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Commentary: Capital efficiency shouldn't be a goal just during tough times
Business // Eagle Ford & Energy
By Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle May 10, 2015
Statoil has saved more than $600 million since starting its capital efficiency program last year, according to Jannicke Nilsson, who leads the company's Technical Efficiency Program..
Photo: Courtesy Statoil
Capital and efficiency, two words that thrill every executive and business owner. Put together, they become the definition of good management.
Every shareholder wants to know the money they've invested will be used to make the highest possible profit. And that's why everyone at the Offshore Technology Conference last week was talking about capital efficiency, how they will keep their companies profitable when oil prices are more than 30 percent lower than last year and natural gas prices remain extremely low.
"This is not about weathering it out by simply reducing the costs," said Duco de Haan, senior vice president at Lloyd's Register Energy, an energy industry consultant. "This is about redefining operating principles; this is the time you have to review your long-term strategy."
Standardization and collaboration were two favorite themes at the conference for increasing capital efficiency. On Friday, I wrote about how oil companies want standardization in offshore operations to create a systematic, industrial process like shale drilling in order to profit in a low-price environment. Achieving that goal requires unheard of collaboration between equipment suppliers and rig operators.
Every executive I spoke with said oil companies are inviting service providers to get involved earlier in the well design process to help standardize it. Many companies require well designers to choose from a catalog of existing pre-approved equipment that may be less optimal but will get the well completed sooner and ultimately produce the same number of barrels over time.
"We can increase our productivity and our efficiency across our business, and we need to make these changes now so that we can secure our activities for the long term," said Jannicke Nilsson, who leads Norway-based Statoil's Technical Efficiency Program. Involving all the companies in the supply chain at the start is critical, she added.
Suppliers traditionally have operated on a fee-for-service basis but are beginning to offer package deals that are less expensive. These contracts are structured so a supplier only profits when the project is a success. Statoil has such a contract with Schlumberger for the Mariner project in the North Sea.
"We are putting our profitability on the line to achieve a level of performance that is required for your project to be successful," Patrick Schorn of Schlumberger said to Nilsson at a Statoil event. "By early engagement, we can plan together and take out the waste that otherwise would happen, and we can still take all of the input from both of our engineers."
Since starting its capital efficiency program last year, Statoil already has saved more than $600 million, Nilsson said.
Standardization and collaboration are not the only means of cost cutting for capital efficiency. Other executives spoke about managing capital to ensure a good amount of free cash flow, which is the cash a company generates minus capital expenditures. Oil companies are frequently criticized for spending more money on new reserves and wells than what they earn on existing wells, producing negative free cash flow.
The oil and gas industry is estimated to have cut capital expenditures more than 30 percent compared with last year to generate free cash flow and pay down debt.
All these efforts are admirable, but investors should be asking why executives are only now worried about capital efficiency? Why didn't they think about standardization, collaboration and managing spending when oil was earning $100 a barrel on the international market? Isn't this like going on a diet in January when eating healthy year-round would avoid the problem?
The culprit, of course, is human nature. Executives tend to be prideful and competitive, sometimes to a fault. When oil prices rose and the race began for limited assets and services to meet market demand, no one wanted to be outbid. Spending skyrocketed. Mineral rights owners and service companies saw a gravy train racing down the track and were happy to auction off assets and services at a premium.
Then there is corporate culture. Anyone who knows a CEO or an engineer understands that they always think they know best, no matter what the industry standard is or what their competitors may be doing.
"Collaboration is fantastic, but you have to overcome corporate egos that are the size of not a baseball park, but three or four baseball parks," said Greg Roder, executive vice president for business development at Australia's Woodside Energy.
That's where Wall Street comes in. Even before the price drop, analysts were calling out Statoil and other major oil companies for their spending habits. That's why Statoil had its efficiency program in place before prices dropped.
Paul McNutt, global development engineering manager at Houston-based ConocoPhillips Co., said the key to capital efficiency is recognizing limits, both within a company and across the industry.
"Choose the right projects and the right amount of projects, and then craft it with the engineering to make the most of the opportunity and then contain it within the industry's capacity," he said. "Expanding beyond existing capacity means you are going to pay a premium for it."
Moderation? In the oil business? Sounds like a good idea for shareholders, but not one executed very often in the oil patch. Let's see what the industry learns from this bust.
Chris Tomlinson is the Houston Chronicle's business columnist.
chris.tomlinson@ chron.com
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Achievements: Here are the couple I got, both in the first two levels.


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//
//  BMGround.m
//  Scorched
//
//  Created by Mark Kim on 3/5/13.
//  Copyright (c) 2013 Mark Kim. All rights reserved.
//

#import "BMGround.h"

#import "BMEdge.h"
#import "BMDamage.h"
#import "BMDebugView.h"
#import "BMPixelInfo.h"
#import "BMPoint.h"
#import "CCMutableTexture2D.h"
#import "BMSpriteInfo.h"
#import <OpenGLES/EAGL.h>

#import "util_functions.h"

@interface BMGround ()
{
    int                     surface_debug_count;
    int                     read_pixel_debug_count;
    NSMutableArray          *_pixelData;
    id<BMGroundDelegate>    _delegate;
    BMSpriteInfo            *_spriteInfo;
}

- (CGFloat)_setupData;
- (CGFloat)_reloadData;
- (void)_resetSurfaces;
- (void)_reloadSurfaces;
- (void)_setSurfaces:(CGPoint)point;
- (NSArray *)_createSurfaceForEdgePoint:(BMPoint *)edgePoint;

- (NSArray *)_getLines;
- (BOOL)_isPixelClear:(uint8[4])data;

@end

@implementation BMGround

- (void)dealloc
{
    [_key release]; _key = nil;
    [_spriteInfo release]; _spriteInfo = nil;
    [_pixelData release]; _pixelData = nil;
    [_edgePoints release]; _edgePoints = nil;
    _delegate = nil;

    [super dealloc];
}

- (BOOL)_isPixelClear:(uint8[4])data
{
    // note: asumes data is RGBA format
    BOOL isPixelClear = NO;
    if (data[3] == 0) {
        isPixelClear = YES;
    }
    return isPixelClear;
}

- (NSArray *)_getLines;
{
    NSAssert(self.view, @"ERROR: view is not set!");

    CGRect viewRect = pixelRectForSprite(self.view, 0);
    int offsetX = (int)viewRect.origin.x;
    int offsetY = (int)viewRect.origin.y;
    int widthInPixels = (int)viewRect.size.width;
    int heightInPixels = (int)viewRect.size.height;
    //debug(@"offsetX: %d, offsetY: %d, widthInPixels: %d, heightInPixels: %d", offsetX, offsetY, widthInPixels, heightInPixels);

    NSMutableArray *lines = [NSMutableArray array];
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        NSMutableArray *pixelsOnLine = [NSMutableArray array];
        [lines addObject:pixelsOnLine];
        for (int j = 1 + offsetX; j <= (widthInPixels + offsetX); j = MIN(j + PIXEL_STEP_X, widthInPixels + offsetX)) {
            CGPoint pixelPoint = ccp(j - 1, i - 1);
            [pixelsOnLine addObject:[NSValue valueWithCGPoint:pixelPoint]];
            //debug(@"pixel added: %f, %f", pixelPoint.x, pixelPoint.y);
            if (j == widthInPixels + offsetX) break;
        }
        //debug(@"# of pixels per line: %d", [pixelsOnLine count]);
        if (i == heightInPixels + offsetY) break;
    }
    //debug(@"# of lines: %d", [lines count]);
    return lines;
}

