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Staccato®
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parango	in Uncategorized	 January 12, 2017 January 12, 2017 1,354 Words
My wife's iPhone died this week.
Not the end of the world. Expensive to replace, disappointing, and slightly surprising, but it appears that smartphones have an actual life span as we do, and, as is true of us, some last a little longer, some give out a little sooner, and for most, the end comes without much warning.
And then, our satellite dish conked out about fifteen minutes into the college football championship, just as Clemson began to make a dent in Alabama's defense. I didn't have a particular favorite in the game, and I managed to stream the game on my computer, but, again, the interruption was unexpected, frustrating, and slightly surprising.
Things – implements, devices, televisions, cars, phones – they're all supposed to work, and when they don't, I feel slightly bilked. I should know better, if only because eager salespersons tout the quality and longevity of whatever product I am about to buy, and without missing a beat start hawking the extended warranty.
My wife and daughter frequently suggests that my "meter is broken", that I operate with a sensibility that was already outmoded by the time I graduated from college and has only reluctantly been updated when absolutely necessary. I do gag at the cost of things (two movie tickets and a bag of popcorn for thirty dollars?) even as I recognize that many amenities once well beyond my means and imagination are now taken for granted. Smartphones, a global positioning system, movies on demand, digital music, robots – all the stuff of science fiction not-so-long ago.
Despite a certain crusty displeasure with the need to replace recently purchased big ticket items, there is absolutely no danger of my romanticizing older times. Do I occasionally wish I had hung on to the 1963 Ford Falcon, black with red interior? Uh, yeah, but I'm exhausted by the thought of parking a car weighing more than a ton without power steering. I did not grow up in the Stone Age; we had running water and everything. I do need to remember, however, that the most advanced gizmo in our kitchen was a toaster in which I could prepare a Pop Tart or Eggo waffle; today, I can microwave a three-course dinner prepared by a celebrated chef. OK, I still like Pop Tarts and Eggo waffles, but my current culinary options are dazzlingly varied. Microwavable (that's a word?) dinners are available from notable chefs such as Wolfgang Puck, and the range of lifestyle dinners creates some very tough (and personal) choices. Should I go for a Lean Cuisine, join the Smart Ones, make a Healthy Choice or ditch self-care completely and opt for all Hungry Man has to offer?
Similarly, for much of my youth, I listened to a transistor radio with no headphones, saved up to buy an LP album in monophonic sound, and had a choice of three networks and a few very parochial local stations broadcasting in furry black-and-white; today, I get 250 channels, most in in High Definition and brilliant color, assuming my satellite system is operational.
Assumptions do not always work out, and the occasional solar flare or climactic inversion that causes my computer to start blinking and wheezing and my television to begin barking in Portuguese brings concern for driverless cars breezing down the highway in the near future. A fairly mild snow flurry took out the national championship football game.
But. really, what could go wrong?
Without a briefing from the intelligence community, I can only guess at the number of faceless hackers from Russia, China, North Korea, Alabama, who read my email on a regular basis and know exactly where my personal and political convictions lie. Of course, they also know how quickly and easily my thoughts scatter.
Oh, yes. Reputable sources (ABC and my elder son) assure me that household products now have the ability to spy on us; should the NSA need to know what I'm up to, they have but to ask my television, my cable box, my dishwasher, clothes dryer, toaster, remote control, smartphones, tablets, and computers.
I feel so betrayed. My remote can rat me out?
Look, we crossed the line when we put down the clunky phone attached by twisted cord to a box on the wall; if we want to call anyone, anytime, anywhere, access the internet, use the Global Positioning System, send texts and email, play video games, take pictures, shoot video, listen to music, and watch a movie on a phone compact enough to fit in a pocket, it pretty much has to be smart.
How smart are these things? Well, a modern toaster operates with more computing power than the Apollo Guidance Computer that took the first men into space. That computer had 64Kbyte of memory and operated at about 0.043MHz. The iPhone 7? 256 gigabytes, 2.2GHz.
Roughly much smarter.
I happened to catch the last half of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Stanley Kubrick film in which a lone space traveller hurtling toward Jupiter realizes that the HAL9000, familiarly known as Hal, operating every aspect of his journey through the universe, has become sentient, resentful, and mentally ill. The tip off might have come with the discovery that Hal had taken it upon itself to toss an astronaut on a space walk into deep space, or when Hal cut off the life support systems of the cryogenically hibernating crew.
In either case, it was clear that something had definitely gone wrong.
Rogue robots are nothing new, but Hal's last moments are truly disturbing. This is a movie often entirely free of dialogue; long stretches of space time pass in which no one says anything, perhaps because there's not much to say when floating off into the darkness of space with a severed oxygen hose. The longest sustained dialogue is given to Hal who pleads for its life as its memory is systematically destroyed.
Hal's voice remains warm and calm, even when provoked, not stilted and stuttering as is so often the case with movie robots in distress. As his memory is yanked, file by file, Hal sounds like a spurned lover desperate to avoid a break-up. "I know you've been upset." "I can change." "I'm much better now." Relentless, the last astronaut continues to pull the elements of Hal's being, until, at the end, his voice slowing, Hal delivers an affecting final monologue:
"I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it."
Slower and lower
"I'm a… fraid."
"Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you."
Break my heart.
It strikes me that the only moment of comparable pathos might be in the final moments of Charly, the filmed adaptation of Flowers for Algernon, in which the central character, Charlie Gordon, intellectually disabled with an IQ of 68, undergoes experimental surgery in order to enhance his intelligence. Following the surgery, Charlie becomes increasingly intellectually able; his IQ is tripled. Undertaking research himself, Charlie realizes that the mouse on whom the surgery had been performed in the first stages of the experiment has begun to show signs of intellectual deterioration. In the final third of the film, Charlie knows that he will inevitably revert to his former state.
Another heart breaker.
Knowing that my television is probably watching me as I watch it, do I have the gumption to pull its plug and hear that high-pitched final scream as it dies, pixel by pixel? I'm not sure I do.
So, I'll return to the couch, turn on my potential betrayer, and find something reasonably distracting as I wait for whatever it has in mind for me.
After all, What could possibly go wrong?
Good Fences / Good Neighbors?
Do We Need A Word For That?

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Originally from Illinois, Dr. Christina (Tina) Tran was settled into life on the West Coast, working as a faculty member at the Portland Community College (PCC) Veterinary Technology Program, when the opportunity to return to the Midwest to serve as director of Purdue's Veterinary Technology Program caught her attention. The idea became reality when she was appointed to the position effective July 1.
It's not the first time that the veterinary profession has called Dr. Tran back to her Midwestern roots. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California at Davis, earning a BS degree in Biological Sciences in 1995, but then returned to her home state to enroll in the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, where she obtained her DVM degree in 2000. Dr. Tran entered private small animal practice and worked in both Illinois and California before she and her family moved to Portland, Ore. There, she worked as a relief veterinarian and part-time shelter veterinarian before accepting the faculty position at PCC. During her tenure at PCC, Dr. Tran organized and expanded a three-term internship program, called the Cooperative Education Program, by developing partnerships with practices and laboratories. Dr. Tran also served on the AVMA 20/20 Vision Commission and the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association's Leadership Council, focusing on the subject of Mentoring and Recent Graduates.
This is not Dr. Tran's first time on the Purdue campus. As a pre-veterinary student, she completed a research project in the lab of Purdue Comparative Oncology Program Director Deborah Knapp. The trek from Portland to Purdue also was a bit of a homecoming for Dr. Tran's husband, Lenny, who is a graduate of the Krannert School of Management.
Dr. Tran succeeds Dr. Pete Bill (PU DVM '80), professor of veterinary pharmacology, who resigned after serving as Veterinary Technology Program director since 2002. Dr. Bill was appointed as PVM assistant dean for academic affairs, teaching and learning, effective July 1.


