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BEP products going to the Smithsonian for display
By Arthur L. Friedberg , Special to Coin World, Published: Dec 7, 2020, 8 AM
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is in the process of making its annual "contribution" to the Smithsonian Institution's National Numismatic Collection.
The donation is not optional but required by law under two sections of the United States Code as well as a Treasury Department Order, and is officially called a "transfer." The requirements are in a BEP Circular originally dated Dec. 21, 2016, that is updated annually.
The code requirements concern "Reception and Arrangement of Specimens and Objects of Art," and "Providing Impressions of Portraits and Vignettes." The order from Treasury is titled "Delegation of Authority to the Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, to Transfer Dies, Rolls, Plates, and Seals."
Responsibility for deciding on the items to be given to the Smithsonian falls to the Chief of the Office of External Relations. The BEP's Marketing Division and Historical Resource Center then collect not only the items to be transferred, but also any brochures and other related materials.
Items offered to collectors through the BEP's Public Sales Program are included: a set of the annual Intaglio Print Collection; a sample of each portrait and vignette offered for sale to the public; an uncut currency sheet of each series and denomination (the smallest sheet size offered, usually a sheet of four notes); a set of each commemorative numismatic product manufactured by the BEP; and a sample of any new series currency note. The BEP also may transfer to the Smithsonian any other items authorized and approved by the BEP's director, such as currency readers, or other collectibles.
Among the premium products offered in the last year were issues of "Lucky Money" for the Lunar New Year, and America's Founding Fathers 2020 Currency Set containing $1 and $2 notes with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the first and third presidents. Each note has serial numbers beginning with "2020."
The National Numismatic Collection contains more than 1.6 million objects and is one of the largest numismatic collections in the world and the largest in North America. It is part of the National Museum of American History on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
The BEP has transferred items to the Smithsonian's collection since the 1920s.
The original article and others like it can be found at Coin World online


When I get up in the morning, I take a pill, do my exercises,take my blood pressure ,clean the cat's litter and then feed the cat. Then I do whatever the day call for, whatever is on the schedule. But if you interrupt that routine, something gets left out and I get all confused about what did I do or didn't get done.
Well add to the mix a husband who is on vacation and you don't know if you are coming or going. Now my husband works all the time,so we keep Saturdays just for us, but his job has changed and now he gets part of July and August off again. For him that means sleeping late watching, shows that have me feeling my intelligence drop by the minute, but I try to keep him company. I enjoy him, just not his routines! So I haven't posted as the day just escapes from me as I keep him company running around instead getting work done. Does he realize that I am not on vacation, no probably not. He just knows I can make my own schedule. But I do have a schedule! Nobody believes self employed people really work.
I love this! Hope you get to enjoy your husband and get some work done!


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The deadline for proposals is 28 February 2019 for activities to take place in 2020. ICTP announces the call for proposals on its website.
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In all programmes, keynote lectures should contain a well-defined pedagogical introduction, so as to reach a broader audience including non-experts.
As a rule, the ICTP may cover living expenses for lecturers, speakers, and developing country participants of an activity. Travel contributions are restricted to a few well-motivated cases. ICTP activities do not normally charge a conference fee.
A school may be combined with a conference.
If proposals from nearby scientific areas come from different sources, the Advisory Panel may attempt to merge them in cooperation with the proposers, in order to encourage better interaction among segments of a larger community. The organizers should be open to such suggestions.
For logistic purposes, it may be useful to involve an ICTP scientist in each of the proposals, though scientific direction could reside outside. In all cases the ICTP will nominate a local organizer, who will work side by side with the external organizers, and help with selection of participants. Financial authority will reside with an ICTP Scientific Staff Member.
Everything else being the same, ICTP has a non-binding preference for at least one programme director to come from the developing world, with one other coming from a developed country. Gender equality and minority participation are also encouraged.
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Australia's Super Rugby players have welcomed a lift on a national contracting moratorium, but Rugby Union Players' Association (RUPA) boss Ross Xenos says it's not a silver bullet for long-term anxiety.
The contracting freeze was believed to have started in February as the Super Rugby saga played out, but with European contracting time closing and teams no clearer on their future, that has been thawed.
Should the Force or the Rebels be cut in 2018, existing player contracts would be honoured, whether that player agrees to move to a new team or stay put, regardless of whether there's a Super Rugby franchise there.
Xenos said while it wasn't a perfect solution, with no more certainty on which teams would be in Super Rugby in 2018, it was a step forward.
"We don't believe that lifting the moratorium is a panacea that will take away all the anxiety that players are facing in the current climate," he said.
Xenos couldn't put a figure on the players who may have opted to take up European deals without being able to sign off on a Super Rugby deal, but said he hoped it was no bigger than the normal attrition.
"What we don't know is how many players have sought the certainty of foreign contracts in the three months the moratorium has been in place," he said.
The Rebels have not had any players publicly announce departures, but there is speculation swirling around a handful of their players' futures, including Sean McMahon, though his desire is believed to be mainly related to other factors.
Wallabies winger and Force star Dane Haylett-Petty, who recently re-signed until 2019, has said he would be reluctant to move away from Perth if the Force go, meaning the ARU could potentially have Wallabies on their books who are not playing Super Rugby in 2018.
ARU chairman Cameron Clyne conceded there would be 'consequences' with the free contracting rein, but that would have to be dealt with.
"Inevitably when you go down this situation there are going to be consequences," he said.
"The status quo is simply not a viable option, if you look at the amount of money that's going into that tier of rugby and it's not generating the return, then that is having a consequence on other tiers of the game that are not being invested in.
"I think that's the challenge we're weighing off.
"There may be players in that situation, but they'll have contracts and those contracts will be honoured.
Clyne said the ARU would sit down with any players individually to decide the best course of action.
"If we do end up in a situation where there are less teams than there are, then we'll sit down and it'll be a player-by-player basis," he said.