- (void)_setSurfaces:(CGPoint)point
{
    CGRect viewRect = pixelRectForSprite(self.view, 0);
    int threshold = MAX(NEIGHBOR_STEP - 1, 0);
    for (int i=-threshold; i<=threshold; ++i) {
        for (int j=-threshold; j<=threshold; ++j) {
            CGPoint deltaPoint = ccp(j, i);
            CGPoint testPoint = ccpAdd(point, deltaPoint);
            int index = indexForPoint(testPoint, viewRect);

            // this will catch points on edge
            if (index >= 0 && index < [_pixelData count]) {
                BMPixelInfo *pixelInfo = (BMPixelInfo *)[_pixelData objectAtIndex:index];
                pixelInfo.isSurface = YES;
            }
        }
    }
}

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{
    //debug(@"=== [%d] creating surface at point: %@!", surface_debug_count, stringForPoint(edgePoint.point));
    CGRect viewRect = pixelRectForSprite(self.view, 0);
    ++surface_debug_count;
    int edge_debug_count = 0;
    int neighbor_debug_count = 0;

    NSMutableArray *pointArray = [NSMutableArray array];
    BMPoint *point = edgePoint;
    addPointToArray(edgePoint.point, pointArray);

    BOOL isSurfaceClosed = NO;
    while (!isSurfaceClosed) {
        ++neighbor_debug_count;
        CGPoint testPixelPoint = [point nextNeighbor];

        // TODO: - Mark Kim - if possible, find a cleaner way to do this check
        if (neighbor_debug_count > 7) {
            /*
             * this can happen if:
             * we begin on a pixel with no other pixels surrounding it
             * not sure if there are any other strange cases where this could happen
             */
            //debug(@"WARNING: neighbor_debug_count exceeded 7!");
            return pointArray;
        }

        if (isPixelOutsideView(testPixelPoint, self.view)) {
            continue;
        }

        BMPixelInfo *pixelInfo = (BMPixelInfo *)[_pixelData objectAtIndex:indexForPoint(testPixelPoint, viewRect)];
        if (pixelInfo.isClear) {
            continue;
        } else {
            //debug(@"+ adding edge: %@ to %@", stringForPoint(point.point), stringForPoint(testPixelPoint));
            ++edge_debug_count;

            [self _setSurfaces:point.point];
            addPointToArray(testPixelPoint, pointArray);

            neighbor_debug_count = 0;
            point = [BMPoint pointWithPixelPoint:testPixelPoint fromDirection:point.relativeDirection];

            // test if end point reached
            int x1 = (int)roundf(point.point.x);
            int y1 = (int)roundf(point.point.y);
            int x2 = (int)roundf(edgePoint.point.x);
            int y2 = (int)roundf(edgePoint.point.y);
            int threshold = MAX(NEIGHBOR_STEP - 1, 0);
            if (abs(x2 - x1) <= threshold && abs(y2 - y1) <= threshold) {
                isSurfaceClosed = YES;
            }

            if (CGPointEqualToPoint(point.point, edgePoint.point)) {
                isSurfaceClosed = YES;
            }
        }

        if (isSurfaceClosed) {
            //debug(@"closing surface with %d edges! current surface count: %d", edge_debug_count, surface_debug_count);
        }
    }
    return pointArray;
}

- (void)_resetSurfaces
{
    [_edgePoints removeAllObjects];
    for (BMPixelInfo *pixelInfo in _pixelData) {
        pixelInfo.isSurface = NO;
    }
}

- (void)_reloadSurfaces
{
    // flush out old data
    [self _resetSurfaces];

    NSAssert(self.view, @"ERROR: view is not set!");
    CGRect viewRect = pixelRectForSprite(self.view, 0);

    NSArray *lines = [self _getLines];
    surface_debug_count = 0;
    int debug_line_count = 0;
    int debug_point_count = 0;

    for (NSArray *line in lines) {
        ++debug_line_count;
        debug_point_count = 0;

        // note: for every line, isPixelClear is only updated when it is left edge or right edge,
        // note: or if we get to a point where pixel alpha differs from previous point
        NSNumber *isPixelClear = nil;

        for (int i=0; i<[line count]; ++i) {
            ++debug_point_count;
            CGPoint testPixelPoint = [[line objectAtIndex:i] CGPointValue];
            BMPixelInfo *pixelInfo = (BMPixelInfo *)[_pixelData objectAtIndex:indexForPoint(testPixelPoint, viewRect)];
            BMPoint *edgePoint = nil;

            // left edge case
            if (!isPixelClear) {
                isPixelClear = [NSNumber numberWithBool:pixelInfo.isClear];
                if (![isPixelClear boolValue]) {
                    edgePoint = [BMPoint pointWithPixelPoint:testPixelPoint fromDirection:kWest];
                }
            // normal case
            } else if ([isPixelClear boolValue] != pixelInfo.isClear) {
                isPixelClear = [NSNumber numberWithBool:pixelInfo.isClear];
                CGPoint prevPixelPoint = [[line objectAtIndex:i-1] CGPointValue];
                edgePoint = solidPointBetweenPixelPoints(prevPixelPoint, testPixelPoint, _pixelData, viewRect);
            }

            if (edgePoint) {
                // note: assumes edgePoint is always a solid pixel
                CGRect viewRect = pixelRectForSprite(self.view, 0);
                BMPixelInfo *edgePixelInfo = (BMPixelInfo *)[_pixelData objectAtIndex:indexForPoint(edgePoint.point, viewRect)];
                if (!edgePixelInfo.isSurface) {
                    NSArray *surfacePoints = [self _createSurfaceForEdgePoint:edgePoint];
                    [_edgePoints addObject:surfacePoints];
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

- (CGFloat)_setupData
{
    NSAssert(_pixelData, @"_pixelData is not set!");
    // TODO: - Mark Kim - will probably need to change this for maps that are larger than screen size
    //CGSize viewSize = TEST_IMAGE_SIZE; // TODO: - Mark Kim must change this viewSize
    CGSize viewSize = CGSizeMake(IMAGE_PIXEL_STEP_X, IMAGE_PIXEL_STEP_Y);

    uint8 data[4];

    CGRect viewRect = pixelRectForSprite(self.view, 0);
    int offsetX = (int)viewRect.origin.x;
    int offsetY = (int)viewRect.origin.y;
    int widthInPixels = (int)viewRect.size.width;
    int heightInPixels = (int)viewRect.size.height;

    NSDate *start = [NSDate date];
    CCRenderTexture *renderTexture = [[CCRenderTexture alloc] initWithWidth:viewSize.width
                                                                     height:viewSize.height
                                                                pixelFormat:kCCTexture2DPixelFormat_RGBA8888];
    CGFloat time_init_render_texture = fabs([start timeIntervalSinceNow]);
    [renderTexture beginWithClear:1 g:1 b:1 a:0];
    CGFloat time_begin_with_clear = fabs([start timeIntervalSinceNow]) - time_init_render_texture;
    [self.view visit];
    CGFloat time_view_visit = fabs([start timeIntervalSinceNow]) - time_begin_with_clear;

    for (int i = offsetY; i < (heightInPixels + offsetY); ++i) {
        for (int j = offsetX; j < (widthInPixels + offsetX); ++j) {
            NSDate *start_read_data = [NSDate date];
            CGPoint pixelPoint = ccp(j, i);
            glReadPixels(pixelPoint.x, pixelPoint.y, 1, 1, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);
            double time_gl_read_pixels = fabs([start_read_data timeIntervalSinceNow]);
            BMPixelInfo *pixelInfo = [[BMPixelInfo alloc] init];
            pixelInfo.isClear = [self _isPixelClear:data];
            [_pixelData addObject:pixelInfo];
            [pixelInfo release];

            double time_add_object_to_array = fabs([start_read_data timeIntervalSinceNow]) - time_gl_read_pixels;
            //debug(@"[1] ### time_gl_read_pixels: %f", time_gl_read_pixels);
            //debug(@"[2] ### time_add_object_to_array: %f", time_add_object_to_array);
        }
    }
    CGFloat time_pixel_data = fabs([start timeIntervalSinceNow]) - time_view_visit;

