In the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, is BP and the rest of the industry genuine about wanting change? I firmly believe that the answer is yes, but another more important question remains unanswered. Are they likely to be successful in making that change? I am afraid that the answer to that question is no, not because of a deliberate disregard for integrity, but because of a cultural inability to fully embrace what needs to be done.
The search for asset integrity is not new and is not unique to BP. Great progress was made in the decade after Piper Alpha, but in the late 1990s the focus shifted, even at operational level, from assuring integrity to assuring analysts that there was nothing that could remotely threaten growth and share price. Most worrying was that operators began to believe their own spin and manage assets on the assumption that everything in the garden really was rosy. Oil and gas production and gas production is a risky business and operations people know that the game is about assessing and managing risk. It is not helpful if the world has to believe that those risks just do not exist.
Texas City offered BP a unique opportunity to put things right, but Macondo points to the chance having been missed. Even after Deepwater Horizon the approach, once again, seems to be a big hugely expensive, top down initiative which will take years to bear fruit, be unlikely to motivate staff and may well prove ineffective.
Asset integrity integrity relies on many people doing many things right. We all know about the importance of maintenance, engineering, inspection, data management and the rest but that is not the whole story. Things are often ignored or done incorrectly. Even when all the procedures are followed and everything is signed off, many problems remain. Often the only hope is that somebody spots these problems and does something. Increasing the level of audits etc will not help because the problems still remain hidden from everyone except for those in the front line. The answer is to create an organisation and culture that allows and encourages staff to manage the unforeseen problems. There is simply no other way to provide any increased level of assurance.
In all organisations it is easy to see the big problems but few people are even aware of the many other issues, let alone able to develop effective answers. How can we know if we are vulnerable, let alone develop quick and effective solutions?
Staff across the organisation often feel that their concerns about plant integrity are not being taken seriously. They feel that there is little point in raising issues because nothing will be done. There is no process to help and encourage front line staff to rectify problems which are known to them and that they could routinely and legitimately deal with.
In many operations things happen despite, not because of, the formal procedures. There is a tacit understanding that that the rules have to be bent to get the job done and managers simply turn a blind eye. No attempt is made to understand why this might be and what should be done about it.
It takes a crisis or a disaster to initiate change which is then led by high powered enquiry teams who drive specific but often narrow actions 'top down' into the business. There is usually no understanding that the findings are not comprehensive and that the so called 'root causes' are in fact just the tip of a very big iceberg. The real root cause of most incidents is that organisations rely too much on procedures and ignore many things which the procedures do not or can not control.
Engineers and operations staff are increasingly seen as a commodity to be bought at the lowest price. Little value is attached to acquired local knowledge, informal staff networks and basic loyalty.
When change comes it is usually developed with little involvement from front line staff who at best will be lukewarm to something they see as an external imposition. Programmes are usually expensive, driven from the top and often take months if not years to implement. They are characterised by big files of procedural theory, special websites and huge roll out exercises. Often by the time the process reaches the front line, management have moved on to the next big topic and the implementation at best becomes a side issue, an irritant, a chore, or maybe just a tick box exercise.
The bottom line is that nothing really changes; it doesn't become 'built in' to the organisation and intrinsic to the culture. One could speculate that cumbersome corrective processes are largely to blame for BP's failure to act quickly enough after Texas City to prevent the even more serious Macondo incident.
So what can be done? Many people acknowledge a general problem but unfortunately few have the vision or ability to see the solution. If we accept that in even a well run organisation there are still many problems, any one of which could cause the next loss, then where do we start? How can we design an asset integrity system which is guaranteed to identify and remedy all these things? The answer is we can't.
There is no inspection regime, database and set of operating procedures that can cope with absolutely everything. We must do all we can to ensure they are as good and effective as possible, but we also have to recognise that there will still be a shortfall. So what is the answer?
Integrity systems are often seen as stand alone pieces of process that run in parallel with operations. From their point of view, staff see them as 'policing' their activities rather than as something which helps them improve safety and performance. Staff should see themselves as a key part of the integrity process. They should feel able to use their local skills and knowledge to fix small, routine problems as they arise rather than wait and hope for the 'system' to deal with them later. We can only hope to plug the many small but critical gaps in integrity systems if we take advantage of this local expertise.
This may require a different approach from staff and management. It is not about suggestion schemes and feedback forms but something much more comprehensive. The good news is that there are plenty of examples of this being done successfully and the even better news is that it brings many other business benefits alongside improved integrity.
Nothing happens in life unless people take action. Even the best formal integrity systems remain vulnerable if staff are not a central part of the process. The eyes and actions of those on the frontline offer the only hope of plugging the inevitable gaps.
o have any hope of avoiding yet another Piper Alpha or Deepwater Horizon, the industry must recognise this.


In recent years, "overshooting," which means product over quality and over performance which result in decreasing profitability, has become a critical issue for firms. Although there are many theoretical studies and case studies related to overshooting, there are a few quantitative analysis. This study picked up mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. We analyzed the date of product performance and also compared the appearance frequency of terms related to product performance between each product's press-releases and consumers' reviews on a website. Through these analyses, we could discuss overshooting quantitatively and provide new insight for overshooting.


