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Additive manufacturing as a future technology—a look back at MAMC 2018
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Joining up with ASMET, the Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials, voestalpine invited decision-makers, engineers, developers, industry experts, scientists, and students to the second Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference (MAMC) in Vienna.
Last week, from November 21 to 23, Vienna played host to MAMC 2018, a conference on technological advances in generative production processes, with a focus on metal processing. Together with ASMET (the Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials), voestalpine was not only the host, but also supplied many of the expert speakers, primarily from its High Performance Metals Division.
"The conference again offered a diverse program, with a rich mix of technical, market-specific, and company-related presentations and discussions. The spectrum covered the entire additive manufacturing value chain, and offered glimpses into current and future activities," reported Claus Lochbichler, research coordinator for Value Added Services in the High Performance Metals Division. "It was also the perfect opportunity to strengthen existing contacts and make new ones."
"You can sense that additive manufacturing using metal is now out of its infancy, and taking its place amongst the established manufacturing processes," outlines Horst Zunko who works in product development (VTRP) at voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl.
"Accordingly, in the research department at Kapfenberg we are focusing on new developments in alloys with properties optimized for 3D printing. A talk on this subject examined the development of the new AM material M789AMPO, presenting it to an international public at MAMC," says Zunko.
"I found it particularly interesting that, because of the balance mix of participants from industry and research institutions, both the fundamentals and practical applications for additive manufacturing were illuminated," explains Stefan Wallner of voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl. "I myself gave a presentation on the various methods of metal powder production, with a particular focus on inert gas atomization," because one focus at Kapfenberg lies in the continual optimization of powder materials for additive manufacturing.
"This technology is already being applied on an industrial scale in the aerospace sector, in special engineering, medical technologies for the manufacture of implants, and in the automotive industry, particularly for motor racing"
Franz Rotter, Member of the Management Board of voestalpine and President of ASMET.
"Using 3D printing to manufacture metal components is certainly much more complex than the already established process of 3D printing in plastic, but it offers far greater potential for growth," says Rotter, who was delighted with the level of interest shown in the second MAMC conference. "All in all, it was a very successful event, and one which has earned a fixed slot in the additive manufacturing event landscape. My congratulations go to the organizers and everyone who contributed," said Lochbichler, in closing.
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Voters in Britain are going to the polls in a general election that will determine who guides the country through its Brexit negotiations on leaving the European Union -- and how strong their mandate will be in the talks.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time (0600 GMT/UTC) on June 8 at some 40,000 polling stations across the country, with counting kicking off once voting ends at 10 p.m.
Political analysts say the vote could also have an impact on whether Scotland will conduct another referendum on seeking independence from the United Kingdom.
Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party is largely expected to retain and expand its 17-seat majority in the 650-seat House of Commons -- but not as much as she had hoped.
In April, when she called for the early elections, analysts suggested the prime minister could increase the size of the Conservative parliamentary majority to more than 100 seats and claim a stronger popular mandate in the Brexit negotiations.
At the time, opinion polls suggested the Conservatives held a lead of 20 percentage points over their next closest rival, the opposition Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn.
But all opinion polls have shown that the Conservatives' lead steadily decreased during the month of May after the election pledges of each party were published -- with a strong rise in support for Labour candidates.
By June 4, freshly published polls showing the largest lead for the Conservatives suggested May's party would win about 43 percent of the vote compared to 36 or 37 percent for Labour.
British Prime Minister Theresa May on the campaign trail last month.
"I'm very proud of our campaign," Corbyn said as he voted in the north London neighborhood of Islington, grinning and giving a thumbs-up to reporters and party workers.
May smiled but did not speak to journalists as she and her husband voted in the village of Sonning on the River Thames east of London.
Opinion surveys suggesting the tightest race, conducted by the firm Survation for ITV television and the Mail On Sunday newspaper, gave the Conservatives a lead of just 1 percentage point over Labour.
But those opinion surveys were conducted before the June 3 terrorist attack on London by Islamic militants who killed seven people and injured 48 others.
That attack led to an increased focus on national security as an election issue -- and was expected to benefit May, who is seen as the most trusted leader on fighting terrorism, maintaining good relations with NATO allies, and leading the Brexit negotiations.
When the election campaign began in April, the leadership of Britain's Brexit negotiating team was seen as the central issue.
May argued that the opposition were obstructing "the will of the British people" and that she wanted to increase the size of the Conservative parliamentary majority in order to strengthen her negotiating position on Brexit.
Those negotiations will have an impact on Britain's employment, wages, housing prices, interest rates, immigration, trade levels, defense and security, public finances, and public services.
But the general elections are not expected to cause Britain to reverse its plans to leave the European Union.
Analysts agree that a Conservative victory means Britain will certainly leave the EU -- whether a deal is reached in the Brexit negotiations or not. In fact, the prime minister's often repeated election campaign line has been that "no deal is better than a bad deal."
Labour has taken a less antagonistic tone against the EU than the Conservatives.
Nevertheless, Corbyn has pledged that Labour will not reverse the Brexit course if his party wins the June 8 vote.
Andrew Duff, a former deputy in the European Parliament from the United Kingdom and a visiting fellow at the Brussels-based European Policy Center, says a victory for Labour is improbable and would lead to uncertainties in the Brexit negotiations.
"In the unlikely event that Jeremy Corbyn becomes prime minister, nobody would know what to do, in London or Brussels," Duff told RFE/RL. "We must presume a return of a Conservative government with a workable majority of loyalist Tory MPs who will ensure the passage of an EU secession treaty under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty."
"The plan the prime minister had was to have early elections in order to entrench the decision from last year's Brexit referendum," Duff said. "But in practice, Britain's future prospects have not been properly explored during this campaign. So we're not much clearer about the quality of a Brexit."
"Theresa May is going to increase the majority of [Conservative] Tories in the House of Commons, but she isn't going to be able to reach the majority she had hoped for when she called for these early elections," Duff added. "She also could find that she is trapped inside a more rightwing and nationalist conservative House of Commons, which would make the complicated and fraught Article 50 negotiations extremely problematic."
Two other main parties in the June 8 British election -- the Scottish National Party (SNP) led by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Liberal Democrat Party led by Tim Farron, both oppose plans to leave the EU and the European single market.
But opinion polls in early June suggested neither would receive more than 10 percent of the vote.
Stefan Lehne, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, told RFE/RL that he finds it "extremely difficult to envision a scenario in the short term" where Britain's decision to leave the EU would be reversed.
By and large, Lehne, told RFE/RL, Prime Minister May will be in a better position to negotiate on a Brexit.
Most opinion polls suggest Sturgeon's SNP will win about 50 seats in Britain's House of Commons -- a little less the 56 out of 59 Scottish seats that it won in the 2015 general election.
Farron's Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, are hoping to reestablish themselves as the third largest political party in the British parliament and become the voice for the anti-Brexit opposition.
Lehne told RFE/RL that an anti-Brexit bloc would become most empowered if the Conservatives fail to win an outright parliamentary majority -- creating the possibility for a Labour-led minority coalition with the SNP and the Liberal Democrats.
But he said that is a "highly unlikely" scenario.
Opinion polls suggest that UKIP, the right-wing nationalist party that set the agenda during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, is likely to have less support than it received during Britain's last general elections in 2015.
UKIP currently does not have any deputies in the House of Commons. But despite the opinion poll projections, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall was predicting on June 7 that his party would win seats in Parliament's lower house as a result of the June 8 vote.
Political analysts say strong support for the SNP could increase the chances that Scotland will conduct its own referendum on independence from the United Kingdom as London moves the Brexit process forward.
The pro-independence SNP lost Scotland's 2014 independence referendum when 55 percent of voters said they wanted to remain a part of the United Kingdom.
A key argument for the "remain" camp in the Scottish independence referendum was the need to remain in the EU.
In Britain's June 2016 referendum on EU membership, 62 percent of Scottish voters chose to remain in the EU -- bolstering the arguments of those who advocate Scottish independence.
Sturgeon thinks Scotland ultimately should have another referendum on independence, saying during the election campaign that "Scotland must have a choice about our future, a choice between following the U.K. down the Brexit path or becoming an independent country."


