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SCHOTT NARIMA glass is particularly suited to landmark architecture, like opera houses, memorials, museums, and flagship shopping destinations.
Imagine a concert hall set upon a river that shimmers like the aurora borealis that bathes it with light at night. Or a glowing television tower built upon an upright, eight-pointed star whose deep blue reflective sheathing makes it look like a portal to the heavens.
How about a campus building dedicated to cutting-edge research, jutting out from a hill on stilts as a modern, colorful tribute to the research within.
These aren't figments of the imagination. They are some of the best examples of architectural glass, located in Reykjavik, Turkmenistan, and Pittsburgh. Their eye-catching effects are produced by SCHOTT's dichroic NARIMA® color effects glass.
NARIMA appears to be one color when viewed directly, and another when viewed from an angle. It gains this effect during its manufacturing, when it's coated with various layers of metal oxides in a dip-coating process and then cured in an oven at over 500°C.
These extremely thin layers of metal create the characteristic dichroic effect of the glass, but it's also hard, scratch resistant, and chemically resistant, ensuring a long-lasting and low-maintenance architectural glass.
SCHOTT NARIMA glass is particularly suited to landmark architecture, like opera houses, memorials, museums, and flagship shopping destinations. Architects use NARIMA to make a statement, and to signal to the world that this design is a work of art. Take a look at some of the best examples.
HARPA Concert Hall and Concert Center, Reykjavik, Iceland:
The HARPA Concert Hall is a crown jewel of Icelandic architecture that millions have visited. Impressive, because Iceland is home to only 331,000. Designed by Olafur Eliasson, the building's glassy facade is honeycombed with three-dimensional, hexagonal glass bricks.
In the day, the building shimmers in gold and warmth, hinting at the island's volcanic underbelly. As the sun sets, blue hues emerge, reflecting the sea and the sky and the Northern Lights. The bricks were constructed with a number of SCHOTT products, including NARIMA and AMIRAN glasses. It's truly a building in dialogue with its environment.
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The Sherman and Joyce Bowie Scott Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh:
Scott Hall is a 110,000-square-foot, $75 million campus building designed to support research into nano particles. Architects OFFICE 52 designed the building with a glass curtain wall – a non-structural façade that keeps the elements out.
SCHOTT's NARIMA glass panels were installed as "fins" jutting out at a perpendicular angle along the building.
The shape of the fins looks a bit like a maze, but viewed from afar they reflect light blues, lavenders, and teal. The technology behind dichroic glass is often used in the nano-science that occurs within Scott Hall.
Le Printemps Hausmann Department Store, Paris, France:
When visitors to Paris are done taking in the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, they go to Le Printemps Hausmann department store, which is a tourist destination in itself. NARIMA glass was added during a renovation of this masterpiece.
Because Printemps' original style relies on warm bronze tones and lavish ornamentation, designers added blue-gold NARIMA glass during a renovation to add a modern flair that reflected the building's roots, which date to 1865. From the outside, the 12,000 glass panels give off a gilt reflection that hints of the luxurious products inside.
Turkmenistan Tower, Ashgebat, Turkmenistan:
At its heart, Turkmenistan Tower is home to television studios. But if this building were featured in a space opera about an advanced civilization, most people wouldn't blink an eye.
From a base that slopes inward on all sides like a pyramid rises an eight-pointed star sheathed in blue glass. A 211-meter tower emerges from the center of the star, with a spinning restaurant on top.
SCHOTT overcame some technical challenges to create a client-specific NARIMA blue for this project. During the day, the glass serves as a slightly darker reflection of the sky around it, creating the impression of a portal to another world.
At night, it is illuminated by photovoltaic lights to create a glowing beacon. SCHOTT provided more than 5,000 square meters of NARIMA glass to make the star, which is recognized by Guinness as the largest architectural representation of a star in the world.
Remembrance Plaza, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida:
Lynn University suffered a tragedy in 2010, after four students and two professors died while serving as aid workers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The six were responding to the devastating earthquake there when an aftershock caused their hotel to collapse.
The university hired Sousa Architecture to create a memorial that uses prisms of blue-green and blue-gold NARIMA glass to create a stunning rainbow effect that is both solemn and celebratory.
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Home » New CIS Staff Position: Intermediary Liability Director
New CIS Staff Position: Intermediary Liability Director
We are looking for a talented, entrepreneurial individual to direct the Center's Intermediary Liability focus area. The Center started developing the Intermediary Liability focus area in August of 2013. The Director will be responsible for conducting and supervising policy analysis and advocacy efforts regarding global legal liabilities of communications network intermediaries beginning in the fall of 2014. The Director will help determine the strategic vision for intermediary liability study at CIS, with a focus on international legal regimes and how regulating communications and other intermediaries' affects free expression and innovation worldwide. The Director will supervise research, advocacy, and other projects related to intermediary liability (IL), and otherwise manage and develop the Center's innovative and influential IL work. The Director would also participate in writing for the CIS blog; work with students interested in intermediary liability and civil liberties issues; organize research meetings and outreach; and engage in the intellectual life of the Law School generally.
Qualifications for this fellowship include a strong background in global intermediary liability law and in the business practices of Internet service providers, network platforms and digital communications tool developers. Expertise in the law of non-U.S. nations is required. The Director must have exceptional writing and research skills.
Help establish research agenda and strategic vision for IL work at CIS.
Advocacy and outreach related to IL and supporting CIS goals of innovation, free expression, the public interest, and more.
Hire and/or supervise fellows, students, and other researchers.
Manage CIS communications around IL.
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Coordinate efforts to raise awareness of CIS IL projects and events.
Manage CIS fundraising efforts around IL.
Monitor funding opportunities.
Work with development to write funding proposals.
Work with CIS associate director to manage budget for IL research.
Work with programming group to plan IL-related events (e.g., speaker series, workshops, conferences).
Conduct original research.
Option to teach a class on intermediary liabilities and responsibilities.
Demonstrated expertise in intermediary liability issues, international experience a plus
Experience with personnel supervision and budget management
Aptitude for fundraising
Excellent oral and written communication
Competitive, based on experience
Two-year term, subject to indefinite renewal based on mutual interest and funding
Application Deadline: December 19, 2014. Application deadline has been extended to January 5, 2015.
All interested and qualified applicants must complete a dual application process by submitting their application to cis@law.stanford.edu as well as via the Stanford Careers website: https://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search?jobId=65096.
A complete application will consist of the following in PDF format:
Cover Letter describing the applicant's vision for the intermediary liability focus area at CIS.
2 Writing Samples
About the Center for Internet and Society:
The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) is a public interest technology law and policy program and a part of Law, Science and Technology Program at Stanford Law School. CIS brings together scholars, academics, legislators, students, programmers, security researchers, and scientists to study the interaction of new technologies and the law and to examine how the synergy between the two can either promote or harm public goods like free speech, innovation, privacy, public commons, diversity, and scientific inquiry. CIS strives to improve both technology and law, encouraging decision makers to design both as a means to further democratic values. CIS provides law students and the general public with educational resources and analyses of policy issues arising at the intersection of law, technology and the public interest. The Center is directed by Stanford Law Professor Barbara van Schewick.
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As we learned earlier (daf 46), the custom today is to make sure that the entire process of baking matza takes less than 18 minutes from beginning to end. Nevertheless, in the time of the Mishna, dough was considered hametz when it showed certain signs of leavening.
The first Mishna on our daf teaches about the approved baking process. Rabban Gamliel rules that three women can prepare and bake simultaneously using one oven. The hakhamim say that all three must be involved in different baking activities in order to ensure that the dough does not become hametz – one kneads, one shapes and one bakes. Rabbi Akiva objects to the application of objective standards, arguing that we need to anticipate that the women will work at different speeds and that the fuel and ovens will be at different temperatures.
Some understand Rabban Gamliel's ruling as stating that there is enough time to bake three rounds of matza before leavening takes place. Others argue that this would only be the case if the women are continuously kneading the dough throughout the baking process. The Rambam rules that in such a case, as long as the kneading continues, the dough will never become hametz, and Rabban Gamliel was giving an example, but, in fact, even more than three women could be involved in the baking simultaneously.
The second Mishna on our daf focuses on when dough is thought to have become hametz.
Dough at the beginning of the leavening process [siur], must be burned, but one who eats it is exempt from the punishment of karet because the dough had not become fully leavened. Dough that has reached the stage of cracking must be burned, and one who eats it intentionally is liable to receive karet, as he has intentionally eaten leavened bread during Passover.
According to Rabbi Yehuda, siur – the beginning of the leavening process, which is indicated by the dough turning a pale color and developing cracks – is not yet considered hametz, although it must be destroyed. Siduk – cracks appearing in the dough that intersect one another – is considered to have become hametz. Hakhamim rule that once any cracks appear, the dough has become hametz, and eating it on Pesaḥ would make one liable for karet.
The Mishna describes the cracks under discussion as ki-karnei hagavim – like the antennae of locusts. The comparison between the cracks on the dough and the antennae appears to refer to both the shape of the antennae and their size – about 12-15 millimeters.


