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Parliament elections in Spain
Enrique J. Refoyo
Without doubt, these elections are the most intriguing in Spain since many decades. Bipartidist system which seemed apparently immovable, now it is transformed in a system of four parties: PP and PSOE, with Ciudadanos and Podemos.
First of all, the names translated of main parties that I am going to mention:
PP: Partido Popular (Popular Party).
PSOE: Partido Socialista Obrero Español (SpanishSocialistWorkersParty).
Ciudadanos: (Citizens).
Podemos: (We Can).
Political context.
Before dealing with these elections, we see briefly how we arrive to this situation. Once upon a time, 2014, jumped into all media a new party called Podemos, they started from the "left", but they told that they searched the support of all citizens. It seemed that they went to win all seats everywhere, and they arrived strongly to the elections for European Parliament in May 2014. But over time, Podemos were moderating his proposals, to be another party more of the system.
Concurrently, the party Ciudadanos, which passed to the level of all Spain, and previously was Ciutadans (only presented in Catalonia), also seemed another rising force, but it is in 2015 when Ciudadanos appeared everywhere like other political hurricane which entered from the "center-right" side. At the same time, Podemos seemed deflate.
Finally it was the party Ciudadanos, which supported to Susana Díaz (PSOE) like president of Andalusia. Also, in the autonomic government of Madrid, Ciudadanos supported to Cristina Cifuentes (PP) like autonomical president. That is, there are precedents of strategic decisions and not so much ideological. This year, 2015, has been a year very electoral, it was two autonomic elections, in March where in Andalusia, and in September were in Catalonia. It was foreseeable that it would be an electoral strategy from all of these parties respect to all of these elections, and that is how it went. For example, in parliament of Andalusia wasn't elected president until June of 2015, that is, after local and autonomic elections in May of 2015. That was there because none of established parties would want to be marked like prone to some or other alliances.
By other hand, Podemos was presented under this name for elections in Andalusia, but in the case of Local and autonomic elections of May 2015, they were presented under many initials of supposed popular ensemble. They got local governments of Madrid (Ahora Madrid with support of PSOE) and Barcelona (Barcelona en Comú with support of ERC and PSC). And there are another detail to take in count, because Podemos and its leader Pablo Iglesias went to Greece for supporting unconditionally to Alexis Tsipras (Syriza), who after elections there, he was proclaimed Prime Minister of Greece, but he imposed to all Greeks a plan of economic rescue, harder than previous government. By this international support, Podemos received hard critics in Spain, from right like a party which support to Greeks radicals who finish defeated in front of "sanity" of EU, and from left, like a party which supported to another traitor party in Greece, sold in front of troika[1].
But in autonomic elections of Catalonia in September 2015 was where Ciudadanos and Podemos, really were consolidated in their political race to general elections. By one side, Ciudadanos was consolidated like the constitutionalist force in a parliament with majority of separatism, in fact, Ciudadanos is the second party by seats in this parliament; and Podemos was presented like "Catalunyasiquees pot" (Cataluña yes can), and it was consolidated like a leftist party but not separatist.
In this context, of crossed alliances from some parties with others, without repeating always this scheme: Left supports left, and right supports right. The only thing certain is that we have a year full of changes in parties and many alliances. Definitely, there are two parties of national range that sink to almost disappear: IU and especially UPyD, that seem replaced with naturalness by Podemos and Ciudadanos. Meanwhile, PP used each time more clearly the tandem President-Vice-president, that is Rajoy-Santamaría, like old man and young woman to meet again with their voters, because of rest of big parties had young leaders, like PSOE which chose to Pedro Sanchez like new national leader.
Political cleavages.
To schematize and helping to understand this context, certainly in a simplified form, we have several political cleavages:
Left / Right: Podemos-PSOE / PP-Ciudadanos.
Old politics / New Politics: PP-PSOE / Podemos-Ciudadanos.
This is important to understand because electoral campaign was performed, more above these simplified notions than above concrete contents. This is usual because electoral campaigns are more personal or emotional affinities than concrete political contents. Voters receive simplified and emotional messages because generally is what they need to vote. There are a lack of interest to polity, politics and policy, but certainly has increased since 2011 with the 15-M. Continuing with this cleavages, the messages on first cleavage were clear, left is bad according to right, and right is bad according to left. They blame each other about disasters of Spain. But, it is more interesting the second cleavage, because of parties, in pairs, united to criticize the new parties regardless of the supposed ideology (left or right), for example, the PP and PSOE spoke of not voting for experiments, they are the ones who know how to rule well. And Podemos and Ciudadanos spoke to regenerate or change politics, and the old parties are thieves and they represent the real change. Of course, other issue very spoken on campaign was the reform of constitution, that support mainly Podemos and Ciudadanos, whereas PP and PSOE or don't want reform at this moment or join to this reformist current.
