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Meet the Candidates
By Jenny Rose
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday September 4, 2002
Superintendent of Public Instruction
ext Tuesday, Arizona voters will decide which superintendent of public instruction candidates will advance to the general election.
In addition to acting as the figurehead for K-12 education, the winner of the superintendent seat will have a voting seat on the Arizona Board of Regents.
And as a voting member, the superintendent will have a say in UA related issues including tuition increases, employee raises and building projects.
Matt Ortega, spokesman for the regents, said the position is an important one on the board because Arizona students have traditionally been unprepared for the university system and for the workforce.
By strengthening their understanding of technology ö through the use of proposition 301 money ö Ortega said the superintendent can pave students' way out of K-12.
Jay Blanchard (D)
Personal Information: 56-years-old, married, three children.
Profession: 30 years as a professor at Arizona State University, two years as Arizona state senator, former public school teacher.
Education: Doctorate in reading education from University of Georgia.
At a glance: Blanchard could not be reached to comment specifically on university-related issues, but his Web site and profiles say that Arizona educators need better pay. He also says he wants more leadership in the education system, and sets the goal of having Arizona students achievement rank with the top ten in the nation.
Rod Rich (D)
Personal Information: 53-years-old, married, three children.
Profession: Public school principal, 13 years, former social studies teacher and counselor.
Education: Bachelor of arts in social studies education and master of science in counseling from Purdue University.
At a glance: Rich opposes raising tuition. He says state university funding needs to be restored to the level it was at before budget cuts. He says raising university tuition and not funding the universities properly inevitably causes students to stay in school longer because classes are cut. He says raised tuition constitutes a "hidden tax" for both parents and students.
John C. Zajac (L)
Personal Information: 45-years-old, single.
Profession: Television and radio commercial director and producer, former teacher and SAT coach.
Education: Master of science in biology from Stanford University.
At a glance: Zajac says tuition in the Arizona university system is incredibly low ö especially in comparison with other universities around the country. He says that Arizona's universities are badly under-funded, and one of the only ways to get more money into the university system without waiting for the state economy to turn around is to raise tuition while improving scholarship programs for students that need financial aid.
Keith Bee (R)
Personal Information: 36-years-old, married, three children.
Profession: Small business owner, two years a state House representative.
Education: Bachelor of science in business from UA
At a glance: A strong supporter of the university system, Bee adamantly opposes raising tuition. As a graduate of UA, Bee says he remembers how hard it was to pay for his education. He says the state has a responsibility to make higher education as free as possible.
Tom Horne (R)
Personal Information: 57-years-old, married, four children.
Profession: Lawyer, member of state legislature from 1996-2000, former teacher of legal writing at Arizona State University
Education: Bachelor of arts from Harvard College, jurice doctorate from Harvard Law School.
At a glance: Horne says the state needs to properly fund the university system and would like to see university funding restored to its level before the downfall of the state economy. Horne says it is also important to raise university funding beyond its levels two years ago if the state economy turns around and allows enough money to go to the institutions.
Jaime Molera (R)
Personal Information: 34-years-old, married, one child.
Profession: Current superintendent of public instruction, former policy advisor to Gov. Jane Dee Hull, former director of policy at Arizona Department of Education.
Education: Bachelor of arts in communications from Arizona State University.
At a glance: As superintendent, Molera led the charge keep tuition raises as low as possible when the issue was voted on by the regent in April, says his campaign manager Gary Bae. Bae said Arizona is behind most states in education spending, and he wants to see more money invested in the education system.


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In The Form of the Firm: A Normative Political Theory of the Corporation
(Oxford University Press, 2018), Abraham Singer
essentially marries together two disciplinary schools of thought and approaches to understand and consider the corporate firm. In his work, Singer takes seriously the idea, structure, function, and position of the firm, as distinct from markets, within modern societies. Singer notes that the thrust of the book is “to articulate a normative theory of the corporation that synthesizes economic and political insights” and positions these understandings within the political and economic realities of contemporary capitalism and liberalism. Singer analyzes and explores the historical and theoretical development of firms and corporations, integrating economic and political theory as the dual lenses through which to consider not only the firms themselves but also their position and function within political societies, since “corporations serve economic ends, but through political means.” The Form of the Firm
considers how and in what ways firms can and should contribute to and sustain the values, particularly the political values, that define and inform the world in which they exist. This analysis has broad and interdisciplinary appeal, especially for political theorists, economists, political scientists, managerialists, legal and regulatory experts, ethicists, and those in corporate governance.

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Richmond area artist and Colombia native, Alfonso Pérez Acosta, has done portraits of people who’ve recovered from COVID-19.
Alfonso Pérez Acosta waits until the house is quiet to pick up the stylus. He peeks toward the rooms where his daughters, ages 4 and 6, finally gave in to sleepiness, before turning back to the basal swirls on green-hued backgrounds.
In the moments before midnight, the white spirals culminate in an intimate portrait of a person within a burgeoning community often overlooked during the coronavirus pandemic: survivors.
“The attention is focused heavily on the numbers; the deaths, the cases, and how somber this world is becoming,” he said in paisa-Bogota accented Spanish. “But in the middle of this, there’s also recovery. I wanted to connect people to that reality.”
By Sunday morning, more than 1 million people across the world who tested positive for the coronavirus have recovered, according to a tracker by Johns Hopkins University. In the U.S., that number is almost 176,000.
Acosta wanted to spotlight those stories.
He uploads the sketches to Instagram, with “-RECOVERED-” underneath each portrait, the person’s name and where they’re from. The Richmond-area artist’s grid now includes a series of 25 snapshots into the lives of humans he calls superheroes.

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From Slave Trade to Empire: European Colonisation of Black Africa 1780s-1880s
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Much has been written about the origins of the great push which led Europe to colonise sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. This book provides a new perspective on this controversial subject by focussing on Europe and a range of empire-building states: Germany, France, Italy and Portugal. The essays in this volume consider economic themes in addition to the political and cultural aspects of the transition from commerce to colonies.

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Dr & The Medics, Goldie Lookin Chain Djs, Dub Pistols Soundsystem and much more
Cockermouth Rock Festival known as CockRock have announced the first raft of artists for the 2012 event.
Confirmed today are Saturday and Sunday headliners Tinchy Stryder, Buzzcocks who will be joined by The Subways, Dr & The Medics, The Lottery Winners, Chris Helme, Pikey Beatz, Goldie Lookin Chain Dj's Rhys And Eggsy and Dub Pistols Soundsystem Dj & Mc Set.
Also confirmed are Albany Down, Alex Elliott, Awol, Cat Like Thief, Collision, Colt45, Committed To Rock Choir, Crow Dog, Daddysmilk, Five And Dangerous, Flick, Gavin Mckew, Highly Strung, House Of Threee Hands, Jeramiah Ferrai, Karl Phillips & The Midnight Ramblers.
Joining them will be Leroy Johnson & The Flicks, Mama-Sang And The Robot, Obrigado, Rebel Territory, Room 101, Rossi Noise, Secure Unit, Sneaky Finch, Solway Deltas, Southgate And Leigh, Teenage Mary, The Indices, The Lights, The Stiggz, The Sun Explodes, Tin Soldiers and Vertigo with many more acts still to be announced.
Tinchy Stryder rose to popularity with the song "Take Me Back" which peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. He then released the song "Number 1", (a collaboration with N-Dubz) which entered the UK chart at number 1. He then later released "Never Leave You" with Amelle Berrabah from girl-group Sugababes which became his second number 1. He also currently has a single out 'Bright Lights' with Pixie Lott which has been riding high in the top ten.
Buzzcocks are an iconic punk rock band form Bolton. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. The widely covered "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" remains one of their best-known songs, along with "Harmony in my Head"
In 2005, Welwyn Garden City three-piece, The Subways crashed onto the UK rock scene with their, now cult, debut album ‘Young For Eternity’ and international party mix tape classic ‘Rock & Roll Queen’. Five consecutive years at Reading & Leeds festival along with appearances at Glastonbury and T in the Park quickly cemented their reputation as festival favourites.
The legendary Dr and The Medics rose to fame in the 1980's and are best known for their No. 1 hit 'Spirit in the Sky'. Dr and The Medics will be performing an upbeat and flamboyant set including well loved classic covers such as Timewarp, Kids in America, I'm a Believer, Proud Mary, She Sells Sanctuary and not forgetting 'Spirit in the Sky'.
'We are delighted to be able to announce these big name artists for the festival, the 2012 line up has a diverse mix of local, young and independent bands as well as more mainstream acts such as Tinchy Stryder. 'Not only are we dedicating a lot of time to securing our line up but we've also invested a lot into improving attractions across the whole site. We hope that this combined with our low ticket prices ensures an affordable but equally fantastic festival for all members of the family, and there's still even more bands to be announced!'.
Clint Stamper, Chairman of CockRock
Cockermouth Rock Festival is an annual non profit three day 5000 capacity grass roots festival held in Cockermouth, Cumbria. Affectionately named 'CockRock' by local festival goers, the festival is now in its 8th year and is situated on the edge of the beautiful Lake District with idyllic camping, full panoramic views of the Cumbrian Fells and a friendly atmosphere.
The festival was set up in 2005 to help provide support in the way of funding for two local causes, The Pride of Cumbria Air Ambulance and the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue, as well as to encourage and promote local bands and musicians.