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My uncle was a member of People's Mujahedin of Iran, he was arrested in 1982 and after spending three years in prison was consequently executed and buried in an abandoned graveyard in Behesht-e Zahra, this section which is completely dried up belongs to people who were killed in state-sponsored executions of political prisoners across Iran during 80s. The majority of those killed were supporters of the People's Mujahedin of Iran, although supporters of other leftist factions, including the Fedaian and the Tudeh Party of Iran (Communist Party), were executed as well, at some cases the tombstones did not dare bear the name of the person lying under them.
The graveyard is surrounded by other graveyards, all covered with plants, trees and flowers. We would visit the cemetery and as a child, I always wondered how this small piece of land where my uncle is buried is so different from other parts of the cemetery. There were broken tombstones lying around with only a name or date of birth/death, there were holes in the ground next to the graves where you could find papers or other objects with spells written on them which someone buried there with the hopes of having their wish granted by the dead or other beings I suppose. My uncle's tombstone along with others was broken at times, we would immediately replace it with a new one but it was only a matter of time for the cycle to be repeated. To us it was obvious who was to blame, the same people we blamed for his death, those who resented the departed and what he stood for so much that they couldn't even leave his grave alone after all these years, it became clear to me later that it wasn't about him anymore and that through this act they were trying to send a message, establishing themselves as agents of a state that will haunt you down even after it ends our life for not playing by their rules. Just like that, the tombstones became vital objects, battlegrounds that from where we were standing had the potentiality to act as inanimate agents of resistance.
It is possible to rethink our perceptions of 'objects' or 'subjects' and what they mean and the functions that get assigned to each one, objects aren't necessarily passive; they're materialization of processes that are constantly undergoing transformation and being redefined. So all matter is alive and in the process: a complex, interwoven web of materials, all affecting each other, competing, forming alliances, initiating new processes and dissipating others. Humans are unavoidably trapped in these webs.
Jane Bennett argues in her book "Vibrant Matter" that things aren't solely alive in a mechanistic way (i.e. composed of electrons and atoms in motion), or imbued with a non-material or transcendent spirit: they are alive in their complex interrelationships, entanglements, and propensities for open-ended change. Most of the time, we think of objects as passive and stable things, and we humans are the only active subjects in the world. Bennett wants to dissolve this binary between subject and object, showing how these matters can all be 'actants:' they have the capacity to "animate, to act, to produce effects dramatic and subtle"(1). So What changes, then, when objects themselves emerge as actors with an agency? There have been many discussions around how things constitute their own power of agency in many different contexts, making it appear as if the objects could act of their own accord, rising up to cut away at the sovereign power of different narratives. By studying the relationship between humans and things, Bruno Latour came to the conclusion that people are not the sole constituents of a society and therefore the only narrators of history, according to him things have a life of their own and their own historical narratives. For him, things create a difference, affects and effects that give them the capacity to push forward developments, challenge narratives and disrupt actions (2).
Going back to the forsaken graveyard, I've always found this act of replacing broken gravestones coming from our side quite problematic, by doing that we are constantly erasing the traces of the history of pain, trauma and oppression. This graveyard for me has a particular archival significance, this, of course, doesn't mean that we should leave it as it is, untouched and broken in pieces for the others to see, there is a certain potentiality to this space that allows us to practice our agency in different ways. These gravestones are grounds representing decades of conflict between the state and its oppositions, a conflict that is never going to reach a point of consensus and therefore is never going to end.
Here we are being conditioned to think of the broken thing as being invalid or obsolete, but how to leave the breakage intact and yet at the same time transform it into something that not only doesn't erase its past but resurfaces it – without hiding the damage?
Being in a turbulent country, you cannot act as though nothing is happening, that's why art has to somehow create a balance. It is a space, one that has to stand in the midst of all this brutal loss and it is at this point that you can create some meaning and that meaning might help us ask difficult questions and maybe try to find answers to those questions.
1 Bennett, Jane. Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things. Durham: Duke University Press, 2010.
2 Latour, Bruno. We Have Never Been Modern. Harvard University Press, 2006.