    //debug(@"widthInPixels: %d heightInPixels: %d pixelData count: %d", widthInPixels, heightInPixels, [_pixelData count]);
    [renderTexture end];
    [renderTexture release];
    CGFloat time_end_render_texture = fabs([start timeIntervalSinceNow]) - time_pixel_data;
    //debug(@"[1] ### time_init_render_texture: %f", time_init_render_texture);
    //debug(@"[2] ### time_begin_with_clear: %f", time_begin_with_clear);
    //debug(@"[3] ### time_view_visit: %f", time_view_visit);
    //debug(@"[4] ### time_pixel_data: %f", time_pixel_data);
    //debug(@"[5] ### time_end_render_texture: %f", time_end_render_texture);

    // move self.view to final position after setup
    self.view.position = _spriteInfo.finalPosition;

    //debug(@"setup duration: %f", fabs([start timeIntervalSinceNow]));
    return fabs([start timeIntervalSinceNow]);
}

- (CGFloat)_reloadData
{
    NSDate *start = [NSDate date];

    [self _reloadSurfaces];
    //debug(@"[2] ### surface duration: %f", fabs([start timeIntervalSinceNow]));
    //NSDate *delegate_start = [NSDate date];
    if (_delegate) {
        [_delegate ground:self didReloadData:_edgePoints];
    } else {
        debug(@"WARNING: not using delegate in BMGround!");
    }
    //debug(@"[3] ### didReloadData duration: %f read_pixel_debug_count: %d", fabs([delegate_start timeIntervalSinceNow]), read_pixel_debug_count);
    return fabs([start timeIntervalSinceNow]);
}

- (CGFloat)reload
{
    read_pixel_debug_count = 0;
    CGFloat setupTime = 0.0;
    CGFloat reloadTime = 0.0;
    if ([_pixelData count] == 0) {
        setupTime = [self _setupData];
        //debug(@"[1] ### setup data time: %f", setupTime);
    }
    reloadTime = [self _reloadData];
    return (setupTime + reloadTime);
}

// TODO: - Mark Kim - can optimize this by checking if the damage radius even touches any solid pixels
// if damage radius doesn't touch any solid pixels, then you don't have to reload the ground
- (void)removeGroundWithDamage:(BMDamage *)damage
{
    CCMutableTexture2D *tex = (CCMutableTexture2D *)self.view.texture;
    CGRect texPixelRect = pixelRectForSprite(self.view, 0);
    removePixelsFromTexture(tex, texPixelRect, damage.centerPoint, damage.radius, _pixelData);
}

- (void)logColorForPoint:(CGPoint)touchPoint
{
    CCRenderTexture *renderTexture = [[CCRenderTexture alloc] initWithWidth:self.view.contentSize.width
                                                                     height:self.view.contentSize.height
                                                                pixelFormat:kCCTexture2DPixelFormat_RGBA8888];

    uint8 data[4];
    CGPoint pixelPoint = ccpMult(touchPoint, CC_CONTENT_SCALE_FACTOR());

    [renderTexture beginWithClear:0 g:0 b:0 a:0];

    [self.view visit];
    ++read_pixel_debug_count;
    glReadPixels((GLint)pixelPoint.x, (GLint)pixelPoint.y, 1, 1, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);

    [renderTexture end];
    [renderTexture release];

    debug(@"R: %u, G: %u, B: %u, A: %u", data[0], data[1], data[2], data[3]);
}

+ (id)groundWithDelegate:(id<BMGroundDelegate>)delegate
                viewInfo:(BMSpriteInfo *)viewInfo
{
    return [[[self alloc] initWithDelegate:delegate
                                  viewInfo:viewInfo] autorelease];
}

- (id)initWithDelegate:(id<BMGroundDelegate>)delegate viewInfo:(BMSpriteInfo *)viewInfo
{
    if (self = [super init]) {
        self.modelType = kGroundModel;
        self.view = viewInfo.view;

        _spriteInfo = [viewInfo retain];
        surface_debug_count = 0;
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        _edgePoints = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
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        _delegate = delegate;
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    return self;
}

