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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 154
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 154
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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OLLI Outlook
The Monthly Newsletter of OLLI @Berkeley
2012-13 Annual Fund
Fourth Age Salons
Faculty Profile: Richard Saiz
Volunteer Profile: Ann Peden and Lucille Poskanzer
Cuba Travel Program: Register by December 19
Welcome to the Incoming Program Coordinator
OLLI Faculty News and Events
Member Benefits and Partner News
Donate to OLLI
OLLI @Berkeley Website
OLLI @Berkeley Staff
Aileen Kim (Outgoing)
Nicole Magnuson (Incoming)
Classroom and Events Coordinator
Gerard Alcantara
Sandra von Doetinchem
Student Staff
Nika Allahverdi, Vickie Tran My Duong, Stephen Frianeza, Alex Lee, Sabrina Liu, BriAnne Lynn, Alexis Nya, Tina Savong, Julie Xiao, Wei Zhuo
OLLI @Berkeley
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http://olli.berkeley.edu
Register for Winter 2013
Registration and Brochures
Winter 2013 registration is in full swing, with three classes already filled and others close to capacity. If you're thinking of registering for the winter, we encourage you to register early to ensure your place. Complete course descriptions are posted on our website, and many courses also have syllabi available on their course pages.
The brochure is currently available in PDF version on our website. Download the brochure. For those on the mailing list, brochures will be arriving in the mail in the coming days. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, call 510.642.9934 or email berkeley_olli@berkeley.edu.
We are recruiting volunteers for brochure distribution. If you are a member of a group, club, church, synagogue, etc., or frequent doctors' offices, libraries, or other locales where OLLI brochures could be put on display, please contact Satya (satyalevine@berkeley.edu) to arrange to pick up brochures from the office. Thank you!
OFFICE CLOSURE ~ Dec 24-Jan 1
The OLLI office will be closed from December 24,
2012-January 1, 2013. It will still be possible to register online for the Winter 2013 term during that period.
WINTER 2013 OPEN HOUSE ~ Jan 8
Tuesday, January 8, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison St, Berkeley
Free | Reserve a place
LAFAYETTE INFO SESSION ~ Jan 17
Thursday, January 17, 1:30-3:00 pm
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mount Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thanks to all those who have already donated to the OLLI 2012-13 Annual Fund--we have raised nearly $20,000 toward our goal of $70,000! If you have not yet donated, consider making your gift before the end of the year to qualify for a 2012 tax deduction.
Donations can be made online via secure server or by check (payable to "UC Regents"), mailed to 1925 Walnut St #1570, Berkeley 94720-1570.
Thank you to our 2012-13 donors!
Are you an OLLI member 80 years of age or older? The Fourth Age Salon is an opportunity for OLLI to better understand your learning needs and interests. All participants must be Annual members. If you haven't registered yet for the year, call 510.642.9934.
Monday, January 14, 3:00-4:30 pm
Room 41B University Hall (2199 Addison St)
RSVP to Sandra von Doetinchem at 510.642.9407.
By Craig Hammack
Richard Saiz does not profess to being a film scholar, but he does have great enthusiasm for Latin American films. In his class "New Trends in Latin American Cinema," he will share his views and an array of films from Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Running Tuesdays, February 5 through March 12 from 1:00-3:30 pm at Freight and Salvage, the 2-1/2 hour sessions will allow viewing of complete films and leave time for discussion and analysis.
Saiz's life's work is writing, directing, and producing documentary films at KQED and other organizations. Most recently, he oversaw Open Call, a program of Independent Television Services which funded documentary film projects. He has won many awards for his films, including the DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton and Best Television Documentary from the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Saiz watched films of all sorts as a youth. As a second generation Mexican-American, he had great interest in films with a Latin American point of view. In his 35-year career in film, he has traveled to many countries to work with writers and directors who share their unique visions through their work.
"I was very involved in the Chicano Student movement and was editor for a student newspaper. I became very interested in the point of view of Latin Americans," Saiz recalled in a recent interview. "I think one of the first documentaries that came out from the political turmoil in Latin America was a three-part film by Patricio Guzman titled 'The Battle of Chile', a three-part documentary on the political turmoil that came about when the Allende government was overthrown by the Pinochet coup," he added.
For his initial teaching stint with OLLI, Saiz has chosen films that present a distinctive Latin American perspective.
"In six weeks, it is not possible to give a full overview of Latin American Cinema, so the real task is to pick five contemporary films, made within the past seven years, that I can show in their entirety and still have time to discuss and analyze them," Saiz explains. "I want students to be able to analyze these films when they've been presented a true picture of the Latin American perspective."
Saiz will begin the course with an overview of Latin American films from the 1960s and 1970s that came to be known as "Third Cinema." These films reflected great changes in the social and political systems of Latin America, including the Cuban Revolution, and upheavals in Chile, Argentina, and Mexico.
The five complete films that Saiz will present focus on political and social changes specific to contemporary Latin America. Within this framework, viewers will note the use of such themes as violence (within family dynamics or the greater society), anti-imperialism, and the underclass and how it is treated. Films include "Muchuca" (Chile), "Milk of Sorrow" (Peru), "The Swamp" (Argentina), and "El Violin" (Mexico). The final film will be from Brazil.
ANN PEDEN
I was born in Lodi, California, and moved to Menlo Park at age 15. I've been an OLLI @Berkeley member for five years and before that was at OLLI at SF State when Susan Hoffman was the director there. I am currently the co-chair of the Curriculum Committee. My favorite courses are anything taught by David Presti. Besides taking advantage of the exceptional courses we are so privileged to have in our backyard, I spend my time singing in a rock and roll choir--Vox Populi, educating people as a Master Gardener, and creating mixed media art.
LUCILLE POSKANZER
Where were you born? I was born in New York City, educated in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Berkeley. We came to Berkeley in 1966.
How long have you been a member of OLLI @Berkeley? I was a member of the first iteration of OLLI in 2003, and helped to establish the "new and improved" OLLI in 2007.
What are your hobbies? Exploring restaurants, reading, film going, theater, travel, museums, cooking, and the care and feeding of my husband.
What was the last OLLI course you took, or your favorite one? I tend to take courses in politics and history, but have always loved Michael Fox's documentary film classes. Linda Rugg's "Murder on Ice" course was a revelation.
What roles have you had as an OLLI volunteer? I am currently co-chair of the Curriculum Committee and am also on the Membership Committee. I have always helped out at the OLLI Open House, and wherever else I am needed.
What do you like most about being an OLLI volunteer? There's a tremendous satisfaction in being part of a great organization--working with terrific, intelligent, and knowledgeable people, keeping my brain active and challenged--and it is lots of fun.
There's still time to register for the Cuba Travel Program, "The Cuban Art Revolution: Meeting the Artists and People of Cuba," a 9-day/8-night program offered in collaboration with Road Scholar.
Trip #1: Tuesday, March 12, to Wednesday, March 20, 2013
with UC Berkeley Professor Alex Saragoza
with OLLI instructor Richard Saiz and OLLI Director Susan Hoffman
For more information, see http://olli.berkeley.edu/travel/cuba-2013.html. To reserve a place, contact Frania Monarski at frania.monarski@roadscholar.org or toll free at 1.877.209.4634.
The Cuban Art Revolution: Meeting the Artists and People of Cuba (Alex Saragoza)
In light of Aileen Kim's upcoming retirement, OLLI @Berkeley is pleased to welcome Nicole Magnuson as the new Program Coordinator. Nicole is already in the office, working alongside Aileen in preparation for the transition.
Nicole Magnuson has lived in Europe, Mexico, Canada, and on both US coasts, but always comes back to Berkeley. With two Cal degrees, she has managed environmental, arts, and educational nonprofit organizations, including campus appointments at UC Extension and the National Writing Project. She enjoys travel, food and cooking, and languages.
Please join us in extending a warm welcome!
Theatre Bay Area profiled Philippa Kelly, OLLI Instructor and Cal Shakes Resident Dramaturg, in the article A Dramaturg's Secret Life: Philippa Kelly of Cal Shakes.
by Lucille Poskanzer
Razan's Organic Kitchen
2119 Kittredge St, between Oxford St and Shattuck Ave
www.razansorganickitchen.com
This hole-in-the-wall, open all day, every day, is close enough to the OLLI classrooms to warrant a visit. In the small and crowded space there are a few outside and inside tables, but the food makes the inconvenience worth it. Featured are burritos, International wraps, and Mediterranean combo plates, as well as soups and salads, organic juices, and smoothies. Their motto states "Our food does not take drugs." Prices are moderate and portions generous. Recommended choices are the chicken burrito, the Jerusalem wrap and the Egyptian wrap. Plans are in progress to expand into the neighboring space that once housed Great China, which will bring welcome relief to the lunchtime crowds.
OLLI @Berkeley remembers those who have left us in the past year: Nancy Blair and Jeff Lustig. May their families be comforted.
Berkeley City Commons Friday Lunch Talks
City Commons Club of Berkeley meets every Friday from 11:45 am to 1:30 pm at the Berkeley City Club (2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley) to promote the lively discussion of topics of interest to Bay Area residents. Come for lunch or just for the talk. For upcoming programs, visit: http://www.citycommonsclub.org/UpcomingPrograms.html
Berkeley Symphony offers $5 discount to OLLI members
OLLI members for the 2012-2013 year can receive a $5 discount on single advance purchase tickets at the Berkeley Symphony for advance tickets. Use the discount code olli2013. More info.
Berkeley Arts and Letters: 50% Discount
Berkeley Arts and Letters offers a 50% student discount to OLLI members on advance tickets purchased through their website. Visit http://berkeleyarts.org for more information.
Jazz Cafe: 10% Discount
Ongoing through the Spring term, show your OLLI student card and get 10% off on food and non-alcoholic beverages. The Jazz Cafe is located at 2087 Addison Street, just across the street from Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse.
Open House: January 8
Term: January 28-March 11
Holiday: February 18
Open House: March 12
Term: April 1-May 10
Courses: June 4-27
Term dates through the 2012-13 academic year are available at: http://olli.berkeley.edu/calendar/academicCalendar.html.
Share the sweetness of lifelong learning with a friend or loved one. Take a course together, or explore different interests and discuss what you've learned over lunch after class. Gift certificates are available for OLLI memberships, courses, and workshops. Download an order form or contact the OLLI office (510.642.9934) to purchase a gift certificate.
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50-year-old Brian Jones letters to fan, 14 consigned for auction
Letters sent by Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones to 14-year-old fan set to fetch £3,400 at auction after she unearthed them more than 50 years later while moving
Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones wrote to a 14-year-old fan in 1965 과 1966
Christine Dalton wrote to the rock star after he appeared on Ready Steady Go
She initially wanted to discover Jones’ address so she would be able to visit him
She said the letters were ‘so innocent’ and it was ‘lovely’ that he had written back
Letters written by Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones to a teenage fan are expected to fetch £3,400 at auction.
They were sent to Christine Dalton, 그때 14, who developed a crush after seeing the Stones on TV show Ready Steady Go.
She wrote via the band’s fan club to ask his address in Chelsea and his telephone number. The schoolgirl even made day trips to west 런던 from her home in Arlesey, Bedfordshire, to try to find him.
Letters written by Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones to a teenage fan are expected to fetch £3,400 at auction
They were sent to Christine Dalton, 그때 14, who developed a crush after seeing the Stones on TV show Ready Steady Go
Four times between December 1965 4 월 1966, Jones replied – in handwritten letters signed with two kisses.
처음에는, he said he couldn’t give his phone number or address. In the second, 그는 덧붙였다: ‘I’m sorry you didn’t find my house.’ He said he was moving soon and enclosed a signed photo. The following month he replied that he was moving again, 첨가: ‘I’ll give you a clue. It’s near the old flat.’
Brexiteer Andrew Bridgen becomes fifth Tory MP to call for… 헨리 디데스: Fabulously wealthy Remoaner lawyer Gina Miller…
크리스틴, 지금 70 and married to Keith Jenkins for 50 연령, found the items during a move. She said yesterday: ‘The letters are so innocent and it was nice he took the time to write back.’
Her teenage crush faded – but she went to the Stones’ 1969 concert in Hyde Park, when the band paid tribute to Jones, who two days earlier had died aged 27 in the swimming pool of his East Sussex home.
The letters and photograph are being sold on Tuesday by Special Auction Services in Newbury, 버크셔.
BRIAN, consignedauction, 존스, letters, 살
4,500-year-old network of funerary avenues discovered in Saudi Arabia
Vast 4,500-year-old highway network of 'funerary avenues' stretching for thousands of miles and lined with Bronze Age tombs is uncovered in Saudi ArabiaExperts at University of Western Australia report ancient tombs ...
Teacher unearths 2000-year-old Roman gold ring in his front garden
Maths teacher unearths 2000-year-old Roman gold ring in his front garden after his wife gave him a metal detector for ChristmasMike Burke, 54, from St Just, 콘월, found what may be a Roman intaglio ring The metal...
2,000 year-old Peruvian skull may be oldest evidence of SURGERY
Metal plate implanted into head of Peruvian warrior 2,000 years ago is thought to be the world's first skull surgery and the patient - who had elongated his skull - SURVIVEDThe 2,000 year old skull of a Peruvian warr...
Police release 18-year-old woman’s photo in urgent bid to find her
Missing clubber's final selfie: Police release 18-year-old woman's photo in urgent bid to find her after she was last seen leaving club at 2am this morningMarnie Clayton, 18, of Bracknell, was last seen in the early ...
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Studies show that adult bone tissue marrow derived stem cells (MSCs)
Studies show that adult bone tissue marrow derived stem cells (MSCs) may participate in fix of myocardial damage in adult hearts, aswell such as cardiac development during fetal development in utero. They were also capable of differentiating into cardiomyocyte phenotype after myocardial injury. In contrast to that reported in the developing fetus, MSCs did not appear to contribute to the growth of non-injured hearts after birth. However, they can be recruited from your bone marrow and regenerate damaged myocardium both in the adult and in the immature hearts. Intro There is considerable evidence indicating that bone marrow stromal cells (MSCs) consist of multipotent stem cells that can be induced to differentiate into cells of various phenotypes including cardiomyocytes, both [1] and [2]. Following acute myocardial infarction, experimental and early medical studies reveal that these cells can survive and engraft into the peri-infracted myocardium where they can differentiate to participate in the restoration process [3]. These studies had been carried out so far specifically in mature animals and adult humans with no data on pediatric age group. On the other hand, Liechty KW [22] showed the amazing specificity with which MSC can home to infarcted areas. SDF-1 and its order Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate receptor CXCR4 are required for stem cells to home to the bone marrow. Their part in coronary artery disease is definitely less clear. Earlier studies have shown the manifestation of SDF-1 in atherosclerotic plaques, its upregulation in the heart early after MI as well as the order Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate increase in neovascularization following its exogenous manifestation [18]. Askari [4,10,16] and [32], Murry, C. E.preprogramming of marrow stromal cells for myocardial regeneration. Ann Thorac Surg conversation 9-60. 2002;74:1154C1159. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 2. Bittira B, Shum-Tim D, Al-Khaldi A, Chiu RC. Mobilization and homing of bone marrow stromal cells in myocardial infarction. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003;24:393C8. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 3. Rudolph AM. Myocardial growth before and after birth: medical implications. Acta Paediatr. 2000;89:129C33. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 4. Liechty KW, MacKenzie TC, Shaaban AF, et al. Human being mesenchymal stem cells engraft and demonstrate site-specific differentiation after in utero transplantation in sheep. Nat Med. 2000;6:1282C6. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 5. Caplan AI. Mesenchymal stem cells. J Orthop Res. 1991;9:641C50. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 6. Jaalouk DE, Eliopoulos N, Couture C, Mader S, Galipeau J. Glucocorticoid-inducible retrovector for controlled transgene manifestation in genetically designed bone marrow stromal cells. Hum Gene Ther. 2000;11:1837C49. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 7. Mikawa T. Cardiac lineages. In: Harvey RPaR N, editor. Center Advancement. 1999 ed. NORTH PARK: Academics Press; 1999. [Google Scholar] 8. Forrester JS, Cost MJ, Makkar RR. Stem cell fix of infarcted myocardium: a synopsis for clinicians. Flow. 2003;108:1139C1145. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 9. Wollert KC, Meyer GP, Lotz J, et al. Intracoronary autologous bone-marrow cell transfer after myocardial infarction: the Increase randomised controlled scientific trial. Lancet. 2004;364:141C8. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 10. CTNNB1 Beltrami AP, Barlucchi L, Torella D, et al. Adult cardiac stem cells are multipotent and support myocardial regeneration. Cell. 2003;114:763C76. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 11. Tomita S, Li RK, Weisel RD. Autologous transplantation of bone tissue marrow cells increases damaged center function. Flow. 1999;100(19 ):II247C56. [PubMed] order Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate [Google Scholar] 12. Kocher AA, Schuster MD, Szabolcs MJ, et al. Neovascularization of ischemic myocardium by individual bone-marrow-derived angioblasts prevents cardiomyocyte apoptosis, decreases remodeling and increases cardiac function. Nat Med. 2001;7:430C6. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 13. Saito T, Kuang JQ, Lin CC, Chiu RC. Transcoronary implantation of bone tissue marrow stromal cells ameliorates cardiac function after myocardial infarction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003;126:114C23. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 14. Nishida M, Li TS, Hirata K, Yano M, Matsuzaki M, Hamano K. Improvement of cardiac function by bone tissue marrow cell implantation within a rat hypoperfusion center model. Ann Thorac Surg debate 73-4. 2003;75(3):768C73. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 15. Davani S, Marandin A, Mersin N, et al. Mesenchymal progenitor cells differentiate into an endothelial phenotype, enhance vascular thickness, and improve center function within a.