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Hiroyuki Fujikake
"Aqua Rhythms"
by Georg Predota July 8th, 2021
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Throughout human consciousness, the great rivers of this world have spiritually highlighted the paradoxical relationship between eternity and change. As metaphors for life itself, they simultaneously underscore all that is timeless and ephemeral in human experience and existence. Because rivers and water sustain life by renewing the fertility of the land, poetry, folklore and music have long emphasized their purification and cleansing properties. Vested with enormous spiritual significance, rivers have given rise to temples, cities and civilizations, but they have also been used as material pathways for trade, the migration of people and ideas, and as natural or conceptual borders between countries. From crashing waves and serene river scenes to sublime lilies in a pond, artists have long focused their masterworks on water's refreshing, purifying and revivifying essence.
Salamanca Hall, Gifu, Japan
Award winning composer Hiro Fujikake based his "Aqua Rhythms" precisely on such contemplations of various forms of water, including spring water, a mountain stream, murmuring, a waterfall, and a river. There are numerous expressions about water in Japan, and the composer likes the saying "The flowing river never stops and yet the water never stays the same." Hiro hails from Gifu prefecture, a region dominated by tall mountains in the north and the fertile Nōbi Plain in the south. Gifu is home to some of the most spectacular rivers in Japan, and also to Salamanca Hall. This dedicated concert hall was inaugurated in 1994, and it is the result of the cultural exchange between Gifu Prefecture and the City of Salamanca in Spain. The centerpiece of this exceptional concert hall is a full-size pipe organ sporting 3 manuals and 45 ranks.
The pipe organ in Salamanca Hall is a beautiful replica of the Renaissance-style organ housed in the New Cathedral of Salamanca. That organ was originally constructed in 1558, but over time the pipes and keys deteriorated and the instrument became unplayable. However, Hiroshi Tsuji, an organ builder based in Shirakawa town, Gifu Prefecture, expertly restored this delightful instrument to new glory. He also built the instrument in Salamanca Hall, ingeniously combining a northern Germany Baroque style with Spanish features. Having created this magnificent pipe organ Hiroshi Tsuji was eager for a composer from Gifu prefecture to explore the possibilities of the instrument. Under Mr. Tsuji's guidance, Hiro Fujikake listened to the sounds of the instrument for many hours, and he started to formulate his musical thought.
Organ in the Salamanca Hall
"Aqua Rhythms" was completed in 1998, but since Mr. Tsuji had sadly passed away, the existence of this music was unknown for over 13 years. Hiro was eager to have his piece performed, and he initially arranged the work for mandolin orchestra. A chamber version was performed in Tokyo, and the original version of string ensemble and organ premiered in January 2011. Cast in two movements, we are immediately immersed in a lush wash of musical sounds. Like a broadly flowing river, the music undulates over a basic ostinato progression. This base harmonic progression also forms the foundation of a short organ cadenza and the subsequent fugal exposition with renewed rhythmic animation. A number of fortissimo statements forcefully lead the "Allegro" movement into a quiet and introspective coda. The soulful "Adagio" is cast in a Theme and Variation movement, and once again relies on a rudimentary harmonic progression. This movement also provides the opportunity to showcase the "Nightingale" rank; an unpitched stops with the pipe submerged in a small pool of water. The resulting sound imitates the warbling of a bird. "Aqua Rhythms" is a charming and melodies piece in the category easy listening. And while the ostinato techniques, and various contrapuntal insertions are handled with competent skill, the process unfolds without any real sense of musical imagination. As such, we are always painfully reminded of the repetitive nature of such structures, and the title reference to the rhythm of water does not actually provide relief. The full possibilities of this marvelous hall and its magnificent pipe organ wait to be fully explored.
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WINDS OF PLAGUE To Begin Recording New Album Tomorrow
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Los Angeles metallers WINDS OF PLAGUE will enter the studio on Tuesday, July 3 with producer Will Putney (SHADOWS FALL, SUICIDE SILENCE) to begin recording their fourth album for a late 2012 release via Century Media Records.
WINDS OF PLAGUE's third full-length CD, "Against The World", sold 8,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 60 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on April 19, 2011 via Century Media Records, the effort featured guest appearances from members of HATEBREED, TERROR, FOR TODAY, STRAY FROM THE PATH and former world heavyweight wrestling champion and sports entertainment legend Ultimate Warrior (who performs an epic spoken-word track entitled "The Warrior Code"). It was described in a press release as "the heaviest-hitting record of the band's already heralded career."
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Myles and Heather Geyman story is better than a rom-com's: They each rented space at a community ceramics studio in Pittsburgh and soon began collaborating, launched a business, and fell in love.
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Matthew Sweet is a musician, composer, and art collector. He burst onto the music scene in 1991 with his highly acclaimed and popular album Girlfriend. I had the honor of interviewing Mr. Sweet about his career, his music, his fans, art, technology, and his view on life.
Marlene: What will audiences hear when they come to your concert at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA? Will you be singing some new material?
Matthew: I will play a lot of the Girlfriend album, it will be Girlfriend-centric. I will play a handful of songs from Altered Beast and music from the recent years. It will be a mixture of things.
For our readers who don't know about your music, how do you describe your style of music and your career?
That is so hard to describe my music. I describe it as rock music. I grew up listening to The Beatles, The Byrds, and The Beach Boys. I'm from the Midwest, in the heartland. My music is personal and it stems from personal feelings.
As for my career in music, it has lasted a lot longer than I thought it would. I have had some commercial success with two-three records in a row. I'm very lucky.
What do you like about performing at the Birchmere and in DC?
It is always great coming to DC. I'm friends with the owners of the Birchmere and they are nice. The audience is great and appreciative of my music. I enjoy the meet and greets at The Birchmere. The audience is so respectful.
I remember the HFS radio in DC. It was more independent. HFS played a lot of music from college radio. Nowadays radio is more pop and hip-hop.
I'm working on a 1980s cover record, with The Bangles' Susannah Hoffs, which is out in November. We did a 1970s cover record together too. We are doing a Kickstarter for the new album.
My wife and I collected art from 1960s, mainly by Margaret Keane, which is known as the "Big Eye" paintings. At the time we started to collect them they were so weird.
Margaret Keane worked alongside her husband Walter, but Margaret did all the work. Walter, the husband didn't paint, but claimed he was more famous. His wife breaks free, divorces him, and takes him to court for her rights. She wins.
We've worked with screenwriters and movie director Tim Burton on a movie about these paintings, starring Amy Adams. We've been involved as consultants the last couple of months in Toronto. It's a fantastical story. It is a low budget movie, funded by the Weinsteins. I'm a huge fan of Tim Burton's Ed Wood movie.
What are you listening to these days? Which new artists remind you of yourself and whose music do you enjoy?
I am listening to nothing new. This question about which new artists remind me of myself is hard to answer. I don't listen to other stuff when I'm working on my music.
When did you decide you wanted to make music your career? What is your earliest memory of performing in front of an audience?
I was deathly stage shy, but I don't have that now. I have horrifying memories performing when I was younger. I remember having to do a duet with Jackie Heiny and we sang "Happy Trails to You" with the stage choir. I wanted to hide out. I was a fraidy cat.
How have you adapted to the changing musical technology with the Internet, Pandora, etc. And how has it been used and incorporated in your recent recordings and concerts?
The greatest thing about new technology is making high qualities recordings at home. I love technology! I feel lucky to do good recordings on my own. I now have my foot in engineering and recordings thanks to technology.
I don't have go to the studio to do my recordings now so no more studio costs. I don't have to burn cds and it is less physical labor now to do a recording.
I do love my old tape recorders, but I look forward to more technology in the future.
It is impossible to forget when there was no Internet. Music was found out about via word of mouth and magazines. The Internet has changed everything with regards to music. I appreciate the past, but I don't miss how everything was.
I love having human feelings, certain feelings with strong emotions. I need to be alone when I write. I write about feelings about being alive. It's hard to describe my writing.
Why do you enjoy performing?
It is really awesome to see people at my concerts who care about my music. I love the vibe I get off of people who are attached to my music and my performance.
What advice would you give a young musician/performer who is considering music as his/her career?
Do it because you love music and not for fame. It is very hard to make music a career and everyone is a human being with feelings and a career in music can wear you down. You should want to have a music career because all you want to do is music. It can be a Garden of Eden.
What's the nicest thing a fan has ever done for you?
That's hard to answer too. The nicest thing a fan can do is care about my music and the nice things they say about it. I'm awkward on praise. I'm divorced from the praise and focus on the enjoyment I get from playing and the audience gets from my playing.
Nothing will be remembered. I don't expect to be remembered. We are part of this expanding, giant universe.
As a songwriter, I want to be remembered of having real feelings in my songs. I guess my DNA will be remembered, as that is the best way to store information. We could store CDs on a strand of DNA. We could re-encode and then play the DNA. Maybe they could store my music or DNA in some time capsule?
Matthew Sweet performs on August 23, 2013 at The Birchmere – 3701 Mount Vernon Avenue, in Alexandria, VA. For reservations, call the box office (703) 549-7500, or purchase tickets online.


