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An airplane designed for science research is flying from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Along the way it is measuring the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gases are responsible for the greenhouse effect, which traps solar energy in the atmosphere. Most of what we know about the greenhouse gases in our atmosphere is either from measurements made from the ground or measurements made from satellites way above the Earth. Some measurements are made from weather balloons too. But taking so many measurements from an airplane has not been done before. This flight will, for the first time, give scientists real-time global observation data that they can compare with the climate models run on supercomputers.
The plane that will make the trip and collect the data is called HIAPER. It's a Gulfstream V jet that has been customized for scientific research. Instead of all the seats that fill planes made for transporting people, HIAPER is filled with 5,600 pounds of scientific equipment.
The project, which is called the HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations mission (or HIPPO for short) will cover more than 24,000 miles, sampling the atmosphere in some of the most remote regions of the world.
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Birth 7 April 1928, The Bronx, USA
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Alan Jay Pakula (/pəˈkuːlə/; April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982). Pakula was also notable for directing his "paranoia trilogy": Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974) and All the President's Men (1976).
Pakula was born in The Bronx, New York, to parents of Polish Jewish descent, Jeanette (née Goldstein) and Paul Pakula. He was educated at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and Yale University, where he majored in drama.
Pakula started his Hollywood career as an assistant in the cartoon department at Warner Brothers. In 1957, he undertook his first production role for Paramount Pictures. In 1962, he produced To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. Pakula had a successful professional relationship as the producer of movies directed by Robert Mulligan from 1957 to 1968. In 1969, he directed his first feature, The Sterile Cuckoo, starring Liza Minnelli. In 1971, Pakula released the first installment of what would informally come to be known as his "paranoia trilogy". Klute, the story of a relationship between a private eye (played by Donald Sutherland) and a call girl (played by Jane Fonda, who won an Oscar for her performance), was a commercial and critical success. This was followed in 1974 by The Parallax View starring Warren Beatty, a labyrinthine post-Watergate thriller involving political assassinations. The film has been noted for its experimental use of hypnotic imagery in a celebrated film-within-a-film sequence in which the protagonist is inducted into the Parallax Corporation, whose main, although secret, enterprise is domestic terrorism. Finally, in 1976, Pakula rounded out the "trilogy" with All the President's Men, based on the bestselling account of the Watergate scandal written by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who were played in the movie by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, respectively. It was another commercial hit, considered by many critics and fans to be one of the best thrillers of the 1970s. Pakula scored another hit in 1982 with Sophie's Choice, starring Meryl Streep. His screenplay, based on the novel by William Styron, was nominated for an Academy Award. Later commercial successes included Presumed Innocent, based on the bestselling novel by Scott Turow, and another political thriller, The Pelican Brief, an adaptation of John Grisham's bestseller. His final film was the crime drama thriller film The Devil's Own, where he reunited with Harrison Ford.
From October 19, 1963, until 1971, Pakula was married to actress Hope Lange. He was married to his second wife, Hannah Pakula (formerly Hannah Cohn Boorstin) from 1973 until his death in 1998. He had two stepchildren from his marriage with Hope Lange, Christopher and Patricia Murray and three stepchildren from his second marriage. They are Louis, Robert and Anna Boorstin. He also spoke very openly about his stepson's battle with depression before his death.
Pakula died on November 19, 1998, in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway in Melville, New York. He was 70 years old. A driver in front of him struck a metal pipe, which went through Pakula's windshield, struck him in the head, and caused him to swerve off the road and into a fence. He was killed instantly.
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SAINT-ETIENNE, FRANCE – FEBRUARY 22: Florentin Pogba of Saint-Etienne in action during the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 second leg match between AS Saint-Etienne and Manchester United at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on February 22, 2017 in Saint-Etienne, France. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images)
The passion for football is undeniable around the world and the love of the players is at the top. Florentina is one of the most popular and wealthy soccer players. Florentina Pogba also made it to the list of most popular association players. The popular footballer has been playing as a defender in Guinea.
The 29-year-old footballer was born in Conakry. Just like many other football stars, Florentina has a lavish lifestyle with cars and other possessions.
The Guinean international footballer started his youth career at different clubs where he caught the eye of Celta Vigo in 2007. Later, Florentina Pogba was part of Sedan's reserve team and after 1 year he joined their professional team. From then on, his career took off, He currently plays with Ligue 2 club Sochaux and in the Guinea national team as a defender. During his club career, he played with FC Steinsaltz and transferred to AS Saint-Étienne. He made his international debut for Guinea in the second half against Mali in 2010.
Florentina Pogba then agreed to play for France in 2011, with FIFA allowing players to change allegiance if they hadn't played any competitive matches. In 2013, he pledged his career to the Guinea team. In 2013-14, when he struggled to play, he struggled to break into the team. However, after joining Saint-Étienne, he was able to play with the Guinean national team.
SAINT-ETIENNE, FRANCE – FEBRUARY 22: Manchester United's Paul Pogba and his brother Florentin Pogba of Saint-Etienne greet their mother in the stands after the UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg match between AS Saint-Etienne (ASSE) and Manchester United at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on February 22, 2017 in Saint-Etienne, France. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)
Florentina Pogba was born in Conakry, Guinea in 1990, her real name is Florentin Peilé Pogba. His family moved to France in Roissy-en-Brie when he was 8 years old. He has two brothers who play football with different teams. His younger brother Paul plays for Manchester United while his twin brother Mathias plays for Sparta Rotterdam.
He keeps his personal life private, so there are no details about his love life. According to reports, his estimated net worth is $1-5 million. He enjoys his lavish lifestyle and owns many valuable possessions such as cars.
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Celebrate the Holidays season at Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila with Art de Noël featuring The Enchanted Journey. A voyage through the Christmas offering at Sofitel's Le Marché de Noël featuring traditional Christmas toys, memorable and rich selection of festive culinary treats. Discover a wonderland of seasonal adornments featuring a vintage propeller plane, hot air balloons, a 30-foot Christmas tree and larger than life French snowman visiting with his friends. Christmas is not complete without Sofitel's special animations and a visit from Santa Claus.
Spiral takes you around the world in a gastronomic voyage of international dishes across 21 dining ateliers. Experience an enchanted journey of taste with family and friends with signature offers including Jambon a l'os, Roast Turkey with Cranberry Sauce, Beef Wellington, Lobster Thermidor, Beef Prime Rib, Foie Gras with Bell Pepper Jam, French Oysters, Savory Capelin Caviar and a rich selection of seafood favorites. The yuletide selection is enhanced with local favorites including the festive Lechon. Spiral's L'Epicerie showcases a rich variety of artisanal cheese ideal for wine pairing as you toast to the holidays. The Chocolaterie and Creamery presents a sweet ending to your Spiral feast with its decadent selection including the Yule Log, Christmas Fruit Cake, Mont Blanc, Panettone and Filipino desserts. Hans Dimayuga and Diday Garcellano of The Voice Philippines serenade our gourmands for a wonderfully sensory and magnifique celebration.
