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![]() When done, it flags the overall system status as Unknown, Dangerous, Poor, or Good. This is doable by clicking on the intuitively located Scan button down at the bottom.īe advised that the very first scan might take quite some time, which is normal because the app needs to familiarize itself with the new system and assess every area thoroughly. Originally, the status is set to “Unknown” and will stay that way until you launch a full scan of your Mac computer. Once you run the app on your Mac, the GUI opens up at the System Status pane, which is intended to reflect the results of system checkup by three categories: System Junk, Virus & Malware Scan, and Turbo Boost. The installation is a matter of a minute or so – nothing out of the ordinary there. The current iteration, therefore, appears to take up an extra 10 MB of space compared to version 7. The product supports macOS Catalina (version 10.15). ![]() With that said, the money back guarantee is quite generous (60 days).The system requirements boil down to OS X 10.9 or later and at least 70 MB of free disk space. The unregistered version supports scanning of all the areas of your Mac that can be optimized or should be cleaned from malware, whereas the Pro version will fix all the issues found. The only informed decision to make is between free download and paid subscription. Does the quantity of its features align with the quality, though? Let’s go ahead and check. These facts are undoubtedly on the plus side of the app. Furthermore, much like all the previous versions from 2013 onward, MacBooster 8 goes equipped with a competitive feature set that shouldn’t leave the average user lacking the essential security and performance enhancement functionality. ![]() To begin with, the vendor – IObit – has numerous proponents and boasts a solid reputation, which probably speaks volumes about the efficiency of their products. Where is the all-new MacBooster 8 in this hierarchy? We’ll do our best to answer this question. Many of them act similarly to scareware, and some simply don’t qualify to be deemed effective. However, trusting all the apps from this category promoted online is a slippery slope. Mac system utilities ostensibly come to the rescue as they claim to automate this whole routine. It takes nontrivial day-to-day efforts to clean it all up, and, honestly, few people are as prudent as that and ever bother keeping their machines tidy on the inside. Otherwise, Macintosh desktop computers and laptops tend to get inundated with gigabytes of junk over time that doesn’t vanish on its own and deteriorates system performance conspicuously. The only Mac users who firmly believe they don’t need a separate maintenance tool are tech-savvy geeks with tons of spare time on their hands. This review of MacBooster 8 comprehensively covers the app’s updated feature set and answers the question whether or not the new version is worth its salt. ![]() We invite you to wander, explore and enjoy. ![]() The campus also features venues for indoor or outdoor events, festivals, seminars, retreats and meetings. With 28 park-like acres, the ARTS DISTRICT is home to nearly 120 museums and galleries, artist studios, dance companies, educational groups, multidisciplinary arts, fine dining, creative retail and other organizations that showcase San Diego’s creative community and provide innovative experiences for residents and visitors. ArtWalk Liberty Station offers collectable and approachable art from a variety of mediums, such as glass work, jewelry, sculptures, oil painting, photography, metal work, wood work and much more.įor more information on ArtWalk Liberty Station, please visit Become a fan at /ArtWalkSD or follow us for updates.ĪRTS DISTRICT Liberty Station is San Diego’s largest Arts & Dining District located in 38 historic buildings at the former Naval Training Center in the Liberty Station neighborhood of Point Loma. ArtWalk Liberty Station will run from Saturday, August 12 to Sunday, August 13 and will feature over 200 local, regional and international professional artists. For more information on ArtWalk and its programs, please visit About ArtWalk Liberty StationĪrtWalk Liberty Station is a two-day outdoor fine art event and the sister festival to Mission Federal ArtWalk in Little Italy-San Diego’s original outdoor fine art festival. More information on ArtWalk Liberty Station will be released in the upcoming weeks. The festival will also include live music KidsWalk, an interactive art area for families street food options and a wine and beer pavilion benefitting ArtReach, a nonprofit that has provided free art classes to over 20,000 students who wouldn’t normally have access to art programs in San Diego County.ĪrtWalk Liberty Station will be held at Liberty Station’s Ingram Plaza, 2751 Dewey Road, San Diego, CA 92106.The fine art festival will run from 10 a.m. Attendees will also be able to experience the feeling of buying original pieces of art as well as creating art through interactive experiences to connect with their inner artist in a variety of fun artsy activities.”