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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Geocoder\Provider\GoogleMaps\Tests;

use Geocoder\Exception\InvalidServerResponse;
use Geocoder\IntegrationTest\BaseTestCase;
use Geocoder\Location;
use Geocoder\Model\Address;
use Geocoder\Model\AddressCollection;
use Geocoder\Provider\GoogleMaps\Model\GoogleAddress;
use Geocoder\Query\GeocodeQuery;
use Geocoder\Query\ReverseQuery;
use Geocoder\Provider\GoogleMaps\GoogleMaps;
use Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface;

class GoogleMapsTest extends BaseTestCase
{
    /**
     * @var string
     */
    private $testAPIKey = 'fake_key';

    protected function getCacheDir()
    {
        if (isset($_SERVER['USE_CACHED_RESPONSES']) && true === $_SERVER['USE_CACHED_RESPONSES']) {
            return __DIR__.'/.cached_responses';
        }

        return null;
    }

    public function testGetName()
    {
        $provider = new GoogleMaps($this->getMockedHttpClient(), null, 'mock-api-key');
        $this->assertEquals('google_maps', $provider->getName());
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithLocalhostIPv4()
    {
        $this->expectException(\Geocoder\Exception\UnsupportedOperation::class);
        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The GoogleMaps provider does not support IP addresses, only street addresses.');

        $provider = new GoogleMaps($this->getMockedHttpClient(), null, 'mock-api-key');
        $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('127.0.0.1'));
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithLocalhostIPv6()
    {
        $this->expectException(\Geocoder\Exception\UnsupportedOperation::class);
        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The GoogleMaps provider does not support IP addresses, only street addresses.');

        $provider = new GoogleMaps($this->getMockedHttpClient(), null, 'mock-api-key');
        $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('::1'));
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithRealIp()
    {
        $this->expectException(\Geocoder\Exception\UnsupportedOperation::class);
        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The GoogleMaps provider does not support IP addresses, only street addresses.');

        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('74.200.247.59'));
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithQuotaExceeded()
    {
        $this->expectException(\Geocoder\Exception\QuotaExceeded::class);
        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Daily quota exceeded https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=10%20avenue%20Gambetta%2C%20Paris%2C%20France');

        $provider = new GoogleMaps($this->getMockedHttpClient('{"status":"OVER_QUERY_LIMIT"}'), null, 'mock-api-key');
        $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('10 avenue Gambetta, Paris, France'));
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithRealAddress()
    {
        if (!isset($_SERVER['GOOGLE_GEOCODING_KEY'])) {
            $this->markTestSkipped('You need to configure the GOOGLE_GEOCODING_KEY value in phpunit.xml');
        }

        $provider = new GoogleMaps($this->getHttpClient($_SERVER['GOOGLE_GEOCODING_KEY']), 'Ile-de-France', $_SERVER['GOOGLE_GEOCODING_KEY']);

        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('10 avenue Gambetta, Paris, France')->withLocale('fr-FR'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var Location $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(48.8630462, $result->getCoordinates()->getLatitude(), 0.001);
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(2.3882487, $result->getCoordinates()->getLongitude(), 0.001);
        $this->assertNotNull($result->getBounds());
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(48.8617, $result->getBounds()->getSouth(), 0.001);
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(2.3882487, $result->getBounds()->getWest(), 0.001);
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(48.8644, $result->getBounds()->getNorth(), 0.001);
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(2.3901, $result->getBounds()->getEast(), 0.001);
        $this->assertEquals(10, $result->getStreetNumber());
        $this->assertEquals('Avenue Gambetta', $result->getStreetName());
        $this->assertEquals(75020, $result->getPostalCode());
        $this->assertEquals('Paris', $result->getLocality());
        $this->assertEquals('Arrondissement de Paris', $result->getAdminLevels()->get(2)->getName());
        $this->assertEquals('Île-de-France', $result->getAdminLevels()->get(1)->getName());
        $this->assertEquals('France', $result->getCountry()->getName());
        $this->assertEquals('FR', $result->getCountry()->getCode());
        $this->assertEquals('ChIJ4b303vJt5kcRF9AQdh4ZjWc', $result->getId());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());

        // not provided
        $this->assertNull($result->getTimezone());
        $this->assertNull($result->getPostalCodeSuffix());
    }

    public function testGeocodeBoundsWithRealAddressForNonRooftopLocation()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('Paris, France'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var Location $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertNotNull($result->getBounds());
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(48.815573, $result->getBounds()->getSouth(), 0.0001);
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(2.224199, $result->getBounds()->getWest(), 0.0001);
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(48.902145, $result->getBounds()->getNorth(), 0.0001);
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(2.4699209, $result->getBounds()->getEast(), 0.0001);
        $this->assertEquals('ChIJD7fiBh9u5kcRYJSMaMOCCwQ', $result->getId());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testReverse()
    {
        $this->expectException(\Geocoder\Exception\InvalidServerResponse::class);

        $provider = new GoogleMaps($this->getMockedHttpClient(), null, 'mock-api-key');
        $provider->reverseQuery(ReverseQuery::fromCoordinates(1, 2));
    }

    public function testReverseWithRealCoordinates()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->reverseQuery(ReverseQuery::fromCoordinates(48.8631507, 2.388911));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(5, $results);

        /** @var Location $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals(12, $result->getStreetNumber());
        $this->assertEquals('Avenue Gambetta', $result->getStreetName());
        $this->assertEquals(75020, $result->getPostalCode());
        $this->assertEquals('Paris', $result->getLocality());
        $this->assertCount(2, $result->getAdminLevels());
        $this->assertEquals('Arrondissement de Paris', $result->getAdminLevels()->get(2)->getName());
        $this->assertEquals('Île-de-France', $result->getAdminLevels()->get(1)->getName());
        $this->assertEquals('France', $result->getCountry()->getName());
        $this->assertEquals('FR', $result->getCountry()->getCode());
        $this->assertEquals('ChIJ9aLL3vJt5kcR61GCze3v6fg', $result->getId());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testReverseWithRealCoordinatesAndLocale()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->reverseQuery(ReverseQuery::fromCoordinates(48.8631507, 2.388911)->withLocale('fr-FR'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(5, $results);

        /** @var Location $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals(12, $result->getStreetNumber());
        $this->assertEquals('Avenue Gambetta', $result->getStreetName());
        $this->assertEquals(75020, $result->getPostalCode());
        $this->assertEquals('Paris', $result->getLocality());
        $this->assertCount(2, $result->getAdminLevels());
        $this->assertEquals('Arrondissement de Paris', $result->getAdminLevels()->get(2)->getName());
        $this->assertEquals('Île-de-France', $result->getAdminLevels()->get(1)->getName());
        $this->assertEquals('France', $result->getCountry()->getName());
        $this->assertEquals('FR', $result->getCountry()->getCode());
        $this->assertEquals('ChIJ9aLL3vJt5kcR61GCze3v6fg', $result->getId());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithCityDistrict()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('Kalbacher Hauptstraße 10, 60437 Frankfurt, Germany'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var Location $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals('Kalbach-Riedberg', $result->getSubLocality());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithInvalidApiKey()
    {
        $this->expectException(\Geocoder\Exception\InvalidCredentials::class);
        $this->expectExceptionMessage('API key is invalid https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=10%20avenue%20Gambetta%2C%20Paris%2C%20France');

        $provider = new GoogleMaps($this->getMockedHttpClient('{"error_message":"The provided API key is invalid.", "status":"REQUEST_DENIED"}'), null, 'mock-api-key');
        $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('10 avenue Gambetta, Paris, France'));
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithRealValidApiKey()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('Columbia University'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var Location $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertNotNull($result->getCoordinates()->getLatitude());
        $this->assertNotNull($result->getCoordinates()->getLongitude());
        $this->assertEquals('New York', $result->getLocality());
        $this->assertCount(1, $result->getAdminLevels());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithComponentFiltering()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $query = GeocodeQuery::create('Sankt Petri')->withData('components', [
            'country' => 'SE',
            'locality' => 'Malmö',
        ]);

        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery($query);

