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The Art of Dwelling

Concurrently with Across the Great Divide, 516 ARTS will host a related exhibition in the downstairs gallery organized by guest curator Erin Elder titled Worlds Outside This One, featuring a group of emerging international artists and innovators responding to the legacy of homesteading, squatting, hermitage and fort building. The exhibition addresses the urge for momentary acts of self-determination, creating hand-hewn spaces in the gallery and interactive experiences for visitors, as well as showcasing blueprints, shelters, journals and maps.

Looking to those who create ad-hoc communities and makeshift structures through art practice as well as daily life, this exhibition illuminates the productive tension between Do-It- Yourself autonomy and shared notions of Utopia. Many of the featured artists in Worlds Outside This One are also architects, philosophers, entrepreneurs, urban planners, economists and community builders.

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Screening and brief intervention delivered simultaneously in multiple settings: it is cost-effective, but can it influence community-level outcomes?

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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2012, 7(Suppl 1):A13  doi:10.1186/1940-0640-7-S1-A13

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A 20-community randomized controlled trial, the Alcohol Action in Rural Communities (AARC) project, provided the opportunity to examine the cost-effectiveness of screening and brief intervention (SBI) delivered simultaneously in general practice (GP), pharmacy, and emergency department (ED) settings and the community level impact of the SBI on problem drinking. For the GP- and pharmacy-delivered SBI, decision models and scenario analysis assessed outcomes and costs in the 10 experimental communities of the trial. For the ED-delivered SBI, a randomized controlled trial design was used to examine the cost-effectiveness of mailed personalized feedback. For both the GP- and pharmacy-delivered SBI, the most cost-effective outcome was to increase screening alone: GPs and pharmacies screening all patients achieved an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of AUD $197 and AUD $29, respectively, per risky drinker who reduced drinking. The ED-based SBI resulted in a reduction of 2.6 fewer drinks per week at an average cost of $5.55 per patient and an ICER of $2.13 per one standard drink reduction in average weekly consumption. In addition to cost-effectiveness, the AARC community approach provided the opportunity to analyze the effect of SBI on community level outcomes. Currently, 19% of risky drinkers in a community visit a GP and reduce their drinking, which would increase to 36% if all patients got SBI. Similarly, 23% of risky drinkers in a community visit a pharmacy and reduce their drinking, which would increase to 34% if they all got SBI. Although our results confirm SBI is cost-effective, the impact at the community level is unclear: if all GPs and pharmacists delivered SBI to all their risky drinking patients, only 34-36% would reduce their drinking. A trial that assessed the impact of SBI delivered in multiple settings simultaneously on community level indicators of alcohol harm would move the field toward demonstrating the cost benefit, as well as cost-effectiveness, of SBI.


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Redbirds lose game 3
posted: July 26, 2010

The Redbirds fell a little short Saturday night in game 3 of the SCBL Championship. The Copperheads outscored the Birds 6-4. Congratulations to Lake Norman on their victory.

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The Redbirds lost Game 2 of the Championship Series to Lake Norman 7-4. The Series is now tied 1-1. The final Game will be tonight at Lake Norman. Game time is 7 pm.

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Asheville won Game 1 of the SCBL Championship last night at Lake Norman, 9-8. Game 2 will be at home tonight. Game time is 7 pm. Come out and cheer on Your Asheville Redbirds!

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posted: July 21, 2010

What a great week in baseball the Redbirds have had. The regular season ended Saturday night at Clemson with the Redbirds turning a triple play to end the game and sweep the Chaos. Monday the Redbirds traveled to Milligan College to take on the Tennessee Tornados in the first round of the divisional playoffs. Asheville beat the defending SCBL champions 5-2, ending the Tornados chance for a three-peat. Tuesday, Asheville was back at home to face the Carolina Chaos for the Western Divisional Championship. Asheville again wins 6-3 to become the 2010 SCBL Western Division Champions.

Asheville's next challenge will be the SCBL Championship. The three game series starts Thursday at Lake Norman. Asheville will be at home for game two Friday. Game time is 7pm.

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The Lake Norman Copperheads came to Asheville last night for two games against the Redbirds. The Copperheads and Redbirds had already faced each other twice this week, splitting the games, both in extra innings.

Game 1 started with the Copperheads scoring one in the top of the first. Asheville quickly answered getting two in the bottom of the first. The Redbirds broke the game open in the bottom of the fifth, sending ten batters to the plate and scoring five runs off of two nice hits by Chris Allen and Zach Hutton. Lake Norman would put one more on the board in the top of the sixth. Kyle Watson pitched a great game for the Birds. Asheville wins game one 7-2.

Game 2 started with a bang for Asheville scoring four runs in the bottom of the first. The Redbirds would add a run in the third and sixth inning. Great pitching by Brent Queen (5 innings) and Josh Thrailkill (2 innings) combined for a two hit shutout of the Copperheads. Asheville wins 6-0 in the nightcap.

Asheville travels to Statesville tonight for a doubleheader against the Owls. Game time is 5 pm.

