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HomeEquipmentMaterial Handling & TransportationIncreasing Value of Input Costs Demands Focus on Waste Prevention
Increasing Value of Input Costs Demands Focus on Waste Prevention
Control systems automatically weigh and feed the right amount of material.
The stark reality of empty supermarket shelves has forced consumers to learn about supply chains and forced processors to question the stability of their supply chains. Without reliable access to raw material staples such as flour, sugar, and salt, many processors simply cannot produce. While many consumers remain unaware of the coming shortage of a broad range of foods, most processors pay close attention to their input costs. They understand the impact of last year's widespread flooding and wild fires, and how the destruction of huge swaths of croplands, pastures, and vineyards translates to less crops, less livestock, and more scarcity worldwide.
This global decline in agricultural production drives up the input costs for the processor and must drive up the price at the wholesale and consumer levels accordingly. Now, every ingredient has become more and more precious and the cost of waste has become less and less acceptable.
The following considerations are offered to help identify areas in the plant that are prone to product loss and to minimize its impact:
In most plants, the receiving area represents the primary source of waste as product loss. Especially true among smaller companies and those working in older facilities, receiving typically involves unloading bulk bags from delivery trucks, raising them on a lift truck, and transferring them onto storage racks. It is not uncommon for a forklift tine to puncture a bulk bag or gaylord or for a sack to slip from its pallet. The spillage from one bag on one delivery won't disrupt production or show up on the bottom line. But over time, the spillage from one bag lost on every delivery may show up as an unexpectedly high cost of raw materials.
Moving downstream, transferring ingredients from one stage to another often invites product loss. Pulling a bulk bag from storage risks contact via the forklift. Emptying the bag into a sack tipping station, hopper, screener, or mixer risks loss as spillage, dust, and incomplete bag emptying. Moving the ingredients on an exposed belt conveyor, bucket elevator, or other equipment also risks loss, as well as contamination. Training workers to take extra care when handling ingredients may be helpful and--if the volume permits--a vertical silo storage system with pneumatic conveying for material transfer may be considered. -
Connections, Seals, and Leaks
From touring hundreds of processing facilities around the world over the years, it seems many plant managers tolerate a fair amount of product loss as a cost of doing business. Producing huge quantities of finished product from huge quantities of raw materials under tight production deadlines often overshadows a one percent loss as waste. The bigger the operation, the easier it can become to ignore the little piles of powder that gradually form under a worn pipe elbow, for example, or from a leaking rotary valve. However, the larger the operation, the larger the value of the one percent loss as waste. This can add up quickly but in a time of projected material scarcity, one percent costs far too much. Tolerating more than one percent becomes simply irresponsible. Operating in a workplace littered with various powders also creates both a combustible dust hazard and a slips, trips, and falls hazard, while compromising the cleanliness required for sanitary processing.
Downtime due to an equipment failure is often a choice that can be avoided. Before investing in new equipment, pay close attention to maintaining the existing equipment. Start with piping, elbows, valves, rotary airlocks, and any connections. Leaks commonly occur first at these links. It isn't difficult to check for leaks and seal them as a minor repair before they need replacement. Rotary valves and other machinery that rely on shafts and bearings will eventually wear the seal and need repair, but better to repair the seal than replace the entire bearing assembly while under the weight of unplanned downtime.
Mixers, blenders, and other process equipment also rely on secure seals that dry out over time. Consider the discharge at the bottom of a mixer. A leak at the seal results in a loss of finished product - even worse than a loss of raw material at receiving. A complete failure at the discharge may result in the loss of an entire batch as waste and cause a sticky mess spanning two stories. Yet for most maintenance technicians, checking seals is standard practice and replacing worn seals is an easy project, if detected in time. Similar seals are used in mixers, dryers, and vessels around access doors, hatches, and ports for access to the interior and these also need to be inspected periodically to verify their condition.
Operator Error
Human error represents another source of product waste common to nearly every facility. As many managers struggle with finding and keeping capable staffers, it is no secret that an occasional batch needs to be discarded as waste due to operator error or a lapse of attention. Depending on the size of the batch, the time and materials required to rework the product, and the time required to clean the machinery, one wasted batch usually costs thousands of dollars in hard costs plus more in time and other less tangible costs, and these costs are far more likely to jump in the coming years than to decline. Operators given proper training and supported with ongoing reinforcement may catch errors before they happen. For an additional measure of prevention, a range of available control technology can address product loss. Digital records, for example, document ingredient usage through the feeder to track consumption and verify that only the desired amount of material is being used without excess.
While a product loss of 1% may be tolerated, especially when working with relatively inexpensive raw materials, a 2% loss typically triggers not only a maintenance check but an investigation into new machinery and equipment. In a scenario where nearly every ingredient becomes a high-value ingredient, identifying and addressing sources of product loss may permit an increase in on-spec product with less waste, less labor, and at reduced energy costs.
For more information, contact Rene Meira Medina, Gericke USA, at [email protected] or 855-888-0088, or visit gerickegroup.com.
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Q: Regex for NLP rules I need to come up with several regular expressions for some natural language processing rules. I am a beginner in Java so some direction would be useful and good enough for me to come up with expressions for the rest of the rules. The rule is as follows:
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e.g. ... works by such authors as Herrick,
Goldsmith, and Shakespeare.
Here NP is a noun chunk in a sentence which I get from:
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Isaac's evening occupation was very admirable. If those who spend so many hours in idle company, light reading, and useless pastimes could learn wisdom, they would find more profitable society and more interesting engagements in meditation than in the vanities that now hold such appeal for them. We would all know more, live closer to God, and grow in grace if we were alone more often.
We have all been there. We have all struggled. We have all been tempted, and at one point or another, we have given in. Every person alive has purchased something, seen something, said something, heard something, touched something, or even ate something they shouldn't have. We have all been tempted.
Of course, just like last year, a new year is upon us. It is a new year: A new year to grow in Christ, a new year to write on checks, and a new year for changes. Many people make New Year resolutions and while they are sometimes very good, healthy and beneficial, they often do not last more than a week or two.
During the season that leads up to Christmas, you may have heard of the term Advent or the Season of Advent in various church settings, songs or publications. While the Advent season is celebrated specifically in traditional churches and denominations of a liturgical background, all Christians can heartily celebrate the Principle of Advent.


(Nanowerk News) By doping a thermoelectric material with minute amounts of sulfur, a team of researchers has found a new path to large improvements in the efficiency of materials for solid-state heating and cooling and waste energy recapture. This approach profoundly alters the electronic band structure of the material – bismuth telluride selenide — improving the so-called "figure of merit," a ranking of a material's performance that determines efficiency in applications and opening the door to advanced applications of thermoelectric materials to harvest waste heat from power plants to computer chips.
By doping thermoelectric materials with minute amounts of sulfur, researchers have found a new approach to materials for solid-state heating and cooling, and waste energy recapture.
Thermoelectric materials can convert a voltage to a thermal gradient – causing one side of a material to become hot or cold — and vice-versa. The efficiency with which a material is able to convert a voltage to a thermal gradient is mainly determined by the material's figure of merit. State-of-the-art thermoelectric materials are not very efficient, limiting their use to niche applications such as picnic refrigerators, domestic water heaters, car-seat climate control and night vision goggles. With substantial improvement in figure of merit, thermoelectric materials could be used for more advanced applications, such as harvesting waste heat in power plants and engines, and cooling computer chips.
The figure of merit of a thermoelectric material depends on three properties: electrical conductivity – the ability of the material to conduct electrons; Seebeck coefficient – the ability to cross-convert electricity and heat; and thermal conductivity – the ability of the material to conduct heat. For a high figure of merit, a material would have high electrical conductivity, high Seebeck coefficient, and low thermal conductivity. One barrier to achieving high figure of merit is that electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient have an inverse relationship; one increases the other decreases.
"The big challenge in generating power with thermoelectrics is how to get high voltage and low resistance at the same time. Our work shows a new and important way forward: we need to optimize this method and put it into practice," said David Singh, a University of Missouri professor whose theoretical calculations provide a basis to explain the observed results in terms of complex changes in the electronic band structure shape.
The research is detailed in the May 11, 2016, online issue of Advanced Materials ("Harnessing topological band effects in bismuth telluride selenide for large enhancements in thermoelectric properties through isovalent doping"). The work is a collaboration between researchers at Rensselaer, University of Missouri, and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Germany. For this work, Devender — the first author of the paper and a doctoral student of Ramanath — received a Norman Stoloff award for graduate research excellence by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer. Devender currently works at GlobalFoundries Inc.
Ramanath's research exemplifies the work being done at The New Polytechnic, addressing difficult and complex global challenges, the need for interdisciplinary and true collaboration, and the use of the latest tools and technologies, many of which are developed at Rensselaer. His research focuses on nanomaterials and interfaces for applications in electronics and energy. His investigations include the development of new types of bulk materials and thin films through directed synthesis and assembly, as well as the creation of molecularly tailored interfaces with novel or unique properties. Ramanath's recent discoveries include a new class of thermoelectric nanomaterials — including this new variant of sulfur doped bismuth telluride selenide — built from assemblies of sculpted nanostructures for high-efficiency solid-state refrigeration and electricity harvesting from waste heat, along with nanomolecular layers of "nanoglue" that can join non-sticking materials, inhibit chemical intermixing, and boost thermal transport.


