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Dr. Zdeněk P. Bažant - UM College of Engineering Seminars in Strategic Research Initiatives
The failure probability of engineering structures such as bridges, airframes and MEMS ought to be <10-6. This is a challenge. For perfectly brittle and ductile materials obeying the Weibull or Gaussian distributions with the same coefficient of variation, the distances from the mean strength to 10-6 differ by cca 2:1. For quasibrittle or architectured materials such as concrete, composites, tough ceramics, rocks, ice, foams, bone or nacre, this distance can be anywhere in-between. This necessitates a new theory of strength probability distribution. The recent formulation of Gauss-Weibull statistics derived from analytical scale transitions and frequency of activation-energy controlled interatomic bond ruptures is reviewed. Then, motivated by imbricated lamellar architecture of nacre, a new probability model with alternating series and parallel links, resembling a diagonally-pulled fishnet, is developed. After the weakest-link and fiber-bundle models, it is the third model tractable analytically. It allows for a continuous transition between Gaussian and Weibull distributions, and is size-dependent. Comparisons with histograms and size-effect tests support the theory.
A 3D photo of one of the unique scenes only to be found in beautiful, exotic Negril Jamaica.
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Pictures of the Year Exhibit at the Newseum / Concourse Level at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, 24 September 2011 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Another angle of the chilaquiles feast...
Notice on the background Dave's gross looking drink (green), which is really healthy and tastes a lot better than it looks.
3D snapshots of 3D cameras at the 2010 NAB convention. View either with Red Blue glasses for the Anaglyph single frames, or cross your eyes for the side by side double frames (clearer).
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with H.E. Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu, Minister of Transports and Communication of Timor-Leste, on the sidelines of the Thirty-First ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Dr. Kao extended congratulations on Timor-Leste’s accession as the 11th Member of ASEAN and noted with appreciation its forthcoming submission of the Instruments of Accession to key ASEAN air transport agreements. He reaffirmed ASEAN’s commitment to supporting Timor-Leste’s integration into the ASEAN Single Aviation Market and assisting its future participation in ASEAN-Dialogue Partner Air Services Agreements to strengthen its regional and international connectivity.
Image Credit: ASEAN Secretariat
Gloucestershire College Forest of Dean Campus Open Evening - 09.11.16
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Food and Wine hosted cooking classes that were held at The Art Institute of Charleston w/ Kevin Gillespie an American chef, author and former Top Chef contestant. He is a former co-owner and executive chef at Woodfire Grill in Atlanta. He opened Gunshow, his new restaurant in Atlanta, in May 2013.
Assembly line cupcakes, Kristin added the frosting, LeeAnn added the decorations, and I ate them. Only a few.
We Dream of Flying Canoes/ Nous rêvons de canots volants 2017
American Elm Tree, Aluminum, Steel, Stainless Steel, Phosphorescent Pigment, Silicone
10’ x 18’ x 10’
Collection of The City of Winnipeg/Festival Du Voyageur, Winnipeg, MB
“We Dream of Flying Canoes/Nous rêvons de canots volants” was carved from an American Elm Tree killed by Dutch Elm Disease. The form of a hand playing with a model canoe was selected as a gesture of play that can be attributable to either Eurocentric or Indigenous children. The Dodem (Clan Sigils) carved on the trunk of the tree are sourced from the “Selkirk Treaty of 1817” and serve as a permanent acknowledgment of the Indigenous claim to the ancestral lands on which the sculpture was erected. The sculpture was blessed at unveiling by Anishinaabe Elder Linda Blomme.
A video component is currently in progress, linked by QR to the sculpture plaque. A series of videos will present Indigenous and francophone stories involving flying canoes in their original language (where possible), as well as an Indigenous interpretation and opinion of the Selkirk Treaty by Niigaan Sinclair.
This was my last home in Lindsborg. It was my grandparents home. Eventually after my grandma died, my grandpa remarried. He then sold this home to my dad. My mom & all her siblings grew up in this house. At one time it was a rooming house. The house to the right is my second home. There was a wonderful home to the left that is now gone replaced with a doctor’s office. Behind this house used to be Train Bros, Produce. I am relatead to all the Trains. My great great grandfather was John Train.
School of Business Advisory Board, on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois on September 18, 2025. (Jay Grabiec)
A photo of Baby of Cello Kayoka from Zambia. Learn more at cure.org/curekids/zambia/2012/12/baby_of_cello_kayoka/
Eighteen individuals are being recognized for their exceptional contributions as the Medal of Good Citizenship marks 10 years of celebrating community service in British Columbia.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2025IGRS0033-000738
Governor Hogan And Lt. Governor Rutherford Preside at Board Of Public Works Meeting by Joe Andrucyk at Maryland State House. Governors Reception Room. 100 State Circle, Annapolis MD 21401
Beware Of Criticizing Others
"Judge not, that you be not judged." [Matthew 7:1]
Jesus’ instructions with regard to judging others is very simply put; He says, “Don’t.” The average Christian is the most piercingly critical individual known. Criticism is one of the ordinary activities of people, but in the spiritual realm nothing is accomplished by it. The effect of criticism is the dividing up of the strengths of the one being criticized. The Holy Spirit is the only one in the proper position to criticize, and He alone is able to show what is wrong without hurting and wounding. It is impossible to enter into fellowship with God when you are in a critical mood. Criticism serves to make you harsh, vindictive, and cruel, and leaves you with the soothing and flattering idea that you are somehow superior to others. Jesus says that as His disciple you should cultivate a temperament that is never critical. This will not happen quickly but must be developed over a span of time. You must constantly beware of anything that causes you to think of yourself as a superior person. There is no escaping the penetrating search of my life by Jesus. If I see the little speck in your eye, it means that I have a plank of timber in my own (see Matthew 7:3-5). Every wrong thing that I see in you, God finds in me. Every time I judge, I condemn myself (see Romans 2:17-24). Stop having a measuring stick for other people. There is always at least one more fact, which we know nothing about, in every person’s situation. The first thing God does is to give us a thorough spiritual cleaning. After that, there is no possibility of pride remaining in us. I have never met a person I could despair of, or lose all hope for, after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God.
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My Utmost - Oswald Chambers