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After Asheville beat Lake Norman in a 12 inning game on Monday night, the league leading Copperheads were looking for a little payback Wednesday night. Fans were in for a treat as the game went on for 13 innings. Asheville ended up losing 5-4.

These two meet again tonight for a double header at home starting at 5 pm.

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The Redbirds played the Copperheads from Lake Norman last night. Asheville had another exciting extra inning game, winning in the bottom of the 12 inning 4-3

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The Blue Eagles traveled from Spartanburg to Asheville last night. Asheville started the game scoring in the bottom of the first when Mike Vaughn hit a two run shot over the left field fence. The Blue Eagles did not score until the forth inning, but put runs on the board for five straight innings starting with four in the forth. Asheville added one in the bottom of the sixth. The Blue Eagles win 11-3

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We’re now into Day 2 of SMX Sydney and I finally have power so can get back into the live blogging.

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Esther Marie McPherson Donahue was active/lived in Michigan, Pennsylvania.  Ester Donahue is known for modernist painting.

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Esther Donahue, age 87, died February 4, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Esther was the widow of former AOSS Chair, Thomas M. Donahue. She was born Esther Marie McPherson, daughter of Helen (Beals) and Mannon McPherson, on March 21, 1925 in Morrisville, New York. Her father was a poultry scientist at Morrisville State College. She was elected Phi Beta Kappa at Cornell University (where both of her parents were alumni) and graduated in 1945.??

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Ian Woodner (January 25, 1903 - November 1, 1990)

He was an American real estate developer, artist and art collector.  Mr. Woodner was born in New York City to a Polish immigrant family.  He was raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  He received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Minnesota and a master's from Harvard University.  He received a fellowship to study abroad in Europe and the Middle East.  He attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won nine medals during his postgraduate work.  He was married to Ruth Lyon Woodner of Westport, Connecticut.

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K Crow

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Resident of Santa Maria in 1891. Exh: Calif. State Fair, 1891; Ruskin Art Club (LA), 1902.

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Hugh Grant

"Being a well-known person with a bit of money has had an extremely alluring effect on women up to now. It's by no means a curse -- it's a blessing." -Hugh Grant
His name was on everyone's lips after Four Weddings and a Funeral. And after a few small films, he resurfaced with Notting Hill, popularized "fuhgeddaboudit" in Mickey Blue Eyes, and recently wowed audiences in About a Boy and Love Actually.
Hugh Grant was a star after Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the women couldn't stop talking about his clumsy but ultimately charming seduction of Andie MacDowell. And with gentlemanly good looks to boot, Grant is indeed a big hit with the ladies. His two girlfriends are testament to that: stunning model and actress Elizabeth Hurley (of Austin Powers fame) and his current love, Kasia Komorowicz, a ravishing blonde.
For all its downs, Hugh Grant's career has enough ups to cancel them out. One of today's most successful British actors, Grant starred in Four Weddings and a Funeral, the highest-grossing British film at the time of its release.

For someone who seemed uncertain about his career, he sure made a good name for himself. After his debut role in Privileged, Grant caused an uproar with the homosexual drama Maurice and picked up a Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his work. The following year he starred as Lord Byron in Rowing In the Wind (also featuring Elizabeth Hurley) and as Chopin in the animated short film, Nocturnes.

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After decent roles in Mickey Blue Eyes and Small Time Crooks, Hugh Grant scored huge once again in 2002's About a Boy, the Nick Hornby story of a hopelessly immature bachelor who takes a few tips on growing up from a 12-year-old boy. That film, along with the previous year's Bridget Jones's Diary, pretty much sealed his return. Hugh Grant is Hollywood royalty once again.

Hugh Grant Biography

Despite his unfortunate name (or perhaps because of it), Hugh John Mungo Grant went on to become England's most successful actor. He was born in London on September 9th, 1960 to an artist and carpet salesman father, and teacher mother, both of military backgrounds. He grew up in the comfortable suburbs, trying his hand at acting while in school. It was a disaster; in one musical production, he went off-key and had to start his number again. He says he can still hear the kids laughing.

Undaunted, he later won a scholarship to Oxford's New College, where he worked toward an English degree. But with a passion for the stage, he continued to dabble in student drama and even starred in Hamlet, which was done in Star Trek costumes. While still a student, he was snagged in 1982 for the Oxford production, Privileged, and was credited as Hughie Grant.

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Aimless upon graduation, he tried a fruitless stint as a tutor. He jumped on his knack for making people laugh by joining a comedy troupe that performed in London's pub circuit, often performing alongside Mike Myers when he lived there. He supplemented his income by writing TV comedy sketches and radio ads, and doing some literary reviews.

Next came a series of disappointments. His comedy crew, The Jockeys of Norfolk, was a hit at an Edinburgh festival and got signed for a TV pilot. But because their brand of comedy was better suited to the stage, the show fell through and the crew split up. Hugh Grant then got a part in 1984's The Bounty, starring Mel Gibson, and just as he was set to depart for the Tahiti set, he was caught without a union card. Grant was left behind.

