии. Имеет разносторонние интересы.

"Когда меня спрашиваю, что мне интересно и чем я занимаюсь, я немного теряюсь, потому что мне интересно буквально все!!! Мне никогда не бывает скучно, я всегда знаю, чем буду заниматься завтра, что изучу, куда схожу. Мир насколько интересен и безграничен, что каждую минуту хочется использовать для того, чтобы узнать как можно больше нового".

Достижения

 2016  2-е место, региональный Чемпионат СИЗМ (Бельгия, Тилен). Дисциплина боулдеринг

2015  1-е место, Kia World Extreme Games 2015
2014  1-е место, Чемпионат мира (Хихон, Испания)
2014  3-е место, Kia World Extreme Games 2014
2013  1-е место, Всемирные игры по скалолазанию (Кали, Колумбия)
2013  1-е место, Большой Кубок Мира
2013  3-е место, Чемпионат России (г. Пермь)
2012  1-е место, Большой Кубок Мира
2011  3-е место, Большой Кубок Мира
2009  1-е место, Чемпионат мира среди юниоров (Валенсия, Франция)
2008  2-е место, Чемпионат мира среди юниоров (Сидней, Австралия)
2007  2-е место, Чемпионат мира среди юниоров (Ибарра, Эквадор)
2005  5-е место, Чемпионат мира среди юниоров (Пекин, Китай)

Выступления на Кубках Мира
2014
 Шамони, Франция – 1-е (11.07)

2013 (1-e в итоговом зачёте)
 Хайян, Китай – 1-е (15.10)
 Мокпо, Корея – 2-е (11.10)
 Пермь – 1-е (27.09)
 Арко, Италия – 1-е (7.09)
 Баку, Азербайджан – 2-е (22.06)

2012 (1-e в итоговом зачёте)
 Арко – 1-е (1.09)
 Даон, Италия – 3-е (28.07)
 Шамони – 2-е (12.07)
 Чунцин, Китай – 1-е (13.04)

2011
 Чанчжи, Китай – 1-е (7.09)
 Даон – 1-е (6.08)
 Шамони – 2-е (12.07)

Личный рекорд на эталонной трассе 15м - 7,86 сек .

Благодарности, награды, номинации

 Благодарность Министра спорта Российской Федерации В.Л. Мутко "За успешное выступление спортивной сборной команды Российской Федерации на IX Всемирных играх 2013 года (г. Кали, Колумбия)"
 Благодарность Губернатора Воронежской области А.В. Гордеева "За успешное выступление на IX Всемирных играх в городе Кали (Колумбия)"
 Благодарственное письмо от Губернатора Воронежской области А.В. Гордеева "За плодотворный труд, высокий профессионализм, приумножение спортивной славы Воронежской области в России и за её пределами"
 Лауреат номинации "Лучший спортсмен по видам спорта, не входящим в программу Олимпийских игр", спортивная элита Тюменской области 2014 г.
 Победитель номинации "Лучший спортсмен Санкт-Петербургского Государственного Университета" 2012г.
 Диплом от Министерства образования и науки Российской Федерации 2008 г. "Лауреат премии по поддержке талантливой молодёжи, установленной Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 6 апреля 2006 г. № 325 «О мерах государственной поддержки талантливой молодёжи»".

Интервью и публикации
 Запись прямого эфира "Экстремального парка" с Арташесом Антоняном от 20.02.15. Гость - чемпионка мира и победительница Всемирных игр по скалолазанию Алина Гайдамакина
 Алина Гайдамакина: Дебют в роли ТВ-ведущей
 Алина Гайдамакина: Я просто балдела после каждого забега
 Алина Гайдамакина: Есть желание показать себя в боулдеринге!
 Алина Гайдамакина: Спокойно отдыхать я не умею!
 Алина Гайдамакина: Я верю в чудеса!
 Алина Гайдамакина: Весь воздух был заряжен экстримом! (Kia World Extreme Games 2014)
 Кубок мира в Перми: Интервью с Алиной Гайдамакиной
 Алина Гайдамакина: Из Воронежа в Тюмень или мечты сбываются!
 Алина Гайдамакина (экономический факультет СПбГУ): «Главная задача на сезон-2013 - окончить университет!»