Before passing to the results, I think it is important to note some political characteristics for which are valued at these parties:
Generally you can always find the tandem Right-economic policy, Left - social policy. And again, on the right, that the PP makes better economic policies and proves this with his administration since 2011 and since 1996 too, and Ciudadanos who can make better policies and wouldn't have tens of defendants for corruption. And on the left, PSOE was presented as an experienced party social policies, referring to past periods as Zapatero's presidency (2004-2011) and that its aim is to change all the laws of PP against cuts, and Podemos was presented as a party of the people, without corruption like PSOE, and they can do more social policies, and the referendum about Catalonia.
Otherwise, it can put three campaign themes: political corruption, employment / taxes, and social policies. Overall, these four big parties agreed on all anti-corruption laws, policies to promote employment, reduce taxes, and increase social policies. Therefore, the speeches are focused more on the emotional than political. Attracting passionate vote rather than reasoned vote, as well, in all these political parties occurred corruption cases and therefore, all of them arrived more or less stained by the crimes they criticized in campaign.
And I don't forget another issue that has been the subject of campaign, this is separatism in Catalonia. Here, PP, PSOE and Ciudadanos are closing ranks with the Constitution of 1978 and there will be no secession, whereas Podemos speak of a referendum on independence although they prefer the victory of non-independentists. During September and October was a campaign issue, but in November and December like positions of big parties are clear, this issue passed into the background. More over by the huge corruption cases in the same family of the former president of the autonomous community of Catalonia, Jordi Pujol, of CiU party. Also, Artur Mas, of the same party (CiU) and head of the Catalan separatist process was not named president of the Catalan autonomy since the elections in September 2015. Perhaps this lack of definition is the same case as in the Andalusian case where no president until after the local and autonomic elections in May 2015, and in Catalonia there won't be president until after of these elections in December.
We already have the official results[2], and I pass to analyze general data about participation: It increased participation by more than 5 points and abstention instead fell, also decreased the null and blank votes.
About votes to parties, PP and PSOE have lost dozens of seats in Congress, the PP pass from 186 to 123 and PSOE from 110 to 90. While Podemos and associated brands get 69 seats and Ciudadanosget 40 seats. If we consider some forecast of leftist alliance (PSOE-Podemos) would add 159 seats, and alliance of rightists (PP-Citizens) would add 163 seats.
The absolute majority is 176 seats, so that, both options require the abstention of the regionalist or separatist parties that are minority, but in this context they are necessary to have an absolute majority to form the government.
As prediction, it is difficult to predict what might happen. This situation between 4 parties is unique in the history of this regime which was born in 1978, so we cannot bet on something concrete. In Spain there have never been coalition governments, only support for a party to form a government and in return receive concessions. Perhaps, now, a coalition government is formed between two parties that support it, or perhaps three of the four main parties.
The only sure thing is that nothing seems certain in this political context, and must be aware of each event, how will develop the separatist matter in Catalonia, because maybe that result in an anti-separatist front formed by PP-citizens-PSOE. Or a front anti-PP formed by PSOE-Citizens-Podemos. It is difficult to envisage a scenario because now is when these four parties, both PP and PSOE as the old parties, as Ciudadanos and Podemosas new parties, they must learn to negotiate a government, or, we will make other elections.
What it seems certain is that if these two new main parties fail in their political work or are shown as corrupt and inept as the old parties, probably the vote that went from PP to Citizens and from PSOE-IU to Podemos, they will return to their previous parties because they will be the option less bad, or as we say in Spain, "better bad known than good to know". The games of politics have started right now.
[1]Composed by three organizations: European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and European Commission.ECB+IMF+EC
[2] Fuente: http://resultadosgenerales2015.interior.es/congreso/#/ES201512-CON-ES/ES
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These elements come in the form of the playground's physical environment (open grassy areas, trees, sidewalks, etc.), the play equipment itself (slides, swings, climbers, jumpers, etc.) and the children (and their playmates). If you're sitting in a budget meeting and trying to decide where to cut and where to add, this is an area to add.
Research has shown the benefits of upper-body equipment, climbers, swings, slides and rotating, rocking and balancing devices in the development of children. A playground with high play value needs to have a variety of these elements and the more the better. All of these elements work together to provide settings for social exchange, problem-solving scenarios, and physiological growth. And best of all, they're cleverly disguised as fun.
Julian Richter, founder of the German playground equipment company Richter Spielgerate GmbH, said it best, "We should have as much play value as we can possibly afford, but only as much safety as is necessary." As we've discovered, a playground with high play value is usually a safer playground than one with low play value because children use the equipment spontaneously in naturally safer ways than children who must force amusement from non-stimulating facilities.
Playground equipment safety criteria in the United States are based upon sound principles including age appropriateness, elimination of known accident causes as reported through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System and case law, and anthropometrics--the measurement of children's physical dimensions, skills and abilities. The two equipment safety criteria generally accepted as the industry standards of care in the United States--the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission's Handbook of Public Playground Safety and the American Society for Testing and Materials' standard ASTM F1487, Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use--are performance criteria, not design restrictions. The comparable standard in Canada is CAN/CSA-Z614, Children's Playspaces and Equipment. These safety criteria permit manufacturers to demonstrate creativity and innovation as well as safety in their products.