Children and kids can look forward to a fun-filled holiday with a visit from Santa Claus and his little helpers. Jolly St. Nick makes his rounds in search for the children on the Nice List on the 24th of December 2018 from 7pm to 12.30am, Christmas Day.
Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila transports guests to the vibrant and exciting carnival of New Orleans with a Mardi Gras New Year's Eve Countdown. Featuring a grand selection of gastronomic offers, live musical entertainment featuring Arriba and The Bloomfields, exciting raffle prizes, and a spectacular fireworks display by the bay. Sofitel's Mardi Gras will be held on the 31st of December 2018 at the luxurious Grand Plaza Ballroom.
Come in your bright and colorful Mardi Gras ensemble and enjoy an eventful program with highlights including a lucky draw of gift vouchers to relaxing sojourns to Sofitel Nusa Dua, a magnifique haven in Bali, Indonesia designed in collaboration with renowned Christian Lacroix; and VIE Hotel Bangkok, MGallery by Sofitel located at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. Other lucky winners will receive luxury gifts from Samsonite, Guerlain, Hugo Boss, Spanx, Nine West, Anne Klein, Beka, Maidenform and airfare vouchers worth Php80,000. For guests dressed to the nines, you may get a chance to win best in costume and a special prize.
Welcome the New Year in style with Sofitel's luxurious celebration in a magnifique evening led by host Issa Litton. Mardi Gras is available at Php5,799 per person inclusive of applicable government taxes and service charge with a sumptuous selection featuring signature French dishes with free-flowing cocktails, sparkling wine, beer, softdrinks and iced tea from 7pm at the Grand Plaza Ballroom. The New Year celebration continues at Le Bar for an after party with musical entertainment of the DJ Joker. Cover charges apply.
Mardi Gras is presented in partnership with SO Sofitel Bangkok, VIE Hotel Bangkok MGallery by Sofitel and Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua Beach Resort, Samsonite, Guerlain, Spanx, Maidenform, Nine West, Anne Klein, and Beka.
Welcome 2019 in a luxurious getaway to your urban oasis of choice. Avail of Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila's New Year's Special which features an overnight stay with dinner tickets for 2 adults to the Mardi Gras New Year's Eve Countdown at the Grand Plaza Ballroom, New Year's Day breakfast for 2 adults and 2 children (11 years old and below) at Spiral, complimentary in-room family movies, La Boutique voucher worth Php500, Le Spa voucher worth Php500 and Vietura gift certificate worth Php1,500. Rates start at Php15,000 subject to applicable government taxes and service charge. Minimum stay of two (2) nights is required. Experience this holiday special with rates applicable from December 30th 2018 until January 1st 2019.
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Welcome 2019 with a gastronomic celebration as Spiral transforms into an exciting Mardi Gras carnival to usher in the New Year.
Indulge in an upgraded selection of festive favorites, a glass of Nicolas Feuillatte champagne and live musical entertainment featuring The Voice Philippines' Hans Dimayuga and Diday Garcellano. Lucky guests get a chance to win exciting prizes including an iPhone 8 and a trip for 2 to France.
Spiral's New Year's offers are inclusive of applicable government taxes and service charge. Dinner specials are available from 6:30pm to 11pm and Spiral's New Year's Day Brunch is available from 12pm to 3pm.
Celebrate from the best spot to welcome 2019 with Sunset Bar's New Year's Eve Countdown Special. Enjoy a lavish bayside feast including signature barbecue specialties and festive dishes including Lamb Chops, Beef Tenderloin, Foie Gras with Balsamic Glaze and Pineapple Chutney, U.S. Prime Rib, Roast Pork (Lechon), Peking Duck, Assorted Dim Sum, Fresh Oysters, Salmon Belly, Lobster, Sea Water Tiger Prawns and New Zealand Mussels. Pair your dishes of choice with free-flowing wine, cocktails, soft drinks, beers and a round of champagne to toast to the New Year!
The evening's highlights include a lucky draw featuring gift vouchers to relaxing and lavish sojourns to Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua, beautifully designed in collaboration with Christian Lacroix and located in picturesque Bali, Indonesia; VIE Hotel Bangkok MGallery by Sofitel located at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. Other lucky winners will receive luxury items from Samsonite, Guerlain, Spanx, Nine West, Anne Klein, Beka, Maidenform and airfare vouchers worth Php80,000.
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Take center stage in the first party of 2019 as Le Bar presents its annual New Year's Countdown After Party. DJ Joker spins a pulse-racing playlist as you party until the break of dawn with featured cocktails, shooters and a selection of premier wines. Le Bar's After Party tickets are available at Php800 per person with one round of your choice of cocktail or draft beer. Rate is inclusive of applicable government taxes and service charge.
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ENTERTAINMENT GISTS HOME Meet The Woman Behind The Transformation Of Grace Schools, Mrs. Iyiola Olatokunbo Edun.
Meet The Woman Behind The Transformation Of Grace Schools, Mrs. Iyiola Olatokunbo Edun.
Mrs. Iyiola Olatokunbo Edun is the administrator of the foremost citadel of learning in Lagos State, Grace Schools. And the erudite woman has been working at the schools for 35 years. She started from the base and rose through the ranks despite the fact that she is a daughter to the founder, Mrs. Grace Bisola Oshinowo of blessed memory. Grace Schools against all odds clocked 50 years of its existence recently.
In the bid to remain ahead of her contemporary, Grace Schools, under the supervision of Ma, as she is fondly called, partnered with international institution to introduce basic foreign language such as Chinese.
The school is also one of the leading institutions with a well-built structure that encourages intellectual games and Tech training such as Chess, Coding.
This is why the students, who graduate or go through the school in their academic journey is always outstanding in their chosen areas of profession.
She has extensive experience with assessments that are transparent and inform evaluations. She has created, modified, and established the technical adequacy of literacy, attention, and affective instruments in multiple languages. Her literacy interventions, designed for Grace Schools, include teacher and student materials, training, supportive technology and measures of fidelity.
Mrs. Edun had introduced Etiquette to the Curriculum for the past 21 years, long before the Ministry of Education began to launch a campaign for moral inclusion in the academic curriculum.
Mrs. Edun has succeeded remarkably in taking a twentieth-century school she was given by the founder Grace Bisola Oshinowo who founded the School in 1968 and turned it to a Microsoft Show Case School. They bagged the First British Council Award from 2014- 2017, and from 2018-2021, as a twenty-first-century school.
She officially started Work at Grace Schools in 1982. This was after she had worked in various capacities as a Nursery Assistant during her university days.
She has over the years taught primary (Now called Grade) 2, 3, and 6. She also was Headmistress from 1994-2004.
As the CEO and administrator, Mrs. Edun has greatly helped modernize the school from a 1960's school to a 21st Century school over the years.
Introduced various subjects, not in the Nigerian curriculum such as Etiquette, Chinese, Chess, Scrabble, Drama Dance etc. This is because she believes that any child who attends Grace Schools should be able to fit in effortlessly anywhere they might find themselves in the world, despite the fact that Nigeria is considered a 3rd world country.
Most students in Grace Schools can play at least one musical instrument, with some being able to play 3 or 4.
Apart from learning Chinese, which starts from Nursery 2 to the SS classes, Students in Grace Schools are encouraged to take the Chinese language exams like YCT1. & YCT 2 in the Primary and JS classes, and HSK 1, 2 & 3 in the SS Classes.
14 years ago, she Introduced Scholarships for indigent students, so that smart children from less privileged backgrounds can also attend Grace Schools free of charge.
Mrs. Edun believes that you can judge people and Nations by the way they treat the most vulnerable people in the society, i.e women, children, the poor, the sick and less privileged.
Mrs. EDUN has also facilitated a Partnership between Grace Schools, Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology, Belleville Ontario Canada,
This means that the First Year of their degree courses will be done at Grace Schools and the remaining 2 years will be completed in Ontario Canada.
Mrs. Olatokunbo Edun went to Queen's College Lagos. From there, she went for her A'Levels in England at North Corner School in Lewes Sussex. She proceeded to the University of Kent at Canterbridge where she did B.A. in History. She also went to the University of Essex where she obtained a Master's Degree in Comparative History. She later proceeded to UNILAG for her PGD.


