I know this sounds hard to believe, but it´s true. I was in Silicon Valley last week, at the offices of our partners Google and Sequoia Capital and this is a fact: the most successful internet company in the world, Google, and the most successful VC in the world, Sequoia Capital, have their executives surfing the internet slower speeds than the average European or Asian at home.
The only reasonable internet speeds I have found in America are those provided by cable TV companies. DSL there is on the average much slower than in Europe or Asia. One reason may be lack of competition, the other one may be that the average distance of a home from a central office is greater as people in America live further away from each other.
Internet at FON´s offices in Union Square, San Francisco, also is super slow compared to our Madrid´s office. This phenomenom may also explain why American web sites are so "light" looking compared to European web sites. See for example Youtube vs European rivals Sevenload, Vpod or Daily Motion. The Youtube, and others including Yahoo, Google, eBay, are sites designed for bandwidth poor environments. European sites don´t need to and this when telco offers are as good as the one of Neuf in France where you get up to 20 megs for 15 euros.
As a result what you see is European and Asian content companies specializing in bandwidth intensive apps and American companies specializing in massive, fast apps and end up building more valuable companies.
Okay. That's newsworthy but not entirely relevant. Heres's why: during my recent visit in Germany I spent some time with a couple of students and got the gist of their online lifestyle. These guys don't surf! They only do YouYube. That's what their 16Mbit DLS is for.
Me, I'm most of the times connected over a 2.4Mbit EvDo wireless modem. Normally that translates into roughly 50-100KB/s download speeds. Funny thing is that the is pretty much the same to the DSL depicted above. I need connection and low lag for most of my activity online, not insane download speeds.
– about 2 years ago I'd be online 90% of the time over a slow GPRS connection with file size download cap of one meg/file. And that was fine! I then learned that the word that matters is not 'download', but 'connection'.
– the USA is the internet. Speeds in the US should be blitz-like because they are like a giant local network. I don't have numbers but most of the web is hosted on servers in the US. They could almost go up to 100Mbit/s there, that's how convenient it is to be close to where it's all happening. Alas, the competition is not as steep so they can go sell 4Mbit links like that was the best speed in the world. People don't have comparison there.
I bet you, they might not have 16Mbit DSL at penny prices, but they sure have darn nippie response time!
One of the points I made at LeWeb3 is that Europe will have an opportunity of building super rich, hyper interactive applications first – just because of that difference of bandwidth available in Europe vs the US. I live in downtown Palo Alto, and I get a meager 1.5Mb down DSL connection when I am lucky. Cable can deliver up to 6Mb but in practice it does not. And we still pay $40 to $45 a month past the initial promotion period because there is no real competition in the marketplace. Europe will see FTTH deployed way before we can start dreaming about it here.
Another thing Martin: Sand Hill Road is one of the worst sport for cell phone reception. It is the absolute nightmare for any entrepreneur wanting to demo a wireless app to find himself/herself with no signal at all. You get caught only once on that one :-).
I can confirm 🙂 I was in the Silicon Valley and then in San Francisco (just returned) for 10 days and I was crying for bandwith… I had to upload my podcasts at 40 KB/sec, instead of 120 here in Germany 🙁 Hopefully, I'm back with a "normal" internet connection : ADSL 2+ rocks ! 🙂 Damned, Martin, if I only knew you were somewhere where I was, you could have meet, and do a little interview for Pomcast !
Maybe this is true. Refering to the incident that EarthQuake damaged the optical fibre between East and West . We saw the Internet Butterfly Effect.
At least now there´s FON at Sequoia Capital!
Well Martin, you may be glad with a little bit of bandwidth stimulating fast apps. But is it a coincidence that the Japanese are leading in the development of ultra-hdtv and at the same time Japan has more ftth-connections than the rest of the world combined?
the reality is very heavy webpage full of "ugly" stuff, and very few valuable internet company.
Often the cause consequence are more complex than it look like.
Your youtube and online streaming must be perfect, not to mention download speeds through the roof, and finally, browsing must be a non issue.
But it all leads down to investment, if there is not enough competition there is not going to be the desired investment? not enough for good progress at least. My country is just perfect proof of that.


I got a lot of responses to my call for people to share the best books they read this year. Here are some of the shorter entries and lists that I received.
Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road — the best book I read all year — gutted me. William H. Gass' essay collection A Temple of Texts — the second best — has been the balm.
My favorite book this year.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer and The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. Ishiguro's Remains of the Day is a close third.
I spent 2018 reading ghost stories, finding it easier to deal with the land of the dead than the land of living.
It's easy to read this book and be entranced by the protagonist, that lone man on a quest to find the wife who has been stolen from him and replaced by an impostor. But it's the wife who finally broke my heart.
I've never really understood all those who are worrying themselves sick over the state of publishing -- there's never been more urgent, exciting stuff out there, you just have to look in the margins.


AddFlow for .NET is a .NET Windows Forms Custom control. It provides approximately the same flowcharting/diagramming features as the ActiveX version and also some new features, more flexibility and a simpler and more powerful object model. It has been completely rewritten in C# to take advantage of the infrastructure provided by .NET. It is 100% Managed Code.


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Q: How does retrieving the Poke balls actually work? So, when you throw a ball and you miss, the ball rolls around. You can click on it to get it back and not waste 20 balls on a Pidgey. Well, this works sometimes, and the ball is just laying there, behind the pokemon, but most of the time, the ball disappears almost immediately without me clicking on the screen or anything and its not back in my inventory ? SO what's going on, am I retrieving my balls wrongly or are they disappearing by design ?

A: It doesn't work.
You cannot retrieve thrown balls. Once you a throw a ball it is gone from your inventory regardless of if you miss, you hit and catch it or you hit and it escapes.

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Gizzat Mukaszewicz Alipow (ros. Гиззат Мукашевич Алипов, ur. 25 grudnia 1924 we wsi Bolszoj Bugor w obecnym obwodzie atyrauskim, zm. 19 lipca 1986 we wsi Kzył-Oba w obwodzie gurjewskim (obecnie atyrauski)) – radziecki wojskowy i saper, starszyna.

Życiorys
Urodził się w kazachskiej rodzinie chłopskiej. W 1942 został powołany do Armii Czerwonej, od lipca 1943 uczestniczył w wojnie z Niemcami, walczył kolejno na Froncie Zachodnim, 1 Ukraińskim i 1 Białoruskim, był ciężko ranny. Po wyjściu ze szpitala został skierowany do batalionu saperów, w 1944 przyjęto go do WKP(b). Jako dowódca oddziału 599 batalionu saperów 312 Dywizji Piechoty 69 Armii 1 Frontu Białoruskiego w stopniu sierżanta 18 lipca 1944 wyróżnił się w walkach o Dolsk na Wołyniu, gdzie kierował rozbrajaniem min w celu umożliwienia ataku radzieckiej piechoty. 14 stycznia 1945 w walkach na północny wschód od polskiego miasta Zwoleń przeprowadził unieszkodliwienie pola minowego, umożliwiając piechocie wykonanie zadania bojowego. W nocy na 17 kwietnia 1945 na czele oddziału saperów w stopniu starszyny dowodził działaniami w rejonie miasta Lubusz (Niemcy). W 1945 został zdemobilizowany, w 1958 ukończył Uralskie Technikum Rolnicze, później pracował jako przewodniczący kołchozu.

Odznaczenia
 Order Wojny Ojczyźnianej I klasy
 Order Sławy I klasy (15 maja 1946)
 Order Sławy II klasy (21 lutego 1945)
 Order Sławy III klasy (21 lipca 1944)
I medale.

Bibliografia
 Biogram na stronie warheroes.ru (ros.) [dostęp 2019-11-02]

Odznaczeni Orderem Sławy
Odznaczeni Orderem Wojny Ojczyźnianej I klasy
Radzieccy żołnierze II wojny światowej
Urodzeni w 1924
Zmarli w 1986

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Watch the big bridge over the Karapiro Gully get built, see all the big machines in action and learn about safety.
The above video is a fun look at all the large machines used on the Cambridge section of the expressway.
This time-lapse video shows the early stages of building the Karapiro Viaduct. The very tall brown posts getting whacked into the ground are piles.
Members of the project team explain how they are getting the job done.
Another time-lapse video. Steel beams are lifted by cranes and put in place to make the top of the bridge.
The project team talks about work on the top of the bridge and plans for planting trees in the Karapiro Gully.
Two roading experts explain how the Waikato expressway is designed to reduce injury if drivers make a mistake.


