The results of the nineth Annual Computer Poker Competition were announced July 14th at the Twenty-Eighth Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Quebec City during the second Computer Poker Symposium. The list of participants will be available shortly.
There were a range of games played, to explore different problems and techniques for intelligent agents in imperfect information games, from traditional two player game theoretic techniques, to multi-player modeling and online learning. This year, the competition used two player limit Hold'em, two player no-limit Hold'em, three player Hold'em, and a three player variant of Kuhn poker. All games had an event using the total-bankroll winner determination rule, to encourage learning techniques. Two player no-limit Hold'em and three player Hold'em also had an instant run-off event that encourages defensive play, as in traditional game theoretic techniques.
The rules for this year's competition called for matches of duplicate poker to help mitigate the effects of "luck" and more accurately determine this year's winner. In total, about 50 million hands of poker were played.


It is with great sadness that we have to report the departure of club talisman, Jamie Byatt. The forward, who made history in January, by becoming the first Corinthian-Casuals player to ever wear the famous SC Corinthians Paulista shirt, has left the club to join Tooting & Mitcham United.
In recent seasons, Jamie has found incredible goal scoring form, having netted 60 goals in the last two seasons. With his goals, and likeness to former Corinthians goal keeper, Julio Cesar, he has become loved by millions of the fans both home and away, and he will be sorely missed.
At 33, who knows if we'll ever see Jamie playing at the club again. Having scored 110 goals, he has become the second highest ever goal scorer for the club, behind Cliff West and it has been his goals in recent years that have seen the club escape relegation. In the 2013/14 season, he managed to miraculously carry the team to safety when all had seemed lost..
Casuals manager, James Bracken, has expressed great sadness to see Jamie leave but also respects the decision of the striker who wants guaranteed game time, and in his favoured position, of center forward. Something James Bracken was unable to offer Jamie, having assembled an exciting, young squad, full of attacking talent.
We wish Jamie the very best of luck with the move and look forward to welcoming him back to King George's Arena, with his new team, when Casuals entertain Tooting & Mitcham on October 27th.
"To everybody at Corinthian-Casuals and SC Corinthians Paulista, after 287 appearances and 110 goals…it's time for me to blow the whistle on this part of my career.
I would like to thank Corinthian-Casuals and SC Corinthians Paulista for the opportunity to go to Brazil, it was without doubt the highlight of my career and something I will never forget. I have a million memories that I will cherish forever.
Playing in front of 30,000 people at the Arena in Sao Paulo, not to mention the millions on TV, who witnessed me wearing the SC Corinthians shirt with pride…I'm just sorry I couldn't score for you crazy bunch!!
This Casuals team and the many many moments we've shared together, will stay with me forever.
I must also mention the great fans and the support I've had at Casuals and SC Corinthians Paulista…thank you! But it's now time for me to move on, I'm signing for Tooting & Mitcham. This was a decision that wasn't made lightly and it was one of the hardest of my life to leave Casuals, a club that has been a part of my entire life and will continue to live in my heart.


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Q: How to programmatically implement a custom ListView in an instantiated fragment from ViewPager While attempting to create an activity with tabbed view I used the Tabbed Activity template from Android Studio/IntelliJ IDEA.
I managed to instantiate 3 distinct tabs containing their own fragments defined in XML resources.
One of these fragments had a ListView and to populate it I found a solution by creating a custom ArrayAdapter, found here.
My problem was to set the ListView to that adapter so it would display my data.
Well, it came to be easier than I expected..

A: To instantiate a fragment in one of the tabs, the Tabbed template flows as follows:
public static class FragmentExample extends Fragment {
    public FragmentExample() {}

    public static FragmentExample newInstance() {
        FragmentExample fragment = new Fragment();
        return fragment;
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_example, container, false);
        return rootView;
    }
}

The fragment is inflated by this line, where fragment_example is the XML resource for it:
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_example, container, false);

I have tried to simply use the same method to inflate the XML containing my ListView and then programmatically populate data and finally setting the adapter to it. But it always threw on my face a NullPointerException referring to the adapter object.
I admit I had no idea why, until I read this answer:

MainActivity calls setContentView with R.layout.activity_main as parameter that contains a ViewPager and not a ListView. Since you don't have a ListView declare in to that layout, findViewById(android.R.id.list) returns null, and when you try access it (calling setAdapter) the NullPointerException is thrown.
  Awswer source here

And I realized I would have to change that particular fragment class, of course, but not only the code within..
By doing some research I found the ListFragment class and analysed it. Pretty interesting.
In order to inflate my ListView alongside my instantiated fragment I just had to extend it to the ListFragment class instead of the Fragment one and override its onCreateView like so (I actually adapted it from the super class itself):
        @Override
        public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        final Context context = getActivity();

        FrameLayout root = new FrameLayout(context);

        FrameLayout lframe = new FrameLayout(context);

        ListView lv = new ListView(getActivity());
        lv.setId(android.R.id.list);
        lv.setDrawSelectorOnTop(false);
        lframe.addView(lv, new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));

        root.addView(lframe, new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));

        // ------------------------------------------------------------------

        // BEFORE SETTING YOUR CUSTOM ADAPTER TO THE LISTVIEW YOU MUST FIRST CREATE AN OBJECT
        // OF IT AND POPULATE YOUR DATA. THIS IS SHOWN IN THE CUSTOM ARRAYADAPTER LINK ABOVE //

        setListAdapter(customAdapter);

        // ------------------------------------------------------------------

        root.setLayoutParams(new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));

        return root;
    }

What happens here is that it programmatically sets the fragment and the ListView, so I don't need a XML resource file for it.
Then it sets the adapter with setListAdapter method, which is defined in the ListFragment class.
I strongly recommend you to take a good look in that particular class to better understand it.
I'm new to Android development. I hope I can help others with what I'm learning.
Please feel free to post any improvement in the comments. :]

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CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT
On September 24th, Matthew makes his Carnegie Hall debut performing his own original works alongside the New York premiere of the Australian choral work Street Requiem, co-written by founder of the Choir of Hard Knocks, Dr Jonathon Welch AM. The evening also stars operatic mezzo soprano Frederica Von Stade, Liz Callaway, Daniel Rodriguez, The Highland Divas, Dr Kathleen McGuire and the Sing The World massed choir from across Australia and the United States. The evening will raise funds for New York organisations providing essential funds for the homeless and disadvantaged including West End Residences, the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, the Ali Forney Center, Picture the Homeless, Safe Horizon and Midnight Run.

