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- How is creativity used in everyday life?
- What are the two types of creativity?
- What are the types of creativity?
- What is the nature of creative thinking?
- What are the 7 critical thinking skills?
- How do I express my creative side?
- What is meant by creative thinking?
- What are the five stages of creativity?
- What are the basic elements of creativity?
- How do you demonstrate creativity?
- What are some examples of creative thinking?
- How can a person develop creativity?
- How creative are you what is the best example of your creativity?
- What is the importance of creativity?
- How can I be creative minded?
- How do schools kill creativity?
- How do you identify a creative student?
- What is creativity example?
- What are the 4 stages of creativity?
- Is creativity a skill or quality?
How is creativity used in everyday life?
Creativity expands our perceptions and along with expanded perceptions come new ways of problem solving-from making an exquisite meal when you don’t know how to cook to painting an extraordinary landscape when you are living in a freezing attic and can’t afford a full box of paints..
What are the two types of creativity?
Those areas team up to create four quadrants: deliberate and cognitive; deliberate and emotional; spontaneous and cognitive; and spontaneous and emotional. Deliberate creativity is something that’s consciously sustained, while spontaneous creativity is unexpected and unanticipated.
What are the types of creativity?
Deliberate and Cognitive creativity. Deliberate And Emotional Creativity. Spontaneous and Cognitive creativity. Spontaneous And Emotional Creativity.
What is the nature of creative thinking?
Creativity is the ability to make or do something new that is also useful or valued by others (Gardner, 1993). … The first is that an important form of creativity is creative thinking, the generation of ideas that are new as well as useful, productive, and appropriate.
What are the 7 critical thinking skills?
The skills that we need in order to be able to think critically are varied and include observation, analysis, interpretation, reflection, evaluation, inference, explanation, problem solving, and decision making. Specifically we need to be able to: Think about a topic or issue in an objective and critical way.
How do I express my creative side?
Here are six ideas:Keep a journal. Something about writing frees us to express ourselves, gain clarity and come up with new ideas. … Draw. Whether you think you can draw doesn’t matter. … Spend time outside. Try taking your journal and sketch pads outdoors. … Get moving. … Remember to play. … Be a lifelong learner.
What is meant by creative thinking?
Creative thinking is: A way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh perspective that suggests unorthodox solutions (which may look unsettling at first). Creative thinking can be stimulated both by an unstructured process such as brainstorming, and by a structured process such as lateral thinking.
What are the five stages of creativity?
The creative process has traditionally been broken down into the following five stages: preparation, incubation, insight, evaluation, and elaboration.
What are the basic elements of creativity?
Creativity is something that you can turn on at will — just like a light switch. All you need are the four essential elements of Creativity: Focus, People, Tools and Time.
How do you demonstrate creativity?
Making connections. When you are creative, you find connections between different ideas and use those connections to solve problems. … Asking questions. … Making observations. … Networking. … Experimenting. … Creativity skills for a resume. … Creativity skills for a job interview.
What are some examples of creative thinking?
Some of the best examples of creative thinking skills may include: lateral-thinking, visual reading, out-of-the-box thinking, copywriting, artistic creativity, problem-solving, analytical mind, and divergent thinking.
How can a person develop creativity?
17 Ways to Develop Your CreativityCommit Yourself to Creativity. Robert Deutschman / Getty Images. … Become an Expert. One of the best ways to develop creativity is to become an expert in that area. … Reward Your Curiosity. … Take Risks. … Build Your Confidence. … Make Time for Creativity. … Overcome a Negative Attitude. … Fight Fear of Failure.More items…
How creative are you what is the best example of your creativity?
When you put everything together, the example of your creativity should be engaging and to-the-point. Here’s a sample answer: “One of my key creative accomplishments occurred in my current job, when I had to increase market share for a new product without increasing our existing marketing budget.
What is the importance of creativity?
Creativity helps you see things differently and better deal with uncertainty. Studies show that creative people are better able to live with uncertainty because they can adapt their thinking to allow for the flow of the unknown.
How can I be creative minded?
To turn creative thinking into a habit, try the following things:Let your mind wander. Challenge yourself to think up lots of ideas around a topic or problem at the same time. … Reduce distraction. … Improve your capacity for selective attention by practicing mindfulness. … Read a novel or see a show.
How do schools kill creativity?
In the most watched TED talk of all time, educationalist Sir Ken Robinson FRSA claims that “schools kill creativity”, arguing that “we don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather we get educated out of it”. Yet to Robinson, “creativity is as important as literacy and we should afford it the same status”.
How do you identify a creative student?
Imaginative Power. Imagination plays a very important role in the creative development of a child. … Self-Disciplined. Children are often out of control. … Strong Memory. … Interest in Arts and Painting. … More Curious to Learn. … Good Reasoning Abilities. … Originality in Expression. … Ability to Learn Fast.More items…
What is creativity example?
The definition of creativity is the ability to come up with new and exciting ideas. When Apple Computer comes up with a brand new product such as the iPod that no one has ever thought of before, this is an example of creativity. When a painter creates a beautiful work of art, this is an example of creativity. noun.
What are the 4 stages of creativity?
The four stages of the creative process:Stage 1: Preparation. The creative process begins with preparation: gathering information and materials, identifying sources of inspiration, and acquiring knowledge about the project or problem at hand. … Stage 2: Incubation. … Stage 3: Illumination. … Stage 4: Verification.
Is creativity a skill or quality?
Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com: Creativity is a soft skill. Other soft skills include critical thinking, collaboration, and negotiation. It is a skill because it can be learned. It can also be sucked dry out of people when there is too much emphasis on rote learning and standardization.

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There Will Be No Yarmouth Clam Festival This Year
Well, that's a bummer.
The Yarmouth Clam Festival is an institution here in Maine and brings tourists (and their wallets) from across the country because, of course, Maine has the best clams in the land!
The festival was scheduled for July 17th through the 19th and featured events from art and craft shows, live music, wagon rides, a parade, races, rides from Smokey's Greater Shows, and of course, the star of the show CLAMS.
The decision to cancel came due to the uncertainty of the upcoming weeks and months because of COVID-19, reports WMTW.
They do plan to come back next summer, bigger and better than ever. Hopefully, the world will look much different, and for the better in summer 2021. Until then, the organizers are requesting support for the vendors, businesses, and organizations they typically support to help them get through this crisis.
We'll see ya next time, Yarmouth Clam Festival. And we'll be HUNGRY!

