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CSUN engineering students are developing learning capable robots
Jeremy Friedman, 24, a mechanical engineering student, and Karanvir Panesar, 20, a computer engineering major, test a remote controlled quad-copter on Feb. 3 in Jacaranda Hall. Photo Credit: Trevor Stamp / Multimedia Editor
Marissa Nall
Last year one of the largest grants of the year was awarded to the Engineering and Computer Science department for a project to develop a new system to improve automation and human interaction as well as fund other robotics projects.
Part of the $263,598 grant, which was granted by the Department of Defense, is being used by 14 students and four members of the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center are developing a team of two robots, one for ground and one for flight operations.
"Their goal is to be autonomous companion teammates with each other in contact with a remote operator, the goal being to traverse desert or exo-planet landscape to go and do mapping missions," said Jeremy Friedman, mechanical engineering major and lab manager of the project. "It is supposed to be kind of a proofing concept for planetary exploration."
Their research focuses on building trust between operators and learning-capable robots whose adaptability can make them unpredictable or hard to trust.
"This project is about human-machine-teaming," said Friedman. "We're looking at it in the context of search-and-rescue missions where you may have a dangerous fire where you don't want to send your human operatives in there to go extract people but you have all these great robots who can do it to."
The project is part of the NASA Challenge and includes the design of an educational module that could be put to use in other schools.
"It's aimed at keeping minority students and underrepresented students … in school by teaching them that science is awesome and that they want to do science," said Friedman.
The quad-copters, which are piloted by the engineering students, are used as the base of their research for the learning-capable robots project. Photo Credit: Trevor Stamp / Multimedia Editor
If they win the challenge, NASA would provide resources to produce and distribute educational videos that would educate students, especially those from underrepresented groups.
"The challenge is aimed mostly at minority-serving institutions to increase the retention rates of minorities in universities, especially undergraduate students," said Karanvir Panesar, computer engineering major and IT Manager for the project. "There is an outreach program associated with the challenge that we're going to use to get the word out to all of these colleges."
Another NASA program, Minority Innovation Challenges Institute (MICI), will connect them to more than 800 students at similar campuses.
"Once we have our proposal accepted we can talk to them and set up a webinar," said Panesar. "And one of the representatives from this lab can go on the webinar and explain what the project is and get everyone interested in the project through that program."
Panesar is currently working to improve the interface design to help the operators better communicate with the quad-copters and the ground control system.
"So the robot, whenever it sees a door, it's going to come back to the operator and say 'hey, is this a door, am I right?'" said Panesar. "On the ground control station computer the operator will see the image and they can say 'yes, it's a door so good job. Now go back and look for other doors.'"
The quad-copters are used as the base for the research. Values from the motor and simulations can be tested to see how the device behaves and saves time on real world testing.
Panesar said the grant money will also be used for things like a vertical take off and landing aircraft—"that's possibly one of the vehicles that we can use for the rover and scout missions"—a ground vehicle—"that can sort of act as the mother ship for the air vehicles so if one of the vehicles needs to come back and get charged, it can land on the rover and then go back and do its mission"—and a couple of vehicles to be used as a ground control station and transportation.
Another project they are working on will integrate the quad-copters into a class for incoming freshmen. The Mechanical Engineering (ME) 101 class would be redesigned so that students could build and experiment with a version of their own based on the current project's design.
Both projects are also working to integrate other fields into their designs and taking an interdisciplinary approach to their research.
"It's not just engineering students," Friedman said. "We also want to include psychology students, geography students because mapping is involved, art students because things like interface design play really heavily into the usability of a system."
ME 101 would also utilize some of these concepts to help teach students about things like aesthetics and design.
Professor Nhut Ho, who received the grant, says that the research is one of the crucial ways that CSUN prepares students for industry jobs.
"You've heard about a lot of automation that people have built to assist people with everyday tasks," said Ho." So this is a very contemporary research question and it's really important for our students to be able to work on a problem that is hot right now, a problem that a lot of people care about."
Panesar and Friedman agree that the projects the grant is funding are applicable to a variety of products and research going on today.
"Human machine trust has really big applications in a lot of fields," said Friedman. "Everything is supposed to be autonomous."
Friedman says the technology could improve systems like drone package delivery, aerial photography for film studios, the reduction of airspace confusion, as well its primary applications in planetary exploration and search-and-rescue.
"These things get an incredibly bad rap. You only ever hear about these things spying on people, stealing freedom, going and being used for military purposes," said Friedman. "This lab is proof that we're using these drones for planetary exploration, we're using them for search and rescue for natural disasters, we're using them for delivery of things like medicines and we're using them for education."
Another project designed to introduce students to the kinds of jobs they will find after college is the Human Powered Vehicle project, which will showcase in April.
Aram Khachatourians, the adviser for the class, says he believes the kinds of designs they produce could be seen in the near future.
"When I was a student here 25 years ago, hybrid electric vehicles were just a concept and when I did my senior design, that's what we did," he said. "And here we are 25 years later and everyone's driving one."
Friedman and Panesar say they know their research will be important in getting this tech into the hands of everyday people even though it may take some time for their research to be complete.
"A lot of the things we work on are fifteen year time-scale kinds of things," said Friedman. "Dr. Ho always talks about how it's important to start doing the research way ahead of time because in the future you're going to need this kind of stuff and it'll be done."
Marissa Nall, Author
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A: if you don't mind use CommonsIO lib. You can try something like:
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Rev. Stephen Arulampalam, Theological College of Lanka
United Board News Rev. Stephen Arulampalam, Theological College of Lanka
An Advocate for Nonviolence in Sri Lanka
"My education comes from experience," Stephen Arulampalam pointed out in an interview, referring to Sri Lanka's prolonged civil war and the violence, displacement, and imprisonment that he and family members experienced during those years of conflict. Given that background, perhaps it is not surprising that his interests as a theologian and ordained minister have focused on bridging the differences between Sri Lankans of Christian and Hindu faith traditions. "Theological education helps us to understand the nature of Christ's actions in our own context," he said, and in his theological studies, he has searched for a relevant Christology for Sri Lanka's post-war context.
In 2014, the United Board's Institute for Advanced Study in Asian Cultures and Theologies (IASACT) gave Rev. Arulampalam time and space to pursue his research interests in Christology. Christology is concerned with the life and work of Jesus, and as Rev. Arulampalam writes, "how the divine and human related in his person." Rev. Arulampalam was interested in connecting Christology to Ahimsai, the principle of nonviolence toward all living things, found in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions. Nonviolence is a theme that connects many pieces in Rev. Arulampalam's career, from his current positions as lecturer in church history and chaplain at the Theological College of Lanka, to earlier work in facilitating conflict resolution seminars for Tamil and Sinhalese youth and training laypersons in dealing with post-war trauma, to scholarly writing on topics such as reconciliation and non-violent approaches toward peace.
Rev. Arulampalam presents some of his research to other IASACT scholars.
At IASACT, Rev. Arulampalam shared his experiences in Sri Lanka and heard the viewpoints of scholars from other Asian countries. "I was particularly interested in two presentations," he recalled. "One presentation was about how caste discrimination creates tension in India, especially in Tamil Nadu. Another presentation examined the struggle between Christians and Buddhists in Myanmar and the important role of interfaith dialogue." Those presentations, as well as others, helped him connect his research, centered on Sri Lanka, to broader discussions on conflict resolution. "Different languages, different experiences, different cultures, different foods, different ways of entertainment – they all really helped me to understand the multi-faith and cultural heritage of Asia."
"The love, help, and hospitality received from participants is remarkable," Rev. Arulampalam said. Four years later, still energized by his 2014 IASACT experience, he carries that same spirit as he studies ways to increase understanding between Christian and Hindu communities in Sri Lanka.
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The game had just become dicier than expected. Georgia, a two-touchdown favorite over Florida last season, instead found itself trailing 14-13 early in the third quarter. Jake Fromm had Georgia near midfield, but a first-down play had netted two measly yards. It was second-and-8, which for the purposes of last year's Georgia offense, meant it had the Gators right where it wanted them.
Fromm took the snap and eye-faked three Florida defensive backs by looking to his right, as if to throw a quick screen. Meanwhile, tight end Charlie Woerner slipped into the right flat, wide open. Fromm hit him for a 35-yard gain. Three plays later the Bulldogs scored a touchdown to take the lead for good.
"Nice play call. Nice design. Perfect," Gary Danielson said on the CBS broadcast.
Georgia had one of the most effective offenses in college football last year, and there's an underrated reason: how good the Bulldogs were on second down.