Īrtwork from over 200 international, national and local San Diego artists will surround the picturesque Ingram Plaza rose garden where attendees can view and purchase every medium of art including painting, sculpture, glass work, fine jewelry, photography and more. “It’s important to bring the community together to appreciate art, while offering artists a platform to share their passion. ![]() “ArtWalk Liberty Station returns to the heart of Liberty Station’s Arts District to celebrate San Diego’s local artistic talent as well as national and international artists for its 13th straight year,” said Sandi Cottrell, ArtWalk San Diego director. ![]() East County artists include clay artist Cindy Teyro, photographer Amir Barlev, jewelry artist Bette Barnett and abstract artist Theresa Vandenberg Donche. In addition to thousands of works of art, attendees can also expect food, wine and beer, live entertainment and interactive art projects. The free event’s 2018 theme “Connecting Creative Communities” embodies ArtWalk’s mission to bring San Diego together to enjoy art and cultural expression all weekend long. J(San Diego) – ArtWalk Liberty Station will return to Ingram Plaza for its 13th year on Saturday, August 11 and Sunday, August 12 in the Arts District at Liberty Station. The Arts District at Liberty Station’s Ingram Plaza will transform into a sea of colors as local artists display artwork of all mediums Facebook Journalism Project covid-19 reporting. The Manta seen here was sold via online auction website Collecting Cars. But how many people remember the Opel Manta 400? The Audi Sport Quattro, MG Metro 6R4, Lancia Delta S4, Ford RS200 and Peugeot 205 T16… all are household names, a nd rightly so. Group B rallying, which was banned after several serious accidents in 1986, produced its fair share of homologation specials. It’s also responsible for some of the most exciting cars ever to wear number plates. In essence, it’s the requirement to build a certain number of road cars in order to satisfy racing regulations. ![]() Compared to other homologation cars like the Lancia 037, however, they are almost still cheap.Most spell-checkers draw a wiggly red line under the word ‘homologation’. Well-preserved examples of this last Opel factory rally car with rear-wheel drive are now rare and cost a tidy sum. At the NLS (formerly VLN) on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, an Opel Manta B 400 still competes today and enjoys a large fan base. Erwin Weber and Gunther Wanger also won the German Rally Championship in 1983. The Manta B 400’s greatest success was winning the rear-wheel-drive class in the 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally along with fourth place overall. Other vehicles were used up in rallycross events. Around 25 of these were entered in various rally championships and on circuits by the factory team (1983 only) and many private drivers. Successes in motorsportĪ total of 245 units rolled off the production line until 1984. However, this failed due to poor handling and the cost of a further homologation series. ![]() In 1982, Opel had built an AWD Manta prototype together with Ferguson in Coventry. As a result, the first rally cars didn’t compete until 1983, when it was already clear that the Audi quattro’s all-wheel drive system couldn’t be matched by the Opel. In the end, this didn’t take place until September 1982. However, important components were initially missing on the Antwerp assembly line, which meant that only 23 cars were ready by the end of the year. The acceptance had already been registered with FISA in the fall of 1981. Homologation for the World Rally Championship proved difficult. To participate in Group B, Opel had to prove production of 200 units of the new car. The model name Manta B 400 refers to the former Group 4 of FISA, for which 400 cars had to be built. Originally, only the color “Arctic White” was to be available, but cars in black and silver are also known. On the rally cars, a lamp tree with four auxiliary headlights often sat in the same place. From the beginning of 1982, four slots can be found here. The first 23 road cars of 1981 are recognizable by a radiator grille with only two slots. This reduced the acceleration time to 62 mph from 7.5 to 5.5 seconds. Later, there were Phase II and Phase III packages for up to 280 hp. There was also the option to boost the engine to 250 hp with a tuning kit. For 9,410 DM, the car then looked almost as wild as its rally siblings. However, Irmscher offered the widebody, spoiler lips and wider rims used for rallying as an optional package. A turbocharger was considered unnecessary.įrom the outside, the basic version of the Manta B 400 stood hardly changed on its 15-inch alloy wheels. This resulted in 106 kW/144 hp in the road version and more than 184 kW/250 hp in the competition car. Since the cylinder heads had already been produced, a new forged crankshaft was designed for the engine block, increasing the displacement to 2.4 liters. ![]() However, these engines didn’t achieve the desired performance. For this purpose, Cosworth developed new 16-valve cross-flow cylinder heads. Opel originally wanted to use a two-liter four-cylinder engine for the new car. The greatest success of the Ascona B 400 came just after the presentation of the successor, when Walter Röhrl and Christian Geistdörfer won the world championship title in 1982. This was to succeed the Ascona B 400, which was built according to Group 4 regulations. When the regulations for Group B in the World Rally Championship became known, Opel decided to