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The Red Sea trip with DLL was easily one of the best trips of my life and that is saying a lot. Right from the beginning I had a smile on my face – a giddy schoolboy eyes aglow with the wonders of the world.
The first thing that really made me smile (other than the smell of my excitement – in-joke) was passport control which involved a system of: Next – stamp, Next – stamp, Next – stamp, Next – stamp… Then another person to check the stamp: Stamp? – OK, Stamp? – OK, Stamp? – OK, Stamp? – OK…
We had a bit of a false start with the weather which at first seemed awful, leaving us trapped and isolated. But we quickly realised that we were trapped and isolated on a beautiful yacht under the Egyptian sun. Luckily we only lost one day and more than made up for it over the course of the week.
Once we got going we dived so not only in earnest but in anger. In the 5 days following we managed a staggering 18 dives leaving us all with exhausted smiles on our sunburnt faces.
Highlights include penetrating the Thistlegorm at night with an amazing guide by the name of Abdul, drifting at what felt like 60mph across a beautiful plateau of coral, reaching a depth of 40.5m, my first dive, when I realised that diving conditions could be better than Vobster or Chepstow and that being overwhelmed by the amazing sights around me doesn’t do much in the way of helping air consumption, being attacked by the cutest clown fish when I strayed too close to it’s home, being surrounded by millions of fish and then there was the dolphins, which came and played with us underwater… need I say more?
Also, I mustn’t fail to mention the boat and crew which were amazing. Always on hand to help and feeding us some incredibly tasty food, they turned the trip into a 4 star experience.
I plan on going back as many times as I can with DLL and I would recommend you all give it a go.

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The musical film, Hairspray, (2007), is a reboot of the original that released in 1988. The film is set in Baltimore in the 1960’s. The movie follows a highschool girl whose dream is to dance on the “Corny Collins show.” The girl is Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) who is overweight and always has a song in her back pocket. When she wins the spot in “The Corny Collins Show” she becomes an overnight sensation. Tracy’s hair soon becomes a hallmark and is sold in boxes at every store. Tracy deals with the dismay of Velma (Michelle Pfeiffer) and her daughter Amber (Brittany Snow) for not fitting social standards of beauty. Penny (Amanda Bynes) has a very strict, religious mother who watches over her every move and when she falls in love with a black boy in the film, her mother becomes furious. The interracial love really shows how harsh it was for interracial couples during this time period. The final performance collides the black dancers with the white dancers to the song “You Can’t Stop the Beat” that tells the audience that being racist in a world filled with so many cultures is impossible; just as impossible as it is to stop a beat. With issues of racial segregation, fat-shaming, self-love and unmasking white supremacy, Hairspray is a fun movie to watch for all ages. There are some big name co-stars including: Zac Efron on Link, Tracy’s love interest, Amanda Bynes as Penny, Tracy’s best-friend, John Travolta as Mrs. Turnblad and Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle.
Hairspray is brightly colored, just like the 60’s, but it deals with issues of discrimination. There are different levels to the discrimination in the film. The main character of every recreation of Hairspray is white, heterosexual and overweight. Tracy is constantly scrutinized for her weight and how she should be ashamed of how she looks. Her mother is a reflection of how society shuns people who do not have an hourglass figure or fit Western standards of beauty. The film also deals with racial discrimination because it pins whites against blacks and physically shows signs that separated blacks from the whites. By segregating these children and showing a protest in the film showcases how the United States reacted to racist ideals. Velma who is played by Michelle Pfeiffer, is the epitome of white feminism and white supremacy. She stands as the matriarch to the Corny Collins Show, but her ideals prove to be obsolete by the end of the film. The way Velma reflects her own beliefs on her daughter Amber can speak to today and how racist mindsets are generational and can be passed down. Overall, the film is warning audiences about white supremacy and how that looks in film. The film utilizes teenagers to symbolize the future which is like today’s political climate. The film also addresses religion and how religion can affect one’s views and one’s ability to accept someone. I would give this film a 9/10 because it is musically fun and includes issues that are still occurring today regardless of the disparity in years.
Release Date: July 20, 2007
Starring: Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, John Travolta, Brittany Snow, Christopher Walken
Director: Adam Shankman
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama, Romance
Audience: Parental Guidance Suggested
Runtime: 117 min.
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Rising deer population a headache for Delhi ZooDecember 30th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Officials at the Delhi Zoo are racking their brains trying to find housing for its burgeoning deer population as they are running out of enclosures to accommodate them.The Delhi zoo has 11 species and sub-species of antelopes and deer, of which three varieties — Black bucks, Sambar and Hog deer — are over-populated, according to officials.
“We have about 130 black bucks, 70 Sambar deer and over 50 Hog deer,” an official said.
Few endangered groups like Sangai, Chinkara and Chowchinga are also present.
According to zoo officials, various steps are being taken to control the expanding deer population.
“As the deer are prolific breeders, we plan to discourage breeding in other varieties except the endangered species,” the official said.
However, the zoo authorities said they face a lot of challenges in controlling the deer population.
“For example, the black buck antelope are an important variety so we cannot carry out a birth control procedure. So to stop them from mating, we have to keep the male and female separate,” he said.
Meanwhile, the veterinary department of the zoo implemented castration (a male loses the functions of the testicles or a female loses the functions of the ovaries) on two male deer on trial basis. But with high risk of fatality, the zoo authorities stopped the procedure.
“The high risk of fatalities associated with herding up the males and castrating them prevented us from going in for such a procedure again,” the official added.
Meanwhile, some of the male deer are even sterilized.
The zoo authorities further said: “Usually the sterilization process is carried out on older deer so it does not bring down the deer population drastically… we leave the younger ones to assist in reproduction.”
In another initiative, the zoo authorities are looking out to exchange its deer with other animals from various other zoos and sanctuaries.
Recently, 15 black buck varieties were translocated to the Bilaspur Sanctuary in Chhattisgarh.
Animals can be exchanged within Indian zoos or between an Indian and a foreign zoo only after the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) approves it.
“The CZA should be more active in clearing the pending proposals for exchange of animals with the Delhi zoo so that certain deer can be translocated to a foreign zoo,” the official added.