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CTNNB1order Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate
Recent studies claim that reactive oxygen species (ROS) are useful messenger
Recent studies claim that reactive oxygen species (ROS) are useful messenger molecules in central sensitization, an fundamental mechanism of consistent pain. = 5). No A- and C-fiber-evoked response was discovered with stimulus intensities 25 and 700 A (0.5 ms), respectively. The conduction velocities of A-, A-, and C-fibers had been 15.7 3.8, 8.6 2, and 1.1 0.2 m/s, respectively. Predicated on these outcomes, the stimulus intensities of 30C50 A (0.5 ms) and 1C1.2 mA (0.5 ms) had been selected to evoke A- and C-fiber-mediated fEPSPs, respectively, in spinal-cord cut preparation. These stimulus variables act like those found in various other studies of spinal-cord LTP (Ikeda et al. 1998; Sandkuhler et al. CTNNB1 1997; Schneider and Perl 1988). Desk 1. Compound actions potential and = 5). A good example of CNQX influence on A-fibers-evoked fEPSPs is normally proven in Fig. 1= 6). The intensities of check stimuli to elicit A- and C-fiber-evoked fEPSPs had been 30C50 A (0.5-ms duration) and 1C1.2 mA (0.5-ms duration), respectively. Baseline fEPSPs in response towards the check stimuli were documented for 20 min. The conditioning high-frequency stimuli (HFS), which contains 5 1-s trains of 100-Hz pulses (1.2 mA, 0.5 ms) provided at 10-s intervals, had been delivered at 20 min (). After HFS, documenting was paused for 10 min for stabilization of planning. Responses to check stimuli were after that recorded for yet another 40 min. The slopes of fEPSPs had been significantly elevated after HFS, indicating the induction of LTP. and (= 6). Types of A- and C-fiber-evoked fEPSP recordings at baseline (a) and after LTP induction (b) are proven in Fig. 2, and = 6) and C-fiber-evoked fEPSPs demonstrated a rise to 144 8% (= 6) after HFS weighed against pre-HFS control amounts (Fig. 2(= 5), program of 50 M of d-AP5 by itself did not have an effect on the baseline slopes of A-fiber-evoked fEPSPs. When fitness HFS was shipped over d-AP5 Lonaprisan IC50 superfusion (30 min), the magnitudes from the Lonaprisan IC50 fEPSPs at 20 min after HFS weren’t significantly transformed (98 7%) in the pre-HFS control beliefs (100 2%). When the same fitness HFS was shipped after d-AP5 was beaten up (indicated by the next in Fig. 3 0.05, = 5), showing the introduction of LTP in the lack of the NMDA receptor antagonist (Fig. 3 0.05, = 6, Fig. 3= 5). The initial stimulation was shipped through the superfusion with 50 M Lonaprisan IC50 of d-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acidity (d-AP5, indicated with the horizontal club). The next HFS was shipped 30 min after cleaning out the d-AP5 (2nd at 80 min). HFS didn’t stimulate LTP of A-fiber-evoked fEPSPs in the current presence of d-AP5, recommending that NMDA receptor activation is vital for LTP induction by HFS. = 6) by HFS (). The outcomes present that d-AP5 acquired no influence on the maintenance of LTP of A-fiber-evoked fEPSPs. The info claim that NMDA receptor activation is essential for the induction however, not the maintenance of LTP of A-fiber-evoked fEPSPs. ROS scavengers stop the induction of spinal-cord LTP First, we examined whether ROS get excited about the era of A-fiber-evoked fEPSPs. After 20 min of control baseline A-fiber-evoked fEPSP recordings, the documenting chamber was superfused with 1 mM PBN for 30 min, and A-fiber-evoked fEPSPs had been recorded through the whole PBN superfusion period. The magnitude of fEPSP slopes during PBN treatment had not been significantly not the same as that of the pretreatment baseline beliefs ( 0.05, = 6, Fig. 4 0.05, = 6) weighed against the pre-HFS values Lonaprisan IC50 (Fig. 4 0.001, = 6). Open up in another screen Fig. 4. The result of the ROS scavenger [1 mM of = 6, = 3, 0.05, = 3). Hence TEMPOL alone does not have any influence on fEPSPs under regular circumstances. When HFS was shipped during TEMPOL (5 mM) treatment, the fEPSPs weren’t increased weighed against the baseline ( 0.05, = 3). Alternatively, when the next HFS was shipped after TEMPOL was beaten up (HFS without TEMPOL), the slope magnitudes of fEPSPs had been more than doubled ( 0.05, = 3). These data suggest that ROS play a crucial function for induction of spinal-cord LTP. ROS are participating over the maintenance stage of spinal-cord LTP To check the function of ROS in the maintenance of spinal-cord LTP, the consequences of the ROS scavenger, PBN, on A-fiber-evoked fEPSPs had been analyzed after LTP induction by HFS. After confirming the induction of LTP pursuing HFS, the documenting chamber was superfused with 1 mM of PBN for 30 min and flushed with ACSF. The info extracted from six slice arrangements are proven in Fig. 5 = 6), hence.
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The Best Thief in the World
Bottom 40% of all time (see others with this rank)
Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Silverman, David Wurshofsky, Audra McDonald, Lois Smith, Margo Martisdale
Jacob Kornbluth, Tim Perell, Nicola Unhorse, Howard Gnrtler, Scott Koenig, Ben Kutchins, Anthony Gusparro, Prince Paul, Donald Newkirk
Jacob Kornbluth returns to Sundance with a poignant tale of a family in crisis. Dad has suffered a stroke, and Moms job as an English teacher barely pays the rent, especially with the added burden of three children. Her will to survive is palpable as she struggles with an unforgiving medical system and copes with a child teetering on adolescence. Izzy, the eldest, is definitely acting out. He tests every limit by stealing and breaking into apartments, although sometimes just to rearrange the furniture. Its as if retreating into other peoples lines will help him make sense of his own.
Assured and insightful, Kornbluth allows the quirkiness of his film to override the obvious tragedies. The humor bubbles up through the asphalt, enriching this portrait of home life carved from the urban landscape. Mary- Louise Parker leads an excellent cast with her intriguing blend of dry wit and tender endurance. It is rare when the characters of children have this much integrity in a film. But this is exactly Kornbluths point. In Izzy, he reveals the inner workings of boy, facing adulthood without totally losing his innocence. The Best Thief in the World opens a window into an authentic and original view of an American institutionthe modern family.
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Igor N. KONSHIN, Senior Research Scientist
Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences
8 Gubkina street, Rm. 628, Moscow, Russia, 119333
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Other affiliations:
Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS
Nuclear Safety Institute, RAS
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
Sechenov University
INMOST (Integrated Numerical Modelling and Object-oriented Supercomputing Technologies) is a tool for supercomputer simulations characterized by a maximum generality of supported computational meshes, distributed data structure flexibility and cost-effectiveness, as well as crossplatform portability.
www.inmost.org
GeRa (Geomigration of Radionuclides) - is a high-tech program complex of three-dimensional hydrogeological modeling, developed by the Nuclear Safety Institute (IBRAE) RAS and Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics (INM) RAS, commissioned by SC Rosatom, to efficiently solve geofiltration and geomigration problems in groundwater.
proryv2020.ru/kod-gera
Computational haemodynamics - 3D modelling of blood flow is based on the system of Navier-Stokes equations and allows us to describe blood flow in details in the domain of interest.
dodo.inm.ras.ru/research/haemodynamics
Numerical linear algebra
Solution of linear systems
Numerical modelling
Numerical algorithms efficiency estimation
Ph.D. thesis reviews:
"Numerical solutions of Stokes type equations with variable viscosity and applications", P.P. Grinevich (Moscow State University, Moscow, 2011)
"Software package for numerical simulation of a joint ocean-atmosphere system on massively parallel computers", V.V. Kalmykov (INM RAS, Moscow, 2013)
Peers reviews in scientific journals:
Russian Journal of Numerical Analysis and Mathematical Modelling (JCR IF 2018: 0.779, SJR Q2)
Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics (JCR IF 2018: 0.774, SJR Q2)
Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations (JCR IF 2018: 0.93, SJR Q2)
Communications in Computer and Information Science (JCR IF 2018: 0.17, SJR Q3)
Numerical Methods and Programming (RISC IF 2017: 0.436, VAK list)
Yu. Vassilevski, I. Konshin, G. Kopytov, K. Terekhov, INMOST - a software platform and graphical environment for development of parallel numerical models on general meshes. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ. Publ., Moscow, 2013, 144 p. (in Russian) (cover, PDF) (cited 5) (cited: 6) (cited: 1)
Journal publications:
I. Konshin, Students' favorite parallel programming practices, In: Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 1331 (2020), 511-523
I. Konshin, K. Nikitin, K. Terekhov, Yu. Vassilevski, Parallel BIILU2-based iterative solution of linear systems in reservoir simulation: do optimal parameters exist? Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 1331 (2020), 74-85
I. N. Konshin, K. M. Terekhov, Yu. V. Vassilevski, Mathematical and numerical modelling via INMOST software platform. Mathematica Montisnigri, Vol. XLVII (2020), 75-86
D. Bagaev, F. Grigoriev, I. Kapyrin, I. Konshin, V. Kramarenko, A. Plenkin, Improving parallel efficiency of calculations in GeRa for complex hydrogeological problems, Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (2019), V. 1129, 265-277 (JCR IF 2018: 0.17, SJR Q3)
I. Konshin, Efficiency of basic linear algebra operations on parallel computers, Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (2019), V. 1129, 26-38 (JCR IF 2018: 0.17, SJR Q3)
I. Konshin, M. Olshanskii, Yu. Vassilevski, An algebraic solver for the Oseen problem with application to hemodynamics. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (2019), V. 47, 339-357. (JCR IF 2017: 0.17, SJR Q3)
I. Konshin, Efficiency estimation for the mathematical physics algorithms for distributed memory computers, Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (2019), V. 965, 63-75 (JCR IF 2017: 0.17, SJR Q3)
I. Kapyrin, I. Konshin, V. Kramarenko, F. Grigoriev, Modeling groundwater flow in unconfined conditions of variable density solutions in dual-porosity media using the GeRa code, Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (2019), V. 965, 266-278 (JCR IF 2017: 0.17, SJR Q3)
V. K. Kramarenko, Yu. A. Kuznetsov, I. N. Konshin, Parallel block-diagonal preconditioner with projectors for diffusion equation, Herald of Computer and Information Technologies, (2018), No. 11, 3-10 (in Russian). (URL) VAK
I. V. Kapyrin, I. N. Konshin, G. V. Kopytov, V. K. Kramarenko, Parallel computations in the hydrogeological computational code GeRa: organization and efficiency, Numer. Meth. Progr. (2018) V. 19, 356-367 (in Russian). (URL, PDF) VAK
A. Antonov, A. Frolov, I. Konshin, V. Voevodin, Hierarchical domain representation in the AlgoWiki encyclopedia: From problems to implementations, Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2018, V. 910, 3-15 (JCR IF 2017: 0.17, SJR Q3, URL, PDF)
I. Konshin, M. Olshanskii, Yu. Vassilevski, LU factorizations and ILU preconditioning for stabilized discretizations of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, Numer. Linear Algebra Appl. (2017), V. 24, N. 3, e2085. (JCR IF 2017: 1.281, SJR Q1, PDF) (cited: 1) (cited: 7)
I. Konshin, I. Kapyrin, Scalable computations of GeRa code on the base of software platform INMOST, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2017), V. 10421, 433-445 (JCR IF 2017: 0.29, SJR Q2, URL, PDF) (cited: 3)
D. V. Bagaev, I. N. Konshin, K. D. Nikitin, Dynamic optimization of linear solver parameters in mathematical modelling of unsteady processes, Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (2017), V. 793, 54-66 (JCR IF 2017: 0.17, SJR Q3, PDF) (cited: 1)
V. Kramarenko, I. Konshin, Y. Vassilevski, Ani3D-extension of parallel platform INMOST and hydrodynamic applications, Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (2017) V. 793, 219-228 (JCR IF 2017: 0.17, SJR Q3, PDF)
I. Konshin, Parallel computational models to estimate an actual speedup of analyzed algorithm. Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (2017), V. 687, 304-317 (JCR IF 2017: 0.17, SJR Q3, PDF) (cited: 1) (cited: 3) (cited: 2) (cited: 2) (cited: 1)
A. Antonov, A. Frolov, H. Kobayashi, I. Konshin, A. Teplov, Vad. Voevodin, Vl. Voevodin, Parallel processing model for Cholesky decomposition algorithm in AlgoWiki project, Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations (2016) V. 3, N. 3, 61-70 (JCR IF 2017: 0.3, SJR Q2, PDF) (cited: 3) (cited: 3) (cited: 3)
F. V. Grigoriev, I. V. Kapyrin, I. N. Konshin, Software platform INMOST in the GeRa code to operate with the distributed mesh data. Mathematica Montisnigri, (2016) Vol. XXXVI, 27-44 (in Russian). (PDF)
I. Konshin, I. Kapyrin, K. Nikitin, K. Terekhov, Application of the parallel INMOST platform to subsurface flow and transport modelling, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2016), V. 9574. 277-286 (JCR IF 2017: 0.29, SJR Q2, PDF) (cited: 1) (cited: 1) (cited: 1) (cited: 3) (cited: 1)
A. V. Frolov, Vad. V. Voevodin, I. N. Konshin, A. M. Teplov, The study of the structural properties of the Cholesky factorization algorithm: from the long-known facts to the new conclusions. Vestnik UGATU (2015), V. 19, N. 4 (70), 149-162 (in Russian). (PDF)
A. A. Danilov, K. M. Terekhov, I. N. Konshin, Y. V. Vassilevski, INMOST parallel platform: framework for numerical modeling, Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations (2015) V. 2, N. 4, 55-66 (JCR IF 2017: 0.3, SJR Q2, PDF) (cited: 4) (cited: 3) (cited: 4) (cited: 1)
I. N. Konshin, M. A. Olshanskii, Yu. V. Vassilevski, ILU preconditioners for nonsymmetric saddle-point matrices with application to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. SIAM J. Sci. Comp. (2015), V. 37, N. 5, A2171-A2197. (JCR IF 2017: 2.046, SJR Q1, PDF) (cited: 5) (cited: 11) (cited: 11) (cited: 12) (cited: 16) (cited: 12)
V. L. Yakushev, V. N. Simbirkin, A. V. Filimonov, P. A. Novikov, I. N. Konshin, G. B. Sushko, S. A. Kharchenko, Solution of ill conditioned symmetric SLAE for problems of building mechanics by parallel iterative methods, Vestnik Nizhegor. Univ. Lobachevskogo (2012), N. 4 (1), 238-246 (in Russian). (PDF) (cited: 5)
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Kon'shin, Post-filtering of IC2-factors for load balancing in parallel preconditioning, Comp. Math. Math. Phys. (2009), V. 49, N. 6, 901-918 (JCR IF 2017: 0.677, SJR Q3, PDF) (cited: 1) (cited: 1) (cited: 2) (cited: 1)
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, Load balancing of parallel block overlapped incomplete Cholesky preconditioning, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2009), V. 5698, 304-315 (JCR IF 2017: 0.29, SJR Q2, PDF) (cited: 1) (cited:1) (cited: 2) (cited: 2) (cited: 1)
V. A. Garanzha, I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, Truncated Newton type solver with application to grid untangling problem, Numer. Linear Algebra Appl. (2004), V. 11, N. 5-6, 525-533 (PDF) (cited: 3)
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, A parallel block overlap preconditioning with inexact submatrix inversion for linear elasticity problems, Numer. Linear Algebra Appl. (2002), V. 9, N. 2, 141-162 (PDF) (cited: 2) (cited: 10) (cited: 12) (cited: 13) (cited: 20) (cited: 11)
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Kon'shin, Parallel solution of symmetric positive definite systems based on decomposition into overlapping blocks, Comput. Math. Math. Phys. (2001), V. 41, N. 2, 481-493 (JCR IF 2017: 0.677, SJR Q3, PDF) (cited: 2) (cited: 4) (cited: 7) (cited: 23)
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, Parallel solution of large sparse SPD linear systems based on overlapping domain decomposition, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (1999), V. 1662, 436-446 (JCR IF 2017: 0.29, SJR Q2, PDF) (cited: 5) (cited: 5) (cited: 6) (cited: 8) (cited: 5)
Other publications (Proceedings, Preprints, Collected works):
D. Bagaev, F. Grigoriev, I. Kapyrin, V. Kramarenko, I. Konshin, Parallel efficiency of a hydrogeological simulation in GeRa, In: Proc. of Fourth German-Russian Workshop on Numerical Methods and Mathematical Modelling in Geophysical and Biomedical Sciences, October 7-9, 2019, Vladivostok.
I. Konshin, BIILU2 preconditioning for parallel solution of sparse linear systems. In: Proc. of The Third Int. Conf. on Multiscale Methods and Large-Scale Scientific Computing, October 7-11, 2019, Vladivostok.
V. K. Kramarenko, K. M. Terekhov, Yu. V. Vassilevski, I. N. Konshin, Software platform INMOST for distributed mathematical modeling, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 23-24, 2019, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, 2019, pp. 210-211 (PDF)
I. N. Konshin, I. V. Kapyrin, V. K. Kramarenko, F. V. Grigoriev, D. V. Bagaev, Improvement of paralel computations efficiency for complex hydrogeological problems, In: Proc. of XVIII All-Russian Conference-School for Young Researchers "Modern Problems of Mathematical Modeling", September 16-21, 2019, Abrau-Durso, 2019 (in Russian) (PDF)
I. Konshin, BIILU2 preconditioning for parallel solution of linear systems, In: Proc. of The Russian-Chinese Workshop on Applied Linear Algebra (July 1, 2019), INM RAS, 2019, Moscow.
