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For a week in which his dancing horse took the pipe in the Olympics, Willard Romney recovered superbly by scoring — and I do mean scoring — an endorsement that may well lock up the vital superannuated pornstar demographic....
"I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office," Jameson told a KCBS-TV reporter, champagne in hand. "When you're rich, you want a Republican in office."
I'd like to point out, for the record, that, in this opinion, Ms. Jameson marks herself as more honest than three decades of Republican candidates, most surely including the present one. And she is obviously a nuanced observer of the effect of politics on vital areas of American entrepreneurship.
"The Clinton administration was the best years for the adult industry and I wish that Clinton would run again. I would love to have him back in office," she said at the time. "I would love to have Al Gore in office. When Republicans are in office, the problem is, a lot of times they try to put their crosshairs on the adult industry, to make a point. It's sad, when there are so many different things that are going on in the world: war, and people are dying of genocide."
In other weird but spectacular news, we're going to Mars again this weekend. A delightfully named probe — and, yes, I am aware of what may happen in any post that includes the words "probe" and "Jenna Jameson" — named Curiosity is going to be lowered to the surface by a doohickey that looks like how they completed the mission in Operation: Dumbo Drop.
Curiosity's fate will then hinge on the performance of its pre-programmed directions, a new self-guided flight system and a complex, seemingly far-fetched landing sequence that includes a giant parachute and a never-before-used, jet-powered "sky crane" that must descend to the right spot over the planet, lower Curiosity to the ground on a tether, cut the cords and fly away.
Thereby confusing the hell out of the Martians, who, if they have the sense of humor I expect them to have, undoubtedly will provide a cat for Curiosity to crush upon landing.
The real Olympics begin this weekend with all kinds of track and an equal amount of field. (It kicked off today with Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia putting up the single greatest individual performance of the Games so far, dropping a Secretariat-at-Belmont number on the rest of the runners in the women's 10,000-meters.) Six gold medals will be handed out on each of the next two days, including the men's 100-meters on Sunday, which, when seen live, looks more like a special effect than a footrace. The scandal-wracked women's badminton competition comes to a close on Saturday, and I mention that only so that I could type, "scandal-wracked women's badminton competition." There will also be screaming about NBC's coverage. This strikes me ast this point as rather futile. At least it's keeping punditry to a minimum, and I'd rather write about Jenna Jameson than whatever Joe Scarborough said this morning. And so would you.
So have a good one, ya pack o'bastids, and we'll see you on Monday with another limited dose of gobshitery, plus some special guests, and if one of those shows doesn't book Ms. Jameson, they're all as crooked as women's badminton.


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Q: What is the best option to send data to another script without be blocked I have been working on two scripts where one of the script (we can call generate_data.py) that generates the data (looks for new data 24/7) and I have notifications.py that receives the data from generate_data , convert it to a json and post it to my server through a requests.
There is some problems that I have and one of them is that I need it to run simultaneously. That means whenever the generate_data.py is looking for new data, when it sends the data to notifications.py it should NOT wait for the notifications.py to be done. Instead it should work all the time and only send data to notifications.py when new found and continue looking for new data.
Scenario that can happen is that generate_data.py can get new 5 data at the same time and is needing to be send to notifications.py that needs to send the requests to my server as soon as possible without any delay/stopping/blocking.
I got few suggestions such as using listener, queue, rcp, threading, multiprocessing but here I am. My question is, What would be my best option to use here where I have generate_data.py that is on 24/7 and notifications.py should only post once it got the data from generate_data and post it to my server as fast as possible and without being blocked/stopped and if there is any example would also be appreciated it! (Using python)

A: so as generate_data script generates data and sends it to notification script, while notification script is in processing the data which has sent meanwhile the data generated by generate_data where you are storing it to push to the notification script later ?
you can do one thing as you asked only with python..
you can generate data in to a file always and notifications script read the content and delete only content which is read, so that you can do both parallel.

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I was getting a bit bored of having fruit and nuts for snacks consistently and felt that change was in the air.
I made a slight variation of the Nutrition Guru and the Chefs' sweet potato and oat bars and OMG, it was too good not to share. It is great to have with a cup of tea at home, my husband packed some in for his overnight shift, and I imagine that it would be great in your kiddies' lunch box as well.
Bake for 35-40 minutes, until brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Remove from oven and leave in tin to cool.


Cosi si mangia a Napoli!
When I cook, i am not just adding ingredients together and hoping for the best. I can best describe it as a journey of flavours and emotions. Food can represent your past: by evoking a memory, your present, what you are currently enjoying or lastly it could represent your future: your food evolving into something new and exciting! We are a 'non diet' family and what i mean by this is we do not eat a certain way all the time. I have however been brought up on the classic 'Mediterranean" way of eating, as my grandmother is Sicilian and Sicilians eat a lot of fish. As a fact, my grandfather was a fisherman so we would be eating fish atleast 3 times a week. Looking back on my childhood, we were certainly rich! We ate freshly caught fish and shellfish, consumed predominantly homegrown produce and collected fresh eggs from our pet chickens. Fast forward to today, i wish my children could experience that aswell. I believe it instills so many values into children like respect for our land, respect for our elders that put the time into cooking and appreciation for what we have.
Eggplant Parmigiana. Cannot be faulted. Simplicity at it's finest!
In Italy we say:"Benvenuti nella nostra famiglia" – So I officially want to welcome you into our family!


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Q: OAF Advanced table loads slowly I have a page with an advanced table and some search criteria. On processRequest() I call a method where I compose a where clause from the search criteria and call executeQuery() on the table's view object. The problem is that this last call takes a long time while in OAF Developer's Guide they write:

The table rendering logic brings in only the rows you need in an
incremental fashion. In other words, if your table display size is 10
rows, then only the first 10 rows from the query are brought in to the
middle-tier.

What am I doing wrong? How to make the table to load in incremental fashion?

A: Replace executeQuery() with setPreparedForExecution(true).
The table is indeed smart, but you should actually leave the view object's execution to it instead of doing it manually. If you do the suggested replacement, the table will execute the view object automatically at the moment of rendering in incremental fashion.


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ABS introduces improvements to Labour Force statistics
In April 2001 the ABS introduced a redesigned questionnaire for the monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS) from which are derived Australia's official employment and unemployment estimates. The ABS announced details of the redesign early last year in Information Paper: Labour Force Survey Questionnaire Redesign (cat. no. 6294.0), released on 14 March 2000.
The redesigned questionnaire obtains new or extended information on job tenure, underemployment, hours worked, duration of unemployment, and marginal attachment to the labour force. The format of the questionnaire has been improved, and some question wording updated to improve the efficiency of the survey, enhance the quality of the data collected, and reflect current terminology and labour market conditions.
Some minor definitional changes have been introduced to bring ABS definitions into closer alignment with international standards for labour force statistics so as to improve international comparisons. One impact will be a small reduction in the unemployment rate.
The questionnaire changes are detailed in Information Paper: Implementing the Redesigned Labour Force Survey Questionnaire (cat. no. 6295.0), released today. The information paper also describes the impact of the changes on labour force statistics. The changes have been developed and tested over a number of years, and have involved wide consultation with users of labour force statistics.
To ensure continuity of time series, selected labour force series have been revised from April 1986 to March 2001 to reflect the impact of the more significant definitional changes. Details of these revisions are contained in the information paper.
The information paper includes all tables from the March 2001 Labour Force Australia, Preliminary (cat. no. 6202.0), released on 12 April, compiled on the revised basis. Table 24 from the March 2001 Labour Force Australia (cat. no. 6203.0), released on 27 April, has also been recompiled to show historical long-term unemployment data on the revised basis.
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PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) on Friday (2/26) announced an increase to its common stock dividend, marking the eighth consecutive year of increased dividends paid to its shareowners.rnr
Hearing scheduled on Bethlehem Sands table games
HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it would hold a public hearing on Thursday, March 11, 2010 to gather evidence, including public comment, on the petition submitted by Sands Bethworks Gaming, LLC, operator of the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Northampton County, requesting authorization to conduct table games.rnr
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Air Products makes hostile bid for Airgas
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (February 11, 2010) – Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that it has commenced a fully financed tender offer for all outstanding common shares of Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) for $60.00 per share all in cash. The offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00 midnight New York City time on April 9, 2010, unless extended.rnrnAir Products issued the following statement:rnr
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LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (February 5, 2010) – Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that it has made an offer to acquire Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) for $60.00 per share in cash.
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Google+ Beathearts: Detroit's best kept secret: Karriem Riggins!
i'm just listening to the first beat... sounding dope! can't believe they've only released two new tracks. the world of hiphop needs an album from these two guys.
For real! These cats do alot of work in the background but we couldn't agree more.


