The use of weak magnetic fields to control the microstructural evolution of colloidal‐based systems in conjunction with directional solidification is demonstrated as a convenient processing route to fabricate anisotropic ceramic scaffolds with complex microarchitectures. A variety of graded and aligned microstructures were formed by applying external static magnetic fields oriented radially, axially, and transversely with respect to the solidification direction of freezing slurries containing micro/nanoparticles of ZrO2 and Fe3O4. The graded structures, formed by the radial and axial fields, resemble core–shell architectures composed of dense outer perimeters surrounding porous inner cores. The aligned structures, formed by transverse fields, exhibit two modes of microstructural alignment: lamellar walls aligned by the growing ice crystals and mineral bridges aligned by the magnetic fields. The alignment of mineral bridges that connect adjacent lamellae, provide these scaffolds enhanced strength and stiffness when compressed parallel to their orientation (parallel to the direction of the magnetic field).


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Ві́ктор Іва́нович Турпак (16 лютого 1944, Київ — 18 квітня 1998, Львів) — український радянський футболіст, воротар. Виступав, зокрема, за «Динамо» (Хмельницький), «Карпати» (Львів), «Десну» (Чернігів), «Суднобудівник» (Миколаїв), «Металіст» (Харків). Майстер спорту СРСР. Володар Кубка СРСР 1969.

Закінчив Львівський інститут фізкультури.

Після завершення кар'єри довгий час виступав за команду ветеранів «Карпат». Згодом у Віктора почалась важка хвороба — гангрена. Лікарям довелося ампутувати одну ногу, але це допомогло не надовго.

Помер 18 квітня 1998 року у Львові, похований там же.

Титули та досягнення
 Кубок СРСР: 1969

Посилання
 Пам'ять: 16 лютого, виповнюється 65 років з дня народження Віктора Турпака (fckarpaty.lviv.ua, 16 лютого 2009)
 Статистики кар'єри на КЛІСФ
 Профіль на сайті ФК «Металіст» (Харків) у цифрах

Література
 Пилипчук П. Футбольні постаті Львова. — Львів : Галицька видавнича спілка, 2008. — С. 138.
 11 героїв — 11 долей // КарпатиМанія. — 2008. — № 1 (1), липень. — С. 27.

Уродженці Києва
Випускники Львівського інституту фізичної культури
Радянські футболісти
Футбольні воротарі
Футболісти «Карпат» (Львів)
Футболісти «Поділля» (Хмельницький)
Футболісти «Миколаєва»
Футболісти «Металіста» (Харків)
Померли у Львові

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Darryn Lyons is the former Mayor of the Greater City of Geelong, elected after a successful campaign in Nov. 2013.
As mayor, Darryn focussed on lobbying for the city, creating publicity and lifting the city's profile in order to attract tourism and investment.
Darryn has advocated for building a cruise ship pier on the Geelong waterfront in order to boost the city's economy with tourism.
The pier would also incorporate a convention centre and cultural centre.
Other initiatives introduced by Darryn include improving the city centre by making street parking free on weekends ands he was instrumental in unveiling Australia's largest floating Christmas tree which prompted Geelong as the "Christmas Capital of Australia."
Darryn grew up as the youngest of three children in the suburb of Herne Hill, and later lived in Leopold, Darryns passion for photography started at a young age, he attended Geelong East Technical School, where he was dux of the school.
After completing his schooling, Lyons began work as a professional photographer at the Geelong News and Geelong Advertiser. At the age of 22, he moved to London, where he gained a job at News of the World, he then left to take a position with the Daily Mail, for whom he provided coverage of the Bosnian War.
Darryn then rose from local newspaper snapper to international businessman and headed Britain's largest celebrity photo syndicate before returning home to become a crucial and controversial player in local business and politics.
As an active member of the community, Darryn has decided to run for Victorian State Parliament after becoming increasingly frustrated with the major parties and their lack of investment in the region.
The campaign slogan, Think Different, Think Independent is to resonate with voters and to advocate and "Address inequality of funding between Melbourne and Regional Victoria".
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UK forecasts higher growth this year
2:08 pm on 30 November 2010
Britain's official statistics agency has raised its growth forecasts for UK in the coming year.
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) expects the economy to grow by 1.8% this year, up from its previous forecast of 1.2%.
But it lowered its growth estimates for the next two years, the BBC reports.
The OBR indicated that economic performance next year would be growth of 2.1% rather than its previous 2.3% forecast, and 2.6% in 2012, down from the 2.8% previously pencilled in.
There was better news on the employment front.
Britain's austerity drive was expected to cost 490,000 public sector jobs, but that forecast has now been revised down to 330,000 public sector jobs.
Dairy farmers on track for record payout as forecast farmgate milk price tops $9
ANZ forecasts Official Cash Rate to be lifted to 3% next year
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What is a Heat Network? A Brief Guide to District Heating
A heat network, or district heating, distributes heat generated at a central location to individual premises.
Occupants then use this heat energy for space heating and hot water. This concept has a history dating back to antiquity, however there are several examples in more recent centuries.
Pioneering Heat Networks
In the year 1330, the French Commune of Chaudes-Aigues ("Hot Waters") began using geothermal energy domestically. The hottest springs in Europe provided heat for approximately 30 houses. The system used wooden pipes, with a central main and smaller channels serving each home. The method survives in the spa town today.
The first modern heat networks can be traced to the latter half of the 19th century. Europe and the USA pioneered the use of steam produced by burning coal in several heat networks. In New York and Paris, some of these early networks survive to the present day, though after many changes through the decades. The Soviets made extensive use of district heating in new planned cities. Later systems would move from steam to pressurised hot water and use insulated pipework. A wider variety of fuel sources, including oil and biomass, would later be used.
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The Pimlico District Heating Undertaking opened in the 1950's as the UK's first true district heat network. This pioneering system connected 1,600 council homes to the waste heat generated by Battersea Power Station. The network survives under Westminster City Council today, serving 3,256 homes, 50 business premises and three schools. Following the closure of the power station, the supply of heat has changed several times. The system includes a large thermal store in Churchill Gardens to retain heat when not needed.
Today, Nottingham hosts the UK's largest network. This serves 4,600 homes and variety of businesses and landmark venues. A waste incinerator provides the power. In Sheffield, a similar system connects to 140 buildings and 2,800 homes. Removing the need for conventional mains gas and mains electricity has saved 21,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. Other civic scale heat networks exist in London, the Scottish Highlands and Islands, and Southampton.
Is there a Future for Sustainable Heat Networks?
During the 1970's, the two oil crises led to greater innovations in efficiency. Older methods of using concrete ducts were giving way to prefabricated, pre-insulated pipes operated at lower temperatures. Scandinavia is largely credited with leading these innovations. It was during this decade that geothermal energy was first used in modern district heating in Paris.
Today, sources of heat vary widely, with slow but increasing focus on low carbon and sustainable innovations. Until recently, the Greater London Authority (GLA) and many others favored Combined Heat and Power (CHP). This technology typically uses mains gas to power a turbine, generating electricity and useful heat simultaneously. However in the UK, CHP may soon begin to lose favor. The ongoing decarbonisation of mains electricity and warnings against new mains gas connections from 2025 are largely responsible. Electric heat pumps or renewable sources are instead gaining favor. The GLA has now removed almost all reference to CHP from it's policy and guidance.
Oslo installed the world's largest district wide heat pump in 2012 at 13MW. However, the next generation of heat networks will likely use several smaller heat pumps within each buildings plant room. The system will distribute water at ambient temperature. Building level systems will then provide the space heating and hot water to the occupants. The pump is then reversed to recycle waste heat from cooling to other buildings in need. The lower distribution temperatures reduce the losses or need for insulation around the district circuit. London Southbank University has since 2016 operated such a system between two large buildings as a research and development project, while a far larger example exists in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
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It´s been a while since our last update now. But gradually, the project is progressing. Yesterday, the efforts of Svein and André had the bus loose the last of it´s weld seams and surface rust on bare metal before the bare metal areas were painted with Jotamastic to avoid more rust.
It is the finishing touches now before we send Samboen to the painters.
At the same time, the gang at Krankenhaus becomes homeless this summer when the lease for our current workshop expires.
Anyone in the Bergen area have a suitable space for rent?
- or we would like a plot where it is possible to set up a warehouse or rubber hall.
By the way, check out how airy and bright it is in a Sambabus. 23 windows and an open ceiling certainly help thet feel.