As we get closer and closer to the big day, the question on everyone's lips is, 'Will it be a White Christmas 2014?'. The answer to that depends on a number of factors, such as where you live and what we mean by a 'White Christmas'.
For most people in UK, a White Christmas is when we have a complete covering of snow on the ground on the morning of 25th December. For others, a single snowflake or flurry of snow is enough to declare it a 'White Christmas'.
The Americans are more precise, calling a White Christmas when there is a snow depth of 'one inch or more, on Christmas Morning'. I'm inclined to go with the American definition, but you can make up your own mind!
Where is a White Christmas Almost Guaranteed?
In UK there is no place that we can guarantee a White Christmas. You might be more likely to see snow in the mountains, but some years even the high ground didn't get snow! The mountain ranges of Europe are a better bet, especially the villages higher up.
In USA there are wide swathes of the country that are pretty much guaranteed NOT to have a White Christmas. Kids who live in Texas or Florida are unlikely to open their windows to a wintery Christmas scene!
The northern states are used to large amounts of snow – you may have seen the pictures like this one in the news recently, when the Buffalo area was hit by freak winter storms. How would you like to shovel a path to this house?
Long range weather forecasts are not really reliable, and we won't know until a few days before Xmas whether it will be a White Christmas. At the time of writing, it is looking like most of UK will be too mild for snow on 25th December, but we will be keeping an eye on the Met Office website in the next week.


1969 VW bus, owned since 1972, I have enjoyed it for 46 years…time for someone else to enjoy.
Clean title, daily driver, registered and inspected in Texas. Engine has about 20,000 miles. Recent (2018) new parts: battery, 4 tires, front and rear brakes and brake cylinders, rear inner and outer wheel bearings, both axels, emergency brake cable, speedometer cable, replaced drag link and drivers side tie rod assembly, spark plugs and spark plug wires, air filter, fuel filter, fuel line and belt, wipers and cleaned carb. Parts not installed: new rubber seals for both front doors.


Our listing guide of Mobile CAD Authoring apps for iPad includes a fairly short list of tools, an index of the difficulty of programming successfully in this category.
When it comes to the Apple iOS devices–both the iPhone which came first and the iPad which came after–the tendency in the industry is to view drawing creation on these devices with a healthy bit of skepticism. This is partly because Steve Jobs firmly believed that a stylus pointing device was a failure in the creation of the product (a partially correct view).
However, our fingers are quite a bit fatter than the fine lines normally associated with CAD drawings and the precision that CAD is famous for requires a depth of cursor control that makes vectorial drawing challenging with fingers alone. Despite this fact, many developers remain fully committed to the idea that–yes–it is possible to overcome this handicap and make a fantastic CAD authoring app for touch-based devices like the Apple iPad. As you will see from the list below however, none of the CAD authoring apps for the iPad come from any of the major CAD and BIM software developers serving architects worldwide, except the Pro subscription version of AutoCAD 360.
As was partly explained in our 2010 feature, "The iPad: How the CAD/3D industry is being changed", 10 August 2010, most of the major CAD industry executives feel that the iPad is a cloud-based device whose purpose is to discover new uses in both old and new contexts and for software to be developed to serve those new contexts.
In this category a CAD authoring tool is a "vectorial-graphics" drawing tool which allows a user to begin a drawing from scratch and is not a site survey CAD tool which is focused on auto-generating drawn data from the iPad's camera or other electronic devices. We will have a separate list for such apps.
01 – iPocketDraw by the maker of RealCADD is one of the more highly rated CAD authoring apps options and comes from a well-established desktop CAD maker.
02 – GraphPad Pro has gained some attention as one of the early entrants of CAD programs on the iPad. We have written about this on Architosh.
3.1 – biiCADo Touch Pro is a new CAD authoring tool for iPad out of Germany and looks pretty solid.
Still, this CAD authoring question lingers. Do professionals in particular wish to use an iPad for starting and making CAD drawings in the field or just on the couch? Is there really a market for "authoring" in the way we already know there is a market for "viewing, editing and markup"?
Going back to the Steve Jobs quote above about our ten fingers, CADO by Orange Juice Studios in London strongly believes people do want to author CAD on the iPad and has solved the fat finger and precision problem. Additionally, Grabert of Germany also is rumored to have a mobile CAD authoring solution as is DraftSight by Dassault. Where the iPad version for DraftSight is at in terms of development is a good question but it has been years since Dassault first showed it at an event.
Is there a Gem in this group? Perhaps you readers can write us and advocate for one tool of your liking. At this moment we don't feel this particular category is getting the attention it deserves. Clearly from the reviews on the App Store folks do want to create CAD drawings from scratch on the iPad. And they want a really great mobile CAD authoring environment.
0x – Autodesk's AutoCAD 360 now supports document creation with Pro subscription plans making it a true mobile CAD authoring tool.
Autodesk is clearly close to creating such an environment but from our view they are focused, correctly, on all the tasks users want to do with an iPad and CAD files in the field. And predominantly that centers on other non-authoring functions. We are quite interested to see what the folks at Orange Juice Studios create with CADO. The tool, which we are told is just months away from being submitted to the Apple Apps Store for approval, appears to be both powerful and simple to use.


