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The Edge Revolution – Is This Cloud All Over Again?
Ellen Rubin
May. 21 · 5 min read
When Amazon launched the world's first true public cloud service Amazon Web Services (AWS) in March 2006, very few people recognized how much it would change enterprise IT. AWS had come out of nowhere and, initially, none of the major infrastructure vendors took it seriously. After all, Amazon was an online retailer. What did they know about enterprise infrastructure?
As it turns out, Amazon knew a lot. By the time AWS' rivals recognized that the cloud wasn't just a sandbox for developers, it was becoming a threat to their enterprise-focused businesses. And at that point, Amazon had four years of experience building, running and delivering hyperscale cloud services. Microsoft wouldn't launch Azure until February 2010, and in November 2011, Google officially released App Engine, which would later become Google Cloud.
As an entrepreneur building a cloud company in 2008 with my co-founder, John Considine, I had front-row seats to this cloud transformation and its potential. At the first AWS re:Invent conference in 2012, although S3 and EC2 were already six years old, it still felt like an insider event, filled with the energy and wild-west confusion that accompany a new market. At that time, the rising role of developers coupled with early test and dev use cases fueled exploration and adoption of the cloud. At the same time, enterprises observed the progress waiting to see if and how the cloud would transform infrastructure as they knew it.
Amazon, Google and Microsoft weren't the only cloud games in town by then. Colocation providers, such as Terremark, Rackspace and Savvis, tried to become cloud companies, but in the end, couldn't achieve the hyperscale they needed to succeed. Carriers like Verizon and CenturyLink also tried to provide cloud services, but they were technologically too far behind the leaders to catch up to the global scale that AWS, Azure and Google had achieved.
Other colo providers, such as Equinix, took a different path. They focused on the value they could provide by virtue of having highly connected co-location facilities close to customers. It was a smart move, because it turns out that the hyperscale cloud has an Achilles' Heel — latency.
The three big public cloud providers built their enormous facilities in sparsely populated areas where real estate was cheap, and often hundreds or even thousands of miles from the metro locations where most of their customers reside. These distances introduce unavoidable latency because, as everyone knows, you just can't change the speed of light.
ClearSky: Early at the edge
When Laz and I founded ClearSky in 2014, we knew the cloud had enormous potential to change enterprise data storage, but to realize that potential, we had to overcome the latency problem. It was extremely early to be thinking about the edge.
After all, most enterprises were just starting to consider putting critical apps in the cloud. Edge computing was not yet on the horizon, but ClearSky was already there, building a service architecture that included the edge from the very beginning.
Having lived through the early development of the cloud, I'm happy to see the edge is evolving much faster than the cloud did. While the cloud was conceived with a vision for new use cases and infrastructure opportunities, the acceleration of edge computing is fueled by persistent demand for high-performance access to data generated from sources that go far beyond the traditional data center or cloud.
The hyperscale cloud players, in their determination for everything to move to the cloud, dismissed the edge and only recently started rolling out their edge services, like AWS Outposts, Google Stadia, Azure SQL Database Edge and Azure Stack.
Colo providers like Equinix, who tightly interconnected its more than 200 facilities around the world both to one another and to public clouds, are now perfectly positioned to provide edge services. And they're not the only ones.
Carriers are repositioning and refining their metro facilities to provide edge service, just as mobile carriers are finding new edge roles for cell towers. Both are well positioned to deliver edge services across different geographies to support the exploding number of edge locations.
The strong demand for edge computing is even spurring the creation of new metro micro-cloud providers. At the same time, interconnection and telco providers including Packet, SBA and StackPath, are growing their businesses based on edge-computing needs.
A union of the cloud and the edge
Today's reality is that the edge represents a paradigm shift in the way we design, build and deliver IT services, and a new edge ecosystem is emerging. The leaders noted above and ClearSky are at the forefront of developing it.
Because the edge is growing so rapidly and the opportunity is so large, there's even more danger of incumbent storage and IT infrastructure vendors engaging in "edge washing" than there was for "cloud washing" earlier this decade. There's a lot more to the edge than plunking down some hardware in a colo, as Thomas Bittman, VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner, wrote in his 2017 blog post, "The Edge will Eat the Cloud":
It's one thing to have local processing next to a number of fixed devices, monitoring pipeline pressure, etc. – it's another when those things are in flight, moving constantly, and perhaps even appearing – digitally – at a location.
… All of this requires processing power and storage, lots of it. And data analytics tools. And tools to push software and data to the edge. And tools to federate across the edge, and with the centralized cloud. And machine learning on the edge itself.
The edge will need some serious muscle.
Simply put, the edge is developing so quickly because the industry clearly recognizes that the cloud needs the edge. There's no other way to provide the performance and quick response for emerging use cases that require analytics, content distribution and fast processing of data. AI-powered apps that are generating data across many disparate sources, in real time, are driving the need for edge-based solutions.
But the inverse is also true: the edge needs the cloud. IoT, enterprise storage, connected vehicles, smart cities — these use cases will produce enormous amounts of valuable data that cannot be stored forever at the edge. The cost and footprint of traditional storage models make no sense in this new paradigm.
The cloud is massively redundant with essentially unlimited scalability and capacity. There's no better place to store, analyze and work with such gargantuan volumes of data – so long as latency doesn't pose an issue.
In November, we announced a partnership with Equinix. Not only does this partnership let us rapidly expand into new markets, but also gives our customers an opportunity to take advantage of the Equinix platform and its direct connections to multiple clouds.
We're also actively collaborating with other edge players to create a mutually beneficial edge ecosystem. ClearSky's data fabric provides direct access to customers who aren't set up within their data centers, extending their reach all the way to the customer site. For ClearSky, we can leverage their facilities to expand and augment our service offerings.
The edge unlocks the full potential of the cloud, enabling enterprise IT to radically simplify, augment and optimize core infrastructure that was previously confined to on-prem facilities. We've barely scratched the surface of the possibilities.
Interested in learning how ClearSky combines the edge with the cloud to provide a complete enterprise storage service? Sign up for a demo today.
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from pySDC.implementations.problem_classes.HeatEquation_ND_FD import heatNd_forced as heat_cpu
from pySDC.implementations.problem_classes.HeatEquation_ND_FD_CuPy import heatNd_forced as heat_gpu
from pySDC.core.Collocation import CollBase as Collocation
from pySDC.implementations.sweeper_classes.imex_1st_order import imex_1st_order
from pySDC.implementations.controller_classes.controller_nonMPI import controller_nonMPI
from pySDC.helpers.stats_helper import filter_stats, sort_stats

def set_parameter():
    # initialize problem parameters
    problem_params = dict()
    problem_params['nu'] = 1
    problem_params['freq'] = (4, 4, 4)
    problem_params['order'] = 2
    problem_params['ndim'] = 3
    problem_params['lintol'] = 1e-10
    problem_params['liniter'] = 99
    problem_params['direct_solver'] = False
    problem_params['nvars'] = (32, 32, 32)
    problem_params['bc'] = 'periodic'