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The capital of Finnish Lapland attracts a considerable number of Asian guests who mostly arrive via domestic flights from Helsinki. How have these visitor numbers benefited the city?
Developing great connections is part of Finavia's corporate responsibility. Our Sum of Good Things article series highlights details of Finavia's responsibility work. This instalment focuses on the effects of flight connections to the local economy in Rovaniemi.
The city of Rovaniemi, with a population of 60,000, sits on the Arctic Circle. Around the world, the capital of Finnish Lapland is known as the official hometown of Santa Claus, and the wilderness waiting just beyond Santa's post office. Combined with Mr. Claus and reindeer, Rovaniemi's Northern Lights vistas make it one of the most spellbinding bucket-list destinations in the age of Instagram.
Asian guests, most arriving via domestic flights from Helsinki, have been particularly intrigued by what Rovaniemi has to offer.
Reaping the benefits of the boom
"At Rovaniemi Airport, the busiest months in terms of Asian tourism arrivals are in the wintertime, from December until March," says Johan Juujärvi, Airport Manager. "The last two years have seen very strong growth for Asian tourists and that growth looks to continue. Exactly how strong that will be, however, is quite difficult to forecast."
This popularity has resulted in considerable figures in terms of registered overnight stays. According to data gathered by the tourism statistics group Visiittori, in 2018 the Chinese comprised the largest group from Asia (49,100). Singaporeans came next (16,000), followed by the Japanese (15,500).
In turn, these visitors, along with those from Europe, have helped local businesses in Rovaniemi. The city's service sector – from hotels, safari companies and taxi companies to shops, restaurants and Airbnb rentals – has reaped the benefits of this boom.
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Rovaniemi Airport welcomed a total of 644,144 passengers in 2018. To better serve the growing numbers tourists, Finavia is set to expand the airport's passenger terminal by over 75 percent.
The space for passengers will increase from the current 6,000 square metres to about 10,500 square metres, and the hourly capacity of the airport will increase from the current three planes to five planes. The expansion work will also provide job opportunities to local people and businesses. And of course, the new facilities will make the terminal more spacious and comfortable. The expansion project will be completed by the Christmas season of 2019.
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China - ¿Aún en ascenso?
Progress has been plentiful in the past year but is China ready to become the third largest gases market?
Whether in the public eye for the right or wrong reasons, China in 2008 is a country and economy that's thriving.
The Chinese gas market is growing at a healthy rate and has been for sometime, with industry forecasts that this trend will continue for many years to come yet.
Back in September last year, gasworld posed the question whether China was about to become the third largest industrial gases market. It also questioned whether the growth was sustainable. Twelve months later and the answer appears equally optimistic.
Having reached a revenues value of around $2.3bn in 2006 and exhibited growth of 12% over 2005, the Chinese industrial gas market continued to grow in 2007 at a rate of around 10% to total gas revenues of just over $2.5bn.
Such a market value ensures China maintains its dominant position in the wider North Pacific Rim market, second only to Japan (60%) with a share of 23.3%.
It had previously been suggested that China could overtake Germany as the third largest gases market in the world. Although progression has been strong, this still isn't quite the case just yet.
Stable revenue rises in the German gases market have meant that this has remained ahead of China at a value of approx. $3.6bn for 2007. If above average growth rates continue in the People's Republic however, we may soon be looking at China surging past Germany and into the top three players.
Figures from Spiritus Consulting had suggested a value of around the $2.5bn mark for 2007, but recently updated data anticipates this to be otherwise. Spiritus now sees the country's gases market racing on towards $2.77bn and a growth rate of just over 20% for last year alone.
This would support the notion that China is rapidly emerging as a leading industrial gas power on the global stage, as well as in the regional North Pacific region.
So to the next question – is the growth sustainable? For the foreseeable future at least, it would appear so.
The economic outlook after the recent devastating earthquake in the country is uncertain and clouded by the varying suggestions of analysts the world over. Some sources expect steep inflation following the earthquake, while others forecast a slowing economy, and some reports suggest that the pace of economic growth in China is unlikely to change at all.
As with Taiwan and the North Pacific Rim as a whole, China is likely to benefit from the boom in electronics over the next five years and beyond, while petrochemicals is also another prospering industry in the country.
Statistics suggest that manufacturing is still the largest growth driver, representing 43% of the end-user market breakdown, followed by metallurgy at 19% and chemicals, with a 10% share.
This would appear to be supported by information from other sources too, as the nascent chemicals industry is cited as a key factor for investment in China and steel seems to provide increased demand for industrial gases.
China is regarded in some quarters as the world's most important and fastest growing polymers market, with Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) for example, keen to invest and declaring a new Centre of Excellence at its China Technology Centre in Shanghai.
Reaffirming its commitment to the region, SABIC added significantly increased production capability to its Pudong, Shanghai facility and set out its bold aim to become one of the leading petrochemical companies over the next decade. This follows on from the signing of a Heads of Agreement with SINOPEC for the formation of a 50/50 joint venture to establish a 1 million tpy ethylene derivatives complex in Tianjin.
"Our expansions in China are a sign of the confidence that SABIC places in the economic opportunities in China and supports SABIC's strategy of being among the world's top three petrochemical companies by 2020," commented SABIC Vice President of Polymers, Abdulsalam Al-Mazro.
Air Liquide is to benefit from the demand arising from petrochemicals too, revealing the start-up of a long term supply of industrial gases to Sinopec Tianjin Petroleum and Chemicals Corporation (TPCC) at an eventual investment of around €45m.
Building on its 50/50 joint venture company established in Tianjin with TPCC earlier this year (Air Liquide TPCC), Air Liquide is to construct a new 1,000 tpd ASU for the new TPCC refinery and cracker.
In April 2007, Air Liquide commissioned another new unit in Tianjin located in Tianjin Binhai New Development District to supply LG Bohai Chemical Co. Ltd, while its joint venture with Tianjin Soda (Air Liquide Yongli) is currently investing in two new ASU's of 2,000 tpd each to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Tianjin Soda.
The units will start at the beginning of 2009, with a total investment in Tianjin estimated to have already reached more than €200m. The steel industry too, affords seemingly sustainable growth as Praxair China could testify.
The company announced a long term supply agreement with Nanjing-based Meishan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd for the construction of two new air separation plants to come on-stream in the fourth quarter of 2009 and third quarter of 2010. The new plants will supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to meet growing demand as Meishan Steel increases production capacity.
A contract has been inked with Zhenshi Group Eastern Special Steel Co. Ltd too, agreed for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon for its 500,000 tonne stainless steel project facility in northern China. As well as building an ASU in Jiaxing with a capacity of 400 tpd (scheduled for start-up in mid 2009), Praxair will produce by-product liquids to meet the growing demand of neighbouring markets.
Perhaps surprising is the level of drive provided from the electronics sector, estimated at just 8% by Spiritus.
Such a percentage is likely to rise drastically in the coming years as China, like Taiwan and the North Pacific market as a whole, benefits from the electronics boom over the next five year period.
Global forecasts from Spiritus suggest the electronics industry will provide a robust growth driver during the period of 2006-2011, demonstrating a CAGR of 10.5% as an end-use segment for the industrial gases business.
In the North Pacific, this is probably where the boom will be felt the greatest of all, and China should certainly be a beneficiary. It's perhaps not unrealistic to expect this to play a significant role in China's surface to the forefront of the global gas market.
Working towards sustainability and the fight against pollution appears to be something of a trend in China at present, as water treatment services afford increasing industrial gas demand.
Both Messer and Praxair China have capitalised on intensifying requirements in this area and feel this could become a key new growth driver in future.
Praxair announced in March this year that it would be the exclusive supplier of oxygen to three wastewater treatment plants that will supply the Beijing Games. The supply contract signed between Beijing Praxair Inc. and the Beijing Drainage Group Co. Ltd will see oxygen delivered to plants located in the Qinghe, Beixiaohe, and Jiuxianqiao sections of the city for treatment processes.
Just one month later and the company revealed further agreements with Beijing No.3 Water Works and Tiancunshan Water Works, affiliated to the Beijing Waterworks Group Co. Ltd, for oxygen supply to their plants.
Since August of last year, the Changsha waterworks in China's southern province of Hunan has been using oxygen supplied by Messer to treat drinking water, with capacity of the waterworks to be doubled and eventually trebled in coming years.
The oxygen is used in an ozone generator for the production of ozone, which efficiently removes organic and inorganic substances, such as iron and manganese. As a strong oxidant and antiseptic, the gas is also capable of eliminating the odours and water discolouration caused by organic substances.
In addition, ozone promotes flocculation in water, thus enhancing the degradability of the organic contaminants, and even in small doses helps to accelerate sterilisation. At the same time, ozone does not produce any waste products, as is the case when disinfecting with halogens (such as chlorine).
With the Chinese industrial gas market rising at such a rapid pace, it's no surprise that so many of the major gas companies are keen to invest and take a slice of the action.
Most are merely building on an already well established platform in both the country and the wider region.
Spiritus figures denote that Linde, Praxair, Air Products and Air Liquide lead the way in the Chinese market, with shares ranging closely between 8% and 6% of the region's revenues respectively.
Distributors are believed to account for an immense 43% of the market and revenues of approximately $1.2bn but of the gas majors, Linde boast revenues of around $233m and Praxair appear to run an incredibly tight second place with $232m.
With a 7% share, Air Products is believed to operate revenues in the region of around $190m while, Air Liquide trail marginally behind with just under $167m.
In a market so full of promise it seems to be the independent producers and distributors that lead the way and for the time being at least, leave the gas majors playing catch-up. Independent producers account for a 21% share of the Chinese market at revenues of around the $573m mark, while as mentioned earlier, distributors make up 43% of the market and comprise revenues of $1.2bn.
So the questions of twelve months ago still remained and despite a growth rate of around 20% in 2007, the answer remains the same too. If such growth persists and the optimism for region is as strong as expected, there's no doubt China will soon emerge as the third largest industrial gases power and next year alone, should break through the $3bn revenues barrier.
Traditional growth drivers are still prevalent and as is abundantly clear, the electronics sector is likely to generate huge growth in both China and the wider North Pacific Rim region. Other aspects such as increasing environmental applications, think wastewater treatment, appear set to spur industrial gas growth and the strident steel industry offers much opportunity.
We may find that the same questions persist in another year's time but soon enough it seems we'll see the anticipated answers coming forward.