Hugh then landed a few forgettable TV roles until 1987, when he was cast as Clive Durham in the award-winning Maurice. Both Grant and his co-star, James Wilby, won the Volpi Cup (Best Actor award) at the Venice Film Festival.

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Things started to look better for Grant, who found work every year since. He was in no less than five movies in 1988, including Rowing In the Wind, where he played Lord Byron alongside model Elizabeth Hurley, by that time his girlfriend. That year Grant also starred as Chopin in Nocturnes and Lord James D'Ampton in The Lair of the White Worm, which won him a certain cult following.

Some forgettable made-for-TV movies followed, with the 1991 movie Impromptu (where he again played Chopin) as the only exception. The actor was in a serious slump. But in 1992, Roman Polanski cast him in Bitter Moon as Kristen Scott Thomas' boob husband. That got the gears turning again. Grant auditioned for Shakespeare in Love, which was supposed to star Julia Roberts as Viola, but he was so nervous that he was told to come back the next day. Eventually the project was dropped until 1998, and starred Joseph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow instead.

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Though that project was a no-go, his character in Bitter Moon, an uncomfortable introvert who perfectly captured Grant's distinctive brand of British awkwardness, made a lasting impression, one that he would adapt to comedy and make his calling card. That was the character he played in Richard Curtis' Four Weddings and a Funeral, alongside Andie MacDowell. The movie grossed over $320 million, making it the highest-grossing British film at the time. It also earned him a Golden Globe and a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Actor.

Now a star, Grant appeared in the comedy Nine Months and the award-winning period piece, Sense and Sensibility (both in 1995). He started a production company with Liz Hurley called Simian Films (so named because Hurley insisted her beau resembled an ape), which released the box-office flop Extreme Measures in 1996.

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As Hugh Grant reached the apex of stardom, he was busted by the LAPD for soliciting a job from noted hooker Divine Brown. His mug shot was publicized around the world and his relationship with Hurley was in jeopardy. A lesser man would have disappeared. But Grant went on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and apologized to Hurley, recapturing the hearts of forgiving fans.

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Still, for three years Grant got no work, until his friend and Four Weddings writer Richard Curtis took a chance and cast him as the lead alongside Julia Roberts in 1999's Notting Hill. Hugh was an instant hit once again, and also starred in the mob-satire flick Mickey Blue Eyes that same year.

He regained his thunder and appeared in Woody Allen's Small Time Crooks (2000), portrayed a bumbling womanizer in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and About a Boy (2002), and reappeared as a charming cad alongside Sandra Bullock in Two Weeks Notice (2002).

In 2003, Hugh starred in Richard Curtis' ensemble piece, Love Actually, as "the prime minister." He will reprise his role as Daniel Cleaver for the Bridget Jones sequel (2004).

As for his personal life, after Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley broke up in 2000, he began dating UN worker Kasia Komorowicz.

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April 5, 2013 - Summary of Recent Dual Use/Biosafety Research Policies

The ASM PSAB sent letters commenting on federal government policies related to the following dual use research issues:

  • The Department of Health and Human Services Framework for review and approval of gain-of-function research on HPAI H5N1 viruses that goes beyond the standard review process for federally funded life sciences research
  • US Government policy related to “dual use research of concern” (DURC) involving a specific set of pathogens that includes HPAI viruses like H5N1 (ASM Response)
  • Proposed guidance for institutional oversight of DURC that covers H5N1 experimentation (whether or not the research involves gain-of-function)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) request for public comment on whether HPAI H5N1 should be added to the human select agent list (HPAI viruses are already US Department of Agriculture select agents) (ASM Response)
  • The NIH OBA request for comments on its February 21 Federal Register notice regarding changes to the NIH RDNA Guidelines involving enhanced biosafety and occupational health practices for facilities engaged in research on mammalian-transmissible highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses. (ASM Response)

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2.4 The ASME measurement-uncertainty formulation

The conventions advocated here are adapted from Abernethy and Ringheiser (1985), and are the basis for standards recently adopted by many engineering societies. There are five central features of this methodology:
Measurement uncertainties are classified into two categories, those contributing to random uncertainty (or precision) and those contributing to systematic uncertainty (or bias). This classification of errors depends on the measurement process; in a particular process, random errors can be reduced by repeating the process and averaging results while the systematic errors remain constant.
The recommended uncertainty interval to be reported and used in analyses of precision is the 95% confidence interval, which corresponds to approximately two standard deviations in a Gaussian error distribution. For small samples (where the number of degrees of freedom is less than 30) the Student-t statistic should be used. That is, the deviation should be reported that has 5% probability of occurring in a Student-t distribution with the given number of degrees of freedom. (This will always be larger than the deviation in a Gaussian distribution corresponding to 95% probability.)  As far as possible, estimates of bias should also represent 95% coverage of expected variations.2.4
To obtain the combined precision resulting from the net effects of many uncorrelated sources, the sample standard deviations are combined in quadrature,2.5 and the number of degrees of freedom is estimated from the Welch-Satterthwaite equation, given later; cf. (2.14).
Bias limits are also combined in quadrature. If some limits are asymmetrical, the positive and negative limits are combined separately to obtain separate upper and lower bias limits.
An overall characterization of uncertainty that includes effects of random and systematic uncertainties can be combined in either of two ways, but the two components should also be reported separately. The two possibilities are to add the bias and (95% confidence) random uncertainties linearly or in quadrature. The latter leads to consistency with the convention that all quoted limits provide a best estimate of 95% coverage, but either is acceptable under the conventions adopted by engineering societies. A complete uncertainty report must also include an estimate of the number of degrees of freedom associated with the result.
It is also a useful convention that error sources are tabulated with associated estimates of precision, degrees of freedom, and bias. Such tabulations make it possible to isolate major sources of error, to consider the validity of other investigators' estimates of error sources, and to repeat the analyses for a new case when only one of the contributions has changed. Also, tabulated uncertainty reports should separate the effects introduced by calibration, data collection, and data analysis.