The third section is variable based on the patients age. For a patient 18 and older, a more thorough periodontal assessment would be completed and for patients under 18, a pediatric assessment would be completed. (In those cases of a patient under 18 with periodontal issues, complete a periodontal assessment instead of a pediatric assessment). Now onto the things covered in this section. Go here for a refresher on normal periodontal assessment.
First is all about bone levels. I would start with horizontal bone levels in relation to the cemento-enamel junction. (I used this as a reference point as it is easily identified on images). Also, bitewing radiographs are ideal due to a vertical angle being closer to 0.
Then off to any vertical bone defects, furcation involvement or cortical plate loss detectable.
Second is crown (clinical crown) to root ratio. An average would be between 1:2 or 2:3 for most teeth. Being that some dentitions could have multiples, I would limit the possible ratios to 3 or 4. I didn't want students creating a ridiculous amount and would more focus on if the ratio was positive or negative.
Third was a combination of multiple different things – open contacts between teeth (true open contacts not a radiographic open contact), drifting, tipping and rotation of teeth. For drifting and tipping the report would include direction such as mesial or distal. For the rotation, I didn't add in the direction but go for it if you'd like.
This area would also include any restoration defects such as overhangs or open margins identified.
Last is radiographic calculus interpretation.
Now, onto a sample completed report.
Don't forget a negative statement for everything listed above if nothing is identified to show that those things were still evaluated for but not found.
Next will be pediatric assessment for patients under 18.


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Constellations (ou comment arrêter le temps)
Tambour is the musical project from Simon P. Castonguay, a Montreal-based composer and self-taught multi-instrumentalist who also has a background in film studies and has done work in the world of theatre. Entitled Constellations (ou comment arrêter le temps), it is meant as both a reflection of the passage of time as well as a window into Castonguay's own recent past. The album's subtitle translates to "or how to stop time" and that is what he does through both the format and compositions that make up the record. While each of the five pieces can be fully enjoyed on their own, the greatest payoff comes from listening all the way through. Perhaps the symbolism of the constellations suggests this. Each has its own pattern and its own story, but together they make up the whole of the night sky which unfolds with an even grander beauty. And just as the light from those stars is a reflection of a past that has taken light-years to reach our eyes, the music Castonguay and his ensemble have created is a reflection of moments and memories from a personal past distilled into resplendent melodic form and held together by unseen magic. Be sure to check out In the studio with Tambour.
Christopher Willits
Christopher Willits is an artist, teacher, musician, and guitarist based in San Francisco who has a diverse catalogue of over 25 releases to his credit and has collaborated with such illustrious names in the field as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Taylor Deupree, and Tycho. He is also the founder of a nonprofit audio platform called Envelop which empowers 3D listening experiences through a combination of immersive sound venues and open-source audio production tools. Willits will be employing these himself to bring performances of his forthcoming new album Sunset to live audiences. The music on this record for Ghostly International has a simple but profound objective. As he traverses the phases of twilight, Willits tints his lush, serene drones with the spectrum of colours from the incandescent yellows and oranges of the golden hour to the cool, diffuse purples and blues of the approaching evening. Environmental cues are woven into the background to complete the sense of immersion. Whether you listen to Sunset as instructed or just let the music transport you from another setting, these beautifully sculpted soundscapes come as close as one can imagine to capturing the magic of being fully present in the gloaming.
Jane Antonia Cornish
Having immersed us in the empyrean beauty of the cosmos with last year's Constellations, BAFTA award-winning composer Jane Antonia Cornish turns her gaze from the heavenly to the pelagic on her new record, an exceptional new collection of cyclical works for piano, strings, bass guitar, and electronics entitled Seascapes. Once again, Cornish achieves a consummate balance between painterly eloquence, cinematic grandeur, and refined minimalist expression as she captures the vastness and wonder of her chosen subject framed in contemplative stillness. In Stationary Travels' 2017 interview with Cornish, she remarked how she is "intrigued by silence" and "how space and quiet within music is as important as sound". This aesthetic abounds on Seascapes and is clearly reflected in the exquisite performances that bring the pieces to life including featured pianist Vicky Chow. Music about the sea may be easy to find in any genre, but the kind of patient and profound beauty on display here is of the rarest kind.
Words by Brian Housman of Stationary Travels
Celer, Jordan Christoff, and Russ Young
Daigo Hanada – Ichiru (Moderna)
Huerco S. – For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) (Proibito)
Celer – Sky Limits (Two Acorns)
Interview with Keith Kenniff
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We've all been guilty of running to Target and adding a lot more items to our cart than we initially planned to purchase. Aisle to aisle, Target has been able to win our hearts and devotion with its awesome finds and some unique brands you won't find anywhere else. If you haven't stopped by lately (although, well, who hasn't?), you'll be pleased to find that Target has become a treasure trove for all things beauty. And we at Byrdie HQ agree—you'll find us dedicating a nice chunk of time (but thankfully, not too much money) searching the grounds of the store for its best in hair, skin, and nails.
Below, we've rounded up some of the most popular beauty products from Target that customers can't keep their hands off of. Get your carts ready!
This gentle cleansing water removes makeup and purifies deep while evening your skin tone.
You will definitely say yes to these hydrating paper masks. The cucumber-infused liquid not only restores moisture to your skin but also soothes away redness.
With one smooth swipe, this cream lipstick delivers a bold payoff, and you won't need to constantly reapply, as the color lasts all day. The velvet-textured lipstick is available in an array of beautiful shades.
Your hair is going to love you once you moisturize and repair with this hydrating shampoo. It softens and strengthens your locks, and the amazing scent doesn't hurt either.
Your lashes will feel like absolute royalty with one flick of this voluminous mascara.
Applying eye shadow has never been easier than with this highly pigmented crayon. The bold color lasts all day long (24 hours, to be exact), and you can apply it anywhere (morning commute, anyone?).
No need to retouch your photos with this airbrush-finish primer. The hypoallergenic formula boosts the radiance of your skin while drastically minimizing the size of your pores.
Whether your skin is dry or sensitive, it will be left feeling smooth and clean (without the typical aftermath from soap) with this cleansing alternative.
Sonia Kashuk products are a cult-favorite Target brand that Byrdie editors also rave about. This neutral palette is perfect for any occasion, whether your goal is a natural look or a smoky eye.
For less than $5, you can have an angelic, soft glow sans glitter or too much shimmer. It's the perfect amount of highlight for beginners or advanced strobers.
Need a long-lasting nail lacquer that won't streak out on you? Give this polish a try. One user even writes, "I saw this new line at Target last week and decided to give it a try. I'm already in love. I bought a second color today and plan to buy more."
Seeing as how full-coverage, heavy foundation is out, this compact cushion will help give you that "your skin but better" look. Tap a bit on where needed as a concealer, or use all over for lightweight coverage.
You might not think to shop for fragrances at Target, but this is a top seller at the superstore. The scent is sweet and floral with a little bit of musk peppered in.
Inhale the sweet and refreshing beloved lavender scent from J.R. Watkins while hydrating your entire body.
Consider this your new travel companion. Pixi's new tri-fold beauty kit is complete with tons of powder essentials (bronzer, highlight, and eyeshadow) in a myriad of stunning shades for the holiday season.
Hopping out of the shower has never felt so good. The rich formula of this moisturizer locks in all the post-shower dewiness, leaving you skin smooth and supple—and the new cherry almond scent makes the process even more enjoyable.
Pre-cleansing is an important first step to any skincare routine—it breaks down makeup, oil and even pollutants in the air to help cleanse your skin more thoroughly than your regular one-step face-washing method.
It's only fitting that Burt's Bees would utilize an ingredient like royal jelly, one of nature's most powerful superfoods that keeps your skin radiant and glowing. Although lightweight, its powerful amino acids hydrate and nourish the skin for up to 48 hours.
Combat frizz with Conair's static minimizing hair brush. The bristle-and-yarn technology helps prevent unruly hairs from flying up, and the ventilation allows for a smooth blowout each time.
What are your favorite beauty products to buy at Target? Tell us below!


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Q: How do I restore the default Xubuntu boot screen? I experimented with some themes using 'plymouth'; now, I want to get the default boot screen back with its animation. What should I do?