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Q: Auto assignment Recently I have been working with a set of R scripts that I inherited from a colleague. It is for me a trusted source but more than once I found in his code auto-assignments like
x <<- x
Is there any scope where such an operation could make sense?

A: This is a mechanism for copying a value defined within a function into the global environment (or at least, somewhere within the stack of parent of environments): from ?"<<-"

The operators '<<-' and '->>' are normally only used in functions,
       and cause a search to be made through parent environments for an
       existing definition of the variable being assigned.  If such a
       variable is found (and its binding is not locked) then its value
       is redefined, otherwise assignment takes place in the global
       environment.

I don't think it's particularly good practice (R is a mostly-functional language, and it's generally better to avoid function side effects), but it does do something. (@Roland points out in comments and @BrianO'Donnell in his answer [quoting Thomas Lumley] that using <<- is good practice if you're using it to modify a function closure, as in demo(scoping). In my experience it is more often misused to construct global variables than to work cleanly with function closures.)
Consider this example, starting in an empty/clean environment:
f <- function() {
     x <- 1     ## assignment
     x <<- x    ## global assignment
}

Before we call f():
x
## Error: object 'x' not found

Now call f() and try again:
f()
x
## [1] 1

A: <<-

is a global assignment operator and I would imagine there should hardly ever be a reason to use it because it effectively causes side effects.
The scope to use it would be in any case when one wants to define a global variable or a variable one level up from current environment.

A: For example:
x <- NA

test <- function(x) {
 x <<- x
}

> test(5)
> x
#[1] 5

That's a simple use here,  <<- will do a parent environment search (case of nested functions declarations) and if not found assign in the global environment.
Usually this is a really bad ideaTM as you have no real control on where the variable will be assigned and you have chances it will overwrite a variable used for another purpose somewhere.

A: Alan gives a good answer: Use the superassignment operator <<- to write upstairs.
Hadley also gives a good answer: How do you use "<<-" (scoping assignment) in R?.
For details on the 'superassignment' operator see Scope.
Here is some critical information on the operator from the section on Assignment Operators in the R manual:
"The operators <<- and ->> are normally only used in functions, and cause a search to be made through parent environments for an existing definition of the variable being assigned. If such a variable is found (and its binding is not locked) then its value is redefined, otherwise assignment takes place in the global environment."
Thomas Lumley sums it up nicely: "The good use of superassignment is in conjuction with lexical scope, where an environment stores state for a function or set of functions that modify the state by using superassignment."

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The Teskey Brothers release video for 'Highway Home For Christmas'
Ahead of their special online concert with Orchestra Victoria
By Anna Rose
Credit: Nick McKinlay
The Teskey Brothers have released an official music video for their recent festive offering, 'Highway Home For Christmas'.
The song – originally released on December 3 – was announced by the Melbourne blues outfit in a tweet, in which they said that they "had a VERY fun time making this one," before giving a shoutout to the music video's director, the "great" Nick Mckk.
Watch the video for 'Highway Home For Christmas' below:
'Highway Home For Christmas' also dropped alongside a second song, 'Dreaming of A Christmas With You'.
Taking to Twitter to spread festive cheer, The Teskey Brothers originally posted: "Two gifts to give today! Our new songs, 'Dreaming of A Christmas With You' (+ the video!) and 'Highway Home For Christmas' are out today for your merriment."
Two gifts to give today!
1. Our new songs, 'Dreaming of A Christmas With You' (+ the video!) and 'Highway Home For Christmas' are out today for your merriment. https://t.co/cdpP78ovDg pic.twitter.com/PjpMXJbwQf
— theteskeybrothers (@teskeybrothers) December 2, 2020
'Dreaming of A Christmas With You' was released with an official music video on December 2 – watch it below:
As well as the double festive feast, The Teskey Brothers announced a special online concert with Orchestra Victoria at Melbourne's Hamer Hall, set to air via the band's YouTube channel on December 22 at 10am AEST.
Back in May, the band released a live album, 'The Teskey Brothers — Live At The Forum', which went on to become their first number one record and the first Australian live album to top the ARIA charts since 1992.
At the 2020 ARIA Awards last week, The Teskey Brothers took out the prize for Best Blues & Roots Album for 'Live At The Forum'.
The Teskey Brothers performed as part of Great Southern Nights in November, marking their first live shows since February.
The Melbourne natives will appear at SummerSalt 2021, playing its Hobart, Mornington, Ballarat, Geraldton, Perth, Wollongong, Sydney, Canberra and Darwin editions alongside the likes of John Butler, Montaigne, Emily Wurramara, Boy & Bear and The Cat Empire.