Kids love to cook and eat pancakes, so why not give the classic dish a seasonal (and nutritious!) twist with some pureed pumpkin? Simply substitute canned pumpkin if you don't have a fresh one available. This recipe comes to us from Karen of Our Blessed Adventures.
Cooking Tip of the Week: Overmixing pancake batter can cause the pancakes to become tough instead of light and fluffy. Stop mixing as soon as everything looks moistened, it's okay to have a few lumps.
Food for Thought: So many cultures have some version of a pancake, from French crêpes to Ethiopian injera. What is your favorite kind of pancake?
Family Dinner Conversation Starter: What was your favorite gift that you gave someone this year?
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Adult: Add a little butter to the griddle and then pour your batter on.
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The Xiaomi Black Shark 2 which is slated to be announced on March 18th in China later this month is already up for pre-registrations across various online platforms in the Chinese markets. This include Blackshark's official online store, Xiaomi's official online store, as well as the renowned JD.com. On its per-registration page, there is also a render of the rear chassis of what seems to be the upcoming Xiaomi Black Shark 2 gaming phone. If that's the case, then we could expect the new Blackshark 2 to feature an incredible neon green LED lights on its rear chassis, which is similar to what we'd seen on the Black Shark Helo. As seen from the render, the entire Black Shark logo will be covered illuminated by LED light, which is flanked by a stream of parallel LED lights near its side edges.
As of now, there is still no news on how much the device will cost. However, its worth noting that the pre-registrations for the device will run from now till March 18th, after which the device is expected to go on sale. Let's wait and see what new innovations Xiaomi have achieved for the upcoming Black Shark 2.