A: Current plymouth theme is configured by a simple symlink in /usr/share/plymouth/themes.
Change the symlink /usr/share/plymouth/themes to point towards /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth
sudo rm /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth
sudo ln -s /etc/alternatives/default.plymouth /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth

Or run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo

Assuming you still have that package installed. If not, just reinstall it with
sudo apt install plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo

This is an answer for ubuntu. I don't know about xubuntu. It should be the same ?


Following the historic quashing of Section 377, it was not surprising that one of the petitioners, who had moved the court to decriminalise homosexuality, Ritu Dalmia, was inundated with congratulatory messages.
Following the historic quashing of Section 377 yesterday, by the Supreme Court in its landmark judgment, it was not surprising that one of the petitioners, who had moved the court to decriminalise homosexuality, celebrity chef and restaurateur Ritu Dalmia, was inundated with congratulatory messages. "Dear Ritu, congratulations and thank you for helping make society a bit more equal. Big yogi bear hugs," went a typical one. Dalmia, an outspoken member of the LGBTQ community, who had combined an informed humane argument with truckloads of her famous personal charm to get her point across, responded with a series of emoticons denoting strength, power and celebration, and later, was depicted in a meme saying, "I feel a sense of relief and I have a smile stuck on my face that I can't seem to get rid of." The happiness, of course, is not restricted to her activism alone. For a 40-something, Dalmia's professional life could not be better. After giving the Capital's foodies more than a decade of great Italian fare, through her string of eateries (Mrs G is rumoured to be a big fan and you can't get better endorsement for Italian fare in India than that!), she had opened her first Indian restaurant called Cittamani in Milan, last year, to good reviews. Not only this, but the affable chef from a traditional Kolkata-Marwari business clan is also said to be the go-to caterer for every top Indian destination wedding in Europe. In fact, if sources are to be believed, it is Dalmia, who has been engaged to cater for one of the most high-profile and glamorous marriage celebrations at Lake Como, not too long away. In fact, she could well have been in the midst of preparing for it, when news of the historic judgment had come in yesterday. Crack open the Grappa and Salut!
Suhel Seth (centre) and Lakshmi Menon (left) with Fern Mallis.
World traveller and marketing man Suhel Seth seems to be living his best life. Seth, the once 'confirmed' bachelor, who regularly had posted selfies with a slew of glamorous women across the continents, had been spotted recently in the more consistent company of statuesque international model Lakshmi Menon. The two had holidayed in Mallorca, a couple of months ago, and insiders swore the chemistry between them denoted some serious vibe. And now, word comes in that the pair, who is in New York currently, made their coupling somewhat more official, with Seth, blithely announcing on social media, "At the Tom Ford show at the New York Fashion Week with my Lakshmi Menon as the star on the runway", along with pictures of them together. Menon had been part of the model troupe, which included supermodel Gigi Hadid amongst others at the show, where the first row had accommodated the glamour crowd made up of the likes of Tom Hanks, Adriana Lima and Vogue's Anna Wintour. Though Seth was uncharacteristically absent from here, he was spotted in high spirits at the after-party, along with Menon and Fashion entrepreneur and India lover, Fern Mallis. As for the striking Seth-Menon combo making appearances at transcontinental hot spots: Do PC and Nick have anything to worry about?
Boman Irani (extreme left) with Kunal Vijaykar (extreme right) at the inauguration of a restaurant in Dadar.
We had been concerned when we'd seen photographs of actor Boman Irani on a wheel chair. One of the most likeable stars of the silver screen, Irani had always struck us for his decency and grace. What could be the matter, we'd texted him. True to form, his response had been prompt, honest and self-effacing. "No biggie actually, been around five weeks," he said, "Slip disc. Pinched nerve. So, right leg in agony. I do distance on a chair and use a walking stick otherwise. Nights are bad. Honestly, it's no biggie MS. People go through worse. I'm on the mend for sure." As expected, there had been a buoyant and bullish approach to what must have been a challenging personal situation. So, when we saw pictures of Irani, a few days later, undertaking what looked like one of his umpteen rounds of spreading cheer and good feeling, we were not surprised. Regardless of his bad back and the pain he must have endured, he'd dropped in to the inauguration of Raju's Malvani Mejwani in Dadar, the culmination of a 30-year-old dream of a street food cart owner. Talk about decency and grace!


The current station is a re-purposed home and is not worth upgrading, Charlotte County officials have said. The cost to build would be shared with the entire county.
ENGLEWOOD — Islanders who live on Don Pedro and Knight islands will get some say on where they'd like to see their new fire station.
Charlotte County will hold a special town hall meeting to get input and present proposed locations for a new Station 10 on the bridge-less barrier islands. The county provides fire and emergency medical service from the Palm Island Resort south to the Don Pedro State Park.
County staff has identified several alternatives for the new fire station, including a new building on the same site as the current fire station. County commissioners are expected to make a final decision on the site at their April 6 meeting.
Fire protection and emergency medical care on the islands has always been a challenge. Ambulances still have to be ferried onto the island. For years, islanders had been served by volunteer firefighters. They paid for an island fire station, trucks and other equipment through a special tax.
But in 2011, the volunteer department dissolved when it no longer could find enough people to train and devote time to the department.
At first, the Englewood Area Fire Control District took over the station house on the islands with full-time and volunteer firefighters. In 2014, Charlotte County took over fire protection, manning the station with two full-time firefighters per shift, 24 hours a day and seven days per week. The station is now equipped with a Class A fire engine, mini-pumper and a tanker truck.
The island property owners pay for fire protection through a special taxing unit. Developed residential properties pay an annual assessment of $717.67 per unit, while commercial properties pay 93 cents per square foot.
Design for the new fire house is scheduled to begin in August.
The project is expected to cost $398,757 for the design and another $3.2 million for construction. The county will pay for the project out of its countywide capital funding. If the county builds the new station at another location, it will have to buy the property separately, Burdahl said.
Demolishing and rebuilding a new station on the existing property poses its own challenges, such as relocating firefighters and their equipment to a temporary location during construction.
The public is welcome at the planning meeting.
Charlotte County officials have set a town hall meeting Monday at the Englewood Chamber of Commerce, 601 N. Indiana Ave. Englewood. Exhibits will be available for the public at 10:30 a.m., and there will be a presentation at 11 a.m.
Visit "Project Status" on www.charlottecountyfl.gov or email Gary Burdahl at Gary.Burdahl@CharlotteCountyFL.gov.


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Today we offer our condolences to the family of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter. We celebrate the work she did for our communities and the paths she cleared for equality.
Girl Scouts of Western New York Council Members, girls, and CEO Judy Cranston meet with Congresswoman Slaughter in 2017
At Girl Scouts, we talk a lot about being a G.I.R.L., or a go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, and leader. We want all of our girls to grow up knowing how strong and capable they are, and to us Louise Slaughter embodied this idea perfectly.
Her entire life was dedicated to seeing the needs and fighting for the necessary changes. She went after what she wanted and kept finding new ways to change her world. She never stopped leading and pushing for what was right and good, regardless of what anyone said or did against her.
The loss of her sister to pneumonia in childhood led her to obtain degrees in microbiology and public health. Later, her work and marriage brought her to New York where her involvement with community groups took off. Here she joined the League of Women Voters and Scouting in New York, but still saw greater needs. Her fight with the environmental group Perinton Greenlands Association to protect Hart's Woods brought her into politics.
Slaughter ran her first race in 1971, losing to the incumbent Republican Walter G. A. Muench. She narrowed the margin in 1973, but fell for a second time to Muench. Nevertheless, she persisted, and finally in 1975 was voted to the Monroe County Legislature. She wouldn't lose another election in her more than 40 years of public service.
From here, she became the regional coordinator in the Rochester area to then New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo. In 1979, he was elected to lieutenant governor and she remained in her role.
As the 1982 election grew closer, Slaughter was approached by Democratic supporters encouraging her to run for State Assembly. After two successful terms, she made her move into the U.S. House of Representatives, a role she would hold for 30 years.
She became the first democrat elected in her district since 1910, and the first woman to represent Western New York.
Here are just a few highlights from everything Slaughter contributed while in office:
$500 million for breast cancer research
Mandated language in new legislation guaranteeing that women and minorities would be included in clinical health trials
Helped establish Office of Research on Women's Health in the National Institutes of Health legislation
Co-authored the Violence Against Women Act and wrote the legislation to make the Office on Violence Against Women a permanent fixture in the United States Department of Justice
Helped create the Women's Progress Commemorative Committee through her work on the Women's Progress Commemoration Act
Introduced and fought to pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, what she believes is her greatest achievement
Slaughter saw the needs of so many, fighting for changes to help women, minorities, soldiers – all of us. Everything she did was in an effort to make the world better for everyone.
In our own Western New York, she worked to secure funding and helped improve our communities.
Because of all of this and more, we are heartbroken to hear this news. She was an amazing woman who supported our girls. She encouraged them to pursue their dreams and raise their voices for what they believe in.
May her legacy of being a go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, and leader carry on through others who see the issues in our world and believe they can make a difference.
Thank you, Louise, for what you did and how you inspired us.
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Boosting intra-African trade in agricultural commodities and services, when properly handled to reap the benefits of comparative advantage in agricultural production, tends to be a good idea. However, various rules and regulations under the WTO regime do not mean much on the ground. This is because of lack of transparent and accountable mechanisms and enforcement of rules at different levels. Various provisions may remain on paper rather than enhance trade and food security. Given the limited total market power of the region for trade volume there should be little surprise that the mechanisms cannot contribute to effective agricultural transformation.
What remains more relevant in this context is the role of value chain approach to production, processing and export, within the region and outside - based on sustainable agriculture methods and focus on small farm innovations. Provision of self-enforcing incentive mechanisms (such as recognizing and supporting high productivity) could be useful. Inter-agency cooperative efforts (domestic and international) will be rewarding to the populations, in general. Excessive expliotation of natural resources to maximize trade can be detrimental to sustainable production, trade and development. The focus needs to be more on the fulfillment of Sustainable Development Goals using pragmatic mechanisms in this context.


