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1.By selling an article for Rs 19.50, a dealer makes a profit of 30%. By how much should he increase his selling price so as to make a profit of 40% (a) Rs 1.75 (b) Rs 3 (c) Rs 2 (d) Rs 1.50 Ans:- D
2.While selling a watch, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 5%. If he gives a discount of 7%, he earn Rs 15 less as profit. What is the marked price of the watch?(a) Rs 712.50 (b) Rs 697.50 (c) Rs 787.50 (d) None of theseAns:- D
3.The marked price of a table is Rs 3000 and is available at successive discounts of 20% and 10% respectively. If there is an additional discount of 5% on cash payment, then what is the cash price of the table?(a) Rs 2400 (b) Rs 2160 (c) Rs 2100 (d) Rs 2052Ans:- D
4.A trader marks his goods 25% above the C.P but discounts 15% on the marked price. His gain percent in the deal is(a) 5% (b) 6¼ % (c) 7½ % (d) 10%Ans:- B
5.A pressure cooker is sold for Rs 120. Sales tax accounts for one-fifth and profit one-third of the remainder of the selling price. The coast price of the cooker is(a) Rs 75 (b) Rs 64 (c) Rs 80 (d) Rs 72Ans:- B
6.A sold a fan for Rs 540 losing 10%. At what price should he have sold it to gain 10%?(a) Rs 594 (b) Rs 648 (c) Rs 650 (d) Rs 660Ans:- D
7.The cost of 100 shirts is Rs 9000 and transportation charges are Rs 300. For a 20% profit the selling price of a shirt is(a) Rs 115.10 (b) Rs 113.50 (c) Rs 111.60 (d) Rs 109.40Ans:- C
8.By selling an umbrella for Rs 30, a shop keeper gains 20%. During a clearance sale, the shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% off the marked price. Find his gain percent during the sale season(a) 7 (b) 7 ½ (c) 8 (d) 9Ans:- C
9.Shyam buys a radio at 3/4 of its value and sells it for 20% more than its value. What is his gain percent?(a) 20% (b) 45% (c) 60% (d) 75%Ans:- C
10.An item when sold for Rs 1169 earned 40% profit on the cost price. What is the cost price?(a) 835 (b) 701.40 (c) 840 (d) Cannot be determinedAns:- A
11.The price of cooking gas increases by 25%. By how much percent of family should reduce its consumption of gas, so as not to increase expenditure on this account?(a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 30%Ans:- B
12.When the price of a bicycle was increased by 30%, the number of bicycles sold decreased by 20%. What was the effect on the sale?(a) 8% increase (b) 8% decrease (c) 4% increase (d) 4% decreaseAns:- C
13.A man sells two buffaloes for Rs. 7,820 each. On one he gains 15% and on the other, he loses 15%. His total gain or loss in the transaction is(a) 2.5% gain (b) 2.25% loss (c) 2% loss (d) 5% lossAns:- B
14.(Q ® A, B, C, D & E): In each of the following questions a number series is given. After the series, a number is given followed by a, b, c, d, and e. You have to complete the series starting with the number given following the sequence of the given series. Then answer the question given below it?
15.A.Which of the following number will come in place of (c)?
(a) 490 (b) 853 (c) 731 (d) 729 (e) None of theseAns:- D
16.B.Which of the following number will come in place of (e)?
(a) 810 (b) 36 (c) 54 (d) 108 (e) None of theseAns:- A
17.Which of the following numbers will come in place of (b)?
(a) 20 (b) 36 (c) 216 (d) 108 (e) None of theseAns:- C
18.D.Which of the following numbers will come in place of (e)?
(a) 32.5 (b) 271.5 (c) 8 (d) 14.25 (e) None of theseAns:- E
19. E.Which of the following numbers will come in place of (e)?
(a) 246 (b) 206 (c) 125 (d) 302 (e) None of theseAns:- B
20.(Q ® A, B, C, D & E): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements andGive answer (A) if the data in statement 1 alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (B) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (C) if the data either in statement I alone are or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (D) if the data even in both the statement I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question and
Give answer (E) if the data in both in statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
21. A. What is the height of a circular cone?I. The area of that cone is equal to the area of a rectangle whose length is 33 cm.
II. The area of the base of that is 154 s.q. cmAns:- D
22. B. What is the price of a table?I. The total price of 3 chairs and 5 tables is Rs 18,800/-
II. The total price of 6 chairs and 5 tables is Rs 20,800/-Ans:- E
23. C. What was the speed of a running train A?I. The relative speed of train A and another train B running in opposite direction is 160 kmph.
II. The train B crosses a signal post in 9 seconds.Ans:- D
24. D. What is the difference between the digits of a two digit number?I. The sum of the digits of that number is 8.
II. One-fifth of that number is less than half of 44.Ans:- E
25.E. What is the monthly salary of Q?I. Q earns Rs 6,000/- more than R who earns Rs 3,000/- less than P.
II. The total monthly salary of P and Q is Rs 27,000/-Ans:- E
26. Naresh's monthly income is 30% more than that of Raghu. Raghu's monthly income is 20% less than that of Vishal. If the difference between the monthly income of Naresh and Vishal is Rs 800/-, what is the monthly income of Raghu?(a) Rs 16,000/- (b) Rs 20,000/- (c) Rs 12,000/-
(d) Data inadequate (e) None of theseAns:- A
27. When 30 percent of a number is added to another number the second number increases to its 140 percent. What is the ratio between the first and the second number?(a) 3 :4 (b) 4:3 (c) 3:2 (d) Data inadequate (e) None of theseAns:- B
28. Jeevan bought an article with 30 percent discount on the labeled price. He sold the article with 112 percent profit on the labeled price. What was his percent profit on the price he bought?(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) Data inadequate (e) None of theseAns:- E
29. The length of a rectangular plot is 20 meters more than is breadth. If the cost of fencing the plot @ Rs 26.50 per meter is Rs 5,300/-, what is the length of the plot in meters?(a) 40 (b) 120 (c) 50 (d) Data inadequate (e) None of theseAns:- E
30. The sum of the digits of a two digits numbers is 1/11th of the sum of the number and the number obtained by interchanging the position of the digits. What is the difference between the digits of that number?(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) Data inadequate (e) None of theseAns:- D
31. A can do a work in 6 days and B in 9 days. How many days will both take together to complete the work?(a) 7.5 (b) 5.4 (c) 3.6 (d) 3Ans:- C
32. A particular job can be completed by a team of 10 men in 12 days. The same job can be completed by a team of 10 women in 6 days. How many days are needed to complete the job if the two teams work together?
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 18Ans:- A
33. A works twice as fast as B. If both of them can together finish a work in 12 days, B alone can do it in(a) 48 days (b) 36 days (c) 27 days (d) 24 daysAns:- B
34. (4) 0.5x (0.5)4 is equal to(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 1/8 (d) 1/32Ans:- B
35. The square of a natural number subtracted from its cube is 48. The number is(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4Ans:- D
36. If * is a digit such that 5824* is divisible by 11, then * equals(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6Ans:- C
37. [1-2 (1-2)-1]-1 equals(a) 1/3 (b) 1/3 (c) -1 (d) ½Ans:- A
38. The next number of the sequence 0, 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, … is(a) 46 (b) 47 (c) 48 (d) 50Ans:- C
39. If (6767 + 67) is divided by 68, the remainder is(a) 1 (b) 67 (c) 63 (d) 66Ans:- D
40. If log 2 = 0.3010, then log 5 equals(a) 0.3010 (b) 0.6990 (c) 0.7525
(d) Given log 2, it is not possible to calculate log 5Ans:- D
41. When number is divided by 121, the remainder is 25. If the same number is divided by 11, the remainder will be(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 25Ans:- A
42. (160-16× 20.36) is equal to(a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 64Ans:- A
43. The numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, …, 99 and 128 are multiplied together. The number of zeros at the end of the product must be(a) 19 (b) 22 (c) 7 (d) NilAns:- B
44. A shopkeeper purchased a chair marked at Rs 800, at two successive discounts of 10% and 15% respectively. He spent Rs 28 on transportation and sold the chair for Rs 800. His gain percent is(a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) 14Ans:- C
45. A shopkeeper marks his sarees at 20% above the cost price and allows the purchaser a discount of 10% for cash buying. What profit percent does he make?(a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 8Ans:- D
46. The simple interest on a sum of money is 4/9 of the principal and the number of years is equal to the rate percent per annum. The rate per annum is(a) 5% (b) 6 2/3% (c) 6% (d) 7 1/5%Ans:- B
47. What is the difference between compound interest on Rs 5000 for 1½ years at 4% per annum according as the interest is compounded yearly or half-yearly?(a) Rs 2.04 (b) Rs 3.06 (c) Rs 8.30 (d) Rs 4.80Ans:- B
48. In how many years will Rs 2000 amount to Rs 2420 at 10% per annum compound interest?(a) 3 (b) 2½ (c) 2 (d) 1½Ans:- C
49. If the difference between the compound interest, compounded every six months, and the simple interest on a certain sum of money at the rate of 12% per annum for one year is Rs 36. The sum is(a) Rs 10,000 (b) Rs 12,000 (c) Rs 15,000 (d) Rs 9000Ans:- A
50. The compound interest on Rs 10,000 in 2 years at 4% per annum, the interest being compounded half-yearly, is(a) Rs 636.80 (b) Rs 824.32 (c) Rs 912.86 (d) Rs 828.82Ans:- B
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Los megasecópteros (Megasecoptera) son un orden de insectos del Paleozoico. Comprende 22 familias con alrededor de 35 géneros conocidos.