The new study included 9,000 adults without a diabetes diagnosis. The participants got both an A1c test and an oral tolerance glucose test (OGTT), and the researchers compared the results.
The researchers found the A1c test didn't catch 73 percent of diabetes cases that were detected by the oral glucose test. "The A1c test said these people had normal glucose levels when they didn't," Chang Villacreses said.
The A1c blood test misses the diagnosis in nearly three out of four at-risk individuals.
Since the fasting blood test requires a person to fast, the OGTT measures the body's response to sugar; it requires a person to fast overnight. First, blood is taken, then the person drinks a sugary drink. Blood is taken again two hours later.
Based on the inconsistent efficacy of A1c testing, closer attention to ethnic and racial differences is critical when checking patients for blood glucose levels as part of an evaluation of risks for diabetes.
The shortcomings of the A1c test are known, says Elena Christofides, MD, FACE, an endocrinologist and CEO of Endocrinology Associates, in Columbus, Ohio.


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A Highland Springs man entered guilty pleas to two charges in relation to stealing from a Charles City man's home.
Randy Travon McQuinn Jr. 25, of the 5900 block of Queen Thorpe Court, Apt. 206, entered guilty pleas to one count each of burglary and grand larceny as part of a plea deal reached in Charles City Circuit Court on Apr. 6. One charge of intent to sell stolen property was dropped as part of the agreement.
In a summary of evidence provided by Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Tyler, on Aug. 28, 2017, Welton Smith Jr. returned to his home and found it ransacked. Among the majority of items were taken were several pairs of tennis shoes that Smith collected, along with clothes and jewelry. In total, the value of the items topped $9,000.
With many of the shoes being high demand products by consumers, investigators searched for resale stores that specify in the marketplace. The investigation led to the Round Two Store in Richmond. Authorities reviewed surveillance film around the time of the theft, resulting in McQuinn and a co-defendant, Terry Tyrell Barnes Jr., bringing in several pairs of shoes to sell. Information from the sale helped authorities locate McQuinn, who was arrested and charged.
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Does "past life" exist? These three children tell about their "past life" experience, which is not different from reality!
There are always some phenomena in the world that cannot be explained by science. In many economically backward mountainous areas, when children get sick, they will ask local living gods to treat them. They claim that they can communicate with ghosts and gods, which is very absurd to us. But there are some children in the world who remember their past life very clearly. Does the past life really exist?
James Reininger.
The little boy began to talk about airplanes when he was two years old. He also told his parents that his plane had been shot down by the Japanese, which surprised his parents very much, because they never mentioned airplanes to him and there were no pictures of airplanes in the room. Why did the little boy say such things? James Reininger later claimed to his parents that his name was Tomana, a pilot who had been shot down in the Second World War. In order to verify his statement, the child's parents also went to the crime scene at that time. After asking the veteran, they found that what the child said was right.
Pollock twins.
The twins are a pair of British girls. Before they were born, their parents had a pair of daughters who died in a car accident at the age of 6 and 11. The grieved parents left their hometown and gave birth to the twins again. To the parents as like as two peas, the scar on the head of the eldest daughter appeared exactly the same as the scar on the dead daughter. As they grow older, their parents find that the twins' personalities and hobbies are very similar to their previous two daughters, which makes them puzzled.
Pablo Cullen.
She is an English writer who published her first book of poetry at the age of 12. She has shown great intelligence since she was a child, but it's amazing that when she was two years old, she once told her parents that she was not Barbara Cullen, but Anne Frank. The parents were very surprised at this and took her to see a psychologist. When she was 10 years old, she went to Amsterdam with her parents and planned to secretly look for Anne Frank.
Annie Frank is a German Jewish girl who fled to Amsterdam because of the war, but was killed by the enemy in 1945. Without the help of a local guide, barbarocaran really found the girl's tombstone. After seeing this situation, many people are also very surprised. Is this girl really Anne Frank?
Although human wisdom is infinite, it is still full of confusion in the face of some mysterious phenomena. A lot of things we feel incredible, but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. As we say, these three children can depict the memory of the past life. Does the past life really exist? What do you think?
237 people in the village have the same face, which has troubled scientists for many years. What's the secret?
Xiaoshan Airport in Zhejiang Province, there are unidentified objects, the scene was blocked, the official answer to the controversy!
Curiosity's self photography, let us see the real surface of Mars, what will it look like?
Russian scientists claim that the earth can only live if the moon is destroyed. Why on earth?
To achieve immortality of the three creatures, cold and high temperature resistance, but contrary to the laws of nature!
There is always a sense of deja vu in dreams. In fact, we have experienced it in another "reality"!
When people die, can they hear the call of their relatives? Many people are silly after watching it!