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Q: Character combination and horizontal spacing Thanks for this awesome website that helped me countless times!
I need to use double square brackets. I know about those in the stmaryrd and MnSymbol packages, and I heard about unicode-math—but for various reasons, I'd prefer to use a combination of characters.
I tried the most direct solution:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newcommand{\ldb}{\mathopen{\lbrack\!\lbrack}}
\newcommand{\rdb}{\mathclose{\rbrack\!\rbrack}}
\begin{document}
$\ldb s \rdb = \ldb s \rdb$   $\ldb s \rdb$
\end{document}

However, spacing between the brackets is not constant throughout the document, as shown below:

OK, that's nitpicking, but it's even uglier when zooming out, and obvious when printed. (EDIT: I'm talking about the gap between the two "glued" brackets, not the spacing on each side of the double-bracket as a character. For example, the first closing double-bracket is a tiny bit thinner than the first opening one; the third opening one is even thinner.)
How to type NOT \delta and NOT \ll explains what's happening, but unfortunately does not provide a solution.
I tried a lot of ideas, notably building upon \subseteq + \circ as a single symbol ("open subset");
I tried this too: bracket with doubled delimiters
But to no avail. My latest attempt is the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newcommand{\ldb}{\mathopen{\ooalign{\makebox[.4em][l]{$\lbrack$}\cr\makebox[.4em][r]{$\lbrack$}\cr}}}
\newcommand{\rdb}{\mathclose{\ooalign{\makebox[.4em][l]{$\rbrack$}\cr\makebox[.4em][r]{$\rbrack$}\cr}}}
\begin{document}
$\ldb s \rdb = \ldb s \rdb$   $\ldb s \rdb$
\end{document}

but it gives similar results. It seems that some stretchable spacing or kerning remains, and I don't know how to remove it. I'm no TeX specialist…
Any idea is much welcome!
(BTW, I tried using XeLaTeX and pdfTeX.)