D.V. Bagaev, I.N. Konshin, Dynamic optimization of linear solver parameters in modeling non-stationary processes, In: Abstracts of Lomonosov Readings 2019, Section of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics (April 15-25, 2019), MaxPress, Moscow, 2019, pp. 19-20. (in Russian) (PDF)
F. V. Grigoriev, I. V. Kapyrin, I. N. Konshin, G. V. Kopytov, V. V. Suskin, Development of the GeRa integrated code to justify the safety of RW disposal facilities, Report collection of the V International Scientific Technical Conference: Innovative Projects and Technologies for Nuclear Energy (October 2-5, 2018, Moscow), 2018, 902-905 (in Russian) (PDF)
V. K. Kramarenko, Yu. A. Kuznetsov, I. N. Konshin, Parallel block-diagonal preconditioner with projectors for the diffusion problem, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 24-25, 2018, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, 2018, pp. 728-737 (in Russian) (PDF)
I. Kapyrin, I. Konshin, V. Kramarenko, F. Grigoriev, Modeling groundwater flow in unconfined conditions of variable density solutions in dual-porosity media using the GeRa code, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 24-25, 2018, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, 2018, 321-333 (PDF)
I. Konshin, Efficiency estimation for the mathematical physics algorithms for distributed memory computers, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 24-25, 2018, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, 2018, pp. 183-194 (PDF)
V. Kramarenko, I. Konshin, Y. Vassilevski, Ani3D-extension of parallel platform INMOST and hydrodynamic applications, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 25-26, 2017, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, Moscow, 2017, pp. 19-28 (PDF)
D. V. Bagaev, I. N. Konshin, K. D. Nikitin, Dynamic optimization of linear solver parameters in mathematical modelling of unsteady processes, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 25-26, 2017, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, Moscow, 2017, pp. 108-119 (PDF)
I. V. Kapyrin, I. N. Konshin, F. V. Grigoriev, Three-dimensional hydrogeological modeling in GeRa code, In: Proc. of VII scientific and practical conference on supercomputer technologies in the oil and gas industry. Mathematical methods, software and hardware (HPC-OilGas-2017), February 16-17, 2017, Moscow State University, Moscow, pp. 159-160 (in Russian) (URL)
D. V. Bagaev, I. N. Konshin, K. D. Nikitin, Solution of linear systems for multiphase flow problems in the framework of software platform INMOST, In: Proc. of VII scientific-practical conference on supercomputer technologies in the oil and gas industry. Mathematical methods, software and hardware (HPC-OilGas-2017), February 16-17, 2017, MSU, Moscow, pp. 154-158 (in Russian) (URL)
I. Konshin, M. Olshanskii, Y. Vassilevski, An algebraic solver for the Oseen problem with application to hemodynamics. Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing Preprint Series, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Preprint No. 50, May, 2016, 19 p. (PDF)
I. Konshin, M. Olshanskii, Y. Vassilevski, LU factorizations and ILU preconditioning for stabilized discretizations of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing Preprint Series, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Preprint No. 49, May, 2016, 22 p. (PDF)
Yu. V. Vasilevsky, M. A. Tolstykh, R. Yu. Fadeev, I. N. Konshin, I. V. Kapyrin, K. D. Nikitin, S. A. Goreinov, E. M. Volodin, E. V. Mortikov, Supercomputer technologies in problems of weather forecasting, climate modeling, oil exploration and nuclear safety at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, In: Proc. of V National Supercomputer Forum (NSCF’2016), 11.29-02.12.2016, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Ailamazyan Program Systems Institute of RAS, 2016, 3 p. (in Russian) (PDF)
A. I. Burachkovski, I. N. Konshin, Dynamic refining grids in the framework of software platform INMOST, In: Proc. of Int. Conf. Numerical Geometry, Grid Generation and Scientific Computing (NUMGRID2016), October 31 - November 2, 2016, Dorodnicyn Computing Center, FRC IC RAS, Moscow, 5 p. (in Russian) (PDF)
I. Konshin, Yu. Vassilevski, M. Olshanskii, Iterative solution of Oseen linear systems and applications to coronary blood flows, In: Proc. VIII Conf. Mathematical Models and Numerical Methods in Biology and Medicine, October 31 - November 3, 2016, INM RAS, Moscow. (slides)
I. N. Konshin, Parallel computational models to estimate an actual speedup of analyzed algorithm. In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 26-27, 2016, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, Moscow, 2016, pp. 269-280 (in Russian) (PDF)
I. N. Konshin, V. K. Kramarenko, K. D. Nikitin, K. M. Terekhov, Modeling of multiphase flows based on parallel platform INMOST. In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 26-27, 2016, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, Moscow, 2016, pp. 288-293 (in Russian) (PDF)
D. V. Bagaev, A. I. Burachkovski, A. A. Danilov, I. N. Konshin, K. D. Terekhov, Development of INMOST software platform: dynamic grids, linear solvers and automatic differentiation, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 26-27, 2016, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, Moscow, 2016, pp. 543-555 (in Russian) (PDF) (cited: 1)
I. V. Kapyrin, F. V. Grigoriev, I. N. Konshin, Geomigration and geofiltration modelling in the numerical code GeRa, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 26-27, 2016, Moscow, Russia), Moscow State University, Moscow, 2016, pp. 133-139 (in Russian) (PDF) (cited: 3)
Yu. V. Vassilevski, I. V. Kapyrin, I. N. Konshin, Development of GeRa code based on parallel INMOST software platform using distributed meshes of general kind. In: Proc. of XIV Int. Seminar Mathematical Models & Modeling in Laser Plasma Processes & Advanced Science Technologies (LPpM3), July 4-9, 2016, Moscow, p. 93 (in Russian) (URL)
I. N. Konshin, K. D. Nikitin, Modeling of multiphase flow based on platform INMOST: linear systems solution, In: Proc. of VI scientific-practical conference on supercomputer technologies in the oil and gas industry. Mathematical methods, software and hardware (HPC-OilGas-2016), February 10-12, 2016, MSU, Moscow, pp. 83-87 (in Russian) (PDF)
Yu. V. Vassilevski, I. N. Konshin, V. K. Kramarenko, K. D. Nikitin, Modeling of multiphase flow based on platform INMOST: nonlinear discretization scheme, In: Proc. of VI scientific-practical conference on supercomputer technologies in the oil and gas industry. Mathematical methods, software and hardware (HPC-OilGas-2016), February 10-12, 2016, MSU, Moscow, pp. 80-83 (in Russian) (PDF)
A. V. Rastorguev, G. V. Kopytov, I. V. Kapyrin, I. N. Konshin, New approaches to hydrogeological modeling in the GeRa code, In: Proc. of the 10th anniversary scientific conf. Radiation Protection and Radiation Safety in Nuclear Technologies, MEPhI publ., Obninsk, 2015, pp. 59-60 (in Russian) (URL)
A. V. Frolov, Vad. V. Voevodin, I. N. Konshin, A. M. Teplov, Investigation of the structural properties of the Cholesky decomposition algorithm: from long-known facts to new findings, In: Proc. of Int. Sci. Conf. Parallel Computational Technologies (PaVT'2015), March 31 - April 2, 2015, Ekaterinburg, 2015, pp. 320-331 (in Russian) (PDF) (cited: 1)
A. Danilov, K. Terekhov, I. Konshin, Yu. Vassilevski, The structure of INMOST program platform and its usage for numerical modeling problems, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 28-29, 2015, Moscow), Moscow State Univ. Publ., Moscow, 2015, pp. 104-109 (PDF) (cited: 1) (cited: 1)
I. Konshin, I. Kaporin, K. Nikitin, Yu. Vassilevski, Parallel linear systems solution for multiphase flow problems in the INMOST framework, In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 28-29, 2015, Moscow), Moscow State Univ. Publ., Moscow, 2015, pp. 96-103 (PDF) (cited: 1) (cited: 5) (cited: 3)
I. Kapyrin, I. Konshin, G. Kopytov, K. Nikitin, Y. Vassilevski, Hydrogeological modeling in radioactive waste disposal safety assessment using the GeRa code. In: Proc. of the Int. Conf. Russian Supercomputing Days (September 28-29, 2015, Moscow), Moscow State University Publ., Moscow, 2015, pp. 122-132 (in Russian) (PDF) (cited: 1) (cited: 2)
Yu. V. Vassilevski, I. V. Kapyrin, I. N. Konshin, INMOST software platform based development of parallel numerical models on general meshes. In: Proc. of XIII Int. Seminar "Mathematical Models & Modeling in Laser Plasma Processes & Advanced Science Technologies" (LPpM3) (May 30 - June 6, 2015, Petrovac, Montenegro), AP Print, Podgorica, Montenegro, 2015, p. 69. (URL)
Yu. V. Vassilevski, I. N. Konshin, K. D. Nikitin, K. M. Terekhov, Development of parallel numerical models of multiphase flow based on software platform INMOST. In: Proc. of V Scientific-Practical Conference on Supercomputer Technologies in the Oil and Gas Industry. Mathematical Methods, Software and Hardware (HPC-OilGas-2015). February 12-13, 2015, MSU, Moscow, pp. 71-75 (in Russian) (PDF)
I. N. Konshin, M. A. Olshanskii, Yu. V. Vassilevski, ILU preconditioners for non-symmetric saddle point matrices with application to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing Preprint Series, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Preprint No. 34, March, 2015, 25 p. (PDF)
I. V. Kapyrin, Yu. V. Vassilevski, A. V. Rastorguev, S. S. Utkin, I. N. Konshin, G. V. Kopytov, E. A. Savelieva, V. A. Ivanov, Integral GeRa code for solving problems of migration of radionuclides in the underground hydrosphere, In: Proc. of Conf. on Development, Verification and Certification of Software for Simulation of Undeground Flow and Geomigration at the Facilities of Rosatom Corporation, Moscow, 2014 (in Russian)
Yu. G. Bartenev, V. A. Erzunov, A. P. Karpov, D. A. Petrov, I. A. Pishchulin, E. B. Shanikova, I. E. Kaporin, O. Yu. Milyukova, S. A. Kharchenko, I. N. Konshin, I. B. Meerov, A. V. Sysoev, Complex of parallel solver libraries LParSol, version 3, In: Proc. of the XIV Int. Conf. High-Performance Parallel Computing on Cluster Systems (HPC 2014), PNRPU publ. house, Perm, 2014, pp. 49-53 (in Russian) (PDF)
I. N. Konshin, G. B. Sushko, S. A. Kharchenko, Three-level MPI+TBB+CUDA parallel implementation of the block iterative algorithm for solution of SLAE for small-block unstructured sparse matrices, In: Proc. of the Int. Supercomputing Conf. "Scientific Service on the Internet: a Search for the New Solutions" (September 17-22, 2012, Novorossiysk), Publ. House of Moscow State Univ., Moscow, 2012, pp. 522-528 (in Russian) (PDF) (cited: 1)
I. N. Konshin, S. A. Kharchenko, A through parallel algorithm for constructing a second-order incomplete triangular factorization with dynamic selection of decomposition and ordering, In: Proc. of the Int. Supercomputing Conf. "Scientific Service on the Internet: a Search for New Solutions" (September 17-22, 2012, Novorossiysk), Publ. House of Moscow State Univ., Moscow, 2012, pp. 491-494 (in Russian) (PDF) (cited: 1)
V. L. Yakushev, V. N. Simbirkin, A. V. Filimonov, P. A. Novikov, I. N. Konshin, G. B. Sushko, S. A. Kharchenko, Solution of ill conditioned symmetric SLAE for problems of building mechanics by parallel iterative methods, In: Proc. of the Int. Supercomputing Conf. Scientific Service on the Internet: an Exaflop Future (September 19-24, 2011, Novorossiysk), Publ. House of Moscow State Univ., Moscow, 2011, pp. 333-342 (in Russian) (PDF) (cited: 3)
S. Kharchenko, I. Konshin, Hierarchical block partitioning for parallel solution of linear systems with SPD matrices, In: Proc. of III Int. Conf. on Matrix Methods in Mathematics and Applications, MMMA-2011, June 22-25, 2011, INM RAS, Moscow, pp. 82-83 (slides)
I. N. Konshin, Overlap construction for symmetric linear systems parallel solution, In: Proc. of Int. Conf. on Applied Mathematics and Computer Science dedicated to Academician A.A. Dorodnicyn’s 100-th Birthday Anniversary, Computing Centre of RAS, Moscow, December 7-11, 2010, pp. 117-118 (in Russian) (PDF)
N. N. Galimyanova, A. L. Ignatyev, I. N. Konshin, M. A. Posypkin, I. Kh. Sigal, Parallel algorithms for discrete optimization problems, In: Proc. of Int. Conf. on Applied Mathematics and Computer Science dedicated to Academician A.A. Dorodnicyn’s 100-th Birthday Anniversary, Computing Centre of RAS, Moscow, December 7-11, 2010, pp. 223-225 (PDF)
I. N. Konshin, Parallel solution methods for linear equations systems with SPD matrices on the base of additive overlaping decomposition. PhD Thesis, Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of Russ. Acad. Sci., Moscow, 2009, 138 p. (in Russian) (URL, autoref)
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, Post-filtering of IC factors for load balancing in parallel preconditioned CG solvers, In: Numerical Geometry, Grid Generation, and High Performance Computing (Eds. V. A. Garanzha, Yu. G. Evtushenko, B. K. Soni, N. P. Weatherill), Proc. of Int. Conf. NUMGRID/VORONOI-2008, Moscow, 10-13 June, 2008, Moscow, Folium, pp. 158-164
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, Recursive scaling, permutation and 2x2-block splitting in ILU preconditionings, In: Proc. of 2-nd International Conference on Matrix Methods and Operator Equations (July 23-27, 2007, Moscow), pp. 32-34 (PDF)
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, Parallel conjugate gradient preconditioning via incomplete Cholesky of overlapping submatrices. In: Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 2003: Advanced Numerical Methods, Software and Applications (Eds. B. Chetverushkin, A. Ecer, N. Satofuka, J. Periaux, P. Fox), Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, 2004, pp. 81-88 (cited: 1)
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, Parallel solution of linear systems with the use of approximate factorization of overlapping blocks, In: Mathematical Modeling: Problems and Results, Nauka, Moscow, 2003, pp. 315-326 (in Russian) ISBN 5-02-006202-2 (URL)
V. A. Garanzha, I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, Parallel nonlinear solver for large-scale geometrical optimization problems, In: Proc. of Conference on Preconditioning methods for optimal control and constrained optimization problems, PMOCCO'2002, October 23-25, 2002 (Eds. O. Axelsson, B. Polman, S. Gololobov), Univ. of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2002, pp. 28-29 (URL)
I. E. Kaporin, I. N. Konshin, Benchmark problems in linear elasticity: parallel solution, Tech. Report No. 0028, Department of Mathematics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, December 2000, 22 p.
O. Axelsson, I. Kaporin, I. Konshin, A. Kucherov, M. Neytcheva, B. Polman, A. Yeremin, Comparison of algebraic solution methods on a set of benchmark problems in linear elasticity, Final Report of the STW project NNS, Vol. 4683, Univ. Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2000, 89 p. (cited: 7) (cited 3)
I. Kaporin, I. Konshin, Accuracy and efficiency of parallel implementation of matrix multiplication, In: Proc. of 6th International IMACS Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 25-28, 2000, p. 11. (URL)
I. Konshin, A. Nikishin, A. Yeremin, M. Zatsepin, Numerical experiments with parallel sparse unsymmetric unstructured iterative solvers on network of highend workstations, In: Proc. of 8-th SIAM Conference on Parallel processing for Scientific Computing, March 14-17, 1997, Minneapolis, US, 1997. (URL)
V. A. Garanzha, I. V. Ibragimov, I. N. Konshin, V. N. Konshin, A. Yu. Yeremin, High order Pade-type approximation methods for incompressible 3D CFD problems on massively parallel computers, In: Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: Implementations and Results using Parallel Computers (Eds. A. Ecer, J. Periaux, N. Satofuka, S. Taylor), Elsevier Science B.V, 1996, pp. 199-205 (cited: 2)
I. V. Ibragimov, P. A. Kolesnikov, I. N. Konshin, N. E. Mikhailovsky, A. A. Nikishin, E. E. Tyrtyshnikov, A. Yu. Yeremin, Numerical experiments with industrial iterative solvers on massively parallel computers. I: Numerical experiments with the A_SPARSE solver on CRAY T3D, In: Proc. of the High Performance Computing Symposium'95, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 1995, pp. 283-289
V. A. Garanzha, P. A. Kolesnikov, I. N. Konshin, V. N. Konshin, A. A. Nikishin, E. E. Tyrtyshnikov, A. Yu. Yeremin, Iterative solvers for coupled 3D incompressible flow problems, on vector-parallel computers and MPPs, In: Solution Techniques for Large-Scale CFD Problems (Ed. W. G. Habashi). John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1995, pp. 83-88
V. A. Garanzha, I. N. Konshin, V. N. Konshin, A. Yu. Yeremin, Aggregated iterative techniques for solving 3-D CFD problems on parallel and massively parallel computers, In: Proc. of the Int. Workshop on Solution Techniques for Large-Scale CFD Problems, September 26-28, 1994, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 6 p.
V. A. Gushchin, I. N. Kononov, V. N. Konshin, I. N. Konshin, S. A. Aleksandrov, Numerical simulation and field measurements of air flow in clean rooms, In: Proc. of 3rd conf. Associations for the Control of Micropollution, June 7-10, 1993, ASINKOM-93, St. Petersburg, 1993, pp. 183-193 (in Russian)
I. N. Kononov, I. V. Konshin, I. N. Konshin, Numerical analysis of the air flow in a clean room, In: Proc. of 2nd Conference of the Association of Micro-Pollution Control Engineers, October 12-16, 1992, ASINCOM-92, Suzdal, 1992, 136-140 (in Russian)
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V. A. Gushchin, I. N. Kononov, V. N. Konshin, I. N. Konshin, A software package for assessing the aerodynamics of designed clean rooms, In: Proc. of 4th Scientific Tech. Conf. Achievements and Prospects of Technological Ecology of Microelectronics in Clean Rooms, June 25-26, 1992, MIET, Moscow, 1992, pp. 182-187 (in Russian)
I. N. Konshin, Optimization of multigrid methods of domain decomposition. In: Numerical Methods and Software (Ed. Yu. A. Kuznetsov), Dept. of Numer. Math. of USSR Acad. Sci., Moscow, 1990, 73-94 (in Russian) (cited: 1)
I. N. Konshin, S. A. Maliassov, On application of the domain decomposition method to a quantum mechanics problem, In: Adjoint Equations and Perturbation Algorithms (Eds. V. I. Agoshkov and V. P. Shutyaev), Dept. of Numer. Math. of USSR Acad. Sci., Moscow, 1988, pp. 92-98 (in Russian)
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On the evening of July 13, the China Cement Association issued a letter on "policy suggestions on setting up special funds for structural adjustment of cement industry", for the provincial and municipal cement (building materials) associations to put forward policy suggestions to the competent departments of provincial governments, so as to promote the introduction and implementation of provincial special funds documents as soon as possible. Here we selected eight key contents: 1) the basic task of de capacity at the present stage: the annual utilization rate of clinker production capacity in the whole industry should reach about 80%; more than 85% of cement clinker production enterprises in various provinces and regions should make profits. Both indicators were achieved at the same time.
2) The utilization rate of the industry's production capacity should not be less than 80%. Within five years, the whole industry needs to eliminate and reduce the cement clinker production capacity by more than 390 million tons, and about 130000 employees need to be transferred or resettled.