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Johanna Ansell of Affton attempts to back up a tractor-trailer in a straight line while taking the five-week truck driving program at St. Louis Community College, on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 in St. Louis. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
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Audrey Johnson of Pine Lawn waits for her turn to go behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer in the five-week truck driving program at St. Louis Community College, on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 in St. Louis. She works at a shipping company now, but with children ready to go to college, she wants to earn more money and likes the opportunity to travel. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
Tracy Harris (right), an instructor, goes over a pre-trip inspection with students taking the five-week truck driving program at St. Louis Community College, on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 in St. Louis. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
Tracy Harris, an instructor, watches a student attempt to backup a tractor-trailer in a straight line during a five-week truck driving program at St. Louis Community College, on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 in St. Louis. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
Seth Owens, an instructor, helps a student trying to backup a tractor-trailer in a straight line during the five-week truck driving program at St. Louis Community College, on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 in St. Louis. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
Q: There is a strange looking sensor device set up on the exit ramp between south bound I55 and south (or west?) bound US 67. I've never seen anything like it before - Do you know what that is used for?
A, from Andrew Gates with MoDOT communications: "That is a weigh-in-motion sensor to detect oversized commercial vehicles. It is the only one in the area."
(File photo is of a student learning to drive a tractor-trailer at St. Louis Community College.)
Inside a St. Louis Community College at Forest Park classroom, about a dozen aspiring truck drivers took notes on speed and stopping distances and the importance of checking all six mirrors.
"We're big and we're what?" Vincent Lang, the class instructor, asked on a recent day.
"Slow," the class responded together.
You're all starting out on your driving career, Lang told them, stressing that future employers will look carefully at their driving records.
"We don't want to lose our meal ticket," he said. "That's our bread. That's our butter."
There's a move afoot to let younger people get that meal ticket, although it's meeting resistance.
Current federal law requires drivers be at least 21 to drive commercial trucks across state lines. But a bill being considered by Congress would drop that age to 18 for a six-year trial period by allowing contiguous states to join in compacts to lower the age for interstate trips.
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It has the support of many in the trucking industry, which is dealing with a driver shortage.
The American Trucking Associations estimates the current shortage of drivers is about 40,000. It says trucking companies will need to recruit almost 100,000 new drivers a year over the next decade to keep up with the nation's freight needs due to retirements and drivers leaving the industry.
"If you open up newspapers across the state, you'll see want ads for drivers all over the place," said Tom Crawford, president and chief executive of the Missouri Trucking Association.
His group supports dropping the age, which Crawford said is a logical move — as the law stands now, an 18-year-old trucker from St. Louis can drive roughly 250 miles to Kansas City, but not a few miles into Illinois.
"You start to scratch your head and say that doesn't make sense," Crawford said.
Al Hursey, president of the Giltner-St. Louis trucking firm, agrees.
"When you can't get them until they're 21, they're gone," he said. "They're in another industry."
The change is staunchly opposed by the nonprofit lobbying group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, which cites data showing that drivers ages 19 and 20 who hold licenses to drive commercial vehicles are roughly six times more likely to be involved in police-reported injury and fatality crashes per 100 million miles traveled, compared to all other truck drivers 21 and older.
"We know they have a high crash rate," said Jackie Gillan, the group's president. "Now we're going to say, 'Everything's fine, you can have the keys to a truck?'"
She said teens shouldn't even be driving within states, and that if the bill passes, other drivers become guinea pigs for the pilot program.
And in the trucking class, the opinions differed as well.
"It's smarter to keep the age at 21," said Lizzy Dulle, 22, who wants to be an over-the-road trucker. She said the brain undergoes many changes during those three years but also acknowledged the wait to drive could mean high-school graduates could pursue a different career.
Her classmate, Shawn Kelly, said people can start driving box trucks before crossing state lines.
"Three years isn't going to ruin your life not driving," said Kelly, 24, who said 18-year-olds lack the maturity needed to make quick decisions and to realize how tired they are.
It was an older classmate who took a different view.
"If a kid can go through the military and lose his life, he should be able to drive to get the things he needs," said Abbdur Rahiim Al-Matiin, 58. He said he joined the Army at 18.
Leo Rines, the program manager for the five-week trucking course at St. Louis Community College that's funded by a Department of Labor grant, worries that many 18-year-olds aren't as cautious as they should be, and that giving them control of an 80,000-pound truck could be too risky. He's also a strong advocate for training programs such as his, which teach safety and prepare students to take their commercial driver's license tests.
Students practice driving in a high-tech simulator, which even records their facial expressions. They also hone their skills on actual tractor-trailers on a campus parking lot.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in 2003 rejected a proposal by the Truckload Carriers Association seeking to allow 18-year-olds to drive commercial vehicles in interstate commerce.
The agency said it didn't have enough information to decide whether the safety measures in the program were "designed to achieve a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level of safety provided by complying with the minimum 21-year age requirement."
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Roundtable: So, how's your MLS Fantasy team?
By Alicia Rodriguez Apr 5, 2013, 10:53am PDT
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Agudelo: Working hard for the fantasy points
With a month of the 2013 MLS season in the books, we thought now would be a good time to take a look at how the second season is going...I'm talking about MLS Fantasy, folks. Rachna, Matt, and myself sat down to the table to discuss how our fantasy campaigns are going. If you are a part of The Goat Parade's MLS Fantasy league, you can see for yourself how you stack up against us, but let's go through the breakdown, and what advice we would have at this point in the season.
Alicia: So, how are you doing in MLS Fantasy so far?
Rachna: I'm doing better than I expected! The first week was atrocious, but then I got smarter about the players I had. I still have trouble with a good balance of expensive and cheap players that bring about optimum points (I am also very lazy about it and don't care too much), but I've gotten more points every week. I also have a tendency to make transfers every week - I know that's not the best, but I've been a little smarter there as well and have gained money in the process. If I stay middle of the table in the GP rankings, that's ok with me as I've never been higher than last place in fantasy before.
Alicia: I'm doing better than expected so far in MLS Fantasy. My usual strategy in any fantasy game is to win a war of attrition against all the lazy players, so that I end up moving up substantially over the course of the season primarily because my competitors get bored and quit playing. Also, I learn what works and what doesn't, but I'm not going to consider myself a genius in this game. Usually, I start very slowly, as I rely on big names who fail to produce early on, and then after awhile, it dawns on me to start making some changes.
I still have elements of that (ahem, Kenny Cooper remains on my team, even though I should have dropped him by now), but I've also been pretty smart/lucky with some of my early picks. I had Graham Zusi from the start, and he leads the game in points right now. I picked up Marco Di Vaio and Mike Magee, and both scored. So it's been a better start than I would have expected.
Matt: My fantasy team can described as shambolic. Or abysmal. I honestly don't know which word is more woeful but that's about the state of things! I did a really poor job of lining up the players bye weeks so I would always have a stable of players to go. The two consequences of having a poor bye-week strategy is struggling to fill your roster each week or sucking. I've done both.
My front line has just been terrible. Robbie Keane started out okay but CONCACAF and a bad hamstring have stymied his effectiveness. Eddie Johnson, like Seattle as a whole, is really struggling and Sporting's Claudio Bieler's MLS career is hardly going gangbusters yet. Say what you will about Kenny Cooper, I just picked him up and consider him a huge upgrade!
Alicia: Turning to our next questions, 1. which Chivas USA player is a must-own right now in your opinion (this week excluded, since they aren't playing), and 2. which player overall is an under-the-radar player who you think should be owned?
For me, the player to own so far for Chivas is Dan Kennedy. He hasn't had a clean sheet yet, so he hasn't racked up major points, but he is currently fourth in points among keepers, and he is the best deal of the bunch. He's also the best bet to play every single game, unlike most of the rest of the roster, who can be playing one week and sitting the next.
As for an under-the-radar player, I'm going to go with Ricardo Clark. He's not extremely cheap, but he is cheaper than the very skilled midfielders, and he is a holding midfielder who contributes to the scoring more than most in his position. He will also be at risk for yellow and red cards, but I'm riding it out for now, and he's producing better than I would have expected.
Matt: I'd have to say it's Juan Agudelo. Assuming he's not too seriously hurt he's spearheading a revitalized offense. If he continues his form in whats been a breakthrough season he could really pack some punch.
The numbers suggest Jorge Villafana; he's come on and supplied assists in the last two games. But I'm going to say Tristan Bowen. He isn't playing the full 90 minutes yet but he's getting plenty of minutes and is going to connect at some point.
Rachna: Just to be different, I'm going to say Eric Avila (and no, this has nothing to do with me picking him for everything in the season preview piece). He consistently brings in a few points each round, and last week was the icing on the cake when he scored his goal. Even when he doesn't get mentioned as being a key component of the match, he silently helps out the team and racks up points.
As for another underrated player, I'll say Amobi Okugo. I'm not sure how underrated he is, but for his price, I think he's worth the spot on the team.