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Residents address council about meeting dysfunction
Dec 7, 2011 | News |
Danedri Thompson
A subdued city council listened as three citizens, including the former mayor, asked that council members learn to work together with civility.
"You have a chance from this moment on to change the tenor of these council meetings," former Mayor Carol Lehman told members. "The code of conduct is a good step, but it's going to be up to each one of you to change the public perception. If need be, remind each other to stay on track and speak to each other and speak to staff with respect."
Lehman urged council to wipe the slate clean after meeting debate spilled from council chambers to the front of council member Larry Fotovich's house. Dennis Pugh resigned and has been charged with battery and criminal deprivation of property.
Steve Shute, Gardner, called the behavior of the council at the last meeting an embarrassment.
"I feel extremely embarrassed for this city," Shute told the council. "I feel embarrassed for this council. Our city is being portrayed across the metro as a joke."
Shute commended Pugh for stepping aside, but said it is distressing he waited a week and a half to do so and that Mayor Drovetta did not issue a statement saying that Pugh's behavior is not to be tolerated.
"I don't mind seeing council men and women engaged in healthy debate," Shute said. "We went way over the line this time around."
He noted that with the loss of Pugh, a majority of the council will again be appointed rather than elected. Pugh's replacement will be the Mayor's fifth appointment to the council. When Drovetta became Mayor in 2009, he appointed Steve Hale to fill the remainder of his own term on the council.
Drovetta appointed two more council members after council members Mary Peters and John Shepherd were recalled in 2010, and appointed a fourth council member after another council member resigned.
"Is this something that we want as a city? To continue to have these rifts that are going to continue to see people resign or be removed?" Shute asked. "…Put aside the differences, have lively debate, have a vote and get over it. Move forward."
Resident Andy Copeland said he thought the recall election would take care of the problems of the council.
"I'd just encourage all to keep it in perspective," he told council members. "If people have ulterior motives, I just ask them to step aside."
Lehman said part of that process should involve supporting the Mayor.
"When the Mayor has attempted to limit negative conversation, he's been called a dictator," Lehman said.
When he's done less, people have said he lacks leadership, Lehman explained.
"Support your mayor. He has great vision for this community," she said.
Council members briefly discussed a propose communication policy that would establish a protocol for future meetings.
Interim city administrator Mike Press told council members one of the first things he noticed when he took over as interim director several weeks ago was that council members throw out questions without first being recognized by the chair.
"I've really never worked any place where that's the protocol," Press said.
Portions of the drafted proposal include provisions that: "Members should refrain from discussing others (sic) motives regarding matters that are under consideration;… Any council member who wishes to ask a question will be first be recognized by the Mayor or designee;…Direction to staff to research, evaluate or follow-up on any substantive matter that comes before the city council is provided by the Mayor with the concurrence of the majority of the council."
Council member Chris Morrow said there were several things in the draft that he'd like to discuss. Morrow also said he'd like to see council compare Press's draft with a standard communication policy suggested by the Kansas League of Municipalities (KLM).
"I think it would save us some time this evening and give us more red meat to talk about next week," Morrow said.
Currently the council uses Roberts Rules of Order, which council member Brian Broxterman called "archaic." He expressed interest in reviewing the KLM's recommended policy as well.
The proposal for discussion on Monday night sparked a few concerns for Fotovich.
"Any time I see the words 'appropriate' or 'substantive,' and there's no person that decides what that is, I get a little nervous about free speech issues," Fotovich said. "We've had lively discussions in the past – most of them never going beyond any extremes. We've been able to conduct ourselves for seven months with only two incidents."
Council will discuss a communication policy at a work session on Dec. 12.
In other business, council members:
• approved the re-zoning of 642 E. Main Street, 1.7 acres that once housed CMI, from commercial industrial to commercial.
• rezoned land between Center Street and 183rd Street so that a new middle school and elementary school can be built should voters approve the USD 231 $73 million bond proposal in January.
• passed an ordinance requiring that trash containers used for refuse collection be no larger than 95 gallons. A revision to the ordinance also allows Johnson County Fire District No. 1 to issue burn permits rather than the city.
• tabled discussion and action on the city's 2012 legislative agenda.
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Aluminium foam — Production, Properties and Recycling This study covers recent work on process as compared with the melting of solids materials. When models involving fluid flow and heat transfer, and predicts dealing with the melting of a solid material, the physical the evolution and distribution of temperatures in a rotary fur- domain can be considered as a continuous media so that the nace by modelling and analysing the furnace under different Navier—Stokes equation and energy equation can be directly flame positions.
The solution method is that of In order to improve the design in terms of energy effi- a thermal—fluid problem, but with special treatment on the ciency and productivity, a numerical study is necessary to moving boundaries. In scrap metals, the solid and voids are build a mathematical model involving fluid flow and heat randomly distributed.
Solving the Navier—Stokes equation transfer.
A quick review of previous research reveals the vari- in each individual void between the scraps would be un- ety of physical processes encountered in rotary process ves- realistic.
Yet the process is further complicated by the fact sels.
Whereas a large number of these processes are basically that melting is accompanied by mass and energy transport thermo-hydrodynamic, it also involves a host of other mech- caused by molten scrap dripping down to fill the voids. The first model for the prediction of axial transport in a In Refs. This was and then developed to study the isothermal transverse mo- achieved by means of a Taguchi approach, which facilitates tion of a bed of particulate materials by Friedman and Mar- shall [6], Perry et al.
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Khoei et al. Once trifuging. Wu et al. A 3D steady-state mathematical model of a ro- tary calcining kiln was recently presented by Bui et al. Finite element modelling of furnace transfer, combustion and volatiles, to the bed motion and thermal effects of the refractories.
In the finite element analysis of heat transfer in the fur- The purpose of this research is to build a model that sim- nace, it is instructive to first mention the equations that gov- ulates the energy flows inside the furnace, using the global erns the heat transfer conditions.
These equations provide properties of each of its three main components, namely the the basis for the ELFEN finite element package used in this gas, the metal pool and the furnace walls. The model must study. The improve the evolution and the distribution of temperatures problem domain is discretised with finite element and using in the rotary furnace, a numerical analysis is undertaken us- a Galerkin weighted residual method, we obtain [14,15]: ing the ELFEN finite element package [13].
The aluminium is then loaded into a furnace. At the same time the furnace melts the aluminium completely, and mixes it to a homogenous where KD is the diffusion part and KH the convection to quality. They are defined as A schematic view of a usual layout is shown in Fig. On completion of charging, the burner is ignited and the furnace is rotated. The furnace fume where h is the interfacial heat transfer coefficient and Ni and will be collected in the charging chamber, where it will be Nj are standard finite element shape functions.
Modelling of the furnace using ELFEN dependent flux loading is applied to model the angular rota- tion of furnace and constraints are used to fix the tempera- ELFEN is a finite element modelling system developed ture of part of the body.
The loads are applied successively by Rockfield Software Limited [13] that can be used for in time including time dependent effects. Analysis of the rotary furnace using ELFEN has been organised in three main steps to create a model: 5. Numerical simulation results 1 creation of the mesh and application of the boundary conditions; 2 optimisation of the mesh and load to optimise In order to predict the distribution of temperatures in a the CPU time; 3 determination of the parameters, such as rotary furnace, a static and transient dynamic analysis has flux, thermal conductivity, etc.
A 2D and 3D Consequently, at the end of this work, the model can be models were generated to evaluate the effects of different used to predict the change in temperature distribution over flame positions on the furnace body.
A 2D model of the furnace points, line types, surfaces, volumes and objects.
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The load- ing, boundary conditions and material data are assigned to The first model is a 2D rotary furnace, shown in Fig. As it can be seen in Fig. The flame position is materials. Their thermal characteristics are assumed to be located at the top of the furnace, several different positions constant with variation of temperature and the material data were considered, with one of the possibilities shown here.
As can be seen later, the final result is not really dependent ELFEN allows the boundary conditions applied to a prob- on the flame position and this factor can easily be ignored.
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For the proposed transient thermal analysis, a time in Fig. The results are as expected in this case. A transient dynamic analysis has been carried out to sim- ulate the furnace rotation at different angular velocities.
Finally, my appreciation goes out to all the organizations that allowed me to reproduce their illustrations, either on-line or in print. If a picture is worth a thousand words, their permission is worth much of this book. Aluminum recycling is a dynamic industry, with constantly changing technology and business strategies. As a result, judgments about the advantages and disadvantages of various equipment and operating methods written months ago may be invalid by the time you see this.
In some cases, I may have made a judgment that was wrong under any circumstances. In any case, any errors you may see are my responsibility. The number of such errors is undoubtedly greater than I would desire; my hope is that it is fewer than it might have been. Schlesinger is professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri—Rolla, where he has been since His teaching and research interests are centered around the production of metals and their alloys, in particular their extraction from ores and secondary materials.
The growth in aluminum usage was particularly rapid in the years following World War II, and every sector of the industry can point to products that were never produced from aluminum a generation ago but are now primarily manufactured from an aluminum alloy.
Beverage cans, sports equipment, electrical bus work, window frames — all are now produced from aluminum, along with thousands of other products. Books on the production of aluminum metal have previously focused on its recovery from naturally occurring raw materials. The primary natural ore for aluminum is bauxite, a mineral consisting primarily of hydrated aluminum oxides.
Aluminum is recovered from bauxite by a selective leaching sequence known as the Bayer process Wolf and Hoberg, , which dissolves most of the aluminum while leaving impurities behind. The aluminum is recovered from the leach solution by precipitating it as aluminum hydroxide.
The hydroxide is then dried and calcined to generate purified alumina. The calcined alumina is fed to electrolytic cells containing a molten salt electrolyte based on cryolite Na3AlF6.