    # initialize level parameters
    level_params = dict()
    level_params['restol'] = 1e-07
    level_params['dt'] = 1e-07
    level_params['nsweeps'] = 1

    # initialize sweeper parameters
    sweeper_params = dict()
    sweeper_params['collocation_class'] = Collocation
    sweeper_params['node_type'] = 'LEGENDRE'
    sweeper_params['quad_type'] = 'RADAU-RIGHT'
    sweeper_params['QI'] = ['LU']
    sweeper_params['QE'] = ['PIC']
    sweeper_params['num_nodes'] = 3
    sweeper_params['initial_guess'] = 'spread'

    # initialize step parameters
    step_params = dict()
    step_params['maxiter'] = 50

    # setup parameters "in time"
    t0 = 0
    schritte = 8
    Tend = schritte * level_params['dt']

    # initialize controller parameters
    controller_params = dict()
    controller_params['logger_level'] = 30

    # fill description dictionary for easy step instantiation cpu
    description = dict()
    description['problem_params'] = problem_params  # pass problem parameters
    description['sweeper_class'] = imex_1st_order  # pass sweeper
    description['sweeper_params'] = sweeper_params  # pass sweeper parameters
    description['level_params'] = level_params  # pass level parameters
    description['step_params'] = step_params  # pass step parameters

    return controller_params, description, t0, Tend

def main():
    controller_params, description, t0, Tend = set_parameter()

    # fill description dictionary with CPU problem
    description['problem_class'] = heat_cpu

    # instantiate controller cpu
    controller = controller_nonMPI(num_procs=1, controller_params=controller_params, description=description)

    # get initial values on finest level cpu
    P = controller.MS[0].levels[0].prob
    uinit = P.u_exact(t0)

    # call main function to get things done on cpu...
    uend_cpu, stats_cpu = controller.run(u0=uinit, t0=t0, Tend=Tend)
    timing_cpu = sort_stats(filter_stats(stats_cpu, type='timing_run'), sortby='time')
    print('Runtime CPU:', timing_cpu[0][1])

    # change description dictionary for GPU problem
    description['problem_class'] = heat_gpu

    # instantiate controller cpu
    controller = controller_nonMPI(num_procs=1, controller_params=controller_params, description=description)

    # get initial values on finest level cpu
    P = controller.MS[0].levels[0].prob
    uinit = P.u_exact(t0)

    # call main function to get things done on cpu...
    uend_gpu, stats_gpu = controller.run(u0=uinit, t0=t0, Tend=Tend)
    timing_gpu = sort_stats(filter_stats(stats_gpu, type='timing_run'), sortby='time')
    print('Runtime GPU:', timing_gpu[0][1])

    assert abs(uend_gpu.get() - uend_cpu) < 1e-13, abs(uend_gpu.get() - uend_cpu)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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Q: find common lines in each column within single file I have a file with 2 columns of data. I need to find the lines that have a common string from each column. I'm only interested in the matches line by line, not a matching string from say column 1 line 10 and column 2 line 3.
my file:
023q                                              023q023q
0adc                                              0adc0adc
123456                                              123456
abcde                                             abcdefg
08tgdf                                            90alkhg

So, in this example, each line except the last line shares a common string, either a portion of the line or the lines are identical, and that's what I need to find. I've seen tons of questions and threads on common strings from 2 files, but nothing so far on my exact use case.
UPDATE: at least 4 characters need to match, in order, on each line.

A: Short gawk approach:
awk '(index($1, $2) !=0 && length($2) >= 4) || (index($2, $1) !=0 && length($1) >= 4)' file

The output:
023q                                              023q023q
0adc                                              0adc0adc
123456                                              123456
abcde                                             abcdefg

index(in, find) Search the string in for the first occurrence of the string find, and return the position in characters where that
  occurrence begins in the string in.

For the more complex case when we need to find the longest common substring with at least 4 characters length on 2 input strings - I would suggest Python
approach:
Let's say the input file was slightly "sophisticated" and had the following lines:
1023q                                              023q023q
v0adc                                              20adc0adc
s123456                                              123456
eabcde                                             cabcdefg
08tgdf                                            90alkhg

To find the longest common substring we'll use SequenceMatcher class from difflib module.
find_common_lines.py script:
import re
from difflib import SequenceMatcher

with open('filename', 'r') as fh:
    for l in fh.read().splitlines():
        items = re.findall(r'\S+', l.strip())  # getting 2 comparable strings
        m = SequenceMatcher(None, items[0], items[1]).find_longest_match(0, len(items[0]), 0, len(items[1]))
        if m.size >= 4:
            print(l)

Usage (you may have another python 3.x version, the current case has been tested on python 3.5):
python3.5 find_common_lines.py

The output:
1023q                                              023q023q
v0adc                                              20adc0adc
s123456                                              123456
eabcde                                             cabcdefg

A: You need to bring the power of regexes to bear on this problem at hand and let the RE engine do all the heavy lifting while sifting through your data:
sed -n '/\(\S\{4,\}\).*\s.*\1/p' yourfile

Results
023q                                              023q023q
0adc                                              0adc0adc
123456                                              123456
abcde                                             abcdefg