An important aspect of this methodology is that the degrees of freedom associated with cited estimates of precision should be calculated and quoted. This becomes important when the number of degrees of freedom in the result is small, so that error limits and propagated errors have non-Gaussian character. Even if it is assumed that the individual measurements are distributed according to a Gaussian error distribution, the true standard deviation for an average of n samples, $\sigma_n$, is not known and must be estimated from the observations. The test statistic $t=(\overline{x}-\xi)/S_n$ (where $\overline{x}$ is the average of n measurements, $\xi$ is the true value of x, and Sn is the estimated standard deviation of the average $\overline{x}$ about $\xi$, determined from $S_n=[\sum_{i=1}^n (x_i\overline{x})^2/(n(n-1))]^{1\over 2}$) will not be Gaussian distributed. The appropriate distribution for such averages is the Student-t distribution. The difference between the Gaussian and Student-t distributions is generally insignificant when the number of degrees of freedom2.6 exceeds about thirty, but for small sample sizes the differences can be quite important. For this reason, when n<30, the confidence limits used should be taken from the Student-t distribution rather than from the normal distribution. Figure 2.2 shows the relationship between the 95% confidence limits and the t statistic for the Student-t distribution.

Figure 2.2: Confidence limits for the Student's t distribution.

If the final number of degrees of freedom is larger than thirty, the range to select for the precision error limit in the result is easily determined by use of twice the estimated standard deviation in the result, the approximate 95% confidence limit. Otherwise, it is necessary to know the effective number of degrees of freedom in the final result, as shown in Fig. . The Welch-Satterthwaite formula provides an estimate:

 \begin{displaymath}n_r = {{[\sum_i S_{Y,i}^2]^2}\over {\sum_i {S_{Y,i}^4}/n_i}}\end{displaymath} (2.14)

where nr is the number of degrees of freedom in the final result, SY,i is the standard deviation in Y that would result from error source i alone, and ni is the number of degrees of freedom in that error source.

An uncertainty analysis presented in this format should include these components:

A description of the measurement system and a discussion of the limits within which the analysis is valid. For example, the uncertainty in measurements of wind for a research aircraft might be specified for straight-and-level flight within three hours of takeoff, perhaps within some altitude range.
A tabulation and classification of the elemental error sources. An example is shown in Table 2.1. Each elemental error source should be listed with its associated bias limit (Bi), precision ( t(95)iSi), and number of degrees of freedom (ni), where t(95)i is the 95% confidence limit in the t statistic for ni degrees of freedom (and is about 2 for $n\ge30$). It is convenient to tabulate the effect of the error source on the measurement, so that tables contain $S_i (\partialY/\partial x_i)$ and $B_i (\partial Y/\partial x_i)$, where Si and Bi are the estimated standard deviation and bias limit in xi. This simplifies error propagation to the final result, although special treatment is still needed in cases where the error contributions are correlated. The error sources should be separated into groups contributing to calibration, data acquisition, and data processing.
A discussion of each elemental error source and a description of the basis for the error estimates. These discussions should reflect the evidence for the tabulated values.
A calculation of the resulting net estimates of overall precision and bias, and calculation of a comprehensive limit that combines systematic and random components of the uncertainty. Although not part of the standard, it should be a goal to use estimates that provide 95% coverage wherever possible.
A summary of the results and the uncertainty limitations of the measurement. It is usually helpful here to highlight the main sources of error and possible actions that could improve the measurements.
Tables 2.1 and 2.2 show examples of this procedure applied to pressure and temperature measured by a research aircraft (King Air N312D) operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Further explanations of the origins of these and other elemental uncertainty estimates can be found in NCAR Technical Notes such as Brown (19XX), Brown (19XX), and Cooper (19XX).
Table 2.1: Elemental Uncertainties Affecting Static Pressure:
Table 2.1a. Calibration Uncertainties, wing-mounted 1201 sensor
item      elemental uncertainty B [mb] t95S [mb]   n
1 operation of dead-weight standard 0.10 --$^{\dag }$ --
2 calibration of dead-weight standard -- --
3 repeatability of 1501 transfer standard 0.10 --
4 height uncertainty in 1501 calibration -- --
5 50% of dynamic inaccuracy of 1501 transfer standard 0.05 0.05 >30
6 stability of 1501 transfer standard 0.10 --
7 resolution of 1501 transfer standard 0.02 --
8 leaks in the lines during calibration -- --
9 height uncertainty during calibration 0.04 --
10 curve fit inaccuracy 0.10
1201 transducer (pW):
11 airborne data system digitization 0.03 0.12 >30
12 1201 static inaccuracy, hysteresis 0.21 --
13 1201 static inaccuracy, repeatability -- 0.14 >30
14 1201 static inaccuracy, voltage variations -- 0.08 >30
1501 transducer (pF):
15 repeatability of the transfer standard 0.10 --
16 50% of dynamic inaccuracy of 1501 sensor 0.05 0.05 >30
overall calibration uncertainty, 1201: 0.30 0.19 >30
  overall calibration uncertainty, 1501: 0.24 0.07 >30
$^{\dag }$Dashes indicate negligible contribution relative to other uncertainties.