- No romance for Delhi zoo's bears, deer this winter - Nov 20, 2011
- Delhi Zoo becomes virtual island, agencies pass buck - Sep 11, 2011
- Gir lion sanctuary closed due to breeding season - Jun 16, 2010
- Bihar, Tripura zoos to exchange rare animals - Jun 13, 2010
- Jameshedpur's Tata Zoo starts deer sterilization drive - Aug 11, 2010
- Birds, animals up for adoption in Haryana - Jan 06, 2011
- Andhra Govt. to translocate captive elephants from zoos, circuses to national parks - Dec 27, 2009
- Indian zoos to be graded on performance - Apr 10, 2012
- Tripura zoo on alert after death of birds, animals - Mar 12, 2011
- Rising deaths of captive animals, PETA wants zoos closed - Sep 16, 2009
- Chinese arrested after 17 years for murder - Dec 27, 2011
- Uttar Pradesh's Asiatic Lion safari plan finalised - Jun 10, 2012
- Tibetan antelope population rises in China reserve - Aug 10, 2012
- Two sambars, one deer found dead in Chhattisgarh zoo - Mar 05, 2010
- Traditional Chinese medicines carry toxic compounds - Apr 16, 2012
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Release date: July 20th 2015. Format: Limited edition hand-stamped 12" vinyl.
Session 8, of Darkside's Forward Thinking podcast with a selection of underground tracks, featuring new tracks from Vivek, Caspa, Distance, Compa, Piezo plus a grime classic + more.
Youngsta on Rinse FM
Truth drop 'Buddha' for a free download. Get on it!
NType with Coki & Pokes on Rinse.
New grime beat from Frisco, produced by Swindle.
Huge new track from fresh Artikal Music UK signing Piezo!
AxH has sorted us out with an EXCLUSIVE mix of unreleased and unsigned dubs spanning nearly six years of productions. Literally packed to the rafters with heavyweight business!
Preview of Kromestar & Captain's forthcoming EP - 'Close Encounter' due for release in July.
Commodo gives 'Pocosink by Las, a little re-work.
Logan Sama on BBC 1xtra, 3rd June 2015
Distance & Riz MC finally unveil their new collaborative project HalfLife
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Kloudmen roll out on Hatcha’s Hatched imprint with Shifter an absolutely pummeling slice of 140 madness. YOUTUBE:: SOUNDCLOUD:: PURCHASE –... View Article
J.K.L & 207 are straight trippin' once more on the Controlled Chaos EP. The debut release on freshly minted label Untied: definitely worth keeping your eye on this crew!


|Volvo D13 Euro 6 with EGR and aftertreatment system. Click to enlarge.|
Volvo Trucks is introducing a Euro-6-compliant heavy-duty engine, with NOx emissions lowered by 77% and PM emissions halved compared to Euro 5. The first implementation of the new engine is the D13 460 hp (343 kW) unit.
The Volvo D13 for Euro 6 is based on Volvo’s Euro 5 engine. Just like that unit, the new engine is an in-line six cylinder engine with unit injectors and catalytic exhaust treatment (SCR). In order to meet the new emission requirements, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is also used, as well as a diesel particulate filter (DPF)—systems that Volvo Trucks has already been using for several years in the US and Japan.
|How the system works. Click to enlarge.|
The SCR system, which converts the NOx in the exhaust gases into nitrogen and water vapor, is integrated with the particulate filter (DPF) in a compact unit that takes up the minimum possible space. The particulate filter is automatically regenerated during operation.
The exhaust flow first encounters the DPF then moves through the AdBlue mixing box, where the urea solution is injected into the exhaust stream. The exhaust and AdBlue mixture goes through two parallel SCR catalysts for the conversion of NOx to nitrogen and water. At the end a slip cat takes care of any remaning ammonia form the AdBlue.
EGR is used primarily to raise the exhaust gas temperature when the engine is not sufficiently hot to heat up the exhaust gases—as an example, during city driving—which must reach at least 250 °C for the SCR system to operate optimally. Unlike conventional EGR systems that cool down the recirculated exhaust gases in order to lower engine temperature and thus reduce nitrogen oxide emissions, the Euro 6 engine’s EGR system is virtually inactive during highway cruising, so it does not impact fuel consumption during such operations.
Another way to increase temperature is to create back pressure by means of the exhaust engine brake.
In situations where the exhaust heat is not sufficient for DPF regeneration, diesel is sprayed into the exhaust stream by means of a 7th injector. When the diesel hits the oxidation catalyst, it burns, and creates hear for the filter regeneration.
Customer demand for Euro 6 trucks is still at a modest level, Volvo notes, with two years remaining before the requirements become compulsory for all new trucks. Meeting the tougher emission standards involves advanced engine solutions, including many new components, which in turn mean higher cost for customers. However, the increased cost can be partially offset by various financial inducements and incentive packages, above all in regional traffic and long-haul operations in Europe.


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ANKARA, March 15. /TASS/. Moscow and Ankara have achieved progress at the talks on the possible sale of Russian-made S-400 antiaircraft missile systems but the negotiations have not yet reached the stage of signing a specific deal, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said on Wednesday.
"There is progress in the talks but the sides have not yet reached the stage of putting their signatures today. The negotiations on this issue are continuing," the news agency Anadolu quoted the Turkish defense minister as saying on the possible sale of S-400 antiaircraft missile systems.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to Izvestia daily earlier on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed during their talks in Moscow last week the possibility of delivering S-400 systems to Turkey.
According to the paper’s data, the Turkish side is discussing a possible contract and specifying the equipment set of S-400 supplies.
Russia’s hi-tech corporation Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov said on Tuesday Turkey had expressed its wish to obtain a loan from Russia for the purchase of armament, including S-400 antiaircraft missile systems. Chemezov said in February that Turkey was showing interest in S-400 systems and the sides were negotiating possible deliveries.
The S-400 Triumf is the newest long-range antiaircraft missile system that went into service in 2007.
It is designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, including medium-range missiles, and can also be used against ground objectives.
The S-400 can engage targets at a distance of 400 km and at an altitude of up to 30 km.


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Researchers find antioxidants key to barn swallow’s ability to thrive
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Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado
BOULDER, Colorado – North American barn swallows, which are widespread throughout Colorado, outperform their peers in reproduction by maintaining a positive balance of antioxidants, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
CU researchers tracked concentrations of carotenoids – naturally occurring plant pigments commonly sold in health-food stores – in wild birds over the course of the grueling breeding season. The antioxidants can help protect cells from free radical damage.
American barn swallows migrate thousands of miles to their breeding grounds each year and immediately commence courtship, nesting and reproductive activities. Many lose significant amounts of weight and become physiologically compromised during the intense spring activities. But the new study indicates some individuals can bear those costs better than others, according to CU assistant professor Rebecca Safran, lead author of the study.
