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Bulwark Evolution: Falconeer Chronicles. Bulwark Evolution: Falconeer Chronicles is a 2024 city-building game developed by Tomas Sala and published by Wired Productions.  It takes place in the same fictional setting as The Falconeer.

Gameplay 
Unlike The Falconeer, which was an aerial combat game, Bulwark Evolution: Falconeer Chronicles is a city-building game, though it takes place in the same fictional setting.  Players must first gather resources necessary to build city, including wood, stone, and iron.  Resources are effectively infinite while being mined, though they have limited distances they can be transported.  Once players have established pathways and buildings necessary to extract resources, houses grow automatically.  Players can build walls and towers automatically, and these will increase the settlement's military strength, which can be used for defense or to conquer other settlements.  Refugees can apply to enter the settlement, and players will occasionally receive offers for unique buildings.  While the city grows, players can use an airship to explore the open world.

Development 
Wired Productions released it as Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles for PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Windows on March 26, 2024.  In September 2024, it was retitled to Bulwark Evolution: Falconeer Chronicles.  This accompanies updates that add more content, including a sandbox mode and a conquest mode that disables diplomacy.  A third Falconeer game is planned.

Reception 
On Metacritic, Bulwark Evolution: Falconeer Chronicles received mixed reviews for Windows and positive reviews for PlayStation 5.  Rock Paper Shotgun said that it has a solid base, but they found the lack of goals or instructions to make it feel aimless and exhausting, though they said the combat helped alleviate this somewhat.  Eurogamer compared it to Townscaper, a relaxing city-building game.  Though they said they would appreciate more structure, they said it would rob the game of some of what makes it unique.  PCGamesN called it "beautiful to look at" but criticized what they felt was a lack of depth in its combat and economics.

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Safe Superintelligence Inc.. Safe Superintelligence Inc. or SSI Inc. is an American artificial intelligence company founded by Ilya Sutskever (OpenAI's former chief scientist), Daniel Gross (former head of Apple AI) and Daniel Levy (investor & AI researcher). The company's mission is to focus on safely developing a superintelligence, a computer-based agent capable of surpassing human intelligence.

History 
On May 15, 2024, Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI, the company he co-founded, after a board dispute where he voted to fire Sam Altman amid concerns over communication and trust. Sutskever and others additionally believed that OpenAI was neglecting its original focus on safety in favor of pursuing opportunities for commercialization.

On June 19, 2024, Sutskever posted on X that he was starting SSI Inc, with the goal to safely develop superintelligent AI, alongside Daniel Levy, and Daniel Gross The company, composed of a small team, is split between Palo Alto, California and Tel Aviv, Israel.

In September 2024, SSI revealed it had raised $1 billion from venture capital firms including SV Angel, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz. The money will be used to build up more computing power and hire top individuals in the field. The company is currently estimated to be valued at $5 billion.

See also 

 AI safety
 Artificial general intelligence
 Existential risk from AI
 OpenAI
 Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

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 Official website

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2024 Boeing machinists strike. More than 33,000 machinists employed by aerospace giant Boeing went on strike from September to November 2024.

It was the first strike by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers at Boeing since 2008; most of the striking workers were at the company's plants in Everett and Renton in the Seattle metropolitan area.

The strike began on September 13 after 94.6% of workers voted to reject a contract promising a 25% pay raise over four years, and 96% voted to approve the strike, surpassing the two-thirds threshold.

The strike temporarily halted the production of Boeing's 737, 777 and 767 jets and their derivatives such as the U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker and Navy P-8 maritime aircraft. By October, the strike had cost Boeing an estimated $5 billion.

Union members voted to end the strike on November 4 after a company offer of almost a 40% pay raise over four years and improved 401(k) benefits.