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The voting for the Nina Designs Earring Design Challenge has started! CLICK HERE to go the Facebook page to place your vote.
They all did a wonderful job and created really beautiful pieces!
For my design, I prowled through the secret stash and found the beautiful, faceted, labradorite teardrop briolettes. I thought that their shape matched the sterling silver large pointed teardrop links almost as if they were made for them. The teardrop links frame the labradorites perfectly! I didn't want to leave the links plain though and embellished them by wiring on nuggets of pyrite. I used a gold-toned wire as a pop of contrast and to give the earrings a little bit of warmth. The pyrite marries the brassy gold color of the wire and the cool silver of the teardrop loop. I wanted to soften the look a little and add an extra dangly component to give them some playful movement, so I created a wire-wrapped link (strung up with a tiny faceted labradorite) and attached the floral sterling silver jewelry link. From that link, I created a wire-wrapped dangle with more faceted labradorites. These components were all hung from sterling silver contemporary marquis-shaped earwires.
I think that my earrings turned out really nice! They're modern, but with a few Baroque flourishes. They've got amazing movement and the labradorites create lovely points of light.
Even though I can appreciate the competition, I hope you vote for me! I really want to win. I love working with Nina Design components and a $100 store credit would score me a lot of beautiful treasures to work with! So vote for me! CLICK HERE to cast your vote... which I hope is for me!
I'm happy to announce that I'll be participating in a fun Design Challenge with Nina Designs! A group of blog partners were selected to work with identical packages of components to create unique earring designs. The rules were pretty simple. You just had to use at least three components from the ones they sent in the final design and submit a picture. On March 1st, all of the designs will be added to Facebook and the voting begins! The winner scores a $100 store credit!
On Friday, when the contest launches, I'll post a link to vote and a picture of my earrings (which rock the house, by the way). I'm really happy with them and dug deeply into the hidden stash for some prized labradorite pieces and pyrite that will surely sway the vote in my favor. I mean, Gemstones + Nina Designs = Winning Combination. Right?
In my last post, I mentioned some of the changes for the first SWARM event. The most major of the changes is that it'll be considerably downsized. Even though it'll be a more intimate affair, I think it'll be a most excellent time. Lynne Suprock, our featured instructor for the April festivities, has some really amazing workshops planned! Space is limited, so I encourage you to sign up as soon as possible!
If you're interested in saving money and spending time with this incredibly talented artist, you might consider signing up for a Weekend Class Pass. You'll get a space in all four classes at a major saving.
I think the theme for February must be "hard decisions", because I've been making a lot of them lately. I had a planning meeting with William about the upcoming SWARM event. We went over the things that were absolutely essential to make the event a go. The list started off manageable, but by the end of our conversation it was impossibly long with our current timetable.
The meeting was a realty check.
I didn't want to give up the vision I had of the Spring Event, but in my heart of hearts, I knew that I wouldn't be able to do it justice. There's just too much to do in too little time. One of our teachers was also overbooked and unable to teach the full weekend.
So we had to make another hard decision. We'll be postponing the big event. We've got our eye on late summer or mid-autumn, but it's contingent on the host hotel and their availability. Instead of having all five teachers in April, we'll be featuring one teacher. Lynne Suprock of Simply Pretty Stuff will be teaching workshops April 6th and 7th. We will also be hosting workshops from Eva Sherman in May. I'll be sharing their workshops and how to sign-up tomorrow.
Although it isn't the way we originally planned it, I think it'll actually be better. We'll be able to facilitate more learning opportunities and have more time to promote and develop the SWARM community and the corresponding events. (If you haven't "liked" the SWARM Facebook page, CLICK HERE.) Having more time will not only help us, but it'll also allow those who are interested in attending to plan ahead and save up, if needed. For the Artists Market it'll also allow the participating teachers, students and vendors to work on inventory and build up stock for the show. It was a hard decision to make, but I think it was a good one.
Lisa Niven Kelly has a new class over at Craftsy.com and a way to get 50% off when you register for it. Read a review and then go sign up!
Carmi joins the CraftEDU faculty with her first class, "Working with Resin in Bezels".
Resin Crafts has a great post showcasing a super easy transfer technique!
Jean is so excited by Issue 2 of the Digital Beading Magazine! You have to see it to believe how beautiful it is!
Working with porcelain, Andrew creates some new pendants that are brightly colored and lots of fun!
You never know how an event held in winter (particularly one that's subculture oriented) will turn out. We really didn't know how the Steampunk Party would do, but were pleasantly surprised by the turn out! It got awfully crowded in the shop tonight!
Here are our winners from the costume contests! The girls scored the juniors category and Clint took home the adult prize. I was really impressed with everyone who came in costume!
For the Steampunk Party tonight, I made a batch of Earl Grey Brownies. Of course, I was too impatient to let them cool before I cut into them. The knife got all gummy and even though I was careful, the pan of brownies looked like I tried to use a dull hatchet to divide them up instead of a sharp knife.
So what was I supposed to do? Throw them out and waste all that delicious chocolate and start all over?
Nope! I chopped and mixed everything in the baking pan together, and formed little balls from the massacred brownies. While I had solved one problem, looking down at the platter presented a new one... my brownie balls looked like balls of poop!
I quickly thought of ways that I could salvage the already salvaged brownies. There are lots of things that are chocolate brown and round and they don't look like potty. Truffles, for instance, could... in theory... look pretty awful, but they have a nice powdery coating that keeps them getting stuck together. Aha! I needed to roll them in cocoa powder.
Unfortunately for me, the cocoa powder I had was unsweetened and it was ungodly bitter. I knew that I had to cut it down with some nice powdered sugar. But... as I reached for the bag of powdered sugar, my hand grasped at an empty space in the cupboard. Oh no! I forgot to replace the bag when I ran out. All was not lost! I had my espresso grinder, granulated sugar and a bit of corn starch. So I powdered my own sugar and then while I was at it, I finely ground some Earl Grey tea as well. I sifted the Earl Grey powder, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder together and saved the day!
Now, why didn't I think of that before? I guess necessity is the mother of invention after all. If you don't give up, sometimes things turn out better than expected.
On certain days and at just the right times, you'll see the snow and ice melt. It's not quite the Spring Thaw, but occasionally it gets warm enough on these cold days for the creeks to unlock their icy grips and trickle along. If you follow these small streams, eventually you'll hit a bigger one. All these little tributaries flow into larger bodies of water. The banks swell with crystal clear water. It's so clear that in some spots, it looks like the artificial aqua of a swimming pool. The water here moves freely and fast.
My life is a lot like this now. At times, things are frozen shut and are at a standstill. But then there are times when the sun comes out and things start to trickle along and eventually pick up the pace. I've made a lot of little progresses that add up!
One of the biggest steps forward is work on the "Spring Event". Up until recently, things have been a little cryptic while we sort matters out. We're still fleshing the details out, but we're pleased to announce some major news. The "Spring Event" is the first official S.W.A.R.M. event. You might ask yourself, what's SWARM? It stands for the Society of Working Artists' Retreats and Meet-ups. It's a social community that is dedicated to creative education and artistic learning. The group corresponds to the in-person artistic gatherings facilitated by Allegory Gallery. You might be thinking, "Why the heck did you decide to call it that?" We chose the name "SWARM" to represent this community because the word means a collective behavior of synchronized movement. If you've ever been to a big art retreat or a show, then you know just what we mean! There's almost a hive-like atmosphere with people buzzing around. We're still working on it, but you can join the Facebook group by CLICKING HERE.
The Spring SWARM Event will take place between April 4th and April 7th. We will be featuring FIVE teachers! The line-up includes Eva Sherman, Kelly Russell, Maria Richmond, Lynne Suprock and Kathy Zimmerman! They will be teaching classes in metalwork, wire, mixed media, polymer clay, and fibers! The instructors teach across the country and are all widely published. We're really lucky to have them!
We're not just having classes either! On the first evening, there's an opening ceremony with guest motivational speakers. Then on the next night, there will be an art opening featuring the work of Detroit-based artist and ceramist, Diane Hawkey. On the next night there is an Artist Market, featuring the work of the teachers, students and some select vendors. It should be an AMAZING time!
More information is to follow and the best way to keep up-to-date with everything is to join the Facebook group by CLICKING HERE, but if you have questions, feel free to email us at info@allegorygallery.com and we'll be happy to answer your questions as the information becomes available.
Other points of progress include pricing everything that we brought back from Tucson! We got SO MUCH stuff! We have an assortment of beads (semi-precious stones, Czech glass, wood, ceramic, bone, polymer clay, metal, vintage... etc.), finished jewelry, sari silk fibers, AND new pieces from Candice Wakumoto!!! It took us days to separate, sort, log all the receipts, and figure out prices. We still have to tag a lot of stuff, but that should go quick.