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Q: Is there a possibility to show an icon for symbolic link resource in Eclipse? I work with Linux and use symbolic links (symlinks) in my project to share common files in different places. I also use subversive as team provider plugin.
For symlinked folders Eclipse, or better Subclipse, shows an arrow overlay on the file icon in the project explorer. But for symlinked files this little arrow is not shown. So it is impossible to tell if the file is symlinked as it looks like a normal file.
Is there an option or plugin that makes it possible to have a visual indicator for if it is a regular file or a symlink?

A: The next version of Eclipse, i.e. 4.3, will include a symlink decoration.

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Wulvergem Churchyard is located 13 Km south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen and onto Armentieres.
On reaching the town of Mesen the first right hand turning leads onto Mesenstraat. 3 Km along Mesenstraat lies the village of Wulvergem. The churchyard lies next to the village church on the Dorpstraat.
Wulvergem was in German hands from 14 April 1918 to the following 2 September, when the it was entered by the 30th Division. The churchyard was used for Commonwealth burials by fighting units from November 1914 to April 1915. The church, ruined in the war, was rebuilt in 1925.
The churchyard contains 38 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Six of the burials are unidentified and 23 graves destroyed by shell fire are now represented by special memorials.
3rd March 1915, aged 19.
Son of Frederick A. and Mary Kidby, of 19, Herfford Rd., Hoddesdon, Herts.