Purchasers of playground equipment in the United States may verify that any equipment they are considering has been checked for compliance with either the U.S. or Canadian standard by searching for that item by manufacturer and model number on the Web site www.ipema.org. The third-party certification validation program is administered by the Detroit Testing Laboratory.
Playground equipment arrives from the manufacturer as a set of parts requiring careful assembly and installation. The installers should be trained individuals, able to read and understand assembly directions, plans and other graphics; knowledgeable about soils, drainage, concrete, asphalt and other construction materials; skilled and experienced in the use of construction tools, equipment and machinery; and certified in playground installation from either the manufacturer of the specific equipment being installed, or by the International Playground Contractors Association.
The most frequent cause of reported injuries to children on playgrounds is falling. To reduce the frequency and severity of fall injuries, all public playground equipment must be installed over appropriate safety surfacing. The Standard Guide for ASTM Standards for Playground Equipment (ASTM F2223) is an excellent summary of standards for selecting and specifying surface systems. This guide describes how to apply the appropriate ASTM Standards to evaluate accessibility characteristics and product characteristics. It is essential that the surfacing material or product used has sufficient depth or thickness to ensure adequate impact attenuation, is installed with correct surface and subsurface drainage, and is well maintained.
Part of the construction of a playground should be a post-installation safety audit performed by a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI) prior to acceptance by the owner. This audit should include all the equipment and the surfacing. Any condition found to be non-compliant with the standards should be evaluated and given a priority rating based upon the exposure, probability of injury and, most likely, injury severity level. Severe non-compliances, rated as "Priority One," should be corrected immediately, before the playground is accepted for use. Other non-compliances should be scheduled for correction in a reasonable time frame based upon owner/operator policy.
New playground equipment and surfacing generally function as they are intended. New materials initially resist wear, weather and deterioration. But use and exposure will eventually take a toll on all playgrounds. It is only by developing and using a well-planned maintenance program that older equipment can continue to be safe and enjoyable for all users. The maintenance program must be based upon the specific equipment in the playground, the materials used in the manufacture and installation of the equipment, the amount of use it receives and the environmental conditions it is subjected to.
An effective maintenance program includes annual in-depth safety and maintenance inspections, frequent primary issues safety and maintenance inspections, an effective procedure to take broken or unsafe equipment out of service and a means to provide good health and sanitation conditions.
At least once a year, a thorough safety inspection and preventive maintenance-needs assessment should be undertaken for every playground. Each structure and its surfacing should be carefully examined according to an itemized, standardized checklist. Any signs of wear, damage or deterioration must be noted and evaluated to determine what needs to be done to correct, repair, or replace problems, or preserve good conditions.
The purpose of the annual inspection is to take a proactive approach to maintenance (i.e., to identify indications that problems are coming so that preventive actions can be taken before the problem develops). As a part of this annual process, points of motion and wear should be checked; worn bushings, bearings, and S-hooks replaced; lubrication applied according to manufacturer directions; types and extent of all corrosion recorded and corrected before permanent degradation occurs; extent of thermal or UV deterioration to materials noted and preservation efforts instituted; as well as all levels of other wear, breakage or damage recorded and repaired or replaced. Preventive maintenance based upon comprehensive annual inspections will extend the functional life of the equipment and surfacing, and ensure the safety of the playground.
Conditions of playground equipment and surfacing can change quickly. They can suffer from storm damage, vandalism, fire or other sudden natural or man-made catastrophes. Other less severe but problematic conditions may develop quickly as well--the overnight appearance of broken glass, hypodermic needles, nails; users kicking away loose-fill surfacing to below minimum protective depths; sand or pea stone tracked onto hard surfaces and creating a slip hazard.
It's a wise practice to have routine, early safety and maintenance inspections of playgrounds to ensure they are unbroken, functional, clean and hazard-free before children arrive. The frequency of these inspections should be determined by the use patterns of the playground. For some playgrounds, this may be an early-morning, daily process; for others, this may be a weekly one. It's recommended that these inspections be based upon an itemized checklist and take no longer than five minutes unless cleanup or repairs are necessary.
Children do not stop using playground equipment when it is broken. They usually adapt to the change and continue to use it in new ways. This can be detrimental to both the children and may cause additional harm to the equipment. It is important to have a predetermined procedure to remove or take broken equipment out of service. It is not enough to tag the condition with plastic warning tape or cones. These generally just attract children to the area and are easily removed or disregarded.
Steps must be planned in advance to remove or secure dysfunctional parts. These items should be immediately removed, made immovable, or made inaccessible. Elevated openings caused by missing play components need to be securely blocked until replacements can be installed. Wise playground operators anticipate these situations and have established procedures for taking equipment out of service, and have on-hand the materials and tools needed to do this.
Good playground providers not only protect users from injury, but they also protect them from unhealthy or unsanitary conditions. There are many things that may be present at a playground that, while not a physical hazard, can adversely affect users. Examples include infestations of mold, fungi or other toxic plant growth, presence of animal or human bodily wastes and fluids, and spills of maintenance chemicals or machinery oil or fuel.