I also started taking notes on a book project that I'm going to submit. So far I haven't seen anything quite like it and want to strike while the iron is hot. This will be my first solo book project and I'm excited to see if I can actually make it happen.
In other news, I started cooking for the Steampunk Party, wrote press releases, did some interviews with local newspapers, started planning the next storefront window, and caught up on some email. And... of course, I tried to keep up with running the store.
So lots of progress. Sometimes it doesn't seem like much, but then when I write it all out... I kind of blow myself away with how much really gets done!
Every year I tell myself that I'm going to make something to put on the table during the Tucson shows. Usually I get too busy or there's a kiln malfunction or something happens to prevent me from actually accomplishing this goal.
I pressed out a small mountain of porcelain coin pendants in some of the molds that I've been using for metal clay components. I carved some of the designs, but several of my favorites were carved by my sister, Cynthia. She made them for me a few years ago when I was diagnosed with cancer to help combat my exorbitant medical bills. I'm really thankful for her help and think fondly of her whenever I use them.
At the end of the show, I had intended on giving whatever was left over to some of my friends and fellow vendors, but I forgot that I was carrying them around. When we were unpacking at home, I discovered the bag and decided to post them in the online shop. CLICK HERE to check them out and learn more about how they're made.
I really love them and the bright colors. I also really love the velvety texture of the glaze. I only have a few listed right now, but I'll be making more within the next few weeks!
Allegory Gallery and Second Chapter Books would like to invite you to attend the Steampunk Party!
What's Steampunk? Imagine a style that mixes elements of the post-apocalyptic badlands of Mad Max and the lacy Victorian world of Jane Austen, creating a futuristic blend of rivets and ribbons! Get dressed up in your wildest Steampunk-inspired outfit and strut your stuff for a chance to win a costume contest! There will also be giveaways, morsels, music and a multitude of libations!
Allegory Gallery will also be debuting their recent finds from their latest buying trip in Tucson!
The party is on Friday, February 22nd from 6PM to 9PM!
Costumes are encouraged, but not mandatory.
When I was young, I made a mistake... a mistake that will haunt me for the rest of my life.
Before I continue, I want to fill in some of the backstory. I did not have an idyllic childhood. After my brother left, my family began to fall apart. We fought. We argued. We blamed each other. Our family was fractured. As the youngest of a heartbroken family, I was mostly left to my own devices. I cultivated a fierce sense of independence and roamed the streets of Orlando on my bicycle in search of something that would fill the void. Luckily I found many friends who would become the family-unit that I so desperately wanted. Even still, I think I grew up far before my time.
Fast forward a few years. On the surface, it might seem like I lived a charmed life. I was on the honor roll, an AP student, participated in after-school activities, won awards for volunteering, writing and artwork, I was the youngest board member of a church, and worked part-time for not one newspaper, but two. But at home, my parents and I fought constantly or ignored each other completely. I think part of my good deeds were to overcompensate for what wasn't there.
I became jaded with the state of journalism and wanted to pursue my passion as an artist. I really didn't know what that would entail. But I saw an exhibition at our local art museum of Suzanne McClelland's work and read that she had went to college at the School of Visual Arts. I had also seen a movie called, Art City: Making It In Manhattan, and after some research, discovered that some of the artists featured in it were faculty members. A loose plan formed. It was more of a dream than a plan. The idea of leaving everything behind for a city that I had only seen in movies was crazy! And then September 11th happened and I knew that I had to make my way there, no matter what. I wanted to be a part of the healing process and I wanted to be an artist in The Art City. I applied for every scholarship and grant possible and met with a recruiter for what would become my future alma mater.
My parents, particularly my father, did not approve of my decision. But at that point we were at each other's throats so much that I wasn't the only one relieved when there was a majority of the Eastern Seaboard between us.
That first year was one of the most definitive of my life. For the first time, I was able to embrace my independence. I worked hard. I played hard. And somewhere in between, my parents and I started talking again. Becoming an adult, I realized that they were just human and they were people too. Just because they wore the titles, "Mom" and "Dad" didn't mean that they were superheroes with the ability to right all the wrongs in the world. Even still, there was a long way to go before things would be completely repaired.
And... that's when I made the worst mistake of my life.
I got a letter taped to my door that said my funding had run out and that if I didn't act, my things would be removed and thrown on the curb. I met with my financial advisor that informed me that due to budget cuts and funding issues, many of my scholarships were either discontinued or had run out. The only way to continue was to borrow more money. She said that if I wanted to be a successful artist, I needed a degree and without the additional loans, I wouldn't be able to get my degree. I would be a failure. I would be a loser. I had sold some of my paintings and was already building my name. I didn't want to stop learning. I didn't want to stop my career before it even really started. I thought that if I could keep selling my work, that I could pay it off without a problem. All I needed to do was get a co-signer for my loan. I was panicking and scared. Even though I had grown up in a lot of ways, I wasn't prepared for this. So, I encouraged my parents to co-sign on the loans. I think that they thought that if they didn't sign the loans, they'd lose me like my brother.
After reading all this, you might be questioning... so what's the big deal? You signed a few papers. You got your parents to autograph some forms. So what?
What I naively did was enter into indentured servitude, not only for myself, but for my parents as well. The amount that I owe in my student loans is staggering. I've ruined my credit. I've ruined their credit. I've ruined their retirement. Even if I live to 100, I will never be able to repay the debt in its entirety. Even if I go bankrupt, the student loan debt will remain. I could live high on the hog and max out a sack of credit cards and then file for bankruptcy and with the help of high-interest, low-limit credit cards, be able to restore glowing credit within 7 years. The same cannot be said about student loans.
I carry this weight around every day. Knowing that my dad still has to work, even though his hands are crippled by arthritis, adds to the everyday anxiety. I try not to let it get to me too much. I try to focus and visualize on how I can do my best and hopefully, by some miracle, overcome this obstacle.
This overwhelming pressure certainly has an affect. As we build our business, this challenge has shaped how we operate and has prevented us from doing many of the things that we would have liked to do. In some ways, it has been a good thing. It has forced us to be creative and utilize the resources at our disposal in interesting ways. Necessity is the mother of invention, after all.
One of the recent changes that this has had an influence in is that we won't be able to help my family out at trade shows anymore. I have been working shows for almost ten years for Green Girl Studios. Some people don't even know my name... just that I work for "Green Girl". But realistically it's too expensive for me to leave the store for long stretches of time at this stage in the game. I have to be proactive and hands on. I also want to devote all my attention to making sure that Allegory Gallery has strong foundations to grow from. I have to embrace my own path completely. It was a hard decision and one that wasn't considered lightly, but one that had to be made. I love and support my sister and her husband and their company and will continue to promote them and their work endlessly. There are no hard feelings or ill will.
As I contemplate early mistakes and make major changes, I also must also acknowledge that despite hardship, there is room for limitless possibilities and potential.
The house that we rented in Tucson was at the base of a mountain range. Every morning before we left for the show, we'd marvel at the view. One of the things that struck me was how the weather on the mountains could be so different from where we were. At the house, it could be sunny, warm and dry... but at the top of mountain, you could see snow and fast-moving rain clouds. It would send a shiver down my spine thinking of the icy environment up above. I could almost feel the gusting wind raking against my face.
Last night I got an email from a long-time blog reader. She mentioned how my early days of blogging had set a standard for her and how much of what she does now on her own blog is patterned after those earlier entries. She's not the only one to notice how different the style of the blog is now.
A lot has changed since I first started the blog.
When I first started this blog, I was still trying to figure a lot of things out. I wanted to present myself as a real life person with real life challenges. I was tired of seeing people cloak themselves in the mysterious artist persona. I was also secretly trying to find my brother. I thought that if I could put my story out there, maybe someone who knew something or someone who saw something would say something. To achieve my goals, I had to put a lot of myself out there. The risk of doing this is that when you open yourself up, you become vulnerable.
Over the years, I've met a lot of people through this online portal. Most of them have been highly supportive and encouraging. Many of them were also on their own quests and we traveled the road together, trying to solve our own personal mysteries with one another. A few of them were openly aggressive and nasty, and some were more cunning and devious. While the number of those who were positive far outweighs those that were negative, the effect of those who were malicious was felt more deeply. I have been subconsciously recoiling and separating myself from the online stream. I'm reminded of the armadillo... once poked, it curls upon itself... creating a tough armored exterior, only poking its head out from time to time to see if the threat has passed. I was on that mountaintop, cold and windy... hidden in the cloudy haze. The blog was in the valley, kept warm and separate. There's a comfort in isolation.