RUSSIA: Plans to give Russian Railways a fleet of modern diesel and electric locomotives are being implemented as part of a two-phase network expansion strategy. Boris Lukov reports.
In July 2008 the Russian government approved The Strategy for Railway Development in the Russian Federation to 2030. Drawn up by Russian Railways, this important document sets out the details of a policy to modernise the 86 660 km national network and renew the aging motive power fleet. According to Vadim Morozov, First Vice-President of RZD, the programme is in two phases, the first of which runs to 2015.
Emphasis in the first phase is firmly on the replacement of out-of-date rolling stock, while the second, which runs from 2016 to 2030, is geared mainly towards expansion of the network, with as much as 20 700 km of new line proposed for construction. Phase 2 also envisages completion of the rolling stock renewal process.
Although RZD has been affected by the global financial downturn since the plan was approved, leading to an 11% reduction in the volume of freight transported, this is not expected to impact on long-term development. On November 20 RZD President Vladimir Yakunin told a meeting of the 17 regional railway presidents that the primary objective for every manager across the company in 2009 would be to reduce operational expenditure and attract business - notably freight - to the railway. But he insisted that the 2030 strategic plan would not be changed, although there might have to be some adjustments to the investment schedule.
While the strategy defines broad policy for the next 21 years, technical development was outlined in a white paper published in 2007. This specifies the requirements of future information and operational control systems as well as the development and manufacture of advanced motive power using asynchronous traction motors. Valentin Gapanovich, RZD's Senior Vice-President responsible for motive power and rolling stock, says the white paper forms the basis for a programme of innovations that will permit RZD to catch up with technical advances in other countries.
Stage 1 of the programme is designed to raise the performance and productivity of locomotives now in service and to develop and test prototypes designed during the 'transition period'. Stage 2 envisages expansion of motive power manufacturing capacity, with extensive modernisation of production facilities. Stage 2 should also see the start of series production of locomotive designs developed during the transition period, while prototypes for the future generation of motive power with asynchronous motors will be built and tested, paving the way for series production in the final stage.
'It goes without saying that the equipment now being delivered to RZD requires a fundamental revision of existing norms', explained Gapanovich, noting that 'we are developing new national technical standards for railway equipment'. Suppliers are expected to use these technical specifications as long-term production guidelines.
Gapanovich also revealed that an association of 72 railway equipment manufacturers had been set up to tackle the issues facing Russia's locomotive supply industry. The association would help draw up a production programme for building the next generation of locomotives.
At the moment RZD has 13 800 diesel and electric locomotives, of which 11 100 are designed to haul freight; it also has 16 000 EMU cars. Before recession struck, forecasts for 2007-15 envisaged an increase in freight traffic of 16%, which could not be handled because the existing fleet is rapidly becoming obsolete. The situation is taken very seriously by RZD management, and Yakunin told the 1520 Strategic Partnership in Sochi last May that RZD was taking urgent and comprehensive measures to renew its traction fleet. The Strategy for Railway Development says that RZD will need 23 400 locomotives and 24 000 powered EMU cars built to international standards by 2030.
Konstantin Ivanov, RZD's head of Technical Policy, points out that average wear rates for infrastructure and other equipment over the last 15 years have risen significantly, and with locomotives the figure is even higher — there were 992 serious locomotive failures during the first six months of 2008.
The replacement policy demands considerable investment, and in 2010-30 RZD expects to spend a total of 31 500 bn roubles, with 629·3bn roubles earmarked for locomotives and rolling stock (Table I). This should ensure that by 2015 RZD no longer suffers from locomotive shortages.
RZD uses two main motive power suppliers: Transmash Holding, which is the main builder of diesel and electric locomotives, and Sinara Transport Machines Group. To meet demand from RZD, TMH is expanding its production capacity. In 2007 the Novocherkassk Locomotive Manufacturing Plant (NEVZ) built 267 locomotive sections (many Russian locomotives are twin-units), and in 2008 the figure rose to 369 sections. However, RZD's total demand for locomotives in 2008-15 amounts to 11 657 units or 1 668 a year. Beyond that, in 2016-30, RZD estimates that it will need a further 11 722 units or 837 per year.
NEVZ's products include the EP1M, which was first built in 1998. Able to haul a 24-coach passenger train at up to 140 km/h, the loco operates in the Southeastern, North Caucasian, October, Far East and Volga regions, as well as on the Trans-Baikal Railway. It has replaced the Cz4 and Cz4T designs built in the former Czechoslovakia and the Russian-built VL60PC locomotives dating from the 1960s and 1970s.
NEVZ General Director Sergei Podust said that production capacity had increased rapidly after the factory became part of TMH. Apart from the EP1M and EP1P designs, NEVZ is manufacturing the 2ES5C twin-unit Yermak freight locos for 25 kV AC routes and the 2ES4C Donchak for 3 kV DC lines. NEVZ is also working on the design of advanced electric locomotives such as the EP20A with asynchronous traction motors. Modular construction is planned for a twin-section version of the EP20 so that it can serve as the basis for a number of derivatives, one of which will be a dual-system variant. These will have an axleload of 27 tonnes. Series production is expected to commence in 2011.
RZD has an agreement with TMH to purchase 212 electric locomotives in 2007-09, and 109 of these will be E5C single-section derivatives of the Yermak designed to haul container trains as well as conventional freight trains at speeds up to 110 km/h. In May 2007 RZD began testing an E5C prototype on the Likhaya - Bataisk - Timashevskaya line in North Caucasia. Trials were completed in November of that year, and after assessing the results, RZD's acceptance board decided to place a firm order for the first 30 units. These will replace VL60C locomotives built by NEVZ in 1957-67.
According to Podust, production capacity at Novocherkassk will double by 2015. He reminded guests that in 1997 NEVZ had built just five locomotives, whereas in 1986 during the Soviet era the factory had assembled 397.
Meanwhile, TMH's Kolomna factory has begun series production of the EP2C, which is the first DC locomotive for passenger service to be built in Russia. With an hourly rating of 4 800 kW and a top speed of 160 km/h, it features microprocessor control and has been designed to operate in temperatures ranging from -50°C to +40°C. An EP2C is being tested in regular passenger service on the Moscow - St Petersburg route, and a batch of six similar locomotives has completed trials in passenger service on the Novosibirsk - Omsk line with good results. According to Konstantin Ivanov, RZD bought 12 EP2C locomotives in 2007 and 41 in 2008; orders for a further 178 will be placed in 2009-10.
Kolomna has also rebuilt four diesel locomotives designated as TEP79 BC. Featuring the latest control and safety equipment as well as a fault diagnosis system, these will no longer require regular inspection and preplanned repairs as all defects will be recorded and displayed on the screen in the cab, which has air-conditioning and automatic fire extinguishing equipment. The four locos have successfully undergone trial operations in Siberia.
Bryansk Machine Building factory, also part of TMH, has started series production of the 2TE25C Perisvet diesel locomotive which RZD has certified after trials with a prototype built in 2005 demonstrated that the 5 000 kW locomotive could haul 6 000 tonne trains at 120 km/h. A batch of 20 was built in 2008, and 16 of them were delivered to RZD, which has a further 145 on order. These locomotives have individual control of the eight traction motors, allowing a 15% improvement in adhesion. The 2TE25C is intended to replace the 2TE10 and 2TE116 classes.
To handle very heavy freight trains, Bryansk has developed the twin-unit 2TE25A Vityaz, Russia's first freight locomotive with asynchronous traction motors. Weighing 288 tonnes, a prototype hauled a 7 500 tonne test train in late 2007 on the Bryansk - Oryol route with RZD Vice-President V Gapanovich and TMH Technical Director V Shnaidmueller on board. The 2TE25A underwent certification trials in 2008 and regular deliveries are scheduled to start in 2009.
The Sinara Transport Machine Group owns the Urals Plant of Railway Machine Building (URMB), the Ludinovo Diesel Locomotive Plant and the Urals Diesel Engine Plant. URMB has started series production of modular twin-section 2ES6 locomotives with regenerative braking following trials which included hauling a 6 300 tonne train over 5 000 km with a top speed of 80 km/h between Yekaterinburg and Balesino. Under a contract signed in June 2007, RZD took delivery of nine 2ES6 locomotives in 2008. The first 25 are due to enter regular service in the Yekaterinburg region from July 2009.
But before this happens, RZD must agree a price with the supplier, whose subcontractor for transformers and traction motors has raised prices drastically. In 2007 RZD and Sinara agreed a figure of 69m roubles per locomotive, but Sinara is now asking up to 100m roubles. STM General Director Yevgeni Kopein is sure this can be resolved, indicating recently that prices have been cut by 16%.
Kopein expects URMB to turn out 120 locomotives a year by 2010, and the company is expanding and modernising its facilities with this in mind. It is investing 5bn roubles at URMB and 3·5bn at Ludinovo. STM is also investing in research and development to give its factories the ability to build locomotives with asynchronous motors. A DC locomotive designated 2EC10 is due to be rolled out in 2010, and in the same year the company plans to unveil an eight-axle diesel. RZD expects to buy nearly 5 400 locomotives from URMB by 2030.
In July 2008 RZD's prototype GT1 gas turbine locomotive hauled a 3 000 tonne train over the Smyshlyaevka – Zhigilyovskoe Morye line near Samara, prompting Gapanovich to hail the project as a major breakthrough. In more recent trials last December, GT1-001 hauled a trailing load totalling 10 000 tonnes, leading Gapanovich to suggest the locomotive is capable of hauling heavy freight trains of up to 116 wagons. The design is intended to haul trains of 10 000 or even 12 000 tonnes in Siberia, which is rich in natural gas.
Vladimir Rudenko, Chief Engineer in charge of the project, confirmed that trial operations had been successful, and suggested that the GT1 had potential to reduce energy consumption by up to 30%. One section of the 300 tonne twin-unit is equipped with turbines and other traction equipment and the other houses containers holding 17 tonnes of liquefied gas which enable to the locomotive to run for 700 km between refuelling.
As Russia's manufacturing industry does not fully cover RZD's demand for locomotives, RZD is co-operating with the Lugansk Diesel Locomotive Manufacturing Plant in Ukraine, placing an order for 55 rebuilt 2TE116 locomotives. Known as the 2TE116U, the rebuild has a new diesel engine offering a 25% increase in traction power which should meet RZD's need to haul 6 000 tonne trains.
Russian industry is also working with suppliers from other countries. At the 1520 Strategic Partnership event in May 2008 TMH signed an agreement with Bombardier Transportation to establish a joint venture to develop and manufacture locomotives for RZD equipped with Mitrac technology. The first design to benefit will be the EP20 being developed at NEVZ.
Under a long-term co-operation deal between Sinara and Siemens, Ludinovo is to build a prototype six-axle main line diesel locomotive rated at 2 000 to 3 000 kW with asynchronous traction motors. The agreement also envisages development of a shunter with a power rating of 1 200 to 2 000 kW. According to V Pestrikov of Sinara, the Russian partner will develop the overall design and bogies while Siemens will be responsible for the traction motors and control system. Should the project lead to series production, the assembly plant will be located in Russia.
'We are expecting transfer of technology and production know-how in 2010', said I Timofeev of Siemens Russia, who confirmed the German company's willingness to share expertise with Sinara. 'The agreement is of a general nature without specifying the roles of either partner. However, we are willing to co-operate in different forms, either by licensing locomotive production or setting up joint production of electronic and electrical components. The ED20 Siemens locomotive is already in operation in Lithauania', he stated.
Another German company, Knorr Bremse Schienenfahrzeuge, is co-operating with TMH to develop and produce modern braking equipment in Russia, and this project provides for Knorr-Bremse disc brakes to be fitted to future rolling stock built at the Tver Passenger Carriage plant.
RZD is also able to draw on French company Alstom for expertise in quality control. According to Jean-Jacques Teyssier, formerly Vice-President of Alstom Transport responsible for rolling stock production, the company's Apsys quality control and production system is to be installed at the Demikhovo EMU plant. This is a pilot project for transfer of the production management system to Russia, and Valeri Shataev, General Director of the Federal Passenger Directorate, is confident that this will improve production and repair of EMUs and help reduce costs.


