The report, or with whom am I�debating about Assembly anyway?
CreamD: Standard, first question: What was the first feeling you got when you entered the partyplace?
TBB: Mixed feelings, as always. This was, if I�remember right, the third time Assembly happened at Hartwall Arena, so the place has become quite familiar already. But it's�always uncertain who you will meet on the partyplace. I�knew some guys were going to show up, others were really nice surprises.
CreamD: How about the amount of �oldskool� people?
CreamD: Whom did you meet? Any celebrities?
TBB: The biggest surprise to me was meeting TNT of Beyond Force after several years. I�had last time met him very briefly in �95 if I�remember right, and before that somewhere around '90, so it was really really nice to get?to talk to him after a long while. Also Grue aka Jake / Beyond Force was there. I�haven�t seen him in person since Horizon party �90 (or '91).
CreamD: I�would�t like to look like an ignorant, but who is TNT and Grue?? Blaming myself publicly, uh.
CreamD: Okay this is quite educational for newcomers. How about other dudes? Was it a Danish and Scandinavian powerplay, or did some sceners from other countries showed up?
TBB: This year I�didn't meet any C-64�scene guys from outside Finland, which was quite a shame.I�think I�met one guy from Sweden who visits #c-64�regularly and who was wearing a C-64�start screen shirt.
CreamD: In my opinion, assembly lost it?s�reputation in the C-64�scene in past years. Isn't this the reason?
TBB: I�think of it more as a consequence. Byterapers ruled the competitions for some time and discouraged people quite a bit :) And it's�a fact that the scene is quite a bit smaller than during the days when you could see 2�or 3�good demos at every major party. Less demos, less competition, less reputation. Unfortunate but unavoidable.
CreamD: These days I'm fooling myself that it's�again getting better with the quality of releases. Btw. How about this year?s�demo releases?
CreamD: Yes.. some 3,75�Mhz� as ZX Spectrum probably.
their music-orientated MSX system. An MSX demo actually won the oldskool compo.
on time so I�only saw one picture.
CreamD: Being held on time� WHAT?
TBB: Yeah. the gfx compo started exactly when it was supposed to :).
tracks. Heatbeat's�player can obviously produce some kickass sounds on VIC.
in it to show that we're still alive and kicking.
this years oldskool compo a fun?
after the oldskool music compo thought of oldskool music as �annoying bleeps�.
stood out�� he had his own code playing the music.
CreamD: How about quality of sound equipment?
intro utilizes rather low frequencies in the bassline.
CreamD: Great to hear that sound-boys in Assembly staff knew how to tweak their equipment for old machines! A�plus point for them.
CreamD: Were there any special, funny, spicy situations at Assembly?
TBB: We had lots of fun after the wild compo with the Beyond Force guys�� we watched a couple of old animations named K?yt?skukka that we used to watch as kids from TV and laughed a lot :) Byterapers have made these animations available as MPEG's�on their site. The name translates as �The flower of conduct� and?it teaches kids some good values.
CreamD: Any strippers? Girls? I�must admit this question is stupid, but I've just recalled a stripping action at LCP party.
TBB: Girls? Yes. Lots of, in fact. Assembly TV even made a special report about �The Girls of Assembly�.
CreamD: Hehe. Okay so this was enough about girls dear geeks. Let's�return back to important things. We should somehow nicely finish the interview, shouldn?t we? How about some more highlights of the party? Were there any?
TBB: But there were a lot of girls, almost all of them very nice.
CreamD: Hey, stop that boring stuff, we will lose readers here I'm sure.
CreamD: Demo compo for PC and AMIGA was held together?
TBB: Assembly has held Amiga and PC demos in one combined competition for years since at some point there was no longer a reason to keep separate competitions.
CreamD: Great solution indeed. It would be great to hear C-64�rules after next year?s�C-64�demo compo.
CreamD: Okay how do you feel about the party. Some final comment?
TBB: IMHO overall this year's�Assembly was a step towards the better, and I'm looking forward to next year's�event already. I�would definitely like to see more of the C-64�scene around, someone to challenge us next year, and higher quality in the party releases. Put some more effort to it, and next year we should have a kickass set of old school competitions!
CreamD: Ok. Thanx for Interview AMJ. It was nice to chat with you.
SounDemoN: It was nice to meet some people, that was the main reason I�went to assembly. Well, c64 people were like: Grue & TNT /Beyond Force. Agemixer/Scallop. All dekadence members, met Player One/Dekadence for the first time. TBB & AMJ, Jzu, Geel, Jammic, Codehead.
CreamD: Your compinion about assembly compos?
SounDemoN: Well the demo compo wasn't that great. Only two demos. One was ours so I�won't comment it ;) Extend's�demo was very short and had if I�remember correctly only one effect. The music's�were great. There were many entries and the overall quality was high, this was something I�hadn't expected.
CreamD: Some picante situations, funny stuff, highlights ?
SounDemoN: Well I�noticed the party itself has been evolving in a certain direction. Basically there were three areas.
There was the oldskool area, the main area, the game heaven area. The game haven was meant for people who only played games, I�think but in the main hall everyone played games�� *everyone. So those two areas were the same for me. In the oldskool area there were scene people but to me it seems totally strange to combine these things on the same party it just doesn't make sense the quake players don't care about the demoscone and vice versa.
CreamD: True. So quakers didn't actually watched the compos?
SounDemoN: They probably did�� because they were not allowed to keep their monitors on. Also the quakers were very young. They are getting younger every year, or maybe I'm just getting older, hehe.
CreamD: Thanks for the answers.
CreamD: I�would like to say I�did it intentionally as I'm sometimes quite a practical joker in virtual world but this time it was a real bug in my brain.
CreamD: Okay TBB now really thanx for that interview.
CreamD: tbb: nono.. I�can't leave it there.. I�would blame myself a lot..
CreamD: No no this is too much, but at least I�will leave this joke for Dmagicians, they will like it too at least Wotnau and JTR ;-). And you can also tell it to AMJ. Uh, my self-confidence is bleeding right now. It's�the most amateurish thing the interviewer can do.
CreamD: In fact you're musician, you and AMJ are friends. Also as far as I�remember, both in Side B. You're from the same country, 3�letter names, simply unrecognisable at all.
TBB: The third brother has a 4�letter nickname, but he's�always been a bit different from the rest of us.
CreamD: You're not fooling me! I�didn't know that! I've just checked the documents in HVSID collection.
TBB: Yup, three SID music making brothers.
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Grand Prairie — PEDIATRIC CENTER OF LAS COLINAS, P.A.
PEDIATRIC CENTER OF LAS COLINAS, P.A.
Ayesha Ahmad Anwar, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Ahmad Anwar graduated with a B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002 and then earned her medical degree at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio in 2007. She went on to complete her pediatric residency training at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC in 2010. After her residency training, she worked as a Pediatric Hospitalist at Children's Medical Center in Dallas, specializing in the care of hospitalized children. She served as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center until 2014 and is now transitioning to the world of outpatient pediatrics.
Dr. Ahmad Anwar is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is also licensed by the Texas Medical Board and is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a strong believer in the practice of evidence based medicine and strives to continually provide the highest level of care possible for her patients.
Dr. Ahmad Anwar lives in Coppell with her husband and son. She feels that becoming a parent has made her a much better pediatrician, since she can now personally relate to the parental worry and anxiety that comes with having a sick child. She is always eager to learn and grow as a physician and takes pride in building relationships with her patients and their families.


José Fresquet is one of the authentic sea dogs in Majorca. All his family has always been linked to the fishing: from his grandparents until his parents and cousins... Fresquet has sailed form the Atlantic until the last retreat of the Mediterrean's Sea. Now his children accompany him and you have the unique opportunity of sign on the Molina with them in Andratx and live in first person the exciting fishing of the tuna and swordfish in the Majorca's waters, helped by authentic sea dogs.