Como sucedía con todos los demás ejemplares de Palaeodictyopteroidea, estos insectos tenían piezas bucales chupadoras, que usaban para agujerear la cubierta de las plantas y extraer materiales de alta calidad tales como esporas y polen.

Los miembros de Megasecoptera tenían dos pares de alas (algunos paleóteros tenían tres), que eran aproximadamente del mismo tamaño. Las alas se mantenían probablemente de forma horizontal, como sucede en las libélulas (Odonata, Anisoptera). La base de las alas tendía a ser muy delgada y peciolada, como ocurre en los caballitos del diablo (Odonata, Zygoptera). El cuerpo era largo y delgado. El género Protohymen es bastante más robusto y corto que un típico megasecóptero.

Durante su relativamente breve período de existencia, Megasecoptera tuvo bastante éxito. Se ha estimado que este orden reunió al 50% de la biomasa de insectos en algunos lugares, aunque la evidencia disponible podría ser desorientadora.

Sistemática

 Hexapoda
 Insecta
 Dicondylia
 (Pterygota)
 Orden Megasecoptera Brongniart, 1885 †
 Suborden Eubleptoptera
 Familia Anchineuridae
 Familia Engisopteridae
 Familia Eubleptidae
 Familia Namurodiaphidae
 Familia Sphecocorydaloididae
 Familia Xenopteridae
 Suborden Eumegasecoptera
 Familia Carbonopteridae
 Familia Corydaloididae
 Familia Mischopteridae
 Familia Moravohymenidae
 Familia Sphecopteridae
 Familia Vorkutiidae
 Suborden Protohymenoptera
 Familia Ancopteridae
 Familia Aspidohymenidae
 Familia Aspidothoracidae
 Familia Bardohymenidae Zalessky, 1937
 Familia Brodiidae
 Familia Brodiopteridae
 Familia Caulopteridae
 Familia Hanidae
 Familia Protohymenidae
 Familia Scytohymenidae

Referencias

 https://web.archive.org/web/20050310053452/http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Insecta/Paleoptera.html