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As a unit, Deuteronomy 12 and 13 focus on the theme of worship. Chapter 13 falls into an outline with the greatest of ease in warning of three common threats to acceptable worship: false prophets (13:1-5), family and friends (13:6-11), and popular movements (13:12-18). In each instance the divine Word offers a radical cure: put to death all those in error. As it precedes these instructions, chapter 12 is given to aid the community of faith to know how to gage error. While chapter 12 does not fall as easily into the linear outline that our Western minds prefer, it nevertheless clearly presents the three laws of worship.
Moses proclaims the first law in 12:8, "You shall not at all do as we are doing here today–every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes…" The first law, then, is autonomy: the law of self. Such a concept is stated in a similar way in Judges 17:5 and 21:25 where God says, "everyone did what was right in his own eyes." Autonomous worshipers worship in whatever way they deem best.
The second law is given in 12:30, "Take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.'" The second law is heteronomy: the law of others. Heteronomous worshipers seek the approval and adopt the worship-methods of others.
Broadly speaking, those obeying the first law would include the emergent church and many evangelicals and fundamentalists. The inability of those outside the movement, and the refusal of its own leaders to define the movement demonstrates that the emergent churches have no set "law," but worship in whatever way they feel is most "spiritual." Evangelicals and fundamentalist would certainly protest this designation, but I remain unconvinced. It seems that these groups with a strong emphasis on the priesthood of the believer are lust as likely to harbor Nadabs and Abihus rather than Melchizedeks or Aarons.
The second law speaks so directly to, and clearly against, the seeker sensitive and ecumenical movements that it scarcely needs comment. It would not be difficult to include Moses' hypothetical question as a very real part of a mission statement in any Willow Creek-like church today.
The third law is the last verse of the chapter, 12:32, "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it." The third law is theonomy: the law of God. While the term has certain problems due to the movement that has been labeled with it, "theonomy" properly defines this law. Theonomous worshipers seek to worship God in strict adherence to His proscribed standards.
This causes somewhat of a problem, for the same groups that champion the priesthood of the believer, also usually emphasize the authority of Scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice. After the broadside of my previous accusation, I suppose some support for the charge should be offered.
The easiest element to attack in the liturgy of many evangelical and fundamentalist churches is the time set aside for announcements. It has been my (limited) experience that on most occasions the announcements are given toward the beginning or middle of the service. A song or two is sung, a prayer or two is prayed and the announcements are given. (Before proceeding, it may be beneficial for you to read once again the third law of worship.) The issue I have with such an order of service is that one searches in vain to find God's command to give announcements regarding the ladies Bible study, men's softball game, and teen pizza party.
The third law is very precise in its legislation: only those things God commands are to be included in worship. To God's dictates on worship there are to be no additions nor any subtractions. Broadly speaking, those churches which adopt the regulative principle have the greatest potential of following the third law of worship.
God's law is the only law of worship. Unfortunately, many churches and denominations have abandoned the only infallible guide for laws of their own crafting. What hope is there for believers when their very act of worship is in contradiction to the will of the God they seek to serve?


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By Chris Davies on 2nd August 2016
When the largest field of Formula 2 drivers seen this year head out for qualifying, at the Tonsberg round of the UIM F2 World Championship, they should all cast their minds back to last year's event and remember that the race form 'guide book' shouldn't always be relied upon when looking for a likely candidate for the pole position spot.
Taking nothing away from his outstanding lap around the tight, tricky course, Stefan Hagin's name would probably not have been at the top of many people's list for that number one spot in Tonsberg, especially against the all conquering, vastly experienced Swede Pierre Lundin, who had been making a habit of posting quick laps when he needed to.
So can Hagin recreate that moment of magic?
If you look back to the first time he drove his brand new Molgaard hull in anger, racing on the narrow Mosel River course in Brodenbach, he beat a reasonable quality field to pole position. In testing before that German Formula 2 Championship Hagin said his first impressions about the feel of the boat were very, very good;
The changes Christian Molgaard made over the old boat brought significant improvements in driving and cornering. We have proved that we are on the right track with the new boat and can now concentrate on the World Championships.
When it came to the opening round of the 2016 F2 season, Hagin once again showed he had the speed after qualifying third fastest for the Finnish Grand Prix but like so many of the drivers, his weekend didn't go to plan after a competitor drove into his side.
Even with the hole in the boat, it was still quite good and I felt comfortable in third place. Unfortunately, the propeller shaft snapped but I know that a World Championship is not won in the first round.
Arriving in Campione with the paint on the Molgaard barely dry, he once again produced yet another quick lap this time around Lake Lugano, the venue for the second round of the World Championship. Starting from fourth on the grid his weekend soon turned sour, when his power-assisted steering failed.
At almost 140kg it's almost impossible to steer that Mercury Optimax engine without any help. I was losing about six seconds per lap, so that was it game over.
With his race team unable to source replacement parts in time for the Tvedestrand event, Hagin's focused has now switched to some 'unfinished business' to attend to in Tonsberg.
Looking at the Championship table all I need is a good top ten finish and I'm right back in the mix, my season is not yet finished.
Sat at the top of that table is a driver that is also competing in the latest creation from the Molgaard factory but perhaps that's where the similarity ends. At just two years younger that Hagin, Erik Edin is now the man to catch in this year's title chase.
Edin, like Hagin is no stranger to Molgaard hulls, having spent last season trying to get to grips with the ex-Erik Stark world championship winning hull.
After last season I now feel that the teamwork has fallen into the right place. We are finally starting to feel secure in this class, so it's now time to give it everything and go full out.
If further proof was needed, then the young Swedish drivers lap around the Peurunka circuit to secure pole position for the Finnish Grand Prix would certainly demonstrate that he is in confident mood right now.
All ready in Finland we showed that we belong to the top by first taking the pole and then the lead in the race.
Not everything ended happily though after I took on a buoy and lost.
With his fellow county-man Lundin disqualified from the race and championship rival Matt Palfreyman also coming away with no points, picking up those four points for a seventh place finish could prove to be extremely valuable.
It wasn't long before Edin was back on the podium after yet another gutsy performance, this time battling with the young Italian driver Alberto Comparato for third place in Campione.
His best was yet to come though when he once again took pole position, this time at the Tvedestrand race. From the moment the start lights went out he knew that he could out race Lundin and secure his first ever F2 World Championship victory.
Now three races are done and I'm in the lead of series after winning in Tvedestrand.
The competition is tough and what I did there is what I need to continue to do. Make sure I take pole and then control the race.
Like Hagin, Edin's Molgaard hull is still very new and over the last few weeks his team have been using the time wisely to prepare for Tonsberg.
It's been four weeks since Tvedestrand but we have not been sleeping. We have been out regularly testing, developing both the boat and also a new driving style as we aim to hold onto the lead in the World Championship. We are all very excited about the Grand Prix that remain and we will do everything we can to bring home the gold medal, after all no other nations has tasted F2 World Championship victory since 2010 and I'm not about to let that change.
Before the racing gets under way there will be an official opening ceremony at 18.00 on Friday evening.
This will be followed by the mandatory Speed Run and Match Race right in the heart of Tonsberg, where those in the packed out restaurants lining the harbour will see whether Rupp Temper can once again come away with all the prizes.
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Citation: ANDRADE, Natália Resende. Avaliação dos procedimentos de outorga para implantação de barragens. 2012. xvii, 329 f., il. Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Ambiental e Recursos Hídricos)—Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, 2012.
This work has the intention of identifying a set of criteria and indicators to be adopted by water resources management agencies dealing with water use rights concession for dams. To do so, a representative sample of Brazilian acts that grant the water use rights concession for dams, with their conditions, was built. In addition, starting from that sample, along with researches in national and international references, and discussions with experts and managers, a typology of "dams' situations" was developed, which served as a reference to associate, for each situation, the relevant indicators. Besides, categories of dams' finalities were identified. For those categories, complementary indicators were specified, regardless of the "dams' situations". In sequence, a questionnaire was submitted to experts and managers, and others interested, in the field of water resources and dams, to verify and, eventually, improve the typology and the proposed approach, considering specifically the sample, the "dams' situations", dams' finalities and the indicators. The questionnaire was prepared with multiple choice questions with the possibility of additional comments of the participants. In addition, in order to evaluate the proposals of this work, taking into account a complementary focus to the questionnaire, the criteria and indicators were appreciated in selected cases of water use rights concession for dams presents in the sample, according to the "dams' situations". Thereby, the activities demonstrated the relevance of the criteria, indicators and typologies identified in this research. If water resources management agencies take the proposed approach into consideration, it maybe facilitate technical analyses, by indicating a uniform guideline and a harmonious statement of reasons in water use rights concession, with no loss of the peculiarities of each region and in specific cases.
Description: Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia Ambiental e Recursos Hídricos, 2012.