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What makes Canada's pensions flourish?
Just what is it about Canada that has allowed the country's pension funds to flourish into the Goliaths they are today? It's a question that preoccupies the private equity community, and plagues the pension and sovereign wealth funds that seek to replicate it.
"To me it's fascinating why the Canadian pension funds, and not just OMERS, have developed in the way that they have relative, frankly, to the rest of the world," says Mark Redman of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
"I would argue – I don't see any evidence against this – the Canadians are global leaders in terms of the development of pension funds, certainly in terms of pension funds taking control and ownership of their own destiny."
Even as an insider, Redman finds it difficult to put his finger on why that is. "My sense is it's a combination of political [and] regulatory will. There were some visionaries, I suspect, within the Canadian pension fund community who were able to take politicians and regulators on that journey. There's probably a cultural point. There's a degree of maturity, I suspect, within the Canadian psyche to see things for what they are and to take responsibility."
Redman points to the way the Canadian banking system came through the financial crisis relatively unscathed as proof of "a system that is quite sensible, that is quite prudent, that is quite careful, that sees the longer term, the bigger picture".
That longer-term view encouraged OMERS to go ahead with opening a European office at the height of the crisis, when the prevailing view among North Americans was that "Europe was finished".
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Podcast: Write Like a Legal Pro
In every legal drama, it's the oral arguments that get all the attention. But for most cases, what really wins is good legal writing. And today on the Filevine Fireside, we're talking with one of this country's most esteemed legal writers.
Ross Guberman has worked with thousands of attorneys and judges and dozens of state and federal agencies teaching the in's and out's of great legal writing. He's the president of Legal Writing Pro (an advanced training and consulting firm), and he just released the editing tool BriefCatch.
Ross is also a professorial lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School and holds degrees from Yale, the Sorbonne, and the University of Chicago Law School. He's here to talk about his work, and to give us a few tips to improve and polish our legal writing.
Katie: This is The Filevine Fireside and I'm Katie Wolf. In every legal drama, it's the oral arguments that get all of the attention. But for most cases, what really wins is good legal writing. Today on The Filevine Fireside, we're talking with one of this country's most esteemed legal writers. Ross Guberman has worked with thousands of attorneys, judges and dozens of state and federal agencies, teaching the ins and outs of great legal writing. He's the president of Legal Writing Pro, an advanced training and consulting firm and he just released the editing tool, "Briefcatch" at briefcatch.com. Ross is also a professorial lecturer in law at the George Washington University Law School and holds degrees from Yale, the Sorbonne and The University of Chicago Law School. He's here to talk about his work and give us a few tips to improve and polish our legal writing. Thank you so much for talking with us today Ross.
Ross: Thanks to you as well, Kate. I'm happy to be here.
Katie: You've done a lot of things in your life, Ross. How did you become the legal writing guy?
Ross: Yeah, I have done quite a few things and that was actually before I even went to law school. I went to law school a little bit later in life. I had kind of a graduate level of background in literature. I worked in publishing and translating a bit. I certainly focused a lot on writing while I was in law school and when I was a summer associate and in practice as well. I worked for a huge firm and did a lot of writing there. Then, I decided to go out on my own and I did a bunch of things at that point. I started teaching at GW Law School here in Washington, D.C., where I still live. I worked as an investigative reporter, focusing on business and financial and legal stories. Then I started writing briefs and editing briefs for some big firms with the D.C. offices. At one of those firms one of the partners just asked me sort of spontaneously if I wanted to put together a class for the associates on how to write a better brief and I wasn't quite sure about what to do on that front, but I did agree and I did it and that's sort of how it started. So, it started kind of with my own idea. Unfortunately, I can't even take credit for it. It was really somebody else's idea and then as with many businesses, it just sort of sputtered along for a little bit, a few months, and then it grew and grew and grew and now I have about 250 different clients.
Katie: So, you have a background in literature. When people think of good literature, they don't usually think of legal briefs but what have you learned from that background that informs the work that you do now?
Ross: That's actually a really interesting point because many people who are literary types have a lot of trouble with legal or judicial writing. The kind of literature that I was fascinated by, even in my doctoral program, tended to lean more towards the narrative non-fiction genre. I was always really really fascinated by clear controlled Hemingway-type writing, although my specialty was actually not in English literature. I was always very interested in journalism as well. When I got to law school, you would think I would have felt alienated in legal writing class but I actually loved my legal writing class from day one because various things I valued in English prose were at least in theory valued in legal writing as well. I also think just the close analysis of writing that you learn to do so well, if you studied literature at the graduate level, it's really helped me a lot with my current job too.
Katie: Yes, that deep understanding of rhetoric. I've heard law students kind of bad mouth their legal writing classes. Do you have opinions about the way that legal writing is taught in schools?
Ross: Yeah, it's interesting. It really does seem to be a little bit of a punching bag, the legal writing class. I actually taught it once, believe it or not. A long time ago I taught a class and then I did a seminar with a self-selecting crowd for many years as well, which was probably more enjoyable, quite frankly. A few thoughts on that. One is, new law students are a little bit nervous and the only feedback they get is often in the legal writing class, so I think there's a little bit of insecurity sometimes and a little bit of hostility thrown at the legal writing class. I also think it's an incredibly hard class to teach well and a lot of law schools do their best, and I think the full-time faculty generally put their heart and soul into the class. Some schools are sort of an adjunct program where you have people who are good at practicing but not necessarily skilled at teaching, so that's a problem. Frankly, it's really hard to teach writing.
Katie: Your book is subtitled, How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates. When you look at the very best attorneys, what makes their writing stand out?
Ross: Probably a couple of things. The first would be that If you read their writing out loud, it sounds very direct, natural, confident and conversational. That's really rare and really hard to pull off so that's one general unifying trait I've noticed. Then the other I'd say is most of the really great legal writers, the kinds who would be in my book, have a little bit more creativity than a lot of lawyers have so they come up with more interesting examples, analogies, metaphors or hypotheticals. You just feel like behind the scenes, they're trying much harder than a lot of us do to take dry legal or factual concepts and bring them to life.
Katie: Now, a lot of your work, well, any good writing work involves putting yourself in the shoes of the audience and in this case the audience is often a judge. How have you been able to get a judge's perspective on briefs?
Ross: I'm really lucky because I actually do a lot of work with judges and do a lot of training of judges, federal and state, so a little bit through osmosis I've actually gotten to learn a lot of things about what judges like, what they don't like, what they see, what they wish they didn't see but they don't see that they wish they did see, and then I've also been in part because I've had these connections with the judiciary, I've been lucky to be able to do these nationwide surveys of judges so I make them anonymous and I try to go after a broad squaff of judges and I get lots and lots and lots of input on everything from fonts to use of case law.
Katie: What are things that attorneys do all the time that just really annoys judges?
Ross: One would be the snarky word phrase or opening introductory phrase. So, one of these "Clearly unable to unmask any evidence that would actually prove any element of a cause of action, plaintiff." That kind of thing drives judges crazy. Also, when people use the words tellingly a lot or baselessly a lot or preposterously, those kinds of things also really make judges roll their eyes. So, that's one general category. Another thing I hear a lot of complaints about is just sort of in the beating a dead horse category. So, having the summary judgment standard go on for ¾ of a page, or saying what the four elements of negligence are and having five different case sites and a block quote, so there's a lot of complaining about that. And then, the other is probably just not being really honest about weaknesses in your own case, bad facts in your own client's fact pattern or frankly weaknesses in some of the cases that you'd think generally support your position. So, just a general lack of honesty and a lack of candor mixed with sort of grandstanding obliviating that really takes what is by definition a complex dispute or it would have been settled and tried to make it just so one sided that you actually start to lose credibility.
Katie: How do you recommend sort of threading that needle where you are persuasive while still appearing and sounding objective, neutral and trustworthy?
Ross: That's a great question. What seems to work the best, even if it isn't as fun in the short term for a lot of lawyers, is to write a first draft that consists of nothing but pure logic facts and legal analysis. You make your argument tight, you make it organized, you get your headings in order, but it's all loveless, right? No emotion, no rhetoric, no name calling, no fireworks. Then, after you've done that, it's like a little bit of a reward. Then, you go back and you can add a little bit of the color, you can slam things a little bit, you can add a few modifiers here if you want. A couple of adjectives and a couple of adverbs aren't going to kill anybody. You always do that last. And what I think a lot of people do these days because people always write in such a state of frenzy, is they sort of emote first and they type a lot of sentences and paragraphs that are mostly about how long they have recited and how stupid the other side's points are and how misleading the other side's cases are. And then they try to fill in the blanks with actual legal analysis but it's probably better to do it the other way around.
Katie: That's really good advice. That is good. More and more judges are reading briefs online. Does that make any difference in how you should write a brief? Does it matter if a judge is reading something on a screen or printed out in front of them?
Ross: That is so true. I actually have the evidence that it's true again from my survey so online and then it's actually interesting how many judges, at least anonymously, say they read briefs on iPads or actually on their phones, which seems to me pretty hard to pull off to read a brief on an iPhone or a droid but they do so some of the things that would change would be number one, now more than ever you really need a lot of attention to white space, spacing in general, having some subheadings and having short paragraphs because people are just so much more demanding when they read things on screens than they might be if they're curling up in front of the fireplace with something in print, so that's one thing to think about. But, you'd be surprised. The main thing that I hear from judges when it comes to reading things on devices is actually a little bit more specific and that is that it drives judges crazy when they read things on devices if there's anything in the footnotes at all; citations, extra authority or what have you, because what happens is depending on the device, sometimes the footnotes and end notes are moved to the wrong place and it just makes it really really hard, given that you don't remember what page you were on because you weren't looking at a whole page the way you would in print, it makes it really really hard for a judge to find their spot. So, I would say those two things, pay a lot more attention to formatting and generally having more white space and then just being really really cautious about footnotes.
Katie: Now, you don't only advise people on how to write great briefs but you are also working with contracts and emails and the opinions that judges write. Do you want to talk a little bit about what the main pitfalls and problems are in those forms of writing?