Other factors have come into play as well. We opened Allegory Gallery and my brother returned. The opening of Allegory Gallery redirected a lot of my attentions and energy. It also made me make my posts less personal and more about what we were doing in the store. The return of my brother had a profound impact on all of our lives. For so long, I built who I was on this emptiness and vacancy. I defined myself as a survivor of loss. But then, a miracle happened. Our prayers were answered and my brother was restored to us. What do you do then, when the foundations have shifted so completely? You can't just be "business as usual" and keep doing what you've done in the past. Things are different and there's no use in pretending that things are as they always were. Things have changed.
When you achieve your goals, do you hang up your hat? Do you retire to the mountaintop permanently? Do you just stop?
This blog has never been about the destination. It has always been about the journey and exploring how things happen. As I consider the future of the blog, I have to take in account the new developments and evaluate what's important. It's a constant process of refocusing, refining and readjusting. One of the things that's paramount is maintaining the human aspect of Allegory Gallery. It's an artist-run space for creative individuals. I want to dive into the stories that make our space so rich. Just because we're a brick-and-mortar store and most of my energy is being poured into building the success of this project, I don't ever want it to become sterilized and thought of as "corporate". I want the space to be thought of as a living and breathing entity with a human face and a human heart. I also want to continue building relationships with others who are hanging their digital shingle and forming a community of creative minds. As I look forward, I must look also back... and find a middle path between great heights and low valleys.
In the most recent issue of the Ligonier Echo, there's a write-up of Jen Tong's show, "Creatures of Ghost Island". (Click the above photo for a larger view.) The show will be up until February 28th. If you can't make it in person, check it out online! CLICK HERE to see the show on the internet. You can also purchase works from the show via the website as well!
Looking for a way to remember your furry friend? How about making a doggie for your wrist?
A little bit of red can go a long way in any jewelry design.
Cyndi has finished up her second e-book, "Some Assembly Required"! Yay! Finishing a big project is always a relief.
A love for Downton Abbey has resulted in this statement necklace!
An experiment with quilled paper has resulted in several stunning resin filled bezels.
Jean writes all about her cool bead partner for the 7th BSBP hostessed by Lori Anderson!
Featuring the Pantone color of the year, Andrew creates a peyote stitch bracelet with a NEW button from Green Girl Studios.
We have been back now for a few days. The perfume of the mesquite after rain is fading in memory. The upright silhouettes of saguaro cactuses are replaced with the barren branches of oak and maple trees powdered with snow. My time in the desert seems like a dream of an alien world, so different from my everyday.
This trip was harder than previous ones. Much of that was due in part to the ending of a friendship and a business relationship. While the actual split occurred a few years ago, it was freshly brought up on a daily basis. I felt like the widower or the recently divorced, reminded of the loss at every innocent question asked by those who didn't know of the division. I could feel the discomfort of mutual friends who only desired to stay neutral. At those prompts, the old feelings of betrayal blossomed anew... coloring my cheeks scarlet and my heart black. The mere mention of her name made me feel wrapped in the barbs of ocotillo.
Part of those needling emotions stemmed from the feeling of isolation and embarrassment. People had warned me of the unhealthy association and I thought that my story would be different. But their predictions came to pass and I joined a secret club of the jilted, used, and tossed aside. I say that it is a "secret" club because so many people want to be professional and take the high-road, and as a result, they hide what happened to them. I didn't want to be one of those people that suffers in silence, so I made a public announcement on my Facebook page that I was no longer involved – professionally or personally – with this individual. A friend cautioned me that I would be opening myself up to more attacks and more venom. So, I took the post down. But some saw it... and... an odd thing happened. The secret club acknowledged me as a member, sharing their stories in passing. I didn't want to be involved with this person or even stories of them, but there was a strange comfort in knowing that I wasn't the only one. There were dozens of people who all had been misused and maltreated.
Hearing these stories allowed me to let go of my own. I had held it in my heart, coiled like a snake ready to strike. I set the cage of ocotillo on fire. I walked through the flames and felt renewed. I had thought that I had worked through the hurt before, but all it did was disperse the fog until it had a chance to collect again, slithering together and growing new mass and volume.
The thing that I learned is that some people have passed the point of redemption. They will never change and will continue to repeat the pattern, again and again. They pray on those that want to see the best in others. They will charm you with their spin. But ultimately and fundamentally, the corruption that is in their heart is rooted too deeply. They cannot change, because they don't see a need to change. The fault is always in someone else. They cannot better themselves because they see no need in it. Even though the list of those wounded by their words and actions grows daily, the wounded are collateral damage and the idea of protecting their feelings is an unnecessary obligation that is simply not their responsibility.
If there is someone in your life who makes you feel small or worthless, do not let them. If there is someone who hurts you, do not let them. If there is someone who is using you and manipulating you, do not let them. You deserve better. If you can identify the problem and see the need for change, you are better than they are, because you can break the pattern. You can stop the cycle. You can say, "NO!" You can shout it out and stomp your feet and reject the poison and propaganda. Do not let another dictate your self-worth. Listen to your gut and let go of those who would do you harm.
This year's trip to the desert was a harder one for me, but one that came with a rich reward... freedom.
One of the annual traditions we partake of while we are in Tucson is the Interweave Party. We've been going for almost ten years. The venue may have changed over the years, but the same positive atmosphere that this publishing company has pulled together has persisted. (It used to be at the Botanical Gardens, then at the Art Museum, and now at the iconic Hotel Congress.) With the recent acquisition from F+W, we didn't know if they would have the party again. We were pleasantly surprised when we received our RSVP.
Nothing quite says a good party like grainy cellphone pictures. Here are Mel and Lisa Niven Kelly of Beaducation and Heather of the Trinket Foundry.
This picture is of Julie Young of TierraCast and Kieu Pham Gray of the Urban Beader.
This picture is of Lisa Kan and editor extraordinaire, Danielle Fox. Danielle is also the author of Simply Modern Jewelry and Mixed Metals.
We had a wonderful time talking with everyone and seeing familiar faces. I hope to go to keep going for another ten years!
The idea of going to a party after working all day can sometimes be not so appealing... especially on a very chilly evening. But this particular party was for Beads of Courage and their 10 year anniversary and the cause was really great! They do so much and make such an impact on the lives of children going through very hard times. As a cancer survivor, their mission is very near and dear to my heart. So we got our coffee, donned our heavier coats and made our way out to the Metal Arts Village for the celebration.
When we arrived, we were greeted by the soulful music of The Tryst. They were playing in a pavilion in the parking lot and provided a pleasant auditory backdrop for the evening's fun.
It was a really fun event and there were so many friends from the beading community in town for the Gem Show that were in attendance to show their support. Featured in this picture are: Katie Hacker, Kristal Wick, and Kate Richbourg. The night was studded with all kinds of talent, including one of the residents of the Metal Arts Village who just happened to be Greg's estranged sculpture teacher from college! What are the chances?
We had a wonderful time and feel fortunate to be able to participate in such a worthwhile activity. Make sure to swing by the Beads of Courage Facebook page and "like" them. You can visit their page by CLICKING HERE.
It seems that with every event and every show, there's another creative friend to be made. Over the years, I have been fortunate enough to add many to my circle of friends in the community. It is always nice to see these familiar friendly faces and catch up with them.
Anne Engelhardt of Craft Fantastic.
Heidi and Jodi of LillyPilly Designs in front of their NEW cork board, slate, and micro-suede!
Renee from Ashes 2 Beauty.
Joyce Rooks, Pamela Hawkins from Bead Design Studio, and Anna Draeger.
While I was at the Best Bead Show, I kept my hands busy while talking with customers and created this peyote stitch button bracelet. I used the new Pantone color of the year: Emerald! I also used a NEW pewter fox button from my family at Green Girl Studios as the clasp mechanism.
Our time in Tucson has been speeding by. I thought that I would give an update including some pictures from some friends from the shows!
Prisicilla Marban of Priscilla Beads.
Susan Hanson of Heartsong Beads, Andrea Guarino-Slemmons, Dave and Jolene Star of Bazaar Star Beadery.
The lovely "Fusion Girls": Katie Wall, Lindsay Burke and Mari of Fusion Beads.
Nir of Nirvana Beads, Stephanie Ann, and Diane Fitzgerald.
Gretchen Schueller of Piece of Mind.
Denise Peck and Karen Keegan.
Tonya Davidson of Artful Success, Jeannette Cook of Beady Eyed Women, and Leslie Rogalski of Sleepless Beader.


