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Investigation on Optimal Electric Energy Storage Capacity to Maximize Self-Consumption of Photovoltaic System
Ruda Lee, Hyomun Lee, Dongsu Kim, Jongho Yoon
Journal: Journal of Energy Resources Technology
J. Energy Resour. Technol. July 2022, 144(7): 070903.
Paper No: JERT-21-1704
Battery systems are critical factors in the effective use of renewable energy systems because the self-production of electricity by renewables for self-consumption has become profitable for building applications. This study investigates the appropriate capacity of the battery energy storage system (BESS) installed in all-electric zero-energy powerhouses (AEZEPHs). The AEZEPH used for this study is a highly energy-efficient house. Its criteria indicate that all the electrical energy within the home is covered based on the generated electricity from onsite renewable energy systems, including that the annual net site energy use is almost equal to zero. The experiment for measured data of electricity consumed and generated in the buildings is conducted for a year (i.e., January through December 2014). Based on the measured data, patterns of the electricity consumed by the AEZEPH and generated by an onsite renewable energy system (i.e., photovoltaic (PV) system) and BESS's appropriate capacity are then analyzed and evaluated using the electric energy storage (EES) analysis tool, named Poly-sun. This study indicates that self-consumption can be increased up to 66% when the ESS system is installed and used during operating hours of the PV system. The amount of received electricity during the week tends to be reduced by about two times.
Topics: Batteries, Energy consumption, Energy storage, Photovoltaic power systems, Renewable energy, Structures, Stress, Power stations
Energy, Exergy, and Emission Analysis on Industrial Air Compressors
Farah Nazifa Nourin, Juan Espindola, Osama M. Selim, Ryoichi S. Amano
J. Energy Resour. Technol. April 2022, 144(4): 042104.
Air compressors, a key fluid power technology, play an essential role in industrial plants and office buildings, hospitals, and other types of facilities. The efficient use of the air compressor is crucial. By controlling unnecessary inefficiencies, high energy consumption can be reduced. This study aims to provide energy and exergy analysis on air compressors for different industries. Detailed case studies were also analyzed. The case study focuses on the energy and exergy analyses of the compressed air system of foundry industries. The results indicate that applying the six improvement recommendations yields significant amounts of energy and cost savings and significant improvements in the system's overall performance. The payback periods for different recommendations are economically feasible and worthwhile to use. The suggested improvement methods can provide cost savings with a low payback period.
Topics: Compressed air, Compressors, Exergy, Energy consumption, Leakage, Air compressors, Pressure
Carbon Capture and Storage Energy Consumption and Performance Optimization Using Metamodels and Response Surface Methodology
Ali Allahyarzadeh-Bidgoli, Nayereh Hamidishad, Jurandir Itizo Yanagihara
J. Energy Resour. Technol. May 2022, 144(5): 050901.
Oil and gas industries have high carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, which is a great environmental concern. Monoethanolamine (MEA) is widely used as a solvent in CO 2 capture and storage (CCS) systems. The challenge is that MEA–CCS itself is an energy-intensive process that requires optimum configuration and operation, and numerous design parameters and heat demands must be considered. Thus, the current work evaluates the energy distributions and CO 2 removal efficiency of a CCS installed in floating production storage and offloading units under different operating conditions of a power and heat generation hub. The optimization procedures are implemented using highly accurate surrogate models for the following responses: (1) overall power consumption of CCS, (2) CCS separation performance, and (3) CCS heating and cooling demands. The input variables considered in the present research include the following: (1) the exhaust gas compositions and mass flowrate, (2) the operating pressure and temperature parameters of CCS and the injection compression unit, (3) the structural parameters of absorber and stripper columns, and (4) MEA solution parameters. The optimum CCS configuration significantly reduces the total heating and cooling demands by 62.77% (7 × 10 6 kW) and the overall power consumption by 8.65% (1.8 MW), and it increases the CCS separation performance by 4.46% (97.46%) and mitigates the CO 2 emissions of proper CCS by 1.02 t/h compared with conventional operating conditions.
Topics: Carbon capture and storage, Carbon dioxide, Energy consumption, Heating and cooling, Metamodeling, Optimization, Separation (Technology), Heat, Design, Response surface methodology
Predictive Modeling for Rooftop Solar Energy Throughput: A Machine Learning-Based Optimization for Building Energy Demand Scheduling
Mahdi Houchati, AbdlMonem H. Beitelmal, Marwan Khraisheh
J. Energy Resour. Technol. January 2022, 144(1): 011302.
Published Online: May 7, 2021
The intermittent and fluctuating nature of solar energy is the biggest challenge facing its widespread utilization. Implementing onsite photovoltaic (PV) systems as alternative energy sources has established the need for reliable forecasting procedures to improve scheduling and demand management. This paper presents solar energy forecasting combined with a demand-side prediction algorithm to optimize the utilization of available solar energy resources and manage the demand side accordingly. The algorithm utilizes support vector regression (SVR), a machine learning technique, validated using one-year energy consumption data collected from an office building instrumented as an experimental testbed facility. Power meters and temperature sensors collect the building's internal climate and energy data, while a solar PV array and a weather station provide the external relevant data. The forecasting method uses the average power output of k-similar days as an added input to the SVR model to enhance its performance. The day-ahead prediction results show that this additional input contributes to higher forecasting efficiency, especially in the hot climate regions, where sunny weather conditions prevail throughout the year. The PV output prediction accuracy for sunny days is above 90%, which offers possibilities for optimized scheduling and leading to smart building energy management. Finally, this paper also proposes a temperature set point optimization algorithm for the building air conditioning system to minimize the difference between the building energy load and the generated solar PV power. Using 24 °C as the upper set point temperature limit reduces the energy demand (consumption) by up to 29% and the associated reduction in CO 2 emissions.
Topics: Algorithms, Energy consumption, Optimization, Solar energy, Stress, Support vector machines, Temperature, Intelligent buildings, Machinery, Modeling
Net Zero Energy Model for Wastewater Treatment Plants
Mohammad D. Qandil, Ahmad I. Abbas, Abdel Rahman Salem, Ahmad I. Abdelhadi, Alaa Hasan, Farah Nazifa Nourin, Mohamed Abousabae, Osama M. Selim, Juan Espindola, Ryoichi S. Amano
J. Energy Resour. Technol. December 2021, 143(12): 122101.
The primary objective of this study is to achieve net-zero energy (NZE) wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) by utilizing energy efficiency opportunities (EEO), combined heat and power (CHP) systems, and other renewable energy (RE) sources, e.g., solar, water, and wind powers. This study discusses an innovative energy solution for WWTPs in the United States, and one of the WWTPs with a flow capacity of 1.5 million gallons per day (MGD) was selected as a case study. An optimization tool, Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software, is used in this study to find the best energy system configuration to run the system. An energy audit for one WWTP was conducted in early 2020 and the report is used to do this study. The proposed EEOs were able to reduce WWTP energy consumption by about 11%. The excess anaerobic digester gas was utilized in a CHP system to cover about 42% of the facility's consumption. Also, 3% of the utility energy consumption can be claimed by microturbines in the aeration tanks. Another two renewable energy systems, solar photovoltaic (PV) with 29% and water turbines with 15%, contribute to covering 100% of the WWTP energy consumption and achieving an NZE WWTP.
Topics: Energy consumption, Energy efficiency, Microturbines, Renewable energy, Turbines, Wastewater treatment, Water, Biogas, Renewable energy sources, Electric power generation
Performance Analysis of Solar-Powered Organic Rankine Cycle With Energy Storage in Different Climate Zones in the United States
Hadis Hemmati, Jian Zhang, Emily Spayde, Pedro J. Mago, Heejin Cho
J. Energy Resour. Technol. September 2021, 143(9): 090908.
Published Online: February 5, 2021
Solar-powered organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is considered a promising technology and has the potential to provide clean electric energy. Extensive studies on the design of ORC systems have been conducted and reported in the literature. However, few studies have presented the influence of climate zones on the performance of a solar-powered ORC, especially for an integrated ORC and energy storage system. This paper presents an analysis to determine the performance of solar-powered ORCs with electric energy storage (EES) systems to supply electricity to buildings in different climate zones in the United States. The building type evaluated in this paper is a large office, and the energy consumption of the facility in each climate location was determined using EnergyPlus. The ORC-EES operational strategy used in this investigation is described as follows: when solar irradiation is adequate to produce power, the ORC charges the EES. Then, when there is no solar energy available, the EES provides power to the building. The ORC-EES is evaluated based on the potential to reduce the operational cost, the primary energy consumption, and the carbon dioxide emission. Furthermore, the influence of the number of solar collectors and the EES size on the performance of the ORC-EES system is investigated.
Topics: Energy storage, Organic Rankine cycle, Solar collectors, Solar energy, Solar power, Climate, Irradiation (Radiation exposure), Fluids, Energy consumption
A Techno-Economic Assessment of Syngas Production by Plasma Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste as a Substitute Gaseous Fuel
Néstor D. Montiel-Bohórquez, Juan D. Saldarriaga-Loaiza, Juan F. Pérez
Published Online: January 15, 2021
The updraft plasma gasification process of different municipal solid wastes (MSWs) to produce syngas as a substitute gaseous fuel was assessed from a techno-economic viewpoint. The plasma gasification process was modeled under a thermo-chemical approach using aspen plus . The model validation has been carried out with experimental data from the literature, reaching an average relative error of 6.23% for temperature, heating values, and fuel species concentration of the syngas. The plasma torch power consumption was one of the main process parameters that affects the energy and exergy efficiencies. In spite of increasing moisture content of MSW, from 26.61% to 57.9%, the energy and exergy efficiencies expanded by 1.5% and 5.4% on average, respectively, which ascribed to the reduction of torch power consumption; this behavior resulted as the torches thermally degraded a lower fraction of dry MSW. Whereas, if plasma temperature increased (2500 °C to 4000 °C), the gasification efficiencies diminished because of the torch power consumption boosted by 28.3%. Furthermore, the parameter combinations process (air flow and plasma temperature) was found to reach the highest process efficiency, the efficiency ranged from 79.22% to 83.46%, highlighting the plasma gasification flexibility. The levelized cost of syngas production varied from 15.83 to 26.21 ¢US$/kW h. Therefore, to make these projects feasible (waste to energy), a waste disposal charge ranging between 14.67 and 26.82 ¢US$/kW h was proposed.
Topics: Fuel gasification, Fuels, Municipal solid wastes, Plasmas (Ionized gases), Syngas, Temperature, Energy consumption, Exergy
Spreading of SARS-CoV-2 via Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems—An Overview of Energy Perspective and Potential Solutions
Ahmad K. Sleiti, Samer F. Ahmed, Saud A. Ghani
Article Type: Review Articles
J. Energy Resour. Technol. August 2021, 143(8): 080803.
The role of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC) in spreading SARS-CoV-2 is a complex topic and has not been studied thoroughly. There are some existing strategies and technologies for health and high performance buildings; however, applications to other types of buildings come at large energy penalty: cost; design, regulations and standards changes, and varied public perception. In the present work, different factors and strategies are reviewed and discussed and suggested mitigations and solutions are provided including the required air flowrates with the presence of infectors with and without mask and disinfection techniques including ultraviolet (UV) light. Experimental and numerical research in open literature suggests that the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is sufficiently likely. However, in situ detailed experimental studies are still needed to understand the different scenarios of the virus spread. Displacement ventilation, underfloor air distribution, chilled beams, radiant ceiling panels, and laminar flow systems have varied effectiveness. High-efficiency particulate arrestance (HEPA) filters and UV light can clean viruses but at high energy cost. Suggested solutions to reduce the infection probability include recommended levels of ventilation and a combination of virus sampling technologies including cyclones, liquid impinger, filters, electrostatic precipitators, and water-based condensation.
Topics: Air conditioning, HVAC equipment, Particulate matter, Temperature, Ultraviolet radiation, Ventilation, Heating, Structures, Energy consumption, Probability
Study of Energy Saving Analysis for Different Industries
Ahmad Abdel-Hadi, Abdel Rahman Salem, Ahmad I. Abbas, Mohammad Qandil, Ryoichi S. Amano
This study analyzes the energy consumption and saving performance in the industries in the U.S.A. All energy assessments implemented were for facilities whose annual energy consumptions were less than 9,000,000 kWh (small- and medium-sized industries) that belong to the manufacturing industries with Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes ranging from 2000 to 3999 in addition to SIC codes starting with 49. In this study, assessments are classified based on the SIC codes with recommendations analysis for each classification to get a better idea of what recommendations were suggested in each major industrial sector, knowing that 68 assessments were made, and their SIC ranged from 14 to 49. In addition, this study could be considered as a guide for energy engineers and other personnel involved in the energy assessment process. The information investigated can give a better prediction for composing better energy-demanding industries and minimizing energy consumption. More than 61 energy assessments were conducted for manufacturing facilities and analyzing the data gathered and processed. Through the research, the Fabricated Metal industry achieved the highest average kWh savings and cost savings within the industries studied in this study. According to the average gigajoule (GJ) savings, the fabricated metal industry ranked second within the studied industries. Conversely, Food and Kindred Products achieved the highest GJ energy savings within the studied industries. Lighting, motors, compressors, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) were the most contributing industries in a total of 547 recommendations.
Topics: Energy assessment, Energy consumption, Food products, Heating, HVAC equipment, Manufacturing industry, Metals, Motors, Compressors, Air conditioning
Introducing a Novel Air Handling Unit Based on Focusing on Turbulent Exhaust Air Energy-Exergy Recovery Potential
Yuanzhou Zheng, Rasool Kalbasi, Arash Karimipour, Peng Liu, Quang-Vu Bach
J. Energy Resour. Technol. November 2020, 142(11): 112108.
A novel air handling unit (AHU) aimed at reducing energy consumption was introduced in this study. In the proposed novel AHU, the heating coil is completely removed, and therefore, no heating coil energy demand is needed. The novel AHU used primary energy recovery as well as secondary one to utilize the return air energy and exergy. Through the first energy recovery unit, the return air exergy was recovered, while in the secondary heat exchanger, return air energy was recycled. Results showed that using the novel AHU leads to a reduction in energy consumption as well as the exergy losses. Three climate zones of A, B, and C were selected to assess the novel AHU performance. From the first law viewpoint, at zone B, using novel AHU has priority over other zones, while in the second law analysis, utilizing the novel AHU at zones B and C is more beneficial. Based on the first law analysis, owing to using novel AHU, energy consumption reduced up to 55.2% at Penang climate zone. Second law analysis revealed that utilizing the novel AHU decreased the irreversibility up to 51.4% in the Vancouver climate region.
Topics: Climate, Energy consumption, Exergy, Cooling, Heating, Exhaust systems
Cost Optimization and Flexibility Analysis for the Liquefaction of an Associated Natural Gas Stream
Saeed Eini, Georgios M. Kontogeorgis, Davood Rashtchian
J. Energy Resour. Technol. June 2020, 142(6): 062801.
Liquefaction and then transportation to the market is one of the promising options for the utilization of associated natural gas resources which are produced in oil fields. However, the flow of such resources is normally unsteady. Additionally, the associated gas in one oil field may exhaust in a few years and the liquefaction plant should be moved to another oil field with different specifications. In order to tackle such challenges, liquefaction systems not only must be optimally designed and operated but also should be flexible with respect to the gas flow fluctuations. The flexibility analysis of such processes is usually ignored in the optimization studies. In this research, first, the economic performance of two small-scale liquefaction processes (a single mixed-refrigerant process, SMR, and a nitrogen expander process) was optimized and compared. The results showed that the SMR process is economically more attractive (49% lower lifecycle cost compared to the nitrogen expander process). As a post-optimization step, flexibility analysis was performed to investigate the ability of optimal designs in overcoming gas flow fluctuations. For this purpose, five-thousand feed samples with different flowrate and methane content were supposed which formed a feasibility-check region. The results showed that with respect to the design constraints, the optimal SMR process is more flexible and feasibly operates in the entire region. However, the nitrogen expander process cannot feasibly operate for the gas feed with high flowrate and low methane content.
Topics: Energy consumption, Liquefaction, Methane, Natural gas, Nitrogen, Optimization, Refrigerants, Design, Liquefied natural gas, Pressure
Determining Factor/s of Window Glazing Regarding Reduction in Electrical Energy Consumption
Arindam Dutta, Akash Samanta
J. Energy Resour. Technol. March 2020, 142(3): 032101.
Among all building envelops, windows are typically the weakest barrier to heat ingress. The building energy consumption of any conditioned building located in the tropical country is deeply governed by the amount of heat gain inside the building because heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is a major energy consumer. Hence, it can be easily inferred that the energy consumption of a building can be reduced through judicial selection of window glasses. This paper illustrated the importance of thermal transmittance (U-value) and solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) value of window glazing in detail and also demonstrated the energy savings potential of various types of commercially available windowpanes. The electric energy savings potential of various types of windowpanes such as tinted, reflective, single glazing, and double glazing glasses have been analyzed through eQUEST energy simulation software for a building, situated in the tropical region of India. Building architectural data and all other information regarding HVAC, lighting, etc. have been collected during the energy audit and trained in the eQUEST simulation for further analysis. The calibration of simulation model has been done using actual monthly electricity consumption data of the case building. This study depicts the percentage decrease in electrical energy consumption due to retrofitting of various commercially available window glasses compared with base building. The study also compares the importance of main two determining factor(s) U and SHGC value behind the judicial selection of proper window glazing.
Topics: Cooling, Energy consumption, Glass, Glazing (Construction), Heat, Simulation, Simulation models, Stress, Solar heating, HVAC equipment
Thermodynamic, Economic, and Environmental Comparison Between the Direct and Indirect CO 2 Refrigeration Cycle With Conventional Indirect NH 3 Cycle With Considering a Heat Recovery System in an Ice Rink: A Case Study
Hossien Momeni, Mohammad Mehdi Keshtkar
Article Type: Research-Article
In industrial refrigeration systems, such as ice rinks, because of consumption of a lot of energy, the selection of a refrigeration system is very important. At this work, environmental considerations are combined with thermodynamics and economics for the comparison of three different refrigeration systems in an ice rink, including the NH 3 /brine, CO 2 /brine, and full CO 2 . The first law of thermodynamics is used to calculate the system's coefficient of performance (COP) and the second law of thermodynamics is applied to quantify the exergy destructions in each component of a refrigeration system. With regard to the above, the exergy efficiency and energy consumption of the systems are determined by taking into account the heat recovery process that has been performed in the above-mentioned cycles. The results indicate that if a heat recovery system has been used in the refrigeration system, coefficient of performance of full CO 2 refrigeration system is 33% higher than the CO 2 /brine and 66% greater than the NH 3 /brine system. The results also show that, whatever the refrigeration evaporating temperature in the NH 3 /brine system reaches lower than −12.4 °C, the total cost of this system will be greater than the full CO 2 system.
Topics: Carbon dioxide, Cycles, Heat recovery, Ice, Refrigeration, Temperature, Refrigeration cycles, Exergy, Energy consumption
Energy- and Exergy-Based Analysis for Reducing Energy Demand in Heat Processes for Aluminum Casting
Manuela Neri, Adriano M. Lezzi, Gian P. Beretta, Mariagrazia Pilotelli
J. Energy Resour. Technol. October 2019, 141(10): 104501.
Published Online: April 17, 2019
In this paper, energy- and exergy-based analysis is used to analyze a factory with high energy demand for the production of aluminum discs. The analysis is focused on heat processes that take place in a melting furnace, a casting machine, a heat treatment oven, and a drying oven. Energy and exergy efficiencies are computed to assess the room for the improvement of the energy efficiency processes. The analysis shows that a large amount of energy is lost due to heat losses to the environment, and solutions for reducing energy demand and emissions have been identified. Instead of changing the equipment of a factory, significant improvements and consequent reduction of fossil fuels consumption can be obtained by increasing the thermal insulation of some components and by means of waste heat recovery performed by heat exchangers, with a consequent energy demand reduction of 15%.
Topics: Casting, Exergy, Furnaces, Heat, Heat treating (Metalworking), Machinery, Ovens, Temperature, Melting, Aluminum
Blade Element Momentum Study of Rotor Aerodynamic Performance and Loading for Active and Passive Microjet Systems
Owen F. Hurley, Raymond Chow, Myra L. Blaylock, Aubryn M. Cooperman, C. P. van Dam
This study investigates the performance of microjets for load reduction on the NREL-5 MW wind turbine and identifies optimal system parameters. Microjets provide blowing normal to the blade surface and can rapidly increase or decrease lift on a blade section, enabling a wind turbine to respond to local, short-term changes in wind condition. As wind turbine rotors become larger, control methods that act on a single blade or blade section are increasingly necessary to reduce critical fatigue and extreme loads. However, microjets require power to operate, and thus, it is crucial that the fatigue reduction justifies any energy input to the system. To examine the potential for fatigue reduction of a range of potential microjet system configurations, a blade element momentum (BEM) code and a flow energy solver were used to estimate the energy input and the change in primary fatigue metrics. A parametric analysis was conducted to identify the optimal spanwise position and length of the microjets over a range of air mass flow rates. Both active and passive air supply methods were considered. A passive microjet system applied to the NREL 5-MW rotor produced a 3.7% reduction in the maximum flapwise root bending moment (FRBM). The reduction in the peak bending moment increased to 6.0% with a 5 kPa blower that consumes approximately 0.1% of the turbine output power. The most effective configurations placed microjets between the blade midspan to three-quarters span. Load reduction was achieved for both active and passive modes of air supply to the microjet system.
Topics: Airfoils, Blades, Flow (Dynamics), Momentum, Rotors, Stress, Wind turbines, Energy consumption, Turbines, Pressure
Enhanced Ground Source Heat Pump System With Thermal Storage System
Hirotoshi Taira, Takashi Sato, Takao Kakizaki, Masahito Oguma
The short-cycling operation of a heat pump decreases energy consumption efficiency. Short-cycling operations of ground source heat pump system (GSHP) occur when the ON/OFF control of a heat pump is used in a partial load condition. It is considered effective that GSHP with capacity controls installs to suppress short-cycling operations. However, there is no report on any continuous operations by capacity control GSHP in actual operations. We confirmed that GSHP (water to water) with capacity control operates short-cycling in the residence. Short-cycling operations occurred with a sudden load fluctuation due to opening or closing of the valves. We conducted effective verification experiments of the thermal storage device at the artificial heat load fluctuations condition. When the thermal storage device installed upstream brine circulation line of the heat pump with the capacity control, continuous operations are performed. It was under the condition at the heating heat load of 5 kW is turned ON/OFF every 20 min. In this case, energy consumption efficiency of a heat pump is 13% higher than the efficiency without the thermal storage device.
Topics: Heat, Heat pumps, Stress, Temperature, Thermal energy storage, Heating, Energy consumption, Pipes
Demographical Energy Usage Analysis of Residential Buildings
Alice Sokolova, Baris Aksanli
Residential energy consumption constitutes a significant portion of the overall energy consumption. There are significant amount of studies that target to reduce this consumption, and these studies mainly create mathematical models to represent and regenerate the energy consumption of individual houses. Most of these models assume that the residential energy consumption can be classified and then predicted based on the household size. As a result, most of the previous studies suggest that the household size can be treated as an independent variable which can be used to predict energy consumption. In this work, we test this hypothesis on a large residential energy consumption dataset that also includes demographic information. Our results show that other variables such as income, geographic location, house type, and personal preferences strongly impact energy consumption and decrease the importance of the household size because the household size can explain only 26.55% of the electricity consumption variation across the houses.
Topics: Energy consumption
Potential Impacts of Net-Zero Energy Buildings With Distributed Photovoltaic Power Generation on the U.S. Electrical Grid
Dongsu Kim, Heejin Cho, Rogelio Luck
This study evaluates the potential aggregate effects of net-zero energy building (NZEB) implementations on the electrical grid in a simulation-based analysis. To estimate the impact of NZEBs on the electrical grid, a simulation-based study of an office building with a grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) power generation system is conducted. This study assumes that net-metering is available for NZEBs such that the excess on-site PV generation can be fed to the electrical grid. The impact of electrical energy storage (EES) within NZEBs on the electrical grid is also considered in this study. Different levels of NZEB adoption are examined: 20%, 50%, and 100% of the U.S. office building stock. Results indicate that significant penetration of NZEBs could potentially affect the current U.S. electricity demand profiles by reducing purchased electricity from the electrical grid and by increasing exported electricity to the electrical grid during peak hours. Annual electricity consumption of simulated office NZEBs in the U.S. climate locations is in the range of around 94–132 kWh/m 2 yr. Comparison of hourly electricity demand profiles for the actual U.S. demand versus the calculated net-demand on a national scales indicates that the peak percentage difference of the U.S. net-electricity demand includes about 10.7%, 15.2%, and 9.3% for 100% of the U.S. NZEB stock on representative summer, transition, and winter days, respectively. Using EES within NZEBs, the peak percentage differences are reduced and shifted to the afternoon, including 8.6%, 13.3%, and 6.3% for 100% of the U.S. NZEB stock on each representative day.
Topics: Climate, Power grids, Structures, Energy storage, Energy consumption, Photovoltaics, Energy generation, Photovoltaic power systems
EnergyPlus Integration Into Cosimulation Environment to Improve Home Energy Saving Through Cyber-Physical Systems Development
Joe Singer, Thomas Roth, Chenli Wang, Cuong Nguyen, Hohyun Lee
This paper presents a co-simulation platform which combines a building simulation tool with a cyber-physical systems (CPS) approach. Residential buildings have a great potential of energy reduction by controlling home equipment based on usage information. A CPS can eliminate unnecessary energy usage on a small, local scale by autonomously optimizing equipment activity, based on sensor measurements from the home. It can also allow peak shaving from the grid if a collection of homes are connected. However, lack of verification tools limits effective development of CPS products. The present work integrates EnergyPlus, which is a widely adopted building simulation tool, into an open-source development environment for CPS released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The NIST environment utilizes the IEEE high-level architecture (HLA) standard for data exchange and logical timing control to integrate a suite of simulators into a common platform. A simple CPS model, which controls local heating, ventilation, and cooling (HVAC) temperature set-point based on environmental conditions, was tested with the developed co-simulation platform. The proposed platform can be expanded to integrate various simulation tools and various home simulations, thereby allowing for cosimulation of more intricate building energy systems.
Topics: Cyber-physical systems, Energy consumption, HVAC equipment, Simulation, Temperature, Cooling, Heating, Temperature controls, Control equipment, Ventilation
A Novel Design of Triple-Hybrid Absorption Radiant Building Cooling System With Desiccant Dehumidification
Gaurav Singh, Ranjan Das
In air-conditioning, strategy of decoupling cooling and ventilation tasks has stimulated considerable interest in radiant cooling systems with dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS). In view of this, current paper presents a simulation study to describe energy saving potential of a solar, biogas, and electric heater powered hybrid vapor absorption chiller (VAC) based radiant cooling system with desiccant-coupled DOAS. A medium office building under warm and humid climatic condition is considered. To investigate the system under different operational strategies, energyplus simulations are done. In this study, a novel design involving solar collectors and biogas fired boiler is proposed for VAC and desiccant regeneration. Three systems are compared in terms of total electric energy consumption: conventional vapor compression chiller (VCC) based radiant cooling system with conventional VCC-DOAS, hybrid VAC-based radiant cooling system with conventional VCC-DOAS, and hybrid VAC-based radiant cooling system with desiccant-assisted VCC-DOAS. The hybrid VAC radiant cooling system and desiccant-assisted VCC-DOAS yields in 9.1% lesser energy consumption than that of the VAC radiant cooling system with conventional VCC-DOAS. Results also show that up to 13.2% energy savings can be ensured through triple-hybrid VAC radiant cooling system and desiccant-assisted VCC-DOAS as compared to that of the conventional VCC-based radiant system. The return on investment is observed to be 14.59 yr for the proposed system.
Topics: Absorption, Compression, Cooling systems, Vapors, Cooling, Solar energy, Energy consumption, Biogas, Water, Design