Aug 1 Why not write a check?
Disclaimer: These publications were written by each author in his/her personal capacity. The opinions expressed in these articles are the author's own and do not reflect the view of the University of Virginia nor the University of Virginia's Guatemala Initiative.
As individuals we have a strong bias to see what is directly before us. As if trapped within an island of solipsism and egoism, we see things not as they are, but as they relate to our own perception. As I walk through the streets of Xela I see many white backpackers pass by, I notice how they look so out of place. I notice how I feel less out of place when I see another traveler. I feel shame for even feeling this way, unconsciously searching for comfort in what I know when I am here to learn about other ways of life.
In truth, it is never completed, and it was never my own work to begin with. Being here in Xela has made me just start to see how small I truly am, how working with local doctors and firefighters will only be one very small piece of a larger picture. I am trapped within an island of solipsism and egoism, whether I like it or not. I had seen my project as a culmination of months of hard work but it was not until I arrived that I realized the work had not even started. Even after I leave, there will be much more to do.
There are many NGOs in Guatemala, working with orphanages, clinical care, education, public health, and more. According to many who have been here for a while, they see NGOs come and go, just like the backpackers on the streets. I too will be one of those vanishing backpackers. I pause and wonder, why am I here?
To act, to give, or to remain idle?
Each time I open my wallet and withdraw a Quetzal I wonder if it is worth it, literally. I reflect back on the words of utilitarian bioethicist Peter Singer, "If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance we ought, morally, to do it." This quote forms the central argument of Singer's seminal essay, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality." In this essay Singer argues that we should do all that we can to prevent needless pain and suffering. Singer specifically argues for donating to those currently dying from lack of food, shelter, and medical care.
I think back to my wallet, back to the grants I was given by my school to work on this project. Who am I to be able to choose what hostel I stay at? Who am I to be able to be able to purchase food from a street vendor? All of this money could go to promoting sustainable missions in Guatemala, to provide more access to the bottom level of Maslow's hierarchy. Instead of spending my money on a plane ticket to get here and back, that money could provide medical care for many. Why am I so important?
I feel compelled to believe that it should not be this way, that I shouldn't have this privilege. But the fact of the matter is that I do, and I can choose to act or remain idle.
While I do choose to act, I wonder if my actions are assuaging some inner psychological guilt. Perhaps there is a deep evolutionary drive which compels me to help other members of this tribe called the human race. But for how long will I continue to act?
The question of "how long" is what hit me the hardest. Perhaps I will feel better for a bit when I leave, and then perhaps I will attempt to return to Guatemala, or perhaps another country that I feel I can "help." That's not the point, that's psychological egoism. Upon much reflection, what I believe really matters is sustaining promises with members of a community. Whether it is Appalachia or Guatemala, what seems to matter is having an organization with the ability to have continual commitment each year.
While Singer can advocate for giving what we can, it is likely that most people will not do this simply by being told to write one check. Moreover, even if someone does write a check, it is likely that they will not continue to do so monthly. A phenomena known as moral licensing has been studied by psychologists for years, the idea that one perceived "good" action will cause a person to do fewer perceived "good" actions in the future. The explanation behind moral licensing is that people are generally more concerned about looking good than doing good. This phenomena has been said to be behind movements like the "Ice Bucket Challenge" which went viral but relatively, raised little money compared to charities which encourage commitment. Moreover, the lack of commitment resulted in one big push for donations, and then a relapse, while many other related organizations suffered from a decrease in donations (Kouchaki, 2011).
Commitment seems to be a deciding factor here. If a partnership is established, rather than a one-time donation, then the project becomes a collaboration, it spreads, and it becomes sustainable.
But why not sign up for an automatic service which donates a portion of your income monthly?
I don't pretend to have an answer here.
What I can say is that I am a ripple in a pond, something much larger than myself. Being a part of the UVA-GI has begun to show me how limited this project may be, but how powerful it is. The world's a stage and we all play our role. After I leave, the project will continue, bomberos will continue to fight fires, to save lives, and I will be back in the States -- for the time being. The song will continue on and I will have contributed but a verse.
How does this compare to writing a check? There is something unquantifiable within the realm of human experience, something that cannot be measured against a check. It consists somewhere in being with others, listening to stories, and building strong friendships that allow this work to continue on. It's not a mission to help, or to do good, I don't pretend to know what those even are -- instead it is a mission rooted in human companionship.
We can choose to be egotistic, to believe our checks will solve to problem. A second option is to be connect, to collaborate, and to learn from others.
If you give a man a fish, he will have dinner; if you teach a man to fish, he will learn; if you listen to that man; you may learn that the man was allergic to fish in the first place. It is in building trust and commitment, not simply financial gains, that humanity grows.
Kouchaki, M. (2011). Vicarious moral licensing: the influence of others' past moral actions on moral behavior. Journal of personality and social psychology, 101(4), 702.