develop a corresponding car based on the Manta B. This led to the fact that their products were officially available through the Opel dealer network and special edition models were developed together. At the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, Irmscher had already proven several times that tuning should not necessarily be equated with tinkering. Nowadays, this chain of words alone rings all the alarm bells among the tie-wearing business economists who now sit in decision-making positions at most car manufacturers. A German subsidiary of a major American corporation collaborated with an independent tuning company to create a homologation vehicle for rallying. At the 1981 Geneva Motor Show, a car debuted that would probably no longer be possible in this form today. In such cases, speed is of the essence, and it’s not unheard of for previously unknown information to inspire a crucial last-minute deposition. Timing in particular must be planned for just the right moment, most often when the defense or prosecution has used their other discovery options.
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When asked how much money he wanted, he replied that he never asked, he listened to an offer then "multiplied it by a factor between two and ten". Shortly after, he was offered a job presenting science for Australia's ABC Television. ![]() I should have said: 'Australian potatoes ain't worth a damn', and I'd have cornered the potato market!" ![]() He later stated "I sat amongst the straws with straws stuck in my hair and ears. The next morning, Miller arrived at his Sydney University laboratory to find one million drinking straws on the floor with a telegram reading "You might find one of these fitting your requirements". For the first time in his career he could not get this to work, and he loudly exclaimed "Australian straws ain't worth a damn!". A paper straw normally does not have sufficient strength but if one pinches the end, the trapped air acts as a piston, easily piercing the potato. In an improvised physics demonstration, he attempted to drive a drinking straw through a raw potato. Miller's first television appearance in Australia was on Bob Sanders People in 1963. Eventually, he also had his own TV shows in Australia, Canada, Norway, and New Zealand. During the same period, he appeared on a semi-regular basis performing physics experiments, on Steve Allen's late night TV show in Hollywood, syndicated by Group W. He also starred in the Disney series Great Moments in Science and Science and its Magic. From 1962 to 1964, Miller was Disney's "Professor Wonderful" on new introductions, filmed at Disneyland, to the syndicated reruns of The Mickey Mouse Club. In 1959, Miller began hosting his educational program, Why Is It So? on KNXT Channel 2 in Los Angeles. įrom 1963 to 1986, Miller was the visiting lecturer for the Physics Department of the University of Sydney, and from 1965 to 1985 at the US Air Force Academy. Schools have abandoned integrity and rigor. We don't have academic honesty or intellectual rigor. Boys and girls are emerging from every level of school with certificates and degrees, but they can't read, write or calculate. We are approaching a darkness in the land. During an interview in the 1940s, he stated that intellectual life in America was in trouble, a belief he held for the rest of his life. Miller was intolerant of misspelled words and misplaced punctuation, and often angered his colleagues because he charged that the students of most faculty were not learning enough. In 1952 Miller joined the Physics Department at the then small El Camino College in Torrance, California (1952–1974), to maximum student enrollments due to his great popularity and where he was instantly recognizable by his casual hair and horn-rimmed eyeglasses. He greatly admired Einstein and went on to amass a collection of Einstein memorabilia that included Einstein's birth certificate. In 1950, he won a Carnegie Grant that allowed him to visit Albert Einstein at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, and also to visit the Institute for Advanced Studies. He was a Ford Foundation Fellow at University of California, Los Angeles. During World War II he worked as a civilian physicist for the US Army Signal Corps while holding fellowships in physics at the universities of Idaho and Oklahoma. Īfter submitting over 700 job applications, he was offered a place in 1937 in the Physics Department of Dillard University, a private, African American liberal arts college in New Orleans. They had no children, but he was to reach millions of children through his popular science programs. ![]() He married the doctor's maid, Alice Brown. Due to the Great Depression, he worked as a butler for a wealthy Boston doctor for the next two years. Miller graduated with a Master's degree in physics from Boston University in 1933. His father was Latvian, and his Lithuanian mother spoke 12 languages. Julius Sumner Miller was born in Billerica, Massachusetts, as the youngest of nine children. He is best known for his work on children's television programs in North America and Australia. Julius Sumner Miller (May 17, 1909 – April 14, 1987) was an United States physicist and television personality. ![]() On the other hand, it can also become a reference that inspires dreamy sensations for the reader. ![]() Its main objective is to transmit feelings, ideas and sensations directly through words and often using poetic images that are created from a careful selection of the words included. ![]() These works, in principle, were not intended for reading, but were composed to be recited in front of an audience accompanied by music, in this case, the lyre, in a space open to the disposition of the spectators. It is the genre that focuses on the expression of the author’s most intimate emotions, feelings and sensations.