3) It is proposed that the closed clinker production line should refer to the design capacity scale, and the average compensation per ton of clinker should not be less than 50 yuan. During the "13th five year plan" period, at least 20 billion yuan of special funds should be raised. The compensation funds are mainly used for the related expenses such as job transfer, resettlement and compensation of employees who quit enterprises with excess capacity. 4) The scope, method and standard of special fund collection: the collection object is all cement clinker production enterprises; the clinker and complete cement production line are collected according to the charge increase of not less than 0.11 yuan and 0.07 yuan per kilowatt hour respectively, and transferred to the independent account of "special fund" by the power supply department in the month after collecting the special fund, deducting 8% of the management fee.
5) If you leave early, make up more, if you leave late, make up less. 17 years ago, it withdrew from 20% of the floating average subsidy level, and after 17 years, it will give 80% of the average subsidy level.
6) More compensation for short running time and less compensation for long running time. 120% of the average subsidy level will be given to those built after 2006, and 80% of the average subsidy level will be given to those built before 2006. 7) The carbon emission quota and emission right of enterprises with capacity withdrawal can be reserved for carbon market and emission right trading. 8) All provinces and cities can refer to the collection method and standard of this special fund, but not lower than this collection standard. comment
1. Rich: the letter responds to the content of Article 19 "financial support" in the document No. 34 issued by the State Office of the people's Republic of China on promoting the steady growth of the building materials industry, adjusting the structure and increasing the efficiency: explore the joint establishment of special funds for industrial structure adjustment by large-scale backbone cement enterprises and flat glass enterprises in accordance with the principle of who benefits and who pays, which is specially used to reward and supplement the production capacity that actively exits. 2. High target: the average capacity utilization rate of the industry will be increased to 80%, and the regional concentration is expected to increase significantly. Referring to the past average profit level of the industry when the utilization rate of cement production capacity was around 80%, we expect the roe of leading enterprises to rise to more than 16%. 3. Proper measures: compulsory levy, electricity price plus increases the cost of clinker and cement by about 7 yuan and 5 yuan per ton, which is good for leading enterprises with higher technical specifications. Market oriented exit, early leave more compensation, late leave less compensation, new line more compensation, old line less compensation. The bottom line of subsidy of 50 yuan / ton is reasonable. For the production line before 2006, it is equivalent to one year's depreciation cost. However, the willingness of subsidy feedback from the grassroots is higher, even reaching 80-100 yuan / ton. 4. It is expected that the local rules will be issued, and patches will be added, such as measures to stop cheating and resuming production.
From the feedback of the early grassroots research, the letter reflects the willingness of the industry and grassroots associations to accelerate the supply side reform. The goal is high and the measures are appropriate. Generally speaking, it is beneficial to the leading enterprises. We believe that the probability of adoption is high, which will significantly strengthen the expectation of cement supply side reform. As judged by the medium-term strategy, in July and August, the macro environment was relatively loose, the supply side reform was accelerated, and cyclical stocks ushered in a window of opportunity. The recent rise of cement is considered to be the plate rotation after the confirmation of the rise of coal and other pre cyclical varieties. On the other hand, it is also the expectation of price increase and supply side reform in the future peak season. According to the seasonal law of this year, the next two weeks will be the time window for the cement price to reach the bottom. With the influence of Rainstorm in the early stage, the price may rise in advance. From the perspective of medium-term performance, cement also has comparative advantages. The growth rate of performance in the third quarter is expected to turn positive, and it will accelerate upward in the fourth quarter. At present, the conch is 1.2 times Pb, and its value is underestimated. We recommend conch cement, Jidong Cement, Ningxia building materials, Huaxin Cement, Qilian Mountain and Yatai group. Risk tip: local governments and associations failed to make progress in time, fraud and compensation occurred in large numbers and were difficult to supervise.
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The 49ers set up their 2015 last stand: Blaine Gabbert at QB, a revived NaVorro Bowman, and still a long ways to go
Posted on November 8, 2015 by Tim Kawakami
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SANTA CLARA—Jim Tomsula didn’t look like a conquering hero, he looked like a scraped and bruised survivor Sunday afternoon.
Still breathing, but also fully aware how hard it was to stay afloat this week, and how difficult it’ll be for this team to remain above surface into the near future.
It took a dramatic quarterback switch and NaVorro Bowman’s return to his All-Pro glory. It took some key Falcons’ strategic and on-field errors.
Thanks to a 49ers injury wave, it took a bunch of just-signed running backs and shuffled-in defensive backs.
Really, it took everything the 49ers had to stave off wobbly Atlanta at Levi’s Stadium, but they did, in a 17-16 finish that brought the 49ers to 3-6 going into a bye week.
This could’ve elicited thunderous oration or crackles of satisfaction from the 49ers’ embattled coach.
But instead, after the game Tomsula’s voice was barely above a whisper, his eyes were dull, and his emotions were nowhere near the surface.
Tomsula wouldn’t even concede the obvious—that new starting quarterback Blaine Gabbert had done more than enough to keep the job over Colin Kaepernick as the 49ers head into their next game, Nov. 22 in Seattle.
Why so subdued and cryptic, Jim?
“Look at it, am I happy that we won the football game? Absolutely,” Tomsula said. “I mean, did we need to win a football game? Absolutely.
“But go to bed tonight, get up in the morning, we’ve got to get after it. We need to get some work done.”
Obviously, Gabbert is going to start against Seattle; my guess is Tomsula just wants to remain as mysterious as he can about that position because his previous statements about Kaepernick were so easily deciphered.
More obviously, the 49ers are still in trouble, and most obviously their coach knows this.
His message: This victory was crucial, but the 49ers are still a long way from saving this season; and if they’re going to do that, it’ll have to be done by grinding out each day and each hour.
The Tomsula Way.
It’s definitely a long shot, because the roster remains in flux, because Gabbert isn’t likely to play this crisply deep into December and because they don’t get to play the soft, silly Falcons any more.
(Why in the world did Atlanta coach Dan Quinn kick a field goal from the one-yard line with just under three minutes left, down by four, instead of going for the go-ahead touchdown? Unbelievable.)
It will be grueling. But Sunday wasn’t a terrible 49ers model, starting with Bowman’s dominance (7 total tackles, 1 sack, 1 near interception), which triggered a total defensive manhandling of Atlanta.
That’s the way the Old 49ers used to do it, from 2011 to 2013, and there was nobody better to wake the echoes than Bowman, the last old gladiator standing.
Highlight: They held Atlanta’s Devonta Freeman—who had been the NFL’s leading rusher before this game–to 12 yards on 12 carries.
Bigger highlight: Almost two years after his devastating leg injuries, Bowman finally looks as fast and aggressive as he did in 2013.
“It’s getting there, you know?” Bowman said. “Definitely, I want to keep hearing that I’m starting to look like the normal me.
“I told you guys it was going to be a process, it wasn’t just going to happen overnight. I’m pleased with the progress that I’ve made so far. And there’s still more out there for me to do.”
Yes, the 49ers have missed the Old Bowman. They need the Old Bowman.
With their offensive difficulties and personnel deficiencies, the 2015 49ers would be dead in the water without him.
“I mean, you can’t miss it—he’s everywhere,” safety Eric Reid said of Bowman on Sunday. “Making sacks, dropping interceptions–I keep giving him a hard time about that.
“The defense is (built) around that guy; when he plays well, we all play well.”
So these are the 49ers’ last cards to play: A healthy Bowman, a new QB, and… ??
On Sunday, the whole team seemed to get energy from Gabbert—because he looked so composed throwing the ball and also because this team has endured so much drama with Kaepernick.
“We rallied around Blaine and he did a great job today to get us this win,” Bowman said.
Tomsula said Kaepernick needed to take a breath, but after this game, it was Tomsula who looked in most need of a long, deep oxygen exercise.
The whole team needs it: Out with the bad air, in with the good air, on to Seattle in two weeks.
There won’t be anything easy about this, but the 49ers kept paddling on Sunday, kept breathing, and braced for the long haul ahead.
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Like the rest of the world, India has continued to combat the deadly COVID-19 virus for over a year. However, in April 2021, the nation was suddenly swept by a surge in COVID cases. New daily coronavirus cases have hit global records, surpassing 400,000 on May 1. Deaths have soared past 3,000 per day. Hospitals are turning away patients and running short of beds, oxygen, and COVID-19 medications. GAVI has titled the second wave of COVID-19 in India as an unfolding humanitarian crisis.
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Five-Storey Building In Zhejiang Simply Collapses, Residents Still Buried [UPDATE]
By Anthony Tao April 4, 2014 3:55 pm Comments: 0
This morning around 9 o'clock, a five-storey apartment building in Fenghua, Zhejiang province collapsed because it was old. (We're not sure what the technical term might be.) Details are scarce, but CCTV News reported around noon that up to five people had been rescued, though an untold number remained buried.
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People’s Daily New Penis Building Is Now Gold-Plated
By Anthony Tao October 15, 2013 1:42 pm Comments: 3
The New York Times launched a China blog called Sinosphere, and here they are writing about People's Daily's new penis building in Beijing:
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Dongguan Sky Houses On Pillars Are Freaky And Cool
By Anthony Tao September 12, 2013 2:30 am Comments: 1
I'm not an expert on architecture, but building houses on stilts on top of houses seems like a tricky proposition. The lesson here may be that we shouldn't underestimate the strength of 10 concrete pillars? I'm not sure.
Here’s A Courtyard On A Shijiazhuang Office Building’s Roof
By Anthony Tao August 22, 2013 3:21 am Comments: 0
This is definitely now a thing. First the high-rise villa in Beijing, then the temple in Shenzhen, and now this: a courtyard atop an office building in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. An entire siheyuan! Whatever happened to rich Chinese simply investing in art?
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Here’s An Aerial View Of That Rooftop Temple In Shenzhen
By Anthony Tao August 22, 2013 12:45 am Comments: 0
A microblogger recently noticed a temple built upon the roof of a housing complex in Shenzhen, AFP reports, because why wouldn't there be a temple there? It seems like Zhang Biqin of Beijing isn't the only person into that sort of thing. The temple sits on top of a 21-storey apartment. The suspected owners haven't been identified, and media have not been able to get them on the record to ask ,WTF?
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Here’s A Neat Aerial View Of Beijing’s Soon-To-Be Demolished Rooftop Villa
By Anthony Tao August 15, 2013 2:10 pm Comments: 0
The dude who built this may be a charlatan and asshole who's ignored sensible maintenance requests for four years and is about to get chai'ed, but Zhang Biqin deserves at least a little credit: his "high-rise villa" in Beijing's Haidian district makes for some pretty stunning visuals.
The Wealthy Quack Who Built A Rooftop Villa In Beijing Is An Asshole
This is cool and all at first glance, but let's call a spade a spade: it's illegal, and not so cool if you're living underneath this rooftop villa, i.e. inside the 26-floor apartment building. Somehow, the rich bastard who built this -- a medical practitioner (quack?) with a private business (definitely quack) known as "Professor Zhang" -- has accomplished the nearly impossible: made us root for chengguan.
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Construction Of World’s Tallest Building, Barely Started, Has Stopped
By Anthony Tao July 26, 2013 2:16 am Comments: 3
We managed to ignore all the reports this week about the start of construction on Sky City, a planned 838-meter structure in Changsha, Hunan province that, if completed, would be the tallest building in the world. If. It was supposed to be done in March. It was supposed to be done in three months. It was supposed to be a trailblazer for prefab technology. It was always supposed to be something grander than it ever could be. Just take a look at the picture above, variations of which have been sent to reporters everywhere. It's a castle in the clouds, a dream that will never be realized.
A Modern Colossus Holds The Sun: Inside The World’s Largest Building In Chengdu
By Hannah Lincoln July 15, 2013 3:01 pm Comments: 10
The biggest building in the world recently opened in Chengdu, China. The New Century Global Center's colossal undulating roof, which I'd been eyeing from my apartment window these past few months, is visible from any high point in the city. I hadn't known what it was until last week, when relatives informed me through a flurry of news articles that it was part of a 1.7 million square-meter complex that is nearly the size of Monaco, and has an artificial sun.
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Changsha Breaks Ground On Sky City, The World’s Tallest Building
By Anthony Tao May 20, 2013 11:22 am Comments: 4
It's finally happening. "Sky City," by the Chinese firm Broad Sustainable Construction (BSB), will be 838 meters (2,749 feet) tall upon completion, making it taller than the Burj Khalifa by 10 meters. Whether it takes 90 days to complete -- as BSB has advertised -- or longer, it will nonetheless be a huge accomplishment, and another feather in China's architectural cap.
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FREYSSINET SEISMIC ISOLATION SEMINAR 2018
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By Freyssinet Indonesia January 3, 2019
Freyssinet Total Technology has successfully conducted an important seminar on 25th October 2018 in Hotel Grand Sheraton – South Jakarta. The Seminar was organized in collaboration with FPC ITALIA, HPJI (Himpunan Pengembangan Jalan Indonesia/Association of Indonesian Road Development) and HAKI (Himpunan Ahli Konstruksi Indonesia/Indonesian Association of Civil and Structural Engineering). All the participants were invited exclusively by Freyssinet, HPJI, and HAKI. A total of 162 important attendees from Consultant/Designer, Contractor, Public Works Department, Aviation Expert, Developers, and many more were listed in the participant list on the day of the seminar.
This Seminar was highly anticipated by all the attendees because Indonesia has just recently suffered 2 major earthquakes in Lombok and Palu-Sulawesi in the last three months. In the beginning of August 2018, a 6.9 Mw magnitude earthquake hit Lombok and caused 563 people died. The last one, on 28th September 2018, a strong earthquake and tsunami happened in Palu and Donggala in Sulawesi Island. This particular earthquake caused 2.256 people died, 10.679 people injured, and 1.075 people missing. With such a catastrophic effect from those two earthquakes, such earthquake related topic has been listed as a national concern. The Seminar was expected to provide different perspectives on how to answer such demanding earthquake issue in Indonesia.
The Seminar was opened by Freyssinet Total Technology’s Managing Director, Mr. Vincent Bernier. Through his opening speech, Mr. Bernier addressed the importance of having seismic protection system in the structure, from the extra safety benefit, better structural performance, until the cost benefit from the global cost perspective.
The opening speech was continued by Ir. Iwan Zarkasi, M.Eng.Sc, the Leader of Association of Indonesian Road Development (HPJI) and the Director of Bridge Engineering in Directorate General of Indonesian Highways (right side), he mentioned the importance of this type of seminar to give awareness and education to the technical practitioners and structural users in Indonesia. Mr. Zarkasi also reminded all the attendees to have a better understanding of an anti-seismic structure. And he added that as the consequence of Indonesia’s geographical location, it is a fate for Indonesian people to deal with such heavy earthquake potential in most of Indonesian regions.
Prof. Ir. Iswandi Imran MA.Sc., Ph.D, the Head of Research Center for Disaster Mitigation Institute Technology Bandung opened up the technical presentation session. As the Keynote speaker, Prof. Imran delivered an important message on how the Indonesian Design Code would react to such a high earthquake potential. Prof. Imran described the development of the recent seismic map in Indonesia from 2002, 2012, until the recent 2017. It is worth mentioning that the new seismic hazard map 2017 has been updated with a detection of 295 active faults while the previous 2012 map was made with only 95 active faults detected. This 2017 seismic hazard map and the new under-development seismic design code are indicating higher seismic risk in most of the regions in Indonesia and more stringent seismic design requirements for structures in Indonesia.
Prof. Imran also presented the two common approaches of seismic design according to the new under-development Indonesian seismic design code which probably will be released on 2019. Conventional ductility approach and base isolation method were evenly discussed in order to give a better comparison between these two approaches. Strengths and weaknesses of each approach were pointed out, letting the Structural Users to decide in which method is more favorable for them. An experience from the previous Lombok and Sulawesi earthquakes was also discussed, highlighting the importance of fundamentals structures such as hospitals, airports, and essential bridges to be still in operation after earthquake. Seismic isolation systems in such fundamental structures can be a better solution to solve the issue.
The technical session was continued with another presentation by Tri Suryadi ST, MT . In his capacity as the ISOSISM Seismic Division Manager of Freyssinet Total Technology, Mr. Suryadi presented 3 different methods of seismic analysis for isolated structures. Simplified Single Degree of Freedom Analysis, Linear MDoF Response Spectrum Analysis, and Nonlinear Time History Analysis are the 3 calculation methods that were presented briefly to the audience. The presentation was ended with some references of seismic isolation system applications in buildings, bridges, industrial structures, and seismic retrofitting in existing buildings.
Ir. Tony Budianto Sihite, MT. the Director of Delta Global Structure presented the application of Seismic Isolation System in his on-going Jakarta-Cikampek Elevated Toll Project. Known as one of the most prestigous infrastructure projects in Indonesia right now, JAPEK Project utilizes 1448 Pcs LRB supplied by Freyssinet as the bearing Isolators. It is proven in this project that the use of seismic isolation system reduces more than 70% of elastic earthquake force and enables the designer to obtain cost saving and constructability requirement due to size reduction of piers and foundations.
Mr. Sihite’s presentation ended the morning technical session, all the speakers were invited to receive appreciation souvenirs prepared by the Seminar Committee. Mr. Vincent Bernier himself handed out the souvenirs to the speakers and moderator as the appreciation to their contribution in the Seminar.
The afternoon technical session started with a comprehensive presentation by Stefano Barone, M.Eng., M.Sc. As the R&D Engineer from FPC ITALIA, Mr. Barone presented a complete explanation of the Seismic Isolation Concept and all the Seismic Protection Devices characteristics and functions. Devices such as High Damping Rubber Bearing, Lead Rubber Bearing, Pendulum System Bearing, Shock Transmission Unit, Fluid Damper, Prestressed Damping Spring, and Displacement Dependent Device (DDD) were individually presented to the audience. At the end of the presentation, Mr. Barone also presented the capability of Freyssinet’s Internal Laboratories in Milano – ISOLAB.
The technical session continued with a presentation from Dr.Ing. Josia Irwan Rastandi, ST. MT. As an Earthquake Engineering Lecturer in Universitas Indonesia and Principal of PT. Risen Engineering Consultant, Dr. Rastandi presented a comparative study of fixed based and isolated structure of an “L” shaped building according to ASCE 7-16. From the study, he revealed that the use of isolation system generates much smaller inter story drifts of the building that reflects un-damaged nonstructural elements inside the building. Having a better performance level on the building with base isolation system, it also shown that this system leads to cost saving in the volume of rebars and concrete.