It isn't just the Force and Rebels under a cloud, with the Brumbies one of the hardest-hit by the moratorium, with Wallabies centre Tevita Kuridrani headlining a long list of off-contract players.
The Melbourne Rebels had a mixed reaction to the news, in a statement on Monday night.
"The Melbourne Rebels welcome the ARU's announcement today to lift the moratorium on Super Rugby contracting," they said in a statement.


Samsung was working on the Galaxy S5 Mini ever since they launched the Galaxy S5. Today Samsung has finally announced Galaxy S5 Mini. The Specs of the Galaxy S5 Mini isn't as High end as we thought they would be. Samsung has been same with spec of these smaller phones like the Galaxy S4 Mini and S3 Mini. But the S5 Mini compromises some things when compared to the Galaxy S5.
The Galaxy S5 mini sepcs – it sports a 4.5-inch 720p AMOLED panel, 1.4Ghz quad-core CPU, 1.5GB of RAM, a 8MP rear-facing camera and 2.1MP front shooter, and 16GB internal storage expandable via microSD slot. Impressively, though, the mini doesn't omit many of its higher-end counterpart's features, like the heart rate monitor and IP67 dust and water resistance. Samsung even managed to squeeze in a fingerprint sensor.
The Battery of the S5 Mini is 2,100mAh. The connectivity was bumped up to 150Mbps LTE and has the IR blaster on top.
The Galaxy S5 mini will be having Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box and it will feature S Health, Private mode, Kids mode and Ultra Power Saving modesame as the Galaxy S5.
The camera hasn't been touched compared to the S4 Mini and remains at 8MP with 1080p video recording. The camera features are also the same as Galaxy S5, as well as the S Studio editor.
The S5 mini will come in black, white, blue, and gold, and lands first in Russia in the coming weeks before expanding to the rest of the world.


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In Haiti and Pakistan, the Ground and Water are Stagnant but the Waterborne Diseases are on a Rampage?
World Water Week just ended and, this year, Mother Nature is proving to be one of the most powerful obstacles to clean water. This year, two natural disasters have resulted in two human tragedies a half a world apart. The origin of one disaster was in the ground; the other in the sky. But the distressing toll taken on the people of both Haiti and Pakistan is much the same in terms of lives lost, suffering, economic losses, injuries, and the threat of subsequent diseases.
The earthquake that devastated Haiti in January claimed the lives of nearly a quarter of a million people and destroyed much of the country's infrastructure. Meanwhile, more than2,000 people lost their lives in the Pakistani floods this summer while an estimated 21 million were injured or left homeless according to the United Nations. Unfortunately, nature's second act is proving to be just as cruel.
According to a report from International Action, typhoid fever has invaded Port-au-Prince. Meanwhile, the United Nations Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Cluster Coordinator warned thatHaiti could be home to the biggest diarrhea outbreak in two decades. Waterborne diseases are often the silent killers that follow in the wake of a natural disaster.
Thankfully, groups like International Action are helping the Haitians fight back. With the help of private donations from organizations like the Chlorine Chemistry Foundation, International Action is working aggressively to head off the threat of waterborne diseases in Haiti.
Already, they are implementing a pilot program with the United Nations Development Program in Jacmel that will include 51 chlorinator sites. They are pursuing partnerships to install chlorinators in BRAC Haiti's schools. They continue to offer chlorinators, an initial batch of chlorine, deworming pills, and tanks to any organization in need.
International Action is making a difference. Since July, they have reached an additional 20,000 people with clean water. It has been eight months since Haiti was brought to its collective knees, butgroups like International Action are helping to get the country back on its feet. If you would like to learn more about this project or join the fight against waterborne diseases in Haiti, please visit International Action's website.
In Pakistan, World Vision is bringing relief to those in need. This organization reported that the "need is greater than available resources. The main water sources in the area are dug wells, hand pumps, and a few tube wells. However, wells have become contaminated by the flood and their water is no longer safe to drink." The organization also fears "that the death toll will rise as continuing rains increase the threat of more flooding and the spread of waterborne diseases such as dysentery and cholera begins."
World Vision has raised millions to help bring relief to Pakistan. In addition, Proctor and Gamble and its partners have committed to providing over 13.2 million gallons of clean drinking water, soap, laundry detergent, and hygiene products. P&G's Children's Safe Drinking Water program is helping people in Pakistan and around the world get access to safe and clean drinking water with its chlorine-based products. The Chlorine Chemistry Foundation also pledged $20,000 to the relief efforts. If you are interested in donating to the relief efforts, please visit World Vision'swebsite.
World Water Week arrived as two disasters half a world apart once again highlight the importance of safe drinking water. A safe and clean water supply is the most basic of necessities and is the foundation for a long and productive healthy life. We may not be able to control Mother Nature, but our collective response to natural disasters can have a meaningful impact on those who are trying to cope in her wake.
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R. Jurado-Piña
M. A. Salazar-Troya
Inicio > Vol 66, No Extra-1 (2014) >	Jurado-Piña
A simple method for the design of tension structures combining topological mapping and nonlinear structural analysis
Un método sencillo de diseño de estructuras tensadas combinando mallado en topología y análisis no lineal de estructuras
Technical University of Madrid. Spain
e-mail: rafael.jurado@upm.es
University of Granada. Spain
When designing a tension structure the shape is not known at the beginning of the process. Form-finding methods allow the designer to obtain an initial shape from given boundary conditions. Several form-finding methods for tension structures are already available in the technical literature; all of them posses certain limitations and drawbacks and no single method is optimal for all problems. The engineer may select the proper combination of methods best suited to the designer's needs. In this paper it is proposed a combined method to achieve satisfactory equilibrium configurations for fabric tension structures. The force density method (FDM) implemented with topological mapping (TM) is used as a search engine for the preliminary design, and a procedure that employs nonlinear structural analysis is proposed for final refinement of the initial equilibrium configuration hence allowing the use of the same analysis tool for both refinement of the solution and analysis under loading.
