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We worked with the team at the Professional Bowlers Association ("PBA") to redesign their existing site to support tablets and mobile devices while giving the site a brand new look and feel.
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) required a website redesign to bring a fresh, new and organized look to www.pba.com. The PBA website already had great content and live scoring capabilities. Cloud Construct needed to repurpose the main content and the news content to make it easier for fans to locate the material across the main website. The ability to offer quick access to bowler information and television schedules was paramount. This move would not only give the user a clean, seamless feel while browsing articles and headlines, but would also prove vital for SEO purposes.
The PBA aimed to add eye-popping imagery and video to their homepage to ensure the homepage was as visually appealing and interactive as possible.
The PBA also wanted to showcase and promote the live scoring capabilities and extend the use of the website to mobile and tablet users. Additionally, the previous website was hitting limitations with the growing scale of the organization and its fans. They needed a website that could accommodate their increasing fan base and keep them engaged.
Solution & Process
Throughout the redesign process, it was important for Cloud Construct to work closely with the PBA's design, development and IT teams. The existing Content Management System (CMS) was not to be swapped or updated as part of the project scope. Cloud Construct needed to make sure the new design would function fully in the CMS to ensure the PBA teams could continue updating information and adding news on a regular basis. As with all CMS's, there were some limitations. Cloud Construct was able to work around the limitations by separating the content from the design in some spots. The engineering team made sure all live scoring pieces continued to function properly throughout the phased deployment and move towards a mobile friendly user experience and design.
As a result of this project, the PBA's website is accessible from a variety of platforms and screen sizes, is up to date with contemporary web design and technology, and is prepared to accommodate added features and users each month. Cloud Construct and the PBA have formed a partnership that will offer bowling fans new capabilities, content and enhancements throughout the coming year.
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Players said to meet with their attorneys as NFL lockout continues
Associated Press— June 30, 2011
AP Pro Football WriterAs the two sides in the NFL labor dispute work toward ending the lockout, a small group of players met Monday with their attorneys in Minneapolis.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that the players' side met on its own, without owners. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no labor developments are being made public.
Players were told in conference calls that there would be more negotiations this week involving Commissioner Roger Goodell, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, several owners and players at an undisclosed location.
Previous meetings between the sides took place in suburban Chicago, New York, the Maryland shore and Hull, Mass., about 18 miles south of Boston.
The players have an antitrust suit against the league that was filed in Minneapolis and the city also is where the sides met for court-ordered mediation in May.
The lockout began on March 12 and players – except for when the work stoppage was briefly lifted in April – have not been allowed to train at team facilities or be in contact with any of their coaches. Players on several teams have gathered on their own, trying to keep in football shape so they'll be prepared to get back to business on the field whenever the labor impasse is over.
"It's not about getting a deal done as quickly as possible; it's about getting a fair deal done," said Houston linebacker DeMeco Ryans, one of the team's representatives who worked out Monday with other Texans players. "Whenever that time comes, when a fair deal is on the table, that's when it will get done. We're not in a big panic to get something done, just for the sake of getting it done."
The key issue in the dispute centers on how to divide revenues after the league took in about $9.3 billion last year. One person familiar with the owners' proposal told the AP last week that the players' share would approach the 50 percent mark the NFLPA has said it has received throughout the last decade. But the expense credits — about $1 billion last year — that the league takes off the top would disappear.
Also, there would no longer be "designated revenues" from which the players would share. Instead, the players would share from the entire pool of income, which both sides project will grow significantly over the course of a new collective bargaining agreement.
A salary floor requiring teams to spend within 90 percent of the cap in cash also would be included.
Training camps are scheduled to open in about a month and the first preseason game — Chicago vs. St. Louis — is scheduled for Aug. 7 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions in Canton, Ohio.
"Hopefully, everything gets worked out quickly so we can get to training camp on time and get guys back to work and have a full season," Giants quarterback Eli Manning said in a telephone interview with the AP. "That's what the fans want. Obviously, they are the ones that make this possible, so hopefully we can get it done for them."
AP Sports Writers Tom Canavan in East Rutherford, N.J., and Chris Duncan in Houston contributed to this report.
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Waste-to-energy industry growth rests on firms' ability to address public health fears
China is building the world's largest waste-to-energy plant in response to a growing rubbish problem. While the sector is crucial for waste management, questions have been raised about its health implications
According to the World Energy Council, China generates around 300 million tonnes of rubbish each year. That figure is expected to reach half a billion tonnes by 2025
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Author: Courtney Goldsmith
Every day, Shenzhen, a rapidly growing city in Southern China, produces around 15,000 tonnes of waste. As a whole, China generates around 300 million tonnes of rubbish each year, according to the World Energy Council's (WEC) World Energy Resources 2016 report. Due to swift population growth and urbanisation, this is expected to reach half a billion tonnes a year by 2025.
To answer Shenzhen's growing waste management challenges, China is building the world's largest waste-to-energy (WtE) plant on the outskirts of the city. WtE plants are able to generate electricity by burning waste – a particularly useful process for non-recyclables. Once operational in 2020, the Shenzhen East WtE plant will incinerate about 5,000 tonnes of waste each day, producing 550 million kWh a year, according to the project's architects, Schmidt Hammer Lassen.
With China being one of the world's largest energy consumers, WtE is viewed as a solution to both the country's waste issues and its carbon emissions – but public concerns over negative health and environmental impacts threaten to hold the industry back.
Poor management of municipal solid waste (MSW) – the waste taken from residential, industrial and commercial sources – can contribute to increased air pollution, surface-water contamination, the spread of disease and increased methane production, all of which can cause numerous environmental and health problems. Following an analysis of Asia's WtE industry, the International Energy Agency (IEA) wrote: "For these reasons, the impetus for cities to provide effective waste management is strong."
Waste-to-energy provides a solution to the global waste crisis by converting surplus waste into a source of low-carbon energy
The WtE market makes up a small but growing proportion of the world's waste management industry. According to the WEC, in 2015, the market was valued at around $25bn, with an average growth rate of 7.5 percent per year. This is expected to reach $36bn by 2020 – a projected increase of 44 percent in just five years.
According to Mark Sommerfeld, policy manager for the UK's Renewable Energy Association, WtE is towards the bottom of the waste management hierarchy, suggesting authorities should first seek to prevent, reuse and recycle waste. Once these options are exhausted, WtE can be used to dispose of non-recyclables. "[WtE] provides a necessary solution for dealing with the section of waste that cannot be economically recycled, utilising it as a valuable energy resource, rather than seeing it sent to landfill," Sommerfeld told World Finance.
WtE can produce energy in several different ways, Sommerfeld explained: "Most commonly, it is used in electricity generation, providing dispatchable low-carbon power and displacing fossil fuel use… Additionally, the heat from this process can also be captured and used within heat networks, which is now common across Europe, such as in Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands."