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Anthony Michael Hall
Also Known For : Producer
Birth Place : Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Zodiac Sign : Aries
Chinese Zodiac : Monkey
Birth Element : Earth
Anthony Michael Hall Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
Anthony Michael Hall is an American actor who is best known for his roles in some teen coming of age films in the 1980s.
Hall was born on 14 April 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts. Hall's mother is jazz singer Mercedes Hall. His father is Larry Hall, the owner of an auto body shop. Hall's parent's divorced when he was just six months old. Hall moved to the West Coast with his mother and later moved to New York. Hall grew up in New York and St. Hilda's & St Hugh's School. He later moved to the Professional Children's School as he had begun acting at the age of eight.
Hall performs under the name Anthony Hall rather than his given name Michael Hall due to their already being a Michael Hall in the Screen Actors Guild. As a child Hall appeared in some commercials. He was in commercials for Honeycomb cereal and the chocolate bar Bounty. Hall's on stage debut came in 1977 when he appeared in Steve Allen's, The Wake. His first screen acting role was in the 1980 TV film, Gold Bug. Hall played Rusty Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation. IT was in this role that he first worked with John Hughes. Hughes was a screenwriter on National Lampoon's Vacation, but would soon begin directing. Hall then got his breakout role in Hughes' film Sixteen Candles.
Hall played the geek character in the coming of age film which also featured Molly Ringwald. The film was a modest success, but it made stars of both Hall and Ringwald. Hall would again appear alongside Ringwald in the John Hughes directed, The Breakfast Club. The film was a huge success and made over fifty million dollars off of a one million dollar budget. 1985 also saw Hall star in the cult classic Weird Science. The film was again written and directed by John Hughes and also featured Robert Downey Jr. His work with John Hughes made Hall the face of nerds in 1980s teen comedies. 1985 also saw Hall join the cast of comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Hall was cut from the show after a year along with Robert Downey Jr. and Randy Quaid. Hall turned down roles in John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Pretty in Pink. Both films repeated Hughes' previous success, and Hall instead appeared in the action thriller flop, Out of Bounds. Hall was then offered the lead role in the Stanley Kubrick Vietnam War classic, Full Metal Jacket. However, eight months of financial negotiations led to the offer being revoked. The film was a masterpiece, and Hall again appeared in a dud film, Johnny Be Good. Hall played the main villain in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands. He appeared alongside Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder in the film. He appears alongside Will Smith in the film Six Degrees of Separation.
Hall made his directorial debut in 1994 with the film, Hail Caesar. Hall starred in the film alongside Samuel Jackson and Robert Downey Jr. Hall portrayed Bill Gates in the TV film, Pirates of Silicon Valley. In 2002, Hall was cast in the TV series, The Dead Zone. Hall starred in the show as a man who gains psychic abilities after he wakes up from a coma. The show ran for six seasons and eighty episodes. In 2008, Hall had a minor role in the hit film, The Dark Knight.
Hall is the lead singer and songwriter in the band Hall of Mirrors. He is the godfather to Robert Downey Jr's son.
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The pronouncing of a judgment in a case. As an example, the judge adjudicates a case when the judge decides whether the allegations in the petition are true or not.
A hearing at which one is advised of the charges that have been filed in one's interest, is advised of one's rights, and is offered an opportunity to remain silent or to admit or deny the charges.
A detention / probable cause hearing is held to determine whether probable cause exists for the presenting charges. If probable cause is found, the decision is made as to whether the youth continues to be detained or released into the community.
A place of confinement for juvenile offenders. In Georgia the places of detention are operated by the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice.
Deciding what to do about a case that has been adjudicated. In an adult criminal court the equivalent is a sentencing hearing.
All deprived children, unruly children, and first offender delinquent children (except designated felons) have a right to limited confidentiality of their records. The public has access to the complaint, petition, and dispositional order of any child who has been previously adjudicated delinquent and commits a second delinquent offense, or of any child who is charged with a designated felony.
To deprive a person of liberty by legal authority. Children are not arrested, but they may be taken into custody, which is also known as being detained.
These definitions were taken from the Cobb County Juvenile Court.