Proper preventive measures need to be taken to inhibit noxious infestations. Cleanup of feces, urine, vomit, or blood on playgrounds must be done not only immediately but according to approved sanitary procedures. Maintenance personnel need to be trained to properly handle all hazardous substances and have ready access to the Material Safety Data Sheet for all maintenance chemicals used. Clean, uncontaminated playgrounds are the result of careful planning and good sanitation procedures.
Many European countries have certified play workers employed by municipalities and stationed as supervisors at public playgrounds when the facilities are open. The playgrounds are fenced, and gates are closed and locked when the play workers are not on duty. In the United States, public playgrounds are typically open and are not supervised by trained staff. It is generally assumed that parents, guardians, babysitters or even siblings are capable of supervising children on playgrounds.
Just recently, new playground safety criteria have included two signage requirements: the age for which the playground is intended and the recommendation for adult supervision.
It is accepted practice that younger children need more direct, active supervision while older children do not. Some of the more conscientious school districts and childcare centers provide in-service workshops and training sessions for teachers and other playground supervisors. A few community centers and community education programs include playground supervision for mothers or mothers-to-be as part of parenthood-preparation short courses. These programs include recognition of changes that weather may have upon playground use, a safety scan, age-appropriate activities and equipment, close supervision when necessary, supervision of play on motion and stationary equipment, inappropriate behavior and bullying, and contacting playground authorities if necessary.
In priority order, the key--the most important best practice to be followed by playground providers who aspire to be "the best"--is the first one listed: provide a playground that has the highest possible play value. The remaining practices support this provision and provide the synergy to make the playground the joy of the children and parents as well as the playground operator. All together, these become the best practices of playground providers.
Monty Christiansen, B.S.L.A., M.L.A., is a member of IPEMA's "Voice of Play" Board of Advisors. He is also Co-founder of the National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI)and Executive Director of the International Playground Safety Institute (IPSI). He lectures extensively and has received many awards for his work, including the Lindbeck Award for Excellence in Teaching from PennStateUniversity, where his is now Professor Emeritus. He can be contacted at IPSIglobal@comcast.net.


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'The Power of Resilience' is this year's theme for the Women of Silicon Roundabout conference, launched in 2015 to inspire, unite and shape the careers of women in technology, and the tech industry as a whole.
Ene Goktan, Sangeetha Bheeman and Seena Nair all work in the Production Software Development team, which creates and maintains software for the high-throughput DNA sequencing and genotyping workflows at Sanger.
They're part of the group making the trip to London to attend the conference. Here, they tell us about their roles at the Institute and why they're excited to attend the all-women tech event.
What does your role involve?
Seena: I develop Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) for the cellular genomics teams here at the Institute. Our team is working on adding new features and supporting the software already rolled out in labs. We use 'agile' ways of working which help us to plan releases of an updated version of the software every two weeks. I'm currently working as a front-end developer, on the user interface of the software, and I'm really fascinated by it – it's very creative.
Ene: I joined Sanger's new 'Tech Talent' scheme, which is great as it combines my interests in tech and biology. I'm currently in the Production Software Development team but will be rotating around different departments at Sanger. The scheme allows me to learn what I wouldn't have learned through university, and put theory into practice.
Sangeetha: I work as a Software Engineer and my role involves taking care of the different applications, like Sequencescape, Limber, Traction and other smaller supporting applications too.
Sangeetha Bheeman, Senior Software Developer
Ene Goktan, Informatics and Digital Associate
What is your favourite thing about your job?
Seena: It's great to see how excited the scientists are by the software, and how they are going to use it. Sometimes there's a conflict in the way that we see things as software developers, and the way they're using them. That is the best thing about working on the user interface of software – you get to work on different ways to improve people's experiences.
We've seen how the LIMS software has helped improve output, by moving lab teams away from using excel spreadsheets to track and record activities – which is a pain – to using bespoke software, which is much easier. That's really rewarding.
Ene: I really like the nature of computer science and software engineering - how it's actually quite creative. It's exploratory, and investigative, which gives you the freedom to do what you want, how you want. There's no one right answer.
What has your experience been like working as a woman in the tech sector?
Sangeetha: I studied Computer Science because I wanted to become a Software Engineer; a sure-fire way to get a good career in India, which is where I studied and lived before arriving in Cambridgeshire a year ago after landing the job here.
In previous companies, it would be typical for there to only be 10 to 20 per cent of women per team – that's how it was from the beginning for me. I once worked in a team where I was the only woman! But eventually the company I was at started to hire more women as they recognised the issue, but we were always in the minority.
Seena: In the initial period of my career, I worked at a start-up company that was rolling out major scientific software around the world, and we were required to work in different time zones. It was difficult to balance family life and a career; it requires a lot of support from those around you.
I now see more women coming into the sector, but there is still work to do to level things up.
Seena Nair, Senior Software Developer
Tell us more about the Women of Silicon Roundabout conference.
Sangeetha: This will be my first time attending, but a couple of my colleagues attended last year. It's exciting because we typically see a lot of male speakers at other technology conferences. It will be inspiring to attend a technology conference where it's all women, and learn about their experiences and how they've grown in their careers.