Marsaskala is a seaside village situated on the south east coast of Malta. The dive sites in M'skala are located around Zonqor Point peninsula on the north side of the entrance to Marsaskala Bay. There are a number of diving sites in this area, including tugboat wrecks St. Michael and Tug 10 on the south coast of of Zonqor Point, various reefs, and Mini Blue Hole a bit farther on the north side of the point. St. Michael and 10 were scuttled on 16th May 1998 to create an artificial reef for scuba diving.
Marsaskala is protected from the prevailing north-westerly winds, and when other areas on the north and west coasts of Malta are not divable due to bad weather conditions, the sea is nice and calm at Zonqor Point. This is also a good place for training or second dive, although visibility in Marsaskala Bay is not as good as other parts of the Maltese islands.
Parking, public toilets, dive centre, kiosks, cafes, restaurants (some open only in summertime) available at Zonqor Point. There is also a large outdoor swimming pool (formerly the National Swimming Pool Complex).
Tugboat 10 is shallow wreck dive in Marsaskala, Malta. Tug 10 was 16m tugboat and was scuttled in 1998 for scuba diving. Wreck is upright at depth of 21m.
St. Michael is shallow wreck dive in Marsaskala, Malta. St. Michael was 20m tugboat and was scuttled in 1998 for scuba diving. Wreck is upright at 22m.
Zonqor Point dive site in Marsaskala has shallow reefs on both sides of the peninsula. Zonqor Point reefs are shore dives with max depth about 20m.
Mini Blue Hole dive site is in Marsaskala, Malta. The hole is a natural rock formation connected to the sea by an underwater tunnel. Shallow reefs as well.
★★☆☆☆ Not my favorite spot. Tugboats are nice to visit every now and then, but that's pretty much it.


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Almost All Oncologists Experienced a Drug Shortage in Last Year
Almost all oncologists reported experiencing cancer drug shortages over the last year, noting that shortages have been increasing, unfortunately. These drug shortages have caused the financial burdens on practices and patients to increase severely.
Almost all oncologists reported experiencing cancer drug shortages over the last year, according to the Community Oncology Alliance (COA).
The drug shortage survey of 200 practices (representing 525 physicians), revealed that 98.9% of physicians had experienced a drug shortage in the last 12 months, which affected their patients' health in some cases.
The drug shortage severely impacted patient prognosis, severity of side effects and cost to the patient, according to the survey. In more than 60% of patients, the cancer progressed more quickly because of the drug shortage, according to respondents. More than 70% had more severe side effects.
The financial burden was more severe for more than 80% of patients and more than 90% of practices affected by the shortages, according to the survey.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel, according to COA's survey. A total of 58% of physician respondents indicated that the shortage in cancer drugs is actually increasing.
"The root cause of the drug shortage is economic," Ted Okon, executive director of COA, said in a statement. "The Medicare system for reimbursing for cancer drugs has created pricing instability. That has resulted in disincentives for manufactures to produce these low-cost but vital generic cancer drugs, as well as to invest in manufacturing facilities for these products."
Patients faced higher costs when their doctors made drug substitutions as a result of the drug shortage.
For instance, leucovorin—commonly used to treat ovarian cancer—costs Medicare $35 a dose with a patient co-pay of only $9, according to Patrick Cobb, MD, an oncologist and past COA president. However, leucovorin is a generic drug that is in short supply. The replacement brand drug is available, Cobb said in a statement, but costs Medicare $2,000 a dose with a patient co-pay of $520.

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Citation: HO TENG JUN (2008-03-14). Task Specific Humanoid Hand Design using Single Crystal Ultrasonic Motors. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: An effective humanoid hand design is proposed to meet the functional aspect of a human hand in daily activities. This functional requirement is explicitly represented as the ability to perform the six common grips - Cylindrical, Spherical, Lateral, Palmar, Pinch and Hook Grips. A set of point contact system and function definitions are developed for the six grips. An actuation system using cylindrical type ultrasonic motor is designed and fabricated where PZN-7%PT piezoelectric single crystal is used as its driving element. Timonshenko's simple beam model is adopted to model the dynamics of the stator. The driving circuit for the ultrasonic motor includes a four-phase full bridge inverter and DC-DC converter, where the amplitude of driving voltage signals is chosen as the primary speed control input. A single finger prototype is constructed to evaluate the implementation of cylindrical ultrasonic motor. Experimental results on the rotational speed, torque and power output are obtained.