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An immunocytochemical study on the distribution of two G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channels (GIRK2 and GIRK4) in the adult rat brain.
G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channels mediate the synaptic actions of numerous neurotransmitters in the mammalian brain, and were recently shown to be candidates for genetic mutations leading to neuronal cell death. This report describes the localization of G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channel-2 and G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channel-4 proteins in the rat brain, as assessed by immunocytochemistry. G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channel-2 immunoreactivity was widely distributed throughout the brain, with the strongest staining seen in the hippocampus, septum, granule cell layer of the cerebellum, amygdala and substantia nigra pars compacta. In contrast, G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channel-4 immunoreactivity was restricted to some neuronal populations, such as Purkinje cells and neurons of the globus pallidus and the ventral pallidum. The presence of G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channel-2 immunoreactivity in substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic neurons was confirmed by showing its co-localization with tyrosine hydroxylase by double immunocytochemistry, and also by selectively lesioning dopaminergic neurons with the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine. At the cellular level both proteins were localized in neuronal cell bodies and dendrites, but clear differences were seen in the degree of dendritic staining among neuronal groups. For some neuronal groups the staining of distal dendrites (notably dendritic spines) was strong, while for others the cell body and proximal dendrites were preferentially labelled. In addition, some of the results suggest that G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channel-2 protein could be localized in distal axonal terminal fields. A knowledge of the distribution of G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channel proteins in the brain could help to elucidate their physiological roles and to evaluate their potential involvement in neurodegenerative processes in animal models and human diseases.