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This morning I measured the beam profiles at the QPD positions. As expected, the beams are not gaussian there, since we are seeing the interference of the reflections from the two faces of the disks. Nevertheless, the measured sizes are
Here are the images of the beams:
The arm lever lengths (distance from the disk surface to the QPD) can be estimated from the optical drawing:
The optical gain (normalized QPD signal over disk surface angle) is given by
The uncertaint in those numbers is quite large, both from the beam size and from the arm lever. Anyhow, I'm using the average to have a rough calibration of the QPD signals in terms of disk surface angular motion. The value I plugged in into the X_NORM filter banks is 16300 /rad. Therefore now the signals *NORM_OUT_DQ are calibrated in radians (deflection of the disk surface).
Finally, I also measured the profiles of the beams going into the chamber, somewhere before the 2" folding mirror. They have nice gaussian shapes


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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for eyelid tumors. A and B, Patient 10 undergoing lesion preparation. C, Illumination of patient 10 assisted by a nurse to ensure illumination of the entire tumor area. D, Patient 10 lesion 1 week after treatment. E and F, Patient 10 with basal cell carcinoma on the lower rima palpebrarum before (E) and 7 months after (F) PDT treatment. G, Patient 4 with papilloma on the lower eyelid previously treated with surgery and cryotherapy but before PDT treatment. H, Patient 4 nine months after PDT treatment.
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Togsverd-Bo K, Wulf HC. Photodynamic Therapy for Tumors on the Eyelid Margins. Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(8):944–947. doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2009.157
The eyelids are prone to basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and papillomas.1 Cryotherapy, surgical excision, and radiotherapy have limitations related to their complexity and to the resulting functional deficiencies (eg, lagophthalmos or epiphora) and unsatisfying cosmesis.2 New treatment techniques for eyelid tumors are therefore desirable.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with topical methyl aminolevulinate (Metvix cream, 16%; Photocure ASA, Oslo, Norway) is a safe and effective noninvasive treatment of BCCs that causes minimal damage to surrounding tissue and results in excellent cosmetic outcomes.3 However, PDT is not normally used to treat eyelid lesions owing to the risk of phototoxic eye damage. We describe how PDT can be performed safely in the treatment of eyelid BCC and papilloma in unselected cases.
Conjunctival anesthetic is administered (oxybuprocaine, 0.4%), and an ocular shield is inserted. Infiltration anesthetic (carbocaine, 20%, with adrenalin, 5%) is injected before debulking tumor tissue using a curet. A chalazion clamp may be used to hold the eyelid in a fixed position (Figure, A). Hemostasis is obtained by slight compression, and Metvix is applied to the lesion, including to a 5-mm margin of uninvolved skin (Figure, B).
Conjunctival tumors are treated by Metvix application on the ocular shield. The eye is covered with adhesive film and a light-impermeable eye patch. The patient rests for 3 hours in a calm environment, avoiding eyeball movements to minimize irritation. Then the tumor area is illuminated with a light-emitting diode lamp (37 J/cm2, 632-nm wavelength) (Aktilite 128; Photocure ASA) (Figure, C).
The ocular shield is removed after illumination and replaced with a protective eye patch for 24 hours to protect from ambient light. Eye drops (chloramphenicol, 5%, and dexamethasone, 1%) are used daily for 3 days to prevent infection and irritation of the eye. After 1 week, crusts are removed, and the procedure is repeated (Figure, D).
We used PDT to treat 12 patients with histologically verified eyelid BCC and papillomas (Table). Median complete response time was 8 months for 9 of the patients (range, 5-21 months), yielding a response rate of 75%. In 3 patients, however, the tumor recurred after a median of 4 months (range, 0-21 months). In all cases, functional and cosmetic outcomes were highly satisfying, and treatment-related pain was acceptable thanks to the anesthesia.
Our patients' tumors were located primarily on the eyelid margin or rima palpebrarum, locations that make tumor debulking a challenge because of the soft base and tumor tissue involving the eyelashes. This might explain the poorer response rate for BCCs at this location, and more than 2 PDT sessions might be required for some of these tumors. However, our rate was more favorable than that found in a previous study,4 which treated eyelid and periocular BCCs with laser-mediated PDT and 5-aminolevulinate, achieving complete response in only 42% of cases.4 Six of our patients had already undergone surgery prior to referral to us but experienced recurrence, clearly less favorable outcomes than those achieved by PDT.
To our knowledge, the use of conventional PDT techniques solely for treatment of tumors on the eyelid margins has not previously been described. Our cases may expand the use of PDT for these difficult-to-treat tumors.
Correspondence: Dr Togsverd-Bo, Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark (email@example.com).
Author Contributions: All authors had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Hædersdal and Wulf. Acquisition of data: Togsverd-Bo, Hædersdal, and Wulf. Analysis and interpretation of data: Togsverd-Bo, Hædersdal, and Wulf. Drafting of the manuscript: Togsverd-Bo. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Hædersdal and Wulf. Administrative, technical, and material support: Hædersdal and Wulf. Study supervision: Hædersdal and Wulf.
Financial Disclosure: Dr Hædersdal has received a fee from Photocure ASA for organizing education seminars; Dr Wulf has received a fee from Photocure ASA for organizing education seminars and speaking engagements.
Additional Contributions: Clinical photographer Nis Kentorp took the photographs.