Órdenes extintos de insectos
Pterygota

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Home » Traversing the Law - Original surveys and original surveyors.
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Traversing the Law - Original surveys and original surveyors.
Jeffery N. Lucas, PLS, Esq.
Over the past several months I have been inundated with e-mails, calls and letters concerning the issue of original surveys and original surveyors. Some of this attention was, perhaps, self-inflicted due to comments I made in an earlier article regarding the presumed infallibility of original surveys, original surveyors and the monuments they set.
In retrospect, these comments contained a bit of hyperbole. Allow me to explore this issue and correct any misunderstanding I may have created.
Original Surveyor vs. First Surveyor
The first order of business is to discuss two closely related terms (or concepts): "original surveyor" and "first surveyor." I do not believe that the courts make a distinction between these two terms; rather, it seems to be a distinction contrived by surveyors. As with our "rules of surveying" that quite often run afoul of what the law says, this distinction seems to make no difference from a legal standpoint. So what is the difference between an original surveyor and the first surveyor?
It seems that in the minds of many surveyors, an original surveyor is somehow cloaked with special authority and can do no wrong. The first surveyor, in contrast, is merely human and subject to error. I can't say for sure that Brown was the first to make this distinction, but he articulates his position in Evidence and Procedures.1 Brown's position seems to be one of chronology, with an "original" surveyor being one who goes to the field, sets monuments and then prepares a plat. In contrast, a "first" surveyor takes a plat to the field and then sets monuments. Chronology does play a role but not because one surveyor was "original" and the other "first." It plays a role vis-à-vis intent, reliance, establishment and all of the other legal and equitable concepts that will come into play under state law, not some "rule of surveying." Brown cites Rivers v. Lozeau2 as the authority for this proposition. In my mind, Rivers makes it clear that there are only two roles for the surveyor: you are either an "original" surveyor or a "following" surveyor--there are no other distinctions. Brown's first surveyor concept appears to be his concept as opposed to a legal or equitable concept.
An authentic patent and compass are shown here with reproduction chains. Photo courtesy of Milton Denny.
I have searched case law from all over the country and have not found any reference to this distinction between "original" and "first."3 What little I found indicates to me that in the eyes of the courts, the original surveyor is the first surveyor, and vice versa. The only power that either surveyor holds is first derived from intent: intent of the grantor and, to a lesser extent, the grantee (more on intent to follow). If the surveyor's actions closely follow the intent of the grantor/grantee and if the grantor/grantee authorizes the surveyor's work, then the presumption is strong that original intent is manifest in the surveyor's work (the original survey and the original monuments).
Secondly, either surveyor is free to interpret the law. At some point in time and/or under the right set of circumstances, original intent is nullified or rendered moot. So the other power that either surveyor possesses is knowledge of the law (primarily state property law) and how it will be applied in any given set of circumstances.
Let me also say this: either surveyor can be deemed to have fulfilled original intent. To return to my earlier GLO example: original surveyor sets the exterior corners of the section and first surveyor enters the section in an attempt to subdivide it. First surveyor stubs in the center quarter, a la Dykes v. Arnold.4 There can be little question in any surveyor's mind that original surveyor was fulfilling the intent of the federal government, but what about first surveyor? Before you answer that, let me ask this: if the federal government was so worried about the center quarter, why didn't they set it?
Speaking on this issue, the Dykes court had this to say:
The above analysis does not fully resolve this dispute. Plaintiffs further argue that, in all events, Derrick's survey [the first surveyor to attempt to subdivide the section] was a legal nullity due to his failure to follow the correct methodology for locating the center of section 12. Plaintiffs' position is that federal law mandates that the center be located using a particular methodology, that Derrick's failure to use that methodology resulted in the misplacement of the center, and that no property can lawfully be conveyed by reference to that misplaced center. As we explain, we agree that Derrick failed to follow the methodology that he was legally supposed to follow. But we disagree that either federal law, state law, or our own cases require that his survey be treated as a nullity. Rather, we conclude that, because Derrick was the first official to survey the interior of section 12 and to establish the center of the section, his survey should be regarded as an original survey that is controlling despite any errors in it, just as Mercer's [the GLO surveyor's] survey is.5
The fact is the federal government wasn't worried about the center quarter. Who would establish it and how it would be established was contemplated by the original grantor. It would be left up to private practice surveyors (or county surveyors, or even entrymen) to further subdivide the sections and state property law would work out the problems. It was the original intent of the original grantor that grantees would hire local, private practice (or county) surveyors (or even employ self-help options) to fulfill the requirement that the entryman make a bona fide effort to subdivide the section.6 "The position for the center quarter-section corner is at the intersection of the center lines, unless previously marked."7 So the answer to my question is "yes." First surveyor can and does fulfill original intent even under the PLSS. First surveyor is original surveyor.
Myth Busters
The second order of business is to extinguish the myth that original surveyors, their original surveys and the monuments they set (original monuments, if you will) cannot be defeated--they indeed can be. When? In the first instance, when the original surveyor sets his original monuments in a place other than where the grantor intended them to be. In the second instance, when "enough" time has gone by, state property law can and will render original intent of the grantor moot.
Since original intent can be defeated, as when intent comes into contact with occupancy rights that have ripened into legal rights, or in the senior/junior conveyance scenario, it only follows that original monuments set by the original surveyor, fully in compliance with the grantor's intent, can be defeated also.
We can all envision how this could happen in the private arena. Jones wishes to sell the Brooklyn Bridge to Smith. Jones commissions a survey, and this surveyor stakes the deed Jones hands him. This is an original conveyance on the part of Jones (the ink is still wet), these are original lines being run by the surveyor (as opposed to a retracement), and original monuments are set. Of course this is a ridiculous example, right? It's only ridiculous because of the degree of exaggeration. Land surveyors do this type of work everyday.8
Does this happen under the federal PLSS? There is an almost overwhelming presumption in favor of the federal government, its original surveys and its original monuments. However, as with most presumptions, it's rebuttable. Let's take a step back and see why the presumption exists. The underlying theory that supports the concept of the PLSS was that the federal government (the original grantor under the system) would pre-survey the land, thereby bringing certainty into the conveyance, and an end to the litigation and fraud that was plaguing the metes and bounds system in the East. That's worked out well.
The government pre-surveyed the land, then handed the entryman a copy of the plat, a copy of the field notes and letters patent (basically, a quit claim deed). The entryman was to go to the field, find the lines the surveyors had cut and blazed, find the original monuments in place, occupy the land and live happily ever after. Just to make sure they drove the proverbial nail into the coffin containing all of the questions related to intent, the government passed what we surveyors often refer to as "the Act of 1805."9 That act lives on today in Title 14, Chapter 18, Section 752 of the United States Code. It provides, in pertinent part, as follows:
All the corners marked in the surveys, returned by the surveyor-general, shall be established as the proper corners of sections, or subdivisions of sections, which they were intended to designate…. The boundary-lines, actually run and marked in the surveys returned by the surveyor-general, shall be established as the proper boundary-lines of the sections, or subdivisions, for which they were intended, and the length of such lines, as returned, shall be held and considered as the true length thereof.10
How much clearer can the intent of the original grantor be? Can it be defeated? The simple answer is yes. As with our Brooklyn Bridge example, even the federal government can't sell what it doesn't own. Let's suppose that the government makes a treaty with a Native American tribe, recognizing and otherwise quit claiming the government's interest in all that lies within the reservation boundary. GLO surveyors go to the field, place original monuments inside the reservation boundary, and the General Land Office issues letters patent. As to the location of the reservation boundary, the treaty will trump any and all laws of the federal government (save the Constitution) and the boundary will be resolved in accordance with the treaty, original GLO monuments notwithstanding.
Intent is King
Once we leave the PLSS, these issues are not separated by lines that are quite as bright. The lines turn to varying shades of gray and actually cross each other under the right set of circumstances. What I mean by this is that our "rules of surveying" can actually be reversed. A senior conveyance can be defeated by a junior conveyance, for example. Original monuments set by original surveyors will be upheld under one set of circumstances and thrown out under another.
As to the general principle, that monuments control both courses and distances, there can be no doubt. It is too well established here and elsewhere to need the citation of authorities.11
Prima facie, a fixed visible monument can never be rejected as false or mistaken in favor of mere course and distance as the starting point, when there is nothing else in the terms of the grant to control and override the fixed and visible call.12
The Mealeys argued at trial that the 1971 [original] survey pins constituted a boundary for the purpose of the boundary by acquiescence claim…. The Arndts argue that the survey markers did not establish a sufficiently definite or visible boundary line. Mealeys presented evidence that Rietveld [the original developer] located the pins before selling the lots, that one pin was located near an electrical box, and that the pins were in the same location as indicated on the [original] 1971 survey…. Even viewed in the light most favorable to the Mealeys, this evidence does not support a conclusion that a visible, definite, and certain boundary sufficient to transfer legal ownership of property under the doctrine of boundary by acquiescence existed at the location asserted by the Mealeys [that location being the original monument positions set by the original surveyor].13
These fundamental survey principles provide that the parties' intent is paramount to all other considerations when interpreting surveys and conveyances. In the case sub judice, the Certificate of Dedication on Plat E-52 clearly shows that the Zollingers intended that the northern boundary of the Big Horn Tract extend to the east-west quarter section line and not to Best's [the original surveyor's] erroneously located monuments. Best failed to survey the Big Horn Tract pursuant to the Zollingers' clearly expressed intentions.14
The reason (the only reason) monuments have their presumed hierarchy in the priority of calls is that the courts generally see them as imbued with, and the physical manifestation of, the intent of the grantor/grantee. After all, the grantor and the grantee can walk the boundary line and see the physical monuments. When this happens there can be little doubt as to intent. Even when it isn't known that this happened, it's presumed that it did. "The general rule that courses and distances must yield to natural or artificial monuments rests upon the legal presumption that all grants and conveyances are made with reference to an actual view of the premises by the parties."15
As far as the surveyor's role and duties go, I like what Rivers v. Lozeau has to say on the subject:
In working for a client, a surveyor basically performs two distinctly different roles or functions: First, the surveyor can, in the first instance, lay out or establish boundary lines within an original division of a tract of land which has theretofore existed as one unit or parcel. In performing this function, he is known as the "original surveyor" and when his survey results in a property description used by the owner to transfer title to property that survey has a certain special authority in that the monuments set by the original surveyor on the ground control over discrepancies within the total parcel description and, more importantly, control over all subsequent surveys attempting to locate the same line. Second, a surveyor can be retained to locate on the ground a boundary line which has theretofore been established. When he does this, he "traces the footsteps" of the "original surveyor" in locating existing boundaries. Correctly stated, this is a "retracement" survey, not a resurvey, and in performing this function, the second and each succeeding surveyor is a "following" or "tracing" surveyor and his sole duty, function and power is to locate on the ground the boundaries corners and boundary line or lines established by the original survey; he cannot establish a new corner or new line terminal point, nor may he correct errors of the original surveyor. He must only track the footsteps of the original surveyor. The following surveyor, rather than being the creator of the boundary line, is only its discoverer and is only that when he correctly locates it [emphasis added].16
Go forth and measure redundantly.
Neither the author nor POB intends this column to be a source of legal advice for surveyors or their clients. The law changes and differs in important respects for different jurisdictions. If you have a specific legal problem, the best source of advice is an attorney admitted to the bar in your jurisdiction.
Recent Articles by Jeffery Lucas, PLS, Esq.
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Measurements Are the Evidence in Retracement Surveys
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Is a Tech Firm Violating Rules Against Surveying Without a License?
Jeff Lucas is in private practice in Birmingham, Ala. He is president of Lucas & Co. LLC, and publisher of "The Lucas Letter," a legal newsletter for the surveying and engineering community. He can be contacted through www.LucasAndCompany.com. For a more in-depth study of the legal principles that affect our everyday practice, subscribe to "The Lucas Letter" at www.LucasAndCompany.com.
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John W. 'Jack' Foster
March 13, 1938 – February 1, 2022
John William "Jack" Foster, of Perrysburg, beloved husband, father, and friend, passed away quietly at his home, surrounded by his wife and children on February 1, 2022. His dog Pepper was also with him to the end.
Jack was born March 13, 1938, at Toledo Hospital. He was raised in Eagle Point Colony, Rossford, then settled in Perrysburg after graduating college in 1960. In childhood Jack met Joan Helen McAuley who would, on August 16, 1958, become his wife. He attended The Loomis School in Windsor, Connecticut, from 1952 to 1956, and Yale University in New Haven, where he graduated in 1960 with a B.S. in Industrial Administration –the only graduate that year with two babies. He returned to Perrysburg after graduation where he was a partner at Foster Brothers, Weber & Co. for 18 years.
Jack spearheaded the brokerage firm's transition to the digital world, switching the firm from manual to computerized accounting and inventory, a change that revealed his true calling as a computer programmer. After becoming proficient in IBM programming, Jack, an entrepreneur at heart, founded his own programming company. Later, with long-term associate and friend, Tom Verner, he created a small company, Foster and Verner, Inc., which would merge with AKTion Associates, a "friendly competitor" in the area's burgeoning computer consulting business.
Jack always considered himself a lucky man. He wanted his memory to include his love of family, golf, tennis, and snorkeling. For years, he played poker and bridge, as a skilled and tactical player with ever-shifting groups of friends. Most of all, he said, he "loved Joanie." However, his family wishes to acknowledge that Jack was a generous, hardworking, and supportive man. He worked closely with son John for over 20 years at AKTion Associates and was best man at the marriage of John to Cheryl Andrus in 2009. All of his children and grandchildren recall a man who loved to arrange summer vacations on Lake Michigan or at Eaton's Ranch in Wolf, Wyoming. Jack loved the natural world and shared his love of butterflies, flowers, and the woods not just through travels with children and wife but also in his art and personal hobbies.
In addition to his cherished wife, Jack is survived by what he called his "three great children," Elizabeth Matsuda (Glen), John Foster, Jr. (Cheryl), and Lynn Reilly (Allen), as well as his "outstanding grandchildren," William Reilly (Lauren), Ruby Zucker (Kevin Gengler), Matthew Reilly (Amina Taylor), Alison Reilly, and Harriet Zucker. While his recent health prevented him from getting to know his three little great-grandchildren, Owen and Liam Reilly and Cora Gengler, we know he would have taken equal delight and pride in them. The middle of three sons, Jack is survived by his younger brother, Steve (Kay). Jack was predeceased by his parents, Oscar and Aitchie France Foster, also of Perrysburg, and by his older brother, Fritz.
His family will always be grateful for the kind and dignified care provided by several caregivers as well as staff from Friends of the Family Home Care and Ohio Living Hospice. No visitation will be held. A Celebration of Life is planned for later in the year. Jack was a lifelong reader and regular visitor to the Way Public Library. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to Way Public Library, 101 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg, Ohio 43551.
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Briggs & Stratton Gains Traction On Electrification Initiative
August 7, 2019 at 11:07 AM EDT
Expertise in applying power helps expand into new technology
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an overall business transformation that includes driving growth in commercial markets and introducing new enabling technologies, Briggs & Stratton Corporation today revealed more about its previously announced launch of mid-sized (1.5kWh-20kWh) lithium-ion battery system. The Vanguard® Commercial Battery system and Briggs & Stratton application expertise allows OEMs to electrify their existing and new products.
"We have always had--as a core competency--the expertise to apply power to help our customers get work done," comments Dave Rodgers, senior vice president and president of the company's Engines & Power division. "We are now expanding beyond our traditional focus on internal combustion engines to also introduce a lithium-ion-based power solution."
The new 48-volt Vanguard® Commercial Battery system will be first available in 5kWh form and can be combined for additional capacity to power up to 20kWh. The commercial design is a fully integrated solution complete with a programmable battery management system (BMS) that allows for customization to the application while also monitoring the overall system. Customizable CANbus networks allow for integration to legacy systems and afford easy diagnostics. Briggs & Stratton will follow this launch with 10kWh and 2.5kWh packs.
These lithium-ion batteries, which are produced at Briggs & Stratton's location in Milwaukee, Wis., will be backed by Briggs & Stratton's extensive global support network.
OEM customers, mainly in the Government & Municipal, Chore & Agriculture and Outdoor Power equipment markets, have responded favorably with multiple customers in each segment working with Briggs & Stratton's power application experts on developmental samples. One customer has plans to introduce an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) into the government and municipal markets with the Vanguard Battery system later this year. Because of Briggs & Stratton's legacy competency of helping customers apply power, through the Power Application Center in Wisconsin, Briggs & Stratton believes it has a unique advantage in the marketplace. David Frank, vice president of commercial sales, says, "Our OEM customers realize that our expertise in power application combined with our fully integrated system of batteries, controllers and chargers allows them to meet their market needs faster and with less R&D and financial investment."
There is a robust 3-year product plan based on this technology and capability that will allow Briggs & Stratton to access additional markets in the future.
To learn more about the Vanguard® Commercial Battery system, visit www.vanguardpower.com.
About Briggs & Stratton Corporation:
Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG), headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is focused on providing power to get work done and make people's lives better. Briggs & Stratton is the world's largest producer of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of power generation, pressure washer, lawn and garden, turf care and job site products through its Briggs & Stratton®, Simplicity®, Snapper®, Ferris®, Vanguard®, Allmand®, Billy Goat®, Murray®, Branco® and Victa® brands. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in over 100 countries on six continents. For additional information, please visit www.basco.com and www.briggsandstratton.com.
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package org.tensorflow.op.math;