Table 2.1b: Data Acquisition Uncertainties, 1201 Sensor (pW)
item      elemental uncertainty B [mb] t95S [mb]   n
17 calibration uncertainty (Table 1a) 0.36 --
18 dependence on temperature 1.0 --
19 dependence on temperature change 0.20 0.20 >30
19\ddag "   "  , 1000 ft/min height change 3.0 --
20 1201 dynamic accuracy, vibration -- 0.2 >30
21 1201 dynamic accuracy, noise -- 0.04 >30
22 line leaks -- --
23 time lag -- --
24 airborne data system digitization 0.03 0.12 >30
25 aerodynamic effects 0.20 0.14 >30
26 static defect (Appendix A) -- --
27 truncation during data processing -- --
\ddagNot applicable in level flight

Table 2.1c: Data Acquisition Uncertainties, 1501 Sensor (pF)
item      elemental uncertainty B [mb] t95S [mb]   n
28 calibration uncertainty from Table 1a 0.25 --
29 digitization by the digital transducer -- 0.02 >30
30 static error 0.10 0.10 >30
31 1501 dynamic accuracy, acceleration and vibration -- 0.20 >30
32 1501 dynamic accuracy, voltage variations -- --
33 long-term stability 0.03 --
34 response time 0.05 --
34\ddag response time, 2000 ft/min descent 0.10 --
35 line leaks -- --
36 static defect (Appendix A) 0.60 2.0 >30
37 truncation during data processing -- --
38 effects of airspeed and attack angle -- --
\ddagNot applicable in level flight

item      instrument B [mb] t95S [mb]  URSS* [mb]
  1201 Sensor (PW): 1.10 mb 0.31 mb 1.14 mb
  1201 Sensor, rapid climb/descent: 3.2 0.31 3.2 mb
  1501 Sensor (PF): 0.67 mb 2.0 mb 2.12 mb
*URSS = (B2 + (t95S) $^2)^{{1}\over{2}}$, where B is the bias limit and (t95S) is the 95% confidence limit for random error.
Table 2.2: Elemental Uncertainties Affecting Temperature:
Table 2.2a. Calibration Uncertainties, Rosemount 102E2A1 sensor
item      elemental uncertainty B [C] t95S [C]    n
  Calibration of 102 sensor at NCAR (Cal. step 1):
1 bath uniformity 0.02 <0.02 >30
2 self-heating of the sensor -- 0.01 --
3 stability and repeatability of standard 0.01 0.01 >30
4 accuracy of the Wheatstone bridge 0.05 --
5 lead resistance during calibration <0.01 --
  Calibration of working standard (Cal. step 2):
6 repeatability of standard -- <0.01 >30
7 Stability of the standard from cal. to use <0.05 --
8 self-heating (calibrated out) -- --
  Calibration of factory standard (Cal. step 3):
9 reported resolution 0.001 --
10 calibration assumed to introduce negl. error -- --
  Calibration of resistance measurement (step 4):
11 resistance box accuracy 0.05 0.01 >30
12 lead resistance differences 0.01 0.01 >30
13 airborne data system characteristics -- 0.01 >30
14 environmental effects (temperature, etc.) -- --
15 quadratic representation -- --
   Calibration of resistance box (steps 5,6):
16 assumed to indroduce negl. error -- --
Net uncertainty, calibration: 0.091 0.03 >30
$^{\dag }$Dashes indicate negligible contribution relative to other uncertainties.