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The 10 Best Memory Care Facilities in Nampa, ID for 2023
Also serving communities of Kuna.
There are 10 Memory Care Facilities in the Nampa area, with 3 in Nampa and 7 nearby.
The average cost of memory care in Nampa is $4,000 per month. This is lower than the national median of $5,320.
To help you with your search, browse the 14 reviews below for memory care facilities in Nampa. On average, consumers rate memory care in Nampa 3.3 out of 5 stars. Better rated regions include Meridian with an average rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars.
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"Ashley Manor is wonderful and very clean. The food is excellent; I've never seen my dad eat so much before. The staff is excellent." More
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200 W. Beech Street, Caldwell, ID 83605
"My mother just moved into Prestige Assisted Living at Autumn Wind. It's very nice and very welcoming. The staff has been excellent with her so far. I've eaten two meals with her there and she's..." More
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Dog Dancing School follows two amateur Dog Dancing enthusiasts Carol and Victoria and their teacher Angela at the Dog Dancing School in Swindon. Angela was first inspired to teach dog dancing after watching a feature at Crufts in 2006, and soon opened her dog dancing school, winning a number of competitions. Soon after, her school grew and grew and is now the proud Dog Dancing School. Carol and Victoria learn how to train their dogs to dance, they have difficulties and challenges along the way, but together with their enthusiasm and guidance from Angela, they may just make it. Filmed over six months, Dog Dancing School, details the obedient and the not so obedient canine characters, and their owners.
BIG EVENT. FUN VALENTINE SHOW FEBRUARY 15th at St Peters Church, Penhill, email or phone for more information.
We are a dog dancing club based in Swindon. Some of our members compete at Competion level, others just come along for fun. Some of our members are available to give demos at public events, such as fetes and fun days, or peform for clubs, groups or sheltered housing complexes.
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House Under Construction Catches Fire in Shaw
by Tim Regan May 25, 2016 at 1:35 pm 0
(Updated at 2:06 p.m.) A house under construction caught fire in Shaw this afternoon.
Authorities received a call for smoke billowing out of a three-story rowhome on the 900 block of Westminster St. NW at approximately 1:16 p.m. today, D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Oscar Mendez said.
Dozens of firefighters rushed to the the scene at 1:18 p.m. and are currently working to douse the fire, which started in the attic of the building.
Nobody was injured during the blaze, said D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Vito Maggiolo.
"It looks like [firefighters] have a handle on it," Maggiolo added.
Authorities said the fire was accidental.
Fire under control 900 blk Westminster St NW. No injuries. FFs continue to wet down. pic.twitter.com/2XDDVXy56G
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) May 25, 2016
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Q: Mod rewrite to redirect to 404 if filename is followed by other characters On my website I have files index.php,home.php,about.php
And The full url is
http://example.com/about.php

and the wired thing is that
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also goes to the about page . I want to block anything after my files name and redirect it to 404.
I copied this from a similar post :
  Rewriterule ([a-zA-Z]+).([a-zA-Z]+) - [L]
Rewriterule ([a-zA-Z]+).([a-zA-Z]+) - [R=404,L]

Its not working. can you help me please?
Edit: its not a hashmark related question.
I want to redirect 404 a url with a trailing path.

A: I think you are looking for this :
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Youth Takeover!
By adminNovember 7, 2016Blog
If you haven't noticed already, we are have been giving you an extra 1000 Londoners film a week, and if you don't know what that is then you are in for a treat. Here at Chocolate Films we are curious people, we like to ask questions and we like to get to know you, so of course we started a film series all about the individuals in London! 1000 Londoners is a portrait of London and who exactly makes up our capital city, with 1000 short documentaries about 1000 people. Our professional filmmakers make some of these films, and you make some of these films (visit here for more details on how to submit your own), but sometimes these films are made by young people on our workshops. We have been lucky enough this year to have been given many great films from our workshop participants. In fact, we have been given so many that we have had to start a special season for them, aptly named 'The Youth Takeover'. This season will run into the new year, with some very special stories along the way.
We have Jenna a future Tennis champion, Co-Founder of Movember JC and many more portraits of the people who make this city great. All of the great films make in this series have made in the last 12 months on documentary filmmaking workshops by young people in London.
Remember to tune in to 1000 Londoners at 12pm every Monday to catch the short films!


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Born in 1979 in Shadhora, India. He obtained his MFA (painting) in 2003 and his BFA (painting) in 2001 from Govt. Institute of Fine Arts, Indore. Kachangal is the recepient of the Raza Award from MP Kala Parishad, Bhopal, 2001; Bronze Medal from Avantika, Gwalior and the Meera Gupta Merit Scholarship, Indore for 2003. Solo shows include Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi, 2005; Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata; Citibank, Mumbai, 2004 and Central Museum, Indore, 2002 among others. He has participated in many group shows, some of which are "Summer Show", CIMA Gallery, Kolkata, 2005; Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 2004 and Galerie Muller & Plate, Munchen, Germany Contemporary Indian Painting Exhibition, Kunststation Kleinsassen Art Gallery, Fulda, Germany and the Raza Award Exhibition Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, 2001 among others. His works are in collections of GIFA, Indore, AIFACS, Delhi, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, private collections in USA, Germany, France & Nepal, Raza Foundation, Mumbai and in the collections of art critics Prayag Shukla and Ratnottama Sengupta, among others. Kachangal lives and works in Indore, India.
2000 Young Artist painting Camp by MPKP Bhopal & NCZCC, Allahabad, at Kanha National Park (MP).
2001 Drawing Camp Organised by Fankar Art Gallery, Indore.
2002 All India Young Artist Painting Camp Organised by AIFACS, Delhi.
1998 Lal Bag Indore ( by Hintal Group, Indore ).
1998 Kala Mela N.C.Z.C.C Allahabad.
2000 Central Musium Indore .
2001 M.G. Art Gallery By N.C.Z.C.C, Allahabad.
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2001 A.B.C. Art Gallery, Varanasi.
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1998 Kala Mela by NCZCC, Allahabad.
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1999-03 Annual Exhibition Gifa Indore.
1999 Astagh Sootradhar Exhibition at Devlalikar Art Gallery, Indore.
2000 Raza Award Exhibition Kala Parishad Art Gallery, Bhopal.
2000 Vakanakar State Exhibition, Ujjain.
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Kung Fu Panda is de originele soundtrack van de film met dezelfde naam, gecomponeerd door Hans Zimmer en John Powell. Het album werd uitgebracht op 3 juni 2008 door Interscope Records.

De filmmuziek werd uitgevoerd in klassieke muziek en traditionele Chinese muziek in combinatie met elektronische muziek. Het orkest werd begeleid door Gavin Greenaway en werd gezongen door het London Voices koor. De opnames vonden plaats in de AIR Lyndhurst Hall in Londen. Tijdens de aftiteling van de film werd het nummer Kung Fu Fighting van Carl Douglas in een nieuwe versie gebruikt, deze versie werd speciaal voor de film opnieuw gezongen door Cee Lo Green en Jack Black. De componisten Henry Jackman en James McKee Smith van de Remote Control Productions studio hebben ook een bijdragen geleverd aan de soundtrack. De bekendste herkenningsmelodieën uit de film zijn de nummers "Panda Po" en "Oogway Ascends".

Solisten
 Chris Clad - Viool
 Karen han - Erhu
 Michael Ripoll - Gitaar
 Bruce White - Altviool
 Jonathan Williams - Cello

Nummers

Er werd  door Interscope Records ook nog een Aziatische editie van het album uitgebracht, met twee bonus tracks.

Externe links
 Kung Fu Panda: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Hans-Zimmer.com
 Kung Fu Panda: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack op AllMusic
 Kung Fu Panda: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack op Discogs

Kung Fu Panda
Filmmuziek
Muziekalbum uit 2008
Muziekalbum van Hans Zimmer
Muziekalbum van John Powell
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Kar's Nuts was founded in 1933, in a tiny kitchen in their home across the street from Tiger Stadium in Detroit. There, Sue Kar roasted and sold peanuts to Tiger fans. The peanuts became so popular that a manufacturing plant was soon built to distribute peanuts to retailers throughout the Detroit Metro. The company was sold to the Nicolay family in the 1960's, and continues today as a family-run business. Still based in Michigan, Kar's Nuts now roasts and packages nuts and trail mixes carried by convenience stores, grocery chains and club stores throughout America.