Ross: Sure! Contract and contract drafting are two of the most stimulating but also frustrating parts of the legal writing empire so you have these competing forces in contract drafting. So, you have all sorts of efforts to make English language contracts, especially in the United States, more modern known as just plain English. There a lot of people who have other really great ideas about reforming contracts as well. They've thought through the language. They've tried to make things streamlined and consistent and clear. So, you have all of these things going on. But then you also have the reality and a lot of people don't want to admit the reality is the reality but it is. So, the way things work and the way things have worked for decades, if not centuries, contract drafting is really heavy on inertia and it's very very risk of verse and very little change. It's really interesting. Unless you're in the tech world and you're looking at a contract on a licensing agreement that really is by definition, new. If you look at a financing agreement or a stock purchase agreement in 2018, it's not that much different from what you might have seen 30 or 40 years ago. So, what I personally try to do in contract drafting because I do respect the pressures that corporate lawyers are under is this: I don't try to completely reform the way people draw up contracts. I don't tell them they need to burn everything and blow it up and start from scratch but what I do do is focus on words and phrases that have a history of being litigated and I try to give suggestions on how to avoid those same pitfalls. So, I talk about things like and and or, and and/or and the word material and different clauses and different problems with shall, may and must and I just try to get people to avoid the risk of litigation because I know it's just not realistic to get people to throw out the entire way they draft agreements. I have a lot to say about emails too.
Katie: Yeah, what do you have to say about that?
Ross: Well, I never thought when I went into this business that I'd be spending so much time studying lawyer emails as I have. It's actually pretty fascinating because the lawyers, like most professionals, write two types of emails. You have sort of the daily emails managing cases and transactions, setting up meetings, setting up calls and delivering basic information and then of course a lot of lawyers deliver substance information by email as well. So, what I've learned just to make a long story short is that in daily emails I compared with other professionals, a lot of lawyers are actually a little too short and sweet and curt and could stand being a little bit friendlier in trying to make a better connection with the audience. But, in the other kind of email the lawyer writes where he's delivering legal advice or legal analysis, the problems and the complaints are exactly the opposite. So, some of that is part of our profession. The law is complicated and you need a lot of information so we should be given a little bit of a break. But, I have noticed over and over again, especially when I train in-house groups who complain a lot about law firm lawyers is a lot of lawyers spend too much time at the beginning of the substance of the email talking about what they're going to talk about but really what we should be doing is giving the two or three main points if we're going to spend the rest of the email threshing out. There you go. A little bit more warmth and friendliness in the beginning of the emails and a little bit more brevity but especially more front-loaded information in substance of emails.
Katie: Ross, also part of the work that you do is to train attorneys in the ways that they can talk with other attorneys and members of their staff about improving their legal writing because that can be a little bit of a touchy subject sometimes. What are suggestions that you have about how to talk to other members of your legal team about making your legal writing better?
Ross: It's interesting that you say that and I couldn't agree more. It really is a touchy subject. I've actually been thinking about this for years. Why do lawyers get so sensitive when their writing is criticized? I think, in general, most professionals are similar in that respect. Writing is obviously seen as a court professional skill. It's something that a lot of people pride themselves on. It's obviously something that we've all been working on since Kindergarten or first grade but that doesn't quite explain the reaction we get when we're criticized so there must be something about our profession where we really just value writing even more and a criticism of our writing seems like a criticism of our entire competence so that's sort of the backdrop of this challenge. I see this a lot in my daily work and even my one on one work from time to time. You have to be really sensitive to people's self-image and ego, frankly, when you talk about writing so a couple of things that work. Again, not always what people want to do, people want to criticize, but here are a couple of things that work. One is to try to find some sort of third party authority for any point you make. So, in other words, you don't want to be a supervisor who runs around saying, "I don't like the phrase, 'the fact that.'" You want to say, "I'm a big believer in the book Elements and Style by Strunk and White. I've always tried to cut 'the fact that' from my writings, Strunk and White said we should and I just want to pass that on to you." So, I found that that goes over a thousand times better than just saying, "I," that word I like or dislike something, so that's number one. Then number two is people also seem to have a lot of trouble with is you don't want to ever just criticize someone's writing with an adjective. Like, "Hey this is unclear. This is unorganized." You want to give them some practical or actionable step they can take to make their writing clearer or better organized for next time. It's sort of a cheap shot as a supervisor to just declare that someone's writing is a, b or c, in my view. It isn't really doing them any service. It's just going to make them feel bad. You really need to give them a little bit of an exit strategy and then they will react more favorably.
Katie: Your book Point Taken is about judicial writing. What are the special needs that you had to consider when you're addressing judges writing?
Ross: You have to be really really careful when you address judges writing. So, litigators, even the most arrogant and confident litigators realize that at the end of the day they have to make judges and clerks happy. Judges don't necessarily have something comparable in their lives so they don't necessarily feel like somebody is going to process the opinion as an opinion as opposed to just the holding and judge the opinion as a piece of writing so that's one thing I've learned is you have to be realistic about what judges can and cannot strive for daily in their writing because they have a different agenda than they might have had when they were in practice, so there's that. Another challenge, although I've actually enjoyed this challenge, is very few people have really studied the writing of opinions. I know that because I wrote a book and there wasn't much for me to read in preparation so it isn't really clear to judges even what they're supposed to be going for. It is actually pretty clear to most litigators what a brief is supposed to look like, so that's different. We have those two challenges. But other than that, I've had some of the best professional experiences of my career working with judges so I don't want to make it sound like it's a tough road because there's some of the best and grateful audiences I've ever worked with.
Katie: So, now in addition to the advising consulting and training that you do, you've created this editing tool called "Briefcatch." Where'd you come up with the idea for this?
Ross: As I've toured around and done all of these workshops in different places, I have a really great system of editing for lawyers but what a lot of people would point out is it's really really hard to remember all of these edits, especially when you're under time pressure and exhausted and the like, so it actually wasn't even really my idea. It was some of the younger attorneys, the hipper, younger attorneys that I train, would say to me, "Why don't you create something, some kind of tact tool, that would actually flag a lot of these edits that would make suggestions" and you know I took their advice and I worked on it for over a year and I came up with this product that I launched just a few weeks ago called "Briefcatch."
Katie: What makes it different from sort of a regular editing app?
Ross: So, it tackles 14 different features of lawyer's writing. It actually works for other kinds of writing as well. It works for non-legal writing that lawyers do like articles and biographies. But it tackles everything from conciseness and preciseness to an effective use of case law, to citation errors to repetitive patterns with transitions, mistakes that spellcheck or grammar check just don't know about. It flags cliché words that lawyer's use. It really just gives you just sort of one step shopping for most of the things that any human editor, a top notch human editor, would look for.
Katie: Ross, earlier you mentioned your Twitter account and I wanted to circle back around to that. I love your Twitter account. It made the ABA's best law Twitter list. One thing that I notice is that you're always asking questions. I would expect the grammar guy, the expert to be sort of pontificating from his Twitter feed but you are actually engaging and taking surveys of the people who follow you.
Ross: Yeah, you know, it's embarrassing to say, but I actually really love my Twitter followers and I actually learn as much from them as they perhaps learn from me. I see Twitter, obviously people have different approaches to Twitter and I only know what works for me, but I like doing those polls, I like asking questions, I like sort of crowd sourcing and I don't always agree with every single thing that everybody replies but I like having that interaction and the really amazing thing I've found is when I do these polls and I poll everything under the sun that can be polled that has to do with writing. I have something about the Stormy Daniels legal documents but I was going to say nine times out of ten, when I do these polls, and I've got thousands of followers, the answers I get from those votes is actually the answer that I think is right. Even when I ask incredibly difficult or obscure questions. it's been really sort of encouraging in that way as well.
Katie: Wow. You mentioned Stormy Daniels. You do refer to a lot of hot button political issues in your Twitter but it's almost to always ask about the grammar in which something has been presented which makes it playful.
Ross: Well, I hope so! I think it's certainly a risk that I'm aware of. It's tough though, because I've always tried to have fun examples and I've always tried to have provocative examples and I do like to follow things in the news and if you have those things as goals, you're going to end up using a sentence that's going to offend somebody based on the content, right? Or to be honest, sometimes based on the author. So, I hope I strike the right balance. I do try to be a little bit tongue in cheek. I think surely people know that if I have a sentence from President Trump or President Obama and I'm talking about a split infinitive, I'm not really taking a position on the terrorists or The Affordable Care Act. I think people generally get that but you know how people are. We're in an era where people are quite often easily offended and I am very conscious of what you're talking about and I try to strike the right balance.
Katie: I heard a rumor, Ross, that you're working on a novel. Is that true?
Ross: Ha ha! Well, the rumor is true. But I'm always working on my novel and I never seem to make a lot of progress so I'm actually working on a legal thriller which is probably not a huge surprise given my background and given my law degree so if I ever find the time, and I'm not sure that's going to happen, I will try to finish it. I'll be sure you're on my mailing list and you'll be my only reader. It doesn't come as easily to me as non-fiction writing. That much I can tell you. Fiction writing is harder for me.
Katie: Yeah, I wanted to ask if your legal writing background helps or hinders when it comes to writing a thriller?
Ross: To be honest, it probably hinders me because it's impossible for me to do what people tell you to do when you're writing a novel and just sort of blurt it all out on the screen. I'm not able to do that when I write. Not even if I write a grocery list. So, it probably hinders me a little bit, I've got to be honest.
Katie: I also have one final question, which is, are people often intimidated to talk to you? Because we know that we're going to say something that is ungrammatical… are you a grammar stickler at all times or only when you're dealing with formal legal writing?
Ross: So, my parting line on that is that I only notice grammar if I'm being paid to do so, which means I never notice anything in emails. I don't notice anything in social life. We have all of these lawyers who are actually much more aggressive than I am about grammar. They seem to be lying in wait to catch someone making a mistake. This is all I do. You know, I've memorized every single rule under the sun so it doesn't make me happy to find mistakes so I'm not going to lie. I've definitely had clients tell me they are intimidated to write me or email me but we just have to laugh about it together because honestly the last thing I'm going to do for fun is look for mistakes in anyone else's writing unless I'm being paid to do so.
Katie: (Laughing) That is great to hear.
Ross: Don't tell my kids that though. I want them to be afraid of me…(laughing).
Katie: Ross, it's been such a joy to talk with you. Thank you so much for the information that you've given us.
Ross: Well, it's great talking to you as well and I appreciate your thoughtful questions. Thanks for the opportunity.
Katie: I'm Katie Wolf and thanks for listening to The Filevine Fireside.