Примечания

Скалолазы России

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Medicine, Energy, Defense, Space, and Earthquakes
The Far-Reaching Arm of Solid Mechanics Research at Caltech
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To better understand the field of solid mechanics as studied at Caltech, ENGenious approached 11 members of the faculty from a variety of disciplines, including aerospace engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, and geophysics. Solid mechanicians focus on the deformation and failure of materials with a defined rest shape—for example, the solid parts of Earth, the human-built environment, and biological matter such as the human body. An over-arching theme is to study the physics of a solid body's reaction to diverse influences—stress, deformation, temperature changes, electromagnetic fields, fluid flow—and how it fails. This is addressed on a range of length scales, from a cluster of atoms to tectonic plates, using experimental, theoretical, and computational methods. It also involves behaviors happening at highly diverse timescales, from picoseconds all the way to geologic timescales.
"We have been able to do research that other solid mechanics groups have not been able to do because of the combination of very high investment in new experimental techniques and an unusually strong theoretical understanding."
Ares J. Rosakis
Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
"Solid mechanicians act as a bridge between fundamental science and industry. We at Caltech take a broad view: in a sense, we take the baton all the way to the finish line."
Michael Ortiz
Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
"The next question is whether we can produce a physics-based model that allows us to predict a range of earthquake fault behaviors. We won't predict a specific earthquake event, but we can use our results to offer a range of plausible future events."
Nadia Lapusta
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics
"Landslides, earthquakes, or liquefaction can devastate an entire region, but all of these processes are controlled on a minute or granular scale. It's really about a grain in touch with another grain. If we could understand how these grains interact, then we can understand why landslides occur, or how sand castles hold together."
José E. Andrade
Associate Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
"Innovation comes about by working at these interfaces—posing a real problem that a designer has, applying the knowledge of the mechanics community, and discovering new solutions."
Sergio Pellegrino
Joyce and Kent Kresa Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Civil Engineering, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist
"We create materials by selecting simple building blocks that interact in interesting ways, and then we assemble them into more complex structures . . .This is an unconventional approach to the creation of materials that merges the basic principles of solid mechanics with materials science."
Chiara Daraio
Professor of Aeronautics and Applied Physics
"There are so few experimentalists in the world, in particular in the United States. But Caltech is strong in that regard. Many people essentially wait for experimental results so they can go on with the theory. "
Wolfgang G. Knauss
Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, Emeritus
"Cells are living in a three-dimensional world, so we explore the mechanics of cells in 3-D. We want to know the mechanical forces involved in cell division, because doing so can lead to a better understanding of the physiological processes involved in tissue engineering."
Guruswami (Ravi) Ravichandran
John E. Goode, Jr., Professor of Aerospace and Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories
"We want to know what's happening at the atomistic level, because materials don't behave in the same way when they're very small. We bring a little fresh air into the atmosphere of classical laws, which break down at the nanoscale."
Julia R. Greer
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Mechanics
"It all comes down to: How do you carefully design a material's microstructure so that you get whatever macroscopic properties you want?"
Dennis M. Kochmann
Assistant Professor of Aerospace
"Our challenge is not to shape the material to get the function we want, but how we create a specific material that already possesses the function we want. We are in fact merging both material and machine—and that is absolutely exciting!"
Kaushik Bhattacharya
Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Professor of Materials Science; Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering
The annual James K. Knowles Lecture and Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium celebrates the contributions of the late James K. Knowles, a remarkable scholar, teacher, and friend.
James K. Knowles
William J. Keenan Jr. Professor of Applied Mechanics, Emeritus
Professor Michael Ortiz, who is the first recipient of the prestigious Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics, describes the Caltech solid mechanics group as covering the "entire waterfront of solid mechanics." He explains, "Solid mechanicians act as a bridge between fundamental science and industry. We at Caltech take a broad view: in a sense, we take the baton all the way to the finish line. We are involved in real-world applications, engineering, and testing. We are needed, and that's why we're still in business."
Ortiz's colleagues describe his seminal contributions to the field as a combination of cutting-edge mechanics and mathematics. He sees himself as primarily an engineer. "Others come to the field from physics or applied math and may have a different emphasis," he explains. "As an engineer, I envision the end application. We start with an application and do whatever we need to solve the problem or make progress in an area—we may use applied mathematics, computational mechanics, or another approach, but our research and our papers are always applications-driven."
Caltech solid mechanics group member Professor Ares J. Rosakis underscores their unique approach. "We have an even balance of theoreticians, experimentalists, and numerical analysts, and we respect this balance, which does not necessarily exist at other universities," he says. "We are very interactive—we mix it up. We do not believe that only theory, only numerics, or only experiments do justice to our field. Of course, we have excellent people and excellent students—but this strong commitment to continuous interaction among group members is what really gives us the edge." In the context of his research, Professor Rosakis adds, "We have been able to do research that other solid mechanics groups have not been able to do because of the combination of very high investment in new experimental techniques and an unusually strong theoretical understanding. That combination and our strength in experimental mechanics have allowed us to move into the area of earthquake source dynamics. We are simultaneously applying an arsenal of diagnostics and theoretical knowledge in dynamic failure of engineering solids to attack the problem of earthquakes." What's next? "I want to pursue 'laboratory earthquakes' and create my dream: a seismology facility analogous to the Caltech wind tunnel—the seismological wind tunnel!" says Rosakis. "With my academic roots in aerospace engineering, I would use a fluid mechanics approach, in which models are tested in highly instrumented environments with multiple and synchronous diagnostics. A sophisticated seismic testing facility will enable us to observe and measure simulated earthquake events that are difficult, if not impossible, to measure in situ."
Computational solid mechanician and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics Nadia Lapusta uses the experiments of Professor Rosakis to inform her earthquake modeling. "My colleagues and I are conducting lab experiments and developing theories to understand the mechanical properties of the earth, which helps us build sophisticated numerical models to explain the observed phenomena," she says. "The next question is whether we can produce a physics-based model that allows us to predict a range of earthquake fault behaviors. We won't predict a specific earthquake event, but we can use our results to offer a range of plausible future events. As we continuously enhance our models based on observations, experiments, and theories, we will eventually succeed in doing this." Professor Lapusta works with other solid mechanicians and geoscientists to understand fault interactions that include the full spectrum of scales—from the macroscopic scale of Earth's crust to the microscopic scale of granular materials (such as soil, decomposed granite, or sand). Micromechanical modeling is essential to her quest to discover the physical law governing earthquakes. "The rapid motion that generates earthquakes occurs in the highly pulverized core of fault zones, within millimeter-wide layers which are composed of nano- to micrometer-sized particles," she says. "If the laws we use are based on a first-principles theory of how these granular materials interact, and that is verified by experiments, then we will have more confidence in applying our models to regimes where experiments cannot be done."
José E. Andrade, Associate Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, further explained the importance of the micromechanical approach. "We're trying to unravel what makes geological materials tick on a large scale. Landslides, earthquakes, or liquefaction can devastate an entire region, but all of these processes are controlled on a minute or granular scale. It's really about a grain in touch with another grain. If we could understand how these grains interact, then we can understand why landslides occur, or how sand castles hold together." Professor Andrade describes his plans to introduce higher standards to his computer models. "We've been forcing our models to adhere to higher standards by comparing them with actual experimental data," he says. "We have developed strong connections with other experimentalists in this area, but I also would like to pursue a suite of boutique-type experiments—that is, conduct clever but uncomplicated experiments that motivate us to pursue a certain line of research, while keeping our models honest." Andrade is also interested in testing his models in space research: "An exciting project we're interested in is using some of our tools for planetary exploration. We'd like to increase our understanding of interactions between spacecraft and regolith (a layer of loose, heterogeneous material covering solid rock on Earth and other celestial bodies) in extraterrestrial conditions."
Many Caltech solid mechanics faculty have strong ties to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the lead U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system and the home of major programs in space-based Earth sciences. An especially strong collaboration exists between Caltech and JPL in the form of a dual appointment: Sergio Pellegrino is the Joyce and Kent Kresa Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Civil Engineering, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist. For Professor Pellegrino, this association has been key. "The pivotal moment was when I decided I would move from Cambridge to Caltech to start my second career," he says. "Caltech is unique. A second career is likely to bring even greater rewards than the first, since one benefits from the experience already gained and one can make better decisions about work going forward: what to do, what not to do. For me, the magical aspect was that GALCIT was reconnecting with space research, and there was and continues to be enormous opportunity to work at the interface between GALCIT and JPL. I have not merely moved to another university and pursued another set of interesting things—I've received strong support and encouragement from the highest administrative levels at both Caltech and JPL."