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Smith Seckman Reid - Sports Lighting Around Reliable Electrical Systems
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Sports Lighting Around Reliable Electrical Systems
Unfortunately for the players of Super Bowl XLVII, any on-field action is probably the third-most memorable event for the casual viewer. The 2013 game is most known for either Beyoncé's halftime show or for the lights going out early in the third quarter. Parts of the stadium went dark for over thirty minutes, leaving fans and viewers confused. No, Beyoncé didn't cause the blackout; an "abnormality" in the power system due to the relay protection system triggered an automatic shutdown, forcing backup systems to kick in.
As venues become more technology driven and the increased emphasis on an elevated fan experience continues, facility managers and the engineers that support them are working behind the scenes to ensure that the electrical systems are designed to handle everything, including sports and event lighting, network driven technology, fan comfort, and fan safety.
Designing the lighting for an arena or stadium takes a different approach than for a hospital, classroom, or commercial office building. A great sports lighting system does more than just illuminate the field of play, it impacts the comfort of spectators and ensures a quality television broadcast for fans watching at home. Experienced electrical engineers and designers understand the differences in system configurations for practice, recreational, and facilities used for national broadcast events. They know to consider a venue's capacity and the distances from which spectators are viewing the action when designing the lighting system. Sports lighting designers must consider vertical and horizontal illuminance (and televised vs non-televised venues), uniformity, glare restriction, shadows, color, and flickering on the field of play; they are also responsible for lighting the fans, reducing light pollution in the area surrounding the facility, and safety lighting.
It's important for a design team to understand the design of a sports lighting system should not only be efficient, but it needs to be flexible and automated. In the design of complex venues, we have controls systems that integrate a complex universe of separate systems into one operational interface that can be scheduled from a single source. Many venues will now have DMX for the stadium and arena bowl and event lighting, interior lighting controls designed down to each space and fixture, and controls for any theatrical lighting in the bowl. The event technology manager can preprogram and schedule scenes for the entire building down to specific days and events. It's also important that the system allows for flexibility to modify that programming on-the-fly inside during an event when there is a team win, emergency alert, or adjustment to a pregame routine to flash the arena bowl lighting. Lighting is there to be color-tuned and express the emotion of the events as they happen in real time, all while giving operational control to the building staff to focus on energy consumption.
Reliability and Redundancy
A resilient electrical system is designed so that the delivery of power to the stadium or arena has multiple levels of reliability and redundancy at the utility and into the building's electrical distribution. The design team, with the owner, should work with the local utility to negotiate the best scenario of power to the site based on the owner's most critical success factors. It's imperative to study the risk associated at each level of distribution: utility, building distribution at each quadrant, and all the way to the branch, end-use point of connection. Each of these levels can be metered independently to provide the operator with energy trend data for the ability to optimize the usage of their building, while maintaining operational costs.
For many venues, the electrical equipment is designed and procured two years before the building, which is often expected to be technologically state-of-the-art when it comes online. It is important that your design team has the experience of how these buildings tie together at the end of construction with considerations towards sponsorships, signage, video boards, wireless cellular technologies similar to 5G implementation, network infrastructure, etc.
Just as important is understanding where the power components want to be clustered and designing a system around flexibility and adaptability. With the continuous development in technology, systems should allow a venue to swap out yesterday's technology for the latest system without redesigning and replacing an entire switchboard section. It takes actualized data history to design these systems effectively and provide the most advantageous cost benefit to the owners and operators.
What's next for the future of these facilities? We continue to see the emphasis placed on the fan and player experience with both safety and comfort in mind. It's important to remember that everyone is attending a game or event for the experience, connection, and community surrounding them. With that, we see emerging technologies continuing to drive these experiences for more adaptable and flexible electrical systems to react quickly to the needs of the building and ensure there is no break in the action.
For those of you wondering, after play resumed, the Biltmore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers 34-31.
Chase Center – Technology
For the Chase Center in San Francisco, CA (home to the NBA's Golden State Warriors), there was a late shift to integrate 5G technology into the building. The team wanted the flexibility to build on technologies like augmented reality and app-based experiences, real time data analytics driving fan experience, and intelligent automation, to name a few. We also knew they needed a design that was flexible, scalable, and secure. SSR looked at each piece of equipment being installed, taking time to understand its capacity and power requirements in both the AC and DC systems. By doing this, we were able to reduce the requested amount of power from the initial ask of 5,000 amps down to 1,000 amps based on more understanding around the equipment and educating our low voltage partners on power design versus what was requested for supply.
Little Caesars Arena – Designing for NHL and NBA
Little Caesar's Arena in Detroit, MI, opened in the fall of 2017 as the new home to the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and NBA's Detroit Pistons. One of the primary challenges for the project was a decision during the construction phase to modify the arena from an NHL hockey-only venue to one that would accommodate the Pistons as well. This specific challenge required SSR to redevelop the arena bowl lighting in a way that would provide the best-in-class lighting for both NHL and NBA events. We considered how each system would integrate and be controlled so that we could design the electrical infrastructure around the energy usage. All of this was being designed as the structure was going up. SSR was able to work cohesively with the client, both professional leagues, the contractor team, and our suppliers to provide the best solution at the time. We had to keep in mind the color temperature requirements for both leagues were different, along with aiming toward different playing surface dimensions. SSR was able to leverage strong relationships with each league to get the best expertise in the room to provide the optimal solution for both playing conditions.
Allegiant Stadium – Design with the Future of NFL Stadiums in Mind
Allegiant Stadium is currently under construction in Las Vegas, NV and will be the new home to the Raiders NFL franchise. The stadium is fitted with 65,000 seats, a translucent EFTE roof, a movable playing field tray with natural grass, and an operable wall facing the Las Vegas strip. The stadium is scheduled to be complete and open in August of 2020.
The original architectural design vision for the interior of the stadium bowl included decorative "ribbon" elements that ring and frame the upper seating areas with a combination of LED displays and bowl ductwork. After many design iterations of focus on the catwalk location with the ribbon and bowl ductwork elements, the sports lighting design was studied to ensure the proper aiming angles could still be achieved to provide best-in-class lighting on the field and reduce glare, including skip glare, for the fans and broadcast cameras.
With a desire to host a Vegas-sized Super Bowl, electrical system reliability was at the forefront of the decision-making design process and how our team could provide a rightsized system for all the needs of the stadium. Anticipating the technology needs around a robust wireless network and ensuring an adaptable system to maximize the fan experience were some of the keys to success in determining the best approach to how the system was configured.
For comments or questions, contact Scott Terry, PE at 615.460.0538 or sterry@ssr-inc.com.


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Jvail
The Wizard and St. Nick (Offerman)
From Floating Coast to the Sea of Grass
Partaking of the Miraculous
by jvail September 10, 2021
As mentioned previously in this space, several excellent books on whales and ocean life washed ashore among the flotsam of the first pandemic year, Floating Coast and Fathoms, to name two favorites. So I stopped in my tracks when I chanced upon a review of a new book called Albert and the Whale.
The book is written by Philip Hoare, an eccentric whale-loving Englishman, professor of creative writing, creator of the Moby Dick Big Read, author of books like Leviathan, or the Whale; The Sea Inside; and RisingTideFallingStar. The reviewer (Sue Prideaux, in the New Statesman) wrote so well about Albert and the Whale that I was hooked.
Not far into it, I realized that this book is as much "How Philip Hoare Imagines our World" as it is about how art does -- despite its subtitle. But I like Mr. Hoare and his many interests, his habit of swimming in any water he happens upon (no matter the season or circumstances), the depth and breadth of his knowledge, the way Starman (David Bowie) keeps popping up, his quirky style, and his portrait like Marcel Marceau's Bip staring through the eye of a whale. As I made my way back in time and around the world with Hoare, Durer, and a cast of dozens, I kept experiencing feelings of deja vu that, when they resolved themselves, often made me reach for a book that I hadn't even thought about for some time.
This happened first with the aforementioned review, before I even opened Hoare's book: Prideaux's synopsis brought to mind Guy Davenport, "poet, novelist, book illustrator, essayist nonpareil, raconteur indefatigable, master of humane inquiry," as The New Criterion described him. The glittery web of connections emanating from whatever subject Hoare describes echoes Davenport's erudite style, and is at times nearly as overwhelming. When done well it can be jaw-dropping, but unfortunately Hoare doesn't consistently do it well, the result sometimes looking more like one of those spider webs woven by a drugged spider.
Reading on, I was reminded of Gay Talese's famous 1966 non-interview, "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" -- Albert and the Whale is about Albert and a whale the way Talese's interview with Sinatra proceeds without Sinatra. Durer's (dead) whale washed out to sea before he got to see it, yet Hoare uses it as a pivot point for a 300-page ramble. Durer had an excellent imagination, etching or making woodcuts of creatures he never saw, like walruses and winged angels, yet he worked with scientific rigor, traveling twice from Nuremberg to Italy to study perspective and human proportion. His paintings of feathers, hares, and clumps of turf remain unsurpassed 500 years later.
Indeed, one of the works for which Durer is best known is a portrait of another animal he didn't get to see: an Indian rhinoceros. The story is a bit more dramatic than a washed-away whale, and for a writer other than Hoare probably would have served as the tale on which to base a book. As a matter of fact...
Nature writer David Quammen once penned an essay about this very episode, titled "The Boilerplate Rhino." These days he's on the pandemic beat (which he anticipated in several books), but do check out his nature essays. In The Boilerplate Rhino, Quammen fleshes out Durer's rhinoceros experience a bit more than Hoare does, and adds some science to the art as well.
Think of it -- a time when images of animals like walruses and rhinos barely existed. Like the conquistadors encountering bison in North America just a few years later, people barely even had words to describe them. Animals lived as we dreamed them, until artists portrayed them and technology advanced enough to make the images widespread. Durer, with his crisp and easily-reproduced woodcuts and engravings, was at the avant-garde of that era. He was also, as Hoare and others have described, the first self-portraitist, a generation ahead of Rembrandt, spreading his own image far and wide.
After more on Durer and his works and travels, Hoare leaves Albert behind and takes a long detour. It's a dreamlike game of connect-the-dots with Hoare picking the dots he finds interesting: Melville, Thomas Mann, Goethe, Auden, Marianne Moore, Percy and Mary Shelley, W.G. Sebald. There are others, and Albert sometimes briefly reappears. Eventually Hoare inserts himself, to expound on Conrad Gesner and his bestiary, and to swim with whales.
Then he, or his publisher, throws us for a loop: several pages of color plates are inserted near the end of the book, rather than in the customary middle. The reader figures the text is over, but after the plates comes a chapter called "Beautiful," which is indeed beautiful. Quirky, of course, but still. Hoare finds Durer and somehow ties it all together. He goes swimming again.
-Jake Vail is an Information Services Assistant at Lawrence Public Library.