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I think most of life boils down to how I spend my time and how I spend my money… Contrary to popular belief, the key questions of practical existentialism is not how much I earn, where I work or live, what I say I believe, what I proudly don't do or what I studied. To understand our own idea of 'the good life' we simply need to look at how we spend our time and money, that will tell us all we need to know. Despite clever rationalisations, how I spend my time and money defines me; nothing else. We resist this type of thinking because it penetrates our self deceit and it exposes the contradictions of our own intentions. Nevertheless the big questions are easy to evaluate through observable tangibles. Once we recognise our inconsistencies, we can start to discuss a way out, a way forward.
And so the question of who gets my attention becomes the most relevant of all. Do I give my eyes and ears to advertisers? Do I give my eyes and ears to Facebook virtual friends? Do I give my mind to best selling authors or pastors? Do I give my time, energy and mind to 'the market'? Who teaches me what is cool? Who teaches me what is important? Are we taught how to prioritise our time and money, how to allocate our hours and energy? You are who you give your energy to. Who demands my attention and cash? If 'time is money', maybe the two can be synthesised into the concept of attention. The revealing imperative can then be articulated as 'who gets my attention? Your attention is your most prised asset. Do you allow others to steal it for free? Advertisers pay TV channels big bucks for your attention, your attention has market value. More so, it has eternal value and significance. Now, do you have intention of attention? Are you intent on choosing attentiveness? Do you let others decide or manipulate where you look and what you listen to. I want to drive my own life, create and determine my own surroundings. The secret is not in making good choices in the moment, but in creating content and milieu that will imply different choices. The secret to a better life is putting myself in a different place with different options. It's a pity that the skill to direct and conserve our attention is taught in neither school nor university.
Somehow we get trapped in the quality of our toys and the coolness of our brands, as they speaks to our fragile inner identity. After a 'long week' or 'difficult day' we find ourselves weak and we let go, relaxing and surrendering our attention to cheap and easy entertainment, corporations or people that catch us in our moments or leisure, but then sows subtle seeds in our minds, seeds that germinate and stay present long after we switch off the TV, put down the phone or drive past the billboard.
The superficiality of the situation seems disguised by the universal desire to 'have' instead of to 'be'. How can we become free? By recognizing the battle for our attention and affection. Everybody is competing for your mind space. Are you fighting back or being swept along? To know the answer, look at your clothes, look at your budget and look at your diary. No point in lying to ourselves.