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Florian Franke (* 18. September 1987 in Wuppertal) ist ein deutscher Sänger, Singer-Songwriter und Multiinstrumentalist.

Leben
Im Alter von fünf Jahren begann Franke mit Klavierunterricht. 1996 begann mit dem Eintritt in die Wuppertaler Kurrende auch seine Gesangsausbildung. Neben Konzertreisen mit dem Chor durch ganz Europa begann Franke als Solist in Theatern und Opern zu singen. Bis zu seinem Stimmbruch war er im Konzertchor der Kurrende aktiv und gewann dort unter anderem den Deutschen Chorwettbewerb mit dem Wuppertaler Knabenchor. Im Jahr 2006 folgte der Austritt aus der Kurrende.

Mit dem Einsetzen des Stimmbruchs nahm Franke Gitarrenunterricht. Nach seinem Abitur 2007 am St. Anna Gymnasium in Wuppertal begann Franke erst als Jazzpianist und Sänger in Hotellounges zu spielen und durch Deutschland zu touren. Es folgte die Gründung seiner ersten Band, aus der nach mehreren Wechseln und Entwicklungen 2008 "crushhour" entstand. Im Dezember 2009 wurde "crushhour" mit dem Deutschen Rock und Pop Preis ausgezeichnet. Kurz nach dem Preis löste sich die Band allerdings auf.