import java.util.Arrays;
import org.tensorflow.GraphOperation;
import org.tensorflow.Operand;
import org.tensorflow.Operation;
import org.tensorflow.OperationBuilder;
import org.tensorflow.Output;
import org.tensorflow.op.RawOp;
import org.tensorflow.op.RawOpInputs;
import org.tensorflow.op.Scope;
import org.tensorflow.op.annotation.Endpoint;
import org.tensorflow.op.annotation.OpInputsMetadata;
import org.tensorflow.op.annotation.OpMetadata;
import org.tensorflow.op.annotation.Operator;
import org.tensorflow.proto.framework.DataType;
import org.tensorflow.types.TBool;
import org.tensorflow.types.family.TNumber;

/**
 * Returns which elements of x are Inf.
 * {@literal @}compatibility(numpy)

 * Equivalent to np.isinf
 *
{@literal @}end_compatibility
 *
Example:
 *

 * x = tf.constant([5.0, np.inf, 6.8, np.inf])
 * tf.math.is_inf(x) ==> [False, True, False, True]
 *

 */
@OpMetadata(
    opType = IsInf.OP_NAME,
    inputsClass = IsInf.Inputs.class
)
@Operator(
    group = "math"
)
public final class IsInf extends RawOp implements Operand<TBool> {
  /**
   * The name of this op, as known by TensorFlow core engine
   */
  public static final String OP_NAME = "IsInf";

  private Output<TBool> y;

  public IsInf(Operation operation) {
    super(operation, OP_NAME);
    int outputIdx = 0;
    y = operation.output(outputIdx++);
  }

  /**
   * Factory method to create a class wrapping a new IsInf operation.
   *
   * @param scope current scope
   * @param x The x value
   * @return a new instance of IsInf
   */
  @Endpoint(
      describeByClass = true
  )
  public static IsInf create(Scope scope, Operand<? extends TNumber> x) {
    OperationBuilder opBuilder = scope.opBuilder(OP_NAME, "IsInf");
    opBuilder.addInput(x.asOutput());
    return new IsInf(opBuilder.build());
  }

  /**
   * Gets y.
   *
   * @return y.
   */
  public Output<TBool> y() {
    return y;
  }

  @Override
  public Output<TBool> asOutput() {
    return y;
  }

  @OpInputsMetadata(
      outputsClass = IsInf.class
  )
  public static class Inputs extends RawOpInputs<IsInf> {
    /**
     * The x input
     */
    public final Operand<? extends TNumber> x;

    /**
     * The T attribute
     */
    public final DataType T;

    public Inputs(GraphOperation op) {
      super(new IsInf(op), op, Arrays.asList("T"));
      int inputIndex = 0;
      x = (Operand<? extends TNumber>) op.input(inputIndex++);
      T = op.attributes().getAttrType("T");
    }
  }
}