“Our results indicate the concentrations of these molecules are highly variable within individuals over time,” Safran said. “The season-long balance, rather than a sample at a single point in time, indicates which birds are the top performers as parents and mates.”
While other studies have looked at carotenoid levels in captive birds at a single point in time, the new study is the first to monitor carotenoids within wild individuals as they feed, mate, nest and rear young.
“By monitoring wild populations of barn swallows during the breeding season, we determined how individual birds managed their own health while enduring the costs of parental care. Individuals who maintain a positive balance in their nutritional status through the breeding and nesting season are those with the greatest reproductive performance and tend to be darker in color and larger in body mass,” Safran said.
Safran and her team, which included dozens of CU-Boulder students and volunteers from the community, trapped scores of barn swallows with mist nets in rural sites around Boulder County, measuring and weighing them and taking blood and feather samples before releasing them back into the wild. Each bird was sampled two to four times over the breeding season.
The three carotenoids measured in the study – leutin, zeaxanthin and beta cryptozanthin – all are antioxidants sold widely as nutritional supplements for humans. The swallows obtain carotenoids from insects that feed on plants rich in the nutrients.
According to Safran, it makes sense that individuals should be able to signal their abilities as parents and mates over time, rather than just at the beginning of the season when pair formation takes place, since the barn swallow reproductive season lasts about four months.
“The swallows that maintained high levels of carotenoids throughout the summer got more reproductive attempts and produced more offspring,” Safran said.
Many of the high-quality barn swallow pairs, which weighed more than their peers during the breeding season, produced two clutches of eggs rather than one, producing a greater number of young that fledged, she added.
“Nutritional status is a 24-hour game, because many nutrients don’t carry over beyond the next day,” Safran said.
The top barn swallows appeared to be very efficient at foraging and dealing with the costs of reproductive success on a day-by-day basis, which includes guarding the nest and feeding the young, both of which are physiologically taxing activities.
“Our findings in this study contradict the prevailing scientific views regarding the immense physiological costs of reproduction in birds. While evolutionary theory says individuals that pay the greatest cost in parental care do so at the expense of self-preservation, we found some individuals are good at doing it all – maintaining their own nutritional status while bearing the costs of reproduction,” Safran said.
The researchers also found that barn swallows carrying more carotenoids had deeper red breasts – a sign of healthy, robust individuals – and that those individuals darker in color had greater circulating levels of carotenoids at the start of the breeding season.
Previous studies by Safran and her colleagues suggest females are more attracted to males with deep red breasts and that they “cheat” less on their male partners than other females. The breast coloring appears to be an indication of status, performance, testosterone and nutrition, she said.
A 2008 study by Safran and her colleagues showed the testosterone of male North American barn swallows skyrocketed early in the breeding season when their breast colors were artificially enhanced to the deep red most attractive to females. The birds likely had more testosterone racing through their bodies because of amorous interactions with the opposite sex and more run-ins with competing males.
According to Safran, the new study’s implications for humans is that antioxidant levels vary significantly day-to-day, depending on intake.
“All this is a long-term game with these water-soluble nutrients. They are only in our systems for 24 hours, so you can get yourself pretty far behind,” she said.
Barn swallows are one of the most widespread songbirds in the world, and are easily observed in Colorado, including Summit County, during the summer months. They migrate to Central and South America in the fall.
The birds can be recognized by their blue bodies, red-orange bellies and a long, slender, deeply forked tail. Females are slightly more muted in color and shorter-tailed than males.
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Emmy Nomination Preview 2012 - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy
Can anybody break the Jim Parsons/Alec Baldwin logjam in this category?
Will Arnett of 'Up All Night'
Will Arnett, "Up All Night"
Nomination Status: With four previous nominations, Will Arnett has general voter awareness in his corner.
In His Favor: I have no idea how Will Arnett has been nominated for three Emmys for his variably funny guest appearances on "30 Rock," nor for how he only received one nod for "Arrested Development." Either way, Emmy voters know who he is and if you know what Will Arnett's standard performance is like, his work on "Up All Night" is verging on revelatory. It's the most naturalistic work he's ever done without sacrificing the funny. Plus, he's sharing most of his scenes with another Emmy favorite in Christina Applegate.
Working Against Him: "Up All Night" wasn't a hit and it wasn't universally admired by critics or audiences. Although NBC has been very successful with getting Emmy nods for *some* of its low-rated comedies, "Up All Night" may not be buzz-y enough (not that being buzz-y helps "Community").

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Qatar's internal affairs minister is tipped to replace Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani as prime minister, according to sources close to the Qatar emir.
Following an unprecedented transition of power effected on Tuesday, 33 year old Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani replaced his father as emir of Qatar. Sheikh Tamim is expected to announce the reshuffle outcomes of a cabinet reshuffle later this afternoon, when he addresses the nation.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani's move from state minister of internal affairs to prime minister is one of the expected outcomes of the emir's address, Doha-based Al Jazeera television channel and sources close to the emir told AFP.
Sheikh Hamad, in his role as the current prime minister, has been a dyamic figure in Qatar's politics and held the position of foreign minister for 21 years, according to AFP.
His slated replacement, Sheikh Abdullah, is a member of the Al Thani ruling family and has held his title as internal affairs minister since February 2005.
Additional rumours circulating about deputy premier Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud to getting the PM position have lost traction as insiders do not expect the position to be given to someone outside the ruling family.
The new emir's reshuffle is believed to include the appointment of a new ministers for the interior, foreign affairs, finance, and commerce, sources told AFP.
The insiders added that energy minister Mohammed Al Sada will remain in his position, with Attorney General Ali bin Fetais Al Marri slated to become the new minister of justice, according to AFP.
None of the chnages are anticipated to impact the relationship between Qatar and the US.
The full details of the cabinet reshuffle is expected to be announced when Sheikh Tamim will mark his official enthronement as the new emir late Wedneday. The address was slated to be held at 6:00pm local time (1500 GMT).

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Stanley and Taylor are young teenagers who grew up in different neighborhoods and have completely different backgrounds one from a gang ridden inner city neighborhood and the other from a peaceful, middle class suburb. Taylor was raised by his single mother who worked two jobs in order to provide them. Taylor and his mother lived in an upscale, middle class neighborhood called Gresham, a suburban area outside the inner city of Portland. Taylor’s desire to know his father would draw him into the inner city to visit his father and bring him into contact with the inner city gangs of Portland eventually being drawn in just wanting to be accepted.