Al diseñar una estructura tensada la forma inicial es normalmente desconocida. Los métodos de búsqueda de forma permiten al ingeniero obtener una geometría inicial dadas unas condiciones de contorno. Existen diferentes métodos de búsqueda de formas de equilibrio, pero todos tienen limitaciones y no existe uno único óptimo para cualquier tipo de problema. El ingeniero debe elegir la combinación de métodos que mejor se adapte a sus necesidades. En este artículo se propone un método combinado para generar configuraciones de equilibrio satisfactorias en estructuras tensadas. Como motor de búsqueda para el diseño preliminar se emplea el método de las densidades de fuerza (FDM) implementado con mallado en topología (TM), y se propone un procedimiento basado en análisis no lineal de estructuras para el refinamiento de la configuración inicial de equilibrio, permitiéndose así el empleo de las mismas herramientas tanto para el refinamiento de la solución inicial como para el cálculo posterior bajo condiciones de carga.
Recibido: 02/07/2013; Aceptado: 03/12/2013
Citation / Cómo citar este artículo: Jurado-Piña, R., Salazar-Troya, M. A. (2014). A simple method for the design of tension structures combining topological mapping and nonlinear structural analysis. Informes de la Construcción, 66(extra-1): m012, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/ic.13.090.
Keywords: Tension structures; form-finding; structural optimization.
Palabras clave: Estructuras tensadas; búsqueda de forma; optimización de estructuras.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEDURE
1. INTRODUCTIONTop
The design of tension structures is a relatively complex problem because of the relationship between the stress distribution and the final shape (1), (2). The design of a tension structure (3) can be described in three steps: initial shape-finding, stress analysis of the structure and patterning. In the process of shape-finding (or form-finding), the designer gives a set of parameters, calculates other parameters and solves the shape of the structure that satisfies equilibrium. Under stress analysis, loads are applied to a structure whose initial equilibrium configuration is given by the previous step, and then the membrane adapts its configuration to the applied loads. Patterning is concerned with how a curved surface can be formed from fabric rolls; several techniques are available for this step.
Form-finding for tension structures is nowadays accomplished by numerical methods and computers. The parameters involved in the form-finding process are: i) type of element to model the fabric, ii) surface topology, iii) body forces, iv) surface tractions, v) nodal coordinates of the model, vi) geometry boundary conditions, and vii) internal stress distribution. Body forces and surface tractions are usually neglected during the shape-finding stage due to their insignificant influence in the geometrical shape at equilibrium. They can also complicate the initial equilibrium problem since the local direction and net magnitude of the loads may depend on an unknown initial surface shape. These loads are usually incorporated later into the stress analysis stage.
In most existing methods of equilibrium configuration, the shape is treated as an unknown. Then, it is necessary to introduce a set of parameters to ensure a unique solution. Ideally, one can use a nonlinear displacement analysis technique to solve the initial equilibrium problem using surface finite elements. In this case, the element stresses and the fixed nodes can be prescribed by the designer to guarantee a unique solution to the problem. The results of the equilibrium problem are the non-fixed nodes position. This technique has an important drawback: a geometrical initial mapping with a guess of the nodal coordinates is needed.
Several methods for solving the initial equilibrium problem (form-finding) have been developed to overcome some of the drawbacks associated with the nonlinear displacement method. In many of these methods a variety of limitations are imposed on the solution to transform the general nonlinear problem into a linear form. Siev and Eidelman (4) showed that if equilibrium is satisfied over a grid in the horizontal plane, vertical equilibrium can be used to calculate the elevation at the grid points. In the force density method (FDM) the membrane is modelled by a cable network. FDM is based upon the force-length ratios or force densities which are defined for each branch of the net structure; a simple example will be shown later. Schek (5) shows that the force densities are suitable for the description of the equilibrium state of any general network. The FDM renders a simple linear system of equations for a possible initial configuration.
Haber and Abel (6) presented the 'smoothing concept' which allows the designer to solve the shape of a reference configuration in terms of an assumed prestress distribution. Using this method the equilibrium equations are nonlinear and consequently iterative techniques are required for the solution.
Other methods of form-finding are based on dynamic analysis. One of the main contributors to these methods was Barnes (7) who used a method of dynamic relaxation with kinetic damping for form-finding.
Hernandez-Montes et al.(8) employed an important property of the FDM by which knowledge of the initial position of the non-fixed nodes of the structure is not needed; only the connectivity of the nodes is necessary to solve the problem. Accordingly, a new mapping method based on topology called topological mapping (TM) was presented; in contrast to the mapping methods used so far based exclusively on geometry.
Each of the methods mentioned above possesses certain limitations and drawbacks, therefore, no single solution method is optimal for all problems. The engineer may select the proper combination of methods best suited to the problem at hand and the designer's needs. In this paper we take advantage of some of the existing methods to propose a combined method for computing satisfactory equilibrium configurations. The objective is to develop a straightforward methodology to achieve final equilibrium configurations for fabric tension structures, making use of stress control over surface elements, and taking advantage of the FDM with topological mapping as preliminary shape-finding.
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEDURETop
The procedure presented in this paper is shown in Figure 1. There are three stages with one or several steps. The first stage of the method uses topological mapping and the force density method (TM-FDM); in the second stage the obtained cable network is transformed into a membrane model; and in the third stage a new surface with a prescribed stress field is searched. The details of the steps belonging to each stage are explained later along the manuscript.
Figure 1. Flowchart of the applied method.
In order to make the paper self-contained an introduction to FDM and TM are included.
2.1. Initial equilibrium configuration
FORCE DENSITY METHOD
The starting point for the FDM (5) is a pin-joint network consisting of cable or bar elements, in which some of the points are fixed and the others are free. The free points will have to find a position in the equilibrium configuration.