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var Location $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals('Malmö', $result->getLocality());
        $this->assertNotNull($result->getCountry());
        $this->assertEquals('SE', $result->getCountry()->getCode());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testCorrectlySerializesComponents()
    {
        $uri = '';

        $provider = new GoogleMaps(
            $this->getMockedHttpClientCallback(
                function (RequestInterface $request) use (&$uri) {
                    $uri = (string) $request->getUri();
                }
            ),
            null,
            'test-api-key'
        );

        $query = GeocodeQuery::create('address')->withData('components', [
            'country' => 'SE',
            'postal_code' => '22762',
            'locality' => 'Lund',
        ]);

        try {
            $provider->geocodeQuery($query);
        } catch (InvalidServerResponse $e) {
        }

        $this->assertEquals(
            'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json'.
            '?address=address'.
            '&components=country%3ASE%7Cpostal_code%3A22762%7Clocality%3ALund&key=test-api-key',
            $uri
        );
    }

    public function testCorrectlySetsComponents()
    {
        $uri = '';

        $provider = new GoogleMaps(
            $this->getMockedHttpClientCallback(
                function (RequestInterface $request) use (&$uri) {
                    $uri = (string) $request->getUri();
                }
            ),
            null,
            'test-api-key'
        );

        $query = GeocodeQuery::create('address')
            ->withData('components', 'country:SE|postal_code:22762|locality:Lund');

        try {
            $provider->geocodeQuery($query);
        } catch (InvalidServerResponse $e) {
        }

        $this->assertEquals(
            'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json'.
            '?address=address'.
            '&components=country%3ASE%7Cpostal_code%3A22762%7Clocality%3ALund&key=test-api-key',
            $uri
        );
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithRealInvalidApiKey()
    {
        $this->expectException(\Geocoder\Exception\InvalidCredentials::class);
        $this->expectExceptionMessage('API key is invalid https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Columbia&key=fake_key');

        $provider = new GoogleMaps($this->getHttpClient($this->testAPIKey), null, $this->testAPIKey);
        $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('Columbia'));
    }

    public function testGeocodePostalTown()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('CF37, United Kingdom'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var Location $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals('Pontypridd', $result->getLocality());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testBusinessQueryWithoutPrivateKey()
    {
        $uri = '';

        $provider = GoogleMaps::business(
            $this->getMockedHttpClientCallback(
                function (RequestInterface $request) use (&$uri) {
                    $uri = $request->getUri();
                }
            ),
            'foo'
        );

        try {
            $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('blah'));
        } catch (InvalidServerResponse $e) {
        }
        $this->assertEquals('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=blah&client=foo', $uri);
    }

    public function testBusinessQueryWithPrivateKey()
    {
        $uri = '';

        $provider = GoogleMaps::business(
            $this->getMockedHttpClientCallback(
                function (RequestInterface $request) use (&$uri) {
                    $uri = (string) $request->getUri();
                }
            ),
            'foo',
            'bogus'
        );

        try {
            $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('blah'));
        } catch (InvalidServerResponse $e) {
        }
        $this->assertEquals(
            'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=blah&client=foo&signature=9G2weMhhd4E2ciR681gp9YabvUg=',
            $uri
        );
    }

    public function testBusinessQueryWithPrivateKeyAndChannel()
    {
        $uri = '';

        $provider = GoogleMaps::business(
            $this->getMockedHttpClientCallback(
                function (RequestInterface $request) use (&$uri) {
                    $uri = (string) $request->getUri();
                }
            ),
            'foo',
            'bogus',
            null,
            null,
            'bar'
        );

        try {
            $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('blah'));
        } catch (InvalidServerResponse $e) {
        }
        $this->assertEquals(
            'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=blah&client=foo&channel=bar&signature=IdRm_EBPMWFgQNQ9eIDBxSWVlb8=',
            $uri
        );
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithInvalidClientIdAndKey()
    {
        $this->expectException(\Geocoder\Exception\InvalidCredentials::class);

        $provider = GoogleMaps::business($this->getHttpClient(), 'foo', 'bogus');
        $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('Columbia University'));
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithInvalidClientIdAndKeyNoSsl()
    {
        $this->expectException(\Geocoder\Exception\InvalidCredentials::class);

        $provider = GoogleMaps::business($this->getHttpClient(), 'foo', 'bogus');
        $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('Columbia University'));
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithSupremise()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('2123 W Mineral Ave Apt 61,Littleton,CO8 0120'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var GoogleAddress $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals('61', $result->getSubpremise());
        $this->assertEquals(true, $result->isPartialMatch()); // 2123 W Mineral Ave #61, Littleton, CO 80120, USA
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithNaturalFeatureComponent()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('Durmitor Nacionalni Park'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var GoogleAddress $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals('Durmitor', $result->getNaturalFeature());
        $this->assertEquals('Durmitor', $result->getPark());
        $this->assertEquals('Durmitor', $result->getPointOfInterest());
        $this->assertEquals('Montenegro', $result->getPolitical());
        $this->assertEquals('Montenegro', $result->getCountry());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithAirportComponent()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('Brisbane Airport'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var GoogleAddress $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals('Brisbane Airport', $result->getAirport());
        $this->assertEquals('Brisbane Airport', $result->getEstablishment());
        $this->assertEquals('Brisbane Airport', $result->getPointOfInterest());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithPremiseComponent()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('1125 17th St, Denver, CO 80202'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var GoogleAddress $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals('1125 17th Street', $result->getPremise());
        $this->assertEquals('Denver', $result->getLocality());
        $this->assertEquals('United States', $result->getCountry());
        $this->assertEquals('Central Business District', $result->getNeighborhood());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithColloquialAreaComponent()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('darwin'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var GoogleAddress $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals('Darwin', $result->getColloquialArea());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testReverseWithSubLocalityLevels()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->reverseQuery(ReverseQuery::fromCoordinates(36.2745084, 136.9003169));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(5, $results);

        /** @var GoogleAddress $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertInstanceOf('\Geocoder\Model\AdminLevelCollection', $result->getSubLocalityLevels());
        $this->assertEquals('Iijima', $result->getSubLocalityLevels()->get(2)->getName());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testGeocodeWithPostalCodeSuffixComponent()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('900 S Oak Park Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var GoogleAddress $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertEquals('900 S Oak Park Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304, USA', $result->getFormattedAddress());
        $this->assertEquals('1936', $result->getPostalCodeSuffix());
        $this->assertEquals(false, $result->isPartialMatch());
    }

    public function testGeocodeBoundsWithRealAddressWithViewportOnly()
    {
        $provider = $this->getGoogleMapsProvider();
        $results = $provider->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('Sibbe, Netherlands'));

        $this->assertInstanceOf(AddressCollection::class, $results);
        $this->assertCount(1, $results);

        /** @var \Geocoder\Model\Address $result */
        $result = $results->first();
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Address::class, $result);
        $this->assertNotNull($result->getBounds());
        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(50.8376, $result->getBounds()->getSouth(), 0.001);
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Wisconsin-based Madison Gas & Electric (MG&E) will release a solicitation in November for 10-20 MW of wind energy to fulfil customer subscriptions in its green pricing program. With a 3.6% participation rate among its 130,000 residential and commercial customers already, the utility says it is aiming to be the first US investor-owned utility with a 5% participation rate. Customers pay a premium of $5 for a 150 kWh block. The utility now owns an 11.2 MW wind plant in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, completed in 1999 with 17 Vestas 660 kW turbines. MG&E's Greg Bollum says that with the advent of larger turbines that operate better in the low wind speed areas of Wisconsin, it expects lower costs from a new project, which could lower the premium. MG&E will require all project proposals to have community approval, says Bollum, avoiding the backlash experienced by FPL Energy in Addison, where the developer abandoned a proposed project due to community pressure.