Professor Pellegrino enjoys working at the intersection of two different fields, which he has done since his student days. "I was interested in working across the gap between engineering and design—especially the analysis of lightweight structures," he says. "I now work across a different kind of gap—between space engineering and solid mechanics. I position myself in the middle and work to either solve an existing problem or to identify problems no one else is thinking about. About ten years ago, for example, I worked on very thin films for structures such as ultralight space-based communication antennas or sunshades to shield telescopes from the sun. When I thought about how curved surfaces in these structures should be designed, I realized that a deeper understanding of the mechanics of wrinkled films was required. A sunshade does not have to be perfectly smooth; if we allow it to become a little bit wrinkled, we can then simplify its design and make it much lighter, but to do this we need a rigorous analysis of how far from perfectly smooth the film will be. This type of analysis had not been done before, as it wasn't recognized to be important. That's an example of how innovation comes about by working at these interfaces—posing a real problem that a designer has, applying the knowledge of the mechanics community, and discovering new solutions."
Innovation and creativity are also at the heart of Professor Chiara Daraio's research. "New materials inspire innovation: When new materials are discovered, new applications, systems, and devices can be invented," she says. "Our group designs materials and devices with new mechanical and acoustic properties. We create materials by selecting simple building blocks that interact in interesting ways, and then we assemble them into more complex structures. The way the building blocks interact with each other determines the overall mechanical properties that characterize the final materials. This is an unconventional approach to the creation of materials that merges the basic principles of solid mechanics with materials science. Working at the interface of such traditionally separate disciplines is easy in Caltech's diverse and broad solid mechanics group. Although the day-to-day focus is on fundamental physics and mechanics, Professor Daraio's experimental work has many applications, including the control of vibrations in space structures, the fabrication of new thermally stable mirrors, and mechanical energy harvesting. But when asked about the future of solid mechanics, she emphasizes biomedical applications. "I believe the design of new materials can have a large impact on biomedical applications. For example, my group uses some of the nonlinear acoustic devices we built to test hard biological systems, such as bones or the stability of implants, through a collaboration with the University of California at Los Angeles Department of Orthopedics. And with our new acoustic lenses, we hope to help build systems that improve ultrasonic imaging and ultrasonic surgery."
Biomedical applications and experimental mechanics have been an element of Caltech solid mechanics research for most of the time Professor Emeritus Wolfgang Knauss has been at Caltech. "I believe the strong adherence to experimental work makes us unique," Professor Knauss says of the Caltech solid mechanics group. "Until about 10 to 15 years ago, the GALCIT solid mechanics group was virtually all experimentally based. There are so few experimentalists in the world, in particular in the United States. But Caltech is strong in that regard. Many people essentially wait for experimental results so they can go on with the theory; I think that's where our strength has been, and I hope we don't lose that in spite of the more recent addition of a formidable numerical analysis component."
With regard to biomedical applications, Knauss recalls his research 30 years ago with the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California (USC). "Before there was laser treatment for nearsightedness, a surgical procedure called radial keratotomy was used to correct myopia," he explains. "Surgeons made little radial cuts in the cornea of the eye, and by carefully placing the cuts, controlling the depth and number of cuts, they could correct acuity. A Russian doctor, Svyatoslav Fyodorov, invented this procedure in 1974, when a 17-year-old accident victim came to him with eyes that had been lacerated by glass shrapnel. When the eyes healed, the patient had better vision than before. Fyodorov postulated that the central portion of the lens is curved outward because of a ligament around that part that constricts it and bends it outward. If that ligament is cut, it flattens or changes the lens shape. So the USC doctors consulted with me as a mechanician because they could not find the ligament. But to me it was clearly a fracture problem! You're introducing cracks in a specific material, and when there are cracks coupled with pressure (of the eye), the geometry changes. One of the problems we tackled was that long after healing had occurred, the eye wasn't the same as on the day when the surgeons made the cuts, so we tried to understand how to compensate for that, to make the operation last longer."
Another application of Professor Knauss's research on time-dependent mechanical processes relates to nuclear power plant safety. He explains, "One other area that is close to my heart besides the fracture of viscoelastic polymers is high-speed crack propagation. There were some real issues relating to that in the late 1970s to early 1980s, when nuclear power plant safety was a highly rated issue. Funding was available to develop theories and frameworks to enable prediction of how reactors could break up if they were suddenly cooled. When something goes wrong in a reactor, it is flushed with water, which quenches everything and, in turn, causes tremendous thermal stresses. What we tried to understand was how fast the cracks could propagate, and determine the possible consequences. In that process, we were able to explain the discrepancy between the theoretical estimate and the measured maximal crack speed attained, the theoretical value being typically about twice the measured values."
Many solid mechanics research applications are transforming our world and benefiting society, but new applications and discoveries rely on fundamental knowledge. Professor Guruswami (Ravi) Ravichandran explains, "Our research in solid mechanics is focused on engineering science problems. We are not working on today's relevant systems or technologies, but we are working on mechanics problems that will impact future technologies. For example, I apply rigorous mechanics to the study of cell mechanics and interaction with biomaterials. Most cell experiments are performed on glass slides, on two-dimensional substrates, but that's not really a physiologically relevant environment for the cells. Cells are living in a three-dimensional world, so we explore the mechanics of cells in 3-D. We want to know the mechanical forces involved in cell division, because doing so can lead to a better understanding of the physiological processes involved in tissue engineering. We need to know the mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix in artificial tissues or organs. As scientists try to grow organs, they will need to know what forces are involved, and how to best mechanically match compliance of the cells with elasticity of the matrix. If there is a mismatch, for example, in creating artificial vessels for grafts, the grafts could be too stiff, and the cells are not going to like that. One must have the right match between the mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix and the cells, so the cells can properly function."
Professor Ravichandran is also studying how materials deform or change shape at different scales and temperatures when struck by a high-speed projectile. This work is of special interest to the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, which is funding a $90 million initiative to improve protective gear and vehicles for soldiers. Several members of the Caltech solid mechanics team will be working on this initiative, including Julia R. Greer, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Mechanics. "I think this initiative is going to represent a big thrust in solid mechanics—in part because it is work by experimentalists such as Ravichandran and I in collaboration with computationalists, like Dennis Kochmann and Michael Ortiz," she says.
Professor Greer describes her research in the context of the Army initiative this way: "To understand the physics and the mechanics of materials deformation, we want to know what's happening at the atomistic level, because materials don't behave in the same way when they're very small. We bring a little fresh air into the atmosphere of classical laws, which break down at the nanoscale. I'm in 'nanosolid' mechanics, and I've been studying the behavior and response of nanosolids to mechanical deformation and investigating what within their microstructure gives rise to their unique properties, which are different from those of the same solids but with large dimensions. We are finally at a place where we have a pretty good understanding of the fundamental mechanical behavior and want to use these nanosolids as building blocks to construct tangible materials. The idea is to capitalize on the very unique properties that are offered by nanomaterials to create hierarchical structures, such as three-dimensional lattices, or scaffolds. For example, we have built microtrusses, which were recognized as the world's lightest material and could sit on top of a white-top dandelion without perturbing it. We are now building nanotrusses, where every dimension is less than a couple of microns, so you can't see the structure with your eye. With the microtruss, you can see very clearly that it's a structure and can say, 'Oh, this is a bunch of octahedrals sitting on top of each other.' But when you make every dimension below a micron, your eyes can't resolve the structure and so it looks like a cloud just sitting in your hand—it's very cool! To actually make these nanosolids into useful materials and structures, we have to figure out how to cheaply and effectively manufacture materials that have nano-constituents."