Dubai, UAE, January 16, 2019: A mega sale event SAVEX was back, which brings together a multitude of well-known brands under one roof. The event, which took place from January 8-12 at the Sheikh Saeed Hall 2. Dubai world trade center from 10am to 10pm provided customers with the special opportunity to purchase premium brands at attractive prices.
"SAVEX had expanded from 3,500 square meters of shopping last year to 5,000 square meters this year." said Mr. Kamal, Exhibition Organizer. The growth stems from UAE retailers looking to keep the newest stock on hand to attract more customers, and increasingly budget-conscious shoppers. 'The downturn definitely has had an impact,' Mr. Kamal said. 'What you would have perhaps bought for $100, you want more value for that $100 today.' The brands involved in this event were Reiss, Koton, Bebe, Splash, BCBG, TedLapidus, RaymondWeil, Splendid, Armani Jeans, MontBlanc, TomFord, MaxFactor, Boujouris, The Kooples, Diesel, Okaidi, Maje and many more.
Stay tuned to our social media sites for the future; we will be having some extensive coverage of the best Savex deals. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube at "SAVEX4U". We have a good eye of finding bargains for UAE residents and tourists, who are looking for deals particularly when it comes to fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands.
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Scientists attribute humankind's success as a species to its ability to cooperate with each other on large scales. Because the evolutionary mechanisms responsible for these patterns of cooperation are still unclear, researchers have taken to studying similar cognitive processes in apes, the closest living relatives to humans.
Several University of Michigan students were turned away from polling stations on Tuesday due to issues with their voter registration. Some students who used TurboVote to register experienced issues, while other students who registered with on-campus volunteers were also unable to vote.
Statewide proposals pass, legalizing marijuana, addressing gerrymandering and "Promote the Vote"
Michigan residents have approved Proposal 1, legalizing Marijuana across the state; Proposal 2, a constitutional amendment that establishes a committee to carry out the congressional redistricting process; and Proposal 3, the "Promote the Vote" initiative.
After months of rallies, voter registration tables and student government videos, many students were finally able to stand in line and cast their ballots on Tuesday.
Though midterm election turnout is usually low, especially among college students, Eleanor Linn, chairperson of Precinct 2 in Ward 3, noticed a surge of people at the polls today.
Both Democratic candidates won in the two contested elections for Ann Arbor City Council Tuesday night, and residents voted to pass Proposal A, halting the city's controversial plans to sell the Library Lot to developer Core Spaces, LLC for development of a 17-story high-rise. In Ward 1, Democratic candidate Jeff Hayner beat Independent candidate Ryan Hughes, a Democratic Socialist, and in Ward 4, Democratic candidate Elizabeth Nelson beat Independent candidate Joseph Hood.
Central Student Government at the University of Michigan convened on the eve of Election Day to hear from the Division of Public Safety and Security and pass three resolutions.
Bryan Baker, DPSS liaison to Student Life, outlined the avenues students can use to engage with DPSS. Students are encouraged to utilize the DPSS app, Twitter and Facebook pages, and the DPSS student advisory board, which is currently accepting applications.
Veterans, their families and supportive attendees gathered at Hill Auditorium at the University of Michigan Monday evening to listen to five veterans share stories about their time in active duty and life after service. The event, dubbed "Stories of Service," was organized by Fisher House Foundation, a veteran nonprofit, and was sponsored by Michigan Medicine.