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Be Found
Dear Evan Hansen is a show about now. About every person who has ever felt lonely or left out or insecure—it's about all of us. Deftly bring
High Volta-ge
The glory of the show is in its high-energy acrobatic acts. From bicycle stunts to trampoline daredevilry and stunning aerial acts, Voltadel
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At its core, A Thousand Splendid Suns is about the resilience of the human spirit and the wonderful bonds between people that can endure des
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There is little that can make me happier than a good old-fashioned musical. 42nd Street Moon's production of Me and My Girl is just that, a
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Lyrical, thought provoking and poignant, the current show from A.C.T. at the Geary Theater is the moving play, Father Comes Home From the Wa
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Get ready to go-go mad for Head Over Heels, the new Go-Go's musical currently running a pre-Broadway engagement at San Francisco's Curran Th
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How well can you ever truly know someone? That is the question at the core of A.C.T.'s current show, Heisenberg. Overall, it's a good play.
Viet-Going, Going, Gone
Vietgone is pretty good, but its unwillingness to delve into its most poignant moments stops the show from being a great one. The show is fu
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Jill Vice's newest one-woman show, A Fatal Step, is an entertaining night out. Vice's funny characterizations are wonderfully silly and remi
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Daniel Abraham Yanofsky
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Last Edited July 19, 2018
Daniel Abraham Yanofsky, OC, chess grandmaster, lawyer, municipal official (born 26 March 1925 in Brody, Poland; died 5 March 2000 in Winnipeg, MB).
Yanofsky received the grandmaster title in 1964 at the Olympiad in Tel Aviv, one of only 3 Canadians to hold the international grandmaster title (courtesy Winnipeg Free Press).
Daniel Abraham Yanofsky, OC, chess grandmaster, lawyer, municipal official (born 26 March 1925 in Brody, Poland; died 5 March 2000 in Winnipeg, MB). Yanofsky was the first Canadian chess grandmaster. He came to Canada at an early age and developed a talent for chess, winning his first tournament at 12. He qualified for the Canadian Olympiad team for the 1939 world team championships in Buenos Aires, where he received a special prize for best score on Board 2. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
Yanofsky played in many European tournaments and in 1953 won the British championship. His career in Canada included eight Canadian championships between 1941 and 1965, and 11 appearances on the Canadian national team, the last in 1980 at Malta. He received the grandmaster title in 1964 for his performance on Board 1 for Canada at the Olympiad in Tel Aviv. He continued to compete until 1986. Yanofsky was a lawyer and was on the Winnipeg City Council until 1986. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1972.
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Kiann Chow received her Master of Arts in Performance with distinction and Licentiate Diploma in Teaching (LRAM) from Royal Academy of Music, London (RAM) with Professor Mayumi Fujikawa. Chow has performed in America, Europe and Asia, including performances at prestigious concert venues such as New York's Avery Fisher Hall and London's Royal Albert Hall. She also recorded RAMs album on Frank Zappa's music as a member of Academy Manson Ensemble in London and was featured in the RTHK Radio 4 programme "Young Music Makers". In July 2012, Chow was appointed to be a member of the Academy & Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, and performed with John Adams at New York's Lincoln Center Festival and London's BBC Proms.
Chow is also a co-founder of Romer String Quartet and Duo Volce (harmonica-violin duo).


Burnout is a trending topic. Scientists, reporters and the media have fastened upon the subject. Facebook is full of burnout stories. There are dozens of websites where you can take tests to see if you are suffering from a burnout. Thousands of scientific studies are trying to demonstrate the cause of burnout, but are not very successful in finding it, as 96% of all studies are aimed at external factors.
Eduard Baas has been working for almost 20 years on the question of how internal factors impact external behaviour. In doing so, he links unconscious internal influences and patterns to the susceptibility to burnout. Disregarding external factors such as workload, workplace and the like, he looks at internal causes that could demonstrably explain susceptibility to burnout. He is the first to approach the issue in this way.
Are you up to accepting his innovative theories? Decide for yourself. Can inner patterns really determine your sensitivity to burnout?