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Q: Design a Voltage controlled current source I have to create a current source (cs) capable of delivering up to 1.5 amps in order to calibrate a IC. The cs must be adjustable through a signal generator.
I thought I could use an op-amp and I have found some from TI (e.g. OPA548 from TI) but it works as a voltage source, which is a mistake and does not function properly.
I have not done anything similar and need some help. The input signal which is supposed to adjust the output is a sinusoidal waveform of 50Hz and IC must not see a signal higher than 500mV.
Can someone please help me?


He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none and he who has food must do likewise.244 But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.245 If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?
450. What are the "corporal works of mercy"?
451: What are the "spiritual works of mercy"?
The spiritual works of mercy are: to instruct the ignorant, to counsel the doubtful, comfort the sorrowful, admonish the sinner, bear wrongs patiently, forgive all injuries, and pray for the living and the dead.
Send me an e-mail with your questions or comments!
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity but of power and love and discipline.
For young parishioners - What are your thoughts on mercy?


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Home / Earth Sciences / Young chum salmon may get biggest nutrition boost from Elliott Bay restored beaches
Young chum salmon may get biggest nutrition boost from Elliott Bay restored beaches
University of Washington researchers sample for young salmon and invertebrates along a restored beach at Seacrest Park in Seattle's Elliott Bay. Credit: University of Washington
The fish hatch in the rivers and streams that feed into Puget Sound and almost immediately rely on eating small organisms near the shore, including in the heart of Seattle's commerce-filled waterfront.
Though salmon share the busy Elliott Bay waters with boats and barges, scientists suspect built-up, "armored" shorelines and large piers may be the main culprits disrupting fish habitat. These artificial structures block light and confuse the fish as they make their way to the ocean.
But are concrete seawalls actually affecting what the salmon eat, and by how much? A University of Washington study shows that it depends on the species, with small chum salmon seeming to be most affected.
The study looked at the diets of young salmon passing through Elliott Bay. Researchers measured the types of prey in the water along armored shorelines and along restored beaches. Scientists then collected young salmon in nets — corralled by boats or divers — and flushed out their stomachs to look at what they ate recently.
The stomach contents showed that young pink and Chinook salmon that feed on organisms either floating in the water or on the water's surface were able to eat the same amount of food, whether they were feeding near a concrete shoreline such as Seattle's ferry terminal at Coleman Dock or along shoreline that has been restored to look like a natural beach, including along Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park.
However, young chum salmon that munch on critters found mainly in bottom habitats had a noticeable change in their eating patterns depending on the type of shoreline. These small chum salmon ate more invertebrates floating in the water when swimming by armored sites, and more bottom-dwelling crustaceans — which they prefer — when feeding near beaches. Larger juvenile chum behaved more like their pink and Chinook counterparts.
"Our study shows that armoring affects what species of prey are available," said lead author Stuart Munsch, a UW doctoral student in aquatic and fishery sciences. "Fish that normally eat those missing prey will feed on alternative species at armored sites, but we don't know what the costs of that change are to the fish."
The findings were published Sept. 15 in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series.
The article details the latest in a series of recent studies along Seattle's waterfront that is trying to better understand how fish behave in urban, industrial waterways. The shores of Elliott Bay are almost fully walled-in with concrete and riprap, a layer of large stones designed to keep soil from eroding. The most natural shorelines are along several manmade sandy beaches, restored recently for public recreation and natural beauty.
The study confirmed that areas converted to look like beaches attract more diverse organisms, including small crustaceans known as harpacticoid copepods. These weren't seen much along armored shorelines, which instead had more barnacles — not an appetizing choice for young salmon.
"Engineered shorelines like these manmade beaches are going to have more components of a natural ecosystem than a featureless wall," said co-author Jeff Cordell, lead investigator on the project and a UW research scientist with aquatic and fishery sciences. "Manmade beaches will produce more diversity and numbers of the kinds of food juvenile salmon utilize."
The researchers found that while the types of organisms in the water did indeed change depending on shoreline, only the small chum salmon actually adjusted what they ate.
Maybe the other fish, the pink, Chinook and larger chum salmon, ate prey that wasn't directly affected by the type of shorelines present — such as plankton, which was in the water at both locations — or were large and strong enough to swim through both areas, eating along the way, before their stomach contents were measured.
But small chum salmon are especially dependent on the tiny crustaceans more common along restored beach sites. And while none of the fish studied were starving, the fish whose diets changed may have used up considerable energy trying to keep a balanced diet.
"The [type of] copepods that chum salmon usually feed on are brightly colored and they're found near the bottom," Munsch said. In other words, the chum's typical diet is easy prey. "We think that chum salmon along armored shorelines might have to spend more energy searching for prey that are harder to see, or chasing prey that are more evasive, when that energy should be allocated to growth or migration."
This study and other recent papers by Cordell's research team are informing Seattle's Seawall Project, which is replacing the current waterfront wall with a structure that intends to be friendlier to fish while protecting city infrastructure.
The research was funded by the Seattle Department of Transportation and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Jason Toft, a research scientist in UW fisheries, is another co-author on this paper.
For more information, contact Cordell at jcordell@uw.edu or 206-543-7532 and Munsch at smunsch@uw.edu.
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Q: How does the Villard circuit double voltage? How does the Villard circuit double voltage? I don't understand the capacitor role when the voltage sinewave goes negative.

A: It doesn't actually change the peak-to-peak voltage of the AC waveform.  What it does do is impose a DC offset onto that AC waveform.
So, a wave that is say +/- 12V becomes a 0-24V waveform (less a little bit for the diode voltage drop).
The capacitor is charged up when the waveform goes negative (through the diode), and releases its charge when the waveform goes positive.
Here is a link to the Falstad Circuit Simulator with a Villard circuit.  You can see how the waveform stays the same but is shifted upwards.

A: A way to more intuitively understand the circuit is to assume the capacitor to be a quick charging battery, and assuming a +/-5V voltage input for concrete numbers.
Starting on the negative half-cycle, up to 5V charges the capacitor through the diode.
The capacitor effectively becomes a 5V battery. The potential difference in the output of the circuit at this point is 0V.

Then on the positive half cycle, up to 5V is behind the charged 5V capacitor, similar to having two batteries in series, making the potential difference in the output to be 10V.

A: In power electronics, Villard circuit solution is interesting only as a circuit building block for assembling the real Greinacher voltage doubler. My answers below can help you to grasp the basic idea behind them (the introductory parts consider the Villard circuit):
High voltage power supply
How does the voltage doubler work at the startup?
How do we explain the voltage doubler operation by analogy?

A: Suppose the input signal is \$V_{\text{in}} = V_p\sin(\omega t)\$. During the negative cycle the diode conducts and the capacitor is charged to \$V_p\$ but with opposite the polarity. Then, during the positive cycle, the output would be \$V_p + V_c = 2V_p\$ because the capacitor is charged to \$V_p\$ during the negative cycle.
There you are! The voltage is doubled and DC as well for a complete cycle of input signal.


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Thanks to everyone who came, we had a great time and hope you did too.
Grab your 4-wheelers and come play on our trails! The date is set for our 2nd Annual ATV Poker Run: Saturday & Sunday March 25 and 26, 2017!
$20 per person per day, or $25 per person per day after March 24.
Stick around on Saturday for smoked brisket sandwiches, chips and soda! Cost: $6 per person.
All are invited! Cash prizes for 1st 2nd and 3rd place!


I raced my 10th Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii on Saturday where I notched my 9th top-15 placing - crossing the line in 13th place. Thankful for opportunity.
I just wanted to give a quick update as I raced the 70.3 Worlds Championships last weekend in Mooloolaba, Australia.
I figured it was about time I do a write up-on my FIRST RACE BACK (and other random musings).