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Forum Home > Books On "The Great Hunger" > The Hungry Stream: Essays in Emigration and Famine
(Belfast, The Centre for Emigration Studies, Ulster-American Folk Part and the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, 1997). £25.00 (hardback); £9.50 (paperback). ISBN 0 85389 674 1 and 7
Book Review by Don MacRaild
The Great Famine (1845-52) is etched on to psyche of the Irish people; and it unifies, through a sense of common history and common suffering, Irish people the world over. The Famine comprised a series of events so far-reaching, so massive, that even today there is little consensus of just what its true extent really was. The Hungry Stream comprises a collection of papers that were first read at a conference to mark the 150 anniversary of the onset of what Trevelyan called 'This Great Calamity', held at the Ulster-American Folk Park in 1995. It is both important and appropriate that emigration should have provided the speakers with a unifying theme: important because mass exodus was a dominant image of the Famine; appropriate because the conference and volume represent a coming together of academe and the heritage industry. The Ulster-American Folk Park, like equivalent organisations in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Germany, is now trying to match its recreation of the 'experience' of emigration with another important role as a centre for research and study.
The individual essays in The Hungry Stream are organised into broad themes, with many of authors employing common images and language. After Crawford's trenchant introduction we are presented with Donald Akenson's challenging study of the lexicon of the terms 'Galut', 'Exile' and 'Diaspora'. Akenson discusses Famine rhetoric, criticises the overly lurid descriptions of the Famine's human tragedies and denounces what he calls 'famine porn', such as applying terms like 'Holocaust' to this admittedly cataclysmic series of events. Here Akenson is trying to say, not that the Famine was somehow a less than terrible occurrence, but that 'our use of the term is deeply offensive to members of the Jewish community. And properly so. Ha Shoah is their tragedy, and theirs alone.'
The essays that follow either consider the factors that caused emigration and the mechanisms that dealth with hunger (or which did not), or else provide case-study examination of the parts of the world where Famine emigrants usually (though not always) landed in great numbers. Writers such as Robert Scally (on external factors promoting emigration), Janet Nolan (on women's emigration), Patrick Fitzgerald (on changing patterns of crisis) and David Fitzpatrick (on representation in letters to Australia) discuss the language of exile and exodus, of starvation and forced flight. All the authors in this collection, like those who have written on the Famine before them, struggle to convey the enormity of the Famine, and to drive home the scale of death, disease and departure. How can we find language that is appropriate to assess the impact upon this small country of losing 2.1 million emigrants in ten short years? And what words can describe the horrors of 1.5 million or more dead?
Another important aspect of The Hungry Stream is the discussion of what happened after the emigrants had left. Edward O'Donnell's important study of the Famine Irish in New York illustrates well the massive impact of the Famine inrush on this already fluxing, dynamic city. Some 850,000 found their way there between 1847 and 1851, which put enormous strains on local mechanisms of relief. Also fascinating is Michael Quigley's reconstruction of the horrors of Canada's Grosse Île, the tiny quarantine island in the St Lawrence which the author calls `the most important and evocative Great Famine site outside of Ireland'. Thousands died during and after the passage to Canada, and the authorities there were numbed by the scale of the disaster.
To these essays should added Frank Neal's typically detailed and informative study of the dreadful scenes in Liverpool, which the author has since developed into an excellent monograph, The Black 47: Britain and the Famine Irish (1847), which paints a wider picture. The 'Condition of England' crisis that paralleled the Famine threw up a host of social problems in cities such as Liverpool. The Famine inrush added to the crisis and sharpened native perceptions of the Irish as disease-ridden and outcast people. Margaret Crawford's own contribution to the volume is an important study of the role of disease in the migrant stream. Her sub-title - 'unseen lethal baggage' - sends a shiver down the spine. Another interesting contribution is Donal McCracken's explanation of why Irish Famine victims did not come to South Africa, even though there is a long tradition of Irish settlement there. In doing so, McCracken offers a glimpse into an aspect of the Diaspora which few of us know anything about.
The Hungry Stream ends with two essays, by Evelyn Cardwell and Lawrence Bickford on 'Famine studies in Schools', which attempt to convey a sense of how teachers can help the young to understand this historic crisis. Cardwell is additionally interested in the ways in which the heritage industry can perform this function. This section is a fitting coda to an excellent book. In general, Margaret Crawford, her contributors and the people at the Ulster-American Folk Park are to be applauded for producing an even-handed and scholarly volume on such an emotive and terrible topic.
Don MacRaild
This review was written for Immigrants and Minorities, and appears here with the permission of Don MacRaild.
WHEN GENOCIDE BECAME "FAMINE" : IRELAND, 1845 - 1850
This petition seeks your support for a campaign to:
* Persuade relevant authors, editors and website content providers to stop using the word 'Famine' for what took place in Ireland between 1845 and 1850, and start using terms such as, "The Great Hunger" or 'An tOcras Mór
PETITION LINK- TO CHANGE THE WORD FAMINE http://www.petitions24.com/when_famine_became_genocide_ireland_1845_-_1850
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Sandy T.
I found this book on Amazon....very expensive(PAPERBACK $201.00), or starting from $29.00 in the used section. I would very much like to read this, and perhaps it might be a good idea for others who wish to read it at their local library first.
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Home Resource Pages Moisture Management Concepts
Moisture Management Concepts
by Ted J. Kesik, Ph.D., P.Eng., MASHRAE, University of Toronto
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The management of moisture migration is by far the most important control function to be addressed by the building enclosure designer. Moisture related problems in buildings are common and broadly vary in types and consequences. A brief listing of moisture related problems illustrates this point: frost heaving, adfreezing, water leakage, wood rot, mold growth, spalling, efflorescence, corrosion, and degradation and staining of finishes. Consequences range from structural failure to cosmetic flaws, and in some cases the health of the occupants can be adversely affected, as in the case of mold growth, causing allergic and respiratory problems. This resource page explores moisture management in building enclosures and focuses on the concepts and terminology related to moisture management in building enclosures to provide a basis for better understanding of the various moisture management strategies that can be deployed in enclosure design. These strategies are based on what is commonly referred to as the 4 Ds:
deflection of water to minimize wetting exposure;
drainage to convey away water that penetrates the assembly;
drying of any residual water by means of ventilation; and
durability of materials to withstand exposure to periodic wetting and provide an acceptable service life.
"Except for structural errors, about 90 percent of all building construction problems are associated with water in some way." 1
The list of the harmful effects of water in building materials and assemblies is indeed a long one. In many instances the water by itself is not harmful, and only when combined with other phenomena does it cause rapid deterioration. On the other hand, the other phenomena involved will not cause deterioration in the absence of water. It follows then that if water can be controlled a building can be made more durable and the maintenance and repair costs reduced. If this could be achieved only by the use of very expensive materials and construction it could be argued that it is better to let the building deteriorate and to replace the damaged portion from time to time. In fact, however, durable construction can be achieved with relatively inexpensive materials and designs, provided that the designer understands the behavior of water in its various forms and applies the necessary controls to prevent it from accumulating in harmful quantities.2
Physical States of Water
Water, or H2O, is found everywhere on our planet. For this reason, building designers must be able to apply moisture management strategies in building enclosures that correspond to the physical states of water. Like any pure substance, water may exist in three states: solid (ice), liquid (bulk or free water), and gas (vapor). In addition, various building materials may capture water molecules from the surrounding air and collect them on the surfaces of their inner pore structures in what is known as an adsorbed state. The predominant states of water that are of interest to building scientists and designers are bulk water and water vapor, although in cold climates ice may pose particular challenges.
Solid - Ice
Water freezes at 32°F (0°C) and goes from being a liquid to a solid. When water freezes, it increases in volume by about 9%. The ice then shrinks as the temperature decreases. The shrinkage is marginal, about 0.4% in volume going from 30&*deg;F (-1°C) to -50°F (-46°C). From a building performance perspective, ice is an important consideration in foundation design, where footings must be located below the depth of frost penetration to avoid heaving, and for freeze/thaw cycles in materials to ensure durability. Interestingly, if water in its bulk and vapor states is properly managed, most issues related to ice may be easily resolved.
Figure 1. Ice buildup on roofs can cause damage to roofing and pose a hazard to pedestrians below. Enclosure design cannot control weather events like freezing rain, but the selection of appropriate building materials and details can minimize the potential for ice damage and risk of hazards. Often, observation of local practices will provide a good indication of suitable ice management strategies that are proven to be effective in a particular locale.
Source: T. Kesik
Liquid - Water
Between 32°F (0°C), water's freezing point, and 212°F (100°C), its boiling point, water remains in a liquid state and to a lesser degree is suspended in the surrounding air as vapor (see next topic). Bulk water is experienced by buildings as precipitation (rainfall), snowmelt, flooding, groundwater, and the condensation of water vapor. Water as a liquid must be managed because many building materials are susceptible to various forms of damage by repeated or chronic wetting and little or no drying. Traditional building technology evolved in response to the management of bulk water with special attention to material selection and arrangement. Architectural features, such as sloped roofs and overhangs, were deliberate strategies aimed at managing liquid moisture. At the detail level, flashings and drip edges were employed to shed water away from the building enclosure. Most moisture management strategies begin by carefully considering appropriate control measures for the many sources of liquid water.
Figure 2. Water penetration into a stone archway causes water to leach through the material leading to mineral deposits and unsightly discoloration. Blemishing will eventually lead to deterioration as freeze/thaw cycling occurs.
Gas - Water Vapor
The air contains suspended water molecules in the form of vapor, resulting from the evaporation or boiling of water, and the sublimation of ice. At a given temperature in the atmosphere, the air is capable of holding a given quantity of water vapor. Relative humidity (RH) is a measure of the amount of water vapor in an air-vapor mixture at a given temperature in the atmosphere, relative to its saturation point (100% RH). The vapor in the air exerts a vapor pressure and this is the driving force for the diffusion of water vapor through materials. Water vapor can also be transported by air leakage (i.e., the movement of a volume of air into or out of the building enclosure), a mechanism that is capable of transporting much more water than vapor diffusion.
Figure 3. Efflorescence is caused by the migration of water vapor into mortar and masonry where it develops capillary water flow at high relative humidity. Salts in the mortar are dissolved and transported to the surface of the masonry, and the salt crystals remain after the water has evaporated. Besides being unsightly, efflorescence can lead to the deterioration of masonry finishes.
Source: Martin Eisbrenner
Moisture Migration Phenomena
The relationships between the phases of water, sources, processes, storage, and sinks are depicted in Figure 4. Buildings are placed within this water environment and must effectively manage these interactions. Designers must devise moisture management strategies specific to each phenomenon and ideally conceive economical building enclosures that have sufficient redundancy to provide a factor of safety against moisture loads, similar to the approach taken for structures.
Figure 4. Moisture sources, processes, storage and sinks - the moisture management design challenge is to consider these explicitly and ensure all critical factors have been addressed.
Source: Moisture in Buildings by John Straube. ASHRAE Journal, January 2002, pp. 15-19.
Moisture and Material Interactions
From a building science perspective, moisture and material interactions are often governed by the nature of the materials. A practical classification is between hygroscopic (hydrophilic) and hydrophobic materials. Hygroscopic (hydrophilic) materials absorb water and most traditional building materials, such as wood, concrete, brick, and plaster are hygroscopic. Hydrophobic materials repel water and examples include glass, metals, and plastics. There are new materials exhibiting hybrid behavior, such as water resistive barriers that may resist bulk water but freely allow vapor diffusion.