The alumina dissolves in the cryolite and is electrolyzed to generate molten aluminum metal and carbon dioxide gas. This process has been the sole approach for producing primary aluminum metal since the late s and will likely continue in this role for decades to come. This ore is the aluminum scrap recovered from industrial waste and discarded postconsumer items. The treatment of this scrap to produce new aluminum metal and alloys is known as recycling, and metal produced this way is frequently termed secondary.
About one-third of the aluminum produced in the world is now obtained from secondary sources, and in some countries the percentage is much higher.
As a result, the extraction of aluminum by recycling is now a topic worth describing.Alumina refinery; 4. Scrap metals--Recycling. Masters, A.
Key Features Portrays recent and emerging technologies in metal recycling, by-product utilization and management of post-consumer waste Uses life cycle analysis to show how to reclaim valuable resources from mineral and metallurgical wastes Uses examples from current professional and industrial practice, with policy and economic implications Readership Graduate through active materials scientists and materials engineers in industry involved in the recycling, reuse and reclamation of metals, plastics, other materials and industrial byproducts, and some more general environmental scientists and engineers.
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Town of Carrboro, NC Mayor Lydia Lavelle (L) and photographer Alicia Stemper, at the Spotted Dog restaurant in downtown Carrboro. Lavelle and Stemper were married on October 25, 2014 at the Carrboro Town Commons two weeks after same-sex marriage became legal in North Carolina on October 10, 2014. Lavelle and Stemper had a commitment ceremony in September 2004.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 8, 2014? — If you favor destinations with lots of terrific food, a rich arts and music scene, or a variety of recreational opportunities, Orange County, N.C., deserves your consideration. Nestled in the rolling hills of the North Carolina Piedmont, Orange County is located on the edge of the Research Triangle Park. With more than 139,000 residents,Orange County includes historic Hillsborough, the County seat; Chapel Hill, home of the University of North Carolina; and Carrboro, a former railroad and mill town.? These progressive communities appeal to every vacationer's taste.
A Welcoming Place for Visitors and Weddings
"Our community has a long-standing reputation as the most welcoming place in the state for the LGBT community," says Lydia Lavelle, the state's first openly lesbian mayor. From 1995 to 2004, Carrboro was led by Mike Nelson, the first openly gay candidate elected mayor in North Carolina. "I always feel welcome anywhere I go in Carrboro or Chapel Hill?and this was the case before I became mayor?and able to talk openly about my family and my life," said Lavelle. ?"This is not the case in many communities, and we recognize that we are so fortunate to feel so welcome and a part of the community here."
In fact, Orange County is currently home to half of the state's gay and lesbian elected officials, a trend that started in 1987, when Chapel Hill Town Council Member Joe Herzenberg became North Carolina's?first openly gay elected official; the town's present mayor, Mark Kleinschmidt, is openly?gay.?Further proof of the community's values: "Carrboro?has?the?oldest?domestic partner registry in North Carolina?and recently declared October 10, 2014 Marriage Equality Day in?celebration of recent court?decisions that brought marriage equality to North?Carolina," explains Damon Seils, a Carrboro alderman. Chapel Hill also has a registry.
Lavelle and her partner Alicia Stemper were the first couple in line to get their marriage license on the morning of October 13 at theOrange County, NC Register of Deeds office.? The couple got married at the Carrboro Town Commons shortly thereafter on October 25, 2014.? Chapel Hill & Orange County is a great place to get married, and the process is easy.? Visit?http://www.visitchapelhill.org/itineraries for details.
Experience Orange County
"Being a member of the LGBT community is no barrier to enjoying everything our community has to offer," Kleinschmidt says.?"There are few?exclusively LGBT activities, but there are also no places where members of our community aren't welcome."
Here's a sampling of some of the things you can see and do in Orange County, N.C.:
Food & Drink: Named as one of the foodiest small towns in America by Bon Appetit, Chapel Hill is home to award-winning restaurants and the only fully local and certified organic distillery in the South.
Favorite area eateries include the James Beard-winning Lantern and Crook's Corner, and nominee Panciuto; plus the acclaimed ONE Restaurant, Neal's Deli, ACME Food & Beverage Co., Allen & Sons, Talullas, Vimala's and Sage. Check out our local producers, too. Stop by the famed Maple View Dairy?which includes a store and agricultural education center?or one of the local Farmers Markets in Carrboro (the oldest and largest), Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. Fuel up at a friendly coffee house, like Caff? Driade or The Open Eye, which is also home to Carrboro Coffee Roasters. Prefer a more potent potable? TOPO Organic Spirits distills local ingredients into gin, vodka and moonshine whiskey; and four breweries (Mystery Brewing Company, Steel String, Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery and Carolina Brewery) create tasty craft brews for every season and palate. Popular bars include The Baxter Bar & Arcade, The Crunkleton,?Tru Deli + Wine Bar and Pecadillo.
Entertainment & The Arts: Orange County has a vibrant arts and entertainment scene spanning the fine and cultural arts to crafts, music and comedy. "When the Bolshoi came to America, they came to New York and Chapel Hill," says Chapel Hill Town Council Member Lee Storrow. "And just this year Taylor Mac brought his show, 1910s ? A 24 Decade History of Popular Music here. That says a lot about the general state of the arts in our community."
There's live music every night at our many clubs, including the famous Cat's Cradle. Take in a performance at The ArtsCenter, Playmakers Repertory Company or Memorial Hall. DSI Comedy Theatre keeps us laughing five nights a week. The towns feature lots of public art, and there are myriad galleries. Visit the Ackland Museum or see artisans at work during the Orange County Open Studio Tour each November.
Recreation: ??Hundreds of festivals are held annually and celebrate local crafts, poetry, film, local food and more. The nationally acclaimed Comedy Arts Festival comes to town each February, and the famous Carrboro Music Festival takes over the final weekend of September. For a full list of festivals, search for the Major Annual events list on www.visitchapelhill.org. ?Other diversions include the Carolina Basketball Museum and the Morehead Planetarium & Science Center, which are especially fun for families. Looking for a more active pursuit? Hike Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area or the trails at the?North Carolina Botanical Garden (including a huge collection of carnivorous plants).
Visit the New South
Whether you're ambling along our scenic downtown streets or rambling through the wooded hills, you'll find yourself in a unique Southern community. "It epitomizes 'The New South'," says Jen Jones, director of communications for EqualityNC. "It's a place of the future that welcomes diversity, embraces inclusivity, and is a gateway for native Tar Heels, wayward travelers and new transplants alike.?Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC remain two of the most LGBT-friendly areas in North Carolina and across the South."
The area has seen such an increase in demand for weddings that the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau has introduced a new campaign aimed at LGBT travelers.? The campaign will run in regional media from January through June 2015 and encourage couples to consider getting married in the Chapel Hill area.? "The Visitors Bureau is dedicated to rolling out the red carpet for ALL visitors and we've made it easier to navigate the weddings packages, from Register of Deeds to banquets facilities," said Laurie Paolicelli, executive director of the Visitors Bureau.
For additional information about planning your visit to Chapel Hill & Orange County, call the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau toll free at 1-888-968-2060 or visit www.visitchapelhill.org.
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Crow Peak Fire June 25, 2016. Photo by Robert Cota, Boxelder Job Corps Crew 15 Fire Program Manager, Black Hills National Forest.
Firefighters are suppressing four wildfires in the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota, ranging from 64 to 5,000 acres.
Fires in the Black Hills June 25, 2016. Click to enlarge.
Kara Creek: 5,000 acres 4 miles east of Keyhole Reservoir, 15 miles west of Sundance, Wyoming, and about 3 miles north of Interstate 90. Before the fire was reported Friday evening a lightning storm accompanied by very strong winds hit the area. Air tankers, Type 1 hand crews, and Type 2IA hand crews have been ordered.
A resident of Upton, Wyoming told us that the clouds were generating rain but it evaporated before hitting the ground. They said the fire was putting up a large amount of smoke Friday evening.
(UPDATE at 5:54 p.m. MDT June 25: with the growth of the Kara Creek fire to 12,000 acres, we dedicated a separate article to just that fire. It has much more information about this fire.
Douglas: 1,785 acres; it started Thursday 10 miles southwest of Sundance, Wyoming and is being managed by a Type 3 incident management team. On Friday the fire was most active on the southwest side where, according to the Rapid City Journal, new evacuations were ordered. More information is in our earlier article about the Douglas Fire, and we have a gallery of photos here.
The Douglas Fire saw growth early in the day yesterday but stabilized as the day went on. The fire is estimated at 2000 acres and is now contained.
Incident Command of the Douglas Fire shifted to Type 4 Incident Commander Dallas Roth this morning. Four fire engines and one handcrew will remain on the Douglas Fire to ensure the fire stays contained.
The evacuation of Sundance Canyon Ranch subdivision has been lifted.
Rapid Creek: 1,000 acres. It was reported Friday afternoon near the intersection of 158th Avenue and East Highway 44, 24 miles southeast of Rapid City in the Farmingdale area. The heat-sensing satellites did not detect any heat overnight from this fire, which may indicate that it burned in light fuels, such as grass, and was relatively cool during the subsequent overflight.
Crow Peak: 64 acres, 5 miles west of Spearfish, SD. A Type 3 incident management team has been ordered. Great Plains dispatch office reported that firefighters were pulled off the fire Friday night due to the passage of a cold front bringing strong winds. The fire was reported Friday afternoon.
UPDATE at 8:48 a.m. MDT June 26, 2016: More recent information about the Crow Peak and Kara Creek Fires. A Type 2 incident management team, with Incident Commander Shane Greer, has been ordered. The Forest Service reports the Crow Peak Fire has burned 250 acres.
Linda to report a fire call 911. Drift smoke will be in the area (Nemo for the next few days) due to wildfires that are burning in Wyoming and the Crow Peak area near Spearfish.
This site lists and gives detailed information about every current fire in the US. You can search in the upper right hand corner by state or by incident.
I had a similar experience to Linda's. We live in Newcastle. During the Oil Creek fire in 2012, the community was put on a "level 2 evacuation order", which was announced on the local radio station.
It was very frustrating trying to find out what that meant in terms of our response. At the time, I could find NO explanation on any of the government websites, including disaster preparedness, US Forest Service, Homeland Security, fire department, police or sheriff's department sites, and no explanation was offered on the local radio station, either. We don't all speak wildfire jargon so that announcement was frustratingly meaningless to many of the people it affected.
I came across this site at that time; I've come to depend on Wildfire Today for the most accurate and current information regarding fires in the Black Hills area, but even that information tends to be several hours old.
Perhaps a link to a webpage explaining the various terms used for warning and evacuations and recommended/required actions would not only be a help, it might save lives.