Some people may believe that Mostar is an ordinary tourist destination, with a small bazaar and a beautifully rebuilt bridge. But the longer I lived there, the more the ordinary character of this small city became an extraordinary place.
My very first visit to Mostar in 2009 was a rather typical experience. I took the intercity bus, traveling from cool foggy Sarajevo to the hot dry Mountains of Herzegovina. The shock of the landscape as it passes into Herzegovina remained with me for four years. The rugged mountains hit the blue -green river without any break. The bus station driveway was bleak, and hot. I remember looking up at the arid dry mountains, and heading the wrong way to find myself on the former front line. The shock of seeing broken bombed buildings stuck with me. I recrossed the bridge and headed south to the Stari Most.
The bridge was beautiful white, glimmering in the sun, with tourists crowding the bridge. Above me, I could see the Hum Mountain.
When I returned to Mostar in 2013, I quickly discovered the extraordinary about this very ordinary southern city. The bridge on a rainy Sunday has a character that vibrates.
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Network Services Gateways are a policy enforcement end-points responsible for the delivery of networking services. NSG access ports/VLANs may be attached to existing host or bridge VPorts.

Attributes
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- ``mac_address``: MAC Address of the NSG

- ``aar_application_release_date``: Release Date of the AAR Application

- ``aar_application_version``: The AAR Application Version

- ``nat_traversal_enabled``: This attribute is deprecated in version 4.0.

- ``tcpmss_enabled``: Boolean flag to indicate whether MSS on TCP is enabled or not

- ``tcp_maximum_segment_size``: Maximum Segment Size for TCP(min = 576, max = 7812).

- ``zfb_match_attribute``: The Zero Factor Bootstrapping (ZFB) Attribute that should be used to match the gateway on when it tries to bootstrap.

- ``zfb_match_value``: The Zero Factor Bootstrapping (ZFB) value that needs to match with the gateway during the bootstrap attempt. This value needs to match with the ZFB Match Attribute.

- ``bios_release_date``: Release Date of the NSG BiOS

- ``bios_version``: NSG BIOS Version

- ``sku``: The part number of the NSG

- ``tpm_status``: TPM Status of the NSG based on the information received by the device during bootstrapping or upgrade.

- ``tpm_version``: TPM (Trusted Platform Module) version as reported by the NSG.

- ``cpu_type``: The NSG Processor Type as reported during bootstrapping.

- ``vsdaar_application_version``: Version of the latest imported Application Signatures.

- ``nsg_version``: The NSG Version (software) as reported during bootstrapping or following an upgrade.

- ``ssh_service``: Indicates if SSH Service is enabled/disabled on a NSG. The value configured for this attribute is used only when instanceSSHOverride is allowed on the associated Gateway Template.

- ``uuid``: The Redhat UUID of the NSG

- ``name`` (**Mandatory**): Name of the Gateway

- ``family``: The NSG Family type.

- ``last_configuration_reload_timestamp``: Time stamp of the last known configuration update of the NSG.  This timestamp gets updated when a bootstrap is successful or when a configuration reload request triggered by VSD is successful.

- ``last_updated_by``: ID of the user who last updated the object.

- ``datapath_id``: Identifier of the Gateway, based on the systemId

- ``gateway_connected``: Indicates status of this gateway

- ``redundancy_group_id``: The Redundancy Gateway Group associated with this Gateway Instance. This is a read only attribute

- ``template_id`` (**Mandatory**): The ID of the template that this Gateway was created from. This should be set when instantiating a Gateway

- ``pending``: Indicates that this gateway is pending state or state. When in pending state it cannot be modified from REST.

- ``serial_number``: The NSG's serial number

- ``derived_ssh_service_state``: Indicates the SSH Service state on a NSG. This value is derived based on the SSHService configuration on the NSG and the associated Gateway Template.

- ``permitted_action``: The permitted  action to USE/EXTEND  this Gateway.

- ``personality``: Personality of the Gateway - NSG, cannot be changed after creation.

- ``description``: A description of the Gateway

- ``network_acceleration``: Attribute that enables or disables Network Acceleration (DPDK) on the NSGateway instance.  Changing the value of this field will cause the device to restart at the next configuration reload.

- ``libraries``: Transient representation of the same property on NSGInfo.

- ``inherited_ssh_service_state``: Indicates the SSH Service state which is configured on the associated template instance.

- ``enterprise_id``: The enterprise associated with this Gateway. This is a read only attribute

- ``entity_scope``: Specify if scope of entity is Data center or Enterprise level

- ``location_id``: The NSGateway's Location. NOTE: this is a read only property, it can only be set through the location object

- ``configuration_reload_state``: Status resulting from a manually triggered configuration reload operation on an NSG.  This value only reflects the state for a manual action requested by the operator, not the automatic periodic configuration reload triggered by the NSG itself.

- ``configuration_status``: NSG Configuration status represents the NSG update state following a query by the NSG to get the latest version of the infraconfig.json file.  This status will be updated following a Bootstrap request or a Configuration Reload.  Success means that the NSG was able to apply the changes included in the latest infraconfig.json file.  A Failure response will be returned if the NSG was unable to apply the changes; this is normally accompanied with a rollback of the NSG to the previous configuration.

- ``control_traffic_cos_value``: CoS Value for Self Generated Traffic (Control Traffic). Min is 0 and Max is 7

- ``control_traffic_dscp_value``: DSCP Value for Self Generated Traffic (Control Traffic). Min is 0 and Max is 63

- ``bootstrap_id``: The bootstrap details associated with this NSGateway. NOTE: This is a read only property, it can only be set during creation of an NSG.

- ``bootstrap_status``: The bootstrap status of this NSGateway. NOTE: This is a read only property.

- ``operation_mode``: Operation mode of NSGateway

- ``operation_status``: Operation Status of NSGateway

- ``product_name``: NSG Product Name as reported during bootstrapping.

- ``associated_gateway_security_id``: Read only ID of the associated gateway security object.

- ``associated_gateway_security_profile_id``: Read only ID of the associated gateway security profile object

- ``associated_nsg_info_id``: Read only ID of the associated NSG info object

- ``associated_nsg_upgrade_profile_id``: The UUID of the NSG Upgrade Profile associated to this NSG instance.

- ``associated_overlay_management_profile_id``: The ID of the associated Overlay Management Profile

- ``functions``: List of supported functions. This is only relevant for NSG-UBR and will be set to UBR by default in case an NSG-UBR is created. For a regular NSG, this will be set to null.

- ``auto_disc_gateway_id``: The Auto Discovered Gateway associated with this Gateway Instance

- ``external_id``: External object ID. Used for integration with third party systems

- ``system_id``: Identifier of the Gateway, cannot be modified after creation

Children
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**class**                                                                                **fetcher**

:ref:`nupatch.NUPatch<nupatch>`                                                                                ``patchs``
:ref:`nugatewaysecurity.NUGatewaySecurity<nugatewaysecurity>`                                                                                ``gateway_securities``
:ref:`nupatnatpool.NUPATNATPool<nupatnatpool>`                                                                                ``patnat_pools``
:ref:`nupermission.NUPermission<nupermission>`                                                                                ``permissions``
:ref:`numetadata.NUMetadata<numetadata>`                                                                                ``metadatas``
:ref:`nuwirelessport.NUWirelessPort<nuwirelessport>`                                                                                ``wireless_ports``
:ref:`nualarm.NUAlarm<nualarm>`                                                                                ``alarms``
:ref:`nuglobalmetadata.NUGlobalMetadata<nuglobalmetadata>`                                                                                ``global_metadatas``
:ref:`nuvnf.NUVNF<nuvnf>`                                                                                ``vnfs``
:ref:`nuinfrastructureconfig.NUInfrastructureConfig<nuinfrastructureconfig>`                                                                                ``infrastructure_configs``
:ref:`nuenterprisepermission.NUEnterprisePermission<nuenterprisepermission>`                                                                                ``enterprise_permissions``
:ref:`nujob.NUJob<nujob>`                                                                                ``jobs``
:ref:`nulocation.NULocation<nulocation>`                                                                                ``locations``
:ref:`nucommand.NUCommand<nucommand>`                                                                                ``commands``
:ref:`nubootstrap.NUBootstrap<nubootstrap>`                                                                                ``bootstraps``
:ref:`nubootstrapactivation.NUBootstrapActivation<nubootstrapactivation>`                                                                                ``bootstrap_activations``
:ref:`nunsportinfo.NUNSPortInfo<nunsportinfo>`                                                                                ``ns_port_infos``
:ref:`nuuplinkconnection.NUUplinkConnection<nuuplinkconnection>`                                                                                ``uplink_connections``
:ref:`nunsgatewaymonitor.NUNSGatewayMonitor<nunsgatewaymonitor>`                                                                                ``ns_gateway_monitors``
:ref:`nunsgatewaysummary.NUNSGatewaySummary<nunsgatewaysummary>`                                                                                ``ns_gateway_summaries``
:ref:`nunsginfo.NUNSGInfo<nunsginfo>`                                                                                ``nsg_infos``
:ref:`nunsport.NUNSPort<nunsport>`                                                                                ``ns_ports``
:ref:`nusubnet.NUSubnet<nusubnet>`                                                                                ``subnets``
:ref:`nueventlog.NUEventLog<nueventlog>`                                                                                ``event_logs``
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Parents
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- :ref:`nuenterprise.NUEnterprise<nuenterprise>`