Stanley grew up in the middle of the gang infested inner city in the heart northeast Portland. He witnessed firsthand the dangers of living around gangs in the early nineteen nineties. He tried to his best to live his life outside of gangs focusing on his education with his mind made up to someday leave the St. Johns area and break free of gang influence. His attempt to stay in school, out of trouble and away from gangs would vanish one tragic afternoon when Taylor and Stanley’s lives cross changing them both forever. Taylor and Stanley both are drawn into rival gangs for very different reasons. Taylor driven by his instincts to survive and Stanley driven by revenge until as twenty-something adults their lives once again dramatically cross. Both are set free from their tormented lives as gang members, one through death and the other through the healing power of Jesus Christ.

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday said all eyes would be on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Police to ensure a free and fair elections in February.
Obasanjo also said there would be no excuses by INEC and the Nigerian police on the arrival of materials and provision of adequate security where necessary.
The former president disclosed that the international community would be on the watch of the country, saying the country must not fail as the nation’s general election begin in forthright.
Obasanjo, who spoke at the a public enlightenment programme on electoral process, organised by the Organisation of Tadhamunul Muslimeen (OTM) and The Muslim Congress (TMC), Ogun State chapters, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, said the failure would bring about ridicule from the global world.
Obasanjo, who was represented by Chief Idowu Abraham Akande said: “The elections are crucial and the international community is watching us. We should not disappoint them, by ensuring that the elections are free and fair.
“This election is for progress and development of this great country and should be devoid on sentiments, like religion, ethnic and nepotism. This election is should be a unity election for all of us. Baba said his message is for all Nigerians to protect his integrity of the country, with their votes, so that we can also be like countries, like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Dubai where there is order in governance.
“We must not make mistake of allowing the international community to make jest of us, as such, those we want to beg are the Electoral Commission, who had just told us here on how the process would go, to assure us that it shall be well.
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For the security agents, Obasanjo, also had a message for them, pointing out that, “you must do your job accordingly and professionally. You must not allow yourself to be used by any individual or group to disrupt the elections. As I said, the international community is looking at us, so we must be careful and thorough throughout the elections.We must get it right, this is the message from baba to you,” Akanle told the audience.
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The first time the Lumiere brothers, said to be the fathers of film, had a screening, it was a scene of a train arriving at it's final destination. Moviegoers were said to have started running away, the image was so realistic to them.
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Georges Méliès shot an image of a humorous trip to the moon and brought narrative into the world of video.
Luis Bunuel pioneered surrealistic expression, quite sensational at the time, and which attracted people with images full of eroticism and beautiful aesthetics.
Sergei Eisenstein pioneered montage theory and built a kind of video grammar to express human emotions.
At some point during all of these momentous events, film became art. The Cannes and the Oscars have now become some of the influential art prizes in the world.
As of 2019, 8K, VR, and lasers are almost only spoken of in the context of technology. But eventually there will be artists who use these techniques much earlier than we could ever imagine, and who will spin tales of a splendid world that no one else could conceive of.
Those creators will be the Méliès, the Bunuel, and the Eisenstein of the 21st century.
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The name, “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” originated in the 1950s and was coined by Florida Times-Union sports editor Bill Kastelz, who said he saw a drunk fan offer a drink to a police officer outside its original Gator Bowl home.
About a decade ago, University of Florida and University of Georgia officials took a stand against some of the perceived alcohol abuse and dropped the nickname of the annual Florida / Georgia match-up as the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.” The City of Jacksonville embraced the nickname before officially dropping it in 1988. There was a death of a Florida student attending the game in 2004 and 2005, which prompted both schools and the SEC to drop the game’s nickname in 2006.
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Sculpture in the Gaol is a public art exhibition in a location like no other.
Hosted by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service at the historic Trial Bay Gaol in South West Rocks, the exhibition features around 100 works by professional and hobbyist sculptors from all over NSW and beyond. Read more
Zzzzz: Sleep, Somnambulism, Madness assembles and commissions works by a selection of contemporary Australian and international artists that explore the realm of sleep and its representation in art. Read more
Sticks. Clay. Concrete and metal. Construction site debris. Monuments to Thieves is an installation exploring landscape and trauma where artist Christian Bishop summons the landscape of his childhood. Through these reliquaries of the natural world, Monuments to Thieves is a memorial to landscapes lost. Read more
Sturt Gallery is unveiling its new exhibition, Circling Back on Sunday 9 June at 11am. A stunning new exhibition of sculptural work by Harriet Goodall, Circling Back uses basketry, woven installations and wall hangings in salvaged metal and natural to exprace traces in a rural landscape. Read more
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It may be that this explanation can help simplify certain things for some folks. May God bless His truth to our hearts and minds:
"By obedience, I intend no kind of obedience to man, or submission to authority claimed by man or community of men. I mean obedience to the will of the Father, however revealed in our conscience.
God forbid I should seem to despise understanding. The New Testament is full of urgings to understand. Our whole life, to be life at all, must be a growth in understanding. What I cry out upon is the misunderstanding that comes of man's endeavour to understand while not obeying. Upon obedience our energy must be spent; understanding will follow. Not anxious to know our duty, or knowing it and not doing it, how shall we understand that which only a true heart and a clean soul can ever understand? The power in us that would understand were it free, lies in the bonds of imperfection and impurity, and is therefore incapable of judging the divine. It cannot see the truth. If it could see it, it would not know it, and would not have it. Until a man begins to obey, the light that is in him is darkness.
Any honest soul may understand this much, however-for it is a thing we may of ourselves judge to be right-that the Lord cannot save a man from his sins while he holds to his sins. An omnipotence that could do and not do the same thing at the same moment, were an idea too absurd for mockery; an omnipotence that could at once make a man a free man, and leave him a self-degraded slave-make him the very likeness of God, and good only because he could not help being good, would be an idea of the same character-equally absurd, equally self-contradictory.