Do you have any advice for people who might be thinking about working in software development or other technical roles?
Ene: It's easy to be discouraged by formal barriers, such as not doing a degree or not having worked in software development before. But once you make that step, and you're in a supportive environment, there are always ways to learn, and there is always someone you can ask.
That's the great thing about working here - I have a great team, and someone always has the answer. No matter how small or big it is, there's always someone around to help. The environment is collaborative and supportive – which pushes you to want to learn more.
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EDWARD MELCARTH: Points of View
Jan 13 2018 to Apr 8 2018
This survey of paintings, drawings, and sculpture by Edward Melcarth is a homecoming of sorts, a chance to assess and appreciate the Louisville-born artist (1914-1973) who left Kentucky to pursue his personal interests and career. Working in the heyday of Abstract Expressionism and later Pop Art, Melcarth maintained a commitment to figurative imagery and techniques gleaned from the Old Masters.
Points of View looks at Melcarth's subject matter and his exploration of masculinity, religion, portraiture, drug use, and the American scene. In both small and large canvases, the artist offers dramatic compositions, positioning bodies as interlocking elements or seen from unique perspectives. His models were often street trade from 42nd Street in Manhattan, shown performing blue collar jobs and sporting muscular physiques. They exude seductive and self-aware attitudes, made more overt by the artist's suggestive titles. These works share affinities with equally erotic depictions of sailors, prize-fighters, and lumberjacks by the American realists Paul Cadmus and Marsden Hartley.
Religious stories including the raising of Lazarus and the Last Supper are subverted by Melcarth's portraits of Christ and the apostles. Unlike traditional depictions, the men are beardless and youthful, with hard looks and tousled hair. There is no trace of idealization in his 1962 canvas, Last Supper, based on Leonardo da Vinci's famous fresco. It seems more like an unruly encounter at a diner or bar, with competitive gestures, spilled drinks, and uneaten food.
Melcarth's images of men and women riding motorbikes, enjoying the beach, and participating in leisure activities seem to revel in looking and being looked at. The artist is clearly enthusiastic about the process of representing human desire and aggression. His depiction of men shooting up or lost in euphoric drug-fueled states will take on added relevance in the context of the opioid epidemic taking place in the U.S. today, with a particularly devastating effect in Kentucky.
Edward Melcarth was born in Louisville, KY, in 1914, to a wealthy Jewish family named Epstein (he would later change his last name). He studied at Harvard University and Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17 in Paris, a notable print studio where European modernists gathered and produced limited editions. His friends and patrons included the Guggenheims—he designed Peggy's famous bat wing sunglasses—Gore Vidal, and Tennessee Williams. He taught at Parsons School of Design, Columbia University, the University of Washington, the University of Louisville, and the Art Students League. Melcarth died in Venice, Italy in 1973. His works are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Arts, Boston; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Kinsey Institute; and the Forbes Collection.
Special thanks go to Dr. Jonathan Coleman of the Faulkner-Morgan Pagan Babies Archive for bringing Melcarth's work to the Museum's attention and for providing scholarship and enthusiasm about the artist's work. The exhibition would not be possible without his help and the generous loans from the Forbes family and the efforts of efforts of Bonnie Kirschstein and Elizabeth Marwell.
EDWARD MELCARTH, Last Supper, circa 1960, oil on canvas. The Forbes Collection, New York
EDWARD MELCARTH, Rape of the Sabines, oil on canvas.
Collection of Steve Forbes, New York
EDWARD MELCARTH, All Night Movie, oil on canvas.
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EDWARD MELCARTH, Excavation, oil on canvas.
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EDWARD MELCARTH, Amendment, carved wood.
top image: EDWARD MELCARTH, Junkie with Open Shirt (detail), oil on canvas, The Forbes Collection, New York
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Air Liquide and Faurecia are bringing liquid hydrogen to heavy-duty vehicles
With a range of 1,000 km, optimized storage capacity and a tested technology ready within five years, liquid hydrogen tanks offer an attractive solution for decarbonized, high-performance heavy mobility. Discover the challenges facing the teams of Air Liquide and Faurecia as they develop this technology.
Air Liquide is combining its expertise with that of global automotive supplier Faurecia, a company of FORVIA Group, to accelerate the development of liquid hydrogen in the heavy mobility sector. The goal: to decarbonize heavy vehicle fleets while maintaining their range thanks to liquid hydrogen tanks, a highly adapted technological choice.
Read our article to learn more about this partnership
Liquid hydrogen, a solution for long-distance transport
For Guillaume Petitpas, Senior Research & Development engineer and LH2 specialist at Air Liquide, "Liquid hydrogen is twice as dense as gaseous hydrogen, so it offers twice the mileage without taking up any more space." A truck powered by liquid hydrogen therefore has a greater range than its gaseous equivalent, making liquid hydrogen as convenient to use as current fossil fuel solutions. "This solution is feasible because the extra cost of cryogenics is offset by savings in upstream service station logistics costs," adds Petitpas.