Another significant factor influencing moisture and material interactions is capillarity. A capillary is a narrow, tube-like space or void in a material or assembly that can draw up water by a combination of surface tension and adhesive forces. As a result, a tool like a paint brush with hydrophobic bristles can draw up and retain paint by interstitial capillarity. Materials like wood or concrete used in a foundation assembly behave this way if built into wet soil. Capillarity in building materials explains the hysteresis in their moisture contents, and reinforces the need to prevent these materials from excessive wetting (see Figure 5).
For the building enclosure designer, the process begins with the selection of a suitable moisture management strategy for the enclosure assembly (i.e., wall, roof, etc.). Then, the water absorbing and repelling properties of constituent materials, and their capillarity, must be considered to determine if these are compatible. As a first step, the material should not be placed in an environment that will cause its degradation. If the designer cannot arrange materials to create a conducive environment, alternative materials must be employed, or a different moisture management strategy selected.
Figure 5. Common building materials having capillaries take much longer to dry out than to get wet.
Source: Building Science for a Cold Climate by Neil Hutcheon and Gus Handegord. Institute for Research in Construction, 1983.
Figure 6. The concentration of moisture on the cold side of an assembly increases with the initial moisture content of the materials in the cavity. In practical terms, this means that only very low levels of moisture accumulation may be tolerated in most assemblies. Beyond this threshold, the moisture content on the cold side of moisture susceptible materials, such as wood-based sheathings, will begin to approach their fiber saturation point, often causing rot under chronic wetting. Low air and vapor permeable insulation materials, like medium density polyurethane spray foam, represent a popular moisture management strategy because they control heat, air, and moisture flows.
Moisture Flow and Temperature Gradients
The increasing emphasis on energy efficiency in building enclosures often results in wall and roof cavities that are highly insulated with air and vapor permeable insulation materials. This produces strong temperature gradients across the wall cavities, and experimental research as depicted in Figure 6 has shown that any moisture in the cavity will migrate toward the cold side of the assembly, driven largely by vapor pressure differences.
There are three primary means of addressing this phenomenon:
avoid using air and vapor permeable insulation in cavities;
use continuous insulation outboard of enclosure cavities insulated with air and vapor permeable insulation, to reduce the severity of the temperature gradient in the cavity; and
leave cavities uninsulated and place continuous thermal insulation outboard of the cavity.
Continuous exterior insulation is always the most effective strategy, but cost, construction issues and/or existing conditions may require the first two strategies. Selecting a suitable strategy is largely determined by the climate zone, precipitation exposure and indoor environmental conditions for the particular building enclosure under consideration. (See Climate, Exposure, Occupancy, and Building Energy Profile for more information.)
Hygric Buffer
The concept of hygric buffer involves the capacity for safe storage of moisture in materials. Safe storage of moisture also depends on the duration of exposure to moisture (time of wetting) and the nature of the material, specifically its susceptibility to damage by moisture (e.g., concrete versus wood). As the sustainability imperative drives designers to use less materials with lower embodied energy, this generally translates into building enclosure assembles with significantly lower hygric buffer capacity than traditional methods and materials.
Figure 7. In practical terms, the hygric buffer capacity of building enclosure assemblies largely determines the level of redundancy that needs to be provided by critical control layers addressing moisture management functions.
Storage and Drying
Traditional materials and methods of construction often relied on storage and drying as moisture management strategies. While the durability provided by these strategies is unquestionable, the operating energy costs are no longer affordable. In contemporary building enclosure design, storage and drying concepts still apply to cladding materials, especially wood. However, instead of relying on heat loss through the enclosure for drying, effective drainage and adequate ventilation must be carefully considered.
Figure 8. Improvements to the energy efficiency of building enclosures have reduced the driving force behind the seasonal drying of assembly materials. In the past, durability of cold climate enclosures was achieved by expending space heating energy at a time when fuel sources were very inexpensive. Current and forecast labor, material and energy costs require building enclosures to achieve higher performance with lesser expenditure.
Vapor Diffusion Versus Air Leakage
To appreciate the difference in the magnitude of diffusion versus air leakage as moisture transport mechanisms, consider a helium filled balloon, the kind found at parties and celebrations. When these are left to sit for several days they often no longer float because the helium has diffused through the balloon's membrane. By comparison, pricking the balloon will cause the leakage of the helium and in a matter of a few seconds it is no longer inflated. Building science research has indicated water transport by air leakage may be several orders of magnitude greater than by vapor diffusion. For example, under typical cold climate indoor/outdoor conditions, it is estimated that about 1/3 quart of water will migrate by diffusion over an entire heating season across a 4 x 8 foot sheet of gypsum board without a vapor retarder. A 1 square inch hole in the same sheet of gypsum board will result in about 30 quarts of water being transported by air leakage - a factor of roughly 100 to 1 for air leakage versus diffusion.3
The practical implications of the difference in magnitude between these two water vapor transport mechanisms are significant. While adequate vapor diffusion control may be easily provided by coatings such as paint over the interior surface of exterior wall enclosures, the control of air leakage requires careful attention to material selection, detailing, and sequence of installation.
Figure 9. Vapor diffusion is a random and relatively slow moisture transport mechanism compared with air leakage, however, both need to be addressed when designing enclosures.
Condensing Surface of Interest
Moisture penetration and/or accumulation within enclosure assemblies is practically unavoidable and must therefore be managed within the moisture exposure and safe storage thresholds of the constituent materials. Assuming that defects (water leaks) may be reasonably eliminated or suitable repaired, the seasonal migration of moisture by diffusion and/or air leakage becomes the most significant concern. The migration of moisture across insulated building enclosure assemblies is of great interest to building science because it predicts the long-term durability of the enclosure and its susceptibility to problems such as staining or mold growth. Typically, if there is potential for a performance problem, moisture migration due to diffusion and/or air leakage will accumulate at some point in the enclosure assembly. This location is termed the condensing surface of interest. Figure 10 depicts two condensing surfaces of interest in an insulated, wood-frame wall assembly corresponding to two different seasonal conditions.
Figure 10. The condensing surface of interest in an enclosure assembly often changes on a seasonal basis. In climate zones where only one form of space conditioning is dominant (i.e., heating or cooling) there may only be a single condensing surface of interest. Hygrothermal analysis is capable of identifying critical surfaces to inform the appropriate selection and arrangement of materials.
Identification of the condensing surface of interest is usually straightforward. It occurs on the upstream face of a surface or plane of low air and/or vapor permeability that is at or below the dew point temperature of the migrating air/vapor mixture. Once the condensing surface of interest is located, suitable measures can be taken to manage the potential for moisture accumulation and related problems.
Wetting and Drying Potential
Most materials can withstand some degree of wetting provided they are subsequently allowed to dry. Some materials can endure numerous wetting/drying cycles with no significant deterioration. But there are also materials that are highly sensitive to the magnitude and duration of wetting.
Figure 11. Wetting and drying potential is the primary phenomenon underlying the limit states design of moisture management in building enclosures. Research into limit states (beyond safe storage capacity) of building enclosure assemblies and materials has not yet established reliable thresholds to guide designers. In the future, design standards for moisture management may become as systematic and rigorous as those governing structural engineering.
Managing the moisture balance in building enclosures is a major challenge of modern building science. Different materials can cope with various amounts of moisture and duration of exposure to wetting. In assemblies, the upper moisture exposure threshold is determined by the least moisture tolerant material. In formulating suitable moisture management strategies, the essential conditions for moisture problems must be kept in mind.
For a moisture-related problem to occur, at least five conditions must be satisfied:
a moisture source must be available;
there must be a route or means for this moisture to travel;
there must be some driving force to cause moisture movement;
the material(s) involved must be susceptible to moisture damage; and
the moisture content must exceed the material's safe moisture content for a sufficient length of time.
To avoid a moisture problem one could, in theory, choose to eliminate any one of the conditions listed above. In reality, it is practically impossible to remove all moisture sources, to build walls with no imperfections, or to remove all forces driving moisture movement. It is also not economical to use only those materials that are not susceptible to moisture damage. Therefore, in practice, it is common to address two or more of these prerequisites so as to reduce the probability of exceeding the safe moisture content and the amount of time the moisture content is exceeded.4
Moisture balance is not a uniform or homogeneous phenomenon in real buildings. Often there is a weak link in the chain, figuratively speaking, and some part of an enclosure assembly with critical exposure and/or at a complex transition will have its safe moisture storage capacity exceeded for a sufficient period of time to cause deterioration, and in extreme cases, failure to adequately provide critical control functions. In this sense, moisture balance is influenced both by the selection and arrangement of materials, and the detailing of the enclosure assemblies and their transitions.
Figure 12. Calculating the moisture balance for materials comprising an enclosure assembly (wall, roof, etc.) is not a precise science because materials and workmanship are imperfect, and exposure to weather is difficult to predict. In the absence of a limit-states design approach to moisture management engineering, providing multiple lines of defense, while ensuring it is easier for water to drain out of the assembly than to penetrate it, represent prudent design practice.
Moisture Management Synopsis
The fundamental premises underlying moisture management in building enclosures assume that materials and workmanship are imperfect, construction moisture is unavoidable and the most practical strategy involves redundancy of critical control measures. The intelligent arrangement of multi-functional materials that manage moisture in its various states while also contributing to the control of heat flow and air leakage is a proven means of providing redundancy cost-effectively. It is also important for designers to recognize that imperfections, deterioration, and aging in building enclosures will inevitably lead to moisture penetration, and these inevitable events must be managed through the selection, arrangement and detailing of enclosure assemblies and their transitions.
Appraisal and Repair of Claddings and Fixings, (Appraisal and Repair of Building Structures Series) by Wilson, M. and P. Harrison. American Society of Civil Engineers, February 1993.
Case Studies of Moisture Problems in Buildings by Proskiw, G. Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings X International Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida, December 2-7, 2007.
The Difference Between a Vapor Barrier and an Air Barrier by Quirouette, R.L. Building Practice Note No. 54, Division of Building Research, National Research Council Canada, July 1985.
Investigating and Diagnosing Moisture Problems by Lstiburek, Joseph. Building Science Digest #108, Building Science Corporation, October 27, 2006.
Moisture and Materials by Straube, John. Building Science Digest #138, Building Science Corporation, October 24, 2006.
Moisture Control for Buildings by Lstiburek, Joseph. ASHRAE Journal, February 2002, pp. 36-41.
Moisture Control in Buildings: The Key Factor in Mold Prevention, ASTM MNL18-2nd, October 2009.
Moisture in Buildings by Straube, John. ASHRAE Journal, January 2002, pp. 15-19.
Appendix C of the Building Air Quality Guide: Moisture, Mold and Mildew., EPA.
Performance and Durability of the Window-Wall Interface, STP 1484, ASTM International, 2006.
The Technology of Building Defects by Hinks, John and Geoff Cook. E&FN Spon, 1997.
Up Against the Wall: An Examination of Building Envelope Interface, STP 1509, ASTM International, 2010.
1 [ASTM E 241-77, Recommended Practices for Increasing Durability of Building Constructions Against Water-Induced Damage. Philadephia, PA: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1977.]
3 [Lstiburek, J. Insulations, Sheathings and Vapor Retarders . Research Report - 0412, Building Science Corporation, November 2004.]
4 [Straube, John and Eric Burnett. Building Science for Building Enclosures. Building Science Press, Westford, MA, 2005.]