The newest member of the solid mechanics group, Dennis Kochmann, Assistant Professor of Aerospace, shares Professor Greer's passion for creating materials from the nanoscale up. He explains, "It all comes down to: How do you carefully design a material's microstructure so that you get whatever macroscopic properties you want? You start at the lower scales, e.g., by combining several existing materials into a new artificially designed composite material, and one thereby normally combines materials that have desirable individual properties, such as one that is very strong and stiff and one that dampens vibrations by absorbing energy. (These two properties are generally exclusive in nature, and therefore materials that combine both properties are of urgent need in engineering applications.) As part of our research, we study composites that include active or tunable materials that respond to external stimuli such as temperature or electric fields. This way, you can create new materials whose properties are tunable over wide ranges by applying the appropriate external stimulus (e.g., changing the temperature, applying an electric voltage, etc.). Doing so will trigger mechanisms on the microscale, which give rise to significant change in the macroscopic properties." He goes on to describe his long-term research vision: "I hope to extensively explore this idea in the experimental lab and computationally. Our everyday engineering applications always require materials that are harder, stiffer, stronger, lighter, more resistant and durable. Someday, we would like to be able to switch the properties of artificial materials to exactly what is needed. We want to be able to design future materials on demand."
Professor Kaushik Bhattacharya expands on this idea. "The scales at which we are beginning to do engineering are merging, and the great challenges in solid mechanics are giving rise to a language that bridges materials science and mechanical engineering," he says. "Today, we teach our mechanical engineering undergraduates how to manipulate the properties of materials to engineer large structures. Now we also look at microstructures, and the toolbox with which we control structure is dramatically changing. It's no longer about beating, heating, or cutting a blob of metal. It is much more complex today. Our challenge is not to shape the material to get the function we want, but how we create a specific material that already possesses the function we want. We are in fact merging both material and machine—and that is absolutely exciting!"
Professor Bhattacharya's excitement is shared by a strong and active student group that organizes a yearly solid mechanics symposium in celebration of the late James K. Knowles, Caltech's William J. Keenan Jr. Professor of Applied Mechanics, Emeritus. Professor Knowles made fundamental research contributions to the mathematical theories of materials and structures. He was a special teacher and mentor who inspired and influenced multiple generations of students and scholars through classes in mathematics and mechanics. Continuing this visionary thinker's contributions to solid mechanics and encouragement of young researchers are his junior colleagues, who continue to take Caltech's solid mechanics research in innovative, interesting, and new directions. "Jim was the greatest mentor I ever had," says Professor Rosakis. "He held my hand when I first came to Caltech as an assistant professor. He also taught me how to teach. He would look for the spark in people's eyes and help them make their dreams a reality. As we at Caltech seek to create the best mentoring opportunities for our young faculty, we are guided by his example."
Learn more about the faculty at eas.caltech.edu/people, and visit www.mce.caltech.edu/events/knowles_lecture for more about the Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium.
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Historic preservation efforts yielding contracting opportunities
Dec 15th 2021 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities	by Mary Scott Nabers
Government leaders throughout the country are leading initiatives to renovate, preserve, and modernize historic municipal buildings, or build new public assets. These efforts may be found in every state and at every jurisdictional level of government. Many of the projects being planned will be especially conducive to public-private partnerships.
In St. Petersburg, Florida, one such opportunity involves the rehabilitation of St. Petersburg Housing Authority's historic Jordan Park. Plans for the affordable housing development along with a budget and projected cost of $93 million. The project's main source of funding has been secured through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and recently received an additional $2 million contribution from the city of St. Petersburg. Additionally, the project is eligible for certain tax credits that will help offset costs. A start date for early 2022 will include the first phase of redevelopment work. City officials want to have the project completed by the end of 2024.
Minnesota's Ramsey County has recently become fertile ground for a new wave of historical preservation projects. The local historical society recently approved a $21 million master plan for a Gibbs Farm project. Planning has been ongoing for more than two years and the construction phase is set to begin in 2022. Revitalization work will eventually make the property more sustainable, so it can provide year-round access to a wider array of visitors while also preserving a staple of the local culture.
The county also will launch a $9.8 million preservation project for the Ramsey County Historic Barn. Work on the historic barn will include converting it to a multi-functional facility while still preserving part of its historic architecture. Current scheduling for the project indicates that construction is set to begin in the second quarter of 2022.
Another Minnesota project will include preservation work on a bridge completed in 1883. The Stone Arch Bridge in the city of Minneapolis was designated a National Historic Engineering Landmark in 1978 by American Society for Civil Engineers. Upgrades to it fall under the supervision of the Minnesota Department of Transportation and will cost $15 million. The project will be let to bidding in 2022, and work will begin immediately.
City officials in Erie, Pennsylvania, have designated the historic Quin-T Tech Paper and Boards property as a target for another kind of revitalization work. Following a 15-year period of abandonment, the property's large structures (such as a towering smokestack) have limited practical use and present sustainability concerns. Revitalization work in this case will involve demolishing structures and environmental clean-up. Then, the project will include construction of new parks and trail networks throughout the designated acreage. This $3 million project will begin with pre-demolition and surface clean-up in 2022.
Government leaders in Richmond, Virginia, are exploring historical preservation work on roadways. A plan will be developed to reconnect historic Jackson Ward to the city's arterial network of roads. The study will draw on input from community members. Once the study is completed, it will provide a clearer picture of what kind of specific design plans and grant programs will be most beneficial to the project.
The city of New Haven, Connecticut, soon will launch revitalization projects. Last year, city officials hired a firm to provide design and engineering work on the 100-year-old Strong School that has been abandoned for years. The study is now being used to itemize potential costs. City officials will use these findings to create a request for proposals with the hope of attracting developers to form a public-private partnership.
In Saratoga Springs, New York, planning is underway to construct the city's third fire station. The new fire station and adjoining parking lot will be constructed along a segment of the historic Saratoga Racetrack property in the city. Because of revitalization concerns, the design plan has already exceeded $7 million in costs. Officials will continue this work until the project is open to bidding, which is tentatively scheduled for March 2022.
A larger project is just beginning to take shape in New York City's Delacorte Theater. Work to revitalize the theater, which has been operating for nearly six decades, is anticipated to reach a cost of $77 million. Over half of the project's cost has been funded through contributions. Revitalization work will focus on making the facility more accessible and comfortable for members of the arts community who have disabilities. The project's launch has been scheduled for 2022.
Elected officials in Texas recently allocated $25 million in the state's budget for the preservation of historic courthouses. A portion of the funding includes work on the historic Mason County Courthouse. Work on this project will begin in 2022. In the city of Austin, officials have created a Preservation Plan Working Group. The members of this organization are charged with devising a preservation plan for all of Austin's historical assets based on principles of inclusiveness, equity, and community.
These opportunities indicate that public assets are garnering focused attention. And, along with projects to preserve older facilities, many new landmarks will be constructed as well. Long-range planning documents indicate that these types of contracting opportunities will be abundant over the next several years … and likely longer.
As President and CEO of Strategic Partnerships, Inc., Mary Scott Nabers has decades of experience working in the public-private sector. A well-recognized expert in the P3 and government contracting fields, she is often asked to share her industry insights with top publications and through professional speaking engagements.
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Inspectorate of prosecution publishes follow–up report on Fatal Accident Inquiries
Published: 07 Aug 2019 10:34
Issued on behalf of the inspectorate of prosecution in Scotland.
The Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has today published a follow–up report on Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs). The report examines issues raised in the Fatal Accident Inquiries report published by the inspectorate in August 2016.
Michelle McLeod, HM Chief Inspector said:
"Given it is almost three years since the thematic FAI report was published, the lack of progress in many areas is disappointing. While there has been some improvement in the timelines for conducting FAIs, the time taken to conclude mandatory FAIs remains a concern as does their age profile with 20 inquiries more than 3 years old.
"Failing to deal with FAIs expeditiously not only impacts on nearest relatives, it causes distress and concern for potential witnesses who may have to give evidence at the FAI and, in some cases, undermines public confidence in the inquiry.
"We identified a number of factors causing delays including investigations characterised by lengthy periods of inactivity. Undoubtedly resourcing has been an issue for the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit (SFIU) and we acknowledge that it is not yet at full complement following additional resource that was secured in 2018 and that it takes time to induct and train new staff. The ongoing modernisation project should also improve the effectiveness of their processes and procedures.
"We have made three new recommendations including the prioritisation of the FAI of the death of young persons in legal custody.
"Given the number of recommendations that remain in progress and the continuing concerns regarding delays in dealing with mandatory FAIs and the new recommendations made in this report, the Inspectorate plans to re-visit the investigation of FAIs in a further follow-up report next year."
The report can be accessed online at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/follow-up-review-fatal-accident-inquiries/