1We expect senior management to take clear responsibility for managing financial crime risks, which should be treated in the same manner as other risks faced by the business. There should be evidence that senior management are actively engaged in the firm's approach to addressing the risks. In considering senior management arrangements in the Guide, firms should consider their arrangements to comply with the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR).
•	When did senior management, including the board or appropriate sub-committees, last consider financial crime issues? What action followed discussions?
•	Is there evidence that issues have been escalated where warranted?
Senior management set the right tone and demonstrate leadership on financial crime issues.
There is little evidence of senior staff involvement and challenge in practice.
A firm takes active steps to prevent criminals taking advantage of its services.
A firm concentrates on narrow compliance with minimum regulatory standards and has little engagement with the issues.
We would draw comfort from seeing evidence that these practices take place.
Financial crime issues are dealt with on a purely reactive basis.
A firm has a strategy for self-improvement on financial crime.
There is no meaningful record or evidence of senior management considering financial crime risks.
There are clear criteria for escalating financial crime issues.
1MI should provide senior management with sufficient information to understand the financial crime risks to which their firm is exposed. This will help senior management effectively manage those risks and adhere to the firm's own risk appetite. MI should be provided regularly and ad hoc, as risk dictates.
◦	information about suspicious activity reports considered or submitted, where this is relevant.
MI may come from more than one source, for example the compliance department, internal audit, the MLRO or the nominated officer.
1Firms' organisational structures to combat financial crime may differ. Some large firms will have a single unit that coordinates efforts and which may report to the head of risk, the head of compliance or directly to the CEO. Other firms may spread responsibilities more widely. There is no one 'right answer' but the firm's structure should promote coordination and information sharing across the business.
•	Who has ultimate responsibility for financial crime matters, particularly: a) anti-money laundering; b) fraud prevention; c) data security; d) countering terrorist financing; e) anti-bribery and corruption and f) financial sanctions?
•	Do staff have appropriate seniority and experience, along with clear reporting lines?
•	Does the structure promote a coordinated approach and accountability?
•	Are the firm's financial crime teams adequately resourced to carry out their functions effectively? What are the annual budgets for dealing with financial crime, and are they proportionate to the risks?
Financial crime risks are addressed in a coordinated manner across the business and information is shared readily.
The firm makes no effort to understand or address gaps in its financial crime defences.
Management responsible for financial crime are sufficiently senior as well as being credible, independent, and experienced.
Financial crime officers are relatively junior and lack access to senior management. They are often overruled without documented justification.
A firm has considered how counter-fraud and anti-money laundering efforts can complement each other.
Financial crime departments are under-resourced and senior management are reluctant to address this.
The firm bolsters insufficient in-house knowledge or resource with external expertise, for example in relation to assessing financial crime risk or monitoring compliance with standards.
1A thorough understanding of its financial crime risks is key if a firm is to apply proportionate and effective systems and controls.
A firm should identify and assess the financial crime risks to which it is exposed as a result of, for example, the products and services it offers, the jurisdictions it operates in, the types of customer it attracts, the complexity and volume of transactions, and the distribution channels it uses to service its customers. Firms can then target their financial crime resources on the areas of greatest risk.
•	be proportionate to the nature, scale and complexity of the firm's activities.
•	enable the firm to apply the appropriate level of due diligence to manage the risks identified.
The assessment of risk associated with individual relationships can inform, but is not a substitute for, business-wide risk assessments.
Firms should regularly review both their business-wide and individual risk assessments to ensure they remain current.
•	What are the main financial crime risks to the business?
•	How does your firm seek to understand the financial crime risks it faces?
•	When did the firm last update its risk assessment?
•	How do you identify new or emerging financial crime risks?
•	Is there evidence that risk is considered and recorded systematically, assessments are updated and sign-off is appropriate?
•	Who challenges risk assessments and how? Is this process sufficiently rigorous and well-documented?
The firm's risk assessment is comprehensive.
Risk assessment is a one-off exercise.
Risk assessment is a continuous process based on the best information available from internal and external sources.
Efforts to understand risk are piecemeal and lack coordination.
The firm assesses where risks are greater and concentrates its resources accordingly.
The firm actively considers the impact of crime on customers.
The firm targets financial crimes that affect the bottom line (e.g. fraud against the firm) but neglects those where third parties suffer (e.g. fraud against customers).
The firm considers financial crime risk when designing new products and services.
1A firm must have in place up-to-date policies and procedures appropriate to its business. These should be readily accessible, effective and understood by all relevant staff.
•	How often are your firm's policies and procedures reviewed, and at what level of seniority?
•	How does it mitigate the financial crime risks it identifies?
•	What steps does the firm take to ensure that relevant policies and procedures reflect new risks or external events? How quickly are any necessary changes made?
•	What steps does the firm take to ensure that staff understand its policies and procedures?
•	For larger groups, how does your firm ensure that policies and procedures are disseminated and applied throughout the business?
There is clear documentation of a firm's approach to complying with its legal and regulatory requirements in relation to financial crime.
A firm has no written policies and procedures.
Policies and procedures are regularly reviewed and updated.
The firm does not tailor externally produced policies and procedures to suit its business.
Internal audit or another independent party monitors the effectiveness of policies, procedures, systems and controls.
The firm fails to review policies and procedures in light of events.
The firm fails to check whether policies and procedures are applied consistently and effectively.
A firm has not considered whether its policies and procedures are consistent with its obligations under legislation that forbids discrimination.
See SYSC 3.2.6R and SYSC 6.1.1R.
1Firms must employ staff who possess the skills, knowledge and expertise to carry out their functions effectively. They should review employees' competence and take appropriate action to ensure they remain competent for their role. Vetting and training should be appropriate to employees' roles.
Firms should manage the risk of staff being rewarded for taking unacceptable financial crime risks. In this context, Remuneration Principle 12(h), as set out in SYSC 19A.3.51R and 19A.3.52E, may be relevant to firms subject to the Remuneration Code.
•	What is your approach to vetting staff? Do vetting and management of different staff reflect the financial crime risks to which they are exposed?
•	How does your firm ensure that its employees are aware of financial crime risks and of their obligations in relation to those risks?
•	Do staff have access to training on an appropriate range of financial crime risks?
•	How does the firm ensure that training is of consistent quality and is kept up to date?
•	Is training tailored to particular roles?
•	How do you assess the effectiveness of your training on topics related to financial crime?
•	Is training material relevant and up to date? When was it last reviewed?
Staff in higher risk roles are subject to more thorough vetting.
Staff are not competent to carry out preventative functions effectively, exposing the firm to financial crime risk.
Temporary staff in higher risk roles are subject to the same level of vetting as permanent members of staff in similar roles.
Where employment agencies are used, the firm periodically satisfies itself that the agency is adhering to the agreed vetting standard.
The firm fails to identify changes that could affect an individual's integrity and suitability.
Tailored training is in place to ensure staff knowledge is adequate and up to date.
The firm limits enhanced vetting to senior management roles and fails to vet staff whose roles expose them to higher financial crime risk.
New staff in customer-facing positions receive financial crime training tailored to their role before being able to interact with customers.
The firm fails to identify whether staff whose roles expose them to bribery and corruption risk have links to relevant political or administrative decision-makers.
Training has a strong practical dimension (e.g. case studies) and some form of testing.
Poor compliance records are not reflected in staff appraisals and remuneration.
The firm satisfies itself that staff understand their responsibilities (e.g. computerised training contains a test).
Training dwells unduly on legislation and regulations rather than practical examples.
Whistleblowing procedures are clear and accessible, and respect staff confidentiality.
Training material is not kept up to date.
The firm fails to identify training needs.
There are no training logs or tracking of employees' training history.
Training content lacks management sign-off.
Training does not cover whistleblowing and escalation procedures.
See SYSC 3.1.6R and SYSC 5.1.1R.
1A firm's efforts to combat financial crime should be subject to challenge. We expect senior management to ensure that policies and procedures are appropriate and followed.
•	How does your firm ensure that its approach to reviewing the effectiveness of financial crime systems controls is comprehensive?
•	What are the findings of recent internal audits and compliance reviews on topics related to financial crime?
•	How has the firm progressed remedial measures?
Internal audit and compliance routinely test the firm's defences against financial crime, including specific financial crime threats.
Compliance unit and audit teams lack experience in financial crime matters.
Decisions on allocation of compliance and audit resource are risk-based.
Audit findings and compliance conclusions are not shared between business units. Lessons are not spread more widely.
Management engage constructively with processes of oversight and challenge.
Smaller firms seek external help if needed.


The sale fell through when the buyer noticed that the baby had a cleft palate.
Two women — one a registered nurse — have been arrested at Manila airport for an alleged attempt to sell a baby for 30,000 pesos.
In a statement issued today (Wednesday, September 12) the National Bureau of Investigation said its agents arrested Catherine Lagustan, a nurse, and April Rose Ramirez, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Monday.
The police said Lagustan and Ramirez first contacted each other through the Facebook page Babies Home.ph. This is alleged to be engaged in the illegal activity of selling babies.
The police statement said that Lagustan wanted to buy a baby to prove that her boyfriend had got her pregnant.
Upon closing the deal, Ramirez agreed to fly from Cagayan de Oro and deliver the baby to Lagustan at the airport at 10pm on Sunday in exchange for the cash.
However, Lagustan backed out of the deal when she saw the three-month old being sold by Ramirez had a cleft palate.
Although she refused to take the baby, Lagustan said she was still willing to pay 30,000 pesos and an additional 3,500 pesos to the mother.
Lagustan also gave Ramirez 26,000 pesos to pay for a return flight.
Lagustan was asked to look after the infant while Ramirez went to book her flight. After the latter failed to return, Lagustan decided to seek the help of airport police.
Meanwhile, Ramirez returned to their rendevous point to discover that Lagustan and the baby were missing. So she too went to the airport police.
This prompted suspicions that a child trafficking act had been taking place, so the airport police referred the matter to the NBI.
Ramirez and Lagustan have been charged before the Pasay City Prosecutor's Office with child trafficking in violation of Republic Act 7610, the Anti-Child Abuse Law.
Also named as a co-respondent is the child's mother identified as Shiela Marie Mandawe, who hails from Cagayan de Oro.
The offence is non-bailable and carries a potential prison term of up to 40 years.
The baby is now in the care of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.


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David Winton Bell Memorial LibraryDelta Waterfowl2021-04-14T09:01:39-05:00
David Winton Bell Memorial Library Served Delta Students and Staff
Given the remote location of the Delta Waterfowl Wetlands and Research Station, master's and PhD students were fortunate to have an amazing resource center within a few footsteps.
The David Winton Bell Memorial Library, which held an extensive collection of published waterfowl research papers, biology books and scientific journals, overlooked the Station's pond right next door to Kirchhoffer Lodge. Students and staff relied on Delta's marsh-side library materials for guidance, much like they did at the universities where they studied during the rest of the year.
Dr. Scott Petrie, now Delta's chief executive officer, served as a research assistant at the Station in the summers of 1986 and 1987.
"Obviously, there was no Internet at that time, so the library held critical resources for students working on papers and research projects," he said. "Delta Waterfowl had top undergraduate, master's and PhD students doing field work at the Marsh, and the Station had the library as a great resource to help students develop and hone their research projects."
Delta's library is named for David Winton Bell, the son of Charles H. and Lucy Winton Bell, and grandson of James Ford Bell. Like many members of the family, David Winton Bell enjoyed hunting ducks at the Delta Marsh.
A Minnesota native, he graduated in 1954 from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Like most young men of his generation, David Winton Bell was called upon to serve in the military. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines. Tragically in 1955, a flight he was aboard disappeared over the Sea of Japan.
In his honor, the family established the David Winton Bell Foundation in 1957. The Foundation supports the arts and science, and generously funded Delta Waterfowl's library for decades.
Much of the library's collection was relocated ahead of the Great Flood of 2011, which rendered many of Delta Station's building unusable when the water finally receded months later. Most of the books and important research documents of the David Winton Bell Library are currently housed at The Delta Waterfowl Center in Turkey Point, Ontario.
— Paul Wait