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So you’re thinking of making a couple of Mexican Michelada drinks for Friday night company? Or maybe just hanging out in your backyard on a Saturday afternoon with a nice barbecue going with some family and friends? This is a great alternative to your average beer. Take a mexican beer and yess it has to be a mexican beer to be considered a Mexican Michelada so go get some Montejo, Modelo, Dos XX, Tecate or Corona and get your Micheladas on!
A Mexican Michelada is a very popular beer based cocktail in Mexico and truly refreshing! There are a variety of Michelada recipes made in Mexico depending on what region you’re in. In future posts I will add some of these. Here’s the thing, this beer cocktail, at first sight when you see or hear what the ingredients are in making a true Mexican Michelada you may do what most everyone does that has never had a Michelada, turn there heads almost in digust or like Scooby Doo does when he is in shock with what Shaggy wants to do! Hahahha!
Why you ask?! Because the ingredients involved in a true Mexican Michelada for those of you that don’t know, can be a halting factor….but like I always say, everything that looks pleasing and appetizing to the eyes, has to be tried at least once! Well trust me, this will NOT be a once in a lifetime taste! PLEASE JUST TRUST ME ON THIS!!!
Some of the ingredients include Maggi Sauce, Tajin, Worcestershire Sauce and lime or lemon. You would think these ingredients would truly alter the flavor of the beer! Nooooooo!!!! It enhances it!!! THENNNN you add the lime to this mixture and FINALLY the beer over ice!!! AHHHH!!!! Truly refreshing!! The only thing that I will forewarn you about is that for this drink you add Tajin to the drink itself but also traditionally the rim of the glass and if you’re not like me that uses a straw (yes in Mexico they serve this drink with a straw!) you will get a good bit of tajin in your mouth when you drink it! It’s like the salt that’s added to the glass rim of a Margarita. So I suggest you try it both ways if you prefer not to use a straw and see what you like the best. Another alternative in to rim the glass with sea salt or regular salt or not anything!
- 1(12 oz) Mexican beer (like Montejo, Dos XX, Modelo, Corona)
- 1 lime
- worcestershire sauce (a couple of dashes)
- maggi sauce or soy sauce (a couple of dashes)
- ice cubes
|On a plate and combine some tajin and salt or just salt if you prefer. Rim the glass of a tall beer mug or glass with lime and flip mug or glass over on plate to cover with tajin and salt.|
|Add a couple of dashes of worcestershire sauce, maggi sauce (or soy sauce to mug). Juice half the lime and mix with ingredients. You can also add a couple of sprinkles of tajin to mix. Add ice cubes and finally the beer. Stir all together and serve immediately with or without a straw (some people do not like the taste of the tajin all over there lips). Do not allow the beer to water down from ice.|

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🙂 Online class: My Story By The Decade: 1950-1999
And I’m on the Design Team!!
The My Story by the Decade workshop is in full effect today – did you register?
When you register, you get:
-Access to a private classroom
-6 days of inspiration from myself, kristy taylor, jessica upton, kelli rich and cynthia sorci
-Over 25 exclusively designed 3×4 pocket cards to help guide your layouts
-An album full of your childhood memories!
-Cost is just $20!
You can make a few pages or several- all about you.
Another sneak peek from me above!
Decade cards made just for us by:
@retrohipmama and @kristymakes
I look forward to seeing you there!

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This video was made on our last day in South Dakota. Will have more postings in the coming days. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â http://youtu.be/u-z9s–K7PU
We checked into the Holiday Inn Express in Casper Wyoming and asked for a recommendation for dinner. Sanfordâ€™s Grub & Pub was just across the way so off we went. Sanfordâ€™s Short Story â€œOnce upon a college exam, a few guys got together drinking beer, eating food and watching reruns on the boob-tube and began thinking of what the heck they were going to do with the rest of their lives. So, realizing what they do best â€“ which is drinking beer, eating food, and watching T.V. â€“ they decided to open a place called Sanfordâ€™s. Now the only thing that stood in their way was designing the dÃ©cor â€“ it ended up being the easiest job, however. After a few garage sales, digging through basements and a couple of junk yards, Sanfordâ€™s Grub & Pub was born. So what the heck, we learn something in school!â€ The building was …
As we left the rain and hail behind we arrived in Dubois. It was a neat town with rustic log buildings lining the street. Dubois is located between the Absaroka and Wind River mountain ranges. The valley was carved out by the Wind River and was travelled by Native Americans, explorers and adventurers. We stopped by the local Dairy Queen for a lunch of ice cream. We were now in the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. It is one of the largest reservations in the USA. As the road unfolded before us, we were amazed by the Painted Hills also known as the badlands. The term badlands was from the land being so rough from the sandstone and conglomerate that you canâ€™t ride through. The reds, pinks, browns, blacks, greys, yellows and purples form a colorful landscape. To take a better look at the photos, click once or twice …
This morning we had breakfast at Jackson Lodge. It was a wonderful buffet with a very large fresh fruit tray. There was also the usual breakfast fare plus HUGE waffles and tiny waffles. Everyone said if you got a small waffle you would come back for another one and they were sooo right! The Teton mountains were covered with clouds and fog. Â As we left the lodge to start our trip across the mountain through the scenic Togwotee pass, it started to rain. It turned out to be a memorable off road trip. The road, which traverses the continental divide, was undergoing some MAJOR construction – they tore up all the pavement! By now it was raining hard and the road turned into a slick mud pit with ruts. There was a lead truck taking us through the construction which lasted for miles and miles, so it seemed. The sign …
On the first morning of our Great American Road Trip 2010 as we entered Yellowstone National Park, this buffalo was walking down the road. He was walking down his side of the road. Don’t know where he was going or where he was coming from! You can see towards the end how close he was to the car. More to come . . . . . . .
This morning we left Sturgis, South Dakota heading to Cody, Wyoming we saw many thing along the way. There was road construction. . . . . a skeleton seat cover, a terrible lunch @ Country Kitchen. . . . . . road signs telling you to return to the city you just left when flashing meaning that the road is closed and the snow fences didn’t work. The Madonna sitting out in a field with absolutely nothing around it. The full moon when we left Adriano’s Italian Restaurant. A perfect ending for a perfect day.
Gypsum Springs Formation is located in the Williston Basin. Gypsum is an evaporate mineral formed as a precipitate on the floor of shallow sulfate-rich lakes or tidal pools. Most commercial gypsum is a massive, white, finely crystalline rock, but large clear crystals of gypsum are often found on the surface where coals rich in pyrite are weathering. The crystals were bright and shiny in the sunlight. Small quarries and plants, which satisfy local demands for gypsum products, have operated intermittently in Wyoming since 1890. The primary use for gypsum is in the manufacture of sheet rock wallboard. Two plants in the Bighorn Basin of northwest Wyoming mine gypsum and process it into wallboard at nearby plants.
Shell Waterfalls is located in the Big Horn National Forest. We had stopped at a rest stop and discovered the fallsâ€¦.we donâ€™t remember it being marked on the highway but was glad we didnâ€™t miss it.
As we travel out of Devils Tower Nation Park we saw the red sandstone and siltstone cliffs over the Belle Fourche River. During our travels we realized that picture wouldn’t do justice to the massive views we were seeing.
Devils Tower was proclaimed the first national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Devils Tower is also known as Bears Lodge, it is a sacred site for many American Indians. As we approached this it how the Tower looked, just a tiny dot in the distance. As we got closer the tiny dot became bigger. The Tower continued to get bigger until we finally arrived at the monument. When we started REALLY looking at the Tower we found some climbers. Can you find them in the picture below? They are about half way up and just right of center. A close up of the Climbers, guess they’re not afraid of heights!

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|UGH||Apr 14, ’08 5:00 PM
for Mel ‘s friends, Mel ‘s family and Mel ‘s online buddies
Colds/Flu – 7 Carsten & Mel – 0
In other words, Carsten is still sick (since Friday) and now I am too (since Saturday.) She has been spewing from Mt. Urp on and off since Friday… I got sick on Saturday. And it sucks. Coughing, sneezing, sinus headaches, queasiness. UGH!
OH! And did I mention that I am out of pain pills YET AGAIN?!?! I tried to talk to Dr. Assmunch about it last week. My rx is for a 60 day supply, but you can’t call for a re-fill until after the 50th day. The idea being that the VA mails your drugs within 7-10 days. The problem? They NEVER get them to me within 7-10 days. So, here I am, AGAIN. The pain is trying to kill me dead.
OH?!?! And ALSO?!?! The temps here went from 70 – 80’s to 40- 50’s, in 2 days. AND it keeps raining. My RA no likey pressure changes and cold weather.
So, yeah. For the few of you that have called or left me messages/offlines, I am NOT avoiding you. It hurts my throat and my brain to try to talk. And also, I am very busy cleaning up after my urpy daughter, trying not to chug a bottle of nyquil, trying not to drink an entire bottle of champagne or trying not to eat 75 snickers bars, or all of the above.
I will be around, kinda. Maybe. Sometimes. I think. Or maybe not. I don’t know. No promises.