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Greater Good Summer Reads
Still looking for books to take with you on vacation? Here are some terrific novels and memoirs that explore Greater Good themes.
By Jill Suttie, Jeremy Adam Smith, Vicki Zakrzewski, Elise Proulx, Amy L. Eva | July 9, 2018
There is nothing like a great book to help you lounge in a beach chair in some exotic locale, or simply sit on your porch on a Sunday afternoon.
Great fiction isn't just entertainment. Novels can make us more empathic and help us navigate our complex social world, perhaps by improving our "theory of mind"—our ability to read or anticipate another person's thoughts and feelings. Reading also reduces stress, according to one scientist's report, and increases our brain connectivity, keeping us more cognitively active, which is tied to greater longevity.
This is good news to those of us who read, giving us even more ammunition when someone tries to take our attention away from a gripping novel or memoir. But, while reading any book is likely good for you—even escapist fiction—why not also consider selecting books that move your heart or your brain in some way?
Here are some of the books our staff picked as great reads for Greater Good readers—books that illuminate our themes around the science of a meaningful life. As summer nears its end, you might want to pick up one of them.
Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah
This coming-of-age memoir begins with comic Trevor Noah's birth to a black Xhosa mother and a white Swiss-German father in South Africa. During the final years of apartheid, his family often hid him indoors rather than face difficult questions or potential arrest—as black/white marriage was still illegal. Yet Noah learned to navigate racism in South Africa with the help of his mother Patricia—a woman who was both fiercely religious and rebellious. "My mother wanted her child beholden to no fate. She wanted me to be free to go anywhere, do anything, be anyone." Noah's tragic yet humorous story of hope, resistance, and resilience is a tribute to his mother's bravery and their complicated bond.
Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan
This sweeping historical novel doesn't just offer observations on the fickleness of organized crime and the development of World War II–era commercial diving, but provides insights into parental empathy, family reconciliation, and surprising resilience. In the face of tragedy and the time period's rigid ideas about the roles for women, the main character, Anna Kerrigan, follows her fascination for the sea and fights to become the first woman ship repair diver in New York's naval shipyard. Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jennifer Egan, the book is a gripping read not only about the perils of diving, but about life during 1940s America, when the country was focused on the threat of imminent invasion from foreign enemies and mob bosses ruled the city.
The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2015, the same year he published The Buried Giant. According to Kazuo, his wife Lorna MacDougal read the first draft of the novel in 2005 and told him, "This will not do." He put it away, and then, years later, he started over. That's fitting, because his book is very much a story about marriage—and also of memory. An elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, journey to find their son in a Medieval Britain beset by a magical, memory-destroying mist. Along the way, they help each other to remember their life together—a sometimes fearsome process. Like all couples who have been together for a long time, they have wronged each other, and their challenge is to remember the bad with the good. The ending manages to be simultaneously melancholy and uplifting, as Axl and Beatrice are finally whole again. "God will know the slow tread of an old couple's love for each other," says Axl, "and understand how black shadows make part of its whole."
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
The main character of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Renée, is an older, prickly concierge of an upscale apartment building in Paris, who makes it her business to keep close track of the lives of her tenants, while remaining isolated and inscrutable herself. But, when a new Japanese tenant moves into her building, they develop a deep relationship with each other—and with a lonely, depressed teen in the building. These relationships slowly draw Renée out of her shell, allowing her intellect, artistic aesthetic, and caring spirit to shine. A testament to the power of empathy and love, this uplifting book helps us to appreciate the power and beauty of being open to connecting with those who are different from us.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Set in both London and the island of Guernsey post-World War II, with flashbacks to German-occupied Guernsey, this novel tells the story of how a group of Guernsey residents formed a book club during WWII and how their friendships and camaraderie helped them survive. It's a brilliant character study that brings in ethical questions around the relationship between the Germans and the Guernsey residents.
The Power, by Naomi Alderman
In The Power, women all over the planet suddenly develop a new organ that allows them to channel and manipulate electricity. This makes them physically more powerful than men—a development which, in Alderman's conception, turns the entire world upside down. But this is not a feminist wish-fulfillment fantasy. Women do not turn out to be kinder and gentler rulers than men; quite the opposite. The power is intoxicating and at first there is nothing to stop women from doing whatever they want to men and to each other. The book's themes reflect research on power by GGSC faculty director Dacher Keltner, who finds that "once people assume positions of power, they're likely to act more selfishly, impulsively, and aggressively." Alderman's novel is a warning, and a reminder, that power without kindness, responsibility, and respect for human life risks becoming a destructive force.
Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward
This brilliant book is not a happy one. But it is emotionally satisfying and gives readers deep insight into the impacts of racism and the intergenerational pain caused by unfairly incarcerating African Americans in rural Mississippi during Jim Crow. The story centers on Jojo, a young teen who is trying to grow up to be a responsible man while struggling against circumstances beyond his control. The son of an imprisoned white father and a drug-addicted black mother, he must learn to make sense of his family's complicated relationships and mixed motivations, while drawing on the love of his maternal grandparents. Everyone in this family is haunted by ghosts, literally and figuratively, making it hard to overcome the nefarious effects of devastating loss. Winner of the National Book Award, this book encourages readers to question deeply their assumptions about people's life circumstances and to empathize with families like Jojo's who strive for a better life against the odds.
The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen
As the title implies, the narrator of this Pulitzer Prize–winning book is someone very sympathetic toward others, with a deep understanding of how people think and behave. The twist? He's a biracial, North Vietnamese spy during the Vietnam War, working behind enemy lines. What makes this different from a conventional spy story is the sympathy he feels for those around him, even his enemies. This puts him in some unusual circumstances—and it also provides American readers with a rare opportunity to learn how the North Vietnamese viewed the war and our role in it. In this way, we can once again see how racism and America's misguided sense of exceptionalism made for a disaster of epic proportions. The spy narrator—an unforgettable character—will draw you in with his insight, humility and, ultimately, compassion.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler
This book comes with an important warning: DO NOT read the back cover before reading the book! If you take that advice, you'll be in for a wonderful surprise in this story about siblings growing up together in an unusual household—and what can go wrong when empathy fails. The book opens with narrator Rosemary Cooke in college, feeling strangely alone and apart. As she slowly forms a friendship with another free spirit, she comes to understand herself and to see her family story in a new light. A testament to the power of love, empathy, and forgiveness—as well as an entertaining primer on some fascinating psychological research—this book will have you thinking deeply about what it means to be human.
Jill Suttie
Jill Suttie, Psy.D., is Greater Good's book review editor and a frequent contributor to the magazine.
Jeremy Adam Smith
Jeremy Adam Smith edits the GGSC's online magazine, Greater Good. He is also the author or coeditor of four books, including The Daddy Shift, Are We Born Racist?, and The Compassionate Instinct. Before joining the GGSC, Jeremy was a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. You can follow him on Twitter!
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Vicki Zakrzewski, Ph.D., is the education director of the Greater Good Science Center.
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Elise Proulx is the Greater Good Science Center's marketing director.
Amy L. Eva
Amy L. Eva, Ph.D., is the associate education director at the Greater Good Science Center. She writes for the center's online magazine, facilitates the Summer Institute for Educators, and consults on the development of GGSC education resources. With over 25 years in classrooms, she is a teacher at heart. She is fascinated by neuroscience, the psychology of learning, and adolescent development and has spent the last 12 years as a teacher educator.
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Liberty Health Sciences Approved to Dispense Pre-Roll Products, Soon Available at Dispensaries Across Florida – New Cannabis Ventures
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TORONTO, April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Liberty Health Sciences Inc. (CSE: LHS) (OTCQX: LHSIF) www.libertyhealthsciences.com ("Liberty" or the "Company"), a provider of high quality cannabis, announced today that it received Florida Department of Health (DOH) approval on March 26th to sell pre-rolls along with whole flower smokable products to patients in Florida.
Liberty will be one of the first companies to offer pre-rolls of cannabis in a variety of strains and potencies, which will be available for purchase in Liberty dispensaries across the state. Patients will now be able to smoke the substance legally under a bill (SB 182) signed into law last week by Governor Ron DeSantis, which revoked the existing ban on smoking medical marijuana. The new law provides patients the ability to access medicine in the form their doctor determines best for them, whether it's smoking medical marijuana or utilizing other delivery systems.
"We have seen first-hand how easier access to cannabis positively impacts our patient's lives," said Victor E. Mancebo, interim Chief Executive Officer of Liberty. "We hope to bring additional visibility to the importance access plays in helping our patients cope with a host of ailments and other complicated medical conditions. Time and again, we hear from patients how whole-flower marijuana has saved them from negative side effects of prescription drugs.
"We applaud Governor DeSantis for signing bill SB 182 that allows qualified patients to smoke medical marijuana. We are ready to meet the needs of our patients and will work with doctors who prescribe safe, smokable flower to best treat their patients with the delivery mechanism they feel is most appropriate," said Mancebo.
Nearly 195,000 Floridians have signed up with the Department of Health to receive medical marijuana as a form of treatment for a list of qualifying illnesses, such as cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV/AIDs, chronic pain and others. More than 2,000 physicians have taken the state-mandated course that qualifies them to examine patients and recommend products that meet their individual needs.
Today, Liberty operates 12 dispensaries, which are located in in the following cities: Dania Beach, Miami, Palm Harbor, St. Petersburg, Tampa (Hyde Park), Winter Haven, Merritt Island, North Miami, Port St. Lucie, Summerfield, Orange Park, and Gainesville. Patients can also place orders online that will be ready for in-store pick-up or enjoy same-day free delivery.
About Liberty Health Sciences Inc.
Liberty is the cannabis provider committed to providing a trusted, high quality cannabis experience based on our genuine care for all cannabis users and a focus on operational excellence from seed to sale. Liberty's measured approach to expansion opportunities is focused on maximizing returns to shareholders, while keeping consumers' well-being at the forefront of what we do. For more information, please visit: www.libertyhealthsciences.com.
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Movie Review: Knives Out (2019)
The whodunnit provides a certain kind of cinematic pleasure. The crime which is never straightforward. The host of suspects, all with motives and sometimes conflicting alibis. The elaborately twisting plot where half the fun is not knowing and the other half finding out. Through the decades and across media from literature to film to television…
Movie Review: Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019)
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Feast of the Seven Fishes is a Christmas romance movie, and it is certainly one of the more unique and enjoyable ones I've seen in recent years. The Italian tradition of the feast of the seven fishes on Christmas Eve isn't an event I knew much about, so it was nice to learn of the…
Movie Review: Luce (2019)
A high school student's essay discussing radical philosopher Frantz Fanon's belief in the necessity of violence by oppressed people raises certain eyebrows in Nigerian director Julius Onah's ("The Cloverfield Paradox") thought-provoking but over-determined Luce, a drama about race that challenges us to impose our own expectations on the main character. Onah says that, "Every other…
Movie Review: Mid90s (2018)
Coming-of-age angst and self-discovery set against the Southern Californian skateboarding circuit are enthusiastically explored in the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Jonah Hill in his observational and exuberant vehicle, Mid90s. As producer-writer-director and product of a 90's West Coast teenage upbringing, Hill spins a heartfelt tale of growing pains balanced by skateboarding rebellion, a sense…
Movie Review: That Trip We Took with Dad (2016)
In 1968, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Alexander Dubcek, ushered in a program of reforms that he called "Socialism with a human face." The new "Action Programme" allowed greater freedom of speech, press, and travel, limited the power of the secret police, and raised the possibility of democratic elections. The achievement…
Movie Review: Lavender (2016)
Abbie Cornish ("Seven Psychopaths") finds herself battling ghosts both metaphorical and literal in mystery thriller Lavender, which manages to be a decent enough flick in spite of its wholly derivative construction. Cornish plays Jane, mother to a precocious daughter (Lola Flanery, "The Mist" TV series), wife to a possibly philandering husband (Diego Klattenhoff, "Pacific Rim"),…
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January 2016-The Unsecured Creditors' Committee of Atna Resources, Inc. and its affiliates has retained the law firm of OGF&J as its counsel
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Deconstruct vs. Demolish in Arlington
An Aging-in-Place Home
One way of tearing down a house in Arlington is to demolish it, sending tons of slate, hardwood, granite, glass, and appliances into a landfill. It takes about two days and costs about $25,000. Photo by Eden Brown.
Photo by Ramona Campos
Second Chance takes the house apart board by board, preserving the bricks, slate, wood, molding, and glass in the windows.
Taiwan Hill is the crew leader on the Second Chance team taking down Diane and Hunt Allard's house in Arlington.
The six-person crew poses before the deconstruction begins outside the original home on the site at 22nd Street North in Arlington.
Photo by Eden Brown
Diane Allard stands in front of her new, green home at 22nd Street.
Six ex-convicts from Baltimore showed up at Diane Allard's 1949 vintage two-bedroom house on 22nd Street in North Arlington a while ago, holding crowbars, saws, hammers, and some rope. They were there to make off with anything that was, or was not, nailed down.
Diane and her husband Hunt Allard had searched for a year and a half to find a property in this neighborhood. They were overjoyed the crew from Second Chance had finally arrived. The six men proceeded to dismantle her home, board by board, nail by nail, door by door, tile by tile, until two weeks later, the house was down to nothing but its basement walls and foundation. Everything salvageable went to the warehouse at Second Chance, in Baltimore, including toilets, hardwood oak flooring, boards of every size, doors, knobs, chandeliers, and windows.
The Allards knew they wanted Second Chance to take their house apart. And they knew they wanted to do the "Arlington Green Home Choice Program" but they wanted a certain design of house too.
Allard had worked for 10 years as a contractor to the Department of Energy and some years ago wrote case studies on how to build homes in a greener way; it seemed like a no brainer that she and her husband Hunt would make their home as green as possible and part of that was not adding to a landfill as they made room for a new house on the property. And it wasn't just about the landfill: the tax savings were significant and they saved money on demolition costs.
According to Allard, "Green building is gaining steam in the Arlington area; but most builders just build the old way that they know. Finding the right builder to build our green home was a challenge in and of itself." There are also no incentives for builders to take down a home in a green way, so it's somewhat rare to find a builder willing to wait a little longer to deconstruct rather than demolish (only a home owner can get the tax deduction). The Allards got the name of Second Chance through an architect they had met. Once they realized the win-win situation that using Second Chance presented to them: making a tax deductible donation to deconstruct, paying less than demolishing would cost, doing something positive for young men who wanted to turn their lives around, and avoiding putting tons of materiel into a landfill: they were ready to sign on the dotted line. On top of that, the owner gets 15 points towards green home certification. The process of designing and building the house took 6-8 months; the zoning approvals took about three months. Permitting took several months as well.
The six men who took the old house apart brick by brick had been unemployed before they found Second Chance. When one gets out of prison, it's not easy to find work. The crew leader of the team, Taiwan Hill, spoke about himself to the Allards' friend, Arlington resident Romana Campos, who helped document the process. Hill said he has been with Second Chance for five years now. He had previously served as a general clerk 2 forklift operator but when he lost that job he was unemployed for three years. Hill said he has six kids and he wasn't able to support them when he lost his job. It was a terrible feeling. "I was living the wrong life," he said. "I was getting in trouble constantly. Before I came to Second Chance, I was in and out of the court system. Finally I came to a point where I wanted to change."
At Second Chance, he did 1,600 hours of training on how to take down houses. But he learned more than that. He acted as a spokesman for the company, did interviews, and gained confidence in his social skills. He got more than technical skills, he also got life skills. He received OSHA training. He learned how to manage a team. He travelled to different states as many as 13 times a year. He recently acquired a new job through the program "Jump Start" thanks to his time at Second Chance. Hill grins. He is making a lot more money, has better hours, and doesn't get so dirty.
"All the money goes back into our training," said Hill. "There is a donation by the owners of the house, and it goes to Second Chance. Then, we also sell the materiel we take out of the house at our warehouse. I have a son who goes to Bowie State University, a daughter at Newtown High who is a cheerleader, and my job has let me provide for them, and made my family strong. I've never looked back. Second Chance made a difference to a lot of our lives."
To learn more about Second Chance or take a field trip to their warehouse, which is, according to Allard, "mind boggling" given how much they have there, see http://www.secondchanceinc.org/. To learn more about building a green home, see Arlington Green Home Choice Program or Allard's blog.
The Allards' house is documented on the Allards' blog: www.ourgreenboomerhouse. They plan to grow old in the house, and made it not only green but "silver." There is no step in or up shower, there are no steps leading into the house from the driveway, there are low threshholds, the windows are casement style for ease of opening, and the toilets are higher. The bathroom and bedroom door openings are wheelchair friendly, and the door knobs are push-down for ease of opening. Their older relatives who are less mobile love to visit.
Arlington's Green Home Choice Program is a free, voluntary green home certification program sponsored by Arlington County. According to Allard, the county is actually one of the greener-focused places around; the state is way behind, but Arlington is progressive given they have the first net zero energy school.
The homes are awarded points for being energy and resource efficient, sustainable and for providing a healthy living environment. In addition to certificates, program participants are offered lawn signs, recognition by the County Board in an annual reception, media attention and builder and designer recognition on this website. For more information, see Green Home Choice Program.
According to the Second Chance website, in 2016 Second Chance created 142,800 labor hours, saved $3,046,060 consumer dollars, diverted 10,471,320 lbs of landfill waste and used 4,760 volunteer hours.
Donations to Second Chance range in the $17,000 range; to demolish a house costs about $25,000.
In the blog, Diane Allard discusses the appraisal process she had to go through, the design process, the age-in-place aspects, and the decisions about materials used.
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Google Street View cars to seek methane leaks in Pittsburgh
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Leaking methane from natural gas pipes in Pittsburgh will be detected by sensors attached to Google's Street View cars under an agreement announced on Tuesday.
The tech giant will be working with Carnegie Mellon University, the Environmental Defense Fund, the People's Natural Gas utility, and the office of Governor Tom Wolf to develop a map of methane leaks in the city, officials said.
The program is the first in Pennsylvania and follows others in 10 other U.S. cities.
"The results of this effort will help the utility and its regulators to efficiently target the largest repair needs to prevent further leaks," Wolf said in a statement.
According to EDF, cars with air sensors took readings in Pittsburgh between June and November this year, and found leaks of natural gas, which is mostly methane, at an average of one for every two miles within a study area.
That compares with one leak for every 200 miles in Indianapolis, one of the other cities in the program, where gas pipes are generally younger than in older cities like Pittsburgh. About 46 percent of pipes managed by People's Natural Gas are more than 50 years old, and about 29 percent are made of materials that are more susceptible to leaks than newer materials, EDF said.
The process of detection and repair is costly and time-consuming in older cities like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia that have hundreds of miles of older piping, and the additional detection offered by the new program will likely help utilities fix the problem, said Rob Altenburg, director of the Energy Program at the environmental group PennFuture.
"There are a significant number of leaks coming out of our gas distribution system right now," Altenburg said.
Finding the leaks will help public safety by reducing the risk of an explosion; cut down on the amount of gas that's wasted, and reduce emissions of an especially potent greenhouse gas, Altenburg said.
"If you catch one situation before you have a public safety issue then that's a huge benefit," he said.
In January, Wolf launched a effort to cut methane leaks from natural gas wells, compressor stations and processing facilities in the Marcellus Shale by requiring operators to take leak-detection and repair measures, and make more frequent use of leak-detecting technologies.
The latest initiative will add to the earlier measures, said Patrick McDonnell, Acting Secretary at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
"Curbing methane leaks keeps more natural gas in the pipelines where it goes to homes and businesses," McDonnell said.
Let's push Gov. Wolf to move pollution reducing measures forward, click here to take action to #CutMethane.