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Italian Populist Leader Slams EU and NGOs 'Funding and Planning' Migrant Crisis
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The leader of Italy's populist Northern League party has described the migrant crisis as an "invasion" that is being orchestrated by Brussels after European Union (EU)-backed NGOs were accused of working with people smugglers.
"You can't any longer speak about immigration but about an invasion organised, funded and planned by Brussels with the complicity of Rome," Matteo Salvini said Monday, according to ANSA.
On Twitter, Mr. Salvini also suggested Europe is "funding shipwrecks, mafia and Islamic terrorism" and called for border checks to be "moved to North Africa".
Several NGOs and charities, some EU-funded, are now under investigation for allegedly exploiting migrants and colluding with people smugglers and the mafia. Some groups have been accused of arranging to meet migrant boats just a few miles off the African coast and taking bribes from criminals.
Italian prosecutors are already investigating one group and Trapani prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio in May claimed that some NGOs were "perhaps" financed by traffickers and were potentially seeking to "destabilise the Italian economy".
Other NGOs, such as the EU-backed S.O.S. Mediterranee, are not accused of criminality but have been criticised for running a "taxi services" from near the African coast and effectively encouraging illegal crossings.
The Aquarius rescue Ship run by NGO S.O.S. Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres arrives in the port of Salerno with 1004 migrants including 240 children rescued in the Mediterranean sea, on May 26 2017. (CARLO HERMANN/AFP/Getty)
According to ASNA, Mr. Salvini placed some blame on the Italian government, calling the ruling Democratic Party (PD) "an accomplice to this invasion along with the [left-wing] cooperatives and the pseudo-aid associations".
Adding: "The calls from Brussels and Strasbourg for respecting the migrant programme are ridiculous.
"I'm waiting for elections so that Italy can defend its borders again. Give me the interior ministry for three months and you'll see what order and efficiency I bring back from north to south all over Italy.
"I won't wait for Strasbourg, nor Brussels or Merkel."
In the first three months of 2017, Italy experienced a 30 per cent jump in immigration compared with the same period of 2016, despite the prior year's record-breaking figures.
According to official reports, during 2016, only 2.65 per cent of those immigrating into Italy were awarded asylum as refugees, with the vast majority staying on in the country as illegal, undocumented immigrants.
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Liberal Democrats leader Sir Vince Cable has called for a break-up of the Big Four accounting firms in reaction to concerns raised over the audit of Carillion, the failed building giant.
The Financial Reporting (FRC), which regulates the accounting profession, announced on 29 January it was investigating KPMG's audit of Carillion.
In an interview with Financial Director, Cable says he is in favour of breaking up accountancy firms PwC, KPMG, EY and Deloitte because of the effect of a lack of market competition on company audits.
It follows last week's comments from Labour MP Frank Field, chair of the work and pensions committee that is investigating the collapse of Carillion, regarding the possibility of breaking up the Big Four.
"I was rather in favour of that idea," says Cable. "It was something I tried to get the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to look at when I was in coalition government, but they weren't keen to take it on," he says.
Cable says that what was put in place instead was a rotation policy for auditors where the same auditor can't be kept permanently in place.
"I think these [accountancy] firms are for the most part honest and highly competent, but there is this perception regarding Chinese walls- it doesn't inspire confidence in the wider public. "I think you've got to do more and having a more competitive industry is clearly desirable," he says.
The former chief economist of Shell acknowledges "it's difficult for a FTSE100 company to be audited by a firm nobody has ever heard of". But he adds: "I would want the competition authorities to look at the industry with a view to whether there should be a structural remedy- that could involve divestment or breaking up some of the firms," he says.
In terms of wider corporate governance, Cable says there are a number of areas that could be improved. "There are clearly weaknesses in the system of corporate governance– some of which we tried to deal with in the coalition government and made some progress," he says.
On corporate pay, Cable says he is in favour of publishing ratios. He says he is also in favour of more worker representation on boards. "I'm also in favour of shareholders being required to publish their voting," he says. "They're all ways you can toughen up the system," he adds.
Regarding diversity, he says that although under his leadership a push took place to get more women on boards, it's not gone far enough. "We started with ethnic diversity, but again not enough has been done, although there's a recognition of what needs to be done," he insists.
On the recent challenges at retail group Bhs and Carillion, Cable says the mechanism of dealing with firms in trouble through the insolvency regime needs to be reconsidered. "It has its strengths, but I think what has now become very clear is that when you have big, complex companies collapsing- enormous amounts of collateral damage is done to good companies.
"We've got to find a way of stopping that. I suggested in parliament we look at American Chapter 11-style processes and or a three month moratorium in important cases where instead of automatically going into liquidation you have a pause so you can protect the supply chain," he adds.


Brave enough to enter Eastern State Penitentiary's haunted attraction "Terror Behind the Walls"?
The haunted attraction "Terror Behind the Walls" at Eastern State Penitentiary in Fairmount will open for the 2017 season on Friday, Sept. 22.
The 196-year-old prison, which has an eerie feel to it even in the daylight, becomes a spine-chilling site for zombies and creatures at night.
There are six attractions within: "Lock Down," "Infirmary," "Break Out!," "Machine Shop," "Quarantine 4-D" and the new "Blood Yard."
All are included in the admission price, which ranges from $19-$50 depending on the date.
When purchasing tickets, there's also an option to become immersed in the terror. Opt for a scary interactive experience and prepare to be grabbed, held back from the group and sent into hidden passageways.
Those who venture into "Blood Yard" will discover a gory site of gnawed bones and decayed flesh.
"The carnage sends a clear message: You could be next. Hunt or be hunted," states "Terror Behind the Walls."
The haunted house within the historic prison does its best to scare attendees each year, consistently ranking among the top haunted attractions in the nation.
"Terror Behind the Walls" will run through Halloween, finishing for the season on Saturday, Nov. 11.


Should quiet be the norm on public transportation? Maybe it all depends on where you are.
Purchasing a vehicle as a traveller or expat is less daunting than you may think.
Here's how I made it happen.
Lending a greater meaning to my work abroad.
Photographing with respect and transparency is primary to being a contributor and not just a kodachrome leech.
Visiting "The Most Beautiful City on Earth"
We all have to see Venice. But at what cost?
You're all packed up and ready to embark on new and exciting challenges! Not so fast.
How exploring architecture can be an exercise in fighting homesickness.
Kyle reflects on the power of humility abroad.
"Guapa" is more than just a catcall on the street; it's praise for a lifestyle.
A study abroad director shares how he landed his ultimate job.
Making the best investment in my future.