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Q: Why cost of integrated circuits (IC) are higher when purchase online than to local market Why cost of integrated circuits are higher when purchase online than to local market.
For example SN7404N on Digi-Key costs around $2 but same i got from local market in $0.2

A: If your local market is like a flea market you the price can be anything, and so can the quality. Any correlation between the two is just a coincidence.
That particular chip you mention is a dinosaur: a plain (pre-schottky) TTL chip. The amazing thing is that you can still buy them at all. A marginally more recent 74LS04 goes at 0.25 (or 0.75 if you insist on DIP).
The chip one would choose now (when you would need it at all) would be a 74HC04 or 74HCT04. For some reason they are not particularly cheaper at Digikey, but at Mouser a 7$HC04 goes at ~ E 0.14 (@1, down to ~ 0.06 @1k).
To summarize:

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*you took a bad example

*always look wider than just one supplier (use www.findchips.com !)

*if you are OK with flea market quality...
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Welcome to the Welington Branch online hub
Seminar: Recent developments in the use of evaluability assessment for more effective and useful evaluation practice
Date: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Dr Ruth Jepson, Reader in Public Health Evaluation, Lead for Public Health Evaluation, Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, University of Edinburgh
Dr John McAteer, Senior Research Fellow. Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, University of Edinburgh
Evaluability assessment is a practice that has developed over 50 years, and has been written about and applied widely. At its simplest, it tests whether a programme is suitable for useful evaluation. Until recently, they have not been used in the UK to any great extent in the health arena. Dr Jepson and Dr McAteer will discuss how it is being used in Scotland for testing the evaluability of public health policies at a national level. They will include examples they have been involved with including:
Enhanced Family Nurse Partnership
Teenage Parenting Strategy
The Scottish Government is particularly keen on having evaluabilty assessments undertaken to ensure that the subsequent evaluations are appropriate and good value for money. As members of Scottish Government are part of the process, it enables them to better understand their programme theory, and the outcomes that are most important for them to have evaluated. However the process is not always unproblematic, and each evaluability assessment brings its own learning.
The presenters are keen to learn lessons from how evaluability assessments are being used in NZ, and what learning they can take back to the UK and visa versa.
Seminar: Making sense of evaluation guidance: relevance to your professional practice
Venue: EvaluationConsult offices, 114 The Terrace, Wellington
Presenter: David Turner, Independent Evaluation Practitioner
Practitioners of programme evaluation have considerable guidance to consider in the form of codes of practice, ethics guidelines, evaluation standards, and statements of evaluator competencies. There is so much material, much of which presents the same ideas in different ways, that it is hard to know what to pay attention to, and how to use it. Some of the guidance is brief but some is not—the US Program Evaluation Standards run to over 300 pages.
Evaluation practitioners have the greatest use for guidance on practice, but they are not the only audience. Some of the materials are directed to those who commission evaluation work and organisations that employ evaluators, as well as to practitioners themselves. Evaluation practitioners can draw on this material to guide their clients in understanding their own responsibilities for useful and ethical evaluations.
This seminar is intended to give practitioners a better understanding of the guidance that is available for their use, and how it is relevant to them. David will describe different types of guidance and how they overlap, discussing their underlying purposes and principles. He will draw on examples from New Zealand and Australia as well as other countries such as the US and the UK. He will discuss similarities between them as well as differences in scope and purpose.
Participants will then be asked to talk in small groups about their awareness of ethics guidance in different forms, the extent to which such guidance has influenced their professional work, and how they may want to use it in future.
Expanding the Influence of Evaluation on the Policy Process by Dr John Owen
THE AES welcomes policy makers, programme managers and evaluators to a free lunch time seminar for a brief interactive discussion on expanding the influence of evaluation in the policy process. For those who missed out on Dr Owen's one day workshop on Rapid Response Evaluation, the seminar offers an excellent opportunity to gain an overview of emerging international thinking on the inter-relationship between policy formulation and evaluation.
About the seminar
Andrew Kibblewhite, Chief Executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Head of the Policy Profession, has recently emphasised the importance of evaluation in quality evidence-informed policy advice. The Policy project, led by DPMC in collaboration with public service policy leaders, aims to improve the performance of the policy function and quality of policy advice across government. For more information see www.dpmc.govt.nz/policyproject. Dr Owen will build on this analysis to discuss shortcomings in the role of evaluation within the policy cycle, due to the reliance on conventional impact evaluation. He suggests that other approaches to evaluation should be added as a way of increasing the influence of evidence in the policy process.
Dr John M Owen is interested in providing useful evaluation based knowledge to policy and program decision makers. He has led more than 40 evaluative projects over the past two decades, initially as Director of the Centre for Program Evaluation at Melbourne University, and more recently as Director of Program Review Consultants. He has worked in conjunction with a range of clients such as the Asia Education Foundation, and Emergency Management Australia as well as with all levels of government.
He is a regular contributor to journals and at international evaluation conferences in Australia and overseas. His book: Program Evaluation: Forms and Approaches provides an integrated framework to evaluation theory and practice that has had favourable reviews worldwide.
Date: Thursday 30 July 2015
Time: 12pm–1pm. Please come early to allow time to sign in at Reception. Cellphones and other electronic devices will need to be handed in at Reception
Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade Manatū Aorere, 195 Lambton Quay, Level 12, Te Whare o Aorere.
There is no food and beverages inside the Whare. Te Whare o Aorere is a special space so please respect this simple rule.
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For a copy of John's presentation click here
Workshop: Rapid response evaluation – relevant, timely, policy-embedded evaluation
Presented by: Dr John Owen and Dr Jenny Neale
Date and time: Wednesday 29 July 2015, 9am - 5pm (registration from 8.30am)
AES invite you to a Rapid Response Evaluation workshop
Evaluation has a critical role in evidence-based policy. The Policy Project, led by DPMC in collaboration with public service policy leaders, aims to improve the performance of the policy function and quality of policy advice across government. Andrew Kibblewhite Head of the Policy Profession in his speech at the launch of the International Year of Evaluation 2015 challenged that evaluation must be relevant, timely and embedded in policy process rather than a search for perfection disconnected from decision-making.
In responding to this challenge, the AES has designed a one day workshop that equips participants to undertake evaluation work that requires the use of rapid response approaches. The rapid response workshop will provide participants with the skills and tools to provide timely information that is relevant to the identified needs of policy and program decision-makers in ways that encourages its use.
Wellington Evaluation Group Lunchtime Seminar - Thursday 26 March
Evaluation Ethics and Perspectives on Professional Practice
Presenter: Dr David Turner
Venue: Inland Revenue, office, Asteron Centre, 55 Featherston Street (opposite the Railway Station)
Date and Time: Thursday, 26 March 2015 12noon to 1:15pm
Registration: No need to register, just turn up on the day
Research ethics are often treated as an issue of correct procedures, such as informed consent. In this seminar, participants will be asked to focus instead on the perspectives that underlie their approaches to ethics in evaluation practice. The session will begin with an overview of research carried out among members of the American Evaluation Association and Australasian Evaluation Society. Seminar participants will be asked to consider a sample of statements used in that research to capture different perspectives on ethics, and will then be asked to discuss what their reactions suggest about the values and principles that inform their work.
About the presenter: David has worked in the NZ public sector for 20 years after similar experience in the US. He worked in different roles in various policy areas such as labour, immigration, employment relations, justice, and housing. He is currently an independent evaluation practitioner. He has chaired the AES ethics committee, has lectured on evaluation, and retains an interest in ethics and other issues of professional practice.
Official Launch of the cross-agency initiative for the International Year of Evaluation
The 2015 International Year of Evaluation (IYE) is a global initiative to improve policy and programme outcomes by applying evidence based approaches to design and delivery.
As part of the International Year of Evaluation, twenty four public sector research and evaluation teams have joined up to deliver a practical series of "How Do I" workshops, seminars, panel and roundtable discussions. These will be led by government agencies at various times of the year.
Finance Minister Bill English will launch the cross-agency event for the International Year of Evaluation. He will also participate in the panel discussion on the benefits of evidence-based policy along with Dr Robin Peace (Associate Professor, Research and Evaluation, Massey University), Andrew Kibblewhite (Chief Executive, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet) and Chris Whelan (Executive Director of Universities NZ).
The official launch is being organised by the Steering Committee Secretariat at MBIE, and co-sponsored by MBIE, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the New Zealand Productivity Commission.
To register for the event, please click here.
For more information on:
Cross-agency event for International Year of Evaluation
http://www.mbie.govt.nz/what-we-do/2015-international-year-of-evaluation
http://www.mbie.govt.nz/what-we-do/2015-international-year-of-evaluation/events
Year of Evaluation Seminar