I make a living reporting what happens in the local craft beer scene, but in my spare time, I use my special superpowers to ensure that neighborhoods I live and work in receive their very own top-notch ale and lager spots… right after I vacate them. Allow me to explain. I lived in Escondido for five years in the early 2000s. During that span, there was no brewery or beer bar within the city limits. In 2005, I moved away and, less than a year later, Stone Brewing Co. erected what most consider the most beautiful place to have a beer on the entire planet — Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Escondido.
I lamented the bad timing of it all from my new home in Rancho Bernardo. For the three years I lived there, I told anyone who would listen that if someone would open a craft beer bar or restaurant in the area, they'd make a fortune. One of the big reasons I felt that way was because a wine-centric restaurant called The Barrel Room was so packed all the time that I could never get in. So, why not beer? Turns out the owners of The Barrel Room came to the same realization. Months after I moved away, they opened Urge Gastropub directly across from their vino spot and it's become one of the most well regarded beer restos in the county. It's been so successful that it's spawned spin-off businesses Brothers Provisions and the forthcoming Urge: Craft Alley combination brewpub, bottle shop and bowling alley.
Residents in and around Poway will be glad to know my streak is intact. Green Flash Brewing Company recently signed a lease on a 12,275 square foot space in an industrial park on the same block as a company at which I worked for two years. Funny story, right after I quit that job, a biochemist named Jim Crute opened Lightning Brewery, blocks from my former place of employ. And now this, less than a quarter-mile by foot from the old digs. It's uncanny! But enough about me.
Green Flash's new spot is located at 12260 Crosthwaite Circle and will house additional brewing facilities. When the company opened its current headquarters in Mira Mesa, brewmaster Chuck Silva said it would take only a couple years to reach capacity. Then, Green Flash went on to break ground on an East Coast facility in Virginia Beach, but it won't be up and running in time to appease consumer demand for West Coast IPA, Hop Head Red, Double Stout and Green Flash's other brews. This will allow the company to keep up. The space, which has no set opening timeframe, will also include a tasting room for folks who do live, shop (it's a block from a Costco and Home Depot) and, as I used to, work in the area. Speaking from experience, the latter are probably in much greater need of a cold beer!
smitty825 Aug. 15, 2014 @ 10:38 a.m.
1) Existing brewery on Flanders Dr. 2) New facility in Virginia 3) Facility in Poway 4) Barrel Room in San Diego somewhere?


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Q: Is there a simple way to know if login has failed Django? I am currently using Django built-in login feature. I only made my own form as you can see on this image:
Login page
It is really basic. Only two inputs and some formatting:
<form action="#" class="login-form" method="post">
    <input type="text" class="form-control input-field" placeholder="Username" name="username" required>
    <input type="password" class="form-control input-field" name="password" placeholder="Password" required>
</form>

When I enter a correct username and password, everything works and I am redirected on the correct page, but when I enter a wrong password, the login page is just reloaded, and nothing tells me the password/username was incorrect.
I understand that, no matter if the password is correct or incorrect, I am redirected on the main page, but when I am not logged in (so when the password is wrong), this main page redirects me on the login page (because it is on login required).
Do you know if there is a simple way to detect if a login failed and display it ?

A: 1)import view.py
from django.contrib import messages
2)In Login View--
 try:
    User.object.get(email=request.Post['email'])
except :
    messages.Error("User Not Found")

3)Html file
{% if messages %}

  {% for message in messages %}
    <div class="alert alert-{% ifequal message.tags 'error' %}danger {% else %}{{ message.tags }} {% endifequal%} alert-dismissible fade show" role="alert">
        {{ message }}
        <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close"></button>
        </button>
    </div>
    {% endfor %}
{% endif %}

A: in login html
$("#login_form").on("submit", function (e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  data = {
    "email": $("#id_email").val(),
    "password": $("#id_password").val(),
  };
  if (data){
      $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: `${URL}/user/login/`,
        data: data,
        success: function (data) {
           Swal.fire({
              title:  data.success,
              icon: 'success',
              confirmButtonColor: '#3085d6',
            }).then((result) => {
               window.location =`${URL}`
            })
        },
        error: function (err) {
          Swal.fire({
              title:  err["responseJSON"]["error"],
              icon: 'error',
              confirmButtonColor: '#3085d6',
            }).then((result) => {
            })
        },
      });
  }

});
in login view
 if request.method == 'POST':
    try:
        user = User.objects.get(email=request.POST['email'])
        user = authenticate(request, username=request.POST['email'],
                                password=request.POST['password'])
        if user is not None:
            auth_login(request, user)
            return JsonResponse({"success": 'Successfully User Login.'}, status=200)
    except:
        return JsonResponse({"error": str(request.POST['email'])+' is not registered with us'}, status=400)
return render(request, 'allauth/account/login.html', {"URL": settings.URL})

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Oh, I hope that the Brown family had a wonderful get-away! Mr. Brown is such a fine actor. His role on "This is Us" adds so much to the storyline. I also enjoyed seeing him recently on SNL when he hosted.
What a Beautiful family! I hope they did nothing but enjoy! Aulani is THE BEST!!