At the last technical session, Ir. Budi Santoso, MT. presented the application of seismic isolator bearing in Kali Kenteng Bridge. Mr. Santoso is the Director of PT. Pratama Daya Cahya Manunggal, a well-known consultancy company of bridges design in Indonesia. In his presentation, it was revealed that the original design of the project was not using any seismic isolation devices. Mr. Santoso as the design reviewer proposed Lead Rubber Bearings as the isolators to reduce high demanding earthquake force on the originally designed substructure. And with this isolation system, the project can be still running without too much delay due to excessive strengthening if the conventional design is maintained.
Most of all the participants stayed until the end of the Seminar. A very pleasant and constructive atmosphere was shown during the Seminar. Freyssinet Total Technology has received many feedbacks and queries from the participants during and after the Seminar. Through this Seminar, Freyssinet would like to convey a better understanding and awareness of an anti-seismic system in the structures to all the design practitioners, contractors, owners, and structural users. With this being said, we would like to send our gratitude and appreciation to all the participants, moderators, presenters, and especially to HPJI and HAKI for all the positive feedbacks and contributions to this Seminar.
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Foreign Cigarettes Outsell Korean Brands for the First Time in 29 years
Posted on February 1, 2015 by Korea Bizwire in Consumer Behaviour, Culture & Society, Health & Wellness, Retail & Consumer Goods, Services and Others, Statistics, Top News with 0 Comments
Foreign cigarettes, including Japan Tobacco’s Mevius, outsold Korean brands for the first time in 29 years in January, market data showed on Feb. 1, 2015. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign cigarettes outsold South Korean brands for the first time in 29 years last month, as a spike in prices affected local market demands, data showed Sunday.
Market data collected from the country’s two main convenience store chains for January showed foreign cigarettes, which did better at lowering prices vis-a-vis KT&G Corp., the country’s dominant tobacco product manufacturer, took some 55 percent market share in sales and 60 percent in volume in January.
The last time that foreign brands outpaced local cigarettes was in 1986 when Philip Morris introduced the Marlboro brand to consumers.
According to one of the chains, KT&G’s market share in terms of sales value stood at 43.2 percent in the Jan. 1-29 period. In contrast, market share by foreign brands reached 56.8 percent.
The local producer lost its share as the government marked up prices of a pack of cigarettes by 80 percent, or by 2,000 won (US$1.82), this year. Officials said they were aiming to encourage people to quit smoking.
KT&G remained the best-selling brand, but Philip Morris, British American Tobacco (BAT) and Japan Tobacco Inc. (JTI) made headway in the first month of the year, the convenience store operator said.
Philip Morris accounted for 24.4 percent of all sales followed closely by 23.4 percent for BAT and 9 percent for JTI.
In terms of quantity, KT&G’s market share stood at 38.3 percent, while corresponding numbers for foreign rivals stood at 61.7 percent.
Philip Morris’ share stood at 21.1 percent, with 29.8 percent being tallied for BAT and 10.8 percent for JTI.
Such numbers were broadly repeated for the other convenience store chain that said KT&G’s sales share dropped to 46.2 percent in the first month of 2015, while in terms of quantity, numbers stood at 40.5 percent.
The chain said KT&G still was ahead of its rivals, but its lead has been eroded drastically compared to last year, while BAT’s market presence moved up sharply thanks to the popularity of such products as Vogue.
Market watchers said price cuts by foreign brands helped win over consumers.
BAT’s Vogue sold for 3,500 won per pack, cheaper than the prices for most South Korean cigarettes that sold for 4,500 won.
This strategy was emulated by Philip Morris, which adjusted prices of its Marlboro and Parliament brands by 200 won each. These two cigarettes sold for 4,500 won a pack, the same as local brands.
KT&G projected that despite the company losing market share last month, such developments will not last for long.
“KT&G has maintained a market share in the low 50 percent range for quite some time, and this is not likely to be affected in the future,” a company official said.
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Home Character and Morals Equality Among Two Wives
Equality Among Two Wives
On marriage of a man to more than one wife. I know it is a very tricky and difficult matter. When a man has more than 1 wife must he provide, separate living quaters or home.
Must he be equal in all things, example food, clothing, shelter, and intimate relations. Is he allowed to live for 5 months with one wife and leave the other alone without any financial or family support. I’ve read that the prophet was allowed to interchange his wives as he pleases. But not so for anyone else. The men are always anxious to have more women yet allow Islamic rule and guidelines to fall along the way. How does the other wife not get depressed or lonely from being left alone. It is so very difficult for Muslim women everywhere. There are so few good men. If this sister choose to move on find someone else , how does she find a good Muslim husband. Thanks for ur help. Assalaam u alaikum
On the outset, Islam did not introduce polygyny but permitted it and remedied the ills and abuses around it. The Hindus, Babylonians, Persians, Athenians, Jews and pre-Islamic Arabs recognized no limit to the number of wives a man could marry. Islam limited and restricted it in number; and hedged it with severe restrictions. Nowhere in the Shariah is polygyny condemned or discouraged, but neither is it an obligatory commandment enjoining men to take multiple wives. Coupled with this permission is the emphatic command of justice and equality, financially and physically.
Only one wife is allowed where injustice is likely.
Allah Ta’ala says in The Qur’an after allowing up to four wives:
فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا فَوَاحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ
‘But, if you fear that you will not maintain equity, then, (keep to) one woman, or a bondwoman you own’ (4:3).
From here we find out that having more than one wife is permissible and appropriate only on condition that equality can be maintained among all wives as required under the Shari’ah of Islam, and that the rights of all can be duly fulfilled. If one does not have the capability to discharge his obligations in this manner, the rule is to keep to only one wife. As stated earlier, the injustice of multiple marriages during Jahiliyyah without any considerations of rights of wives had made a mockery of this field of human relationship.
So, the Qur’anic command was: If you are unable to do perfect justice between wives, then restrict yourself to no more than one wife.
The outcome (to be seen as a whole) is that the Qur’an has permitted having four wives in marriage which means that marriages entered into within this limit will be correct and permissible. But, under such a contingency, that of having more than one wife, it will be obligatory (wajib) to maintain justice and equality between them.
Doing otherwise is a grave sin. So, anyone who thinks of having more than one wife should first think about all those factors and conditions around him and, more importantly, look into himself, introspect, weigh, deliberate and figure out realistically whether or not he has the ability, or the capability or quality to treat all of them equally and justly without causing the least infringement of their rights. If strong likelihood exists that one will not be able to come up to the standard and most probably will fail to maintain such justice and equality, then, having the audacity to go ahead and step into the bonds of more than one marriage is really a thoughtless plunge into a grave sin. One must stay away from doing something like this and consider living with only one wife as sufficient.
The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alahi wa Sallam) has laid great emphasis on maintaining full equality and justice between all wives and he has given stern warnings against those who do otherwise. Above all, he has demonstrated the ideal example through his own conduct, treating his wives equally even in matters in which equality is not mandatory.
In a hadith, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alahi wa Sallam) has said: ‘Anyone who has two wives and he does not fulfill their rights equally and justly, shall be raised on the Day of Doom in a condition that one of his shoulders will be drooping down.’ (Sunan Abi Dawud 2133)
We should, however, keep in mind that this equality of treatment is necessary in things which are within the control of man. For example, the coverage of personal expenses and parity in overnight stays. As for things out of man’s control, such as. the natural inclination of his heart which might tilt towards one of them, there is no accountability there for this is not a matter of choice. However, the binding condition is that this tilt should not affect matters which are within man’s control. Our noble Prophet, may Allah bless him for ever and ever, treated his venerated wives with full equality in everything within his control, yet he pleaded with his Lord:
اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا فِعْلِي فِيمَا أَمْلِكُ فَلاَ تَلُمْنِي فِيمَا تَمْلِكُ وَلاَ أَمْلِكُ
O Allah, this is my equalization’ in what I control. So, do not hold me accountable in matters You control and I do not. (Sunan Ibn Majah 1971)
Allah Almighty so honored the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alahi wa Sallam) that he was exempted from observing equality between his wives but the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alahi wa Sallam) never availed of this concession in practice; he always maintained full equality between all his blessed wives. According a narration, from Sayyidah A’ishah (Rahiallahu Anha) and reported by Bukhari, if the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alahi wa Sallam) had to postpone his visit to any of the blessed wives at her turn, for some reason, he would seek her permission even after the revelation of the verse wherein he was exempted from observing equality between his blessed wive[1]s.
Thus, it is absolutely clear that the Shari’ah commands a man to be equal between wives, and it is totally Haram to leave a wife without financial and family support. It is most unfortunate to hear the mentioned despicable conduct of certain men today, as such actions and Haram, and such individuals will have to answer to Allah Ta’ala for their wrong doings.
Sister in Islam, according to the pristine teachings of Shari’ah, a woman cannot choose to move on and come out of the marriage on her own accord and will, rather divorce and ending the marriage is the exclusive right of the husband.
Our advice is you approach a respected member of your family or community/masjid and discuss your concerns with that person with the hope that he/she will diplomatically address the issue with the husband and try to resolve the matter. He should be made aware of his obligations which he must fulfil to continue the marriage.
If a woman is certain there is no way forward in such a marriage, and wishes to get out of it, she may contact a body of reliable Ulamaa (Islamic scholars) whom may resolve or if needed annul the marriage.
You should recite the following Dua:
رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا (الفرقان، الآية 74)
Our Sustainer, Grant us the coolness of our eyes from our spouses and children, and make us leaders of the pious.” (Qurān 25:74)
Always pray to Allah Ta’ala for ease, entertain full believe in Allah that He will respond to your call and adopt resilience. Allah is the One who opens the distressed hearts and infuses love and mercy between antagonists. Allah Ta`ala states, “Verily, with every hardship there is ease.”
[1] Ma’ariful Quraan
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Those Who Hunt Elves
Year: 1996, 1997
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama, Hiroshi Fukutomi
Original creator: Yu Yagami
Studio: Group TAC, MediaWorks
Actor: Kotono Mitsuishi, Michie Tomizawa, Tomokazu Seki, Yuko Miyamura
Keywords: anime, fantasy, comedy
Format: 1996 TV series (12 episodes), 1997 TV sequel (12 episodes)
Url: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=233
Url: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1021
Website category: Anime 1990s
Review date: 24 February 2006
It's not hard to find anime in which characters from present-day Japan are whisked away to a fantasy world. The Twelve Kingdoms, Fushigi Yuugi, Magic Knight Rayearth and many more all do this, often with impressive results. Those Who Hunt Elves doesn't so much fall into the same category as strap on its hob-nailed boots and jump in feet-first to give the rest of the genre a good kicking.
The series rests on an appealingly warped premise. When I told my sister about it, her reaction was, "Who on Earth thinks up stories like that?" The answer of course is, "Someone in Japan." Junpei, Airi and Ritsuko must track down the fragments of a magical spell to get home to the real world. So far, so predictable. We've seen such quest structures in a thousand fantasy epics. The twist here is that the spell fragments have all been tattooed somewhere on the bodies of female elves. It's elf-stripping time!
I bought the series anticipating the lowest of lowbrow fun. With Neanderthal expectations I watched the first episode... and hated it. My main problem was with the charmless regulars. They seemed far too competent and efficient, turning what should have been a comedic misadventure into a military operation. Airi and Ritsuko were dull and Junpei was a thuggish brute. I was even tempted to switch to the English audio track in search of a less obnoxious voice actor, and it takes a lot to make me do that. It doesn't help that we start in media res, with no origin to ease us into the characters.
However I'd paid good money for this thing, so I stuck with it. It improved, and improved, and then improved yet more. I've never seen anything keep building like this show. The characters blossomed, the stories started drawing me in and it became strong and enjoyable even though it wasn't making me laugh. Then suddenly it was making me laugh! After that Season Two leapt forward again, as if the creators had finally decided what made their show tick. By the time I reached the end, I thought it was a rollicking series and as much fun as anything in my collection. It may not be the kind of richly layered narrative that's crying out for a rewatch, but it's worth a look if only for its political incorrectness.
The characters develop too, thank goodness. Junpei is a strangely endearing dickhead, with his simple love of eating, fighting and screaming. Cecilia the elf transforms the team chemistry when she joins. What's more, our heroes are even capable of nobility when they're not being elf-molesting bastards. To quote another reviewer, "they're not evil, although they're not very popular."
There are other comic fantasy anime, e.g. Slayers, Rune Soldier, but Those Who Hunt Elves can make them look slightly staid. Those shows stay within the limits of their fantasy worlds, whereas this one's anarchic. Even without the culture clash provided by our three heroes, it's set in a surreal world that's already peculiar before we get direct borrowings from the Brothers Grimm or an army of Santa Clauses. One episode is built entirely around Junpei's need to go to the toilet. We might meet Jack and the Beanstalk or the Big Bad Wolf, which given our heroes' bruisingly direct methods can be extremely amusing. Junpei the martial arts expert is a one-man demolition squad. Cecilia knows magic. Airi the superstar can outwit even the smartest opposition. Finally Ritusko is a gun-toting tomboy, armed with machine guns, pistols, grenades and most alarmingly a tank. Did I mention their tank? It's a Type 74, a Japanese-made light tank that was first built in the 1970s. Ritsuko calls it Mike.
Put this lot in a volatile situation and their, uh, pro-active tendencies will soon kick off a spiral of ever-increasing weirdness. Who needs enemies? They'll make their own!
The show has rough edges. It has my least favourite thing ever, characters commenting on the fact that they're in a fictional show ("only a few minutes after the opening credits and we've already found our elf!"), although later this thankfully diminishes. Plot development isn't really a concern, but the fact that these 24 episodes are really two 12-episode series gives a stronger sense of story progression than you'd think, if only by accident.
The animation is, um, functional. No one's going to mistake Those Who Hunt Elves for The Twelve Kingdoms, but in one sense that's almost a blessing. More realistic art might have sat oddly with the show's weirdness and turned the elf-stripping sequences into something they're not meant to be. This isn't a fanservice show. The disrobings are basically an excuse for Junpei to get slapped, not for the animators to draw naughty bits. We never see anything and even if we had, with this kind of cartoonish art who'd be interested anyway?
I should mention the theme music, which rocks. I loved Season One's title sequence, but Season Two's is even cooler. Overall this is a bizarre show with no great ambitions beyond cheap jokes, but once it gets on a roll it's gloriously demented. It can be funny, surreal and even at times surprisingly touching. Just don't judge it by the first few episodes, which are rubbish.
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PKU Pioneer Releases an Analysis Report on VPSA/PSA Oxygen Plant Application to Blast Furnace Oxygen Enrichment in India
Beijing, China – Recently, Beijing Peking University Pioneer Technology Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as PKU Pioneer) issued an analysis report on the application of VPSA oxygen generation technology in blast furnace oxygen enrichment in India, which has caused an ardent response in related industries. PKU Pioneer’s VPSA oxygen production process has been applied in industrial areas for over 20 years. Through continuous technical optimization and product iteration, the ultra-large-capacity application of VPSA oxygen generation technology in the iron & steel industry has been realized. The total oxygen generation capacity of VPSA oxygen system in a single iron & steel mill has reached 87,500Nm3/h, which enables this technology to gain core competitiveness in the international market.
Abstract: Based on characteristics of blast furnace oxy-coal injection, this report expounds the process optimization and performance improvement of VPSA oxygen generation technology for Indian iron & steel mills.
Keywords: VPSA oxygen generation; blast furnace oxygen enrichment; oxygen enrichment rate
In recent years, India’s iron & steel production has maintained rapid growth on an on-going basis. In 2018, India surpassed Japan to become the world’s second-largest iron & steel manufacturer after China with an annual crude steel output of 106.5 million tons. According to the national iron & steel development plan formulated by the Indian government, India’s iron & steel manufacturing capacity will reach 300 million tons in 2030. By then, it will be difficult for the countries behind India to surpass its second position.
Compared with China’s major blast furnace ironmaking process, with non-coking coal and non-metallurgical coke as the main ironmaking raw materials, India mainly produces direct reduced iron, accounting for about 44% of the pig iron output. Given that the direct reduced iron process is not suitable for large-scale production and that India lacks coking coal, India has great potential for the long-term development of blast furnaces. The iron & steel industry in India is highly concentrated; in 2016, the steel CR3 level reached 44%, and large steel mills including JSW and TATA hit the level of world-class level. Currently, oxygen-enriched coal injection for blast furnaces in India has followed the trend of China’s iron & steel industry in choosing oxygen generation technologies. In 2016, VPSA oxygen generation process was applied for blast furnaces for the first time in India. Subsequently, large Indian iron & steel groups including JSW, JSPL and BPSL have successively built multiple sets of VPSA oxygen units, all of which are used for oxygen-enriched blast furnace ironmaking.
Relying on the self-developed high-efficiency oxygen adsorbent, radial-bed adsorbers, excellent equipment performance and professional international business teams, PKU Pioneer has gradually opened up the international market of VPSA oxygen units with numerous successful industrial application cases in Asia, Africa, Europe and America. In India alone, PKU Pioneer has built and put into production over 20 sets of VPSA oxygen generators in the past 5 years, covering various industries including metal smelting and petrochemicals, among which the projects for top iron & steel companies make up the majority. Therefore, PKU Pioneer has accumulated rich experience in the design and service of both VPSA oxygen generation technology and supporting equipment in the overseas oxygen-rich coal injection projects for blast furnaces. Taking India as an example, the technical characteristics of PKU Pioneer’s blast furnace oxygen enrichment technology are summarized in the following four aspects:
1. Numerous Advantages of VPSA Oxygen Plant Projects
For many years, driven by PKU Pioneer, iron and steel companies in India have well recognized the VPSA oxygen equipment for its advantages of excellent performance, high level of automation and diversified customized services.
1.1. Excellent Performance
Compared with the local traditional cryogenic air separator, VPSA oxygen gas plant is superior in terms of safety, energy consumption, start-up and shut-down time, load regulation, construction period and profits on the investment.
Table 1 Advantages of VPSA Oxygen Unit over Cryogenic Air Separator
1.2. High Level of Automation
In response to the diel temperature variations and seasonal characteristics in India, during the construction of the first 200TPD VPSA oxygen system for a steel mill in India, after a theoretical analysis on the impact of temperature changes on the oxygen system, according to the equipment composition and operation principles, PKU Pioneer proposed the automatic adjustment control scheme of capacity & purity, which was realized by the PLC control system. Through automatic adjustment of the valve opening and the travel time of each step by comparing the feedback data, a more stable, energy-saving and efficient oxygen source for blast oxygen enrichment is realized by VPSA oxygen generation technology. In the Phase II oxygen generation project of another steel plant, PKU Pioneer added such automatic functions as load regulation, fault removal and temperature control to further improve the automaticity of the oxygen unit and ensure its stable operation [1].