Professor Robert Picciotto presentation on Ten challenges for evaluation worldwide. Download
How do you get 20 evaluators on their knees slapping the floor…
…ask Sally Duckworth Litmus to facilitate a session on participatory games. In August, 20 evaluators gathered to learn through play how to incorporate participatory games into their evaluation practice.
We are pleased to share so you can add a few new games to your toolkit.
Sally has offered to repeat this session when next in Auckland.
Evaluation Decathlon
Using Q Methodology in a benchmarking evaluation
Phillipa Gaines' presentation on using Q methodology in a benchmarking evaluation for a New Zealand District Health Board adult mental health service. Download
New Zealand AES Review Insights 2014
Support for AES reincorporation as an Australian Public Company Limited by Guarantee
AES needs to register as a company in NZ as the current legal liability of NZ committee members is ambiguous.
In the AES Constitution, NZ and AU should be referenced throughout the document and beyond the preamble there will be no particular clauses relating to NZ.
Registering as a NZ company means AES is the 'NZ and Australasian' association.
With reincorporation create an 'AES NZ chapter/branch' which will hold an account.
How NZ members view the AES:
Professional body: AES is professional, relevant, welcoming and pursuant of excellence but not culturally competent, responsive to member needs, and lacklustre. Lack of presence in Auckland.
Professional development and capacity: AES offers good but not outstanding training, and value for money questioned.
Advisory/ evaluation advocate: AES could be a stronger advocate of evaluation and dynamic thought leader.
How to strengthen AES's value to NZ members
Professional body – ideas:
More affordable membership options for under graduates, new graduates, emerging evaluators
Professional development and capacity – ideas:
More affordable local or online professional development opportunities
Develop careers pathways for evaluators that enables them to remain engaged as they move across roles/ employment situations
AES award winners encouraged to share the value of AES and being a member
Mentorship programmes with Fellows and experience evaluators
More networking opportunities
Workshops related to competencies.
Some strengthening of AES's offer to NZ members ... more work to do
Introduced the two monthly book club
Ensured a monthly lunchtime seminars or networking programme
Strengthening linkages to other professional associations.
Strengthening relationship with ANZEA ... more relationship building to do
Discussions to explore how AES and ANZEA can work together more effectively to support evaluators and evaluation in NZ
Commitment to collaborate with ANZEA wherever possible, such as shared workshops.
Supporting ANZEA in developing Evaluation Standards for NZ
Seeking to coordinate the sharing of ANZEA and AES key note conference speakers across the Tasman pre or post conferences.
Thank you to all who contributed.
Renewing democratic evaluation: The case for a progressive evaluation model
A presentation by Robert Picciotto, King's College, London
February 2014, Wellington
"There are moments in history when people all over the world seem to rise up to say that something is wrong" Joseph Stiglitz
In late February 2014, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Wellington branch of the AES had the very great pleasure of hosting Professor Robert Picciotto, King's College, London (pictured left). Around 40 evaluators listened to Professor Picciotto's presentation on the need to renew Democratic Evaluation and the case for progressive evaluation.
Professor Picciotto offers a very thought provoking argument which encourages evaluators to reflect on their role, practice and contribution in a world of growing inequity and social instability.
The Wellington AES Committee wish to thank Professor Picciotto for agreeing to share his presentation with the wider AES community. We also thanks the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for hosting and chairing the presentation.
Download Professor Picciotto's presentation.
New Zealand Presentation of the Best Evaluation Policy and Systems Award
He Oranga Poutama: What we have learned? A report on the developmental evaluation of He Oranga Poutama.
(Pictured (L-R): Liz Smith, AES Vice President, Veronica Thompson, Sport New Zealand, Kate McKegg, Nan Wehipeihana, and Kataraina Pipi, the Kinnect Group and Dr Jenny Neale, Awards Committee Chair)
The AES was joined by over 25 people to celebrate the success of Sport New Zealand and Kinnect Group in winning the Best Evaluation Policy and Systems Award. A presentation followed on the developmental evaluation approach used to develop a grounded understanding of what as Māori participation looks like, in sport and recreation contexts. The framework that emerged - Te Whetu Rēhua – articulates five key principles and concepts that collectively define as Māori participation in the He Oranga Poutama programme context.
Further information on this evaluation can be found here http://www.sportnz.org.nz/en-nz/communities-and-clubs/He-Oranga-Poutama/.
AES members across Australia and New Zealand engage with each other through networking, special interest groups, professional learning events, and many interact through their local regional group and local events. For new members the Wellington Regional Branch offers a variety of activities throughout the year, including lunchtime seminars, workshops on a range of evaluation topics and breakfast get-togethers. Non-members are welcome to attend many of these events and activities.
This regional online hub provides access to committee information, Wellington Branch specific news and events and an online forum. Non-members have limited access to the full range of features of the regional online hubs. Find out about the benefits of membership and how to join.
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Nazi Germany's Most Popular Radio Program Goes to the Cinema!
At the Eleventh Olympiad in Berlin, lovely Inge Wagner (Ilse Werner) and Lieutenant Herbert Koch (Carl Raddatz) meet, fall in love, and plan to marry. Three days later he is sent on a secret mission to Spain and forbidden to communicate with anyone. Three years later, Germany invades Poland and the Second World War begins. German radio begins broadcasting its Wunschkonzert für die Wehrmacht series, which plays soldiers' requests. Herbert asks for the Olympic fanfare, a reminder of the girl he'd loved and lost. The inspiration for Eduard von Borsody's Wunschkonzert (Request Concert) came from Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. Ufa, Germany's leading studio, produced the picture as a Staatsauftragsfilm ("state-produced film"). The film was designed to exploit the success of the popular radio program that provided an emotional bond between troops on the front and those they left behind at home. The radio show demonstrated the power of German radio in Goebbels' propaganda war. The theme of separation during wartime is a common one. What distinguishes Wunschkonzert is its clever blend of fiction and, through newsreel and documentary footage, contemporary events. The film includes footage of Adolf Hitler arriving at the Olympic Games, Spanish Civil War newsreels, and a rousing battlefield montage of soldiers listening to the Request Concert. The musical interludes feature numbers by some of Germany's leading stars—Marika Rökk, Paul Hörbiger, and Heinz Rühmann. Wunschkonzert was the second biggest box-office success of the war, seen by over 20,000,000 viewers, grossing RM 7,200,000, and earning a profit of RM 4,239,000 even before foreign sales were figured in.
Germany, 1940, B&W, 100 mins. Directed by Eduard von Borsody. Starring Ilse Werner, Carl Raddatz. German dialogue, Optional English subtitles.
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I had the opportunity to photograph this beautiful family in my photography studio in Richmond BC. Evelyne was so adorable and even gave me a few soft smiles while photographing her. I've found that one of the meanings of the name Evelyne is 'peace and harmony', no wonder why her newborn photography session turned out great! See some of the best pictures below.
Baby Ayrton had this very special cake smash theme to celebrate his first year! Mama and Dad are amazing designers and together they were able to help me create this unique setup, full of imagination and tons of memories.
By the way, Dad told me they named baby Ayrton after the famous Brazilian (yes, from my Country!) racing driver Ayrton Senna, which I remember from my childhood.
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I offer 'Tummy Time Session' for babies from 3-5 months of age that are able to hold their head up. You can find more information about this kind of session at our Baby Info Session.
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Some cultures celebrate the 100 days of the baby so this session is also known as 100 days photo session.
Enjoy some of my favourite images from sweet baby Bani's gallery. She is the cutest little girl and it was a pleasure working with her family.
At-home lifestyle newborn sessions are about the connection and love that family members already have for this new life. I'll capture special moments with each family member with the baby, as well as, the family all together. If siblings are involved, we usually take care of those photos first so that they can go and play during the rest of the session. I love when family pets can join in too. It can be helpful to have a friend or family member at the house who can watch siblings during the rest of the session so that Mom and Dad can be in photos with the baby. There will also be time for photos of the baby alone; these are usually done when the baby is sleepiest. I take photos of babies swaddled or undressed and they are posed in a way you'd find them naturally.
The session takes place at client's home and there is no travel fee for Metro Vancouver Area. I usually shoot in the nursery, master bedroom, and living room. We can also take some photos outdoors if the weather permits (ideal for spring and summer due dates!). Do not worry about your house being a mess—you just had a baby! All you need to do to prepare is open the blinds/curtains to let in as much light as possible. I'll quickly push things out of the area I'm shooting so that your home will appear to be spotless in the photos. The only thing I will ask you to do is have your bed made with a neutral quilt/comforter on top. Your bed makes for a great place for cuddly family photos!
The first time I photographed baby Lara was the day after she was born, on her Fresh 48 session. 5 weeks later I went to their home for a lifestyle newborn session and you can see how much she has grown up in only a few weeks!
I absolutely love her nursery and that wallpaper was stunning!
This newborn at home session was done late last year and since it was almost Christmas, they decide to create some family photos for their Christmas cards! I wish you could hear the Christmas songs that were playing, which made this session even more special. Christmas is my favourite time of the year and I love creating these memories for this lovely family.