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Glasgow & South Western Railways
The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project Forum Index -> Ayrshire - Other Memorials
Kenneth Morrison
Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:18 am Post subject:
HOGG, S.
Regiment/Service:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference:II. B. 2.
Cemetery:DOMINO BRITISH CEMETERY, EPEHY
Additional Information:Son of Robert Hogg, of Netheryett, Annan Rd., Dumfries.
Stewart was living at 11 Watt Street, Greenock when he enlisted in December 1915. He was working for the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company as a porter at the Princes Pier Station. Initially he was placed in the Army Reserve but was mobilised in April 1917 and posted to the 11th A&SH in France in the following June. In December he was accidentally wounded in a grenade explosion and evacuated to hospital. On his return to France in May 1918 he was posted to the 2nd battalion.
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:38 pm Post subject:
KERR, WILLIAM.
Regiment/Service:Cameron Highlanders 5th Bn.
Grave Reference:III. A. 3.
Additional Information:Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Kerr, of 6, Balmoral Rd. Greenbrae, Dumfries.
William was a clerk in the Dumfries parcel office of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company when he enlisted. He was wounded at Loos on 25 September 1915 and died in the 20th General Hospital at Camiers, near Etaples.
Son of Thomas and Janet (Rutherford) Kerr.
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:57 pm Post subject:
LOCKERBIE, WILLIAM.
Regiment/Service:King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th/8th Bn.
Panel Reference:Pier and Face 4 A and 4 D.
William was a porter with the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company at Ardrossan Station when he enlisted in August 1914, initially in the Black Watch. He transferred to the KOSB before he went to France in July 1915.
Born 1887 in Dumfries. Son of William and Agnes Lockerbie of 177 St. Michael's Street, Dumfries.
Husband of Alice McCardle (Palmer) Lockerbie of 160 St. Michael's Street who he married in 1909 in Dumfries.
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:38 am Post subject:
McKINNELL, FERGUS.
Regiment/Service:Royal Scots Fusiliers "G" Coy. 3rd Bn.
Grave Reference:81.
Cemetery:CUMMERTREES CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Margaret McKinnell, of Murray House, Lockerbie Rd., Dumfries, and the late William McKinnell.
Fergus had been a clerk with the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company at Cummertrees Station, where his father had been the Station-master, and then at Dumfries Station. He had enlisted in March 1917 and was in training when he was taken ill. He died in Greenock Infirmary.
Born 1898 in Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire. Son of the late Helen (McDougall) Mckinnell and of the late William McKinnell, Station-master at Cummertrees. Step-son of Margaret (Skilling) McKinnell of Murray House, Lockerbie Road, Dumfries.
Last edited by Kenneth Morrison on Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:37 am; edited 1 time in total
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:42 am Post subject:
Stuart Rankin of the G&SWR Association has kindly sent me the 24 pages of the dedication programme for the unveiling of this memorial at St. Enoch's Station in Glasgow.
I have posted the first five pages but if anyone wants to see the remainder please let me know.
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:56 am Post subject:
FISHER, GEORGE ALFRED.
Rank:Gunner
Regiment/Service:Royal Field Artillery 71st Bty.
Grave Reference:A. 3.
Cemetery:BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information:Son of John and Margaret Fisher, of Gatehouse-of-Fleet, Kirkcudbright; husband of Jeanie Fisher, of 68, Mill St., Ayr.
George enlisted in 1904 and was transferred to the Army Reserve in 1907. He was a waiter at the Glasgow and South West Railway's Station Hotel in Ayr when he was recalled to his regiment in August 1914.
Born 1885 in Gatehouse-of-Fleet – as George Alfred Patterson. Son of Margaret Anne Patterson of High Street, Gatehouse.
Grandson of John and Margaret (Robertson) Fisher of Gatehouse.
Husband of Jeanie (Brown) Fisher of 68 Mill Street, Ayr who he married in 1911 in Ayr.
Died on Active Service – 18 April 1916. "Accidentally killed" (Source: Service Record)
Commonwealth War Grave – Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Named on the Anwoth and Girthon Was Memorial in Gatehouse-of-Fleet and on the Ayr War Memorial.
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:02 am Post subject:
IRELAND, WILLIAM.
Grave Reference:I. A. 4.
Cemetery:BUZANCY MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ireland, of The Buchan, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire.
William was a Porter and Clerk at Bridge of Dee Railway Station and a member of the Territorials he was mobilised in August 1914 in 1/5th KOSB. Transferred to 7/8 KOSB. Served in Egypt, Palestine, Somme, Arras and Vimy Ridge. Killed at Soissones.
Born 1897 at Ingleston Gatehouse, Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Named on the Castle Douglas War Memorial.
MAXWELL, M.
Regiment/Service:King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st/4th Bn.
Grave Reference:VII. D. 5.
Matthew Robison Maxwell was a signalman at Maxwelltown Station when he enlisted.
Born 1883 in Maxwelltown, Troqueer. Son of Thomas and Grace (Robison) Maxwell of David Street, Maxwelltown.
Husband of Lizzie (Flinn) Maxwell of 40 College Street, Maxwelltown who he married in 1905 in Troqueer.
Named on the Maxwelltown/Troqueer War Memorial and on the Maxwelltown United Free Church Memorial now Maxwelltown West Church.
McADAM, JAMES ANGUS BELL.
Grave Reference:I. C. 14.
Cemetery:VAUXBUIN FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of William and Elizabeth McAdam, of "Cannycleuch," Stepford Rd., Dumfries. Born at Kirkcudbright.
James was the son of Sergeant McAdam of the Stewartry Constabulary and was a clerk at Tarff Railway Station when he enlisted in June 1916. He was killed near Soissons.
Born 1897 in Kirkcudbright. Son of William and Elizabeth (Bell) McAdam of the Police Buildings, Maxwelltown and later of Cannycleuch, Stepford Rd. Dumfries.
Also listed on the Laurieknowe Church Memorial now in Troqueer Parish Church.
DOWNIE, JOHN.
Regiment/Service:Royal Scots 13th Bn.
Grave Reference:IX. A. 1.
Cemetery:RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE
Additional Information:Son of William and Grace Downie, of "Stewart Lea," 60, Midton Rd., Ayr. Native of Cairnryan, Wigtownshire.
John was employed by the G&SWR Co. in Ayr
Named on the Cairnryan and Ayr War Memorials.
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:14 pm Post subject:
From information kindly supplied by Gladys Cuttle ("Teddy")
WAUGH, WILLIAM.
Rank:Acting Bombardier
Service No:L/10339
Regiment/Service:Royal Field Artillery 35th Div. Ammunition Col. attd. 29th Light Railway Operating Coy. Royal Engineers
Grave Reference:XVI. B. 20A.
Cemetery:LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of the late William and Jane Waugh; husband of Catherine Waugh, of Park Closeburn, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. Born Moniaive, Thornhill.
"William worked for the Glasgow and South Western Railway as a goods train guard. He married Catherine Scott Gordon Hyslop from The Park Closeburn and went to stay in Glasgow."
Named on the Moniaive and Closeburn War Memorials.
From a previous posting by Derek ("DelBoy") on the Holywood Memorial
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic677.html&highlight=callander
Callander, James. K.O.S.B. - East Cluden
(Glasgow Herald 29th April)
"News has been received that Corporal James Callander, of the 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers, who lived at 8 David Street, Maxwelltown, was killed on 17th inst. at the taking of Hill 60. Corporal Callander was a Reservist, and was engaged in all the fighting from Mons onwards. He was 33 years of age, and engaged as a signalman with the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company at the Cairn Valley Junction near Dumfries. He leaves a widow and three children."
CALLANDER, JAMES.
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 22.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
CRAIK, JAMES.
Regiment/Service:Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Bn.
Panel Reference:Panel 46 to 49.
Additional Information:Son of James and Mary Craik, of Buittle Mains Cottage, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Born 1893 in Auchencairn Village, James Craik's story is told in detail in Stuart Wilson's ("stewartry") book "Answering the Call"
He was a signalman with the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company at Drybridge in Ayrshire.
Named on the Buittle Parish war memorial.
MILLIGAN, ROBERT.
Service No:S/3064
Regiment/Service:Seaforth Highlanders 8th Bn.
Panel Reference:Panel 112 to 115.
Robert was an engine cleaner with the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company at Hurleford near Kilmarnock.
Born 1895 at Kirkcudbright. Son of James and Catherine (Watson) Milligan of Blairshinnoch Farm, Kirkgunzeon, Kircudbrightshire and of Beeswing Village.
Named on the Kirkgunzeon Parish War Memorial and on the Parish Church Roll of Honour, together with his brother James Milligan – age 24 – Private (S/6444) 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders was reported missing in action on 12 October 1917.
Commonwealth War Grave – Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
James was wounded at Loos in the same action that his brother was killed
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POTTS, EDWARD.
Regiment/Service:King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th Bn.
Memorial:TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of Andrew and Mary Potts, of Cargenbridge, Troqueer, Dumfries.
Edward was a signalman with the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company at Ochiltree, Ayrshire when he enlisted.
Born 1890 in Penninghame, Wigtownshire.
Named on the Maxwelltown/Troqueer War Memorial.
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(04-09-2018 09:47 PM)McKinney Wrote: What about the subsidies needed for the service academies?
Essentially, the academies got laws passed that allow them to reveal only as much information about athletic department finances as they want to reveal, much less than private universities with NCAA athletics have to reveal.
Good find. Sounds a bit suspicious to me.
(04-08-2018 04:57 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: What do you mean. huh? High school students dont pay a fee period. They do pay taxes that support both the academic and athletic parts of the school district. Furthermore, those that attend private schools pay for the athletic programs as part of their tuition (as well as taxes to support a public school district they dont attend at all---talk about unfair). Bottom line---The cost of maintaining and running a modern primary public school district includes a cost for athletics. That money is not going to academics---which I assume is your argument at the university level. As far as college goes---If mandatory, the athletic fees are simply part of the cost of attendance---no different than building use fees.
My point is---we accept athletic spending that is not self supporting at the local school district level. Not sure why there should be an expectation that programs that are not self sustaining at the HS level will be at the college level.
The reality is----if this issue is a priority with the student---the decision to attend a school with low or no athletic fee is completely and totally within their control.
First, there's a huge quantitative difference between HS students, whose "fees" for athletics takes the form of the taxes their parents pay, and the taxes everyone else in the school district pays even if they have no kids in school, and the specific tacked-on fees that we are talking about for G5 and FCS schools. The former are tiny and diffuse, probably pennies per student per year, the latter, significant.
E.g., in my district here in Baton Rouge, I pay about $150 a year in property taxes that go to fund public schools. That's for funding the entirety of the public school system, all aspects of it. The fraction of this that goes to buy uniforms for football players is probably a dollar or two at most. Contrast that with the hundreds of dollars a semester students at some colleges pay.
Second, there's a major qualitative difference as well. At colleges, regular students are soaked to actually fund the attendance of the athletes. E.g., at UConn, a student pays for their own tuition and books, and then is socked with a fee to help pay for an athlete's tuition and books. So regular students are incurring extra costs and debt to pay for free rides for other students. That doesn't happen in middle school.
Third, the "choice" argument is disingenuous, because it forces a student to make choices they shouldn't have to. A Houston or USF student who thinks their business or engineering program is the best fit for them shouldn't have to choose between that and paying an athletic fee, because athletics isn't a proper part of the mission of a university. It's a false-choice situation. Bad.
As for the comments about "self-sustaining": This is a damning indictment. At public grade and high schools, athletics is touted as fun, recreation activity for students, part of the Platonic ideal of developing mind and body. At colleges, intercollegiate athletics is supposed to BRING IN money. It's touted as an investment that pays off in marketing and other benefits for the university. Truth is, of course, at 90% of all FCS and FBS schools, it obviously costs way more than it brings in, which is why fees are needed. The claims about "front porch" and the like don't pan out, if they did, no fees would be needed.
I am happy to find out that USF's athletic fee is relatively low compared to some other G5 schools, but until it is down to zero, it's a bad thing.
Gotta say---I'd be absolutely shocked if your able to run a local school district on $150 per household. I know my school property taxes are right around $2K and that doesnt include the big chunk of funding that the district gets from the state (about 40% of the budget comes from state sales taxes if I remember correctly). I suspect the tax bite to run your school district is bigger than you think--as is the pro-rata cost of athletics and non-academic functions at the municipal school district level. In terms of size, collegiate athletic budgets are about 2-3% of total spending and about half of those budgets are self funding---so really, only about 1-1.5% is actually being "spent" by the typical G5 university If I remember correctly, my area's school district spends about 2% on athletics---so very similar numbers.
FWIW, my state income tax and local property taxes are about $1,500 total. There is sales tax as well, so maybe I spend about $10 a day on that, that's maybe $1,900 in overall state and local taxes combined per year, and that's to fund everything that state and local government spends on. So no way am I paying anywhere near $2k for public school alone.
Your area spends 2% on athletics? That seems strange. E.g., I just looked up New York City. Their public school budget is approximately $24 Billion per year, spending on athletics is about $27 million per year, or about 1/8 of one percent of spending.
Now athletics can cost more than that, so how is it paid for? Often, USER FEES.
In many places, if a kid wants to play high school football, it might cost $400 in registration and insurance and equipment fees to do so. BUT, who pays that? The KID does, the athlete does. He or his parents have to come up with that money, other kids and their parents - nor the general taxpayer - do not.
So while yes, high school athletics can be costly, those costs are overwhelmingly borne not by the school district, but by the athlete himself. Other students aren't socked a fee to pay those costs for the athlete, they have to pay it themselves. You don't play, you don't pay.
Contrast that with Houston, USF, or UConn, where *other students* are drained of fees to pay for the athlete's uniform, insurance, AND, not just their athletic costs, but their regular student costs like books and tuition!
That depends on where you are, in my experience (Texas) athletes/parents pay no fees. Also many school districts pass bonds for new facilities, which are paid off by, you guessed it, the taxpayers.
Yes, that's why i said "in many places ...".
But even in places like yours, where the costs of athletics - including huge $50m football stadiums - are socialized, they are spread over the entire taxpayer base.
Very different from many G5 or FCS schools, where that school's regular students are socked with a big fee, meaning they not only pay for their own tuition and books, they are also being forced to pay for athlete's tuition, books, etc.
(04-09-2018 07:09 AM)Go College Sports Wrote: Institutions which aren't self sufficient should scale back spending or drop to a more reasonable division instead of spending millions of dollars of student money to lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament or play in the Frisco Bowl in a good year.
So Kanasas State long ago should have scaled back their athletic spending or joined a more financially compatible conference or division?
Institutions of higher learning ought not to try to chase their false dreams on the back of the student.
Except they got to the point of self-sufficiency after 122 years.
What do you think Kansas State's student athletic fee was in 1966?
IMO, the service academies are special, and don't need to justify their activities in the same way that state universities do. If Congress and the military command think that spending federal tax money on athletics is a good thing for cadet morale, that's fine with me. They are the ones who are going to have their arses on the line. In the context of the $3 Trillion federal budget, it's nothing.
Now, a student at ECU or USF having to pay $200 a year to fund another student's (athlete's) books and tuition, on top of their own? That's significant and unconscionable.
I don't think that universities should have athletic programs which exist on the backs of their students, but that is just me.
What you are saying is intercollegiate athletics should not exist because they never should have been created since schools diverted resources provided by students to create those departments.
Makes no sense at all to argue that on a college board as a fan of a college team.
(04-10-2018 11:04 AM)quo vadis Wrote: IMO, the service academies are special, and don't need to justify their activities in the same way that state universities do. If Congress and the military command think that spending federal tax money on athletics is a good thing for cadet morale, that's fine with me. They are the ones who are going to have their arses on the line. In the context of the $3 Trillion federal budget, it's nothing.
That's kind of bull**** IMO. That kind of logic is how we got into $21+ Trillion of debt. You want to talk about financial burden on the children, let's start with that. Everything the federal government does should be 100% and absolutely justified down to the cent. I'd be looser on the states since we have 50 of them, if you don't like how your current state is being operated you can go elsewhere.
I recall when a student ID got LSU students into athletic events, including football games, for free in the 1980's.
Yes, and ArkSt should remember that even adjusting for inflation, the athletic dollars were really small back in the day.
For example, in 1995, not exactly ancient history, Baylor's athletic expenditures was a whopping .... $7.5 million. That's $12 million in today's money. That's the entire athletic budget, not just football.
So schools like ARK-State are squandering far more money these days than Power schools did in the past, even if the Power schools were losing money then, which hasn't been proven.
The Naval Academy Athletic Association is a 501©3 which funds the athletic department, including paying most coaches' salaries, owning and operating Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium etc.
"About 3 to 4 percent of its $41 million budget comes from federal funding" according to AD Gladchuk in this article: http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac...story.html because some of the travel, personnel (like PE professors, including some active duty instructors) just CAN'T be separated out.
The NAAA supports 33 varsity intercollegiate teams, which comprise over 1,000 of the 4,400 midshipmen. This is an integral part of the Academy's mission which begins "To develop midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically..." NAAA also directly supports several of the more important club sports. All mids are required to do at least intramurals; those mids who are only intramural warriors (like I was) benefit from facilities, equipment, etc just like the 25% who directly gain from NAAA-funded sports.
(04-10-2018 04:02 PM)quo vadis Wrote: Yes, and ArkSt should remember that even adjusting for inflation, the athletic dollars were really small back in the day.
Very true Quo. This cannot be understated. For example, Alabama's legendary Coach Bear Bryant was paid a total compensation of $450,000 in his final year (1982) or ~$1.2M in 2018 dollars. Today Nick Saban is paid just north of ~$11M, or 10 times what their 6 time national championship winning coach made when adjusted for inflation.
Say what you will about how wrong it is for schools to subsidize, I think what's more frightening is the amount of money that the Power schools bring in for athletics and yet they still charge what they do for students to attend.
(04-10-2018 04:16 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote: The Naval Academy Athletic Association is a 501©3 which funds the athletic department, including paying most coaches' salaries, owning and operating Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium etc.
The NAAA supports 33 varsity intercollegiate teams, which comprise over 1,000 of the 4,400 midshipmen. This is an integral part of the Academy's mission which begins "To develop midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically..."
Yes, for the life of me, I can't figure out how the military academies became a target of concern in this thread. They are not part of any problem.
I see your point, but FWIW, it doesn't bother me if a school like Alabama or USC charges its students $50 (or whatever) for a football game ticket. That's money the student does truly voluntarily pay - unlike a mandatory athletic fee, his attendance at the university itself isn't being held hostage to it.
As a student myself once, I never really thought I had a special right to attend games above and beyond the man on the street. I felt it reasonable that i get in line to buy tickets with everyone else (not that this was needed much at USF, sadly), and if the university did carve out some kind of student section with lower ticket prices, then i was grateful for that as a bonus, not something i felt they had to do.
I see your point, but FWIW, it doesn't bother me if a school like Alabama or USC charges its students $50 for a football game ticket. That's money the student does truly voluntarily pay, unlike a mandatory athletic fee, his attendance at the university itself isn't being held hostage to it.
I meant to attend the school, but I suppose attending the games does apply too and is probably even more applicable.
I meant to attend the school, not the games. Although that does apply too.
Athletic events are one thing......... but the whole academic university structure is just as bad.
This is strictly because out of control student loan lending, both govt subsidized and private. Students can essentially take massive amounts of loans including "living expense loans." Unfortunately, a lot of these students are way too immature to manage their money. I've seen countless examples of people burning through their living expense money like its a never ending piggy bank.
Unfortunately, universities, both private/public are taking advantage of these immature students, reckless publicly backed lending, and private loans. They are getting away with it and continue to raise their tuition year in and out with no push back.
Yes, e.g., the Obama administration cracked down very hard on "for profit" schools, but the truth is, public universities play a lot of the same game. Their profligate spending means huge loan debt for many students.