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Austin native debuts West Side-infused artwork at Museum of Contemporary Art
Jesse Howard among 70 artists featured in "The Long Dream" exhibit
Friday, November 20th, 2020 12:32 PM
Austin native Jesse Howard's work is currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art. | File
Howard's "The Bewitching Hour," which is on display at the MCA. | Provided
Howard's "Rage South Carolina Nine," which is on display at the MCA. | Provided
By Michael Romain
Jesse Howard was among the first generation of Black students allowed to attend Austin High School just as the West Side was integrating.
"We just had our 50-year reunion this year," Howard said during a recent interview. "That whole generation, we did good. All we did was riot everyday, because they didn't want us there — mostly Italians and Irish."
Howard recalls his childhood growing up in Austin with relish. In fact, the structural injustice of the place he once called home frames much of his artwork, which often features grotesque and morphed faces and bodies suspended in protest, sleeping outside and under arrest.
Now, Howard is relishing his place among an entirely different class — the 70 Chicago area artists featured in a new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art called "The Long Dream."
"Against the backdrop of a global pandemic and a renewed reckoning over racial justice and inequality, The Long Dream invites visitors to see the city of Chicago, the world, and themselves, through the eyes of more than 70 local artists whose work offers us ways to imagine a more equitable and interconnected world," according to a summary of the exhibit on the museum's website.
The exhibit is named after the 1958 novel by Richard Wright, which is set in a small Mississippi town and follows the protagonist, Tyree Tucker, through a maze of corruption and exploitation.
Howard said that the museum selected to show three of his pieces. One of them, "The Bewitching Hour," flirts with the themes of Wright's novel.
"If you've ever heard your parents say, 'Be careful of the bewitching hour,' that means that most of the crime and killing happens between midnight and five," Howard said. "My parents would always say, 'Don't be out there during the bewitching hour.' I created that piece with mixed media. For instance, I used a disc for his eye."
Howard said he considers another piece, "Rage South Carolina Nine," his version of Norwegian Expressionist Edvard Munch's 1893 painting "The Scream." Howard said his "Scream" was based on the tragic events that took place in 2015, at Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina.
"That was based on that young white boy who went out there in South Carolina, knocked on the church doors and during prayer time they let him in," Howard said. "He sat down with them and asked for the pastor. Then he pulled out a gun and blew the pastor away and started killing the women. I can't express how that made me feel."
Despite the pandemic, Howard, who now lives in suburban Maywood, has perhaps never been busier. In addition to showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Howard's first solo exhibition is currently taking place at the South Side Community Art Center through Dec. 17.
The South Side center has postponed viewing reservations for Howard's show due to the recent COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions implemented by the state. The MCA exhibition is happening through Jan. 17, 2021, but with restrictions.
For more info on the MCA exhibition, mcachicago.org/Exhibitions. For more info on the South Side Community Art Center solo show, visit sscartcenter.org.
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"The Graves are Walking" – a review
10th April 2020 / seamusk / 0 Comments
One of my pleasures when back in Ireland is wander around some book shops for an hour or two. And when I come out I am slightly more stressed about my luggage allowance for the return trip as I may will have a few extra kilos to carry with me.
My book haul from last August.
It is not too hard to get English language books in Sweden. Though they can be expensive, and the selection is never as good. But I do love going into a book shop and picking up, and skimming, and coming away with 5 or 6 treasures to add to the stack on my bedside locker.
For a while I have wanted to do some reading about the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s. Obviously an Irish bookshop would be a better place to get books on that subject. But I was surprised to find that there are relatively few books available. Most Irish bookshops only have a handful, and often they were very local in subject matter. It can be a bit difficult to find something that is well regarded, and covers the full breadth of the famine across the country.
The two most recently published books (that were widely reviewed) were from 2013. One is "The Famine Plot" by Tim Pat Coogan. And the other is "The Graves Are Walking" by an American historian – John Kelly.
If you don't know of him, Tim Pat Coogan is a well known, but controversial historian in Ireland. He has written a number of well researched, and well received books on events in Irish history. But he has strong, and sometimes contentious opinions on the topics he writes about. For that reason I decided I would go with a potentially more balanced take in John Kelly's book.
I bought the book last summer but I found I kept putting off reading it. Having an interest in history, and spending plenty of time in the west you see a lot of evidence of the Ireland that was destroyed by the great famine – ruined stone cottages. Lazy beds where you think no person could ever have farmed anything. The famine graves. I find it moving. Though it can be hard for the mind to appreciate the scale of the catastrophe that happened. Every so often you hear some little thing that reaches you about it. Like when my father pointed out that Ireland is probably the only country in the world has a lower population today than it did 150 years ago. Demographically we still have not recovered.
Before Christmas I finally started reading it. I knew it would be emotionally difficult. I didn't expect if to be so frustrating.
The books is well researched, and well written. As I read I felt it was opening up vistas to Ireland of 1845, and the horrors that were occurred. But it also leaves much unaddressed, and it came away with loads of questions.
After a good summary and historical background to the Ireland of the 1840s, Kelly quickly gets into the the failure of the potato crop. He shows how the press and the government quickly realised there was a significant problem. And he spends much of his tile going into great detail about the relief works that were started. He talks about immigration during the famine, and has many anecdotes about the death and suffering of those years. But the impression I came with was that in many ways this is half a book.
There is a problem when looking at the period. The peasants who were doing most of the dying were poor and illiterate, so they left few first hand accounts. Their experiences usually have to be recounted by others. But the book does not give you much of a feeling a personal, or even at a high level for the people who were actually suffering and dying. There are snapshot glimpses from those that observed them at the time. But even the big picture of what was happening to them seems incomplete. There is little to no information about the actual severity of the famine. It is not clear if anyone died in 1845. You can't tell how much worse was 1847 to 1846?
And weirdly having spent 330 pages covering the first three years of the famine up to the end of 1847, the book suddenly ends. You have to go into the afterword (4 pages long) to see that the starvation, deaths, evictions, and suffering continued at a huge rate until 1850. I finished it and was left wondering "where is the rest of the book? Was this the first volume of a larger work?"
If your interest is limited to the British government's response to the famine then there is a huge amount of detail. Most of the book is concerned with the relief efforts, and the politics around them. Understandably that is the area with a wealth of original documentation. But if feels like the people who were dying, the communities and the way of life that were shattered are barely touched on. It is like a book about a war that spends all its time writing about logistics and supplies and generals, rarely mentioning the civilians and soldiers experiencing it day to day.
Overall I would have to say that if you want an account of the Great Famine – one that covers the whole duration, and the national impact, then this is not the book to read. And personally I still need to find a book that gives me that picture. So with some hesitations I have ordered Tom Pat Coogan's book.
I will finish with a mention of the genocide question. There seems to be a lot of debate as to whether the famine, and the actions of the British government at the time constituted an act of genocide. After reading one flawed book I certainly am not about to offer an opinion on that. But I do know that the book that is on its way to me has an opinion on that question…
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Britain as Canada (or how to live as #2 to a much bigger and more powerful neighbour)
This was an interesting read.
Britain Could Be Canada
Ottawa's ability to balance its interests and partners offers lessons for London.
There is a major difficulty though. As the article says:
Canada's understanding of its role in the world is one of its core strengths. "No Canadian ever kidded himself that we were a great power," he said. "No such memory clouds our thinking."
But that is one of the great difficulties Britain has. Too many in Britain (at all levels of society and government) still see Britain as a global power. It was inherent to the whole concept of Brexit. Clinging to it was one of the drivers of a desire to depart from the EU. There is little chance that those people would now take a realistic assessment of their diminished role on the global ladder. That would just negate so much of the justification for Brexit in the first place.
It is one of the many reasons why Brexit is an illusionary destination. And having achieved it, the UK will remain trouble with itself for a long time to come.
It was nice as well to see further recognition of the blinder that was played by the Irish government and diplomatic service:
In Britain's negotiations with Ireland over Brexit, some senior politicians in London were dismissive of the effectiveness of Irish diplomacy. One cabinet minister, who asked for anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations, told me that Ireland was a small country, which meant that the quality of its ministers could not match that of those in the U.K.. And yet this attitude proved part of London's undoing in the negotiations, which saw Ireland win more of its objectives than Britain did.
The Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin deserve a huge amount of kudos for the work that has been done. I know a few people from the embassy here in Stockholm, and I like to praise them for their work on this when I meet them. It's easy to bash the government and civil service at times. But they need to be recognised for they excellent work as well!
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Using the weather to torture Brits and Dutch…
27th December 2019 / seamusk / 0 Comments
My Christmas visit to Ireland will end in the morning. Sweden should be nice and cold when I get there. Which is as well as my New Year plans for cross country skiing will work better in snow than mud. While I was back I enjoyed some nice Atlantic winter weather – heavy downpours, strong winds, and sometimes both at once. It's why, despite the rain, umbrellas are not popular here, unless you like running down the street!
I do miss the big storms you get in Ireland, and the violent Atlantic they unleash. As a child I fondly remember driving out to the Clare coast to look at huge storm waves crashing into the land. When I moved to Sweden I discovered that in the Stockholm Archipelago people's summer houses are built right down to the water's edge. This messed with my head for a long time. In Ireland you build high, and build far back from the water – if you want to still have a house come the spring!