Chestnut Class and Hazel Class enjoyed an active day at Tarr Steps. We first stopped at Liscombe Farm to look at and compare old farm machinery. We then walked along the River Barle, looking for plants. The children enjoyed learning new names of flowers, trees, mosses and much more. We enjoyed our lunch under the shelter of the trees, before enjoying some well deserved play in the great outdoors. Thanks to Dave Gurnett who accompanied us.


The first practitioner class that graduated was in 1927. The Archives has the original sign-up sheet of 34 students, signed in each one's handwriting. At the top of the page, next to the plain notation of teacher, is Ernest Holmes' signature.
Thirty-four practitioners who are long gone from this earthly realm, but their hard work, their enormous efforts to embrace a new teacher, a new philosophy, and new spiritual practices are still evident in the enormous growth and development, which are now seen in Centers for Spiritual Living around the world. All that is Science of Mind began with this first class, and if one searches through the Archives—you can still hear the 'living' words and acts of these often forgotten first practitioners. You can read and share their enthusiasm as young practitioners if you read the January 1928 edition—virtually all of them take part in the creation of that issue in some significant way.
Probably the most notable of this first class is Clarence Mayer. Dr. Arthur Vergara, in the October 2012 Creative Thought magazine wrote a wonderful article, "The Secret Pioneer" about Mayer describing in great detail his background, his work as a practitioner alone in Los Angeles in the early days of SOM, and his magnificent contribution of The Secrets of Metaphysics, to which the Archives has published a link. If you would like to read more from Clarence Mayer, look to the October 1950, article, "The Silence is Golden"—where he guides the reader about how to go into the Presence of God, and gives readers a directed treatment of exactly how to get to that place. In August of 1930 there is a marvelous treatment for obesity/underweight written by Mayer that still resonates today. Other poems and prayers of his are to be found in 1928 and 1929, and he was also associate editor of Science of Mind magazine for many years. He worked out of Rm. 12 in the early years, and evidence of his legacy is to be found all throughout Science of Mind magazine.
Right there at the top of the sign-up sheet is Anna Holmes, Ernest Holmes' beloved mother and chief supporter. Anna Holmes holds the copyright on the original text of The Science of Mind, written in 1926—the version that was superseded by the later revised and expanded 1938 version. Ernest Holmes had early exposure to Christian Science practices and treatments, and one of his earliest healings was of Anna, of a heart disease. Anna lived until well into her mid-90's. She is listed in the magazine as one of the eight original practitioners.
Above Anna Holmes' name is another important figure in the early years of Science of Mind, Augusta Rundel—signed in as "Diane" Rundel—why Diane that is lost to us, perhaps a witticism given the quotation marks, but what is not lost to us is the good work she did in Religious Science. She was the Associate Editor of Science of Mind magazine, for a while the Registrar of the Department of Healing—what would one day become the World Ministry of Prayer. She was a well-known Los Angeles real estate agent and socialite, who even furnished Holmes' first office. She even picked out his tailored suits. Most importantly, of course, she helped bring Holmes and his beloved wife, Hazel, together.
Way over on the edge of paper, almost unnoticed, is the signature of Isobel Poulin with the notation, "Her Book" after her name. The meaning of that notation is unknown, but again she was one of the original practitioners working out of the Institute of Religious Science in Room 4 three days a week. You can read a treatment she wrote in the January 1933 issue called, "Treatment of False Growth". She was one of the first eight practitioners ever listed.
Further down on the first column is the name Helen Van Slyke. She contributed so much to the early years of Religious Science—it is hard to list it all. She ran the Emerson Study classes on Wednesday nights back in 1928; she wrote one of the first additional books ever published by the Institute entitled, Mountain Thought: Poems of Inspiration. For many years, Van Slyke was the Associate Editor of Science of Mind magazine, and you can read many of her poems sprinkled throughout various issues of the magazine. One of my favorites is entitled, "The Ever-Present Now" on pg. 5 of the January 1928 edition of The Religious Science Monthly—later, or course, renamed Science of Mind magazine.
Marie Francis Deal, also signed in on the first column, was also deeply involved in those early years. She, too, was one of the first eight practitioners working out of Rm. 15, and she ran the Saturday afternoon classes at the Institute in Mental Healing. In a 1928 article entitled, "God is All", Deal writes deeply about Love: "Love is the basic principle of mental healing; so let us fill our consciousness with the Love of God until our whole Being is flooded with It, then when we approach this Indwelling Presence (by sensing our unity with It) our problems must and will be solved, for "Love never Faileth".
Mabel A. Langdonis right below Shellhammer, and she was responsible for much of the early outreach to the Junior members of the church. Under the name, Mrs. Stanley Langdon, she ran the Sunday morning Junior meetings, and she was listed at the Superintendent of the Junior Department along with a small lesson about the importance and life of Christ for junior readers to study that also appears in that January 1928 issue.
Ida May Skinner, too, contributed to that January, 1928 issue with a sweet poem called "New Year".
Victor Vinton, or V.C.Vinton, as he signs in was not one of the original practitioners, but he appears as a practitioner working by phone in later issues of the magazine.
Emily Marshallmakes numerous contributions after graduating from this first practitioner class. She is responsible for Address on Sunday evenings from the Institute of Religious Science. She, also, is one of the 'sacred eight'—those first practitioners ever mentioned. It is striking how deep and well-read and intense these early practitioners were when you read her article entitled, "The Message of Self-Expression". She is writing about the monthly Axiom that is under consideration: Unchangeableness. And in the article, she quotes the Bible, the Upanishads; she talks of "maya" and "Sabbath Day consciousness". Her thoughts and writings along with a classmates speak of such depth and seriousness that contradicts our image of the "giddy 1920's flapper mentality".
Anne Shipmangets special commendation in the foreword of the 1926 original version of Science of Mind, Holmes' textbook. In it Holmes writes of her, "I wish to express special appreciation to Miss Anne Shipman, of Boston, Mass., without whose untiring efforts it is not probable that these manuscripts would have ever been gotten in shape for publication; and to my mother whose great faith in these teachings has inspired me with the hope and the belief that they may be of benefit to those who study them." She seems to have assisted Holmes in the typing of his book.
William L. Barth becomes a practitioner in those early years of the Institute. And, he also assisted Holmes in lessons he wrote that are now available in book form called, The Science of Mind: A Complete Course of Lessons in Science of Mind and Spirit. He like Van Slyke ended up as an editor of Science of Mind magazine, and if you wish to read a really good article by him, check out the October 1950 issue of SOM magazine and read his article about a famous philosopher, Spinoza, a Jew cast out from Judaism when he had the audacity to explain that Judaism was not the only path to God, and to declare back in the 1400's that God and Nature were identical.
Finally, Alberta Smith's signature is buried at the bottom of the page. But, she like Louise Hayes and Jesse Jennings was the first Question and Answer columnist in the Science of Mind magazine. Her column ended up being called "The Question Box" and appeared in the early years of the magazine. Her columns were so popular that she and Ernest Holmes co-authored a book called, Questions and Answers on the Science of Mind that is available today through Amazon and published by Penguin Publishers that has published so many of the Science of Mind classics. Again, Alberta was one of the original eight practitioners.
Each class of practitioners makes their mark on the history of our organization, but this first place holds a special spot in our history. I am grateful for all of their hard work, which allowed me to take my place behind them as a practitioner.
Jeannette Quinn Bisbee is currently in the Online Spiritual Practitioner Program and will graduate in 2013. She loves the archives because she has recently moved to Canada where there are not any Centers for Spiritual Living nearby. She is, also, currently involved in a couple of book projects related to Science of Mind and looks forward to sharing more "posts" on the Science of Mind Archives and Library.


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Advocate Nasiruddin (1892–1949) was a lawyer, political and social leader from Bhopal state. He was popularly known as 'Vakil Nasiruddin' as "Vakil' in Urdu stands for 'Advocate'.

Biography
His father 'Saaduddin' died when he was a toddler. In 1901, when he was merely 8–9 years old, his mother 'Mustaqimun Nisan' took him from Tijara to Bhopal state, where more opportunities for education and job were there. He chose his career as a lawyer and cleared the law examination in 1920. On 1 May 1922 when the 'High Court of the Bhopal State' was started, he took 'First-grade Lawyer' degree from the newly created Bhopal High Court. Because of inborn talent and rational approach in legal decision, he attained not only a very good reputation but also proved himself a competent lawyer in very early age. His name was amongst the uppermost experts of law in the whole Central India Agency. In the State of Bhopal, his advice was sought in almost every legal case. Later of his life during the Undivided India, he was a leading practitioner of law and was amongst the topmost advocates.

Few legal cases
He was one of the eminent lawyers during his professional career and conducted some very important cases. In one of the famous legal case between the brother and wife of Muhammad Ismail Ali Khan Tonk, he was at the side of Begum Anwar Jahan (daughter of General Abdul Qayyum Khan and wife of Muhammad Ismail Ali Khan Tonk). With him Barrister Abdul Majeed Khwaja while, in the opponent group at the side of the brother of Ismail Ali Khan Tonk, Advocate Muhammad Ali Jinnah was there. It was also the first visit of Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Bhopal as advocate.

In the second famous case, when the Government of Bhopal state appealed against the decision of creating the 'Obaidullah Khan Scholarship' by his family members Nawabzadah Rashiduzzafar Khan and Saeeduz Zafar Khan. Advocate Nasiruddin, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman and Barrister Wasim (from Lucknow) took part in the deliberation from the side of the Government of Bhopal while on the other side, Sir Vazir Hasan, Chowdhry Nematullah (Lucknow) and Tej Bahadur Sapru participated.

Politics
Advocate Nasiruddin is a famous example of a lawyer-turned-politician in Bhopal state. He was elected as member of the Municipal committee and remained its member consecutively for 12 years. He was also elected as Vice-chairman of Baldia Municipality (Municipal administration). He won the election of Legislative Council in 1934 (MLC). He was the member of Constitution Committee, which was formed by Nawab Hamidullah Khan for framing the constitution of Bhopal state. He was member of the managing committee of the 'Juditional Club' and remained as president of the Bar Association of Bhopal for several years.

Titles and honour
He was awarded the title "Najmul Insha" by the Bhopal state. His active participation and services that he rendered for Civil defense and National Guard during the World War II was greatly acknowledged officially by the Bhopal state Government.

Literary and sports activities
Advocate Nasiruddin used to take keen interest in literary activities. He was a voracious reader. He along with Advocate Abdur Raqib Alvi also started a weekly newspaper "Rahbar" in 1946 from Bhopal. Sayyad Abdul Raqib Alvi was the General Secretary of Bhopal Muslim League. He made an appeal on 21 June 1947 to make donation to the Pakistan fund because Qaide Azam had appealed for Pakistan fund

Advocate Nasiruddin also took interest in sports. His favourite game was chess in which he gained both name and fame in the Bhopal state.

Death and legacy
He died at the age of 57 on 14 February 1949 and left no issues. Bar Association of Bhopal of which he was the president for several years, in its condolence note entitled him as 'Bhopal ka Sapru' (after the name of Tej Bahadur Sapru).