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By A Correspondent |Former Movement for Democratic Change Change official Eddie Cross shocked all and sundry after penning Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa’s biography.
Prominent academics have described the biography as a collection of lies.
The book, launched on Thursday, attempts to portray Mnangagwa as a political saint.
Professor of History, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni has described the book as a “a glut of hagiographies masquerading as biographies.”
University of Oxford professor Miles Tendi argued:
Of historical falsehoods and silences:
- ED was not a member of the Crocodile Gang.
- Silence on the 1980’s Gukurahundi.
- Silence on the DRC War.
- Silence on the death of Solomon Mujuru.
- The 2017 military coup is referred to as a “military assisted transition”.
MDC Alliance vice president Hon Tendai Biti said:
“It’s hard to measure which is the bigger fool Eddie Cross or Lovemore Maduku.”


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According to new figures from the National Institute of Public Health, the number of 15-year-olds who light up a cigarette on a daily basis in Denmark has dropped to 6 percent for boys and 4 percent for girls.
In comparison, the figures were almost twice as high in 2010 when 11 percent of 15-year-old boys and 10 percent of the girls smoked every day.
“The schools have started taking it more seriously and have brought the issue to the classroom,” said Per Kim Nielsen, a project manager for the ‘Børn, unge og rygning’ (children, youth and smoking) initiative at cancer advocate organisation Kræftens Bekæmpelse.
“We have made the material they work with from the seventh to ninth grade, but it’s difficult to take all the credit for the trend.”
Bans and price hikes
Nielsen underlined that the considerable drop can also be attributed to the fact that it has been illegal to sell cigarettes to young people under the age of 18 since 2008, while it has been illegal to smoke on the premises of all Danish public schools since 2012.
Nielsen added that the government should increase the price of cigarettes in order to further reduce the number of young smokers.
Despite the positive trend, a survey at Aarhus University revealed in April that more young males were smoking cannabis than previously estimated.


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March 20, 2010
March is turning out to be a torrid month for auto sales. Several projections place the annual sales rate at 12 million to 13 million, which would be 20 percent to 30 percent above the pace of the first two months of the year. Retail sales have taken off, in part because of the steep sales incentives Toyota Motor Corp. is using to regain market share lost to its recent large recalls and subsequent dip in quality and reliability perceptions. Better credit availability and improved weather this month also is helping sales, analysts said.
February 13, 2010
January sales at U.S. retailers climbed more than anticipated, while consumer confidence unexpectedly fell this month from a two-year high, showing a recovery in household spending may be gradual. Retail purchases increased 0.5 percent, the third gain in the past four months, Commerce Department figures showed Friday in Washington. The Reuters/University of Michigan's consumer sentiment gauge dropped to 73.7 from 74.4 the prior month. The economic expansion is being fueled by gains in manufacturing and business investment that reflect growing demand from overseas and efforts to rebuild inventories.


Every year, Chris Ryan joins Sean to share his favorite horror flicks, break down the state of the genre, and spotlight a few under-the-radar gems. They also rank their favorite horror franchises and put Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, Chucky, and more in their proper place (1:00). Then, filmmaker David Gordon Green comes to the show to discuss Halloween Kills and his Exorcist reboot (58:00).
Hosts: Sean Fennessey
Guests: Chris Ryan and David Gordon Green
Producer: Bobby Wagner
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World’s first Realme SLED 4K Smart TV launch in October
Realme SLED 4k Smart TV Specification and details
Realme has announced to launch SLED 4K Smart TV in India soon. Realme is a very famous company making smartphones. It has been reported through the company that SLEDs are preparing to launch 4K smart TVs. And announced this Realme SLED 4K Smart TV as the world’s first sled 4K TV.
This 55-inch TV with 4K resolution display will provide a higher color with better eye care. The company shared this information on its official page and social media. Realme collaborated with John Rooymans, chief scientist of SPD technology to develop this SLED technology.
NTSC will provide 108% coverage of the color spectrum. However, the amount of blue light will be kept under control. This 4k will allow more color for a brighter visual feel in a smart TV. Realme SLED 4K Smart TV RGB backlighting is used. Realme says that OLED TVs use blue backlighting at an early stage. After some time it is changed to white light.
However, RGB backlighting provides a more balanced color with similar color densities between red, green and blue usage. Realme Smart TV has also introduced TUV Rheinland Blue Light certification. Realme says that apart from OLED TVs, there is only one SLED display technology, which has announced the certification.
However, Realme has not shared any information about the upcoming SLED Smart TV’s speaker processor and storage. Currently Realme Smart TV is available in the Indian market, in which 43-inch and 32-inch smart TV is available. This led display is available on both TVs. Both TVs work on Android.
Its price, Realme Smart TV 43-inch display is priced at Rs 22,999 and 32-inch display is priced at Rs 13,999. And the upcoming Realme SLED 4K Smart TV will also come with Android support. Its price and launch date have not yet been shared by Realme company.


text: In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in the assessment of patients in altered states of consciousness. There is a need for accurate and early prediction of awakening and recovery from coma. Neurophysiological assessment of coma was once restricted to brainstem auditory and primary cortex somatosensory evoked potentials elicited in the 30 ms range, which have both shown good predictive value for poor coma outcome only. In this paper, we review how passive auditory oddball paradigms including deviant and novel sounds have proved their efficiency in assessing brain function at a higher level, without requiring the patient's active involvement, thus providing an enhanced tool for the prediction of coma outcome. The presence of an MMN in response to deviant stimuli highlights preserved automatic sensory memory processes. Recorded during coma, MMN has shown high specificity as a predictor of recovery of consciousness. The presence of a novelty P3 in response to the subject's own first name presented as a novel (rare) stimulus has shown a good correlation with coma awakening. There is now a growing interest in the search for markers of consciousness, if there are any, in unresponsive patients (chronic vegetative or minimally conscious states). We discuss the different ERP patterns observed in these patients. The presence of novelty P3, including parietal components and possibly followed by a late parietal positivity, raises the possibility that some awareness processes are at work in these unresponsive patients.

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Sarah Jessica Parker didn't take it lightly when she heard rumors of "catfighting" between her and fellow Sex and the City stars Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis. During a recent appearance on The Howard Stern Show, the actress shot down reports of behind-the-scenes feuding and pointed out the sexist double standard for how male and female friendships are perceived.
"This sort of narrative, this ongoing catfight, it really upset me for a very long time," she said.
She said it bothered her a lot in part because her male castmates weren't subject to the same scrutiny. “It used to really confound me and really upset me because we were part of a family of Sopranos and no one ever questioned the relationships of the men on that show and no one ever said to them, ‘Did you hang out this weekend with each other? Did you give each other Christmas presents?’ ” the 51-year-old actress told Stern. “These were my sisters, these were people that I grew to love and admire.”
She admitted that every day on set wasn't "perfect," and that everyone wasn't always "desperately, hopefully in love with each other" (that actually sounds like it would be a disaster). But she said the cast was "a family of people who needed each other, relied upon each other and loved each other."
TELL 'EM, SARAH.
Sidenote: Were Aidan and Big fighting behind-the-scenes? Because that I'd love to see.
You can listen to the full interview here:
In summation: just because women are interacting or even arguing doesn't mean they hate each other.