Designing a new generation of hydrogen tanks
Faurecia considers that current cryogenic tank technology for liquid hydrogen can indeed be expanded to the automotive world. "We know the requirements of this sector and are well placed to meet them," explains Julien Hergott, R&D Engineer and Thermodynamic Systems Expert at Faurecia. "I would emphasize the need for extremely efficient tank insulation and a tank design allowing for cost-efficient mass production."
Drawing on its in-depth experience with automotive manufacturers, Faurecia can develop a technical solution most adapted to their needs. For Air Liquide, the main challenge is to set up a complete liquid hydrogen supply chain. "This requires setting up an interface between the stations and the vehicles to enable fast and secure hydrogen recharging," says Guillaume Petitpas. "And in parallel, we must continue our tank development." Currently at the prototype stage, this distribution supply chain is already being tested. It will be developed as early as 2025 and deployed in 2027, when the tanks will be marketed.
Why the Air Liquide / Faurecia partnership works
"At Air Liquide, we are naturally more involved in the functional demonstration of the technological solution," points out Guillaume Petitpas, "whereas Faurecia is already anticipating the product development and application, on a shorter time scale. But for this project, we have a common objective that structures our five-year agenda." Air Liquide's employees are working to deliver and deploy the solution as quickly as possible.
"We fell into step by designing the project roadmap together," adds Julien Hergott, "and this enabled us to identify system priorities, such as the design of the suspension between the two tanks1, for which the prototype will be ready in early 2023." A success facilitated by the extensive experience of both groups in this kind of projects, which involves considerable R&D expertise, a product-oriented innovation approach and the mobilization of resources across multiple sites..
Experts with complementary strengths
Helping customers decarbonize their fleets is a priority for both Air Liquide and Faurecia, who are mobilizing a wide range of resources to develop the cutting-edge liquid hydrogen tanks as quickly as possible. Faurecia's engineers are specializesin automotive standards and regulation, the optimization of complex systems, product design and manufacturing
processes to ensure this technology can be exploited for the mobility sector. Their 3D simulation teams visualize all the mechanical, thermal and fluid aspects involved. In parallel, Air Liquide's experts bring their in-depth knowledge of hydrogen liquefaction, including their mastery of the codes and standards specific to this molecule and its value chain (production, storage, distribution, etc.), a major challenge for the successful deployment of a liquid hydrogen supply chain for heavy vehicles. Their expertise in insulation, developed as part of the Ariane program for rocket tanks, is also a real asset.
sLH2 or CcH2?
Storing hydrogen in cryogenic form causes a density increase compared with storage at ambient temperature, permitting a greater storage capacity. The main challenge of the technology lies in the thermal insulation of the tank to maintain the temperature of the liquid at -253° C. An increase in its temperature would lead to an increase in pressure and a consequent loss of molecules if the vehicle is parked for a long period. In addition to better thermal insulation, one way to reduce these losses is to increase the storage pressure. Solutions for this include sLH2 (subcooled hydrogen with a maximum pressure of about 20 bar), which is currently the preferred solution, and CcH2 (cryo-compressed hydrogen with a pressure of up to 350 or 400 bar). While the second solution does significantly reduce molecule loss by ensuring extremely high pressure, it is more expensive and takes longer to develop. The sLH2, on the other hand, offers a good compromise in terms of performance-use balance, user cost and time to market.
1. Suspensions are the parts that connect the external tank (in contact with the ambient air at 300 K or 27°C) to the internal tank (in contact with the liquid hydrogen at 20 K or - 253° C). This component has the onerous task of absorbing the mechanical constraints of the tank while guaranteeing proper thermal insulation. This is one of the keys to the success of this technological solution: being robust enough to not break while sufficiently insulating the tank to avoid rapid heating of the hydrogen.
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The Gelato World Tour is a tour of artisan gelato, organized by Carpigiani Gelato University together with SIGEP.
Their mission is to introduce high-quality artisan gelato culture to people worldwide and increase appreciation of this delicious dessert by recognising the excellence and creativity of thousands of artisans.
The 16 artisans that will compete in the Oceania stage of the "Gelato World Tour" have just been announced – all carefully selected by the Event's President of the Technical Jury, Guy Grossi.
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Join in the festivities and follow the stages of the Gelato World Tour by visiting their website www.gelatoworldtour.com.
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The Gelato Ticket can be purchased at the INFO POINT in the Gelato World Tour Village, in Piazza Italia on Argyle Place South ($10 for 5 tastes). With the "Gelato Ticket," you can become part of the panel of judges to determine the World's Best Gelato: each ticket counts as one vote for your favourite flavour and allows you to take part in the Taste & Win! contest (you could win an iPad 4 – complete rules & regulations can be downloaded at www.gelatoworldtour.com) Enter the INFO POINT to vote for your favourite flavour!
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I would like to know if February 18th 2013 is a holiday or not. Most of my friends told me it is but I'm not sure. I don't have good memory so I always forget when we have a day off. What type of holiday it is?? Do we have to work? What are we celebrating this February 18th 2013? Maybe I'm confused, but it appears on my calendar so it has to be something. Do you know if February 18th 2013 is a holiday?