Anaerobic digestion, meanwhile, is a form of WtE that uses organic waste from food or purpose-grown crops to produce biomethane to generate electricity, which can be used for the gas grid or transportation sector. Additionally, advanced conversion technologies (ACT) such as gasification and pyrolysis can produce green chemicals and renewable transport fuels. "In this way, ACT could help decarbonise difficult-to-treat sectors like aviation and shipping," Sommerfeld said.
WtE essentially provides a solution to the global waste crisis by converting surplus waste into a source of low-carbon energy – a win-win result. However, there are concerns that when energy plants do not meet environmental regulations, they could end up damaging the surrounding ecosystem and harming public health.
Not in my backyard
China is emerging as the swiftest adopter of the technology; from 2011 to 2015, the country more than doubled its WtE capacity. The process was introduced in China in the 1980s, with the first modern plant built in Shenzhen in 1988. Since then, incineration plants quickly became an established means of waste management. China is the country with the largest installed WtE capacity in the world, with 7.3GW generated by its 339 plants in 2017, according to the IEA's analysis. While the IEA expects the industry to continue growing – projected to reach 13GW by 2023 – the organisation warned that realising this growth would require responding to concerns raised by the public over air quality and health implications.
In Waste-to-Energy in China: Key Challenges and Opportunities, a 2015 report from the journal Energies, the research found public opposition was the industry's biggest challenge to overcome. "With growing awareness of the need for environmental protection, public opposition has become the main obstacle to China's WtE incineration [programme]," the report's authors wrote.
The three main reasons cited were: opposition to the proximity of sites to residential areas, schools, lakes and rivers that provide drinking water; a lack of accountability; and a lack of public participation in decision-making.
"Due to the negative publicity of mainstream media and other factors, public opposition to the construction of MSW incineration plants has occurred in cities including Guangdong, Zhejiang and Shandong," the report said. "Village demonstrations, student strikes and other protests affect social stability. These disturbances cause panic among members of the public." In Shenzhen, for example, residents have been involved in a legal battle to halt the Shenzhen East project over fears pollutants will enter the air and nearby reservoir of drinking water, according to Yale Environment 360.
Hindering growth
China's WtE plants take in a lower quality of waste due to the country's lack of recycling programmes, meaning the waste has a higher organic composition and moisture content. This results in lower energy efficiencies and higher rates of pollutants. Where waste in Europe has an average net calorific value of eight to 11MJ/kg, China's sits at around three to five MJ/kg. "[Improving] the quality of the waste that is fed into furnaces is crucial to achieving safe incineration", the Energies report said.
Sommerfeld told World Finance it is important for WtE plants to have a good understanding of the nature of waste going into the site. "As such, the industry is supportive of policies that see different waste streams separated," he said. "This also helps improve recycling rates. Avoiding contamination of waste streams as part of a modern waste management scheme is good for the whole waste industry."
Along with promoting recycling, researchers in China have looked for ways to address this issue, including creating a new style of incineration plant that can extract more energy from waste with a high moisture content. This method also lowers dioxin levels to below EU limits. At the time of the WEC's report in 2016, China had 28 WtE plants with this capability.
But even with these solutions, China still faces the challenge of high costs in the WtE industry. The WEC called high technology costs "one of the biggest barriers to market development". These high costs often cause Chinese WtE plants to take the form of public-private partnerships, the Energies report found, which creates another problem for companies and results in an increased risk for fraudulent conduct. It also enables plants to avoid national emission standards or disclosing environmental monitoring information.
Even though many Chinese WtE operators claim to use advanced technologies in their environmental reports, there is little proof to back them up. In China, 16 percent of WtE incineration plants did not meet national standards in 2015, while more than three quarters did not meet EU standards. "Substandard incineration facilities and flue gas purification systems trigger a series of environmental pollution problems, and pollutants are generated in the process of incineration; in particular, emitted dioxins cause serious air pollution," the Energies report said.
The prevalence of dioxins is one of the main reasons for public opposition to WtE, so firms must improve their standards to ensure they are not endangering public health.
Steps forward
Although China's WtE industry faces controversy and challenges, the industry is a crucial part of the country's response to its growing waste problem, especially as the region's landfill are set to hit capacity in the next few years.
When built with state-of-the-art technology, WtE can deliver improved environmental and sanitary benefits when compared with landfill. For example, a WtE plant built to best-practice standards can reduce carbon emissions by up to 350kg of carbon dioxide equivalent to each tonne of waste processed.
According to Sommerfeld, WtE sites in the UK are subject to tight environmental legislation. He said: "Public Health England looked at WtE plants in 2013, with several studies also monitoring impacts since. They have concluded modern, well-managed WtE sites make only a 'small contribution' to local air pollution, and any health impacts, 'if they exist, are likely to be very small and not detectable'."
By continuing to research and develop new WtE technologies, pursue aggressive recycling programmes, create specialised regulatory agencies and guarantee public participation, China could enable its WtE plants to be safe for the environment and the surrounding population, while providing clear benefits in waste management energy generation.
As the global waste problem continues to pile up, WtE has a vital role to play. However, public health and environmental guarantees are needed to ensure incinerators aren't doing more harm than good.
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Deal will see Yahoo! Music Data Integrated Into Big Champagne Online Charts
BigChampagne Online Media Measurement, the company that has made a name for itself by measuring and charting file-sharing in the controversial peer-to-peer space (you probably use their data, even if you won't admit it), yesterday announced that it has made a deal with Yahoo! Music to incorporate Yahoo! data in its chart reporting on the most popular music online.
BigChampagne says it will now include branded Yahoo! Muisc charts as part of its suite of online music charts, while also offering "integrated tools for exploring the relationship between online consumption and traditional outlets."
For its part, Yahoo! Music will receive proprietary information from BigChampagne detailing the most popular artists and songs online, giving the music portal additional empirical information about what online music fans want.
"Airplay on Yahoo! Music has been moving the needle on music sales and awareness for quite some time now," said Yahoo! Music head of Programming and Label Relations Jay Frank in a statement. "BigChampagne's new offering is a great new way for the music industry to truly aggregate what today's online music listener enjoys and how they are truly impacting the marketplace."
"Every day, BigChampagne analyzes data from millions of consumers to get a look around the corner," said BigChampagne CEO Eric Garland. "Our company is focused on early insight into the often subtle relationship between impressions and response from the marketplace. Nowhere is that response more immediate, leading and predictive than among Yahoo! Music fans. Yahoo!
Music's focus on tomorrow's music today makes them an indispensable element of BigChampagne's online media measurement. Features like the groundbreaking 'Who's Next?' program have proven that time and time again."
Yahoo! Music is currently the leading online music destination on the Web.
BigChampagne already provides radio and label subscribers with tools for comparing what's being traded online with what's being played on the air through its partnership with Nielsen Entertainment, whose BDS radio monitoring service logs over 100 million song detections annually on over 1,200 radio stations in 130 U.S. markets. BigChampagne chart syndication partners include Entertainment Weekly and E! Entertainment Television.