• Before Applying Automatic Adjustment: The fluctuations in purity is between 88.7~90.9%，and 51.0 ~55.0Kpa in pressure，5805~6143Nm3/h in capacity with the average capacity of 5948Nm3/h and purity of 89.7%.
• After Applying Automatic Adjustment: The fluctuations in purity is between 89.7~90.5%，and 54.0 ~56.5Kpa in pressure，5916~6078Nm3/h in capacity with the average capacity of 6002Nm3/h and purity of 90%.
1.3. Diversified Services
In addition to conventional design, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance services for India projects, PKU Pioneer provides oxygen enrichment solutions, overall relocation guidance and remote instruction services as well.
2. Diversified Oxygen Enrichment Solutions
Oxygen enrichment plays the most important role in the production increase of blast furnaces [2]. Despite that Indian iron & steel companies have practiced oxygen enrichment technology for a long time, they began to popularize and promote oxygen enrichment before the blast furnace (BF) blower only a few years ago. Part of the reason is that they can only choose oxygen enrichment after the blower, combining VPSA oxygen generator with the compressor, due to the limitation of the BF blower to the operating conditions and oxygen purity.
Compared with cryogenic air separation, VPSA oxygen generation technology can greatly lower the energy consumption, thereby reducing the ironmaking cost. Indian iron & steel mills have fully applied the advanced experience of China iron and steel companies in oxy-coal injection into blast furnace, recognizing the process & solutions of partial use (subject to the limitation of blast furnace blower) or complete use of oxygen enrichment before the BF blower, which can not only save the investment on oxygen compressors, but also save more energy.
2.1. Oxygen Enrichment Before Blower
If the maximum oxygen enrichment rate of the blower could reach 30% [3]，sending oxygen into blast furnace system by the suction of the BF blower is the most suitable oxygen enrichment technique for blast furnaces, which could not only lower the investment on oxygen compressors, but also save the relevant manual operation and maintenance costs. In line with the oxygen demand of iron & steel mills, the systematical solutions of VPSA oxygen system in conjunction with oxygen enrichment before the blower has shown great maturity, including the VPSA oxygen plant, oxygen pipeline system with flow and pressure control device, security nitrogen pipeline, oxygen mixing devices at the inlet of the blast furnace blower, and system control device, etc. [4]. The fluctuation of the oxygen-enriched air concentration after the mixer can be controlled within 0.5% through the joint control of the system, and a series of safety precautions including real-time monitoring of the oxygen purity at the blower inlet, automatic flow adjustment, automatic oxygen cutoff & nitrogen charging protection in emergency situations are available to maximumly ensure oxygen enrichment under normal conditions and full safety in emergencies.
2.2 Big Difference in BF Oxygen Enrichment Rates
Every 1% increase of oxygen enrichment rate witnesses at least 3% growth in the output [5]. Most companies in the world reckon that the enriched oxygen volume for blast furnaces shall be controlled within 30%. Different from many China iron & steel companies that adopt oxygen enrichment rate of about 6%, some conventional iron and steel plants in India require 3~4%, while others require 8~9%. With the growing public acceptance of oxygen enrichment before the blower in India, oxygen enrichment rates ranging from the lowest 4% to the highest 9% are all applied. For iron and steel plants requiring 3~4%, the oxygen enrichment before the BF blower can fully meet the demands; but 8~9% will be limited by the BF blower, thus it’s achieved by making the oxygen enrichment rate 4~5% before the blower and 4~5% after the blower respectively.
• The utilization coefficient of a 1462m3 blast furnace in Raigarh achieves 3.167.(Oxygen Capacity: 6000*90%+(6000*90%+7000) Nm3/h or 4630TPD; Blower Capacity: 1600m3/min; Oxygen Enrichment Rate: 8.5~9%)
• The utilization coefficient of a 4554m3 blast furnace in Angul is 2.306.(Oxygen Capacity:6000*90%*4Nm3/h or 10500TPD; Blower Capacity: 6400m3/min; Oxygen Enrichment Rate: 4.4%)
• The utilization coefficient of a 3200m3 blast furnace in China is 2.956.(Oxygen Capacity:6250*80%*4Nm3/h or 9460TPD; Blower Capacity: 6175m3/min; Oxygen Enrichment Rate: 6.3%)
3. Integral Relocation
Large iron & steel mills in India are usually distributed in various places, and the VPSA oxygen equipment relocation is frequently needed due to insufficient oxygen supply or slow construction of air separation units, so as to quickly make up the oxygen shortage. When prepared, VPSA oxygen generator system can be well reinstalled on site during only over 1 month for oxygen generation with no need of unloading or refilling, thus realizing one-off relocation of complete sets of VPSA oxygen plants. Under the premises that the iron & steel mill well cooperated with the overall relocation scheme and reconstruction plans, it takes only less than 3 months to cross-provincially resettle an oxygen generating unit (6000Nm3/h) being constructed to a city 300 kilometers away upon the request of a steel mill headquarters in India under the remote guidance of PKU Pioneer’s technical team; After years of use, another 3 oxygen generating units (5000Nm3/h) were relocated to a site 766 kilometers away as per the overall plan of the customer in less than 4 months.
4. Offering Remote Services in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Since 2020, India has been hard hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, causing severe economic downturn and bringing a huge challenge for Chinese companies to implement localized engineering services as well. Currently, although China has been carrying out COVID-19 prevention and control measures on an on-going basis, it is still impossible for PKU Pioneer technical teams to guide the installation on site in India even after coordinating among multiple parties. In this regard, PKU Pioneer has reached an agreement with clients on the premise of ensuring equivalent construction quality, and completed the whole-process guidance from construction, debugging to commissioning of at least 5 VPSA oxygen generating system projects through remote services, with the implementation procedures and final results of each oxygen units receiving high compliments from the users. PKU Pioneer is greatly encouraged to promote international business and more diversified service models at present and in the future: Chinese VPSA oxygen plants could be sent to any places where Chinese goods can reach.
In conclusion, judging from PKU Pioneer’s practical project implementations in India, VPSA oxygen plant applies to a variety of blast furnace oxygen enrichment solutions. It’s able to meet manifold needs of global users, and can well adapt to ever changing international situations. In the context of the Belt and Road Initiative, VPSA oxygen units will usher in a broader application prospect in oxygen-enriched blast furnace ironmaking projects around the world in the future by virtue of their huge advantages in construction period, investment, level of automation, installation and maintenance, coupled with professional service teams.
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[2] Tu Chunlin. The Intensified Smelting Practice of No.7 Blast Furnace in LY Steel [J]. Metal Materials and Metallurgy Engineering, 2011, (1st Issue).
[3] Liu Dianyao. The Current Situation of Oxygen-enriched Blast of Blast Furnace and Oxygen Supply Before the Blower [J]. Metallurgical Power, 2003, (6th Issue).
[4] Li Kunpeng1, Wu Xianjie1, Sun Yonglai1, Han Jiangwen2, Wang Zengbei2. Practical Analysis for Innovation of Oxygen Enrichment Before Blower [J]. Energy for Metallurgical Industry, 2017, (4th Issue).
[5] Jiang He. Advancement of VPSA Oxygen Generation Technology [J]. China Nonferrous Metallurgy, 2014, (2nd Issue).
Company Name: Beijing Peking University Pioneer Technology Corporation Ltd.
Contact Person: Joyce Young
Address:4-5th Floor, New Times Mansion, No. 7 Huayuan Road, Haidian District
City: Beijing
Website: www.vpsatech.com
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迈克·布朗: “迪诺告诉我，纽卡斯尔全年的高温都是 30 度”
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Sometimes you need to go back to go forward and when Mike Brown joined 新城堡 in the summer, 从某种意义上说，他回到了起点.
是迪恩·理查兹 (Dean Richards) 让他在丑角 (Harlequins) 上首次亮相 2005, and Richards who persuaded the full-back to move to the north-east after Quins told him, to his disbelief, that his services were no longer required.
“Devastating” is the word Brown chooses to describe the impact of that decision, and it is not difficult to understand why. He played a record 351 matches in his time at the Stoop, collecting 72 England caps on the way, and was convinced he would end his career a one-club man.
But as Brown says, life goes on, so he focused on uprooting his family from London, and embarked on the 300-mile journey from Twickenham to Tyneside. The 36-year-old’s good humour in half an hour chatting on Zoom demonstrates he is relishing a new challenge, a new environment, and an uptick in quality of life.
“He told me it was 30-degree heat all year round,” Brown jokes of Richards’ sales pitch enticing him north. “The family have settled in well, it’s a great place to live, loads to do. You can definitely get around quicker than London, not as much traffic … 10 minutes you’re at the coast, 10 minutes you’re in town.”
Asked if Richards is the same person now as at Harlequins, the senior player isn’t afraid of a deadpan gag at the expense of his notoriously uncompromising boss: “I never see him, he’s always out fishing, so if you see him, let me know … No, he’s still the same old Deano.
“He’s probably softened a little bit since I was a 20-year-old, young academy kid who used to dive out of corridors into whichever room was open, trying to get out of the way of Big Dean Richards,” Brown says. “The job he’s doing here, with what he’s got to work with, is incredible, 我认为. It’s great to be back with him, work with him and learn from him. It’s someone you always have that bond with, that close relationship with.”
Richards, who left Harlequins in 2009 in the wake of Bloodgate, shaped the player Brown is today, and Brown identifies a grounding in rugby’s old-school values as significant. “He helped us experience the other side of rugby [at Quins], especially in the Championship … Going over to the local pub after games, making sure we spoke to supporters from both sides, which is all brilliant learning for a young lad. He made us experience a different side of rugby you don’t really see as a professional.”
Brown now has a clear idea of what he brings to this Newcastle squad including players such as the searingly quick wing Adam Radwan. “One of the things I wanted to do moving clubs was contribute way more off the field,” Brown says. “I think when you’re at one place for a large amount of time, you’re just seen as ‘that guy who’s come through the academy’. I don’t think people take into account the growth you’ve made as a person.
“I was really keen to be a leader as much as possible … Before I joined Newcastle I always thought there was a lot of potential here. It would be special to be part of it, if we can move this team up the table and give those supporters something to get excited about.”
There are encouraging signs. Premiership victories this season against Bath and Wasps are set against defeats by Harlequins and Saracens, and Brown crossed the tryline last weekend for a sniping score against Sarries on his competitive Falcons debut. Bristol visit Kingston Park on Saturday and with offloading, exciting rugby seemingly all the rage, that must be good for the backs?
“It seems this defensive phase that Eddie [Jones] kept banging on about has kind of switched a little bit,” Brown says. “But as a fan of rugby I don’t want it to turn into sevens. There needs to be a balance, that’s the thing I love about rugby: attack and defence.”
Of the Falcons’ future, 他说: “There’s a lot of potential here and if we want to push on, if we put the work in, there’s no reason why we can’t do that. We’ve got a brilliant squad here, great young talent, good experienced players, so it’s a good blend. We’ve put it out on the pitch at times, but there’s still way more we can do if we keep working hard.”
Hard work is a given under Richards, as Brown knows, and the decision to lure the full-back to Newcastle looks set to prove typically shrewd.
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Twitter functionality in News Feed Ticker no longer works!
Starting today, Twitter has stopped support for its unauthenticated API.
This means that the Twitter functionality in the News Feed Ticker no longer works.
Unfortunately there is currently no work around because Twitter no longer allows unauthenticated requests to their servers.
Basically this means that from now on, everyone who wants to get data from Twitter must have a Twitter developer account and must use OAuth for authentication.
Not only does this mean that we will have to redesign the News feed Ticker code (which will take some time) but it's also going to make the use of this feature more complicated because you will need to deal with authentication and permissions.
Note that there is nothing we can do about Twitter's decision to stop supporting this functionality and this is nothing specific to Quick 'n Easy Web Builder!
As soon as we have another solution we will of course tell you about it.
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The full version of the co-op RTS game “DwarfHeim” is now available for PC via Steam
Manchester, UK, 27th September, 2021.
Merge Games and Norwegian developers, Pineleaf Studio, are thrilled to announce that “DwarfHeim“, their co-op RTS title, will leave Early Access today and release as V1.0 on Steam today.
To celebrate the launch, players looking to pick up a copy of Dwarfheim will be able to enjoy a 30% discount on Steam until 3rd October.
As well as gameplay updates and fixes, the V1.0 launch of Dwarfheim will include a host of new features to enhance the action packed RTS gameplay experience including:
A selection of new Thanes, each one provided with a new set of unique abilities
Lobby Handling for parties to remain together after a match is concluded
A complete Survival Overhaul with intense blood moon events featuring new enemy types
New survival UI
New upgrade system for defenses
Pathfinding tools updated
About Dwarfheim
DwarfHeim is the next generation of real-time strategy games and features exciting asymmetric, co-op game modes that will appeal to multiplayer fans everywhere. Player roles are critical to the success of your clan, choosing the right class can mean the difference between a glorious victory and a crushing defeat.
DwarfHeim can also be enjoyed in single-player modes for the gamer’s that prefer the solo play-style.
Conquest — The main co-op multiplayer mode of DwarfHeim. Choose a class, join up with 2 other players and work together to tear through the enemy team’s defenses to destroy their Town Hall.
Skirmish — Skirmish is available in Single-Player and Online Co-op. Put your strategies to the test in this challenging mode and pit your Dwarves against an AI-controlled rival clan in a series of maps each more challenging than the last.
Survival — A gruelling and fast-paced challenge mode. All classes, buildings, units and abilities are immediately unlocked. Challenge yourself and try to outlive the onslaught of troll waves that come your way in the Survival mode. Survival mode will be available in Single-Player and Online Co-op.
Sandbox — A more relaxed game mode for the player who likes to take their time. All units and buildings are immediately unlocked. Build your own experience, and create your perfect settlement in this creative game mode. Sandbox is also available in both Single-Player and Online Co-op.
V1.0 of Dwarfheim will be available today via Steam for £19.99 / €24.99 / $24.99 SRP with a 30% discount until the 3rd October. For more information please visit www.mergegames.com
About Merge
Merge Games is a global video game publisher, developer and distributor based in Manchester, UK. The company publishes and distributes games worldwide for PC, consoles and streaming platforms, including Dead Cells, Streets of Rage 4, Spirit of the North, Cloudpunk, Aragami and Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX. Merge is also developing its own survival game, Smalland, in house. In 2021, Merge Games was acquired by Zordix AB (publ). For more information, please visit www.mergegames.com
About Pineleaf
Pineleaf is a game development studio in Norway that is dedicated to creating new gameplay experiences together with an active community of players.
In 2016, DwarfHeim won “Concept of the Year” at the Norwegian Game Awards. Since then, Pineleaf has gained more employees, building an outstanding team that they’re very proud of. Since Day 1 it has been important for them to build a dedicated community and develop DwarfHeim into what it is that you see today. Pineleaf seeks to be a technology and games studio, poised to change the games industry in Norway and the world.
Tags: Co-op, DwarfHeim, Indie games, Merge, PC games, Pineleaf, RTS, Steam
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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – The Flavors Of Michigan
It’s another spectacular Monday! Happy Monday and happy Labor Day to one and all! I always look forward to each and every Monday, as they are my 52 Chances per year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you!
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#LearnSomethingNewEveryDay
127 years ago (in June 1894), Labor Day officially became a federal holiday. It’s celebrated annually, on the first Monday in September. Just as Memorial Day marks the “unofficial” start of summer, Labor Day is considered the “unofficial” end of summer! However, technically, there’s over two weeks until fall begins.
There aren’t any specific traditions for rejoicing in Labor Day. Some end-of-summer celebrations include events like picnics, outdoor concerts, festivals, fireworks and even shopping; as retailers offer huge Labor Day weekend deals and discounts to move the rest of their summer stock.
I think the real reason that Mom loved to celebrate Labor Day, many decades ago, when my siblings and I were all kids, was because it meant that we were going back to school the next day and she could start her vacation!
#PureMichigan
Many Michiganders take advantage of this long, holiday weekend to go “up north” for one, last, summer retreat. Today is also the annual Labor Day Walk across the five-mile-long “Mighty Mac”, which has bridged the Straits of Mackinac since 1957. At 26,372 feet, it’s the third longest suspension bridge in North America.
According to the Mackinac Bridge Authority, “The bridge walk has been an annual event since 1958, with the exception of 2020. The 2021 walk will be the 63rd event. Between 25,000 and 30,000 people have participated in recent years.” The bridge is usually shut down to motor traffic for a half-day, for the safety of the Labor Day walkers.
#NationalAmericanaMonth
My husband and I have been wanting to explore more of the Americana oddities, natural beauty, and history of Pure Michigan‘s “Tip-of-the-Mitt”; as well as the eastern half of the U.P. We have a bucket list that includes some of Mom and Dad’s favorite places to visit, like Traverse City, Cheboygan, Petosky, Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island, St. Ignace, Sault Ste. Marie, Brimley, Tahquamenon Falls, Houghton, and Newberry.
Our home state is so rich in small-town, Norman Rockwell, Americana beauty, history, AND FLAVOR! It’s no wonder Mom loved reviewing different restaurants, locally and state-wide, throughout the decades, as the Secret RecipesTM Detective; figuring out how to duplicate their famous dishes at home, while simultaneously re-discovering her home state of Michigan!
The northern 45th parallel is the circle of latitude that lays halfway between the equator and the north pole. Here, in Michigan, this unique oddity crosses through the “Tip-of-the-Mitt”, from Leland, on the west side, to Alpena, on the east side.
There aren’t any big, roadside attractions for this Americana-style novelty. However, many of the towns along the parallel make the most of their unique locations; offering the oddity-seeking tourists fudge, food, and fermented fruit (aka: wine) – as well as little trinkets, t-shirts, and other commemorative souvenirs. There are about eight different, “45th Parallel” signs across Michigan, which make great photo op’s.
I agree with L.V. Anderson’s research, as seen in her article, The United Sweets of America (Aug. 24, 2014), which claims that Michigan’s unofficial “state dessert” is FUDGE! Likewise, Top 13 Best Foods Which Made Michigan Famous, by the Thumbwind staff at Thumbwind.com (Sep. 25, 2020), also claims that Mackinac Island Fudge is the #1 favorite! See my re-share of Mom’s imitation for Mackinac Island Dark Fudge below.