- :ref:`nunsredundantgatewaygroup.NUNSRedundantGatewayGroup<nunsredundantgatewaygroup>`

- :ref:`nuducgroup.NUDUCGroup<nuducgroup>`

- :ref:`nunsggroup.NUNSGGroup<nunsggroup>`

- :ref:`nupolicyobjectgroup.NUPolicyObjectGroup<nupolicyobjectgroup>`

- :ref:`nume.NUMe<nume>`

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Why attend the DevOps Industry Buying Forum 2020?
DevOps is more than just a practice, it is a culture and way of thinking that uses both communication and co-operation to bring together software developers and other IT professionals. It enables these teams to help progress and develop a firm at the same time as automating the process of software delivery and infrastructure changes.
From small teams to large corporations, DevOps is becoming more and more popular as engineers, developers and those in various IT operations realise the benefits of collaborating across the board.
However, as work becomes more complex, teams can sometimes be bombarded with options, ideas and the latest in tech, which can become overwhelming, to say the least. Implementing changes to IT infrastructures can become challenging when firms are being pushed and communications starts to fade.
This can become very frustrating when ultimately, the point of DevOps is to come together as a team to work towards the same goal and improve an organisation through increased deployment speed and frequency, as well as higher quality product output and lower failure rates.
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The DevOps Industry Forum, held at the iconic British Museum, is a complimentary one-day event aimed at IT professionals who are looking to understand the latest in technology trends, as well have an opportunity to learn and investigate the products and services available in the coming year.
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It is often said, "it takes a village" in recognition of the multiple people involved when accomplishing a remarkable act. Community has been the cornerstone
How DevOps can help banks instil cultural changes that drive technological success
Large financial institutions can often be resistant to change; they may be limited by legacy infrastructure and high levels of internal bureaucracy. However, one of


Clay in Stardew Valley is an elusive resource that's needed for some pretty important structures, including the Silo. This guide will show you the best spot to find clay!
Equip your hoe and head down to level 15 in the mines. Use the hoe on the light dirt pictured below. Watch out for enemies that pop up out of the dirt!
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Developing knowledge resources to support precision medicine: principles from the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC).
To move beyond a select few genes/drugs, the successful adoption of pharmacogenomics into routine clinical care requires a curated and machine-readable database of pharmacogenomic knowledge suitable for use in an electronic health record (EHR) with clinical decision support (CDS). Recognizing that EHR vendors do not yet provide a standard set of CDS functions for pharmacogenetics, the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) Informatics Working Group is developing and systematically incorporating a set of EHR-agnostic implementation resources into all CPIC guidelines.
We developed the KnowledgeMap (KM) system as an online, concept-based database of medical school curriculum documents. It uses the KM concept indexer to map full-text documents and match search queries to concepts in the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). In this paper, we describe the design of KM and report the first seven months of its implementation into a medical school. Despite being emphasized in only two first year courses and one fourth year course, students from all four classes used KM to search and browse documents.
Formative evaluation to guide early deployment of an online content management tool for medical curriculum.
KM is a Web-accessible, comprehensive database that organizes course materials (at the level of full lectures, not just outlines or syllabi) from the Vanderbilt School of Medicine curriculum. KM uses natural language processing techniques to analyze educational documents for biomedical concepts. Lecture handouts and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations are indexed and available online for students, faculty and administrators to search for individual or interrelated concepts across the medical school curriculum.
"Where do we teach what?" Finding broad concepts in the medical school curriculum.
Often, medical educators and students do not know where important concepts are taught and learned in medical school. Manual efforts to identify and track concepts covered across the curriculum are inaccurate and resource intensive.
Analysis of medical student content searches that resulted in unidentified UMLS concepts.
Many authors have reported on the use of the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) to match concepts in free text. Unmatched search strings may be due to misspellings, concepts not in the UMLS, or searches for words not expected to be in the UMLS (e.g., names of people or places). We mapped search strings from a full-text, concept-based curriculum database to UMLSconcepts and performed a failure analysis. The majority of unmatched text strings were medically related (71.7%).
Automatic capture of student notes to augment mentor feedback and student performance on patient write-ups.
To determine whether the integration of an automated electronic clinical portfolio into clinical clerkships can improve the quality of feedback given to students on their patient write-ups and the quality of students' write-ups.
Automated capture and assessment of medical student clinical experience.
Currently, many medical educators track trainee clinical experience using student-created manual logs. Using a web-based portfolio system that captures all notes written by trainees in the electronic medical record, we examined a graduating medical student's clinical notes to determine if we could automatically assess exposure to 10 institution-defined core clinical topics. We located all biomedical concepts in his clinical notes, divided by note section, using the KnowledgeMap concept identifier. Notes were ranked according to the concepts matching each core topic's concept list.
Tracking medical students' clinical experiences using natural language processing.
Graduate medical students must demonstrate competency in clinical skills. Current tracking methods rely either on manual efforts or on simple electronic entry to record clinical experience. We evaluated automated methods to locate 10 institution-defined core clinical problems from three medical students' clinical notes (n=290). Each note was processed with section header identification algorithms and the KnowledgeMap concept identifier to locate Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) concepts.
Comparing content coverage in medical curriculum to trainee-authored clinical notes.
Accurate assessment and evaluation of medical curricula has long been a goal of medical educators. Current methods rely on manually-entered keywords and trainee-recorded logs of case exposure. In this study, we used natural language processing to compare the clinical content coverage in a four-year medical curriculum to the electronic medical record notes written by clinical trainees. The content coverage was compared for each of 25 agreed-upon core clinical problems (CCPs) and seven categories of infectious diseases. Most CCPs were covered in both corpora.


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Arch Intern Med. 2002 Jan 14;162(1):82-9.
Sex differences in risk factors for incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: the MONICA Augsburg cohort study.
Meisinger C1, Thorand B, Schneider A, Stieber J, Döring A, Löwel H.
Institute of Epidemiology, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany. kora.augsburg@t-online.de
To examine sex-specific associations between cardiovascular risk factors, a parental history of diabetes, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).
The study is based on 3052 men and 3114 women (aged 35 to 74 years) who participated in one of the 3 MONICA (Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease) Augsburg surveys between 1984 and 1995, who were free of DM at baseline and returned a follow-up questionnaire in 1998. Sex-specific hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated from Cox proportional hazard models.
A total of 128 cases of incident DM among men and 85 cases among women were registered during the follow-up period. The age-standardized incidence rate was 5.8 per 1000 person-years for men and 4.0 per 1000 person-years for women. In multivariable survival analyses, age, body mass index, and a positive parental history of diabetes were important independent risk factors for DM in both sexes. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol level was inversely associated with DM in men and women. For other risk factors, sex-related differences were observed. Systolic blood pressure (HR per 10 mm Hg increase, 1.16), regular smoking (HR, 1.75), and high daily alcohol intake (HR, 1.95) predicted the development of DM in men only, whereas uric acid (HR per 1 mmol/L increase, 2.05) and physical inactivity during leisure time (HR, 1.80) were associated with diabetes development in women only.
In men and women, most variables predicting future diabetes in the present study are also known to be important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and arteriosclerosis. However, there are sex-related dissimilarities that seem to be involved in disease development.
10.1001/archinte.162.1.82
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Cambridge International School of Cambodia
Sector: Education & Training
#56, St. 302, Beung Keng Kang 1,
www.cambridge.com.kh
Cambridge International School of Cambodia (CISC) provides international daycare and education services for
children under the age of 18. The services include: daycare, nursery, kindergarten, primary and secondary
education. Its curricula is trilingual: English, Khmer and Chinese. The international programmes are licensed
from Singapore and the United Kingdom whereas its Khmer programmes are licensed by Cambodia's Ministry
of Education, Youth and Sports.
We intend to form future leaders and envision a multicultural community of competent and morally strong young learners. Provided with the highest standard programmes for each student, they will become the best potential leaders and entrepreneurs.
Our programmes include:
1. Special Education (SpEd)
2. Financial Math
3. Leadership and Communication
4. Science and Engineering
5. Innovative & Project-Based Pedagogy
6. Weekend programmes
Cambridge International School of Cambodia (CISC) was founded by Mr. Roy M. Chy. It started as a franchised daycare and preschool from Yale Holdings Pte (Singapore) on 2nd February 2010 with the aim of bringing quality education to Cambodian children. On 28th June 2013, CISC expanded its national and international curricula to Primary Education. It then extended its scope to Secondary Education since 8th August 2018.
CISC offers international and trilingual (Khmer, English, Chinese) curricula with recognised standards from Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS), International Primary/Secondary Curriculum from the UK and Chinese Odonata Class from Malaysia.
Roy M. Chy
Michael P. BOU