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Una broca és una peça metàl·lica de perforació utilitzada amb una eina mecànica anomenada trepant, filaberquí o una altra màquina afí (depenent de la seva grandària), que fent girar la broca és normalment emprada per a crear orificis o forats en diversos materials. La gran diversitat de broques, com la gran quantitat d'indústries que fan servir aquest tipus de peces, fa que hi hagi broques específiques per a usos específics. La broca consta de tres parts: punta, cos i mànec. El cos és la part helicoidal entre la punta i el mànec. El mànec és la part cilíndrica per on es subjecta la broca a un trepant o filaberquí.

Tipus de broca
Les broques tenen diferent geometria depenent de la finalitat amb què hagin estat fabricades. Dissenyades específicament per treure material i formar, en general, un orifici o una cavitat cilíndrica, la intenció en el seu disseny inclou la velocitat amb què el material ha de ser remogut i la duresa del material i altres qualitats característiques del mateix ha de ser modificat.

Entre els tipus de broques existeixen els següents, i entre aquests, el seu infinitat de variacions:
 Broques normals helicoidals. Generalment amb pagament tubular, per a subjectar mitjançant portabroques. Existeixen nombroses varietats que es diferencien en el seu material constitutiu i tipus de material a foradar.
 Broca llarga. Usada allà on no es pot arribar amb una broca normal per trobar el punt on es vol fer el forat a l'interior d'una peça o equip.
 Broca super llarga. Emprada habitualment per foradar els murs d'habitatges a fi d'introduir cables de telèfon, per exemple.
 Broca de centrar. Broca de disseny especial utilitzada per realitzar els punts de centrat d'un eix per facilitar-ne tornejat o rectificat.
 Broca per filaberquí. Usades generalment en fusteria de fusta, per ser de molt baixes revolucions. N'hi ha de diferents diàmetres.
 Broca de paleta. Usada principalment per a fusta, per a obrir molt ràpidament forats amb filaberquí, trepant o barrina elèctric. Té un punta molt afilada, que serveix de centre i de guia, de molt poca longitud, després ve la paleta, que és la que farà el forat calibrat, d'acord amb el seu diàmetre. També se l'ha conegut com a broca d'espasa.
 Broca de trepatge profund o "d'escopeta". També coneguda com broca canó ''.
 Broca per excavació o trepà. Utilitzada per a la perforació de pous petrolífers i sondejos.
 Broques per a màquines de control numèric. Hi ha una gamma de broques especials de gran rendiment i precisió per a utilitzar-les en màquines de control numèric, que operen a altes velocitats de tall.

Elements que caracteritzen una broca
Entre algunes de les parts i generalitats comuns a la majoria de les broques estan:
 Longitud total de la broca. Hi ha broques de longitud regular o comunament conegudes com a longitud jobber, broques extracurtes, llargues i súper-llargues. La Marca Guhring ofereix 3 sèries de broques extrallargues en xanca recte i 2 sèries de broques extrallargues en xanca cònic.
 Longitud de tall. És la profunditat màxima que es pot trepar amb una broca i ve definida per la longitud de la part helicoidal.
 Diàmetre de tall, que és el diàmetre de l'orifici obtingut amb la broca. Existeixen diàmetres normalitzats i també es poden fabricar broques amb diàmetres especials.
 Diàmetre i forma del mànec. El mànec pot ser cilíndric de la mateixa mida del diàmetre de tall de la broca, o pot ser cònic en una relació aproximada de 1:19, anomenada Con Morse, en menys aplicació però existents, trobem les xanques cilindrics reduïts, que són de menor diàmetre que la broca.
 Angle de tall. L'angle de tall normal en una broca és el de 118 °. També es pot utilitzar el de 135 °, potser menys conegut però, discutiblement, més eficient en emprar un angle obtús més ampli per al tall dels materials.
 Nombre de llavis o flautes. La quantitat més comuna de llavis (també anomenats flautes) és dos i després quatre, encara que hi ha broques de tres flautes o broques d'una (sola i dreta), per exemple en el cas del trepatge de canó.
 Conicitat del diàmetre : Per reduir la fricció dins del forat realitzat, l'hèlix té una petita conicitat des de la punta fins al mànec. El grau de conicitat es representa normalment per la reducció del diàmetre respecte a la longitud de l'hèlix, aproximadament, 0,04-0,1 mm. S'utilitza un valor alt per broques d'alta eficiència, el que permet el perforat de forats pròxims.
 Profunditat dels llavis. També important ja que afecta la fortalesa de la broca.
 Angle de l'hèlix. És variable d'unes broques a altres depenent del material que es tracti de foradar. Té com a objectiu facilitar l'evacuació de la ferritja.
 Material constitutiu de la broca. Existeixen cinc tipus bàsics de materials:
 Acer al carboni, per foradar materials molt tous (fusta, plàstic, etc.)
 Acer ràpid HSS, per foradar acers de poca duresa.
 Acer al cobalt M35 amb 5% de cobalt i M42 amb 8% de cobalt.
 Acer ràpid sinteritzat PM HSS-E, per foradar acers d'alta aliatge, acers bonificats i de cimentació.
 Metall dur (Widia), per foradar foses i acers en treballs de gran rendiment. I la combinació de puntes soldades de Carbur de Tungstè en cossos de HSS.
 Acabat de la broca. Depenent del material i ús específic de la broca, se li pot aplicar una capa de recobriment que pot ser d'òxid negre, de titani o de níquel, cobrint totalment o parcialment la broca, des del punt de tall.

Esmolat de broques
El tall de la broca es desgasta amb l'ús i cal esmolar per recuperar la capacitat de tall de la broca.

Hi ha màquines esmoladores, utilitzades en la indústria del mecanitzat. També és possible esmolar broques a mà mitjançant petites moles, amb moles de gra fi. L'afilat manual requereix unes habilitats especials per part dels operaris per tal d'aconseguir l'angle de tall adequat en el material.

Control de ferritja i lubricació del tall
El control de la ferritja i la lubricació i refrigeració del tall de la broca són dos factors importants en el trepat. La generació de formes i mides en l'encenall adequats, i també la seva evacuació, és fonamental per realitzar correctament qualsevol operació de trepanació, especialment quan les condicions de tall són molt elevades i s'utilitzen broques de metall dur. Les màquines i eines de trepatge modernes permeten una gran eficàcia en aquest sentit en aplicar el fluid de tall internament a través de forats pel refrigerant de la mateixa eina. La formació de l'encenall està determinada pel material de la peça, la geometria de l'eina, la velocitat de tall, l'avanç i el fluid de tall que s'utilitzi.