During the turbulent election season we all recently endured, a big topic of conversation was trade—specifically how certain policies such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have harmed the domestic manufacturing sector and hollowed out the middle class. Among the many campaign promises made by President-elect Donald Trump was a pledge to renegotiate some of these trade agreements to help bring manufacturing jobs back from overseas.
But what trade policy discussions often overlook is the effect automation and other technologies, aimed at increasing efficiency, have had on the working class. Manufacturing has gotten leaner and more technologically advanced over the past 15 or so years, and that—arguably as much as (or more than) trade policies—has led to significant job attrition. In light of these changes, the Michigan Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (M-CAM) is seeking to equip workers with the skills needed for jobs in the evolving U.S. manufacturing sector.
M-CAM is a collaboration between Bay College, Grand Rapids Community College, Kellogg Community College, Lake Michigan College, Lansing Community College, Macomb Community College, Mott Community College, and Schoolcraft Community College. Now in the third year of a four-year, $24.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, the program trains students in four key areas of advanced manufacturing: welding, CNC/machining, mechatronics, and production operations.
James Jacobs, president of Macomb Community College, says M-CAM was established to create a 21st century workforce by developing curriculum around industry-recognized certifications, offering clear career pathways, providing employers with qualified candidates, and strengthening Michigan's competitive advantage.
So far, the M-CAM program has trained more than 2,900 students since it launched in 2014, exceeding the initial target of 2,700 students in four years. According to M-CAM, more than two-thirds of the students who completed the program as of April 2016 obtained employment, and 75 percent received a higher wage than what their previous job offered. (Employers attend M-CAM graduation ceremonies and are matched with potential employees.) If a student's income qualifies, the program is free.
Jacobs says the curriculum can be customized by each participating community college to respond to the specific needs of nearby employers; some offer classes in all four technical areas, while others focus on only one or two. He hopes that additional community colleges around Michigan will adopt the curriculum and use it at their schools. Because M-CAM trains students in mechanical, computer, and electrical skills, Jacobs says it's easy for them to move on to study computer science or electrical engineering at a four-year university if they so choose.


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Q: Fixing my external hard drive partition map Okay, so something really strange has happened, and it's a doozy, so please bear with me.

Problem: I need to fix my hard drive's partition map

So let me fill you in on what happened here.
I have an external 3TB hard drive that I use for storage with my Mac Pro. It recently had 4 partitions on it. This is what the map looked like.

*

*Backup [OS X, Journaled]: 1.4TB

*Macintosh HD clone [OS X, Journaled]: 0.3 TB

*Yosemite [OS X, Journaled]: 0.5 TB

*Windows Bridge [FAT]: 0.5 TB

I had originally downloaded and installed Yosemite on a separate partition to play around with it, and then when I decided I liked it, I copied my Mavericks Mac HD onto another partition of the drive as a backup. I then upgraded my main system to Yosemite.
Later on, I decided that I no longer needed the Mac HD clone, since Yosemite is pretty stable at this point, so I removed it; I also resized the Yosemite partition down to 300 GB since I wasn't going to write anything else to it.
The partition map then looked like this:

*

*Backup: 1.4TB

*Unallocated: 0.3TB

*Yosemite: 0.3TB

*Unallocated: 0.2TB

*Windows Bridge: 0.5TB

That was all fine. However, recently, I installed Windows through Bootcamp on my primary SSD. In Windows' disk management, I tried to remove the Windows Bridge partition and replace it with a 0.7TB NTFS partition. The partition deleted, but the reformat operation failed, so I figured I would boot into OS X, remove the partition, and add a new FAT 0.7 TB partition which could then be reformatted by Windows into NTFS.
I opened up Disk Utility and saw that the Windows Bridge partition was still there according to OS X. So I went ahead and removed it.

And then, bad stuff happened.
The windows partition removed successfully, but the Yosemite partition immediately became unrecognizable by OS X. The files are intact, but OS X sees it as disk1s3, and is unable to read, write, or repair the disk.
The strangest part of it all is that Windows can still read the drive. If I boot into Windows, I can copy anything from the partition, and it works just fine, but boot back into OS X, and the partition is unreadable.

Things I've tried
1. TestDisk and PDisk
I have tried to create my own partition map for the drive using TestDisk to find the partitions and PDisks to create the new partition. TestDisk shows some weird configurations. It appears as though there are two partitions, masquerading as MS Data, assigned to the same set of blocks, with the name Yosemite. That must be causing the problem:

PDisk will not let me open the disk to be rewritten.

pdisk: can't open file '/dev/rdisk1' for writing (Resource busy)

2. Copying all of the files and re-formatting.
Since Windows can read the disk, I figured, why not copy everything from the Yosemite partition onto the Windows ST partition and reformat the broken partition. The only problem with that is that Windows limits path names to 255 bytes, and in OS X, a lot of the files have filenames that are much longer than that. I need all of the files on the drive in order to keep it bootable, so skipping those files that would not copy is out of the question.

So:
Do any of you fine people have any ideas as to how I can fix this partition map and/or get all of my data off of that partition so I can reformat it?
I can definitely go pick up another 3 TB drive to use to copy all of the files off of the existing drive so that the drive can be completely reformatted if you know of a way that I can get all of the files off of the Yosemite partition.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using fo = Dicom;

namespace DICOMcloud.UnitTest
{
    public class DicomHelpers
    {
        public DicomHelpers ( )
        {
            Study1UID    = "test.study.1" ;
            Study2UID    = "test.study.2" ;
            Study3UID    =  Study2UID ;
            Series1UID   = "test.series.1" ;
            Series2UID   = "test.series.2" ;
            Series3UID   = "test.series.3" ;
            Instance1UID = "test.instance.1" ;
            Instance2UID = "test.instance.2" ;
            Instance3UID = "test.instance.3" ;
        }

        public static string GetBaseFolder ( )
        {
            string baseFolder = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory ;

            return new DirectoryInfo ( baseFolder ).Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.FullName ;
        }

        public static string GetTestDataFolder (string testDataFolder, bool create = false )
        {
            string   folderPath  = Path.Combine (GetBaseFolder ( ), TestFolderName, testDataFolder ) ;

            if ( create )
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory ( folderPath ) ;
            }

            return folderPath ;
        }

        public static string GetSampleImagesFolder ( )
        {
            return Path.Combine ( DicomHelpers.GetBaseFolder ( ), "resources", "sampleimages" ) ;
        }

        public static string   TestFolderName = "Test_Data" ;

        public fo.DicomDataset GetDicomDataset ( uint dsNumber)
        {
            uint testDsCase = dsNumber % 3 ;
            fo.DicomDataset testDs = new fo.DicomDataset ( ) ;