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Q: Can (Java) Interfaces be referred to as APIs? I am trying to understand what exactly an API is.
From my current understanding, an API (Application Programming Interface) is a contract provided by a software instance, that guarantees a defined set of behaviors, which are triggered by a defined set of actions.
An API is a "public" sort of construct, as it defines the rules of communication with the outside world.
Similarly, a Java Interface in a nutshell, is also a construct, that a given Java Class (which implements that interface) has to provide, e.g. provide the functionality defined in that Interface (by writing the function implementations).
Both seems to be doing virtually the same thing, defining a set of behaviors that will be triggered if the right action (e.g. call, or format of the call) is taken.
So is it correct to refer to Interfaces provided by Java (e.g. Collections) or even ones written by me, as APIs?

A: "API" is a very elastic term, and can describe anything from a set of URLs to a method signature.

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*Yes, Java interfaces describe an API, or at least part of an API.

*But not every API has a Java interface.

When you use Java interfaces to describe an API, note what the interface contains: just a couple of method signatures, and possibly some JavaDoc. The signature describes the API for the type checker, but cannot describe things like preconditions of this method. These extra requirements might be expressed in the documentation for that interface, but it is not really part of the interface itself. E.g. there are some marker interfaces like Serializable that are empty and declare no methods at all, but have some meaning that cannot directly be expressed within Java's type system.
You shouldn't approach interfaces with a thought process like "this is an API → let's use interfaces". Instead, interfaces describe what kind of methods an object offers to a consumer of that object. A path to good interfaces often leads through a short refactoring process:

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*This function uses another object. I wish I could use different kinds of objects…

*Describe how we use that object, using an interface. So here we need to getBar() and over there our object needs to frobnicate(Something).

*Implement the interface in all relevant classes. If you have no control over the class, use the Adapter Pattern to make it conform to the new interface.

Note that extending a base class inherits both an interface/API and the implementation for that API. It turns out that this is not ideal, and that it is usually better to use Java interfaces for interface-inheritance, and composition for implementation-reuse.

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Given the world's rapidly growing appetite for more energy, meeting this need while at the time cutting emissions and mitigating the effect of global warming are becoming increasingly tough challenges. Building a more sustainable world for people today and – even more importantly – for future generations is becoming an increasingly important imperative.
Promoting a greater use of renewables, tapping the power of the sea, and generating and using electricity in smarter ways, are just some of the areas in which Finnish companies are helping improve the way we manage all things energy-related.
The cleantech field is expanding rapidly as researchers and the business world focus on leveraging existing expertise and developing new know-how to reduce our environmental footprint.
New capabilities that are emerging as a result of the work being done by Finnish companies on managing waste streams more effectively include using robots to improve recycling and automating the way waste is collected in the first place.
With many of us living longer today, access to better treatment and care is becoming more and more important. The pressure on health care providers to deliver the treatment and care we need at a cost that society can afford is also growing. Safety issues also need to be addressed more comprehensively as the number of pharmaceuticals and different types of care available to physicians continue multiplying.
Finland's health technology manufacturing sector has been steadily growing in recent years, and Finnish products in areas such as dentistry and diagnostics are renowned for their innovation, performance, and durability, as well as for being extremely safe.
Mobile technology and advanced software in areas such as process and network automation have been an integral part of the Finnish hightech landscape for many years.
While these remain important areas of expertise, a growing number of small Finnish companies are making inroads into other fields, such as data and software security and making it safer to surf the Web.
And who would have thought that a young Finnish start-up could have taken on the penny auction business in the US and come out such a winner?
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Finland's engineering, materials, and logistics know-how is surprisingly wide-ranging and extends all the way from forest products, the country's bedrock industry for many years and still an important part of the economy, to composites, lasers, and nanomaterials…
Finnish equipment can also often be found hard at work keeping mineral production around the world running at its best. And then there's the fact that many of the world's elevators and cargo terminals also depend on technology from a Finnish company.
Given Finland's icebound coastline during the winter, it's not surprising that Finnish companies are among the very best at designing, building, and powering ships capable of navigating through the thickest ice. What's more surprising, perhaps, is that they have also built and equipped some of the world's largest cruise ships.
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Amanda Studnicki puts Delaware First on the court and in the world
Tennis players know that net play takes nerve, speed, confidence and commitment.
"I love to play the net," says Amanda Studnicki—in life, it seems, as well as on the court. Co-captain of the UD women's tennis team, Studnicki maintains a 3.98 average in a challenging major, biomedical engineering.
At age 16, Studnicki boldly charged the net of life: Raised by a single mom, she mustered her courage and left home, moving from Illinois to Florida to enroll full-time in the tennis academies. She caught the eye of UD Coach Laura Travis, who offered a scholarship to play for the Blue Hens. A recent undergraduate research opportunity landed her in the Human Robotics Laboratory where she worked alongside graduate students analyzing biomechanical principles.
These lab projects are particularly appealing. "They tackle real-world problems, but they also teach teamwork, collaboration, problem-solving, even conflict resolution," Studnicki explains.
Tennis standout, stellar scholar, UD athletic scholarship. The set adds up to a perfect match.