In 2017, if you asked most Americans to name just one Korean performing artist, odds are high the answer would have been a resounding "BTS." Known as "Bangtan Sonyeondan" in their home of South Korea, this seven-member boy band has grown from a local pop sensation to a global phenomenon that's made "K-pop" a household word in households that have probably never even looked at South Korea on a map.
How did they do the impossible, and crack the elusive and highly-competitive American market? Not just crack it; smashed it to the tune (no pun intended) of 1.6 million song downloads, over a billion online streams, and a veritable army — literally "ARMY" as their fanbase is known — of screaming admirers at each and every appearance on their recent U.S. circuit.
No matter that those fans, for the most part, don't actually understand the Korean lyrics of major hits like "DNA" and "Mic Drop." That hasn't stopped BTS devotees from singing along in phonetic approximation, screaming the band members' names in unison with their patented "fan chants," and, perhaps most crucially, from buying their record. The group's latest album, 2017's Love Yourself: Her, sold nearly 1.5 million physical copies, according to South Korea's Gaon chart.


This is a form of physical therapy that helps those suffering with any pain associated with the facial region, head, and/or neck, including those struggling with Temporomandibular (TMJ) disorders.
Pain in this area of the body may be derived from stress, poor posture/ergonomics, excessive grinding or clenching of the teeth, or a TMJ disorder.
Physical therapy treatment includes an in depth evaluation of the structures of the cervical spine, jaw joints and head. Treatment could include manual therapy techniques for the spine, jaw and soft tissues, exercise for the jaw and neck, and modalities. Manual therapy focuses on the relationship of the muscles, joints and nerves of the jaw, head, neck and face and how they relate to each other. Exercise is designed to restore the proper balance of the spine and head to take unnecessary stress off of sensitive tissues and to support the body so it can perform the activities of daily living efficiently and comfortably. Modalities will decrease the short-term discomfort and joint irritation. We will look at how you interact with your environment to see if there are activates you preform that put increase stress on your body which could cause increased pain. Most importantly, in addition to these techniques, the patient is provided with a home exercise program to aid in symptom reduction. Each treatment plan is based on a patient's individual needs and the therapist and patient work as a team to reach the patients goals.


Four kittens discovered and rescued after a roof collapses during Hurricane Michael.
An ABC News reporter helped rescue four kittens caught in the debris of Hurricane Michael, according to an ABC News video.
ABC Meteorologist Rob Marciano found the kittens huddled together in the wreckage of a home after falling through a damaged ceiling during the storm, the report showed.
The owners of the house rescued the animals from immediate danger but left them in the home, according to ABC.
As Marciano picked up the kittens — which appeared to be only weeks old — they began mewing for food.
All four kittens were taken to Panhandle Animal Welfare Society in Fort Walton. Marciano followed up with the story by posting the link for their adoption on Twitter.


As a foster carer with St.Helens Council, there are lots of opportunities for personal and professional development. Training is tailored to your needs and the needs of the child you are caring for.
Courses range from general safeguarding and safe care training, to specialist courses such as attachment issues, behaviour management or caring for a premature baby.
There are also support groups. These groups offer carers the chance to get together and socialise with other carers, discuss strategies and experiences or just spend time with like-minded people. We offer regular coffee mornings, a group for sons and daughters of foster carers, and a men's group specifically for our male carers.


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This is an anti-war game, ant it is sure to let you know that. It will show you the most horrific side of war the best that a video game can, and its pretty horrific. It's hard to describe without spoiling the game, but take my word for it, its gruesome. It is also one of the most, if not the most depressing game I have ever played. "I-I didn't mean to hurt anyone..." "Nobody ever does Walker"
Ok, three parts for this review. First, the game. This game is one of the greatest games of the year. The way the story develops is amazing and you are always on edge. Take notes, Gears of War. Next, why your kid should play this game. This is amazing for learning. This is what war is. People die. It's not the joyful awesome feel you get when you get a killstreak in Black Ops. This is the "Oh No!" feeling you get when your comerade dies in the Palace mission of Modern Combat 2, only every time someone dies. This game makes you learn morals and how to see what war is really like. Fnally, why your kid shouldn't play this game. No matter what your kid is used to, the violence will surprise them. There are large amounts of gore like in Darksiders II, only it's very realistic. There is also alot of cursing. To wrap this up, I say this is an amazing experience that is necessary for growing up, but only to teens and older tweens.
Dark, violent, and very mature shooter that is not for anyone under 17.
Too Much?,Too Realistic For Young Teens?
The one thing about Spec Ops:The Line is that it is a very gory game,and the blood and battle environment makes this one of the most realistic war games i have ever played.It is a fun game,no doubt,but there is alot of language in this game,i wish they had in the settings where you could turn the language off(like MW2,MW3,Black Ops).If you want to find a decent,pretty clean war game,go look into Modern Warfare 2,that game actually has the option of turning the language off,and blood.But i think Spec Ops:The Line would be ok for a mature teen 16 and up.
saw my dad play it and the first word i heard was fu-k. next thing i saw was an intensly bloody and disfigured soldier fall out of a banged up truck, causing the bad-mouthed reaction. i hear its good, but definately not for kids my age.
Played this game couple of months ago and I have to say that this is one of the most disturbing games ever created (coming from an 16 yr old), even more disturbing than some horror games. I thought that this is an simple third-person shooter, I was wrong!
Spec Ops is one of the most gory millitary shooters on the market. However any COD playing kid needs to play it. It demonstrates the horrors of war and the suffering it inflicts with PTSD featured heavily. Brilliant game.
I honestly think if you put the story aside this game could be for a little bit of a younger audience then 16+, but the story is dark and gritty and very emotional, it makes players think about their actions and the unsettling consequences. It really shows the face of war and its not just another Call of Duty or Battlefield, and it show that in war there really aren't any winners. Martin Walker (your character) is a Delta Force soldier sent on an evac mission in Dubai and without spoilers, eventually succumbs to PTSD. I honestly feel like my rating was just but it could be for a younger audience if you think they could handle it.
Sorry kids but no Spec Ops for you I'm afraid. I'm not the bad guy here, but the Gore is strong in this game and will give you nightmares. People shown dead on the ground and hanged by their neck in the sky. People's heads blown off. No, not for little kiddies. I played this when I was 11 and if my Mom saw that Gore and blood. She would have grounded me with no violent games for two weeks.....probably. Anyway, I beat this game in two days and I liked it. Except for the Gore and all. But, not for 12 year olds, maybe when there mature enough.
This game, while it may be a great, dark story, is incredibly violent and gory. Moral choices that always lead to bad endings will leave you hating himself. Some of the cutscenes and disturbing violence will make A Clockwork Orange look tame. One sequence (spoilers) has the choice to take on an army in a huge, frustrating gunfight to get to the civilians, but the other choice is to launch mortars filled with white phosphorus, later having you walk through the wreckage and burning bodies begging for mercy. As you go to save the civilians, you realize that the phosphorus hit the civilians and has burned about 50 innocent people, two people, mother and daughter, holding each other with frozen screams on their faces. The dialog eventually leads to stressful swearing and shouting, leaving a feeling of unease. Tons of blood spills out when you shoot one shot in someone, while shooting the head will end in a bloody explosion with a neck stump with a bone sticking out ever so slightly. Lots of bloody aftermaths seen on-screen frequently. This game is still great, as dark as it was.
Theres alot of horrific violence in this, its not for anyone under 17.
This game is incredabley violent, people are shot in the head, burned bodies, hanging coarpes, and lots of profanity to.
This is not a game for kids, people are shown hanging from ropes, heads explode when shot, and blood and gore coats the floors and walls, its not for kids at all theres some pretty messed up stuff in here.