2009 begann Franke ein Studium an der Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, das er 2012 abschloss.

Franke schrieb in einem von Radio Wuppertal initiierten Wettbewerb die Stadionhymne des Wuppertaler SV und gestaltete den musikalischen Beitrag zum Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis 2013. Außerdem war er bei Fernsehproduktionen als Pianist bekannter Stars zu sehen. Unter anderem spielte er 2015 für Louane bei schlag den Raab und 2016 für Kelvin Jones im ZDF-Fernsehgarten.

2015 gründete Franke das Musikduo Talgold. Konzerte in der Stadthalle Wuppertal und Auftritte im bergischen Land folgten. Ende 2016 trennte sich das Duo und Franke begann erneut solo aufzutreten. Es folgten eine Deutschlandtournee und die Veröffentlichung seiner ersten CD Stadtgeflüster, die ihm auch überregionale Bekanntheit einbrachte. Er eröffnete Konzerte von Philipp Dittberner und Anastacia.

2017 tourte er, veranstaltet durch die Association Germanofolies, durch die französischsprachige Schweiz und war wieder mit Band auf der Bühne zu finden. Unter anderem spielte er im  Auditorium Stravinski in Montreux.

Sein zweites Studioalbum Mond erschien 2018. Außerdem wurde er für den Rio-Reiser-Preis nominiert und mit dem zweiten Platz ausgezeichnet. 2019 folgte eine Tour mit neuer Bandbesetzung und Franke wurde mit dem "Kulturplus-Preis" ausgezeichnet.

2020 erschien sein drittes Album "Rosa Elefanten", welches von der Fachpresse gelobt wurde und mit dem Kulturpreis der Enno und Christa Springmann Stiftung ausgezeichnet wurde.

Auszeichnungen
 2009: Deutscher Rock und Pop Preis

 2010: nominiert für Rock it NRW vom Landesmusikrat
 2011: Sonderpreis SSK Wuppertal beim Schüler-Rockfestival
 2018: 2. Platz Rio Reiser Preis
 2019: Kulturplus Preis 2019 / Bergischer Kulturpreis
 2021: Kulturpreis der Enno und Christa Springmann Stiftung

Diskografie
 2017: Stadtgeflüster
 2018: Mond
 2020: Rosa Elefanten

Einzelnachweise

Komponist (Deutschland)
Deutscher
Geboren 1987
Mann
Person (Wuppertal)