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►►MI6 role in rendition could be concealed in new bill. Libyan government officials Sami al-Saadi and Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who allege that they were taken by rendition by Britain to Libya eight years ago, are expected to begin legal proceedings against the British government and Jack Straw, Britain's former foreign secretary, next month. However, after pressure from the security services, MI5 and MI6, the British government is preparing to publish a Justice and Security Bill that could allow these cases to be held in their entirety behind closed doors.
►►Aussie spy agency defends new headquarters. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation says its new headquarters in Canberra is not at risk of being spied upon, despite the use of a lot of glass. ASIO director general David Irvine told a senate committee on Thursday it would be impossible for someone with a high resolution camera on the other side of Lake Burley Griffin to spy on the nation's spies. Australian Greens senator Scott Ludlam had asked whether the design of the "glass palace" could threaten the secrecy of its work.
►►Good interview with ex-CIA officer Glenn Carle. In this interview, Carle, a retired CIA case officer who wrote The Interrogator: An Education, says his former employers have called his publisher asking them to pulp his book; they rang every major network to prevent him going on air. They are, he says several times, "vicious" and have perpetrated a stain on America's national character.
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AI in Drug Repurposing
To solve the greatest challenges, it often makes sense to turn to the most advanced technology. In healthcare, the present challenge has never been greater: how to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Unsurprisingly, cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are being deployed in humanity's hunt for the silver bullet to cure COVID-19. What may come as more of a surprise is that the solution may not be a shiny, new technology but instead an existing drug or molecule, repurposed to fight this novel disease. In other words, our silver bullet may just need some repolishing.
Repurposing a drug to treat COVID-19 can have a number of benefits, as argued by Professor Davenport, of Cambridge University's Department of Medicine:
These [repurposed] treatments will have already been shown to be safe and so, if they can now be shown to be effective in COVID-19, they could be brought to clinical use relatively quickly''1.
One such drug is Remdesivir. Originally developed as a treatment for Ebola, it did not prove effective enough to reach the clinic. Now, however, it could be a powerful tool in treating COVID-19 and has been assessed in Phase 3 trials by Gilead Pharmaceuticals.
Whilst Remdesivir may seem a relatively straightforward repurposing – already being an anti-viral drug - a number of less obvious candidates are showing promise. For instance, pancreatitis drugs Nafamostat and Camostat are undergoing Phase 2/3 trials for patients with coronavirus. Even Fluvoxamine, an antidepressant used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder, is undergoing a Phase 2 trial. If successful, these medicines have key advantages in abetting the pandemic: they already have regulatory approval, they are known to be safe and we already know how to make and distribute them at scale.
One of the key developments in our effort to understand SARS-CoV-2 was the early sequencing and public release of its genome. With this development, the scientific world was able to access the genetic code of the virus and turn from a public health problem, to a bioinformatics puzzle. In an age of genomic data, when a pathogen can be rapidly sequenced and investigated, a number of investigators are turning to AI and machine learning (ML) models to uncover chinks in genetic armour. These same techniques can be applied to drug repurposing.
There are a number of UK biotech companies taking this approach. AI drug discovery powerhouse, Benevolent AI, used its platform to identify a drug candidate capable of stopping the progression of coronavirus infection. Within a month they had identified the arthritis drug Barcitinib, which is now entering Phase 3 trials in the US. Cambridge-based Healx are another company making use of the vast amount of data now available in healthcare to discover new treatments with a focus on combination therapies. By stripping out human bias, and employing the processing power of an AI-implemented system, they believe they can discover connections between drug candidates and diseases that clinicians may not have even considered.
It's clear that employing AI-led systems to discover new purposes for existing drugs is an exciting and promising business strategy. But how best can IP, and patents in particular, support such a business model?
Upon developing an AI platform, a company's first instinct might be to file a patent application for their new AI drug repurposing platform. However, this might not be the best strategy. As we have discussed in previous articles, protecting AI-implemented inventions is not straightforward at the European Patent Office (EPO). Furthermore, an AI or ML method is likely to be constantly learning and evolving. A patent is therefore likely to capture a snapshot in time of the invention, but might ultimately fail to protect the commercial embodiment. How, then, could such a company build a sound IP standing?
Rather than patenting the central AI platform, IP protection could be focused on the output: the repurposed drugs. Such drugs could be protected in Europe using what is known as a 'second medical use' claim. Even if the drug is already known for treating a first disease, the discovery that it will be effective in a new treatment area may be inventive in its own right. Such patent applications are, generally, much less complex to describe than AI-related inventions and are therefore likely to be cheaper to file. The application would need to be supported by some data beyond the AI's initial prediction, such as some early data from animal models of the disease. The benefit, however, is that the core asset of the business – the AI model – remains secret: you need never disclose your golden goose, just its eggs.
The attractiveness of drug repurposing business models is clear. The great challenges in pharmaceutical development boil down to two imposing stats: the average time to bring a drug to market is between 13 – 15 years, and it will cost $2-3 billion in the process2. Repurposing circumvents the drug development valley of death and, on average, costs $300 million. A company that delegates the heavy lifting to an AI platform is likely to take this order-of-magnitude saving even further. By taking drugs that already have safety data and regulatory approval, there is a shorter and more attractive route to market for the new drug. The drug repurposing company might then take the drug forward or, avoiding the risk of drug development altogether, license out its invention to a better suited company.
Clearly, huge progress is being made to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Vaccines are being developed in months rather than years, and our understanding of the virus grows each week. It may be, though, that the early heroes in healthcare are those scavenging on the scrapheap of medicines, rather than developing new ones.
Many thanks to Matt and Michael for sharing their thoughts on this fascinating topic. If you have any questions for them, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
1 https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/repurposing-existing-drugs-for-covid-19-a-more-rapid-alternative-to-a-vaccine-say-researchers
2 https://www.nature.com/news/can-you-teach-old-drugs-new-tricks-1.20091
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is delighted to present its 2015 programme, featuring highly ambitious indoor and open-air exhibitions alongside displays and interventions in the landscape. Named Art Fund Museum of the Year 2014, YSP continues to support artists at all stages of their careers.
2015 programme highlights include a fresh consideration of Henry Moore, who was born within a few miles of YSP and recognised as one of the most important artists of the 20th century; a cross-venue memorial exhibition to the late Sir Anthony Caro, in partnership with Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle; an exhibition of sculpture made in the 1970s and 1980s from the Arts Council Collection; and an exhibition in the Underground Gallery, Chapel and open air by contemporary American video artist, Bill Viola.
Further highlights include the first exhibition in the UK by siblings Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana in the 18th century Chapel and an exhibition by the well-known paper cut artist, Rob Ryan. The visiting artist programme and participatory Bothy Lab continue the vibrant thread of process and visitor involvement that has been at the heart of YSP since its foundation, with artists including Anton Burdakov, whose project Assembly considers the possibilities of the artist studio as an environment for a good life, and Serge Alain-Nitegeka through South African partner organization, NIROX. 2015 also marks the 30th anniversary of the National Arts Education Archive, which is based at YSP, and is celebrated through a special project with Bob and Roberta Smith.
Offsite, YSP presents the work of Ursula von Rydingsvard in Venice's Giardino di Marinaressa to coincide with the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.
Peter Murray CBE, Founder and Executive Director, Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, Henry Moore (1898–1986) is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. This major exhibition, in collaboration with The Henry Moore Foundation, takes a fresh approach to Moore's work by considering his profound relationship with land, which was fundamental to his practice and fuelled his visual vocabulary. A founding patron of YSP, Moore was committed to showing his work in the open air and in the rolling hills of the former Deer Park in particular.
The exhibition not only explores the artist's radical notion of placing sculpture in the landscape – large scale sculptures greet the visitor on arrival at the Park and are displayed against the beautiful and historic vistas of the Bothy Garden – but the importance of earth in Moore's creative thinking. Arch Rock, Ice Berg, Rocky Landscape and numerous other drawings, some rarely seen in public, along with a range of sculptures exploring scale and the interplay between internal and external spaces, emphasise the artist's constant investigation of land, from the black coal seams of his hometown and the rich geology of Britain, to the mystical ancient forms of Stonehenge. The exhibition also presents an opportunity to explore the man behind the practice with a carefully selected display of personal artifacts, notes, sketches and photographs, curated in collaboration with the artist's daughter, Mary Moore.