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New UTM Sociology Professor Susila Gurusami profiled on UTM VP Research page
Posted on December 12, 2018 by Julia Barone
The UTM Office of the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean has recently profiled Professor Susila Gurusami as part of their #MeetTheNewProfs series. Professor Gurusami joined the department this fall after completing her doctorate at UCLA and a Chanceller's Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California, Riverside. Professor Gurusami conducts research that focuses on gender, race, punishment and state governance. She is currently in the process of writing a book that examines the lives of previously incarcerated Black women at a transitional home in Los Angeles.
The full news story can be viewed on UTM's sociology page here.
We have posted an excerpt below.
Susila Gurusami is delighted to be kicking off her academic career at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
"I am just so taken with the University of Toronto," she says. "The sociology department here is one of the largest in the world in terms of breadth of scholarship. A lot of scholars I've engaged with in the work I'm doing are based here.
"There is an openness to what sociology is and what rigorous scholarship looks like, which is lovely. UTM really seemed, in so many ways, what I had dreamed academic life could be. It was an opportunity I just couldn't turn down."
Gurusami, who grew up and earned her degrees in the United States, conducts research that focuses on gender, race, punishment and state governance. "The racial context in Canada has expanded my sensibilities about what race, control and sovereignty look like," she says.
She is in the midst of writing a book that examines the lives of previously incarcerated Black women at a transitional home in Los Angeles. "I am trying to amplify voices that are not well represented. Their experiences, given their race and gender, tell us a lot about how the state governs, and reflect problems we all should notice."
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NASA's fatal Challenger launch still reverberates through the agency today
January 24, 2023 by Shahnawaz Alam
The day before the Challenger launch disaster, senior NASA official James Beggs made an urgent phone call to the agency's chief engineer.
On January 27, 1986, Beggs was on temporary leave from his NASA Administrator position due to a brief legal matter related to his agency's work. While watching pre-launch television coverage of Challenger, Beggs (and many others) saw icicles on the launch tower. But neither Beggs nor engineer Milt Silveira could get hold of the Launch Decision team to stop the countdown.
"He's calling the Cape, begging them to stop the count," Bill Nelson, the current NASA administrator, said of Beggs during a televised NASA town hall today (Jan. 24). "And they wouldn't pick up his phone, because he's not the administrator. There he was." [instead] An acting administrator." (That person was William Graham.)
Beggs, who died in 2020 at age 94, said only in his 2002 NASA oral history (opens in new tab) When recalling that incident the launching team was "sequestered" and unresponsive to calls. Regardless, the launch decision was fraught: after spending the night in freezing temperatures, the shuttle Challenger exploded the next morning with seven people on board due to a cold-induced mechanical failure.
Nelson, who completed space shuttle mission STS-61-C on Columbia just 10 days before Challenger's launch, said she was "on her knees" when she heard about the explosion and the loss of the newly launched crew. Fell".
Connected: Lessons learned from deadly Challenger shuttle disaster resonate at NASA 35 years later
The STS-51L crew of Challenger. Front row, left to right: Michael J. Smith, first row left, Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, Ronald E. McNair; Alison S. Onizuka. Back row, left to right, S. Christa McAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, and Judith A. Resnik. (Image credit: NASA)
NASA remembered all those killed in the Challenger and spaceflight quests at a town hall held two days before the agency's annual Day of Remembrance, which discusses spaceflight safety and remembers people from all countries who lost their lives. who have lost their lives during spaceflight or in training. Or testing to get there.
have more than 20 names (opens in new tab) at the Space Mirror Memorial (opens in new tab) NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center complex near Orlando, Florida, contains most of the astronauts who died while serving in the space agencies or during private space flights. Most Recent Name, Virgin Galactic Spaceship Two Co-Pilot Michael Ellsbury (opens in new tab)was added in 2020 (opens in new tab),
NASA's Day of Remembrance occurs each year around the close of three significant failures in space flight: the loss of Challenger on January 28, 1986; the fatal fire that killed three members of the Apollo 1 crew on January 27, 1967; and the breakup of the shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003 with seven crew members on board. This year will mark the 20th anniversary of mission STS-107 aboard Columbia, as well as the 37th anniversary and 56th anniversary of mission STS-51L aboard Challenger. Apollo 1 launch pad fire.
Each of these incidents resulted from a complex intersection of human and technical error, and NASA officials acknowledged at the town hall that Remembrance Day is not only delicate, but relevant. The lessons learned are especially to the fore, agency officials stressed, as NASA flies new human-rated vehicles that are relatively untested in spaceflight.
Connected: Do astronauts really understand the risk they are taking?
This year, 2023, is the 20th anniversary of Columbia's 2003 failure with seven people on board during STS-107. Bottom row (left to right) are astronaut Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; Rick D. Husband, Mission Commander; Laurel B. Clarke, mission specialist; and Ilan Ramon, payload specialist. In the top row are (left to right) Astronaut David M. Brown, Mission Specialist; William C. McCool, pilot; and Michael P. Anderson, payload commander. (Image credit: NASA)
Orion made it around the Moon last year and again during Artemis 1, but only with mannequins in the crew seats. Boeing's Starliner also docks with the International Space Station in 2022, but with no astronauts on board yet.
Meanwhile, SpaceX's Crew Dragon has flown eight times with people on board: twice for private ventures and a half-dozen times for NASA. They're still a relatively small number compared to the Space Shuttle or Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, which have passed 130 flights each, but Dragon's flight rate is comparable to older NASA programs like Mercury or Gemini.
To be sure, even older programs can suffer from safety issues, but young spacecraft are subject to big unknowns due to their lack of flight knowledge. NASA plans to include additional safety briefings this year on top of its monthly safety panel discussions as a step to keep engineers informed, agency officials said.
Apollo 1 crew, left to right: Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee. (Image credit: NASA)
"We all know that when we're trying something new, we're never going to be 100 percent safe because there are things we can't predict that might happen," said NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, a former shuttle astronaut, told attendees at the town hall. "But each of us must remember that it can happen to us."
Nelson, Melroy and Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, who have all flown on the Space Shuttle, repeatedly emphasized that spaceflight safety is the responsibility of everyone, including management. After standing on the landing runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in vain waiting for the return of STS-107, Cabana personally told the families of the Columbia astronauts about their deaths.
"I knew it was preventable. I knew we could do something," Cabana said of the fatal breakup that killed seven astronauts 20 years ago. "It's so hard. I was the one who had to tell the families they weren't coming home. I never want to do that again."
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Our very own 'Forces for Change'
Posted by: Fiona Gregg - Communications Manager at Sellafield Ltd, Posted on: 8 August 2019 - Categories: Skills
As Vogue celebrates 15 women who are driving change around the world, we've looked closer to home.
Sellafield's Forces for Change are 15 formidable women who are tackling the clean-up of some of the country's most significant nuclear risks, transforming our business, and driving greater equality, diversity and inclusion in our business and beyond. And that's not all…
Rebecca Weston, driving change through leadership
As our strategy and technical dirctor, Rebecca is responsible for setting our corporate strategy, as well as defining our approach to innovation. But first and foremost, as part of our Executive team, she is leading our organisation, helping to drive our evolution from reprocessing to nuclear clean-up.
Rebecca said:
While I have a specific area of expertise and responsibility with strategy and technical/innovation, I'm part of the Executive, here to lead the business, support the Chief Executive Officer and enable the workforce to do their nationally important work.
I believe in the work we are doing, and the people who are doing it. As an ambassador for our business, a significant part of my role is to represent the business in local, national and international arenas. To help our stakeholders understand the challenges we are facing and the progress we are making.
As our mission on the Sellafield site is changing, and we are introducing changes at a corporate level to make our business fit for the future. It is our job as an Executive to help the business, our employees, navigate the inevitable uncertainty that comes with change.
Andi Rutherford, driving greater inclusion for the LGBT+ community
Andi works in project management at Sellafield. She transitioned in 2015 and is a champion for LGBT+ within Sellafield Ltd and beyond.
An active member of the company's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Council, Andi led the development of a LGBT Hub. She also supports charities to improve their equality, diversity and inclusion.
Andi said:
I was initially reluctant to take up the role of a LGBT+ champion, but realised that if no-one took up the role, there would be people like me across the company who didn't have anywhere to turn for support at work. If sharing my story helps even one person, then it is worth doing.
I want to see a progressive, diverse, workplace where people have the confidence to be who they are, and to encourage them to be positive and realise their potential. Removing the stigma of being different won't just happen on its own. It needs people to drive a positive change
My own life experiences showed me that the biggest barrier to achieving success can be self-confidence. I can show that decisions I have made in the last five years have motivated me, and I now see challenges as opportunities my aim is to pass that on to others and help them break down their personal glass ceilings.
Rebecca Stamper, driving the voice of the next generation
Our Next Generation Executive - a shadow to our formal Executive team – aims to bring diversity of thought and the voice of those earlier in their career to our governance arrangements.
Each member of the Executive has a 'shadow' member and as a group they receive the same papers as our Executive and hold the same meetings.
Just as the Executive has a Chief Executive Officer in the shape of Paul Foster, the Next Generation Executive needed a leader.
Step forward Rebecca Stamper, a driving force for change.
We are bringing the thoughts, opinions and perceptions of a new generation to the business of running Sellafield. We can challenge norms, ask questions and bring about positive change. We are helping Sellafield Ltd become the business it wants to be.
Being part of the Next Generation Executive has helped me to drive change across the business.
But you don't need a label, anyone can be a driving force for change, all you need is passion, will and determination.