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Monday, September 20, 2021 By Associated Press
Democrats Push to Retool Health Care Programs for Millions
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dental work for seniors on Medicare. An end to sky's-the-limit pricing on prescription drugs. New options for long-term care at home. Coverage for low-income people locked out of Medicaid by ideological battles.
Those are just some of the changes to health care that Democrats want to achieve with President Joe Biden's massive "Build Back Better" plan. The $3.5 trillion domestic agenda bill touches almost all aspects of American life, from taxes to climate change, but the health care components are a cornerstone for Democrats, amplified during the COVID-19 crisis.
For the nearly 145 million Americans covered by government health programs, along with their families and communities, the investment in the nation's services could make a difference in the quality of life for decades.
"It's a holistic look at how health care can be not just expanded, but better directed to the needs that people actually have," Kathleen Sebelius, federal health secretary under President Barack Obama, said of the Biden bill. "You've got a plan that's really aimed at the serious gaps in health care that are still causing people to either go totally uninsured, or run out of money in the course of their treatments."
But Democrats can only succeed if they bridge divisions among themselves. Don't look for Republicans to help.
With Medicare's long-term finances under a cloud, Republicans say now is not the time to add new benefits. They are planning to oppose not just the health care provisions, but the entire Biden package, voting lockstep against it as too big, costly and a slide toward "socialism."
Mindful of the politics ahead, Democrats are assembling the package with their slim hold on Congress. Instead of launching new experiments that many progressives prefer, they have chosen to plow more resources into existing programs, from Medicare and Medicaid enacted during the Great Society to the Obama-era Affordable Care Act.
It's a compromise, of sorts, led by Biden's approach, paid for by taxes on corporations and the wealthy, those earning more than $400,000, as well as savings on prescription drug prices paid by the government to the pharmaceutical companies.
"I've said many times before: I believe we're at an inflection point in this country — one of those moments where the decisions we're about to make can change — literally change — the trajectory of our nation for years and possibly decades to come," Biden said in remarks last week at the White House.
Polling has shown that core health care provisions appeal to voters across political lines. Many Republican voters, for example, generally approve of Medicare negotiating prescription drug prices, even if GOP lawmakers do not. While the Obama health law focused mainly on helping uninsured working-age people and their families, Biden's coda puts a big emphasis on older people, who also happen to be reliable midterm election voters.
Major health care provisions in the mix include:
—Authorizing Medicare to negotiate prices for the costliest drugs, including insulin. Private insurers and employer plans could then access those lower prices. Annual price increases for established drugs would be limited. Seniors' out-of-pocket costs would be capped.
A RAND Corporation study finds such an approach could cut U.S. spending on top drugs by half.
Sharp opposition from the big pharmaceutical companies and key business industry groups have left Democrats divided over the structure of the program.
Four House Democrats opposed the measure during committee votes this past week, enough to tank the entire bill. In the past, they had supported giving Medicare authority to negotiate, but they are expressing a range of concerns about the scope of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan. The Senate could take a somewhat different approach.
Medicare negotiating authority is the linchpin of the health care package because expected savings would be used to provide new benefits.
—Expanding Medicare to cover dental care, vision, and hearing aids for seniors. This provision, championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has been a long time coming. Vision care would begin the latter part of next year and hearing aids in 2023, but in an apparent concession to costs, dental coverage would not start until 2028.
—Building on Obama health law. The idea is to provide health insurance to more than 2 million low-income people in GOP-led states that have rejected the Medicaid expansion of "Obamacare." The workaround is a top health equity demand for Black lawmakers because many of those caught in the coverage gap are minorities in Southern states.
Biden's plan also calls for making health insurance more affordable for people who buy their own policies by extending a subsidy boost for Obama's health law. The richer subsidies are being temporarily provided in Biden's COVID-19 relief bill to people who lack employer coverage, and the White House wants to make the subsidies permanent. Lawmakers may only be able to meet the president part way.
—Promoting a shift to long-term care in the patient's own home as opposed to nursing facilities, which turned into incubators for the coronavirus as the pandemic spread. Biden had wanted $400 billion for this initiative under Medicaid, but it looks like Congress will give him about half that.
—Permanently funding the politically popular Children's Health Insurance Program so it's not subject to recurring votes in Congress that could disrupt services.
—Improving maternal health by providing postpartum coverage for 12 months through Medicaid.
With key centrist Democrats, including Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, saying the overall $3.5 trillion price tag is too high, Democrats are looking for ways to cut costs, either by eliminating some programs or, more likely, shaving some costs or duration off what has been proposed.
Other Democrats, though, warned that a slimmer package might disappoint voters who sent them to Washington on their promises to make big changes.
"My constituents are expecting me to deliver, and I'm committed to doing it," said Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., whose professional background is in health care policy.
Biden's approval rating has taken a dive following the chaotic and violent consequences of the U.S. exit from Afghanistan and the resurgence of coronavirus at home after he proclaimed the pandemic was waning, and as Democrats in Congress look ahead to next year's midterm elections.
Democratic pollster Celinda Lake said the health care provisions in the budget bill appeal to lawmakers' own instincts for self-preservation. The proposals resonate with older voters and women, two key groups in the 2022 contests, with Democrats battling to hold on to the House.
"If you want to protect yourself in your district, you ought to double down on the health care provisions," she said.
Pictured: In this June 13, 2019, file photo a dentist smooths out the edges of new 3D printed dentures in Huntsville, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)


Using a stochastic frontier production model, this working paper quantifies the extent of technical efficiency and identifies exogenous determinants of inefficiency among small-scale honey producers in Ethiopia.
Results show that traditional practices dominate the apiculture sub-sector in Ethiopia. The findings also reveal that the use of purchased inputs such as bee forage and supplement is very limited among honey producers, indicating that natural bee forage is the primary source of food supply for bees.
The immediate consequence of all these is low production and productivity. The number of hives a household owns, whether a household used improved apiculture technologies, availability of natural forest, which is the primary sources of nectar for bees, and amount of land owned by a households were found to have a significant influence on the amount of honey produced by beekeepers. Our results further show that the mean technical efficiency of honey producers is 0.79 implying that, on average, honey producers produce 80% of the maximum output.
The implication is that 20% of the potential output is lost due to technical inefficiency. The number of hives owned by a honey producer, distance to district town, proximity to market access and household wealth, affect the technical efficiency of honey producers.
The findings suggest that policies that aim to expand the use of improved hives are expected to increase the honey production at household level. The results also suggest that investment on rural infrastructure would be instrumental in improving technical efficiency of honey producers.
Shiferaw, K. and Gebremedhin, B. 2016. Technical efficiency of small-scale honey producers in Ethiopia: A stochastic frontier analysis. LIVES Working Paper 20. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.


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Crossroads TV Segment Inspires Preservation
A recent segment for Crossroads on WIWU-TV could help save historically significant structures in the city of Marion. The story, produced by IWUCom faculty member and Director of Broadcast Media, Dr. Randall E. King, showcases the work of "Save Our Seven" (S.O.S), a group of community volunteers who want to preserve some of Marion's important buildings.
In less than 48 hours after first airing the story and posting it online, more than 5,000 people had at least seen the headline and photos on social media and many shared it with friends, according to Facebook statistics from the WIWU-TV page and other sources.
"Clearly, lots of people care about preserving these Marion icons," King said. "It is great when you do something that connects with a lot of people and we hope it helps S.O.S. get the word out."
The list of seven includes several buildings designed by prominent African-American architect Samuel Plato, such as the one recently known as Aunt Sue's Tea Room near the downtown square. Plato spent 19 years in Marion in the early part of the 20th century, designing and supervising construction of numerous projects that put black and white construction crews together, according to Grant County historian Bill Munn, Vice-President of S.O.S..
Other buildings include the former Marion National Bank on the downtown square, the Old Catholic Rectory on Adams Street and the Swayzee-Love mansion on Washington Street. S.O.S. had additional structures on its watch list and keeps tabs on changes in the city through a Wikipedia site and Facebook group called "Disappearing Marion."
For King, the story was another reminder how university media can serve the community through telling its stories.
"We keep Crossroads on the air year round, telling these stories about the people and places in our community," he said. "I hope the students who work on this show, or any of our other communication organizations have a chance to see their work connect with people on things that matter."
Watch the Crossroads video:
Crossroads Lights Up the Summer
Media Com Major Can Chase the News