Moreover, according to an article at TheDailyMeal.com, called The Snack Food That Defines Every State, by Carolyn Menyes (Feb. 26, 2020), fudge was also chosen as the favorite snack food in Michigan! I know fudge seems to be the star in every Michigan “tourist town”, in which I’ve ever been.
Like other tourists, I love to stop and see a fudge-making performance, as well as buy some of their tasty treats. An interesting story on the history of fudge and how it came to be a tourism staple, in the first place, can be found at ChowHound.com. Another great fudge article to check out is called ‘Why Does Every Tourist Attraction Sell Fudge?’, by Kat Eschner (May 12, 2017) at Smithsonian.com.
Additionally, on Thumbwind’s list of famous Michigan-made foods, Detroit’s Coney Island Hot Dog, is #2 (even though the original Coney Island restaurant is on the Atlantic coastline); and Buddy’s Detroit-Style pizza is #3. Those are followed by Traverse City’s tart cherries, the U.P.’s pasties, and Frankenmuth’s home-style chicken to round out its top six choices.
Those choices are also supported by Samantha Lande’s photo collection/article in Great Lakes & Better Food: The Best Things To Eat In Michigan, which includes other iconic favorites like Sanders Hot Fudge Cream Puff, Franklin Cider Mill’s apple cider and donuts, Hamtramck’s paczki (pronounced “poonch-key”), Vernor’s Boston Cooler, and Tom’s Mom’s Cookies.
In an mLive.com article, These Are Michigan’s 12 Most Iconic Restaurants, by Amy Sherman (published: May 24, 2019; updated: July 9, 2020), the top four [(of 12) restaurants, most of which Mom had visited] are:
Hack-Ma-Tack Inn (Cheboygan) – famous for their whitefish dip and prime rib dinners.
Legs Inn (Cross Village) – famous for their authentic Polish cuisine.
The Whitney (Detroit) – famous for its old world charm and dishes like Beef Wellington.
[Win] Schuler’s (Marshall) – famous for their spicy cheese spread and barbequed meatballs (both of which were among Mom’s “Original 200” recipe collection.) Below is a re-share of her imitation of their famous bar cheese!
Michigan doesn’t really have any official “State Foods” but according to an article at TasteOfHome.com, The Official Food Of Every State, by Grace Mannon (Updated: July 24, 2019), a popular suggestion for Michigan was the Coney dog that came in at #2 on Thumbwind’s list (above).
I guess it depends on where you poll, because that may be so in southeastern Michigan; but, in mid-Michigan, chicken dinners are the favorite offerings! Iva’s (Standish, MI), Zender’s and the Bavarian Inn (both, in Frankenmuth, MI) are a few five-star-favorite, iconic spots where Mom and Dad loved to eat when travelling, as well as THOUSANDS of other people! They each serve authentic, Americana-style, chicken dinners, as well as many other fabulous menu choices.
In the “Tip-Of-The-Mitt” and throughout the U.P., the pasty (pronounced: “pass-tea”), a Cornish-style meat pie, is considered the area’s specialty! Below are two of Mom’s pasty imitations that I shared last year with Kathy Keene’s “Good Neighbor” audience, on WHBY.
Michigan’s unofficial “State Dessert Pie” choice is a toss-up between apple and cherry – again, depending on where you poll. The Traverse City area (and the northern Michigan region) is famous for its cherry crops (and wine)! However, apples are the more abundant crop throughout the state, over all.
Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 8)
[A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).]
THE SECRET RECIPE REPORT
ALTHOUGH I’VE BEEN WRITING longer than I’ve been cooking, the notion to investigate the secrets of the food industry didn’t become a full-time labor-of-love until I was working for a small-town newspaper [about 1971.] As the only ‘married lady’ on the staff, I was always assigned the food page and recipe column, and I was willing to try the dishes at home and present a column or article about their results to the paper.
When you work for a small-town paper, you wear many hats. You set type, sell advertising, proof read, design headlines, create art work, campaign for subscribers; and, before you know it, you acquire skills you didn’t even know you possessed. The food department became such a welcomed relief from the local politics that I poured my heart and soul into it, learning some of the essentials of good cooking purely by default!
Everything went well until I initiated an idea to create advertising interest among local restaurants. It started when I answered a reader’s request in my column for a recipe like McDonald’s ‘Special Sauce’. I knew it was a kissin’ cousin of a good Thousand Island dressing, so the development of the recipe wasn’t difficult.
The response from our readers was so appreciative that I contacted local restaurants for their advertising in exchange for my printing one of their recipes and menu in my column and a complimentary review of their place. No one was willing to part with any of their ‘secrets’! So, I decide to see if I could ‘guess’ how they prepared their specialties of the house.
I came across a hotel in town that advertised ‘home-baked’ cheesecake, and I felt they should be telling their customers ‘homemade’. The difference to the public is very slight, but they wanted the public to ‘think’ it was homemade, from scratch, when it was, in fact, simply taken from a carton and popped into the oven like brown-and-serve rolls.
That was before our ‘truth in menu’ laws, but no one at the paper wanted to make an issue out of it. The restaurant insisted it was an old family recipe. I said the cheesecake smacked of commercial automation, stainless steel computerized kitchens and the family they referred to was probably that of Sara Lee! At any rate, that was when I parted company with the paper and set out on my own to create the ‘Secret Recipe Report’, which I dearly miss now.
Mom self-published her ‘Secret Recipe Report’ ideas under a few different titles, as the newsletter evolved over the years. However, she always included, among other things, her own personal reviews and imitations of her favorite dishes at those restaurants, which she patroned.
Since this is Better Breakfast Month and, as the first FULL week in September (the 5th-11th, this year), it’s also… National Waffle Week, here is Mom’s imitation for Biscuit Mix Like Bisquick from her Original 200 recipes and how to make waffles from it; as seen in her last book… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 173). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).]
To top it off, literally, there’s also a copy of Mom’s secret recipe for Belgian Waffle Sauce, as seen in her self-published cookbook… Top Secret Recipes Al’a Carte (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sept. 1979, p. 6)!
TODAY IS ALSO NATIONAL READ A BOOK DAY!
#GloriaPitzersCookbook
The month of September observes, among other things: Fall Hat Month, International Update Your Resume Month, Little League Month, National Blueberry Popsicle Month, National Chicken Month, National Courtesy Month, National Honey Month, National Italian Cheese Month, National Library Card Sign Up Month, National Mushroom Month, National Potato Month, National Preparedness Month, National Rice Month, National Self-Care Awareness Month, National Sewing Month, Self-Improvement Month, and Whole Grains Month!
Other celebrations happening this week include:
Today is also… National Coffee Ice Cream Day!
Tomorrow, September 7th is… National Beer Lover’s Day, National Neither Snow Nor Rain Day, National Grandma Moses Day, National Acorn Squash Day, National Salami Day, and National New Hampshire Day!
Wednesday, September 8th is… National Ampersand Day!
September 9th is… National Wiener Schnitzel Day! Plus, the second Thursday in September is also… National School Picture Day!
Friday, September 10th is… National Swap Ideas Day and National TV Dinner Day!
Saturday, September 11th is… National Make Your Bed Day, National Hot Cross Bun Day, and, of course, National Patriot Day!
September 12th is… National Chocolate Milkshake Day and National Day of Encouragement! As the Sunday after Labor Day it’s also… National Grandparent’s Day! Moreover, it’s the start of the second FULL week in September, so it’s also… National Arts In Education Week! Plus, the second week of September is also… National Biscuit and Gravy Week!
#TGIM
…36 down and 16 to go!
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Published On: Wed, Jun 12th, 2013
Music / Music Reviews | By C Bee
Crystal Fighters: Cave Rave
Cave Rave
(Atlantic Records)
Crystal Fighters is a sextet from London with an overabundance of happy tunes on their latest album, Cave Rave. They’re back again after Star of Love with a new spiritual aspect. The album totally gives off that euphoric high that only lasts at the beginning of relationships. Sebastian Pringle’s vocals are pop perfect.
The indie alternative group climbs a “Wave” of spirituality, “We’re here, our way/Hear the same groove/Get on the wave, universal suns/One thousand suns/With the power of one thousand universes from the mind of one.” Most of the songs tie into the main theme of the New Age world full of energies, souls, universes, feelings, etc. “LA Calling” is an energetic love-intoxicated tune with a short rap and drumming beats, “I was feeling on top of the world thinking about you girl.” Listen to “Separator” for a consistent beat with light drumming and for a slight yoga discussion of the mind, body and soul.
Skip over “No Man,” as Pringle’s voice is all over the place and it’s awkwardly pitchy. Crystal Fighters are all about the positive vibes and high frequency levels. It’s a conscious awakening.
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COVID-19: Update on the courts and legal services
As the challenges related to COVID-19 rapidly evolve, the legal community is adapting to provide a flexible response. St. Lawrence Barristers is doing the same by continuing to provide streamlined legal services while working remotely. In order to support new and existing clients during this challenging time, we will provide weekly updates that cover important developments in the legal community as to how legal services are being provided.
Administration of Justice and Court Procedures
The Supreme Court of Canada, our highest court, has provided guidance as to what steps it is taking during this time:
Cases previously scheduled for hearing in March, April and May are adjourned, tentatively, to June 2020.
The Court will continue to issue judgements on applications for leave and on appeal for the time being.
Court documents are to be filed by email. The Registrar will let everyone know when to file original paper copies when the Court is fully functioning again.
Deadlines imposed by the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada are suspended until further notice.
Deadlines imposed by an order of the Court, a Judge or the Registrar are suspended until further notice.
Deadlines imposed by statute are still currently in effect. If this is creating an issue, you can contact the Registry by email.
Proof of service may be filed by email.
Ontario Court of Appeal
The Ontario Court of Appeal has put out the following updates:
The Court is suspending scheduled appeals until April 3.
Urgent appeals can be heard based on written materials or remotely.
Non-urgent appeals can still be heard by requesting that it be heard based on written materials already filed.
Factums can be filed electronically.
Superior Court of Justice
On March 27, Chief Justice Morawetz released a memo to the legal community that affirmed the Court’s constitutional responsibility to ensure access to justice remains available. To ensure this, the Chief Justice is consulting with the Regional Senior Judges and is increasing the scope of events that may be heard remotely starting April 6. There will be a further update by Thursday, April 2 which will itemize the plan for expanded virtual courts. As a reminder, the Court has currently suspended all regular operations and is only hearing the following urgent matters remotely:
Judicial pre-trials on urgent in-custody matters
Bail, bail reviews, and detention reviews
Guilty pleas and sentencing hearings for persons in custody in urgent circumstances
Ontario Court of Justice
On March 28, the Ontario Court of Justice provided direction that people should not attend courthouses unless a judge requires them to be in court for a hearing, or if they are unable to submit an urgent filing in a criminal or family matter by email. All other appearances shall occur remotely and can be scheduled through the relevant Trial Coordinator’s office.
A separate notice has been sent to the media explaining how to request access to court proceedings by remote attendance.
Members of the public that would like to attend court proceedings need to reach out to counsel involved in the proceedings, who are then asked in turn to reach out to the Trial Coordinator’s Office. If granted permission to virtually attend, non-party participants are asked to keep their phone on mute during the proceedings.
All Federal Court hearings are adjourned until at least April 17, with two exceptions:
urgent matters,
matters that need to proceed as previously scheduled for exceptional reasons. The court will determine on a case-by-case basis what is “urgent” or “exceptional”.
Parties are encouraged to use the Court’s E-filing portal. Using this system during the Suspension Period exempts the requirement to file paper copies.
The court will be flexible. More info here.
Other General Updates
The Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) is asking members of the legal profession and public NOT to attend courthouses in person at this time, unless it is URGENT (or they are required to do so).
All limitation periods and procedural time periods are retroactively suspended to March 16, 2020.
Real Estate deals can be completed by Remote Signing/Virtual Commissioning.
The Law Society of Ontario phone line remains open if required.
The Law Society of Ontario has launched an emergency family law referral telephone line for self-represented litigants in determining if their matter is sufficiently urgent to be heard by the courts.
Legal Aid Ontario has stopped all in-person staff and per diem services in the courthouses across the province.
Legal Aid Ontario is still providing summary legal advice services for criminal matters by calling 1-800-668-8258. Individuals who would have received in-person legal aid services through the Family Law Information Centres can now get help by calling the 1-800 line.
Lawyers Feed the Hungry is still continuing! Food packages to go will be provided.
Steps to Justice has a great page for anyone that is facing legal problems during this time. It covers employment, family, housing, criminal, immigration/refugee, and various tribunals.
Law Society Tribunal hearings have all been cancelled until April 30th.
There is a silver lining through this crisis that the courts are being forced to advance their previously outdated technologies.
Detention review during a pandemic – the Superior Court of Justice recently ruled that COVID-19 is considered a “material change” in circumstances for the purpose of a criminal bail review (R v JS, 2020 ONSC 1710).
There are potential privacy concerns that arise authorizing the collection of information about individuals who are sick or in quarantine.
Lawyers can take active steps to mitigate the effects of this crisis:
Establish clear lines of communication
Develop work-from-home capacity and;
Stay tuned for a further update next week!
TAGS: Access to justice Civil litigation COVID-19 Ontario Courts St. Lawrence Barristers LLP Toronto
Alexi Wood and Jennifer Saville author article for The Advocates' Journal
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New California Online Poker Bill Introduced
February 22, 2016 By Brian Pempus 1 Comment
As reported by CardPlayer.com:
California will have another chance to legalize real-money online poker this year with a new bill introduced Friday by two Golden State lawmakers.
Assemblyman Adam Gray and Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer put forth the state’s latest attempt at regulating the card games, AB 2863. The online poker-only legislation comes about six weeks after a separate online poker bill from Jones-Sawyer was pulled from a hearing agenda.
AB 2863 calls for race tracks in California to receive up to $60 million in revenue sharing per year from online poker operators, in exchange for the horse racing industry not being in the space. Under the proposal, only tribal casinos and card rooms could be online poker operators. Service providers, like a PokerStars, would also be allowed in thanks to partnerships with operators. …
Click here to read the full story
Filed Under: Trending News Tagged With: Adam Gray, Gambling, Gaming, Online gambling, Poker, PokerStars, Reggie Jones-Sawyer
Democrats lose super-majority in CA Assembly
November 7, 2014 By John Hrabe Leave a Comment
Republicans, who have already blocked a Democratic super-majority in the California Senate, have also succeeded in defeating a Democratic super-majority in the Assembly.
The only question remaining: How many seats will Democrats lose in the lower house?
Buoyed by low voter turnout and an effective ground operation, Republicans picked up two Southern California seats and held a slim lead in another Bay Area district, which was considered the top priority of the state’s labor unions. Those pickups, which aren’t expected to change with the counting of late absentee and provisional ballots, would be enough to make up for losing a coastal Ventura County seat currently held by a moderate Republican.
Entering yesterday night, Democrats held 55 seats in the Assembly, compared to 24 seats for Republicans, with one vacant GOP-leaning seat.
From the Bay Area to Los Angeles, the GOP recruited non-traditional candidates to prove the party means business about expanding its base and intends to adapt to the state’s changing demographics. Republican candidates for Assembly posted stronger-than-expected results, with some safe, off-the-radar Democratic seats remaining too-close-to-call for most of Election Night.
Young Kim wins in Orange County
In the 65th Assembly District, Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, lost by double digits to Republican challenger Young Kim, a former congressional aide to Rep. Ed Royce. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the first-generation Korean American immigrant held a commanding 12-point advantage.
A gracious Quirk-Silva conceded the race late Tuesday night and offered her best wishes to Kim. “We fought hard, we worked hard, but tonight is not our victory,” the former mayor of Fullerton posted on Twitter. “I wish my opponent #YoungKim the best in her new position, congratulations!”
More than $5.2 million had been spent on the race by the candidates, political parties and independent expenditure committees. Although Democrats have a 1.7-point advantage in voter registration, the district is considered a “lean Republican” seat, according to the ATC Partisan Index, which ranks districts based on their competitiveness. Kim performed well among absentee voters and benefited from strong support from thousands of Korean-American voters in the district.
In the 36th Assembly District, Asssemblyman Steve Fox, D-Palmdale, another first-term Democrat, lost reelection by a wide margin. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Republican challenger Tom Lackey held an impressive 23-point lead in a district that Republicans let slip away in 2012 during late absentee and provisional counting.
This time, Republicans dispatched their top ground operatives to the Los Angeles County-based district to make up for a disastrous 2012 campaign. Fox, who won in 2012 by less than 200 votes, was pummeled this election with damaging mailers that reminded voters of his ongoing legal troubles.
The losses by Quirk-Silva and Fox marked the first time in two decades that a Democratic incumbent has lost reelection to the Legislature, according to GOP political consultant Matt Rexroad.
“1994 was the last time a Democrat incumbent lost to a Republican in CA Legislature,” Rexroad, an award-winning political consultant, tweeted. “Two will lose tonight.”
Parties split open targets
The two parties split a pair of open seats at opposite ends of the state.
In the 16th Assembly District, moderate Republican Catharine Baker, an attorney from Pleasanton, defeated Democrat Tim Sbranti, the mayor of Dublin, by four points with all precincts reporting. It is unlikely that Baker would lose the race with the remaining absentee and provisional ballots left to be counted. Her win will give Republicans enough seats to block the Democrats from reaching a super-majority.
Republicans, who traditionally struggle in the Bay Area, dedicated millions of dollars of their limited campaign funds to the competitive race after a brutal June primary. Aided by millions of dollars in independent expenditures from labor unions, Sbranti was ultimately weighed down by his ties to the unions, especially after a vicious primary against moderate Democrat Steve Glazer.
Several hundred miles south, Democrats picked up an open seat in the 44th Assembly District that was vacated by moderate Republican Jeff Gorell. The Ventura County-based seat was an expensive race between Republican Rob McCoy and Democrat Jacqui Irwin. With all precincts reporting, Irwin led McCoy 51.1 percent to 48.9 percent.
Other Democratic incumbents in trouble
At least one other Democratic lawmaker remains in danger of losing reelection.
In the 66th Assembly District, Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, was losing to Republican challenger David Hadley by more than 2,000 votes. The South Bay district was expected to be competitive, in part, because of low voter turnout.