And those are the three key components of "Passivhaus" design, a highly energy efficient building construction standard that has been successfully applied in more than 25,000 buildings in Europe. So far, only a handful have been built in the U.S. You might wonder—as I have written previously—what's our excuse?
The photo above shows Dan Whitmore's nearly completed Courtland Place Passive Project, Seattle's first permanent building designed to the Passivhaus standard (the Mini-B Passive House isn't a permanent structure).
The mother-in-law unit has been occupied for two months, and according to Whitmore so far the heat was turned on for a grand total of about five minutes on one especially frosty morning in March. Aside from that brief lapse, the excess heat generated by appliances, people, and the sunlight coming through the windows was enough to keep it comfortably warm inside. I can attest that the space was warm, almost too warm, on the partly sunny but cool spring day of the Ecobuilding Guild's recent green home tour.
And yes, the heat recovery ventilator has to run 24×7 in cold weather when the windows are closed, but it only consumes about as much as a 50 watt light bulb. Whitmore's house has no furnace—a significant up front cost savings. On the coldest days it can be heated with two small baseboard electric heaters, or by running water from the domestic hot water tank through the heat recovery ventilator.
But is it expensive? A recently completed Passivhaus in Portland reportedly had a 10 percent cost premium over conventional construction (the windows are a major part of that premium). In Germany where contractors have experience with the standard, typical cost premiums run five to eight percent.
But the reduction in energy use provides both a direct cost payback that is guaranteed to sweeten as energy prices inevitably rise, and a public benefit payback from a reduction of the myriad externalized costs associated with energy consumption. And then there's the potential payback in "green jobs." What if all those triple pane windows were manufactured locally?
Furthermore, the impact of "efficiency first" strategies like Passivhaus tend to have broad, positive repercussions across systems. For example, would there be any need for a major investment in district heating systems at Yesler Terrace if most of the buildings were designed to the Passivhaus standard? Seattle City Light gives away fluorescent light bulbs for the same underlying reason.
At this stage in the climate change/peak oil game, projects like Whitmore's Passivhaus ought to be the norm for new construction. And to help make that happen we desperately need meaningful incentives at the local, State, and Federal levels. Preferably yesterday, please, if not sooner.
Triple pane windows are all but standard for new construction in Canada, but my efforts to bring them to Seattle have so far been fruitless (despite having architects that have the right mindset – it's always a first-cost issue from the owners).
HRV's are gaining ground and I've been designing them into schools, dorms, and offices for years. They've finally come out with cheap residential units with aluminum cores instead of stainless steel. One or two units costing $450 plus some good design (you need your exhaust and supply air to be ducted to the same spot) sounds like a bargain to me.
Hey, look, a cool German passivhaus with water-cooled solar PV on the roof!
We've been working on a Passive House project (9 townhouse units) in Seattle, and the cost delta was 8% between conventional construction and Passive House. Since most of the cost is in the skin (windows, air sealing, insulation), having a larger, compact structure works to our advantage, cost wise.
Your project looks great, Matt, thanks for the heads up.
I'm wondering how long we'll have to wait for a progressive developer to go for Passivhaus with a large-scale, 5-over-1 type building. Any takers out there?
Thanks! I'll keep you in the loop….
the key to getting a developer to jump on board is the realization that long term, you're looking at a relatively short payback period, and oodles of cash in your pocket beyond that – especially as the cost of energy rises.
although there are several selling points that should also help maximize occupancy – such as superior comfort, superior air quality, etc.
frankly, any developer who plans on owning/operating a building but doesn't shoot for passivhaus is a. not too bright, b. passing up on opportunity to recoup hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars over the life of the building.
with larger developments, you don't need as costly windows or the 'super' insulation levels you would for a single family home. it's definitely not something i'd tack on on after the fact, and tougher than you think – bullitt's casacadia center wouldn't even qualify for passivhaus.
Multi-family passivhaus has a great future. Long-term apartment building owners have an incentive to invest the construction cost premium, while reaping the long-term benefits of low-to-no utility costs. Owners simply offer to include all utility costs in the rent: tenants are happy because the living is cheaper; Owners are happy because their aren't many utility costs for them to pay.
I don't agree with the no-bills strategy. People drop consumption dramatically when given bills, and people without bills have no incentive to turn off the lights or turn down the heat.
Hey Dan – Great post. A quick comment on what I think is a false choice between district energy and green building (eg, the "Passivhaus"). Energy efficiency and green building should be seen as strategies to free up thermal heating capacity that enables larger district energy systems, rather than as a substitute for district energy. The city's current DE consultant, Trent Berry, has a great saying for what results when you pursue a building-by-building strategy of sustainability: "bright green in a sea of brown." I think we (the royal "we") are finding that the future of sustainability is on the district scale – bright green homes and buildings are part of this, and not in lieu of it.
Passivhaus construction should be incorporated into the Yesler Terrace. It would reduce heating demands to the point where the lower-cost ground-source "two pipe" solution is feasible. No need to burn fossil fuels to heat the water.
If you would like to learn more about Passivhaus, we have a presentation we're happy to bring to interested groups. In the last few weeks we've presented to the Seattle Energy Design Roundtable, Seattle City Council Central Staff, Representative Jim McDermott, and University of Washington Capital Resource Planning. This week Miller|Hull and next week, GGLO.
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I will miss science Twitter.
It's hard to overstate the social network's influence on science during the COVID-19 pandemic — and the pandemic's influence on science Twitter. A rich community of researchers and science journalists existed there before COVID-19, but seemed to grow exponentially during the first months of the pandemic.
Twitter has become an invaluable tool for finding, sharing and debating emerging science about the virus. The researchers made connections and collaborations through the platform, published data in near real time, and often explained these results (and their limitations) in layman's terms so that journalists and the general public could understand them.
Of course, there were downsides. Healthy debate could be misinterpreted by the public as uncertainty rather than a natural part of scientific progress. Follower numbers could be mistaken for expertise, amplifying hot takes that have served to make people overly anxious or jaded about the disease.
Then there were the internal fights. By year three, Twitter science had gone from largely united against a common enemy – COVID-19 – to divided on the right response to that enemy. What was once a useful public verification of information has instead become an opportunity for each faction to reaffirm its particular position. The nuanced discussion was lost. Some arguments escalated into verbal abuse. And yet, the optimist in me was certain that if a new virus appeared, Twitter science would pull itself together.
That optimism evaporated after Elon Musk took over Twitter. Even if the last two months of chaos prove to be a momentary wrinkle, I can't imagine the community will ever function like it used to. Agents of misinformation and disinformation have always been a problem, especially when it comes to COVID-19, but they are increasingly indistinguishable from trusted sources – and sometimes seem to be algorithmically preferred over them.
Some prominent members of the Twitter science community understandably recalled their use or left the site altogether. Even though there are good conversations, they have become very hard to find.
This scientific community, of course, has always been much more than COVID-19. The platform has played an important role in verifying new discoveries. The rise of science Twitter—which I use here as a catch-all for all corners of the biotech, medical, and scientific universe—has coincided with the rise of preprint servers. These allow data to be shared quickly and openly, but before it is peer reviewed. Researchers could be observed in real time digesting new papers, pointing out their limitations, or pointing out where work might be important.
Twitter has also helped create a place of public accountability in science. People like Dutch microbiologist Elizabeth Bik have used the forum to shed light on research irregularities at universities and biotech companies.
Even with its warts – and we all know there are plenty of them – these things aren't just worth keeping alive, but are important for maintaining a healthy science ecosystem.
Still, most people I've spoken to seem to agree that Twitter isn't the place anymore. And as long as Musk is the owner, he seems unlikely to get over it.
As Derek Lowe, a well-regarded pharma blogger, told me the week after announcing he was quitting Twitter for good, "He might be able to put himself back together, much like gravity gradually bringing the pieces of an asteroid back together. broken." Then again, he added, "that may not be the case."
The two main destinations for the wider Twitter science community appear to be Mastodon and Post. Both, for now at least, feel half-baked. Communities take time to grow, but they also need the right format to thrive. Whatever comes next should be able to facilitate a discussion that is easy to find and join, and allow all stakeholders to be heard. From what I've seen so far from Mastodon and Post, I'm not sure that's quite it.
The lack of a viable alternative likely means the community will split. As one researcher pointed out (on Twitter, of course), they've noticed journalists migrating to Post and scientists migrating to Mastodon. It would mean losing the best part of Twitter, which was having so many people in the same room. Over the past 13 years, I have been able to participate in conversations between biotechnology CEOs, academic researchers, venture capitalists and patients – really anyone who has an interest in a technology or a new policy in medicine or health care.
So yes, I will miss Twitter Science – and in fact, I already do.
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Tomorrow the Minister of Maritime and Island Policy will submit the full dossier to the Ministry of the Maritime Planning and Development Committee, which will meet on the same day. The first part of the meeting can be attended by anyone interested in submitting their opinion, bodies or even natural persons in an open consultation. At noon the members of the Commission will meet and late in the evening the decision is expected to be taken within 48 hours.
It is the decision of the government and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis personally that the works should proceed as soon as possible, even with just a single bulldozer before traveling to China and before the Chinese president pays a visit in November.
In mid-September, in a meeting of Yiannis Plakiotakis with the new President of PPA SA. - Cosco Shipping Mr YU Zenggang, the Greek Minister, had emphasized that "the Government's decision is to proceed immediately and without delay to take all necessary steps to rapidly launch major investments in the country, including Chinese investment." COSCO Group in the port of Piraeus, always in line with European and national laws.
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According to the Minister of Shipping, "Implementation of the investment plan, after being reviewed by the relevant Port Planning and Development Committee (ESAL), has dramatic benefits for the port of Piraeus, as it provides for the implementation of major projects worth over € 700 million. that are changing its dynamics, making it an unquestionable protagonist in global maritime trade.
This investment is a huge bet for the country, he added, pointing out three main reasons:
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And, the really good news is: it's a 5 credit hour class!!!!!!
12 creditd, but 9 of them are in hard classes. Finals tomorrow and thursday.
I had 12 hrs in 2 classes and 2 pass/fail 1 hour classes. However, I had 25-30 hours of lab work each week that is technically a class...........so where is the 44 hour option. Sigh...........no life for me it seems for another few years.
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The topper to the whole thing was, we all thought this was a quiz or a finals brush-up. I never even turned in a paper with my explanations on it. But the next week, we all turned up honed to a caffeine-ground razor's edge ready for the final exam...and Mac said "Final exam? That's what you did last week. Your grades will be on the website in the morning. Hope ya liked the class, and good luck...".
I took 18 credit hours, and they were all "legitimate" classes, no golf or history of movie villains. I didn't mean to, I just wanted to take 5 classes and it turned out to be 18 credits. Next semester it's still 5 classes, but only 15 credits. Oh well. I just space them out nicely and have tons of breaks in between to finish my homework!
I took 11. All 5000 and above courses and worked in a lab 20+ hours a week. All is usually fine until the experiment breaks, doesn't work for some mysterious reason, or the oil filter on my car just falls off (totally intact, mind you, and no evidence of leaks).
Sounds like the oil filter was stripped. For anyone around that must have been really funny, not for you of course.
What are "credit hours"? I'm not familiar with what that means even if I am in college? Is it the credits or the hours of class per week?
As for me, I'm not currently in school, cause I had to take a break due to lack of funds. However, my first two years, I took between 12 and 14 credits while working full time. And, I got a 4.0. I must confess that I was surprised to discover college was much less challenging than I had been led to believe.
A bunch of crap if you ask me. I was a science major, obviously, and lab classes were 3 hours for the course and 1 hour for th lab. The class got 3 hours because it meet 3 times a week for 1 hour. The lab met once a week for 4 hours, and what the **** I only got an hour credit for it. SO my 15 hour semsester with 3 lab classes was a lot worse than the non science majors. I so wanted to punch business majors who complained about their "heavy 15hr load". They didn't know what heavy was. Or the education majors who couldn't believe that when they took a science class they would have a lab to go with it. Sheesh.
A bunch of crap if you ask me. I was a science major, obviously, and lab classes were 3 hours for the course and 1 hour for th lab. The class got 3 hours because it meet 3 times a week for 1 hour. The lab met once a week for 4 hours, what the **** and I only got an hour for it. SO my 15 hour semsester with 3 lab classes was a lot worse than the non science majors. I so wanted to punch business majors who complained about their "heavy 15hr load". They didn't know what heavy was. Or the education majors who couldn't believe that when they took a science class they would have a lab to go with it. Sheesh.
I still don't get it. Totally different systems.
I have about 16 credits that amount to 24 hours of classes per week.
That was the point. Credit hour's is bull. Either you get credit for all the hours you are there or you get a set number of credits for classes based on how hard they are, you don't mix the two freaking things like so many schools do.
I went back and found the filter on the side of the freeway and the threads were totally intact. THere was no sign of damage at all. Still can't figure out why it happened.
Freaky.........and the car was ok?
If you dropped the filter while running on the highway you would have lost a lot of oil very quickly.
Did you change the oil yourself? if so, tighten the filter hand tight +1/4 turn.
If you had it done at a shop, go back and read them the "riot act", you could have very easily destroyed the engine in your car, very expensive to fix.
I recently had work done at my local Ford dealer, they did an oil change as part of what I had done to my van. I went to Chicago that weekend, and discovered a loose filter and the oil 2qts. low when I got to my brothers house. Needless to say, the service manager at that dealership got an earfull when I got home.
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My first hijacked thread :D. And now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
Finals are done! One week ago! I'm still waiting for the grades though, should find out at midnight tonight, I'll post them then.
I know I got a 104% in high speed aerodynamics, reputed to be the hardest class in our dergee program despite the 30 points of extra credit! I just wish I could apply the 14% to other classes where the A is not quite as solid.
Well i am done with my un dergraduate vcarrer. i graduate saturday.
congrats!!! wish I were there... I'm working on FINAL semester of my five year college career...although the internships have been amazing!
Wow. i just noticed all of the errors in that post. I am going to leave them in there just to show how tired and exausted i am after 2 hours sleep and that pair of back to back killer exams.
I was one of those business majors! hehehe, plenty of time to hang out at the Uni Bar knocking back heinekens and hoegaardens! The amount of hours that a lot of my mates had doing medical and engineering degrees always put me to shame.
I guess this is an appropriate necro-post, considering the timing.
I am taking 13 credits, 3 real classes and one seminar series. Of course, these are 13 PhD-level credits, which is more work than 17 undergraduate credits (in my experience). Luckily, only one of the classes has finals. One is a 700-level computer mathematics and biomedical modeling course where they don't bother with finals, and the other is a 700-level neuroscience course that also doesn't have a final. My only final (non-cumulative) is in my 500-level engineering molecular biology course. It is open book, but that does not make it any easier. And it is worth over 1/3 of my grade. And I can't get below a B in the class (or any class) or I am out of the program.
How hard is it to read and write, which is essentially all there is to English classes?
I write a lot also, and it may seem easy to us, but based on the average person's ability, it's no piece of toast. If it were, then why are so many people so poor at it? And it does matter. I write a lot of business requirements, respond to RFP's, create training materials, etc. I get paid well to do those things (supply and demand) mostly because it is not a skill everyone possesses. I can't even begin to count the number of times poor communication skills have added to the burden of trying to implement various products and services. Don't underestimate the value of quality communication skills.
9 hours worth of classes for me. That's not including the 1-hour per week lab for English. It's not bad, and it gives me plenty of time to work on my stories and ideas.
after 65-70 college classes (over 200 hours), however, finals are nothing but another test. after a while, you get used to them. maybe that's partly why good grades are easier in advanced degrees?