The late 1970s and 1980s witnessed the emergence of a younger generation of artists working in the UK who began to receive international attention for practices which, although incredibly diverse, share a revived interest in the sculpted object, in materials, and in ideas around making. Making It is the first exhibition to survey this exciting moment in British sculpture. It shows how approaches to object making were reinvigorated by the breakthroughs in conceptual and performance art made by preceding generations and by sculptural and cultural inspirations from beyond these shores.
Drawn primarily from the holdings of the Arts Council Collection and augmented with major loans from important UK public and private collections, Making It represents the work of over 40 artists including Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Cornelia Parker and Alison Wilding among many others. This substantial exhibition embraces a wide range of sculptural practices, highlighting shared concerns, as well as important differences, between and within established groups.
Making It is an Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition, which launches at Longside Gallery, a space shared with Yorkshire Sculpture Park, before touring to Mead Art Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre in Autumn 2015. The Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre.
The exhibition has been curated with Dr Jon Wood, Research Curator at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, and we are grateful to the Henry Moore Institute for their research support and for making available the rich resources of the Henry Moore Institute Research Library. The Henry Moore Institute will host a related conference in 2015.
Venice-based siblings Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana are internationally renowned artists and descendants of the Venini glassware dynasty, established by Paolo Venini on the island of Murano in 1921. In May 2015, they bring their elegant sculptural forms and colourful glass paintings to YSP's refurbished 18th century Chapel in their first ever UK exhibition.
Experimentation, risk-taking and innovation drive the de Santillanas' work, fed by widespread travel and collaborations with glassmaking experts across the world. Alessandro's inspiration is water, which translates to the incredible treatment of the surface in his works, many of which have a strong, painterly quality. The YSP exhibition includes a series of wall and floor works by the artist with a complex, dark black yet mirrored patina, recalling the sense of looking into deep, reflecting pools.
Crushing the typical blown cylinder, folding it in on itself, is a technique often employed by Laura de Santillana to produce slab-like forms that are, in a sense, envelopes forever sealed by the making process. The artist refers to them as 'glass books', and they retain a powerful sense of seeming to contain knowledge held in suspension. In the Chapel, the artist shows a library of these forms, to which she returns habitually, in specially made bookshelves.
In association with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Le Stanze del Vetro and Pentagram Stiftung, Venice.
YSP has identified a unique and exciting opportunity to take six sculptures from our major 2014 exhibition by Ursula von Rydingsvard to Venice to coincide with the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia. The outdoor sculptures, in bronze, cedar and polyurethane resin, will be shown in the Giardino di Marinaressa, a public park with stunning views across the water to the island of San Giorgio Maggiore.
Garden designer, Luciano Giubbilei will re-landscape the Giardino di Marinaressa to accommodate the works in a second collaboration with von Rydingsvard – the Laurent-Perrier garden, designed by Giubbilei and featuring a sculpture by von Rydingsvard won the Best Show Garden award at the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
One of America's most inventive and individual artists, with work in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, amongst others, von Rydingsvard has evolved a distinctive, highly personal sculptural language that has become synonymous with cedar, the wood that lies at the heart of her practice.
In collaboration with Galerie Lelong, New York.
Rob Ryan, the highly acclaimed artist known for his intricate paper cuts, returns to YSP in 2015 with an exhibition inspired by Japanese culture, realising a long-held ambition to transfer his work onto fabric. Taking inspiration from his trips to Japan, Ryan will create his own 'noren' (simple fabric signs), which, in Japan, are a vibrant and fresh part of daily life. Alongside this colourful, maze-like installation, Ryan presents his latest paper cuts and works on paper, all of which are available to buy. Ryan has collaborated with Paul Smith, Liberty of London, Tatty Devine and Vogue along with many other established brands.
This major exhibition, in partnership with Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle, celebrates and commemorates the extraordinary career of Sir Anthony Caro (1924–2013). Caro's relationship with Yorkshire was long and productive and included the highly important work with the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax, in 1994–5. Here Caro explored the relationship between sculpture and architecture and produced the monumental Halifax Steps (1994), which began a major body of work culminating in Millbank Steps (2004) for Tate Britain. Caro was one of the first artists to support YSP and was a staunch advocate of the region's artistic heritage and growing reputation as a world destination for sculpture.
Coinciding with Henry Moore: Back to a Land, this project is an opportunity for visitors to experience the work of Caro alongside that of his former tutor. Caro was assistant to Moore from 1951–3, a period he acknowledged as being of crucial importance to the development of his practice. The exhibition, in YSP Centre, Longside Gallery and the open air, includes figurative studies – some annotated by Moore, sculpture models, bronze portraits, galvanised steel and Perspex works, and a selection of Last Sculptures, created shortly before the artist's death.
In 1991, Caro wrote, 'Painters, sculptors and architects are at the root of the visual business together', explicitly stating his interdisciplinary approach to sculpture which has been evident within his work since the 1960s. Distinct yet complementary exhibitions at The Hepworth Wakefield and YSP consider respectively Caro's parallel concerns with architectural principles and painting.
Visiting artist Bob and Roberta Smith, responds to YSP's National Arts Education Archive in a new project celebrating the archive's 30th anniversary. Smith considers art to be an important element in democratic life, his work often taking the form of painted signs. Visitors can experience the open-air work, Art Makes Children Powerful (2012), which calls for activism and consciousness against the political establishment and is given new meaning at YSP.
First established at Bretton Hall College in 1985, the National Art Education Archive is a unique asset comprising key collections relating to developments in art education from the 19th century onwards. There are over 100 catalogued collections in the NAEA, the core collections reflecting Child Art and Basic Design, fundamentally opposing viewpoints of art education in the UK in the post-war years.
Developed in close collaboration with Bill Viola and Kira Perov, YSP presents a major exhibition by the internationally renowned American video and installation artist Bill Viola. The immersive exhibition in YSP's Chapel and Underground Gallery features work from across Viola's career. Considering the universal themes of life, death, love and spirituality, Viola examines facets of the human condition, holding a starkly intimate mirror to our strength, our fragility, and the impulses and inevitabilities that unite us, giving tangible visual form to abstract psychological and metaphysical experiences.
The Underground Gallery is reconfigured to create a controlled experience where visitors pass from room to room to experience both intimate and dramatic works. Reflecting Yorkshire Sculpture Park's audience, the works echo changing concerns across generations so that in this space people can find and share common experience. Inside the 18th century Chapel, visitors see The Tristan Project – Fire Woman and Tristan's Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) (2005), drawing on the ancient story of lovers gripped by a passion that is blind to duty, honour and social obligation and which can only be consummated beyond the grave. In these two works, water and fire come together in a purifying and transformative conflagration. Within the Chapel grounds, Viola shows a film work outdoors for the first time. The artist has reconfigured his birthing film, Sanctuary (1989), an extraordinarily raw work, which accrues even greater depth and resonance in the context of the Chapel and its fertile garden.
The walk from the Chapel, across the Country Park, towards and through the linear Underground Gallery, emphasises the act of journeying and discovery. In addition, the physical nature of YSP enables us to draw out the importance of the natural world in Viola's work. The exhibition is designed to be a sensory experience with space to pause and make time to reflect, so enabling an emotional or even transformational engagement.
In 2015, Jonny Hannah brings his vibrant and witty linocuts, screen prints, and works on wood to YSP for a major exhibition, inspired by the artist's parents' hometown of Kirkconnell. Born in Dunfermline, Hannah studied illustration at Liverpool Art School and the Royal College of Art. Since graduation in 1998, Hannah has been working both as a commercial designer and illustrator for clients including The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times and English National Opera, and as a printmaker, creating wonderful screen printed books, posters and prints for his own Cakes & Ale Press.
An extraordinary place that sets out to challenge, inspire, inform and delight. Yorkshire Sculpture Park has four indoor galleries, as well as 500 acres of 18th century parkland, it is an international centre for modern and contemporary art, experienced and enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year.
Open daily: Grounds, Centre + shop 10-5pm / Galleries + Restaurant 10am-4pm.