For a given pin-joint network with n nodes and m branches, the branch-node matrix C is a m × n matrix used in the FDM to define the connectivity of the nodes. Defining i(j) and k(j) as node i and k of branch j respectively, for i < k the elements of the branch-node matrix C can be built as follows (see Figure 2):
Figure 2. Example for the construction of the branch-node matrix.
The nodes Pi have coordinates (xi, yi, zi), i=1, ..., n. Some of these nodes are fixed, and they will constitute the input data for the initial equilibrium configuration problem. If nodal forces with components pix, piy and piz are applied at each node i, letting lj and sj be the length and the branch force of each branch j, the equilibrium equations for each node may be established. In the case of Figure 2, the equilibrium equations for node 3 result from the projections of the forces along each axis:
The great advantage of the FDM is the introduction of a parameter qj, which represents the force-length ratio (sj/lj) or force density for the branches. If qj is constant for all the branches then the equilibrium equations become a linear system.
Next, the x, y and z-coordinates for each of the nodes are grouped in the n-vectors x, y and z, and the nodal loads are characterized by means of n-vectors containing the force components px, py and pz. This allows to obtain a general formulation of the FDM for a complete network:
where Q is the diagonal matrix that contains the force densities for the branches qj. The above system of equations constitutes a linear system where the known values are the coordinates of the fixed points, the topology of the pin-joint network, and the force density values. The unknowns are the coordinates of non-fixed nodes. The CTQC matrix is positive definite if we have a prestressed network (qj > 0) without isolated points, so in this case we obtain exactly one equilibrium state by solving [3].
TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING
An initial guess of the shape is needed in order to generate a network, for instance the approximate shape of the horizontal projection. With this horizontal projection it is easy to consider a network even when only the connections are picked as input for the FDM; this way of doing is called "geometrical mapping", in order to differentiate it from the topological mapping method (TM).
The main feature of the topological mapping (TM) introduced by Hernández-Montes et al.(8) is that with a few topological rules a meshing can be performed independently of the final geometric configuration. TM considers two types of networks: closed and open networks. In this paper only closed networks will be used, so all explanations will be referred to this type of network.
The topology of the network is obtained with the following input data: the number of nodes in the second step, the number of steps and the type of relation between one step and the following one.
Three types of basic relations are defined between steps: A, B and C, see Figure 3. Relation A corresponds to a pattern in which each node at a given step is connected to the adjacent ones on the same step as well as three more nodes of the following step (Figure 3a). In relation B, each node at a given step is connected to the adjacent ones on the same step as well as two nodes of the following step (Figure 3b). Case C is such that each node at a given step is connected alternatively to one or to three nodes of the next step, and also to the adjacent ones of the same step (Figure 3c).
Figure 3. a) Topology of network Type A. b) Topology of network Type B. c) Topology of network Type C.
In order to correctly close the topological mapping a classification of nodes and connections has been defined for these networks. For the basic relationships A, B and C (Figure 3) there are three black nodes and one grey node in the second step. The grey node must coincide with the black one located on the border of the step, so the grey one is called 'repeated node'. Due to this procedure thick lines in Figure 3 are connections and dashed lines represent 'repeated connections'.
The construction of the network begins with one node which is connected to the n nodes of the second step. However, this initial node may be suppressed whenever there is the need to create a new interior contour in the net. Moreover, the nodes and ring branches located in the last step constitute the contour of the equilibrium shape. The number of nodes on each step is double the amount on the previous one when relationship type A is used, and remains constant when using a relationship type B or C.
TM-FDM method assigns the fixed points to the nodes located at the last step through the calculation of the distance between consecutive fixed points and the perimeter formed by them in such a way that the distribution of nodes of the last ring is done proportionally to the real distance between the fixed points. This assignation is then performed automatically.
Figure 4a shows an example of tension structure meshed in topology with a sequence of basic relations A and B, and Figure 4b shows another one with basic relation type C and with the consideration of an interior hole.
Figure 4. Examples of the use of meshing in topology a) using relations A and B b) using relation C and an interior hole.
2.2. Types of topological relations in TM-FDM
The number of steps used in TM depends on the desired degree of refinement. A large number of steps will result in a mesh formed by a higher density of triangles. Once the number of steps has been decided, it is desirable to automatically generate the topological relations. These topological relations can be analyzed so as to achieve one goal: to obtain a mesh as uniform as possible, i.e., a mesh having triangles whose areas are as similar as possible. We have conducted an empirical analysis in which, for a given shape of the contour and a certain topological relationship, we have calculated the deviation from the average of the area of the triangles forming the equilibrium configuration. This analysis was repeated for a sample consisting of:
Varying number of steps from 10-16.
All possible topological relationships (once the number of steps is fixed).
Different forms of the contour: regular and irregular.
From the obtained results, we have deduced a series of topological relations for the different number of steps. These relations are recommended in the generation of equilibrium configurations with the TM-FDM method and are shown in Table 1. Its use provides uniform meshes in the reached equilibrium configurations for both regular and irregular contour shapes.
Table 1. Recommended topological relations based on the number of steps.
NUMBER OF STEPS
Number of nodes for the second step
Topological relations from steps 3 to end
10 6 A B A B B A B B
11 6 A B A B B A B B B
12 6 A B A B B A B B B B
13 6 A B A B B A B B B B B
6 A A B B A B B B B A B
14 6 A B A B B A B B B B B B
6 A A B B A B B B B A B B
15 6 A B A B B A B B B B B B B
6 A A B B A B B B B A B B B
16 6 A B A B B A B B B B B B B B
6 A A B B A B B B B A B B B B
2.3. Transforming the cable model into a membrane model
The constant stress triangular element is used; it is described in Figure 5 and 6. In the standard formulation of this element, the node equilibrium equation appears in the local coordinate system as
Figure 5. Triangular Finite Element in its Local Coordinate System.