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Q: How to say if any object in a list is in another list return true in python For example I want the out put here to be true because 1 is in the second list
[1,2,3] in ['a', 'b', 'c', 1]

I want like if any object from the first list is in the second list then return true

A: You can use any (which outputs True if any element in a list is True) with a generator expression:
any(i in ['a', 'b', 'c', 1] for i in [1,2,3])

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Who burned down Edie Britt's house in season 1?
What college did Julie get off the waitlist for?
Who was Marc quả anh đào, anh đào inspired to create Desperate Housewives after seeing her on the news with his mother?
What ngày did Mary-Alice Young die?
What is Mike Delfino's occupation?
As of May 2008, which Desperate Housewives actor has NOT made an appearance on CSI?
In season 1, what item of clothing did Carlos find that made him believe Gabby was having an affair?
In season 2, Parker has an imaginary friend. Where is she from?
FILL IN THE BLANKS: "I think it's _________ that bạn could forgive Orson, because I can't."
Who is behind the Blur?
What did Kayla demand Lynette to buy her?
In what season and episode did Bree dump Andrew off in the middle of the road?
What was the first thing Susan đã đưa ý kiến to Mike?
Who đã đưa ý kiến this? "Good Những người bạn offer to help in a crisis, great Những người bạn don't take no for an answer."
Who đã đưa ý kiến this? "I'm adorable crazy- he's rampage crazy"
Which of these was Lynette's first line?
What is the tiêu đề of Susan's first children's book?
Which of these was Gabrielle's first line?
Besides Mary Alice, who đã đưa ý kiến the first line?
Which of these was Bree's first line?
Which of these was Susan's một giây line?
In the episode "Live alone and like it", who was taken into hospital?
Who đã đưa ý kiến "Well, sometimes people are so unhappy they think it's the only way they can solve their problems."?
Whose sister was Miranda Richardson supposed to play?
PICTURE THIS: Which episode is that?
"Santa's cell-phone number." was the ___ line đã đưa ý kiến in the "Pilot"
What did John give Gabi that took her breath away?
What are the names of Bree's kids?
What was Gabrielle's husband Carlos arrested for?
Who seduced Peter McMillan into sleeping together to get back at Bree?
What is Mike's dog's name?
Who discovered Bree's alcohol addiction?
When and who discovered Andrew's sexual interests?
What flavors of ice cream does Andrew use as a metaphor for bisexuals? "See, I like (_____). But I also enjoy (_____)".
What did Ms.McKlusky give Lynnete as a thank bạn gift?
What happened to the car Andrew hit Juanita Solis with?
Who was Orson married to before Bree?
One of these "Friends" các nữ diễn viên turned down the role of Susan Mayer. Who is she?
which housewife has not been married thêm than once?
What item of Susan's did Mike's dog choke on?
Wich hiển thị did Doug Savant and Marcia vượt qua, vượt qua, cross acted in before DH?
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What was Tom's girlfriend's name before he met Lynette?
Who broke two ribs filming the scene where she stumbles into a wedding cake and insisted they didn't stop production?
how many years in the future did the hiển thị recently jump?
What is the name of Lynette's annoying neighbor who accused her boys of stealing things from her house?
Does laundry, cooks gourmet meals every night and still finds time to make her trang chủ warm and inviting. Which housewife has just been described?
Who went crazy with a gun in a supermarket?
Who đã đưa ý kiến "Well, he did break into your house. I mean, the kid is obviously troubled in some way."?
What is the name of Bree and Rex's marriage counselor?
What was the original air ngày of the episode "The Sun Won't Set"?
Who was in one episode of Studio 60?
who hit mike delfino with a car?
Who đã đưa ý kiến it? "Of course I believe in evil, I work in real estate."
What's the name of Tom Scavo's parents?
What type of problem did Lynettes mother have in the past?
When Susan and Julie were make a clog in the sink for Mike one of these items were used for it?
Who đã đưa ý kiến "The usual way. Asking too many questions."?
Who is hidden behind the leaves?
Which of the desperate housewives do we see first in the pilot?
What was the original air ngày of the episode "Thank bạn So Much"?
Which role of DH did Nicolette Sheridan go on audision for?
What was the original air ngày of the episode "Fear No More"?
Who said: "I can´t live in this washing-powder-commercial any more"?
Which one of these people was/is not a hair stylist of DH?
Whose house did Edie burn down during the một giây season?
Who is hiding behind the spiral?
In the Pilot episode, what does Rex say to Bree when she asks him for help during dinner?


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Main photo (above) is a Basohli illustration to the Bhagavad Purana, The Birth of Krishna, early 18th c.
In this six-part series, distinguished scientist, academic and Vedic scholar Subhash Kak provides a fascinating insight into traditional Indian art. Subhash shows how the art forms of ancient India are not only aesthetically sublime, but a reflection of the cosmos and indeed of the Divine itself.
The best way to understand India is through its art and the cosmology. Textbook narratives often overlook the synthesizing principles that represent the grammar of Indian culture, and they are much like the accounts of the six blind people who encountering an elephant describe it as wall, spear, snake, tree, rope, and fan, respectively.
The three notions that underlie Indian culture are that of bandhu, paradox, and yajña.
Bandhu is the binding between the outer and the inner that makes it possible to know, and this is the basis of the pervasive spirituality in India; paradox is the recognition that the bandhu must lie outside of rational system, leading to the distinction between the 'higher' science of consciousness and the 'lower', rational objective science; yajña is transformation that the individual undergoes by participating in Vedic 'ritual' or any other creative process. The cosmology related to this framework is that of infinity and recursion across scale and time.
The iconic representation of the universe as the Sri Yantra (above) shows recursion most clearly. First, the tripartite division into earth, atmosphere, and the sun, which is mirrored in the individual by the body, the breath, and the inner lamp of consciousness, is represented by three triangles. Second, within each triangle are lower hierarchical levels of two other triangles, of alternating opposing polarity that represents male and female principles. All together, this adds up to 9 triangles, which through their overlaps constitute a total of 43 small triangles. Right through the middle of this is the dot, the bindu that is Shiva, the Witness, or Consciousness. Nature evolves according to law (rta in Sanskrit), but it has a paradoxical relationship with the consciousness principle.
Art associated with this conception must communicate recursion, paradox and oppositions concerning ordinary experience of the universe. Aesthetics, as a philosophy of art, is best understood from the point of view of dhvani, which communicates, by suggestion, the universals of the outer and inner worlds.
Indian thought highlights the connections between these two worlds, and its art presents visions of the cosmos. Alongside is a picture of a north Indian temple where recursion is expressed in terms of the tower drawn to different scales on the superstructure.
Within the temple, the manifestations of the Supreme Being are as the One and its many forms. There exists in them, for example, a hierarchical order of cardinal and peripheral images in relation to the centre, a balancing or pairing of polarities, and representation of the temple as Mount Meru, the centre of the universe. The polarities represented iconographically related to female and male, asura (demon) and deva (god), left and right, body and mind, and so on. Aesthetics is alamkara shastra, that is ornamentation of the central synthesizing principle by means of the particular medium. The poet, kavi, is the inspired seer who sees the underlying vision most clearly. Dance, painting, and sculpture, just like poetry, have their canonical ideals, which are the visual equivalents of meter, rhyme, alliteration and the tropes of poetry.
The ritual is organized as sacred theatre that engages the senses to facilitate an epiphany that represents an experiential 'rebirth'. Great art has the same capacity, and often it is a part of ritual. Not only is the temple a work of art, so is the sculpture that goes into it, and the dance and music performed in its hallways, and the paintings that hang on its walls. One can contrast this with Western conceptions. The cosmology is finite, with God separate from the individual; art is best seen in the sterile atmosphere of the museum or the gallery.
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Everyone Orchestra's conductor, Matt Butler has been leading a rotating cast of accredited musicians through full-length shows that are entirely improvised, since 2001, after touring with the rock band Jambay. In 2012, Butler gathered particularly well-known musicians from bands like Phish, Moe., and others, and recorded Everyone Orchestra's first studio album, Brooklyn Sessions , which was still largely improvised.
A limited number of physical CDs are available at www.HarmonizedRecords.com and at select stores.
The list of Everyone Orchestra participants is an increasingly wide and intercontinental group, and a who's who of live music titans. They include: Jon Fishman (Phish); Oteil Burbridge (Dead & Company); JoJo Hermann (Widespread Panic); Michael Kang, Michael Travis, Jason Hann, Bill Nershi & Kyle Hollingsworth (The String Cheese Incident); George Porter Jr. & Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters); Steve Kimock; Jennifer Hartswick & Natalie Cressman (Trey Anastasio Band); Joel Cummins & Kris Myers (Umphrey's McGee); Tony Levin (King Crimson); Claude Coleman Jr. (Ween); Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd); Eric Krasno (Soulive); Marco Benevento; Marc Brownstein & Aron Magner (The Disco Biscuits); Steve Berlin (Los Lobos); Rob Derhak, Al Schnier & Vinnie Amico (Moe.); Danny Louis (Gov't Mule); Jeremy Salken (Big Gigantic); Nicki Bluhm; Mike Greenfield & Chuck Morris (Lotus); Holly Bowling; John Kadlecik (Furthur); Youssoupha Sidibe...and many, many more.