Dorothy Gradden, driving nuclear risk reduction
As head of the teams tackling the decommissioning of Sellafield's First Generation Magnox Storage Pond and Pile Fuel Storage Pond, Dorothy is driving the clean-up of two of the highest risks in the country.
Her relentless determination isn't just delivering nationally important environmental remediation, its inspiring the next generation of female leaders.
Dorothy said:
There is no blueprint for the challenge we have in cleaning up these legacy nuclear storage ponds. I encourage my teams to make use of technical innovation to accelerate retrievals, because if we do things the way that we have always done them we will get what we have always got.
But technical innovation doesn't necessarily mean 'complex engineering solution'. The best approach to a challenge may be to give skilled operators the use of remotely operated vehicles - combining technology with human experience.
The most crucial thing I can do to help my teams is to trust their judgement and give them processes that help them, rather than procedures that constrain them.
Joanne Griffin, driving inclusivity and gender equality
Joanne is a Principal Mechanical Engineer and was one of the first female Fellows of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering. She is one of the forces behind our drive towards a more inclusive working environment and equality for male and female engineers.
Joanne said:
Achieving true equality isn't about hitting target numbers or quotas of women in certain roles, teams or disciplines. It is about more women being selected for roles based on their skills and experience. Being selected because they are the best person for the job.
But to get to that point we must break down barriers and inspire future generations of female leaders, engineers, welders… you name it… by showing them that anything is possible.
I am proud to be driving that change by doing practical things like our recent Women's Engineering Society 100-year anniversary event. We celebrated the engineering talent that we already have across the organisation and you can already see that the tide is turning.
Hillary Crosthwaite, driving the digitisation of our business
How do you create the digital and operational business environment that we need to deliver our mission as quickly and successfully as possible? More specifically, how do you digitise an almost 80-year old nuclear site?
Meet Hillary Crosthwaite, the woman charged with driving the digitisation of Sellafield.
Hillary said:
Creating a modern, digital, environment for our business might sound like a project designed to give everyone the latest tablet or phone, but it runs much deeper than that.
Digital isn't just new technology. It involves people, processes, culture and ways of working. When we created a new working space – our innovation suite – we did make sure that the right technology was in there, but we also considered all of the other elements that people need to foster collaboration and innovative thinking. Sometimes that is a low-tech solution like a white board and marker pen.
I love being part of the disruptive force in our organisation, pushing the digital changes at Sellafield forward.
Alison Strafford – driving menopause awareness
As the woman responsible for business and financial reporting for the retrievals part of our business, Alison leads a team of 65 business, project controls and risk practitioners. Together they track more than £300 million of spends every year, making sure that projects are on target and money is being spent wisely.
When menopause hit, and support was lacking, Alison started her own drive to raise awareness.
Alison said:
When menopause (or technically peri-menopause) symptoms hit me, they knocked me sideways. There was limited support available but perhaps even worse, the subject was considered a bit taboo.
At some point menopause will impact every woman - at least to some degree. The severity of the symptoms varies from woman to woman and can have a serious impact on the way we work. We can't begin to support individual women when the topic itself is taboo or difficult to talk about. So, our first step is raising awareness.
I'm trying to make it easier for women to find information by adding it to our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Hub and, with the support of our Executive, created a support and action group. We are at the very early days, but I am proud to be part of a movement that breaks the taboo of menopause within my company.
Rachel Barnard, driving an improvement in bullying and harassment
When a survey revealed some startling figures around bullying and harassment in the workplace, we acted.
That action included a personal commitment to draw a line under bulling and harassment from the very top of our organisation, through to increasing the support available to anyone who felt they were being bullied or harassed.
We also introduced more resources to speed up the investigation process and trained more mediators.
These mediators, including Rachel, are a key part of our response to bullying and harassment.
Rachel said:
Tackling bullying in harassment in the workplace is by no means an overnight process. But rolling out internal, local mediation, is a big step forward in working towards reducing bullying and harassment across our business. Mediation can be a great way of healing relationships between two employees by empowering communication and the problem-solving process to support people to resolve their conflict.
As a trained mediator I am extremely proud to be part of this change and intend on playing a part in improving working arrangements and relationships for my colleagues and helping us ensure that all of our employees feel comfortable in their place of work.
Saskia May, driving accessible access to mental health and wellbeing support
When we asked employees to suggest ways to create a positive change to the business, Saskia May - who provides technical support to our Spent Fuel Management portfolio office – knew exactly what to suggest.
She took her passion for equality and diversity and created an app to support employee wellbeing.
Saskia said:
Through my role on the Women in Nuclear succession committee, I see first-hand the benefits of focussing on workplace equality and diversity.
When the opportunity came up to suggest ways to create a positive change in our business, me and my good friend Chris knew exactly what we wanted to pitch.
We wanted to provide a one-stop-shop for employees to get information and support on mental health and wellbeing, whenever they needed it. An app that they helped to create and could access on work phones and personal devices, 24 hours a day.
We spent a lot of time speaking to individuals in a variety of roles across the business to find out what would really help those who need support or advice for either themselves or colleagues. From these conversations, the pilot Wellbeing app was built. Feedback so far has been fantastic and we're building the final product.
Emma Law, driving how we communicate
The way that businesses engage with their audiences is changing. It is increasingly shifting from push to pull, from tell to engage, and from traditional marketing to inbound marketing.
Emma is driving a change in the way we communicate – from the language we use (goodbye acronyms) to where we share our stories (hello socials).
Emma said:
The Sellafield story is a fascinating one, but you sometimes have to peel back the layers of business jargon and complicated scientific processes to find it. Our audiences, just like everyone else, are information rich and time poor. It's no longer reasonable to expect people to come to our website – or any of our channels – to actively look for a story and then wade through reams of written details.
It's not their responsibility to come and look. It's our responsibility to create great content, to bring the story to life, and then to make it as easy as possible for people to find and engage with. To take our story to them.
"We're at the start of our brand evolution (the 'nuclear power plant' moniker is a difficult one to shake) but there isn't a more exciting communication challenge.
Claire Gallery-Strong, driving gender balance
In her day job as Head of Enterprise Portfolio Development, Claire is driving for consistency in how we approach the prioritisation of our enterprise resources.
Consistency and equality are also at the heart of Claire's other passion – addressing gender balance.
Claire said:
The nuclear industry has a gender balance of just 22% women. We can make our industry more diverse and inclusive, but the issues are complex and need many action strands to be successful.
My options were to stand on the side line or do something about it.
I took on the challenge to make a difference and worked to create Women in Nuclear UK with a mission to support and encourage more women to enter the industry and stay. We provide mentoring, networking and leadership skills training.
We're not stopping there. On International Men's Day we will start to address more generic barriers to entry and will look at how barriers to men taking on more caring responsibilities can be removed. Evening the field so that men and women can share domestic responsibilities.
Emma-Jayne Gooch, driving the SME agenda
Emma-Jayne has brought the lessons she learnt from running an SME into Sellafield Ltd to remove barriers and make it easier to work with us, open communication routes, and run the SME government agenda on behalf of the company.
Emma-Jayne said:
I am extremely proud and humbled to be able to lead the change at Sellafield around opening the doors for opportunity within our supply chain. The last 2 years have been a whirlwind but the things I am most proud of in delivering that change include launching LINC with Sellafield Ltd. This is a procurement platform that gives SME's an opportunity to work directly with Sellafield in solving our challenges.
We've also launched our SME Strategy and Actions Plan and taken our SME spend from 25% to 30.9% in one year.
"Of course, these things couldn't have been delivered without my awesome team and fantastic supply chain colleagues.
Jade White, driving gender equality in engineering
As a Welding Engineer, Jade provides specialist welding, fabrication and materials technology services to the Projects and Operational teams at Sellafield.
Her skills and experience have been recognised beyond Sellafield and she was included in The Guardian's Top 50 Women in Engineering for 2019.
During her 11-year career at Sellafield, she has spoken widely on equality in engineering.
Jade said:
Promoting women in engineering is something I feel passionate about. Sharing the stories of how women got into their roles and the difference they are making is the best way to break stereotypes. And breaking stereotypes is how we encourage the next generation.
To be one of those stories, and to appear in the Top 50 Women in Engineering list was a wonderful achievement and I felt honoured to have been picked alongside fellow females in successful engineering careers. But what is really exciting is the thought that reading my story might have inspired another girl to reach for her own career in engineering.
Angela Seeney, driving the transformation of our business
Angela's career spans the public and private sector and started with the illustrious honour of being the first female apprentice on the Engineering and Industrial Training Board scheme.
As Executive Director for Transformation, she is driving the transformation of Sellafield Ltd – an ambitious programme that seeks to transform almost every aspect of our business.
Angela said:
We want to enhance performance and prospects for our business, our staff, partners and stakeholders as well as our broader communities through transformative changes. It is an honour to drive a change that will transform everything from how we develop our business leaders and work differently with our supply chain to how we use innovation to accelerate our mission. All while delivering millions of pounds of savings for the UK taxpayer.
Jo Stabler, driving autism awareness
In addition to her day job as a Performance Improvements Advisor at Sellafield, Jo is also the co-founder and co-chair of the site's Autism Support Network. Through this work she is driving a more inclusive culture at Sellafield.