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Figure Study I	1945–1946
National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Study for a Self Portrait	1963
National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Study for a Portrait	1952
Figure Study II
Kirklees Museums and Galleries
Three Studies for a Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne	1965
Pope I (Study after Pope Innocent X by Diego Velázquez)	1951
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Study for a Portrait of P. L., No. 2	1957
Francis Bacon (b Dublin, 28 Oct. 1909; d Madrid, 28 Apr. 1992). British painter, born in Ireland of English parents. He left home in 1925 at the age of 16 and moved to London, where he worked for a time as an interior decorator. In the late 1920s he lived in Berlin and then Paris (where he was powerfully affected by an exhibition of Picasso's work), then returned to London in 1929. He had no formal training as a painter.
In the 1930s he began exhibiting in London commercial galleries, but he destroyed much of his early work and dropped out of sight until 1945, when his Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (Tate, London), painted in the previous year, was exhibited at the Lefevre Gallery, London, and made him overnight the most controversial painter in the country. John Russell (Francis Bacon, 1971) writes that visitors to the exhibition were shocked by 'images so unrelievedly awful that the mind shut snap at the sight of them. Their anatomy was half-human, half-animal, and they were confined in a low-ceilinged, windowless and oddly proportioned space. They could bite, probe, and suck, and they had very long eel-like necks, but their functioning in other respects was mysterious. Ears and mouths they had, but two at least were sightless. One was unpleasantly bandaged.' Bacon's imagery later became more naturalistic, but at the same time the emotional impact of his work was increased by a change in technique, as he moved away from fairly impersonal brushwork to develop a highly distinctive handling of paint, by means of which he smudged and twisted faces and bodies into ill-defined jumbled protuberances suggestive of formless, slug-like creatures from some nightmare fantasy: 'I would like my pictures to look as if a human being had passed between them, like a snail, leaving a trail of the human presence and memory trace of past events as the snail leaves its slime.' Typically his paintings show single figures in isolation or despair, set in a bleak, sometimes cage-like space, and at times accompanied by hunks of raw meat: 'we are all meat, we are potential carcasses'. Often his work was based on his own everyday world (he did numerous self-portraits), but he also used imagery from photographs and film-stills as a starting point. In particular he based a series of paintings (begun in 1951) on Velázquez's celebrated portrait of Pope Innocent X, but in place of the implacable expression of the original, he sometimes gave the pope a screaming face derived from a still from Sergei Eisenstein's film The Battleship Potemkin.Bacon's work was so novel and unsettling that for many years 'Critics and public vacillated uneasily between the opinions that he was a flashy sensationalist and that he was the most significant painter whom Britain had produced for several generations' (John Rothenstein, Francis Bacon, 1967). In 1962, however, a retrospective exhibition of 90 of his paintings was held at the Tate Gallery, London, subsequently touring to several venues on the Continent, and this event firmly established him as a major figure. Thereafter his international reputation grew rapidly, and in the catalogue of a second major retrospective exhibition at the Tate, in 1985, the director of the Gallery, Alan Bowness, wrote that Bacon was 'surely the greatest living painter; no artist in our century has presented the human predicament with such insight and feeling'. Many critics at the time concurred in this judgement, although others found his despairing vision—his view of life as a 'game without reason'—hard to take. Alongside his reputation as a painter he built up a sulphurous personal legend on account of his promiscuous homosexuality, hard drinking, and heavy gambling.
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Sabandija is a hard rock band formed in Santiago, Chile in 2005. I am on vocals and guitar, the visual artist Max Reid on drums and Igor Barrenechea on bass. Sabandija takes influences from classic hard rock, doom and sludge metal and punk. Lyrics go from reptilian themes, to the doom of mankind, always with an acid sense of humour. We have recorded two serious albums that can be found on band camp; "Anales de la Mierda" (2009) and "Squamata" (2012). Check them on band camp: http://sabandija.bandcamp.com.


Live Through This, Celebrity Skin and Nobody's Daughter are all incredible albums, and though America's Sweetheart is patchy, it has it's moments of brilliance also. If someone else was going to praise this craptasatic article in this thread, I was gonna go ballistic. The last thing he said to her was "Hole's gunna be huge". Absolutely no bigotry or hateful language. I live like 3 miles from BNSF's world headquarters. Just a possible theory. Imgur, Gfycat, or RedditUpload for images, Please.
I pursued her round the country, losing more and more weight until I finally tracked her down in the VIP area at Reading festival.
They were trying to be The Pixies A big smile and then some for Wendy's. Even if they had the only fair way to compare would be on a per album average which would really favour Nirvana. Asare plans to use the platform to take listeners into his daily experience. I pretty much always agree with the things you say TheVioletReality. Grim O'GradyMar 25, Dave is one the dullest songwriters of all time and I have literally no time for their boring MOR mediocre nonsense.


Here is the scoop on area haunted houses. Please, if you know of any others, let me know.
The Dark Zone, operated by the Exchange Club of Brandon, Mississippi, is located in the soccer fields behind Rogers Dabbs Chevrolet. October 23 and 24. $10 a person.
Lake Harbor VFD Haunted House. All the information you need is here. October 23 and 24. $5 a person.
House of the Haunted Fields at 2744 Fairchilds Road in Raymond. Facebook Page. Webpage.


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The Anglo-Boer War Museum
by Candy Blackham | posted in: Home, South Africa | 0
In the grounds of the Museum there are interesting sights: a hospital, train, blockhouse, replica guns, and a memorial graveyard.
The British built blockhouses at intervals of no more than 1,000 yards along the railway lines in order to stop the Boers. The plan was to drive the Boers towards the blockhouses and force a surrender or capture.
A replica British blockhouse
Train and watertank used by the British in the war
The Boers had more sophisticated weaponry than the British had expected. They had four French Creusot Cannon, 'Long Toms' – drawn by 16 oxen in the field – which were bought in 1897 and placed around Pretoria. The Boers used mainly Mauser Rifles and in 1896 the Transvaal Government ordered 70,000, of which 55,000 were delivered. These were smokeless and fast-loading. On mobilisation the Boers were required to equip themselves with a horse, saddle, gun, and ammunition for eight days. (Good article here.)
A replica of the 155mm Creusot Gun used by the Boers, the 'Long Tom'
Boers with Long Tom en route to Kimberley (http://www.sa-cannon.com/long_tom.html#.VtgL8JOLTow)
Boers with Long Tom in action in Mafeking (http://www.sa-cannon.com/long_tom.html#.VtgL8JOLTow)
Mauser 1895 Rifle (http://archives.collectorsfirearms.com/?category=905&subcategory=1002&page=3&category=&product=AL2912)
Boers armed with Mauser Rifles (http://www.shootingtimes.com/long-guns/longgun_reviews_st_boermodel_201007/)
The British field gun was the Ordnance BL 15 Pounder and there is a replica in the Museum. Their rifles were Martini-Henrys and Lee-Enfields.
Replica of a gun used by the British forces
Australians with Field Gun (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AustraliansAnd15pounder1901BoerWar.jpeg)
Ordnance BL 15 Pounder at Pretoria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_BL_15_pounder)
The small memorial graveyard in the grounds remembers British soldiers who were buried in unknown graves, and a plaque commemorates the bravery of Corporal Beet, who was not killed in the war.
Memorial graveyard
Corporal Harry Churchill Beet VC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Churchill_Beet)
It had been a sobering morning and we were fortunate to linger in a cool cafe courtyard in the Museum with a pretty water fountain, away from the 35C heat.
Anglo-Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein, Guns