See also
Qazi Syed Rafi Mohammad
Qazi Syed Mohammad Zaman
Qazi Syed Mohammad Rafi
Ghulam Mansoor

References

Indian Muslims
1949 deaths
Politicians from Bhopal
People from Tijara
1892 births
20th-century Indian lawyers
Madhya Pradesh politicians
People from Alwar district
Social leaders


Since Google released Android Lollipop, one of the applications that we often use to customize your android smartphone, namely xposed Framework can not be used as normal again. But do not worry developers / developer of this application, Rovo89 still continues to develop this application to run on Android 5.0 Lollipop and higher. Although still in Beta but this application is now able to run pretty well on some android smartphones, but for installation method is not like as usually, it is little bit complicated because it must use a custom Recovery TWRP / CWM.
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Extremely cold weather brings the risk of frozen pipes. In addition to being an annoyance, frozen pipes can burst causing water damage. Here are some tips for thawing and preventing frozen pipes.
Rule #1: NEVER use a torch or other device with an open flame to attempt to thaw frozen pipes. You could set your home on fire and risk lives.
Rule #2: NEVER use a heat gun designed for paint or adhesive removal to attempt to thaw frozen pipes. These are much too hot for thawing pipes. Again, you could start a fire.
Rule #3: If you must apply heat to thaw frozen pipes, NEVER use anything hotter than a portable hair dryer. Be patient and move the hair dryer back and forth over the frozen area. A hair dryer may take a little longer, but it is much safer.
Turn on the faucet served by the frozen pipe and apply heat working from the faucet back toward the suspected frozen area. This will allow the force of the water to assist your efforts as the ice breaks up.
Try to get warm air to the pipes.
Raise the thermostat to increase the temperature in the home.
Wrap pipes with hot wet towels and replace every few minutes.
Infrared, halogen, or incandescent heat lamps may be carefully used to warm frozen pipes.
Leave cabinet doors in kitchens and bathrooms open to allow warm air to circulate under sinks.
Have a plumber relocate pipes to warmer areas.
Cover pipes with foam insulation. Insulate areas where pipes are run.
Seal cracks to prevent cold air from entering pipe runs.
Keep your thermostat at 55 degrees or warmer.
Consider installing an approved device to circulate water through your pipes.
Install a freeze alarm device. These devices can be set up to call one or more phone numbers to alert you to cold temperature conditions at your home. Some will also alert you to water leaks and power outages.


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Marianne W. Lewis is Dean of Cass Business School and Professor of Management. She is an international thought leader in the field of leadership and organizational paradoxes. Change and complexity accentuate tensions – competing demands, contradictory pressures and challenging double-binds. Her research applies a provocative paradox lens to such domains as organizational change, governance, and innovation.
Her work appears in the leading management journals, including the Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Journal of Operations Management. Professor Lewis was a UK Fulbright in 2014, and is currently completing two, related books. Her paper, "Exploring paradox: Toward a more comprehensive guide" received the Academy of Management Review Best Paper Award in 2000 and is among the most cited in the field.
She joined Cass after a decade as associate dean at the University of Cincinnati, having earned her PhD from the University of Kentucky, and her MBA from Indiana University.
Jarzabkowski, P., Lewis, M. and Smith, W. (2017). Practices for leveraging the paradoxes of engaged scholarship. Academic-Practitioner Relationships: Developments, Complexities and Opportunities (pp. 126–141). ISBN 978-1-138-10069-5.
Schad, J., Lewis, M.W. and Smith, W.K. (2019). Quo vadis, paradox? Centripetal and centrifugal forces in theory development. Strategic Organization, 17(1), pp. 107–119. doi:10.1177/1476127018786218 .
Andriopoulos, C., Gotsi, M., Lewis, M.W. and Ingram, A.E. (2018). Turning the Sword: How NPD Teams Cope with Front-End Tensions. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 35(3), pp. 427–445. doi:10.1111/jpim.12423 .
Miron-Spektor, E., Ingram, A., Keller, J., Smith, W.K. and Lewis, M.W. (2018). Microfoundations of Organizational Paradox: The Problem Is How We Think about the Problem. Academy of Management Journal, 61(1), pp. 26–45. doi:10.5465/amj.2016.0594 .
K. Smith, W., Erez, M., Jarvenpaa, S., Lewis, M.W. and Tracey, P. (2017). Adding Complexity to Theories of Paradox, Tensions, and Dualities of Innovation and Change: Introduction to Organization Studies Special Issue on Paradox, Tensions, and Dualities of Innovation and Change. Organization Studies, 38(3-4), pp. 303–317. doi:10.1177/0170840617693560 .
Schad, J., Lewis, M.W., Raisch, S. and Smith, W.K. (2016). Paradox Research in Management Science: Looking Back to Move Forward. Academy of Management Annals, 10(1), pp. 5–64. doi:10.1080/19416520.2016.1162422 .
Fairhurst, G.T., Smith, W.K., Banghart, S.G., Lewis, M.W., Putnam, L.L., Raisch, S. … Schad, J. (2016). Diverging and Converging: Integrative Insights on a Paradox Meta-perspective. Academy of Management Annals, 10(1), pp. 173–182. doi:10.1080/19416520.2016.1162423 .
Ingram, A.E., Lewis, M.W., Barton, S. and Gartner, W.B. (2016). Paradoxes and Innovation in Family Firms: The Role of Paradoxical Thinking. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 40(1), pp. 161–176. doi:10.1111/etap.12113 .
Smith, W.K., Lewis, M.W. and Tushman, M.L. (2016). "Both/and" leadership. Harvard Business Review, 2016(May).
Keller, J. and Lewis, M.W. (2016). Moving towards a geocentric, polycultural theory of organizational paradox. Cross Cultural and Strategic Management, 23(4), pp. 551–557. doi:10.1108/CCSM-06-2016-0124 .
Lewis, M.W. and Smith, W.K. (2014). Paradox as a Metatheoretical Perspective. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 50(2), pp. 127–149. doi:10.1177/0021886314522322 .
Lewis, M.W., Andriopoulos, C. and Smith, W.K. (2014). Paradoxical Leadership to Enable Strategic Agility. California Management Review, 56(3), pp. 58–77. doi:10.1525/cmr.2014.56.3.58 .
Lewis, M. and Smith, W. (2014). The Yin-Yang of Management: The Quest for Dynamic Equilibrium. Rotman Management, Fall 2014(The Balancing Act).
SMITH, W. and LEWIS, M. (2012). Leadership Skills for Managing Paradoxes. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 5(2), pp. 227–231. doi:10.1111/j.1754-9434.2012.01435.x .
Knapp, J.R., Dalziel, T. and Lewis, M.W. (2011). Governing Top Managers: Board Control, Social Categorization, and Their Unintended Influence on Discretionary Behaviors. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 19(4), pp. 295–310. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00845.x .
Smith, W.K. and Lewis, M.W. (2011). TOWARD A THEORY OF PARADOX: A DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF ORGANIZING. Academy of Management Review, 36(2), pp. 381–403. doi:10.5465/amr.2011.59330958 .
Gotsi, M., Andriopoulos, C., Lewis, M.W. and Ingram, A.E. (2010). Managing creatives: Paradoxical approaches to identity regulation. Human Relations, 63(6), pp. 781–805. doi:10.1177/0018726709342929 .
Andriopoulos, C. and Lewis, M.W. (2010). Managing Innovation Paradoxes: Ambidexterity Lessons from Leading Product Design Companies. Long Range Planning, 43(1), pp. 104–122. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2009.08.003 .
Andriopoulos, C. and Lewis, M.W. (2009). Exploitation-Exploration Tensions and Organizational Ambidexterity: Managing Paradoxes of Innovation. Organization Science, 20(4), pp. 696–717. doi:10.1287/orsc.1080.0406 .
LÜScher, L.S. and Lewis, M.W. (2008). Organizational Change and Managerial Sensemaking: Working Through Paradox. Academy of Management Journal, 51(2), pp. 221–240. doi:10.5465/amj.2008.31767217 .
Khazanchi, S., Lewis, M.W. and Boyer, K.K. (2007). Innovation-supportive culture: The impact of organizational values on process innovation. Journal of Operations Management, 25(4), pp. 871–884. doi:10.1016/j.jom.2006.08.003 .
Luscher, L.S., Lewis, M. and Ingram, A. (2006). The social construction of organizational change paradoxes. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 19(4), pp. 491–502. doi:10.1108/09534810610676680 .
Sundaramurthy, C. and Lewis, M. (2003). Control and Collaboration: Paradoxes of Governance. Academy of Management Review, 28(3), pp. 397–415. doi:10.5465/amr.2003.10196737 .
Lewis, M.W., Welsh, M.A., Dehler, G.E. and Green, S.G. (2002). PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TENSIONS: EXPLORING CONTRASTING STYLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT. Academy of Management Journal, 45(3), pp. 546–564. doi:10.2307/3069380 .
Lewis, M.W. and Boyer, K.K. (2002). Factors impacting AMT implementation: an integrative and controlled study. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 19(2), pp. 111–130. doi:10.1016/s0923-4748(02)00005-x .
BOYER, K.K. and LEWIS, M.W. (2002). COMPETITIVE PRIORITIES: INVESTIGATING THE NEED FOR TRADE-OFFS IN OPERATIONS STRATEGY. Production and Operations Management, 11(1), pp. 9–20. doi:10.1111/j.1937-5956.2002.tb00181.x .
Lewis, M.W. and Kelemen, M.L. (2002). Multiparadigm Inquiry: Exploring Organizational Pluralism and Paradox. Human Relations, 55(2), pp. 251–275. doi:10.1177/0018726702055002185 .
Dehler, G.E., Welsh, M.A. and Lewis, M.W. (2001). Critical Pedagogy in the `New Paradigm'. Management Learning, 32(4), pp. 493–511. doi:10.1177/1350507601324005 .
Lewis, M.W. and Dehler, G.E. (2000). Learning through Paradox: A Pedagogical Strategy for Exploring Contradictions and Complexity. Journal of Management Education, 24(6), pp. 708–725. doi:10.1177/105256290002400604 .
Lewis, M.W. (2000). Exploring Paradox: Toward a More Comprehensive Guide. Academy of Management Review, 25(4), pp. 760–776. doi:10.5465/amr.2000.3707712 .
Lewis, M.W. and Grimes, A.J. (1999). Metatriangulation: Building Theory from Multiple Paradigms. The Academy of Management Review, 24(4), pp. 672–672. doi:10.2307/259348 .
Lewis, M.W. (1998). Iterative triangulation: a theory development process using existing case studies. Journal of Operations Management, 16(4), pp. 455–469. doi:10.1016/s0272-6963(98)00024-2 .
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*Spread one tsp of oil in a bowl.
*Pour in the lemon and orange juice.
*Sprinkle salt and pepper, stir gently.
*Add garlic, parsley and basil leaves, stir gently.
*Tear the orange slices, add them and mix well.
*Gently roll the fish in the marinade, add the onion rings and keep it in the fridge for two hours.
*Then heat one tsp of oil in a pan, add the fish with the onions and oranges.
*Cook the fish for two minutes each side using the marinade as a basting sauce.
*Serve with a handful of rocket leaves, pour a spoonful of marinade juice over it and sprinkle some pepper.