Have you checked out our new exciting page for the Farmers Market?
If not what are you waiting for? The page is now active and can click on the link to go to the Farmers Market page or finding it in the "Services" tab on the menu just under the images.
This page is your one stop for all information regarding the Market including; dates, stalls a market recap and the features of the next one.
Also while your there don't forget to add it to add it to your favourites so that you can easily check back for all the monthly changes.
This entry was posted in General on September 7, 2015 by Marg Van Veen.
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What a fantastic night it turned out to be at the Masquerade Ball held at the Mechanics Institute on the 1st of May. The youngsters almost outnumbered the oldies!
Men were suited up, ball gowns flowed and lots of spectacular masks greeted us at the door complemented by great music provided by Cheryl Bailey, Glenda Hunter and friends.
Special thanks must go to Marg Van Veen for coming up with the idea, Dede Williams for her expert tuition and all the helpers who went down to the Hall and helped decorate, transforming it into something wonderful. Thank you also to the helpers who cleaned up afterwards.
Should you have missed this great event or simply want more our next dance classes will commence in August with a little bit country and a little bit rock n roll as well as ballroom, with the next dance being in September.
This entry was posted in General and tagged ball, dancing, masquerade on May 11, 2015 by Marg Van Veen.


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Genesis Christian College | Parent Fact Sheet
Why Choose Genesis Christian College in Bray Park
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Genesis Christian College is an independent co-educational school located in Bray Park, in Brisbane. Catering for Prep to Year 12, Genesis College has five age-specific precincts across the one campus. The College focuses on providing a holistic education that develops academic strength along with character building, resilience to everyday pressures, personal management and spiritual life.
Genesis College nurtures students from Prep to Year 12, and has a tradition of farewelling the graduates with a full school Guard of Honour on their final day.
All buildings are air-conditioned and the college has specialist facilities for hospitality, creative arts and science. A purpose-built theatre for drama also incorporates dance rooms for students undertaking the dance program in Years 7-12.
Personal tours are available most days during term to enable parents to walk the campus and get a sense of the educational opportunities on offer. Genesis Christian College is pro-active in anti-bullying strategies and prioritises the creation of a safe and happy environment for children.
What are the academic options at Genesis Christian College?
The college has a strong focus on Agricultural Science with students studying horticulture and animal husbandry. Students in Years 7-12 tend to sheep, chickens and bees, and grow herbs and vegetables. They host special days for the primary school students (e.g. when lambs are born).
There is a Careers and Student Services Department that focuses on Vocational Education and Training (VET) as well as developing training plans for students staying at school to Year 12.
Genesis College places a strong focus on Middle Schooling to help students map a pathway to their senior studies and beyond. Year 7 students change subjects each term to get used to different subjects and teachers, and explore a variety of interest areas. In Years 8 and 9 they then select year-long electives. Students in Middle School years also take part in gender specific classes, mentored by parents and members of the community, that assist them to develop from young boys and girls into young men and women.
All Year 10 students undertake a week's work experience. Work experience can also be taken in Year 11.
What are the sporting/extra-curricular options at Genesis Christian College?
Genesis Christian College has a wide range of sporting options available, with students performing particularly well in swimming and athletics.
Culturally, students can undertake creative arts, with some students' artwork displayed in Queensland galleries. Dance students form a dance company that takes part in eisteddfods and other competitions. Students also learn music from Year 5 and can join a number of different bands.
The college has a strong debating program.
What are the public transport options to Genesis Christian College?
Genesis Christian College is serviced by Thompson Bus Serviceses and Brisbane Bus Lines as part of the Translink network. Train services are nearby.
What are the boarding options at Genesis Christian College?
There is no boarding available at Genesis College.
Does Genesis Christian College offer scholarships and how do we apply?
There are no scholarships available at Genesis College.
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Mineral Wells, Texas: Sam the Snowman
Resembles the snowman from 1960s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special (If you squint and imagine it's not junk piled under a couple of white sheets).
1201 E. Hubbard St., Mineral Wells, TX
Under an awning in front of Richey's Antiques and Uniques. On the north side of US Hwy 180/E. Hubbard St., at the corner of SE 11th Ave.
Visitor Tips and News About Sam the Snowman
Sam the Snowman
I couldn't even tell it was a snowman. Just a big white blob.
[TKellough, 02/07/2018]
Went to see Sam. Sadly, he doesn't seem to be well maintained at the moment. Hope the owner of the store will fix him up.
[1966girl, 05/03/2016]
Snowman Statue
Looks like Sam's been given some clean sheets! The Snowman is back up and greeting visitors to Richey's Antiques.
[Stacy B, 11/03/2011]
Looks like Sam took a tumble. He rests outside an antique/junk store that used to be a Safeway back in the '60s.
This is a big version of Sam the Snowman from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special). It was out in front of an Antique store on the East side of town directly off of HWY 180. He seems to be missing an eye, and I'm sure he's up for sale; so no telling, how long he'll be there. I didn't have time to stop and get the story behind the piece, but I sure would love to know it.
[Scott Mobley, 02/13/2009]
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Mystery: Winterpoint (Full) v1.0.0 is one of the very popular android Game and thousands of people want to get it on their phone or tablets without any payments. Here you can download Mystery: Winterpoint (Full) v1.0.0 Game for free. Download the Game from the download link, provided in the page.
Mystery: Winterpoint (Full) v1.0.0 is a Adventure Paid android game. The Agency has sent you off on another adventure to investigate a distress call from a scientific research team in Alaska. The discovery by Professor Lloyd of an ancient species trapped in the ice has revealed a traitor in their midst. Someone wants these creatures kept secret, and is willing to pay the ultimate price!


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Le Caïque à capuchon (Pyrilia haematotis) est une espèce d'oiseau appartenant à la famille des Psittacidae.

Description
Cet oiseau mesure environ 21 cm de long. Il ressemble beaucoup au mâle du Caïque à joues roses.

Cette espèce ne présente pas de dimorphisme sexuel.

Habitat
Cet oiseau vit dans les forêts ouvertes jusqu'à 1 700 m d'altitude (voire jusqu'à 3 000 m) mais fréquente également les champs.

Répartition
Cette espèce peuple le Mexique, Panama, la Colombie et le Costa Rica.

Taxinomie

 synonymes  Gypopsitta haematotis, Pionopsitta haematotis.

 sous-espèces
D'après Alan P. Peterson, cette espèce est constituée des deux sous-espèces suivantes :
 Pyrilia haematotis coccinicollaris  (Lawrence) 1862
 Pyrilia haematotis haematotis  (P.L. Sclater & Salvin) 1860

Bibliographie
 Forshaw J.M. (2006) Parrots of the World. An identification guide. Princeton University Press, Princeton, Oxford, 172 p.
 del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Sargatal J. (1997) Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 4, Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. BirdLife International, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 679 p.
 Mario D. & Conzo G. (2004) Le grand livre des perroquets. de Vecchi, Paris, 287 p.

Liens externes

Psittacidae

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Song of the Day: Wayne Wilkinson Trio – "Proceed to Route"
by Brian Zimmerman
On their latest album, Proceed To Route, the Wayne Wilkinson Trio with special guest Thomas J. Dawson Jr. performs a mix of straight ahead and traditional jazz and American songbook standards, innovative jazz arrangements of other music genres, and inspired original compositions. All tracks are arranged by Wayne and the album includes many of his originals. is his eighth independent label recording and the first as the Wayne Wilkinson Trio. The recording was under consideration for the 2019 Grammys.
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On their latest album, Proceed To Route, the Wayne Wilkinson Trio with special guest Thomas J. Dawson Jr. performs a mix of straight ahead and traditional jazz and American songbook standards, innovative jazz arrangements of other music genres, and inspired original compositions. All tracks are arranged by Wayne and the album includes many of his originals. is his eighth independent label recording and the first as the Wayne Wilkinson Trio. The recording was under consideration for the 2019 Grammys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=helg12QHQeQ