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Works by John W. M. Krummel
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Thinking in Transition: Nishida Kitaro and Martin Heidegger.Elmar Weinmayr, tr Krummel, John W. M. & Douglas Ltr Berger - 2005 - Philosophy East and West 55 (2):232-256.details
: Two major philosophers of the twentieth century, the German existential phenomenologist Martin Heidegger and the seminal Japanese Kyoto School philosopher Nishida Kitarō are examined here in an attempt to discern to what extent their ideas may converge. Both are viewed as expressing, each through the lens of his own tradition, a world in transition with the rise of modernity in the West and its subsequent globalization. The popularity of Heidegger's thought among Japanese philosophers, despite its own admitted limitation to (...) the Western "history of being," is connected to Nishida's opening of a uniquely Japanese path in its confrontation with Western philosophy. The focus is primarily on their later works (the post-Kehre Heidegger and the works of Nishida that have been designated "Nishida philosophy"), in which each in his own way attempts to overcome the subject-object dichotomy inherited from the tradition of Western metaphysics by looking to a deeper structure from out of which both subjectivity and objectivity are derived and which embraces both. For Heidegger, the answer lies in being as the opening of unconcealment, from out of which beings emerge, and for Nishida, it is the place of nothingness within which beings are co-determined in their oppositions and relations. Concepts such as Nishida's "discontinuous continuity," "absolutely self-contradictory identity" (between one and many, whole and part, world and things), the mutual interdependence of individuals, and the self-determination of the world through the co-relative self-determination of individuals, and Heidegger's "simultaneity" (zugleich) and "within one another" (ineinander) (of unconcealment and concealment, presencing and absencing), and their "between" (Zwischen) and "jointure" (Fuge) are examined. Through a discussion of these ideas, the suggestion is made of a possible "transition" (Übergang) of both Western and Eastern thinking, in their mutual encounter, both in relation to each other and each in relation to its own past history, leading to both a self-discovery in the other and to a simultaneous self-reconstitution. (shrink)
The Originary Wherein: Heidegger and Nishida on the Sacred and the Religious.John W. M. Krummel - 2010 - Research in Phenomenology 40 (3):378-407.details
In this paper, I explore a possible convergence between two great twentieth century thinkers, Nishida Kitarō of Japan and Martin Heidegger of Germany. The focus is on the quasi-religious language they employ in discussing the grounding of human existence in terms of an encompassing Wherein for our being. Heidegger speaks of "the sacred" and "the passing of the last god" that mark an empty clearing wherein all metaphysical absolutes or gods have withdrawn but are simultaneously indicative of an opening wherein (...) beings are given. Nishida speaks of "the religious" dimension in the depths of one's being, that he calls "place," and that somehow envelops the world through its kenotic self-negation. In both we find reference to a kind of originary space—the open or place—associated with quasireligious themes. I also point to their distinct approaches to metaphysical language in their attempts to give voice to that abysmal thought. (shrink)
The Unsolved Issue of Consciousness.Nishida Kitarō & John W. M. Krummel - 2012 - Philosophy East and West 62 (1):44-51.details
This essay by Nishida Kitarō from 1927, translated into English here for the first time, is from the initial period of what has come to be called "Nishida philosophy" (Nishida tetsugaku), when Nishida was first developing his conception of "place" (basho). Nishida here inquires into the relationship between logic and consciousness in terms of place and implacement in order to overcome the shortcomings of previous philosophical attempts—from the ancient Greeks to the moderns—to dualistically conceive the relationship between being and knowing (...) in terms of subject-object or form-matter. During the course of articulating his novel approach to consciousness and cognition, Nishida discusses what he takes to be the weaknesses of Greek hylomorphism, Kantian (and neo-Kantian) dualism, and Husserlian phenomenology. Dissatisfied with the attribution of mere passivity to placiality, and turning away from consciousness objectified as a subject of statement, Nishida imparts to consciousness qua place a certain logical independence as an active yet un-objectifiable "predicate." This investigation of consciousness as the unobjectifiable place for objectification leads Nishida to the notion of what precedes consciousness itself, a "place of nothing" (mu no basho) that envelops the dichotomized structures of subject-predicate, being-nothing, subject-object, universal-particular, et cetera. (shrink)
Transcendent or Immanent? Significance and History of Li in Confucianism.John W. M. Krummel - 2010 - Journal of Chinese Philosophy 37 (3):417-437.details
This paper investigates the meaning of the neo-Confucian concept of 'li'. From early on, it has the sense of a pattern designating how things are and ought to be. But it takes on the appearance of something transcendent to the world only at a certain point in history, when it becomes juxtaposed to 'qi'. Zhu Xi has been criticized for this 'li-qi' dichotomization and the transcendentalization of 'li'. The paper re-examines this putative dualism and transcendentalism, looking into both Zhu's discussions (...) and pre- and post-Zhu discussions of 'li', and concludes it to be an inter-connective threading immanent to the world. (shrink)
Representation and Poiesis: The Imagination in the Later Heidegger.John W. M. Krummel - 2007 - Philosophy Today 51 (3):261-277.details
I examine the role of the imagination (Einbildung) for Martin Heidegger after his Kant-reading of 1929. In 1929 he broadens the imagination to the openness of Dasein. But after 1930 Heidegger either disparages it as a representational faculty belonging to modernity; or further develops and clarifies its ontological broadening as the clearing or poiesis. If the hylo-morphic duality implied by Kantian imagination requires a prior unity, that underlying power unfolding beings in aletheic formations (poiesis) of being (the happening of being, (...) the opening of the world) would have to ultimately be in excess to any spontaneous power of subjectivity. (shrink)
Emptiness and Experience: Pure and Impure.John W. M. Krummel - 2004 - Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 4 (1):57-76.details
This paper discusses the idea of "pure experience" within the context of the Buddhist tradition and in connection with the notions of emptiness and dependent origination via a reading of Dale Wright's reading of 'Huangbo' in his 'Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism'. The purpose is to appropriate Wright's text in order to engender a response to Steven Katz's contextualist-constructivist thesis that there are no "pure" (i.e., unmediated) experiences. In light of the Mahayana claim that everything is empty of substance, i.e., (...) originates dependently through conditions, contingencies, and contexts, what does the "purity" of the Enlightenment experience mean for Chan/Zen Buddhism? (shrink)
The Unsolved Issue of ConsciousnessThe Unsolved Issue of Consciousness.Nishida Kitarō & John W. M. Krummel - 2012 - Philosophy East and West 62 (1).details
The following essay, "The Unsolved Issue of Consciousness" (Torinokosaretaru ishiki no mondai 取残されたる意識の問題), by Nishida Kitarō 西田幾多郎 from 1927 is significant in regard to the development of what has come to be called "Nishida philosophy" (Nishida tetsugaku 西田哲学). In what follows, in addition to providing some commentary on the important points of his essay, I would like to show its relevance or significance not only for those who would like to study Nishida's thought but also for philosophy in general, especially (...) in the contemporary setting. It was first published in 1927 by Iwanami Publishers in a collection of essays by different authors, Philosophical Essays in Commemoration of the Sixtieth Birthday of Dr. .. (shrink)
Introduction to Nakamura Yūjirō and His Work.John W. M. Krummel - 2015 - Social Imaginaries 1 (1):71-82.details
In Social Imaginaries, vol. 1, nr. 1 (Spring 2015) due out in May 2015.


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Kraus-Anderson Construction wraps up Phase 2 of Falls International Airport
The Bemidji office of Kraus-Anderson has completed construction of phase two of the Falls International Airport (INL). The Phase Two construction cost of $5.3 million was a separately funded project and completes the full replacement of the 17,894-square-foot terminal building, and provides new space for U.S. Customs processing, a National Weather Service office, TSA offices and Airport Administration, Kraus-Anderson said in a Tuesday announcement.
Phase one was completed in the fall of 2017 and included the replacement of approximately two-thirds of the old terminal designed by architecture, planning and interiors firm Alliiance. The $10 million project featured a new arrival and departure services with check-in ticketing counters and kiosks, secured gate lounge, baggage handling, passenger boarding bridge, TSA screening area, car rental services and public lobby/waiting area.
Phase 2 construction was completed on time despite of the challenges that crews faced during the brutal winter months with six feet of snow and temperatures reaching -46 degrees. Field crews also performed their work without disruption to airport and passenger operations and security of the existing Phase 1 terminal.
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