Hi Travis, wondering if there is a recent sale on 415 47 Ave SW?
This was on the market forever with 2 massive price reductions. Curious to know what they were finally able to sell for.
Did not sell....expired from the market.
Please double check the address. It has been a year and a half since this was listed and it did not sell.
Ok thanks. I'll check later tonight. The Realtor seemed to be implying it sold (got a pamphlet ad). I'll let you know.
I think it was sold summer 2016.
Nothing is coming up for this address. I know it is an actual property address but I am not finding the sale you refer to. Are you 100% certain this is the address of the property in question?


Eating disorders like bulimia are not well understood by the general public. Most people cannot fathom how anyone can fall into a pattern of bingeing and purging, because it seems so irrational.
And, of course, bulimia is an irrational response. Like many other 'irrational' compulsions, bulimia appears to the sufferer to be a way to satisfy very vital needs. And when people are short of good and healthy ways to meet their needs, they often resort to unhealthy and ineffective ways. Then, when a pattern has become established, they can find it very difficult to break out of the habit.
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2. The counselor highlights changes the client made in treatment that were reflected in how he/she handled the imagined suicidal crises.
Note: This Treatment Model is based on the following Treatment Manual: Wenzel, A., Brown, G. K., & Beck, A. T. (2009). Cognitive therapy for suicidal patients. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.


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Q: Altitude with geolocation API I use the geolocation API, there is no problem with latitude and longitude either.
There is with the Altitude. For example, if I get the coordinates for my current location with my mobile phone, GPS integrated, I end up at 115 m instead of 44 m, as with Google maps.
I have the impression that the altitude is always a little more than twice the real size
Does anyone have an explanation for this?
For GeolocationCoordinates.altitudeAccuracy I always only get "undefined", why?
Tom

A: here is some code:
function successCallback(position)
{
  document.getElementById("alt").value = position.coords.altitude + ", " + position.coords.altitudeaccuracy; //first false, second "undefined"
  document.getElementById("lat").value = position.coords.latitude;  //right
  document.getElementById("lon").value = position.coords.longitude; //right
  document.getElementById("acc").value = position.coords.accuracy; //apparently correct
}
function errorCallback(error) {if (error.code!=3) alert(error.code.toString()); }
let myGeo = new Object;
myGeo.myNavi = window.navigator.geolocation;
let options = { enableHighAccuracy: true, timeout: 8000, maximumAge: 0 };
myGeo.id = myGeo.myNavi.watchPosition(successCallback, errorCallback, options);

I only have handys with android.
My browsers are samsung browser and chrom
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Maurice Guillaume est un musicien belge, organiste et compositeur, né le 5 février 1899 à Mazy et mort à Fosses-la-Ville, le 5 mars 1983.

Biographie
Maurice Guillaume naît le 5 février 1899 à Mazy (province de Namur) dans une famille d'artisans menuisiers qui apprécie la musique. Enfant, il étudie le piano et l'harmonie au Conservatoire de Namur, avant de travailler l'orgue avec Auguste Verrees, organiste de la cathédrale Saint-Aubain de Namur.

Bien que destiné au métier d'architecte, il oriente sa carrière vers la musique.

Il entre au Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles où il obtient plusieurs récompenses : contrepoint (1922), fugue (1923), orgue (1924), diplôme de Virtuosité et Médaille du Gouvernement (pour l'orgue, en 1927). Il approfondit ensuite la composition et l'orchestration avec Joseph Jongen qui dira de lui : .

Ses compétences le désignent aux fonctions les plus élevées. Mais, humble et discret, il demeure toute sa vie profondément attaché à la région de Charleroi, dans laquelle il développe l'essentiel de ses activités.