Strike
On October 8, 2024, negotiations again collapsed, with no progress being made between representatives of Boeing and the striking workers. Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Stephanie Pope released a statement claiming that the union "made non-negotiable demands far in excess of what can be accepted if we are to remain competitive as a business." A union representative also acknowledged that no progress was made in the recent talks. On October 9, it was reported Boeing would even withdraw its contract offer for a 30% pay raise, with the strike putting the company's financial state under severe strain and even resulting in the threat of Boeing's S&P Global Ratings status being downgraded to junk.

On October 10, Boeing filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the labor union with accusations that the leaders were not bargaining in good faith.

On October 14, Boeing announced that the company would lay off thousands of workers.

On October 19, Boeing reached a tentative deal to end the strike, offering 35% raises. However, 64% of participating union members voted to reject the offer.

On October 31, the union backed a new contract that would include 38% raises over 4 years and provide an option to the workers for either a one time ratification bonus of $12,000 or a $7,000 ratification bonus as well as a $5,000 401(k) contribution.

On November 4, the strike came to an end after the voting on the new contract among the union members concludes with 59% approval.

See also 
 2008 Boeing machinists strike

References

Boeing labor relations
2024 labor disputes and strikes
2020s strikes in the United States
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
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Boeing machinists strike
A. B. M. Badruzzaman. Abu Borhan Mohammad Badruzzaman is a Bangladeshi academic who has been the 15th and current vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology since September 2024.

Education
Badruzzaman earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1984 and 1987 respectively. He then earned his PhD in environmental engineering from the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1992.

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WebAI. webAI is a technology company that specializes in privacy-focused artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The company enables organizations to deploy AI models locally on devices, minimizing reliance on cloud infrastructures. webAI's technology emphasizes data privacy, reduced latency, and optimized performance.

History 
webAI was founded in 2019 by David Stout, Tyler Mauer, and Ethan Baird with the goal of creating AI systems that could run directly on devices, addressing privacy concerns associated with cloud computing. In 2024, the company announced it completed its Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to $60 million at a $700 million valuation.

Products 
webAI offers a platform for deploying artificial intelligence models on Apple devices, including Mac, iPad, and iPhone. The platform enables businesses to use AI models locally on their devices without relying on cloud-based processing.

The webAI platform includes several key products:

 Navigator – A drag-and-drop interface that connects cameras and other data inputs, allowing users to train AI models using existing hardware for specific use cases.
 webAI Assistant – A device-native AI assistant that operates without connecting to external networks. It interacts with users' screens, folders, and apps directly on the device.
 webFrame – A tool that divides large language models into smaller components, which are then distributed across multiple Apple devices. This allows for the creation of local hardware clusters that perform tasks similar to traditional GPU clusters.

The platform emphasizes privacy and security by processing AI tasks on local devices, giving users control over their data. It also reduces costs by utilizing Apple silicon to run AI models on existing hardware, eliminating the need for cloud infrastructure. The system is designed to scale for enterprise use, allowing businesses to deploy AI models across their organization with reduced latency.

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Pascale Carayon. Pascale Carayon is a French-American industrial engineer whose research applies human factors engineering to health systems and patient safety. She is a professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Education and career
Carayon is originally from France. She has an engineering diploma from École Centrale Paris, earned in 1984. She completed a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1988, supervised by Michael J. Smith.

On completing her doctorate, she remained at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a faculty member. She held the Leon and Elizabeth Janssen Professorship from 2019 until 2021. She retired in 2021, becoming a professor emerita.

Recognition
Carayon was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024 "for application of human factors engineering to health care systems to improve patient safety". She is also a member of the International Academy of Quality and Safety in Health Care (elected 2020), a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and a Fellow of the International Ergonomics Association. In 2020 she was named a National Associate of the National Academy of Sciences.

She is a 2012 recipient of the International Ergonomics Association Distinguished Service Award, a 2015 recipient of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society A. R. Lauer Safety Award, a 2016 recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award, and a 2018 recipient of the International Ergonomics Association John Wilson Award.

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Joseph Nsengimana. Joseph Nsengimana is a Rwandan engineer and politician. In September 2024, he was nominated as the country's Minister of Education, replacing Gaspard Twagirayezu, who has been appointed to lead the Rwanda Space Agency.