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After a gap of three years, actor Sushanth is finally coming up his next film titled Aatadukundam Ra. We have reported recently that Sushanth has remixed his grandfather ANR’s Palleku Podam song from the evergreen classic film, Devadas.
Earlier today, Sushanth revealed that the song will be one of the highlights of the movie and that it will come at an interesting point in the storyline. He also added that Anup Rubens did a splendid job with the remixing, blending breezy tunes with a vintage touch.
Meanwhile, the cast and crew are currently in Phuket shooting for the two remaining songs. The film is expected to hit the screens later this year.
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- A beautiful nutcracker ornament with glitter details.
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Contains artist Grahame Baker-Smith’s atmospheric, fantastical illustrations.
Comedian and actor Frank Skinner provides the introduction.
Gaiman personally chose the illustrator for this deluxe edition of his fantasy sci-fi novel.
HG Wells’ first two science-fiction novels brought to life by The Folio Society.
A collection of ten classic crime stories in a fine edition from The Folio Society.
The Selected Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is available now.
The fourth in the series of James Bond novels arrives in The Folio Society’s collection.
A collection of ten of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved detective stories is illustrated by Max Löffler.
Romy Blümel illustrates The Folio Society’s edition.
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One of the greatest English novels is given The Folio Society treatment.
Comic Book artist behind Thor, Spider-man, Batman and Daredevil teams up with The Folio Society to illustrate Michael Chabon’s classic book.

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Good morning. Another sleepless night. And another spectacular morning. Just recompense. I’ve grabbed a brief video of the sun rising up out of the clouds above Vermont’s Green Mountains, above Lake Champlain that I’m adding to my Essex, New York flickr set. Nice that I couldn’t even remember what the date was…
Sorry that the quality is “poor”. I shot this on my Blackberry Storm2 through antique wavy glass. The result is a little bit dreamy.


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The Papa Murphy's take-and-bake pizza chain currently is testing a new store prototype, one that specifically features digital menu boards. The new store prototype, called "CREATE," is first going in the Austin, Texas, market, with plans to add two more locations in October.
The design features an open layout, a grab-and-go "market" section and messaging such as "Always Fresh." It also includes digital menu boards, which Papa Murphy's Chief Development Officer Kevin King called a "key feature."
Digital menu boards are becoming more common in the quick-service and fast casual spaces, but remain a rarity at pizza concepts. Papa Murphy's carryout business model, however, better lends itself to having a digital presence.
"Everybody has to walk into Papa Murphy's. People are going in and making decisions live, so it makes a lot of sense from an investment perspective to have digital here than it would at a delivery brand," said Tré Musco, president and chief creative officer at Tesser, the brand strategy/design firm behind the prototype.
"Enthralled with digital"
Tesser also conceived new restaurant images for brands such as Wendy's and Ben & Jerry's. Musco said that, while digital menu boards aren't quite the standard in the industry yet, they are moving in that direction.
Cost and drive-thru-heavy business models are two roadblocks in the way of that standardization, he said. The majority of work Tesser does combines digital and static, which appeases operators across an entire system.
"Digital is growing in popularity," Musco said. "Operators are looking into it, trying it, testing it, evaluating the cost, all of those things. As the cost of the technology comes down, and it becomes easier to use, more people will adopt it."
Which, from a design perspective, is a good thing. "The design world is enthralled with digital," he said.
The appeal comes with the digital's flexibility and ability to change when the menu changes, as well as its ability to translate food imagery with "vibrancy," he said.
"Also, digital just says 'modern' to people. There is something about the desirability of large, flat-panel displays that says 'contemporary,'" Musco said.
Digital has to fit
Although there are many benefits to digital, its adoption has to be consistent with the brand. For example, Tesser recently worked with Ben & Jerry's redesign and wanted to incorporate digital menu boards, but the look didn't make sense.
"There are challenges. When you look at a brand like Ben & Jerry's, that is so entrenched in local, artistic, artisanal, funky, you can't just start throwing a bunch of TVs on the wall. The look is a detriment," Musco said. "A high-tech big-city look doesn't fit with a rural dairy farm brand."
Tesser worked around the inconsistency by creating custom framing for the boards, featuring wood and rustic metal.
"Digital has to be integrated into the design so it feels like it's part of the brand," Musco said. "All of your work needs to be unique to your particular brand. Consumers are savvy and can weed out stuff that's not authentic."
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Violence spilled over from Tibet into neighbouring provinces today as Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown while the Dalai Lama warned that the area faced "cultural genocide" and appealed to the world for help.
Supporters of the Dalai Lama said 80 people were killed during the protests in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, with at least 72 others injured. It was the latest negative publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August.
Today Buddhist monks clashed with armed police in Sichuan province after the monks staged a protest, said a witness in Aba county who refused to give his name. He said one policeman had been killed and three or four police vans had been set on fire.
Protests were reported in Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces. All have Tibetan populations.
The demonstrations came after five days of protests in Lhasa escalated into violence on Friday, with protesters setting fire to police cars and shops in the fiercest challenge to Beijing's rule over the region in nearly two decades.
Thubten Samphel, a spokesman for the Dalai Lama's government, said multiple witnesses inside Tibet had reported at least 80 people had been killed since the violence broke out Friday. He did not know how many of the bodies were those of protesters.
The official Xinhua news agency has said at least 10 civilians were burned to death on Friday.
"Whether intentionally or unintentionally, some kind of cultural genocide is taking place," the Dalai Lama said, referring to China's policy of encouraging members of the ethnic Han majority to migrate to the region, as well as restrictions on Buddhist temples and re-education programs for monks.
The Dalai Lama — the Tibetans' spiritual leader — told reporters in Dharmsala, the north Indian town where Tibet's self-declared government-in-exile is based, that an international body should investigate the government's crackdown on the Lhasa protests.
In an interview with the BBC, the Dalai Lama said he fears the situation could easily worsen.
"It's possible, it's very possible. It's really desperate," he said.
"Things become tense as the Tibetan side is determined, the Chinese side also equally determined. So that means the result is killing, most often."
Tibetan officials rejected the Dalai Lama's cultural genocide remarks as "downright nonsense." The mayor of Lhasa, Doje Cezhug, said Tibet would be in its "best period of development in history" if not for the meddling of "Dalai separatist groups," Xinhua reported.


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Great views of the vulcano. Really nice surrounding area, detached from the main road. Nice pool with thermal water. Really nice to park the car next to your bungalow, it seems like your own house.
The quality of the food was good but a little pricy. Pool was a bit dirty, full of bugs.
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Hotel seemed to be under staffed. The staff were super friendly and very accommodating but seemed like they needed more help as they were constantly out of juice and dishes during breakfast and dinner took twice as long as they were constantly running to the bar or front office to take care of other guests but that is the owners fault and not the staffs.
I loved the volcano views, the coffee pot, AC, bed was very comfortable and balcony was really nice to sit out at night. We loved the hot springs with the swim up bar and that they have a restaurant on site. Very clean
The restaurant menu has a small selection to eat
The breakfast was amazing, great bang for buck. Would stay again. Great proximity to la fortuna and arenal, right in between so we never had too long of a drive. Staff was very friendly. AC and Wifi worked well.
It wasn't anything too luxurious, but we didn't book the Ritz! The pool and hot springs were nice but the sediments in the water made it difficult to see the bottom, and I stubbed my toes pretty hard a few times.
The swimming pool Hot Springs and pool bar. Bartender was delightful. The entire staff was exceptional. We loved our experience!
Breakfast could have lasted till nine or 930.
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This page displays Michael Phillips’s reproduction of the Innocence poem “Holy Thursday” from William Blake’s best known collection of poems, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, alongside Blake’s original. Robert McFate’s Holy Thursday, a response to Blake’s Experience version of “Holy Thursday,” is then shown below it alongside Blake’s original. Follow the link to read about the Songs as a collection. Phillips’s reproduction was displayed in the Blake in the Heartland exhibit at Tiffin University, which ran March-April 2015.
The “Holy Thursday” poems are companion poems, sharing the same title and subject while approaching them from different perspectives. The title “Holy Thursday” itself refers not to the Christian celebration of Maunday Thursday (the Thursday before Easter, also known as Holy Thursday), but Ascension Day (or the Feast of the Ascension) as it is celebrated by the Church of England. This day is celebrated the fortieth day after Easter, or on the Sunday following, to commemorate Christ’s ascension into heaven after the resurrection. St. Paul’s Cathedral held a service that day which included the poor children kept in London’s charity schools, who would be cleaned and dressed and then walked to the cathedral for services.
Blake’s Innocence version of the poem celebrates the day, describing the children with clean faces and uplifted hands as sounding like a choir of angels, ending with an encouragement to readers to care for poor children lest they “drive an angel” from their door. Blake’s Experience version of the poem, on the other hand, laments the existence of poverty, questioning the holiness of the sight of so many thousands of poor children in London alone. Robert McFate’s response appears to be an aerial view of the inside of a church during Holy Thursday, the children’s faces appearing as skulls looking up to heaven.
Blake’s originals taken from Wikimedia Commons. See a list of all copies of the Songs available on the internet, with the ability to view different copies of the same page side by side, at The William Blake Archive, which also provides transcriptions of and annotations for each individual plate. You can also read David Erdman’s edition of all of Blake’s works at The Blake Digital Text Project. Images of Michael Phillips’s reproductions by permission. Click on the images to enlarge.