If you are considering supplementing or replacing your in-house data storage with cloud computing, you need a comprehensive risk management strategy to protect against cyber risk that can expose your company to substantial financial losses and reputational harm.
Before you decide to send information to the cloud, you should assess the impact of a loss or theft of that data on your internal operations and client / customer relations. Assessment should be made by risk management and information technology personnel, together with senior-level management and supervisors of employees who are most likely to send data to the cloud.
Cloud service providers typically will offer you little or no contractual risk protection in their contracts. It is therefore important to address the potential losses resulting from data breach or service outage by securing cyber liability insurance coverage from an insurance company that specifically includes cloud-based services in their policy forms.
Storing data in the cloud can be very advantageous. However, before you start transferring information, it is important that you carefully plan your cloud computing objectives and secure insurance that protects your exposure to cyber risk.


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Post Incident Report: Sydney 05/12
PostedMonday December 17th 2012
The following report has been prepared for affected customers. VentraIP Australia sincerely apologises for any inconvenience caused.
At approximately 6:30AM AEDT on Wednesday December 5 our internal and external monitoring alerted our technical team to an issue with our Sydney PoP. It reported all services in Sydney as being critical and some services to Brisbane critical, and within minutes our CTO was on the phone to our fibre provider in Sydney and asked if there were any known issues and was told there were none.
We immediately dispatched our on-site technician and within three minutes he was inside the data centre performing preliminary investigations. In consultation with our CTO, all elements of our network infrastructure were checked and re-checked. All of our equipment was operating without error.
Our CTO again phoned our fibre provider and after a lengthy amount of time on hold he was advised that there was an issue with a fibre cut somewhere in Sydney and that an ETR was unknown.
Just after 7:30AM our CEO immediately began communicating with our Account Manager as an outage of this nature should have been impossible due to the redundant infrastructure we believed we were connected to. He also began communicating with another provider in the same facility to coordinate a contingency plan should a satisfactory outcome not be reached with our primary provider within a reasonable time frame.
During this time our provider was preparing to locate the break in the fibre using OTDR traces from the Sydney CBD and North Sydney. No further updates were provided at this time.
At 9:39AM our internal and external monitoring detected that connectivity to our Sydney PoP had returned. Our CTO performed precautionary checks on network infrastructure to ensure that full routing tables had returned and that all links were active. At this time customers began reporting that services had been restored.
We received an email from our fibre provider at 9:48AM informing us that the on-site facilities manager had successfully migrated our fibre circuits to local PoP infrastructure that operates on a protected circuit and that all of our services had been restored.
The root cause has been determined to be a cut in a fibre cable in the Mosman, North Sydney area. Our fibre provider believes that the cable had been deliberately cut and has referred the matter to the NSW police for investigation, as there have been reports of similar incidents in the same area affecting other carriers.
Even though our services returned at 9:39AM, service was not restored to this cable until 7:58PM once splicing work had been completed.
Since this incident, the same cable has been cut again on two separate occasions in similar areas, however these cuts did not affect our services in any way.
Post Incident Follow-Up
In November 2011 during an incident relating to a software error on a core network device, belonging to our provider, we discovered that our services from the Sydney CBD to our facility in Cromer were not connected to protected infrastructure. Prior to entering this facility we were informed we were connected to and contracted to a service which included a redundant secondary fibre path. At this time we were told that a local PoP build was delayed due to other projects and that 'within a few months' it would be complete and our services would be migrated.
Management staff from our provider have profusely apologised to us for this migration not taking place and confirmed that we should have been contacted many months ago to have this migration performed, however it was simply overlooked. We understand that things like this happen and it was an unintended mistake.
The changes which have now resulted from this incident mean that we are now connected to the local PoP infrastructure that is protected by multiple fibre paths. These paths have been tested over the past seven days where two further fibre cuts have occurred; all of our services remained online without incident.
We have been informed that we will be required to schedule a time in the coming weeks to perform some additional work to tidy up the changes that were made as a result of this incident to reduce cable lengths and take more optimum paths. We will schedule an outage for this work to be completed in the early hours of the morning to avoid disruption.
As part of Project Re-Energise that was announced by our CEO last week, our technical team will be reviewing our network infrastructure in all locations and performing evaluations based on future requirements. It is our intention to begin operating from a second facility in Sydney in 2013 and this will add an additional layer of redundancy to the Cromer facility as we will be taking a fibre cross connect to this facility from an alternate provider.

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Humans of CPS: Riya K.
Riya Kumar, Sophomore - Interview Conducted by Rina Huang
Tuesday, November 16th, 2021: Assembly has just ended, and students are beginning to settle around the music lawn for an earlier lunch. In the midst of a week characterized by cold afternoons, the sun shines today! Students lounge in the warmth, but we make our way to the shade of the Music Building. As I begin this year's tenth interview, I click record. "Welcome, Riya." The interview has begun...
Rina: What's your favorite CPS memory?
Riya: My favorite CPS memory? Um, let's see. Well, a lot of freshman year was during COVID, but I think that we still made good memories then. If I had to go for this year, I'd really have to say sophomore retreat. I think the best part of sophomore retreat was, um, sleeping outside. So, we had tarps and everybody set up their sleeping bags next to each other, and I remember laying down and trying to count how many shooting stars we could see. It was just very much a coming of age movie moment! So yeah, I think sophomore retreat was definitely one of the best times, especially coming out of a year where we didn't have that sort of interaction with each other.
Rina: What would your perfect house look like?
Riya: *laughs* My perfect house? I have a Pinterest board that's like a chateau Pinterest board – I think it would be very like, Italian villa, Call Me By Your Name vibes, you know what I mean? So a really big kitchen because I love food, and the kitchen would always be fully stocked with everything I need. It would be very ivy up the walls, cobblestone everywhere, flowers and summer villa-esque!
Rina: I know that you're a leader for South Asian Alliance. Why did you want to be a leader, and what do you want to achieve?
Riya: Okay, good question! So, when I first came to CPS I was like, "I will never go to an SAA meeting—everyone there's just weird! Being in tune with your culture? I wouldn't know about that!" I came from a very white majority school, so I had never thought about embracing my heritage as a positive thing. But after coming to CPS and seeing how open the community was about their identities and how important it was to people here, I kind of figured out that this is a really good thing, so I decided to go to an SAA meeting! It was just so much fun, like relating to people on that level and figuring out that we have these things in common that I'd never had in common with people at school before… it was so much fun.
I specifically remember Ms. Kolluri, a South Asian teacher here last year, and like a bunch of other people...we were talking about how we all go to the same sweet shop in Fremont! It was just really funny and it was a moment that really clicked for me, why identity is so important. And I was like this is really really cool! Figuring out that shift in my mindset was one of the reasons why I was like, "I wanna be able to lead that for other people!" I felt like SAA wasn't that active on campus and… I think South Asia is so cool and has such an amazing culture – it deserves to be spread more and shared more with the campus. So, my current goals are just to make SAA more active and like, really celebrate and inform as much as we can – which I feel like we've done a good job of! Diwali was so fun!
Rina: I saw you in the play! Have you always done theater, or is something that you were interested in at CPS? How was the experience of performing and preparing to perform?
Riya: The play was really really fun! I haven't done theater at CPS before this semester because last year was a lot, but I've been doing theater for a long time. I had musicals every year in elementary school and I always signed up for them. For a while I was chorus but around fourth and fifth grade—like our last years—I got singing roles. So, I sang a solo—which is a very cursed video and I'm really hoping my dad didn't put that video on Youtube somewhere, but I think it might be there! I highly recommend that you do not stalk me online. Yeah, so those were really fun, and then in middle school I got really into Shakespeare. So beyond just being in our middle school theater troupe which was mostly just improv, we put on a rendition of A Midsummer Night's Dream and I was Hermia. It was really really fun, but it got cancelled right as COVID hit… I still have the insults Hermia gives to Helena when they're fighting over the guys memorized, so don't get into a fight with me because I will pull out the ol' cankerblossom spiel!
Rina: What's your favorite musical?
Riya: Oh, my favorite musical? I'm not really into musical theater myself, but I'd have to say Mamma Mia! is my favorite musical. It works out that that's what we're doing this year!
Rina: What's your favorite piece of clothing?
Riya: My favorite piece of clothing? I have to think about that for a second…Um, so my most favorite outfit ever is actually an Indian outfit that I had for my uncle's wedding a couple years ago. I was a little concerned because Indian clothes are notoriously really itchy, but I found this beautiful sharara set that was cotton; it's really soft and comfortable and it's also one of the most beautiful things I own. Every time I wear it I feel like a goddess, so that has to be my favorite outfit! Besides that, I'd say my trusty lilac quarter-zip that I wear all the time. It's definitely one of my favorite pieces of clothing—I think there's nothing better than a good sweater.
Rina: What did you want to be when you were young, and what do you want to be now? How has that changed?
Riya: So, this is a good story! When I was five, I was a giant feminist and basically told everyone that I would be the first woman president of the United States—specifically woman president. *laughs* So I told everyone I thought Hillary Clinton was like, a massive threat to me, but I also liked her because you know, women in politics! And so from first grade up until like fifth grade, I told everyone everywhere that I wanted to be president, so at eighth grade graduation all my teachers waving me off were like shouting, "Riya 2046!" —some arbitrary election year. Yeah, so if you ask anyone they'd probably say I wanted to be president, but now things have definitely changed! I'm a little more stressed out by that prospect, and I don't really want half the population to hate me. Um…it's hard! I'm interested in two general fields: there's like STEM and then there's law and political science. I'd love to study reproductive science specifically, because my sister is an IVF baby and that whole process was really enlightening for me. As of now, I'd love to go into STEM and like biomed and reproductive science, but I'd also still be interested in looking at law and justice.
Rina: Any other advice you'd like to give to students at CPS?
Riya: I don't know! Enjoy yourself. Always know…Oh! One of the pieces of advice that I was given last year when I was really stressed out and that has always stuck with me from the wonderful Sara LC—whom I love with my entire heart—is: know when to decompress. I feel like at CPS we're always like, "Work work work, do everything all the time and figure out how to balance your stress after it's done." But sometimes, even if you're in a time crunch, taking half an hour to go for a walk, take a bath, or use a free period to go get boba instead of doing homework, can be super beneficial for you! So keep in mind to take care of yourself and have fun.
Rina: For the last part of the interview, I'll give you a series of quick questions! Starting with….
Fiction or nonfiction? Fiction. But good nonfiction that's written like fiction is also good!
Dogs or cats? Both.
Asian Worlds or Atlantic Worlds? Asian Worlds in terms of content, and Atlantic Worlds in terms of performance!
Humans of CPS: Beckett P.
Humans of CPS: Jesse D.
Humans of CPS: Pyrenees V.