Fonaments tecnològics del trepatge
En el trepatge hi ha quatre paràmetres clau:
 Velocitat de tall . Es defineix com la velocitat lineal a la perifèria de la broca. La seva elecció ve determinada pel material de la broca, el tipus de material a foradar i les característiques de la màquina. Una alta velocitat de tall permet realitzar el mecanitzat en menys temps però accelera el desgast de la broca.
 Velocitat de rotació  de la broca, normalment expressada en revolucions per minut. Es calcula a partir de la velocitat de tall i del diàmetre de la broca.
 Avanç , definit com la velocitat de penetració de la broca en el material. Es pot expressar de dues maneres: bé com mil·límetres de penetració per revolució de la broca, o bé com mil·límetres de penetració per minut de treball
 Temps de trepatge . És el temps que triga la broca a perforar un forat, incloent la longitud d'acostament inicial de la broca.

Aquests quatre paràmetres estan relacionats per les fórmules següents:

Generalment, la velocitat de tall òptima de cada broca i l'avanç de trepatge estan indicats en el catàleg del fabricant o, si no, en els promptuaris tècnics de mecanitzat.

Abast de les broques en la indústria, arts i ciències

 Terrestre, anomenada comunament tricons
 Indústria de la manufactura
 Indústria de la fusteria
 Indústria de la construcció
 Indústria automotriu
 Aeronàutica
 Ciències forestals
 Topologia
 Ortopèdia
 Arts aplicades i artesanies

Broques en el comerç
Per projectes petits i individuals, les broques d'algun mida s'arriben a trobar al mercat en forma individual, empaquetades en parells o en majors nombres. També s'ofereixen en jocs de diferents mides i quantitats. En el comerç, són fabricades i ofertes a la venda per una varietat de marques registrades. Moltes ferreteries venen broques normals de mides populars. Per a projectes grans o especialitzats, es poden aconseguir a través de distribuïdors i per catàlegs.

Broca Forstner

Les freses o broques Forstner, porten el nom del seu inventor, Benjamin Forstner i, permeten fer orificis precisos de fons pla en fusta, amb qualsevol orientació pel que fa a la fibra de la fusta. Poden tallar a la vora d'un bloc de fusta i poden tallar forats superposats. A causa del fons pla de l'orifici, són útils per perforar xapes ja enganxades per afegir una incrustació. Requereixen una gran força per empènyer contra el material, pel que normalment es fan servir en premses de trepant o torns en lloc de trepants de mà, és a dir, a diferència de la majoria dels altres tipus de broques, no són pràctiques per utilitzar com a eines manuals.

La broca inclou un punt central que el guia al llarg del tall (que talla el fons pla del forat). El tall cilíndric al voltant del perímetre talla les fibres de fusta a la vora del forat i també ajuda a guiar la broca cap al material amb més precisió. L'eina de la imatge té un total de dos talls en aquest cilindre. Les broques Forstner tenen vores de tall radials per deixar pla el material en el fons del forat. La broca de la imatge té dues vores radials. Altres dissenys poden tenir-ne més. Les broques Forstner no tenen mecanisme per eliminar els encenalls de l'orifici i, per tant, s'han d'extreure periòdicament.