Figure 6. a) Standard constant stress triangular element b) same element with equivalent nodal force components in the direction of the edges.
where σx, σy, τxy are the usual stresses of plane elasticity, t is the thickness of the membrane, fe is a vector that contains the nodal forces of the element, and b's and c's are defined as follow:
A link is established between the stresses in a membrane model and the cable forces in its corresponding virtual triangulated network. First, a local coordinate system coplanar with the element is used. Afterwards, the components of the nodal forces (in a Cartesian system) are transformed into a skew system parallel to the edges of the element (Figure 6b), such that the following three independent equations can be obtained:
where ∆ is the area of the triangle. Let Qrs and Lrs be the force and the length of the branch connecting the nodes r and s (Figure 6b). [5] renders the three force densities (qrs = Qrs / Lrs) for a constant stress triangular element. For a given stress distribution over a membrane divided into triangles, [5] is used to obtain the three force densities for the virtual cable network in each triangle. In the case of an equilibrated network calculated by the force density method with topological mapping, the corresponding stress distribution over an equivalent finite element membrane model can be obtained as the inverse problem of [5]. This equilibrated membrane model will be referred as Initial Equilibrium Surface Model (IESM).
2.4. Final equilibrium configuration with stress control
The shape of tension structures depends on their internal stress pattern. Nonlinear structural analysis is needed to obtain a new equilibrium configuration when loading (or a perturbation) is added to the Initial Equilibrium Surface Model. In this paper nonlinear analysis is employed with the hypothesis of large rotations and small strains, together with the constant stress triangular finite element previously described. New equilibrium configurations are obtained due to perturbations introduced in the system. Perturbations come from changes in the stress field, these changes generate non equilibrated nodal loads. New equilibrium configurations with subsequent geometric changes are obtained using the Stiffness Matrix Method (9). Following we briefly describe the stiffness matrix that we have employed for the constant stress triangular element.
THE ELASTIC AND GEOMETRIC STIFFNESS MATRIX
In case of the plane stress triangular finite element, the elastic stiffness matrix of the element (KeE) is (9):
The components of the previous matrix are:
where E and ν are Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio. (KeE)ij is the element in row i and column j of the matrix KeE.
The geometric stiffness matrix associated with the elastic stiffness matrix defined in [6] can be obtained by perturbation methods. The resulting geometric stiffness matrix (KeG) is (9):
a, e and c are illustrated in Figure 5.
CONFIGURATIONS WITH STRESS CONTROL
Given an initial equilibrium configuration, usually a different equilibrium shape close to the initial shape might be obtained, changing both the geometry and the stress distribution of the initial structure. For example, it may be attractive to obtain an equilibrium configuration with a constant stress field, or other prescribed stress patterns, by changing the Initial Equilibrium Surface Model (derived from the initial cable model equilibrium configuration obtained by FDM and TM). It is possible to generate equilibrium configurations with an imposed stress distribution using the Stiffness Matrix Method. The procedure is based on the same displacement analysis techniques used to study the behaviour of tension structures under varying load condition. In this method geometrical nonlinear analysis techniques are used to compensate unbalanced forces. These unbalanced forces result from the imposition of a new stress field to the Initial Equilibrium Surface Model. The applied procedure contains the following steps, schematically described in Figure 1:
Step 1: Introduce the necessary data for the topology mapping: the coordinates of the fixed nodes, the topology of the pin-joint network and the force density values.
Step 2. Calculate an initial equilibrium configuration based on the force density method. The coordinates of the non-fixed nodes are obtained.
Step 3: Compute the membrane stresses using [5]. The Initial Equilibrium Surface Model is obtained.
Step 4: Modify the membrane stresses to the desired values. This introduces a perturbation in the system, and an unbalanced force vector (ΔF) appears.
Step 5: Assemble individual element stiffness matrices to form the elastic stiffness matrix KE and the geometrical stiffness matrix KG of the structure with the desired stresses.
Step 6: Equilibrium requires that the sum of all forces must be zero at each node, so a new equilibrium configuration of the structure is obtained by allowing the deformation of the structure under the unbalanced forces (ΔF). [9] is solved by iterations, as a regular second order analysis:
where a is the vector of nodal displacements and ΔF is the vector of nodal forces resulting from the perturbation induced by the imposed stress field, which induces a non-equilibrium configuration. Each iteration requires the calculation of:
The new nodal positions, adding to the previous nodal position the nodal displacements a.
The vector of unbalanced forces ΔF, calculated with the stress field variation. Small variations are preferred for numerical convergence; the magnitude of these variations can be easily controlled with small values of the Young's modulus E.
The error, which can be computed as the second norm of the vector ΔF (I have named it as error Type 1).
In case the error (Type 1) is bigger than an upper bound value, KE and KG are recalculated taking into account the new nodal position and the new stress field.
Step 7: Compute the vector of unbalanced forces ΔF with the final nodal position obtained in Step 6 and the desired stresses. Finally, compute the error as the second norm of the vector ΔF (Error Type 2). If this error is bigger than an upper bound value, go to Step 4, with the previous obtained nodal coordinates.
3. EXAMPLETop
Steps 1 and 2: Initial equilibrium configuration
A tension structure with 8 fixed points is designed. The first step is the solution of the form-finding problem, TM and FDM is used. The necessary input data for this first step are the following:
Boundary conditions:
Number of fixed points: 8
Coordinates of the fixed points: (-6,-45,0), (6,-45,0), (27,-24,15), (27, 24,15), (6, 45,0), (-6, 45,0), (-27, 24,15), (-27, -24,15)
Desired number of steps: 12
Type of network: obtained from Table 1 for the desired number of steps.