The hosts of The Confident Wealth podcast Bill Bush and Peter Bush open up this episode to the topic of retirement plans with Andy Bush – the head of the retirement plan division of Horizon Financial Group. The three Bush brothers discuss the important retirement plan designations that advisors should equip themselves with. They also talk about the six steps of "The 401k Confidence System" and the eight steps of "The 401(k)onfidence Scorecard" that were both created internally at Horizon Financial Group.
● 00:25 – Bill Bush and Pete Bush introduce the episode's topic of retirement planning.
● 01:07 – Their retirement plans, although based in Baton Rouge, spread through Louisiana and beyond the state into places like Texas and Alabama.
● 02:00 – The bulk of the plans are 401k but they also service 457, 403b, and smaller IRA plans.
● 02:29 – There is a push to make sure that the advisor on a plan is a specialist and knows what the fiduciary responsibilities are.
● 05:00 – What makes an advisor a specialist begins with training and earning designations to learn what it means to be a fiduciary, what the processes are, and what the requirements are for documentation.
● 05:42 – Both Bill Bush and Andy Bush are Chartered Retirement Plan Specialists (CRPS). Other designations that are available include: Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) that covers the fiduciary roles and tasks, Professional Plan Consultant (PPC) is sort of a bridge between CRPS and PPC.
● 07:47 – Step 1: "The Clarity Conversation" is the "get to know you" phase where they gather the information, have a conversation with the client, find out what is important to them, and what their vision is.
● 08:04 – Step 2: "The Confident Plan Evaluation" is created for the client to benchmark their retirement plan against industry standards, and gives them analysis and feedback about what is working and not working.
● 09:10 – Step 3: "The Plan Improvement Report" is where areas have been identified as to where they can improve their plan.
● 10:18 – Step 4: "The Guided Transition walks the client through changes that can improve their plan – such as a vendor replacement.
● 10:57 – Step 5: "The Participant Engagement Experience" is an ongoing conversation and offers education opportunities along the way.
● 12:32 – Step 6: "Your Fiduciary Check-Up" is a proactive way of making sure that plan sponsors are taken care of and have peace of mind.
● 25:40 – Closing credits.
1. The main retirement plan designations are: Chartered Retirement Plan Specialists (CRPS), Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF), and Professional Plan Consultant(PPC).
2. The 401(k)onfidence System, is a six-step plan that is provider agnostic and can be layered on top of whatever record keeper you choose to use.
3. The 401(k)onfidence Scorecard has at eight areas that a plan sponsor should be concerned about with their 401k plan and each area has four statements for plan sponsors to grade themselves.
- "90% of Americans save probably 90% of their money in their retirement plan at work and or in their IRAs." – Pete Bush.
- "We have about 60 plans and about $340 million in assets covering well 5,000 employees." – Andy Bush.
- "As you age, you certainly want to have a dialogue and an engagement with somebody who is a professional advisor and knows what they are talking about." –Andy Bush.


Americas Society's Literature, Music and Visual Arts programs aim to create a space for interaction and enhanced appreciation for emerging and established cultural figures from across the hemisphere by presenting writers, musicians, artists, and scholars from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada to U.S. audiences.
Since 1968, the Literature program has published our renowned semi-annual literary magazine, Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, the leading English language forum for literature from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. We supported the first English translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, opening a path for critically acclaimed writers from Latin America, such as Manuel Puig, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Mario Vargas Llosa, to reach U.S. audiences with their groundbreaking work. Each season, the Literature program also organizes a series of public programs highlighting writers and literature from the hemisphere.
The Music Program presents the annual Music of the Americas concert series to showcase the diversity of styles and genres of classical, modern, and traditional music being produced in the Americas. Our Music Education Program brings music instruction and interactive performances with musicians from throughout the Americas to more than 5,000 New York City public school children.
The Visual Arts program boasts the longest-standing private space in the U.S. dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada; it has achieved a unique and renowned leadership position in the field, producing both historical and contemporary exhibitions. The Visual Arts program present three exhibitions annually, each accompanied by a series of public and educational programs featuring outstanding artists, curators, critics and scholars. The Visual Arts program produces exhibition catalogues as well as scholarly publications, including the seminal work, A Principality of Its Own: 40 Years of Visual Arts at the Americas Society.
As the leading forum for hemisphere-wide debate, our public policy programs engage opinion leaders from the public and private sectors in positive dialogue at our fora in New York, Washington DC, and Miami, and in Canada and throughout Latin America, to exchange ideas and formulate solutions to the challenges facing the Americas today. Our signature programs – including the Latin American Cities and the Presidents of the Americas series – promote economic and social development, the rule of law, democracy, and free trade throughout the Americas. Our working groups comprise experts and leading private-sector representatives and address issues such as the Rule of Law, Energy, and Hispanic Integration, and focus on specific countries, such as Brazil. Working group findings are published for the benefit of all in the Americas – most recently, U.S. and Hispanic Business Integration: Expanding the Economic Contributions of Immigrants.
Americas Society's keystone policy publication, Americas Quarterly: The Policy Journal for Our Hemisphere (AQ), is the only journal dedicated exclusively to policy issues of the Western Hemisphere. AQ promotes deeper policy analysis and debate on economics, finance, and politics in the Western Hemisphere and engages the new generation of leaders across the hemisphere.


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Libertarians and fringe candidates could tip Senate races
By Byron York
Could libertarians and other fringe candidates decide who controls theSenate next year? With Republicans and Democrats locked in a number of tight races, it's possible that marginal candidates in states like Arkansas, Alaska and *North Carolina — all places crucial to GOP hopes to win Senate control — could play a small but decisive role.
In Arkansas in 2008, Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor's re-election was such a sure bet that no Republican even bothered to challenge him. Pryor's only real competition was a Green Party candidate who got 20 percent of the vote. Now, Pryor is locked in a toss-up race with Republican Rep. Tom Cotton, and there are two fringe-party candidates who could affect the outcome.
Together, the Green Party's Mark Swaney and Libertarian Nathan LaFrance are supported by seven percent of Arkansans in the most recent state poll done by the Democratic polling firm PPP. With the main candidates just two points apart — Cotton at 41 percent, Pryor at 39 percent — there's a real possibility fringe parties could play an outsize role.
Precisely how is not clear. Would the Green candidate only take votes from Pryor? The Libertarian only from Cotton? It's not possible to predict. But it is safe to say that even if the two fringe candidates receive far less than seven percent of the vote — say, just two or three percent — their presence could tilt an extremely close Pryor-Cotton race one way or the other.
Alaska has a history of third-party candidates. When Democratic Sen. Mark Begich was elected in 2008, a combination of Alaska Independence Party, Libertarian, and other candidates got nearly six percent of the vote. Today, Alaska Independence and Libertarian candidates are polling at seven percent. If the race is close between Begich and his still-to-be-determined Republican opponent, the third-party factor could be decisive.
Media accounts of fringe candidates sometimes focus on personal eccentricities to the exclusion of serious issues. In North Carolina, for example, Libertarian Senate candidate Sean Haugh is a 53-year-old pizza deliveryman whose campaign consists mostly of making videos of himself discussing weighty issues — war and peace, government spending — while sipping craft beer out of a glass bearing the Image of legendary libertarian economist Murray Rothbard.
"My name is Sean Haugh, and I approve this message — why am I supposed to say that?" Haugh asked in one of the videos.
"It's a rule, Sean," said an off-screen voice.
"But it's me," Haugh said. "I'm talking. It's just me. Of course I approve this message."
"Just say it."
It was an amusing scene, but Haugh could be a very serious factor in the North Carolina race. In a late-August PPP survey, Haugh received eight percent support. If he actually got that much in the election, he could determine the outcome. And even if he receives far less — many observers expect his share of the vote to shrink by at least half on election day — Haugh could make a difference.
The conventional wisdom is that Haugh would hurt Thom Tillis, the Republican Senate candidate in North Carolina. But the situation might not be that clear cut. Recently some conservative strategists made a careful study of the Virginia governor's race, in which Democrat Terry McAuliffewon narrowly after a Libertarian candidate received six and a half percent of the vote. The strategists went into the study thinking the Libertarian took votes mostly from Republican Ken Cuccinnelli — taking maybe 90 votes from Cuccinnelli for every 10 votes from McAuliffe. The study showed that yes, the Libertarian did hurt Cuccinnelli, but that the ratio was closer to 60-40. So the damage was not quite as one-sided as some in the GOP thought.
Still, a Libertarian candidate nearly always presents a challenge to the Republican. "We do have a problem with the libertarians," says the conservative strategist who directed the Virginia study. "The Democrats fund them. The Left has gotten good at that. We've got to address it by 2016."
Libertarianism is a hot topic these days, at least in some media circles. A recent New York Times magazine cover story asked, "Has the 'Libertarian Moment' Finally Arrived?" with the answer being yes, sort of. Some libertarians seem ready to embrace the presidential candidacy of Sen. Rand Paul and, if the Times is to believed, many throw glamorous libertarian-themed parties in Washington.
But out in the states, Libertarian and other third-party candidates could be a troublesome wild card for Republicans trying to win the Senate.
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We've been at the beach house for exactly one week and it's amazing how, already, I can breathe easier and think clearer. It's just so peaceful here.
This week I read The Paris Wife, a a beautifully devastating love story about Hemingway and his first wife Hadley. I was so captivated by it for a few days that I forgot about real life. Although there were moments I wanted to punch Hemingway in the nose, I could sympathize with every character which made it all the more tragic. Even though it gave me heavy boots, I adored it with every ounce of my being.
Now I'm reading Julia Child's My Life in Paris. Same time and place, 1920s Paris, but no heavy boots here -- it makes me feel light and melty and giddy about being in France. It makes me want to marvel over every bite of every meal and walk along the Seine and fall in love. Paul and Julia have got to be one of the sweetest couples of all time. Their joie de vivre is something to be admired.