We created the network to support parents and primary carers of children with Autism, and employees who themselves have a diagnosis.
As well as offering support to our members both at work and at home, we work to educate the wider workforce at Sellafield and our supply chain of the reality of living and working with Autism.
If I could share one message with people, it is that people with autism at Sellafield are not alone and there are so many positives in our lives that we want to share.
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When the owner heard that, he thought the young man probably came from a poor family, and might even need to work extra hard in order to finish his education, so he added some minced pork and a spiced egg at the bottom of the container, and then put the plain rice on top.
The boy finished his bowl of rice and picked up his lunch order. Upon feeling how heavy it was, he looked back at the owner and his wife with tears in his eyes.
Ever since then, the young man returned every day, except for holidays, for his bowl of plain rice. The owner always put something different at the bottom of the container for the additional lunch order.
This continued every day until the young man graduated from college. He didn't return to the restaurant after graduation.
One day, when the restaurant owners were almost 50 years old, they received a government notice advising that the restaurant would be demolished, as it was an illegal building. They cried and cried — all their life savings had been used to send their son to study in America, and now they were middle aged, about to be unemployed with no savings — what could they do?
The young man who could only afford to order a bowl of plain rice showed up at the doomed restaurant the next day. He had worked hard to finish his schooling and establish his empire. He wanted to repay the kindness he had once received. Without the encouragement and support from the restaurant owner, he might not have finished his studies.
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Red Hat Reports Fiscal First Quarter Results
93% sequential growth in operating income, 21% sequential growth in deferred revenue, and $30 million in cash flow from operations highlight a strong quarter
RALEIGH, CAROLINE DU NORD — 17 juin 2004 —
Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 was $41.6 million, a sequential increase of 13% compared to $37.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, and a year-over-year increase of 53%.
For the first quarter of fiscal 2005, the company reported net income of $10.7 million, or $0.05 per share. This represents an increase of 113% over net income of $5.0 million, or $0.03 per share, in the prior quarter, and an increase of 603% over net income in the same quarter a year ago.
The company generated $30.1 million, or $0.16 per share, in positive cash flow from operations during the first quarter. The company ended the quarter with a cash and investments balance of $964.4 million.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2005, the company increased its deferred revenue balance to $86.1 million, a sequential increase of $15.2 million, or 21%, as compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004.
Highlights for the first quarter include:
Sales of subscriptions to Red Hat Enterprise Linux continued to outpace the growth rate of the Intel-based server market, reaching 98,000 subscriptions in the first quarter, a sequential increase of 13%. This is comprised of 75,000 subscriptions sold into the enterprise IT market and 23,000 subscriptions sold into the HPC and hosting markets.
Renewal rates for subscriptions sold to Red Hat Enterprise Linux in prior years remained strong at approximately 85%.
Gross margins increased to record levels, with blended gross margins at 80% and gross margins of Enterprise subscription technologies at 93%.
Operating profit, excluding stock-based compensation, increased to $6.5 million, or 16% of total revenue. This represents a sequential increase of 43% on an adjusted basis and 93% on a GAAP basis, as compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004.
"Red Hat continued to show consistent execution in the first quarter of fiscal 2005, as evidenced by a strong sequential growth in subscription volumes, gross margins, and operating margins", stated Kevin Thompson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "Cash flow from operations once again remained strong, representing 72% of total revenues in the quarter".
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News14 Nov 2011
Bolt and Pearson - familiar names, inspiring deeds - 2011 World Athletes of the Year
2011 World Athletes of the Year Sally Pearson and Usain Bolt (© Philippe Fitte)
While their names have long been familiar to athletics fans, the roads that Usain Bolt and Sally Pearson travelled on the way to their World Athlete of the Year awards in 2011 were an inspiring contrast on how to reach the top and how to stay there.
Both standouts since their early teen years - indeed, both won World Youth titles in 2003 - the pair quickly assumed lead roles in the sport, fine tuning their precocious talents to take World Athlete of the Year honours, the third time for Bolt, and the first for Pearson. Both are just 25, suggesting their best is yet to come.
[NOTE - See 'Related Content' to the right of this story under the photo, for the Athlete of the Year announcement and other awards from the 2010 World Athletics Gala.]
For Bolt, an atypical year
For Bolt, the 'World's Fastest Man' and the sport's biggest star, 2011 didn't seem to be going quite like his ascendant 2008 and 2009 seasons, nor his 2010 follow-up. Injured early on, he didn't embark on the main part of his season until late May when he produced a pair of 9.91 performances in a span of five days at Rome's Golden Gala and Ostrava's Golden Spike. While both were victories, they weren't quite the performances that matched the heightened expectations that now typically shadow the double World record holder's every appearance. Both races were close as well with narrow 0.02 and 0.06 margins, respectively, over compatriots Asafa Powell and Steve Mullings.
His final pre-Daegu 100m race was a little faster at 9.88, but again was a fiercely fought contest, this time just 0.02 ahead of another compatriot Nesta Carter.
Meanwhile, after a 19.86 200m opener in an Oslo downpour, a pair of 20.03 follow-ups in Paris and Stockholm didn't signal that the playful Jamaican would arrive in Daegu as the overwhelming favourite he was prior to the 2008 Olympic Games and 2009 World Championships. But he clearly did arrive in Korea prepared, judging by the ease with which he propelled himself through the 100m rounds. But then disaster struck in the final when Bolt was guilty of a false start heard round the world.
But true to form, he didn't despair. Six days later he bounced back to dominate the 200m final in 19.40, what was then the fourth fastest performance in history. (Two of the top three belong to him as well.) A day later came the proverbial icing on the cake when he teamed with Carter, Michael Frater and Yohan Blake to anchor a 37.04 World record in the 4x100m Relay.
Post-Daegu, there was one more item on his to-do list: end the season as the world's fastest man. He improved to 9.85 in Zagreb on 13 September, and went considerably faster in Brussels three days later, clocking 9.76 to end the season as the fastest in the 100m.
Soon after receiving the award, Bolt said this one "meant a whole lot", perhaps more than his previous two which capped his World record-setting sprees in 2008 and 2009. "This season was a really trying season for me, I really had to work hard and step up my game."
Bolt also asked attendees of the World Athletics Gala to take a moment to remember Howard Aris, the President of the Jamaican federation, whose support and guidance played a key role in the athlete's success. Aris passed away in Jamaica on Thursday.
Pearson – dominance from the start
Like Bolt, Pearson came to the fore as a World Youth champion and has spent the intervening years gradually working her way up to the pinnacle of women's hurdling elite. The Olympic silver medallist in Beijing, Pearson improved her own Area record to 12.50 in 2009, but dogged by injury later that summer she missed the podium in Berlin by two notches. Not quite as fast in 2010, she still performed admirably on the circuit, capping her season with wins at the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup and Commonwealth Games. Speed, we would soon learn, was on the agenda for 2011.
Pearson said that the chief difference in 2011 came from more speed endurance training to help sustain her through the end of her race. Signs of improvement came early on in the Australian domestic season when she swept the national 100m, 200m and 100m Hurdles titles, the first triple national championships victory by a woman in Australia in more than 40 years.
And the speed was apparent in her European season debut when she clocked 12.47 in Lausanne, albeit wind-aided. A further improvement of her Area record came in her next outing, where she clocked 12.48 in Birmingham. She concluded with two more victories prior to Daegu, 12.51 in Monaco and 12.58 in London (along with a 12.55 in the heats) to arrive in the Korean city as the world's most consistent hurdler. She would leave as one history's fastest.
That she was in the shape of her life was abundantly clear when she cruised to a 12.36 victory in the semis, a massive improvement that moved her all the way up to equal No. 5 all-time. Her seemingly effortless run left one lingering question: did she run too fast too soon? She answered that question less than two hours later.
With one of the most memorable performances in World Championships history, Pearson's run in the final was one of sublime rhythmic beauty, her confident rhythm, cadence and power a sight to behold. Leaving a strong strong field well back in her wake, she reached the line in 12.28, the fastest performance in more than two decades which lifted her to the No. 4 spot all-time.
Suddenly, Yordanka Donkova's 12.21 World record, set on 20 August 1988 - a few months before Pearson would blow out the candles on her second birthday cake - seemed within reach. That was never a doubt for Pearson's long-time coach Sharon Hannan. Now she's made a believer out of Pearson, too.
Post-Daegu, her success continued with 12.52 and 12.68 victories in Zurich and Zagreb, extending her unbeaten streak to 13. That streak came to a screeching halt after she tumbled over the seventh hurdle in Brussels. Her pride may have wounded that evening as she walked off the track with a sad wave to the crowd, yet it seemed but a quickly faded memory when she received her award on Saturday evening, surrounded by the peers she readily admits still leave her star struck and awed. That feeling is certainly mutual.
Bob Ramsak for the IAAF
- 2011 competitions of the male and female World Athletes of the Year (finals only + other select highlights):
9.91 1 Roma 26 May
9.91 1 Ostrava 31 May
9.88 1 Monaco 22 Jul
DQ World Championships 28 Aug
9.85 1 Zagreb 13 Sep
9.76 1 Bruxelles 16 Sep
19.86 1 Oslo 9 Jun
20.03 1 Saint-Denis 8 Jul
20.03 1 Stockholm 29 Jul
19.40 1 World Championships 3 Sep
4 x 100m Relay
37.04 World Record 1 World Championships 4 Sep
Jamaica - Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt
100 m hurdles
12.85 1 Perth 31 Mar
12.83 1 Melbourne (NC) 17 Apr
12.74 1 Gold Coast 18 Jun
12.47 1 Lausanne 30 Jun
12.48 AR 1 Birmingham 10 Jul
12.51 1 Monaco 22 Jul
12.58 1 London 6 Aug
12.36 AR 1 (semis) World Championships 3 Sep
12.28 AR 1 World Championships 3 Sep
12.52 1 Zürich 8 Sep
12.68 1 Zagreb 13 Sep
DNF Bruxelles 16 Sep
Other events, highlights:
100m:
11.21 1 Sydney 19 Mar
11.38 1 Melbourne 16 Apr
11.24 2 Rieti 10 Sep
23.05 1 Brisbane 11 Feb
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Q: partition by a count of a field I have a table t1 with two int fields(id,month) and I have populated it with some values.
What I would like to see as an output is, the maximum of (count of id in a month). I have tried the following code and it works fine:
select id,max(freq) as maxfreq from
(select id,month,count(*) as freq
from t1
group by id,month) a
group by id
order by maxfreq desc