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NYIC denounces exclusion of protections for Caribbean immigrants
The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York State, has condemned what it says is the exclusion of protections for Caribbean and other immigrants from the bipartisan US$1.7 trillion spending bill for fiscal year 2023 that passed in the United States House of Representatives.
The legislative package, known on Capitol Hill as the Omnibus Appropriations Bill, passed the House, with 225 votes in favor and 201 against, with one legislator voting present.
NYIC said on Monday that, while the US Congress passed the measure that included US$16.5 billion in funding for Customs and Border Protection (CBP), US$8.4 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US $800 million in funding to support asylum seekers, it failed to provide permanent protections for Dreamers, immigrants who came to America with their parents as young children, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, such as Haitians.
NYIC said this bill "allows for an increase in funding to police immigrant communities while offering little protection to asylum seekers."
It, therefore, demanded that US President Joe Biden expand additional protections for new immigrants, "and ensure that Dreamers and TPS holders secure a pathway to citizenship."
Murad Awawdeh, NYIC's executive director, told Caribbean Life that the passage of the omnibus bill "leaves our immigrant communities excluded from any meaningful protections or relief by Congress, and is a failure of America's humanitarian responsibilities.
"We applaud the inclusion of US$800 million in funding for asylum seekers as a first step in meeting our moral and humanitarian obligation to provide refuge to those fleeing persecution and hardship," he said. "But it carries limited meaning when racist policies, like 'Title 42 and Remain in Mexico', continue to be used to keep America from meeting its humanitarian obligations.
"As Congress allocates $16.5 billion for CBP and $8.4 billion for ICE, the priorities of our elected leaders are clear: to police and demonize our communities, treating people who are simply seeking freedom and safety as political prey," he added.
"Beyond the US$800 million in funding for asylum seekers, President Biden has a responsibility to expand meaningful protections for new arrivals, rather than persecuting those seeking refuge, to ensure America fulfills its promise of opportunity," Awawdeh continued. "President Biden must also ensure that Dreamers, TPS holders, and all those who call our country home secure a pathway to citizenship, so no one is left behind in gaining deserved permanent protections."
But Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke said that she voted in favor of the spending bill, saying that the package also contains US$17,816,141 in funding for community projects that she championed for 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York.
Clarke, who represents the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, told Caribbean Life that the measure provides "significant funding" for several of her priorities.
"The crucial funding for local projects included in the FY23 (Fiscal Year 2023) appropriations government funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs throughout New York's 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn," said Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants.
"Time and time again, the good people of Brooklyn have proven that, when they are provided the tools for success and the resources to reach it, they always will," added the senior member of both the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Committee on Homeland Security, where she serves as chair of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee.
"I am proud to announce that 15 community projects dear to me, and invaluable to our community, will receive significant funding for their continued growth and development with the passage of our FY23 appropriations bill," the congresswoman continued. "Brooklyn is a special family, and it is on an inexorable trajectory towards something bigger. "I consider it the blessing and privilege of my career to fight to get it there."
Biden said the measure "advances key priorities for our country and caps off a year of historic bipartisan progress for the American people.
"This bill is further proof that Republicans and Democrats can come together to deliver for the American people, and I'm looking forward to continued bipartisan progress in the year ahead," he added.
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Q: How can I print something out during onCreate During onCreate(), I'm downloading resources from the web, which takes time. I'd like to display a message on the screen to advise the user. I tried toast, but nothing shows up. Is there another way to print something to the screen?

A: i think onCreate() work like a constructor for a class and you can not load any visual when it is not finished yet.
so i advice you to use another activity with your message and then call your activity in it.