            switch ( testDsCase )
            {
                case 0:
                {
                    return GetTemplateDataset ( ).CopyTo ( testDs ) ;
                }

                case 1:
                {

                    testDs = GetTemplateDataset().CopyTo ( testDs ) ;

                    testDs .AddOrUpdate ( fo.DicomTag.StudyInstanceUID, Study2UID );
                    testDs .AddOrUpdate ( fo.DicomTag.SeriesInstanceUID, Series2UID );
                    testDs .AddOrUpdate ( fo.DicomTag.SOPInstanceUID, Instance2UID );
                }
                break ;

                case 2:
                {
                    testDs = GetTemplateDataset().CopyTo ( testDs ) ;

                    testDs.AddOrUpdate ( fo.DicomTag.StudyInstanceUID, Study3UID );
                    testDs.AddOrUpdate ( fo.DicomTag.SeriesInstanceUID, Series3UID );
                    testDs.AddOrUpdate  ( fo.DicomTag.SOPInstanceUID, Instance3UID ) ;
                }
                break ;

                default:
                {
                    throw new IndexOutOfRangeException ( "Test dataset case not implemented") ;
                }
            }

            return testDs ;
        }

        public string Study1UID
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public string Study2UID
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public string Study3UID
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public string Series1UID
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public string Series2UID
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public string Series3UID
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public string Instance1UID
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public string Instance2UID
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public string Instance3UID
        {
            get; set;
        }

        private fo.DicomDataset GetTemplateDataset ( )
        {
            var ds = new fo.DicomDataset ( ) ;

            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.PatientID, "test-pid") ;
            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.PatientName, "test^patient name" );
            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.StudyInstanceUID, Study1UID );
            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.StudyID, "test-studyid" );
            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.SeriesInstanceUID, Series1UID );
            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.SeriesNumber, 1 );
            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.Modality, "XA" );
            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.SOPInstanceUID, Instance1UID );
            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.SOPClassUID, "test.instance.class.uid" );
            ds.Add ( fo.DicomTag.InstanceNumber, 1 );

            return ds ;
        }

    }
}

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Q: Mouse keys keypad 5 click not working after ubuntu 22.04.1 upgrade Upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04.1 over the weekend. Checked that Mouse Keys is enabled under Accessibility settings.  The cursor movement functions for the keypad number such as 2 and 4 work properly but the 5 button does not produce a mouse click even though the pointer shows as a hand with a finger extended.  Rebooting does not fix the problem.
Any workarounds?


Outstanding Keller home with almost 4000 sq ft. Every room you could want including a game room, 20x18 media room, & and a Texas Basement that can be an upstairs office or additional living area. Large island kitchen with granite countertops, bay window in the breakfast room, and a built-in desk off of the kitchen. Home backs to the subdivision greenbelt and walking trails. Both the front and back patios are oversized. Washer, Dryer, & Refrigerator stay & so does the media room equipment.close to new Tex-Rail station to FW & Dallas downtown. Meandering Trail ,1.9 miles pass thru community which connects to NRH John Barfield Trail 3.5 miles, connection to Cotton Belt Trail into Hurst & Grapevine.


can win the fourth Molonglo seat!
number of booths, no conclusions on who is ahead or behind can be drawn.
very different candidates, Mike Hettinger and Andrew Barr."
twisted baseball pitch than anything else).
campaigning saw him return a strong vote for a first-time candidate."
ALP candidates in Molonglo.  Congratulations -- you deserve it!
representative in Parliament, I don't want anyone.
looking out for him - then there is that "true love" bit, damn.
Stay tuned for more fun and laughs as the count continues!


The first record of what is now the centre of Spis dates from 1268 and the reference is to Villa Nova, or Nova Ves. This gradually developed into a small mining town with rights of autonomy and the right to explore for and extract ores. As early as the 14th century a large number of copper, iron and silver mines were established. Rapid economic growth brought with it the development of education and culture. There was already a municipal school here in the 15th century.
Today, Spisska Nova Ves is a district seat of 35,000 inhabitants with a tradition in iron-ore mining, geological research and thefurniture and textile industries. In the vicinity are a number of major leisure centres, including Cingov and Plejsy ski areas. There are walking routes from the town to the Volovske vrchy hills and Slovak Paradise.
The Roman Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption of Our Lady dates from the latter half of the 14th century. Its interior boasts some precious works by old masters, including a calvary by Master Pavol of Levoca dating from around 1520.
The largest cobbed square in Slovakia - a walk around it should take in the Catholic parish church , the Evangelical church, the Town Hall, the Reduta building, the Gallery of the Artists of Spis and the Provincial House, seat of the Ethnographic Museum.
The Modry vrch park - a protected habitat of rare flora and fauna.
Indoor swimming pool with thermal water.
Copyright 1998-2003 © Pro Region Slovakia Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Q: Can I extend the allowed Vin range of a voltage detector IC with a simple zener shunt regulator? I'm trying to solve a particular corner case in the behaviour of a system I designed.
The issue can be boiled down to this: I don't want a particular LDO to operate if it's input voltage is below 4V (give or take, I can accept a 10% tolerance on this).
After some searching, I found that a good way to do this is the following:

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
(obviously I'm omitting details like decoupling caps and such)
IC1 behaves like this:

*

*when Vin < 4.0V, the OUT pin will be at 0V, disabling the LDO

*when Vin > 4.0V, OUT = Vin, enabling the LDO

*there's a few % of hysteresis built-in, which I don't care about

Problem
The BD49L40 can only handle Vin up to 10V. The input voltage in my system can go as high as 33V (the LDO is suitable, but IC1 isn't). There are higher-voltage-tolerant voltage detectors, which are several times as expensive, so I'm curious if I can avoid them.
Since the quiescent current of IC1 is 1-2µA, and the Enable pin on IC2 can source or sink 1-2.5µA as well, I need a micropower voltage limiter to the input of IC1 so that I don't kill it when Vin is >10V.
Proposed solution
So I devised this:

simulate this circuit
In this case:

*

*If Vin=3V (for example), the zener does nothing, IC1 is powered through R1;

*If Vin=5V, the zener still doesn't conduct, IC1 sees close to 5V on its input pin, puts this on its OUT and enables the LDO;

*If Vin=16V, the zener conducts, limiting the voltage that IC1 sees to about 8 (or slightly less) volts. The voltage on the OUT/Enable pins is the same, about 8V. Since IC2 accepts anything above 2.0V as logic high, the discrepancy between IC2's Vin and Enable pins should not cause trouble.