When two brands come together, the results are always interesting. But when the brands in question are Apple and Hermès, the co-branding strategy is going to be headline news.
At the end of my class on brand management each term my MBA students rate the subject on various attributes. Among them is the degree to which the class had a "strong theoretical basis". It is always my weakest score because I do not rely on very much published academic research to build the course content. Some decent case studies and a few readings from Harvard Business Review more than suffice.
The one exception in all this is my class on brand diversification. If there is one area where theory does exceed current marketing practice it's around the concepts of brand diversification and co-branding. My favourite paper is based on the ground breaking experiments conducted twenty years ago at the University of Pittsburgh by Professors C. Whan Park, Sung Jun and the late, great consumer behaviourist Allan Shocker.
The researchers ran laboratory experiments in which students were asked to rate a fictional co-branded cake-mix product from Slim-Fast (known for bland-tasting, low-calorie slimming food) and Godiva (known for rich-tasting, high-calorie chocolates). The co-branded mix was rated far higher than a single-branded offering from either brand. It was also rated higher than a Godiva and Haagen-Dazs co-branded product, as the two were perceived as being very similar brands. That's a crucial insight because, against expectation, co-branding works best when brands partner with someone with a different set of customers and brand associations from their own.
The co-branding topic is top of mind this week because of the interesting announcement from Hermes that, for the first time in its history, it will share some of the space on its fabled orange box with a partner brand – Apple. A special edition of Apple Watch will go on sale on October 5th featuring a Hermes branded dial and bracelet along with a special edition of the Apple Watch. The co-branded, limited edition watch will be sold at select Apple stores and Hermes boutiques starting at $1250.
The watch itself is gorgeous. The original Apple Watch was a bit of utilitarian affair, but add a touch of Hermès savoir faire, and the famous halo effect of two cool brands briefly coming together as one, and the results are extremely attractive. More interesting is what the co-branding strategy says about the two partners behind the limited edition.
For Hermes, this co-branded watch is another attempt to inject modernity and freshness into a brand famed for its perennial appeal and a DNA founded on tradition and heritage. Of all the luxury brands, none have managed the magic trick of selling in the millions but appearing to manufacture in the dozens better than Hermes. Similarly, the conservative appeal of Hermes could – so easily – start to appear boring and dusty. This limited partnership with Apple keeps Hermes very much at the cutting edge of luxury – while playing to their traditional strengths of leather goods.
For Apple the partnership is as clear a signal as we could get that it now considers itself to be a luxury brand fused from a potent combination of technology and design. Look at Apple's price point. Look at their visual merchandising. Look at their creative directors. Look at their executive team. Look at their mythological founder. Apple is more Hermes than Samsung, and it clearly intends to keep it that way.
One of the best parts of Park et al's co-branding paper is the bit where the professors re-test their college students' perceptions many days later. The University of Pittsburgh's protocols demanded that the professors demonstrate that their experiment had not permanently altered their subject's perceptions. But the students who had been exposed to the co-branded cake mix now perceived Slim-Fast to taste better and Godiva to be lower calorie than their peers.
The existence of this so called "spillover effect" on the contributing brands in a co-brand relationship opened up the tantalising possibility of using co-branding to not only sell more products but also alter and improve brand equity as part of the process.
The Apple/Hermes limited edition watch will surely sell out almost immediately. But for Apple, the longer term benefit of the brand associations that spillover from their partnership with Hermes will likely outlast and outweigh any of the short term sales value. The nice thing about co-branding – the science of alliance – is that you don't have to pick one over the other. You can build brand and make money at the same time.
That's exactly what the Hermes/Apple Watch is about to do.
As always great stuff, and an excellent lesson in the potential power of collaboration, plus for me the ultimate marketing lesson namely combining quality, style and substance will always find a market.
Building on this, and staying on the Apple theme, was really interesting to note Microsoft being invited to present at the latest Apple conference. Yet another example of companies finally realising that working together can actually grow your slice of the pie so to speak, rather than obsessing about protecting a tiny "wholly" owned portion.
Zbiggy, the Apple/Microsoft nexus has been around for many years, including a period when Microsoft actually owned a share of Apple. And the concept of "co-opetition" has been around even longer, perhaps not between entities which would seem to be natural enemies. Perhaps they really are "frenemies"?
Obviously aware of the previous "collaboration" and love the "frenemies" name.
Maybe I'm completely wrong but don't ever remember Microsoft attending an Apple conference. As an Apple user I need Microsoft software for business purposes. So a revenue generator for both companies.
Sadly too many companies see complete exclusivity as a USP, Based on user experience I would never buy a PC again, so the only way Microsoft can make money from me is allowing me to use their stuff via my choice of hardware.
Another perfect case in point Heineken, not allowing Guinness to be served at the Rugby World Cup grounds. If they believe their stout is the best prove it via competition not by a monopoly. That for me is a sustainable business approach, the other may gain short term profits but at what cost long term?
I think it shows a clear understanding that a watch is much more a statement of individual brand than a communications device such as a phone. When communicating it helps to be using the same language (or platform) as others — makes life easier. A watch, however, has always been used to make a statement about the wearer. Wearing the same statement accessory as everyone else doesn't work — hence initial slow uptake of the original watch. The watch now fits that statement accessory purpose with the Hermes partnership — I tend to believe it's much more a tactical partnership to make the watch a success than one that is meant to position Apple as a luxury brand overall.
At last night's (9 September) eagerly anticipated launch event, Apple unveiled its latest range of products, including the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6S+, WatchOS 2, Apple TV as well as the new iPad Pro. But what do they mean for marketers and how is Apple boosting its appeal to brands?
What a week for rebranding eh? I simply can't remember a seven days like it in the whole history of marketing.
Having lived and worked in Asia for 12 years now, I've witnessed first-hand this region's development. It's been a thrilling ride. Here are my top marketing trends and observations, as well as tips to achieve digital/technology marketing success in Asia.


"If you're not paying for it, you are the product."
Capitalism can do no wrong.
Capitalism can do plenty of wrong, but that doesn't mean we should replace it with a system which does far more wrong every time it's implemented.
MikeD, you may be more correct than RV. Capitalism can do wrong, but the free market always works if you let it.
Are you guys really so determinedly blind? It was unregulated capitalism that gave us the constant cycles of boom and bust leading up to the great depression. And as soon as we removed the regulations enacted after the great depression, bingo - another bust that nearly destroyed the global economy!
Mike the choice is not either capitalism or communism. Our system is evolving and we should be smart enough to keep parts of it that work while fixing parts that don't work.
Brushfire, with all due respect, "smart" is not a characteristic of the True Believers in the Almighty Market, and while Lenin and the Bolsheviks were smart enough to figure out how to seize power, they had to make up Soviet Communism as they went along--and never did get it right. It is probably a myth that there even IS such a thing as The Economy and that it is subject to rational analysis. It is even more a matter of faith that a Free Market somehow is infallible, it's like the Bible (or the Pope) in the minds of many Christians.