Table 2.2b: Data Acquisition Uncertainties, 102E2A1 Sensor
item      elemental uncertainty B [C] t95S [C]    n
  Sensor characteristics:
17 Calibration (from Table 2a) 0.10
18 Self-heating -- --
19 Long-term stability 0.10 --
20 Effects of conduction from housing 0.05 0.05 >30
21 radiative effects <0.001 <0.001 >30
22 airflow direction (maximum, extreme AOA) 0.05 0.05 >30
23 stresses on sensor 0.05 0.05 >30
  Data system characteristics:
24 random error and drift, 510BH 0.05 0.05 5
25 temperature sensitivity, 510BH <0.04 --
26 airborne data system -- 0.01 >30
27 Round-off, machine precision -- --
28 Recovery factor used 0.10 0.10 30?
29 Mach number used 0.03 0.05 >30
30 Variation in Cp with humidity --  --
Table 2.2c: Summary
    B [C]  t95S [C]  URSS
  Rosemount Temperature 0.21 0.15 0.26 C

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The ASPCA, along with participating organizations including, the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the American Red Cross, will join Ready New York in hosting a collaborative community event to help prepare pet parents for emergency situations.

When: Thursday September 16, 2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

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New Jersey Assembly Democrats:Lampitt & Vainieri Huttle Bill to Protect Newborns from Highly Contagious & Sometimes Fatal Whooping Cough Gets Final Legislative OK

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(TRENTON) - Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Pamela Lampitt and Valerie Vainieri Huttle to help protect newborns from the sometimes fatal disease pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, was approved 76-0 Monday by the Assembly, giving it final legislative approval.
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis and often causes uncontrollable, violent coughing, making it hard to breathe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pertussis most commonly affects infants and young children and can be fatal, especially in babies less than 1 year of age.
"By inoculating mothers and all other adult family members who may come into contact with infants, we can help reduce pertussis cases in infants less than three months old by up to 70 percent," said Lampitt (D-Camden/Burlington). "It's important that we inform parents of this option because this simple practice can help save lives."
Lampitt noted that since 2005, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the CDC has recommended the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) booster vaccine to unvaccinated mothers of newborn infants and other adult family members before the infant's birth or mother's discharge from the hospital.
"Knowledge is often the best defense," said Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen). "Many women may not even know this vaccine is available for their newborns to help ward off this dangerous and potentially fatal disease. This will empower them to decide if this choice is right for their child."
The bill (A-3978) would direct the Department of Health (DOH) to prepare and make available informational literature on the pertussis vaccine for adults, including, but not limited to, information on the risks of pertussis, the morbidity and mortality rates among infants suffering from pertussis, the availability and efficacy of the Tdap booster vaccine, and the benefits of inoculating pregnant women, a new mother, and other adult family members, with the booster vaccine, prior to an infant's birth or the mother's discharge from a hospital or birthing facility, to prevent the transmission of pertussis to the infant.
The bill would require each hospital and birthing facility in the state to distribute to the mother, the informational literature both birth mothers and/or adoptive mothers, and any other family member present at the infant's birth, by staff designated by the hospital or birthing facility, prior to the mother's discharge, as part of the hospital or birthing facility's discharge procedures. The bill would also require the hospitals make the information available on websites or any electronic means.

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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), As part of this process, orders were received electronically. However there was no guarantee that the customer used the correct prices on the order.

You have to devise a system for Grocery Distributors, a wholesaling firm that sells to over 800 independent retailers throughout Australia. You want the whole ordering process to be done electronically and ensure that these types of problems do not arise. One option is to have a downloadable data file that each customer must download each week. This file updates inventory details in the customer's computer system.

  1. In the EDI example above, what control would be necessary to ensure that the correct prices are used? (assume that this cannot be done electronically as the company has done a cost benefit analysis and feels that the purchase of software to do this is not justified due to the small number of customers involved)
  2. In the context of the above requirements, what is meant by a downloadable data file?
  3. What fields would you have in the downloadable data file?
  4. What file will the downloadable data file update in the customer's computer system?
  5. Why is it necessary to update this file in the customer's computer system?
  6. Before the customer's order is filled by the warehouse, what do you think must electronically happen when an electronic order is received by Grocery Distributors?
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  1. With regards to Parmalat:
    1. What is meant by the term 'right information'?
    2. What is meant by the term 'disparate systems' in this context? What example was used to explain this?
    3. Using specific examples from the video clips, what do you see is the difference between an information system and an accounting system
    4. Give some examples of the size of the operations that had to be considered in choosing the system
    5. How long did it take to set up the requirements of the system
    6. What does the term 'challenging the mindsets' mean?
    7. What is meant by 'play time'. How was this beneficial?
    8. How was transition to the new system implemented?
    9. What approach did they take in setting up the new system? Did they rely on outside consultants? Why did they take this approach? Make sure you use examples to illustrate your view.
  2. With regards to Capilano:
    1. In obtaining data to build reports and collate information, what is meant by the term 'data hooks'? Where do you think this data is being stored? Why are they so important? What is the general data base term that uses data hooks to aid in preparing reports?
    2. What is the meaning of the term 'sub accounts'? What is the sub account number for Richlands?
    3. Cost centres are used in this example. If a manager wanted to know the total $ value of 4CON sales to UK from Jan to June, what data hooks would be used? Hint: there are at least 4.
    4. Give an example of a data hook used at Parmalat. Name the video clip where this is mentioned?
  3. With regards to IGA Distribution:
    1. What are the similarities between the Data Analysis section and the way reports are built in Capilano? What makes the data in the Data Analysis section different to the data mentioned in Capilano?
    2. What are some of the typical 'data hooks' illustrated in this example
    3. would you agree that this tool builds queries based on certain data hooks? What makes this different to a data base like Access?
  1. Parmalat
    • From your viewing of the Parmalat video clips, you should have realised that in this business, in order to help managers make decisions and run the business as well as they can, concepts such as chart of accounts, authorisations, cost centres, access to source documents, drill downs and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are all important. You should also have seen video clips that show key personnel explaining how Parmalat is managed on a weekly basis.
    • In your own words, explain these key concepts and how the computer system aids all managers in running Parmalat. Make sure you use specific examples in Parmalat to justify your answer.
    • Consider what it would be like if this computer system did not have all of these features. Using one example of this technology (cost centres, drill downs, access to source documents), explain what would have to be done if it was a manual process.