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This winter, Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric wants to help you say good-bye to snow shovels and back pain by giving away a brand new SnoTek snow blower valued at $650.
The snow blower can come in handy over the next couple of months, as February and March are typically Colorado's snowiest months of the year. March has averaged 11.5" of snow between 1882 and 2014 including a 31.8" snowstorm in 2003. This was the second biggest snowfall on record, only behind 45.7" of snow in 1913, according to Weather5280.
"A contest is one of the many ways that we give back to the community.
It is a fun and exciting way to say thank you," said John Ward, Applewood Plumbing's president and owner.
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Why a snow blower? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that more than 200,000 people were treated in 2014 for injuries related to shoveling or removing ice and snow manually.
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Library of Congress > Digital Collections > Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904 > Articles and Essays > The Westinghouse World
Collection Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904
The Westinghouse World
About the Westinghouse Works Map of the Westinghouse interests By the time that the American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. had filmed the Westinghouse Works in 1904, the Westinghouse enterprise had grown to include many companies both in the United States and abroad. Background information is provided here on three of the companies most prominently featured in the AM&B films: the Air Brake Company, the Electric & Manufacturing Company,...
The Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Originally organized in 1869 to manufacture the air brakes invented by George Westinghouse, the company moved to the larger and more modern plant featured in the AM&B motion pictures in Wilmerding, PA, in 1889. The works for this plant comprised over nine acres of floor space. The works and the yard together occupied approximately thirty acres. In 1905, approximately 3,000 workers were employed, and...
The Westinghouse Machine Co. Organized in 1881, the Westinghouse Machine Company was devoted primarily to the manufacture of gas and steam engines, turbines and mechanical stokers. The main works were located at East Pittsburgh at a property covering nearly 50 acres. With a working floor space of 20.4 acres, the company employed approximately 3,500 men by 1905.
The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company The main works and branch factories of the Electric & Manufacturing Company
Working Conditions The companies that made up the Westinghouse Works prided themselves on being modern and progressive. This opinion is probably what led them to allow motion pictures to be taken of the working conditions in these plants, since they felt that their progressive ideas were in particular evidence there.
Projects Worked On By the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company During This Period At the early part of the twentieth century when the motion pictures of the Westinghouse Works were filmed, the Westinghouse companies worked on several projects which brought them great notoriety. This was especially true of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company which obtained contracts for several highly visible projects, namely the Interborough...
About George Westinghouse George Westinghouse The various Westinghouse Companies were the product of the mechanical inventiveness and the business acumen of one man--inventor and manufacturer George Westinghouse. This prolific inventor influenced the course of history by enabling the growth of the railroads through his inventions and by promoting the use of electricity for power and transportation. As an industrial manager, his influence on industrial history is considerable,...
"A Big Man With a Hundred Thousand Horsepower Inside" (Excerpt from The Wilmerding News, September 30, 1904)
Life in Wilmerding The Ideal Home Town (From The Wilmerding News, September 2, 1904)
Spelling Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is an important industrial city at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in southwest Pennsylvania. The French built Fort Duquesne at this site in the mid-eighteenth century but it fell to the British in 1758. The following year, British forces occupied the site and named it Fort Pitt in honor of the then-Prime Minister. The city was incorporated as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,...
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Up to one (1) ongoing HR Business Partner Grade 5.2 is being offered in the Human Resources Branch, People, Culture and Capability Division, in Melbourne CBD/Ballarat
Department: State Revenue Office
Job Function: Human Resources (HR)
Classification: VPSG5.2
Work Location: Multiple Locations
Reference: VG/SRO/PCC/1693940
Attachments: HRPD 357 HR Business Partner.pdf (PDF, 200KB)
Contact: Tracey Gittins, Branch Manager
HR Business Partner, Human Resources Branch
Ongoing role in the Human Resources Branch, People, Culture and Capability Division
Salary $114,830 plus 10.5% superannuation – VPS Grade 5.2
Based in Melbourne CBD or Ballarat GovHub, with flexibility to work from home
Travel between sites is required
The State Revenue Office
The State Revenue Office is the Victorian Government's revenue management agency, administering a range of taxes, duties, levies, grants and subsidies.
We aim to develop our people to achieve great outcomes for the Victorian community. We offer flexible working arrangements and a workplace culture that is rewarding and productive, where contributions are valued and recognised, expectations are clear, and treatment is fair and equitable. We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to providing an inclusive, accessible and safe working environment. Find out more about working at the SRO at sro.vic.gov.au/careers, or via our LinkedIn page.
The role provides expert HR advice to all staff and supports several senior leaders across three portfolios as a key member of their leadership teams. You will be responsible for providing both strategic and operational HR advice and support to these client portfolios, building leader capability, and working to create an inclusive environment.
It also plays a critical role in developing and implementing HR policy and procedure, workforce planning, selection and induction, reward and recognition, performance management, change management and with a strong focus on employee relations.
To be successful in this role, you will have a minimum of 5 years' experience as a Human Resources Business Partner and can demonstrate:
Extensive specialist contemporary knowledge and experience in the application of the industrial framework applicable to the Victorian Public Service, including VPS Common Policies and relevant legislation.
Highly developed conceptual, analytical and research skills. Has an aptitude for flexible and innovative problem solving to develop practical HR solutions in a competing work environment. Experience in case managing a range of human resource matters
Proven ability to develop project plans and successfully manage the implementation of multiple projects including major change initiatives.
Submit an application via the 'Apply now' button by 11.59pm on Sunday 5 February 2023. You will need to upload a cover letter addressing key selection criteria 1, 2 and 3 in the position description and a resume.
You can find out more about this role via the position description. You can also contact Tracey Gittins, Branch Manager, Human Resources Branch, on 03 9628 6902.
If you need a copy of this advertisement in an accessible format, email hrservices@sro.vic.gov.au.
Please note, as part of our selection process, we conduct pre-appointment checks including those related to references, identity, qualifications, work history, work visa, and police record history. SRO employees must provide evidence they are vaccinated against COVID-19 or medically exempt. This role may be subject to a probation period.