Future-proof with the IoT miniseries – ep. 1 Transcript
Taking a break from the usual host, Bill Butcher, this miniseries Future-proof with the IoT brings the guest host Jörg Ludwig into an in-depth conversation with Internet of Things (IoT) experts to examine the current trends for the industry’s adoption of the technology. In this first episode Jörg, along with his guests Heiko Dickas, Sebastian Oeder, Colm Gavin and Matthias Lutz dive into two of the largest trends changing industrial machinery – new business models and hyperautomation.
The Digital Transformation is pushing the entire industry into the future and the data produced by IoT devices is becoming the new gold of the industry. Capturing that stream of bits and utilizing it to the fullest potential will become a key differentiator in delivering quality products on time and more efficiently.
And for those inclined to read along, the full transcript of the first episode can be found below the podcast player. Thank you and happy listening!
Jörg Ludwig: Hello! This is “Future-proof with the IoT”, a podcast series that is part of “The Digital Transformation: Solutions for Industrial Machinery Podcast”. This particular miniseries is focused on how to leverage digitalization to overcome manufacturing disruptions and bounce back stronger. I’m Jörg Ludwig, and I will be your special host for this miniseries. Bill Butcher will be back to the podcast after this miniseries.
Today, in our first podcast, we will be talking about the challenges that manufacturing faces in a normal state, and how those escalate when the situation gets worse with an economic downturn, such as the pandemic we see, actually, natural disasters, and so on. We’ll discuss the general trends that were hampering productivity even before COVID arrived.
So, I’m pleased to introduce my first guests, and they are from Siemens Bad Neustadt, an electric motor factory in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, in Germany, that is being developed as a showcase factory for digital applications in metalworking. Welcome, Heiko Dickas and Sebastian Oeder! Can you both, please, explain to our listeners about the factory and your role at it?
Heiko Dickas: Hello, Jörg. My name is Heiko Dickas, and I am the team leader of the digitalization team since the beginning of 2017. Our scope is being an enabler for our production unit in terms of digitalization. I’m with Siemens for more than 30 years in different functions.
Sebastian Oeder: Hello, everybody. My name is Sebastian Oeder. I am head of the production unit main motors in the Bad Neustadt motor factory. I have a background as a production manager at Siemens Energy. And before, I was working for five years as a consultant at Siemens Corporate Technology.
Jörg Ludwig: Thank you both. In the words of Klaus Helmrich, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and previous CEO from Siemens Digital Industries, he said, “Bad Neustadt was on a very difficult course 10 years ago and, together, we have succeeded in finding an innovative way that has given the future security. And today everyone can look back with pride on what has changed over the past ten years.” What have been the biggest challenges on this journey?
Heiko Dickas: Indeed, it was a difficult time 10 years ago. From an economical point of view, a lot of employees should have dismissed and so on, and in summary, not the best situation. We were at the point where we had to change some things and had to start different things, completely new. A lot of processes had to be improved, optimized, and maybe also more automized. But first, we had to start with lean shop flow management to kick out waste of our processes because it makes no sense; if you want to digitalize, first, you should have optimized these things, otherwise, you will digitalize waste also. So, in parallel, we look forward, also, where it could help to automate things where possible environments where robots also could support. Therefore, we had to develop a clear vision for the next years: what are our goals in digitalization and automation, but all based on the factory needs. What’s very important is don’t forget the people, you have to involve the people who are impacted by these measures and involved in these measures. And I can have very good ideas for my office view but it could be completely wrong if I want to improve a specific shop floor process, and therefore, involving the people, use their experience, and listen to their needs. The last thing is more a cultural topic as well. In the digitalization world, not everything is clear, from the very first beginning must be allowed also to fail, especially in Germany, sometimes a problem. Here, our former CEO also set up the phrase: “Deliver fast to learn fast.” Start with simple and small use cases. Look whether we had a good result or not, redefine, try again, and so on. But also don’t hesitate to stop things if you see there’s no success.
Jörg Ludwig: Thank you very much for that answer. Our next guest is Colm Gavin. He is Portfolio Development Manager at Siemens Digital Industries. Colm, thanks for taking the time to talk about leveraging digitalization to overcome manufacturing disruptions. With over 20 years of experience in the Siemens Digital Factory, do you think that the challenges that Heiko just explained are something that can be generalized to Industrial Machinery? Do you have any other insights from your career experience?
Colm Gavin: yes, I absolutely agree with the comments from Heiko, that as companies try to improve their automation and optimize their processes that they have to really look to see what’s possible, interesting. Heiko mentioned including people in the process. Absolutely. How do we collaborate with people to bring them on board? Because it’s a journey to innovate with new technology, bring people on board, and find what works as far as approaching this Industry 4.0, everything around that, the new technologies – how do you embrace those new technologies? Finding value and incorporating people at the same time.
Jörg Ludwig: It sounds like there are a few trends that underscore the challenges facing machinery customers; for example, new business models, hyperautomation, low-cost competition, and new generation in the workforce. Machinery has always been about automating manual processes, but now customers are expecting more connected, adaptable, predictable, and extendable machinery. To understand that impact, we should delve a bit deeper into each of those trends that are shaping Industrial Machinery. Before we move on to these industry trends, we still have one more guest to introduce, Matthias Lutz. Could you please explain your role and background at Siemens to our listeners?
Matthias Lutz: I started many years ago within Siemens in supply chain and procurement. And in 2015, I moved on to our industrial customer service organization. It was pretty clear for us that data is the new source of innovation and services. And then, we started to build up our industrial IoT offering today called MindSphere. Since then, I’ve talked to more than 300 customers regarding IoT and use cases. And one thing I want to share with you about my learnings, it’s not about technology on the first hand. It’s more about waste, how to interact with data, and how to enable your organization to come up with new business models and new ways how to interact with your factory.
Jörg Ludwig: Okay, thank you, Matthias. So, it seems to me that data is the new gold. And with your experience helping customers start new business models, in the sense of new IoT business models. Can you explain what they look like, and how are they changing the industry?
Matthias Lutz: What we see currently with Industrial Machinery customers that more and more of their end customers want to buy outcomes, and they want to have new purchasing options, and machine builders need new revenue streams, which, for example, translate into being able to offer anything as a service options. For example, maintenance as a service, or machine optimization as a service. Or you could as well look into use cases around pay-per-use, so why don’t selling, for example, the outcome of the machine and not the hardware by itself, or new leasing options? So, a lot of our customers are telling us: “with IoT, I’m now able to introduce new dynamic warranties, for example, or maybe as well pricing or extensions based on the machine use.” When using data and using platforms to exchange with your customer certain information, certain values, you’re actually able to provide much more differentiated value to the manufacturers, and an ongoing value add to customers that provides a leg up. You cannot start to introduce new business models without doing the extra groundwork, meaning, learning how to connect machines, collect and structure data, and learning how to use this data with actual IoT tools. You have to lay the foundation now.
Jörg Ludwig: So, Colm, have you seen a significant implementation of these new IoT business models in the last years?
Colm Gavin: Yes, and we’ve seen a variety of machine builders of different sizes, try to onboard these new technologies. And I think one of the key things to pick up what Matthias had mentioned is they’re trying to increase their revenues from service. In some cases, the revenues from service will exceed what they actually will get from the basic selling of the machine. But I think what we’re finding is many companies are still trying to figure out the business model for what they would offer for their customers – the service – how to offer it in a way that brings value and also is profitable for them? We’re working with the company Anguil Environmental Systems in Wisconsin – a mid-sized OEM machine builder – and they make very innovative pollution control technologies for water and air cleaning, and so on. One of their goals is they would like to significantly increase their current service base revenues. But they recognize the only way that they’re going to be able to do that is by leveraging IoT technologies to pick up what Matthias said earlier, because without that kind of remote monitoring and predictive maintenance, they’re not going to be able to grow those service-based revenues beyond what they already have. And of course, they have the industry knowledge for their machines, their pollution control machines, they know the valuable data that can be extracted from their machine. So, they have the know-how required. But their IT department doesn’t want to have to reinvent the whole IoT cloud-based system by themselves. So, that’s why they’re partnering with Siemens to help them on that journey. And that’s one thing that’s important is – I’m sure we’ll talk about it in the rest of the podcast as well – what companies are willing to invest in? And how much can Siemens take the load off of their IT departments? So, they just focus on the data from their machines, and how to turn that into value for their customers.
Jörg Ludwig: What about hyperautomation? In Siemens Advanta’s January 2021 list – “What are the expected IoT Trends in 2021?” – it takes the 6th spot, what is it exactly?
Colm Gavin: So, hyperautomation is what we refer to as islands of automation and bringing machines together that may have been separate on their own. How do we leverage the improved connectivity that’s happening between machines to leverage the evolving integration capabilities and open standards? That’s part of it to kind of onboard some of this new technology to push machines and rather than having a fixed production line very rigid, where if you want to embrace flexibility, then the machinery needs to be smart; they need to be able to talk to each other and understand each other. And so leveraging the advanced technologies on communication, so there’s this idea of a smart factory. And one example there would be leveraging AI and Machine Learning so that the machines are able to adapt accordingly.
One quick example of this kind of hyperautomation using AI is AI and vision systems where you have a quality inspection system and you want to verify good or bad on parts as they travel through the system. But in many cases, I’ve been on-site with companies where I’ve seen operators – they will actually turn off the vision system because it’s getting too many false negatives, and too many shutdowns. And what they’re looking for is a way if the vision system through AI can learn, can adapt, and recognize “Well, actually, this is a good part,” and learn from that – so, this being able to teach and adapt machine learning, AI is like an extra muscle, if you like, can help bring the machine beyond its current capabilities without a complete rehaul of the design.