In the 21st Assembly District, Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, defeated a late challenge from Republican Jack Mobley. With all precincts reporting, Gray had 52 percent to Mobley’s 48 percent.
Republicans largely ignored Republican Jack Mobley’s challenge to Gray. A moderate Central Valley Democrat, Gray endeared himself to the state’s business community by occasionally delivering pro-business votes on hot-button issues. But the weak incumbent needed more than $310,000 in support from the party to beat back a last-minute campaign push orchestrated by CA GOP Chairman Jim Brulte.
Big upset: Democrat defeats Democrat
The biggest potential upset of the night was in the 39th Assembly District. Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, D-Pacoima, was losing to unknown Democratic challenger Patty Lopez by 182 votes. However, with late absentee and provisional ballots left to count, that race remains too close to call.
In two other safe Democratic districts, the results were closer than expected.
In the 57th Assembly District, Assemblyman Ian Calderon, D-Whittier, held a slim lead over Republican Rita Topalian. Calderon, the son of former Assemblyman Charles Calderon, was weighed down by corruption charges filed against his uncle, outgoing state Sen. Ron Calderon.
In the nearby 48th Assembly District, Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina, defeated Republican Joe Gardner by single digits.
This article was originally published at CalWatchdog.com
Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: Adam Gray, CA Assembly, CalWatchdog, Ian Calderon, John Hrabe, Supermajority, Young Kim
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Cold Weapon
Lots of information about swords, knives, blades, daggers, rapiers and other cold weapons. Swordsmanship and martial arts. Reviews and descriptions.
Napoleon's Sword Sold For $6.4 Million
FONTAINEBLEAU, France - A gold-encrusted sword Napoleon wore into battle in Italy 200 years ago was sold Sunday for more than $6.4 million, an auction house said.
The last of Napoleon's swords in private hands, it has an estimated value of far less-about $1.6 million, according to the Osenat auction house managing the sale.
Applause rang out in a packed auction hall across the street from one of Napoleon's imperial castles in Fontainebleau, a town southeast of Paris, when the sword was sold.
Osenat did not identify the buyer, but said the sword will remain in Napoleon's family, which had put it up for sale. The auction house did not immediately elaborate on the details.
The intricately decorated blade is 32 inches in length and curves gently-an inspiration Napoleon drew from his Egyptian campaign, auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat said.
The sword was carried by Napoleon-who was not yet emperor-into the battle of Marengo in June 1800, when he launched a surprise attack to push the Austrian army from Italy and seal France's victory, auction house officials said.
After the battle, Napoleon gave the sword to his brother as a wedding present, and it was passed down through the generations, never leaving the family, according to the auction house.
The sword was declared a national treasure in 1978, meaning that under French law it could be sold to a foreign buyer but had to remain in France for at least five months per year.
Source: Yahoo! News
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Dianne Williams - May 29, 2019
Lisa West was used to receiving odd messages. Running a 24-hour bakery brought that kind of thing to her. Well, that and her moonlighting career as a spy. Not a detective. She was pretty sure you needed a license for that and she hated the imagery of teenage heroines hunting ghosts. She’d discovered last year that her hometown was crawling with spies, so what was one more joining the profession?
But lately the messages were getting weirder.
She’d checked into the motel 15 minutes ago when she found a package on the grimy bedspread in the room. It beeped at her and kept beeping until she tore it open to find out what she had.
She found a burner phone inside, of the ancient flip phone variety, and tipped it into her hand. It flashed a text message at her.
“Bring the money to the place where the wheat meets the light at sundown.”
She gave a heavy sigh. The messages were definitely getting weirder. “I want proof of life,” she responded. She’d picked that up from a movie somewhere. Maybe it would give her a clue about what to do next.
The text came back with a picture of a goat tied to a tree. A hand holding an axe loomed in the foreground.
“C’mon! Who threatens a goat?” she asked the empty room. The florescent light flickering was her only answer.
She looked back to the phone. Sundown. The sun was setting later now that summer was coming, but she really had no idea when it officially set. How specific were the kidnappers going to be?
She didn’t know who the goat belonged to. It certainly wasn’t hers. She’d never owned a goat in her life. But she didn’t think she’d be able to sleep tonight without knowing what happened to it. She made a phone call.
“Gil? It’s Lisa. Lisa West. Can you send someone to keep an eye on my place around sunset?”
“Sure, but- where are you?”
Gil was an old friend, and one of the people who’d gotten her into the spy trade in the first place.
“I’m in that crummy motel at the north end of town.”
“The place where all the murders took place last year?” Gil asked.
“That’s the one. My house is being fumigated. There are seven weddings in town this weekend and not one of them is using my bakery. The hotels were all booked up. It was either this or sleep in the shop,” Lisa said.
“But are you okay?”
“I’m fine. I want someone to keep an eye on the bakery in case things get weird on my end. I have to save a goat.”
“A goat? As in, curry?”
The place where the wheat meets the light was easy. It was the slogan for the historic brewery downtown, Wheat State, which would almost certainly be hosting at least one of the bridal parties for dinner or drinks around sundown. She didn’t know if that would hurt or help the goat when she showed up without any money.
Lisa hadn’t been to this part of town in a while. Restaurants were always coming and going in the area. She knew who’s goat she was looking for as soon as she parked her car. Right across the street from the old, historic brewery that had dominated downtown for over a century was a shiny new restaurant. The Black Goat brewery. It dominated the other side of the street.
Pedestrians dodged a sandwich board on the sidewalk as Lisa went to investigate. In place of the specials, the brewery had put up a missing poster for their goat. Lisa was pretty sure it was the same goat. She couldn’t stop her brain from superimposing the axe from the text onto the poster. What was she going to say when she walked in? Hey, get any ransom notices for the goat yet because I think I got your mystery phone?
A group of women dressed to the nines jostled Lisa as they pushed into The Black Goat. Judging by the one wearing her best white dress and a veil covered in penises, it looked like a bachelorette party. Good cover. Lisa strolled in right behind them and gave the hostess as nod as they flocked up to the bar.
“Getting an early start, Charlie?” the bartender called, already setting up a row of shot glasses.
The bartender was the hipsteriest hipster who’d ever existed in town, minus the flannel shirt which he’d replaced with a denim button-down for work. The beard, the hair, the fancy mustache. It was a look.
“And why shouldn’t I? It’s either this or sit in my shitty motel room tonight so my groom doesn’t see me. I want to celebrate my wedding and I want to celebrate it here, in my own bar. With the only family I have,” the bride said, disturbing an elderly couple trying to have an early meal.
Lisa made her way to the bar casually, trying to look like she was with the bridal party or maybe not, depending on what turned out to be convenient when she started talking. The bartender handed her a tray of shots for the party, which a bridesmaid conveniently took before Lisa had to do any explaining.
“You with Charlie’s gals?” the bartender asked as Lisa took a stool in the least graceful manner possible. Damn. So much for not explaining anything.
“Not exactly,” Lisa said. She grabbed one of the drink menus floating around. “The Black Goat. Was that named after someone’s real goat?”
The bartender tapped the photo on the back of the menu. It was definitely the goat Lisa was in the process of rescuing. “Named after Richard here. Charlie’s pet goat.”
He nodded towards the bride. Not only had someone stolen her pet, but they’d done it on the eve of her wedding. This was truly a monster Lisa was hunting.
He leaned in close over the artisanal wood counter. Lisa didn’t know if the glass polishing was part of his hipster-bartender act or not. “If you ask me, it was Wheat State who took him.”
“The other brewery?” Lisa whispered. “What do they want with your goat?”
“Demoralize the enemy. They don’t want us to succeed, ya know?”
Lisa nodded sagely. In her experience, it wasn’t the other businesses in town trying to drive each other away. She’d had help from several other bakeries in town when she opened. But why get in the way of a good story. She’d probably find out the real reason eventually.
“So where would they even hide a goat?” she asked.
He shrugged. “Lots of places to hide a goat in a restaurant.”
The ladies nearest the door pulled the bartender’s attention away from Lisa and she took it as the right moment to make her escape. He clearly didn’t know anything, but she left some cash on the bar for his time. The world needed more talkative bartenders in her experience. Lisa liked to reward them whenever possible.
“That guy can’t be in here,” the bartender shouted. “I don’t want any Wheat State guys in here tonight.”
The ladies in the bachelorette party were already on it. Five of them had the dude surrounded even though he stood six inches taller than them. They looked like hens driving away an angry rooster. He had dark, slicked back hair and a sneer that went on for days.
“What do you want, Chad?” they asked.
Yeah. The dude looked like a Chad.
“Ladies. I’m here as the groom’s best man. Checking in on things. Everything going well for you all? Nothing amiss? Nothing out of place? Nothing missing?”
Lisa tried to slip past the confrontation. She didn’t have time to see how this played out. But the other women in the bridal party had her surrounded. More of them had moved in behind her while she wasn’t looking. She’d joined the crowd against Chad without even trying.
“You’re in the wrong bar, Chad,” one said.
“Go find your own party. This is our bar and you need to stay in yours.”
Chad’s sneer never faltered. He bestowed it on each of the women in turn, including Lisa, before leaving the bar in a huff. He managed to look half magnanimous about it, too.
The hostess across the street didn’t recognize Lisa, but Lisa knew this restaurant. The faces changed over the years, but the food and the service never did. It was a good place. The kind of place where you took your parents instead of admitting you preferred the dive bar down the block.
Everything in town was packed with wedding groups tonight. A bachelor party had taken over the bar area in the center of the main floor. They weren’t as loud as the bridal party across the street, but they made up for it. Lisa dodged elbows skirting the guys at the bar.
One of them turned around too quickly and Lisa didn’t manage to dodge him in time. Half his beer hit the floor as she muttered an apology. His buddy grabbed his shoulder, letting Lisa escape.
“This is bullshit. Why does Lyle put up with these crowds?” she heard the first guy ask his buddy.
“What’s the big deal? Just get another drink.”
“Let’s head up to the party room. This place is too packed.”
“Already a private party or something up there, man.”
She kept her head down. She didn’t need to get tangled up with these dudes on her mission of mercy. There was a goat to save here somewhere.
Bring the money where the wheat meets the light. The goat had to be in the building by now. Where would she keep a goat if she were a goat-murdering axe dude?
The dining area at Wheat State was two stories with a private room upstairs, a bar in the center of the dining area, an extra room tucked into the back, and kitchen to the rear. The goat was clearly not going to be in the dining areas and the private room was in use. Lisa made her way to the bathrooms between the main dining area and the back room. She remembered a supply closet or something back there. Maybe it was big enough for a goat.
No go on the supply closet, which turned out to only exist in Lisa’s mind. There wasn’t one in the actual restaurant. And the ladies’ room was clear. Lingering outside of the mens’ room, she didn’t hear or smell goat-like things. It seemed an unlikely hiding spot so she moved on to something she didn’t want to try. She went into the kitchen of a restaurant that wasn’t hers.
Crossing from the dining room to the kitchen was like crossing a magic threshold. Immediately the noise factor went from a 6 to an 8. The bachelor party outside had nothing on the kitchen staff in terms of sheer loudness and swearing.
There was no goat here either, but there was a back door. She was running out of time.
“Hey, you can’t be in here.”
Lisa turned. It was Chad from across the street. Of course this would turn out to be his bachelor party. Of course this was his bar. Lisa couldn’t have one stroke of luck on her side. The rest of the staff looked up when he called her out. They clearly knew him and didn’t know her.
“Spying for the other side?” he sneered.
For a second, Lisa thought he might know about her moonlighting career. But he didn’t have the usual spy swagger she’d run into everywhere else in town. He was just a common jerk.
“Sorry, passing through,” she said.
He grabbed her elbow, his big hands bruising her one good blouse. She pulled her arm away and he let her, but he puffed his shoulders out to show that he could stop her if she tried anything. He might be right, too, given the situation.
“Is there a problem in here that the entire fucking dining room needs to know about?”
The manager came bustling through, with his dark apron and his blonde hair. He looked from Chad to Lisa and back to Chad, seeming to settle on Chad as the problem.
“She’s a snoop, Lyle. She shouldn’t be back here.”
Lyle lowered his voice. He managed to keep it to a hiss just above the sound of the kitchen noise. “Look man. I get off in 20 minutes and then you and I are gonna celebrate my upcoming nuptials and I cannot do that if you’re going to make a case over some drunk girl cutting through the kitchens.”
Lisa said a silent prayer to the god of decent managers. While Lyle distracted Chad, she ducked her head and ran for it. No one tried to stop her as she stepped out into the alley.
What a dick. Chad clearly worked at Wheat State if they didn’t throw him out of the kitchen alongside her. And he certainly had the “would kill a goat for fun” demeanor. Maybe he was her perp. Maybe she needed to march back in there and confront him in front of his manager.
She was starting to gear herself up for that disaster when two of the kitchen staff came out to sit on the curb for a smoke break. Lisa pulled her scarf over her mouth to block the smell and steered clear of them, keeping to the shadows. There were no trees out here like the one she’d seen in the text with the goat. That animal was going to die if this turned out to be a dead end. She’d have to circle the building and try another way in. Maybe they had a basement.
“So I guess Lyle’s got a fucking pet goat now,” one of the kitchen staff said.
“Yeah. Who knows what he’s going to do with it. If it were me, I’d fry it up and serve it as tomorrow’s special during the wedding.”
Lisa stepped out of the shadows and grabbed the culinary monster by the elbow. She twisted him around and shoved him against the brick wall. Little bits of mortar crumbled on his cheek as she put her weight against him.
“Where does Lyle live?” she demanded.
“Out on Sycamore,” he stammered, too startled to process that he was ratting out his buddy.
“Where on Sycamore?”
The sun was already kissing the tallest trees in the neighborhood when Lisa parked in front of Lyle’s house. It was a quiet neighborhood, bordering on well-kept. The porch drooped and the bushes were overgrown, but a coat of fresh paint and a freshly mown lawn kept up the illusion.
No one answered when she rang the doorbell. She waited longer than she felt comfortable waiting and tried again, just in case. Still nothing.
“Lisa West, that goat doesn’t have time for you to play it safe,” she muttered.
She went around back where she was greeted by a tall fence and absolutely no gate. If there was one, it must have been on the other side of the house. Shit.
There were no obvious animal noises in the yard. She found a gap between two of the slats and peeked in. In one corner of the yard was a pen. It was a nice pen, not something put together slap dash by an axe-murdering goat kidnapper. Someone had built a hut for the goat and fenced in a big area for it to roam. And there was absolutely no goat inside.
There was a window next to her and she was frustrated enough to peek inside the house. She had a view of the living room and everywhere, every surface covered, there were wedding decorations. Lisa had seen a lot of homemade centerpieces in her day – she’d even made a few for various friends and relations – and these were on the nicer side. Each centerpiece featured a shaggy black goat in a field of wheat.
She could just see a picture of the happy couple: Charlie and Lyle. The pen must have been for Richard. But if they were getting married, then who’d stolen the goat?
It was dark by the time Lisa found another parking spot near the breweries. She raced for The Black Goat, hoping that the axe-wielder was too busy drinking to execute his hostage.
Charlie was holding her liquor better than most of her bridesmaids by this point. Lisa didn’t wave at the hostess as she went in. She stormed past the crowd and planted herself in front of the bride.
“I know where your goat is,” Lisa said.
“Show me.”
Lisa and Charlie raced across the street at the head of a glorious band of valkyries, hell bent on justice. The poor hostess at Wheat State tried to stop them.
Lisa looked her dead in the eye. “We’re going upstairs.”
“I’m sorry, but the party room is closed today,” the hostess called after them as Lisa hit the stairs.
“Not for long.”
Chad noticed them next. “Hey, you can’t be in here. What happened to ‘you stay in your bar and we’ll stay in ours?’”
Charlie’s bridesmaids closed ranks better than any sports team Lisa had ever seen. “This is a private party, Chad.”
Lisa turned back to Charlie on the stairs ahead of her, certain the bridesmaids had things in hand below. The upstairs party room was just a twist and turn away from the staircase. The bride was already at the door. She hesitated, her hand on the doorknob.
“Richard is in there,” Lisa said. “He’ll be okay.”
Charlie pushed the door open and was met with a very angry, very matted black goat on top of the long table, bleating his disapproval of the living conditions.
“How did you find us?” Chad asked as he arrived, the rest of the bachelorette party trying to drag him away.
Lisa grabbed him and pushed him up against the wall. Fortunately, he was too drunk to react. “Where’s the axe?” she asked.
“Where is the axe? The one you threatened the goat with? Who the hell threatens a goat?”
“Hey, it was a prank. You know, a joke. A hoax. A gag the night before the wedding,” he explained as if Lisa didn’t understand the words. “I wouldn’t have hurt it.”
The groom was the next one up the stairs, still in his bartender’s apron. Lyle pulled Lisa off his best man. Lisa tried to push him off because she wasn’t done with this fuckwit, but he muscled his way between her and Chad.
Lisa queued up some choice insults for Chad, but Lyle had things well in hand. He grabbed two handfuls of Chad’s shirt and shook him.
“You kidnapped my girlfriend’s goat, man?”
“It was a joke!” Chad’s voice rose in pitch now that he was between a wall and a hard place. The sneer fell off his face.
“You don’t joke about killing someone’s pet. Dude!”
“You hated that goat. You go off about it every time we hang out. It smells bad. It eats too much. You want your yard back. I was just trying to make a point, man.”
Lyle pushed Chad one last time and let him go, holding his hands up in disgust. He turned to Lisa. “Get Trix and tell her to bring up anything Richard wants to eat. I don’t care if the goat wants champagne and caviar, bring up whatever.”
One of the other bridesmaids ran off, saving Lisa from having to ask who Trix was.
“You’re out, Chad,” Lyle said.
“Dude. I’m your best man.” He tried a grin again, but it didn’t quite stick.
Lyle turned to Charlie, who was busy reassuring the goat that he could eat the bad man’s jacket if he wanted to. “Let’s get Richard home,” he said.
Lisa was ready to get home, herself. Or back to the motel, anyway. This wasn’t the strangest mission she’d been on, but it had the happiest ending so far.
Dianne Williams
Dianne Williams lives in Lawrence, Kansas. She grew up reading Nancy Drew mysteries and classic science fiction. She once dreamed of being an astronaut. Or maybe a lawyer. Or an artist. She settled for being as many of them as she could all at once through fiction writing.
Tags: mistaken identity, mystery letter
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