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Broken mag brings down Piper
October 13, 2014 by Meg Godlewski
Aircraft: Piper Cherokee. Injuries: None. Location: Allentown, Pa. Aircraft damage: Substantial.
What reportedly happened: During the initial climb on an instructional flight, the engine lost partial power. The CFI performed a forced landing into a cornfield.
During a subsequent test-run of the engine, the engine would lose all power if only the right magneto was selected.
Laboratory examination of the right magneto revealed that seven teeth from its drive gear were fractured and exhibited single-sided bending fatigue, consistent with applied force in one direction over a period of time.
At the time of the accident, the engine had accumulated about 2,300 hours since overhaul, which had been completed about seven years prior. The magnetos had not been replaced or serviced since they were installed during engine overhaul.
The engine manufacturer recommended overhauling the engine every 2,000 hours or 12 years, which would have included replacing the magnetos with new or overhauled units. Additionally, a service bulletin issued by the magneto manufacturer recommended inspecting the magnetos every 500 hours; however, there was no evidence that an inspection was ever performed during the 2,300-hour life of the failed magneto.
Probable cause: The failure to perform magneto inspections per the manufacturer's recommendations and failure to comply with the engine manufacturer's recommended time interval for engine overhaul, which resulted in defects in the magnetos going undetected and the failure of the right magneto during initial climb.
NTSB Identification: ERA13LA025
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Greg W says
Indeed from 200 feet it should have been safely possible to return to the runway. The pilot seems to have caused the off airport landing not the (single) Mag. failure. The good thing they walked away, likely poor choice of landing site , Great job of landing the airplane.
Mack says
Anyway, most of your planes have bad nylon teeth, so it's best to do your pre-takeoff mag check, and remember you have another mag, if one stops turning, due to missing teeth.
If you have an engine fire, the nylon fails, too, becoming brittle and burnt.
I'm posting a second time, just to check the "follow-up" box.
FBO maintainece is actually the cause of the mags nylon gear failure, not the cure!
After the E-gap is set, the mag is mounted on the engine, and the external timing must be set. The nylon gears must be locked during the mounting, so that the internal E-gap is not lost. When the locking tool is in place, sometimes people inadvertently turn the prop, stressing or even stripping the nylon teeth. The teeth can flex, and re-bound slightly, so that the mag can work, but it is degraded, and the teeth can fail at a later time. I believe in self-maintenance by the pilot owner-operator. My own plane fires at 50,000 Volts, and no compromised nylon teeth on the mags!
If this report is a correct interpretation of the NTSB findings then the blame should be on the shoulders of the operator, the CFI for the off airport landing as what has been commented on by Brett.
In addition the TBO had nothing to do with the mag failure. I'd be willing to bet the engine itself was probably within specs!
You could fault the owner or AP who worked on the aircraft for not doing a 500 hour inspection of the mags, however this failure could have happened at any time. The fact is it appears the mag lasted almost 2300 hours.
I could speculate although a 500 hour inspection didn't appear to be done, I would be willing to bet the mags were opened up and points checked, gears visually checked, timing set, cap cleaned. Unless the gears have failed there would not be any evidence of such and it can happen in a very short period of time.
The engine problem was the result of a mag failure. The accident/ damage was the result of the PIC's failure.
From reading the entire NTSB report it seems that the mags had never been opened and were incorrectly manufactured. Lucky it reached the hours it did. Owner failure to properly maintain the aircraft for one.
Richard Warner says
The FAA always has to blame someone for an accident. I'm sure they went after the maintenance persons who did maintenance on this aircraft. No reason the airplane would not have flown on one mag. The real blame for this accident and others like it should be laid on the shoulders of the FAA. There are great new ignition sources that are available, but the FAA in its "wisdom" makes it so hard and expensive for manufacturers to make changes to their products. Magnetos are old farm tractor technology. Even though they are generally dependable, I wonder why the automobile, outboard motor, and even the lawn mower manufacturers don't use them on their products?.
I second what Brett said particularly in light of the test run of the engine after the fact. While pushing mags for 2300 hours does seem somewhat long in the tooth the odds of both mags going belly up at the very same time is so remote that as a practical matter the 500 hour inspection is really not that critical. Doing a proper mag check before take off is the key and don't put the aircraft somewhere other than on an airport unless it is necessary.
Brett Hawkins says
Sorry, but I would retitle this article "CFI Scraps Rented Cherokee". I thought one of the BIG purposes of having dual ignition was to be able to continue flight to a safe landing on one mag.
If the CFI cycled the ignition switch, selected the bad mag and believed the engine was toast, maybe the emergency landing was the result of a reasonable decision-making process. However, I assume a Cherokee will maintain a reasonable altitude on one mag which should have allowed a trip around the pattern to a normal landing. YMMV.
Andrew Tochman says
I agree with the title change. Yes there was a maintenance error but reading the full narrative discloses that the Left Magneto was also put together incorrectly but it was still working. One must wonder if the CFI was low time and did not know how to properly respond. More importantly was a mag check actually done during preflight runup? I find it doubtful that a magneto would break in the minute or two it takes from completion of a check to initiating takeoff. Possible but not very likely.
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Citing a declining demand in the local market and hurdles created by Alabama's prohibitive gambling laws, the Mobile Greyhound Park in Tillman's Corner has announced it will end live dog races by the end of August.
Since 1973, Mobile Greyhound Park has offered both live dog races and simulcasted dog and horse races. In previous years, live greyhound races have generated millions of dollars from bets placed at the track, but those revenues have steadily declined over the past three decades.
In 2009, PCI Gaming Authority — an enterprise of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians — purchased 65 percent of the controlling interest of the track for a reported $10 million, and it was PCI who announced Monday that live dog racing in Mobile would soon be a thing of the past.
The track in Mobile has been unable to explore additional revenue streams because most of those "other forms of gaming" are illegal in the state of Alabama. In 2015, Mobile County Racing Commissioner Edward Menton told Lagniappe tracks without those additional revenues have consistently gone out of business around the country since the 1990s.
Although slightly, the end of live dog racing will impact a number of local municipalities, public education institutions and pension funds for first responders that receive an allocated portion of the tax revenues that proceeds from live dog races generate.
The racing commission collects 7 percent of the proceeds from live races and 2 percent of proceeds from simulcast races. At one time, those proceeds brought in annual tax revenues of up to $8 million, but those receipts have fallen dramatically over the past 25 years.
More directly impacted are the employees who facilitate live races at the dog track.
The racing commission, which is tasked with regulating dog races and managing the tax revenue it generates, also has employees who work directly with live racing dogs. In 2015, the commission listed 8 full-time staff members employed as coordinators, race inspectors and race judges along with a handful of part-time veterinary positions.
At this point, it's unclear how those employees will be affected. Lagniappe reached out to the Racing Commission but did not receive a response as of this publication's press deadline.
As for the dogs, PCI says it plans to assist kennel owners with the relocation, adoption and ongoing care for the "approximately 400 greyhounds" that still "provide service" to the race track. Some of those, according to PCI, may be moved to other race tracks around the country.
Anyone interested in adopting a greyhound should reach out to the Mobile Greyhound Pet Adoption Kennel at 251-653- 5000, Ext 102, for more details on the program.