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Department Of Health unveils world's most comprehensive Genome Program
Transforming health and well-being with genomics and Artificial Intelligence, the nation's leading strengths
Beirut, 10 December 2019: The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi announced today the launch of the Genome Program, a national project set to use large-scale genomic data to improve health and well-being.
This ground-breaking program aims to be the first of its kind worldwide to provide citizens with their own high quality genome as a baseline and incorporate genomic data into healthcare management. This will be achieved by using advanced sequencing technology to generate the highest quality, most comprehensive genome data. One of the world's top supercomputers, Group 42's Artemis, located in Abu Dhabi, will be used to analyse the massive amount of data and generate new insights.
The understanding of genetic variation in the Arab population is a challenge due to the lack of a high-quality Emirati reference genome. This program will enrich the current data by producing a reference genome specific to UAE citizens and drive large scale scientific discovery. The objective of the Genome Program is to advance health management and position Abu Dhabi as an omics-driven research and innovation hub.
Commenting on the initiative, H.E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Mohamed Al Hamed, Chairman of Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, said: "Embracing innovation and providing a comprehensive healthcare program in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi remains at the forefront of our priorities. Two of the world's most exciting technologies – DNA sequencing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) – will come together in this project. The Genome Program will enhance our knowledge of citizen's genomes and establish a strong foundation of health and well-being."
The successful outcome of the program will equip physicians and other healthcare practitioners with high quality information and knowledge, which will enable them to provide advanced diagnosis and treatment options as well as deliver personalized and preventive programs tailored to an individual's unique genetic makeup.
This ambitious program will be led by the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) and executed and delivered by Abu Dhabi-based technology leader Group 42, in collaboration with global genome sequencing leaders BGI and Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Furthermore, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) will apply the results of the Genome Program to ensure the delivery of world-class healthcare services.
Peng Xiao, CEO of Group 42, Gordon Sanghera, CEO of Oxford Nanopore Technologies, and Jian Wang, co-founder and chairman of BGI, expressed their commitment and cooperation to ensure the success of the Genome Program, which is expected to attract worldwide interest and propel a wave of innovation, education and business in Abu Dhabi in areas of bioinformatics, healthcare, personalized medicine, research and development.
For more information visit https://pgp.ae/
About Department of Health (DOH)
The Department of Health – (DOH) is the regulatory body of the Healthcare Sector at the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and ensures excellence in Healthcare for the community by monitoring the health status of the population. DOH defines the strategy for the health system, monitors and analyses the health status of the population and performance of the system. In addition, DOH shapes the regulatory framework for the health system, inspects against regulations, enforce standards, and encourages adoption of world – class best practices and performance targets by all healthcare service providers in the Emirate. DOH also drives programs to increase awareness and adoption of healthy living standards among the residents of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in addition to regulating scope of services, premiums and reimbursement rates of the health system in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. For more information visit www.haad.ae
About Group 42
Group 42 (G42) is a leading Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing company based in Abu Dhabi, uniquely positioned in the national ecosystem to develop and deploy holistic and scalable AI solutions.
G42 is founded on three core components: 1) fundamental and applied AI Research through its subsidiary the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence, 2) a leading Cloud Computing Platform capable of powering the largest and most demanding customers in the region 3) high-impact AI solutions optimized for a wide range of industries.
G42's strategic direction is aligned with the vision and priorities of the UAE leadership, covering such sectors as: Smart City, Healthcare, Financial Services, Oil and Gas, Utilities, Education, Aviation, Hospitality and Tourism.
G42 has an active and extensive partnership network, connecting leading international organizations that complement our ecosystem and support our vision.
For further information on G42 visit www.g42.ai.
About Oxford Nanopore
Oxford Nanopore Technologies is behind the world's only fully scalable sequencing technology. It offers direct, electronic, real-time sequencing of DNA/RNA fragments of any length, from short to ultra-long. The Company's goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere.
Oxford Nanopore's newest device -the PromethION 48 – can deliver more than 7Tb of sequence data in a single run of its 48-flow cell device, making it the only device that can deliver long reads at a population scale. It supports all aspects of genetic discovery, including genome assembly, the analysis of larger genetic variants and direct methylation analysis – all of which are critical to understanding the breadth and depth of genetic diversity.
Oxford Nanopore also makes small, portable sequencing device – MinION /Flongle, which use the same core technology. Nanopore sequencing has the potential to unlock DNA analysis of all living things in decentralised environments such as clinics, farms and classrooms.
www.nanoporetech.com
About BGI
BGI is the world's leading genomics solutions group, with the mission to empower the world to benefit from genomics.
Founded in 1999, BGI has continually focused on transformative genomics research and applications. From a small group of scientists participating in the Human Genome Project to becoming consistently ranked among the top scientific institutions globally, BGI continues to pioneer its omics-driven approach to solving the world's biggest challenges in human health & wellness and in life sciences. Beyond its research leadership, BGI also develops and manufactures breakthrough enabling technologies for omics – both tools and infrastructure – to overcome technological limits. BGI's services and solutions are available in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. With a fully integrated omics platform from science to tools to solutions, BGI partners with governments and institutions in unwavering pursuit of the common goal: Omics for All.
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Q: Another way to solve an indefinite integral for students of an high school I have this indefinite integral , with $a\in \Bbb R, \: a\neq 0$
$$\int \frac{dx}{\sqrt{a^2+x^2}}, \tag 1$$
I solve the integral $(1)$ with $x=at$, and using this approach,
$$\int \frac{dx}{\sqrt{1+x^2}}=\int \frac{dx}{\sqrt{1+x^2}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{1+x^2}+x}{\sqrt{1+x^2}+x}=\cdots =\int \frac{1+\frac{x}{\sqrt{1+x^2}}}{\sqrt{1+x^2}+x}dx=\ln\lvert \sqrt{1+x^2}+x \rvert+k, \quad k\in\Bbb R \tag 2$$
Is there a fast mode to solve the $(1)$ and the $(2)$?

A: Hint: Substitute $x= a\tan\theta$ for $(1)$ and $x=\tan \theta$ for $(2)$.