The captain powered the engines and in an enormous row, the rocket rushed forward the sky.
After few seconds this one turned black and the melody of Swan Lake waked up the several passengers who lost consciousness due to the pounding acceleration. The lift-off was very successful.
The voyagers were happy that the captain had sense of humour because humour wouldn't hurt a fly.
A child, who was anyway the alone, wanted to ask how the captain could know that, but all things considered, he kept silent.
He looked at the only child…"Yes, I was a child even younger than you, my boy." He closed his eyes.
The spaceship changed its course.
The heat began to be sultry and the captain stopped the spaceship.
"Now you can see the outside radiance which increases, in fact we are approaching to the Sun. We are going to halt at this distance because beyond this limit this could be very dangerous. Why ? The Sun, you probably remarked that, is a very hot star, in vague approximation the temperature of the surface is 6000° but the nucleus reaches 15 millions of degrees! Later we will see there are many other types of stars.
The captain laughed "Ahahah well my boy you have an inquiring mind! That's good! So in the Universe there are fortunately three other fundamental forces, whereas the gravitation is a force which acts on the great distances, the others on the other hand -nuclear forces and electromagnetic force- act on the shorter distances and…" He broke off his phrase.
After three minutes they faced to the red planet.
"Its colour is due to the iron oxide and an another thing to comment is the extraordinary extinct volcano, the great Mount Olympus, it measures up 26 km!" The spectators were delighted.
"What is this enormous bang ?" asked simultaneously the voyagers.
Immediately the captain took control of the spaceship and with his monitor screen he tried to avoid projectiles.
"Look!, there are boulders by hundreds!" cried out the child.
He was talking while manoeuvring skilfully.
After a moment, the spaceship was sheltered.
"Whew! That had a near miss! This asteroids field is located between Mars and Jupiter. There are 5 billions years there was only an interstellar cloud makes of many small particles. With the gravitation, the small particles are themselves accreted and thus the Sun then the planets could be produced. Of course it's a great simplification of the reality… but if some of you would like more explanations I will give you my email at the end of the journey, just remind me about that because sometimes I have the head in the clouds ahahah." The passengers smiled.
"A theory was that this belt of asteroids was an ancient planet, it's wrong. In fact it's only a vestige of accretion of solar system. It was discovered with the Titius-Bode's empirical formula.
He just ended when they were arriving at Jupiter.
After three minutes, the captain powered again the motors and the spaceship took the direction of Saturn.
"Oh look!!!! A comet!" cried out the child.
The spaceship already arrived at destination and the spectators were speechless at the magnificence of the scene.
"Isn't it superb ?" asked the captain.
"This pretty planet, named Saturn, is the lord of the rings ahahah. Its rings are very fabulous, they are made up in fact by million and million small chucks of ice. Into the bargain, consider that: the width spread out over 100 000 kilometres for a thickness of… 1 km! In the same way, if a 10-cm necklace had the same proportion in thickness, this last would be measured 0.001 mm… so the rings are really very very thin. As Jupiter, Saturn is compounded with liquid and gaseous helium and hydrogen, and it has too many satellites. One, Titan, is very interesting because it could have life in the future. In fact there are three essential requirements for the appearance of the life. Who has an idea on this subject ?" asked the captain to the voyagers.
"It's the kilometres conversion into the unit of astronomy, this unit is equal to the distance between the Earth and the Sun, that is to say: 149 000 000 km. It's allowed to simplify calculus. So now we are at 23 times the Sun-Earth's distance, we did a long way… and it isn't finished! Neptune is my favourite, she's really lovely with her azure blue." He did a pause.
The child smiled, but the other passengers stayed silent.
Now they went through Pluto and on the route, they met an another spaceship.
"There is no occupant.. Is it a phantom ship?" asked the child for a joke.
The voyagers looked at behind, the planets were now very far and a myriad of stars took place in the sky. It was a fantastic sight.
"You can rest because the travel to the next objective will be long, and the next part will be more technical. Sweet dreams!" concluded the captain.
A new background music with a very sad tune, whose the name was Amacord, began and the passengers went to sleep seeing stars. The child tried to stand up to fatigue but he finally fell asleep too.
After a long while, the captain who had rings under one's eyes due to he didn't sleep, waked gently up the passengers and they were surprised to find face to face with not one but with 7 blue suns.
The child wanted to ask a question but he refrained.
"And what is this Hert... what is this Hertzsprung-Russell diagram ?" The child had trouble to pronounce this name and he had to do two attempts.
The spaceship arrived to two new stars. This time, one was red and enormous, and the other was white and very very small, and they were very close to each other.
"Here we are facing of a physical couple of stars, more exactly, it's a binary system of x-rays. The biggest star is a red giant. Its radius can reach 10 000 times the one of the Sun! In fact when a star in the main sequence burnt almost all its hydrogen, it expands as if we blow up a balloon, and its radius is multiplied by 100 or more. In addition its temperature gets cold and consequently the colour of the surface becomes red." The captain broke off.
A huge purple lightning was emitted not far from there. There was a second and besides a third. The captain just had time to push a button and in front of the wide window, a new translucent window, which seemed many thicker, took place. A warning indicated "Shield activated".
"It came in the nick of time! These radiations are produced by the swap of matter between the two stars which forms an accretion disc, and they are x-rays which are a very penetrating radiation and can cause the destruction and lesion of cells of the human's body. So it's very dangerous… and we will not stay here a longer time." The child knew that the lesion of cells could caused cancers.
No sooner said than done, the spaceship went away from the death flashes.
He looked at the boy, he took notes on a sheet which seemed filled.
The child nodded his approval but he was the alone, the other passengers already lost the thread of the conversation.
The passengers were filled with wonder at the sight: a multiple colour gas stretched as far as the eye could see. They cried out all "Wow!" except the child, who he didn't always want to do nothing as nobody else, cried out "Wahou!".
"Of course!" said the child.
"We are veered off course…" The captain looked very anxious.
Suddenly the spaceship was tossed from all sides.
The passengers didn't really know what was a black hole.
As a result all passengers quaked while the captain was streaming with sweat and fought against this mysterious object. He battled, battled and battled… and finally won the fight. He let out a "phew!" of relief and the voyagers done likewise. There was a lengthy hush because the crew knew that they had been face to face with the death.
"It's unbelievable! It's the first time a black hole is detected, so they truly exist… my colleagues won't never believe me ahahah! I assume now you would like that I make a speech about black holes… So these objects are the third possibility when a star is in end of life. In fact, in theory, when a star has about ten times the Sun mass, neither the electromagnetic force, nor even nuclear forces, can't counterbalance the gravitational attraction, the physicists will said that the star is in a gravitational collapse. Then the star becomes irrevocably increasingly small and consequently its density increases increasingly. That creates a spatiotemporal singularity, e.g. a mathematic point where the density is infinite, which is going to curve so much the space that nothing won't be able to escape... not even the light! So this object is worthy of its name ahahah."
"I thought the light has no mass ?" asked the child.
The captain looked at the mum.
"In fact it's a sort of trap!" said the boy.
An abstract painting stretched away as far as the infinite. It had a black background composed artistically by many different shades and patterns. It was fine, very fine. The child felt that the painter had to have the cult of beauty.
"Here are the great structures of the Universe, that is to say the galaxies. What is a galaxy ? A galaxy is a group of stars, attention it's not a star cluster because if a star cluster is a group of thousand stars, as regards a galaxy, it's a group of about one hundred… of billion of stars! In this gigantic celestial object, stars and interstellar matter, are bounded by the gravitation... This is our Galaxy!" The captain pointed the finger to a spiral shape.
In spite of his quotation the boy wasn't haughty.
"That's exactly, continue your idea…" encouraged the captain.
To listen the captain, the passengers were in the seventh heaven.
He switched the automatic navigation and reclined his sear to sleep. All passenger did the same… all excepted one person, the child who preferred looking at a last time the Universe. And then he fell asleep during a lullaby and dreamed marvellously.
He waved a last sign of farewell and left the captain, this one gave him his email… and a bunch of flowers where was noted: "I love you".