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Murphy, Thomas H. (ed.) / Wisconsin alumnus
Volume 84, Number 6 (Sept. 1983)
Member news, pp. 26-27
Musolf'63, '66
KARL MENNINGER MD '14, '15 celebrated his
ninetieth birthday recently. In honor of the occa-
sion the Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic has pub-
lished a special issue of his articles, speeches and
letters. Menninger is co-founder of the Men-
ninger Foundation, an internationally recognized
psychiatric center in Topeka. He has been active
in the field for more than sixty years.
A local parent group at the Oconomowoc
High School has created an award in honor of
RUDOLPH TIMMEL '29, former bandmaster and
music teacher. It was presented to the best sen-
ior musician in the symphonic and varsity
bands. For many years Timmel led the school
to state and regional championships before re-
tirement in 1968.
The American Institute of Chemical Engi-
neers has elevated NORMAN H. CEAGLSKE '28, '29,
'36 to the rank of Fellow. He is professor emeri-
tus at the University of Minnesota and was recog-
nized for his research in process control technol-
ogy.
RICHARD F. CLEMENT '28, former chairman of
the advisory board of the Salvation Army of St.
Louis, received the William Booth Award. He is
vice president of the brokerage firm of Newhard,
Cook and Co. and lives in Webster Groves, Mo.
EUGENE SPELTZ '39 has retired from General
Electric, Fairfield, Conn., where he was a con-
sultant on international accounting procedures.
He joined the company forty-three years ago.
President Reagan recently honored PAUL R.
WEBER '39 with the President's Volunteer Action
Award Citation. He is one of fourteen re-
tirees who interpret the tools and lifestyles of
19th century American machinists at the Hagley
Museum in Wilmington, Del. A mechanical engi-
neer, he has been associated with the Du Pont
Co. from graduation until retirement in 1980.
40s-50 CHARLES VEVIER '48, '49,
S    '53, EVP of the Univer-
sity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, is
leaving his administrative post to become a ten-
ured professor in its department of psychiatry
and mental health sciences.
ROBERT F. FROEHLKE LLB '49 was recently
named chairman of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Company and elected to the board of trust-
ees of the College of Insurance in New York
City. He is a former Secretary of the Army.
The WICPA Educational Foundation, Inc.
elected J. K. LEIDIGER '49 of Madison its new
president. He heads the field audit section of the
Wisconsin Department of Revenue. The Foun-
dation awards scholarships to Wisconsin high
school students intending to pursue accounting
majors in college.
EUGENE K. BUCHHOLZ '55, '61 of Stillwater,
Okla. was promoted from associate to full profes-
sor at Oklahoma State University's division of
engineering technology.
JOSEPH L. STONE '55 of Skokie, Ill. has been
elected vice chairman of the board of directors of
the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Educa-
SCAROLYN BENKERT
60s                 BISHOP '61 is the new di-
rector of public relations for the Snowmass Re-
sort Association, Snowmass Village, Col. She is
a former editor of Family Circle, the author of
two books in the Doubleday home decorating
program, and a contributing writer to the Better
Homes & Gardens book division. She owns the
Mesa Store Home Furnishing Co. in Aspen.
HARVEY K. JACOBSON PhD '67 received the
Alice Beeman Award from the Council for the
Advancement and Support of Education, the na-
tional association of people employed in alumni
and institutional fund-raising work. He is assis-
tant to the vice president and interim director of
university relations at the University of Michi-
gan, Ann Arbor.
The United Bank and Trust of Madison ap-
pointed MARK E. MUSOLF '63 vice president
senior legal counsel and trust officer.
Botanist GREGORY D. ARMSTRONG '67 is the
new director of the 1200-acre UW Arboretum.
He has been director of the Botanic Garden, ar-
boretum and greenhouses at Smith College in
Northampton, Mass.
M. PETER PEVONKA '67, assistant dean for
clinical affairs at the University of Florida's Col-
lege of Pharmacy, has received the Frank To-
back Consultant Pharmacist of the Year Award.
He is chairman of the FPA Consultant Pharma-
cist Section and chairman-elect of the American
Pharmaceutical Association's section on long-
term care. He was honored for his work in devel-
oping an instructional program for initial certi-
fication of consultant pharmacists serving
nursing homes.
The west-central chapter of the Wisconsin
Social Services Association gave its 1983 Distin-
guished Service Award to DUWAYNE A.
MICKELSON MS '67 of Whitehall. He is the di-
rector of the Trempealeau County Department
of Social Services.
JOHN F. BRUSSEL '68 has left Westinghouse
Electric Corp. in Pittsburgh to become the new
general manager of tax planning and compliance
for AT&T International, Basking Ridge, N.J.
CBS/Fox Studios named RITA BURTON '68
vice president responsible for the operation of
their facility in Studio City, Cal. and for pro-
duction of films and television programs. She has
been with CBS since 1968.
CAMILLE ANTHONY HANEY '68, president of
the Haney Co. of Milwaukee, is the new presi-
dent of the Society of Consumer Affairs Profes-
sionals in Business.
The Griffin Wheel Co. of Chicago appointed
26 / THE WISCONSIN ALUMNUS
Pevonka '67
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What is a megawatt hour (MWh)?
March 10, 2022 Energy explained, Life in Spain, Pricing, Saving energy
Many of us are currently following the news intensely, with so much going on in the world right now. But often times, words or terms which are unfamiliar to us are being used. In this blog we want to help you understand what exactly a megawatts is. Most of us have heard about kilowatts, but what about megawatts?
A megawatt is simply defined as 1 million watts. Because there are 1,000 watts in a kilowatt, you could also think of a megawatt as 1,000 kilowatts. When dealing with watts in these quantities, especially when it comes to non-scientific matters, it's much easier to talk about electricity in terms of megawatts than millions of watts.
Just like there are 1,000 kilowatts in 1 megawatt, there are also 1,000 kilowatt-hours in 1 megawatt-hour.
Your electric bill is measured in kilowatt-hours because megawatt-hours are so much larger in size. Although your electricity usage will rarely be described in megawatt-hours, utilities, for instance, use MWh's all the time.
The abbreviation for one megawatt hour is 1 MWh.
What Is A Megawatt-hour?
So, what is a megawatt-hour? A megawatt-hour is just like a kilowatt-hour in the sense that it's a measure of energy. Compare it to a petrol tank. If your petrol tank holds 15 gallons of petrol, and your car can run on a gallon for 20 miles, then your petrol tank is good for 300 miles. Similarly, you can calculate the range of an electric car based on its battery size and consumption rate. If an EV has a "tank" of 60 kilowatt-hours and consumes 1 kWh for every 4 miles of driving, your total range would be 240 miles.
A megawatt-hour is the same as one megawatt of power used continually for one hour. Because megawatts are so large, it's easier to grasp a megawatt-hour if we break it down.
1 megawatt (MW) = 1,000 kilowatts (kW), or the power used by the average microwave oven
1 megawatt-hour (MWh) = 1 MW for one hour or 1,000 kW for one hour.
The three time periods
We know this can be a worrying time for many people so we want to keep you informed about any changes or updates in the industry that can potentially have a direct effect on you as a consumer. Our focus here at Energy Nordic is providing a transparent service where customer satisfaction is most important.
With that in mind, it is recommended to be cautious with consumption over the next period of time and to try and utilise the (VALLE / P3) cheapest time periods as much as possible for high consumption appliances.
These are the hours set by the government on June 1, 2021 for electricity time periods for the 2.0TD tariff (any energy supply with less than 15kW contracted power):