Lehigh is best remembered in engineering academia as the birthplace of Tau Beta Pi, the premier engineering honour fraternity, and gave the fraternity its seal brown and white colours. However, my grandfather wasn't the Tau Beta Pi type, let alone a member; he was more comfortable with what was referred to as the "Gentlemen's C." My experience teaching has informed me that the Gentlemen's C is very much alive and well in engineering!
THERE exist in the college world three well-known societies, membership in which signifies college honor, in the manifestation of high scholarship. They are Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi. The first of these finds its membership in the men pursuing literature and the arts. The second selects its men from those who have shown distinction in the sciences and who have performed some research work. The last, Tau Beta Pi, of which we write, enrolls the honor men in engineering courses. Of the three Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest, having been founded in 1776, while the dates of founding of the other two were separated by only one year-Tau Beta Pi, 1885, and Sigma Xi, 1886. The existence of Tau Beta Pi is owed to Prof. Edward H. Williams, Jr., an alumnus of Yale and of Lehigh where he became Professor of Mining Engineering and Geology. The motives leading to and the circumstances attending the formation of this society are interesting and worthy of record in a book of this nature.
As valedictorian of the class of 1875 at Lehigh, Prof. Williams had been elected an honorary member of the Sigma (New York) chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and was anxious for the establishment of a chapter of that society here. There were, however, two obstacles standing in the way, first, the fact that the council, in whose hands the granting of charters lay, met only once in six years, and, second, the strong objection in Phi Beta Kappa against the admission of technical men into its membership. Owing to the highly technical character of Lehigh's courses the likelihood of an establishment of a chapter here was very slight and even with a charter granted the membership would be confined to a very small number.
Prof. Williams was aware of the necessity for the recognition of a man's ability other than the diploma which he received, and further that the recognition should be given while the man was still at college, and not as he was just passing out through her portals. The attitude which some men had towards a diploma can best be shown by the following incident: As the valedictorian of one of the '80 classes came from the stage after graduation Prof. Williams congratulated him, to which he received the reply" …… 's got one too." The fellow in question had flunked every examination in his four years of college. There was no limit to re-examinations in those days and he had taken enough until he had passed.
These were the motives leading to the formation of the society. The details of organization are briefly given as follows: Prof. Williams' conception of the society was that its membership should be taken from those men whose grades showed them to be in the first quarter of the class. Their rating must be above 75% and they must have no conditions. In practice this was to work as follows: At the end of their Junior year the men standing in the first eighth of their class became eligible for election and at the beginning of the Senior year the first quarter of the class became eligible. The election of these men, however, was not to be on the basis of scholarship alone but in addition the men must possess high morals, qualities of good fellowship, and manifest a healthy interest and rational participation in college activities.
To start such a society so that election into it would be sought and so that its .establishment would be firm and give promise of vigorous growth was a matter requiring much careful work. How this was accomplished is best told in Prof. Williams' own words, and we quote from a letter from him on the subject, giving the Editor of the EPITOME this information on request.
" …… Now, too many cooks spoil the broth of society building; so I decided to take nobody into my confidence. I knew what I wanted and I went to work alone.
"I first drew up a constitution and provided for granting new chapters, for an executive council, and for alumni advisers to act as a balance wheel to keep things going in line, and I made it hard to amend this instrument. I then drew up By-laws for Lehigh.
"Next, there must be a body of alumni behind the affair before the first undergraduate was let in. I delivered the valedictory for '75 and so was eligible to the society. I took the old faculty records and calculated the standing of every man who graduated, during his four years; drew up a list of the men in the order of their stand. They must be in the first fourth of the class and also have a general average of 75. Having the eligible men of the past, I had Edwin G. Klose, of the Moravian Book Concern, buy a series of special fonts of type, which are now in the possession of the society, a lot of electrotypes of the society key, and some other matter and print a lot of diplomas. . ….. I signed them as secretary, to which office I elected myself. The answers I received from the boys were refreshing. One valedictorian said he would value it more than his diploma.
"Then I had my friend Newman, of John St., New York, file out a society key, to see how the thing looked. Then I was ready for the undergraduates. I went slowly, however, and it was May, 1885, before I told Irving A. Heikes, the best man in '85, to stop after recitation, one morning, and asked him if he would like to be the first undergraduate to join a society. He wanted to think it over, and finally said 'Yes,' so I initiated him. He took post-graduate work, I think, and in the fall he and Professor Meaker, who helped me initiate the classes for several years, and Duncan, '80, initiated the men from '86 and the Wilbur man from '87.
"For several years I was elected president of the society and directed the body till it began to have a good number of alumni and many representatives in the Faculty. It took like hot cakes and soon its elections were looked for. "I wanted to have Tau Beta Pi in full blast before Phi Beta Kappa came, as it would not then be looked upon as an imitation by a lot of men who could not get into the latter. In deference to the general tradition I limited the membership in Phi Beta Kappa to students in the liberal courses, and I had the charter given to a council of a few graduate members, Mr. Kitchel, Albert G. Rau, myself and a few others.
In June, 1910, the society had a membership of 3680 divided among 24 flourishing chapters, located at institutions of acknowledged leadership in the instruction of engineering. The twenty-fifth anniversary was celebrated here at Lehigh last June and the attendance and enthusiasm in connection with the convention gave every evidence of the solidity and prestige of Tau Beta Pi. J. L. B.


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Michelangelo Buildings
by Lauren Mitchell Ruehring
Laurentian Library by Michelangelo
Laurentian Library vestibule and stairs by Michelangelo (c. 1524-34). The library is located on top of an existing monastery building in San Lorenzo, Florence.
Michelangelo worked on the Laurentian Library at the same time he was working on the Medici Chapel. Constructed as a third story atop existing monastery buildings, the library was built in stages until Michelangelo's departure for Rome in 1534. Years later, Michelangelo sent a drawing for the magnificent staircase, but he never saw the structure in its current state of completion.
Giulio de' Medici, who had by this time become Pope Clement VII, commissioned the creation of a great library to house the vast Medici collection of books. The design, particularly that of the library's vestibule, is one of Michelangelo's greatest architectural achievements. Its main feature is the spectacular staircase, the idea for which came to Michelangelo in a dream, whose three flights of steps seem almost alive as they cascade downward to fill the vestibule space.
The reading room of the Laurentian Library.
Preceded by the dynamic energy of the vestibule, the orderly space of the reading room conveys a sense of quiet concentration. The pilasters, ceiling beams, and floor pattern converge to effectively "trap" the rhythmic replication of bays that run the length of the room.
Laurentian Library wooden reading desks.
Michelangelo even designed the furniture of the library's reading room so that it would form a seamless part of the room's overall design.
During the construction of the Laurentian Library, the Medicis came into conflict with Rome. Michelangelo had helped fortify Rome and thus found himself no longer in favor with the Medici family. Go to the next page to see a drawing Michelangelo did for a fortification.
To learn more about Michelangelo, art history, and other famous artists, see:
How Art Works
How the St. Louis Arch Stands Against All Odds
How Brunelleschi Built the World's Biggest Dome
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From Empire Glass we have this extravagant pipe. A small chillum, this guy features green glass with a detailed toad on the top.Toad prints are scattered on the piece and it also has a handle the doubles as a stand for when not in use. This chillum is a piece of art that has great functionality.