Experiencing and being able to deal with the worst of Atlantic weather does seem to be something we take perverse national pride in. A few years ago I was in Plano Texas and my phone woke me in the middle of the night with a weather warning. Winds of 70mph were expected, and I was advised to take shelter immediately! Two things went through my mind. The first was WTF Texas? Take shelter for 70mph? We hardly bring the washing in off the line for that in Ireland! And secondly – I need to figure out how to disable bloody push alerts on my phone.
Possibly because people are a little too blase about weather warnings, or just to make their work sound a bit cooler, the Irish and British met services agreed in 2015 to jointly name the big Atlantic storms. Each year they draft a list of 26 names for the coming winter. Storms of sufficient intensity (you know, the sort of ones where they send out Teresa Mannion) get their own name. And if they are sufficiently powerful, then the name is gifted to posterity, and retired from the long term rotation.
The Irish and UK met people have been having so much fun with this, that the Dutch met service asked to join in. So for this winter they contributed characteristically Dutch names like Gerda, Jan, and Piet to the 2019/20 list, alongside Atiyah, Francis, and the very ironic Noah!
Now English and Dutch are Germanic languages, and Irish/Gaelic is a totally different language family. Which means pronunciation can work very differently. So it did occur to me that we could really have a bit of fun here.
Imagine Met Eireann insisted that we had to have quintessentially Irish names in the list. Names like Aoife, Blathnaid, Caoimhe, Daithí, Eoghan, etc. Across the UK and Netherlands, professional weather forecasters and members of the public would be trying to figure out – how they hell are these pronounced? Or are the Irish just fucking with them?
Of statues and aero-nauts
2nd November 2017 / seamusk / 0 Comments
Public statuary in Ireland is a mixed bag. But I would like to nominate this statute of Richard Crosbie (the first man to fly in Ireland when he made a baloon ascent) located in Ranelagh gardens as the most god awful piece of crap commissioned in the country.
Now Rory Breslin is a well regarded sculptor, but this piece, put up to commemorate Crosbie's flight, is junk. I don't know was the design imposed on him, but…
It is supposed to represent Crosbie's youthful curiosity, and interest in flight. But he flew in 1785. So no one would have known what a paper air plane was. And propellers would not make their first appearance (on ships) for another 40 years. And as for putting one on a peaked cap?
The whole thing is twee, affected, and artificial. I cringe whenever I see it.
Far better to remember Crosbie's literal rise and fall by reading about his life here.
Blasphemy –
14th August 2017 / seamusk / 1 Comment
Here is a list we can be happy that Ireland comes last on. But we should be a lot happier if we were not on it at all. Someone has taken the list of countries that have blasphemy laws – and then ranked them by the degree to which they are enforced. Regrettably Ireland is on the list, and will remain so until we are let vote through a change to the constitution. But at least there is recognition that the laws we have are token and not enforced.
Blasphemy is either:
An imaginary offence against an imaginary being
A real offence against a supernatural being who surely can take care of the punishment him/her/itself later when the blasphemer turns up in front of them after their death.
Of course it more usually is:
A way for one group to dominate and dictate to a weaker one within a society.
Time to stop the unquestioned reverence of 1916
23rd March 2016 / seamusk / 1 Comment
There was an article today in the Irish Times, from the descendent of a person who fought in the Easter Rising. He pointed out that "sharing the glory of ancestors is a rational as sharing their guilt". This needs to be said a lot more in Ireland. We have a worrying tendency to place these heirs on a pedestal, and defer to their views and opinions as if they were the men and women of 1916. This is of course daft. And it is the sort of hereditary privilege that republicanism (actual republicanism and not the Sinn Fein sort) is against.
It is a short step from there to questioning the whole reverence that the events of the 1916 rising are given in Ireland. The proclamation in particular is regularly wheeled out to decry some action action or inaction of the government. Or to bemoan how the aspirations that triggered the rising and the founding of the state have been betrayed or abandoned. Which is of course bollox.
You can't take a historical document like this, and use it to benchmark the progress of a modern country a century later*. People love to cherry pick and selectively quote bits of it. But you have to look at the whole, and put it in its proper context.
The admirable sentiment about
"guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens"
must be put alongside
"supported by gallant allies in Europe"
and note that those allies had broken treaties to invade a small neutral country where they then committed atrocities there.
The statement most often abused from the document is the one saying
"cherishing all of the children of the nation equally"
If only I had a euro for every time someone invoked it to talk about how not enough was being done to help children struggling with poverty, education issues, homelessness, special needs or whatever. These are real concerns, and ones the government should be addressing. But because this is the right thing to do, and not because of a faded document from the beginning of the last century. Especially when "children" here was a shorthand for "citizens". Or should we insist the government needs to re-focus on ensuing our youth do more to live up to the call for:
the readiness of its children to sacrifice themselves for the common good
The proclamation was a document written by a tiny unrepresentative group of people, who claimed to speak for the whole country. And while it has some admirable sentiments, more of them are questionable. And the whole thing is based on the idea that violence (and the regrettable deaths of innocents) is justifiable in pursuit of their goals. That alone makes it an anachronism today. And it certainly should not be constantly held up as the goal and height to which Irish people should be striving.
We should aspire to things, and decide how we want Ireland to be now, based on what we believe is right today. I would be very surprised if the men and women of 1916, good Catholics that most were, would have agreed with Gay Marriage, but modern Ireland voted overwhelmingly for it.
I recognise the sacrifice that was made, and acknowledge the part it played in the Ireland gaining it's independence. But we have moved on. We can learn from the proclamation. But we should not be held captive to it.
* See also the US (pop 350 million) revering what a small number of rich white people (which included slave owners) wrote 230 years when it was a country of 2.5 million. Or the billions or religious who let their lives be dictated by what some tribes of itinerant bronze age goat herders wrote.
My Ireland
Brings a lump to my throat when I re-watch it. Yeah. I want to go back.
March 17 – lets be clear
I stopped off in a Dallas "sports" shop to pick up a baseball bat and a knife. If anyone refers to "Patty's Day" near me today there will be a stunning and a disemboweling,
Happy St Patrick's* Day to you where you are!
* Paddy's Day is also acceptable.
The need for trail equipment in Ireland
Yesterday I got into a discussion on Facebook about equipment being put on mountains to assist climbers and hikers. I clearly won the argument. Because despite being respectful and balanced, the Kerry Climbing group just chose to delete my comments. They don't seem to like engaging with anyone who disagrees with their view point.
Adirondock style shelter on a Swedish hiking trail
That view is that no one should put artificial aids in the mountains for climbers and walkers. No signs, no steps, boardwalks, or chains (used to help people on steep ground). Or rather not in Ireland. Because every Irish walker and climber who has spent time beyond the UK and Ireland has used these things. This hypocrisy is one thing that bugs me about this position. I was given a line about "Irish ethics" being different. But in 20 years of climbing and hiking in Ireland, other than a vocal minority, pretty much everyone I know would be happy with the idea of having trails in Ireland like you see elsewhere. And I have yet to see some of these fundamentalists refuse to use things in the few places they are in Ireland – like the bridge over the Dargle above Powerscourt waterfall for example.
The safety angle is the one most often cited: if you put these things in place then people who have no business in the mountains will come out, and get in trouble. Funnily enough that argument sounds exactly like the discredited "abstinence only" approach to sex education – the answer to young people having sex and getting pregnant is to tell them not to have sex.
The fundamentalists in each case are wrong. People will have sex, people will want to enjoy the mountains. So if you are worried about their safety then you have to be realistic and focus on doing what you can to reduce the risks. You recommend they go with experienced groups, who can teach them about navigation, mountain conditions, and so on. But you also lay out safe trails with transparent difficulty levels, provide signage to keep people from getting lost, and provide infrastructure to help ensure they don't get caught out by difficult sections.
Erosion on Djouce from hikers.
The other benefit to all of this is the sustainability one. It would be better to direct hikers onto prepared trails that can take hundreds of walkers, than have them contribute further to erosion or have them open new paths as they try to avoid damaged areas.
The impression I get is that many of the objections are just elitist snobbery. They say "you are not fit to be in the mountains" and only those of the right calibre should use them. And this exclusionary attitude is damaging to the perception of the sport and the uplands as well. Why should the general public care about mountains and access issues if they are being told that these places are not for them to enjoy as well?
Boardwalk above Glendalough
I am not arguing for trails and paths everywhere. I appreciate the wilderness feel of getting away from it all on unmarked routes as well. But popular areas (like Carrauntoohil), or sensitive ones where traffic has lead to damage (many locations in Wicklow) should have options that are equipped. This should be planned, and done to a high standard like the boardwalk above the Glendalough lake.
And those that then attempt to remove these items should not be praised, but should be treated as vandals.
The little things in life that make it all better
8th March 2016 / seamusk / 0 Comments
We moved into a new office on Monday. It's more modern but also open plan and features hot desking everywhere. I hardly need to point out that all the studies show this sort of environment leads to increased sick days, staff turnouver, noise, stress, and distractions. While also reducing productivity, employee satisfaction and performance. It also sends a message to employees that they are seen as just another interchangable resource. But hey, it is about 30% cheaper so that's all good in the end.
And it is a long way from the worst ever work space I had. Back in my Accenture days I had a length of shelf in the corridor of a client's office. I worked there for a few months whenever I was in the office.
Still, if I get in early I can grab a desk with a nice view as we are on the 9th floor. This was it at 0800 on Monday.
That's Irish snow though. It manages to quietly sneak away when you are not looking. Four hours later it was all gone.
There was a moment of panic when I discovered that they had only stocked our caffeine stations with Lipton Early Gray tea (as well as the coffee of course). It would be a cold day in hell when I am reduced to drinking that. Fortunately I got a special delivery from home yesterday.
My productivity will go up a few notches tomorrow I think. Now if only I could get scones, and Ballymaloe relish delivered here as well.