A: If your high school students have learned about the hyperbolic functions, then there is a natural substitution based on the identity $\cosh^2(x)-\sinh^2(x)=1$.
Therefore, if we make the substitution $x=a\sinh(t)$ such that  $dx=a\cosh(t)\,dt$, then we can write
$$\begin{align}
\int\frac{1}{\sqrt{a^2+x^2}}\,dx&=\int \frac{1}{a\cosh(t)}\,a\cosh(t)\,dt\\\\
&=t+C\\\\
&=\text{arsinh}(x/a)+C\\\\
&=\frac1a \log\left( x+\sqrt{x^2+a^2}\right)+C'
\end{align}$$

A: Substitute $ x  =  ai\sin(\theta)$ where $i^2 = -1$


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Warhol-o-rama is a book of American poetry that examines the life—and robust afterlife—of the artist Andy Warhol (1928–1987).

A poetic sequence by Peter Oresick, it employs techniques of multiple perspective and Warholian parody and appropriation, often to humorous effect. The sequence draws heavily from source material in the archives of the Andy Warhol Museum as well as a large body of mythology surrounding the pop art icon to render a postmodern serial portrait of Warhol.

The book was published on 6 August 2008, the occasion of Andy Warhol's 80th birthday, by the university press at Carnegie Mellon University, of which Warhol was an alumnus.

See also
Songs for Drella

References

External links
 Book Website for Warhol-o-rama
 Essay by Oresick on Warhol's 80th birthday and the publication of Warhol-o-rama
 Interview with Oresick about Warhol in Pop City Magazine (http://www.popcitymedia.com)
 Garrison Keillor reads from Warhol-o-rama on The Writer's Almanac
 Review of Warhol-o-rama in City Paper
 Interview with Oresick about Warhol in The University Times
  Book Page @ Amazon.com

2008 poetry books
Andy Warhol
American poems
American poetry collections


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Culture » Film Reviews
Higher Love Story
The romantic tear-jerker I Still Believe delivers its faith-based message without being a jerk about it.
by Craig D. Lindsey
I STILL BELIEVE
Nathan Parsons
The new faith-based drama I Still Believe really makes the case that you can believe in a higher power—and not be a dick about it.
The believer front-and-center of this story is real-life Christian singer/songwriter Jeremy Camp (New Zealand actor KJ Apa), whose biggest hit is the movie's title. This film takes us back to before we hit the millennium, when a young Camp falls in love with Melissa Lynn-Henning (Britt Robertson) at his Bible college. Although the quirky, inspirational-music-loving Melissa already has eyes for Jean-Luc (Nathan Parsons), the sensitive frontman for Christian rock band The Kry, our boy Camp eventually wins her over with his tunes that have him both praising the Lord and sweet-talking a special someone into his life.
This movie is the latest offering by Andrew and Jon Ervin, Christian film directors who have built a nice little industry making fact-based films about people who continuously keep the faith under dire circumstances. (This excludes the 2014 faith-based farce Moms' Night Out, a proto-Bad Moms starring TV stars/card-carrying Christians Patricia Heaton and Sarah Drew). With Believe, it appears the bros are out to have their God-worshipping cake and eat it, too, crafting a story that'll hopefully bring in church-goers and people just looking for an effective, romantic tear-jerker.
God looms heavily over Believe, as Jeremy and Melissa bond over music that properly serves our Lord and Savior. But, as a date to a planetarium lays out, their beliefs don't overshadow their understanding that the universe is a vast, wondrous and ultimately mysterious place. Needless to say, this all foreshadows Jeremy learning that Melissa is dying from ovarian cancer—which leads to him to take the plunge and ask for her hand in marriage.
Yes, it's Love Story—but with God stuff. The Erwin boys are practically shameless in presenting this tale of figurative and literal star-crossed lovers who must keep their love alive before one of them has to meet their maker. (You know there's going to be a scene where Camp tells an arena full of people to lay hands on his beloved and pray for her to get better.) It's like this movie was tailor-made for the Hallmark Channel, but its message was much too powerful to be relegated to the small screen.
Apa and Robertson do make a couple whose creamy, sparkling good looks are much better suited for a wide screen. Through their performances, it almost seems like they're constantly letting people know they are available to star in future Nicholas Sparks' adaptations. (Robertson has already been down this road, starring in the movie version of Sparks' novel The Longest Ride in 2015.)
As confidently mawkish the Erwins are at dropping this woeful-yet-optimistic doomed romance, you gotta commend them for doing a film where they make the case that you can believe in God and not be an asshole. The movie is set in a universe where people don't exactly hammer the message that if you don't have some sort of Christian morals, you will spend all your days and nights in the afterlife being Satan's bitch. (The movie doesn't necessarily address the issue of different beliefs and religions. In an unspoken way, everybody just lets sleeping dogs lie.)
For the most part, Believe presents a world where Christians are decent and level-headed, with Camp, of course, being the most model Christian of them all. He comes from good stock: His parents (Gary Sinise and country-pop goddess Shania Twain) are supportive, blue-collar folk. He even has a special-needs little brother he's always there for. While some would make the case that most of the characters are too freakin' perfect—even Jean-Luc doesn't trip that much when he learns that Jeremy and Melissa are smitten with each other—it's still better than the rabid, right-wing fundamentalists who speak for God and that we end up dealing with in the real world. I'd rather listen to Camp and his guitar-strumming gospel than anything Pat Robertson has to say any day of the week.
In its own maudlin, yet comforting, way, I Still Believe reminds us that Christians are people, too. And a lot of them aren't tools!


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Q: Which Tools do you use for Classification of Remote Sensing Data? Which tool do you prefer to use for classification of remote sensing data, e.g. classifying land use, and why?
Which other tools have you tried, and why did you decide against them?

A: For an open source GIS solution, see here: http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Image_classification
It includes a small tutorial as well.

A: My favorite discovery this year has been the Orfeo Toolbox and the associated program: Monteverdi.
http://orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/monteverdi.html
Lots of options for Remote Sensing work and very helpful documentation. Oh, did i mention it is free and o-s
Enjoy,
sa

A: I just saw this post on QGIS forum and thought I would place here.
Hi all.
Sorry for crossposting. As some of you know, the r.li suite of GRASS commands allows landscape analyses. Its interface is rather complex, and is still in TclTk, not ported to either wxpython or qgis. As such, it is now more difficult to use than it should be, and it will become unusable when TclTk support will be dropped.
The possible solution (thanks Radim) is to rewrite the interface as a qgis python plugin. It should not be a huge work (we provisionally estimate 2-3 weeks).
The question is: is there anybody willing to invest either his/her time, or some money, to write such a plugin?
We (Faunalia) would be happy to help if necessary.
All the best.
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A: I tried Erdas Imagine and ENVI softwares, and feel unable to say which one is the best. Both can classify your imagery using supervised and unsupervised methods.

A: Also take a look in SPRING software, made by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Not sure if it's open source but It's definitely free.
http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html

A: I use a number of tools depending on the type of classification I am trying to perform.
For general unsupervised/supervised classification I use ENVI, which has many options for classification methods (including some more advanced methods using neural networks and support vector machines). It is very easy to extend ENVI using the IDL programming language, and I have found that this often simplifies post-classification analysis (as you can write your own code to do this if needed).
If I want to perform object-based classification (which involves segmenting the image into objects and then classifying these objects, the benefits being that you can use aggregated properties of the objects such as means of the bands, shape and texture) I use eCognition, although I have also heard that ENVI EX is good if you don't need the power of eCognition.
If you're looking for free software then Opticks has a number of options for classification, although I've never got on very well with Opticks. Also, Spectral Python is a very nice tool that allow you to load images into NumPy arrays in Python and then process them. It includes a module containing various classification methods, and is very easy to extend.

A: I have used Erdas Imagine,ENVI ITT,Idrisi Selva,PCI Geomatica. ENVI has IDL extensions which provide you to drive advanced classification algorithms such as SVM,ANN,DT,etc.Idrisi Selva has quite good classification algorithms on both supervised and unsupervised,especially on neural networks(SOM,MLP,RBF,FuzzyART)
.I have also a little experience on Monteverdi,Orfeo Toolbox.It is very user friendly software.
MultiSpec has also classification algorithms for images

A: I have no preference yet (haven't tried any FLOSS alternatives), but I've tested Feature Analyst, a plugin for Arc*. While inferior to e-Cognition, it has a low entry barrier. It's simple to use and offers a nice interface for supervised classification. You can use various "brushes" as the main detection unit, but that doesn't affect the result as much as one would expect. It also has a batch mode, but in my case it was useless, since the rasters needed individual training sample tweaking to give good results.