  2. IGA Distribution
    • From your viewing of the IGA Distribution video clips, you should have realised that daily and weekly meetings are essential to make decisions and help manage IGA Distribution. A data warehouse also aids this decision making.
    • In your own words, explain the key elements involved in managing IGA Distribution. What data is required to help make decisions? Where does it come from? Make sure you use specific examples in IGA Distribution to justify your answer.

  3. Capilano
    • From your viewing of the Capilano video clips, you should have realised the global nature of this company, the highest standards of quality honey, the problems of international sales as well as domestic sales, the seasonal nature of honey production, the problems of managing cash in a seasonal business and the use of “data hooks” to obtain information in order to aid decision making.
    • In your own words, explain the above key issues which are essential in managing Capilano. What data is required to help manage the business and aid decision making? Where does this data come from? Make sure you use specific examples in Capilano to justify your answer.

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    The oxygen index is established by ASTM as a standard measurement for the comparison of the flammability of plastics in Measuring the Minimum Oxygen Concentration to Support Candle-Like Combustion of Plastics (D 2863). The index is measured at atmospheric pressure. Measurements of oxygen index and burning rate at absolute pressures to 2 MPa (20 atm) have been made at 25°C for six materials: polytetrafluoroethylene, Viton®, neoprene, nylon, glass-filled nylon, and polymethylmethacrylate. The oxygen index was found to decrease with increasing pressure but to be independent of Reynolds number up to 1500. At the oxygen index, the burning rate was found to be independent of pressure. The data are correlated by a model that defines the oxygen index as a point of constant oxygen diffusion rate. It is concluded that with the exception of nylon, the ranking of materials for oxygen service at elevated pressures by their atmospheric pressure oxygen index is not changed. The index for nylon ranks it on the high side because, at lower pressures, hot liquid is lost from the test specimen and does not burn.

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Mills to have his number retired

Not by the retirement-happy Astros, however, by his old high school, Exeter Union.

On Saturday, Nov. 4, Exeter Union High School will retire Mills' jersey at a booster fundraiser dinner at the Exeter Memorial Building. The event will also honor former minor league player Ray Strable, longtime baseball coach Jesus Banuelos and historian/scorekeeper Chuck Knox.

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Brad Mills is also the first of two Astros to graduate from Sequoia Union School (8th grade) and Exeter Union High School. Sequoia graduates less than 100 each year and EUHS a bit over 200 each year. The other?

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-Joe Girardi, following ALCS Game 2

"Fans need to feel good about the fact that we're going to try to get the call right. I think umpires feel like if there's an easy way to do it, they want to be able to get the call right, too. It helps the game, I think. I think it helps the fans...the objective is to get the call right."
-Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn.

Both of these statements were made in reference to the expanded use of replay, where the goal is to simply get the call right. If an umpire makes the wrong call, everyone wants him to ask for help. Whether that's getting the opinion of another umpire on the crew, or wider-ranging instant replay, just get the call right.

BBWAA voting member Phil Rogers took this position following the aforementioned ALCS Game 2, where the Yankees found themselves trailing 3-0 instead of 1-0 going into the bottom of the 8th thanks to a blown call where the umpire in question could have asked for help.

I bring this up in reference to a Twitter conversation between myself and former Astros beat writer (and current BBWAA voting member) Jose de Jesus Ortiz, when I tweeted a hunch that Biggio wouldn't get elected into the Hall of Fame at next week's announcement. Ortiz - who covered the Astros from 2001-2009 - replied that he did, in fact, vote for Biggio (full ballot, with explanation, published here).

I then asked if any other voting member of the BBWAA called or emailed him and asked about the suspicions regarding Bagwell or Biggio and the hated Performance Enhancing Drugs. His reply:

No, but I wouldn't expect them to do that. All of the voters have seen enough baseball to form their own opinions.

This is what I simply cannot understand. There are between 575-600 voting members of the BBWAA. From what I can gather, exactly two of them covered the Astros during Bagwell and Biggio's career: Ortiz and Richard Justice. Yet not one single other voting member contacted Ortiz and asked him about whether he thought Bagwell/Biggio were clean. Why? According to Ortiz, "they have seen enough baseball to form their own opinions."