WASHINGTON • The United States economy expanded at a slightly faster pace in the first quarter than previously estimated, reflecting less damage from trade and inventories.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose at a 0.8 per cent annualised rate in the three months ended in March, the smallest gain in a year, Commerce Department figures showed yesterday. That compares with the 0.5 per cent advance the government reported last month.
The figures do little to alter views of the third consecutive sluggish start to the year, and could portend a tougher slog in the second quarter as businesses work to continue to pare stockpiles.
At the same time, household income gains were stronger than previously reported as the labour market strengthened, which will help support consumer spending.
"It's still a very poor start to the year," Mr Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody's Analytics Inc said before the report. "From past experience we get most of that back in the second quarter."
This is the second of three estimates for the quarter before annual revisions in July.
The report included revisions to fourth-quarter personal income that showed pay accelerated even more than previously estimated.
Wages and salaries grew by US$125.5 billion (S$173 billion), the biggest quarterly gain in almost two years and up from the US$81.7 billion gain previously reported.
After-tax personal income adjusted for inflation climbed at a 4 per cent annualised rate in the first quarter, revised up from a prior estimate of 2.9 per cent. The saving rate was also pushed up to 5.7 per cent, the highest since the fourth quarter of 2012, from 5.2 per cent.
The figures also offered a first look at corporate profits. Before-tax earnings rose 0.3 per cent from the prior quarter, but were down 5.8 per cent from the same time last year.
The economy has been hurt by a strong dollar, sluggish global demand and lower oil prices. But, there are signs it regained momentum early in the second quarter, with retail sales, goods exports, industrial production, housing starts and home sales surging in April.
The Atlanta Federal Reserve is currently estimating second-quarter GDP rising at a 2.9 per cent rate.


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Last week primary state elections took place in the USA, resulting in five women (four Republican, one Democrat) successfully winning their campaigns in the five key states. Regardless of one's political affiliation, it seems a great individual achievement for each of those women. It's also a sign that times are changing when a traditionally conservative party has four females running for key state leadership.
Being a Democrat, and presumably unhappy with the Republican success, it's a shame Brown decided to put her political agenda ahead of her gender.
Ahhhh, Ms Crier? Isn't that kind of the point? For better or worse, women and men aren't all that different. Neither gender is perfect.
Australia, too, has experienced an increase in female participation in the political arena. Kristina Keneally, Anna Bligh (both State Premiers), Julia Gillard (Deputy Prime Minister) and Julie Bishop (Deptuy Leader of the Opposition) to name just a few. As a young Australian woman, I am grateful and inspired by the fact that women are now working in such significant political positions. Though, I can't help but wonder if things would be different if we didn't tag gender onto female achievement when it can and should be irrelevant.
In the mentioned TV interview both Crier and Brown acknowledged the fact that gender wasn't a huge issue during the election campaign. Which leaves one asking why make it an issue now, especially with such frivolous comments.
Perhaps the news story should have focused on the proposed policies of those elected, rather than their gender. They did win in the five key states, after all.
Would the whole thing seem a more natural progression if the feminist discussion was omitted? I think so.
This isn't to say there aren't occasions where feminist dialogue is necessary and productive. But, in my opinion, what's happened in this instance was a disgraceful interpretation of events which may further stigmatise both feminism and women alike.
You can check out the interview with Tina Brown and Catherine Crier here.
I agree, Christina, that the interview should have focussed on the policies of the elected women.
Having just watched the interview, I think it's important to note that neither Tina Brown nor Catherine Crier themselves introduce feminist discourse. They were asked a specific question by the interviewer regarding the significance of women being elected – over men. The interviewer prompted discussion of feminism.
I also tend to think that both women would agree that the policies of the women, are more important than the fact that they ARE women. Comments like "each one of them really is against so many of the things women have fought for" seem to indicate so. That is a comment regarding each woman's policy, not her femaleness.
Anyway, I agree that policy should be more important than femininity – both during the election campaign, and in the discussion that follows. It's great that in modern society women can be elected – not because of, or in spite of the fact that they are women – but because they're the best (wo)man for the job.
Hi Melissa, thanks for your comment!
You're right. The host was the one to introduce the feminism to the story. But I'm pretty sure that that was a given. I believe feminism was the premise behind the news story and Brown and Crier would have expected such questions/themes before engaging with the show. As I said in the final paragraph, both women noted that gender wasn't an issue during the election.. so I cannot comprehend why they chose to discuss it with such thoughtless comments. I mean, there is no excuse for the stupidity of Crier's statement.
All five politicians successfully ran their campaigns without media hype and gender stereotypes (unlike the 2008 spectacle with Sarah Palin). That's why I find it disappointing that Brown would take to a national television program and label this all as a blow to feminism.
I think it's a shallow take on a monumental success.