Question
This all seems acceptable, at least in theory. Is there anything I should be worried about? Anything that I may need to add to make it robust?
EDIT
The question is mostly moot. I wasn't aware that the BD49xxx series had Pspice models available. I was able to simulate the thing and am now 99% sure it works as intended. The only non-obvious detail is that a small buffer cap on IC1's input is a must, it cannot function without it. 2-10nF seem to work well.


This Danish modern lamp is truly a show stopper. Bent wood, brass and aluminum fixtures, acrylic globes. The lamp is in great, working condition. Two repairs have been made at some point...both are glue repairs where the hoops attach. 42" h and the hoops are 12" diameter.


Today I will wrap up the "mini series" on Traditions by sharing one more idea that Matt & I have enjoyed together and hope to grow with as our family grows.
As a kid, Matt loved to stay with his grandparents in Mississippi during the first weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. They would watch games all day together and make wonderful memories during these visits. (As a kid, I had no idea what March Madness was). Our senior year of college, Matt took me to Mississippi to visit Grannye & POPSi for the first time, during- yep you guessed it- the NCAA Tourney.
This weekend visit quickly became a treasured annual tradition, which we creatively(?) deemed "Mississippi March Madness." We went every single year… until last year when Reed made his grand entrance into the world during the first round of the tournament… I guess you could say we had our own version of March Madness in 2010!
The long and short of it is that we want to continue the tradition of March Madness fun. This year, Matt and I filled out our usual brackets and we even came up with a crazy process to help Reed fill one out too!
We posted the brackets in the kitchen and kept track of our progress throughout the tournament. (I will go ahead and tell you that Reed's bracket did better than Matt's and mine!) Our idea is, like with the other traditions, to allow the fun to grow with our family. With younger kids, to keep it exciting, you could give out silly awards after each round, rigged in a way that each child gets one—best upset, risk-taker award—whatever. Of course, as kids get older and understand the game, they can enjoy tracking the brackets on their own. Maybe the family agrees on a fun prize beforehand, like winner picks a restaurant or activity for a celebratory family outing at the end of March Madness.
POPSi went to heaven in 2007, and I know that March Madness will always be an extra special time to remember him, and for Matt to share stories with his children about their great grandfather. Grannye recently moved to Atlanta and lives nearby, so we will have her bracket right up there in the mix—probably leading the pack!


Thank you Gillian and Richard for a very relaxing overnight stay. we loved talking with you over breakfast and hearing your fascinating stories about the history of Robin Hill. We will never forget our stay with you. thank you again! Rosalie and Jerry MacDonald.


The August 2018 Housing Market Statistics for Caledon, Ontario have been published. The statistics are compiled from data posted on the Toronto Real Estate Board.
– The average sale price (year to date) is $916,836, that is a decrease of 6.04%.
– There were 65 properties sold in the month of August with a year to date total of 588 which is a decrease of 8.84% year to date.
– The average days on the market (year to date) is 30 days.
– The total active number of residential listings was 293 which is a slight increase of 10.98% in August 2018.
The number of homes sold in August 2018 increased by 16 homes or 32.65% compared to August 2017. The average days on the market increased from 29 to 34 days. Average sale prices were down by 4.08%. Refer to the Sales Comparisons section on the infographic above.
There is currently 5 months of inventory on the market in Caledon. In a buyers market, there is normally more than 6 months of inventory. Refer to the Market Trend section on the infographic above.
If you are thinking of buying or selling in Caledon or surrounding area, contact us today.


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Aliaga L, Zozaya JM, Quiroga J, Richter JA, Prieto J.
Departamento de Medicina Interna, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
The interrelationship between renal hemodynamics and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in 28 nonazotemic cirrhotic patients has been studied.
Patients were divided into three groups: A) Patients without ascites nor edema; B) Patients with ascites and a relatively high sodium excretion (41.9 +/- 12.9 mmol/day); and C) Patients with ascites and very low sodium excretion (4.8 +/- 0.6 mmol/day). Renin and aldosterone levels significantly increased in group C. A significant correlation was observed between plasma aldosterone concentration and urinary sodium excretion, and between plasma renin activity and aldosterone levels.
There were no significant differences in urine flow, glomerular filtration rate, effective renal plasma flow, or renal blood flow between the three groups of patients, in spite of marked differences in renin and aldosterone levels. Renal perfusion was not related to plasma renin activity either in the overall sample of patients or in the individual groups.
These results show that factors other than total renal perfusion are involved in renin secretion in cirrhosis.


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The following is from a publication for the 135th church homecoming and anniversary, held April 28, 2013.
St. Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church has been continuously ministering to Black Methodists in Fannin County for 135 years. The St. Paul Church is located on East Sixth in Bonham. The oldest of its kind in the county, the congregation was organized about 1865 after the end of the Civil war on the west side of town at what was known as Tank Town.
Tank Town was the name given to that part of Bonham where many railroad tanks were located. Prior to 1865, all Bonham Methodists met together at the Baptist Church's log building. The former slaves at St. Paul had difficulty erecting their first building. Men and women, like the Yoakums (brought to Texas from North Carolina) and the Perry's, worked together to make a humble log structure with a dirt floor. The two Methodist churches continued to share the same ministers for several years, until Black preachers were ordained.
In the 1870's members moved to the east side of town. Tank Town began to be served by Bradford Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church while St. Paul made plans to build their second chapel. In 1876 Carson Moore donated the land on East Sixth. The building was erected April 1878 while Rev. F. M. McPherson served as circuit preacher.
The church grew and prospered such that by 1897 it was apparent that another church building would need to be erected. The second chapel was moved to the rear of the lot and used as a recreation center. Rev. C. Gibson and the brethren of the church went out to the woods, cut down trees, and hewed the church foundation. Arched, floor-to-ceiling stained glass windows on the church's sides and rose windows in front added to the church's loveliness. A high steeple could be seen from several points in Bonham.
Between 1897 and the late 1920's, St. Paul was at its pinnacle. Music was especially important. A church band, consisting of about 20 members, played at the Bonham square, in yards, church services, and funeral processions. The band had trumpets, clarinets, trombones, a tube and drums. Solemn hymns, such as "Free As A Bird", were played after funerals as the band marched slowly behind the casket and in front of mourners. Everyone walked from East Sixth down Main Street for several miles to the gravesite. After the burial, the band embellished the hymns for a joyous procession home. The thirty member church choir was also important and gave beauty and inspiration to Sunday services. Women in the church carried their music home. Occasionally, as a church woman swept her yard, she would be heard singing such hymns, as Amazing Grace or I'll Soon Be Done with the Troubles of this World and I'm Bound to Carry My Soul to the Lord.
When the great depression covered the nation with economic despair, St. Paul was forced to sell its stained glass windows and the wood from the recreation hall, the steeple, and the vestibule. Plain square windows and a wooden cross were set in place. Women sang Father I Stretch My Hands to Thee. Many members whose jobs had been in carpentry, domestic service or common labor moved away from Bonham with the hope of finding work in larger cities.
Today St. Paul has a small but dedicated congregation, with the proud pastor being Rev. Joe Pease of Desoto, Texas.