Īccording to the origin of the term, lyric is understood as any composition that was accompanied by the lyre, thus building a kind of poetry for singing, although it includes other spaces that we will see in the subgenres. The lyric as a literary genre comprises compositions of subjective character, especially works developed in verse that are neither dramatic nor epic. The content was permeated by the most intimate feelings of the authors. Thus, it was sung in verse and recited in the first person. The lyric genre, taking the term -lyric- or -lyric-, comes from the Latin lyrĭcus, which refers to lyre, a musical instrument of antiquity with which the artistic expressions of the time were sung or recited. Poetry is the most frequent expression of lyric poetry. All in all, then, the novel’s style leaves readers with the sense that Nick is conflicted about this time in his life, as he seems to both romanticize it and deeply regret it-and the novel, too, seems to share that sense of conflict in its depiction of the culture of the Roaring Twenties.With the passage of time, literature has undergone several changes that have generated the need for a classification of the works produced in different periods of history, along with their characteristics and modes of writing that allow them to be distinguished from each other, which is why the lyric genre was born as one of the oldest known.Ĭharacterized mainly by the expression of the author’s feelings, the lyric genre is one of the members of the literary genres with the greatest ancient production, along with a series of subgenres that have emerged in its development. In this way, the book reads like an elegy for Gatsby and for Nick’s lost innocence in the wake of the death, suffering, and moral corruption he witnesses. For instance, he describes the “valley of ashes” (a polluted and economically depressed part of New York City) as “a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens.” And later, he calls Gatsby and George’s deaths a “holocaust” and the subsequent news reports “grotesque, circumstantial, eager, and untrue.” Though still emotionally charged and evocative, the book’s language in moments like these is more dark and mournful than light and optimistic, which parallels Nick’s feelings of grief, confusion, and cynicism surrounding all that he experiences while living in West Egg. As such, the book’s style helps convey Nick’s nostalgic, romanticized view of his experiences.īut this highly descriptive style also helps convey Nick’s more somber feelings about the events he’s recounting. Scott Fizgerald’s lyrical writing style, rich sensory descriptions, and use of hyperbole reflect the extreme opulence of the Roaring Twenties. Rather than presenting the characters’ reality in a pared-down, minimalistic way (a stylistic choice that was common among other modernist writers, such as Ernest Hemingway), F. ![]() The novel also uses alliteration and rhythm to lend musicality to the prose, perhaps as a nod to the jazz music that was popular at the time the novel is set. ![]() As a result, such review processes are encouraged, but remain completely optional for ACM journals and conferences, and when they are made available, it is recommended that participation by authors also be made optional. Of course, there remain many circumstances in which such enhanced review will be either infeasible or not possible. Here we provide terminology and standards for review processes of these types in order to promote a base level of uniformity which will enable labeling of successfully reviewed papers across ACM publications choosing to adopt such practices. And perhaps more importantly, well-formed and documented artifacts allow others to build directly upon the previous work through reuse and repurposing.Ī number of ACM conferences and journals have already instituted formal processes for artifact review. This also enables replication experiments to be performed, which, because they inevitably are done under slightly different conditions, serve to verify the robustness of the original results. For example, artifacts can be software systems, scripts used to run experiments, input datasets, raw data collected in the experiment, or scripts used to analyze results.Īdditional benefits ensue if the research artifacts are themselves made publically available so that any interested party may audit them. By "artifact" we mean a digital object that was either created by the authors to be used as part of the study or generated by the experiment itself. An intermediate approach is to require that artifacts associated with the work undergo a formal audit. ![]() An extreme approach would be to require completely independent reproduction of results as part of the refereeing process. Publishers can promote the integrity of the research ecosystem by developing review processes that increase the likelihood that results can be independently replicated and reproduced. A variety of recent studies, primarily in the biomedical field, have revealed that an uncomfortably large number of research results found in the literature fail this test, because of sloppy experimental methods, flawed statistical analyses, or in rare cases, fraud. 