Education
Nsengimana holds a bachelor's degree and master's degree in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University in the U.S.

Career
From 2008 to 2012, Nsengimana was based in Johannesburg, South Africa where he led a team at Intel responsible for government affairs, ICT and broadband policies. During Nsengimana's long career at Intel, he was the executive director of global diversity and inclusion. He was responsible for implementing all pathway development initiatives funded through the  Diversity in Technology fund that Intel established in 2015.

More recently, Nsengimana served as director at the Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning.

In his 2024 inauguration and swearing in ceremony as Minister of Education, Nsengimana was tasked to advance the education system by the president of Rwanda.

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Donald R. Wilton. Donald Robert Wilton (born October 25, 1942) is an American electrical engineer who is a professor emeritus at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Houston. He is best known for his contributions to the field of computational electromagnetics.

Biography
Donald Robert Wilton was born on October 25, 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in 1964, 1966, and 1970, respectively. From 1965 to 1968, he was affiliated with Hughes Aircraft Company, where he worked on phased arrays. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at University of Mississippi in 1970. He was a visiting professor at Syracuse University from 1978 to 1979. From 1983 until his retirement in 2012, he has been with University of Houston, where he is a professor of electrical engineering. Wilton is best known for his work in computational electromagnetics: he has introduced the namesake Rao–Wilton–Glisson (RWG) triangular surface basis functions, widely used in method of moments modeling of complex structures, with his doctoral students Sadasiva M. Rao and Allen W. Glisson.

Wilton is a member of Commission B of International Union of Radio Science and is a fellow of the IEEE. In 2015, he received IEEE Electromagnetics Award "for fundamental contributions to integral equation methods in computational electromagnetics." In 2021, He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to computational electromagnetics of highly complex structures."

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Ingrid Mertig. Ingrid Mertig is a German materials scientist who is a professor and fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics. She was awarded the Institute of Physics Max Born Medal and Prize.

Early life and education 
Mertig studied physics at TU Dresden. She remained there for her doctoral research, where she studied the influence of point defects on the galvanomagnetic properties (phenomena that occur when a current is passed through a conductor in a magnetic field) of metals. She completed her doctorate in 1982 and was appointed an assistant professor. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Soviet Union.

Research and career 
Mertig was made a Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in 2007. Her research group study solid state theory. Specifically, she develops material specific descriptions of nanostructured systems. Mertig develops these descriptions using green functions, which can be used to describe thin films, surfaces or heterostructures. The computational effort required to perform these calculations scales with the numbers of atoms, making it possible to evaluate systems of a realistic size. She starts from the atomic structure of a system.

Mertig is an expert in spintronics, which make use of an electron's charge and spin degree of freedom, could transform future sensors and information technologies. Mertig performs first-principles electronic structure calculations usng density functional theory. She has used simulations to understand spin-dependent transport processes in magnetic, metallic and molecular devices. Her calculations can explain spintronic phenomena, including giant magnetoresistance, the spin Nernst Effect and the spin Hall effect.

Mertig advised the German Science and Humanities Council as an expert in 2017–2018.
In 2024, she was awarded the Institute of Physics Max Born Medal and Prize.

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Raymund Ng. Raymund Ng Teck Heng  is a Singaporean former major-general who served as Chief of Air Force from 1998 to 2001.

Education 
Ng attended St. Gabriel's Secondary School and National Junior College. In 1977, Ng was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Merit Scholarship to study aeronautical engineering at the University of Manchester and obtained a Bachelor of Science. He also obtained a Master of Business Administration from Imperial College London in 1993.

Military career 
Ng enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces in December 1974, and served as a fighter pilot in the Republic of Singapore Air Force. During his career in the military, Ng has held the appointments of Head, Joint Plans Department; Head, Air Operations Department; Commander, Tengah Air Base; and Chief of Staff (Air Staff).

Ng was promoted from the rank of colonel to brigadier-general on 1 July 1997, and to the rank of major-general on 30 June 1999.