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HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH
О фирме HIGHVOLT
Сферы деятельности и области применения
Глобальный поиск контактов
Test labs of the future
PD Measurements
On-site cable testing
Replacement of factory testing
Super long DC cable links
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Super long DC cable links - Chance or Risk?
Time: 5 pm CET - 11 am EST - 11 pm SGT
Germany is exploring a new area in HV engineering. Installing and operating 525 kV HVDC cable links is a major challenge, as there is no long term operational experience in the world. To evaluate the risks, prequalification tests, final acceptance test (FAT) as well as on-site testing are required. Therefore we will discuss the opportunities of factory and on-site testing including test parameters and test systems. A focus will be on the comparison and transferability of tests results. Besides testing the cable functionalities, the test of the installed cable will be of importance to evaluate the assembly quality of the cable accessories.
Dr. Florian Martin
Is an on-site AC+PD after installation testing for ultra-long DC cable links reasonable in addition to the obligatorily DC test? How many installation failures can be identified with and without? Is a DC PD measurement for monitoring purposes state of the art? What else can be helpful to increase the availability of such links?
Florian Martin has studied Electrical Engineering High Voltage Technology and obtained the engineering degree from the University of Karlruhe (TH) in 2003. Until 2008 he made his Phd in a cooperation between HighVolt and the Karlsruher Institue of Technology (KIT) "High Voltage Test System based on Power Electronic Frequency Converter". Since then he has been with TenneT TSO GmbH (formerly E.ON Netz). Starting as a specialist for reactive power compensation for substation applications. Starting in 2013 with a first management functionality he has been responsible for different technical departments in the meanwhile. July 2020 he will be Head of Corporate Asset Technology within Asset Management and herewith the technical governance for all equipment TenneT TSO uses in the Dutch and German on- and offshore grid.
Tullio Sturchio
Responsible for Technical School and Services – R&D
PRYSMIAN SpA
The test on very long length is always a challenge that every electrical engineer should do.
Mr. Sturchio degreed in Rome University as Electrical Engineer. From October 2018 up to now he is working in R&D Department of PrysmianGroup with the role of Responsible for Technical School and Services. From 1998 up to September 2018 he has been working in Prysmian Powerlink, both Milan HQ and Arco Felice Factory, in the business of the Submarine Cable System, with the different roles.
The inventive spirit and new technical solutions have shaped Germany in the past. With the project to install super long DC cables in Germany, we can once again set standards with our worldwide partners. It is important to consider the physics and minimize the risks. How can this be achieved?
Mr. Thomas Steiner studied electrical engineering from 1986 to 1990 at the Coburg University of Applied Sciences, majoring in informatics.
He began his professional career in 1990 as a development engineer at Dr. Strauss GmbH. In 1994 he founded the world's first DKD (Deutscher Kalibrierdienst, today DAkkS) calibration laboratory for the pulse calibration of transient recorders for Dr. Strauss GmbH and managed it until the end of 2004.
In 2005 he changes to HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik GmbH as team leader for measurement technology. At the same time he started working in various committees such as IEC TC42, CIGRE D1, ETG and VDE Bezirksverein Dresden as an advisor to the board.
In 2007 he took over the technical management (Technical Director) of HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik GmbH.
Within the scope of these activities, more than 10 patents and many test and measurement systems based on new technical ideas were developed under his leadership (e.g. DC test systems, test reactors, converter-based test systems, water resistances, transient recorders and power measurement systems).
Since 2008 he represents Germany as speaker of TC42 (HV Test and Measuring Techniques). Mr. Steiner is convener of the working groups TC42 WG21 (IEC 61083-3, HV Test Techniques: Requirements for instruments for tests with alternating and direct currents and voltages), TC42 MT04 (IEC 60060-1, High-Voltage test techniques: Part 1: General definitions and test requirements) and TC42 MT13 (IEC 60060-3, High-Voltage test techniques: Part 3: Definitions and Requirements for On-Site Testing).
Since August 2019, he has been Technical Director and authorized signatory of HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik GmbH.
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Super-long DC cable links - Chance or Risk?