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Q: Error in web service PHP It's my first post here so hi all.
I'm developping an android app for my website so I need login page , I'm trying to use a PHP web service to do that but I'm facing an error now and can't move on.
First code block:
Simple code send email and password and test but it give me error "Login credentials are wrong. Please try again!"
Second code block:
I try to set email and password manually in the web service and it works , I don't know why the first code doesn't work , even I have tested the email and password from the first code in my mobile when testing and they are showing correctly.
Here is the first code block:
<?php

require_once 'include/DB_Functions.php';
$db = new DB_Functions();

// json response array
$response = array("error" => FALSE);

if (isset($_POST['email']) && isset($_POST['password'])) {

    // receiving the post params
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $password = $_POST['password'];

    // get the user by email and password
    $user = $db->getUserByEmailAndPassword($email, $password);

    if ($user != false) {
        // use is found
        $response["error"] = FALSE;
        $response["user"]["id"] = $user["id"];
        $response["user"]["username"] = $user["username"];
        $response["user"]["email"] = $user["email"];
        $response["user"]["date_creation"] = $user["date_creation"];
        $response["user"]["date_modification"] = $user["date_modification"];
        echo json_encode($response);
    } else {
        // user is not found with the credentials
        $response["error"] = TRUE;
        $response["error_msg"] = "Login credentials are wrong. Please try again!";
        echo json_encode($response);
    }
 } else {
    // required post params is missing
    $response["error"] = TRUE;
    $response["error_msg"] = "Required parameters email or password is missing!";
    echo json_encode($response);
}
?>

Second code block:
    <?php

 require_once 'include/DB_Functions.php';
 $db = new DB_Functions();

// json response array
$response = array("error" => FALSE);

if (isset($_POST['email']) && isset($_POST['password'])) {

    // receiving the post params

    //manually
     $email = 'amin_saad19@yahoo.fr';
    $password = '123';

    // get the user by email and password
    $user = $db->getUserByEmailAndPassword($email, $password);

    if ($user != false) {
        // user is found
        $response["error"] = FALSE;
        $response["user"]["id"] = $user["id"];
        $response["user"]["username"] = $user["username"];
        $response["user"]["email"] = $user["email"];
        $response["user"]["date_creation"] = $user["date_creation"];
        $response["user"]["date_modification"] = $user["date_modification"];
        echo json_encode($response);
    } else {
        // user is not found with the credentials
        $response["error"] = TRUE;
        $response["error_msg"] = "Login credentials are wrong. Please try again!";
        echo json_encode($response);
    }
 } else {
    // required post params is missing
    $response["error"] = TRUE;
    $response["error_msg"] = "Required parameters email or password is missing!";
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Did You Hear About the Artist Who Painted in Jail?
He had a brush with the law.
Cheesy, I know. It's an absolutely awful joke. BUT, it goes with my post. Paint. And Chasing Dreams.
I've been feeling very inspired by mixed media, art journaling, & the bright Spring colours in the store lately. And since I've been teaching the Watercolour 101 classes this month, (more info on that here) I definitely wanted to incorporate watercolours into my project.
I knew I wanted to get messy and just have fun with it. Oh, and I wanted to scrapbook a few of my favourite wedding photos.
I did a lot of experimenting with different paint types and techniques and I'm actually super happy with the finished product.
I started out with a plain white sheet of cardstock, covered it in clear gesso to prep my paper for wet mediums, and then did a quick wash of watercolour once the gesso dried.
I covered the whole page (minus the outer edges) with a bright blue thin wash. Watercolour blends differently over gesso than it does on plain watercolour paper and I love the effect. It's definitely more raw. The Prima watercolour confections are to die for.
Next step was using Ranger texture paste through this Tim Holtz stencil…my favourite.
I'm super impatient so I used my heat tool after each step to speed up the drying process. I even heat dried my texture paste and it gave it a cool effect. It got kind of puffy as the heat was applied which I really liked…but be careful. Too much heat and it will burn.
The next thing I did was water down white, red, and a bit of yellow acrylic paint and make big splotches at the top of the page with a big brush. Lots of water. Then I tipped the page up and let the paint drip down. I kept repeating this dripping process with other paint layers throughout the project.
Next was white acrylic paint with a few drops of water added. I used a large roller stamp to apply paint randomly over the pink section and the lower right corner. I watered it down because I didn't want a bright, opaque white to stick out on the page.
Some watered down mint acrylic paint got splattered across the page using a big paintbrush.
I added a deep blue watercolour paint to act as an extra layer behind my photo cluster. I used liquid watercolour paint with just a little bit of water to get a true colour.
It was super easy to layer with. There's just something lovely about it…the pieces fit together so well.
After I added my photo cluster I felt like it was missing something. Some…pop…or something.
So I added bright yellow acrylic paint. Just a couple splotches to brighten up the colour palette. And I loved it! I wasn't totally sure about it at first but decided to just go with it and try it. Sometimes that's the best way to scrapbook.
I added more of the deep blue watercolour using a dabbing technique with a very small brush. I kept it in a sort of triangular layout to balance out the page.
A few little typewritten strips, a date stamp, and some gold sequins completed the project.
Seriously, this page was totally refreshing to make. Getting messy and trying something new is great to do once in awhile. Even if mixed media isn't really your thing, it's definitely not mine, I really encourage you to pull out some paints or inks or pens or anything artsy and try it out.