The other common way we see AI/ Machine Learning as part of, say, hyperautomation, another example would be cameras at the end of robot arms for pick and place. And this is where we see a convergence of the different technologies, ERP systems, MES systems, and automation coming together. So, in many cases, when you program a robot, it will have a fixed path that it’s doing the same thing all the time. But being able to teach a robot that it has to recognize “Well, you need to pick up these different parts at this time or that time, different sizes, how do you grab them?” That’s combining cameras with AI so the robot can dynamically grasp different parts and maybe have different paths that needs to place the parts based on what it’s picking. That is a whole other level of automation, where the robot is basically changing its path on the fly, and AI is telling it what to do. Those are, for me, some of the best examples for this hyperautomation; bringing systems beyond what they’re already able to do.
Matthias Lutz: But based on my experience, IoT is not all about the next level of automation. Of course, it leads to better automation, but for this trend, it’s about getting accurate transparency into machines and monitoring their health – to improve run-rates, decrease downtime, improve revenue by decreasing scrap, and much more than this. I think it’s as well about to build a system of systems, so, making machines able to talk to each other. Hyperautomation responds to the continuous advances in technology and customer demand for customization. It means to deliver a much more personalized experience with flexible machine lines, and eventually optimize the user productivity. Much more than that, as well, to get products to market faster by reducing costs and improve quality. I had a pretty interesting customer conversation, and they said to me: “I’m designing my machine with the best in class design tools. But once my machine is out there in the field, I’m not able to use this data unless I’m getting some service request with hyperautomation.” So, meaning the connection between different systems in the automation chain, these customers will be in future able to use IoT to actually funnel in the real-life data from the Internet of Things system into their design systems and to iterate their product in a much more efficient and faster way.
Jörg Ludwig: And that completes the digital twin, by the way. Heiko or Sebastian, Siemens Bad Neustadt is in the process of getting fully digitalized starting the journey ten years ago. Can it be labeled as a pioneer, a trend-setter in hyperautomation? How and when did it start? And how has it ramped up to get there?
Heiko Dickas: For me, it’s unclear whether we are a trendsetter in this way, maybe this can be ready to throw somebody out of the factory even better. But we are working constantly on infrastructure and use cases for many years. We set up the environment and the frame where we think we can progress very fast; therefore, we have a clear vision, strategy, roadmap also pushed by our former CEO, Dr Heuring, he always said and it’s a quotation from him, “Patience is not required at digitalization.” This means, again, also, deliver fast to learn fast. Try something new even if it fails. So, we started with a few split heads years ago, where we met once a week to discuss digitalization topics but the progress was not very fast; therefore, maybe half a year later we decided to found a specific department which takes care of the requirements coming up with digitalization. Now, more or less 10 to 15 persons are working on digitalization, automation use cases in Bad Neustadt constantly. With this structure, we increase the contribution on our yearly productivity goals at the shop floor. And one part is also to automate more and more in different areas. But, Sebastian, what is your view on this thing?
Sebastian Oeder: Yeah, if we talk about the shop floor, that’s where I step in. Honestly speaking, we did not use the term hyperautomation so far. But as I understand the meaning behind the trend, I can state that we have our hyperautomated systems in place, I just would like to give you some examples. In the production of main motors, we have automated several production steps by using assembly robots. We also automated final test systems for electrical and mechanical tests. For this test, we are using an AI that continuously analyzes test results and reduces test steps based on an algorithm for our automated systems as well as for our conventional machines. We use condition monitoring to analyze and reduce downtimes. Performance management is in place for logistic data like output and lead time. We also use it for detailed process analysis, for example, to monitor the joining forces of our stator and the winding. The sequence of orders is system-based to optimize setup efforts, and a big portion of our material is delivered from or to the production line by an AGV. Another example from our pre-production is a fully automated machine tool that performs the entire setup autonomously by using a camera system, Edge, and AI. So, I don’t know if we are a trendsetter, but for sure we have some really cool use cases in place.
Jörg Ludwig: This really has been cool is to have you all in this first episode of the special mini-series “Future-proof with the IoT”! Unfortunately, we are out of time today! But in the next episode we will keep talking about the challenges in manufacturing and, especially, about the trends of low-cost competition and new generation workforce. Take care and we hope to have you again!
About the Host and Guests
Jörg Ludwig – Since 2018, Jörg has been in the sales enablement team for MindSphere and since October 2020 also for Mendix, globally responsible for the creation of learning paths, enablement sessions, and value selling trainings and workshops. Prior to Siemens, Jörg ran his own business as a Value Selling trainer and coach for more than 7 years. He gained Sales experience and expertise from over 16 years in global Software Sales organizations.
Heiko Dickas – Heiko is the Team Leader of the digitalization team since the beginning of 2017 in the Bad Neustadt motor factory. His scope is being an enabler for the production unit in terms of digitalization. Heiko has been with Siemens for more than 30 years in different functions.
Colm Gavin – With over 20 years of experience in the Siemens Digital Factory, Colm works on business development for digitalization topics as they pertain to Siemens SW and Factory Automation, specifically virtual commissioning, Industrial IoT, Industrial Edge and AI topics.
Matthias Lutz – Matthias joined Siemens 14 years ago, starting in supply chain and procurement department. In 2015, he moved to the industrial customer service organization, focusing on industrial IoT and digital services.
Sebastian Oeder – Sebastian is Head of the production unit main motors in the Bad Neustadt motor factory. He has a background as a production manager at Siemens Energy and as a consultant at Siemens Corporate Technology.
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Update an Existing Model to Use Units
This example shows how to add units to an existing model. You see how to:
Use an incremental workflow to add units to components in your model
Integrate components that use different unit systems
Specify units for individual elements of a bus object
Troubleshoot unit mismatch problems
Model for Updating Units
The model in the example is a fuel control system. The controller (Fuel Rate Controller) and plant (Engine Gas Dynamics) components of the model are nonvirtual subsystems. Nonvirtual subsystems have the Treat as atomic unit parameter selected. You introduce units to the plant before introducing units to the controller and connecting signals. You also specify units for the individual elements of a bus object in the model.
Incrementally Work Through the Model to Set Units
Incrementally work through the model to set units.
For the top model, the Allowed unit systems configuration parameter determines the unit systems the model can use. For each of the plant and controller subsystems, a Unit System Configuration block determines the allowed unit systems.
|Allowed Unit Systems
|Fuel Rate Controller subsystem (controller)
|Engine Gas Dynamics subsystem (plant)
In the plant subsystem, on the Signal Attributes tab of each Inport block dialog box, set the Unit parameter to a value appropriate for the connected physical signal.
|Unit Parameter Setting
rad/s (radians per second)
g/s (grams per second)
To display units on ports and signals in the model, on the Debug tab, select Information Overlays > Port Units.
In the plant subsystem, you see units on the Inport blocks and connected signals.
Navigate back to the top model. To compile the model, press Ctrl+D, which also performs unit consistency checking.
The model displays a warning to indicate that there is a disallowed unit
throttle angle signal. Clicking the warning icon
displays a link to a Model Advisor report that gives you more detail.
The model also displays the warning at the bottom of the model editing window.
In the plant subsystem, you specified a unit of
(degrees) for the
throttle angle signal. However, the
warning message indicates that degrees are not in the SI unit system. As
determined by the Allowed unit systems
configuration parameter, SI is the only unit system that
the top model currently allows. To resolve this warning, you have two options:
In the plant subsystem, specify a unit for the
throttle anglesignal that the SI unit system supports. For more information about supported unit systems and the units they contain, see Allowed Units.
In the top model, change the Allowed unit systems configuration parameter to expand the set of allowed unit systems.
In this case, a unit of
deg for the
angle signal is appropriate. Instead, to resolve the warning,
expand the set of allowed unit systems for the top model. Set the
Allowed unit systems configuration parameter
of the top model to
all. To recompile the model, press
The top model no longer displays warnings.
Now that you have introduced units to the plant and successfully resolved
unit inconsistency problems, you can add units to the controller. In the
Fuel Rate Controller subsystem, set the
Unit parameter of the fuel_rate
Outport block to
kg/s (kilograms per
Navigate back to the top model. To recompile it, press Ctrl+D.
The top model now shows a warning for mismatched units between the controller and plant. To resolve this error, you can:
Explicitly insert a Unit Conversion block between the two components.
Select the Allow automatic unit conversions configuration parameter.
Both options convert units in the same way. A situation in which you might disallow automatic conversions and insert conversion blocks instead is when you are integrating many components in a large system model. In that case, manually inserting conversion blocks can give you an added degree of control of unit conversions in the model. Also, with a conversion block, you can control the data type of the converted signal. This is useful, for instance, when you are modeling for fixed-point precision.
In this case, to enable Simulink® to resolve the unit mismatch automatically, select Allow automatic unit conversions. To recompile the model, press Ctrl+D.
Simulink automatically converts units between the controller and the plant. An automatic conversion icon replaces the warning.
The top model includes a
Simulink.Bus object named
EngSensors that passes various sensor signals as a
composite signal to the controller. To use the Type Editor to
add units to individual elements of the bus object:
On the Modeling tab, under Design, click Type Editor.
Set View to
In the interactive table, specify the units.
EngSensors bus object, set the
Unit parameter of each element.
|Unit Parameter Setting
rad/s (radians per second)
To recompile the model, press Ctrl+D.
The model shows units on the individual elements of the bus object.
You can also see the units in the interface view of your model. On the Modeling tab, under Design, click Model Interface.
The airflow_calc block of the controller subsystem displays units on the individual elements of the bus object, both at the component interface and within the component.
After you introduce units incrementally and resolve inconsistency and mismatch issues, you can simulate the model.
fuel signal that is connected to the scope, the
plot window displays the associated units of
kg/s as a