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New $2.35M USask Research Chair Targets Improved Health and Productivity in Beef Herds
Saskatoon, SK - With $2.35 million from the federal government and the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC), University of Saskatchewan (USask) veterinary researcher Dr. Cheryl Waldner will undertake a major five-year research program to advance beef cattle health and productivity, helping to sustain the profitability and competitiveness of Canada's $17-billion-a-year beef industry.
"This timely and cutting-edge research builds on our university's strengths in agriculture and 'One Health' to help advance the livestock industry's economic contributions to the country and ensure continued consumer confidence in the safety and quality of Canadian beef," said USask President Peter Stoicheff in announcing the new chair Jan. 30.
The $750,000 award from the federal Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) is matched by $750,000 in producer check-off funding from the BCRC. USask is contributing $850,000.
As NSERC/BCRC Industrial Research Chair in One Health and Production-Limiting Diseases, Waldner will work with the industry to address priorities of Canada's beef producers across the beef value chain-from improved herd health, to expanded surveillance of antibiotic use and resistance, to increased uptake of best practices for herd management.
"This chair will use a systems approach to build on existing research and examine complex health challenges," said Waldner, a professor of large animal clinical sciences in the USask Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM).
"We will identify existing gaps and fill them using innovative data collection and decision-making tools and technologies to enable the Canadian beef industry to better manage production-limiting diseases and develop evidence-based policies for animal health and antimicrobial stewardship."
Management of diseases such as Johne's disease in cow-calf herds and bovine respiratory disease in feedlots, as well as antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance, are key industry priorities.
"Disease-causing bacteria in animals are increasingly able to resist the antibiotics used to treat them, and the agriculture industry is being challenged to improve antibiotic stewardship in livestock production," she said.
The tools and technologies to guide herd management and policy and enable targeted precision medicine will include genomics, big data and system science tools, network analysis, computer modelling, and smart phone sensors and apps. USask's computer science researchers will play a key role in adapting these new tools and technologies to industry challenges and providing experts to help researchers manage the volumes of data to support complex decision making, she said.
"The challenges faced by the beef industry require new and more specialized diagnostic and data management tools that can generate results in real time, and trained expertise to help producers make complex animal disease prevention, treatment and management decisions," said BCRC Chair Ryan Beierbach. "We look forward to working with Dr. Waldner and her team on research aimed at supporting continued advancements in industry productivity and sustainability and helping to inform industry and government policy and standards."
The IRC award enables the hiring of a junior faculty member, expanding the regional veterinary college's beef cattle health research capacity. The IRC also includes training for at least three master's students, two PhD students, one post-doctoral fellow and five undergraduate students, providing skills in great demand by industry and government such as data management and analysis, bioinformatics and systems science.
Among the reasons USask was chosen for the chair-in addition to Waldner's research record and previous collaborations with BCRC-are the critical mass of beef researchers at WCVM and the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, along with access to the new USask Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence.
"NSERC is proud to support the University of Saskatchewan, which has a long history of supporting research in the livestock area," said Marc Fortin, NSERC's Vice-President of Research Partnerships. "Dr. Waldner and her team will develop innovative tools to support policy setting and management decisions in Canada's beef industry, a significant contributor to the Canadian economy."
As well, the new chair builds on a recent $5.6-million Genome Canada award to Waldner and her colleagues at USask and the University of Alberta, including $750,000 announced Jan. 29 by the Saskatchewan Agricultural Development Fund. This project, administered by Genome Prairie, involves developing genomic diagnostics tools that can be used to quickly and accurately identify an antimicrobial treatment for a disease, something that now takes five to seven days using traditional laboratory tests.
Canada is one of the largest exporters of red meat in the world, with 38 per cent of domestic beef exported. More than 80 per cent of the cattle are raised in Western Canada.
About BCRC:
The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) is Canada's industry-led funding agency for beef, cattle and forage research. The BCRC is funded through a portion of the Canadian Beef Cattle Check-Off as well as government and industry funding, and is directed by a committee of beef producers from across the country. https://www.beefresearch.ca/
About NSERC:
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada supports university students in their advanced studies, promotes and supports discovery research, and fosters innovation by encouraging Canadian companies to participate and invest in post-secondary research projects. NSERC researchers are on the vanguard of science, building on Canada's long tradition of scientific excellence. https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/index_eng.asp
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USask Media Relations Specialist
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Stacey Domolewski
Research and Innovation Coordinator
Beef Cattle Research Council
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Los Nevados National Park. A three day hike through the park to the Paramillo del Quindio - a beautiful and fun hike! Highly recommended.
Finally it was time for some hiking again! Laura and I had opted for a tour since she was missing gear anyways, we didn't have the time to do all the planning and organisation ourself. We started out in a group of eight and it turned out to be a real fun group which really enriched the hike itself.
First highlight though was that the trail started at the point of our hike from yesterday and actually also took the same path we did yesterday – for half the way. This is what happens if you do it the toursit style and don't plan yourself but just book "something". So we again walked through the muddy fields up to the hummingbird station. But this time in more or less sunshine and clouds only which was really nice.
Also gave us time to take pictures.
The trek continued through the thick rain/cloudforest until the trail became really muddy. Since I went in my trailrunners again it was a fun challenge to hop from one dry or not so deep spot to the next one.
After about four hours of hiking, a short break in one of the farms with a nice soup we had half the altitude and distance behind us for the day. We started at 2,100 masl and had to go up to 3,800 masl – quite a decent climb! We arrived on the farm and it stated poring down on us. But when we left about 1,5h later it stopped raining and we continued more ore less dry on our way up. We got out of the forest into an open area which was covered by almost like palm tree looking plants – espeletia, commonly known as frailejón. They only grow 2.5 cm per year and sometimes reach 10m which makes the big ones 400 years old! They have very soft and thick leaves and capture the water vapor from the clounds. The clounds again did the best #cloudporn ever. We were constantly below, in, above or all of them at the same time.
When we finally arrived at the plateau it was already getting dark. Sunset at pretty much exactly 6pm. The hills and trails reminded me a bit of the Tararuas in NZ. Could have hiked the ridgelines forever. Since it also started raining a bit and it was still another 3km to go I got the directions of the guide and took off for a little final sprint to warm up.
The sunset was amazing. I went over the last little ridge to drop down to the finca and place for teh night. By this I didn't get to see the actual sunset but the play of colours in the mountains and clouds was just stunning.
Shortly after 7 we left for the summit. Today another 1,000 m were due. The cloud game continued and we slowly but steadily made our way up to the lower crater rim. The landscape was still dominated by the beautiful espeletia.
The actual crater of Paramillo del Quindio is a 3/4 standing crater rim and 1/4 has been blown away during the last eruption forming a lava outflow valley with a steep an narrow crack. We circled in on the southwestern side, crossed the valley and continued on the other side to the base of the crater.
As we stood on the top it started hailing on us so we didn't spent too much time up there. But our guides had a really nice surprise for us which they also carried up on top of the rest – a block of chocolate with a personal message for everyone.
Anyways – that's part of being in the mountains. Sometimes you get the views and sometimes you get the clouds. We hiked down to the bottom of the crater which was a lot easier than up of course and Jose who had left a bit early had already put up a little tarp to shelter us from the rain for our lunch break. We had good wraps with home made salsa and avocados. It rained for an hour and when we wanted to leave it stopped again and we proceeded through the valley back. This time we crossed a bit earlier and had to go through the swamp. It looked like mossy and soft islands but they where hard as a rock. The water patches in bewtween were so deep that you couldn't see the ground nor touch them with fully extended trekking pols.
We navigated through the swamp and of course – the sky cleared up and we got nice views on the summit again. Well, just an hour too late. Even the hail and wind stopped and with this we had beautiful reflections of the sourroundings in the little lakes.
The way down went quickly and the rest of the evening was light and happy. We had a few beers and playe cards in the warm kitchen again. The next morning started out in the clouds again.
We fought our way back down again through more mud and clouds and stopped for a quick soup in one of the farm houses. Again – we arrived and it started raining and when we left an hour later the sun came out and it stopped. Perfect timing!
We hiked for another hour when we came to a little viewpoint over the valley. Again time for a little break and snack. I think I actually gained weight on this hiking trip. Fredy and Jose had carried cheese, olives, salami and a BOTTLE OF WINE for this last picknick. And if carrying a glas bottle of wine was not enough it was even Carmenere from Chile – the worlds best red wine. What a finish!!
The last stroll down over a few bridges and streams and we arrived back in the valley of the wax palms.
When we arrived back in the valley we of course treated us with another finisher beer and hopped on one of the 4×4 again. Guess who took one of the three standing-seats on the back of teh jeep. Good fun at the end! When we arrived back in town we were invited for a dinner by the tour operator which was nice way to end this trip.
Amazing story! It looks like a fun hike. I want to do it as well. How much did it cost you?
It's definitely worth it! It was 550k for the 3 days. Really fair!