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Final platform to set off for Moray East wind farm
By Allister Thomas
28/08/2020, 11:52 am Updated: 28/08/2020, 11:55 am
The final platform for the Moray East wind farm will set sail across the North Sea this weekend.
The 1,100-tonne Offshore Transformer Module (OTM) is the last of three to be fabricated and fitted out by Smulders's yard at Hoboken, Belgium.
Developer of the OTMs, Siemens, said, "in a world's first", the three substations will be connected to deliver 950MW of clean energy.
Each "platform" will transmit the power generated by the 100-turbine Moray East development, enough for 950,000 UK homes.
Mark Pilling, Head of Transmission Solutions, Siemens Energy UK&I said: "This is a significant milestone in the project to bring low cost, low carbon power to homes and businesses across Scotland.
"Using a modular approach means we have been able to optimise the platforms to the specific needs of the customer and the area being developed, ultimately saving time and cost for the developer.
"Achieving this milestone is a testament to the hard work of the team who have delivered these components with zero snags to the customer, which is an incredible achievement."
The OTMs will sit on three-legged jackets – the first of which was installed earlier this month.
The development lies around 14miles from the coast in the Moray Firth, owned by Moray East Wind Farm Limited – a joint venture between Diamond Green Limited (33.4%), EDPR (33.3 %), ENGIE (23.3%) and CTG (10%).
Marcel Sunier, Project Director for Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd said: "This latest major milestone in the delivery of Moray East is a reminder that the step-change in the transition to low-cost, low-carbon power is enabled by scale and by world-leading innovations.
"Those innovations include the use of three OTMs, whose modular construction itself marked a major advancement in offshore transmission technology."
Wind and power seek to clean up act on dangerous greenhouse gas SF6
Moray East
Offshore Transformer Module
Smulders
Japan to drive low-carbon energy investment into Western Australia
Shell plans strategic review of energy supply business which employs 2,000 in UK
Pentland floating wind farm granted onshore work approval