February 18th 2013 is a Federal Holiday and you will have a day off from work, so don't worry. This day we celebrate "Washington's Birthday", and although in other states governments may use other names, this is the name designated by the law. This February 18th, 2013 you will have the opportunity to travel with your family or to spend some time with your friends. It's really nice to have this kind of holidays, and for sure you will have a great time resting.
Now you know that February 18th 2013 is a Federal Holiday so you can start making plans for this day.
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The Lexicon: an Interdisciplinary Introduction, Elisabetta Jezek (University of Pavia, Italy)
Advanced Regression Methods for Linguistics, Martijn Wieling (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Distributional Semantics – A Practical Introduction, Stefan Evert (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
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Language and Logic Courses
Problems and Arguments in Relativist Semantics, Dan Zeman (University of Vienna, Austria)
Week 2, 14:00 – 15:30, Room 267 moved to Mirror Hall, Floor 2
Handling Vagueness in Logic, via Algebras and Games, Serafina Lapenta (University of Salerno, Italy) and Diego Valota (The University of Milan, Italy)
Introduction to Logical Geometry, Lorenz Demey (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Hans Smessaert (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Meaning, Prosody and Commitment, Claire Beyssade (The University of Paris VIII, France) and Elisabeth Delais-Roussarie (CNRS-LLING – Nantes, France)
Introduction to Formal Argumentation, Dov M. Gabbay (Bar-Ilan University, UK) and Massimiliano Giacomin (University of Brescia, Italy)
Causal Models in Linguistics, Philosophy, and Psychology, Daniel Lassiter (Stanford University, USA) and Thomas Icard (Stanford University, USA)
Semantic Modeling with Frames, Rainer Osswald (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany) and Wiebke Petersen (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
Current Topics in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Plural Expressions, Benjamin Spector (Institut Jean Nicod, France)
Logics for Epistemic and Strategic Reasoning in Multi-Agent Systems, Valentin Goranko (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Plurality: Theoretical and Experimental Perspective, Agata Renans (Ulster University, UK) and Jacopo Romoli (Ulster University, UK)
Reasoning in Games: Players as Programs, Eric Pacuit (University of Maryland, USA)
Non-Canonical Comparatives: Syntax-semantics and Psycholinguistics, Roumyana Pancheva (University of Southern California, USA) and Alexis Wellwood (University of Southern California, USA)
Facial Displays and Their Dialogical Meanings, Jonathan Ginzburg (Paris Diderot University, France) and Ye Tian (Amazon Research Cambridge, UK & Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle, Université Paris Diderot)
Week 2, 9:00 – 10:30, Room 267 moved to Mirror Hall, Floor 2
Natural Language Ontology, Friederike Moltmann (The French National Center for Scientific Research and New York University)
Formal Semantics of Pictorial Narratives, Dorit Abusch (Cornell University, USA) and Mats Rooth (Cornell University, USA)
Quantity in Language and Thought, Shane Steinert-Threlkeld (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Jakub Szymanik (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Bridging Formal and Conceptual Semantics, Kata Balogh (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany) and Wiebke Petersen (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany)
Introduction to Proof Theory, Anupam Das (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Thomas Powell (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)
Aggregating Judgements: Logical and Probabilistic Approaches, Eric Pacuit (University of Maryland, USA)
Spatio-Epistemic Logics: When Knowledge Meets Geometry, Philippe Balbiani (Toulouse Institute of Computer Science Research, France)
An Introduction to Paraconsistent Logic and its Applications, Can Baskent (University of Bath, UK)
Introduction to Description Logics, Ivan Varzinczak (Artois University, France)
Coalgebraic Methods for Automata (CoMA), Filippo Bonchi (The French National Center for Scientific Research, France), Marcello Bonsangue (Leiden University, The Netherlands) and Jurriaan Rot (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Week 2, 9:00 – 10:30, Room 247A, Floor 2
Strategies, Knowledge, and Know-How, Pavel Naumov (Claremont McKenna College, USA)
Computational Social Choice and Complexity Theory, Ronald de Haan (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Social Networks for Logicians, Zoé Christoff (University of Bayreuth, Germany) and Pavel Naumov (Claremont McKenna College, USA)
Logic, Ontology and Planning: the Robot's Knowledge, Stefano Borgo (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC)) and Oliver Kutz (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)
Modal Logics of Provability and Interpretability, Tin Perkov (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Modal Logics for Model Change, Raul Fervari (The National University of Córdoba, Argentina) and Fernando R. Velázquez-Quesada (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Multi-Agent Deontic Logic: Reasoning About Normative Multi-Agent Systems, Gabriella Pigozzi (University Paris-Dauphine, France) and Leon van der Torre (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
New Developments in Belief Revision, Richard Booth (Cardiff University, UK) and Giovanni Casini (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Linear Arithmetic: Geometry, Algorithms, and Logic, Dmitry Chistikov (University of Warwick, UK) and Christoph Haase (University of Oxford, UK)
Logics with Probability Operators, Zoran Ognjanović (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia) and Dragan Doder (University of Belgrade, Serbia)


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Robert Bernard Altman (1925–2006) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award. His films "MASH" (1970), "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971) and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Known For: Directing
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also Known As: Robert B. Altman, Robert Bernard Altman , 로버트 알트만, 로버트 알트먼, 로버트 올트먼, ロバート・アルトマン
Movies List of Robert Altman
Robert Altman in England (2002)
Robert Altman's Players (1992)
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005)
Altman (2014)
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (2000)
Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993)
Robert Altman on 'Rashomon' (2002)
Rip Van Marlowe (2002)
The Making of 'Gosford Park' (2002)
Imagining Images (2003)
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In (1996)
Made in the USA (2023)
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
What Is Cinema? (2013)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005)
The Kathryn Reed Story (1965)
Looking for Sophia (2004)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
Words in Progress (2004)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)


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Suspect has given us some good tracks this year FBG and Wonder What ft Giggs, both being the most popular. He has also had a sell out show in September which went off and reinforces that the Wooly Road rapper is on to something.