Early last month, I decided to take an early trip to Table Mountain. My early afternoon start turned into a 7 p.m. start. My son Ian and I arrived at Table at about 9 p.m. I was pretty sure that the top was out of reach due to snow, so I tried for the lower meadow. It turned out to be an excellent call.
The lower meadow was better than I remember it though it does have pretty tall trees that knock out a fair chunk of the sky. The length of the meadow runs approximately east-west, is probably 100 to 150 feet wide and 600 to 700 feet in length, slightly sloped, and had the moon setting over the valley below, off the western end of the meadow. The moon was spectacular that night and even though its disappearance signaled the start of really dark skies, I was in no particular hurry to have it move on.
Setting up in the dark, I seemed to do a pretty good job of putting the tent over a major boulder field, though there was lots of soft grass all around me. I was all by myself and I couldn't believe the peace and quiet after my son drifted off to sleep. The wind was awfully still and the critters were really quiet until just before dawn when a pair of owls could be heard exchanging hoots. Skies were quite clear and it just felt good to be there.
I'd really recommend the lower meadow for those months when the top is out of reach. You go in on road 113, which branches off to the left of the main road. There is one major intersection about a 1/4 mile beyond the main road and you want to go with the better road to the right. It goes back some place between 1/2 mile and mile and opens into the meadow that I camped in.
The morning was really pretty with lots of sun and tons of wild flowers. Ian and I brought a sled, so we decided to go out to the main road and drive up the mountain as far as we easily could. We got to that second set of pretty steep switch backs about half way up, which was as far as I wanted to go. One curve had about a foot of old snow and ice covering it. With more motivation and a little more ground clearance I might have tried pushing through it. But this was really the ideal place to get out and play with the sled, which is exactly what we did.


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A-Sides: Earl Sweatshirt's astonishing Rap Songs, plus Grimes, The 1975, and more
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J.I.D. (Photo: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images), Grimes (Image: "We Appreciate Power" single art), Earl Sweatshirt (Photo: Steven Taylor), Matty Healy of The 1975 (Photo: Magdalena Wosinska), and Karen O (Photo: Eliot Lee Hazel)
There's a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time. You can listen to these and more on Spotify.
Grimes, "We Appreciate Power" (featuring Hana)
[4AD, November 29]
Charli XCX may have pined for "1999" in a nostalgia-drenched video earlier this year, but Grimes is zeroing in on the late pre-millennium with uncanny specificity on her new single "We Appreciate Power." With its hyper-compressed buzzsaw guitars and chugging industrial drums, it conjures memories of Garbage, mid-period Marilyn Manson, and the post-rocktronica roar of The Matrix soundtrack. Of course, this being Grimes, there's a vast sci-fi conceit behind the song, here welcoming our eventual A.I. overlords with lines like "We pledge allegiance to the world's most powerful computer." (She's working with long-time collaborator Hana here, singing from the vantage point of a pro-totalitarianism girl group.) Anyway, it's proof that whatever the artist has been working on since 2015's excellent Art Angels, she's just as Grimes-y as ever. Just try not to think about Elon Musk. [Clayton Purdom]
Earl Sweatshirt, Some Rap Songs
[Tan Cressida/Columbia, November 30]
You sift through Some Rap Songs, Earl Sweatshirt's long-awaited new record, discovering in its sonic tapestry aphoristic wisdom and revelations of shell-shocked honesty, often within the same bar (from "Eclipse": "The herd hungry, gotta eat / Why it's so muddy in the creek, poet?"). The artist born Thebe Kgositsile was a compelling rapper the first time we heard him, at the age of 16; now 24, he's at the vanguard of the form, charting a connective thread through James Baldwin, Curtis Mayfield, MF Doom, and Shabazz Palaces, and proudly creating for himself a collective of like-minded modern iconoclasts (MIKE, Medhane, Standing On The Corner, Solange). The largely self-produced record is full of fractured loops—ghostly soul, underwater pianos, shabby percussion—that he raps alongside with astonishing honesty ("Peanut") and virtuosity ("December 24"). At under 25 minutes, it's not a lot, especially coming three years after his last album—but it's also a bounty. We'll be picking these verses apart for years. [Clayton Purdom]
The 1975, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
[Polydor, November 30]
British pop chameleons The 1975 trades in hyper-self-awareness, but expertly cultivates both ironic distance and glimmers of sincerity. This deliberate line-blurring explains why the band's obvious homages to other genres and artists (not to mention stream-of-consciousness philosophical musings) have always felt clever and charming rather than lazy. On A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, The 1975 leans even further into no-pretense vulnerability, ensuring songs sound wiser ("Love It If We Made It," an unflinching look at modern society's moral failings) and more hopeful ("Sincerity Is Scary," an examination of what it means to let façades fall away). Although songs such as "Give Yourself A Try" can shimmer with electro effervescence, A Brief Inquiry's overall feel is measured and introspective. Highlight "How To Draw/Petrichor" is a slice of angelic, Disney-soundtrack dream pop that dissolves into a glitchy electronic hopscotch that resembles a cozier James Blake, while other songs nod to hazy SoundCloud rap, pastoral jazz, and gospel-tinged slow jams. [Annie Zaleski]
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J.I.D., DiCaprio 2
[Dreamville, November 26]
J.I.D.'s The Never Story was a sleeper success last year, on which an unheralded member of J. Cole's Dreamville crew quietly released an album full of sinuously structured mic workouts. The new DiCaprio 2 (a sequel to a 2016 EP) is a huge step forward in probably every way. He's a dazzling emcee—quick and quiet, sometimes slow and easy, over opulent beats that seem more interested in creating a mood than a radio single. The drums slap, when they decide to hit; it's not so much a rebuttal of the prevailing Atlanta sound as it is a missing aesthetic link between Zaytoven and The Dungeon Family. J.I.D.'s timbre and diction make him a dead ringer for Kendrick, but he lacks that rapper's self-consciousness and weighty ambition—which is weirdly refreshing, in practice. DiCaprio 2 is the sound of a uniquely capable rapper going the fuck off. [Clayton Purdom]
Karen O & Danger Mouse, "Lux Prima"
[BMG, November 16]
For almost the first 90 seconds of its nine-minute running time, "Lux Prima" is little more than a simple synth pattern with some ambient background swells, like a Philip Glass melody refashioned for a children's piano lesson. But then the drums enter—a laid-back, jazzy rhythm, and suddenly those synths sound a lot more like the soundtrack to a swoony '70s arthouse film. And that's just the first third; the song proper starts again at the three-minute mark. With Karen O's smoky vocals, a stuttering drum pattern, and girl-group backing sounds, the singer and her collaborator Danger Mouse have created a cool and alluring track of retro-soul grooves. As my colleague Erik Adams approvingly put it regarding the producer's instrumentation, "Up to his old Morricone tricks again, I see." That's a fitting assessment of this song, easily one of the best things Danger Mouse has done in the past half-decade. God willing, the rest of the upcoming joint album is this good. [Alex McLevy]
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The School of Architecture offers a joint Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)/Master of Science in Architectural Studies (MS in AS) degree program for students interested in pursuing both an M.Arch. degree as well as one of the concentrations offered through the MS in AS degree program. Completion of in-depth programs (e.g. Structures) will result in recording of the Concentration on the student's transcript under the MS in AS degree. Per Graduate College guidelines, students in a joint degree program are permitted to count up to 12 hours of course work from one degree as electives toward the second degree.
Students interested in participating in the joint M.Arch./MS in AS degree program must be admitted to and meet all requirements of each degree program and complete a minimum of 82 credit hours of graduate work. Students with no undergraduate degrees in architecture and participating in the four-year M.Arch. degree program may petition to enter the joint M.Arch./MS in AS degree program upon completion of their required undergraduate courses.
The M.Arch. degree is a professional degree accredited by the National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAP), but the MS in AS degree is not accredited.
This joint degree program offers an opportunity to obtain an education for a career that combines the disciplines of architecture and urban planning. For entry into this program, applicants must satisfy the admission requirements of each academic unit. Application for admission may be made either simultaneously to both units or in sequence.
Candidates entering the program with a four-year baccalaureate in architectural studies must complete at least 86 hours of graduate work (54 in Architecture and 32 in Urban Planning) and, if admitted with full status, may complete the program in six semesters and one summer session. Candidates entering the program with a five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree must complete at least 64 hours of graduate work (32 in Architecture and 32 in Urban Planning) and, if admitted with full status, may complete the program in four semesters and a summer session.
This joint master's degree program prepares graduate degree candidates for the broad range of management activity now developing in architectural practice.
For entry into this program, applicants must satisfy the admission and performance requirements of each academic unit. Application for admission may be made simultaneously to both units or admission to one unit may be sought after gaining entry to the other.
Candidates entering the Master of Architecture/Master of Business Administration joint degree program with a four-year baccalaureate in architectural studies must complete 110 hours of graduate work, 50 hours in Architecture and 60 hours for the M.B.A.
The combination of Master of Architecture and Master of Computer Science degrees requires 74 graduate hours if no prerequisites are needed in computer science. Candidates entering either of these programs with a five-year bachelor of architecture degree must complete at least 64 hours of graduate work and, if admitted with full status, may complete the program in four semesters.
This joint degree program offers qualified applicants the opportunity to develop competence in a career that combines the disciplines of architecture and civil engineering (construction management) or (structures). For entry into these programs, applicants must satisfy the admission and performance requirements of each academic unit. Application for admission should be made to the School of Architecture. Admission to the other unit may be sought after the first semester of graduate study in architecture.
Candidates entering the program with a four-year baccalaureate in architectural studies must complete at least 78 (32 in Civil Engineering and 46 in Architecture) hours of graduate work and, if admitted with full status, may complete the program in five semesters. Candidates entering the program with a five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree must complete 64 hours of graduate work and, if admitted with full status, may complete the program in four semesters.