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by nrwv7q
KC 8, MIN 6: Struggles With Men on Base, Errors Prove Costly
Jun 16 2019 04:17 PM | Andrew Gebo in Minnesota Twins
The Twins left 15 men on base, were 4-for-18 with men in scoring position and committed a pair of errors in the field that led to four unearned runs. Still, despite all their struggles, they managed to make a game of this afternoon's contest with KC.
Image courtesy of © Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports
Perez: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 68.6% strikes (72 of 105 pitches)
Bullpen: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Home Runs: Sano (7), Cruz (13)
Multi-hit games: Kepler (4-for-6, 2 2B), Schoop (3-for-5), Cruz (2-for-5, 2B, HR, BB), Rosario (2-for-5), Sano (2-for-4, HR, BB)
WPA of +0.1: Kepler .181
WPA of -0.1: Adrianza -.118, Castro -.144, Perez -.133, Morin -.181, Garver -.181
(chart via FanGraphs)
Playing in front of a sold out crowd on a sun-kissed afternoon at Target Field, the Minnesota Twins were seeking a series sweep of the Kansas City Royals and a Father's Day victory.
Martin Perez Trying to Find it Again
Through his first seven starts of the season, Martin Perez -- a recent father himself -- was nothing short of dominant. He was enjoying one of the best career resurgences we have seen in a long time. His last four starts, however, have been a different story.
Five of his first seven starts were quality starts and he was 5-1 with a 2.01 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 41 Ks over 44 2/3 IP. Zero of his previous four starts have been quality starts and over that stretch he has gone 1-1 with a 7.27 ERA, 2.02 WHIP and 11 BB over 17 1/3 IP.
Besides a rough second inning in which he surrendered three runs on four hits, Martin Perez appeared to have regained his early season success. Perez retired the Royals in order in five of his 6 2/3 innings pitched. Also, following the second inning mishap, Perez retired 14 consecutive batters before giving up a single in the seventh inning.
A wacky seventh inning ruined what should have been the sixth quality start of the year for Perez. With one out and a runner on first, Eddie Rosario had a hard line drive clank off his glove putting runners on the corners. A bunt by Billy Hamilton scored the Royals fourth run of the game. Then an error by Miguel Sano allowed the Royals to score their fifth run.
Missed Opportunities Hurt Minnesota
Twins Territory has become so accustomed to seeing this team hit home runs and put crooked numbers on the scoreboard that it's easy to overlook missed opportunities on offense but those missed opportunities really hurt them today.
In the bottom of the first, Minnesota had the bases loaded with two outs and were unable to score after Marwin Gonzalez grounded out to first base. Max Kepler led off the third inning with a double but three quick outs from Jorge Polanco, Nelson Cruz and Eddie Rosario left Kepler stranded at second.
After scoring two runs in the fifth inning courtesy of a Miguel Sano solo home run and an RBI single from Kepler, Minnesota once again wasted a bases-loaded opportunity. Polanco was intentionally walked which loaded the bases for Cruz and he struck out to end the inning.
Cruz added the third run of the game for Minnesota in the seventh inning when he launched a solo home run into the upper deck in right-center. Following the Cruz bomba, the bases were once again loaded, this time with only one out.
Jonathan Schoop would strike out and Mitch Garver was then called upon to pinch-hit for Jason Castro against the Royals left-handed reliever, Jake Diekman. After quickly falling behind 0-2, Garver eventually hit a warning-track fly ball that was caught in right field and spoiled Minnesota's third bases-loaded opportunity of the game.
The old adage is the third is a charm but for Minnesota, on Father's Day, the fourth time was the charm. In the eighth inning, they once again had the bases loaded, for the fourth time in the game.
Only this time they were able to make the Royals pay. Cruz, who had homered in his previous plate appearance, wasted no time ripping a double to left field and driving in two runs on the second pitch of his at-bat.
Rosario popped up for the first out of the inning but Minnesota still had two runners in scoring position and only one out for Sano but he quickly struck out, leaving it up to Gonzalez with two outs. Once again, Minnesota was unable to fully capitalize on their scoring opportunity when Marwin lifted a shallow fly ball to left field for the third out.
Remarkably, even after all those missed opportunities, Minnesota still had a chance to win the game in the ninth inning with Cruz stepping up to the plate and representing the winning run. Unfortunately, the theme of missed opportunities once again reared its ugly head when Cruz struck out on a checked swing to end the game.
The Twins offense was 1-for-8 (.125) with the bases loaded and 4-for-18 (.222) with runners in scoring position. They also stranded 15 runners.
Kansas City Capitalizes On Their Opportunities
For how bad Minnesota was at hitting with runners in scoring position, Kansas City was equally as good. They Royals were 5-for-15 (.333) with runners in scoring position and only seven runners left on base.
The bottom third of the Kansas City lineup also proved to be troublesome for Minnesota pitchers. Their number 7, 8 and 9 hitters were a combined 5-for-11 (.454) with four runs batted in and four runs scored.
Postgame With Baldelli
Bullpen Usage
Here's a quick look at the number of pitches thrown by the bullpen over the past five days:
Florida Loggerman
what is the issue with Martin Perez?? the early season success has quickly evaporated away.I don't get to view the Twins games here in NE Florida, so I'm only able to see what the local Minn fans are sawing about Perez and his inability to stay away from one or two ugly innings.Plus, the errors, and walks by our pitchers, along with wild pitches?we saw a clean performance by the Twins for months, now it's showing a leak in the damn, and the middle relief is bad, not OK, really bad. Morin, again today inning and a third, 3 runs, and I believe all 3 were unearned dueTwins errors,
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Today is Sunday, June 16 and it was the 70th game of the year.The Twins are now 43%of the way through the season.Out of 59 years, the current team ranks 28th on the all-time list of Twins' home runs in one season and are on a pace to hit 317 home runs this season.
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lunemann
Morin, again today inning and a third, 3 runs, and I believe all 3 were unearned dueTwins errors,
In general I agree the staff needs help but the defensive errors, combined with what seemed like a non stop barrage of weak Royal contact finding a hole made for some pretty tough situations for both Perez and the relief staff today.
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Morin is a 1-out pitcher. That's what he is.
I can't put this one on the offense. They score 6 runs and still left a bunch on. That tells me we have an awesome offense.
6 runs is enough to win the vast majority of all baseball games ever played. Pitching and defense are the issue here (news flash). It wouldn't have been asking for the moon to keep it at 5-6 runs after Perez left.
This can be a once In a lifetime type season for us fans if they just get some pitching help. If they don't, I don't feel real great about about any playoff matchup. Hell, Cleveland is getting hot and getting a potentially elite starter back in Clevinger (and Kluber in August, possibly).
Aerodeliria
That was ugly. Yesterday was also ugly, but the Twins put up the "W," so everyone forgot that the defense played quite poorly yesterday as well (excluding Marwin's catch). You can point to the pitchers, but whenever the fielders allow extra outs, it puts that much more pressure on the pitching staff. Five errors in two games; plus some less than stellar plays in the field to boot (according to all accounts); the Twins are lucky to get a split.
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Doomtints
If the Twins had finished what they started in the first inning after loading the bases, this would have been a different game.
diehardtwinsfan
Both the Seattle and KC games have been pretty ugly. Glad we took 4 of 6, but I really hope they tighten up their game a bit.
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ND-Fan
Todays game was poorly played game on the Twins part because the Twins didn't do the little things today to win a baseball game. There success with the long ball today cost them a game when they could have come back in this game. Here for example today in the eighth inning they had runners on 2 and 3 with nobody out but everyone was trying to come up with the big hit instead of just getting the two runs across. If they would have done that they would have tied the game in the nineth.With KC out of pitchers they could have won a game in the extra innings. Same was true in couple of other innings if they would have moved some runners another run could have been scored. Also Twins defense made errors today but i feel this is because to many of team were trying to come up with the big play. They just need to get back to fundamental baseball doing the little things. This where manager needs to come in make a few corrections before this become a habit.But this is just one game and teams do this at all levels get way from doing the little things but its learning experience for them if they make the corrections will just make them a better team.
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pierre75275
According to gameday, they had 32 lob and gave up 4 unearned runs. Didnt get beat but beat themselves. Every yr every team has games like this but it's so frustrating when it happens, especially against one of the worst teams in the league
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Dantes929
I don't like ugly baseball but winning 2 of three against anyone is a good thing especially since the other two games hung in the balance til the end also. Its not easy winning big league games against anyone but I do hope they tighten things up. The Twins division champions of the prior decade won by having a couple hot streaks and playing .500 ball the rest of the time. If the Twins play .500 ball from this point they win 93 games. Playoffs? Teams win all sorts of ways. Not worried about the playoffs. Worried more about getting there.
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This was a strange game. Normally when you outhit the other team and out homer the other team, and your starting pitcher out pitches the other starter you win. But, since its baseball, sometimes you don't. Perez pitched really well, but had a tough luck inning where everything KC hit found a hole. He probably would have completed the 7th without giving up a run if the ball doesn't bounce off Rosie's glove. It was a tough play, but the outfield prides itself on making those types of plays.
I was wondering if it had been Sano that struck out on 3 pitches to end the game, with a check swing, instead of Nelson Cruz, would the torches and pitchforks have come out?
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Don Walcott
It's interesting. Now I'm rooting for Sano in a different way. I root for him to silence the critics as much as anything else. He was great today at the plate, and one of his Ks was a terrible call. And he was great in the field, until the error, which looked like a bad hop to me. I hope it's just on this web site, and not coming out from the fans in the game, because I fell like he's the kind of player who thrives on positive feedback.
Although Nelson looked at two good pitches before the third strike, that was never a swing. He should have been given a fair chance to bat there. It's been frustrating watching him lately, but I think there were signs from today that he's about to break out and have a hot streak.
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I made the comment because I feel like Sano has been the target of a lot of criticism for striking out a lot, when the reality is that every player strikes out. I don't really feel bad about the Cruz at bat, that stuff just happens. I found it interesting that after the game the Royal's catcher said that they threw Cruz the same cutter three times because they thought he wasn't seeing the pitch very well. I guess I thought the check swing was actually a swing, but it would have been nice for him to get another shot.
As for Sano I do have some concern about his defense. He's committed 3 errors in the homestand and they have been factors in both losses. He makes some of the tough plays, but seems to lose focus sometimes on the more routine plays. He needs to pull it together over there, because the Twins are better with his bat in the line-up.
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BTW, since we talking about ugly, I really must say that the aqua-marine hats are ugly as well.
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I have more faith in Sano than Schoop when RISP. I think it would be perfectly fine without Schoop in the Twins lineup next season.
Monticore
They need fielding drills.
jimbo92107
Martin Perez summed up his start thusly:
"I don't start to throw hard in the first innings," Perez said. "I'm trying to find my location, and then I throw hard and use it. You guys know that I can throw 96, 95. So I'm just trying to locate my pitches, and in the second inning, they don't hit the ball too hard. And that's the game. Just going to continue to do my job and compete."
Fine, sometimes the ball finds holes. My question to Perez is, where oh where is that devastating cutter, the one that bends down and in on a righty almost like a Liriano slider? It was Perez's devastating cutter that gave him the 1-2 punch to KO so many hitters just a few games back. Where is it? He can't have forgotten a pitch like that. Does it cause pain? Did he lose command of it?
Perez without his 95 heater and his wipe-out cutter is back to being the guy that gives up a lot of runs per start. Find that cutter, Martin. That is your ticket to fame and fortune.
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Old Twins Cap
A team always needs to play well if they want to win a game, much less sweep a series.
Twins did not do that, not with the bat, not with the glove, not with the baseball on the mound.
So, they're human, and in my estimation, certainly not a juggernaut.
But, they are fun to watch and it's been a great season to this point.
JLease
every time I see an umpire start making a dramatic pause before calling a strike or an out, I think to myself "there's a guy who isn't confident in what he's calling and trying to cover it". Not usually a good sign.
But the Twins really have no one to blame but themselves for letting this one slip away. Loads of opportunities with the bases full and they didn't hammer it through. I'm also getting a bit more nervous about the D. Rosario is getting sloppier out there, Sano has piled up quite a few errors in a hurry and it seems to be hitting a lot of guys all at once. I thinkthey'll be fine, but they need to tighten it up a little.
Another terrific game from Kepler who is quietly having an all-star season, easily his best yet. The extension the Twins signed with him is looking almost as smart as Polanco's. He's finally taken that offensive leap forward and the defense plays every night whether it's in RF or CF. Hopefully he doesn't do a late season swoon this year; that's really about the only potential knock left.
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Dome Dogg
So far the Twins look like a great regular season team, which is awesome. However, they have had too many defensive letdowns and shaky bullpen outings for me to consider them actual WS contenders, personally. Not to mention you never know what you are going to get from Gibson/Perez/Pineda on a nightly (or even inning-to-inning) basis.
bighat
I fear the league has figured out Perez's new bag of tricks. He's rapidly transformed back into the normal ineffective Martin Perez that Texas chose to let walk last year.
I think we should all be happy he had that early season success, but right now he's back to being the 5th-ranked starter on this team. He's also performed poorly out of the bullpen, and nobody will want him in a trade, all of which leaves this team in a tough spot.. At this rate I can't see the Twins picking up his option at the end of the year.
I'm definitely not a pitching coach, but to me it seems like his control is either on or off. When he was in the bullpen in April it was off and there weren't results. If he's throwing 60-70% strikes he gets results.
Though that's probably the case for any pitcher, to a point.
Just win the upcoming Boston series and keep the mo going. Some losses are actually good in the long season and this was one of them. It was one of the 60 guaranteed to happen and the Twins do not want to get too far ahead of themselves.
Twins Game Recap (7/17): Mets Blow Out Twins, Complete Another Target Field Sweep
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They raised their son (Max Burkholder) with patience and good cheer after he received a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome, and if meant that their daughter Haddie (Sarah Ramos) occasionally got short shrift, the atmosphere in their house was such that she grew up in a dignified, smart young woman none the less.But my affection for Adam and Kristina began to curdle last season.
And both Kristina and "Parenthood" seemed to decide that Bob was some sort of bad person because he had previously dated Kristina's niece Amber (Mae Whitman), who might have been younger than him, but was certainly of age.
"Parenthood" treated the mayorality not like a serious job, but like an appropriate reward for Kristina's fortitude.
This year, Adam and Kristina went ahead and opened a charter school, once again with parenting Max as their main qualification.
The six Braverman families at the heart of "Parenthood," Jason Katims's family drama, which is now in its sixth and final season, initially looked like a kind of liberal ideal.
In adorable craftsmen houses and in small apartments, the Bravermans raised interracial families and a boy with Asperger syndrome.
The clan included stay-at-home dads, single moms and corporate-drones-turned-recording-studio heads.
"Parenthood" may have been a sly endorsement of conservative visions of self-reliance and strong families, but it was also overwhelmingly, unrelentingly a reflection of its Berkeley, California setting.
And as "Parenthood," a show I have loved, draws to a close, that ethos is driving me slowly nuts.
"Parenthood" has become everything that conservatives love to parody about liberal culture: myopic and obsessed with self-actualization to the point of doing real damage to others.
Most of my problems center around Adam (Peter Krause) and Kristina (Monica Potter).
For the first few seasons, they seemed like the most stable leg of the zany Braverman table.