A: You have to create a splash screen , that's the way it's called.
It's a mediator Activity that is handling such actions.
Example:
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here is the class that does the loading and after that sends to the main
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In this interview, he talks about the need to provide documentation and education that cuts across the organization and how you can step up and provide leadership that can have a huge impact beyond your initial scope.
Cutting across silos
The issue that Simeon Franklin and his team started with was a need to onboard people on subject matters that cut across different parts of the company.
For example, he would talk to engineers on the one hand who'd say, "I can't figure out how to do X" and then talk to the respective teams who would say, "We have lots of documentation on this!" It turned out that while there was plenty of great documentation, tutorials, sample programs, and so on for each individual technology, the gap that existed was in how all the pieces fit together. The problem was that you needed to locate and schedule meetings with the different teams responsible for the different technologies, each one providing only a piece of the puzzle.
Frequently a tool will be documented in great detail but there is no documentation on the usage of that tool in a real-world context.
It was this gap that Twitter University has been able to fill: they take ownership of documenting processes and educating the organization in a way that cuts across those different teams and silos.
"It exposes problems in the organization," Franklin observes. "If making that tutorial is really difficult and requires me to go and hunt down a bunch of different teams and have one-on-one conversations, that is pain that every engineer who needs to solve the same problem experiences. And it's better that we experience it and fix it. If that tutorial turns out to be super fragile, because the underlying tools and technologies change frequently and so it stops working, that is a pain every engineer faces."
So the University plays an important role in identifying the problems that don't fit neatly into any team's individual work plan. They are addressing an inefficiency in the system that is not immediately obvious and engaging the respective teams in taking responsibility for the big picture and not just their specific domain.
The right level of documentation
Part of the challenge when it comes to documentation and education on these processes for the organization is to get the right level of granularity.
"You often do either too big or too small. For example, 'how does Thrift work?' That's a single technology, one person or one team might own that, and it's an easy thing to explain. That's necessary documentation — but it's not enough. It doesn't explain how people are using it, who's using it, why are they using it?"
"At the other end, you can say, 'How does Twitter work?' and that's too big. You can't get into any of the technical details."
Franklin describes the example of looking at what happens when you press the 'like' button: "here's how the data flows to a service, here's where the service stores it, here's where that eventually gets serialized so that it can, later on, be counted by this other service". This provides the right level of granularity, cutting across technologies without being unmanageable while adding much more value than just looking at a singular technology in isolation.
"We use the phrase 'on ramps'. Think of development as a busy freeway: it's coming fast, it's got eight lanes of traffic — it can be terrifying to get on. You need some kind of cross-cutting, multi-technology on-ramp so that you understand all of it and you're ready to go."
The key, as Franklin explains, is to get over that first hump. Once you have something that works, then you can start iterating and adding more complicated pieces.
Twitter University provides classes but has also been focusing on self-paced, asynchronous tutorials that people can complete in their own time. This allows the small team to meet the demand effectively, as opposed to running a class that perhaps just two people need right now.
Leading from the trenches
For Franklin, the challenge has also been to make recommendations to the organization without necessarily being the subject matter expert. It has required quite a global and ambitious approach to take responsibility for 1,000+ engineers.
"As an instructor, I love to teach Python: I know the Python community, and I have expertise in that particular technology. To go out of my area of expertise and say, 'Here's how data analysis at Twitter should be done' — I think, 'Who am I to be saying this?' But there isn't anyone else to say it."
"We're the team to go and talk to the individual teams and say: this is going to be our message, now is your chance to object."
In taking that responsibility, Franklin and his team will come across questions that can be quite political. There may be several competing pieces of infrastructure, and a choice between using framework A or framework B and so they need to talk to the different teams and drive alignment that doesn't exist today. This is not an executive, top-down, decision, but something that happens organically.
"Leadership is inherently social. And people either respect you or they don't — it doesn't matter what your title is, you can't make people trust or respect you."
"All that work does not feel like it's in the job responsibilities for a technical instructor. But it turns out that there often isn't someone to make those decisions. We get people in a room together to figure out collectively what the decision should be, and then we publicize it. Everyone comes on board and takes the course, the teams say 'yes,' and this becomes the standard. So the University ends up having a lot to do with shaping and socializing the technical culture of the company."
It can be difficult to measure real results when it comes to education and documentation. What exactly do you measure? What are the metrics that will prove that you're effective? The things that are easy to measure aren't necessarily the things that really matter.
"We measure how many people came to the class, what are the feedback ratings… And for documentation: what are the page views? But this doesn't mean that it's effective."
For Franklin and his team, the true measure of success is the organization-wide interest in the work that they are doing. "When new departments come in and request the same solution for the technologies they own, that's a good sign that a class is working!"
What's next for Twitter University?
Franklin envisions an onboarding program in which new hires are immediately able to self-assess on entering the company and evaluate their level of mastery, where they fit in the organization and what are the gaps they need to fill. Maybe they need to take a class or read a particular book or manual. This doesn't have to be a scientific assessment, he says, but a simple set of questions to help the new hire get a customized training plan and get the support they need now so that they are not caught by surprise later on when they find they can't do something.
This kind of self-assessment would benefit the individual of course, as well as their manager. It would also expose any gaps in the curriculum and flag if there were new documentation and education required on a specific topic.
Another exciting area is machine learning. Hiring in this area has become very competitive and the big players in the industry — Google, Facebook — are launching long training programs for this important technology.
"From an executive level, there was interest in tackling machine learning education at Twitter. My first instinct was that we should think about hiring experts, having a micro-degree, a six-week long training course that walks you through a bunch of different things — because that's what the rest of the industry was doing."
"But Jack [Dorsey] wanted everybody at Twitter to be able to answer, 'What is machine learning?' And not just engineers but also designers and project managers. So I was handed this mandate to make a class for everyone at Twitter!"
"As an instructor, having a well-defined audience is key for success. I locked myself in a room with our machine-learning expert team and our initial answer was sharing a bunch of cool machine learning algorithms — but it wasn't cohesive. We went out and taught a couple of versions of this class with both technical and non-technical people — and everyone hated the class!"
"We ended up with a very 'Twitter' solution. We would say, 'A problem Twitter faces is ranking content. We can promote a tweet to the 'While you were away' box but there are a bunch of tweets — how do we decide which one we should promote?' And we came up with a class that walks you through that problem, allowing people to understand the basics of machine learning within a context that everyone is familiar with. And we've had really good feedback from non-technical people."
Franklin realized that beyond the usual technical education for engineers it was important to drive organizational knowledge so that decision makers understand enough to be able to make a call when and where machine learning is an effective solution. 'While most classes are more "increase engineers' skill at a specific technology" the impact of driving organizational knowledge and watching conversations emerge from that has been incredibly rewarding.'
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How can we use sound to "see" inside ourselves?
Do muscle, fat, and bone sound the same?
How can the body make sound bend?
Give me an A(-scan). Give a B-(scan). What does that spell?
How can you turn a C into a B?
Just how fast is your blood traveling?


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Andrea Gröppel-Klein
Institute for Consumer Behavior, Saarland University
E-mail: groeppel-klein[-at-]ikv.uni-saarland.de; Telephone: +49 (0) 681 302 2780
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Gröppel-Klein is Chair of Marketing and Director of the Institute of Consumer & Behavioural Research at Saarland University (founded by Werner Kroeber-Riel, 1969) since 2006. She received her award-winning PhD at the University of Paderborn. After her habilitation in 1996 (awarded with the "Büropa-Preis of the Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft"), she was Chair of International Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, and Retailing, at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder. 2001 she was offered a chair at the University of Trier that she declined. Since 1991, she was Visiting Professor at the Universities of Stockholm, Innsbruck, Vienna, Basel, and Valencia. From 1997 to 2014, she was Faculty-Member of the EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Consumer Behaviour of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Brussels as well as Faculty Member of the EMAC-Doctoral Colloquium (Track Consumer Behavior). She is an active member of the Association for Consumer Research and in 2001, she was Conference Chair of the European ACR Conference in Berlin. From 2006-2007 she was President of the German speaking Scientific Marketing Community of University Marketing Professors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From 2009-2011, she was Editor-in-Chief of Marketing ZFP & Marketing JRM, and she still is member of its editorial board as well as of other scientific journals.
Dr. Gröppel-Klein has published numerous articles in international journals such as Journal of Experimental Psychology, Marketing Letters, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, Advances in Consumer Research, Journal of Business Research, Brain Research Bulletin, Journal of Strategic Marketing, Marketing JRM, DBW, European Sport Management Quarterly, Journal of Sport Management, International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, Public Health Nutrition, or Appetite. She received funding from the European Union (for two collaborative projects of the 7th Framework on the relevance of nutrition and health information on food products) as well as for several scientific projects of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). She is also interested in transfer activities: She was member of the advisory board for Knowledge and Technology Transfer of the Federal State of Brandenburg and member of an expert advisory board of the Federal Ministry of Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSJ) that analysed (among other topics) consumer behaviour of elderly consumers and composed the 6th "Altenbericht" of the German Government. She has been involved in a large number of projects with various enterprises, especially from the consumer goods sector, e.g., Bayer, Beiersdorf, Ferrero, Henkel, GfK, Globus, Mercedes Benz, Villeroy & Boch and several smaller firms.


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