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Q1: What is problem-based learning (PBL) and how does it differ from other forms of inquiry-based and experiential learning?
Problem Based Learning (PBL) is a learner-centered instructional method in which students learn by actively and collaboratively solving authentic real-world problems. In PBL, the instructor serves as a facilitator or consultant, guiding the students through the problem solving process and providing instruction on an "as needed" basis. In PBL, students actively participate in their own learning by solving real-world problems in which the parameters are ill defined and ambiguous, as they are in the workplace.
Unlike traditional instruction in which students attend lectures, solve well-defined end-of-chapter homework problems, and engage in highly structured "cookbook" type laboratory activities, PBL is open-ended and contextualized as opposed to student learning which is driven by the problem itself. With PBL, students' learn the process of structured problem solving in addition to course content by engaging in a systematic and recursive process that begins with problem analysis. During the initial analysis, students must carefully and methodically dissect the problem to identify what is known and unknown, reflect on prior knowledge to identify knowledge gaps, situational constraints and other pertinent problem features, to properly frame the problem, and establish criteria for a successful solution. Once the problem has been properly framed, students engage in self-directed learning, setting specific learning goals and a timeframe to seek out the knowledge and skills needed to solve the problem. After the required information has been acquired, students reconvene with their teams to brainstorm possible solutions. Upon agreeing on a potential solution, students test their ideas to validate their solution. If the solution generated does not adequately address the established criteria for success, the process is then repeated. A hands-on component can often supplement this process but unlike project based learning, it is not necessary to have laboratory equipment to solve a PBL problem.
Whenever possible the NEBHE PBL instructional materials called "Challenges" provide hands-on activities that use simple and/or common lab materials to illustrate the principles of the Challenge. Examples of hands-on activity projects can be found in the Teacher Resources Technical Document located in the Teacher Resources section of each Challenge (Note: This section is password protected. [Passwords can be obtained upon request by contacting pblprojects@nebhe.org.] However, the Challenges can be taught without hands-on activities, allowing students to learn about complex and expensive systems without needing to experience them first hand.
Q2: What are the PBL Projects?
The PBL Projects of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) are PHOTON PBL (DUE #0603143), STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) PBL (DUE #0903051) and Advanced Manufacturing PBL (DUE #1204941) funded sequentially by the National Science Foundation Advanced Technical Education (NSF ATE) program since 2006.
Each PBL Project has developed a set of interdisciplinary, multimedia real-world Challenges (case studies) in partnership with industry. The web-based Challenges are designed for implementation in secondary and post-secondary science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses. A flexible approach to implementation allows instructors to introduce students to PBL at various levels of difficulty and over a period of time best suited for their individual class.
The PBL Projects team has provided professional development training for instructors and administrators in the use of the PBL Challenges. Please contact Principal Investigator, Fenna Hanes, to learn more about professional development opportunities at email address fhanes@nebhe.org and telephone number 617-357-9620 x129.
Q3: Are the PBL Challenges free?
Q4: What content areas do the PBL Projects cover?
The PBL Projects cover a breadth of content in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Specifically, the PHOTON PBL project has developed Challenges in optics and photonics. The STEM PBL Challenges cover sustainable technologies in the areas of energy efficient lighting, green chemistry, solar power, sustainable agriculture, watershed management and wind power, while the Advanced Manufacturing PBL Challenges focus on practices in fields such as microchip manufacturing, semiconductors, nanotechnology, sheet metal fabrication, medical devices and advanced quality systems. All of the Challenges are multidisciplinary, requiring investigation into two or more STEM areas in order to come to a solution.
Q5: What kind of problems are Challenge problems? Are they very specific or are they broad?
The Challenges include both very specific and very broad problems. For example, laser stripping the coating from a fine copper wire is a specific problem that must be solved as part of a larger system (implantable blood glucose monitor), while specifying community-based solutions to the issue of urban storm water management is an example of a problem with a broad range of solutions. In every case, however, the problems are multidisciplinary, requiring students to think beyond the limits of traditional "back of the chapter" problems. Note: A table classification of the difficulty and number of solutions for each Challenge is provided here linked off the main Challenge page and additionally as a PDF.
Q6: Are the Challenges aligned to national academic and industry standards?
To support students with a range of mathematics backgrounds, the PHOTON PBL and STEM PBL Challenges have also been aligned to video lessons and practice problems from Khan Academy, a free multimedia educational resource. Khan Academy alignment for the new AM PBL Challenges is forthcoming.
Moving forward, all of the PBL Projects' Challenges will be aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
The AM PBL Challenges will also be aligned to the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) criteria.
Q7: How do high school instructors work with the Challenges to make sure they meet their testing parameters by state?
Each PBL Challenge has been aligned with national math, science and technology standards to allow for easy integration into standardized curricula (See Q6). While curricula may vary from state to state and even within the same school district, how the PBL Challenges are implemented in the classroom is usually up to the discretion of the teacher and/or the particular school district. Each PBL Challenge also contains a series of "Implementation Stories" (case studies) as part of the teacher resource section. These case studies provide examples of how Challenges can be adopted to different classroom settings. Each Challenge contains stories from teachers in a wide range of grade levels and courses.
Q8: What are the assessment tools and how do I access them?
See article on assessing student learning in the Spring 2011 issue of STEM PBL newsletter.
Q9: How long does a Challenge take to implement?
The time required to teach the same competencies as in a traditional lecture-based learning environment may vary depending on the level of support provided to students by the instructor. Remember, the goal of PBL is to teach problem solving and critical thinking, as well as a specific competency or procedure. With PBL, the desired competencies are learned in the context of solving a real-world problem, which is very different from teaching a specific topic in isolation of the real-world constraints that tend to "muddy the waters." Learning is real, and the competencies developed are deeper and more complex, likened to the skills of an expert as compared to a novice and more transferrable to new and novel situations.
Q10: How do instructors ensure that each student is pulling his or her weight in a team, and that each student has received a holistic education in the content areas the instructor is required to teach?
In the Teacher Resources section of each Challenge under the heading Assessment Strategies is a Teamwork Assessment instrument. This validated instrument provides students with the opportunity to perform peer assessment on their teammates. Using this instrument, students rate their teammates as well as themselves in four performance categories using a 5-point Likert scale. There is additional room for comments. Upon completion of a Challenge, students are asked to complete the teamwork assessment and submit it to the instructor. The individual assessments are kept confidential. If a student is not pulling his/her weight, this instrument will catch it. Tip: For best results, inform students when the Challenge is introduced that a teamwork assessment will follow.
To ensure that students receive a holistic education in a specific content area, there are three separate assessment tools designed to capture students' content knowledge, conceptual knowledge, and problem solving ability. The content knowledge assessment uses three levels of content-related questions ranging from simple multiple-choice questions to more difficult closed-ended problems to more open-ended and thought provoking problems. The content knowledge assessment can be modified to meet the needs of the individual instructor and/or curriculum. The conceptual knowledge assessment uses concept mapping to assess students' conceptual understanding of the main topics or concepts presented in the Challenge and their understanding of the relationships between concepts. This is a powerful method used to bridge the gap between interrelated concepts and principles typically taught in isolation of each other in traditional lecture-based instruction. Finally, the problem solving ability assessment captures the all-important processes students used in solving the Challenge problem. This represents the most authentic form of assessment because it taps into students' cognitive and metacognitive processes through the process of reflection.
Q11: How are the Challenges themselves evaluated? How can instructors give their feedback to the PBL Projects team?
The PHOTON and STEM PBL Challenges have already been field-tested. The AM PBL Challenges are undergoing field-testing. Instructors selected to participate in the PBL Projects are expected to field-test up to two PBL Challenges in their classrooms. Participating instructors will submit an instructor survey and narrative to the project team, as well as student surveys for each field-tested Challenge. Any instructor implementing a PBL Challenge is encouraged to submit the above materials to the project team in order to aid curriculum evaluation. These surveys can be obtained from project staff. Please email pblprojects@nebhe.org for a copy.
Similarly, the project team collects and utilizes evaluation materials from professional development workshops, and conducts focus groups and individual interviews with secondary and postsecondary participants in its projects. Findings from the aforementioned evaluations are used to develop reports, academic papers and other dissemination materials to share with the public and the project's funder.
Q12: Where have the Challenges been used to date?
The PBL Challenges have been used in middle schools, comprehensive and technical high schools, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities across the United States. To date, the PBL Challenges have been used in more than 60 academic institutions in 17 U.S. states, and the list continues to grow. For a full-list of partners and institutions, please visit our Partners page.
Q13: What is your model for providing professional development consulting for in-service teachers?
NEBHE offers "Introduction to PBL" professional development consulting to groups of educators. Educators engaged in a NEBHE workshop complete several PHOTON PBL, STEM PBL and/or AM PBL Challenges in teams to introduce and acclimatize them to the PBL method. After experiencing PBL as if they are students, educators are introduced to the teacher resources and assessment strategies for implementing PBL.
Once educators are familiar with the PBL Challenge format, and have used Challenges with their students, the next step is a "Make Your Own Challenge" workshop to then introduce the PBL Challenge Design Guide (see below) and template to create their own PBL Challenges with industry or community partners. Educators are coached through researching and identifying potential problems that both address the learning outcome requirements of their courses and engage students in meaningful real-world problem solving.
The "Introduction to PBL" and/or "Make Your Own Challenge" workshops, as well as customized versions, can be delivered, for a fee, for a single institution or district, or as an open workshop for multiple institutions and/or school districts. To learn more please contact AM PBL Principal Investigator Fenna Hanes at fhanes@nebhe.org or 617-533-9529.
Over the past six years, NEBHE's PBL Projects team has provided professional development in the use of its PBL Challenges to hundreds of STEM educators across the country. But teaching teachers to use any existing PBL Challenges provides limited opportunities for students to engage in real-world problem solving, thus reducing the enormous potential to develop the critical thinking and problem solving skills that are desperately needed in the 21st century workplace.
To help teachers move beyond the use of NEBHE's PBL curriculum materials, Co-Principal Investigators Massa and Donnelly created a PBL Challenge Design Guide focused on helping teachers identify "good" PBL problems and create their own PBL Challenges that align with their specific learning outcomes and assessment requirements. The guide was initially field-tested in a graduate level Technology and Engineering Education (TEE) course in PBL methods at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) during the spring of 2012.
The PBL Projects team has conducted a number of professional development workshops aimed at teaching educators how to develop their own PBL Challenges. Workshops were held at Boston University, CCSU, Kennebec Valley Community College, the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) annual High Schools That Work conference in Charlotte, N.C., the Education and Training in Optics and Photonics conference in Porto, Portugal, and the request for workshops continues to grow.
Partnering with the mechanical services industry and the New England Board of Higher Education, Kennebec Valley Community College's (KVCC) Energy Services and Technology (EST) project is focused on producing more qualified technicians to meet the growing demand from Maine-based employers who need employees that possess a combination of cross-cutting technical skills and the ability to problem-solve complex, systemic issues. KVCC received funding from the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education-funded program (NSF ATE DUE# 1204933) to develop a new associate degree program in EST.
The PBL Projects team consulted with KVCC EST faculty members to assist them, using the PBL Challenge Design Guide, to create their own PBL Challenges for four new five-credit lab-based courses that are part of the new program. New Challenges were developed and continue to be implemented in the following EST courses: PBL 101 – Plumbing Fundamentals, PBL 201 – Advanced Plumbing, HAC 101 – Heating Fundamentals, and HAC 201 – Advanced Heating.
For more information about consulting options, contact AM PBL Principal Investigator Fenna Hanes at fhanes@nebhe.org.
Q14: What professional development services are available to pre-service STEM instructors, in-service STEM instructors, and in-service STEM teacher educators?
During NEBHE's STEM PBL project funded by NSF ATE, Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PI's) at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) adapted pre- and in-service technology and engineering education courses to include pedagogical lessons in PBL. Students enrolled in the resulting Teaching Technology and Engineering Education (TE-399) pre-service undergraduate course and the STEM PBL Applications for Science and Technology Teachers (TE-506) in-service graduate course experience PBL as a student in a STEM classroom. Pre- and in-service instructors are formed into teams to solve selected STEM PBL and PHOTON PBL Challenges in order to receive a hands-on education in how to implement PBL into their own classrooms.
• Learn how to incorporate problem-based learning in the classroom by using NEBHE's PBL Challenges.
• Experience PBL as students tasked with solving a PBL Challenge.
• Receive a comprehensive overview of student and teacher resources developed by the project.
• Learn field-tested assessment and implementation strategies for PBL.
• Receive access to the PBL Challenge instructional materials.
• Gain access to a PBL listserv for continued networking with the PBL project team and PBL practitioners.
The new Advanced Manufacturing PBL Challenges will be integrated into both courses. As a capstone project for the course, students will use the pedagogical strategies and technical skills they acquire throughout the semester to develop original multimedia PBL Challenges related to advanced manufacturing topics of their choosing. The capstone projects will help to build and sustain an online library of PBL instructional resources designed by in-service STEM educators.
• Introduce the Teaching Technology and Engineering Education pre-service undergraduate PBL course in place at CCSU into their own institution's teacher education programs.
• Implement the STEM PBL Applications for Science and Technology Teachers graduate course in place at CCSU into their own institution's teacher education programs.
For more information on the CCSU PBL pedagogy courses, please contact Co-PI James DeLaura, chair, Technology and Engineering Education Department, CCSU, at delaura@ccsu.edu.
Q15: When should PBL be incorporated into the curriculum? For example, is it better to introduce PBL into introductory or advanced courses?
It is best to introduce problem-based learning into any curriculum as early as possible so that students can grasp the problem solving process early on. Students introduced to PBL in introductory courses often adapt the concepts learned in PBL to all of their courses, both technical and non-STEM related. Many students who have used PBL have expressed that they continue to apply the concepts, tools and methods they learned while solving a PBL Challenge to many other aspects of their lives.
Although the PBL Challenges are technology-based, each Challenge is modifiable to fit a particular classroom's needs, allowing even the most seemingly technical Challenges to be utilized in introductory courses. Please contact the project team at pblprojects@nebhe.org with questions on how to adjust the PBL Challenges to fit your curriculum.
In assessing student performance in PBL, it's important that the students learn to ask the right questions. I require my that students explain how and why the information they are researching addresses the problem – before they start their research. If they can't explain why the info is important, it probably is not.
Most students will immediately go to Google to try and find a solution without first thinking through what they are looking for. This is the beauty of the Whiteboards. When completing the "What do I need to learn?" column in the Problem Analysis Whiteboard, I would ask them to explain to me why that information is important and how will it be used. This is the role of the facilitator. This will help the students focus their efforts on finding relevant information that they can justify in their final report. Otherwise they will submit hundreds of pages of useless material…I know…I see it all the time. The goal is to get them to think strategically – to synthesize the information they find and summarize how and why it was used to solve the problem.