Ng succeeded Goh Yong Siang as the Chief of Air Force on 1 July 1998 and stepped down on 1 April 2001. He was succeeded by Lim Kim Choon.

Post-military career 
On 1 July 2001, Ng joined Singapore Airlines as Senior Vice President (Flight Operations Projects).

In the aftermath of the Singapore Airlines Flight 006 accident, Ng signed off on the termination of the captain and the first officer on 26 July 2002, with the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations calling the action as "unjust, unwarranted and unreasonable".

Ng left the position on 31 January 2006.

Awards and decorations 

  Public Administration Medal (Military) (Gold), in 1999.
  Public Administration Medal (Military) (Silver), in 1995.
  Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (20 Years) Medal
  Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (10 Years) Medal
  Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal
  Commander of the Legion of Merit

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List of preserved EMD SD40-series locomotives. This is a summary, listing every diesel locomotive from the SD40-series in preservation. This list includes the models SD40, SDP40, SD40A, SD40-2, SDP40F, SD40T-2, SD40-2W, SD40-2S.

SD40

SDP40

SD40A

SD40-2

SD40T-2

See also 

 List of preserved EMD locomotives
 List of preserved EMD GP7 locomotives
 List of preserved EMD GP9 locomotives
 List of preserved EMD SD9 locomotives

References 

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EMD SD40-series locomotives
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UConn Lumpy. The UConn Lumpy was a blimp designed, built, and flown by students at the University of Connecticut in 1975.

Design and development
The airship was built by five University of Connecticut engineering students as part of their Engineering Design Project class at the university, with Associate Professor Kurt Marshke acting as their faculty advisor. As part of the process, the students built a  proof-of-concept model, to vet the design and the control mechanisms.

The gondola was made from aluminum tubing, with the pilot located near the front and the engine sited towards the rear.    
The envelope was sewn together using green surplus government issue parachutes, and contained three  diameter weather balloons. The ill-fitting appearance of the envelope led to the craft being named Lumpy. The airship was powered by a  snowmobile engine, that had been salvaged from an earlier student project. The craft was fitted with an elevator, but not a rudder.

Operational history
The Lumpy flew on Saturday, 24 May 1975 at the university's Storrs campus' soccer field. To abide by FAA regulations, a  tether was attached to the airship.  Student Robert S. Meshako acted as pilot for the initial trials, with the other students later having turns at the controls. The airship reached a maximum altitude of .

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Flickr album about the UConn Lumpy

Aircraft first flown in 1975
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Airships of the United States
1970s United States experimental aircraft
University of Connecticut
Mogden formula. In the sewage treatment, the Mogden formula is a pricing strategy used to estimate the difficulty in treating industrial wastewater.  It is named after Mogden Sewage Treatment Works.

The Mogden formula calculates cost as a combination (empirical coefficients) of volume, strength in terms of normal treatment oxidation demand and the suspended solids proportion. Applicable to the whole works, it also approximates the cost for tested industrial waste water that may, if treatable, be lawfully sent to a regular sewage works.

The Mogden formula is:

where:
 = charge per volume of effluent (£/m3)
 = reception and conveyance charge [£/m3]
 = primary treatment (volumetric) charge [£/m3]
 = additional volume charge for biological treatment [£/m3]
 = treatment and disposal charge where effluent goes to sea outfall [£/m3]
 = biological oxidation of settled sewage charge [£/m3]
 = chemical oxygen demand (COD) of effluent after one hour of quiescent settlements at pH 7 [mg/litre]
 = chemical oxygen demand (COD) of effluent after one hour of quiescent settlement [mg/litre]
 = treatment and disposal of primary sewage sludge charge [£/m3 or £/kg]
 = total suspended solids of effluent at pH 7 [mg/litre]
 = total suspended solids of effluent [mg/litre]

Thus the less biologically friendly the effluent (see wastewater quality indicators including pH), and more solid-laden, the higher the charge should be for treating the lawful effluent.

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