But the Lord is not unreasonable; he requires no high motives where such could not yet exist. He does not say, 'You must be sorry for your sins, or you need not come to me:' to be sorry for his sins a man must love God and man, and love is the very thing that has to be developed in him. It is but common sense that a man, longing to be freed from suffering, or made able to bear it, should betake himself to the Power by whom he is. Equally is it common sense that, if a man would be delivered from the evil in him, he must himself begin to cast it out, himself begin to disobey it, and work righteousness. As much as either is it common sense that a man should look for and expect the help of his Father in the endeavour. Alone, he might labour to all eternity and not succeed. He who has not made himself, cannot set himself right without him who made him. But his maker is in him, and is his strength. The man, however, who, instead of doing what he is told, broods speculating on the metaphysics of him who calls him to his work, stands leaning his back against the door by which the Lord would enter to help him. The moment he sets about putting straight the thing that is crooked-I mean doing right where he has been doing wrong, he withdraws from the entrance, gives way for the Master to come in. He cannot make himself pure, but he can leave that which is impure; he can spread out the 'discoloured web' of his life before the bleaching sun of righteousness; he cannot save himself, but he can let the Lord save him. The struggle of his weakness is as essential to the coming victory as the strength of Him who resisted unto death, striving against sin.
The sum of the whole matter is this:-The Son has come from the Father to set the children free from their sins; the children must hear and obey him, that he may send forth judgment unto victory.
Son of our Father, help us to do what thou sayest, and so with thee die unto sin, that we may rise to the sonship for which we were created. Help us to repent even to the sending away of our sins." - from "Hope of the Gospel" by George Macdonald

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* Whitehaven not considering buyback of Tinkler stake
* Denial of sale prolongs uncertainty over miner's fate
* Options limited for selling Tinkler's 19 percent stake
* Talks between Tinkler, lenders, "not for us to meddle in"-CEO (Adds CEO comments, details on Tinkler)
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MELBOURNE, April 18 (Reuters) - The new CEO of Australia's Whitehaven Coal poured cold water on speculation of an imminent sale of struggling tycoon Nathan Tinkler's stake in the firm, one of many uncertainties that have dragged its share price to a four-year low.
Whitehaven CEO Paul Flynn told Reuters the company is not in talks with any potential suitors and is unaware of anyone waiting in the wings. That means it is unlikely any strategic player is looking to grab Tinkler's 19 percent stake as a precursor to a bid for the entire company.
"We don't have any potential proposals before us in that regard, nor discussions about those things in any ongoing fashion," Flynn said in a phone interview late on Wednesday.
Expectations of a pending sale have been fuelled by talk that Tinkler's lenders, led by Noonday Asset Management, a unit of U.S. hedge fund manager Farallon Capital Management LLC, want to call in their $600 million loan to Tinkler. Flynn's denial will only prolong the uncertainty over the miner's fate, which has been hard-hit by a 35 percent plunge in coal prices since January 2011.
Whitehaven said last December it had held talks with China's Shenhua Group Corp Ltd about a potential corporate or asset deal. Bankers familiar with the matter have said China's biggest coal producer is no longer interested.
Flynn also knocked down speculation that Whitehaven has held discussions with Noonday about ways to sort out the problem.
"The issue you're pointing to is between a borrower and a lender, and it's not for us to meddle in the affairs of a shareholder, no matter how large, between themselves and their lender group," he said. "So that's the beginning and end of our involvement in that dialogue."
Whitehaven's shares have sunk due to weak coal prices, delays on its key growth project and uncertainty over the fate of Tinkler's stake. The stock last traded down 3.5 percent at A$1.93.
Tinkler's stake in Whitehaven, the main source of his wealth, is pledged against the $600 million loan and is now worth less than A$400 million ($412.30 million). The stake's value has plunged 63 percent over the past year.
Options for selling his holding are limited.
If Farallon Capital Management was to take over Tinkler's stake, the hedge fund would end up crossing the 20 percent threshold and would be forced under Australian rules to make a takeover offer for the whole company. Farallon already owns 5.7 percent of the company.
One option could be to sell down Tinkler's shares to other funds, including Switzerland-based AMCI and U.S.-based First Reserve Corp, which together with their founders control 16 percent of Whitehaven.
Flynn said he believes AMCI and First Reserve are not about to give up on the company, but declined to comment on whether they want Tinkler out.
"They seem to me to be very comfortable with the underlying value of the business and certainly our discussions would lead me to believe they wouldn't see the current share price as anywhere near reflective of that underlying value," he said.
Flynn played down the idea that Whitehaven could buy back Tinkler's stake, a process that would involve shareholder approval.
"We do examine all sorts of options that we think might be productive to driving value for the whole shareholder group, but certainly a buyback at this point in time is not something we're contemplating," he said.
The company is focused on reviving its value by cutting costs, fixing problems at its Narrabri mine and securing government approval for the Maules Creek project, both in the state of New South Wales, while it expects no improvement in coal prices in the near term, he said.
Tinkler has been the target of several lawsuits in Australia to recover millions of dollars in unpaid debts, the most prominent of which is an ongoing case brought by small coal explorer Blackwood Corp Ltd for A$28.4 million ($29.3 million) over an agreed share placement deal.
A number of the cases have been settled out of court, but Tinkler has put his beloved thoroughbred racing and stud empire, Australia's largest, up for sale. His private helicopter has already been seized by creditors.
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Additional reporting by Jane Wardell in SYDNEY; Editing by Matt Driskill

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Mental Health First Aid is an 6-hour course that teaches participants how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis.
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"The Real Reason Health Care Is Bankrupting America" - Kenneth L. Davis, MD
The United States spends far more on health care than any other nation on the globe: $10, 348 per person, which amounts to nearly 18 percent of gross domestic product. That is eight percentage points above the average of the industrialized member nations of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Medicare has been growing at more than twice the rate of inflation and is forecast to accelerate as baby boomers age, while the cost of Medicaid has grown as the Affordable Care Act has brought Medicaid coverage to more people. Kenneth Davis, MD, president and CEO of the Mount Sinai Health System says it is “little wonder that congressional leaders are looking to chop Medicare and Medicaid spending, which have long been favorite targets of budget-cutters. As part of its effort to replace the ACA, Congress last year tried to eliminate full dollar-for-dollar sharing of Medicaid costs between the federal and state governments and replace it with finite block grants to the states.” He said instead of volume, “we need to incentivize value by rewarding better health outcomes resulting from efficiently delivered, proactive care that keeps patients healthy.” The Hospital at Home concept, which Mount Sinai Health System began in 2014, allows patients to be monitored closely from their own bedrooms and receive daily visits from a doctor or nurse practitioner, as well as home nursing care, lab services and medical equipment in their home, which is far less costly than remaining in the hospital. We need a payment system that stops rewarding health-care providers as if they are factories and, instead, one that will be beneficial for providers, payers and patients. Rather than indiscriminate cost cutting, value-based care is the smart way to bend the health-care cost curve. It will improve patient health, as well as the nation's fiscal and economic health, Dr. Davis added.