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Город Ставрополь, административный центр Ставропольского края, разделён на три района.

В рамках административно-территориального устройства края, Ставрополь является городом краевого значения, Промышленному району которого подчинён один сельский населённый пункт (хутор Грушёвый). В рамках муниципального устройства Ставрополь с хутором Грушёвый образуют городской округ город Ставрополь.

Районы Ставрополя не являются муниципальными образованиями.

История
В 1930-е годы в городе было введено районное деление. В 1955 году существовавшее с довоенного периода деление города на три административных района — Кагановичский, Орджоникидзевский и Сталинский — было упразднено.

22 июля 1962 года были образованы два городских района: Ленинский и Октябрьский. Указом Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 23 марта 1977 года образован Промышленный район.

Районы

Микрорайоны
Районы города включают 32 микрорайона, которые управляются советами микрорайонов (советами территориального общественного самоуправления):
 Ленинский район — 11 микрорайонов (порядковые №№ 1 — 10 и № 32)
 Октябрьский район — 6 микрорайонов (порядковые №№ 11 — 16)
 Промышленный район — 15 микрорайонов (порядковые №№ 17 — 31)

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Административное деление Ставрополя

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Q: Making SKEmitterNode look natural? In my SpriteKit game I'm trying to add a SKEmitterNode to a SKSpriteNode.
As I move my finger across the screen the fire in this case should move with it.
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I have firePosition like this, allowing it to change position on the SKSpriteNode fire, and the SKEmitterNode bloss.
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As expected the two show up at the same place but even though the bloss node has its .targetNode set to fire it doesn't look natural. With natural I mean that if the targetNode moves the emitter will spread particles on the path the body is moving on. For me the emitter just burns upwards and doesn't change form or anything. When I tried letting firePosition only set the sprites position and having a constant position for the emitter, it spread it's particles to different sides according to how I moved the sprite. Sorry if the explanation was vague... Is there a way to fix this?

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it doesn't look natural because you made the targetNode the sprite.  the emitter is always in the same position relative to the sprite, so you dont get that wavy effect i think you're going for.