Force density values
For the inner branches: 1
For the external branches: 10
With these simple inputs the geometry corresponding to the initial equilibrium configuration is automatically obtained (Figure 7).
Figure 7. Initial equilibrium configuration with FDM and topological mapping methodology.
Step 3: Transforming the cable model into a membrane model
The cable model is transformed into a membrane model composed by triangular elements; the stress (units of force per length) field is obtained by [5]. The corresponding stress distribution is shown in Figure 8. Stresses have been scaled so that the minimum value of the major principal stress is equal to 1. At the exterior cables the obtained values vary between 59 and 34 with a mean value of 48 units of force.
Figure 8. a) Major principal stress (σ1), imposing 1 for the smaller value b) Ratio of principal stresses.
Steps 4 to 7. Final equilibrium configuration with stress control
For simplicity, in this example an isotropic and uniform stress field has been chosen in the membrane. The fixed value of the principal stresses is 1 (force/length units). An imposed value of force of 48 (force units) has been given to the exterior cable. A Poisson's ratio equal to zero and a Young's modulus equal to 0.5 have been used. After few iterations (Newton-Raphson) from steps 4 to 7 a new equilibrium configuration is obtained. In order to fulfill with the requirements of error Type 2, the numerical procedure has gone four times through step 7. Table 2 shows the resulting error for each step. Two types of error are computed: Error1 (Error Type 1) and Error2 (Error Type 2). It can be checked that after few iterations the resulting residual error for the final equilibrium configuration with the desired stresses is insignificant.
Tabla 2. Error obtained in the iteration process.
Times through step 7 = 0
ITER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Error1 1,15E+01 3,16E+00 4,47E-01 1,38E-02 2,18E-03 5,58E-04 1,55E-04 5,61E-05 1,84E-05 6,76E-06
Error2 1,26E+00
Error1 1,26E+00 1,63E-02 4,01E-04 7,83E-06 – – – – – –
Error2 2,17E-01
Error1 2,17E-01 2,86E-03 4,65E-06 – – – – – – –
Figure 9 shows the initial configuration, obtained by the TM-FDM, in black color, and the final configuration, with the specified stress field, in white color. A substantial change in the geometry can be observed.
Figure 9. Initial and final configuration of the equilibrium shapes.
4. CONCLUSIONTop
An extended application of topological mapping to obtain a final equilibrium configuration of a membrane structure under controlled stress conditions is presented. The procedure deals with a topology based pin-joint network that is easy to implement and the force density method (FDM). The procedure is versatile and it represents a simple and straightforward method to achieve optimal equilibrium configurations through the use of finite element analysis tools for both refinements of the solutions and for their analysis under loading conditions.
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 27 mai : Konoe Kanetsune, Kugyō c'est-à-dire un noble de cour japonais du début de l'époque de Kamakura.
 21 juillet : Gojong (Goryeo),  roi de Goryeo.
 11 août : Möngke,  khan suprême des Mongols.
 12 septembre : Guigues V de Forez, comte de Forez.
 17 septembre : Geoffroi de Pontual, évêque de Saint Malo.
 27 septembre : Ezzelino III da Romano, surnommé le Féroce, seigneur de l'actuelle localité de Romano d'Ezzelino et condottiere italien.
 19 décembre : Christophe  de Danemark, roi du Danemark.

 Adolphe IV de Berg, comte de Berg.
 Al-Mansur Nur ad-Dîn Ali ben Aybak, second sultan mamelouk d'Égypte.
 Béatrice de Savoie, marquise de Saluces.
 Berthold  de Neuchâtel, co-seigneur de Neuchâtel avec son oncle Ulrich III de Neuchâtel-Nidau, comte de Neuchâtel.
 Boson IV de Challant, membre de la maison de Challant co vicomte d'Aoste et seigneur de Châtillon et de Cly fondateur de ces lignées.
 Roland de Crémone, dominicain, théologien, professeur à l'université médiévale de  Toulouse.
 Pierre d'Étroubles, ecclésiastique valdôtain qui fut évêque d'Aoste.
 Gilles , évêque de Rennes.
 Henri le Letton, ou Henri de Livonie, chroniqueur.
 Matthieu Paris, moine bénédictin anglais, historien, artiste enlumineur, hagiographe, cartographe, sculpteur et encore ouvrier en métal.
 Óláfr Þórðarson, historien et poète islandais.

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The NHL's Nashville Predators were back in action against the Pittsburgh Penguins for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night (June 3).
Like the Preds eight previous home playoff games, the performance of the national anthem was a star-studded affair—this time Martina McBride had the honor.
In Round 2 against the St. Louis Blues, Little Big Town (April 30), Vince Gill (May 2) and Lady Antebellum (May 7) had the honors before Games 3, 4 and 6, respectively.
In the Western Conference Finals against the Anaheim Ducks, Keith Urban (May 16) delighted the crowd with an a cappella performance before Game 3, while Kelly Clarkson sang the anthem before Game 4 (May 18) and Trisha Yearwood got the nod before Game 6 (May 22).
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Liance - The Rat House
The most formative years of your life seem to happen when you least expect them. Despite the narrative spun by popular culture, the most important events in your life are not always confined to childhood, or your first relationship, or any other "expected" demarcation point. You don't get to plan the twists in your life, the only thing you can control is how you react to them.
No matter what form these events take in your own life, we often don't recognize them for what they are until they're over. They become symbolic in our own narrative. One monument within an ever-changing mythology that we venture back to, draw from, and reflect upon for decades to come. On his newest EP as Liance, Brighton-based musician James Li has crystalized this time in his life and put it on display for the entire world to see.
In contrast to his ambient project Ministry of Interior Spaces, Liance exists as a more autobiographical musical entity, weaving personal tales of grief, love, and loss all of which pull inspiration from his own life. Recorded between 2014 and 2018, The Rat House acts as a companion piece to Bronze Age of the Nineties, both of which recount Li's time during college in Michigan and the hyper-formative events surrounding him at that time.