A: I tried Erdas imagine and has done classification. But if the rulesets are given correctly in e-cognition it produces a better output than erdas. But the development of rulesets are a bit complex in e-Cognition Developer.


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Property tax hike, professional tax among proposals in south body budget
The other highlights of the budget are: starting a smart classroom, engineered landfill site at Okhla, segregation of waste in at least 40 wards, 20 new automated multi-level parking spots, cremation centres and sterilisation units for dogs.
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published: December 5, 2018 4:49:12 am
Senior officials said that due to lack of funds, the civic body has not announced any new initiatives. (Representational Image)f
South Delhi Municipal Corporation Commissioner Puneet Goel Tuesday proposed a hike in property tax on residential properties and levying professional tax, in the budget for financial year 2018-19.
However, as per officials, the proposal may be rejected. The political wing of the body presents a revised budget following the commissioner's budget, and in the past 10 years, the commissioner has increased property
tax, but the political wing has quashed it every time he did so, said officials.
The other highlights of the budget are: starting a smart classroom, engineered landfill site at Okhla, segregation of waste in at least 40 wards, 20 new automated multi-level parking spots, cremation centres and sterilisation units for dogs. These initiatives were proposed by former BJP mayors and councillors in earlier budgets, but could not be executed.
Senior officials said that due to lack of funds, the civic body has not announced any new initiatives.
As per the proposed budget, the rates for residential properties falling under categories A and B will be at 14 per cent instead of 12 per cent; for categories C, D and E, it would be 12 per cent instead of 11 per cent; and eight per cent instead of seven per cent in F, G and H category colonies. It has also proposed to charge property tax at 15 per cent of annual property value for special commercial non-residential properties and other non-residential properties.
Commissioner Goel said: "We plan to increase the earnings of the corporation through various avenues, and one of them is by increasing property tax. There is also a provision to levy a professional tax for the year 2019-20, from which an income of Rs 30 crore is expected for that year," Goel said.
The South body has been able to achieve1,50,490 tonnes of reduction in carbon dioxide emission, according to data. Over 1,43,000 tonnes of CO2 emission was reduced by promotion of LED street lights, and 6,000 tonnes due to rooftop solar plants.
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"White nationalists don't get to reinvent what Viking culture is"
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A Live Action Role Play (LARP) group in Sweden is campaigning to halt the neo-Nazi appropriation of Viking symbols.
Runes and other ancient Viking iconography have long been associated with the Nazism, by groups who use them to propagate the myth of white ethnic purity and supremacy.
Larpers in Sweden have formed Vikingar Mot Rasism (VMR, or Vikings Against Racism) in order to combat the far-right hold over Viking heritage.
"Viking enthusiasts get mistaken for racists and Nazis all the time, and we're very uncomfortable with that. White nationalists don't get to reinvent what Viking culture is," Solvej von Malmborg, a VMR member, told the Local.
The group protested the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) along with thousands of other counter-demonstrators as the group attempted to march through Gothenburg.
The VMR spent time explaining to other anti-racists activists the difference between Viking heritage and neo-Nazi symbols.
Ms von Malmborg continued: "When a symbol becomes too closely connected with a racist movement, it becomes theirs – it belongs to the racists and eventually, using it can be seen as a form of inciting racial hatred. Then the symbol is removed from common cultural use."
The NMR uses an arrow-shaped 'Tyr-rune' against a green background as its logo.
The rune represented the Norse god of war, Tyr, and its shape is believed to be related to the North Star. It was also used by a Nazi SS division.
Other Viking iconography has been used extensively by the far right since the Nazis used them to express their fetishisation of perceived strong ancient and ethnically pure cultures, like the Vikings and Romans.
The Odal rune was part of the Runic alphabet and used by Vikings to denote inherited estate. But it used by the Nazis to symbolise their central concept of 'blood and soil'.
The Waffen SS used runes extensively, including the 'Sig Rune' – originally representing the sun – which formed their logo.
The VMR formed after they noticed more racists attending Viking-themed events several years ago. Ms von Malmborg said their presence was contrary to the inclusive atmosphere of Larp.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vikings-neo-nazis-anti-racists-swedish-nordic-resistance-movement-larp-a7987716.html
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We set the coffee table with the girl's tea cups. They were super excited when I said we could really drink out of them. So we brewed some very fine Gatorade "tea" and had chocolate chip "crumpets".
The girls were so pleased we had a "real" tea party. I love that they are so easily amused.
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LeBron James's 2013 NBA Finals Jersey Set to Score at Sotheby's 'The One' Sale, Among Other Singular Objects From History
Sotheby's is offering the most valuable LeBron James game-worn jersey to ever appear at auction, with its inaugural presentation of cross-category sale "The One." The new annual event celebrates spectacular human achievements in history. Twenty pieces will be auctioned live on January 27, 2023, and displayed alongside Sotheby's Masters Week exhibitions starting January 21.
The legendary basketball player's shirt has all the good vibes from his 2013 NBA Finals Game 7 victory over the Miami Heat, where he hit a double-double with 37 points and 12 rebounds in the game, leading the team to a 95-88 win over the San Antonio Spurs. The game is among the most important performances of James's career, taking place during what is often considered his greatest NBA season. Estimated to fetch $3–$5 million, the jersey is expected to be the star player of the sale.
Other singular objects in "The One" include an extremely rare pair of Chinese export goose-form tureens from the 18th century (estimated to earn $300,000–$500,000), a beautifully preserved ancient metal disc from the Guennol collection ($200,000–$300,000), and a magnificent 14th-century copper head of Buddha from the golden age of Thai art ($300,000–$500,000).
Head of Buddha. Courtesy of Sotheby's.
Sotheby's currently holds the record for game-worn sports memorabilia, with Michael Jordan's 1998 NBA Finals jersey garnering $10.1 million in September 2022. The house also holds the record for the most valuable sneakers sold at auction, with Michael Jordan's Earliest Known Regular Season Game-Worn Nike Air Ships, which brought in a winning $1.5 million in October 2021.
Brahm Wachter, Head of Sotheby's Streetwear and Modern Collectables Department, says that items used in a championship-clinching game are among the most coveted collector's items since they represent the peak of an athlete's career. "Game 7s are the most intense moments for an athlete, a true do-or-die scenario, so a jersey used in Game 7—an NBA Finals championship-clinching game—from an athlete of LeBron James' stature is a really special item in the collecting community," he said.
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Q: Jasmine-node Body is undefined I am new to jasmine and attempting to run a basic test however I keep getting an error.
My testing is as follows
var request = require('request');
var base_url = 'http://localhost:8080'
var getdata = require('../modules/getdata.js')
var index = require('../index.js')
describe("GetData Test",function(){

describe("Get /", function() {
it("returns statusCode 200", function(done) {
  request.get(base_url, function(error, response, body){
    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
    done();
  });
});
it("returns Api is Online", function(done) {
  request.get('base_url', function(error, response, body){
    console.log(request.body)
    expect(body).toBe("Api is online");
    index.closeServer();
    done();
  });
});
});
});

This code is testing the following Functions
server.get('/', getdata.test)

and getdata.test is the following
exports.test = function test(req, res) {
    res.send('Api is online')
};

The first test passes, as the responseCode is indeed 200. However the second tests errors as apparently the body is undefined. Any help? The error is as follows:
jack@JacksLaptop:~/workspace$ npm test

> jack_tidbury_web_api@1.0.0 test /home/jack/workspace
> jasmine-node spec

App running on port 8080
.undefined
F

Failures:

  1) GetData Test Get / returns Api is Online
   Message:
     Expected undefined to be 'Api is online'.
   Stacktrace:
     Error: Expected undefined to be 'Api is online'.
    at Request._callback (/home/jack/workspace/spec/getdata_spec.js:17:22)
    at self.callback (/home/jack/workspace/node_modules/request/request.js:186:22)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Request.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at Request.init (/home/jack/workspace/node_modules/request/request.js:274:17)
    at new Request (/home/jack/workspace/node_modules/request/request.js:128:8)
    at request (/home/jack/workspace/node_modules/request/index.js:54:10)
    at Function.get (/home/jack/workspace/node_modules/request/index.js:62:12)

Finished in 0.051 seconds
2 tests, 2 assertions, 1 failure, 0 skipped

npm ERR! Test failed.  See above for more details.