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DUBAI – Iran’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan on Wednesday confirmed that the Islamic Republic had tested a new missile, adding that the test did not violate Tehran’s nuclear accord with world powers or a U.N. Security Council resolution.
This is the first missile test by Iran after Donald Trump assumed office of U.S. President, while it test-fired several ballistic missiles since the nuclear deal in 2015. Trump had said in his election campaign that he would restrict missile programme of Iran.
“The recent test was in line with our plans and we will not allow foreigners to interfere in our defense affairs,” Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan said, according to Tasnim news agency.
“The test did not violate the nuclear deal or the (U.N.) resolution 2231,” he said.
Earlier, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday refused to confirm whether his country recently conducted a missile test, saying the Iranian missile program is not part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
A U.S. official claimed on Monday that Iran test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile on Sunday and it exploded after travelling 630 miles (1,010 km).


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Exposed: Kony 2012 Scam Is a Soros/NGO Front
Posted By admin On March 15, 2012 @ 4:25 pm In Featured Stories | Comments Disabled
Alex Jones & Aaron Dykes
March 15, 2012
Kony 2012, hyped on the backs of celebrities and do-gooders, is revealed for what it is– a propaganda salvo for a continent wide invasion of Africa. Yes, the mantra War is Peace is once again drumming U.S. soldiers into further conflict.
Research makes clear that KONY is a sophisticated psy-op to muster popular support for what is, in reality, nothing more than a geostrategic positioning vis-a-vis China for oil  and mineral resources, as well as an effort to legitimize the U.S. military’s AFRICOM unit  in the region through newly-branded “humanitarian” interventions.
It is not only War in the name of “Peace,” but an attempt to empower the International Criminal Court  under the influence of NGOs and other related globalist corporate interests.
Nobel Peace Prize “winner” Barack Obama has already deployed 100 special forces troops  to the central African region back in October 2011, and a resolution in Congress – on the heels of KONY 2012’s viral views of at lest 80 million– seeks to send more forces there for an all out invasion on the pretext of hunting down a shadowy warlord with less blood on his hands than an average African despot.
Top celebrities vying for greater power including CFR member and UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie , actor George Clooney , media baroness Oprah Winfrey , as well as Africa-obsessed Bill Gates and Bono , have all come out in front of this issue.
But behind KONY’s apparent urgency are the usual suspects, the hidden hands behind uprisings and color revolutions including the Arab Spring  and Libyan  invasion. A key World Net Daily investigation  makes clear that George Soros and his International Crisis Group , headed by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, and the likes of Samantha Power , a key member of Obama’s National Security Council advancing “humanitarian” causes, have significantly framed and shaped the manufactured crisis surrounding the now-famous head of the Lord’s Resistance Army. Like Libya, the Responsibility to Protect doctrine – created and advanced by Soros, Samantha Power and other power players– gives the impetus for intervention in the conflict. Groups like Invisible Children , who produced KONY 2012, are pawns in their game.
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URLs in this post:
 geostrategic positioning vis-a-vis China for oil: http://tv.globalresearch.ca/2012/03/us-launches-pr-campaign-ugandan-oil-intervention
 legitimize the U.S. military’s AFRICOM unit: http://www.infowars.com/kony-2012-invisible-childrens-pro-africom-museveni-propaganda/
 International Criminal Court: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/uganda/9137982/Joseph-Kony-2012-International-Criminal-Court-chief-prosecutor-supports-campaign.html
 Barack Obama has already deployed 100 special forces troops: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/8828528/Barack-Obama-deploys-US-special-forces-to-central-Africa.html
 resolution in Congress: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/kony-2012-video-inspires-house-resolution-warlord-article-1.1038813?localLinksEnabled=false
 Angelina Jolie: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/mar/12/kony-2012-angelina-jolie
 George Clooney: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/on-capitol-hill-george-clooney-testifies-on-sudan/
 Oprah Winfrey: http://www.thegrio.com/news/how-oprah-helped-the-kony-documentary-go-viral.php
 Bill Gates and Bono: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3883140.html
 Arab Spring: http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/05/americas-arab-deception.html
 Libyan: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/the-strikes-on-libya-humanitarian-intervention-not-imperial-aggression/72740/
 key World Net Daily investigation: http://kleinonline.wnd.com/2011/10/15/212-4/
 International Crisis Group: http://www.crisisgroup.org/
 Samantha Power: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Power
 Responsibility to Protect doctrine: http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/
 Invisible Children: http://www.invisiblechildren.com/
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NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT THE REEF
The Great Barrier Reef is set to become even safer for shipping thanks to a state-of-the-art
sea traffic control system designed by an innovative Queensland company.
The system will be one of the world’s most sophisticated and will help coordinate traffic at
five Queensland ports and along 3000kms of the world’s most sensitive sea lanes.
The contract to design and install the new Vessel Traffic Services – Decision Support Tool
(VTS-DST) has been awarded to Brisbane-based Australian Maritime Systems Group
(AMSG) by Maritime Safety Queensland following a global competitive tendering process.
It will replace the REEFVTS shipping control system, which has successfully protected the
Great Barrier Reef since 2004, and the five port control VTS systems at Brisbane, Cairns,
Townsville, Gladstone and Hay Point.
“There are few places on Earth as beautiful and precious as the Great Barrier Reef – or as
challenging for shipping,” said AMSG Managing Director John Sugarman.
“Our system will give VTS operators the clearest and most up-to-date picture they have ever
seen of shipping passing through the Great Barrier Reef.
“And it will also help predict and warn of potential problems – enabling port authorities and
captains to plan even safer journeys.”
Around 4000 commercial vessels a year pass through the waters controlled by REEFVTS.
At the core of the new VTS-DST will be the V3000 traffic management and information
system built by AMSG’s long-time technology partner SAAB and operated by 70 of the
world’s major ports, including Rotterdam, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
The system will receive information from radar, CCTV, meteorological sensors and
Automatic Identification System signals emitted from ships via satellite or radio
It will significantly improve the speed, quality and breadth of information passing between
ships and on-shore control centres, improving not only marine safety but also the efficiency
of Queensland’s economically vital sea lanes.
It will also improve severe weather and cyclone-resilience by allowing centres to take over
each other’s area of operations in the event of a natural disaster, ensuring uninterrupted
vessel traffic management.
The $36m installation and maintenance contract was signed between Maritime Safety
Queensland and AMSG in Brisbane earlier this month.