denomination "50 BANI", year 1997, grapes and grapevine leaves. Moldavian coat of arms and inscription REPUBLICA MOLDOVA meaning "REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA".
There would be a lot to say about the two Moldavias of our present time, about those things separating them now and about those that kept the Moldavians together before and after their unnatural partitions, even since before the Moldavian state's foundation. Many, if not all defining lines of the Moldavian specific stood unbudged beyond the unwanted and artificial periods of estrangement that time imposed to the long enduring natives of these parts of Europe in the last two hundred years and more.
This, it has to be said, superb coin induced us this short praise for both its special design and realization as well as a short excursus touching the concept of the coin and those above pointedout, illustrated with excerpts of our readings.
Prince and scholar Dimitrie Cantemir (1710-1711) wrote in his book Descriptio Moldaviae - Moldavia's Description - about the main beverage of the Moldavians: that was the produce of the grape clusters featured by the Moldavian coin as symbols of the so rich in grapevines Moldavian soil. Moldavians "feel not too queasy because of the beverage, yet also they are not too addicted to it either." During winter especially the Moldavians warm their limbs with wine, their main beverage: "Booze is not loved by anyone, except the soldier; others drink only a small glass before the meal."
In no way was Dimitrie Cantemir intending to picture the Moldavians as apart of the other Romanians in which the culture of wine drinking was concerned, yet only in pointing that drinking wine was a deeper and more prized customary behaviour in all social classes. We conclude our excursus below with a most delicious fragment of the same work that reaffirms the priority of Moldavians among Romanians as wine drinkers: "Once a quarrel arose whether the Moldavians or the Walachians were the most eminent imbibers. Those quarrelling went to the bridge in Focşani (at the border between Moldavia and Walachia), where so long did they both quarrel with the glasses until the Walachian fell down because of the so much wine he had been drinking. As reward for his victory the Moldavian was gifted by the princedom with nobility."