A: You meant response body instead of request.body. Also, you are getting 'base_url' instead of base_url. Try this:
it("returns Api is Online", function(done) {
  // Here you were getting 'base_url', which threw an error because that's not a valid url
  request.get(base_url, function(error, response, body){
    console.log(body); // Here you were logging request.body
    expect(body).toBe("Api is online");
    index.closeServer();
    done();
  });
});


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16 Analyses and Optimization of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Direct Recycled Aluminium Alloy (AA6061) Wastes by ANOVA Approach
Authors: Mohammed H. Rady, Mohd Sukri Mustapa, S Shamsudin, M. A. Lajis, A. Wagiman
The present study is aimed at investigating microhardness and density of aluminium alloy chips when subjected to various settings of preheating temperature and preheating time. Three values of preheating temperature were taken as 450 °C, 500 °C, and 550 °C. On the other hand, three values of preheating time were chosen (1, 2, 3) hours. The influences of the process parameters (preheating temperature and time) were analyzed using Design of Experiments (DOE) approach whereby full factorial design with center point analysis was adopted. The total runs were 11 and they comprise of two factors of full factorial design with 3 center points. The responses were microhardness and density. The results showed that the density and microhardness increased with decreasing the preheating temperature. The results also found that the preheating temperature is more important to be controlled rather than the preheating time in microhardness analysis while both the preheating temperature and preheating time are important in density analysis. It can be concluded that setting temperature at 450 °C for 1 hour resulted in the optimum responses.
Keywords: Density, Microhardness, hot extrusion, DOE, AA6061
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15 Solar Seawater Desalination Still with Seawater Preheater Using Efficient Heat Transfer Oil: Numerical Investigation and Data Verification
Authors: Ahmed N. Shmroukh, Gamal Tag Abdel-Jaber, Rashed D. Aldughpassi
The feasibility of improving the performance of the proposed solar still unit which operated in very hot climate is investigated numerically and verified with experimental data. This solar desalination unit with proposed auxiliary device as seawater preheating system using petrol based textherm oil was used to produce pure fresh water from seawater. The effective evaporation area of basin is about 1 m2. The unit was tested in two main operation modes which are normal and with seawater preheating system. The results showed that, there is good agreement between the theoretical data and the experimental data; this means that the numerical model can be accurately dependable for predicting the proposed solar still performance and design parameters. The results also showed that the fresh water productivity of the solar still in the modified preheating case which is higher than normal case, leads to an increase in productivity of 42%.
Keywords: Seawater Desalination, theoretical model, improving productivity, solar stills
14 A Performance Analysis Study of an Active Solar Still Integrating Fin at the Basin Plate
Authors: O. Ansari, H. Hafs, A. Bah, M. Asbik, M. Malha, M. Bakhouya
Water is one of the most important and vulnerable natural resources due to human activities and climate change. Water-level continues declining year after year and it is primarily caused by sustained, extensive, and traditional usage methods. Improving water utilization becomes an urgent issue in order satisfy the increasing population needs. Desalination of seawater or brackish water could help in increasing water potential. However, a cost-effective desalination process is required. The most appropriate method for performing this desalination is solar-driven distillation, given its simplicity, low cost and especially the availability of the solar energy source. The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate the influence of coupling integrated basin plate by fins with preheating by solar collector on the performance of solar still. The energy balance equations for the various elements of the solar still are introduced. A numerical example is used to show the efficiency of the proposed solution.
Keywords: Desalination, fins, Solar Collector, active solar still, Brackisch water
13 High Efficiency Solar Thermal Collectors Utilization in Process Heat: A Case Study of Textile Finishing Industry
Authors: Gökçen A. Çiftçioğlu, M. A. Neşet Kadırgan, Figen Kadırgan
Solar energy, since it is available every day, is seen as one of the most valuable renewable energy resources. Thus, the energy of sun should be efficiently used in various applications. The most known applications that use solar energy are heating water and spaces. High efficiency solar collectors need appropriate selective surfaces to absorb the heat. Selective surfaces (Selektif-Sera) used in this study are applied to flat collectors, which are produced by a roll to roll cost effective coating of nano nickel layers, developed in Selektif Teknoloji Co. Inc. Efficiency of flat collectors using Selektif-Sera absorbers are calculated in collaboration with Institute for Solar Technik Rapperswil, Switzerland. The main cause of high energy consumption in industry is mostly caused from low temperature level processes. There is considerable effort in research to minimize the energy use by renewable energy sources such as solar energy. A feasibility study will be presented to obtain the potential of solar thermal energy utilization in the textile industry using these solar collectors. For the feasibility calculations presented in this study, textile dyeing and finishing factory located at Kahramanmaras is selected since the geographic location was an important factor. Kahramanmaras is located in the south east part of Turkey thus has a great potential to have solar illumination much longer. It was observed that, the collector area is limited by the available area in the factory, thus a hybrid heating generating system (lignite/solar thermal) was preferred in the calculations of this study to be more realistic. During the feasibility work, the calculations took into account the preheating process, where well waters heated from 15 °C to 30-40 °C by using the hot waters in heat exchangers. Then the preheated water was heated again by high efficiency solar collectors. Economic comparison between the lignite use and solar thermal collector use was provided to determine the optimal system that can be used efficiently. The optimum design of solar thermal systems was studied depending on the optimum collector area. It was found that the solar thermal system is more economic and efficient than the merely lignite use. Return on investment time is calculated as 5.15 years.
Keywords: Solar energy, Heating, Solar Heating
12 Analysis of Heat Exchanger Network of Distillation Unit of Shiraz Oil Refinery
Authors: J. Khorshidi, E. Zare, A.R. Khademi
The reduction of energy consumption through improvements in energy efficiency has become an important goal for all industries, in order to improve the efficiency of the economy, and to reduce the emissions of Co2 caused by power generation. The objective of this paper is to investigate opportunities to increase process energy efficiency at the distillation unit of Shiraz oil refinery in south of Iran. The main aim of the project is to locate energy savings by use of pinch technology and to assess them. At first all the required data of hot and cold streams in preheating section of distillation unit has been extracted from the available flow sheets and then pinch analysis has been conducted. The present case study is a threshold one which does not need any utilities. After running range, targeting several heat exchanger networks were designed with respect to operating conditions and different ΔTmin. The optimal value of ΔTmin was calculated to be 22.3 °C. Based on this optimal value, there will be 5% reduction in annual total cost of heat exchanger network.
Keywords: Pinch Technology, heat exchanger network, operating cost
11 Coupling Heat and Mass Transfer for Hydrogen-Assisted Self-Ignition Behaviors of Propane-Air Mixtures in Catalytic Micro-Channels
Authors: Junjie Chen, Deguang Xu
Transient simulation of the hydrogen-assisted self-ignition of propane-air mixtures were carried out in platinum-coated micro-channels from ambient cold-start conditions, using a two-dimensional model with reduced-order reaction schemes, heat conduction in the solid walls, convection and surface radiation heat transfer. The self-ignition behavior of hydrogen-propane mixed fuel is analyzed and compared with the heated feed case. Simulations indicate that hydrogen can successfully cause self-ignition of propane-air mixtures in catalytic micro-channels with a 0.2 mm gap size, eliminating the need for startup devices. The minimum hydrogen composition for propane self-ignition is found to be in the range of 0.8-2.8% (on a molar basis), and increases with increasing wall thermal conductivity, and decreasing inlet velocity or propane composition. Higher propane-air ratio results in earlier ignition. The ignition characteristics of hydrogen-assisted propane qualitatively resemble the selectively inlet feed preheating mode. Transient response of the mixed hydrogen- propane fuel reveals sequential ignition of propane followed by hydrogen. Front-end propane ignition is observed in all cases. Low wall thermal conductivities cause earlier ignition of the mixed hydrogen-propane fuel, subsequently resulting in low exit temperatures. The transient-state behavior of this micro-scale system is described, and the startup time and minimization of hydrogen usage are discussed.
Keywords: Heat Transfer, Micro-combustion, catalytic combustion, transient simulation, Self-ignition, Hydrogen addition
10 Experimental Investigation and Hardness Analysis of Chromoly Steel Multipass Welds Using GMAW
Authors: Ramesh S., Sasiraaju A. S., Sidhaarth K., Sudhan Rajkumar N., Manivel Muralidaran V.
This work presents the result of investigations aimed at determining the hardness of the welded Chromoly (A 4130) steel plate of 2" thickness. Multi pass welding for the thick sections was carried out and analyzed for the Chromoly alloy steel plates. The study of hardness at the weld metal reveals that there is the presence of different micro structure products which yields diverse properties. The welding carried out using GMAW with ER70s-2 electrode. Single V groove design was selected for the butt joint configuration. The presence of hydrogen has been suppressed by selecting low hydrogen electrode. Preheating of the plate prior to welding reduces the cooling rate which also affects the weld metal microstructure. The shielding gas composition used in this analysis is 80% Ar-20% CO2. The experimental analysis gives the detailed study of the hardness of the material.
Keywords: Hardness, chromoly, gas metal arc weld (GMAW), multi pass weld, shielding gas composition
9 On the Thermal Behavior of the Slab in a Reheating Furnace with Radiation
Authors: Gyo Woo Lee, Man Young Kim