A team of 15 highly-skilled AMSG engineers will deliver the new VTS-DST.
“We’re delighted the Queensland Government has chosen to back a Queensland company
for this important contract,” Mr Sugarman said.
“Australian Maritime Systems Group has some of the best and brightest in the business and
we’re ready to deliver one of the most sophisticated vessel traffic services ever built.”
In April this year AMSG was awarded the contract to design and install a new VTS system at
Western Australia’s Port Hedland – the world’s largest bulk export port – on behalf of Pilbara
Ports Authority (PPA).
And in June the company was awarded a contract by Chevron Australia to design and install
a new VTS system to manage shipping to and from the Gorgon Project on Barrow Island,
60km off the coast of Western Australia.
For more information visit www.ams.group
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Given that, and knowing that solar cells are more efficient when they're cold, you would think that winter in Minnesota would be pretty good for solar production. And it would be except for the snow. A few inches of snow on the solar panels will bring the production to zero, and this time of year we also usually have at least a few inches of snow on the roof pretty much all the time.
There are a lot of solar installations where you can go online and view the production data. This seems to be a common feature of solar monitoring systems, and many people make their systems public--it's sort of a social networking thing for energy nerds. It's cool because you can go online and find solar installations near you and see how much power people are generating.
It's also a little depressing, though, when the weather is intensely sunny but the nearby solar systems are completely dark. We had our first major snowstorm of the year about ten days ago, followed by an extended period of bright sunshine and extremely cold weather. All these snow-covered solar panels are losing a lot of power! I understand that November and December are the darkest months of the year, and the solar contractors take snow cover into account when calculating how much power you should expect to generate.
Nevertheless, it somehow feels wrong to let that much sun go to waste, even though we shouldn't be expecting to generate much power this time of year, and it's dangerous to get up on the roof to clean the panels.
So I've been thinking about ways to safely and cheaply remove snow from solar panels. The "cheap" is important because removing snow from the solar panels will probably only give an extra 10% generation over the year. It's not worth it to spend a lot of money for that amount of gain.
There are three basic approaches to removing snow and ice from a surface: mechanical, chemical, and thermal. It's not necessary to completely clean the solar panels, just get enough snow off so the dark surface can start absorbing light. The heat of the sun will do the rest--even with the most efficient solar panels, over half the sun's energy goes to heat the panel and not generate electricity. It might be good enough to leave up to an inch of snow and ice on the panels, if the intense sunlight defrosts the rest quickly enough. The slope of the roof and the slipperiness of the glass surface mean that if you can break the adhesion between the snow and the solar panel, it should mostly just tubmle off.
- Mechanical: Physically removing the snow from the panels is the simplest method, and could be as easy as brushing it off with a roof rake. That could work for the part of our system over the garage, which is relatively close to the ground, but the panels on the roof of the house will be three stories above ground level. Climbing up on a snow- and ice-covered roof is dangerous, so a useful mechanical system has to be something automated. I've seen systems with motorized pushers which move across the solar array, and they definitely work but are too expensive.
- Chemical: Spraying some sort of deicing fluid on the solar panels should break the bond between the snow and the glass and allow the snow to fall off. The problem here is finding an effective antifreeze which will be safe for both the solar panels and the environment. Salt is a bad idea, since you've got electrical systems involved. Hot water is also a bad idea, since it will freeze in the tubes and make it a one-use system. An alcohol-based system might be environmentally safe, but alcohol can be corrosive to a lot of stuff and it's not clear if it would damage the solar equipment. Sugar water should be safe for the equipment and the environment, but isn't that great as an antifreeze. Propylene glycol should be safe for the equipment, but maybe not the environment. And so on.
- Thermal: Heating the solar modules would certainly work and be environmentally safe. The problem is that it takes a lot of energy to melt snow and ice, and it's possible that it could take more energy to shed the snow than you would generate. Partly it comes down to whether you need to melt all the snow, or just a little bit to make it slide off. Also, this kind of defroster system would probably have to be built into the solar modules at the factory and bonded to the glass, so it's not something you could easily add on after the fact.
So for now, there's no obvious solution to snow on the solar panels other than the one which the professionals advise: wait for spring.
But at some point someone may invent a clever way to clean the solar array which is cheap, safe, and effective. When that happens, I'm guessing it will sell like crazy in these northern climates, just so we can avoid the heartbreak of seeing all those photons go to waste.


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TO THE PROBLEM OF SYSTEMIC-PROCESS APPROACH IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX HIGH TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISES
K. Petelin, engineer analyst OJSC «NIIF»
The possibility of a system-process approach as a measure to improve the formation of the functioning of the management strategies of the industrial enterprise. A description of the components of the proposed approach, their characteristics and properties. Described my alleged effects with systemic-process approach to project management in an industrial plant.
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For the last three years McAfee has been releasing a report of the most dangerous celebrates to search for on the internet. "Cybercriminals are star watchers too–they latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software in disguise," Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee Avert Labs, said in a statement with the list release. "Consumers’ obsession with celebrity news and culture is harmless in theory, but one bad download can cause a lot of damage to a computer."
The number one danger search was Jessica Biel. Coming in second on this year’s list of the most dangerous to search for is Beyonce, followed by Jennifer Aniston which resulted in more than 40% of the search results for "Jennifer Aniston screen savers" containing viruses. Last year it was Brad Pitt and before him it was Paris Hilton.
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WASHINGTON, December 21 (Itar-Tass) - The United States has decided to avoid expanding its ‘Magnitsky’ blacklist of Russian officials declared personae non gratae on the suspicion of human rights abuse and corruption, President Barack Obama’s key foreign policy adviser, Ben Rhodes, confirmed in an exclusive interview to Itar-Tass Friday evening.
“We are not currently adding any additional names to the Magnitsky list,” Rhodes, the current deputy national security adviser for strategic communication for U.S. President Obama, said. “That doesn't mean that we won't in the future. We continue to have obligations under legislation. But we are not anticipating adding new names -- certainly by the end of the year or in the near future, early next year. We'll continue to look at the issue and we'll continue to fulfill our commitments under the law, but we are not currently adding any additional names.”
The Magnitsky list is a list of 18 Russian officials, none of them high-ranking, who have been declared personae non gratae in the US according to a so-called Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, which was adopted by the Congress in December 2012.
The people mentioned in the Magnitsky list are denied entry to the US. Besides, their assets in the US, if they have any, have to be frozen.