P3 – Off-Peak Hours (VALLE): these are the cheapest hours and range from 12:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. Monday – Friday, as well as 24 hours on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays.
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P1 – Peak-Hours (PUNTA): these are the most expensive hours and the best time to be conscious about consumption. They run from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from to 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m Monday to Friday.
Click here to read more about the changes that came into place on June 1st 2021.
We developed a tool called – What the Tariff – this enables our customers, or anyone for that matter, to see in real time, which tariff we are currently on and which tariff is coming next, in order to work out best times to use those high consumption appliances:
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Here is a link to some printable versions of the timetables if you wish to print and stick on your fridge (We find them very useful!):
Printable energy period timetables.
On OMIE's website you are able to see the increase of the energy market price over the past year. OMIE is where electricity supply companies in Spain purchase electricity. If you wish to follow the OMIE market price of energy in Spain yourself – you can click here to check OMIE's market price day by day, hour by hour.
In view of keeping bills down during the current global energy crisis, there are of course, modifications you, as a consumer, can make to ensure your bills are as low as possible. Implementing conscious consumption during those cheaper P3 hours, will make a big difference to the prices of our bills.
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The anti-eviction blues: audio reports from San Francisco's gentrifying streets
As the San Francisco tech boom has sent rents skyrocketing and pushed out established businesses, Erin McElroy and others at the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project have been gathering oral histories of some of those affected
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An anti-gentrification mural on Clarion Street in the Mission district of San Francisco. Photograph: San Francisco anti gentrification project
San Francisco experienced a dramatic increase in eviction rates, rental prices and outward migration following the birth of Tech Boom 2.0 back in 2011. Neighbourhoods are becoming more expensive and longtime residents are being pushed out so real estate speculators can create housing for the affluent. Established businesses are evaporating overnight, to be replaced by the newest coffee shop or tech startup.
With big tech companies paying interns six-figure salaries, and with smaller startups aspiring to be bought out by larger corporations, the Bay Area has been flooded with young wealthy technology workers. They are roughly 70% male and 60% white, and generally making enough money to afford what has become the average San Francisco rent: around $2,500 a month. Some could even afford a downpayment on a home. Soon prospective buyers and tenants were outbidding each other in cash.
The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project started in 2013 to document and study the eviction crisis. Our research found that disproportionate property price increases correlated with the placement of private tech bus stops, and the shuttle stops that companies including Google, Facebook to Apple use to transport San Francisco residents to jobs in Silicon Valley. Between 2011 and 2013, 69% of no-fault evictions occurred within four blocks of these private shuttle stops.
Explore the San Francisco eviction map here
A study by researchers at Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco, found that rents around the stops used by tech buses were up to 20% higher than in otherwise comparable areas. They also found that 30-40% of tech workers would in fact move closer to their jobs if the bus service did not exist.
Our data visualisation project grew to study relations between gentrification and factors such as speculation and property flipping, racial profiling and luxury development. But as we produced more and more maps, we became increasingly concerned with the dangers of reducing complex social and political worlds to simple dots on a map – such data can never fully describe the personal and neighbourhood displacements through gentrification.
Our Narratives of Displacement and Resistance project is an attempt to address this. Over the last two years, we have been gathering oral histories of those impacted in different ways by Tech Boom 2.0 – from those evicted by networks of shell companies, to those who have experienced increased racial profiling and those who have fought their evictions through direct action … and won.
Theresa Flandrich
Theresa has been fighting an Ellis Act eviction in North Beach for years. She works at Senior and Disability Action, volunteers with neighbourhood group and is an active member of the anti-eviction movement in San Francisco.
Yasmin is a self-employed cook who was recently displaced to Oakland from her home in San Francisco. In this interview she reflects on the politics of moving to Oakland, which has its own gentrification crisis.
Benito Santiago
Drummer and dancer Benito was born to Filipino immigrants in San Francisco, where he grew up. In 2013 he received an Ellis Act eviction from a speculator. After a year of direct action work with various community groups including Eviction Free San Francisco, Benito won the right to remain in his home.
Neil Martinson
Neil is a DJ and a show producer who grew up in New York's Greenwich Village and moved to San Francisco in the early 1990s. He says the cultural quirkiness which drew him to the west coast is being threatened by the city's latest wave of newcomers and the gentrification of its neighbourhoods.
Cheryl SV
"When you evict somebody, you're changing their whole lives - it's not just a place where somebody goes and sleeps." Cheryl lived in her apartment in the Mission for 22 years before being evicted and moving to Oakland.
Lotta Garrity
Retired nurse Lotta received an eviction notice over a year ago from a serial evictor. She tells the story of her current eviction from Mission Dolores and recalls a previous eviction from Noe Valley 30 years ago. She says her Mission Dolores neighbourhood is changing much in the same way that Noe Valley did as it began to gentrify decades ago.
Claudia Tirado
Claudia Tirado moved to the US from Tijuana at the age of 11. She recently faced an Ellis Act eviction and is still fighting to remain in her home. "There's nothing wrong with being a janitor. There's nothing wrong with being a teacher. There's nothing wrong with being a bus driver. There's nothing wrong with being a taxi driver or a maid. What's wrong is with the lack of humanity or respect that we get."
Michael Rouppet
Michael lived in a house in the Lower Haight for 20 years before being evicted by a speculator following the death of his landlady. He spent almost a year living on the streets with his dog, and coping with homelessness and HIV simultaneously.
Lisa, her daughter, mother and grandmother, were threatened with eviction after a real estate speculator converted her Mission home into condos and failed to offer her a lifetime lease. Lisa fought her eviction and won, but her grandmother died during the process.
Ed Cruz
Ed and his family lived in Inner Sunset for 18 years until his landlords decided to evict.
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lol, you mean on the site I gave you guys in the first post ?
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Sweet. Finally, sprite tags are gonna be used here.
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In this one, things got pretty gnarly:
While in this one, they used balloons! I'd be terrified to roll over a bunch of them, but it looks comparable to the bouncy balls.
These are so awesome. Fingers crossed someone comes up with IRL Candyland next.
(Images via here, here, here, and here.)
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*Infinite PuTTY Tunnel* allows you to quickly open and maintain persistent ssh tunnels from your system tray using [PuTTY][putty].