A mathematical heat transfer model for the prediction of transient heating of the slab in a direct-fired walking beam type reheating furnace has been developed by considering the nongray thermal radiation with given furnace environments. The furnace is modeled as radiating nongray medium with carbon dioxide and water with five-zoned gas temperature and the furnace wall is considered as a constant temperature lower than furnace gas one. The slabs are moving with constant velocity depending on the residence time through the non-firing, charging, preheating, heating, and final soaking zones. Radiative heat flux obtained by considering the radiative heat exchange inside the furnace as well as convective one from the surrounding hot gases are introduced as boundary condition of the transient heat conduction within the slab. After validating thermal radiation model adopted in this work, thermal fields in both model and real reheating furnace are investigated in terms of radiative heat flux in the furnace and temperature inside the slab. The results show that the slab in the furnace can be more heated with higher slab emissivity and residence time.
Keywords: Radiative Heat Transfer, reheating furnace, steel slab, WSGGM, emissivity, residence time
8 Friction Stir Welded Joint Aluminum Alloy H20-H20 with Different Type of Tools Mechanical Properties
Authors: Omid A. Zargar
In this project three type of tools, straight cylindrical, taper cylindrical and triangular tool all made of High speed steel (Wc-Co) used for the friction stir welding (FSW) aluminum alloy H20–H20 and the mechanical properties of the welded joint tested by tensile test and vicker hardness test. Besides, mentioned mechanical properties compared with each other to make conclusion. The result helped design of welding parameter optimization for different types of friction stir process like rotational speed, depth of welding, travel speed, type of material, type of joint, work piece dimension, joint dimension, tool material and tool geometry. Previous investigations in different types of materials work pieces; joint type, machining parameter and preheating temperature take placed. In this investigation 3 mentioned tool types that are popular in FSW tested and the results completed other aspects of the process. Hope this paper can open a new horizon in experimental investigation of mechanical properties for friction stir welded joint with other different type of tools like oval shape probe, paddle shape probe, three flat sided probe, and three sided re-entrant probe and other materials and alloys like titanium or steel in near future.
Keywords: friction stir welding (FSW), tensile test, tool, Vickers hardness test, CNC milling machine, aluminum alloy H20, straight cylindrical tool, taper cylindrical tool, triangular tool
7 Experimental Investigation of Karanja Oil as a Fuel for Diesel Engine-Using Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
Authors: Nabnit Panigrahi, M. K. Mohanty, S. K. Acharya, S. R Mishra, R. C. Mohanty
This paper presents experimental investigation carried out on an unmodified four stroke diesel engine running with preheated straight vegetable oil (SVO) of Karanja. The viscosity of straight karanja oil was reduced by preheating the oil up to 1600C under different load condition. The preheating was done with the help of a Shell and Tube heat exchanger equipment without using any external power source. The heat exchanger was designed in the lab and the heating source was by waste exhaust gas from engine. The experimental results data were analyzed by using 20% blends of svo of Karanja with 80% diesel by volume and 100% preheated svo of karanja for various parameters like specific fuel consumption, brake thermal efficiency and emission of exhaust gas like CO, CO2, HC and NOx. The results indicated that by using straight karanja oil, the emission parameter increases as compared to diesel but regarding engine performance it was found to be very close to that of diesel. All total it can be a replacement of diesel with a small efficiency drop.
Keywords: Performance Analysis, karanja oil, Shell &Tube heat exchanger, SVO
6 Biocompatibility of NiTi Alloy Implants in vivo
Authors: Gul Tosun, Emine Ünsaldi Latif Özler, Nuri Orhan, Ali Said Durmus, Hatice Eröksüz
In this study, the powders of Ni and Ti with 50.5 at.% Ni for 12 h were blended and cold pressed at the different pressures (50, 75 and100 MPa).The porous product obtained after Ni-Ti compacts were synthesized by SHS (self-propagating hightemperature synthesis) in the different preheating temperatures (200, 250 and 300oC) and heating rates (30, 60 and 90oC/min). The effects of the pressure, preheating temperature and heating rate were investigated on biocompatibility in vivo. The porosity in the synthesized products was in the range of 50.7–59.7 vol. %. The pressure, preheating temperature and heating rate were found to have an important effect on the biocompatibility in-vivo of the synthesized products. Max. fibrotic tissue within the porous implant was found in vivo periods (6 months), in which compacting pressure 100MPa.
Keywords: Biocompatibility, Biomaterial, NiTi, SHS
5 Effect of Preheating Temperature and Chamber Pressure on the Properties of Porous NiTi Alloy Prepared by SHS Technique
Authors: Wisutmethangoon S., Denmud N., Sikong L.
The fabrication of porous NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs) from elemental powder compacts was conducted by selfpropagating high temperature synthesis (SHS). Effects of the preheating temperature and the chamber pressure on the combustion characteristics as well as the final morphology and the composition of products were studied. The samples with porosity between 56.4 and 59.0% under preheating temperature in the range of 200-300°C and Ar-gas chamber pressure of 138 and 201 kPa were obtained. The pore structures were found to be dissimilar only in the samples processed with different preheating temperature. The major phase in the porous product is NiTi with small amounts of secondary phases, NiTi2 and Ni4Ti3. The preheating temperature and the chamber pressure have very little effect on the phase constituent. While the combustion temperature of the sample was notably increased by increasing the preheating temperature, they were slightly changed by varying the chamber pressure.
Keywords: Porous Materials, Combustion Synthesis, shape memory alloy, self propagating high temperature synthesis
4 Adjusting the Furnace and Converter Temperature of the Sulfur Recovery Units
Authors: Hamid Reza Mahdipoor, Hamid Ganji, Hamed Naderi, Hajar Yousefian, Hooman Javaherizadeh
The modified Claus process is commonly used in oil refining and gas processing to recover sulfur and destroy contaminants formed in upstream processing. A Claus furnace feed containing a relatively low concentration of H2S may be incapable of producing a stable flame. Also, incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons in the feed can lead to deterioration of the catalyst in the reactors due to soot or carbon deposition. Therefore, special consideration is necessary to achieve the appropriate overall sulfur recovery. In this paper, some configurations available to treat lean acid gas streams are described and the most appropriate ones are studied to overcome low H2S concentration problems. As a result, overall sulfur recovery is investigated for feed preheating and hot gas configurations.
Keywords: sulfur recovery unit, Low H2S content
3 Experimental Investigations on the Use of Preheated Neat Karanja Oil as Fuel in a Compression Ignition Engine
Authors: Sagar Pramodrao Kadu, Rajendra H. Sarda
The concerns about clean environment and high oil prices driving forces for the research on alternative fuels. The research efforts directed towards improving the performance of C.I engines using vegetable oil as fuel. The paper deals results of performance of a four stroke, single cylinder C.I. engine by preheated neat Karanja oil is done from 30 o C to 100 o C. The performance of the engine was studied for a speed range between 1500 to 4000 rpm, with the engine operated under full load conditions. The performance parameters considered for comparing are brake specific fuel consumption, thermal efficiency, brake power, Nox emission of the engine. The engine offers lower thermal efficiency when it is powered by preheated neat Karanja oil at higher speed. The power developed and Nox emission increase with the increase in the fuel inlet temperature and the specific fuel consumption is higher than diesel fuel operation at all elevated fuel inlet temperature.
Keywords: compression ignition engine, alternative fuel, neatKaranja oil, preheating
2 Investigation of Tool Temperature and Surface Quality in Hot Machining of Hard-to-Cut Materials
Authors: M.Davami, M.Zadshakoyan
Production of hard-to-cut materials with uncoated carbide cutting tools in turning, not only cause tool life reduction but also, impairs the product surface roughness. In this paper, influence of hot machining method were studied and presented in two cases. Case1-Workpiece surface roughness quality with constant cutting parameter and 300 ºC initial workpiece surface temperature. Case 2- Tool temperature variation when cutting with two speeds 78.5 (m/min) and 51 (m/min). The workpiece material and tool used in this study were AISI 1060 steel (45HRC) and uncoated carbide TNNM 120408-SP10(SANDVIK Coromant) respectively. A gas flam heating source was used to preheating of the workpiece surface up to 300 ºC, causing reduction of yield stress about 15%. Results obtained experimentally, show that the method used can considerably improved surface quality of the workpiece.
Keywords: SurfaceRoughness, Hard-to-cut material, Hot machining, Tool Temperature
1 Optimum Conditions for Effective Decomposition of Toluene as VOC Gas by Pilot-Scale Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer
Authors: S. Iijima, K. Nakayama, D. Kuchar, M. Kubota, H. Matsuda
Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) is one of the best solutions for removal of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) from industrial processes. In the RTO, VOC in a raw gas are usually decomposed at 950-1300 K and the combustion heat of VOC is recovered by regenerative heat exchangers charged with ceramic honeycombs. The optimization of the treatment of VOC leads to the reduction of fuel addition to VOC decomposition, the minimization of CO2 emission and operating cost as well. In the present work, the thermal efficiency of the RTO was investigated experimentally in a pilot-scale RTO unit using toluene as a typical representative of VOC. As a result, it was recognized that the radiative heat transfer was dominant in the preheating process of a raw gas when the gas flow rate was relatively low. Further, it was found that a minimum heat exchanger volume to achieve self combustion of toluene without additional heating of the RTO by fuel combustion was dependent on both the flow rate of a raw gas and the concentration of toluene. The thermal efficiency calculated from fuel consumption and the decomposed toluene ratio, was found to have a maximum value of 0.95 at a raw gas mass flow rate of 1810 kg·h-1 and honeycombs height of 1.5m.
Keywords: Volatile Organic Compounds, toluene, Regenerative Heat Exchange, Self Combustion