Titulaire en 1920 de l'orgue de l'église Saint-Sulpice à Jumet (construit en 1841 par Hippolyte Loret), il dispense des leçons de piano. C'est ainsi qu'il rencontre son épouse, Marguerite Gonsette (également harpiste).

Quelques années plus tard, en 1930, lors d'un voyage à l'île d'Ouessant, il rencontre le compositeur et organiste français Charles Tournemire. S'ensuit une vive amitié assortie de nombreux contacts. L'empreinte du successeur de César Franck sera indélébile, tant aux plans de l'orgue, de l'écriture que de l'inspiration musicale.

En 1942, Maurice Guillaume accède au titulariat de l'orgue de l'église des Saints-Pierre-et-Paul à Châtelet (près de Charleroi), où un instrument neuf de 44 jeux vient d'être installé par Maurice Delmotte. Durant une quarantaine d'années, c'est à cette tribune qu'il donne la pleine mesure de son talent.

Tant en Belgique qu'en France, il donne de nombreux concerts et participe à des inaugurations d'orgues. Citons, en particulier, celle de la collégiale Sainte-Waudru à Mons (1952) en présence de la reine Élisabeth.

À côtés des maîtres classiques, il interprète les grandes pages contemporaines de son temps, en particulier Tournemire, Langlais et Messiaen (il sera pionnier en ce domaine, en Belgique).

Professeur, il forme un grand nombre d'élèves, tout en enseignant la musique au Collège de Charleroi et à l'Académie de Musique de Châtelet (qui, désormais, porte son nom).

Ses compétences l'amènent à siéger aux jurys de nombreuses Académies, Conservatoires Royaux (Bruxelles, Liège et Mons) et l'École Saint-Grégoire (Tournai).

Délégué par le diocèse de Tournai, il sera rapporteur à la Conférence Internationale de Musique Sacrée, en 1950 à Rome (où il prononce une communication sur l'œuvre de J.-S. Bach)

En 1969, il sera l'un des membres fondateurs de l'IMEP à Namur (Institut de Musique d'Église et de Pédagogie).

Objet d'une timide et tardive reconnaissance officielle, Maurice Guillaume abandonne peu à peu ses activités musicales au cours des dernières années de sa vie.

Il décède à Fosses-la-Ville le 5 mars 1983.

Œuvre
L'œuvre de Maurice Guillaume est imposante : 83 numéros d'opus (sans oublier les pièces sans numéro d'opus et les arrangements).

Elle comprend des pièces pour orchestre, de la musique religieuse, des pièces pour piano, pour orgue, pour harpe, de la musique de chambre, des pièces instrumentales, des mélodies et des œuvres lyriques.

Catalogue
Un catalogue complet de l'œuvre a été réalisé par le musicologue Stéphane Detournay, publié par l'Association Maurice Guillaume en 2006 (voir ci-dessous : bibliographie).

Claviers

Piano
Le retour du printemps, sans op. (1914)
 Reine des fleurs, sans op. (1914)
 Marche, sans op. (1914)

 Nocturne, sans op. (1915)
 L'hirondelle, sans op. (1915)
 Délivrance. Grande marche, sans op. (1915)
 Marche indienne, sans op. (1915)
 Soirée d'hiver, sans op. (1915)
 Petite Suite : jeux d'enfants, sans op. (1916?)
 Petite étude sur les doubles notes, sans op. (1918)
 Caprice, op. 3A (1921)
 Petits souvenirs, op. 3B (1922-23)
 Trois pièces, op. 3C (1924)
 Prélude, op.16 (1935)
 Petite mère console sa poupée, op. 17 (1935)
 Rondo, op. 20 (1936)
 Sonate en fa dièse, op. 38 (1945)
 Sonate en sol, op. 48 (1950)
 Carillon, op. 56 (1955)
 La danse de Maïté, op. 82 (1963?)

Piano à quatre mains

 Eglogue, op. 5B (1927)

Harmonium

 Adoration, op.11 n°2B (1933)

Piano et harmonium

 Invocation à César Franck, op. 14A (1934)

Orgue

 Graduels et Offertoires, sans op. (1916)

 Nocturne, op. 2 (1919)

 Choral varié sur "Alma Redemptoris Mater", sans op. (1922)

 Choral : "Ich Danke Dir für Deinen Tod", sans op. (1922)

 Fugue (1923)

 Prière, op. 5A (1925)

 Dominante sol, pour l'office, sans op. (1927)

 Première Symphonie, op. 6 (1929)

 Prière du matin, op. 11 n°2A (1933)

 Berceuse marine, op. 24 (1939)

 Hommage à César Franck, op. 25 (1939)

 In simplicitate cordis mei, op. 34 n°2 (1942)

 Deux pièces d'orgue pour la Fête-Dieu, op.36 (1944)

 Suite Pascale, op. 54 (1954)

Instruments solistes

 Rondo scherzevole, sans op., pour accordéon (sans date)

 Sonatine, op. 41, pour harpe (1947)
 Bluette, op. 47, pour harpe (1949)
 Toccata, op. 52, pour harpe (1952)

Musique de chambre

 Papillon, sans op., pour clarinette (ou saxophone) et piano (1914)
 Mazy-Gembloux, aller-retour, sans op. pour piano et autre instrument (non précisé) (1914)
 Berceuse, op. 1, pour violon et piano (1918)
 Petite Suite, op. 10 A, pour alto et piano (1931-33)
 Aria, op. 10 A bis, pour violon et piano (sans date)
 Légende, op. 10 B, pour violoncelle et piano (ou petit orchestre) (non daté)
 Élégie, op. 9, pour deux violons, violoncelle, contrebasse et piano (1932)
 Sonate en si bémol, op. 11 n°1, pour violon et piano (1933)
 Suite, op. 12, pour violon et harpe (ou piano) (1934)
 Quatre pièces pour violon et violoncelle, op. 18 (1936)
 Capriccietto, Canzona et Saltarello, op. 23, pour clarinette et piano (1938)
 Quatuor à cordes en mi, op. 29 (1940)
 Trio en ut majeur, op. 34 n°1, pour violon, violoncelle et piano (1942)
 Canzona et ostinalo, op. 42, pour violon et piano (1947)
 Souvenir, op. 51, pour clarinette (ou hautbois) et piano (1951)
 Fantaisie, op. 49, pour violon et piano (1952)
 Pastorale, op. 60, pour clarinette et piano (1955)
 Recitativo et andantino, op. 80, pour saxophone et piano (1960)

Orchestre (ou Harmonie)

 La fête au village, ouverture pour orchestre (à cordes) et piano, sans op. (1914)
 Cortège, op. 57, pour harmonie ou petit orchestre (1928)
 Ouverture de concert en fa dièse, op. 14 B, pour orchestre (symphonique) (1935)
 Marche officielle de la P.C.A., op. 50 pour harmonie (1958)
 Lauda Sion, sans op., pour harmonie (non daté)

Mélodies

Avec piano

 Souvenir de Grand-Mère (à deux voix), op. 30 B (1919-1941); (à une voix), op. 30 B bis (1919-1941)
 Avril, op. A A (1925)
 Chanson de l'Adieu, op. 7 (1929)
 Berceuse ardenaise, op. 19 (1936)
 Deux ancolies, op. 26 (1939)
 Quand je viendrai m'asseoir dans le vent..., op. 27 (1939)
 L'insidieuse nuit, op. 28 (1939)
 Offrande, op. 31 (1942)
 La fleur de mes rêves, op. 3 (1942)
 L'Amitié, op. 33 (1942)
 Puisqu'il m'a dit de ne rien craindre, op. 35 (1942)
 Paraphrase de l'Ave Maria, op. 43 (1948)
 Berceuse, op. 45 (1948)
 Marche du Collège, sans op. (1951)
 Chant du Collège, sans op. (1952)
 Loverval à Mater Spei, op. 81 (1963)
 Le Crucifix (A), sans op. (non daté)
 Vaders Wiegelied, sans op. (non daté)

Avec orgue

 Ave Maria, sans op. (1925)
 Cantique nuptial (à deux voix), op. 40 (1946)
 Le Crucifix (B), sans op. (non daté)

Chœurs (soli), Motets, Messes

Avec orgue

 O Salutaris, motet pour chœur à 2 voix et orgue, sans op., (1915)
 Messe de Noël, pour chœur à trois voix égales et orgue, op. 1B (1919); pour chœur à 4 voix mixtes et orgue, op. 1 B bis (1919)

 Messe en ré bémol, pour soli, chœur et orgue, op. 8 bis (1926-1930)
 Missa in honorem Baetae Mariae Virginis, pour chœur à 2 voix égales et orgue, op. 21 A (1937); pour chœur à 4 voix égales et orgue, op 21 B (1917); pour chœur à 4 voix mixtes et orgue, op 21 C (1917)

 Missa "Dona nobis pacem", pour chœur à 2 voix égales et orgue, op. 30 A bis (1941)
 Cantique d'action de grâces, pour chœur à 4 voix mixtes (et orgue), op. 37 (1945)
 Messe en l'honneur de Notre-Dame de Grâces, pour chœur à 4 voix mixtes et orgue, op. 39 (1945-46); pour chœur à l'unisson et orgue, op. 39 bis (1945-46)

 Messe en l'honneur de Saint-Ignace, pour chœur à 3 voix égales et orgue, op. 44 (1948); pour chœur à l'unisson, op. 44 (1948).