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Q: Insert very large chunks of data I have a table in my database that I need to split to two tables. The table has 100,050,000 records. I need a fast way to accomplish this.
I have tried this:
    DECLARE @from BIGINT = 0,
        @step BIGINT = 1000000,
        @currentSourceCountBIGINT = 0

SELECT @currentSourceCount = COUNT_BIG(1) FROM dbo.SourceTable

WHILE @from < @currentSourceCount
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO dbo.DestinationTable WITH (TABLOCKX)(col1, col2, col3, col4)
    SELECT t1.col1,
            t1.col2,
            t1.col3,
            t1.col4
    FROM (SELECT a.col1,
                    a.col2,
                    a.col3,
                    a.col4
            FROM (  SELECT st.col1,
                        st.col2,
                        st.col3,
                        st.col4,
                        ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY st.Id) AS RowNumber
                FROM dbo.SourceTable st) a
    ) AS t1
    WHERE t1.RowNumber BETWEEN @from AND @from + @step

    SET @from += @step + 1
END

But even this solution is too slow. I filled in the foreign keys of the tables, only the primary key remained, which is set as IDENTITY.
In each pass of the loop, I insert different data into two new tables. With this number of records, it made about 1/3 of the records in about 4 hours of running time. Is there any way to make the process even faster?

A: Considering that you have an ID column in your table dbo.SourceTable which is CLUSTERED I would suggest making use of that instead of ROW_NUMBER. Then, in each batch, increase the value of the range on by the batch size. This will mean that each batch could be different size (if you have gaps in your identity), however, the predicate on your clustered primary key will enable the data engine to seek to the rows it needs.
If we assume you want to INSERT (up to) 1 million rows at a time, then something like this might be what you want:
DECLARE @ID bigint = 1,
        @BatchSize bigint  = 1000000;

WHILE @@ROWCOUNT > 0 BEGIN
    SET @ID = @ID + @BatchSize;

    INSERT INTO dbo.DestinationTable WITH (TABLOCKX)(col1, col2, col3, col4)
    SELECT st.col1,
           st.col2,
           st.col3,
           st.col4
    FROM dbo.SourceTable st
    WHERE st.Id >= @ID - @BatchSize
      AND st.ID < @ID;

END;

On a table I have in our test environment with ~13million rows, which has an CLUSTERED PRIMARY KEY using an IDENTITY (with very few gaps) this method took 22641ms (22.6 seconds) for batches of 1 million. The method you use, with ROW_NUMBER, took 127001ms (over 2 minutes).


Ringbrothers and Prestone have teamed up to introduce a 1972 AMC Javelin AMX called the Defiant!
Speaking of the latter, the car has a 6.2-liter Hellcat V8 engine which has been equipped with a 4.5-liter Whipple supercharger, a Holley Dominator fuel management system, and a Flowmaster exhaust. Thanks to these changes, the engine produces a staggering 1,036 hp (772 kW). It is connected to a Bowler automatic transmission which sends power to the rear-wheels through a carbon fiber driveshaft.
Ringbrothers didn't stop there as the company extended the Javelin's wheelbase by moving the wheels forward six and a half inches. As a result, the car's distinctive wheel arches were moved forward and recreated in carbon fiber to match the new hood, front fenders, grille, and front valance. The firm also installed new bumpers, taillight surrounds, and trim which were all machined out of solid blocks of aluminum.
The car has a Detroit Speed hydroformed front subframe and has been equipped with a new rack and pinion steering system, upgraded front sway bars, and RideTech shocks. There's also a Chevy 12-bolt rear end with a custom four-link suspension.
Other notable features include custom seats, retro-inspired gauges, and a Kicker audio system. There are also 20-inch HRE wheels which are backed up by a Baer braking system.
This thing is mind blowing! My favorite vehicle from Ring Brothers.
I love the Javelin, and this one is totally next level!
Ugh… I need to see the interior and engine bay! This thing is so crazy.
Wow, it's even got Cup2s!
Magnificently designed, and well-crafted! I love this car.
Sad to see this was overdone. I was afraid of this but the rendering made me hope otherwise. Too bad.
Beautiful car, amazing attention to detail and the performance numbers are insane!
OK I saw that on the Charger as well. Is that R badge a GT-R R?
i normally am not a fan of muscle cars. but this is a thing of beauty. beautiful curves. can't stop admiring it. good job.
not usually a fan of muscle cars. but this is just beautful. great lines. can't stop looking at it. wonderful job.