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They also have contracts to sell some of Vogtle’s electricity to utilities in Florida and Alabama. Those other owners provide electricity for municipal utilities and electric cooperatives. That doesn’t count the company’s financing costs, or the costs to the other owners - Oglethorpe Power Corp., Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and the city of Dalton. told shareholders in April that a three-month delay at Vogtle’s Unit 3 would add $45 million to construction costs for Georgia Power Co., which currently owns 45.7% of the plants. That doesn’t include $3.7 billion that original contractor Westinghouse paid to the owners after going bankrupt, which brings total spending to almost $35 billion.Īny delay is likely to add to those costs, but Georgia Power spokesperson Jacob Hawkins said he could not discuss additional costs Friday. Vogtle, which is seven years behind schedule, has seen the cost that its owners will pay double to more than $31 billion. But the utility said commercial operation could be put off again if other problems develop. Drills and exercises are conducted frequently to test these plans and train plant personnel.The reactor has already hit full power output as part of its testing, which Georgia Power said Friday was 95% complete. These plans are updated regularly and maintained at all times. In the unlikely event of an emergency, Plant Vogtle has comprehensive plans that define and assign responsibilities and outline an effective course of action for safeguarding personnel, property and the general public. The NRC holds nuclear plants to the highest security standards of any American industry. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) monitor the plant to ensure it is maintained and operated safely and in accordance with established nuclear operating procedures. Regulatory Oversightįull-time, on-site inspectors from the U.S. We take the health and safety of our employees, the public, and the environment very seriously. Plant Vogtle is designed with redundant safety systems and multiple layers of protection – including structural strength, highly trained operators and proven emergency plans. We proactively take measures to protect our customers from rising fuel costs while reliably providing power as economically as possible.Ī Request for Information about available capacity resources to assist with the company’s future resource planning efforts. We are investing in infrastructure to ensure a more resilient power grid, creating a balanced energy mix and installing high-speed electric vehicle charging stations across the state, all while keeping your bill well below the national average. Call Before You Dig or Work | Electrical Safety.Search databases, industry studies and information regarding infrastructure. Our Community & Economic Development organization is supporting leaders in local communities to bring new jobs and capital investment to Georgia. We help our communities grow and prosper.Georgia Power working to repair damage caused by severe, high winds and extremely low temperatures.Georgia Power prepared for winter freeze this week.Georgia Public Service Commission approves Georgia Power’s amended 2022 rate request.Power for Residential Customer Satisfaction in Segment Vogtle Unit 4 completes cold hydro testing.Georgia Power volunteers team up with Habitat for Humanity to build home and hope for Army veteran.Georgia Power launches new mobile app for customers.Georgia Power Celebrates 10th Year of Support for Georgia Pre-K Week.Georgia Power, Boys & Girls Clubs of Georgia mark 25 years of partnership.CCR Rule Compliance Data and Information.Plant Vogtle Units 3 & 4 deliver on our commitment to safe, clean, reliable, and affordable energy by bringing the next generation of advanced clean energy to Georgia. America's first new nuclear investment in 30 years.Meet our leadership team, learn how we create a culture of diversity and inclusion and find data on our company’s performance. ![]() Georgia Power is known for Value, Reliability, Service and Stewardship. Our values, our culture and our promise to you. Electrical Maintenance & Repair Services.Selling to Georgia Power as a Qualifying Facility.Electric Transportation Charging Infrastructure.Electric Transportation Business Programs.Manage your commercial account, access billing and payments, find commercial rebates and savings specific to your industry. Georgia Power helps businesses make smart investments in energy efficiency. Reduce energy costs as your business grows. Helping Georgians manage energy better.Įnergy-saving tips, tools, and resources to help you manage your energy.Shop LEDs, Smart Thermostats, Advanced Power Strips and More. Access your secure online account 24/7, explore money-saving products, compare rate plans and find rebates and incentives. Georgia Power helps you save money and use energy wisely at home. |
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