This may be true. But where did they see Bagwell and Biggio? In the 3-to-18 games per season when Houston played whichever team they covered? Or the zero games they covered? Or were the only times they saw Bagwell play baseball was when he was Hittin' Mad Jacks on SportsCenter?

Morgan Ensberg, who played with both on a regular basis from 2002-2006, said on December 26 that he thought Bagwell was clean. I asked Ensberg if anyone had asked him about their suspicions. No voter asked Ensberg for his opinion on the "cleanliness" of either candidate.  I'm still waiting to hear back from Richard Justice to see if any voting member asked his opinion, but I'm going to go out on a thick, well-supported limb and say that they didn't.

If you have suspicions about a player's integrity, character, or any other intangible that the BBWAA tries to make tangible, is it not a journalistic responsibility to try to get to the bottom of your suspicions? No voter asked Jose de Jesus Ortiz and Morgan Ensberg for their opinion. They had already made up their minds, and "facts" would get in the way.

Were I a voting member from Houston trying to decide on Mike Piazza, I would most certainly take 90 seconds to email Tyler Kepner and ask, "Hey, do you think Piazza used PEDs?" or even "Are you voting for Piazza?" If he responds, I would be happy to adjust my vote accordingly. After all, Kepner would know Piazza better than I, because I would have only covered Piazza six times per season.

Why didn't anyone do this? Because it's typical BBWAA. No one can outthink them. No one can tell them that their eyes are wrong. The BBWAA might as well be summed up by our old pal Evan Grant who tweeted the following regarding the AL MVP vote:

For those carping about the BBWAA awards, a quick reminder: They are OUR awards.'s Eric Wilbur had this to say about the BBWAA following the AL MVP vote:

But the whole process showed, yet once again, what is wrong with the hierarchies of the press box. The BBWAA reeks of arrogance and entitlement, dismissing any argument as uneducated, uninformed, or archeological.

Joe Sheehan, yesterday:
The one certainty is that the voters, rather than the players, are now the primary focus of the Hall of Fame process.

Lazy, vindictive, dismissive, ignorant, uninformed, and unwilling to ask for help. Just get the call right.

Anonymous said...

Joe Sheehan summed it up very nicely when he said — "This is the year, I would say, that the Hall of Fame voting ceased to be about the players and became, wholly, about the writers."

Anonymous said...

Most of these voters shouldn't be allowed to have a say at all. They act holier than thou and seem to make it their mission in life to railroad certain players that weren't media friendly. Richard Justice is guilty of this --- He used to fall in love and defend only the players that gave him nice interviews. After all, this moron would probably vote Brad Ausmus into the HOF if he could He's awful and I wouldn't ask his opinion either!

On another note, I will say that both Bagwell and Biggio should be allowed in this year!

Overall, the voting should be removed from the sportswriters. I say let GM's (former and present), managers (former and present), and a select committee vote. Writers are too biased, fickle, and opinionated to be fair.

Anonymous said...

Sheehan's quote is money... Somewhere along the way to the 21st century journalistic integrity, journalistic manners, and plain old reporting have been thrown out the window by glory seekers. News as a whole isn't about informing the people - it's about what journalist can bring the most attention to themselves. Thank god for blogs.


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Airaid Jr Intake Kit 301-725

Airaid Jr Intake Kit
  • Our Price: $202.90
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Jr. Intake Kit

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  • 50 State Street Legal

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  • Quickly bolt on better horsepower and efficiency at a cost-effective price
  • Retains your stock airbox and replaces your filter and intake tube for cooler, more open airflow
  • Installs in a half hour or less with household tools
  • Choose either a dry SynthaMax or oiled SynthaFlow performance filter
  • 50-State street legal
  • Lifetime Warranty

The Airaid Jr. Air Intake System gives your engine wide-open air flow without choking your wallet. By retaining your factory airbox and upgrading your filter and intake tube the Airaid Jr provides the crucial upgrades your engine deserves at a budget-friendly price. Don't let the low cost fool you - With the Airaid Jr. you'll immediately notice improved combustion, considerable horsepower gains, and even better fuel efficiency.

The Airaid Jr. Air Intake Kit is designed to work with your sealed factory airbox, meaning your airflow stays cool. The restrictive factory filter is replaced with Airaid's cotton-gauze, high-flow filter, in either SynthaMax (dry) or SynthaFlow (oiled) designs. This filter is washable and resuable, and is guaranteed to last as long as your vehicle. The Airaid Jr. also replaces your inefficient stock inlet tract with a custom-designed, high-flow Airaid intake tube. This new tube is specially designed for maximum efficiency, bringing your engine more air with less heat.

The Airaid Jr. Air Intake System is custom-designed for your make, model, and year vehicle, so you don't have to do any cutting or modifications. In fact, it bolts onto your engine in under a half hour, using simple household tools. In no time you'll hit the road with a whole new bank of power under the hood.

Airaid covers your Airaid Jr. Air Intake System with a Lifetime Warranty.

Airaid 301-725 fits:

  • 2002-2007 Dodge Ram 1500

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