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In response to She obviously didn't read P&P "creatively" enough, written by Erin on January 15, 1998 at 20:01:42
I remember reading somewhere that JA thought that marrying for money was sinful, but that marrying without some attention to it was foolish. This hardly seems "radical", despite Patrick's obviously well-thought-out support for radicalism in the Elizabeth/Darcy relationship. Or in any of the other "happy marriages" in Austen.
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Wildflower Season is Here
July 03, 2020
Summer is in full swing in the Lost Sierra and the wildflowers are making their bountiful appearance throughout Lakes Basin, right in Nakoma’s backyard. If you’re looking for a hike with a lot of color, here’s one of my favorites. The flowers are colorful all day, but in the cool mornings with the sun at a lower angle, they really pop brightly. Also, you’ll have the trail more to yourself if you go early.
Starting at the Lakes Basin Trailhead off Gold Lake Highway, head on the path toward Long Lake. You’ll see Penstemon along the way on the left poking out from the rocks, resplendent in their rich reddish-pink. You’ll also see Asters, which to me are such happy, unassuming flowers with their bright yellow centers and lavender petals. In the sunniest spots you’ll also find yellow Buttercups and white Daisies.
When you get to the first intersection, make the right turn toward the Long Lake Connector trail. I highly recommend the quick up and back to the shore of Long Lake, which is clearly marked at the next intersection.
After you’ve drunk in the beauty of Long Lake, make your way back to the connector trail and continue toward the damn. By now you’ve gained a little elevation and Indian Paintbrush will start making an appearance. Cross the damn and at this point you need to forage just a bit to find the trail back down to the Lakes Basin Campground. I don’t believe there’s a sign, but once you find it, the trail is quite obvious.
Now you’ll be into the purple Penstemons and fields on the left with a colorful mix of all the different wildflowers. Heading down into the shade, you’ll see Thimbleberry bushes with their delicate white flowers. (Make note of these spots and come back in the fall when the berries are ripe!)
Once past the falls and the bridge over the creek, start looking for Tiger Lilies and even some late season snow plants.
When you get to the bottom of the trail you’ll be in the Lakes Basin Campground. Go right at the end of the bridge (or take a dip in the lovely pool to the left). Walk through the campground until you see the trail sign for the Lakes Basin trailhead. This area is typically overrun with wildflowers of every kind. I saw the beginnings of Tiger Lillies, but I think I was a little early for the full color spectrum.
When you hit the road, go right and it’ll take you back to the trailhead. The hike is about 90 minutes (without stopping for photography) and has some elevation gain, but it’s not overly strenuous. Enjoy!

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This Thursday on October 24th’s episode of the Chew, you will see some of your favorite men from Port Charles participating in some cooking and some talking along with one lone GH woman to keep them company, Kelly Monaco (Sam)!
Hunks to appear from GH are: Roger Howarth (Franco) Jason Thompson (Patrick), Sean Blakemore (Shawn), Tyler Christopher (Nikolas), and the beautiful Ms. Monaco!
This is a first for the very private Mr. Howarth, who rarely gives interviews and definitely does not like to appear on TV other than his soap.
This is sure to be a funday with the cast of General Hospital where we get to see if they can be as hot in the kitchen as they are on GH.
I wonder what kind of recipe Franco will cook up? Tune in to find out.
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