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Lindell Audio 6X-500 500-Series Mic Preamp/EQ. Lindell Audio 6X-500 500 Series Mic Preamp/EQ. Please note this item is pre-owned and may show signs of wear. The Lindell Audio 6X-500 6X 500 is a one channel transformer coupled microphone preamplifier and passive 2 band Pultec equalizer.
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Opera singer Katherine Jenkins and actor Charlie Hunnam are among the stars helping to promote Britain to the world in VisitBritain's new international 'Imagination' magazine.
The magazine, available in 10 languages*, showcases why Britain is a great place to holiday, study and do business. The second-ever issue profiles Katherine Jenkins and her favourite places in the UK and includes an interview with English actor Charlie Hunnam, star of the upcoming film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which was filmed in Britain.
As England celebrates its 'Year of Literary Heroes' with literary milestones including the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death and the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter series, the magazine also features literary-inspired destinations based on Austen and the famous boy wizard.
The magazine includes features on Britain's music festivals, shopping scene, outside-the-box accommodation and dining experiences, student life and more.
It also profiles amazing moments in Britain – from zorbing in a giant ball on Loch Ness, Scotland to stargazing at Snowdonia, Wales – supporting VisitBritain's global 'Home of Amazing Moments' campaign which highlights the incredible experiences that can only be had in Britain. It is part of the UK Government's GREAT Britain campaign which promotes what makes Britain a great place to visit, study, invest and do business.
*'Imagination' is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian-Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
Digital editions of the magazine, including foreign language versions, can be viewed online or downloaded here.


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Hatco Hosts World Games Silver Medalists for Factory Tour
September 04, 2015 | Updated: January 29, 2019
By Steve Helm
Hatco, Inc. and its general manager Ricky Bolin invited members of the Special Olympics USA women's basketball team for an exclusive tour of its hat-making facility. The team, which was comprised of the Richardson Roadrunners delegation, won the silver medal in Los Angeles at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in July.
On Thursday afternoon, Hatco VP Dan Brown guided the athletes and coaches through a tour of the factory that is known for manufacturing Stetson and Resistol hats.
When the athletes returned home from World Games, each of them were presented with a Stetson hat from Bolin at the airport. To further show his admiration and gratitude for the athletes' hard work, preparation and dedication to compete for the U.S. on an international stage, Bolin invited the athletes for an honorary visit to the hat-making facility.
During the tour, athletes watched videos that explained the history of Stetson and the hat-making process. After getting the background knowledge, Brown walked everyone through the step-by-step process of how the hats they had on their heads were actually created.
See a full galllery of photos below.
The Special Olympics USA Women's Basketball team was treated to a special tour of the Hatco factory in Garland. Thank you, Dan Brown and Ricky Bolin for this awesome opportunity! #Stetson #Resistol
Posted by Special Olympics Texas on Friday, September 4, 2015


After all the analyzing, planning, digging, weeding, pruning, and mulching since first contemplating back in January a renovation of the garden, today was a fitting time to settle back and enjoy, relax, and appreciate the plants and the setting. Though the to-do list remains a long enumeration, today was a chance to observe and to just be.
The quiet evening air was punctuated by the sounds of cardinals and robins conversing through the neighborhood as a mourning dove, chickadees, sparrows and a towhee flitted about the garden. The sun lowered gently, highlighting along the way a certain branch of the dogwood, then focusing on several iris stalks to form a tiny vignette. The rains last week and this spring in general have ensured a verdant lawn and vibrant garden scene.
Looking into the garden one sees white bearded iris standing tall and erect. Nearby the eye is drawn to the deep blue of meadow sage, but soon there will be competition from drifts of lavender Phlox divaricata (woodland phlox).
The dogwood dropped the last of its petals this week after its best blooming year yet.
Nepeta (catmint) is opening beneath Lynn's iceberg rose, which is full of buds and the old-fashioned rose has a few pink flowers already.
Both clematises are strikingly beautiful. This one is Jackmanii, growing just outside the new gate at the southern side path.
The penstemon forms a nice clump and displays rich green and red-hued foliage. Penstemon seems like a good candidate to use in the meditation garden. A visit to the garden center this week may offer up other ideas.
Tradescantia (spiderwort) is a cheery, nostalgic favorite from childhood. Although it tends to move itself around the garden too freely, it is easily one of the most welcome plants in this garden.
Along the side path grows lavender and another old-fashioned flower, rose campion. Neither is blooming yet. Returning in this same part of the garden is monarda (bee balm), lamb's ears, and a lovely stand of yellow irises.
Tomorrow chores await but today in the garden, there was time to just enjoy.
This entry was posted in garden, pbmgarden renovation and tagged clematis, garden renovation, iris, meditation garden, pass-along plant, penstemon, rose campion, spiderwort, tradescantia on April 24, 2011 by pbmgarden.


Now & Then traverses the past four decades of fine art photography in Aotearoa New Zealand, showcasing photographs by thirty eight artists.
The exhibition is grouped into six themes which encourage comparison between the diverse imagery, techniques and styles depicted by New Zealand photographers.
The starting point for the Now & Then exhibition is the photography collection of Te Manawa Museum of Art Science and History. Many of these Te Manawa collection works featured in The Active Eye exhibition (1975) at the Manawatu Art Gallery. The Active Eye encouraged the inclusion of New Zealand photography into the fine arts discourse and established a permanent place for photography in New Zealand public art galleries.
Greg Semu, Kupapa Wars, (2007). Colour photograph, 980 x 1350 mm.
Courtesy of the artist, Musée Quai Branly and McNamara Gallery.
Yvonne Todd, Susan Blunton, from the series Sea of Tranquility, (2002). C-type print, 875 x 710mm.
Collection of Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Image courtesy of the artist.
Max Oettli, Leonard and Rover, Suva, Fiji, (1974) Gelatin silver print, 257 x 392mm.
Collection of Te Manawa Art Society Inc. and courtesy of Te Manawa Museum Trust.
Gavin Hipkins, New Age (Tracks I), (2001). Archival pigment print, 580 x 580 mm.
Courtesy of the artist, Starkwhite and Hamish McKay Gallery.
Exhibition toured and developed by Te Manawa Museum of art, science & history.
This exhibition is also part of the Kokomai Creative Festival. 18 - 27 October 2013.


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