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Venezuela top court upholds delay of Chavez swearing-in
Venezuela's top court cleared cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez Wednesday, January 9, to indefinitely postpone his re-inauguration but the opposition said it did not resolve the uncertainties facing the country
Jim Mannion, Agence France-Presse
Published 8:51 AM, January 10, 2013
Updated 8:51 AM, January 10, 2013
The President of the Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice Luisa Estella Morales (C) speaks during a press conference in Caracas on January 09, 2012. AFP PHOTO / LEO RAMIREZ
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's top court cleared cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez Wednesday, January 9, to indefinitely postpone his re-inauguration but the opposition said it did not resolve the uncertainties facing the country.
Henrique Capriles, who ran unsuccessfully against Chavez in October presidential elections, accepted the unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court as "binding."
"Now the ruling has been handed down. There is an interpretation by the Supreme Court," Capriles said before taking aim at Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's handpicked successor.
"The excuses are over, Mr Maduro. Now it falls to you to assume the responsibility of the office and to govern."
His comments signaled a shift away from what has been a major constitutional battle over the government's decision to indefinitely postpone the January 10 inauguration and keep the current administration in place until Chavez is well enough to take the oath.
Maduro, meanwhile, highlighted the expressions of support he had received from other leaders, including Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, as Chavez's followers were exhorted to turn out at a huge show of support for the ailing leader.
Leaders of other leftist Latin American governments and Caribbean states that receive cheap Venezuelan oil began arriving in Caracas to pay tribute to the ailing leader on what would have been his inauguration of another six-year term.
Officials said that in Chavez's absence, the event would take the form of a symbolic swearing-in of the Venezuelan people.
Chavez, who is recovering from a fourth round of cancer surgery in Havana, also will be marking a full month since he has been seen in public, the longest stretch of his 14 years in power.
The government has said that he is recovering from complications from surgery, most recently a severe pulmonary infection that had resulted in a "respiratory insufficiency."
Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said late Monday, January 7, that Chavez's medical condition was unchanged.
After days of suspense, the government confirmed Tuesday that Chavez was too sick to return to Caracas for his scheduled swearing-in and would take the oath of office at a later date before the Supreme Court.
With a show of hands, the Chavez-controlled assembly approved the open-ended absence of the president, who has dominated the country personally and politically since coming to power in 1999.
The panel of seven magistrates -- all appointed by the Chavez-controlled National Assembly -- unanimously ruled Wednesday that the delay was constitutional.
Additionally, it said the officials of the current administration "will continue fully exercising their functions under the principle of administrative continuity."
Supreme Court president Luisa Estella Morales, who read out the decision, also ruled out convening a medical board to assess the health of the president. Throughout his illness, first detected in June 2011, Chavez has refused to relinquish the powers of the presidency, even when leaving for Cuba for his latest surgery.
The charter says new elections must be held within 30 days if the president-elect or president dies or is permanently incapacitated either before he takes office or in the first four years of his six-year term.
Uruguay's President Jose Mujica was the first foreign president to arrive here for Thursday's show of support.
"We have to offer all possible support for a way out at a moment of tension that is the least disruptive for the future of the Venezuelan people," Mujica told Uruguay's public television.
"From the point of view of the popular decision, I don't think there are any doubts. And for that reason, it seems to me they have to find an institutional way out," said Mujica.
Bolivian President Evo Morales, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, and Foreign Ministers Hector Timerman of Argentina and Ricardo Patino of Ecuador also have confirmed their attendance.
In Ecuador, President Rafael Correa said the Venezuelan leader's absence would be a "blow" for Latin America.
Capriles, who had urged Latin leaders not to attend what was a political event, said he was pleased that most presidents from the region were not coming. - Rappler.com
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Revealed: the latest mid-range smartphones for 2018
You don't need to spend big for a top-quality smartphone. Here, we explore the new mid-range mobiles announced at MWC 2018
By Oliver McKean
For those not wanting to fork out on the pricey Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, there are a few new mid-range options that will cause a much smaller dent on your wallet.
The truth is, you simply don't need to spend big for a top-quality smartphone. But the less you spend, the greater your chances of choosing a dud.
We're here to help you buy the best smartphone for you, whatever your budget. Keep reading to find out more about the latest mid-range smartphones announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018. For a quick overview, here's a video:
Top five best mid-range phones – see our pick of the very best affordable handsets.
Nokia 6 (2018) and 7 Plus: what you need to know
Nokia is launching a new version of the 6, released last year. The Finnish brand says the new version will offer 60% better performance than last year's model, thanks to its Snapdragon 630 chipset and 4GB of Ram. We won't know if that's true until we've sent the new model to our test lab.
Nokia introduced the Dual-Sight mode with the 8, released towards the end of 2017. This means you can take photos and videos on both the front and rear camera at the same time. The new Nokia 6 (2018) also has this feature with its 16Mp rear and 8Mp front cameras.
The new Nokia 6 should cost around £245, and it will be available to buy in May.
Is the Nokia 6 (2018) set to be a cracking phone? Find out whether its predecessor is any good by heading to our Nokia 6 review.
The Nokia 7 Plus is a little pricier than the 6 (2018) – we expect it to cost around £350, and it will be available sometime in April.
It has two rear cameras – a 13Mp telephoto lens, as well as a 12Mp wide-angle one. This means you should be able to zoom in on objects without seeing a drop in quality. You can also take photos and record videos on both the front and rear cameras at the same time – to take nice photos of landmarks while also proving you're there.
If you like watching videos on the move, you'll probably enjoy this phone's enormous six-inch, Full-HD screen. Nokia also claims the 7 Plus will power through two days before running out of battery – we can't wait to put this grand claim to task in our battery-life assessments.
Is Nokia capable of making a good smartphone? Check out all our Nokia mobile phone reviews for the answer.
Alcatel 5: what you need to know
French brand Alcatel is also trying to take a slice of the mid-range market with the Alcatel 5. We don't currently know when it will go on sale, though it's set to cost around £200.
It has a palm-stretching 5.7-inch display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. This means it's twice as long as it is wide, to aid one-handed use. Screens with this aspect ratio are typically found on more expensive models – so it's nice to see this feature trickling down the price ladder. The Alcatel 5 also has very narrow bezels on either side of the screen, for a more premium look.
If you've ever struggled to get everyone into a selfie, you'll likely appreciate this phone's two front cameras. One of them is a wide-angle lens, to help you get more people in one shot.
Read our Alcatel mobile phone reviews to find out how its handsets have previously fared in our tests.
Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact: what you need to know
The Sony Xperia XZ2 is the imaginatively-named successor to last year's Xperia XZ1.
The XZ2 has a large 5.7-inch screen, which is half an inch larger than that of its predecessor. It also has slightly curved corners, representing a move away from the angular design of most other Sony phones.
It has a 19Mp rear snapper, which can capture an incredible 960 frames per second for well-detailed super slow motion videos. The rear cameras of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ can also do this.
It also has a so-called 'Dynamic Vibration System'. Ultimately, this means the XZ2 analyses audio when you're listening to music or watching a video – and vibrates along with it, to make you 'feel' the audio, too. We'll leave it up to you to decide whether this is something you'd enjoy, or something that might prove irritating.
As you'd have probably guessed from the name, this is essentially a smaller version of the XZ2. The XZ2 Compact has a smaller five-inch screen, and will more comfortably fit in your pocket.
Neither the Xperia XZ2 or XZ2 Compact has a traditional headphone socket – a feature that's slipping away from smartphones. If you want to listen to music through headphones on this device, you'll have to connect via the USB-C port – Sony provides an adapter for traditional wired headphones in the box. Alternatively, you could invest in some new headphones.
Pricing hasn't yet been revealed for these two new phones. They'll likely be more expensive than the Alcatel 5, and Nokia 7 Plus and 6 – but a cheaper alternative to the latest high-end flagships such as the Samsung Galaxy S9. They should be available to buy sometime in March 2018.
Head to our Sony mobile phone reviews to find out whether it's a brand worth considering.
The best cheap mobile phones
We've found brilliant Best Buys that don't cost anywhere near the same price as phones such as the £999 iPhone X. Indeed, our cheapest Best Buy costs around £200 – proof that you don't need to spend big for top quality.
Unfortunately, there are also some cheap smartphones that are so irritating to use that you'll regret not doing your homework.
If you're restricting your budget on your next smartphone, make sure you check out our handpicked list of the best cheap mobile phones.
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