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Meet the CTO, Kulbir Singh
2005 – Ph.D. in Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
2001 – MSc (Hons) in Organic chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
1999 – BSc (HS) in Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
One of the original founders of Sona, Kulbir is an expert in metal nanoparticle fabrication and surface chemistry.
He has 15 years' experience in colloidal chemistry and is a named author on 35 research papers and patents. At Sona, Kulbir is responsible for new product development and leading experimentation projects with collaboration partners.
A business-minded scientist, Kulbir has co-founded another consumer company that has developed and commercialised innovative scent-free environmentally friendly products for the education, sport, oilfield, and consumer product markets.
Business: Project management, product development, patent writing, grant applications, investment pitching team management, training
Science: Nanotechnology (including nano-devices and nano-materials), surface chemistry, polymers chemistry, green chemistry, microscopy, chromatography, spectroscopy, particle analysis
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Outside of work, Kulbir is a committed family man who likes nothing better than spending time with his wife and two children. He also enjoys playing the tabla, an Indian percussion instrument, reading scientific literature and cooking traditional Indian dishes.
"I would like to see people's lives made easier, especially in developing countries where they don't have resources. My ambition is to see Sona's gold nanorod technology used as a treatment in the fight against cancer."
Originally hailing from India, Kulbir is one of the founders of Sona and its chief technology officer, responsible for product development and manufacture.
What do you like most about working at Sona?
There is a great sense of team spirit at Sona, with everyone pulling in the same direction. We started as a professor and a research scientist trying to find different solutions to a problem, and now we're on the verge of listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It's been a bumpy journey, with financial and personnel issues along the way, but to go from that to where we are is a testament to the passion and perseverance of everyone involved, and I'm proud to be a part of it.
What first inspired you to pursue a scientific career?
As a child, I wanted to be a medical doctor. In grade 9 we had a new science teacher who could see I was interested in the subject and he encouraged me to choose to study science in high school. In high school, science was taught in English and I had learned science in my native language, so the first task for me was to learn scientific English.
I applied to medical school twice, but there were only 450 places and 10,000 people applying, and though I got close it wasn't close enough.
Then a customer of my dad's shop told him about a BSC honours course at Guru Nanak Dev University that was designed to let young people from rural areas to advance their career to the highest scientific study level; you would study one topic for three years and then do a masters in that topic. I successfully applied and chose chemistry.
Who is your science hero?
I have four – Madam Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and Michael Faraday. Madam Curie was brilliant, very hard-working and determined, and her achievements are remarkable, especially considering how women in science were treated during her time. Pasteur was an elegant experiment designer. Through his experiments, he disproved the idea of spontaneous generation and moved biology toward growth. For Leeuwenhoek, I like his device design simplicity and passion for device improvement. Please don't ask me why Michael Faraday is my hero; if he had not looked closely at his colloidal gold I would not be doing nanoscience today – and Sona would not exist.
I am very family oriented, so if I'm not working I prefer to spend time with my wife and our two children. I also play the tabla, which is a traditional Indian percussion instrument, and I like to cook. Cooking is very much like chemistry – except you can eat what you make!
If you weren't a scientist, what do you think you would be doing?
It's only because I went to a poor school in a rural area that I couldn't fulfil my ambition of being a medical doctor, so if I wasn't a scientist that's what I would be. I'm passionate about helping people and making their lives easier, especially those living in developing countries.
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A small reservoir surrounded by a community in Los Angeles County, California situated in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Fishing on Malibou Lake, 1975. Photo by Charles O'Rear.
Malibou Lake is a small reservoir surrounded by a residential development in the Santa Monica Mountains near Agoura Hills, California. Adjacent to Malibu Creek State Park and within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, it is situated between Malibu Beach and the Conejo Valley. It was created in 1922 after the Malibu Lake Club Dam was built at the confluence of two creeks. The lake, and community of 250 residents are private.
The 350 acres (140 ha) site includes rugged mountain terrain, exclusive ranch houses, cabins and a club, It has been a popular venue for filming due to its proximity to the Hollywood studios. About 100 Hollywood movies have been filmed since the silent film period.
The Chumash, Native Americans, territory extended loosely from the San Joaquin Valley to San Luis Obispo to Malibu, as well as several islands off the southern coast of California. They named this region "Humaliwo" or "the surf sounds loudly." This name was included within the name of Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit. The "o" was added to avoid confusion with Malibu Lagoon.
In 1922, George Wilson and Bertram Lackey bought 350 acres (140 ha) of land near Cornell with the vision of creating a remote residential community surrounding a lake. In 1922, they formed the Malibou Lake Club (later the Malibou Lake Mountain Club). For nearly four years Malibou "Lake" remained dry. Because of this, the Malibou Lake Mountain Club received criticism from early cabin owners, who had purchased properties for up to $700 along roads such as "Lakeside Drive". Finally on April 5, 1926, a storm produced nearly five inches (130 mm) of rain. The hillsides nearby drained millions of gallons of water into Medea and Triunfo Creeks and Malibou Lake was filled for the first time. The founding members threw a party that lasted for days. The club land is rich with live oak and Sycamore trees, and the trees of the riparian woodland.
Built in 1924, the Malibou Lake Clubhouse had 24 bedrooms, a lounge, a dining room, a stage, locker rooms, a trading post, a tennis court, rowboats, and swimming/changing facilities. It was replaced with a smaller structure after the clubhouse burned down in 1936.
The 1936 clubhouse by early Los Angeles architectural firm Russell and Alpaugh stands today. The Malibou Lake Mountain Club clubhouse has a 2100 sq ft ballroom and a 475 sqft receiving room, a 1500 sqft patio, immediately adjacent gardens, a swimming pool and a tennis court and 18 ensuite 10' x 13' club member guest rooms (guest rooms not in use).
Winter rains were expected to refill the lake in late 1959 when state safety officials had the lake partially drained so the dam could be inspected. Attempts by a rainmaker to resurrect it were initially unsuccessful. the rains finally poured down in 1961 and refilled the lake. Over the past few decades the community of Malibu Lake has proved successful in preserving the lake area and resisting various proposals for mass development in the area.
The 2018 Woolsey Fire burned through the area, destroying more than 30 homes.
Malibou Lake is located in the Santa Monica Mountains, half a mile south of Mulholland Highway, and over the hill, north of Malibu. The Ventura (101) Freeway is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north. The Malibou Lake area includes parts of Point Dume and Thousand Oaks. The lake sits at the bottom of a sharp defile where the confluence of Medea and Triunfo Creeks forms Malibu Creek. Here, the canyon floor widens into a valley that includes the lake, which occasionally dries out.
The lake is situated in the midst of the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area. The lake periphery measures 1.9 mi (3 km) and its shores are studded with many film settings and homes. The depth of water in the lake is ranges to 25 ft which provided the ideal location for the heroes of the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to jump from the top of a cliff. A similar stunt act of jumping into the lake was performed by James Coburn, for the film "Our Man Flint".
The Santa Monica mountains and the Agoura hills, which form the catchment of the lake, and the creeks which drain into the lake are adjacent to Malibu Creek State Park. These locations were part of the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H and a ranch where Ronald Reagan came to relax.
A gated dam-bridge is located at the lake's southern end. When the area receives 4 inches (100 mm) or more of rain, the lake often overflows. The water flows down Malibu Creek to the ocean at the Malibu Lagoon.
Malibou Lake holds more than a 100 film credits.
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, owned a large ranch nearby. In 1953 he was named the honorary mayor.
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Vancouver, Washington – October 16, 2017— Instructional Technologies Inc. (ITI), providers of a variety of training solutions for the transportation industry including the popular PRO-TREAD online driver training system, today announced Sentix a fully automated web-based Learning Management System (LMS) for integrating with any Fleet Management System (FMS) for scheduling, tracking, verifying and managing training.
ITI is known for its effective mastery learning training strategy, an instructional method by which the student must 'master' each subject before moving to the next. The online strategy is proven to improve employee safety behaviors and provide defensible proof that students have mastered a topic. With ITI, fleets have the flexibility to use off-the-shelf PRO-TREAD lessons, engage ITI's PRO-SERVICE team to develop customized content, and use ITI's secure hosting services for their own content.
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Following a re-evaluation of the marketplace in 2016, Paul Noble & Debbie Grant, owners of Battle based restaurant Nobles Restaurant, decided to ditch their roots in fine dining and establish the popular steak, burger and grill Cut & Grill. Following an extremely successful start to 2017,they saw a significant growth in turnover of 35% in just a matter of months following the grill's launch in August 2016.
Naturally, their thoughts turned to expansion, and following extensive market research and customer feedback, they decided there was a gap in the market for a quality take-away burger hut on the popular Hastings Pier. It was then that Cut in the Hut was born, serving locals and holidaymakers alike with tasty 'on the go' food at competitive prices.
When Debbie needed to finance the Cut in the Hut business venture, she turned to the business experts at Business East Sussex, having met the team previously several times at networking events in the Sussex area. As well as assisting with access to finance, Debbie believes it was the invaluable support of Business East Sussex's Fred Thomas and Chris Smith that allowed her to apply for the grant and bring her idea of the burger hut to life.
Cut in the Hut is now open for business following a soft launch while Debbie finalises her all-important branding and marketing. Once the business has access to the grant, Debbie believes it will help significantly with cash flow and building on the reputation of Cut in the Hut.
Posted on 28th June 2017 at 3:50 pm.