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VOL. XVIII NO. 21 NEWS & VIEWS, NOTES & QUOTES, TO WARN & INFORM November 2001
THE POWERS OF TERRORISM ON PLANET EARTH is the title of an article by Foundations College Pres. Dr. H.T. Spence (info@foundations.edu) in the September Straightway from which we excerpt below. Our nation will never be the same after [the 9/11] atrocities. We may have to give up certain freedoms in order to secure life. Out of necessity, the liberty of movement throughout the country may be hindered. Greater surveillance of our private lives may take place for the sake of security. We must remember that when the Antichrist comes, humanity will believe him to be the one who has the answers to all national and global perplexities. The nations will be in perplexities, or problems for which they have no solutions ….Out of such dilemmas, Antichrist will arise….For him to rule, a true republic or democratic government must cease….There must come a day when America's lifestyle with its liberties and comforts change…. [Benjamin Franklin warned: "Those who give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." But let's not forget that our God is in control!]
CAN'T BE SAVED WITHOUT BAPTISM?—If salvation was really dependent upon water baptism by immersion, would that mean that an astronaut in space who suddenly came to Christ could not be saved until he got back to earth? What about a lone Eskimo in the frozen north? What about a traveler lost in the Sahara desert who was dying of thirst? Fortunately, Scripture does not call for a baptizing pool as a requirement for salvation, but we are saved through faith … it is not by works (Eph. 2:8-9). [Christian Debater Guide (on "cultic Campbellism," e.g.), P.O. Box 144441, Austin, TX 78714. Phone 512/218-8022]
MISSING BAPTIST MEMBERS—Southern Baptist churches total 15.9 million members but only 5.5 million are in attendance on any given Sunday morning—only 33 percent (10/1 Christian News). A new study showed that the typical SBC church has 233 members but an average attendance of only 70 persons for Sun. morning worship. It may be as bad or worse in some other denominations.
CHRISTIANS PRAY WITH MUSLIMS, JEWS—Across America, Christians, Muslims and Jews are praying and worshipping together more than at any other time in history. Surveys show that the majority of church members maintain that all religions actually worship the same God and that a person must work, at least in part, his own way to heaven. Christians who pray with Muslims and other non-Christians do not show true love to them but lead them to believe that their god actually exists, hears and answers prayer. Muslims reject the Trinity and do not believe that Jesus died and rose again.
THOUGHTS ON HOW TEENAGERS THINK—1. From a very self-centered perspective 2. Shift blame to others (or circumstances) when caught in wrongdoing 3. No respect for authority 4. Very materialistic 5. Motivated by immediate gratification 6. Slow to accept responsibility for actions 7. Worldliness pervades their minds. But wait parents: Most teens think the way they do because they've been taught to think that way. Our children grow up to mirror us and/or the influences we allow them to have in their lives. [Adapted from 10/01 Baptist Banner article]
DOCTORS SLOW TO PRESCRIBE ABORTION PILL—RU-486 is only slowly catching on (11/12 Chr. Today ). The reason seems to be rising safety concerns and bad side effects are becoming common. But more doctors are expected to begin offering the drug soon. Hopefully not.
BUILDING A UN ARMY—The U.S. has been gradually turning control of its military over to the United Nations. So-called "arms control" is not a drive to eliminate weapons of war but to monopolize them. We seem headed for a point in the "global governance" scheme where no state would have the military power to challenge a progressively-strengthened UN Peace Force. (10/22 New Amer.) A UN with sufficient power to enforce world peace would use that power to impose world tyranny.
SCHULLER FEATURES HYBELS, WILKINSON—The Robert H. Schuller Institute for Successful Church Leadership, set for Jan. 28-31, features the following speakers: Bill Hybels (who has given a forum to former Pres. Bill Clinton, and to a Muslim Imam), Bruce Wilkinson (of Prayer of Jabez fame), Leith Anderson (the new interim president of the NAE), Jack Hayford (charismatic), Lydia Waters (liberal United Methodist Church), and Ken Medema (popular with homosexuals). The above speakers, and others, are listed in a full-page ad in the 10/1 Chr. Today. Sixty pastors associated with the homosexual MCC attended Shuller's 2001 Institute.
THE JACKSON 'SHAKEDOWN'?—When Jesse Jackson shows up in corporate offices demanding not just racial equity in hiring but millions of dollars paid to his organizations, most businesses give in. (9/1 World). Like shop owners in a Mafia-controlled neighborhood, they pay protection money and count it as cost of doing business.
TERRORISM IN COLOMBIA—Colombia is one of the major drug centers of the world. At least 3,000 Colombians are killed each year in its civil war (10/13 World). Colombia had 1,700 kidnappings in the first seven months of this year, the highest rate in the world.
NAE NAMES ANDERSON INTERIM PRESIDENT—The National Association of Evangelicals' Board of Directors met Oct. 11 and named Dr. Leith Anderson to be Interim NAE President. He is senior pastor of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, MN (since 1977) which has a weekend attendance of 4,300. He has a Master's degree from Denver Seminary and a doctorate from Fuller. A Study Committee is being set up (for up to 18 months) to study the whole concept of membership. In the meantime, no denomination with membership in the WCC, NCC, or ACCC will be admitted into NAE membership during this period. [10/17 e-mail from NAE v-p Richard Cizik to ACCC exec. sec'y Ralph Colas] Surely no ACCC group would apply for membership in the compromising NAE! Former NAE president Kevin Mannoia recently resigned under pressure, in large part due to his establishing a dual membership policy between NAE and NCC/WCC groups.
MUSLIM DECLARES U.S. IS TERRORIST AT HYBELS' MEGACHURCH—Willow Creek Community Church Pastor Bill Hybels last month invited a local Muslim leader Fred Hammouda to talk about Islam to a total of 17,000 churchgoers. Hammouda was provided with this huge forum to spread lies about his false and dangerous religion. He blamed the U.S. for recent terrorism and professed hate for the U.S. and Israel. He said Muslims consider Jesus and other biblical figures Islamic prophets, though not as important as Mohammed. It surprised many in Hybel's audience that Muslims believe in Jesus [not the Bible Jesus]. The deception was evident from reactions such as, "I didn't know they believed in Jesus," and "we have much in common." Some walked out, however, when he said things like "The U.S. is responsible for terrorism." Bill Hybels was a "spiritual advisor," and gave a forum to, Bill Clinton, remember?
RUDD'S CHURCH BEGINS '3 SERVICES, 3 STYLES'—A friend sent us an e-mail concerning a Muskegon Chronicle ad for Calvary Church, Pastor Bill Rudd. It read: "New at Calvary, beginning Oct. 7, 3 services, 3 styles. 8:30 - traditional, 9:45 - blended, 11:10 - contemporary, 6:00 - Bible studies." Rudd is a longtime GARBC leader and a former Chairman of its Council of 18. His church has participated in Promise Keepers events. Churches are changing, and in most ways not for the better. Dr. Falwell's Oct. National Liberty Journal has a big ad titled, "Is Your Church Ready to Make the Praise & Worship Transition?" Worldliness is invading fundamental churches, often through the choir loft! Rock music, more and more, is becoming a permanent fixture.
MacARTHUR SAYS GRAHAM HAS 'UNORTHODOX VIEWS'—In a Feb. 15 letter to a Grace Partner, John MacArthur takes issue (and rightly so) with some remarks Billy Graham made in an interview with Robert Schuller a few years ago when he said that those who may not even know the name of Jesus will be in heaven, etc. MacArthur commented that based on what he told Schuller, Graham's theology includes some unorthodox views. He added: "He claims that the Body of Christ encompasses non-believers and that God's mercy is wide enough to encompass people who don't follow Christ…. Obviously [his] comments to Schuller (and later to Larry King) have caused a great deal of confusion….Can Billy Graham…truly believe people can be saved without the gospel?…Billy Graham is the highest profile evangelist of our time, and when he makes statements about the gospel , people listen. And because he wields so much influence, when those statements are unclear, or contradictory, problems arise…." We have disagreed with certain of Dr. MacArthur's teachings in the past, but he is on target in taking Graham to task on this issue.
GORDON & JEAN GREER NEW CD—As accomplished opera and concert artists, Gordon and Jean Greer have sung in many countries. Gordon was introduced to Biblical Fundamentalism in 1984 and dedicated his life and singing to the Lord. Jean has served on the Bob Jones University music faculty since 1989 and as Head of the Voice Department since August, 1998. Their new CD has been three years in the making. Their tremendous talent is clearly evident, as they sing the great and beloved old hymns of the faith (and a couple of newer sacred and Gospel songs) in arguably unsurpassed blended harmony. Titled "A Tribute to SOLDIERS of the CROSS," this recording honors twelve dedicatees, (including the CC editor), and the accompanying CD booklet gives a brief bio of these men as well as selected quotations from their writings, preaching, etc. The Greers have devoted their lives to honoring the Lord with their talents and defending Bible principles of separation in music. You may contact them for concerts, church meetings, or for this CD at: 605 Del Norte Road, Greenville, SC 29615. E-mail: singingforsouls@altavista.com. Phone: (864) 244-9152. The CD is $15 + $2 postage, or $10 for a cassette version.
ACCC'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY—The American Council of Christian Churches is celebrating its 60th Anniversary. It was begun back in 1941 to be a strong voice for fundamentalism. It rejected the liberalism of the old Federal Council of Churches which later became the National Council of Churches. The ACCC has always repudiated the position of the National Association of Evangelicals with its compromising hodgepodge of believers, new evangelicals, modernists, and charismatics. And while many organizations and groups have drifted far from their historic position, the ACCC has not. It continues the same stand today that brought it into existence 60 years ago, and expresses sincere gratitude to our great God for preserving it as a testimony to His glory in this dark, sin-cursed world…. At its 60th annual convention, in Lancaster, PA, Oct. 23-25, the ACCC declared its dedication and commitment to the precious Word of God. It also reaffirmed its loyalty to the principles of Biblical separation and resolved to continue to look for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. It pledged to maintain a voice for Biblical fundamentalism in these last days. [For how to get resolutions, tapes, and useful literature, contact ACCC at P.O. Box 5455, Bethlehem, PA 18015. E-mail: accc@juno.com Officers are: Dr. Ralph Colas (Executive Secretary), Dr. John McKnight (President), Rev. Mark Franklin (V-P), Rev. Craig Griffith (Secretary), and Rev. Tom Hamilton (Treas.). ]
CONTRAST BETWEEN MOHAMMED AND CHRIST—George Zeller has a interesting paper (flyer) showing the contrast between Mohammed (and Islam's Koran) and Christ. It's "free" by e-mail at: GeorgeZeller@Juno.com or from him at: 349 East Street, Middletown, CT 06457.
FFBC RESOLUTIONS—The Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches (NJ) in Annual Session (Aug.) passed good resolutions on the following subjects: 1. Pornography (on TV, Internet, etc.) 2. Salvation (Charles Stanley's recent wrong teaching on "ones who have never heard of Jesus," etc.) 3. Death Penalty 4. Embryonic Stem Cell Research 5. Harry Potter Books 6. Standing in the Evil Day 7. Apprec. of U.S. Veterans 8. Tri-State Bible Camp (Joe Racite & staff) 9. Appreciation for the Faithful Ministry of BWM's Dr. David Cummins. Read these resolutions at the Web site (www.ffbc.ws) or by e-mail from: pastor@calvarybaptistministries.org. Committee members were: Joe Roof (Chair), Mark Franklin, & Al Martin. Bill Raymond is FFBC pres., Robert Biscoe is Nat'l Rep.