The result is:
ID  MAXFREQ
1   3
2   3
3   1
4   1

This is fine. How to achieve this using the over partition by clause? And which one is more efficient? In reality my table consists of several thousands of records. So doing a subquery wont be a good idea I guess! Thanks for any help. Here's the fiddle

A: ;WITH tmp AS (select id, row_number() over (partition by id, month order by id) rn
         FROM t1)
SELECT t.id, max(tmp.rn) as maxfreq
from t1 t
INNER JOIN tmp ON tmp.id = t.id
GROUP BY t.id

A: You can try this -
select id,max(freq) as maxfreq from
(select id,row_number() over (partition by id,month ORDER BY id) as freq
from t1
) a
group by id
order by id,maxfreq desc

but from a performance standpoint, I do not see much difference between your original query and this one.

A: Same solution but with using CTE.
Actually there is no point to forcibly use windowing functions to this issue.
Compare both solutions with plan explorer.
;with c1 as
( select id,month,count(*) as freq
from t1
group by id,month
)
select id, max(freq) as maxfreq
from c1
group by id
order by maxfreq desc;


Mr. Doan Van Thieu in Thoi Nguon A area, Phuoc Thoi ward, O Mon district, Can Tho is one of the most successful goat breeders in the West.
Previously, he had worked hard, from fields, fields, raising buffalos, raising pigs but his life was still not good. After many years of anxiety, he went there and learned from experience in many breeding models in the Mekong Delta.
After learning about the breeding techniques and conditions, he decided to choose goat as the main livestock. So in 2013, he built cages with 16 goats, next year he buys 30 more, develops a farm model to raise goats, then goats and goats. Will determination to make rich.
After four years of intensive care, his farm has increased to 400 meat and about 350 seed, monthly sold to her relatives in and out of the province of over 100 goats of all kinds.
Three-month-old goats can be bought in the stable, each weighing between 16 and 25kg, selling at prices ranging from VND130-140,000 / kg (on average, each goat sells VND250,000 x 100 = VND25 million). Not to mention goat trade.
Mr. Thieu excitedly said that raising goats at the extreme but need to spend more food, but need to have premises, breeding facilities to ensure environmental hygiene. Their main food is vegetables, grass and other by-products such as banana, soybeans, corn, corn stalk and leaves ... The resistance of goats is very high so rarely occurs. Peace of mind, no loss worries. Moreover, goat breeds are quite fast, every 2 years / 3 litters, each litter 2 children. After 2 - 3 months of age, they can produce barns and 8 months of age for goats and meat, and prices are relatively stable.
According to him, for short-term raising, many people buy goats meat about 15kg / fattening in 3- 4 months can be from 700,000 to 1 million per child. Since then, he asserted, an idle laborer fed with 5 profitable goats could be equivalent to 5 crops after harvest.
At present, the size of Thieu's barn is quite large with many kinds of good goats, from batik, goat to boer (South Africa). The big ones can weigh over 70kg, like Saanen (Switzerland). People come to buy the seed. To ensure that the goat develops well and meet the demand for trading, creating favorable conditions for trading services, he always needs 5 laborers for accounting, mowing and cutting. Eating, cleaning and delivery.
Although he does not indicate specific income but with the amount sold, at least every year he also words on several hundred million from the sale of goats, goats, goat milk and goat goat.