The Museum of Modern Art and MoMa Ps1 announce The Living (David Benjamin) as the winner the 15th edition of Young Architects Program (YAP) in New York.
The winning project, Hy-Fi, opens at MoMa Ps1 in Long Island City in late June. Using biological technologies combined with cutting-edge computation and engineering to create new building materials, The Living will use a new method of bio-design, resulting in a structure that is 100% organic material.
The structure temporarily diverts the natural carbon cycle to produce a building that grows out of nothing but earth and returns to nothing but earth—with almost no waste, no energy needs, and no carbon emissions. This approach offers a new vision for society's approach to physical objects and the built environment.
It also offers a new definition of local materials, and a direct relationship to New York state agriculture and innovation culture, New York City artists and non-profits, and Queens community gardens. Hy-Fi is a circular tower of organic and reflective bricks, which were designed to combine the unique properties of two new materials.
The organic bricks are produced through an innovative combination of corn stalks (that otherwise have no value) and specially-developed living root structures, a process that was invented by Ecovative, an innovative company that The Living is collaborating with. the reflective bricks are produced through the custom-forming of a new daylighting mirror film invented by 3M. the reflective bricks are used as growing trays for the organic bricks, and then they are incorporated into the final construction before being shipped back to 3M for use in further research.
The organic bricks are arranged at the bottom of the structure and the reflective bricks are arranged at the top to bounce light down on the towers and the ground. the structure inverts the logic of load-bearing brick construction and creates a gravity-defying effect—instead of being thick and dense at the bottom, it is thin and porous at the bottom. the structure is calibrated to create a cool micro-climate in the summer by drawing in cool air at the bottom and pushing out hot air at the top.
The structure creates mesmerizing light effects on its interior walls through reflected caustic patterns. Hy-Fi offers a familiar—yet completely new—structure in the context of the glass towers of the New York City skyline and the brick construction of the MoMa Ps1 building. And overall, the structure offers shade, color, light, views, and a future-oriented experience that is designed to be refreshing, thought-provoking, and full of wonder and optimism.


Since 1996 specialized in carrying out complete product development projects, going from an idea to a successful turnkey product, prototype or series product. One of the main challenges in product development is the translation of the high level specifications drawn up by specialists to a technical design which results in a correctly functioning product. This requires people who are used to cooperate with specialists and work within consortia to realize the most multidisciplinary instruments.
Since 2006 specialized in the development and supply of fibre optic sensing systems and modules for demanding applications. All developments are spectrometry and or interferometry based. Starting with free-space optics, nowadays all new developments are based on integrated photonics. Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits allow custom and highly dedicated system designs for a versatile range of improved performance requirements.
Technobis ipps is a specialized solution provider for ASPIC packaging by supplying dedicated and mid-range volume packaging services. As ASPIC packaging requires complex dedication, our key values are thermal (and mechanical) stability, high performance, low-noise, low power consumption, easy but versatile integration, reliable and repeatable quality.
Technobis Crystallization Systems is the leading provider of instrumentation to the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotech industries. Our instruments enable researchers to be more successful by providing innovative technology solutions for crystallization-related research.
ABN AMRO and Technobis strengthen their collaboration resulting in a 1 million long-term financing package to support Technobis ramp-up scenario based on integrated photonics technology for optical sensing systems.
Four years ago Technobis opened its new facility at Energy Innovation Park in Alkmaar, The Netherlands. Since then, Technobis is expanding rapidly. Sales is ramping up and we are welcoming new customers at all of our companies.
We shared our story of replacing large, heavy, expensive and power-hungry systems for sensing applications with Photonic Integrated Circuits.
Our products became smaller, lighter and also thousands of times more accurate.
With special thanks to Bright Photonics, our design house for Photonic Integrated Circuits.
Settels Savenije Group and Technobis have agreed upon strategic cooperation ✍, combining their in-depth know-how on integrated photonics and accurate sensing solutions for applications in extreme environments. This makes it possible for both companies to tap directly into each other's expertise and know-how. New and exciting possibilities for sensing are now available, using chip-based integrated photonics that enable the development of miniaturised, low-cost high-accuracy sensing solutions. Technobis and Settels share the vision of using integrated photonics to develop and manufacture sensing solutions for ultra-high and clean vacuum, high speed equipment and opto-mechatronical systems.
Technobis Fibre Technologies started developing interrogators for FBG sensing in 2006. Following a successful development and launch of our Deminsys system, we started developing the most sensitive FBG interrogator in the world for ASML. This forced us to use integrated photonics to achieve stability in the sub-femtometer (10-15 m). Using Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) in several foundries, we developed the chips for ASML and at the same time our own Gator interrogator products.
These days, in the exhilarating world of Integrated Photonics, innovations seem to be daily business. With fiber optics being one of the major appliance platforms, the benefits of integrated photonics over conventional photonics are enormous. The use of, and demand for, optical fiber are growing and applications are versatile and numerous.
Our mission within Technobis Crystallization Systems is to make researchers all over the world more successful by providing smart and fast solutions, based on our unique technology, knowledge, and expertise.
Technobis, the most innovative Dutch manufacturer of Integrated Photonics based fiber sensing systems and devices has launched its new miniature fiber sensing product the AeroGator, which is specifically designed towards multi-parameter aerospace applications.
Technobis mechatronics is designing a completely new, upscaled production line that will allow it to respond to the growing demands of external clients and the needs of its sister company Technobis tft-fos. This production line will be used to process bare optical chips into integrated, packaged photonic electronic assemblies also known as ASPIC (Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits) packages.
The beauty of fibre optic sensing is the versatility of its applications. The slender fibres on which the technology is based can be installed almost anywhere without impairing their ability to measure useful physical parameters accurately. The possible applications are almost endless … but who would have imagined that that fibre optic sensing would pay off in a racing car?
Technobis Crystallization Systems is a pioneer in the field of solid state research and has developed a number of unique proprietary technologies. Our mission is to help researchers all over the world in their work by providing smart, fast solutions based on our unique innovative technology, knowledge and expertise.
Technobis ipps have been offering a generic packaging process at very competative rates. By combining the packaging of one MPW run we can reduce the price of packaging of functional chips.
Technobis was co-founded in 1996 by CEO Pim Kat. The work regarded building and supplying of machines, while having a small backlog in deliveries.
Last September we had the kick-off for the Horizon2020 project 'EXTREME Dynamic Loading – Pushing the Boundaries of Aerospace Composite Material Structures'. With an ambitious objective, it's an important next step in composites structures development.
I'm really proud to receive this EPIC Phoenix award. It's particularly rewarding for me to have been recognized and acknowledged in such a remarkable group of entrepreneurs in photonics. Thanks to these ambitious people and innovative companies we've made great progress in photonics as an enabling technology." says Pim Kat, CEO and Founder of Technobis, after being presented with the prestigious award.
'Nog geen twintig jaar geleden begon Technobis als een tweemanszaak in een caravanstalling in Heemskerk. Inmiddels werken er zo'n 35 mensen aan de nieuwste optische chips en de beste medische instrumenten, dé specialiteiten van ons bedrijf. We vallen onder de Topsector High Tech Systemen en Materialen.
After a period of development and prototyping Technobis is proud to tell the world about the VitaQ anesthesia instrument. In this article we will give a brief insight in the development trajectory of the instrument. Technobis was invited to participate in the development of the VitaQ anesthesia instrument / ICU ventilator on base of special know-how and medical equipment production in a certified facility.