Yeah! We're almost done with our quilt tops. Now we just need to add our Christmas Star an Nativity scene.
You'll need to print out the Stable and Nativity Template from here and the Star Template from here (or you can trace directly off your computer screen) and trace onto your Heat'n Bond Lite. You can also download and resize these pictures if you want to be able to fiddle with the sizing. If you want the sizing to be the same that I used, click on the PDF files above.
When you trace an image onto Heat'n Bond, it will end up being a mirror image when you put it on your quilt, so keep that in mind if you want Mary or Joseph on a particular side of the stable. Here I'm tracing with Joseph on the left so in the finished quilt, he will be on the right.
Cut out your images from the Heat'n Bond and iron them onto the back of your fabric. You'll be cutting out a star, a background for the stable, and a Nativity scene. To get the shape for the background of the stable, you'll used the dashed lines on the Stable Template.
You'll want to use some good, sharp scissors for cutting out all the little parts of the Nativity scene.
Once you've got them cut out, you'll peal off the paper backing.
I placed my stable first. I used my quilting ruler to help make sure it was level.
Once it's securely ironed, place the Nativity scene over it. Make sure there are no raw edges from the stable back showing.
Iron your Christmas star in place.
Now we're ready to sew our appliques. You can start with either one, but I recommend starting with your Christmas Star. It's a bit simpler and will give you more practice before tackling your Nativity scene.
Before we tart sewing, let's talk about the thread for a minute. Ideally, you'll have thread that matches the color of your fabric really closely, and you'll use a bobbin that also matches really close...but I often don't have an exact match and/or am too lazy to wind a new bobbin for just sewing a small applique. It's more important for the top thread to match than your bobbin. Also, if you don't have a really close match, but you have a too-light, and a too-dark option, it generally looks better going a little darker, than a little lighter (in my opinion.) These are the colors I chose for some of mine. You don't need matching thread for your stable background because all of it's raw edges are covered by our nativity silhouette.
These appliques will be a little different from stitching our tree trunks because we have to handle our ends more carefully. With the trunks, we didn't have to worry about our ends because they're hidden away in our seam allowances, but these will show. We also DO NOT want to backstitch with these tight zigzags. It will end up really bulky and messy looking if you do. Instead, you're going to leave long tails on your thread.
Some of this I'll illustrate using my large tree trunk. Since I forgot to zigzag the edges before I seweed the bottom strip into the quilt, I needed to hide my edges. I left really long thread tails at both the beginning and the end of my work.
Go to the back of your quilt and tug on the back thread.
That will often pull the front thread through enough that you can use a pin to snag it and pull it through all the way.
If it doesn't work to tug it through, you can always thread the front thread into a needle, and use a needle to bring the front thread through to the back.
...we're going to tie them securely in a knot. I usually knot them 3+ times.
And trim the thread ends...but not too closely.
So now that you know how we're going to handle the ends, let's take a closer look at how our appliques are going to work. The star is the simpler of our shapes, so I'd start with that one to give you more practice before moving on to your nativity. When you come to the inside corners of the star, you're going to need to go about an 1/8 inch INTO the star and stop your needle while it's down on the LEFT. That way, when you turn it, it will still be on the left.
When you come to the tips of the star, these are similar to the corners on the trunk...you'll want to GO TO THE VERY EDGE. Then stop with the needle down on the RIGHT, so that it's still on the right when you turn.
When you get back to where you started, leave a long tail of thread and follow the directions above for bringing them to the back and knotting them.
For working on the stable, I started on the outside edge, just under the eaves...although you can really choose anywhere to start.
Most of the corners on the outside of our Nativity are like those on the tree trunks...We'll stitch ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE, put the needed down on the RIGHT and then turn, so that the needed is still on the outside.
The corners under the eaves are like the inside corners on the star though. For those, we'll GO PAST about 1/8 inch, and put our needed down on the LEFT before turning.
Eventually you'll get back where you started. Leave the thread tails long, and bring them to the back and knot them.
As you're doing the inside of the nativity, keep an eye out for whether you need to go PAST for a turn or whether you go to the edge. Typically the way you can tell is if there is no "edge" that you'd could go to, you'll probably be going past, into the shape.
Go slowly, and for some of the tight curves like the figures hands and heads, you can stop anytime you need to. One curves of something STICKING OUT like the heads, and hands, you'll want to be sure you always stop your needle on the OUTSIDE of the curve before you turn. For interior curves, like under their necks or the holes around the around the bottom of the manger, you'll want to make sure to stop your needle INSIDE the dark fabric (which is actually on the outside of the overall curve, but inside the edge we're concentrating on.) before you make your turns.
And don't forget to go around the holes around the bottom of the manger as well.
And now you should be done with your quilt top. I'll have some tips up soon for quilting your quilt.
I happened by your blog from WIP Wednesday. What a creative and beautiful rendition of the nativity in your wall quilt. I looked at your Upcycle tab also--fantastic. I wish this had been around when my kids were little (eons ago). I bought all their clothes from garage sales and thrift stores and these would have been terrific to use. Very nice blog!
Very neat nativity pattern and I loved that you explained everything so well. Those corners are tricky with a zigzag or blanket stitch sometimes.


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A handy resource for parents struggling to connect with their kids in their home language
A new multilingual book originally titled, Molemi yo o Bidiwang Aganang (Setswana), highlights the importance of mother tongue education
Tankiso Komane
After seemingly unsuccessful calls by literary critics for book publishing in African languages, there's been notably a growing evidence in the production of literature in various indigenous tongues across the continent
As internationally acclaimed Kenyan novelist, Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o recently observed, the problem however, is that those that choose to heed this important call remain invisible, with their work hardly ever reviewed or translated. "So writers in African languages are writing against great odds: no publishing houses, no state support, and with national and international forces aligned against them. Prizes are often given to promote African literature but on the condition that the writers don't write in African languages," notes the self professed "language worrier" in an interview with the Los Angeles Review of Books last year (2017).
The power of learning in your home tongue
In this latest attemp by one feisty South African woman, first time fiction author Dimakatso Mookodi's main attempt was focused on another important aspect in African literature; the need for the production of children books in African languages. Her argument is that if children learn to read and express themselves in their mother tongue, it will become easier for them to transition to other 'secondary' languages, in this case English.
With that in mind, one can also hope that her work will provide more visibility for writing in African languages in South Africa – while highlighting the importance of indigenous language promotion and its constructive role in the preservation of national culture, heritage and identity.
Molemi yo o Bidiwang Aganang is originally written in Setswana and translated in nine official South African languages. The book places its characters in relatable situations where grandparents show children how to realize their full potential in reaching their dreams, while tapping into their innermost even in unpleasant situations.
Moved, touched and inspired: First time author Dimakatso Mookodi
I realized while I was working in radio translations that there is a generation that is losing touch with their mother tongue
Aganang – the book's central character – is an attention seeking but quite inquisitive child preferring to spend time with his grandfather in the farm, before the morning sun. His occasional drive to the farm with his grandfather pleases him the most. He learns how to work the land, feed animals and take care of the crops. His grandmother is an affectionate and a disciplinarian who takes care of the house. She's a typical three-dimensional woman who imparts wisdom to her grandson that he will find useful even long after she's gone.
Mookodi came up with the idea of writing a Setswana children book after the birth of her son, Rorisang. "I realized while I was working in radio translations that there is a generation that is losing touch with their mother tongue. We struggled with children reading for vernacular radio auditions, even those who can speak it from the township based schools are struggling to read – this maybe because there aren't enough books to read for leisure. For me personally it was an alarming thought that one day this could be my son – if I don't do something about his upbringing and instilling in him the appreciation of my language."
Mookodi adds. "I realized that it's important to preserve and pass the beautiful language of Setswana to my son, and this is exactly what this book and many more that I plan to write and publish, hopes to achieve."
The book has been translated in nine official South African languages, including isiNdebele
Practical lessons for parents and children alike
Parents struggling to find ways to connect with their children in their mother tongue will find this book as a handy resource, which will help them polish their language skills. Their young ones, on the other hand, will be inspired to learn to express themselves freely in their mother tongue through reading and brain stimulation.
"I want children to be delighted when they pronounce syllables in their mother tongue and unlike other children's literature that is out there. This book is written with ease and colourful characters that any child will find easy to relate to and understand," she stresses.
The book, in a nutshell, explores the essence of obedience. Furthermore, it provides practical lessons to parents in their quest to pursuing stable homes that represent who they are as Africans. It is available and distributed by Peo Literature, a publishing company owned by Mookodi. The books are also available at Xarra Book and speciality children's book stores, Toys With Roots and Ethnikids.
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Moving on to a more serious and imposing color, we arrive at brown, which no longer sends us thinking of youthfulness and excitement. Traditionally associated with seriousness, stability, and wisdom, brown is mostly worn by people who impose respect and appreciation through their status. When you think of this color, you might envision a paternal figure or a grandfather in the middle of the family. Because families are centered on the stability and resourcefulness of the main male figure, most people feel secure and stable when thinking about brown. Paternal figures who passed a certain age also exude a sense of stability, but in the material sense – they have accumulated life experience which is manifested in possessions and financial gain. Most people feel safe around people wearing brown because they represent seriousness, reliance, and support.
Because it is the color of the earth, you may also think of physical grounding and comfort when you think about this particular color. You might feel "down to earth" and with "your feet on the ground" when you are in a place that provides a sense of safety. The loyalty of people whom you consider "your rock" can be a metaphor for the safety that you feel while being safe on the ground. In the work environment, brown represents someone who is hard-working, loyal, industrious, and practical. There isn't anything that is "up in the air" about these people. Instead, they make everything work by bringing in their sharp common sense and their genuine honesty.
Because brown does not evoke strong emotions in people, it can also induce psychological safety. When emotions are cleared out of the way, people can contemplate a situation from an objective and grounded perspective. Emotions stir up the psyche and disturb the reasoning process, while a calm mind plants its feet in the ground and makes decisions from a place of clarity and safety. Brown provides the reassurance and structure that every person and organization needs.
Negative associations of brown are related to extreme conventionalism and rigidness. Even though order and structure are necessary to maintain the stability of the world, too much of them can lead to inflexibility and fixed perspectives. Too much brown can mean reluctance to progress and to new ideas, and an obsession with the past instead of an openness to the future.
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Palm Beach County to Prosecute Hate Crime Suspect
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
On February 19, 2003 the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that "a Boca Raton construction company owner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a misdemeanor hate crime for setting fire to a wooden sign announcing the new site of an Islamic community center and mosque... George Aboujawdeh, 46, faces up to a year in jail for torching the 4-by-8-foot sign on the vacant lot that is the future home of the Assalam Center. He is the first person in Palm Beach County to be prosecuted for a hate crime targeting Muslims since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks... Two Boca Raton police officers arrested Aboujawdeh after watching him douse the sign with lighter fluid and flee as it went up in flames. Police had been watching the sign for six weeks after it had been hacked with an ax and twice set on fire."
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So if you've been following along my little adventures in getting a moderately more sophisticated look in my dressing room, you'll know that I was struggling with what to do with my chest of drawers.
A spilled bottle of clear nail polish meant I had to remove all the paint from the top of the unit and I considered removing all of the paint from the entire thing… but unfortunately, the top really wasn't in great shape even after sanding it as best I could.
In my opinion, there are certain pieces of furniture that are much better left unpainted or restored to their gorgeous natural state. However, as lovely as this dresser is, this is not one of those pieces. There were far too many scratches, scrapes and holes in the top to fill to make it worthy of a completely strip, sand and seal job (I wasn't going for a shabby chic look) and so I decided a fresh coat of paint would really be best for this particular piece. Sometimes you just gotta let it be what it is, ya know?
After much deliberation, I decided to go with a minty green paint colour. It's actually the next lighter colour on the paint chip sample that I used above the picture rail in this room – Dulux Japanese Maze 4 (nice name, don't you think?).
I primed the top, gave the whole thing a light sanding and then 2 coats of the Dulux paint. The paint is oil-based satin which will give it a much more resilient finish than the standard water-based paints I'd used previously but the whole process takes SO much longer with 16 hours between coats.
Here's a crappy picture from my phone during the whole rather disruptive process. You'll see I took the clothing rail out of the space to allow me to work (it's in the cleared out guest bedroom while we get on with other things in here). Strangely, it's actually the best representation of the colour in real life.
I think all in, I worked on it in fits and starts and so it ended up taking me a week because I really wanted the paint to fully cure between coats before I even attempted to use it. I then went over the edges (where the drawers slide in and out) with furniture wax to make sure the paint didn't lift anywhere it would get heavy use (the last time I didn't do this and the paint ended up scratched around the drawers, looking a bit worse for wear over time).
I have to admit, I love it. I actually like it a lot more than the turquoise colour and it just works so beautifully with the wallpaper (ignore the paint spillage on the floor ahem).
As I said in my previous post, I want to really tone down all the turquoise in this room and give it a bit more of a sophisticated vibe and I think so far, with the chest of drawers and the new lighting, it's coming along.
Looks lovely my friend. I love that color!
It's just lovely! Very elegant, and I'm certainly looking forward to your transformation of those Billy bookcases – I have to show them to my husband, they would look just perfect in my future craft room! <br />That mirror is btw gorgeous!
This looks great — good job on the color selection. I want to send you a photo I saw in an advertisement in House Beautiful that made me think of your vanity area; I'll forward it to your email address.
Methinks you have house project ADD. But don't we all! The room is coming along nicely. Love the new light fixture! The bookcases are going to be so fancy-schmancy with the trim added.
Great job. I think the colour is perfect. Painted furniture can be a great way to add a subtle or vibrant pop of colour to a space without going overboard and ruining the feel of the rooms design. This piece is a lovely feature with a delicate colour.