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Exhibits at Dulles and Reagan airports inspire.
If music soothes the savage breast, could art soothe the weary traveler?
The folks at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority think so. Since 2009, they have presented live musical performances and rotating art exhibits at both Washington Dulles International and Reagan National airports in both pre- and post- security zones.
The Gallery Walk at Reagan National, located in terminal A, displays two- and three-dimensional works by artists from across the region, in addition to the more than 30 works of public art permanently on display throughout the airport, which include 10 floor medallions on the concourse, five murals and two stained-glass friezes.
At Washington Dulles International, exhibits ranging from freestanding displays and photography to large multimedia installations can be found at the Gateway Gallery for rotating exhibits, located in the connector walkway between the Aero Train C-Gates and the C concourse, as well as in A and B concourses, the U.S. Customs area, C concourse and more.
This summer, travelers can look forward to the airports' annual jazz series with more than a dozen performances.
"Sometimes I'm walking through the terminal," says Bishop, "and people working at the airport as well as passengers will tell me the art gives them a sense of joy.


The Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) is required for graduation with a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) degree.
But some residency program directors are requiring the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)—typically taken by students earning doctor of medicine (MD) degrees—for all applicants, including DOs. That rigid stance creates added strain on DO applicants, especially in the era of a single graduate medical education accreditation system.
The AMA House of Delegates (HOD) addressed the issue at the 2018 AMA Interim Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, in an effort to encourage residency program directors to better understand and use COMLEX scores.
While acknowledging existing AMA policy stating that residency program directors must not use licensure examination scores as a screening criterion for residency selection, the HOD adopted new policy calling for the AMA to promote equal acceptance of the USMLE and COMLEX at all U.S. residency programs.
Work with appropriate stakeholders—including the National Board of Medical Examiners, Association of American Medical Colleges, National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and American Osteopathic Association—to educate residency program directors on how to interpret and use COMLEX scores.
Work with residency program directors to promote higher COMLEX use with residency program matches in light of the new single accreditation system.


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Nov. 13: Starlite Drive-In, Christiansburg VA
Posted on Nov 14, 2017 by mrdrivein
It's Day 317 of my virtual Drive-In-a-Day Odyssey. Time to get back to some of the drive-ins that are closed for the season. Starting from Henderson NC, it took me 3½ hours to drive to the Starlite Drive-In in Christiansburg VA.
There are drive-ins with vague pasts, multiple ownership transactions and name changes. This is none of these. As Collegiate Times wrote in 2012, the "Starlite was opened in 1953 by Richard and Dorothy Beasley. The two 'built, owned, and operated the Starlite Theater together for all those years' before Richard passed away in July of 2009." A few Starlite signs now say "since 1952," so maybe that opener is just a little vague.
A July 2011 story in The Washington Post included a look in at the Starlite. "The Starlite's parking area slopes steeply downhill toward the screen, which makes it easier to see over the vehicles in front of you. There's no playground here, but there is plenty of open space where the kids enjoy burning off energy before the movie." It was being run by Dorothy Beasley then and still offered "tinny" in-car speakers as well as radio sound.
The next year, for that Collegiate Times article, the owner was Peggy Beasley, and she's still the owner in 2017. Over the past couple of years, she's been in the news probably more than she'd prefer.
Her nicest coverage came from Virginia Living in 2013. "Known for its colorful star-dotted signpost and the Beasley family's famous chili, the Starlite is now owned by daughter Peggy," it wrote, noting that Richard Beasley built the screen frame in 1953, and it survives to this day.
The problem started in 2016 when Peggy Beasley gave up on replacing lost or stolen in-car speakers and switched to large outdoor speakers. As I wrote at the time, that's the way the original drive-ins handled sound, and there's a reason they don't do it any more – neighbors. The Starlite is surrounded by housing, and some of the neighbors complained to the town, as reported in The Roanoke Times.
The situation continued to June 2017, when Peggy Beasley was summoned to Montgomery County General District Court on July 11 to face a misdemeanor noise disturbance charge, as documented in another story in The Roanoke Times. Her lawyer countered by filing an injunction claiming that her rights of due process have been violated, and that the Starlite is exempt from the town's noise ordinance.
"I just look forward to it being over with," Peggy said. "Daddy told me to keep it running when he passed away, because there would be a lot of disappointed people."
The Radford News Journal wrote that she is considering renting radios, which I mentioned last year and of which I've seen dozens of examples in my virtual travels this year. Let's hope that solves the problem.
The embedded video of the day is from WDBJ, Roanoke's News Leader, and it includes plenty of nice shots of the Starlite as it discusses the sound / noise controversy. And the drive-in has been closed for the season for weeks, so on this night it was quiet as well as dark.
Movie Showing / Total Active Nights: dark / 190
Nearby Restaurant: When a restaurant promises all you can eat, I pay attention. That was the Monday special at Fatback Soul Shack – all the popcorn shrimp I wanted, plus corn on the cob, hush puppies, baked barbecue beans and so much more. Add a nice selection of beers, and I had all I needed for the night.
Where I Virtually Stayed: Not only is there a Hampton Inn in Christiansburg, but its rates for November suggest that this is the bargain time of year. It was so wonderfully predictable – coffee and cookies waiting for me at check-in, a comfortable room with all the modern amenities, and the solid Hampton-level free breakfast in the morning. But I've been to so many I'm starting to see that wide Hampton hexagon in my sleep.
Only in Christiansburg: This town has been around since the 18th century when it was "a concentration of taverns and rest stops along the Great Wilderness Road," according to Wikipedia. Notable early residents included Daniel Boone, who once had an arrest warrant in Christiansburg for a debt, later repaid; Davy Crockett, who served as an apprentice to a local newspaper printer; and William Clark, of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition, who lived downtown.
Next stop: Warner's Drive-In, Franklin WV.
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Warpaint's Modernized Cover of "Ashes to Ashes" Would Make David Bowie Smile
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Everyone from Conor Oberst to Run-D.M.C. have tried to do justice to Ray Parker Jr.'s classic.