We should all be so lucky to have the feeling of our college experience remembered in such a beautiful and undegredated form. From the people you meet to the specific details of one night's drunken adventures, college contains some of the most important memories of your life, and often they only live inside your head. As the years tick by those memories get fainter and fainter, so it's best to document them now before the whos and the whys become unclear.
In The Rat House's 1-minute opening track "Bernie Rally," Li recalls a chance encounter with someone at a Bernie Sanders rally. While the details date the song to a specific time and place, the feeling he manages to capture is a universal truth. A single spark that comes from a seemingly-divine meeting, an evening spent together, and then nothing. It's a compact tale that opens the album on a bittersweet but lovingly-emotional note.
Title track "The Rat House" acts as the album's lush centerpiece, a multi-layered work pulling a wide range of instruments and wrapping them up into a single reflective package. Beginning with an uneasy guitar, the song grows over time and introduces a slowly-mounting drumline alongside gorgeous brass accompaniment all while retaining the same core melody and mood. It's a single-song journey that aches with passionate beauty before exploding into sound, light, color, and life.
Songs like "Milk" and "Julian" serve to further the plot of Li's life through vignettes of abstracted beauty. Whether accompanied by banjo, dulcimer, or piano, each track adds on to the mythology of his own created life, sketching a portrait for the audience to absorb and internalize.
The language Li uses throughout the release is both careful and loving. Lyrics like "I like the pictures that you take / I want to live in pictures you take" illustrate a distant form of appreciation that's tapered off into something else entirely. Similarly, lines like "This house is stained with me and you" stand on their own and prod the listener into thinking deeply about the story being weaved while simultaneously projecting their own experience onto it.
The Rat House is a beautiful release, and clocking in at only 14 minutes, it's a marvel that Li was able to pack such a lovely amount of well-lived feeling into such a short space. It's a heart-rending exposition of the self, and one that can only exist through music. It's self-documentation of the highest degree.
Sometimes remembering our own past is the only way to move forward, and The Rat House is a wonderful way to capture the multi-layered flash of one's college years. While the album only documents Li's specific experiences, its themes, tales, and feelings are unshakably universal. There's likely to be at least a few moments in the EP's 14 minutes that will send a rush of blood to long-forgotten memory in a distant corner of your brain.
The Rat House is a beautifully-crafted release that impresses its feelings upon you and leaves you better for it. Years compressed into minutes. A lifetime of feelings that you didn't even know you shared with the rest of the world.
It's rare to find a piece of art that feels so personal and relevant to your own life while also managing to tell the creator's story effectively. Throughout this EP we see an artist who is tapped into something bigger, a universal struggle not just for happiness, but for life. The Rat House is the sound of hundreds of memories being unearthed, and it's here to take you on that journey whenever you're ready.
Liance, Ministry of Interior Spaces
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Patrick Jones II going on Vikings' COVID-19 list
There's another one
By Christopher Gates Dec 29, 2021, 10:49am CST
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During his Wednesday morning press conference, Minnesota Vikings' head coach Mike Zimmer announced that the team will be adding another name to their COVID-19 list.
This time, it's defensive end Patrick Jones II, who has worked his way into the defensive end rotation for the Vikings over the second half of the season. Even with the new protocols, it appears that he's in line to miss Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers.
Jones was the last of the Vikings' four third-round selections in this past April's NFL Draft, and the only one of the four that's actually managed to find his way onto the field for meaningful snaps. His role has increased following the injury to Danielle Hunter and Everson Griffen taking time away from the team. Jones had spent much of the early part of the season either playing sparingly or being inactive all together.
With the addition of Jones, the Vikings' COVID-19 list now has six players on it.
RB Dalvin Cook
OT Rashod Hill
DE Patrick Jones II
QB Sean Mannion
CB Tye Smith (practice squad)
G Oli Udoh
With the new protocols shortening the mandatory quarantine time to five days if players remain asymptomatic, everyone that's currently on the list except for Jones will either be eligible to come back in the next few days or is already eligible to return. Had the protocols remained at 10 days of isolation for non-vaccinated players, Cook would have been cutting it close as far as being able to play against Green Bay on Sunday, but he's been on the list for about a week now so hopefully he'll be able to come back here sooner rather than later.
We should be getting the first injury reports of the week sometime this afternoon. Once we have them, we'll bring them to you here.


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policy and adopting a "more targeted approach" to doling out its resources.
Citing "today's business environment and concerns" and a need to "document"
changes at a board meeting Friday in Washington, D.C.


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Jeff Kelly
Beneath the Stars, Above the River
CD Digipak
Green Monkey Records
https://greenmonkeyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-stars-above-the-river
Indie Pop/Shoegaze/Neo-Psych
The influence of Spain and Portugal asserts itself from the opening notes of Jeff Kelly's latest album, Beneath The Stars, Above The River. The lead track "The Initial Kiss" is not a traditional folk song as such, but the rhythm and melody reflect Jeff's fascination with fado music. Spain too, and flamenco notes are woven throughout the album. It isn't solely the music of these countries, but the landscapes and people, the rivers and the wine, the stories and the flavors that are interpreted through Jeff's eyes and songs. The whole album was fully realized after traveling to both countries with his wife, Susanne, in 2017 and 2018. Whilst fado is a newer crush, Jeff has long been entranced by the sound and tradition of flamenco music. In gathering song ideas for "Beneath The Stars, Above The River" Jeff delved into fado (most notably at a family run bar in Lisbon). In Spain he went south from Madrid searching out flamenco music. "I had a little black book and I'd write down song ideas as they presented themselves. The Douro River wind and rain, the women begging for more euros, Juliana of the one-man scanner station in Antequera, were all real. Drinking dark beer under cathedral bells in Lisbon, the romance of an evening on the Guadalqiver in Seville, it all happened. I was very inspired!" With Beneath The Stars, Above The River Jeff reverts to his organic approach of recording that is evident in his solo releases from the 1990s, leaning heavily on acoustic guitar and accordion, rather than the electric guitar and keyboards of The Green Pajamas. "I did all of the percussion, sometimes just my wedding ring keeping time on the wood desk." There are exceptions of course - the electric guitars of "Moon Over Granada" and "Señor, Señor" immediately recall The Green Pajamas. Fans of that band will also appreciate the murky, semi-psychedelic sound of the album closer, "Alleys of Madrid." Jeff's intent with his newest solo album is to present various love songs that one might hear through the heatwaves of southern Spain or the downpours of Portugal in April.