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At the end of Playtech's £ 500,000 promotion, another promotion should be launched at the start of the new football season. Shimon Akad, CEO of Playtech, expressed his joy at the launch of the biggest promotion ever on Playtech's casino network. He also thanked the online betting sites concerned for their contribution to the success of this great event.
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We often get asked what supplies are needed to make one of the Nobbie Neez Kids' "In the Hoop" designs.
Fabric - depending on the project, you may want to use felt, fleece, or cotton.
Stabilizer – we suggest using sticky back stabilizer hooped with a layer of tearaway stabilizer on top. Again, this may vary by project.
Hand sewing needle and thread – many projects require some degree of hand sewing.
Fabric glue - this may be used in place of or in conjunction with your hand sewing needle and thread.
Polyfil – this is used for "stuffed" designs.
Buttons, doll eyes or other embellishments – these also vary by design.
Each Nobbie Neez Kids' "In the Hoop" design includes a step by step PDF tutorial, which includes a supplies list, but hopefully this basic list will give you a head start on your next project.


New Behaviour Policy - Student Feedback.
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Le Chef-d'œuvre reconnu
Marco Biraghi
"Young Nicolas Poussin, as yet unknown, visits the painter Porbus in his workshop. He is accompanied by the old master Frenhofer, who comments expertly on the large tableau that Porbus has just finished. The painting is of Mary of Egypt, and while Frenhofer sings her praises, he hints that the work seems unfinished. With some slight touches of the paintbrush, Frenhofer transforms Porbus' painting such that Mary the Egyptian appears to come alive before their very eyes. Although Frenhofer has mastered his technique, he admits that he has been unable to find a suitable model for his own masterpiece, which depicts a beautiful courtesan called Catherine Lescault, known as La Belle noiseuse. He has been working on this future masterpiece that no one has yet seen for ten years. Poussin offers his own lover, Gillette, as a model. Gillette is so beautiful that Frenhofer is inspired to finish his project quickly. Poussin and Porbus come to admire the painting, but all they can see is part of a foot that has been lost in a swirl of colors. Their disappointment drives Frenhofer to madness, and he destroys the painting and dies that night."
Source: Wikipedia ad vocem Honoré de Balzac, Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu (1831)
The notion of "masterpiece" has an unmistakably idealistic matrix. Idealistic is the way of conceiving the work of art as an exceptional, isolated product, the result of the sublime intuition of a genius. And also idealistic is the presumption of the existence of a relationship of "continuity" between the so-called masterpiece and the epoch to which it belongs, of which it would represent an unequalled "peak".
In reality, if we still want to use this category, which is in other ways quite outdated, we must recognize in the masterpiece, on the one hand, its full involvement in the productive vicissitudes of its author, and therefore not at all an isolated manifestation, an exceptional and unrepeatable (and even less random) unicum, but something that is in a necessary and very strong relationship with all its precedents, which, although limited, imperfect, often even aborted, nevertheless constitute its fundamental premises; and, on the other hand, a truly extraordinary capacity to break with its own time, to put in crisis the previous order and to establish a new one in its place. From this point of view, the masterpiece has to do with the epoch in the precise sense that it makes epoch, that is, it causes a halt in the course of time (epoché, suspension). But in "making epoch" the masterpiece shows its own revolutionary attitude, certainly not the opposite tendency to occupy with sovereign tranquillity a central position within a framework that it would end up leaving substantially unchanged.
Marco Biraghi is full professor of history of contemporary architecture at the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering of the Politecnico di Milano. He has published (among the others) Storia dell'architettura contemporanea 1750-2008 (Einaudi, Torino 2008), Project of Crisis. Manfredo Tafuri and Contemporary Architecture (MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. 2013), Storia dell'architettura italiana 1985-2015 (with Silvia Micheli, Einaudi, Torino 2013), L'architetto come intellettuale (Einaudi, Torino 2019), Questa è architettura (Einaudi, Torino 2021).
Honoré de Balzac, Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu (1831)
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The Evolutionary Masterpiece: The Design Space


Metin rose red Florentine leather tote bag with stirrup-shaped handles, adjustable and removable leather shoulder strap. Inspired by Marilyn Monroe with inverted colours completed with red varnish artwork detail.
Marilyn Monroe perhaps our most iconic femme fatale, who at her most precious moment gave us the tragically beautiful and timeless image that captures the love for life itself.


This Milla Dress for Women makes an excellent addition to your wardrobe. This dress is best paired with high heeled shoes or sandals. Make a statement by feeling modern and feminine with this Dress.
*SIZE DISCLAIMER:: this specific item runs smaller than industry standards. You may want to consider going up a size to achieve your intended fit.