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UEFA Champions League: the situation after the fifth round in every group
The penultimate matches in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League were played. A bulk of teams joined the strongest that secured a playoff spot after the fourth leg.
Group A. Manchester City beat PSG and topped the group with 12 points, while the Parisians have only 8. However, that's enough to follow further as Leipzig and Brugge have 4 points each.
Group B. Liverpool won its fifth game at home against Porto and have 15 now. However, the Portuguese squad is a pole-position with 5 points, ahead of Milan and Atletico Madrid (both have 4 points). Milan will host unmotivated Britons in the last round, while Porto will fight with Atletico in Portugal.
Group C. Ajax continued a winning streak by defeating the worst team in the recent UCL group stage – Besiktas, the only team with zero points at the moment. Borussia Dortmund lost in Portugal to Sporting and now have 6 points and 3 points behind the Lisbon team. Sporting will travel to the Netherlands in the last round and need a draw to go to playoffs, while Borrusia will host Besiktas and must win and hope for Ajax power at home.
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Group D. The group where almost everything is defined at the moment. The only intrigue is what will be the places of Real Madrid (12) and Inter Milan (10), which will fight in Spain in the last round. Shakhtar, with only 1 point, will host Sheriff (6) in a match for prestige.
Group E. A rather interesting situation in group E, where Barcelona can go to the Europa league if they do not win a match against Bayern in Germany. The Munich club has 15 points and is guaranteed first place, while Barcelona with 7 points needs a victory not to look at another match. Thus, Benfica(5) will host Dynamo Kyiv (1) and are likely to win, having an advantage in the face-to-face stats with Catalonians so the latter can be out of the tournament if they play a draw with Bayern.
Read more: Al-Hilal wins Asian Champions League for record fourth time.
Group F. Here, a defining clash will take place, where Atalanta (6) will face Villareal (7) in Italy for the second spot and playoff ticket. Manchester United guaranteed the first spot with 10 points and will host Young Boys (4), which still have chances for a third position and Europa League games in spring.
Group G. The most interesting situation happened in the group with no clear favourite. Thus, Lille (8) will play against Wolfsburg (5) and can be overtaken by the Germans. Sevilla (6) will go to Salzburg (7) and have to win if they want to proceed to the playoffs. There are too many variants that exist before the last round to explain them all, but every team has chances for playoffs here.
Group H. Another group where everything is defined and is predictable. Juventus and Chelsea have both 12 points and are already in the playoffs. Zenit (4) cannot reach them, while Malmo (1) also has no chance to overcome the Russians. The last games Zenit – Chelsea and Juventus – Malmo are almost friendly, with the only task for favourites to grab the top spot and have potentially weaker opponents in the first playoff round. Want to know more news about sport and don't miss the important news? Subscribe to news99india.in and receive the latest updates to your email.
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I have a 2002 Toyota Tacoma. Just recently it started to make a very loud rattling/grinding noise with a lot of vibration. This only happens at speeds of over 55 mph. Also, when it does occur, it will continue for a while then just stop completely, then start again. Any thoughts?
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Laurie Santulli of Congers is serving her first term on the Rockland County Legislature, representing the residents of District 11.
Legislator Santulli has deep roots in Rockland County. One set of great-grandparents, Stephen and Helen Kolka, operated a dairy farm located on Strawtown Road in New City. Another set of great-grandparents, Eleanor and Andrew Scarpulla, settled in Pearl River.
Laurie grew up in New City. She attended Laurel Plains Elementary, Clarkstown Junior High and Clarkstown South High Schools.
Laurie graduated from Rockland Community College in 1993 and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the Ramapo College of New Jersey in 1996. She earned a master's in Education, specializing in Special Education, from Long Island University in 2000. She also earned an Advanced Certificate in Educational Leadership from LIU in 2003. She holds an Advanced Certificate in Educational Technology from the College of St. Rose.
Legislator Santulli worked for the New York City Board of Education as a 7-12th Grade Social Studies Teacher at P.S. 89. She is currently employed by the East Ramapo Central School District as a 7-12th Grade Social Studies Teacher at Spring Valley High School. She previously taught at Pomona Middle School.
Laurie and her husband Dominic married in 2000 at St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Nanuet. They live in Congers with their sons Tommy and JD.
Laurie serves as recording secretary for the Congers Civic Association.
Legislator Santulli has served as a volunteer firefighter since 1995, starting with the New City Fire Department, where she became the first female member, and then joining the Congers Fire Department, where she is a member of the scholarship committee and also served as recording secretary.


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Lonesome's story is one that parallels the issues faced by children of all ages. When I met Lonesome through my horse rescue activities, he had been roaming on open range in the mountains. With no proper food available, his diet included a lot of loco weed which grows wild in Colorado. We learned later that he had been bullied by larger horses at his previous home.
Lonesome recovered steadily once he joined us at the Coyote Moon Ranch. I introduced him to my goat, Daisy, and they became fast friends.
In the book you will find awesome artwork by Pat Wiles, an actual photo of Lonesome and Daisy, along with the details of the real-life story for the adults.
Lonesome delivers the message clearly while setting an example to re-enforce it. His experiences translate easily from horse to human, opening the door for discussion with children.
Now available in Perfect Bound Softcover. Checks and money orders can also be sent to the address om the contact page. Lonesome is also available at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble as well as other retail outlets.


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Cannabis Advocate and Superbowl Champ to Host Arizona Celebrity Golf Classic
Dan Kingston 26 days ago Cannabis News
Jim McMahon, former NFL player and two-time Super Bowl champion, today announced the debut of the Gridiron Greats Celebrity Golf Classic.
Presented by McMahon's Revenant cannabis brand, Cannabis Talk 101 and Farechild Events, registration will open at 9 a.m., with a shotgun start at 11 a.m., Friday, February 10, 2023 at the Anthem Golf and Country Club in Anthem, Arizona. General admission is $100 per person, and $500 for the VIP Experience. For tickets and more information, visit www.winningticket.com/gridiron-greats-celebrity-golf-classic.
The charity tournament will benefit The Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, a national nonprofit with a mission to assist retired NFL players and their families in dire need situations. Celebrities and athletes that are expected to attend include Mark Rypien, Morten Anderson, Johnny Damon, Eric Dickerson, Rollie Fingers, Joe West, Grant Fuhr, Goose Gossage, Jamir Miller, Christian Okoye, Jake Plummer, Jeremy Roenick, Kevin Sorbo and others.
"Our goal is to utilize our platform to send a strong message to the NFL, and other sports organizations that fail to recognize cannabis for medicinal purposes," said McMahon. "Throughout our NFL careers and retirement, myself, Kyle Turley, and Eben Britton have witnessed first-hand the damaging effects of opioids and other harmful prescription medications on the bodies and minds of not only ourselves but fellow athletes alike."
Attendees can expect live entertainment, celebrity sightings, golf, photo opportunities, cannabis-friendly activities, and more. The timing of the tournament coincides with two of the most well attended sporting events in the country, both taking place in Arizona.
According to organizers, Revenant, iHeartMedia's Cannabis Talk 101, and Farechild Events, are united in their common interest in the betterment of holistic care opportunities for athletes. Revenant was founded by McMahon, Turley and Britton. The company is led by Derek Duronslet.
iHeart Media's Cannabis Talk 101: "The World's #1 Source For Everything Cannabis," leads the way at the forefront of the cannabis industry, in 149 countries. Hosted by celebrity and industry legends Christopher Wright AKA "Blue" and Joe Grande, the long-form conversational interviews include the highest-profile names, from athletes, politicians, musicians, cannabis brands, thought leaders, and beyond.
Farechild Events is led by James Zachodni and David Tran. Zachodni and Tran founded DOPE Magazine and successfully led the company's acquisition by High Times. Both established Farechild Events, a fully integrated event and ticketing platform in 2019 and has hosted major events in Las Vegas and other legal cannabis markets.
"We are coming strong with an unrelenting commitment to resolve, aid and educate those who seek to take their lives back from mental or physical suffering of any kind, by using the cannabis plant," Turley said.
To learn more about the Gridiron Greats Celebrity Golf Classic, visit www.winningticket.com/gridiron-greats-celebrity-golf-classic.