Check out the full video above and let us know your thoughts. You can also stream or purchase his latest EP 'Loading' here.


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In its regular monthly meeting on April 17, following a great suggestion by long-time member Jerry Foltyn, the WBA members in attendance agreed to stage informal, small boating outings during May, June and July to give members the opportunity to enjoy their hobby more frequently, in addition to the larger, more formal events scheduled later in the season. The idea is that three or four members would get together by phone and email, and agree to meet at an area lake for a day of classic boating. If you have a specific weekend and location that looks good to you, please let Mark Webster know. Mark has agreed to help in the coordination of these outings. To be clear, the initiative on setting up an outing is yours...Mark is facilitating the communication, but it's up to the membership to let him know which days and locations are best. Mark can be reached by email or at (214) 403-3851. Mark wants to know if something's happening!
Since there was so much interest expressed in last month's shop update, we thought you'd like to know that both Troy and Richard have made marked progress on their during the past month.
Above: Completed chines are coaxed inward to join with the stem using a custom made clamp with two slotted wedges drawn together with nuts and washers on a length of threaded rod. Troy is seen in the background, fairing the keel with a hand plane.
If you missed the April meeting, you may not be able to fully appreciate where Troy's project began and how far it's come. Suffice it to say that virtually every piece of wood in the boat is new, and the hours required for restoration are into the zillions.
Since last update, Troy and Robin McGeorge have accomplished a major task...bending the chines into place. The job involved a great deal of learning by doing, including remaking the scarf joint in the middle of the 22+ foot chine after steaming degraded the epoxy, and finding that soaking worked better than steaming for making the chine bend around the bodacious curve from the forward frame to the stem. Robin and Troy devised a custom clamp to draw the chines together, and are now working on the rabbet joint in the keel and stem to acccommodate the planking.
Right: Robin marks the line for the rabbet on the keel to accommodate bottom planking, while Troy adjusts his plane to continue fairing the keel. These two intrepid WBA restoration gurus fear only fear itself.
Above: Looking might stout with all its fresh frames, keel, stem and chines, Troy's Hacker receives some TLC from Troy and his plane.
Above: Blue masking tape will create a nice true edge between the copper bottom paint and the varnished mahogany topsides of Richard's Shepard. Richard has now moved his boat out of the large shop bay into his nearby storage unit where his work will continue.
Above: From the bow, the Shepard's deep hull and sturdy construction can be fully appreciated. Richard says there are only a couple planks to be replaced; otherwise, the work ahead, for the topsides is mostly sanding and varnishing. Then, on to the deck!
At first skeptical about why anyone would go to Minnetonka, Minnesota in the wintertime, WBA members quickly understood why Troy Marshall and Robin McGeorge made the northerly journey earlier this year. The pair's presentation at the April 17th meeting showed important reference photos from the 22' Hacker being restored by Minnesotan Steve Shoop. Steve is about four months ahead of Troy and Robin in his restoration, so he had already learned a number of lessons and figured out some key things that Troy and Robin needed to know about Troy's Hacker. Steve had also been of immeasurable help by lending Troy the forward chine pieces and by laminating a stem piece for Troy's boat. But the chance to see Steve's boat first-hand really completed the picture for Robin and Troy.
In addition, they visited the well-known restoration business of Todd Warner, Mahogany Bay. The Texas boys received a warm welcome from Todd, including a whirlwind tour of several warehouses and shops chock full of unique antique and classic boats and engines either owned or cared for by Todd and his team. Todd and Robin returned to Texas with new knowledge, and with a sense of awe at some of the boats...and the craftsmanship dedicated to their care...even in the depth of the Minnesota winter.
Don't miss our next meeting on May 15th at the Midway Point restaurant at 635 LBJ and Midway. We'll begin the meeting promptly at 7. WBA member and vintage car buff Al Kroemer will share important information on the oils, greases and fuels that our classic powerplants require. Did you know that some additives in modern lubricants can damage vintage metals? Or that ethanol can raise problems with older fuel lines and fittings? Be sure you're giving your engine what it needs. Come to the WBA gathering on May 15! Our meetings also give everyone an opportunity to give input regarding the activities of the Club, and to enjoy fellowship with other members.