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India's Casinos Caught Up In An Election Scandal
India's General Elections begun on Aprill 11th and will continue until May 19th, but there is already controversy surrounding the elections now that a casino has been caught adding migrant workers names to the electoral roll.
The Times of India has reported that hundreds of migrant casino workers in Goa have had their names added to India's electoral roll even though they are not allowed to vote. This accusation has already ruffled some feathers as the revenue minister has filed an official complaint to the chief electoral officer.
Rohan Khaunte filed his complaint in March alleging that over 820 Casino Pride staff members were added to the electoral roll with their knowledge. Most of the migrant population comes from other Indian states. Khaunte says that all the names had been added from the same IP address and that the director of the Casino Pride Group and the chief electoral officer could be behind the scandal.
Rohan Khaunte went on to say that he believes the casino group was trying to influence the election including the Lok Sabha. Minister Khaunte believes that the votes would have been used to elect officials that have favorable opinions of casinos and how they operate.
Srinivas Nayak is the assistant chief electoral officer. He said that he has already confirmed the names of over 820 migrants added to the roll, but some of the registrations were rejected due to other circumstances. Nayak told reports that his office is taking the claims very seriously. Khaunted eventually pointed the finger at Nayak and called for an investigation into his district and other areas of Goa.
Casino Pride is an offshore casino group that is licensed to operate in India. Several of their casinos are floating casinos that operate just offshore. The Indian Travel Awards had previously given the casino group the best casino award.
States across India have very different gambling laws and only a few allow domestic casinos or technically offshore casinos. India residents are also allowed to use legal online casinos that are licensed to offer online wagering games to India residents.
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Casinos Are Important Says Goa Chief Minister But Ruling Party Disagrees


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The Tingler
Bringing in the wet dog, my pal Carole made a joke about Odorama – the provenance here being that she's a Baltimore girl, and Baltimore native son John Waters used a gimmick in his more-or-less mainstream debut, Polyester, that was a scratch'n'sniff card, smells keyed to scenes in the movie.
Lest you think this utterly without precedent, think again. John Waters, like Tarantino and Martin Scorsese, is very much a movie nut, and knows his history. Tarantino might champion Sergio Corbucci and a picture like The Great Silence, Scorsese is of course hugely influential in the preservation of significant landmark pictures, many of them marginalized or forgotten. It's no less serious of John Waters to find inspiration in the movies of a Russ Meyer or William Castle.
Russ Meyer was, famously, a schlockmeister. You could argue that Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is at least on some level a masterwork, but it's still trash. Terrific trash, maybe. On the other hand, Shock Corridor or The Naked Kiss it ain't. Meyer doesn't even come close. Sam Fuller made his share of exploitive B's, but he always had thorough discipline. Russ Meyer, let's be honest, was only in thrall to the great state of mammary.
William Castle is a different story. His career begins in the late 1930's, and lasts into the 1970's. A lot of it is pretty lame; some of it is eye-popping. He was on Welles' Lady from Shanghai. Twenty years later, he bought the rights to Rosemary's Baby, but Paramount wouldn't let him direct - they thought his track record with quick-and-dirty horror would hurt the word of mouth on an A-picture.
So, those horror movies. This is where Castle hit his stride. (He's actually contemporaneous with the glory days of Hammer gothic, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.) The first was Macabre, in 1958, and it was the first where Castle used medicine-show marketing. Along with your ticket, you got an insurance policy from Lloyd's of London: IF IT FRIGHTENS YOU TO DEATH - YOU'LL BE BURIED FREE OF CHARGE. The House on Haunted Hill, Vincent Price, where the theater went completely dark and the spooky soundtrack started before the picture did. And a plastic skeleton dangled over the audience (Castle pitched this as Emerge-O). Then his second picture with Price, The Tingler. The Tingler had an even better device: a few of the seats in the theater were wired for a slight tingling effect, which signaled that the parasitic creature was creeping up your spine - and at which point the ushers were supposed to scream. You see the pattern, here. Even as late as Strait-Jacket, his Joan Crawford ax-murderer picture, he passed out party favor tie-ins, cardboard axes smeared with stage blood.
My personal favorite of Castle's movies is Let's Kill Uncle, which came out in 1966, and is apparently not really considered part of the canon. Maybe because Castle often used name Hollywood actors whose fires were no longer burning bright, like Crawford and Vincent Price, those pictures have a certain camp acidity, and they're not to be taken entirely seriously. Let's Kill Uncle, however, has the great Nigel Green, deliriously over-the-top, as the retired SAS commando major out to murder his nephew for the kid's inheritance. And the shark in the swimming pool.
Castle himself never tried Smell-O-Vision (used but once, Scent of Mystery, 1959) or AromaRama (Behind the Great Wall, same year), so the mischievous sniff test of Odorama John Waters releases in Polyester is more of an homage, Castle-esque rather than a direct application of the Castle merchandising touch. It's satisfyingly retrograde.
Clearly, there are advances which work. Sound, and color. Widescreen, or Dolby digital. 3D is back, not a novelty this time, but here to stay. Smell is of course evocative. They say the most of all our senses. It's probably genetically hard-wired. Who argues? Maybe there's a way to do this. Easy enough to make a theater seat vibrate, after all, to rumble underneath you, or even tip left and right with the G-forces, so you're in the cockpit with Maverick. On the other hand, we'd probably need warning labels, like a product containing peanuts. You get to choose, 3D or flat, subtitles or dubbed, earthbound or zero gravity, scented or fragrance-free.
[In a cute piece of stunt casting John Waters actually got to play Castle in the miniseries Feud, about the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford surrounding Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? In an Oklahoma publicity appearance for Strait-Jacket, Crawford "decapitates" Castle.]
Posted by David Edgerley Gates at 00:00
Labels: 1950s, 1960s, David Edgerley Gates, horror, Joan Crawford, John Waters, Vincent Price, William Castle
Jerry House 13 May, 2020 06:51
The 1993 movie MATINEE features John Goodman as a William Castle-like horror movie promoter during the Cuban missile crisis. Anyone interested in Castle's particular brand of film and promotion should see this flick.
O'Neil De Noux 13 May, 2020 06:57
Good posting. Lot to like in those movies. Jerry's right about MATINEE. I enjoyed that one.
John Floyd 13 May, 2020 08:36
Loved this post. And thanks, Jerry, for the heads-up about MATINEE.
Paul D. Marks 13 May, 2020 09:40
Some fun movies, David. My wife loves The Tingler. It's one of her childhood movies. And ditto on Matinee. Fun, fun movie!
Eve Fisher 13 May, 2020 10:08
I remember The Tingler! And the House on Haunted Hill. So many schlock movies back then. But my favorite is still The Blob with Steve McQueen - the Blob looked exactly like my mother's blackberry jelly, on a large scale...
Eve, I LOVE the original THE BLOG with Steve McQueen and John Belushi (the little boy). And THE TINGLER.
Leigh Lundin 13 May, 2020 20:56
O'Neil's, you've been working long hours!
But we know what you mean.
+1 for Mantinee. Didn't Castle pull off some stunt with Hitler?
I attended a seminar, one of only a couple of guys among a number of community women. To my surprise, they began talking about Russ Meyer in glowing tones. I said, "Russ Meyer… the, uh, movie purveyor?"
"Yes!" they happily gushed, and left me wondering what planet of the Vixens I'd happened upon.
Disney's Epcot featured pumped-in scents, here and there. The only two I can think of offhand are defunct, GE Horizons, that scented miniature orange groves with bitter orange scent, and GM Motion, where Rome burned with an acrid smell.
Seats can be rigged, most notably in the Tree of Life Theatre in Animal Kingdom. You might feel a slight spray of mist or feel a gust of air under your seat.
Russ Meyer? I still don't get it.
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