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Athlone Town ended their 2018 season as they had started it, with a defeat. The opening game of the campaign had saw the Town lose in Galway and the season finished with another away defeat in Wexford.
In between, Athlone had collected just four points while also changing manager. Aaron Callaghan guided Athlone to just one draw while his replacement Terry Butler was slightly more successful as he shared the spoils on three occasions. It was generally a season to forget with the only victory coming off the field when Wexford were punished for fielding a suspended player. Athlone remained bottom of the table from the first weekend of action while the cup competitions offered no respite with an early exit from all of the knockout ties.
The season started with Callaghan returning as the opening fixture saw Athlone travel to take on relegated Galway United. Felix Perez scored the Town's first goal of the campaign but it was mere consolation as the hosts easily won. Their second outing was a tough test as another relegated team Drogheda United were the opposition. The final score at United Park ended at six nil.
The home campaign got underway with the visit of UCD but it was the same outcome, another defeat. With outfield player Luke Kelly lining out in goal, Athlone were beaten by Cabinteely. The first Midland derby of 2018 against Longford at the City Calling Stadium saw the home team score five times to further embarrass Callaghan's men.
An early exit from the EA Sports Cup followed but a surprise result against fancied Finn Harps saw the Town finally open their points account. The Donegal outfit fought back after Shane Stokes had handed Athlone a shock lead. It counted for little however in terms of confidence building when Shelbourne put seven past the Town in Tolka Park early in April. Cobh Ramblers were next up to collect all three points with Brian Cabraley sent off.
The low point of an already dreadful season came next when fellow strugglers Wexford FC scored seven without reply at Ferrycarrig Park. Another home defeat against Shelbourne in the Leinster Senior Cup was the final game of Callaghan's short reign. A six month ban for breaching the terms of an earlier suspension added to Callaghan's grief.
Assistant manager Butler took charge for the remainder of the season. There was no immediate improvement thereafter, as Galway completed the double with a three nil victory in Lissywollen. Further defeats at home to Drogheda and away to UCD followed. The second Midlands derby saw Butler finally gain his first point as Aaron Brilly scored against his former club.
It was back to the drawing board though as four straight defeats followed. The last outing before the mid-season break saw Athlone return empty handed from St Colman's Park as a single goal proved sufficient for Cobh Ramblers.


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			bundle.get('name').should.equal('jerry');
			bundle = yield loader('en_GB',__dirname+'/resources','message');
			bundle.get('name&age','jim',8).should.equal('jim&8');
			bundle = yield loader('zh_CN',__dirname+'/resources','message');
			bundle.get('name').should.equal('chick');
			bundle = yield loader('',__dirname+'/resources','message');
			bundle.get('name').should.equal('tom');
			bundle.get('info',['jim' , 1]).should.equal('jim is in the class 1' );
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			bundle = yield loader('en_US',__dirname+'/resources','message1');
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It's time to review your privacy settings on Twitter
By Guest Blogger on June 28, 2017 in How-To's, News, Online Life, Security, Tech Tips
Twitter is looking for new ways to produce revenue and remain relevant to users and advertisers – and you might not like their latest effort. Twitter just implemented new tracking settings that many users are less than thrilled about. If you're a tweeter and automatically accepted the recent change to the privacy policy, you might want to take a closer look.
In June, you were told about the new tracking on an automatic overlay that popped up when you logged onto your account. The notice stated that Twitter would be "more relevant" by "connecting your visits to sites with Twitter content."
If you're like most users, you probably ignored the overlay all together and exited out. Some read the notice and clicked the large "Sounds good" button. Few clicked the much smaller "Review settings" option below to investigate exactly what these changes entailed.
Really, this notice was Twitter telling you that their privacy settings had been automatically changed.
Under the new settings, Twitter is able to track your activity and target you with ads based on locations services or locations you list in a tweet, specific websites you visit, and partnerships Twitter has with other companies.
If you visit a website that allows sharing on Twitter, or even an embedded tweet, the social media site can track this and store the information for up to 30 days (previously, this was 10 days). With this setting turned on, users don't even have to share something on twitter or click on the embedded tweet. That's right, you just have to visit a site with links to Twitter on it, and Twitter will know about it under these settings.
All of these changes are meant to appeal to online advertisers and marketers and in return provide content that's more relevant to individual users. This could include promoted tweets, story suggestions, or "who to follow" suggestions.
Now that you know all of this, don't panic if you ignored their one-time overlay. You can control all of these changes under Settings -> Privacy and safety -> Personalization and data. Here you can see descriptions of exactly what all of these new changes mean and disable them.
The moral of the story? We should all do a better job of investigating new privacy and user agreement updates. Even if you don't want to take the time to read them yourself, you can bet someone on the internet has. Do a quick Google search and be sure you know what you're saying "yes" to.
Guest Blogger: Mary Mulcahy
Mary is PR Intern at TDS Telecom and a Journalism student at UW-Madison. She recently returned from studying abroad in Galway, Ireland. In her free time she enjoys traveling, running, cooking, and reading.
ads, privacy, settings, Social Media, tracking, twitter
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