The European Outdoor Summit has announced three new speakers for this year's event, as well as the venue and details of the EOS Networking Evening.
Opening keynote speaker for the Summit and setting the scene for the conference is Internet and technology entrepreneur, John Straw, Senior advisor to Mckinsey and Co and IBM Watson IoT. John educates businesses on change and disruption and will present: 'Technology Disruption – running towards it or away from it? Everything you need to know!' In a world where AI, IoT, blockchain, smart contracts, advanced robotics and virtual reality are all converging to create a wave of change for consumers and businesses. John's session will highlight how it works in layman's terms and the opportunities and disruption it will create.
In addition to his opening keynote, John will present a breakout session focusing on how the current wave of technology will change the consumer market and businesses, as systemic changes in marketing catalyse new thinking on how to reach and influence consumers.
In the past years the demand for transparency from the fashion industry has increased drastically. The fashion industry that has historically been known for its secrecy has been pushed by NGOs, governments and consumers to become more transparent. It has led to brands publishing their supplier list, signing transparency pledges; the Bangladeshi accord and the UK Modern Slavery act. However, the industry is far from solving its challenges connected to workers' rights and planetary barriers. Nina's presentation asks the questions; where does the fashion industry need to go next with its transparency agenda? What is the role of consumers in the equation, how can brands empower consumers to become a force of positive change? And what is the role of tech such as Block chain and IoT?
The outdoor market is booming and related industries are growing. Wearable Technologies become more intelligent, sophisticated and miniaturised. With examples from the eco-system, this breakout session will underline the valuable interfaces between both areas that will leverage, for example, user experience and safety outdoors, show potential transfers from other branches and vision future perspectives.
Now a popular social event at the EOS, the Networking Evening is a great opportunity to come together with fellow delegates and unwind after the first day of the Summit.
Brought to you by the Summit's Main Sponsor, IWA, this year's Networking Evening will take place at the Slagthuset, Malmӧ. Less than 10 minutes' walk from Malmӧ Live, the Battlehouse served as the city's slaughterhouse between 1904 and 1969. It was transformed into a theatre, conference, restaurant and entertainment centre in 1992. This unusual venue will offer a unique location for delegates to sample Swedish dishes alongside some musical entertainment!
The EOS takes place 19-20 September 2018 at the Clarion Hotel & Congress Malmӧ Live, in Malmӧ, Sweden.


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Clene Nanomedicine, Inc. Raises an Oversubscribed $42.5M Series D
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clene Nanomedicine, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of first-in-class nanocatalysts for the treatment of bioenergetic failure associated with neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the $42.5 million oversubscribed closing of its Series D equity financing. Proceeds from the financing will be used to advance Clene's clinical pipeline—particularly the lead nanocatalyst, CNM-Au8—an orally administered therapeutic under investigation for the neurorepair of various neurodegenerative diseases including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and ALS, with one Phase 3 trial and four Phase 2 studies ongoing.
Clene worked closely with Salt Lake City-based investment banking firm, Crewe Capital, on the Series D capital raise. "Clene's noble mission coupled with a laser focus on delivering impressive results and consistently achieving milestone objectives, while partnering with the most credible third-party researchers and institutions around the world makes for a really exciting opportunity," says Mike Bennett, CEO and Managing Partner of Crewe Capital.
"Hugh Hannesson, Marlo Oaks, and the Crewe Capital team brought two key benefits to us. First, having an understanding of the mechanics of our business and underlying science, and second, bringing broad relationships and reach with sophisticated investors seeking opportunities to participate in the emergence of innovative therapeutics that address the most critical and challenging health issues," said Rob Etherington, President and CEO of Clene Nanomedicine. "Crewe also made the process efficient and enabled the company to stay focused on advancing the business, which was an invaluable benefit."
About Clene Nanomedicine
Clene Nanomedicine, Inc. is a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of unique therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases. Clene has innovated a novel nanotechnology drug platform for the development of a new class of orally-administered neurotherapeutic drugs. Clene has also advanced into the clinic an aqueous solution of ionic zinc and silver for anti-viral and anti-microbial uses. Founded in 2013, the company is based in Salt Lake City, Utah with R&D and manufacturing operations located in North East, Maryland. For more information, please visit www.clene.com.
About Crewe Capital
Crewe Capital, LLC is an independent investment banking, securities, and mergers and acquisitions firm. www.crewecapital.com. Crewe Capital, LLC is a registered broker-dealer with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov), a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (http://www.SIPC.org), and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (http://www.finra.org).
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The Credentialed Provider Network of Care Solutions Group, as pictured below, is a cutting-edge and innovative group of leaders redesigning the manner in which health care is delivered and measured. Owners and operators of each participating organization collaborate in roundtable sessions to enhance care, improve access and reduce cost. Our unrelenting goal – Forming collaborative partnerships, including working with competitors, to strengthen our model of care and breakdown the silos that exist in the industry today.