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Tories, Israel, and Chutzpah
Two weeks ago, like Jewish people around the world, I went to my local synagogue on Yom Kippur for Kol Nidre prayers. I saw a giant "Shana Tova" campaign poster just outside my shul in Westmount proclaiming the Conservatives as the only party that will stand by Israel "through fire and water".
It wasn't just our shul. People across the country reported seeing these campaign posters put up outside their synagogues just in time for the High Holidays.
Our rabbi was angry. So were a number of members of the community. So was I. As we stood in the lobby waiting for Kol Nidre services to start, the discussions in hushed whispers were adamant among the (largely Liberal-leaning) members of the congregation.
After all, it's one thing for political candidates to send a new year's greeting. That's nice, and more or less expected. It's quite another for them to campaign, without permission I might add, opportunistically on a religious holiday, slamming opposition parties in the process.
Of all the things that offend me about the Conservatives — and there are many — the blatant way that Stephen Harper has tried to paint himself as the pro-Israel candidate to win Jewish votes might be the worst.
The sheer chutzpah that it takes for a party opposed to the most basic Jewish values — knowledge and debate, respect, derech eretz, tikun olam — and the way that it's been done — through lies, wedge politics, scapegoating of the "other", manipulation and lies to many (often elderly) voters — offends me on a viscerally personal level.
Consider just a few of the following points:
Many of our parents and grandparents remember "None Is Too Many" all too well, when the Mackenzie-King government shut Canada's doors to Jewish refugees desperate to escape Europe before World War II. Stephen Harper's government has made similar declarations about refugees desperately fleeing Syria. The Harper government even went so far as to take away basic healthcare for refugees.
The Jewish community has been a victim of scapegoating and wedge politics far, far too many times in our history. The way that Stephen Harper has used the niqab issue to play wedge politics with Muslims is something that we should all take personally.
Judaism values knowledge and learning. Stephen Harper has declared a war on science and data, crippled Statistics Canada, and has burned books and records.
Tzedakah and helping those less fortunate is a basic Jewish principle. 50,000 Canadian Jews live below the poverty line. The Tories' policies to combat poverty involve tax cuts for the rich and for oil companies, while cutting EI benefits and social assistance.
Protecting the environment is a Jewish value. This one ought to be self-explanatory, but in case it's not, here's a rundown of the Tories' record on this front.
The new Conservative law allowing the government to strip the citizenship of anyone convicted of treason, terrorism or other crimes provided they have — or are eligible for — citizenship of another country should be of concern to Jews, since the Law of Return specifies that we're all technically eligible for Israeli citizenship. And, given how vaguely the law defines the circumstances under which citizenship can be stripped — in theory, anything "anti-government" could qualify — this effectively turns us all into second class citizens.
The above is just the tip of the iceberg. Suffice to say that the Conservatives have proven that they are the antitheses of Jewish values on most issues of concern to Canadians. There are more than enough reasons on the home front for Jewish voters to reject the Tories and vote for someone — anyone — else.
But what about the original claim? Chutzpah or not, is Stephen Harper right that his government is the only one that staunchly supports Israel?
The answer is no. As Times of Israel's Fred Maroun explains, this whole claim is nothing but opportunism:
It seems that Harper's support for Israel "through fire and water" may not be much more than hot air. This may explain why the Israeli media coverage of Harper's speech at the Knesset was almost non-existent. It seems that while Harper makes a big deal about his government's support for Israel, the deal is not very big after all.
In contrast, the Liberal party has a long and committed history of staunchly supporting Israel. Former MP Irwin Cotler in Mount Royal was a stalwart supporter of human rights and spokesperson in Parliament for Israel. The ugliness of the campaign in Mont-Royal shows how the Tories will use every dirty trick in the book to try to win the staunchly Liberal riding. But current polls suggest that they're failing to do so. People know and recognize the Liberals' commitment to Israel, and aren't going to be fooled by Tory lies.
The NDP's record on the topic is less clear. The party has a history of running fringe candidates with anti-Israel leanings, like Libby Davies or Svend Robinson. and of integrating viewpoints from Israel's enemies. But, as the party has moved closer to the centre under Thomas Mulcair has been making strides to clean up its act. Mulcair himself is a staunch supporter of Israel, married to a French Jewish woman with relatives in Israel. And he's ejected anti-Israel candidates from his party and clarified the party's position in support of Israel — albeit within the context of UN resolutions that have very little in the way of credibility. While I can understand that supporters of Israel may have significantly more trepidation about voting NDP, they have been moving in the right direction.
The Canadian Jewish News ran Q&As with both leaders. You can find them here for Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair.
I'm not religious but I have a strong and committed Jewish identity. I'm a staunch supporter of Eretz Israel. These are basic truths to me, not cards in the deck of politicos looking to score cheap points.
Count me among the Canadian Jews who are pushing back. We do not want your brand of "support", Mr. Harper.
And you'll pay for it how, exactly?
It's a Conservative Minority
Whaddaya mean, anti-Israel?
Britain pledges to highlight cause of "forgotten" Jewish refugees
Two weeks till the election
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Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America
January 29, 2014, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location Yogi Berra Museum
SponsorYogi Berra Museum & Learning CenterCostRegular museum admissionPosted InCampus Events
Hometown Teams, a traveling exhibition from the world-famous Smithsonian Institution that explores the connection between sports and community, is making its New Jersey premiere at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center.
Opening five days before this year's Super Bowl just a few miles away in the Meadowlands, Hometown Teams is the story of how sports connect generations and makes passionate, lifelong fans out of many of us. The exhibit is part of the Smithsonian's "Museum on Main Street" program, in association with the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
The exhibit can be seen at the Museum from Jan. 29-March 16, 2014. A series of public programs connected to the exhibit will include a February sports film series, children's sports art drawing classes, and a one-day sportswriting seminar.
The central theme of the Hometown Teams exhibition is the ongoing cultural processes that have made America such a celebrator of sports, through teamwork, leadership, and team pride.
Through a selection of photographs, artifacts, and memorabilia, the Hometown Teams exhibition explores various aspects of sports and teams, from how and why we play these games to what makes us fans and why we root for our home teams. The story is full of surprises about familiar games, histories of our teams and sports traditions, and how sports and teams have become such an integral part of American society.