SVU in the News: Connect the Dots Edition — Is SVU on USA Now?
In our upcoming episode of The SVU Podcast: Characters Welcome we once again discuss any and all ongoing of Law & Order SVU circulating in the news. It has been a busy couple of weeks so I just wanted to make sure some things went on the record before it was too late.
Let's start with the speculation that SVU is already looking to replace new show runner Rick Eid after one season. Rumors have been swirling around that they may be looking to bring back the recently departed Warren Leight and either way a lot of uncertainty surrounds the whole situation.
Now consider the recent news that veteran alum Chris Meloni is open to returning in some capacity to SVU if the situation is right. Stabler has already been spotted hanging around his former co-star Mariska Hargitay and fans of the show have taken notice.
Benson and Stabler probably talking about how awesome filming the season 18 finale together was.
And then in the most recent news, it was come out that the Donald Trump inspired episode that was filmed and shelved at the beginning of the season, will not be airing at all this year (but we already saw that coming).
Well to an expert detective such as myself it is obvious to see that the uncertainty surrounding the shows direction heading into the next season should be alarming. Also alarming is the fact that SVU has still not been picked up for another season meaning that the already announced two hour season finale of season 18 would serve as the shows series finale.
SVU is not airing the Trump episode because they don't want that negative publicity overshadowing the show in its final episodes.
And to top it off, all of this Chris Meloni talk surrounding an SVU return is moot because he has already filmed his comeback and the show is keeping this a secret in a ploy similar to Michael Scott returning for the Office finale.


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MC-35127 – Wrong NBT TAG Type for fallTime in FallingSand entities.
MC-37516 – Items with attributes e.g. generic.movementSpeed will not work after deselecting and wearing them.
MC-77880 – New 1.8.x statistics are not translatable.
MC-87525 – Creeper explosion radius is unchanged when mobGriefing is off.
MC-90101 – Mob spawner is overwriting (ignoring?) Pos[x,y,z] data of entity.
MC-95538 – /playsound command doesn't work with selectors not resolving to exactly one entity.
MC-97523 – Nether portals briefly teleport players to original location in alternate dimension.


Well kept Royal Heights basement home with view. Updated electric panel. Fireplace heat-box, double windows. On bus route and close to school. Convenient access to Alex Fraser and Patullo Bridges and near Scott Road Skytrain station.


Check out this new video by Ted Leonard.
(Across the parking lot from the Wilmington Railroad Museum).
Check out the February Newsletter which is chock full of great information about upcoming events including Coastal Carolina Trainfest, Brick University, Spenser Train Show and much more.


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The Sky Blue Trust, in common with most Coventry City supporters finds itself frustrated, angry and bitterly disappointed that we enter another close season with no real prospect of returning to our rightful home The Ricoh Arena.
The Sky Blue Trust today launches a campaign, to coincide with the July march, that will continue throughout the summer and until good sense prevails.
The message is clear, unequivocal and is made up of 2 simple words. It is aimed at all of the protagonists in a saga that has already gone on for far too long.
All of these parties have said at some stage that a return to the Ricoh is the sensible way forward for the club and they want to make it happen. The time has come to prove it!
We've had enough of excuses, posturing, bickering and empty rhetoric. What is needed is honesty, clarity, conviction and leadership from all those with any influence. We want our football club home!
We cannot put it any simpler. The question we're asking and will continue to ask of all involved is:
To all of the parties involved ……
WHY NOT pick up the phone and talk? Any of the sides involved could if they really wanted to. It seems egos, pride and the past get in the way. That is just not acceptable. It has to be meaningful and constructive, not lip service or posturing, but take that step – talk.
WHY NOT meet each other and negotiate constructively? All sides claim to be willing to meet - it never happens. It is always someone else's fault, always an excuse. Fans forums or silence won't resolve this. Be open, be clear, bury the egos and past - meet to resolve this one way or another.
WHY NOT stop the name calling, the blame game? Blame and name calling will not solve this. The fans do not want to hear it, what we need is a clear resolution and now. No more posturing, no more shirking responsibility, no more derogatory comments or blaming others. We need to move forward.
WHY NOT stop all the legal actions? Only people to benefit are the lawyers. CCFC does not. The City of Coventry does not. The fans certainly do not. It is a huge waste of money.
WHY NOT answer straight questions with straight answers? The fans have demanded answers from all sides. What they have got in return is a mixture of smoke & mirrors, accusations, blame, avoidance or simple silence. Any answers received often contradict others given from within the same organisation. CCFC fans matter. They are not a tick box exercise nor an inconvenience nor stupid.
WHY NOT bring OUR CLUB back to its home IN COVENTRY? A simple question deserving of more than "They won't talk" or "We can't trust or work with them" The fans deserve better than that ....
So we demand for the sake of CCFC…
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Supporters Go Down to Baggies in Final
Unfortunately, Coventry City Supporters FC went down to a 5 : 0 defeat in the IFA Midlands Cup. But Mark Franklin tells us, "That doesn't really tell the story against one of the top teams in the league. The match was played in the right spirit but no quarter given on either side. Both teams created some fine football."
In the first half CCSFC matched WBA every step of the way, defending resolutely and breaking well to create chances of our own. Probably the best display we've seen from our lads this season. At half time it was nil : nil. WBA were rattled.
Second half WBA pressed higher up and put us under increasing pressure. There were still chances for CCSFC but 15 minutes in and a couple of injuries to our midfield plus two individual errors let WBA in, and they didn't look back. In truth you could see it coming but not the 5 : 0 scoreline. CCSFC kept going until the end creating chances but were never quite sharp enough to convert.
The better team won in the end. They were stronger, more organised, sharper in front of goal and more experienced. A very good team. Our lads have come a long way and six of the squad are 18 or under. All of our lads can be very proud of themselves - they all gave everything they could, competed all over the pitch and showed flashes of very good football
We can be proud of every single one of them - great bunch of lads.
This is what WBA said about us:
"Well done, you gave us a tough game. Your boys have come on so much and made it tough for us to play much football"
"In the end it was the right result but the wrong scoreline. On the night, it was closer than that - but we go again next year, hopefully one place better, "said Mark.
"Thanks to the guys at IFA for organising it all, to Eccleshall FC for the use of their ground, the Sky Blue Trust for organising the team coach, to James for the hard work he puts in running CCSFC and last but not least our supporters who turned up to cheer the lads on."
(Mark himself should be congratulated. He's coached the team all season, and should be proud of their achievements. We're just happy to have provided what support we could.)
Football League Award Is For People Like Pat
Strap On Your Boots For This Summer's March
New Photos - Sheffield Utd.
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We have been in our home 25 years and decided that our family room needed a "facelift!" After interviewing several contractors we were sold on Dan Drenckhahn and Country Creek Builders. Sometimes the sales pitch can be more than what is actually delivered, but Dan and his crew did not disappoint! They were always on time at the job site, the house was always impeccably tidy before they left at the end of the day, and they were very accommodating to our questions and changes that we made during the project. We love everything about the new & improved family room look, but the most impressive feature is the stone fireplace! We replaced our brick fireplace with stone and every stone showroom sales person said "the fireplace will only be as good as your mason." We wondered if 'young' Dave would be up for the task and he far exceeded our expectations. His eye for color and design were exceptional. People are wowed by the beautiful fireplace! Clearly, we would highly recommend Country Creek Builders for your remodeling endeavors!


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"Special Kind of Love" is a song by British singer-songwriter Dina Carroll, released in September 1992 as the second single from her debut album, So Close (1993). The song was written and produced by American record producers, songwriters, and remixers Clivillés and Cole. Carroll was approached by them and invited to New York to become the first British artist to work with the producers. The song reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart, number 26 in the Netherlands and number 60 in Germany. A music video was also produced to promote the single.