## Features

- **Simple:** Start and stop ssh tunnels [defined in PuTTY][putty-config-ssh-portfwd] from your system tray.
- **Persistent Tunnels:** Automatically restart previously active tunnels when ipt.exe starts.
- **Watchdog:** Restart tunnels that close unexpectedly.
- **Secure:** No support for password based authentication because it is insecure.
- **Department of Redundancy Department:** *TODO:* Keep track of open tunnels and prevent multiple tunnels from listening on the same port

## Screen Shots

![](screen-shots/SystemTray-Menu.png)
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## Installation

1. Download and install the [.NET 4.5.1 Framework] [dot-net]. Most computers will already have this installed via Windows Update
2. [Download][putty-installer] and install the latest version of PuTTY
3. Download and install the [latest version] [current-release] of *Infinite PuTTY Tunnel* (ipt.exe)

## Configuration

1. [Configure your tunnel][putty-config-ssh-portfwd] using putty.exe and [save it as a session][putty-config-session]
2. Using PuTTY, Ensure that the session works and does not trigger any interactive prompts
3. [Configure Pageant][putty-pageant-cmdline-command] to start ipt.exe after your keys are loaded
4. Begin using *Infinite PuTTY Tunnel* to automatically start and maintain your tunnel

## History
This software is a fork of *PuTTY Tunnel Manager*. The [original][downstream] appears to be no longer maintained.
This program is nearly a complete rewrite of the original *Putty Tunnel Manager*. I've made many changes and have done my best to improve the reliability and code quality of this software.

[current-release]: https://github.com/dietsche/infinite-putty-tunnel/releases/latest/
[downstream]: https://github.com/joeribekker/putty-tunnel-manager
[putty]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
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[putty-pageant-cmdline-command]: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/htmldoc/Chapter9.html#pageant-cmdline-command
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Mondiali
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 1 bronzo (slalom speciale a Portillo 1966)

Coppa del Mondo
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 1 terzo posto

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Mother of 3 killed by gunman at pool party
People look over the scene Monday, May 1, 2017, in San Diego, at the La Jolla Crossroads apartments where a deadly shooting took place on Sunday. (AP)
Published Wednesday, May 03, 2017
A 35-year-old mother of three was the lone person killed by a gunman who shot seven people at a pool birthday bash in San Diego over the weekend.
Childhood friend Vincent Howard says he will miss the infectious smile of Monique Clark. He says Clark was devoted to her daughters, ages 2 to 13. She also volunteered at food drives to help the homeless.
Entertainer Nick Cannon, also a childhood friend, tweeted Monday "my heart hurts with great sadness."
Clark's family could not be reached for comment. Her mother, Michelle Fuget, wrote on GoFundMe that her daughter was beautiful, funny and feisty.
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Officers killed Selis in a shootout Sunday.
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The pool party was in full swing when a lone man reclining in a lounge chair with a blank expression pulled a gun from his waistband and began shooting.
As bodies fell on the pool deck and people ran for their lives, the gunman despondent over a recent breakup dialed his ex-girlfriend so she could listen as he continued firing at strangers.
Although Peter Selis was white and all but one of the victims were black and Latino, Chief Shelley Zimmerman said Monday there was "zero indication" race was a motive.
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