 Messe "Seigneur prends pitié, pour chœur à 4 voix mixtes et orgue, op. 83 (1966); pour chœur à 2 voix mixtes et orgue, op. 83 bis (1966); pour chœur à l'unisson et orgue, op. 83 ter (1996)

Avec orgue et orchestre

 Messe en ré bémol, pour soli, chœur, orchestre et orgue, op. 8 (1926-1930)
 Missa "Dona nobis pacem", pour chœur à 2 voix égales, orchestre et orgue, op. 30 A bis (1941)

Avec orchestre

 Missa in honorem Baetae Mariae Virginis, pour chœur à 2 voix égales et orchestre, op. 21 A bis (1937); op. 21 B bis, pour chœur à 4 voix égales et orchestre) op. 21 C bis, pour chœur à 4 voix mixtes et orchestre.

Avec piano

 Cantate jubilaire, pour chœur à 3 vois et piano, op. 58 (1956)

Scènes lyriques

 La grande clairière, Mystère en quatre actes pour soli, chœur et orchestre, op. 22 (1937); pour soli, chœur et piano (à quatre mains), op. 22 bis (1937).
 Au fil du temps, fantaisie musicale pour soli, chœur et orchestre, op. 46 (1948), pour soli, chœur et piano op. 46 bis (1948).

Arrangements
Maurice Guillaume a réalisé de nombreux arrangements de pièces d'autres compositeurs. La liste détaillée est reprise dans le Catalogue de l'œuvre musicale de Maurice Guillaume (1899-1984).

Enregistrements

Maurice Guillaume à l'orgue
Maurice Guillaume n'a rien enregistré pour le disque. Quelques enregistrements privés ont néanmoins été réalisés par le musicien à l'orgue de l'église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul à Châtelet, entre les années 1970 et 1980. À côté d'œuvres de L. N. Clérambault, F. Couperin, J.-S. Bach, J. Brahms, C. Tournemire, E. Bonnal et C.-R. Roland, il interprète quatre de ses pièces :
 Dominante sol (sans op.)
 Berceuse marine op. 24
 Hommage à César Franck op. 25 (I-III-IV)
 Suite Pascale op. 54 (I-II-III-IV)

Disque vinyle
 Dominique Bodson, Œuvres pour orgue de compositeurs wallons, Musique en Wallonie, disque 33 t., 1979. 0100-126.
 Berceuse marine op. 24

CD
 John Scott Whiteley, The english cathedral series XV, Regent, 2007. (réf) 275.

 Berceuse marine op. 24
Jean-Philippe Merckaert, Maurice Guillaume, œuvres pour orgue, Wavre, Le chant de Linos, 2008. CL0819.
 Hommage à César Franck op. 25 (I-II-III-IV)
 Deux pièces pour la Fête-Dieu op. 36 (Interlude, Postlude)
 Suite Pascale op. 54 (I-II-III-IV)

Hommage
En hommage au compositeur, l'Académie de Musique de Châtelet (où il a enseigné) a pris le nom de : Conservatoire de Musique et des Arts Parlés « Maurice Guillaume».

Distinction

Bibliographie

Monographie
 Stéphane Detournay : Catalogue de l'œuvre musicale de Maurice Guillaume (1899-1983), publié par l'Association Maurice Guillaume ASBL, 2006. .

Articles
 Jules Charbonnel : Maurice Guillaume s'en est allé, in : revue L'Organiste, UWO,  année, 1983-II.
 Stéphane Detournay : Maurice Guillaume ou la force de l'humilité, livret accompagnant le CD Maurice Guillaume, œuvres pour orgue, Jean-Philippe Merckaert, Wavre, Le chant de Linos, 2008.
 Stéphane Detournay : Maurice Guillaume, in : Le Courrier de Saint-Grégoire n°95, revue de l'AMG, 2020-21/VIII.
 Pascal Matagne : Maurice Guillaume, in : revue Servir,  année, 1999-I.
 Pascal Matagne : Maurice Guillaume (1899-1983), Journal (1915 à 1918); Dernières lettres (1979-1980), in : revue L'Organiste, n° 197, UWO,  année, 2018-1.
 Claude-Robert Roland : Maurice Guillaume : un grand artiste de chez nous, in : revue Musique Vivante, 1975-I.
 Claude-Robert Roland : Maurice Guillaume compositeur, in : revue L'Organiste, UWO,  année, 1983-IV.

Citations
Maurice Guillaume est cité dans les ouvrages et articles suivants :
 Julia De Clerck : "La musique à l'église", in La Musique in Wallonie et à Bruxelles (ouvr. coll.), tome I, Bruxelles, La Renaissance du Livre, 1982.
Stéphane Detournay : Saint-Grégoire : un anniversaire et une histoire (première partie), in : Le Courrier de Saint-Grégoire n°6, revue de l'AMG, 2017-2018/I.
Stéphane Detournay : Le Chanoine Abel Delzenne, in : Le Courrier de Saint-Grégoire n°91, revue de l'AMG, 2020-21/IV.
 Thierry Levaux : Dictionnaire des compositeurs de Belgique du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Ohain-Lasne, Art in Belgium, 2006.
 John Scott Whiteley : Joseph Jongen and His Organ Music, Coll. The complete organ n°2, New York, Pendragon Press, 1997.

Notes et références

Liens externes
 [https://www.imep.be/fr/infos/maurice-guillaume-compositeur-pedagogue-et-membre-fondateur-de-limep-6370 Maurice Guillaume, compositeur, organiste, pédagogue et membre fondateur de l'IMEP'], site 'imep.be
 http://festival-orgue-chatelet.e-monsite.com/pages/maurice-guillaume.html
 http://www.conservatoire-mauriceguillaume.com/
http://www.bayard-nizet.com/Guillaume_fr.html
https://www.lemagazinedel.org/bibliotheque_detail.php?fiche=8

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With the theme "We are Negros," the event saw Seda Capitol Central's Satin ballroom decorated to resemble the grounds of Talisay City's iconic The Ruins – indoor fountain, romantic ivory-colored columns, and all – a worthy homage to the Negros Seda has endeared itself to.
Commemorating the hotel's first year in Bacolod – as well as officially kicking off the Christmas season – the two-fold celebration began with Hotel Manager Villaruz and Seda Senior Group General Manager Andrea Mastellone leading the countdown in a Christmas tree lighting ceremony, while also launching its charitable partnership with Smile Train Philippines.
Smile Train is an organization that gives free cleft repair surgeries and comprehensive cleft care to children with cleft lips and palates. Now available for purchase at Seda Capitol Central's lobby are Smile Train cards and ornaments visitors can hang at the hotel's Christmas tree. Between P100 and P300 only per ornament, guests can give back to less fortunate kids, with all proceeds from the program going directly to the organization, as it hopes to bring smiles to more children's faces.
Building on the "We are Negros" theme, Seda Capitol Central Executive Sous Chef Ynan del Rosario – known for introducing the famously mouth-watering Boneless Chicken Inasal to Bacolod City – prepared a feast inspired by classic local dishes, using native ingredients and familiar flavors the Negrense have come to love.
But of course, the innovative chef Del Rosario couldn't resist adding his own twist to these dishes – all the while still staying true to their Bacoleño roots. A resounding hit among the guests were the bite-sized mango napoleones Seda Capitol Central had prepared especially for the night. Little squares of layered puff pastry, oozing with sweet custard cream and mango filling, and topped with some white sugar glaze – guests really gravitated to these little indulgences.
The night was capped off with awe-inspiring performances from MassKara Festival dancers with their larger-than-life masks and headdresses and the Bayles de Luces ensemble of La Castellana, whose electric Technicolor routine dazzled the crowd.
Congratulations and cheers to all your success Seda Capitol Central!
Seda Capitol Central is located along Lacson Street corner North Capitol Road, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. For reservations or inquiries, you may contact them via landine (+63) (34) 703 8888, their official website capitolcentral.sedahotels.com, or their official Facebook page Seda Capitol Central Hotel.


Is it just a figment of my imagination or did we really give a trial to a one-armed player back in the 70's? May have been an Aussie.
Not sure if Hull ever signed a one armed player but Derek Bridgman played for Sheffield in the 80s, he had a paralysed arm. Also an Australian player called Kerry Gibson had one arm.
Remember the Sheffield player. Took the ball in really well from memory.