Critical reception
The song received positive reviews from music critics. Larry Flick from Billboard described it as a "fun and infectious pop/dance ditty", remarking that the cut "bears a slight resemblance" to Mariah Carey's hit "Emotions", "without sounding like a carbon-copy." He also felt that Carroll "struts with the vocal prowess of a diva, while producers David Cole and Robert Clivilles dress her in sunny synths and spine-crawling beats." Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report wrote, "'So Close' gave American audiences a mere glimpse into the music and talent of Dina Carroll. This track should take her over the top." A reviewer from Lennox Herald viewed it as "classy".

Andy Beevers from Music Week complimented it as a "superb upbeat soulful house track". In an retrospective review, Pop Rescue said that the singer's vocals "really shine here on this catchy track", where "she's supported by some great warm strings and backing vocalists." Phil Shanklin of ReviewsRevues felt that C&C's "brand of uplifting gospelesque house is an excellent match for Dina's vocals and a great workout for the backing singers." James Hamilton from the RM Dance Update compared it to American singer CeCe Peniston. Rupert Howe from Select described the track as "reasonably sprightly". Tim Southwell from Smash Hits declared it as "superb".

Track listing
 12-inch single, UK (1992)
"Special Kind of Love" (Monster club mix)
"Special Kind of Love" (Funky Fingers dub)
"Special Kind of Love" (D'apella)
"Special Kind of Love" (C&C radio 7-inch)
"Special Kind of Love" (C&C Special Love club)
"Special Kind of Love" (C&C Special Love dub)

 CD single, UK and Europe (1992)
"Special Kind of Love" (radio mix) – 3:29
"Special Kind of Love" (Monster club mix) – 6:46
"Special Kind of Love" (C & C Special Love club) – 6:50
"If I Knew You Then" – 4:18

Charts

References

Dina Carroll songs
1992 singles
1992 songs
A&M Records singles
British house music songs
First Avenue Records singles
Song recordings produced by Robert Clivillés
Songs written by David Cole (record producer)
Songs written by Robert Clivillés

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Configure an LRS push-button device with custom messages that are delivered to one or many LRS pagers with the LRS Push-button Programming Connector Kit. This kit provides the connection wires needed to connect the LRS PFS device to a computer. The LRS programming software and compatible operating systems are detailed online at lrsus.com/downloads. The programming connector kit works with LRS' Butler XP, Butler II, and Pronto push-button devices.
(1) Push-Button Programming Connector Kit (KIT-TG).
Includes a USB mini cable and an LRS PFS programming dongle.


Alternate name(s): "Eurasian Nightjar", "Nightjar*"
European Nightjars are medium-sized nightjars. They have the typical mid-grey, slightly reflective and highly cryptic plumage of all nightjars, with dark-grey streaks and light silvery-grey patches. The distinguishing feature of European Nightjars is that the crown, nape of the neck and back are all streaked dark-grey on mid-grey. Among the Eurasian nightjars they have the highest colour contrast between dark parts of their plumage and light patches. The irises are dark. The very short, swallow-like bill is grey. Legs and feet are hardly ever visible.
See European Nightjar at Wikipedia .
The overall distribution of this species can be assessed based on sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to the ebird.org website. The global distribution of the European Nightjar is available HERE . European Nightjars are a strongly migratory species, with 6 different races. Their breeding grounds range from all of Europe, except Scotland and central/northern Scandinavia, to the north-western African coastline, Asia Minor and eastward into central Asia. Their range eastwards extends from the Baltic states and southern Finland towards the border region of Russia with Mongolia and far northern China. Their range also extends through northern Iraq, parts of Iran into Afghanistan and Pakistan, to roughly the border with India. They spend the northern winters in the southern part of West Africa and in parts of eastern Africa, from about the southern border of Ethiopia southward towards the Cape of Good Hope, from the great inland lakes to the East coast. There is also a small wintering population in northern Oman.
In Europe European Nightjars are mostly as breeding migrants, from the Iberian peninsula to the southern coastal regions of the British Isles eastward throughout the rest of Europe (and into Asia), as far northwards as southern Scandinavia.
They are usually found in semi-open landscapes with some scattered vegetation (often acacias) and interspersed open areas in which they prefer to hunt. In their breeding areas they favour heath and grassland.
I. Medenica reports spotting an European Nightjar, race "meridionalis", near Lake Bor, in eastern Serbia, in May 2016.
European Nightjars, race "unwini", were found by us in Oman.
Photos of European Nightjars, race "unwini", were taken by us in Oman.
Like all other species of nightjars known to us, European Nightjars usually do not perch on shrubs or trees; they are either found on the ground or in the air.
European Nightjars are insect hunters.


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Vermona vintage spring reverb as main reverb processor?
Preamp options for Rode K2?
Metric Halo is going thunderbolt!!!!
Best Studio to Mix My Songs??
saving sysex off a dx7???
Is firewire going to die?
Is it a bad investment to buy firewire connected interfaces, will the next computer I buy likely be without firewire?
Are hardware gates still needed in the studio?
Cassette Tape to PC (USB).. any good ?
Help ID this rack? Purple-ish with big silver knobs..
Mogami W3080 vs W3173 for 30' and under mic cables?
hello, I was just wondering if you guys know any shorcuts for moving midi notes up, down, left or right in Pro Tools?
Best place to get mic cables?
Recommend me a good mixing engineer.
active pickups into mic pre?
Anyone using The Equinox with Hearback?
Relisted, please delete this one.
How do I soften harsh percussion without making it dull?
Anyone here from Denmark? How much for Dynaudio BM15a in DK?
1U power amp - options?


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MDBA profiles show farming communities hit hard
Independent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed says the collection of community profiles released last week by the Murray Darling Basin Authority shows a drastic loss of employment in the Southern Basin's irrigation-dependent communities.
The data tracks population and employment figures in irrigation-dependent communities from 2001 to 2016, a 15-year period covering the Millennium Drought, the Commonwealth buyback of farmers' water entitlements and the further reduction of available water associated with the implementation of the Murray Darling Basin Plan.
Ms Sheed said the irrigation workforce in Shepparton slumped 24.3 per cent between 2001 and 2011, and a further 17.3 per cent between 2011 and 2016.
"After the Millennium Drought ended, you would have expected to see some recovery in job numbers as production returned to some sort of normal level," Ms Sheed said.
"Instead, jobs have continued to bleed away from the sector since the Murray Darling Basin Plan came into effect.
"Certainly broader challenges affecting industries such as dairy have played a role, but the link between reduced water availability as a result of the Plan and reduced employment in irrigated farming cannot be overlooked."
Ms Sheed said she welcomed recent comments by Murray Darling Basin Authority chief Phillip Glyde acknowledging that Basin communities understand the full impact of water recovery in their towns better than anyone.
"This data is only based on high level population and employment information from recent censuses and ABS records and so it cannot capture the lived reality in our communities," Ms Sheed said.
"It does not reflect the increasingly precarious position of our farmers, the level of debt some are in and their shrinking capacity to protect themselves against the challenges of further water reduction.
"Most critically, it does not reflect the despair of some farmers still in the game who are now feeling they're being forced out of an industry they love – an industry central to Australians being able to enjoy continued access to high quality fresh food – because their access to water has been so severely hindered.
"Our community has been very vocal about the serious social and economic impact it's experiencing and our well-founded fears about the effect of further water recovery, so I look forward to seeing those views well reflected in future MDBA analysis."
Andrew Christian commented 2018-03-03 16:43:26 +1100
An excellent outcome for Shepparton with population growth!
The drop in agricultural employment is reflective of Australian wide agricultural employment with a shift toward automation!