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The Waiting Bench (Le Banc d'attente)
Synopsis (momentan nur in Englisch verfügbar)
"What do you want to do? Go back to Europe or sit on our bench with us?"
That is the dilemma I was presented by my Sudanese elders. The elders in question are the filmmakers who founded the Sudanese Film Group in 1968. They are now aged between 60 and 80 and journey throughout the country with a travelling cinema. They pass their knowledge on to young people and inspire the love of cinema in a ravaged land, despite only having a canvas screen that cannot withstand the desert storms. Even buying an inflatable screen becomes an epic undertaking, a new adventure to achieve one last glorious feat, their "heroic act" according to Ibrahim: to resuscitate a cinema in Khartoum, in a country where consumer society has completely outshone any cultural life.
Director's note (momentan nur in Englisch verfügbar)
The story of The Waiting Bench is that of four filmmakers: Ibrahim, Soliman, Manar and Altayeb, all members of the Sudanese Film Group. This is the tale of their 42-year struggle to make films and the tireless hope that unites them forever. I will tell the story of struggle, passion and a gang of crafty devils with a fine sense of humour. Through their daily lives, their ambition to reopen a cinema, the memory of their disappointed dreams, what matters most to them is cinema and independence to Sudanese people.
Sudan / Chad
Director: Suhaib Gasmelbari
Producers: AGAT Films & Cie (France), Goï-Goï Productions (Chad)
German WCF Partner: tbc
World sales: Doc & Films (France)


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The idea of a comprehensive school in the Wicklow area to serve primarily the Protestant community in the Glendalough Diocese was first mooted at the Church of Ireland General Synod in 1977. After much Diocesan surveying, the Department of Education was approached and initial sanction was finally given in 1984 for the first green-field Protestant second-level school in the Republic of Ireland's history, under the patronage of the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
Several Diocesan sub-committees worked for many years on plans for transport and finance, curriculum structure and building. In 1986, a Board of Management was appointed and much of this work passed onto their shoulders. By February, 1987, the first Principal had been appointed, and work had begun on the school building. Subsequently, staff were appointed, the curriculum was finalised, and the first East Glendalough School pupils started on Wednesday, 2nd September, 1987. There were 67 pupils (51 in Form 1 and 16 in Form 2) and a total of nine teaching staff.
In February, 1988, the school moved into the bright, modern building it now occupies. This is situated on an open south-facing and gently sloping site of almost 3.2 hectares (8 acres) adjacent to the railway station in Wicklow town. In 1991 a substantial extension was added to the original building to cater for the strong demand for places in the school. The whole structure is a unique and attractive modern building including twelve general classrooms, specialist rooms for Home Economics, Science, Arts and Crafts, Metalwork and Computer Studies, plus a Library, Gymnasium, staffrooms, offices and other ancillary areas. The outside of the building is faced with red brick and the grounds, which contain three playing pitches, are fully landscaped to blend in with the surroundings. The school was officially opened in May, 1989, by His Excellency, Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland, and the extension was officially opened in September, 1991, by the then Minister for Education, Mary O'Rourke.
In the summer of 2008 the grounds at the western end of the school were levelled and the construction of an astroturf pitch began. A new Arts building was erected in 2010, and the School's ASD Unit was completed in 2014. Meanwhile, funding is currently being sourced for construction of a new sports hall.
However, the history of any school is about much more than just buildings. In the last twenty years East Glendalough School has rapidly and deservedly achieved a terrific reputation for strong academic teaching and learning alongside a close, caring community in which excellence in all areas is encouraged. Talk to anyone who knows the school or knows Wicklow and you'll quickly discover that East Glendalough School is a very special place. The first twenty years of the school's life has been a roaring success story – let's keep it going!


While the facts is true for 2012, there is still 6 months to go. We have 2 large IPOs in FGVH and IHH both initiated by the government. I read Astro is coming back. Well, we are doing well on paper due to some factors.
First, the IPO market for this year is very soft, globally. Many companies have postponed their IPOs in Singapore and Hong Kong. We will never be anywhere near Hong Kong, a market where Chinese government helps to promote.
In fact, the IHH IPO is a dual market listing which includes Singapore. If Malaysia is a strong destination, we do not need to do a dual listing with our neighbor, a market which has same trading hours as ours. We might as well go NYSE or LSE direct and KL as an alternative destination.
How many more times Khazanah can create the same as in go around acquiring and list the assembled companies in Malaysia? Are they thinking of the "The Avengers" reborn?
We can be proud of the number of cornerstones involved - but anyway, the two large IPO listings shares are probably cornered anyway. Look at the limited public retail float.
The fact of the matter is that the attractiveness of our market is quite in a sad state. My earlier article on building ACE market is a case in point. Beyond CIMB, our investment bankers are not confident to carry our companies to IPOs. If we can't compete with Hong Kong, we might as well go small. You cannot do an Astro and Maxis - list and delist and list again too many times. There are only so few tycoons who can help.
How many investment bankers are doing well? CIMB, Maybank, CIMB, Maybank?
Let's not polish our own shoes.
Don't be so critical and sounds negative. Give some credit to them for doing some good IPO work for investors.
Ya, should not be so critical of these things. INvestment is supposed be looking for winners not losers.
Property prices beyond reach? Think again.
I may be wrong on FGV's trade?
I am NOT asking you to follow my opinion!
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Hideout Leather - Jackson Hole, Wyoming - A unique leather and apparel store on the Town Square in historic Jackson Hole. Across from the Cowboy Bar.
COLLECTORS COVEY and J.E. CAUTHEN & SONS, LTD.
From the beginning Loma Vista made the decision to solicit only a few very unique and prestigious retailers to introduce our products to the public.
This fabulous store features a gun room with the finest over and under shotguns money can buy. Fine art and fine furnishings abound throughout this old 19th century house. One of the great stores of its genre in all of America. Seen often in Cowboys and Indians Magazine and featured in Gardens and Gun too.


Red Trillium (Trillium erectum) has many common names, among them Stinking Benjamin, due to its unappealing smell. It has no nectar to attract insects, so it uses its scent and the color of its petals (which resembles rotting meat) to lure pollinating insects, the majority of which are carrion flies and beetles.
Apparently this strategy has not gone unnoticed by certain insect-eating predators, such as spiders. As you can see in this photograph, a spider has snared and is eating (drinking) a fly in the web it spun on top of the trillium's pollen-laden stamens.


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This amazing townhouse project will have 40 modern townhomes.
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